All language subtitles for Boston.Legal.S02E01.2005.Disney+.WEB-DL.1080p.H264.DDP-HDCTV_track6_[eng]

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

Can you tell?

Not really.

We have a reputation here at Crane,

-Poole & Schmidt.
-(mouthing along)

The attorneys here
take great pride in that reputation.

It undermines everyone

-at Crane, Poole & Schmidt.
-(mouthing along)

Stop it!

So, you're Shirley Schmidt
of Crane, Poole and...

-Schmidt.
-Alan Shore. It's a pleasure.

-Denny Crane.
-(gasps)

I once had a torrid,
torrid affair with that woman.

First, everybody knows that.

Second, the word would be "horrid."

You don't know me, Alan Shore,
not as well as you think.

-How are you?
-You killed again!

You got blood on my hands
that will never come out.

Friends don't do that!

PAUL: Do not start a war with me here!

You may not win it!

We look good together.

Yes, we do.

NARRATOR: And now,
the season premiere of Boston Legal.

(action jazz music playing)

-Denny, we look good, right?
-We look great.

(action music continues playing)

(music stops)

(action music continues playing)

-Did she say what kind of case?
-Wrongful termination.

The employer was trying to enforce
his religion or something.

-The plaintiff quit and sued.
-And it's going to trial?

You have to get me in to meet her.

You simply must.

How did you even know she was here?

Don't be ridiculous.

There's a website that tracks her
as sure as I am little.

I… If I could just get a peek,
a little whiff.

(action jazz music playing)

Why are you here, Bernard?

BERNARD: Well, never mind me.

The Black Widow is here.

She's in your office as we speak,
as sure as I am little.

The woman who murdered her husband?

(groans)
You make it sound so ordinary.

It was the way she did it.

They were concubining.

She's in there with Brad.

Evidently, she fired her last lawyer.

And for whatever reason, she wants you.

Denny, the conference call
with Jack Meyers has begun…

You take it.

-(whispers) The Black Widow is here.
-I can't take it. I'm in a meeting.

Which means that you have to take it.

And since this man pays us
over two million dollars a year…

Not everything is about money, Shirley.

Sometimes, sex counts too.

It used to count with you.

One minute, you couldn't get enough of me.

The next, you lose interest.

What happened, Shirley? I need to know.

They invented color television.

You and me, in my office.
Give me two minutes.

If you could last three,
I might consider it.

-In the meantime, Jack Meyers…
-Not now.

The Black Widow gets me first.

I'm not saying that we can't win, Walter.

I'm saying it's not likely
and that we should settle.

It's my company, Denise,
and I'm tired of apologizing for my faith.

You can't have the Bible
be assigned reading in the workplace.

(door opening)

Denny Crane.

You've come to the right firm.
I can tell you that…

My God,
you're even more striking in person.

Who is this man and why is his face
about to explode?

Kelly Nolan, this is Denny Crane.

Success has caused his head to swell.

It'll be an honor to defend your honor.

Has anybody ever told you
how incredibly beautiful you are?

Never. Could you excuse us, please?

Certainly you'd want me
by your side at this trial.

(chuckles) I'm sure you're very sweet,
but old men tend to die on me.

I'm Denny Crane.

No bigger ass... asset!
You want me at your table.

Look, we're sort of busy here.

Seems like you're deliberately
challenging us to dislike you.

Mr. Shore, the media has painted me
as the "Black Widow",

the gold digger who’s poisoned
her 70-year-old rich husband.

If they can prove I was having an affair,
I'll be hated.

I'll be needing a jury to look
beyond the hatred

and see that I'm innocent.

I suppose I'm first looking
for an attorney

-who could do the same.
-I can.

My God, you're sexy.

(Kelly clicks tongue)

How about you go back to your office?

I'll have a pair of my pants delivered.

You can try and get in them
on your own time.

She's wicked.

I love it.

(theme music playing)

I think we can agree,
the last thing you need

is to be depicted in open court
as a sexual predator.

I've already been vilified
as such, Shirley.

Court represents my only means
to clear my name.

Adam, while we may win this trial,

we don't have the means
to prove your innocence.

If I settle this,
people will presume guilt.

More importantly, my colleagues will.

I'm a respected surgeon, for God's sake.

I don't jump out of alleys
to fondle people.

Look, the district attorney refused
even to bring charges.

That tells you how ridiculous
this whole thing is.

There's a higher burden
of proof in criminal cases.

This is civil. All she needs to establish
is a preponderance of evidence.

If she's convincing in her testimony…

How can she be? The woman is mute.

-I beg your pardon?
-The plaintiff can't speak. She's mute.

It's in the file.

So it's my word, my truthful word,
against her lying affidavit.

Opposing counsel
is coming in this afternoon.

-If I can make this go away…
-She has to walk away.

I'm not giving her a dime.

-He knew about your affair?
-Yes.

The only rule he had was for me
to be discreet.

Which you weren't.

And your boyfriend...
(tapping)

Justin.

Ex-boyfriend. We're no longer together.

DENNY: Hmm.

-That pleases you?
-It does.

Why don't you talk to him?

I'll pay a visit to the housekeeper.

And Denny, I'll look after Kelly.

I can see you're aroused.

You might consider the last man
to make love to her died while doing so.

(quirky music playing)

I'll take my chances.

(upbeat music playing)

You two will sit at the table,

offer the appearance
of a formidable defense team,

thereby suggesting that Walter Edmunds

has this firm's full resources
at his disposal.

Garrett, plaintiff's interrogatory
responses.

Review them. Know them
before the deposition.

Sara, I want you to research
whether or not

a civil rights claim can even
exist absent state action.

Oh, I'll need your memo by noon.

Uh, Mr. Lewiston has me
on the Shepard closing.

Right. Now you're off it.

Go. I'll talk to Mr. Lewiston.

TIM: Denise?

-Tim.
-TIM: You, uh...

-you got a second?
-Actually, no.

-Is it important?
-Well, um…

What?

I didn't want to have
a process server deliver...

-I thought I should at least…
-You're filing for divorce?

Well, it's not something we both didn't,
you know, expect.

I just...

Look, as a courtesy...

You wanted to see my expression?

It wasn't that. Denise…

It's fine.

I appreciate the courtesy.

TIM: Look. Look, we both…

I'm really busy, Tim.
We'll talk about this later, okay?

Sure. Yeah.

(pensive music playing)

I'll expect you to know every one
of those interrogatories by 1:00 pm.

(upbeat music playing)

We could argue that her complaint

gives rise to a defamation claim
against her.

I doubt that would fly.

Sorry I'm late, people.

Extraordinary thing, that big dig.

Malcolm Holmes, Tara...

What?

(chuckles) Tara and I are,
um, already acquainted.

-Acquainted?
-Well, that's what we say in England.

In America, you'd probably say, uh...

I'm the reason she went to law school.

She's the one who got away.

-What are you doing in Boston?
-MALCOLM: I finally know.

You let your hair grow.

(clears throat) You know,
I hate to break up the tea party but…

Careful. We're still a bit thin-skinned
on that one.

Such a waste of proper tea.

How is it that I just get older
and you seem to get more...

(sighs deeply)
...magnificent?

How about first
we address settling the case?

Ah. Uh, I have no interest in settling.

We fully intend to see this through.

Well, you do so at your own peril.

Hmm? Do I?

Once we establish your client’s
claim as baseless,

our client has instructed us to pursue

a defamation claim against Ms. Bradley.

Suddenly, her house could be in play.

-I'm not sure we want that.
-Very impressive.

You might advise her of that as well.

You have an opposing counsel
who will stop at nothing

to impress an old boyfriend.

(giggling)

Given that I don't believe
in coincidences,

I'd like to take this opportunity to say
what's needed to be said for some time.

We...

have no intention of settling.

(quirky music playing)

Here's the motion.
I'll see you both in court.

It was extremely pro-Christian.

There were bible sessions,
Christian hymns.

As a Jew, I found it increasingly
more and more oppressive.

So you quit?

It was more like I was forced out.

The office took on such a Christian tone.

-So you quit?
-I felt ostracized as a Jew.

Alienated. I was forced out.

I have many Jewish friends
who miss going to morning shul,

so they've started forming minyans
at the office during their lunch hour.

-Are you saying that that's wrong?
-There's a difference.

Tell me the difference, Mr. Abrams.

Jews are a minority.

And minorities enjoy civil rights
that the majority doesn't?

When we talk about the rights
of minorities in this country

we're addressing the evil of oppression.

When you say to a Christian society

that it's okay to start
celebrating your religion

openly and notoriously in the workplace,

you run the risk of fostering
that very oppression.

I began to feel oppressed.

So you just quit the marriage?

(quirky music playing)

The job.

(upbeat music playing)

FRANCES: I've worked
in this household for 37 years.

I was the closest thing that man
had to family for the last ten,

and that includes her.

By her, you mean Kelly Nolan?

The way she treated him,

parading her boyfriend
around in the house...

If I may ask, how is it that

you still live here
and Kelly Nolan doesn't?

I mean, it is her house, isn't it?

She says it brings her
too much pain to live here.

The memory of her husband
dying in her arms.

I guess the memory of lacing his wine
with nitro isn't as haunting.

What makes you think she did that?

I know he wasn't suicidal.

I know she stood to inherit.

I know they argued,
and he threatened to disinherit her.

She certainly knew he'd be taking Viagra
if they were going to make love,

which they almost never did, by the way.

Perfect. Slip him a little nitro.

What a deadly combination.

You seem to have
a finely tuned sense of delivery.

And having lived in the same house
with her for seven years,

I know she's a cold, detached person.

(quirky music playing)

She's capable.

She's lying.
He never threatened to disinherit me.

-Why would she say that?
-KELLY: I don't know.

Look, he never threatened
to cut me out of the will.

Well, if she says that she heard as much
two days before he died,

and let me tell you, the housekeeper
has considerable dramatic flair.

We cannot let that woman take the stand.

-How do we stop it?
-Bring a motion in limine. It's hearsay.

My last lawyer tried that.

ALAN: Well, we try again.

Frances Stadler cannot get in
that witness chair.

FEMALE REPORTER: There they are!

-Kelly...
-(reporters clamoring)

-DENNY: Denny Crane.
-MALE REPORTER: Statement for the press?

She loves me. She loves me not.

Denny Crane.

(reporters clamoring)

It's a last minute motion
designed to waste the court's time.

A week before the trial,
I have no interest in wasting time.

JUDGE HARVEY:
Mr. Shore, all motions were to be filed

ten days ago by order of this court.

Now, I must admit that I am new
to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

but I like to stick to my schedules.

Of course. Why bother with justice
when there's a day planner involved?

I realize attorneys in Massachusetts
are fond of sarcasm.

You should know I spent most of my years
on the bench in Los Angeles.

And if a lawyer talks back to a judge
in Los Angeles…

He's shot, probably on the freeway.

Can we get back to the justice part?

Justice is not served by preventing
a material witness from testifying.

It's hearsay evidence.

The only thing the housekeeper
has to offer would be

what the deceased told her.

As to what the deceased told Mrs. Stadler,

these were statements
made in an excited state,

an exception to the hearsay rule.

-How can you establish that?
-She will establish that on the stand.

Which brings us to her bias.

The court is allowing the testimony.

Your Honor, this is a murder case.

We once had a notion in this country
that the rules of evidence

would be strictly constructed
and interpreted in favor of the defendant.

There's a reason for that.

It's to protect against the incarceration
of the innocent.

There sits an innocent woman.

JUDGE HARVEY:
I have made my ruling, counsel.

Miss Stadler may testify.

We are adjourned. That's all.

(people murmuring)

Sorry.

Hug?

(quirky music plays)

A cello?

Your Honor, certainly my client
is entitled to her day in court.

JUDGE PETER: And how are we
supposed to understand what she's saying?

MALCOLM: We have her affidavits.

Plus, as it happens, I speak cello.

Mr. Holmes, this is a serious matter.

MALCOLM: I assure you, I find
nothing humorous about a sexual assault.

SHIRLEY:
And you don't think it's trivialized

by putting her up there
with a musical instrument?

My client is mute.

That should not prevent her
from getting in the witness chair

and expressing herself
to her best ability.

JUDGE PETER: Miss Schmidt,
I don't see how it prejudices anything.

You're not serious?

We'll begin tomorrow morning…

ten o'clock.

-We're adjourned.
-(gavel knocking)

(crowd murmuring)

Oh, um,
a few small administrative matters.

Are you involved?

Well, tell me over dinner.

Not to worry.
She won't give you away. You naughty man.

(quirky music playing)

WALTER: I began to notice
that many of our employees

were engaged in borderline
unethical conduct

be it nondisclosure, conflict of interest.

I didn't like it.

Add to that,

there seemed to be evidence
of some moral decay.

-Moral decay?
-WALTER: Yes.

There was adultery going on interoffice.

There just seemed to be
a bankruptcy of values,

if you will.

And we ultimately came to the conclusion

that people aren't bringing
their spirituality to work with them.

So you scheduled interoffice prayer
sessions in a financial brokerage firm?

It had nothing to do with pushing
any specific religious agenda.

Did you discuss this
with in-house counsel?

-Of course.
-ATTY. CONE: And what did they say?

WALTER: Well, they said
that there were some risks involved.

-But I felt strongly enough…
-Objection. That's privileged.

Do not answer.

I believe he began answering the question,
thereby waiving privilege.

The witness will not answer the question.

(upbeat music playing)

Your role was to sit at the table.

It was not to speak,
it was not to object

and it was not to issue
directives to the client.

I just thought he was about to reveal
privileged information.

I will decide whether to object or not.

-Do you understand me?
-You weren't listening.

What did you say?

I… I saw your face.
You weren't even paying attention.

-That's why I jumped in.
-Is that how you practice law?

You read faces?

Garrett, it would be a mistake
to try to read mine.

It won't happen again.

DENISE: Garrett.

I apologize.

You were right to object.

I was asleep at the wheel.

And I'm out of line to be venting on you.

It's okay.

Obviously, I overheard...

with your husband.

(scoffs)

My husband and I were over
a long time ago.

But with his filing...

(scoffs)

I just don't like to fail at things.

Again, I shouldn't be
taking it out on you.

I apologize.

So, what comes next?

I-I beg your pardon?

In the case. What comes next?

We have a...
settlement conference scheduled,

during which I need to make
a convincing showing

as to why they should
accept a small number.

But what that showing is… escapes me.

I have... no idea. (chuckles)

What do you think you're doing?

(tense music playing)

I just...

You looked...

I'm sorry.

I realize that men see a vulnerable woman
as an opportunity.

I guess the boys do as well.

It wasn't that, I promise.

I was just offering consolation.

Thank you.

I'm fine.

Okay.

Well, goodbye then.

(quirky music playing)

I didn't kill my husband.

Somebody killed him, Kelly.

Accidental overdose
will be very hard to sell.

The capsule was emptied
into the wine glass.

Who takes nitro that way?
Somebody killed him.

Why aren't you pointing a finger

or at least asking questions?

I think he took his own life.

By inducing a heart attack?

There's got to be a more fun way.

I think he wanted to frame me.

KELLY: We argued about my affair.
He vowed to get even.

I think he did.

It's like she's emotionally flat-lined.

She speaks with no effect.

It's a… it's an associative disorder.

That's what it is.

She cannot reconcile herself
with what she's done,

so she emotionally lobotomizes herself.

If I could just get one whiff of her…

Catherine, mark up a motion
for a continuance in the Nolan case

-and file it immediately, please.
-BERNARD: Ah!

I knew it!

You need more time.

You're in trouble!
(laughing) She did it, didn't she?

(laughs softly)

He seems to take particular
delight in all this,

does he not, Catherine?

We all do.

It's fun to see pretty people fall.

Your little boyfriend is twisted.

Trust me when I tell you
he's not finished killing.

(quirky music playing)

(light music playing)

-MALCOLM: Would I like him?
-TARA: Probably not.

You'd admire his sense of humor.

Do you see you two getting married?

Probably not.

(softly) You see us two getting married?

Probably not.

(laughs softly)

Ha. This is why I shouldn't drink,
I suppose.

Double scotch, please.

WAITER: Yes, sir.

You know, your client is guilty.

Says you.

Concert cellists don't lie.

Come on.

One kiss, hmm?
Let's get it over with.

(romantic music playing)

I'll see you in court, Malcolm.

(laughs softly)

Indeed.

(lively music playing)

How dare you come in here
and seek a continuance!

Your Honor, we need
to conduct an investigation,

having incorrectly assumed
that the police had done one.

Mr. Shore, this...

this woman is trying
to manipulate this process.

I will not be manipulated.

-Mad cow.
-Silence!

She likely fired her last attorney
because she told him she did it.

And since he can't knowingly put a witness
in the chair to commit perjury

which is her plan, she was forced
to retain new counsel

and keep them in the dark.

And now, we have you... and you.

If this woman wishes to manipulate
me in the dark...

-Denny.
-Silence!

-(whispers) The eyes.
-(whispers) Quiet!

This trial will start next week.

Judge, notwithstanding
your tightly corseted mind,

no defendant in a murder case
can get a fair trial

with an attorney who has had
less than a week to prepare.

You're wasting my time, counsel.

And to the detriment of Ms. Nolan,
you are wasting yours.

Your request for a continuance is denied.

You think she's hot for you?

I didn't say hot.

I said interested.

You're delusional.

First of all, she made it
a point to tell me

how she was long over her husband.

-(laughs) What?
-And second, she gave me the look.

What look?

The look that you can't describe
but you know when you get it.

DENISE: Get what?

The look.

Two associates huddled?
Someone better be getting billed.

Settlement conference is at 4:00.

(softly) No talking.

(upbeat music playing)

Now, Ms. Bradley,

I am armed with your affidavit,
and the judge has permitted me to lead.

But in your own way,

I'd like you to tell us
what happened that night.

(cheerful cello music playing)

You were headed home.

MALCOLM: It was a delightful spring night.

Parents walking with their children.

It seemed so innocent, blissful,

which is perhaps the reason
why you felt safe

in taking a shortcut through an alleyway.

-(eerie cello music playing)
-It was dark.

Suddenly, you had a very strange feeling.

(eerie cello music continues playing)

You turned around. Looked around!

And suddenly, a man was coming.

-(distorted cello music playing)
-That man!

And he grabbed you.
You were terrified.

He molested you.
He fondled your breast.

It was awful.
You will never get over it, ever!

Thank you. Your witness.

(Jaws theme music playing)

-Objection.
-Miss Bradley.

Miss Bradley, you said
that it was dark that night, did you not?

(short stroke plays)

He came at you from the side?

(short stroke plays)

You said that the entire incident

took place in five seconds, did you not?

(short stroke plays)

All five seconds in the dark?

(short stroke plays)

Did you ever see him
totally from the front?

(longer stroke playing)

Thank you.

("Wicked Witch Theme" playing)

Miss Bradley!

(quirky music playing)

DENNY: Blow that one up.

(keypad clicks)

No, that one. Blow it up.

(keypad clicks)

She's perfect.

-DENNY: Oh, my God.
-What's going on?

-What's going on?
-Nothing, dear.

We were just looking at naked
pictures of your client...

fornicating in her swimming pool.

-BRAD: Okay, everyone out, please.
-Yes. Everyone out, now!

Out!
(softly) Terrible.

(loudly) Now! Out!

Problem. You got a website, Kelly.

-What do you mean?
-Would this be Justin Murray?

-Where did these come from?
-BRAD: Point is, they’re everywhere now.

They were posted this morning.

Can we trace the source?

I doubt it. We could try but…

I think I know who took these.

There's a person,
a boy in my neighborhood.

Fifteen, sixteen.

Willis Berger.

At times, I thought he was stalking me.

Stalking you?

I'd… I'd be at the salon
and I'd see him in the window.

I would be shopping;
he'd show up at the market.

We briefly hired him to do some
odd jobs around the house

until we had to fire him
because he was just too bizarre.

Do you know
where this Willis Berger lives?

Yes.

I'm going to mark up a motion
to change venue.

ALAN: If those images reach
our jury pool, it'll kill us.

Why don't you pay a visit
to this Willis Berger.

See what's there.

We could try for a search
with a court order.

I don't think we've got enough to get one.

Brad, I need for you to use
your imagination here.

Get your hands dirty if you have to.

Let me start by mussing up…

Oh, good God. It doesn't muss.

ALAN: Get what you can on this kid.

Look at me, Kelly.

(pensive music playing)

This may be a break.

DENNY: Disgusting.

(comical music playing)

I was out for a walk.

It was a beautiful spring evening.

I went for a walk.

Suddenly, police cars screech up.

They grab me, haul me into a lineup.

She points her cello wand at me.

And now, here I am on trial
for something I never did.

You never encountered this woman?

Certainly not!

Thank you, sir.

Mr. Holmes?

Oh. (clears throat) Yeah, sorry.

(laughs softly)

Such a beautiful woman, your attorney.

It is quite difficult to work
in such close proximity without, uh...

(inhales deeply)
wanting to give her a little squeeze.

-BOTH: Objection!
-Sustained.

Now, tell me, Doctor

how old were you
when you started playing doctor?

-BOTH: Objection!
-Sustained. Move for costs.

Mr. Holmes, just for fun, let me sustain
or overrule the objections.

-Certainly.
-Thank you.

MALCOLM: So Doctor...

you said you were out
taking a walk that night.

-Yes.
-Sir, when you were picked up by police

that was almost three miles
from where you live.

Were you deliberately
walking in an area far away

from where you live
so as to avoid suspicion?

(Mary playing dramatic melody)

I don't understand his strategy.

He seems to be trivializing
his whole case with this nonsense.

What's his plan here?

His style is to get the jury to like him,
which they always do.

And they usually give him
what he asks for.

How do I rattle him?

Malcolm Holmes doesn't rattle.

Oh, come on, Tara.

You slept with the man.

You've got to give me some insight.

Slept with what man?

Oh.

Opposing counsel is, uh,
someone I used to date.

I thought I told you.

I think you didn't.

Really?

Probably because he's an old boyfriend
who didn't mean anything then

and still doesn't.

(breathes deeply)

I thought I told you.

I think you didn't.

-Laurie Berger?
-Yes?

Do you have a son, Willis Berger?

What's wrong? What's happened?

I'm investigating a potential crime.

If I had the authority to reveal
it was with the FBI, I would say so.

But until certain security
clearances are satisfied,

I'm not officially at liberty
to tell you anything.

Now, as far as you're concerned,

you never heard me say I'm with the FBI,
which for the record, of course I'm not.

I need to speak with your son immediately

and I think you would like to arrange
that before others speak with him.

I'm sure you know what I mean.

What's he done?

Take me to your son, ma'am.

(dramatic music playing)

Hello, Willis. I'm not FBI. You got that?
You never heard me say FBI.

Doing any blogging today?
Get away from the computer.

-Why?
-Step away from the computer, son.

(Willis gasps)

I-I was just looking.

-Looking or posting?
-(keyboard clanks)

-(loudly) Willis!
-I was just looking.

That's your neighbor Kelly Nolan.

(Laurie gasps)

WILLIS: So? I mean,
that's why I'd be curious, right?

I mean, naked pictures of a neighbor
on a website?

Who wouldn't look?

BRAD: Mm-hmm.

-What's that there?
-Where did you get those, Willis?

(dramatic music intensifies)

DENISE: First of all,
he wasn't forced to participate.

ATTY. CONE: If the whole office
is reading the book of genesis…

-He chose to quit.
-Forced out.

-Found other employment.
-Less money.

Come on, Denise. Do you really want
to let a jury have a go at this?

Oppression is a dirty word.

Remember, we're the country
that likes to root it out.

This isn't the time to be anti-American.
Do I really need to say that?

Actually, the American government

tells us to be quite open
with our religion.

-Especially the Christian kind.
-Does it now?

Jimmy Carter was a born-again Christian.

Ronald Reagan said
his favorite book was the Bible.

May I?

GARRETT: May I?

Please.

We are guided
by a power larger than ourselves.

Jesus Christ, the son of God.

BARACK OBAMA: We worship an awesome God.

I just want to do God's will.

We are on God's side.

When you turn your heart and your life...

I say a prayer before I pitch.

BUSH: ...over to Christ.

STEPHEN BALDWIN: God knows the truth...

-When you accept Christ as a Savior...
-BALDWIN: In a man's heart...

-BUSH: ...it changes your heart.
-(mouthing along)

What does the Lord require of thee?

My friends, together we can do this.

-CARTER: And to walk...
-REAGAN: Do what we must.

-CARTER: ...humbly...
-So help me God.

With thy God.

I did not have
sexual relations with that woman.

Oops. (hissing)

How is this relevant?

It's relevant because the open,

notorious celebration of Christianity
has never been more popular.

We have an Evangelical president.

John Ashcroft was a former preacher.

Condoleezza Rice was once a bible teacher.

The Air Force Academy
has basically established

Evangelical Christianity
as its official religion.

The football coach there put up a banner
that says, "Team Jesus Christ."

Have you checked the pulse
of this country lately?

How is this relevant?

GARRETT: I just told you.

It's evolution out, creationism in.

We are a Christian nation.
He’s making me repeat myself.

With the eroding values in our country,
with high school kids turning to drugs,

not to mention oral sex,

with our star athletes
doped up on steroids

or committing sexual assaults,

with the Enrons and WorldComs
stealing from their investors,

what is wrong with today's business
leaders trying to introduce

a little spirituality into the workplace?

AL SHARPTON: One nation under God.

MAN 1: One nation under God.

AL SHARPTON: One standard under God.

One people under God.

-For the children of God.
-JESSE JACKSON, JR: The Lord is my life!

-I have, uh, accepted Christ.
-J.F. KENNEDY: God.

RUN D.M.C.: Praise to my lord and savior.

-JOAN RIVERS: God.
-BALDWIN: Jesus Christ. And Christ Jesus.

-CARTER: With God.
-KERRY: God.

-CARTER: Through Christ.
-MAN 2: God bless...

-CARTER: Christ.
-JOE LIEBERMAN: God.

-REAGAN: Jesus.
-MAN 3: God.

ALL: God.

I did not have sexual...

We are a Christian nation, Mr. Cone.

When Martin Luther King said,
"Free at last,"

it was, "God almighty, free at last."

This is who we are.

We are a Christian nation.

And this...

this... is our time.

(epic music playing)

(epic music intensifies)

-SARA: I can't believe you did that.
-It just came to me.

She almost fired you
for objecting at the depo

-and then you filibust…
-I didn't filibust.

-I was only…
-DENISE: Garrett?

After I specifically told you not to talk,

what would possibly possess you
to put on a show and tell like that?

Sometimes, you have to take chances

in life, in law, in love.

(exasperated sigh)

Incredibly, you had some effect.

The plaintiff is reconsidering
another counter.

And with you.

(quirky music playing)

I'm sorry?

You're a senior associate.

Satisfying you is important to me as well.

(scoffs)

(reporters clamoring)

No comment. Denny Crane.

She's having my baby. Denny Crane.

A change of venue?

These images are graphic.

They're all over the internet.
I'm sure you've seen them, Judge.

The potential jury pool would be
contaminated…

Mr. Shore, I'm not happy.

Gee. And up till now,
you've seemed so tickled.

This is dilatory. That's what this is.

Your Honor, this woman
is entitled to a fair trial.

She's entitled to be judged
by objective jurors.

JUDGE HARVEY: If these images
are on the Internet, as you say,

they probably wouldn't be limited
to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

and you know that, sir.

Your Honor, at this time,
I must ask that you recuse yourself.

On what grounds?

Because you're the real killer
and everybody knows it.

-(people murmuring)
-Step up here, counsel!

You have misstepped,
and you are egregiously mistaken

if you think you will insult this court
without consequence.

And you are mistaken if you think
you're going to push me around.

I hated bullies on the playground
when I was six.

I tolerate them no better
on the bench in my 40s.

This is a murder trial.

I've got the whole world predisposed
against my client.

I will not allow the presiding judge
to be added to that list.

I am a fair and impartial jurist.

Then start acting like one.

You are in contempt.

So as not to prejudice
your case or client,

I will suspend punishment.

As soon as this trial concludes,
you're going into lockup.

In the meantime, your motion for a change
of venue is denied.

(somber music playing)

(crowd murmuring)

ALAN: It may be too late
to get another lawyer.

Maybe not, though.

Obviously, I haven't exactly
hit it off with this judge.

Perhaps you should go elsewhere.

I'll stay.

I think you know.

I know?

That I'm innocent.

The way you fought in there.

Don't kid yourself.

I'm the ultimate mercenary.

I put myself on the line for $500 an hour.

(inhales deeply) It's that simple.

I don't believe you.

(somber music continues)

You know.

FOREPERSON:
In the matter of Bradley versus Carter

on the count of sexual battery,

we find in favor of...

-the defendant.
-Yes.

Oh, bollocks!

Do over, judge?

You can try your luck
with the Appeals Court, counsel.

We're adjourned.

Thank God. (sighs in relief)

Congratulations, Adam.
You stuck to your guns.

Thank you.

Thank you, Tara.

You're perfectly welcome.

Everything okay?

Fine.

Well, loser has to jump the net.

So I suppose dinner's on me.

I am not having dinner with you.

-MALCOLM: Tara?
-See you tomorrow.

I'm not one to offer advice,

but if you're really serious
about this Alan fellow,

you want to loose him.

At least, by God

be able to offer the excuse that
you simply had too much wine for dinner.

-Excuse for what?
-Excellent. (inhale deeply)

I love a woman who makes no apologies.

Let's go.

I'm not going anywhere with you.

No?

Then why is your hand in mine?

(uneasy music playing)

I'll have dinner.

That's it.

Of course.

(solemn music playing)

That was quite something
with the judge today, Alan.

Yes, it was.

DENNY: Dream case, isn't it?

High-profile, splashy.

Big closing.

Get the "not guilty."

Have sex with the client. It's all there.

Hmm.

Do you think she knows
I want to sleep with her?

She probably assumes all men do...

maybe even some of the women.

DENNY: Hmm.

(muffled speech) Savor it, my friend.

Sorry?

This case.

(clicks tongue)

The noise, the jeers, the circus.

Savor it.

She didn't do it.

What?

She didn't kill her husband.
She’s innocent.

Really?

Well, that's good.

Makes her less interesting,
but that's... that's good.

It's also pressure, Denny.

We've got an innocent client.

This is going to be a ride.

(calm music playing)

Yes, it is.

NARRATOR: Next on Boston Legal.

-You didn't kill him?
-I absolutely did not kill him.

PROSECUTOR: Her testimony was chilling.

Flat affect, no emotion.

What was I supposed to do, cry?

That might be a start.

And let me tell you something.

If you don't come off as human
in the cross-examination, you're done.

ALAN: I just caught Tara laughing
with another man.

Are you sure they weren't just
kissing or something?

I'm gonna lose the girl
and the case all in the same week.

It was very empowering, taking a life.

It's godlike.

You seriously don't think
you'd ever kill again?

Of course not.

(theme music playing)