Darrow & Darrow: In The Key of Murder Page #2

Year:
2018
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DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.

THAT GOES:

WITHOUT SAYING.

TRY SAYING IT.

BACK TO WORK,

EVERYONE.

LET'S GO.

HEY.

HEY!

COFFEE, COUNSELOR.

[JOANNA]:
WELL,

WELL, WELL,

IF IT ISN'T THE DEFEATED

DISTRICT ATTORNEY,

COME TO PAY HOMAGE.

YOUR HOMAGE, COUNSELOR.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A BET.

YEAH, WE

HAVE A BET.

EVERY TIME:

WE FACE OFF IN COURT,

THE LOSER:

HAS TO BUY THE WINNER

A CUP OF COFFEE.

WHAT'S THE TALLY NOW?

LET'S SEE, THIS IS TWO

THAT I BOUGHT YOU, AND...

ONE THAT I BOUGHT YOU.

YEAH, WHICH SEEMS UNEVEN.

WHY IS THAT?

I DEFEND THE INNOCENT?

THE UNFAIR:

INNOCENCE ADVANTAGE.

[CHUCKLING]

MAY I COMMENT?

I CAN'T STOP YOU.

I CAN'T WAIT.

I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE

THAT WHENEVER THE TWO OF YOU

ARE TOGETHER,

WHICH I'M ALL FOR,

BY THE WAY,

YOU NEVER SEEM TO TALK

ABOUT ANYTHING BUT WORK.

- THAT'S NOT TRUE.

- THAT'S TRUE.

- WHAT?

- YEAH!

REMEMBER OUR LAST DATE.

ALL WE DID WAS TALK

ABOUT BODNAR V. MURAD.

THAT WAS A FASCINATING

CONVERSATION.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, BUT...

KIND OF WORK-ORIENTED.

WELL, IT WAS LAW TALK.

AND WE'RE LAWYERS,

BUT WE'RE ALSO

WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS.

IN LIGHT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT,

I PROPOSE:

AN AGREEMEN WHERE WE DON'T TALK LAW

FOR A MONTH...

FOR TWO WEEKS,

ALL RIGHT?

- NO SHOP TALK FOR...

- ONE WEEK.

ONE WEEK.

THE WEEKEND?

NO, NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

ONE WEEK.

STARTING RIGHT... NOW.

[JOANNA]:
WOW, YOU GUYS

ARE UNBELIEVABLE.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE

OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

I KNOW!

OH, THERE'S

PLENTY OF THINGS.

WHOLE WORLD OF THINGS

TO TALK ABOUT.

BASEBALL?

BASEBALL.

YEAH, GO COWBOYS.

UH...

OH, WE COULD GO TO

A CLUB DOWNTOWN TONIGHT.

A CLUB?

YEAH, MY SISTER--

MY KID SISTER,

SHE'S A SINGER, RIGHT,

AND SHE'S PLAYING

AT A CLUB DOWNTOWN TONIGHT,

SO WE GO,

WE LISTEN TO MUSIC,

WE TALK, BUT NO SHOP TALK.

YEAH,

IT COULD JUST BE LIFE TALK.

LIFE TALK!

YEAH, YOU IN?

I'M TOTALLY IN.

[JOANNA]:

THAT SOUNDS GREAT...

BUT I'M NOT GOING.

YOU'RE NOT GOING.

YOU'LL BE MISSED...

YOU'RE NOT GOING.

WINNIE, YOUR INSTINCTS

WITH JURY SELECTION

ARE SPOT ON.

HOW DO YOU READ:

PEOPLE SO WELL?

IT'S A BLESSING AND A CURSE.

IT MAKES DATING HER

A CHALLENGE.

I ALWAYS KNOW:

WHAT HE'S THINKING.

ACTUALLY,

IT SAVES TIME.

WATCH.

TONIGHT, DO YOU WANT TO...

GO TO A MOVIE?

SURE, BUT I PICK.

SEE?

WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU,

CHESTER.

WOULD THIS BE:

A GOOD TIME:

FOR US:

TO HAVE THAT TALK?

UH, SURE, CHESTER.

WHAT TALK?

THAT TALK YOU'VE BEEN AVOIDING

FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

AS YOU ARE:

NO DOUBT AWARE,

THIS FIRM:

IS IN A STATE OF CRISIS.

WE JUST WON A CASE.

EXACTLY.

WE'RE COASTING

ON PAST GLORIES.

WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE

THAT IT'S A WHOLE

NEW WORLD OUT THERE.

THE STATUS QUO:

IS THE STATUS NO.

[RAYMOND]:
LET ME GUESS...

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Phoef Sutton

Robert Christopher Sutton (born September 11, 1958) is an American writer and producer. His film credits include Mrs. Winterbourne and The Fan, both released in 1996. Phoef — the first name that he uses both personally and professionally — is pronounced "feef", and was a childhood nickname given to him in infancy by his brothers. A 1981 graduate of James Madison University, Sutton began his career writing scripts for Newhart. He later became executive producer of and a writer for Cheers. He collaborated with Bob Newhart again on the 1992 TV series Bob and worked as a creative consultant on 90s TV series Almost Perfect and NewsRadio. With Mark Jordan Legan he wrote and produced the cult comedy series Thanks about the Pilgrims' first years in America and co-wrote a 2017 episode of Kevin Can Wait. He was also the showrunner and producer for the NBC series The Fighting Fitzgeralds and the American version of Coupling. In 1999, he published the novel Always Six O'Clock. In 2012 he published the novel The Dead Man: The Midnight Special and The Dead Man: Reborn. In May 2015, his novel Fifteen Minutes to Live was published by Brash Books. His other novels include Crush, and the two sequels Heart Attack & Vine and Colorado Boulevard, as well as two books co-authored with Janet Evanovich: Wicked Charms and Curious Minds. From 2005 to 2009, Sutton was a consulting producer for Boston Legal. In 2010, Sutton became a staff writer on the FX series Terriers starring Donal Logue. He was also a writer and consulting producer on the Rob Schneider sitcom Rob, the SyFy Channel series Defiance and the showrunner and writer for the TV Land original sitcom The Soul Man, among many other TV and film credits. He is an adviser to the American Shakespeare Center. more…

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