L.A. Law (TV Series)

Bang... Zoom... Zap (1990)

Jeffrey DeMunn: Peter Reynolds

Quotes 

• Stuart Markowitz : Why were you in Argentina in 1979, sir?

  Peter Reynolds : I was one of a number of Americans there with the agrarian reform movement. We were trying to bring about a redistribution of a land. I had been there about 6 months at the time of my arrest.

  Stuart Markowitz : What were you arrested for?

  Peter Reynolds : No one ever said. They just came in the middle of the night and took me to prison.

  Stuart Markowitz : When did you first meet the defendant?

  Peter Reynolds : A few days later. They took me to a room. There were three men there. He was one of them.

  Stuart Markowitz : What happened in their room?

  Peter Reynolds : They... told me to take off my clothes. They strapped me to the machine. Mr. Mendez pour a pail of ice water over my head and wired an electrode to my genitals. He pushed a switch and a jolt of an electricity hit me. My head snapped back, my whole body shook, and... and then he did it again. And after each time, he would turn a dial, so that the next one would be just that little bit worse. Finally, the pain got so bad that I passed out.

  Stuart Markowitz : Was this type of session ever repeated?

  Peter Reynolds : Over the 2 years, that I was held, there were 34 such sessions.

  Stuart Markowitz : And did Mr. Mendez himself always administer the torture?

  Peter Reynolds : Yes. It was always Mr. Mendez.

  Stuart Markowitz : After you were released from prison, when did you next see Mr. Mendez?

  Peter Reynolds : 3 years ago. His photograph was in the paper. American dream come true. Penniless immigrant makes good opens 8 new dry cleaning locations in one year alone.

  Stuart Markowitz : And what about you, Peter? How do you support yourself?

  Peter Reynolds : I can't work. My mother... gives me enough for a furnished room, and cigarettes... and I do odd jobs when I can. At night, I... can't sleep during the day. Well, I - I take medication that keeps me pretty even, but... mostly, I just walk around.

  Stuart Markowitz : I have nothing further.