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Previously on Boston legal
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We know who took the boy.
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He kidnapped a 5-year-old two years ago.
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Anything the FBI or the police do, we have limitations.
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What a private citizen does, however...
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You're not going in there.
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I will give you to the count of three. If you do not unlock it...
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I'm calling the police.
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- Brad!
- You wouldn't dare.
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Three.
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Okay!
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Nobody's arrested us yet.
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The FBI won't. I know that.
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I think we saved our skin with happy ending.
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I'll take the blonde.
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- Melissa, what are we doing in jail?
- They're saying I tried to rob a bank.
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I didn't. I just smashed a window.
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And they say I'm a prostitute.
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- Which is ridiculous.
- Back off, Ho.
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- What did you say?
- Come on.
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Liz?
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Alan?
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Oh, my God! You just dropped off the side of the earth.
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I was in a relationship.
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But now I'm not.
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- You still at 1-800-LIZZIE?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Whoa. Hey! Remember me?
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I'm in trouble here. They arrested me.
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You're arresting me?
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Please, put your hands behind your back, sir.
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You gotta be kidding.
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You have the right to remain silent.
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- I know my rights.
- What's going on?
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They're arresting me for assaulting the priest.
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And kidnapping and false imprisonment.
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- Now you have the right to an attorney...
- Son. Son.
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This is the United States of America.
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We don't really believe in Miranda anymore.
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Let's go.
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Hey, hey, hey, hey! Ah, Denny Crane. I'll handle this internally.
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Sir, this man's being charged with three felonies.
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Understood, but...
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Denny Crane.
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Come on.
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Hey, hey, hey, hey. Come on!
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With all that's going on in the world today,
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who among us hasn't at least once wanted to take an axe to a priest?
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Come on.
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They're arresting him?
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And I gave it my best shot.
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So they're not pressing charges.
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They're not pressing charges?
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If you make restitution for the window, they've agreed not pursuing...
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No.
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I'm sorry. Did you say no?
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I'm not paying for their stupid window. Forget it.
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- Melissa, you smashed it.
- After what they've done to me!
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Perhaps you should tell me exactly what they've done to you.
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My credit card bills. You're aware I have some uh, fiscal issues?
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It's come up.
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So a few months ago, I owe one amount.
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The next month it, it like triples.
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So I stop buying stuff and the next month, bam, it's even higher.
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So I call the 800 number. Not Lizzie.
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And who answers? But Ms. Jones, yes.
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From New Delhi. India. Not Brighton and not Melrose India.
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I mean, surprised she's not terribly helpful, right?
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So far I'm on her side.
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And I talked to her supervisor who says that I owe this money, plus more.
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This doesn't make any sense! I need to talk to someone in America.
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Hello?
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So all I can get is an address for Prominence's main office in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Like I can afford to go there. So I call them, I get a local office, I go there...
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- and it's basically just a store front.
- With a big window.
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- I'm not paying for it.
- You are paying for it.
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And I wanna see those credit card bills.
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What? Suddenly you're my father now?
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Yes, sir.
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321113, commonwealth versus Bradley Chase.
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- Assault with a deadly weapon...
- Waive reading, judge,
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and ask that these ridiculous charges be dismissed on the grounds of ridiculousness.
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These charges are anything but ridiculous, your honor.
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The defendant abducted one innocent man, threatened him with torture.
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Then assaulted clergy with a deadly weapon!'
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- Pick, pick, pick, pick, pick.
- You think this is funny?
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Your honor, my client saved the innocent life
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of a little kidnapped child who was innocent and utterly...
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kidnapped.
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I watch the news like everyone else, Mr. Crane.
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And your client's conduct was shocking.
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Your honor, I'd like to move for an immediate trial.
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- Hold on!
- The facts are not in dispute.
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The district attorney clearly wants his fifteen minutes.
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Why should we make him wait?
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If you think this is about me grabbing a spotlight...
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It's always about that with you, Frank.
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You've been running for office since you got out of law school.
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Hold on!
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You two will refrain from personal exchanges.
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But it is personal, your honor.
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We have a history and the opportunity for him to saddle me up as a cause.
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You attacked a man.
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Cutting off his fingers.
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As someone who took an oath to uphold the law, yes,
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I take that personally.
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It's a sound bite, Frank. Might wanna save it for the cameras.
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Which they'll be asking you to allow in court.
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- I consent.
- Hey!
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I will make the rules in this courtroom.
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Are you ready to proceed to trial?
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Assuming he's not alleging any diminished capacity.
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I will plead not guilty on the grounds of necessity.
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Necessity?
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Yes. You probably skipped over it in law school.
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Necessity.
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Look it up, hack.
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The commonwealth is ready to proceed.
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I must caution you both.
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These are serious criminal charges here.
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I'm not sure you should want to rush to judgment.
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Judge, you're old. I'm old.
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Lock and load. Before we're dead.
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Why in God's name did you press for an immediate trial?
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Because I want to trade on the currency of being a hero.
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I've been featured all over the news and the jury pool is watching.
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- Even so, a conviction here means prison.
- I won't be convicted.
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How can you be sure of that? Especially since you're guilty.
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Denny Crane.
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Look, I know this assistant DA.
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He wants to be the DA. He's using this as a publicity...
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He's also good. I've seen him try cases.
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- Denny Crane.
- That is not a legal defense.
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Are we happy?
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Did I not warn both of you?
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You know what Shirley? Don't start.
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I changed that little boy's diaper. I will do anything to get him back.
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Clearly.
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Including going to jail.
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Which it come to for Brad.
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All right, we're all on the same side here.
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Really? I'm not so sure.
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Denise, If I were against you, I'd leave no doubt.
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You're really planning to have Denny handle your defense?
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Well...
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Denny, given the exposure of this case, not only to Brad but the firm,
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how about you and I team up on this?
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I'd love it.
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- I'll pitch.
- I'll call balls and strikes.
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We'll all need to sign waivers and Denise I'm gonna need to call you as a witness,
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but before you say yes, you need consider the liability.
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Yes.
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Not so fast.
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They could charge you with conspiracy, or aiding and abetting...
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I said yes. I'll testify.
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Melissa, you're fifty thousand dollars in debt.
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- I know.
- How did this happen?
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I don't know. I swear. It's these people.
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They've ruined me.
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Going to trial.
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I'm swelling up just thinking about it.
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Trials make me swell with adrenalin. Do I look swollen?
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Somewhat.
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Denny, we're a little busy here.
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What are you doing?
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Taxes? Don't you have an accountant?
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I'm helping Melissa who seems to have fallen into a black hole of debt.
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Very black.
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What is this sudden concern of yours for people without money?
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- I need to know.
- You need to look at the big picture.
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If people don't have it, they might wanna steal ours.
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Right.
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Do we have anybody in corporate who understands this credit card world?
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- Somebody...
- Hands.
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- Sorry?
- Hands Espenson.
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Banking and finance genius. Only don't call him Hands.
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Why would I? Why do you?
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The contract was deliberately written to confuse you.
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Bait and switch. Bingo!
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Promise one thing, say, zero percent interest.
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Then they up it to thirty percent. Bingo!
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- But, isn't that illegal?
- Used to be.
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Used to have usury laws but the States wanted the credit card business,
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so poof! Gone! Bingo!
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Ever inquire about a car loan?
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- Actually, yes, once.
- Bingo!
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- But I didn't buy the car.
- It doesn't matter.
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It's called universal default.
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Credit bureaus share your information. All of it.
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Your credit card company just heard about your asking for a car loan. Bingo!
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They raise your rates. Why? Because they can.
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Why doesn't he move his hands?
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The OCC is supposed to police, they don't.
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Bought off by the credit card lobbyists.
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Is he coming back?
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I have no idea.
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What's your history with this DA?
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We went to law school together. I beat his ass in moot court.
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I licked him several times in criminal cases since.
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Let's just say that we're rivals.
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Denise, I'll take your testimony. Denny, can you take Brad's?
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You licked a man's ass?
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Denny, if you can't focus here, I'm not going to let you play.
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This trial is a threat to Brad's freedom.
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It is potentially an enormous blight on this firm.
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- We need to win this trial.
- I'm sorry.
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But, tell me again why it is that we're rushing this so?
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It's a rush job because Ginsberg plans to run for district attorney in the primaries in March.
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- He's using this as a showcase to...
- That explains his urgency.
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What about ours?
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At the moment, Brad's a celebrity. His hero status can only run to our favor.
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But it is a risk.
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It's not too late to take a deep breath and say let's do this later.
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Let's do it now.
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You're sure?
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I have an erection.
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It's a good sign.
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Let the trial begin.
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I'm ready.
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Denny Crane.
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- Excuse us.
- Denny Crane.
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- Excuse us, please.
- My poop doesn't smell.
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We have no comment.
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Comes out in pretty colors.
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Pastels. Denny Crane.
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Denny Crane.
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And suddenly he's swinging the axe.
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I, I put my hand out and he chopped it.
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He cut three of my fingers right off, they, they just fell to the floor.
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- And then what happened, sir?
- Well, I was rushed to the hospital.
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Two of my fingers were recovered and reattached,
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and then his colleague, that woman, came in brandishing my third finger.
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She wouldn't give it back unless I revealed privileged information about one of my parishioners.
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He cut it off, and she extorted me with it.
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My first question would be,
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if someone is swinging an axe, why stick your hand out?
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I didn't think he'd actually try it.
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And to be clear, when you speak of your parishioner,
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you refer to the man charged with kidnapping the child.
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Well, yes.
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And also to be clear, you knew your parishioner was a pedophile.
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I am not going to reveal privileged information to you,
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just like I wouldn't to him.
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But you did reveal information to Ms. Bauer.
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You told her where your parishioner's hide-away was.
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You'll reveal privileged information to get your fingers back,
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but not to save the life of a child.
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- Objection.
- Sustained.
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As a policy, if a pedophile killer confesses his crime, you'll protect that secret?
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I cannot break the confessional seal.
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It's Canon law.
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- Is that stupid?
- Objection.
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I'm sorry, but the laws in this country to protect again child-abuse supersede
253
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doctor-patient privilege, lawyer-client privilege,
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but not priest-parishioner privilege?
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Has the Catholic church earned some special exemption when it comes to pedophiles?
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- Objection!
- Do we trust them more in this area?
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That's a cheap shot.
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I've been known to take them.
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Tell us about the Papal Blessings.
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Well...
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On that matter, I, I was, uh...
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I was wayward.
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I apologize.
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The Vatican issues Papal Blessings at about thirty dollars a pop.
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You decided to print them yourself and sell them directly,
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bypassing the middleman, who in this case, happens to be the Pope.
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Yes. As, as I said, I was wayward there.
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I'm just having a hard time reconciling.
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You'll steal from the Pope,
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but cloak yourself in Canon law when it comes to protecting a pedophile.
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- Do you support pedophilia?
- Objection!
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Do I dare ask where those three fingers had been prior
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- to my client's chopping them off?
- Objection!
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Ms. Schmidt, you are way out of line.
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I'm sorry, judge.
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I have known many many wonderful priests in my lifetime.
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I am not adding Father Ryan to that list.
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Nothing further.
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Wait a second. So the deadbeats are the ones who pay off their debt?
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Bingo!
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Within the credit card industry, they're called deadbeats
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because they don't make any money off of them.
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The ones who don't pay off,
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they're the preferred customers because they're the ones they make money off of.
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They target people they know won't be able to pay.
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People like Melissa.
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Bingo!
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You making fun of me?
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No, sir.
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You said what I say. That's making fun.
291
00:14:19,215 --> 00:14:22,013
No! It's just...
292
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I used to have a dog you see, and Bingo was his name. Oh, B, I...
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Never mind.
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How we doing?
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We're s uing them.
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Who?
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The company who gave you the credit card.
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- Prominence Bank.
- We, we're suing them?
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We can't sue, can't sue. Too big, too big.
300
00:14:38,952 --> 00:14:41,685
The bigger they are, Jerry.
301
00:14:43,036 --> 00:14:45,596
We're suing them.
302
00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,095
What do you mean I'm not testifying?
303
00:14:49,130 --> 00:14:52,122
The problem is, if Brad testifies and you testify,
304
00:14:52,157 --> 00:14:55,115
that gives the prosecution two more opportunities
305
00:14:55,150 --> 00:14:57,877
to play out this horrific chain of events.
306
00:14:57,912 --> 00:15:00,301
There's nothing you can say that Brad can't say.
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00:15:00,336 --> 00:15:02,884
- I can support what he says.
- True.
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00:15:02,919 --> 00:15:07,344
But since you're the one that twiddled the severed finger using it for blackmail purposes,
309
00:15:07,379 --> 00:15:09,851
there's the outside chance you'll come off as less than adorable.
310
00:15:09,886 --> 00:15:10,367
Shirley...
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Denise, the D.A. will have a field day.
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00:15:13,948 --> 00:15:15,554
- You ready?
- I am.
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More importantly, are you ready?
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Lock and...
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00:15:22,610 --> 00:15:24,290
Denny, maybe I should take this.
316
00:15:24,325 --> 00:15:26,789
Shirley, if the jury doesn't get to see me in action,
317
00:15:26,824 --> 00:15:29,253
they'll feel cheated. They'll think we cheated them.
318
00:15:29,288 --> 00:15:30,944
Walk them through what happened,
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giving Brad a chance to explain why he did what he did and...
320
00:15:34,119 --> 00:15:37,064
I know how to question a witness, Shirley.
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Denny, our whole case is his testimony.
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00:15:40,044 --> 00:15:41,312
Who's?
323
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Kidding. I'm ready.
324
00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,204
Just for fun, show me how you plan to start off.
325
00:15:51,239 --> 00:15:55,409
Brad, what occasioned you to even get involved,
326
00:15:55,444 --> 00:15:57,506
pretending to be an FBI officer?
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00:15:57,541 --> 00:15:59,685
His response will occasion the jury to feel
328
00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,634
and experience the horror of a child being kidnapped.
329
00:16:02,669 --> 00:16:04,670
Like it was their child.
330
00:16:04,705 --> 00:16:06,880
- Good.
- There.
331
00:16:06,915 --> 00:16:09,836
You must show contrition. You must be apologetic.
332
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You did what you did to get the child back,
333
00:16:12,194 --> 00:16:15,895
but you feel compassion and sympathy for everybody you victimized.
334
00:16:15,930 --> 00:16:16,609
Got it.
335
00:16:16,701 --> 00:16:18,620
Do not make yourself the story.
336
00:16:18,655 --> 00:16:21,111
The jury needs to be focused on him.
337
00:16:21,843 --> 00:16:25,233
Did you just say don't make me the story?
338
00:16:31,532 --> 00:16:33,390
He's coming here? Tomorrow?
339
00:16:33,425 --> 00:16:35,810
- Claiming he wants to work things out.
- Can't meet, can't meet.
340
00:16:35,845 --> 00:16:38,198
- What do you mean you can't meet?
- I don't do meetings.
341
00:16:38,233 --> 00:16:39,293
I'm background.
342
00:16:39,328 --> 00:16:42,661
You've got all the expertise, Jerry, and I need you to be around.
343
00:16:42,696 --> 00:16:46,016
- I'll give you a memo.
- Just a whisper in my ear.
344
00:16:46,051 --> 00:16:50,431
You won't even have to talk out loud. And I'll do all the gesturing.
345
00:16:50,866 --> 00:16:55,946
I'm sorry. That was an extremely poor joke and I apologize.
346
00:16:56,553 --> 00:16:58,930
Is he like the president of the company? Or...
347
00:16:58,965 --> 00:17:02,225
He's their general counsel, actually. Happens to be in Boston.
348
00:17:02,260 --> 00:17:05,033
Jerry, I'm sorry.
349
00:17:05,503 --> 00:17:07,138
I need you.
350
00:17:09,693 --> 00:17:11,157
I'll be present.
351
00:17:11,199 --> 00:17:15,075
I'll give feedback on my computer. You can read it off the screen.
352
00:17:15,110 --> 00:17:17,114
Deal!
353
00:17:36,459 --> 00:17:39,283
I am so sorry.
354
00:17:39,318 --> 00:17:41,439
I'm the one who led you into all this.
355
00:17:41,474 --> 00:17:45,362
You have nothing to apologize for, Denise. I made my own decision.
356
00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:49,251
But a week ago you were up for partner, and now you're up on trial.
357
00:17:49,286 --> 00:17:53,046
Denise, the little boy is alive.
358
00:17:53,219 --> 00:17:55,731
Unfortunately that's not the issue.
359
00:17:55,766 --> 00:17:57,966
Well, it is for me.
360
00:18:00,689 --> 00:18:02,640
Are you always like this?
361
00:18:02,675 --> 00:18:04,612
Like what?
362
00:18:04,647 --> 00:18:08,126
Brad, you could be looking at jail.
363
00:18:08,161 --> 00:18:11,605
It's okay to show a little fear.
364
00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,540
Okay.
365
00:18:13,728 --> 00:18:15,538
Thanks.
366
00:18:16,288 --> 00:18:19,499
Okay. Thanks. That's it?
367
00:18:19,534 --> 00:18:21,275
Denise, what do you want me to do?
368
00:18:21,310 --> 00:18:23,254
Cry? We got the kid back.
369
00:18:23,289 --> 00:18:26,791
If I had to do it all over again, I would do it again.
370
00:18:26,826 --> 00:18:30,144
I'll live with the consequences.
371
00:18:30,881 --> 00:18:32,418
Okay.
372
00:18:35,904 --> 00:18:37,844
So I'll see you in court.
373
00:18:37,879 --> 00:18:38,854
Yep.
374
00:19:03,578 --> 00:19:06,518
How's my hair? Does my hair work?
375
00:19:06,553 --> 00:19:08,696
It does appear to grow each month.
376
00:19:08,731 --> 00:19:10,805
It's my first settlement conference.
377
00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,800
There is a lot of power in a woman's hair.
378
00:19:12,835 --> 00:19:14,525
Yes, there is.
379
00:19:14,914 --> 00:19:19,774
I think we'll let my slightly less powerful hair run the meeting.
380
00:19:20,943 --> 00:19:22,274
Good morning.
381
00:19:22,309 --> 00:19:23,655
Melvin Palmer. How are you?
382
00:19:23,690 --> 00:19:26,991
I'm grand, actually but I go by Alan Shore.
383
00:19:27,026 --> 00:19:28,246
A pleasure.
384
00:19:28,281 --> 00:19:29,796
This is Melissa Hughes.
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00:19:29,831 --> 00:19:31,276
I would be your plaintiff.
386
00:19:31,311 --> 00:19:34,892
And real honor to meet you, Melissa.
387
00:19:35,169 --> 00:19:36,636
Melvin Palmer.
388
00:19:36,671 --> 00:19:39,585
Jerry Espenson. He doesn't shake.
389
00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:43,436
Excellent! Well then, shall we get started?
390
00:19:44,063 --> 00:19:46,347
You're not gonna be cheerful about all this, are you?
391
00:19:46,382 --> 00:19:48,631
You know, I have been told to keep my exuberance down
392
00:19:48,666 --> 00:19:52,054
until people have had their morning coffee.
393
00:19:52,089 --> 00:19:54,692
Let me tell you a little about me.
394
00:19:54,964 --> 00:19:55,908
Oh, dear.
395
00:19:55,943 --> 00:19:59,626
I am a problem solver. It's what I love to do.
396
00:19:59,661 --> 00:20:03,215
Now I consider it a personal failure when one of my cases ends up in court.
397
00:20:03,250 --> 00:20:07,257
I also feel I haven't succeeded when people walk away from one of my tables unhappy.
398
00:20:07,292 --> 00:20:08,679
It's actually our table.
399
00:20:08,714 --> 00:20:12,486
What I do in matters like this? I set aside my whole day, okay?
400
00:20:12,521 --> 00:20:14,994
Because the goal is finding a solution.
401
00:20:15,029 --> 00:20:17,639
One that works for you, and one that works for us.
402
00:20:17,674 --> 00:20:19,671
That's just the way I work.
403
00:20:19,706 --> 00:20:22,705
So this doesn't have to be an acrimonious experience.
404
00:20:22,740 --> 00:20:23,633
Wonderful.
405
00:20:23,668 --> 00:20:28,024
Why don't we begin then by you giving her back all her money?
406
00:20:28,059 --> 00:20:29,944
Well, well...
407
00:20:29,979 --> 00:20:31,529
I don't know if we can do that.
408
00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:34,963
But I do think we can make this pretty young woman happy.
409
00:20:34,998 --> 00:20:36,748
Okay, then.
410
00:20:37,078 --> 00:20:38,935
We have this saying in Texas,
411
00:20:38,970 --> 00:20:43,277
Time to let the horses out of the barn.
412
00:20:49,032 --> 00:20:50,427
You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth
413
00:20:50,462 --> 00:20:52,235
and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
414
00:20:52,270 --> 00:20:52,904
I do.
415
00:20:56,873 --> 00:20:58,594
Denny!
416
00:21:02,482 --> 00:21:05,901
First off, if it had been my child who had been kidnapped,
417
00:21:05,936 --> 00:21:09,087
there are no words that could express my gratitude. I'm sure we all agree.
418
00:21:09,122 --> 00:21:09,869
Objection.
419
00:21:09,904 --> 00:21:12,829
Mr. Crane, do not address the jury.
420
00:21:12,864 --> 00:21:14,100
Oh, I'm sorry.
421
00:21:14,135 --> 00:21:17,755
Brad, first question.
422
00:21:17,790 --> 00:21:20,758
I got involved because my colleague Denise Bauer came to me distraught
423
00:21:20,793 --> 00:21:22,657
that her housekeeper's child had been kidnapped
424
00:21:22,692 --> 00:21:25,609
and frustrated the police and FBI were making no progress.
425
00:21:25,644 --> 00:21:26,375
Second question.
426
00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:29,976
I went to a friend of mine Kevin Drummond at the FBI and asked him for help.
427
00:21:30,011 --> 00:21:30,755
Third question.
428
00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:33,229
He told me that while the FBI was limited by State action
429
00:21:33,264 --> 00:21:37,365
that private citizens had sometimes successfully taken things into their own hands.
430
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,306
Fourth question.
431
00:21:38,341 --> 00:21:39,727
Objection. He's not asking any questions.
432
00:21:39,728 --> 00:21:41,885
I told him last night the questions I was gonna ask him.
433
00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,008
Judge, I'm just trying to speed things up for the jury
434
00:21:44,043 --> 00:21:47,923
who I know are already annoyed at even being here for this ridiculous prosecution.
435
00:21:47,958 --> 00:21:48,804
Objection.
436
00:21:48,839 --> 00:21:49,651
Mr. Crane...
437
00:21:49,652 --> 00:21:51,823
Call me Denny, judge. Denny Crane.
438
00:21:51,858 --> 00:21:54,194
You will ask the question in their entirety,
439
00:21:54,229 --> 00:21:57,243
so that we may understand what the witness is answering.
440
00:21:57,278 --> 00:22:00,091
- Outrageous!
- You kidnapped an innocent man?
441
00:22:00,126 --> 00:22:01,564
Now the brother wasn't so innocent.
442
00:22:01,599 --> 00:22:06,173
He'd provided safe harbor for the suspect, and he had information.
443
00:22:06,208 --> 00:22:08,766
- So that's when you used violence?
- Threatened violence.
444
00:22:08,801 --> 00:22:09,768
- Only threatened?
- Only threatened.
445
00:22:09,803 --> 00:22:10,747
- Didn't use it?
- Did not.
446
00:22:10,782 --> 00:22:11,520
What a fiend.
447
00:22:11,555 --> 00:22:13,623
He's making light of a kidnapping, false imprisonment...
448
00:22:13,624 --> 00:22:14,383
Objection!
449
00:22:14,418 --> 00:22:15,252
You're a witness.
450
00:22:15,287 --> 00:22:17,198
- Objection! Objection!
- Objection!
451
00:22:17,233 --> 00:22:18,906
Stop it!
452
00:22:19,351 --> 00:22:20,888
None of us is making light of this, judge.
453
00:22:20,923 --> 00:22:22,859
We're just trying to put some perspective on things.
454
00:22:22,894 --> 00:22:24,748
- There is no question before the witness.
- Sustained.
455
00:22:24,783 --> 00:22:26,603
- What can you tell us about perspective?
- Objection.
456
00:22:26,638 --> 00:22:28,757
- That's a question!
- Sustained.
457
00:22:28,792 --> 00:22:31,306
- The brother told you about the priest?
- Yes.
458
00:22:31,341 --> 00:22:33,947
And that's when you went to the church and cut off his fingers?
459
00:22:33,982 --> 00:22:36,554
I swung an axe at his imported door knowing it cost a lot of money.
460
00:22:36,589 --> 00:22:37,621
- How much?
- Nine thousand.
461
00:22:37,656 --> 00:22:38,394
- Dollars?
- Dollars.
462
00:22:38,429 --> 00:22:39,932
- For a door?
- He somehow could afford it.
463
00:22:39,967 --> 00:22:41,370
- Objection.
- Bitch, bitch.
464
00:22:41,405 --> 00:22:42,796
- Mr. Crane!
- Call me Denny, judge.
465
00:22:42,831 --> 00:22:45,668
- No, I will not call you Denny!
- So you swung at the door?
466
00:22:45,703 --> 00:22:48,505
I only wanted to make him think that I was about to destroy the door
467
00:22:48,540 --> 00:22:50,737
and he stuck his hand out right at the last second.
468
00:22:50,772 --> 00:22:52,934
I never meant to make contact. It was an accident.
469
00:22:52,969 --> 00:22:55,184
You didn't mean to hit his hand?
470
00:22:55,219 --> 00:22:57,365
No. And I regret that I did.
471
00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,997
To the extent that it led to the safe recovery of Tito Perez, I'm glad about that.
472
00:23:01,032 --> 00:23:04,762
But I never meant to cause any physical injury to Father Ryan.
473
00:23:04,797 --> 00:23:09,258
And again, I apologize.
474
00:23:14,968 --> 00:23:17,071
Denny Crane. Fair and balanced.
475
00:23:17,106 --> 00:23:19,175
The nut job. Fair and balanced.
476
00:23:19,210 --> 00:23:21,032
Denny Crane.
477
00:23:28,337 --> 00:23:30,179
That was you not becoming the story?
478
00:23:30,214 --> 00:23:32,644
- I was practically invisible.
- What the hell was that about?
479
00:23:32,679 --> 00:23:35,284
The prosecutor wants to horrify the jury.
480
00:23:35,319 --> 00:23:37,304
We were diluting the horroscope.
481
00:23:37,339 --> 00:23:39,255
To my money, you trivialized it.
482
00:23:39,290 --> 00:23:41,370
You may have just alienated the jury.
483
00:23:41,405 --> 00:23:42,598
People like a happy ending.
484
00:23:42,633 --> 00:23:44,978
The child came home safe. We play the happy ending.
485
00:23:45,013 --> 00:23:47,323
- It's not that simple, Denny.
- Yes, it is, Shirley.
486
00:23:47,358 --> 00:23:49,246
We're talking juries.
487
00:23:49,281 --> 00:23:51,812
It always comes down to simple.
488
00:23:51,847 --> 00:23:56,143
And, I mean, there's nobody simpler than me.
489
00:24:03,938 --> 00:24:07,005
- Please tell me you're making this up.
- I am not.
490
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,436
He said, question one, question two, question three and so forth.
491
00:24:10,471 --> 00:24:13,704
Almost as if he were deliberately mocking the whole proceeding.
492
00:24:13,739 --> 00:24:16,937
- And we could very well lose, Paul.
- Is he out of his mind?
493
00:24:16,972 --> 00:24:18,129
Well, he's always out of it.
494
00:24:18,164 --> 00:24:19,868
Clearly it's where he's most comfortable.
495
00:24:19,903 --> 00:24:21,126
What are you doing in my office?
496
00:24:21,659 --> 00:24:23,620
This is my office, Denny.
497
00:24:23,655 --> 00:24:24,784
Oh...
498
00:24:24,785 --> 00:24:27,058
That must mean I've come to see you.
499
00:24:27,093 --> 00:24:28,862
Why?
500
00:24:29,027 --> 00:24:30,029
I don't know.
501
00:24:30,064 --> 00:24:33,544
It could be to say we were right to mock the proceedings.
502
00:24:33,579 --> 00:24:37,025
A child was saved. That's what you say in your closing.
503
00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:39,135
- It isn't.
- Yes, it is.
504
00:24:39,170 --> 00:24:41,474
That's the button for your closing.
505
00:24:41,509 --> 00:24:44,301
It's that simple.
506
00:24:45,796 --> 00:24:48,926
It's not polite to talk about crazy people behind their backs.
507
00:24:56,998 --> 00:24:59,820
I accept that I have debt and that I should pay it.
508
00:24:59,855 --> 00:25:02,642
But to suddenly up it from ten to fifty thousand? I...
509
00:25:02,677 --> 00:25:04,148
Melissa...
510
00:25:04,183 --> 00:25:07,176
You know in the short time that we've spent together,
511
00:25:07,211 --> 00:25:10,134
I can appreciate that you are an honorable person.
512
00:25:10,169 --> 00:25:13,101
And one that lives up to her obligation. Am I right about that?
513
00:25:13,136 --> 00:25:13,871
Yes.
514
00:25:13,906 --> 00:25:16,541
Well, you did apply for the Prominence bank card
515
00:25:16,542 --> 00:25:18,930
and entered into a contract accepting its terms.
516
00:25:18,965 --> 00:25:21,319
- I'm right about that too, aren't I?
- Yes.
517
00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:22,683
And you then went out
518
00:25:22,718 --> 00:25:26,016
and made voluntary purchases pursuant to the terms of that contract.
519
00:25:26,051 --> 00:25:27,818
These sound like trial questions.
520
00:25:27,853 --> 00:25:29,550
Oh, I assure you they are not.
521
00:25:29,585 --> 00:25:32,188
No. See. Here's the thing about me.
522
00:25:32,223 --> 00:25:36,807
I like to take the adversary out of adversary system, okay?
523
00:25:36,842 --> 00:25:38,507
I'm just trying to get the full picture here
524
00:25:38,542 --> 00:25:41,273
so that I can better understand where you're coming from.
525
00:25:41,308 --> 00:25:45,180
And so you can better understand me.
526
00:25:45,541 --> 00:25:48,530
You seem swell.
527
00:25:54,373 --> 00:25:58,189
Of course, we're all happy that Tito Perez was rescued safely.
528
00:25:58,224 --> 00:26:01,522
But the ends cannot justify the means.
529
00:26:01,557 --> 00:26:04,785
Not when the means involve kidnapping,
530
00:26:04,820 --> 00:26:10,825
FBI impersonation, false imprisonment, chopped off fingers, extortion and assault.
531
00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:15,685
And whether he intended to severe the fingers of Father Ryan or not...
532
00:26:15,686 --> 00:26:21,962
he clearly and intentionally swung that axe with reckless disregard.
533
00:26:21,997 --> 00:26:24,452
We are a nation of laws.
534
00:26:24,487 --> 00:26:29,070
We are also a country that stands for civil liberties and human rights.
535
00:26:29,105 --> 00:26:33,012
These are principals embedded in our constitution.
536
00:26:33,047 --> 00:26:35,155
Our Bill of Rights.
537
00:26:35,190 --> 00:26:38,928
This man not only broke the law.
538
00:26:38,963 --> 00:26:44,413
He obliterated fundamental constitutional tenants in the process.
539
00:26:44,448 --> 00:26:48,352
Vigilante justice may be acceptable in other lands.
540
00:26:48,387 --> 00:26:50,981
It is not so here.
541
00:26:51,016 --> 00:26:54,532
- This is...
- Here it comes.
542
00:26:54,567 --> 00:26:58,048
the United States of America.
543
00:27:07,919 --> 00:27:11,426
Don't even think about it.
544
00:27:17,753 --> 00:27:21,409
We keep hearing about the rights of the accused in this country.
545
00:27:21,444 --> 00:27:23,588
What about the victims?
546
00:27:23,623 --> 00:27:26,804
What about his rights? We're supposed to say,
547
00:27:26,839 --> 00:27:31,483
"Sorry, Tito, we've love to save you, but there are these rules?"
548
00:27:31,518 --> 00:27:34,700
There's a murder in this country every thirty-one minutes,
549
00:27:34,735 --> 00:27:37,847
a forcible rape every six minutes, a robbery every one minute.
550
00:27:37,882 --> 00:27:42,422
But, "Hey! let's all band together and protect the constitutional principals"
551
00:27:42,457 --> 00:27:45,394
"that make this country great".
552
00:27:45,429 --> 00:27:48,331
Things clearly got ugly here.
553
00:27:48,645 --> 00:27:51,859
But a human life was at stake.
554
00:27:51,894 --> 00:27:55,838
With all due respect to the civil liberties of the suspect's brother,
555
00:27:55,873 --> 00:27:58,535
with great deference to Canon law
556
00:27:58,570 --> 00:28:03,247
and Father Ryan's Italian imported door and his fingers,
557
00:28:03,282 --> 00:28:07,925
the life of a four year old boy was at stake.
558
00:28:08,612 --> 00:28:14,591
Brad Chase saved that little boy's life.
559
00:28:26,927 --> 00:28:30,235
It's that simple.
560
00:28:54,161 --> 00:28:56,046
You're not giving me anything here?
561
00:28:56,081 --> 00:28:59,672
First of all, if I were to forgive your obligations, believe it or not,
562
00:28:59,707 --> 00:29:00,964
I'd be hurting you.
563
00:29:00,999 --> 00:29:02,105
Hurting me?
564
00:29:02,140 --> 00:29:03,331
Okay, this is me.
565
00:29:03,366 --> 00:29:06,952
The way I raise my own kids. It's not what you give them.
566
00:29:06,987 --> 00:29:09,883
It's how you teach them to get things for themselves.
567
00:29:19,589 --> 00:29:22,242
Just making sure you're real.
568
00:29:22,821 --> 00:29:25,251
You know, I don't know you yet, Mr. Shore.
569
00:29:25,286 --> 00:29:27,647
But I get this feeling I'm gonna like you.
570
00:29:27,682 --> 00:29:31,755
May I ask? You spoke of honoring obligations as if it's a good thing?
571
00:29:31,790 --> 00:29:32,712
Indeed I did.
572
00:29:32,747 --> 00:29:35,461
Then why do you and other credit card companies
573
00:29:35,496 --> 00:29:41,330
refer to the customers who pay off their debts promptly as deadbeats?
574
00:29:41,365 --> 00:29:43,466
Well, that's not a term I would personally use.
575
00:29:43,501 --> 00:29:45,608
No. Because you're swell.
576
00:29:45,643 --> 00:29:50,027
But your company uses the term like a mantra.
577
00:29:50,062 --> 00:29:51,509
Here's the thing.
578
00:29:51,544 --> 00:29:56,102
Let me tell you a little about me and why I chose to represent Prominence Bank.
579
00:29:56,137 --> 00:30:00,793
Like any other credit card service, it's a business, sure.
580
00:30:00,828 --> 00:30:02,342
But it is a service.
581
00:30:02,377 --> 00:30:04,773
We help people who are short of cash.
582
00:30:04,808 --> 00:30:08,569
Help them make their rent so they don't get thrown out on the street.
583
00:30:08,604 --> 00:30:11,518
Help them make a car payment so they can get to work.
584
00:30:11,553 --> 00:30:17,433
Help them buy Christmas presents for their children during tough times.
585
00:30:17,468 --> 00:30:20,092
You're like Santa Claus.
586
00:30:20,127 --> 00:30:23,615
I can see you and I need to go out and shoot some ducks together.
587
00:30:23,650 --> 00:30:26,558
Do you explain all the credit terms to your customers?
588
00:30:26,593 --> 00:30:30,068
Well, they're on the back of every application.
589
00:30:30,103 --> 00:30:31,705
Like this? With the tiny print?
590
00:30:31,740 --> 00:30:34,422
I have JD and an MBA from Harvard and
591
00:30:34,457 --> 00:30:38,455
even I can't make heads nor tails of this deception and fraud.
592
00:30:38,490 --> 00:30:42,308
It's deception and fraud!
593
00:30:46,717 --> 00:30:49,318
Well, look who found his tongue!
594
00:30:49,353 --> 00:30:50,809
And you, Mr. Shore.
595
00:30:50,844 --> 00:30:52,245
You're a hoot. That's what.
596
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:57,895
Is it true your company actually targets people with bad credit ratings?
597
00:30:57,930 --> 00:31:01,319
Well, we have an extremely complex marketing strategy,
598
00:31:01,354 --> 00:31:04,332
one that I'v be happy to take some time and explain to you.
599
00:31:04,367 --> 00:31:05,581
That's okay.
600
00:31:05,616 --> 00:31:07,050
I think I've got it.
601
00:31:07,085 --> 00:31:10,538
You find people in dire straits and market directly to them
602
00:31:10,573 --> 00:31:13,951
with the hope of forming a lifelong relationship.
603
00:31:13,986 --> 00:31:18,195
I had a former client who kind of operated his business the same way.
604
00:31:18,230 --> 00:31:20,502
Really? What line of work was he in?
605
00:31:20,537 --> 00:31:23,005
He sold heroin.
606
00:31:23,995 --> 00:31:27,879
My friend, I'm not a man who offends easily.
607
00:31:27,914 --> 00:31:31,397
So I could call you a loan shark and you'd be fine.
608
00:31:31,432 --> 00:31:35,392
When you charge your customers 30 percent interest, you're a loan shark.
609
00:31:35,427 --> 00:31:38,641
That term implies criminal conduct.
610
00:31:38,676 --> 00:31:40,541
It's not criminal,
611
00:31:40,576 --> 00:31:45,468
because your parasitic lobbyists have penetrated both aisles of Congress.
612
00:31:45,503 --> 00:31:50,444
The credit card industry is more profitable than McDonalds, Microsoft and Walmart.
613
00:31:50,479 --> 00:31:55,845
You've got yourself a multi-billion dollar racket going, Mr. Palmer.
614
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:03,525
Given that we are bigger than Walmart or McDonalds or Microsoft,
615
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,672
we enjoy some security.
616
00:32:05,707 --> 00:32:08,020
And potential lawsuits like this?
617
00:32:08,055 --> 00:32:11,569
We have an expression in Texas, Mr. Shore.
618
00:32:11,604 --> 00:32:16,369
You're all hat, and no cattle.
619
00:32:22,065 --> 00:32:24,469
Here's the thing about me.
620
00:32:24,504 --> 00:32:26,093
I am a hoot.
621
00:32:26,128 --> 00:32:30,322
But I insist on putting adversary back into the system.
622
00:32:30,357 --> 00:32:34,523
And I do it openly and notoriously for all to hear.
623
00:32:34,558 --> 00:32:37,938
While a swell guy like you doesn't want the public to know
624
00:32:37,973 --> 00:32:42,329
that of the thousands of industries tracked by the Better Business Bureau,
625
00:32:42,364 --> 00:32:46,374
the credit card racket is number one in customer complaints.
626
00:32:46,409 --> 00:32:50,385
You don't want them to know that you deliberately target
627
00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:52,538
those who won't be able to pay off their debts.
628
00:32:52,573 --> 00:32:54,821
People you call, revolvers.
629
00:32:54,856 --> 00:32:58,158
People who see, zero percent interest in big blue print,
630
00:32:58,193 --> 00:33:01,375
and don't know that with just one late payment,
631
00:33:01,410 --> 00:33:03,868
you skyrocket their interest to 30 percent.
632
00:33:03,903 --> 00:33:08,389
That if they so much as inquire about leasing a car, you raise their rates.
633
00:33:08,424 --> 00:33:12,875
You don't want the public to know that while over seven million families
634
00:33:12,910 --> 00:33:15,588
have filed for bankruptcy in the last five years,
635
00:33:15,623 --> 00:33:18,232
you got Congress to change the bankruptcy code
636
00:33:18,267 --> 00:33:22,001
to make it next to impossible for people to discharge credit card debt.
637
00:33:22,036 --> 00:33:25,753
You don't want people to know that the credit card industry is
638
00:33:25,788 --> 00:33:31,795
essentially a pack of hyenas crunching on the bones of the poor, do you?
639
00:33:31,830 --> 00:33:34,933
I smell something awful.
640
00:33:35,504 --> 00:33:36,721
I think it's you.
641
00:33:36,756 --> 00:33:42,707
Yes, this case has the stench of big tobacco and asbestos all over it.
642
00:33:42,742 --> 00:33:48,659
Luckily our firm has nine offices around the US, London and Hong Kong,
643
00:33:48,694 --> 00:33:53,293
strategically positioned for massive class action suits.
644
00:33:53,328 --> 00:33:55,691
And once the company you represent smells it, too.
645
00:33:55,726 --> 00:33:58,541
They'll find you're not nearly smart or powerful enough
646
00:33:58,576 --> 00:34:03,598
and they'll drop you for a firm that employs expertise and intimidation
647
00:34:03,633 --> 00:34:07,519
rather than down home hokum and smiley handshakes.
648
00:34:07,554 --> 00:34:08,928
And this is my favorite part,
649
00:34:08,963 --> 00:34:14,019
when your firm fires your obsequiese ass for losing their client, oh, my God!
650
00:34:14,054 --> 00:34:18,184
The stress! Your tan will fade, you'll gain a few pounds,
651
00:34:18,219 --> 00:34:20,723
drink a bit more, scream at the kids,
652
00:34:20,758 --> 00:34:23,215
and maybe your wife will finally leave you.
653
00:34:23,250 --> 00:34:25,144
For the realtor who sells your house
654
00:34:25,179 --> 00:34:28,765
because after all he'll still be able to afford Christmas in Aruba
655
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,168
and next year's convertible.
656
00:34:34,027 --> 00:34:37,962
Hey, fella. Don't worry about it.
657
00:34:37,997 --> 00:34:41,006
It'll be a hoot.
658
00:34:58,367 --> 00:35:00,152
You okay?
659
00:35:01,536 --> 00:35:02,897
Brad!
660
00:35:03,250 --> 00:35:05,707
- Jury's back.
- Already?
661
00:35:07,477 --> 00:35:09,218
Let's go.
662
00:35:15,224 --> 00:35:17,106
Mr. Shore...
663
00:35:17,141 --> 00:35:19,326
May I borrow a moment of your time?
664
00:35:19,361 --> 00:35:21,389
At 30 percent interest.
665
00:35:21,424 --> 00:35:23,382
You know what you are?
666
00:35:23,417 --> 00:35:26,000
You're a pistol, that's what.
667
00:35:26,159 --> 00:35:29,682
Listen. I've thought a lot of many of the issues you raised.
668
00:35:29,717 --> 00:35:32,918
And, well, you touched me.
669
00:35:32,953 --> 00:35:33,761
Did I?
670
00:35:33,796 --> 00:35:36,474
It was certainly never our intent to victimize Melissa.
671
00:35:36,475 --> 00:35:39,769
Or anybody for that matter in her financial constraints.
672
00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:42,273
- No?
- I talked to my clients.
673
00:35:42,308 --> 00:35:44,743
Relayed to them that, well...
674
00:35:44,778 --> 00:35:46,544
You were touched.
675
00:35:46,579 --> 00:35:50,325
We've decided to forgive all debts and loans to Melissa.
676
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,360
Just wipe it clean. How about that?
677
00:35:52,395 --> 00:35:54,326
- Now I'm touched.
- Of course...
678
00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,858
my people are concerned about precedent.
679
00:35:56,893 --> 00:35:59,321
And others demanding similar amnesty so...
680
00:35:59,356 --> 00:36:03,193
the offer would have to be conditioned on confidentiality.
681
00:36:03,228 --> 00:36:07,303
Well, May I say as a personal aside,
682
00:36:07,338 --> 00:36:10,838
it has been a real pleasure meeting both you and Melissa.
683
00:36:10,873 --> 00:36:14,338
I wish you continued health and happiness in the future.
684
00:36:14,373 --> 00:36:18,349
You know we have a little saying in Massachusetts.
685
00:36:18,384 --> 00:36:22,326
Maybe someday you'll get horribly sick and die.
686
00:36:22,499 --> 00:36:24,065
Until then!
687
00:36:27,063 --> 00:36:29,089
You...
688
00:36:29,124 --> 00:36:31,115
You dog.
689
00:36:41,608 --> 00:36:44,268
Mr. Foreman, have you reached a verdict?
690
00:36:44,303 --> 00:36:46,929
- We have, your honor.
- What say you?
691
00:36:47,111 --> 00:36:52,802
On the charge of kidnapping we find the defendant, Bradley Chase...
692
00:36:52,837 --> 00:36:54,917
not guilty.
693
00:36:54,952 --> 00:36:59,153
On the charge of false imprisonment we find the defendant, Bradley Chase...
694
00:36:59,188 --> 00:37:00,598
not guilty.
695
00:37:00,633 --> 00:37:07,128
On the charge of aggravated assault, we find the defendant, Bradley Chase...
696
00:37:07,163 --> 00:37:08,922
not guilty.
697
00:37:08,957 --> 00:37:10,320
The jury is dismissed.
698
00:37:10,355 --> 00:37:12,925
The court thanks you for your service.
699
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,208
Mr. Chase, you are free to go.
700
00:37:15,243 --> 00:37:20,593
Though personally I find your behavior to be shocking and outrageous!
701
00:37:20,628 --> 00:37:22,827
We are adjourned.
702
00:37:26,352 --> 00:37:27,670
Thank you.
703
00:37:27,705 --> 00:37:29,791
You got lucky, Brad. You do know that.
704
00:37:29,826 --> 00:37:31,776
I know.
705
00:37:32,565 --> 00:37:34,055
Denny?
706
00:37:34,566 --> 00:37:36,723
Thanks.
707
00:37:41,505 --> 00:37:43,666
Thank you.
708
00:37:57,942 --> 00:37:59,609
First of all, I just wanna say thank-you.
709
00:37:59,644 --> 00:38:03,566
Which, of course, goes totally without saying, but I'm saying it anyway.
710
00:38:03,601 --> 00:38:06,592
Second, I will work here for free to pay off my legal fees if you want me to.
711
00:38:06,627 --> 00:38:08,470
I don't.
712
00:38:08,505 --> 00:38:12,950
Third, and this is not a come-on, it is just a statement of fact.
713
00:38:12,985 --> 00:38:17,557
When you rattled off that whole, you don't want the public to know, laundry list...
714
00:38:17,592 --> 00:38:20,575
That was the single sexiest thing I have ever seen a man do.
715
00:38:20,610 --> 00:38:23,956
You should see me when I do it naked.
716
00:38:24,139 --> 00:38:28,116
I'm just gonna go, um, change my...
717
00:38:28,151 --> 00:38:31,251
screensaver.
718
00:38:49,263 --> 00:38:51,375
We won our case. Did you hear?
719
00:38:51,410 --> 00:38:52,903
I did.
720
00:38:54,164 --> 00:38:57,483
Brad must be relieved.
721
00:38:57,729 --> 00:39:00,306
How'd your case with Hands go?
722
00:39:00,341 --> 00:39:02,798
Well.
723
00:39:03,688 --> 00:39:07,812
Can I ask you something, friend to friend?
724
00:39:07,986 --> 00:39:10,022
Of course.
725
00:39:11,075 --> 00:39:14,559
Shirley made this comment,
726
00:39:14,594 --> 00:39:18,043
"Don't make it about me".
727
00:39:18,078 --> 00:39:20,067
Do I do that?
728
00:39:20,102 --> 00:39:23,183
- Get outta town.
- Seriously.
729
00:39:23,218 --> 00:39:27,091
Do I act like I'm the only one in the room?
730
00:39:27,126 --> 00:39:30,706
Denny, one of the things I love about you is when we talk.
731
00:39:30,741 --> 00:39:34,503
Often it's as if you're not even in the room.
732
00:39:34,538 --> 00:39:36,249
Promise?
733
00:39:39,062 --> 00:39:40,815
I was brilliant by the way.
734
00:39:40,850 --> 00:39:43,329
I wish you've been there.
735
00:39:43,364 --> 00:39:45,808
I wish I had as well, Denny.
736
00:39:45,955 --> 00:39:47,049
I must tell you though,
737
00:39:47,084 --> 00:39:50,922
it's not that I don't appreciate the value of fascistic problem solving,
738
00:39:50,957 --> 00:39:53,467
but given Brad and the FBI's tactics here,
739
00:39:53,502 --> 00:39:58,071
if I had been the prosecutor, Brad'd be in prison tonight.
740
00:39:58,106 --> 00:40:00,882
And if I'd be representing the pedophile,
741
00:40:00,917 --> 00:40:03,363
I'd be getting him out.
742
00:40:03,398 --> 00:40:05,855
I'd have shot him.
743
00:40:06,126 --> 00:40:08,351
Right.
744
00:40:08,704 --> 00:40:11,526
Think we'll ever see the day when the defense lawyer...
745
00:40:11,561 --> 00:40:14,654
will be legally permitted to shoot the defendant?
746
00:40:14,689 --> 00:40:18,025
We seem to be making progress.
747
00:40:18,198 --> 00:40:19,439
Denny Crane.
748
00:40:19,474 --> 00:40:21,801
I'll be your attorney.
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