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Shirley, I am not going through this again.
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Would someone catch me up here?
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Denny got engaged.
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- Mazel tov?
- No mazel tov.
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- Who is it this time?
- Beverly Bridge.
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The woman Denny "craned" in the
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coatroom at that charity dinner last week.
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If this Bev turns out to be another Angie, oh, God!
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- Angie?
- Number four.
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Wife number five was no picnic either.
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Clovis.
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She most got him to retire,
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pull his equity out of the firm and move to Boca.
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- Clovis nearly sunk us.
- Half the staff quit.
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And she was drunk the day president Ford stopped by.
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All right, I'll pull out Denny's last prenup, see if I can water-seal it.
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Shirley, you talk to the woman. Get her story.
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Brad, check the partnership agreement.
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We have to be sure there are no
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loopholes in the mandatory buyout
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in case of a partner's death or incapacity.
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- One thing.
- What?
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Is there any remote possibility we could be overreacting here?
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I had the time of my life
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I've never felt this way before
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Yes, I swear it's the truth Oh, it's true
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and I owe it all to you
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because I had the time of my life
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I'll get the partnership agreement.
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And I owe it all to you you, you, you, you, you.
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Docket number 249635.
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Commonwealth vs. Jerald Espenson.
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Attempted murder, assault,
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assault with a deadly weapon,
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battery, sexual battery, false imprisonment,
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torture, terrorist threats.
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Alan Shore for the
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preposterously charged Mr. Espenson.
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Frank Ginsberg for the commonwealth.
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How do you plead?
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Not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.
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As to bail?
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We ask that Mr. Espenson be released on his own recognizance.
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- Commonwealth opposes bail.
- You can't be serious!
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Your honor, this incident was an aberration.
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Mr. Espenson is an upstanding member of his community,
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he is not a danger to society,
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and he has a family counting on him at home.
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He has dependents?
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Her name is Linda.
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Your honor, let the record show
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that his dependent is a gecko.
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Mr. Espenson threatened to kill
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his boss in her place of business
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and has a history of violent outbursts.
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- He could be a flight risk.
- Flight risk?
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The man can't even hail a cab.
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Sorry.
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It is incumbent upon the commonwealth to protect the community at large.
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God forbid he's released and hurts someone else.
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Bail is denied.
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Defendant shall be remanded into custody immediately.
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Meal worms are in the fridge.
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I need to feed Linda. I need to get home.
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Jerry, I'll feed Linda.
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Sexual battery, torture, terrorist threats?
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That isn't justice. It's disproportionate retribution.
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And good for you.
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You've enlisted the one prosecutor who's running for DA next year.
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Tell me, how big was your campaign contribution?
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And is there a matching fund here at the firm we can all go in on?
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It was sizeable, and speak to Kim in accounting.
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Jerry Espenson never intended...
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Do not start defending him to me, Alan.
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I agreed to defend him.
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That's why he put down the knife.
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No, you agreed to represent him.
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No one here meant for you to defend him.
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Shirley, no one is denying what this man has done to you,
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but he should at least get a fair trial.
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Oh, by all means.
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Let's get a fair trial for the man who tried to slit my throat.
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Let's.
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But understand that everyone at this firm is considered a witness.
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Don't expect anyone to help you or speak to you.
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And won't that make for a refreshing change?
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Shirley, have you talked to Denny's fiancee yet?
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I've been a little busy, Paul.
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I'm working on the prenup, but we need you to find out her intentions.
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You're the one with the kind eyes. I don't do girl talk.
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Do I have to remind you how serious this situation is?
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If Denny becomes incapacitated...
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or should I say further incapacitated,
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this woman could become his Nancy Reagan.
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She'd have his power of attorney. She could bring down the firm.
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I'll talk to her.
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- Daniel.
- I came to take you to lunch.
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- I can't. I have a case.
- What is it?
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A high school teacher is
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seeking a temporary restraining order
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against one of her student's parents.
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They're hounding the woman day and
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night about their daughter's grades.
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- Helicopter parents.
- Helicopter parents?
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Well, that's what they call them now,
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you know, parents who hover around their kids,
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try to control every aspect of their lives.
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That would be the Gerings.
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Well, cool, I'm in.
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What?
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I want to second chair.
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Why not? I got my law degree. I keep up with my MCLEs.
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Have you ever actually tried a case?
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No, but I've always wanted to.
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Think of it as the make-a-wish foundation granting a dying kid his fantasy.
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If that kid were a rich guy in his 40s.
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Besides, I can probably help you.
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I'm on the board of the Lexington school. My kids used to go there.
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We deal with helicopter parents all the time.
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That could be helpful.
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I would have to get the client's approval, though.
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I can get that.
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And I would have to get one of the partners to agree.
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Looks like a partner right there.
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- Daniel Post.
- Denny Crane.
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- I'm a client.
- I'm a partner.
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- CEO, Kreisberg-Pellum.
- My name's on the door.
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- I love the offices.
- Thank you. I love your hair.
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- I got a plane.
- Indeed?
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Could use a little more color, though.
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I'll make a note.
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My fiancee sells office furniture.
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Congratulations. I'd love to meet her.
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My club, Thursdays. They serve Reubens.
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I'll take you flying.
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Oh, by the way, I'd like to try
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a case with Ms. Bauer over here.
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Why not? See you Thursday.
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Thursday.
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That's what I do. I make connections.
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That's how we met, remember?
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Shirley, I believe you know my client.
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Why isn't this man in jail?
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He has an excellent attorney
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who filed an emergency writ with the court of appeals,
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and the judge agreed the denial of bail was an abuse of discretion.
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I'm surprised your lackey at the DA's office didn't keep you abreast of this.
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Perhaps you didn't tip him enough.
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He's not to be in this building.
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I'll get a restraining order if I have to.
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She hates me.
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Tempers seem frayed all around.
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That's why I'm filing for a continuance.
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We'll let everyone cool down a bit,
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then try again for a plea bargain.
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No.
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A plea bargain's out of the question.
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It's not guilty or nothing.
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But you are guilty, Jerry.
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A whole office full of people saw you do it.
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One of the junior associates took
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a video of you on his cell phone.
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He's thinking of entering it in a film festival.
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No plea bargain.
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Proving temporary insanity is
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a daunting task. You know that.
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A plea bargain is our best
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chance to keep you out of jail.
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If I plea bargain, I'll be disbarred.
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Alan, my whole life is the law.
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It's all I have. It's what I love.
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You can't let them take that away from me.
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Then we go to trial.
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Look up any case law, any articles, news reports,
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anything that supports the
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theory that stress in the workplace
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can lead to an individual
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losing control of themselves,
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especially in the form of a violent outburst.
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Got it.
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Hello, Garrett.
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You're not helping Mr. Shore on the Espenson case.
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Because you're a witness.
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I'm sure you're aware that would be a conflict of interest.
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I was just getting him coffee.
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Well, you can't do that, either.
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I'll take a decaf, though. Thanks.
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Thank you.
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Shirley, I know we're fighting,
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but there's no reason to take it out on the children.
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Alan, this looks like it could be tough on you,
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especially since you don't have an assistant anymore.
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Shirley fired you?
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Worse. I got transferred to human resources
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where all the people persons are.
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She's building a Chinese wall.
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What's that?
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It's a legal concept.
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It keeps anyone in the firm who may be involved
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in this case from talking to me about it.
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Well, then you've got a big-ass wall around you.
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Shirley's just trying to rattle my cage.
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It's only a temporary transfer.
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So you won't be mad if I ignore you in the hall
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and just look at your shoes?
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I need my job.
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I'll try to wear nice shoes.
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They call me at night on the weekends.
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They e-mail, text-message my cell phone.
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They drop by for impromptu
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parent-teacher conferences.
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They challenge every grade, every assignment.
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The last straw was when my
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sister was delivering her baby,
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and I was her coach.
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They called me on my cell phone.
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And when I said that Kathy was starting to crown,
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they asked when she'd be finished.
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So we could discuss Rachel's paper on "the red pony".
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It used to be that teachers spent
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80% of the time with the students.
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Now we spend 80% of the time with the parents,
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and it's hurting the kids.
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Thank you.
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Um, excuse me, your honor. Just one moment.
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- Judge doesn't like her.
- She doesn't like me.
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You know who women do find charming?
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- Me.
- Ms. Bauer?
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Let me ask a question, just see how it goes.
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- I don't know about that.
- Ms. Bauer!
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Ms. Carpenter, would you say that it's
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true that Rachel Gering is a good student?
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Objection. Leading the witness.
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Right, sorry. I knew that. Sorry. Right.
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What kind of grades does Rachel get?
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She has between a B+ and an A- average.
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And has the Gerings' attention
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done anything to change that grade?
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- Not at all.
- One more question.
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Have the Gerings contacted any other teachers?
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All the other teachers.
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The one they hounded the most
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was Mr. Sheehy, the math teacher.
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- How'd he react?
- He quit.
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He couldn't take it anymore, so he took early retirement.
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I'm still 20 years away from that.
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I was so excited to become a teacher.
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No one told me it would be this way.
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Nothing further, your honor,
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unless, uh, you can think of anything.
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I know what you want, Shirley.
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And, yes, Denny does still talk about you.
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He remembers his experiences with you so fondly.
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Did you know that he has a position called "the Schmidt"?
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Would that be the one where I read a magazine
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while he lies passed out on the floor?
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That's not what I heard.
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Look, Bev, I am a busy woman,
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so I'll just get to the point.
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Who are you and what are you up to?
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Oh, we're going to have that conversation.
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We are.
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So you think I'm screwing
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Denny for his money and power?
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- It had occurred to me.
- Well, good news. I am.
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I find money and power just so appetizing.
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And why did you screw him?
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I lost a bet.
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Shirley, you know, I, I thought you were enlightened,
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but it turns out you're the worst kind of female there is.
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Either you condemn a woman as
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a whore because she enjoys sex.
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I didn't say that.
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Or you assume that she's a manipulative gold digger.
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Oh, Bev, you know, I've completely misread you.
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Here I had you pegged as some kind of predatory shark.
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I came here today with the intention of telling you that
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if you ever do anything to hurt my friend Denny or this firm,
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I will see to it that you are hunted down legally and literally
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until you are penniless and left to troll airport bars
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looking for alcoholic pilots nearing retirement age.
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But I can see I don't need to do that.
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You know,
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it's reay hard to believe that you're the one that came up with "the Schmidt".
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So, uh, what is "the Schmidt"?
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May I cut in?
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I'm practicing for my wedding.
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Come on, join me.
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Why not?
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No, no, no, no, not on the one. It's not a mambo.
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It's a feeling. Like a heartbeat.
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Ka-chung, ka-chung, ka-chung!
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Shut up and dance, mister.
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This case Shirley is pursuing against Jerry...
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I'm not allowed to talk out it.
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Vietnamese wall.
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Chinese wall.
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She's pressuring the DA's office.
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She's cut off all my resources here, which is fine.
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It's just getting a little
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crowded around my hotel room
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with the two paralegals I've hired from Harvard?.
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Can't hear you over the wall.
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Hey, you're a natural.
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Anything Denny Crane can do, I can
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do backwards and wearing high heels.
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The feeling I get around here is
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that people aren't that hot on Bev.
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Haven't noticed.
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I don't care if nobody else likes her,
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but it's important to me what you think of her.
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I imagine I'll like her.
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No, Alan, I need a guarantee.
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And I'm not talking about getting to
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know her and forming your own opinion.
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I need you to like her.
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Denny, just knowing you care
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for her makes me happy enough.
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I'm feeling your tension.
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You can't have a very strong case.
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Jerry Espenson was determined to make partner.
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He didn't, and that's what made him snap.
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Well, what's so special about that?
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All the associates want to make partner.
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It's the carrot we dangle in
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front of them to keep them working.
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Excuse me, Denny.
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Melissa, I need your help.
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I need access to some personnel files.
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Vietnamese wall!
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Are you concerned about Rachel's college prospects?
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Yes.
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Even the state schools have taken to
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admitting only the best of the best.
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Are you saying Ms. Carpenter isn't
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qualified to prepare your daughter?
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No, but we would be remiss
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if we didn't stay so involved.
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Our most important job is to
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prepare Rachel for her future.
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Nothing further.
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Mrs. Gering, are you saying that
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Ms. Carpenter is a bad teacher?
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No, I didn't say that.
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How would you rate her? B- minus, C-plus, what?
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I don't think I could really...
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Because she has won a teaching award
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so maybe if you're not
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giving her a good enough grade,
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it's your problem, not hers. Is that possible?
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I never said...
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We know that you're involved with a lot of other teachers.
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We just don't want our teacher to get lost in the shuffle.
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Maybe you were having a bad day
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when you were evaluated her.
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Objection!
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I don't think you see her potential.
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We know you don't see how hard she works.
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She works so hard. The other teachers are out playing. Traci's inside...
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- Your honor!
- Ms. Bauer!
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Objection! They're badgering the witness!
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Of course we're badgering the witness.
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- You just figured that out?
- Objection sustained!
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Thank you, your honor,
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for sustaining the objection to the badgeng of this woman.
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That's what this whole trial is about.
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Let's stop the badgering.
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No one should be able to do that sort of thing to anybody.
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Unless they themselves are actually...
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a badger.
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In your opinion, did Mr. Espenson seem insane to you?
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No.
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He seemed to know exactly what he was doing.
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He even negotiated for the
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services of Mr. Shore as his attorney.
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He only agreed to spare my life on that condition.
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Thank you. Nothing further.
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Uh, Ms. Schmidt. Sorry, it's
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just these damn microphones.
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I don't know if you were able to hear her clearly.
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I heard some of it, and it sounded great.
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Testing, one, two, three. Testing.
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Maybe if you sit a little closer.
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Mr. Shore, we can all hear the witness just fine.
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You can? Good.
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It's just Ms. Schmidt and I work together,
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and around the office,
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Shirley's considered something...
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Mr. Shore, do you have a question?
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I do.
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I have here Jerry Espenson's
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performance reviews for the past 15 years.
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Would you please read one for us?
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Pick a year, any year.
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For the record, Mr. Espenson's
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work reviews are all excellent.
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Would you like me to read
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one aloud for dramatic effect?
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Now that you've taken all the fun out of it, no.
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How about I do it?
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"Jerry has displayed a vast knowledge of the law,"
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"delivered all assignments in a timely fashion,"
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"has consistently met with the firm's minimum billables".
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There's no denying Mr. Espenson's exceptional work habits.
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Yes, and I quote,
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"Jerry Espenson is not partnership material".
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What exactly did that mean?
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We're a private firm at Crane, Poole & Schmidt.
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We have every right to decide what
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criteria by which to make people partners.
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Yes, but clearly,
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Jerry Espenson is not partnership material.
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I mean, look at him. He's awkward, unsociable,
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keeps his hands on his thighs at all times.
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As I said, we have many criteria.
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So you've been lying to Jerry. Is that it?
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I beg your pardon?
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About his chances to make partner.
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You never told him that he
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wasn't partnership material.
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Quite the contrary, you encouraged him
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again and again to aspire to that position.
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And yet, there it was, "not partnership material,"
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in his confidential file since 1990, 15 years ago.
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You've been lying to Jerry
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Espenson for 15 years, haven't you?
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As you know, Mr. Shore, not everyone
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makes partner at our firm or any other.
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Otherwise our letterhead would be 20 pages long.
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But as an institutionalized practice,
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you keep all associates believing
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they have a chance to make partner,
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especially the exceptional ones,
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even if you never have any
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intention of doing so. Isn't that right?
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We encourage all our attorneys to do good work. It's their job.
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That incident in the conference room a week ago with the cake knife...
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that really rattled you, didn't it?
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- Excuse me?
- A man held a knife to your throat.
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You perceived it as a grave threat. It rattled you.
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The experience was not a pleasant one.
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No, I'm sure it wasn't.
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But let's talk about what's really going on here, shall we?
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A gifted, eccentric and loyal
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employee who worked for 15 years on a promise
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momentarily lost control of his senses
447
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when his one dream was taken away.
448
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And yet the DA's office has charged my client
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with everything short of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
450
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Because ultimately they're just following orders
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from the great and powerful Schmidt, aren't they?
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- Objection. Relevance?
- Sustained. Mr. Shore...
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Did someone move for a mistrial? Because I'm fine with that.
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You will keep your questions relevant, Mr. Shore.
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Nothing further.
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When Mr. Espenson was denied
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partnership with the firm, was he fired?
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No, he was offered a position
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of counsel and was free to stay.
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And what salary would Mr. Espenson
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have made if he'd stayed at the firm?
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Approximately $300,000 per year.
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$300,000 a year?
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Sounds like a real coal mine
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at Crane, Poole & Schmidt.
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It's not going very well, is it?
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No, it's not.
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Jerry, it may be time to start thinking
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of who will take care of Linda if...
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You're away.
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Oh, God! Oh, God!
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Jerry, I'm going to make a
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case for temporary insanity
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that is as compelling as it can possibly be,
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but it's thin at best.
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And I must be frank with you.
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I don't know if it will be enough.
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My dad is a mathematics professor at Cornell,
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and he's always saying, "may I have some toast?"
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I don't understand.
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He says it over and over again,
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"May I have some toast? May I have some toast?"
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And eventually he says it enough,
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and someone always gives him toast.
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Your father?
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He never gives up. That's what I'm saying.
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It's the toast. Bingo.
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We should never give up.
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No, we won't give up, Jerry.
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I felt like a cross between Clarence Darrow.
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And, uh, Al Pacino in that movie where he shouts.
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You are really good at trial law.
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You should, um...
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Maybe next life.
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Anyway, enough about me. Let's talk about you.
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Why are you getting involved with a dead guy?
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I, uh, try not to think about it.
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I do find myself being strangely forthcoming with you.
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00:24:02,930 --> 00:24:06,786
Oh, so you're my count Guido.
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00:24:06,821 --> 00:24:08,978
Who?
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Count Guido da Montefeltro.
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Uh, from Dante's "inferno".
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Dante meets Guido in hell.
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Guido tells him that if he thought his
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words would ever reach the real world,
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he'd never reveal his true feelings to anyone.
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But because he thinks Dante's dead,
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he tells him everything.
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So you think I'm honest with you
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because you're, um, a dead guy?
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Something like that.
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So, Guido, can I do the closing?
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It's called Asperger's syndrome.
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And as you suspected, it is hereditary.
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Asperger's syndrome?
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Sounds like something you cure with an ointment.
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It's a form of autism.
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From the behavior that you've described
519
00:24:56,942 --> 00:25:00,195
and from what I read in his, uh, personnel file...
520
00:25:00,237 --> 00:25:03,156
Oh, dear, however did you get hold of that?
521
00:25:03,198 --> 00:25:06,284
Jerry Espenson is a classic case.
522
00:25:06,326 --> 00:25:09,746
No eye contact, strange tic-like behaviors,
523
00:25:09,788 --> 00:25:12,165
passion for a single subject, in this case, the law.
524
00:25:12,207 --> 00:25:13,708
Sudden outbursts.
525
00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:15,627
Basically their brains can't process
526
00:25:15,669 --> 00:25:17,587
ordinary nonverbal cues that
527
00:25:17,671 --> 00:25:19,506
most people use to communicate.
528
00:25:19,548 --> 00:25:21,474
I know it sounds strange.
529
00:25:21,509 --> 00:25:23,400
I'm not one to judge.
530
00:25:24,135 --> 00:25:26,555
Do you think Jerry Espenson knows he has it?
531
00:25:26,596 --> 00:25:29,140
I doubt it. Most adults don't know.
532
00:25:29,182 --> 00:25:32,655
It wasn't even considered a disorder until 1995.
533
00:25:45,156 --> 00:25:46,517
Denny.
534
00:25:47,659 --> 00:25:48,625
What's this?
535
00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:51,939
It's your prenup from your last marriage.
536
00:25:57,585 --> 00:25:59,921
It's hard to believe I was ever that young.
537
00:25:59,963 --> 00:26:02,341
I took the liberty of drawing
538
00:26:02,376 --> 00:26:04,719
up a new one with some addendums.
539
00:26:09,305 --> 00:26:10,593
"In the event that either party
540
00:26:10,628 --> 00:26:12,857
becomes physically or mentally incapacitated,
541
00:26:12,892 --> 00:26:14,710
their assets... "
542
00:26:15,603 --> 00:26:16,794
This isn't about protecting me.
543
00:26:16,829 --> 00:26:17,985
This is about protecting the firm.
544
00:26:18,020 --> 00:26:19,792
You've been through wives
545
00:26:19,827 --> 00:26:21,497
before, Denny, five of them.
546
00:26:21,532 --> 00:26:23,132
This firm is the constant.
547
00:26:23,167 --> 00:26:24,737
We're the ones who are still here,
548
00:26:24,772 --> 00:26:28,026
and this does look after your best interests.
549
00:26:28,061 --> 00:26:29,951
You mean the best interests of the firm.
550
00:26:29,986 --> 00:26:31,506
Oh, for God's sake, Denny.
551
00:26:31,541 --> 00:26:32,854
Someone has to worry about this
552
00:26:32,889 --> 00:26:34,648
firm, and since you won't, I have to.
553
00:26:34,683 --> 00:26:36,497
Because you're a senior partner,
554
00:26:36,532 --> 00:26:38,658
yet your name isn't on the door.
555
00:26:38,693 --> 00:26:40,749
Mine is. First name on the door.
556
00:26:40,784 --> 00:26:43,691
I'm not interested in getting into an historical argument with you.
557
00:26:43,726 --> 00:26:46,397
Why, because I built this firm from the ground up?
558
00:26:46,432 --> 00:26:49,069
I care about what could happen to this firm now!
559
00:26:49,104 --> 00:26:51,233
Let me tell you what'll happen to this firm if Denny Crane left.
560
00:26:51,268 --> 00:26:53,530
It would dry up and blow away and you with it!
561
00:26:54,923 --> 00:26:57,681
I'm the big gun on this boat, the captain!
562
00:26:57,916 --> 00:27:02,666
And you're nothing but a skinny, overpaid deckhand!
563
00:27:02,701 --> 00:27:05,518
No, I am the deckhand who steers the ship,
564
00:27:05,553 --> 00:27:08,280
because the captain isn't up to it anymore!
565
00:27:08,315 --> 00:27:09,466
Get out.
566
00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:13,737
Look over the new document, sign it and get it back to me today.
567
00:27:13,977 --> 00:27:15,823
I'm not signing anything.
568
00:27:24,380 --> 00:27:25,903
I can't believe we're here today
569
00:27:25,938 --> 00:27:28,647
because these parents care too much about their child.
570
00:27:29,639 --> 00:27:31,328
The truth is our children are growing up
571
00:27:31,363 --> 00:27:33,017
in a frighteningly competitive world.
572
00:27:33,052 --> 00:27:34,464
They'll face global competition the
573
00:27:34,499 --> 00:27:35,877
likes of which we've never seen before,
574
00:27:35,912 --> 00:27:37,979
and we are unprepared.
575
00:27:38,014 --> 00:27:39,931
The most recent study ranked American students
576
00:27:39,966 --> 00:27:41,648
16th in the world in science,
577
00:27:41,683 --> 00:27:43,330
19th in the world in mathematics.
578
00:27:43,365 --> 00:27:44,582
Of American 12th graders,
579
00:27:44,617 --> 00:27:49,358
30% of the boys and 17% of the girls cannot read at the basic level.
580
00:27:49,393 --> 00:27:51,131
This type of failure will kill our kids,
581
00:27:51,166 --> 00:27:53,591
and that's what George and Gigi Gering are trying to prevent.
582
00:27:53,626 --> 00:27:55,533
These parents are simply trying to secure
583
00:27:55,568 --> 00:27:57,440
their daughter's future as best they can,
584
00:27:57,475 --> 00:27:59,282
a future that they know will be
585
00:27:59,317 --> 00:28:01,518
challenged with ever-increasing competition.
586
00:28:01,553 --> 00:28:03,898
What I would have given to have
587
00:28:03,933 --> 00:28:06,244
parents as involved as the Gerings.
588
00:28:06,644 --> 00:28:10,121
If you ask me, their daughter's lucky her parents care so much.
589
00:28:17,432 --> 00:28:19,684
Before I start, um,
590
00:28:19,726 --> 00:28:22,817
I know you think your parents weren't involved, but look at you.
591
00:28:22,852 --> 00:28:25,090
I think you turned out super.
592
00:28:25,919 --> 00:28:28,026
By the way, your honor, I'm, uh, I'm dying.
593
00:28:28,068 --> 00:28:29,778
- I object!
- You object.
594
00:28:29,819 --> 00:28:31,695
He's trying to garner sympathy, your honor.
595
00:28:31,730 --> 00:28:32,781
Not at all, your honor.
596
00:28:32,822 --> 00:28:34,676
I only mean to say that my current
597
00:28:34,711 --> 00:28:37,203
situation gives me a unique view on life.
598
00:28:37,786 --> 00:28:41,498
Sustained. Mr. Post, proceed with your closing.
599
00:28:41,581 --> 00:28:43,833
Right. Moving on.
600
00:28:43,917 --> 00:28:46,065
The Gerings want to be involved in their child's education,
601
00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:47,551
and they should be.
602
00:28:47,586 --> 00:28:52,908
But in their zealotry, they left one thing out of the equation.
603
00:28:53,318 --> 00:28:54,481
The teacher.
604
00:28:54,516 --> 00:28:58,313
Because let's face it, your honor, we treat our teachers like crap.
605
00:28:58,315 --> 00:29:00,892
Instead of training our educators properly
606
00:29:00,975 --> 00:29:03,378
and believing in them and incentivizing them with
607
00:29:03,413 --> 00:29:05,146
decent wages, we disrespect them,
608
00:29:05,181 --> 00:29:06,844
we challenge them at every turn.
609
00:29:06,879 --> 00:29:08,483
And the government, in their no child
610
00:29:08,518 --> 00:29:10,052
left behind act, have created a monster.
611
00:29:10,087 --> 00:29:12,188
Instead of teaching children to be innovative,
612
00:29:12,223 --> 00:29:14,289
our educators are forced to cheat to the test.
613
00:29:14,324 --> 00:29:16,296
And it's been documented at nationwide,
614
00:29:16,331 --> 00:29:18,141
some teachers are themselves cheating on those tests,
615
00:29:18,176 --> 00:29:20,199
because their salaries, their bonuses,
616
00:29:20,234 --> 00:29:23,651
their job security are linked to the test scores.
617
00:29:34,842 --> 00:29:36,784
Sit down, sit down.
618
00:29:38,888 --> 00:29:41,121
And on the other side we have parents like the Gerings
619
00:29:41,156 --> 00:29:44,709
coming at them from all angles, questioning their every move,
620
00:29:44,744 --> 00:29:47,237
instead of putting their faith in them.
621
00:29:47,272 --> 00:29:48,564
But they do it from a good place.
622
00:29:48,606 --> 00:29:51,264
I mean, all they want is complete and utter control.
623
00:29:54,403 --> 00:29:55,727
And believe me, I know all
624
00:29:55,762 --> 00:29:57,198
about wanting control of your life
625
00:29:57,239 --> 00:29:59,616
and having very little of it.
626
00:29:59,909 --> 00:30:01,709
But you can't control life.
627
00:30:01,744 --> 00:30:03,189
You can't control your daughter.
628
00:30:03,224 --> 00:30:04,599
You can't control the teacher.
629
00:30:04,634 --> 00:30:07,556
All you can do is inspire them to be innovative thinkers,
630
00:30:07,591 --> 00:30:12,161
people who tap into their own creativity and competence to try new things,
631
00:30:12,196 --> 00:30:14,401
to challenge the status quo, to make new discoveries.
632
00:30:15,143 --> 00:30:17,534
And our kids will do all that and more
633
00:30:17,569 --> 00:30:19,926
if we just back off and let them grow.
634
00:30:26,310 --> 00:30:29,984
Just my luck, one of the little bastards will come up with a cure for cancer.
635
00:30:43,577 --> 00:30:45,301
They say Albert Einstein may
636
00:30:45,336 --> 00:30:47,025
have had Asperger's syndrome.
637
00:30:47,873 --> 00:30:50,292
Thomas Jefferson.
638
00:30:50,334 --> 00:30:53,901
Some say even Bill Gates exhibits certain signs of it.
639
00:30:54,129 --> 00:30:56,516
Very good company.
640
00:31:00,177 --> 00:31:01,485
Jerry?
641
00:31:04,890 --> 00:31:07,236
It's a relief, actually.
642
00:31:07,271 --> 00:31:08,371
You think?
643
00:31:08,977 --> 00:31:12,023
I always hated that I couldn't be normal.
644
00:31:13,023 --> 00:31:17,292
Turns out... it's because I'm not.
645
00:31:19,836 --> 00:31:22,888
Jerry, it's also a viable defense.
646
00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:25,133
We just need the psychiatrist to give you a diagnosis.
647
00:31:25,168 --> 00:31:26,392
Oh, no, no, no, no.
648
00:31:26,427 --> 00:31:27,923
Jerry, without a clinical diagnosis...
649
00:31:27,958 --> 00:31:31,232
With a diagnosis in court, it'll be a matter of public record.
650
00:31:31,267 --> 00:31:33,473
I will be the autistic lawyer.
651
00:31:33,508 --> 00:31:35,073
Forget about disbarment!
652
00:31:35,108 --> 00:31:37,393
No one will ever hire a mental case!
653
00:31:37,428 --> 00:31:38,451
Jerry, listen to me...
654
00:31:38,486 --> 00:31:40,329
No, then I certainly could never be a lawyer again.
655
00:31:40,364 --> 00:31:42,910
No, no, no, no!
656
00:31:52,270 --> 00:31:54,564
After carefully reviewing the testimony,
657
00:31:54,606 --> 00:31:59,235
as well as my own conduct as a parent of a teenager,
658
00:31:59,277 --> 00:32:02,113
I am ruling in favor of the plaintiff.
659
00:32:02,155 --> 00:32:04,741
- Yes!
- Mr. Post, control yourself.
660
00:32:04,782 --> 00:32:07,368
Sorry, your honor. Sorry, everybody.
661
00:32:07,410 --> 00:32:09,162
Mr. and Mrs. Gering,
662
00:32:09,204 --> 00:32:11,581
it is plainly evident that you love your daughter,
663
00:32:11,623 --> 00:32:13,291
but your interest in her studies
664
00:32:13,326 --> 00:32:16,878
has, in my view, become interference.
665
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,976
Therefore, I am granting the
666
00:32:19,011 --> 00:32:22,175
petitioner's request for injunctive relief.
667
00:32:22,216 --> 00:32:25,136
You may call Ms. Carpenter once every three weeks,
668
00:32:25,219 --> 00:32:28,677
and you can have one parent-teacher conference per term.
669
00:32:29,140 --> 00:32:30,709
We're adjourned.
670
00:32:32,810 --> 00:32:36,981
- Thank you both so much.
- You're welcome.
671
00:32:37,023 --> 00:32:38,566
Thank you.
672
00:32:38,608 --> 00:32:41,402
- Nice work, counselor.
- Yeah. Oh, nuts!
673
00:32:41,444 --> 00:32:43,038
You know, I didn't get a chance to ask the court reporter
674
00:32:43,073 --> 00:32:44,385
to read back someone's testimony.
675
00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:45,697
That would have been awesome.
676
00:32:46,083 --> 00:32:48,878
Do you want to go, um, celebrate?
677
00:32:49,583 --> 00:32:51,982
You know what? I'll be out in a minute.
678
00:32:52,017 --> 00:32:54,382
I just want to, um, savor the moment.
679
00:32:55,644 --> 00:32:57,058
Okay.
680
00:33:34,955 --> 00:33:36,832
- Asperger's syndrome.
- What?
681
00:33:36,874 --> 00:33:38,625
I wasn't familiar with it either,
682
00:33:38,667 --> 00:33:40,461
but these three highly regarded
683
00:33:40,544 --> 00:33:42,338
psychiatrists have heard of it,
684
00:33:42,379 --> 00:33:45,263
and they're all convinced Jerry Espenson suffers from it.
685
00:33:45,841 --> 00:33:47,196
It doesn't change anything.
686
00:33:47,231 --> 00:33:48,552
It actually changes a lot.
687
00:33:48,594 --> 00:33:51,638
According to the Americans with disabilities act,
688
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,494
it changes Jerry Espenson from
689
00:33:53,529 --> 00:33:55,057
an oddball who attacked his boss
690
00:33:55,092 --> 00:33:56,980
to a man who has suffered his whole
691
00:33:57,015 --> 00:33:58,833
life from a form of behavioral autism.
692
00:33:58,868 --> 00:34:03,035
It also changes your case from a winner to a loser.
693
00:34:04,902 --> 00:34:05,981
What are you looking for?
694
00:34:06,016 --> 00:34:07,085
Dismiss the charges.
695
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,004
No.
696
00:34:08,039 --> 00:34:10,177
There's no reason to prosecute this man.
697
00:34:10,212 --> 00:34:12,426
Shirley, you must have something to say about this.
698
00:34:12,461 --> 00:34:13,702
I do.
699
00:34:13,785 --> 00:34:16,919
I'm sorry Jerry has autism. It explains a lot.
700
00:34:16,954 --> 00:34:20,054
But what's to stop him from doing it again,
701
00:34:20,089 --> 00:34:23,128
from attacking someone else or worse?
702
00:34:23,170 --> 00:34:25,283
Because he wants to get better.
703
00:34:27,007 --> 00:34:28,467
There's medications that can
704
00:34:28,550 --> 00:34:29,926
help control his outbursts,
705
00:34:29,968 --> 00:34:31,344
behavioral therapy to
706
00:34:31,428 --> 00:34:32,804
rehabilitate his social skills,
707
00:34:32,846 --> 00:34:35,609
occupational therapy for his tics.
708
00:34:35,644 --> 00:34:38,373
It's what's fair and what's right.
709
00:34:40,770 --> 00:34:43,435
Would you excuse us, please?
710
00:35:02,417 --> 00:35:04,210
Shirley, in the time that I've known you,
711
00:35:04,252 --> 00:35:07,031
I've never seen you do what you're doing now.
712
00:35:08,423 --> 00:35:09,897
You said to me at the outset
713
00:35:09,932 --> 00:35:11,372
you were looking for justice.
714
00:35:11,407 --> 00:35:12,992
Jerry Espenson has been
715
00:35:13,027 --> 00:35:17,056
suffering needlessly his entire life.
716
00:35:17,098 --> 00:35:19,642
Now he has a chance to find a measure of peace.
717
00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:23,277
That's justice, Shirley, isn't it?
718
00:35:29,610 --> 00:35:31,404
You'll get him help?
719
00:35:31,446 --> 00:35:33,418
My word.
720
00:35:44,584 --> 00:35:45,889
It's over?
721
00:35:47,253 --> 00:35:48,818
It is.
722
00:35:50,756 --> 00:35:54,594
Jerry, it's best you leave now.
723
00:35:54,635 --> 00:35:58,107
Shirley's largesse will only go so far.
724
00:36:02,727 --> 00:36:05,953
I just, I want to, um...
725
00:36:07,940 --> 00:36:10,333
Good-bye, Alan.
726
00:36:25,332 --> 00:36:26,876
So Guido?
727
00:36:26,917 --> 00:36:28,961
Who do you see playing me in the movie?
728
00:36:29,003 --> 00:36:30,296
I'm thinking Denzel.
729
00:36:30,337 --> 00:36:31,672
I don't think this case was
730
00:36:31,755 --> 00:36:33,048
the stuff Oscars are made of.
731
00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:34,696
To me it was.
732
00:36:34,731 --> 00:36:36,302
I don't get it.
733
00:36:36,343 --> 00:36:37,886
You've built a
734
00:36:37,970 --> 00:36:39,680
billion-dollar company from the ground up.
735
00:36:39,722 --> 00:36:42,391
Why does this excite you?
736
00:36:42,474 --> 00:36:44,226
I don't know.
737
00:36:44,310 --> 00:36:46,228
Having stocks, futures, it's
738
00:36:46,311 --> 00:36:48,147
sort of a fantasy, you know?
739
00:36:48,230 --> 00:36:50,607
You can't really see it.
740
00:36:50,691 --> 00:36:54,268
But a courtroom, a judge, someone who needs my help,
741
00:36:54,303 --> 00:36:58,907
that I can see, smell, hear, touch, taste.
742
00:36:58,991 --> 00:37:03,162
It's four stars, five senses.
743
00:37:03,245 --> 00:37:05,080
I was really good in there, wasn't I?
744
00:37:05,164 --> 00:37:11,086
I imagine you'd be pretty good at anything you try.
745
00:37:16,633 --> 00:37:20,637
I start chemo again tomorrow.
746
00:37:21,930 --> 00:37:23,140
Okay.
747
00:38:29,872 --> 00:38:31,377
Good evening.
748
00:38:36,212 --> 00:38:39,014
You hate me, too, don't you?
749
00:38:39,257 --> 00:38:41,801
Bev, I don't know you well enough to hate you
750
00:38:41,843 --> 00:38:44,820
or love you or be indifferent to you.
751
00:38:46,222 --> 00:38:49,406
Denny said you spoke your mind, but jeez Louise.
752
00:38:52,061 --> 00:38:54,063
I will say the fact that
753
00:38:54,098 --> 00:38:56,398
everyone else at this firm does not have
754
00:38:56,433 --> 00:38:58,935
a favorable opinion of you is
755
00:38:58,970 --> 00:39:01,437
certainly a point in your favor.
756
00:39:20,047 --> 00:39:22,529
- Paul.
- Denny.
757
00:39:23,884 --> 00:39:25,678
I've got a pair of Celtic
758
00:39:25,761 --> 00:39:27,513
tickets for tomorrow night,
759
00:39:27,555 --> 00:39:30,391
if you're interested.
760
00:39:33,018 --> 00:39:34,809
Thanks.
761
00:39:36,105 --> 00:39:38,857
- Denny.
- Yeah?
762
00:39:38,899 --> 00:39:42,152
Well, I'm just surprised
763
00:39:42,236 --> 00:39:44,210
after our argument.
764
00:39:44,706 --> 00:39:45,530
Argument?
765
00:39:45,531 --> 00:39:47,574
Denny, it was just yesterday.
766
00:39:47,616 --> 00:39:50,202
Paul, I would remember if we had a fight.
767
00:39:50,244 --> 00:39:52,705
We almost came to blows. How could you not...
768
00:39:52,746 --> 00:39:54,832
Paul, would you rather rehash all that,
769
00:39:54,915 --> 00:39:56,917
or should we just pretend that I forgot?
770
00:39:56,959 --> 00:40:01,004
If you'll forgive me. I left Bev on simmer.
771
00:40:01,046 --> 00:40:03,632
She should be coming to a boil rather nicely now.
772
00:40:15,269 --> 00:40:17,062
Hey.
773
00:40:17,104 --> 00:40:19,606
My favorite girl, my favorite guy.
774
00:40:19,648 --> 00:40:22,109
I warmed up your cigar for you.
775
00:40:22,150 --> 00:40:23,777
Well, it's not the first
776
00:40:23,860 --> 00:40:25,362
time you left my stogie smoking.
777
00:40:25,404 --> 00:40:26,900
Well, I'm gonna let you
778
00:40:26,935 --> 00:40:28,573
two young men have your time,
779
00:40:28,615 --> 00:40:30,666
and I ll see you later.
780
00:40:31,243 --> 00:40:32,869
- Bev?
- Yeah?
781
00:40:32,911 --> 00:40:35,455
Do it once before you leave.
782
00:40:35,497 --> 00:40:39,446
- Bev Crane.
- Oh, that's my girl.
783
00:40:39,626 --> 00:40:41,287
Good night, Alan.
784
00:40:41,322 --> 00:40:42,949
Good evening, Bev.
785
00:40:48,885 --> 00:40:50,637
So...
786
00:40:50,679 --> 00:40:53,059
do you like her yet? You promised.
787
00:40:53,094 --> 00:40:54,427
I did, and I do.
788
00:40:54,462 --> 00:40:55,761
I thought you would.
789
00:40:57,018 --> 00:40:58,687
She has many fine qualities.
790
00:40:58,728 --> 00:41:00,019
She makes my friend smile.
791
00:41:00,054 --> 00:41:02,154
That's the only quality that matters.
792
00:41:02,565 --> 00:41:04,734
Alan,
793
00:41:05,276 --> 00:41:08,578
Bev is the woman I've always dreamed of.
794
00:41:10,573 --> 00:41:13,952
An angel in the bedroom, a whore in the kitchen.
795
00:41:13,993 --> 00:41:15,917
I think it's the other way around.
796
00:41:16,454 --> 00:41:19,092
Not last night.
59415
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