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Previously on L .A. Law.

Oh, this is an almost perfect night here.

What does it mean, almost? I'm hungry.

It's your video, Arnie. You're the one who got it. Oh, suddenly it's my video.

When the money's rolling in, it's our video. But as soon as there's a possible

judgment looming against us, I'm on my own.

Another knife in the ribs, another reminder that your partners aren't your

friends.

Arnie, enough already.

You're settled. You're done with it.

I also know more about the people I work with.

Step. Step.

Good. Let's move.

Move. Come on, you're the lead singer here, Rox. All right?

Try and be loose.

Not yet.

No, no. I want you to feel the song, Rox. Really. Get down and feel the

I feel it. Step and step, step and step.

Hold the mic a little more freely. Come on, don't be afraid.

Let's do the second verse.

Keep the bounce.

That's fine.

Good. Don't forget to breathe.

Here we go.

Two, three, sing.

No April rain.

The rain's falling down.

No flowers bloom.

Head up. There's going to be a crowd out there. Sing to them.

Watch the hips.

That's good.

Sing it out. Let's project.

From your heart, it's true.

Feel it, Roxanne.

Good.

Pull from your diaphragm the big refrain.

call. Why'd you call? Today. And why'd you say?

I love you. Good. But you gotta mean it more.

I just called. Why'd you call?

Today, how much I care.

Help her out. You're the audience. You see, you can't just sit here. I just

called. Why'd you call? Today, I love you.

That's it. Bring it home.

And I mean it from the bottom of my heart.

A few clean -up items before we break. Do it.

You've noted a possible conflict for Tuesday's meeting with the Bowes

Yeah. Anne and the baby have a doctor's appointment, and I would like to take

them. It'll just be the early afternoon.

How is the little guy, anyway?

Oh, he's fantastic.

He's just, um... He's fantastic.

Lastly, I know you've all said your hellos a dozen times already, but let me

issue an official, firm welcome to Rosalind Shays on her first day at

Brackman.

Thank you. I'm officially honored and excited by joining you. Please forgive

temporary low -income housing on Associates Row. Your new office should

within the next few weeks.

That sounds really great.

Very lastly, Roxanne Melman has requested a moment.

Hello.

As most of you know, I've been taking singing lessons for the last couple of

months at Stairway to Stardom Recording Institute.

Well... In order to get my graduation certificate, each student has to perform

live at a real nightclub in front of real people.

Well, one other student and myself are up this Thursday night at Backland's

Place in the Sun.

Our teacher says that it would be much easier if we could get people that we

know to be out in the audience for us. So, well,

if any of you are free... Count me in.

Me too.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you. Oh, and Gloria and I, that's the other person who's up. We need to

get a couple of extra movement sessions in because the teacher says we're kind

of stiff.

So we'd like to practice in the file room during my lunch hour with the dance

coach, if that's okay.

Oh, that's fine. That's good.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

And on that, we're adjourned.

Excuse me, I'm a marine biologist, and I heard there's a shark living there.

Paula, how are you?

Great, I don't believe it.

Abby, Abby Perkins, Paula Light.

That's my bestest friend from law school.

Oh, yes, the bestest. You call me all the time, right? I called you Christmas

Day. Only because I'm Jewish.

Excuse us, will you? All right,

just stand there.

Let me see.

I can't believe I'm looking at you. What are you doing here in L .A.? Will you

shut up? I'll ask the questions here, Mr. Hoot and Ty.

You little corporate drone.

Come on.

That's the best surprise ever.

Well, if you like surprises, I'm loaded with them. Don't worry.

So how are you, Paula?

How am I?

Um, well, on the one hand, I feel better than I've ever felt.

Good.

And on the other hand...

I'm dying.

Yeah, aren't we all?

I'm serious, Jonathan.

Listen, there is no easy way to spring this.

I have an inoperable brain tumor.

I have a year to live, Tops.

I was diagnosed a year ago, and I went through radiation, which shrunk it, and

now it's come back.

And it's coming back fast.

Oh, God.

Why don't you tell me?

I haven't told anybody.

I'm sorry to lay this on you now, but to tell you the truth, I could use your

help. Whatever you want, tell me.

Have you heard of cryonics?

What, you mean freezing people?

Yeah, freezing people.

There's a cryonic life extension facility here in California, and the

that they can freeze people with incurable diseases and...

A hundred years from now, when technology comes up with a cure, who

Yeah? I have a motion scheduled tomorrow.

I need a court order to get this done to me, and I'd like you to do the

argument.

Paula, can't... Can't you just stipulate in your will? You don't understand.

By the time this thing runs its course, the tumor will have completely destroyed

my brain.

I want to do it now, before the damage.

Paula.

Paula.

You're talking about... I'm talking about hope.

I was prepared to argue the motion myself, and now I suddenly thought on

flight over here how seriously the judge is going to take somebody who wants to

get stuck in a freezer.

So, I need an objective lawyer.

But I want somebody who knows me.

I don't know anything about cryonics.

Maybe... Michael Cusack is our head litigator here.

He had a case a couple years ago where this guy wanted to be freeze -dried.

Maybe I can... That isn't this.

Being freeze -dried is basically being stuffed and mounted.

I'm talking about profound hypothermia and the possibility of being brought

to be living again.

You're asking me to help you end your life.

I know that.

But if I commit suicide...

Or if I die of unnatural causes, I go to the coroner's office.

And by the time the autopsy's complete, I'm not a suitable candidate for

cryonics. I want to do this in their laboratory under controlled conditions.

And to do that, they insist that I get a court order.

And I need you to help me get it.

Sheldon? Arnie.

Eric, I think we're ready.

This way, please.

Arnie, you made short work of this one. It is a masterful settlement.

Thank you.

Have you ever thought about what it means to be able to do this stuff?

What stuff?

Thanks. Navigate treacherous waters, generate large sums of money.

Have you ever thought about what you'd do this for?

Like you, Sheldon, I'd do it to make a living.

I suggest at some point you ask yourself what's in it for you.

I do that every day. Good. Do it again.

This time, do it in the context of making a move.

What are you talking about? I'm talking about you and me.

We both have got blue -chip matrimonial practices.

I've got a burgeoning entertainment practice as well.

And you're suggesting that we merge?

Right now.

Are you serious?

I've never been more serious in my life.

Our combined portables have got to be close to two mil.

It would be tough to walk out on my partners.

Rosalind Shays did it.

She walked out on her old firm, moved into yours, bumped you even further back

in the pecking order than you were before.

It's a risky venture, Sheldon.

I've got office space lined up, my clients lined up, I'm ready to go.

I need a partner.

Oh, they wouldn't be happy about my walking out with clients.

They'll get over it.

They should want what's best for you as well as for them.

Yeah.

Good night, Victor. Good night.

Victor Quintet?

What?

Happened in her house. Enrico something. She doesn't know it's Black. She knew

him? Worked on her film crew. Gave her a ride home. She shooting a movie or

something? It's a commercial. Where is she? This way, this way. Okay, look, we

got a guy in lockup. I don't mean to push her, but if she could come down

tomorrow, I'll put the make on it. No, no, no, Les.

We're not sure we got the right guy. She really didn't know him, and I don't

like kicking rapists.

All right.

Excuse me, sir.

I'm with her.

Hey.

We're almost done. Be sure to label all those slides for the police.

Did you say you scratched him?

I think I... Okay.

We're going to take some scrapings from under your fingernails for evidence, all

right? Okay.

This won't hurt.

Detective... We'll have to take your clothes to the crime lab.

We can give you some scrubs. Is that necessary?

I'm afraid it is.

Keep the clothes.

Nurse, we'll need the lab tech down here.

Why didn't you call me?

I tried to, but you were in court.

Kind of a tough message to leave.

Can I have your right hand, please?

Okay. There's some skin there.

Just about done, Allison.

If there were no tears or lacerations, you're gonna be fine.

Oh, I'll be outside for a minute.

Call me when the lab takes over.

I don't care what they call it.

We're talking about authorized suicide.

Obviously, the state has to oppose this.

Your Honor, my client is dying.

Fifty, seventy -five years from now, we may have the technology to cure her.

I have no problem with freezing her after she dies, if that's what she wants

do. But I have a big problem with issuing a court order that says it's

kill her today. She has a grade four astrocytoma that will eat away at her

brain.

If we don't freeze her before that happens, there will be no Paula Lights

bring back.

I understand, Mr. Rollins.

But you're still asking me to kill her, and euthanasia is illegal.

Competent people have the right to refuse medical treatment.

Christian scientists can opt for prayer over blood transfusions, even though

conventional medicine... This is not a refusal of treatment.

This is an affirmative step to end a life. With the ultimate goal being to

a life. He's asking for court -ordered murder. Do you have any scientific

evidence supporting this cryonic theory?

I can get an expert on standby this afternoon.

Good.

Get him in here. Your Honor, you can't be serious.

Mr. Keene, this entire matter is crazy. But you're asking me to tell a dying

woman that she has no right to exercise her only remaining option. I think I

should at least listen before saying no.

And you get your experts in here this afternoon.

We're adjourned.

You wanted me?

Yeah, Roxy, come on in.

Listen, you and I have always been joined at the hip, have we not?

In a manner of speaking.

Roxanne, I am giving serious thought, serious thought, to leaving Mackenzie

Brackman.

What? An opportunity has presented itself where Sheldon Gans and I would

firm of our own.

You'd leave here? And I want you to go, too.

I'd be a name partner, total autonomy, complete control.

How could you leave here?

Believe me, this is not something I would ever do casually.

This is practically our home. These people are like family.

This is a place of business, Roxanne. Understand it for what it is.

It's not like that to me.

What happened with the video?

When it was making money, they all came calling with their hands out. When I got

sued, I had to fend for myself.

What happened when I asked them to give you a raise?

Huh? They turned you down.

I had to give it to you out of my own pocket. What happened, Rox?

What happened after the insider trading episode?

Douglas Brackman wanted to fire you.

This office is not your home. This firm is not your family.

Oh, God, Arnie, this is the one week I don't need something like this. With my

nightclub graduation, you know how nervous I am already.

I know, Rox. I'm sorry.

By nature, I'm a very loyal person.

Loyalty's a two -way street.

The people around here should want what's best for you.

Is leaving here what's best for me?

Breaking in on the ground floor of a new venture?

Being an administrator instead of a secretary? Being with me? I'd say yes,

are all in your best interest. All you have to do is shake hands and walk off

whistling.

Okay, honey.

If it's what you want, I'm with you.

Sure you want to do this?

Yeah.

Okay, Frank.

Gentlemen.

Space front.

Number three.

Are you sure?

Take your time.

I said number three.

Are you okay?

Fine. If you don't mind, I'd like to go over a few details with you. Look,

Tuttlecat, this way for a minute. It would be better now.

Fine, let's do it.

Okay, come on to my office.

Could you wait outside?

Okay.

Coming through.

Through there.

What are you looking at, man?

What the hell's going on here? What the hell's going on?

This guy was crazy that way. Help me cuff him.

Let him go.

He tried to kill the guy.

Perp started it. I saw the whole thing. Let Mr. Cifuentes go.

I'm not saying we'll definitely be thawing dead people out and returning

life. I am saying that it's possible.

But how can it be possible?

The development of nanomolecular technology may allow us to cure diseases

are not curable today, including the type of tumor that is killing pololites.

Doctor, the question I keep asking is, how conceivable is it that this

technology will ever exist?

Quite conceivable.

Now, don't get me wrong.

We're a long way off, and we may never get there.

But genetic engineers are making new discoveries every day.

And if they can figure out a way to repair the individual cells which

the human body, then we may be able to freeze people and we may be able to

them back to life. Thank you, sir.

Nothing further.

Dr. Simon.

You are one of the residing scientists at the life extension facility where

Lights wants to be frozen. Is that correct?

That is correct.

And this institution has, therefore, a financial interest in this woman being

popsicle? Is that right? My testimony has not been compromised by any

interest. And just what does your facility charge for this cryonics thing?

Full suspension would run a little more than $100 ,000.

Neuro -preservation costs about $35 ,000. Neuro -preservation? What's that?

That's a procedure where we simply maintain the head.

The rest of the body is discarded.

Wait a second.

You lop off the head and you what? You dump the body? We surgically remove the

head. What happens to the head when you thaw it out in 50 years? Some people do

not want their bodies preserved.

And the rationale behind neuro -preservation is that when the cellular

has been perfected, we will be able to attach the heads to new and to different

bodies.

So...

When this cell technology is perfected, Doctor, we could attach this head to the

body of a horse, couldn't we? We're not into cross -species experimentation, Mr.

Keene. But scientifically, I suppose it might be possible.

Your Honor, this is an insult to the court.

Freezing people, chopping off heads.

Objection argumentative.

Sustained. You tried freezing hamsters, didn't you, Doctor?

Yes. And could you describe for the court the condition of those hamsters

you thawed them out?

I would describe them as dead. Dead.

Right.

But, hey, for $100 ,000, Doctor, you'll give it a shot with her, won't you?

Objection. Withdrawn.

Nothing further.

Allison.

Allison, we gotta talk about this.

I'm okay, Victor. Let's just go to sleep.

It's two o 'clock.

Neither one of us is sleeping.

Look, I mean, I'm no expert on this, but I mean, the doctors, those people at

the rape treatment center, they all say the same thing. We have to confront this

thing together. You gotta include me.

A man threw me down on the floor and rammed himself inside me.

Consider yourself included.

We've got to be on the same side here.

We are, baby.

I'm just afraid.

I'm scared that this is never going to go away.

I'm afraid that if I...

Talk about it, I'm going to think about it, and if I think about it, I'm going

to think about how stupid I was. Hey, hey, hey.

How could I have let that guy in my house? You did nothing wrong, Allison.

did nothing wrong. Maybe I didn't fight back enough. Maybe I... I don't even

have any bridges on me. Shh, shh, shh.

Don't do this.

Look, look.

Why don't we just...

Get away from here and hit Santa Barbara for the weekend. We just clear out of

here. We can do some biking. We could take in a few brunches, get fat.

I can't fix it so easy, sweetie.

I was raped.

In Santa Barbara, not Santa Barbara, this thing really happened to me.

But their argument, Dr. Latoura, is that someday this could be possible. It's

all very fascinating to speculate about future possibilities, but what we're

talking about here is taking the life of a human being today based on a

possibility which is given virtually no merit by the scientific community.

Now, you heard Dr.

Simon. Today we're already freezing corneas, heart valves. Look.

I don't want to be the one to shout never in the face of technological

but what we're talking about is chopping off heads, draining fluids from bodies.

You can't be cured this way.

You'd just die sooner.

But if she just wants to try, Doctor, is there anything wrong with that? In my

opinion, yes.

Cryonics costs $100 ,000 a shot.

or just 35 if you're willing to be decapitated.

Now, I don't care if life insurance proceeds are paying for it. The point

millions of dollars could be flushed away on this futile quest for

And when I see cancer and AIDS research so incredibly lacking in funds, then I

find this whole thing to be socially irresponsible.

I'm sorry.

Thank you, Doctor.

Nothing further.

Do you think a hundred years ago any doctor ever envisioned an artificial

or an airplane or a computer that could store a thousand pages of information on

a chip so small it's barely visible to the human eye? I doubt that anybody

envisioned those things 100 years ago, no. And do you think it's possible that

hundred years from now we'll be able to do things nobody can envision today?

Yes. But I don't think... Thank you, Dr. LaTorre.

We're not talking about the discovery of electricity here, Counselor. What we're

talking about is some harebrained scheme of bringing frozen mummies back to

life.

Who discovered electricity, sir?

Benjamin Franklin.

Mm -hmm.

And who is it who first introduced the idea of cryonics?

I have no idea.

It was Benjamin Franklin.

But who's he?

Just some nut who likes to fly his kite during thunderstorms. Objection.

Withdrawn. Nothing further.

Oh, one more question.

You reviewed the x -rays and the medical records of my client, did you not?

I did. Is there any chance with today's medical technology she could survive

this brain tumor?

No.

I have nothing further.

Barry's handled hundreds of rape cases.

He's good, Victor.

Maybe he is, but I'm more sure about you.

I know the victim. I know the victim's boyfriend. I shouldn't be prosecuting,

and you know it. Damn it, Grace. Come on. We both know that these scum just

slipped through the cracks.

I don't want this guy slipping through. She made a positive ID.

They found modal sperm in her. His skin under her nails. He is not going to slip

through.

I'm asking you as a friend, Grace.

Get this badge.

Okay, Victor.

Okay.

I'll get him.

Try and think of your shoulders and your waist as two completely different

entities. Going one direction with your hips, still like this with your upper

body. Shoulders are one thing, but I haven't controlled these hips in years.

This isn't a discipline.

It's more of a total suspension of concentration.

Just relax.

Good.

Okay, now, doing what we're doing, we're going to add some structure.

Ready and right, two, three.

Back, two, three.

Right, two, three.

Back, two, three.

Whoops.

Oh, hi, Michael.

This is the movement class I was telling you about. We're getting ready for

Thursday.

Michael Cusack, this is Gloria Mutch. She's singing, too.

Hi. Nice to meet you. Hi. I'm doing 25 miles.

You know, walking.

I see.

I'm Kimberly Dugan.

Hi. Are you singing, too? No. I'm just a dance coach.

Oh, dance coach. Good.

Yeah. You want to dance?

No, no.

I just came in to get a file.

It's nice to meet you, though.

Nice to meet you.

Okay, ladies.

Let's pick it up.

Shoulders and hips.

Liberate that pelvis.

Come on.

Move it nice.

And three.

Good, Gloria.

Tell me something.

You happy?

What are you talking about?

You pony up a pretty stiff retainer each year. I just want to make sure you're

happy with what you're getting.

Yeah. You think you wouldn't know about it if I wasn't? Come on, Arnie.

What's this about?

I'm thinking about leaving Mackenzie Brackman.

And you want to know if I'll jump ship and go with you? I can't ask you to do

that.

It would be a breach of my fiduciary responsibility to my partners here.

Oh, yeah. That would be awful.

Of course I'll jump with the army. What else am I going to do? You don't have to

give me an answer now. I just gave you one. Listen, you're happy here. You

want to stay here.

Hey, look.

Who got me off the hook when the first bitch tried to crucify me? Somebody else

did that?

You did that.

Who structured my corporations so that the second bitch didn't see dollar one?

Somebody else did that?

You did that.

Naturally, I'd like to do it again.

Loyalty is very high on my list of human characteristics.

I know it is. Arnie, you're my lawyer. Wherever you go, I go. Got it? Got it.

Good. Now find yourself something else to worry about. Oh, I'd appreciate it if

you wouldn't say anything.

Hey, Bychik, who you talking to? A girl scout.

Hiya, doll.

Hi, Saul.

Tell you, Arnie, she looks gorgeous.

My.

Rox, could you get me the Rosen file?

All of it?

Yeah, I'm not sure what I'm gonna need, so you better bring me all of it. Okay.

Rox. How would you feel about my begging off tomorrow night?

How come?

I don't know.

With everything that's going on, I feel a little funny about going out and

socializing. Oh, to tell you the truth, I'd be grateful.

Grateful? Oh, yeah, it'd be easier for me if you weren't out there, Arnie.

I mean, even if I'm ready to do this in front of other people, I'm not sure I'm

ready to do it in front of you.

Aside from the scientific implausibility of it, Your Honor, I believe the

precedent that you'd be setting is extremely dangerous.

However they want to guise it, they're looking for the court to sanction

euthanasia. Once you do that, they'll be lining up on the courthouse steps.

People in wheelchairs, Alzheimer victims, cancer patients, people who are

depressed, you name it.

And they'll all be saying, please, you end it for me.

You put me out of my misery.

Well, we don't do that.

And I'm sorry, we can't start doing it.

I know that it's possible that this technology will never happen, Your

And I guess that it is possible that if you let me get frozen, the people who

are unhappy with the quality of their lives are going to go running to judges

and ask for permission to get themselves killed.

But that's all speculation, Your Honor.

Let me tell you what isn't speculation.

The growth in my head is destroying my brain.

Today, I have periodic disease spells.

Two months from now, I'm going to lose my memory.

Three months from now, I won't be able to talk or even recognize the people

I love.

I will end up comatose, and then I'll die.

That's what the doctors say will definitely happen.

I'm not ready to stop living, Your Honor.

I have a fantastic family.

That's my sister over there.

And she's the only one that I've told about the tumor because the rest of my

family is not going to be able to take this.

I have very dear friends, Your Honor.

And I'm not ready to stop living.

But you realize, if I grant your request, and even if this technology

in a hundred years, you'll never see these people again.

I know that.

but they will forever remind me of what this world has to offer.

And that's why I'm here. I'm not asking you for death.

I'm begging you for my last chance at life.

Bail is set in the amount of $10 ,000 or $1 ,000 cash equivalent.

Preliminary hearing is set for January 8th. Call the next case.

Case number 1347B, People v.

Mores.

Waived reading charges, Your Honor. So waived. How do you plead?

Defendant pleads not guilty and requests bail in the amount of $5 ,000.

Opposed, Your Honor. This man stands accused of committing a brutal and

rape. Requests bail of $100 ,000.

Wait a minute. I understood Mr. Berry was prosecuting this case.

You understood wrong. I am. This is the first defense.

His roots in the community are tenuous at best. He has family in Mexico. That

makes him a flight risk.

I don't want to lose him, Judge, first offense or not.

A hundred thousand it is. My client can't make that kind of bail, Your

Then he stays in jail.

Call the next case.

Your Honor, Victor C. Fuentes asked to be heard on this matter.

Approach.

Your Honor, I'm here making an appearance on behalf of the complainant.

what the prosecutor's for, Mr. Cifuentes. Your Honor, on behalf of the

complainant, I hereby petition the court that the defendant be tested for HIV

and for AIDS.

I object to that.

Of course you do. The district attorney's office had an obligation to

client about this. They never did.

Well, this doesn't come from my office, Your Honor. I didn't know anything about

it. Your Honor, the law permits only sex crime victims themselves to petition

the court. He's right, Ms. Jenkins.

My client hasn't been convicted of a sex crime or any other kind of crime. He

has been charged, and that's all that's required.

So Fourth Amendment protection goes out the window?

That's right.

I don't believe that's warranted. I don't believe that's fair.

That man raped that woman. Now, he put her at risk for a life -threatening

disease. He puts her partners at risk. He should be tested for AIDS the way you

test a dog for rabies.

Victor, Your Honor.

He should be tied down, and blood should be drawn from him. Mr. Cepuentes.

You know better than that.

I'm sorry, Your Honor. Sorry.

Petition's granted.

The defendant will be tested forthwith.

Call the next case.

Case number 4427C, People v.

Robin.

Counsel, approach.

Miss lights, please approach as well

Well,

I'm not convinced that this cryonics technology will ever be a reality I Am

persuaded that many respected members of our scientific community Recognize it

as a possibility however remote but even though we're dealing with tomorrow's

science I must nevertheless apply today's laws and under today's legal

definition of death.

When you freeze your body to a point where your heart no longer beats and

brain no longer registers any electrical activity, you're dead.

And aiding and abetting a suicide is against the law. The only means,

for me to grant your court order is for me to declare invalid the law against

aiding a suicide.

And believe it or not, that's exactly what I'm prepared to do.

The right to privacy is a fundamental protection extended by our state and

federal constitutions.

It has already been extended to allow an individual to refuse life -saving

medical treatment. And I'm going to extend it even further today.

Because, in my view, the right to control our own destiny,

as long as it does not affect the rights of others, is the ultimate exercise of

this constitutional guarantee.

and it should include the right to enlist the aid of others.

My ruling, no doubt, will be appealed, and you'll be able to time the validity

of this decision with a stopwatch.

But for now, you have the constitutional right to terminate your life.

This matter is adjourned. The state appeals, Your Honor, and asks for a

Denied. We're adjourned. File your appeal in the morning.

Come on, people, tell me now.

I've got ten more miles to go.

I've got nine more, nine more. Eight more, eight more. Seven, eight more,

more. Six, eight, six, I've got nine more miles to go.

Although my hair's just around the bend.

Although my feet are tied.

This is going to be easy, Roxanne.

You look fantastic.

You're going to go out there and the men are going to go crazy.

What if I puke?

Roxanne, you own this.

You've practiced.

You're prepared.

You're going to go out there and kill them.

Did Grace say when the trial would be?

There'll be a prelim next week, and then she said she was gonna try to push for

the trial as soon as possible.

Good.

Alison, Grace said that she talked to this guy's lawyer, and they're gonna

consent. What does that mean?

Well, it's their defense.

They're gonna argue that you wanted to have sex.

They're gonna say I wanted it?

You knew the attacker.

You had a drink together. You left the bar together. That's their angle. I left

with the crowd.

Yeah, I know that.

I'm just trying to tell you the way they're going to paint it.

This isn't going to be about him at all, is it?

It's going to be about me.

Look, Allison, we could get through this together.

I'm going on trial here, aren't I, Victor?

Fifteen seconds.

Don't forget to breathe.

Hips. Move your hips. Belt it out, Rox. You're going to be great. Hey, what's

taking so long?

Stuart? Yeah, they sent me back here to check on you and give you these.

Oh.

Yeah, you're already a big star with us. So just get out there and have a ball.

Okay, next lady is going to be a stage debut of a very talented lady.

She's sexy.

She's sultry.

How about a nice back glance welcome for the sensuous Roxanne Melman.

This could be painful.

Quiet, Douglas.

This is bad.

We've got to do something. She's dying.

No summer high, no warm July.

No harvest moon to light one tender August night.

But what it is,

so old, so new.

Come on, they're crazy.

This is waiting for me at the hotel.

We're going to call my parents and tell them.

And then we're going to drive down.

The doctors and technicians are waiting.

You don't have to do that tonight, Paul.

You know I do.

The judge gave me a window one night to get this done.

Tomorrow the appeal will be filed and the court order will be dated.

So, now or never.

I've changed my mind about this. I don't think... Please.

You remember the time we stayed up all night and talked about whether we should

be a couple or not?

Yeah, you said you didn't think we should because it would jeopardize our

friendship.

Yeah.

Well, that's what I said.

But what I was really thinking was that you were a jerk.

I love you, you know.

What?

This isn't fair.

I know.

See you later, Alligator.

I'm off to... cooler climate.