andy? could you step into my office for a sec? i feel like firing someone tonight.
kings are out of fashion. i'd rather be thought of as a benevolent tyrant. it's an anti-trust action.
bearing in mind that bill wright, the chairman of macrosystems, is a close, personal friend of mine.  which side of this mess would you desire to be on, andy? and don't allow my very tight, personal relationship with bill to influence your answer in any way.
get with the program, andy. as of this evening, about 8:05 this evening, right after the soup course.  kronos incorporated is represented by wyant wheeler hellerman tetlow and brown. or, more specifically, senior associate andrew beckett.
faith, andy, is the belief in something for which we have no evidence. it doesn't apply to this situation. go home. i mean, get back to work.
no sweat, buddy.
sit down, andy.
thanks for coming in.
andy. before we begin, i'd just like to say: everyone in this room is your friend.
more than your friend. family.
andy. it seems that something has come over you, lately: a kind of.  stupor, a fogginess, a lack of focus.  earth to andy. anybody home?
i do.
we've been talking it over, andy. your future that is.  we feel that, because we respect you so much, we have to be honest with you.
let's put it this way, andy: your place in the future of this firm is no longer secure.
we don't think it's fair to keep you here, where your future is limited. but we wish you luck, andy, all the luck in the world.
and i hate to rush you out of here, but.
 we've got a committee meeting.
take it easy, walter.
i hoped the challenge would improve your performance. you could say it was a carrot.
good luck, andy.
julius!
 interview every employee, support staff, associates, partners. did any of them know andy was sick? how did they know? did he tell them? did they notice something was wrong with his appearance? none of this information got to the managing partners. we know that. make sure everyone else does too.  and beckett: i want to know everything about his personal life. did he frequent those pathetic bars on camac street?
what about other homosexual facilities, whatever they are?
what deviant groups or organizations did he secretly belong to? what is it, bob?!
andrew brought aids into our offices, into our men's room. he brought aids to our annual goddamn family picnic.
bob. you're trying my patience. andrew beckett is making his private life our business. we gave him kronos. did he say, "i'm sick. i might not be able to see this through?"
bob. i must ask you to shut the fuck up. did andrew beckett say "i might not be able to serve our clients to the best of my ability?" he said nothing. and now, andrew beckett proposes to haul me into a court of law, to sling accusations at me, in full view of the entire, philadelphia, judicial establishment. my god.
wait a minute. the man was fired for incompetence, not because he has aids. you didn't know he was sick, did you, bob?
you're looking better, andy. how do you feel?
congratulations on the new grandson.
that's impossible, your honor.
i wish i could exonerate you, andy. but i'd have to lie to do it.
don't do this, andy.
andy, you don't want this.
longstreet's interested in the harrisburg deal.
 keep them from that area, on grounds of relevancy. what, bob?
very interesting, bob. let's make a note of that. andy didn't lose the complaint in his computer. he never put it in. he lied about that, too.
if you feel differently, bob, you should say so, when you're called to the stand. after all, this isn't a conspiracy.
if you're the owner of a major league ball club, you recruit the hot rookie. and andy was tremendously promising as a young attorney. that's why we went after him, that's why we hired him, and that's why we stuck with him, year after year.  waiting for the promise to be fulfilled. but it never was.
of course we did. when you've groomed someone they way we groomed andy, nurturing him, lavishing all kinds of special treatment on him.  you've made quite an investment. we were waiting for his promise to kick in, and deliver. but, ultimately, we could no longer ignore the gap between the promise and the reality.  this is one of the saddest times in my life. to sit in this court, testifying to andy's ultimate failure to make the grade. to discover that he is one of those people who wants to benefit by the system, but doesn't want to play by the system's rules. to think you know someone, only to find out.  you don't know them at all. it's heartbreaking.
yes, character. to the extent that it affects a person's ability to do a great job.
andy worked when he wanted to work, telling us what he thought we needed to know about his lifestyle.
sometimes it seems like society is run by these kinds of people.
people who want to bend the rules.
 to suit their personal desires, and the rest of us have to live with it.
the everyday, common person with decent values.
 but now, we're standing up for ourselves.
 it's time to get this society back on track!