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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 22:54:02 GMT -5
LSP
Lulu and Gregg are meeting with his wife and her attorney. Lulu is explaining how Gregg does not want the divorce and how he now has a job. She expresses Gregg’s wish that he and his wife attend counseling. Saying nothing, Mrs. Gregg writes a note to her attorney, who reads it and tells Lulu that that is why his client is giving Gregg two weeks before he has to move out of her house. When Gregg protests saying that he had been given a month before, the attorney replies that now that he has a job he will be able to find his own place sooner. With this, Gregg breaks into song, serenading his wife with “Ain’t too Proud to Beg.” Lulu stops him, ties up the meeting. After the others have left, she asks him what the hell he was doing. He replies that his wife used to love his singing, and he figured he had nothing to lose. She sternly and coldly tells him that it was extremely inappropriate.
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Post by spunkymungbeans on Nov 12, 2002 22:59:51 GMT -5
Was he a good singer? Was the scene funny, embarrassing or both? Or just sad?
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:00:27 GMT -5
A pay-parking lot
Nick has tracked down Danny. Nick pulls in and Danny tells him it will be $4. Nick says he’s not there to park, just ask him some things, and Danny tells him his car is on the lot, it’s gonna cost him $4. Nick hands over the cash (apparently a large bill). Danny doesn’t want to talk about his old job at first, but comes around. He tells Nick he is glad the police had the dog put down, as it was a particularly vicious animal. He then pulls up his pants leg to show Nick a particularly nasty scar. He explains that he complained to the owner about what a mean dog it was, but it didn’t do any good.
When Nick asks if Danny knows anything else, Danny says that the gate was left open that day and “can someone go to jail for leaving a gate open?”<br>
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:01:26 GMT -5
A wee bit off-key and a bit rough, but not the worst in the world.  |
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:04:34 GMT -5
Frick Building (?)
Nick and Jake are leaving the building. Nick is explaining the case to Jake, how this parts company (the junkyard) has this public image and even sponsors a little league team, and how they are responsible for the boy’s death. Nick then hands the case over to Jake.
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:06:34 GMT -5
Courthouse
Just before they are to have the TPR hearing, Nick meets with the Burkes and Andrea and explains that if they postpone the hearing then a suit can be filed against the junkyard for Brandon’s death. The Burkes don’t want to postpone the hearing, but Nick explains that only the natural parent (Caffey) can file the suit, and in order for the girls to get any of the money, he must maintain parental rights for the time being. The Burkes still want to go ahead with the TPR hearing, but Andrea persuades them to postpone it.
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:09:30 GMT -5
F&F, Nick’s office
Jake comes in and tells Nick that he’s looked into the Caffey case and that since the father left the child unattended, the case looks like it’s only going to be worth about $60,000, and therefore he doesn’t want to pursue it. Nick explains to Jake that 60 grand is a lot of money to this family and persuades him to keep on the case. As Jake goes to leave, he looks at Nick and says , “You know, this has gone from me doing you a favor to you owing me big.” He and Nick both grin at this.
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:12:28 GMT -5
Courthouse
We see Lulu in the hallway, Gregg being led off in handcuffs by bailiffs, calling out to Lulu, begging her to keep this from his wife. The judge they had talked to earlier explains to Lulu that Gregg has attacked a fellow employee. The judge says that no one wanted this to work out more than he did, but even though Gregg was innocent of the murder 21 years ago, prison has affected him.
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:14:40 GMT -5
The Jail
Lulu meets with Gregg. He explains the situation to Lulu (I won’t go into it here), who tells him she has a friend who will represent him in this hearing.
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Post by spunkymungbeans on Nov 12, 2002 23:17:07 GMT -5
You mean it hasn't rehabilitated him and left him a better person? Inconceivable!
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:20:52 GMT -5
The Nickmobile
Nick and Andrea are sitting in his car in the neighborhood of the junkyard. Andrea is telling him how jealous this classmate was when she saw Andrea get into this car. He asks if the girl is a friend of hers, and Andrea tells him no, she’s the class snob. Andrea and her sister attend a parochial school, and she starts telling him about what they have taught her there about religion, and about how her mother wouldn’t divorce her father because they were Catholic, even though the priest told her mother that this was an instance where divorce was warranted. Nick looks a bit puzzled.
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:23:44 GMT -5
Surprising, isn't it, Spunky?
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:24:12 GMT -5
When Andrea explains that the Catholic church doesn’t approve of divorce, Nick says he wouldn’t know, as it isn’t his church. Innocently, Andrea asks what church Nick belongs to. Clearly uncomfortable, Nick answers that he doesn’t belong to a church. Andrea sees this and comments “I really freaked you out when I started praying at the junkyard, didn’t I?” She then goes on to ask if he believes in God. Nick thinks for a moment, then answers that sometimes he believes in God, other times he doesn’t.
Andrea, never one to give up, then asks whether he believes in Heaven and Hell. Before Nick is forced to answer, Jake shows up.
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Post by Ginne on Nov 12, 2002 23:30:12 GMT -5
Andrea shows them the bar where her father hangs out. She tells them she’ll walk home from here. Jake tries to stop her, saying that it’s a bad neighborhood, but she looks at him scornfully and says that she’s lived in the area most of her life.
Nick and Jake enter the bar. Lou Caffey is sitting at the bar. Nick introduces Jake to him. Caffey starts his sob story, saying how upset he is over his son’s death, especially so soon after his wife’s death from cancer. And since he’s been sick (he’s a roofer), he just hasn’t had much money, blah, blah, blah. Jake tells him that there may be some money to be had from the junkyard due to the circumstances of his son’s death.
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Post by spunkymungbeans on Nov 12, 2002 23:30:45 GMT -5
He can't have studied Family Law at all then. Any decent Family Law text would contain at least a brief history of divorce.
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