L.A. Law (TV Series)

Hand Roll Express (1988)

Charles Frank: Jimmy Markham

Quotes 

• Jimmy Markham : Come on, baby, it's not the end of the world.

  Roxanne Melman : No, I heard this prosecutor wants to be governor. He's supposed to be tough as nails.

  Jimmy Markham : My attorney is no pussycat. I mean a lot of things can happen. We could make a deal. We could beat him cold.

  Roxanne Melman : I'm sure not helping you any by testifying.

  Jimmy Markham : Now listen to me, it's the only thing you can do. You don't have a choice, you have to testify.

  Roxanne Melman : You really think that?

  Jimmy Markham : Absolutely. I don't want you to go to jail for contempt.

  Roxanne Melman : But my sentence wouldn't be as long as your sentence if you got convicted.

  Jimmy Markham : Rox, I don't want you to go to jail for one single hour. This trial and divorce I'm going through, it's, it's all just a temporary thing. When they're all over, and the dust settles, you're gonna be my wife. Now, that's forever. You want to know something else? Who knows how much your testimony is gonna hurt me, huh?

  Roxanne Melman : They're not offering me immunity for nothing.

  Jimmy Markham : I don't want to see you go to jail, period.

  Roxanne Melman : Listen, there's no guarantee I won't see you go to jail, is there?

  Jimmy Markham : Rox, I'm not gonna lie to you. The sentencing guidelines for this kind of white-collar crime, they come down pretty hard on it. I think it makes me look even handed or something, if I do go, I don't think I'm looking at more than 18 months.

  Roxanne Melman : It's a year and a half.

  Jimmy Markham : It'll be a minimum-security prison, probably be a bunch of lawyers in there with me.

  Roxanne Melman : They'll disbar you.

  Jimmy Markham : Listen to me. The hardest thing that we may have to endure... you know what scares me the most?

  Roxanne Melman : What?

  Jimmy Markham : Waking up at night and not having you there.

  Roxanne Melman : Me, too.

  [Roxanne and Jimmy kissed together] 

  Roxanne Melman : I'll be late for work.

  Jimmy Markham : Be late. We both may need the memories.

• [Roxanne Melman and Jimmy Markham are outside the courtroom. Arnie Becker is in the telephone booth] 

  Arnie Becker : She's here.

  [Hangs up the phone] 

  Arnie Becker : Roxanne! Roxanne, where have you been? You're supposed to be here at 9 o'clock!

  Roxanne Melman : Jimmy's lawyer called and said the trial was put till 11:00.

  Arnie Becker : [scoffs]  Ask your boyfriend if it's all right if you consult with your lawyer.

  Jimmy Markham : I got a name, Ace.

  Arnie Becker : I wasn't talking to you.

  Roxanne Melman : Come on, Jimmy, let's go.

  Jimmy Markham : You do pretty good job of talking about me. Why don't you say something to my face?

  Arnie Becker : I'm interested in her.

  Jimmy Markham : Well, I'm in love with her. What's between us doesn't concerned you.

  Arnie Becker : [Yelling]  You're gonna tell me what's concerns me?

  Michael Kuzak : [enters]  Whoa, whoa, we're gonna have a fistfight right here in the corridor?

  Jimmy Markham : Roxanne, everything's gonna be fine.

  [Roxanne kisses Jimmy] 

  Jimmy Markham : I love you.

  Roxanne Melman : Where will you be?

  Jimmy Markham : Attorneys' lounge.