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Previous on Boston Legal.

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They're meeting soon to vote
on this year's partnerships.

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Maybe you could
find out where I stand?

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Jerry’s had a few blowups, Alan.

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I've done everything I've been asked.

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There will be no further opportunities
for partnership.

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I'll kill her! I swear, I will kill her!

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Denise Bauer, attorney,
Daniel Post.

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I got stage-four lung cancer. I don't give a damn
what anybody I don't know thinks about me.

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- Nice night.
- Suddenly it is.

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- You had sex with her here?
- Sweaty sex right there in the coat-check room.

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Did I tell you?
Bev and I are getting married.

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Shirley, I am not going
through this again.

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- Can someone catch me up here?
- Denny got engaged.

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- Maze to?
- No maze to.

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- Who is it this time?
- Beverly Bridge.

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The woman Denny "Craned" in the coatroom
at that charity dinner last week.

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This Bev turns out
to be another Angie- Oh, God.

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- Angie?
- Number four.

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- Wife number five was no picnic either.
- Clovis.

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She almost got him to retire, pull his equity
out of the firm and move to Boca.

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- And Clovis nearly sunk us.
- Half the staff quit.

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And she was drunk the day
President ford stopped by.

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All right. I'll pull out Denny's
last primp, see if I can water seal it.

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Shirley, you talk to the woman.
Get her story.

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Brad, check the partnership agreement.

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We have to be sure there are no loopholes
in the mandatory buyout...

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in case of partner's death
or incapacity.

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- One thing.
- What?

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Is there any remote possibility
we could be overreacting here?

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I'll get the partnership agreement.

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Docket number 24963S.

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Commonwealth versus Gerald Swenson.

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Attempted murder, assault,
assault with a deadly weapon, batty...

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sexual batty, false imprisonment,
torture, terrorist threats.

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Alan Shore for the preposterously
charged Mr. Swenson.

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- Frank Ginsberg for the Commonwealth.
- How do you plead?

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- Not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.
- As to bail?

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We ask that Mr. Swenson
be released on his own recognizance.

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- Commonwealth opposes bail.
- You can't be serious!

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Your Honor,
this incident was an aberration.

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Mr. Swenson is an upstanding
member of this community...

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is not a danger to society, and he has
a family counting on him at home.

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- He has dependents?
- Her name is Linda.

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Your Honor, let the record show
that his dependent is a gecko.

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Mr. Swenson threatened to kill
his boss in her place of business...

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and has a history of violent outbursts.

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- He could be a flight risk.
- Flight risk? The man can't even hail a cab!

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Sorry.

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It is incumbent upon the Commonwealth
to protect the community at large.

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God forbid he's released
and hurts someone else.

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Bail is denied. Defendant shall be
remanded into custody immediately.

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Mealworms are in the fridge.
I need to feed Linda. I need to get home.

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Jerry, I'll feed Linda.

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Sexual batty, torture, terrorist threats.

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That isn’t justice. It's disproportionate
retribution. And good for you.

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You've enlisted the one prosecutor
who's running for D. A. next year.

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Tell me, how big
was your campaign contribution?

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And is there a matching fund
here at the firm we can all go in on?

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- It was sizable, and speak to Kim in Accounting.
- Jerry Swenson never intended-

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Do not start defending him to me, Alan.

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I agreed to defend him.
That's why he put down the knife.

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No. You agreed to represent him.
No one here meant for you to defend him.

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Shirley, no one is denying
what this man has done to you...

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but he should at least get a fair trial.

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Oh, ball means.

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- Let's get a fair trial for the man who tried to slit my throat.
- Let's.

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But understand that everyone
in this firm is considered a witness.

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Don't expect anyone to help you
or speak to you.

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And won't that make
for a refreshing change?

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Shirley, have you talked
to Denny's fiancée yet?

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I've been a little busy, Paul.

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I'm working on the primp,
but we need you to find out her intentions.

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You're the one with the kind eyes.
I don't do girl talk.

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Do I have to remind you
how serious this situation is?

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If Denny becomes incapacitated-

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or should I say further incapacitated-

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this woman could become
his Nancy Reagan.

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She'd have his power of attorney.
She could bring down the firm.

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I'll talk to her.

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- Daniel.
- I came to take you to lunch.

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- I can't. I have a case.
- What is it?

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A high school teacher is seeking
a temporary restraining order...

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against one other student's parents.

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- They're hounding the woman about their daughter's grades.
- Helicopter parents.

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- Helicopter parents?
- That's what they're calling them now.

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Parents who hover around their kids,
tee to control every aspect of their lives.

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- Oh, that would be the Gearings.
- Cool. I'm in.

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- What?
- I want to second chair.

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- Have you ever actually tried a case?
- No, but I've always wanted to.

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Think obit as the Make-A-Wish Foundation
granting a dying kid his fantasy.

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If that kid were a rich guy in his 40s.

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Besides, I could probably help you.

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I'm on the board of the Lexington School.
My kids used to go there.

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- We deal with helicopter parents all the time.
- That could be helpful.

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- I would have to get the client's approval though.
- I can get that.

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And I would have to get
one of the partners to agree.

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Looks like a partner right there.

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- Daniel Post.
- Denny Crane.

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- I'm a client.
- I'm a partner.

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- C. E. O., Christ berg Pelham.
- My name's on the door.

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- I love the offices.
- Thank you. I love your hair.

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- I got a plane.
- Indeed?

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Could use a little more color though.

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I'll make a note.
My fiancée sells once furniture.

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- Congratulations. I'd love to meet her.
- My club, Thursdays.

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- They serve Reuben’s.
- I'll take you flying.

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Oh, by the way, I'd like to tee a case
with Miss Bauer over here.

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- Why not? See you Thursday.
- Thursday.

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It's what I do. I make connections.

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That's how we met. Remember?

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- Shirley, I believe you know my client.
- Why isn't this man in jail?

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He has an excellent attorney who filed
an emergency writ with the Court of Appeals...

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and the judge agreed that denial of bail
was an abuse of discretion.

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- You didn't tip him enough.
- He's not to be in this building.

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I'll get a restraining order if have to.

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- She hates me.
- Tempers seem frayed all around.

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That's why I'm filing for a continuance.

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We'll let everyone cool down a bit,
then stygian for plea bargain.

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No. Plea bargains out of the question.
It's not guilty or nothing.

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But you are guilty, Jerry.
A whole office full of people saw you do it.

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One of the junior associates
took a video of you on his cell phone.

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- He's thinking of entering it in a film festival.
- No plea bargain.

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Proving temporary insanity is a daunting task.
You know that.

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A plea bargain is our best chance
to keep you out of jail.

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If plea bargain, I'll be disbarred.

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Alan, my whole life is the law.

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It's all I have. It's what I love.

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You can't let them
take that away from me.

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Then we go to trial.

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Look up any case law,
any articles, news reports...

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anything that supports the theory
that stress in the workplace...

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can lead to an individual
losing control of themselves...

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especially in the form
oaf violent outburst.

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Got it.

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Hello, Garrett.

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You're not helping Mr. Shore on
the Swenson case because you’re a witness.

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tam sure you're aware
that would be a connect of interest.

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- I was just getting him coffee.
- Yeah. Well, you can't do that either.

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- I'll take a decaf. though, thanks.
- Thank you.

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Shirley, I know we're fighting...

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but there's no reason
to take it out on the children.

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Alan, this looks like
it could be tough on you...

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especially since you don't
have an assistant anymore.

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- Shirley fired you?
- Worse.

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I got transferred to Human Resources,
where all the people persons are.

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She's building a Chinese wall.

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- What's that?
- It's a legal concept.

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It keeps anyone in the firm who may be involved
in this case from talking to me about it.

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Then you've got
a big-ass wall around you.

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Shirley’s just trying to rattle my cage.

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It's only a temporary transfer.

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So you won't be mad if ignore you
in the hall adjust look at your shoes?

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- I need my job.
- I'll tee to wear nice shoes.

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They call me at night,
on the weekends.

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They e-mail,
text message my cell phone.

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They drop by for impromptu
parent-teacher conferences.

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They challenge every grade,
every assignment.

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The last straw was when my sister was
delivering her baby, and I was her coach.

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They called me on my cell phone.

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And when I said that Kathy
was starting to crown...

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they asked when she'd be finished...

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so we could discuss Rachel's paper
_n The Red Pony.

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It used to be that teachers spent 80M
of the time with the students.

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Now we spend 80M
of the time with the parents...

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and it's hurting the kids.

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Thank you.

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Uh, excuse me, Your Honor.
Just one moment.

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- The judge doesn't like her.
- She doesn't like me.

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- You know who women do find charming?
- Hmm?

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- Me.
- Miss Bauer?

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- Let me ask a question. Just see how it goes.
- I don't know about that.

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- Miss Bauer.
- Miss Carpenter. Would you say Rachel is a good student?

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- Objection. Leading the witness.
- Right.

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Sorry. I knew that. Sorry. Sorry.
What kind of grades does Rachel get?

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She has between a B-plus
and an A-minus average.

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And has the Gearings' attention
done anything to change that grade?

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- Not at all.
- Have the Gearings contacted other teachers?

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All the other teachers. The one they hounded
most was Mr. Sheeree, the math teacher.

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- How did he react?
- He quit.

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He couldn't take it anymore,
so he took early retirement.

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I'm still 20 years away from that.

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I was so excited to become a teacher.
No one told me it would be this way.

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Nothing further, Your Honor...

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unless, uh, you can think of anything.

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I know what you want, Shirley.

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And yes,
Denny does still talk about you.

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He remembers his experiences
with you so fondly.

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Did you know that he has a position
called the Schmidt?

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Would that be the one where I read a magazine
while he lies passed out on the floor?

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That's not what I heard.

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Look, Bev. I'm a busy woman,
so I'll just get to the point.

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Who are you
and what are you up to?

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Oh, we're going to have
that conversation.

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We are.

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So you think I'm screwing Denny
for his money and power?

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- It had occurred to me.
- Well, good news. I am.

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I find money and power
just so appetizing.

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- And why did you screw him?
- I lost a bet.

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Shirley, you know, I-
I thought you were enlightened.

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But it turns out you’re
the worst kind of female there is.

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Either you condemn a woman as a whore
because she enjoys sex-

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- I didn't say- - or you assume that
she's a manipulative gold digger.

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Oh, Bev.

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You know,
I've completely misread you.

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Here I had you pegged
as some kind of predatory shark.

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I came here today
with the intention of telling you...

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that if you ever do anything
to hurt my friend Denny or this firm...

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I will see to it that you are hunted down
legally and literally...

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until you are penniless
and left to troll airport bars...

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looking for alcoholic pilots
nearing retirement age.

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But I can see I don't need to do that.

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You know,
it's really hard to believe...

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that you’re the one
that came up with the Schmidt.

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So, uh, what is the Schmidt?

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May I cut in?

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I'm practicing for my wedding.
Come adjoin me.

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Why not?

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No, no. No, no. Not on the one.
It's not a mambo.

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It's a feeling, like a heartbeat.

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Ka-chug. Ka-chug. Ka-chug.

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Shut up and dance, mister.

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This case Shirley's pursuing
against Jerry-

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I'm not allowed to talk about it.
Vietnamese wall.

225
00:15:35,780 --> 00:15:38,081
She's cut offal my resources here,
which is fine.

226
00:15:38,184 --> 00:15:41,123
It’s just getting a little crowded
around my hotel room...

227
00:15:41,219 --> 00:15:43,886
with the two paralegals I've hired
from Harvard always underfoot.

228
00:15:43,991 --> 00:15:46,554
Can't hear you over the wall.

229
00:15:49,164 --> 00:15:51,795
Hey, you're a natural.

230
00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:55,102
Anything Denny Crane can do,
I can do backwards and wearing high heels.

231
00:15:55,206 --> 00:15:59,340
The feeling I get around here
is that people aren't that high on Bev.

232
00:15:59,443 --> 00:16:03,316
- Haven't noticed.
- Well, I don't care if nobody else likes her.

233
00:16:03,415 --> 00:16:07,288
- It's important to me what you think other.
- I imagine I'll like her.

234
00:16:07,386 --> 00:16:09,254
No, Alan. I need a guarantee.

235
00:16:09,355 --> 00:16:12,454
And I'm not talking about getting to know her
and forming your own opinion.

236
00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,293
I need you to like her.

237
00:16:15,396 --> 00:16:19,634
Denny, just knowing you care for her
makes me happy enough.

238
00:16:19,736 --> 00:16:24,337
I'm feeling your tension.
You can't have a very strong case.

239
00:16:24,441 --> 00:16:28,314
Jerry Swenson was determined to make partner,
he didn't, and that's what made him snap.

240
00:16:28,412 --> 00:16:30,679
Well, what's so special about that?

241
00:16:30,782 --> 00:16:33,950
All the associates want to make partner.

242
00:16:34,053 --> 00:16:36,891
It's the carrot we dangle
in front of them...

243
00:16:36,992 --> 00:16:39,258
to keep them working.

244
00:16:40,528 --> 00:16:42,829
Excuse me, Denny.

245
00:16:45,768 --> 00:16:49,209
Melissa, I need your help.
I need access to some personnel files.

246
00:16:53,578 --> 00:16:56,779
Are you concerned
about Rachel's college prospects?

247
00:16:56,883 --> 00:17:01,325
Yes. Even the state schools have taken
to admitting only the best of the best.

248
00:17:01,422 --> 00:17:04,394
Are you saying Miss Carpenter
isn't qualified to prepare your daughter?

249
00:17:04,492 --> 00:17:08,399
No. But we would be remiss
if we didn't stays involved.

250
00:17:08,498 --> 00:17:11,699
Our most important job
is to prepare Rachel for her future.

251
00:17:11,802 --> 00:17:14,569
Nothing further.

252
00:17:16,308 --> 00:17:20,181
Ms. Gering, are you saying
that Miss Carpenter is a bad teacher?

253
00:17:20,279 --> 00:17:24,584
- No. I didn't say that.
- How would you rate her? B-minus? C-plus? What?

254
00:17:24,685 --> 00:17:28,250
- I don't think I could really-
- Because she has won a teaching award.

255
00:17:28,355 --> 00:17:32,228
So maybe if you’re not giving her a good
enough grade, it's your problem, not hers?

256
00:17:32,328 --> 00:17:34,356
- Is that possible?
- I never said-

257
00:17:34,463 --> 00:17:36,593
We know you’re involved
with a lot of other teachers.

258
00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:38,602
We don't want our teacher
to get lost in the shuffle.

259
00:17:38,702 --> 00:17:41,436
- Maybe you were having a bad day when you evaluated her.
- Objection.

260
00:17:41,539 --> 00:17:43,669
- I don't think you see her potential.
- Don't see how hard she works.

261
00:17:43,775 --> 00:17:46,338
She works so hard. When the other
teachers are out playing, Traci's inside-

262
00:17:46,445 --> 00:17:48,780
- Your Honor! - Miss Bauer! -
They're badgering the witness!

263
00:17:48,881 --> 00:17:51,183
- Of course we're badgering the witness.
- You just figured that out?

264
00:17:51,286 --> 00:17:52,914
Objection sustained.

265
00:17:53,021 --> 00:17:56,620
Thank you for sustaining the objection
to the badgering of this woman.

266
00:17:56,725 --> 00:18:00,757
That's what this whole trial is about.
Let's stop the badgering.

267
00:18:00,864 --> 00:18:04,395
No one should be able to do
that sort of thing to anybody...

268
00:18:05,970 --> 00:18:10,538
unless they themselves
are actually a badger.

269
00:18:24,894 --> 00:18:27,764
In your opinion, did Mr. Swenson
seem insane to you?

270
00:18:27,864 --> 00:18:30,803
No. He seemed to know
exactly what he was doing.

271
00:18:30,901 --> 00:18:33,567
He even negotiated for the services
form. Shore as his attorney.

272
00:18:33,671 --> 00:18:37,077
He only agreed to spare my life
on that condition.

273
00:18:37,177 --> 00:18:40,173
Thank you. Nothing further.

274
00:18:42,716 --> 00:18:45,450
Ah, Miss Schmidt.

275
00:18:45,553 --> 00:18:48,116
I'm sorry.
It’s just these damn microphones.

276
00:18:48,223 --> 00:18:50,855
I don't know
if you were able to hear her clearly.

277
00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,261
I heard some obit, and it sounded great.

278
00:18:53,364 --> 00:18:55,357
Testing, one, two, three. Testing.

279
00:18:55,465 --> 00:18:57,368
Maybe if you sit a little closer.

280
00:18:57,468 --> 00:19:00,305
Mr. Shore, we can all hear
the witness just fine.

281
00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:03,971
You can? Good. It’s just Miss Schmidt
and I work together.

282
00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:08,178
And around the office, Shirley's
considered something of low talker.

283
00:19:08,283 --> 00:19:11,119
- Mr. Shore, do you have a question?
- Yes, I do.

284
00:19:11,220 --> 00:19:16,288
I have here Jerry Swenson’s
performance reviews for the past 15 years.

285
00:19:16,393 --> 00:19:21,166
Would you please read one for us?
Pick a year, any year.

286
00:19:21,265 --> 00:19:24,170
For the record, Mr. Swenson’s
work reviews are all excellent.

287
00:19:24,269 --> 00:19:28,540
Now, Mr. Shore, would you like me
to read one aloud for dramatic effect?

288
00:19:28,641 --> 00:19:33,209
Now that you’ve taken all the fun out obit, no.
How 'bout I do it?

289
00:19:33,315 --> 00:19:36,345
Uh-Ah. "_very has displayed...

290
00:19:36,452 --> 00:19:38,649
"a vast knowledge of the law...

291
00:19:38,753 --> 00:19:41,418
"delivered all assignments
in a timely fashion...

292
00:19:41,524 --> 00:19:45,157
has consistently met with
the firm's minimum billable. "

293
00:19:45,262 --> 00:19:48,326
There's no denying Mr. Swenson’s
exceptional work habits.

294
00:19:48,433 --> 00:19:50,233
Yet, and I quote...

295
00:19:50,336 --> 00:19:54,402
"_very Swenson
is not partnership material. "

296
00:19:54,509 --> 00:19:58,040
- What exactly did that mean?
- We're a private firm at Crane, Poole & Schmidt.

297
00:19:58,145 --> 00:20:01,517
We have every right to decide what criteria
by which to make people partners.

298
00:20:01,617 --> 00:20:03,917
Yes, but clearly...

299
00:20:04,019 --> 00:20:07,619
Jerry Swenson
is not partnership material.

300
00:20:07,724 --> 00:20:10,127
I mean, look at him.

301
00:20:10,227 --> 00:20:14,932
He's awkward, unsociable, uh,
keeps his hands on his thighs at all times.

302
00:20:15,033 --> 00:20:17,368
As I said, we have many criteria.

303
00:20:17,470 --> 00:20:20,466
- So you’ve been lying toner. Is that it?
- I beg your pardon?

304
00:20:20,573 --> 00:20:25,107
About his chances to make partner.
You never told him he wasn't partnership material.

305
00:20:25,213 --> 00:20:29,713
Quite the contrary, you encouraged him
again and again to aspire to that position.

306
00:20:29,818 --> 00:20:32,950
And yet, there it was-
"not partnership material"-

307
00:20:33,056 --> 00:20:36,553
in his confidential files since 1990,
15 years ago.

308
00:20:36,661 --> 00:20:40,932
You've been lying toner Swenson
for 15 years, haven’t you?

309
00:20:41,033 --> 00:20:44,598
As you know, Mr. Shore, not everyone
makes partner at our firm or any other.

310
00:20:44,703 --> 00:20:46,800
Other Weise, our letterhead
would be 20 pages long.

311
00:20:46,907 --> 00:20:48,809
But as an institutionalized practice...

312
00:20:48,909 --> 00:20:52,314
you keep all associates believing
they have a chance to make partner-

313
00:20:52,414 --> 00:20:54,885
especially the exceptional ones-

314
00:20:54,983 --> 00:20:58,446
even if you never have
any intention of doing so.

315
00:20:58,555 --> 00:21:03,522
- Isn't that right?
- We encourage all our attorneys to do good work.

316
00:21:03,628 --> 00:21:05,154
It's their job.

317
00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:11,471
That incident in the conference room
a week ago...

318
00:21:11,572 --> 00:21:13,542
with the cake knife...

319
00:21:14,976 --> 00:21:18,940
that really rattled you, didn't it?

320
00:21:20,617 --> 00:21:23,784
- Excuse me?
- A man held a knife to your throat.

321
00:21:25,490 --> 00:21:27,391
You perceived it as a grave threat.

322
00:21:27,492 --> 00:21:29,486
It rattled you.

323
00:21:32,798 --> 00:21:36,864
The experience was not a pleasant one.

324
00:21:36,970 --> 00:21:38,997
No, I'm sure it wasn't.

325
00:21:44,246 --> 00:21:47,310
But let's talk about what's really
going on here, shall we?

326
00:21:47,418 --> 00:21:51,017
A gifted, eccentric and loyal employee...

327
00:21:51,122 --> 00:21:53,890
who worked for 15 years on a promise...

328
00:21:53,992 --> 00:21:56,258
momentarily lost control of his senses...

329
00:21:56,361 --> 00:22:00,097
when his one dream was taken away.

330
00:22:02,869 --> 00:22:05,569
with everything short
of the Lindbergh kidnapping...

331
00:22:05,674 --> 00:22:07,440
because ultimately
they’re just following orders...

332
00:22:07,543 --> 00:22:10,242
from the great and powerful Schmidt,
aren't they?

333
00:22:10,346 --> 00:22:13,581
- Objection. Relevance.
- Sustained. Mr. Shore.

334
00:22:13,684 --> 00:22:16,589
Did someone move for a mistrial?
'Cause I'm fine with that.

335
00:22:16,688 --> 00:22:20,150
- You will keep your questions relevant, Mr. Shore.
- Nothing further.

336
00:22:23,062 --> 00:22:28,302
When Mr. Swenson was denied partnership
at the firm, was he fired?

337
00:22:28,402 --> 00:22:32,640
No. He was offered a position of counsel
and was free to stay.

338
00:22:32,741 --> 00:22:36,408
What salary would Mr. Swenson
have made if he’d stayed at the firm?

339
00:22:37,513 --> 00:22:41,614
Approximately $300, OOO per year.

340
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,490
$300, OOO a year?

341
00:22:45,591 --> 00:22:48,654
Sounds like a real coal mine
at Crane, Poole & Schmidt.

342
00:23:12,257 --> 00:23:15,162
It's not going vowel, is it?

343
00:23:15,262 --> 00:23:17,163
No, it's not.

344
00:23:17,264 --> 00:23:21,501
Jerry, it may be time to start thinking
of who will take care of Linda if...

345
00:23:22,638 --> 00:23:24,540
you're away.

346
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,633
Oh, God. Oh, God.

347
00:23:29,279 --> 00:23:32,947
Jerry, I'm going to make a case
for temporary insanity...

348
00:23:33,050 --> 00:23:35,145
that is as compelling
as it can possibly be.

349
00:23:35,254 --> 00:23:37,747
But it's thin at best.

350
00:23:37,856 --> 00:23:40,828
And I must be frank with you.

351
00:23:40,926 --> 00:23:43,296
I don't know if it will be enough.

352
00:23:44,898 --> 00:23:47,302
My dad is a mathematics professor
at Cornell...

353
00:23:47,402 --> 00:23:52,072
and he's always saying,
"May I have some toast?"

354
00:23:52,175 --> 00:23:54,703
I don't understand.

355
00:23:54,812 --> 00:23:58,377
He says that over and over again-
"May I have some toast?"

356
00:23:58,482 --> 00:24:00,613
"May I have some toast?"

357
00:24:00,719 --> 00:24:03,247
And eventually he says it enough...

358
00:24:03,355 --> 00:24:05,986
and someone always gives him toast.

359
00:24:06,091 --> 00:24:08,085
Your father?

360
00:24:08,196 --> 00:24:12,000
He never gives up.
That's what I'm saying. It's the toast.

361
00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:15,197
Bingo. We should never give up.

362
00:24:16,538 --> 00:24:19,010
No, we won't give up, Jerry.

363
00:24:28,955 --> 00:24:32,087
I felt like a cross
between Clarence Darrow...

364
00:24:32,192 --> 00:24:35,130
and, uh, Al Pacing
in that movie where he shouts.

365
00:24:35,229 --> 00:24:39,034
You are really good at trial law.
You should, uh-

366
00:24:39,133 --> 00:24:41,696
Maybe next life.

367
00:24:41,805 --> 00:24:44,139
Anaya, enough about me.

368
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,143
Let's talk about you.

369
00:24:46,243 --> 00:24:49,740
Why are you getting involved
with a dead guy?

370
00:24:49,848 --> 00:24:52,581
I, uh, tee not to think about it.

371
00:24:52,684 --> 00:24:55,384
I do find myself...

372
00:24:55,488 --> 00:24:58,551
being strangely forthcoming with you.

373
00:24:58,659 --> 00:25:02,064
Oh. So you’re my Count Guido.

374
00:25:02,162 --> 00:25:04,258
Who?

375
00:25:04,367 --> 00:25:08,171
Count Guido ad Montefeltro.
Uh, from Dante's Inferno.

376
00:25:08,272 --> 00:25:10,173
Dante meets Guido in hell.

377
00:25:10,274 --> 00:25:13,178
Guido tells him that if he thought his words
would ever reach the real world...

378
00:25:13,277 --> 00:25:15,805
he'd never reveal
his true feelings to anyone.

379
00:25:15,914 --> 00:25:18,820
But because he thinks Dante is dead,
he tells him everything.

380
00:25:18,919 --> 00:25:24,295
So you think I'm honest with you
because you’re, um, a dead guy?

381
00:25:24,392 --> 00:25:26,828
Something like that.

382
00:25:28,263 --> 00:25:31,998
So, Guido, can I do the closing?

383
00:25:37,975 --> 00:25:41,437
It's called Asperser Syndrome.
And as you suspected, it is hereditary.

384
00:25:41,546 --> 00:25:44,347
Asperser Syndrome.

385
00:25:44,450 --> 00:25:47,354
It sounds like something
you'd cure with an ointment.

386
00:25:47,453 --> 00:25:49,356
It's a form of autism.

387
00:25:49,456 --> 00:25:52,190
From the behavior
that you’ve described...

388
00:25:52,293 --> 00:25:54,856
and from what I read
in his personnel file-

389
00:25:54,964 --> 00:25:57,868
Oh, dear.
However did you get hold of that?

390
00:25:57,968 --> 00:26:01,204
Jerry Swenson is a classic case.

391
00:26:01,305 --> 00:26:04,903
No eye contact,
strange tic-like behaviors...

392
00:26:05,008 --> 00:26:08,710
passion for a single subject-
in this case the law- sudden outbursts.

393
00:26:08,814 --> 00:26:12,813
Basically, their brains can't process
ordinary nonverbal cues...

394
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,549
that most people use to communicate.

395
00:26:14,655 --> 00:26:18,357
- I know it sounds strange.
- I'm not one to judge.

396
00:26:18,460 --> 00:26:21,661
Do you thinker Swenson
knows he has it?

397
00:26:21,764 --> 00:26:24,498
I doubt it. Most adults don't know.

398
00:26:24,601 --> 00:26:27,505
I t wasn't even considered
a disorder until 1995.

399
00:26:39,988 --> 00:26:41,684
Denny.

400
00:26:43,157 --> 00:26:45,059
What's this?

401
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,927
It's your primp from your last marriage.

402
00:26:52,403 --> 00:26:55,307
It's hard to believe
I was ever that young.

403
00:26:55,406 --> 00:26:59,781
I took the liberty of drawing up
a new one with some addendums.

404
00:27:04,719 --> 00:27:09,184
"In the event that either party becomes physically
or mentally incapacitated, their assets"-

405
00:27:10,726 --> 00:27:13,597
This isn't about protecting me.
It's about protecting the firm.

406
00:27:13,696 --> 00:27:16,760
You've been through wives before, Denny.
Five of them.

407
00:27:16,867 --> 00:27:20,170
This firm is the constant.
We're the ones who are still here.

408
00:27:20,271 --> 00:27:23,403
And this does look after
your best interests.

409
00:27:23,508 --> 00:27:25,445
You mean the best interests of the firm.

410
00:27:25,545 --> 00:27:28,484
Oh, for God's sake, Denny!
Someone has to worry about this firm!

411
00:27:28,582 --> 00:27:30,484
And since you won't, I have to.

412
00:27:30,584 --> 00:27:33,751
Because you’re a senior partner.
Yet your name isn't on the door.

413
00:27:33,855 --> 00:27:35,985
Mine is. First name on the door.

414
00:27:36,092 --> 00:27:39,031
I'm not interested in getting into
an historical argument with you.

415
00:27:39,128 --> 00:27:41,030
Why? Because I built this firm
from the ground up?

416
00:27:41,130 --> 00:27:44,103
I care about what could happen
to this if ram now. I

417
00:27:44,201 --> 00:27:47,106
Let me tell you what'll happen to this firm
if Denny Crane left.

418
00:27:47,205 --> 00:27:50,110
It would die up and blow away,
and you with it!

419
00:27:50,209 --> 00:27:54,048
I'm the big gun on this boat.
The captain!

420
00:27:54,146 --> 00:27:57,712
And you're nothing but a skinny,
overpaid deckhand!

421
00:27:57,818 --> 00:28:01,054
No, I am the deckhand
who steers the ship...

422
00:28:01,155 --> 00:28:03,719
because the captain
isn't up to it anymore!

423
00:28:03,826 --> 00:28:05,728
Get out!

424
00:28:05,829 --> 00:28:08,960
Look over the new document, sign it,
and get it back to me today!

425
00:28:09,067 --> 00:28:10,730
I'm not signing anything.

426
00:28:19,579 --> 00:28:24,318
I can't believe we're here today because
these parents care too much about their child.

427
00:28:24,418 --> 00:28:27,755
The truth is our children are growing up
in a frighteningly competitive world.

428
00:28:27,857 --> 00:28:31,228
They'll face global competition
the likes of which we've never seen before...

429
00:28:31,327 --> 00:28:33,229
and we are unprepared.

430
00:28:33,329 --> 00:28:36,861
The most recent study ranked American
students 16th in the world in science...

431
00:28:36,968 --> 00:28:38,871
19th in the world in mathematics.

432
00:28:38,971 --> 00:28:42,274
Of American 12th-graders,
30M of the boys and 17M of the girls...

433
00:28:42,375 --> 00:28:44,345
cannot read at the basic level.

434
00:28:44,443 --> 00:28:46,677
This type of failure will kill our kids.

435
00:28:46,781 --> 00:28:49,013
And that's what George and Gig Gering
are trying to prevent.

436
00:28:49,118 --> 00:28:52,991
These parents are simply trying to secure
their daughter's future as best they can...

437
00:28:53,089 --> 00:28:57,087
a future that they know will be challenged
with ever-increasing competition.

438
00:28:57,195 --> 00:29:02,366
What I would have given to have parents
as involved as the Gearings.

439
00:29:02,466 --> 00:29:05,371
If you ask me, their daughter's lucky
her parents care so much.

440
00:29:12,513 --> 00:29:16,784
Before I start, um, I know you think
your parents weren't involved.

441
00:29:16,886 --> 00:29:19,551
But look at you.
I think you turned out super.

442
00:29:21,091 --> 00:29:23,790
By the way, Your Honor,
I'm, uh- I'm dying.

443
00:29:23,894 --> 00:29:25,489
- I object!
- You object.

444
00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:28,798
- He's trying to garner sympathy, Your Honor.
- Not at all, Your Honor.

445
00:29:28,901 --> 00:29:32,398
I only mean to say that my current situation
gives me a unique view on life.

446
00:29:32,505 --> 00:29:36,172
Sustained.
Mr. Post, proceed with your closing.

447
00:29:36,277 --> 00:29:38,338
Right. Moving on.

448
00:29:38,446 --> 00:29:42,855
The Gearings want to be involved
in their child’s education, and they should be.

449
00:29:42,952 --> 00:29:47,519
But in their zealotry, they left
one thing out of the equation.

450
00:29:47,624 --> 00:29:49,527
The teacher.

451
00:29:49,627 --> 00:29:53,329
Because let's face it, Your Honor,
we treat our teachers like crap.

452
00:29:53,431 --> 00:29:56,700
Instead of training
our educators properly...

453
00:29:56,802 --> 00:29:59,707
and believing in them and
incentivizing them with decent wages...

454
00:29:59,806 --> 00:30:02,209
we disrespect them,
we challenge them at every turn.

455
00:30:02,309 --> 00:30:05,771
And the government and their No Child
Left Behind Act have created a monster.

456
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,377
Instead of teaching children to be innovative,
our educators are forced to teach to the test.

457
00:30:09,485 --> 00:30:13,358
And it's been documented some teachers
are themselves cheating on those tests...

458
00:30:13,456 --> 00:30:16,361
because their salaries
their bonuses, their job security...

459
00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:18,488
are linked to the test scores.

460
00:30:30,411 --> 00:30:32,746
Sit down. Sit down.

461
00:30:34,750 --> 00:30:38,886
And on the other side, we have parents like
the Gearings coming at them from all angles...

462
00:30:38,990 --> 00:30:42,897
questioning their every move
instead of putting their faith in them.

463
00:30:42,995 --> 00:30:44,897
But they do it from a good place.

464
00:30:44,997 --> 00:30:49,063
I mean, all they want
is complete and utter control.

465
00:30:49,169 --> 00:30:52,701
And believe me, I know all about
wanting control over life...

466
00:30:52,807 --> 00:30:54,777
and having very little obit.

467
00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:57,609
But you can't control life.

468
00:30:57,713 --> 00:31:00,447
You can't control your daughter.
You can't control a teacher.

469
00:31:00,550 --> 00:31:03,113
All you can do is inspire them
to be innovative thinkers...

470
00:31:03,220 --> 00:31:07,322
people who tap into their own creativity
and confidence to tee new things...

471
00:31:07,425 --> 00:31:10,226
to challenge the status quo,
to make new discoveries.

472
00:31:10,329 --> 00:31:14,465
Our kids will do all that and more
if we just back offend let 'em grow.

473
00:31:21,310 --> 00:31:25,081
Just my luck, one of the little bastards
will come up with a cure for cancer.

474
00:31:38,932 --> 00:31:42,235
They say Albert Einstein
may have had Asperser Syndrome.

475
00:31:43,370 --> 00:31:45,569
Thomas Jefferson.

476
00:31:45,673 --> 00:31:49,945
Some say even Bill Gates
exhibits certain signs obit.

477
00:31:50,046 --> 00:31:51,810
Very good company.

478
00:31:54,017 --> 00:31:56,421
)very?

479
00:32:00,393 --> 00:32:03,491
- It's a relief actually.
- You think?

480
00:32:04,630 --> 00:32:08,127
I always hated
that I couldn't be normal.

481
00:32:08,235 --> 00:32:10,138
Turns out...

482
00:32:10,238 --> 00:32:12,607
it's because I'm not.

483
00:32:15,111 --> 00:32:17,173
Jerry, it's also a viable defense.

484
00:32:18,881 --> 00:32:21,878
- We just need the psychiatrist to give you a diagnosis.
- No. No. No, no.

485
00:32:21,985 --> 00:32:23,478
Jerry, without a clinical diagnosis-

486
00:32:23,588 --> 00:32:26,458
With a diagnosis in court,
it'll be a matter of public record.

487
00:32:26,558 --> 00:32:28,826
I will be the autistic lawyer.

488
00:32:28,929 --> 00:32:30,796
Forget about disbarment.

489
00:32:30,897 --> 00:32:32,867
No one will ever hire a mental case!

490
00:32:32,966 --> 00:32:34,527
Jerry, listen.

491
00:32:34,635 --> 00:32:37,163
Then I certainly could never
be a lawyer again! No. No.

492
00:32:37,272 --> 00:32:39,140
No!

493
00:32:49,521 --> 00:32:51,855
After carefully reviewing the testimony...

494
00:32:51,958 --> 00:32:55,659
as well as mown conduct
as a parent oaf teenager...

495
00:32:57,264 --> 00:32:59,428
I am ruling in favor of the plaintiff.

496
00:32:59,533 --> 00:33:01,230
Yes!

497
00:33:01,336 --> 00:33:04,241
- Mr. Post, control yourself.
- Sorry, Your Honor. Sorry. Sorry, everybody.

498
00:33:04,340 --> 00:33:09,249
Mr. and Mrs. Gering, it is plainly evident
that you love your daughter.

499
00:33:09,347 --> 00:33:13,881
But your interest in her studies has,
in my view, become intemperance.

500
00:33:13,986 --> 00:33:19,396
Therefore, I am granting the petitioner's
request for injunctive relief.

501
00:33:19,492 --> 00:33:22,624
You may call Miss Carpenter
once every three weeks.

502
00:33:22,729 --> 00:33:26,602
And you can have one
parent-teacher conference per term.

503
00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:29,400
We're adjourned.

504
00:33:29,505 --> 00:33:33,207
- Thank you both so much.
- You're welcome.

505
00:33:33,310 --> 00:33:35,247
Thank you.

506
00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:38,284
- Nice work, counselor.
- Yeah- Oh, nuts!

507
00:33:38,384 --> 00:33:41,288
I didn't get a chance to ask the court
reporter to read back someone's testimony.

508
00:33:41,387 --> 00:33:43,380
That would've been awesome.

509
00:33:43,489 --> 00:33:45,791
Do you want to go, um, celebrate?

510
00:33:47,260 --> 00:33:51,224
I'll be out in a minute.
I just want to savor the moment.

511
00:33:52,868 --> 00:33:54,963
Okay.

512
00:34:32,351 --> 00:34:34,219
- Asperser Syndrome.
- What?

513
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:35,949
I wasn't familiar with it either.

514
00:34:36,055 --> 00:34:40,019
But these three highly regarded
psychiatrists have heard obit...

515
00:34:40,127 --> 00:34:42,291
and they're all convinced
Jerry Swenson suffers from it.

516
00:34:42,398 --> 00:34:45,838
- It doesn't change anything.
- It actually changes a lot.

517
00:34:45,935 --> 00:34:49,136
According to
the Americans with Disabilities Act...

518
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,680
it changes Jerry Swenson from
an oddball who attacked his boss...

519
00:34:52,777 --> 00:34:57,219
to a man who has suffered his whole life
from a form of behavioral autism.

520
00:34:57,316 --> 00:35:01,519
It also changes your case
from a winner to a loser.

521
00:35:03,024 --> 00:35:05,587
- What are you looking for?
- Dismiss the charges.

522
00:35:05,693 --> 00:35:08,665
- No.
- There's no reason to prosecute this man.

523
00:35:08,763 --> 00:35:10,997
Shirley, you must have something
to say about this.

524
00:35:11,099 --> 00:35:13,070
I do.

525
00:35:13,169 --> 00:35:16,165
I'm sorry Jerry has autism.
It explains a lot.

526
00:35:16,273 --> 00:35:19,074
But what's to stop him
from doing it again?

527
00:35:19,177 --> 00:35:21,444
From attacking someone else?
Or worse?

528
00:35:21,547 --> 00:35:23,848
Because he wants to get better.

529
00:35:25,951 --> 00:35:28,185
There's medications
that can help control his outbursts...

530
00:35:28,289 --> 00:35:31,956
behavioral therapy
to rehabilitate his social skills...

531
00:35:32,061 --> 00:35:33,927
occupational therapy for his tics.

532
00:35:34,029 --> 00:35:36,056
It's what's fair and what's right.

533
00:35:39,335 --> 00:35:42,366
Would you excuse us, please?

534
00:36:00,829 --> 00:36:03,165
Shirley,
in the time that I've known you...

535
00:36:03,266 --> 00:36:06,102
I've never seen you do
what you’re doing now.

536
00:36:06,203 --> 00:36:09,905
You said to me at the outset
you were looking for justice.

537
00:36:10,007 --> 00:36:15,007
Jerry Swenson has been suffering
needlessly his entire life.

538
00:36:15,114 --> 00:36:18,144
Now he has a chance
to find a measure of peace.

539
00:36:18,251 --> 00:36:21,691
That’s justice, Shirley. Isn't it?

540
00:36:27,698 --> 00:36:29,600
You'll get him help?

541
00:36:29,700 --> 00:36:31,603
My word.

542
00:36:42,749 --> 00:36:44,720
It's over?

543
00:36:46,053 --> 00:36:48,388
It is.

544
00:36:48,490 --> 00:36:52,865
Jerry, it's best you leave now.

545
00:36:52,962 --> 00:36:55,490
Shirley's largesse will only go so far.

546
00:37:00,404 --> 00:37:02,307
I'm just-

547
00:37:02,407 --> 00:37:05,039
I want to, um-

548
00:37:05,144 --> 00:37:07,138
Good-bye, Alan.

549
00:37:23,201 --> 00:37:25,330
- So, Guido?
- Mom?

550
00:37:25,436 --> 00:37:28,671
Who do you see playing me in the movie?
I'm thinking Denzel.

551
00:37:28,774 --> 00:37:31,714
I don't think this case
was the stuff Oscars are made of.

552
00:37:31,812 --> 00:37:34,717
- To me it was.
- I don't get it.

553
00:37:34,816 --> 00:37:38,187
You've built a billion-dollar company
from the ground up.

554
00:37:38,286 --> 00:37:40,017
Why does this excite you?

555
00:37:40,121 --> 00:37:41,955
I don't know.

556
00:37:42,058 --> 00:37:44,427
I mean, stocks, futures.

557
00:37:44,528 --> 00:37:46,430
It's sort of fantasy. You know?

558
00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:48,797
You can't really see it.

559
00:37:48,899 --> 00:37:52,567
But a courtroom and adjudge,
someone who needs my help...

560
00:37:52,671 --> 00:37:56,134
that I can see, smell, hear, touch, taste-

561
00:37:56,243 --> 00:37:59,215
it's four stars, five senses.

562
00:38:01,515 --> 00:38:03,884
I was really good in there, wasn't I?

563
00:38:03,985 --> 00:38:07,187
I imagine you’d be pretty good
at anything you tee.

564
00:38:15,332 --> 00:38:17,668
I start chemo again tomorrow.

565
00:38:20,006 --> 00:38:21,976
Okay.

566
00:39:27,859 --> 00:39:29,761
Good evening.

567
00:39:29,861 --> 00:39:31,729
Mm-hmm.

568
00:39:34,367 --> 00:39:36,234
You hate me too, don’t you?

569
00:39:38,005 --> 00:39:41,172
Bev, I don't know you well enough
to hate you, or love you...

570
00:39:41,275 --> 00:39:43,768
or be indifferent to you.

571
00:39:44,847 --> 00:39:46,749
Denny said you spoke your mind...

572
00:39:46,849 --> 00:39:48,945
but geez Louise.

573
00:39:50,854 --> 00:39:54,192
I will say the fact
that everyone else at this firm...

574
00:39:54,291 --> 00:39:58,026
does not have
a favorable opinion of you...

575
00:39:58,130 --> 00:40:00,225
is certainly a point in your favor.

576
00:40:17,654 --> 00:40:19,488
Paul.

577
00:40:19,590 --> 00:40:21,252
Denny.

578
00:40:22,661 --> 00:40:25,224
Got a pair of Celtic tickets
for tomorrow night...

579
00:40:25,330 --> 00:40:26,993
if you’re interested.

580
00:40:30,336 --> 00:40:32,272
Thanks.

581
00:40:34,076 --> 00:40:37,277
- Denny?
- Yes?

582
00:40:37,379 --> 00:40:39,577
Well, I'm...

583
00:40:39,682 --> 00:40:42,655
just surprised after our argument.

584
00:40:42,753 --> 00:40:46,318
- Argument?
- Denny, it was just yesterday.

585
00:40:46,423 --> 00:40:49,124
Paul, I would remember
if we had a fight.

586
00:40:49,228 --> 00:40:51,995
We almost came to blows.
How could you not-

587
00:40:52,099 --> 00:40:55,665
Would you rather rehash all that,
or should we just pretend that I forgot?

588
00:40:55,770 --> 00:40:59,677
If you’ll forgive me,
I left Bev on simmer.

589
00:40:59,775 --> 00:41:02,212
She should be coming to a boil
rather nicely now.

590
00:41:13,626 --> 00:41:15,619
Hey.

591
00:41:15,728 --> 00:41:18,529
My favorite girl, my favorite guy.

592
00:41:18,631 --> 00:41:20,499
I warmed up your cigar for you.

593
00:41:20,601 --> 00:41:23,802
Well, it's not the first time
you left my stogie smoking.

594
00:41:23,905 --> 00:41:26,673
- Ooh!
- Well, I'm going to let you two young men have your time.

595
00:41:26,775 --> 00:41:30,180
I will see you later.

596
00:41:30,279 --> 00:41:32,181
- Bev.
- Yeah?

597
00:41:32,281 --> 00:41:35,016
- Do it once before you leave.
- Bev Crane.

598
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,748
Oh! That's my girl.

599
00:41:37,923 --> 00:41:41,090
- Good night, Alan.
- Good evening, Bev.

600
00:41:47,334 --> 00:41:51,241
So, do you like her yet? You promised.

601
00:41:51,339 --> 00:41:54,004
- I did, and I do.
- Thought you would.

602
00:41:55,278 --> 00:41:57,180
She has many fine qualities.

603
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,447
She makes my friend smile.
That's the only quality that matters.

604
00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:02,522
Alan...

605
00:42:03,888 --> 00:42:06,861
Bev is the woman
I've always dreamed of.

606
00:42:08,862 --> 00:42:11,892
An angel in the bedroom,
a whore in the kitchen.

607
00:42:11,999 --> 00:42:14,094
I think it's the other way around.

608
00:42:15,204 --> 00:42:16,936
Not last night.

609
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,560
You stinker!

