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[Larry] Oh, God!

I have not made love like that
in my entire life.

[chuckles] You just keep
going and going.

How do you do that? [sighs]

I don’t know, I practice.

Oh, I have to admit, Max.
When we first met, I...

I didn’t think of you as being
all that overly passionate.

[chuckles]

Boy, did I get that wrong!

[kisses]

- Larry?
- Mmm-hmm?

Could you do me a favor?

[sighs] Does it require moving
one single solitary muscle?

[chuckles] Sort of.

- Mmm.
- I’d like you to go home.

Excuse me.

I’m sorry...
I don’t mean to be weird.

But I just think that I need to be alone.

What’s the matter?

Nothing, everything’s fine.

[chuckles] I didn’t please you,
did I?

No, of course you did.
I mean, it wasn’t--

[scoffs] That’s why
you seem so insatiable.

You were great.
It was great sex.

It’s just that I have
this killer day tomorrow

and I just think
that I sleep better alone.

[smacks lips] I understand.

I am just a one-night conquest,
I understand.

You’re not a one-night stand!

I can’t even
stay till morning.

- Larry?
- Just sex with you, that’s all, sport?

It wasn’t just sex.
I care about you.

Well, tell me this, are we gonna
see each other again?

Oh, forget it.
You’re all the same.

I can’t believe I could be so stupid.
I knew it.

Pig!

[theme music playing]

[theme music ends]

Yes, we’re checking that
right now. Mmm-hmm.

You blew the guy off just because
you didn’t have an orgasm?

It wasn’t that.

I could just tell he wasn’t
the right guy. That’s all.

Uh-huh, tell me, Max,
this shrink you go to,

you tell him about
this sex problem?

It’s not a sex problem.

It’s just a little draught.

Bless me, Father,
for I have sinned.

It’s been three months
since my last confession.

- Four.
- All right, I thought it was three.

Mmm-hmm, the Lord
is very forgiving.

- How may I help you, my son?
- I missed mass four times.

I lied.

I committed a murder.

- What was that last one?
- Homicide.

He was an evil man
who threatened my life...

so I engaged in retribution.

You understand
the consequences of this act?

I have already been convicted
in a court of law

and due back in court this morning
to try to overturn the conviction--

But I don’t know!

In your mind... it was murder?

[Joe] Where is he?

That son of a bitch,
where is he?

Damn you!
You rot in hell!

[overlapping chatter]

Why did you speak for God?
You don’t speak for God.

Damn you! Damn you!

[church bell tolling]

Take him, get him processed.

I’m gonna need your statement
down at the station.

Forgive me, I have to go to court first,
I have a small matter.

I’m trying to save my life.

Uh... we’ll get you stitched up,
I’m gonna need your statement, too.

- I don’t wanna press charges.
- I beg your pardon.

What happens in the confessional
booth is strictly confidential.

- He tried to kill you.
- It’s a private matter between us.

- Now, wait a minute.
- No, look, he-- I’ve seen his contrition.

I don’t wanna press charges.

Kitchen sink time, Your Honor?
This is desperation.

May I finish my motion,
please?

Why? According to your own motion,
you’re incompetent. So why bother?

I didn’t say I’m incompetent,
you little snot!

All I said was the defense
I gave Bill Puger was inadequate.

- Why?
- Why? He’s asking me why!

I heard him ask.
I’d like to hear your response.

Well, it was an error for me to
stipulate to the prosecution’s case.

I could’ve cross-examined
Howard Buss and Carter Pike.

And what else?

It was a gross mistake for me
not to go with temporary insanity.

He had inadequate counsel.

The verdict
should be overturned

and Bill Pugen
should get a new trial.

And a new lawyer?

Well, since I learn
from my mistakes,

I’m sure I could continue.

I have no doubt you could.
You’re very good.

In fact, clever enough to use the
ineffective counsel defense

when all else fails.

It’s not a tactic, I screwed up.

You went for self-defense because
you wanted an all-out victory.

Something you couldn’t get
with diminished capacity.

- Judge, I’m shocked.
- I’m talking now, Counsel.

You were fully aware of all
legal strategies available.

You gambled and lost.

That does not constitute incompetence.

Well, what about
moving for a speedy trial?

Stop wasting my time,
the verdict stands.

- This matter is adjourned.
- [gavel bangs]

I just wanna talk about it.

I don’t wanna talk about it.

- You committed a crime, Joe.
- It’s my damn business.

- You acted like a mad man!
- I don’t have to talk with you about it!

This has to do with
your kid dying, doesn’t it?

I didn’t kill his son...
he had that disease.

Yes, Hurler’s,
which we diagnosed in utero.

That child should never
have been born, Gary.

Maybe it wouldn’t have been--

Look, I didn’t go after them
preaching anti-abortion.

Patty and Joe,
they came to me.

They wanted the position of the Church.
I had to give it to them.

He was just three years old. Don’t get me
wrong, Kenny, I loved this little guy.

[sighs] I...

But if you knew how he suffered.

No child should be born
just to suffer and die.

You can’t blame the Father.
Joe? We’re Catholics.

We know he’s gonna come down
against abortion.

Look, I got by that, I did.

It’s the stand on birth control.
Patty and me...

- We can’t have sex.
- Why?

Both Joe and Patty
carry the gene for Hurler’s.

So if they had another child,
it could be just the same.

- Mm-hmm.
- Deformed, retarded,

Short life expectancy.

It would be irresponsible
for them to get pregnant.

But according to the Church,
it’s a sin for us to use birth control!

I thought they
lightened up on that.

It’s still against the laws of the Church!
And you know Patty...

So we can’t have kids,
we can’t have sex, we--

[sighs]

I’m losing my marriage, Kenny.

[scoffs]

- [Danny] Sex doesn’t make a relationship.
- It helps. I feel...

I don’t know, maybe
I’ve been a cop for so long.

Lots of women are unable
during intercourse--

I’ve never been one of them.

Until the last year or so,
I’ve always been able.

And you still can...
you’re just refusing.

- I’m refusing?
- Unconsciously, yes.

It’s about control, Max.

An orgasm is the ultimate in letting go.

- And that’s--
- Ridiculous.

You know, if Blue Cross weren’t
covering this...

I’d walk.

[chuckles softly] Best defense
is a good offense, right?

- [both chuckle]
- Come on, Max.

You’ve been coming here
for, what, nine weeks now?

[inhales] Can’t you come up
with a new trick?

No, see, now you’re playing the offense
’cause you know I’m right.

Of course! You’re always right.

Just like you were right
to go to bed

with this insurance salesman
on the fourth date.

What? Is it your professional
opinion that I’m a slut?

Not my professional opinion, no.

- [scoffs] Danny!
- Max, you didn’t really trust this guy.

Not having an orgasm
is your way of withholding.

Your way of refusing
to empower somebody.

I think when you’re with
somebody you trust...

you truly trust...

there won’t be any fear of intimacy
and no problems with climax.

I don’t know...
I feel so desperate.

I don’t care how desperate you are!
This is ex parte.

You know better than
to come in here.

- Lock me up, go ahead.
- [door closes]

Henry,
everything you said is true.

I went with self-defense
because I wanted the glory.

Bill Pugen shouldn’t have to lose
the rest of his life because I want--

Are you telling me Bill wasn’t part
of the decision to plead self-defense?

I’m telling you he was
subject to my influence.

Mmm-hmm, every lawyer
steers his client.

Please, give him a new trial.
We’ll plead to a lesser charge.

He’ll do time
but his life won’t be over.

You know me well enough
to know that I can’t do that.

I know you’re a man of compassion

who likes to leave a situation
better off than how he finds it.

You haven’t made a case to overturn
the verdict. But I tell you what...

I’ll certify this for immediate review
by the appellate court.

You can take
your shot with them.

That’s the best I can do.

- Thank you, Henry.
- Counsel?

If you go to the appeals court
with the inadequate counsel theory...

you better come up with something
different than today’s examples.

They’ll see through you
as easily as I did.

- Any suggestions?
- I’ll bet if you comb through this case...

you’ll discover that you
really did make a mistake.

Find it.

I’ve told you, James,
I don’t wanna press charges.

It’s not up to you.

He committed assault, destroyed property,
your wants are not relevant.

- So why am I here?
- Because I wanna work this out!

Look, I think I can get the DA
to kick this to restitution.

But I’ not releasing you if you’re
gonna go out and commit mayhem.

Fine.

Tell my wife it’s okay for her
to use birth control.

I’ve told you both
I understand.

If you wanna use contraception,

then you have my understanding
and my compassion.

Would it be a sin
against the Church?

- Father?
- Yes.

I won’t sin.

What about
if I got a vasectomy?

- Why couldn’t we--
- No, that’s mutilation.

- The Church could never condone that.
- We are married.

For God’s sake, we’re supposed to have
conjugal relations!

All right,
what do you wanna do?

- Strangle me again?
- Yes!

- Yes!
- Hold on, ho--

Sit down.

Look, Father,
if they conceive a child,

it gets born
to just suffer and die.

You can’t stand here and say
that’s good for the Church.

No, I can’t.

So... how do they prevent it
without birth control?

- The rhythm method.
- He says it with a straight face.

- The rhythm method?
- Did you really say that?

Look, I am not going
to sit here and listen

to an indictment
of Catholicism.

I gave you both the position
of the Church.

I have also extended to you
my understanding

should you choose
to ignore that position.

But you taught me
never to ignore the Church.

I know that.

Father, you’ve also taught me
that if I live in mortal sin...

I could be condemned to hell
to burn in a non-consuming fire.

Isn’t that
the law of the Church?

That is correct.

I will not burn in hell.

Wait just a second.

You’re telling this court
that it was reversible error

for you to instruct your client
to tell you the truth?

Exactly what I’m saying.

- Why?
- Why?

- He’s asking me why.
- [Judge Campbell] Yes, he is.

Up here in appeals court, we consider
truth to be sort of a good thing.

[Douglas]
A lot can be said for it

but the problem with truth is

once a lawyer gets it,
he’s stuck with it.

- Meaning?
- Meaning, once Bill Pugen told me

that he shot the guy
with a clear mind...

the only strategy legally available to me
was self-defense.

By law, I couldn’t put him on the stand
to say "temporary insanity"

because I can’t advise
a client to lie.

Now, if he hadn’t told me
the whole truth...

I wouldn’t have known
temporary insanity was a lie,

and therefore, I could have let Bill Pugen
claim it as a defense.

- Are you joking?
- [Douglas] Think about it, Judge.

The police are required by law
to give Miranda,

to instruct their suspects that whatever
they say could be used against them.

The fact is,

telling your own lawyer
the complete truth can backfire too.

It limits
their defense options.

Clients have a right
to know this.

- Mr. Littleton?
- What?

Are you seriously considering
what this man is saying?

That’s not a good beginning.

Your Honor, he is suggesting
that lawyers endorse perjury.

[Judge Banks] No, he isn’t.

He’s suggesting that since
lawyers are ethically bound

not to proffer false evidence,

their defense strategies can therefore
be limited sometimes by the truth.

Maybe the client should be
apprised of that reality.

So what would the appropriate
behavior have been in this situation?

How should Mr. Wambaugh
have instructed Bill Pugen?

Simply that whatever
he tells me I’m stuck with.

That I can’t reinvent facts to support
whatever theory we pick.

I blew the temporary
insanity defense

the minute I asked Bill Pugen
to tell me the whole truth.

We all know it.

We’ll take the matter
under advisement.

You can’t be serious.

- You crossed a line.
- I’m trying to break through a wall and--

I come in to talk about me,
not my father.

And I’m telling you
it’s all connected.

Inextricably, he’s the reason
you can’t trust.

- Why?
- Because all your life,

He wouldn’t accept you.

- That’s got nothing--
- Your words, Maxine. Your very own words.

You said through his eyes
you were always failing.

I’m not talking about him.

- Let me finish--
- Trust me, Danny.

The last pair of eyes
I’d be looking at myself through

while making love
would be my father’s.

We’re close here.

- Don’t fight me.
- I don’t.

Listen to me now!

You don’t trust any man to receive
your orgasm because you’re afraid.

- Afraid of what?
- Afraid of intimacy? Afraid of bonding?

I want intimacy
and I want a bond.

No, you don’t.

With intimacy comes the possibility
of rejection.

Deep rejection.

The kind of fundamental
rejection you got from your father.

He never rejected me.

He said you had
no aptitude for college.

When you told him you wanted to join
the police force, he laughed at you.

That’s not rejecting me.

I’m sure it’s enough
to batter your self-esteem.

It’s enough
to make you hate him.

My father loves me.

He’s always loved me.
I’ve never doubted that.

He’s hurt you.

And because of that hurt

you don’t dare give
any other man

the chance to hurt you again.

Because you believe
ultimately, eventually...

every man will.

[sniffling, sobbing]

It’s okay.

It’s okay. [sighs]

- You want to convert us to Protestant?
- [Henry chuckling]

Don’t get me wrong, Joe.
I love the Catholics.

But their point of view
on contraception is nuts.

Well, if you really
wanna help,

why don’t you talk to Father Barrett?
Maybe if he--

He couldn’t do anything.

This birth control thing
goes to a larger conspiracy...

Which is?

The Vatican wants
a population explosion.

It would help them
to achieve world dominion.

This is the lowest
of lows, Henry.

Gary. [chuckles]

I just asked him
if he’d like to talk.

Going back behind my back
to steal one of my clients.

How unethical can you get?

This isn’t
anything about clients.

It’s about religion.
And don’t you bring ethics into this!

You know what, you ought to be
ashamed of yourself.

Well, looks who’s talking?
The rhythm method!

Oh, just because you hand out
prophylactics with communion.

- Excuse me.
- It doesn’t mean to say we have to change!

That we have to relax
on our position.

You know that it was a Catholic
that invented the pill.

Hey, this isn’t about
what Church is better?

For God’s sake,
do you know how hard this is?

The adoption agencies are scared
to place a child with us

because if we should ever give birth
to another baby with Hurler’s,

the emotional
and medical expense

would be too much of a hardship
on the family.

And on top of it all,

you expect
this marriage to survive

when we can’t even do
what married people do.

Give us some guidance.

I have tried.

I’ve given sympathy to Patty,

I’ve repeatedly absolved
both of you.

But artificial birth control remains
immoral according to the Church.

I cannot change that, Joe!

[stutters] I don’t know
what else I can say, Henry.

You gotta get that stupid rule
off the books.

Oh, now, look, wait.
Don’t you start on me, please.

Gary, Christianity is dying
in this country.

The Catholics
are leaving the church--

And many of them
because of birth control.

They’re not becoming Protestants.

They’re just forsaking
religion in general.

And that hurts us all.

[chuckling] Unbelievable.

We got a real chance.

- When are they gonna rule?
- Oh, could be tomorrow, could be a week.

Amazing they took it
under advisement.

It was a very unorthodox
argument I made.

I don’t know if I can walk back
into a courtroom again.

I felt like I was having
a nervous breakdown in there.

Imagine,
this would be new law.

"Beware telling the truth
to your own lawyer."

This could come down as a Wambaugh rule.
We could be making history!

- What?
- You’re enjoying this.

My life is hanging
by a thread here

and you’re getting goosebumps
from a career high.

Well, I... I’m just optimistic
for both of us.

Tell me, Doug,

if you really believed
what you said in court today...

why didn’t you warn me
about telling you the truth?

Well... like I said,
I probably should have.

And after I spoke the truth,

why didn’t you tell me
it limited your defense strategy?

Why didn’t you tell me it prevented you
from arguing temporary insanity?

I’ll tell you why.

’Cause if I knew...

I would have dismissed you
as my lawyer

and found another attorney
and withheld the truth.

But that wouldn’t do,
would it, Doug?

You weren’t about to lose
this juicy case.

Do me one favor.

As a matter
of simple courtesy...

try not to enjoy it too much.

[door opening]

What are you doing here?

I thought you don’t like to see
patients outside of therapy.

I don’t. [sighs]

- Look, um... You got a second?
- Sure.

[sighs] The fact is, um...

The reason I’m here...

I don’t think I can be
your doctor anymore.

- Why not?
- Look, I apologize.

This is gonna come
totally out of the blue.

Even though it’s not
that uncommon a thing.

Do you know
what transference is?

Yeah, um...

when a patient transfers emotional
feelings onto the therapist.

Close enough, yeah.

There is also a phenomenon
called counter-transference.

Yeah.

It’s been happening for the
last few weeks, and I...

You know,
we’ve become quite close.

And I’ve become
attracted to you.

- I don’t think this is appropriate.
- No!

No, it’s totally inappropriate,
that’s why I’m here.

I thought I could handle it.

At least not let it invade
our professional relationship.

I thought I could deny it.

But, um, today...

when I held you.

Anyway, I can’t
deny it anymore.

I don’t know
how to respond to this.

You don’t have to, Max.

I’m just here to say
I can’t be your doctor.

Look, I’ve prepared a list of other
therapists that I can highly recommend...

If you want me to call any of them,
make sure you get in, I’d be happy to.

So...

I’m never gonna
see you again?

It wouldn’t be right.

At least not professionally.

[sighs] If you wanna have
dinner sometime-- [chuckles]

[chuckles nervously]

I don’t know.

No, that was wrong.
I’m sorry.

- I shouldn’t...
- Okay.

The doctor-patient relationship has to be
completely severed, you understand that?

- From this second on, I don’t treat you.
- I know.

Okay. I’ll call you.

Great.

- Good night.
- [door opens]

[sighs]

[birds chirping]

Hey! Shouldn’t we be ready?

In case we get called
into court.

Wambaugh said that we don’t need to
be there for the ruling.

I’m going to jail, Marjorie.

One mistake
and my life has ended.

They took it under advisement.
It’s not over.

[softly] It’s over.

- And I don’t think that he’s coming back.
- Why, what did he say?

He said that...

that if we’re not going to be
husband and wife, then...

then we’re not gonna be
husband and wife.

Father, I don’t know what to do,
I don’t wanna lose him.

Joe is all I have!

Tell me, Patty...

Do you want conjugal relations
with your husband?

Yes, of course I do. But...

We can’t risk having another
child with that disease.

Now, please, don’t--
Just listen to me very carefully.

Very carefully.

90% of all Catholics
use contraception.

The Church has even considering allowing
nuns to use birth control in Bosnia

because of the threat of rape.

Now I take that consideration
to mean that exceptions can be made.

The fact that both you and Joe
have the genes of Hurler’s...

I think our Lord would be
very forgiving of you.

Are you telling me to use
artificial birth control?

As a priest I would face
excommunication for saying that...

as a person who cares
about you very much...

save your marriage, Patty.

It’s against the Church.

You are telling me
to commit a sin.

I-- What kind of priest
are you?

- I’m your priest!
- I’m not so sure.

I’m not so sure.

- Are you out of your skull?
- It’s just a date.

It’s against the law,
read the Penal Code.

It is illegal for a therapist
to date his patient.

He wouldn’t be
my therapist anymore.

The doctor-patient relationship
is terminated.

Why? Because you say so.

Do you think you can just declare
a therapeutic relationship as over?

This isn’t something
I do casually, Jill.

- You know me better than that.
- I certainly do, Danny.

I know you a lot better
than to believe that you’d let

yourself get emotionally
involved with a patient.

I didn’t let it happen--
It just... happened.

You have a professional obligation
to be sure that it doesn’t.

I know, you... [sighs]
you’re right.

Ever since Cindy died
five years ago.

[sighs] Jesus!

I haven’t cared anything
about any woman.

- Now--
- Danny.

It’s not that I don’t
understand, I-- [scoffs]

I know how it can happen.

It’s just that there are
strict rules about this.

Why? How can anybody
legislate emotions?

- That’s what he said?
- I’m saying it.

I really do feel close
to him, Kenny.

I trust him.
And I’m attracted to him.

I can’t stop thinking
about her, Jill.

I know it’s unprofessional.

But you know what...

I’d be willing
to wreck my career.

If this thing even lives up
to half the stuff I feel going on inside,

it’d be worth it.

It would.

To suggest that a client
be warned not to be truthful

with his own lawyers
is ludicrous on its face...

but when we dig deeper--

In fact, the people
in this country

systematically
leave the privilege

between lawyer and client
is all protecting...

that complete candor with a defense
attorney is risk-free,

that your own attorney can better defend
you if he knows the whole truth...

It’s a nice premise.

But for those of us
who practice law...

we know the fallacy.

Mr. Wambaugh is right.

Sometimes a lawyer
can be more effective

if he doesn’t have
all the facts.

He can be more creative
with his defense

when not burdened with the law
against proffering false evidence.

The judges know it.
The lawyers know it.

And I suppose the client
should know it.

Your Honors, with all due deference
and respect--

Sit down, Counsel. We will note
your incredulity for the record.

We certainly don’t want to
encourage perjury

nor chill candor
between lawyer and client...

but in that there might be a middle ground
where some type of warning,

may, in fact,
be appropriate.

We’re taking the matter
under further review.

In the meanwhile, the conviction against
William Pugen is stayed.

And what do you
expect me to do about it?

Oh, nothing, I came for
a little sound advice.

Oh?

Tell the Henleys it is not a sin
to use birth control.

Well, I have practically
given them my blessing.

But I cannot expressly say
it’s not a sin.

That would be
against the Church.

Then tell the Church
to go to hell.

- Henry.
- I’m sorry, Gary.

You’re not gonna get any sympathy
from me on this one.

You can’t continue to oppose
both abortion and birth control.

Not when the number one threat
to this planet is overpopulation.

Look, I didn’t come here to
discuss the merits of the ban.

Well, you better
consider the merits.

Because if the Church
doesn’t take action,

sooner or later,
the courts will.

- The courts?
- Here’s a hot flash for you.

More and more priests are being sued
for malpractice these days...

and you are
a prime candidate.

Me? I’m just a pries--

She would have to sue
the whole Catholic Church.

The day is coming, Gary.

And believe me,
the last thing anybody wants...

is for judges to start
legislating religion.

But if the Church stays rigid
on some of these rules

that day is coming.

- [door thuds]
- Excuse me, I’m sorry.

Father, there’s been some kind of accident
with Bill Pugen.

They’ve sent for you.

[overlapping chatter]

[officer] Let’s get some
ventilation going up here.

[stuttering] I was shopping
and he was taking a nap--

- Marjorie, calm down.
- And then I came home--

- [Marjorie] I saw him, I saw him--
- Am I too late?

- I’m afraid so.
- Father!

- Can I see him?
- I don’t think that’d be a good idea.

Look, I would like to give
the last rites even if he--

You don’t wanna go
in that room, believe me!

- It’s impossible, what happened?
- I don’t know.

- Jimmy, please?
- Excuse me.

- [indistinct conversations]
- [shutter clicks]

- An ID is gonna be tough.
- [sighs]

I found one fragment of a tooth
and about half of his right foot.

This doesn’t make sense, Carter.

I mean, that’s all that’s burnt,
it just doesn’t... make sense.

How do we know that’s Bill?

Check the tooth
against dental records.

There’s not even any skeleton,
even the bones have burned up.

I don’t know what to tell you.

I’ve never seen
anything like it.

I can’t believe someone will
commit suicide

by setting themselves on fire, I just--

You think it was murder?

[Jimmy] He wouldn’t set fire to the house,

he wouldn’t risk
burning it down,

he wouldn’t do that
to Marjorie.

Not even bones, just ashes.

- Is that my client?
- No, not now, please.

I just came to give him
some good news.

So we shouldn’t have sex now?

I ran it by Jill ’cause I wanted to
get another doctor’s take on it.

Oh? I ran it by Kenny.

You get the same response
I did?

They are probably right, Max.
It’s just...

[inhales deeply]

[sighs] I want so much to just give into
my feelings on this, you know...

[softly] Yeah.

A wise man once said the heart wants
what the heart wants.

[chuckles softly]

Well, if we did
have an affair...

You know, it’d probably just be
one of those physical things...

you know, the passion
would probably wean.

Probably.

It’s right that
we don’t pursue it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So... we should say
goodbye then.

[softly] Goodbye.

Father, I know you can’t break
the confessional seal but...

[sighs] when Bill Pugen came
to see you, did he seem...

Did he strike you as suicidal?

- He seemed despondent.
- Uh-huh.

But no. no, he didn’t strike me
as being a threat to himself.

Patty.

Um... we split up.

I... I can’t ignore
the law of the Church.

- I’ll be leaving--
- No, that’s okay.

Um, he wants a divorce.

Look, I’m gonna talk with Joe.

- Maybe I can make him see some sense--
- No, don’t. No, I...

It’s for the best, I think.

You know, our religious convictions
were becoming, um...

less compatible.

And I’m thinking that
it’s probably for the best.

But you two love
each other very much.

Yeah, but...

uh... he wants to have sex.

And, you know, more than that,
he wants kids.

Apart, we can both
have children.

And Hurler’s isn’t a threat
if only one parent carries the gene, so...

I... I think that our breaking up
could be a blessing.

He’ll remarry
and he’ll raise a family.

- That’s a blessing, don’t you think?
- What about you?

It’s impossible
for me to remarry, is it?

Would the Church allow that?

Oh... [inhales deeply]

that would be prohibited.

Yeah. Well, um...

I can live alone.

A lot of women live alone.

It would be good for Joe
to have a family.

[smacks lips] And I really think
it’s a blessing.

[stutters] It is. It really is.
It’s a blessing.

Okay, what I’m about to say is
astounding from a scientific standpoint.

And I wanna specify--

Never mind. Just tell us,
how did Bill Pugen die?

It wasn’t murder,
it wasn’t suicide.

- Then what was it?
- You already said that.

Spontaneous human combustion.

- What?
- Friction.

Probably caused by colliding particles
in the bloodstream,

can touch of a highly
localized conflagration,

coupled with a buildup
of combustible gases--

Would you speak English?

Sometimes bodies just burst into flames
all by themselves.

That’s ridiculous.

[Carter] It’s not ridiculous,
it’s been documented.

And overweight,
depressed people,

believe it or not,
are prime candidates.

A person can just
burst into flames?

You’ve gone insane.

Actually, he hasn’t.
It can happen.

- What?
- Thank you!

This is very rare
but there have been cases

where bodies reached
certain internal temperatures

and they just caught fire.
[chuckles]

- Now, was he drinking?
- There was bourbon on the nightstand.

Alcohol can sometimes
ignite them from within.

You’re putting me on...
"man just exploded"?

Yeah, they’re about
300 reported cases.

This one actually
fits the pattern.

It often happens
to desperate people.

The bodies achieve
complete cremation

and nothing else even burns.

Although,
sometimes the limbs remain.

Spontaneous human combustion,
that’s what’s in my report.

Why are you here, Danny?

The direct approach!

I thought that was my role.
You were the evasive one.

Look, don’t do this.
Don’t come by here and--

I mean, we’ve made a decision.
Why are you here?

I guess I...

[sighs] I guess I’m hoping
you’re as miserable as I am about...

- Max, can I ask you a question?
- What?

Can you make room for the possibility
that we could fall in love?

You know what the irony is?
If we were together...

you might not even
need a therapist.

- How do you figure?
- We have such a bond, Max.

Your sexual problems
go back to trust--

Or lack of it.

With me...

Maybe I could get you by.
Maybe... [inhales]

Look, I know I shouldn’t
say this but...

you having a relationship with me
would probably be therapeutic.

Do you really think that?

I know it sounds bad to say
but I do.

I also think
I’m in love with you.

Look, I should probably go.

Please, just think about
what I said.

You shouldn’t throw this away.

♪ Our eternal home ♪

♪ Oh, God, our help ♪

In ages past ♪

Our hope for years to come ♪

♪ Be Thou our guard ♪

♪ While troubles last ♪

♪ And our eternal home ♪

Amen ♪

Before continuing
with our service,

I would like to call upon
the friends of Bill Pugen

who might like to offer
a few words on his behalf.

- Get up there.
- Me?

Somebody’s gotta say something.

- You go!
- I’m not going.

As there appears to be nobody,

we’ll turn to our next hymn.

- Number--
- [Douglas] Father?

- I hope you’re happy.
- You could’ve gone.

[both] Shh!

- [tapping]
- [blowing]

I’ve known Bill Pugen
for 18 years.

I never liked him.

When he burst into flames, a part of me
wanted to bring marshmallows.

My problem was with him as a mayor,
really, I disliked his politics.

But I respected Bill Pugen.

He cared for the people
in this town.

He relied on me to save him.

I defended his case in a way

to maximize my profile
as a lawyer.

I lost... he got depressed.

Maybe that’s partly
the reason he exploded.

Trust can be
a very vicious thing.

A person puts himself
into your hands and trusts you.

You have the power to hurt...

or to ruin a life, maybe.

Fiduciaries have a duty
not to abuse your influence.

It is not an easy thing.

Ashes to ashes,
and dust to dust.

This is what happens
when you misplace your trust.

A little poem, I adlibbed it.

I’m very good on my feet.

We’re not here
on this Earth long, people.

We must learn to love better,

to take care
of each other better,

and forget about
laws and rules,

and even sometimes
religious convictions.

We have to be more human
with one another.

Bill Pugen was a very good man.

Good man!
A loving father and husband.

In the end,
that’s all that matters.

That’s all that matters.

[door bell rings]

- Hi.
- Here we are again.

[Max exhales]

Are we really going to do this?

I don’t know.

I guess there’s time
to call it off, still.

You wanna call it off, Max?

This is like a game.

It’s so prohibitive
that it seems...

Maybe its like you said,

it’s just this primal thing we
have to get out of our systems.

- You think?
- Max...

[Danny grunts]

Okay, that should be enough!

- Kenny?
- [Kenny] Hands behind your back, please.

Put the video on the camera
in the evidence bag, the whole thing.

- What the hell? Max!
- Hands behind your back.

You have the right
to remain silent, Danny.

You have the right
to an attorney.

I know my rights--
What the hell are you doing?

I almost bought into it
but when you said

us having an affair
would be therapeutic,

you blew it, Danny.

- What the hell are you doing?
- Lets go.

You were playing Doctor

- while exploiting me.
- Now, hold it!

Section 940.22, a person holding himself
out as a therapist

intentionally having sexual contact
with a patient-- That’s a Class D felony.

Don’t you see
what you’re doing, Max?

Maxine, this is about you
trying to get control again.

You’re afraid.

- Afraid you could’ve loved me.
- Get him out of here!

Afraid of intimacy.
Max, don’t do this.

You weren’t quite
smooth enough, Danny.

- Smooth? What the-- Maxine?
- Come on.

This isn’t over.
You need help.

She’s sick! This isn’t over!
This is far from over!

You broke the law!

You broke the law.

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