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So, you didn't date in Chicago?
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No, the women there wanted Sammy Sosa.
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-What about you?
-George Clooney.
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No. I meant, have you been dating
since I left?
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I'm sure I must have.
I just can't remember anybody now.
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-I see.
-Well...
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...I'd invite you in, but I'm afraid
you and Renee would sing a duet.
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-I see.
-ls that all you say, "l see"?
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Let me begin this second go-around by
just walking you to your door.
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I like that word, "begin. "
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-Call me?
-I'll think about it.
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Love Unlimited
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-Did you kiss?
-Not really. Just a short, soft....
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I'm taking it real slow.
And even better...
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...he wants to take it slow. And when
a guy wants to take it slow....
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-I better get to work.
-Yeah, you better.
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-Hey!
-Hey, how's it going?
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-You look....
-What?
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Ally, Billy, I need you. New client.
Conference room. 1 0 minutes.
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Hello.
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Ling, why are you always here?
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She's suing the environment.
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-ls that possible?
-Let me defend her.
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Activists claim trees have rights.
T rees can sue you. Why not sue trees?
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-Nelle?
-Yes, Georgia?
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It's one thing to say that. Why do we
have to be the lawyers doing it?
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I just want to tie you up in court
while I tie up Billy.
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Kidding.
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You think that's funny?
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I took the case, not Nelle.
Bygones.
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We've got bigger fish to fry.
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Kimberly Goodman. Husband wants an
annulment. Ally and I will take it.
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-On what grounds?
-lncompetence. He's a sexaholic.
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Says he was under the influence
of the dumb-stick during the ceremony.
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-Surely, you're making that up?
-Off we go. Good lawyers, everyone.
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Ally, she's in my office.
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Are you and Greg Butters dating again?
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-Elaine!
-I only ask because I care.
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-You don't want to get squished again.
-You're afraid I'll get squished?
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-That, and he's here.
-Hi.
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I did not get squished.
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I thought I'd stop by in person,
put you on the spot.
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How about tonight?
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Tonight?
Well, I have to check my schedule.
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You're free. Like every night.
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Thank you, Elaine.
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-Tonight will be fine.
-Great.
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-Pick you up here?
-No.
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-Pick me up at home, like a gentleman.
-I'll wear a tie.
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There must be someone to tell.
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-Everything all right?
-Fine.
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-Why are you standing like that?
-I need mental help.
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-Why?
-I feel happy. I' m just not equipped.
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I have a noon appointment with T racy.
You take it.
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I've got a little Nelle anxiety.
Nothing so serious as " happy. "
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I bet she'd take us together.
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Nine years we were married.
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I didn't think he could get
an annulment.
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But my lawyer told me it could happen.
His niche is trademark law.
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That's why I thought I better have
an expert on divorce law.
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-Which you are, right?
-Yes, it's our specialty.
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-Richard. No, it's not our specialty.
-But I took a class in it.
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-We can do it.
-This isn't just about money to me...
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...though there is a lot involved.
I've been a housewife for nine years.
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-The idea a court could nullify that?
-That court can't nullify your life.
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My children are 7 and 9,
and it's important to me that....
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I don't want a judge to rule that their
parents married in an act of insanity.
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We're not gonna let that happen.
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I promise you.
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-Never make promises.
-But wiping out an entire marriage?
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-More divorce lawyers are trying it.
-I start to believe in love again....
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I' m so glad I have a career.
Nobody can make my life meaningless.
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You can say what you want about me,
but I am in control of my world.
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You're seeking treatment
for happiness.
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Who cares? T ell her anything.
T ell her I'm dead!
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-Why are there two people here?
-Who are you?
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Dr. Nickle. Dr. Tracy is in California
pitching tofu. Who's the sick one?
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-Him.
-Her.
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You must be John. You're in therapy
and you decided to bring a date?
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Where's your popcorn?
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This is Ally McBeal.
We're both...
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...patients of Tracy's.
And since we both fear relationships--
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You've decided to team up? Fine!
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Theme song. You first.
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I'm not singing my theme song
to a stranger.
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Hey, Spanky! You go.
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-No.
-No?
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Look, I'd like to help...
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...but people who come in tandem and
refuse to sing their theme songs....
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-ls this the way to--?
-Shut up!
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I'm speaking now. Do you talk
to the screen at movies too?
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No. But sometimes I just walk out.
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Great. I' m just gonna need you...
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-...to sign a release.
-A release?
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Basically, it says if you jump
out a window, we're not liable.
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So, back to you, stuttering John.
How's everything in Poughkeepsie?
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-Poop.
-Poop?
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Now, that's progress.
Tracy will be real pleased.
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People don't take me seriously.
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-Ling, you're suing a tree.
-I'm counter claiming.
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-The glare.
-I don't think you take me seriously.
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I'm trying. But what am l?
Are we serious?
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We haven't even had sex.
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We've kissed. I let you brush
against my breasts in the elevator.
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Yeah, only when it's crowded.
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All kidding aside....
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Ling...
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...do you not like sex?
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-It's messy.
-I'm good at cleaning up after myself.
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Do you think maybe counseling?
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Why is it so important to a man?
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-Sex?
-Yes. What happened to intimacy?
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Emotion? T enderness?
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We have been dating for four months.
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Nelle hasn't had sex
with the funny little man.
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I don't know about that. I' m concerned
more about us. If we are an " us. "
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-I like foreplay.
-I'd be happy with "three-play. "
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There are other things besides
intercourse and wattle.
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I need to know
if we're going anywhere.
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-Stick out your index finger.
-Excuse me?
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-Let me have it.
-My--?
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Most people don't even know
the finger is erogenous.
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Ever tried this before?
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Ever tried that before?
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Only after eating chicken,
but it's not the same.
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-Do you like that?
-Yes.
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There are things besides intercourse,
if you'd look beyond your dumb-stick!
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-Ready?
-Let's go.
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Ally, I was thinking
maybe we don't need Tracy.
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Maybe we could bounce our
problems off each other.
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-You think?
-I'm comfortable talking with you.
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-I think that you are with me.
-Well, okay.
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-John.
-Nelle, hi.
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Late for court?
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-Dinner tomorrow night?
-Sure, that....
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Don't start playing hard to get.
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I might just give up
and start going after Billy.
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Kidding.
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Just, you know,
for my own education...
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...what exactly do you see in her?
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I married her
because she's beautiful.
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-So do many men, Mr. Goodman.
-But I wasn't acting out of free will.
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My sexual obsessive-compulsive
behavior affects my mental competence.
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-Your mental competence?
-I was crazy.
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Move to strike.
Any man's crazy to get married.
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Withdrawn.
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You married her out of a mental
infirmity caused by a raging libido.
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I have a sexual compulsion.
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I married her
to make love regularly...
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...thinking if anything could cure
my lusting after other women....
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Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
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-You still want her?
-Yes. I also want others.
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-Why not cheat? You're married.
-She wants a divorce.
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And you being wealthy, my client
would realize a large amount of money.
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-I suppose.
-You suppose.
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But if the marriage were nullified,
she wouldn't get anything.
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This sickness gets you off cheap.
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-Objection.
-Withdrawal. You took a vow.
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A vow, "Till death do you part. "
See any dead people here?
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-Objection!
-Withdrawal. Why not divorce?
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-Why an annulment?
-I was not of sound mind...
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...when I committed the act
of marriage.
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There was no competent meeting of the
minds necessary for a valid contract.
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-Good legal buzzwords.
-Badgering.
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Nine years. Two kids. You say,
"Strike that from the record. "
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I' m not a well man.
You think I'm proud?
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-Will you be proud to avoid alimony?
-Objection!
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Kimberly, I'm sorry to hurt you
this way.
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She's not the victim here.
You are. Remember?
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You're the victim.
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-Do you want to sleep with John Cage?
-I like him. Why don't you understand?
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I'm not questioning you liking him.
It's just....
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Am I strange not to be wanting...
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-...it?
-You can't even say "it," can you?
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I can say "it," I just don't.
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Whenever I say the word,
it drives men crazy.
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-Even some women.
-When you say the word "sex"?
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-Yes.
-The way you say it drives men crazy?
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-Yes.
-What's special about how you say it?
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-lf I knew, I'd change it. Believe me.
-Say it.
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-Not a chance!
-Ling, it's just you and me. Say it.
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Sex.
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One more time.
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Sex.
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-Ally? Ally McBeal. Hi.
-Yeah. Hi.
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I'm Laura Dipson,
Vice President of Women for Progress.
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You have been nominated as this year's
role model for professionals.
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-I beg your pardon?
-ln the next Working Women magazine.
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-I don't wanna be a role model.
-You really have no choice.
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You'll love it. We do need
to adjust the way you dress.
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And I'd like to fatten you up.
We're not glamorizing that thin thing.
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-Wait a second! Who are you?
-I told you. Laura Dipson.
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My sources tell me that you feel
an emotional void without a man?
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I don't want them looking at me
at all!
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Don't be pissy!
You'll do what we tell you to do.
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Now drop that emotional slut thing
and be who we want you to be.
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Nothing more. Nothing less.
Can you do that, pinhead?
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-You bit off her nose?
-Yes, and I got blood on my outfit.
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Okay. But what does
this dream have to do with Greg?
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I think that it's my idea
of a relationship or something....
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-Which is?
-I want somebody I can be weak with.
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Somebody who will hold me
and make me feel held.
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But, can't you have that...
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-...without biting off a woman's nose?
-Don't you get it, John?
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I crave dependency, which makes me
feel like a failure as a woman!
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I dreamt my face was on the cover of
Time magazine as the face of feminism.
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You took a moment. I saw that.
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You' re really afraid
of becoming dependent?
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I look at Kimberly Goodman. She put
her whole life into a marriage....
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You don't have to stop your life
to love somebody.
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You have to take some kind
of emotional free fall to--
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Listen to me. I sound just like you.
Fear of splat.
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"Splat"?
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I lecture John
about not taking chances, while--
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I' m just telling you this in case.
If I turn rigid, don't give up on me.
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You really got hurt, didn't you?
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With Billy.
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Just a little.
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Have you loved anybody since?
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Well.... No.
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Are you afraid
of loving somebody again?
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Don't be ridic-- Well, yeah.
But I'm working on it.
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I got a new theme song.
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It used to be "T ell Him. "
Now, it's "Ooh, Ooh, Child. "
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"Ooh, Ooh, Child"?
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-I know that song.
-You do?
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Renee.
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Kidding. Just playing through.
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Actually, I have a date too.
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So, where were we?
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Somebody's making progress.
How are you and Nelle?
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00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,879
I sense an impending breakthrough.
I switched colognes.
233
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:51,710
-How about you and Ling?
-I'm wondering if she really likes me.
234
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,675
Of course she likes you.
I saw her smile once.
235
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,668
I think she likes me
because I seem emotionally void.
236
00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:01,717
There's safety in void.
237
00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,952
-You're falling for her?
-Maybe.
238
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,720
Maybe you should try some Barry White.
239
00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:12,875
-lt loosens the romantic muscles.
-I don't know.
240
00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,673
Somebody's in love.
241
00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:39,912
It's basically an addiction. Sex
becomes the center of their lives.
242
00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,714
You qualify this as a disability?
243
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:47,511
I qualify it as a compulsive disorder
that overcomes free will.
244
00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,554
What's to stop any man
caught with his pants down...
245
00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,268
...from saying, " l' m an addict"?
246
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,029
We can't stop them.
Establishing it is different.
247
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,714
T ell me what establishes it.
248
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,550
It's when people use sex
as a mood-altering device.
249
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,951
Like using drugs
to cope with relational pain.
250
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,519
It's like drugs?
251
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,712
Yes. People use sex to get a "high. "
252
00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,993
And, like drugs, they need
bigger doses to get that high.
253
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:23,155
-You diagnosed Mr. Goodman?
-Yes. He suffered childhood abuse.
254
00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:28,428
He feels powerless, out of control.
Not just sexually, but in life.
255
00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,714
Could this extend
to a decision to marry?
256
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:34,553
Without question.
257
00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:40,317
-Don't many men marry out of lust?
-Absolutely.
258
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,512
-Should we nullify those?
-Being influenced...
259
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,632
...is different than
becoming powerless.
260
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,839
You' re not saying he didn't know
what he was doing.
261
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,069
No.
262
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,716
Or that he didn't know
marriage was legally binding.
263
00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:56,909
No.
264
00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,993
So this mental competency thing--
265
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,710
He knew the nature of his act
when he married her?
266
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,434
As does an alcoholic when he drinks.
267
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,116
-lt doesn't mean he has control.
-He had no control?
268
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:15,030
Addicts can't control their behavior.
It's the symptom of addiction.
269
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,279
I'm hurt.
270
00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:00,352
I began to realize all he wanted
was just physical.
271
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,830
Did you know about his affairs?
272
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,356
Not until a year ago.
It hit me like a bomb.
273
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,989
-But you stayed.
-We have two children.
274
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,710
-I tried to work it out.
-Did you two seek counseling?
275
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,033
Oh, yes. We saw this woman
who came highly recommended.
276
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,397
-He tried to sleep with her.
-The counselor?
277
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:24,713
He wasn't just unfaithful.
He was pathological.
278
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,753
He was an addict.
Things wouldn't change.
279
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,758
-So you filed for divorce?
-Yes.
280
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,959
Did he decide he was mentally
incompetent after he met his lawyer?
281
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,918
-Objection.
-Rephrase.
282
00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,714
When did he decide to nullify it...
283
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,309
...as a means
to avoid paying alimony...
284
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,795
...as law and morality require?
285
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,508
-Objection!
-Overruled!
286
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,910
If you could say anything
to your husband right now...
287
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,718
...what would it be?
288
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,756
I suppose I'd tell him...
289
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,230
...no matter what his problems are...
290
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:11,349
...they shouldn't nullify the fact
that we've been married for 9 years.
291
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:17,510
He may not want to call it real,
but it was very real to me.
292
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,031
She stipulated to the addiction,
if not the insanity!
293
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,919
Even if he's insane,
couldn't we argue--
294
00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:27,715
Every man is insane to marry?
That didn't score.
295
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,952
Are we going out? I feel like fun.
296
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,433
And you look like it, Ling.
297
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,996
Shouldn't you be
out somewhere in love?
298
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,312
Down to the bar. Let's go.
299
00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:49,510
Excuse me.
300
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,512
I thought you and Nelle
were going out?
301
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,153
-I canceled.
-What?
302
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,312
-Not to worry. I have a plan.
-What sort?
303
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,120
I think she has a spontaneity fetish.
304
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:06,229
I said I had to work late.
If she'd wait, we'd go for a drink.
305
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,314
Then, when everybody's gone,
I'll go to her and....
306
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,716
Well, what does...
307
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,473
...that mean?
308
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,154
I'm going to Don Juan her.
309
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:22,279
I'm excited.
310
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,551
Nelle. Hello.
311
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,028
Hello.
312
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,714
I'll get myself ready.
313
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,318
And now there's pressure.
314
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,030
I thought you were going out.
315
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,114
We switched to lunch.
If I don't nail this closing--
316
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,710
Do you think it's significant...
317
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,151
...that as I begin
to date somebody that may be--
318
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,789
My case says, "Don't trust passion...
319
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,510
...because even when you think
you've found love...
320
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,320
...it's temporary,
even after nine years...
321
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,155
...because the statute of limitations
never runs out...
322
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,756
...on his right to rip you
into shreds. " Do you think?
323
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,993
You know, that's exactly
what I've been stuck on.
324
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,910
This woman thought she had it.
She's a smart woman.
325
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,118
-I thought I had it with Billy.
-You did.
326
00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:25,191
Not as much as I thought.
327
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,829
-He met somebody else!
-You had it.
328
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,438
Maybe that's what scares me
the most.
329
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:39,231
As soon as you've found love...
you've had it.
330
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:01,911
I can't.
331
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,308
Oh, John.
332
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:39,914
Calm down!
333
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:44,318
Never tell a person to calm
down when he's agitated!
334
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:45,913
Yeah.
335
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,551
You think you're the first
to panic over--
336
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,314
-Was it performance anxiety?
-Renee!
337
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,199
-Because that's big with lawyers.
-Go!
338
00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,955
It wasn't that.
Everything was working physically.
339
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,509
Well, then what was it?
340
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,116
It just felt wrong.
341
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,710
Then you did
absolutely the right thing!
342
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:15,119
You might've discussed it with Nelle
before sprinting, but you were noble.
343
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,319
I admire you for not
going through with it.
344
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,308
But, John, you have got
to talk to Nelle.
345
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,992
He got her clothes off?
346
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,595
I' m just being concerned. Naked?
347
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,958
Stop! I shouldn't be telling you.
It's just he seemed--
348
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,749
-Did he say why he ran away?
-lt felt wrong.
349
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:51,551
Sex for men, when it's wrong,
it's still right. Where is he?
350
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,597
I told him to talk to Nelle.
351
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,957
-Hi. Are we ready?
-All set. Ally will close.
352
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,116
-You are ready?
-I think so.
353
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,318
-Common sense is on our side.
-I got it.
354
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:07,548
There was a defect in the marriage. His
addiction caused a mental incapacity.
355
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:12,590
Classic grounds for annulment.
He's not alone in claiming the defect.
356
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,679
Mrs. Goodman acknowledged it
when she filed for divorce.
357
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,997
There was never a decision
to live together...
358
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,516
...that can be established
to be of sound mind.
359
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,876
T extbook annulment.
360
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,036
-That's dumb.
-ls "dumb" the legal definition?
361
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,391
Alimony comes down to fairness.
362
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,349
Whatever his problems,
which couldn't be kept in check...
363
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,910
...she endured for nine years.
She cared for the children--
364
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:46,636
The problem is that the fairness
issue presupposes a valid union.
365
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,952
Here, technically,
it might have been invalid.
366
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:51,519
And that's dumb.
367
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,115
We're back to legal definitions.
368
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,791
If we hold up marriage ceremonies
to standards of sanity, watch out.
369
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,715
People run off to Las Vegas
on their first dates.
370
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,196
Many make horrendous
decisions out of passion.
371
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,635
We enforce those marriages.
372
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:13,032
There is a difference between
recklessness and insanity.
373
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,831
He knew what he was doing,
even if he was led by Mr. Helmet Head.
374
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:19,918
" Mr. Helmet Head "?
375
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,549
Love, by definition, is crazy!
376
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,519
" l' m crazy about him! Mad about her! "
377
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,315
They fall "ass over tea kettle. "
What does that mean?
378
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:33,519
It's nonsense!
We excuse it because it's about love.
379
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,318
Love doesn't make sense.
380
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:39,593
People fall in love for insanities
and we don't legislate the reasons.
381
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,718
But once they take vows...
382
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,549
...and get that legal piece of paper
and start having kids...
383
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:50,395
...we take that seriously.
We call it an institution.
384
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:55,351
For this man to vaccinate any woman
he can convince to play doctor--
385
00:33:55,600 --> 00:34:00,435
For him to indulge his affliction at the
expense of his wife and children--
386
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,229
For him to skirt financial
and moral responsibility...
387
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:08,234
... because he found a lawyer
and a shrink to call him disabled--
388
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:12,234
For him to get an order
saying she was never married...
389
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,790
...when she led
an exemplary married life--
390
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:20,591
For him to say he's addicted to love,
sex, lying and cheating--
391
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:25,755
For him to parade his penis like
he qualifies for handicapped parking--
392
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,634
How dare you subject her to this?
393
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,833
How dare you subject your kids to it?
How dare you live...
394
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,548
...you giant ass?
395
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:16,748
I don't know if I could convey
how sorry I am.
396
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,551
Nor do I know...
397
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,917
...if it would even
make any difference.
398
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,310
I've been holding back.
399
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:31,515
I thought because I was afraid
of falling in love with you.
400
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,718
And I'd get hurt.
401
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:38,030
But I think that my real fear...
402
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:43,113
...it's not that l'd
fall in love with you.
403
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,517
It's that I never would.
404
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:49,912
You represent...
405
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,315
...the girl I could never get
in high school.
406
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:57,355
I was the kid who stood
in the corners at the dances.
407
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:00,120
I only dreamt about--
408
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:07,116
And when I'm with you,
it's like I'm living my fantasy.
409
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,717
And that's exactly what I'm doing.
410
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,710
And it's all I'm doing.
411
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,150
You don't really get me...
412
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,918
...and I don't really get you.
413
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,917
I think what I'm trying to say--
414
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,836
You've met somebody.
415
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,719
-No, I haven't.
-Yes, you have.
416
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:39,630
You say I don't get you, I can't
connect with your inner worlds.
417
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:44,237
Know anybody who does? Anybody you
run to when you need to talk?
418
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,711
Anybody who connects
with your dream world?
419
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,672
There is somebody.
420
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:58,633
But judging by the look
I see on her face lately...
421
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,713
...you may have waited too long.
422
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,279
Excuse me.
423
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:29,913
Hey.
424
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,276
Billy, hey.
425
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,478
How's Georgette?
426
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,713
-Georgia.
-Whatever.
427
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,910
Everything okay?
428
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,516
Sure. I just--
429
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,672
Patriots. Hartford.
430
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,116
Everything's fine.
431
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,156
I give the petitioner points...
432
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:04,315
...and the petitioner's counsel for
making viable a case for annulment...
433
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,632
...that flies in the face
of common sense.
434
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,519
And l' m horrified to admit...
435
00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:13,154
...it's a winning argument.
436
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,518
My only solace
is that the law can go either way.
437
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,035
And you got one of my favorite judges.
438
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:21,713
Me.
439
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,709
I share Ms. McBeal's disgust.
440
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,514
And to spice it
with a little of my own...
441
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,230
...I order the petitioner
pay Mrs. Goodman's legal fees.
442
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,432
Petition for annulment denied.
443
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,951
Our rates just shot up!
444
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:14,632
-All your closings that passionate?
-Some more than others.
445
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,714
You take that marriage institution
thing seriously.
446
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:20,512
Don't you?
447
00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:24,679
I like marriage,
but I only plan to do it once.
448
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,919
I had this favorite song
in high school.
449
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:33,633
I never told anybody.
450
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:38,351
It was Anne Murray, and my friends
wouldn't let me think it was cool.
451
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:42,673
It was called,
" Can I Have This Dance? "
452
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:45,712
It was about--
453
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,838
I don't know.
Happily ever after or something.
454
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,197
-How did it go?
-You won't get me to sing.
455
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,398
I don't know the song. How did it go?
456
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:57,437
Well....
457
00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,513
Come on.
458
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:34,869
You stinker!
459
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:37,189
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