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PREVIOUSLY ON "BOSTON LEGAL"...
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OH, YOU THINK YOU'LL WIN.
$50,000 SAYS YOU WON'T.
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I'M NOT GOING TO BET YOU.
YOU KNOW YOU'LL LOSE.
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I WON'T LOSE.
$50,000.
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HE'S OUT OF CONTROL.
YOUR INDUSTRY
IS OUT OF CONTROL.
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YOU'VE BITTEN OFF MORE THAN YOU
CAN CHEW THIS TIME, MY FRIEND.
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OH, I DON'T SWALLOW.
I JUST CHEW UP AND SPIT OUT.
WE'LL SEE.
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I KNOW EXACTLY HOW BIG
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AND POWERFUL YOU ARE,
MR. MATHIS.
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IT MIGHT DO YOU SOME GOOD
TO CHECK ME OUT.
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YOU'RE LOSING.
(chuckles) I'M NOT LOSING.
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(chuckles) OH, YES,
YOU'RE LOSING. DOUBLE IT?
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FINE.
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IS IT NOT RED?
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THEY'RE ALWAYS RED
IN THE MORNING.
SEE?
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YOU STAY OUT OF THIS. I KNOW
SALMONELLA WHEN I'VE GOT IT.
EXCUSE ME.
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UH, MY--MY NAME'S
JASON CANFIELD.
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I'M LOOKING FOR MR. POOLE.
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AH, WELL, MR. POOLE IS NOT,
UH, HERE AT THE MOMENT.
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OR THERE, FOR THAT MATTER.
MAY I HELP YOU?
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WELL, I WAS JUST PASSING BY
YOUR BUILDING AND SAW THE SIGN,
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AND I NEED A LAWYER.
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SO... HOW ABOUT CRANE?
UH, MR. CRANE IS FUN.
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YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HIM
WHEN HE'S IN THE ROOM,
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WHICH IS A NICE, BUT I DON'T
THINK HE'S YOUR MAN EITHER.
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SO THAT LEAVES SCHMIDT.
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I'M SCHMIDT.
LET'S GO TO MY OFFICE.
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WHY WOULDN'T HE ASK FOR ME?
AM I NOT THE STAR OF THIS SHOW?
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YOU SEE YOUR NAME UP THERE?
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THIS IS NOT ABOUT
HOW GOOD YOU ARE.
IT'S NOT?
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IT'S ALL ABOUT CREDIT. THAT'S
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN LIFE.
CREDIT.
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AND MONEY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS
ALL ABOUT GETTING THE GIRL.
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TELL ME IT'S VALUES, CARL. IT'S
ABOUT GETTING THE GIRL, RIGHT?
MONEY.
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SEX.
MONEY.
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SEX.
YOU CALL IT.
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MAYBE IT'S MONEY AND SEX.
THEY GO TOGETHER.
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ONE BEGETS THE OTHER.
SEE? WE'RE NOT FIGHTING.
WE'RE IN SYNC.
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I CAN'T BE SURE, BUT I THINK
CARL WANTS TO BE IN SYNC, TOO.
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(grunts)
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BOOM.
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(makes popping noise)
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WAS HE KILLED IN IRAQ?
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NO, NO. THEY PATCHED HIM UP
OKAY THERE, BROUGHT HIM BACK.
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HE DIED IN A HOSPITAL HERE.
THE DOCTOR KILLED HIM.
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BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT THERE WAS MALPRACTICE,
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BECAUSE HE ADMITTED IT.
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MR. CANFIELD,
I'VE TRIED A NUMBER
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OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES
IN MY TIME.
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I'VE YET
TO RUN ACROSS A DOCTOR
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WHO ADMITTED
HIS OR HER WRONGDOING.
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YEAH, BUT THIS ONE DID.
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IT--BUT I CAN'T SUE,
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BECAUSE IT HAPPENED
IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL.
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SOMETHING CALLED
THE FERES DOCTRINE.
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YOU HEARD OF THAT?
YES, IT--IT BASICALLY
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INSULATES MILITARY HOSPITALS
AND THEIR STAFFS FROM LAWSUITS
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WHEN THE VICTIMS
ARE ON ACTIVE DUTY.
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MY BROTHER'S NOT ON ACTIVE DUTY
ANYMORE, MS. SCHMIDT.
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HE'S DEAD.
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I'M AFRAID THE DOCTRINE
WOULD STILL APPLY.
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SO THERE'S...
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO?
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NOTHING?
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WELL...
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BUT THE LAW IS CLEAR.
SOLDIERS ARE--
ALAN, I-I KNOW.
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IT'S COMPLETELY UNWINNABLE. IT
DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE TO TRY.
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WHICH IS WHY
I'VE COME TO YOU.
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I'VE SO MISSED
WATCHING THE BRAVE KNIGHT
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FIGHT THE WINDMILL.
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SHIRLEY, THIS LAWSUIT
IS BARRED.
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THERE'S A SUPREME COURT CASE
DIRECTLY ON POINT,
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AND IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO WANT
TO WASTE THE FIRM'S MONEY.
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WHAT'S GOING ON?
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WHAT'S GOING ON IS,
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WHEN A MAN COMES IN
OFF THE STREET
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WHOSE ONLY BROTHER
HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY KILLED
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AND ASKS YOU FOR YOUR HELP,
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YOU HELP.
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IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
YOU HELP.
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WOULD IT BE
THE PENTAGON, THEN?
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WELL, IT... IT MIGHT.
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ARE YOU CLOSE,
YOU AND YOUR SISTER?
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WELL, MAINLY,
SHE'D THROW ROCKS AT ME.
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GOT IT.
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SHE WAS A BIT OVERBEARING
AND... AND EXTREMELY PUNCTUAL.
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SHE SHOULD BE HERE ANY--
HI.
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(gulps)
HI. WHAT ARE YOU DOING
ON THE DESK?
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JOY ESPENSON. GET DOWN.
ARE YOU HIS GIRLFRIEND?
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NO, I JUST--
AH!
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(thud, clattering)
YOU'RE JUST WHAT,
PURELY SEXUAL?
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JOY! THIS IS KATIE LLOYD,
MY COLLEAGUE, A LAWYER.
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YOU APOLOGIZE THIS INSTANT.
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OKAY.
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I'M HERE
ABOUT YOUR NEPHEW HENRY.
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I HAVE CONCERNS.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
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WHAT CONCERNS?
WELL, HE'S 15.
HE'S GOING THROUGH PUBERTY.
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HE'S STARTING TO GET
AN ACUTE INTEREST IN SEX.
ISN'T THAT NATURAL?
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AND HE MAY BE DATING
HIS SISTER.
WHAT?
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YOU HEARD ME.
BUT HE'S AN ONLY CHILD.
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WELL, HE IS OR HE ISN'T.
WE DON'T KNOW.
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HE WAS CONCEIVED BY
AN ANONYMOUS SPERM DONOR.
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I HAVE AN EXCELLENT SEX LIFE
SO LONG AS MEN
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DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET
IN THE BEDROOM WITH ME.
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ANYWAY, TURNS OUT FIONA--
THAT'S THE GIRLFRIEND, FIONA--
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SHE WAS CONCEIVED
BY AN ANONYMOUS SPERM DONOR.
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IT ALSO TURNS OUT SHE'S
THE SPITTING IMAGE OF HENRY.
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I'M THINKING, WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
ARE YOU WITH ME?
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TO BE HONEST,
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I'M STILL RECOVERING
FROM THE GRIPPING APOLOGY.
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I MET FIONA'S MOTHER.
WE BOTH USED THE SAME AGENCY.
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MY GOD, WHAT IF?
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I MEAN, WHAT IF THEY
FALL IN LOVE AND GET MARRIED
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AND START REPRODUCING?
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W-WELL, LET'S SIMPLY TAKE
D.N.A. SWABS AND--
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D.N.A. IS NOT CONCLUSIVE
WITH HALF SIBLINGS.
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COULD YOU SPEAK TO HIM?
ME?
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HE LOVES YOU.
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DOES SHE EVER SPEAK?
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I MUST SAY, WHEN I FIRST READ
THE COMPLAINT,
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I COULDN'T DECIDE
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WHETHER IT WAS JUST LAUGHABLE
OR NONSENSICAL.
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NOW THAT I SEE
WHO THE ATTORNEY IS,
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IT MAKES SENSE
THAT IT'S LAUGHABLE.
WADE AND I GO BACK.
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HE REPRESENTS
THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
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THAT ALMOST KILLED DENNY.
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HOW'S THAT DISCOVERY GOING,
BY THE WAY?
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IT MIGHT BE
PROCEEDING MORE QUICKLY
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IF I WASN'T SIDETRACKED
BY BASELESS, GROUNDLESS,
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FRIVOLOUS CLAIMS.
HE'S A BIG FAN
OF ADJECTIVES.
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YES, I GO BACK A LITTLE BIT
WITH WADE AS WELL.
REALLY?
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THE HOSPITAL HAS ADMITTED
COMMITTING GROSS MISCONDUCT,
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WHICH CAUSED
THE VICTIM'S DEATH.
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BUT IT'S A MILITARY HOSPITAL.
THEY'RE IMMUNE.
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FINE. WE HAVE THE MERITS, YOU
HAVE THE LEGAL TECHNICALITIES.
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LET'S MEET SOMEWHERE
IN THE MIDDLE.
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THE TECHNICALITY HERE
IS THE TRUMP CARD.
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THE SUPREME COURT
CLEARLY HELD
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YOU CAN'T TOUCH
MILITARY HOSPITALS. GAME OVER.
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THAT RULING WAS 50 YEARS AGO.
THINGS CHANGE.
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THINGS CHANGE?
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WILL THAT BE YOUR
LEGAL ARGUMENT, THINGS CHANGE?
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I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW, TONY SCALIA
IS PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE,
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AND TRUST ME, HE HAS
NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER
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IN WHAT ANY SUPREME COURT
BEFORE HIM HAS SAID.
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I DON'T KNOW WHY I EVEN
BOTHERED TO COME OVER HERE.
BECAUSE YOU MISS ME, WADE.
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HUG? WE'RE A NATION
OF HUGGERS, YOU KNOW?
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WE WILL TAKE THIS
TO COURT.
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FINE. DO THAT.
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HAVE A LOVELY DAY.
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WHAT?
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WE DON'T REALLY WANT IT TO END
QUICKLY, DO WE? HE'S FUN.
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I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND
YOUR CONCERNS.
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BUT WE HAVE
CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS
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ASSURING
ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY
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WITH ALL
OF OUR ANONYMOUS DONORS.
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HE COULD BE DATING
HIS SISTER.
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JOY.
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I APPRECIATE
YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS,
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BUT CONTRACTS CAN BE VITIATED
ON GROUNDS OF PUBLIC POLICY.
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AND YOUR PUBLIC POLICY ARGUMENT
WOULD BE WHAT?
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HE'S DATING HIS SISTER!
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JOY.
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ARE THESE YOUR CHILDREN?
YES, THEY ARE.
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YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
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I CAN SEE
THEY EVEN LOOK LIKE YOU.
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HENRY ESPENSON WONDERS
WHOM HE LOOKS LIKE.
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DO YOU REALLY THINK IT'S FAIR,
MR. CHISM,
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THAT HENRY'S RIGHT TO KNOW
HIS GENETIC LINEAGE
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WAS SIMPLY...
CONTRACTED AWAY FROM HIM?
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MR. ESPENSON,
WITHOUT ASSURANCE OF ANONYMITY,
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MANY SPERM DONORS
WOULDN'T DONATE.
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IT'S POSSIBLE
HENRY MIGHT NOT EVEN EXIST.
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AND IF WE WERE TO LOOK
AT THE EQUATION
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AS BEST INTEREST
OF THE SPERM DONOR,
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I'D SIDE WITH YOU,
BUT SINCE COURTS
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TYPICALLY OPT FOR
BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD--
AND HENRY WOULD BE
BETTER OFF UNBORN?
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BELIEVE ME, MR. ESPENSON,
I'VE HEARD ALL THE ARGUMENTS.
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AND AS I SAID,
I DO SYMPATHIZE,
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BUT THERE IS NO WIGGLE ROOM
ON THIS ONE.
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WE WILL NOT TELL YOU
WHO THE SPERM DONOR IS.
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(inhales deeply)
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(makes popping noise
and sighs)
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ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, BUDDY,
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I'VE TRIED
TO PLAY NICE HERE,
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BUT IF WE HAVE TO GO
TO COURT, I'LL DO IT.
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I'LL CLOSE YOUR DOORS,
AND THEN YOU CAN LIQUIDATE
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ALL YOUR LITTLE TEST TUBES
AND TURKEY BASTERS,
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YOUR PORN VIDEOS.
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SEE THIS HERE?
IT'S A CIGARETTE, BUB.
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AND YOU CAN PUT IT OUT
LIKE THIS,
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JUST SNUFF IT IN AN ASHTRAY,
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OR I CAN STOMP IT WITH
MY SIZE-13 BOATS.
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EITHER WAY,
IT'S EXTINGUISHED, PAL.
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WHETHER YOU WANT TO BE SNUFFED,
STOMPED OR SUCKED DRY,
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WE CAN DO IT NICE,
DO IT ROUGH.
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HOW'S IT GONNA BE?
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JUST...
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YES, SECURITY, PLEASE.
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***
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I AM NOT BEING A TRAITOR.
I'M SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS.
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WHY AREN'T YOU?
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ISN'T THIS WAR
COSTING US ENOUGH
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WITHOUT THE LAWYERS
COMING IN--
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OH, I DON'T WANT
TO GET INTO THIS.
ALAN, I'M GONNA
TELL YOU SOMETHING,
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AND YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS--
AMERICA IS SICK OF BUSH BASHING.
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ENOUGH ALREADY.
(laughs) I'M NOT BASHING BUSH.
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YOU'RE SUING THE MILITARY,
WHICH IS THE PENTAGON,
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WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT,
WHICH IS BUSH.
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IT ALL COMES DOWN TO BUSH.
DENNY, THIS ISN'T ABOUT BUSH.
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THIS IS ABOUT THE TROOPS
RISKING THEIR LIVES IN THE--
OH, PLEASE.
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AFTER THE DEBACLE
AT WALTER REED,
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YOU MUST BE KIDDING.
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THESE KIDS ARE RETURNING
WITH CATASTROPHIC WOUNDS.
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WHO THE HELL IS LOOKING OUT
FOR THEM, REALLY? NOT CONGRESS.
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IT'S ONE
YOU CAN'T WIN, ALAN.
SAYS WHO?
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SAYS LAW.
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SAYS THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT.
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(singsong voice)
SAYS $50,000.
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YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T...
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YOU WANT TO BET?
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UH-HUH. IF YOU INSIST
ON BEING AN IDIOT,
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00:10:21,488 --> 00:10:23,590
AT LEAST LET ME PROFIT
FROM IT.
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00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:25,993
HAVE YOU NO SHAME
WHATSOEVER?
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NONE.
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ALL PROCEEDS
TO GO THE TROOPS.
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FINE.
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FINE.
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FINE.
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***
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***
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00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:54,121
THERE ARE REASONS FOR
THIS DOCTRINE, MS. SCHMIDT.
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YES, YOUR HONOR, BAD ONES.
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THESE KIDS FIGHT OUR WARS.
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IT'S AN UNDUE BURDEN
TO COMPENSATE THEM
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WHEN THEY'RE VICTIMS
OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE?
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THE SOLDIER IN QUESTION
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LOST HIS LIFE
BECAUSE OF AN AVOIDABLE,
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00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:09,536
NEGLIGENT HOSPITAL SCREWUP
THAT--
IT'S NOT JUST THE MONEY.
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00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:12,973
SUBJECTING THE MILITARY
HOSPITALS TO DISCOVERY--
OH, COME ON.
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MAY I FINISH?
YOU DIDN'T LET ME FINISH.
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YOUR HONOR,
THIS GOES BEYOND BAD FAITH.
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WE SEND THESE KIDS TO WAR,
THEY COME BACK
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IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE,
249
00:11:21,949 --> 00:11:23,917
OUR DOCTORS COMMIT MALPRACTICE,
AND WE TELL THEM,
250
00:11:23,951 --> 00:11:25,919
"OOPS. YOU CAN'T SUE
BECAUSE OF A-A DOCTRINE
251
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THAT SELECTIVELY SINGLES OUT
AND PUNISHES SOLDIERS"?
252
00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,925
I THOUGHT HE WAS
THE SPEECH MAKER.
NO, TODAY YOU GOT ME.
253
00:11:31,959 --> 00:11:35,028
AT LEAST LET ME CALL
A WITNESS OR TWO.
254
00:11:35,062 --> 00:11:38,598
MY CLIENT
LOST HIS ONLY BROTHER.
255
00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:42,269
IF HE CAN'T HAVE
HIS DAY IN COURT,
256
00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:45,205
AT LEAST GIVE HIM AN HOUR.
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00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:49,342
ALL RIGHT. I'LL ALLOW YOU
TO CALL WITNESSES
258
00:11:49,376 --> 00:11:52,112
AS TO THE LEGALITY
OF THE DOCTRINE.
259
00:11:52,145 --> 00:11:54,547
YOUR HONOR,
IF SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE LAW,
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HER RECOURSE IS THE LEGISLATURE,
NOT A JUDGE.
261
00:11:57,150 --> 00:12:01,188
WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MATHIS.
I KNOW WHAT MY ROLE IS.
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00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:03,123
2:00.
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00:12:03,156 --> 00:12:05,225
(bangs gavel)
264
00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:08,528
YOU STARTED SUCKING
ON THE CIGARETTE?
265
00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:10,630
I-I THINK I GOT
SOME WOOD FIBERS
266
00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:13,266
LODGED IN MY LUNGS.
267
00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:14,902
WELL, WH-WHAT HAPPENED?
268
00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:18,071
WELL... I JUST SAW
MY SISTER LOOKING AT ME
269
00:12:18,105 --> 00:12:21,074
LIKE I WAS THIS BIG LOSER,
THE WAY SHE DID GROWING UP.
270
00:12:21,108 --> 00:12:23,543
DID SHE REALLY
THROW ROCKS AT YOU?
YES.
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00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:26,213
SHE THOUGHT IF A HARD OBJECT
CAME HURTLING AT MY HEAD,
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00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:29,216
I'D HAVE TO LIFT MY HANDS
OFF MY THIGHS TO BLOCK IT.
273
00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:32,752
SHE DOES LOVE ME IN HER WAY,
BUT HER WAY SUCKS.
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00:12:34,021 --> 00:12:36,323
IT'S A PROP.
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00:12:36,356 --> 00:12:39,793
SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW
WITH THE CASE?
276
00:12:39,827 --> 00:12:43,063
WELL, WE GO TO COURT, BUT FIRST,
WE HAVE TO TELL HENRY.
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00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:44,631
HOW CAN I HELP?
278
00:12:44,664 --> 00:12:46,934
YOU CAN'T REALLY.
I NEED TO DO THIS.
279
00:12:46,967 --> 00:12:49,269
CAN YOU?
MM.
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IT'S A PROP.
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***
282
00:12:59,546 --> 00:13:02,015
SOMETIMES
I THINK ABOUT RETIRING,
283
00:13:02,049 --> 00:13:04,084
BUT WHAT WOULD I DO?
284
00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:06,820
I HATE GOLF.
I DON'T MUCH LIKE TO TRAVEL.
285
00:13:06,854 --> 00:13:09,189
DO YOU EVER
THINK ABOUT RETIRING?
286
00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:10,457
NOT REALLY,
287
00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:13,493
AS LONG AS I CAN PRACTICE LAW
ON MY OWN TERMS.
288
00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:15,028
AND YOU'RE DOING THAT?
289
00:13:15,062 --> 00:13:16,163
(chuckles)
290
00:13:16,196 --> 00:13:18,031
STILL ABLE
TO PUT YOUR JUDGMENTS
291
00:13:18,065 --> 00:13:20,367
IN QUESTION FORM, I SEE.
292
00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:21,634
(chuckles)
293
00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:23,136
YOU KNOW, SHIRLEY,
294
00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:26,173
I'M STILL ON THE BOARD
OF BAR OVERSEERS.
295
00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:30,610
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK
ABOUT YOUR FIRM LATELY.
296
00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:32,379
IS THERE?
297
00:13:32,412 --> 00:13:35,148
YES, REGARDING ITS, UH...
298
00:13:35,182 --> 00:13:37,384
SLIDE.
299
00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:40,320
I WASN'T AWARE
OF ANY SLIDE.
300
00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:42,722
TWO OF YOUR NAME PARTNERS
HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS,
301
00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:44,191
AND YOU...
302
00:13:44,224 --> 00:13:46,960
WHAT ABOUT ME?
303
00:13:46,994 --> 00:13:49,062
I'VE KNOWN YOU
A LONG TIME.
304
00:13:49,096 --> 00:13:51,564
MAY I BE BRUTALLY HONEST?
OH, PLEASE.
305
00:13:51,598 --> 00:13:53,967
THIS ALAN SHORE IS
DRAGGING YOU INTO THE SEWER.
306
00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:56,870
IT'S NOW HIS THUMBPRINTS
ALL OVER CRANE, POOLE & SCHMIDT,
307
00:13:56,904 --> 00:13:58,505
NOT YOURS.
308
00:13:58,538 --> 00:14:00,007
HE'S UNSCRUPULOUS,
309
00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,575
HE'S DISRESPECTFUL
TO OUR JUDICIARY,
310
00:14:02,609 --> 00:14:04,511
HE'S A BAD SEED,
311
00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:06,179
AND HIS REPUTATION...
312
00:14:06,213 --> 00:14:11,518
IS RUNNING TO YOUR FIRM
AS A WHOLE, TO YOU.
313
00:14:11,551 --> 00:14:14,821
I SEE HIS INFLUENCE IN PLAY
IN--IN THIS VERY CASE.
314
00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:16,689
YOU BROUGHT A BASELESS,
FRIVOLOUS CAUSE OF ACTION
315
00:14:16,723 --> 00:14:18,258
BARRED BY LAW.
316
00:14:18,291 --> 00:14:20,027
WHY?
317
00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:22,495
ARE YOU DONE?
318
00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:25,999
GO AHEAD. LET ME HAVE IT.
I'M A BIG BOY.
319
00:14:26,033 --> 00:14:29,536
(instrumental piano jazz music
playing)
320
00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:32,272
I'VE PRACTICED A LONG TIME,
WORKED WITH SOME OF
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00:14:32,305 --> 00:14:34,174
THE HIGHEST-RANKING MEMBERS
OF OUR PROFESSION--
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00:14:34,207 --> 00:14:36,009
I INCLUDE YOU AMONG THEM--
323
00:14:36,043 --> 00:14:38,378
BUT I HAVE YET
TO BE ASSOCIATED
324
00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:42,215
WITH A MORE SKILLED,
MORE PRINCIPLED,
325
00:14:42,249 --> 00:14:45,885
MORE NOBLE ATTORNEY
THAN ALAN SHORE.
326
00:14:45,919 --> 00:14:49,722
IF HIS IS THE REPUTATION
I'M TO BE SADDLED WITH,
327
00:14:49,756 --> 00:14:51,624
I WILL TAKE IT.
328
00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:54,727
AND LUNCH IS OVER.
329
00:14:54,761 --> 00:14:56,463
IF YOU WANT TO REJECT
MY OPINION,
330
00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:59,232
THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.
331
00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:00,800
BUT HERE'S A FACT--
332
00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:03,070
HE IS PUTTING YOUR FIRM
IN PERIL.
333
00:15:03,103 --> 00:15:06,473
BELIEVE ME
WHEN I TELL YOU THAT.
334
00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:11,444
***
335
00:15:20,787 --> 00:15:24,624
***
336
00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:27,827
JERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HELPING ME TELL HIM.
337
00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:30,597
I'M JUST SO AFRAID
IF HE HEARS IT FROM ME,
338
00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:33,266
HE'LL HATE MY GUTS
FOREVER.
HEY, MOM.
339
00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,168
HI, UNCLE JERRY.
340
00:15:35,202 --> 00:15:37,470
HENRY! HELLO. WELCOME.
341
00:15:37,504 --> 00:15:40,240
THIS COULD TAKE A WHILE.
342
00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:42,642
MM. IT'S SO GOOD
TO SEE YOU.
343
00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:45,145
YOU, TOO.
THIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND FIONA.
344
00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:47,580
I BROUGHT HER ALONG,
IF THAT'S OKAY.
345
00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:50,517
WE'RE KIND OF INSEPARABLE.
(laughing)
346
00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:52,285
(laughing)
347
00:15:52,319 --> 00:15:55,922
SO WHAT'S THE BIG MYSTERY? DID I
INHERIT MONEY OR SOMETHING?
348
00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:58,625
DID MY BIRTH FATHER KEEL?
HENRY.
349
00:15:58,658 --> 00:16:01,494
SO REALLY,
WHAT'S THE DEAL?
350
00:16:01,528 --> 00:16:03,763
LET'S... GO INTO
THE CONFERENCE ROOM
351
00:16:03,796 --> 00:16:06,833
WHERE WE ALL CAN SIT.
352
00:16:11,171 --> 00:16:12,672
***
353
00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:14,674
ARE YOU CURRENTLY SERVING
IN THE MILITARY, SIR?
354
00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:17,710
NO, I'M A RETIRED CAPTAIN
FOR THE U.S. ARMY.
355
00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:19,512
I SERVED UNTIL LAST YEAR.
356
00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:21,681
AND WHAT WERE YOUR
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES?
357
00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:25,485
FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS,
I WAS MAINLY IN RECRUITING,
358
00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:28,221
GETTING YOUNG MEN TO ENLIST.
DID YOU RETIRE ON GOOD TERMS?
359
00:16:28,255 --> 00:16:31,358
NOT SO MUCH.
COULD YOU TELL US WHY?
360
00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:33,626
WELL... (clears throat)
IT WAS SUGGESTED I RETIRE
361
00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,628
AFTER I WAS
A LITTLE TOO OUTSPOKEN
362
00:16:35,662 --> 00:16:37,697
ON WHAT I PERCEIVED
AS A BACKDOOR DRAFT.
363
00:16:37,730 --> 00:16:40,067
UM, WHEN YOU SAY
"BACKDOOR DRAFT"--
364
00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:42,535
I MEAN WE TARGET THE POOR.
365
00:16:42,569 --> 00:16:45,538
NO ONE LIKES TO SAY IT PUBLICLY,
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
366
00:16:45,572 --> 00:16:49,476
AND YOU TARGET
LOW-INCOME YOUTH BECAUSE?
THEY NEEDED THE MONEY.
367
00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:51,578
MOST KIDS DON'T WANT
368
00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:54,247
TO GO OFF AND FIGHT WARS
IF THEY CAN AVOID IT,
369
00:16:54,281 --> 00:16:56,983
SO WE HONE IN ON THE KIDS
WITHOUT OPTIONS.
THE POOR.
370
00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:59,152
THE POOR. WE SET UP
OUR RECRUITMENT STATIONS
371
00:16:59,186 --> 00:17:03,590
IN THE POOR NEIGHBORHOOD MALLS
AND IN THE POOR HIGH SCHOOLS.
I'M SORRY.
372
00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:06,059
CAN YOU AT LEAST TELL ME
THE CONNECTION TO THIS CASE?
373
00:17:06,093 --> 00:17:08,061
IT GOES TO FAIRNESS,
MR. MATHIS.
374
00:17:08,095 --> 00:17:10,730
WE GO AFTER
THE LOWEST ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHIC
375
00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,732
IN OUR SOCIETY
TO FIGHT OUR WARS.
376
00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:16,236
THESE KIDS ARE RISKING THEIR
LIVES OUT OF FINANCIAL DURESS.
377
00:17:16,269 --> 00:17:18,004
THEY HAVE--
I'M SORRY, MS. SCHMIDT.
378
00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,607
THIS IS AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT ISSUE.
379
00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,775
THIS WITNESS IS DISALLOWED.
380
00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:25,778
YOUR HONOR, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THIS--
381
00:17:25,812 --> 00:17:27,247
NO. WE'RE GONNA STAY ON ISSUE.
382
00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,350
NOW IF YOU'VE GOT A WITNESS
WHO CAN TALK ABOUT THIS CASE
383
00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:32,352
OR THE DOCTRINE ITSELF,
I'LL LISTEN.
384
00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:35,288
OTHERWISE, THIS WITNESS
IS DISALLOWED.
385
00:17:35,322 --> 00:17:37,224
NOW WHO ELSE DO YOU HAVE?
386
00:17:37,257 --> 00:17:39,359
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
FROM THE DOCTOR
387
00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,361
WHO TREATED
MY CLIENT'S BROTHER.
388
00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:44,231
DEFENSE STIPULATED THAT HE
COMMITTED AN AVOIDABLE ERROR
389
00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:46,899
RISING TO THE LEVEL
OF MALPRACTICE.
390
00:17:46,933 --> 00:17:50,237
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM
ALL THE SAME SINCE--
THERE'S NO POINT
IN HEARING FROM THE DOCTOR
391
00:17:50,270 --> 00:17:52,739
UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING
TO MANIPULATE ME
392
00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:56,443
WITH EITHER HORROR OR EMOTION,
NEITHER OF WHICH INFORMS US
393
00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:57,710
OF THE LEGITIMACY
394
00:17:57,744 --> 00:18:00,447
OR THE LAWFULNESS
OF THE FERES DOCTRINE.
395
00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,415
YOUR HONOR, CERTAINLY YOU'RE
ALLOWED TO BE HORRIFIED
396
00:18:02,449 --> 00:18:05,652
BY THE FACTS IN THIS CASE.
THE DOCTOR IS DISALLOWED.
397
00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:08,955
IN ORDER TO FULLY APPRECIATE
THIS DOCTRINE
398
00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:11,090
AND ITS CAPRICIOUS
APPLICATION,
399
00:18:11,124 --> 00:18:13,460
YOUR HONOR NEEDS TO HEAR TEST--
OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
400
00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:15,395
YOU'VE--YOU'VE WASTED
ENOUGH OF MY TIME ALREADY.
401
00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:17,797
I'D LIKE TO HEAR SUMMATIONS
FROM COUNSEL
402
00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:20,800
IN THIS COURT
TOMORROW AT 10:00 A.M.,
403
00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:22,302
AND THEN I'LL RULE.
404
00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:26,339
IN THE MEANTIME, I'D LIKE TO SEE
COUNSEL IN MY CHAMBERS.
405
00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:31,444
WELL...
406
00:18:31,478 --> 00:18:34,581
IT, UM, UH, MIGHT BE... BEST
407
00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:37,984
IF THIS CONVERSATION WERE--
WERE PRIVATE.
408
00:18:38,017 --> 00:18:40,320
MOM, WHATEVER IT IS,
I'M GONNA TELL FIONA.
409
00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:42,755
SHE'S MY SOUL MATE.
410
00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:44,324
OKAY.
411
00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:46,693
WELL...
412
00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:49,529
THE THING IS, HENRY...
413
00:18:52,199 --> 00:18:55,134
TELL HIM.
414
00:18:55,168 --> 00:18:57,136
WELL, HENRY, HELLO.
WELCOME.
415
00:18:57,170 --> 00:19:00,607
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR BIRTH FATHER, ACTUALLY.
416
00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,009
DID HE CROAK?
NO. NO, NO, NO.
417
00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:05,312
WELL, WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
418
00:19:05,345 --> 00:19:08,147
SINCE WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHO HE EVEN IS.
FIONA'S
A SPERM-DONOR BABY, TOO.
419
00:19:08,181 --> 00:19:10,217
IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
WE BONDED OVER.
420
00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:14,221
YES, IN FACT, YOU'RE NOT
JUST SPERM-DONOR BABIES.
421
00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:18,458
BUT YOU BOTH COME FROM
THE SAME SPERM BANK, ACTUALLY.
422
00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:20,327
REALLY?
423
00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:24,364
COOL. (laughs) YOU SEE?
WE'RE SO MUCH ALIKE.
424
00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:26,999
M-MORE ALIKE
THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
425
00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:31,238
IT'S POSSIBLE... YOU CAME
FROM THE SAME SPERM DONOR.
426
00:19:31,271 --> 00:19:33,340
(laughs)
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
427
00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:34,974
WELL...
428
00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:38,245
YOU MAY HAVE...
429
00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:42,415
UM...
430
00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:46,319
THE SAME BIRTH FATHER.
431
00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:49,722
THE ODDS ARE AGAINST IT,
OF COURSE,
432
00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:53,025
BUT THERE'S
A WEE CHANCE THAT...
433
00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:55,495
UH, FIONA...
434
00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:58,398
IS...
435
00:19:59,899 --> 00:20:02,569
YOUR HALF SISTER.
436
00:20:04,971 --> 00:20:07,407
THAT--IT CAN'T BE.
437
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,877
I-I--I'M SURE IT ISN'T,
BUT, UH, UM, IT MIGHT BE.
438
00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:14,614
HOW CAN WE KNOW...
439
00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:16,583
FOR SURE?
440
00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:19,386
WELL... THAT'S THE THING.
441
00:20:19,419 --> 00:20:22,789
UH, WE... CAN'T.
442
00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:26,025
WE'RE TRYING, BUT SO FAR...
443
00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:28,561
WE CAN'T.
444
00:20:28,595 --> 00:20:31,731
***
445
00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:40,307
I HAVE BEEN INFORMED
446
00:20:40,340 --> 00:20:44,877
THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN
WAGERING ON THIS CASE.
447
00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:46,979
IS THAT TRUE?
448
00:20:47,013 --> 00:20:50,550
(scoffs)
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE.
449
00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:53,553
MR. SHORE...
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
450
00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:55,788
ME?
I'VE BEEN INFORMED
451
00:20:55,822 --> 00:20:59,459
THAT YOU AND DENNY CRANE
HAVE A SIDE BET FOR $50,000.
452
00:20:59,492 --> 00:21:01,928
IS THAT TRUE?
453
00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:05,164
WELL...
454
00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:07,133
ALAN?
455
00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:12,004
PROCEEDS GO TO THE TROOPS.
456
00:21:12,038 --> 00:21:15,141
I NEVER BET ON BASEBALL,
AND I BET WE'D WIN HERE,
457
00:21:15,174 --> 00:21:17,610
SO IT'S NOT AS IF
I'M THROWING ANYTHING HERE.
458
00:21:17,644 --> 00:21:19,346
BUT A SENIOR PARTNER
IN YOUR FIRM--
459
00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:23,483
LOOK, DENNY AND I HAVE THESE
LITTLE SIDE BETS ALL THE TIME.
460
00:21:23,516 --> 00:21:26,419
IT'S NOT LIKE... THAT ANSWER
REMOTELY HELPED ME.
461
00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:28,688
I LIED ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY.
462
00:21:28,721 --> 00:21:31,591
DENNY AND I
DON'T BET ALL THE TIME.
463
00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:34,494
I NEVER BET. I JUST... LIE.
464
00:21:34,527 --> 00:21:37,530
MY THERAPIST RECOMMENDS
THAT I LIE TO GET PAST THE...
465
00:21:37,564 --> 00:21:39,766
GAMBLING PROBLEM.
466
00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:42,935
WELL, I'M RECOMMENDING YOU
FOR DISBARMENT
467
00:21:42,969 --> 00:21:45,672
AS SOON AS THIS CASE
IS THROUGH.
468
00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:49,275
ALL RIGHT.
SUMMATION, 10:00 A.M. TOMORROW.
469
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:53,145
***
470
00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:05,324
***
471
00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:09,662
YOU TOLD THE JUDGE?
WHAT?
472
00:22:09,696 --> 00:22:12,732
ABOUT OUR BET.
YOU TOLD THE JUDGE.
I DID NO SUCH THING.
473
00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:15,735
WELL, HE KNOWS, DENNY.
HOW WOULD HE KNOW?
DON'T ASK ME.
474
00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:18,505
YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING
TO ANYBODY?
475
00:22:18,538 --> 00:22:21,374
WELL, I-I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED
IT TO THE CLERK IN PASSING.
476
00:22:21,408 --> 00:22:23,576
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
CALM DOWN.
477
00:22:23,610 --> 00:22:25,845
YOU SABOTAGED A CASE
OF THIS FIRM
478
00:22:25,878 --> 00:22:28,648
SO YOU COULD WIN A BET?
YOU SABOTAGED ME.
479
00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:30,917
(whispers)
KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN.
I WILL NOT KEEP MY VOICE DOWN.
480
00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:33,319
YOU SOLD ME OUT.
I'M UP FOR DISBARMENT NOW.
481
00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:35,922
YOU MIGHT BE, TOO.
(normal voice)
I'LL MAKE A FEW CALLS.
482
00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:37,924
DENNY, WE WAGERED ON A CASE.
483
00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:40,660
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
HOW UNETHICAL THAT IS?
484
00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:42,429
WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE
WE BET ON BASEBALL.
485
00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:45,197
YOU DID THIS TO ME,
TO YOUR BEST FRIEND.
486
00:22:45,231 --> 00:22:48,935
WINNING A BET IS...
MY GOD.
487
00:22:54,974 --> 00:22:55,942
SHE LOOKS MAD.
488
00:22:55,975 --> 00:22:57,844
OF ALL THE THINGS
YOU HAVE DONE...
489
00:22:57,877 --> 00:23:00,413
NEVER MIND THE ILLEGALITY
OF IT,
490
00:23:00,447 --> 00:23:02,682
THE INSENSITIVITY...
491
00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,684
A SOLDIER LOST HIS LIFE.
492
00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,419
SHIRLEY--
493
00:23:06,453 --> 00:23:09,021
THERE IS NO EXCUSE, ALAN.
I WASN'T ABOUT TO OFFER ANY.
494
00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:11,023
IT WAS STUPID.
WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE DONE IT.
495
00:23:11,057 --> 00:23:14,126
IF I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE ANY
BEARING ON THE CASE, I NEVER W--
496
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,895
OF COURSE IT HAS BEARING.
497
00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:18,965
THE JUDGE NOW TAKES OUR CASE
MUCH LESS SERIOUSLY BEC--
498
00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:20,700
WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY
DENNY'S PLAN,
499
00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:23,235
WHICH IS WHY HE TOLD THE CLERK.
OH, SURE. SELL ME OUT.
500
00:23:23,269 --> 00:23:25,237
YOU SOLD ME OUT.
YOU BETRAYED ME.
501
00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:27,440
YOU BO BETRAYED ME
502
00:23:27,474 --> 00:23:30,176
AND THIS FIRM AND THE CLIENT.
503
00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:34,647
YOU SICKEN ME,
504
00:23:34,681 --> 00:23:36,783
BOTH OF YOU.
505
00:23:38,785 --> 00:23:41,420
(door opens and closes)
506
00:23:41,454 --> 00:23:43,656
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD.
507
00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:45,992
MAYBE?!
508
00:23:46,025 --> 00:23:48,394
YOU RISKED EVERYTHING.
509
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:49,962
OUR FRIENDSHIP, OUR TRUST,
510
00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:52,098
OUR NIGHTS ON THE BALCONY--
511
00:23:52,131 --> 00:23:55,434
YOU PUT A STUPID BET
BEFORE IT ALL.
512
00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:57,436
I MEAN--YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T CARE.
513
00:23:57,470 --> 00:23:59,939
I'M DONE. WE'RE DONE.
514
00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:01,307
ALAN.
515
00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:04,243
I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOU.
516
00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:05,778
(door slams)
517
00:24:09,516 --> 00:24:12,819
SO THIS ISN'T ANY KIND OF
IN VITRO FACILITY OR--
518
00:24:12,852 --> 00:24:14,621
NO, YOUR HONOR.
IT'S SIMPLY A BANK.
519
00:24:14,654 --> 00:24:18,124
PEOPLE BUY AND SELL SPERM.
AND DO PEOPLE BUY AND SELL
A LOT OF IT,
520
00:24:18,157 --> 00:24:20,493
OR HAS
THE WEAKENED AMERICAN DOLLAR
521
00:24:20,527 --> 00:24:23,930
TAKEN ITS TOLL THERE AS WELL?
YOUR HONOR, I CERTAINLY HOPE
522
00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:27,099
YOU'RE NOT FINDING HUMOR
IN THIS.
523
00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:30,002
THE CONSEQUENCES HERE
ARE POTENTIALLY DIRE.
LOOK, THE ODDS OF TWO PEOPLE
524
00:24:30,036 --> 00:24:32,872
FROM THE SAME DONOR MEETING
ARE--
NOT PREPOSTEROUS.
525
00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:34,874
MANY DONORS DONATE BUCKETS
OF SPERM OVER TIME.
526
00:24:34,907 --> 00:24:37,677
IN FACT, WITH DESIGNER BABIES
AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
527
00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:39,946
BEING THE NEW MUST-HAVE
FOR WEALTHY FAMILIES,
528
00:24:39,979 --> 00:24:42,849
MANY PROSPECTIVE PARENTS
GO LOOKING FOR THAT ATHLETIC,
529
00:24:42,882 --> 00:24:44,851
GOOD-LOOKING MAN
WITH THE IVY LEAGUE DEGREE.
530
00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:46,485
THERE ARE SOME DONORS
531
00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:49,021
WHO HAVE SIRED MORE OFFSPRING
THAN SECRETARIAT.
532
00:24:49,055 --> 00:24:51,190
IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
533
00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:54,694
BEFORE TWO PEOPLE
FROM THE SAME SEED HOOK UP.
534
00:24:54,727 --> 00:24:56,696
CROWN CRYOBANK FOLLOWS
THE GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED BY
535
00:24:56,729 --> 00:24:59,131
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE
536
00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:00,700
TO SPECIFICALLY GUARD AGAINST
537
00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:02,635
THE POSSIBILITY
OF CONSANGUINITY.
538
00:25:02,669 --> 00:25:04,637
BUT IT CAN HAPPEN.
539
00:25:04,671 --> 00:25:06,906
LOOKING AT THESE TWO KIDS,
YOU CAN SEE THE POSSIBILITY.
540
00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:08,908
YOUR HONOR, IF I MAY,
541
00:25:08,941 --> 00:25:11,310
WE LIMIT THE NUMBER OF
LIVE BIRTHS PER DONOR TO 25
542
00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:13,846
PER POPULATION OF 800,000.
543
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,315
BUT YOU HAVE NO MEANS OF
ACTUALLY TRACKING THAT NUMBER.
544
00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:17,917
THERE'S NO OBLIGATION
545
00:25:17,950 --> 00:25:19,652
FOR THE WOMEN
TO TELL YOU THE RESULTS
546
00:25:19,686 --> 00:25:22,088
OF THE PURCHASED SPERM
ONCE IT LEAVES THE DEPOT.
547
00:25:22,121 --> 00:25:25,024
WE HAVE BINDING CONTRACTS
WITH OUR DONORS.
BUT IF YOU TALK
TO ADOPTED CHILDREN,
548
00:25:25,057 --> 00:25:27,727
THEY WILL TELL YOU
THERE IS A NEED.
549
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,197
EVEN THE--THE ONES RAISED
BY LOVING ADOPTIVE FAMILIES,
550
00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:33,532
THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL,
551
00:25:33,566 --> 00:25:35,735
PERHAPS EVEN PRIMAL NEED,
552
00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:39,238
TO KNOW WHO AND WHERE
THEY CAME FROM.
553
00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:41,073
AND THESE CONTRACTS SAY,
554
00:25:41,107 --> 00:25:44,611
"NO, SORRY, SPERM DONORS'
PRIVACY COUNTS MORE."
555
00:25:44,644 --> 00:25:46,178
THAT'S WRONG.
556
00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:48,615
PARENTS HAVE ALWAYS TREATED
CHILDREN LIKE CHATTEL,
557
00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:50,416
LIKE ACQUISITIONS,
BUT THIS...
558
00:25:50,449 --> 00:25:52,251
THE U.K. PASSED A LAW
559
00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:54,887
ENDING THE PRACTICE
OF DONATING SPERM ANONYMOUSLY.
560
00:25:54,921 --> 00:25:57,223
FERTILITY CLINICS
STARTED TO DRY UP.
561
00:25:57,256 --> 00:26:00,526
SOME HAVE NO SPERM AT ALL.
DESPERATE PARENTS LOSE OUT.
562
00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,128
ALL RIGHT.
563
00:26:02,161 --> 00:26:04,330
I THINK I KNOW THE ARGUMENTS.
564
00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:08,067
YES, SON?
565
00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:11,203
I JUST WANT TO SAY, JUDGE,
NOBODY EVER CONSULTED ME.
566
00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:14,140
NOW IF I WANT TO KNOW
WHERE I CAME FROM,
567
00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:17,109
WHO MY BIRTH FATHER IS,
DOES CANCER RUN IN THE FAMILY,
568
00:26:17,143 --> 00:26:20,613
ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISEASES
I MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO GET,
569
00:26:20,647 --> 00:26:22,615
DO I HAVE ANY BROTHERS
OR SISTERS,
570
00:26:22,649 --> 00:26:26,819
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE
WHO LOOKS LIKE ME--
571
00:26:26,853 --> 00:26:28,721
I DON'T GET TO KNOW
ANY OF THAT
572
00:26:28,755 --> 00:26:30,422
BECAUSE BEFORE I WAS BORN,
573
00:26:30,456 --> 00:26:32,591
SOME PEOPLE
ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT.
574
00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:42,969
(mutters)
575
00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:51,143
I'M SORRY.
576
00:26:51,177 --> 00:26:53,145
GO TELL SOMEONE
WHO'S INTERESTED.
577
00:26:53,179 --> 00:26:56,015
I'M WORKING ON MY SUMMATION.
ALAN, I--
578
00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:57,750
GET OUT.
579
00:26:57,784 --> 00:26:59,686
YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING LIKE...
580
00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:02,121
SORRY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
581
00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:10,496
ALAN...
582
00:27:10,529 --> 00:27:13,132
I'M SLIPPING.
583
00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:18,671
WHAT WOULD EVER
584
00:27:18,705 --> 00:27:20,606
POSSESS ME TO--
585
00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,675
I MEAN, I DO CRAZY THINGS,
586
00:27:22,709 --> 00:27:25,712
BUT I-I ALWAYS KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
587
00:27:25,745 --> 00:27:29,581
MY JUDGMENT ON THIS WAS...
588
00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:38,858
I KNOW I'M SLIPPING.
589
00:27:38,891 --> 00:27:40,693
I'M SO, SO SORRY.
590
00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:43,329
FOR ME TO HAVE DONE THIS
591
00:27:43,362 --> 00:27:46,165
TO THE PERSON
I LOVE MOST IS...
592
00:27:47,734 --> 00:27:49,702
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME?
593
00:27:49,736 --> 00:27:51,670
NOTHING'S HAPPENING TO YOU.
594
00:27:51,704 --> 00:27:54,640
YES, IT IS.
I'M NOT SURE.
595
00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:57,243
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T PRACTICE
ANYMORE.
596
00:27:57,276 --> 00:27:59,746
LOOK, DON'T OVERREACT.
597
00:27:59,779 --> 00:28:01,881
I TOLD THE CLERK
OF A SITTING JUDGE
598
00:28:01,914 --> 00:28:04,350
WE HAD A BET ON THE CASE.
599
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:09,021
IF I'M GOING DOWN,
600
00:28:09,055 --> 00:28:11,390
I--I'M NOT
TAKING YOU DOWN WITH ME.
601
00:28:11,423 --> 00:28:13,592
IT'S TIME I QUIT.
602
00:28:13,625 --> 00:28:15,594
IF YOU QUIT WORK, DENNY,
603
00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:18,597
YOUR BRAIN WILL SHRIVEL UP
TO THE SIZE OF A SMALL RAISIN,
604
00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:21,467
AND YOU SURELY WILL DIE.
605
00:28:26,238 --> 00:28:30,676
HAVE YOU BEEN FEELING
OTHER SYMPTOMS LATELY?
606
00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:33,612
SOMETIMES I FEEL
A LITTLE FOGGY
607
00:28:33,645 --> 00:28:36,615
AND I DON'T SEEM
TO ALWAYS GET THINGS.
608
00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,851
FOR EXAMPLE?
OBAMA.
609
00:28:38,885 --> 00:28:42,621
ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
THE PATRIOTS
LOSING TO THE GIANTS.
610
00:28:42,654 --> 00:28:44,256
YOU'RE COVERING.
611
00:28:48,828 --> 00:28:50,930
THE IDEA OF NOT HAVING YOU--
612
00:28:50,963 --> 00:28:54,000
YOU WILL NEVER NOT HAVE ME.
613
00:28:55,802 --> 00:28:57,770
YOU SAID WE WERE DONE.
614
00:28:57,804 --> 00:28:59,638
I WAS ANGRY, DENNY.
615
00:28:59,671 --> 00:29:01,974
I'LL GET BY IT.
616
00:29:02,008 --> 00:29:08,414
OUR FRIENDSHIP WILL SURVIVE
AN ACT OF POOR JUDGMENT.
617
00:29:08,447 --> 00:29:09,782
REALLY?
618
00:29:09,816 --> 00:29:11,818
REALLY.
619
00:29:17,957 --> 00:29:21,127
(Denny sighs)
620
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,295
IF YOU WANT TO CALL OFF
THE BET--
621
00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:25,297
I HAVE NO INTEREST
IN DOING THAT.
622
00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:27,099
I PLAN ON WINNING.
623
00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:29,235
DOUBLE IT?
624
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:31,637
DONE.
625
00:29:31,670 --> 00:29:32,905
DON'T TELL.
626
00:29:32,939 --> 00:29:34,673
I WON'T.
627
00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:36,508
THANK YOU, ALAN.
628
00:29:36,542 --> 00:29:40,913
YOU FORGIVE, I FORGET--
WE MAKE A GOOD TEAM.
629
00:29:40,947 --> 00:29:45,351
(laughs) YES.
WE'RE A VERY GOOD TEAM.
630
00:29:45,384 --> 00:29:47,786
***
631
00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:55,928
(woman) ALL RISE.
632
00:29:55,962 --> 00:29:59,598
***
633
00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:02,201
(clears throat)
634
00:30:02,234 --> 00:30:05,004
ALL RIGHT.
635
00:30:05,037 --> 00:30:08,040
LOOK, WHEN I GREW UP,
IT WAS RELATIVELY RARE
636
00:30:08,074 --> 00:30:10,476
TO MEET A PERSON
WHO WAS ADOPTED.
637
00:30:10,509 --> 00:30:15,381
TODAY ADOPTION IS COMMONPLACE,
AS ARE MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES.
638
00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:19,718
GENEALOGY
IS ALMOST CONSIDERED IRRELEVANT.
639
00:30:19,751 --> 00:30:21,387
BUT IT IS RELEVANT.
640
00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:23,856
PEOPLE DO WANT TO KNOW
THEIR GENETIC HISTORY,
641
00:30:23,890 --> 00:30:26,692
WHETHER IT IS
FOR MEDICAL REASONS
642
00:30:26,725 --> 00:30:28,827
OR JUST,
WELL, TO FEEL COMPLETE
643
00:30:28,861 --> 00:30:31,663
AS ONE ADOPTED FRIEND
RECENTLY TOLD ME.
644
00:30:31,697 --> 00:30:33,699
I AGREE WITH MR. ESPENSON.
645
00:30:33,732 --> 00:30:35,701
WE CANNOT ALLOW A CONTRACT
646
00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:37,836
TO USURP
THE AUTONOMY OF THE CHILD.
647
00:30:37,870 --> 00:30:40,506
THE CURRENT LAWS
ARE ANYTHING BUT CURRENT,
648
00:30:40,539 --> 00:30:43,209
AND THEY NEED TO BE REEXAMINED.
649
00:30:43,242 --> 00:30:46,512
IN THE MEANTIME,
I AM NOT ORDERING THE DEFENDANT
650
00:30:46,545 --> 00:30:48,380
TO TELL THE PLAINTIFF
651
00:30:48,414 --> 00:30:50,416
THE IDENTITY
OF HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER.
652
00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:52,318
BUT I AM ORDERING YOU
TO TELL HIM
653
00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:54,386
IF HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND
654
00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:57,856
COME FROM
THE SAME SPERM DONOR.
655
00:30:57,890 --> 00:31:01,393
YOU HAVE MY RULING.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
656
00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:04,763
SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
657
00:31:04,796 --> 00:31:07,733
WELL, WE AT LEAST FIND OUT
IF YOU TWO ARE RELATED.
658
00:31:07,766 --> 00:31:10,669
HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE?
659
00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:13,105
I WOULD THINK
WE'D KNOW TODAY.
660
00:31:13,139 --> 00:31:16,575
GOOD WORK, JERRY.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED.
661
00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:20,112
(makes popping noise)
662
00:31:20,146 --> 00:31:21,747
(pop)
663
00:31:21,780 --> 00:31:23,449
(pop)
664
00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:24,783
***
665
00:31:24,816 --> 00:31:26,685
IT ISN'T JUST THE UNDUE
ECONOMIC BURDEN
666
00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:28,787
ON THE GOVERNMENT, YOUR HONOR,
667
00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:31,623
THOUGH THAT ALONE
WOULD BE CRIPPLING.
668
00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:33,125
BUT TO SUBJECT
669
00:31:33,159 --> 00:31:34,961
THE MILITARY HOSPITALS
TO DISCOVERY?
670
00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:36,228
THAT COULD RESULT
671
00:31:36,262 --> 00:31:38,297
IN THE FREE TRADE
OF MILITARY SECRETS.
672
00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:40,199
IT COULD COMPROMISE
MILITARY DISCIPLINE.
673
00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:42,234
REPRESENTATIVE DUNCAN HUNTER,
674
00:31:42,268 --> 00:31:45,104
A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
675
00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:48,941
AND A FORMER FIGHTER PILOT--
CONSIDER WHAT HE SAID--
676
00:31:48,975 --> 00:31:51,810
"THE FERES DOCTRINE REPRESENTS
A REASONABLE APPROACH
677
00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:55,081
"TO ENSURING THAT LITIGATION
DOES NOT INTERFERE
678
00:31:55,114 --> 00:31:56,949
"WITH THE OBJECTIVES
AND READINESS
679
00:31:56,983 --> 00:31:58,717
OF OUR NATION'S MILITARY."
680
00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,719
YOU KNOW, AND THINK OF IT?
681
00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:02,821
DO WE REALLY WANT
OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL
682
00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:05,124
BOGGED DOWN IN DEPOSITIONS
AND MOTIONS
683
00:32:05,157 --> 00:32:07,326
WHILE WE'RE TRYING
TO FIGHT A WAR?
684
00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,761
AND FINALLY, YOUR HONOR,
685
00:32:09,795 --> 00:32:11,430
CONSIDER THIS--
686
00:32:11,463 --> 00:32:15,101
MILITARY HOSPITALS TEND TO DEAL
WITH HIGH VOLUME,
687
00:32:15,134 --> 00:32:18,004
AND AS MR. SHORE NOTED,
MANY CATASTROPHIC WOUNDS.
688
00:32:18,037 --> 00:32:20,672
WE WANT THESE KIDS
GETTING TREATMENT.
689
00:32:20,706 --> 00:32:24,676
THE LAST THING WE NEED
IS FOR DOCTORS TO BE BALKING
690
00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:26,812
OUT OF FEAR OF GETTING SUED.
691
00:32:26,845 --> 00:32:28,847
IF YOU TAKE AWAY THIS IMMUNITY,
692
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,749
THE REALITY IS,
YOU'LL LOSE DOCTORS,
693
00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:32,651
AND OUR KIDS
694
00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:35,754
WON'T GET THE MEDICAL TREATMENT
THEY'VE EARNED AND DESERVE.
695
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:37,489
LAWYERS LOVE TO SUE.
696
00:32:37,523 --> 00:32:40,326
IT'S WHAT WE DO.
IT'S HOW WE HEAT OUR POOLS.
697
00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:41,960
BUT SOMETIMES...
698
00:32:41,994 --> 00:32:44,963
WE HAVE TO PUT
OUR COUNTRY FIRST.
699
00:32:44,997 --> 00:32:48,834
AND FAILING THAT, HOW ABOUT
YOU PUT OUR TROOPS FIRST?
700
00:32:56,142 --> 00:32:58,544
AH.
701
00:32:58,577 --> 00:33:00,812
IT'S SURPRISING TO HAVE TO
EXPLAIN THE RUDIMENTS
702
00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:02,814
OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM
TO OPPOSING COUNSEL,
703
00:33:02,848 --> 00:33:05,684
BUT I AM NOT SUING ANYONE.
704
00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:07,819
MY CLIENT IS SUING
BECAUSE HIS BROTHER,
705
00:33:07,853 --> 00:33:09,855
A SOLDIER, WAS KILLED
BY A MILITARY HOSPITAL.
706
00:33:09,888 --> 00:33:12,858
BY THE WAY, THERE ARE
NO POOLS BEING HEATED HERE.
707
00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:15,461
I DON'T HAVE ONE,
AND AS FOR MY CLIENT,
708
00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:18,464
HE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY TO HAVE
A HOUSE, LET ALONE A POOL.
709
00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:20,799
ALTHOUGH I'M SURE HE'D PREFER
TO HAVE HIS BROTHER.
710
00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:24,570
PRIVATE RICHARD CANFIELD WAS IN
THE FORT WAYNE MILITARY HOSPITAL
711
00:33:24,603 --> 00:33:25,971
GETTING BASIC
FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT
712
00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:27,473
FOR WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN IRAQ,
713
00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:30,076
WOUNDS HE WAS
HEALING FROM NICELY.
714
00:33:30,109 --> 00:33:32,078
HE BEGAN TO HAVE TROUBLE
BREATHING DUE TO
715
00:33:32,111 --> 00:33:35,081
AN ADVERSE REACTION TO MEDICINE
HE WAS MISTAKENLY GIVEN.
716
00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:37,216
THE DOCTOR THEN INSERTED
A BREATHING TUBE INCORRECTLY
717
00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:39,418
AND PROCEEDED TO PUMP AIR
INTO HIS STOMACH.
718
00:33:39,451 --> 00:33:42,321
BY THE TIME THEY FIGURED OUT
THEIR MISTAKE 15 MINUTES LATER,
719
00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:44,423
PRIVATE CANFIELD
HAD SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE.
720
00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:47,659
THREE DAYS LATER, HE DIED.
NONE OF THIS IS IN DISPUTE.
721
00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:51,430
HAD THIS SAME MALPRACTICE
HAPPENED TO ME OR YOU,
722
00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:54,866
OUR ESTATES WOULD RECEIVE
MILLION-DOLLAR SETTLEMENTS.
723
00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:57,736
BUT BECAUSE PRIVATE CANFIELD
WAS A G.I., NOT A NICKEL.
724
00:33:57,769 --> 00:34:00,339
APPARENTLY,
WE CAN ALL LIVE WITH THAT.
725
00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:03,542
THIS FERES DOCTRINE
IS AS UNFAIR
726
00:34:03,575 --> 00:34:06,612
AS IT IS PATENTLY LUDICROUS.
727
00:34:06,645 --> 00:34:09,781
THERE IS NO DANGER OF REVEALING
MILITARY SECRETS.
728
00:34:09,815 --> 00:34:11,783
DISCOVERY WOULD ONLY GO
TO MEDICAL RECORDS.
729
00:34:11,817 --> 00:34:14,453
AND FRANKLY, I AM MYSTIFIED
730
00:34:14,486 --> 00:34:17,356
AS TO HOW THIS COULD POSSIBLY
AFFECT MILITARY DISCIPLINE.
731
00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:19,791
WOULD THE TROOPS
SUDDENLY STOP SALUTING
732
00:34:19,825 --> 00:34:21,893
OR BEGIN MARCHING
IN CROOKED LINES?
733
00:34:21,927 --> 00:34:24,630
AND AS FOR THE SUPPOSED BURDEN
ON THE GOVERNMENT,
734
00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:26,965
YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.
735
00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:30,436
WHAT ABOUT PRIVATE CANFIELD'S
HORRIFIC ORDEAL?
736
00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:32,404
NOT TO MENTION THE OBVIOUS FACT
737
00:34:32,438 --> 00:34:34,873
THAT WHILE OUR GOVERNMENT
WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SURVIVE,
738
00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:38,777
PRIVATE CANFIELD DID NOT.
739
00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:43,449
I WOULD SAY TO YOU,
YOUR HONOR,
740
00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:45,451
THESE ARE OUR KIDS
WHO ARE DYING.
741
00:34:45,484 --> 00:34:47,953
BUT IT'S NOT REALLY OUR KIDS,
IS IT?
742
00:34:47,986 --> 00:34:49,821
NOT FOR THE MOST PART.
743
00:34:49,855 --> 00:34:51,990
IT'S THE POOR PEOPLE'S KIDS.
744
00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:54,793
AND THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET,
SOME MIGHT SAY WINDFALL,
745
00:34:54,826 --> 00:34:56,795
OF OUR RECORD POVERTY
AND DISPARITY OF WEALTH
746
00:34:56,828 --> 00:34:58,664
IS THAT WE'VE GOT
PLENTY OF POOR PEOPLE
747
00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:00,832
WITH KIDS TO FIGHT OUR WARS.
748
00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:04,069
I'M SORRY,
BUT I'M OFFENDED BY THAT.
ARE YOU, REALLY?
749
00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:06,905
HOW ABOUT A REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
750
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,840
WHO OPPOSES
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOR G.I.s
751
00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:11,777
SO AS NOT TO ENCOURAGE TROOPS
TO LEAVE THE MILITARY?
752
00:35:11,810 --> 00:35:13,612
KEEP THEIR OPTIONS LIMITED.
DOES THAT OFFEND YOU?
753
00:35:13,645 --> 00:35:16,648
HOW ABOUT ALL THE WAR
PROFITEERING BY THE RICH?
754
00:35:16,682 --> 00:35:18,184
HOW ABOUT THE FACT
755
00:35:18,217 --> 00:35:20,919
THAT WHILE AN ARMY SERGEANT GETS
AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $70,000,
756
00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,921
PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS HIRED
BY BLACKWATER AND DYNCORP
757
00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:25,591
GET $400,000 TO $500,000,
DOES THAT OFFEND YOU?
758
00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:27,459
ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL,
LUCRATIVE DEALS
759
00:35:27,493 --> 00:35:29,127
CAN HAPPEN IN WAR,
760
00:35:29,161 --> 00:35:31,430
BUT FOR THE G.I.s,
WE'VE GOT THE FERES DOCTRINE,
761
00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:34,500
WHICH MEANS WHEN A G.I.
IS KILLED BY HOSPITAL NEGLIGENCE
762
00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:37,636
OR EVEN DELIBERATELY
BY A DOCTOR, NOT A NICKEL.
763
00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:40,806
HOW CAN THIS NOT SHOCK
OUR NATIONAL CONSCIENCE?
764
00:35:40,839 --> 00:35:43,442
THE MEDIA GIVES IT LITTLE
IF ANY SHRIFT.
765
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:45,277
MR. MATHIS
CLEARLY DOESN'T CARE.
766
00:35:45,311 --> 00:35:49,248
AND ME? HELL, I EVEN PLACED
A BET ON THE CASE.
767
00:35:50,816 --> 00:35:52,384
(scoffs)
768
00:35:52,418 --> 00:35:57,423
HOW CAN IT BE THAT WE DON'T...
MUCH CARE?
769
00:35:59,225 --> 00:36:02,461
MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S NOT
OUR KIDS WHO ARE DYING.
770
00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:04,963
IT'S THE POOR PEOPLE'S.
771
00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:09,201
***
772
00:36:23,482 --> 00:36:25,717
YES. YES, THAT'S FINE.
I'LL WAIT.
773
00:36:25,751 --> 00:36:28,220
I'M ON HOLD.
774
00:36:28,254 --> 00:36:30,155
THEY HAVE THE ANSWER?
775
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:31,823
IT SEEMS SO.
776
00:36:33,492 --> 00:36:35,627
IT'S GOING TO BE FINE.
777
00:36:35,661 --> 00:36:37,429
I READ A STUDY.
778
00:36:37,463 --> 00:36:41,567
PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO
OTHER PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM.
779
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,236
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR US
TO RESEMBLE EACH OTHER.
780
00:36:44,270 --> 00:36:46,672
YES. THANK YOU.
781
00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:49,308
(hangs up receiver)
782
00:36:49,341 --> 00:36:52,344
WELL?
783
00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:01,152
YOU HAVE THE SAME SPERM DONOR.
784
00:37:08,294 --> 00:37:10,829
I'M SORRY.
785
00:37:10,862 --> 00:37:13,665
(voice breaks)
THIS ISN'T FAIR.
786
00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:19,070
I'M SO SORRY.
787
00:37:24,343 --> 00:37:27,145
(door opens)
788
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:35,387
***
789
00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:45,230
(man) ALL RISE.
790
00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:50,168
BE SEATED.
791
00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:59,077
I'M ALLOWING
THE PLAINTIFF'S CASE TO STAND.
792
00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:01,547
YOUR HONOR, THE PRECEDENT
SET BY THE FERES DOCTRINE--
793
00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:05,384
THE FERES DOCTRINE IS NO LONGER
APPLICABLE IN TODAY'S WORLD.
794
00:38:05,417 --> 00:38:08,854
WELL, IN THAT CASE,
THE REMEDY IS THE LEGISLATURE.
I DISAGREE, COUNSELOR.
795
00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:11,156
THIS DOCTRINE
UNFAIRLY VICTIMIZES THE POOR.
796
00:38:11,189 --> 00:38:14,726
THERE ARE FAR MORE RICH PEOPLE
REGISTERED TO VOTE
797
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,529
THAN POOR PEOPLE.
798
00:38:17,563 --> 00:38:20,265
THIS WILL NEVER GET FIXED BY
AN ELECTABLE LEGISLATURE, NEVER.
799
00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:22,267
YOUR HONOR--
I'M ALLOWING THE CASE
TO STAND.
800
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,235
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
801
00:38:24,269 --> 00:38:26,104
(bangs gavel)
802
00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,740
WELL...
803
00:38:28,774 --> 00:38:31,343
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
IT MEANS FOR NOW,
YOU STILL GET TO SUE.
804
00:38:31,377 --> 00:38:33,011
HOPEFULLY WE CAN
SETTLE IT QUICKLY.
805
00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:37,082
THANK YOU.
I'LL SCHEDULE A MEETING
WITH OPPOSING COUNSEL,
806
00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:39,184
AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES.
807
00:38:39,217 --> 00:38:41,720
I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
808
00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:48,093
SHIRLEY, I APOLOGIZE AGAIN
FOR ANY EMBARRASSMENT THAT--
809
00:38:51,262 --> 00:38:53,264
OKAY.
810
00:38:53,298 --> 00:38:56,435
***
811
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,975
SHE'LL FORGIVE US.
812
00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:06,144
IT SOUNDS LIKE
SHE'S ALREADY HALFWAY THERE.
813
00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:07,913
WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
814
00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:11,617
WELL, SHIRLEY HAS NO TROUBLE
EXPRESSING HER DISPLEASURE.
815
00:39:11,650 --> 00:39:15,721
BUT WHEN SHE SAYS NOTHING
OR WALKS AWAY IN SILENCE,
816
00:39:15,754 --> 00:39:17,589
IT'S LIKE SHE'S SAYING,
817
00:39:17,623 --> 00:39:20,959
"I'M STILL ANGRY,
BUT I'LL FORGIVE YOU."
818
00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:25,997
WILL YOU...
819
00:39:26,031 --> 00:39:28,099
REALLY FORGIVE ME?
820
00:39:28,133 --> 00:39:31,302
I DID ALREADY.
821
00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,141
(exhales deeply)
822
00:39:36,174 --> 00:39:38,343
I CAN'T BELIEVE
823
00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:40,746
I ACTUALLY SAID THAT
TO THE CLERK.
824
00:39:40,779 --> 00:39:43,248
PROMISE ME SOMETHING--
825
00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:46,117
WHEN I DO SOMETHING CRAZY,
YOU'LL TELL ME.
826
00:39:46,151 --> 00:39:50,489
OKAY, LET'S START
WITH DOUBLING THE BET.
827
00:39:50,522 --> 00:39:53,158
OH, RIGHT. YEAH.
828
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:59,998
AT LEAST TELL ME IT'S GOING
TO A GOOD CAUSE, LIKE A HOOKER.
829
00:40:00,031 --> 00:40:01,867
IT'S GOING TO THE TROOPS.
REMEMBER?
830
00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:04,470
OH, RIGHT, YES.
I FEEL BETTER NOW.
831
00:40:09,575 --> 00:40:11,443
YOU OKAY, DENNY?
832
00:40:11,477 --> 00:40:14,646
OH, YEAH.
833
00:40:16,682 --> 00:40:18,517
YOU REALLY YELLED AT ME.
834
00:40:18,550 --> 00:40:22,187
I JUST LOST MY TEMPER.
835
00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:24,355
I'M OVER IT.
836
00:40:26,391 --> 00:40:28,494
YOU KNOW WHAT'S LONG OVERDUE?
837
00:40:28,527 --> 00:40:31,062
YOU AND ME ON A ROAD TRIP.
838
00:40:31,096 --> 00:40:32,798
A ROAD TRIP.
839
00:40:32,831 --> 00:40:34,332
MAYBE WE SHOULD GO TO ROME,
840
00:40:34,365 --> 00:40:37,803
OR THE BALCONY ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE BUILDING.
841
00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:40,071
YEAH, I'VE GOT IT.
A DUDE RANCH.
842
00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:42,207
A DUDE RANCH?
843
00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:44,643
IT'S HORSES AND--AND SHEEP
844
00:40:44,676 --> 00:40:46,411
AND FRESH AIR AND...
845
00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:49,314
SHEEP.
846
00:40:49,347 --> 00:40:52,150
LET'S GO WEST,
TO THE WILD WEST.
847
00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:54,886
I DON'T REALLY LIKE HORSES.
848
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,188
HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE HORSES?
A DUDE RANCH.
849
00:40:57,222 --> 00:41:00,992
YOU JUST LEAVE IT TO ME.
I'LL MAKE ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS.
850
00:41:01,026 --> 00:41:03,261
WE'LL HAVE CAMPFIRES
AND MARSHMALLOWS AND TENTS
851
00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:05,531
AND... SHEEP.
852
00:41:05,564 --> 00:41:07,265
ME AND YOU AND...
853
00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:10,101
FRESH AIR
WOULD DO US BOTH GOOD.
854
00:41:10,135 --> 00:41:11,637
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED.
855
00:41:17,943 --> 00:41:21,279
THANK YOU...
856
00:41:22,648 --> 00:41:25,784
FOR BEING...
857
00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:27,786
THANK YOU.
858
00:41:27,819 --> 00:41:30,922
I DON'T THINK
YOU'RE SLIPPING, DENNY.
859
00:41:32,257 --> 00:41:35,060
I REALLY DON'T.
860
00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:39,865
OKAY.
861
00:41:39,898 --> 00:41:43,334
***
862
00:41:55,446 --> 00:41:56,514
NEXT ON "BOSTON LEGAL"...
I ASKED FOR ALAN.
863
00:41:56,548 --> 00:41:58,917
HE'S OUT OF STATE.
YOU GET ME.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
864
00:41:58,950 --> 00:42:01,086
THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE
EVER MOUNTED A PROPER HORSE.
865
00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:04,756
I KNOW HOW TO RIDE JUST FINE.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. OH!
THIS IS WHAT I CALL
866
00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:06,925
A SMALL WORLD,
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
867
00:42:06,958 --> 00:42:08,894
I WAS A VICTIM
OF TERRIBLE MALPRACTICE.
868
00:42:08,927 --> 00:42:11,763
YOU TOOK ISSUE
WITH THE DOCTOR HOW?
I BLEW HIM UP.
869
00:42:11,797 --> 00:42:14,666
JERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
WHAT PROMISES TO BE A FAB PARTY.
870
00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:16,968
YOU WANT TO JOIN?
I'LL PASS.
871
00:42:17,002 --> 00:42:19,404
WERE YOU ALWAYS PROPER
AND BEHAVED?
HOME ON THE RANGE--
872
00:42:19,437 --> 00:42:22,073
WHERE THE DEER, THE ANTELOPE
AND THE THREE OF US PLAY.
873
00:42:22,107 --> 00:42:24,342
THIS IS GONNA BE A HOOT.
I WANT TO GO HOME.
61242
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