A scene from The Devil's Advocate 1997
John Milton

You were right about one thing. I have been watching. Couldn't help myself. Watching, waiting, holding my breath. But I'm no puppeteer Kevin, I don't make things happen. Doesn't work like that.

Kevin Lomax

What did you do to Mary Anne?

John Milton

Free will, It's like butterfly wings. One touch and it never gets off the ground. I only set the stage. You pull your own strings

Kevin Lomax

What did you do to Mary Anne?

John Milton

A gun? In here?

Kevin Lomax

Goddammit what did you do to my wife!

John Milton

Well, on a scale of one to ten -ten being the most depraved act of sexual theatre known to man, one being your average Friday night run-through at the Lomaxes' household.... I'd say, not to be immodest, Mary Ann and I got it on at about.... seven.

Kevin Lomax

**** you! (shoots his gun at him)

John Milton

Whoa! Got me! Damn! Yeah! .... Come on! Step on up son! Come on that's good! Yea, you got to hold on to that anger, you got to hold on to that fury. That's the last thing to go, that's the final hiding place, it's the final fig leaf.

Kevin Lomax

Who are you?

John Milton

Who am I? Who are you? Never lost a case. Why? Cause you're so ****in' good. Yeah? But why?

Kevin Lomax

Cause you're my father.

John Milton

I'm a little more than that, Kevin. Awfully hot in that courtroom wasn't it? What's the game plan Kevin? It was a nice run, Kevin. Had to close out some day. Nobody wins them all.

Kevin Lomax

What are you?

John Milton

Aww, I have so many names

Kevin Lomax

Satan?

John Milton

.... Call me Dad.

Kevin Lomax

Mary Anne, she knew it. She knew it so you destroyed her.

John Milton

You blaming me for Mary Anne? Oh I hope you're kidding. Come on, Mary Anne in New York? You could have saved her anytime you wanted. All she wanted was love. Hey, you were too **** busy. Face it, you started lookin' for a better deal than her the minute you got here.

Kevin Lomax

You don't know that, you don't know what we had.

John Milton

Hey, I'm on your side

Kevin Lomax

You're a liar!

John Milton

Wait Kevin, there's nothing out there for ya. Don't be such a **** chump; stop deluding yourself. I told you to take care of your wife. I told you the world would understand. What did you do? [imitates Kevin's voice] "Ya know what scares me John, I leave the case, she gets better, and then I hate her for it." Remember?

Kevin Lomax

It was a test! Your test!

John Milton

Who told you to pull out all the stops on Mr. Gettys?

Kevin Lomax

You set me up!

John Milton

And Moyez, the direction you took. Popes, Swamis, Snake Handlers all feeding from the same trough. Whose ideas were those?

Kevin Lomax

It's entrapment- you set me up!

John Milton

And Cullen! Knowing he was guilty! Seeing those pictures! What did you do? You put that lying bitch on the stand (laughs)

Kevin Lomax

You PLAYED me!

John Milton

What did I say to you? WHAT WERE MY WORDS TO YOU? Maybe it was your time to lose. You didn't think so.

Kevin Lomax

Lose? I don't lose! I win! I win! I'm a lawyer, that's my job, that's what I do!

John Milton

I rest my case. Vanity is definitely my favorite sin. Self-love, it's so basic. It's look like you didn't care for Mary Ann, Kevin. You're involved with someone else: Yourself.

Kevin Lomax

You're right. I did it all. I let her go.

John Milton

Don't be too hard on yourself, Kevin. You wanted something more.

Kevin Lomax

I let her go and I'm just going to keep moving.

John Milton

You cannot keep on punishing yourself, Kevin. It's awesome how far you've come. I didn't make it easy. Not for you.... [Christabella Andreoli appears] or your sister. Half-sister, to be exact.

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