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Previously on Boston Legal.

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It's time to start dating again.

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- Shirley's told me so much about you.
- Giggity-giggity.

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I met someone else,
and the night took a whole other twist.

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- I have been arrested.
- What for?

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- Impersonating a police officer.
- I'm such a loser.

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I want you to find out
if my daughter is using drugs again.

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- What time do you get off work?
- I get off at 7:00.

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I would appreciate your protecting
my relationship with her if you can.

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What about my relationship?

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- Night terrors?
- I haven't had them in years.

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- I'm afraid of clowns.
- Something screwy going on up there.

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And over 40% of the groundwater
in the United States- 40%-

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is contaminated by industrial,
agricultural, household pollution.

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Over the last five years,
hundreds of thousands of blood tests...

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given to Massachusetts children...

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have shown elevated levels
oflead in their blood.

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Yet what is our biggest fear?
The dirty bomb, not the dirty water-

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Objection. Mr. Shore is introducing evidence
that was never presented at trial.

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Nonsense, Your Honor.
I refer you to Plaintiff's Exhibit Number Apple.

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- I beg your pardon?
- Apple trash can is picked from God.

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- Huh?
- Mr. Shore-

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Not that you're 60,
but classic electrons are free.

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Objection, uh, I think.

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Mr. Shore, you have a notorious history
of courtroom theatrics.

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If your aim is to force a mistrial,
you will be disappointed.

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Pillow pants join forces
over embargo pylons.

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You aren't sailing past honor
for the liking of a room.

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These questions are birthday basements.

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To end the blue radish
is the upside of luxury...

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and sparking a good lizard
can only make tears fall in hindsight.

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Puddles do not ask for why not.

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It is cheese, breath and wind.

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It is cheese.

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What?

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Word salad.

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It's the phenomenon
of confused language...

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seen most often in patients with schizophrenia
or another underlying psychosis.

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Now, similar symptoms may also result
from head trauma or an invasive tumor.

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- And I have-
- None of those.

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According to the M. R. I.,
your brain looks normal.

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I wouldn't know if it didn't.

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Also, you don't display any symptoms
of psychosis or schizophrenia.

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Well, we hardly know each other.

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The truth of it is, the brain
is very much a mystery.

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It's theoretically possible that these symptoms
might be brought on by acute anxiety.

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How are things at home?

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I live alone in a hotel.

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I see.

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Word salad?

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It's talking in unintelligible gibberish,
brought on by anxiety.

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Gave me some pills.

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Ooh. Let me see.

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Blue. I like blue.
Something to wash it down with?

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I don't know.
I rather value my melancholy.

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Used to be a personality trait
one was allowed to have...

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like Abraham Lincoln or Lord Byron.

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Now one is required to grin
and say things like "great. "

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You don't need pills.
You need to stop helping people.

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What do you mean?

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Those old people who were being fleeced
by their conservator, the smoker...

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that gloomy little girl
that wouldn't smile.

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- You try to help those people. And don't deny it.
- I don't.

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But what the hell does that have to do
with this episode of word salad?

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Well, Alan, the human mind is like a bucket.
It can only hold so much.

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You see all that suffering going on
around you, and you get involved.

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It fills up your bucket,
and soon it's overflowing.

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The doctor recommended
I take a few days off.

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I know just the thing.
I'm gonna take you to my spa.

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I'm gonna empty your bucket.

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I live at 147 Edgar Street.

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And I'm at 149 Edgar Street.

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- We babysit each other's kids.
- We go to Cost Buy together.

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- Split everything.
- Toilet paper, paper towels.

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- Jumbo ketchup two-pack.
- I have the lawn mower.

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- Hedge clipper, weed whacker.
- And we both share Ray.

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There's just one problem
with this arrangement.

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- It's completely illegal.
- Afraid so.

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Well, for six years, everything was fine.
But people start to talk.

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And one day we came home with the children,
and Ray was being handcuffed and arrested.

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Right in front of 147. We've done
nothing wrong. There's no victim here.

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To the contrary, in this chaotic world
we live in, where there is no stability...

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we have found a way to raise a family
in a cooperative, loving way.

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And now we're being punished for it.
I think that's wrong.

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- We all do.
- Especially me.

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Guys, the law on polygamy has
been settled for a long time.

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- So? It's time for a change.
- We are very committed to this.

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I know I am.

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Right.

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- Chris Mott, Shirley Schmidt.
- How do you do?

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- Paul Lewiston.
- Hello.

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Chris is an old buddy
of mine from Annapolis.

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Right now he's founder and C. E. O.
of Alcove Games.

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Last quarter they posted
a profit of 502 mil.

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Very impressive.
How can we help you?

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- A wrongful death suit.
- Completely frivolous.

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Filed by the mother of a kid who died
while playing their latest video game.

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- He died.
- Heart attack.

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How is that even possible?

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He played the game
for nearly two days.

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- Didn't eat, didn't drink. His heart stopped.
- The game is called Hellbourne.

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You start out as a ghost
fighting your way out of hell.

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When you surface, you need to track down
your lost soul in order to become human again.

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- Sounds like a typical day around here.
- Like I said, it's frivolous.

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Nojury's gonna hold a company responsible
because a parent let a kid play a game for two days.

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But there's a glitch.
I need this to go away before it goes to trial.

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We've got a sequel coming out next month,
and bad press could kill us.

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Shouldn't be a problem.

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I'm thinking we can get this
kicked on summary judgment.

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Five hundred and two million.
You've landed your first whale.

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- Nice work, partner.
- Thank you.

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Paul, how's your daughter doing in rehab?

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Rachel's doing just fine, Brad.

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- Tell her I said hello?
- I will.

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I never took you
for a spa person, Denny.

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Oh, man. I love it.

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Being touched and caressed and-

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Milked.

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Thank you, Digna.
Mmm.

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Are you still spooked
by this word jumble thing?

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Word salad. Yes.

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- Happens to me all the time. You get used to it.
- I don't want to get used to it.

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It was extremely upsetting
to be speaking...

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and to see confusion on the faces
of everyone around me.

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I'm not the most connected
individual, Denny.

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Sometimes words are
all that allow me to feel like...

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I'm a part of the world,
a part of life.

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If I don't have words, then I'm alone.

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Ashtray soda pop dingo?

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Gotcha.

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Now, relax.

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Wes was obsessed with the game.

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All the kids were talking about it.
It was the only thing he wanted for his birthday.

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- So you bought it for him?
- Yes.

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He would play before school, after school,
in the middle of the night.

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He'd played other video games before,
but this one- this one was different.

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He couldn't stop. His grades began to slip,
so I took the game away.

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- How did he react?
- We argued constantly.

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So he began going to friends'
houses after school to play.

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I realized I couldn't win,
so I gave him the game back...

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figuring I could keep an eye on him.

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What happened
the weekend your son died?

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I got home after working
a double shift at the store...

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and, um, I only had 15 minutes
to change before I left for my second job.

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I clean offices.

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I told Wes it was time to quit.

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He said hejust needed five more minutes
to get to the next level.

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He promised he would go to bed
as soon as he was finished.

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So I kissed him,
said good night and went to work.

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What time did you arrive home?

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About 5:00 the next morning.

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I just fell into bed with my clothes on.

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I woke up at noon
and went to check on him.

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And that's when I found him.

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He was slumped in his chair
in front of the screen.

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You know, at first, I thought
he'd just fallen asleep.

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- Would you like to take a recess?
- No.

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I would rather get this over with.

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Mrs. Beller, how old was Wesley?

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Fifteen.

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- And you're a single parent?
- Yes.

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Wes's father is no longer in the picture.

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So you were responsible for his clothing,
feeding him, taking care of him when he was sick?

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- Yes.
- You made sure he ate right, got enough sleep, did his homework.

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- I took very good care of my son.
- I'm sure you did.

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And yet the coroner's report lists
the cause of death as a myocardial infarction...

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brought on by physical exhaustion.

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Apparently your son
did not eat, drink or sleep...

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for over 36 hours straight.

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Now, I can't speak to the pain
that you must be feeling.

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But how did this happen?

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- I work two jobs, Mr. Chase.
- I understand that.

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But I can't help wondering that if you
had checked in on your son that night...

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instead of falling asleep...

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that maybe he'd be alive today.

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- Now, isn't that correct?
- Objection. Don't answer that.

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What's the problem?

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In responding to Mrs. Beller's production
requests, we came across something.

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When your company
designed Hellbourne...

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you commissioned a study that documented
the effects the game had on its players.

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The report states that playing the game
dramatically increases...

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the dopamine levels
in the players' brains.

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- I'm aware of it, sure.
- Chris, this means Mrs. Beller can argue...

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that Alcove knew their games were addictive
when they sold them to the public...

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including minors.

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Oh, that's ridiculous.
It's just one study.

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Besides, it's an established fact...

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that all video games increase
the dopamine levels in the brain.

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At least the good ones do.

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Are there any other studies out there?
Anything like this that can bite us in the ass?

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No. Just the one.

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Okay. We're required
to turn this over to Mrs. Beller.

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As per the rules of discovery, we'll provide it
with 100,000 other pages of documents...

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that pertain to this production request.

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- So you're gonna bury it.
- No. That would be unethical.

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We'll simply comply... fully.

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It's not religious.
It's practical.

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I'm a dietitian at Mercy Hospital.

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And what does every working mother
always plead? "I wish I had a wife. "

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Well, I actually do.

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Imagine leaving for yourjob...

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and never having to worry about day care,
late babysitters, nightmare nannies.

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Your child gets sick, you have someone there
you trust who loves your children...

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someone with a warm home, who cooks
healthy homemade meals for your children...

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and has a lovingly prepared dinner
waiting for you when you walk in the door.

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- Someone who bakes.
- Sounds wonderful.

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- Continue.
- And our kids love it too.

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At any one time, there's a parent
to give a hug, some advice, share a story.

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Families these days are no longer together,
scattered across the country.

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Ours is simply another form
of an old-fashioned extended family.

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Who are we kidding?
It's about the sex.

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I'm a stay-at-home mom.
I have three kids, ages one to six.

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That's 24-7 breast-feeding,
potty training, fever, solid food...

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diapers, ear infections,
dishes, homework, toys, chaos.

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Raising children is the single most exhausting job
ever, anywhere, anyhow.

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Did I make myself clear? I'll say it again.
It is the most exhausting job ever.

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- Don't you think?
- Absolutely.

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- Objection.
- Sustained.

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Strike that last remark, even
though it's completely true.

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- Alena, you were telling us about sex?
- Oh, yes.

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I love my children.
But by the end of the day, I am bone tired.

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My husband comes home-
he's tired too.

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But somehow he still has
a little energy for baby-making.

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If we were in a traditional marriage...

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at that moment we would have
an explosive argument.

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But since we're not, when I am that exhausted
and he has that look in his eye...

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I simply ship him off to Evette
where she satisfies him, and he her...

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and then I draw myself
a nice hot bath and read the paper.

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00:14:38,844 --> 00:14:40,607
This works for me.

230
00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:43,079
I knew it would.

231
00:14:43,182 --> 00:14:45,150
More gobbledygook, please.

232
00:14:45,251 --> 00:14:48,982
Hey, take it easy, man.
Deep breaths. Just relax.

233
00:14:49,088 --> 00:14:52,455
Denny, I meant to say "gobbledygook. "
The stuff on my face.

234
00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:54,150
Oh.

235
00:14:54,260 --> 00:14:57,889
I think I've decompressed.
My word salad days have wilted.

236
00:14:59,665 --> 00:15:01,963
May I have my hand, please?

237
00:15:05,771 --> 00:15:09,332
Thank you, Denny.
This is almost as good as fishing.

238
00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:16,571
Denny's my friend. He takes me
to nice places, buys me nice things.

239
00:15:16,682 --> 00:15:19,845
- We like to dress up.
- Flamingos.

240
00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:30,687
Your Honor, there's not a shred of evidence
for which a jury would rule against my client.

241
00:15:30,796 --> 00:15:34,823
As tragic as his death may be,
plaintiffs have not shown any causal link...

242
00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,767
between Mr. Beller's death
and his playing Hellbourne.

243
00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:39,861
We have the internal dopamine study.

244
00:15:39,972 --> 00:15:43,237
That's one study which shows
that playing any video game...

245
00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:45,435
could raise anyone's dopamine level.

246
00:15:45,544 --> 00:15:47,876
That's hardly enough
to prove causation.

247
00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:50,710
I have to agree, Mr. Hoberg.
If your only evidence is this one study-

248
00:15:50,816 --> 00:15:52,943
- We have a witness, Your Honor.
- What witness?

249
00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:54,644
Dr. Samuel Williams.

250
00:15:54,753 --> 00:15:58,120
He'll testify that not only did Alcove Games
know their games were addictive...

251
00:15:58,223 --> 00:16:00,350
they intentionally
tried to make them so.

252
00:16:00,459 --> 00:16:02,791
That is the first we're hearing of this,
Your Honor.

253
00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:07,059
- Dr. Williams just came forward.
- Your Honor, they're stalling and wasting the court's time.

254
00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:11,626
Before ruling on the motion,
the court will hear Dr. Williams.

255
00:16:11,737 --> 00:16:14,535
But, Mr. Hoberg, I don't like surprises.
Tread carefully.

256
00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,803
- Your Honor, I-
- Your objection is noted for the record, Mr. Chase.

257
00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:20,743
The court will hear
Dr. Williams's testimony.

258
00:16:20,846 --> 00:16:22,746
I thought you said
there was nothing else.

259
00:16:22,848 --> 00:16:24,748
Dr. Williams is
a psychologist we hired...

260
00:16:24,850 --> 00:16:27,318
to consult on how to make our games
more appealing to the consumer.

261
00:16:27,419 --> 00:16:30,547
It didn't work out, and we fired him.
It's not a big deal.

262
00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:33,989
Chris, we need to get this case thrown out
now while it's only in front of a judge.

263
00:16:34,093 --> 00:16:37,654
We've got a woman with a dead kid. Ajury
is gonna want to make somebody pay for that.

264
00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:41,255
Now, did you hire this Dr. Williams
to make your games more addictive or not?

265
00:16:42,768 --> 00:16:45,259
I started with nothing.
I built this company.

266
00:16:45,371 --> 00:16:48,568
I employ hundreds of people.
I didn't do anything wrong.

267
00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,665
Okay. Right.

268
00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:53,336
You've known me for 20 years,
and you're doubting me?

269
00:16:53,445 --> 00:16:57,506
This isn't about friendship. This is about
getting rid of this case quickly and quietly.

270
00:16:57,616 --> 00:16:59,516
Now, maybe we should
consider settling.

271
00:16:59,618 --> 00:17:03,452
No. No. To me, a settlement
is an admission of guilt.

272
00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:08,515
Alcove Games is not gonna be a scapegoat
on this, even if this goes public.

273
00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:26,609
Dr. Klaywig,
as a historian of family law...

274
00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:29,613
could you tell us why laws
against polygamy were enacted?

275
00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:32,183
The origins, of course, are biblical.

276
00:17:32,284 --> 00:17:36,448
But in recent history, they were enacted
to prevent a man from abandoning his wife...

277
00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:39,456
leaving her with no means
of income for herself or her children.

278
00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:42,550
They also prevented
enslavement and abuse.

279
00:17:42,661 --> 00:17:45,562
Before these laws were solidified,
elders in certain communities...

280
00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:48,724
would simply divvy up the young girls,
12 and 13 years old...

281
00:17:48,834 --> 00:17:50,233
among the old men.

282
00:17:50,335 --> 00:17:51,893
Thank you.

283
00:17:55,974 --> 00:17:58,408
Dr. Klaywig, would you agree...

284
00:17:58,510 --> 00:18:02,742
that Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Richardson's
relationship is unusual?

285
00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:04,907
Yes, I would.

286
00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:08,145
- And would you agree that it's
unusual because it works? - Well-

287
00:18:08,253 --> 00:18:12,314
All parties are satisfied. The children,
as we've proven earlier, are well-adjusted.

288
00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:14,187
It does seem to work, doesn't it?

289
00:18:14,293 --> 00:18:16,318
Yes, I suppose so.

290
00:18:16,428 --> 00:18:21,263
When polygamy laws were enacted, it was under
a different social and economic construct.

291
00:18:21,366 --> 00:18:23,766
- Meaning?
- Meaning that women weren't allowed to work.

292
00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:26,429
They were, in effect,
less powerful than they are today.

293
00:18:26,538 --> 00:18:29,439
Their reliance on their husbands
was more substantial.

294
00:18:29,541 --> 00:18:31,839
One could agree.

295
00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:35,175
And for the record,
what is the divorce rate in this country?

296
00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,249
- Approximately 43%.
- Forty-three percent.

297
00:18:38,350 --> 00:18:41,251
And what are the statistics
on extramarital affairs?

298
00:18:41,353 --> 00:18:45,847
Conservative estimates say about 60%
of married men and 40% of married women...

299
00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:48,449
will have an extramarital affair
at some point.

300
00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,461
So one could argue that we're already
practicing polygamy in this country.

301
00:18:51,563 --> 00:18:53,895
- We just haven't institutionalized it yet.
- Objection, Your Honor.

302
00:18:53,999 --> 00:18:57,958
Ms. Bauer is simply twisting statistics to
make a mockery of the institution of marriage.

303
00:18:58,070 --> 00:18:59,901
I'm simply drawing conclusions
based on fact.

304
00:19:00,005 --> 00:19:02,235
- It's specious.
- It's not specious. It's logical.

305
00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:05,538
- You wouldn't understand.
- I don't see a wedding ring on your finger.

306
00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:06,633
- Divorced.
- How long?

307
00:19:06,745 --> 00:19:07,803
- One year.
- Two for me.

308
00:19:07,913 --> 00:19:10,143
Counselors?

309
00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:11,807
The case.

310
00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:14,385
- Of course.
- Right.

311
00:19:14,486 --> 00:19:17,319
Nothing further.

312
00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:29,495
Wow.

313
00:19:32,037 --> 00:19:34,005
Double wow.

314
00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:38,776
- Go right ahead.
- Uh, no. You saw her first.

315
00:19:38,877 --> 00:19:42,176
- You really don't mind?
- Please.

316
00:19:44,716 --> 00:19:46,684
Wow.

317
00:19:49,988 --> 00:19:51,888
Mmm.
Nobody's sitting here.

318
00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:53,958
Thank you.

319
00:19:56,295 --> 00:19:58,126
My name's Alan Shore.
What's yours?

320
00:19:58,230 --> 00:20:01,290
- Jessica.
- What are you reading, Jessica?

321
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,300
- Uh, The Da Vinci Code.
- Ah.

322
00:20:03,402 --> 00:20:05,529
Yeah. It's okay.
Have you read it?

323
00:20:05,637 --> 00:20:08,868
No, it's enough for me that Leonardo
was a brilliant painter and engineer...

324
00:20:08,974 --> 00:20:11,442
without turning him into
the Karl Rove of the 16th century.

325
00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:15,608
Are you here with someone?

326
00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:17,614
Alone.

327
00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:22,119
I just, um, needed to
get out of Dodge and relax.

328
00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:28,390
Only now I find myself very relaxed.

329
00:20:28,493 --> 00:20:33,556
Two can play dominoes
for gangs allow freedom white.

330
00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:36,325
I'm sorry?

331
00:20:36,435 --> 00:20:41,236
The danger in whistling cannot
be undone by hybrid chatter.

332
00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:44,798
It's simply orange above all.

333
00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:47,674
Is this like a joke or-

334
00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:49,576
Zebra.

335
00:20:51,016 --> 00:20:54,577
Waiter, I'm going to
need another mojito.

336
00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:07,063
- Should I charge that to your room, sir?
- Paisley.

337
00:21:12,337 --> 00:21:14,828
Dr. Williams...

338
00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:16,931
you're a clinical psychologist.

339
00:21:17,042 --> 00:21:19,408
Why did Alcove Games hire you?

340
00:21:19,511 --> 00:21:21,809
Their game was already popular...

341
00:21:21,913 --> 00:21:25,872
but the company wanted to take the desire
to play the game to the next level.

342
00:21:25,984 --> 00:21:29,476
In other words, change the motivation
from "I want to play this game"...

343
00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:31,556
to "I have to play this game. "

344
00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:33,625
And how did they
go about doing that?

345
00:21:33,725 --> 00:21:35,625
It starts with causing an adrenaline rush.

346
00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:39,060
Most effective way to trigger that rush is
to make someone think they're going to die.

347
00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:42,531
- How do you know that?
- We measure the effect in two ways.

348
00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:44,727
The first is blink rate.

349
00:21:44,836 --> 00:21:48,363
And second, we monitor the amount of dopamine
that's produced while playing the game.

350
00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:51,135
What is the significance
of the dopamine?

351
00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:53,302
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter.

352
00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:58,975
It's also connected to the reinforcing effects
of drugs like cocaine and amphetamines.

353
00:21:59,084 --> 00:22:02,212
It's often called
the master molecule of addiction.

354
00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:05,154
And why is that significant
in terms of this video game?

355
00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:09,159
Playing this video game
is like receiving a jolt...

356
00:22:09,261 --> 00:22:11,889
equivalent to
an injection of amphetamines.

357
00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:15,558
And my duty was to help create a game...

358
00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:18,602
that would maximize dopamine
output for the players.

359
00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:22,333
You were deliberately trying to
make this game physically addictive?

360
00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:27,244
Yes.

361
00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:30,611
- Who was your supervisor at Alcove Games?
- Bob Kendall.

362
00:22:30,716 --> 00:22:33,184
- And his title?
- Vice president of marketing.

363
00:22:33,285 --> 00:22:36,686
Of marketing, not of secret brain addiction
research or something like that?

364
00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:39,188
- Objection.
- Sustained.

365
00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:42,522
- So you worked in the marketing department at Alcove Games.
- Yes.

366
00:22:42,627 --> 00:22:46,119
As a marketer, whether you're selling iPods
or breakfast cereal or soft drinks...

367
00:22:46,231 --> 00:22:48,859
isn't one of your primary concerns...

368
00:22:48,967 --> 00:22:50,958
"How do I get consumers
to buy my product?"

369
00:22:51,069 --> 00:22:54,038
- Of course.
- You ever been employed by a heroin dealer?

370
00:22:56,141 --> 00:22:58,200
- Excuse me?
- Of course you haven't.

371
00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:00,471
A heroin dealer doesn't need
to hire a marketing department...

372
00:23:00,579 --> 00:23:04,777
because the product they sell really is addictive,
as opposed to video games, which aren't.

373
00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:06,441
- Isn't that correct?
- Objection!

374
00:23:06,551 --> 00:23:08,451
Nothing further.

375
00:23:31,576 --> 00:23:34,704
Ray Richardson
married two women at the same time.

376
00:23:34,813 --> 00:23:36,781
No one denies that fact.

377
00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:39,578
The defense argues that
this polygamous marriage is practical...

378
00:23:39,684 --> 00:23:42,448
that it makes sense
in today's hectic world.

379
00:23:42,554 --> 00:23:45,022
Well, the law against polygamy
is practical as well.

380
00:23:45,123 --> 00:23:48,251
Say you're a man with good health insurance
and a generous nature.

381
00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,591
Why not go down to a hospice
and marry 50 terminally ill women...

382
00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:53,664
so they can have your health benefits?

383
00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:55,960
If a billionaire
could marry a thousand women...

384
00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:59,093
and claim them all as dependents
on his tax return, don't you think he would?

385
00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:01,434
No, the law against polygamy...

386
00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:03,770
doesn'tjust make sense
from a moral point of view.

387
00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:05,775
It's practical as well.

388
00:24:05,877 --> 00:24:09,335
Today the traditional family is under
constant assault from every direction.

389
00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:13,782
One refuge-maybe the last refuge
against that assault-is the law.

390
00:24:13,885 --> 00:24:18,845
The law in this case states that marriage
is between one man and one woman.

391
00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:22,449
Ray Richardson broke that law.

392
00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:24,529
Make him pay for it.

393
00:24:26,064 --> 00:24:29,124
Decades ago,
the nuclear family implied...

394
00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:31,395
one man, one woman and their offspring...

395
00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:33,471
usually of the same race.

396
00:24:33,572 --> 00:24:38,134
Today there is no limit
to what loving families look like.

397
00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:42,236
We have single mothers, single fathers,
two mommies, two daddies...

398
00:24:42,347 --> 00:24:44,247
ex-wives, ex-in-laws, you name it.

399
00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:47,807
If we're going to
universally apply a law...

400
00:24:47,919 --> 00:24:51,719
we need to look at what it is
that law strives to protect.

401
00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:56,590
Nobody can say that the Richardsons
are not a loving family.

402
00:24:56,695 --> 00:24:58,925
They're honest and caring.

403
00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:02,557
Their children are confident and kind.

404
00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:06,000
With so many monogamous
couples breaking up...

405
00:25:06,104 --> 00:25:09,096
this true family unit should
be held in high esteem.

406
00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:11,539
Instead, we seek to destroy them...

407
00:25:11,643 --> 00:25:14,612
simply because
they consensually engaged...

408
00:25:14,713 --> 00:25:18,809
in a loving relationship
that all parties wanted.

409
00:25:20,418 --> 00:25:22,852
You've heard both Mrs. Richardsons.

410
00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:25,752
This is a family unit that works.

411
00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:29,088
If you put Ray Richardson in jail
when all he was...

412
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:31,856
was a good husband
and a good father...

413
00:25:31,963 --> 00:25:34,488
you will accomplish the very harm...

414
00:25:34,599 --> 00:25:37,591
the anti-polygamy laws
set out to prevent.

415
00:25:37,702 --> 00:25:41,798
You will tear
the Richardson family apart.

416
00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:58,718
You need to relax, you know?

417
00:25:58,823 --> 00:26:01,485
Obviously, Denny.

418
00:26:01,593 --> 00:26:05,222
But telling me to do so is like saying to
a starving man, "You just need money. "

419
00:26:05,330 --> 00:26:07,890
- It doesn't exactly solve the problem.
- We got lots of money.

420
00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:12,129
So if you're hungry, just order up
room service and say "hello. "

421
00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:15,001
Hey! You just touched me,
and not in a nice way.

422
00:26:15,106 --> 00:26:17,574
Could I please have a little privacy?

423
00:26:17,676 --> 00:26:21,669
So you mix up your words.
Make it work for you. That's what I do.

424
00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:24,010
Denny, get out. Leave the room
for a moment and let me be alone.

425
00:26:24,115 --> 00:26:25,912
You're a moody traveler, aren't you?

426
00:26:26,017 --> 00:26:28,417
Can you please
put your narcissism aside for one second...

427
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,853
and try to imagine what it's like
for a person to be losing his mind?

428
00:26:36,661 --> 00:26:38,629
I'm sorry.

429
00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:42,029
It's just I'd penciled in
sex today for 5:30.

430
00:26:42,133 --> 00:26:45,432
And since I lost out on Jessica,
I'll now have to have it alone.

431
00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:49,166
Which is fine.
Just... predictable.

432
00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:53,673
All this time I thought you
were empathizing with me...

433
00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:57,973
but you were sympathizing.

434
00:27:03,054 --> 00:27:04,817
- I'm going home.
- Denny.

435
00:27:04,923 --> 00:27:08,484
- Don't talk to me.
- Please don't leave.

436
00:27:08,593 --> 00:27:12,051
I said, do not talk to me!

437
00:27:12,163 --> 00:27:14,495
It's just that's my suitcase.

438
00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:17,992
You're packing my things.

439
00:27:38,056 --> 00:27:41,514
He was 15! He was about to
get his learner's permit.

440
00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:43,355
I'm sorry, but I can't talk to you.

441
00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:46,328
He was a scout too, in this day and age,
and he was going for Eagle.

442
00:27:46,431 --> 00:27:49,764
- I'm sorry.
- You know that everything that Dr. Williams said is true.

443
00:27:49,868 --> 00:27:53,895
And the only thing that this should be about
is Wes and the life that was taken from him.

444
00:27:54,005 --> 00:27:58,271
But it's not! It is about lawyers
and your talking and your arguing!

445
00:27:58,376 --> 00:28:02,107
Why are you doing this? You know
what the truth is here! You know it!

446
00:28:02,213 --> 00:28:04,511
- So why are you doing it?
- Mrs. Beller. Mrs. Beller.

447
00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:07,084
- You know what the truth is, don't you?
- Come with me.

448
00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:09,619
You know! You know!

449
00:28:24,002 --> 00:28:27,961
Mr. Foreman, has thejury
reached a unanimous verdict?

450
00:28:28,073 --> 00:28:32,169
- We have, Your Honor.
- Will the defendant please rise?

451
00:28:33,511 --> 00:28:35,411
What say you?

452
00:28:37,315 --> 00:28:40,307
In the matter of
the Commonwealth versus Ray Richardson...

453
00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:42,716
on the count of polygamy...

454
00:28:42,821 --> 00:28:45,551
we, thejury,
find Ray Richardson guilty.

455
00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:50,628
The defendant will be
remanded into custody.

456
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,720
We are adjourned.

457
00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:59,931
- This isn't over.
- Come on.

458
00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:05,942
I'm so sorry.

459
00:29:24,629 --> 00:29:29,293
When I was 15, I smoked cigarettes
for a week because a friend of mine smoked.

460
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,368
I quit.
Never smoked again.

461
00:29:31,469 --> 00:29:33,437
And thank goodness it didn't hurt me.

462
00:29:33,538 --> 00:29:37,497
But tobacco companies have been found liable,
assessed penalties in the millions of dollars...

463
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:41,568
because cigarettes are addictive
and they do kill people.

464
00:29:41,679 --> 00:29:44,147
Your Honor, with this case,
we're in the same position...

465
00:29:44,249 --> 00:29:48,549
as the people who first brought legal action
against the tobacco companies 40 years ago.

466
00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:52,282
Lawsuit after lawsuit against tobacco
was thrown out of court.

467
00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:54,324
How many people died as a result?

468
00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:56,985
And now we got a boy
who died playing a video game...

469
00:29:57,095 --> 00:30:01,896
a game scientifically constructed
to make him addicted to it.

470
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,161
Will everyone
become addicted to it? No.

471
00:30:04,269 --> 00:30:07,295
But other children will
become addicted, Your Honor...

472
00:30:07,405 --> 00:30:10,340
and there will be other deaths.

473
00:30:10,441 --> 00:30:13,069
It's time to let a jury decide...

474
00:30:13,178 --> 00:30:16,807
who's responsible for
the death of Wesley Beller.

475
00:30:35,099 --> 00:30:38,432
Your Honor, I know I'm supposed to be
a dispassionate advocate for my client's position...

476
00:30:38,536 --> 00:30:41,664
but I have to tell you
that this case-

477
00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:44,708
it just makes me mad.

478
00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:48,267
You see, I know someone
who is addicted to crystal meth.

479
00:30:48,379 --> 00:30:51,940
This is a lethal drug. It would've killed her
if she hadn't stopped using it.

480
00:30:52,050 --> 00:30:54,450
So when I hear people talk
about being addicted...

481
00:30:54,552 --> 00:30:57,350
to their BlackBerry,
to soap operas, video games-

482
00:30:57,455 --> 00:31:01,414
Believe me, if anyone who's addicted to
crystal meth could suddenly wave a magic wand...

483
00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:04,051
and be addicted
to video games instead...

484
00:31:04,162 --> 00:31:07,063
they would do it in a heartbeat.

485
00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:11,124
Now, you heard testimony that playing
this game raises your dopamine level.

486
00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:13,170
We don't deny that.

487
00:31:13,271 --> 00:31:16,570
But the fact is, anything you enjoy
doing raises your dopamine level.

488
00:31:16,674 --> 00:31:19,165
Sports, chocolate, exercise, sex.
On and on and on.

489
00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:21,404
When Einstein was developing
his theory of relativity...

490
00:31:21,512 --> 00:31:23,707
I'm sure that his dopamine level
was through the roof.

491
00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:27,410
Where do we draw the line
between addiction and passion?

492
00:31:27,518 --> 00:31:31,887
And the fact is,
this case is an insult...

493
00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:35,255
to anyone who has a real addiction
to a harmful substance.

494
00:31:38,029 --> 00:31:42,090
Now, we are all sad
that Wesley Beller is dead.

495
00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:48,936
But Alcove Games
did not cause his death.

496
00:32:16,701 --> 00:32:19,864
After reviewing the papers
and the evidence presented...

497
00:32:19,971 --> 00:32:21,939
I agree with Mr. Chase.

498
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:26,443
The defense's motion
for summaryjudgment is granted.

499
00:32:26,544 --> 00:32:29,342
We're adjourned.

500
00:32:31,382 --> 00:32:34,351
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

501
00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:36,682
- Brad.
- Paul.

502
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:40,724
Man! I knew we'd win,
but you never really know till it's over.

503
00:32:40,825 --> 00:32:43,293
- You bet.
- So, champ, where can I buy you dinner?

504
00:32:43,394 --> 00:32:45,555
McClosky's.
Best steaks in town.

505
00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:58,401
Mrs. Beller.

506
00:32:58,509 --> 00:33:01,569
I'm truly sorry about your son.

507
00:33:02,947 --> 00:33:05,575
I'm sure you'll be sorry
about the next one too.

508
00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,821
A little lower.

509
00:33:20,932 --> 00:33:25,062
Oh, yeah.
Just a little bit lower.

510
00:33:25,169 --> 00:33:28,002
Not quite low enough.

511
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:43,113
I have always empathized
with your mad cow.

512
00:33:44,522 --> 00:33:47,320
In a seismic shift of character...

513
00:33:47,425 --> 00:33:51,919
I was momentarily thinking
only of myself.

514
00:33:53,598 --> 00:33:56,032
As I said, Denny...

515
00:33:56,134 --> 00:33:58,898
words are my friends.

516
00:33:59,003 --> 00:34:01,369
To think that I might suddenly-

517
00:34:01,472 --> 00:34:03,440
Why are you so anxious?

518
00:34:03,541 --> 00:34:06,533
Here, of all places,
where people only rub you the right way?

519
00:34:06,644 --> 00:34:10,273
- Work. I'm nervous about work.
- Why?

520
00:34:10,381 --> 00:34:14,408
Denny, they could walk through
my door on any given day and just fire me.

521
00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:17,818
I've offended everybody
there is to offend.

522
00:34:17,922 --> 00:34:22,120
I was hoping to at least ingratiate myself
with Shirley sexually...

523
00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:24,888
but she rebuffs me.

524
00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:28,926
Robe, please.

525
00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:36,502
Out, please.

526
00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:41,641
Since when have you been
afraid of losing your job?

527
00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:45,739
You relish the idea ofbeing able
to walk at the drop of a hat.

528
00:34:45,850 --> 00:34:49,581
- Hell, you threaten to.
- I guess I just don't feel that freedom anymore.

529
00:34:49,687 --> 00:34:52,485
- Is it money?
- It's not money.

530
00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:54,490
What is it then?

531
00:34:55,693 --> 00:34:57,593
I'd miss you, Denny.

532
00:35:03,601 --> 00:35:05,501
You're a liar.

533
00:35:05,603 --> 00:35:09,300
You can't walk because you think
you have to be there to protect me...

534
00:35:09,407 --> 00:35:11,375
to save me from myself.

535
00:35:11,476 --> 00:35:13,603
That's certainly not it.

536
00:35:13,711 --> 00:35:17,374
For the first time in your life,
you feel trapped...

537
00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:19,382
and I'm the reason.

538
00:35:19,484 --> 00:35:21,952
Why can't we just leave it
at "I'd miss you, Denny"?

539
00:35:22,053 --> 00:35:24,112
Denny Crane has never needed anybody!

540
00:35:24,222 --> 00:35:29,216
And that's a tragedy, one for which
I empathize as well as sympathize.

541
00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:32,728
I will never be anybody's charity project.

542
00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:37,701
If that has something to do
with our friendship...

543
00:35:40,171 --> 00:35:42,799
I no longer want it.

544
00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:51,009
Have you thought for one second about
what you're doing to the Richardson children?

545
00:35:51,115 --> 00:35:53,583
I'm about to make parent-teacher night
a lot less awkward.

546
00:35:53,684 --> 00:35:55,584
I'm serious.

547
00:35:55,686 --> 00:35:58,883
There's a new book out that says that
there's no such thing as an amicable divorce...

548
00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,515
that children are far more
traumatized by divorce...

549
00:36:01,626 --> 00:36:04,493
than they would be by growing up
in a house with a bad marriage.

550
00:36:04,595 --> 00:36:06,392
Well, they didn't grow up in my house.

551
00:36:06,497 --> 00:36:08,829
And there's a study from
the University College Dublin...

552
00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:11,265
that found that
the effects of divorce on children...

553
00:36:11,369 --> 00:36:13,929
are far more damaging
than the death of a parent.

554
00:36:14,038 --> 00:36:16,666
Exactly how much time
do you spend on the Internet?

555
00:36:16,774 --> 00:36:18,674
You're not breaking up
some group of freaks here.

556
00:36:18,776 --> 00:36:21,506
The Richardsons work.
That family unit works.

557
00:36:21,612 --> 00:36:25,912
And they can remain a family
as long as they're not married.

558
00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:28,349
I know.

559
00:36:28,452 --> 00:36:30,420
I spoke to Ray and his wives...

560
00:36:30,521 --> 00:36:34,423
and they have all agreed reluctantly
to get divorced and live in sin.

561
00:36:34,525 --> 00:36:37,016
All they ask is that you
recommend probation.

562
00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:41,290
Denise, I-

563
00:36:41,399 --> 00:36:46,496
As long as he quits breaking the law,
I have no interest in putting him in jail.

564
00:36:46,604 --> 00:36:50,199
- I'm sure we can make this work.
- Thank you.

565
00:36:50,308 --> 00:36:52,538
Yeah.

566
00:36:58,649 --> 00:37:01,140
H- Have you had dinner yet?

567
00:37:01,252 --> 00:37:03,447
Um, it's 4:00.

568
00:37:03,554 --> 00:37:06,455
Oh. Yeah.

569
00:37:06,557 --> 00:37:10,049
I'm sorry.
I- I- I haven't dated in so long.

570
00:37:12,163 --> 00:37:16,065
Would you like to get some food
at a more appropriate time?

571
00:37:16,167 --> 00:37:18,829
- Today.
- Sure.

572
00:37:33,851 --> 00:37:36,820
- Congratulations.
- Oh, thanks.

573
00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:40,584
Looks like Chris wants us
to handle all his business from now on.

574
00:37:40,691 --> 00:37:43,251
Good.

575
00:37:43,361 --> 00:37:46,694
Uh, Paul, you didn't get a chance
to say hello to Rachel, did you?

576
00:37:48,032 --> 00:37:51,331
I did. She'll be getting
out of rehab in a few weeks.

577
00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:54,029
Good for her.

578
00:37:56,607 --> 00:37:58,700
Brad.

579
00:37:58,809 --> 00:38:00,936
I want you to stay away from her.

580
00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:05,511
Beg your pardon?

581
00:38:05,616 --> 00:38:09,245
As part of the 12-step
program of recovery...

582
00:38:09,353 --> 00:38:12,151
they strongly suggest
that she not be involved...

583
00:38:12,256 --> 00:38:14,622
in any relationships for a year.

584
00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:18,627
This allows her
to focus on mending her life.

585
00:38:18,729 --> 00:38:22,256
And any distractions
could jeopardize that process...

586
00:38:22,366 --> 00:38:25,631
and make her more susceptible
to returning to drugs.

587
00:38:26,837 --> 00:38:29,829
So therefore...

588
00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:33,376
I am strongly suggesting...

589
00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:36,139
that you stay away from her.

590
00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:12,349
Okay, so I worry about you a little.
Is that so bad?

591
00:39:12,450 --> 00:39:16,546
With my night terrors,
the clown phobia and now word salad...

592
00:39:16,654 --> 00:39:18,622
you don't worry about me?

593
00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:29,198
You know, strangers aren't always
gonna be there for us, Denny.

594
00:39:31,369 --> 00:39:34,167
I'm gonna say this once.
I don't want it repeated.

595
00:39:34,271 --> 00:39:36,535
I need friendship.

596
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,700
I especially need this one.

597
00:39:51,655 --> 00:39:53,646
Did you not hear a word I said?

598
00:39:53,758 --> 00:39:55,953
Heard every word.
Thing isn't on.

599
00:40:01,432 --> 00:40:04,162
Is it really so horrible
for people to need each other?

600
00:40:04,268 --> 00:40:07,465
Doesn't it give you comfort that
I'm here to cover for you when you slip?

601
00:40:07,571 --> 00:40:10,631
That in the end, I'll be there to shoot you?

602
00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:14,074
It comforts me
that you need the friendship.

603
00:40:23,154 --> 00:40:25,122
I've thought about it.
I agree.

604
00:40:25,222 --> 00:40:27,690
You've survived here
a hundred years or so without me.

605
00:40:27,792 --> 00:40:30,260
I could leave,
and you'd go on just fine.

606
00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:33,194
But for me to go on, Denny,
I need my balcony time...

607
00:40:33,297 --> 00:40:35,595
whether I work here or not.

608
00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,934
You got it.

609
00:40:39,036 --> 00:40:42,699
Typically when I get fired,
I'm banned from the premises.

610
00:40:45,209 --> 00:40:49,441
Service elevator.
I got the keys.

611
00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:52,107
You think of everything.

612
00:40:52,216 --> 00:40:56,380
- Denny-
- Crane.

613
00:40:57,922 --> 00:41:00,686
You've got it.

614
00:41:56,647 --> 00:41:59,138
You stinker!

