:04:01
- An appeal?
- We don't have the grounds.
:04:03
What we have to do is focus
on the probation officer's report.
:04:07
He gives a good report and I walk?
:04:09
I think a suspended sentence
is unlikely. Now...
:04:13
You still have your job, right?
:04:16
I've been calling in sick.
:04:18
And a son by your ex-wife, Joseph?
:04:20
A son? Yeah.
What about him? Joey.
:04:22
Are you involved in his upbringing?
:04:24
Involved?
She attached my paycheck, child support.
:04:27
Why do you think I got a court-appointed
lawyer instead of an experienced one?
:04:31
I understand.
How often do you see your son?
:04:34
The kid? I don't know.
:04:36
On his birthday. When was that?
May, I think.
:04:39
She don't like for me to see him.
Thinks I'm a bad influence.
:04:41
I think you should see your son.
:04:44
Try to get your boss to write a note
about your performance on the job.
:04:48
Create the impression of a decent
citizen with familial responsibilities...
:04:53
...who happened to slip up once.
:04:56
And I know that you're having
financial difficulties, Mr. LaPlante...
:05:01
...but I was wondering if the money
that I loaned you last week...
:05:09
Some of it.
:05:12
I'll get you the rest as soon as I can.
:05:15
If you're a little short, it's okay.
I don't want to take your last dime.
:05:19
I'd better keep some of it,
if I'll see the kid.
:05:22
For gas and stuff.
:05:30
Look at that one.
If you were in there, he'd kill you.
:05:33
Wouldn't he, Dad?
:05:38
Yeah, yeah. Something like that.
:05:44
You know this friend
that your mother's seeing?
:05:46
What is he, a fireman?
:05:48
Did he ever, you know, just kind of
spend the night? What's his name?
:05:52
Sometimes. His name is Elliott.
:05:54
He saved a guy's life
one time in a fire.
:05:57
A hero?