1 00:00:27,623 --> 00:00:28,817 Tara. 2 00:00:31,821 --> 00:00:34,310 Hi, I'm Brad chase from D.C. 3 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:35,564 Alan shore. 4 00:00:35,564 --> 00:00:36,736 Pleasure. 5 00:00:36,736 --> 00:00:39,076 I think that's my seat. 6 00:00:39,076 --> 00:00:40,996 Yes, I did see someone's things here. 7 00:00:40,996 --> 00:00:44,661 I moved them to a less desirable location. 8 00:00:48,006 --> 00:00:54,223 I'm sorry. We're not territorial about that sort of thing around here, are we? 9 00:00:57,753 --> 00:00:58,875 Denny crane. 10 00:00:58,875 --> 00:01:01,054 Yes, Denny, I know. I run the New York office. 11 00:01:01,054 --> 00:01:02,703 Oh! / Peter stone. 12 00:01:02,703 --> 00:01:04,793 - Denny crane. - I know. I'm Chicago. 13 00:01:04,793 --> 00:01:08,340 My kind of town. Always had the best sex of my life in Chicago. 14 00:01:08,340 --> 00:01:09,349 What about you? 15 00:01:09,349 --> 00:01:10,501 Well, um... 16 00:01:10,501 --> 00:01:12,488 Greetings, Tokyo, London. 17 00:01:12,488 --> 00:01:13,901 Good morning. 18 00:01:13,901 --> 00:01:15,110 Morning, Denny. 19 00:01:15,110 --> 00:01:18,648 Brad chase, there you are, soldier. 20 00:01:18,648 --> 00:01:22,993 Oh. Everybody remembers Brad chase, I'm sure, hell, if I do. 21 00:01:22,993 --> 00:01:25,477 It's good to see you, man. All right, everybody. 22 00:01:25,477 --> 00:01:27,294 Lock and load. 23 00:01:28,073 --> 00:01:29,670 Item one, 24 00:01:29,670 --> 00:01:31,882 forget item one. 25 00:01:31,882 --> 00:01:36,239 Actually, Denny, item one is a rather urgent matter that we must discuss. 26 00:01:36,239 --> 00:01:37,576 Why don't you brief us? 27 00:01:37,576 --> 00:01:40,074 Gladly. If we... 28 00:01:40,074 --> 00:01:42,564 Item two, Beckerman discovery? What the hell is that? 29 00:01:42,564 --> 00:01:45,866 Uh, well, opposing counsel was granted their motion to compel, 30 00:01:45,866 --> 00:01:47,536 which means we are now required 31 00:01:47,536 --> 00:01:50,927 to turn over all correspondence and scientific studies. 32 00:01:50,927 --> 00:01:53,492 What about the ones we burned before the judge's order? 33 00:01:53,492 --> 00:01:54,989 We didn't burn any documents. 34 00:01:54,989 --> 00:01:57,200 Well, sure we did. 35 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,200 Do it today. 36 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,998 All right, Nigel, keep going. We're listening. 37 00:02:01,998 --> 00:02:03,503 Uh, if we don't... 38 00:02:03,503 --> 00:02:04,961 Item three. 39 00:02:04,961 --> 00:02:08,190 Damn it, Denny, this is not a way to conduct a staff meeting. 40 00:02:08,190 --> 00:02:12,643 - Where the hell is Edwin? - Sorry I'm late, good people. 41 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:31,497 Is it casual Monday? 42 00:02:31,497 --> 00:02:32,951 Edwin... 43 00:02:33,847 --> 00:02:35,640 everything all right? 44 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,876 Hunky dory. 45 00:02:39,816 --> 00:02:41,011 Unbelievable. 46 00:02:41,011 --> 00:02:42,111 Not really. 47 00:02:42,111 --> 00:02:44,569 Always figured him for a loon. 48 00:02:44,569 --> 00:02:46,545 Tara! Where's Tara? 49 00:02:46,545 --> 00:02:48,302 I need Tara! 50 00:02:48,810 --> 00:02:50,862 I'm right here, Edwin. 51 00:02:50,862 --> 00:02:52,341 Oh, thank you. 52 00:02:52,341 --> 00:02:53,797 You have to contact Bill. 53 00:02:53,797 --> 00:02:55,215 I, I will, Edwin. I promise. 54 00:02:55,215 --> 00:02:57,094 Apologize for my delay. Then call my wife. 55 00:02:57,094 --> 00:02:59,458 Tell her I've had a smallbreakdown, not to worry. / Of course. 56 00:02:59,458 --> 00:03:01,102 Oh, my goodness. I have the brant appeal. 57 00:03:01,102 --> 00:03:04,865 - I have the brant appeal. - Relax, Edwin, we'll handle it. 58 00:03:04,865 --> 00:03:08,902 Denny, guess what, I'm due in court with Tara. 59 00:03:08,902 --> 00:03:11,180 We're on it. Don't you worry. 60 00:03:11,180 --> 00:03:12,674 You just get better. 61 00:03:12,674 --> 00:03:13,536 Okay. 62 00:03:13,536 --> 00:03:15,348 Demagnetize his parking pass. 63 00:03:15,348 --> 00:03:17,709 - I beg your pardon? - I know when a man is gone. 64 00:03:17,709 --> 00:03:21,076 Do you think you can handle this case without a copilot? 65 00:03:21,076 --> 00:03:22,206 Well, I'm not... 66 00:03:22,206 --> 00:03:23,195 Who's the judge? 67 00:03:23,195 --> 00:03:25,370 - Resnick. - He's a schmuck. 68 00:03:25,370 --> 00:03:29,410 Alan, back Tara up. She's before schmuck Resnick. 69 00:03:29,410 --> 00:03:31,888 See if you can get a damn continuance. 70 00:03:31,888 --> 00:03:33,460 Brad, you got a few minutes? 71 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:35,022 Actually, no. I've got an early shuttle. 72 00:03:35,022 --> 00:03:36,818 Get a later one. I need some face time. 73 00:03:36,818 --> 00:03:37,479 What's up? 74 00:03:37,479 --> 00:03:41,622 Edwin poole was the only one here able to rein in Denny crane without him. 75 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:43,644 If you are about to go where I think you're going... 76 00:03:43,644 --> 00:03:46,143 We need you back in Boston more than in D.C., Brad. 77 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:49,374 Lori, Ernidell just came in. He's upset about something. 78 00:03:49,374 --> 00:03:51,414 I sent him to your office. / My office? 79 00:03:51,414 --> 00:03:53,325 Yeah, the alternative would be Denny's office, 80 00:03:53,325 --> 00:03:54,476 and nobody here wants that. 81 00:03:54,476 --> 00:03:57,968 Excuse me. I need a lawyer. 82 00:03:57,968 --> 00:03:59,151 This is my daughter. 83 00:03:59,151 --> 00:04:01,553 She tried out for the national tour of Annie, 84 00:04:01,553 --> 00:04:03,274 and she was the best one, 85 00:04:03,274 --> 00:04:05,890 and she was passed over because she was black. 86 00:04:05,890 --> 00:04:07,328 It's discrimination, 87 00:04:07,328 --> 00:04:09,407 it's bigotry, it's prejudice, 88 00:04:09,407 --> 00:04:12,546 and we want justice. 89 00:04:14,861 --> 00:04:18,676 Boston Legal Head Cases 90 00:04:43,804 --> 00:04:45,365 ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON ABC: 2004/10/03 91 00:04:46,675 --> 00:04:49,565 Please tell me that you've never seen anything like that before. 92 00:04:49,565 --> 00:04:53,028 Baring your ass to 24 attorneys including two overseas, 93 00:04:53,028 --> 00:04:56,132 that is an unprecedented triumph. 94 00:04:56,132 --> 00:04:59,428 I'm just distraught I didn't think of it myself. 95 00:04:59,428 --> 00:05:01,502 You know what I like about you? 96 00:05:01,502 --> 00:05:02,720 No, I do not. 97 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,729 Excuse me. Sorry to interrupt. 98 00:05:04,729 --> 00:05:05,639 Brad chase. 99 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:07,194 Look, I've been asked to stay, which I'm considering, 100 00:05:07,194 --> 00:05:09,227 but I'm concerned that you and I may have gotten off on the wrong foot. 101 00:05:09,227 --> 00:05:12,035 I like to be straight up with people, and if there's an issue or conflict, 102 00:05:12,035 --> 00:05:15,214 let's address it head-on, if you don't mind. 103 00:05:15,757 --> 00:05:18,654 I have trouble talking that fast. 104 00:05:18,654 --> 00:05:20,876 I don't believe in being straight up, 105 00:05:20,876 --> 00:05:25,617 but I'm a big fan of your aqua velva commercials. 106 00:05:25,617 --> 00:05:27,618 There's a potential client in the conference room. 107 00:05:27,618 --> 00:05:28,745 I'd like for you to meet with her. 108 00:05:28,745 --> 00:05:31,088 Oh, forgot to mention, 109 00:05:31,088 --> 00:05:32,144 I outrank you. 110 00:05:32,144 --> 00:05:33,384 Do you? 111 00:05:33,384 --> 00:05:35,917 And I'm such a slut for authority. 112 00:05:35,917 --> 00:05:41,549 All right, you think the two little boys could get off the playground now? 113 00:05:48,507 --> 00:05:50,744 - Kiss today. - I don't want to sing. 114 00:05:50,744 --> 00:05:53,069 You need to practice. You want to make Juilliard? 115 00:05:53,069 --> 00:05:54,587 Kiss today. 116 00:05:58,670 --> 00:06:04,537 Kiss today goodbye. 117 00:06:04,537 --> 00:06:05,678 Oh, my. 118 00:06:05,678 --> 00:06:07,562 Never mind "oh, my." 119 00:06:07,562 --> 00:06:09,155 She sings like a sparrow. 120 00:06:09,155 --> 00:06:10,649 Here, look. 121 00:06:10,649 --> 00:06:11,767 I've got these producer notes, 122 00:06:11,767 --> 00:06:14,791 which I was able to get ahold of because of my own personal ingenuity, 123 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:16,379 says she has the most talent. 124 00:06:16,379 --> 00:06:18,437 You can read it for yourself. 125 00:06:18,437 --> 00:06:20,275 I'm afraid there's been a terrible mistake. 126 00:06:20,275 --> 00:06:21,970 I don't do musical comedy. 127 00:06:21,970 --> 00:06:23,511 Annie's a drama. 128 00:06:23,511 --> 00:06:24,837 It's full of suspense 129 00:06:24,837 --> 00:06:27,050 on whether the little girl gets to live with the rich guy. 130 00:06:27,050 --> 00:06:29,556 It's dramatic. 131 00:06:38,354 --> 00:06:40,869 Can I help you? / Yes, I need to speak to Edwin poole immediately. 132 00:06:40,869 --> 00:06:43,157 I'm afraid Mr. Poole has stepped out. / You don't understand. 133 00:06:43,157 --> 00:06:45,128 This is an urgent matter. 134 00:06:45,128 --> 00:06:46,480 Where the hell is Edwin poole? 135 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,354 Hi. Is there anything I can do to help? 136 00:06:48,354 --> 00:06:52,419 Yes. My ex-husband is trying to take my children from me, 137 00:06:52,419 --> 00:06:54,943 and Edwin poole, he missed my hearing today, 138 00:06:54,943 --> 00:06:57,539 and I've been calling his cell phone, and... 139 00:06:57,539 --> 00:06:59,475 I mean, what the hell is going on around here? 140 00:06:59,475 --> 00:07:01,451 Excuse me. I'm Brad chase. 141 00:07:01,451 --> 00:07:03,009 We're gonna take care of this for you. 142 00:07:03,009 --> 00:07:04,910 Now, why don't you just take a seat in the conference room? 143 00:07:04,910 --> 00:07:07,265 I'll get you a glass of water. 144 00:07:07,265 --> 00:07:08,610 All right. 145 00:07:09,005 --> 00:07:10,699 Thank you. 146 00:07:11,424 --> 00:07:12,217 Hey. / Yeah. 147 00:07:12,217 --> 00:07:13,690 - I was handling it. - I just thought I'd help out. 148 00:07:13,690 --> 00:07:15,470 That's very nice, but again, I was handling it. 149 00:07:15,470 --> 00:07:17,144 So why does it bother you that I'm trying to help? 150 00:07:17,144 --> 00:07:19,504 Well, maybe because you feel I can't deal with a client on my own. 151 00:07:19,504 --> 00:07:20,662 I don't feel that way at all. 152 00:07:20,662 --> 00:07:22,623 Well, then I guess I really have no idea what you feel. 153 00:07:22,623 --> 00:07:25,199 I guess not. / And that's supposed to be my fault? 154 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:27,595 Wait a minute. 155 00:07:27,595 --> 00:07:30,270 You two have had sex. 156 00:07:40,337 --> 00:07:41,444 I'm sorry. 157 00:07:41,444 --> 00:07:45,779 We're not territorial about that sort of thing around here, are we? 158 00:07:55,082 --> 00:07:57,681 You're not gonna tell me. 159 00:07:58,425 --> 00:08:00,884 I would prefer to tell Denny. 160 00:08:00,884 --> 00:08:02,193 Where the hell is he? / Ernie, 161 00:08:02,193 --> 00:08:05,228 you and I have done business for a long time, 162 00:08:05,228 --> 00:08:07,478 and we've always been able to talk to each other. 163 00:08:07,478 --> 00:08:10,406 If I'm to help you here... 164 00:08:13,035 --> 00:08:16,450 My wife is cheating on me. 165 00:08:18,438 --> 00:08:25,512 And she informed me that she has been cheating on me for entire marriage. 166 00:08:25,512 --> 00:08:27,959 It's been a fraud from day one. 167 00:08:27,959 --> 00:08:31,671 Okay. First, you've only been married since August. 168 00:08:31,671 --> 00:08:34,497 Second, you've had five other marriages dissolve, each... 169 00:08:34,497 --> 00:08:37,984 But this, this was the real thing. 170 00:08:37,984 --> 00:08:40,037 What's the goal, to get her back? 171 00:08:40,037 --> 00:08:43,886 I, I'd like to put a private investigator on her, get some proof. 172 00:08:43,886 --> 00:08:44,940 If she's admitted... 173 00:08:44,940 --> 00:08:47,929 Goal being to get some compromising pictures to use as leverage. 174 00:08:47,929 --> 00:08:50,894 In hopes of... 175 00:08:50,894 --> 00:08:54,325 Negotiating an annulment. 176 00:08:55,302 --> 00:08:56,849 I know it sounds crazy, 177 00:08:56,849 --> 00:09:00,571 and I know I'm one of those obnoxious stage mothers. I get that. 178 00:09:00,571 --> 00:09:02,241 But Sarah worked hard. 179 00:09:02,241 --> 00:09:04,077 I've tried to teach her what you earn, 180 00:09:04,077 --> 00:09:05,946 people can't take that away from you. 181 00:09:05,946 --> 00:09:07,632 She's earned this, Mr. Shore. 182 00:09:07,632 --> 00:09:09,177 I have no doubt, 183 00:09:09,177 --> 00:09:11,758 but you realize producers do have discretion on that, 184 00:09:11,758 --> 00:09:15,076 and the art of casting strikes me as a very inexact science. 185 00:09:15,076 --> 00:09:18,065 If they knew they were gonna go white, why'd they let her try out at all? 186 00:09:18,065 --> 00:09:20,467 Why'd they let her get her hopes up? 187 00:09:20,467 --> 00:09:21,961 I'll tell you why. 188 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:25,735 so they can pass themselves off as equal-opportunity employers, 189 00:09:25,735 --> 00:09:28,269 so they can claim to be about diversity. 190 00:09:28,269 --> 00:09:34,758 They want it both ways, Mr. Shore, and my daughter got hurt. 191 00:09:45,031 --> 00:09:46,674 That was our deal. 192 00:09:46,674 --> 00:09:49,655 I would work two jobs, put him through business school, 193 00:09:49,655 --> 00:09:52,404 then he would put me through medical school. 194 00:09:52,404 --> 00:09:55,808 A week after he graduated, he got a job running a mutual fund, 195 00:09:55,808 --> 00:09:58,937 and a week after that, he left me. 196 00:09:58,937 --> 00:10:01,187 Our kids were 4 then. 197 00:10:01,187 --> 00:10:02,654 Twins. 198 00:10:02,654 --> 00:10:04,740 Simon and Harry. 199 00:10:05,177 --> 00:10:07,050 They're 8 now. 200 00:10:07,317 --> 00:10:08,584 Oh, they're beautiful. 201 00:10:08,584 --> 00:10:09,659 Thanks. 202 00:10:09,659 --> 00:10:12,162 In their peewee league uniforms. 203 00:10:12,162 --> 00:10:14,410 You know, he's never seen one of their games. 204 00:10:14,410 --> 00:10:15,823 He pay your way through med school? 205 00:10:15,823 --> 00:10:17,907 Take a wild guess. 206 00:10:17,907 --> 00:10:20,148 I don't care, though. I've graduated now, 207 00:10:20,148 --> 00:10:22,801 I've got a residency waiting for me in New York city, 208 00:10:22,801 --> 00:10:25,566 but Matthew won't let me take the boys out of state. 209 00:10:25,566 --> 00:10:29,477 Says he wants them close by, these boys he sees once a month. 210 00:10:29,477 --> 00:10:31,207 It's nothing but spite. 211 00:10:31,207 --> 00:10:33,486 Now, look, we're gonna reschedule a hearing. 212 00:10:33,486 --> 00:10:35,060 I'm sure everything is going to work out fine. 213 00:10:35,060 --> 00:10:37,455 You just have to be patient. 214 00:10:37,455 --> 00:10:40,169 If I'm not at columbia presbyterian 8:00 A.M. Monday morning, 215 00:10:40,169 --> 00:10:42,647 they will give my spot away. 216 00:10:42,647 --> 00:10:49,931 That can't happen. I have worked too hard to build a life for these boys. 217 00:10:57,258 --> 00:10:58,585 We can't tail the wife. 218 00:10:58,585 --> 00:11:00,145 It's what he wants, Denny. 219 00:11:00,145 --> 00:11:03,089 Can't do it. Not ethical. 220 00:11:03,089 --> 00:11:04,221 She's a client, too. 221 00:11:04,221 --> 00:11:05,741 What I would suggest 222 00:11:05,741 --> 00:11:09,012 is we send a letter of withdrawal to end-run the conflict, 223 00:11:09,012 --> 00:11:12,755 get an opinion letter of outside counsel.../ I don't want to tail the wife. 224 00:11:12,755 --> 00:11:17,097 Denny, I don't need to tell you that Ernie dell is one of our biggest clients. 225 00:11:17,097 --> 00:11:19,937 If he wants a private investigator, what's the real harm? 226 00:11:19,937 --> 00:11:22,237 The harm would be to me. 227 00:11:22,237 --> 00:11:24,585 I'm sorry? 228 00:11:25,270 --> 00:11:29,322 I'm the one sleeping with his wife. 229 00:11:38,969 --> 00:11:41,846 Denny is having an affair with the woman. 230 00:11:41,846 --> 00:11:43,735 I've got a senior partner saying don't tail her, 231 00:11:43,735 --> 00:11:46,361 I've got a client wanting snapshots. 232 00:11:46,361 --> 00:11:48,797 What do I do, Paul? 233 00:11:50,482 --> 00:11:54,436 Convince Ernie that the private investigator idea is a bad one. 234 00:11:54,436 --> 00:11:56,575 Oh, sure. 235 00:11:56,575 --> 00:12:00,410 You have enormous persuasive skills, Lori. 236 00:12:00,410 --> 00:12:02,285 You're handling me. 237 00:12:02,285 --> 00:12:04,296 I am. 238 00:12:04,296 --> 00:12:10,751 And I need you to handle Ernie. I will handle Denny. 239 00:12:16,185 --> 00:12:17,469 Tara? 240 00:12:17,469 --> 00:12:18,994 Hi. 241 00:12:26,752 --> 00:12:28,801 Don't be offended by this. 242 00:12:28,801 --> 00:12:35,292 I know you're a great lawyer with exceptional legal skills. 243 00:12:35,292 --> 00:12:36,787 And? 244 00:12:36,787 --> 00:12:38,794 I need you to flirt with Ernie dell. 245 00:12:38,794 --> 00:12:41,559 Excuse me? / The man is a profound skirt chaser. 246 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,156 What's wrong with your skirt? 247 00:12:43,156 --> 00:12:45,585 Okay, look, men sometimes find me attractive. 248 00:12:45,585 --> 00:12:47,118 From time to time, they'll even hit on me. 249 00:12:47,118 --> 00:12:50,964 It's all deeply rewarding, but you... 250 00:12:50,964 --> 00:12:53,146 What me? 251 00:12:53,146 --> 00:12:55,219 You're hot. 252 00:12:55,219 --> 00:12:59,514 Yeah. Kind of... nasty hot. 253 00:12:59,514 --> 00:13:00,922 Men would leave their wives for you, 254 00:13:00,922 --> 00:13:02,908 and I need to make Ernie forget about his wife, so... 255 00:13:02,908 --> 00:13:04,911 - If you think that I... - Don't make me pull rank. 256 00:13:04,911 --> 00:13:06,933 You can file your sexual harrassment claim tomorrow, 257 00:13:06,933 --> 00:13:11,488 but today, now, you need to meet with Ernie. 258 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,833 It seems the client can't pay, 259 00:13:14,833 --> 00:13:18,166 so the firm will have to eat the cost of prosecuting this matter. 260 00:13:18,166 --> 00:13:20,722 I'm sure the partners won't object 261 00:13:20,722 --> 00:13:22,967 when they hear that it was a case you assigned to me. 262 00:13:22,967 --> 00:13:24,295 I'll tell you what. 263 00:13:24,295 --> 00:13:28,978 I'll pay the cost of prosecuting the case. 264 00:13:29,363 --> 00:13:33,022 Of course, if you were a betting man... 265 00:13:33,259 --> 00:13:36,674 You win, I pay, you lose, you pay. 266 00:13:36,674 --> 00:13:39,137 Bit of a gamble, I realize. 267 00:13:39,137 --> 00:13:41,382 I'll pay double. 268 00:13:55,258 --> 00:13:56,257 You got another hearing? 269 00:13:56,257 --> 00:13:59,550 That's the good news. The not-so-good news is we probably won't win it. 270 00:13:59,550 --> 00:14:02,596 But it at least gives us leverage to get your ex-husband in a room. 271 00:14:02,596 --> 00:14:03,456 Wait, wait. 272 00:14:03,456 --> 00:14:05,165 What are you talking about? 273 00:14:05,165 --> 00:14:07,225 We want to take a shot at a settlement. 274 00:14:07,225 --> 00:14:10,485 Now, if your ex cares anything about these kids... / He doesn't. 275 00:14:10,485 --> 00:14:13,769 This is all about getting me. Have I not been clear about that? 276 00:14:13,769 --> 00:14:15,464 He doesn't even know the kids. 277 00:14:15,464 --> 00:14:17,251 I've dealt with bad ex-husbands before. 278 00:14:17,251 --> 00:14:22,504 Mr. Chase, no offense, but you have never dealt with this one. 279 00:14:22,504 --> 00:14:24,616 Trust me. 280 00:14:30,567 --> 00:14:32,473 This is little orphan Annie, for god's sake. 281 00:14:32,473 --> 00:14:33,686 If she doesn't look the part. 282 00:14:33,686 --> 00:14:36,252 I didn't realize we did racial profiling for ourcomic strip characters. 283 00:14:36,252 --> 00:14:39,169 These are private investors. There is no state action involved. 284 00:14:39,169 --> 00:14:42,329 How would the story change if Annie were black? 285 00:14:42,329 --> 00:14:43,544 Your honor, are you serious? 286 00:14:43,544 --> 00:14:46,462 Counsel, we are talking about adoption here. 287 00:14:46,462 --> 00:14:48,895 Daddy warbucks isn't the biological father. 288 00:14:48,895 --> 00:14:50,490 Exactly how would the story change? 289 00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:53,368 Little orphan Annie is an iconic character based... 290 00:14:53,368 --> 00:14:55,360 I want to see her. 291 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,772 - Excuse me? - The girl who got the role. 292 00:14:57,772 --> 00:14:58,841 I want to compare. 293 00:14:58,841 --> 00:15:00,992 Your honor, is that really fair to the other little girl? 294 00:15:00,992 --> 00:15:03,827 Counsel, if she can sing eight times a week 295 00:15:03,827 --> 00:15:07,857 in front of 3,000-plus people a night, she can sing in front of me. 296 00:15:07,857 --> 00:15:10,288 Get her in here. 297 00:15:12,092 --> 00:15:15,368 I want the private investigator. 298 00:15:15,368 --> 00:15:18,379 The thing is, Ernie, the photographs will have no legal relevance. 299 00:15:18,379 --> 00:15:20,565 They can't facilitate an annulment. 300 00:15:20,565 --> 00:15:23,089 I am the customer here, Lori. 301 00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:26,470 The customer isn't always right. 302 00:15:33,671 --> 00:15:35,273 May I... 303 00:15:36,128 --> 00:15:38,371 make an observation? 304 00:15:38,371 --> 00:15:40,354 I really don't know you, Mr. Dell, 305 00:15:40,354 --> 00:15:41,726 but I suspect there's a reason 306 00:15:41,726 --> 00:15:44,813 why all these younger women want to marry you. 307 00:15:44,813 --> 00:15:45,990 It's called money. 308 00:15:45,990 --> 00:15:48,051 You're wrong. 309 00:15:48,411 --> 00:15:50,536 It's called power, 310 00:15:50,536 --> 00:15:54,171 and you derive a lot of that power not just from being handsome and... 311 00:15:54,171 --> 00:15:55,955 sexy, 312 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:58,816 but from being dignified. 313 00:15:58,816 --> 00:16:02,619 Hiring a private investigator is beneath you. 314 00:16:02,619 --> 00:16:05,072 There are many young, beautiful women out there 315 00:16:05,072 --> 00:16:10,662 who would love to jump into your... 316 00:16:10,662 --> 00:16:14,067 Wife's place. 317 00:16:14,067 --> 00:16:17,800 I know this sounds crazy, but... 318 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:23,378 you might want to look at this as an opportunity. 319 00:16:41,974 --> 00:16:43,274 Paul. 320 00:16:44,059 --> 00:16:46,721 You and I go back a long way, Denny. 321 00:16:46,721 --> 00:16:50,280 Completely mindful of the fact that you helped build this place, 322 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:57,186 the partners here will not allow you to dismantle it with your buffoonery. 323 00:16:57,186 --> 00:16:58,508 What did you say to me? 324 00:16:58,508 --> 00:17:02,506 I don't think you want to hear me say it again. 325 00:17:02,506 --> 00:17:06,863 To have an affair with the wife of one of our biggest clients, 326 00:17:06,863 --> 00:17:11,173 it disrespects both Ernie dell and this firm. 327 00:17:11,173 --> 00:17:14,641 - We have other clients. - Not like Ernie. 328 00:17:14,641 --> 00:17:17,755 But your point is well taken. 329 00:17:17,755 --> 00:17:23,609 Everybody is fungible. 330 00:17:34,978 --> 00:17:38,420 Lori colson won't tail my wife. 331 00:17:38,420 --> 00:17:40,132 I want you to do it. / Ernie. 332 00:17:40,132 --> 00:17:42,317 I'm not talking to you. 333 00:17:42,317 --> 00:17:46,104 Get it done, Denny. 334 00:17:57,804 --> 00:18:00,832 Denny, I'm having a bit of an identity crisis. 335 00:18:00,832 --> 00:18:03,604 I've always prided myself on being, 336 00:18:03,604 --> 00:18:06,386 well... nuts. 337 00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:12,148 But in this firm, I find myself falling into the sane category. 338 00:18:16,353 --> 00:18:19,170 You think I'm nuts, do you? 339 00:18:19,170 --> 00:18:21,704 Are you scared? 340 00:18:21,704 --> 00:18:23,529 Scared? 341 00:18:24,638 --> 00:18:27,896 What would I be scared of? 342 00:18:28,181 --> 00:18:30,121 Edwin poole is a friend. 343 00:18:30,121 --> 00:18:33,690 You've seen him just go off the high dive. 344 00:18:33,690 --> 00:18:37,560 Edwin poole's problem is he doesn't like being Edwin poole. 345 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:39,295 From time to time, he'd... 346 00:18:39,295 --> 00:18:41,076 look in the mirror and ask, 347 00:18:41,076 --> 00:18:44,041 "what's the point?" I never do that. 348 00:18:44,041 --> 00:18:45,965 Questions like that'll kill you. 349 00:18:45,965 --> 00:18:48,013 Questions like "what's the point?" 350 00:18:48,013 --> 00:18:50,393 Look, take you for example. 351 00:18:50,393 --> 00:18:52,091 Tomorrow you're gonna go into court 352 00:18:52,091 --> 00:18:53,846 and argue that some little fat black kid 353 00:18:53,846 --> 00:18:57,006 should be able to play a little skinny white one. 354 00:18:57,006 --> 00:19:00,023 What's the point? 355 00:19:00,343 --> 00:19:05,566 You don't ask. That's the point. 356 00:19:05,566 --> 00:19:07,891 You're gonna win, by the way? 357 00:19:07,891 --> 00:19:11,349 The world wants to know. 358 00:19:12,186 --> 00:19:14,760 I'm afraid not. 359 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:15,759 There's no state action. 360 00:19:15,759 --> 00:19:21,069 We've asked for specific performance with no clear evidence of discrimination. 361 00:19:21,069 --> 00:19:24,000 I don't like losing, especially when there's a wager involved. 362 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,826 Well, don't, soldier. 363 00:19:27,641 --> 00:19:32,551 Pull the rabbit out of your hat. 364 00:19:34,298 --> 00:19:41,307 That's the secret of both trial law and life. 365 00:19:41,307 --> 00:19:43,407 Rabbits. 366 00:19:43,407 --> 00:19:45,313 Yeah. 367 00:19:54,588 --> 00:19:55,833 Excuse me. 368 00:19:55,833 --> 00:19:57,747 I'm looking for... 369 00:19:57,747 --> 00:20:01,082 you, actually. All my life. 370 00:20:01,082 --> 00:20:02,739 Matthew. 371 00:20:02,739 --> 00:20:04,004 Tara. 372 00:20:04,004 --> 00:20:05,609 Alan. 373 00:20:07,101 --> 00:20:10,741 I had a girl who looked like you once, married her. 374 00:20:10,741 --> 00:20:12,913 Now she looks like you. 375 00:20:12,913 --> 00:20:16,334 Where the hell is my lawyer? 376 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,749 If you took summer plus winter breaks, 377 00:20:21,749 --> 00:20:24,796 spring break, holiday weekends, 378 00:20:24,796 --> 00:20:27,033 you start to get pretty close to what you have right now. 379 00:20:27,033 --> 00:20:28,206 Pass. 380 00:20:28,206 --> 00:20:30,366 That's too much custody for super dad. 381 00:20:30,366 --> 00:20:32,763 Is there any acceptable scenario 382 00:20:32,763 --> 00:20:34,939 that would allow for Sharon to enroll in her program 383 00:20:34,939 --> 00:20:37,785 without leaving the boys behind? 384 00:20:37,785 --> 00:20:40,591 We could each take one. 385 00:20:40,591 --> 00:20:41,645 Excuse me? 386 00:20:41,645 --> 00:20:44,804 You know, like that nazi movie where the woman has to pick which kid to keep. 387 00:20:44,804 --> 00:20:47,001 Sophie's choice. / Thank you. 388 00:20:47,001 --> 00:20:49,079 Only this is Sharon's choice. 389 00:20:49,079 --> 00:20:51,331 One goes with her to New York, I keep the other one. 390 00:20:51,331 --> 00:20:53,293 Done. / That's outrageous. 391 00:20:53,293 --> 00:20:54,614 The boys love each other. 392 00:20:54,614 --> 00:20:55,811 They're best friends. 393 00:20:55,811 --> 00:20:57,537 It's a little weird, don't you think? 394 00:20:57,537 --> 00:20:58,884 Let's see what happens when we split them up. 395 00:20:58,884 --> 00:21:00,491 Stop doing this! 396 00:21:00,491 --> 00:21:03,993 You have already scarred your children enough to last a lifetime. 397 00:21:03,993 --> 00:21:06,193 Imagine how that feels to a little boy, 398 00:21:06,193 --> 00:21:08,938 knowing that their father could care less whether he sees them or not. 399 00:21:08,938 --> 00:21:11,773 And yet if it means denying me something that I want, 400 00:21:11,773 --> 00:21:14,171 something that I deserve, something that this family needs, 401 00:21:14,171 --> 00:21:17,022 suddenly you're a, you're a concerned father. 402 00:21:17,022 --> 00:21:18,180 Damn you! 403 00:21:18,180 --> 00:21:19,563 And what about my needs, huh? 404 00:21:19,563 --> 00:21:23,401 What freakish nightmare did I step into that turned my wife, who was hot, 405 00:21:23,401 --> 00:21:24,636 who had sex with me, 406 00:21:24,636 --> 00:21:28,035 who liked to go out with me at night into some earth mother, 407 00:21:28,035 --> 00:21:30,835 world record-setting breast feeder. 408 00:21:30,835 --> 00:21:32,563 And now you wanna leave your kids 409 00:21:32,563 --> 00:21:35,592 with some non-english-speaking nanny for 100 hours a week 410 00:21:35,592 --> 00:21:39,284 so you can live out your E.R fantasy life? Be my guest. 411 00:21:39,284 --> 00:21:40,468 But it's not my problem 412 00:21:40,468 --> 00:21:47,637 that you're not good enough to get hired anywhere in the entire state. 413 00:22:00,444 --> 00:22:01,696 Denny, 414 00:22:02,517 --> 00:22:05,329 you hire that P.I. yet? 415 00:22:05,329 --> 00:22:07,101 I asked you a question. 416 00:22:07,101 --> 00:22:10,295 Truth be told, my relationship with this firm hangs in the balance. 417 00:22:10,295 --> 00:22:11,636 Uh, Ernie, why don't we step into my office... 418 00:22:11,636 --> 00:22:13,484 I'm talking to Denny. 419 00:22:13,484 --> 00:22:15,698 All right, Ernie, 420 00:22:16,612 --> 00:22:20,507 truth time, my office. 421 00:22:21,641 --> 00:22:24,139 This is not gonna be easy for you to hear, 422 00:22:24,139 --> 00:22:27,218 but it needs to be said. 423 00:22:27,984 --> 00:22:32,276 I don't give a damn who slept with your wife. Neither do you, really. 424 00:22:32,276 --> 00:22:34,696 You don't love her. This is an ego thing. 425 00:22:34,696 --> 00:22:38,505 She's a trophy girl, something for your friends to admire. 426 00:22:38,505 --> 00:22:39,913 Maybe you should be flattered. 427 00:22:39,913 --> 00:22:41,997 I'm not... / I'm talking. 428 00:22:41,997 --> 00:22:43,857 Ego, Ernie. 429 00:22:43,857 --> 00:22:46,140 You acquire fast cars and young wives 430 00:22:46,140 --> 00:22:50,308 to try and stay young yourself in the hope of confusing youth with relevance. 431 00:22:50,308 --> 00:22:53,310 Well, here's a flash for you. 432 00:22:53,957 --> 00:22:56,504 We're all desperate to be relevant. 433 00:22:56,504 --> 00:22:58,955 You're 76 years old. 434 00:22:58,955 --> 00:23:01,166 Wanna feel you still mean something? 435 00:23:01,166 --> 00:23:03,896 Move to Florida, punch a chad, screw up an election. 436 00:23:03,896 --> 00:23:06,789 Don't go looking for affirmation 437 00:23:06,789 --> 00:23:10,143 between the two artificial jugs of a woman who married you for... 438 00:23:10,143 --> 00:23:13,449 gee, could it be your outstanding sense of humor? 439 00:23:13,449 --> 00:23:18,766 Take a swing if you want to, if it makes you feel better. 440 00:23:27,488 --> 00:23:30,232 The guardian, Ad litem acknowledged in her report in the last year 441 00:23:30,232 --> 00:23:33,055 Mr. Caldertook custody of the boys only one weekend a month. 442 00:23:33,055 --> 00:23:35,808 Mr. Calder has been steeped in a major work crisis at his company. 443 00:23:35,808 --> 00:23:38,435 I don't care if he's been dismantling a nuclear weapon. 444 00:23:38,435 --> 00:23:40,815 The fact is he hasn't been there, 445 00:23:40,815 --> 00:23:44,363 and there's no doubt that my client is, in practice, the primary custodian. 446 00:23:44,363 --> 00:23:47,201 Now, this woman is struggling to make a life for a family he doesn't.. 447 00:23:47,201 --> 00:23:48,599 Wait, she can't make it in the commonwealth? 448 00:23:48,599 --> 00:23:50,968 She'd love to, but the offer of employment comes from New York. 449 00:23:50,968 --> 00:23:52,782 Now, my client has made every sacrifice. 450 00:23:52,782 --> 00:23:54,787 That's what parents do, Mr. Chase. 451 00:23:54,787 --> 00:23:57,097 You have kids, you make sacrifices. 452 00:23:57,097 --> 00:24:00,825 They got married here, they had children here. 453 00:24:00,825 --> 00:24:04,326 Mr. Calder, as fathers go, 454 00:24:04,326 --> 00:24:07,574 I consider you a disgrace. 455 00:24:07,574 --> 00:24:10,726 Ms. Brant, there is a reason for this policy. 456 00:24:10,726 --> 00:24:14,463 We don't like angry spouses yanking kids across state lines. 457 00:24:14,463 --> 00:24:17,540 It's an undue burden on the family unit. 458 00:24:17,540 --> 00:24:25,069 Accordingly, your plan to relocate with your sons remains enjoined. 459 00:24:33,892 --> 00:24:35,941 What now? 460 00:24:35,941 --> 00:24:37,940 I don't know. 461 00:24:41,792 --> 00:24:43,442 I, uh... 462 00:24:43,442 --> 00:24:47,099 I guess that didn't go too well. 463 00:24:49,367 --> 00:24:54,620 When I'm stuck with a day that's gray and lonely �� 464 00:24:54,620 --> 00:25:01,476 I just stick out my chin and grin and say �� 465 00:25:01,476 --> 00:25:05,716 tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, �� 466 00:25:05,716 --> 00:25:12,489 tomorrow, you're always a day away �� 467 00:25:12,489 --> 00:25:13,534 Thank you. That... 468 00:25:13,534 --> 00:25:18,135 ��Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, �� 469 00:25:18,135 --> 00:25:28,070 tomorrow, you're always a day away �� 470 00:25:33,009 --> 00:25:34,870 That was great. 471 00:25:34,870 --> 00:25:37,336 Sarah, that was magnificent, 472 00:25:37,336 --> 00:25:40,152 but the other little girl was quite good, too, 473 00:25:40,152 --> 00:25:44,212 and given the discretion that has to be allowed to producers in these situations.. 474 00:25:44,212 --> 00:25:46,889 Your honor, we have something called the equal protection clause, 475 00:25:46,889 --> 00:25:48,778 we have something called the 14th amendment. 476 00:25:48,778 --> 00:25:50,857 I believe it's actually required reading for judges. 477 00:25:50,857 --> 00:25:52,107 I could be wrong there. 478 00:25:52,107 --> 00:25:54,641 Could I be heard, your honor? 479 00:25:54,641 --> 00:25:56,561 I heard about this matter. 480 00:25:56,561 --> 00:25:59,801 I would like to address this court on what I consider... 481 00:25:59,801 --> 00:26:02,986 I'm sorry, reverend, but you have no standing here. 482 00:26:02,986 --> 00:26:05,510 I have standing as an American citizen 483 00:26:05,510 --> 00:26:07,836 speaking upon a civil rights violation. 484 00:26:07,836 --> 00:26:09,291 Reverend Sharpton I will ask you to step down. 485 00:26:09,291 --> 00:26:10,965 I am standing as Bobby kennedy was standing 486 00:26:10,965 --> 00:26:13,132 on the steps of the courthouse in Alabama. 487 00:26:13,132 --> 00:26:17,197 No one is denying this little girl an education, sir. 488 00:26:17,197 --> 00:26:18,895 She just can't play Annie. 489 00:26:18,895 --> 00:26:23,202 You may think this is a small matter, but this is no small matter. 490 00:26:23,202 --> 00:26:27,737 This child is being denied the right to play an american icon 491 00:26:27,737 --> 00:26:30,911 because she doesn't match the description. 492 00:26:30,911 --> 00:26:35,145 Those descriptions were crafted 50 years ago. 493 00:26:35,145 --> 00:26:37,388 We supposed to be in a different day. 494 00:26:37,388 --> 00:26:39,644 Reverend.../ You talk about racial equality, 495 00:26:39,644 --> 00:26:41,615 how we're making progress. 496 00:26:41,615 --> 00:26:46,003 The problem with that progress is it's always a day away. 497 00:26:46,003 --> 00:26:52,741 Tomorrow, tomorrow, you love that because it's always a day away. 498 00:26:52,741 --> 00:26:56,935 I'm here to stick out my chin today, today. 499 00:26:56,935 --> 00:27:00,058 Give us an African-american spider-man. 500 00:27:00,058 --> 00:27:03,417 Give us a black that can run faster than a speeding bullet 501 00:27:03,417 --> 00:27:06,963 and leap over tall buildings in a single bound. 502 00:27:06,963 --> 00:27:09,448 Not tomorrow, today. 503 00:27:09,448 --> 00:27:12,565 Today. The sun needs to come out today, 504 00:27:12,565 --> 00:27:15,137 not tomorrow, your honor. 505 00:27:15,137 --> 00:27:19,522 God almighty, give the American people a black orphan Annie. 506 00:27:19,522 --> 00:27:26,224 It's just not good enough to say she doesn't look the part. 507 00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:33,390 That's what we call a rabbit, son. 508 00:27:33,390 --> 00:27:36,581 Denny crane. 509 00:27:56,527 --> 00:27:59,780 What if we file a TRO in Federal court on behalf of the kids? 510 00:27:59,780 --> 00:28:00,817 On what grounds? 511 00:28:00,817 --> 00:28:04,754 I don't know. They've been denied a right to interstate travel. 512 00:28:04,754 --> 00:28:07,254 That's dubious. 513 00:28:07,923 --> 00:28:10,755 But I like your thinking. 514 00:28:11,666 --> 00:28:14,146 Come here for a second. 515 00:28:17,584 --> 00:28:19,573 Look... 516 00:28:20,451 --> 00:28:22,331 I just... 517 00:28:22,331 --> 00:28:25,936 I just need to know. 518 00:28:25,936 --> 00:28:27,545 Sally... 519 00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:50,711 Brad. 520 00:28:51,175 --> 00:28:52,882 Alan. 521 00:28:58,532 --> 00:29:01,120 The deadbeat doesn't even see his kids, doesn't know them, 522 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:07,924 and he's using them as weapons to destroy his ex-wife and them. 523 00:29:09,902 --> 00:29:12,704 And that's why you were so upset? 524 00:29:12,704 --> 00:29:15,710 The case? 525 00:29:16,554 --> 00:29:18,976 It's a little hard, okay? 526 00:29:18,976 --> 00:29:22,907 I, I prefer him in D.C. 527 00:29:25,008 --> 00:29:26,766 Do you think I should start working out with weights, 528 00:29:26,766 --> 00:29:28,516 maybe do some calisthenics? 529 00:29:28,516 --> 00:29:31,834 - Internally express my... - So like him? 530 00:29:31,834 --> 00:29:34,101 Well, what context are you asking this, Alan? 531 00:29:34,101 --> 00:29:36,892 I mean, are you asking this like a boyfriend, or... 532 00:29:36,892 --> 00:29:39,087 I'm not allowed to ask questions? 533 00:29:39,087 --> 00:29:41,986 Am I? About Tara? 534 00:29:41,986 --> 00:29:44,542 What about Tara? 535 00:29:47,070 --> 00:29:49,338 Nothing. 536 00:29:49,338 --> 00:29:56,691 Anyway, he left, I got very depressed, drank a lot, hit on too many boys... 537 00:29:56,691 --> 00:29:59,803 until I met this one boy. 538 00:29:59,803 --> 00:30:02,245 Man. 539 00:30:02,245 --> 00:30:04,724 Distinguished. 540 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,257 And then I just... 541 00:30:12,106 --> 00:30:15,265 Okay, how small is the town of Boston? / What? 542 00:30:15,265 --> 00:30:17,125 The dirtbag is right over there. 543 00:30:17,125 --> 00:30:18,684 Bradley? 544 00:30:18,902 --> 00:30:21,426 The ex-husband. 545 00:30:21,426 --> 00:30:25,447 Really trying to strengthen that family unit. 546 00:30:27,668 --> 00:30:28,697 What are you doing? 547 00:30:28,697 --> 00:30:33,961 I just need to use your thingy for a second. 548 00:30:34,538 --> 00:30:37,309 Can we get out of here? I don't, I don't want to look at that pig. 549 00:30:37,309 --> 00:30:38,539 Okay. 550 00:30:49,509 --> 00:30:51,053 We're off. 551 00:30:54,157 --> 00:30:57,065 I told him we're all desperate to be relevant. 552 00:30:57,065 --> 00:30:58,673 Were you able to dissuade him? 553 00:30:58,673 --> 00:31:00,649 I think so. 554 00:31:03,562 --> 00:31:08,300 Denny, do you think you were talking about yourself a little? 555 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:12,723 You're feeling a little desperate to be relevant lately. 556 00:31:12,723 --> 00:31:16,118 Don't waste your time trying to get in my head. 557 00:31:16,118 --> 00:31:19,400 There's nothing there. 558 00:31:19,643 --> 00:31:22,491 They're not going to take the firm from you. 559 00:31:22,491 --> 00:31:24,221 First, Paul lewiston could never get the votes. 560 00:31:24,221 --> 00:31:27,432 Second, he wouldn't want to. 561 00:31:27,432 --> 00:31:29,371 The man loves you. 562 00:31:29,371 --> 00:31:33,417 I'm not worried, Lori. Do I look worried? 563 00:31:34,112 --> 00:31:37,166 Yeah, look out there. 564 00:31:38,791 --> 00:31:41,138 My domain. 565 00:31:42,682 --> 00:31:45,678 My city. 566 00:31:48,232 --> 00:31:51,552 I'm Denny crane. 567 00:32:01,442 --> 00:32:03,070 I would be happy to buzz Mr. Calder. 568 00:32:03,070 --> 00:32:05,021 You're very kind, but, look, I'm already here. 569 00:32:05,021 --> 00:32:06,506 There's a meeting in progress, though, 570 00:32:06,506 --> 00:32:08,621 and I've been instructed not to disturb him. 571 00:32:08,621 --> 00:32:09,629 Hello, Matthew. 572 00:32:09,629 --> 00:32:10,741 Shame. 573 00:32:10,741 --> 00:32:12,887 I was quite hoping to interrupt something tawdry. 574 00:32:12,887 --> 00:32:14,248 I'm Alan shore. 575 00:32:14,248 --> 00:32:15,686 Your colleague and I just met, 576 00:32:15,686 --> 00:32:18,916 but we seem to share a proclivity for exotic women and illicit behavior. 577 00:32:18,916 --> 00:32:21,318 Can I steal you a second? 578 00:32:21,747 --> 00:32:22,705 What's going on? 579 00:32:22,705 --> 00:32:23,858 I'll keep it quick. 580 00:32:23,858 --> 00:32:25,034 These are for you. 581 00:32:25,034 --> 00:32:27,008 Photos. Snapshots, really. 582 00:32:27,008 --> 00:32:29,445 Some delightful little business between you and a hooker. 583 00:32:29,445 --> 00:32:30,719 Friend of mine, actually. 584 00:32:30,719 --> 00:32:32,388 I earn frequent flyer miles. 585 00:32:32,388 --> 00:32:34,041 She's a lovely woman. 586 00:32:34,041 --> 00:32:36,434 I arranged for her to seek you out at the bar. 587 00:32:36,434 --> 00:32:39,628 I particularly like that one, don't you? 588 00:32:39,628 --> 00:32:43,585 Gives your bottom a nice aura. Here's the deal. 589 00:32:43,585 --> 00:32:47,317 Sharon and the kids get to go to New York or I start printing copies. 590 00:32:47,317 --> 00:32:49,335 Is that powdered sugar, by the way, 591 00:32:49,335 --> 00:32:52,929 that you're snorting off her magnificent porcelain breasts? 592 00:32:52,929 --> 00:32:56,103 You are a lawyer in a prestigious law firm, for god's sake. 593 00:32:56,103 --> 00:32:57,808 I know. Awful. 594 00:32:57,808 --> 00:32:58,934 Hate to extort and run, 595 00:32:58,934 --> 00:33:02,591 but I'm afraid I'll need an answer on this now. 596 00:33:07,954 --> 00:33:08,827 Tara. 597 00:33:09,163 --> 00:33:12,640 I need to apologize. I know how degrading that had to be with Ernie, and... 598 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,124 Not at all. In fact, I slept with him last night. 599 00:33:16,124 --> 00:33:17,478 Anything for the team. 600 00:33:17,478 --> 00:33:19,271 Yeah, I suppose I deserve that. 601 00:33:19,271 --> 00:33:21,687 This wasn't so much for the team as it is for Denny. 602 00:33:21,687 --> 00:33:24,299 - There's some stuff going on. - What stuff? 603 00:33:24,299 --> 00:33:28,605 Denny, I need another moment. 604 00:33:34,496 --> 00:33:39,495 I was thinking how right you are not to hire a private investigator. 605 00:33:39,495 --> 00:33:41,680 I thank you for your counsel. 606 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,276 After all, it's possible that I might learn something 607 00:33:44,276 --> 00:33:48,095 that could upset me even further. 608 00:33:48,095 --> 00:33:50,659 I hadn't considered that. 609 00:33:50,659 --> 00:33:52,637 Did you consider that, Denny? 610 00:33:52,637 --> 00:33:57,019 Ernie, I don't have time to consider all the things I have to consider. 611 00:33:57,019 --> 00:33:59,539 Should we sit? / Oh, please. 612 00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:03,801 See, the thing is, 613 00:34:03,801 --> 00:34:05,173 the fool that I am, 614 00:34:05,173 --> 00:34:09,683 I went out and hired a P.I. on my own, 615 00:34:09,683 --> 00:34:12,422 and guess what I found out, Denny. 616 00:34:12,422 --> 00:34:13,701 I'm not sure, Ernie, 617 00:34:13,701 --> 00:34:20,066 but you need to know that I'm billing you for all these rhetorical questions. 618 00:34:27,131 --> 00:34:30,193 My own lawyer... 619 00:34:30,193 --> 00:34:32,503 My friend... 620 00:34:33,012 --> 00:34:37,033 with my wife. 621 00:34:39,438 --> 00:34:42,434 Gee, Denny crane is silent. 622 00:34:42,434 --> 00:34:46,121 Talk to me about my quest for relevance, Denny. 623 00:34:46,121 --> 00:34:48,665 Tell me about my ego. 624 00:34:48,665 --> 00:34:54,881 Come up with one last profound thing to say before I pull this trigger. 625 00:34:54,881 --> 00:34:56,515 Come on, Denny, talk. 626 00:34:56,515 --> 00:35:02,613 I want to hear what the great Denny crane has to say now. 627 00:35:05,356 --> 00:35:07,988 First off, 628 00:35:07,988 --> 00:35:11,323 clients come in here all the time wanting to shoot me. 629 00:35:11,323 --> 00:35:12,782 You know what I tell them? 630 00:35:12,782 --> 00:35:15,321 Go ahead. 631 00:35:17,328 --> 00:35:21,417 The worst thing about growing older, Ernie, 632 00:35:21,417 --> 00:35:23,414 you begin to slip. 633 00:35:23,414 --> 00:35:25,344 One day you wake up and you're less than, 634 00:35:25,344 --> 00:35:28,939 and for me, I'm a legend, Ernie. 635 00:35:28,939 --> 00:35:30,679 I'm folklore in this town. 636 00:35:30,679 --> 00:35:33,096 Lawyers have feared me for years. 637 00:35:33,096 --> 00:35:36,690 For Denny crane to slip, it would diminish my legacy. 638 00:35:36,690 --> 00:35:39,679 It would be a tragedy. 639 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:42,661 Denny crane has to go out big, page one of the Globe. 640 00:35:42,661 --> 00:35:47,355 New York times, even. Do me a favor, Ernie. 641 00:35:48,556 --> 00:35:51,296 Pull the trigger. 642 00:35:51,296 --> 00:35:52,947 Immortalize the legend. 643 00:35:52,947 --> 00:35:54,466 Pull the trigger. 644 00:35:54,466 --> 00:35:56,847 I don't ever want to be less than. 645 00:35:56,847 --> 00:36:01,660 Don't let me become irrelevant. Pull it. 646 00:36:01,929 --> 00:36:03,502 Okay. 647 00:36:03,502 --> 00:36:05,751 But before I do, 648 00:36:05,751 --> 00:36:11,395 don't you at least want to apologize? 649 00:36:11,735 --> 00:36:13,534 I do. 650 00:36:13,534 --> 00:36:17,108 I'm sorry, my friend. 651 00:36:18,075 --> 00:36:21,648 I'm truly sorry. 652 00:36:27,602 --> 00:36:29,640 Ernie, uh, 653 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:35,461 that gun, I bought it for you, remember? 654 00:36:35,461 --> 00:36:39,434 It's a starter pistol, Ernie. 655 00:36:54,808 --> 00:36:57,057 It's a controversy. That's what Al sharpton does, 656 00:36:57,057 --> 00:36:59,104 and he does it well. He doesn't just make noise. 657 00:36:59,104 --> 00:37:01,819 He lights and carries a torch of racial controversy. / Mr. Shore... 658 00:37:01,819 --> 00:37:03,790 Which you know, which is why you're here. 659 00:37:03,790 --> 00:37:06,012 We need to put this one out, good people. 660 00:37:06,012 --> 00:37:08,567 Controversy is bad business for musicals. 661 00:37:08,567 --> 00:37:13,222 Your production will open and close faster than you can say trent lott. 662 00:37:13,222 --> 00:37:17,110 I assume you've come with a proposal. Let's have it. 663 00:37:18,782 --> 00:37:20,457 Sarah? 664 00:37:22,328 --> 00:37:26,698 When I'm stuck with a day that ��/ Okay. 665 00:37:26,698 --> 00:37:31,428 We'll offer you the role of understudy on weekends. 666 00:37:31,428 --> 00:37:35,728 - Plus three matinees a month. - Done. 667 00:37:35,728 --> 00:37:37,434 Sarah? 668 00:37:52,787 --> 00:37:55,236 He pulled a gun on him. 669 00:37:55,236 --> 00:37:58,235 It only shot blanks, but, yeah. 670 00:37:58,235 --> 00:38:00,611 Drama's over. 671 00:38:03,006 --> 00:38:06,887 How's it feel being back? 672 00:38:06,887 --> 00:38:09,096 It's all right. 673 00:38:11,598 --> 00:38:13,246 Let me ask you a question. 674 00:38:13,246 --> 00:38:15,453 I'd appreciate an honest answer. 675 00:38:15,453 --> 00:38:17,342 Okay. 676 00:38:17,342 --> 00:38:21,044 Do you think I talk too fast? 677 00:38:24,306 --> 00:38:29,492 Sometimes you're a little brisk. 678 00:38:29,492 --> 00:38:32,984 I think it's good business practice, not to mention good business ethics. 679 00:38:32,984 --> 00:38:35,574 We charge by the hour. Our clients pay for the time that we spend talking. 680 00:38:35,574 --> 00:38:37,638 As attorneys, we have an obligation not to overbill our clients, 681 00:38:37,638 --> 00:38:41,467 so if I talk fast, it's just because I feel... 682 00:38:41,467 --> 00:38:44,196 ethically bound. 683 00:38:44,896 --> 00:38:46,679 He makes fun of me. 684 00:38:46,679 --> 00:38:48,031 I'm sorry? 685 00:38:48,031 --> 00:38:49,864 Shore. 686 00:38:50,124 --> 00:38:53,412 Thinks I'm a Ken doll. 687 00:38:54,477 --> 00:38:57,294 No, it's not right. He calls me a Ken doll, while he... 688 00:38:57,294 --> 00:39:00,355 plays with your barbie? 689 00:39:00,830 --> 00:39:02,643 Excuse me. 690 00:39:02,643 --> 00:39:03,631 Hi. 691 00:39:03,631 --> 00:39:05,008 Sharon. 692 00:39:05,008 --> 00:39:08,111 I just, I just came to say thank you, 693 00:39:08,111 --> 00:39:10,717 not that I agree with your tactics, 694 00:39:10,717 --> 00:39:16,683 but what this means to me and, and my children... 695 00:39:16,683 --> 00:39:23,706 Well, thank you so much. I will never forget this. 696 00:39:33,333 --> 00:39:36,769 Remember that book, 697 00:39:36,769 --> 00:39:41,178 "one flew over the cuckoo's nest"? / Yes. 698 00:39:44,157 --> 00:39:49,008 Is there a point, or did you just want to know if I'd read it? 699 00:39:49,008 --> 00:39:53,978 There you go again, always looking for a point. 700 00:39:55,788 --> 00:39:59,820 Matthew calder just agreed to let his wife move with their children. 701 00:39:59,820 --> 00:40:01,677 Fantastic. 702 00:40:02,182 --> 00:40:04,913 You got pictures of him with a hooker. You blackmailed him. 703 00:40:04,913 --> 00:40:06,772 You make it sound unsavory. 704 00:40:06,772 --> 00:40:07,816 Listen to me. 705 00:40:07,816 --> 00:40:11,442 I know how you practice law. I don't practice law like that. 706 00:40:11,442 --> 00:40:14,375 It was a rabbit. Well, really a bunny. 707 00:40:14,375 --> 00:40:17,139 Marines don't like bunnies? 708 00:40:17,139 --> 00:40:19,453 You know, the only reason I don't report you to the bar myself... 709 00:40:19,453 --> 00:40:22,146 is because Sharon might not be able to go to New York with her children, 710 00:40:22,146 --> 00:40:28,430 which, shockingly, is more important than our combined ethical egos. 711 00:40:28,430 --> 00:40:29,663 You know what, sport? 712 00:40:29,663 --> 00:40:32,184 You and I, now... 713 00:40:32,184 --> 00:40:35,559 officially have a relationship. 714 00:40:35,559 --> 00:40:36,922 Great. 715 00:40:36,922 --> 00:40:40,142 Perhaps we can get together and do a couple of push-ups... 716 00:40:40,142 --> 00:40:42,574 Sport. 717 00:41:00,345 --> 00:41:02,597 Hooker rabbit. 718 00:41:02,597 --> 00:41:04,927 I love it. 719 00:41:05,433 --> 00:41:09,162 You know, you never answered my question the other night. 720 00:41:09,162 --> 00:41:11,183 Which was? 721 00:41:11,183 --> 00:41:14,097 Are you scared? 722 00:41:19,302 --> 00:41:23,450 Only thing to be scared of, son, is tomorrow. 723 00:41:23,450 --> 00:41:25,820 I don't live for tomorrow. 724 00:41:25,820 --> 00:41:28,713 Never saw the farther. 725 00:41:32,772 --> 00:41:34,909 Denny crane... 726 00:41:34,909 --> 00:41:37,795 What was that? 727 00:41:38,726 --> 00:41:40,683 Nothing. 728 00:41:40,683 --> 00:41:44,012 Here's to no tomorrows.