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Think you'll win?
Fifty thousand dollars says you won't.
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- I'm not going to bet you.
- You'll lose.
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- I won't lose.
- Fifty thousand dollars.
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- He's out of control.
- Your industry's out of control.
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You bit off more than you can chew.
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- I don't swallow. I chew up and spit out.
- We'll see.
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I know exactly how big
and powerful you are, Mr. Mathis.
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It might do you some good
to check me out.
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- You're losing.
- I'm not losing.
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- Oh, yes, you're losing. Double it?
- Fine.
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Is it not red?
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They're always red in the morning.
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- See?
- Stay out of this.
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- I know salmonella when I've got it.
- Excuse me.
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My name's Jason Canfield.
I'm looking for Mr. Poole.
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Mr. Poole is not here at the moment.
Or there, for that matter.
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- May I help you?
- I was just passing by your building...
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...and saw the sign,
and I need a lawyer, so...
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- How about Crane?
Mr. Crane is fun.
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You can talk about him
when he's in the room.
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- But I don't think he's your man either.
- So that leaves Schmidt.
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I'm Schmidt. Let's go to my office.
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Why wouldn't he ask for me?
Am I not the star of this show?
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You see your name up there?
This is not about how good you are.
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- It's not?
- It's all about credit.
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- That's what's important in life.
- Credit?
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- And money.
- I thought it was about getting the girl.
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It's values. It's about getting the girl.
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- Money. Money.
- Sex. Sex.
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- You call it.
- Maybe it's money and sex.
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- They go together.
- One begets the other.
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We're not fighting. We're in sync.
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Can't be sure,
but I think Carl wants to be in sync too.
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Was he killed in Iraq?
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No. No. They patched him up okay there
and brought him back.
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He died in a hospital here.
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The doctor killed him.
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But I know for a fact
that there was malpractice.
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Because he admitted it.
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Mr. Canfield, I've tried a number
of medical-malpractice cases in my time.
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I've yet to run across a doctor
who admitted his or her wrongdoing.
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Yeah, but this one did.
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I can't sue, because it happened
in a military hospital.
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The Ferris Doctrine. You heard of that?
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Yes. It basically insulates
military hospitals and their staffs...
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...from lawsuits
when the victims are on active duty.
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My brother's not on active duty
anymore, Miss Schmidt.
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He's dead.
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I'm afraid the doctrine
would still apply.
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So there's nothing I can do? Nothing?
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Well...
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But the law is clear.
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- Soldiers are...
- Alan, I know.
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It's completely unwinnable.
It doesn't make sense to try.
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Which is why I've come to you.
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I've so missed watching the brave knight
fight the windmill.
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Shirley, this lawsuit is barred. There's
a Supreme Court case directly on point.
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And it's not like you
to want to waste the firm's money.
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What's going on?
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What's going on is,
when a man comes in off the street...
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...whose brother
has been wrongfully killed...
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...and asks you for your help...
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...you help.
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It's that simple. You help.
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- Would it be the Pentagon, then?
- Well, it might.
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Are you close, you and your sister?
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- Well, mainly, she'd throw rocks at me.
- Got it.
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She's a bit overbearing
and extremely punctual.
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- She should be here any...
- Hi.
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Hi. What are you doing on the desk?
Joy Espenson. Get down.
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- Are you his girlfriend?
- No. I just...
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Just what? It's purely sexual?
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Joy. This is Katie Lloyd,
my colleague, a lawyer.
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- You apologize this instant.
- Okay.
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I'm here about your nephew.
I have concerns.
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- I need help.
- What concerns?
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Well, he's going through puberty.
He's starting to get an interest in sex.
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- Isn't that natural?
- And he may be dating his sister.
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- What?
- You heard me.
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- He's an only child.
- Or he isn't. We don't know.
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He was conceived
by an anonymous sperm donor.
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I have an excellent sex life, so long as
men don't get in the bedroom with me.
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Anyway, turns out Fiona...
That's the girlfriend, Fiona.
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- Was conceived
by an anonymous sperm donor.
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It also turns out
she's the spitting image of Henry.
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What are the odds? Are you with me?
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I'm still recovering
from the gripping apology.
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I met Fiona's mother.
We both used the same agency.
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My God, what if?
I mean, what if they fall in love...
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...and get married
and start reproducing?
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- Well, let's simply take DNA swabs...
- DNA is not conclusive with half-siblings.
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- Could you speak to him?
- Me?
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He loves you.
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Does she ever speak?
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I must say,
when I first read the complaint...
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...I couldn't decide whether
it was just laughable or nonsensical.
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Now that I see who the attorney is,
it makes sense that it's laughable.
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Wade and I go back.
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He represents the companies
that almost killed Denny.
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- How's that discovery going?
- It might be proceeding more quickly...
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...if I wasn't sidetracked by a baseless,
groundless, frivolous claim.
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He's a big fan of adjectives.
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Yes, I go back a little bit
with Wade as well.
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Really?
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The hospital has admitted
committing misconduct...
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...which caused the victim's death.
- It's a military hospital. They're immune.
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Fine. We have the merits,
you have the legal technicalities.
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- Let's meet in the middle.
- The technicality here is the trump card.
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The Supreme Court clearly held...
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...you can't touch military hospitals.
Game over.
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That ruling was 50 years ago.
Things change.
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Things change?
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Will that be your legal argument?
"Things change"?
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Tony Scalia is a friend of mine.
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And trust me,
he has no interest whatsoever...
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...in what any Supreme Court before him
has said.
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- I don't know why I bothered to come.
- Because you miss me, Wade.
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Hug? We're a nation of huggers,
you know.
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We will take this to court.
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Fine. Do that. Have a lovely day.
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What? We don't really want it
to end quickly, do we? He's fun.
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I certainly understand your concerns,
but we have contractual agreements...
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...assuring absolute confidentiality
with all of our anonymous donors.
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- He could be dating his sister.
- Joy.
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I appreciate your obligations.
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But contracts can be vitiated
on grounds of public policy.
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And your public-policy argument
would be what?
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- He's dating his sister.
- Joy.
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Are these your children?
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- Yes, they are.
- You have a beautiful family.
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I can see they even look like you.
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Henry Espenson wonders
whom he looks like.
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Do you really think it's fair...
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...Mr. Chism, that Henry's right
to know his genetic lineage...
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...was simply contracted
away from him?
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Mr. Espenson,
without assurance of anonymity...
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...many sperm donors wouldn't donate.
Henry might not even exist.
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If we were to look at the equation
as best interests of the donor...
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...I'd side with you.
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But since courts typically opt
for best interests of the child...
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Henry would be better off unborn?
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Believe me, Mr. Espenson,
I've heard all the arguments.
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And, as I said, I do sympathize.
But there is no wiggle room on this one.
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We will not tell you
who the sperm donor is.
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All right. Listen, buddy.
I've tried to play nice here.
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But if we have to go to court, I'll do it.
I'll close your doors.
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And then you can liquidate
all your little test tubes...
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...and turkey basters, your porn videos.
See this here? It's a cigarette, bub.
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And you can put it out like this.
Just snuff it in an ashtray.
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Or I can stomp it with my size-13 boats.
Either way, it's extinguished, pal.
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Whether you wanna be snuffed,
stomped, or sucked dry.
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We can do it nice, do it rough.
How's it gonna be?
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Just...
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Yes. Security, please.
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I am not being a traitor. I'm supporting
our troops. Why aren't you?
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Isn't this war costing us enough
without the lawyers coming in?
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- I don't wanna get into this.
- I'm gonna tell you something.
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And you need to hear this.
America is sick of Bush bashing.
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- Enough already.
- I'm not bashing Bush.
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You're suing the military,
which is the Pentagon, the government.
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Which is Bush.
It comes down to Bush.
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Denny, this isn't about Bush.
This is about the troops...
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...risking their lives in the...
- Please.
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After the debacle at Walter Reed?
You must be kidding.
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These kids are returning
with catastrophic wounds.
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Who the hell is looking out for them,
really? Not Congress.
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- It's one you can't win, Alan.
- Says who?
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Says the law.
Says the United States Supreme Court.
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- Says $50,000.
- You know what? I don't...
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- You wanna bet?
- Uh-huh.
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If you insist on being an idiot,
at least let me profit from it.
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- Have you no shame whatsoever?
- None.
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- All proceeds go to the troops.
- Fine.
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Fine.
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Fine.
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There are reasons for this doctrine,
Miss Schmidt.
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Yes, Your Honor. Bad ones.
These kids fight our wars.
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It's an undue burden
to compensate them...
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...when they're victims
of medical malpractice?
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The soldier in question
lost his life because of an avoidable...
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...negligent hospital screwup...
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It's not just the money. Subjecting
the military hospitals to discovery...
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- Oh, come on.
- May I finish?
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You didn't let me finish.
This goes beyond bad faith.
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We send these kids to war.
They come back in need of medical care.
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Our doctors commit malpractice,
and we tell them:
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"Whoops, you can't sue,
because of a doctrine...
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...that selectively singles out
and punishes soldiers"?
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- I thought he was the speechmaker.
- Today, you got me.
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At least let me call a witness or two.
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My client lost his only brother.
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If he can't have his day in court...
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...at least give him an hour.
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All right. I'll allow you to call witnesses
as to the legality of the doctrine.
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If she doesn't like the law...
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...her recourse is the legislature,
not a judge.
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Well, thank you, Mr. Mathis.
I know what my role is.
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Two o'clock.
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You started sucking on the cigarette?
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I think I got some wood fibers
lodged in my lungs.
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Well, what happened?
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Well, I just saw my sister looking at me
like I was this big loser.
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- The way she did growing up.
- Did she really throw rocks at you?
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Yes. She thought
if an object came hurtling at my head...
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...I'd have to lift my hands off my thighs
to block it.
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She does love me in her way.
But her way sucks.
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It's a prop.
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- So, what happens now with the case?
- Well, we go to court.
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But first, we have to tell Henry.
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- How can I help?
- You can't, really.
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- I need to do this.
- Can you?
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Mm...
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It's a prop.
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Sometimes I think about retiring,
but what would I do?
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I hate golf. I don't much like to travel.
Do you ever think about retiring?
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Not really.
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As long as I can practice law
on my own terms.
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And you're doing that?
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Hmm.
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Still able to put your judgments
in question form, I see.
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You know, Shirley,
I'm still on the Board of Bar Overseers.
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There's a lot of talk
about your firm lately.
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- Is there?
- Yes. Regarding its, uh...
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...slide.
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I wasn't aware of any slide.
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Two of your name partners
have lost their minds. And you?
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What about me?
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I've known you a long time.
May I be brutally honest?
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Oh, please.
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00:13:17,733 --> 00:13:20,566
This Alan Shore
is dragging you into the sewer.
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00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:24,203
It's now his thumbprints all over
Crane, Poole & Schmidt, not yours.
234
00:13:24,853 --> 00:13:28,163
He's unscrupulous.
He's disrespectful to our judiciary.
235
00:13:28,333 --> 00:13:30,164
He's a bad seed.
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00:13:30,333 --> 00:13:35,851
And his reputation
is running to your firm as a whole.
237
00:13:36,013 --> 00:13:39,210
To you. I see his influence in play
in this very case.
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00:13:39,373 --> 00:13:42,171
You've brought a baseless,
frivolous cause of action...
239
00:13:42,333 --> 00:13:44,642
...barred by law? Why?
240
00:13:46,453 --> 00:13:50,492
- Are you done?
- Go ahead, let me have it. I'm a big boy.
241
00:13:54,093 --> 00:13:56,971
I've practiced a long time.
Worked with some of...
242
00:13:57,133 --> 00:14:00,603
...the highest-ranking members of our
profession. I include you among them.
243
00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:06,484
But I have yet to be associated
with a more skilled, more principled...
244
00:14:06,653 --> 00:14:09,486
...more noble attorney
than Alan Shore.
245
00:14:10,653 --> 00:14:15,090
If his is the reputation
I'm to be saddled with, I will take it.
246
00:14:15,773 --> 00:14:17,923
And lunch is over.
247
00:14:19,093 --> 00:14:22,369
If you wanna reject my opinion,
that's your prerogative.
248
00:14:22,813 --> 00:14:27,409
He is putting your firm in peril.
249
00:14:27,573 --> 00:14:29,325
Believe me when I tell you that.
250
00:14:47,013 --> 00:14:48,924
Thank you so much
for helping me tell him.
251
00:14:49,093 --> 00:14:52,483
I'm just so afraid, if he hears it from me,
he'll hate my guts forever.
252
00:14:52,653 --> 00:14:57,204
- Hey, Mom. Hi, Uncle Jerry.
- Henry. Hello. Welcome.
253
00:14:58,853 --> 00:15:00,047
This could take a while.
254
00:15:01,493 --> 00:15:04,963
- So good to see you.
- You too. This is my girlfriend, Fiona.
255
00:15:05,133 --> 00:15:08,648
- I brought her along, if that's okay.
- We're kind of inseparable.
256
00:15:13,533 --> 00:15:16,331
So, what's the big mystery?
Did I inherit money or something?
257
00:15:16,493 --> 00:15:18,245
- Did my birth father keel?
- Henry.
258
00:15:18,893 --> 00:15:20,611
So, really, what's the deal?
259
00:15:22,573 --> 00:15:26,851
Let's go into the conference room,
where we all can sit.
260
00:15:32,893 --> 00:15:35,168
Are you currently serving
in the military, sir?
261
00:15:35,333 --> 00:15:38,006
No, I'm a retired captain
for the U.S. Army.
262
00:15:38,173 --> 00:15:39,322
Served until last year.
263
00:15:39,493 --> 00:15:41,529
And what were
your primary responsibilities?
264
00:15:42,133 --> 00:15:45,250
For the last nine years,
I was mainly in Recruiting.
265
00:15:45,413 --> 00:15:46,687
Getting young men to enlist.
266
00:15:46,853 --> 00:15:49,367
- Did you retire on good terms?
- Not so much.
267
00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:50,761
Could you tell us why?
268
00:15:50,933 --> 00:15:54,767
Well, it was suggested I retire,
after I was a little too outspoken...
269
00:15:54,933 --> 00:15:57,083
...on what I perceived
as a backdoor draft.
270
00:15:57,253 --> 00:16:01,610
- When you say "backdoor draft"...?
- I mean, we target the poor.
271
00:16:01,773 --> 00:16:04,446
No one likes to say it publicly,
but that's what we do.
272
00:16:04,613 --> 00:16:07,252
And you target low-income youth
because...?
273
00:16:07,413 --> 00:16:11,292
They needed the money. Most kids don't
wanna go fight wars if they can avoid it.
274
00:16:11,453 --> 00:16:13,569
So we hone in
on the kids without options.
275
00:16:13,733 --> 00:16:15,371
- The poor?
- The poor.
276
00:16:15,533 --> 00:16:18,684
We set up our recruitment stations
in the poor-neighborhood malls.
277
00:16:18,853 --> 00:16:21,083
- And in the poor high schools.
I'm sorry.
278
00:16:21,253 --> 00:16:23,687
Can you at least tell me
the connection to this case?
279
00:16:23,853 --> 00:16:25,889
It goes to fairness, Mr. Mathis.
280
00:16:26,053 --> 00:16:29,125
We go after the lowest economic
demographic in our society...
281
00:16:29,293 --> 00:16:30,806
...to fight our wars.
282
00:16:30,973 --> 00:16:33,771
These kids are risking their lives
out of financial duress.
283
00:16:33,933 --> 00:16:35,525
I'm sorry, Miss Schmidt.
284
00:16:35,693 --> 00:16:39,891
This is an entirely different issue.
This witness is disallowed.
285
00:16:40,053 --> 00:16:42,442
I would like you
to understand the context of this.
286
00:16:42,613 --> 00:16:44,365
No. We're gonna stay on issue.
287
00:16:44,533 --> 00:16:48,287
If you've got a witness who can talk
about this case or the doctrine itself...
288
00:16:48,453 --> 00:16:52,128
...well, I'll listen.
Otherwise, this witness is disallowed.
289
00:16:52,293 --> 00:16:53,965
Now, who else do you have?
290
00:16:54,133 --> 00:16:57,523
Yes. I would like to hear from the doctor
who treated my client's brother.
291
00:16:57,693 --> 00:17:00,685
Defense stipulated
that he committed an avoidable error...
292
00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:04,129
...rising to the level of malpractice.
- I'd like to hear from him.
293
00:17:04,293 --> 00:17:06,488
There's no point
in hearing from the doctor...
294
00:17:06,653 --> 00:17:09,929
...unless you're trying to manipulate me
with horror or emotion...
295
00:17:10,093 --> 00:17:12,812
...neither of which informs us
of the legitimacy...
296
00:17:12,973 --> 00:17:15,533
...or the lawfulness
of the Ferris Doctrine.
297
00:17:15,693 --> 00:17:18,844
Certainly you're allowed to be
horrified by the facts in this case...
298
00:17:19,013 --> 00:17:21,322
The doctor is disallowed.
299
00:17:21,493 --> 00:17:25,532
In order to fully appreciate this doctrine
and its capricious application...
300
00:17:25,693 --> 00:17:27,092
...Your Honor needs to hear...
301
00:17:27,253 --> 00:17:30,290
Now, wait a minute. You've wasted
enough of my time already.
302
00:17:30,453 --> 00:17:32,967
I'd like to hear summations
from counsel...
303
00:17:33,133 --> 00:17:37,172
...in this court tomorrow at 10 a. m.
And then I'll rule.
304
00:17:37,333 --> 00:17:40,291
In the meantime,
I'd like to see counsel in my chambers.
305
00:17:44,773 --> 00:17:46,206
Well...
306
00:17:46,373 --> 00:17:52,289
...it, um, might be best
if this conversation were private.
307
00:17:52,453 --> 00:17:54,409
Mom, whatever it is,
I'm gonna tell Fiona.
308
00:17:54,813 --> 00:17:58,328
- She's my soul mate.
- Okay.
309
00:17:58,893 --> 00:18:00,451
Well...
310
00:18:01,493 --> 00:18:03,404
...the thing is, Henry...
311
00:18:06,493 --> 00:18:07,528
Tell him.
312
00:18:09,293 --> 00:18:11,204
Well, Henry, hello. Welcome.
313
00:18:11,373 --> 00:18:13,967
This is a little bit
about your birth father, actually.
314
00:18:14,133 --> 00:18:15,361
- Did he croak?
- No.
315
00:18:15,533 --> 00:18:19,367
No. Well, we have no way of knowing,
since we have no idea who he even is.
316
00:18:19,533 --> 00:18:23,208
- Fiona's a sperm-donor baby too.
- It's one of the things we bonded over.
317
00:18:23,373 --> 00:18:27,048
Yes. In fact,
you're not just sperm-donor babies...
318
00:18:27,213 --> 00:18:31,126
...but you both come from
the same sperm bank, actually.
319
00:18:31,293 --> 00:18:32,851
Really?
320
00:18:33,013 --> 00:18:38,133
- Cool. You see? We're so much alike.
- More alike than you might imagine.
321
00:18:38,293 --> 00:18:43,242
It's possible you came from
the same sperm donor.
322
00:18:44,013 --> 00:18:45,287
Ha-ha-ha. What do you mean?
323
00:18:45,453 --> 00:18:46,966
Well...
324
00:18:47,413 --> 00:18:50,007
...you may have...
325
00:18:52,813 --> 00:18:53,962
...um...
326
00:18:55,613 --> 00:18:57,968
...the same birth father.
327
00:18:58,613 --> 00:19:02,845
The odds are against it, of course,
but there's a wee chance that...
328
00:19:05,733 --> 00:19:09,521
...Fiona is...
329
00:19:11,133 --> 00:19:13,442
...your half-sister.
330
00:19:17,213 --> 00:19:21,411
- It can't be.
- I'm sure it isn't, but it might be.
331
00:19:23,733 --> 00:19:29,842
- How can we know for sure?
- Well, that's the thing.
332
00:19:30,013 --> 00:19:32,891
We can't.
333
00:19:33,053 --> 00:19:35,886
We're trying. But so far...
334
00:19:36,573 --> 00:19:38,529
...we can't.
335
00:19:46,213 --> 00:19:49,444
I have been informed...
336
00:19:49,613 --> 00:19:54,926
...that counsel has been wagering
on this case. Is that true?
337
00:19:57,093 --> 00:19:59,971
- That is absolutely false.
- Mr. Shore?
338
00:20:01,293 --> 00:20:02,965
- What about you?
- Me?
339
00:20:03,133 --> 00:20:06,011
I've been informed that you
and Denny Crane have a side bet...
340
00:20:06,173 --> 00:20:10,371
...for $50,000. Is that true?
341
00:20:12,333 --> 00:20:14,130
- Well...
- Alan?
342
00:20:17,693 --> 00:20:20,924
Proceeds go to the troops.
I never bet on baseball.
343
00:20:21,093 --> 00:20:23,971
I bet we'd win here.
So it's not as if I'm throwing anything...
344
00:20:24,133 --> 00:20:27,250
But a senior partner in your firm...
345
00:20:27,413 --> 00:20:29,881
Denny and I have these little side bets
all the time.
346
00:20:30,053 --> 00:20:31,964
It's not like...
347
00:20:32,133 --> 00:20:35,603
...that answer remotely helped me.
I lied about that, actually.
348
00:20:35,773 --> 00:20:38,685
Denny and I don't bet all the time.
I never bet.
349
00:20:38,853 --> 00:20:40,684
I just lie.
350
00:20:41,653 --> 00:20:44,372
My therapist recommends
that I lie to get past...
351
00:20:45,693 --> 00:20:48,924
...the gambling problem.
- I'm recommending you for disbarment...
352
00:20:49,093 --> 00:20:50,890
...as soon as this case is through.
353
00:20:51,053 --> 00:20:54,170
All right,
summation 10:00 a. m. Tomorrow.
354
00:21:13,413 --> 00:21:14,812
You told the judge.
355
00:21:14,973 --> 00:21:17,043
- What?
- About our bet. You told the judge.
356
00:21:17,213 --> 00:21:20,205
- I did no such thing.
- Well, he knows. How would he know?
357
00:21:20,373 --> 00:21:22,967
- Don't ask me.
- You never said anything to anybody?
358
00:21:23,133 --> 00:21:26,603
Well, I might've mentioned it
to the clerk in passing.
359
00:21:26,773 --> 00:21:28,684
- I don't believe it.
- Calm down.
360
00:21:28,853 --> 00:21:32,209
You sabotaged a case of this firm
so you could win a bet?
361
00:21:32,373 --> 00:21:34,284
- You sabotaged me.
- Keep your voice down.
362
00:21:34,453 --> 00:21:37,013
I will not keep my voice down.
You sold me out.
363
00:21:37,173 --> 00:21:38,970
I'm up for disbarment.
You might be too.
364
00:21:39,133 --> 00:21:41,567
- I'll make a few calls.
- Denny, we wagered on a case.
365
00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:44,930
Do you have any idea
how unethical that is?
366
00:21:45,093 --> 00:21:49,245
- Well, it's not like we bet on baseball.
- You did this to me, to your best friend.
367
00:21:49,413 --> 00:21:51,529
Winning a bet is...?
368
00:21:52,173 --> 00:21:53,845
My God.
369
00:21:58,893 --> 00:22:01,771
- She looks mad.
- Of all the things you have done...
370
00:22:01,933 --> 00:22:06,131
Never mind the illegality of it,
the insensitivity.
371
00:22:06,293 --> 00:22:08,807
- A soldier lost his life.
- Shirley.
372
00:22:08,973 --> 00:22:12,488
- There is no excuse, Alan.
- I wasn't about to offer any.
373
00:22:12,653 --> 00:22:15,850
We never should've done it.
If I'd thought it'd have any bearing...
374
00:22:16,013 --> 00:22:18,811
...on the case, I never...
- Of course it has bearing.
375
00:22:18,973 --> 00:22:21,248
The judge now takes our case
much less seriously...
376
00:22:21,413 --> 00:22:23,973
Which was Denny's plan,
which was why he told the clerk.
377
00:22:24,133 --> 00:22:25,930
- Sure, sell me out.
- You sold me out.
378
00:22:26,093 --> 00:22:29,802
- You betrayed me.
- You both betrayed me.
379
00:22:29,973 --> 00:22:32,487
And this firm and the client.
380
00:22:36,133 --> 00:22:39,284
You sicken me, both of you.
381
00:22:43,973 --> 00:22:46,328
- Maybe I shouldn't have told.
- Maybe?
382
00:22:48,053 --> 00:22:53,525
You risked everything. Our friendship,
our trust, our nights on the balcony.
383
00:22:54,253 --> 00:22:56,323
You put a stupid bet before it all.
384
00:22:56,493 --> 00:23:01,044
I mean, you know what? I don't care.
I'm done. We're done.
385
00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:04,205
- Alan?
- I can't even look at you.
386
00:23:10,893 --> 00:23:13,282
So this isn't any kind
of in vitro facility...?
387
00:23:13,453 --> 00:23:15,125
No, Your Honor. It's simply a bank.
388
00:23:15,293 --> 00:23:18,569
- People buy and sell sperm.
- And do people buy and sell a lot of it...
389
00:23:18,733 --> 00:23:21,930
...or has the weakened American dollar
taken its toll there as well?
390
00:23:22,093 --> 00:23:24,163
I hope you're not finding humor in this.
391
00:23:24,333 --> 00:23:26,449
The consequences here
are potentially dire.
392
00:23:26,613 --> 00:23:29,650
Look, the odds of two people
from the same donor meeting are...
393
00:23:29,813 --> 00:23:31,132
Not preposterous.
394
00:23:31,293 --> 00:23:33,363
Many donors donate buckets of sperm
over time.
395
00:23:33,533 --> 00:23:37,321
In fact, with designer babies and genetic
engineering being the new must-have...
396
00:23:37,493 --> 00:23:41,042
...for wealthy families, many prospective
parents look for that athletic...
397
00:23:41,213 --> 00:23:43,443
...good-looking man
with the Ivy League degree.
398
00:23:43,613 --> 00:23:48,164
There are some donors who have sired
more offspring than Secretariat.
399
00:23:48,333 --> 00:23:52,963
It's only a matter of time before
two people from the same seed hook up.
400
00:23:53,133 --> 00:23:54,930
Crown Cryobank
follows the guidelines...
401
00:23:55,093 --> 00:23:58,290
...recommended by the American Society
for Reproductive Medicine...
402
00:23:58,453 --> 00:24:01,126
...to guard against the possibility
of co-sanguinity.
403
00:24:01,293 --> 00:24:02,282
But it can happen.
404
00:24:02,453 --> 00:24:05,286
Looking at these two kids,
you can see the possibility.
405
00:24:05,453 --> 00:24:08,650
Your Honor, if I may, we limit
the number of live births per donor...
406
00:24:08,813 --> 00:24:11,532
...to 25 per population of 800,000.
407
00:24:11,693 --> 00:24:15,322
You have no means of actually tracking
that number. There's no obligation...
408
00:24:15,493 --> 00:24:18,963
...for women to tell you the results
of the sperm once it leaves the depot.
409
00:24:19,133 --> 00:24:21,408
We have binding contracts
with our donors.
410
00:24:21,573 --> 00:24:25,771
But if you talk to adopted children,
they will tell you there is a need...
411
00:24:25,933 --> 00:24:28,811
Even the ones
raised by loving adoptive families...
412
00:24:28,973 --> 00:24:33,171
...there is a fundamental,
perhaps even primal need...
413
00:24:33,333 --> 00:24:36,370
...to know who and where
they came from.
414
00:24:36,533 --> 00:24:41,926
And these contracts say, "No, sorry.
Sperm donor's privacy counts more. "
415
00:24:42,093 --> 00:24:45,130
That's wrong. Parents have always
treated children like chattel...
416
00:24:45,293 --> 00:24:46,885
...like acquisitions, but this...
417
00:24:47,053 --> 00:24:48,771
The U.K. Passed a law...
418
00:24:48,933 --> 00:24:51,367
...ending the practice
of donating sperm anonymously.
419
00:24:51,533 --> 00:24:54,843
Fertility clinics started to dry up.
Some have no sperm at all.
420
00:24:55,013 --> 00:24:56,605
Desperate parents lose out.
421
00:24:57,493 --> 00:25:00,246
All right. I think I know the arguments.
422
00:25:01,893 --> 00:25:02,882
Yes, son?
423
00:25:04,453 --> 00:25:07,889
I just wanna say, judge,
nobody ever consulted me.
424
00:25:08,093 --> 00:25:11,130
Now if I wanna know where
I came from, who my birth father is...
425
00:25:11,293 --> 00:25:12,726
Does cancer run in the family?
426
00:25:12,893 --> 00:25:15,851
Are there any other diseases
I might be more likely to get?
427
00:25:16,013 --> 00:25:17,605
Do I have any brothers or sisters?
428
00:25:17,773 --> 00:25:21,049
Is there anybody else out there
who looks like me?
429
00:25:21,213 --> 00:25:23,204
I don't get to know any of that.
430
00:25:23,373 --> 00:25:27,286
Because, before I was born,
some people entered into a contract.
431
00:25:43,733 --> 00:25:45,132
I'm sorry.
432
00:25:45,333 --> 00:25:49,008
Go tell someone who's interested.
I'm working on my summation.
433
00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:50,572
- Alan...
- Get out.
434
00:25:50,733 --> 00:25:52,963
You don't do something like...
435
00:25:53,693 --> 00:25:55,729
"Sorry" isn't good enough.
436
00:26:02,613 --> 00:26:03,648
Alan...
437
00:26:05,213 --> 00:26:06,282
...I'm slipping.
438
00:26:08,933 --> 00:26:13,802
What would ever possess me to...?
439
00:26:13,973 --> 00:26:18,330
I mean, I do crazy things,
but I always know what I'm doing.
440
00:26:19,533 --> 00:26:21,728
And my judgment on this was...
441
00:26:27,293 --> 00:26:29,170
I know I'm slipping.
442
00:26:31,533 --> 00:26:32,966
I'm so, so sorry.
443
00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:37,968
For me to have done this
to the person I love most is...
444
00:26:39,493 --> 00:26:41,211
What's happening to me?
445
00:26:41,853 --> 00:26:44,321
- Nothing's happening to you.
- Yes, it is.
446
00:26:45,133 --> 00:26:48,648
I'm not sure.
Maybe I shouldn't practice anymore.
447
00:26:48,813 --> 00:26:50,166
Look, don't overreact.
448
00:26:50,333 --> 00:26:55,282
I told the clerk of a sitting judge
we had a bet on the case.
449
00:26:59,173 --> 00:27:02,848
If I'm going down,
I'm not taking you down with me.
450
00:27:03,013 --> 00:27:04,446
It's time I quit.
451
00:27:04,613 --> 00:27:05,932
If you quit work, Denny...
452
00:27:06,093 --> 00:27:08,971
...your brain will shrivel up
to the size of a small raisin...
453
00:27:09,133 --> 00:27:10,725
...and you surely will die.
454
00:27:16,813 --> 00:27:20,601
Have you been feeling
other symptoms lately?
455
00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:26,322
Sometimes I feel a little foggy.
Don't seem to always get things.
456
00:27:26,893 --> 00:27:28,565
- For example?
- Obama.
457
00:27:28,733 --> 00:27:31,122
- Another example.
- The Patriots losing to the Giants.
458
00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:33,607
You're covering.
459
00:27:39,253 --> 00:27:43,007
- The idea of not having you...
- You will never not have me.
460
00:27:44,973 --> 00:27:48,283
- You said we were done.
- I was angry, Denny.
461
00:27:48,453 --> 00:27:50,728
I'll get by it.
462
00:27:51,173 --> 00:27:56,725
Our friendship will survive
an act of poor judgment.
463
00:27:57,213 --> 00:27:59,966
- Really?
- Really.
464
00:28:09,893 --> 00:28:13,044
- Lf you wanna call off the bet...
- I have no interest in doing that.
465
00:28:13,213 --> 00:28:14,805
I plan on winning.
466
00:28:16,013 --> 00:28:17,890
- Double it?
- Done.
467
00:28:19,493 --> 00:28:22,212
- Don't tell.
- I won't.
468
00:28:22,373 --> 00:28:23,772
Thank you, Alan.
469
00:28:24,733 --> 00:28:27,850
You forgive, I forget.
Make a good team.
470
00:28:28,013 --> 00:28:32,086
Yes, we're a very good team.
471
00:28:49,013 --> 00:28:50,571
All right.
472
00:28:51,373 --> 00:28:52,772
Look, when I grew up...
473
00:28:52,933 --> 00:28:56,323
...it was relatively rare
to meet a person who was adopted.
474
00:28:56,493 --> 00:29:01,248
Today, adoption is commonplace,
as are multicultural families.
475
00:29:01,413 --> 00:29:06,771
Genealogy is almost considered
irrelevant. But it is relevant.
476
00:29:06,933 --> 00:29:09,208
People do want to know
their genetic history...
477
00:29:09,373 --> 00:29:14,083
...whether it is for medical reasons,
or just, well, to feel complete...
478
00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:16,642
...as one adopted friend
recently told me.
479
00:29:17,093 --> 00:29:18,765
I agree with Mr. Espenson.
480
00:29:18,933 --> 00:29:22,767
We cannot allow a contract
to usurp the autonomy of the child.
481
00:29:22,933 --> 00:29:24,924
The current laws
are anything but current...
482
00:29:25,093 --> 00:29:27,209
...and they need to be reexamined.
483
00:29:27,373 --> 00:29:30,763
In the meantime,
I am not ordering the defendant...
484
00:29:30,933 --> 00:29:34,528
...to tell the plaintiff the identity
of his biological father.
485
00:29:34,693 --> 00:29:38,766
But I am ordering you
to tell him if he and his girlfriend...
486
00:29:38,933 --> 00:29:40,651
...come from the same sperm donor.
487
00:29:42,093 --> 00:29:45,085
You have my ruling. We are adjourned.
488
00:29:47,013 --> 00:29:48,241
So, what happens now?
489
00:29:49,133 --> 00:29:51,249
We at least find out
if you two are related.
490
00:29:51,413 --> 00:29:55,042
- How long will that take?
- I would think we'd know today.
491
00:29:55,213 --> 00:29:58,649
Good work, Jerry. I'm very impressed.
492
00:30:08,133 --> 00:30:12,046
It isn't just the undue economic burden
on the government, Your Honor...
493
00:30:12,213 --> 00:30:14,169
...though that alone
would be crippling...
494
00:30:14,333 --> 00:30:17,211
...but to subject the military hospitals
to discovery?
495
00:30:17,373 --> 00:30:19,682
That could result
in the free trade of secrets.
496
00:30:19,853 --> 00:30:22,321
It could compromise military discipline.
497
00:30:23,493 --> 00:30:24,926
Representative Duncan Hunter...
498
00:30:25,093 --> 00:30:27,482
...a member of
the House Armed Services Committee...
499
00:30:27,653 --> 00:30:30,611
...and a former fighter pilot,
consider what he said:
500
00:30:30,773 --> 00:30:33,367
"The Ferris Doctrine represents
a reasonable approach...
501
00:30:33,533 --> 00:30:36,923
...to ensuring that litigation
does not interfere...
502
00:30:37,093 --> 00:30:40,802
...with the objectives and readiness
of our nation's military. "
503
00:30:40,973 --> 00:30:43,771
Now, think of it. Do we really want
our military personnel...
504
00:30:43,933 --> 00:30:46,527
...bogged down in depositions
and motions...
505
00:30:46,693 --> 00:30:48,411
...while we're trying to fight a war?
506
00:30:49,133 --> 00:30:52,250
And finally, Your Honor, consider this.
507
00:30:52,413 --> 00:30:55,849
Military hospitals
tend to deal with high volume...
508
00:30:56,013 --> 00:30:59,210
...and, as Mr. Shore noted,
many catastrophic wounds.
509
00:30:59,373 --> 00:31:01,568
We want these kids getting treatment.
510
00:31:01,733 --> 00:31:06,761
The last thing we need is for doctors
to be balking out of fear of getting sued.
511
00:31:06,933 --> 00:31:11,449
If you take away this immunity,
the reality is you'll lose doctors...
512
00:31:11,613 --> 00:31:14,685
...and our kids won't get
the medical treatment they've earned...
513
00:31:14,853 --> 00:31:16,491
...and deserve.
514
00:31:16,653 --> 00:31:19,645
Lawyers love to sue. It's what we do.
It's how we heat our pools.
515
00:31:19,813 --> 00:31:21,929
But sometimes...
516
00:31:22,093 --> 00:31:24,288
...we have to put our country first.
517
00:31:24,453 --> 00:31:25,522
And failing that...
518
00:31:26,453 --> 00:31:28,205
...how about you put our troops first?
519
00:31:37,693 --> 00:31:40,969
It's surprising to have to explain
the rudiments of our legal system...
520
00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:43,772
...to opposing counsel.
But I am not suing anyone.
521
00:31:43,933 --> 00:31:46,367
My client is suing
because his brother, a soldier...
522
00:31:46,533 --> 00:31:48,808
...was killed by a military hospital.
523
00:31:48,973 --> 00:31:52,045
By the way, there are no pools
being heated here. I don't have one.
524
00:31:52,213 --> 00:31:55,922
As for my client, he should be so lucky
to have a house, let alone a pool.
525
00:31:56,093 --> 00:31:58,561
Although I'm sure he'd prefer
to have his brother.
526
00:31:58,733 --> 00:32:01,805
Private Richard Canfield was
in the Fort Wayne Military Hospital...
527
00:32:01,973 --> 00:32:05,045
...getting basic follow-up treatment
for wounds sustained in Iraq.
528
00:32:05,213 --> 00:32:08,603
Wounds he was healing from nicely.
He began to have trouble breathing...
529
00:32:08,773 --> 00:32:11,367
...due to a reaction to medicine
he was mistakenly given.
530
00:32:11,533 --> 00:32:14,366
The doctor then inserted
a breathing tube incorrectly...
531
00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:16,683
...and proceeded to pump air
into his stomach.
532
00:32:16,853 --> 00:32:19,003
By the time
they figured out their mistake...
533
00:32:19,173 --> 00:32:21,289
...Private Canfield
had severe brain damage.
534
00:32:21,453 --> 00:32:24,445
Three days later, he died.
None of this is in dispute.
535
00:32:24,613 --> 00:32:28,162
Had this same malpractice happened
to me or you...
536
00:32:28,333 --> 00:32:31,370
...our estates would receive
million-dollar settlements.
537
00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:34,525
But because Private Canfield
was a GI, not a nickel.
538
00:32:34,693 --> 00:32:36,809
Apparently, we can all live with that.
539
00:32:36,973 --> 00:32:42,684
This Ferris Doctrine is as unfair
as it is patently ludicrous.
540
00:32:42,853 --> 00:32:45,890
There is no danger
of revealing military secrets.
541
00:32:46,053 --> 00:32:48,009
Discovery would only go
to medical records.
542
00:32:48,173 --> 00:32:49,811
And frankly, I am mystified...
543
00:32:49,973 --> 00:32:52,726
...as to how this could possibly affect
military discipline.
544
00:32:52,893 --> 00:32:58,126
Would the troops suddenly stop saluting,
or begin marching in crooked lines?
545
00:32:58,293 --> 00:33:01,091
And as for the supposed burden
on the government...
546
00:33:01,253 --> 00:33:05,565
...you've gotta be kidding me. What
about Private Canfield's horrific ordeal?
547
00:33:05,733 --> 00:33:07,325
Not to mention the obvious fact...
548
00:33:07,493 --> 00:33:10,053
...that while our government
will undoubtedly survive...
549
00:33:10,213 --> 00:33:11,726
...Private Canfield did not.
550
00:33:15,853 --> 00:33:19,289
I would say to you, Your Honor,
these are our kids who are dying.
551
00:33:19,453 --> 00:33:24,891
But it's not really our kids, is it?
Not for the most part.
552
00:33:25,053 --> 00:33:26,372
It's the poor people's kids.
553
00:33:26,533 --> 00:33:29,525
And the dirty little secret,
some might say windfall...
554
00:33:29,693 --> 00:33:32,161
...of our record poverty
and disparity of wealth...
555
00:33:32,333 --> 00:33:34,893
...is we've got plenty of poor people
to fight our wars.
556
00:33:35,053 --> 00:33:37,248
- I'm sorry, but I'm offended by that.
- Are you?
557
00:33:37,413 --> 00:33:39,005
How about a Republican candidate...
558
00:33:39,173 --> 00:33:41,607
...who opposes educational benefits
for Gls...
559
00:33:41,773 --> 00:33:43,684
...so as not to encourage troops
to leave?
560
00:33:43,853 --> 00:33:46,083
Keep their options limited.
Does that offend you?
561
00:33:46,253 --> 00:33:48,403
How about all the war profiteering
by the rich?
562
00:33:48,573 --> 00:33:53,089
How about the fact that while a sergeant
gets an annual salary of $ 70,000...
563
00:33:53,253 --> 00:33:56,131
...private security guards
hired by Blackwater and DynCorp...
564
00:33:56,293 --> 00:33:58,409
...get 4 to 500,000?
Does that offend you?
565
00:33:58,573 --> 00:34:01,883
All kinds of wonderful, lucrative deals
can happen in war.
566
00:34:02,053 --> 00:34:04,123
For the Gls,
we've got the Ferris Doctrine.
567
00:34:04,293 --> 00:34:07,171
Which means when a GI is killed
by hospital negligence...
568
00:34:07,333 --> 00:34:10,052
...or even deliberately by a doctor,
not a nickel.
569
00:34:10,213 --> 00:34:13,410
How can this not shock
our national conscience?
570
00:34:13,573 --> 00:34:17,361
The media gives it little, if any, shrift.
Mr. Mathis clearly doesn't care.
571
00:34:17,533 --> 00:34:20,127
And me, hell,
I even placed a bet on the case.
572
00:34:24,693 --> 00:34:29,289
How can it be
that we don't much care?
573
00:34:31,013 --> 00:34:33,766
Maybe because
it's not our kids who are dying.
574
00:34:34,693 --> 00:34:36,331
It's the poor people's.
575
00:34:54,173 --> 00:34:55,811
Yes. Yes, that's fine. I'll wait.
576
00:34:56,573 --> 00:34:58,006
I'm on hold.
577
00:34:59,493 --> 00:35:01,609
- They have the answer?
- It seems so.
578
00:35:03,973 --> 00:35:05,247
It's going to be fine.
579
00:35:06,053 --> 00:35:07,122
I read a study.
580
00:35:07,853 --> 00:35:11,004
People are attracted to other people
who look like them.
581
00:35:11,173 --> 00:35:13,528
It's not unusual
for us to resemble each other.
582
00:35:13,973 --> 00:35:15,804
Yes, thank you.
583
00:35:18,573 --> 00:35:20,052
Well?
584
00:35:28,013 --> 00:35:29,605
You have the same sperm donor.
585
00:35:37,493 --> 00:35:39,006
I'm sorry.
586
00:35:39,533 --> 00:35:41,683
This isn't fair.
587
00:35:45,453 --> 00:35:46,852
I'm so sorry.
588
00:36:10,293 --> 00:36:12,204
All rise.
589
00:36:14,013 --> 00:36:15,765
Be seated.
590
00:36:22,773 --> 00:36:25,241
I'm allowing the plaintiff's case
to stand.
591
00:36:25,413 --> 00:36:27,881
Your Honor, the precedent set
by the Ferris Doctrine...
592
00:36:28,053 --> 00:36:31,523
The Ferris Doctrine
is no longer applicable in today's world.
593
00:36:31,693 --> 00:36:33,445
Well, the remedy is the legislature.
594
00:36:33,613 --> 00:36:38,004
I disagree, counselor.
This doctrine unfairly victimizes the poor.
595
00:36:38,173 --> 00:36:41,609
There are far more rich people
registered to vote than poor people.
596
00:36:41,813 --> 00:36:45,203
This will never get fixed
by an electable legislature. Never.
597
00:36:45,373 --> 00:36:47,648
- Your Honor...
- I'm allowing the case to stand.
598
00:36:48,053 --> 00:36:49,486
We are adjourned.
599
00:36:52,213 --> 00:36:54,568
- Well...
- What does this mean?
600
00:36:54,733 --> 00:36:56,530
It means,
for now, you still get to sue.
601
00:36:56,693 --> 00:36:59,446
- Hopefully we can settle it quickly.
- Thank you.
602
00:36:59,613 --> 00:37:01,808
I'll schedule a meeting
with opposing counsel.
603
00:37:01,973 --> 00:37:04,487
We'll see where it goes.
I'll let you know.
604
00:37:08,053 --> 00:37:12,205
Shirley, I apologize again
for any embarrassment, but...
605
00:37:16,133 --> 00:37:17,725
Okay.
606
00:37:25,133 --> 00:37:27,567
She'll forgive us.
607
00:37:27,733 --> 00:37:31,203
- Sounds like she's already halfway there.
- What makes you say that?
608
00:37:31,733 --> 00:37:34,850
Shirley has no trouble
expressing her displeasure.
609
00:37:35,013 --> 00:37:38,767
But when she says nothing
or walks away in silence...
610
00:37:38,933 --> 00:37:43,723
...it's like she's saying,
"I'm still angry, but I'll forgive you. "
611
00:37:48,213 --> 00:37:50,647
Will you really forgive me?
612
00:37:51,973 --> 00:37:53,804
I did already.
613
00:37:58,653 --> 00:38:02,851
I can't believe I actually said that
to the clerk.
614
00:38:03,573 --> 00:38:05,131
Promise me something.
615
00:38:05,293 --> 00:38:08,091
When I do something crazy,
you'll tell me.
616
00:38:08,733 --> 00:38:11,645
Okay. Let's start
with doubling the bet.
617
00:38:12,453 --> 00:38:14,250
Oh, right.
618
00:38:18,053 --> 00:38:21,204
At least tell me it's going
to a good cause, like a hooker.
619
00:38:21,373 --> 00:38:25,605
- It's going to the troops, remember?
- Oh, right. Yes. I feel better now.
620
00:38:31,013 --> 00:38:32,287
You okay, Denny?
621
00:38:33,533 --> 00:38:35,364
Oh, yeah.
622
00:38:37,933 --> 00:38:41,209
- You really yelled at me.
- I just lost my temper.
623
00:38:42,773 --> 00:38:44,491
I'm over it.
624
00:38:47,253 --> 00:38:51,132
You know what's long overdue?
You and me on a road trip.
625
00:38:51,293 --> 00:38:52,726
A road trip?
626
00:38:52,893 --> 00:38:56,568
Maybe we should go to Rome. Or the
balcony on the other side of the building.
627
00:38:56,973 --> 00:38:58,531
Yeah, I've got it.
628
00:38:58,693 --> 00:39:01,127
- A dude ranch.
- A dude ranch?
629
00:39:01,293 --> 00:39:05,923
It's horses and sheep and fresh air...
630
00:39:06,453 --> 00:39:07,568
...and sheep.
631
00:39:08,613 --> 00:39:12,925
- Let's go west, to the Wild West.
- I don't really like horses.
632
00:39:13,613 --> 00:39:15,012
How can you not like horses?
633
00:39:15,173 --> 00:39:16,970
- Dude ranch?
- Yeah. Just leave it to me.
634
00:39:17,133 --> 00:39:21,843
I'll make all the arrangements. We'll have
campfires and marshmallows and tents...
635
00:39:22,413 --> 00:39:26,008
...and sheep. Me and you and...
636
00:39:26,173 --> 00:39:30,007
Fresh air would do us both good.
That is what we need.
637
00:39:36,693 --> 00:39:38,490
Thank you.
638
00:39:40,773 --> 00:39:42,286
For being...
639
00:39:44,253 --> 00:39:45,447
Thank you.
640
00:39:46,413 --> 00:39:48,449
I don't think you're slipping, Denny.
641
00:39:50,893 --> 00:39:52,406
I really don't.
642
00:39:55,773 --> 00:39:57,126
Okay.
643
00:39:58,305 --> 00:40:04,313
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