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[indistinct commentary on TV]

[woman]
Jimmy, the stupid garbage
disposal's broken again.

Did you put stupid melon rind
down it again?

[woman]
If it can't take melon rind,
what good is it?

[groans softly]

Did you hit
the reset button?

What reset button?

Same one I showed
you last time.

You can't miss it,
if you just...

You just wanted
me to do it.

I just wanted
to get you on your back.

[laughing]
Sneak attack!

Commence countermeasures.
Torpedo One, fire!

-Fire depth charges!
-Enemy command...

-captured.
-Mmm.

-You going to interrogate me?
-Mm-hmm.

[loud banging]

On your knees! Get down!
Get down! Get down!

-What are you doing?
-Lie down! Shut up!

-Clear.
-All secure,
Lieutenant.

Clear!

By command of His
Royal Highness

the Emir of Al Khair

I'm here to bring
you home, Princess.

[opening theme music playing]

[Chegwidden] Apparently,
the petty officer met the
princess

standing in line
at Hardee's in Al Khair.

Petty Officer Elling
was assigned

to the Naval Air Station

there as a Machinist Mate.

That may be enough, sir.

No matter how many
times I show Tiner,

he never gets it right.

Where is Tiner?

He's registering
for night school, sir.

Pre-law.
That your doing, Commander?

Well, it seemed
a more prudent choice

than flight school,
sir.

[chuckles] Yeah.
Uh, where was I?

The princess
and the petty officer, sir.

Oh, right. When
Elling was transferred

stateside last month,

he forged a Naval I.D.
for the princess

brought her on board
his flight

disguised in baggy sweats
and a baseball cap.

Sort of a fairy tale
in reverse--

turn the princess
into a pumpkin.

Well, Al Khair wants
its pumpkin back.

She's being held at the
Fredericksburg
INS Detention Center

pending deportation.

[Roberts] How does she get
deported if she's married

to a U.S. serviceman, sir?

Doesn't that make her
a lawful resident alien?

Not if she entered
the country illegally
before she was married.

[Roberts] What if they were
married in Al Khair?

Then she could
enter the country?

Except in Al Khair,
it's illegal

for a princess to
marry a non-Muslim

and I believe Elling
is a, uh... Methodist.

Thank you, sir.

Given the compelling
personal nature

of Petty Officer
Elling's crime, sir,

I'm surprised the matter
didn't simply go

to Captain's Mast.

Well, she's a princess

and ZNN led
the story this morning.

So this is less
about Navy discipline

and more about putting on
a show for our allies.

I don't think
anyone could argue

that the Navy's trying
to railroad him, Commander,

if you're defending him.

Unless you're planning on
rolling over for the media.

Well, it's never been
my tack in the past, sir.

Good. Roberts,
you're prosecuting.

Thank you, sir.

So how is it?

Wow.

Great, sir.
Really... powerful.

Commander?

[slurping]

Uh, robust.

We need a real coffee drinker.

I' wrote Peoplemagazine.
I called Peoplemagazine.

They won't issue
a retraction.

They wouldn't need
to issue a retraction
if you hadn't

-talked to them
in the first place.
-I didn't talk to them.

I said I wouldn't violate
your privacy.

No, you said you
wouldn't violate
your fiancé's privacy.

Sarah, you're
wearing my ring.

We're practically
living together.

Admiral. Commander.
Lieutenant.

Goodbye.

She's probably
had enough coffee.

Yes, sir.

Admiral Chegwidden.

Master Chief Boesch?

How are you?

-How are you, sir?
-Good.

Man, you look good.

The Master Chief was

my senior instructor
at BUDS.

What the hell are
you doing out here?

I'm out here signing
T-shirts for the Navy.

I'm real popular
all of a sudden.

[Chegwidden] Well, save some
time for me.

We've got some
catching up to do.

[Boesch] Yes, sir.

Master Chief, would
you like some coffee?

Yes, sir.

Kind of weak.

[Elling] All I want
is my wife back, sir.

How can the
United States Government

just kick her
out of the country?

What the hell kind of freedom
are we all fighting for, sir?

Nobody is free
to smuggle people

into the country
illegally, Petty Officer.

We belong together, sir.

Fannie's my wife.

We love each other.

Fannie?

Fatima Fareeha
Taarhira al-Amatula.

Fannie.

So what's going
to happen to her, sir?

The INS are processing her
for deportation.

We can't let that happen, sir.

Do you have any idea
what they do in Al Khair

to women who violate the Muslim
laws about sex and marriage?

Look, right now,
all I'm concerned with

are the laws you're charged
with violating...

falsifying official statements,
forgery, theft of services--

I don't care what
they do to me, sir.

But she can't
go back there.

It's too dangerous.

If you're in the brig,
you can't do

anything for her,
Petty Officer Elling.

You can help her, sir.

Please.

[MacKenzie] So how are things
in the real Navy?

-The one with the boats?
-[Rabb] Listen, I need a favor.

Can you get a couple hours
liberty tomorrow?

-Why?
-Well, you know
you'd be driving

by the Joan and David
shoe outlet at Potomac Mills.

Keep talking.

And you'd be helping out
the dependent wife

of a U.S. serviceman
with an immigration problem.

Ah, your princess.

It's Petty Officer
Elling's princess

and her deportation hearing's
tomorrow at Fredericksburg.

Well, why don't you go?

I'm stuck here. I have to wait

until Bud sees Elling's C.O.
and finds out

what kind of an offer
he's authorized to make.

Fatima al-Amatula.

Now, her hearing's
tomorrow at 0900.

I'd... I'd have
to cancel my facial.

Mac, these kids
really need a break.

[sighing]

[Sidney] You still don't
have your car back?

[Chegwidden]
Still in police impound.

Look, A.J., uh, Danny told
me all about what happened.

He feels totally
responsible.

-He does?
-Of course.

You lent him your car,
and while he had it,

it got stolen
and abandoned

by a dope dealer.

[sighing]

Has this kind of thing
ever happened before?

Having a car stolen?

No, I mean, Danny
being in trouble.

He's not in trouble.

But the police
had some questions.

Oh, that's so typical.

Last year when my office
was broken into,

the cops practically
blamed me for not having
the right burglar alarm.

Well, they were probably
just trying to protect you.

[knocking]

Fatima al-Amatula?

I am Fatima.

I'm Lieutenant Colonel
Sarah MacKenzie.
I'm an attorney.

The lawyer representing your
husband asked me to help you.

Jimmy-- how is he?

He's in good hands.

I'll go,

Aneesa.

Thank you
for staying with me.

She's a friend from home.

What should I call you?
Princess? Or...?

Please.
Fannie.

Can you help me?

Well, to be honest, Fannie,

from what I know
about Immigration law,

it won't be easy.

[knocking]

Fatima!

Are you all right?

Imam.

Lieutenant...

Bin-Rasheed.

Muslim Chaplain at Norfolk.

You're Colonel MacKenzie.
I saw you on Trial TV.

Great. Um, you're a long way
from your congregation, Imam.

Not really. Fatima's become
one of our regulars.

I don't want
to lose her, Colonel.

Even though she married
outside the faith?

She considers herself
a good Muslim,
I consider her a good Muslim.

Oh, Imam, they're
going to send me back.

Only if it's Allah's will.

And the Immigration judge's.

[Rabb]
Twelve month's confinement?

You can do better
than that, Lieutenant.

Sir, the C.O. has taken
a real hard line on this one.

-It's the best deal
he'll go for.
-[Rabb] He doesn't realize

that Petty Officer Elling
had no criminal intent?

That he has already been
punished by being deprived of
his wife?

I explained all of that
to him, sir.

It's not my decision.

It's better
than the 15 years he'd get

if he was convicted
of all of the charges.

Fifteen years in the brig?

He's just trying
to intimidate you.

Nobody gets triple-maximum
consecutive.

Three months is more like it.

Maybe six.

If I am in the brig, sir,

what happens to Fannie?

She's likely to be sent home
if you can't provide support.

Then I can't spend any time
in the brig, sir.

Princess Fatima
al-Amatula.

-Yes.
-Uh, Your Honor,
I'm Sarah Mackenzie.

Colonel Mackenzie.
I saw you on Trial TV.

-Nice work on that murder case.
-Thank you, Your Honor,

but I'm appearing today on
behalf of Miss al-Amatula.

I move to stay
her deportation

and initiate proceedings
for permanent residency status

based on her marriage
to an American citizen.

A marriage performed after
she sneaked into the country.

Miss al-Amatula can go home
and apply for legal admission.

Your Honor, if she
returns to Al Khair,

she'll be subject to harsh
and discriminatory treatment.

You're claiming asylum?

Are princesses an oppressed
group over there?

Women are, when they
violate societal norms.

I'm prepared to make
a showing for asylum

and for the
marriage petition.

[judge] Have it on my
desk in 24 hours.

In the meantime,
Miss al-Amatula is remanded.

[man]
But we would like

to have her released
to our custody, Your Honor.

I am Yousif Al-Mutawaf,

counselor at the
Al Khair embassy.

[cell phone rings]

[Rabb] Commander Rabb.

Uh-huh?

I'll call you back, all right?

What is it, sir?

News, from your wife.

Her other husband
just showed up.

She's ready to see her husband.

Uh, that one.

[indistinct chatter
in native language]

[Elling] Fannie, that guy...

You're married?

My father arranged
the marriage, Jimmy.

[sighs] I never
wanted to do it.

You are married to him?

I never consented.

So you're not married to him?

They had the ceremony

and my father
attended for me.

You weren't there?

It's not required.

So, you don't even know him.

I know him.
He's a friend of the family.

Well, at least you didn't
marry a total stranger.

Jimmy, please.

I swear I have never been
with that man.

He is not my husband.

Your country says he is.

Well, that is their law.

I married Jimmy
under American law.

If you were already
legally married in Al Khair,

your marriage here isn't valid.

You can be
deported immediately.

Sir, if they think
she's married to him,

doesn't that make what
she did with me adultery?

I suppose.

[Elling] Then she has
to stay here.

Well, under the circumstances,
that may not be possible.

She has to.

Remember in Saudi Arabia?

They executed a princess
for adultery, ma'am.

[Chegwidden]
Getting that nesting urge,
again, Lieutenant?

Sir, I'm just updating
the pictures on Bud's desk.

-They change so fast.
-So do expectant mothers.

-What is it now, six months?
-Eight months.

I go for my 36-week
ultrasound on Thursday.

Is he ready to command
a junior enlisted woman?

He may request a transfer
but I'm not going to let him go.

Hmm.
Your little boy forever, huh?

Sir?

I had a talk...

Well, tried to have a talk with
Dr. Walden about her son.

The druggie who wrecked
your car and was so stoned

that he left the pot in it
for the police to find?

Bud might have
mentioned that, yeah.

His mother doesn't
want to hear about it.

Her little boy forever, sir.

Would you want to hear about it
in regards to him?

I wouldn't want to hear it, sir,
but I need to know.

I'd need to know the truth.

I was stationed
in Al Khair for 18 months,
Commander,

and as far as I know they didn't
execute any princesses.

Theoretically, Admiral, under
their laws, it could happen.

Well, if Al Khair's smart enough

to bump the price of gas to
two dollars a gallon, Commander,

they're certainly smart enough
to realize

how killing this girl would play
in the New York Times.

With all due respect, Admiral,
would your attitude

toward Petty Officer Elling
be any different

if he hadn't run off
with the niece of an oil-rich
ally of the U.S.?

No. But not for the reasons
that you're implying,
Commander--

that I'm some kind of a flunky
for the oil sheiks.

I didn't mean to imply that,
Admiral.

I'm just trying to understand
your position, sir.

Well, then, let's start
with a little fracas

called the Gulf War.

-You remember that...
right, Commander?
-I was there, sir.

Then you understand that

that part of the world
is very important

to our national interests.

Admiral, I'm sure
Petty Officer Elling

had no intention
of damaging relations

between Al Khair
and the United States.

In the 18 months I was there,

I commanded hundreds
of men and women

who were all counseled
within an inch of their lives

not to offend
the local sensibilities.

I understand that, sir.

No. I don't think you do,
Commander.

Their contact
with the local population

was all heavily regulated.

Any of their
personal taste

or any of their minor pleasures
were all severely restricted.

Personally, I went 18 months
without a beer.

Well, I'm sorry, Admiral,
but there must be some way

to make an example
of Petty Officer Elling

without giving him
brig time, sir.

Five-hundred men and women were
walking on eggshells, Commander,

making a personal sacrifice
in an effort

to preserve
a very delicate alliance

and then this yahoo decides
to walk off with the princess.

If he only gets one year
in the brig,

then he should thank
his lucky stars

that I'm such a softie.

[cheering]

Yes, yes, yes, yes!

In your face!

Six million for a guy
who has no defense.

Don't be such
a sore loser... loser.

Well, maybe next time we ought
to watch a game

where we both like
the same team.

Or maybe you could tell me
what's really on your mind.

You're not exactly
into the game.

[chuckles]

Well, it's, um...
it's about Danny.

I don't think my car was stolen.

What are you saying?

I think he took my car
off road and wrecked it,

and I think
he's smoking marijuana.

-Danny doesn't smoke marijuana.
-Are you sure?

He and I talk
to each other, A.J.

I'd know.

Sidney, there was no sign
that my car was stolen.

He never reported it missing.

His story's full of holes.

If he has a problem,
he needs to get help

and that's not going to happen
unless you know what's going on.

I like Danny.

You know I like you.

Why else would I stick my nose
where it doesn't belong?

I'm glad you did.

Thank you, A.J.

I assure you
my daughter has nothing to fear

by returning home.

Her mother and I, we love her.

Do you have any reason
to doubt that Miss al-Amatula?

It may not be
her family's decision,
Your Honor.

There is a precedent of
a princess in Saudi Arabia
who was--

Executed. Are we going
to hear about that again?

She was shot.
Her lover was beheaded.
It does stick in the memory.

This happened 25 years ago,
in a different Muslim country

in violation of Islamic law.

[MacKenzie] Last year, a court
in the United Arab Emirates

sentenced a woman to death
by stoning for adultery.

The sentence was commuted.

To one year in jail
and a 150 lashes with a whip.

First things first,
Colonel Mackenzie,

Miss al-Amatula
would not be considered

guilty of adultery
unless her first marriage

to Mr. Al-Jimri was valid.

-Are you conceding that?
-I am not, Your Honor.

We still maintain
that Miss al-Amatula

is legally married
to Petty Officer James Elling

and thus eligible
for a compassionate change
in residency status.

She is my wife.

I pledged my word.

Did she pledge her word?

Miss al-Amatula?

-No.
-Fatima...

Father, I honor you

because you raised me
to live in the modern world.

You sent me to school.

You gave me freedom.

And now you want
to pull me back on a string?

If you honor me,
you will say no more.

[Bin-Rasheed]
Your Honor, if I may.

Islamic law requires
full and free consent

of both parties, even
in an arranged marriage.

Miss al-Amatula's marriage

to Mr. Al-Jimri
may be null.

This princess is free
to argue that point

before an Islamic Shari Court
in Al Khair.

She has this right.

If she has to go back
to Al Khair to do it,

then this entire proceeding
is moot.

This entire proceeding
is an intrusion

into our law and my family.

Miss al-Amatula can only avoid
going back to Al Khair-- maybe--

if her marriage to
Petty Officer Elling is valid

but she can only determine that

that marriage is valid
by going back to Al Khair.

Kind of a vicious circle.

Unless she goes before
an Islamic tribunal here.

We do sometimes refer findings
of fact to expert arbiters.

There are no
Sharia tribunals
in the United States.

Well, not yet, but we have
Muslims. We have imams.

-We have all the principals
in this case.
-And attorneys.

You think you are
qualified to speak
for Miss al-Amatula

before an Islamic tribunal?

My grandmother was Muslim.

She taught me the Fatiha
and the Shahada.

"There is no God but one God.
And Muhammad is his messenger."

Very well.

This hearing is adjourned
pending the decision of a...

-Sharia.
-[judge] Sharia court,

on the validity of

Miss al-Amatula's
first marriage.

Go with God.

[MacKenzie]
Okay, I got four books
on Islamic law.

[Bin-Rasheed]
Speaking of which, our al-Haakim

sent down more papers on
Sharia law and some websites.

IslamicwomenofAl-Khair.com.

Oh, Muslim women
are fighting back.

They really don't need to.

The glorious Quran teaches
equality between the sexes.

[Rabb]
Salaam alaikum.

[Bin-Rasheed]
Alaikum salaam.

Commander Rabb, this is
Chaplain Bin-Rasheed.

-Commander.
-Chaplain.

Nice job getting
the Admiral's permission
to carry through on this.

Oh, "Take all the special
liberty you want, Mac.

Just get ready to pull full duty
over Christmas week."

How are you going to keep
Fannie's husband out of
the brig?

We're pleading guilty.

You may have called them
"improv munitions."

We called them
suicide bombs.

The damn fuseless Molotov
nearly went off in my hand.

On the bright side, Admiral,

till the Navy sees you're
too dumb to throw a lit bomb,

they don't know
you're officer material.

Enter.

Excuse me, Master Chief.

So what's happening with my car?

Sir, the police say there's
enough marijuana in your car

to trigger civil forfeiture.

If you want
the car back,

you have to go down
and get fingerprinted.

Did you remind them
I'm an admiral

-in the United States Navy?
-Yes, sir, I did.

They say they bust sailors
all the time.

So I have
to let them

treat me like a criminal
to get my own car back.

-Enter.
-Excuse me, Admiral.

Messenger brought this
for you, sir.

Let me ask you
something, Gunny.

When you were a police officer
in New Mexico,

what did you do with cars
you found with drugs in them?

Well, usually
they got sold

to the chief's
brother-in-law for $500, sir.

Um...

Master Chief, uh...
I'm going to have

to take a rain check
on that roast beef sandwich.

Won't be the first time
I came in runner-up.

You understand that on your plea
alone, Petty Officer Elling,

without receiving
any evidence

this court-martial
can find you

guilty of
all charges?

Yes, Your Honor.

[judge] And that you're
giving up your right

against self-incrimination,

your right to confront
witnesses against you

and your right to call
witnesses on your behalf?

Yes, Your Honor.

[judge] This guilty plea
is given by you

freely and voluntarily?

It is, Your Honor.

I assume some sort of sentencing
arrangement has been made

in consideration
of this plea.

No, Your Honor, there is
no pretrial agreement.

The Petty Officer's plea

came as a surprise
to the government.

Commander Mattoni joined
me as trial counsel

with the anticipation
of a contested case.

[judge] A surprise surrender,
Commander?

We are content to go directly
to sentencing, ma'am,

to determine a fair
and just punishment.

Meaning you have no defense

but didn't like
the convening authority's deal?

Meaning we have full faith
in a panel

of the petty officer's
fellow service members, ma'am.

Your Honor, by pleading guilty,
the defense is trying

to limit what the members
find out about these crimes.

All they will hear

is extenuation and mitigation.

Last time I checked, Commander,
it was up to the accused

not the government,
to decide how he pleads.

You'll get your chance
to show-and-tell
your evidence

when we get to matters
in aggravation.

Petty Officer Elling,

you understand
you can get up to

15 years confinement
at hard labor?

Yes, Your Honor.

That's a risk
I have to take, ma'am.

[judge] Very well.

Accordingly, this court
finds you guilty

of all charges
and specifications.

Sentencing hearing convenes
tomorrow, 0900.

Court is in recess.

[doorbell rings]

[sighs]

Why?

I said it all
in the letter, A.J.

'Cause you couldn't say it
to my face?

Wait. I-I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I think... I think
we have something here.

I have to do what's right
for me and my son.

For God's sake, Sidney,
he's a college student,
he's not an infant.

I don't want to
argue about this.

And I don't want to be
the one penalized for it.

[Chegwidden sighs]

Your son overindulges
in marijuana.

He wrecked my car.
He lied about it.

He told me he didn't.

I mean, what choice
do you expect me
to make here?

Danny's father died
when he was seven.

I brought him up alone
without a man in the house.

Maybe that's the reason
there hasn't been
a man in the house.

Look at the stunt he pulled
on your birthday.

-He was trying to be nice.
-He ruined our dinner.

And of all the cars
to borrow, why mine?

You just don't like him.

Never gave me a chance.

This shouldn't be
about Danny--

it should be about us.

I care about you.

I'm sorry, A.J.

[car door closes]

[Danny] Hi.

So, you've come to take
my mother to lunch?

You screwed with me, son.
I don't really
care about that.

But you're keeping
your mother from being happy

and you ought to be
ashamed of yourself.

She is happy.

And I'm happy.

It's not our job
to make you happy.

Still driving a rental car?

I'll be sending you
the bill, boy.

[scoffs]

[al-Amatula]
I never consented to marriage
with Mustafa.

I accepted him
only as a friend
of my father's,

a friend of the family.

I spent many hours
in their home.

Fatima was always
happy to see me.

I was a child.
You brought me presents.

I thought of you
as a favorite uncle,
not a suitor.

Fatima's father came
to me with her promise.

-He signed the kitab.
-He signed the kitab.
I did not.

Her father was
her wali.

[MacKenzie] Objection.
Fatima was 18.

Her father was no longer
entitled

to serve as her wali
without her consent.

Thank you, Ms. MacKenzie.
But Islamic tribunals

do not follow formal
courtroom procedures.

Those who are asked
to testify may speak
as they wish.

Thank you for your guidance,
Imam.

Fatima, did you discuss
this marriage with your father?

I told him I would not
go through with it.

Did you ever express your
rejection to Mr. Al-Jimri
directly?

No, I never saw him after
my father announced
the betrothal.

So, the marriage was not
consummated?

No, it was not.

[Judge Al-Halabi]
Hearing this, Mustafa,

tell us, why do you wish

to see this marriage
declared valid?

Fatima is still young,
Imam.

She is... willful.

Our marriage was not
arranged lightly.

It unites two houses
that share many interests.

If it pleases the panel,
should we not consider

whether Fatima's interests
were being served?

I do not have
to answer to her.

I have done no wrong.

Fatima accepted
her marriage.

Accepted it where?
Accepted it how?

She took ownership
of my Mahr,the dowry.

The dowry was placed in her name
by a contract her father set up.

There was not action
on her part.

Not until she sold it.

[Judge Al-Halabi]
According to the kitab,

the dowry was a villa in Spain.

Did you sell the property?

Yes.

[Judge Al-Halabi] And you kept
the proceeds?

You must be aware
that accepting the Mahr

is tantamount to consent
to the marriage.

[al-Mutawaf]
We have shahada--

supporting testimony that will
shed some light on this matter

from the best friend
of the princess,

my daughter.

Aneesa.
Aneesa.

[Judge Al-Halabi]
Repeat after me.

[speaking native language]

[speaking native language]

[in English] Now, tell us
what you know.

When my family
moved to Washington,

Fatima was
very envious.

She told me
she hated Al Khair.

She wanted
to run away.

That's why
she sold the villa.

And what else
did she tell you?

She wanted to come
to America.

She said she was
going to find an American

and marry him.

[Judge Al-Halabi]
Go on.

And when she
didn't need him anymore,

she could stay in America.

She would be free.

[machine whirring]

[Sims] That sounds like
a washing machine.

[Roberts]
The world's most
beautiful washing machine.

[giggles] Oh, my back
is killing me, Bud.

I told you to stop
lifting little baby A.J.

Oh, yeah, you stay
at home with a two-year-old

-and don't lift him.
-Sorry for the delay.

It's been a madhouse
here this morning.

-How are you feeling?
-My gut's the size
of a roast pig

and my ankles look
like bolognas

and my back feels
like a Cuisinart.

She's been
a little hungry.

Well, that's not hunger.

Lieutenant Sims,
you're in labor.

Now?

No, I have four weeks.

Well, I guess no one
told the baby.

[both laughing]

It is true.

I did say those things.

And I did go looking

for someone
to help me get away.

And I'm glad
that I did.

Because if I hadn't,
I wouldn't have found you.

[Judge Al-Halabi]
But you already
had a husband.

Not in my eyes.

My father arranged
that marriage
when I was 14.

Did you object
to the arrangement
at that time?

It didn't seem real
at that time.

Besides, in my family,
we didn't often object

to my father's wishes.

Did you make any
preparations to be married?

No, I was in school.
I was learning about the world.

And then I realized that

I wasn't going to be allowed
to be a part of it,

that my world, my life,
had all been decided for me.

And so I decided
to leave.

And I would do it again.

[Judge Al-Halabi]
You would do it again

with the dowry given
to you by another man?

I was frightened.

What if things didn't
work out with Jimmy?

My family would have
disowned me.

I would have nothing.

Nothing?

Actually, you would have

$575,000 in a Swiss bank.

[indistinct chatter]

You doing okay?

I don't know, sir.

She never told me
about any of that.

You know, Petty Officer,

you have your own trial
to concentrate on.

Don't lose sight of that.

I wouldn't even
be on trial, sir,

if she'd never told
me she loved me.

Will you excuse me, sir?

I just... I just
want to walk.

[sighs] How is he?

Well, he's doing pretty
good, considering.

You think she ever
really loved him?

It doesn't look like
that matters.

-[screams]
-Breathe, Harriet, breathe.

-[imitates panting]
-I am breathing.

Whoo! We need to come up
with a better game plan

for that next
contraction.

[groans]

[nurse] You're doing
just fine.

-Let's just have a look at you?
-Okay.

You're going to feel
a little pressure.

A little pressure
might be a nice change.

Where's Dr. Gettis?

He was due in here
ten minutes ago.

-I don't know. I paged him.
-Get him in here.

-What is it?
-I need you to roll over

on your side, sweetie.

Okay.

Get that pillow
down here, yeah.

-Don't push yet.
-What's happening?

Just something the doctor
needs to look at.

They can't find him.
I've got Dr. Chadway.

Doctor, we have
a prolapsed cord.

The baby's heart rate
is showing decels.

Yes, sir,
I'm maintaining pressure

on the baby's head.
Yes, sir.

Is something wrong
with the baby?

-[Roberts] It's okay, honey.
-What?

Everything's fine,
sweetheart. It's okay.

[nurse] Get some techs
in here.

Dr. Chadway's going
to meet us in the O.R.

Try not to push
on your next contraction.

You may have to have
a Cesarean section.

Your baby's head
is pressing against
the umbilical cord.

[Sims gasps]
Bud!

-Excuse me, sir.
-It's okay, it's all right,
I'm right here.

Honey!

-Let's go!
-Bud!

Coming through. OR three.

She's here. Let's go.

-Oh, Bud, it hurts.
-Hang in there, sweetie.

Try not to push.

[Sims]
Stay with me, Bud.

[Roberts]
I'm right here, honey.

Where's Dr. Gettis?

[MacKenzie] Bismillah ar-Rahman
ar-Raheem.

In the name of God, the most
gracious and merciful,

I ask that you honor the rights
of this young woman.

Are you claiming that she
has a right to take a Mahr
without repercussion?

No, only asking that this
tribunal not use that mistake

to take away her other rights.

Recall that the woman who
tutored the Prophet's wives

chastised even the great
Khalif Umar...

"Commander of the believers,

why do you deny us a right
granted us by God?"

The rights granted women by
the Quran are sacrosanct.

As are a woman's obligations,
according to the Quran.

Parents have obligations, too.

The Hadith tells us the story
of Khansa

whose father married her
to a man against her wishes.

The Prophet himself
revoked the marriage.

The Prophet also said that

"righteous women are devoutly
obedient."

Miss al-Amatula was obedient.

To the knowledge
of her own heart.

Marriage is a mithaq,
a solemn covenant.

It can't be entered into
by misguided action.

If Fatima resisted
the marriage
in a wrong manner,

she resisted it
for a right reason.

Islam taught her that women
are independent,

free to make contracts,
free to pursue education,

free to consent
to their own marriages.

Even if she erred, the Quran
tells us that God is merciful

and forgives much.

Should we not aspire
to do the same?

[Rabb]
Petty Officer Elling,

we've heard evidence that you
forged documents

that you fraudulently obtained
transportation from Al Khair

-to the United States
for your wife.
-Objection.

The status of
the defendant's
alleged marriage

is currently
being litigated
in another venue.

I'll rephrase.

Petty Officer, we've heard

that you broke several laws
in order to bring

a young woman to the U.S.

[Elling] Yes, sir.

-A woman you intended to marry.
-[Elling] Yes, sir.

Petty Officer, we would like
to know how you felt

when you risked so much to bring
this woman into the country.

Yes, sir.

I guess I was in love.

You fell in love
with a princess-- romantic.

I didn't know she was
a princess at first, sir.

She was just Fannie.

Oh, Fatima Fareeha Taarhira
al-Amatula--

not at all like the kind
of girl you'd meet
back home in Illinois, huh?

Actually, sir,
not that different.

When did you find out
she was a princess?

When I asked her on a date, sir.

She told me she wasn't allowed
to be seen with me in public.

And yet you spent
time together anyway?

[chuckles] We used to meet
at the botanical garden.

Nobody much went there.

We'd just walk
and talk.

While you were in Al Khair,
the only time you had together

where these few stolen moments.

Mostly.

We spent a night together
in a Jeep once.

Well, I'm sure the members get
the picture.

[soft laughter]

[Elling]
Not like that, sir.

I got an urgent message from Ops

that my mom was having an
operation to diagnose a tumor.

It's my mom.

I felt like I was
a million miles away.

Fannie held me all night.

Just... held me.

Till I could call my dad
and find out my mom was okay.

Why do you suppose Fannie did
that, Petty Officer?

Because she loves me.

You're sure about that?

Yes, I am, sir.

And how do you feel about her?

I love her with all my heart,
sir.

And so you broke these laws

so the two of you
could be together?

Yes I did, sir.

And you'd do it all again?

No, sir.

It was wrong, sir.

I did it without thinking.

It got me in trouble which I
accept full responsibility for.

It made trouble for the Navy

which I would fix if I could,
but I can't.

And I got Fannie
in terrible trouble.

Her life is at risk
for wanting to be with me.

I'm sorry about all of it.

I really am.

How long is the cord
been prolapsed?

[nurse] Since right before
we called you, Dr. Chadway.

-Fetal heart rate's
falling again.
-Has she had an epidural?

[nurse] Two hours ago.

[Chadway] Prepare for
a C-section.

[nurse] The head's too far down.

Get me a vacuum
and call neonatal

for resuscitation
at delivery.

[Gettis] I'll take it from here,
Dr. Chadway.

-Where've you been, Dr. Gettis?
-With another patient.

Okay, Harriet,
the next contraction

get ready to push.

[gasping]

Petty Officer Elling,

would you and your
counsel please stand.

You may announce
the sentence.

Petty Officer Third Class
James Elling,

in consideration of your plea
of guilty to all charges

and specifications
and your declared remorse,

this court-martial sentences you

to be reduced to the rank
of Seaman,

and to forfeit $500 pay
per month for three months.

[judge]
Members, thank you
for your service.

This court-martial is adjourned.

No brig time?

No brig time.

I gotta go see Fannie, sir.

Yes, you do.

Hey.

Hey, you won.

No brig time.

You on a break?

No, we're done.

You lost.

They said that my marriage
to Mustafa was valid.

No. You don't have to go
back with them, do you?

No. I divorced him.

I gave back the Mahr--
the money from the villa.

Divorced?
Just like that?

Islamic law has some
interesting wrinkles.

So you and I...

we're not really married?

We can be,
if you take this...

my Mahr.

[chuckles]
Your phone card?

There's almost $12 on it.

It's all I have.

Yes.
I will marry you.

Oh.
[clears throat]

You know, it, uh,
it still make take

some doing to keep her
in the country.

Well, she's officially
an adulteress now,
so she can't go home.

That strengthens
our asylum claim.

Hmm. I give you exhibit A.

Judge sees that,
can't hurt.

[man] Here you go, gentlemen.

So what are we drinking to?

Women who appreciate
the truth.

Let me know when you
find one.

How about women who
give a rat's rump
about our feelings?

Our mothers?

To Mom.

To Mama.

-[cell phone rings]
-Mmm.

Hello?

Hi.

Yeah, I can do that.

Twenty minutes?

Bye.

Fraternizing with the enemy,
Mick?

More likely malinger
with intent.

And if I get lucky,
a little unlawful detention.

-Good night, sir.
-You tell Colonel MacKenzie

I expect her on her post
at zero...

eight hundred.

[crowd cheering]

[commentary on TV]

Oh, hell, I don't even like
this game.

Lieutenant,
what are you doing here?

Harriet went into labor, sir.

She's sleeping now.

I don't know where else to go.

You had the baby?

[laughs]

No wonder you look
like hell, huh?

Sir...

Baby Sarah died.

[crying]

[sobbing]

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