All language subtitles for L.A. Law - S07E09 - Odor in the Court

Previously on L .A. Law. Mind if I take
this off?

I'm hot.

Holy holly hock -a -la.

You always were my biggest fan.

Nice catch.

You are hungry for me. Every night you
are in my dreams.

While you're trapped in here, dream of
these.

Not long ago, I had to raise capital and
take on a silent partner.

You're referring to Eric Shuler? Have
you met my husband, Mr. Beckham?

No, ma 'am. Perhaps I should meet him.
Perhaps you should not.

Ending your meeting with Eric Shuler, I
want you to join me at the studio.

When the huntsman came back with the
heart of a young boar he had killed, the

queen had insulted and ate it, believing
it was Snow White's Cinderella,

Little Red Riding Hood.

I took a home pregnancy test.

We're going to have a baby.

We're going to have a baby.

Our third night under the same roof.

And I must say, it feels wonderful.

This trial period is exactly what we
need.

Time to restore our commitment, rekindle
our passion.

Douglas, please.

No.

That's what you said last night. You're
blocking my light.

I've been sleeping in this bed for days.

We haven't made love once. Are you sure?

Positive.

I yearn to be with you. Douglas, I'm not
interested.

Since when?

If you must know, since you moved back.

But this was your idea.

It's just that...

Our body chemistry seems to be off.

When we were separated by divorce and
prison walls, I felt amorous.

Now I just feel... Distant.

Disgusted.

Oh, all right, sweetheart. If you want
to, go ahead.

You got five minutes?

For God's sake, Sheila.

I can't perform under time restrictions.

It humiliates me and degrades the act.

Five minutes.

Take it or leave it.

I'll take it.

Next up, Graney versus Maggie Farms
Incorporated. Maggie recently

swine slaughtering and finishing plant
adjacent to Steve Graney's property.

What's the stink? Exactly. Our client,
Mr. Graney, is unable to enjoy his

weekend retreat due to the unbearable
stench blowing in the wind from next

I filed a nuisance suit to shut down
Maggie's farm. On to new business,

Labs. Ann Kelsey, you will be working
with me on this one. I will. Apparently,

they discovered a major breakthrough.

Two of their chemists are flying in from
Phoenix to discuss marketing strategy.

Very hush -hush. And you'll assist with
corporate structure. Happy to help,

Douglas. Next time, a little notice?

Overseas call, excuse me. As I was
saying... Must be time for my

Stuart, you seem to be back on top of
your game again. Yeah, the phenytoin's

really doing the trick. If we could just
get back to... Sorry.

Hello? Yeah, sure, Sidney.

It's Ben Flickery. I'll just be a
minute.

I will not have Becker's entertainment
law become the tail wagging this legal

dog. Who's he working for, Worldwide
Studios or Mackenzie Brackman? Bad

connection from Milan.

That was quick. Oh, it's not me.

Me either. Oh, sorry, that's me.

It's a false alarm.

I thought I haven't figured this thing
out yet.

My batteries must be running low. Since
my business is show business, look for

my name in lights, everybody.

Can't you people have the decency to
come to a staff meeting unplugged?

I think we're adjourned.

We just don't understand this.

You're telling us that he can get out
after only eight years.

Mr. Holtz, this file just landed in my
lap yesterday. I'm still looking it

That nut should have gone to the gas
chamber, not some hospital with...

courts and weekend privileges.

You can be sure the DA's office isn't
keen on letting killers back on the

street. David was found not guilty by
reason of insanity. The prosecutor said

would be sent away for life.

In theory, that's true. The catch is the
state can't hold your son -in -law

unless... David Orcott stopped being our
son -in -law the day he murdered our

daughter. The state cannot hold Orcott
unless he is deemed dangerous or crazy.

Is someone suggesting that he's not?

A few docs, but the senior psychiatrist
at MacArthur Hospital disagrees. So what

happens now? We go to court as planned,
and we try to block David's effort to

win release.

I could use your help in convincing the
jury.

Name it. I'd like to put Mrs. Holtz on
the stand.

Why? The police record says that you
discovered your daughter's body.

I'd like the court to hear you describe
that experience.

She was alive.

Excuse me?

When I found Sandra, she... She was
still trying to breathe.

She was gasping for air.

She died in my arms.

Like all great discoveries, it was
purely accidental.

Tom and I were at Stanford doing
research.

Grinding up patches of skin, isolating
compounds.

Just basically fooling around.

Where did you get the skin?

Oh, discarded cast.

I can't tell you how many Sundays we've
spent digging through dumpsters behind

orthopedist offices.

Anyway,

one day in our lab, we noticed that
certain compounds isolated from female

made us, well, horny.

So we went looking for similar compounds
in male skin. And once we found those,

we knew we had what we thought we had.
What exactly is it you have? Human

pheromones. Come again?

Airborne hormones.

When inhaled by the opposite sex, they
trigger the urge to copulate. You see,

it's common knowledge that insects and
lower mammals use smells to attract

partners. As humans evolved, scientists
assumed that we left that part of the

mating dance behind. But we still have
tiny amounts in our skin. We've been

to concentrate those pheromones.

Pink for female, blue for male.

Bull, there's enough in there to turn on
this entire building.

Do you have data showing how your
formula works?

Reams.

Until our meeting tomorrow with Donique
Cosmetics, we need a safe place to keep

our samples.

Could we use your bank safe deposit box?

Certainly. Of course, we have a small
vault here at the firm. I alone hold the

combination.

Guard this with your life.

Otherwise, it'll be cold showers for
everyone.

Tom and Jay.

Couple of comedians.

If this formula actually works and we
close this deal, this could mean a new

for this firm.

Where are we going? What was so urgent?
You ask too many questions. I told you,

Becker, it's a surprise.

By the way, let me confess.

I was the one behind that desert
escapade stealing your Porsche.

Ben, I really would like my car back.

You expect miracles, Charlton Heston.
I'm not.

Things got a little out of hand and,
well, this is all we recovered.

Oh, my baby.

I know how you feel.

Once I was going to meet Crosby.

The night was still. I drove a Nash. I
was young.

Teach your children well, Becca.
Remember that. Which is why I have to

My daughter and you, you didn't... Have
sex with Francie? No, sir.

That's my point. If we couldn't have
worked together, if we had, our

relationship would be too complicated.

Could it possibly be more complicated?

Hop in.

We're here.

Sir? How about?

We could have walked. Schlappers walk.
That's why they're called Schlappers.

Becker, from all of us at Worldwide, No
man deserves this more than you.

Welcome to our studio.

Piper? Come on, Becker, drive American.

I can't believe this big turnout.

Central casting, they're extras for 65
bucks at a Florida murder.

Louder, damn it, like you mean it!

Mazel tov.

Dr. Scheinbaum, what was David Orcott's
condition upon admission to MacArthur

Hospital? He was diagnosed as paranoid
schizophrenic. How did you treat his

illness? Antipsychotics, stress
management, and psychotherapy.

The results?

For three years, David has been free of
schizophrenic symptoms.

So long as he takes his medication, he's
as sane as anyone in this room. Doctor,

do you believe Mr. Orcott poses a danger
to society?

None whatsoever.

He's already spent a full year in an
unlocked facility as part of a

release program. And during that time,
was Mr. Orcott allowed to enter the

community unsupervised?

Yes. Every day, he'd walk to the public
library and spend his afternoons working

the checkout desk.

Never with any problems.

Doctor, is it your recommendation that
David be released from his hospital

commitment? Yes. Even taking into
account the events that led to my

hospitalization? David's unprecedented
schizophrenia brought on delusions that

his wife was being unfaithful, poisoning
his food. After five days of heavy

drinking and sleeplessness, David
suffered a psychotic break.

He was overcome with irrational fear and
rage, which led to an overwhelming

impulse to kill Sandra. In your opinion,
could David ever do something like this

again? No.

David is diligent about taking his
medication, determined never again to

control. Thank you, Doctor.

Your witness.

Dr. Scheinbaum, isn't your
recommendation to release Mr.

Orcutt opposed by the senior
psychiatrist at MacArthur Hospital?

That's correct, but... I am quoting Dr.

Philip Morton's statement.

Mr. Orcutt remains a substantial danger
to the community.

Dr. Morton is a career bureaucrat who
refuses responsibility. What would

if Mr. Orcutt went off his medication?

Could he become violent?

Schizophrenics generally are not
violent, do not become murderers. You're

answering the question, doctor. Could
Mr.

Orcutt become violent?

Possibly. But David makes sure he takes
his medication.

But currently, don't you blood test him
twice a month to ensure he complies?

That's hospital policy. He's also under
the daily scrutiny of the medical staff,

isn't that right?

Yes. And if Orcutt is released...

Would he be blood tested and monitored
by doctors?

No. So there would be no way to make
sure he takes his medication?

No. Then how can you guarantee David
Orcott won't have a relapse? Medical

statistics... I'm not talking
probabilities.

Can you guarantee that man will not kill
somebody in the future if released?

Of course not.

I can't guarantee you won't either.

I didn't bludgeon my wife 15 times with
a hammer.

Objection. Withdrawn.

Leland, I've finished reviewing the
Osgood file.

Good. I want to obtain polygraphs on
both Frank Osgood and Philip Tice.

Can you help me with the DA?

You think Tice is telling the truth?

I still have my doubts.

If we can use the DA's polygraph
specialist, maybe they'll stipulate to

admissibility. Why the sudden urgency?

Tice is in the hospital.

Stomach cancer is worse.

It may not last much longer.

See what I can do, sir.

Stewarding.

Stuart, got to talk to you in a second?

Yeah, hi Gwen, what's up?

Ali, you're in a poverty.

Who is?

Well, Anne must not have told you, but
during all that craziness with whoever

was stalking me, sending those deranged
kids, it's all stopped now, but at one

point, I fought it with you.

You did?

Wild, huh?

Maybe.

Maybe not.

My expert witness was supposed to arrive
20 minutes ago. Maybe his train got

delayed. These days, who rides the rail?

This guy doesn't fly.

Claims his sinuses can't handle the
altitude.

His nose is his meal ticket.

I think your nose just blew in.

Mr. Smith?

Morales? How you doing?

Well, I'm not too happy about being in L
.A.

Nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, too
much ozone.

You have a lethal pollutant standard
index.

Not to mention that kid's diaper needs
changing.

Yeah, well, I'll give Lucy to the sitter
and we can head out to my client's

ranch.

You're wearing a bit too much obsession.

But that's okay. It's helping disguise
the scent of fear.

Boy, look at all this stuff.

Champagne from CAA.

Beluga caviar from ICM.

Even a cellular phone from the William
Morris Agency.

And a new car from Ben Flicker.

It's all manipulation, Rox.

Cheap attempts to buy friendship curry
my favor. I am not enjoying myself, Rox.

What do I want, fame?

It just complicates life. It compromises
simplicity.

Money, the effort to get rich, can steal
your time.

I hate to admit it, but your traveling
the world really has changed you.

You're not the man you used to be.

Globetrotting was nothing compared to
this magical mystery tour that I'm on

Ben Flicker at Worldwide Studios.

I am dealing with strange people.
Enigmas wrapped in mysteries. I don't

know who to trust. Trust yourself.

What do you mean? The new president and
creative director of current and long

-form feature developments? What does
that even mean? You have a very powerful

position. Don't be afraid to take
control.

You're right.

I'm going to speak with Flicker.

Things have to change.

Before you leave... Later, Rox. I want
to share something.

Can it wait?

Arnie, no.

I'm pregnant.

Rox, that's, uh... Great?

Terrific? Yeah.

If you say so.

Look, I have to run.

Arnie, you can't. I thought the car in
your space belonged to the CPA across

hall. I had it towed.

But I guess that makes us even.

by the warm congratulations.

I mean, you just have to question a
system that would even entertain the

possibility of letting a brutal killer
like this go free after only eight

What's happening here? What the hell is
he doing?

He's flexing his civil rights.

...protecting criminals' rights over
those of his victims? Holtz can't do

Tommy, for God's sakes, he's right
outside the jury room.

Why should David Orcutt get a second
chance? Our daughter sure as hell won't

a second chance.

And to let David Orcott go free is to
let him get away with murder. You all

that. My client can no longer possibly
get a fair hearing. Mr. Holtz made an

inflammatory statement. Mr.

Holtz has a right to free speech.

Move for a mistrial. Hot. Denied. Mr.
Holtz has maligned my client in the

daily. He seems intent on creating an
atmosphere for a lynch mob.

At the very least, I request a gag be
imposed.

This is ridiculous.

He's a non -party.

He's right, Mr. Laporte. I have no
authority to impose a gag.

The jury has been admonished to avoid
press coverage of the trial. Your Honor,

may I say something? No, you may listen.
I can't prevent you from speaking to

reporters, but I can damn well keep you
from doing so inside this courthouse.

You yourself said I had a First
Amendment right. Which is outweighed by

Orcutt's right to a fair trial.

If you want to be heard, you do it off
county property.

Because if you pull a stunt like this
again, you can expect to spend the night

in jail.

When I purchased the ranch, the only
scent in the air was the desert pear

blossoms. When did you first learn a
swine finishing facility had opened a

mile away?

The Saturday before Thanksgiving.

I'd stayed away while renovations were
being made, but when the work was

completed, I drove up with a lady friend
for the weekend.

How was the visit?

At first, fine. It was a lovely, crisp,
sunny day.

We were enjoying the morning on the back
porch when the wind suddenly shifted

and we were engulfed in an unspeakable
stench.

Can you describe the effect the odor had
on you and your guest?

It burned our throats, and it made our
eyes red and watery.

My friend lost her breakfast.

As the day wore on, the stink got worse.
By 2 o 'clock, we were on our way home.

And are you certain Maggie Farms is the
source of the stench?

Absolutely. The air used to be pristine.
Now it's unbreathable.

That hog finishing plant has turned my
ranch into an uninhabitable wasteland.

They ought to do something about the
smell or move.

No more questions, Your Honor.

Mr. Graney, are you aware that the
Piedmont landfill is only four miles

your property?

Yes. Well, isn't it possible that the
landfill is responsible for the odor?

In my opinion, no.

Yes. Well, tell me, Mr. Graney, how many
others have joined you in your

complaint against my client?

It's an isolated area. I'm the only
resident affected.

In other words, none.

Now, your ranch was never intended as a
primary residence, now, was it?

No, I plan to use it on weekends.

And to the best of your knowledge, has
Maggie Farms Incorporated violated any

codes or permit regulations?

No. And still, you want to close down a
new lawfully operated business that

employs 43 people so that you can
weekend with your lady friends in the

Nothing further.

How are you feeling?

Depressed.

Maybe if you came a little closer...
Douglas.

Breathe deep.

Did I leave the oven on?

Sheila, sniff me here.

What is with you?

It's an experiment. What can it hurt?
Just come on, smell me, please.

Now, what are you feeling?

Threatened. Oh.

Sweetheart.

Maybe you ought to sleep in the guest
room.

Wait till I get my hands on those two
little rodents. This crap doesn't work.

Fine. I'll sleep in the guest room.

Darling.

Mr. Orcott, would you please tell the
court what you recollect about the night

your wife died?

Uh, it was a nightmare.

It was like I was standing there
watching someone else attacking my wife,

someone evil.

Are you saying that you didn't commit
the murder?

I'm not making an excuse.

I killed my wife, but in a sense, it
wasn't me.

I loved my wife very much.

The time we shared together before I got
sick was wonderful.

Do you feel remorse for what you've
done?

Remorse doesn't even begin.

There is no word to describe my regret.

You can't imagine what it is for me,
living, knowing what I did.

Now, doctors have testified that your
behavior was atypical of most

schizophrenics, that the circumstances
which brought it on were unique. Your

Honor, can we skip the speeches?

Ask your question, Counselor.

David, what assures us that you'll
continue to take your medication if

If I don't, I risk another attack, and I
won't let that happen.

Not again.

Thank you.

Mr. Orcutt, hospital records show on
July 12, 1990, you abused hospital

privileges and snuck out to a bar.

Is this true?

I was only gone a half an hour. One of
the other patients was antagonizing me.

felt I had to get away.

Haven't doctors warned you that alcohol
makes you vulnerable to schizophrenic

episodes? Yes. And didn't you kill your
wife while under the influence of

alcohol? Yes. But you went ahead anyway
and ordered up a shot of tequila. I

didn't drink it. Not that time.

But if you get released and someone else
gets on your case, what will you do

then? Run off to a bar and get hammered?
Objection, argumentative.

Sustained.

Mr. Orcutt, in a letter to the court,
you wrote that you'd come to terms with

your crime, correct?

I understand why it happened. I was
psychotic. You're trying to tell me

come to terms with this?

Objection! The condition of Mrs.
Orcutt's body is irrelevant. It reflects

extent of Mr.

Orcutt's terrain. It's inflammatory and
highly prejudicial. Mr.

Mullaney, put that away. Patricia, I'm
so sorry.

I know I can't expect you to forgive me.
Just please try to understand.

I didn't know what I was doing. I would
trade my life for Sandra's if I could.

Whatever I do will never be enough.
Objection! Hold it. Mr. Orcutt, sit

Son of a bitch.

I loved her!

I love you so much.

Douglas,

I've been going over these projections
for Lambergé Labs. Don't bother.

Tweedledum and Tweedledummer are wasting
our time.

Thank God they're billable hours.

What changed your opinion?

The facts.

One, they don't look you in the eye.

Two, they have no proven track record.
And three, last night I took home the

extracts and experimented on my ex
-wife.

Douglas, how could you?

It was in the interest of research, Ann.
You and I both know Sheila has a libido

that would put Secretariat to shame.

I didn't know.

Well, you do now.

In any event, if this formula fails to
get my ex -wife in the saddle, then

believe me, it doesn't work.

Douglas, you used the male pheromone,
the one that attracts men.

Are you aware that this lasts for 24
hours?

I haven't read the data.

Well, here are my comments on the
financial projections. You were right

one thing. This formula could be a
goldmine.

And what are we going to do?

We? These two are bound to notice the
missing formula. I'm sure you'll think

something. Douglas.

Jonathan.

What are you doing back?

I work here.

You weren't due for another week.

Well, that didn't take into account
schistosomiasis. Where's that?

It's an intestinal virus, Douglas.

I've been driving a porcelain bus 6 ,000
miles.

Welcome home. Glad to be back.

Douglas.

I missed you.

pretend this never happened.

Jonathan!

Hey, we weren't expecting you back so
soon.

I need to hit the bathroom.

What's that all about?

Seems Mr.

Rollins picked up some virulent strain
of Sudan Shuffle.

What is it, Leland?

I just never realized how brown your
eyes are.

I'm spending the rest of the day locked
in my office.

You want some ice cream?

I don't usually eat sweets in the
afternoon.

Sugar high, sugar low, it's less
calories.

This isn't a life choice.

Ice cream would be nice.

Stuart.

There's something wrong.

Why? Does it seem like something's
wrong?

No. It's just that ever since you made
the turn on your recovery, you seem,

well... Unhappy?

Uh -huh. Yeah.

Even though I feel better, I feel
better.

I'm not sure what you mean exactly.

I'm thinking more.

Not so much introspective, just
unwilling to take things for granted,

about the way things work, you know?

Like, why is electricity always there?

Or gravity. How come we don't just go
spinning off the planet?

That sound crazy?

Uh -uh.

Good.

Excellent.

Instant chocolate sundae.

Ann would kill me if I had a Hershey
squirt at home. Ann would kill you if

saw you doing it here, too.

That's part of what I mean.

This is me. This is who I am.

I've got to learn a way to work this
into my day -to -day life.

It takes a special person to go through
a bad situation and come out better on

the other side.

You're like that.

Resilient, determined, focused.

Pregnant.

For real?

I didn't even know you were trying.

That's great.

I'm really happy for you.

Thanks.

Aren't you going to ask who the father
is?

It doesn't matter.

I know who the mother is.

And so God taught Moses the laws for
living together in peace.

These laws were printed on two stone
tablets Moses brought down from the

mountain. And they're called what?

Honey?

Uh, well...

Well, they're called the Ten
Commandments. Right.

There's only one God. Do not bow down to
idols. Less Nintendo, more homework.

Do not swear falsely by the name of God.
Keep the Sabbath holy.

Honor your father and mother. Always
kiss them goodnight. Do not murder or

up on your brothers and sisters. Do not
take another man's wife or another man's

husband.

On to the next. Do not steal.

Do not lie. And finally, do not want
what does not belong to you. Ten simple

rules. Sounds easy.

But as you get older, it's not always a
breeze.

God knows you're human. People make
mistakes.

But remember, it's in the trying. Now,
run down the hall to the screening room

for refreshments and Eisner's Aladdin.

Don't forget to sign your vouchers.

A cartoon grossing a hundred million.

We could use a hit like that.

Sidney says you talk to these kids every
week. Their parents work on a lot. Very

busy these days. This is my way of
helping. Always have time for children.

Ben, we need to talk.

Me first.

As God is watching, he knows I haven't
been honest.

Ninth Commandment? And a few more.

I want you to meet Shuler.

I'll be glad to finally look the man in
the eye.

He may not be so polite.

By the way, you ice skate.

Mr. Smith, due to your acute nasal
sensitivity, have you worked before as

odor expert?

Dozens of times. I've been a hired nose
for GM, Monsanto, Kleenex, the list goes

on. Your Honor, I ask that Mr. Smith be
accepted as an odor expert.

Objection. There's no set standard by
which an odor can be measured. Mr.

Smith's opinions are entirely
subjective.

Overruled. The court accepts Mr. Smith
as qualified.

Thank you, Your Honor.

You've examined the air at my client's
ranch, is that correct?

Yes. Any evidence of pig stench?
Definitely.

At what level?

30 decimals.

The scale is a variation of the decibel
scale.

Zero decimals means that the odor is
undetectable to the average nose.

Ten decimals... Your Honor, I object.

The decimals scale is meaningless to the
lay nose. Your Honor, with permission,

I can put this in terms the lay nose can
understand.

I'm holding my breath in anticipation.

Contained in these balloons are air
samples.

The white balloon taken from the roof of
Mr. Graney's ranch home, the black from

the driveway of Maggie Farm.

Objection prejudicial. How do you
figure?

Plaintiff is represented by white,
respondent by black, planning a

message. Give it a rest, Counselor.

Your Honor, would you please take the
white balloon and put your nose near the

opening, undoing the clamp.

Now compare that smell with the sample
taken from Maggie Farms.

I love my job.

I won't take the witness stand.

Mrs. Holtz, we need your testimony.

Why? A doctor's already sworn he
believes David is dangerous. The jury

conflicting experts.

You can tip the scale.

Honey, look, you're just going to have
to do this.

I don't care anymore.

This bastard kills our daughter and you
don't care? For years I have hated him.

And now I see he's as torn apart as we
are. Come on, you believed what this guy

said. I know David.

And I remember the boy our daughter fell
in love with. He was thoughtful and he

was funny and gentle.

And he turned into a monster.

But the man I saw today...

Just a tormented version of the boy I
once knew, and I just can't hate him

anymore. Patricia, so help me God.

If you don't testify, I'll never forgive
you. Raymond, listen to yourself.

You're so full of vengeance, it's making
you sick. We can't spend the rest of

our lives hating David.

At some point, we have to let go.

Mrs. Holtz, please.

I know it's rough dredging up horrible
memories, but if not for Sandra... You

don't know my pain.

I refuse to be part of a vendetta.

Mr. Schuller's meeting us?

He's already here.

But before we talk, we skate
counterclockwise.

Why? That's just the way it is.

That's Sonia Henning.

I had this ring built to her own
demanding specifications.

I never did this as a kid.

1936 Olympics, Garmisch, Germany.

A little more practice, Hitler would
have plot.

Wait, wait, wait.

Ben. Ben.

Ben. Are you okay?

Easy. Easy.

Easy. Perception, remember?

Ben, look, we're spinning in circles.
Not at all.

Listen. Listen.

I'm about to explain all this kookiness.

Worldwide Studios is a publicly held
company. At the upcoming annual meeting,

the subject of Shuler's divorce will be
the hot top.

Trust me. Where is Shuler? I was worried
the whole McGill over his divorce would

bring the price of Worldwide crashing
down.

Now I realize a man must not give his
life for his business.

That's why I brought you to him. Who?
Shuler. What?

The Iceman Cometh. Where?

Right under your nose.

This I'm headed for jail?

How much can we expect David Orcott to
pay for a crime for which he was not

legally responsible?

Schizophrenia is a devastating illness,
not maladjusted behavior.

And that is why a jury found him not
guilty by reason of insanity and

him to a mental hospital. Not as
punishment, but to be treated. The

works closest with David.

says he poses no threat to society if he
maintains his medication.

Now, by law, a hospital cannot detain a
patient who is neither dangerous nor

insane. My client is neither dangerous
nor insane.

Under the law, David Orcutt must be
released.

David Orcott's doctor says he should be
released.

I found a doctor who disagrees. One
point they both agree on is this. If

Orcott fails to take his medication, he
could, in fact, become psychotic. We

just don't know. But the last time that
man became psychotic, he took this

hammer and he brought it down with full
force onto his wife's head. Not once.

but 15 times.

When finished, Sandra Orcott's skull and
face were in pieces. Her blood and

brain covered the floor.

Can David Orcott be trusted to take his
medication?

Is he still dangerous? How can anyone
capable of such a hideous crime not be

dangerous?

You violated our trust.

I deserve a second chance.

I don't want to be curt, but give me
that vial. Jay, maybe we should try

at this with a new heart.

It's the pheromone talking time. Please.

I made a mistake.

Curiosity got the better of this cat.

Stop making excuses.

I'm simply trying to protect Miss
Kelsey. You see, she's been having

with her husband.

This is the lowest you have ever sunk.
How dare you?

Gentlemen, perhaps it would be in your
best interest if you were represented by

another firm. Ann, you can take that to
the bank because we're taking him to the

cleaners. We're suing for... What are we
suing for?

Embezzlement, breach of fiduciary
duties, ethics charges.

Quit being so damn helpful. Thank you.

You're fired.

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

If there's anything else we can do here
at McKenzie Brackman... You've done too

much already.

Dennis Smith, this is Douglas Brackman,
our managing partner.

Dennis was an expert witness on the
granny case. Oh, isn't that nice?

Tom, Jay, are you sure there isn't
something?

Oh, no. Leave us alone.

Doug, so, uh, what's your sign?

Excuse me?

An Adonis like you doesn't need an
excuse.

Douglas!

Sweetheart, are you hurt? Of course not.
I'm all man.

You son of a bitch.

I know. You probably put me out of
business. Get some ice on it. I'm going

sue you.

One more today, it'll be a hat trick.
I'll see you in court.

I look forward to it.

We the members of the jury.

find David Orcutt restored to sanity and
no longer a danger to society.

No! I hereby order David Orcutt released
from commitment.

Then let's go back where he belongs!

Bayliss, clear this courtroom
immediately. You're a dead man!

Wait till things quiet down a bit, then
we'll get you out safe. And after that?

Well, we'll see.

I said, Bayliss, clear this courtroom
immediately!

Sir, the D .A. has agreed to the
admissibility of both Osgood and Pice's

colleagues. Good for you. How did you
manage that? I just called in a few

to the Attorney General's office.

I owe you, Melina.

The question now is, would this be
enough to free Osgood? Not likely, even

were to pass. But at least it's a first
step. Now I need to track down the

witness I should have questioned 34
years ago. Need any help? Oh, you bet.

Daniel? Yeah?

Did you notice since we started dating,
no weird gifts, no midnight hang -ups on

the phone?

You're too smart, Gwen.

You're right.

It was me all along.

Maybe during the weekend.

I don't know. You got any ideas?

My parents will watch Lucy.

How about we go up to Big Sur for two
days, ride horses, build a fire?

We're out of here.

Ann, we've got to go over these tax
credits.

Not here, Stuart.

Lately, this place is making no sense to
me.

Well, let's get out of here.

I've already made reservations at
Ventana Inn and Beach Surf. You did?

Great. You know, I've always dreamed of
living up there.

Well, maybe this could be a start.

When you hit that man, it was very
exciting, Douglas.

But you know what really turned me on?

Being separated from you last night.

Even listening to your snoring through
the wall made me vibrate.

You mean you're only turned on when
we're apart?

I'll see you when I get there. Get
where?

God's most beautiful meeting of land and
sea.

Big Sur.

Adjoining rooms.

I can live with that.

Excuse me.

Got a package for Gwen Taylor?

There's no receptionist out there. I'll
sign.

We can finally hear huh any plan now
just sitting around now All

right, thank you

I

Can make it

Where are they taking me?

Legally, the police aren't obligated to
give them detective custody.

The judge agreed there's real danger, so
for now, it's back to the hospital.

That's freedom?

Come on.

Look, I'll stop by tomorrow. We'll
figure out something.

Are you okay justice

American style

News said that he was beaten pretty
badly.

That's being polite.

I'm sorry.

You know, I am feeling so lousy, I am
really going to punish myself and quit

altogether.

Are you blaming yourself?

Oh, come on. I can rabble -rous with the
best of them. Tom. No, no, Rox.

It's true. I mean, there I was.

cheerleading right along with Holtz, me
whipping it up inside the courtroom

while he was working the crowd outside.

You were doing your job.

Well, that's kind of funny, too.

The old Tommy, I wouldn't have given it
a second thought, but all that kept

running through my head now was, what if
15 years down the line and this

chucklehead, Orcott, moved in next door
to my family and this was my daughter?

So you want a girl?

I just want safe.

I just want healthy.