- 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!
- [last lines]
- John Vincent: [the waiter serves the bottle of champagne] You look lovely.
- Grace Van Owen: Thank you. None for me.
- John Vincent: Please.
- [the waiter pours a glass of champagne and leaves]
- John Vincent: To us.
- Grace Van Owen: There is no us, Mr. Vincent.
- John Vincent: Charles told me you were little reluctant.
- Grace Van Owen: My mind's made up.
- John Vincent: I'm always found it best to postpone final judgment until I have all the facts.
- Grace Van Owen: I have all the facts I need and...
- John Vincent: I don't think you do. For instance, I don't think you know who paid for that fancy office you're sitting. I don't think you know who owns the building, Ms. Van Owen, or who owns the firm or to a lesser extent who owns you.
- [John drinks the glass of champagne]
- Grace Van Owen: You may own the firm, Mr. Vincent, but I guarantee you, you don't own me.
- John Vincent: You listen, you're going go into court and you can substitute in as counsel for Tommy. Then you're going get a nice continuance, a courtesy the judge will be only too happy to extend to a popular ex-DA. Then if you want, I'll get someone else to substitute in for you. Do you understand?
- Grace Van Owen: No.
- John Vincent: I need time, Ms. Van Owen. It's just come to my attention that the state's key witness may suffer a serious decline in health in the next few weeks. It sometimes happens to people who disappoint me.
- Grace Van Owen: My answer is not changing.
- John Vincent: Some mistakes are very hard to live it, Ms. Van Owen. I seriously suggest you rethink your position.
- [another waiter has arrived at the table]
- John Vincent: She's still drinking the champagne.
- [But suddenly, the waiter pulls out a revolver and shoots mob boss John Vincent. Screaming. The crowds are murmuring. The second waiter/mob assassin flees from the scene as Grace stands up shocked. John Vincent is dead on the floor of the restaurant]
- 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.
- [Knocking on the door]
- Arnie Becker: Come in.
- [Opening the door is Roxanne]
- Roxanne Melman: Arnie. There's a mistake in my paycheck. It's a $100 more than it's supposed to be.
- Arnie Becker: The firm voted you a raise.
- Roxanne Melman: A raise? A week ago, they were going to fire me. It's out of your pocket, isn't it?
- Arnie Becker: What's the difference where it comes from?
- Roxanne Melman: Thank you, Arnie... . for this... .for sticking by me, for not clubbing me on the head with I told you so's about Jimmy.
- Arnie Becker: Rox, you're not the first person to fall in love and make a mistake.
- Roxanne Melman: I guess I'd feel better about myself if it was just love. But it wasn't. I was seduced by the money. All around me every day, I see people with great clothes, great cars, great houses. It gets to me sometimes.
- Arnie Becker: There's nothing wrong with wanting the same thing as everyone else, Rox.
- Roxanne Melman: Oh, I know. I know I can want them. The difference is, I was stealing them. Anyway, I just wanted you to know, I'm pretty glad you're in my corner.
- [Roxanne kisses Arnie's head]
- Arnie Becker: Watch... the hair.
- 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.