1 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:03,902 Previously on Boston Legal. 2 00:00:04,004 --> 00:00:08,100 You gave me the Crane legacy, and I fully plan on living up to it. 3 00:00:08,208 --> 00:00:11,507 - He's not my son. - Obviously he doesn't know. - You're not my father? 4 00:00:11,611 --> 00:00:15,775 I'm not comfortable with you working closely with this woman. You and I are in a relationship. 5 00:00:15,882 --> 00:00:19,079 The fact you don't realize it doesn't give you license to be unfaithful. 6 00:00:19,185 --> 00:00:23,747 - You're mad as a hatter. - Donny Crane. You remember me. We used to be father and son. 7 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:28,089 I may not have been around much, but I was always there when you needed me. 8 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:29,525 Still am. 9 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:40,466 I pledge allegiance to the flag... 10 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:43,406 of the United States of America... 11 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:47,105 and to the republic for which it stands... 12 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:51,274 one nation, under God, indivisible... 13 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:54,683 with liberty and justice for all. 14 00:00:56,756 --> 00:01:00,715 Well, Denny, that was refreshing and patriotic. What gives? 15 00:01:00,827 --> 00:01:03,352 I, Denny Crane, am going to court... 16 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:06,398 to represent the United States of America. 17 00:01:06,499 --> 00:01:09,468 And what has our country done to deserve you? 18 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:12,094 The U. S. Attorney and the D. O. J. had to recuse themselves... 19 00:01:12,205 --> 00:01:15,504 so Alberto appointed me to carry the ball for Team U. S. A. 20 00:01:15,608 --> 00:01:18,839 The greatest lawyer in the world representing the greatest country in the world. 21 00:01:18,945 --> 00:01:20,970 A match made in heaven. 22 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:23,174 - Did you know about this? - I did not. 23 00:01:23,283 --> 00:01:26,116 Where's a sitter when you need one? 24 00:01:28,388 --> 00:01:31,084 And we're back in court on the Ehrlich-Water case. 25 00:01:31,191 --> 00:01:34,627 Opposing counsel is relentless. Yet another evidentiary hearing. 26 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:37,389 Denise, per your status report... 27 00:01:37,497 --> 00:01:41,593 you had your mandatory settlement conference with datemistake. com last week? 28 00:01:41,701 --> 00:01:43,498 Datemistake. com? 29 00:01:43,603 --> 00:01:46,572 It's an Internet site where women can vent their ill feelings... 30 00:01:46,673 --> 00:01:49,699 about the men they dated as a warning to other women. 31 00:01:49,809 --> 00:01:51,970 Our client, Derek Roth, has been defamed by them. 32 00:01:52,078 --> 00:01:54,706 Oh! I'm sorry. I, um- 33 00:01:54,814 --> 00:01:56,975 You were just a little in my space. 34 00:01:57,083 --> 00:01:59,017 Yes, Shirley. We did reach a settlement. 35 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:02,452 As for Denny, thejudge denied the government's motion to dismiss... 36 00:02:02,555 --> 00:02:06,150 so the spectacle of Denny Crane... 37 00:02:06,259 --> 00:02:08,352 representing the United States... 38 00:02:08,461 --> 00:02:11,692 will continue to play out in federal court, God save us all. 39 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:14,232 - What judge did Denny get? - Judge Kimberly Ohlund. 40 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:17,201 I used to clerk for her. 41 00:02:17,303 --> 00:02:21,330 Her current clerk, Dan Jinx, and I play squash. I'm e-mailing Dan now. 42 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:24,035 He'll give me everything from the judge's political leanings... 43 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:26,408 to her basal temperature after breakfast. 44 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:28,811 - Thank you, Marlene. - Sorry I'm late. 45 00:02:28,915 --> 00:02:32,146 But as usual, I'm really only here for the fruit. 46 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:36,416 Mmm. Something new. 47 00:02:36,523 --> 00:02:39,686 Alan, Marlene Stanger. Marlene, Alan Shore. 48 00:02:39,792 --> 00:02:42,386 - A pleasure, Miss Stanger. - Mr. Shore. 49 00:02:46,032 --> 00:02:48,330 Marlene comes to us from Howard and Brock. 50 00:02:48,434 --> 00:02:51,995 Your name came up frequently at my old firm. 51 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:55,268 - I hope amid a torrent of obscenities. - Always. 52 00:02:55,375 --> 00:02:57,002 Good. 53 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:07,542 I look forward to working with you, Miss Stanger. 54 00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:11,181 It's not often you meet someone with such ocular precision. 55 00:03:54,934 --> 00:03:57,630 - Why won't you try this case with me? - Personal reasons. 56 00:03:57,737 --> 00:03:59,705 It's because you're red. 57 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:03,071 That's the old red, not the new red, which is the opposite of blue. That's good. 58 00:04:03,176 --> 00:04:05,144 It's the old red. That's bad. And pink. 59 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:08,578 Regardless of my pigmentation, I promised I'd sit with you. 60 00:04:08,681 --> 00:04:11,514 - That's the best I can do. - Denny Crane doesn't need any sitters. 61 00:04:11,618 --> 00:04:14,086 - What are these personal reasons anyway? - It's the global gag rule. 62 00:04:14,187 --> 00:04:18,055 Nonsense. Gags are dangerous, locally or globally. 63 00:04:18,157 --> 00:04:21,354 You don't even know what the global gag rule is, do you? 64 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:23,827 I can tell you. 65 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:28,128 The global gag rule forces other countries where abortion is perfectly legal... 66 00:04:28,234 --> 00:04:31,203 to stop performing them or even uttering the word "abortion. " 67 00:04:31,304 --> 00:04:34,205 Otherwise, the United States cuts off their funding. 68 00:04:34,307 --> 00:04:36,207 - Donny. - Denny. 69 00:04:36,309 --> 00:04:38,470 - Alan. - Donny. 70 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:44,282 - What are you doing here? - I'm with Lawyers Without Borders. 71 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:48,343 They heard you were brought in after thejudge denied the government's motion to dismiss. 72 00:04:48,454 --> 00:04:52,288 - Liberal pinko. - Please rise. The Honorable Kimberly Ohlund presiding. 73 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:55,293 Denny Crane for the United States of America, Your Honor. 74 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:57,556 Donny Crane for the plaintiff, Kavita Pokharel. 75 00:04:57,664 --> 00:05:00,030 I take it you two know each other? 76 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:02,192 - He's not my father. - He's like a son. 77 00:05:03,770 --> 00:05:06,830 This'll be a delight. 78 00:05:22,555 --> 00:05:25,718 I can't believe the squid is working here now. 79 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:28,055 The squid? 80 00:05:31,130 --> 00:05:34,657 In old mythology they say the squid is the only animal that can kill a shark. 81 00:05:34,767 --> 00:05:37,497 I used to work with her at Howard and Brock... 82 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:39,434 and like the mysterious giant squid... 83 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:41,439 the only evidence ofher existence... 84 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:44,942 were the whopping sucker marks left on her victims. 85 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:50,442 I take it you didn't get along. 86 00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:53,280 You don't get along with the squid. 87 00:05:53,386 --> 00:05:56,514 She used to tap into the computer network, steal everyone's research memos... 88 00:05:56,622 --> 00:05:58,522 and then claim them as her own. 89 00:05:58,624 --> 00:06:01,184 Why the hell did we hire her? 90 00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:04,752 Beats me. I only hope she doesn't get my Alan. 91 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:15,034 I was pregnant with my second child. 92 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,579 When I went into labor, my husband took me to the district clinic in Khotang. 93 00:06:24,684 --> 00:06:26,652 This is in Nepal. 94 00:06:26,753 --> 00:06:29,381 Objection. Witness isn't speaking English. 95 00:06:29,489 --> 00:06:32,720 We're aware of that, Mr. Crane. She's being translated. 96 00:06:32,825 --> 00:06:35,623 - Is that legal? - Shocking, isn't it? 97 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:38,492 Oh. 98 00:06:38,598 --> 00:06:40,793 Continue. 99 00:06:45,772 --> 00:06:48,536 It was the same clinic where I had my first child. 100 00:06:48,641 --> 00:06:50,905 Only this time the doctor was gone. 101 00:06:56,048 --> 00:07:00,041 The medical assistant said I had an obstetric fistula... 102 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:02,121 and I needed a caesarean section. 103 00:07:07,627 --> 00:07:11,723 But because they had no equipment or medicine or a physician... 104 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:14,197 they said there was nothing they could do. 105 00:07:19,071 --> 00:07:21,266 I began to hemorrhage. 106 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:25,140 I almost bled to death, and my baby boy died. 107 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:33,211 I'm not the only one. Thousands are dying. 108 00:07:33,319 --> 00:07:35,810 Why weren't there any supplies? 109 00:07:41,093 --> 00:07:43,687 They told me the United States had taken away all the clinic's funding. 110 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:48,460 Edward Broaden. 111 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:52,060 And the man responsible for making that decision was Mr. Edward Broaden. 112 00:07:52,171 --> 00:07:54,332 That man? 113 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:59,635 Yes. 114 00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:04,648 I was a physician in Khotang from 2001 until last October. 115 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:09,849 Our clinic had been funded primarily by the United States. 116 00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:12,356 Notice he didn't say "thank you. " 117 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:14,483 He's got a lot on his mind, Denny. 118 00:08:14,594 --> 00:08:17,757 And, Dr. Patel, did your clinic perform abortions? 119 00:08:17,864 --> 00:08:20,332 No. Even though it is legal in Nepal... 120 00:08:20,433 --> 00:08:25,268 our clinic made the decision not to in order to receive U. S. funding. 121 00:08:25,371 --> 00:08:28,932 However, we hung up a poster that said... 122 00:08:29,041 --> 00:08:32,738 "We believe that a woman has a right to control her own body. " 123 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:36,212 The poster was meant to promote women's rights... 124 00:08:36,315 --> 00:08:40,445 and to prevent rape as well as spousal abuse. 125 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:43,681 But the USAl D representative, Mr. Broaden... 126 00:08:43,789 --> 00:08:47,247 felt the poster was pro-abortion. 127 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,420 And that was that. We lost all of our funding. 128 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,696 You're looking thin. You should eat more. 129 00:08:57,803 --> 00:09:00,795 Some of us don't have fancy expense accounts to pay for our meals, hmm? 130 00:09:00,907 --> 00:09:03,808 - You should get one. They're awesome. - Mr. Crane? 131 00:09:05,011 --> 00:09:07,502 Yes, yes, yes, yes. 132 00:09:07,613 --> 00:09:09,979 - Dr., uh- - Patel. 133 00:09:10,082 --> 00:09:13,677 I have in my hand here... 134 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:15,913 the copy of the rules... 135 00:09:16,022 --> 00:09:18,786 that clinics must follow in order to get U. S. aid. 136 00:09:18,891 --> 00:09:21,621 - You've seen this manual? - Yes, I have. 137 00:09:21,727 --> 00:09:24,287 But the rules in it are so vague. 138 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:28,925 They're left to the interpretation of the USAl D representative. 139 00:09:29,035 --> 00:09:32,801 That representative is hired by an appointee of the president of the United States. Correct? 140 00:09:32,905 --> 00:09:35,999 - Yes. - So, Doctor, in your expert opinion as a physician... 141 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:39,635 who the hell are you to question the president of the United States? 142 00:09:39,745 --> 00:09:41,474 - Objection. Badgering. - Sustained. 143 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:45,073 You know the president is against abortion. 144 00:09:45,184 --> 00:09:49,177 In following the rules, it would seem you would err on the side of caution, but you didn't. 145 00:09:49,288 --> 00:09:51,984 You put up an inflammatory poster. 146 00:09:52,091 --> 00:09:56,460 We didn't feel it was inflammatory to protect the rights of women. 147 00:09:56,562 --> 00:10:00,521 Well, it got me mad! You have other clinics that get our money, right? 148 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:02,498 - Yes. - Ones who are able to follow the rules? 149 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:04,536 The point is, Mr. Crane... 150 00:10:04,637 --> 00:10:07,105 while you allow abortion in your country... 151 00:10:07,206 --> 00:10:09,936 you are trying to deny it to the rest of the world. 152 00:10:10,042 --> 00:10:12,306 The people of this country never decided on abortion. 153 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:14,470 The elected officials never voted on it. 154 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:19,279 It was nine justices of the Supreme Court. The people are still angry about it. 155 00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:22,479 - Objection! He's not asking a question. He's debating. - What are you talking about? 156 00:10:22,588 --> 00:10:25,455 - The reason why the Supreme Court exists- - I'm not- Yeah? 157 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:27,856 is to protect people from their own mob mentality- 158 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,123 - I disagree. Objection. - Fine. Objection right back at you. 159 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:34,199 - I object to your objection! - Both objections are sustained. Move on. 160 00:10:38,337 --> 00:10:42,467 - So, Dr., um- - Patel. 161 00:10:42,575 --> 00:10:47,137 If you want American money, don't kill babies. 162 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:51,176 She wasn't trying to. 163 00:11:00,459 --> 00:11:05,226 This is so disrespectful. You don't come home to Papa by suing his government. 164 00:11:05,331 --> 00:11:08,767 You're not my papa. Your sperm never touched my egg. 165 00:11:08,868 --> 00:11:11,302 And someone has to sue the government. 166 00:11:11,404 --> 00:11:15,101 Look, our policy denies thousands of people lifesaving medical care... 167 00:11:15,207 --> 00:11:18,176 based on the personal religious views of our leader. 168 00:11:18,277 --> 00:11:21,041 Nothing says democracy like imperialism. 169 00:11:21,147 --> 00:11:25,083 Why can't you come to town for once, and we just toss the pigskin around? 170 00:11:25,184 --> 00:11:27,084 That's American. 171 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:29,086 - Dinner? - 8:00. 172 00:11:30,289 --> 00:11:32,917 - Denny Crane. - Donny Crane. 173 00:11:34,226 --> 00:11:37,093 Donny Crane. 174 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:49,398 We had this settled. 175 00:11:49,508 --> 00:11:53,103 Upon further review of the agreement, Mr. Roth didn't approve. 176 00:11:53,212 --> 00:11:56,375 I don't know what game you're playing here, but you're not getting another dime from us. 177 00:11:56,482 --> 00:12:00,077 Please don't address my client directly. Talk to me. 178 00:12:03,723 --> 00:12:07,591 Your client should know that our original offer was more than generous. 179 00:12:07,693 --> 00:12:10,093 That's not the way I see it. 180 00:12:10,196 --> 00:12:13,393 Thirteen months ago, Derek went out on a few dates with one Monique Foster... 181 00:12:13,499 --> 00:12:15,797 otherwise known on your Web site, datemistake. com, as Anonymous. 182 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:18,995 Things didn't work out, and he broke up with her. 183 00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:23,303 Months later, he met someone, fell in love and got engaged. Things looked... rosy. 184 00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:26,674 Yeah, until Anonymous found datemistake. com and started posting all these lies about me. 185 00:12:26,779 --> 00:12:29,339 His fianc�e found him prominently displayed on the site... 186 00:12:29,448 --> 00:12:31,382 and broke up with Derek two days later. 187 00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:34,317 We all know what happened, Miss Stanger. We reached the original settlement. 188 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:36,820 What we didn't know was the rest of the story. 189 00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:40,323 Now anytime someone tries to google my name or my company, Roth's Plumbing Supply... 190 00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:43,589 instead of finding my Web site, yours is the first site that comes up. 191 00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:46,324 My sales have dropped 40% since this posting. 192 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:49,868 You could've posted a rebuttal, responded to anonymous opinions of you. 193 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:52,301 But why should I have to? 194 00:12:52,404 --> 00:12:55,032 You destroy my client's reputation, his business. 195 00:12:55,141 --> 00:12:59,134 You humiliate him in public, then force him to fix the damages that you caused. 196 00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:01,805 That's like a glass company throwing rocks through your window then saying... 197 00:13:01,914 --> 00:13:03,973 "Hey, need to buy a new window?" 198 00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:06,847 David. Nancy. 199 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:09,011 - Derek? - Hi. 200 00:13:09,121 --> 00:13:11,715 - Denise, right. You know everyone. - I do. 201 00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:14,725 - May I see you? - Of course. 202 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:25,259 What the hell are you doing with my client? 203 00:13:25,371 --> 00:13:28,863 Well, Denise, I was looking over some of your settlement agreements... 204 00:13:28,974 --> 00:13:30,942 just to see how things worked around here. 205 00:13:31,043 --> 00:13:33,307 Some firms are quite formal and sticklers for grammar and language. 206 00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:37,075 I see around here anything goes, which is fine. I just needed to know. 207 00:13:37,183 --> 00:13:39,344 What are you doing with my client? 208 00:13:39,451 --> 00:13:43,182 I looked at the settlement figure you had. I thought we could do better. 209 00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:45,951 I saw Denny was the assigned partner on the case. 210 00:13:46,058 --> 00:13:48,993 Y- You went to Denny behind my back to steal my case? 211 00:13:49,094 --> 00:13:51,892 Oh, no, no. God, no. I just told him my thoughts. 212 00:13:51,997 --> 00:13:54,363 He was very encouraging and told me to go for it. 213 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:57,902 So I held the documents from being published, made a few calls, and, well, here we are. 214 00:13:58,003 --> 00:14:01,598 Our client is really happy, and I think we can ring these people up for some big bucks. 215 00:14:01,707 --> 00:14:05,006 There's only one problem with that, Marlene. Derek in there doesn't have a case. 216 00:14:05,110 --> 00:14:10,377 The $10,000 settlement I got him was a gift from datemistake. com to make him go away. 217 00:14:10,482 --> 00:14:15,112 I think we could get more. If you agree with me, I would love to share this case with you. 218 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:19,715 We're leaving, as is our original offer. 219 00:14:20,826 --> 00:14:22,987 They'll be back. 220 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:02,993 Shejust went to Denny and stole my case. 221 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:05,570 - Just stole it. - Okay. 222 00:15:05,671 --> 00:15:10,404 Did you know that at her old firm they called her "the squid"? 223 00:15:10,509 --> 00:15:12,409 The squid? 224 00:15:12,511 --> 00:15:17,175 The only thing that can kill a shark. 225 00:15:17,283 --> 00:15:21,549 What really gets me about these people is how they're so obvious and manipulative. 226 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:24,748 And you're trying to manipulate our friendship to get me to do something about this? 227 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:27,451 - Yes. - Mm-hmm. 228 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:31,461 After she stole my case, she had the nerve to tell me we could share it. 229 00:15:31,563 --> 00:15:35,499 Marlene is a first-rate lawyer. She brings in a lot of money. 230 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:38,161 She almost made partner at Howard and Brock. 231 00:15:38,270 --> 00:15:42,400 We recruited her with the understanding that if she does as well here as she did there... 232 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:44,874 she would make partner in the next vote. 233 00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:48,003 - And you're okay with that? - I am. Yeah. 234 00:15:50,082 --> 00:15:53,210 Look, Denise, you have a very bright future here. 235 00:15:53,319 --> 00:15:56,777 But let me put this as gently as I can. 236 00:15:58,157 --> 00:16:00,125 Toughen up. 237 00:16:11,403 --> 00:16:13,371 You seeing anyone? 238 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:15,372 Not really. You? 239 00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:17,908 - I got married. - Married? 240 00:16:18,010 --> 00:16:19,910 For a day. 241 00:16:20,012 --> 00:16:22,981 We tried to contact you for the wedding, but you were nowhere to be found. 242 00:16:25,718 --> 00:16:29,176 Um, question. 243 00:16:29,288 --> 00:16:32,018 Do the girls actually talk? 244 00:16:32,124 --> 00:16:34,490 I'm not quite sure of the etiquette here. 245 00:16:34,593 --> 00:16:38,689 I don't think there's a question of etiquette, son. They're escorts. 246 00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:42,660 So you like flying around the world... 247 00:16:42,768 --> 00:16:45,601 picking up strangers, bringing them to our courts? 248 00:16:45,704 --> 00:16:50,004 It isn't a matter of liking. I'm trying to make people understand. 249 00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:53,010 All these clinics forced to close their doors... 250 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:55,945 by the simple stroke of the pen of our president. 251 00:16:56,048 --> 00:16:58,016 And here we are in Boston... 252 00:16:58,117 --> 00:17:01,644 where there are eight world-class hospitals within a 10-mile radius. 253 00:17:01,754 --> 00:17:06,623 We don't see it. I'm hoping Kavita will help us see it. 254 00:17:06,725 --> 00:17:09,956 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I get the picture now. 255 00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:13,088 This is all about beating your old man, isn't it, son? 256 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,930 For once, this isn't about you. 257 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,301 Then you won't mind losing. 258 00:17:20,406 --> 00:17:25,070 I got the law on my side, plus the United States government and Denny Crane. 259 00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:28,977 Two equal and unstoppable forces. 260 00:17:29,081 --> 00:17:32,016 Mm-hmm. And I've got a sympathetic judge... 261 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:34,449 and an honest woman who lost her child. 262 00:17:36,155 --> 00:17:39,318 You always taught me emotion wins. 263 00:17:40,692 --> 00:17:43,252 - Isn't he something? - Mm-hmm. 264 00:17:45,330 --> 00:17:48,424 Yeah. 265 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:58,134 - We're late. - You're late. I'm not going. 266 00:17:58,243 --> 00:18:00,768 That time of the month? 267 00:18:00,879 --> 00:18:02,608 Come on! 268 00:18:02,714 --> 00:18:04,648 We're having fun. 269 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:06,581 You're having fun. 270 00:18:06,685 --> 00:18:10,348 Sweeping into court, trying a monumental case... 271 00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:13,118 about which there is much to be thoughtful, much to articulate... 272 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:15,489 about which you know almost nothing. 273 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:20,964 And you're using nothing but easyjokes, a swell suit and blind patriotism. 274 00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:23,626 You're jealous of my son. 275 00:18:23,735 --> 00:18:26,101 Denny, you don't have a son, and the truth is... 276 00:18:26,205 --> 00:18:30,505 you're making a complete ass of yourself in that courtroom about something you shouldn't. 277 00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:33,077 I don't care to see it or support it. 278 00:18:33,178 --> 00:18:36,204 There's a difference between being an ass and being effective. 279 00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:38,977 When you win, they say you're effective. 280 00:18:39,084 --> 00:18:42,645 When you lose, which I never do, they call you an ass. 281 00:18:43,889 --> 00:18:46,517 I don't need you, Alan. 282 00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:49,287 I don't need anybody. 283 00:18:49,394 --> 00:18:52,056 Never have. Never will. 284 00:19:03,008 --> 00:19:07,172 I was in charge of the USAID office in the northeastern region of Nepal. 285 00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:11,875 Part of myjob was to enforce the rules of the Mexico City Policy. 286 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:14,714 What policy? Everything comes with rice and beans. 287 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:17,152 No. 288 00:19:17,256 --> 00:19:20,350 The name of the policy in question is the Mexico City Policy. 289 00:19:20,459 --> 00:19:24,828 But opponents erroneously refer to it as the global gag rule. 290 00:19:24,930 --> 00:19:27,160 All right. So what are we doing in Mexico? 291 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:30,963 That's where President Reagan first enacted the policy in 1984. 292 00:19:31,069 --> 00:19:34,664 It was enacted as a reaction to forced abortions in China... 293 00:19:34,773 --> 00:19:36,741 as a means of population control. 294 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:40,403 - Chinese, Mexican. Anybody hungry? - Objection. 295 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:43,106 - Sustained. - All right. Let's get back to America. 296 00:19:43,215 --> 00:19:47,549 You're saying that these policies were enacted as a humanitarian gesture? 297 00:19:47,653 --> 00:19:49,553 Yes, it was. 298 00:19:49,655 --> 00:19:52,021 And is it in the United States'discretion... 299 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:54,922 to decide which clinics get funding? 300 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,018 As a part of our governmental function, yes. 301 00:19:57,129 --> 00:19:59,393 Determining funding... 302 00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:01,466 is a purely governmental function. 303 00:20:01,567 --> 00:20:06,266 And, uh, governments are immune... 304 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:08,339 under the, um- 305 00:20:09,775 --> 00:20:12,243 under the, uh- 306 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,615 Federal Tort Claims Act. 307 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:19,581 Right. 308 00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:23,781 Therefore- 309 00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:26,255 You will move for dismissal... 310 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:28,724 and I will again deny the motion. 311 00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:31,227 Move on. 312 00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:35,294 Nothing further, Your Honor. 313 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:51,438 You, uh-You say this was done as a humanitarian effort. 314 00:20:51,550 --> 00:20:55,350 However, the rule was instituted by President Reagan... 315 00:20:55,454 --> 00:20:57,513 continued under the first President Bush... 316 00:20:57,623 --> 00:21:00,615 then rescinded during the Clinton administration. 317 00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:02,125 That's true. 318 00:21:02,227 --> 00:21:04,627 And the day George W. Bush took office... 319 00:21:04,730 --> 00:21:09,793 reinstating the global gag rule was one ofhis first official pieces ofbusiness. 320 00:21:09,901 --> 00:21:12,096 That sounds political to me. 321 00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:14,434 - Objection, uh- - Sustained. 322 00:21:14,539 --> 00:21:17,997 So the policy was designed... 323 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:21,011 to stop abortion as a method of family planning? 324 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:22,603 Yes. 325 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:25,615 Even though, by withdrawing funding from those clinics... 326 00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:28,618 they no longer have money for any family planning... 327 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:33,214 which could stop unwanted pregnancies and the need for abortions? 328 00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:35,725 Mr. Broaden, you're not the only USAID representative... 329 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:38,057 that has to deal with this issue, are you? 330 00:21:38,163 --> 00:21:40,063 No, I'm not. 331 00:21:40,165 --> 00:21:43,134 The truth is that our global gag rule is affecting, well... 332 00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:45,328 the globe. 333 00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:49,533 The Balkans, Africa, South America, Asia. 334 00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:52,542 Any place dependent on U. S. funding... 335 00:21:52,644 --> 00:21:55,807 is not allowed to even utter the word "abortion. " 336 00:21:55,914 --> 00:21:57,677 Yes, that's true. 337 00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:02,914 So don't you think it's curious that in our administration's quest to stop abortion... 338 00:22:03,021 --> 00:22:07,981 we're actually restricting free speech, which is a hallmark of democracy? 339 00:22:08,093 --> 00:22:10,493 Objection. Irrelevant and unpatriotic. 340 00:22:10,595 --> 00:22:12,825 Sustained. 341 00:22:41,727 --> 00:22:44,355 Datemistake. com. 342 00:22:44,463 --> 00:22:47,864 Thank goodness technology has progressed to the point... 343 00:22:47,966 --> 00:22:51,868 where we no longer have to deal with our issues privately. 344 00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:57,372 So, any of my misadventures chronicled in there? 345 00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:59,910 No. 346 00:23:00,011 --> 00:23:02,309 - Surprised? - A little. 347 00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:05,281 As to the fact that you checked on me, no. 348 00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:20,095 Just so you know, that little incident would be considered sexual harassment. 349 00:23:20,198 --> 00:23:22,029 You're quite intoxicating. 350 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:24,068 Oops. Did it again. 351 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:27,967 But you won't report me to the bosses. 352 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:30,268 Why not? 353 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:33,276 Marlene, while I haven't known you long... 354 00:23:33,378 --> 00:23:36,643 I get the feeling your best work is done behind your colleagues'back. 355 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:39,342 If you were to report me, you certainly wouldn't have warned me first. 356 00:23:39,451 --> 00:23:44,582 What you'd really like to do is wrap your legs around me and scream at the top of your lungs. 357 00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:46,486 You're a loud one, aren't you? 358 00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:48,923 Excuse me? 359 00:23:53,565 --> 00:23:58,867 How about I just clear everything off this desk? We can take care of things right now. 360 00:23:58,970 --> 00:24:01,803 Then afterwards, you can write me up and send me on my way. 361 00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:06,376 - You're repulsive. - You're right. 362 00:24:06,478 --> 00:24:09,777 And yet I can see in your eyes you're not completely repulsed. 363 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:14,378 And therein lies the rub. 364 00:24:36,305 --> 00:24:39,536 You can't hold someone liable for expressing an opinion. 365 00:24:39,642 --> 00:24:43,305 Besides, truth is a defense. There are no objectively false facts here. 366 00:24:43,413 --> 00:24:46,541 You gotta be kidding me. Anonymous called me "cheap. " 367 00:24:46,649 --> 00:24:50,210 - Where did you take Anonymous to dinner? - Jimmy Changa's. 368 00:24:50,319 --> 00:24:52,549 And is it true that you used a coupon? 369 00:24:52,655 --> 00:24:55,522 That's not cheap. That's smart. 370 00:24:55,625 --> 00:24:57,855 - And did you pay? - Yes, I did. 371 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,487 - And did she pay too? - Yes. 372 00:25:01,597 --> 00:25:06,000 He treated her as an equal, which only proves he's a feminist as well as resourceful. 373 00:25:06,102 --> 00:25:10,163 - Anonymous didn't post that. - Yeah. And she says I have no sense ofhumor. 374 00:25:10,273 --> 00:25:14,733 - I make jokes all the time. - Those aren'tjokes. Those are puns. Puns aren't funny. 375 00:25:14,844 --> 00:25:19,178 Well, that's just your "o-pun-ion. " Isn't it? 376 00:25:19,282 --> 00:25:21,182 Oh, dear God. 377 00:25:21,284 --> 00:25:26,244 Denise, we agreed to return to the table in good faith based on your reputation. 378 00:25:26,355 --> 00:25:29,882 But you haven't given us any reason to even go back to the original agreement. 379 00:25:29,992 --> 00:25:32,688 All of the facts are on our side. 380 00:25:32,795 --> 00:25:35,286 But we may have more plaintiffs on our side. 381 00:25:35,398 --> 00:25:37,559 With just a quick search on your Web site... 382 00:25:37,667 --> 00:25:40,568 we have found 10 men willing to come forward who were defamed... 383 00:25:40,670 --> 00:25:42,968 with false statements of fact, not opinion. 384 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,536 You never mentioned these men in your previous negotiations. 385 00:25:48,644 --> 00:25:50,908 We were just focusing on our client. 386 00:25:51,013 --> 00:25:53,914 We were hoping you would be reasonable, but you're not being reasonable. 387 00:25:54,016 --> 00:25:56,450 So we're expanding this case to a class-action suit. 388 00:25:56,552 --> 00:25:58,577 As to the facts... 389 00:25:58,688 --> 00:26:02,055 Brett Doran does not still live with his mother. 390 00:26:02,158 --> 00:26:07,892 Jack Bostick does not have a one-inch johnson, even on a cold day. 391 00:26:07,997 --> 00:26:10,397 I could go on. 392 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:14,095 There are 300,000 more postings and plenty of eager associates to review them. 393 00:26:22,111 --> 00:26:26,309 We'll give you a chance to talk this over. Marlene? 394 00:26:33,890 --> 00:26:36,120 You posted these complaints yourself, didn't you? 395 00:26:36,225 --> 00:26:38,921 I'd have to be an idiot to do that. 396 00:26:39,028 --> 00:26:41,929 So you had someone else do it for you. A sister? A girlfriend? 397 00:26:42,031 --> 00:26:45,296 Denise, while you were out on a date last night... 398 00:26:45,401 --> 00:26:48,302 I was here until 3:00 in the morning hunting these guys down. 399 00:26:48,404 --> 00:26:52,272 All it took was some hard work and long hours, but I was willing to do it. 400 00:26:52,375 --> 00:26:55,469 We can go to court. The reward is potentially bigger, but so are the risks. 401 00:26:55,578 --> 00:26:59,014 Or we can go back in there and get a bigger settlement than you originally negotiated. 402 00:26:59,115 --> 00:27:00,878 Your call. 403 00:27:02,785 --> 00:27:06,380 I talk. You don't say anything. 404 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,552 So, had a chance to talk things over? 405 00:27:13,663 --> 00:27:16,359 - As a matter of fact, we have. - And? 406 00:27:16,465 --> 00:27:19,457 We don't like the way you do business, Denise. 407 00:27:19,569 --> 00:27:22,037 And I don't like the way Ms. Moran does business. 408 00:27:22,138 --> 00:27:25,539 Your company trades on the misery and pettiness of others. 409 00:27:25,641 --> 00:27:28,576 Ms. Moran, there are two ways to make money in a business like this. 410 00:27:28,678 --> 00:27:31,078 The first is the short-term cash you make... 411 00:27:31,180 --> 00:27:33,978 before someone like us comes in and shuts you down with a major lawsuit. 412 00:27:34,083 --> 00:27:37,348 The other is the real money that comes when you grow your business large enough... 413 00:27:37,453 --> 00:27:40,354 that one of the big media companies buys you out. 414 00:27:40,456 --> 00:27:43,084 But nobody's going to buy a company... 415 00:27:43,192 --> 00:27:46,457 with a potentially huge class-action lawsuit hanging over its head. 416 00:27:46,562 --> 00:27:49,759 And that's why you were willing to settle in the first place. 417 00:27:50,967 --> 00:27:53,868 $30,000, and this all goes away. 418 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,414 - Twenty thousand. - Twenty-five. 419 00:28:06,515 --> 00:28:08,949 Done. 420 00:28:09,051 --> 00:28:11,519 Yeah. 421 00:28:13,956 --> 00:28:16,356 I'll draw up the paperwork. 422 00:28:27,703 --> 00:28:30,729 You like hot fudge sundaes? 423 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,138 Ah, who knows what you like. You're a weirdo. 424 00:28:33,242 --> 00:28:36,643 But my point is, people like hot fudge sundaes. 425 00:28:36,746 --> 00:28:40,147 Well, yesterday in court, I gave them a hot fudge sundae. 426 00:28:40,249 --> 00:28:42,649 I was brilliant. 427 00:28:42,752 --> 00:28:48,486 But after you've had a big, delicious hot fudge sundae... 428 00:28:48,591 --> 00:28:51,321 it's a while before you want another one. 429 00:28:51,427 --> 00:28:53,486 - You with me so far? - Let's say that I am. 430 00:28:53,596 --> 00:28:57,293 - Great. I want you to do the closing argument. - I'm sorry? 431 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,460 I gave the jury a great, big Denny Crane sundae... 432 00:29:00,569 --> 00:29:05,131 with chocolate sauce and nuts and a cherry on the top. 433 00:29:05,241 --> 00:29:10,440 Now they're full. I can't stuff another one down their throats so soon. 434 00:29:10,546 --> 00:29:13,572 Denny, how'd it really go in court yesterday? 435 00:29:13,683 --> 00:29:15,651 Magnificent. 436 00:29:15,751 --> 00:29:20,085 That being said, if thejury heard from someone that wasn't me... 437 00:29:20,189 --> 00:29:23,590 it might refocus them in a way that would guarantee victory. 438 00:29:23,693 --> 00:29:25,627 Not that victory is in doubt. 439 00:29:25,728 --> 00:29:27,696 I see. 440 00:29:28,864 --> 00:29:31,992 Alan, I need to stay undefeated. 441 00:29:32,101 --> 00:29:34,626 I don't want to look like a fool in front of- 442 00:29:36,605 --> 00:29:38,732 I need you to do this. 443 00:29:41,010 --> 00:29:43,979 Friend helping friend? 444 00:30:00,096 --> 00:30:03,463 This case is not about abortion. 445 00:30:03,566 --> 00:30:05,761 It isn't about freedom of speech. 446 00:30:05,868 --> 00:30:09,634 It isn't even about what foreign policy the United States chooses to conduct. 447 00:30:09,739 --> 00:30:14,699 This case is about hypocrisy and the arrogance of power. 448 00:30:14,810 --> 00:30:18,803 Now, under the laws of the United States, abortion is legal. 449 00:30:18,914 --> 00:30:23,647 But we tell other countries that if they want U. S. aid... 450 00:30:23,753 --> 00:30:28,087 they cannot perform, encourage or even mention abortion. 451 00:30:28,190 --> 00:30:31,216 We look the world in the eye and say... 452 00:30:31,327 --> 00:30:34,854 "Do as I say, not as I do. " 453 00:30:36,232 --> 00:30:38,598 It's the very essence of hypocrisy. 454 00:30:39,969 --> 00:30:43,166 So, the clinic that Kavita Pokharel went to... 455 00:30:43,272 --> 00:30:46,366 had had its funding cut off by a USAl D representative... 456 00:30:46,475 --> 00:30:48,602 who mistakenly believed... 457 00:30:48,711 --> 00:30:52,408 that a poster in the clinic advocated abortion. 458 00:30:52,515 --> 00:30:55,848 Now, she had been to the clinic before and everything had been fine. 459 00:30:55,951 --> 00:30:58,476 She had the reasonable expectation... 460 00:30:58,587 --> 00:31:01,613 that the clinic would continue to function. 461 00:31:01,724 --> 00:31:03,624 How could she? 462 00:31:03,726 --> 00:31:07,218 How could anyone be expected to know... 463 00:31:07,329 --> 00:31:09,229 that United States policy... 464 00:31:09,331 --> 00:31:11,799 is as changeable as the political winds? 465 00:31:15,037 --> 00:31:16,937 A political hack... 466 00:31:17,039 --> 00:31:21,999 made a brutal, thoughtless decision that could not be appealed! 467 00:31:25,181 --> 00:31:27,206 And Ms. Pokharel's baby died. 468 00:31:28,751 --> 00:31:31,914 At a time when we're trying to spread democracy... 469 00:31:32,021 --> 00:31:33,921 around the globe... 470 00:31:34,023 --> 00:31:37,083 let us show the world that we are not hypocrites. 471 00:31:37,193 --> 00:31:40,253 Let us show the world that when the government of the United States... 472 00:31:40,362 --> 00:31:42,830 makes a horrible, tragic mistake... 473 00:31:42,932 --> 00:31:46,129 the courts of the United States... 474 00:31:47,369 --> 00:31:49,963 will make that government pay for it. 475 00:32:15,664 --> 00:32:18,497 I'd like to begin with a cheer. 476 00:32:18,601 --> 00:32:22,935 We're number one! We're number one! We're number- 477 00:32:23,038 --> 00:32:25,268 It's not much of a cheer. 478 00:32:25,374 --> 00:32:29,708 It's repetitive and rhythmically uninteresting. 479 00:32:29,812 --> 00:32:33,441 But it does succinctly apply to our country and has for quite some time. 480 00:32:33,549 --> 00:32:38,782 In fact, we've been number one so long that the rest of the world has come to rely on us. 481 00:32:38,888 --> 00:32:44,053 And we don't let them down. We're the world's largest donor of development assistance. 482 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:49,223 All in all, as a nation, we donate over $55 billion a year... 483 00:32:49,331 --> 00:32:51,231 in foreign aid. 484 00:32:51,333 --> 00:32:56,361 Money, money, money, money, money, money. Everything is about money. 485 00:32:57,673 --> 00:33:00,904 But we must never forget... 486 00:33:01,010 --> 00:33:04,309 that there is a terrible human tragedy... 487 00:33:04,413 --> 00:33:06,745 at the center of all this. 488 00:33:08,984 --> 00:33:10,884 Ms. Pokharel lost her child. 489 00:33:12,521 --> 00:33:15,718 The loss of any child's life is an incalculable horror. 490 00:33:18,928 --> 00:33:21,863 It is for that reason that I would ask you... 491 00:33:21,964 --> 00:33:26,424 to award the plaintiff piles and piles of money. 492 00:33:26,535 --> 00:33:29,834 After all, we have so much to give away. 493 00:33:29,939 --> 00:33:32,237 Why not? 494 00:33:33,642 --> 00:33:35,439 Piles and piles. 495 00:33:37,012 --> 00:33:39,173 Thank you. 496 00:33:41,217 --> 00:33:45,210 You know, come to think of it... 497 00:33:45,321 --> 00:33:48,154 maybe we don't have that much to give away, do we? 498 00:33:48,257 --> 00:33:52,452 Our national debt is now over eight trillion dollars. 499 00:33:54,797 --> 00:33:58,927 Eh, who cares? Give 'em piles anyway. What the hell. 500 00:34:00,135 --> 00:34:03,195 Never mind that we have 37 million people... 501 00:34:03,305 --> 00:34:06,206 living below the poverty line right here at home. 502 00:34:06,308 --> 00:34:11,302 What does it matter that our own literacy rate doesn't even rank in the top 50 countries? 503 00:34:11,413 --> 00:34:13,779 Just keep shelling out the foreign aid. 504 00:34:13,882 --> 00:34:16,282 Has it really bothered anyone... 505 00:34:16,385 --> 00:34:19,081 that we don't have the resources to help the Katrina victims? 506 00:34:19,188 --> 00:34:21,088 Of course not! 507 00:34:21,190 --> 00:34:25,058 What's really important is that the United States continue to be... 508 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,287 that big A. T. M. machine to the world... 509 00:34:27,396 --> 00:34:30,763 doling out wads of cash to every country who wants it. 510 00:34:30,866 --> 00:34:33,460 Money, money, money, money, money, money, money. Never mind we don't have it. 511 00:34:33,569 --> 00:34:36,538 These other nations- they're entitled, aren't they? 512 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:39,335 Even the ones who vilify us for protecting their freedom. 513 00:34:39,441 --> 00:34:41,739 By the way, listening to plaintiff's counsel... 514 00:34:41,844 --> 00:34:45,439 I couldn't help but concur how horrible we Americans are. 515 00:34:45,547 --> 00:34:49,449 Okay, so we donate $55 billion a year in foreign aid. 516 00:34:49,551 --> 00:34:52,577 But then we impose certain conditions on those gifts! 517 00:34:52,688 --> 00:34:54,315 Imagine our awfulness. 518 00:34:54,423 --> 00:34:57,449 And here, my God, we promise money to a clinic... 519 00:34:57,559 --> 00:35:00,494 so long as they promise not to promote abortion. 520 00:35:00,596 --> 00:35:03,429 So they did. How dare we not give them the money just the same? 521 00:35:03,532 --> 00:35:05,932 We should've given them that and then some. 522 00:35:06,035 --> 00:35:07,969 We have a duty to provide these handouts. 523 00:35:08,070 --> 00:35:10,538 We have an absolute duty... 524 00:35:10,639 --> 00:35:14,541 because we are the United States of America. 525 00:35:14,643 --> 00:35:18,977 And these other nations, well, they're entitled, whether they keep their promises or not. 526 00:35:49,878 --> 00:35:52,779 Our settlement check came in. Twenty-five G's. 527 00:35:52,881 --> 00:35:55,782 - I'm just glad everything worked out. - Me too. 528 00:35:55,884 --> 00:35:58,785 For all this Sturm und Drang, we really did make a pretty good team. 529 00:35:58,887 --> 00:36:01,788 I'm so glad we're not like those women in the workplace... 530 00:36:01,890 --> 00:36:04,723 who feel compelled to compete with every pair of legs in a skirt. 531 00:36:04,827 --> 00:36:07,193 You are not gonna get very far at Crane, Poole and Schmidt... 532 00:36:07,296 --> 00:36:09,890 pulling the kind of crap you did with this case. 533 00:36:09,998 --> 00:36:13,434 Denise, the only crap I pulled was to believe in this case and invest myself in it. 534 00:36:13,535 --> 00:36:15,400 That's why we more than doubled our money. 535 00:36:15,504 --> 00:36:19,372 And I think that's why they hired me at Crane, Poole and Schmidt. 536 00:36:19,475 --> 00:36:21,773 Why did they hire you? 537 00:36:22,845 --> 00:36:24,813 Anyway, see you later. 538 00:36:27,549 --> 00:36:29,881 Squid. 539 00:36:30,018 --> 00:36:32,543 Has the jury reached a verdict? 540 00:36:32,654 --> 00:36:35,179 - We have, Your Honor. - How say you? 541 00:36:35,290 --> 00:36:38,919 In the matter of Kavita Pokharel versus the United States... 542 00:36:39,027 --> 00:36:41,359 we find in favor of... 543 00:36:42,364 --> 00:36:44,298 the United States of America. 544 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,699 Thank you for your service. We're adjourned. 545 00:36:47,803 --> 00:36:50,135 Still undefeated. 546 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,605 I think my closing made all the difference. 547 00:36:52,708 --> 00:36:55,700 Denny, if I wrote it and delivered it, how did it become your closing? 548 00:36:55,811 --> 00:36:59,247 My case. I'm the lead attorney. And, of course, I'm- 549 00:36:59,348 --> 00:37:02,283 - Yes, you are. - the United States of America. 550 00:37:02,384 --> 00:37:04,648 - Of course we'll appeal. - Of course you'll lose. 551 00:37:06,422 --> 00:37:09,323 - Dinner, Denny? - Delighted, Donny. 552 00:37:18,567 --> 00:37:20,865 Son, let me ask you something. 553 00:37:22,471 --> 00:37:26,703 These lost causes-why do you do it? 554 00:37:26,809 --> 00:37:30,836 Well, I suppose the struggle gives me comfort. 555 00:37:32,948 --> 00:37:35,849 Why do you do what you do? 556 00:37:35,951 --> 00:37:37,851 I don't actually remember. 557 00:37:40,422 --> 00:37:43,880 It may have something to do with the massive amounts of money I make. 558 00:37:49,164 --> 00:37:51,132 My mom died. 559 00:37:53,302 --> 00:37:56,032 Uh, a few months ago. 560 00:37:56,138 --> 00:37:59,437 I was gonna tell you the other night, but the- 561 00:37:59,541 --> 00:38:01,509 well... 562 00:38:02,878 --> 00:38:05,506 the hookers made it a little uncomfortable. 563 00:38:05,614 --> 00:38:07,844 Mmm. 564 00:38:11,053 --> 00:38:13,521 I went looking for my real father. 565 00:38:15,057 --> 00:38:17,218 And? 566 00:38:17,326 --> 00:38:19,453 He lives in Maine. 567 00:38:19,561 --> 00:38:21,927 He works on a cranberry bog. 568 00:38:22,030 --> 00:38:24,828 Good man. Wears waders. 569 00:38:26,134 --> 00:38:27,999 Most days he's up to his knees... 570 00:38:28,103 --> 00:38:30,162 in water and little red fruits. 571 00:38:31,573 --> 00:38:33,473 Sounds like a very moist man. 572 00:38:38,514 --> 00:38:40,482 He's not you. 573 00:38:43,485 --> 00:38:47,546 Not the man I imagined growing up. 574 00:38:47,656 --> 00:38:52,753 Not the man I pictured in my mind when I was studying at law school. 575 00:38:54,363 --> 00:38:56,331 So you're all alone. 576 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,230 Yepper. 577 00:39:03,539 --> 00:39:06,508 So... 578 00:39:06,608 --> 00:39:10,066 any interest in being my fake father again? 579 00:39:12,447 --> 00:39:15,507 I never stopped being your fake father, son. 580 00:39:30,499 --> 00:39:32,399 Good night, Mr. Crane. 581 00:39:32,501 --> 00:39:34,469 Good night, Miss Stanger. 582 00:39:42,878 --> 00:39:44,778 Your closing was very convincing. 583 00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:46,780 Almost as if you believed it. 584 00:39:46,882 --> 00:39:48,782 I did. 585 00:39:48,884 --> 00:39:51,785 - You do love America? - Of course I do. 586 00:39:51,887 --> 00:39:55,914 I didn't agree with the string our government attached to the money in this case... 587 00:39:56,024 --> 00:39:58,822 but we have every right to attach strings to the funds we give. 588 00:39:58,927 --> 00:40:00,895 That's my boy. 589 00:40:02,664 --> 00:40:05,929 I'm your friend, Denny, but I'm not your boy. 590 00:40:06,034 --> 00:40:10,061 That's what troubles me- this notion that we have to take sides in this country now. 591 00:40:10,172 --> 00:40:12,072 You're either with us or against us... 592 00:40:12,174 --> 00:40:15,735 Republican or Democrat, red state or blue state. 593 00:40:15,844 --> 00:40:19,837 I can't believe I live in a blue state. I mean- 594 00:40:19,948 --> 00:40:23,782 No one looks at an issue and struggles over the right position to take anymore. 595 00:40:23,885 --> 00:40:26,786 And yet our ability to reason is what makes us human. 596 00:40:26,888 --> 00:40:29,789 Lately we seem so willing to forfeit that gift of reason... 597 00:40:29,891 --> 00:40:33,156 in exchange for the good feeling of belonging to a group. 598 00:40:33,261 --> 00:40:36,788 We all just take the position of our team. 599 00:40:36,898 --> 00:40:39,799 I've certainly done it and hated myself for it. 600 00:40:39,901 --> 00:40:42,335 I've never heard you make so much sense. 601 00:40:42,437 --> 00:40:46,806 I make sense all the time. You just listen intermittently. 602 00:40:48,310 --> 00:40:50,278 Could be. 603 00:40:51,980 --> 00:40:55,313 Ahh. I like that new girl. 604 00:40:55,417 --> 00:40:57,317 Marlene. 605 00:40:57,419 --> 00:40:59,819 She's got an aggressive eye. 606 00:40:59,921 --> 00:41:02,890 Bet she's magnificent in bed. 607 00:41:02,991 --> 00:41:06,552 Oh, I bet she's at her best with her back against the wall. 608 00:41:06,662 --> 00:41:08,289 Mmm. 609 00:41:11,633 --> 00:41:14,067 Oh, I can't wait till next week. 610 00:42:02,984 --> 00:42:04,679 You stinker!