L.A. Law (TV Series)
Happy Trails (1990)
Corbin Bernsen: Arnie Becker
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Quotes
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Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Aside from humiliating this firm, what you did boarded on fraud.
Murray Melman : I was just trying to help.
Ann Kelsey : That doesn't help. Passing yourself off as an attorney. Lying to the media, that doesn't help.
Murray Melman : I thought it sounded good. You see it.
Arnie Becker : Murray, you can't do that.
Murray Melman : So you don't want me to help?
Ann Kelsey : No.
Arnie Becker : No.
Douglas Brackman, Jr. : No.
Murray Melman : You want me to pitch in?
Arnie Becker , Roxanne Melman : No.
Murray Melman : OK. OK. Just so I understand that. My help you never want.
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Arnie Becker : Was the gun inside the holster?
Douglas Brackman, Jr. : That's not really important, Arnie.
Arnie Becker : You're probably right. Big fat cowboy Senator Croaks on top of monomania surrogate, who's gonna care about the gun?
Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Oh, please. Evidently hauling them out as we speak. Arnie, I can't take this relationship anymore. I can't come home to her ask her how was her day and hear about bullwhips and gerbils.
Arnie Becker : So tell her to quit her job.
Douglas Brackman, Jr. : She won't. She trained to be a sexual surrogate. She says, "That's what she is. No. I have to ended between us."
Arnie Becker : So ended. Why do you need me?
Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Because you're the resident expert on wiggling of hoax, that's why. I'm afraid Marilyn's pretty involved. I don't wanna hurt her and I...
Arnie Becker : You want to find the chickens way out.
Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Exactly.
Arnie Becker : Well, I happen to think that you two make a very good couple, but if you're sure that's what you want, uh, is what you do. Yeah. Take her to a nice elegant restaurant, you know some place where she went dare make a scene, uh, Mickey Blair's. Great. Mickey Blair's. Little wines, helen les soirs, and then you lean over with all humanity that you can muster. When he say, now trust me on this work you say, "Marilyn, I am overrode with ambivalence".
Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Come on.
Arnie Becker : I swear to god. And you just drop the bomb, straight out. She's not gonna make a squeak the places too public. She might even admire your honesty. God, I love it when that happens. You say goodbye. You tell her that hurts you, more than it hurts her. You ask for the check. And you don't look back.
[Snaps]
Arnie Becker : Get the ballet on the way in and you'll have the car waiting.
Douglas Brackman, Jr. : No. So cold. I was hoping to come out of it as... as friends.
Arnie Becker : Whoa! Big mistake. Big mistake. Believe me. You want a total severance a clean break. The last thing you need, old memories coming back to hunt you.
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Stuart Markowitz : Arnie, Douglas?
[Stuart brings Gwen Taylor]
Stuart Markowitz : You know this young lady, don't you?
Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Oh, yes, hello.
Gwen Taylor : Hello. Hi, Arnie.
Arnie Becker : Gwen, what brings you?
Stuart Markowitz : I just hired her.
Arnie Becker : Oh, great. Great.
Gwen Taylor : So, how's marry life treating you?
Arnie Becker : Good. Uh, very good.
Gwen Taylor : Good. Good.