Franklin & Bash (2011–2014): Season 2, Episode 6 - Voir Dire - full transcript
Franklin and Bash are representing Judge Derek Kohler. He's not a fan of their antics in court, especially when he's the recipient, but now he has been charged for having an affair with a DA and he needs their help. The case hits close to home when Janie is assigned as the DA and Peter continues to struggle with his feelings for her. Meanwhile, Damien has been approached by an old college friend who has recently come out of the closet and needs his help with a lawsuit. Damien agrees only because it could help him land a spot as a judge.
Dude, could you eat a little faster?
I could, if I wanted to ruin the
whole experience.
What's your problem?
We have a partners meeting at 9:30.
And?
It's 9:45.
I don't like what this whole
partnership thing is turning you into.
Oh, yeah? What's that? A total dick.
All right. Less talk.
More eating. Come on!
You know, if I was on a desert island
And could only have one
food for the rest of my life,
No-brainer --
chicken and waffles.
That's two, stupid.
I think at this point
it's considered one.
What would you bring?
Your mom.
Peter, it's a partners
meeting. We're partners.
They can't start without us! Relax!
Any other business?
Um, yes.
The summer associates shadow
program starts this week,
And --
again?
Oh. All right.
We have a strong crop
of lawyers this year
We'd like to stay on with us.
Impress them with your
guile, intellect, and finesse.
But don't go crazy wooing
them with wine and song.
Yes, let's keep it professional.
I nearly forgot this. Mickey gotelli.
Uh, he's actually my auto mechanic.
I won't let anyone else
touch my morgan supersport.
Beautiful car.
This is a charming story.
Well, his brother,
The black sheep of
the family, sal --
He needs our counsel.
Apparently he works in
a chop shop downtown.
Now, sal has decided he wants
to get out of the business --
Go straight, as it were.
So he discussed with his
colleagues an exit strategy.
Exit strategy? Why?
Now, the prosecution is claiming
That it was premeditated
and that he jumped them.
The evidence to counter
this is, uh, rather thin.
So, uh, does peter
and jared's new client
Have a criminal record?
A dazzling one, yes.
But who said it was their
client? I haven't assigned it.
Anyone want it?
Anyone?
Yeah. Didn't think so.
They should really come
to the morning meeting.
Yeah.
I cracked their skulls
open after they jumped me.
No. No. No.
They outnumbered you,
And so you fought off your attackers
With the only weapons you could find.
Come on, sal. We've been
through this all day.
I know, I know. Sorry. Okay.
These felons wanted you
To stay and cut up stolen automobiles.
Okay.
But you wanted a career change.
You wanted to make an honest buck.
They wouldn't let you.
And the repeated defensive
blows to their heads
Were to send
a message --
"help me get into used-car sales."
That's true.
I like working with people.
Hmm.
What's the matter?
We're not sure we can
put you on the stand.
This is my third strike.
I'd go away for 25 years.
Yes, sal, but if you testify,
The jury gets to hear
everything about your past.
I never fought any of those
other beefs against me,
Never pushed a case to trial.
Know why? Why?
When I'm guilty, I take
my penance like a man.
This time's different.
What I did...
...I didn't have a choice.
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Thanks.
All right, sal. We'll
see you in court this afternoon.
You got it. Hey, sal. Wear a tie.
Okay. You have to tie it for me!
Where do we find 'em?
Excuse me? This case found us.
Maybe next time we don't
skip the partners meeting
Because you just have to
have chicken and waffles.
It is the perfect marriage
of tastes. You know that.
Yes, very aware of sweet and savory. Mm.
And guess which new client karp
cherry-picked for himself at that meeting.
If you say medieval
times, I'm gonna cry.
We could've been jousting
right now, but, no.
I'm not going to apologize
for being spontaneous.
I want to go to the batting
cages right now. See?
I'd love to, but there's a jury
pool with sal's name waiting for us.
We'll do it at the batting cages.
Hi, there.
Hey.
Hi!
Oh. Sasha.
We met at the summer associates dinner.
Right.
I'm shadowing this week.
Fantastic!
That's great!
We're about to pick a jury,
So this is kind of the perfect time.
Oh, actually, I'm
looking for hanna linden.
I'm shadowing her. Oh.
Down the hall, to the left. Oh.
Thanks. Yeah.
That's not fair. See? That's
not fair. Ohh. Absolutely not.
Jared? Peter? Hi.
Hi. I'm bonnie appel. I'll
be shadowing you all week.
Fan-tastic.
That's great.
I-I won't get in the way, I promise.
I-I prefer to observe
rather than ask questions.
But I do have one question,
And it is that do you prefer
me to ask questions or...?
Greta, greta, now's not a good week.
Bonnie. We're starting a trial.
We've got jury selection. It's
an extremely tense process.
We really have to be
in the zone right now.
We don't have time to
share the essence of...
Us. ...Us.
I think it's mandatory.
Okay, first lesson -- you're gonna
want to dial down that attitude.
Uh...
Signed by stanton.
welcome!
Thanks.
I'll go get my stuff. Okay!
It's days like these.
Aren't you glad you
had chicken and waffles?
Yeah! You're glad you had chicken
and waffles. I actually am.
Trials are won and lost
Before opening statements, bonnie.
It's all about picking the right jury.
Picking a jury is a deselection process.
You know what that means?
You want to identify
jurors you want to strike,
Not jurors you want to pick.
Very good.
Yeah, you want to flag the jurors
Who won't be receptive to your arguments
Without drawing attention
to the good jurors you want.
The case we're doing
now, we want a juror
Who is receptive to a
self-defense argument.
What's your game plan? Self-defense.
Sal wanted out, but
they pulled him back in.
Really? You're quoting "godfather iii"?
'cause it's the best one.
The facts support self-defense.
We anticipate they'll argue
that it crossed the line
From self-defense to extreme prejudice.
How's your jury shaping up?
Too early to tell.
Find gun owners.
Self-defense
is self-evident.
Women jurors are harder on
women than they are on men.
And your client male.
Really? Hadn't noticed.
I'd pick mostly women.
They're sympathetic,
Willing to forgive men more
easily than men forgive women.
We're covered, but thanks.
Besides, we're all about the women.
Oh, I bet you think you are.
For instance, if we're better-looking
than opposing counsel...
...Which is almost always...
We stack the jury with
attractive women who will dig us.
If opposing counsel is
better-looking than us...
Which is almost never.
...Then we throw on wedding rings
And stock the pond with
less-attractive citizens
Who are threatened by handsome men.
That's just stupid.
Bonnie, meet karp,
nepotism's poster child.
Nepotism doesn't have a poster child.
Your summer associate is like the dog
Who gets the homeless guy as his master.
Who are the d.A.S on your
case? Palmer and shaw.
Oh? You better get those wedding rings.
There you go.
thanks.
You look good. Let's do it.
Oh, it's the guys you tuned up, sal.
"tuned up"? Okay, pesci.
They just came to intimidate you.
They failed.
Not with me!
Oh, check it out!
Hey, kids, the circus is back in town.
Are you guys ready?
Where's palmer and shaw?
Uh, reassigned. By me.
It's good to be king.
Oh, brought out the big
gun. It's his only shot.
Thought you'd be too busy for a trial,
Given that whole campaign of yours.
Unless, of course, you need
this to up your profile.
Um I have
not officially announced
My candidacy for district attorney
But am accepting donations.
I don't have any change.
I forgot my murse.
Ah, it's all right. How
'bout we pick a jury, huh?
Let's do that. Okay.
Be just like the old days at
megget and towne, huh? Oh, yeah.
Here's hoping for a
happier ending, though.
I don't think the ending
coube any happier.
What are you guys talking about?
Uh,
the --
Nothing. Nothing.
It's not a state secret that you
were fired from megget and towne
For sleeping with the boss's daughter.
Hewett was with mr. Megget
when they walked in on us
At that christmas party --
he tipped the old man off.
You don't know
that for sure. I--
Is this 'cause he saw you naked?
Please.
I streaked the '97 rose bowl.
100,000 people.
It was cold.
In hindsight, regrettable. Yeah.
And, may I remind you,
Do not discuss this case
with other members of the jury
Or your families.
Do not engage in any
conversation... Sal, stop twitching.
...With the lawyers on
this case. I'm itchy.
Now, I'm going to ask
most of the questions,
But occasionally I will accept
Or let the lawyers ask their own.
Now, if you have a question,
You may write it down
or hand it to a bailiff.
Before we get started, your honor,
May I say that this is the
best collection of jurors
I've ever seen assembled?
No, you may not.
It is a jury all-star team here.
Your honor, that was highly
inappropriate behavior
From someone who has,
well, written the book
On highly inappropriate behavior.
Mr. Bash and mr. Franklin,
That was warning number one.
The next step is contempt.
You got it, your honor.
And, your honor, we
apologize to d.A. Hewett,
Who was unfortunately correct
In preventing us from praising the jury.
Let's get started.
I have anger issues with
mexicans and italians.
Especially italians.
I guess I'm self-hating.
I see that you are a schoolteacher.
Congratulations.
Your answer is now public record.
Your honor, the
defense would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 1.
I'm a butcher at podesto meats.
And, uh, how long have
you been in business?
27 years.
Butcher's good. We like him.
They're desensitized to violence,
Which will help when
they see the pictures
Of what you did to those thugs.
And what do you do, sir?
I'm a priest.
Your honor, the defense
would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 3.
He seems nice. And I never miss mass.
I don't think he'd appreciate
The nuances of your self-defense.
Look at hewett. He hasn't
challenged one juror.
What's that about?
All right, so far,
we and the prosecution
Have agreed on eight jurors.
For a self-defense argument,
I like who we have so far.
We got the sheep, but we need
the shepherds. Why, bonnie?
The majority of jurors are followers.
They'll go wherever the
alphas want to lead them.
Alphas who will shape opinion,
Become a jury foreman or forewoman.
The last few jurors are
the toughest to crack.
Wait, guys. Who put the
"jilfs" card up there? Really?
Hostile environment for
the summer associate.
I did, but not in a hostile way.
How many jurors have we knocked out?
We've used seven peremptory
challenges. They've used two.
Eight. We've used eight?
We've used 8 out of 10
peremptory challenges.
We dinged the rocket scientist.
Yeah, he was too left-brain,
Wouldn't appreciate
our creativity anyway.
Hewett's only used
two challenges against us.
This is too easy.
You think he's up to something?
There's an evidentiary hearing tomorrow.
Your honor, a boot belonging
to the defendant, sal gotelli,
Was discovered by the lapd
in his locker at the gym.
It matches the bootprint
taken from the back door,
Which was kicked in at the body shop.
Also missing from mr. Gotelli's toolbox
Is a really big,
heavy wrench --
Same kind of wrench
That was found at the crime scene.
Mr. Gotelli was not
practicing self-defense.
He stalked his victims
with malicious intent.
Bailiff, mark the evidence
As prosecution exhibits "e" and "f."
Ahh. "f." as in what we are now.
Totally f'ed.
This is breaking news, sal.
This is why hewett didn't
challenge any of our jury choices.
He was letting us pick our
jury based on self-defense.
Now that strategy is toast.
We need a new defense.
How many jury challenges
do we have left?
Two.
More would be better.
I was still defending somebody.
It just wasn't me.
Sure wasn't them.
They were defending themselves...
With limited success.
Okay. You're a total badass.
But in this case, "badass"
is gonna get you 10 years.
Who were you defending?
These guys started
doing strong-arm work.
Not just boosting cars --
more up close and personal.
Carjacking, robbery.
I didn't want to be a part of that.
Okay, so your bosses aren't
the "two-week notice" types.
They jacked a car, beat up the driver.
Word got out that someone
in the neighborhood
Might have seen it go down.
I heard them talking about...
"taking care" of her.
So I stepped in.
"her"?
Her name's annabel.
She works at the gift
shop near the garage.
They sell snow globes,
Cards that sing when you open them.
We met, hit it off.
Go on.
I told them, "no one touches annabel."
They disagreed, so I tried
to persuade them otherwise.
Sal, why didn't you just tell us?
Because if you or any cops
started asking her questions,
Annabel would be exposed to danger.
I tried to fix it myself
By saying they were coming after me.
Were you in love with this woman?
If love means you'd do anything
To make sure no one would harm her...
...Maybe.
Look at this guy --
Hands of stone capable
of busting heads...
And a heart of something warm and soft,
Capable of love.
Meatloaf?
Maybe we can make this work.
d yes, I can, doubt
that I leave dd
d I'm runnin' with this plan d
Ladies, want a refill?
There you go, ladies.
Enjoy.
Bonnie.
You can make a party
out of jury selection?
Bonnie, if we impart
anything of value to you...
Highly doubtful.
...It's that you can make
a party out of anything.
Hermano? Yes.
Hey!
Okay. New defense strategy.
It's all about love now.
he makes everything about love.
That's right, especially if
you beat three people to a pulp
And you have no other defense.
All right, carmen, we need you
to go to the gift shop tomorrow.
Talk to annabel, see
if she loves sal enough
To testify about their relationship.
Do you think they sell helium balloons?
She loves her helium voice.
Hi.
I like the love defense.
But I like rom-coms
more than action movies.
Maybe you're too soft for this gig.
That's what my father
says. He's a lawyer.
He says, "if you try
a case with your heart,
Be ready to try the
appeal with your brain."
There's room for both.
And you can make quite a good living
If you wake up every morning
Trying to prove your father wrong.
Care to share?
You're my shadow, not my soul, bonnie.
Right.
So, chop-shop mechanic
and little shopgirl --
That's our scenario?
Beauty and the beast
-- that's right.
And...What are we
looking for in our jurors?
Well, we start with
people who have heart.
Heart.
Heart. Heart.
Why do you say the "t" like that?
I don't know. Is that wrong? Heart.
Hear...T.
Uh, you are a
junior-high-school p.E. Teacher.
That's right.
"do they still do that thing
Where you have to climb up
the rope to the ceiling?"
Yes, we do.
"if 'yes,' what do you do
If a kid just can't make it to the top?"
Well, if I sense a lack of
effort, I make them run laps.
Okay. Tough class.
Your honor, the defense
would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 6.
Thank you for your
service, juror number 6.
You may report back to
the jury assembly room.
You wasted a challenge on
him? We only have one left.
Trust me. I'm playing a deeper game.
I'll show you a deeper game.
Your honor, may I ask a question?
You may.
Juror number 2...
How are you today?
Fine. How are you?
Better now.
Defense has no further
questions for juror number two.
Your honor, the prosecution
would like to thank and excuse
Prospective juror number 2.
Nice work.
Yeah, I got hewett to
fire off another round.
He has four challenges
left, we only have one,
Because you were too big of a pussy
To climb the rope in the seventh grade.
The gym teacher was a "guilty."
The guy's a bully. Our guy's not?
Our guy has a marshmallow center.
Thanks, bonnie.
Hello. Hello. Can I help you?
Yeah. You guys sell helium balloons?
Sorry. No. We don't carry helium.
It's a finite resource
That's being reduced
by radioactive decay.
Buzzkill my birthday, why don't you?
You're annabel brady, right?
Yes.
Carmen phillips.
I'm an investigator for a law firm.
Oh.
You should probably talk to
my boss. I just work here.
She'll be back
in a few if you --
No, no. Nobody's in trouble or anything.
Uh, we represent a friend
of yours -- sal gotelli.
Okay. Who's she?
Not sally. Salvadore.
I don't know anyone by that name.
Oh. Him.
I didn't know his name.
Really?
No, but he comes in a lot,
Buys a lot of little
gifts for his niece.
He's very sweet, barely says a word.
Maybe the best uncle ever.
So you two aren't dating?
Oh, no.
I-I mean, h-he's
sweet, but...No way.
I never said she was in love with me.
It was "unrequitted."
Unrequited. I'll say.
Sal, she doesn't know your name.
Why did you even go talk to
her? You put her in danger!
Whoa. Easy, sal.
You thought we'd take your word for it?
I care for her. That's the truth.
I don't know if it was love.
I've never been in love.
Aww.
S-sorry. Maybe sh--
I should step out.
No. It's okay.
At least someone believes me.
All I know is...
I didn't want to see her hurt.
Well, if passion can be measured
By the beatdown you put on the victims,
You may be in love. All
right. Let's stay the course.
We only need one more
juror to fit our profile.
We argue that you loved annabel
but she doesn't love you.
Okay.
One-sided love is half a love,
Which is twice as hard to prove.
Did you tell anybody about
your feelings for annabel?
No.
So we still need our jury
To think with their heart,
not with their heads.
Yeah. Jury nullification. Yeah.
What's jury nullification?
It's what we argue when we're
screwed, sal, which we are.
Good pep talk.
Thanks. Bonnie?
When the law and facts are against us,
We appeal to the jury's emotions,
Basically try to get them to acquit you
Because they like you.
how do we do that?
Convince a jury that a
guilty verdict for you
Is a rejection of the power of love.
No one wants to be the scrooge.
Works for me.
Go get ready, sal.
We need carmen to get annabel to
testify as a character witness.
Yeah, at least annabel can say
that sal's a big, sweet lug.
It's not gonna work. Mm. I'm sorry.
I don't recall asking for your opinion.
You should be looking
for jurors who feel
Your client pounded three
dirtbags who had it coming,
Argue that sal gotelli should
get a medal for what he did.
Heart of stone. Remind me not
to pick you as our love juror.
I hope you at least have
some challenges left.
Or d--
ooh.
I'm done with you.
Where's your summer associate
that's supposed to be shadowing you?
Cleaning shows off my dvr.
If this is about love,
then you want people love --
Newlyweds, young people
who don't understand
That love is an illusion,
that it's all just chemistry.
Are you coming on to me?
'cause for a second there,
I was getting real --
Really? That's your takeaway?
no.
I didn't think she was
coming on to you, either.
You know why they call
them "shadows," right?
I know I've said this before, but...
What you need is gun owners.
Did you miss the part
Where we said we've
moved to a love defense?
They understand the whole idea
Of protecting innocence
against a violent world.
Got it. Guns!
I remember having a
mauser zig-zag handgun.
My father gave it to me
when I was 6 years old.
He took it from a german
soldier in world war ii.
Thanks. This --
this is helpful.
Ah. Gun owners love their guns.
Trust me on this one.
You got it.
- You work at crate & barrel?
- Yes, sir. Assistant manager.
Uh, your honor, I don't
mean to make excuses,
And I know I used up all my deferments,
But I have a vacation planned.
The court gives you a new
date with your deferment,
So why didn't you plan
your vacation around it?
My husband was planning a surprise.
Uh, all I want to know is
whether or not you think
This trial's gonna be over
by the end of the month?
You feeling it? I'm feeling it.
Well, this trial better be over by then.
Thank you, your honor.
Careful. Don't tip
hewett that we like her.
Your honor, may I ask why
juror 9 needs to go on vacation?
You may, mr. Bash.
It's our one-year anniversary.
My husband's planning a surprise trip.
Aww.
I-I-I sense a bit of a
southern accent. Texas?
Oklahoma.
Texas, oklahoma.
We consider them pretty
different, actually.
Oh. Well, sorry. I
didn't mean to offend.
Mr. Bash, you have one challenge left.
Do you care to use it at this time?
Yes, your honor.
Um, the defense would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror 10.
Nice work. Just enough
of a dick.
Uh-oh.
Your honor, the prosecution
would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 5.
If hewett doesn't use
any more challenges,
This jury will work for us.
God, I hate this part.
I still don't get it.
It's a tv show that's
also a cooking competition.
It's pretty straightforward.
And awesome.
Guys, we got a problem.
When don't we?
So, I went to talk to
annabel, our shopgirl,
About being a character witness for sal.
And... She's gone.
Left town.
The owner said that some
big guy in a leather coat
Came in to talk to her earlier today.
Annabel got upset, said
she had to leave town,
And that she would call
to pick up her check
When it was safe.
What the hell did you do?!
I wanted to warn her
about the guys at the shop.
Turns out, she hadn't
even seen the carjacking,
But I told her to leave town anyway.
Why?! Why?
Because these guys
Aren't gonna take any chances.
Exactly.
It's hard to prove defense of others
When the "other" bails before
we can put her on the stand!
Annabel thought I was
there to intimidate her.
She told me to leave, or
she'd call the cops on me.
At least she's safe.
We're back to square one.
I hope annabel thanked you, sal,
Because you saving her ass
may have put yours in jail.
Looks like a regular garage.
What'd you think --
they'd have sign out front
That says "chop shop"?
Didn't you ever see
"fast and the furious"?
All except "tokyo drift."
Yeah. No diesel, no fun. No, buddy.
You never saw "pitch black"?
I saw "pitch black."
Diesel at his best. Diesel is amazing.
Diesel is good. He's like our hamlet.
hi!
Okay, you either need to
show a warrant or get out.
Oh, we're just little,
old lawyers, miss...?
Kiki.
Miss kiki. Kiki. Kiki.
Well, w-we were just
hoping to take a look
Where the alleged incident took place.
Wait a minute. You're franklin and bash.
Yeah. You've heard of us?
Well, sure. From my guy.
Your guy?
Sal gotelli.
Sal gotelli...
Is your boyfriend?
Well, off and on. Mostly on.
Hey, are you gonna get sal off?
He made this place so much
better with those thugs gone.
Oh, I'm sure.
How long have you and sal
been together, off and on?
We hooked up a couple years
ago when he first started here.
He brings me gifts all the time.
Oh, look at that.
It's so sweet.
Excuse me.
This is kiki.
No, he's at lunch.
Okay.
There's no need to yell.
It's not my fault your
car's on fire. Great.
Not only is our guy a
chop-shop auto mechanic
And an attempted murderer...
He's also a serial womanizer.
I'm sick of the lying.
I'm not lying!
I bought the gifts as
an excuse to see annabel.
Throwing them away seemed like it was
a bad idea, so I gave them to kiki.
Clearly she got the wrong idea.
You got to believe me!
We hooked up a while ago,
But kiki meant nothing
to me in that way.
We believe you, sal.
Is there anybody who saw you and
annabel together in the store?
No. I only went in if
annabel was working alone.
what's going on there?
I don't know. Keep walking.
why would he do this?!
We haven't even been
married a whole year!
Uh-oh. Okay. Hang back.
Me? Yeah, you.
Just tie your shoe,
Listen to your iphone,
whatever. Just something.
Just listen. Isn't that jury tampering?
No, it's -- it's
tying your shoe. No.
I'm wearing flats. You're lawyers.
Do you know where I can find
The office for annulment of marriages?
Uh...
I'm sorry, but we -- we
really can't talk to you.
Oh. Of course.
You're men.
Seems upset.
Maybe her new husband
found an old girlfriend.
Our romance juror is now a man-hater.
Yeah, and her opinion
is gonna poison the jury.
She can't be on that jury.
We're out of challenges.
And we're out of options.
Yes, I had the same problem When I was on
president clinton's search committee
- For a supreme court justice in '93.
- Which is why we're here.
Yeah, well, the left were pressing,
Of course, for a liberal.
- Clinton wanted a centrist.
- What'd you do?
We used the republicans.
We leaked word that clinton
was in love with laurence tribe.
Oh, the opposition said
he was unconfirmable.
Which gave the president cover
to push for ruth bader ginsburg.
Ah. Lovely lady.
Crushing handshake for her size,
But very sexy when
she wore her hair down.
Who are they?
Oh.
they're shadowing me.
Twin sons of the
indonesian foreign minister.
They're, uh, returning a favor.
ah.
So, we get hewett
To ding our love
juror turned man-hater.
Exactly.
How do we do that?
good lord.
I mean, do you want me
to chew your food for you?
Figure it out.
yeah.
What's your status? Melody's about
to get on the elevator right now.
I think so.
Where's hewett? Standing right
outside the courtroom right now.
Oh, well, don't let him go
in. Keep him in the hallway.
How? He's so big!
Do something.
Throw up on him.
That's your go-to move.
Oh, hey, mr. Hewett! How are you today?
Fine.
Where are barnum & bailey?
they're coming.
I just wanted to say how excited I am
That you're running for the
office of district attorney.
Between us bros, I think
you'd really bring the heat.
Are you even a registered voter?
That's racist.
No.
Oh! Excuse me. Excuse me.
I think -- I think
you dropped this.
It might be your parking ticket.
Couple years -- it's a
very difficult process.
Unbelievable.
She dropped her parking
ticket. I handed it back to her.
The two were engaged in
conversation. Oh, come on.
Jury tampering is a serious charge.
So is a lost parking ticket, your honor.
This woman came to do her civic duty,
And mr. Hewett here
Would have us charge
her $24 to drive home?
Not only am I insulted,
But so is my father, who
raised me to be a gentleman!
S-spare me your outrage.
There's not enough evidence
here to support your accusation.
Your honor, you know how these two work.
This is
clearly --
There are other means of
recourse available to you.
Geez. Your honor, why don't
you just give him the idea?
Easy. We're
-- we're good.
I'm good.
Your honor, the prosecution
would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 9.
Thank you for your
service, juror number 9.
Juror number 4.
Yes, your honor?
Are you a gun owner, sir?
Yes, sir. Proud member of the nra.
Counselors,
Unless there are any more
questions or challenges,
I'm ready to swear in this
jury right after lunch.
Good.
To those of you chosen,
report back here after lunch.
To those of you who
weren't, thank you very much.
You're excused.
And thank you on behalf of
the county of los angeles.
Court is in recess until 2:30.
Are we happy?
With the jury, yes.
With your case, not yet.
I could really use a vacation.
And no men.
Sal, how many times a week did
you go into annabel's store?
Maybe once a week.
She ever go on vacation?
She went to orlando in July.
I stayed away from the store.
Longest 30 days of my life.
You have any gift receipts?
No, better yet, credit-card statements
That show you didn't buy
anything the whole month of July?
Yeah, I charged them
on my platinum amex.
It was 99-cent, "made in china" crap.
What?
What are you guys thinking?
Sal, why don't you go
get something to eat?
We'll text you in a little
bit. We got some work to do.
Okay.
So, we get sal to testify
That he was in that store
every day buying a tchotchke
As an excuse to see the woman he loved.
We don't have any gift receipts.
Yeah, and sal's record will make
his credibility a little shaky.
Right. Which leaves us with kiki.
But she can testify
That the only time she
didn't get a gift from sal
Was when annabel was on vacation.
I don't think kiki's gonna
want to help the "other woman."
Remember when you said you
wouldn't ask any questions?
It wasn't a question.
It wasn't a question?
It's not a question. Okay. Okay.
Okay, so, we slide past
the "other woman" thing.
We let kiki feel that sal was
just protecting an innocent girl.
She'll love him more.
Simple. Simple.
That dirtbag!
No, he likes
you. It's just --
Sal gave me gifts he bought
from another woman he loves
Just to be in her presence,
And you want me to put my
hands on a bible and save him?!
Did we not say "please"?
If it makes you feel any better,
His feelings for
annabel were unrequited.
She didn't even know
his name. Oh, great!
I'm losing out to some bitch
who sal doesn't even know.
What does that say about me?
What it says, kiki,
I-is that you are...
Too impressive for words. Right.
W-what do you say we reset
and try this again? Yeah. Okay.
I-if you love sal,
Shouldn't you love him
enough to let him go?
Isn't that the ultimate
expression of love?
The ultimate expression
of love is killing him!
It's called a crime of passion.
Much easier to defend.
Be sure to leave your card.
There you go.
There you go.
There's only two people who can testify
That sal was looking out for annabel.
But annabel's in the wind, and sal's...
Sal.
- So it's over?!
- No.
The test of any great trial attorney
Is whether he can master
the art of the plea deal.
So sal gets his heart stomped on,
And we're just gonna put
him on an iceberg? Excuse me?
I've been shadowing you guys for a week,
And the lesson at the end of it is,
"you can't save your
client, so save some face"?
You understand being a summer associate
Doesn't guarantee you a job? I do.
Do you understand that
it's a seller's market
And you have to impress me
more than I have to impress you?
Okay. So, what would you do?
Put delusional kiki on the stand.
Bon-bon, we can't force kiki
onto the stand. She'll hurt us.
She'll hurt the prosecution more.
You get the prosecution
to call kiki parker
As a hostile witness.
They grow up so fast.
So you're suggesting a
courtroom trojan horse?
Classic franklin and bash.
You get hewett to call kiki to the stand
To testify that sal was a lying dirtbag
Who wasn't in love with annabel.
By the way, you guys do refer
to yourselves in third person.
And after hewett calls kiki...
We cross-examine, get her to testify
That sal wasn't buying her gifts
when annabel was on vacation.
Uh, only one problem.
Hewett doesn't know
about our love defense,
So he has no reason to
call kiki to the stand.
Wait. Hewett's the one
who tipped off your boss
To catch you with megget's daughter.
So now it's our turn to tip off
hewett about our love defense.
Okay, that part seems hard.
Are you kidding? That part's fun.
I never understood --
who's the second person?
First, second.
Well, who's the third? What do you mean?
First, second.
Who's --
Franklin and bash. Three.
Oh.
Uh, your honor, the defense requests
A private meeting with you in chambers.
Your honor, the
prosecution has the right
To hear the reason for this meeting.
Approach.
The more, the merrier.
Your honor, we are having
trouble locating a witness,
So we would ask the court to delay
the start of trial until Monday.
Why?
We're not comfortable
disclosing that reason
In front of
you-know-who.
You have to do it in
front of mr. Hewett.
We want to prove that
our client was trying
To protect a woman he loved from danger.
The three men mr. Gotelli assaulted
Had targeted the witness
we're looking for.
Well, I suggest you
find another witness.
We tried, your honor. We spoke
to co-workers of mr. Gotelli,
But they wouldn't help us. Hey.
Hey, hey. No, no. Okay. Okay.
Okay, your honor. Thank you. Thank
you. We'll do that. We'll do that. Yeah.
You know, we're not
above a plea bargain.
I am.
The hook has been set.
I believe you mean the
hook has been baited.
We don't know if the prosecution
has taken the bait yet
For the hook to be set.
Really? Do a lot of fly-fishing?
Technically, you don't use a bait when
you're fly-fishing. What you use is a --
Okay. Guys, guys, guys. Eye on the ball.
We're gonna argue that unrequited love
Drove sal gotelli to
protect a pretty shopgirl
Named annabel brady... Annabel.
...From three thugs
who wanted to hurt her.
Let's just hope the district
attorney is basing their case
On us arguing unrequited love.
What if he doesn't?
Well, we picked our key jury members
Based on this defense. Yeah,
let's put it this way, sal --
If the prosecution
doesn't call your friend
Kiki parker to the stand, you'll lose.
If they do, we'll win.
And you go free.
Really? Just like that?
Trials are won and lost based
on how you pick your jury.
And our jury is primed for love.
For better or worse.
Good luck today, counsel.
And to you, mr. District attorney.
It's been like old times.
When this is all over, we'll be even
For what you did to
me at megget and towne.
are you presuming victory?
No. He's guaranteeing it.
Before we go in,
I just want to say
what an honor it's been
To observe such a legendary trial team.
I feel the same way.
"good-luck hug"
time. No, we --
Oh. A hug. Okay.
No!
Hey, summer girl.
Yes, mr. Franklin?
your father would be proud.
We will now hear
opening statements --
First, from the prosecution.
Mr. Hewett?
Thank you, your honor.
Ladies and gentlemen of the
jury, as I speak to you now,
Three men, victims of a vicious beating
Administered by the man
sitting behind me, sal gotelli,
Are still recovering
from their injuries.
At one time, these men
called sal gotelli a friend.
But what kind of friend
jumps another friend
And beats them over
the head with a wrench?
This friend.
Now, the defense will argue
That sal gotelli is a good man...
A hardworking man.
The defense will also
try to get you to believe
That sal gotelli was a man in love.
Yeah.
They will argue that sal gotelli
Loved a woman from
afar named annabel brady
And that he was just trying to
protect her from the victims.
Well, not only will
we disprove the notion
That sal gotelli was a man in love
With a shopgirl whom the
defense can't even locate,
But we will introduce the
woman he really loved --
His real girlfriend...
Kiki parker.
And then, you, ladies and gentlemen...
You will decide...
Who is telling the truth.
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I could, if I wanted to ruin the
whole experience.
What's your problem?
We have a partners meeting at 9:30.
And?
It's 9:45.
I don't like what this whole
partnership thing is turning you into.
Oh, yeah? What's that? A total dick.
All right. Less talk.
More eating. Come on!
You know, if I was on a desert island
And could only have one
food for the rest of my life,
No-brainer --
chicken and waffles.
That's two, stupid.
I think at this point
it's considered one.
What would you bring?
Your mom.
Peter, it's a partners
meeting. We're partners.
They can't start without us! Relax!
Any other business?
Um, yes.
The summer associates shadow
program starts this week,
And --
again?
Oh. All right.
We have a strong crop
of lawyers this year
We'd like to stay on with us.
Impress them with your
guile, intellect, and finesse.
But don't go crazy wooing
them with wine and song.
Yes, let's keep it professional.
I nearly forgot this. Mickey gotelli.
Uh, he's actually my auto mechanic.
I won't let anyone else
touch my morgan supersport.
Beautiful car.
This is a charming story.
Well, his brother,
The black sheep of
the family, sal --
He needs our counsel.
Apparently he works in
a chop shop downtown.
Now, sal has decided he wants
to get out of the business --
Go straight, as it were.
So he discussed with his
colleagues an exit strategy.
Exit strategy? Why?
Now, the prosecution is claiming
That it was premeditated
and that he jumped them.
The evidence to counter
this is, uh, rather thin.
So, uh, does peter
and jared's new client
Have a criminal record?
A dazzling one, yes.
But who said it was their
client? I haven't assigned it.
Anyone want it?
Anyone?
Yeah. Didn't think so.
They should really come
to the morning meeting.
Yeah.
I cracked their skulls
open after they jumped me.
No. No. No.
They outnumbered you,
And so you fought off your attackers
With the only weapons you could find.
Come on, sal. We've been
through this all day.
I know, I know. Sorry. Okay.
These felons wanted you
To stay and cut up stolen automobiles.
Okay.
But you wanted a career change.
You wanted to make an honest buck.
They wouldn't let you.
And the repeated defensive
blows to their heads
Were to send
a message --
"help me get into used-car sales."
That's true.
I like working with people.
Hmm.
What's the matter?
We're not sure we can
put you on the stand.
This is my third strike.
I'd go away for 25 years.
Yes, sal, but if you testify,
The jury gets to hear
everything about your past.
I never fought any of those
other beefs against me,
Never pushed a case to trial.
Know why? Why?
When I'm guilty, I take
my penance like a man.
This time's different.
What I did...
...I didn't have a choice.
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d ooh, what a mixture d
d such a vivid picture d
d ooh, what a mixture d
d if I must say so myself d
Thanks.
All right, sal. We'll
see you in court this afternoon.
You got it. Hey, sal. Wear a tie.
Okay. You have to tie it for me!
Where do we find 'em?
Excuse me? This case found us.
Maybe next time we don't
skip the partners meeting
Because you just have to
have chicken and waffles.
It is the perfect marriage
of tastes. You know that.
Yes, very aware of sweet and savory. Mm.
And guess which new client karp
cherry-picked for himself at that meeting.
If you say medieval
times, I'm gonna cry.
We could've been jousting
right now, but, no.
I'm not going to apologize
for being spontaneous.
I want to go to the batting
cages right now. See?
I'd love to, but there's a jury
pool with sal's name waiting for us.
We'll do it at the batting cages.
Hi, there.
Hey.
Hi!
Oh. Sasha.
We met at the summer associates dinner.
Right.
I'm shadowing this week.
Fantastic!
That's great!
We're about to pick a jury,
So this is kind of the perfect time.
Oh, actually, I'm
looking for hanna linden.
I'm shadowing her. Oh.
Down the hall, to the left. Oh.
Thanks. Yeah.
That's not fair. See? That's
not fair. Ohh. Absolutely not.
Jared? Peter? Hi.
Hi. I'm bonnie appel. I'll
be shadowing you all week.
Fan-tastic.
That's great.
I-I won't get in the way, I promise.
I-I prefer to observe
rather than ask questions.
But I do have one question,
And it is that do you prefer
me to ask questions or...?
Greta, greta, now's not a good week.
Bonnie. We're starting a trial.
We've got jury selection. It's
an extremely tense process.
We really have to be
in the zone right now.
We don't have time to
share the essence of...
Us. ...Us.
I think it's mandatory.
Okay, first lesson -- you're gonna
want to dial down that attitude.
Uh...
Signed by stanton.
welcome!
Thanks.
I'll go get my stuff. Okay!
It's days like these.
Aren't you glad you
had chicken and waffles?
Yeah! You're glad you had chicken
and waffles. I actually am.
Trials are won and lost
Before opening statements, bonnie.
It's all about picking the right jury.
Picking a jury is a deselection process.
You know what that means?
You want to identify
jurors you want to strike,
Not jurors you want to pick.
Very good.
Yeah, you want to flag the jurors
Who won't be receptive to your arguments
Without drawing attention
to the good jurors you want.
The case we're doing
now, we want a juror
Who is receptive to a
self-defense argument.
What's your game plan? Self-defense.
Sal wanted out, but
they pulled him back in.
Really? You're quoting "godfather iii"?
'cause it's the best one.
The facts support self-defense.
We anticipate they'll argue
that it crossed the line
From self-defense to extreme prejudice.
How's your jury shaping up?
Too early to tell.
Find gun owners.
Self-defense
is self-evident.
Women jurors are harder on
women than they are on men.
And your client male.
Really? Hadn't noticed.
I'd pick mostly women.
They're sympathetic,
Willing to forgive men more
easily than men forgive women.
We're covered, but thanks.
Besides, we're all about the women.
Oh, I bet you think you are.
For instance, if we're better-looking
than opposing counsel...
...Which is almost always...
We stack the jury with
attractive women who will dig us.
If opposing counsel is
better-looking than us...
Which is almost never.
...Then we throw on wedding rings
And stock the pond with
less-attractive citizens
Who are threatened by handsome men.
That's just stupid.
Bonnie, meet karp,
nepotism's poster child.
Nepotism doesn't have a poster child.
Your summer associate is like the dog
Who gets the homeless guy as his master.
Who are the d.A.S on your
case? Palmer and shaw.
Oh? You better get those wedding rings.
There you go.
thanks.
You look good. Let's do it.
Oh, it's the guys you tuned up, sal.
"tuned up"? Okay, pesci.
They just came to intimidate you.
They failed.
Not with me!
Oh, check it out!
Hey, kids, the circus is back in town.
Are you guys ready?
Where's palmer and shaw?
Uh, reassigned. By me.
It's good to be king.
Oh, brought out the big
gun. It's his only shot.
Thought you'd be too busy for a trial,
Given that whole campaign of yours.
Unless, of course, you need
this to up your profile.
Um I have
not officially announced
My candidacy for district attorney
But am accepting donations.
I don't have any change.
I forgot my murse.
Ah, it's all right. How
'bout we pick a jury, huh?
Let's do that. Okay.
Be just like the old days at
megget and towne, huh? Oh, yeah.
Here's hoping for a
happier ending, though.
I don't think the ending
coube any happier.
What are you guys talking about?
Uh,
the --
Nothing. Nothing.
It's not a state secret that you
were fired from megget and towne
For sleeping with the boss's daughter.
Hewett was with mr. Megget
when they walked in on us
At that christmas party --
he tipped the old man off.
You don't know
that for sure. I--
Is this 'cause he saw you naked?
Please.
I streaked the '97 rose bowl.
100,000 people.
It was cold.
In hindsight, regrettable. Yeah.
And, may I remind you,
Do not discuss this case
with other members of the jury
Or your families.
Do not engage in any
conversation... Sal, stop twitching.
...With the lawyers on
this case. I'm itchy.
Now, I'm going to ask
most of the questions,
But occasionally I will accept
Or let the lawyers ask their own.
Now, if you have a question,
You may write it down
or hand it to a bailiff.
Before we get started, your honor,
May I say that this is the
best collection of jurors
I've ever seen assembled?
No, you may not.
It is a jury all-star team here.
Your honor, that was highly
inappropriate behavior
From someone who has,
well, written the book
On highly inappropriate behavior.
Mr. Bash and mr. Franklin,
That was warning number one.
The next step is contempt.
You got it, your honor.
And, your honor, we
apologize to d.A. Hewett,
Who was unfortunately correct
In preventing us from praising the jury.
Let's get started.
I have anger issues with
mexicans and italians.
Especially italians.
I guess I'm self-hating.
I see that you are a schoolteacher.
Congratulations.
Your answer is now public record.
Your honor, the
defense would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 1.
I'm a butcher at podesto meats.
And, uh, how long have
you been in business?
27 years.
Butcher's good. We like him.
They're desensitized to violence,
Which will help when
they see the pictures
Of what you did to those thugs.
And what do you do, sir?
I'm a priest.
Your honor, the defense
would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 3.
He seems nice. And I never miss mass.
I don't think he'd appreciate
The nuances of your self-defense.
Look at hewett. He hasn't
challenged one juror.
What's that about?
All right, so far,
we and the prosecution
Have agreed on eight jurors.
For a self-defense argument,
I like who we have so far.
We got the sheep, but we need
the shepherds. Why, bonnie?
The majority of jurors are followers.
They'll go wherever the
alphas want to lead them.
Alphas who will shape opinion,
Become a jury foreman or forewoman.
The last few jurors are
the toughest to crack.
Wait, guys. Who put the
"jilfs" card up there? Really?
Hostile environment for
the summer associate.
I did, but not in a hostile way.
How many jurors have we knocked out?
We've used seven peremptory
challenges. They've used two.
Eight. We've used eight?
We've used 8 out of 10
peremptory challenges.
We dinged the rocket scientist.
Yeah, he was too left-brain,
Wouldn't appreciate
our creativity anyway.
Hewett's only used
two challenges against us.
This is too easy.
You think he's up to something?
There's an evidentiary hearing tomorrow.
Your honor, a boot belonging
to the defendant, sal gotelli,
Was discovered by the lapd
in his locker at the gym.
It matches the bootprint
taken from the back door,
Which was kicked in at the body shop.
Also missing from mr. Gotelli's toolbox
Is a really big,
heavy wrench --
Same kind of wrench
That was found at the crime scene.
Mr. Gotelli was not
practicing self-defense.
He stalked his victims
with malicious intent.
Bailiff, mark the evidence
As prosecution exhibits "e" and "f."
Ahh. "f." as in what we are now.
Totally f'ed.
This is breaking news, sal.
This is why hewett didn't
challenge any of our jury choices.
He was letting us pick our
jury based on self-defense.
Now that strategy is toast.
We need a new defense.
How many jury challenges
do we have left?
Two.
More would be better.
I was still defending somebody.
It just wasn't me.
Sure wasn't them.
They were defending themselves...
With limited success.
Okay. You're a total badass.
But in this case, "badass"
is gonna get you 10 years.
Who were you defending?
These guys started
doing strong-arm work.
Not just boosting cars --
more up close and personal.
Carjacking, robbery.
I didn't want to be a part of that.
Okay, so your bosses aren't
the "two-week notice" types.
They jacked a car, beat up the driver.
Word got out that someone
in the neighborhood
Might have seen it go down.
I heard them talking about...
"taking care" of her.
So I stepped in.
"her"?
Her name's annabel.
She works at the gift
shop near the garage.
They sell snow globes,
Cards that sing when you open them.
We met, hit it off.
Go on.
I told them, "no one touches annabel."
They disagreed, so I tried
to persuade them otherwise.
Sal, why didn't you just tell us?
Because if you or any cops
started asking her questions,
Annabel would be exposed to danger.
I tried to fix it myself
By saying they were coming after me.
Were you in love with this woman?
If love means you'd do anything
To make sure no one would harm her...
...Maybe.
Look at this guy --
Hands of stone capable
of busting heads...
And a heart of something warm and soft,
Capable of love.
Meatloaf?
Maybe we can make this work.
d yes, I can, doubt
that I leave dd
d I'm runnin' with this plan d
Ladies, want a refill?
There you go, ladies.
Enjoy.
Bonnie.
You can make a party
out of jury selection?
Bonnie, if we impart
anything of value to you...
Highly doubtful.
...It's that you can make
a party out of anything.
Hermano? Yes.
Hey!
Okay. New defense strategy.
It's all about love now.
he makes everything about love.
That's right, especially if
you beat three people to a pulp
And you have no other defense.
All right, carmen, we need you
to go to the gift shop tomorrow.
Talk to annabel, see
if she loves sal enough
To testify about their relationship.
Do you think they sell helium balloons?
She loves her helium voice.
Hi.
I like the love defense.
But I like rom-coms
more than action movies.
Maybe you're too soft for this gig.
That's what my father
says. He's a lawyer.
He says, "if you try
a case with your heart,
Be ready to try the
appeal with your brain."
There's room for both.
And you can make quite a good living
If you wake up every morning
Trying to prove your father wrong.
Care to share?
You're my shadow, not my soul, bonnie.
Right.
So, chop-shop mechanic
and little shopgirl --
That's our scenario?
Beauty and the beast
-- that's right.
And...What are we
looking for in our jurors?
Well, we start with
people who have heart.
Heart.
Heart. Heart.
Why do you say the "t" like that?
I don't know. Is that wrong? Heart.
Hear...T.
Uh, you are a
junior-high-school p.E. Teacher.
That's right.
"do they still do that thing
Where you have to climb up
the rope to the ceiling?"
Yes, we do.
"if 'yes,' what do you do
If a kid just can't make it to the top?"
Well, if I sense a lack of
effort, I make them run laps.
Okay. Tough class.
Your honor, the defense
would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 6.
Thank you for your
service, juror number 6.
You may report back to
the jury assembly room.
You wasted a challenge on
him? We only have one left.
Trust me. I'm playing a deeper game.
I'll show you a deeper game.
Your honor, may I ask a question?
You may.
Juror number 2...
How are you today?
Fine. How are you?
Better now.
Defense has no further
questions for juror number two.
Your honor, the prosecution
would like to thank and excuse
Prospective juror number 2.
Nice work.
Yeah, I got hewett to
fire off another round.
He has four challenges
left, we only have one,
Because you were too big of a pussy
To climb the rope in the seventh grade.
The gym teacher was a "guilty."
The guy's a bully. Our guy's not?
Our guy has a marshmallow center.
Thanks, bonnie.
Hello. Hello. Can I help you?
Yeah. You guys sell helium balloons?
Sorry. No. We don't carry helium.
It's a finite resource
That's being reduced
by radioactive decay.
Buzzkill my birthday, why don't you?
You're annabel brady, right?
Yes.
Carmen phillips.
I'm an investigator for a law firm.
Oh.
You should probably talk to
my boss. I just work here.
She'll be back
in a few if you --
No, no. Nobody's in trouble or anything.
Uh, we represent a friend
of yours -- sal gotelli.
Okay. Who's she?
Not sally. Salvadore.
I don't know anyone by that name.
Oh. Him.
I didn't know his name.
Really?
No, but he comes in a lot,
Buys a lot of little
gifts for his niece.
He's very sweet, barely says a word.
Maybe the best uncle ever.
So you two aren't dating?
Oh, no.
I-I mean, h-he's
sweet, but...No way.
I never said she was in love with me.
It was "unrequitted."
Unrequited. I'll say.
Sal, she doesn't know your name.
Why did you even go talk to
her? You put her in danger!
Whoa. Easy, sal.
You thought we'd take your word for it?
I care for her. That's the truth.
I don't know if it was love.
I've never been in love.
Aww.
S-sorry. Maybe sh--
I should step out.
No. It's okay.
At least someone believes me.
All I know is...
I didn't want to see her hurt.
Well, if passion can be measured
By the beatdown you put on the victims,
You may be in love. All
right. Let's stay the course.
We only need one more
juror to fit our profile.
We argue that you loved annabel
but she doesn't love you.
Okay.
One-sided love is half a love,
Which is twice as hard to prove.
Did you tell anybody about
your feelings for annabel?
No.
So we still need our jury
To think with their heart,
not with their heads.
Yeah. Jury nullification. Yeah.
What's jury nullification?
It's what we argue when we're
screwed, sal, which we are.
Good pep talk.
Thanks. Bonnie?
When the law and facts are against us,
We appeal to the jury's emotions,
Basically try to get them to acquit you
Because they like you.
how do we do that?
Convince a jury that a
guilty verdict for you
Is a rejection of the power of love.
No one wants to be the scrooge.
Works for me.
Go get ready, sal.
We need carmen to get annabel to
testify as a character witness.
Yeah, at least annabel can say
that sal's a big, sweet lug.
It's not gonna work. Mm. I'm sorry.
I don't recall asking for your opinion.
You should be looking
for jurors who feel
Your client pounded three
dirtbags who had it coming,
Argue that sal gotelli should
get a medal for what he did.
Heart of stone. Remind me not
to pick you as our love juror.
I hope you at least have
some challenges left.
Or d--
ooh.
I'm done with you.
Where's your summer associate
that's supposed to be shadowing you?
Cleaning shows off my dvr.
If this is about love,
then you want people love --
Newlyweds, young people
who don't understand
That love is an illusion,
that it's all just chemistry.
Are you coming on to me?
'cause for a second there,
I was getting real --
Really? That's your takeaway?
no.
I didn't think she was
coming on to you, either.
You know why they call
them "shadows," right?
I know I've said this before, but...
What you need is gun owners.
Did you miss the part
Where we said we've
moved to a love defense?
They understand the whole idea
Of protecting innocence
against a violent world.
Got it. Guns!
I remember having a
mauser zig-zag handgun.
My father gave it to me
when I was 6 years old.
He took it from a german
soldier in world war ii.
Thanks. This --
this is helpful.
Ah. Gun owners love their guns.
Trust me on this one.
You got it.
- You work at crate & barrel?
- Yes, sir. Assistant manager.
Uh, your honor, I don't
mean to make excuses,
And I know I used up all my deferments,
But I have a vacation planned.
The court gives you a new
date with your deferment,
So why didn't you plan
your vacation around it?
My husband was planning a surprise.
Uh, all I want to know is
whether or not you think
This trial's gonna be over
by the end of the month?
You feeling it? I'm feeling it.
Well, this trial better be over by then.
Thank you, your honor.
Careful. Don't tip
hewett that we like her.
Your honor, may I ask why
juror 9 needs to go on vacation?
You may, mr. Bash.
It's our one-year anniversary.
My husband's planning a surprise trip.
Aww.
I-I-I sense a bit of a
southern accent. Texas?
Oklahoma.
Texas, oklahoma.
We consider them pretty
different, actually.
Oh. Well, sorry. I
didn't mean to offend.
Mr. Bash, you have one challenge left.
Do you care to use it at this time?
Yes, your honor.
Um, the defense would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror 10.
Nice work. Just enough
of a dick.
Uh-oh.
Your honor, the prosecution
would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 5.
If hewett doesn't use
any more challenges,
This jury will work for us.
God, I hate this part.
I still don't get it.
It's a tv show that's
also a cooking competition.
It's pretty straightforward.
And awesome.
Guys, we got a problem.
When don't we?
So, I went to talk to
annabel, our shopgirl,
About being a character witness for sal.
And... She's gone.
Left town.
The owner said that some
big guy in a leather coat
Came in to talk to her earlier today.
Annabel got upset, said
she had to leave town,
And that she would call
to pick up her check
When it was safe.
What the hell did you do?!
I wanted to warn her
about the guys at the shop.
Turns out, she hadn't
even seen the carjacking,
But I told her to leave town anyway.
Why?! Why?
Because these guys
Aren't gonna take any chances.
Exactly.
It's hard to prove defense of others
When the "other" bails before
we can put her on the stand!
Annabel thought I was
there to intimidate her.
She told me to leave, or
she'd call the cops on me.
At least she's safe.
We're back to square one.
I hope annabel thanked you, sal,
Because you saving her ass
may have put yours in jail.
Looks like a regular garage.
What'd you think --
they'd have sign out front
That says "chop shop"?
Didn't you ever see
"fast and the furious"?
All except "tokyo drift."
Yeah. No diesel, no fun. No, buddy.
You never saw "pitch black"?
I saw "pitch black."
Diesel at his best. Diesel is amazing.
Diesel is good. He's like our hamlet.
hi!
Okay, you either need to
show a warrant or get out.
Oh, we're just little,
old lawyers, miss...?
Kiki.
Miss kiki. Kiki. Kiki.
Well, w-we were just
hoping to take a look
Where the alleged incident took place.
Wait a minute. You're franklin and bash.
Yeah. You've heard of us?
Well, sure. From my guy.
Your guy?
Sal gotelli.
Sal gotelli...
Is your boyfriend?
Well, off and on. Mostly on.
Hey, are you gonna get sal off?
He made this place so much
better with those thugs gone.
Oh, I'm sure.
How long have you and sal
been together, off and on?
We hooked up a couple years
ago when he first started here.
He brings me gifts all the time.
Oh, look at that.
It's so sweet.
Excuse me.
This is kiki.
No, he's at lunch.
Okay.
There's no need to yell.
It's not my fault your
car's on fire. Great.
Not only is our guy a
chop-shop auto mechanic
And an attempted murderer...
He's also a serial womanizer.
I'm sick of the lying.
I'm not lying!
I bought the gifts as
an excuse to see annabel.
Throwing them away seemed like it was
a bad idea, so I gave them to kiki.
Clearly she got the wrong idea.
You got to believe me!
We hooked up a while ago,
But kiki meant nothing
to me in that way.
We believe you, sal.
Is there anybody who saw you and
annabel together in the store?
No. I only went in if
annabel was working alone.
what's going on there?
I don't know. Keep walking.
why would he do this?!
We haven't even been
married a whole year!
Uh-oh. Okay. Hang back.
Me? Yeah, you.
Just tie your shoe,
Listen to your iphone,
whatever. Just something.
Just listen. Isn't that jury tampering?
No, it's -- it's
tying your shoe. No.
I'm wearing flats. You're lawyers.
Do you know where I can find
The office for annulment of marriages?
Uh...
I'm sorry, but we -- we
really can't talk to you.
Oh. Of course.
You're men.
Seems upset.
Maybe her new husband
found an old girlfriend.
Our romance juror is now a man-hater.
Yeah, and her opinion
is gonna poison the jury.
She can't be on that jury.
We're out of challenges.
And we're out of options.
Yes, I had the same problem When I was on
president clinton's search committee
- For a supreme court justice in '93.
- Which is why we're here.
Yeah, well, the left were pressing,
Of course, for a liberal.
- Clinton wanted a centrist.
- What'd you do?
We used the republicans.
We leaked word that clinton
was in love with laurence tribe.
Oh, the opposition said
he was unconfirmable.
Which gave the president cover
to push for ruth bader ginsburg.
Ah. Lovely lady.
Crushing handshake for her size,
But very sexy when
she wore her hair down.
Who are they?
Oh.
they're shadowing me.
Twin sons of the
indonesian foreign minister.
They're, uh, returning a favor.
ah.
So, we get hewett
To ding our love
juror turned man-hater.
Exactly.
How do we do that?
good lord.
I mean, do you want me
to chew your food for you?
Figure it out.
yeah.
What's your status? Melody's about
to get on the elevator right now.
I think so.
Where's hewett? Standing right
outside the courtroom right now.
Oh, well, don't let him go
in. Keep him in the hallway.
How? He's so big!
Do something.
Throw up on him.
That's your go-to move.
Oh, hey, mr. Hewett! How are you today?
Fine.
Where are barnum & bailey?
they're coming.
I just wanted to say how excited I am
That you're running for the
office of district attorney.
Between us bros, I think
you'd really bring the heat.
Are you even a registered voter?
That's racist.
No.
Oh! Excuse me. Excuse me.
I think -- I think
you dropped this.
It might be your parking ticket.
Couple years -- it's a
very difficult process.
Unbelievable.
She dropped her parking
ticket. I handed it back to her.
The two were engaged in
conversation. Oh, come on.
Jury tampering is a serious charge.
So is a lost parking ticket, your honor.
This woman came to do her civic duty,
And mr. Hewett here
Would have us charge
her $24 to drive home?
Not only am I insulted,
But so is my father, who
raised me to be a gentleman!
S-spare me your outrage.
There's not enough evidence
here to support your accusation.
Your honor, you know how these two work.
This is
clearly --
There are other means of
recourse available to you.
Geez. Your honor, why don't
you just give him the idea?
Easy. We're
-- we're good.
I'm good.
Your honor, the prosecution
would ask the court
To thank and excuse juror number 9.
Thank you for your
service, juror number 9.
Juror number 4.
Yes, your honor?
Are you a gun owner, sir?
Yes, sir. Proud member of the nra.
Counselors,
Unless there are any more
questions or challenges,
I'm ready to swear in this
jury right after lunch.
Good.
To those of you chosen,
report back here after lunch.
To those of you who
weren't, thank you very much.
You're excused.
And thank you on behalf of
the county of los angeles.
Court is in recess until 2:30.
Are we happy?
With the jury, yes.
With your case, not yet.
I could really use a vacation.
And no men.
Sal, how many times a week did
you go into annabel's store?
Maybe once a week.
She ever go on vacation?
She went to orlando in July.
I stayed away from the store.
Longest 30 days of my life.
You have any gift receipts?
No, better yet, credit-card statements
That show you didn't buy
anything the whole month of July?
Yeah, I charged them
on my platinum amex.
It was 99-cent, "made in china" crap.
What?
What are you guys thinking?
Sal, why don't you go
get something to eat?
We'll text you in a little
bit. We got some work to do.
Okay.
So, we get sal to testify
That he was in that store
every day buying a tchotchke
As an excuse to see the woman he loved.
We don't have any gift receipts.
Yeah, and sal's record will make
his credibility a little shaky.
Right. Which leaves us with kiki.
But she can testify
That the only time she
didn't get a gift from sal
Was when annabel was on vacation.
I don't think kiki's gonna
want to help the "other woman."
Remember when you said you
wouldn't ask any questions?
It wasn't a question.
It wasn't a question?
It's not a question. Okay. Okay.
Okay, so, we slide past
the "other woman" thing.
We let kiki feel that sal was
just protecting an innocent girl.
She'll love him more.
Simple. Simple.
That dirtbag!
No, he likes
you. It's just --
Sal gave me gifts he bought
from another woman he loves
Just to be in her presence,
And you want me to put my
hands on a bible and save him?!
Did we not say "please"?
If it makes you feel any better,
His feelings for
annabel were unrequited.
She didn't even know
his name. Oh, great!
I'm losing out to some bitch
who sal doesn't even know.
What does that say about me?
What it says, kiki,
I-is that you are...
Too impressive for words. Right.
W-what do you say we reset
and try this again? Yeah. Okay.
I-if you love sal,
Shouldn't you love him
enough to let him go?
Isn't that the ultimate
expression of love?
The ultimate expression
of love is killing him!
It's called a crime of passion.
Much easier to defend.
Be sure to leave your card.
There you go.
There you go.
There's only two people who can testify
That sal was looking out for annabel.
But annabel's in the wind, and sal's...
Sal.
- So it's over?!
- No.
The test of any great trial attorney
Is whether he can master
the art of the plea deal.
So sal gets his heart stomped on,
And we're just gonna put
him on an iceberg? Excuse me?
I've been shadowing you guys for a week,
And the lesson at the end of it is,
"you can't save your
client, so save some face"?
You understand being a summer associate
Doesn't guarantee you a job? I do.
Do you understand that
it's a seller's market
And you have to impress me
more than I have to impress you?
Okay. So, what would you do?
Put delusional kiki on the stand.
Bon-bon, we can't force kiki
onto the stand. She'll hurt us.
She'll hurt the prosecution more.
You get the prosecution
to call kiki parker
As a hostile witness.
They grow up so fast.
So you're suggesting a
courtroom trojan horse?
Classic franklin and bash.
You get hewett to call kiki to the stand
To testify that sal was a lying dirtbag
Who wasn't in love with annabel.
By the way, you guys do refer
to yourselves in third person.
And after hewett calls kiki...
We cross-examine, get her to testify
That sal wasn't buying her gifts
when annabel was on vacation.
Uh, only one problem.
Hewett doesn't know
about our love defense,
So he has no reason to
call kiki to the stand.
Wait. Hewett's the one
who tipped off your boss
To catch you with megget's daughter.
So now it's our turn to tip off
hewett about our love defense.
Okay, that part seems hard.
Are you kidding? That part's fun.
I never understood --
who's the second person?
First, second.
Well, who's the third? What do you mean?
First, second.
Who's --
Franklin and bash. Three.
Oh.
Uh, your honor, the defense requests
A private meeting with you in chambers.
Your honor, the
prosecution has the right
To hear the reason for this meeting.
Approach.
The more, the merrier.
Your honor, we are having
trouble locating a witness,
So we would ask the court to delay
the start of trial until Monday.
Why?
We're not comfortable
disclosing that reason
In front of
you-know-who.
You have to do it in
front of mr. Hewett.
We want to prove that
our client was trying
To protect a woman he loved from danger.
The three men mr. Gotelli assaulted
Had targeted the witness
we're looking for.
Well, I suggest you
find another witness.
We tried, your honor. We spoke
to co-workers of mr. Gotelli,
But they wouldn't help us. Hey.
Hey, hey. No, no. Okay. Okay.
Okay, your honor. Thank you. Thank
you. We'll do that. We'll do that. Yeah.
You know, we're not
above a plea bargain.
I am.
The hook has been set.
I believe you mean the
hook has been baited.
We don't know if the prosecution
has taken the bait yet
For the hook to be set.
Really? Do a lot of fly-fishing?
Technically, you don't use a bait when
you're fly-fishing. What you use is a --
Okay. Guys, guys, guys. Eye on the ball.
We're gonna argue that unrequited love
Drove sal gotelli to
protect a pretty shopgirl
Named annabel brady... Annabel.
...From three thugs
who wanted to hurt her.
Let's just hope the district
attorney is basing their case
On us arguing unrequited love.
What if he doesn't?
Well, we picked our key jury members
Based on this defense. Yeah,
let's put it this way, sal --
If the prosecution
doesn't call your friend
Kiki parker to the stand, you'll lose.
If they do, we'll win.
And you go free.
Really? Just like that?
Trials are won and lost based
on how you pick your jury.
And our jury is primed for love.
For better or worse.
Good luck today, counsel.
And to you, mr. District attorney.
It's been like old times.
When this is all over, we'll be even
For what you did to
me at megget and towne.
are you presuming victory?
No. He's guaranteeing it.
Before we go in,
I just want to say
what an honor it's been
To observe such a legendary trial team.
I feel the same way.
"good-luck hug"
time. No, we --
Oh. A hug. Okay.
No!
Hey, summer girl.
Yes, mr. Franklin?
your father would be proud.
We will now hear
opening statements --
First, from the prosecution.
Mr. Hewett?
Thank you, your honor.
Ladies and gentlemen of the
jury, as I speak to you now,
Three men, victims of a vicious beating
Administered by the man
sitting behind me, sal gotelli,
Are still recovering
from their injuries.
At one time, these men
called sal gotelli a friend.
But what kind of friend
jumps another friend
And beats them over
the head with a wrench?
This friend.
Now, the defense will argue
That sal gotelli is a good man...
A hardworking man.
The defense will also
try to get you to believe
That sal gotelli was a man in love.
Yeah.
They will argue that sal gotelli
Loved a woman from
afar named annabel brady
And that he was just trying to
protect her from the victims.
Well, not only will
we disprove the notion
That sal gotelli was a man in love
With a shopgirl whom the
defense can't even locate,
But we will introduce the
woman he really loved --
His real girlfriend...
Kiki parker.
And then, you, ladies and gentlemen...
You will decide...
Who is telling the truth.
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