A scene from “Virtue”

McCoy: "Give me the keys to your house, or I'll charge you with murder. I'm the D.A. I can do it." "Give me $10,000, or I'll tell the Feds about that shipment of heroin I saw you pick up at J.F.K. I'm the D.A. They'll listen." What would you do? I can tell you what I'll be doing for the next ten years or so. I'll be in Attica because what I did is called extortion, and it's a felony. "Sleep with me, or I'll tell your boss that you're under indictment for fraud. It's not true, but do you really think you'll be working next week?" Sarah Maslin worked for eight years. She was the best, the most productive associate in her firm. She had clearly earned a partnership, but the only way that she could get it was to have sex with a man who had the power to make or break her career. Sarah Maslin laid down on that couch for Mr. Talbert. But can any of us say that she really had a choice?