- [first lines]
- Ellen Parsons: [grinding and moaning on top of him] David!
- Patty Hewes: [is suddenly on top instead] David! What's the matter, David?
- David Connor: Where's Ellen?
- Patty Hewes: I'm right here.
- [slowly starting in again]
- David Connor: [whistling tea pot wakes him out of his sleep]
- Patty Hewes: [planning the deposition] I'll give you home-court advantage.
- Ray Fiske: Not interested. But since we're on the topic, how many sessions?
- Patty Hewes: Seven.
- Ray Fiske: Two.
- Patty Hewes: Five. I have a lot of questions.
- Ray Fiske: That's what wikipedia is for.
- [last lines]
- Tom Shayes: Patty is a lot of things, but she's not a murderer.
- Ellen Parsons: I know things, Tom. Things that could destroy her.
- Tom Shayes: You think Patty tried to kill you to protect herself?
- Ellen Parsons: Well, the only way that I'm going to find out is if I talk to her. Face-to-face. So call her. Tell her I know she wants me dead.
- Patty Hewes: Mr. Frobisher, two days after you returned from your trip to Florida, you gave a speech to your employees.
- Arthur Frobisher: Yes, that's correct.
- Tom Shayes: Exhibit 67.
- Patty Hewes: It's a transcript of Mr. Frobisher's remarks dated... June 21, 2002. Were you aware that your company was being investigated by the SEC at the time?
- Arthur Frobisher: Yes, I was.
- Patty Hewes: And yet you still told your employees that the company was on sound financial ground?
- Arthur Frobisher: I was confident that we were. I firmly believed that the SEC investigation would turn up no financial irregularities whatsoever.
- Tom Shayes: Exhibit 68.
- Patty Hewes: This is an e-mail you sent your CFO, is that correct?
- Arthur Frobisher: Yes, it is.
- Patty Hewes: It's a rough draft of the... speech you wrote, the one you intended to give your employees?
- Arthur Frobisher: Yes, it appears to be that.
- Patty Hewes: In the margin, you wrote the words, too rosy, followed by a question mark.
- Arthur Frobisher: Too rosy. I think I was... wondering about the tone of the speech. I was debating whether or not to acknowledge the... the climate that we were in at the time.
- Patty Hewes: By climate, you mean the SEC was about to expose your accounting fraud.
- Ray Fiske: Objection.
- Arthur Frobisher: For me to ignore the pending SEC report would have threatened my credibility, so in my final speech, I decided to mention the investigation and even a... possible action against us by the SEC.
- Patty Hewes: But... you also continued to insist that your company was financially sound?
- Arthur Frobisher: Yes
- Patty Hewes: And your employees trusted you?
- Arthur Frobisher: Absolutely. For almost 35 years, they knew that I was fully committed to them. There's nothing more important to the well-being of a company than the relationship between its workers... and its management.
- Patty Hewes: That's... sort of like a family, isn't it?
- Arthur Frobisher: Yes, it's very much like a family.
- Patty Hewes: And you were the head of the household? You might say you were both husband and father to your employees.
- Ray Fiske: Objection.
- Arthur Frobisher: You could say that, yes.
- Patty Hewes: And was it your job to hold the family together?
- Arthur Frobisher: Yes, it was.
- Patty Hewes: And you failed.
- Ray Fiske: Objection.
- Patty Hewes: I'll rephrase. I mean... was it... very painful for you when you failed?
- Ray Fiske: Objection. I'm warning you...
- Patty Hewes: I'm merely asking Mr. Frobisher...
- Ray Fiske: Counselor.
- Patty Hewes: about his commitment to his company. Would you agree... that the crumbling of that relationship is nothing less, really, than the dissolution of a marriage?
- Ray Fiske: You watch what you say.
- Patty Hewes: Your position... is that the collapse of your company wasn't your fault, is that right?
- Patty Hewes: Yes, that's correct. I was misled by the accountants. I take full responsibility but not the blame.
- Patty Hewes: I understand, it's like marriages. Companies just fail sometime. Irreconcilable differences. No one is to blame. Is that your position?
- Ray Fiske: One more like that, and we will walk out.
- Patty Hewes: Is that your position, Mr. Frobisher? Or is the failure of this relationship, as you call it, your failure? Your breach of trust...
- Ray Fiske: Patty... Patty, I'm warning you.
- Patty Hewes: your infidelity...
- Ray Fiske: You are out of line...
- Arthur Frobisher: This is bullshit !
- Patty Hewes: Companies just fail sometime. Irreconcilable differences. No one is to blame. Is that your position?
- Ray Fiske: One more like that, and we will walk out.
- Patty Hewes: Is that your position, Mr. Frobisher? Or is the failure of this relationship, as you call it, your failure? Your breach of trust...
- Ray Fiske: Patty... Patty, I'm warning you.
- Patty Hewes: your infidelity...
- Ray Fiske: You are out of line...
- Arthur Frobisher: Damn it ! This is bullshit! This is bullshit!
- Ray Fiske: Art...
- Arthur Frobisher: I'm done here. This is bullshit. This is absolute bullshit, and you know it. No, I'm done. No, I'm done.
- Ray Fiske: Arthur...
- Arthur Frobisher: I'll see you in court, you bitch.