1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,633 Previously on Boston Legal 2 00:00:01,668 --> 00:00:03,837 Do we have anybody in corporate who 3 00:00:03,921 --> 00:00:05,964 understands this credit card world? 4 00:00:05,999 --> 00:00:07,055 Somebody... / Hands. 5 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:08,717 - Sorry? - Hands Espenson, 6 00:00:08,752 --> 00:00:10,344 banking and finance genius. 7 00:00:10,427 --> 00:00:11,637 Only don't call him "Hands". 8 00:00:11,672 --> 00:00:13,145 - Why would I? - Bingo! 9 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:14,910 Why doesn't he move his hands? 10 00:00:14,945 --> 00:00:16,606 - Bingo! - You making fun of me? 11 00:00:16,641 --> 00:00:19,728 Should we be married and sensible and go home and 12 00:00:19,763 --> 00:00:21,480 do whatever men do at home? 13 00:00:21,515 --> 00:00:22,731 I have nothing against 14 00:00:22,814 --> 00:00:24,191 marriage. I've done it five times. 15 00:00:24,274 --> 00:00:25,692 But here's the thing about wives. 16 00:00:25,776 --> 00:00:27,527 They don't let you play with your friends. 17 00:00:27,611 --> 00:00:30,906 I'll take a friend over a wife every time. 18 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:43,877 Not only a patron of the arts, 19 00:00:43,912 --> 00:00:46,713 Denny Crane is a generous contributor of his time, 20 00:00:46,796 --> 00:00:49,632 energy and enthusiasm. 21 00:00:49,667 --> 00:00:52,469 What the hell kind of charity is children's group? 22 00:00:52,504 --> 00:00:54,137 We're teaching children to read. 23 00:00:54,172 --> 00:00:55,812 No, we're buying them food. 24 00:00:55,847 --> 00:00:57,140 I thought that we were providing 25 00:00:57,223 --> 00:00:58,172 them with old people to play with. 26 00:00:58,207 --> 00:01:00,406 I believe it's a children's theater group. 27 00:01:00,441 --> 00:01:03,453 Well, how can kids with muscular dystrophy do theater? 28 00:01:03,488 --> 00:01:05,094 They don't have muscular dystrophy. 29 00:01:05,129 --> 00:01:06,700 Then what the hell are we doing here? 30 00:01:06,735 --> 00:01:09,421 Judas priest, there's a game on. 31 00:01:09,456 --> 00:01:11,170 Don't be long, Denny. Your speech is up next. 32 00:01:11,205 --> 00:01:12,142 And you might want to actually 33 00:01:12,177 --> 00:01:14,330 practice it, considering you're the honoree. 34 00:01:14,365 --> 00:01:15,831 Not to worry. 35 00:01:15,866 --> 00:01:17,297 It's all up here. 36 00:01:17,884 --> 00:01:21,430 Please tell me there's no press here tonight. 37 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:34,260 Scotch. Single malt. 38 00:01:34,510 --> 00:01:36,637 Straight. 39 00:01:40,349 --> 00:01:42,518 Nice night. 40 00:01:45,229 --> 00:01:47,190 Suddenly it is. 41 00:01:47,356 --> 00:01:50,568 He's often told me that writing a check is easy. 42 00:01:50,603 --> 00:01:51,982 Should we go look for him? 43 00:01:52,017 --> 00:01:53,362 He'll be here. Denny's 44 00:01:53,446 --> 00:01:54,739 never one to miss the spotlight. 45 00:01:54,822 --> 00:01:56,449 But rolling up your sleeves and 46 00:01:56,532 --> 00:01:58,075 getting dirty out on the front line, 47 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:00,620 that is not easy. 48 00:02:00,703 --> 00:02:01,787 Faster! 49 00:02:02,788 --> 00:02:04,540 And I'll wrap this up 50 00:02:04,582 --> 00:02:06,250 before his head swells too much. 51 00:02:07,251 --> 00:02:09,378 The Emcee's winding down, people. 52 00:02:09,413 --> 00:02:11,505 I knew we should have tagged him. 53 00:02:13,132 --> 00:02:15,384 Ladies and gentlemen, 54 00:02:15,468 --> 00:02:16,565 the children's group 55 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:21,932 applauds and honors Mr. Denny Crane! 56 00:02:23,684 --> 00:02:25,686 Dear Lord. 57 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:33,944 Thank you, thank you! 58 00:02:35,321 --> 00:02:39,533 There's no doubt we do it all for the children. 59 00:03:13,066 --> 00:03:15,444 And what did you think of my speech? 60 00:03:15,479 --> 00:03:16,410 Excellent. 61 00:03:16,445 --> 00:03:18,572 Thank you for writing it for me. 62 00:03:19,031 --> 00:03:20,539 Give me a call sometime. 63 00:03:20,574 --> 00:03:22,451 You know how to use a business card, don't you? 64 00:03:22,534 --> 00:03:24,703 You just whip it out of your pocket and... 65 00:03:24,786 --> 00:03:26,580 Blow. 66 00:03:31,877 --> 00:03:33,927 - You look puzzled. - I am. 67 00:03:33,962 --> 00:03:35,964 A woman I just had sex with hands me her card, 68 00:03:35,999 --> 00:03:37,507 and I have no desire to throw it away. 69 00:03:37,542 --> 00:03:39,182 You had sex with her here? 70 00:03:39,217 --> 00:03:45,682 Hot, sweaty sex right there in the coat check room. 71 00:03:48,435 --> 00:03:50,312 Keep it. 72 00:04:02,949 --> 00:04:04,274 Daniel Post, CEO. 73 00:04:04,309 --> 00:04:06,411 Kreisberg-Pellam, incorporated. 74 00:04:06,494 --> 00:04:10,540 He has stage-4 metastasized lung cancer. 75 00:04:10,623 --> 00:04:11,791 Never fun. 76 00:04:11,875 --> 00:04:13,585 A major pharmaceutical company 77 00:04:13,668 --> 00:04:15,253 was testing a new cancer drug, 78 00:04:15,336 --> 00:04:17,005 and Post used his friendship 79 00:04:17,088 --> 00:04:18,673 with the CEO of that company 80 00:04:18,756 --> 00:04:20,669 to get himself put into the test group 81 00:04:20,704 --> 00:04:22,668 and to make sure that he got 82 00:04:22,703 --> 00:04:24,982 the actual drug, not the placebo. 83 00:04:25,017 --> 00:04:27,956 The rich are different from you and me. 84 00:04:27,991 --> 00:04:30,086 Certainly from you. 85 00:04:30,121 --> 00:04:34,428 So Post is being sued by another cancer patient 86 00:04:34,463 --> 00:04:36,509 who was in the same study and 87 00:04:36,544 --> 00:04:38,521 who ended up getting the placebo. 88 00:04:38,556 --> 00:04:40,755 - What's the cause of action? - What you'd expect? 89 00:04:40,790 --> 00:04:45,499 Conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotional distress. 90 00:04:45,534 --> 00:04:47,128 We're going to court today. 91 00:04:47,488 --> 00:04:49,376 Today? 92 00:04:49,411 --> 00:04:55,668 I thought I could handle it myself, but, uh... 93 00:04:55,793 --> 00:04:59,922 Olivia died of cancer, didn't she? 94 00:05:00,381 --> 00:05:02,174 Yes. 95 00:05:02,425 --> 00:05:06,637 At any rate, I'm hoping you can second-chair. 96 00:05:06,846 --> 00:05:08,354 You ready? 97 00:05:08,389 --> 00:05:10,641 Uh, Denise Bauer, attorney, Daniel Post... 98 00:05:10,676 --> 00:05:12,483 Guy dying of cancer. 99 00:05:12,518 --> 00:05:14,228 Is that the way you describe me? 100 00:05:14,263 --> 00:05:17,106 Rich guy dying of cancer. 101 00:05:17,273 --> 00:05:18,899 Denise will be first-chairing. I 102 00:05:18,941 --> 00:05:20,491 just filled her in on the case. 103 00:05:20,526 --> 00:05:24,989 Actually, you left out our defense. Do we have one? 104 00:05:25,489 --> 00:05:26,615 I like her. 105 00:05:26,657 --> 00:05:28,284 I'm not sure if the jury is 106 00:05:28,367 --> 00:05:29,910 going to like me, Mr. Post. 107 00:05:29,945 --> 00:05:31,453 I have a client who tried to 108 00:05:31,537 --> 00:05:32,920 buy his way into a cancer study. 109 00:05:32,955 --> 00:05:35,165 Could you tell me what possessed you to do that? 110 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,418 I got cancer. 111 00:05:37,710 --> 00:05:39,899 Are you really my lawyer? 112 00:05:39,934 --> 00:05:42,089 Or did the make-a-wish 113 00:05:42,172 --> 00:05:43,841 foundation just finally come through? 114 00:05:49,513 --> 00:05:52,140 Um, Alan? Do you have a minute? 115 00:05:52,175 --> 00:05:54,768 What can I do for you, Jerry? 116 00:05:59,940 --> 00:06:01,900 They're meeting soon to vote 117 00:06:01,942 --> 00:06:03,784 on this year's partnerships, 118 00:06:03,819 --> 00:06:08,157 and this will be my third time to be up for partner. 119 00:06:08,192 --> 00:06:10,117 My last time. 120 00:06:10,152 --> 00:06:11,166 I see. 121 00:06:11,201 --> 00:06:13,036 I was wondering if maybe 122 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,878 you can tell me where I stand? 123 00:06:14,913 --> 00:06:19,626 You know the right people around here, and I know... 124 00:06:19,661 --> 00:06:21,343 well, no one. 125 00:06:21,378 --> 00:06:26,133 Jerry, you are an extraordinary attorney. 126 00:06:26,168 --> 00:06:28,135 I am. 127 00:06:28,802 --> 00:06:31,061 I constructed a chart 128 00:06:31,096 --> 00:06:35,232 that reveals my involvement is typically 129 00:06:35,267 --> 00:06:39,062 the key variable in the firm's winning a case. 130 00:06:39,097 --> 00:06:40,063 Bingo! 131 00:06:40,147 --> 00:06:42,649 It was my research that was the determining factor 132 00:06:42,732 --> 00:06:44,902 in the Simmons vs. Araygo oil victory, 133 00:06:44,937 --> 00:06:49,865 not to mention 252 other cases. 134 00:06:49,948 --> 00:06:51,950 Because of my research! 135 00:06:52,033 --> 00:06:53,785 Bingo! 136 00:06:54,786 --> 00:06:58,498 But still, I wonder whether the senior 137 00:06:58,540 --> 00:07:01,876 partners are aware of my contributions. 138 00:07:01,911 --> 00:07:05,213 Jerry, you know I have a tremendous 139 00:07:05,296 --> 00:07:08,223 affection for my own intelligence, 140 00:07:08,258 --> 00:07:11,219 and even I think you are smarter than me. 141 00:07:11,254 --> 00:07:13,054 Oh, I am. 142 00:07:14,222 --> 00:07:16,933 I'll see what I can find out. 143 00:07:25,942 --> 00:07:27,694 How long have you worked for Devlin 144 00:07:27,777 --> 00:07:29,369 MacGregor pharmaceuticals, Mr. Clark? 145 00:07:29,404 --> 00:07:31,885 - Eight years. - And what was your position? 146 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,367 I was a lab technician in oncological protocols. 147 00:07:34,402 --> 00:07:36,327 You worked on a drug to cure cancer? 148 00:07:36,362 --> 00:07:37,787 Trade name is pneumotrox. 149 00:07:37,870 --> 00:07:39,706 It was specifically designed to hinder 150 00:07:39,789 --> 00:07:41,582 the rapid cellular mutation in the lungs. 151 00:07:41,666 --> 00:07:44,127 And did Devlin MacGregor conduct a 152 00:07:44,210 --> 00:07:46,629 double-blind study to test pneumotrox? 153 00:07:46,713 --> 00:07:49,132 - Sort of. - Why do you say "sort of," sir? 154 00:07:49,215 --> 00:07:50,216 The test was corrupted. 155 00:07:50,299 --> 00:07:53,010 - Objection. Foundation. - Overruled. 156 00:07:53,094 --> 00:07:54,239 On July 9th of this year you 157 00:07:54,274 --> 00:07:55,849 received a call from your supervisor. 158 00:07:55,884 --> 00:07:56,682 What did he want? 159 00:07:56,717 --> 00:07:59,335 Well, he told me to ensure that patient 1123 160 00:07:59,370 --> 00:08:01,953 received the pneumotrox and not the placebo. 161 00:08:01,988 --> 00:08:03,182 - Why? - He didn't say, 162 00:08:03,217 --> 00:08:06,586 but I subsequently discovered that patient 1123 is Mr. Post. 163 00:08:06,847 --> 00:08:08,415 It seemed fairly obvious. 164 00:08:08,450 --> 00:08:10,261 - Objection! - Sustained. 165 00:08:10,296 --> 00:08:12,037 What made you come forward? 166 00:08:12,072 --> 00:08:15,279 Doing so has cost you your job, correct? 167 00:08:16,455 --> 00:08:18,861 - It did. - Then why? 168 00:08:18,896 --> 00:08:21,704 Because some things are more important than a job. 169 00:08:22,474 --> 00:08:24,363 Mr. Clark, how many patients 170 00:08:24,398 --> 00:08:26,218 were involved in the experiment? 171 00:08:26,253 --> 00:08:28,932 - Uh, 2,000. - And statistically speaking, 172 00:08:28,967 --> 00:08:30,913 how would it change the 173 00:08:30,948 --> 00:08:34,153 likelihood of one person out of the 2,000 174 00:08:34,188 --> 00:08:36,276 receiving the drug over the placebo 175 00:08:36,311 --> 00:08:39,678 if another person was directed to get the drug? 176 00:08:39,713 --> 00:08:40,148 Not much. 177 00:08:40,183 --> 00:08:42,002 Because there was no guarantee that 178 00:08:42,037 --> 00:08:44,921 any of the volunteers would receive the actual drug. 179 00:08:44,956 --> 00:08:47,184 The odds were originally 50-50. 180 00:08:47,219 --> 00:08:49,413 The odds would change minimally. 181 00:08:49,448 --> 00:08:52,788 Instead of 50-50, 182 00:08:52,823 --> 00:08:59,696 the odds would change from 49.95 to 50.05. 183 00:08:59,731 --> 00:09:00,577 Sounds right. 184 00:09:00,612 --> 00:09:03,613 So virtually no change at all? 185 00:09:03,648 --> 00:09:06,614 If you were dying, miss Bauer, 186 00:09:06,649 --> 00:09:09,389 .05 is everything. 187 00:09:17,928 --> 00:09:18,936 Shirley, 188 00:09:18,971 --> 00:09:20,472 I wanted to ask you about Jerry 189 00:09:20,556 --> 00:09:22,140 Espenson. He's up for partner. 190 00:09:22,175 --> 00:09:23,725 I can't discuss that with you. 191 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:24,726 Why not? 192 00:09:24,810 --> 00:09:27,020 Well, that determination is for partners only, 193 00:09:27,104 --> 00:09:28,855 and you're not a partner. 194 00:09:28,939 --> 00:09:30,607 I'm sure you understand, Alan. 195 00:09:30,691 --> 00:09:32,109 Absolutely. 196 00:09:32,192 --> 00:09:33,360 Jerry Espenson? 197 00:09:33,443 --> 00:09:35,260 You mean Hands? Not a chance. He's a weirdo. 198 00:09:35,295 --> 00:09:38,102 Denny, he's not a weirdo, and he doesn't like to be called "Hands". 199 00:09:38,137 --> 00:09:39,519 How could you not? The Hands! 200 00:09:39,554 --> 00:09:41,761 A peccadillo to be sure. We all have them. 201 00:09:41,796 --> 00:09:43,131 I don't have any peccadilloes. 202 00:09:43,166 --> 00:09:44,859 What's your name, Denny. 203 00:09:44,894 --> 00:09:46,518 - Denny Crane. - Ah, yes. 204 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:50,615 My point is, Jerry Espenson deserves to be made a partner. 205 00:09:53,255 --> 00:09:54,221 What is that? 206 00:09:54,256 --> 00:09:59,476 Bev bought me a camera phone. 207 00:09:59,511 --> 00:10:01,346 The woman you enjoyed in the coatroom? 208 00:10:01,381 --> 00:10:05,350 We can send each other pictures. 209 00:10:05,558 --> 00:10:08,895 This damn thing takes forever to load. 210 00:10:08,930 --> 00:10:11,185 Things going well with Bev then? 211 00:10:11,220 --> 00:10:13,522 She said she wanted to fulfill 212 00:10:13,557 --> 00:10:15,825 every single one of my fantasies. 213 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:18,530 I made a list. I had to type it myself. 214 00:10:18,565 --> 00:10:20,448 My assistant threatened to quit. 215 00:10:20,483 --> 00:10:21,956 Denny, you're glowing. 216 00:10:21,991 --> 00:10:23,708 She's an amazing woman, Al. 217 00:10:23,743 --> 00:10:25,599 It's like having a one-night stand, 218 00:10:25,634 --> 00:10:27,455 but every night with the same woman. 219 00:10:27,490 --> 00:10:29,255 I'm thrilled for you, Denny. 220 00:10:29,290 --> 00:10:31,730 - Now, about Jerry... - He's not a rainmaker, Alan. 221 00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:34,170 Shirley says he's not bringing in enough money. 222 00:10:34,205 --> 00:10:36,429 He's toast, weird toast. 223 00:10:36,464 --> 00:10:38,007 Would you at least let me have a 224 00:10:38,091 --> 00:10:39,592 glance at his performance review then? 225 00:10:39,676 --> 00:10:41,719 Well, it's highly confidential. 226 00:10:41,803 --> 00:10:44,263 Just don't tell anybody where you got it. 227 00:10:44,347 --> 00:10:46,891 Oh, picture's finally loaded! 228 00:10:46,974 --> 00:10:49,102 Look at this. 229 00:10:50,144 --> 00:10:53,606 She's very limber for a woman her age. 230 00:10:53,641 --> 00:10:57,068 Alan, I'd like to be alone with my phone. 231 00:10:57,103 --> 00:11:00,113 Just, uh, 15 minutes. 232 00:11:09,622 --> 00:11:12,006 "Poor people skills". 233 00:11:12,041 --> 00:11:14,335 - Just hands it to you. - "Not presentable". 234 00:11:14,370 --> 00:11:16,629 - That's my Denny. - "Not a team player". 235 00:11:16,664 --> 00:11:19,614 I can see why it's confidential. It's revolting and mean. 236 00:11:19,757 --> 00:11:21,181 You don't have all the facts, Alan. 237 00:11:21,216 --> 00:11:21,878 Apparently I do. 238 00:11:21,913 --> 00:11:23,140 Apparently at this firm, being 239 00:11:23,175 --> 00:11:24,332 white and male isn't even enough. 240 00:11:24,367 --> 00:11:26,000 You also need to be a golden retriever 241 00:11:26,035 --> 00:11:27,700 with a pedigree to be considered for partner. 242 00:11:27,735 --> 00:11:28,286 I'm telling you... 243 00:11:28,321 --> 00:11:29,980 It's a wonder you slipped under the radar, Shirley, 244 00:11:30,015 --> 00:11:31,149 with your vagina and all. 245 00:11:31,184 --> 00:11:33,044 Jerry's had a few blowups, Alan, 246 00:11:33,079 --> 00:11:34,249 one in front of a client. 247 00:11:34,284 --> 00:11:37,384 Yes. It's on his permanent record back in 2000. 248 00:11:37,419 --> 00:11:40,505 It also says he made a couple of clients feel awkward. 249 00:11:40,540 --> 00:11:43,591 Could that be perhaps because he's an awkward guy? 250 00:11:43,626 --> 00:11:45,666 It also says he doesn't play golf. 251 00:11:45,701 --> 00:11:47,588 Actually, he doesn't kiss any ass 252 00:11:47,623 --> 00:11:49,475 whatsoever. He just does his job. 253 00:11:49,510 --> 00:11:50,777 And no one's denying that, 254 00:11:50,812 --> 00:11:53,258 but partners need to bring in clients. 255 00:11:53,293 --> 00:11:54,585 That's how we make our money. 256 00:11:54,620 --> 00:11:56,943 Partners need to attend social dinners 257 00:11:56,978 --> 00:11:59,649 and make public speaking engagements, 258 00:11:59,684 --> 00:12:02,321 and they need to do it without being... 259 00:12:02,356 --> 00:12:03,991 Different. 260 00:12:04,026 --> 00:12:06,843 Very dangerous, Shirley. 261 00:12:06,878 --> 00:12:08,539 Very dangerous. 262 00:12:11,717 --> 00:12:14,239 You know how the obituaries always say things like, 263 00:12:14,274 --> 00:12:16,761 so-and-so died after a brave struggle with cancer? 264 00:12:17,954 --> 00:12:19,082 I'm not brave. 265 00:12:19,766 --> 00:12:21,975 I'm terrified. 266 00:12:22,010 --> 00:12:25,053 Cancer can make a coward out of anybody. 267 00:12:25,603 --> 00:12:28,400 So when you heard about the trials for this new drug... 268 00:12:28,435 --> 00:12:30,150 I leapt at it. 269 00:12:30,185 --> 00:12:31,831 I'm not a fool. 270 00:12:31,866 --> 00:12:33,989 I knew it was a random chance I'd 271 00:12:34,024 --> 00:12:37,235 even get the drug and not the placebo. 272 00:12:37,270 --> 00:12:40,446 Okay, I was willing to leave that to fate. 273 00:12:40,481 --> 00:12:42,751 He wasn't. 274 00:12:43,165 --> 00:12:45,083 Mr. Hopper, when you began the test, 275 00:12:45,118 --> 00:12:46,643 did you stop taking chemo or any 276 00:12:46,678 --> 00:12:48,168 other treatments for your cancer? 277 00:12:48,203 --> 00:12:48,945 No, 278 00:12:48,980 --> 00:12:50,975 but there were other promising tests I 279 00:12:51,010 --> 00:12:52,970 didn't enter because of Devlin MacGregor. 280 00:12:53,005 --> 00:12:53,787 I see. 281 00:12:53,822 --> 00:12:55,633 And did Devlin MacGregor ever guarantee 282 00:12:55,668 --> 00:12:57,444 that you would receive the actual drug? 283 00:12:57,644 --> 00:12:59,394 No, they did not. 284 00:12:59,429 --> 00:13:00,927 Isn't it true that you've already 285 00:13:00,962 --> 00:13:02,390 sued Devlin MacGregor for this 286 00:13:02,425 --> 00:13:04,227 matter and received a sizable settlement? 287 00:13:04,262 --> 00:13:07,169 - Objection. Relevance. - I'm going to allow it. 288 00:13:08,613 --> 00:13:11,852 Yes, but I spent every penny on medical treatments. 289 00:13:11,887 --> 00:13:13,827 But the money isn't the reason I'm doing this. 290 00:13:13,862 --> 00:13:16,861 I'm doing this because I feel I have a moral obligation 291 00:13:16,896 --> 00:13:19,859 to stand up to people like Daniel Post. 292 00:13:19,894 --> 00:13:22,093 People like that with money and power, 293 00:13:22,128 --> 00:13:24,292 they think they can get away with murder, 294 00:13:25,061 --> 00:13:29,344 and now he's murdering me. 295 00:13:30,053 --> 00:13:32,075 No further questions, your honor. 296 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:36,100 Court will resume tomorrow at 10 A.M. 297 00:13:36,135 --> 00:13:40,151 Denise, are you trying to make the jury hate our client? 298 00:13:41,314 --> 00:13:43,503 If so, you're doing a good job. 299 00:13:43,538 --> 00:13:45,693 I'm starting not to like me either. 300 00:13:45,728 --> 00:13:46,694 Mr. Post, I... 301 00:13:46,778 --> 00:13:50,531 Denise, I'm kidding. You're doing an excellent job. 302 00:13:50,615 --> 00:13:53,242 I have a few questions. Um... 303 00:13:53,326 --> 00:13:54,994 Are you free for a bite? 304 00:13:55,078 --> 00:13:57,163 Um, couldn't you just ask me now? 305 00:13:57,246 --> 00:14:01,959 Well, yeah, but then it wouldn't be a date. 306 00:14:06,964 --> 00:14:09,467 Our client just asked me out to dinner. 307 00:14:09,502 --> 00:14:10,433 Well, good. 308 00:14:10,468 --> 00:14:14,805 Then you can use the time to convince him to settle. 309 00:14:18,517 --> 00:14:22,688 Jerry, it's not looking like a lock. 310 00:14:22,723 --> 00:14:24,238 What's the problem? 311 00:14:24,273 --> 00:14:28,361 Generally, it's poor people skills. 312 00:14:28,396 --> 00:14:29,785 You mean I'm odd? 313 00:14:29,820 --> 00:14:32,501 Does it say in my file I'm odd? 314 00:14:32,536 --> 00:14:33,447 No. 315 00:14:33,482 --> 00:14:35,991 Alan, I would appreciate candor here, 316 00:14:36,026 --> 00:14:38,251 even should you deem it hurtful! 317 00:14:38,286 --> 00:14:42,643 According to your file, you've occasioned clients to feel uncomfortable. 318 00:14:43,336 --> 00:14:44,583 Some have even expressed 319 00:14:44,618 --> 00:14:48,964 reservations about being alone with you since... 320 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,676 Evidently, you also once pushed 321 00:14:52,711 --> 00:14:55,512 opposing counsel over some dispute. 322 00:14:55,547 --> 00:14:57,473 He made fun of me. 323 00:14:57,556 --> 00:14:59,684 As conditioned as I've become to ridicule, 324 00:14:59,719 --> 00:15:01,747 sometimes... 325 00:15:04,271 --> 00:15:05,543 So I'm out. 326 00:15:05,578 --> 00:15:06,780 It's not over. 327 00:15:06,815 --> 00:15:09,651 No, I deserve this more than Brad Chase. 328 00:15:09,686 --> 00:15:12,578 He cuts off a priest's fingers, 329 00:15:12,613 --> 00:15:15,282 and I lose out because I push a bully? 330 00:15:15,317 --> 00:15:17,916 - It's not right. - It's not over. 331 00:15:17,951 --> 00:15:24,541 Jerry, I give you my word I'll do what I can. 332 00:15:28,629 --> 00:15:30,505 Oh, Shirley. I'm sorry. 333 00:15:30,540 --> 00:15:32,347 I didn't hear your knock. 334 00:15:32,382 --> 00:15:34,635 Gee, I wonder why that could be. 335 00:15:34,670 --> 00:15:38,054 Maybe because you were too busy having sex on your desk? 336 00:15:38,472 --> 00:15:40,731 How did you know? I had the door closed. 337 00:15:40,766 --> 00:15:45,145 Ah, but you neglected to draw all the blinds. 338 00:15:45,479 --> 00:15:47,029 Oversight. 339 00:15:47,064 --> 00:15:48,815 We were both facing the same way. 340 00:15:48,857 --> 00:15:50,484 I'm all too horribly aware 341 00:15:50,567 --> 00:15:52,152 of which way you were facing. 342 00:15:52,187 --> 00:15:54,004 Oh, goodness me. 343 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:55,787 I am so rude. 344 00:15:55,822 --> 00:15:58,200 I'm Beverly Bridge. 345 00:15:58,867 --> 00:16:00,869 Shirley Schmidt. 346 00:16:02,204 --> 00:16:03,538 Did you finish the notes on 347 00:16:03,580 --> 00:16:04,873 the partnership candidates? 348 00:16:04,908 --> 00:16:06,047 I've been busy. 349 00:16:06,082 --> 00:16:07,465 The vote's tomorrow. 350 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:11,087 50 of the most senior partners will be there. 351 00:16:12,005 --> 00:16:13,631 This is unprofessional, Denny. 352 00:16:13,666 --> 00:16:15,258 You are setting a very bad 353 00:16:15,300 --> 00:16:16,635 example for the rest of the firm. 354 00:16:16,718 --> 00:16:17,719 Understood. 355 00:16:17,802 --> 00:16:20,847 And from now on in this office, those blinds go down 356 00:16:20,930 --> 00:16:23,683 before anybody else does. 357 00:16:30,065 --> 00:16:31,921 She's jealous. 358 00:16:31,956 --> 00:16:33,257 Poor thing. 359 00:16:37,071 --> 00:16:38,204 Hi, Brad. 360 00:16:38,239 --> 00:16:39,330 Hey, Jerry. How's it going? 361 00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:42,619 Oh, a little nervous about the partner thing. You? 362 00:16:42,654 --> 00:16:44,742 I can't say I'm not. 363 00:16:44,777 --> 00:16:46,831 Got any indication? 364 00:16:46,866 --> 00:16:48,089 Not really. 365 00:16:48,124 --> 00:16:49,626 Paul seems to think it looks good, but 366 00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:51,393 I certainly didn't help my chances by... 367 00:16:51,428 --> 00:16:52,929 Lewiston? He says it looks good for you? 368 00:16:52,964 --> 00:16:54,506 Well, he couldn't make any promises. 369 00:16:54,541 --> 00:16:56,289 Did he mention how it looks for me? 370 00:16:56,324 --> 00:16:58,037 No, we didn't really discuss you. 371 00:16:58,519 --> 00:16:59,723 Do you ever? 372 00:17:00,231 --> 00:17:01,631 I beg your pardon? 373 00:17:01,666 --> 00:17:02,996 Do people discuss me? 374 00:17:03,031 --> 00:17:05,207 Do they talk about me being 375 00:17:05,242 --> 00:17:07,349 odd because of my behavior? 376 00:17:07,384 --> 00:17:10,411 Jerry, everyone here knows you to be a fine lawyer. 377 00:17:10,446 --> 00:17:14,396 That's all I've ever heard discussed. 378 00:17:14,618 --> 00:17:16,702 It's in my file that I'm violent 379 00:17:16,737 --> 00:17:18,566 because I pushed another lawyer once. 380 00:17:18,601 --> 00:17:20,395 How do you know what's in your file? 381 00:17:20,430 --> 00:17:23,138 I have a mole. 382 00:17:23,173 --> 00:17:26,217 Right here on my neck. 383 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:31,250 It's not like me to make a joke. 384 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:34,045 I hope it's in my file I'm funny. 385 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,881 That's a good social skill. 386 00:17:43,012 --> 00:17:44,430 Given the evidence, a 387 00:17:44,513 --> 00:17:45,973 credible witness and documented proof 388 00:17:46,056 --> 00:17:47,683 that you were administered the 389 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:49,351 actual drug and not a placebo... 390 00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:50,728 - Question. - Go. 391 00:17:50,811 --> 00:17:53,522 When do you see yourself liking me? 392 00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:57,526 Um, Mr. Post, Daniel, um, 393 00:17:57,610 --> 00:17:59,820 plaintiff's attorney has been very effective 394 00:17:59,904 --> 00:18:01,989 in turning the jury against you. 395 00:18:02,072 --> 00:18:03,874 You come off as someone of 396 00:18:03,909 --> 00:18:05,756 privilege who has everything 397 00:18:05,791 --> 00:18:07,603 the jury wants but doesn't have. 398 00:18:07,638 --> 00:18:10,748 Except the girl. 399 00:18:10,831 --> 00:18:13,736 Bottom line, it's in your best interest to settle. 400 00:18:13,771 --> 00:18:15,543 How about we negotiate a settlement? 401 00:18:15,578 --> 00:18:17,067 I'm not following. 402 00:18:17,102 --> 00:18:18,191 I agree to settle the case 403 00:18:18,226 --> 00:18:20,211 if you agree to stop talking about 404 00:18:20,246 --> 00:18:22,197 it and declare this an official date. 405 00:18:27,082 --> 00:18:30,350 Have you ever done anything nice for anybody, ever? 406 00:18:30,385 --> 00:18:31,768 Bum, bum, bum. See, you're 407 00:18:31,852 --> 00:18:33,312 trying to get a look under the hood. 408 00:18:33,395 --> 00:18:35,814 Not until you agree. 409 00:18:36,481 --> 00:18:38,650 - Agreed. - The answer is yes, 410 00:18:38,692 --> 00:18:39,922 but my mom taught me that it's 411 00:18:39,957 --> 00:18:41,987 impolite to brag about one's good works. 412 00:18:42,070 --> 00:18:45,032 Then don't brag. Tell. 413 00:18:45,115 --> 00:18:46,992 What's to say? 414 00:18:47,075 --> 00:18:49,328 Um, my company sent thousands of 415 00:18:49,411 --> 00:18:51,621 pounds of supplies down to New Orleans 416 00:18:51,705 --> 00:18:54,583 before FEMA even put its pants on. 417 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:56,241 I fund a charter school for 418 00:18:56,276 --> 00:18:59,671 learning-disabled kids here in south Boston. 419 00:18:59,755 --> 00:19:00,620 I don't think the government 420 00:19:00,655 --> 00:19:02,319 does enough to help its people so, 421 00:19:02,354 --> 00:19:04,571 I give as much as I can. 422 00:19:05,012 --> 00:19:06,440 Do you know why I can do that? 423 00:19:06,475 --> 00:19:08,318 Because you're a rich guy who throws his weight around. 424 00:19:08,353 --> 00:19:11,796 It goes hand-in-hand. Money gives me connections. 425 00:19:11,831 --> 00:19:14,803 Connections let me do what I want, get what I want. 426 00:19:14,838 --> 00:19:17,776 You really don't care what anybody thinks, do you? 427 00:19:17,811 --> 00:19:19,857 I got stage-4 lung cancer. 428 00:19:20,329 --> 00:19:23,189 I don't give a damn what anybody I don't know thinks about me. 429 00:19:25,572 --> 00:19:29,617 Life's too short, really. 430 00:19:30,410 --> 00:19:32,912 One more question. 431 00:19:34,414 --> 00:19:37,208 Why are you really settling? 432 00:19:37,751 --> 00:19:41,171 Did Mr. Hopper's testimony get to you? 433 00:19:41,206 --> 00:19:43,096 It did. 434 00:19:43,131 --> 00:19:45,633 But don't get me wrong. I, I... 435 00:19:45,668 --> 00:19:48,595 I would do it again. 436 00:19:48,761 --> 00:19:51,396 It was a chance. 437 00:19:51,431 --> 00:19:54,482 So I took it, and, uh, 438 00:19:54,517 --> 00:19:56,418 as it turned out, the pneumotrox 439 00:19:56,453 --> 00:19:59,051 didn't work as well as I'd imagined so... 440 00:19:59,086 --> 00:20:01,649 given that I have less time than I'd hoped, 441 00:20:01,691 --> 00:20:05,264 I don't intend to waste that time fighting a lawsuit, 442 00:20:06,731 --> 00:20:09,520 so I'll settle. 443 00:20:10,324 --> 00:20:14,454 Now, more wine? 444 00:20:26,215 --> 00:20:28,266 You look distressed. 445 00:20:28,301 --> 00:20:30,386 Your "Guns & ammo" magazine late again? 446 00:20:30,421 --> 00:20:33,323 She hasn't called all day. 447 00:20:33,358 --> 00:20:35,980 - Ah, Bev. - It's nearly 4. 448 00:20:36,015 --> 00:20:37,997 She hasn't called the office. 449 00:20:38,032 --> 00:20:39,944 She hasn't called my cell phone. 450 00:20:39,979 --> 00:20:43,983 I checked the machine at home at 9:15, 9:30, 9:45. 451 00:20:44,018 --> 00:20:46,652 Okay, I sense a pattern. 452 00:20:47,778 --> 00:20:50,448 I've done something. 453 00:20:52,116 --> 00:20:54,785 I bought her a gift. 454 00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:57,454 I bought her a gift! 455 00:20:57,746 --> 00:20:59,874 Well, in time, I'm sure she'll forgive you. 456 00:20:59,909 --> 00:21:01,584 Don't you see? I didn't, I didn't 457 00:21:01,667 --> 00:21:03,377 give her money like I do most women. 458 00:21:03,412 --> 00:21:05,379 I didn't have a personal 459 00:21:05,421 --> 00:21:07,339 shopper pick something out. I shopped. 460 00:21:07,374 --> 00:21:10,808 And I, Denny Crane... 461 00:21:10,843 --> 00:21:14,346 thought about what she would like. 462 00:21:14,847 --> 00:21:17,690 Maybe I'm, I'm having a stroke. 463 00:21:17,725 --> 00:21:21,729 - Maybe it's the mad cow. - Maybe you're in love. 464 00:21:22,855 --> 00:21:25,094 I am delirious with joy. 465 00:21:25,309 --> 00:21:27,693 Denny, you enjoy being with 466 00:21:27,776 --> 00:21:30,160 Bev. She enjoys being with you. 467 00:21:30,195 --> 00:21:33,824 Why don't you just have fun in the moment 468 00:21:33,859 --> 00:21:35,968 and leave it at that? 469 00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:37,293 I knew you wouldn't 470 00:21:37,328 --> 00:21:39,954 understand, you heartless bastard. 471 00:21:43,584 --> 00:21:45,961 Wow, he's got it bad. 472 00:21:45,996 --> 00:21:48,338 You shouldn't eavesdrop. 473 00:21:48,373 --> 00:21:50,722 Yes, he does, very. 474 00:21:50,757 --> 00:21:52,092 You wanted me to tell you when 475 00:21:52,175 --> 00:21:53,552 that partnership voting thing was? 476 00:21:53,635 --> 00:21:55,887 It starts in 20 minutes. 477 00:22:00,058 --> 00:22:02,268 And now we turn our attention to 478 00:22:02,303 --> 00:22:04,479 our next candidate, Brad Chase. 479 00:22:06,398 --> 00:22:08,441 Excuse me. Uh, sorry to interrupt. 480 00:22:08,476 --> 00:22:10,292 I have an urgent announcement to 481 00:22:10,327 --> 00:22:12,074 make regarding national security. 482 00:22:12,109 --> 00:22:16,500 I don't think our country is being run very well. 483 00:22:18,184 --> 00:22:20,662 That concludes the national security announcement. 484 00:22:20,697 --> 00:22:22,560 Now onto other business, 485 00:22:22,595 --> 00:22:24,389 I'm looking at a group of 486 00:22:24,424 --> 00:22:27,585 partners in a world-class law firm, 487 00:22:27,620 --> 00:22:29,531 each of whom owes some of 488 00:22:29,566 --> 00:22:31,506 their success to Jerry Espenson. 489 00:22:31,548 --> 00:22:33,515 When any of you is stumped, 490 00:22:33,550 --> 00:22:35,593 and you need someone who has an 491 00:22:35,677 --> 00:22:37,644 encyclopedic knowledge of the law 492 00:22:37,679 --> 00:22:40,557 and the creative spark to know how to apply it, 493 00:22:40,592 --> 00:22:42,222 whose door do you knock on? 494 00:22:42,257 --> 00:22:43,852 Mr. Shore, we appreciate your 495 00:22:43,935 --> 00:22:45,735 input, but you are not a partner. 496 00:22:45,770 --> 00:22:48,982 Yes, but that's only because I can't be trusted. 497 00:22:49,017 --> 00:22:50,620 I have here the 498 00:22:50,655 --> 00:22:54,070 confidential report on Jerry Espenson, 499 00:22:54,105 --> 00:22:55,225 known to some of you who 500 00:22:55,260 --> 00:22:57,699 should know better as "Hands". 501 00:22:57,782 --> 00:23:00,353 Uh, this report, while acknowledging 502 00:23:00,388 --> 00:23:03,317 that Jerry works very hard 503 00:23:03,352 --> 00:23:06,246 and has an astute legal mind, 504 00:23:06,281 --> 00:23:08,048 also makes some veiled 505 00:23:08,083 --> 00:23:11,129 references to "inappropriate behavior," 506 00:23:11,212 --> 00:23:14,590 but really, this is about money, isn't it? 507 00:23:14,674 --> 00:23:16,540 And whether Jerry Espenson brings in enough. 508 00:23:16,575 --> 00:23:21,396 And don't we all just love our money? 509 00:23:22,390 --> 00:23:25,179 You people must realize that once the rainmakers 510 00:23:25,214 --> 00:23:27,934 have brought in the million-dollar accounts, 511 00:23:27,969 --> 00:23:31,045 those clients expect excellent representation for their money, 512 00:23:31,170 --> 00:23:34,835 and Jerry is a big part of what they're paying for. 513 00:23:34,870 --> 00:23:37,727 My God, why isn't being brilliant enough? 514 00:23:37,762 --> 00:23:41,891 Why can't a lawyer be a valuable asset to this firm 515 00:23:41,926 --> 00:23:43,382 without being a smiling Ken Doll 516 00:23:43,417 --> 00:23:44,804 with an aggressive handshake? 517 00:23:44,839 --> 00:23:47,094 Does everyone at the firm have to be this guy? 518 00:23:47,129 --> 00:23:49,387 Mr. Shore, you have no standing at this meeting. 519 00:23:49,422 --> 00:23:51,645 We would like to ask you to leave, please, now. 520 00:23:55,532 --> 00:24:00,882 Jerry Espenson has given 15 years of his life to this firm. 521 00:24:00,917 --> 00:24:04,807 His work has been essential. 522 00:24:05,266 --> 00:24:07,059 How dare you invade the province 523 00:24:07,101 --> 00:24:08,769 of a private partnership meeting? 524 00:24:08,804 --> 00:24:10,020 I'm sorry. I didn't think an 525 00:24:10,062 --> 00:24:11,237 invitation was forthcoming. 526 00:24:11,272 --> 00:24:12,898 There's a lot you don't know about the 527 00:24:12,940 --> 00:24:14,567 business of running a law practice, Alan, 528 00:24:14,650 --> 00:24:16,107 - The first rule being... - It's a business. 529 00:24:16,142 --> 00:24:18,041 I understand that, Shirley, but it's a service business. 530 00:24:18,076 --> 00:24:19,850 You don't peddle widgets. You don't push stocks. 531 00:24:19,885 --> 00:24:21,266 You sell your people, and as far your 532 00:24:21,301 --> 00:24:22,493 people go, I'll take Jerry Espenson over... 533 00:24:22,528 --> 00:24:24,674 - Don't give me... - Well, you need to hear it! 534 00:24:24,709 --> 00:24:26,588 I said nothing when you fired Sally Heep, 535 00:24:26,623 --> 00:24:28,467 whose only infraction was to sleep with me. 536 00:24:28,502 --> 00:24:30,006 I made not a peep when you deftly 537 00:24:30,041 --> 00:24:31,476 ushered Lori Colson out of the firm. 538 00:24:31,511 --> 00:24:33,276 I even understood when you fired Catherine Piper, 539 00:24:33,311 --> 00:24:34,683 a woman I profoundly adore. 540 00:24:34,718 --> 00:24:38,547 I swallowed all of it, because I know it's a business. 541 00:24:38,582 --> 00:24:41,232 But to abuse a talented, selfless employee, 542 00:24:41,267 --> 00:24:43,882 only because his social skills lack polish, 543 00:24:43,917 --> 00:24:45,415 to allow him to work tirelessly under 544 00:24:45,450 --> 00:24:46,914 the delusion that he could make partner, 545 00:24:46,949 --> 00:24:48,549 a delusion you carefully nurtured, 546 00:24:48,584 --> 00:24:50,774 so as to make piles of money off him in the short-term, 547 00:24:50,809 --> 00:24:53,046 that's a betrayal, Shirley, not just of Jerry, 548 00:24:53,081 --> 00:24:54,979 but of you and your character, 549 00:24:55,014 --> 00:24:58,696 which up till now I have considered undeniably decent! 550 00:24:58,809 --> 00:25:00,449 - Are you finished? - No. 551 00:25:01,278 --> 00:25:03,678 Jerry Espenson no doubt will go off 552 00:25:03,713 --> 00:25:05,657 quietly into the night, as the meek often do, 553 00:25:05,692 --> 00:25:07,879 but somebody around here has to get angry about it. 554 00:25:07,914 --> 00:25:10,540 Otherwise, you'll just go off and blithely do it again. 555 00:25:10,575 --> 00:25:13,166 We have not yet made a decision concerning Jerry Espenson. 556 00:25:13,201 --> 00:25:15,428 When we do, I will call you first to 557 00:25:15,463 --> 00:25:17,655 tell you it is none of your concern. 558 00:25:18,013 --> 00:25:19,975 There's a saying, Shirley. Perhaps you've heard it. 559 00:25:20,010 --> 00:25:22,518 All it takes for evil to succeed is for good people to say, 560 00:25:22,553 --> 00:25:24,544 "It's a business". 561 00:25:33,645 --> 00:25:37,107 I've been given a death sentence. 562 00:25:38,483 --> 00:25:41,361 And you're the one person in this room 563 00:25:41,444 --> 00:25:44,280 that knows exactly what that's like. 564 00:25:44,315 --> 00:25:47,117 And there was this drug, and 565 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,765 I thought it could help me, 566 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,330 so I used all my power and my 567 00:25:52,413 --> 00:25:54,666 influence to make sure that I got it. 568 00:25:54,701 --> 00:25:56,009 But I didn't think it through, 569 00:25:56,044 --> 00:25:57,282 and I didn't think that there 570 00:25:57,317 --> 00:26:00,094 might be consequences for other people, 571 00:26:00,095 --> 00:26:03,383 in this case for you. 572 00:26:03,466 --> 00:26:06,886 And I see now that I hurt you... 573 00:26:06,970 --> 00:26:10,056 And I am sorry. 574 00:26:10,139 --> 00:26:11,140 This is our offer. 575 00:26:11,224 --> 00:26:13,353 It's the only one we're going to make, 576 00:26:13,388 --> 00:26:15,482 and it expires when we walk out the door. 577 00:26:29,033 --> 00:26:32,070 This is a very generous offer. Think about your family. 578 00:26:32,071 --> 00:26:33,836 I don't care. 579 00:26:33,871 --> 00:26:35,706 This could be a very long and drawn out... 580 00:26:35,741 --> 00:26:39,335 That's exactly what it should be. 581 00:26:39,794 --> 00:26:41,832 What do you want? 582 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,799 If I take your money, I won't be hurting you. 583 00:26:45,834 --> 00:26:48,719 The only thing that will really hurt you now 584 00:26:48,754 --> 00:26:50,895 is if I take your time, 585 00:26:50,930 --> 00:26:54,642 and that's exactly what I'm going to do. 586 00:27:10,699 --> 00:27:12,458 I need to talk to you. 587 00:27:12,493 --> 00:27:15,308 - You'll talk to me. - No, I won't. 588 00:27:15,343 --> 00:27:18,123 You have a wife. You have a family. 589 00:27:18,158 --> 00:27:19,934 You owe something to them, but 590 00:27:19,969 --> 00:27:22,419 you also owe something to yourself. 591 00:27:22,461 --> 00:27:24,901 I know this road. 592 00:27:24,936 --> 00:27:29,129 Do not allow anger to consume the last days of your life. 593 00:27:48,237 --> 00:27:50,697 - Bev. - Yes, Denny Crane? 594 00:27:50,732 --> 00:27:53,158 Would you like some... 595 00:27:53,193 --> 00:27:55,000 money? 596 00:27:55,035 --> 00:27:57,975 I, I, I don't... 597 00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:00,881 Bev, I'm afraid. 598 00:28:00,916 --> 00:28:04,092 - Of? - Myself, of course. 599 00:28:04,127 --> 00:28:06,963 As godlike as I seem to you and other people, 600 00:28:06,998 --> 00:28:09,264 there's a, there's a... 601 00:28:09,299 --> 00:28:15,680 a mortal inside this godlike shell. 602 00:28:16,556 --> 00:28:20,060 I don't trust myself. 603 00:28:21,102 --> 00:28:24,147 Bottom line... 604 00:28:24,314 --> 00:28:29,736 I'm not a one-woman man. 605 00:28:31,529 --> 00:28:33,246 You know, Denny. 606 00:28:33,281 --> 00:28:36,471 We're both much too old for this and too smart. 607 00:28:36,506 --> 00:28:37,167 We are? 608 00:28:37,202 --> 00:28:38,912 Is there a powerful man out there 609 00:28:38,995 --> 00:28:40,622 who hasn't felt what you're feeling? 610 00:28:40,664 --> 00:28:42,088 No. 611 00:28:42,123 --> 00:28:43,798 So why fight it? 612 00:28:43,833 --> 00:28:45,835 Look, people don't change their 613 00:28:45,919 --> 00:28:48,379 stripes, and you don't want me to change you, 614 00:28:48,414 --> 00:28:50,840 and I certainly don't want you to change me. 615 00:28:50,875 --> 00:28:53,235 Therefore, Denny Crane, 616 00:28:53,270 --> 00:28:55,560 as long as we're together, 617 00:28:55,595 --> 00:28:59,641 feel free to have sex with anyone else you want. 618 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,685 Bev! 619 00:29:05,146 --> 00:29:07,565 I love you. 620 00:29:14,447 --> 00:29:16,039 Brad. 621 00:29:16,074 --> 00:29:20,036 It was a very close vote but... 622 00:29:22,288 --> 00:29:23,421 You made it. 623 00:29:23,456 --> 00:29:24,957 You are now officially a full 624 00:29:25,041 --> 00:29:26,584 partner at Crane, Poole & Schmidt. 625 00:29:26,619 --> 00:29:28,127 - Congratulations. - Thank you, Paul. 626 00:29:28,162 --> 00:29:30,588 I will not let you down. 627 00:29:32,715 --> 00:29:34,682 - Brad, on your knees. - What? 628 00:29:34,717 --> 00:29:37,477 Denny, must we do this every single time? 629 00:29:37,512 --> 00:29:39,555 My name on the door. The answer would be "yes". 630 00:29:39,590 --> 00:29:43,184 On your knees. 631 00:29:44,685 --> 00:29:50,066 Brad Chase, I hereby dub thee Brad Chase. 632 00:29:50,101 --> 00:29:51,484 Welcome, partner. 633 00:29:51,519 --> 00:29:53,069 Thank you. 634 00:29:53,903 --> 00:29:56,280 Milord? 635 00:30:03,579 --> 00:30:05,796 You wanted to see me, Shirley? 636 00:30:05,831 --> 00:30:09,508 Yes, Jerry. Out of courtesy, I'll be brief. 637 00:30:09,543 --> 00:30:14,006 I'm very sorry, but you won't be making partner. 638 00:30:15,257 --> 00:30:18,302 But I've done everything I've been asked. 639 00:30:18,337 --> 00:30:22,351 Your work here is considerable. It's just not enough. 640 00:30:23,550 --> 00:30:25,351 Not enough? 641 00:30:25,434 --> 00:30:27,394 I won't lead you on. There will be no 642 00:30:27,429 --> 00:30:29,355 further opportunities for partnership. 643 00:30:29,438 --> 00:30:32,816 However, we certainly appreciate all your hard work, 644 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:35,486 and we welcome you to stay of counsel. 645 00:30:35,569 --> 00:30:37,946 The choice is yours. 646 00:30:38,405 --> 00:30:40,908 Okay. 647 00:30:55,047 --> 00:30:56,305 You free for dinner? 648 00:30:56,340 --> 00:30:59,377 Because I got a private chef that makes a mean breakfast in bed. 649 00:31:00,608 --> 00:31:02,888 You see where I'm going with this. 650 00:31:04,014 --> 00:31:06,308 A friend of mine just made partner, so 651 00:31:06,391 --> 00:31:08,685 we're gonna celebrate, you know, cake. 652 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,896 - Rain check? - Sure, sure thing. 653 00:31:10,931 --> 00:31:13,322 I got nothing but time. 654 00:31:13,357 --> 00:31:16,610 Oh, wait, you know, that's not true. 655 00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:22,080 Mr. Lewiston tried to impress upon me 656 00:31:22,115 --> 00:31:25,327 that I not consume the rest of my life with anger. 657 00:31:25,362 --> 00:31:28,413 But the truth is, anger can satisfy, 658 00:31:28,448 --> 00:31:30,537 while despair is rather empty. 659 00:31:30,572 --> 00:31:32,591 You don't seem very satisfied. 660 00:31:32,626 --> 00:31:35,086 This isn't simply about vengeance, Mr. Post. 661 00:31:35,121 --> 00:31:36,338 If you were the only one out 662 00:31:36,379 --> 00:31:37,714 there corrupting medical testing, 663 00:31:37,797 --> 00:31:42,636 perhaps I'd take your money or if not, your apology. 664 00:31:42,719 --> 00:31:45,096 But there are others like you. 665 00:31:45,180 --> 00:31:47,849 Maybe this will send a message. 666 00:31:47,932 --> 00:31:52,854 Maybe that will be the final legacy of my anger. 667 00:31:58,777 --> 00:32:02,906 Guy acts like he's the only one dying around here. 668 00:32:04,657 --> 00:32:07,660 About that dinner... 669 00:32:10,788 --> 00:32:12,290 It's not enough. 670 00:32:16,544 --> 00:32:21,841 It's not enough. Where is my coffee mug? 671 00:32:22,592 --> 00:32:24,573 Surprise! 672 00:32:24,608 --> 00:32:26,554 Oh, no! 673 00:32:26,721 --> 00:32:28,222 Look at that! 674 00:32:29,182 --> 00:32:30,641 It's not enough! 675 00:32:30,808 --> 00:32:32,477 It's not enough! 676 00:32:32,643 --> 00:32:35,938 It's not enough! 677 00:32:41,068 --> 00:32:45,406 My initials on the briefcase? Nice touch. 678 00:32:57,585 --> 00:32:59,337 Jerry. 679 00:33:01,172 --> 00:33:04,925 Why don't you come on in, have a piece of cake? 680 00:33:09,722 --> 00:33:12,641 - Here, I'll get it for you. - No, I can do it. 681 00:33:13,142 --> 00:33:14,643 Okay. 682 00:33:21,567 --> 00:33:24,069 How's that, Shirley? 683 00:33:24,104 --> 00:33:26,780 Is that enough? 684 00:33:30,784 --> 00:33:33,412 How about that? 685 00:33:34,955 --> 00:33:37,416 Is that enough? 686 00:33:38,709 --> 00:33:40,009 Is that? 687 00:33:40,044 --> 00:33:42,671 Look, Hands. I mean, Jerry. 688 00:33:43,547 --> 00:33:45,466 Everybody, stand back! I'll kill her! 689 00:33:45,501 --> 00:33:48,343 I swear, I will kill her! 690 00:33:56,185 --> 00:33:58,944 I want to be made partner. 691 00:33:58,979 --> 00:34:00,731 I'm gonna draw up an agreement, 692 00:34:00,814 --> 00:34:02,482 and you're gonna sign it, Shirley. 693 00:34:02,517 --> 00:34:03,692 I'll include a hold 694 00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:05,110 harmless clause for this assault. 695 00:34:05,193 --> 00:34:06,278 But this is a crime. 696 00:34:06,361 --> 00:34:08,729 Hold harmless clauses are for insurance and real estate, not for crimes. 697 00:34:08,764 --> 00:34:10,214 Don't say "crime". We're just talking here. 698 00:34:10,249 --> 00:34:11,664 It certainly won't cover attempted murder. 699 00:34:11,699 --> 00:34:12,584 Don't say "murder". 700 00:34:12,619 --> 00:34:14,366 You, substandard first year. 701 00:34:14,401 --> 00:34:16,753 Go pull the criminal law treatise 702 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:18,923 at 22 ALR, 3rd 12-28, reference cases 703 00:34:18,958 --> 00:34:20,935 that hold extreme emotional conditions 704 00:34:20,970 --> 00:34:22,912 diminish one's responsibility for a crime. 705 00:34:22,947 --> 00:34:24,759 You! 706 00:34:24,794 --> 00:34:26,753 What do you think you're doing? 707 00:34:26,788 --> 00:34:28,712 You gonna get one of your guns? 708 00:34:28,747 --> 00:34:30,250 No, why would I do that? 709 00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:32,876 The one day I don't bring my sock holster. 710 00:34:32,911 --> 00:34:36,932 You, substandard partner, 711 00:34:36,967 --> 00:34:41,584 get me Rosenberg vs. Kaplan, 273 mass. 4-11. 712 00:34:41,619 --> 00:34:42,706 The facts of a case can be 713 00:34:42,741 --> 00:34:45,587 construed to uphold an employment contract 714 00:34:45,622 --> 00:34:48,433 even though it's entered into under duress. 715 00:34:48,468 --> 00:34:49,811 You! 716 00:34:49,846 --> 00:34:53,910 Hot secretary that makes me nervous, 717 00:34:53,945 --> 00:34:56,756 get me a copy of the firm's partnership agreement 718 00:34:56,791 --> 00:34:58,983 and prepare to make some changes. 719 00:34:59,018 --> 00:35:01,176 Jerry, this is never gonna work. 720 00:35:01,211 --> 00:35:03,502 Pipe down! 721 00:35:03,537 --> 00:35:06,255 Don't stand. Go! 722 00:35:07,448 --> 00:35:08,982 Get my guns! 723 00:35:10,220 --> 00:35:12,355 - I'm calling the police. - Which guns should I get? 724 00:35:12,390 --> 00:35:15,406 No guns! Just look up the damn cases. 725 00:35:15,465 --> 00:35:18,900 "Subsection I, upon his or her motion," 726 00:35:18,935 --> 00:35:21,984 "a named partner may unilaterally reconsider" 727 00:35:22,019 --> 00:35:24,817 "the rejection of a senior associate for partnership". 728 00:35:24,852 --> 00:35:26,018 Did you get all that? 729 00:35:26,053 --> 00:35:27,320 Yes, Jerry. 730 00:35:27,722 --> 00:35:29,644 Please type it up. 731 00:35:29,679 --> 00:35:31,567 Clackety-clack! 732 00:35:35,324 --> 00:35:36,971 What's going on? 733 00:35:37,006 --> 00:35:38,619 Hands went nuts. 734 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,210 I found the cases you wanted. 735 00:35:46,245 --> 00:35:47,753 They're excellent. 736 00:35:47,788 --> 00:35:49,314 Thank you. 737 00:35:49,349 --> 00:35:50,840 Jerry. 738 00:35:51,507 --> 00:35:54,051 What are you doing? 739 00:35:54,468 --> 00:35:57,596 Taking matters into my own hands. 740 00:35:57,631 --> 00:36:00,690 That's right, people, I said "Hands". 741 00:36:00,725 --> 00:36:03,686 See, I can be just as funny as you jokesters. 742 00:36:03,721 --> 00:36:05,372 Why aren't you all laughing? 743 00:36:05,407 --> 00:36:06,988 Don't do this, Jerry, please. 744 00:36:07,023 --> 00:36:10,735 Stop now before this gets too out of hand... 745 00:36:11,277 --> 00:36:13,953 control. 746 00:36:13,988 --> 00:36:15,454 I will help you. 747 00:36:15,489 --> 00:36:17,783 Like you did with the partnership? 748 00:36:17,818 --> 00:36:18,993 You don't want to throw away 749 00:36:19,076 --> 00:36:23,496 an entire life's worth of work over one emotional outburst. 750 00:36:23,497 --> 00:36:26,500 I don't want to see the most gifted legal mind 751 00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:32,256 I have ever encountered rotting in a prison cell. 752 00:36:34,008 --> 00:36:37,303 Now put down the knife, Jerry. 753 00:36:42,308 --> 00:36:45,060 On one condition. 754 00:36:46,395 --> 00:36:50,149 You represent me once I'm arrested. 755 00:36:50,482 --> 00:36:52,693 I can't. That's a conflict of interest. 756 00:36:52,728 --> 00:36:53,784 I don't care. 757 00:36:53,819 --> 00:36:55,466 You know the firm can waive that conflict, 758 00:36:55,501 --> 00:36:57,114 and I know that you'll honor that waiver, 759 00:36:57,197 --> 00:37:01,660 because if nothing else, you're a man of your word. 760 00:37:04,538 --> 00:37:08,208 - Make the deal. - I'll represent you. 761 00:37:08,542 --> 00:37:11,086 Now hand me the knife. 762 00:37:28,478 --> 00:37:30,522 Oh, everyone. 763 00:37:30,856 --> 00:37:34,609 This is the cake I want for my birthday. 764 00:37:41,032 --> 00:37:43,952 This is really good work. 765 00:37:46,580 --> 00:37:50,347 I assume it's clear to you now why we couldn't make Jerry partner. 766 00:37:52,252 --> 00:37:55,588 I have to be with my client. 767 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:04,159 Well, there's, um, not much to tell, really. 768 00:38:04,194 --> 00:38:07,600 We were married for ten years and in love for, 769 00:38:07,635 --> 00:38:09,567 well, probably half that. 770 00:38:09,602 --> 00:38:12,897 Well, it's probably hard loving a golf bum. 771 00:38:13,106 --> 00:38:15,775 Do you want to hear something really awful? 772 00:38:16,109 --> 00:38:18,382 When we first got married, 773 00:38:18,417 --> 00:38:20,655 I knew deep down that he would 774 00:38:20,738 --> 00:38:23,741 never amount to anything and, 775 00:38:23,776 --> 00:38:26,744 somehow I was okay with that. 776 00:38:26,995 --> 00:38:31,374 So what are your plans now? You, um, dating? 777 00:38:31,409 --> 00:38:33,424 Occasionally. 778 00:38:33,459 --> 00:38:37,804 Actually, not at all. 779 00:38:37,839 --> 00:38:40,383 Little problem with commitment, huh? 780 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:41,849 I know the feeling. 781 00:38:41,884 --> 00:38:45,604 Um, I'm not looking for a long-term relationship either. 782 00:39:11,414 --> 00:39:13,034 What I don't understand is how 783 00:39:13,069 --> 00:39:15,807 he got his hands from the cake 784 00:39:15,842 --> 00:39:18,546 to Shirley's neck so quickly. 785 00:39:18,581 --> 00:39:19,772 You know, Denny, I can't 786 00:39:19,807 --> 00:39:21,165 actually talk about this with you 787 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,849 now that Jerry's my client. 788 00:39:23,884 --> 00:39:26,220 You aren't really gonna represent him, are you? 789 00:39:26,255 --> 00:39:27,478 I gave him my word. 790 00:39:27,513 --> 00:39:30,307 Oh, please. We're lawyers. 791 00:39:30,474 --> 00:39:32,893 He's a whack job. 792 00:39:36,981 --> 00:39:39,191 By the way, uh, did I tell you? 793 00:39:39,226 --> 00:39:41,402 Bev and I are getting married. 794 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,364 No. 795 00:39:47,283 --> 00:39:48,867 I would have remembered that. 796 00:39:48,902 --> 00:39:51,453 Yeah. Well... 797 00:39:51,912 --> 00:39:54,456 she's the one. 798 00:39:55,666 --> 00:40:00,087 Yes. She seems like the one. 799 00:40:03,590 --> 00:40:06,802 Congratulations, Denny. 800 00:40:10,138 --> 00:40:11,647 I want to assure you 801 00:40:11,682 --> 00:40:14,142 that my impending nuptials 802 00:40:14,226 --> 00:40:16,687 won't change anying between us. 803 00:40:16,722 --> 00:40:20,023 No impact whatsoever. 804 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,077 I gotta go. 805 00:40:25,112 --> 00:40:28,073 We're registering for flatware.