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SHORE: Previously on The Practice...

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

To be a superior court judge?

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

like I owe you-- I never said--

I have the right.

I've always wanted to hang my own shingle.

When would you do this?

It needs to be now.

I talked to my friend at the bureau.

Your ass wasn't bugged.

What did you expect that they were gonna--

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

Gigi?

BERLUTI: I know you love Manny.

But you got to tell me how you were coerced.

PAPONI: This is Lenny Pescatore.

How can I help you? I'm a neighborhood lawyer, too.

Only problem...

I'm the neighborhood lawyer.

SHORE: I thought you were absolutely...

sensational up on that bar.

Well, that was surprising.

I kissed you.

It was totally inappropriate.

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 think you like me.

Shh.

HEEP: Alan, hold up. Yo.

Did you just say, "Yo"?

I'm very upset.

I thought we had a kind of,

you know, thing going.

A thing?

Yes, a thing--we kissed. that's a--

You kissed.

And you received, and we danced.

You grabbed my ass.

You saluted my quest to be myself--

that, at least, adds up to a potential thing

that needs to be dealt with.

SHORE: Sally, when I told you

I was attracted to professional women,

I truly meant...

professional women.

I'm not accepting that.

You're not accepting it.

You like me.

I can always tell when a man has feelings for me.

I don't care how much you try to kid yourself.

You're not fooling me.

CRANE: Tara...

Denny Crane.

I am ahead of you there.

Wonderful news, I had breakfast this morning.

You must be beside yourself.

Oh, no, that's not the news.

Had breakfast this morning

with general counsel of perhaps one of the leading

car manufacturers of this country,

know who that is?

America?

We're taking over their SUV cases,

which is beyond huge.

I want Hannah, Alan,

you, of course, in my office at 1400 hours.

Aye, aye.

Denny Crane.

(music playing)

I'm not gonna tell you your business, Jimmy,

because I know that's not my place,

but you got to stand up to this guy.

I did.

No, you didn't.

Manny did.

You didn't do anything.

And what should I have done, Suzy?

PAPONI: Again, not my place,

but this is the street.

It's not some fancy Beacon Hill Office.

I asked around.

That fat slob has bullied every lawyer

that's tried to come in here,

and he intimidates clients, too.

I talked to my mother.

She says he's a coward.

COLEY: Excuse me, Jimmy?

Excuse me.

Look, I've been playing this interrogation thing

over and over in my head, Jimmy,

and, well...

I think maybe the police did coerce me.

I mean, what I said wasn't totally voluntary.

Okay.

How so?

Well...

they attached these tiny,

little electrode thingies to my privates,

and they would zap me

if they didn't like my answers.

It made me react all involuntary.

I...

What?

Manny told you to say this.

COLEY: He said they torture,

that they're doing this kind of thing

in the Guatemala bay area.

Guantanamo Bay.

Gigi...

I am not going to lie.

If the day comes I decide to lie,

it won't be with one of Manny's ridiculous concoctions.

I love him, Jimmy,

and, well, he won't take me back,

and if you can get this thing to go away,

well, then, maybe I can get him to forgive me.

STADLER: I just think you should have counsel.

YOUNG: The commission wants to hear from me,

not my attorney.

Plus, you can advise me if I need help.

No, I cannot. I'm on the nominating committee.

It would be total-- YOUNG: Uh...

advise me now, then.

All right.

It could get very political.

The main thing for you is to impress them

with the idea that you will uphold the law.

As a defense attorney,

you could be viewed as being

potentially soft on crime.

You do not want to be viewed that way.

I could come with you.

STADLER: I think that would be very wise.

Also...

the death penalty...

What about it?

STADLER: If it comes up--

and it may,

you'll have to finesse this.

Romney is looking to impose it.

And what?

I'm required to agree with that?

STADLER: No.

You simply say

that you're bound to uphold the law,

that, as a judge, you will uphold the law,

and get out.

This is critical, Eugene.

Is finesse in your arsenal?

CRANE: The first thing we need to do

is develop a strategy.

These vehicles still roll.

It's a growth industry, and I want to capture it.

We need a strategy. Hannah...

I'd like you to come up with an overall--

what's the word?

Strategy?

Exactly.

Alan, turns out...

our first case comes up for trial in June.

your former colleague is handling it,

that big-boned woman from your old firm,

the one that scares me.

Ellenor Frutt.

CRANE: Mmm.

Our client...

will no doubt be evaluating us

in this first case.

I'd like you to take it,

since-- SHORE: I'm afraid I can't.

Why not?

Ellenor's a friend.

I'm not trying cases against her.

CRANE: Son...

success is never so sweet

as when we can crush a friend in the process.

Just the same.

Hannah...

you don't have friends, do you?

None. Excellent.

Tara, see that Hannah gets what she needs.

I believe that covers it. Anything else?

Your name.

Oh, yes.

Denny Crane.

Dismissed.

BERLUTI: Manny...

QUINN: I can't go flipping

Charlie Andretti, Jimmy.

I mean, we need to come up with a solution

that allows me to go on living.

I will not be saying the Feds attached electrodes

to your girlfriend's genitalia.

Now, stop being an idiot!

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean that.

You know I got labeling issues.

I'm sorry.

She wants you back, you know, Gigi.

Ohh.

Manny, sometimes,

the toughest thing in the world to do is forgive.

And sometimes, the more you love somebody,

the harder it is.

What are you? "Dear Abby" now?

BERLUTI: Spinny...

what happened to your head?

Ten guesses.

The fish? SPINNY: Not personally,

but his name did come up between kicks.

I got to fire you, Jimmy.

Spinny, I will talk to him.

He's got me by the cogliones.

I'm in to him (indistinct) for $2,500 plus juice.

He's juicing you?

A point and a half.

Does he do this with everybody?

Hey, if I borrowed from a loan shark,

I'd be paying five points a week,

that's, of course, if I was to pay him.

Suzy...

cancel this afternoon's appointments.

What appointments? People just walk in here.

WARTON: Do you see yourself bringing any particular

judicial philosophy to the bench?

YOUNG: I would like to see the courts

and specifically, judges,

show respect for the law.

Do you think that's currently a problem?

YOUNG: A big one.

We've got overcrowded dockets,

and more and more judges

are becoming slaves to expediency.

More and more, the constitution

is being molded and manipulated

to fit a judge's political or moral point of view.

It has to stop.

HALBERRY: I can see your firm has handled

several capital cases out of state,

each time taking a position against the death penalty.

We're a defense firm.

Our clients tend to disfavor being executed.

Fair enough,

but as a judge, would you impose the death penalty,

should it ever become law in this state?

No.

HALBERRY: Why not?

YOUNG: One, I consider human life

to be intrinsically sacred,

and I do not believe the state should engage

in the systemized taking of human life.

Two...

our judicial system is flawed.

We wrongly convict over 10,000 people a year,

some of whom are sentenced to die.

Now, you can always release an exonerated man from prison,

but bringing him back from death

has proven to be trickier.

DNA has already cleared 100 men,

many on death row.

Clearly, something isn't working.

WARTON: And what would you say, Mr. Young,

to the mother whose five-year-old daughter

has been raped and murdered?

I would say,

if it were my daughter,

I'd like to kill whoever did it myself.

And if I ever came face-to-face with the guy,

I couldn't guarantee any of you

that I wouldn't kill him.

But if I did...

it would be wrong,

and for the state to kill reflectively,

absent emotion, on ceremony

it is not right.

And if I might add

one of the biggest problems we have today

our children are being raised in a culture

that not only condones revenge,

but, perhaps, even celebrates it

as a societal good.

It's wrong.

I don't understand, Eugene.

Do you not want to be confirmed?

I want to be confirmed for who I am,

not who they want me to be. FRUTT: Come on.

You can't possibly be so pigheaded that you--

What did you say?

Eugene...

can we please have an honest conversation here?

Do you want this judgeship or not?

(sighs)

I want it desperately.

Then why behave--

I truly don't get it.

My brother went to jail for a crime he didn't do

you know this.

He died in prison.

And...

Well, and, since that day, I made a vow...

the best way to fix the justice system

is up there, on the bench, and...

I think the reason I want it so bad, Ellenor,

is because it's the same thing that makes me so angry,

when I think of what happened to my brother, and--

FRUTT: Then get there, Eugene.

Get there for your brother.

(knocks on door)

ROSE: Hello.

Uh, I'm looking for Ellenor Frutt.

I'm Ellenor Frutt.

Hi.

I'm Hannah Rose.

We just took over the Lansing Motors case.

We now represent the defendant.

Oh.

I'm from Crane, Pool, & Schmidt,

where Alan Shore works.

And, well, I know things ended badly

between Alan and this firm,

and I thought to avoid getting off

on an acrimonious foot,

I'd just come by and introduce myself.

Actually, Alan and I remain friends.

Oh, well, that's a relief to know.

I am not a huge fan of contention.

And you chose a career in litigation.

I look at it more as dispute resolution.

Anyway, toward that end,

I was reviewing your motion

to compel production of documents.

I believe prior counsel was a little withholding,

as you suspected,

and I intend to have all documents delivered

by the close of business.

Thank you.

Anyway, it was nice to meet you.

(door opens)

She seemed nice.

Alan...

yo, again.

Tonight's lousy for me.

Hannah assigned me some research on the SUV case,

so we'll have to make it tomorrow night.

Make what tomorrow night?

Our dinner.

Didn't I tell you we were having dinner?

No, Sally, you forgot to mention that.

Well, now you know.

Wait a second.

Yo!

I swear,

I had nothing to do with that.

WILSON: Go to dinner with her, Alan.

Uh, I thought you wanted me to ask you to dinner.

Perhaps I do,

but I'm speaking in your interests now,

and your interests

seem to lie with her.

Don't be ridiculous. She's a child.

It would be a violation of my parole

to have dinner with her.

You see, here's what you need to know

is that you like her

and you don't like yourself.

With her, you get to remake yourself...

at least somewhat.

I thought you wanted me to ask you to dinner.

EILEEN: All right, I'll give him the message.

Is he in there?

He's with a client.

BERLUTI: Tell him Jimmy Berluti is out here,

and he's very angry.

I know who you are.

PESCATORE: Go on.

I'll call you if I hear anything.

MAN: Thanks, Len.

You got an appointment?

I just saw Spinny.

Good for you.

Who's next? Mr. Terranova.

BERLUTI: He's got seven stitches above his eye.

Some people shouldn't drink and walk.

Come on in, Mr. Terranova.

BERLUTI: What kind of a lawyer are you?

You're supposed to be helping people, not--

Look...

I'd like to hear you pontificate,

but, as you can see,

I've got clients to take care of.

Do they know that you charge interest

on what they can't pay up front?

Here.

Whatever he's charging you,

I'll do it for half.

Rocco!

BERLUTI: No juice.

PESCATORE: Okay, everybody out.

Come back in an hour.

WOMAN: Why?

Vermin infestation.

Come on, let's go, andiamo.

What about my appointment?

We plead no contest.

You pay the fine and me, it all goes away.

What are you doing?

Eileen, wait in the office.

Lenny... Now!

And close the door.

BERLUTI: Raise a finger,

and I'll have you before the BBO

before you can light your next cigar.

We'll see how much speech you got

when your jaw is wired.

BERLUTI: Wait, just wait a second.

I want to be perfectly clear

as to what's about to happen here.

You haven't been away from the neighborhood

that long, Jimmy.

You know what's about to happen.

Get him. Ohh!

PESCATORE: You're a dead man, Jimmy!

You're dead!

You don't know who messed with!

RICHMOND: Now, where I'm troubled

in your own firm,

if I'm to believe statements made by you under oath,

you had an attorney who engaged in egregiously unethical,

if not criminal, conduct.

I assume you're referring to Alan Shore.

Concealing evidence,

blackmail, extortion,

assuming false identities,

suborning perjury.

We certainly did not authorize Mr. Shore

to commit these infractions.

But you let it go on? YOUNG: No.

No.

We fired him.

After several months of this behavior,

after profiting from this conduct,

profit in the amount of $9 million.

Now, that's dirty money, Mr. Young.

We attempted to sanction Mr. Shore's behavior

many times, and--

But you let it go on,

and only after you got rich

from this unethical behavior,

only then did you attempt to shut it down.

That is totally false!

And maybe this would be a good time to point out

that, if I were to become a judge,

my style would be to hear evidence

before I started making conclusions,

especially the unfounded kind.

You seem to have a temper.

It's over, Ellenor.

FRUTT: Not necessarily,

especially with that positive attitude.

YOUNG: The idea that they want me for a judge

with everything that's going on at our firm.

Your personal reputation has--

Look, don't handle me, please.

If this is about your brother

and vindicating an injustice done to him,

then rise up with your best in that room.

You haven't done that yet.

Whatever I say is self-serving.

Let's forget it.

What in God's name...

(thumping)

Document production on the SUV case,

and this isn't all.

Storage is full, too.

BERLUTI: What was I supposed to do?

There was two of them, one of me.

Plus, they were bigger.

It's just pepper spray.

I mean, it's kind of feminine, Jimmy.

Hey,

I got news for you,

I got to be alive to keep your fat ass out of prison.

You think about that?

What now?

Well, I know it's fat.

You don't got to say it.

You don't got to label it.

For God's sakes, I can't--

Oh, no!

My car!

ROCCO: Shame.

Bet you could use a good lawyer.

Oh, right, you are a lawyer.

BERLUTI: Did you do this?!

I didn't do nothing.

I was just walking with my marshmallows,

seen the fire, thought there was a roast going on.

(laughing)

But, you know, if I was gonna do something,

it would be because somebody had something coming.

What goes around, comes around.

That's, like, an old Latin saying, isn't it?

I bet you know Latin.

"Res ipsa"

that's lawyer lingo.

Ugh! ohh!

"Vinny, Viddi, Vickie"

that's serious Latin.

Manny!

It was an accident.

WILSON: Ellenor, hey.

Do you know where I can find Hannah Rose?

Yeah, her office is just over...

there.

"How are you doing, Tara?

You look just smashing in your uniform, Tara."

(sighs)

You sent me about 400,000 pages of documents.

Oh.

I thought it better to give you too much than too little.

Did you, now?

The trial starts in June.

It would take me 6 months

with a staff of 20

to go through all those boxes.

I believe the request went

to any and all documents pertaining to design,

as well as documents discovered in previous lawsuits.

My client has been sued

tens of thousands of times, Ellenor.

We produce millions of documents.

I know all about your client's tactics,

tactics judges in prior trials have labeled "Reprehensible,"

"Disgusting."

Yes, and I'm trying to turn over a new leaf

that's why I'm giving you everything.

You're hiding evidence in a mountain of papers,

knowing full well

it would be next to impossible

for me to find what I need.

I'm shocked you could make such an accusation.

This is a blatant abuse

of the discovery process,

and I'm going to the judge.

I certainly hope you don't do that, Ellenor,

but if you do,

I might be forced to share a concern of mine.

Which is...

Your firm is understaffed and ill-equipped

to handle major product liability litigation.

The fact that our document production

has so crippled you is a testament

to your limitations.

I think you should refer your client

to a larger firm,

and my conscience might compel me

to share my concern with the judge.

I suppose,

if we were to settle this now,

we could avoid all this unpleasantness.

We'll offer you $210,000 today

no admission of liability.

$210,000.

Three people died.

I bet you could use that money, Ellenor...

money you might not see

if the client is properly advised

to retain other counsel.

This is disgusting.

That's harsh.

My firm is quite capable of prosecuting this case.

Excellent.

You will be sure to pass on my concern to your client,

just the same?

Right on the head?!

He regained consciousness. He'll be fine.

Jimmy, things are getting out of control here.

You got to do something

not that it's my place to tell you that.

(door opens)

Suzy...

First...

whatever our differences,

for somebody from my neighborhood,

your neighborhood, to use pepper spray

I would sooner you whack me, Jimmy,

than to shame our people that way.

Second, you knocked unconscious

a man very dear to me,

best man at my wedding.

He set my car on fire.

You're talking about property.

Rocco is a human being.

Now I got to bash your head.

BERLUTI: Lenny, you and I grew up on the same block.

I've seen you on the baseball field.

You swing a bat like my mother.

Oh, is that what you think?

PAPONI: I think you two need to have a sit-down...

with Raymond.

Raymond Freschetti?

PAPONI: His neighborhood,

he settles the beefs.

I think that's a good idea.

Wonder what Raymond's gonna think

of you juicing clients.

Jimmy...

I come in here seeking peace.

Yeah...

I see the olive branch in your hand.

Let's you and I have a sit-down,

private...

see if we can work it out.

Tomorrow...

here.

2:00.

You handled that very well.

RICHMOND: The background checks more than once

referred to a strategy of yours known as plan "B."

What is plan "B," Mr. Young?

It's an offensive strategy

where we try to implicate

another suspect in a crime.

A suspect you have a good-faith belief

committed the crime?

No.

So, it's a strategy designed

purposely to mislead the jury,

to steer them away from the truth?

It's an adversarial process, Mr. Richmond.

The state must prove guilt beyond all reasonable doubt.

The defense attorney tries to create reasonable doubt,

doing so zealously within the bounds of the law.

Plan "B" is within the bounds.

RICHMOND: Barely.

Anything more than barely

would be less than zealous.

You've tried to convince juries that somebody else did it.

Somebody you know to be innocent?

It may strike you as morally unethical,

and I might agree,

but legal ethics require that we--

HALBERRY: That's a distinction without a difference.

YOUNG: No, it's a distinction with a big difference,

and if you don't get that--

To knowingly accuse innocent people

even prosecutors don't do that.

You have to understand

how this commission could have questions

about your character.

DONNELL: Excuse me. May I be heard?

My name is Bobby Donnell,

and I used to work with this man.

RICHMOND: Well, thank you, sir,

but we're not taking testimony today.

Testimony?

You make it sound like a trial.

Is somebody on trial here?

Actually, I just thought

we could all use a good laugh.

Talking about Eugene Young's character--

it's actually a little funny.

You find it funny?

We got a president lying to us about weapons

so he could start a war.

The president before that lied under oath

about sex he was having in the oval office.

We have a supreme court justice going duck hunting

with the vice president

while presiding over a case

involving the vice president.

Our biggest pop star

is an alleged pedophile.

Some of our athletes are up on murder

and rape charges,

while the author of "The Book of Virtues"

gambles millions of dollars in Vegas.

And you're making character an issue?

I hate to shock you, Mr. Donnell,

but it still counts.

Well, if so, you sure as hell picked the wrong man

to make an example of.

This is a man who could go to a big firm

and command a salary upwards of a million dollars.

He works for a fraction of that. Why?

Because he sees the erosion of civil rights,

and he fights to stop it.

He sees high courts forsaking the constitution,

and he rails against it.

He sees an attorney general

rounding up suspects like poker chips.

HALBERRY: We do not need a speech about--

DONNELL: You need the speech.

The reason the justice system

is so unfair in this country

Is because the benches are stacked

with former prosecutors.

We need to see your character here.

How about you confirm a man

who cares more about civil liberties

than throwing bodies in prison?

Eugene Young hasn't forgotten why he went to law school.

Eugene Young clings to the ideology

that a defendant,

every defendant,

is entitled to a fair trial.

Now, you want to cast him off

because you don't like his politics

or his views on the death penalty, fine.

But don't you dare

cite as a pretext...

his character.

(music playing)

Denny Crane.

Sally Heep. How's it hanging?

How's what hanging?

It's just an expression.

Sally Heep.

Sally...

Make up your mind about tonight?

Sally, you look like a hooker.

Now, if you were a hooker, we might have a future,

but...

you're intelligent.

you have self-respect.

You're even sweet.

Those are deal-breakers.

HEEP: Yeah. Okay, fine.

But while you continue to mull it over,

just keep in mind

that 25-year-olds don't just snap back physically.

Emotionally, we recover fast, too,

which means, by this time tomorrow,

I'll have moved on.

You got a window, Al.

Just because girls in your age bracket wait around,

don't be thinking I will.

First, you got to apologize.

I got to apologize?

Yes. Manny Quinn was acting under the scope

of you and him being friends

when he whacked Rocco unconscious with the shovel.

You torched my car.

You pepper-sprayed me!

After you mugged Spinny!

Which is what I'm gonna do to you!

PAPONI: Hey, hey, hey, hey!

We got clients out here.

You guys either work it out

or take it outside.

Or to Raymond.

(exhales slowly)

You can't be juicing your clients.

That's how you'll get whacked for real.

Raymond finds out you're loan-sharking

that's their business, Lenny.

You should know better.

I'm under a lot of pressure.

My wife wants a house in Florida.

Business has been tight.

To be losing some of it to you

can't you go someplace else?

This has always been my dream...

to come back here.

This isn't an arbitrary thing for me, Lenny.

This is where I grew up.

(sighs)

Maybe we should form kind of a partnership.

Me and you?

Yeah, I got connections.

I could help you. You could help me,

get me some more of the high-end stuff,

instead of competing with each other.

Lenny...

I'm an honest lawyer.

Totally?

Can't you just be honest most of the time?

Me and you...

as partners...

come on.

I represent Charlie Andretti,

Manny's supplier.

I can sort of slip the Feds

some information they could use

to put him away in exchange

for dropping the case against Manny.

You'd turn in your own client?

I only do it when I can be sure

it don't get found out.

Look...

I'm certainly not gonna go into a business

with a corrupt attorney.

Suppose I change.

My wife wants me to improve myself.

I was hoping maybe you could be, uh,

a good influence.

I can get Manny off.

Come on, Jimmy.

I got street creds.

You got integrity.

How about, you know,

a trial basis?

DONNELL: You want to go to court, Milton, fine,

but don't be waving that flag

like it's some big threat.

I'm in court every day.

You're not.

I like court. You don't.

I'm comfortable in court. You are not.

So I want you to hang up the phone,

call me again,

and be honest.

Tell me you want to settle,

because you don't want to go to court.

Goodbye, Milt. Hope to hear from you.

You look like you're having fun.

Hey.

Hey, how did you even know about--

DONNELL: Ellenor called me.

I figured I'd save your ass like old times.

Now, I remember a lot of ass-saving,

but I think you might have things mixed up a bit.

Any word?

Not yet, you know.

I don't have my hopes up.

That isn't true, Eugene.

Your hopes have been up on this for many years.

Yeah.

Look, I've been meaning to call you about, uh,

when you gave me the firm,

I know you expected--

being a judge is something I've always wanted.

Eugene, I know that.

I feel like...

if I ever get this...

I'd be walking out on something

you left in my charge.

DONNELL: Now it's you

mixing things up.

I walked...

remember?

I just wish I'd done a better job

running the firm. DONNELL: Don't even go there.

You led that firm the same way

you've always served it,

with honor.

(cellphone rings)

One second.

Eugene Young.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay. Thank you.

I got it.

Got what?

The judge thing--they--

the council confirmed me.

I got it.

Eugene, that's--

Look, look, look, look, it's--

it's no big deal.

It's...

I got it!

(laughing)

(music playing)

Denny Crane.

Good for you.

That woman scares me.

It's titillating.

For the record,

your offer is rejected.

I'm disappointed.

I'll bet.

Rather than steer my client

toward accepting an unsatisfying offer,

I steered her toward the firm Fine and Ambrogne,

which specializes

in design defect product liability.

I've also filed with the judge and the bar

a complaint concerning

your client's dishonest stonewalling tactics.

And on a personal level,

it's one thing for a corporation

to engage in systemic discovery abuse,

but for an attorney...

these are real people.

This is real suffering,

injured by your client's vehicles,

and for you...

never mind.

I've already filed my notice of withdrawal.

And as I said...

the offer it's rejected.

Ellenor...

I know you've defended criminals,

people you have no sympathy for.

in civil cases,

defendants are entitled to representation, as well.

It's not the same,

and you know it.

Yeah, I suppose I do...

which is why I'm feeling particularly bad

about myself.

I think I need to go shopping,

and not just for something little--

I am so ashamed,

I'm gonna buy a car,

something really, really...

redemptive.

Would you like to come with me?

Because I'd like that

watching you...

watch me buy a $100,000 car.

Can you excuse me a second?

(sighs)

Hmm.

Oh, gee.

Now I need to shop.

Oh. What happened to your date?

There isn't going to be a date,

and I'd appreciate you not counseling me

towards statutory crimes.

Alan, do you want to end up an old--

Why are you so invested in this?

Tell me that.

Well, I suppose that when I see you alone,

I worry about the company you're keeping.

Let me tell you something

the most lonely I've ever been

has been in a relationship.

I'm happiest alone.

The conversation's better--

certainly, the sex is, albeit, heavy-handed.

Oh, that's a funny bit...

an entertaining one, too.

But as bits go,

it's a bit.

Tara...

I have indulged your pop psychoanalysis

with good humor for some time now,

but to set the record straight,

you do not know me--

not even...

as bits go...

a bit.

I know that you're afraid to let yourself

feel for people.

SHORE: I'm quite capable of letting myself feel...

WILSON: I know that you're afraid

to look at yourself through other people's eyes--

SHORE: Especially disenchantment

that one comes up easily.

And there you go, turning it into a word game.

It's you playing games,

telling me I can't feel that's quite an indictment--

WILSON: Then prove me wrong with evidence

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

I feel for you!

That doesn't mean I'd...

ever...

I have feelings for you.

(music playing)

(exhales sharply)

Now, I'd appreciate it.

Contrary to the rumors, I do practice law here,

and I have a lot of work to do.

Would you excuse me, Tara?

Alan...

Would you excuse me, Tara?

(music playing)

(sighs)

(gavel bangs)

(music playing)

(music playing)

WOMAN: Stinker!

(music playing)