L.A. Law (TV Series)

Hello and Goodbye (1993)

Michael Tucker: Stuart Markowitz

Quotes 

• [In the office, Stuart has to think about what happened about his life, and Ann is here to talk with Stuart about her reaction] 

  Ann Kelsey : Stuart, you're making it worse.

  [Stuart is not in the mood, and he's very busy] 

  Stuart Markowitz : I'm busy.

  Ann Kelsey : Please, don't do this.

  Stuart Markowitz : Why am I getting subpoenaed by the City Attorney's Office?

  Ann Kelsey : Because I'm angry, Stuart.

  Stuart Markowitz : No kidding.

  Ann Kelsey : There were two of us who were mugged, and only one of us was treated! What about me?

  Stuart Markowitz : I didn't ask for this, Ann. I'd give anything for this not to have happened. But it happened. And now what I wanna do is get past it!

  Ann Kelsey : And what am I supposed to do? I have been waiting...

  Stuart Markowitz : Waiting for what? What do you want from me, Ann?

  Ann Kelsey : I want you the way you were!

  Stuart Markowitz : Well, it's not possible. I'm sorry, but that's not possible. A person can't go through what I went through and come out the same as he went in. And if you can't accept that, I'm packing up and I'm outta here.

  [Ann has opened the door and leave for the moment] 

• City Attorney Dana Romney : Hello, everybody!

  Stuart Markowitz : Oh, great.

  City Attorney Dana Romney : It's a gorgeous day. Oh, what a view from the tower of power. One of these days. Uh, Dana Romney, City Attorney. Douglas Brackman may have told you about me.

  Ann Kelsey : We know who you are, Mr. Romney. Let's get on with this. All of us are very busy.

  City Attorney Dana Romney : We certainly are, Ms. Kelsey, which is why your meritless claim offends me. Why not spare taxpayers the cost of defending your charges, and your husband the agony of, well, my interrogation?

  Ann Kelsey : Excuse me?

  City Attorney Dana Romney : Drop the suit.

  Ann Kelsey : Drop dead.

  City Attorney Dana Romney : Is it just me or there a surplus of hostility in this room?

  [Romney laughing] 

  City Attorney Dana Romney : Okay.

• Ann Kelsey : Stuart, I have something I need to say to you.

  Stuart Markowitz : Can it wait, Ann? Douglas needs these figures.

  Ann Kelsey : This can't wait.

  [Ann closed the door. Stuart puts his paper and his pen down and listen. Ann needs to tell Stuart the truth all about Ann and Stuart] 

  Ann Kelsey : Stuart, I wish I had been more supportive. Less judgmental, more secure with myself in who I am. But when all this happened, it so shook my world, it... it so altered everything that I... had finally begun to take for granted. All I wanted was to punish the people that had done this to us. And instead, I... I wound up punishing... the only true victim of this whole sorry mess. So if... if you really want to leave this marriage, I'll understand. But I love you, and... if you could possibly forgive me and help me to put this behind us.

  Stuart Markowitz : Shh.

  [Stuart will comfort Ann and forgive her. Holding Ann, hug and kissed her] 

  Stuart Markowitz : I love you.

  [And continues kissing] 

• City Attorney Dana Romney : Mr. Markowitz, uh, according to your wife's suit, since your attack, you are not the same man you once were. Uh, Miss Kelsey cites that the declining rate of marital concupiscence. That is, to say, sexual intercourse? Is that accurate?

  Stuart Markowitz : Yes.

  City Attorney Dana Romney : She says you haven't had sex in over 3 months? Is that accurate?

  Stuart Markowitz : Sounds right, yes.

  City Attorney Dana Romney : So is it your position, then, that your lack of intermarital sex results from the beating you took last April?

  Stuart Markowitz : No, the only reason my wife and I don't have sex is that I currently find her undesirable.

  [Ann is silent and scared] 

  City Attorney Dana Romney : Really?

  [Ann is going to be alone in her office for a while. Romney sighs] 

  City Attorney Dana Romney : I couldn't have secured better testimony if I'd written it myself.

  [snickers] 

  Stuart Markowitz : Are we done?

  City Attorney Dana Romney : Free to go, Mr. Markowitz. Bye.

  [Stuart will take a break. The City Attorney Romney turning the pages] 

• Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Ann Kelsey vs. City of Los Angeles. What's this?

  Ann Kelsey : I'm suing the LAPD for inadequate response during the riots. They had a helicopter overhead during Stuart's attack, and all they did was watch.

  Leland McKenzie : Stuart, you're not involved in this action?

  Stuart Markowitz : No, I'm not. This is Ann's show.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : What kind of damages are you looking for?

  Ann Kelsey : Loss of consortium.

  Leland McKenzie : Well, you're aware with a case such as this, you can expect questions about your intimacies...

  Stuart Markowitz : Doesn't matter, Leland. Clearly, I'm a shadow of my former self.

  [Stuart needs to take a moment and be alone at his office] 

  Ann Kelsey : I understand that this is a matter of public record, but it's not up for discussion here.

  [Ann closed her desk folder] 

  Ann Kelsey : Excuse me.

  Leland McKenzie : Yes, ma'am.