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I'll ask you one more time to
reconsider.

I've given it a lot of thought, Mark. I
know this. And both you and Scott vowed

from the onset it would be my decision.
Which it still is.

But as DA, Scott's the one who takes the
heat. I don't mind taking the heat.

Can I give this speech one more time
just to be sure that I have made the

If the point gets any more etched in my
brow, I'm going to need to take time off

to get Botox. But, okay, go ahead.

Aside from the First Amendment issues.

To be prosecuting a news magazine for
murder, you'll never win.

And even if you should, the appeals
would go on through the SJC all the way

the Supreme Court.

Great, I'll get to meet Rehnquist.
Always had a crush.

Helen, it's a taxpayer's money.

Can we really justify spending $10
million to secure a conviction that's

to be struck down?

My speech?

Sure. As a result of the actions of that
television producer, A Woman is Dead,

it was a criminal act.

I only wish I could make a case against
the whole network.

That kind of comment... It is still my
decision, right?

Yes. In part, because you'd crucify
Scott Colby in the press if he reneged.

Well, whichever way we get there, wish
me luck.

There is speculation that if the
executive producer of Timeline is found

a civil lawsuit against ABC will follow.

Many think the district attorney is
prosecuting the producer first, hoping

accessory conviction against him will
bolster chances of getting a murder

conviction against the doctor.

You're actually doing this?

Prosecuting a news producer for murder?

Accessory. Accessory to murder?

Which he's guilty of if he encouraged
it.

Well, this will certainly give you your
15 minutes.

You think that's what this is about?

No.

What is this about?

But if I were to tell, what would I
think you were doing?

I'm taking some ballroom dancing
lessons.

My son has these dances, so I want to
teach him.

First, I have to learn how.

I can ballroom dance.

I could teach your son if you want.

I really wouldn't mind.

Are you any good?

Did you announce yourselves as police
officers as you entered?

Yes, we did. We yelled, police, freeze.

The next thing, he was shooting.

The defendant?

Yes. I was wounded in both the shoulder
and the leg.

The warrant was for the house next door?

Yes. You made a mistake.

Yes, but that doesn't mean... Thank you,
detective. You answered the question.

Now, when you charged into the wrong
house, almost instantly, my client began

shooting. Yes.

Immediately. Yes.

And your men returned fire.

Yes. Wounding my client. Yes. He was
shot three times.

I believe so. You basically charged into
the home of an innocent person.

Shot him three times. Objection.
Sustained.

That's all I have.

We'll take a break until one o 'clock.

Mr. Donald, I'll see you in chambers a
minute.

For the record, I won't allow any more
arguments in question form.

All lawyers love to do it. You seem
particularly fond of it. And I'm putting

on notice right now that I'll be cutting
you off in open court.

I don't think I've been any more
argumentative than the district

Well, I think you have.

But I'll be shutting her down, too, if
we come to that.

Is that all?

No.

Could you sit?

This is a little awkward.

I take pride in adhering strictly to
ethical obligations.

And as great as this is... What's going
on? It has absolutely no bearing on this

case.

Well, I suppose the easiest way for me
to say it is... for me to just say it.

About six weeks ago...

I had what I would consider to be an
extremely erotic dream.

And you were in it.

I won't go into the details, except to
say that you were quite well

The problem is that I shared this with
Judge Hiller. She and I are friends, as

you know. You told Judge Hiller? Oh,
she's more of a sport than you think.

We had a couple of fool girl chuckles.

Anyway, as you also know, if there's
anyone more insistent on ethical

obligations than I, it's Zoe.

She came here yesterday, and she said,
given that I had a

sexual fantasy involving one of the
lawyers on a case over which I'm

I should perhaps recuse myself.

I thought the idea ridiculous, and I
said so.

But, as he pointed out, a judge has the
duty to

avoid even the appearance of
impropriety.

Now, it has no influence on this case,
but I felt that perhaps I should

bring it to your attention, and if you
feel that I should recuse myself,

I will.

But I...

If it has no bearing... It doesn't.

And I think the trial's going well for
my client.

Well, it would definitely be unethical
for me to comment on that.

If you don't think it'll interfere with
your ability to be impartial, then,

um... I'm... I'm okay.

Fine.

That's all that... Bobby,

this, of course, is extremely sensitive.

Not to say embarrassing.

If you wouldn't mind not telling
anybody.

sure this is what you wish to do.

Yes.

And God is sure.

Is there anything else you'd like to
say, Mary?

The drug will take effect almost
immediately.

I have the tape running, so... I've said
my goodbyes.

I just want to die now.

Remember, there'll be two different
injections.

The second one will put you out.

There is one last thing.

And that was it.

Mary Burlington closed her eyes and went
from living to dead.

How long have you been a producer on
Timeline?

Almost three years. And in your capacity
as producer, did you have the occasion

to meet Dr. Ryan, the physician featured
in the tape?

Yes. He came in for a meeting in
November of 1998.

Who was present in the meeting?

Myself, Dr.

Ryan, and John Matlin, our executive
producer.

Could you describe the context of the
meeting?

Well, Dr.

Ryan had just recently been acquitted
for the third time for assisted suicide.

He was basically proposing that he be
the subject of an in -depth interview, a

profile sort of thing.

How did Mr. Matlin respond?

It was negative.

He said the physician -assisted suicide
thing was a tired issue, and unless

there was a new spin, he wouldn't be
interested.

He also felt that Dr. Ryan was just
trying to promote his quest.

So he said no. Yes.

But then, as Dr. Ryan was about to
leave, John said, you don't have any of

assisted suicides on videotape, do you?

What did Dr.

Ryan say to that? He said no, but I
could see his wheels spinning.

Objection. Suspended.

Jury will disregard that statement.

Miss Kramer, could you describe the tone
of Mr. Matlin's question to Dr.

Ryan as to whether there was a tape?

In my opinion, it was the equivalent of
a suggestion.

He was basically saying, if you have it
on videotape, we'd be interested.

Objection. Overruled. Do you think the
defendant encouraged the tape?

Objection. Leading.

Overruled. I'll ask again.

Is it your impression that Mr. Matlin
encouraged Dr.

Ryan to get it on tape?

Yes, it was.

He didn't say go out and get one on
tape, did he?

No, not in those words.

And when he was referring to videotape,
he was talking in the past tense, is

that right?

Yes, but as I said, I felt an implied
suggestion that this doctor go out and

something in the future.

And that bothered you?

Yes. And after you heard what you
believed to be Mr. Matlin encouraging

Ryan to go out and tape an assisted
suicide, what did you do?

What did I do?

Yes. Did you protest to Mr. Matlin? Did
you say anything to anybody at that

time?

No. Well, I guess it didn't bother you
that much, eh, Miss Kramer?

Objection. Overruled. After hearing what
you believe to be somebody encouraging

a suicide, you just sit tight.

Is that the honorable thing to do?

Objection. All right, Mr.

Robertson. Isn't it true that it was
only after the negative public response

this broadcast that you seized the
opportunity to go after my client? That

not true.

You like John Matlin, Miss Kramer? We've
had our differences.

Never tried to get him fired?

Objection. Overruled.

Did you ever try to take his job, Miss
Kramer?

Our differences were professional. It
has nothing to do with me sitting in

chair today.

No, of course not, because you are an
honorable person.

Objection. This is just political, isn't
it? Or should I direct that question to

the district attorney?

Objection! Sustained. And after Dr.

Ryan came back with the tape, having
committed this terrible crime that you

think your boss motivated, did you
resign?

No.

You still with the company?

Yes. Gee whiz.

Nothing further.

You're calling the doctor?

I have to. The case will be tough enough
without relying on a hostile witness,

don't you think? I have to establish
that a crime was committed, otherwise I

can't make accessory.

But why should the doctor help? He goes
on trial himself next month. He doesn't

care if he gets convicted. He's a
martyr.

Helen, he's a hostile witness who could
destroy your whole case.

Let him try.

What is with you?

I heard that.

Your Honor.

Oh, great.

Six years I've been riding this
elevator. I don't think I've ever been

with you.

Make one lousy confession.

Well, it's... I do apologize.

It wasn't something you could avoid.

Well, isn't that a vain take on it?

I didn't mean it that way. I meant it
was a dream, not something you did

consciously. It's just, it was through.

Visit.

I'll see you in there. Yes.

That's it.

You should also listen to the music.

I'm listening.

It should be noticeable that you're
listening.

What's going on?

Dancing lessons.

He wants to learn, and I figure it's a
good way to get some extra time with

That's it, Kendall.

Excellent.

He did not tell me to go videotape a
death.

Why'd you do it? Because I chose to.

So it's just a big coincidence. The
defendant says to you, have you got one

tape, and suddenly you choose to turn on
a video recorder.

Objection. This is her witness. A
hostile witness. Who, nevertheless,

allowed to finish his answers.

I agree.

You were seeking news coverage, weren't
you, Doctor? I don't deny that.

But it certainly played no part in my
decision to participate in euthanizing

Mrs. Burlington. And I take extreme
offense at your suggestion.

The issue of euthanasia, you feel
strongly about this, don't you, doctor?

Yes, I do. You're passionate about this.

Well? Do you do anything else? Do you
treat patients as a physician other than

to help them die?

You're passionate about this.

Yes. In fact, a segment on Timeline
would be huge exposure for you in this

issue, wouldn't it? That's not why...
The question is, would a segment on

Timeline be great exposure?

Yes or no?

Of course.

Do you think your passion for this cause
could have possibly made you slightly

more inclined to put Mrs. Burlington to
death? No. It was her decision, Miss

Gamble. The tape clearly reflected that.

Don't you think patients are influenced
by their doctors?

I will tell you, in this situation, like
every situation, the patient was of

sound mind and free will when she
decided that she wanted to end her

She was of sound mind?

Yes. You think suffering people are of
sound mind?

Ever known pain to compromise a person's
judgment, doctor? That wasn't going on

here. I heard her say on that tape that
God was sure it was time for her to die.

What did she mean by that?

Well... Did you even bother to ask what
she meant?

Objection. Overruled. Or did you have to
run out and kill somebody else that

day? Objection. Miss Gamble. How long
have you been treating Mrs. Burlington?

Not too long. More than a year? No. A
month?

A few weeks. A few weeks. Can you say
you truly knew this woman? I knew and

trusted her decision.

Doctor, don't you think you should at
least know the person before you inject

them with the fatal drug?

Objection. Miss Gamble. If there was a
cure for Mrs. Burlington, do you think

she would have wanted to die?

Probably not.

But there was no cure. How many doctors
did you talk to before concluding there

was no cure?

ALS is known. Did you call Johns
Hopkins, UCLA, the Mayo Clinic? Did you

research as to whether a cure or any
experimental drugs would be viable

week, a month, two months? It's my
understanding there is no such cure or

It's your understanding, doctor.

Don't you think you should make
absolutely sure before you kill her?

Objection. This man is not on trial. She
wasn't even in the...

Helen.

Helen.

I'm not here to beat you up. Whatever
your feelings for the doctor, this case

about whether that news show aided and
abetted a murder.

It's Matlin's state of mind that counts.
Convincing the jury that Dr. Jekyll in

there is evil won't buy conviction
against Matlin in this trial. And for

be losing sight of that... This is about
your grandmother.

About you hating doctors for pulling the
plug on her. I agreed to pull that

plug. You didn't do anything.

You were 17.

This isn't something you should be
playing out in that room.

The defendant encouraged a murder.

Then keep it about the defendant.

It's irrelevant.

That's for a jury to decide. It is not,
Jean. Relevancy is a bench call. The

jury... And how about letting the bench
make the call?

I'll take it to Benny.

If I think it's... Your Honor, whether
or not he had a valid gun permit, it

doesn't make any difference.

Then why are you so concerned?

Because she's putting it in to make my
client look like a bad guy. I'm putting

it in to show your guy has a thing about
guns. Oh, please. I'll admit it to

Benny. If I think it's prejudicial, I'll
strike it later. It's not a bill with

much of a ding, Counsel.

Let's go back in.

Irrelevant? You know it.

I think I am going to recuse myself.

I keep thinking about you.

Do you know what it probably is? It's
that stupid cologne you're wearing.

My husband wore that.

We even buried him in it.

Maybe I'm having a midlife crisis.

Anyway.

Well, it'll probably be a mistrial. Yes,
I know.

I'm sorry.

Well, what reason will you give a
mistrial at this point? It'll be on the

record.

Maybe I'll say I've taken L.

Ah, what a mess.

You know what Zoe said to me?

She said, Roberta, your heart would
never go anywhere uninvited. And then

said, are you sure he doesn't have a
little crush on you?

That's not the case, is it?

Well... I don't mean to embarrass you.

What? Is it so totally nuts, you and an
older woman? No, no.

You can be honest. I'm recusing myself.

Have you ever fantasized about an older
woman?

Jacqueline Buffett.

Jacqueline Buffett.

And not me.

Well, I mean, you're the judge.

Even if I would never with the judge.

It's probably the rope.

Yeah.

Well, I'm sorry for being human.

We'll be getting you another judge.

Okay.

The idea that I solicited that tape is
beneath comment.

And what exactly did you say to Dr.

Ryan? I asked him if he had a videotape.

Past tense. I never directly nor
indirectly suggested that he go out and

one. Why'd you ask if he had a tape?

I won't deny it might have made a
difference. A man has a videotape of an

euthanasia. That's news. So it would be
fair for Dr.

Ryan to leave your office with the idea
that a videotape, that's news.

Ms. Gamble, a convenience store is held
up. It doesn't get airtime.

But caught on camera, it leads.

We're a voyeuristic nation.

Are you going to hold me responsible for
that?

See, the difference is the prospect of
news coverage doesn't encourage 7

robbers. They're after money.

Here you offered Dr. Ryan exactly what
he was after. That is absolutely false.

You knew this man was on a mission to
legalize euthanasia and you sent him out

of your office with the idea that some
videotape would make a difference.

I did not say go out and kill somebody.

How long before Dr.

Ryan returned with the tape of Mrs.

Burlington's death?

I think about ten days.

Ten days.

Let me ask you.

On average, how long does it take to
produce a typical segment for broadcast?

And by that I mean research, writing,
shooting, editing.

Pre - and post -production take about
two months.

Research varies. It can take about a
year.

When Dr.

Ryan returned to your office with the
tape, how much time elapsed before it

aired? This one was shorter.

How much time between the time you got
the tape and the time it aired?

About a week.

Do you recall when it aired?

November. November.

Did you tell him you needed it for
sweeps?

Go ahead.

Try to avoid my feet if you can.

Watch this, Eugene.

See what a quick study he is.

Look, Dad.

I'm doing it.

I can see.

Um, not so close.

Like this.

Okay, Eugene.

Why don't you dance with him so I can
see his posture?

I don't want to dance with him. It will
just be for a second.

Kendall, you lead.

You're terrible.

Miss Ward?

Please call your next witness.

Your Honor, ex -party sidebar.

Quickly. What's going on?

I thought about it all night.

And I really do feel I can stay
impartial. In fact, I know I can.

And if you don't mind, I'd like to spare
myself the embarrassment.

If you have even the slightest suspicion
that my work is being affected by my

hormones, bring a motion for recusal. I
will take myself off.

Is that fair?

I actually live right across the street.

From the defendant?

Yes. And did you ever see the defendant
and John Marks together?

Oh, sure. They were neighbors. Friendly?

Yes? Mr. Barton, did you have knowledge
that Mr. Marks was in the drug

trafficking business?

Assuming facts, not in evidence.

Sustained. The jury will disregard the
question. Do you have reason to know

Mr. Marks does for a living?

He deals drugs.

How do you know this?

He told me. And what else did he tell
you?

Well, I asked him if he was ever afraid
of getting busted, and he said,

sometimes.

But he could always hide his stuff at
Bob's house, at the police, wherever he

is. Objection. Hearsay. Move the strike
deck. Declaration against interest, Your

Honor. Exception to the hearsay rule.

What declaration?

Mr. Marks said this in a context while
admitting he was a drug dealer. Now,

that's either an admission or it's a
declaration against interest. In either

case... That statement is so prejudicial
and unreliable. I'm overruling the

objection. Your Honor. The objection is
overruled. Sit down, counsel.

My mother wanted to die.

She was in pain. She didn't want to be a
burden.

She made the decision to die.

Mr. Burlington, you've heard the
prosecution's suggestion that your

have died as a result of this television
broadcast.

It's not only ridiculous, it's
offensive.

It trivializes her and her decision, and
I find this whole trial to be

repugnant. By your own statement, you
said your mother went back and forth on

this, didn't she?

Yes, but she was clear in the end. She
was clear in the end, but do you make

room for the possibility that after she
talked to Dr.

Ryan that first meeting, she became more
clear?

I don't know.

Well, did she have any fear of being
euthanized?

She had concerns of pain.

Her biggest was, what if it doesn't
work?

And she ends up comatose. So it would be
fair to say that he had some influence.

Your Honor, I have to object.

Dr. Ryan is not on trial here. I'm
establishing that Mr.

Matlin's influence on the doctor
resulted in the doctor influencing the

All right.

She was more certain of what she wanted
to do after talking to Dr. Ryan, yes or

no?

Yes. Thank you.

What do you mean she hit on you? Well,
she... While she's the judge on your

case? She was going to recuse herself,
and then she thought it would have no

effect. Bobby.

I don't think it'll have any effect.
What exactly did she say?

Listen, it's not important. I just want
to know exactly what she said.

It started with that she had some kind
of erotic dream about me, and then, I

don't know, she couldn't stop thinking
about me. And she's still on this case?

Lindsay. Does this just happen?

Women come up to you and tell you that
you're in their dreams?

Can you guys keep it down?

She didn't have to tell me. I mean, she
wasn't admitting any bias.

Bobby, how can this woman be the judge
on your case? Lindsay, I keep talking to

you as a colleague, and you keep coming
back at me as a girlfriend.

Well, I've got problems as a colleague
and a girlfriend. Just forget about her,

all right? Just forget about her. Shut
up! I'm trying to do a closing. Go

somewhere else.

What's wrong with you?

Is she okay?

No.

Am I from another planet?

The news, the press, they say I'm nuts
to prosecute.

My own boss.

What am I missing?

Wasn't this the equivalent of a hired
hit? A hired hit?

Helen, you don't really believe the
defendant wanted somebody to get killed,

you? would do, Lindsay.

He was reckless.

He knew this wacko doctor would do
anything to get on the news. So maybe

were stupid or negligent.

But an accessory to murder?

These people don't know their influence,
Lindsay. Not the news producers, not

the doctors. They don't realize.

Maybe if some DA had the guts to go
after one of these doctors, then

Maybe what?

The doctor who upped your grandmother's
morphine drip would have thought twice?

Old people, they're impressionable.

Especially when they're sick.

And when they hurt.

And when a doctor says, hey, it's okay
to die.

Helen, at some point you have to let go
of this.

She looks at me.

She said, it's right.

It's time to leave. But there was
something in her eyes.

Something said, tell me otherwise.

You were a teenager.

Your mother, your father, your aunts and
uncles, there were a lot of people she

talked to. But I'm the only one who
really knew.

She didn't want to be a burden.

She thought it was her duty to die. And
these doctors, they make it okay to die.

And then...

Old people somehow begin to think it's
their duty.

Whether that's true or not, that isn't
the case.

You've got to go in there tomorrow and
do a closing on this case. It isn't

your grandmother and it isn't about that
doctor.

Helen, you're prosecuting a news
magazine for murder.

Do you get that?

I never offered to hide his drugs for
him. That's just a flat -out

Mr. Harbin, the question on everybody's
minds.

Why did you start shooting that night?

First, I didn't know they were police
officers. I just heard noise.

As soon as the door came open, I saw a
gun.

I grabbed for mine.

And opened fire.

Living next door to Mark's, I did know
how he made his money.

I knew the kind of people that came
calling over there. It made me nervous.

I have a family, and when I heard
yelling and doors being kicked down, I

thought, oh, God, what's happening? And
as I said, as soon as I saw the gun, I

just... Better them than me.

You have a permit for the gun?

No. I would never be able to get one to
carry.

And in that neighborhood, I wanted to
carry. And when you saw the police

uniforms, what, you thought they looked
fake?

I started shooting before I saw
uniforms.

I was afraid. You ever have occasion to
shoot somebody else before, Mr. Harbin?

Objection. Did you shoot at a man
walking his dog?

Objection. Pattern. Prior badass.

Pattern. Counsel.

Approach.

Two years ago, he shot at a man he
claimed he thought was a prowler. Oh,

on. That's completely inadmissible. This
man shoots first, claims fear later.

I'm not going to allow it, counsel.

Your Honor, I'd ask that you declare a
mistrial. There's no point in that.

You're not going to get that.

The jury heard that. And I will give
them an instruction, but we're not

any mistrial.

It's a legitimate cause for a mistrial,
Your Honor.

I've made my ruling.

Timothy McVeigh made the covers of Time
and Newsweek seven times.

Jeffrey Dahmer, that serial killer that
ate his victims, he made it too. Did

they commit their crimes for fame?

Well, I seriously doubt it.

But there are a lot of sick people out
there looking to be noticed, hoping to

matter.

Well, what about that guy that says to
himself, Timothy McVeigh got famous, so

can I.

Should we hold Time and Newsweek liable
for his crimes?

The gang member in L .A., he's sure to
be in front of the television at 11 o

'clock to see if he made the news.

Everybody wants their 15 minutes being
on TV.

It's almost as good as a reward.

Should we start holding the news
companies liable for the gang member's

I suppose we could.

The whole point with terrorism is to
make a statement. Without the news,

no effect.

Surely, if we outlawed the coverage of
terrorist attacks, terrorism would go

down. Well, why don't we then? And why
stop there?

We could kill all the stories that lead
to copycat crimes.

The Pentagon, I'm sure that they would
jump at the chance to squash certain

reports in the interest of national
security.

You want to go down that road?

Because you can.

We can start legislating the news
business like any other.

Decide what you should hear and what you
shouldn't.

You want to go down that road?

Clearly, the prosecution does.

If a network news executive said to a
terrorist, get one on tape and we'll

with it, we would absolutely prosecute
the executive. Trust me.

Dr. Ryan left John Matlin's office with
a message.

Videotape one, you get your profile.

That's encouragement.

By their own admission, they knew this
doctor was on a quest to promote

euthanasia. This doctor's a zealot,
willing to be arrested, willing to spend

entire life in jail, anything for the
cause.

And what do they do?

They hold out a carrot for him to commit
the crime again.

Incentive equals encouragement.

Would Dr. Ryan have killed her anyway?

Maybe. Maybe not.

It doesn't matter. As the judge will
instruct you, we don't have to prove,

for the defendant's actions, there would
have been no crime.

All we have to show is that it was
possible that this encouragement could

been effective.

And of course it could have. And this
doctor certainly got what he wanted,

didn't he?

Mary Burlington is dead and Dr.

Ryan got on for sweets.

Freedom of the press is not absolute,
ladies and gentlemen.

And freedom of speech doesn't give you
the right to facilitate a murder.

And believe it or not, winning your time
slot doesn't get you off.

We all sit back and say, look what
journalism has become.

You have two choices.

Go back to that room.

And continue to sit back.

Or don't.

Aggravated assault?

There's no way we can't jump at it.
Those were police officers.

But I panicked. Robert, you shot a
detective.

Add to that the statement that you hide
the guy's stash. I never.

But it's in evidence.

And the jury heard about you shooting
the dog walker.

Listen.

doing this a long time.

We should take the aggravated assault.

The only reason it's being offered is
because the DA is convinced she'll never

beat us.

But she's wrong.

She'll win this.

Are you sure?

Positive.

You didn't tell him?

No. Should I?

I don't think.

None of her rulings were clearly in
error.

But they all went against you.

Not all. She shut down the dog walker
incident. She didn't let it come into

evidence. Yeah, but like you say, the
jury heard it. And she wouldn't give you

the mistrial.

What judge would call a mistrial at this
point in the trial?

So you've got nothing concrete that
she's doing anything wrong, aside from

hitting on you?

Right. But you can't be sure.

Right. This is what you get by not
getting her accused. I don't want to

embarrass her. She's a good judge
looking in here. You're going to say,

grain of salt.

Lover's fat.

Sort of.

How's it going?

There's a verdict. Jury's back in ten.

You said you'd teach him. I know, but
it's just... For what? He's loving it.

That's the problem, Eugene.

He's liking it a little too much.

What are you talking about?

He kind of got excited.

What do you mean, excited?

He grabbed my butt a little.

He's barely 11.

Well, he's a man.

I heard you're entering a play.

Did I have a choice?

Accusation in that tone? The statement
from the neighbor was hearsay. It

shouldn't have come in.

Nor should the prior bad act have... You
made those objections. They're on the

record, which means you can appeal them.

A little tough after we plea.

Don't enter one, then.

Problem is, you know my rulings will
hold up on appeal.

I know they might.

They're close.

You could have gone either way.

You expected me to go your way because I
like your glutes?

I didn't expect you to retaliate for my
not liking yours.

I can take rejection as a woman, Bobby,
but I don't much care for being

criticized as a judge. You erred as a
judge by asking me out. Which I freely

admit, but my rulings were legally
accurate and completely independent of

personal feelings. I can never know
that, can I?

Make your appeal, then.

I never.

Oh, no.

Has the jury reached the verdict? We
have.

Will the defendant please stand?

What say you? In the matter of
Commonwealth v. John Matlin, on the

aiding and abetting a homicide, we find
the defendant, John Matlin, guilty.

Order.

Order!

Your Honor, Your Honor, the defense asks
that the judge set this verdict aside.

Denied. Bailiff, take the defendant into
custody.

The jury is dismissed with the thanks of
the court. We're adjourned.

Well, they think about two weeks for the
voucher trial.

No. And slower.

Well, it's pretty straight ahead, but
there's a lot on forensics, so who

Yeah.

No, that'd be all right.

We'll put it on the calendar then.

Really?

No. I don't think so.

Okay. Yeah.

Bye -bye.