1 00:00:02,135 --> 00:00:03,218 Previously on Boston legal 2 00:00:03,253 --> 00:00:04,267 We know who took the boy. 3 00:00:04,303 --> 00:00:06,021 He kidnapped a 5- year-old two years ago. 4 00:00:06,056 --> 00:00:09,010 Anything the FBI or the police do, we have limitations. 5 00:00:09,046 --> 00:00:11,341 What a private citizen does, however... 6 00:00:11,376 --> 00:00:12,195 You're not going in there. 7 00:00:12,230 --> 00:00:14,448 I will give you to the count of three. If you do not unlock it... 8 00:00:14,483 --> 00:00:15,781 I'm calling the police. 9 00:00:18,337 --> 00:00:19,821 - Brad! - You wouldn't dare. 10 00:00:19,856 --> 00:00:20,816 Three. 11 00:00:20,851 --> 00:00:21,771 Okay! 12 00:00:24,099 --> 00:00:25,721 Nobody's arrested us yet. 13 00:00:25,757 --> 00:00:27,306 The FBI won't. I know that. 14 00:00:27,341 --> 00:00:30,608 I think we saved our skin with happy ending. 15 00:01:03,339 --> 00:01:05,571 I'll take the blonde. 16 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:11,649 - Melissa, what are we doing in jail? - They're saying I tried to rob a bank. 17 00:01:11,684 --> 00:01:14,335 I didn't. I just smashed a window. 18 00:01:14,371 --> 00:01:16,485 And they say I'm a prostitute. 19 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,404 - Which is ridiculous. - Back off, Ho. 20 00:01:20,020 --> 00:01:21,995 - What did you say? - Come on. 21 00:01:22,031 --> 00:01:23,637 Liz? 22 00:01:23,847 --> 00:01:25,350 Alan? 23 00:01:25,868 --> 00:01:28,742 Oh, my God! You just dropped off the side of the earth. 24 00:01:28,777 --> 00:01:30,189 I was in a relationship. 25 00:01:30,224 --> 00:01:31,278 But now I'm not. 26 00:01:31,313 --> 00:01:33,515 - You still at 1-800-LIZZIE? - Whoa, whoa, whoa. 27 00:01:33,551 --> 00:01:34,864 Whoa. Hey! Remember me? 28 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:37,598 I'm in trouble here. They arrested me. 29 00:01:37,746 --> 00:01:38,657 You're arresting me? 30 00:01:38,693 --> 00:01:40,270 Please, put your hands behind your back, sir. 31 00:01:40,305 --> 00:01:41,492 You got to be kidding. 32 00:01:41,493 --> 00:01:42,761 You have the right to remain silent. 33 00:01:42,762 --> 00:01:44,323 - I know my rights. - What's going on? 34 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:46,269 They're arresting me for assaulting the priest. 35 00:01:46,304 --> 00:01:48,315 And kidnapping and false imprisonment. 36 00:01:48,352 --> 00:01:50,352 - Now you have the right to an attorney... - Son. Son. 37 00:01:50,387 --> 00:01:52,098 This is the United States of America. 38 00:01:52,133 --> 00:01:54,803 We don't really believe in Miranda anymore. 39 00:01:54,839 --> 00:01:55,587 Let's go. 40 00:01:55,623 --> 00:01:59,047 Hey, hey, hey, hey! Ah, Denny Crane. I'll handle this internally. 41 00:01:59,082 --> 00:02:00,933 Sir, this man's being charged with three felonies. 42 00:02:00,968 --> 00:02:02,392 Understood, but... 43 00:02:02,427 --> 00:02:03,768 Denny Crane. 44 00:02:03,804 --> 00:02:05,072 Come on. 45 00:02:05,108 --> 00:02:06,997 Hey, hey, hey, hey. Come on! 46 00:02:07,033 --> 00:02:08,496 With all that's going on in the world today, 47 00:02:08,532 --> 00:02:13,290 who among us hasn't at least once wanted to take an axe to a priest? 48 00:02:13,325 --> 00:02:14,914 Come on. 49 00:02:17,564 --> 00:02:18,808 They're arresting him? 50 00:02:18,843 --> 00:02:21,346 And I gave it my best shot. 51 00:02:53,152 --> 00:02:55,149 So they're not pressing charges. 52 00:02:55,890 --> 00:02:57,113 They're not pressing charges? 53 00:02:57,148 --> 00:02:59,894 If you make restitution for the window, they've agreed not pursuing... 54 00:02:59,930 --> 00:03:01,626 No. 55 00:03:03,035 --> 00:03:04,948 I'm sorry. Did you say no? 56 00:03:04,983 --> 00:03:08,534 I'm not paying for their stupid window. Forget it. 57 00:03:09,915 --> 00:03:13,258 - Melissa, you smashed it. - After what they've done to me! 58 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:16,569 Perhaps you should tell me exactly what they've done to you. 59 00:03:16,604 --> 00:03:20,563 My credit card bills. You're aware I have some uh, fiscal issues? 60 00:03:20,599 --> 00:03:21,567 It's come up. 61 00:03:21,603 --> 00:03:23,747 So a few months ago, I owe one amount. 62 00:03:23,783 --> 00:03:25,854 The next month it, it like triples. 63 00:03:25,890 --> 00:03:28,457 So I stop buying stuff and the next month, bam, it's even higher. 64 00:03:28,492 --> 00:03:31,532 So I call the 800 number. Not Lizzie. 65 00:03:31,567 --> 00:03:34,537 And who answers? But Ms. Jones, yes. 66 00:03:34,573 --> 00:03:37,903 From New Delhi. India. Not Brighton and not Melrose India. 67 00:03:37,938 --> 00:03:39,768 I mean, surprised she's not terribly helpful, right? 68 00:03:39,804 --> 00:03:41,118 So far I'm on her side. 69 00:03:41,154 --> 00:03:44,295 And I talked to her supervisor who says that I owe this money, plus more. 70 00:03:44,331 --> 00:03:47,423 This doesn't make any sense! I need to talk to someone in America. 71 00:03:47,458 --> 00:03:48,453 Hello? 72 00:03:48,489 --> 00:03:50,733 So all I can get is an address for Prominence's 73 00:03:50,734 --> 00:03:52,367 main office in Wilmington, Delaware. 74 00:03:52,403 --> 00:03:56,249 Like I can afford to go there. So I call them, I get a local office, I go there... 75 00:03:56,283 --> 00:04:00,989 - and it's basically just a store front. - With a big window. 76 00:04:01,024 --> 00:04:04,581 - I'm not paying for it. - You are paying for it. 77 00:04:04,616 --> 00:04:07,815 And I wanna see those credit card bills. 78 00:04:07,851 --> 00:04:09,855 What? Suddenly you're my father now? 79 00:04:12,397 --> 00:04:14,029 Yes, sir. 80 00:04:20,083 --> 00:04:24,380 321113, commonwealth versus Bradley Chase. 81 00:04:24,415 --> 00:04:26,878 - Assault with a deadly weapon... - Waive reading, judge, 82 00:04:26,913 --> 00:04:32,020 and ask that these ridiculous charges be dismissed on the grounds of ridiculousness. 83 00:04:32,055 --> 00:04:34,413 These charges are anything but ridiculous, your honor. 84 00:04:34,448 --> 00:04:38,219 The defendant abducted one innocent man, threatened him with torture. 85 00:04:38,255 --> 00:04:39,891 Then assaulted clergy with a deadly weapon!' 86 00:04:39,926 --> 00:04:42,019 - Pick, pick, pick, pick, pick. - You think this is funny? 87 00:04:42,054 --> 00:04:44,757 Your honor, my client saved the innocent life 88 00:04:44,793 --> 00:04:50,274 of a little kidnapped child who was innocent and utterly... 89 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:51,693 kidnapped. 90 00:04:51,728 --> 00:04:54,368 I watch the news like everyone else, Mr. Crane. 91 00:04:54,369 --> 00:04:56,672 And your client's conduct was shocking. 92 00:04:56,708 --> 00:04:58,792 Your honor, I'd like to move for an immediate trial. 93 00:04:58,827 --> 00:05:00,516 - Hold on! - The facts are not in dispute. 94 00:05:00,551 --> 00:05:03,112 The district attorney clearly wants his fifteen minutes. 95 00:05:03,148 --> 00:05:04,342 Why should we make him wait? 96 00:05:04,377 --> 00:05:05,996 If you think this is about me grabbing a spotlight... 97 00:05:06,031 --> 00:05:07,309 It's always about that with you, Frank. 98 00:05:07,344 --> 00:05:09,663 You've been running for office since you got out of law school. 99 00:05:09,699 --> 00:05:10,382 Hold on! 100 00:05:10,383 --> 00:05:12,736 You two will refrain from personal exchanges. 101 00:05:12,771 --> 00:05:13,642 But it is personal, your honor. 102 00:05:13,643 --> 00:05:16,925 We have a history and the opportunity for him to saddle me up as a cause. 103 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:18,289 You attacked a man. 104 00:05:18,326 --> 00:05:19,988 Cutting off his fingers. 105 00:05:20,023 --> 00:05:23,211 As someone who took an oath to uphold the law, yes, 106 00:05:23,246 --> 00:05:24,727 I take that personally. 107 00:05:24,762 --> 00:05:27,587 It's a sound bite, Frank. Might wanna save it for the cameras. 108 00:05:27,622 --> 00:05:30,084 Which they'll be asking you to allow in court. 109 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:31,632 - I consent. - Hey! 110 00:05:31,668 --> 00:05:35,599 I will make the rules in this courtroom. 111 00:05:35,634 --> 00:05:37,365 Are you ready to proceed to trial? 112 00:05:37,401 --> 00:05:39,809 Assuming he's not alleging any diminished capacity. 113 00:05:39,844 --> 00:05:42,221 I will plead not guilty on the grounds of necessity. 114 00:05:42,255 --> 00:05:42,957 Necessity? 115 00:05:42,958 --> 00:05:44,935 Yes. You probably skipped over it in law school. 116 00:05:44,971 --> 00:05:46,484 Necessity. 117 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:48,110 Look it up, hack. 118 00:05:48,145 --> 00:05:49,576 The commonwealth is ready to proceed. 119 00:05:49,611 --> 00:05:51,827 I must caution you both. 120 00:05:51,862 --> 00:05:54,454 These are serious criminal charges here. 121 00:05:54,489 --> 00:05:57,975 I'm not sure you should want to rush to judgment. 122 00:05:58,009 --> 00:06:01,588 Judge, you're old. I'm old. 123 00:06:01,622 --> 00:06:04,651 Lock and load. Before we're dead. 124 00:06:10,229 --> 00:06:13,346 Why in God's name did you press for an immediate trial? 125 00:06:13,382 --> 00:06:16,429 Because I want to trade on the currency of being a hero. 126 00:06:16,464 --> 00:06:19,061 I've been featured all over the news and the jury pool is watching. 127 00:06:19,097 --> 00:06:21,659 - Even so, a conviction here means prison. - I won't be convicted. 128 00:06:21,694 --> 00:06:23,954 How can you be sure of that? Especially since you're guilty. 129 00:06:23,989 --> 00:06:25,003 Denny Crane. 130 00:06:25,038 --> 00:06:27,058 Look, I know this assistant DA. 131 00:06:27,093 --> 00:06:29,872 He wants to be the DA. He's using this as a publicity... 132 00:06:29,908 --> 00:06:31,895 He's also good. I've seen him try cases. 133 00:06:31,931 --> 00:06:35,408 - Denny Crane. - That is not a legal defense. 134 00:06:37,696 --> 00:06:39,621 Are we happy? 135 00:06:39,656 --> 00:06:41,478 Did I not warn both of you? 136 00:06:41,513 --> 00:06:43,747 You know what Shirley? Don't start. 137 00:06:43,784 --> 00:06:46,883 I changed that little boy's diaper. I will do anything to get him back. 138 00:06:46,919 --> 00:06:47,839 Clearly. 139 00:06:47,874 --> 00:06:48,796 Including going to jail. 140 00:06:48,797 --> 00:06:50,176 Which it come to for Brad. 141 00:06:50,211 --> 00:06:52,366 All right, we're all on the same side here. 142 00:06:52,401 --> 00:06:54,643 Really? I'm not so sure. 143 00:06:54,679 --> 00:07:00,507 Denise, If I were against you, I'd leave no doubt. 144 00:07:02,423 --> 00:07:06,068 You're really planning to have Denny handle your defense? 145 00:07:07,056 --> 00:07:08,960 Well... 146 00:07:09,963 --> 00:07:14,345 Denny, given the exposure of this case, not only to Brad but the firm, 147 00:07:14,380 --> 00:07:16,870 how about you and I team up on this? 148 00:07:16,905 --> 00:07:18,363 I'd love it. 149 00:07:18,398 --> 00:07:20,579 - I'll pitch. - I'll call balls and strikes. 150 00:07:20,614 --> 00:07:23,935 We'll all need to sign waivers and Denise I'm going to need to call you as a witness, 151 00:07:23,970 --> 00:07:26,876 but before you say yes, you need consider the liability. 152 00:07:26,911 --> 00:07:27,535 Yes. 153 00:07:27,536 --> 00:07:28,684 Not so fast. 154 00:07:28,719 --> 00:07:31,104 They could charge you with conspiracy, or aiding and abetting... 155 00:07:31,140 --> 00:07:34,115 I said yes. I'll testify. 156 00:07:42,952 --> 00:07:46,414 Melissa, you're fifty thousand dollars in debt. 157 00:07:46,463 --> 00:07:48,540 - I know. - How did this happen? 158 00:07:48,576 --> 00:07:50,866 I don't know. I swear. It's these people. 159 00:07:50,902 --> 00:07:52,042 They've ruined me. 160 00:07:52,077 --> 00:07:53,150 Going to trial. 161 00:07:53,186 --> 00:07:54,764 I'm swelling up just thinking about it. 162 00:07:54,799 --> 00:07:58,732 Trials make me swell with adrenalin. Do I look swollen? 163 00:07:58,767 --> 00:08:00,579 Somewhat. 164 00:08:00,861 --> 00:08:02,579 Denny, we're a little busy here. 165 00:08:02,614 --> 00:08:03,861 What are you doing? 166 00:08:03,897 --> 00:08:05,466 Taxes? Don't you have an accountant? 167 00:08:05,501 --> 00:08:09,927 I'm helping Melissa who seems to have fallen into a black hole of debt. 168 00:08:09,962 --> 00:08:11,785 Very black. 169 00:08:11,821 --> 00:08:14,822 What is this sudden concern of yours for people without money? 170 00:08:14,857 --> 00:08:18,017 - I need to know. - You need to look at the big picture. 171 00:08:18,052 --> 00:08:21,175 If people don't have it, they might wanna steal ours. 172 00:08:21,210 --> 00:08:22,189 Right. 173 00:08:22,225 --> 00:08:26,517 Do we have anybody in corporate who understands this credit card world? 174 00:08:26,553 --> 00:08:28,615 - Somebody... - Hands. 175 00:08:28,651 --> 00:08:30,671 - Sorry? - Hands Swenson. 176 00:08:30,706 --> 00:08:33,262 Banking and finance genius. Only don't call him Hands. 177 00:08:33,298 --> 00:08:36,246 Why would I? Why do you? 178 00:08:36,281 --> 00:08:39,058 The contract was deliberately written to confuse you. 179 00:08:39,093 --> 00:08:41,394 Bait and switch. Bingo! 180 00:08:41,429 --> 00:08:44,290 Promise one thing, say, zero percent interest. 181 00:08:44,325 --> 00:08:46,471 Then they up it to thirty percent. Bingo! 182 00:08:46,507 --> 00:08:48,583 - But, isn't that illegal? - Used to be. 183 00:08:48,619 --> 00:08:53,278 Used to have usury laws but the States wanted the credit card business, 184 00:08:53,313 --> 00:08:56,622 so poof! Gone! Bingo! 185 00:08:56,657 --> 00:08:58,807 Ever inquire about a car loan? 186 00:08:58,842 --> 00:09:00,923 - Actually, yes, once. - Bingo! 187 00:09:00,958 --> 00:09:02,825 - But I didn't buy the car. - It doesn't matter. 188 00:09:02,860 --> 00:09:04,977 It's called universal default. 189 00:09:05,012 --> 00:09:08,372 Credit bureaus share your information. All of it. 190 00:09:08,407 --> 00:09:13,762 Your credit card company just heard about your asking for a car loan. Bingo! 191 00:09:13,798 --> 00:09:16,642 They raise your rates. Why? Because they can. 192 00:09:16,677 --> 00:09:17,948 Why doesn't he move his hands? 193 00:09:17,983 --> 00:09:21,171 The OCC is supposed to police, they don't. 194 00:09:21,206 --> 00:09:24,361 Bought off by the credit card lobbyists. 195 00:09:27,382 --> 00:09:30,297 Is he coming back? 196 00:09:34,587 --> 00:09:37,438 I have no idea. 197 00:09:44,955 --> 00:09:46,692 What's your history with this DA? 198 00:09:46,727 --> 00:09:49,310 We went to law school together. I beat his ass in moot court. 199 00:09:49,347 --> 00:09:51,714 I liked him several times in criminal cases since. 200 00:09:51,748 --> 00:09:53,142 Let's just say that we're rivals. 201 00:09:53,177 --> 00:09:55,739 Denise, I'll take your testimony. Denny, can you take Brad's? 202 00:09:55,774 --> 00:09:58,762 You licked a man's ass? 203 00:09:58,797 --> 00:10:02,456 Denny, if you can't focus here, I'm not going to let you play. 204 00:10:02,491 --> 00:10:04,649 This trial is a threat to Brad's freedom. 205 00:10:04,685 --> 00:10:07,671 It is potentially an enormous blight on this firm. 206 00:10:07,705 --> 00:10:10,503 - We need to win this trial. - I'm sorry. 207 00:10:10,539 --> 00:10:13,714 But, tell me again why it is that we're rushing this so? 208 00:10:13,752 --> 00:10:16,063 It's a rush job because Ginsberg plans to run 209 00:10:16,064 --> 00:10:18,426 for district attorney in the primaries in March. 210 00:10:18,461 --> 00:10:21,177 - He's using this as a showcase to... - That explains his urgency. 211 00:10:21,213 --> 00:10:22,391 What about ours? 212 00:10:22,427 --> 00:10:26,476 At the moment, Brad's a celebrity. His hero status can only run to our favor. 213 00:10:26,511 --> 00:10:27,633 But it is a risk. 214 00:10:27,668 --> 00:10:31,492 It's not too late to take a deep breath and say let's do this later. 215 00:10:31,527 --> 00:10:33,232 Let's do it now. 216 00:10:33,267 --> 00:10:34,906 You're sure? 217 00:10:34,941 --> 00:10:37,283 I have an erection. 218 00:10:37,517 --> 00:10:39,635 It's a good sign. 219 00:10:40,199 --> 00:10:42,838 Let the trial begin. 220 00:10:42,999 --> 00:10:44,880 I'm ready. 221 00:10:59,232 --> 00:11:00,369 Denny Crane. 222 00:11:00,524 --> 00:11:01,382 - Excuse us. - Denny Crane. 223 00:11:01,417 --> 00:11:03,103 - Excuse us, please. - My poop doesn't smell. 224 00:11:03,138 --> 00:11:04,138 We have no comment. 225 00:11:04,173 --> 00:11:05,453 Comes out in pretty colors. 226 00:11:05,488 --> 00:11:07,560 Pastels. Denny Crane. 227 00:11:07,847 --> 00:11:09,114 Denny Crane. 228 00:11:09,150 --> 00:11:12,055 And suddenly he's swinging the axe. 229 00:11:12,091 --> 00:11:14,930 I, I put my hand out and he chopped it. 230 00:11:14,965 --> 00:11:19,304 He cut three of my fingers right off, they, they just fell to the floor. 231 00:11:19,340 --> 00:11:23,646 - And then what happened, sir? - Well, I was rushed to the hospital. 232 00:11:23,682 --> 00:11:26,491 Two of my fingers were recovered and reattached, 233 00:11:26,526 --> 00:11:31,765 and then his colleague, that woman, came in brandishing my third finger. 234 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,594 She wouldn't give it back unless I revealed 235 00:11:34,595 --> 00:11:37,829 privileged information about one of my parishioners. 236 00:11:37,865 --> 00:11:42,051 He cut it off, and she extorted me with it. 237 00:11:42,259 --> 00:11:45,394 My first question would be, 238 00:11:45,429 --> 00:11:48,538 if someone is swinging an axe, why stick your hand out? 239 00:11:48,573 --> 00:11:50,183 I didn't think he'd actually try it. 240 00:11:50,218 --> 00:11:52,975 And to be clear, when you speak of your parishioner, 241 00:11:53,010 --> 00:11:56,119 you refer to the man charged with kidnapping the child. 242 00:11:56,154 --> 00:11:57,099 Well, yes. 243 00:11:57,100 --> 00:12:01,121 And also to be clear, you knew your parishioner was a pedophile. 244 00:12:01,156 --> 00:12:05,099 I am not going to reveal privileged information to you, 245 00:12:05,134 --> 00:12:06,736 just like I wouldn't to him. 246 00:12:06,771 --> 00:12:09,579 But you did reveal information to Ms. Bauer. 247 00:12:09,614 --> 00:12:12,159 You told her where your parishioner's hide-away was. 248 00:12:12,194 --> 00:12:14,926 You'll reveal privileged information to get your fingers back, 249 00:12:14,961 --> 00:12:16,979 but not to save the life of a child. 250 00:12:17,014 --> 00:12:18,652 - Objection. - Sustained. 251 00:12:18,688 --> 00:12:22,723 As a policy, if a pedophile killer confesses his crime, you'll protect that secret? 252 00:12:22,758 --> 00:12:26,329 I cannot break the confessional seal. 253 00:12:26,364 --> 00:12:27,748 It's Canon law. 254 00:12:27,783 --> 00:12:29,732 - Is that stupid? - Objection. 255 00:12:29,767 --> 00:12:34,589 I'm sorry, but the laws in this country to protect again child-abuse supersede 256 00:12:34,625 --> 00:12:37,554 doctor-patient privilege, lawyer-client privilege, 257 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:40,442 but not priest-parishioner privilege? 258 00:12:40,477 --> 00:12:44,643 Has the Catholic church earned some special exemption when it comes to pedophiles? 259 00:12:44,678 --> 00:12:47,193 - Objection! - Do we trust them more in this area? 260 00:12:47,229 --> 00:12:48,710 That's a cheap shot. 261 00:12:48,745 --> 00:12:50,867 I've been known to take them. 262 00:12:50,902 --> 00:12:54,410 Tell us about the Papal Blessings. 263 00:12:54,446 --> 00:12:55,823 Well... 264 00:12:55,858 --> 00:12:59,384 On that matter, I, I was, uh... 265 00:12:59,834 --> 00:13:01,565 I was wayward. 266 00:13:01,601 --> 00:13:03,261 I apologize. 267 00:13:03,297 --> 00:13:07,114 The Vatican issues Papal Blessings at about thirty dollars a pop. 268 00:13:07,150 --> 00:13:10,430 You decided to print them yourself and sell them directly, 269 00:13:10,466 --> 00:13:15,102 bypassing the middleman, who in this case, happens to be the Pope. 270 00:13:15,137 --> 00:13:18,429 Yes. As, as I said, I was wayward there. 271 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:21,721 I'm just having a hard time reconciling. 272 00:13:21,758 --> 00:13:23,837 You'll steal from the Pope, 273 00:13:23,873 --> 00:13:28,149 but cloak yourself in Canon law when it comes to protecting a pedophile. 274 00:13:28,185 --> 00:13:30,155 - Do you support pedophilia? - Objection! 275 00:13:30,191 --> 00:13:32,660 Do I dare ask where those three fingers had been prior 276 00:13:32,696 --> 00:13:34,972 - to my client's chopping them off? - Objection! 277 00:13:35,007 --> 00:13:38,445 Ms. Schmidt, you are way out of line. 278 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:39,454 I'm sorry, judge. 279 00:13:39,490 --> 00:13:43,515 I have known many wonderful priests in my lifetime. 280 00:13:43,550 --> 00:13:47,634 I am not adding Father Ryan to that list. 281 00:13:47,953 --> 00:13:50,435 Nothing further. 282 00:14:03,193 --> 00:14:06,661 Wait a second. So the deadbeats are the ones who pay off their debt? 283 00:14:06,697 --> 00:14:07,468 Bingo! 284 00:14:07,504 --> 00:14:09,587 Within the credit card industry, they're called deadbeats 285 00:14:09,623 --> 00:14:11,295 because they don't make any money off of them. 286 00:14:11,330 --> 00:14:12,675 The ones who don't pay off, 287 00:14:12,710 --> 00:14:16,202 they're the preferred customers because they're the ones they make money off of. 288 00:14:16,238 --> 00:14:19,692 They target people they know won't be able to pay. 289 00:14:19,727 --> 00:14:21,522 People like Melissa. 290 00:14:21,557 --> 00:14:23,133 Bingo! 291 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,641 You making fun of me? 292 00:14:25,676 --> 00:14:27,126 No, sir. 293 00:14:27,162 --> 00:14:29,160 You said what I say. That's making fun. 294 00:14:29,195 --> 00:14:32,017 No! It's just... 295 00:14:32,729 --> 00:14:38,427 I used to have a dog you see, and Bingo was his name. Oh, B, I... 296 00:14:38,462 --> 00:14:39,848 Never mind. 297 00:14:39,885 --> 00:14:41,199 How we doing? 298 00:14:41,234 --> 00:14:42,849 We're s using them. 299 00:14:42,885 --> 00:14:43,657 Who? 300 00:14:43,692 --> 00:14:45,115 The company who gave you the credit card. 301 00:14:45,116 --> 00:14:47,095 - Prominence Bank. - We, we're suing them? 302 00:14:47,130 --> 00:14:49,076 We can't sue, can't sue. Too big, too big. 303 00:14:49,111 --> 00:14:51,869 The bigger they are, Jerry. 304 00:14:53,234 --> 00:14:55,818 We're suing them. 305 00:14:57,275 --> 00:14:59,347 What do you mean I'm not testifying? 306 00:14:59,382 --> 00:15:02,404 The problem is, if Brad testifies and you testify, 307 00:15:02,439 --> 00:15:05,422 that gives the prosecution two more opportunities 308 00:15:05,458 --> 00:15:08,210 to play out this horrific chain of events. 309 00:15:08,246 --> 00:15:10,657 There's nothing you can say that Brad can't say. 310 00:15:10,692 --> 00:15:13,262 - I can support what he says. - True. 311 00:15:13,298 --> 00:15:15,455 But since you're the one that twiddled the 312 00:15:15,456 --> 00:15:17,763 severed finger using it for blackmail purposes, 313 00:15:17,799 --> 00:15:20,293 there's the outside chance you'll come off as less than adorable. 314 00:15:20,329 --> 00:15:20,813 Shirley... 315 00:15:20,849 --> 00:15:23,897 Denise, the D. A. will have a field day. 316 00:15:24,428 --> 00:15:26,047 - You ready? - I am. 317 00:15:26,083 --> 00:15:29,244 More importantly, are you ready? 318 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,696 Lock and... 319 00:15:33,168 --> 00:15:34,864 Denny, maybe I should take this. 320 00:15:34,899 --> 00:15:37,386 Shirley, if the jury doesn't get to see me in action, 321 00:15:37,421 --> 00:15:39,873 they'll feel cheated. They'll think we cheated them. 322 00:15:39,908 --> 00:15:41,579 Walk them through what happened, 323 00:15:41,614 --> 00:15:44,748 giving Brad a chance to explain why he did what he did and... 324 00:15:44,784 --> 00:15:47,754 I know how to question a witness, Shirley. 325 00:15:47,789 --> 00:15:50,728 Denny, our whole case is his testimony. 326 00:15:50,763 --> 00:15:52,041 Who's? 327 00:15:53,310 --> 00:15:56,688 Kidding. I'm ready. 328 00:15:57,781 --> 00:16:02,024 Just for fun, show me how you plan to start off. 329 00:16:02,059 --> 00:16:06,268 Brad, what occasioned you to even get involved, 330 00:16:06,303 --> 00:16:08,384 pretending to be an FBI officer? 331 00:16:08,419 --> 00:16:10,584 His response will occasion the jury to feel 332 00:16:10,619 --> 00:16:13,558 and experience the horror of a child being kidnapped. 333 00:16:13,593 --> 00:16:15,614 Like it was their child. 334 00:16:15,650 --> 00:16:17,844 - Good. - There. 335 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,826 You must show contrition. You must be apologetic. 336 00:16:20,861 --> 00:16:23,170 You did what you did to get the child back, 337 00:16:23,206 --> 00:16:26,940 but you feel compassion and sympathy for everybody you victimized. 338 00:16:26,975 --> 00:16:27,662 Got it. 339 00:16:27,755 --> 00:16:29,689 Do not make yourself the story. 340 00:16:29,724 --> 00:16:32,205 The jury needs to be focused on him. 341 00:16:32,943 --> 00:16:36,363 Did you just say don't make me the story? 342 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,596 He's coming here? Tomorrow? 343 00:16:44,632 --> 00:16:47,038 - Claiming he wants to work things out. - Can't meet, can't meet. 344 00:16:47,074 --> 00:16:49,448 - What do you mean you can't meet? - I don't do meetings. 345 00:16:49,484 --> 00:16:50,552 I'm background. 346 00:16:50,587 --> 00:16:53,950 You've got all the expertise, Jerry, and I need you to be around. 347 00:16:53,985 --> 00:16:57,336 - I'll give you a memo. - Just a whisper in my ear. 348 00:16:57,372 --> 00:17:01,792 You won't even have to talk out loud. And I'll do all the gesturing. 349 00:17:02,231 --> 00:17:07,357 I'm sorry. That was an extremely poor joke and I apologize. 350 00:17:07,970 --> 00:17:10,369 Is he like the president of the company? Or... 351 00:17:10,403 --> 00:17:13,693 He's their general counsel, actually. Happens to be in Boston. 352 00:17:13,730 --> 00:17:16,528 Jerry, I'm sorry. 353 00:17:17,002 --> 00:17:18,652 I need you. 354 00:17:21,231 --> 00:17:22,707 I'll be present. 355 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:26,660 I'll give feedback on my computer. You can read it off the screen. 356 00:17:26,696 --> 00:17:28,719 Deal! 357 00:17:48,241 --> 00:17:51,090 I am so sorry. 358 00:17:51,126 --> 00:17:53,267 I'm the one who led you into all this. 359 00:17:53,302 --> 00:17:57,223 You have nothing to apologize for, Denise. I made my own decision. 360 00:17:57,258 --> 00:18:01,149 But a week ago you were up for partner, and now you're up on trial. 361 00:18:01,184 --> 00:18:04,980 Denise, the little boy is alive. 362 00:18:05,154 --> 00:18:07,689 Unfortunately that's not the issue. 363 00:18:07,724 --> 00:18:09,944 Well, it is for me. 364 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:14,659 Are you always like this? 365 00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:16,649 Like what? 366 00:18:16,684 --> 00:18:20,197 Brad, you could be looking at jail. 367 00:18:20,231 --> 00:18:23,707 It's okay to show a little fear. 368 00:18:23,742 --> 00:18:25,659 Okay. 369 00:18:25,849 --> 00:18:27,676 Thanks. 370 00:18:28,433 --> 00:18:31,672 Okay. Thanks. That's it? 371 00:18:31,707 --> 00:18:33,466 Denise, what do you want me to do? 372 00:18:33,501 --> 00:18:35,462 Cry? We got the kid back. 373 00:18:35,498 --> 00:18:39,031 If I had to do it all over again, I would do it again. 374 00:18:39,066 --> 00:18:42,416 I'll live with the consequences. 375 00:18:43,159 --> 00:18:44,710 Okay. 376 00:18:48,228 --> 00:18:50,186 So I'll see you in court. 377 00:18:50,221 --> 00:18:51,204 Yep. 378 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:19,121 How's my hair? Does my hair work? 379 00:19:19,156 --> 00:19:21,320 It does appear to grow each month. 380 00:19:21,355 --> 00:19:23,449 It's my first settlement conference. 381 00:19:23,484 --> 00:19:25,460 There is a lot of power in a woman's hair. 382 00:19:25,495 --> 00:19:27,201 Yes, there is. 383 00:19:27,593 --> 00:19:32,497 I think we'll let my slightly less powerful hair run the meeting. 384 00:19:33,678 --> 00:19:35,020 Good morning. 385 00:19:35,056 --> 00:19:36,414 Melvin Palmer. How are you? 386 00:19:36,450 --> 00:19:39,780 I'm grand, actually but I go by Alan Shore. 387 00:19:39,815 --> 00:19:41,048 A pleasure. 388 00:19:41,083 --> 00:19:42,611 This is Melissa Hughes. 389 00:19:42,648 --> 00:19:44,106 I would be your plaintiff. 390 00:19:44,141 --> 00:19:47,755 And real honor to meet you, Melissa. 391 00:19:48,035 --> 00:19:49,514 Melvin Palmer. 392 00:19:49,549 --> 00:19:52,491 Jerry Swenson. He doesn't shake. 393 00:19:52,526 --> 00:19:56,377 Excellent! Well then, shall we get started? 394 00:19:57,008 --> 00:19:59,313 You're not going to be cheerful about all this, are you? 395 00:19:59,348 --> 00:20:01,618 You know, I have been told to keep my exuberance down 396 00:20:01,653 --> 00:20:05,074 until people have had their morning coffee. 397 00:20:05,109 --> 00:20:07,735 Let me tell you a little about me. 398 00:20:08,010 --> 00:20:08,961 Oh, dear. 399 00:20:08,997 --> 00:20:12,714 I am a problem solver. It's what I love to do. 400 00:20:12,749 --> 00:20:16,335 Now I consider it a personal failure when one of my cases ends up in court. 401 00:20:16,370 --> 00:20:20,415 I also feel I haven't succeeded when people walk away from one of my tables unhappy. 402 00:20:20,451 --> 00:20:21,851 It's actually our table. 403 00:20:21,886 --> 00:20:25,691 What I do in matters like this? I set aside my whole day, okay? 404 00:20:25,727 --> 00:20:28,223 Because the goal is finding a solution. 405 00:20:28,258 --> 00:20:30,891 One that works for you, and one that works for us. 406 00:20:30,926 --> 00:20:32,942 That's just the way I work. 407 00:20:32,978 --> 00:20:36,003 So this doesn't have to be an acrimonious experience. 408 00:20:36,038 --> 00:20:36,941 Wonderful. 409 00:20:36,976 --> 00:20:41,372 Why don't we begin then by you giving her back all her money? 410 00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:43,308 Well, well... 411 00:20:43,344 --> 00:20:44,908 I don't know if we can do that. 412 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:48,373 But I do think we can make this pretty young woman happy. 413 00:20:48,408 --> 00:20:50,176 Okay, then. 414 00:20:50,507 --> 00:20:52,382 We have this saying in Texas, 415 00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:56,764 Time to let the horses out of the barn. 416 00:21:02,572 --> 00:21:03,978 You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth 417 00:21:04,014 --> 00:21:05,805 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 418 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:06,479 I do. 419 00:21:10,483 --> 00:21:12,220 Denny! 420 00:21:16,144 --> 00:21:19,594 First off, if it had been my child who had been kidnapped, 421 00:21:19,630 --> 00:21:22,811 there are no words that could express my gratitude. I'm sure we all agree. 422 00:21:22,846 --> 00:21:23,598 Objection. 423 00:21:23,634 --> 00:21:26,586 Mr. Crane, do not address the jury. 424 00:21:26,622 --> 00:21:27,869 Oh, I'm sorry. 425 00:21:27,904 --> 00:21:31,556 Brad, first question. 426 00:21:31,592 --> 00:21:34,587 I got involved because my colleague Denise Bauer came to me distraught 427 00:21:34,622 --> 00:21:36,504 that her housekeeper's child had been kidnapped 428 00:21:36,539 --> 00:21:39,481 and frustrated the police and FBI were making no progress. 429 00:21:39,516 --> 00:21:40,256 Second question. 430 00:21:40,292 --> 00:21:43,889 I went to a friend of mine Kevin Drummond at the FBI and asked him for help. 431 00:21:43,924 --> 00:21:44,674 Third question. 432 00:21:44,712 --> 00:21:47,173 He told me that while the FBI was limited by State action 433 00:21:47,209 --> 00:21:48,974 that private citizens had sometimes 434 00:21:48,975 --> 00:21:51,346 successfully taken things into their own hands. 435 00:21:51,381 --> 00:21:52,296 Fourth question. 436 00:21:52,332 --> 00:21:53,729 Objection. He's not asking any questions. 437 00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:55,907 I told him last night the questions I was going to ask him. 438 00:21:55,942 --> 00:21:58,049 Judge, I'm just trying to speed things up for the jury 439 00:21:58,084 --> 00:22:02,002 who I know are already annoyed at even being here for this ridiculous prosecution. 440 00:22:02,037 --> 00:22:02,889 Objection. 441 00:22:02,925 --> 00:22:03,743 Mr. Crane... 442 00:22:03,744 --> 00:22:05,936 Call me Denny, judge. Denny Crane. 443 00:22:05,971 --> 00:22:08,328 You will ask the question in their entirety, 444 00:22:08,363 --> 00:22:11,404 so that we may understand what the witness is answering. 445 00:22:11,439 --> 00:22:14,281 - Outrageous! - You kidnapped an innocent man? 446 00:22:14,316 --> 00:22:15,765 Now the brother wasn't so innocent. 447 00:22:15,801 --> 00:22:20,416 He'd provided safe harbor for the suspect, and he had information. 448 00:22:20,452 --> 00:22:23,033 - So that's when you used violence? - Threatened violence. 449 00:22:23,069 --> 00:22:24,045 - Only threatened? - Only threatened. 450 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,032 - Didn't use it? - Did not. 451 00:22:25,067 --> 00:22:25,812 What a friend. 452 00:22:25,847 --> 00:22:27,935 He's making light of a kidnapping, false imprisonment... 453 00:22:27,936 --> 00:22:28,702 Objection! 454 00:22:28,738 --> 00:22:29,578 You're a witness. 455 00:22:29,613 --> 00:22:31,544 - Objection! Objection! - Objection! 456 00:22:31,579 --> 00:22:33,265 Stop it! 457 00:22:33,716 --> 00:22:35,266 None of us is making light of this, judge. 458 00:22:35,301 --> 00:22:37,255 We're just trying to put some perspective on things. 459 00:22:37,291 --> 00:22:39,161 - There is no question before the witness. - Sustained. 460 00:22:39,197 --> 00:22:41,034 - What can you tell us about perspective? - Objection. 461 00:22:41,069 --> 00:22:43,206 - That's a question! - Sustained. 462 00:22:43,241 --> 00:22:45,780 - The brother told you about the priest? - Yes. 463 00:22:45,815 --> 00:22:48,445 And that's when you went to the church and cut off his fingers? 464 00:22:48,481 --> 00:22:51,075 I swung an axe at his imported door knowing it cost a lot of money. 465 00:22:51,111 --> 00:22:52,152 - How much? - Nine thousand. 466 00:22:52,186 --> 00:22:52,931 - Dollars? - Dollars. 467 00:22:52,967 --> 00:22:54,483 - For a door? - He somehow could afford it. 468 00:22:54,519 --> 00:22:55,936 - Objection. - Bitch, bitch. 469 00:22:55,971 --> 00:22:57,373 - Mr. Crane! - Call me Denny, judge. 470 00:22:57,409 --> 00:23:00,271 - No, I will not call you Denny! - So you swung at the door? 471 00:23:00,306 --> 00:23:03,136 I only wanted to make him think that I was about to destroy the door 472 00:23:03,172 --> 00:23:05,389 and he stuck his hand out right at the last second. 473 00:23:05,424 --> 00:23:07,604 I never meant to make contact. It was an accident. 474 00:23:07,639 --> 00:23:09,874 You didn't mean to hit his hand? 475 00:23:09,909 --> 00:23:12,075 No. And I regret that I did. 476 00:23:12,110 --> 00:23:15,741 To the extent that it led to the safe recovery of Tito Perez, I'm glad about that. 477 00:23:15,777 --> 00:23:19,539 But I never meant to cause any physical injury to Father Ryan. 478 00:23:19,574 --> 00:23:24,077 And again, I apologize. 479 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,961 Denny Crane. Fair and balanced. 480 00:23:31,997 --> 00:23:34,084 The nut job. Fair and balanced. 481 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:35,959 Denny Crane. 482 00:23:43,331 --> 00:23:45,190 That was you not becoming the story? 483 00:23:45,225 --> 00:23:47,678 - I was practically invisible. - What the hell was that about? 484 00:23:47,713 --> 00:23:50,341 The prosecutor wants to horrify the jury. 485 00:23:50,376 --> 00:23:52,380 We were diluting the horoscope. 486 00:23:52,415 --> 00:23:54,349 To my money, you trivialized it. 487 00:23:54,385 --> 00:23:56,482 You may have just alienated the jury. 488 00:23:56,517 --> 00:23:57,722 People like a happy ending. 489 00:23:57,758 --> 00:24:00,124 The child came home safe. We play the happy ending. 490 00:24:00,159 --> 00:24:02,490 - It's not that simple, Denny. - Yes, it is, Shirley. 491 00:24:02,526 --> 00:24:04,432 We're talking juries. 492 00:24:04,467 --> 00:24:07,020 It always comes down to simple. 493 00:24:07,056 --> 00:24:11,392 And, I mean, there's nobody simpler than me. 494 00:24:19,257 --> 00:24:22,352 - Please tell me you're making this up. - I am not. 495 00:24:22,387 --> 00:24:25,813 He said, question one, question two, question three and so forth. 496 00:24:25,848 --> 00:24:29,111 Almost as if he were deliberately mocking the whole proceeding. 497 00:24:29,147 --> 00:24:32,375 - And we could very well lose, Paul. - Is he out of his mind? 498 00:24:32,410 --> 00:24:33,578 Well, he's always out of it. 499 00:24:33,613 --> 00:24:35,331 Clearly it's where he's most comfortable. 500 00:24:35,367 --> 00:24:36,602 What are you doing in my office? 501 00:24:37,139 --> 00:24:39,119 This is my office, Denny. 502 00:24:39,154 --> 00:24:40,293 Oh... 503 00:24:40,294 --> 00:24:42,588 That must mean I've come to see you. 504 00:24:42,623 --> 00:24:44,409 Why? 505 00:24:44,575 --> 00:24:45,587 I don't know. 506 00:24:45,622 --> 00:24:49,133 It could be to say we were right to mock the proceedings. 507 00:24:49,169 --> 00:24:52,645 A child was saved. That's what you say in your closing. 508 00:24:52,681 --> 00:24:54,774 - It isn't. - Yes, it is. 509 00:24:54,810 --> 00:24:57,135 That's the button for your closing. 510 00:24:57,170 --> 00:24:59,987 It's that simple. 511 00:25:01,497 --> 00:25:04,654 It's not polite to talk about crazy people behind their backs. 512 00:25:12,802 --> 00:25:15,650 I accept that I have debt and that I should pay it. 513 00:25:15,685 --> 00:25:18,497 But to suddenly up it from ten to fifty thousand? I... 514 00:25:18,532 --> 00:25:20,018 Melissa... 515 00:25:20,053 --> 00:25:23,072 You know in the short time that we've spent together, 516 00:25:23,107 --> 00:25:26,057 I can appreciate that you are an honorable person. 517 00:25:26,092 --> 00:25:29,050 And one that lives up to her obligation. Am I right about that? 518 00:25:29,086 --> 00:25:29,829 Yes. 519 00:25:29,865 --> 00:25:32,523 Well, you did apply for the Prominence bank card 520 00:25:32,524 --> 00:25:34,934 and entered into a contract accepting its terms. 521 00:25:34,969 --> 00:25:37,345 - I'm right about that too, aren't I? - Yes. 522 00:25:37,379 --> 00:25:38,719 And you then went out 523 00:25:38,755 --> 00:25:42,085 and made voluntary purchases pursuant to the terms of that contract. 524 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:43,902 These sound like trial questions. 525 00:25:43,938 --> 00:25:45,650 Oh, I assure you they are not. 526 00:25:45,685 --> 00:25:48,312 No. See. Here's the thing about me. 527 00:25:48,347 --> 00:25:52,974 I like to take the adversary out of adversary system, okay? 528 00:25:53,009 --> 00:25:54,689 I'm just trying to get the full picture here 529 00:25:54,724 --> 00:25:57,481 so that I can better understand where you're coming from. 530 00:25:57,516 --> 00:26:01,424 And so you can better understand me. 531 00:26:01,788 --> 00:26:04,803 You seem swell. 532 00:26:10,699 --> 00:26:14,551 Of course, we're all happy that Tito Perez was rescued safely. 533 00:26:14,587 --> 00:26:17,914 But the ends cannot justify the means. 534 00:26:17,949 --> 00:26:21,208 Not when the means involve kidnapping, 535 00:26:21,242 --> 00:26:27,303 FBI impersonation, false imprisonment, chopped off fingers, extortion and assault. 536 00:26:27,337 --> 00:26:32,206 And whether he intended to severe the fingers of Father Ryan or not... 537 00:26:32,207 --> 00:26:38,541 he clearly and intentionally swung that axe with reckless disregard. 538 00:26:38,577 --> 00:26:41,054 We are a nation of laws. 539 00:26:41,090 --> 00:26:45,714 We are also a country that stands for civil liberties and human rights. 540 00:26:45,749 --> 00:26:49,691 These are principals embedded in our constitution. 541 00:26:49,726 --> 00:26:51,853 Our Bill of Rights. 542 00:26:51,889 --> 00:26:55,662 This man not only broke the law. 543 00:26:55,698 --> 00:27:01,197 He obliterated fundamental constitutional tenants in the process. 544 00:27:01,232 --> 00:27:05,171 Vigilante justice may be acceptable in other lands. 545 00:27:05,207 --> 00:27:07,825 It is not so here. 546 00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:11,408 - This is... - Here it comes. 547 00:27:11,443 --> 00:27:14,957 the United States of America. 548 00:27:24,918 --> 00:27:28,456 Don't even think about it. 549 00:27:34,841 --> 00:27:38,530 We keep hearing about the rights of the accused in this country. 550 00:27:38,565 --> 00:27:40,728 What about the victims? 551 00:27:40,764 --> 00:27:43,976 What about his rights? We're supposed to say, 552 00:27:44,011 --> 00:27:48,697 "Sorry, Tito, we've love to save you, but there are these rules?" 553 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:51,943 There's a murder in this country every thirty-one minutes, 554 00:27:51,978 --> 00:27:55,119 a forcible rape every six minutes, a robbery every one minute. 555 00:27:55,155 --> 00:27:59,736 But, "Hey! let's all band together and protect the constitutional principles" 556 00:27:59,772 --> 00:28:02,734 "that make this country great". 557 00:28:02,769 --> 00:28:05,699 Things clearly got ugly here. 558 00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:09,259 But a human life was at stake. 559 00:28:09,294 --> 00:28:13,275 With all due respect to the civil liberties of the suspect's brother, 560 00:28:13,311 --> 00:28:15,995 with great deference to Canon law 561 00:28:16,031 --> 00:28:20,752 and Father Ryan's Italian imported door and his fingers, 562 00:28:20,787 --> 00:28:25,473 the life of a four year old boy was at stake. 563 00:28:26,164 --> 00:28:32,197 Brad Chase saved that little boy's life. 564 00:28:44,646 --> 00:28:47,985 It's that simple. 565 00:29:12,130 --> 00:29:14,033 You're not giving me anything here? 566 00:29:14,068 --> 00:29:17,691 First of all, if I were to forgive your obligations, believe it or not, 567 00:29:17,726 --> 00:29:18,996 I'd be hurting you. 568 00:29:19,031 --> 00:29:20,146 Hurting me? 569 00:29:20,182 --> 00:29:21,385 Okay, this is me. 570 00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:25,038 The way I raise my own kids. It's not what you give them. 571 00:29:25,073 --> 00:29:27,995 It's how you teach them to get things for themselves. 572 00:29:37,789 --> 00:29:40,466 Just making sure you're real. 573 00:29:41,053 --> 00:29:43,504 You know, I don't know you yet, Mr. Shore. 574 00:29:43,539 --> 00:29:45,922 But I get this feeling I'm going to like you. 575 00:29:45,957 --> 00:29:50,066 May I ask? You spoke of honoring obligations as if it's a good thing? 576 00:29:50,102 --> 00:29:51,034 Indeed I did. 577 00:29:51,069 --> 00:29:53,806 Then why do you and other credit card companies 578 00:29:53,842 --> 00:29:59,729 refer to the customers who pay off their debts promptly as deadbeats? 579 00:29:59,763 --> 00:30:01,885 Well, that's not a term I would personally use. 580 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,046 No. Because you're swell. 581 00:30:04,081 --> 00:30:08,506 But your company uses the term like a mantra. 582 00:30:08,541 --> 00:30:10,000 Here's the thing. 583 00:30:10,035 --> 00:30:14,635 Let me tell you a little about me and why I chose to represent Prominence Bank. 584 00:30:14,671 --> 00:30:19,369 Like any other credit card service, it's a business, sure. 585 00:30:19,404 --> 00:30:20,934 But it is a service. 586 00:30:20,969 --> 00:30:23,386 We help people who are short of cash. 587 00:30:23,422 --> 00:30:27,218 Help them make their rent so they don't get thrown out on the street. 588 00:30:27,254 --> 00:30:30,194 Help them make a car payment so they can get to work. 589 00:30:30,229 --> 00:30:36,162 Help them buy Christmas presents for their children during tough times. 590 00:30:36,197 --> 00:30:38,844 You're like Santa Claus. 591 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,402 I can see you and I need to go out and shoot some ducks together. 592 00:30:42,437 --> 00:30:45,370 Do you explain all the credit terms to your customers? 593 00:30:45,406 --> 00:30:48,911 Well, they're on the back of every application. 594 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:50,565 Like this? With the tiny print? 595 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,306 I have JD and an MBA from Harvard and 596 00:30:53,341 --> 00:30:57,376 even I can't make heads nor tails of this deception and fraud. 597 00:30:57,412 --> 00:31:01,263 It's deception and fraud! 598 00:31:05,712 --> 00:31:08,337 Well, look who found his tongue! 599 00:31:08,373 --> 00:31:09,843 And you, Mr. Shore. 600 00:31:09,879 --> 00:31:11,293 You're a hoot. That's what. 601 00:31:11,328 --> 00:31:16,993 Is it true your company actually targets people with bad credit ratings? 602 00:31:17,028 --> 00:31:20,447 Well, we have an extremely complex marketing strategy, 603 00:31:20,483 --> 00:31:23,491 one that I’ve be happy to take some time and explain to you. 604 00:31:23,526 --> 00:31:24,750 That's okay. 605 00:31:24,785 --> 00:31:26,233 I think I've got it. 606 00:31:26,268 --> 00:31:29,752 You find people in dire straits and market directly to them 607 00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:33,197 with the hope of forming a lifelong relationship. 608 00:31:33,232 --> 00:31:37,477 I had a former client who kind of operated his business the same way. 609 00:31:37,513 --> 00:31:39,806 Really? What line of work was he in? 610 00:31:39,841 --> 00:31:42,332 He sold heroin. 611 00:31:43,332 --> 00:31:47,250 My friend, I'm not a man who offends easily. 612 00:31:47,286 --> 00:31:50,803 So I could call you a loan shark and you'd be fine. 613 00:31:50,837 --> 00:31:54,832 When you charge your customers 30 percent interest, you're a loan shark. 614 00:31:54,867 --> 00:31:58,112 That term implies criminal conduct. 615 00:31:58,148 --> 00:32:00,030 It's not criminal, 616 00:32:00,066 --> 00:32:05,002 because your parasitic lobbyists have penetrated both aisles of Congress. 617 00:32:05,037 --> 00:32:10,023 The credit card industry is more profitable than McDonalds, Microsoft and Wal-Mart. 618 00:32:10,059 --> 00:32:15,473 You've got yourself a multi-billion dollar racket going, Mr. Palmer. 619 00:32:17,083 --> 00:32:23,222 Given that we are bigger than Wal-Mart or McDonalds or Microsoft, 620 00:32:23,258 --> 00:32:25,389 we enjoy some security. 621 00:32:25,424 --> 00:32:27,759 And potential lawsuits like this? 622 00:32:27,794 --> 00:32:31,339 We have an expression in Texas, Mr. Shore. 623 00:32:31,375 --> 00:32:36,183 You're all hat, and no cattle. 624 00:32:41,933 --> 00:32:44,359 Here's the thing about me. 625 00:32:44,395 --> 00:32:45,996 I am a hoot. 626 00:32:46,031 --> 00:32:50,265 But I insist on putting adversary back into the system. 627 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:54,504 And I do it openly and notoriously for all to hear. 628 00:32:54,539 --> 00:32:57,950 While a swell guy like you doesn't want the public to know 629 00:32:57,984 --> 00:33:02,381 that of the thousands of industries tracked by the Better Business Bureau, 630 00:33:02,417 --> 00:33:06,464 the credit card racket is number one in customer complaints. 631 00:33:06,499 --> 00:33:10,510 You don't want them to know that you deliberately target 632 00:33:10,545 --> 00:33:12,682 those who won't be able to pay off their debts. 633 00:33:12,718 --> 00:33:14,987 People you call, revolvers. 634 00:33:15,023 --> 00:33:18,356 People who see, zero percent interest in big blue print, 635 00:33:18,391 --> 00:33:21,601 and don't know that with just one late payment, 636 00:33:21,636 --> 00:33:24,117 you skyrocket their interest to 30 percent. 637 00:33:24,152 --> 00:33:28,679 That if they so much as inquire about leasing a car, you raise their rates. 638 00:33:28,715 --> 00:33:33,207 You don't want the public to know that while over seven million families 639 00:33:33,242 --> 00:33:35,943 have filed for bankruptcy in the last five years, 640 00:33:35,978 --> 00:33:38,612 you got Congress to change the bankruptcy code 641 00:33:38,647 --> 00:33:42,415 to make it next to impossible for people to discharge credit card debt. 642 00:33:42,450 --> 00:33:46,201 You don't want people to know that the credit card industry is 643 00:33:46,236 --> 00:33:52,300 essentially a pack of hyenas crunching on the bones of the poor, do you? 644 00:33:52,335 --> 00:33:55,465 I smell something awful. 645 00:33:56,042 --> 00:33:57,271 I think it's you. 646 00:33:57,306 --> 00:34:03,310 Yes, this case has the stench of big tobacco and asbestos all over it. 647 00:34:03,345 --> 00:34:09,316 Luckily our firm has nine offices around the US, London and Hong Kong, 648 00:34:09,351 --> 00:34:13,992 strategically positioned for massive class action suits. 649 00:34:14,027 --> 00:34:16,412 And once the company you represent smells it, too. 650 00:34:16,447 --> 00:34:19,290 They'll find you're not nearly smart or powerful enough 651 00:34:19,325 --> 00:34:24,393 and they'll drop you for a firm that employs expertise and intimidation 652 00:34:24,429 --> 00:34:28,348 rather than down home hokum and smiley handshakes. 653 00:34:28,383 --> 00:34:29,771 And this is my favorite part, 654 00:34:29,806 --> 00:34:34,909 when your firm fires your obsequies as for losing their client, oh, my God! 655 00:34:34,944 --> 00:34:39,112 The stress! Your tan will fade, you'll gain a few pounds, 656 00:34:39,148 --> 00:34:41,675 drink a bit more, scream at the kids, 657 00:34:41,710 --> 00:34:44,188 and maybe your wife will finally leave you. 658 00:34:44,224 --> 00:34:46,136 For the realtor who sells your house 659 00:34:46,171 --> 00:34:49,789 because after all he'll still be able to afford Christmas in Aruba 660 00:34:49,824 --> 00:34:53,222 and next year's convertible. 661 00:34:55,099 --> 00:34:59,069 Hey, fell. Don't worry about it. 662 00:34:59,105 --> 00:35:02,142 It'll be a hoot. 663 00:35:19,660 --> 00:35:21,462 You okay? 664 00:35:22,860 --> 00:35:24,232 Brad! 665 00:35:24,588 --> 00:35:27,067 - Jury's back. - Already? 666 00:35:28,854 --> 00:35:30,611 Let's go. 667 00:35:36,672 --> 00:35:38,571 Mr. Shore... 668 00:35:38,607 --> 00:35:40,812 May I borrow a moment of your time? 669 00:35:40,847 --> 00:35:42,893 At 30 percent interest. 670 00:35:42,929 --> 00:35:44,906 You know what you are? 671 00:35:44,941 --> 00:35:47,547 You're a pistol, that's what. 672 00:35:47,707 --> 00:35:51,263 Listen. I've thought a lot of many of the issues you raised. 673 00:35:51,298 --> 00:35:54,529 And, well, you touched me. 674 00:35:54,564 --> 00:35:55,378 Did I? 675 00:35:55,414 --> 00:35:58,117 It was certainly never our intent to victimize Melissa. 676 00:35:58,118 --> 00:36:01,440 Or anybody for that matter in her financial constraints. 677 00:36:01,476 --> 00:36:03,968 - No? - I talked to my clients. 678 00:36:04,002 --> 00:36:06,459 Relayed to them that, well... 679 00:36:06,495 --> 00:36:08,278 You were touched. 680 00:36:08,313 --> 00:36:12,093 We've decided to forgive all debts and loans to Melissa. 681 00:36:12,128 --> 00:36:14,148 Just wipe it clean. How about that? 682 00:36:14,184 --> 00:36:16,130 - Now I'm touched. - Of course... 683 00:36:16,166 --> 00:36:18,686 my people are concerned about precedent. 684 00:36:18,721 --> 00:36:21,170 And others demanding similar amnesty so... 685 00:36:21,206 --> 00:36:25,079 the offer would have to be conditioned on confidentiality. 686 00:36:25,115 --> 00:36:29,226 Well, May I say as a personal aside, 687 00:36:29,261 --> 00:36:32,794 it has been a real pleasure meeting both you and Melissa. 688 00:36:32,829 --> 00:36:36,327 I wish you continued health and happiness in the future. 689 00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:40,373 You know we have a little saying in Massachusetts. 690 00:36:40,408 --> 00:36:44,386 Maybe someday you'll get horribly sick and die. 691 00:36:44,561 --> 00:36:46,143 Until then! 692 00:36:49,167 --> 00:36:51,211 You... 693 00:36:51,247 --> 00:36:53,257 You dog. 694 00:37:03,845 --> 00:37:06,529 Mr. Foreman, have you reached a verdict? 695 00:37:06,565 --> 00:37:09,214 - We have, your honor. - What say you? 696 00:37:09,398 --> 00:37:15,142 On the charge of kidnapping we find the defendant, Bradley Chase... 697 00:37:15,177 --> 00:37:17,274 not guilty. 698 00:37:17,309 --> 00:37:21,549 On the charge of false imprisonment we find the defendant, Bradley Chase... 699 00:37:21,585 --> 00:37:23,008 not guilty. 700 00:37:23,043 --> 00:37:29,598 On the charge of aggravated assault, we find the defendant, Bradley Chase... 701 00:37:29,634 --> 00:37:31,409 not guilty. 702 00:37:31,443 --> 00:37:32,819 The jury is dismissed. 703 00:37:32,855 --> 00:37:35,447 The court thanks you for your service. 704 00:37:35,483 --> 00:37:37,751 Mr. Chase, you are free to go. 705 00:37:37,787 --> 00:37:43,185 Though personally I find your behavior to be shocking and outrageous! 706 00:37:43,221 --> 00:37:45,440 We are adjourned. 707 00:37:48,996 --> 00:37:50,327 Thank you. 708 00:37:50,362 --> 00:37:52,467 You got lucky, Brad. You do know that. 709 00:37:52,503 --> 00:37:54,472 I know. 710 00:37:55,267 --> 00:37:56,772 Denny? 711 00:37:57,286 --> 00:37:59,464 Thanks. 712 00:38:04,290 --> 00:38:06,470 Thank you. 713 00:38:20,877 --> 00:38:22,558 First of all, I just wanna say thank-you. 714 00:38:22,594 --> 00:38:26,551 Which, of course, goes totally without saying, but I'm saying it anyway. 715 00:38:26,586 --> 00:38:29,605 Second, I will work here for free to pay off my legal fees if you want me to. 716 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,500 I don't. 717 00:38:31,535 --> 00:38:36,022 Third, and this is not a come-on, it is just a statement of fact. 718 00:38:36,057 --> 00:38:40,671 When you rattled off that whole, you don't want the public to know, laundry list... 719 00:38:40,706 --> 00:38:43,715 That was the single sexiest thing I have ever seen a man do. 720 00:38:43,750 --> 00:38:47,126 You should see me when I do it naked. 721 00:38:47,311 --> 00:38:51,326 I'm just going to go, um, change my... 722 00:38:51,361 --> 00:38:54,488 screensaver. 723 00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:14,798 We won our case. Did you hear? 724 00:39:14,833 --> 00:39:16,339 I did. 725 00:39:17,613 --> 00:39:20,961 Brad must be relieved. 726 00:39:21,208 --> 00:39:23,808 How'd your case with Hands go? 727 00:39:23,843 --> 00:39:26,323 Well. 728 00:39:27,223 --> 00:39:31,382 Can I ask you something, friend to friend? 729 00:39:31,558 --> 00:39:33,614 Of course. 730 00:39:34,678 --> 00:39:38,192 Shirley made this comment, 731 00:39:38,227 --> 00:39:41,709 "Don't make it about me". 732 00:39:41,744 --> 00:39:43,750 Do I do that? 733 00:39:43,785 --> 00:39:46,896 - Get outtalk town. - Seriously. 734 00:39:46,932 --> 00:39:50,837 Do I act like I'm the only one in the room? 735 00:39:50,873 --> 00:39:54,487 Denny, one of the things I love about you is when we talk. 736 00:39:54,522 --> 00:39:58,318 Often it's as if you're not even in the room. 737 00:39:58,353 --> 00:40:00,080 Promise? 738 00:40:02,918 --> 00:40:04,688 I was brilliant by the way. 739 00:40:04,723 --> 00:40:07,225 I wish you've been there. 740 00:40:07,260 --> 00:40:09,727 I wish I had as well, Denny. 741 00:40:09,875 --> 00:40:10,980 I must tell you though, 742 00:40:11,016 --> 00:40:14,887 it's not that I don't appreciate the value of fascistic problem solving, 743 00:40:14,922 --> 00:40:17,455 but given Brad and the FBI's tactics here, 744 00:40:17,490 --> 00:40:22,102 if I had been the prosecutor, Brad’s be in prison tonight. 745 00:40:22,137 --> 00:40:24,937 And if I'd be representing the pedophile, 746 00:40:24,972 --> 00:40:27,441 I'd be getting him out. 747 00:40:27,476 --> 00:40:29,956 I'd have shot him. 748 00:40:30,229 --> 00:40:32,475 Right. 749 00:40:32,833 --> 00:40:35,680 Think we'll ever see the day when the defense lawyer... 750 00:40:35,716 --> 00:40:38,836 will be legally permitted to shoot the defendant? 751 00:40:38,871 --> 00:40:42,237 We seem to be making progress. 752 00:40:42,411 --> 00:40:43,665 Denny Crane. 753 00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:46,048 I'll be your attorney.