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PREVIOUSLY ON THE PRACTICE.

I BELIEVE YOU NEED EVIDENCE.

WE WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY CONCLUDE

THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO IS ILLEGAL.

THIS...

THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND THIS IS THE LAND

WHERE PEOPLE GO BACK INTO THEIR JURY BOX

AND SAY, "PROVE IT.

"PROVE THE CRIME.

YOU PROVE IT."

THIS LAW FIRM DOESN'T ADVERTISE.

IT WOULD JUST BE FOR MYSELF.

YOU ARE A PART OF THIS FIRM.

LOTS OF LAWYERS DO COMMERCIALS.

YEAH, THE SHYSTERS.

I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE HERE.

I WANT TO BRING IN BUSINESS. AT LEAST GIVE ME THE CHANCE.

DOING A COMMERCIAL? IT EMBARRASSES THIS PLACE.

THERE'S LITTLE PEOPLE OUT THERE,

HACKS WITH SMALL CLAIMS THE SIZE OF A BLACKHEAD

YOU'D GO RUNNING TO YOUR DERMATOLOGIST TO HAVE REMOVED.

I'M HAPPY FOR YOU THAT YOU DON'T FIT INTO THAT CATEGORY.

I DO,

AND I'M SELLING WHAT I GOT TO SELL.

THINK NOBODY'LL FIGHT FOR YOU,

YOU'RE JUST A GRUNT.

I'M A GRUNT.

THERE'S A LAWYER OUT THERE FOR YOU.

IT'S ME.

JUST DIAL THE NUMBER...

WHAT DO-- WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Gospel choir, softly: ♪ JESUS US ON THE MAIN LINE ♪

♪ TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT ♪

♪ JESUS IS ON THE MAIN LINE ♪

♪ TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT ♪

MR. ADELSTYNE?

STEEN.

STEEN.

YEAH. YOU'RE NEXT.

WHAT--

WHAT IS GOING ON?

JIMMY'S COMMERCIAL. IT'S GETTING RESULTS.

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

555-GRNT. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

STEEN.

ADELSTEEN. I'M SORRY. I'LL BE IN TOUCH.

WHO'S NEXT?

I SHOULD BE NEXT. I HAVE CONNECTIONS.

MA.

I THOUGHT I'D SURPRISE YOU.

MA, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT IN THE HALL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WELL...

ACTUALLY, IT'S A LITTLE PRIVATE.

WE WERE HAVING DINNER LAST NIGHT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL ME WHATEVER IT IS THEN?

I ALMOST DID.

BUT...THEN I THOUGHT

IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO TELL YOU HERE.

IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG?

NO, NO.

UH, BUT, UH...

JIMMY...

WHAT?

I'VE BEEN SEEING SOMEBODY.

OH?

OH.

UH, THIS IS...GOOD.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT

OF MY BEING WITH ANYBODY BUT YOUR FATHER.

NO, I...

HEY, EVER SINCE HE DIED, IT'S BEEN ME SAYING,

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO GO ON WITH YOUR LIFE.

SWEETHEART...BE HONEST.

I KNOW IT'S A JOLT.

WELL.

EVEN SO, I'M HAPPY FOR YOU.

IF YOU'RE HAPPY, THEN...

IS IT SERIOUS?

YEAH.

WE WANT TO GET MARRIED.

MARRIED?

WELL...UH...

ARE YOU SURE?

I MEAN, HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN THIS GUY?

WELL, HERE'S THE THING...

HE'S NOT A GUY.

HEY, YOU ALL SET?

ALMOST.

PORTER?

VICTIM TAKES THE STAND. BIG DAY.

WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND RAPE? WHERE DO WE STAND?

PROBABLE-CAUSE HEARING ON THAT IS ON WEDNESDAY.

I'M HOPING TO WRAP UP RAPE NUMBER ONE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.

INCIDENT REPORT?

IN MY BAG.

HIS FATHER KEEPS CALLING ME.

WHAT DO I TELL HIM?

TELL HIM HE'S GOT A WONDERFUL SON.

ARE YOU...

IS IT, LIKE, ROMANTIC LOVE?

YEAH.

ARE YOU...

YOU KNOW, DUAL-SEXUAL,

OR ARE YOU...

THE OTHER?

I'M GAY, JIMMY.

YOU'RE NOT GAY!

YOU CAN'T BE GAY.

Y-YOU WERE MARRIED. TO DAD.

THAT'S WHAT WOMEN OF MY GENERATION DID.

WE MARRIED MEN.

IT DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU WERE HETEROSEXUAL OR NOT.

DID DAD KNOW?

I THINK HE ALWAYS SUSPECTED.

EVENTUALLY, I TOLD HIM.

IS THAT WHAT KILLED HIM?

JIMMY, THERE'S A CORRIDOR FULL OF THESE--

GET OUT!

PEOPLE.

THERE'RE CLIENTS OF THE FIRM.

YOU DEAL WITH THEM. OUT!

LOOK, JIMMY,

I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE DENYING THIS,

DENYING WHO I AM.

THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU ARE.

YOU'RE YOU.

THIS...

THIS IS PROBABLY... AN IDENTITY CRISIS.

YOU KNOW, I READ SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN THINK

THEY'RE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT

BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO

WITH WHAT THEY THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH.

I CAME IN TO SEE THE GRUNT.

NOW, YOU'RE NOT THE GRUNT.

THE GRUNT IS TIED UP AT THE MOMENT.

RIGHT.

I'M WORKING TRIAGE.

WHAT'S THE NATURE OF YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE?

I THINK THAT MY DENTIST TOUCHED ME

WHILE I WAS UNDER.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

I TAKE THE GAS 'CAUSE I'M SQUEAMISH,

AND I KIND OF WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE LAST TIME.

AND SHE WAS...

F-FONDLING MY G-GROIN AREA.

MOTIVE MIGHT BE TOUGH TO PROVE, I REALIZE.

Lichtman: AND DO YOU SEE THE MAN WHO RAPED YOU

SITTING IN THIS COURTROOM, MS. FRASER?

HE'S SITTING RIGHT THERE.

ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT THAT IS THE MAN?

YES, I AM.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, HARD OR SOFT?

YOU GOT NO CHOICE.

IT'S OVER UNLESS YOU SHAKE HER.

YOU WANT THE HONORS?

OH, NO.

GO RIGHT AHEAD.

RAPE IS A TERRIBLE CRIME, ISN'T IT, MS. FRASER?

YES, IT IS.

AND IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING TO FALSELY ACCUSE SOMEONE OF RAPE.

THERE'S NOTHING FALSE ABOUT MY ACCUSATION.

TERRIBLE, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WOULD THAT DESTROY THE LIFE OF THE PERSON

FALSELY ACCUSED, BUT IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE LESS LIKELY

TO BELIEVE THE CLAIMS OF WOMEN WHO REALLY HAD BEEN RAPED.

OBJECTION.

SUSTAINED.

YOU SAID YOU MET MR. PORTER

AT A BAR CALLED McMULLEN'S.

IT'S A RESTAURANT.

THEY HAVE A BAR IN IT.

WAS THAT THE FIRST TIME YOU HAD SEEN HIM THERE?

WE HAD TALKED THERE MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE.

WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU HAD FLIRTED WITH HIM?

WE TALKED.

WERE YOU SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO HIM?

HE SEEMED LIKE A NICE MAN.

IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY

THAT YOU WERE NOT SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO HIM?

THERE WAS SOME ATTRACTION, YES--

THANK YOU.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN--

DID YOU WILLINGLY LEAVE THE BAR WITH HIM?

YES.

YES. HE GAVE YOU A RIDE HOME?

AND WHEN YOU GOT HOME, YOU INVITED HIM IN FOR A NIGHTCAP, DIDN'T YOU?

I DIDN'T INVITE HIM IN TO RAPE ME, MR.YOUNG.

THE TRUTH IS, YOU INITIATED SEX ONCE INSIDE THE APARTMENT--

NO, I DID NOT.

I REMIND YOU, YOU'RE UNDER OATH.

OBJECTION--

YOU INITIATED-- I DID NOT!

OBJECTION! COUNSEL!

WITHDRAWN. WHY DID YOU GO TO THIS BAR ALONE?

OBJECTION.

WHAT WERE YOU WEARING, MS. FRASER--

OBJECTION.

MY CLIENT HAS A RIGHT TO CONFRONT HIS ACCUSER!

SPEED IT UP.

WHAT WERE YOU WEARING THAT NIGHT, MS. FRASER?

OBJECTION.

SIT!

IS THIS WHAT YOU HAD ON THAT NIGHT, MS. FRASER?

YES.

A RAINY NIGHT IN FEBRUARY?

TEMPERATURE, 31 DEGREES...

YOU WALK INTO A BAR ALONE...WEARING THIS.

HAD YOU BEEN DRINKING THAT NIGHT, MA'AM?

I HAD A COUPLE OF DRINKS.

BEER, WINE, HARD ALCOHOL?

VODKA TONIC.

HARD ALCOHOL. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY YOU HAD?

A FEW.

MORE THAN 3, MORE THAN 4?

I HAD 3 AT THE BAR AND A NIGHTCAP WHEN I GOT HOME.

4. WERE YOU INTOXICATED, MA'AM?

OBJECTION.

OVERRULED.

WERE YOU INTOXICATED?

I'M SURE I WAS AT LEAST SLIGHTLY INTOXICATED,

BUT AGAIN--

WERE YOU DRUNK?

NO, I WASN'T DRUNK.

MS. FRASER,

HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED PSYCHIATRIC COUNSELING

PRIOR TO YOUR--

OBJECTION! MOVE TO STRIKE!

COUNSEL, APPROACH.

THE COMMONWEALTH HAS RAPE SHIELD LAWS

THAT EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT THIS TYPE OF ATTACK AND HE KNOWS IT!

I'M NOT GOING INTO PAST CONDUCT OTHER THAN TO EXAMINE

THE WITNESS' ABILITY TO PERCEIVE AND OBSERVE.

GOES TO CREDIBILITY, POWERS OF PERCEPTION.

THE LINE IS PROPER UNDER 265, SUBSECTION 24.

YOU'RE ON A SHORT LEASH, MR. YOUNG.

STEP BACK.

MS. FRASER,

YOU RECEIVED PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT IN 1995 FOR DEPRESSION,

DID YOU NOT?

PUT UP A SIGN, "NO MORE TODAY."

Berluti: THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING, MA.

THIS CAN'T BE TRUE! I--I JUST CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS!

WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT SOUNDS SERIOUS.

OH...SOMEBODY SPARE ME.

Mary Beth: PLEASE, SON, SIT DOWN.

WHY ME?

I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER LAWYERS

WHO PROBABLY SPECIALIZE IN...

THIS.

WELL, YOU'RE THE ONLY LAWYER I KNOW, JIMMY.

PLUS I CAN'T REALLY PAY, SO WHO AM I GOING TO GO TO?

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU...

YOU KNOW, BE OFFICIALLY MARRIED?

I MEAN, YOU COULD LIVE TOGETHER AND...

GOD!

THERE ARE MONEY ADVANTAGES, BENEFITS, TAXES.

A LEGALLY MARRIED SPOUSE

CAN MAKE EMERGENCY MEDICAL DECISIONS.

BUT MAINLY...

WE LOVE EACH OTHER.

WE WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A COUPLE.

I GOT TO BE HONEST, MA.

I THINK IT'S...

SICK.

DISGUSTING.

I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY I RAISED YOU,

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S HOW YOUR FATHER RAISED YOU.

YOU'RE COMING INTO MY OFFICE...

ASKING ME TO HELP YOU MARRY A WOMAN.

I WOULDN'T BE IN HERE ASKING YOUR HELP, JIMMY...

IF IT WEREN'T SO IMPORTANT.

WE'LL REDUCE TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. 2 YEARS.

I CAN'T TAKE ANY JAIL TIME, CINDY.

EUGENE, HE'S GONNA DO JAIL TIME ANYWAY.

HE'S UP ON ANOTHER RAPE RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE, SO--

FINE, BUT I CAN'T RECOMMEND HE TAKE TIME ON THIS CASE.

IT'S HER WORD AGAINST HIS.

SHE INVITED HIM IN. SHE'D BEEN DRINKING.

NO PHYSICAL BRUISES.

HE'S A CONVICTED RAPIST WITH A RAP SHEET--

BUT THE JURY DOESN'T KNOW ALL THAT.

FROM WHERE THEY SIT, THERE'S REASONABLE DOUBT.

IT WOULD BE MALPRACTICE FOR ME TO RECOMMEND JAIL TIME.

OH.

YOU'RE AFRAID HE'LL SUE.

I'LL TAKE THE OFFER IF IT'S ALL SUSPENDED.

YOU CAN GET YOUR JAIL TIME ON THE NEXT CASE.

IT'S A CONVICTION.

YOU SHOULD BE GLAD TO GET IT.

I GOT GOOSE BUMPS.

FUN JOB YOU GOT.

ALL SUSPENDED? NO TIME SERVED?

ON THIS CASE.

BUT THE CONVICTION WILL DEFINITELY BE A FACTOR

IN SENTENCING ON THE NEXT CASE.

IF I'M CONVICTED.

RIGHT.

OK.

GOOD.

ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO.

LET'S GET 'EM, TEAM.

THE JUDGE STILL HAS TO SIGN OFF ON THE PLEA BARGAIN

BEFORE IT'S OFFICIAL.

WE'RE GOING BACK IN TOMORROW.

OK.

GOOD JOB.

THANKS.

IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

NOT THE END OF YOUR WORLD, MAYBE. IT'S NOT YOUR MOTHER.

MY MOTHER'S DEAD.

HEY, THIS IS WORSE. TRUST ME.

YOU THINK SO, JIMMY?

I DON'T MEAN TO BE INSENSITIVE TO YOUR LOSS,

BUT AT LEAST YOU GOT ALL YOUR MEMORIES INTACT.

MINE...IT'S LIKE MY WHOLE FOUNDATION

HAS BEEN RIPPED OUT FROM UNDER ME.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOUR OWN MOTHER IS,

HOW COULD YOU KNOW ANYTHING? NOTHING'S REAL ANYMORE.

COME ON, JIMMY.

BOBBY, WE'RE CATHOLIC, AND SO ARE YOU.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

HAS RELAXED A LITTLE BIT ON HOMOSEXUALITY.

OH, YEAH, RIGHT, AND THEY LIGHTENED UP ON EVOLUTION, TOO.

I BET THEY SAY IT'S THE GAYS WHO COME FROM MONKEYS.

YOU'RE BEING NUTS.

IT'S UNNATURAL.

IT'S UNNATURAL!

LOOK, IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY, THEN DON'T TAKE HER CASE.

I HAVE TO TAKE THE CASE.

SHE'S MY MOTHER.

A MOTHER ASKS HER SON TO DO SOMETHING,

HE DOES IT.

OF COURSE I'M GOING TO DO IT.

LINDSAY REPRESENTED 2 MEN

AGAINST AN INSURANCE COMPANY

LAST YEAR.

A LOT OF THAT RESEARCH WILL BE APPLICABLE.

OK?

SHE'LL HELP YOU.

I'M ASHAMED TO SAY THIS,

BUT RIGHT NOW...

I HOPE THERE'S NO AFTERLIFE.

I HATE TO THINK OF MY FATHER UP THERE,

LOOKING DOWN...

SEEING THAT.

DO YOU KNOW YOUR SLEEVE LENGTH OFFHAND?

35.

OK. WELL, OUR TAILOR IS COMING.

WE'LL TAKE A FEW QUICK MEASUREMENTS.

NOW, WE ALSO HAVE THIS IN CHARCOAL.

IT'S PRETTY STUNNING.

NO. I LIKE THIS COLOR.

FINE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME

TO PULL A FEW COMBINATIONS?

NO, THANKS. I THINK I'LL BE FI--

AH, THIS IS BRENDA, OUR TAILOR.

SHE'LL MARK YOUR SLEEVES,

AND YOU'LL BE ON YOUR WAY.

THAT'S THE MAN WHO DID IT.

WHAT?

THAT'S THE MAN.

M-MS. FRASER--

THIS MAN RAPED ME!

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

THIS MAN RAPED ME!

I GOT RAPED IN MY HOME, THEN THIS MAN RAPED ME AGAIN IN COURT.

HE'S THE LAWYER WHO SAID I HAD IT COMING.

HE SAID I ASKED TO BE RAPED

BECAUSE OF THE CLOTHES I WAS WEARING.

HE SAID I INVITED WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

BECAUSE I INVITED THE MAN INTO MY HOME,

I INVITED HIM TO RAPE ME.

THAT'S THE MAN WHO DID IT! THAT'S THE MAN!

YOU WERE JUST DOING YOUR JOB, WEREN'T YOU?

JUST DOING YOUR JOB!

I--I APPRECIATE THIS.

TO ME, "CONSTITUTION" MEANS HOW WELL A PERSON CAN HOLD HIS FOOD.

WELL, DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP.

CONGRESS MOVED FAST ON THIS. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE--

OH, MY HOPES AREN'T UP. DON'T WORRY.

MY HOPES ARE THAT THE JUDGE WILL ORDER HER TO GO STRAIGHT.

JIMMY.

MA. HI. HI.

THIS IS LINDSAY DOLE, OUR CONSTITUTION SPECIALIST.

A PLEASURE.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

JIMMY...

THIS IS MY F-FRIEND MICHELLE SARDO.

MY SON JIMMY.

HELLO.

HELLO. I'VE HEARD SO MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU.

UH, LINDSAY DOLE, MICHELLE SARDO.

HELLO.

HI.

WELL, WE HAVE AN EX PARTE HEARING

SCHEDULED BEFORE JUDGE NELSON.

HE'S VERY FAIR... AND LIBERAL.

SO, HOW ABOUT THOSE CELTICS?

THAT'S BASKETBALL, RIGHT?

IS THIS A TEST?

'CAUSE I KNOW SHE LIKES HOCKEY.

IT IS A TEST.

NO. IT'S...

YOU KNOW,

THOSE BRUINS

HAD SUCH A TERRIBLE YEAR.

YOU KNOW, UH,

L-LINDSAY'S GOOD WITH CIVIL RIGHTS,

SO WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS AND STUFF.

WHY DON'T WE GO?

UH, YEAH.

LET'S GO.

EUGENE, YOU CAN'T LET IT BOTHER YOU.

WHY, 'CAUSE I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB?

AS LONG AS YOU CAN WRITE IT OFF TO JUST DOING YOUR JOB,

YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING, RIGHT?

NO.

BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU DO.

YEAH, WELL, MAYBE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS TOO DAMN LONG.

NOW, I KNOW YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORST PART IS? IT WASN'T HARD FOR ME TO DO IT.

I'VE DONE IT SO MANY TIMES, I JUST PUT IT ON AUTOMATIC PILOT.

"RAPE IS A TERRIBLE CRIME, ISN'T IT?

AND IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING

TO FALSELY ACCUSE SOMEONE OF RAPE, WOULDN'T IT?

THAT WOULD NOT ONLY DESTROY THE LIFE OF THE PERSON

BEING FALSELY ACCUSED,

BUT ALSO Q-R-S-T-U-V- W-X-Y AND Z.

NOW, I KNOW MY ABCs.

NEXT TIME, NEXT TIME, WON'T YOU SING WITH ME?

EUGENE--

AGHH!

YOU WANT ME TO ORDER

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

TO ISSUE A MARRIAGE LICENSE TO YOUR CLIENTS?

IN OUR VIEW, IT'S ILLEGAL NOT TO.

YOU'RE AWARE OF THE RECENT

FEDERAL LEGISLATION WHICH DEFINES--

WE BELIEVE THAT LEGISLATION TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

YOU DO?

YES, WE DO.

AS ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.

I SEE.

WELL, YOU'VE DROPPED A BOMB ON MY DESK.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE

OF ME RULING ON THIS EX PARTE.

I'M GOING TO NOTIFY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE

SO I CAN HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES.

IN WIDE-OPEN COURT?

YES, COUNSEL, WIDE-OPEN COURT.

THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE TO DO IT.

OH, I JUST THOUGHT...

I-IT MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE

TO DO THIS IN YOUR CLOSET.

CHAMBERS.

LET'S AIM FOR TOMORROW MORNING, 11:00.

♪ TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT ♪

♪ JESUS IS ON THE MAIN LINE ♪

♪ TELL HIM WHAT YOU WA-A-A-ANT ♪

♪ JESUS IS ON THE MAIN LINE ♪

♪ TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT ♪

♪ CALL HIM UP AND TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT ♪

HEY,

♪ IF YOU WANT THE HOLY GHOST... ♪

YOU HEAR THEM?

EVERY NOTE IS DEAD ON.

WE'RE GOOD!

VERY GOOD, BUT--

SO WE HAVE A CASE.

THEY CAN'T REJECT US

JUST BECAUSE WE'RE CHRISTIANS.

IT'S AGAINST THE LAW.

FIRST AMENDMENT.

IT'S A SYNAGOGUE, MS. BURL.

THEY CAN REJECT YOU ON CHRISTIANITY. IT--

IT'S A REFORMED SYNAGOGUE.

LISTEN TO THEM!

WE'RE GOOD!

♪ HALLELUJAH ♪

♪ HALLELUJAH ♪

♪ TELL HIM WHAT YOU WA-A-ANT ♪

MS. FRASER.

MAY I COME IN?

NO.

MAY I TALK TO YOU?

I'M STANDING HERE.

WHAT I DID TO YOU ON THE WITNESS STAND WAS INDECENT.

IT WAS ALSO REQUIRED BY LAW.

AS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY,

I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN

TO UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY

OF MY CLIENT'S ACCUSER.

I KNOW THAT GIVES YOU LITTLE CONSOLATION,

BUT FOR THE PROCESS TO WORK,

IT HAS TO BE ADVERSARIAL.

IS THAT WHY YOU CAME HERE,

TO LECTURE ME ON THE ADVERSARIAL PROCESS?

I CAME HERE TO SAY

MY BEHAVIOR IN COURT

WAS NOT MEANT TO OFFEND YOU PERSONALLY.

THOUGH I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ACCEPT MY EXPLANATION,

I HOPE...

THAT YOU MIGHT AT LEAST...

UNDERSTAND IT.

THAT YOU KNEW IT WAS INDECENT...

ONLY MAKES YOU MORE HATEFUL FOR DOING IT.

THAT YOU WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU HAD NO CHOICE...

IS OBSCENE.

WH-WHAT I'M SAYING--

I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID.

I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID IN COURT, TOO.

AND NOW YOU TELL ME,

"DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY"?

YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT THE MAN WHO RAPED ME

BACK ON THE STREETS,

AND YOU COME TO MY DOOR

EXPECTING ME TO UNDERSTAND.

NOTHING IN THE STATUTES OF OUR CONSTITUTION

AND NOTHING IN THE STATUTES OF THE LAWS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH

SAYS MARRIAGE HAS TO BE A MAN AND A WOMAN--

AND, CERTAINLY, NOTHING IN THE STATUTE OF LIBERTY.

THERE'S A REASON CONGRESS JUST PASSED

THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT.

YEAH, IT WAS AN ELECTION YEAR.

AND ALSO BECAUSE, TO EXPAND MARRIAGE INTO SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS

WOULD SERVE TO OBLITERATE THAT INSTITUTION.

OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE.

THAT'S THE POINT OF THIS SESSION, COUNSEL-- TO HEAR ARGUMENTS.

LOOK, MARRIAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EVOLVING CONCEPT.

IT USED TO BE BLACKS COULDN'T MARRY WHITES. IT USED TO BE--

THAT'S A DIFFERENT BAG, COUNSEL.

ALWAYS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE NOTION OF MARRIAGE

IS PROCREATION, AND SAME-SEX--

PROCREATION? SO COUPLES THAT DON'T PLAN TO HAVE CHILDREN

SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED--

McGovern: ANOTHER DIFFERENT BAG.

WHY ARE ALL OUR ARGUMENTS BAGS?

MS. DOLE IS RIGHT.

BLACKS CAN NOW MARRY WHITES,

JEWS CAN NOW MARRY CHRISTIANS,

AND LESBIANS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MARRY OTHER MOTHERS.

LESBIANS.

McGovern: LOOK, IT'S--

IT'S A LOVELY NOTION TO EMBRACE SUCH TOLERANCE,

AND THE EXPANSION OF GAY RIGHTS

IS IMPORTANT TO THE GROWTH OF THIS NATION.

MAJOR CORPORATIONS NOW RECOGNIZE HOMOSEXUALS AS DOMESTIC PARTNERS,

AS DO MANY INSURANCE COMPANIES.

AS THEY SHOULD.

BUT THIS IS MARRIAGE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE.

MORE THAN HALF OF WHICH SANCTITIES END UP IN DIVORCE.

CUT TO IT, COUNSEL.

OK, WHAT'S NEXT?

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE? SURE, WE CAN DO THAT.

HOW ABOUT WHEN 3 PEOPLE WANT TO JOIN IN UNION?

ALL THE SAME ARGUMENTS OF--OF LOVE AND--AND FAMILY APPLY.

WHY SHOULDN'T WE LET THEM?

HOW ABOUT 2 BROTHERS WHO SAY IT'S CENTRAL TO THEIR SEXUALITY?

NOW, THAT'S REALLY SICK.

UH, CONTINUE.

WHERE DOES IT STOP?

SHOULD SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOL INCLUDE HOMOSEXUAL SEX?

AND WHAT ABOUT FIDELITY?

WHAT ABOUT IT?

SAME-SEX UNIONS-- AND DON'T ANYBODY SHOOT ME HERE--

BUT SAME-SEX UNIONS AREN'T FOUNDED ON FIDELITY

THE WAY HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES ARE.

OH, REALLY?

ARE YOU GAY?

ME? NO...

BUT I--I'D STILL LIKE TO KNOW THE AUTHORITY FOR WHICH HE SAYS THAT.

I REFERENCE ANDREW SULLIVAN,

ONE OF THE LEADING ADVOCATES OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES,

WHO SAYS THAT "A HOMOSEXUAL UNION

REQUIRES A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED--"

I REPEAT--"THE NEED FOR EXTRAMARITAL OUTLETS."

MONOGAMY IS NOT AS CENTRAL TO SAME-SEX UNIONS.

MONOGAMY IS FUNDAMENTAL

TO THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.

AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, CONGRESS THOUGHT HARD

BEFORE PASSING THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT,

AND THEY THOUGHT SOUNDLY.

PRESIDENT CLINTON, EVEN, IS AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGES,

REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY ASK OR TELL.

WHAT THEY'RE ASKING HERE IS TO PRY OFF A VERY DANGEROUS LID.

I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT YOU SAY NO.

MR. BERLUTI?

MOVE TO STRIKE.

YOUR HONOR, COULD WE TAKE A MINUTE?

MOVE TO STRIKE?

I PANICKED. MOVE TO STRIKE?

THERE'S AN EMPTY ROOM UP AHEAD.

IT DIDN'T GO WELL, DID IT?

NO. JIMMY, I CAN ARGUE THIS THING,

BUT IT'S SUCH A LONG SHOT.

I THINK YOU SHOULD FINISH. ME?

COMING FROM THE SON, IT'LL BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

UH, YEAH, BUT YOU'RE THE CONSTITUTION EXPERT.

YOU KNOW THE ARGUMENT.

PLUS WHICH, IT DOESN'T MAKE HER SICK.

HEY, I'M HERE, AIN'T I?

WELL, YOU TELL ME, JIMMY, ARE YOU REALLY HERE?

HEY, MA...

YOU'RE--YOU'RE GOOD AT GUILTING ME, BUT THIS ISN'T EXACTLY THE TIME,

AFTER WHAT YOU JUST DID TO ME.

WHAT DID I DO TO YOU?

THIS WE CAN DISCUSS LATER. FOR NOW--

WE CAN DISCUSS THIS NOW.

WHAT DID I DO TO YOU?

WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?

WHAT DID I DO TO YOU?

I'LL TELL YOU. YOU MARCH INTO MY OFFICE

AND ANNOUNCE EVERYTHING WAS PRETEND,

THAT YOU'RE SOMETHING ELSE.

THAT'S RIGHT, JIMMY, I PRETENDED,

AND I PRETENDED MOSTLY FOR YOU.

DON'T YOU THINK THAT I SACRIFICED ENOUGH?

TO PRETEND...

MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE...

I WAS SOMETHING I WASN'T FOR THE SAKE OF MY CHILDREN.

OH, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE SACRIFICE I MADE?

THAT'S YOUR JOB.

THAT'S YOUR JOB AS A PARENT.

WHEN DOES THE JOB END?

YOU'RE 35 YEARS OLD.

I'M 62.

WHEN DOES THE TIME COME FOR ME?

FORGIVE ME FOR MAKING YOU SO SICK.

I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THAT.

YOU DIDN'T JUST COME OUT OF SOME CLOSET.

YOU--YOU CHARGED OUT.

BEFORE I EVEN HAD TIME TO ABSORB ANYTHING,

YOU'RE ASKING ME TO GO TO COURT

TO MAKE A BIG CASE OUT OF IT.

YOU DID THIS TO HURT ME ON PURPOSE.

AND I WON'T LET YOU GUILT ME!

THE REASON SHE CAME TO YOUR OFFICE

IS BECAUSE SHE KNEW HOW YOU'D REACT,

AND SHE THOUGHT IF SHE COULD GET YOU TO CONVINCE SOME JUDGE

TO ACCEPT HER FOR WHAT SHE IS,

MAYBE YOU COULD SOMEHOW COME TO ACCEPT IT.

LOOK, I'M SURE YOU'RE A VERY NICE PERSON, BUT--

BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I HAVE 3 CHILDREN OF MY OWN, JIMMY.

I UNDERSTAND.

OH...

AND I BET THEY'RE REAL SUPPORTIVE,

LIKE LIBERAL ADULTS.

THEY THREW YOU A BIG COMING-OUT PARTY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY DIDN'T.

TO THEM, I DON'T REALLY EXIST ANYMORE,

SO I DO UNDERSTAND.

JIMMY...

JUST TALK THE LEGALS, OK? NO SPEECHES.

OK.

LEGALLY...

SHE'S YOUR MOTHER.

2 YEARS, SUSPENDED?

IF THE JUDGE AGREES, WHICH WE'LL KNOW IN AN HOUR.

BOBBY, ON THE NEXT ONE, I WANT OFF.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU WANT OFF?

I MEAN I WANT OFF.

ONE RAPE A WEEK IS MY LIMIT.

THE PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING IS TODAY.

ELLENOR CAN DO IT.

CAN YOU?

UH, SURE.

YOU'RE NOT UP TO SPEED ON THE SECOND CASE, ELLENOR.

YOU TOLD ME THAT YOURSELF.

I CAN GET UP TO SPEED.

EUGENE, YOU'RE DOING IT.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE DOING IT.

YOU DON'T SPRING DISCOMFORT 3 HOURS BEFORE A HEARING.

YOU HANDLE IT.

I DON'T THINK I CAN GIVE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION.

NO, YOUR DISCOMFORT COMES FROM KNOWING YOU CAN.

THIS KID'S FATHER PAYS US A LOT OF MONEY.

OH, WELL, THEN.

HEY, I DON'T FORCE YOU TO TAKE CASES, EUGENE,

BUT HAVING TAKEN THE CASE,

YOU CAN'T PULL OUT LAST MINUTE.

GET THE PLEA ENTERED ON THE FIRST CASE,

DO THE PROBABLE CAUSE ON THE SECOND ONE,

THEN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT MOVING YOU OFF.

YOU GIVING ME AN ORDER?

YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU AN ORDER?

JUST BECAUSE I HATE PULLING RANK DOESN'T MEAN I WON'T.

IT'S NOT JUST THAT, YOU KNOW--

UH, I'LL--I'LL GO AND WAIT OVER THERE.

NO...

YOU CAN STAY.

MY MOTHER TELL YOU MUCH ABOUT ME?

ARE YOU KIDDING?

BLINDFOLD ME, AND I CAN PLAY PIN THE TAIL ON YOUR BIRTHMARKS.

ALL SHE DOES IS TALK ABOUT YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF THE THING.

IF THERE'S A MOTHER AND SON CLOSER THAN US ANYWHERE,

I'D LIKE TO MEET THEM.

WE'VE BEEN EATING DINNER TOGETHER

3 TIMES A WEEK EVER SINCE I LEFT HOME,

AND, ALL THE WHILE,

YOU AND MICHELLE--

AS MUCH AS IT HURTS, YOUR TELLING ME THAT--

YOUR NOT TELLING ME HURTS MORE.

I KNOW.

IT WAS KILLING ME, JIMMY. I--I COULDN'T DO IT ANYMORE.

THAT'S--THAT'S WHY I HAD TO TELL YOU.

I NEED YOU IN MY LIFE. I ALWAYS WILL...

BUT I NEED MICHELLE...

TOO.

YOU'RE AGREEING TO THIS?

NOT HAPPILY, BUT I WANT A CONVICTION.

CONVINCE ME I'LL GET IT, AND I'LL BE A JERK AND REVOKE THE OFFER.

MR. PORTER...

REMAINING AS NEUTRAL AS I CAN BE,

THE IDEA OF LETTING YOU WALK WITH NO JAIL TIME

IS ALMOST AS OFFENSIVE AS YOUR CRIME.

PLEA ENTERED--

2 YEARS, SUSPENDED.

I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST OF LUCK

IN YOUR NEXT RAPE TRIAL.

ADJOURNED.

YOUR PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING IS IN THE B.M.C.

ON THE OTHER CASE?

WE SHOULD GO IN AN HOUR OR SO.

OK.

EXCUSE ME.

EUGENE...

I WOULDN'T.

I'VE GOT NOTHING TO SAY.

WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO BELIEVE ME OR NOT IS TOTALLY UP TO YOU,

BUT I AM SORRY FOR WHAT I HAD TO DO TO YOU.

YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO ME.

YOU ATTACKED A TOTAL STRANGER SITTING IN THAT WITNESS CHAIR.

YOU'RE HERE FEELING SORRY FOR THE PERSON YOU MET IN A CLOTHING STORE.

YOU WANT FORGIVENESS, MR. YOUNG?

GO FIND SOME OTHER ANONYMOUS RAPE VICTIM YOU CHEWED UP.

APOLOGIZE TO HER.

THAT PROCREATION ARGUMENT IS ENTIRELY SPURIOUS.

I MEAN, NO OLD PEOPLE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GET MARRIED

IF THAT'S THE TEST.

I DIDN'T LEND ANY MERIT TO THAT ARGUMENT.

MAY I CLARIFY?

NO, I THINK YOU CAME OFF GOOD AND CLARIFIED,

MR. McGOVERN, AND IT'S MY TURN NOW.

I'M NO EXPERT ON GAY PEOPLE.

TRUTH IS, I--I'VE NEVER EVEN KNOWN ONE UP CLOSE

UNTIL NOW.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I DO KNOW.

I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT CONGRESS TO SAY

THEY'RE THE LAST GROUP OF SCHLUBS WHO SHOULD BE TELLING US

WHAT THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE IS.

THAT DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT,

I BELIEVE THAT WAS STARTED BY A SENATOR AND A CONGRESSMAN

WHO HAD 5 WIVES BETWEEN THEM,

AND ONE OF THEM WENT ON TO BECOME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

AND IT WAS SIGNED BY A PRESIDENT

WHO I PERSONALLY DON'T RELY ON

FOR FAMILY-VALUE FIDELITY TIPS.

THE ISSUE, COUNSEL, NOT THE POLITICS.

THIS ISSUE IS ALL POLITICS.

GAY PEOPLE CAN'T MARRY.

THAT ISN'T POLITICS?

YOU DON'T THINK HE'S RUNNING FOR SOMETHING?

AGAIN, THE ISSUE, PLEASE.

WE LET SEX OFFENDERS MARRY AND HAVE CHILDREN,

WE LET PEOPLE IN PRISON GET MARRIED,

WE LET CONVICTED DEADBEAT DADS MARRY AGAIN,

SO LET'S NOT PREACH ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF SOME INSTITUTION.

IT'S EVERYBODY'S RIGHT TO GET MARRIED.

WHY DON'T THEY GET IT?

AND LET ME SAY THIS. THAT CRACK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE

BEING PROMISCUOUS AND NOT UNDERSTANDING FIDELITY,

WHAT'S THAT, IF NOT BLATANT BIGOTRY?

IF HE SAID THAT ABOUT BLACKS OR SOME OTHER RACE,

YOU WOULD'VE POUNCED ON HIM,

BUT YOU LET IT GO ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS.

SHAME ON YOU.

AND FOR THIS GAY...

DON'T TELL ME SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOYAL.

SHE STAYED FAITHFUL TO MY FATHER FOR 30 YEARS,

EVEN THOUGH--

EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY COME NATURAL.

SHE PRETENDED FOR THE SAKE OF--

SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT COMMITMENT TO FAMILY MEANS.

THIS PERSON...

I'M HER SON...

AND I, UH...

I HATE THE FACT THAT MY MOTHER'S A LESBIAN.

I ADMIT THAT.

BUT I'VE ALSO NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD OF HER.

AND WHETHER THIS COURT SAYS IT'S OK FOR YOU TO GET MARRIED OR NOT,

I PROMISE...

YOU AREN'T GOING TO GET ANY ARGUMENT FROM ME.

SHE'S RIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT BEATING YOURSELF UP BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID IN A COURTROOM.

IT'S ONLY BECAUSE YOU BUMPED INTO HER IN A CLOTHING STORE.

AND SUPPOSE YOU RAN INTO HER IN THAT CLOTHING STORE

BEFORESHE TOOK THE STAND? THEN WHAT, EUGENE?

WHAT'S YOUR POINT?

MY POINT IS,

WE CAN'T LET THEM BE HUMAN BEINGS ON THE STAND.

THEY'RE THE ENEMY.

YOU KNOW THAT BETTER THAN I DO.

IT HAS TO BE US AGAINST THEM.

THEY'RE NOT MOTHERS, THEY DON'T HAVE JOBS

OR--OR PET DOGS OR HOBBIES.

THEY ARE ACCUSING WITNESSES, PERIOD.

NOW GROW UP.

LOOK, IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO THE PROBABLE CAUSE,

THEN I WILL DO IT. NEVER MIND WHAT BOBBY SAYS.

MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE OVER.

I KNOW THE CASE.

I CAN DO IT.

EUGENE, WE HAVE A HALF AN HOUR.

YOU CAN BRING ME UP TO SPEED.

I'M FINE.

I CAN DO IT.

I MUST SAY, I FOUND THE CANDOR OF THIS HEARING TO BE...

VERY REFRESHING.

NEITHER SIDE TRIED TO HIDE ITS BIAS,

SO I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO HIDE MINE.

THOUGH I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO TOLERATE HOMOSEXUALITY,

I'M JUST NOT READY TO ENCOURAGE IT.

AND BY PERMITTING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,

WE DO, IMPLIEDLY, HOLD IT UP AS AN IDEAL,

BECAUSE MARRIAGE IS A GREAT, GREAT THING.

NOW, THERE IS INCREASING RESEARCH,

INCLUDING THAT OF FORMER HARVARD PROFESSOR E.G. PATTULLO,

WHICH INDICATES PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH THE POTENTIAL

TO LIVE HETEROSEXUAL...

OR HOMOSEXUAL LIVES.

I CITE A 1993 ARTICLE IN THE WASHINGTON POST,

WHICH NOT ONLY SUPPORTS THIS RESEARCH,

BUT GOES ON TO QUOTE TEENAGERS

WHO NOW FIND IT COOL

TO SAY THAT THEY ARE GAY OR BI.

THERE ARE KIDS TODAY GOING THROUGH A LOT OF SEXUAL CONFUSION.

AS A JUDGE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY OR SUGGEST

THAT ONE WAY IS JUST AS NATURAL AS THE OTHER.

IF THIS MAKES ME A BIGOT...

I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WEAR THAT HAT.

AS MUCH AS I SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE

AN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE, MRS. BERLUTI,

FOR ME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT

TO KEEP THE WORD "ALTERNATIVE"

AS PART OF THE DEFINITION.

NOW, BY GOING ON RECORD WITH MY PREJUDICE,

I'VE CERTAINLY ARMED YOU WITH GROUNDS FOR AN APPEAL,

BUT, FOR NOW,

YOUR PETITION FOR A MARRIAGE LICENSE IS DENIED.

THAT'S ALL.

[GAVEL POUNDS]

I'M SORRY. HE CHICKENED OUT.

THANK YOU.

THE TRUTH IS...

I THINK I GOT MY VICTORY LISTENING TO YOUR CLOSING.

KNOW WHAT?

I GOT A CRAZY IDEA.

WHAT?

JUST LET ME MAKE A QUICK CALL.

[CHOIR HUMMING]

DO YOU, MARY BETH, TAKE THIS WOMAN MICHELLE

TO BE YOUR, WELL, UNLAWFULLY WEDDED SPOUSE--

TO HONOR HER, TO LOVE HER, AND TO CHERISH HER

TILL DEATH DO YOU PART?

I DO.

AND DO YOU, MICHELLE,

TAKE THIS WOMAN MARY BETH

TO BE YOUR WEDDED SPOUSE

AND PROMISE TO LOVE HER,

TO HONOR HER, AND TO CHERISH HER

TILL DEATH DO YOU PART?

I DO.

WHO GIVES THE BRIDE AWAY?

I DO.

AND WHO GIVES THIS BRIDE AWAY?

I GUESS I COULD DO THAT.

WE'LL GET THE RINGS LATER.

FOR NOW,

BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME

BY THE CONCEPT AND ESSENCE OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE,

I PRONOUNCE YOU BOTH

SPOUSE AND SPOUSE.

THE BRIDES MAY KISS.

[APPLAUSE]

♪ THANK GOD ♪

♪ I THANK GOD ♪

♪ FOR MAMA ♪

♪ OOH ♪

♪ WELL, I THANK GOD ♪

♪ FOR MAMA... ♪

THANK YOU.

WHAT--

WHAT DO I CALL HER?

DO I HAVE TO CALL HER MOM?

DAD?

I THINK "MICHELLE" WOULD BE FINE.

ARE YOU OK?

I'M FINE...

BUT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR NOTHING ABOUT THE HONEYMOON.

OK.

♪ SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO SHARE... ♪

CHEERS.

♪ MAMA TOLD ME GOD WILL NEVER CHANGE ♪

♪ JUST CALL ON HIS HOLY NAME ♪

Man: AND, MS. BURKE,

DO YOU SEE IN THE COURTROOM HERE TODAY THE MAN WHO RAPED YOU?

YES.

COULD YOU POINT HIM OUT TO US?

HE'S THE MAN SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE.

THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THE WITNESS HAS INDICATED

THE DEFENDANT HENRY PORTER.

NOTHING FURTHER.

MR. YOUNG.

ARE YOU OK?

YEAH.

RAPE IS A TERRIBLE CRIME, ISN'T IT, MISS BURKE?

YES.

ONE OF THE MOST VILE CRIMES

A PERSON CAN COMMIT, WOULD YOU AGREE?

I SUPPOSE SO.

AND IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING

TO FALSELY ACCUSE SOMEONE OF RAPE, WOULDN'T IT?

I'M NOT DOING THAT.

TERRIBLE, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WOULD THAT DESTROY THE LIFE

OF THE PERSON BEING FALSELY ACCUSED,

BUT IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE LESS LIKELY TO BELIEVE

THE CLAIMS OF WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN RAPED.

Lawyer: OBJECTION. WITHDRAWN.

WHAT WERE YOU WEARING ON THIS NIGHT, MS. BURKE?

PLEASE TELL THE COURT WHAT YOU WERE WEARING.

NEXT ONTHE PRACTICE.

TAKE THE HELMET.

I DON'T NEED THE HELMET.

HE'D SHOOT YOU IN THE CHEST BUT NOT THE HEAD?

HE'S NOT GOING TO SHOOT ME.

THEY CHASED ME IN HERE! THEY DID THIS!

I'D LIKE TO LET THIS WOMAN GO.

NO, YOU DON'T!

YOU'RE LYLA FROM THE MAROONED.

I KNOW I WAS SOME SORT OF SEXUAL ICON TO TEENAGE BOYS BACK THEN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.

SENATOR PATANKI'S ASSAULT TRIAL--

I'D LIKE YOU TO SECOND-CHAIR.

THAT TRIAL STARTED YESTERDAY.

BEFORE I ASK THE WITNESS MY NEXT QUESTION,

I'M GOING TO ASK THE JURY TO OBSERVE HIM.

BOBBY, WHO IS HE?

WHAT?

THE WITNESS. WHO THE HELL IS HE?

YOU STINKER!