1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,766 Previously on 'Boston legal' 2 00:00:01,766 --> 00:00:03,742 Are you and Denise having intimate relations? 3 00:00:03,742 --> 00:00:04,760 Why would you ask me that? 4 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:05,849 - Are you? - Are you? 5 00:00:05,849 --> 00:00:07,943 You and I have an arrangement. No exclusivity. 6 00:00:07,943 --> 00:00:09,191 Are you sleeping with somebody else in this office? 7 00:00:09,191 --> 00:00:10,963 - I'm not having this conversation. - Denise, I will not be made a fool of. 8 00:00:10,963 --> 00:00:12,494 Are you sleeping with somebody else in this office? 9 00:00:12,494 --> 00:00:13,770 I'm not answering these questions. 10 00:00:13,770 --> 00:00:17,458 "Professor Clifford Cabot's cabinet of sexual curiosities." 11 00:00:17,458 --> 00:00:20,089 This is my vision. It's not just some collection of smut. 12 00:00:20,089 --> 00:00:22,167 Ever appear before a raving loon named Clark Brown? 13 00:00:22,167 --> 00:00:22,800 Shocking. 14 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:23,679 Outrageous. 15 00:00:23,679 --> 00:00:25,665 These are serious criminal charges. 16 00:00:25,665 --> 00:00:27,541 70 years old, still lives with his mother. 17 00:00:27,541 --> 00:00:30,553 Do you know what my mother would call you? A namby-pamby. 19 00:00:46,632 --> 00:00:48,340 What are you looking at? 20 00:00:50,965 --> 00:00:52,808 Bethany, you got taller. 21 00:00:52,808 --> 00:00:54,924 I'm just trying it out, snidey doo. 22 00:00:54,924 --> 00:00:57,326 Well, it looks smashing on you. 23 00:00:57,326 --> 00:00:58,643 Is there a reason you're here? 24 00:00:58,643 --> 00:01:00,259 I'm meeting Denny for breakfast. 25 00:01:00,259 --> 00:01:02,762 I'd say "join us," but that might ruin it. 26 00:01:03,756 --> 00:01:05,025 Oh, dear. 27 00:01:05,025 --> 00:01:06,762 Judge Brown. 28 00:01:06,762 --> 00:01:09,005 I need to see Denny Crane, please. 29 00:01:09,005 --> 00:01:10,178 Why? 30 00:01:10,476 --> 00:01:14,728 It is a matter of great urgency for which I need a powerful firm. 31 00:01:16,859 --> 00:01:17,957 What's the urgency? 32 00:01:17,957 --> 00:01:19,785 Your shorts riding up on you? 33 00:01:19,785 --> 00:01:21,383 This is a grave matter. 34 00:01:21,383 --> 00:01:23,141 I'd appreciate your sensitivity. 35 00:01:23,141 --> 00:01:25,298 I am nothing if not sensitive. 36 00:01:27,308 --> 00:01:31,328 18 months ago I was diagnosed with SSAD. 37 00:01:31,801 --> 00:01:35,880 I was directed to a rehab facility where I was told I'd be cured. 38 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,493 $40,000 later I am not cured. 39 00:01:39,493 --> 00:01:41,927 Oh, I'm so sorry, judge. 40 00:01:41,927 --> 00:01:43,281 What's SSAD? 41 00:01:43,281 --> 00:01:46,005 Same-sex attraction disorder. 42 00:01:46,584 --> 00:01:47,909 What do you mean? 43 00:01:47,909 --> 00:01:49,280 It, it's a disorder 44 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,240 where a person thinks he's attracted to the same sex. 45 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:54,380 What do you mean? 46 00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:58,115 What I mean is the person becomes erroneously convinced 47 00:01:58,115 --> 00:02:01,850 that he's sexually attracted to a person of the same sex. 48 00:02:01,850 --> 00:02:03,309 This affects you? 49 00:02:03,309 --> 00:02:04,583 Yes. 50 00:02:05,634 --> 00:02:07,322 But you're a man. 51 00:02:07,322 --> 00:02:10,701 That would mean you're attracted to men. 52 00:02:10,701 --> 00:02:11,943 Yes. 53 00:02:11,943 --> 00:02:13,903 Oh, I'm not, of course. 54 00:02:13,903 --> 00:02:16,896 It's just that I think I am. 55 00:02:16,896 --> 00:02:18,539 You mean like homosexual gay? 56 00:02:18,539 --> 00:02:20,860 Which is why I want to sue. 57 00:02:20,860 --> 00:02:24,687 I will not take this lying down. 58 00:02:26,530 --> 00:02:30,600 Boston Legal 3x14. Selling Sickness 72 00:02:56,763 --> 00:02:59,516 Shirley, this is my sister Carol, my niece Michelle. 73 00:02:59,516 --> 00:03:04,236 Michelle regrettably was a victim of a rather traumatic assault last night. 74 00:03:04,236 --> 00:03:05,608 What happened? 75 00:03:06,134 --> 00:03:07,920 I was molested by a rabbi. 76 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:09,674 She's not even really Jewish. 77 00:03:09,674 --> 00:03:11,116 We could make this out a hate crime. 78 00:03:11,116 --> 00:03:12,651 I'm half Jewish. 79 00:03:12,651 --> 00:03:13,748 Her father's side. 80 00:03:13,748 --> 00:03:14,903 You were... 81 00:03:14,903 --> 00:03:16,841 this was last night? 82 00:03:16,841 --> 00:03:19,118 I've been getting counseling from my father's rabbi 83 00:03:19,118 --> 00:03:21,944 over my so-called disability with intimacy, 84 00:03:21,944 --> 00:03:25,677 which is the new term for prudes, I guess. 85 00:03:25,677 --> 00:03:29,325 And he sucked me down this path-of-trust thingy 86 00:03:29,325 --> 00:03:32,571 and last night he somehow got me to lie naked with him, 87 00:03:32,571 --> 00:03:34,451 and he pressed his fat, 88 00:03:34,451 --> 00:03:37,741 naked body against mine and groped me like an ape. 89 00:03:37,741 --> 00:03:40,069 I was practically enveloped by flab. 90 00:03:40,069 --> 00:03:41,689 Did you ask him to stop? 91 00:03:41,689 --> 00:03:43,632 She's only 16. It wouldn't matter. 92 00:03:43,632 --> 00:03:44,950 I understand, but... 93 00:03:44,950 --> 00:03:46,170 I asked him to stop, 94 00:03:46,170 --> 00:03:49,070 and he made some stupid comment like, 95 00:03:49,070 --> 00:03:51,951 "why should priests have all the fun," which I did not find funny. 96 00:03:51,951 --> 00:03:54,001 He should get letters. 97 00:03:54,001 --> 00:03:55,609 Have you been to the police? 98 00:03:55,609 --> 00:03:57,777 We've been to the police. This isn't about that. 99 00:03:57,777 --> 00:04:00,220 - What is it about then? - There's a new pill. 100 00:04:00,220 --> 00:04:02,265 It's still in the trial stage. Perhaps you've heard of it. 101 00:04:02,265 --> 00:04:03,796 It's called "the forgetting pill." 102 00:04:03,796 --> 00:04:05,020 "The forgetting pill"? 103 00:04:05,020 --> 00:04:08,490 Basically, if you take it in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event, 104 00:04:08,490 --> 00:04:10,420 it can make you forget that event, 105 00:04:10,420 --> 00:04:13,696 the goal being to circumvent the emotional scarring. 106 00:04:13,696 --> 00:04:15,501 Michelle's father wants her to take it. 107 00:04:15,501 --> 00:04:17,168 He's going for a court order. 108 00:04:17,168 --> 00:04:19,224 We think the idea is perverse. 109 00:04:19,224 --> 00:04:20,842 A pill that makes you forget? 110 00:04:20,842 --> 00:04:23,766 Aldous Huxley didn't even dream of that. 111 00:04:23,766 --> 00:04:25,605 Well, actually he did, but still, 112 00:04:25,605 --> 00:04:29,004 to experiment with a person's memory, the idea is grotesque. 113 00:04:29,004 --> 00:04:31,222 Whoa, uh, hold on a second. You and the father are... 114 00:04:31,222 --> 00:04:32,491 We're divorced. 115 00:04:32,491 --> 00:04:35,549 He wants her to take the medication. I'm opposed. 116 00:04:35,549 --> 00:04:38,172 Well, you can't force medication on a 16-year-old, 117 00:04:38,172 --> 00:04:39,479 even if you're the father. 118 00:04:39,479 --> 00:04:40,914 She wants to take it. 119 00:04:40,914 --> 00:04:42,133 Of course I do. 120 00:04:42,133 --> 00:04:44,173 How would you like to spend the rest of your life 121 00:04:44,173 --> 00:04:46,648 remembering a fat, naked rabbi? 122 00:04:46,648 --> 00:04:48,258 You have to trust us, sweetheart. 123 00:04:48,258 --> 00:04:49,557 Trust you? 124 00:04:49,557 --> 00:04:52,113 You're a bigger perv than the rabbi. 125 00:04:52,113 --> 00:04:53,402 Um... 126 00:04:54,103 --> 00:04:56,768 Michelle, something tells me that if you really wanted to take this pill, 127 00:04:56,768 --> 00:05:00,038 - you would've done so by now. - No, 'cause... 128 00:05:00,038 --> 00:05:03,085 these two freaked the doctors out with all their threats of lawsuits, 129 00:05:03,085 --> 00:05:06,564 and they won't give it to me without her consent. 130 00:05:07,259 --> 00:05:09,115 It just seems morally wrong. 131 00:05:09,115 --> 00:05:10,893 Her father's going to court. 132 00:05:10,893 --> 00:05:13,482 Shirley, we need your help. 133 00:05:24,692 --> 00:05:27,868 I do not want her here. 134 00:05:27,868 --> 00:05:29,817 Medical malpractice is my niche. 135 00:05:29,817 --> 00:05:31,879 Your honor, she can help. I've seen her in action. 136 00:05:31,879 --> 00:05:33,924 She's a little dynamo. 137 00:05:33,924 --> 00:05:38,719 How exactly does this same-sex attraction disorder play out? 138 00:05:38,719 --> 00:05:41,639 Well, I find men, 139 00:05:41,639 --> 00:05:43,698 and I have relations with them. 140 00:05:43,698 --> 00:05:45,995 I've been struggling with this most of my life. 141 00:05:45,995 --> 00:05:48,419 About a year and a half ago, I had a talk with my minister. 142 00:05:48,419 --> 00:05:51,419 He gave me the diagnosis of SSAD, 143 00:05:51,419 --> 00:05:54,745 told me he knew of a faith-based facility that could help me. 144 00:05:54,745 --> 00:05:57,049 It's called "better tomorrows." 145 00:05:57,049 --> 00:05:58,617 They're a sham. 146 00:05:58,617 --> 00:06:03,635 $40,000 later, I still have urges. 147 00:06:03,635 --> 00:06:06,222 I've seen this exact same thing before, 148 00:06:06,222 --> 00:06:07,814 and I think I can explain it. 149 00:06:07,814 --> 00:06:09,488 - You can? - Yes. 150 00:06:09,488 --> 00:06:11,075 You're totally gay. 151 00:06:11,075 --> 00:06:13,294 I am not! How dare you? 152 00:06:13,294 --> 00:06:16,373 Your honor, going to court's a very public forum. 153 00:06:16,373 --> 00:06:17,915 Are you sure you want to do this? 154 00:06:17,915 --> 00:06:23,027 At some point, man has to stand up for principle. 155 00:06:23,027 --> 00:06:26,483 This Better tomorrows... 156 00:06:26,483 --> 00:06:28,596 it's outrageous! 157 00:06:36,488 --> 00:06:38,133 Congratulations. 158 00:06:38,515 --> 00:06:39,961 What? Oh. 159 00:06:39,961 --> 00:06:42,872 Uh, no, it's negative. No blue line. 160 00:06:42,872 --> 00:06:45,818 Yeah, I could tell from your reaction. 161 00:06:46,195 --> 00:06:48,084 Who's the father? 162 00:06:48,282 --> 00:06:49,677 Nobody. 163 00:06:50,659 --> 00:06:52,552 Nobody is the father. 164 00:06:52,552 --> 00:06:54,709 You really shouldn't claim that, Denise. 165 00:06:54,709 --> 00:06:56,978 They'll throw rocks at your kid. 166 00:06:56,978 --> 00:06:59,428 You have a smart little wisecrack for everything, don't you? 167 00:06:59,428 --> 00:07:01,208 Most things. 168 00:07:05,492 --> 00:07:07,151 You okay? 169 00:07:07,359 --> 00:07:08,938 No. 170 00:07:11,073 --> 00:07:13,343 What am I gonna do? 171 00:07:14,582 --> 00:07:16,137 Well... 172 00:07:16,474 --> 00:07:18,408 you can have it 173 00:07:18,408 --> 00:07:20,025 or not. 174 00:07:24,225 --> 00:07:25,493 Can you help? 175 00:07:25,493 --> 00:07:29,168 It's just the subject matter makes me a little uncomfortable. 176 00:07:29,168 --> 00:07:31,161 I'm afraid I won't do my best work. 177 00:07:31,161 --> 00:07:32,416 What about Bethany? 178 00:07:32,416 --> 00:07:33,610 She'll be around. 179 00:07:33,610 --> 00:07:37,364 But I want one of those really, really long closings. 180 00:07:37,364 --> 00:07:39,566 We've all come to expect them. 181 00:07:40,546 --> 00:07:45,029 Your honor, do you really want this problem aired out? 182 00:07:45,918 --> 00:07:49,937 Companies like this, they threaten our national security. 183 00:07:49,937 --> 00:07:51,020 Of course they do. 184 00:07:51,020 --> 00:07:54,590 Well, if people get the idea that, that businesses like this are shams, 185 00:07:54,590 --> 00:07:58,196 they may stop trying to cure themselves of homosexuality. 186 00:07:58,196 --> 00:08:03,429 But, your honor, you can't really cure homosexuality with therapy. 187 00:08:03,429 --> 00:08:05,054 You need to take a pill. 188 00:08:05,054 --> 00:08:08,330 How dare you make light of this situation! 189 00:08:08,330 --> 00:08:10,927 I think I'm gay, for god's sake. It's... 190 00:08:10,927 --> 00:08:12,622 Hard on the hips. 191 00:08:12,825 --> 00:08:13,962 Shocking! 192 00:08:15,131 --> 00:08:16,343 All rise. 193 00:08:16,343 --> 00:08:18,714 Case number 32666, 194 00:08:18,714 --> 00:08:22,275 judge Clark Brown vs. Better tomorrows. 195 00:08:31,141 --> 00:08:33,106 Oh, my. 196 00:08:35,804 --> 00:08:37,337 Alan Shore for the plaintiff. 197 00:08:37,337 --> 00:08:41,068 Could I perhaps get an ex parte sidebar, judge? 198 00:08:41,068 --> 00:08:42,633 Approach. 199 00:08:46,376 --> 00:08:47,842 Good morning, your honor. 200 00:08:47,842 --> 00:08:51,228 I cannot be 100% sure, 201 00:08:51,228 --> 00:08:55,259 but I believe years ago, long before you were a judge, 202 00:08:55,259 --> 00:08:57,057 there was a party. 203 00:08:57,057 --> 00:09:00,267 I believe I was at it, and I believe your honor was. 204 00:09:00,267 --> 00:09:04,755 And it turned out we only had one motor vehicle between us, 205 00:09:04,755 --> 00:09:06,882 so I offered to give you a lift. 206 00:09:06,882 --> 00:09:09,061 And even though between us, 207 00:09:09,061 --> 00:09:12,806 we had two places of residence, we only went to one of them. 208 00:09:12,806 --> 00:09:17,566 And between you and me, we had a very rewarding time. 209 00:09:17,566 --> 00:09:25,033 And I would hope that experience wouldn't come between us now in a court of law. 210 00:09:26,150 --> 00:09:30,087 I'm glad you remember it, counsel, 'cause... 211 00:09:30,087 --> 00:09:31,725 I don't. 212 00:09:31,725 --> 00:09:34,074 I guess between us, 213 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:36,216 one of us wasn't that memorable. 214 00:09:36,216 --> 00:09:41,165 Ah, well, I'm sure it all pales in comparison to a subsequent party 215 00:09:41,165 --> 00:09:42,293 I'm told you attended, 216 00:09:42,293 --> 00:09:44,397 one where the governor was there, as well. 217 00:09:44,397 --> 00:09:48,704 Do governors still appoint judges in the commonwealth? 218 00:09:48,704 --> 00:09:50,839 Between us, I believe they do. 219 00:09:50,839 --> 00:09:53,011 I'll hold you in contempt right now. 220 00:09:53,011 --> 00:09:55,279 My handcuffs or yours? 221 00:09:55,279 --> 00:09:57,177 You'd better respect this robe, Alan. 222 00:09:57,177 --> 00:09:59,667 Oh, I've already put it together. 223 00:09:59,667 --> 00:10:04,018 All of its contents on the highest of pedestals. 224 00:10:17,056 --> 00:10:18,459 Time is against us. 225 00:10:18,459 --> 00:10:20,465 If we don't give Michelle the propranolol now, 226 00:10:20,465 --> 00:10:22,750 before this horrific memory has a chance to set in... 227 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:24,958 We're talking about a child's brain here. 228 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:26,735 Why the rush to pump her with drugs? 229 00:10:26,735 --> 00:10:28,472 Because they can help my daughter! 230 00:10:28,472 --> 00:10:30,620 What is this drug you speak of? 231 00:10:30,620 --> 00:10:32,007 It sounds like poopycock. 232 00:10:32,007 --> 00:10:34,283 It's called propranolol. It's a beta-blocker. 233 00:10:34,283 --> 00:10:35,523 And it makes you forget? 234 00:10:35,523 --> 00:10:37,163 You obviously wouldn't need it. 235 00:10:37,163 --> 00:10:38,363 Who said that? 236 00:10:38,363 --> 00:10:39,210 He forgot. 237 00:10:39,210 --> 00:10:41,884 The drug essentially blocks adrenaline from entering the nerve cell, 238 00:10:41,884 --> 00:10:44,000 and adrenaline attaches emotion to memories. 239 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,691 If you take the drug quickly enough, 240 00:10:45,691 --> 00:10:48,243 it can prevent you from remembering and being scarred by the trauma. 241 00:10:48,243 --> 00:10:49,784 Which in this case would be? 242 00:10:49,784 --> 00:10:50,936 A naked rabbi. 243 00:10:50,936 --> 00:10:52,485 It's brainwashing, your honor. 244 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:55,250 They use it with soldiers with PTSD with good results. 245 00:10:55,250 --> 00:10:57,478 Even so, we're talking about a teenager. 246 00:10:57,478 --> 00:10:59,817 Who suffered a horrendous sexual assault. 247 00:10:59,817 --> 00:11:01,387 Now hold on just a second. 248 00:11:01,387 --> 00:11:03,502 Where is the naked rabbi? 249 00:11:03,502 --> 00:11:06,194 Your honor, the issue before you simply concerns Michelle's right 250 00:11:06,194 --> 00:11:07,734 to take this medication. 251 00:11:07,734 --> 00:11:10,604 And the father is for it, and her mother is against it? 252 00:11:10,604 --> 00:11:12,902 - Yes. - Who the hell are you? 253 00:11:13,139 --> 00:11:15,149 I'm the funny uncle. 254 00:11:15,149 --> 00:11:16,463 Every family has one. 255 00:11:16,463 --> 00:11:19,525 And you say the girl wishes to take the medication? 256 00:11:19,525 --> 00:11:21,296 Why is it so difficult to understand? 257 00:11:21,296 --> 00:11:24,828 I do not want to spend the rest of my life as a sexual assault victim. 258 00:11:24,828 --> 00:11:26,906 But, Michelle, that's what you are. 259 00:11:26,906 --> 00:11:30,113 But I don't have to be, not psychologically. 260 00:11:30,113 --> 00:11:32,824 This isn't anybody's business but my own. 261 00:11:32,824 --> 00:11:36,106 Your honor, my client, in addition to being Michelle's father, is a psychiatrist. 262 00:11:36,106 --> 00:11:39,416 He can give medical testimony as to the efficacy of this drug. 263 00:11:39,416 --> 00:11:40,800 I would like you to hear from him. 264 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,404 Get him up here. 265 00:11:50,405 --> 00:11:51,638 You wanted to see me, sport? 266 00:11:51,638 --> 00:11:53,369 Why would I want to do that? 267 00:11:54,042 --> 00:11:58,078 Actually, um, I called this little meeting. 268 00:12:00,452 --> 00:12:03,709 Could you sit, both of you? Couch. 269 00:12:03,709 --> 00:12:06,585 - Why? - Brad, sit, please. 270 00:12:15,043 --> 00:12:18,625 There is no delicate way to say this, so... 271 00:12:18,625 --> 00:12:20,037 I'm pregnant. 272 00:12:20,037 --> 00:12:21,576 One of you is the father, 273 00:12:21,576 --> 00:12:25,590 and while I'm not asking either of you to bear any responsibility, 274 00:12:25,590 --> 00:12:30,861 I would like to know who the paternal parent is. 275 00:12:30,861 --> 00:12:32,079 What's this? 276 00:12:32,079 --> 00:12:33,960 - Brad, swab, please. - Hold on a second. 277 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:35,744 I have rights. You can't just drop a bomb. 278 00:12:35,744 --> 00:12:37,007 You have no rights unless you're the father, 279 00:12:37,007 --> 00:12:38,730 which we won't know until we do the test. 280 00:12:38,730 --> 00:12:41,733 So, Brad, swab, please. 281 00:13:00,518 --> 00:13:01,900 Thanks. 282 00:13:02,498 --> 00:13:03,948 I'll get back to you. 283 00:13:08,959 --> 00:13:10,312 What am I gonna do? 284 00:13:10,312 --> 00:13:11,962 Brad. 285 00:13:12,636 --> 00:13:15,043 One of us is a father. 286 00:13:21,083 --> 00:13:23,245 There are many, many people in this country 287 00:13:23,245 --> 00:13:27,503 who have fallen victim to this confusion over sexual orientation. 288 00:13:27,503 --> 00:13:28,533 It's shocking. 289 00:13:28,533 --> 00:13:30,748 And these victims suffer from... 290 00:13:30,748 --> 00:13:32,226 SSAD. 291 00:13:32,226 --> 00:13:34,449 Same-sex attraction disorder. 292 00:13:34,449 --> 00:13:36,518 My minister diagnosed me, and he, 293 00:13:36,518 --> 00:13:40,103 he recommended Better tomorrows for reparative therapy. 294 00:13:40,103 --> 00:13:43,194 And what does this treatment entail, doctor? 295 00:13:43,194 --> 00:13:45,230 - I'm not a doctor. - Whatever. 296 00:13:45,230 --> 00:13:48,866 Well, basically, it entails Bible study, 297 00:13:48,866 --> 00:13:51,356 gender-appropriate activities, like, uh, 298 00:13:51,356 --> 00:13:54,513 sports activities for men, sewing for women. 299 00:13:54,513 --> 00:13:58,762 We were to report all sexual fantasies to the staff. 300 00:13:58,762 --> 00:14:03,858 Every day they searched our belongings for secular media, movies, CDs. 301 00:14:03,858 --> 00:14:06,031 Certain deviant behaviors were prohibited. 302 00:14:06,031 --> 00:14:08,006 It was all very entailed. 303 00:14:08,006 --> 00:14:09,152 Come on. 304 00:14:09,152 --> 00:14:11,867 Did you actually believe in all this nonsense? 305 00:14:11,867 --> 00:14:15,181 What you call "nonsense," I call values. 306 00:14:15,181 --> 00:14:17,269 So you went to the defendant... 307 00:14:17,269 --> 00:14:21,042 To be cured of these evil and impure predilections. 308 00:14:21,042 --> 00:14:23,443 We're talking about homosexuality, your honor. 309 00:14:23,443 --> 00:14:24,341 It's life-threatening. 310 00:14:24,341 --> 00:14:26,702 If God doesn't get you for it, the skinheads will, 311 00:14:26,702 --> 00:14:29,039 and if the skinheads don't, the Republicans will. 312 00:14:29,039 --> 00:14:31,747 And if the Republicans don't, the southern Democrats will. 313 00:14:31,747 --> 00:14:35,192 And if they don't, by God, it will be left up to Florida. 314 00:14:35,192 --> 00:14:37,902 I'm ready to be disciplined now. 315 00:14:37,902 --> 00:14:39,566 Chambers? 316 00:14:40,558 --> 00:14:45,308 I expressly directed you to refrain from your antics in my courtroom. 317 00:14:45,308 --> 00:14:48,522 Yes, well, once I get started, I just go on and on. 318 00:14:48,522 --> 00:14:50,558 Surely you remember. 319 00:14:50,558 --> 00:14:52,562 Shall we get started, judge? 320 00:14:55,961 --> 00:15:00,081 You're suggesting an ex parte encounter that would get us both disbarred. 321 00:15:00,081 --> 00:15:03,150 Yes, but on the upside, I could tell you how bad you're being. 322 00:15:03,150 --> 00:15:06,480 And as I recall, you like being a bad girl. 323 00:15:10,763 --> 00:15:13,301 Keep it about the case, counsel. 324 00:15:13,710 --> 00:15:15,315 That's all. 325 00:15:15,508 --> 00:15:16,993 You sure? 326 00:15:19,799 --> 00:15:21,846 That's all. 327 00:15:43,631 --> 00:15:45,956 Hey, Clarence. How's it going? 328 00:15:46,419 --> 00:15:47,671 Good. You? 329 00:15:47,671 --> 00:15:49,031 Great. 330 00:15:50,385 --> 00:15:53,499 Well, it's been good catching up. 331 00:15:54,191 --> 00:15:56,375 How come you're looking at yourself? 332 00:15:58,235 --> 00:15:59,405 What was that? 333 00:15:59,405 --> 00:16:01,436 You were looking at yourself when I came in. 334 00:16:01,436 --> 00:16:02,490 How come? 335 00:16:02,490 --> 00:16:05,655 Well, Clarence, this is a conversation typically reserved for friends, 336 00:16:05,655 --> 00:16:06,960 but what the hell? 337 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,771 The reason they put these mirrors up 338 00:16:08,771 --> 00:16:10,984 is so that people can look at themselves. 339 00:16:10,984 --> 00:16:13,601 Well, that felt good to get off my chest. 340 00:16:13,601 --> 00:16:14,914 Thanks. 341 00:16:15,269 --> 00:16:17,169 You thinking about the baby? 342 00:16:19,042 --> 00:16:20,992 Claire told me. 343 00:16:21,239 --> 00:16:23,498 You worried it's yours? 344 00:16:29,098 --> 00:16:32,964 Actually, I'm a little worried that it might not be. 345 00:16:33,812 --> 00:16:38,095 You want it to be yours? 346 00:16:38,095 --> 00:16:39,915 I guess I do, actually. 347 00:16:39,915 --> 00:16:41,531 Why I'm telling you this, I... 348 00:16:41,531 --> 00:16:43,490 You should tell Denise. 349 00:16:43,490 --> 00:16:46,177 I'll bet she's feeling real alone right now. 350 00:16:46,177 --> 00:16:48,323 And scared. 351 00:16:48,577 --> 00:16:52,049 You're getting kind of bold in your old age, Clarence. 352 00:16:53,693 --> 00:16:55,718 Thanks. 353 00:17:10,057 --> 00:17:11,762 Denise, do you have a sec? 354 00:17:11,762 --> 00:17:15,246 Uh, actually, I don't. Can it wait? 355 00:17:15,754 --> 00:17:17,216 Apparently it can. 356 00:17:20,928 --> 00:17:23,958 Memories require time to congeal in our brains. 357 00:17:23,958 --> 00:17:26,394 And while they're forming, they can become stronger or weaker 358 00:17:26,394 --> 00:17:28,810 depending on how much adrenaline is involved. 359 00:17:28,810 --> 00:17:30,546 So if we wait too long... 360 00:17:30,546 --> 00:17:31,959 Then the memory will set, 361 00:17:31,959 --> 00:17:36,100 and Michelle will be haunted by this for the rest of her life. 362 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:39,081 Have you ever prescribed propranolol as a licensed psychiatrist? 363 00:17:39,081 --> 00:17:42,476 Yes, many times with great success. 364 00:17:42,476 --> 00:17:45,311 I once gave propranolol to a woman who had been raped. 365 00:17:45,311 --> 00:17:48,610 She couldn't even face her husband, let alone undress in front of him. 366 00:17:48,610 --> 00:17:50,912 She was so ashamed and traumatized. 367 00:17:50,912 --> 00:17:52,476 After taking the medication, 368 00:17:52,476 --> 00:17:55,488 she reported feeling as though the cord linking the memory 369 00:17:55,488 --> 00:17:57,913 to the emotion had been cut. 370 00:17:57,913 --> 00:17:59,353 Is time of the essence? 371 00:17:59,353 --> 00:18:00,535 Absolutely. 372 00:18:00,535 --> 00:18:03,488 It has a much higher success rate when given immediately, 373 00:18:03,488 --> 00:18:07,920 which is why I would like to prescribe it for Michelle now. 374 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,671 So let's just delete the memory she'd like to forget? 375 00:18:10,671 --> 00:18:13,494 I'd like to erase my first husband. That would be lovely. 376 00:18:13,494 --> 00:18:16,657 Ms. Schmidt, I work with post-traumatic stress disorder. 377 00:18:16,657 --> 00:18:18,110 The's nothing funny about it. 378 00:18:18,110 --> 00:18:19,340 I've seen what it does. 379 00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:21,594 People who have it, it ruins their lives. 380 00:18:21,594 --> 00:18:22,966 They can't hold down a job. 381 00:18:22,966 --> 00:18:24,986 They suffer from nightmares and flashbacks. 382 00:18:24,986 --> 00:18:27,770 Ever have a patient suffer those exact things 383 00:18:27,770 --> 00:18:30,239 'cause he or she suppressed the memories? 384 00:18:30,239 --> 00:18:31,800 I tend to know my patients. 385 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:32,904 This one's your daughter. 386 00:18:32,904 --> 00:18:36,295 Yeah. And 'cause she is my daughter, I know her better. 387 00:18:36,295 --> 00:18:38,923 Assuming you're thinking like a doctor, not a father. 388 00:18:38,923 --> 00:18:41,750 I have the power to prevent an enormous, 389 00:18:41,750 --> 00:18:45,662 potentially lifelong disability with virtually no side effects, 390 00:18:45,662 --> 00:18:48,242 and how dare you try and stop me! 391 00:18:48,242 --> 00:18:49,538 How dare you! 392 00:18:49,538 --> 00:18:51,305 - What have I done? - This is her life! 393 00:18:51,305 --> 00:18:52,668 You speak as if it were yours. 394 00:18:52,668 --> 00:18:54,773 No, it's mine. 395 00:18:54,986 --> 00:18:57,675 So how about letting me decide? 396 00:19:05,284 --> 00:19:06,391 Clarence. 397 00:19:06,574 --> 00:19:08,012 My office, please. 398 00:19:15,696 --> 00:19:19,637 You shared with Jeffrey Coho something I shared with you. 399 00:19:19,637 --> 00:19:21,135 I do not expect the things 400 00:19:21,135 --> 00:19:23,836 that I tell my assistant in the privacy of my office 401 00:19:23,836 --> 00:19:26,433 to end up in the office gossip pool. 402 00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:28,829 Things I share with my boyfriend, 403 00:19:28,829 --> 00:19:32,229 I especially expect to stay private. 404 00:19:32,229 --> 00:19:34,258 I'm, uh... 405 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:36,906 I'm your boyfriend? 406 00:19:36,906 --> 00:19:39,350 Well, we're dating. 407 00:19:39,350 --> 00:19:41,846 It may not be exclusive, but even so... 408 00:19:41,846 --> 00:19:44,589 You're just getting a little ahead of yourself, don't you think, child? 409 00:19:44,589 --> 00:19:46,624 If I was your boyfriend, you'd know. 410 00:19:46,624 --> 00:19:48,142 You'd be doing my laundry, 411 00:19:48,142 --> 00:19:49,652 making me dinner every night. 412 00:19:49,652 --> 00:19:52,330 I don't see you doing that, sugar-pop. 413 00:19:52,330 --> 00:19:54,288 You think you're funny. 414 00:19:55,071 --> 00:19:56,323 Rule number two. 415 00:19:56,323 --> 00:19:57,585 When it comes to us, 416 00:19:57,585 --> 00:20:00,092 I do not want to be hearing from the peanut gallery, 417 00:20:00,092 --> 00:20:02,682 which includes Clarice, Clevant, Oprah 418 00:20:02,682 --> 00:20:05,447 and whoever else you have stored in there. 419 00:20:05,664 --> 00:20:07,043 Claire... 420 00:20:07,990 --> 00:20:11,763 could we be exclusive? 421 00:20:12,881 --> 00:20:14,608 Well... 422 00:20:14,933 --> 00:20:17,040 I suppose we could try. 423 00:20:19,780 --> 00:20:23,187 In that case, I quit. 424 00:20:23,187 --> 00:20:25,819 - What? - I can't work for my girlfriend. 425 00:20:25,819 --> 00:20:27,933 Can you get me reassigned? 426 00:20:29,957 --> 00:20:32,169 Well, we tell everyone who comes to Better tomorrows 427 00:20:32,169 --> 00:20:35,478 that self-control, not indulgence, is the path to grace. 428 00:20:35,478 --> 00:20:36,877 Huh! 429 00:20:37,604 --> 00:20:40,296 What exactly does that mean? 430 00:20:40,296 --> 00:20:43,726 Same-sex attraction is a pernicious disorder. 431 00:20:43,726 --> 00:20:47,883 Reparative therapy will give a patient the tools to maintain his sobriety , 432 00:20:47,883 --> 00:20:50,316 but he has to want to change. 433 00:20:50,316 --> 00:20:52,771 Frankly, Mr. Brown didn't try hard enough. 434 00:20:52,771 --> 00:20:54,393 We didn't fail him. 435 00:20:54,393 --> 00:20:56,183 He failed himself. 436 00:20:56,183 --> 00:21:01,144 How long has your exciting and revolutionary rehabilitation facility been open, 437 00:21:01,144 --> 00:21:02,563 if I may ask? 438 00:21:02,563 --> 00:21:05,740 We started with our first discipleship program in 1974. 439 00:21:05,740 --> 00:21:08,695 Now we have several ministry houses throughout New England. 440 00:21:08,695 --> 00:21:10,117 And this treatment works? 441 00:21:10,117 --> 00:21:14,162 One third of our patients go on to have long-term heterosexual relationships. 442 00:21:14,162 --> 00:21:16,534 One third show significant improvement, 443 00:21:16,534 --> 00:21:20,896 while still engaging occasionally in inappropriate relations. 444 00:21:20,896 --> 00:21:22,363 And the final third? 445 00:21:22,363 --> 00:21:23,921 I'm afraid they show no improvement 446 00:21:23,921 --> 00:21:27,280 and continue to engage in homosexual behavior. 447 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,247 But they have the decency to hate themselves for it. 448 00:21:30,247 --> 00:21:32,469 Objection. Badgering. 449 00:21:32,469 --> 00:21:33,857 No, wait. She's our badger. 450 00:21:33,857 --> 00:21:35,824 Overruled. 451 00:21:37,063 --> 00:21:39,399 Are you licensed by the state? 452 00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:40,983 We're a faith-based initiative. 453 00:21:40,983 --> 00:21:42,478 Is that a "no"? 454 00:21:42,478 --> 00:21:43,739 We are not licensed. 455 00:21:43,739 --> 00:21:46,885 Are you endorsed by the American psychiatric association? 456 00:21:46,885 --> 00:21:49,046 Regretfully, in 1973, 457 00:21:49,046 --> 00:21:53,059 the American psychiatric association bowed to pressure from the homosexual lobby 458 00:21:53,059 --> 00:21:57,044 and declared that same-sex attraction was not a mental disorder. 459 00:21:57,044 --> 00:22:01,175 We consider ourselves one of the last bulwarks against the homosexual tide. 460 00:22:01,175 --> 00:22:04,117 You took $40,000 from this man 461 00:22:04,117 --> 00:22:07,153 and represented to him that you would cure him of being gay. 462 00:22:07,153 --> 00:22:08,458 And we would have, 463 00:22:08,458 --> 00:22:10,715 had he maintained the discipline and the faith. 464 00:22:10,715 --> 00:22:12,631 He kept up neither. 465 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:14,873 I'm sorry. Have we won yet? 466 00:22:14,873 --> 00:22:16,770 Mr. Shore! 467 00:22:24,851 --> 00:22:27,529 We're making a big mistake, you know. 468 00:22:27,759 --> 00:22:29,335 Which one are you referring to? 469 00:22:29,335 --> 00:22:31,425 There isn't just one America. 470 00:22:31,425 --> 00:22:33,454 There's at least two, maybe more. 471 00:22:33,454 --> 00:22:34,879 There's your America, 472 00:22:34,879 --> 00:22:37,533 where people are tolerant, progressive, 473 00:22:37,533 --> 00:22:40,484 open-minded about alternative lifestyles. 474 00:22:40,484 --> 00:22:41,936 Then there's the other one, 475 00:22:41,936 --> 00:22:44,973 the one that thinks homosexuality is a disease, 476 00:22:44,973 --> 00:22:47,690 the one that elects presidents. 477 00:22:49,979 --> 00:22:55,558 There are more people than you think in that other America, Alan. 478 00:22:55,933 --> 00:22:59,404 We need to try this case in that country. 479 00:23:10,676 --> 00:23:13,670 I first began to have sexual urges watching football, 480 00:23:13,670 --> 00:23:15,968 especially during goal-line stands. 481 00:23:15,968 --> 00:23:17,803 I sought out Better tomorrows. 482 00:23:17,803 --> 00:23:18,835 They helped me. 483 00:23:18,835 --> 00:23:20,834 I thought it absurd, quite frankly, 484 00:23:20,834 --> 00:23:23,608 the idea of curing sexual predilections. 485 00:23:23,608 --> 00:23:28,645 But Better tomorrows, by getting me to recommit myself to my faith, my family, 486 00:23:28,645 --> 00:23:31,573 I absolutely did rid myself of any gay urges. 487 00:23:31,573 --> 00:23:34,150 I suppose it was a little like my alcoholism, 488 00:23:34,150 --> 00:23:35,984 which I also beat. 489 00:23:35,984 --> 00:23:38,319 The first four months were hard, 490 00:23:38,319 --> 00:23:40,005 but it got easier. 491 00:23:40,005 --> 00:23:42,346 I never think of men now. 492 00:23:42,346 --> 00:23:46,154 Oh, my god. The idea totally repulses me. 493 00:23:52,007 --> 00:23:54,236 A sexual assault is traumatic. 494 00:23:54,236 --> 00:23:56,901 I realize that. Of course I do. 495 00:23:56,901 --> 00:23:59,828 Well, if you can lessen your daughter's pain, why wouldn't you? 496 00:23:59,828 --> 00:24:01,284 It works on the brain. 497 00:24:01,284 --> 00:24:05,563 For God sakes, the idea that you just take a pill 498 00:24:05,563 --> 00:24:07,349 every time something bad happens... 499 00:24:07,349 --> 00:24:08,661 That's bad? 500 00:24:08,661 --> 00:24:12,314 It's called life, and you can't just erase the bad parts. 501 00:24:12,314 --> 00:24:13,209 Why not? 502 00:24:13,209 --> 00:24:15,932 Our best artists are informed by their pain. 503 00:24:15,932 --> 00:24:19,127 Our greatest heroes are born out of adversity. 504 00:24:19,127 --> 00:24:22,053 Certainly, if the trauma affects your life, treat it, 505 00:24:22,053 --> 00:24:24,868 either behaviorally or with medication. 506 00:24:24,868 --> 00:24:27,884 But some miracle amnesia pill, 507 00:24:27,884 --> 00:24:31,188 so you have no memory of bad things, 508 00:24:31,188 --> 00:24:34,325 what kind of brave new world are we entering into? 509 00:24:34,325 --> 00:24:37,258 When Michelle was born, you vaccinated her against polio, didn't you? 510 00:24:37,258 --> 00:24:38,681 - Yes. - The measles? 511 00:24:38,681 --> 00:24:39,542 Of course. 512 00:24:39,542 --> 00:24:41,166 You gave her a PDT shot? 513 00:24:41,166 --> 00:24:42,632 Those are known diseases. 514 00:24:42,632 --> 00:24:44,453 So is post-traumatic stress disorder. 515 00:24:44,453 --> 00:24:46,767 She may not develop PTSD. 516 00:24:46,767 --> 00:24:49,265 She didn't have whooping cough, but you still gave her a shot. 517 00:24:49,265 --> 00:24:51,750 'cause you preemptively wanted to protect her 518 00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:53,206 as any good mother would. 519 00:24:53,206 --> 00:24:57,074 Now you have the chance to protect her from a potentially life-threatening disorder 520 00:24:57,074 --> 00:24:59,683 by simply giving her this pill in a timely matter. 521 00:24:59,683 --> 00:25:02,076 I just don't agree with it. 522 00:25:02,076 --> 00:25:03,430 I'm sorry. 523 00:25:03,430 --> 00:25:06,432 Well, as your daughter suggested, 524 00:25:06,432 --> 00:25:08,242 how about we let it be her choice, 525 00:25:08,242 --> 00:25:10,821 since it's her life we're talking about? 526 00:25:14,124 --> 00:25:17,634 Is it just me, or are you getting your clock cleaned? 527 00:25:21,548 --> 00:25:23,252 Okay, so, um... 528 00:25:23,706 --> 00:25:25,163 how do I say this? 529 00:25:25,163 --> 00:25:26,323 Just say it. 530 00:25:26,323 --> 00:25:30,109 Just out of curiosity, what do you want the answer to be? 531 00:25:30,109 --> 00:25:32,453 My curiosity trumps yours. 532 00:25:32,453 --> 00:25:34,872 What are the results, Denise? 533 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,561 It's yours. 534 00:25:42,561 --> 00:25:44,372 Oh, my god. 535 00:25:50,071 --> 00:25:52,317 Have you thought about schools? 536 00:25:53,231 --> 00:25:55,157 Not just yet. 537 00:25:55,787 --> 00:25:56,883 What's going on? 538 00:25:56,883 --> 00:25:58,667 The results are back. 539 00:25:58,667 --> 00:26:00,760 - Really? - Yeah. 540 00:26:03,187 --> 00:26:03,990 And? 541 00:26:03,990 --> 00:26:08,590 And... it's Brad's. You're off the hook. 542 00:26:12,005 --> 00:26:14,276 What a relief. 543 00:26:14,276 --> 00:26:15,769 Congratulations. 544 00:26:15,769 --> 00:26:17,263 Yeah. 545 00:26:17,811 --> 00:26:21,519 And you, of course. Congratulations. 546 00:26:21,519 --> 00:26:22,984 We are sure it's yours? 547 00:26:22,984 --> 00:26:24,062 It's likely. 548 00:26:24,062 --> 00:26:27,232 Well, congratulations again. 549 00:26:44,387 --> 00:26:48,693 A catastrophic flood, a man is on his roof. 550 00:26:48,693 --> 00:26:50,212 The floodwaters rise, 551 00:26:50,212 --> 00:26:54,027 inching closer to his heels as he clings to the chimney. 552 00:26:54,027 --> 00:26:55,353 A rowboat passes. 553 00:26:55,353 --> 00:26:59,167 "Get in my rowboat or you'll certainly drown," says the man in the boat. 554 00:26:59,167 --> 00:27:03,057 "No, God will save me," answers the man on the roof. 555 00:27:03,057 --> 00:27:04,531 A motorboat passes. 556 00:27:04,531 --> 00:27:06,716 "Get in or you'll certainly drown." 557 00:27:06,716 --> 00:27:08,518 "No," says the man on the roof, 558 00:27:08,518 --> 00:27:10,289 "God will save me." 559 00:27:10,289 --> 00:27:13,457 Now a helicopter flies over and the pilot shouts, 560 00:27:13,457 --> 00:27:16,591 "climb up this ladder to me or you'll certainly drown." 561 00:27:16,591 --> 00:27:18,663 "No, God will save me." 562 00:27:18,663 --> 00:27:22,786 And the helicopter flies off, and the man drowns. 563 00:27:22,786 --> 00:27:24,702 And when the man gets to heaven, 564 00:27:24,702 --> 00:27:28,758 he says, "Lord, why didn't you save me?" 565 00:27:28,758 --> 00:27:30,491 And God says, 566 00:27:30,491 --> 00:27:35,414 "I sent you a rowboat, a motorboat, a helicopter." 567 00:27:35,414 --> 00:27:38,887 Now judge Brown is the man on the roof, drowning, 568 00:27:38,887 --> 00:27:42,530 waiting for a miracle, dismissing practical solutions. 569 00:27:42,530 --> 00:27:46,443 My client gave him the tools, the guidelines, the map 570 00:27:46,443 --> 00:27:49,845 to achieve the goal, to be cured, to be rescued. 571 00:27:49,845 --> 00:27:53,451 Judge Brown rejected those tools that had worked for so many. 572 00:27:53,451 --> 00:27:58,969 And now he asks the justice system to punish my client, 573 00:27:58,969 --> 00:28:06,287 when all my client did was see the flood and send the boat. 574 00:28:21,051 --> 00:28:22,509 What are you doing? 575 00:28:22,509 --> 00:28:24,839 Climbing on my soapbox, judge. I do it once a week. 576 00:28:24,839 --> 00:28:27,129 Get off that thing now, Mr. Shore. 577 00:28:27,129 --> 00:28:28,332 You sure? 578 00:28:28,332 --> 00:28:30,310 This is vintage soapbox stuff. 579 00:28:30,310 --> 00:28:35,258 You've got God, money, politics, homosexuality. 580 00:28:35,258 --> 00:28:38,379 Has anyone ever heard of restless leg syndrome? 581 00:28:38,379 --> 00:28:41,092 It's where you move your leg about in your sleep. 582 00:28:41,092 --> 00:28:42,134 It's awful. 583 00:28:42,134 --> 00:28:43,406 You may have it. 584 00:28:43,406 --> 00:28:45,023 It may not keep you awake. 585 00:28:45,023 --> 00:28:46,585 It doesn't really harm you in any way. 586 00:28:46,585 --> 00:28:49,442 It may not bother you in the slightest, but nonetheless, it's awful. 587 00:28:49,442 --> 00:28:51,573 The pharmaceutical companies have declared it so. 588 00:28:51,573 --> 00:28:55,248 So they've invented a drug, and you simply must take it. 589 00:28:55,248 --> 00:28:57,708 If you haven't heard of restless leg, by the way, 590 00:28:57,708 --> 00:29:00,569 you probably have attention deficit disorder. Awful. 591 00:29:00,569 --> 00:29:02,229 We've got a lot of drugs for that one. 592 00:29:02,229 --> 00:29:04,098 You must take them. 593 00:29:04,552 --> 00:29:06,022 You're depressed. 594 00:29:06,022 --> 00:29:07,585 You're not sleeping enough. 595 00:29:07,585 --> 00:29:09,613 You think you're shy, 596 00:29:09,613 --> 00:29:12,998 but you've actually got a social anxiety disorder. 597 00:29:12,998 --> 00:29:15,658 Weak stream, irritable bowel syndrome, 598 00:29:15,658 --> 00:29:18,896 you people have all kinds of ailments you don't know about. 599 00:29:18,896 --> 00:29:21,148 Luckily, we've got drugs for every one of them. 600 00:29:21,148 --> 00:29:22,678 You must take them. 601 00:29:22,678 --> 00:29:25,991 My colleague has a case involving a forgetting pill. 602 00:29:25,991 --> 00:29:29,789 You can take that one to forget you ever had restless leg or irritable bowels. 603 00:29:29,789 --> 00:29:32,079 Mr. Shore, what are you talking about? 604 00:29:32,079 --> 00:29:34,551 Same-sex attraction disorder. 605 00:29:34,551 --> 00:29:36,305 And what troubles me, 606 00:29:36,305 --> 00:29:40,906 is why the folks in big pharmaceutical haven't invented a pill for this disease. 607 00:29:40,906 --> 00:29:43,091 Clearly, they're in the business of selling sickness. 608 00:29:43,091 --> 00:29:45,351 If there was a profit to be made, they would make it. 609 00:29:45,351 --> 00:29:49,500 And with an estimated gay population of over ten million in the US alone, 610 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:51,352 there's certainly a big enough market. 611 00:29:51,352 --> 00:29:53,651 Could it be that they can't cure it? 612 00:29:53,651 --> 00:29:54,865 Well, not to worry. 613 00:29:54,865 --> 00:29:57,636 If big pharmaceutical can't do it, maybe big religion can, 614 00:29:57,636 --> 00:29:58,872 and they are. 615 00:29:58,872 --> 00:30:01,865 They're the ones who have coined the term "same-sex attraction disorder." 616 00:30:01,865 --> 00:30:03,329 It's a very good name. 617 00:30:03,329 --> 00:30:05,276 Very important, a good name. 618 00:30:05,276 --> 00:30:09,889 It's a crucial first step in disqualifying homosexuals as a segment of the population 619 00:30:09,889 --> 00:30:11,802 and categorizing them as a disease. 620 00:30:11,802 --> 00:30:15,888 It makes homosexuals seem less like people and more like the flu, 621 00:30:15,888 --> 00:30:19,123 and with terrible, awful symptoms. 622 00:30:19,458 --> 00:30:21,029 But curable. 623 00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:22,708 And therefore, less concerning 624 00:30:22,708 --> 00:30:25,804 when it comes to things like an individual's rights, 625 00:30:25,804 --> 00:30:28,688 freedom, privacy, marriage. 626 00:30:28,688 --> 00:30:32,060 Big religion is very concerned with marriage. 627 00:30:32,060 --> 00:30:34,364 Big religion is the one filling the pockets of congress. 628 00:30:34,364 --> 00:30:38,591 It actually got them to propose a constitutional ban on gay marriage. 629 00:30:38,591 --> 00:30:39,747 Think about that. 630 00:30:39,747 --> 00:30:42,689 A governmentally imposed systematic prejudice 631 00:30:42,689 --> 00:30:45,384 against a class based on their sexual orientation. 632 00:30:45,384 --> 00:30:49,493 Never mind that one of the most trusted evangelical advisors to the president 633 00:30:49,493 --> 00:30:51,754 was himself having a homosexual affair on the side. 634 00:30:51,754 --> 00:30:53,267 Never mind that one of our congressmen 635 00:30:53,267 --> 00:30:56,023 was writing naughty e-mails to his teenage male pages. 636 00:30:56,023 --> 00:30:58,392 It's just a disease, and I thought it was curable. 637 00:30:58,392 --> 00:31:01,051 That's what they told me down at the church. 638 00:31:01,051 --> 00:31:04,659 Well, you can legislate against it. 639 00:31:04,659 --> 00:31:06,775 You can give it a clever name and treat people for it. 640 00:31:06,775 --> 00:31:08,570 You can shut your eyes have sex with your wife 641 00:31:08,570 --> 00:31:10,785 and pretend it all feels right. 642 00:31:10,785 --> 00:31:13,245 You can join the church and swear to be celibate for the rest of your life. 643 00:31:13,245 --> 00:31:15,518 You can drive around on a Saturday night with a baseball bat 644 00:31:15,518 --> 00:31:17,939 and try to beat it out of some poor soul you happen to meet. 645 00:31:17,939 --> 00:31:19,947 You can even come to this courtroom and testify 646 00:31:19,947 --> 00:31:22,451 as to your new leaf and how well it's all working. 647 00:31:22,451 --> 00:31:23,380 What a miracle. 648 00:31:23,380 --> 00:31:26,951 My only response is, "give it time. We'll see." 649 00:31:26,951 --> 00:31:30,988 Meanwhile, this company took $40,000 from my client, 650 00:31:30,988 --> 00:31:32,912 promising to cure him of his gayness. 651 00:31:32,912 --> 00:31:34,851 Only in America, only in a country 652 00:31:34,851 --> 00:31:38,241 that overtly and notoriously celebrates its prejudice 653 00:31:38,241 --> 00:31:41,808 against a class of people by proposing constitutional amendments. 654 00:31:41,808 --> 00:31:44,750 God bless us all. Home of the brave! 655 00:31:44,750 --> 00:31:45,698 Shame on you. 656 00:31:45,698 --> 00:31:47,902 Couldn't you have at least offered a money-back guarantee 657 00:31:47,902 --> 00:31:49,842 and thrown in a blender? 658 00:32:05,017 --> 00:32:06,950 My filing system isn't that difficult. 659 00:32:06,950 --> 00:32:08,473 I throw everything out. 660 00:32:08,473 --> 00:32:10,680 - I can improve that. - What's going on? 661 00:32:11,157 --> 00:32:14,569 Clarence works for me now. Tell him why, Clarence. 662 00:32:14,569 --> 00:32:17,147 Claire and I are involved. 663 00:32:17,147 --> 00:32:19,868 Well, well, well. 664 00:32:21,123 --> 00:32:22,249 Hey, listen. 665 00:32:22,249 --> 00:32:26,738 I've had almost every daytime talk show hostess except the big one. 666 00:32:26,738 --> 00:32:28,941 Do you think you could get your assistant to dress up 667 00:32:28,941 --> 00:32:32,034 and come over to my office every once in a while? 668 00:32:32,207 --> 00:32:33,754 Denny, he's a guy. 669 00:32:33,754 --> 00:32:37,245 If he can pretend he's Oprah all day, 670 00:32:37,245 --> 00:32:40,372 I should be able to buy it for two minutes. 671 00:32:40,372 --> 00:32:42,145 But he's a guy. 672 00:32:42,145 --> 00:32:44,568 Do I need to put you in rehab? 673 00:32:44,568 --> 00:32:45,611 You're right. 674 00:32:45,611 --> 00:32:48,740 Mr. Shore, your jury's back. 675 00:32:53,807 --> 00:32:57,017 Ipods, cell phones, google. 676 00:32:57,017 --> 00:32:59,742 How odd were these concepts just a short time ago? 677 00:32:59,742 --> 00:33:01,613 Now they're completely commonplace. 678 00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:04,838 In five years, using propranolol to treat PTSD 679 00:33:04,838 --> 00:33:06,623 might become commonplace too, 680 00:33:06,623 --> 00:33:08,813 and we won't be having this argument. 681 00:33:09,101 --> 00:33:12,556 But Michelle Cabot Levinson doesn't have five years. 682 00:33:12,556 --> 00:33:14,348 She needs it now. 683 00:33:15,464 --> 00:33:18,551 And we're not talking about some new drug that just came out of a lab. 684 00:33:18,551 --> 00:33:21,683 It's been prescribed by doctors for nearly 50 years, 685 00:33:21,683 --> 00:33:23,637 albeit for a different purpose. 686 00:33:23,637 --> 00:33:25,518 It is undeniably safe 687 00:33:25,518 --> 00:33:28,139 and so far seems very effective. 688 00:33:28,139 --> 00:33:30,843 If this young girl had a life-threatening infection 689 00:33:30,843 --> 00:33:33,628 and one of her parents wanted to deny her antibiotics, 690 00:33:33,628 --> 00:33:34,904 we wouldn't hesitate. 691 00:33:34,904 --> 00:33:36,526 This case is no different. 692 00:33:36,526 --> 00:33:39,460 Michelle is at risk of a lifelong disability. 693 00:33:39,460 --> 00:33:41,884 Why are we hesitating? 694 00:33:42,047 --> 00:33:43,964 'Cause the research is still out 695 00:33:43,964 --> 00:33:47,477 on whether or not this propranolol actually works, 696 00:33:47,477 --> 00:33:50,435 to say nothing of what the long-term effects might be. 697 00:33:50,435 --> 00:33:52,153 And the research is still coming in 698 00:33:52,153 --> 00:33:54,232 on the dangers of suppressing memories, by the way, 699 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:58,545 but that's a whole other bag of emotional scarring. 700 00:33:58,545 --> 00:34:01,047 But this case isn't about any of that. 701 00:34:01,047 --> 00:34:04,961 This case is about what makes us who we are. 702 00:34:04,961 --> 00:34:06,563 There are lots of answers, 703 00:34:06,563 --> 00:34:09,233 but certainly one possible answer is 704 00:34:09,233 --> 00:34:12,527 we are the sum of our experiences, 705 00:34:12,527 --> 00:34:15,489 not just the good, not just the bad, but all of them. 706 00:34:15,489 --> 00:34:19,526 If we can take a pill and forget parts of our personal histories, 707 00:34:19,526 --> 00:34:21,472 who are we then? 708 00:34:22,735 --> 00:34:27,075 When Arthur Hallam died, his best friend was shocked, 709 00:34:27,075 --> 00:34:29,941 grief-stricken, utterly inconsolable. 710 00:34:29,941 --> 00:34:33,573 But that best friend was the great English poet Tennyson, 711 00:34:33,573 --> 00:34:36,353 who went on to write "in memoriam." 712 00:34:36,353 --> 00:34:38,449 He immortalized his friend in verse 713 00:34:38,449 --> 00:34:42,414 and gave us one of the greatest poems in the English language. 714 00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:45,313 Imagine if Tennyson could have just taken a pill 715 00:34:45,313 --> 00:34:47,269 and forgotten about the whole thing. 716 00:34:47,269 --> 00:34:51,802 Did Tennyson have a bad experience with a rabbi? 717 00:34:52,229 --> 00:34:55,952 Your honor, this girl is a teenager. 718 00:34:55,952 --> 00:35:01,853 Yes, one who's looking to avoid post-traumatic distress. 719 00:35:01,853 --> 00:35:05,885 If the drug works, why not let her have it, for god's sake? 720 00:35:05,885 --> 00:35:09,189 'cause it's a form of mind control. 721 00:35:09,189 --> 00:35:12,282 Our memories, our experiences, that's who we are. 722 00:35:12,282 --> 00:35:16,730 Are we really prepared to turn that over to the drug companies, too? 723 00:35:33,535 --> 00:35:36,300 I don't like the way that one on the left is looking at me. 724 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:38,816 That's the one with irritable bowels. 725 00:35:39,282 --> 00:35:42,404 Madam Foreperson, has the jury reached its verdict? 726 00:35:42,404 --> 00:35:43,982 Yes, judge. 727 00:35:44,351 --> 00:35:46,017 We find for the plaintiff 728 00:35:46,017 --> 00:35:49,298 and award compensatory damages in the amount of $40,000, 729 00:35:49,298 --> 00:35:53,850 plus interest and punitive damages in the amount of $350,000. 730 00:35:53,850 --> 00:35:58,692 Your honor, ask that the jury be polled for sexual orientation 731 00:35:58,889 --> 00:36:01,287 I'm sure that there is a congressional bill afoot 732 00:36:01,287 --> 00:36:03,221 that would allow me to do so, counsel, 733 00:36:03,221 --> 00:36:04,895 but it hasn't been enacted yet. 734 00:36:04,895 --> 00:36:07,548 The verdict stands. We're adjourned. 735 00:36:07,548 --> 00:36:12,505 The jury's free to go, and this case is officially over. 736 00:36:12,711 --> 00:36:15,614 Please do not think that this entitles you to 737 00:36:15,614 --> 00:36:18,108 any special favors from the bench. 738 00:36:18,108 --> 00:36:20,365 Let's go, Alan. It's scotch time. 739 00:36:20,365 --> 00:36:23,026 I first need to see a judge about a... 740 00:36:23,026 --> 00:36:25,076 well, a special favor. 741 00:36:43,740 --> 00:36:46,529 I'm gonna hate myself in the morning. 742 00:36:47,755 --> 00:36:50,773 There are two morning-after pills you can take now, 743 00:36:50,773 --> 00:36:54,008 one to forget this whole thing ever happened. 744 00:36:54,451 --> 00:36:57,676 Of course, I suppose you should take that one second. 745 00:37:04,940 --> 00:37:05,958 Hey. 746 00:37:06,158 --> 00:37:08,142 Don't mean to nag you. Have you thought about schools yet? 747 00:37:08,142 --> 00:37:10,288 You have to start applying early for these preschools, 748 00:37:10,288 --> 00:37:13,470 or else you basically give up any chance of getting into a decent college. 749 00:37:13,470 --> 00:37:15,898 Oh, what about the amnio? We should discuss that. 750 00:37:15,898 --> 00:37:17,728 Um, Brad... 751 00:37:17,962 --> 00:37:20,226 I'm not sure I'm going to have it. 752 00:37:20,226 --> 00:37:22,523 - What do you mean? - I mean... 753 00:37:22,523 --> 00:37:26,871 I don't know whether I'm going to have this child. 754 00:37:27,675 --> 00:37:31,180 Denise, if you're thinking about what I think you're thinking about, 755 00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:32,417 you can just forget it. 756 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:34,533 It's my decision to make, not yours. 757 00:37:34,533 --> 00:37:37,090 Yes, the rights of the woman. Well, the child has rights as well. 758 00:37:37,090 --> 00:37:39,498 I'm not engaging in this discussion with you. / And as the father, I'm gonna stand up for these rights. 759 00:37:39,498 --> 00:37:40,502 - Brad! - Let me tell you something, Denise. 760 00:37:40,502 --> 00:37:43,710 No child who was aborted ever grew up to be anything. 761 00:37:44,616 --> 00:37:47,311 I have an incredibly difficult decision to make. 762 00:37:47,311 --> 00:37:50,553 I will not have you charging in my office quoting bumper stickers. 763 00:37:50,553 --> 00:37:51,995 And I will not have you just decide. 764 00:37:51,995 --> 00:37:53,978 If I have to get a restraining order against you, 765 00:37:53,978 --> 00:37:55,984 I will do it. 766 00:38:02,953 --> 00:38:06,194 Post-traumatic stress disorder is bad, 767 00:38:06,194 --> 00:38:10,737 but brainwashing is bad, too. 768 00:38:10,737 --> 00:38:14,029 And spinach is bad. 769 00:38:14,029 --> 00:38:16,532 I'm not going to eat it. 770 00:38:17,117 --> 00:38:18,651 Where was I? 771 00:38:18,651 --> 00:38:21,589 Oh, I'm granting the TRO. 772 00:38:21,589 --> 00:38:27,523 Propane will not be given to Michelle Cabot Levinson. 773 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:28,955 Thank you. 774 00:38:28,955 --> 00:38:30,402 Thank you, Shirley. 775 00:38:30,807 --> 00:38:32,769 Let's hope we did the right thing. 776 00:38:35,300 --> 00:38:37,108 I think we did. 777 00:38:49,270 --> 00:38:50,535 Alan... 778 00:38:51,966 --> 00:38:53,508 I have a theory. 779 00:38:53,683 --> 00:38:55,941 Maybe instead of mad cow, 780 00:38:56,904 --> 00:39:00,014 somebody's been grinding up that forgetting pill 781 00:39:00,014 --> 00:39:01,514 and putting it in my hamburger. 782 00:39:01,514 --> 00:39:03,415 So I'll forget the bad thing they did to me, 783 00:39:03,415 --> 00:39:05,702 and I won't seek revenge. 784 00:39:06,030 --> 00:39:08,474 See? It's working already. 785 00:39:08,672 --> 00:39:10,571 What are you doing on that thing? 786 00:39:10,571 --> 00:39:13,674 I meant to climb on Bethany, but she wasn't on it. 787 00:39:13,674 --> 00:39:16,104 This thing is intuitive, you know. 788 00:39:16,104 --> 00:39:18,268 Which is great, 'cause I'm not. 789 00:39:19,048 --> 00:39:21,347 Denny, you won the day again. 790 00:39:21,347 --> 00:39:24,343 You reminded me of that other America out there. 791 00:39:24,343 --> 00:39:26,696 Who teaches them their values? 792 00:39:26,696 --> 00:39:29,260 Well... for fidelity and family, 793 00:39:29,260 --> 00:39:32,564 we have, uh, Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart. 794 00:39:32,564 --> 00:39:35,243 For heterosexuality and keeping with God's will, 795 00:39:35,243 --> 00:39:36,455 we have Ted Haggard. 796 00:39:36,455 --> 00:39:40,250 For gambling, we have Bill Bennett, and for guns, Dick Cheney. 797 00:39:40,250 --> 00:39:44,956 But to deny an entire class of people one of their basic individual freedoms... 798 00:39:44,956 --> 00:39:47,785 Alan, you're talking about marriage, 799 00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:50,186 an institution with sacred vows, 800 00:39:50,186 --> 00:39:53,191 ones which we live up to almost 50% of the time. 801 00:39:53,191 --> 00:39:54,228 It's a sanctity. 802 00:39:54,228 --> 00:39:58,377 Even so, we've got millions of homosexuals in this country, for God's sake. 803 00:39:58,377 --> 00:39:59,731 Most of them Republicans. 804 00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:02,710 How do you feel about this issue, Denny? 805 00:40:03,908 --> 00:40:06,540 I'm all for gay rights, 806 00:40:06,540 --> 00:40:07,913 but letting them marry, 807 00:40:07,913 --> 00:40:09,938 do we really want them to have children together? 808 00:40:09,938 --> 00:40:13,309 I mean, two biologically gay parents? 809 00:40:13,309 --> 00:40:15,715 Imagine what kind of an army we would have, 810 00:40:15,715 --> 00:40:17,735 other than a happy one. 811 00:40:17,735 --> 00:40:19,362 It's definitely mad cow. 812 00:40:19,362 --> 00:40:20,540 But... 813 00:40:21,410 --> 00:40:24,553 I believe, if we truly are a nation of human rights, 814 00:40:24,553 --> 00:40:25,856 and I think we are, 815 00:40:25,856 --> 00:40:28,548 we gotta walk the walk, not just talk the talk. 816 00:40:28,548 --> 00:40:31,018 But the problem with gay rights, especially when it comes to marriage, 817 00:40:31,018 --> 00:40:35,573 is we don't even talk the talk in this country, so the walk... 818 00:40:35,573 --> 00:40:39,439 Ask me, there's only one real solution. 819 00:40:39,439 --> 00:40:41,020 Tell me. 820 00:40:43,988 --> 00:40:45,116 All those homosexuals, 821 00:40:45,116 --> 00:40:47,628 they join the NRA, take over the gun lobby, 822 00:40:47,628 --> 00:40:50,119 congress bends over and does whatever they want. 823 00:40:50,119 --> 00:40:51,409 A gay gun lobby? 824 00:40:51,409 --> 00:40:53,821 - It's the only answer. - I like it. 825 00:40:55,984 --> 00:40:57,926 Hey, you want to have a sleepover tonight? 826 00:40:57,926 --> 00:40:59,141 I knew you'd go there. 827 00:40:59,141 --> 00:41:00,386 We could watch a movie. 828 00:41:00,386 --> 00:41:03,872 Every time I say something you agree with, 829 00:41:03,872 --> 00:41:05,492 you trot out the sleepover idea. 830 00:41:05,492 --> 00:41:07,063 It's sexual harassment. 831 00:41:07,063 --> 00:41:08,655 - Popcorn? - Not interested. 832 00:41:08,655 --> 00:41:09,918 S'mores. 833 00:41:09,918 --> 00:41:11,378 Old-fashioned graham crackers? 834 00:41:11,378 --> 00:41:12,322 Is there anything else? 835 00:41:12,322 --> 00:41:14,037 - "Guns of Navarone"? - If you'd like. 836 00:41:14,037 --> 00:41:15,392 Separate beds. 837 00:41:15,392 --> 00:41:16,989 You bring the scotch.