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WILSON: Previously on The Practice.

YOUNG: Alan Shore thinks he got fired

because we were afraid he'd bring the firm down.

He's already brought us down.

Our lives are that law firm.

Working together, that's something.

I might even call that "everything."

Most paralegals request not to work with me.

And just so you know, I am totally fine

with being hated.

Sally, if you dress like that,

people will get the right idea about you.

Please go home and change.

HEEP: My legal skills are excellent.

I shouldn't get punished

because my skirts are short.

And you can tell Hannah,

I might hit her.

I don't care if she's a partner.

If she keeps treating me like this,

I'm gonna hit her.

I had this dope deal coming up.

I didn't tell no one

except Gigi Cooley, my girlfriend.

All of a sudden, the Feds are busting down my door.

I think the FBI bugged me in my buttocks.

BERLUTI: I want to take this case.

We're voting two to one to turn it down.

FRUTT: Leaving because you couldn't take that case?

YOUNG: How can you even think of leaving?

You are. You interviewed

with Hollings and Gray last month.

I declined.

But not the interview.

You considered leaving, Eugene.

STRINGER: I do not do secretarial work.

YOUNG: Lucy will be in at noon.

Fine, then have her do it. I have cases.

Jamie, come on. It's--

Eugene, may I speak to you a second?

I thought we concluded our conversation.

This will just take a second.

Please.

What's that about?

That was Kevin Stadler.

He's from Hollings and Gray,

the firm that Eugene interviewed for.

I thought he turned that down.

STADLER: I really wasn't interviewing you

on behalf of our firm, Eugene.

What do you mean?

STADLER: I don't know if you're familiar

with Governor Romney's new

judicial nominating process.

The first round is completely blind.

The governor feels it can be much more...

merit-based that way.

I was engaged by the governor's counsel

as an early screener.

What are you talking about?

I was interviewing you

as a potential superior-court judge.

A judge?

If you're interested,

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

To be a superior-court judge?

To be a superior-court judge.

(music playing)

BERLUTI: Get the doctor's report

and then we'll talk, okay?

Thanks, Jimmy.

QUINN: Jimmy.

Manny, hey! Gigi!

COLEY: Hi.

BERLUTI: Go in the conference room.

PAPP: Hey,

you said you would take me next.

BERLUTI: Ten minutes, Mr. Papp.

Ah, this is discrimination.

PAPONI: Millie Trevalli, her husband bit her.

She wants to sue. TREVALLI: Right in the side.

I'll be with you as soon as I can.

Suzy, could you get Mrs. Trevalli some coffee?

PAPONI: I'd love some myself, we don't got any.

Maybe you could get some.

PAPONI: Oh, yeah, like I got nothing to do.

Gigi, hey. COLEY: Hi.

Congratulations.

COLEY: Oh, thanks.

The happiest moment in my life.

BERLUTI: Look,

I talked to both E. R. doctors

who treated you.

They claim there was no device

inserted into your person.

QUINN: Well, of course they're gonna say that.

Manny. They must have got

some mind-reading psychic.

And going into a person's head,

you should need a warrant for that, too.

This is how he got labeled.

I got a buddy in the bureau.

I'll talk to him,

but we need to think

about a plea.

Look, never mind "plea."

I got a friend,

and I can give them something they want, Jimmy.

My friend spent some time in the oil business,

and he knows where they are.

Knows where who are?

Not who, what.

The weapons of mass destruction.

The FBI's been trying to redeem themselves

in this arena.

You get the charges dropped,

I'll give them the big W. M. D.

This could be why they went into my ass

to begin with

to gather intelligence.

MAN (over TV): Oh, that was a sucker punch!

Oh, both men are down on the ice,

and sears is not letting up!

The referee is trying to...

SHORE: Gee, you're certainly a good hockey player.

So, what did this man do,

steal your puck?

He took out one of our best players

a few weeks ago.

Took out? On a date?

Excuse me.

New guy,

I wouldn't want the client to think

we're not taking this seriously.

Maybe you should take over

so I can observe.

Mike, the problem we have,

in addition to the attack itself,

you went on record the night before as saying

you were gonna get him.

So it's difficult for us to say

it was some sudden outbreak of emotion.

Do you see our dilemma?

A word of reply would be helpful.

A whole sentence

would be positively stunning.

Mention has been made of "the code."

What exactly is "the code"?

It means, if you take out one of our guys,

we'll go after one of yours.

It's, you know, payback, eh?

I'd need you to drop the "eh."

it sounds Canadian.

I am Canadian.

SHORE: I realize this,

but I'd like to paint you American.

See, in America,

if somebody commits a vicious,

unprovoked attack,

best to cloak it with patriotism.

Oh, hello.

I can see you're observing again.

Am I knotted tightly enough for you?

A judge?

Can you believe it?

No.

I mean, I can.

I can believe

you'd be a great candidate.

So would this be something

you might be interested in?

Eugene,

I think it would be great.

I do.

It would be fabulous if--

First of all, it's not at the point

where I even have to ask myself whether or not--

Eugene, clearly, it is at that point.

If you're interested, the process continues.

If you're not--

so, are you?

I don't know.

It is all so sudden, and, um, I--

I just need to think.

Is there a reason we're having drinks

at a frat house?

It's not normally like this.

Why am I here at all?

Because I think we need to set

some ground rules.

How are we doing?

We're having a private conversation.

I saw that.

Saw what?

We need to be clear on a few things,

Mr. Shore.

If you--

Something wrong,

other than your nature?

I will be right back.

(crowd cheering)

If you won't fire her, I will.

We can't summarily hire and fire people. It's just--

Denny Crane summarily hired Alan Shore.

He's Denny Crane. You're not.

ROSE: Look, Matthew, even you can't defend--

(sighs)

When you get a free moment,

could you come to my office, please?

It's my personal

and private time.

This firm does not own me.

Matthew, she seems to think

the firm doesn't own her.

When you get a free moment, please.

BILLINGS: Were you dancing in some bar last night?

Without wardrobe?

QUINN: Well, here's the thing,

insurance companies don't like to pay out

when it's spouse against spouse,

especially when it's what they call

a supervening act,

which an intentional biting would be.

Get him to bump you accidental-like with the car,

preferably when he's backing up.

I got a doctor who can get you the X-rays.

Manny, a second?

Please, don't counsel my clients.

I had legal schooling, Jimmy.

You're not a lawyer.

Oh, excuse me.

Listen,

I talked to my friend at the bureau.

Your ass wasn't bugged.

What did you expect that they were gonna tell you--

Manny, please don't talk for a second, okay?

They got what they got on you

through an informant.

He wouldn't tell me who the informant was,

but, uh, did you know

Gigi got arrested three weeks ago?

My Gigi?

D.U.I.

They found some pot in the glove compartment,

enough to get her on intent.

She never told me this.

The bust went nowhere.

The case was tossed.

I think it's possible she flipped you, Manny.

Gigi?

This isn't a possible thing, Jimmy.

She's my fiancee.

She loves me.

She even thinks I'm handsome.

I'd like to talk to her.

It wasn't Gigi.

Manny,

this is your business.

I'm not gonna do nothing you don't want me to,

but I'm concerned.

If this is the woman

you're gonna marry.

And if she flipped you--

can I have a conversation with her?

Fine, but you're wrong.

I hope to God I am.

Look, Manny,

if you want to get to the truth of this or not,

your call.

But if you do,

don't tip her.

Just let me talk to her.

I won't say nothing.

It was an assault.

The fact that it took place

during a professional hockey game

doesn't mean this guy-- ROSE: Oh, come on, Jeffrey.

You have 4,000 reported assaults every year.

Less than half lead to charges.

Hannah, if you were still here,

you'd prosecute.

I certainly would not.

He repeatedly punched a defenseless man.

He doesn't get some special exemption

because he did it during a sporting event.

That's just simply not true.

We grant such exemptions all the time.

Excuse me a minute. New guy--

It would be illegal

to run somebody down and flatten them,

yet in football.

Boxers try to knock each other unconscious.

The actual intent of the sport is assault.

Imagine throwing a hard object

a hundred miles per hour at somebody's head.

That's grounds for attempted murder,

but if the victim crowds the plate--

fighting is part of hockey.

May I speak for a second?

You are speaking.

SHORE: Oh.

Sometimes I become so rapt with my own words,

it feels more like a...

listening experience.

Look, we're gathered here today

because of the media.

I suspect, if the firestorm died down,

so would your urge to be Javert.

Suppose this man were severely punished by the league.

How about we get our justice that way?

First of all, I'm not the commissioner of the league.

I'm offering you the chance to be.

Name your punishment.

Name it.

Out of the playoffs

and the next two years.

Done.

Done?

How are you--

I'll meet with the commissioner.

My client will be suspended

for two full seasons plus playoffs.

I hate to break your momentum,

but the players' union will never let--

Yes, they will.

Because you say so?

Because I say so.

Congratulations, Mr. District Attorney,

you've just helped to change hockey for the better.

By the way,

I may need to invoke

the power of your office a little.

Not to worry.

FRUTT: It doesn't necessarily mean he's leaving.

STRINGER: Oh, my God. Jamie.

Even if he's thinking about leaving, Ellenor.

This place will collapse.

My job,

my outfits--

Could you please calm down?

He's going on a few interviews.

It's a long shot that he'll even be selected,

so let's not get--

Whoa, who are you kidding?

He's black.

So? So,

Romney is desperate to appoint black judges.

YOUNG: Is that it?

They want me because I'm black?

No! No. No, no, no.

Check that.

Yes, in part.

I mean, he's never going to appoint

an unqualified candidate.

You're definitely qualified,

so you can get off that horse.

But...

all things being equal,

he will tap a black candidate.

Diversity is a big part of his executive order.

I've read it.

So if you go for this,

you'll probably get it,

which...

is great.

Let me start by saying...

I believe in you, Sally.

If I seem to be judgmental,

it's only because I measure your performance

against your potential.

When you meet new people,

I would imagine the question

"What do you do?" pops almost immediately

into the conversation.

You answer, "I'm an attorney at Crane, Poole, and Schmidt."

When others describe you,

"smart girl, nice,

works at Crane, Poole, and Schmidt."

As much as you might like to lay claim

to your personal time

or private life,

who you are and where you work

are inextricably bound, Sally.

And when you're standing

in a public bar,

on the bar,

half-naked,

thrusting your great divide

as if it were a tourist attraction,

there are people saying,

"She's a lawyer

at Crane, Poole, and Schmidt."

Now, as fine

as your legal skills might be,

we simply cannot have our associates

engage in public, drunken,

pornographic conduct.

And if you can't be concerned

with our firm's reputation,

I should think you'd at least

try to show a little respect

for your own.

That's all.

PESCATORE: What do you mean he's practicing law?

It says "law offices" on the door.

And inside I see law books

and people going in and out, limping and stuff.

Right on commercial street?

Commercial street is what I'm saying.

And you're sure his name is Berluti?

That's what it says on the door,

"Law offices of."

law books inside, people limping.

MR. BURKE: There is no precedent

for a 2-year suspension.

And even if I were to sanction that,

I can assure you, the players' union wouldn't.

If you only knew-- SHORE: What would they do,

pull your jersey over your head and pummel you?

MR. BURKE: Mr. Shore, the idea of--

SHORE: Mr. Burke,

you will suspend Mr. Sears for two years.

In consideration for that--

forgive me, I'm parched.

In consideration for that,

I've worked it out with the D. A.

for the league

not to be criminally prosecuted.

MR. BURKE: The league?

How are we liable for the act--

Massachusetts General Laws,

chapter 274, section 2,

Aiding and Abetting.

Anyone who assists, encourages,

or promotes an assault

can be charged as a principal.

We don't do that.

You don't do that?

No, we don't.

In your highlight videos,

you show the brawls.

You also show them on the big jumbotrons

between periods.

A Gordie Howe hat trick

is considered to be a goal,

an assist, and a fight.

We penalize fighting.

But you don't ban it.

Every other professional sport does.

If a player fights in football or baseball,

he's gone.

In your sport,

he gets a standing ovation.

MR. BURKE: Mr. Shore,

I'm sure you're a fine attorney,

but you have no appreciation for what hockey is.

Its history-- I have enormous appreciation

for your sport, Mr. Burke.

In fact, I have season tickets.

Hockey is Bobby Orr.

Hockey is Bobby Hull,

Stan Mikita, Wayne Gretzky.

Hockey is speed,

finesse, skill,

and power.

None of which has anything

to do with mayhem.

Hockey is being debased

with thuggery

that your league

not only condones

but encourages.

And you think, if we just change the rule,

it will stop.

Yes.

In college hockey, it's banned.

The players don't fight.

In the Olympics, it's banned.

They don't fight.

It can absolutely be legislated out.

You choose not to do so.

And with all the vicious muggings

happening on the ice today,

you are daring a district attorney

to prosecute the league.

I have that district attorney, Mr. Burke.

Mr. Sears

will be suspended

for two years.

You need to have appreciation

for your sport, Mr. Burke.

We need your league to rise up,

and mirror the dignity

of the game itself.

Tell your players,

"no more fighting."

And if they still insist on violence,

let them beat up their coaches

like the basketball players.

(door opens)

How are we doing?

Fine.

Have you made up your mind yet?

Made up my mind?

I've barely had time to think about it.

Never mind.

Uh, is there some rush?

Well, this affects everybody, Eugene.

I realize that.

FRUTT: So if you're going to walk out on us,

we'd just like-- Walk out?

I didn't mean it like that.

I think you did.

You don't have to use that tone, all right?

You're the one speaking in a tone

like you're being betrayed!

Put it out there, Ellenor.

We've known each other too long.

Put it out there.

Okay.

Bobby left, Lindsay,

Rebecca,

but you and I

looked each other in the eye

and we said

we were going to make it work.

If you leave...

how can it work, Eugene?

How can it work?

Ellenor, look, uh,

part of what's going on with me

is this need to redeem myself.

Redeem? YOUNG: Yeah.

In part, for what the firm's become

from dealing with Alan Shore,

our reputation-- Hey, that's crap!

Don't make this about that!

If you want to leave--

Do I get to talk? FRUTT: Yes,

but you asked me to be honest,

so let's hear you put it out.

Well, you're acting like I don't have the right to leave,

like I owe you-- FRUTT: I never said--

I have the right.

I gave everything to this firm!

If I choose--

I have the right.

Yes, you have the right.

But you know (sighs)

you are this firm, Eugene.

You're our conscience, our soul.

You are this firm.

(music playing)

BERLUTI: The reason I wanted to have this conversation--

well, some disturbing information

has come to light.

You're acting creepy.

You're both acting kind of creepy.

BERLUTI: Gigi, my sources at the FBI

tell me they were tipped off

by an informant.

Somebody with something to trade.

Well, who would turn against Manny?

I mean, everybody loves Manny.

I'm also informed

you were arrested a few weeks ago,

and that arrest seemed to go away.

What are you talking about?

That's a lie.

Here's a copy of the incident report.

Gigi, I will find out.

A couple of motions in court,

they got to tell me who the informant is.

Now, I know you love Manny.

The best thing that can happen here

is I make out the argument

that you were coerced,

which I'm sure you had to be.

I might be able to make it all go away,

but you got to tell me

how you were coerced.

(music playing)

Jimmy? Not now, Suzy.

PAPONI: No, you got to take this.

Excuse me, please.

Look, when I'm in a serious meeting--

PAPONI: This is Lenny Pescatore.

We know each other.

Old times, right, Jimmy?

How can I help you?

PESCATORE: I don't know, Jimmy.

See, I'm walking by,

and I see a sign, "Attorney at law,"

so I come in,

and I see you like a neighborhood lawyer here,

which, you know, I'm a neighborhood lawyer, too.

We could be buddies.

Only problem...

I'm the neighborhood lawyer,

and this here is my neighborhood...

which I'm sure you didn't know.

But now you do know.

What the hell was that?

This Lenny Pescatore, Jimmy,

he's not a nice person.

I'll figure this out, Manny.

There's stuff to work with here.

I'll figure it all out.

SHORE: Sally.

Hello.

Don't you start.

I don't need another-- don't start.

I never start.

I'm more of a closer.

What's wrong?

Tell me.

What's wrong?

Let me tell you something.

You probably wouldn't guess it to look at me,

but I made law review.

I even won the regional moot-court competition.

You're right. To look at you,

I never would have guessed.

Because people--

people say, "Don't judge a book by its cover,"

but that's exactly how I'm judged,

even by people here who know me, know my work.

Well, perhaps people-- HEEP: I like to dress this way.

I like to have fun

on my personal time.

Why can't people like you deal?

First of all, I can deal.

I thought you were absolutely

sensational up on that bar.

Really?

SHORE: Second, lawyers,

as a breed, hate their job, Sally.

They do their very best

to window-dress the awfulness,

big houses, fancy cars,

expensive clothes.

Attorneys actually want to be judged by their covers.

It makes them seem interesting.

Third,

I thought you were absolutely

sensational up on that bar.

You said that already.

Fourth,

to the extent that you don't want

to become them,

I salute you.

Don't ever,

ever become...

them.

Lastly,

and I'll stop here,

I thought you were absolutely

sensational up on that bar.

Well, that was surprising.

Oh, my God, I'm sorry.

I don't know why I just did that.

I'm so sorry.

ROSE: Hey, new guy.

League issued the suspension--two years.

D.A. agreed not to prosecute.

Client's coming in at 11:00.

Good result.

I'll buy you a beer later and critique

what I think you did wrong.

I don't accept criticism, Hannah,

though I do enjoy harsh discipline.

May I speak with you?

It's extremely important.

Okay, I'm, like, really nervous,

so I'm just gonna say this

before I get all acid reflux and gurgle.

I have no idea why I kissed you.

I mean, I think you're cute,

but, um, I just don't go around

tongue-throating cute guys.

I just--what you said

suddenly made me want to kiss you.

That doesn't explain why I did it, but...

Sally, it's okay.

Really?

Don't worry about it.

Thank you.

Um,

when you say it's okay,

how okay?

I beg your pardon?

Well, I do sort of think you're attractive.

God, I promised myself I wouldn't go there.

Um... Sally,

I think you're a very attractive woman,

but...

I'm involved.

Oh. Okay.

Okay.

Anyone I know?

Myself, actually,

and it's quite serious.

I'm not in the right place

for a relationship.

Okay. (sighs)

So, I'm gonna leave now.

Bye.

(door closes)

If I flip my dealer, Jimmy,

I'm a dead man.

Not that I care.

BERLUTI: I'll see if we can do it confidential.

It's our only shot, Manny.

For them to let you go,

you got to give them somebody bigger.

Fine. Whatever.

Hey, look at me.

Your heart is broken right now.

I understand this.

But better you learn about her

before you get married, right?

Obviously,

this wasn't the right person for you.

It ain't easy to get girls to love me, Jimmy.

I'm fat. I got no money.

Women don't go for me.

Jimmy?

Not now, Suzy.

He's back, Lenny the fish.

BERLUTI: One second.

Jimmy, my friend.

I asked you to stay out of my office.

Relax.

I only came by to say Ralph Spinaci

will no longer be needing your services.

He died.

Oh, Spinny?

When?

In a few days.

You're not gonna intimidate me.

You got that?

I'm here, and I'm here to stay.

You got a lot of balls,

you know that?

I been working this neighborhood for years

while you were sipping Dom Perignon

up on the hill with the medagons.

Now you want to come back

and take food off my plate.

Doesn't look like you've missed too many meals.

Yeah, I like your style.

You got good gumption.

I like a man with gumption.

But I don't like it that much!

Get out of my office, you hear me?

Hey! I grew up in this neighborhood!

Get out now before I call the police!

PESCATORE: Go ahead, call the cops!

Ask for Frankie Lupo,

ask for Steve Freschetti,

Mike Luciano, good cops.

I'm sure they'll come running.

QUINN: He asked you to get out.

Manny,

you got new counsel, huh, Manny?

Manny owes me money.

FBI still bugging your ass,

Manny?

Jimmy asked you to leave.

Oh, you want a piece of me, huh?

Go ahead. See what happens.

There's no cops around to break it up.

Take a shot. See what happens.

All right-- QUINN: Shut up, Jimmy.

It's a different league now.

I'm standing right here, Lenny.

Oh, yeah?

For now, you're standing.

I said I'd buy you a beer,

so here.

I believe you promised to discipline me, as well.

(sighs)

Look,

you're obviously a good lawyer,

but I give you a few weeks here, tops.

You don't understand authority,

you're arrogant.

My suspicion is you're corrupt

and probably unflinchingly selfish and--

Foreplay like this can only lead to sex.

You're disgusting.

You're quivering.

I've read that women

who like to emasculate

secretly desire to be ravished.

Would you like me to rip your blouse off right now, Hannah?

Put my mouth to your breast,

and perhaps (inhales deeply)

lower myself?

You want to slap my face,

but part of you fears it could arouse me.

And since you stand there

already...

titillated by me,

it could set something

terribly nasty in motion.

I could be wrong, of course.

Maybe we should see.

Slap my face, Hannah.

It's what you want.

Slap it.

Another second?

I'm sorry.

After all we've been through,

as much as I love this firm,

it would be an honor

to see a lawyer from here

get appointed to the bench.

(sighs)

I would be so proud of you,

proud for all of us.

Is there a timetable?

Well,

if I decide to go forward,

there would be a confirmation hearing

before the governor's counsel next week.

(sighs)

You might even be called

to give testimony.

Well,

just let me know.

Okay.

(door opens and closes)

Well?

It's happening, Jamie.

He's doing it?

FRUTT: He says he's undecided,

but I know him.

It's happening.

Oh, great.

Go away.

I just got here.

Look, I'm embarrassed enough already.

You don't have to show up here

and massage my feelings.

I'm a big girl.

SHORE: I love having my feelings massaged.

Go away and give some other nice guy

a chance to sit there.

Sally, you don't need to feel embarrassed.

Look,

I kissed you.

It was totally inappropriate.

Then I made a play for you.

And by the way, I know that you hit on everyone,

so what was I even thinking about to begin with?

But then to be rejected

by someone who's obviously not picky--

just go away.

Look at me.

You know how two people

can sometimes seem

to make each other more whole?

That doesn't happen with me.

I have this way of making women feel...

wonderful,

but less than,

in the end.

Maybe you haven't met the right girl.

Perhaps.

I'll tell you what, I would like to dance with you.

You're massaging again. Go away.

On the contrary,

it's my own ego at play now.

I'm currently being seen by others,

talking to a pretty woman.

If I simply walk away,

it'll look like I've been rejected.

I'd appreciate you allowing me to save face.

One dance.

Don't mess with me.

One dance.

(music playing)

If you mess me up, I'll totally hit you.

I understand.

I don't know what you're doing but I don't sleep with guys

right off, if that's what you're after.

SHORE: You already have my respect, I assure you.

SINGER (over speaker): ♪ I'll always love you ♪

♪ This I know ♪

♪ But I don't want to cry ♪

What?

SHORE: I just wanted to see

if you were paying attention.

(sighs)

And I was just kidding.

SINGER (over speaker): ♪ Had been a fool, I know ♪

So was I.

SINGER (over speaker): ♪ If you don't love me ♪

♪ Let me go ♪

I think you like me.

Shh.

SINGER (over speaker): ♪ Because I don't want to cry ♪

♪ Anymore ♪

♪ Oh, darlin', I tried ♪

♪ Just to keep you satisfied ♪

♪ But all my love ♪

♪ Was in vain ♪

♪ If you had only cared ♪

♪ All about this love I shared ♪

♪ You wouldn't have made my tears ♪

♪ Fall like drops of rain ♪

♪ My heart and I ♪

♪ Have been a fool ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ I guess it's time ♪

♪ To close the door ♪

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WOMAN: You stinker!

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