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Previously on Ally McBeal...

Where does it say women aren't
sexual objects? Of course they are.

-Do my knee.
-It's just that simple with you, isn't it?

Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex!

[Georgia Screams]

I love sluts.

I fantasize about getting spanked.

[Screaming]

What are you, crazy?

What was that?

I feel it should be
my right to control you.

-[Grunts]
-I expect you to give up your job.

-[Mouthing Words]
-[Man] ♪ There's a new man in town ♪

Exactly.

-It's a look. Like it?
-No.

-No.
-Yes.

-I quit.
-But-But-But-But--

I've decided to work for Renee.

Sorry, and thank you for everything
you've done for me.

You locked me out?

It's nothing personal,
Georgia. It's just I-I can't trust you.

Georgia? What's the matter?

-I can't work with that pig-ass bastard.
-Billy?

If I don't get space from him during
the day, I'll go looking for it at night.

Maybe we need to take
a break from each other.

You're not looking to take a break,
Billy. You're looking to make one.

-Georgia. Uh--Hi.
-This is for you.

-You're filing for divorce, like that?
-Renee's representing me.

Soon as you decide on a lawyer,
let me know so we can get them together.

-And you had to serve the papers yourself?
-Yes.

[Vonda] ♪ When all
the world is a hopeless jumble ♪

-♪ And the raindrops tumble all around ♪
-[Thunder Rumbling]

♪ Heaven opens a magic lane ♪

♪ When all the clouds
darken up the skyway ♪

♪ There's a rainbow highway
to be found ♪

♪ Leading from
your windowpane ♪

♪ To a place
behind the sun ♪

♪ Just a step
beyond the rain ♪♪

[Billy]
Hey.

-[Thunder Rumbles]
-Workin' late, huh?

Oh, well.
[Chuckles]

I didn't bring an umbrella,
so I was, you know, waiting for it.

Uh, to let up.
Waiting for the rain to let up.

"Waiting for it."

I'm making progress, Billy.

I'm not waiting
for a "him" anymore.

-Just waiting for--
-"It."

[Sighs]
Whatever "it" is.

How about you?
Are you gaining on... "it"?

Me? I'm doin' fine these days.

Hmm. Billy. Look at you.

Bleached head,
walking around with the Billy Girls.

I know you're smart enough to realize
how ridiculous you've become.

[Sighs]
Are you angry with her?

Or is it some kind of protest
against the way life turns out?

I don't know. Maybe if
life's one giant pretense,

why not just join in and partake?

-Hmm.
-♪♪ [Brass Sting]

♪♪ [Brass Sting]

You are headed for a breakdown.
You do know that?

You really think you're
doin' a lot better than me?

You're standin' there, starin'
in a window, waiting for something.

You don't even know what it is,
but you're waiting for it just the same.

Because I know it's out there,
whatever "it" is.

"Out there."
Look in here.

[Thunder Rumbles]

What do you see in here?

Nothing.
The place is empty.

No, it's a roomful of people
with lives at the end of the day,

lives which they all
go home to.

You and I? I think I work
late because the emptiness here...

pales compared to the nothingness
that waits for me in my apartment.

And you? I think you're a little
addicted to the ding in the elevator.

-Excuse me?
-You say you're not waiting for "him."

Maybe you are, maybe you're not.
Maybe it really is an "it."

But every time
that elevator goes "ding,"

the doors open and something comes out,
you're hoping maybe it'll be your life.

Oh. Well, now I'm convinced
that your breakdown is in progress,

because that is
the most ridiculous thing--

[Elevator Bell Dings]

I knew it was after hours, but something
just told me to get in that elevator.

-Somebody would be here.
-Can I help you?

-What's your name?
-Um--Uh, Ally McBeal.

Um, well,
my middle name is Marie.

But, uh,
I-I just go by Ally.

What's yours?

-Pross.
-Pross?

-Pross what?
-Process server.

Can you accept a summons
on behalf of your firm?

-[Elevator Bell Dings]
-[Doors Open]

-Georgia.
-What do you mean, "Georgia"?

She's suing the law firm
for breaking up the marriage.

♪ 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 ♪♪

The firm. H-How can she sue
us for breaking up your marriage?

D-Did the firm kiss Robin Jones?

D-Did the firm soak its head in Clorox
and--

and-and-and-and pledge allegiance
to schmuckhood?

-Did the firm--
-All right, Richard.

Clearly this is just a
frustrated, angry, weak woman...

looking to exact a pound of flesh
like typical, angry, male-hating,

frustrated, embittered
weak woman like to do.

Clearly.

What is her cause of action, anyway?

She is claiming this firm
was a sexually charged arena...

which interfered with marital relations.

-[Nelle Scoffs] What?
-Oh, please. That's even too bogus for me.

We have to be able to squash this.

She's also got a claim
for emotional distress.

Excuse me.

I know I skipped classes in law school,
but how can she sue for this?

-Wh-What am I missing?
-She is blaming us for the new Billy.

♪♪ [Brass Sting]

All right. We all go in on this.

I want solidarity.

Billy, you can draft the motion to
dismiss on the way. It's boilerplate.

Elaine can... type and fax.

This is one thing I hate about
having money. People sue you.

[Elevator Bell Dings]

Do you think it's good to walk
in with an army?

-It hardly makes us look like an underdog.
-It'll give the feel of consensus.

One lone, angry expatriate
against a consensus of reason.

There she is.

-She's represented by Tiny Tim.
-Who?

[Richard] Tiny Tim Fallow. He's
probably the best divorce lawyer in town.

And he's mean.
He is a mean little man.

[All]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

-Georgia, what are you doing?
-My client is represented by counsel.

-She's my wife.
-[All] Billy.

If you have anything to say to her,
you address it to me.

All right. You're an embittered,
angry, little man-hating bitch.

I think we should just go in.

I have to admit, counsel,
this seems a bit of a stretch.

Your Honor, this firm is
dominated by sex--interoffice sex.

The two senior partners
both sleep with associates.

The women there constantly throw
the offer of sex in Billy Thomas's face.

The two senior officers have never done
a thing to alter this behavior.

Ultimately, it has led to
the demise of my client's marriage.

-This is a no-fault state. -She's not
suing her husband. She's suing your firm.

Yes, because she's
unable to sue her husband,

she's looking to lash out at somebody,
and we have become the easy target.

Question of fact,
that's for a jury to decide.

This action is a direct result
of a marital breakdown.

As a matter of public policy,
we don't entertain lawsuits--

Nor do we allow tortious
behavior to go unchecked...

-simply because of some kind of bogus--
-I--I have--

-I have not finished yet.
-[Judge Norway] All right.

Look, I want to hear exactly
what we're talking about.

A short evidentiary hearing.

Two witnesses,
and I can establish an offer of proof.

I think we'll adjourn till 2:00.

-You can call whoever you want.
-[Gavel Raps]

[Spectators Chattering]

This is crazy.

If only I could get her alone.

-Could you help me distract the lawyer?
-How?

[Yelps]

[Gasps]
Oh.

[Groans]

-[Alarm Bell Rings]
-[Elevator Stops]

-I am represented by counsel.
-Yeah, yeah.

What are you doing?

[Sighs]

You know, last night,

I was standing in my office,
staring out the window,

and actually it, uh--
it made me think.

Suppose somebody
hated the way their life turned out.

Who would they sue?

And then I thought, well,
that's pretty silly.

You--You can't file a lawsuit
just because you hate your life.

But that's exactly what you're doing,
aren't you, Georgia?

Ally!

Wh-What happened to Billy, it wasn't
coincidental that he was working there.

-Th-The place is over-sexed--
-Oh, come on.

Look at you!

Two years ago,
we all called you Julie Andrews.

Now you can't even go to
a car wash without jumping somebody.

[Snorts]

[Chuckles,
Clears Throat]

Yeah. And, uh,
two years ago,

whatever your problems
were with Billy,

you weren't a person
to turn on your friends.

-[Switch Clicks]
-[Elevator Starts]

I do not cultivate
a chauvinistic work environment.

That's ridiculous.
Move to strike that, Judge.

-Is it your opinion that women
are sex objects?

Yes.

-All women?
-Not the ugly ones.

Fat, that depends
on individual taste.

-Objection.
-Uh, withdrawn.

-Mr. Fish, are you attracted to wattle?
-Yes.

-Touching it? That's a sexual act to you,
isn't it? -Very.

Excuse me.
What is "wattle"?

It's the skin that hangs from the neck
of older women--in some cases, older men.

You've got a little going,
though it--it does nothing for me.

Mr. Fish,
you go around your office...

-touching women's necks, don't you?
-I try, yes, I do.

And you also touch women's knee pits
to sexually arouse them, do you not?

-Yes.
-In the office?

Objection. These questions
have no relevance.

They go to the
sexually charged arena...

which contributed to
the failure of my client's marriage.

There is no proximate cause
between an office environment--

I would appreciate being able
to question this witness

without these aggressive interruptions.

Let's just get through this.
Mr. Cage, sit down.

-Mr. Fish, you have a unisex bathroom?
-Yes.

-And what is the point of that?
-So we can all go together when we go.

[Elevator Bell Dings]

-"So we can all go together when we go"?
-I was under oath.

-What happened?
-Richard buried us, that's what happened.

-We need to put John on the stand.
-John? Why?

-[Babbling]
-They just put Richard up

as an example of our senior partner.

We need to show the judge
the other one.

Do you have any idea--This morning,
she had a ridiculous case.

After your testimony,
she suddenly doesn't.

What did I say? I like wattle and
an occasional knee pit, a group tinkle--

That makes me a chauvinist? What?

[Stammering]

The idea that we influence Billy Thomas--

He is a grown man.
He makes his own decisions.

Well, sir, he has gone through
a change lately.

Well, why is that our doing?
Just because we have a unisex bathroom?

Just because we have one lascivious
senior partner? That's outrageous.

One lascivious senior partner?
Are you lascivious, sir?

Uh--I most certainly am not.

Ever hire a call girl?

Did you not hear the question?
Did you ever hire a call girl?

It was years ago,
before I knew my character,

and I will not sit here
to be disparaged.

Are you currently
having a sexual relationship

with an associate in your firm?

She's my girlfriend. A partner
can't have an associate for a girlfriend?

Ever spank her?

-One time only, and that--
-With her consent?

-It was a misunderstanding.
-Big old hair brush?

-Medium size.
-That young blonde thing over there?

She would be the one, yes.
Her name is Nelle.

Nelle. Young blonde Nelle.
How fun.

With a medium size brush.

Georgia?

Promised you'd
stay out of it, Renee.

-These people are your friends.
-Really?

Hmm. Richard was the one
who told Billy

not to apologize for being chauvinistic--

that he was right
to want me to be subordinate,

to rub his feet, serve
his sexual needs and cook him dinner.

Nelle constantly flirts with him.
Ally kissed him.

Yet John Cage never
lifted a finger to curtail any of it.

Who does that leave for friendship?

Oh. Oh. Ling. Which--[Chuckles]

♪♪ [Soul]

♪ See the way
he walks down the street ♪

♪ Watch the way he shuffles his feet ♪

♪ Oh, how he holds his head
up high when he goes walking by ♪

I have to admit,
I'm enjoying it a little.

-This trial?
-Yes.

To see friends tearing and clawing
at each other--that would be fun for you.

I just can't believe she's
actually making a case of it.

Look, Billy, we need you to come off,
uh, sympathetic tomorrow.

Y-You need to disguise what you've become.
John, are you doing direct?

-He's still not talking.
-I'm taking the direct.

Uh--Billy, the main thing
is to come off reasonable--

like Richard said,
sensitive to Georgia.

I'm ready, Nelle.
Just ask me the questions. I'm ready.

Why do I have a bad feeling?

♪ That's no reason why
I can't give him all my love ♪♪

[Billy] We had
communication problems, I suppose.

We drifted apart.

These communication problems--did
the law firm of Cage & Fish play a part?

Of course not.
If I could have saved my marriage...

by working somewhere else,
I would have absolutely done that.

But the problems, they ran
a little deeper than a unisex bathroom.

Not to air out the dirty laundry,

but why do you think your marriage failed,
Mr. Thomas?

To be honest, I don't know.

The last couple years, we seem
to have grown angry with each other.

We don't laugh like we used to.

And rather than address it,
we just let it slide.

And, uh,

it slid too much.

It slid too much.
And you just couldn't stop it.

I don't appreciate your sarcasm,
Mr. Fallow.

I apologize. You said
you would have left the law firm...

for the good of the marriage if you
thought it would help?

Yes.

You didn't see working side by side with
a former girlfriend as a possible threat?

You're referring to my relationship with
Ms. McBeal. That relationship was over.

-You kissed Ms. McBeal last year,
did you not? -Yes. I don't defend it.

It was probably symptomatic
of things deteriorating with Georgia.

When you say, "There's a new
man in town," what do you mean by that?

I think it refers to me finally
recognizing some of my deep-seated values.

-Which are old-fashioned?
-Perhaps.

-"A woman's place is in the home." That--
-I said, "a mother's place."

I have no trouble
with women working.

I said when they become mothers,
they should be home.

And when did you first share
this sentiment with your wife?

Couple months ago.

What about a wife's obligation to satisfy
a husband sexually?

You said that too, right?

A spousal relationship
is sexual, Mr. Fallow.

Tell me about the Billy Girls.

They're women I hired
to accompany me to meetings.

-Six beautiful models.
-It's a look.

And they dangle off you
like accessories?

Success begets success,
Mr. Fallow.

You show up dripping with
beautiful models, it makes a statement.

That's all I was doing.

Uh, Your Honor, I must object.
He's ruining our case.

Let's not apologize for it, Richard.
That's what dooms marriages.

-What does?

Men apologizing
for who and what they are.

Men bowing to this idea
that they're failures.

It's insidious. Women,
they pick, pick, pick, pick.

It's a day-by-day brainwashing,

till one day the man wakes up feeling
he's not good enough.

You want to know what happened
to my marriage, Mr. Fallow?

She made me feel less than.

And then I decided to live up
to that prophecy,

and I got sick, sick, sick
of the pick, pick, picking.

And she still wants to pick.
She still wants to attack.

And because the law says she can't pick,
pick, pick at me...

in a no-fault state,
she's suing the firm.

That's why we're here, Judge.
That's why she's sitting there,

why I'm sitting here,
why you're up there.

Women, as a gender,
are vindictive.

They live to belittle men,
to make us feel small.

And she hired you as her lawyer,
Mr. Fallow,

because you're the tiniest one
she could find.

And it'll save time when
it comes time to belittle you.

Is that your final answer,
or would you like to call a friend?

[Sighs]

[Knocking]

Well, th-that was
quite the performance.

Under oath.
Had to tell the truth, didn't I?

I'm worried about you.

You don't act like
the Billy I know.

And this?

Well, it was cute for about
a half a second, and--

It's not funny
if you're cracking up.

Are we over the rainbow, Ally?

-Is this it?
-I'm sorry?

You remember when we were kids,
we used to sing that song,

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

Oh, grow up, Billy.

We are grown-up.

That's the problem.

We've gone from being people
with bright futures to...

people who should be living
their futures now.

-Are you serious?
-Yes.

I get angry
when I think I'm not.

I get scared
when I think I am.

I'm an attorney...

with a failed marriage
and a bleached head.

All these things
are your own doing,

and all these things
you can change.

Ally?

Do you really think
I'm cracking up?

Yeah.

[Exhales] May-Maybe
we should call Ling to the stand.

She can verify
women live to belittle men.

What are your thoughts?

You have to talk
at some point, John.

-Anything?
-Not a word.

My advice--I still
don't think she has a case.

But on the chance she beats
our motion to dismiss,

and after
Billy's little performance,

why not throw 10,000 at her,
give her a sense of victory.

-Oh, come on.
-We don't have to admit liability.

You want this to go to trial?
10,000 is cheap.

[Exhales] What--
What do you think, uh, John?

-All right, uh, Nelle--
-No.

-You're talking again.
-I wanna put Georgia on the stand.

I wanna get her.

-Let's just see if we can--
-No.

She disparaged me.
I wanna get her!

Yeah.

[Sighs]
I've never seen him like this.

He's not talking.
He's got this nasty look on his face.

Well, when he gets boned
for trial sometimes.

I-I think Georgia made him angry.

Oh, my God.

We're heading over.

I... take it... you're... ready.

I certainly
take responsibility for myself.

I'm not denying that.

All I'm saying is that Cage & Fish
should also take a little responsibility.

But why? It's a place of work.

Yes, where female associates
suck senior partners' fingers,

where secretaries give
mouth-to-mouth with their tongues,

where men are kissing women,
women are kissing women.

It's Club Med with ties.

And, sexual arena that it is,
it undermined my marriage.

And if we truly are to take
the institution of marriage...

as seriously as we all pretend to,

then I think this law firm
ought to take some responsibility...

when they help to destroy one.

[Water Pouring]

[Continues]

[Stops]

Thank you, Ms. Thomas.
I think you said that very clearly.

[Chair Scrapes]

You say the arena of Cage &
Fish jeopardized your marriage.

Did you ever once ask
your husband to stop working there?

-No, because the--
-Your answer is no. Thank you.

You talk about sex, sex, sex
in the workplace.

Ever sign up for a sculpting class

solely because of the endowment
of the male model?

Yes or no again, limiting, of course,
all your responses to the truth.

Okay. I signed up
because I was curious.

Thank you. By the way, mention
has been made of the unisex bathroom.

Did you ever lodge a complaint
with either Richard Fish or myself...

about the lavatories
being unisex?

Once again, if you could limit
your answer to the truth.

No, I never complained.

Thank you. So you never asked Billy
to quit, you never complained about

the unisex,
you certainly didn't complain...

-about the male model having a gigantic--
-Objection!

You made love in the unisex once,
didn't you?

What?

-You and Billy in a stall, naked--
-That happened once.

-We were trying to rekindle--
-Ever make love on the conference table?

Ah, who cares?
Mind if I walk?

You caught your husband kissing
another woman, didn't you, Georgia?

-That's right.
-Two weeks after you kissed another man?

-Yes, but--
-The father of this woman

right over there, isn't that correct?

-Yes.
-Who is this woman, Ms. Thomas?

-Ally.
-Ally?

Does she have a last name,
or do we just call her Ally?

I guess we could just call her
Ally, couldn't we,

because this isn't just a woman.

This isn't just a fellow associate,
is it, Georgia? This is Ally.

Ask that she be marked and
identified as Exhibit A, Your Honor.

[Huffs]

-Exhibit A is a former
girlfriend of Billy's? -Yes.

Exhibit A, uh, grew up with
Billy, was love at first sniff.

And in fact, Georgia,
reminding you you're under oath,

Exhibit A is quite likely the true
love of Billy's life--true or false?

-I don't know.
-You don't know? You don't know.

Well, have you ever
confronted Billy,

telling him you believed
Exhibit A to be the true love of his life?

-Yes.
-Ever express your belief,

during your employment at Cage & Fish,
that Billy was still in love with her?

-Yes. -Did you make room
for the possibility, Ms. Thomas,

that your husband working side
by side with the true love of his life...

might be detrimental to
the well-being of your marriage?

-Of course I did.
-Yet, you never once asked him to quit.

-You never once said,
"Work someplace else"? -Only--

-Yes or no?
-No.

And you're here today,

begging the court to take seriously
the institution of marriage?

How much regard
did you show for your own?

You watch as your husband
works side by side

with a woman he might still
be in love with.

-You watch without--
-And I was stupid not to--

Your complaint says nothing
about you being stupid, Georgia.

Your complaint says nothing
about you kissing the father of Exhibit A.

-I didn't know he was her father.
-No.

You thought you were kissing
a stranger, didn't you?

Was it some kind of sexual dare?

-No! It was more about getting back
at Billy. -Hmm. It was about your anger.

Yes.

That's what this is all about--
your anger.

-I'm angry. I d--
-Did you go to a marriage counselor...

after you were caught
kissing Exhibit A's father?

No.

Did you seek therapy after you discovered
Billy kissing Robin Jones?

-No.
-Did you bother to have

a single discussion with your husband?

-It wouldn't matter.
-Yes or no question, Georgia.

After you saw your husband
kissing Robin Jones,

on the heels of your kissing the father
of Exhibit A,

did you have a
single conversation,

or did you just pull
your wedding ring off,

plop it on the table and say, "I quit"?

-Which was it, Georgia?
-The latter.

Subsequent to that,
did Billy make attempts to reconcile?

He made one feeble attempt.

Did you make any attempts
to work it out?

-No.
-And here you are today,

exalting the institution of marriage,

suing a workplace for undermining
your relationship with your husband,

when you have done
nothing to help it.

You watched without protest as
he worked side by side with Exhibit A,

you kissed Exhibit A's father,

you don't bother to get any
counseling to save the relationship,

and you come into this court blaming us,
blaming a law firm,

-asking us to take responsibility--
-All right, John. That's enough!

You're not being sued here,
Billy. I am.

I said that's enough!

Well, I'd like
the court to note...

I had a big finish planned.

I don't like being
made an exhibit.

My grand finish,
you just cut me right off.

-You'd done enough damage.
-Oh, damage.

Didn't get to me.
I'm the one who's been slandered.

[All Talking At Once]

[Ling] Did you see the way
the bailiff was looking at me?

I'm the little blonde thing
getting diddled by the senior partner.

Thanks for coming to my defense,
John. You didn't cross at all on that.

-[Elevator Bell Dings]
-This is my knee pit, my chastity.

What happened?

John made me his exhibit.
He just introduced me right into evidence.

-Attacked by my own side--
-Exhibit A, that's what I am.

[Door Slams]

[Door Opens]

-Were you displeased with my performance?
-No.

John, you did great.
Chewed her right up.

You were a vicious little piranha
in there. Well done.

What's the matter?

Remember when I came to you with the idea
of starting a firm? I listed four reasons.

-Do you remember? First--
-Money.

-Second--
-Money.

-Third--
-Fun.

-Fourth--
-Money.

What happened to number three?

We have fun, Richard.
I have fun.

[Scoffs] One member of this firm
is suing us, John.

-It's about a marriage.
-It's about us.

Her tiny little lawyer attacked
you in that witness chair, me.

It comes from hurt. You can't--

And you attacked her.
You just bullied her like-like they're--

I am--I am not a b--
a b--a b--a b--a b--a bully.

I don't like that word. When I was little,
I was picked on by b-b-b--

those people, and I don't like that word,
and I'm--I'm not that kind of person.

Well, y-you went to town
on her, that's all I--

Well, may I remind you
this is about a war?

Exactly. It's a war.

Win or lose, we lose, John.

[Sighs]

When I was little,
I just hated the grown-ups.

And I would vow
when I grew... old,

I-I didn't wanna
become an adult.

-I think you've succeeded there, Richard.
-You know what I mean.

I harbored this fantasy that we'd
all get to be kids at this place.

We'd work together
and play together. Fun!

Look how it's turning out.

War.

We--

What happened?

Wh-What are you talking about,
departments?

I'm saying departments--Litigation,
Corporate, Real Estate.

-We don't have that kind of structure.
-I'm saying we should,

and I want you to be
administrative partner.

-I don't want to be administrative--
-We need to be more systematized.

This informality is stupid. The associates
don't know their place. They overstep.

Where is this coming from?

We should run this place
like a law firm for a change,

instead of a warm-up act
for happy hour.

Oh, please.

We need to be more disciplined
and less social.

-Nobody here is really friends anyway.
-Oh, balls--

John! Let's run this place
like a damn law firm, okay?

That way, nobody gets hurt,
and we don't bust up any lousy marriages.

[Mouths Word]

-Nothing?
-I called her. She wouldn't even pick up.

-I suppose after John's ambush--
-Oh, bite me.

-All right.
-What should I have done, Billy?

All right!

-What happens now?
-Final statements, then the judge rules.

Ally, would you mind
if I came down?

It all sounds so vicious,
and it's just not fair for me to miss out.

Sure, Elaine.
Come on down with us.

Certainly,
in sexual harassment laws,

the legislature has
intended for companies...

to take responsibility for
things that happen in the workplace,

especially when the behavior
works a hardship on an employee.

It's the very same principle
we're applying today.

The environment at Cage & Fish
has become vulgar.

The vulgarity is fostered
by the senior partners.

Richard Fish, as he testified,
believes women are sex objects.

Did it all have an influence? Billy Thomas
now walks around with models flanking him,

espousing his newfound
philosophy that wives belong in the home,

ready to rub the husband's feet
and poised to serve them sexually.

Did it negatively impact my
client's marriage? Look at them.

None of these people at
Cage & Fish are in relationships.

Unless we count the one between
Mr. Cage and Ms. Porter,

which evidently involves
some form of corporal punishment.

The place has
the integrity of a strip club.

It is our contention that no employee's
marital union could survive working there.

No union ever has. And sure,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were free to quit,

as Mr. Cage kept drumming.

But the courts have rejected freedom

to quit as a defense in
sexual harassment cases.

The court should also
do so here.

Are we saying that Georgia Thomas
bears no responsibility? Of course not.

But is it unreasonable
to say...

that Cage & Fish
bear a tiny bit of it?

Of course not.

[Exhales]

Mr. Cage?

You know, when I was
six or seven years old, uh,

I remember watching my father
getting dressed for a funeral.

A man in his office had died.

And I asked him,
"Well, was he a nice man?"

And my father said
he really didn't have any idea.

Said he'd really never
gotten to know him.

Well, they'd worked
in the same firm for 17 years...

and hadn't really
gotten to know one another.

How sad is that?

We all certainly
know each other.

I know about
his neck wattle fetish.

I know the reasons
he bleached his head.

This one here
can get you a blimp in a pinch.

This one invents face bras

and will lick the cappuccino foam off
my nose if I'm not careful.

This one I love.

And this one I love too.

Imagine that.

In my own firm,

Richard Fish and Exhibit A
are my best friends in life.

Nelle Porter's my lover.

Imagine. I get to
go to work each day...

with people
I care so deeply about.

I'm tickled.
Is there a point?

Yeah. The point is
that Richard Fish...

shouldn't apologize
for this place that he's built.

The place
where my father was employed,

where people worked side by side

for 17 years without really
getting to know each other--

That's the place where there's--
where there's something wrong.

Here, where people are in each other's
lives, Richard Fish can be proud of that.

I'm proud of that.

Yes, there's some--some
finger sucking on occasion, a knee pit--

Uh, seems everybody's kissed everybody
else at one time or another, but--

We're kids.

The partners are in their 30s,
the associates are in their 20s.

Even if we're not
still kids,

I guess we all
like to pretend we are.

And today,
you know, suddenly it--

it's become very difficult
to cling to that illusion...

because a very grown-up thing
is going on.

A marriage is falling apart.

Two people that we adore--
Their marriage is ending.

And it hurts.

Georgia's angry at Billy,

and she's angry at the firm,

maybe because
she feels betrayed by it.

You know, ugly things aren't
supposed to happen at Cage & Fish.

All of our bumps and bruises can usually
be covered with--with a "Bygones."

But this one can't be.

This one,
their hurt runs deeper.

Now, you had your lawyer
grill me on the stand.

I then turned on you, becoming the bu--
uh, the bu--uh, the bu--uh, the bu--

-[Stomps Foot]
-uh, mean person.

All the while, Georgia,
we continue to adore you.

I mean, you're one of us--
suing us.

Now, if your goal here
was to make us feel...

some of the pain that you feel,
you've already won.

But as for us
breaking up her marriage?

I think we all know better.

[No Audible Dialogue]

Did he say
how long he'd be out?

He wanted us to stay close,
so he must be deciding quickly.

[Sighs]

I know this will sound stupid, but--

When I left, not even a cake.

Two years I worked with you,

by you, going to the bar at night, and--

When I left, you just padlocked
my office so I couldn't take files.

All that time I was just his wife.

No, that--
that isn't true, Georgia.

Is-Is that what this is about?

None of you even called to say "Hi."

Come on.

Judge is back.

All right. The court recognizes

the expanding exposure and liability
stemming from workplace environments.

Be it civil rights, health
or sexual harassments,

we're only too happy to
get in there and legislate...

when we don't like
what's going on.

But assessing blame
when it comes to marriage?

That is still a path
we are loath to go down.

I don't think this firm
made it any easier...

for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
to stay married.

But this is a no-fault state,
and in the end--

Well, that's the end.

The petitioner's lawsuit
is dismissed without prejudice.

But if I'm in the neighborhood,
and I have the urge to pee,

-you can be sure I'll visit your unisex.
-[Chuckles]

-Adjourned.
-[Gavel Raps]

Well, that's a relief.
Good job.

Ally, John, good job.

[Spectators Chattering]

Hey, hey.

You really were
suing the firm.

Look, Georgia, you-you left
so suddenly that--

And don't you think that we feel
the void now that you're gone?

No. I don't.

Well, then we need
to work on that.

We can start with,
"We're all going to dinner. Come with us."

-[Chuckles]
-Please.

That's okay.

Georgia, you don't have to file
a lawsuit to spend time with us.

-[Chuckles]
-Come to dinner.

Uh--

Okay.

Uh, uh--
Listen, uh, J-John?

Your words, your closing,
I just--I just want you to know--

-I thought it ran a little long.
-Yeah.

We do have something here,
don't we?

The people, the-the--
the friends?

We have built something...
special. Right?

-♪♪ [Piano]
-Indeed.

[Vonda]
♪ Somewhere ♪

♪ Over the rainbow ♪

♪ Way up high ♪

♪ There's a land ♪

♪ That I heard of ♪

♪ Once in a lullaby ♪

♪ Somewhere ♪

♪ Over the rainbow ♪

♪ Skies are blue ♪

♪ And the dreams ♪

♪ That you dare to dream ♪

♪ Really do come true ♪♪

[Woman]
You stinker!