Please help settle silly debate (SPOILER)

I agree with you. I think the Edward Norton character was too proud of himself to let it go. He actually says something like (I almost let it go, you looked so happy, but I couldn't resist). I loved Norton in this!

I'm not sure about the spoiler alert, but you put it in your title and that's good enough for me.

I also don't know how to pick a user id. Look at mine. It sounds like someone coughing or throwing up! :)

Marty comes to his cell STILL all smug believing it was HIM [covering mike and saying pussy] that CAUSED Aaron to flip to Roy.

the truth was Roy had been planning all this and rehearsing his fake Aaron character for some 10 years [the revelation of the "bad thing" Marty did re the Michael O'Donnell kiddie] although we are left to ponder that Roy too must have been abused by the Primate at same time.

so at end he just HAS to bring the smug Marty down to earth and as he says it will toughen him up and one day he will thank good old Roy.

even so Marty is STILL too thick to fully understand and blurts out "there was no Roy then?"

so Roy just sighs and says no dumbass there was no Aaron

so instead of prancing out front door of court to the media he loves, he slinks out back door, still trying to understand how a kid totally fooled him and in fact USED him to win his own case [with Marty fined $10,000 to boot].

and Marty is back to office to fact "we told you so" from his assistants.

the happy ending is that it is suggested WITHOUT his huge ego the blonde will find him a better partner and they will start humping again.

and I daresay she will join him as part of the courtside team at Vail and Assoc

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Norton's character knew exactly what he was doing.

Why would he apologize for what attacking the prosecutor?

Short Cut, Draw Blood

He actually said he made a mistake....

he did slip up, and he could have easily said he was told by the doctor that he had grabbed her neck and thats how he knew, but he decided to come clean and enjoy the smugness

the fact he admitted to killing Linda made it worse, its understandable how someone could murder an abuser but she was a victim of abuse like him

Your spoiler shows up fine on my phone. As for your user name, you can change it in your profile. You've probably figured it out by now. Welcome to IMDb. Please keep your hands on the safety bar at all times, and you might want to wear protective gear; it can get real nasty on some of these boards! Lol

It was a test for Marty. He let a little slip (because Roy wanted to be recognized for his work) and let Marty fill in the blanks. When Marty only got the general facts right, Roy sighed exasperated and told him the truth.

runice, you're right, and your husband's wrong. As cmfalf says, Roy tells Marty he almost let him "go" but couldn't resist telling him the truth. He had nothing to lose by doing so, after all - attorney-client privilege still held, and man, did he enjoy reveling in "M-m-mr-Vail's" stunned reaction! (And mine, oh boy, and mine.)

The stutter was Norton's idea, I've since learned; and a brilliant one. As was his slow clap . . .

As another poster remarked, however, I felt loss at the same time - as we " lost" Aaron, completely.

I watched the last minutes of this movie with my mouth hanging open in shock.