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Previously on Shark:
named Jason Normandy.
Your place is beautiful.
Meet my assistant Sarah Belkin.
Jason Normandy killed her
Nobody's gonna miss her.
and I did nothing about it.
You need to get Normandy.
That could mean putting you
on the stand.
You do that,
you'll be disbarred.
Yeah, not to mention facing
criminal charges.
Did you witness the defendant
dispose of the body
of Sarah Belkin in 1995?
Yes.
There's a good chance
you'll be disbarred.
Sebastian Stark, you stand accused
of blatant and sordid misconduct
as a member
of the California State Bar.
Highlighted by your admitted
complicity in a conspiracy
to cover up the brutal ***
of Sarah Belkin in 1996.
Before this panel rules as to whether
to recommend a formal disbarment hearing,
do you have anything you wish
to say in your defense?
Do I at least get a cigarette
and a blindfold?
Do you find this funny,
Mr.
Stark?
No, sir.
Nor will I make any excuses
for what I've done.
I allowed greed and ambition
to cloud my judgment.
I allowed Sarah Belkin's killers
to get away with their crime for 12 years.
And I denied her family
any knowledge of her fate.
As for the other incidents in my past--
right, wrong, guilt, innocence--
for me, that was completely irrelevant.
I was in it to win.
Nothing else mattered.
Least of all the truth.
And then two years ago,
all that completely changed.
And for the first time in my life,
I feel I may be doing some good.
So I guess the question is,
can the good that I do now
outweigh the bad
that I've done in the past?
It's something I ask myself
every day.
And I still don't have
the answer.
I don't know
if it's possible to change,
but I sure as hell am trying.
If you will give me a second chance,
I'd like to keep trying.
The panel appreciates
your candor, Mr.
Stark.
It isn't easy to admit one's mistakes
and to try to correct them.
However, the State Bar
doesn't deal in absolution.
You are hereby suspended pending
a full disbarment hearing.
If convicted, you will lose your license
to practice law in this state.
We're adjourned.
You should have let us testify.
I'm in enough trouble already.
This isn't over yet.
We've still got the
disbarment hearing.
And I appreciate the optimism
but the thermometer
in my butt popped the second
I walked into that hearing
room-- I'm done.
Thanks for the image.
So, you're just
gonna give up?
Those guys have been after me
for 25 years.
I finally handed them my head
on a silver platter.
Jessica called.
She's reaching out
to the president of the Bar Association.
How's her dad doing?
Well, his stroke
was pretty bad.
She's gonna be in
Chicago for a while.
Well, she'll be taking over
the unit when she gets back.
I expect you guys to step up.
How about you?
What are you going to do now?
You know, I always wanted
to rent an RV
and drive across country.
Meet ordinary people.
Maybe do some, I don't know,
legal aid work.
Please.
Okay, fine.
I'll probably start in Tuscany
and drink my way across Europe.
Rent a villa in Lake Como.
Ciao, bella.
Do you like to water ski?
Sounds more like it.
At the end of the day,
I had this coming, all right?
When the blade finally fell
in there,
do you know that I actually
felt relieved?
So what? I lose my license.
Hey, life goes on.
At least we know things can't
get any worse.
Mr.
Stark.
Jordan Westlake, State
Attorney General's office.
I stand corrected.
I have a warrant
for your arrest.
Oh
On what charge?
Accessory to ***
in the death of Sarah Belkin.
Okay, call my travel agent.
Tell him to get the deposit
on the villa back.
No, you gotta tell your public defender
to challenge the search!
The gun was laying
right on the floor, man.
I'm just saying
that everything they found
in your crib was inadmissible.
Straight up?
The 4th Amendment.
I mean, thank God James Madison
isn't around to
you know, watch you abuse it.
Okay, so, Diablo?
There's a fine line between
*** and self-defense.
Stark!
Yes? Good! Yes?
You made bail.
Oh, good.
Hey, listen,
these things are going
to go for a fortune
on eBay when my trial comes
on Court TV so
Thought you'd bring
your attorney.
I can defend myself.
But you need me to bail you out
and you're doing
a ***-up job so far.
I particularly like that part
about all your soul searching.
Don't you need an actual soul
for that?
What do you want?
Hmm.
Well, I've already got
your scalp.
Hey, how about one
of those new iPhones?
Pretty sure of yourself, huh?
Well, "Approach victory
as a certainty.
"
You were a guest lecturer
at my criminal defense
seminar at S.
C.
You clearly didn't learn very much
if you ended up in the
attorney general's office.
Maybe, but I'm smart enough
not to insult someone
who could toss me in prison
until I'm gumming my food.
Look, you're medium-cute and
under different circumstances
I'd invite you back to the house
for some Pinot and a foot rub.
Maybe when I'm dead.
Fine by me.
Pillow talk is overrated.
So, look, if you're
done gloating,
I'm gonna be taking my
daughter out to dinner
while I still can.
Look, I'm not here to gloat.
I'm here to offer you
a way out.
You know this guy?
Oscar Riddick?
Among the bigger badasses
on the West Coast.
You ever represent him?
I wish.
I could have
made a fortune.
My office has indicted him
on everything
from weapons smuggling
to torture
to multiple homicides.
We can't touch him.
Fascinating,
but why do I care?
You put Jason Normandy away
for killing Sarah Belkin.
The night she died,
Normandy met with Oscar Riddick.
I want to know why.
Go ask Jason Normandy.
He's got a time-share
up in Corcoran.
Look, we have taken three
very public swings at Riddick.
The attorney general can't
afford another miss.
That's where you come in.
You lost me.
You represented Normandy--
you know his *** world.
If he and Riddick
were in business together,
it'd have to be dirty.
There's just one small problem:
I'm no longer a practicing attorney.
I'm a criminal defendant, remember?
Not much of a leap for you,
is it, Stark?
Look, here's the deal:
You build me a slam-dunk case
against Riddick underground
by whatever means necessary,
we drop all the criminal
charges against you
and you get your license back.
Lady, you don't have
that kind of juice.
No, but my boss does.
Riddick's his ticket
to the Justice Department.
Which clears the way for you
to get his old job.
And the iPhone.
Riddick owns a racetrack
in the high desert.
Start there.
You want your life back?
Go get me Oscar Riddick.
You know, if it was so easy,
I wouldn't be calling you, would I?
I need Riddick's FBI files.
Whoa! Easy with that!
It cost more than your house.
Hey, you got a minute?
Thanks.
Okay, look, hey,
I hate to bring up that
Baltimore thing, Tommy
I got to go.
Hey, guys.
So this is it, huh?
Yeah, looks that way.
I'm gonna miss you around here.
Can you beat the criminal case?
You know, I don't know, but
honestly, I think sometimes
it's just easier
to throw in the towel.
Hey, I got the statistics
from your contact
at the Department of Energy.
You guys, really,
you don't want to know.
You got your own cases.
Why don't you just get back
to work?
Let me just get on
with my thing here.
Okay.
The AG is looking
to nail a badass
named Oscar Riddick.
I deliver him, I'm Lazarus.
They're using a
criminal defendant
to pursue a case for them
in exchange for exoneration?
Of course, when you put it
that way, it sounds bad.
What can we do?
You know, honestly
What am I thinking?
You guys jump in here,
I can't protect you.
Let's just forget we had
this whole conversation.
It's a little late for that.
Don't say I didn't
warn you.
I checked out the
financial history
of the oil field where
Sarah Belkin was buried.
Jason Normandy had
a silent partner.
Yeah, Eastwood Partners.
I reviewed the purchase.
Yeah, well, I did some digging.
Eastwood Partners is owned
by Mitchum Industries.
Right.
Which is owned
by Oscar Riddick.
Yeah, Riddick and Normandy
were in business together and
you missed it? You know what?
In that world, you don't ask
a lot of questions.
Being a partner in an oil
company isn't illegal, you know.
Maybe not, but check this out.
Well, that can't be right.
What is it?
According to this, there wasn't
a single drop of oil produced
from those fields since
before Normandy took control.
So, why did he buy them?
It's got to be a front.
Yeah, for what?
All right, Isaac, I need a trap
and trace on Riddick's phone
and I need you guys to go over
my old files on Normandy.
But those
are privileged
Forget I mentioned it.
And I need all you can find
on Sarah Belkin.
Especially any link
to Oscar Riddick.
This is black-op, kids,
no fingerprints.
We're gonna be working
out of my house.
No, please.
You are not gonna
say something sincere
and heartfelt, are you?
Don't screw up.
She's running pretty good.
Pushing a little in the corners.
Got a little loose
on that third turn.
Nice ride.
Great way to relax.
At 200 miles an hour?
Yeah.
One screwup,
you're dead.
You should give it a try
sometime, Mr.
Stark.
Oh, you know who I am.
Yeah.
I've been expecting you.
How's the attorney
general doing?
I never met the man.
And yet you're his errand boy.
I was Jason Normandy's lawyer.
I helped him buy
those oil fields
out at Ladera Heights.
Your name never came up.
Unlike you, I try
to keep a low profile.
It's better for business.
Those wells were dry.
What were you guys doing
up there?
A lot of people
have come after me, Mr.
Stark.
It never ends well.
Hmm?
Be smart.
Plead out your case,
do your time,
and get on with your life.
That sounds like a threat.
More like advice.
Now, it's one thing
to run on an empty track.
But, when you're out there
head-to-head
against a guy going
just as fast as you,
willing to do whatever
it takes to win
that's when you find out
what you got under the hood.
I always love
a good racing metaphor.
Here's one for you:
Prepare to crash and burn.
Mrs.
Belkin?
How dare you come here?
I'm sorry to disturb you.
In fact, I'm sorry
for everything.
Yeah? It's
a little late for that.
Look, your daughter's death
was a tragedy,
and you have every right
to hate my guts.
So I have your permission.
Well, that is comforting.
My husband died three years ago.
The doctor said
it was hypertension.
Stress that came from waiting
for his little girl
to come home.
He died waiting for her!
There's no excuse
for what I did.
I should have told the truth--
you deserved that.
And you still do.
Which is why I'm here.
We know Sarah was having a
relationship with Jason Normandy,
but that's
not why she died.
What are you talking about?
We don't know the truth
about why Sarah was killed,
and there's only
one way to find out.
We need to run some tests.
Oh, my God.
I just got my daughter back,
and you expect me
to let you dig her up?
It's the only way.
You go to hell.
I probably will,
but it won't tell us why
your daughter died.
She's at peace now.
Yes.
But are you?
Why should I trust you?
Because I need
to know the truth, too.
All right.
All right.
Thank you.
And, truly, I am so very sorry
for your loss.
Blue is your color, Jason.
What I hear, you'll be wearing
these yourself soon.
How the boys treating you?
Compared to Hell's Kitchen,
this place is a country club.
So I assume
you're not here
for a conjugal visit.
We exhumed
Sarah Belkin's body.
Hope you sent her my best.
Turns out
the first ME screwed up.
Head wound was postmortem.
What killed her, then?
She actually died
of a *** overdose.
And then you buried her
out in that field.
And I let you do it.
So?
We both know that you moved
*** for a long time, Jason.
So Sarah gets
hooked, OD's.
Tragic, but, hey
accidents do happen.
You're clean.
Why would you try
to cover that up?
Why would you go
to prison for it?
Oh, you know, I bumped
into your old friend
Oscar Riddick.
Now, there's a
real piece of work.
What were you guys up to at
that phony oil field of yours?
We're done.
I'm going after Riddick,
and if you
help me, Jason,
I'll see to it that
you get transferred
to a minimum
security facility.
Easy time.
You're a smart guy.
So be smart.
Forget you ever heard
the name Oscar Riddick.
You know, according to
Sarah Belkin's roommate,
Sarah barely drank.
Yeah, I
talked to her family, friends.
Nobody believes this girl
was into hard drugs.
Sarah was Normandy's
assistant.
The stuff was everywhere.
She wouldn't be
the first straight kid
to get in over her head.
Yeah, way over.
According
to the coroner's report,
Sarah Belkin had
enough pure *** in her body
to kill 20 people.
There's no way she took all that
on purpose.
So we're back to ***?
Prison is starting
to look better and better.
Can somebody
please give me
something I can use?
Well, I ran a trace
on Riddick's cell phone.
After you rattled his
cage at the racetrack,
he spent an hour on the
phone with a guy named Kirk.
Arthur Kirk?
That guy's a serious
defense attorney
who represents
major drug
dealers.
The attorney general
tried Riddick
on *** trafficking in 1998;
Kirk got him off.
So when is an oil field
not an oil field?
Come on, using ten percent of
your brain is a baseline, kids,
it's not a goal, all right?
Think!
When it's a front for
a ***-smuggling operation.
Ding, ding, ding, we have a
winner.
The week before she died,
Sarah Belkin visited the Department
of Conservation three times.
Indicating?
She knew
there was no oil
in that field.
So Sarah
finds herself
in the middle
of a drug operation.
She threatens to blow the
whistle, they kill her.
Track every oil drum that went
in and out of that field.
If we can link Riddick to the
*** that killed Sarah Belkin,
we can nail this
son of a ***.
You slept with him?
Are you really so shocked?
No, no, of
course not.
Liar.
Okay, fine I'm shocked.
When did this happen?
A few days
before Trevor left for Boston.
Say something, Mom.
I've been practicing this
moment for 17 years and
I can't remember how
my speech starts.
You're probably wondering
if we were careful?
We were.
And if I regret it?
I don't.
And if he was
a gentleman?
Totally.
Anything else before we never
discuss this again?
Was it lovely?
Yes.
Good.
Sweet Pea.
But if you
tell Dad,
I will kill you.
I'm coming for you, pal.
I'm coming for you.
Dad, are you okay?
Jules, stay upstairs!
Call 911!
What the hell did
you get me into?
I offered you a way out.
I never said it was going
to be easy.
My daughter
was in the house.
I heard; I'm sorry.
I need more resources
to take this guy down.
Technical support, the
FBI It's not possible.
I looked into
this guy's eyes.
There's no one home.
Tonight it was me.
Next time, he could
come after you.
Four years ago, Riddick's
thugs ran me off the road.
My arm went
through the windshield,
I almost bled to death.
Okay, then give me what I need to take
him down.
Trust me, I would like to.
It's not my call.
Our deal is off the books.
My boss isn't going
to allocate any resources.
Look, if Riddick
is too much for you,
you're free to walk away.
And then you'll see
me in court, right?
This guy tried to
kill both of us.
If you want him,
I need your help.
Under the radar.
Just you.
Oh, God,
I could lose my job for this.
I already lost mine.
Yeah, for pulling stunts
exactly like this.
Oh, trust me,
this is nothing.
You probably don't
want to brag about that
to the woman prosecuting you for
accessory to ***.
Fair point.
I should have known
you were behind this, Sebastian.
Sorry to interrupt
your beauty sleep,
but we have some business
to discuss.
This is Deputy
Attorney General Westlake.
Brought in the big guns.
Won't make any
difference.
especially the memos
on your oil production.
So?
So we both know
that there was no oil.
There were barrels moving
back and forth
from your field,
Mr.
Normandy.
What was in them?
I plead the Fifth.
You and Riddick were moving
*** in those oil drums.
If you say so.
No,
you are going to say so
in open court
with Oscar Riddick sitting
at the defense table.
You're dreaming.
Deputy Westlake
is already negotiating
with Riddick's lawyer.
No, Oscar Riddick
doesn't negotiate.
Times change.
Either you cooperate or I make
sure Mr.
Riddick thinks you did.
You can't do that.
Trust me, she can do it.
Now, you don't
understand.
It's not about me;
I've got three kids.
Yeah, and
I've got one.
She could have been killed
tonight.
Is that why you took the fall
for Sarah Belkin
without implicating
Riddick?
To protect your family?
Look, this guy is an animal.
It's not about
business for him.
He likes hurting people.
Okay, well,
help us get him
off the street.
I promise you,
I will protect your family.
You can't hide
from Oscar Riddick.
The only reason I'm alive is
because I kept my mouth shut.
Did you kill Sarah Belkin?
Oh, man.
I put the needle in her arm.
Riddick gave me the order.
Why?
Sarah stumbled
onto the operation.
She was threatening
to go to the cops.
Riddick wanted her gone.
So you murdered her
in cold blood?
Trust me
she got off easy.
If Riddick had done her,
she would have suffered.
You're a true humanitarian.
I understand you got
what you needed.
Yes, ma'am.
The man who ordered
your daughter's death
is going to pay for what he did.
Even if you told us
what happened to Sarah,
it wouldn't have
brought her back.
Doesn't make it right.
You didn't kill my
daughter, Mr.
Stark.
You put Jason Normandy
in prison.
And now, you are going
to finish the job.
Yeah, Danny?
Have you lost your mind?
Would you excuse me?
You should not be here.
You cut a deal to let
Jason Normandy walk?
I need his testimony
to convict Oscar Riddick.
I got you Normandy's
sworn statement!
All you had to do
was protect his kids
to get him on the stand.
Not according to his lawyer.
Upon Oscar Riddick's conviction,
Jason Normandy will be released
with credit for time served.
That is a bad joke!
He served two months!
Okay, you know what?
For killing
a 25-year-old girl!
Riddick was deemed the
greater public threat here.
You know, you're playing God,
and I won't let you
get away with it!
You know what? You are not
running this operation.
Maybe not, but Normandy
is an indicted co-conspirator
in Sarah Belkin's death.
In order to convict Riddick,
you need another witness.
Yeah.
I'm looking at him.
Your legal files link
Riddick and Normandy
to that phony oil field where
Sarah Belkin's body was found.
Exactly, and if you release
Jason Normandy from prison,
I will not testify
against Riddick.
Okay, let's just be clear.
Once your testimony puts
Riddick away, you are home free.
You get clear
on this.
Sarah Belkin's family
has suffered enough.
Jason Normandy
will never walk away
from what he did.
Never!
You don't testify,
prison is going to be
the least of your problems.
I abandoned Sarah Belkin
I won't do it again.
We can't stop now.
Look, I never should have
dragged you guys into this.
It's time to pull the plug.
Oscar Riddick
is a sociopath!
He tried to blow your head off.
There's got to be a way
to nail Riddick
without letting
Normandy walk.
Well, maybe,
but I'm going to be doing
We still got time.
Hello.
What portion of,
"the party is over"
don't you understand?
You guys have done enough.
You put yourselves
on the line for me.
Hey! I hate to
break this to you,
but it isn't about you.
In the words
of a once-great
lawyer, "In any case,
only 12 opinions matter.
"
And yours isn't one of them.
I'm never going to live
that one down, am I? We ran
Sarah Belkin's business line for
the six months before her death.
Stop! Everything's been accounted for
except for three calls
to a guy named Peter Mirsky.
He's a personal injury lawyer
in Hidden Canyon,
which is a little town
Oh, good,
a PI hack from Podunk!
Now we're getting
somewhere.
According to shipping records,
Normandy and Riddick were
delivering 500 barrels
of oil a week there
in the early '90s.
Look, for the last time:
there was no oil!
Exactly, and
these guys
are big-time drug dealers.
The biggest drug
dealers in the world
can't move that much ***
in their entire careers.
So, if they weren't
transporting oil or ***,
what the hell
was in those barrels?
Can I help you guys?
Sebastian Stark?
That depends.
We have a court order
to seize the property, sir.
Yeah, this is really cute.
So, who put you up to this?
Was it Manny? Cutler?
Actually, it was me.
You've got to be kidding.
On what basis?
Property purchased
as a result
of criminal conduct
is subject to forfeiture.
You don't have a chance in hell
of making this stick.
Well, obviously,
the court disagrees.
Dad, are we going
to lose our house?
Of course not.
You earned nearly $2 million
in legal fees
from Normandy the year
before you bought this place.
That doesn't
prove anything.
Well, you can
certainly fight
the seizure,
unless, of course,
Mr.
Stark here winds up in jail.
Man, she's as bad as you are.
We also had to freeze
all your assets.
Maybe worse.
You have the power
to make this all go away.
Dad, what's she talking about?
You think
you can squeeze me?
I made my bones
when you were in kneesocks.
You have 30 minutes
to vacate the premises.
Let's go.
Call came out of the blue.
Said her name was Sarah Belkin
and that she had to talk to me.
In person.
Did you two
ever meet?
We set up a time.
She never showed.
Any idea what
she wanted to talk about?
She said had
some documents for me.
I was up to my neck
in a major class action.
Multiple victims.
Really? It seems
so quiet around here.
Usually is.
But back in the late '80s,
folks started getting sick.
Our cancer rate was ten
times the national average.
Did you ever get
to the bottom of it?
We got the EPA out here.
Ground water was contaminated.
Massive levels
of dioxin.
Where did it come from?
Never did find out.
The Feds
disappeared.
And the victims were using
their money to
to stay alive.
How many deaths?
Thirty-four.
That we know of.
And a whole generation
of kids exposed.
Did Sarah ever
Only that
they could help the case.
And believe me,
this town could have
used the help.
Promise I'll be out of here
in a couple of days.
It's fine.
I feel like I'm in the way.
Maybe I should bunk down
with you.
Easy, cowboy.
You're in enough trouble
already.
Ah, you're no fun.
Oh, and I may need
to borrow a couple of bucks.
They froze my accounts.
Oh, I prayed
this day would come.
What's that supposed to mean?
I was just recalling
a couple of years
after we got married,
you put me on an allowance.
You had your own wing
at Barney's.
Yeah, right.
You know, Sebastian,
how do I know I can trust you
to be responsible
with this money?
You're loving this, aren't you?
You have no idea.
I can sleep down here, Dad.
That's okay, sweetie.
Me stuck on the couch,
you and your mom upstairs.
Feels like old times.
Must be more comfortable
than prison, I'd guess.
Julie.
It's okay.
It's only going to be
for a couple of years.
Is that supposed
to make me feel better?
I made a mistake,
a bad one and
I've got to pay for it.
That woman said
you have a choice.
Yeah.
I can make a choice,
but I have to sell out
Sarah Belkin's family.
Your dad's just doing
what he thinks is right.
That's great,
but what about ourfamily?
Do you realize that by the time
you get out of prison,
I will be out of college?
I know that.
And that's
okay with you,
that we lose
the rest of our
time together?
Of course not!
Then do something about it!
I love you more than anything
in this whole, wide world.
Anything.
And you know that.
I know that
you're leaving me.
Again.
Hey
She's just upset.
Yeah.
And she's right.
Hey, what
are you doing?
Hanging out with
all your friends?
Let me guess:
you stopped by my house
for a little target practice,
and I wasn't home.
Go on, get in.
We need to talk.
Just when I thought
my night couldn't get any worse.
Want a drink?
What do you want?
Coming after me was a big loser
for you, Stark.
I mean, even if
you built a case against me,
you never would have testified.
Is that so?
Yeah.
That's so.
You got a beautiful daughter.
Still chummy with the ex?
Last thing you want
to do is come home one day
and find pieces of them
scattered around
the living room.
Better you do
a few years and walk away.
With no house?
No way to make a living?
But breathing.
Now, there's something
to be said for that.
I almost forgot.
What's this,
about 40, 50 grand?
Walking
around money.
More when you get out
until you're back on your feet.
Pretty sure I'm going to change
my mind about testifying, huh?
And telling your little team
to, uh, stop poking their noses
where they don't belong.
No offense,
but 50 grand doesn't even cover
my dry cleaning.
Name your price.
I used to be like you.
Real hard case.
Master of the universe.
At the end
of the day,
I was running scared.
Pull it over.
Hey, take it from me.
You can't run forever.
So now you're all fired up
to nail Riddick?
Just tell me what you know.
That lawyer
Sarah Belkin
was talking to in Hidden Canyon
was representing
dioxin victims.
Dioxin?
Dioxin's a by-product
of plastic manufacturing.
There's no manufacturing
plants out there.
Which suggests that somebody
brought the stuff in
and dumped it.
Wait, hang on now.
Riddick and Normandy
were shipping hundreds
of barrels of something
to Hidden Canyon, so,
there's no oil,
there's no ***.
Toxic waste.
Yeah, but where
did it come from?
Give me that, uh, that map
of the oil delivery routes.
Here, come on.
So they were shipping
empty barrels
from Ladera Heights
to this location
in Rosemead where they
pick up the toxic waste,
and then they
dump it up in Hidden Canyon.
What's at the
Rosemead location?
A shopping center built in 1996.
Who built it?
Mitchum Development Corporation.
That's the same company
Riddick used
to hide his stake
in Normandy's oil field.
So let's see
what was on that site
before Riddick built that
shopping center.
One word, Benjamin--
plastics.
Dover Plastics, to be precise.
Churning out PVC
pipe for 26 years.
It would take ten years
to clean up a site like that.
Millions to dispose
of the waste.
Unless you just ship the waste
to some remote town.
Where people started to die.
Well, now all we have to do
is prove it.
How many deaths?
Thirty-four.
We should be able to link
the dioxin
in Hidden Canyon
to Riddick's construction
site in Rosemead.
Not enough.
We need to be able
to tie Riddick directly
to the dumping operation
if we're going to take him down.
You going
to eat that fruit?
Go for it.
Did the EPA identify the area
where the dioxin
entered the groundwater?
They traced it
to a private ranch outside town,
but the lawyer down there
couldn't secure
a warrant to search it.
Who owns it?
What?
The ranch, who owns it?
McQueen Properties.
Look at this.
"McQueen Properties
is a fully owned
subsidiary
of Mitchum Development.
"
Owned and operated
by Oscar Riddick.
We need a warrant
to search that property.
If Mirsky couldn't get one,
how can we?
Mirsky didn't have a friend in
the attorney general's office.
Look, I can't help you.
You're a deputy
attorney general.
I'm asking for a stupid
search warrant.
Yeah, for property
owned by an individual
who sued this office
for harassment.
You don't have enough
to justify a warrant.
I don't Let me paint a
word picture for you, Jordan.
You hand me
the search warrant,
I cha-cha up
to Hidden Canyon
where I unearth evidence
linking Riddick to 34 dead
dioxin victims.
Stark
No, you put
Riddick away for life.
Jason Normandy stays away
for the rest of his life,
and, after you and I share
a wild night of passion,
I go on with my life.
Everybody wins.
What?
I'm just trying to get that
"wild night of passion" thing
out of my head.
Get me the warrant.
I'm sorry.
There is no guarantee you will
find anything out there.
Guarantee?
No wonder you're
still chasing this guy.
Sociopaths like Riddick
very rarely make mistakes.
When they do,
you got to make them pay.
I can't.
No, your boss
is a moron and a coward.
I let Sarah Belkin rot
in an unmarked grave.
I have to live with that.
The next life
Oscar Riddick takes,
that one's on you.
Gentlemen, start your engines.
I hear your team's still looking
into my business
interests.
Yeah, they have this thing about
prosecuting mass murderers.
I made you a fair
offer, Stark.
Yeah, 50 grand.
That the going rate these days
for destroying an entire town?
Well, I don't know,
but it sure as hell
beats getting
your throat cut, doesn't it?
I came here to tell you
that it's over, Riddick.
I know all about your ranch
in Hidden Canyon.
I know that's where
you dumped the poison that
killed all those people.
You'll
need a warrant to search that place.
You won't get it.
Whoa, compliments
of the attorney general.
See you in court.
Come on, Oscar,
you can't kill me.
I'm a famous lawyer!
Not anymore.
These days you're just
another lowlife.
No house, no money,
on trial for covering up
a ***.
If you ask me,
people are going to say
you deserve what you get.
Anything I can do
to change your mind?
Eh, sorry, pal.
Could you speak up
just a little louder?
The police can't hear you.
You funny guy.
Drop the guns! Now!
Drop them!
Let me guess:
unregistered weapons?
It's all right,
I can afford the fine.
Put them down.
Good for you.
But, see, what I'm afraid of
is you may
have a bunch more of those
hidden somewhere else.
Isaac, what do they call
that? Probable cause?
Probable cause,
that's it!
Now, you see,
I can get a warrant
for any property you own.
You said you
already had a warrant.
Yeah, but I didn't
say it was signed.
You just hit the wall,
you evil son of a ***.
Label that one
"Riddick Ranch, Barrel 12.
"
We got something.
There's about a dozen more
of those down ther
Anything we can use?
Evidence
of toxic erosion.
Definitely wasn't oil in those.
Dioxin.
We got him.
Yes, we do.
Barrels on Riddick's
property came from the oil field
he owned with Normandy.
What about the toxic waste?
Matched Riddick's Rosemead
property and the dioxin
that killed those people.
Huh.
So I guess
that would mean I was?
Right.
About?
Everything.
See, that wasn't
so hard, was it?
All right, look
the charges against you
have been dropped.
You are free
to return to your home.
The hold on your accounts
have been lifted.
***'.
And my license?
I will testify on your behalf
at your disbarment hearing.
Hmm.
You will be free and clear.
Are you sure
you can nail Riddick?
Do you want to sit second chair
and show me how it's done?
Something tells me
you can handle it.
Besides,
I've got somebody to see.
Hey!
Remind me never to *** you off.
Right back at you.
While your daughter
was working for Jason Normandy,
she found out
that he was dumping
thousands of gallons
of toxic chemicals
in the town of Hidden Canyon.
She could have
looked the other way.
That would have been
the safe thing to do.
But she didn't do that.
She began gathering evidence,
knowing the kind of men
that she was working for.
She took the risk
to help those people.
She always tried
to do the right thing.
Your daughter was a hero,
Mrs.
Belkin.
Oh, thank you.
Mr.
Stark, do you wish to make
any further submissions
or comments
before this panel rules?
No, sir.
Very well.
We have reviewed
the facts in this matter
and given careful thought
to your
outstanding work
in district attorney's office
over the past two years,
service for which you
should be commended.
Thank you.
However, your criminal conduct
in the matter of Sarah Belkin
cannot be ignored.
I'm Deputy Attorney General
Jordan Westlake.
May I be heard, please?
Of course.
It was my office that
brought criminal charges
against Mr.
Stark,
and regardless
of his confession,
we found insufficient
evidence to proceed against him.
In addition,
he offered critical
assistance in our indictment
of a notorious felon.
The attorney general supports
the reinstatement of Mr.
Stark.
Really?
That's odd.
Because I have a letter
from the attorney general
in support
of Mr.
Stark's disbarment.
Um, that is not possible.
Well, I suggest you give
your boss a call.
Sebastian Stark,
it is the opinion
of this panel
that your conduct
demands your immediate
and permanent removal
from the California State Bar.
I swear to you,
I had no idea.
I believe you.
My boss said
he couldn't risk
advocating for your
reinstatement.
Despite promising
that he would.
Oh, he's a ***.
He's a politician.
Same difference.
Well, let's face it.
I was lucky to walk away
from the criminal charges.
I should have to pay something
for what I did, don't you think?
I gave you my word.
And you kept it.
Keep trying to do that
when you're attorney general.
Oh, yeah, that's, uh,
going to be kind of tough.
I just quit.
You sure you want to do that?
I went to law school
to be an attorney.
I think it's time
to get back to that.
Well, let me know
where you land.
Who knows when I'll need
a good lawyer.
I'm really sorry, Dad.
It's okay.
You all right?
You know,
actually, I am.
Well, at least
we're not
broke and homeless anymore.
Not to mention the minor fact
that I don't have to
go to prison.
Oh, yeah,
that's good, too.
And you always wanted to spend
more time with your old man.
Sure.
Within reason.
And now I'll be there
to sign your report cards,
enforce your curfews,
really get to know
your boyfriends.
Is it too late to go
live with Mom?
You had your chance.