All language subtitles for Ally.McBeal.S01E22.1997.Disney+.WEB-DL.1080p.H264.AAC-HDCTV_track6_[eng]

-Criminals frighten me.
-You? They make me break out.

M-My face--My face breaks out.
We haven't come here to discuss breakouts.

Mr. Cage, Michael Huttle.
Thanks for coming.

My associate, Ally McBeal.

-Hi.
-Hi.

We don't really specialize
in criminal law, Mr. Huttle.

I realize this, but this case isn't going
to come down to straight criminal law.

-We need something unorthodox.
-Wh-What did he do?

-Eighteen years ago, he robbed a bank.
-And they just caught him now?

No. He's been in prison
this last 18 years.

Did he, like, shoot everybody

and leave them all bullet-ridden
on the bank floor...

with, like, blood everywhere?

Well-- [Stammers]
Well, we need the facts.

No. He didn't shoot anybody.

He served all of his time--
Leastwise, almost all of it.

A month prior to his release, he tried
to escape. He faces charges on that.

He served 18 years
and tried to escape with a month to go?

How stupid is that?
[Scoffs]

Why do you want us?

Well if he's convicted
of trying to escape,

and I can't see why he wouldn't be--
he did make it over the wall--

he'll get hit with the remaining 12 years
of his sentence.

He's 72 years old. He'll die in prison.
What do you want us to do?

Whatever it is you do
that makes juries disregard the law.

Uh--Uh--I'm sorry?

Well, pinch your nose. Get it to whistle.

Take a moment. Make your feet squeak.

My client needs somebody to pull a rabbit
out of a hat. Now, I'm told you can do it.

-Say it with me.
-[Both] Troubled.

On the day of the trial they want
the Biscuit to take over the case?

On the very day of the trial?
-Evidently, they have no defense.

And they figure, who better
to go in with nothing than John Cage?

Ally's with him. They're at the prison
now. And the trial starts at 2:00.

Georgia. Uh, Marcia Halliday--
New client. 10:00.

Wants to sue her ex-fiancé
for emotional distress.

Will you meet with her?
Knew you would. Thanks.

What did the ex-fiancé do?

Stiffed her at the altar.
Her scorn is our profit.

If she's ugly, say yes.
-Wait, wait, wait!

If she's ugly, say yes? Right.

-And if she's not ugly?
-Don't take the case. Duty to mitigate.

If she's pretty, she can find
someone else to marry her.

If she's a dog, there's more money in it.
Use your discretion.

No points for personality.

[Scoffs]

♪ I've been down this road ♪

♪ Walkin' the line
that's painted by pride ♪

♪ And I have made mistakes in my life ♪

♪ That I just can't hide ♪

♪ Oh, I believe I am ready ♪

♪ For what love has to bring
Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I got myself together ♪

♪ Now I'm ready to sing ♪

♪ I've been searching my soul tonight ♪

♪ I know there's so much more to life ♪

♪ Now I know I can shine a light ♪

♪ To find my way back home ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Baby, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪♪

I know it was stupid.
A month left in my term.

Why did you try to escape?

Are you making fun of me?

-Excuse me?
-You're blinking.

I know I blink.

You don't have to remind me that I blink.

I blink too.

-Does he?
-Um, um--Does--Yes.

I just blink more when--
It's a little Tourette's-ian.

Uh, I pick up on the body movements
of others, and unconsciously I-- But--

When I'm in trial with Ally,
my hands swish. It's non-intentional.

-He's very peculiar.
-Yeah.

♪♪ [Humming, Stammering]

Poughkeep--Poughkeep--
Poughkeep--Poughkeep--

-Just New York.
-He does this in court too.

But I think it's on purpose.

-Is it on purpose?
-No.

He used to have a stutter,
but he corrected it.

Or I should say
he controlled it with a song--

♪♪ [Humming]

And then he picked
"Poughkeepsie" to preempt the--

♪♪ [Humming]

But, you know, Poughkeepsie is actually
a town in Upstate New York,

so he seized upon...

"New York" instead of "Poughkeepsie"
because it's phonetically less jarring.

Now, he is an excellent, excellent lawyer.

He's just nervous around,
um, criminals. Right, John?

Mets.
[Elevator Bell Dings]

-Duress?
-That's all I can think of.

He had no choice
but to jump over the wall?

Based on what he told me,

I'd prefer you not being at the table.

-What? Why?
-We need to appear the underdog.

Three lawyers is too many,
especially given your considerable girth.

Look. I know the facts.
Of course I'm gonna be at the table.

John? John?

-It is you!
-Hayley!

I'm the D.A. on the Robbins case.

I just saw the appearance filed,
John Cage. I can't believe it! My God!

-How are you?
-Well, I'm a little pressed for air.

I just got transferred
back here from North Hampton.

-Hi. Hayley Chisolm.
-Hi. Ally McBeal.

Hayley and I were classmates
in law school.

-Are you first-chairing?
-Uh, I am.

I don't believe it! [Giggles]
[Chuckles]

We had this thing we'd do. When we got
excited, we'd do this little hop.

Remember, when we walked
into our torts final, we did the hop?

-Mmm.
-Huh?

Oh, he's very funny.
Do you know how funny he is?

-I've seen some hints.
-Oh, my little Biscuit.

Oh, this'll be such a treat. [Sighs]

Old friends, huh?

Okay. I know you're hurt.

The question you really
have to ask yourself--

Will suing him make me feel better?
Will suing him make you...

feel better?
-He didn't just break up with me.

He left me at the altar.

The minister, the 300-plus guests,

the flower girls, the bridesmaids,
my mother-- all there.

It's not legal to sever
a man's penis. I know this.

I actually hired a lawyer to look it up.
-Here's the problem.

Courts don't like emotional distress
claims when it comes to love lives.

Especially marriages. They basically think
you're trying to find blame,

which defeats the purpose of no-fault.

I understand. But I would just think...

if you could get the judge
to see the lawsuit...

as an alternative to castration,
he might look more favorably on it.

-I see.
-Can I be candid with you, Georgia?

And so far you haven't been?

In addition to losing the love of my life,
I was utterly humiliated.

300 people in that church looked at me
with one common feeling--pity.

Maybe I should just get counseling.

No. No. Mm-mm.

Counseling won't help you.

Your instincts are right, Marcia.
May I call you Marcia?

I guess, but my name is Mary.

Huh. In every person's life,
there comes a time...

when you have to go forth and be vicious.

[Exhales] This man--

I'm sure he's a good man
at heart-- maybe even a kind man.

But he needs to suffer.

He was building a chest
in shop class. This I knew.

-A chest?
-Yeah, a hope chest.

He said it was for his granddaughter.

Except it was wide.
It was huge and square.

Hmm. And how did he get it
out in the yard?

This I don't know. He must have had help.

Tell us exactly what you saw.

Well, it was nighttime,
and I was in the tower, and I looked over,

and I saw him jumping on it.

It was a trampoline. He'd made himself
some kind of trampoline.

And he was jumping higher and higher.

-And then what?
-And then I yelled,

but he kept on jumping.

And that's when I suddenly
realized what was going on.

And then up he went, right over the wall.

-And then what?
-Then we went out and retrieved him.

He wasn't going anywhere.
He sprained his ankles.

Thank you, sir.

[Clears Throat]

My name is John Cage, sir.
How do you do?

-I'm fine.
-Splendid. Nothing further.

[Spectators Murmuring]

Ah, boy, you really got me there, John.

I had no idea you'd actually
tell the witness your name.

Hayley, what is the point of this?
He served his term.

Well, it's not up to me. Prison escapes.
Office policy. We have to come down hard.

-Twelve years?
-Sorry.

-You look great.
-Well, thank you. Um--

Uh, how is, uh, Fred?

Ah, divorced. You know.
It's hard working and--

You married?

-No.
-Anybody?

I, uh--No.

Know what, John? Best relationship
I ever had with a man was you.

There's something to be said
for platonic friendships.

They don't disappoint.
-Yeah.

-Hey. [Giggles] Any luck?
-Hi.

Uh, office policy.

Prison escapes, you know.
I'll promise not to do my best.

-Does she know?
-Know what?

That you were in love with her.

I wasn't in love with her, Ally.

-Mm-hmm. You think she knows?
-I--Uh--Uh--

Poughkeep--Poughkeep--
Uh, uh--Giuliani.

Ms. Halliday, I'm Elaine Vassal.
Perhaps you've heard of me.

Not really.

I'm surprised.

Anyway,

I want you to know
I share your pangs of loneliness.

And I thought, well--

I have invented a husband CD.
It can bring a lot of relief.

-A husband CD?
-All the sounds of a spousal relationship.

You can carry it in your pocket.

Track one-- Your husband opening the car
door for you like a perfect gentleman.

[Car Door Opens, Closes]
[Bell Dings]

Him sleeping next to you.

[Snoring]

Tracks three through six--

Normal husband sounds
heard around the house.

[Toilet Flushing]

[Crowd Cheering]
♪♪ [Organ: "Charge"]

[Farting]

Some of it's coarse, but it is a marriage.

Hmm.

From the day I got there, the only thing
I could do is think about getting out.

-Of prison.
-I would just collect rubber bands.

When I got my hands on some,
I'd hoard 'em.

Rubber bands.

Sometimes there would be one around
some papers I got from the library,

or a fellow prisoner would slip me one.

Visitors could smuggle in a whole handful.
[Chuckles]

I bribed one inmate
with braces to give me all he had.

Every day I'd collect rubber bands
and dream about a trampoline.

I could just see myself
going over that wall.

You know, building that box
in the shop-- That was easy.

But collecting those rubber bands--

It took me 18 years to get enough.

How did you keep them a secret?

As I was knitting them together,

I was also knitting an afghan
to conceal them.

And finally I finished.

I had a blanket of rubber bands
to put on that chest to make a trampoline.

-When did you finish?
-January.

-A month prior to your release date?
-Yes.

Mr. Robbins, I have to ask the question
that's on everybody's mind.

Or, actually, I don't, do I?

Why?

That's what I said. Only a month to go.

What good does it do? Forget it!

I did.

Then suddenly...

part of me just went dead.

Eighteen years
of planning toward something,

wondering whether you can actually do it.

When I went out that night,
I said to myself,

"Just see. You don't
actually have to go over.

But just see."

And I kept going up.

I felt like I--I was flying. [Chuckles]

But I couldn't know. I--

I had to try to go over.

Now, I knew it would be stupid,
but I thought I had wings, and--

My moment was here.

Eighteen years.

And the next thing I knew,
I was going over the top. [Chuckles]

I landed with a huge thud.

And I just lay there.

I thought I'd broken
every bone in my body.

But in my mind,

I've never been more free.

I was free forever.

[Sniffling]
Oh!

This is one of the reasons
why I get transferred.

I just keep crying when I hear
the defendant's story.

A D.A. shouldn't do this.

Last year I was in juvie.

This boy burned down a neighborhood.

He talked about his abusive parents.

On cross, I offered to adopt him.

-Hayley, look at me.
-Hmm?

-Please.
-Oh, all right.

She likes to lull defense attorneys
with false sympathy.

Then, in summations, she laments
the demise of the death penalty.

I forget who I'm up against.
He knows all my secrets.

-Do you know all of his?
-Uh, uh, uh-- Knickerbockers.

-What?
-Nothing.

-Well--
-[Whirring]

I don't have any rebuttal witnesses,

so I'll cross your guy,
then I'm ready to close.

[Whirring]

-Ready?
-All set.

Hey, Hayley, a bunch of us
are going out to eat tonight from work.

Why don't you come with us?
No talking about the case.

Oh, I'd love to,
but I'm in Lamaze class tonight.

I'm trying to take it seriously.
You know, it's important.

[Stammering] You're, um, pregnant?

Oh, Lord, no. But one day I hope to be.

And when I am, who's got time

to hang around with a bunch
of fat cows trying to breathe?

Oh. [Laughs]
Well, well, come on. Come with us.

Well, maybe I could blow off one class.

We're going to attach his house?

Just in case he becomes judgment-proof.

We don't want to wind up
with an empty bag. Neither did he.

Kidding. Bygones. Off we go.

By going for a real estate attachment,
we can get an automatic hearing.

You've got another hour.
The motion's scheduled for 10:00.

You think the judge will actually
put a lien--

Probably not.

We'd have to show likelihood
of victory on the merits.

Our claim's a little out there.

But this will do is kick-start the war.

In a way, it'll make you
feel married to him.

You know, I'm beginning
to have second thoughts.

Never trust second thoughts.
Where there's two, there's three.

You'll end up thinking forever.
Only think about this:

You were about to take
wedding vows with this man.

"Death us do part." You parted.
What's holding up death?

-Huh? All right.
-[Elevator Bell Dings]

-Why did you do that?
-I had a feeling.

Well, well, I-I should say
that you had a feeling,

but I am the kind of person
who acts on feelings,

even if they're not my own.
-Ally--

She hops. She has a briefcase remote.

She takes Lamaze.

-And-And she's-she's-she's--
-Say it.

A little kooky.

-You never went out?
-No.

And you never, um, asked her out
in any other way than a pluton way?

Platonic?

I did once.
-Well, what happened?

-Well--
-What?

First, how did you-- How did you--
Could-- How could you tell?

[Chuckles] Well, just like you can tell
when I'm seeing something,

I can tell what's going on with you.

A while ago-- I think this
was at the Christmas party--

you said I was odd.

But like it was a-a special thing to be.

It is. S-S-Sometimes.

Well, most people look at me
like I'm odd-strange, not odd-special.

You were the first person
since Hayley to--

She got me. She really did.

I've never laughed with anybody so--
-So why didn't you ever--

I was afraid that I would spoil it.

I mean, that's not some bell
you get to un-ring.

And I did ask--
one week before the graduation.

-And?
-I tried to guise it as sort of a joke.

I mean, half serious, half joke.

That way, if she wasn't interested,
I could lay it off to--as--

No, I told her
what a great friendship it was,

and how I thought
maybe that we should be a couple.

Unfortunately,
she thought that was my best joke yet.

[Groans] And she never knew
that you weren't joking?

I don't think so.

Well, well, then, John,
you never really took a chance.

I opened the door. The door came back
to strike me in the nose.

-Even so, you-you-you--
-Well, she met the love of her life.

-And she got married.
-And now she's divorced.

John, I'm, um,

pretty much over Billy 99.60%.

But there will come a day
when I will be totally over him.

But you know what I will never get over?

-Greg? Glenn?
-No. No, no.

The-The idea that when Billy left, I--

I just let him.

So what that my heart got crushed?

I-I just protected my ego at all cost.

Well, well, that was me...

at my most... foolish.

And I have set records
in--in that department.

[Sighs]

If your feelings are a fraction of what...

my--

Oh, John, you've got
to take a chance. You have to.

You are actually gonna bill the client
for this little exercise in futility?

We'll know soon enough
if we're gonna get kicked.

What concerns me here,
Georgia, is your outlook.

My outlook?

Yes. Instead of saying,
"Nobody's ever won this kind of case,"

you could have said,
"Nobody's ever won this kind of case."

There's joy in being a pioneer,
blazing a trail. Give me your shoe.

-No.
-[Bailiff] All rise.

Your problem is you keep
harping on merits.

Things don't turn on merits, Georgia.

This is a court of law. Things turn
on juries. Things turn on judges.

[Bailiff] The Honorable
Judge Cone presiding.

And occasionally things turn on me.

[Georgia]
Perhaps you should recuse yourself.

-Why? Yes, why?
-Why?

You want me to say
the reason in open court?

The fact that I had
alleged sexual relations...

with your co-counsel
doesn't render me impartial.

Truth be told, it was so unremarkable,
I can barely remember it.

-I'm not one to hang on to trivia.
-[Georgia] Ah.

-I'm glad you have no bias.
-May I speak, Your Honor?

Given the lunacy of this case,
I fully expected you to do the speaking.

Yes. Excellent. Verbal spankings
leave me wanting for more.

But let's address the merits of the case.
This case has no merits.

Courts don't step in to protect jilted
brides. Courts don't legislate love.

The whole point behind no-fault
divorce

is so the courts don't
get involved in finger-pointing.

They teach that second year
of law school.

Did you make it that far, counsel?

Actually, I did, Your Honor,
and one of the perks...

of sleeping with judges is you get to see
how the law really works.

As for the idea that courts never get
involved in love or marriage,

that's nonsense.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt
and assume you've spent...

-too much time up close
to a hair dryer.

Hey! Hold it! Let's just sort of
spit out the legal arguments,

then we can turn
to spitting on each other.

I'll see counsel in chambers.
We'll do it there.

[Door Closes]
Pro forma. Very common.

You were convicted of robbing
a bank 18 years ago.

-Is that right, Mr. Robbins?
-Yes.

Did you use a weapon
while robbing that bank?

Yes.

And, Mr. Robbins, when you took
your little trampoline out to the yard,

you did so with the intent
to escape, didn't you?

Objection.

"Intent" is a legal term.
She's trying to trick the witness into...

saying he intended something,

when all he felt was a
compulsion to clear the wall.

-He had no control.
-Objection. He's testifying.

I object to the trickery--

He coached the witness
on how to answer the question.

-That is outrageous.
-All right.

[Both] Unacceptable.

[Clears Throat]

I knew when you got up,
you were gonna start testifying.

He did that in mock trials.

And you had to bring up
weapons, didn't you?

Loves guns.
-Hey, you know what I'm gonna do next?

I'm gonna tell your client my name!

-Very funny. Hayley.
-Yeah, that'll get him.

Neither of us want
that man to die in jail, do we?

If you believe
he should get 12, that's one thing.

But office policy? That's not you.

I'll give you four.
It's the best I can do.

Thanks.

I can't believe we said "unacceptable"
at the exact same time!

-Exact.
-[Both Laughing]

Don't get me wrong.
I'm tickled by your position.

It's just perhaps there is some bias here.

My bias is against
the legitimacy of the suit.

Though I have to admit the one bringing it
doesn't add to its credibility.

-Whipper.
-Judge Cone.

Judge Cone-- Your Honor--
courts delve into marriage all the time.

They enforce the prenups, alimony--

A jilted bride sues a man
for not showing up--

It's different. I know.

But let's not start off with the premise
that courts don't get involved. They do.

And when it comes to child support,

the courts are perfectly willing
to entertain finger-pointing.

We are talking about something
way different here.

Yes, it's different,
but they get in there.

There may be presumptions as to when they
stay hands off, but there are no rules.

It comes down to fairness.
Fairness started palimony suits.

Fairness gave rights to same-sex unions.
It comes down to the case.

And in this case, my client,
who paid for the wedding,

was hung out like a wet "binky"
on the steps of the church.

Fairness doesn't say "look the other way."
The duty of a court--a judge--

is to see wrong and try to right it.

That doesn't change when you've had sex
with one of the lawyers!

Under that robe, besides a phenomenal
body, is a good judge.

Behave like one.

[Door Opens, Closes]

Four years is--
That is the best we can do.

-I think we have to consider it, Vincent.
-No.

If we lose, we--

We--
♪♪ [Humming]

Mr. Cage,
I don't expect you to understand this,

but going over that wall...

was the first thing in my life
I ever truly followed through with.

You followed through
with robbing the bank.

To tell the truth, I went along
with the robbery, but I hardly--

I had to go over that wall.

For once in my life, I--

You know, it was fun taking that chance.

I think it's time I took another one.

♪♪ [Blues]

[Crowd Cheering]

[Vonda]
♪ Yes, it's me and I'm in love again ♪

♪ Had no lovin' since you know when ♪

♪ You know I love you
Yes, I do ♪

♪ And I'm savin'
all my lovin' just for you ♪

♪♪ [Continues]
Richard Fish? Our Richard Fish?

According to Georgia, he was good.
He actually made effective arguments.

-Maybe he really is a lawyer.
-[Laughs] Where is he anyway?

They're upstairs in a settlement
conference, trying to squeeze something...

-while there's still a chance.
-Will-Will you look at them?

♪♪ [Continues]
[Ally Laughs]

Have you ever seen him look so happy?

Maybe it's his smile therapy.

No. That's--

[With Vonda]
♪ Baby, don't you let your dog bite me ♪

He's really smiling.
There is happiness on that floor.

♪♪ [Continues]

[No Audible Dialogue]

♪♪ [Fades]

How many times do I have to say this?

You assume I'm listening. "Money."

I hear that word. "Money."
Let's speak in numbers.

We will pay restitution on the wedding
costs. But emotional distress--

-Look, Mr. Pullman. May I call you Dick?
-My name is George.

Here's the point I keep trying to make.
Technically, you're right.

Our case stinks.
But why apply reason or logic?

I suppose it's a habit.

[Richard]
Take marriage itself. Is it logical?

People aren't even evolved fully
as individuals in their 20s and 30s,

and this is the time they choose
to partner up with compatible soul mates.

Science alone tells you
physical attraction can't last.

A person would never even buy
a car

if he were told he had to drive it
the rest of his life.

Marriage, like law, offers the illusion
of wonderful ideology,

but in the end, stripped down--money.

-Give it to us.
-[Knocking]

Could I interrupt?

I didn't recuse myself because I thought
the claim was baseless.

Any bias I might have would be irrelevant.

But as I sat down and considered

some of the atrocities spewing
from plaintiff's counsel,

I am forced to admit...

the courts are all over
the institution of marriage.

And tort law does seem
to be expanding into broken hearts.

In as much as the claim may be colorable,

I do hereby recuse myself.

[Vonda] ♪ You made me cry ♪

♪ When you said good-bye ♪

♪ Ain't that a shame ♪

♪ Ain't that, ain't that a shame ♪
♪ My tears fell like rain ♪

♪ My tears fell like rain ♪

♪ Ain't that a shame ♪
♪ Ain't that, ain't that a shame ♪

♪ You're the one to blame ♪
♪ You're the one ♪

I could-- I could, uh, see you home.
We could share a cab.

Nope. I get in a cab,
I start thinking about my closing.

I don't need you there reading my mind.

John, why did we stop talking?

Remember school? We used to talk
every single day for hours.

Did you hate my husband?

What? No!

Well, it's just after I got married--

Well, I just assumed
you just didn't like him or something.

Uh--You assumed that?

[Laughs]

Anyway, now that I'm back, I expect us
to be talking all the time again.

There's no reason we can't
return to our old glory.

[Vonda] ♪ Ain't that a shame ♪
[Chorus] ♪ Ain't that ♪

No reason. [Laughs]

See you in court, doughboy.

[Vonda] ♪ Oh, well ♪

♪ Good-bye ♪

♪ Although I'll cry ♪
-Well?

She doesn't want to. Did you ask her?

I didn't have to. It isn't there.
-John!

♪♪ [Continues]

Gotta go.

♪ Ain't that a shame ♪
♪ You're the one to blame ♪

♪ You're the one ♪♪

I just don't get it. She-She-She's sweet.

And yet she insists
on keeping this poor old man in prison.

Poor old man? He knocked over a bank
and tried to escape.

I get it.
-You're different. You kickbox on dates.

Hayley--Hayley seems--

Oh, I don't know.

You ever think about joining
one of those dating services?

-Are you serious?
-We hate dating.

You kill the inflatable man.

We go to the bar three nights a week.
We never meet anybody.

'Cause we sit at tables. If we really want
to meet people, we need to sit at the bar.

Syd Sharpie joined. She gave me her tape.

[Laughs] Her-Her-Her tape?

You get to see the guys on video.

When you think about
all the time it saves, it makes sense.

[Man On TV]
A man has to protect his woman.

I like to sniff my date's food
to make sure it's not putrid.

Old eggs get washed.
Expiration dates get changed.

I always sniff the girl's eggs.
To not do so would be rude.

I gotta go peel my face.

Boy, it seemed almost romantic,
didn't it? That trampoline?

You know, the way he went
up and up, and then over.

The triumph of the human spirit.

It's easy to look at it
that way. And if you do--

-Bad jury! Bad!
-Objection.

-Yes. We'll sustain that.
-The truth is,

I kind of look at it that way too.

Look at him. He's even a little adorable.

And 72. It's hard to put him back in jail.

But he broke a law.

As cute as he may be,

I have a job to do.

So do you.

He had to go over that wall.

Eighteen years...

collecting those rubber bands.

To survive in prison, you need hope.

And for nearly two decades,

he fixed all his hope
on just one single moment.

And when that moment finally came,

how could he not seize it?

[Nose Whistles]

The thing about hope--
Many people secretly wish...

that that moment
never does present itself.

Because if it does,

well, there's a chance
the hope could be dashed.

Now, I knew a man
who was secretly in love with a woman...

who was his best friend.

But he never dared tell her...

for fear she wouldn't return his feelings.

For fear she'd stop being his best friend.

I think also he never
asked her because, well,

sometimes the--
the beauty of not knowing--

Hope lives.

But courage--

Now, courage is when the time comes
to jump, and you jump.

Courage is knowing you can't not jump.

Somewhere out there
there's a man with a heart--

Maybe not broken.
Certainly not--not content.

Who wishes he'd met Vincent Robbins.

Maybe things would be--

He would salute Vincent Robbins.

Yes, he would.

[Silverware Clattering]

You get it?
This way, you're never eating alone.

You just play this. If you don't look up,
you'd never know he wasn't really there.

[Burping, Echoes]

There's too much reverb there.
It's fixable.

Okay, Elaine. Thank you. Off you go.

We still don't know who the case is being
transferred to, but the delay helps.

It actually gives us
some time to negotiate a settlement.

The risk that we might actually survive a
motion to dismiss gives us some leverage.

Actually, I've decided to drop the suit.

What? Why? How? We haven't even got
your fiancé to the chamber yet.

-The reason I wanted to sue--
-Redemption, revenge, retainer.

Yes. Besides all that,
I felt sorry for myself, and--

-What?
-My love for him was real.

My pain was real.

Of course. That's why we're here for you.

Yeah.

Well, listening to you negotiate--

the illogic of marriage, how love is
illusory, stripped down it's all money--

suddenly I don't feel
sorry for myself anymore.

I feel sorry for you.

Uh, Mary, it's my job
as counsel to caution you toward reason.

You may side with reason.
You may even be right. I don't know.

What I do know:
You certainly don't represent me.

[Sighs]

She looks so unhappy.

I think I'll send her a CD. Maybe that--

Shut up, Elaine!

What, you think the cure to somebody's
loneliness is a compact disc?

What, that's your answer?

[Sighs]
God, uh--I'm sorry. [Chuckles]

I don't have the answers, Richard.

Maybe you could let me in on your secret.

-Boo.
-Oh!

-Oh! [Laughs]
-Unacceptable.

Oh. John, I was very, very
moved by your closing.

Thank you.

That man you knew-- Were you--
Were you talking about who I--

Oh, uh--

Yes.

All that time you were in love... with me?

Only at the very--

Yes.

Well, you know I loved you too.

But not...

in maybe the way you mean.

Of course. Oh, I know that. I know.

You were the best friend I ever had, John.
And running into you again--

You know, even after years of not talking,
it's like we were never apart.

But--
-Hayley--

Hayley, I'm not asking you for anything.

I valued your friendship, and that's--
I just didn't want to jeopardize--

John. Hey.

It was a closing argument. I'm trying
to win an acquittal for my client.

Don't read too much into it.

Okay.
[Door Opens]

Hey! Hey, jury has a verdict,
and the judge is bringing them back in 20.

-I should tell my client.
-Yeah.

-If you'll excuse me.
-Sure. Yeah.

[Spectators Murmuring]

What does it mean
when they come back fast?

When we win, it's great.

-And if we lose?
-It's terrible.

I can't go back to prison again.

If he says "guilty," I'm gonna make
a run for it. Are you with me?

You go ahead. I'll catch up.

[Bailiff] All rise.

Mr. Foreman, you've reached
a unanimous verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

-What say you?
-The Commonwealth vs. Vincent Robbins,

on the charge of attempted escape
from a state penitentiary,

we find the defendant, Vincent Robbins,

-not guilty.
-Oh! [Laughing]

Congratulations.
There's a rabbit from a hat, huh?

-[Judge] This jury is dismissed.
-I gotta look for a job.

Well, there are plenty of banks to hit.

-Just kidding.
-[Huttle Laughs]

You beat me, Biscuit. Well--

[Chuckles] Congrats.

Thank you.

Hey, lunch tomorrow?

Let me check my book. I'll let you know.

Great. Great.

John?

Congratulations.

Yeah.

-How'd it go?
-We won.

-You did?
-Well, I-I-I should say that John won.

He was the most brilliant.
-Straight not guilty?

He was fabulous.

[Elevator Bell Dings]
Oh, damn it.

-What's that about?
-I'm here to sign the dismissal papers.

Oh, yes. Um, Elaine
will help you with that.

-Hey.
-Don't want to talk about it.

-I-I understand, but--
-Ally, I don't want to talk about it!

Sometimes I feel better not talking!

That thing about talking
making you feel better?

That was made up by a bunch of yappers!

I want to be by myself, with myself.
Would that be all right with you?

Yes.

-Ally?
-Mm-hmm? [Clears Throat]

Thank you for--

Thanks.

[Sighs]

Uh, I know you're not the judge anymore,

but there's a couple of things
I'd like to enter into record.

[Clears Throat] First, I realize

when, uh, people who love
each other, uh, part,

you know, no court of law can fix it.

Second, I know it's a slippery slope

when you start asking judges
to legislate,

uh, couples.

And, uh, third, uh--

[Exhales]

I miss you.

If you don't mind, I'd like to take
all of that under advisement.

♪♪ [Soft Rock]

[Vonda]
♪ To think that only yesterday ♪

♪ I was cheerful, bright and gay ♪

♪ Looking forward to
Well, who wouldn't do ♪

♪ The role I was about to play ♪

♪ But as if to knock me down ♪

♪ Reality came around ♪

♪ And without so much as a mere touch ♪

♪ Cut me into little pieces ♪

♪ Leaving me to doubt ♪

♪ Talk about love and its mercy ♪

♪ For if it really does exist ♪
[No Audible Dialogue]

♪ Why does it desert me ♪

♪ In my hour of need ♪

♪ I truly am indeed ♪

♪ Alone again, naturally ♪

♪ It seems to me
that there are more hearts ♪

[No Audible Dialogue]

♪ Broken in the world
that can't be mended ♪

♪ Left unattended ♪

♪ What do we do ♪

♪ What do we do ♪

[No Audible Dialogue]

♪ What do we do ♪

♪ What do we do ♪

♪ And in my hour of need ♪

♪ I truly am indeed ♪

♪ Alone again, naturally ♪

♪ Alone again ♪

♪ Naturally ♪♪