1 00:00:30,071 --> 00:00:30,780 You got three options. 2 00:00:31,238 --> 00:00:33,029 Plead Emily Dodson out, tank the case in trial, 3 00:00:33,113 --> 00:00:35,697 or get yourself disbarred. 4 00:00:36,196 --> 00:00:37,238 There's no way you'd be 5 00:00:37,446 --> 00:00:40,113 dredging up old ghosts if you had a solid case! 6 00:00:40,114 --> 00:00:41,588 Previously on Perry Mason... 7 00:00:41,613 --> 00:00:44,196 The ramifications of Sister's latest message 8 00:00:44,446 --> 00:00:47,446 threatens the financial health of the assembly. 9 00:00:48,405 --> 00:00:49,446 Half of your audience wanna 10 00:00:49,738 --> 00:00:51,780 kiss your feet, the other half wanna kill you. 11 00:00:52,822 --> 00:00:54,279 You have to let me protect you. 12 00:00:54,780 --> 00:00:57,279 Charlie Dodson will rise again! 13 00:00:57,822 --> 00:00:59,279 Blasphemy! 14 00:00:59,363 --> 00:01:00,530 Three guys, three stiffs. 15 00:01:00,613 --> 00:01:02,071 'Cept we know there's a fourth. 16 00:01:02,154 --> 00:01:04,196 You're like every amateur dick I ever met. 17 00:01:04,279 --> 00:01:05,196 You think you caught a fish 18 00:01:05,279 --> 00:01:06,697 all you done is hook your own ass. 19 00:01:06,780 --> 00:01:08,196 Mr. Mason's evidence 20 00:01:08,279 --> 00:01:09,279 is coming up short. 21 00:01:10,113 --> 00:01:12,279 You want me to say that I'm guilty? 22 00:01:12,363 --> 00:01:13,363 No, we're gonna fight. 23 00:01:13,655 --> 00:01:14,613 I'm the lawyer here! 24 00:01:14,697 --> 00:01:16,780 Then act like one goddammit! 25 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:27,500 *CREDITS* 26 00:01:53,196 --> 00:01:54,238 E.B.? 27 00:02:42,279 --> 00:02:43,363 E.B.? 28 00:02:43,446 --> 00:02:44,446 E.B.? 29 00:02:45,488 --> 00:02:46,530 E.B.? 30 00:02:47,196 --> 00:02:48,363 E.B.? 31 00:02:48,446 --> 00:02:50,738 E.B.? E.B.? 32 00:03:02,113 --> 00:03:04,113 No. 33 00:03:23,613 --> 00:03:25,738 Boyle 23405... 34 00:04:26,071 --> 00:04:27,571 It's funny, 35 00:04:27,655 --> 00:04:31,279 you spend all these years with somebody, and... 36 00:04:32,154 --> 00:04:34,488 one day, they're just gone. 37 00:04:35,446 --> 00:04:36,947 And you realize... 38 00:04:39,905 --> 00:04:41,697 you'll never see them again. 39 00:04:44,488 --> 00:04:47,321 But I guess that's life, isn't it? 40 00:04:51,530 --> 00:04:56,613 So first you found him dead, and then you called the police? 41 00:04:56,697 --> 00:04:58,363 Yes. 42 00:04:58,446 --> 00:05:00,488 That's exactly what I did. 43 00:05:03,196 --> 00:05:05,113 I can assure you that all of us 44 00:05:05,196 --> 00:05:08,113 at Century Mutual are sorry for your loss. 45 00:05:08,196 --> 00:05:10,154 May I ask if you need any assistance 46 00:05:10,238 --> 00:05:11,488 with funeral arrangements? 47 00:05:11,571 --> 00:05:14,863 - We have relationships with... - Thank you. No. 48 00:05:14,947 --> 00:05:18,947 The body is being taken to be with his family. 49 00:05:19,029 --> 00:05:20,363 Up north. 50 00:05:20,446 --> 00:05:25,530 Next stops be Atascadero, Salinas, Watsonville Junction, 51 00:05:25,613 --> 00:05:29,488 South San Francisco, San Francisco. 52 00:05:55,154 --> 00:05:56,738 Not much longer now. 53 00:06:40,113 --> 00:06:41,446 Mother? 54 00:06:43,405 --> 00:06:45,321 Can I have 25,000 dollars? 55 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:46,822 Twenty-five thousand dollars? 56 00:06:46,905 --> 00:06:48,321 For Emily Dodson. 57 00:06:48,405 --> 00:06:50,238 That is the amount of her bail, isn't it? 58 00:06:50,321 --> 00:06:53,863 Are you... Are you suggesting we... we free her? 59 00:06:53,947 --> 00:06:56,655 I want Emily sitting on stage with me. 60 00:06:56,738 --> 00:06:58,238 She can take Elder Brown's seat. 61 00:06:58,321 --> 00:07:00,488 That's not the wisest path to tread at this moment, Sister. 62 00:07:00,571 --> 00:07:02,154 Look at these! 63 00:07:02,238 --> 00:07:06,113 This outpouring of love and charity. 64 00:07:06,196 --> 00:07:09,154 Chesterfield, Missouri, two dollars. 65 00:07:10,655 --> 00:07:15,405 Bangor, Maine, five dollars and... 66 00:07:15,488 --> 00:07:19,279 forty-three... 46 cents. 67 00:07:19,363 --> 00:07:20,988 Tucson, Arizona. 68 00:07:22,071 --> 00:07:24,238 "May God pour honey over your body 69 00:07:24,321 --> 00:07:27,488 and stake you to an ant hill, you blaspheming whore. 70 00:07:27,571 --> 00:07:30,321 You couldn't die soon enough." 71 00:07:30,405 --> 00:07:32,863 Elder Seidel, how much did we bring in this week? 72 00:07:32,947 --> 00:07:35,196 Uh, enough to cover our overhead 73 00:07:35,988 --> 00:07:37,154 and to keep the kitchen stocked. 74 00:07:37,238 --> 00:07:38,780 And it will be double that 75 00:07:38,863 --> 00:07:40,446 when I return to the microphone. 76 00:07:40,530 --> 00:07:42,905 Never in my life have I felt stronger 77 00:07:42,988 --> 00:07:48,571 or more clear in my mind or more filled with inspiration. 78 00:07:50,363 --> 00:07:51,655 I think it's been some time 79 00:07:51,738 --> 00:07:54,238 since we've had a divine healing. 80 00:07:54,321 --> 00:07:56,405 Well, it's hard to capture the true spirit 81 00:07:56,488 --> 00:07:58,571 of that particular service on the radio, Sister. 82 00:07:58,655 --> 00:08:01,196 The gospel will reach out through that radio 83 00:08:01,279 --> 00:08:05,530 and around the world to every man, woman, boy and girl. 84 00:08:05,613 --> 00:08:06,940 As the hymns say: 85 00:08:06,965 --> 00:08:10,554 "To answer when He calls, that is my task." 86 00:08:15,113 --> 00:08:18,863 You can come down off your chariot. 87 00:08:19,947 --> 00:08:21,530 We're paying attention. 88 00:08:24,571 --> 00:08:27,697 Bring me the weak and the sick like we did under tent poles 89 00:08:27,780 --> 00:08:29,405 before we broke ground. 90 00:08:29,488 --> 00:08:31,488 And if you cannot accommodate that, Mother, 91 00:08:31,571 --> 00:08:33,738 then you can be relieved of your duties. 92 00:08:36,697 --> 00:08:38,238 Anything else, daughter? 93 00:08:39,405 --> 00:08:41,405 Just 25,000 dollars. 94 00:08:51,238 --> 00:08:53,029 Look, Detective, 95 00:08:53,113 --> 00:08:55,071 I already been tailing Ennis for three days. 96 00:08:55,154 --> 00:08:57,571 I'm asking who might have a beef with this prick. 97 00:08:57,655 --> 00:09:00,029 - And guess whose name keeps popping up? - Yours. 98 00:09:00,113 --> 00:09:01,863 - Hey, Flint. - Yeah? 99 00:09:01,947 --> 00:09:04,822 Get your nose out of her pills and go burn some coffee. 100 00:09:04,905 --> 00:09:06,446 Fucking reeks in here. 101 00:09:09,571 --> 00:09:11,279 You believe this shit? 102 00:09:12,822 --> 00:09:14,697 What got at her face? 103 00:09:14,780 --> 00:09:16,405 Goddamn cat. 104 00:09:17,446 --> 00:09:19,947 Ugh. Ate her whole fucking ear off. 105 00:09:21,488 --> 00:09:24,613 Look, I'm on the Dodson case. Things ain't adding up. 106 00:09:25,363 --> 00:09:26,488 This guy, Joe Ennis, 107 00:09:26,571 --> 00:09:28,863 he seems to be sitting in the shadow of most of them. 108 00:09:28,947 --> 00:09:32,321 I was first up the day little Charlie came in. 109 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:33,697 It was my case. 110 00:09:33,780 --> 00:09:35,863 That prick Ennis paid the division chief 111 00:09:35,947 --> 00:09:38,196 to jump in front of me. My fucking case. 112 00:09:38,279 --> 00:09:39,947 Biggest case in town. 113 00:09:40,029 --> 00:09:41,154 Hey, Sarge? 114 00:09:41,238 --> 00:09:44,154 I found the kitty-cat. It's dead too. 115 00:09:45,113 --> 00:09:47,530 I hope it choked on her earring. 116 00:10:15,655 --> 00:10:16,863 Miss Street? 117 00:10:16,947 --> 00:10:20,029 Yes. Hello, Mr. Jonathan. 118 00:10:20,113 --> 00:10:22,613 Let me express our deepest sympathies 119 00:10:22,697 --> 00:10:24,947 to you and your family in this time of... 120 00:10:25,029 --> 00:10:26,905 Thank you. You must be Mr. Mason. 121 00:10:26,988 --> 00:10:28,780 It's Byron, isn't it? 122 00:10:28,863 --> 00:10:31,279 I'd like to thank you both for coming all this way. 123 00:10:31,363 --> 00:10:33,613 - It really wasn't necessary. - Of course it was. 124 00:10:33,697 --> 00:10:35,988 Whatever it cost you, please send me a bill. 125 00:10:36,071 --> 00:10:38,697 You shouldn't be out of pocket. 126 00:10:38,780 --> 00:10:41,822 Well, the trunk has some of his things from the house. 127 00:10:41,905 --> 00:10:43,780 There's still a lot to go through, I'm afraid. 128 00:10:43,863 --> 00:10:45,571 Please don't trouble yourself any further. 129 00:10:45,655 --> 00:10:48,488 I'll see that it all gets taken to a consignment shop. 130 00:10:50,196 --> 00:10:52,279 Byron, I... I'm sorry, I have to ask. 131 00:10:52,363 --> 00:10:55,196 I mean, what... where... where is everybody? 132 00:10:56,071 --> 00:10:57,988 Your wife? The grandkids? 133 00:10:58,071 --> 00:11:00,238 At home. At school. 134 00:11:00,321 --> 00:11:03,780 You... You're telling me he actually mentioned my kids? 135 00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:05,613 He... He had pictures of them. 136 00:11:05,697 --> 00:11:08,988 But did he ever talk about them or about me, 137 00:11:09,071 --> 00:11:10,488 about my sister? 138 00:11:10,571 --> 00:11:11,947 Did he ever mention my mother, 139 00:11:12,029 --> 00:11:13,405 who's inside there with him? 140 00:11:13,488 --> 00:11:15,238 Well, it doesn't... 141 00:11:15,321 --> 00:11:17,863 it doesn't mean you weren't in his thoughts 142 00:11:17,947 --> 00:11:20,697 or... or that he didn't care. 143 00:11:21,697 --> 00:11:24,113 He was a very private man. 144 00:11:24,196 --> 00:11:25,154 Yes. 145 00:11:25,238 --> 00:11:27,613 Well, we didn't talk about him either. 146 00:11:27,697 --> 00:11:29,613 And, to be honest, I don't care. 147 00:11:31,405 --> 00:11:32,947 The check from his life insurance 148 00:11:33,029 --> 00:11:34,697 will be mailed directly to you. 149 00:11:34,780 --> 00:11:38,154 I'll see that his will is probated as soon as we get back. 150 00:11:38,238 --> 00:11:40,697 Will you be needing a ride back to the train or to a hotel? 151 00:11:40,780 --> 00:11:42,113 No. Thank you. 152 00:11:47,405 --> 00:11:48,780 That was warm. 153 00:11:51,738 --> 00:11:54,571 It wasn't right, Della. 154 00:11:55,947 --> 00:11:58,029 It wasn't right. 155 00:11:58,113 --> 00:12:00,363 He knew you'd be there in the morning. 156 00:12:00,446 --> 00:12:04,905 He knew you'd... you'd find him and... 157 00:12:05,822 --> 00:12:07,780 Arrange things? 158 00:12:09,947 --> 00:12:12,446 I suppose I should thank you. 159 00:12:12,530 --> 00:12:14,780 For what? Helping turn his suicide 160 00:12:14,863 --> 00:12:18,530 into a more insurance-friendly demise? 161 00:12:18,613 --> 00:12:19,988 Forget it. 162 00:12:21,363 --> 00:12:24,113 It's very easy for you to break the rules, isn't it? 163 00:12:24,196 --> 00:12:28,196 Well, the way I see it, there's what's legal 164 00:12:28,279 --> 00:12:29,863 and there's what's right. 165 00:12:31,863 --> 00:12:35,488 You know, you can be profoundly irritating. 166 00:12:35,571 --> 00:12:37,905 - All right. - You drink too much. 167 00:12:37,988 --> 00:12:41,029 Your personal habits leave a lot to be desired. 168 00:12:41,113 --> 00:12:43,822 And quite frankly, I find it offensive 169 00:12:43,905 --> 00:12:47,530 that you choose to mask your intelligence and decency 170 00:12:47,613 --> 00:12:50,321 with cynicism and slothfulness. 171 00:12:50,947 --> 00:12:52,321 Is that all? 172 00:12:53,321 --> 00:12:56,113 And you never accept any help. 173 00:12:56,196 --> 00:12:59,154 I'm letting you help me finish this bottle. 174 00:13:05,530 --> 00:13:08,321 You come from money, don't you? 175 00:13:09,321 --> 00:13:11,863 Why do you say that? 176 00:13:11,947 --> 00:13:13,905 The way you sit. 177 00:13:13,988 --> 00:13:16,196 - Just little things. - Mm-hmm? 178 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:20,488 Your subtle and not-so-subtle judgments. 179 00:13:23,697 --> 00:13:26,697 I ran away from home when I was 25. 180 00:13:28,279 --> 00:13:30,405 Goodbye, arranged fiancé. 181 00:13:31,196 --> 00:13:33,154 Goodbye... 182 00:13:33,238 --> 00:13:35,571 father who wouldn't let me go to college. 183 00:13:36,196 --> 00:13:38,113 Goodbye, inheritance. 184 00:13:38,196 --> 00:13:41,947 Hello, E.B. Jonathan and Associates. 185 00:13:42,029 --> 00:13:44,571 Answered a classified in the Examiner, 186 00:13:44,655 --> 00:13:46,655 "Busy downtown firm seeks secretary." 187 00:13:46,738 --> 00:13:47,947 I showed up. 188 00:13:48,029 --> 00:13:51,863 It was just the two of them sitting behind their desks, 189 00:13:52,405 --> 00:13:56,738 Lyle and... E.B. 190 00:13:57,405 --> 00:13:59,154 I mean, Lyle's a shark, 191 00:13:59,238 --> 00:14:01,363 - but E.B. was... - Vain? 192 00:14:01,446 --> 00:14:03,405 Short-tempered? 193 00:14:03,988 --> 00:14:05,571 Self-absorbed? 194 00:14:05,655 --> 00:14:08,154 He was living a lie. 195 00:14:08,238 --> 00:14:10,405 Do you think that's why he did it? 196 00:14:19,321 --> 00:14:21,071 Does it not even matter anymore? 197 00:14:21,154 --> 00:14:24,488 Well, I think it mattered to E.B. 198 00:14:24,571 --> 00:14:27,655 I think that's why he chose his own terms. 199 00:14:27,738 --> 00:14:30,196 Wrote his own epitaph. 200 00:14:30,279 --> 00:14:36,613 "Here lies E.B. Jonathan, defender of all the innocent, 201 00:14:36,697 --> 00:14:40,279 righter of wrongs, all-around good guy." 202 00:14:41,321 --> 00:14:43,405 Unless you're talking to his son. 203 00:14:47,780 --> 00:14:50,780 Here's to all the shitty fathers in the world. 204 00:15:08,113 --> 00:15:10,238 Can you ring room 18? 205 00:15:10,321 --> 00:15:11,279 Perry Mason. 206 00:15:11,363 --> 00:15:13,988 Mr. Mason checked out an hour ago, ma'am. 207 00:15:17,238 --> 00:15:18,446 Thank you. 208 00:15:53,488 --> 00:15:54,863 Thank you. 209 00:16:22,363 --> 00:16:23,571 Hi, Cheryl. 210 00:16:24,863 --> 00:16:26,405 It's good to see you. 211 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:30,530 - Linda here... - Linda? 212 00:16:30,613 --> 00:16:32,279 - Yeah? - Door. 213 00:16:43,738 --> 00:16:45,321 What are you doing here? 214 00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,988 Well, I was... I was working a case in the area, 215 00:16:48,071 --> 00:16:49,279 so I thought... 216 00:16:52,113 --> 00:16:54,113 You look terrible. Are you drunk? 217 00:16:54,196 --> 00:16:55,988 - Probably. - Jesus, Perry. 218 00:16:56,071 --> 00:16:58,321 You can't show up here drunk. 219 00:16:58,405 --> 00:17:00,321 E.B. is dead, Lin. 220 00:17:00,405 --> 00:17:03,571 He... He died. He's... He's dead. 221 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:11,613 I'm sorry. 222 00:17:13,279 --> 00:17:15,446 I know when your dad passed, E.B. was-- 223 00:17:15,530 --> 00:17:17,613 I'm not... I'm not looking for a hug or anything. 224 00:17:17,697 --> 00:17:22,905 I just... I just wanted to spend some time with my son. 225 00:17:24,947 --> 00:17:26,655 He's out back playing. 226 00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:28,571 Thank you. 227 00:17:29,613 --> 00:17:31,279 Wait. 228 00:17:31,363 --> 00:17:34,113 You think you wanna come inside and clean up a bit? 229 00:17:34,822 --> 00:17:36,071 I'm fine. 230 00:17:49,947 --> 00:17:51,238 Daddy. Daddy! 231 00:18:09,238 --> 00:18:11,321 Why in God's name is she in chains? 232 00:18:11,405 --> 00:18:13,071 Standard procedure, ma'am. 233 00:18:13,154 --> 00:18:16,363 Standard should include a certain level of decency. 234 00:18:16,446 --> 00:18:18,405 I'm sure you're right about that, ma'am. 235 00:18:18,488 --> 00:18:20,238 Do you want something to eat, Emily? 236 00:18:20,321 --> 00:18:22,571 - Mm-hmm. - Maybe hot bath? 237 00:18:22,655 --> 00:18:24,321 That's Alice McKeegan, 238 00:18:24,405 --> 00:18:25,822 - you are Birdy McKeegan. - Yes and yes. 239 00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:27,822 And you agree to serve as Emily Dodson's custodians 240 00:18:27,905 --> 00:18:29,446 - after posting bail? - Yes. 241 00:18:29,530 --> 00:18:31,947 Number one, Mrs. Dodson is to remain 242 00:18:32,029 --> 00:18:33,780 confined on these premises from dusk to dawn, 243 00:18:33,863 --> 00:18:35,613 - unless otherwise directed by the court. - Yes. 244 00:18:35,697 --> 00:18:37,363 Number two, these premises are subject 245 00:18:37,446 --> 00:18:39,071 - to search at any time. - Yes. 246 00:18:39,154 --> 00:18:40,863 Number three, Mrs. Dodson's not allowed 247 00:18:40,947 --> 00:18:42,321 to leave the state of California. 248 00:18:42,405 --> 00:18:43,405 Yes. 249 00:18:49,530 --> 00:18:51,363 - It's soft. - It's mine. 250 00:18:51,446 --> 00:18:52,866 I had it moved in when I knew 251 00:18:52,891 --> 00:18:54,554 you were coming to stay with us. 252 00:18:54,613 --> 00:18:57,446 You shouldn't have. I don't need much. 253 00:18:57,530 --> 00:19:00,321 Really, I sleep standing up half the time. 254 00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:01,488 Go on. 255 00:19:08,822 --> 00:19:12,530 You're here for a reason. You and me both. 256 00:19:15,238 --> 00:19:17,071 Sister, what you said... 257 00:19:20,071 --> 00:19:21,363 what you said about Charlie... 258 00:19:21,446 --> 00:19:22,947 We've been called, Emily, 259 00:19:23,029 --> 00:19:29,154 to be free of self and filled with the Holy Spirit, 260 00:19:29,238 --> 00:19:34,238 to be led by the Holy Spirit, to see each other saved. 261 00:19:35,196 --> 00:19:37,530 Can I be saved, Sister? 262 00:19:38,738 --> 00:19:40,071 Can I? 263 00:19:50,238 --> 00:19:53,238 - Those curtains are new. - Yeah. 264 00:19:53,321 --> 00:19:57,321 - They're nice. - Thank you. 265 00:19:57,405 --> 00:19:59,321 It's very kind of you to notice. 266 00:20:04,071 --> 00:20:07,613 - Do you want more coffee? - Thanks. 267 00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:13,196 So what time does Ed roll in? 268 00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:15,029 He must be putting in some serious hours 269 00:20:15,113 --> 00:20:16,363 down at Spreckel. 270 00:20:16,446 --> 00:20:18,697 Does dinner wait on him or do you put 271 00:20:18,780 --> 00:20:20,905 a plate in the oven for later? 272 00:20:20,988 --> 00:20:24,154 Cher, do you mind seeing if, uh, 273 00:20:24,238 --> 00:20:25,947 Teddy needs help with his homework? 274 00:20:31,613 --> 00:20:32,988 He doing well in school? 275 00:20:35,947 --> 00:20:37,947 You're not staying for dinner. 276 00:20:40,655 --> 00:20:42,905 Now, I don't know what this is, this... 277 00:20:42,988 --> 00:20:44,697 this thing you're working on. 278 00:20:44,780 --> 00:20:47,822 You just drop by out of the blue sky. 279 00:20:49,655 --> 00:20:52,446 You're supposed to send the checks. 280 00:20:52,530 --> 00:20:56,947 You don't. Birthdays, Christmas, you screw that up. 281 00:20:57,029 --> 00:21:00,655 And now you just show up here and you... 282 00:21:02,363 --> 00:21:04,238 Do you know what that does to Teddy? 283 00:21:04,321 --> 00:21:06,488 Well, I was thinking maybe he could come 284 00:21:06,571 --> 00:21:08,655 spend some time with me on the farm. 285 00:21:11,196 --> 00:21:12,822 It's hardly a farm. 286 00:21:14,571 --> 00:21:17,905 Well, then why'd you tell him I'm a fucking farmer? 287 00:21:17,988 --> 00:21:21,113 Because I don't know what to tell him you are. 288 00:21:21,196 --> 00:21:23,279 Poking around people's dirty linens, 289 00:21:23,363 --> 00:21:25,446 hanging out at the morgue, 290 00:21:25,530 --> 00:21:28,279 getting your nose knocked in twice a week. 291 00:21:28,363 --> 00:21:30,154 You're supposed to be his father. 292 00:21:30,238 --> 00:21:31,446 I am his father. 293 00:21:31,530 --> 00:21:34,071 No, Perry, you are not. 294 00:21:38,488 --> 00:21:40,029 That ship has sailed. 295 00:21:41,905 --> 00:21:43,238 I'm home. 296 00:21:43,321 --> 00:21:45,446 Hi, hon. Dinner's almost there. 297 00:21:45,530 --> 00:21:47,488 Do you remember when I proposed to you? 298 00:21:49,279 --> 00:21:51,029 Yeah. 299 00:21:51,113 --> 00:21:52,780 - I said no. - Yeah. 300 00:21:52,863 --> 00:21:54,154 The first time you said no. 301 00:21:54,238 --> 00:21:56,196 Why did you ever say yes to me, Lin? 302 00:21:56,279 --> 00:21:58,863 Because for the life of me I can't remember. 303 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,071 Come on, buddy. 304 00:22:03,154 --> 00:22:06,822 A-ha! I heard a rumor and it turns out to be true. 305 00:22:06,905 --> 00:22:08,196 Perry Mason's in town! 306 00:22:08,279 --> 00:22:09,238 How are you, Ed? 307 00:22:09,321 --> 00:22:11,363 Well, I don't want to jinx anything, 308 00:22:11,446 --> 00:22:12,905 but I got to tell ya, 309 00:22:12,988 --> 00:22:15,697 I think, uh, we're really getting to see the other side of this. 310 00:22:15,780 --> 00:22:18,279 The Honey Dew label is really taking off. 311 00:22:18,363 --> 00:22:21,571 Mark my words, '32 is gonna be a big year for Spreckel. 312 00:22:21,655 --> 00:22:23,238 - Right? - Right. Yeah. 313 00:22:23,321 --> 00:22:25,321 All right. Why don't you go wash up, buddy? 314 00:22:25,405 --> 00:22:26,822 Okay. 315 00:22:26,905 --> 00:22:28,863 Well, that's great news, Ed. 316 00:22:28,947 --> 00:22:32,154 So come in, sit down, uh, have some dinner. 317 00:22:32,238 --> 00:22:34,196 Tell me all the big city buzz, fella. 318 00:22:34,279 --> 00:22:35,822 I'm afraid I got... I, uh, 319 00:22:35,905 --> 00:22:37,530 I got... I got to go back to work. 320 00:22:37,613 --> 00:22:39,738 Don't be afraid. It's just work. 321 00:22:42,655 --> 00:22:45,363 Still, it's your loss. 322 00:22:45,446 --> 00:22:47,655 Smells good in here, Linda. What's for eats? 323 00:22:47,738 --> 00:22:50,071 Oh, I've got a big spread here tonight, Ed. 324 00:22:50,154 --> 00:22:52,530 - I hope you're hungry. - Thanks, as always. 325 00:22:52,613 --> 00:22:54,279 I'll... I'll be waiting on it. 326 00:22:59,738 --> 00:23:02,446 My esteemed opponent has a view of our race 327 00:23:02,530 --> 00:23:05,530 that I do not... cannot share. 328 00:23:05,613 --> 00:23:10,905 We must accept, he says, the segregation 329 00:23:10,988 --> 00:23:14,488 that daily confines us to inferior schools, 330 00:23:14,571 --> 00:23:16,988 inferior housing, inferior care 331 00:23:17,071 --> 00:23:19,363 - if we're injured or sick. - That's right. 332 00:23:19,446 --> 00:23:23,029 We must accept, he says, the humiliation 333 00:23:23,113 --> 00:23:24,822 that daily denies us 334 00:23:24,905 --> 00:23:26,530 the simple dignity of being human, 335 00:23:26,613 --> 00:23:28,405 no more, no less. 336 00:23:28,488 --> 00:23:31,655 All the while we are urged to help ourselves, right? 337 00:23:33,238 --> 00:23:34,738 Educate ourselves. 338 00:23:34,822 --> 00:23:39,905 Restrain ourselves, in hopes that one day, one glorious day, 339 00:23:39,988 --> 00:23:41,738 the white man will smile upon us and say, 340 00:23:41,822 --> 00:23:43,571 "Now, now I respect you." 341 00:23:44,988 --> 00:23:46,530 When comes that day, friends? 342 00:23:46,613 --> 00:23:50,029 Tomorrow? Next year? Next century? 343 00:23:50,113 --> 00:23:53,488 No, the only way to earn our place is to agitate, 344 00:23:53,571 --> 00:23:56,988 organize, demand that the promise 345 00:23:57,071 --> 00:23:58,571 of the Declaration of Independence 346 00:23:58,655 --> 00:24:02,863 that all men are created equal is a spur to justice 347 00:24:02,947 --> 00:24:06,321 and not the most galling of hypocrisies. 348 00:24:12,697 --> 00:24:15,863 That second debater though, he was inspiring. 349 00:24:15,947 --> 00:24:18,405 Yeah, but I don't think the reverend should be 350 00:24:18,488 --> 00:24:20,154 supporting radical views. 351 00:24:20,238 --> 00:24:22,947 Rev's just giving a chance to both sides of the argument. 352 00:24:23,029 --> 00:24:25,029 The Bible says "Render unto Caesar." 353 00:24:25,113 --> 00:24:26,697 - Mm... - What's that got to do with it? 354 00:24:26,780 --> 00:24:28,446 There's no point in fighting to change 355 00:24:28,530 --> 00:24:29,738 what's not gonna change. 356 00:24:29,822 --> 00:24:31,446 That's what he's saying. 357 00:24:31,530 --> 00:24:33,863 It can't change if we don't fight. 358 00:24:33,947 --> 00:24:36,071 Easy to get folks all riled up. 359 00:24:36,154 --> 00:24:37,654 Then you left high and dry, 360 00:24:37,679 --> 00:24:39,345 and what good have you done? 361 00:24:39,405 --> 00:24:42,029 Well, what do you think of it all, Officer Drake? 362 00:24:43,196 --> 00:24:46,279 I think it is best to always agree with my wife. 363 00:24:46,363 --> 00:24:48,863 You got him well trained. 364 00:24:48,947 --> 00:24:52,029 Mm-hmm. 365 00:24:58,571 --> 00:24:59,655 Miss Street? 366 00:24:59,738 --> 00:25:00,863 Mother McKeegan. 367 00:25:00,947 --> 00:25:03,488 I'm sorry for just dropping by like this. 368 00:25:03,571 --> 00:25:04,863 Is everything all right? 369 00:25:04,947 --> 00:25:07,154 We're very sorry to hear about Mr. Jonathan. 370 00:25:07,238 --> 00:25:10,488 Yes, well, thank you. He's with his family now. 371 00:25:10,571 --> 00:25:11,530 As he should be. 372 00:25:11,613 --> 00:25:12,822 The reason I'm here, 373 00:25:12,905 --> 00:25:15,321 first, to thank you for organizing Emily's bail. 374 00:25:15,405 --> 00:25:17,446 Oh, well, Sister deserves credit for that. 375 00:25:17,530 --> 00:25:18,571 That's very generous. 376 00:25:18,655 --> 00:25:20,196 And now that Emily's out of jail, 377 00:25:20,279 --> 00:25:22,238 we need to work on getting her a new lawyer. 378 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:24,321 Oh, well, the court just appointed someone. 379 00:25:24,405 --> 00:25:26,863 They're with him in the dining room right now. 380 00:25:31,113 --> 00:25:32,405 Mm. 381 00:25:36,113 --> 00:25:38,530 The prosecution is also gonna be calling your husband 382 00:25:38,613 --> 00:25:41,363 who... uh-oh. 383 00:25:41,446 --> 00:25:46,279 Herman Baggerly is your... is your father-in-law? 384 00:25:46,363 --> 00:25:48,905 Yes. Sort of. 385 00:25:48,988 --> 00:25:51,988 Mr. Baggerly's thinking no longer aligns with ours. 386 00:25:54,613 --> 00:25:56,279 Miss Street, perhaps you could tell me 387 00:25:56,363 --> 00:25:58,238 about the approach Mr. Jonathan was taking. 388 00:25:58,321 --> 00:26:00,738 Did he have some big secret strategy? 389 00:26:00,822 --> 00:26:03,446 In our last meeting, he mentioned 390 00:26:03,530 --> 00:26:05,822 - maybe a deal. - Hmm. 391 00:26:05,905 --> 00:26:08,154 But we moved away from that. 392 00:26:08,238 --> 00:26:10,571 We have promising evidence coming in. 393 00:26:10,655 --> 00:26:11,905 Evidence? 394 00:26:11,988 --> 00:26:15,738 Well, these matters warrant more consideration. 395 00:26:15,822 --> 00:26:17,571 I'm going to need to see the case files. 396 00:26:17,655 --> 00:26:21,738 Yes. Of course. They're at the office. 397 00:26:21,822 --> 00:26:23,321 His office is still open? 398 00:26:24,405 --> 00:26:26,446 It's paid through the end of the month. 399 00:26:26,530 --> 00:26:28,530 Perfect. Tomorrow morning then. 400 00:26:31,988 --> 00:26:34,196 Would you excuse me a moment? 401 00:26:35,279 --> 00:26:36,488 I need to make a call. 402 00:26:38,738 --> 00:26:39,822 Okay. 403 00:26:41,530 --> 00:26:43,238 Where were we? 404 00:26:43,321 --> 00:26:45,530 - My husband testifying? - Yes. 405 00:26:45,613 --> 00:26:47,988 Well, that's gonna be rough. 406 00:26:49,488 --> 00:26:51,697 I had my issues with the man. 407 00:26:53,029 --> 00:26:58,154 There's nowhere around that but... damn it, 408 00:26:58,238 --> 00:27:01,029 - last of a dying breed. - Mm. 409 00:27:02,780 --> 00:27:04,571 Had my share lately. 410 00:27:06,613 --> 00:27:11,863 There's talk of a, uh, gathering down at the club. 411 00:27:11,947 --> 00:27:14,113 Let the muckey-mucks say nice things about him 412 00:27:14,196 --> 00:27:16,780 - for a Law Review write-up. - E.B. would have liked that. 413 00:27:16,863 --> 00:27:18,822 Darn right he would have. 414 00:27:18,905 --> 00:27:22,530 Good lawyer in his day. Big ham his whole life. 415 00:27:23,863 --> 00:27:27,613 Lyle, the court appointed Frank C. Dillon in his place. 416 00:27:27,697 --> 00:27:28,822 Yeah. 417 00:27:28,905 --> 00:27:30,988 If I'm playing with my money, I'm betting the DA 418 00:27:31,071 --> 00:27:32,613 had a hand in his selection. 419 00:27:32,697 --> 00:27:35,113 So you think Frank will push Emily to plead guilty? 420 00:27:35,196 --> 00:27:37,488 I think Frank will do whatever helps Maynard Barnes 421 00:27:37,571 --> 00:27:39,154 ride this case to higher office. 422 00:27:39,238 --> 00:27:40,822 I'm hearing governor talk lately. 423 00:27:40,905 --> 00:27:43,279 Meanwhile, an innocent woman is being thrown to the wolves. 424 00:27:43,363 --> 00:27:46,321 Unfortunately, wolves don't care about truth. 425 00:27:46,405 --> 00:27:47,655 They only care about meat. 426 00:27:47,738 --> 00:27:49,530 Which is why I need to find Emily 427 00:27:49,613 --> 00:27:51,113 another lawyer immediately. 428 00:27:52,738 --> 00:27:54,405 I made a list. 429 00:27:54,488 --> 00:27:57,780 I was hoping you could look it over for me. 430 00:28:03,571 --> 00:28:04,947 Let me look it over. 431 00:28:10,613 --> 00:28:12,238 A very thorough list. 432 00:28:12,822 --> 00:28:16,196 A Della Street list. 433 00:28:16,279 --> 00:28:19,988 Well, Reilly, Giesler, Rogers, they're very good. 434 00:28:20,071 --> 00:28:23,363 They might do it for a big fat check and the exposure. 435 00:28:23,446 --> 00:28:26,196 Ferris and Kavanaugh, they'd do it for the exposure alone 436 00:28:26,279 --> 00:28:29,321 but they're, uh... well, to use the legal parlance, 437 00:28:29,405 --> 00:28:30,738 they're scumbags. 438 00:28:30,822 --> 00:28:33,780 Fifty-three names, including yours. 439 00:28:36,822 --> 00:28:39,321 It's a preordained loser, Della. 440 00:28:40,113 --> 00:28:42,405 A real career-killer. 441 00:28:42,488 --> 00:28:44,530 Too risky for most, including me. 442 00:28:44,613 --> 00:28:47,029 No. But... But... She... She needs help. 443 00:28:47,113 --> 00:28:48,988 - Lyle, she's... - Yeah. It's not gonna happen. 444 00:28:49,071 --> 00:28:50,655 Della, I'm sorry. 445 00:28:54,279 --> 00:28:56,363 No. I... I'm sorry. 446 00:28:56,446 --> 00:28:59,405 I... I'm here to get E.B.'s will probated, not to, um... 447 00:28:59,488 --> 00:29:02,154 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't think twice about it. 448 00:29:30,780 --> 00:29:31,822 Whoo! 449 00:29:41,822 --> 00:29:43,530 Whoa. Whoo! 450 00:29:45,697 --> 00:29:47,822 It's a big opportunity. 451 00:29:47,905 --> 00:29:49,905 More like a big pain in the hindquarters. 452 00:29:49,988 --> 00:29:51,863 No, no, no. Truckers make good money. 453 00:29:51,947 --> 00:29:54,113 Buy a couple of used rigs for 300 down. 454 00:29:54,196 --> 00:29:56,321 Then spend 20 hours a week driving them around. 455 00:29:56,405 --> 00:29:58,279 We hire someone to do that. 456 00:29:58,363 --> 00:29:59,613 They work for us. 457 00:29:59,697 --> 00:30:03,113 Oh, okay. We already got people under us, do we? 458 00:30:03,196 --> 00:30:06,029 All right. How long you wanna be walking the beat for, huh? 459 00:30:06,113 --> 00:30:08,029 I mean, how are you gonna feel ten years on, 460 00:30:08,113 --> 00:30:11,196 clearing alkies off the stoops and writing tickets? 461 00:30:11,613 --> 00:30:12,822 I got a plan. 462 00:30:13,488 --> 00:30:15,071 Smart man... bite. 463 00:30:15,154 --> 00:30:17,196 Get up off your ass and give me a towel! 464 00:30:17,279 --> 00:30:18,571 Oh, all right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 465 00:30:18,655 --> 00:30:20,238 Get in here. Get in here. Get in here. 466 00:30:20,321 --> 00:30:21,363 Here I come. Here I come. 467 00:30:21,446 --> 00:30:22,571 Come on in here, now. 468 00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:23,780 You okay? Yeah? 469 00:30:23,863 --> 00:30:25,530 I know my wife can move faster than that. 470 00:30:25,613 --> 00:30:28,488 It's freezing. 471 00:30:28,571 --> 00:30:31,488 Fool enough going in that January water. 472 00:30:31,571 --> 00:30:33,822 Baby's gonna come out an ice cube. Come here. 473 00:30:33,905 --> 00:30:35,655 It's supposed to make the baby strong. 474 00:30:35,738 --> 00:30:37,488 Oh, is that an old wives' tale, old lady? 475 00:30:37,571 --> 00:30:39,613 Uh, you watch where you're going with that now. 476 00:30:39,697 --> 00:30:40,635 - Oh. Oh. - Okay. 477 00:30:40,660 --> 00:30:41,929 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 478 00:30:41,988 --> 00:30:43,154 - Here. - Yeah. 479 00:30:43,238 --> 00:30:44,405 Seems stronger. 480 00:30:45,113 --> 00:30:46,613 I think it is. 481 00:30:48,571 --> 00:30:49,697 Look at you. 482 00:31:01,697 --> 00:31:03,446 Let's go, everybody. 483 00:31:03,530 --> 00:31:05,738 Pack your belongings and go. 484 00:31:05,822 --> 00:31:07,405 Get off this beach. 485 00:31:07,488 --> 00:31:09,488 - Let's go, everybody. - Let's go. 486 00:31:10,947 --> 00:31:12,196 What's this now? 487 00:31:12,279 --> 00:31:14,405 Let's go, everybody. Let's go. 488 00:31:14,488 --> 00:31:16,405 Beach is closed. Everybody off. 489 00:31:16,488 --> 00:31:18,446 Well, they can't do that, can they? 490 00:31:21,321 --> 00:31:22,822 What's going on, officer? 491 00:31:22,905 --> 00:31:24,321 Closing the beach. 492 00:31:24,405 --> 00:31:25,613 How come? 493 00:31:25,697 --> 00:31:27,613 Overcrowding. City ordinance. 494 00:31:27,697 --> 00:31:30,363 Get your belongings and go or I'll toss it in the ocean. 495 00:31:30,446 --> 00:31:32,530 - He's a policeman. - What's that? 496 00:31:32,613 --> 00:31:34,905 My husband's a policeman. 497 00:31:34,988 --> 00:31:36,822 And where would you be a policeman? 498 00:31:36,905 --> 00:31:39,029 Central Avenue. Newton Division. 499 00:31:39,113 --> 00:31:41,530 - And where is that? - Los Angeles. 500 00:31:41,613 --> 00:31:43,071 Well, this isn't Central. 501 00:31:43,154 --> 00:31:45,780 This is Santa Monica. This beach is closed. 502 00:32:27,113 --> 00:32:28,363 Fuck. 503 00:32:35,988 --> 00:32:37,238 Fuck. 504 00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:46,697 Let's you and me have a talk. 505 00:32:48,405 --> 00:32:51,113 - Your partner, Mason. - Associate. 506 00:32:51,196 --> 00:32:53,405 He hands back the letters that make our case. 507 00:32:53,488 --> 00:32:56,655 Now he's out and about again, making things hard for us. 508 00:32:58,029 --> 00:33:00,113 Ain't we all want the same thing here? 509 00:33:00,196 --> 00:33:02,238 Make things right for the baby boy? 510 00:33:02,321 --> 00:33:04,780 The kid's dead. Little late to make things right. 511 00:33:04,863 --> 00:33:07,196 Hey, I'm busting my ass here on this case. 512 00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:08,947 When you're not shaking down whorehouses. 513 00:33:09,029 --> 00:33:10,822 You think I have a choice in this? 514 00:33:10,905 --> 00:33:13,738 Maybe you don't understand how it goes when I say, 515 00:33:13,822 --> 00:33:16,738 "I don't wanna do that to the senior detective." 516 00:33:16,822 --> 00:33:18,363 No. I do. 517 00:33:18,446 --> 00:33:21,029 - No. You really don't. - No, I do. 518 00:33:21,113 --> 00:33:23,405 I used to be in vice, out in San Berdoo. 519 00:33:24,113 --> 00:33:25,988 - Yeah? - Yeah. 520 00:33:26,071 --> 00:33:29,154 Oh, well then, between you and me, I'm... 521 00:33:29,238 --> 00:33:31,988 I'm trying to get out from under him, yeah? 522 00:33:32,071 --> 00:33:33,905 And this case could do it. 523 00:33:33,988 --> 00:33:37,321 I bring it in right, I can call my shot. 524 00:33:37,405 --> 00:33:40,571 So if there's a corner cut or the wrong guy gets arrested, 525 00:33:40,655 --> 00:33:44,988 it's not 'cause there's some fourth man out there. 526 00:33:45,071 --> 00:33:48,446 It's Holcomb. He's leading it, not me. 527 00:33:48,530 --> 00:33:51,113 So you think Holcomb's putting his thumb on this? 528 00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:53,988 Talk to your associate, okay? 529 00:33:54,071 --> 00:33:56,613 I know he's doing a job too, but... 530 00:33:59,113 --> 00:34:01,905 he's way wide on all of this. 531 00:34:10,279 --> 00:34:11,488 She's on me. 532 00:34:24,488 --> 00:34:27,113 Lucy's really squirming tonight. 533 00:34:27,196 --> 00:34:30,071 I don't think she liked that cold bath much. 534 00:34:31,446 --> 00:34:34,321 Edwina told me about what James was saying, 535 00:34:35,488 --> 00:34:37,154 about the trucks. 536 00:34:38,822 --> 00:34:40,738 What you think? 537 00:34:40,822 --> 00:34:43,405 We just gonna pretend nothing happened, is that it? 538 00:34:43,488 --> 00:34:47,113 I don't wanna make you angrier than you already are. 539 00:34:47,196 --> 00:34:51,363 No point in fighting. "Render unto Caesar." 540 00:34:51,446 --> 00:34:54,279 Okay. Okay, I deserve that. 541 00:34:54,363 --> 00:34:57,238 I ain't a fucking truck driver, Clara. 542 00:34:57,321 --> 00:35:00,530 - I know, baby. - I'm a fucking cop... 543 00:35:04,321 --> 00:35:05,947 on a colored beach. 544 00:35:08,988 --> 00:35:10,697 I ain't shit, baby. 545 00:35:13,947 --> 00:35:16,530 I was wrong what I've been saying. 546 00:35:18,905 --> 00:35:23,905 You do what you need to do, however you need to do it, 547 00:35:25,363 --> 00:35:27,863 and I'll be right there next to you, 548 00:35:28,780 --> 00:35:32,738 wherever, whatever. 549 00:35:50,321 --> 00:35:51,613 I'm jawing with the guy. 550 00:35:51,697 --> 00:35:55,446 Not more than five minutes, he's throwing shade on Holcomb. 551 00:35:55,530 --> 00:35:57,613 Nothing specific. Just hinting at it, you know? 552 00:35:57,697 --> 00:36:00,468 But get this, Ennis cut the line 553 00:36:00,493 --> 00:36:03,262 to be first at Angel's Flight. 554 00:36:03,321 --> 00:36:04,655 That's one. 555 00:36:04,738 --> 00:36:06,500 Then he's mighty quick to show 556 00:36:06,525 --> 00:36:08,345 when the Polacks get whacked. 557 00:36:08,405 --> 00:36:09,613 That's two. 558 00:36:09,697 --> 00:36:14,405 Three, he's at Gannon's almost before the call went out. 559 00:36:14,488 --> 00:36:15,947 Gannon's is LA County. 560 00:36:16,029 --> 00:36:17,822 Exactly. Ain't his division. 561 00:36:17,905 --> 00:36:19,488 Ain't nowhere near his division. 562 00:36:19,571 --> 00:36:21,863 You think he's sitting nearby to control the crime scenes? 563 00:36:21,947 --> 00:36:24,571 Unless there's a bunch of Elks Lodges we don't know about. 564 00:36:24,655 --> 00:36:27,905 But three times? That's quite the co-winky-dink. 565 00:36:28,530 --> 00:36:29,697 Worth staying on him? 566 00:36:29,780 --> 00:36:31,113 Try stopping me. 567 00:36:31,905 --> 00:36:34,363 Yeah. Pete, look, I... 568 00:36:36,029 --> 00:36:37,446 I got no way to pay you. 569 00:36:37,530 --> 00:36:41,029 Fucker rolls on his partner, tries to buy me off with pussy? 570 00:36:41,113 --> 00:36:42,655 I'll pay you. 571 00:36:42,738 --> 00:36:46,905 Pete Strickland burned on a tail job? 572 00:36:46,988 --> 00:36:48,655 I never thought I'd see the day. 573 00:36:48,738 --> 00:36:50,113 Fuck you. 574 00:37:13,613 --> 00:37:16,029 There. Right there. 575 00:37:16,113 --> 00:37:19,154 Yes, you. Yes, you, brother. 576 00:37:19,238 --> 00:37:21,655 Bring him to me. Brothers, bring him up. 577 00:37:21,738 --> 00:37:23,655 - Raise him up. - Yes. 578 00:37:24,947 --> 00:37:26,571 Come forward, brother. 579 00:37:26,655 --> 00:37:29,571 Sixty-seven days till Easter Sunday, 580 00:37:29,655 --> 00:37:30,947 gentlemen of the press. 581 00:37:31,405 --> 00:37:32,988 Sixty-seven days 582 00:37:33,071 --> 00:37:36,905 till Alice McKeegan's grievous revelation. 583 00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:40,780 And may this placard remind the deceived going in 584 00:37:40,863 --> 00:37:44,655 and coming out, what their satin-robed leader 585 00:37:44,738 --> 00:37:46,738 promised twice now. 586 00:37:46,822 --> 00:37:48,363 Twice. Twice. 587 00:37:48,446 --> 00:37:50,071 What's with all the baby dolls, deacon? 588 00:37:50,154 --> 00:37:53,279 It's a campaign to denounce and dethrone, 589 00:37:53,363 --> 00:37:57,196 and you can let your readerships know that we, 590 00:37:57,279 --> 00:38:00,071 of the Reformed Radiant Assembly of God, 591 00:38:00,154 --> 00:38:03,029 will not set foot in our glorious temple again 592 00:38:03,113 --> 00:38:06,279 until the heretic McKeegan and her enablers 593 00:38:06,363 --> 00:38:08,780 surrender the pulpit and restore the Church 594 00:38:08,863 --> 00:38:12,029 to its noble white Christian origins. 595 00:38:15,363 --> 00:38:18,196 And there came a sound from heaven, 596 00:38:18,279 --> 00:38:23,488 a sound that The Good Book says came like a mighty wind. 597 00:38:23,571 --> 00:38:26,988 And it was this wind that filled the house 598 00:38:27,071 --> 00:38:28,571 where they were sitting. 599 00:38:28,655 --> 00:38:31,571 There you are, brother. Yes. Yes, come. 600 00:38:33,822 --> 00:38:35,279 You don't need that chair. 601 00:38:35,363 --> 00:38:41,405 And there appeared before them cloven tongues made of fire. 602 00:38:41,488 --> 00:38:44,530 And what happened next? Who can tell me? 603 00:38:44,613 --> 00:38:45,988 The Holy Spirit. 604 00:38:46,071 --> 00:38:48,279 Yes. Yes, brothers and sisters. 605 00:38:48,363 --> 00:38:52,446 Their lungs were flooded with the Holy Ghost. 606 00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:55,822 And they began to speak in different tongues, 607 00:38:55,905 --> 00:38:58,488 as the Spirit gave them utterance. 608 00:38:58,571 --> 00:39:00,321 That chair's an excuse. 609 00:39:00,405 --> 00:39:02,905 And it was quite a party 610 00:39:02,988 --> 00:39:06,029 because there were all sorts of people there. 611 00:39:06,113 --> 00:39:08,738 Jews, Romans, 612 00:39:08,822 --> 00:39:13,071 Arabians, Elamites, Mesopotamians. 613 00:39:13,154 --> 00:39:16,988 But... 614 00:39:17,071 --> 00:39:23,029 But everyone could understand everyone else because now, 615 00:39:23,113 --> 00:39:27,196 now they were speaking in divine tongues, 616 00:39:27,279 --> 00:39:29,780 the works of God. 617 00:39:32,488 --> 00:39:36,196 Get up. He's got your legs. Where's your faith? 618 00:39:36,279 --> 00:39:39,530 - What's your name, Brother? - It's Robert. 619 00:39:39,613 --> 00:39:41,613 Get up, Robert. 620 00:39:41,697 --> 00:39:46,530 You don't need that chair if you have faith, Robert. 621 00:39:46,613 --> 00:39:51,113 You don't need that chair if you feel the fire of Christ 622 00:39:51,196 --> 00:39:53,113 inside you, Robert. 623 00:39:53,196 --> 00:39:55,905 - Can you feel it? - I feel it. 624 00:39:55,988 --> 00:40:00,154 You do feel it? Yes. He feels it. 625 00:40:00,238 --> 00:40:03,029 The age of miracles is here again. 626 00:40:03,113 --> 00:40:06,363 What was truth in the Bible is truth again. 627 00:41:04,488 --> 00:41:06,113 Do you believe in miracles? 628 00:41:06,196 --> 00:41:07,238 We believe! 629 00:41:07,321 --> 00:41:08,822 I can't hear you! 630 00:41:09,571 --> 00:41:13,279 Yes, yes, yes. Yes, I believe. 631 00:41:13,363 --> 00:41:14,988 Do you believe? 632 00:41:15,446 --> 00:41:16,822 Do you believe? 633 00:41:18,113 --> 00:41:21,780 Yes! Yes, Robert. 634 00:41:21,863 --> 00:41:24,858 Look how strong you are, Robert. 635 00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:27,971 Look at you. Beautiful, Robert. 636 00:41:28,029 --> 00:41:29,613 Yes. Yes. 637 00:41:29,697 --> 00:41:32,905 You can do it, oh, because you are filled 638 00:41:32,988 --> 00:41:35,863 with the Lord's love. Yes. Feel it. 639 00:41:45,446 --> 00:41:47,363 Well, it's certainly not without compensation. 640 00:41:47,446 --> 00:41:49,029 You're gonna have every newspaper in the country 641 00:41:49,113 --> 00:41:50,405 printing your firm's name. 642 00:41:50,488 --> 00:41:52,947 You can't pay for the kind of advertising 643 00:41:53,029 --> 00:41:54,196 the Dodson case will... 644 00:41:54,279 --> 00:41:56,405 - Miss Street! - I'm on the phone! 645 00:41:57,697 --> 00:41:59,738 Well, no one would expect you to. 646 00:41:59,822 --> 00:42:02,697 - I need you in here! - Just a second! 647 00:42:05,905 --> 00:42:07,738 Can you... Can you think of anyone else 648 00:42:07,822 --> 00:42:09,863 who might consider... Hello? 649 00:42:11,029 --> 00:42:12,571 Miss Street! 650 00:42:20,780 --> 00:42:22,363 Did you need something, Mr. Dillon? 651 00:42:22,446 --> 00:42:24,071 Miss Street, these case files, 652 00:42:24,154 --> 00:42:26,363 is... is this... is this everything you had? 653 00:42:26,446 --> 00:42:28,029 As far as I know, Mr. Dillon. 654 00:42:28,113 --> 00:42:30,071 Because there isn't a whole lot here, 655 00:42:30,154 --> 00:42:31,780 aside from some photographs and a stack 656 00:42:31,863 --> 00:42:33,279 of illegible notes from Mr. Mason. 657 00:42:33,363 --> 00:42:35,405 Well, I think you'll find some motions in there as well. 658 00:42:35,488 --> 00:42:37,697 Yeah. You mentioned yesterday, you said something 659 00:42:37,780 --> 00:42:39,196 about new evidence? 660 00:42:39,279 --> 00:42:41,029 Oh. Yes. 661 00:42:41,113 --> 00:42:43,363 Right. So where is it? 662 00:42:43,446 --> 00:42:45,947 Gee, Mr. Dillon, if it's not there... 663 00:42:46,029 --> 00:42:48,029 It's not. 664 00:42:48,113 --> 00:42:50,697 Well, I suppose I could dash by Mr. Jonathan's tonight 665 00:42:50,780 --> 00:42:52,530 and see if he took anything home. 666 00:42:52,613 --> 00:42:55,446 That'd be wonderful. Thank you. 667 00:42:55,530 --> 00:42:57,863 Miss Street, is there a trick to using these phones? 668 00:42:57,947 --> 00:42:59,363 It's a phone, Mr. Dillon. 669 00:42:59,446 --> 00:43:01,071 You pick it up and tell the operator 670 00:43:01,154 --> 00:43:02,571 what number you'd like to call. 671 00:43:02,655 --> 00:43:04,988 Right. Bit more complicated than what we have 672 00:43:05,071 --> 00:43:06,822 at the public defenders... Hello, operator? 673 00:43:06,905 --> 00:43:09,321 Yes. Uh, DA's office, please. 674 00:43:28,154 --> 00:43:29,697 Nothing in the files? 675 00:43:29,780 --> 00:43:31,071 Well, I'm still looking 676 00:43:31,154 --> 00:43:32,947 through the notes from the detective. 677 00:43:33,029 --> 00:43:35,905 A real unsavory character with some shoddy penmanship. 678 00:43:36,029 --> 00:43:37,780 Bring me whatever notes he left tomorrow. 679 00:43:37,863 --> 00:43:39,905 Say your office, noon? 680 00:43:39,988 --> 00:43:41,113 Not my fucking office. 681 00:43:41,196 --> 00:43:42,446 The place we met the other time. 682 00:43:42,530 --> 00:43:44,196 Of course. Sorry. 683 00:43:50,947 --> 00:43:54,196 Stashing evidence, hidden secrets. 684 00:43:54,279 --> 00:43:56,822 This is like when I covered Myrna in The Black Watch. 685 00:43:56,905 --> 00:43:59,988 "It is sweeter to be a woman to one man 686 00:44:00,071 --> 00:44:02,363 than goddess to thousands." 687 00:44:04,905 --> 00:44:06,446 I could help, you know? 688 00:44:06,530 --> 00:44:07,780 You're a klutz. 689 00:44:07,863 --> 00:44:10,446 And Myrna would never forgive me. 690 00:44:10,530 --> 00:44:11,863 Three more trips. 691 00:44:11,947 --> 00:44:14,154 Should I be worried about you? 692 00:44:14,238 --> 00:44:16,488 I mean, just how illegal is this? 693 00:44:18,238 --> 00:44:21,446 Well, the way I see it, 694 00:44:21,530 --> 00:44:25,029 there's what's legal and there's what's right. 695 00:44:36,655 --> 00:44:39,029 The officers said that I'm supposed to be indoors 696 00:44:39,113 --> 00:44:40,488 by nighttime. 697 00:44:40,571 --> 00:44:43,029 I don't see any officers around, do you? 698 00:45:49,405 --> 00:45:50,488 Sister Alice? 699 00:45:53,071 --> 00:45:56,446 Will you have to dig up Charlie when you do it? 700 00:46:01,697 --> 00:46:02,780 Message exchange. 701 00:46:02,863 --> 00:46:04,071 - It's Mason. - He lives. 702 00:46:04,154 --> 00:46:05,780 - What do you got for me? - A lot. 703 00:46:05,863 --> 00:46:07,071 Just give me today's. 704 00:46:07,154 --> 00:46:08,988 Mr. Strickland. Miss Street. Miss Street again. 705 00:46:09,071 --> 00:46:10,321 Miss Street a third time. 706 00:46:10,405 --> 00:46:11,405 She leave a message? 707 00:46:11,488 --> 00:46:13,697 She says the court has appointed... 708 00:46:18,863 --> 00:46:20,071 What's funny? 709 00:46:20,154 --> 00:46:23,363 Oh, you are. Endlessly, Frank. 710 00:46:23,446 --> 00:46:24,655 May I ask what you're doing? 711 00:46:24,738 --> 00:46:27,613 Well, you are really making yourself comfortable here, 712 00:46:27,697 --> 00:46:28,738 aren't you? 713 00:46:28,822 --> 00:46:31,697 It's paid through the end of the month, so... 714 00:46:31,780 --> 00:46:35,780 A good man sat behind this desk. A good man. 715 00:46:35,863 --> 00:46:37,530 You are not him. 716 00:46:41,738 --> 00:46:43,530 Glass houses, Mr. Mason. 717 00:46:43,613 --> 00:46:45,613 And I'm the lawyer in charge here. 718 00:46:45,697 --> 00:46:48,071 These reports on the Dodson case are all incomplete, 719 00:46:48,154 --> 00:46:49,947 and I need you to decipher your notes. 720 00:46:50,029 --> 00:46:52,154 I know. My penmanship's a fright. 721 00:46:52,238 --> 00:46:56,071 Oh! Tolstoy. "If you want to be happy, be." 722 00:46:57,530 --> 00:46:59,822 What do you want with my notes, Frank? 723 00:46:59,905 --> 00:47:01,279 - Is that alcohol? - Mm-hmm. 724 00:47:01,363 --> 00:47:02,446 That's illegal. 725 00:47:02,530 --> 00:47:03,947 Only the production, transport, and sale. 726 00:47:04,029 --> 00:47:06,321 The part where I pour it down my throat is not only comforting 727 00:47:06,405 --> 00:47:09,571 given your presence here, but a-okay with Johnny Law. 728 00:47:09,655 --> 00:47:13,780 As an officer of the court, I must insist. 729 00:47:14,238 --> 00:47:16,697 Mm-hmm. Hmm. 730 00:47:19,154 --> 00:47:20,196 Damn it. 731 00:47:20,988 --> 00:47:23,071 You ever read a book, Frank? 732 00:47:24,697 --> 00:47:27,863 I tell my son it's important to learn. 733 00:47:29,196 --> 00:47:30,321 Goddammit, Mason. 734 00:47:30,405 --> 00:47:31,780 To go to school. 735 00:47:31,863 --> 00:47:36,154 To get on in life with understanding, compassion. 736 00:47:36,238 --> 00:47:38,319 What chance does he have, Frank? 737 00:47:38,344 --> 00:47:40,554 What chance does any of us have? 738 00:47:40,613 --> 00:47:41,822 Someone call the police! 739 00:47:41,905 --> 00:47:43,571 What if I just popped your head, Frank, 740 00:47:43,655 --> 00:47:46,071 like a shiny pussball full of rot? 741 00:47:46,154 --> 00:47:49,905 Just squeeze and squeeze, until... 742 00:47:53,279 --> 00:47:56,405 I have friends downtown, Mason! Downtown! 743 00:47:59,697 --> 00:48:02,279 Fair to assume that Barnes knows everything 744 00:48:02,363 --> 00:48:05,446 - we do at this point? - Not everything. 745 00:48:05,530 --> 00:48:08,071 I gave Frank your notes, which are illegible 746 00:48:08,154 --> 00:48:10,613 and a bunch of stuff we already filed. 747 00:48:10,697 --> 00:48:12,238 Stashed the rest of it here. 748 00:48:12,321 --> 00:48:14,363 Brilliant, but what does it matter? 749 00:48:14,446 --> 00:48:16,488 The court will make sure that Frank gets everything 750 00:48:16,571 --> 00:48:18,780 at some point, then the DA gets it the day later. 751 00:48:20,363 --> 00:48:25,113 - What is the DA's case so far? - Love letters and bias. 752 00:48:25,697 --> 00:48:26,863 Exactly. 753 00:48:26,947 --> 00:48:30,988 I mean, do they got bloodied baby clothes? No. 754 00:48:31,071 --> 00:48:32,571 Do they got an operator listening in 755 00:48:32,655 --> 00:48:34,655 as George and Emily plot their escape? 756 00:48:34,738 --> 00:48:35,697 No. 757 00:48:35,780 --> 00:48:37,071 Do they got her vacationing in Milwaukee 758 00:48:37,154 --> 00:48:39,071 - where the kidnappers come from? - I'm gonna venture no. 759 00:48:39,154 --> 00:48:40,405 I'm gonna guarantee a no. 760 00:48:40,488 --> 00:48:42,321 So Barnes is gonna load the jury with twelve teetotalling, 761 00:48:42,405 --> 00:48:44,905 high-Christian assholes and hammer away on Emily 762 00:48:44,988 --> 00:48:47,613 for being a cheat and take every opportunity to show 763 00:48:47,697 --> 00:48:49,738 photographs of Charlie on the morgue table. 764 00:48:49,822 --> 00:48:50,780 You know why? 765 00:48:50,863 --> 00:48:54,363 'Cause they don't have a shred, a fucking sliver 766 00:48:54,446 --> 00:48:56,113 of physical evidence. 767 00:48:56,196 --> 00:49:00,613 This standard of behavior of what? Of... 768 00:49:01,321 --> 00:49:02,738 - Of... - Personal ethics? 769 00:49:02,822 --> 00:49:05,196 Yes! Because if you walk out of that door 770 00:49:05,279 --> 00:49:07,446 and think for one second that you're entering 771 00:49:07,530 --> 00:49:10,488 into a nation of laws, you are a complete 772 00:49:10,571 --> 00:49:11,738 fucking idiot. 773 00:49:11,822 --> 00:49:13,488 I'm not even talking about the monster that stitched 774 00:49:13,571 --> 00:49:15,488 those eye sockets open. He just wanted the cash. 775 00:49:15,571 --> 00:49:17,738 I'm talking about the cops who are, at best, 776 00:49:17,822 --> 00:49:19,196 covering their asses. 777 00:49:19,279 --> 00:49:20,822 And that... and that fucking Matthew 778 00:49:20,905 --> 00:49:22,154 who said, "Fuck you, Emily." 779 00:49:22,238 --> 00:49:23,780 I'm just gonna go with a dad that denied me. 780 00:49:23,863 --> 00:49:25,363 And Barnes here, you know this is all he's got. 781 00:49:25,446 --> 00:49:26,947 Unless the mayor's talked to him and said, 782 00:49:27,029 --> 00:49:28,530 "No. No. This is how we make the sausage. 783 00:49:28,613 --> 00:49:30,780 This is how we keep the order." 784 00:49:30,863 --> 00:49:32,613 -You want coffee? -I've got coffee. 785 00:49:32,697 --> 00:49:34,446 - That's whiskey. - Oh, yes, it is. 786 00:49:34,530 --> 00:49:36,154 You know what? Maybe there is a God. 787 00:49:36,238 --> 00:49:39,071 Maybe there is a God with a big white stupid beard 788 00:49:39,154 --> 00:49:40,446 that says "This is how it's gonna be." 789 00:49:40,530 --> 00:49:44,905 But, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we have a system 790 00:49:44,988 --> 00:49:47,863 that says you 12 fuckers can make things right. 791 00:49:47,947 --> 00:49:50,405 Emily Dodson doesn't have to eat the sins of Los Angeles. 792 00:49:50,488 --> 00:49:52,446 She doesn't have to die for us sinners. 793 00:49:52,530 --> 00:49:54,279 But they're not gonna do that, 'cause they were raised 794 00:49:54,363 --> 00:49:56,822 in the same city as the rest of these gutless 795 00:49:56,905 --> 00:49:59,905 fucking attorneys who won't take this on. 796 00:50:00,863 --> 00:50:01,988 Is that my Underwood? 797 00:50:02,071 --> 00:50:04,029 Sorry, June. Emergency. 798 00:50:04,113 --> 00:50:07,154 There are people upstairs trying to sleep. 799 00:50:07,238 --> 00:50:10,738 Perry, would you be kind enough to offer Miss Pitlick a drink? 800 00:50:10,822 --> 00:50:12,446 Oh, well, I... 801 00:50:12,947 --> 00:50:14,196 I'd be honored. 802 00:50:16,113 --> 00:50:18,405 Occasionally, I, uh... 803 00:50:22,488 --> 00:50:25,822 - Purely for medicinal purposes. - Oh, me too. 804 00:50:25,905 --> 00:50:29,363 - What, uh, what's the emergency? - Finding our lawyer. 805 00:50:49,613 --> 00:50:51,863 Now, we just got to get him in front of Emily 806 00:50:51,947 --> 00:50:53,613 before Dillon gets to her. 807 00:50:54,947 --> 00:50:56,613 No fucking way. 808 00:50:57,363 --> 00:50:58,988 George didn't kill himself? 809 00:51:00,196 --> 00:51:01,405 No. 810 00:51:02,530 --> 00:51:04,321 Does that mean that George is innocent? 811 00:51:05,530 --> 00:51:06,613 No. 812 00:51:06,697 --> 00:51:09,905 But what it does mean, Emily, is that you need 813 00:51:09,988 --> 00:51:12,446 new representation, and you need it now. 814 00:51:12,530 --> 00:51:14,863 And you want her to engage Mr. Mason? 815 00:51:14,988 --> 00:51:17,613 He's done all the significant work on this case. 816 00:51:17,697 --> 00:51:20,405 He knows more about it than anyone in this city. 817 00:51:20,488 --> 00:51:23,405 And he's committed to making sure the truth 818 00:51:23,488 --> 00:51:26,613 comes out in court and that your name 819 00:51:26,697 --> 00:51:28,905 and reputation are restored. 820 00:51:28,988 --> 00:51:30,947 - But he's not a lawyer. - Actually... 821 00:51:32,405 --> 00:51:34,863 Mr. Mason has been under an apprenticeship 822 00:51:34,947 --> 00:51:38,113 with Mr. Jonathan for the past two-and-a-half years. 823 00:51:38,196 --> 00:51:40,238 There's a bar examination in two weeks, 824 00:51:40,321 --> 00:51:42,905 which will certify him with plenty of time 825 00:51:42,988 --> 00:51:44,863 before our trial is set to begin. 826 00:51:50,405 --> 00:51:53,697 You're being railroaded, Emily, and it's wrong. 827 00:51:53,780 --> 00:51:55,029 But I can help you. 828 00:51:55,113 --> 00:51:58,697 We can see that you mean what you say, Mr. Mason, 829 00:51:58,780 --> 00:52:01,446 but it's hard to believe that you're the right person 830 00:52:01,530 --> 00:52:02,947 for the job. 831 00:52:03,029 --> 00:52:05,571 Well, I'm the only person for this job 832 00:52:05,655 --> 00:52:06,822 because we've called everyone. 833 00:52:06,905 --> 00:52:10,530 And you can too. But no one wants this case. 834 00:52:10,613 --> 00:52:12,029 I'm all you got. 835 00:52:12,113 --> 00:52:15,154 But I will prove your innocence, Emily. 836 00:52:15,238 --> 00:52:17,697 And I will find Charlie's killer. 837 00:52:17,780 --> 00:52:20,071 The choice here is Mrs. Dodson's. 838 00:52:24,571 --> 00:52:25,571 Emily? 839 00:52:34,029 --> 00:52:37,363 I want you to represent me, Mr. Mason. 840 00:52:38,196 --> 00:52:40,071 You won't regret this. 841 00:52:42,196 --> 00:52:43,613 What have we done, Della? 842 00:52:43,697 --> 00:52:45,822 We gave our client a fighting chance. 843 00:52:45,905 --> 00:52:48,655 Client? I have a client? How the fuck do I have a client? 844 00:52:48,738 --> 00:52:51,196 - What do I know about the law? - More than you think. 845 00:52:51,279 --> 00:52:53,822 - Or nothing. - Somewhere in the middle. 846 00:52:58,405 --> 00:52:59,655 Wh... Where are you going? 847 00:52:59,738 --> 00:53:01,613 This is our hour of great regret. 848 00:53:02,238 --> 00:53:04,238 You have an appointment. 849 00:53:12,113 --> 00:53:14,363 I hear you need some legal advice. 850 00:53:14,905 --> 00:53:15,988 I don't know you. 851 00:53:16,071 --> 00:53:18,113 That's good, 'cause I'm not here. 852 00:53:20,363 --> 00:53:23,988 Oh, hot tea. Um... slice of lemon. 853 00:53:26,780 --> 00:53:29,697 The suits in City Hall are scared of something 854 00:53:29,780 --> 00:53:31,363 about the Dodson case. 855 00:53:31,446 --> 00:53:34,738 You probably know more about why that is than I do. 856 00:53:34,822 --> 00:53:38,196 Right. So what do you have that I don't? 857 00:53:38,279 --> 00:53:40,530 A law degree from Yale, 858 00:53:40,613 --> 00:53:43,488 22 years of trial experience, and an office 859 00:53:43,571 --> 00:53:46,321 one floor below Maynard Barnes. 860 00:53:46,697 --> 00:53:47,655 That it? 861 00:53:47,738 --> 00:53:51,071 Della said you were a hard-ass. 862 00:53:51,154 --> 00:53:52,988 Just a little guarded about tea drinkers 863 00:53:53,071 --> 00:53:55,613 peddling free legal advice. 864 00:53:57,697 --> 00:54:01,488 The bar exam has not changed since 1923. 865 00:54:03,530 --> 00:54:04,863 Do you have something to write on 866 00:54:04,947 --> 00:54:06,905 or do you expect to remember the whole thing? 867 00:54:06,988 --> 00:54:08,822 Why don't we start with who you are. 868 00:54:08,905 --> 00:54:11,571 - Hamilton Burger. - I've heard of that name. 869 00:54:11,655 --> 00:54:14,822 Deputy District Attorney Hamilton Burger. 870 00:54:15,863 --> 00:54:20,321 Oh, you're gunning for Barnes' job. 871 00:54:21,863 --> 00:54:22,947 Miss? 872 00:54:24,988 --> 00:54:26,947 You forgot my slice of lemon. 873 00:54:29,655 --> 00:54:33,822 John operated a successful fishing shop. 874 00:54:33,905 --> 00:54:37,571 He needed a new bait cooler, which had to be in place 875 00:54:37,655 --> 00:54:40,905 by May 1 for the opening day of, 876 00:54:40,988 --> 00:54:41,947 you guessed it, 877 00:54:42,029 --> 00:54:45,321 the fishing season. Write this down. 878 00:54:45,405 --> 00:54:51,530 On, uh, February 1, John entered into a valid written contract... 879 00:54:51,613 --> 00:54:53,697 "I do solemnly swear 880 00:54:53,780 --> 00:54:57,238 I will support the Constitution of the United States 881 00:54:57,321 --> 00:55:01,113 and the Constitution of the State of California. 882 00:55:01,196 --> 00:55:04,571 I will employ such means only as are consistent 883 00:55:04,655 --> 00:55:06,780 with truth and honor. 884 00:55:06,863 --> 00:55:10,613 I will maintain the confidence and preserve inviolate 885 00:55:10,697 --> 00:55:12,905 the secrets of my client. 886 00:55:12,988 --> 00:55:16,154 I will abstain from all offensive personality 887 00:55:16,238 --> 00:55:19,154 unless required by the justice of the cause 888 00:55:19,238 --> 00:55:20,988 with which I am charged. 889 00:55:21,071 --> 00:55:25,655 I will never reject the cause of the defenseless or oppressed." 890 00:55:25,738 --> 00:55:27,405 So help me God. 891 00:55:28,113 --> 00:55:29,863 "So help me God." 892 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:43,000 *CREDITS*