All language subtitles for Boston Legal 1x15-Tortured Souls

I hit her on the head with a skillet.

Ah!
What am I do?

Bernard Ferrion, you're under arrest
for the murder of Della Ferrion.

They arrested you last week
for whacking your mother,

you got off on a technicality,

now the woman next door turns up
dead from a blow to the head.

What could possibly make
them think of you?

Now go away.
I do not represent evil people.

The lawyer who got the T.R.O.
He says he's your son.

- Donny Crane.
- Denny Crane.

You gave me the Crane legacy,
and I fully plan on living up to it.

- He's not my son.
- Obviously, he doesn't know.

You're not my father?
I'm not your son?

I'm not your son.

Tell me where he is!

Tell me where he is,
or I'm gonna break your arm!

Tell me, or I'm gonna
break your arm!

ABC's latest reality show?

That was taken by one
of the victim's family members.

I see. Why go to his aid
when you can get the footage?

Why am I here, Shirley?

We represent the police union,
and accordingly, the officer.

I need you to second chair
me at the trial.

I can't do it.

- You don't mean to say that.
- You're right. The word is "won't."

You have more experience
with criminal defense work.

I like my clients to have
a modicum of humanity.

Don't we all in the meantime.

I'm not doing it, Shirley.

That officer disgusts me.
I won't contribute to his freedom.

I wasn't expecting you
to do it for him.

Is that what you think, silly?

See, I expect you to do it because
this firm pays you $375,000 a year.

That's a lot of money, Alan,
and we expect you to work for it,

even when it requires doing things
that don't quite agree with you.

I expect you to do it because
a senior partner is, oh, no, check that,

the senior partner
is asking you to do it.

I expect you to do it because

you so often refer to lawyers
as unprincipled soulless whores.

Well, for the next few days,
I need you to be my whore.

And if that so offends you,
I guess you could always quit.

But I warn you,

you will be missed...

for at least all of five minutes.

Boston Legal
1x15. Tortured Souls

ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON ABC: 2005/02/20

Uh, where's Mr. Crane?

At 9:00 in the morning,
he could be many places.

Why? / Well, will he be present
for the settlement conference?

He should be.
But first let's...

and if it doesn't settle,
will he be trying it?

- Frannie, let's talk here.
- Okay.

We're going to settle.
It must settle.

Suing a man for being left
at the altar...

in front of 300 people...

courts don't like to get
involved in breakups.

Not to discount your pain,
which I'm sure is real.

We are looking at the very real possibility
of a directed verdict against us.

In light of that, my recommendation
is that you accept the offer.

Uh, for $175,000?

Yes.

Oh, no.

Um, Denny Crane
promised me more.

How much did
he promise you, Frannie?

$5 million.

Maybe I should quit.

This woman has no idea
who or what I am.

Lighten up, man.

First of all, the idea of giving
representation to that thug...

Alan, come on,
we hate all our clients.

It's good to hate them.

It allows us to overcharge
and still sleep at night.

I thought her gamesmanship
would at least be more nuanced.

Alan, I'm sorry for
becoming abrupt last night.

The simple fact is, I need you.
It's a difficult case.

Also, for what it's worth,

I've been known to get contentious
with men I unconsciously want to bed.

I can't possibly imagine
wanting to have sex with you,

but then again, I did
sleep with Denny.

Uh, we should go.
The trial starts at 10:00.

I will do this case.
Sit by her side.

For no other reason
than to solve her.

Alan, I'm sorry.

The midget is back.

- I beg your pardon?
- The little man, he's here.

Alan. / Good gracious.
Who have you killed now?

- That question is extremely hurtful.
- Why are you here, Bernard?

Well, uh, I just dropped
by to say hello.

I was in the neighborhood.

How are you?

Bernie, I'm due in court.
I don't have time to talk to you.

State your business, if you
have any, with Catherine,

and I'll call you back.

Forgive me.

I'm uncomfortable
around little people.

Let me ask you, Bernie,

have you ever thought
about finding god?

Can we talk a second?

Lock and load.

Where's the client?

I sent her home.
She doesn't need to be here for this.

Oh, for god's sake...

Mr. Crane, did you tell the client
we could get her $5 million?

I might've. So? / The case
values out in the low six figures.

That's assuming it doesn't get tossed
out on public policy grounds.

Listen, young lady, first rule
of thumb when practicing law,

always, always promise the client
millions and millions of dollars.

It's good business.

And when it comes time to making
good on such a ridiculous claim...

Donny Crane.

Donny Crane.
You remember me.

We used to be father and son.

- Nice to see you.
- Where's Michael Gendler?

I'm appearing as
the defendant's new counsel.

That $175,000, it's off the table.
By the by, way too high.

We'll go to $50,000.

Donny Crane.

That's rejected.

Whoa.
No counter?

$350,000.

Double whoa.

Well, guess that
means a trial, huh?

Cool.

More experience for me.

Donny Crane.

- Denny Crane.
- Donny crane.

You got on this case
specifically because I'm on it.

- I did.
- You wanna get me?

- I do.
- I love it.

- Denny Crane.
- Donny Crane.

- Denny Crane.
- Donny Crane.

- Denny Crane.
- Donny Crane.

We had received a tip that
the, uh, suspect Damon Harris

was visiting his brother Paul,
so we went to the brother's house.

- And did you find the suspect?
- Excuse me.

I'm new to this case,
as is the jury, of course.

To help us track the facts,

I was wondering if you could refer
to him as the kidnapping suspect,

so we're clear that we're talking about
the man who snatched a 6-year-old child.

The boy is sitting right over here.

Was the kidnapping
suspect there, officer?

No.

- The brother was there?
- Yes.

Could you tell us what happened?

Well, we searched the premises.

Couldn't find the
kidnapping suspect.

We asked the brother
if he knew his whereabouts.

- He claimed he did not.
- And then what happened?

What happened is basically
what you saw on the tape.

My partner began to, uh, interrogate
the brother more coercively.

At any time,
was the victim of this attack

considered a suspect
himself in the kidnapping?

No.

You never considered him
connected to the crime?

No.

As Mr. Shore noted, you were trying to
find the 6-year-old boy seated over here.

Yes. / He was kidnapped
how long before this incident?

The day before.

As time goes by, what are the chances
of finding a kidnapped child alive?

After 48 hours,
we consider it extremely remote.

In fact, the kidnapper
we're talking about

is suspected in the kidnapping
of another boy, correct?

- Yes.
- Did you ever find that boy?

We found his remains.

While my client was committing
his coercive acts against the brother,

- what did you do?
- I stood back.

You never intervened?

No.

Did you report it?

Not at first, uh, eventually.

By the way, as a result
of my client's physical coercive acts,

did the brother tell you anything?

He gave us a list of places
his brother would frequent.

And did you search those places?

Yes.

And?

We found the suspect.

And the child.

Thank you.

All I'm saying is,

if you killed two people
and if you're as alone as you say,

there couldn't be a better time for you
to turn to Jesus Christ, your savior.

Under normal circumstances, I'd agree.

- But?
- I'm Jewish.

Bernie, there has never ever
been a Jewish serial killer.

Son of Sam. David Berkowitz.

He was adopted.

Genetically, he's one of ours.

Well, what are you saying?

I am saying that if you're
out there murdering people,

on some level, you must want
to be christian.

Would you let me
take you to church?

I've gotta admire your guts
to take a piece of the old man.

There's a fire in the belly.

Yeah, you're an old man.
Just not mine, remember?

Yeah.

The thing is...

I like you. Actually...

I love you.

That's a difficult thing
for Denny Crane to say...

unless it's part of foreplay.

I love you, Donny,

and I'm concerned that

if you go up against me
in a court of law you'll...

I might as well just
come out and say it.

I can't be beat.

- Really.
- Never lost. Never will.

- I beat you in the salmon case.
- You beat Brad Chase.

- Me? undefeated.
- I see.

Well, how do I put this?

I took this case mainly
to kick your fat lying ass.

I mean that in a good way.

I will beat you.

- No, you won't.
- Yes, I will.

- Won't.
- I will.

- Won't.
- Will.

- Son.
- Don't call me that.

I'm gonna say
this one more time...

with all the humility
I can summon up.

I'm the greatest trial attorney
that ever lived.

You will not beat me.

I don't know how
much you just heard.

My ass may lie...

but it's all muscle.

I knew he knew something.

Either where his brother was
or where the child was.

He knew something.

And you were prepared
to beat it out of him.

I was prepared to punch him,
to intimidate him.

I didn't actually mean
to break his arm.

But, Mr. Kirkland,
what we saw on that tape...

- there are different rules in kidnappings.
- What do you mean, "different rules"?

The understanding is we're not supposed
to break bones or cause any permanent injury,

but physical discomforture is permitted.

It's okay to say, dislocate
a shoulder, tear a muscle.

You're talking about torture.
This was an innocent man.

He wasn't even the
suspected kidnapper.

And I'm sorry I hurt him,

but I felt he knew
where his brother was.

I consider this to be like
self-defense or defense of others.

I was gonna do whatever I could
to save that boy.

All I could think about
was my own son.

The end justifies the means?

I guess I have to say yes to that.

Suppose the suspected kidnapper
had confessed to a priest.

You'd feel no compunction about beating
up clergy to get your information?

- I didn't say that.
- Well, is there a distinction?

An innocent man has information that
would lead to the recovery of a child.

I guess I felt the victim here
wasn't so innocent.

Ah, so you're out there
playing judge, too?

Policeman, judge, executioner...

Objection. / Sustained.

Who told you it was
okay to tear muscles

and dislocate shoulders
in kidnapping situations?

There's no formal directive.
Just understood.

Understood by the police who
arrested you after you did it?

I was arrested because the media
got a hold of this.

That's the only reason I'm here.

How sad is that?

You tortured an innocent man
with no criminal record

whose only offense was that his
fugitive brother stopped at his house,

and the only reason you're here
is because the media got a hold of it.

Do you, Frannie, take Michael to
be your lawfully wedded husband,

for here and ever after?

I do.

And do you, Michael, take Frannie
to be your lawfully wedded wife,

for here andver after?

Michael.

Do you, Michael, take Frannie to
be your lawfully wedded wife,

for here and ever after?

Michael?

I'm sorry. I can't.

I just can't.

I waited my whole life for this day.

My friends, my family...

they were all gathered to celebrate
the happiest event in my life.

And instead, they were witness
to such a humiliation.

I'm still reeling from it psychologically.

Did you require treatment?

Yes. For many, many months.

My therapist thinks the trauma is even
an inhibitor to my finding love again.

Had he given any indication at all
that he was wavering?

None. No.

Everything was fine.

Um, it was more than fine, actually.
It was perfect.

Until suddenly, um...

well, what you saw.

I'm in the church with 300 people
gathered from all over.

He just, um...

well, you saw it.

What are you saying?

If he didn't feel committed,

he should've married you just the same
because the catering was paid for?

If he didn't feel committed,
what were we doing up there?

I, I was standing in my gown,
my wedding dress.

But this is love, Frannie.

It takes funny unexpected bounces.

We're talking about
emotions of the heart.

Objection.

- Sounds like a girly man.
- Move to strike!

- That's better.
- Mr. Crane.

Frannie. Do you think my client
planned for it to go down like this?

Do you have any idea
what a jolt it was?

to be left standing in the church on a day
that you've been planning for a lifetime?

You see that guy over there?
Denny Crane?

He pretended to be
my father for 25 years.

- I know a good jolt when I...
- Objection!

You lost a fiance.
I lost a foundation.

- Objection!
- Mr. Crane.

Emotional wallops are a part of life.

You don't go running into court
to address them.

That's exactly what
you're doing now.

- You shut up!
- Counsel!

I'm sorry.

I apologize to the court.

Sometimes pain can
cause you to lash out.

Would you agree with that, Frannie?

If the hurt was deep enough,

you'd want to lash out at
the person who caused it?

Is it possible you're doing
just a little of that here, hmm?

That recovery was so smooth
it almost looked planned, but it wasn't.

I gotcha.

- You don't got me.
- I do.

- No, you don't.
- Do.

- Don't.
- Sir, you're opposing counsel.

Unless you want to settle the case.

That isn't the point, to settle a score.

You caused me to believe you were
my father for my entire life.

You think that score
can be evened up?

Rhina.

Chelina.

I've decided to take
the defendant's cross.

Mr. Crane, I'm not sure
that's a good idea.

Well, whose idea is it?

- Yours.
- Well, it must be good.

Mr. Crane, do you even know
what this case is about?

It's about money.
They're always about money.

I strongly suggest
you let me handle this.

How about...

How about...

How about those patriots?

Never ever, ever,

did we send the message,
directly, indirectly, or otherwise,

that it is acceptable procedure to
physically coerce suspects or witnesses.

Officer Kirkland says
it was understood

that with kidnapping cases
there's a different set of rules.

He's mistaken.

Our department is to serve
and protect the public,

and that includes honoring
their civil liberties.

So he was acting outside the scope of his
authority as a police officer, in your opinion.

He was acting outside
the scope of the law.

He committed
a vicious criminal assault.

It was disgraceful.

I'm repulsed every time
I see that footage.

That's a funny thing that
you mention footage, captain,

because my client wasn't arrested
until that video was aired on the news.

We were investigating
prior to that broadcast.

Ah. You were investigating.

Tell me, when did you first hear
about my client's conduct?

- I can't really recall.
- Maybe I can help out.

The, uh, victim made a complaint
and filed a written report

the day that it happened.
His family members verified it.

You had knowledge of my client's disgraceful
acts from day one, didn't you, captain?

And yet, when they
recovered the child,

you held a press conference
singing the praises of your officers,

including Mr. Kirkland.

Then, when the footage went
out over the airwaves,

suddenly my client's conduct
became disgraceful.

We have not ever, and will
not ever, condone torture.

Alan Dershowitz recently said
that if we had a suspect in custody

who knew that a bomb was about
to go off and kill people,

torture would be used.
Do you disagree with that?

We've never had such a ticking
bomb case here, so I can't answer.

Let's say we're trying
to crack a big terrorist case.

Say, the Pan Am jet that
went down in Lockerbie.

- Was torture used there?
- You'd have to ask the FBI.

There were reports, I should
say rumors about the Lockerbie case,

that electrical devices were attached
to the prisoners' genitalia.

- Are you familiar...
- Objection.

This court is not going
to admit rumors, Ms. Schmidt.

Let me ask you something, captain.

If they were tortured, do you care?

I was surprised by your last question.

The last question is our defense, Alan,

which is the reason
I need you to close.

Close? I still don't even know
what I'm doing on this case, much less...

- You're on this case to close.
- Shirley.

I'll buy you a drink and explain.
Meet me in my office at 8:00.

What's going on?

I haven't the slightest idea
what's going on.

I'm on this case for
no apparent reason.

Catherine.

Oh, hello, dear.

I do not want you be friending
Bernard Ferrion.

Gee, you say that almost as if
it's any of your business.

The man has murdered two people.
It is unsafe for you to keep his company.

- I've managed to survive for 82 years...
- He is dangerous, and he...

- My word would be "desperate."
- Catherine,

Bernard Ferrion is evil.
He will likely murder again,

and you, if ever there was a person
who deserved a whack on the head...

God...

What?

I absolutely planned to marry her.

Well? What happened, Mike?

I just... I panicked.

At that particular moment?

Look, I had a phobic kind of thing
about losing control of my life.

Frannie, she,
she picked out the caterer,

the church, the minister,
the reception hall, and it just hit me.

That wedding was
a microcosm of marriage,

with every decision
to be made by her.

I just panicked.

Didn't you think of how embarrassing
it would be for her?

And for me, too. I was the one
standing up there looking like an idiot,

but we were at the "speak now or
forever hold your peace" part.

What other choice did I have?

Thank you.

I must say, we've all just seen
the best of Donny Crane.

- Objection.
- Withdrawn, withdrawn.

Mitch, may I...
may I call you Mitch?

My name's Michael.

As I understand your testimony,
you just weren't ready to get married.

That's right. / It's a huge decision.
It affects your whole life.

- Yes.
- It affects her life.

Of course.

You, you seem like a considerate
sort of guy. Are you?

- I think so.
- You must've sensed that, uh,

when you left her at the altar like that,
it would be a big number on her.

You weren't insensitive to that.

No, but again...

- what else could I have done?
- Well, yes.

Would it be unreasonable to say....

that the groom incurs a duty
to perhaps sort out his feelings

before 30 minutes
into the ceremony?

- Well, uh...
- That's not unreasonable, is it?

for the groom to be sure before
he walks down the aisle?

Is that unreasonable?

I guess not.

Ever tell her you're sorry?

- Of course I did.
- Want to tell her now?

Frannie, I'm sorry.

- And, Mitch...
- My name's Michael.

What's your lawyer's name?

- Donny Crane.
- What's my name?

- Denny Crane.
- Big difference, isn't there?

- Move to strike.
- Mr. Crane.

Now you got it.

Lock and load.

I love the law.

And what exactly is your defense?

Something like let him go,
even though he did it.

Jury nullification.

Best I can tell, though Shirley
hasn't really filled me in.

- Talking about me?
- Yes, Shirley,

if you so enjoy
keeping me in the dark,

you really should give me a try...

in the dark.

Thank you.

Actually, it's your love of the dark
that got you on this case.

Are we still on for 8:00?

See, that evidently was supposed
to mean something.

Excuse me. Bernie!

What are you doing here?

Uh, I'm, uh, picking up Catherine.
We're grabbing a bite.

Bernie, I like Catherine Piper.
I very much want her to go on living,

the chances of which are lessened
if she keeps your company.

- Go screw yourself.
- What did you just say to me?

You heard me.
It's not like me to curse.

I've only said it once
before in my entire life.

- Undoubtedly to mother.
- Go screw yourself, Alan!

- Now we're up to three times.
- I will not be berated by you, put down.

Catherine, are you witnessing this?

Why don't you give him
a chance, for god's sake?

How about we leave god out of this?

I hired you to be a legal secretary,

not to bring god or
anybody else into the office,

certainly not serial killers.

Note the look on his face, Catherine.

That's what's commonly known
as your psychotic glare.

Don't anybody ask this man
to whip up an omelet.

- You were my friend.
- And I thought you were mine.

And you know what you did
to me after I got you out?

You killed again.

You got blood on my hands
that will never come out.

Friends don't do that, Bernie.
Friends don't do that.

Oh, you.

Your continued staring suggests
a point of view, Tara.

If you've got one, please share it.

This is every woman's, perhaps
every man's greatest nightmare,

being left at the altar in front of all
our family, our closest friends, our boss.

There is no greater humiliation.
And it could happen to anybody.

It could happen to you.

Your granddaughter, your son.

Me.

We gotta send a message right now
to every bride and every groom.

You wanna have
a change of heart?

Fine.

But have the decency to have it
before you walk down the aisle.

And there's only one way to
really send that message, isn't there?

Money.

What would you have him do?

The ceremony somehow takes
precedence over the institution itself?

The goal is to avoid
embarrassment now?

This is marriage.

For god's sake,
"till death do us part."

"Let no man tear asunder."

Now, my client did
the honorable thing.

He refused to take vows
he didn't feel he could live up to.

And does anybody here
really feel he should have?

This is marriage.

It's simply insane
for me to give the closing

after you've handled all the witnesses.

The jury has no relationship with me.

I can only guess that
you must want one.

Is that what this is all about,

your unconscious desire to bed me?

You have undoubtedly
seen this footage.

Along with the rest of the world.

It happened in Los Angeles.
What's it got to do with us?

Two of the officers were disciplined,
and they then sued.

They were just awarded
$2.4 million last month.

Is there a moral?

This brings us to the dark.

The jury in that case

somehow found it in their conscience
to pay those officers millions of dollars.

Obviously, there was
some human nature in play.

We need to stand up
in front of our jury

and tell them what our client
did was a good thing.

It's not in me to sell that.

And you think it's in me.

I certainly don't know all of you, Alan,

perhaps not even much.

But you seem to have a capacity
to see darkness in people's hearts.

I need you to exploit
the ugliness in human nature

in a way that I cannot.

I think you're underestimating your own
capacity to see darkness in hearts.

He doesn't get to be above the law
because he's a policeman.

He doesn't get to be exempt from the law
because there was a fortuitous result.

He beat up an innocent man,
fractured a cheekbone,

broke an arm,
put him in the hospital.

This was an aggravated assault.
It was torture.

Paul Harris didn't have specific information
as to the whereabouts of the suspect.

All he had was a general idea
of the places he liked to frequent.

For that...

you saw what happened to him.

The truth is, as Americans,

we love torture.

We keep it to ourselves,
of course, but come on,

when it comes to evil doers,

torture's okay.

Hollywood certainly knows that.
Dirty Harry, boom,

Charles Bronson in "death wish,"

Denzel Washington in "man on fire",

heroes torturing the bad guys.

In theaters all across the country,
we cheered. We like torture.

Is there potential for abuse?
Without question.

The events at Abu Ghraib prison
were deplorable.

But do we really believe
they just happened in a vacuum?

Alberto Gonzales,
our attorney general,

wrote a memo to the administration
saying torture's okay.

Our supreme court just recently held

that evidence gained from torture
can be used in trials.

Alan Dershowitz, one of the leading
civil rights activists in our country,

raised the idea of using torture warrants
so as at least to be more open about it.

Torture warrants.
Love that torture.

Mr. Preston talks about the victim here
being an innocent man.

Now, come on,
he wasn't that innocent.

He did harbor a fugitive,
one who kidnaps and kills children.

He did have information that ultimately
led to the rescue of the child here.

And he refused to give it up
until he was...

coerced.

As for my client being above the law,

well, the law in this country
has always been subject to evolving

community standards of humanity.

So the 12 of you get to go back there,
as a community, and ask yourselves,

"was this a good thing or not?"

He's happy.
He's alive.

They're sure as hell happy.

My client saved a life,
that little boy's life.

If it were your child,

wouldn't you want the police to do
whatever was necessary?

This officer got the job done

using a method that our government,
our military, our attorney general,

and, yes, even our supreme court
has said is sometimes okay.

Sometimes. Depending on
the situation, torture's okay.

Just don't tell anybody.

Madam foreperson, the jury
has reached a verdict?

- We have, your honor.
- What say you?

On the question of liability,
we find in favor of the plaintiff.

On the question of damages,

we order the defendant to pay
the plaintiff the amount of $1.6 million.

Thank you.
The jury is dismissed.

1.6? Oh, my god.

I'm sorry.

You said we'd win.

Your first mistake was letting me
push your buttons in there.

Your second was not preparing
your client for cross.

He admitted fault.
He admitted the harm was foreseeable.

You let me frame the issue as the groom's
duty to be sure before the ceremony.

Once we got that, we won.

Never ever let the other side
frame the issue, son.

I'm not your son.

Could you please go?

Your third mistake...

the definition of a father...

it's a sliding scale.

Some are great, some are terrible,
and most are in between.

I may not have been around much,

but I was always there
when you needed me.

Still I am.

And I've always loved you.

Still do.

Will the defendant please rise?

The jury has reached
a unanimous verdict?

- We have, your honor.
- Please state your verdict.

In the matter of the Commonwealth
versus Wayne Kirkland,

read the charge of aggravated assault,
we find the defendant Wayne Kirkland

not guilty.

- Congratulations.
- Thank you very much.

- Thank you for everything.
- You're welcome, sir.

Thank you, Alan.

And I apologize if I offended you.

Nonsense, you paid great tribute
to my lawyering skill, Shirley.

What higher compliment
could there be?

Alan, listen, I....

your capacity to see darkness,
we all have it, I suppose, including me.

My point is...

it was simply a dirty job
and I chose to let you do it.

No, the point is I was willing to do it

and you somehow saw that.

Your secretary said
you wanted to see me.

She told you that?

Is there some reason
why she shouldn't have?

I said I wanted to see you naked.

I don't suppose there's
much chance of that.

I'll let you see me naked.

Now there's definitely no chance.

Well, now that you're here,

you tried a good case, soldier.

You're an excellent lawyer.

Thank you.
Tell a friend.

Drinking without me?

I'm never without you.

Nice coat. New?

$3,500.

It's good to have money.
Don't you love having money?

- It means we're successful.
- Happy.

Fat.

It's all good.

How'd your trial go?

We won. You?

Victory.

Success.

Goes well with having money.

We're winners.
That's what we are.

Yep. Salud.
Here's to the winners.