1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:01,282 Previously on 'Boston legal' 2 00:00:01,282 --> 00:00:02,143 Bethany! 3 00:00:02,143 --> 00:00:04,731 I never want to see you again. 4 00:00:04,731 --> 00:00:06,733 - I dumped your mother. - You dumped Bella? 5 00:00:06,733 --> 00:00:07,893 'Cause I can't get over you. 6 00:00:07,893 --> 00:00:10,102 - It's my baby. - It's my choice, not yours. 7 00:00:10,102 --> 00:00:11,196 Have you thought about schools yet? 8 00:00:11,196 --> 00:00:13,331 You have to start applying early for these pre-schools. 9 00:00:13,331 --> 00:00:16,503 I've been working very hard to deal with my Asperger syndrome. 10 00:00:18,176 --> 00:00:20,591 Litigation is about confidence. 11 00:00:20,591 --> 00:00:22,834 How did you feel when you were beating him with the club? 12 00:00:22,834 --> 00:00:25,144 No, you don't want to say that. Strategy. 13 00:00:25,144 --> 00:00:26,222 Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! 14 00:00:26,222 --> 00:00:28,449 - Cheap theatrics. - Bingo! 15 00:00:28,449 --> 00:00:30,143 To friendship, my colleague. 17 00:00:42,018 --> 00:00:43,469 Hey, hey. 18 00:00:44,238 --> 00:00:45,672 My client lives here. 19 00:00:45,672 --> 00:00:48,460 Would you mind telling me what the problem is? 20 00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:51,847 I can see it's clearly an emergency. 21 00:00:51,847 --> 00:00:53,635 We're just waiting for the warrant to come through. 22 00:00:53,635 --> 00:00:55,017 She could've chosen to cooperate with us. 23 00:00:55,017 --> 00:00:55,992 She didn't want to do that. 24 00:00:55,992 --> 00:00:58,111 She's suspected of wrongdoing? 25 00:00:58,111 --> 00:01:00,555 She stole some art from a museum. 26 00:01:01,196 --> 00:01:03,306 Art? I would hardly call it art. 27 00:01:03,306 --> 00:01:05,487 But you did steal something? 28 00:01:05,487 --> 00:01:07,893 You can't let them search my house, Alan. You just can't. 29 00:01:07,893 --> 00:01:09,277 Maureen, what's going on? 30 00:01:09,277 --> 00:01:11,292 Can't you just make them go away for an hour 31 00:01:11,292 --> 00:01:13,760 No. Assuming they can show cause, they'll get their warrant, 32 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,548 and judging from their demeanor, they seem confident. 33 00:01:16,548 --> 00:01:19,877 Maureen, what's going on? 34 00:01:19,877 --> 00:01:21,730 It's an anatomical exhibition. 35 00:01:21,730 --> 00:01:24,042 One of the most popular touring exhibits in the world, 36 00:01:24,042 --> 00:01:27,292 currently on display at the natural science museum. 37 00:01:27,292 --> 00:01:28,746 This man was a drunkard. 38 00:01:28,746 --> 00:01:31,157 You can tell by the liver. It's been ravaged. 39 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:33,706 He also suffered from some form of venereal disease, 40 00:01:33,706 --> 00:01:37,364 which has caused some sort of deterioration of some other organs, 41 00:01:37,364 --> 00:01:41,237 I guess, if you know what to look for. 42 00:01:41,502 --> 00:01:44,647 And aside from beautifully complementing your credenza, 43 00:01:44,647 --> 00:01:47,411 why is he in your dining room? 44 00:01:47,411 --> 00:01:49,277 That's my father. 45 00:01:50,751 --> 00:01:54,732 Boston Legal 3x16. The Good Lawyer 58 00:02:20,775 --> 00:02:23,283 I knew someone in maintenance at the museum. 59 00:02:23,283 --> 00:02:25,199 I went in with the cleaning crew at night. 60 00:02:25,199 --> 00:02:27,461 I just put him on a hand dolly, and I took him. 61 00:02:27,461 --> 00:02:28,572 The goal being? 62 00:02:28,572 --> 00:02:31,742 To bury him. To give him a dignified resting place. 63 00:02:31,742 --> 00:02:34,865 Well, Maureen, the only thing to do is surrender yourself. 64 00:02:34,865 --> 00:02:37,658 The police aren't going anywhere, and once the search warrant is issued... 65 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:39,660 Will I go to jail? 66 00:02:40,327 --> 00:02:42,107 You might. 67 00:02:44,361 --> 00:02:47,020 How did he end up like this in the first place? 68 00:02:47,020 --> 00:02:49,999 My mother donated him upon his death. 69 00:02:49,999 --> 00:02:53,400 I mean, it's perverse, Alan. Look at him, for God's sake. 70 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,445 Well, he certainly seems happy. 71 00:02:56,445 --> 00:02:59,468 They have no right to display him like that. 72 00:02:59,468 --> 00:03:02,669 Maureen, you need to surrender both yourself and dad here. 73 00:03:02,669 --> 00:03:07,624 My best chance of keeping you out of jail is for you to cooperate completely. 74 00:03:27,192 --> 00:03:28,894 It is almost 11 o'clock. 75 00:03:28,894 --> 00:03:31,030 Thank you, Paul. I won't have to check my sundial. 76 00:03:31,030 --> 00:03:34,326 We had a 9 o'clock conference call with our former governor, no less. 77 00:03:34,326 --> 00:03:36,593 I'm sure you had a good reason for blowing him off. 78 00:03:36,593 --> 00:03:37,609 I did, actually. 79 00:03:37,609 --> 00:03:40,384 One of my clients stole her dead father from a museum. 80 00:03:40,384 --> 00:03:42,239 I'm sure you've had it happen to you, Paul. 81 00:03:42,239 --> 00:03:44,161 Please extend my apologies to Mitch. 82 00:03:44,161 --> 00:03:47,821 It's Mitt! / Alan, there's a man in your office. 83 00:03:47,821 --> 00:03:50,275 I tried to get him to wait outside, but, uh... 84 00:03:50,275 --> 00:03:51,837 What sort of man, Clarence? 85 00:03:51,837 --> 00:03:53,500 A very serious one. 86 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,242 Did the man say what he wanted? 87 00:03:55,242 --> 00:03:57,678 You. That's all he'd tell me. 88 00:03:57,678 --> 00:04:00,399 I could have a go at him as Clarice if you'd like. 89 00:04:00,399 --> 00:04:02,476 That won't be necessary. 90 00:04:06,816 --> 00:04:07,811 Hello. 91 00:04:07,811 --> 00:04:09,182 Uh, good morning, sir. 92 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:12,225 My name is Dr. Alvin Azinabinacroft. 93 00:04:12,225 --> 00:04:15,423 And first I want to thank you very much for taking the time to see me. 94 00:04:15,423 --> 00:04:18,302 I didn't take the time. You planted yourself like a squatter. 95 00:04:18,302 --> 00:04:20,464 Seeing you was unavoidable. 96 00:04:20,464 --> 00:04:23,146 I'm here on a matter of rather grave concern. 97 00:04:23,146 --> 00:04:24,172 Not to me. 98 00:04:24,172 --> 00:04:26,497 I am a cognitive therapist. 99 00:04:26,497 --> 00:04:29,706 I work in the psychology department at Boston memorial. 100 00:04:29,706 --> 00:04:34,102 I've recently been discharged from my employ, wrongfully. 101 00:04:34,102 --> 00:04:37,175 This has been a major personal setback, it goes without saying. 102 00:04:37,175 --> 00:04:39,244 And yet, you say it. 103 00:04:39,244 --> 00:04:42,638 You come to me highly, highly recommended. 104 00:04:42,638 --> 00:04:45,414 Here's a copy of my curriculum vitae. 105 00:04:45,414 --> 00:04:47,562 I've been published, lectured at Harvard. 106 00:04:47,562 --> 00:04:49,461 - I'm preeminent. - And humble. 107 00:04:49,461 --> 00:04:55,325 For me to have been discharged wrongfully damages my name, my reputation, career. 108 00:04:55,325 --> 00:04:57,048 Why were you discharged, doctor... 109 00:04:57,048 --> 00:04:58,799 Azinabinacroft. 110 00:04:58,799 --> 00:05:01,331 No, really. 111 00:05:01,331 --> 00:05:02,739 Will you represent me? 112 00:05:02,739 --> 00:05:04,487 Why were you fired? 113 00:05:04,487 --> 00:05:07,391 'cause I've seen extraterrestrial life. 114 00:05:07,391 --> 00:05:09,572 Who hasn't? 115 00:05:09,572 --> 00:05:11,510 And your employers now consider you... 116 00:05:11,510 --> 00:05:13,685 - Cuckoo. - Are you, doctor... 117 00:05:13,685 --> 00:05:15,410 Azinabinacroft. 118 00:05:15,410 --> 00:05:17,964 The answer is no. 119 00:05:17,964 --> 00:05:20,088 They're out there, Mr. Shore. 120 00:05:20,088 --> 00:05:21,847 I've seen them. 121 00:05:26,442 --> 00:05:28,244 - Get out of my way. - Hey, hey, hey! 122 00:05:28,244 --> 00:05:30,254 Pedestrian, right of way. 123 00:05:49,703 --> 00:05:51,021 What are you doing? 124 00:05:51,021 --> 00:05:52,761 Alan's got two cases at once. 125 00:05:52,761 --> 00:05:54,363 I'm going to court with him. 126 00:05:54,363 --> 00:05:56,401 - You need something? - Uh, yeah. 127 00:05:56,401 --> 00:06:00,791 I was wondering if you'd let me cook you dinner tomorrow night. 128 00:06:00,791 --> 00:06:02,624 Sounds great. 129 00:06:03,402 --> 00:06:07,764 And I was wondering if maybe after dinner, 130 00:06:07,764 --> 00:06:10,219 you'd like to stay. 131 00:06:14,310 --> 00:06:16,421 Uh, stay? 132 00:06:16,421 --> 00:06:18,337 Overnight. 133 00:06:22,252 --> 00:06:25,420 Temple? That would make me seem like a Jew. 134 00:06:25,420 --> 00:06:27,304 I'm a Jew, Denny. 135 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:29,150 Temple is a part of my life, 136 00:06:29,150 --> 00:06:31,066 and if you want to be a big part of my life... 137 00:06:31,066 --> 00:06:34,582 But I'm a Christian, and to Christians, temple is... 138 00:06:34,582 --> 00:06:37,358 - a college. - My faith is very important to me. 139 00:06:37,358 --> 00:06:39,378 - As mine is to me. - Oh, please. 140 00:06:39,378 --> 00:06:40,978 What denomination are you? 141 00:06:40,978 --> 00:06:43,752 I'm, uh... 142 00:06:43,752 --> 00:06:46,079 - Lutheran. - I see. 143 00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:48,248 And what do Lutherans believe in, Denny? 144 00:06:48,248 --> 00:06:50,043 We believe in a great many things, Bethany. 145 00:06:50,043 --> 00:06:52,697 But mostly we believe... 146 00:06:52,697 --> 00:06:55,059 in, uh, Luther. 147 00:06:55,059 --> 00:06:57,919 Denny, let me say this as your girlfriend, 148 00:06:57,919 --> 00:07:00,322 IE, senior management. 149 00:07:00,322 --> 00:07:02,494 You're going to temple. 150 00:07:02,494 --> 00:07:03,912 She stole what? 151 00:07:03,912 --> 00:07:05,482 A plastinized body. 152 00:07:05,482 --> 00:07:07,328 It's part of an anatomical exhibition. 153 00:07:07,328 --> 00:07:08,646 This is a real body? 154 00:07:08,646 --> 00:07:10,939 It's property, on consignment to the museum. 155 00:07:10,939 --> 00:07:11,927 It's her father. 156 00:07:11,927 --> 00:07:13,468 Property that was legally transferred... 157 00:07:13,468 --> 00:07:16,969 Stop calling him property! He is a human being. 158 00:07:16,969 --> 00:07:18,966 All right. Do you want a trial? 159 00:07:18,966 --> 00:07:19,773 Yes, your honor. 160 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:22,964 Two actually, in case the first one doesn't go well. 161 00:07:22,964 --> 00:07:25,297 - Pick a date. - I'm ready now. 162 00:07:25,297 --> 00:07:26,746 Mr. Beedle? 163 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:29,030 - Sure. - After lunch. 2 o'clock. 164 00:07:29,030 --> 00:07:30,327 See you. 165 00:07:31,388 --> 00:07:34,988 - Alan, we gotta fly. - We'll see you at 2. 166 00:07:36,559 --> 00:07:38,117 He saw aliens? 167 00:07:38,117 --> 00:07:39,597 Uh, no, not aliens, your honor. 168 00:07:39,597 --> 00:07:42,377 Just their, uh, mode of transportation. The point is, 169 00:07:42,377 --> 00:07:46,670 it bears no reflection on his ability to perform as a cognitive therapist. 170 00:07:46,670 --> 00:07:51,442 - To terminate... - Were they green with, uh, big eyes? 171 00:07:51,442 --> 00:07:54,615 Your honor, he did not see the occupants of the craft. 172 00:07:54,615 --> 00:07:59,025 Simply the... / Little antennae growing on their heads? 173 00:07:59,025 --> 00:08:00,128 Good morning, your honor. 174 00:08:00,128 --> 00:08:02,477 Jerry Espenson representing Boston memorial. 175 00:08:02,477 --> 00:08:06,259 Please note my objection that respondent did not receive notice of this proceeding, 176 00:08:06,259 --> 00:08:07,918 and as such, I would ask that you... 177 00:08:07,918 --> 00:08:10,898 - Jerry. - Alan! Oh, my God. 178 00:08:10,898 --> 00:08:13,537 Oh, I had no idea you were opposing counsel. 179 00:08:13,537 --> 00:08:16,320 Nor I you. You represent Boston memorial? 180 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,281 My practice is going very well. 181 00:08:18,281 --> 00:08:20,801 I changed medications. Did you not get my e-mail? 182 00:08:20,801 --> 00:08:22,921 I did, but, Jerry, wow! 183 00:08:22,921 --> 00:08:25,793 This is a huge client. 184 00:08:26,191 --> 00:08:28,655 Why are the lawyers hugging? 185 00:08:28,655 --> 00:08:31,549 Your honor, opposing counsel and I are good friends. 186 00:08:31,549 --> 00:08:33,228 Given that, notice, Alan? 187 00:08:33,228 --> 00:08:34,725 - It's ex parte. - Fair enough. 188 00:08:34,725 --> 00:08:36,456 You look fantastic. 189 00:08:36,456 --> 00:08:37,453 Stop it. 190 00:08:37,453 --> 00:08:40,718 I won't have happiness in my courtroom. 191 00:08:40,718 --> 00:08:43,295 Your honor, the termination was entirely lawful. 192 00:08:43,295 --> 00:08:46,205 Dr. Azinabinacroft has lost touch with reality. 193 00:08:46,205 --> 00:08:49,273 I would like to question the person who decided to fire him. 194 00:08:49,273 --> 00:08:50,587 Fair enough. This afternoon? 195 00:08:50,587 --> 00:08:53,312 Well, I'm already in trial at 2. 196 00:08:53,312 --> 00:08:54,785 Uh, could we do it at 3? 197 00:08:54,785 --> 00:08:56,417 - 3 works. - 3 o'clock then. 198 00:08:56,417 --> 00:08:59,129 Silence! I get to decide. 199 00:08:59,129 --> 00:09:02,316 You two huggers don't get to make the rules. 200 00:09:02,316 --> 00:09:05,083 I'm the decider. 201 00:09:05,083 --> 00:09:06,896 3 o'clock. 202 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:18,374 Hey. 203 00:09:18,949 --> 00:09:20,352 Hey. 204 00:09:22,545 --> 00:09:24,971 Who was that girl I just saw leaving your office? 205 00:09:24,971 --> 00:09:28,369 She was, uh, pretty cute. 206 00:09:28,369 --> 00:09:30,371 Oh, just a friend. 207 00:09:30,371 --> 00:09:32,149 Just a friend? 208 00:09:32,408 --> 00:09:34,001 You, you dating her? 209 00:09:34,001 --> 00:09:36,405 Uh, yes, actually. 210 00:09:36,405 --> 00:09:37,808 It's not going anywhere, but... 211 00:09:37,808 --> 00:09:40,786 It's a good rattle just the same, I bet, huh? 212 00:09:40,995 --> 00:09:43,231 Excuse me? / Do you really think it's appropriate, Brad? 213 00:09:43,231 --> 00:09:45,542 Getting one girl knocked up while you're dating another? 214 00:09:45,542 --> 00:09:47,980 What? / Did you not hear me? Am I being too subtle? 215 00:09:47,980 --> 00:09:49,878 No, Denise. You're being anything but subtle. 216 00:09:49,878 --> 00:09:52,936 And then bringing her into the office, that's really classy. 217 00:09:52,936 --> 00:09:55,043 You should just parade her right into my office. 218 00:09:55,043 --> 00:10:00,087 You two could do a little Shawne Merriman sack dance, you insensitive pig. 219 00:10:02,092 --> 00:10:04,044 So any hormones kicking in with this pregnancy, 220 00:10:04,044 --> 00:10:06,309 or is everything sort of even-keel? 221 00:10:06,309 --> 00:10:09,734 Why don't you just go have sex with yourself, Brad? 222 00:10:10,049 --> 00:10:12,071 Is that too subtle? 223 00:10:15,790 --> 00:10:17,242 How's it going? 224 00:10:22,632 --> 00:10:25,264 Nathan very much wanted to be an organ donor, 225 00:10:25,264 --> 00:10:28,309 but given the condition of his body, he wasn't a candidate. 226 00:10:28,309 --> 00:10:31,198 But you were the one who donated the body to the project. 227 00:10:31,198 --> 00:10:32,450 Yes. 228 00:10:32,450 --> 00:10:34,680 Can you tell us why? 229 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:37,404 Well, the intent of the exhibition, 230 00:10:37,404 --> 00:10:41,333 to educate people on the human body, not just the physiology, 231 00:10:41,333 --> 00:10:44,861 but also the influence on the body by lifestyle choice. 232 00:10:44,861 --> 00:10:48,424 That's something that definitely would've appealed to Nathan. 233 00:10:48,424 --> 00:10:50,829 When he explored being an organ donor, 234 00:10:50,829 --> 00:10:53,431 he wanted his remains to benefit others. 235 00:10:53,431 --> 00:10:56,818 Being a part of this exhibition would've accomplished that. 236 00:10:56,818 --> 00:11:00,615 That's why I donated the body. 237 00:11:00,831 --> 00:11:03,335 So you never had the exact conversation, 238 00:11:03,335 --> 00:11:06,371 "honey, how would you feel about having your body put on display," 239 00:11:06,371 --> 00:11:10,256 "skinless to be showcased as a drunk with venereal disease?" 240 00:11:10,256 --> 00:11:11,364 As I said, 241 00:11:11,364 --> 00:11:14,875 it's my belief he would've wanted his remains to benefit others. 242 00:11:14,875 --> 00:11:17,866 According to your daughter, he was a fairly private man. 243 00:11:17,866 --> 00:11:19,690 - Is that true? - Yes. 244 00:11:19,690 --> 00:11:21,119 You think, as a private man, 245 00:11:21,119 --> 00:11:23,772 he would've been fine with having his body put on display, 246 00:11:23,772 --> 00:11:25,954 skinless, as a drunk with venereal disease? 247 00:11:25,954 --> 00:11:29,265 I think he'd be happy to know his final legacy was selfless. 248 00:11:29,265 --> 00:11:31,280 "Selfless"? 249 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,153 Did he love his children? 250 00:11:33,153 --> 00:11:34,296 Very much. 251 00:11:34,296 --> 00:11:36,462 You think had he known that it would hurt them, 252 00:11:36,462 --> 00:11:38,347 having his body put on display, 253 00:11:38,347 --> 00:11:40,192 skinless, as a drunk with venereal disease... 254 00:11:40,192 --> 00:11:41,568 He didn't know that, nor did I. 255 00:11:41,568 --> 00:11:44,656 - Exposed in death as a degenerate. - That's how he lived. 256 00:11:44,656 --> 00:11:47,803 Maybe people should see how he... 257 00:11:54,686 --> 00:11:59,292 Your husband hurt you a great deal, didn't he, Mrs. Fleming? 258 00:11:59,292 --> 00:12:01,379 This isn't about that. 259 00:12:01,379 --> 00:12:03,888 It isn't about hurting him? 260 00:12:06,190 --> 00:12:11,601 Well, if it is, you've certainly accomplished that, haven't you? 261 00:12:21,887 --> 00:12:24,911 Do you want to tell me what that was all about? 262 00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:27,632 Brad, we may not be a couple, but I am having your baby, 263 00:12:27,632 --> 00:12:29,850 which the entire office knows. 264 00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:32,294 As such, it is completely humiliating 265 00:12:32,294 --> 00:12:35,617 when you prance these trophy girls around in front of everyone. 266 00:12:35,617 --> 00:12:37,419 I want to be a couple. 267 00:12:37,419 --> 00:12:39,452 We are not even remotely compatible as a couple, 268 00:12:39,452 --> 00:12:41,594 as evidenced by your preference 269 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:44,466 for that airheaded, airbrushed bimbo you brought in here. 270 00:12:44,466 --> 00:12:46,318 My preference is you. 271 00:12:46,318 --> 00:12:48,498 Denise, you cite my values as an obstacle. 272 00:12:48,498 --> 00:12:49,585 What are your values? 273 00:12:49,585 --> 00:12:51,517 This friends with benefits thing? 274 00:12:51,517 --> 00:12:53,242 What are your values, Denise? 275 00:12:53,242 --> 00:12:56,044 You get engaged to a guy who buys body parts on a black market, 276 00:12:56,044 --> 00:12:57,590 who corrupts cancer studies. 277 00:12:57,590 --> 00:12:58,732 What are your values? 278 00:12:58,732 --> 00:13:00,893 You sleep with Jeffrey Coho, a man you don't even like. 279 00:13:00,893 --> 00:13:02,617 And let's not forget the policeman you did last year 280 00:13:02,617 --> 00:13:04,444 to get out of a parking ticket. 281 00:13:07,223 --> 00:13:08,719 Okay. 282 00:13:09,782 --> 00:13:12,463 - You're lost. - No. 283 00:13:12,463 --> 00:13:14,534 I'm scared. 284 00:13:14,534 --> 00:13:17,336 I am alone and I am having a baby, 285 00:13:17,336 --> 00:13:21,424 and I am completely alone. 286 00:13:22,066 --> 00:13:24,163 By your choice. 287 00:13:32,949 --> 00:13:35,140 And you've been able to confirm all of this? 288 00:13:35,140 --> 00:13:38,024 Yes. I sourced it all on the back page. 289 00:13:38,024 --> 00:13:41,223 Excellent. Excellent work, Clarence. 290 00:13:41,223 --> 00:13:43,112 What's wrong? 291 00:13:44,230 --> 00:13:45,357 Clarence? 292 00:13:45,357 --> 00:13:47,817 Clarence, what's wrong? 293 00:13:47,817 --> 00:13:49,531 Well, uh... 294 00:13:50,391 --> 00:13:53,266 Claire asked me to stay over. 295 00:13:53,266 --> 00:13:54,928 I see. 296 00:13:54,928 --> 00:13:58,166 Well, you have strong feelings for Claire, don't you? 297 00:13:58,166 --> 00:13:59,808 Very strong. 298 00:13:59,808 --> 00:14:01,749 I think I love her. 299 00:14:01,937 --> 00:14:05,056 But, but I've never... 300 00:14:07,065 --> 00:14:09,475 I'm not sure I'll, uh... 301 00:14:09,475 --> 00:14:11,904 Clarence, um... 302 00:14:13,532 --> 00:14:17,335 the thing about making love for the first time, 303 00:14:17,335 --> 00:14:19,979 it'll happen when it's right. And when it's right, 304 00:14:19,979 --> 00:14:23,836 everything just happens naturally. 305 00:14:24,762 --> 00:14:26,878 You couldn't think of anything to say. 306 00:14:26,878 --> 00:14:28,982 I just went blank. 307 00:14:30,626 --> 00:14:35,356 He's an enormously gifted therapist, an invaluable asset to our clinic. 308 00:14:35,356 --> 00:14:36,466 But? 309 00:14:36,466 --> 00:14:39,757 We're in the business of helping people cope with reality. 310 00:14:39,757 --> 00:14:42,248 He needs to be in touch with his. 311 00:14:42,248 --> 00:14:43,742 He's telling his clients 312 00:14:43,742 --> 00:14:47,203 that there are aliens out there monitoring us. 313 00:14:47,203 --> 00:14:48,739 Uh, hold on a second. 314 00:14:48,739 --> 00:14:51,512 Uh, there's no smoking in here. 315 00:14:51,512 --> 00:14:53,319 It's wooden, judge. Not real. 316 00:14:53,319 --> 00:14:55,556 - It's a proprioceptive tool. - A what? 317 00:14:55,556 --> 00:14:57,452 Relaxation technique. Never mind. 318 00:14:57,452 --> 00:15:00,761 You just sit there and judge. I won't actually smoke it. 319 00:15:00,761 --> 00:15:03,625 You said you asked him to stop talking about the UFO. 320 00:15:03,625 --> 00:15:05,639 Over and over. He said he could not. 321 00:15:05,639 --> 00:15:10,320 He said that once one actually sees an extraterrestrial spacecraft, 322 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,995 one has to rethink what he thinks about the world and our place in it, 323 00:15:13,995 --> 00:15:15,992 what it means to be human. 324 00:15:15,992 --> 00:15:18,961 Thank you. Pass the witness. Reserve the right to recall. 325 00:15:18,961 --> 00:15:20,650 Go ahead, Alan. 326 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:38,455 Did you fire him for seeing the UFO or talking about it? 327 00:15:38,455 --> 00:15:42,119 He was discharged primarily for discussing it with his patients. 328 00:15:42,119 --> 00:15:46,376 But obviously the fact that he is convinced that he saw it... 329 00:15:46,376 --> 00:15:49,027 You don't believe he really saw it. 330 00:15:49,027 --> 00:15:50,421 No, I don't. 331 00:15:50,421 --> 00:15:53,378 I suppose if there really was a UFO 332 00:15:53,378 --> 00:15:56,434 hovering above O'Hare airport last November, 333 00:15:56,434 --> 00:15:59,001 Dr. Azinabinacroft would get his job back. 334 00:15:59,001 --> 00:15:59,949 Well... 335 00:15:59,949 --> 00:16:02,457 He wouldn't be out of touch with reality then, would he? 336 00:16:02,457 --> 00:16:04,590 I'm sorry. I'd like to point out for the court 337 00:16:04,590 --> 00:16:06,867 that counsel is very tricky. 338 00:16:06,867 --> 00:16:09,723 And I would ask your honor that he be noted as such. 339 00:16:09,723 --> 00:16:12,536 He is a profound trickster, it must be said. 340 00:16:12,536 --> 00:16:14,308 I say it with affection. 341 00:16:14,308 --> 00:16:16,022 Continue. 342 00:16:26,910 --> 00:16:30,222 If you were satisfied that Dr. Azinabinacroft did see 343 00:16:30,222 --> 00:16:32,799 an unidentified flying object in Chicago that night, 344 00:16:32,799 --> 00:16:37,168 you would have to revisit your decision, wouldn't you, sir? 345 00:16:38,057 --> 00:16:40,128 Well, I guess I would have to. 346 00:16:40,128 --> 00:16:41,968 I suppose the explanation is simple. 347 00:16:41,968 --> 00:16:46,035 The spacecraft traveled 5 billion light-years to Earth 348 00:16:46,035 --> 00:16:49,336 and then left because of all the airport hassle. 349 00:16:49,336 --> 00:16:52,468 I mean, who needs that, really? 350 00:17:05,152 --> 00:17:07,344 So you want to prove the UFO is real? 351 00:17:07,344 --> 00:17:10,240 It seems like the obvious thing to do. 352 00:17:10,447 --> 00:17:12,460 I think Jerry could beat me on this. 353 00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:16,523 He's got this newfound confidence. 354 00:17:16,523 --> 00:17:19,064 I was abducted once. 355 00:17:19,064 --> 00:17:22,908 I can't be sure. It felt like a dream, only more real. 356 00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:24,268 What happened? 357 00:17:24,268 --> 00:17:25,958 Well, uh... 358 00:17:25,958 --> 00:17:30,055 these aliens in the form of Ann-Margret took me to their spacecraft 359 00:17:30,055 --> 00:17:31,825 and had sex with me. 360 00:17:31,825 --> 00:17:34,901 I'm gonna go with dream on that one. 361 00:17:34,901 --> 00:17:37,159 I've gotta go to temple tomorrow. 362 00:17:37,159 --> 00:17:38,699 Bethany's making me. 363 00:17:38,699 --> 00:17:39,769 On a Wednesday? 364 00:17:39,769 --> 00:17:43,271 Yeah, it's a Tu B'shvat or something like that. 365 00:17:43,271 --> 00:17:45,350 Jewish arbor day. 366 00:17:45,350 --> 00:17:47,429 I gotta wear a beanie. 367 00:17:47,429 --> 00:17:49,499 The things we do for love. 368 00:17:49,499 --> 00:17:51,376 Alan, you called me? 369 00:17:51,376 --> 00:17:52,760 I did. 370 00:17:53,536 --> 00:17:58,798 And on a rather delicate matter that would ordinarily be none of my business. 371 00:17:58,798 --> 00:18:02,812 Try anything with me, I'll sever your favorite appendage. 372 00:18:02,812 --> 00:18:08,281 Clarence is extremely anxious that his appendage will be called into service. 373 00:18:08,281 --> 00:18:12,725 He seems as if he's about to retreat into Clarice again, 374 00:18:12,725 --> 00:18:16,081 and I just thought you should know. 375 00:18:17,303 --> 00:18:19,411 Thank you. 376 00:18:25,568 --> 00:18:28,375 Do you think Bethany could be an alien? 377 00:18:41,327 --> 00:18:43,900 - Off to court again? - Yeah. 378 00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:45,129 Clarence, 379 00:18:45,129 --> 00:18:48,236 Alan intimated to me that you intimated to him 380 00:18:48,236 --> 00:18:52,044 that you were nervous about staying at my place tonight. 381 00:18:52,044 --> 00:18:55,311 Look, the best thing about being in a relationship 382 00:18:55,311 --> 00:18:58,379 is having somebody to share your fears with. 383 00:18:58,379 --> 00:19:01,610 - Even that one? - Especially that one. 384 00:19:01,610 --> 00:19:05,566 Just talk to me. Okay? 385 00:19:06,401 --> 00:19:08,007 Okay. 386 00:19:08,782 --> 00:19:12,019 I know that he didn't live a particularly dignified life, 387 00:19:12,019 --> 00:19:15,625 but he was a man of dignity. 388 00:19:15,625 --> 00:19:18,082 And to be exhibited like that, 389 00:19:18,082 --> 00:19:22,448 so that the whole world can see his, his ravaged liver and organs 390 00:19:22,448 --> 00:19:26,381 while he's holding a liquor bottle and smiling? 391 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:29,246 Nobody deserves that. 392 00:19:30,347 --> 00:19:34,900 You do realize that this decision legally belonged to your mother? 393 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:37,593 No, legally, she was to do what he wanted. 394 00:19:37,593 --> 00:19:41,272 This was not his wish. He would never... 395 00:19:44,537 --> 00:19:47,299 Oh, for God sakes, mom. 396 00:19:47,299 --> 00:19:52,770 Couldn't you at least allow him to find a little redemption in death? 397 00:19:53,588 --> 00:19:55,412 Do you go to church, Ms. Fleming? 398 00:19:55,412 --> 00:19:56,272 I do. 399 00:19:56,272 --> 00:19:57,869 - Do you believe in heaven? - Of course. 400 00:19:57,869 --> 00:19:59,808 Do you think your father is in heaven right now? 401 00:19:59,808 --> 00:20:01,794 - Objection. - Overruled. 402 00:20:01,794 --> 00:20:05,982 Do you believe your dad is in heaven? 403 00:20:05,982 --> 00:20:07,977 I don't know. I hope so. 404 00:20:07,977 --> 00:20:10,306 Was your father a religious man? 405 00:20:10,754 --> 00:20:12,667 - No. - Did he believe in God? 406 00:20:12,667 --> 00:20:15,094 - Objection. - Overruled. 407 00:20:15,094 --> 00:20:19,431 Did he believe in God or heaven? 408 00:20:20,631 --> 00:20:22,421 No, he didn't. 409 00:20:22,421 --> 00:20:25,665 So this is more about what you want. 410 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,708 I have been thinking about what you said. 411 00:20:36,708 --> 00:20:38,755 And, um... 412 00:20:38,755 --> 00:20:42,667 in an ideal world, I would live with the father of my child. 413 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:47,649 Toward that, I feel I owe it to my child to at least explore the... 414 00:20:47,649 --> 00:20:50,871 possibility of... 415 00:20:56,126 --> 00:20:59,193 I want us to see a couples therapist 416 00:20:59,193 --> 00:21:02,308 to get a professional prognosis as to our... 417 00:21:02,308 --> 00:21:06,098 emotional and practical compatibility. 418 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,652 Why don't we just date, see how it goes? 419 00:21:07,652 --> 00:21:10,906 No. I'm not gonna waste time. We'll see a doctor. 420 00:21:16,050 --> 00:21:18,493 Hey. How's it going? 421 00:21:40,645 --> 00:21:41,863 What the hell is this? 422 00:21:41,863 --> 00:21:43,783 Shut up and sing. 423 00:21:43,783 --> 00:21:45,088 I don't know the words. 424 00:21:45,088 --> 00:21:48,088 "Oy yoi yoi." Just do it. 425 00:22:07,490 --> 00:22:10,838 I work as an air traffic controller at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Illinois. 426 00:22:10,838 --> 00:22:12,960 That sounds like a high-stress job. 427 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,962 You have no idea. 428 00:22:14,962 --> 00:22:18,623 Tell me, sir, on the evening of November 7, 2006, 429 00:22:18,623 --> 00:22:22,857 did you get any calls, uh, about, say extraterrestrials? 430 00:22:22,857 --> 00:22:23,788 I'm sorry. 431 00:22:23,788 --> 00:22:25,592 Could we be any more leading? 432 00:22:25,592 --> 00:22:28,132 Perhaps you should whip out one of those leashes you use 433 00:22:28,132 --> 00:22:30,040 - in your recreational pursuits? - What? 434 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,388 Overruled. Sit down, you. 435 00:22:35,982 --> 00:22:39,579 Uh, we were contacted by airline supervisor and informed that 436 00:22:39,579 --> 00:22:43,969 several of its passengers as well as a dozen or so of its employees 437 00:22:43,969 --> 00:22:46,049 spotted an elliptical shaped craft 438 00:22:46,049 --> 00:22:48,738 sitting motionless over concourse C of the United terminal. 439 00:22:48,738 --> 00:22:53,251 In fact, even the United airlines' pilot claimed to have seen it. Am I right? 440 00:22:53,251 --> 00:22:54,072 You are. 441 00:22:54,072 --> 00:22:57,294 So one wouldn't be considered out of touch with reality or... 442 00:22:57,294 --> 00:22:59,630 Hey, what the hell are you doing? 443 00:22:59,630 --> 00:23:02,345 Ooh. Sorry, your honor. Remember, it isn't real. 444 00:23:02,345 --> 00:23:04,261 It's just wood. Pay no mind. 445 00:23:04,261 --> 00:23:08,734 Wood is flammable. You will not light it. 446 00:23:14,918 --> 00:23:18,327 Mr. Bettman, can you say with all certainty 447 00:23:18,327 --> 00:23:22,819 that there wasn't a UFO hoveringver O'Hare that night? 448 00:23:22,819 --> 00:23:25,315 Well, I suppose we can't prove a negative. 449 00:23:25,315 --> 00:23:28,848 But our conclusion was that it was a weather phenomenon. 450 00:23:28,848 --> 00:23:30,843 A loud cloud ceiling. 451 00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:33,240 A lot of lights in the sky. 452 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,253 This was no weather phenomenon. 453 00:23:36,253 --> 00:23:39,821 It hovered, and then it shot through the clouds and left a hole. 454 00:23:39,821 --> 00:23:41,008 A hole? 455 00:23:41,008 --> 00:23:44,510 Dozens of people gave the exact same description, 456 00:23:44,510 --> 00:23:47,428 including some mechanics at the airlines. 457 00:23:47,428 --> 00:23:51,028 There was something unearthly up there. 458 00:23:51,028 --> 00:23:53,221 And the radar showed nothing? 459 00:23:53,221 --> 00:23:57,386 The FAA won't release the radar data or the voice communications. 460 00:23:57,386 --> 00:23:59,151 What are they hiding? 461 00:23:59,151 --> 00:24:02,285 Well, on the "X-files," it was the truth. 462 00:24:02,285 --> 00:24:03,351 Great show, wasn't it? 463 00:24:03,351 --> 00:24:04,686 How many of you watched the "X-files"? 464 00:24:04,686 --> 00:24:07,929 - Friday night, lousy time slot. - Silence. 465 00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:17,745 I must say, Jerry, you had quite the swagger in there. 466 00:24:17,745 --> 00:24:20,449 Look, Alan, the fact that others thought they saw it 467 00:24:20,449 --> 00:24:22,123 doesn't really matter. 468 00:24:22,123 --> 00:24:23,124 Of course it matters. 469 00:24:23,124 --> 00:24:25,959 The fact that others saw it means my client isn't crazy, 470 00:24:25,959 --> 00:24:28,056 which was the very basis of his discharge. 471 00:24:28,056 --> 00:24:30,675 No. The basis was that he talked about it with his clients. 472 00:24:30,675 --> 00:24:32,268 No. It was that he thought he saw an alien... 473 00:24:32,268 --> 00:24:33,683 Look, I'd love to help you here, I really would, 474 00:24:33,683 --> 00:24:35,589 but my hands are tied. 475 00:24:35,589 --> 00:24:38,074 Your hands aren't tied. They're in your pockets. 476 00:24:38,074 --> 00:24:39,443 What is this? 477 00:24:39,443 --> 00:24:41,507 New therapy. Good, isn't it? 478 00:24:41,507 --> 00:24:43,592 Look, here's the deal. 479 00:24:43,592 --> 00:24:44,530 You're gonna get up, 480 00:24:44,530 --> 00:24:48,116 say "others saw it, blah, blah, blah, therefore not crazy." 481 00:24:48,116 --> 00:24:49,744 Whatever. You'll be effective. You always are. 482 00:24:49,744 --> 00:24:51,429 But I'll get up, 483 00:24:51,429 --> 00:24:53,715 make the point that a function of his job. 484 00:24:53,715 --> 00:24:57,558 The function, actually, is to ground his patients. 485 00:24:57,558 --> 00:24:59,651 A therapist has to come from a relatable place. 486 00:24:59,651 --> 00:25:02,919 Al, come on. When you sit there and talk about space aliens, 487 00:25:02,919 --> 00:25:06,092 how effective can you really be as a cognitive therapist? 488 00:25:06,092 --> 00:25:08,192 Do we sympathize? Of course we do. 489 00:25:08,192 --> 00:25:11,407 But the man can no longer do his job. 490 00:25:15,188 --> 00:25:18,574 Here's the problem with your theory, Jerry. 491 00:25:18,574 --> 00:25:20,437 As plausible as it sounds now, 492 00:25:20,437 --> 00:25:23,408 you and I both know when you actually get up to give your closing, 493 00:25:23,408 --> 00:25:25,705 you're Hands Espenson. 494 00:25:25,705 --> 00:25:28,805 Chewing on a silly wooden cigarette isn't going to distract you 495 00:25:28,805 --> 00:25:32,333 from the reality that you have very little trial experience, 496 00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:34,367 that you're scared to death just to be in the room, 497 00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:37,466 and that as able as you might be to fool others or even yourself, 498 00:25:37,466 --> 00:25:39,532 I know what you are, 499 00:25:39,532 --> 00:25:43,753 and knowing that I know, feeling my stare upon you, 500 00:25:43,753 --> 00:25:46,793 that you'll be utterly reduced to an ineffective, bumbling, 501 00:25:46,793 --> 00:25:48,833 inarticulate man with Asperger's, 502 00:25:48,833 --> 00:25:52,388 'cause that's what you are, Jerry. 503 00:25:58,417 --> 00:25:59,882 Jerry... 504 00:26:01,635 --> 00:26:03,188 Jerry. 505 00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:45,241 I was just lawyering, Jerry. 506 00:26:45,759 --> 00:26:52,921 One of the games trial attorneys play is to psych-out opposing counsel. 507 00:26:52,921 --> 00:26:55,894 You can certainly appreciate that. 508 00:26:56,765 --> 00:26:58,403 My intent was to unnerve you, 509 00:26:58,403 --> 00:27:02,473 not 'cause I believe you to be ineffective or inarticulate 510 00:27:02,473 --> 00:27:04,683 but 'cause I know you to be just the opposite. 511 00:27:04,683 --> 00:27:06,473 I don't believe you. 512 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:15,948 I have a proposal. 513 00:27:17,737 --> 00:27:19,625 I'm listening. 514 00:27:19,625 --> 00:27:21,557 My client gets his job back, 515 00:27:21,557 --> 00:27:26,613 he agrees not to discuss the UFO sighting or his opinions on... 516 00:27:26,613 --> 00:27:30,273 extraterrestrial life. 517 00:27:30,273 --> 00:27:33,188 - No money damages. - Okay. 518 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,227 Jerry... 519 00:27:48,625 --> 00:27:51,609 you'll recall I once advised you 520 00:27:51,609 --> 00:27:55,127 to flee the practice of law 'cause it's an ugly occupation, 521 00:27:55,127 --> 00:28:00,588 which calls upon its participants to do ugly things. 522 00:28:01,424 --> 00:28:07,627 I am very accomplished in the practice of law, Jerry. 523 00:28:11,779 --> 00:28:14,413 I'll take the offer to my client. 524 00:28:22,805 --> 00:28:28,407 Basically, I don't think that we're compatible as a couple, as partners. 525 00:28:28,407 --> 00:28:30,924 50-50 partners. 526 00:28:30,924 --> 00:28:32,385 If we were to be together, 527 00:28:32,385 --> 00:28:35,407 he would probably start out by, by demanding that I quit my job 528 00:28:35,407 --> 00:28:38,122 and stay at home with the baby. 529 00:28:38,122 --> 00:28:40,427 Is that true, Brad? 530 00:28:41,328 --> 00:28:42,262 Yes. 531 00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:45,265 You don't think a woman can have both a career and a family? 532 00:28:45,265 --> 00:28:47,035 Can she? Of course. 533 00:28:47,035 --> 00:28:48,946 Should she? Absolutely not. 534 00:28:48,946 --> 00:28:51,180 Oh, and, and this is him wooing me. 535 00:28:51,180 --> 00:28:52,574 Denise, you have a baby, that's it. 536 00:28:52,574 --> 00:28:54,295 Baby comes first, period. 537 00:28:54,295 --> 00:28:56,176 Even if he could get by with a nanny, you couldn't. 538 00:28:56,176 --> 00:28:57,895 It would kill you. So who are we kidding here? 539 00:28:57,895 --> 00:28:59,437 You stay home, you raise the kid, 540 00:28:59,437 --> 00:29:02,571 the kid grows up, then you can go back to work. 541 00:29:03,861 --> 00:29:06,332 Okay, don't look at me like that. 542 00:29:06,332 --> 00:29:08,639 Mothers want to stay home. 543 00:29:08,639 --> 00:29:11,089 It's only because of societal pressures they feel they can't be a feminist 544 00:29:11,089 --> 00:29:12,866 and still a stay-at-home mom, so what do they do? 545 00:29:12,866 --> 00:29:15,065 They drag themselves back to the office, and like I said, 546 00:29:15,065 --> 00:29:16,866 it kills them, and it'll kill Denise. 547 00:29:16,866 --> 00:29:19,591 Now I wouldn't ask her to do anything that she doesn't really want to do. 548 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:21,109 I know that. She knows that. 549 00:29:21,109 --> 00:29:23,126 And if you're any kind of a real therapist, 550 00:29:23,126 --> 00:29:25,105 you know that, too. 551 00:29:28,988 --> 00:29:32,091 This idea of a 50-50 partnership... 552 00:29:32,091 --> 00:29:34,451 She picks the wallpaper. I choose the car. 553 00:29:34,451 --> 00:29:36,491 Chores? / I mow the lawn. She makes dinner. 554 00:29:36,491 --> 00:29:40,210 Sex? / I'm the husband. She's the wife. 555 00:29:46,393 --> 00:29:50,809 Even if she's right about what her father would've wanted, 556 00:29:50,809 --> 00:29:56,080 that does not entitle her to steal the body from a museum. 557 00:29:56,445 --> 00:29:58,868 She can resort to equitable relief, 558 00:29:58,868 --> 00:30:00,877 but not grand larceny. 559 00:30:00,877 --> 00:30:05,591 Beyond that, this is about her religious beliefs, not her father's. 560 00:30:05,591 --> 00:30:10,848 He didn't believe in God or heaven or the soul. 561 00:30:10,848 --> 00:30:16,301 This is about the defendant imposing her religious values 562 00:30:16,301 --> 00:30:18,992 and committing a crime to do so. 563 00:30:18,992 --> 00:30:22,842 We all know how dangerous that can be. 564 00:30:37,728 --> 00:30:39,375 Alan... 565 00:30:39,375 --> 00:30:41,613 it's your turn. 566 00:30:41,613 --> 00:30:44,167 I know that, Clarence. 567 00:30:49,564 --> 00:30:54,005 Life on earth was not very good to Maureen Fleming's father. 568 00:30:54,005 --> 00:30:56,909 He was a drunk. He couldn't hold a job. 569 00:30:56,909 --> 00:30:58,448 He had sordid affairs. 570 00:30:58,448 --> 00:31:01,431 He died in part from a sexually transmitted disease. 571 00:31:01,431 --> 00:31:04,610 There was no salvation or happy ending 572 00:31:04,610 --> 00:31:07,831 to be found on earth for Nathan Fleming. 573 00:31:07,831 --> 00:31:11,650 Which could only make Maureen that much more desperate to think 574 00:31:11,650 --> 00:31:17,557 that there must be another, better world waiting for her father somewhere. 575 00:31:17,557 --> 00:31:20,467 She carted his body out of that museum 576 00:31:20,467 --> 00:31:24,910 so that her father could finally leave this world behind. 577 00:31:24,910 --> 00:31:26,983 And hopefully... 578 00:31:28,237 --> 00:31:32,975 find his way to a better one. 579 00:31:33,166 --> 00:31:38,728 Certainly, the 12 of you can understand that. 580 00:31:47,869 --> 00:31:49,067 You know, I... 581 00:31:49,067 --> 00:31:53,743 I want so badly to believe in God. 582 00:31:53,743 --> 00:31:57,874 Not because of any words in the Bible or claims made by gospels, 583 00:31:57,874 --> 00:32:02,486 but 'cause, I suppose, with our planet being polluted into extinction 584 00:32:02,486 --> 00:32:05,421 while country after country develops nuclear bombs, 585 00:32:05,421 --> 00:32:09,169 coinciding with an unprecedented escalation in hatred 586 00:32:09,169 --> 00:32:13,416 while an entire continent is dying from AIDS and starvation 587 00:32:13,416 --> 00:32:15,819 as the rest of the world pretends not to notice, 588 00:32:15,819 --> 00:32:19,819 it's just not that easy these days to have faith in man. 589 00:32:19,819 --> 00:32:21,871 But if we don't believe in God, 590 00:32:21,871 --> 00:32:24,091 then our only alternative is to believe in man. 591 00:32:24,091 --> 00:32:27,072 Well, I'm not sure if I do believe in God. 592 00:32:27,072 --> 00:32:28,337 And even if I did, 593 00:32:28,337 --> 00:32:31,677 I'm not sure he'd be the same God that you believe in, 594 00:32:31,677 --> 00:32:33,854 or you believe in. 595 00:32:33,854 --> 00:32:38,943 But in the throws of doubt, I still do believe in man. 596 00:32:38,943 --> 00:32:42,658 I believe in man's innate sense of humanity, 597 00:32:42,658 --> 00:32:48,677 his potential for compassion, reason, righteousness in his heart. 598 00:32:48,677 --> 00:32:53,033 Today, now, I appeal to you in the hope you'll understand 599 00:32:53,033 --> 00:32:55,654 that when my client took her father's body 600 00:32:55,654 --> 00:32:58,057 so that she may bury him 601 00:32:58,057 --> 00:33:00,572 so that he may rest in peace 602 00:33:00,572 --> 00:33:03,764 and perhaps find some salvation, 603 00:33:03,764 --> 00:33:08,711 she did so acting on her humanity, on... 604 00:33:08,930 --> 00:33:12,753 the righteousness in her heart. 605 00:34:21,221 --> 00:34:24,128 What have you got stuck to your face? 606 00:34:27,968 --> 00:34:31,632 Don't you even think about it. 607 00:34:31,990 --> 00:34:34,400 Denny, don't you dare. 608 00:34:43,589 --> 00:34:45,991 Holy crap. I shot the rabbi. 609 00:34:52,439 --> 00:34:54,120 How did you get a lawyer so quickly? 610 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,693 This is a difficult time for all of us, Mr. Crane. 611 00:34:56,693 --> 00:34:57,858 I think we can agree, 612 00:34:57,858 --> 00:35:00,407 it would be best to resolve this privately. 613 00:35:00,407 --> 00:35:03,171 If rabbi Hershman were to report the assault to the police, 614 00:35:03,171 --> 00:35:06,794 well, given your grumblings that were heard by others in the synagogue, 615 00:35:06,794 --> 00:35:08,671 you could face prosecution for a hate crime. 616 00:35:08,671 --> 00:35:11,956 You can't threaten criminal prosecution to advance a civil claim. 617 00:35:11,956 --> 00:35:13,059 What's wrong with you? 618 00:35:13,059 --> 00:35:15,671 You people have an overreacting problem. You do know that? 619 00:35:15,671 --> 00:35:17,800 - We "people"? - Yeah, same thing in Lebanon. 620 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,867 They grab a few soldiers, you respond with overkill. 621 00:35:19,867 --> 00:35:21,131 That's a problem. 622 00:35:21,131 --> 00:35:24,595 Are you saying that Israel doesn't have the right to defend itself? 623 00:35:24,595 --> 00:35:25,772 Well, of course they do, 624 00:35:25,772 --> 00:35:28,387 but you don't blow up a whole country 'cause you get mad. 625 00:35:28,387 --> 00:35:30,474 Only the United the states enjoys that privilege. 626 00:35:30,474 --> 00:35:33,252 And we're a superpower. God is on our side. 627 00:35:33,252 --> 00:35:34,680 Gum? 628 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,268 Good-bye, Denny. 629 00:35:37,907 --> 00:35:39,849 What do you mean? 630 00:35:39,849 --> 00:35:43,575 I never want to see you again. 631 00:35:51,013 --> 00:35:52,766 She'll be back. 632 00:35:52,766 --> 00:35:55,332 Get out of my way. Handicapped. 633 00:35:55,332 --> 00:35:58,008 Look out. Handicapped. 634 00:35:59,902 --> 00:36:03,083 That was quite an interesting tack you took there with the therapist, Brad. 635 00:36:03,083 --> 00:36:05,964 It wasn't a tack. It was the truth. 636 00:36:07,801 --> 00:36:10,005 So when are you gonna face the truth, Denise? 637 00:36:10,005 --> 00:36:10,861 Which is? 638 00:36:10,861 --> 00:36:13,367 That you want for your children the same life that your parents gave you. 639 00:36:13,367 --> 00:36:15,235 Dad works, mom stays at home, 640 00:36:15,235 --> 00:36:18,108 The perfect Norman Rockwell nuclear family that used to be. 641 00:36:18,108 --> 00:36:21,357 Uh, Brad, we live in very different times than they did. 642 00:36:21,357 --> 00:36:22,458 Oh, right, modern times. 643 00:36:22,458 --> 00:36:26,015 50% of women are manless right now. 50%. 644 00:36:26,015 --> 00:36:28,046 Is that progress, feminism or both? 645 00:36:28,046 --> 00:36:31,665 It, it, what, do you intend to bludgeon me into giving us a chance? 646 00:36:31,665 --> 00:36:34,465 No. I'm asking. 647 00:36:34,465 --> 00:36:39,232 For you, for me, for our child. 648 00:36:39,232 --> 00:36:41,774 Give us a chance. 649 00:36:48,234 --> 00:36:52,226 Madam Foreperson, the jury has reached a unanimous verdict? 650 00:36:52,226 --> 00:36:54,451 - We have, your honor. - What say you? 651 00:36:54,451 --> 00:36:57,527 "In the matter of the commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Maureen Fleming" 652 00:36:57,527 --> 00:36:59,644 "on the charge of grand theft larceny," 653 00:36:59,644 --> 00:37:02,619 "we the jury find the defendant..." 654 00:37:03,313 --> 00:37:05,457 "not guilty." 655 00:37:05,762 --> 00:37:07,975 The commonwealth thanks you for your service. 656 00:37:07,975 --> 00:37:09,635 We are adjourned. 657 00:37:12,524 --> 00:37:14,331 Congratulations, Maureen. 658 00:37:14,331 --> 00:37:15,885 Thank you. 659 00:37:20,242 --> 00:37:23,110 Can I bury my father now? 660 00:37:23,660 --> 00:37:29,655 I'm afraid that's an issue that will have to be decided at another time. 661 00:37:40,150 --> 00:37:41,748 Jerry. 662 00:37:44,387 --> 00:37:49,895 The settlement terms are acceptable to my client. 663 00:37:52,638 --> 00:37:54,907 Good. 664 00:37:55,448 --> 00:37:59,414 I should also, I should thank you for the lesson. 665 00:37:59,414 --> 00:38:04,968 Of course opposing counsel will try to exploit my Asperger's, and... 666 00:38:06,624 --> 00:38:08,984 I thank you, Alan. 667 00:38:08,984 --> 00:38:11,161 As a result of this, my skin will only get more calloused. 668 00:38:11,161 --> 00:38:13,668 I'll be more hardened. 669 00:38:16,746 --> 00:38:20,372 I want you to know, I don't take what you said personally. 670 00:38:20,372 --> 00:38:22,616 I do, Jerry. 671 00:38:22,616 --> 00:38:24,508 And I'm deeply sorry. 672 00:38:24,508 --> 00:38:26,545 Don't be. 673 00:38:30,905 --> 00:38:33,288 Well, until we meet again... 674 00:38:51,765 --> 00:38:52,825 She dumped you? 675 00:38:52,825 --> 00:38:55,462 Because of my views on the Middle East. 676 00:38:56,755 --> 00:39:02,278 If I had a nickel for every time a midget broke up with me over politics. 677 00:39:03,231 --> 00:39:06,571 Denny, you think you can understand what it means to be Jewish? 678 00:39:06,571 --> 00:39:09,444 Oh, please. I don't even understand what it means to be Lutheran. 679 00:39:09,444 --> 00:39:11,470 Do you believe in God? 680 00:39:12,340 --> 00:39:14,884 Of course I do. You know I do. 681 00:39:14,884 --> 00:39:16,395 Why? 682 00:39:16,395 --> 00:39:18,679 Why? Why? 683 00:39:18,679 --> 00:39:22,024 'cause if you believe in God and it turns out there's no God, 684 00:39:22,024 --> 00:39:23,556 there's no harm, no foul. 685 00:39:23,556 --> 00:39:27,529 But if you don't believe in God, and it turns out that there is one, 686 00:39:27,529 --> 00:39:29,694 you're screwed. 687 00:39:29,694 --> 00:39:31,513 What do you think he looks like? 688 00:39:31,513 --> 00:39:33,560 Like me. Perhaps thinner. 689 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:35,258 You think he looks like you? 690 00:39:35,258 --> 00:39:37,481 God made man in his image. 691 00:39:37,481 --> 00:39:39,974 - And specifically? - Me. 692 00:39:45,668 --> 00:39:50,160 Why does he allow for all the suffering that goes on? 693 00:39:51,426 --> 00:39:54,014 Overextended. 694 00:39:55,579 --> 00:39:57,682 What do you believe? 695 00:40:00,091 --> 00:40:02,327 I'm not sure. 696 00:40:05,563 --> 00:40:11,157 I think I believe mostly in friendship. 697 00:40:12,390 --> 00:40:17,728 Yours, Jerry Espenson's. 698 00:40:19,764 --> 00:40:23,391 I wasn't a very good friend to him today. 699 00:40:23,391 --> 00:40:25,580 I hate that you're seeing him again. 700 00:40:25,580 --> 00:40:28,175 He was opposing counsel. 701 00:40:33,133 --> 00:40:35,975 Oh, I hurt him today. 702 00:40:36,981 --> 00:40:39,025 How? 703 00:40:40,092 --> 00:40:42,987 By being a lawyer. 704 00:40:44,773 --> 00:40:47,869 At the end of the day, Alan, we have to be who we are. 705 00:40:47,869 --> 00:40:52,445 And you and I, more than anything... 706 00:40:52,445 --> 00:40:54,168 We're lawyers. 707 00:40:54,168 --> 00:40:56,259 Damn right.