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Can't this wait
till band practice?

If your mother keeps me
waiting any longer,

we won't make band practice.

You had to make
the afternoon appointment.

She was booked all morning.

Maybe if you swing
a little daughter influence...

Okay, Jodie, you're up. Hi, honey.

I'm feeling better, Dr. Brock.

I'm sure it was just
a 24-hour bug or something.

Okay, well, come on in, anyway.

I'm dying, right?

You have that parent look.
It was the flu, right?

No.

The lab just called me
with your blood tests.

That nausea was morning sickness, Jodie.

Morning sickness?

I'm afraid you're pregnant.

I can't be pregnant. I can't be.
You are.

You can take a few days.
You can think about it.

Come back and see me,
and we'll discuss your options.

You mean abortion.

Abortion, adoption, motherhood, all these
choices belong to you.

But who?

It doesn't matter who...
You told me you were a virgin.

How can...
What difference does it make, Kim?

What difference does it make?

We're supposed to be close friends.
I poured my heart out to you

when my father caught me
in bed with Billy,

and the whole time, you were sleeping
with somebody, too.

Look, last year, I had a boyfriend in
Windsor before I moved here.

You never said anything
about a boyfriend in Windsor.

I don't like to talk about him.

Anyway,

I saw him over Christmas,

and we did it.

And you didn't use anything?

No. I can't believe it.

I can't believe this.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to have it. What else can I do?

Are you serious?

You know my father, the Latter-day Saint.

You're a senior in high school.
What are you going to do with a baby?

Abortion is a mortal sin in our church,
plus which, my father would disown me.

You don't have to tell him.

I already did.

Kim, he wants me to have it.

License and registration, please.

I was barely going 20 miles an hour.

Twenty miles an hour through a stop sign.
License and registration.

Stay in the car, please.

I'm already out of the car.
Put that gun away.

What's your name?

Deputy Kenneth Lacos.

License and registration.

How long have you lived in this town?

I'll ask the questions, if you don't mind.

Lets start with license and registration.

Here is my license

and registration.

Do you believe in psychic fate?

I believe in stop signs more.

Is this your current address?

That's it.

It's 60 miles from here.
And you know what, Deputy Lacos?

I got in my car this morning
and just started driving.

I didn't know where I was going. I took
the Rome exit, but who knows why?

I can only tell you I didn't feel like
I had a choice.

I didn't even see that stop sign,
and it wasn't until I saw your face

that anything today has made sense.

Sense?
You.

Some force brought me here.

I think that force is for you and me
to be together.

Uh-huh.

Well, you're still getting a ticket.

You have to talk to her.

Kimberly, if she chooses
to talk to me, I will,

but if she chooses not to...

It's like she's been brainwashed.

She's not even considering
the consequences.

She's just thinking about her religion.

Kimberly, I can talk to her about
her options,

but it would be wrong for me or any doctor

to steer her toward having an abortion.

She's 16.

She's also carrying a life.

This is a very emotional subject, and age
is not the only determining factor.

But I also think...
What?

I don't know how she got pregnant.
She's so straight.

She would never even
touch a cigarette or a drink.

Do you?

I've never seen her with a boy.

If she had a boyfriend in Windsor,
I would have heard about it.

What if she was raped or something?
Raped?

Why would you think she was raped?

I don't,

but something's not right here.

We're very close, and I know.

Something's just not right.

You say somebody stole your duck?

Our pet mallard.

We let him out in the back yesterday,
and I know Bernie Thompson stole him.

How do you know that?
Cynthia saw him.

You saw him steal your duck?

No, but I've seen him
go after chickens, big ones.

But you didn't see him take your duck.

Bernie Thompson was desperate
for a duck yesterday.

Sheila Lang said he came by the farm
to see if they had any.

And he tried to buy Dalton
from us yesterday morning.

Who's Dalton?
Our duck.

Bernie wanted to buy him. We said no.

So I think he came back and snatched him.

I've seen him go after chickens.

Big ones.

Excuse me just a second.

Maxine, would you go over to
Bernie Thompson's house

and see if he's got their duck?

I was going out there anyway.
We just got a 911.

Bernie's father, Ed, just died.
Probably the cancer.

That's too bad.

Well, call the coroner's office and get
on out there, would you, please?

She'll take care of you.

Excuse me.

Here's a check to cover my ticket,

and I would like to apologize
for my behavior this morning.

I'm sure you found it somewhat peculiar.

Somewhat.

Well, I don't quite understand it myself.

All I can say is I did have this
overwhelming compulsion

this morning to start driving.

I ended up in this town,
looking at your face.

It all seemed incredibly deja vu.

I was wondering,
could we have dinner tonight?

Give me a break.

Look, I've got a problem
with people profiting

from breaking the law, you know?

You run a stop sign, you shouldn't get
a reward for that.

You're right. I'll buy dinner.

Then after, I'll reward you.

Okay, 8:00.

Pick me up here,

and drive safe.

Great. Until then.

Who's that?

Elena Shannon.

She ran a stop sign this morning.
I gave her a ticket.

So the two of you are going to have
dinner tonight?

What, you were listening, Max?

What about conflict of interest,
professional responsibility,

not seeing a suspect socially?
Didn't you give me a big speech on that?

She paid her fine.
She's just a citizen now.

Uh-huh.

Shouldn't you be going to
Bernie Thompson's house?

He has a dead father waiting for you.

What?
It's just a formality, Mr. Thompson.

Formality?
You don't do autopsies on cancer victims.

There's not going to be an autopsy.

We're just going to have Carter look
at the body to make sure

there's no evidence of foul play.

Foul play? What the hell is going on here?

Nothing.
Take the body to Carter.

But while I do have you here,
do you have information

on the whereabouts
of the Parks' pet mallard?

I beg your pardon?
He's missing.

And you've been known to chase chickens.

Look, I'm sorry. I know this has been
a very difficult day for you.

My father has just died,

and you are questioning me
about missing ducks?

Now, I heard that you were a gung-ho,
over-the-top detective.

Deputy.
Whatever. It's reprehensible.

Come on, Benji.

I'm not a gung-ho deputy.

Everybody thinks I'm a gung-ho deputy.
I'm just a deputy that follows the law,

not a gung ho deputy.
What is gung? I'm good.

Hi.
Kimberly. What a surprise!

Is Jodie here?

Upstairs. Come on in.

I know she'll be glad to see you.

MAN: Worst thing would be
to view this as a catastrophe.

This is not a catastrophe.

JODIE: What kind of life
will I be able to lead, having a baby?

MAN: It's obviously God's way, honey.

Whatever happens,
happens in His wisdom,

and we just have to accept it.

I know. I just don't know
if I'm ready for this.

You know I'm with you, don't you?

Forever. I'm always with you.

I need to know that.

We're practically best friends, so we can
tell each other stuff, right?

Yeah.

When I came upstairs,
I heard you and your father talking.

It sounded kind of private,
so I waited out in the hall,

but I could see in,

and I saw you and your father kiss.

He's my father.
Of course we kiss each other.

Fathers and daughters
don't kiss like that, Jodie.

Is your father the father of your baby?
No.

Of course not. No!

Jodie, you've never been
interested in any boys at school.

What are you talking about?
You've never even been on a date.

So my father and I kiss a little
different. That doesn't mean anything.

That doesn't mean anything.

If your father is sexually molesting you...

Shut up, Kim!

Is he molesting you?
Shut up!

Jodie.
It's not what you think.

He's not molesting me.
There's been no abuse.

We've chosen to love each other.

You can't know what you're doing.

I do know what I'm doing.

This is between us.
I know exactly what I'm doing.

CARTER: I think it's natural causes.

MAXINE: Natural causes?

I can't be sure without an autopsy.

Let me cut this guy open. No.

I like to be thorough, Maxine. No.

Unless you can find a hint of foul play,
there's to be no autopsy. Jimmy said.

Well, there's no bruising.
I took some blood.

Carter.
I can do that.

It was clean.
Here's the stomach contents.

I'll get it to the lab, but as you can
see, he didn't eat much.

Hair and kidney samples go to the lab.
Eye fluids?

Fine.

There's something up his nose.

What?

It's a feather that belonged to a duck.
Are you sure?

I did two years of veterinary school.
I know a duck feather when I see it.

This looks like a mallard.

Do your autopsy.

Really?
Do it. Fast.

(CLATTERING)

BERNIE: What the hell is wrong with you?

Don't give me that, Bernie.

We know you were looking
high and low for a duck yesterday.

The Parks' mallard is missing,

and we pulled a feather
out of your father's right nostril.

If you don't tell us everything,
I'll place you under arrest.

For what, duck-napping?

I'm not kidding.

All right, look,

I took the thing. My father was dying.
He was obviously near the end.

His favorite food in the whole world is
duck, and that was his dying request.

You ate Dalton?

I went to every grocery store.

I ran around to half the farmers in
this town.

Try getting a duck in the middle of winter.

You just ate him?

Look, I didn't know
it was somebody's beloved pet.

I thought it was...

My father was dying, Maxine.
He wanted a last supper.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

So this deja-vu thing when you saw
my face, let's hear it again.

You're enjoying this.

This must be the ultimate male fantasy.

The woman driven by the gods.

Can't resist.

You know, Deputy, I'm not a forward woman.

In fact, some of my friends
might even describe me

as slightly frigid.

Oh, really?
Slightly.

But I can't even look at you
without wanting to drain you

of every last ounce of...

Of what?

Nothing.

Don't.

Don't even think of kissing me

because if we go,

we go.

So you stop right there.

Mr. Elyse?

Now, Mom, this goes no further.

I promised Jodie I wouldn't tell anyone.

You've got to convince her to see a counselor.

She won't even admit
that what she's doing is wrong.

Well, then, let me talk to her.

No.
Kimberly, honey, now, listen to me.

This goes way beyond
keeping your friends' secrets.

We're talking about incest.

Aside from the baby's risk
of severe birth defects,

Jodie's psychological well-being is
at stake.

Psychologically, she seems fine.
She's a straight-A student.

She gets along fine with everyone.

And she's having sex with her own father.

She needs help, Kimberly.

You promised you would keep this private.

I know. I'm sorry. I understand that,

but I didn't know what you were
about to tell me.

Mom.
Honey.

You're trying to save a friendship.
I'm asking you to save your friend.

(WOMAN MOANING)

You having car problems?

No, I just pulled over to rest my eyes.

Rest your eyes?

Everything all right, then?

Yes, fine.

Well, you have a nice evening.

Thanks.

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

The father?
JILL: She saw them kissing.

Then when Kimberly confronted Jodie...

What are you doing?
I'm going to arrest him.

Hold on a minute. Honey. Honey,

Kimberly told me this in confidence.
I don't think that we can...

Her friend is a victim of incest.

As the Sheriff, I can't just do nothing.
As a doctor, you...

Yes, yes, but we came upon this
information as parents.

Jimmy, let's just be parents.

Let's just be selfish parents.
Meaning what?

Meaning that our relationship
with Kimberly has been strained lately.

I don't want to betray her trust.

The incest is ongoing, Jill.

Could you really live with staying silent?

No,

but to make your own daughter
turn state's evidence?

It's hard enough to be the daughter
of the Sheriff.

I can't arrest the man without her.

Not yet.

No, that dead man had no duck for dinner.

Well, how can you be sure?

I pumped his stomach.
He hadn't eaten anything for days,

except a couple of stewed apricots.
Now, he was very sick,

probably had no appetite.

I have a hard time believing he'd want
anything so gamy as a mallard duck.

Well, what did the autopsy say?

No sign of foul play.

Everything was normal, except for
the feathered nostril.

Now, he also had a bracelet on his ankle
with the word "Alabar" on it.

That could mean something.

Something's funny here.

Bernie Thompson goes to that strange
church on Patterson Hill,

and I've seen the word "Alabar"
in some of their pamphlets.

Really?

I think it's a cult.

Maybe they worship ducks
and inhale feathers.

No religion snorts ducks' feathers.

How would you know?
You never go to church.

Never mind.

When's the memorial for the father?

Tomorrow. The service is private.

Well, we're going to be there.

I don't think they let in outsiders.

I'll dress in civvies.
Ginny, you're gonna go with me.

We'll tell them we're relatives.

We don't know those people,
and they don't know us.

Something could be going on.

Maybe it does involve that church.

Absolutely not.

Listen to me, Kimberly.
No, you listen!

Jodie told me in private,
and I told Mom in private.

I don't care.
I do care.

I am not turning state's evidence.

I cannot arrest her father without your testimony.

Look, you don't play sheriff with me.

That's the deal.
That's the understanding.

I am your daughter,

not the in-house informant.
I know about the understanding,

but this is too serious a matter.

No.
Hey.

You sat in this room with me a month ago

and told me I'm growing up.

I thought that meant you'd be treating me
like an adult,

and look at you, ordering me around
like a child again.

I'm asking you to make hard choices here.

I cannot arrest Jodie's father
without your testimony.

Now, maybe that's going to cause you
to lose a friendship.

Hard choices.

It doesn't get any more adult than this.

I made my hard choice.

I'm keeping my promise to Jodie.
I am obligated to my word.

Okay.

Tomorrow, I try to break down
Jodie's father,

and your mother tries to break down Jodie.

You can't do this.

You have declared your priorities.

Now we're declaring ours.

This is an absolute invasion of
my privacy.

You think I'm concerned with your privacy,

having sexual relations
with your own daughter?

That's false.
That's not false.

My daughter saw...
Your daughter saw a kiss.

A passionate kiss.
A kiss. Yes, a kiss on the lips,

atypical between father
and daughter but not illegal.

There is no law anywhere
that says it is illegal

for a man to kiss his daughter
on the lips.

God knows our private lives
are legislated enough in this country,

but nowhere, no law anywhere,
not even in Wisconsin,

makes it a crime for a daughter and
her father to kiss that way.

Well, there's certainly a law
against intercourse.

You have evidence of intercourse?
Do you, Counsel?

I will blood type that baby when
it's born.

If we make a connection... If there's
another invasion of my privacy...

You hear me, you sick son of a bitch.
If you're sleeping with your daughter,

I'm going to get you.
What you're going to get is a lawsuit.

Shut up!

I don't give a damn about your privacy,

your legal rights or the law.
If you're sleeping with your daughter,

I'm going to nail your butt.

That's a threat.
I want that on the record.

I didn't hear a thing.

What happened last night?

Dinner. It was good.

Where did you eat?

She brought Chinese over.

To your apartment?
Yeah.

So what? You ate, then hung out,
maybe watched some TV?

Yeah, sort of.

What did you watch?

What do you mean?
I don't know what we watched.

What? You watched TV,

and you can't even remember
the program?

Maybe we didn't watch TV.

You slut.
Max!

You slept with her.

I didn't say anything about...

Mr. "I Heat Up Fast" Chinese Food,

you slept with her!

I'm not going to tell you what I did,

but even if something did happen,
what business is it of yours?

If you're sexually intimate with someone,

I, as your partner, have a right to know.

You do?
Yes, I do.

We've been shot at together.

We've been exposed to each other's
blood. It could happen again,

and in this day of AIDS,
if you're sleeping around,

you put me at risk.

What?
I'm being serious.

Oh, God.

What's going on?

Max is afraid I'll get shot
again and give her AIDS.

Kenny.

We're having a professional discussion.
That's all.

But you'll have to excuse me
because I'm late for a funeral.

She's getting crazier every day.

Right.

Kenny,

that woman you ticketed yesterday...

Elena?
Yeah, yeah.

It's none of my business
who you choose to date, Kenny,

but I saw her last night.

She was parked along the side
of the road about 9:00,

and she was in the back seat...

It's really none of my business.

Jimmy, at 9:00, she was in my apartment
with me.

No, it was definitely her, Kenny.

What time did she leave?

7:00 this morning.
She stayed with me all night.

Really?

She's lying.
Jodie, we both know my daughter,

and we both know she's not lying.

Then she misunderstood.
My boyfriend in Windsor

got me pregnant.
Who? What boyfriend?

My business.
Jodie, try to understand this.

You are in an extremely
unhealthy situation,

which will cripple you both

emotionally and psychologically.
Trust me on this.

I'm not trusting you.
I'm not trusting Kimberly.

Listen to me.
Get your hands off me!

All right, you want to walk out that door,
I'm going to let you, but know this.

However much you think
you love your father,

however much you think this is okay,

you're going to end up destroyed,

dysfunctional, maybe even institutionalized.

If I'm scaring you, I mean to.

You don't know how desperate you are.

Kimberly made it all up,

and you don't know what you're
talking about.

Be seated.

Our Savior brings us joy.

ALL: We embrace his joy.

Hallowed be his love.

ALL: We embrace his love.

PRIEST: Revel in his peace.

ALL: We embrace his peace.

We're undercover.

In the name and spirit of Alabar,

in that Edward Thompson's
spirit and eternal life

be blessed in the eyes of Alabar...

(BLEATING)

What the hell?

...in our sacrifice...

What?

...feel our love and worship. Amen.
ALL: Amen.

(BOTH SCREAMING)

What are you doing?
Wait. Please, wait a minute.

You freeze.

Put that thing down. Now.

How dare you?
This is a religious ceremony.

Do it. You are all under arrest.

Everybody up.

Keep those hands above your head.
You are all under arrest!

Move it! Now! Quick!

This is a religious ceremony,
and we have a right,

a First Amendment right,
to do what we're doing.

MAXINE: Move it! Now!
Will somebody...

MAXINE: Come on.

Let's go. Let's move it in there. Maxine,

you arrested the whole congregation?

They're all in on it, Jimmy.

It's a conspiracy.

Conspiracy of what?

Conspiracy to sacrifice
animals, to commit mutilation.

They took this goat...

It was sick. Sick.

It was religion, religious worship.

What kind of worship calls
for slitting a helpless animal's throat?

It's an ancient religion known as Afari.

It's growing in the mainstream.

Well, it ain't going to grow in Rome. Maxine.

That's why I needed the duck.
Sacrifice is a means of honoring Alabar.

It's done to cure the sick
and to celebrate birth and death,

and the duck has special healing powers,

so when my father took a turn
for the worse, I was desperate.

What about the goat?

Today's ceremony was to celebrate
my father's death.

So you sacrificed a duck
to heal your father?

My father wanted to live.

Could you leave us alone, please?

Release him.

What?
Stealing a duck is a misdemeanor.

You can't lock him up for that.

He didn't just steal it.

He chopped its head off and drained
its blood. What do you call that?

If it was a turkey,
I'd call it Thanksgiving.

This is a satanic cult, Jimmy.
We have to shut them down.

KIMBERLY: Daddy?

All right, book the priest.
Release the others.

What's up, sweetheart?

Mom said Jodie denied everything.

Yeah.

Are you going to arrest her father?

I don't have enough evidence yet.

I'd like to make a statement as a witness.

What?

I saw them kiss. I know what she told me.

I'd like to make an official complaint.

Are you sure?

She's in trouble,

and I'm coming forward.

JIMMY: Elyse.
Yes?

You're under arrest
for violation of chapter 944.06 and 8,

incest with a minor.

This is a mistake.

You made it. Hands up against the wall.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used
against you.

You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford one,

one will be provided to you
by the State of Wisconsin.

(POLICE SIREN WAILING)

Elena? Elena!

I'm okay. I'm okay.
Take it easy.

How's your head?
I'm all right. Who did I hit?

She's on the curb. She's okay.

Should run them both in to get checked.

Is she okay?
Both parties are okay.

I ain't got the details yet.
Can she stand?

Yeah, she can stand.
All right, let's get her over to Jill's.

Are you all right?
Yeah, I...

Oh, my God. You have a twin?

I didn't even know
I had a sister.

Okay, they're fine. A few bumps and
bruises, but they're going to be okay.

And before today, one never knew
that the other existed?

Never. They were separated
at birth through adoption.

It's unbelievable.

I've read about this phenomenon with
twins before, but to actually see it...

See what?
The psychic connection.

The other one's given name was Helen,

but she felt compelled to drop the "H,"
so Ellen and Elena.

They said they felt this unconscious
drive to unite,

which led them to Rome and to meet.

In a head-on collision.

I know. And it gets better.

They were both music majors in school.
They both drive Camaros.

Poorly.

Elena is in public relations.
Ellen's in advertising.

Elena broke her leg three years ago,

and Ellen couldn't walk
because of the excruciating pain.

They've actually felt symptoms
of diseases that the other one had.

It's incredible.
Can I go and see them?

Yeah, go ahead.

We found it in a shallow grave

with some other carcasses behind the church.

Do you think that Cynthia would...

Just let us see it so we can go home, please,

put this whole mess behind us.

Oh, yes, that's Dalton.
Hello, Dalton. He has this little smile.

What kind of a priest would murder a duck?

All right, honey, put it down.

She's upset.

I can shellac him.

I hope you prosecute.

What's happening to this community?
It used to be safe.

He would make a good keychain.

Never mind.

(QUACKING)

So this force that brought
you to Rome was...

It was to reunite you
with your sister, not me.

I guess, but Kenny, the feeling that I got
when I saw your face,

that feeling was very real, too.

Like you'd seen him before?

But I couldn't remember.

That's the face that I saw last night.

You know, when I had to...

Pull the car over?
Yes.

What are you talking about?

Kenny, last night when you and I were
making love, Ellen had an orgasm.

It just happened.
I didn't do anything.

I pulled my car over
to the side of the road,

and the Sheriff just, kind of, caught me.

This is weird.

We've had to live with this weirdness...
Our whole lives.

Never knowing what it is...
Until now.

It wasn't an easy thing to do.

I'm sure it was the toughest thing,

you know, but now you can put it behind
you, you know, move forward.

Jodie.
Do you think I get to put it behind me?

I'm pregnant!

I need all the family,
all the support, I can get,

and now Michael could be going to jail,

all because you...
Don't you see how sick this is?

You even call him Michael.
He's your father.

You shouldn't be calling him Michael.
You shouldn't be sleeping with him.

You shouldn't be having his baby.

I don't care about your rules,

about society's rules.
Society isn't always right.

I mean, look at how screwed up
family life is in this country.

No family is more screwed up than yours.

I asked you to trust me.
You didn't!

I need him!

He loves me.
He takes care of me,

and that may not be
your version of what a family should...

But it works,

and I need him.

You need help,

but not from him.

If my father goes to jail,
everybody's life is ruined.

They can't prosecute him
without your testimony.

I'm begging you as my best friend,

please, don't testify.

As your best friend, I'm testifying.

BAILIFF: 32662, People of Wisconsin v.
Jesus Lendehas.

Chapter 951.

This the animal-cruelty one?

Douglas Wambaugh for the goat killer.

I move to dismiss on constitutional grounds

and freedom of religion.

Religious freedom has never been
an absolute, Your Honor.

The defendant and his cult have purposely...

Objection to the term cult.
It is not a good word, "cult."

WOMAN: You defend everybody.
MAN: Shut up.

Quiet!

I ask that they all be jailed
and strip-searched, Judge.

Wambaugh, I'm in a lousy mood today.

Forgive me,

but how is one to tell?

Your Honor, animal sacrifice is an
extremely cruel and primitive practice,

one that cannot be condoned
by this community or any other.

I mean, we are talking about
savage treatment...

Who are you kidding?

Half the men in this town hunt.

They're out shooting birds and deer,

cutting off their heads,
mounting them on their wall.

I would submit, Your Honor,
that that's different.

Oh? Why?

He's asking you why.

Hunting and fishing,
its essence is the food chain,

and the prey is often eaten,
and on sustenance grounds...

Your Honor, my client ate the goat,
and it was delicious.

It's a barbaric practice.
The animal's throat is slit.

The blood is drained out into a big pot.

That's exactly what our slaughterhouses
do to cows.

It may be barbaric, Counsel,
but it certainly isn't new.

I was afraid of this.

We kill animals for food.
We kill them for furs and fashion.

How can I sit up here and say
it's okay to murder an animal

for the sake of a hamburger or a
mink coat,

but it's not okay for religious worship?

That's blatant hypocrisy.
I won't do it.

Mr. Lindyhouse, on your feet.

Lendehas.

What you're doing in that church of yours
makes no sense to me,

but I also understand

religious faith starts up
where reason leaves off.

I'm letting you go, sir,

but if you so much as chop up
anybody's pet ever again...

I didn't know it was a pet, Judge.

Mmm-hmm.

Well, you damn well make sure.

I got two dogs and a cat.

If I even see you look at them funny,

you'll end up knowing
the true meaning of sacrifice,

and it will be from the other side
of the fence. You got it?

Yes, sir.

And may I say...

No, you may not say. Shut up.

This case is dismissed.

(GAVEL POUNDING)

(CROWD CHATTERING)

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

You people were all bitching and moaning

when you couldn't have your
Christmas pageant.

You want your religion. Yes, yes.
Well, they're just as entitled to theirs.

Next case.

Individuality is a very strange thing,
Kenny. I never felt I had it,

until now, until I found Ellen.

You're telling me that you can't be an
individual unless you're a twosome?

I know it sounds crazy, but yes.

See, Dr. Brock says we have something
called a unit identity.

Which means we can't be whole...

Unless we're together.

Well, I'm very happy for the both of you.

Kenny, we're not telling you
this to help you better understand twins.

ELENA: There's an agenda.

We find you extremely attractive.

And kind.

And sensitive.

And...

This is weird.
This is weird.

We'd like to pursue a relationship.

Excuse me?

The three of us.
We're both very monogamous women.

We need to be with each other

to really achieve any fulfillment emotionally.

We'd like you to be our boyfriend.

Your boyfriend?

You and I really connected,

and you can't deny that,

and if you connected with me,
I know you'd connect with Ellen.

Your boyfriend?

You think you could handle
that, dating twins?

I could give it a try.

BAILIFF: 321211, People of Wisconsin
v. Michael Elyse.

Chapter 944, charge of incest.

Douglas Wambaugh, appearing for the
family man.

I move for immediate dismissal, Judge,
on grounds of religious freedom.

WOMAN 1: What does he mean?
Please.

It worked so well the last time.

How dare you make sport of this?

The man is having sex with his
own daughter,

and you're finding humor?

Jodie Elyse is not Michael's
daughter, Your Honor.

What do you mean, she's not his daughter?

She's his wife.

WOMAN 2: His wife!

BONE: Quiet down.

I'd like to show you their
marriage license.

Jodie Elyse's real age
is 18 years and four months.

They were married nine months ago.

Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.
Just a second. Just a second.

Who the hell is that woman
sitting behind him?

DOUGLAS: That's Lisanne Elyse,
also his wife.

My client is a Mormon,
Your Honor.

That's why I raised the issue
of religious freedom.

(CROWD MURMURING)

Chambers. Everybody. Now.

We lied because of the law.

Plus, she wanted to enroll in high school,
and it seemed the best way.

And you're a part of this?

I love her, too.
We're a family.

Just because you can't accept our faith...

Wait a minute.

Mormons don't practice polygamy anymore.

The Church has condemned it.

The Church was forced to condemn it
by federal law.

Otherwise, the whole religion
would have been banned.

There's still a lot of Mormons
that believe in polygamy,

and I'm one of them.

We have a loving home.
We contribute to this community.

We are a giving people who cherish
one another.

Judge, I'm very moved.

Well, I'm not.
Polygamy is against the law.

You broke that law.

Now, I need to talk to the lawyers.
Please. There's the door. Get out.

The only thing I've ever
kept from you, Kim, is that I'm married.

That's a pretty big detail, Jodie.

You can't expect me to feel that
I know you.

You know me.

Now you just know me a little better.

You're 18, you're a Mormon,
and you're married.

We do love each other.

It may not be a typical home,

but there's a lot of love and support.

Not a lot of families have that.

Yeah.

Look, you can't just kick it.
Why?

The incest is out anyway.
Well, what about bigamy?

The guy has two wives.

So plead it out.

You want Wambaugh appealing it

all the way up to the Supreme Court,
wasting tax dollars?

He's never going to overturn the law
against polygamy.

The point is, I'll try. I'm a character.

And he may go farther than you think.

What are you saying, Judge?

The law against polygamy was drafted
in the 1800s,

when the legislators had a very strict
interpretation of family.

That interpretation is no longer valid.

Insurance laws, marriage laws,
inheritance laws,

they're all being rewritten to recognize
new kinds of domestic partnerships.

Maybe polygamy won't be embraced,

but the traditional concept
of family in this country

no longer has meaning.

Are you sitting there
as an officer of this court,

saying you're willing
to legitimize polygamy?

As a jurist, no.

As a realist, common-law
marriages exist all over.

There's nothing to stop
the Elyses from living together

in a common-law union.

Rome is not ready for this.

Oh, now, now, now, you don't want to
open up this Pandora's box.

Plead it out.

Drop all charges

in exchange for their officially
dissolving one of the marriages.

Let them live together if they want.

Rome is going to flip.

No, no, no, not if the marriage with the
girl is dissolved on the books.

Make it go away, Counsel.
Family values, definitions of family,

it's a mine field.
This is a much bigger bomb than you think.

The test case is coming, and I don't
want him to have it.

Make it go away.

MAN: Kenny, somebody's here to see you.

How long do we have to sit here like this?

I guess until Daddy feels
he can get up and drive us home.

We live in a world without norms.

Religion and family and law,
there just are no norms anymore.

Society always pushed morality on us.

Good or bad, it was clear.

Now

society's pushing tolerance.

And that's good.

Yeah, but I feel like the country is coming

into a kind of moral adolescence.

Sometimes freedom comes
at the expense of structure,

and that can be a little frightening.

JILL: Come on, sweetheart,

don't overreact.

I mean, we're always going to be
a land of convention.

There may always be some religions
that like to kill ducks,

and there will always be some philosophies

that skew the interpretation
of traditional family,

but we'll always be a land of convention
and social norms,

especially here in Rome.

ELENA: We're going to be late.
KENNY: Let me check out.

Jimmy,

all the paperwork's done.
We're going out to dinner.

Okay.

KENNY: You've met Jill.

Kimberly, my girlfriends Elena and Ellen.

Hi.

Hi.
Hi.

Come on, I'm starved.

Me, too.
Me, too.

(DOOR CLOSES)