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WILSON: Previously on "The Practice"

We've decided to let you go. Go where?

Here's a check representing two weeks' severance pay.

I've generated fees in excess of $6 million.

You've handed me a check for $15,000.

BERLUTI: I've always wanted to hang my own shingle.

I got street creds.

You got integrity.

Maybe we should form kind of a partnership.

Me and you as partners.

I'd love to submit your name to the governor's counsel.

To be a superior-court judge? Any word?

YOUNG: The council confirmed me.

I got it.

Eugene, that's--

(laughing)

Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.

Do you think we pay you $160,000

to come down here to the storage room

and smoke pot, Sally?

SHORE: I thought you were absolutely

sensational up on that bar.

Well, that was surprising.

I think you like me.

Shh.

WILSON: You like her

and you don't like yourself,

with her, you get to remake yourself...

at least somewhat.

You got a window, Al.

Just because girls in your age bracket wait around,

don't be thinking I will.

WILSON: I know that you're afraid

to let yourself feel for people.

That's quite an indictment of a person.

WILSON: Prove me wrong with evidence--

The last time you felt for a woman in any relationship.

I feel for you!

I am so ashamed, I'm gonna buy a car.

Would you like to come with me?

Because I'd like watching you

watch me buy a $100,000 car.

Oh, gee.

Now I need to shop.

You certainly don't expect me to try a case like this.

Judge Noonan goes to Nantucket next week for the summer.

My neck hurts.

Go away.

Denny, problem, Hannah's neck hurts,

and she's refusing her trial assignment.

Tell her to go--

SHEPLEY: Denny

Walter...

Have you got a second? It's, uh, rather urgent.

Well, go into my office.

Tell Hannah where to go.

You know that my company has been very progressive

when it comes to hiring people with disabilities.

I've received many, many awards.

I don't even like the word "disability."

I prefer "special ability," you know,

like "Special Olympics."

I'm getting off track.

What I'm saying,

I have many wheelchair-bound employees

who I also consider to be extremely special people.

Oh, Walter...

don't tell me you make them race.

No, damn it, no.

Well, all this talk about Olympics is very--

SHEPLEY: Will you please be quiet and let me finish?!

As you know, I think people in wheelchairs

are not only intelligent.

I'm a beacon when it comes to believing

that they're also attractive,

physically attractive,

sexually attractive.

I like to touch them.

Denny, I've been arrested for kissing some

of my wheelchair women

and two others on crutches.

I...

I was assured it would go away,

but it hasn't.

The trial is set to go today.

I want you to take over.

You come to me the day of trial?

I thought it would go away,

and I was so embarrassed to tell you.

I need your help.

Denny, I have a reputation.

Well, if you didn't, you certainly have one now.

Please.

You kiss them?

I can't help it.

Walter, I can't represent a pervert.

Denny Crane does not have sicko friends.

You're practically my best friend.

Denny...

You're an evildoer.

(music playing)

This is the problem with having feelings.

People expect you to talk about them.

I know. It's awful.

CRANE: Alan, I'm told you like sicko,

perverse sexual deviants.

Denny, it's not that I like them so much as I am one.

A very dear friend of mine

is sexually attracted to invalids.

He needs our help, son.

And you can't help him because...

He disgusts me.

Ah.

CRANE: He's been arrested for assault,

and his trial, unfortunately,

starts today, so--

Today? CRANE: Yes.

I'll open, first chair.

I need you to back me up.

Alan hello.

Tara, what a nice surprise.

Mm.

Sally what's with the outfit?

Thought I'd go grown-up, see if I like it.

I don't.

Listen I feel funny asking you this but...

the ibuprofen isn't getting the job done for me.

Would you...

have any pot I could...

Ha ha.

ROSE: I'm being serious.

You certainly know I'm incapable of humor.

You want to smoke pot?

I am in pain.

For God's sakes,

think of the leverage you'd have on me.

PESCATORE: My friend, Gilley Cacheri,

he's a doctor, a psychiatrist,

I had him examine her.

Who?

Fat Angelina, he says

she has post-traumatic

botched wedding disorder.

Point is, he'll say whatever we want him to,

and for the truth, he'll give a discount.

STRINGER: Jimmy.

Jamie, hey.

So, this is it, huh?

Yeah.

Jamie stringer, Suzy Paponi.

It's a pleasure.

Uh-huh.

BERLUTI: So, what brings you?

Well, as you know, I've been putting

my résumé out there.

And believe it or not,

the way you described this place,

I don't know what your situation is but, um--

Jamie, I couldn't pay you.

STRINGER: I know that.

It makes it more exciting.

I feel like a pioneer, I guess.

Can I talk to you a second?

She can never work here.

Why not?

Look at her, she is not a real person.

Suzy, if we got a graduate from Harvard law school

for free, can you imagine?

And she's an excellent lawyer.

We got a meeting with the bridal-shop owner at 3:00.

I think I can make this go away.

BERLUTI: Lenny, this is Jamie stringer.

She works at my old firm.

She's interested in coming here.

Why?

Well, she likes the kind of work we do.

You banging her? Lenny...

QUINN: How come you hire her, but you won't hire me?

She's a lawyer. You're--

QUINN: I got legal schooling, Jimmy.

That doesn't mean-- I could be an asset.

He banging you? Hey.

I don't bang. We don't talk like that here,

you understand?

You got too many rules.

I'm just concerned this will damage my legacy.

Not to worry, many CEOs love to fondle

their wheelchair employees.

Denny...

Suck it up, Walter.

WOMAN: All rise.

This court is in session.

The Honorable Eugene Young presiding.

Eugene!

My buddy!

Chambers.

How did you get me assigned to this?

I want to know.

I didn't, I swear.

So, it's just a coincidence,

my first case, my very first case, I get you?

5,000 lawyers in this town, and I get you?

You say coincidence, I say "Act of God."

Come on, give me a hug, you big bear, you.

Everybody out but him.

Ex parte, a terrific start.

I will jail you for contempt,

that will be my very first official act.

He's making for a fabulous judge so far,

don't you think? I'm sorry.

Is there some relationship here?

This man used to work for me.

I fired him.

SHORE: I'll happily waive the conflict

if that's where you're headed.

Ms. Alexander, I apologize,

but I must recuse myself.

I am totally fine with you presiding.

He has a little trouble being fair when I'm around.

Denny Crane.

Come on.

You will get another judge, that's all.

That's all.

It's not just that he sexually assaulted these women.

It's that he chose disabled women,

women who could not defend themselves.

That is beyond depraved,

to revictimize victims is one of the grossest

affronts to humanity.

And I am confident that, once we're through

presenting our case,

you will deal with this man

according to your sense of justice,

certainly not his.

This would be where you get up.

Introduce me.

I beg your pardon?

I like to be introduced in the beginning.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I give you Denny crane.

The district attorney

has made my client seem like a horrible,

disgusting, vile person.

When I get done, when I have had my say,

ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

when you have finished listening

to what I have to say to you right now,

this very minute,

he will seem far less disgusting,

far less horrible,

and won't seem vile at all.

Denny crane.

You're quitting?

FRUTT: Not quitting, it's just--

with Eugene becoming a judge,

it's made me think about what I want to do

with my life.

Which is...

Time with my daughter,

so I'm thinking about taking a hiatus

from practicing law.

That's great.

I think so.

But with Jimmy and Eugene gone,

if I leave the firm,

your firm, then it's over.

It's not my firm. I--

Bobby.

What's Jamie gonna do?

She's volunteering at Jimmy's.

She may even end up working there.

So you're okay if I take some time off?

Ellenor, why are you asking me

to approve of what you do with your life?

Come on, Bobby.

You founded that place.

You took a chance with me.

I couldn't-- I moved on,

and if you want time to be with Zoey,

I'm all for it, I promise you.

I don't believe you.

I'm sorry, but I don't.

If this is firm ends--

Everything has to end sometime, Ellenor.

I'm fine with it.

She got fatter.

TORELLI: I did not get fatter.

You did, Angelina.

I did not. Hold on, here.

We're not gonna get into issues of girth here.

It ain't about that.

If anything, I got thinner.

Angelina, I need you to shut your face now.

We had a contract.

You agreed to provide services

whereby you would make this bride-to-be a dress.

You didn't make that dress, Eddie, that's a breach.

There was a seamstress strike.

What, am I talking to myself here?

That does not absolve you of your legal duty

to perform under the contract.

BRIMSEK: Well, maybe I should get my own lawyer, then.

PESCATORE: You could do that,

but that's gonna cost you more money.

The contract says what it says, Eddie.

A lawyer's gonna charge you 10 grand

to tell you what I'm already telling you,

10 grand that could and should be going to Angelina.

40 grand and you're out of this,

what's not to think about?

Well, I need to think about it.

24 hours, no more.

HOBBS: Sometimes, it was subtle.

He'd squeeze my shoulder, my arms.

Other times, it was more blatant.

ALEXANDER: Out in the open, in front of people?

Well, he would lean over from behind

to show me a document or something.

I don't think that it was obvious to other people.

ALEXANDER: And how did it make you feel?

Violated angry.

Did you complain about it?

Yes, and then a week or so later,

he just kissed me,

put his tongue in my mouth,

and that's when I went to the police.

Thank you, Ms. Hobbs.

I am begging you not to employ this tactic.

Son, cross-examination is what heats my swimming pool.

Understood, but this particular line of attack--

Counsel?

Yes, Your Honor.

Just a few questions, Ms. Hobbs.

WEST: What the--

where did you get that thing?

I had it put there during the last recess, Your Honor.

Get out of that chair now, Mr. Crane.

Ms. Hobbs and members of the jury,

I apologize for that tasteless,

offending display.

Mr. Crane, you will conduct yourself

with the integrity that goes

with the decorum of this room.

I apologize, Your Honor.

The reason I got in that chair,

last night, I tried to put myself in your place,

and I realized that's impossible.

We can't get a clue of what it's like

to live life in a wheelchair

without actually being in one.

And you think after spending an hour in one, you know?

No, I said I was searching for a clue,

the truth is, I simply can't imagine.

So much of my personal esteem

goes into vanity.

I don't like to admit that.

I like to think of myself

as an attractive, strong man.

Ms. Hobbs, I noticed in the last place you worked,

you filed a claim for sexual harassment

against a couple of men

who were harassing not you but other women,

am I correct in that?

The fact that I wasn't specifically targeted

doesn't mean that I wasn't victimized.

Understood. But did it hurt

that you weren't a specific target?

I'm no therapist, but did it hurt

that these men were declaring their attraction

to all these women but you?

My mother used to tell me,

and feel free to disagree,

the woman was batty,

she told me that if there was anything

worse for a woman

than being regarded as a sexual object,

it's not being regarded as one.

Any truth in that?

Perhaps a little.

In spite of himself, he's actually quite good.

I mean, sometimes, I am mystified,

but by the end,

he knows what he's doing.

By suggesting that the women wanted to be groped

because they were in wheelchairs?

He mined a very universal and human truth,

we all want to be desired.

I'm not saying he won the day,

but the man...

seems to know what he's doing.

Well, speaking of the day...

it's over.

Would you like to get some dinner?

SHORE: Uh, no.

Thank you. No.

I've got more to do here.

All right, then.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Tara...

I know, um...

the normal course of behavior

when a person declares feelings,

a conversation would typically ensue, shedding--

I get it, Alan.

May I just offer one thing?

Okay.

I agree that you and I wouldn't be a good idea

and that we could never work.

And the reason why I brought up dinner

just the same,

I have urges.

Alan...

I guess what I'm trying to say Alan is...

I'm hungry.

I need food.

BILLINGS: Did you give Hannah Rose illegal marijuana?

She promised she wouldn't glamorize it.

I got to tell you, Sally,

for someone who claims to want to succeed here,

you seem to be doing everything you can

to sabotage your career.

Look, she asked me for the stuff.

That's an unacceptable response,

especially from an attorney.

For the next week, you will not practice,

you will file.

Change into some old clothes.

You're going to storage.

Be grateful it isn't jail.

STRINGER: What am I looking at?

QUINN: Dottie Hatt's "x" rays,

they're beautiful.

Look at the L-5, it's bulging.

Dottie hasn't even been X-rayed yet.

She goes this afternoon, it's taken care of.

Well, how do we get film

before they've ever taken pictures?

What is this, twenty questions?

Do you want to, like, go to a movie or something?

Aren't you married?

Yeah, we won't tell.

PAPONI: Lenny, Eddie Brimsek's here.

PESCATORE: Eddie, right this way.

I hope you got cash.

I ain't paying nothing, Lenny.

What's that? My hearing just failed me.

I did call a lawyer of my own, and he said that,

as long as I refunded the money--

QUINN: That don't cover the pain and suffering.

PESCATORE: I'll take care of this, Manny.

That woman had to get

married wearing a sack.

Shut up. BRIMSEK: You know what?

There's no dress known to man

that's gonna make that bus look good, she's a cow.

All right, let's go into the conference room.

No, I think I'm gonna take this meeting alone.

BRIMSEK: You can cover a sow with satin.

You don't get no silk purse.

It's time to settle.

Jimmy...

it's really not ethical for him to not be represented.

Well, he's representing himself.

He can do that.

Dottie has x-rays without ever having been

to a doctor or a hospital.

I'll look into it.

Do we break laws?

PESCATORE: You want to do this?!

Hey!

Let them work it out. BERLUTI: Let me go, Manny!

QUINN: These guys know each other, Jimmy.

They're gonna kiss and make up, I promise.

Take your hands off me now!

Look, they're already over it.

QUINN: Nobody here saw nothing,

I don't got to say that.

BERLUTI: Manny, you don't work here.

PESCATORE: We had some movement.

Eddie's gonna come back with a bigger number.

So, you think about that movie?

(indistinct chatter)

You remember Bobby.

Say hi.

Hi.

Hi, sweetheart.

Aw.

You're so beautiful.

(chuckling)

Hey, can you draw a picture for mom?

Okay. Right over there.

Does this mean you've already left?

Well, I'm packing.

Listen, tomorrow,

Eugene, Jimmy, Jamie, and I

we're having a little

goodbye celebration at the end of the day.

Can you stop by?

Well, tomorrow, I'm kind of jammed.

Well, we can work around you.

Eugene is in trial, but--

I'm pretty much booked all day.

How about tomorrow night?

Actually, I have plans.

You guys do it without me.

I, you know,

I already said goodbye.

Actually, you didn't.

You never really did say goodbye.

In fact, you made a big point

about how it wasn't goodbye.

Ellenor, I'm not really into that kind of stuff.

What kind of stuff?

Look,

I've moved on, okay?

I don't really feel like going backwards.

It's reflecting on a franchise that we gave our lives to.

It isn't our lives.

It's an office place.

Fine.

(sighs)

All right, tell me what time,

and I'll try to swing by

to toast you and Eugene

and Jimmy and Jamie.

To me, it's--

it's about people,

not a space.

I don't need to say goodbye to a space.

Actually, he's more aroused by the wheelchair

than he is by the women.

CRANE: By the wheelchair?

Well, that makes him even sicker, doesn't it?

Essentially, it's a fetish,

and it's not all that uncommon.

Being aroused by a wheelchair?

Mr. Shepley was raised

by a working mom,

typically absent

during critical stages of his development.

Now, he himself was injured as a child,

and his mother became more present for him

then, tending to him.

Long story short, without all of the psychological detail,

Mr. Shepley likes to imagine himself

in a helpless state.

So, it's possible that he couldn't help himself,

is that what you're saying, doctor,

that he goes on some sort of

sicko automatic perv pilot?

Objection. Sustained.

DOCTOR: I can't speak to whether his actions

were voluntary or not.

It seems that they were,

but when he sees a woman

physically disabled,

he becomes sexually excited.

Am I ready to plead?

The jury has a legal right

to free him if they want to,

and that's where I come in.

When I get up to speed,

they're gonna want to let him go.

You think? It's our nature, Susan.

We're Americans.

It's our God-given duty to free people,

even if they don't particularly want to be freed.

We're liberators at our core, Susan.

I'll ask you not to stand so close to me.

CRANE: All I need is one, one juror

who thinks that Walter Shepley is a victim.

Do you really want to bet I can't get one?

(phone ringing)

Excuse me.

Sally...

I'm on K. P. Duty,

punishment for giving Hannah Rose some pot.

You gave Hannah rose pot

without offering me any?

I'm banished to the storage room.

There were some old files in here.

I can come back if you want.

No, it's fine.

What are you looking at?

Youth.

What?

Sally, why would you give Hannah Rose pot?

(sighs)

Maybe I'm a little self-destructive.

You'll be happy to know

I've officially hired a therapist.

We've already discussed you.

And...

He said I might be drawn to old guys

because it makes me feel safe.

Did you say "old guys"?

Sorry.

Sexy old guys.

I don't know if I've ever been accused

of that before in my life.

Being sexy?

Safe...

I've never made anybody feel safe.

Remember when I kissed you?

Yes.

And I said something like,

"I can't believe I just did that.

It just sort of happened."

It was a little more reflective than that.

I lied.

As did I.

Remember my response?

I said, "That was a surprise."

Well, I saw it coming.

You didn't pull away.

No, I didn't.

Do you regret that

not pulling away?

Did you say to yourself after,

"Next time, I'll pull away"?

No, I didn't say that.

(music playing)

Please don't ask to discuss my feelings.

You kiss nice for an old guy.

I'm not the actual lawyer.

You'll have to talk to one of the boys about that.

He brings in cases.

Fraud cases.

He's got doctors on the take.

We don't need to know none of that.

We want to help people that need help.

We need cash flow.

That man over there is a cash cow.

Look at the size of him.

Mr. Crane told me you'd acquit his client

because you're Americans

and it's your God-given duty

to free people.

It's our nature.

And it got me thinking,

"What is our nature

as Americans?"

And I realized

this man

degraded people in wheelchairs.

It isn't his fault,

it's yours

and yours

and mine...

because we, as Americans,

tolerate it.

My husband is a staunch republican.

He championed the war and put out the flag.

"We need to protect freedom," he says.

And then, when no weapons of mass destruction were found,

he said, "How could they make such a horrible mistake?"

"We" in success,

"They" in failure.

It needs to always

be "We."

You look at those pictures in the papers

of those Iraqi prisoners degraded,

some sodomized,

some killed.

We did that.

Americans did that.

As long as we lay claim to be a nation

governed by the people,

for the people...

the American people did that.

You did.

You did. I did.

Your honor, this is disguised bush-bashing.

I ask that counsel be disbarred,

effective immediately.

Could you bring it back to the case, counsel?

We all need to be held accountable for a society

that allows Mr. Shepley's behavior

to be excusable.

This is not about political correctness.

I don't care what your politics are.

Go in that room and vote your conscience.

Cast a vote that says,

"Our society is a moral one."

Clearly...

we cannot claim the higher road abroad these days.

Let's at least be able to cling to it at home.

Did she attack America?

I believe she did, yes.

Son, this has to be rebutted cogently,

thoughtfully, intelligently.

I agree.

Son, I'm not equipped.

(inhales deeply)

In her opening statement, Ms. Alexander suggested

that my client should be held accountable.

Now, it seems,

she's saying

you should be accountable.

Please. We, as Americans,

are not accountable people.

We are a nation of finger-pointers,

be it the 9/11 commission

to the weapons of mass destruction

to anything at all having to do with the Red Sox.

When was the last time you heard anybody say,

"I screwed up"?

When was the last time you heard anybody say,

"We screwed up"?

This is America, for God's sake.

We're always right,

and if ever we're not,

we get a note from our doctor.

Well, my client

comes to you

with a note from his doctor.

He has a medical condition.

It's a mental disorder.

If, as Ms. Alexander suggests,

we, as a society,

should take responsibility

here in this case

in this courtroom,

then let's get this man some treatment.

Let's not put him in jail.

I could be wrong,

but retribution

doesn't always seem to work.

(knock on door)

Yeah?

(door opens)

(door closes)

I thought you'd be interested to know

despite my stirring closing,

we decided to settle the case.

You're wrong. I'm not interested.

Get out.

Eugene... A judge...

has asked you to leave his chambers.

Whatever our history, if you ever again--

What did I do?

What did you do?

You called me "Eugene."

You mean that's not your name?

I was under the impression--

Shut up!

Just shut up!

I walk in that courtroom,

my courtroom for the first time,

and you yell out, "Eugene! Buddy!"

You may not respect me, but you'll respect the robe.

Do you understand?

I yelled your name out of enthusiasm.

I yelled out, "Buddy," to be flip.

I apologize.

Let me tell you something, Eugene--

I know many judges--

I've even slept with a few.

The robe is a piece of clothing.

I'm required by law,

and, I suppose, decorum,

to honor the robe.

The respect I have for you

is far more profound...

Your Honor.

(door closes)

There will be no violence

inside the premises.

I realize sometimes

scores got to get settled

outside the courtroom,

but there will be no mayhem inside here.

Everybody checks their baseball bats

with Suzi when you come in.

We have company bats?

BERLUTI: Second, our mission

is to become a totally honest law firm.

I know this can't happen overnight,

but the purpose of this franchise

is to do good, decent work

for good, decent people.

PESCATORE: I need to preclear three wise guys

I got lifelong stuff with--

nothing serious.

Third,

Manny, we have agreed

to extend an offer to you as a paralegal.

You mean it?

BERLUTI: You need to preclear with me

everything you do.

You'll be acting as an agent of this firm.

Your salary will be a contingency

of the business you bring in.

You won't regret it.

BERLUTI: Fourth, Jamie,

if you want to be a partner,

the buy-in is 75 grand.

That's what me and Lenny put in.

You might want to consider,

you know, being an associate here, since--

Yeah, I opt for that...

(clears throat) associate.

BERLUTI: Okay.

Then...

we're a law firm.

Let's...

we're a law firm.

I don't hug.

When men hug, it's a sign of homosexuality.

I'm against same-sex hugs.

I'll take a handshake, then.

You spoke of your esteem,

finding it in vanity.

I've found much of mine

in being your friend...

friend of Denny Crane.

ROSE: I've pushed the defense on Peters

as far as I can, Denny.

I'm gonna need you to close.

CRANE: Well, call a meeting.

Get them all in here tomorrow.

ROSE: You might actually be able to do it with a phone call.

CRANE: Bring the file into my office.

Let's do it.

Okay, Walter,

talk to you later.

SHEPLEY: Okay.

(indistinct chatter)

(exhales deeply)

I'm a mess.

You're just figuring this out?

I mean, I always thought I was

functionally messed up.

It worked for me.

But I...

perhaps...

well, there's no denying...

actually, there is--

there seems to be nothing but denial on my part about--

Tara...

I have enormous affection for you,

but, for whatever reason...

I like myself less with you.

I'm not at all sure--

shouldn't you chime in with something?

Isn't that how conversation works?

You're doing fine.

I don't like being alone.

I'm good at it,

but I don't like it.

But...

notwithstanding my feelings for you,

I see,

potentially...

a less lonely path with--

I don't know what I'm trying to say.

You've just said it.

Always take the less lonely path.

Somebody somewhere must have said that.

I'd love to stay and chat,

but I'm buried with work.

Could you be a dear?

This file has to go down to storage.

Will you drop it down there for me?

(music playing)

BERLUTI: I thought Bec was coming.

She got tied up in probate.

And Bobby?

He won't show you know him and goodbyes.

He's still telling Lindsay

that their marriage is just on hiatus.

Well, we got to get going.

I got to report to night court.

STRINGER: (gasps) You got night court?

I'm a rookie.

All right, glasses up.

To our new lives,

Eugene,

a judge,

Jimmy, Jamie

neighborhood lawyers,

Me, a mom, and...

who knows?

And...

come on, somebody help me out.

YOUNG: Okay, uh...

I have loved this place.

Every day...

no matter what the fight or...

however ugly,

I came here every day

saying to myself,

"This place is special...

and I'm lucky to be here."

And you

and you

and you...

and all of you...

um...

cheers.

SINGER: ♪ You can travel ♪

♪ All around the world ♪

♪ And back ♪

♪ You can fly or sail ♪

♪ Or ride a railroad track ♪

♪ But no matter where you go ♪

♪ You're gonna find ♪

♪ That people ♪

♪ Have the same things ♪

♪ On their minds ♪

♪ A man wants to work ♪

♪ For his pay ♪

♪ A man wants a place ♪

♪ In the sun ♪

♪ A man wants a gal ♪

♪ Proud to say ♪

♪ That she'll become ♪

♪ His loving wife ♪

♪ He wants a chance ♪

♪ To give his kids ♪

♪ A better life ♪

♪ Well, hello ♪

♪ Hello ♪

♪ Brother, hello ♪

♪ I said, hello ♪

♪ Hello ♪

♪ Brother, hello ♪

(music playing)

(music playing)

WOMAN: You stinker!

(music playing)