The Guardian (2001) s02e09 Episode Script

Hey.
Just got a message from your dad's secretary.
What's up? NICK: I don't know.
She just said, "Come in early.
" BURTON: Good morning.
Oh, good.
You got those.
So, you know American Hydrant is buying Trison Irrigation.
NICK: Right.
This is a complicated deal.
I've been working on this for 3 months.
Both companies have prickly owners, to say the least.
So, what do you want us to do? Well, American Hydrant wants to do this now or not at all.
They pushed the closing two weeks to this Friday.
OK.
The thing is, I've gotta be away from the office for a day.
I've got a little personal matter, but I need you to take charge of it until I get back tomorrow.
- We'll get onto it.
- OK.
Dad.
What's the personal matter? Oh, I, uh, I've got that eye surgery this afternoon.
The same laser process they used last year, only this time it's on my left eye.
Glaucoma.
Well, I'll drive you.
No, no.
I've got a car.
Thanks, anyway.
I can take you.
No, please, don't.
I need you here.
I'll get there, thanks.
OK.
Hey, yo, stop messin' around, man.
I'm makin' oatmeal.
We gotta finish these dishes by 8:30 or we on report.
MAN: Morning P.
T.
Activities for classes 4 and 2 have been moved to the west side of the school.
STUDENT: Levi, we're out of detergent.
So? So I gotta go get some.
Yes, you do, and hurry up.
I ain't doin' all this by myself.
[Sighs.]
That was fast.
Give it here.
You get beat in, you get beat out.
[Man singing.]
Well, there is trouble in my mind There is dark There's dark and there is light There is no order There is chaos And there is crime There is no one home tonight In the empire of my mind There is trouble in my mind All the chaos In my mind MAN: Our school has an honor code, and every student is expected to follow it and report those who don't.
We asked your nephew to tell us who did this.
He's refused.
So you're threatening to expel him? Well, frankly, he's lucky he hasn't been expelled sooner.
Levi's hardly been a model resident here.
Frankly, you're lucky I don't sue you for negligent supervision.
How the hell did you let this happen? This school is full of gang members, Mr.
Mooney.
We keep control the best we can.
By throwing out the kids who get beat up for quitting the very gangs you're talking about? No.
By implementing an honor code and by enforcing the rules.
Maybe he can identify who did this to him.
Levi told a school counselor this morning that he was glad he was finally "beat out" by his former gang.
He also said he would never name them.
Listen, Levi, I commend your decision to leave the gang, I really do, but if you don't name the kids in this tape, I have no choice but to schedule a disciplinary hearing and have you transferred back into the juvenile corrections system.
[Sighs.]
Levi do you want to tell Mr.
Kolbrenner who did this to you? Let's go.
You try to expel my nephew, I'll see you in court first.
Only reason he's doin' this is 'cause of the fire.
I mean, he doesn't care if I got my ass whipped.
He just cares something happened on his watch.
Levi, this is the third time I've been called down here for this sort of crap.
Third time.
I mean, don't think Kolbrenner's gonna go light on you just because you quit your gang.
The fact that you were in it in the first place is bad enough.
You know I can't say nothin', man.
If you don't, they'll send you to juvie until you're 21.
So? So that's 4 more years of your life when you could have been out of here in a month.
a group of kids who beat you up? It's not them I'm looking to protect.
Feel me? ALVIN: Right this way.
Take your time.
Here's my office.
Just have a seat.
Thank you.
- You know who that is? - No.
Sparky Walters.
Sparky Walters, relief pitcher for the Pirates.
Played in the '60 World Series.
Sparky Walters.
You don't know him? A little before my time.
My dad and I were huge fans.
Well, that's good for you.
Can I ask you a contracts question? Yeah, sure.
Sparky invested money in a restaurant, also lent them some of his personal property.
Business went under, he's hoping to get his stuff back, but now his former partner is about to auction it off.
Well, I would petition for an injunction to stop the auction, then move for equitable repLevin.
Nick, can I talk to you for a minute? Sure.
Levi got beat up this morning during his kitchen detail.
Fire starts, security camera only picks up him because the other kids are wearing hoods.
Now the school director says if he doesn't identify them, he'll go to juvie.
He was transferred from the Shuman Center to North Castle, right? I know Scott Kolbrenner.
We go back to when he was Juvenile P.
D.
You got some pull with Kolbrenner? Yeah.
OK, I'll be right there.
Um, l I have to go.
Thank you, Nick.
Please, let me handle this.
- Thank you.
- No problem.
Mr.
Walters.
Oh.
Call me Sparky.
Ah, Sparky, sorry to keep you waitin'.
DOCTOR: A hyphema.
Multiple broken blood vessels in the eye.
There's excessive bleeding, which has caused loss of vision.
Temporary.
Um, more often than not, when this happens, vision clears after a few days.
- So he's blind in his left eye? - For now.
Well, he he doesn't have very good vision in his right eye.
We're aware of that.
Now, for the next couple of days, your father is going to need strict bed rest, preferably at a 45-degree angle, eye drops 3 times a day, and he'll need to wear the shield over his eye to protect it.
If he doesn't follow this regimen, the vision loss could be permanent.
Thanks, doc.
Thank you.
OK, now you got everything? Yeah.
I hate to be a pain in the ass, but, uh, you can stay in your old room.
No, you stay with me.
I'm not going to sleep in my old room.
- Why not? - Dad, just stay with me, OK? ALVIN: School's lookin' great, Scott.
Thank you, we try.
You know it's not easy.
Ah, you're doing good work.
You're here about Levi Mooney.
Yeah.
Listen, Levi's a good kid.
He, uh Alvin.
Heh.
He's far from a good kid.
Manslaughter charges, drugs, gang affiliations, fights.
If it weren't for his uncle, this kid would be in prison right now.
Well, sending him back to juvie is not going to do him any good, that's for sure.
Listen, I was hoping What? You were hoping that I would look the other way? Alvin, I've got over About a hundred of them are gangbangers, you know, covering a half a dozen gangs.
The only reason I don't have a homicide every day here is because these kids know if they screw up, they're going right back to juvie, no exceptions.
But in this case Levi knows the names of fellow residents who've committed a felony.
He won't identify them.
That's a violation of the honor code.
Look, I know you wanted the Associate Director position at the clinic.
- Alvin - I know you were disappointed when I gave it to Louisa Archer.
Oh, Alvin, look, don't flatter yourself, OK, man? I'm happy here.
And I make as big a difference in kids' lives as you do, if not more.
But the fact remains, Levi Mooney is covering up for criminals.
If I don't enforce my rules with him with swiftness, with clarity, boom, I've got total chaos here.
Chaos.
Yeah, look, uh, it looks like [Sighs.]
Does it feel like 45 degrees? - I guess.
- OK.
All right, is there is there anything else you need? No.
Uhh.
Oh, Dad, let me get you an ashtray.
Here.
I'm sorry.
That's OK.
It's fine.
Oh, you got a radio? NICK: Yeah.
Sure.
NPR? Oh, ho ho ho, socialist bastards.
No.
What do you want? [Country music playing.]
Just, uh it's kind of expensive.
Ahem, you know you know, I can cancel the rest of my day.
Nicholas.
We got a little merger going here, remember? - Yeah.
- OK.
I'll come back later.
I'll just, uh, check on you, OK? Oh.
I'm gonna I'm gonna need some cigarettes, Nicholas.
Uh, I'll pick you up a pack.
And get me a a carton.
OK.
Oh, and a coffee, regular coffee, big cup, not that, uh, espresso crap.
Where will I get that? Convenience store.
OK.
I'll be back in a minute.
All right.
So, you speak to Kolbrenner? Yeah, yesterday.
How'd it go? Coffee? James, he wouldn't budge.
I thought you were tight with this guy.
I thought I was.
You know, that's great, Alvin.
How long do I have to keep paying for this thing, James? You know, I mean, I didn't sentence the kid.
I certainly wasn't beating up on him.
I tried.
I drove all the way down there, on my time, and I met with Kolbrenner.
But the problem isn't my relationship with him.
The problem is Levi.
He's been nothing but a pain in the ass since the moment he arrived at North Castle, and Kolbrenner is only too happy to see him go.
Sparky, how are you? Mr.
Masterson.
I brought in some of my old, uh, Pirates yearbooks today.
I thought we'd take a look at them.
You hear that? Yeah.
Do you think you can help? Well, I don't really know this Kolbrenner guy.
No.
Levi, can you represent him in court? Can't you do it? Everyone in the system knows he was taken out of my custody.
It wouldn't look good for me to represent him in court.
Is is it an L.
S.
P.
Case? Not officially.
Well, it doesn't apply to my hours.
Lulu.
LULU: Yeah.
Levi's case.
Can we cover it here? LULU: I don't know.
Why not? It applies.
I scheduled a hearing yesterday just in case Alvin couldn't work it out with Kolbrenner.
OK.
When is it? In an hour.
Come on.
I'll brief you on the way.
ATTORNEY: When Levi Mooney was taken from his uncle's care and given the choice between juvenile detention and a reformatory schooling program, he chose reform school.
And North Castle has an honor code which requires residents to report all misdeeds committed by fellow students.
It was a deal he agreed to.
Now he doesn't want to uphold his end of the bargain, and North Castle is well within its rights to expel him for it.
Mr.
Fallin, is there any reason why I shouldn't agree with miss Heller? Yes, the First Amendment.
JUDGE: What about it? It protects not only the right to free speech, but also freedom from compelled speech.
If North Castle cannot force a child to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, how can it make him speak the names of alleged assailants? But didn't Levi Mooney agree to the terms of the honor code? A person cannot contract out their Constitutional rights.
We're not setting Constitutional precedent here, Mr.
Fallin.
Levi Mooney willingly agreed to abide by North Castle's honor code in exchange for the right to attend that institution.
If he doesn't comply with the code, he can be transferred to juvenile detention until the age of 21.
The decision is his.
[Bangs gavel.]
KOLBRENNER: Nice going.
Thank you.
NICK: We have a proposal transfer Levi to Christian Boys' Academy tonight.
Well, that's an institution for first-time offenders.
I'm, uh, afraid Levi's a little advanced for Christian Boys' Academy.
JAMES: Look, he'll be miles away from North Castle and the kind of kids that'll seek retribution for his talking.
You do this, you get the names.
You don't, you have 3 kids running around North Castle bragging about how they burned down the school and never got caught.
We'll need judicial approval.
You can go to chambers right now.
JAMES: Huh, academy.
Ha ha.
It's out near this farm.
Uh, you'll like it.
MAN: All students should be in their beds.
Lights out in 15 minutes.
JAMES: I know you didn't want to name those kids.
But I know you can't see it, but later on you will.
It's like you just traded up for a chance at a better life.
Good school, maybe college.
I know you can't see it now, but you will.
How do you know? Place you're going, I went there for a while.
What for? Got into trouble.
What kind of trouble you get into? Doesn't matter.
What matters is is that I straightened myself out.
Got my head on right and got out of gang life.
They got cows out by that school? Why? Well, I lived in Pennsylvania my whole life.
Never saw a cow.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
I'll come up and see you next weekend.
Bet.
BURTON: Hey.
NICK: Hey.
What are you doing? Trying to make some coffee.
L I can't do this.
Let me try.
You hungry? No.
I'm short of smokes.
I got you 2 packs yesterday.
I asked you to get me a carton, remember? I can't make coffee.
I don't have a grinder.
I'll pick some up for you when I go out.
You know, Dad, you know what you need? A nurse.
A nurse? Yeah, that's what I said.
For cripes sake, I'm not dying here.
I don't want some 200-pound Jamaican lady watching me take a piss.
Did you put your eye drops in today? Tried.
You haven't used these drops once, Dad.
The seal, it's still here.
I thought it Give me a break, OK? I can't see.
Take your shield off.
Put your head back.
[Sighs.]
You know I was sitting around here today You gotta keep your eye open, Dad.
My eye is open.
You missed it.
Sitting around here today Wider.
Got it.
Something was bothering me.
I couldn't figure it out.
And all of a sudden it hit me.
It's too damn quiet.
What do you mean? This place here.
Phone doesn't ring, nothing moves.
Whatever happened to that dog? - Bart? - Bart.
Whatever happened to him? I gave him to a family in Washington County.
They had a farm.
You should've kept him.
Why is that? You need a friend.
OK.
Well, uh, I'm just gonna go out and pick up your dinner.
Cigarettes.
And your carton of cigarettes and some coffee.
BURTON: Good.
[Country music playing.]
And and what is this obsession you have with country music? I mean it's not the country.
We live in Pittsburgh.
[Breathing heavily.]
Alvin? You all right? He's dead.
What? Levi Mooney.
Got killed last night at the Christian Boys' Academy.
What? Some kids from the city broke into his dorm.
Oh, no.
Shoved rocks in his mouth.
In his mouth.
Choked him to death.
God, in his room.
- Did they catch them? - No.
But they know they were gang members.
The cops came by the clinic an hour ago.
James has been in court the whole time.
[Sighs.]
I would not bet on the Cowboys, not this year, not with that spread.
NICK: No, no, you can't do it.
No.
I'll tell him.
I'll tell him.
NICK: James.
Can we talk for a second? MAN: See you later, James.
There's been an incident, uh Levi, um he was killed last night.
I'm sorry.
James.
James.
James, I'm so sor NICK: Let him go, just let him go.
Go with James.
He shouldn't have to go there alone.
James, you need a ride home? I gotta go see my sister.
Well, listen, I can I can give you a ride there if you want.
I gotta tell her her boy's dead.
L I know.
I know.
I gotta I gotta go tell her, and then I gotta go deal with the kids who did this.
LULU: This is your file.
Take it around the corner to my office.
I'll be right there.
Uh, Karen, call Judge Damsen's clerk.
Tell him I'm running late, please.
NICK: Lulu.
Hey.
Go see Alvin.
- What is it? - Just go see him.
He's in his office.
Alvin.
[Snoring.]
Ugh.
Hey.
- Hey, Alvin.
- [Grunting.]
Wake up.
Ohhh.
He's drunk.
[Sighs.]
How's James? He's gone to see his sister.
All right.
Well, I'm trying to get continuances for everything, and James' cases are actually cleared, but Alvin has something in 15 minutes, and l Yeah, I'll take it.
I'll take it.
- Great.
OK.
- You have the file? We do.
Walters case.
A guy who played football or something.
[Siren in distance.]
[Hip-hop music and chatter.]
Jimmy, what the hell you doin' around here? Came up for a visit.
Now, I haven't seen you in a very long time.
Haven't been around here.
Heard about your nephew.
That why you here? I need something from you, Winston.
Man, you know I wanna help you, but the guys who did this, goin' after them could cause some problems.
All the gangs, we sort of got a truce goin'.
I never told on you.
Did I? What are you talkin' 'bout? When I went to juvie, you know they offered me a plea bargain.
I never told them what you did.
You said you owed me if I ever needed anything.
So now you come collectin'.
NICK: Sorry about the mix-up, Mr.
Walters.
My case was almost thrown out.
Yeah, that's my fault.
Uh, Alvin just gave me the case.
I, um I got held up with a personal matter.
Well, why did Mr.
Masterson give you my case? Uh, Alvin is out sick today.
Oh.
Ohh.
So apparently there's a personal property issue? Oh, yeah.
That's my, uh, World Series jersey.
See, I lent it to my partner.
The guy in there, Belasky? You see, we opened this place, Sparky's Steak House, and we had the jersey up on the wall.
Well, when the business went down, Belasky took my jersey.
Now he's auctioning it off on the Internet for 6,000 bucks.
Well, um well, we'll have a new hearing date in a day or 2, and I'll call you.
Right.
Right, OK.
Yeah.
Thank you.
So American Hydrant needs an environmental survey because, um, they think that maybe Trison's Sharpsburg plant may have polluted the Allegheny River.
OK.
What do we have here so, who's, uh who's paying for the tests? We are.
Ok, call Ron Mahoney in Philly.
Eastern Environmental Labs.
Uh, I've worked with his group before.
Environmental labs.
They're good? Yeah, well, they understand how to interpret data in a way that's not gonna kill this deal.
And they get it done fast? We should have preliminary results within 24 hours.
OK.
Um, well, we're we're way behind on everything else.
We need to, uh, finish our closing documents and, uh, finalize our opinion.
But some of this stuff I mean, l l your dad his writing I mean, l it it's like hieroglyphics.
[Cell phone ringing.]
Yeah.
Lulu.
Hey.
He puked 3 times.
He's still in the bathroom.
OK.
Sorry.
I didn't know who else to call.
No, you're right.
Go home.
It's fine.
I'll take care of him.
- You sure? - Yeah.
[Alvin vomiting and gagging.]
[Exhales.]
NICK: You need to pull yourself together.
I covered your case with Walters today.
I got a continuance through Friday.
[Drunkenly.]
Sparky Walters.
I wouldn't know it to look at him now, but he was a hell of a reliever.
Hell of an arm.
Drink this.
Thanks.
[Gagging and coughing.]
Ohh! Gee.
[Exhales.]
Levi's funeral is tomorrow morning.
You gotta be there, and you gotta be sober.
ALVIN: I just went into the bar at the Grant Hotel.
Take the edge off.
Had one drink.
[Cell phone rings.]
Yeah.
Yeah.
OK.
I'll be right there.
Dad, I will be right there, OK? [Knock on door.]
That you, Jimmy? JAMES: Yeah.
Got what you need.
You sure it's right? Got what you need.
You want a hand? No.
I'm not gonna no.
You're not gonna what? [Sighs.]
Just wanted to know.
Now you do.
Dad, why are you working? Well, Jake called and said you were nowhere around, so I had Gretchen bring over some of the Trison paperwork.
You're supposed to be resting.
You're supposed to be And you're supposed to be covering this deal, Nicholas! Well, things are just a little What? James Mooney's nephew was murdered in a Oh, my God.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
Uh, Alvin's I'm just covering for a lot of people right now, OK? You want me to come back into the office? No, I can take care of it.
Your Chinese food's in the bag.
I got some, uh, talking books.
I have a player here.
When's the boy's funeral? Tomorrow morning.
Make sure you send some flowers to the family from the firm and see if they need anything in any way.
Yeah, sure.
OK.
Um you're OK for cigarettes.
Uh, I gotta get back to work.
Thanks.
James, I'm sorry.
You know, I'm I'm not good at these.
Yeah.
You know, when my mom died When your mother died? Yeah.
You know, I don't mean to, but How old was your mother? - James - Was she 16? No.
Was it your job to take care of her? Were you entrusted with her care? No.
Did some teenage punk sh shove rocks into your mother's mouth until she choked to death? What you said about dealing with the kids who did this You're not gonna Jerry, another.
Jerry.
[Knocks glass on bar.]
I want another, please.
Sorry, Alvin.
Why are you sorry? I called a cab.
Go home.
No.
No.
You said you were sorry.
Why would you be sorry? You're drunk.
Are you sorry because you ended up a 40-year-old bartender working the day shift? Go to hell.
OK.
I will.
Kate.
Alvin.
Kate.
I wanted to tell you something.
What is it, Alvin? About the kids' contract and your clinic, the, uh children's project.
Yeah.
I don't resent you getting it, and I think you do exceptional work.
Thank you.
And I was wondering if you might buy me a scotch.
Alvin.
[Chuckles.]
No.
So you're in cahoots.
In cahoots with Jerry the Aging Bartender! I'm not in cahoots.
All of you are in cahoots! Alvin.
It's time to go.
I called a cab.
I don't want a cab.
It's time.
Yeah? Well, in that case, Jerry, up your ass.
All of you.
[Knock on door.]
Listen, Alvin, I covered for you with the Walters case.
I got a new hearing scheduled.
I told your other clients that you would be available to work for them today.
- I can't.
- Oh, you can't? Well, you have to sober up, Alvin.
I'm not drunk.
- OK.
- I'm not.
Well, why don't you go to one of your little meetings? - What? - Oh, you're "Mr.
AA.
" Come on.
Who the hell are you? Who the hell are you to tell me about a meeting? Whatever.
[Sobbing.]
I killed that kid, Nick.
I'm the one that called Social Services.
I took him away from James.
Alvin.
Look, you really should go to a meeting.
I can't.
No.
OK.
Fine.
Fine, you know, 'cause, uh, you wanna take a fall? Is this what you wanna do? You wanna go that way? I'll go.
I'll go with you.
Let's do it together.
OK? You know, you didn't kill the kid.
You're not that powerful, Alvin.
Levi's death, it wasn't it wasn't about you.
You didn't kill him.
The question is whether or not we wanna hire another expert.
It's a lot of money.
Yeah, it's a lot of money.
It's our money.
What are you doing, Dad? Your job.
Go home.
The environmental report came in.
The, uh, soil readings don't look very good.
What does it say? Well, the, uh, factory land is polluted.
How badly? JAKE: Borderline, but the question is whether or not Trison is responsible.
Well, I'll order a new report.
I'm gonna have to revise the merger agreement to provide for a hold-back in the amount of estimated clean-up costs.
Don't forget the indemnification agreement.
What's American Hydrant saying? They haven't seen the report yet.
BURTON: Well, they will tomorrow.
We have, uh, one day to get ready.
Then they walk.
NICK: OK, well, I'm here now.
I'm gonna rework the whole deal, OK? Dad, come on.
You need to go and lie down in your office.
- I've got work to do here.
- Dad, go home.
OK! Fine.
I'll go to my office and lie down.
- OK? - All right.
- Great.
- Good.
Here's your cigarettes.
[Door closes.]
NICK: Sorry about that.
What is it? We have a visitor.
ALVIN: Ohh! How ya doin', Burton? Been better, Alvin.
Been better.
[Radio playing country music.]
[Woman singing.]
You wrap your arms around me But I have no time Hey, Jake.
Hey.
Ahem.
Uh th-this is a two-person job.
Yeah, you're right.
Listen, why don't you go to your office, get some sleep.
I'll I'll wake you in a couple of hours.
OK? Is that coffee fresh? Yeah.
Great.
[Blinds opening.]
JAKE: Nick.
Damn it, Nick.
You didn't wake me up.
NICK: Ohh, what time is it? JAKE: Meeting's in an hour.
Did did you finish the, uh the revised merger agreement? Yeah.
Yeah, most of it.
Most of it? It's there.
Ahem.
OK.
Wait.
Wait, wait, wait.
No.
No no way.
NICK: I'm due in court.
Alvin.
Nick.
Are you feeling better? Yeah, great.
I'm, uh I'm fine.
Sparky's my client.
I'm here to argue the case.
- You sure? - Yeah.
OK.
Great.
Hey, Nick.
I I'm sorry for what I said about your mother.
It wasn't right.
[Crying.]
I went and I got the names of the kids who did this and their addresses.
L I know I sh-should go t to the police.
You can't you can't get even.
- I know.
- You can't.
I know that.
OK, I know now, all right? I know.
So let me take this thing to the police.
Uh-uh.
Let me.
Are you gonna do it right now? I'll do it later.
I promised my sister I'd come by.
You're gonna do it, right? I'll do it later.
I'll tell you what.
I'll meet you at the Incline at 6:00.
I'll see you there.
Oh, Mr.
McLean.
We lost the deal.
And we lost the client.
BURTON: I, uh, talked to McLean over at Trison.
NICK: Right.
BURTON: He said the meeting was a disaster.
They've been our clients for 25 years.
So, how are we doin' Hi, doc.
How you doin' Let's just, uh, have a look.
Straight ahead, right? Yeah.
Hmm, this looks good.
This looks very good.
How are things with the shield off? I think they're clearer.
I mean, it's still a little blurry, but l I think it's better.
Mmm, good.
Well, the blood should totally clear in a few more days, and your eyesight should return to normal.
And what about work? When can I go back to work? I'd wait till next week.
Really? Yeah.
In the meantime, stay in bed.
BURTON: I gotta get back to work.
No, the doctor says you need rest.
The doctor says I'm doing better.
Dad, you don't take your drops, you don't wear your damn shield.
You need rest.
God knows I can't afford to miss any more work.
Is that because of what happened with Trison? That was your deal in the first place, Dad.
You didn't exactly give us enough time to prep for it.
Son, look, I know you've had a tough week, but you can't let that affect your work.
You gotta push through these kind of things.
Yeah, like you have for the last few days? I was blind, Nicholas.
That's a great excuse.
I don't have one like that.
You know, you're really worrying me, Nicholas.
What? You don't have any friends.
You seem you seem isolated.
I open up my house to you, and you scrutinize me.
Look, I worry about the fact that if you don't find something outside yourself, you're gonna get back into - You worry about me?! - Yes, I do.
- You ever look at yourself? - What? You ever take a moment these last 3 days to take a look at yourself? What does that mean? You're too busy sittin' on your ass smokin' your cigarettes and workin' out what my problems are.
Listen.
Do you need a ride? No, I don't.
I'll walk.
Alvin.
I wasn't drinkin'.
I didn't ask.
I went in there to apologize to Jerry is all.
I didn't ask.
I lost the Sparky Walters case.
Well, what do you expect, Alvin? You know, I got Sparky's autograph once.
See I waited for hours outside the stadium one night with my dad, who was drunk.
These pro athletes, they were they were like gods to me.
My dad was just a schlub.
And I was never gonna be like him.
OK.
Is James in there? No, he, uh he didn't even come to work today.
Why didn't you go to the police, man? No, don't don't even think you're goin' in there, James.
You think you know the truth? You think you know what's goin' on? You can't even be certain that these are the guys.
You should go home, Nick, considerin' your status, your probation.
Yeah, I'll go home if you come with me right now.
Go home, Nick.
You're not going in there, James.
Anything could happen.
Let's just get in my car.
We'll take a drive.
We'll talk about this.
Get outta here.
Ride your ass up on outta here.
It's not gonna make it right.
Mmm.
- Morning.
- Morning, Nick.
Alvin make it in? ALVIN: I'll file papers today.
You should have the answer in about a week.
JAMES: Mr.
Henner, your hearing is Monday afternoon.
I'll meet you on the second floor of the courthouse.
Uh, James, the Morgans just left.
Could you take the hearing? - Uh, sure.
- Thank you.
James.
If you didn't want me to stop you, why did you tell me in the first place? Hi, Mrs.
Jenson.
Come on in.
Hi, Sheila.
I've gone over your records.
ALVIN: Laurie Solt, please.
Thank you.
Hey.
You have the Bennett case at 11:00.
Right.