1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,379 Previously on Boston legal 2 00:00:01,414 --> 00:00:03,619 I hit her on the head with a skillet. 3 00:00:03,654 --> 00:00:05,789 It wasn't premeditated or planned. 4 00:00:05,824 --> 00:00:08,773 She was berating me. Suddenly, my arm was in motion. 5 00:00:08,808 --> 00:00:10,810 Bam! I hit her, and she went down. 6 00:00:10,845 --> 00:00:11,970 Oh! 7 00:00:12,005 --> 00:00:13,060 Mom... 8 00:00:13,095 --> 00:00:16,826 he hit me on the head with a skillet. 9 00:00:16,861 --> 00:00:18,444 He called the police? 10 00:00:18,479 --> 00:00:20,222 - I'm afraid so. - What do I do? 11 00:00:20,257 --> 00:00:21,153 Mr. Ferrion? 12 00:00:21,188 --> 00:00:21,635 What? 13 00:00:22,121 --> 00:00:23,534 Your mother has passed away. 14 00:00:23,569 --> 00:00:25,529 The victim identified the defendant as the killer. 15 00:00:25,564 --> 00:00:27,489 - That would be hearsay. - Is this all you've got? 16 00:00:27,524 --> 00:00:28,254 We'll get more. 17 00:00:28,289 --> 00:00:31,428 The charges against Mr. Ferrion are dismissed without prejudice. 18 00:00:31,463 --> 00:00:34,751 I see in you, Bernie, an innately kind person. 19 00:00:34,786 --> 00:00:38,744 I'm hoping it's the kind and gentle person who goes on from here, 20 00:00:38,779 --> 00:00:41,181 not the one who swung that skillet. 21 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,031 How bad is he? 22 00:00:50,066 --> 00:00:54,947 He's intermittently brilliant and nonsensical, often at the same time. 23 00:00:54,982 --> 00:00:57,036 And he's technically still in charge of litigation? 24 00:00:57,071 --> 00:00:59,122 Which is the reason I called you back. 25 00:00:59,157 --> 00:01:01,173 He is an enormous rainmaker, Shirley. 26 00:01:01,208 --> 00:01:02,754 And yet... 27 00:01:06,436 --> 00:01:08,293 Lock and load. 28 00:01:10,148 --> 00:01:12,358 Where is everybody? 29 00:01:13,184 --> 00:01:16,011 This is an administrative meeting, Denny. 30 00:01:16,046 --> 00:01:19,119 Oh. What the hell am I doing here? 31 00:01:19,154 --> 00:01:20,494 Remember the good old days 32 00:01:20,529 --> 00:01:22,465 when you liked to know what was going on, 33 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:26,698 when you could go from your office to the elevator without a road map? 34 00:01:27,731 --> 00:01:30,150 Didn't need a road map... 35 00:01:30,185 --> 00:01:33,217 to find my way around your body, did I, Shirley? 36 00:01:33,252 --> 00:01:34,742 I wouldn't know. 37 00:01:34,777 --> 00:01:37,149 I was usually asleep. 38 00:01:37,184 --> 00:01:41,484 I once had her and Streisand 39 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:43,719 at the same time. 40 00:01:43,754 --> 00:01:45,919 Remember that? 41 00:01:46,216 --> 00:01:48,762 I do, Denny. 42 00:01:48,797 --> 00:01:53,748 And not to burst your bubble, but that was a female impersonator. 43 00:01:53,783 --> 00:01:57,664 Perhaps the penis might've been your cue. 44 00:01:58,129 --> 00:02:01,203 That wasn't Barbra Streisand? 45 00:02:01,709 --> 00:02:03,163 You wanted to see me? 46 00:02:03,198 --> 00:02:04,583 Yes, Sally, bad news. 47 00:02:04,618 --> 00:02:07,853 We lost the summary judgment motion on Winchell. Have a seat. 48 00:02:07,888 --> 00:02:09,394 Ah, we lost? 49 00:02:09,429 --> 00:02:12,476 The judge held that the magazine, while possibly negligent, 50 00:02:12,511 --> 00:02:15,241 wasn't guilty of reckless disregard for the truth. 51 00:02:15,276 --> 00:02:17,786 So we could prevail under negligence. 52 00:02:17,821 --> 00:02:22,583 We could, if only we'd thought to plead negligence. 53 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,536 Count one, intentional infliction of emotional distress. 54 00:02:26,571 --> 00:02:28,810 Count two, reckless disregard for the truth. 55 00:02:28,845 --> 00:02:32,035 Here's where there should've been a third count alleging negligence. 56 00:02:32,070 --> 00:02:35,536 There is no third count alleging negligence. 57 00:02:35,571 --> 00:02:37,498 In, in the supporting memoranda, 58 00:02:37,533 --> 00:02:41,457 - we have pages on negligence. - But you didn't plead it. 59 00:02:41,492 --> 00:02:43,607 So we just file a motion to amend. 60 00:02:43,642 --> 00:02:45,853 That deadline lapsed. 61 00:02:48,269 --> 00:02:50,097 Uh, this is... 62 00:02:50,518 --> 00:02:52,219 this is obviously an oversight. 63 00:02:52,254 --> 00:02:54,491 The defendant had constructive notice. 64 00:02:54,526 --> 00:02:56,693 We can appeal this. I'll get right on it. 65 00:02:56,728 --> 00:03:00,748 I, I've taken the liberty of reviewing some of your other work, Sally. 66 00:03:00,783 --> 00:03:03,343 You're a very good lawyer. 67 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:07,270 But not good enough. We're letting you go. 68 00:03:13,681 --> 00:03:15,544 You're firing me? 69 00:03:15,579 --> 00:03:17,862 I'm sorry. 70 00:03:19,020 --> 00:03:21,796 I have done a lot of good work here. 71 00:03:21,831 --> 00:03:23,338 Yes, you have. 72 00:03:23,373 --> 00:03:26,522 And any number of law firms would be happy to have you. 73 00:03:26,557 --> 00:03:31,374 This one, unfortunately, just doesn't happen to be one of them. 74 00:03:33,616 --> 00:03:35,166 Are you in on this? 75 00:03:35,201 --> 00:03:37,821 Am I, am, am I in on this? 76 00:03:37,856 --> 00:03:39,239 It was my decision. 77 00:03:39,274 --> 00:03:42,194 Paul and Denny still remain strong supporters. 78 00:03:42,229 --> 00:03:45,695 We're streamlining a little, and I have to make some tough calls. 79 00:03:45,730 --> 00:03:48,039 I'm sorry. 80 00:03:48,490 --> 00:03:50,914 How can you come in here, 81 00:03:50,949 --> 00:03:55,232 and in one week, fire someone you don't even know? 82 00:03:56,781 --> 00:03:59,528 I'm Schmidt. 83 00:04:42,663 --> 00:04:44,327 Nora, outstanding. 84 00:04:44,362 --> 00:04:45,935 I give it a 3. 85 00:04:45,970 --> 00:04:47,509 Thank you. 86 00:04:55,056 --> 00:04:56,740 Mr. Crane. 87 00:04:56,775 --> 00:05:00,385 A Mr. Walter Fife is in your office. He says it's quite important. 88 00:05:00,420 --> 00:05:01,715 Oh, thank you. 89 00:05:01,750 --> 00:05:03,154 May I ask... 90 00:05:03,189 --> 00:05:04,523 do I know you? 91 00:05:04,558 --> 00:05:06,147 I'm Alan Shore's assistant. 92 00:05:06,182 --> 00:05:08,694 Mr. Fife came to our office when he couldn't find you. 93 00:05:08,729 --> 00:05:11,102 I escorted him back to your office. 94 00:05:11,137 --> 00:05:13,475 Excellent. I'll be right there. 95 00:05:20,135 --> 00:05:23,353 You're waiting for me to tell you where your office is, aren't you? 96 00:05:23,388 --> 00:05:25,189 No, I want to see the look on your face 97 00:05:25,224 --> 00:05:27,163 when you realize they still come through that door 98 00:05:27,198 --> 00:05:29,003 looking for one man to solve their problems. 99 00:05:29,038 --> 00:05:32,308 They don't come barging in looking for Paul or you. 100 00:05:32,343 --> 00:05:34,303 Only one man. 101 00:05:34,338 --> 00:05:36,264 Allow me. 102 00:05:39,092 --> 00:05:41,932 Denny Crane. 103 00:05:43,346 --> 00:05:45,917 She can still pump my chubby. 104 00:05:53,832 --> 00:05:54,826 Mrs. Schmidt. 105 00:05:54,861 --> 00:05:57,514 My mother is Mrs. Schmidt. You can call me Schmidt. 106 00:05:57,549 --> 00:05:58,643 I know you're a very busy person, 107 00:05:58,678 --> 00:06:01,145 but if I could steal one minute of your busy time... 108 00:06:01,180 --> 00:06:02,574 Regarding? 109 00:06:02,609 --> 00:06:04,784 It's a little personal. 110 00:06:06,192 --> 00:06:07,989 10 o'clock. 111 00:06:09,792 --> 00:06:11,332 They didn't just sue the school board. 112 00:06:11,367 --> 00:06:13,510 They sued me personally, which I regard as punitive. 113 00:06:13,545 --> 00:06:16,689 Walter, I can assure you, their cause of action is totally baseless. 114 00:06:16,724 --> 00:06:18,717 I haven't even told you what it is yet. 115 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:20,842 Hi. Shirley Schmidt. 116 00:06:20,855 --> 00:06:22,448 This is Walter Fife. 117 00:06:22,483 --> 00:06:25,037 He's superintendent of the Middlesex school district. 118 00:06:25,072 --> 00:06:26,611 He's being sued. 119 00:06:26,646 --> 00:06:29,117 What'd you do, a little touchy-feely with a student? 120 00:06:29,152 --> 00:06:30,019 What? 121 00:06:30,054 --> 00:06:32,654 God, no. What kind of question is that? 122 00:06:32,689 --> 00:06:34,852 Oh, lighten up. Let's all sit. 123 00:06:34,887 --> 00:06:38,486 Shirley here is a senior partner, so you're in good hands. 124 00:06:38,521 --> 00:06:42,806 You got both Shirley and, um... 125 00:06:43,487 --> 00:06:44,431 You. 126 00:06:44,466 --> 00:06:45,859 Me. Right. Good. Okay. 127 00:06:45,894 --> 00:06:47,877 Now, look, I'm gonna ask you something. 128 00:06:47,912 --> 00:06:51,009 It's gonna be a question, and I want a direct answer, 129 00:06:51,044 --> 00:06:53,261 no matter how difficult. 130 00:06:53,296 --> 00:06:54,211 Okay. 131 00:06:54,246 --> 00:06:58,023 Why, Walter... 132 00:06:59,688 --> 00:07:02,302 are you being sued? 133 00:07:04,557 --> 00:07:07,185 You promised you'd answer. 134 00:07:07,220 --> 00:07:09,785 The school board voted to include 135 00:07:09,820 --> 00:07:14,091 Creationism along with Darwinism in the 8th grade science curriculum. 136 00:07:14,126 --> 00:07:16,210 The teachers refused, I terminated their employment. 137 00:07:16,245 --> 00:07:18,740 - They sued. - Massachusetts is a blue state. 138 00:07:18,775 --> 00:07:21,156 God has no place here. 139 00:07:21,695 --> 00:07:24,372 I'm not sure you're really the lawyer for this particular... 140 00:07:24,407 --> 00:07:26,970 We have many attorneys well-equipped to handle... 141 00:07:27,005 --> 00:07:29,533 Nonsense. I've been practicing law for 45 years. 142 00:07:29,568 --> 00:07:32,298 Never lost a single case. 143 00:07:32,333 --> 00:07:33,681 You've never lost? 144 00:07:33,716 --> 00:07:37,209 My record is 6,043 to 0. 145 00:07:37,244 --> 00:07:40,076 You hear the one about the fella who died and went to the Pearly gates? 146 00:07:40,111 --> 00:07:41,026 St. Peter let him in, 147 00:07:41,061 --> 00:07:43,479 sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument, 148 00:07:43,514 --> 00:07:44,518 says "who's that?" 149 00:07:44,553 --> 00:07:47,537 St. Peter says, "oh, that's god. 150 00:07:47,572 --> 00:07:50,151 Thinks he's Denny Crane. " 151 00:07:52,711 --> 00:07:54,212 I'm your boy, Walter. 152 00:07:54,247 --> 00:07:56,392 Never lost. 153 00:07:56,670 --> 00:07:58,911 Never will. 154 00:08:07,822 --> 00:08:11,214 - Did she give you a reason? - Just that my work didn't cut it. 155 00:08:11,249 --> 00:08:12,859 I mean, my reviews have all been good. 156 00:08:12,894 --> 00:08:15,715 Plus, it's not like they've given me very much to do. 157 00:08:15,750 --> 00:08:18,628 The Winchell case was really the first one they let me run with. 158 00:08:18,663 --> 00:08:21,740 Well, you did forget to plead negligence. 159 00:08:22,946 --> 00:08:23,765 Sorry. 160 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,182 Let me talk to her, see if there's another story. 161 00:08:26,217 --> 00:08:28,955 I mean, is this woman some sort of psycho witch or something? 162 00:08:28,990 --> 00:08:30,671 Actually, no, she's extremely nice. 163 00:08:30,706 --> 00:08:32,482 We all know she was sent to shake the tree. 164 00:08:32,517 --> 00:08:34,412 This looks like it's already begun. 165 00:08:34,447 --> 00:08:36,138 I wonder who's next. 166 00:08:36,173 --> 00:08:37,653 Lori. 167 00:08:37,688 --> 00:08:40,052 Can I steal you for a second? 168 00:08:40,087 --> 00:08:41,683 Sure. 169 00:08:43,288 --> 00:08:45,124 Dibs on her office. 170 00:08:49,328 --> 00:08:52,418 I just heard about Sally. I think you're making a mistake. 171 00:08:52,453 --> 00:08:54,967 - I didn't ask. - Which surprises me, actually. 172 00:08:55,002 --> 00:08:55,978 You and I are friends. 173 00:08:56,013 --> 00:08:58,071 - I've worked with Sally... - and being loyal to her, 174 00:08:58,106 --> 00:09:00,395 you'd possibly be neither objective nor candid. 175 00:09:00,430 --> 00:09:00,868 Even so... 176 00:09:00,869 --> 00:09:02,248 In either event, I didn't ask. 177 00:09:04,485 --> 00:09:06,652 We just got a new case. Big client. 178 00:09:06,687 --> 00:09:09,396 Middlesex school district. 179 00:09:10,406 --> 00:09:13,474 Denny's in charge, which is fine, as long as he doesn't speak. 180 00:09:13,509 --> 00:09:14,774 I need you to take over. 181 00:09:14,809 --> 00:09:16,004 How do I just take over? 182 00:09:16,039 --> 00:09:18,394 - He'll completely... - you handle him, Lori, 183 00:09:18,429 --> 00:09:20,630 the way only you can. 184 00:09:20,665 --> 00:09:23,744 - What's the case? - It's a variation of the Scopes trial. 185 00:09:23,779 --> 00:09:26,823 Three teachers were fired for refusing to teach Creationism. 186 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:27,684 They've sued. 187 00:09:27,719 --> 00:09:30,111 Sounds like a slam dunk for them. 188 00:09:30,146 --> 00:09:31,412 Perhaps. 189 00:09:31,447 --> 00:09:34,768 It would take some pretty ingenious lawyering on our part 190 00:09:34,803 --> 00:09:36,725 from not only a gift attorney, 191 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,175 but someone who's an expert in the field. 192 00:09:40,210 --> 00:09:41,266 Meaning? 193 00:09:41,301 --> 00:09:45,202 Lori, I know all the skeletons in your closet, remember? 194 00:09:45,237 --> 00:09:47,717 Including that deeply guarded little one 195 00:09:47,752 --> 00:09:51,786 that you fear might ruin your intellectual reputation. 196 00:09:51,821 --> 00:09:54,651 You go to church. 197 00:09:55,861 --> 00:09:59,221 Um, Schmidt, is this a good time? 198 00:09:59,256 --> 00:10:00,337 Yeah. 199 00:10:00,372 --> 00:10:02,470 Conferenceroom, noon? 200 00:10:02,505 --> 00:10:03,153 Okay. 201 00:10:03,188 --> 00:10:04,083 Thank you. 202 00:10:10,130 --> 00:10:11,396 How can I help? 203 00:10:11,431 --> 00:10:14,424 Well, this is very awkward. 204 00:10:14,459 --> 00:10:18,089 I'm not even sure you're the right person to come to but... 205 00:10:18,124 --> 00:10:19,483 you're a woman. 206 00:10:19,518 --> 00:10:20,807 That's very kind. 207 00:10:20,842 --> 00:10:22,724 I work for Alan Shore. 208 00:10:22,759 --> 00:10:24,548 And in many, many ways, 209 00:10:24,583 --> 00:10:26,586 he's an excellent boss. 210 00:10:26,621 --> 00:10:28,589 God knows, he isn't boring. 211 00:10:28,624 --> 00:10:30,746 But I feel... 212 00:10:30,781 --> 00:10:32,789 that he's been inappropriate with me. 213 00:10:32,824 --> 00:10:33,612 How so? 214 00:10:33,647 --> 00:10:35,931 Well, he compliments my figure daily. 215 00:10:35,932 --> 00:10:38,971 And he just kind of does it in a lascivious way. 216 00:10:39,006 --> 00:10:41,980 He also ranks my sweaters. 217 00:10:42,015 --> 00:10:43,683 He ranks your sweaters? 218 00:10:43,718 --> 00:10:44,273 Yes. 219 00:10:44,955 --> 00:10:47,153 Which ones he thinks I look best in. 220 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:49,171 This is a 3. 221 00:10:49,206 --> 00:10:51,654 He asked if he could take one home for the weekend. 222 00:10:51,689 --> 00:10:54,253 He told me he has dreams about me. 223 00:10:54,288 --> 00:10:55,682 What kind of dreams? 224 00:10:55,717 --> 00:10:56,870 All kinds. 225 00:10:56,905 --> 00:10:59,482 Uh, once he dreamt that I was just a head. 226 00:10:59,517 --> 00:11:02,436 No body. Just a head and... 227 00:11:02,471 --> 00:11:05,545 everywhere he went, he would carry me along, 228 00:11:05,580 --> 00:11:08,761 wrapped in a muffler, to keep him company. 229 00:11:08,796 --> 00:11:11,943 And every so often, I would whisper terrible, 230 00:11:11,978 --> 00:11:14,069 dirty things in his ear. 231 00:11:14,104 --> 00:11:18,128 - It feels a little like harassment. - You think? 232 00:11:18,163 --> 00:11:19,914 Would you like to work for another lawyer? 233 00:11:19,949 --> 00:11:22,484 Well, I'd just like him to stop. 234 00:11:22,519 --> 00:11:24,595 I must admit that... 235 00:11:24,630 --> 00:11:28,208 sometimes, I've been guilty of playing along with his banter, but... 236 00:11:28,243 --> 00:11:30,294 I'll take care of it. 237 00:11:30,855 --> 00:11:32,538 Thank you. 238 00:11:34,946 --> 00:11:36,654 And, Nora, 239 00:11:36,876 --> 00:11:38,801 thank you for coming forward with this. 240 00:11:38,836 --> 00:11:41,216 I know it was difficult. 241 00:11:43,262 --> 00:11:45,501 We have very little information, 242 00:11:45,536 --> 00:11:47,509 other than the victim was in her 50s 243 00:11:47,544 --> 00:11:49,447 and that she was bludgeoned to death. 244 00:11:49,482 --> 00:11:53,778 It is the second death in a week that has rocked this idyllic little street. 245 00:11:53,813 --> 00:11:56,623 Just last Friday, the victim's next-door neighbor 246 00:11:56,658 --> 00:11:58,550 died as well from a head trauma. 247 00:11:58,585 --> 00:12:02,465 You may recall the son was briefly held and then released. 248 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:04,384 What? 249 00:12:04,419 --> 00:12:06,460 ...indicated whether these two cases are connected. 250 00:12:06,495 --> 00:12:07,796 It's Bernie! 251 00:12:07,831 --> 00:12:08,559 Who? 252 00:12:08,594 --> 00:12:11,186 My little skillet-wielding client from last week. 253 00:12:11,241 --> 00:12:14,582 He's whacked another one. He promised me he wouldn't. 254 00:12:16,187 --> 00:12:18,198 Does that mean you're... 255 00:12:18,233 --> 00:12:19,902 finished? 256 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:32,411 Alan? 257 00:12:33,635 --> 00:12:34,471 What have you done? 258 00:12:34,506 --> 00:12:36,234 - There's an awful lot of excitement. - I saw. 259 00:12:36,269 --> 00:12:37,647 Both live and on the news. 260 00:12:37,682 --> 00:12:40,007 You've been flailing again with your frying pan, haven't you, Bernard? 261 00:12:40,042 --> 00:12:42,388 - I never meant for it to happen. - I am very disappointed. 262 00:12:42,423 --> 00:12:44,385 I gave you a terrific speech last week, Bernie, 263 00:12:44,420 --> 00:12:45,952 appealing to the kind inner you. 264 00:12:45,987 --> 00:12:47,449 It was wonderful, poignant even, 265 00:12:47,484 --> 00:12:50,055 and now you've completely mooted it by committing murder again. 266 00:12:50,090 --> 00:12:51,801 I never meant to kill her. 267 00:12:51,836 --> 00:12:53,372 Oh, what, you just went over there to make an omelet, 268 00:12:53,407 --> 00:12:55,557 - and things got out of hand? - She knew. 269 00:12:55,592 --> 00:12:57,802 She heard an argument between me and mother. 270 00:12:57,837 --> 00:12:59,977 She was out there watering her stupid plants, 271 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:03,329 in the winter, for god's sakes. The woman is not right. 272 00:13:03,364 --> 00:13:05,197 Or wasn't right. 273 00:13:05,232 --> 00:13:07,410 Alan, she said she was gonna call the police. 274 00:13:07,445 --> 00:13:09,588 She said what she heard would not be hearsay. 275 00:13:09,623 --> 00:13:10,449 She looked it up. 276 00:13:10,484 --> 00:13:12,277 She said, because we were arguing, 277 00:13:12,312 --> 00:13:15,985 it would, it would qualify as an excited blutterance. 278 00:13:16,020 --> 00:13:19,659 Suddenly, the skillet was in my hand, and I swung. 279 00:13:19,694 --> 00:13:21,957 Blutterance isn't even a real word, 280 00:13:21,992 --> 00:13:23,392 much less a defense! 281 00:13:23,427 --> 00:13:26,269 You've murdered somebody over a fake word! 282 00:13:26,304 --> 00:13:29,111 I was careful to not leave any evidence. 283 00:13:29,146 --> 00:13:31,342 I went over there, stealth-like. 284 00:13:31,377 --> 00:13:32,536 Oh, for god's sake. 285 00:13:32,571 --> 00:13:35,351 and I, I staged a break-in in the back. 286 00:13:35,386 --> 00:13:38,097 I dispatched of her, and then I returned. 287 00:13:38,132 --> 00:13:41,505 Alan, I promise you, this will be the very, very last one. 288 00:13:41,540 --> 00:13:42,900 I'm not representing you this time. 289 00:13:42,935 --> 00:13:45,529 - You must, if it comes to that. - I won't. 290 00:13:45,564 --> 00:13:48,024 You've let me down terribly! 291 00:13:48,059 --> 00:13:52,232 But, but you said that you stood for the little man! 292 00:13:52,267 --> 00:13:54,093 I'm little! 293 00:14:02,453 --> 00:14:03,690 The best thing, I feel, 294 00:14:03,725 --> 00:14:05,941 would be to go for an immediate declaratory judgment. 295 00:14:05,976 --> 00:14:07,958 The last thing we want is a trial. 296 00:14:07,993 --> 00:14:10,038 This is a hot-button issue. 297 00:14:10,073 --> 00:14:12,990 The ACLU will be jumping in, and that's only the beginning. 298 00:14:13,025 --> 00:14:15,265 - Why have I been taken off this case? - You haven't. 299 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:18,532 You've been relieved of the grunt work because it's beneath you. 300 00:14:18,567 --> 00:14:20,702 Relieve is a soft word for discharge. 301 00:14:20,737 --> 00:14:23,671 I recognize a demotion when I see one. 302 00:14:23,706 --> 00:14:26,272 I am the master of the soft discharge. 303 00:14:26,307 --> 00:14:28,804 You refer again to when we were intimate. 304 00:14:28,839 --> 00:14:32,460 Now pay attention, and pretend you have a clue. 305 00:14:33,398 --> 00:14:34,735 We all set? 306 00:14:34,770 --> 00:14:36,072 Lock and load. 307 00:14:36,107 --> 00:14:37,431 Let's go. 308 00:14:40,425 --> 00:14:41,108 Lori. 309 00:14:41,143 --> 00:14:41,791 Alan. 310 00:14:41,917 --> 00:14:43,304 Alan, a second. 311 00:14:43,339 --> 00:14:44,928 We have a little problem. 312 00:14:44,963 --> 00:14:47,835 It seems you've been sexually harassing Nora Jacobs. 313 00:14:47,870 --> 00:14:49,170 She signed a waiver. 314 00:14:49,205 --> 00:14:50,256 I'm sorry? 315 00:14:50,291 --> 00:14:53,149 I make all my female employees sign sexual harassment waivers, 316 00:14:53,184 --> 00:14:54,721 especially the pretty ones. 317 00:14:54,756 --> 00:14:56,749 I don't think that document would hold up in court. 318 00:14:56,784 --> 00:15:02,687 But regardless, that kind of behavior isn't tolerated at Crane, Poole & Schmidt. 319 00:15:02,722 --> 00:15:06,159 Which kind of behavior, specifically? 320 00:15:06,194 --> 00:15:09,016 I think you're smart enough to sense where the line is, counselor. 321 00:15:09,051 --> 00:15:11,033 I'm never sure until I cross it. 322 00:15:11,068 --> 00:15:13,860 She is a subordinate. There is a disparity of power. 323 00:15:13,895 --> 00:15:17,617 You will refrain from any sexual advances, verbal or otherwise. 324 00:15:17,652 --> 00:15:19,074 Shirley. 325 00:15:19,803 --> 00:15:21,652 What about senior partners? 326 00:15:21,687 --> 00:15:24,451 There would be nothing wrong with me 327 00:15:24,486 --> 00:15:27,216 lusting, say, after you, would there? 328 00:15:28,835 --> 00:15:31,597 Go subscribe to National Geographic. 329 00:15:31,632 --> 00:15:35,601 Make a list of all the places you'll never get to visit. 330 00:15:35,636 --> 00:15:39,580 Add to that list, Schmidt. 331 00:15:44,566 --> 00:15:46,819 Sally, I'll talk to her, but other than that... 332 00:15:46,854 --> 00:15:48,126 You can't pull some strings? 333 00:15:48,161 --> 00:15:49,851 What about Alan Shore? He's the one that pulls rabbits... 334 00:15:49,886 --> 00:15:51,292 He's not a partner. You are. 335 00:15:51,327 --> 00:15:52,760 Besides, I slept with Alan Shore. 336 00:15:52,795 --> 00:15:55,179 - How objective can he... - You also slept with me. 337 00:15:55,214 --> 00:15:57,564 Do you ever think that might be part of the problem? 338 00:16:03,183 --> 00:16:05,191 That was unfair... 339 00:16:05,226 --> 00:16:07,465 kicking me while I'm down. 340 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:11,030 I guess I should've expected it. 341 00:16:17,722 --> 00:16:19,750 The police want to question me. 342 00:16:19,785 --> 00:16:21,743 That's really a stunner, Bernie. 343 00:16:21,778 --> 00:16:24,020 They arrested you last week for whacking your mother, 344 00:16:24,055 --> 00:16:25,652 you got off on a technicality, 345 00:16:25,687 --> 00:16:28,920 now the woman next door turns up dead from a blow to the head. 346 00:16:28,955 --> 00:16:31,648 What could possibly make them think of you? 347 00:16:31,683 --> 00:16:33,533 - Should I talk to them? - I wouldn't. 348 00:16:33,568 --> 00:16:36,402 Where you once were convincing, you are now anything but. 349 00:16:36,437 --> 00:16:39,237 I don't like it when you speak to me in these hurtful tones. 350 00:16:39,272 --> 00:16:42,464 - I am not an evil person. - Yes, you are, Bernie. 351 00:16:42,499 --> 00:16:44,589 You've killed two people inside of a week. 352 00:16:44,624 --> 00:16:46,586 By definition, that makes you evil. 353 00:16:46,621 --> 00:16:49,684 This last killing was premeditated, calculated. 354 00:16:49,719 --> 00:16:51,030 You went over there, as you said, 355 00:16:51,065 --> 00:16:53,851 to dispatch a human being. 356 00:16:53,886 --> 00:16:55,352 You're a little bug. 357 00:16:55,387 --> 00:16:59,471 And like a bug, you will one day get stepped on. 358 00:16:59,506 --> 00:17:03,556 Now go away. I do not represent evil people. 359 00:17:04,719 --> 00:17:07,081 I asked you to leave. 360 00:17:07,116 --> 00:17:09,577 May I say one more thing? 361 00:17:09,612 --> 00:17:12,039 You cut me to the quick. 362 00:17:12,074 --> 00:17:14,338 I am a bug. 363 00:17:14,373 --> 00:17:17,415 My mother would often tell me 364 00:17:17,450 --> 00:17:21,695 I am nothing more than an insignificant little... 365 00:17:21,730 --> 00:17:25,197 she used to call me a, a dung beetle. 366 00:17:25,232 --> 00:17:26,469 When I killed her, 367 00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:28,473 as she lay on the floor, 368 00:17:28,508 --> 00:17:32,471 for the first time, I felt alive. 369 00:17:32,506 --> 00:17:36,400 I had actually done something. 370 00:17:36,435 --> 00:17:39,728 Perhaps a part of me sought to relive that power, 371 00:17:39,763 --> 00:17:44,255 but today, I, I do, I feel evil. 372 00:17:45,133 --> 00:17:47,126 I need your help, Alan. 373 00:17:47,161 --> 00:17:49,670 The police want to interrogate me. 374 00:17:49,705 --> 00:17:51,400 I don't know what to do. 375 00:17:51,435 --> 00:17:53,515 Alan, could I, oh, I'm so sorry. 376 00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:54,284 That's okay. 377 00:17:54,319 --> 00:17:56,531 Tara Wilson, meet Bernard Ferrion. 378 00:17:56,566 --> 00:17:59,265 He kills people with cookware. Allegedly, of course. 379 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:01,108 Bernie, Tara. 380 00:18:01,143 --> 00:18:03,171 - She's your new lawyer. - No, I prefer you. 381 00:18:03,206 --> 00:18:04,691 No, you can't have me. 382 00:18:04,726 --> 00:18:06,810 One reason being, I know too much. 383 00:18:06,845 --> 00:18:10,315 If you want this firm to help you, Tara's your lawyer. 384 00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:14,305 She's very fetching, but is she good? 385 00:18:16,317 --> 00:18:17,921 The police want to talk to him. 386 00:18:17,956 --> 00:18:20,153 There's an excellent chance you can avoid the prison term 387 00:18:20,188 --> 00:18:22,049 he very much deserves. 388 00:18:22,084 --> 00:18:25,308 I must warn you, do not come to care for this man. 389 00:18:25,343 --> 00:18:28,337 He will let you down. 390 00:18:28,836 --> 00:18:30,918 That's all. 391 00:18:35,046 --> 00:18:37,522 Let's go, Mr. Ferrion. 392 00:18:51,501 --> 00:18:54,141 Nora, when you get a minute. 393 00:18:57,382 --> 00:19:01,416 Instead of telling it to Shirley Schmidt, why don't you take it up with me? 394 00:19:01,451 --> 00:19:04,771 I don't know. I suppose... 395 00:19:06,325 --> 00:19:09,931 I guess I didn't feel I could hold my own with you... 396 00:19:09,966 --> 00:19:11,980 which, I guess, is a part of the problem. 397 00:19:12,015 --> 00:19:13,995 "Alan, I'm uncomfortable with the banter. " 398 00:19:14,030 --> 00:19:15,118 You could've said that. 399 00:19:15,153 --> 00:19:17,288 You did participate in the banter. 400 00:19:17,323 --> 00:19:19,234 I participated. 401 00:19:19,269 --> 00:19:23,114 I, of course, wanted to be liked by my boss. 402 00:19:23,149 --> 00:19:25,046 But then... 403 00:19:25,571 --> 00:19:27,118 it started to go too far. 404 00:19:27,153 --> 00:19:30,659 And when it went too far, why not tell me? 405 00:19:30,694 --> 00:19:32,879 I don't know. 406 00:19:33,270 --> 00:19:35,345 Because I'd let it go on, 407 00:19:35,380 --> 00:19:39,632 I felt maybe I'd gotten myself in... 408 00:19:40,811 --> 00:19:43,547 At the seminars, you get the impression 409 00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:47,411 that the senior people here are good at dealing with these things. 410 00:19:47,446 --> 00:19:48,836 I wanted you to stop. 411 00:19:48,871 --> 00:19:51,400 But I still like you, and like working for you. 412 00:19:51,435 --> 00:19:53,133 And I was hoping 413 00:19:53,168 --> 00:19:58,821 they maybe had a way to solve the problem without any hurt feelings. 414 00:20:03,354 --> 00:20:06,141 So, what happens now? 415 00:20:08,167 --> 00:20:11,579 We actually call it intelligent design. 416 00:20:11,614 --> 00:20:14,992 Basically, the idea is life is so complex, 417 00:20:15,027 --> 00:20:17,153 a greater power has to be at play. 418 00:20:17,188 --> 00:20:18,899 The greater power being god. 419 00:20:18,934 --> 00:20:22,176 We're by no means shutting down Darwinism, 420 00:20:22,211 --> 00:20:24,878 or suggesting that evolution is inaccurate. 421 00:20:24,913 --> 00:20:26,983 Do you believe in evolution, Mr. Fife? 422 00:20:27,018 --> 00:20:29,862 I happen to believe in both god and evolution. 423 00:20:29,897 --> 00:20:32,297 I don't think the two have to be mutually exclusive. 424 00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:36,110 So, why not simply offer the intelligent design theory in religion courses? 425 00:20:36,145 --> 00:20:37,269 Why science? 426 00:20:37,304 --> 00:20:38,949 Well, we thought long and hard about that. 427 00:20:38,984 --> 00:20:42,399 But the simple truth is more and more scientists, 428 00:20:42,434 --> 00:20:45,784 scientists, not theologians, 429 00:20:45,819 --> 00:20:49,765 have said that when you examine the intricacies of the human cell, 430 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,504 the mathematical equations of DNA, 431 00:20:52,539 --> 00:20:58,391 you simply cannot conclude that it's all explained by natural selection. 432 00:20:58,426 --> 00:21:01,203 Another power has to be at work. 433 00:21:01,238 --> 00:21:02,363 God. 434 00:21:02,398 --> 00:21:05,442 Well, again, we never mention him by name. 435 00:21:05,477 --> 00:21:08,221 U are aware of the separation of church and state. 436 00:21:08,256 --> 00:21:09,466 I'm aware. 437 00:21:09,501 --> 00:21:10,978 This is boring crap. 438 00:21:11,013 --> 00:21:12,947 And you're also aware, Mr. Fife, 439 00:21:12,982 --> 00:21:15,654 that the supreme court has banned the teaching of Creationism. 440 00:21:15,689 --> 00:21:18,327 Well, as I said, technically, we're not calling it Creationism. 441 00:21:18,362 --> 00:21:20,549 But you admitted that's what's going on. 442 00:21:20,584 --> 00:21:22,352 And Creationism holds 443 00:21:22,387 --> 00:21:25,774 that god created the world about 6,000 years ago in 6 days. 444 00:21:25,809 --> 00:21:26,803 That's not my view. 445 00:21:26,838 --> 00:21:29,691 But it's a view you're insisting your teachers explain in a science class. 446 00:21:29,726 --> 00:21:30,534 As a theory. 447 00:21:30,569 --> 00:21:33,427 A theory with no scientific basis other than to say, 448 00:21:33,428 --> 00:21:36,826 "Gee, evolution can't account for it all". 449 00:21:44,522 --> 00:21:45,531 Why the helmet? 450 00:21:45,566 --> 00:21:48,574 Well, it wouldn't be for here. It would be for at home. 451 00:21:48,609 --> 00:21:52,401 Well, the thinking being if there's somebody in my neighborhood 452 00:21:52,436 --> 00:21:56,193 breaking into houses whacking eople from behind on the head, 453 00:21:56,228 --> 00:21:58,650 it would make sense for me to wear a helmet. 454 00:21:58,685 --> 00:22:01,267 I want to exude innocence, you see. 455 00:22:01,302 --> 00:22:02,655 Get rid of the helmet. 456 00:22:02,690 --> 00:22:04,850 But, Ms. Wilson, at, at my core, 457 00:22:04,885 --> 00:22:06,377 I'm a little man. 458 00:22:06,412 --> 00:22:10,915 It would make sense for me to want to protect myself, right? 459 00:22:11,628 --> 00:22:14,681 Get rid of the helmet. You look ridiculous. 460 00:22:14,716 --> 00:22:15,639 Now, listen to me. 461 00:22:15,674 --> 00:22:18,991 The police have asked for a DNA sample, and I'm gonna agree. 462 00:22:19,026 --> 00:22:20,421 What? Why on earth? 463 00:22:20,456 --> 00:22:21,642 Because they could get one with a court order. 464 00:22:21,677 --> 00:22:23,051 There's no point in opposing. 465 00:22:23,086 --> 00:22:25,872 Well, what about my right to not incriminate myself? 466 00:22:25,907 --> 00:22:30,291 Cooperation goes a long way towards exuding innocence, Mr. Ferrion, 467 00:22:30,326 --> 00:22:33,021 much better than hockey headgear. 468 00:22:33,056 --> 00:22:35,790 You know, everyone is speaking to me in hurtful tones, 469 00:22:35,825 --> 00:22:38,191 and I don't appreciate it. 470 00:22:38,226 --> 00:22:40,767 I did kill people. 471 00:22:40,802 --> 00:22:45,650 You'd think I'd incur a little shock and awe, if not respect. 472 00:22:45,685 --> 00:22:47,192 Is that why you did this? 473 00:22:47,227 --> 00:22:50,030 To inspire awe? 474 00:22:51,702 --> 00:22:56,244 Alan Shore told me that your mother referred to you as a dung beetle. 475 00:22:56,279 --> 00:23:00,310 Please don't mention that particular species to me. 476 00:23:01,178 --> 00:23:06,867 I don't know what else Alan told you, but I'm a kind man. 477 00:23:06,902 --> 00:23:09,719 I have admittedly committed two heinous acts, 478 00:23:09,754 --> 00:23:12,663 but the first was not voluntary, 479 00:23:12,698 --> 00:23:14,865 and the second was out of desperation, 480 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:20,524 not wanting to go to prison where bigger men will have their way with me. 481 00:23:20,971 --> 00:23:24,461 Ms. Wilson, I need your help. 482 00:23:25,093 --> 00:23:28,259 Please be on my side. 483 00:23:39,039 --> 00:23:40,707 I'm sorry. 484 00:23:43,335 --> 00:23:46,736 That remark was way out of line. 485 00:23:50,775 --> 00:23:54,865 Listen, Sally, it didn't help that you were with me a year and a half ago, 486 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:59,802 and then you were with Alan Shore. It's gossip. It travels fast. 487 00:23:59,837 --> 00:24:02,321 But I have no doubt, none, 488 00:24:02,356 --> 00:24:06,431 that you are going to be an exceptional attorney, 489 00:24:06,466 --> 00:24:09,514 but just not here. 490 00:24:09,549 --> 00:24:12,084 They're never gonna give you the chance. 491 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,524 You need to... 492 00:24:15,467 --> 00:24:18,261 remake yourself. 493 00:24:18,296 --> 00:24:21,056 Start fresh. 494 00:24:23,228 --> 00:24:26,043 You asked me for help. 495 00:24:26,078 --> 00:24:32,652 And I'm going to provide it to you in the form of advice. 496 00:24:33,837 --> 00:24:36,702 You need to go. 497 00:25:04,262 --> 00:25:05,705 At the beginning of the school year, 498 00:25:05,740 --> 00:25:07,712 we got the word at our teachers' assembly 499 00:25:07,747 --> 00:25:11,496 that moral values would be one of our educational objectives, 500 00:25:11,531 --> 00:25:12,721 which was fine. 501 00:25:12,756 --> 00:25:15,505 But to have evolution bumped for Creationism... 502 00:25:15,540 --> 00:25:18,255 well, to be fair, evolution isn't being displaced. 503 00:25:18,290 --> 00:25:20,481 Creationism is just being included. 504 00:25:20,516 --> 00:25:22,637 Evolution is a tough subject matter. 505 00:25:22,672 --> 00:25:27,050 We cannot cut into what little class time we have to service a political agenda. 506 00:25:27,085 --> 00:25:29,335 Objection. This is non-responsive. 507 00:25:29,370 --> 00:25:32,356 Please limit your answers to the questions, ma'am. 508 00:25:33,157 --> 00:25:36,219 Why can't you view intelligent design as a science, Ms. Turner? 509 00:25:36,254 --> 00:25:40,737 Because there is simply no scientific data to support it. 510 00:25:40,772 --> 00:25:42,180 How are we to maintain 511 00:25:42,215 --> 00:25:45,130 any credibility as science teachers 512 00:25:45,165 --> 00:25:46,250 if we say, 513 00:25:46,285 --> 00:25:50,899 "Gee, despite all this data, there's also another possibility"? 514 00:25:50,934 --> 00:25:53,986 Intelligent design makes a mockery of science. 515 00:25:54,021 --> 00:25:57,038 If you wanna teach it as a religion course, fine. 516 00:25:57,073 --> 00:25:58,784 But as a science, 517 00:25:58,819 --> 00:26:01,478 it's simply preposterous. 518 00:26:02,381 --> 00:26:04,434 I just don't understand why he wouldn't wanna talk. 519 00:26:04,469 --> 00:26:06,488 If there's a serial killer loose in his neighborhood... 520 00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:08,547 He'd love to talk. I'm not letting him. 521 00:26:08,582 --> 00:26:09,387 I'll tell you one thing. 522 00:26:09,422 --> 00:26:10,102 Bernard. 523 00:26:10,533 --> 00:26:13,348 You people wrongly arrested him last time with no evidence 524 00:26:13,383 --> 00:26:15,547 after his mother recklessly accused him. 525 00:26:15,582 --> 00:26:18,276 Now, it's clear there is somebody in the neighborhood killing people, 526 00:26:18,311 --> 00:26:23,181 you haven't so much as apologized to Mr. Ferrion for ruining his good name. 527 00:26:23,216 --> 00:26:25,801 Why should we expect any fair treatment from you? 528 00:26:25,836 --> 00:26:27,080 I'm done. 529 00:26:27,115 --> 00:26:31,231 Once again, I'll encourage your client not to leave the jurisdiction. 530 00:26:31,266 --> 00:26:32,129 Bully boy. 531 00:26:32,164 --> 00:26:32,992 Bernard. 532 00:26:37,958 --> 00:26:40,562 You handled that deftly. 533 00:26:40,597 --> 00:26:42,759 So, what now? 534 00:26:43,591 --> 00:26:45,354 You can go home. 535 00:26:45,389 --> 00:26:47,046 If, indeed, you left no traces behind, 536 00:26:47,081 --> 00:26:49,935 and assuming they find no DNA, and with no smoking skillet, 537 00:26:49,970 --> 00:26:53,440 you'll likely get away with it once again. 538 00:26:53,653 --> 00:26:57,434 You're using a judgmental tone. 539 00:26:57,469 --> 00:27:00,647 Do you really expect us not to condemn you? 540 00:27:00,682 --> 00:27:02,978 You killed two people. 541 00:27:03,013 --> 00:27:05,578 Well, I expect you to condemn my actions, 542 00:27:05,613 --> 00:27:08,501 but, I suppose, not me. 543 00:27:08,536 --> 00:27:10,561 You can go. 544 00:27:14,167 --> 00:27:17,136 How's Alan? 545 00:27:17,439 --> 00:27:21,389 Honestly, I think he's hurt. 546 00:27:21,424 --> 00:27:25,024 You hear all the time how clients are let down by their lawyers. 547 00:27:25,059 --> 00:27:29,252 Sometimes it's the attorney who's let down by the client. 548 00:27:29,287 --> 00:27:30,988 As silly as it may sound, 549 00:27:31,023 --> 00:27:34,024 the cynical, jaded Alan Shore gets a bit desperate sometimes 550 00:27:34,059 --> 00:27:36,995 to believe in the goodness of mankind. 551 00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:39,932 He found, I think, some hope in you. 552 00:27:39,967 --> 00:27:41,883 And you crushed it... 553 00:27:41,918 --> 00:27:44,731 like a bug. 554 00:27:54,475 --> 00:27:57,254 - You're firing me? - Certainly not, I'd get sued. 555 00:27:57,289 --> 00:27:58,679 I'm reassigning you. 556 00:27:58,714 --> 00:28:02,867 If I get put back into the pool, that's the same as a demotion. 557 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,072 Nora, I'm not going to change who I am. 558 00:28:06,107 --> 00:28:09,988 I can work on it, but leaps and bounds I'll never make. 559 00:28:10,023 --> 00:28:15,492 When I look at women, most women, 560 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:22,696 my mind wanders invariably to sexual fantasy of a broad and curious nature, 561 00:28:22,731 --> 00:28:27,462 unfettered by moral restraint. I can't help it. 562 00:28:27,497 --> 00:28:30,012 I realize this candor 563 00:28:30,047 --> 00:28:33,119 could come back to haunt me should you indeed file a claim, 564 00:28:33,154 --> 00:28:35,978 but when I look at you, 565 00:28:36,013 --> 00:28:43,154 I often conjure up the most intimate and explicit of distractions. 566 00:28:43,189 --> 00:28:45,798 That's not going to change. 567 00:28:45,833 --> 00:28:48,408 You're a sexually attractive... 568 00:28:49,107 --> 00:28:51,983 beast. 569 00:28:52,337 --> 00:28:56,503 Could you excuse us, Shirley? I'm dictating a letter. 570 00:29:00,264 --> 00:29:01,754 I give you my word, 571 00:29:01,789 --> 00:29:03,788 you will not get a demotion. 572 00:29:03,823 --> 00:29:11,451 I also offer you my gratitude for making me realize that sometimes, women... 573 00:29:11,486 --> 00:29:17,596 play along, and yet nevertheless feel harassed. 574 00:29:17,631 --> 00:29:23,658 I suppose it's the callous idiot who can't appreciate that. 575 00:29:23,882 --> 00:29:28,123 I apologize for being that idiot. 576 00:29:33,476 --> 00:29:34,748 Nora, 577 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:39,493 the next time that somebody does something to you that you don't like, 578 00:29:39,528 --> 00:29:41,111 be direct. 579 00:29:41,146 --> 00:29:45,418 I assure you, you're up to it. 580 00:29:54,222 --> 00:29:56,630 That was very eloquent. 581 00:29:57,197 --> 00:29:59,134 Thank you. 582 00:30:00,212 --> 00:30:02,296 You need to get me another secretary, Shirley, 583 00:30:02,331 --> 00:30:06,739 someone more willing to be harassed. 584 00:30:06,774 --> 00:30:09,275 I'll see what I can do. 585 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,218 These are bad times for science, your honor, 586 00:30:19,253 --> 00:30:22,161 especially at the hands of moral values. 587 00:30:22,196 --> 00:30:25,252 The government has systematically distorted or worse, 588 00:30:25,287 --> 00:30:28,458 suppressed findings by the FDA and EPA 589 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:30,312 when it comes to contraception, 590 00:30:30,347 --> 00:30:34,833 stem cell research, AIDS, global warming, pollution. 591 00:30:34,868 --> 00:30:38,611 Let's just stick to the case, counsel, and leave politics out of it. 592 00:30:38,646 --> 00:30:40,521 This case is all about politics. 593 00:30:40,556 --> 00:30:44,037 It's about getting religion back into schools. 594 00:30:44,072 --> 00:30:46,521 Creationism is religious doctrine. 595 00:30:46,556 --> 00:30:49,859 It is not supported by scientific data. 596 00:30:50,395 --> 00:30:52,905 I'm a christian, my wife is a jew. 597 00:30:52,940 --> 00:30:54,283 We have wonderful debates. 598 00:30:54,318 --> 00:30:57,780 And this country, as a whole, should be more theologically literate, 599 00:30:57,815 --> 00:31:01,103 but it's not science. 600 00:31:01,587 --> 00:31:04,651 What's happening here today is an attack on evolution. 601 00:31:04,686 --> 00:31:06,064 It's clever. 602 00:31:06,099 --> 00:31:08,555 Let's call it intelligent design. 603 00:31:08,590 --> 00:31:10,977 Let's not mention god. But, come on, 604 00:31:11,012 --> 00:31:14,826 the supreme court banned the teaching of Creationism in the public schools. 605 00:31:14,861 --> 00:31:17,140 They were right then, they remain right today, 606 00:31:17,175 --> 00:31:19,297 and my client's discharge was unlawful, 607 00:31:19,332 --> 00:31:21,769 as well as in violation of our time-honored tradition 608 00:31:21,804 --> 00:31:24,171 of separating church and state. 609 00:31:24,206 --> 00:31:27,735 Of course we have a legitimate cause of action. 610 00:31:34,779 --> 00:31:38,087 That was almost evangelical. 611 00:31:38,438 --> 00:31:42,202 The establishment clause prohibits the endorsement of or discrimination 612 00:31:42,237 --> 00:31:44,911 against any particular religion, 613 00:31:44,946 --> 00:31:49,469 but it was never meant to extinguish the notion of a higher power. 614 00:31:49,504 --> 00:31:52,004 I certainly believe in evolution. 615 00:31:52,039 --> 00:31:55,111 Who here among us, while watching the presential debates, 616 00:31:55,146 --> 00:31:57,529 could deny that we all come from monkeys? 617 00:31:57,564 --> 00:32:02,530 But what's so wrong with suggesting as a possible theory 618 00:32:02,565 --> 00:32:06,754 that a higher power might have also played a part? 619 00:32:06,789 --> 00:32:08,669 As for church and state, 620 00:32:08,704 --> 00:32:12,800 we go to war over god-given rights to democracy. 621 00:32:12,835 --> 00:32:14,453 Let's face it. 622 00:32:14,488 --> 00:32:15,928 God is big here. 623 00:32:15,963 --> 00:32:17,333 We love god. 624 00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:20,895 And we, as a nation, have an overwhelming belief 625 00:32:20,930 --> 00:32:24,990 he had something to do with the creation of humankind. 626 00:32:25,025 --> 00:32:28,466 But teach that in a science class? 627 00:32:28,501 --> 00:32:30,684 Perish the thought. 628 00:32:30,719 --> 00:32:34,305 Nobody here is trying to squash evolution. 629 00:32:34,340 --> 00:32:36,772 And I would agree with Mr. Gellman, 630 00:32:36,807 --> 00:32:40,560 it isn't good science to suppress information. 631 00:32:40,595 --> 00:32:43,373 But I would ask the court, 632 00:32:43,408 --> 00:32:49,285 who here today is trying to do the squashing? 633 00:33:03,010 --> 00:33:05,735 I thought if I went to trial, it would offer me a chance to clear my name. 634 00:33:05,770 --> 00:33:07,543 Clear your name? You did it. 635 00:33:07,578 --> 00:33:08,927 But nobody knows that. 636 00:33:08,962 --> 00:33:10,242 Have you gone mad? 637 00:33:10,277 --> 00:33:12,391 They haven't got any evidence, they can't even arrest you, 638 00:33:12,426 --> 00:33:14,198 and you're here asking to go to trial? 639 00:33:14,233 --> 00:33:16,580 What is the matter with you? 640 00:33:16,615 --> 00:33:18,847 The suspense of them building a case, 641 00:33:18,882 --> 00:33:22,375 it's just too much to bear. 642 00:33:24,725 --> 00:33:27,111 I'm lonely. 643 00:33:27,146 --> 00:33:31,406 All I ever had was my mother, and I killed her. 644 00:33:31,441 --> 00:33:34,892 The only other person who ever, ever talked to me was my neighbor. 645 00:33:34,927 --> 00:33:37,786 Killed her, too. 646 00:33:40,067 --> 00:33:42,323 How's Alan? 647 00:33:42,358 --> 00:33:44,462 I miss him. 648 00:33:44,497 --> 00:33:46,531 Bernard, 649 00:33:46,566 --> 00:33:48,966 unless something else happens here, 650 00:33:49,001 --> 00:33:52,544 your case is over. 651 00:33:52,579 --> 00:33:55,387 Now, I can appreciate that you're lonely, 652 00:33:55,422 --> 00:33:58,196 but you need to find a life for yourself now. 653 00:33:58,231 --> 00:34:02,371 But, um, how do I do that? 654 00:34:02,406 --> 00:34:08,937 Bernard, your case status at the moment is over. 655 00:34:08,972 --> 00:34:10,371 Okay. 656 00:34:12,894 --> 00:34:14,591 Okay. 657 00:34:24,379 --> 00:34:25,767 Alan? 658 00:34:28,243 --> 00:34:30,088 Hello. 659 00:34:30,368 --> 00:34:31,517 Mrs. Piper? 660 00:34:31,552 --> 00:34:32,667 You remember! 661 00:34:34,657 --> 00:34:36,670 Oh, I always say, 662 00:34:36,705 --> 00:34:39,280 shake a man's hand with dog poop on your glove, 663 00:34:39,315 --> 00:34:40,956 he'll remember you for life. 664 00:34:40,991 --> 00:34:44,574 I remember you because I trick-or-treated at your house. 665 00:34:44,609 --> 00:34:46,184 How are you, dear? 666 00:34:46,219 --> 00:34:47,989 You don't look well. 667 00:34:48,024 --> 00:34:49,725 What are you doing here? 668 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,943 I'm applying for the position of your secretary, of course. 669 00:34:53,978 --> 00:34:56,889 I heard what happened to the last one, 670 00:34:56,924 --> 00:34:59,348 and I must say, 671 00:34:59,383 --> 00:35:01,738 your problem... 672 00:35:01,773 --> 00:35:04,619 most people aren't able to see that 673 00:35:04,654 --> 00:35:08,440 beneath your slick, insensitive exterior, 674 00:35:08,475 --> 00:35:12,227 deep down, you really are a douche bag. 675 00:35:12,262 --> 00:35:13,825 I get that, Alan. 676 00:35:13,860 --> 00:35:17,470 You'd have no misunderstanding with me. 677 00:35:17,827 --> 00:35:19,186 Mr. Shore. 678 00:35:19,221 --> 00:35:22,789 Oh, my, what an adorable little man. 679 00:35:22,824 --> 00:35:26,066 Are you a midget, dear? 680 00:35:27,257 --> 00:35:29,592 I, uh, I just wanna say 681 00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:31,927 that I am deeply sorry, 682 00:35:31,962 --> 00:35:33,424 and I assure you, 683 00:35:33,459 --> 00:35:36,419 that I am gonna try to live up to all the potential 684 00:35:36,454 --> 00:35:39,981 that you saw in me as a human being. 685 00:35:40,016 --> 00:35:42,450 I give you my word. 686 00:35:45,116 --> 00:35:47,048 Well, that was sweet. 687 00:35:47,083 --> 00:35:48,506 So... 688 00:35:48,849 --> 00:35:51,333 do I get the job? 689 00:35:52,544 --> 00:35:54,922 Nobody is more frightened than I am 690 00:35:54,957 --> 00:35:59,135 of the religious right getting a stranglehold on our values. 691 00:35:59,170 --> 00:36:01,184 Is this the part where we get spanked? 692 00:36:01,219 --> 00:36:04,406 It seems as long as you do it in the name of the almighty, 693 00:36:04,441 --> 00:36:07,593 one is free to abandon not only common sense and science, 694 00:36:07,628 --> 00:36:09,944 but also the facts. 695 00:36:09,979 --> 00:36:12,965 But I am also concerned about a secular society 696 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,939 squeezing faith out of our lives. 697 00:36:16,974 --> 00:36:19,729 We have all witnessed the ridiculous lawsuits 698 00:36:19,764 --> 00:36:21,638 to stop nativity scenes at Christmas, 699 00:36:21,673 --> 00:36:25,771 to take god out of the pledge of allegiance. 700 00:36:25,806 --> 00:36:31,874 God has always been a part of who and what we are as a nation. 701 00:36:31,909 --> 00:36:35,321 On our currency, it reads "in god we trust. " 702 00:36:35,356 --> 00:36:38,795 The declaration of independence speaks of god, 703 00:36:38,830 --> 00:36:42,200 how we are created, endowed by our creator. 704 00:36:42,235 --> 00:36:48,952 It references "our supreme judge of the world," and "divine providence. " 705 00:36:48,987 --> 00:36:50,514 God. 706 00:36:50,549 --> 00:36:51,794 And I'm sorry, 707 00:36:51,829 --> 00:36:56,308 anybody who has ever held a newborn child in his hands 708 00:36:56,343 --> 00:37:00,788 must make room for the chance that a higher power exists. 709 00:37:00,823 --> 00:37:04,561 And it shouldn't offend you as scientists to say, 710 00:37:04,596 --> 00:37:08,971 "Hey, we just don't know. " 711 00:37:09,006 --> 00:37:10,829 I find the decision 712 00:37:10,864 --> 00:37:15,585 to include intelligent design along with evolution into the science curriculum 713 00:37:15,620 --> 00:37:20,683 does not violate the establishment clause of the First amendment. 714 00:37:20,718 --> 00:37:24,509 I'm ruling in favor of the defendant. 715 00:37:24,544 --> 00:37:27,324 This lawsuit is dismissed. 716 00:37:31,378 --> 00:37:32,506 Oh, boy. 717 00:37:32,541 --> 00:37:34,851 Was it interesting? I didn't listen to a word. 718 00:37:34,886 --> 00:37:35,855 Thank you. 719 00:37:35,890 --> 00:37:37,759 Thank you both. 720 00:37:37,794 --> 00:37:39,187 Good luck, Mr. Fife. 721 00:37:39,222 --> 00:37:40,581 What's the expression? 722 00:37:40,616 --> 00:37:43,017 Uh, go with god. 723 00:37:55,091 --> 00:37:57,624 So when are you leaving? 724 00:37:58,713 --> 00:38:00,962 Is there a big rush? 725 00:38:00,997 --> 00:38:03,512 I didn't mean it like that. 726 00:38:05,072 --> 00:38:08,080 I'm leaving now, tonight. 727 00:38:11,288 --> 00:38:13,725 You know, for what it's worth, 728 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,128 Shirley can be very draconian, 729 00:38:16,163 --> 00:38:18,866 and when she makes up her mind, it's not... 730 00:38:18,901 --> 00:38:20,936 I have nothing against Shirley. 731 00:38:20,971 --> 00:38:22,579 In fact, she didn't even really hurt me. 732 00:38:22,614 --> 00:38:25,177 Shirley doesn't know me. 733 00:38:27,253 --> 00:38:29,779 You do. 734 00:38:29,814 --> 00:38:31,801 Lori does, Alan does. 735 00:38:31,836 --> 00:38:37,101 a lot of people, none of whom took issue with Shirley. 736 00:38:38,557 --> 00:38:41,329 The silent majority has spoken, Brad... 737 00:38:41,364 --> 00:38:45,409 with a resounding roar. 738 00:38:56,708 --> 00:38:59,331 Every knock is a boost. 739 00:38:59,366 --> 00:39:02,852 I'm gonna cling to that and a few other cliche for a while. 740 00:39:02,887 --> 00:39:06,013 And then, you'll all see me again. 741 00:39:06,048 --> 00:39:09,140 In court, across the deposition table. 742 00:39:09,175 --> 00:39:12,043 You'll all see me again. 743 00:39:18,635 --> 00:39:20,552 That's a promise. 744 00:39:36,195 --> 00:39:39,710 He's just so profoundly lonely. 745 00:39:40,471 --> 00:39:42,679 Bernard. 746 00:39:43,338 --> 00:39:46,377 He came to apologize. 747 00:39:49,886 --> 00:39:52,125 I actually think that he wanted to get arrested 748 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:56,671 because he's so starved for attention. 749 00:39:58,514 --> 00:40:00,513 I hate this job. 750 00:40:00,548 --> 00:40:01,827 Well, you warned me not to care for him. 751 00:40:01,862 --> 00:40:02,897 Tara, don't. 752 00:40:02,898 --> 00:40:06,046 - Do not let yourself. - Well, it's over now. 753 00:40:06,081 --> 00:40:07,875 He's gone. 754 00:40:07,910 --> 00:40:08,728 What's done is done. 755 00:40:08,763 --> 00:40:11,906 It's not over. That's the problem. 756 00:40:11,941 --> 00:40:14,043 What do you mean? 757 00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:16,145 He'll kill again. 758 00:40:16,478 --> 00:40:20,866 - What, did he say that? - No, but I just get the feeling. 759 00:40:20,901 --> 00:40:23,574 He'll kill again. 760 00:40:35,116 --> 00:40:38,074 What are you doing out here? 761 00:40:38,109 --> 00:40:40,998 Just looking at the city. 762 00:40:41,033 --> 00:40:44,320 Still trying to fathom that... 763 00:40:44,355 --> 00:40:46,209 The Red sox won? 764 00:40:46,700 --> 00:40:48,386 What's this? 765 00:40:48,421 --> 00:40:51,547 The boys do it. I thought we'd give it a try. 766 00:40:51,582 --> 00:40:53,236 You wanna smoke cigars? 767 00:40:53,271 --> 00:40:56,917 Passing of the torch from the boys' club to us. 768 00:40:56,952 --> 00:40:59,415 Well, I'll smoke to that. 769 00:41:05,287 --> 00:41:06,415 Awful. 770 00:41:06,450 --> 00:41:07,214 Let me try. 771 00:41:12,418 --> 00:41:14,902 That's terrible. 772 00:41:16,094 --> 00:41:17,551 Well, this makes it official. 773 00:41:17,586 --> 00:41:20,735 We've evolved more than they have. 774 00:41:24,020 --> 00:41:28,096 Is it a good thing we won today? 775 00:41:29,283 --> 00:41:31,562 I don't know. 776 00:41:32,048 --> 00:41:34,836 You believe in a higher power, right? 777 00:41:34,871 --> 00:41:37,589 It wasn't just advocacy in that room? 778 00:41:37,624 --> 00:41:41,151 With what's going on in the world, I need to believe. 779 00:41:41,186 --> 00:41:42,643 But... 780 00:41:43,516 --> 00:41:45,611 But what? 781 00:41:46,219 --> 00:41:49,273 God forbid the next court says 782 00:41:49,308 --> 00:41:55,391 it's okay to ban evolution from the schools. 783 00:41:56,361 --> 00:41:58,206 Yeah. 784 00:41:58,579 --> 00:42:00,628 God forbid. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net