L.A. Law (TV Series)

The Last Gasp (1990)

A Martinez: Hector Rodriguez

Quotes 

• [the prison guard brings and escort Hector Rodriguez to the telephone wall Number 45, and meet the old acquaintance a lawyer Victor Sifuentes] 

  Hector Rodriguez : Hey, Victor.

  Victor Sifuentes : Hector.

  Hector Rodriguez : I always knew we'd be getting back together.

  Victor Sifuentes : Look, Hector, Norm Patton's a good lawyer. He's the one that should be doing this.

  Hector Rodriguez : He's good, I know, but, um... he doesn't know me. He knows the law, but he doesn't know me.

  Victor Sifuentes : Well, I'm not sure I know you, either. I mean, it's been 15 years, man.

  Hector Rodriguez : Yeah. I killed 2 people. And I'm the same guy you used to hang with.

  Victor Sifuentes : The same guy I stopped hanging with.

  Hector Rodriguez : Well, I don't blame you for that, homes. I was a dangerous person to be around for a while.

  Victor Sifuentes : Yeah. I guess it was the speed that did it, huh?

  Hector Rodriguez : No, no, it was me, I did it. The speed messed up my head, but... I took the speed. The thing is I'm not the same person I was when I was sent here. I'm clean now. I'm straight. I understand that what I did was wrong. I understand that I deserve to spend the rest of my life in prison.

  Victor Sifuentes : But...

  Hector Rodriguez : But nothin'. There are people in here who look up to me, man. They listen when I talk. And I know I could straighten some of them out. That would do more to pay back for what I did than dying, right? I mean it, man. I never lied to you, Victor. I'm not lying now.

  Victor Sifuentes : What is it you think I can do for you, man?

  Hector Rodriguez : Tell those judges, man. Tell them exactly what I used to be like. And how you wrote me off. Then tell 'em you sat with me now, you talked to me, and I'm different. They kill me now, they won't be killing the man they sentenced. Victor, I'm begging you. My only chance to stay alive is you.

  [Victor understands that]