All language subtitles for Ally.McBeal.S02E16.1998.Disney+.WEB-DL.1080p.H264.AAC-HDCTV_track6_[eng]

I actually feel okay--
at least about life with Billy.

I mean without him.
[Chuckles]

I-I mean, I'm actually feeling
excellent. I'm-I'm glad.

Liar.

-What?
-How--

Um, nothing.

Trash.

What's the matter?

That--That man--he--

Are those people
over there pointing at me?

[Chattering]

-No.
-[Man] Maladonna.

Maladonna.

[Chuckles] And a pope
didn't just walk by, right?

No. Ally,

maybe you should have
a little session with Tracy.

Over the guilt.

Tracy makes me feel guilty
for having guilt.

It's okay to feel a little shame.

But let's get over it now.
It's done.

[Liquid Trickling]

Did a dog just piddle on my foot?

I'm afraid that's real.

♪ I've been down this road ♪

♪ Walkin' the line
that's painted by pride ♪

♪ And I have made mistakes
in my life ♪

♪ That I just can't hide ♪

♪ Oh, I believe I am ready ♪

♪ For what love has to bring
Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I got myself together ♪

♪ Now I'm ready to sing ♪

♪ I've been searching
my soul tonight ♪

♪ I know there's
so much more to life ♪

♪ Now I know
I can shine a light ♪

♪ To find my way back home ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Baby, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪♪

Second up. Uh--
Ally, great.

Your wheelhouse.

Uh, John Flattery thinks
his wife is cheating on him.

Who says that's my wheelhouse?

Uh, civil rights. She's a paraplegic.

He wants to put a LoJack on her
wheelchair,

see where she goes.
Check and see if it's legal.

John, where do we stand
on Peterson?

We're basically settled.

We're just working out
the payment schedule.

They settled?

[John]
500,000. Surprised myself.

[Thumping]

[Nelle] The senator?
He's going to pay?

[John] Evidently
he must want to avoid

the publicity of a trial.

[Nelle] That's amazing.

[Richard]
Yes, it is. Moving on.

Kettering versus Pyle.
Billy Alan Thomas.

[Billy] We start first
thing. John, I'd like to--

Excuse me. I'm--I'm-I'm--

I'm gonna get right
on that LoJack case.

I know I haven't been here long,
but I'm beginning to think...

she's a little more weird
than the strange little man.

John, the attorney is here
for your settlement conference.

I take it back.

I'm not opposed
to structuring over six months,

but I'd like the balloon
to come up front.

Ah. Yes. Actually, we've decided
to modify our offer just a bit.

Modify it how?

Instead of the 520,000,
we're offering nothing.

Is that meant to be funny?

The senator had a change
of heart and... conscience.

-We had a deal.
-We never closed it.

-So, I guess we go to trial.
-Mr. Benson, we had a deal.

What can I tell you? The deal is off.

We better get going.

We're due in court.

-[Phone Rings]
-I have Greg Butters on three.

Are we keeping him on hold?

Oh, tell him I'll call him right back.

-In this lifetime?
-Elaine.

Ally.

Please don't grab my elbow

like it's something
that belongs to you.

-Ally, I think we should talk.
-Billy, the only thing...

we need to talk about is-is-is
whether we tell Georgia.

-Tell her what?
-Her head is about to explode,

and the pope is stalking me.

-Ally, telling Georgia is not--
-[Knocks]

-Billy.
-John, I need a second.

Take it later. In the conference
room, now. You too, Ally.

They led me to believe
we were settling,

so I'd be less likely to prepare,

and I'm embarrassed
to admit it worked.

Trial's scheduled to begin
today, and I've got nothing.

Well, can't you get one of those
continue doohickey things?

-[Thumping]
-The judge marked the case

"no further continue doohickeys,"

but I'm glad to see
the wheels spinning, Richard.

You'll be going in with me.

The rest of you I'm putting
on crash discovery.

What is this case about?
And, Georgia,

could you please
turn your head down?

Excuse me?

Nothing. Kidding.

Bygones.
P--Poughkee--P--P--

Poop.

State Senator Harold Watkins
libeled Shirley Peterson...

and her bookstore
as a place of disrepute.

Caused her to go bankrupt.

You're going into
a libel case unprepared?

I have no choice,

and thanks for that
lightning bolt of confidence.

Billy, Ally, Georgia,
the defamatory remarks

were made
in television spots.

I want you to chase down
the people

who worked
on the campaign.

They were just guns for hire.
They might talk.

Elaine has the file, the lists.

In the meantime, I'll try
to push off the trial.

-Richard, let's go.
-Mmm. [Mutters]

Forget it.

These people
deliberately misled me...

with an offer they had
no intention of honoring.

I don't care.

I told you last time
in here, that's it.

You're either ready for trial,

or I enter judgment
for the defendant.

This kind of bad faith from--
from a state senator no less.

[Walsh] Ready for trial,
or he wins.

I object, I object,
I object.

I am not impressed
by trilogy, Mr. Cage.

Ready for trial, or he wins.

Ready for trial.

[Walsh] We'll impanel now,
begin after lunch.

Your Honor, since this
figures to be a short trial,

with potential for
a lot of publicity,

I'd like the jury
sequestered.

Well, I oppose. Juries tend to
punish the ones

bringing the suit
when they're sequestered.

I tend to agree with Mr. Benson.
We don't need--

Your Honor, if you don't

let these people
watch the news,

they'll only know
what they hear in here.

What chance does
the truth have then?

-[Elevator Bell Dings]
-That didn't help.

-I was only trying--
-You're off the case.

Ling, I need you immediately.

-You're second-chairing.
-What?

I can do it.

I need her,
and I don't want three.

-We need to look the underdog.
-I'm not a litigator.

For this case you are.

[Groans] I knew this would
happen if I took a job here.

You'd all make me work.

Well--

Don't even say hi to me.

-Your office.
-Who?

Greg.

Oh.

You don't take my calls.
You don't call me.

I don't like
playing games, Ally.

-Neither do I.
-What's going on?

And I want to know
the truth.

The truth?

Okay, Greg. I'm gonna
give you the truth.

For a couple of days,

there was somebody else.

Somebody I even... kissed.

It was a mistake,
and it's over.

But for two days, there...

was somebody else.

-I should go.
-Greg, don't just walk out.

Let's talk about it.
We need to talk about it.

I need to talk
about this later.

[Groans]

So, uh, what was that about?

-Take a guess.
-What did you tell him?

That we kissed and clutched
and that I couldn't remember...

if we made love or not

on account of your
microscopic penis.

So you're still angry at me.

I'm over my anger, Billy.
I'm over everything.

[Thumping]

[Exhales Deeply]

My struggle goes to
you know what.

Uh, I've been meeting
with a counselor.

He says
I shouldn't tell her.

So does Tracy.

Not telling her
is the right thing to do.

So why does it feel
so wrong?

-[Thumping]
-Hmm.

Stop it. You are not
gonna guilt me.

I'll--I'll-I'll just--
I'll just...

-dance--to the beat.
-[Thumping Continues]

See?

This is music to me.
This is music to my ears.

My conscience
just tells me to...

dance.

-[Record Needle Scratches]
-[Thumping Stops]

[Mumbling]

[Ally]
I understand you-you worked

on the senator's
campaign, and...

if I could just meet
with you, it--

it would be
in complete confidence.

-I promise.
-[Dial Tone]

-You big dick!
-[Chuckles] Any luck?

[Groans] I have spoken
to everyone

who has worked
on the campaign,

at least as
independent contractors.

[Thumping]

I'm working on
anybody he's fired.

-Nothing?
-Not yet.

Gonna keep going down
the list.

-You okay?
-Yeah. Yeah.

I--I just--

[Vonda]
♪ What the world needs now ♪

[Ikettes] ♪ World needs now ♪

[Together] ♪ Oh, is love
and understanding ♪

♪ Get on board
the friendship train ♪

♪ Everybody shake a hand
shake a hand ♪

♪ People, I'm talking about
the friendship train ♪

-Hi!
-♪ Everybody ♪

♪ Shake a hand
make a friend now ♪

Hi.

♪ Listen to us now ♪♪

♪♪ [Vocalizing]

♪♪ [Ends]

-[Exhales Deeply]
-[Walsh] Mr. Cage.

Ms. Peterson,

how long did you work
at the store?

-Seven years.
-Uh, you also sold,

uh, CDs and cassettes?

Yes. It was music and books.

Uh, you were doing well,
financially?

We were doing quite well.

Sales were growing
every quarter.

Objection.
Your Honor, I'm bored.

As an officer of the court,

I have a duty to be open
and forthright.

I think the witness is tedious.

I'm concerned for the jury's
attention span.

Yes, yes, and thank you
for livening things up.

At some point,
your business suffered.

Yes. Last September,

that man, while running
for state senator,

accused our store
of dealing in pornography.

He basically campaigned
against us,

saying we were an assault
on American values.

Soon we were picketed.

We began to lose our book
signing events, which are vital.

Now--Well, we're
going out of business.

And for all that, you blame him?
I'm sorry, Your Honor.

I was assigned to this.

I'm learning about it
as we go along.

It seems ridiculous.
As an officer of the court--

-What is going on here?
-[Walsh] Miss Woo,

please sit.

Well, she asked the question.
And all because of him?

Yes. Because of him.

His whole campaign
centered on values, family.

And he singled my store out.

Because we were on Beacon Hill,
it gave him the perfect hook:

"Look at the smut shop

two blocks away
from the capitol."

It was a nifty little
political ploy.

Problem was it killed us.

And he put me and a lot of
other honest,

hardworking people
into unemployment.

[Elevator Bell Dings]

-Is that what you wanted?
-Exactly.

-Same thing on her cross?
-With a small adjustment.

I have a hard time
understanding. That's all.

I'm not asking you
to understand.

I am telling you what is--
or was.

And-And as much guilt
as I feel over this kiss,

it was something
that I had to go through.

Hey.

Ally, if you're about to
break into "I Gotta Be Me,"

I'll walk away from this
table--and you--right now.

That's not
what I was about to do.

Good. 'Cause I don't care
what stage you and I are at,

or what or where you think
we're at,

but we were past the stage
of you kissing someone else,

and if you don't feel
the need to apologize to me,

then we can be done
right now.

I apologize.

I understand you may be
emotionally neurotic.

I might even tolerate it.

But do me a favor.
Don't celebrate it.

[Renee] And that's
where you left it?

Yeah.

So?

I don't know. We'll take
a day, maybe go from there.

Ally, how do you
feel about him?

Do you even
want to go from here?

I don't know.

Obviously she feels remorse.
She's embarrassed.

But she didn't lie to Georgia.

She just didn't
volunteer information.

[All Shouting]

[Groans] I swear, Renee.
It's like everybody knows.

The whole world is looking
at me like I am--

I am this disgusting,
cheating thing.

And this couldn't possibly be
your imagination.

Will you go to church
with me tonight?

Church?

I just want to sit in a big
room of forgiveness,

where everybody is
saying amen.

-All this over a kiss?
-The kiss I'm over.

The lie.

Every time I see Georgia,
the lie lives.

Ms. Peterson, your store
did sell books with nudity,

pictures of copulation.

You did sell books graphically
describing sex acts.

Photographs by Herb Ritts.

Books written by
John Irving, Balzac.

Redeeming social value, yes.

Yes. But isn't that
a subjective thing?

Of course it is--
which means people

should get to make up
their own minds.

And isn't Senator Watkins
one of the people

who's entitled
to their own opinion?

There's a difference
between having an opinion...

and buying 30-second spots
to go on television,

labeling me a pornographer.

So, it's all right
to think something,

just as long as you don't
voice it too loudly.

He saddled me up
to raise funding

from right-wing constituents.

Objection. Every politician
lies to get money.

-Now, he's--[Groans]
-[Walsh] Miss Woo,

the court is going to take
the unusual step...

of ordering you to support
your client's position.

Your Honor--

The truth is on
everybody's side.

My client will
ultimately see that.

You can't go around suing
elected officials

every time they do
something disgusting.

They'd never have the time
to do their jobs.

Miss Woo.

Rappers with profane lyrics

talking about killing
police officers, raping women.

These CDs can be found
in your store.

As they can be in Blockbuster
and Tower

and every record store
across the nation.

So, that should make it okay.
Everybody's doing it,

so Senator Watkins
should just accept it.

He put me out of business.
Do you get that, Senator?

You put me out of business.

[Woman Coughs]

Hey, Billy.
How's it going?

Fine. You?

Been better.
You and Ally having sex?

What?

Well, you know, she's feeling
guilty about something.

You're walking around
closing doors.

Put two and two together--69.

If it's true,
you can tell me.

My shoulder's nothing
if not a--a cushion.

What?

-[Clears Throat] Anything?
-No.

I hear Georgia thinks

he's doing something
with Nelle.

-Oh, come on.
-Oh, don't let

the Subzero
thing fool you, Richard.

She's a tramp. Remember.
It takes one to know one.

The only thing we know
for sure about Nelle, Elaine,

is when you talk about her,
she's behind you.

-Elaine.
-[Door Opens]

-I meant "tramp" in a good way.
-Yes. Thank you.

[Door Closes]

[Clears Throat]

John, it's one thing
to blunt

their momentum
with distractions--

I spoke to the bailiff.

The movie they're watching
tonight is The Music Man.

The movie who's watching?

The jury.
It's perfect.

Giving praise to the Lord
can be done in many ways.

Tell me again why we're here.

'Cause it's godly here.
This may be as close as I get.

Plus it's nice, sitting among
strangers, feeling anonymous.

I swear, back at the office,
they look at me like-like--

-Shh!
-[Both] Shh!

[Reverend Newman]
That's a good idea.

Let's--Let's talk.

Somebody shout out
one of the Commandments.

-Anybody.
-Thou shalt not covet!

[Reverend Newman]
Thou shalt not covet

thy neighbor's wife.

Let's talk about that.

What's the big deal about
coveting somebody else's spouse?

I mean, to covet--it just goes
to what you're thinking.

Why is that a sin?

I don't believe it.

-Well, I'm gonna tell you.
-Tell us.

-You want to know why?
-[Congregation] Tell us.

Good Lord!
You want to know why?

[Congregation] Yes!

Because all those
other Commandments--

"Don't do this," "Don't do that"--
it's about how you act.

This one says,
"Don't even think it."

[Congregation]
Amen.

-Don't even think it!
-[Affirming]

-Why?
-Tell us.

Because the Lord thought,

"If we make it a sin
to even think it,

maybe man will resist
the temptation to do it."

Because the Sixth Commandment--

"Thou shalt not commit adultery"--
that's the worst.

Oh, come on!
That is not the worst.

"Thou shalt not kill"!
That's gotta be worse...

than coveting
somebody else's husband.

Give me a break.

You said you wanted
to be anonymous?

Shut up.

[Reverend Newman] Maybe
we should hear from the choir.

Finish our talk after a little reprieve.

-[Woman] All right.
-[Congregation Murmuring]

Why exactly did you do that?

Let's just pay
our respects to God, Renee.

Can we do that, please?

♪♪ [Gospel]

♪ I heard about this fellow
you've been dancin' with ♪

♪ All over the neighborhood ♪

♪ Kissy, kissy, kissy
Ooh-wee, baby ♪

♪ Now, honey
do you think you should ♪

♪ I guess you thought
that nobody knew ♪

-♪ Oh ♪
-No.

♪ Twistin' ♪

♪ Shake it, shake it
shake it up, baby ♪

Th-Th-They--
They are singing about me.

-Ally--
-They all know.

They don't know.

She is singing
about cheating, Renee.

-E-Everybody knows.
-♪♪ [Vocalizing]

♪ Bend over, let me see you
shake a tail feather ♪

♪ Bend over, let me see you
shake a tail feather ♪

♪♪ [Vocalizing]

♪ Twistin' ♪

♪ Shake it, shake it
shake it up, baby ♪

-♪ Oh ♪
-Yeah! Ooh!

♪ Shake it up, baby ♪

♪ Shake it, shake it
shake it, baby ♪

♪ Ow ♪

♪ Shake it up ♪

♪ Shake it, shake it
shake it, shake it, baby ♪

♪ Oh, come on ♪♪

[Crow Squawking]

My sermon wasn't about you.

Well, it, uh, uh--Oh.
[Chuckles]

It felt that way.

It just happened to be
about adultery,

and the song
just happened to be

about shaking
your tail feathers,

and--and-and I know that,
according to the polls,

that-that adultery
is not a big deal, but--

You didn't commit adultery.

I... didn't?

No. You just kissed a guy.
That's not adultery.

A kiss with all the emotion
of making love.

-So what?
-"So what"?

Excuse me. I'm, um,
no biblical scholar,

but I do know that Jesus said
that any married man...

who so much as looks
at another woman with lust--

he's committed
adultery in his heart.

Yeah, yeah. Look.

Jesus was maybe
a little off the mark there.

Jesus was off the mark?

Under that theory,

every heterosexual man
would be an adulterer.

It's the deed, Ally,
not the thought.

"Thou shalt not
commit adultery."

That's what
the sixth commandment says.

You didn't commit it.

Whatever was in your heart
or mind,

that's not the same thing
as the deed.

So, what was all this
stuff about coveting?

Oh, coveting's a dumb one.
I don't understand

why that's even there.

So, why did you hammer it
in your sermon?

Because that's the one
that was thrown out.

You saw how I segued it
into adultery.

Because that is big.

But you didn't commit it
with a kiss.

And as for telling Georgia,
well, that's just selfish.

It would serve no purpose
other than to ease your guilt.

If Billy wants to tell her,
his business.

As for you, you need to
go on with your life.

The--The problem is
Georgia's in it.

She-She's a friend of mine.

Is that the issue?
Georgia's a friend?

-Yes.
-Well, relax. [Chuckles]

Because she's not
really your friend.

She isn't?

No. Because if she was,

you wouldn't have
kissed her husband.

Oh.

I know she has the right
to sell those books,

but I've got the right
to complain.

But, Senator, you did
label her a pornographer.

-[Watkins] I believe she is.
-[Scoffs]

The Supreme Court
said about obscenity:

They know it when they see it.

As do I.
She sold lewd books.

Naked nude pictures,

people fornicating,

rap lyrics calling for
violence and rape.

I don't call that art.

The parents of this community
want their children protected.

Now, maybe I'm old-fashioned,
but I will tell you this:

I object to people promulgating
prurient interests...

and couching it
under freedom or democracy.

This country, to me,
isn't against morality.

This nation, to me,
isn't a champion of indecency.

-This land, to me, is a--
-[Hissing]

[Crowd Gasps]

I apologize, Your Honor.

I was adjusting
my blowtorch.

Uh, there must be
gas in the room.

I object to that,
Your Honor.

This man is famous
for his stunts.

That one was dangerous.

I agree. Bailiff,
take away his blowtorch.

Mr. Cage, one more
trick like that,

I'll hold you in contempt!

Well, again, I apologize.

Ah. Yeah.

♪♪ [Radio: Instrumental Theme]

[Woman] Okay. We're back.
We have Jody from Cambridge.

You're on with
Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

-Jody?
-Oh. [Echoes On Radio]

Um--
[Echoes]

-Hello.
-Hello, dear. How are you?

Fine. F-F-Fine. Um--

[Brooklyn Accent] I-I was
wondering. If-If you...

kiss the husband
of a friend of yours,

do you think that you should be
honest and tell the friend?

Well, perhaps you could
start by telling her

you are no friend at all.

-[Radio: Dial Tone]
-Hello? Hello?

Rude little thing.

Oh.

[Gasps]
Ooh.

Oh, damn it.

How long have you been
standing there?

I just got here.

Can I talk to you
a second?

Uh--Uh--

I've spoken to
three marriage counselors,

and they're all pretty certain

that if it's past tense,
then I shouldn't tell.

And-And it is past tense.
That's a guarantee.

Billy, maybe we're both
running around,

looking for somebody
to take us off the hook,

and that's not gonna happen.

Nobody will. Not the shrinks,
not the ministers--

Oh, maybe we're looking
for Georgia to do it,

and that's not fair.

It's just hard to tap dishonesty
as the best policy.

This kiss was dishonest.

We weren't thinking
of her then.

We should
think of her now.

And not tell.

Yes.

[John] I was told last night
the jurors saw The Music Man.

Ever see that movie,
Mr. Watkins?

I saw both the play
and the movie.

Excellent
family entertainment.

Yes. Yes, it-it was. Uh, you
remember, uh,

"You Got Trouble,"
the famous song?

How many of us
loved that song?

Mr. Cage.

Professor Harold Hill--
now, he needed a rallying cry,

something to scare
the parents,

so he could be a--
a moral savior.

Now, he chose
the pool table, remember?

Yes.

Yeah. It was just
an excellent ploy.

Well, you got trouble,
my friends.

Right here, I say trouble.
Right here in River City.

Well, sure,
I'm a billiard player.

Certainly mighty
proud to say it.

-Always mighty proud to say it.
-Mr. Cage.

This bookstore was your pool
table, wasn't it, Senator?

Your opportunity to convince
the folks

in River City
they had big trouble.

This bookstore was trouble.

Oh, yes.
Pushing stuff like Balzac.

They didn't even sell
X-rated adult books

like those stores
in the red-light district.

-Why not go after them?
-I went after them all.

No, sir. Shirley Peterson's was
the only store

you mentioned by name
in your television spots.

I admit the fact
that it was on Beacon Hill...

and so close the statehouse--
that compounded my outrage.

That's right.
Two blocks from the capitol.

This store
was your pool table.

It was my bane--
and the community's.

Well, thank God
we had Senator Watkins

to run the moral rescue.

Objection.

Friends, let me tell you
what I mean.

You got one, two, three, four,
five, six pockets in the table.

-Objection.
-Just like the song,

isn't it?
Don't we all love that song?

Yeah, got the people
all upset over at that

bookstore, didn't you, sir?

-Deservedly so.
-They picketed her place.

Because of the material
she proffered.

And it's dangerous.

-Yes, it is.
-Bad for the children.

-No question.
-Just like the song.

Libertine men
and scarlet women and ragtime.

Shameless music.
It'll grab your son,

your daughter, with the arms
of a jungle animal instinct.

-"Massteria"!
-[Walsh]Mr. Cage!

Friends, the idle brain is
the devil's playground.

-Sing it.
-♪ Oh, we got trouble ♪

-♪ Right here in River City ♪
-♪ Right here in River City ♪

♪ With a capital "T"
that rhymes with "P"

that stands for pool ♪

-♪ That stands for pool ♪♪
-[Walsh] Mr. Cage!

That will be quite enough.

They know the song,
Your Honor.

And we all know the dance,
don't we, Senator?

[Elevator Bell Dings]

Is this the way you try
all your cases?

It's how I'm trying this one.
Are you ready?

-I'm ready.
-How's it going?

I'm not sure.
He's a funny little man.

He cross-examined
with The Music Man.

-Excuse me?
-I like it.

He's fun.

Hey.

-Hey.
-[Sighs] Free for lunch?

Sure.

I kissed Ally.

What did you just say?

The therapist told me
not to tell you

'cause no good
could come of it,

so I did not tell you.

I've been not telling you
for three days.

I wake up in the morning
and not tell you.

I not tell you noon and night.

I've not told you
a thousand times,

and every time I see you,
I have to not tell you...

again and again and again,
and I can't do it anymore.

If I have to not tell you
one more time, I will die.

I was lonely.
You seemed so far away lately,

and when I saw Ally with Greg,
I suddenly convinced myself

that I was in love
with her again,

and I kissed her,
and I've been seeing shrinks

ever since, who told me
what I already knew--

that I was out of my mind,
because I love you,

and I need
to tell you that too.

You kissed Ally?

Hey. I found one lone
campaign manager...

who said
the bookstore might--

How could you just
tell her like that?

She's my wife, damn it.

But you told me
you weren't telling her.

It just came out, okay?

Well, I don't mind it
coming out.

I don't even necessarily
disagree with you telling her,

but I would appreciate
knowing, since it does...

in-in--in--
in...volve... me.

C-Can't imagine
how that must have looked.

[Door Opens]

[Door Closes]

I think maybe we should
split for a while.

I... don't want that.

I do.

[Door Opens]

[Door Closes]

Mr. Cage,
I'll hear from you.

Your Honor,
he's making me do it.

-Very well.
-It's certainly no secret:

I think the idea
of suing a politician

for his opinions is stupid.

I was mortified
to be put on this case.

I mean, of course he should
trumpet what he thinks.

How else would we know
where he stands?

But then, as I listened,

I realized this man
wasn't voicing his politics.

He was exploiting
an easy mark.

He took the address
on Beacon Hill,

dressed this bookshop up

as something
he knew it wasn't...

and then launched
a battle cry.

And that--that isn't right.

Oh, we know politicians
do it all the time:

Find something the public
is worried about

and then tap into it.

But that's not an excuse
to defame somebody.

That doesn't
justify putting

an innocent person
out of business.

This store doesn't even
have an adult book section.

He was citing Chaucer
and John Irving...

as some of the examples
of prurient material.

He destroyed her,

and he's not even sorry.

They worked hard
to build this store.

He called it a smut shop,
forced it to close down,

and he's not even sorry.

Her life's work. Gone.

There's a very old
expression in China.

[Speaking Chinese]

Have we reached the height
of political correctness...

when a person can be held liable
for their opinions?

There is a reason

why they came in here
with blowtorches,

violins, 76 trombones
in the big parade.

Their goal was to distract you
from one clear reality:

They are suing this man,
a state senator,

for having the gall
to speak what he thinks.

And if you even so much
as entertain this complaint,

then, oh, oh,

we really do have trouble.

If you feel that man
really believed...

my client's bookstore

was a house of pornography,
find for him.

I would hope you would.

But if you think
he singled out...

Shirley Peterson
as his pool table--

Now, politics is an ugly game.

You do what you have to
to survive.

And he survived, didn't he?

She didn't.

[Chattering]

[Knocks]

[Ally Exhales]

There is...

no excuse for me
kissing Billy...

or Billy kissing me.

It's, uh--

[Exhales Sharply]
I-It's indefensible.

But I-I would...

like to attempt
an explanation.

I don't want one, Ally.

I love your husband, Georgia.
I-I always have.

I-I certainly
got over him, but...

wh-when I found out
that he met you

while he was still with me,

it, uh--

i-it left me feeling, um,

well, the love I thought I had
I never had after all.

And it--And it made me
start to question

love, period--whether it--

I think, when I kissed him
the other night,

I--I-I was wanting
to believe

that the love he had
for me was still there,

because if it was still there,
then it had to

have been there
in the first place.

It seems it was
and is still there.

I think you're right.

He'll probably always love me,
just like I'll always love him.

Maybe we were meant
to love each other, but...

we weren't meant
to be together, Georgia.

Now, we got into
this big fight,

and, uh, he--he said, uh,

well, probably the worst thing
that anybody's ever said to me.

He--He accused me of
being terminally unhappy.

And, uh,

as I-I-I thought and, uh,

thought and...

thought about how
he could say such a thing,

I-I realized that...

he knew...

ultimately I would never
be happy with him.

And it finally hit me--

something that he has known
for a long time:

We're not meant to be.

I-I say all this

not-not to repair things
with you and Billy,

because that's between
you guys,

even though I do know
how much he loves you--

I-I-I say this...

hoping to repair
you and me.

I consider you
a friend, Georgia.

Now, I know how that
must sound right now.

It doesn't even ring well
in my ears, but I--

I do.

I-I'm actually quite comfortable
with people not liking me.

I--I guess I'd have to be.

So this isn't about me wanting
to be popular right now.

I-It's about me...

trying to salvage
a relationship

that is more important to me
than even I knew.

Could you leave now?

Yeah.

One more... thing.

I am...

deeply,

d-deeply...

sorry.

-Shirley.
-What happened?

Uh, we'll know in a second.
Let's go.

[Woman Clears Throat]

Hurry up.

If it pleases the court.

Mr. Foreman, the jury
has reached its verdict?

-We have, Your Honor.
-What say you?

[Clears Throat]

In the matter of Shirley
Peterson versus Harold Watkins,

we find in favor
of the defendant.

[Growls]

I mean the plaintiff.

And order the defendant...

to pay damages in the amount
of $1.2 million.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

thank you for your service.
We're adjourned.

I did it!

-[Gavel Raps]
-I did it!

-I'm ready for my questions.
-Miss Woo--

Thank you.

It's not my nature to
engage in post-commentary,

but since you're well traveled
in legal circles,

I'd appreciate you telling
all your friends

exactly what happened in here,

you sneaky, arrogant,
bad-faith bastard.

I think it's a victory
for common decency, really.

There's no substitute in life
for respect and kindness,

and this big dope
thought he was exempt...

because he rounded up
enough idiots to vote for him.

I'm not lit well.

Here is to Ling and the Biscuit.
We are on a roll.

I told you I'd win.
Didn't I tell you?

-Yes, you did, Ling.
-[Richard Chuckles]

Hey.

Hey.

Thanks for talking to her.

-I was only being selfish.
-I know.

Which I think meant something.
[Chuckles]

-Did you talk to her?
-I tried.

I don't know where she is.

When she said
she wanted to split,

what went through you?

My life sort of... flashed.

Make sure you tell her that.

Yeah.

You okay?

Fine.

♪♪ [Acoustic Guitar Ballad]

[Button Clicks]

[Elevator Bell Dings]

♪ And I love you so ♪

♪ The people ask me how ♪

♪ How I've lived till now ♪

♪ I tell them I don't know ♪

♪ I guess they understand ♪

♪ How lonely life has been ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ But life began again ♪

♪ The day you took my hand ♪

♪ And yes ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ How lonely life can be ♪

♪ Shadows follow me ♪

♪ And the night
won't set me free ♪

♪ But I ♪

♪ Don't let ♪

♪ The evening get me down ♪

♪ Now that you're around me ♪

♪ And you love me too ♪

♪ Your thoughts are just for me ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ You set my spirit free ♪

♪ I'm happy that you do ♪

-♪ But I ♪
-[No Audible Dialogue]

♪ Don't let ♪

♪ The evening get me down ♪

♪ Now that you're around ♪

♪ Me ♪♪

[Woman]
You stinker!