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It is also my expert opinion that
the document analysis is reliable,

as these handwriting samples
are comparatively similar.

I am so bored. / Shh.

I need to get back to the office.

I have so much work to
do on the Myers case.

The sample provided on the top

contains the same content

as the original on the bottom.

Namely, they are both the subject's
signature, no pun intended.

"Namely."

This is actually killing me.

Part of me is dying.

Shh.

I have a bomb!

This is better.

Remember me, judge?

15 to 20 for aggravated manslaughter?

Well, I got out today.

And you know what?

I'm still aggravated!

Sit down!

Do you mind? We're trying
to conduct a trial here.

Get over here!

Did you hear me?

I said I had a bomb.

No, you don't and here's why.

A, you said "manslaughter,

which means that you didn't have the guts

for murder one the first time around.

B, if you're clever enough
to make that aggravation choke,

you're clever enough to know
that threatening to have a bomb

carries a much lesser sentence
than actually wearing one.

C, that coat is fairly svelte.

And D, if you really had a bomb,

you wouldn't need to have a hostage.

Would you?

I do have a bomb.

Come on, we've got two more expert
witnesses to get through by lunch.

I'm assuming you can speed
through your testimony

just to keep up with
our schedule? / Uh-huh.

You sit down, or I'll blow this thing!

- You don't have a bomb.
- Yes, I do!

- No, you don't.
- Yes, I do.

- Prove it.
- Mr. Chase, perhaps...

I was a hostage negotiator
as a marine.

This man does not have a bomb.

- I do, too!
- You're interrupting, sir.

- Mr. Chase...
- Show me the bomb.

I'll blow this thing!

Mr. Chase! / Show it to me.

I'm not gonna show you.

I didn't think so.

Fine.

What do you know?

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ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON ABC: 2004/12/12

What's that thing?

It's an ornament.
A Christmas tree ornament.

You can't go to court like that.

Of course not.

You okay, Denny?

It's this case.

It seems like I've done nothing else
but work on it for the last three weeks.

What in particular about
the case is bothering you?

I don't know what it's about.

It's, well, if you, say,

were going to briefly describe it
to someone who was clueless,

what would you say?

I'd say we represent
a big drug company...

Yes, that's the part I like.

Then I'd say they're
being sued by a woman

who claims she was wrongfully removed

from the company's clinical trial
of a potent, new diabetes medicine.

That's where I lose track.

Special pills make woman happy.

Company take pills away.

Woman sue to get back on special pills.

Got it.

Denny.

Martin. Hey.

Martin.

You remember Alan Shore?

It's an ornament.

I head the office cheer committee.

Since I received no late night call
last night, I assume we didn't settle.

We informed your in-house counsel.

I like to hear things from you.

I feel I have a direct
relationship with you.

We didn't settle.

I don't really understand this.

Every legal opinion I've gotten
says the merits fall

one-sidedly in our favor.

Legal opinions only go
to the law, Mr. Jeffries.

I had opportunity to view
the plaintiff's videotaped deposition.

She comes off as an extremely
sympathetic and likable person.

And?

You don't.

Our fear, and the plaintiff's hope,

is that the jury will like her
and feel for her pain

and attempt to alleviate said pain

with millions and millions of your dollars.

I was under the impression I hired
attorneys who could employ reason

and intellect to offset the emotion
inuring to the plaintiff's favor.

Did I hire the wrong
law firm, Mr. Shore?

Certainly not, sir.

You've hired the best.

Paul.

The Myers age discrimination case.

We just got the dvd-rom delivered.

6,500 pages of Mcnamara documents,

every useless document
they could dump on here.

Well, they're probably not ready,
and this is meant to slow us down.

Right, and they want to force us
to ask for a continuance

because they know judge Simmons
won't give them anymore.

Well, we won't be asking
for one. Uh, miss Heep.

Uh, miss Wilson.

We have a trial next week.
Lori will fill you in.

I want you to pour
through this document.

The likelihood is it
contains nothing relevant,

but we can't take any chances.

Lori will tell you what to look for.

I'm sorry. Um...

can you get somebody to take
my place on this, please?

You have something else
more pressing?

No, but I prefer not
to work on this case.

Why not?

It's personal.

You're making it professional.

I'm, I'm just not...

I, I'm uncomfortable working with Tara.

Because?

I used to sleep with Alan Shore,
and now she does.

And she wants to.

I do not.

How dare you make a remark to one of
the most senior partners of this firm

that I want to sleep
with another associate here.

Even if I did want
to sleep with Alan Shore,

which, I assure you, I do not,

but even if your remark was truthful,

it would not make it
any less inappropriate.

You're right.

I apologize.

Do you bear some ill
will towards me? / No.

I suppose I regressed to
the childish defense that

"Everybody else is doing it."

But I'm not doing it, Tara.

I'm not sleeping with Mr. Shore,
which you very well know.

I only said you wanted to.

And, again, I apologize.

My remark was, as you say,

completely inappropriate,

however accurate.

I have had type II diabetes
since I was 25.

It's been the same medicines
pretty much the whole time.

And when you were invited to
participate in a clinical trial of SV-113,

what did your daily regimen become?

I took one pill in the morning
when I woke up.

That's all?

That was it.

I had more energy,
I was even losing weight,

and no more needles.

It was a godsend

until they took it away.

And how did that happen?

My doctor told me that the company
had kicked me off the test.

He said that I had broken
the rules of the trial, but I didn't.

I didn't do anything wrong.

And after you were taken off the test?

My health deteriorated again rapidly.

Can you tell us your prognosis today?

I'm dying.

I've got probably five to six years,

unless something changes drastically.

What reason did the company give for

removing you from the SV-113 study?

Noncompliance, but I complied.

You're a heavy smoker,
is that correct, Mrs. Hewitt?

I quit.

When did you quit, if I may ask?

A week before the study.

Just like that, two packs a day.
Cold turkey.

My life depended on it.

Some of the doctors and clinicians,

uh, smelled cigarette smoke
on you during your exams.

My husband's a chain smoker.

It was his smoke they
smelled on my clothes.

Amazing. You smoked two packs a day,

you live with a chain smoker,

and you're able to just
quit cold turkey.

Objection. / Sustained.

Mrs. Hewitt, 177 million people
in the world have diabetes.

This drug study is the only
way to get SV-113,

the drug you yourself called
a godsend, approved for sale.

177 million people are counting on you

to follow the rules, Mrs. Hewitt.

Which I did.

With the stakes being
so enormously high,

with some 70,000 people dying

every year from diabetes

with a desperate need
to develop a drug

that can save those lives,

you realize how important it is

for my client not to take
any chances, don't you?

I followed all the rules.

All in all, I don't think she hurt us.

She hurt us. I saw the jury.

How badly she hurt us,
where's our expert?

Should be waiting
in the conference room.

I'll meet you there.

Sally, may I offer you
one little piece of advice?

Okay.

You're an extremely
beautiful young woman.

- Thanks for the tip.
- That's not the advice.

The advice is, be aware of
lecherous senior partners

who are looking for the slightest excuse

to plant a big wet one on you.

Excuse me?

They lurk, and when
beautiful women such

as yourself stand under the mistletoe.

- Merry christmas, Sally.
- Let's go meet our expert, Denny.

- I had a blood flow going.
- No doubt.

Dr. Gerard.

Yes.

Denny Crane.

Single.

Alan Shore.

Hello.

Very nice to meet you.

- Well, should we get started?
- We should.

I'm afraid it's gonna
be a very long night.

I'll need to go over every
inch of you with a fine-toothed comb.

I beg your pardon, your testimony.

I'll need to go over your
testimony with the comb.

Where are we going to do this?

Right here.

It's not my case, Rene.

It's Lori's.

I have no idea where she is.
Hang on.

Do you know where Lori is?

No, I gotta run.
I got that dinner thing.

Okay, go.

- Need a ride anywhere?
- No, thanks. My car's in the garage.

All right, so, what's
the big emergency?

Well, if you have him
on the phone, then ask him.

I don't want anything I'm offering.

Since we turned over
that cd the last second,

we won't oppose a continuance
if you people want it.

Say you need to page Lori,

ask if she can call him later,
and then get his cell phone number.

Yeah. That'll be great.

Uh, my number's 617-555-0194.

Thanks.

Well, well, well.

Can I get a beer?

Oh! Oh!

- Fantastic!
- Oh, I'm terribly sorry.

It's all right.

It's okay. / I'm embarrassed.

I'll pay for the dry cleaning,
I assure you.

It's okay. Really.

So besides Ms. Hewitt, there were
56 other people removed from the study.

For a drug of this magnitude,
we have to be extremely cautious.

But what motivated your caution?

Please tell me it was
more than a hunch.

After all, these people do suffer from

a crippling, life-threatening
disease, doctor.

As do I.

I'm very sorry.

I understand the promise
of a drug like this

on a very personal level, Mr. Shore.

But if it endangers people...

How does it endanger people?

How are these 57 people
endangered by SV-113?

57, that's an exceptionally large number

of people to purge, isn't it, doctor?

How are these people endangered?

They weren't.

Marybeth Hewitt and the 56 others
were on a different drug.

It was a slight variation from SV-113

that we had only begun to investigate.

These people, they knew they
were on this other drug.

No.

So you gave an experimental,

unproved drug to 57 people

and told them they were
taking something else?

But as soon as we became aware
of the side effects...

The headaches?

There was onset of acute liver
damage at about six weeks.

There was one prior subject who
went first, and complications...

Please don't look at me as if...

What could possibly have impelled
you to delude these people?

You can't understand.

It takes years to get a drug approved.

And when you spend your life,

I thought, the company thought...

that we had the next polio
vaccine or penicillin.

Except your penicillin
turned out to be a poison.

But as soon as we discovered it,
the company shut the study down.

That's why Mrs. Hewitt was taken
off the drug she thinks was SV-113,

to prevent liver failure.

So you're a therapist.

De facto therapist.

I'm really a flight attendant,
but everybody tells me their problems.

Well, do you solve them?

I do, actually.

Well, tell me mine.

I'm sorry?

My problem.

What am I lamenting at this very moment?

I'm embarrassed to say, actually.

I insist. Tell me.

You're wishing your girlfriend
looked like me.

Keep going.

You hate your job.

Which is?

I want to say accountant,

but I'm going to say lawyer.

Am I that obvious?

I meet lawyers all the time.
They fly a lot.

They're constantly in distress
over all the horrible things

they have to do for
their horrible clients.

What are you working on right now?

A horrible case for a horrible client.

It's age discrimination.

Mm. Plaintiff or defense?

Defense.

Ooh, bad boy.

Mm-hmm. Indeed.

Whistle-blower? / Yes.

Now, there are all sorts of protections

avail yourself of should you decide to...

Hold on a second.

you're advising a witness to turn state's
evidence against your own client?

I am.

Look, I was the one who pushed the study.

I was the one who put
those people on that drug.

And I suspect you were motivated
by the drug's promise,

while your employer was motivated
by greed.

Can't you get disbarred
for advising me to...

Undoubtedly.

And should you lose your license,

we could run off to Bali together
and become bartenders.

My life is here...

in medicine.

Yes.

And you are in a unique position
to remind your employer.

They, too, are in the business
of medicine, not simply profit.

You need to blow the whistle,

and what's more, you want to.

It's a holly, jolly Christmas.

best time of the year.

I don't know if there'll be snow
but have a cup of cheer.

It's a holly, jolly Christmas.

and when you walk down the street

say hello to friends you know
and everyone you meet.

Hey.

Denny?

Set to go?

What are you doing?

Oh, some office Christmas party
next week, I do a number.

It's good for morale,
helps get me laid.

Are we off to court?

Actually, I have a feeling
court won't be going forward today.

What do you mean?

Did something happen?

Was I in the room when it happened?

It seems our client is guilty
of a little noncompliance as well.

The actual test that...

- We represent big drug company.
- I'm with you.

Big drug company tell patients they
take one pill while slipping them another.

You know this how?

Evidently, our expert witness
comes armed

not only with details,
but a conscience. She told me.

- I believe she plans to tell the FDA.
- Whoa.

Whistle-blower.

Did you tell her to whistle-blow?

I might have mentioned it.

Do you know how much this client
is worth to this firm...

and to me, personally?

Nuts.

I knew there was something
I forgot to consider.

Where is this woman?

Hopefully, with the U.S. attorney by now.

Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Shore, there's
a Dr. Gerard waiting in reception.

Send her in.

That's all right.
I'll go and greet her...

Send the woman in here.

Here's good.

Oh, Tara,

we have a pre-trial conference
set on Mcnamara at 2:00.

How are you and Sally doing...

Remember the document that
said that Mcnamara

was incorporated in "19-efficiency-3,"

we thought it was a typo?

Yeah. / Well, code broken.

They had a plan called the 40 factor,

which was designed to phase out
workers who were 40 and older.

And replace them with
younger employees

who would cost the company less.

Right.

They actually described
the plan in memoranda

which were archived
on the company's hard drives.

Gotta love the hubris.

But they then got nervous
and did a search and replace

to substitute the word "efficiency" for "40."

And "1943" became "19-efficiency-3."

Exactly.

How did you find this out?

I had drinks with opposing
counsel last night.

- Quite a talker.
- Wait a second.

He admitted this to you?

Well, actually, he admitted it
to a flight attendant.

He didn't know that I was
an attorney for the other side.

We're not smiling.

Why are we not smiling?

Tara, we can't use this information.

I beg your pardon?

You tricked another attorney
into violating privilege.

You can't do that.

Last week, you impersonated a doctor.

First, that was different.

Second, the stakes were life and death.

Lori... / and third, I was wrong.

In retrospect, I would never do it again.

Well, we have the information, Lori.

So, if it's a matter of ethics,

we absolutely have to tell
the client that we have it.

- I just don't think I can do it.
- Because?

Alan, these people have been
very good to me for 10 years.

Now, by people, you mean
these corporate people

who jeopardize public health

and safety on a massive scale
in order to line their pockets?

They were convinced we had a possible
cure based on my representations.

I would as soon blow the whistle
on myself rather than...

Do that then.

And what good would come of it, really?

May I express a thought?

I so rarely get one.

And I should preface this by admitting that

I'm so far up the ass of big business,
I view the world as one giant colon.

You're right to prioritize
loyalty, doctor.

- Loyalties count for something.
- Denny, please.

I'm speaking, Alan.

Doctors like science, right?
They do the math.

Well, do the math on whistle-blowing.

Nice concept, in theory.

Appeals to the altruistic
inner self and all that,

but whistle-blowers end up
penniless and ostracized.

This thing'll take years to get to court

while your life will be ruined
tomorrow. / Denny, I can...

If Alan Shore suggests that you won't
get hurt far worse than your company,

he's lying.

What's going on?

Our client is violating at least
a half a dozen criminal laws

by secretly testing an unapproved drug,

which causes liver failure, by the way,

on unwitting human guinea pigs.

Dr. Gerard is considering
whether to go public.

I'm for it, Denny's against.

Do you have a vote?

You seem like a man with
a scintilla of morality.

Alan, my vote's the only one that counts.

And I'm not going public.

You say that as if
you have a choice, doctor.

You see, the only way our client
wins here is with your testimony.

So, the clerk will swear you in
you'll take an oath to god.

But as a scientist,

you are bound to an even higher standard.

To believe in god,
all you need is faith.

To believe in science,
you need to see the truth.

You need to speak the truth, am I right?

If asked certain questions under oath,

you will answer truthfully
because that's who you are.

You don't know me,

and you would never ask me questions
that would torpedo your own case.

Ah, it seems it's you
that doesn't know me.

Isn't it exciting?

It's absolutely unethical,
Tara, for god's sakes.

Please don't lecture me.

Hey, there's nothing wrong
with a lecture when it's called for.

Attorneys at Crane, Poole & Schmidt
do not go undercover as stewardesses

to circumvent privilege.

It is fraud, it is wrong,
it is dishonest,

it holds every member of this
firm up to disrepute.

Breathe. / And what's more,

it hurts other clients
at this firm, mine, Paul's, Lori's.

How? / Breathe.

Our reputation for fair dealing is at
play at every settlement conference,

every motion, every trial.

If that reputation is compromised,
the stain runs to all cases, not just...

Breathe. / Will you stop
telling me to breathe?

I know how and when to breathe!

This is about Alan Shore.

This is about some
not-so-latent hostility.

- You're out of line.
- You're out of line.

You fancy the pants off Alan Shore,

so as long as we're preaching honesty,

let's be truthful about that.

You know something, Tara?

This does involve Alan.

What happened in that bar last night?

you heard opposing counsel
on his cell phone,

you sensed an incredible opportunity,

and you asked yourself,
"what would Alan Shore do?"

And you likely did
what he would have done.

Oh, and you've never done that,
say, last week?

No, I did.

And as I said, I was wrong.

That's all. You can go.

What are you gonna do?

Haven't decided.

- Well, you can't not use...
- I haven't decided, Tara.

You're dismissed.

Well, I'm sorry I lost my cool,

but you handled that perfectly.

Thank you.

Did that have anything to do with Alan?

How does he do it?

No matter what I do,
no matter what anyone else says,

it's always about Alan.

It's just a question.

I should be the example for the young
associates around here, not him.

Well, Tara is Alan's girlfriend.

Why is that?

I mean, why is she interested in him?

I ask you.

Do you fancy Tara, Brad?

No, I'm just speaking in general
terms, all the women here.

Yeah, you keep saying all the women,

but who specifically, Brad?

You're missing the point.

Okay.

And the point is?

I defuse a human bomb.

Does anyone say,
"oh, are you okay, Brad?"

"Nice job saving lives, Brad."

No, it's "Tara circumvented privilege
because she's sleeping with Alan."

I'm the only one talking
about Tara and privilege.

Is this about me?

We're buddies, Brad.

Talk to me.

Okay.

I'd like to be more than buddies.

I don't bring it up because...

I sense it's something that you're
not interested in pursuing.

Okay.

Is it something you'd like to pursue?

Um,

no.

Right.

Anyway,

you handled the meeting well.

You surprised me, Denny.
I thought you'd be with me on this.

There's a deeper principle
involved here, Alan.

Which is?

Fishing.

There's a fishing lodge in British
columbia. It's called Nemo bay.

Best fishing lodge in the world.

In the great bear rain forest.

How does this lodge affect...

Want to buy it.

Costs lots of money.

If I lose this client,
I might not be able to buy it.

- You have plenty of money.
- Yes, to buy other things.

This case, this client is earmarked
for this fishing lodge.

Well, if I can't convince you,

I guess I can't convince you.

Alan, I'll ask Dr. Gerard
the questions this afternoon.

I've prepared the direct.

I'll ask her the questions.

I'm questioning the doctor.

No, you aren't. / Yes, I am.

No, you aren't. / Yes, I am.

No. / Yes.

No. / Yes.

This time, I will cast a vote.

Let me make this simple
for you, Mr. Shore.

Please, call me Alan.
I feel we've grown close.

You will be present in court at the table

because your sudden absence would send

a strange message to the jury
that might compromise our case,

but Denny will ask the questions.

If you attempt to ask the witness
anything at all,

you will be fired.

There's a legal term for this.

Ah, yes. Ooh.

This is not puffery on my part, Mr. Shore.

I have spoken with other senior partners.

We are in agreement.
The votes are in.

If you attempt to undermine
our case in any way,

your employment will be terminated.

In that event, I will go to cable.

Denny, you and I should go
open our own firm.

I'll ask the questions, Alan.

I'll leave you with this one
last thought, then.

Denny Crane.

Hey.

Hi.

The lawyer from Mcnamara,

the guy Tara duped,
he'll be in here at 2:00.

I've summoned Tara as well.

I'll try to iron things out a little.

That's good.

If you could make it, then...

Fine. 2:00 P.M.

Would you mind looking
at me for a second?

You and I have a big murder trial
scheduled for next week.

Are we gonna be okay?

We're fine.

Do you plan to speak to me
in marine talk forever?

No, sir.

sir.

You're a great guy. You're a smart
guy, an attractive guy.

Any girl.../ Meeting's at 2:00.

Right.

2:00.

Do you even know what to ask?

Did she examine the plaintiff?

Did she feel the plaintiff complied
with the study protocol?

She'll answer yes or no.

We'll get into a bunch of rhetoric
about the need for safeguards,

and then we'll go have a cheesesteak.

- And you can live with yourself?
- Denny Crane.

Arms out, please.

Oh, this isn't mine.

Why would I be carrying
around an ice pick?

Please empty out all your pockets, sir.

Alan!

You'll need to open your briefcase, sir.

Do you know who I am?

You'll need to open your case.

Alan! / Can you step this way, sir?

What, are you gonna check
my shoes for bombs?

Sir, it's a federal offense to joke about

possessing explosives
at a security checkpoint.

I've gotta get upstairs.

Take off your shoes, sir.

Where's Denny?

He got held up. Not to worry.

Mr. Shore, are we ready to proceed?

We are, your honor.

The defense calls Dr. Amanda Gerard.

We're at the part where
you swear under oath.

Okay, let's evacuate in
an orderly fashion, please.

It is against the law
to pull fire alarms, sir.

My hand slipped.

Tell judge Wallace in division three,
I need to see him in his chambers now.

What kind of nonsense is this?

You put an ice pick in his pocket,

and a picture of Saddam Hussein?

You pull a fire alarm?

We're at odds as to how
to proceed with a witness.

Yes, I heard that.

You're supposed to be adults,
for god's sake.

You're lawyers.
And on the same side at that!

Your honor, there are unusual
circumstances in play.

I'm interested in truth and justice,
my colleague favors a fishing lodge.

Look, I don't give a damn
what your differences are.

First off, your firm is fined $50,000.

What? / Second, whatever either of
you do in that courtroom,

you both get held responsible.

You understand me?

Third, Mr. Crane, since you're the
named partner, and it is your client,

I'll let you have the floor.

Your honor, I have prepared...

You will keep your mouth shut, Mr. Shore.

Now, let's get back inside.

Please have a seat, Tara.

Tara?

All right, what's, what's going on?

We have a situation, Mr. Barr.

Tara is an attorney
who works for this firm.

Thinking she worked for the airlines,

you gave her information
about an efficiency

factor employed by your client.

This would be considered
privileged information.

I never revealed who my client was.

We already knew who the client was.

Oh, my god, oh, my god.

Both you and Ms. Wilson,
that's her real last name, Wilson.

Both you and she have committed
serious violations.

You would likely lose your job
and get a suspension.

You would get worse.

It would be in the best interest of all
if this situation didn't become public.

My problem, as Tara correctly points out,

is having the information.

I have an obligation to
at least tell my clients,

who undoubtedly would elect to use it.

But I also have an obligation
to safeguard privilege,

even when it's on the other side.
So, as I said, we've got a situation.

Where we last left off
in settlement discussions,

our number was 3.2 million,
yours was 2.1.

The deal probably makes
somewhere in the middle.

My proposal to you, Mr. Barr,
is we settle it at 3.

I don't think I could ever sell it.

You sell it by telling
your client and colleagues

that the opposing side knows
about the efficiency factor.

We've broken the code.
How we found out, we won't reveal.

That protects you and protects Tara.

And you profit from her deception.

We profit somewhat from her deception,

combined with your stupidity.

But if we really wanted to exploit this,
we'd go to trial and tell a jury,

which, technically, I should
advise my clients to do.

Yes, our side profits some.

Your side gets off with a pretty
mild number, given the smoking gun.

And you two get off with your careers.

Now, if you have a better proposal,

I'm listening.

It wasn't just my determination,

but the consensus of
all the treating doctors.

Mrs. Hewitt was smoking.

And others were excluded, too, right?

Yes, 56 others.

It is common to weed out
subjects as you go along

in order to protect the integrity
of the study.

And this was all about
the integrity of the study?

Yes.

I believe you.
You strike me as an honest woman.

Do you believe in god, doctor?

I do.

"God is my witness" is what
is says in the oath.

I like to think god watches over me, too.

Except, of course, in the privacy
of my bedroom committing lewd acts.

Mr. Crane!

Uh, you're a scientist, right, doctor?

You believe in facts, the truth?

Yes. / Good,

will you tell the court

exactly why Marybeth Hewitt was
removed from the trial of SV-113?

I just did.

You said smoking.

The plaintiff obviously believes
that to be a pretext.

I'm asking you to declare it one more time

before god, the judge, Mr. Shore, me...

the truth.

Why was she taken off the study?

She was taken off...

a different study.

Excuse me?

Mrs. Hewitt unknowingly was part
of a secret test

involving a drug unapproved for study.

When it was discovered that
this drug caused liver failure,

she and the 56 others on it

were taken off.

Uh, your honor, this is obviously
an unexpected development.

I need some time to confer with my client.

I thought she'd stick to the story.

I threw her the biggest softball I could,
right down the middle of the plate.

All she had to do was
reemphasize it was smoking.

What happens now?

What happens now?

The peat moss hits the fan,
you lying bastard. We're dead.

Did you elicit that testimony intentionally?

What? Of course not.

You know me, Paul.

I'm not what I once was.

Doctor.

Please don't say you're proud of me.

They're gonna bring criminal
charges against you.

How about if I say I'll defend you?

Really, and what's my defense?

You were misguided by the best
and the worst of intentions.

This will all be over within a year.

A year is too long.
My liver is failing.

I was the first subject.

I began the trial ahead of the others.

That's how we discovered
the side effects.

A year's too long for me.

But thanks for the offer.

It's a holly, jolly Christmas.

It's the best,

It's the best...

It's the, oh, screw it.

Hmm.

It's a holly...

Nice performance today, Denny.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You could have ever so
slightly tipped me off.

It would have saved a lot of aggravation.

Oh, please.

If I had included you with so
much as a wink, you'd be canned.

We lost the client.

Well,

there are lesser fishing lodges.

No repercussions from Lewiston?

I'm Denny Crane.

As far as he knows,

I played it straight.

You know, they can never tell
whether I know what I'm doing or not.

Yes.

Can you tell?

Not really.

Every once in a while,
just to keep them guessing,

I stick a cigar in my ear.

Do I look silly?

Try it.

We look good together.

Yes, we do.