E.b.?
Boyle 23405...
It's funny,
you spend all these years with somebody, and...
One day, they're just gone.
And you realize
you'll never see them again.
But I guess that's life, isn't it?
So, first you found him dead, and then you called the police?
Yes.
That's exactly what I did.
I can assure you that all of us
at century mutual are sorry for your loss.
May I ask if you need any assistance
with funeral arrangements?
- We have relationships with... - Thank you. No.
The body is being taken to be with his family.
Up north.
Next stops be atascadero, salinas, watsonville junction,
south San Francisco, San Francisco.
Not much longer now.
Mother?
Can I have $25,000?
$25,000?
For Emily dodson.
That is the amount of her bail, isn't it?
Are you... Are you suggesting we free her?
I want Emily sitting on stage with me.
She can take elder brown's seat.
That's not the wisest path to tread at this moment, sister.
Look at these!
This outpouring of love and charity.
Chesterfield, Missouri, $2.
Bangor, Maine.
$5 and...
43, 46 cents.
Tucson, Arizona.
"May god pour honey overyourbody
and stake you to an ant hill, you blaspheming whore.
You couldn't die soon enough."
Elder seidel, how much did we bring in this week?
Uh, enough to cover our overhead
and to keep the kitchen stocked.
And it will be double that when I return to the microphone.
Never in my life have I felt stronger
or more clear in my mind
or more filled with inspiration.
I think it's been some time
since we've had a divine healing.
Well, it's hard to capture the true spirit
of that particular service on the radio, sister.
The gospel will reach out through that radio
and around the world to every man, woman, boy, and girl.
As the hymns say, "to answer when he calls, that is my task!"
You can come down off your chariot.
We're paying attention.
Bring me the weak and the sick like we did under tent Poles
before we broke ground.
And if you cannot accommodate that, mother,
then you can be relieved of your duties.
Anything else, daughter?
Just $25,000.
Look, detective,
I already been tailing ennis for three days.
I'm asking who might have a beef with this prick.
And guess whose name keeps popping up? Yours.
- Hey, flint. - Yeah?
Get your nose out of her pills and go burn some coffee.
Fucking reeks in here.
You believe this shit?
What got at her face?
Goddamn cat.
Ugh, ate her whole fucking ear off.
Look, I'm on the dodson case. Things ain't adding up.
This guy, Joe ennis,
he seems to be sitting in the shadow of most of them.
I was first up the day little Charlie came in.
It was my case.
That prick ennis paid the division chief
to jump in front of me. My fucking case.
Biggest case in town.
Hey, sarge?
I found the kitty cat.
It's dead, too.
I hope it choked on her earring.
Miss street?
Yes. Hello, Mr. Jonathan.
Let me express our deepest sympathies
to you and your family in this time of...
Thank you. You must be Mr. Mason.
It's Byron, isn't it?
I'd like to thank you both for coming all this way.
- It really wasn't necessary. - Of course it was.
Whatever it cost you, please send me a bill.
You shouldn't be out of pocket.
Well, the trunk has some of his things from the house.
There's still a lot to go through, I'm afraid.
Please don't trouble yourself any further.
I'll see that it all gets taken to a consignment shop.
Byron, I'm sorry, I have to ask.
I mean, what... where is everybody?
Your wife? The grandkids?
At home. At school.
You're telling me he actually mentioned my kids?
He... he had pictures of them.
But did he ever talk about them or about me,
about my sister?
Did he ever mention my mother,
who's inside there with him?
Well, it doesn't mean you weren't in his thoughts
or... or that he didn't care.
He was a very private man.
Yes.
Well, we didn't talk about him either.
And, to be honest, I don't care.
The check from his life insurance
will be mailed directly to you.
I'll see that his will is probated as soon as we get back.
Will you be needing a ride back to the train or to a hotel?
No. Thank you.
That was warm.
It wasn't right, della.
It wasn't right.
He knew you'd be there in the morning.
He knew you'd find him and...
Arrange things?
I suppose I should thank you.
For what? Helping turn his suicide
into a more insurance-friendly demise?
Forget it.
It's very easy for you to break the rules, isn't it?
Well, the way I see it, there's what's legal
and there's what's right.
You know, you can be profoundly irritating.
- All right. - You drink too much.
Personal habits leave a lot to be desired.
Quite frankly, I find it offensive
that you choose to mask your intelligence and decency
with cynicism and slothfulness.
Is that all?
And you never accept any help.
I'm letting you help me finish this bottle.
You come from money, don't you?
Why do you say that?
The way you sit.
- Just little things. - Mmm-hmm.
Your subtle and not-so-subtlejudgments.
I ran away from home when I was 25.
Goodbye, arranged fiance.
Goodbye...
Father who wouldn't let me go to college.
Goodbye, inheritance.
Hello, e.B. Jonathan and associates.
Answered a classified in the examiner,
"busy downtown firm seeks secretary."
I showed up.
It was just the two of them sitting behind their desks,
Lyle and...
I mean, Lyle's a shark,
- but e.B. Was... - Vain?
Short-tempered?
Self-absorbed?
He was living a lie.
Do you think that's why he did it?
Does it not even matter anymore?
Well, I think it mattered to e.B.
I think that's why he chose his own terms.
Wrote his own epitaph.
"Here lies e.B. Jonathan,
defender of all the innocent,
righter of wrongs, all-around good guy."
Unless you're talking to his son.
Here's to all the shitty fathers in the world.
Can you ring room 18?
Perry Mason.
Mr. Mason checked out an hour ago, ma'am.
Thank you.
Hi, Cheryl.
It's good to see you.
- Linda here? - Linda?
- Yeah? - Doon
What are you doing here?
Well, I was working a case in the area,
so I thought...
You look terrible. Are you drunk?
- Probably. - Jesus, Perry.
You can't show up here drunk.
E.b. Is dead, lin.
He died. He's... he's dead.
I'm sorry.
I know when your dad passed, e.B. Was...
I'm not... I'm not looking for a hug or anything.
I just...
I just wanted to spend some time with my son.
He's out back playing.
Thank you.
Wait.
You think you wanna come inside and clean up a bit?
I'm fine.
Daddy. Daddy!
Why in god's name is she in chains?
Standard procedure, ma'am.
Standard should include a certain level of decency.
I'm sure you're right about that, ma'am.
Do you want something to eat, Emily?
- Mmm-hmm. - Maybe hot bath?
That's Alice mckeegan,
- you are birdy mckeegan. - Yes and yes.
And you agree to serve as Emily dodson's custodians
- after posting bail? - Yes.
Number one, Mrs. Dodson is to remain
confined on these premises from dusk to dawn,
- unless othennise directed by the court. - Yes.
Number two, these premises are subject
- to search at any time. - Yes.
Number three, Mrs. Dodson's not allowed
- to leave the state of California. - Yes.
- It's soft. - It's mine.
I had it moved in when I knew you were coming to stay with us.
You shouldn't have. I don't need much.
Really, I sleep standing up half the time.
Go on.
You're here for a reason.
You and me both.
Sister, what you said...
What you said about Charlie...
We've been called, Emily,
to be free of self
and filled with the holy spirit,
to be led by the holy spirit,
to see each other saved.
Can I be saved, sister?
Can I?
Those curtains are new.
Yeah.
They're nice.
Thank you.
It's very kind of you to notice.
Do you want more coffee?
Thanks.
So what time does ed roll in?
He must be putting in some serious hours
down at spreckel.
Does dinner wait on him or do you put
a plate in the oven for later?
Cher, do you mind seeing
if, uh, Teddy needs help with his homework?
He doing well in school?
You're not staying for dinner.
Now, I don't know what this is, this thing you're working on.
You just drop by out of the blue sky.
You're supposed to send the checks.
You don't. Birthdays, Christmas, you screw that up.
And now you just show up here and you...
Do you know what that does to Teddy?
Well, I was thinking maybe he could come
spend some time with me on the farm.
It's hardly a farm.
Well, then why'd you tell him I'm a fucking farmer?
Because I don't know what to tell him you are.
Poking around people's dirty linens,
hanging out at the morgue,
getting your nose knocked in twice a week.
You're supposed to be his father.
I am his father.
No, Perry, you are not.
That ship has sailed.
I'm home.
Hi, hon. Dinner's almost there.
Do you remember when I proposed to you?
Yeah.
- I said no. - Yeah.
The first time you said no.
Why did you ever say yes to me, lin?
Because for the life of me I can't remember.
Come on, buddy.
I heard a rumor and it turns out to be true.
Perry Mason's in town!
How are you, ed?
Well, I don't want to jinx anything,
but I got to tell ya,
I think, uh, we're really getting to see the other side of this.
The honey dew label is really taking off.
Mark my words, '32 is gonna be a big year for spreckel.
- Right? - Right. Yeah.
All right. Why don't you go wash up, buddy?
Okay.
Well, that's great news, ed.
So come in, sit down, have some dinner.
Tell me all the big city buzz, fella.
I'm afraid I... I got to go back to work.
Don't be afraid. It's just work.
Still, it's your loss.
Smells good in here, Linda. What's for eats?
Oh, I've got a big spread here tonight, ed.
- I hope you're hungry. - Thanks, as always.
I'll be waiting on it.
My esteemed opponent has a view of our race
that I do not, cannot, share.
We must accept, he says, the segregation
that daily confines us to inferior schools,
inferior housing, inferior care
- if we're injured or sick. - That's right.
We must accept, he says, the humiliation
that daily denies us
the simple dignity of being human,
no more, no less.
All the while, we are urged to help ourselves, right?
Educate ourselves.
Restrain ourselves, in hopes that one day, one glorious day,
the white man will smile upon us and say,
"now, now I respect you."
When comes that day, friends?
Tomorrow? Next year? Next century?
No, the only way to earn our place is to agitate,
organize, demand that the promise
of the declaration of independence
that all men are created equal is a spur to justice
and not the most galling of hypocrisies.
That second debater though, he was inspiring.
Yeah, but I don't think the reverend should be
supporting radical views.
Rev's just giving a chance to both sides of the argument.
The Bible says, "render unto Caesar."
- Mmm. - What's that got to do with it?
There's no point in fighting to change
what's not gonna change.
That's what he's saying.
It can't change if we don't fight.
Easy to get folks all riled up.
Then you left high and dry, and what good have you done?
Well, what do you think of it all, officer Drake?
I think it is best to always agree with my wife.
You got him well trained.
Mmm-hmm.
Miss street?
Mother mckeegan.
I'm sorry for just dropping by like this.
Is everything all right?
We're very sorry to hear about Mr. Jonathan.
Yes, well, thank you. He's with his family now.
As he should be.
The reason I'm here,
first, to thank you for organizing Emily's bail.
Oh, well, sister deserves credit for that.
That's very generous.
And now that Emily's out of jail,
we need to work on getting her a new lawyer.
Oh, well, the courtjust appointed someone.
They're with him in the dining room right now.
Mmm.
The prosecution is also gonna be calling your husband
who...
Uh-oh.
Herman baggerly is your...
- Is your father-in-law? - Yes.
Sort of.
Mr. Baggerly's thinking no longer aligns with ours.
Miss street, perhaps you could tell me
about the approach Mr. Jonathan was taking.
Did he have some big secret strategy?
In our last meeting, he mentioned
- maybe a deal. - Hmm.
But we'd moved away from that.
We have promising evidence coming in.
Evidence?
Well, these matters warrant more consideration.
I'm going to need to see the case files.
Yes. Of course.
They're at the office.
His office is still open?
It's paid through the end of the month.
Perfect. Tomorrow morning then.
Would you excuse me a moment?
I need to make a call.
Okay.
Where were we?
- My husband testifying? - Yes.
Well, that's gonna be rough.
I had my issues with the man.
There's no way around that,
but damn it,
- last of a dying breed. - Mmm.
Had my share lately.
There's talk of a, uh, gathering down at the club.
Let the mucky-mucks say nice things about him
- for a law review write-up. - E.B. Would have liked that.
Darn right he would have.
Good lawyer in his day. Big ham his whole life.
Lyle, the court appointed frank c. Dillon in his place.
Yeah.
If I'm playing with my money, I'm betting the da
had a hand in his selection.
So you think frank will push Emily to plead guilty?
I think frank will do whatever helps maynard Barnes
ride this case to higher office.
I'm hearing governor-talk lately.
Meanwhile, an innocent woman is being thrown to the wolves.
Unfortunately, wolves don't care about truth.
They only care about meat.
Which is why I need to find Emily another lawyer immediately.
I made a list.
I was hoping you could look it over for me.
Let me look it over.
A very thorough list.
A della street list.
Well, Reilly, giesler, Rogers, they're very good.
They might do it for a big fat check and the exposure.
Ferris and kavanaugh, they'd do it for the exposure alone
but they're, well, to use the legal parlance,
they're scumbags.
Fifty-three names including yours.
It's a preordained loser, della.
A real career killer.
Too risky for most, including me.
No. But, she... she needs help.
- Lyle, she... - Yeah. It's not gonna happen.
Della, I'm sorry.
No. I'm sorry.
I'm here to get e.B.'S will probated, not to...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't think twice about it.
It's a big opportunity.
More like a big pain in the hindquarters.
No, no, no. Truckers make good money.
Buy a couple of used rigs for 300 down.
Then spend 20 hours a week driving them around.
We hire someone to do that.
They work for us.
Oh, okay. We already got people under us, do we?
All right. How long you wanna be walking the beat for, huh?
I mean, how are you gonna feel ten years on,
clearing alkies off the stoops and writing tickets?
I got a plan.
Smart man bite.
Get up off your ass and give me a towel!
Oh, all right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Get in here. Get in here. Get in here.
Here I come. Here I come.
Come on in here now.
You okay? Yeah?
I know my wife can move faster than that.
It's freezing.
You fool enough going in that January water.
Baby's gonna come out an ice cube. Come here.
It's supposed to make the baby strong.
Oh, is that an old wives' tale, old lady?
You watch where you're going with that now.
- Oh. Okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. - Huh?
- Here. - Yeah.
Seems stronger.
I think it is.
Look at you.
Let's go, everybody.
Pack your belongings and go.
Get off this beach.
- Let's go, everybody. - Let's go.
What's this now?
Let's go, everybody. Let's go.
Beach is closed. Everybody off.
Well, they can't do that, can they?
What's going on, officer?
Closing the beach.
How come?
Overcrowding. City ordinance.
Get your belongings and go or I'll toss it in the ocean.
- He's a policeman. - What's that?
My husband's a policeman.
And where would you be a policeman?
Central Avenue. Newton division.
- And where is that? - Los Angeles.
Well, this isn't central.
This is Santa Monica. This beach is closed.
Fuck.
Let's you and me have a talk.
- Your partner, Mason. - Associate.
He hands back the letters that make our case.
Now he's out and about again, making things hard for us.
Ain't we all want the same thing here?
Make things right for the baby boy?
The kid's dead. Little late to make things right.
Hey, I'm busting my ass here on this case.
When you're not shaking down whorehouses.
Hey, you think I have a choice in this?
Maybe you don't understand how it goes when I say,
"I don't wanna do that to the senior detective."
No. I do.
- No. You really don't. - No, ldo.
I used to be in vice, out in San berdoo.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Oh, well then, between you and me,
I'm trying to get out from under him, yeah?
And this case could do it.
I bring it in right, I can call my shot.
So if there's a corner cut or the wrong guy gets arrested,
it's not 'cause there's some fourth man out there.
It's holcomb. He's leading it, not me.
So you think holcomb's putting his thumb on this?
Talk to your associate, okay?
I know he's doing a job, too...
But he's way wide on all of this.
She's on me.
Lucy's really squirming tonight.
I don't think she liked that cold bath much.
Edwina told me about what James was saying,
about the trucks.
What you think?
We just gonna pretend nothing happened, is that it?
I don't wanna make you angrier than you already are.
No point in fighting.
"Render unto Caesar."
Okay. Okay, I deserve that.
I ain't a fucking truck driver, Clara.
- I know, baby. - I'm a fucking cop.
On a colored beach.
I ain't shit, baby.
I was wrong what I've been saying.
You do what you need to do, however you need to do it,
and I'll be right there next to you,
wherever, whatever.
I'm jawing with the guy.
Not more than five minutes, he's throwing shade on holcomb.
Nothing specific. Just hinting at it, you know?
But get this, ennis cut the line to be first at angel's flight.
That's one.
Then he's mighty quick to show when the polacks get whacked.
That's two.
Three, he's at gannon's almost before the call went out.
Gannon's is la county.
Exactly. Ain't his division.
Ain't nowhere near his division.
You think he's sitting nearby to control the crime scenes?
Unless there's a bunch of elks lodges we don't know about.
But three times? That's quite the co-winky-dink.
Worth staying on him?
Try stopping me.
Yeah. Pete, look,
I got no way to pay you.
Fucker rolls on his partner, tries to buy me off with pussy?
I'll pay you.
Pete strickland burned on a tail job?
I never thought I'd see the day.
Fuck you.
No more never turn back
no, no never turn back
no, no, no never turn back
no more never turn back
I'm going to keep on
till I reach the other shore
the other shore
no more never turn back
no, no, no, no, no
never turn back no more...
There. Right there.
Yes, you. Yes, you, brother.
Bring him to me. Brothers, bring him up.
- Raise him up. - Yes.
Come fonnard, brother.
Sixty-seven days till easter Sunday,
gentlemen of the press.
Sixty-seven days
till Alice mckeegan's grievous revelation.
And may this placard remind the deceived going in
and coming out, what their satin-robed leader
promised twice now!
Twice! Twice!
What's with all the baby dolls, Deacon?
It is a campaign to denounce and dethrone,
and you can let your readerships know that we,
of the reformed radiant assembly of god,
will not set foot in our glorious temple again
until the heretic mckeegan and her enablers
surrender the pulpit and restore the church
to its noble white Christian origins!
And there came a sound from heaven,
a sound that the good book says
came like a mighty wind.
And it was this wind that filled the house
where they were sitting.
There you are, brother. Yes. Yes, come.
You don't need that chair.
And there appeared before them cloven tongues made of fire.
And what happened next? Who can tell me?
The holy spirit.
Yes. Yes, brothers and sisters.
Their lungs were flooded with the holy ghost.
And they began to speak in different tongues,
as the spirit gave them utterance.
That chair's an excuse.
And it was quite a party
because there were all sorts of people there.
Jews, romans,
arabians, elamites, mesopotamians.
But_ -
But everyone could understand everyone else because now,
now they were speaking in divine tongues,
the works of god!
Get up. He's got your legs. Where's your faith?
- What's your name, brother? - It's Robert.
Get up, Robert.
You don't need that chair if you have faith, Robert.
You don't need that chair if you feel the fire of Christ
inside you, Robert.
Can you feel it?
I feel it.
You do feel it? Yes. He feels it.
The age of miracles is here again.
What was truth in the Bible is truth again.
Never turn back
I'm going to keep on till I reach
the other shore the other shore
I get down on my knees
I'll never turn back no more
do you believe in miracles?
We believe!
I can't hear you!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes, I believe!
Do you believe?
Yes! Yes, Robert.
Look how strong you are, Robert. Look at you. Beautiful, Robert.
Yes. Yes.
You can do it, because you are filled
with the lord's love. Yes. Feel it.
'Cause I 'ii never
never turn back no more
well, it's certainly not without compensation.
You're gonna have every newspaper in the country
printing your firm's name.
You can't pay for the kind of advertising
the dodson case will...
- Miss street! - I'm on the phone!
Well, no one would expect you to.
- I need you in here! - Just a second!
Can you... Can you think of anyone else
who might consider... hello?
Miss street!
Did you need something, Mr. Dillon?
Miss street, these case files,
is this everything you had?
As far as I know, Mr. Dillon.
Because there isn't a whole lot here,
aside from some photographs and a stack
of illegible notes from Mr. Mason.
Well, I think you'll find some motions in there as well.
Yeah. Uh, you mentioned yesterday, you said something
about new evidence?
Oh, yes.
Right. So where is it?
Gee, Mr. Dillon, if it's not there...
It's not.
Well, I suppose I could dash by Mr. Jonathan's tonight
and see if he took anything home.
That'd be wonderful. Thank you.
Miss street, is there a trick to using these phones?
It's a phone, Mr. Dillon.
You pick it up and tell the operator what number you'd like to call.
Right. Bit more complicated than what we have
at the public defenders... Hello, operator?
Yes. Da's office, please.
Nothing in the files?
Well, I'm still looking
through the notes from the detective.
A real unsavory character with some shoddy penmanship.
Bring me whatever notes he left tomorrow.
Say your office, noon?
Not my fucking office.
The place we met the other time.
Of course. Sorry.
Stashing evidence, hidden secrets.
This is like when I covered Myrna in the black watch.
"It is sweeter to be a woman to one man
than goddess to thousands."
I could help, you know.
You're a klutz.
And Myrna would never forgive me.
Three more trips.
Should I be worried about you?
I mean, just how illegal is this?
Well, the way I see it,
there's what's legal and there's what's right.
The officers said that I'm supposed to be indoors
by nighttime.
I don't see any officers around, do you?
Sister Alice?
Will you have to dig up Charlie when you do it?
Message exchange.
- It's Mason. - He lives.
- What do you got for me? - A lot.
Just give me today's.
Mr. Strickland. Miss street. Miss street again.
Miss street a third time.
She leave a message?
She says the court has appointed...
What's funny?
Oh, you are.
Endlessly, frank.
May I ask what you're doing?
Well, you are really making yourself comfortable here,
aren't you?
It's paid through the end of the month, so...
A good man sat behind this desk. A good man.
You are not him.
Glass houses, Mr. Mason.
And I'm the lawyer in charge here.
These reports on the dodson case are all incomplete,
and I need you to decipher your notes.
I know. My penmanship's a fright.
Ooh! Tolstoy. "If you want to be happy, be."
What do you want with my notes, frank?
- Is that alcohol? - Mmm-hmm.
That's illegal.
Only the production, transport, and sale.
The part where I pour it down my throat is not only comforting
given your presence here, but a-okay with Johnny law.
As an officer of the court,
I must insist.
Mmm-hmm.
Damn it.
You ever read a book, frank?
I tell my son it's important to learn.
God damn it, Mason.
To go to school.
To get on in life with understanding, compassion.
What chance does he have, frank?
What chance does any of us have?
Someone call the police!
What if I just popped your head, frank,
like a shiny pussball full of rot?
Just squeeze and squeeze, until...
I have friends downtown, Mason!
Downtown!
Fair to assume that Barnes knows everything
- we do at this point? - Not everything.
I gave frank your notes, which are illegible
and a bunch of stuff we already filed.
Stashed the rest of it here.
Brilliant, but what does it matter?
The court will make sure that frank gets everything
at some point, then the da gets it the day later.
What is the da's case so far?
Love letters and bias.
Exactly.
I mean, do they got bloodied baby clothes? No.
Do they got an operator listening in
as George and Emily plot their escape?
Do they got her vacationing in Milwaukee
- where the kidnappers come from? - I'm gonna venture no.
I'm gonna guarantee a no.
So Barnes is gonna load the jury with 12 teetotalling,
high-Christian assholes and hammer away at Emily
for being a cheat and take every opportunity to show
photographs of Charlie on the morgue table.
You know why?
'Cause they don't have a shred, a fucking sliver
of physical evidence.
This standard of behavior of what? Of...
- Of... - Personal ethics?
Yes! Because if you walk out of that door
and think for one second that you're entering
into a nation of laws, you are a complete
fucking idiot.
I'm not even talking about the monster that stitched
those eye sockets open. He just wanted the cash.
I'm talking about the cops who are, at best,
covering their asses.
And that... And that fucking Matthew
who said, "fuck you, Emily."
I'm just gonna go with a dad that denied me.
And Barnes here, you know this is all he's got.
Unless the mayor's talked to him and said,
"no. No. This is how we make the sausage.
This is how we keep the order."
- You want coffee? - Oh, I've got coffee.
- That's whiskey. - Oh yes, it is.
You know what? Maybe there is a god.
Maybe there is a god with a big white stupid beard
that says, "this is how it's gonna be."
But, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we have a system
that says you 12 fuckers can make things right.
Emily dodson doesn't have to eat the sins of Los Angeles.
She doesn't have to die for us sinners.
But they're not gonna do that, 'cause they were raised
in the same city as the rest of these gutless,
fucking attorneys who won't take this on.
Is that my undennood?
Sorry, June. Emergency.
There are people upstairs trying to sleep.
Perry, would you be kind enough to offer miss pitlick a drink?
Oh, well, I...
I'd be honored.
Occasionally, I, uh...
- Purely for medicinal purposes. - Oh, me too.
- What, uh... what's the emergency? - Finding our lawyer.
Now we just got to get him in front of Emily
before Dillon gets to her.
No fucking way.
George didn't kill himself?
No.
Does that mean that George is innocent?
But what it does mean, Emily, is that you need
new representation, and you need it now.
And you want her to engage Mr. Mason?
He's done all the significant work on this case.
He knows more about it than anyone in this city.
And he's committed to making sure the truth
comes out in court and that your name
and reputation are restored.
- But he's not a lawyer. - Actually...
Mr. Mason has been under an apprenticeship
with Mr. Jonathan for the past two-and-a-half years.
There's a bar examination in two weeks,
which will certify him with plenty of time
before our trial is set to begin.
You're being railroaded, Emily, and it's wrong.
But I can help you.
We can see that you mean what you say, Mr. Mason,
but it's hard to believe that you're the right person
for the job.
Well, I'm the only person for this job
because we've called everyone.
And you can, too. But no one wants this case.
I'm all you got.
But I will prove your innocence, Emily.
And I will find Charlie's killer.
The choice here is Mrs. Dodson's.
Emily?
I want you to represent me, Mr. Mason.
You won't regret this.
What have we done, della?
We gave our client a fighting chance.
Client? I have a client? How the fuck do I have a client?
- What do I know about the law? - More than you think.
- Or nothing. - Somewhere in the middle.
Where... where are you going?
This is our hour of great regret.
You have an appointment.
I hear you need some legal advice.
I don't know you.
That's good, 'cause I'm not here.
Oh, hot tea, um, slice of lemon.
The suits in city hall are scared of something
about the dodson case.
You probably know more about why that is than I do.
Right. So what do you have that I don't?
A law degree from Yale,
twenty-two years of trial experience, and an office
one floor below maynard Barnes.
That it?
Della said you were a hard-ass.
Just a little guarded about tea drinkers
peddling free legal advice.
The bar exam has not changed since 1923.
Do you have something to write on
or do you expect to remember the whole thing?
Why don't we start with who you are?
- Hamilton burger. - I've heard of that name.
Deputy district attorney Hamilton burger.
You're gunning for Barnes' job.
Miss?
You forgot my slice of lemon.
John operated a successful fishing shop.
He needed a new bait cooler, which had to be in place
by may 1 for the opening day of,
you guessed it,
the fishing season. Write this down.
On February 1, John entered into a valid written contract...
"I do solemnly swear
I will support the constitution of the United States
and the constitution of the state of California.
I will employ such means only as are consistent
with truth and honor.
I will maintain the confidence and preserve inviolate
the secrets of my client.
I will abstain from all offensive personality
unless required by the justice of the cause
with which I am charged.
I will never reject the cause of the defenseless or oppressed."
So help me god.
"So help me god."