1 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:20,747 That is some fine south of the border, Schmidt. 2 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:24,119 - Ivan? - Take me back, Shirley. That's all I ask. 3 00:00:24,224 --> 00:00:26,522 You came here to ask me to take you back? 4 00:00:26,626 --> 00:00:30,858 No, actually, I'm getting married. But if you were to take me back-- 5 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:33,933 - Married? Ivan, no. We talked about this. - This time it's real, Shirley. 6 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:36,730 - I feel it deep down to my-- - Bone, I'm sure. 7 00:00:36,836 --> 00:00:39,464 She's funny, she's smart. She's practically you. 8 00:00:39,572 --> 00:00:41,972 -Just a much younger model. - Ah, that's sweet. 9 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:45,135 Shirley... 10 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:47,213 I'd like you to be best man. 11 00:00:47,313 --> 00:00:49,304 What do you mean? 12 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:52,112 If a man wants his closest friend to be his best man, he should have it. 13 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:54,482 Stand by my side, Shirley. 14 00:00:54,587 --> 00:00:58,546 I want you to give me away. It's only right. 15 00:00:58,658 --> 00:01:02,560 Um, first of all, you raise several issues. 16 00:01:02,662 --> 00:01:05,597 The first is that the best man doesn't give the groom away. 17 00:01:05,698 --> 00:01:09,225 The second is that you and I used to be married. 18 00:01:09,335 --> 00:01:13,601 And the third is, I'm not a man! 19 00:01:13,706 --> 00:01:16,300 As trustee for my heart for 25-plus years-- 20 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:18,240 We were married for four. 21 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:22,474 I have only known two great loves in my life--you and now Missy. 22 00:01:22,582 --> 00:01:27,246 Okay. As far as our great love goes, you strayed during our honeymoon. 23 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:30,811 And let's not even discuss the name ''Missy.'' Is she a pony? 24 00:01:33,793 --> 00:01:36,261 Be my best man. 25 00:01:38,465 --> 00:01:41,923 - [ Funk ] - [ Man Vocalizing ] 26 00:01:49,309 --> 00:01:51,174 [ Continues ] 27 00:01:55,715 --> 00:01:57,649 [ Continues ] 28 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:21,569 So why not do it? Be in his wedding. 29 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:24,802 An ex-wife as a best man? Come on, Paul. 30 00:02:24,911 --> 00:02:29,541 Well, if you're as close as you say and the fiancée is okay with it-- 31 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:32,709 There's also a rehearsal dinner. He wants me there at that. 32 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:36,084 Well, all I know is, when somebody asks you to be in his wedding-- 33 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:39,249 - I mean, how many has he had? - This will be number six. 34 00:02:39,359 --> 00:02:42,021 Oh. 35 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:35,044 [ Man ] Whoo! All right! 36 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:38,777 Sweet song. 37 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:41,945 Even if I did do it, I-- 38 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:46,150 Paul? Are you okay? 39 00:03:46,259 --> 00:03:48,727 Yeah. [ Chuckles ] 40 00:03:48,828 --> 00:03:54,130 I'm just a sap when it comes to sentimental songs, I guess. 41 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:58,034 If she sings ''You Light Up My Life,'' I'll be on the floor. 42 00:03:58,137 --> 00:04:00,162 Where were we? 43 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:02,605 I was obsessing about my ex-husband's nuptials. 44 00:04:04,777 --> 00:04:09,339 How's your daughter, by the way? 45 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:11,747 Rachel, right? 46 00:04:19,626 --> 00:04:23,585 Alzheimer's was her worst fear. 47 00:04:23,696 --> 00:04:25,994 She had gotten to the point... 48 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:30,092 where she was forgetting and she was losing control of her body. 49 00:04:30,203 --> 00:04:33,502 And she begged me to help her do it... 50 00:04:33,606 --> 00:04:35,870 and I complied. 51 00:04:35,975 --> 00:04:38,000 How did you comply? 52 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:43,344 We had hired a nurse who had previously worked at a hospice for dying patients... 53 00:04:43,449 --> 00:04:45,917 and she was familiar with setting up morphine drips. 54 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:48,715 And I persuaded her to set one up for us... 55 00:04:48,821 --> 00:04:53,554 in case pain management ever became an issue. 56 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:56,151 And you increased the drip to cause your wife's death? 57 00:04:56,262 --> 00:05:01,199 Yes. My lawyer is recommending that I plead to manslaughter... 58 00:05:01,301 --> 00:05:03,735 which I simply cannot bring myself to do. 59 00:05:03,836 --> 00:05:05,895 I am not a criminal. 60 00:05:06,005 --> 00:05:09,441 If you agree to take over, I think... 61 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:11,510 that you should just jump right in. 62 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:15,809 The case is not very complicated, and according to our jury consultants... 63 00:05:15,915 --> 00:05:18,509 we have a very sympathetic group impaneled. 64 00:05:18,618 --> 00:05:21,746 Well, if you're serious about moving forward immediately... 65 00:05:21,854 --> 00:05:24,755 then I'd advise you to stay with your current lawyer. 66 00:05:24,857 --> 00:05:28,156 Well, he-- he doesn't think that he can win it. 67 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:32,254 And various people are telling me that you can. 68 00:05:51,751 --> 00:05:54,219 [ Man, Woman Chattering ] 69 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:58,119 How we doing? 70 00:06:03,162 --> 00:06:06,962 It was as if that song was pointed right at my head. 71 00:06:07,066 --> 00:06:10,297 I did her homework with her. I drove her to the prom. 72 00:06:10,403 --> 00:06:12,394 All the nights I waited up. 73 00:06:12,505 --> 00:06:16,134 - What happened? - She basically stole from me. 74 00:06:16,242 --> 00:06:18,301 - How? - You name it. 75 00:06:18,411 --> 00:06:21,869 She'd feign problems with rent, her health, credit card debt. 76 00:06:21,981 --> 00:06:24,950 She'd invent all kind of crises to impel me to write a check... 77 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:27,542 the proceeds of which would always go to feed her drug habit. 78 00:06:27,653 --> 00:06:31,453 The last straw, I got her in a program-- an exclusive one. 79 00:06:31,557 --> 00:06:34,253 I told her if she left, she was cut off. 80 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,763 - She left. - We had a fight. 81 00:06:38,865 --> 00:06:43,734 I haven't spoken to her since. That was seven years ago. 82 00:06:45,671 --> 00:06:49,471 - You should go see her. - [ Scoffs ] 83 00:06:49,575 --> 00:06:54,512 Let's list all the reasons not to and put them under column ''A.'' 84 00:06:54,614 --> 00:06:57,174 And column ''B''? 85 00:06:58,551 --> 00:07:00,519 She's your daughter. 86 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:06,291 - [ Clamoring ] - [ Man ] Any comment? 87 00:07:06,392 --> 00:07:09,828 Denny Crane. No comment. 88 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:11,988 The blind shall lead. Only in America. 89 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:17,031 Denny Crane. 90 00:07:17,136 --> 00:07:21,539 - I'll ask for a continuance if they won't. - On grounds they're not ready? 91 00:07:21,641 --> 00:07:24,872 Your Honor, this is a tactic. Mr. Shore figures to lose at trial-- 92 00:07:24,977 --> 00:07:27,605 I rarely lose, and certainly not to you. 93 00:07:27,713 --> 00:07:32,173 So what he's obviously trying to do here is pile on as many grounds for appeal as possible... 94 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:35,152 including, it seems, inadequate counsel. 95 00:07:35,254 --> 00:07:38,621 - Do you two have a prior relationship? - Yes, Your Honor. 96 00:07:38,724 --> 00:07:40,453 Uh, when I was in private practice... 97 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,792 Mr. Shore hacked into my client's corporate files and then blackmailed him. 98 00:07:44,897 --> 00:07:47,195 Successfully. You left that out. 99 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:51,703 Mr. Shore, the court does have concerns with new counsel taking this over the day of trial. 100 00:07:51,804 --> 00:07:53,669 [ Alan ] My client doesn't want a delay. 101 00:07:53,773 --> 00:07:56,503 You already know he refused to waive his right to a speedy trial. 102 00:07:56,609 --> 00:07:59,840 Then you're on record as being ready. We'll bring in the jury at 2:00. 103 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:02,141 Thank you. 104 00:08:02,849 --> 00:08:06,910 - Are you okay with this? - Oh, I am. You're dear to my Ivan. 105 00:08:07,019 --> 00:08:10,785 And I'm certainly wise enough to know that the heart wants what the heart wants... 106 00:08:10,890 --> 00:08:12,858 so long as his penis doesn't weigh in. 107 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:16,759 [ Cackling, Snorting ] 108 00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:20,196 - She has a funny laugh. I didn't tell you. - Yes. You left that out. 109 00:08:20,299 --> 00:08:22,426 - Bambi's mother got shot. - Oh! 110 00:08:22,535 --> 00:08:25,504 Sometimes when she starts, she can't stop... 111 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:28,802 so I have to tell her something tragic to snap her out of it. 112 00:08:28,908 --> 00:08:31,706 Uh, tell me, what brought you two together? 113 00:08:31,811 --> 00:08:36,180 Well, I'd have to say church. Also his sense of humor. 114 00:08:36,282 --> 00:08:38,876 - Did he make you giggle? - Only in bed. 115 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:42,079 Oh! [ Cackling, Snorting ] 116 00:08:42,188 --> 00:08:45,089 - It's best not to amuse her. - I can see this. 117 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:48,217 - Bill Buckner! - [ Snorts ] Oh. 118 00:08:48,327 --> 00:08:50,295 I apologize. 119 00:08:50,396 --> 00:08:54,059 Anyhow, where we really connected, I think, was our love of musical theater. 120 00:09:00,573 --> 00:09:03,371 Mamma Mia! 121 00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:05,467 [ Speaks Lyrics ] 122 00:09:08,814 --> 00:09:11,248 I was hired as Mrs. Myerson's private nurse. 123 00:09:11,350 --> 00:09:15,081 I worked in her employ up until the time of her death. 124 00:09:15,187 --> 00:09:19,021 In fact, Miss Young, it was you who supplied the defendant... 125 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:21,093 with the morphine and the I.V. 126 00:09:21,193 --> 00:09:23,286 - Isn't that correct? - Yes. 127 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:26,661 Did he tell you what he wanted to use the morphine drip for? 128 00:09:26,766 --> 00:09:30,099 He said if she ever got in too much pain, he wanted to help her manage it. 129 00:09:30,202 --> 00:09:32,670 And how is it you even had access to this drug? 130 00:09:32,772 --> 00:09:35,900 Well, I had worked at a hospice for people dying of terminal diseases... 131 00:09:36,008 --> 00:09:40,445 and it was quite common for morphine drips to be used in connection with pain management. 132 00:09:40,546 --> 00:09:43,014 Don't you typically need a prescription? 133 00:09:43,115 --> 00:09:46,642 Ordinarily, but I have a small stockpile-- I guess would be the word. 134 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:50,688 I never thought Mr. Myerson would use it to actually cause her death. 135 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:59,520 You stated you never thought my client would use the morphine to cause his wife's death. 136 00:09:59,632 --> 00:10:02,965 Would that be because you knew him to love his wife very much? 137 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:05,469 That would be one reason, yes. 138 00:10:05,571 --> 00:10:08,506 Did Mrs. Myerson ever communicate to you that she would rather die... 139 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:13,272 than live through the experience of her brain being destroyed by this disease? 140 00:10:13,379 --> 00:10:15,506 She said so many times. 141 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:18,812 Is there any doubt in your mind that Mrs. Myerson wanted to end her life? 142 00:10:18,918 --> 00:10:21,785 None. She asked me to help her. I said I couldn't legally. 143 00:10:21,887 --> 00:10:26,119 - And that's when she turned to her husband. - Thank you. 144 00:10:44,810 --> 00:10:46,744 Hello! 145 00:10:46,846 --> 00:10:50,976 [ Giggling ] What do you think? 146 00:10:51,083 --> 00:10:53,711 I'm curious to your thoughts... 147 00:10:53,819 --> 00:10:56,515 if they involve me putting that on in this lifetime. 148 00:10:56,622 --> 00:10:59,022 What? All the bridesmaids are wearing it. 149 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:02,390 - It's green. - Yeah. 150 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:06,226 Shirley, may we speak as girlfriends for a second? 151 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:08,562 I met you this morning. 152 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:12,866 I know you're happy for Ivan and me, but I don't want to be insensitive. 153 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:16,066 If it's too difficult for you to be giving him away at the ceremony-- 154 00:11:16,175 --> 00:11:19,611 As long as we're speaking as girlfriends... 155 00:11:19,712 --> 00:11:23,170 aside from God and Les Misérables... 156 00:11:23,282 --> 00:11:25,250 how are you and Ivan compatible? 157 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:30,345 Well, we love children. I'm a wonderful housekeeper, and I love to cook. 158 00:11:30,456 --> 00:11:33,721 These are traditional values I speak of. 159 00:11:33,826 --> 00:11:38,525 I'm sexually very... indefatigable. 160 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:40,963 - [ Cackling, Snorting ] - Oh, God. 161 00:11:42,301 --> 00:11:44,633 Tsunami. Holocaust. Trent Lott! 162 00:11:44,737 --> 00:11:49,197 - Oh. Are you, uh--Are you one of those? - ''Those''? 163 00:11:49,308 --> 00:11:53,540 Those people who mock the religious right, who put down our administration. 164 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:57,082 [ Gasps ] I would never! 165 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:11,727 [ Siren Wailing ] 166 00:12:21,207 --> 00:12:23,107 Who's dead? 167 00:12:23,209 --> 00:12:25,575 Nobody's dead, Rachel. 168 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:29,170 I just came... to say hello. 169 00:12:30,883 --> 00:12:32,783 Is that it? 170 00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:38,346 Look, Rachel, whatever damage, I'd like to begin to repair it. 171 00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:41,790 Well, Dad, I think we both can agree we'd have to start with an apology. 172 00:12:41,894 --> 00:12:44,795 Where we differ is on who needs to give it. 173 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,001 I'm sorry that we lost track for seven years... 174 00:12:51,103 --> 00:12:53,162 but I don't owe you an apology. 175 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:55,604 - See ya, Dad. - Wait. 176 00:12:55,708 --> 00:13:00,008 - Can we talk? - I'm kinda busy. 177 00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:02,307 With what? 178 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:06,479 Who is this? 179 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,281 Your granddaughter. 180 00:13:22,101 --> 00:13:24,092 So far he's been paying child support... 181 00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:27,172 so financially he's been responsible. 182 00:13:30,009 --> 00:13:32,807 How soon after did you split up? 183 00:13:34,213 --> 00:13:36,704 We were never together, Dad. It was one of those things. 184 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:38,716 [ Chuckles ] 185 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:41,309 You're shocked? 186 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:43,980 - Rachel, you're almost 40. - Meaning what? Time to grow up? 187 00:13:44,089 --> 00:13:46,250 Meaning that perhaps when choosing men-- 188 00:13:46,358 --> 00:13:48,326 Find one who won't walk out on me. 189 00:13:48,427 --> 00:13:51,828 Yeah, well, you know what they say. Girls look to marry their fathers. 190 00:13:51,931 --> 00:13:53,865 I never walked out on your mother. 191 00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:56,434 - No. But you walked out on me. - I did not! 192 00:13:56,535 --> 00:13:58,503 You stole from me. I had no-- 193 00:13:58,604 --> 00:14:02,165 Hey! She's three. She can understand what you're saying. 194 00:14:04,810 --> 00:14:07,108 Hello, sweetheart. You look-- 195 00:14:09,815 --> 00:14:11,715 [ Door Closes ] 196 00:14:13,385 --> 00:14:15,853 She just doesn't know you. That's all. 197 00:14:19,391 --> 00:14:24,454 How angry you must be with me to not tell me that I had a granddaughter. 198 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:29,601 How angry you must be. 199 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:34,768 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 200 00:14:38,744 --> 00:14:41,042 [ Alan ] This district attorney is not without talent. 201 00:14:41,146 --> 00:14:45,207 If he's able to present our client in any unsympathetic light... 202 00:14:45,317 --> 00:14:47,217 we'll lose. 203 00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:52,357 You okay? 204 00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:57,827 I'm tired of my Alzheimer's being a story point. 205 00:14:57,930 --> 00:15:00,728 This isn't your story, Denny. 206 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:04,098 And your M.R.I. was fine, remember? No progression. 207 00:15:09,141 --> 00:15:12,110 Imagine killing somebody you deeply love... 208 00:15:12,211 --> 00:15:15,408 even to spare suffering. 209 00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:20,247 You said you'd do it for me. You promised. 210 00:15:22,454 --> 00:15:24,513 I don't know that I could. 211 00:15:24,623 --> 00:15:27,558 Well, don't worry. 212 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:29,651 You're off the hook. 213 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:34,597 If the day comes, Bev said she'd sit on me. 214 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:38,636 Ah. Boots on. 215 00:15:38,737 --> 00:15:42,036 That's what we did with my father. 216 00:15:47,913 --> 00:15:49,813 Morphine drip. 217 00:16:18,277 --> 00:16:20,871 She loved to read... 218 00:16:22,247 --> 00:16:25,239 more than anything else in the world. 219 00:16:25,351 --> 00:16:28,514 And in the last few months, she couldn't even do that. 220 00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:33,585 What about the physical symptoms? 221 00:16:33,692 --> 00:16:38,391 Uh, well, her motor skills were declining, which was why we hired the nurse. 222 00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:40,556 She battled incontinence. 223 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:43,328 But mainly, it was the sense that her brain was dying... 224 00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:46,199 and she knew it. 225 00:16:46,305 --> 00:16:48,739 I mean, this was a proud... 226 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:51,708 fiercely intelligent woman... 227 00:16:51,810 --> 00:16:55,507 who was becoming an imbecile. 228 00:16:55,614 --> 00:17:00,449 Not only in front of everybody else's eyes, but her own. 229 00:17:02,721 --> 00:17:05,554 Were you present when she died? 230 00:17:05,657 --> 00:17:07,591 Yes. 231 00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:10,628 It was tragic... 232 00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:16,293 but it paled to the tragedy had she gone on living. 233 00:17:25,444 --> 00:17:27,912 You practiced law together? 234 00:17:28,013 --> 00:17:30,811 My very first firm-- Tiggs and Schmidt. It flopped. 235 00:17:30,916 --> 00:17:33,885 We were great partners, but lousy partners. 236 00:17:33,986 --> 00:17:36,784 But boy, it was fun. 237 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:39,915 - Hello! - [ Whispers ] Oh, God. 238 00:17:40,025 --> 00:17:44,621 Directions to the rehearsal dinner. 8:00! You can bring a date! 239 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:46,698 Okay. Oh. 240 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,430 - You think it's funny? - I do. 241 00:17:50,536 --> 00:17:53,130 You're coming with me. 242 00:17:53,238 --> 00:17:57,436 [ Imitating Missy ] 8:00! I can bring a date! 243 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:07,416 Hello! Time for my toast! 244 00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:10,977 - Why am I here? - Why am I? 245 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:15,493 First, I'd like to thank you all for coming tonight. 246 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:18,256 I have a confession to make. 247 00:18:18,363 --> 00:18:20,263 I never really thought I'd get married. 248 00:18:20,365 --> 00:18:23,357 I'd always hoped to, but, well... 249 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:26,336 the thought that I'd actually meet a man... 250 00:18:26,438 --> 00:18:29,532 who could look past my various eccentricities and quirks... 251 00:18:29,641 --> 00:18:32,166 and see me for my heart-- 252 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:34,177 [ Woman ] Oh! That's so sweet. 253 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:36,770 I never thought I'd actually meet a man who-- 254 00:18:45,424 --> 00:18:47,289 You've gotta be kidding. 255 00:19:03,408 --> 00:19:06,707 - Am I being Punk'd? - Be nice. 256 00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:35,439 Come on! Rehearsal dinners are meant to be silly. 257 00:19:35,541 --> 00:19:39,068 - Let me take you back 30 years or so to ours. - I don't relive past traumas. 258 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:41,146 Then let me just take you back. 259 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:49,921 - [ Car Horn Honks ] - You really love this girl, Ivan? 260 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:52,547 Love is a state of mind, Shirley. 261 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:55,252 No, it isn't. Maybe that's your problem. You think-- 262 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:57,453 My problem is I love you. 263 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:04,365 There. I said it. I love you. Never stopped. 264 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:12,172 This isn't fair-- what you're doing to this girl. 265 00:20:12,277 --> 00:20:14,245 I have enormous affection for her. 266 00:20:14,346 --> 00:20:16,610 The sex is rewarding. I make her happy. 267 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:19,149 All adds up to a workable equation. 268 00:20:19,251 --> 00:20:21,811 Your sense of romance is overwhelming. 269 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:26,380 We always said what a mistake it was for us to get married. 270 00:20:26,491 --> 00:20:30,393 Maybe the blunder was splitting up. 271 00:20:30,495 --> 00:20:33,396 Do you ever wonder? 272 00:20:37,269 --> 00:20:39,897 No. 273 00:20:42,307 --> 00:20:45,276 May I kiss the bride one last time before the ceremony? 274 00:20:45,377 --> 00:20:48,073 I'm the best man. 275 00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:50,273 Very bad idea. 276 00:21:05,897 --> 00:21:08,695 Now, that was romance. 277 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,768 Yes, it was. 278 00:21:14,139 --> 00:21:16,107 Good night, Ivan. 279 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:20,973 [ Keys Jingling ] 280 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:24,641 [ Knocking ] 281 00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:30,678 See, the thing is, Dad, I can handle not knowing whether you're in my life or not. 282 00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:34,115 But Fiona's asking me, ''Is Grandpa ever coming back?'' 283 00:22:34,219 --> 00:22:36,779 I gotta know what to tell her. 284 00:22:40,392 --> 00:22:43,418 Do you want me in your life? 285 00:22:45,931 --> 00:22:49,196 It's nice how you can put accusations in question form. 286 00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:51,326 Let me try. 287 00:22:51,436 --> 00:22:54,633 Did you mean to suggest our estrangement was my doing... 288 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:59,302 when it was you refusing to so much as take my phone calls for three-plus years? 289 00:22:59,411 --> 00:23:03,370 - How's that? - Close that door. 290 00:23:09,621 --> 00:23:12,749 I heard you say that she was emotionally unstable. 291 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:17,693 Is it possible her decision was influenced by this instability? 292 00:23:17,796 --> 00:23:20,162 - No. - No? 293 00:23:20,265 --> 00:23:23,792 Did you have a therapist or any trained professional... 294 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:27,360 speak with her about her apparent wish to die? 295 00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:31,340 I knew my wife better than any therapist ever could... 296 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:33,877 and her wish to die was not ''apparent.'' 297 00:23:33,979 --> 00:23:38,575 You--You stated th-that she was becoming an imbecile. 298 00:23:38,683 --> 00:23:41,652 That must have been excruciating for you. 299 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:45,917 Was it a relief in any way at all when she died? 300 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:54,057 It was, um, a relief to see her suffering end. 301 00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:58,564 I'm sorry to be-- to be asking these questions. 302 00:23:58,670 --> 00:24:01,901 It's just that sometimes in these situations... 303 00:24:02,007 --> 00:24:06,410 it's actually more about sparing the family's suffering than it is the victim's. 304 00:24:06,511 --> 00:24:08,536 Objection! 305 00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:13,447 The objection's overruled. 306 00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:15,520 Are you all right, Mr. Crane? 307 00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:26,631 Sir, how much was it costing you per month to care for your wife? 308 00:24:26,731 --> 00:24:30,132 You know, I'm just about one second away from taking my fist to your head! 309 00:24:30,235 --> 00:24:33,033 - Mr. Myerson! - Now, that strikes me as impulsive. 310 00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:35,072 Are you an impulsive person? 311 00:24:35,173 --> 00:24:37,141 Your Honor, this badgering has gone on long enough. 312 00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:41,440 I am simply trying to establish that Mr. Myerson and the deceased... 313 00:24:41,546 --> 00:24:45,482 were the two most emotionally disabled people in all of this... 314 00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:50,248 the very last two people who should be entrusted to make a decision to end human life. 315 00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:08,569 I'm sorry. I lost a crown on my tooth last night. 316 00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:11,073 I was wondering whether perhaps you swallowed it. 317 00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:13,076 Aren't you ashamed of what happened? 318 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:15,510 No, but I can see you are, so we're covered. 319 00:25:15,614 --> 00:25:19,243 Ivan, you are getting married, and you're kissing another woman. 320 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:21,012 Not just any woman. I promise. 321 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,644 You simply cannot marry this girl, not if-- 322 00:25:23,755 --> 00:25:26,349 - There's only one thing that can stop it. - And that is? 323 00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:28,358 I'm looking at her. 324 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:33,095 Final offer. Marry me. 325 00:25:36,501 --> 00:25:38,799 You are out of your mind. 326 00:25:40,639 --> 00:25:42,539 - You didn't say no. - No. 327 00:25:42,641 --> 00:25:44,802 - You didn't mean no. - No means no. 328 00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:47,378 If not you, then her. 329 00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:51,313 For God's sake, Ivan, think of her. 330 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:57,484 See ya at the ceremony, Shirl. 331 00:26:06,665 --> 00:26:10,658 - I was not going to enable you any longer! - So you stop giving me money! 332 00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:13,829 But to walk out? To refuse to take my calls? 333 00:26:13,939 --> 00:26:17,136 To tell Security at your damn firm not to let me in? 334 00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:20,177 You think you're going to lay all this on me? I gave you everything your whole life! 335 00:26:20,278 --> 00:26:24,681 It was your job to give me everything, just like it's my job to give Fiona everything! 336 00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:26,910 - At some point-- - I needed you! 337 00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:37,959 For God's sake, Dad... 338 00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:41,863 I was a drug addict, an alcoholic. 339 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:44,367 I had nothing. 340 00:26:44,469 --> 00:26:47,097 I needed my father, and you abandoned me. 341 00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:51,241 You think that was easy for me? 342 00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:54,107 I spoke to counselors, professionals. 343 00:26:54,212 --> 00:26:57,147 They all told me you had to hit bottom before-- 344 00:26:57,248 --> 00:27:00,274 Well, mission accomplished, Dad, because I did. 345 00:27:06,524 --> 00:27:08,515 In my darkest days... 346 00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:12,791 during your mother's illness... 347 00:27:12,897 --> 00:27:17,027 I would let my mind... wander to you. 348 00:27:17,135 --> 00:27:20,468 I would dream ofbeing there for you... 349 00:27:20,572 --> 00:27:23,905 when you gave birth to our first grandchild. 350 00:27:25,877 --> 00:27:30,678 Getting to hold and love a baby again... 351 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:33,376 like I did you. 352 00:27:36,187 --> 00:27:40,123 How dare you take that away from me? How dare you? 353 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,495 Well, you know what, Dad? 354 00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:49,055 In my darkest days, through it all... 355 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:51,294 I had one little thing... 356 00:27:51,403 --> 00:27:53,769 one tiny semblance of a foundation... 357 00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:56,397 and it was knowing that no matter what... 358 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:58,476 my father would be there for me. 359 00:28:00,745 --> 00:28:03,111 And he wasn't. 360 00:28:03,214 --> 00:28:05,114 He wasn't. 361 00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:11,915 How dare you take that from me? 362 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,602 [ Sobbing ] 363 00:28:42,821 --> 00:28:44,880 Should we request that other song? 364 00:28:46,624 --> 00:28:51,288 For my money, she probably did hit bottom because you walked away. 365 00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:54,797 And that maybe saved her life. Forgive her. 366 00:28:56,935 --> 00:28:59,062 I'm not sure she'll forgive me. 367 00:28:59,170 --> 00:29:01,832 Paul, you went to her house. 368 00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:03,908 Today she came to your office. 369 00:29:04,008 --> 00:29:06,533 You two are already back together. 370 00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:10,080 You just can't figure out a way to execute the deal. 371 00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:13,884 And what about you and Ivan? 372 00:29:13,985 --> 00:29:16,647 - I'm sorry? - Do you still love him? 373 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:18,655 I beg your pardon? 374 00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:20,987 Your taste in men, Shirley. 375 00:29:21,092 --> 00:29:25,825 Ivan Tiggs, Denny Crane-- wild, bigger than life. 376 00:29:27,465 --> 00:29:30,059 I don't love Ivan anymore. 377 00:29:30,168 --> 00:29:33,535 I'm just... his best man. 378 00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:43,379 We have a law... 379 00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:45,449 against assisted suicide. 380 00:29:47,819 --> 00:29:50,253 One reason simply goes... 381 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:53,722 to the sanctity of life. 382 00:29:53,825 --> 00:29:56,851 Once we start eroding that... 383 00:29:56,961 --> 00:30:00,453 once we say it's acceptable for people to start killing themselves... 384 00:30:00,565 --> 00:30:03,432 a terrible thing happens. 385 00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:05,935 It becomes acceptable. 386 00:30:06,037 --> 00:30:08,369 It's suddenly an option... 387 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:11,704 for the senior citizen with Alzheimer's... 388 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,142 for the 50-year-old with cancer... 389 00:30:14,245 --> 00:30:17,271 for the teenager with no friends. 390 00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:21,648 Who decides when suicide is the way to go? 391 00:30:21,753 --> 00:30:24,449 In this case, the decision fell... 392 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:29,220 to a mentally impaired woman and her emotionally despairing husband. 393 00:30:29,327 --> 00:30:32,262 Not exactly bastions of sound judgment. 394 00:30:32,363 --> 00:30:36,595 His motives, however clouded by grief, may have been pure. 395 00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:40,762 But what about that husband who wants his wife to die... 396 00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:45,172 to perhaps prevent the estate from being financially drained? 397 00:30:45,276 --> 00:30:49,269 What about the family that actually seeks to end their own suffering... 398 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:52,816 because it's too horrible watching Mom deteriorate? 399 00:30:52,917 --> 00:30:58,116 How do we assess or regulate motive? 400 00:30:58,223 --> 00:31:01,659 It's why we choose, as a matter of law... 401 00:31:01,759 --> 00:31:04,626 not to go down that slope. 402 00:31:04,729 --> 00:31:09,098 Nobody is arguing that Mr. Myerson is a bad man. He isn't. 403 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:14,035 But he admittedly, reflectively acted... 404 00:31:14,138 --> 00:31:17,107 to end the life of a human being. 405 00:31:18,509 --> 00:31:22,377 Under the law, which you took an oath to uphold... 406 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,380 that's murder. 407 00:31:39,330 --> 00:31:42,299 The dirty little secret is... 408 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,837 we went down that slope years ago. 409 00:31:46,938 --> 00:31:50,806 Officially, we say we're against assisted suicide... 410 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:54,538 but it goes on all the time. 411 00:31:54,646 --> 00:31:57,171 Seventy percent of all deaths in hospitals... 412 00:31:57,282 --> 00:32:00,683 are due to decisions to let patients die... 413 00:32:00,785 --> 00:32:05,222 whether it's morphine drips or respirators, hydration tubes. 414 00:32:05,323 --> 00:32:07,848 With all due respect to the Terri Schiavo fanfare... 415 00:32:07,959 --> 00:32:10,519 patients are assisted with death... 416 00:32:10,628 --> 00:32:12,653 all across this country all the time. 417 00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:17,167 As for regulating motive, here's a thought--investigate it. 418 00:32:17,268 --> 00:32:20,101 If we suspect foul play, have the police ask questions. 419 00:32:20,204 --> 00:32:23,367 If it smells funny, prosecute. 420 00:32:23,474 --> 00:32:26,409 But here... 421 00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:30,572 there's no suggestion that Mr. Myerson's motive was anything other... 422 00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:33,048 than to satisfy his wife's wishes... 423 00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:36,052 and spare her the extreme indignity... 424 00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:38,952 of experiencing the rotting of her brain. 425 00:32:39,057 --> 00:32:42,356 Can you imagine? 426 00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:45,054 Would you want to live like that? 427 00:32:51,569 --> 00:32:53,833 I had a dog for 12 years. 428 00:32:53,938 --> 00:32:55,906 His name was Alan. [ Chuckles ] 429 00:32:56,007 --> 00:33:00,239 That was his name when I got him. 430 00:33:00,345 --> 00:33:02,575 He had cancer in the end. 431 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,741 That, in conjunction with severe hip dysplasia. 432 00:33:06,851 --> 00:33:09,376 And he was in unbearable pain. 433 00:33:09,487 --> 00:33:12,456 My vet recommended-- and I agreed-- to euthanize him. 434 00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:14,457 It was humane. 435 00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:18,393 Which we, as a society, endeavor to be... 436 00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:21,329 for animals. 437 00:33:21,432 --> 00:33:24,833 My client's act was humane. 438 00:33:26,104 --> 00:33:28,368 It was a selfless one. 439 00:33:28,473 --> 00:33:30,907 It was a sorrowful one. 440 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:35,744 Mrs. Myerson's nurse testified... 441 00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:40,113 as to the profound love Ryan Myerson had for his wife. 442 00:33:40,218 --> 00:33:44,882 Sometimes the ultimate act of love and kindness-- 443 00:33:56,267 --> 00:33:59,964 If you think this man is a criminal, send him to jail. 444 00:34:02,273 --> 00:34:05,970 But if you don't, don't. 445 00:34:30,668 --> 00:34:33,569 And do you, Missy, take Ivan to be your lawfully wedded husband... 446 00:34:33,671 --> 00:34:35,969 to love, honor and obey till death do you part? 447 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:38,975 I do. I do! [ Snorts ] 448 00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:42,205 And do you, Ivan, take Missy to be your lawfully wedded wife... 449 00:34:42,313 --> 00:34:45,248 to love, honor and obey till death do you part? 450 00:34:45,349 --> 00:34:46,873 I do. 451 00:34:46,984 --> 00:34:49,384 If there's anyone who knows a reason why these two... 452 00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:52,012 should not bejoined together in holy matrimony... 453 00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:55,217 speak now or forever hold your peace. 454 00:34:56,527 --> 00:34:58,222 The rings. 455 00:35:37,635 --> 00:35:39,865 I now pronounce you husband and wife. 456 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:55,411 I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Tiggs. 457 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:59,820 [ Cheering ] 458 00:36:34,158 --> 00:36:36,854 [ Fiona Giggling ] 459 00:36:36,961 --> 00:36:39,759 [ Chattering ] 460 00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:27,036 Will the defendant please rise? 461 00:37:29,213 --> 00:37:32,671 Madame Foreperson, the jury has reached a unanimous verdict? 462 00:37:32,783 --> 00:37:34,978 - We have, Your Honor. - What say you? 463 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:37,611 In the matter of the Commonwealth versus Ryan Myerson... 464 00:37:37,722 --> 00:37:39,849 on the charge of murder in the second degree... 465 00:37:39,957 --> 00:37:43,017 we, the jury, find the defendant, Ryan Myerson... 466 00:37:44,362 --> 00:37:46,421 not guilty. 467 00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:48,589 -[ Spectators Murmuring ] - Really? 468 00:37:48,699 --> 00:37:51,998 Ladies and gentlemen of thejury, thank you very much for your services. 469 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:55,163 - Thank you so much, Mr. Shore. - It was nothing, but expensive. 470 00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:57,833 Denny, thank you. 471 00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:24,366 [ Sighs ] 472 00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:26,936 I'm so overwhelmed, I don't know what to say. 473 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:30,940 There's typically a post-verdict crash, Mr. Myerson. 474 00:38:31,042 --> 00:38:34,273 I frequently counsel my clients not to be alone. 475 00:38:34,378 --> 00:38:38,474 Do you have someone to keep you company tonight? 476 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:54,063 The nurse? 477 00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:59,559 The look was unmistakable. 478 00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:03,902 That's why he was so adamant about going forward with the trial so fast. 479 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:08,445 If his affair with the nurse surfaced, which it inevitably would have, he'd be sunk. 480 00:39:08,546 --> 00:39:10,673 Hmm. 481 00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:13,147 He killed her to be with his mistress. 482 00:39:15,453 --> 00:39:17,421 Who knows? 483 00:39:17,521 --> 00:39:21,116 Maybe the fact that he was in love with somebody else simply made it easier... 484 00:39:21,225 --> 00:39:23,921 to comply with his wife's desire to die. 485 00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:25,996 Maybe she didn't really want to die. 486 00:39:26,097 --> 00:39:28,793 - All we had was his word for it. - And the nurse's. 487 00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:31,801 Oh, my God. 488 00:39:31,902 --> 00:39:34,530 We don't know whether he's innocent or guilty. I hate that. 489 00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:40,907 Denny, when you launched yourself in court like a Pop-Tart-- 490 00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:44,208 He was badgering our client. I had to break the flow. 491 00:39:47,451 --> 00:39:50,249 Mr. Koupfer had just said... 492 00:39:50,354 --> 00:39:54,188 ''Families often act to end their own suffering.'' 493 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,825 Is that what happened with your father? 494 00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:12,568 He wasn't exactly in pain. His appetite was good. 495 00:40:12,676 --> 00:40:17,375 In fact, he was actually smiling more in the end than he-- 496 00:40:20,651 --> 00:40:24,451 On the day-- 497 00:40:24,555 --> 00:40:27,149 the day we told the doctor to up the drip... 498 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:29,658 he was blissful. 499 00:40:32,797 --> 00:40:37,234 We put him out of our misery. 500 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:41,496 And I often wonder, did that life belong... 501 00:40:41,605 --> 00:40:44,073 to the man with the brain of a two-year-old... 502 00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:46,473 or to the man that preceded it? 503 00:40:46,577 --> 00:40:48,477 It certainly... 504 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:55,345 didn't belong to me. 505 00:40:56,954 --> 00:41:00,617 I think the life belonged to the man who preceded the disease... 506 00:41:00,724 --> 00:41:02,692 the man you knew as your father. 507 00:41:02,793 --> 00:41:04,693 Ah. 508 00:41:06,363 --> 00:41:08,661 But at what point? 509 00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:14,103 Koupfer said it was a slippery slurp. 510 00:41:14,205 --> 00:41:16,639 Slope. 511 00:41:16,740 --> 00:41:19,607 How'd you get the doctor to do it? 512 00:41:23,414 --> 00:41:28,147 Denny Crane. I was still the real thing then. 513 00:41:35,526 --> 00:41:39,963 I'm gonna say this right now and then I'm gonna memorialize it in my living will. 514 00:41:40,064 --> 00:41:42,692 If I ever end up with the mind of a two-year-old-- 515 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,961 I'll have Bev sit on you. 516 00:41:46,604 --> 00:41:48,504 That's a load off. 517 00:41:56,780 --> 00:42:00,477 My day is coming, Alan. We both know that. 518 00:42:01,852 --> 00:42:03,752 It's a long ways off. 519 00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:08,124 And in the meantime... 520 00:42:08,225 --> 00:42:11,023 live big, my friend. 521 00:42:11,128 --> 00:42:13,096 Live big. 522 00:42:20,471 --> 00:42:22,439 [ Sighs ] 523 00:43:11,221 --> 00:43:12,848 [ Woman ] You stinker!