L.A. Law (TV Series)

Beauty and Obese (1988)

Blair Underwood: Jonathan Rollins

Quotes 

• Jonathan Rollins : [on TV]  No, no Gina. That just they way they are.

  Gina Westland : It's sounds like they're incompetent.

  Jonathan Rollins : No, not incompetent, just amusing. We have one partner I won't mention names but... it's Brackman! He keeps having extramarital affairs. He even slept with his female bailiff when he was a small claims court judge.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : [watching on the TV]  Oh, God! OH, GOD!

  Jonathan Rollins : [on the TV]  And our divorce lawyer Arnold Becker beds down with around 90% of his female clients.

  Arnie Becker : [watching the TV]  Son of a bitch!

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : He's fired!

  Jonathan Rollins : [on TV]  And we have two partners, Ann Kelsey and Stuart Markowitz, that sleep with each other.

  Gina Westland : Come on!

  Jonathan Rollins : They are married, but I heard it was a shotgun wedding.

  Ann Kelsey : That bastard!

  Stuart Markowitz : I'll kill him!

  Jonathan Rollins : [on TV]  But you know what really gets me? It's that none of them... NONE of them can tell the difference between a live broadcast... and a videotaped gag. Gotcha!

  Arnie Becker : What the...?

  Jonathan Rollins : [on the TV to the lawyers]  I know I got you!

• Leland McKenzie : I'm told you did not appreciate what happened last night?

  Jonathan Rollins : Not true. I think I fully appreciate last night. Everyone acting in concert to scare and embarrass me.

  Leland McKenzie : You know what they say Jonathan. A peacock that struts with its feathers out makes for an easy target.

  Jonathan Rollins : I didn't do anything to cause that kind of resentment, Leland. The resentment was already here when I first walked through those doors to work here.

  Leland McKenzie : You didn't do anything? You pranced around telling everyone that you were making more money than the other associates. You defied my direct instructions on how to try cases... several times. You connived to steal a client from Stuart. You set off a smoke bomb during a deposition and now you mocked us on national television. That stunt you pulled on TV yesterday accounts for something, Jonathan!

  Jonathan Rollins : I intend to be aggressive because as a black man I feel I have to prove myself in this white man's world. People look at me and see affirmative action! Nobody is gonna accept me, Leland! They think I'm just part of an equal opportunity program!

  Leland McKenzie : We accepted you the day we hired you and I think you know that.

  Jonathan Rollins : And I suppose last night's cruel joke was just a way of saying "welcome to the club".

  Leland McKenzie : Actually, it was a lot more then that. It was a way of knocking you down a peg. You need our help, Jonathan and our friendship. But you have been too arrogant and too self-important to accept it. It has nothing to do with the color of your skin, my friend. That joke last night served two purposes: to let you know how angry we were and to invite you to have a laugh with us at your expense and I think you missed the point... on both counts.

• Gina Westland : [On TV]  With us this morning are Brad Sanford, Rosalie Baskin, and Jonathan Rollins, recently cited in Southland Magazine as the hottest young lawyers in Los Angeles. Good morning and welcome.

  Brad Sanford : Good morning.

  Jonathan Rollins : Good morning.

  Rosalie Baskin : Hi.

  Abby Perkins : [Watching TV]  You're looking good, Jonathan.

  Arnie Becker : Great suit.

  Roxanne Melman : He looks great.