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[kids clamoring]
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‐How long ago?
‐He's been in there
30 minutes.
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He rounded up
about 40 students
and overtook the class.
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‐Well, he's done it before,
protesting the dissections.
‐I know that, Max.
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This is the first time
he's ever formed a posse.
Watch it.
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‐They're militant.
‐Fifth graders?
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Wha... They don't listen
to authority, Jimmy.
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The Frogman's
whipped them all up!
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[Peter and kids]
♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
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Excuse me.
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♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
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♪ Man of might
Full of fight ♪
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♪ Not contrite
Looking bright ♪
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♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
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♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
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[singing continues]
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Just another day.
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♪ We all shout
In protestation ♪
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♪ Save the frogs
Bail the frogs ♪
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♪ Spare the frogs
Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
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♪ Be a frog ♪
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‐[Peter] Save the frogs!
‐[kids cheering]
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[theme music playing]
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[theme music ends]
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Now, look, the children
were with me.
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Those children
would cheer anyone
who interrupted class.
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Well, come on,
you saw those kids.
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‐They knew every word
of the song.
‐[Jimmy] It was thrilling.
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[Peter] Look, you don't
have to kill frogs
to teach biology.
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This is my point.
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[Max] Mr. Lebeck,
you can't keep doing this.
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Douglas Wambaugh
for the Frogman.
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Ah, my little green friend,
you're in season.
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‐We're not charging him.
‐Oh, that's fine.
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I'm not here on
a criminal matter.
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I'm here to represent you
in a civil matter
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‐against your son.
‐My son? Milton?
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He's in the court right now.
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They'll be calling his case
any second.
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His case? [chuckles]
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What... What case?
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[Milton] For emancipation.
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I've read the law
and I'm eligible.
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‐How old are you?
‐Thirteen. And I'll be
14 next year.
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I don't want
to live at home anymore
and I shouldn't have to.
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Your Honor, I represent
the boy's father.
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And I wish
to be heard at once.
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Pay no attention
to the outfit.
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I was leading a protest,
Judge.
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The outfit's thematic.
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Uh‐huh.
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Son, you're seeking emancipation
on what grounds?
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Look at him.
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[Douglas] He has no right
to emancipation, Your Honor.
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Why are you doing this,
young man?
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This isn't a stable home.
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When I was in juvenile hall,
I read law books.
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A child has a legal right
to control his future,
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‐and I want to control mine.
‐[Douglas] That's ridiculous.
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The whole point of having kids
is so parents can control them.
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You have no mother.
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Where would you go?
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I have two aunts
who would take me.
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They live in California
and I'd have to fly out there,
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but they said
they'd be happy
to take me.
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It's just a way
to get to Disneyland.
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These kids are
very tricky, Judge.
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All right.
Mr. Littleton, I see you
sitting back there.
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Since you've handled
DHA cases before,
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I'm assigning you
to this one.
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‐What?
‐I'll hear evidence
this afternoon.
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‐No, no, but, Your Honor...
‐He needs a lawyer.
4 o'clock.
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Coat and tie.
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That's all.
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My God!
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What happened
to your hair?
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Shaved it.
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It gets hot
in that suit.
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Look, the Judge,
he can't possibly grant
that motion, can he?
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The boy wants to leave.
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And you run around croaking
your green suits.
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From a legal standpoint,
you're a cracker box.
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I won't take that from you.
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And I don't have to accept it
from some Judge, either.
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Look, I'm just trying
to make you appreciate
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the severity
of the situation.
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The court has held
that teenage girls
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can get abortions
without parental consent.
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Oh, what the hell does
that have to do with this?
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The trend is to cut back
on parental rights.
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Children today get
civil liberties.
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And Judge Bone is very big
on individual freedom,
to begin with.
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The bottom line,
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if your kid wants out,
he can get his way.
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[engine stalling]
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Why won't it start?
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[Zack] Because you don't
have a license.
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You're not supposed
to drive it.
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I'm just gonna
back it out and
pull it to the side.
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[engine starts]
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There.
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You're gonna
get in trouble.
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Not if you don't tell,
runhead.
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You want to play
street hockey?
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I gotta get the car
out of the driveway.
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Now, move the net
to the center.
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Better hope a neighbor
doesn't see.
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I've done it before.
Big deal.
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[revving]
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You're stuck on ice.
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[revving]
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[grunts]
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[screaming]
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‐[thuds]
‐[grunts]
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[sirens wailing]
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‐Zack!
‐He's been hit.
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‐Zachary!
‐He's breathing,
but he's unconscious.
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‐Got a pulse.
‐[Jill] Look out!
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‐Look out!
‐Stay away. Stay away.
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‐I won't stay away.
‐His vitals are good.
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I don't think there's
any internal bleeding.
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Now, let's take him
to the hospital.
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No, no. Zachary! Zachary!
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What happened?
What happened?
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Matthew was driving the car
and he ran into him.
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I'm going with you.
Zack, I'm right here.
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‐Mommy, it hurts.
‐We're gonna take you
to the hospital.
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‐You're going to be okay.
‐Mommy, it hurts.
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Okay, we're gonna fix it up.
Get him out of here.
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Let's go.
Let's go. Let's go.
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‐It was an accident.
‐What did you do?
What did you do?
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You know,
you could have killed him.
You could have killed him.
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Don't you ever,
ever do that again.
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[Jimmy] Jill!
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[woman on P. A.] Dr. O'Neil
to Pediatrics.
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How long?
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About six weeks,
then we switch you
to a smaller cast.
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I'll miss playoffs.
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Hey, you'll be back
next year, pal.
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We're lucky you're alive.
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Is it bad?
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Well, it's broken
in two places, sweetie.
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But it'll heal.
You're gonna be great.
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How's Matthew?
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[woman on P. A.]
Dr. Harris to OR 1.
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Dr. Harris to OR 1.
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Hey.
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Is he okay?
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He's got a broken leg,
but he's gonna be fine.
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How are you?
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I didn't mean it.
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I was just trying
to move the car
so we could play.
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I didn't mean it.
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I know you didn't.
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He's gonna be okay.
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[sobbing]
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I'm not saying
he's an unfit parent.
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I'm just saying, for now,
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living with him
is not right for me.
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Well, that's a little strange,
Milton.
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Kids don't usually get
to pick their parents.
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No, no, I'm not doing that.
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He's my father.
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You will always be my father.
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But I want to be normal.
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Milton, there's no such thing
as normal.
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Yeah, that's what
I keep trying
to tell myself.
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But let's face it,
we're geeks.
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I don't think that's true.
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And even if it were,
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being a geek
doesn't make a parent unfit.
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No, no, it makes
a kid unfit.
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Follow me around for a day,
see my life.
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And you believe
that moving to California's
going to make it different?
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I don't know.
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But in Rome, Wisconsin,
I will always be
son of Frogman.
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Three years ago,
I shot a policeman.
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To all the kids
in this town,
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I'm the crazy loon
who put on a frog mask
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and shot Kenny Lacos.
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If I move to California,
I might get a fresh start.
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I might have a chance.
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[Littleton] I, uh...
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I have no more questions.
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‐Do you love your dad?
‐Yes.
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[Douglas] Has he
ever mistreated you?
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No.
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Do you think he's crazy?
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Milton?
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He's strange.
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Every night he comes
to my room and
he sings that song.
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Every night.
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I can't go to sleep
until he belts out...
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♪ Be a frog ♪
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He's a good father,
isn't he?
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He's a good person.
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But people laugh at him.
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And they're laughing at me.
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Matthew.
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I'm very sorry that
I had to hit you today.
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But what you did
was very dangerous
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and very wrong.
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And I think you know that.
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Matthew?
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Go to hell.
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♪ Ma, she wants to marry me ♪
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♪ Be my honey bee ♪
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♪ Oh, every minute
She gets bolder ♪
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♪ Now she's resting
On my shoulder ♪
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♪ Ma, she's kissing me ♪
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♪ Oh, Ma
She's making eyes at me ♪
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♪ Ma, she's always nice to me ♪
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♪ Ma, she's... ♪
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[switches off music]
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Oh, you're back.
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Yes, we are.
On this planet.
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It's okay.
When I get depressed
I like to sing.
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That's... That's all.
I was just feeling
a little depressed.
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Look, I refuse to engage
in incriminations.
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Mr. Lebeck.
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We will have to tailor
your testimony
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to make you look
as sane as possible.
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We have to explain the frogs,
the funny costumes.
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We have to show
all this eccentricity,
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‐it isn't the real you.
‐[Peter] It is the real me.
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Look, I don't understand
why I have to appear
like everybody else
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just to be deemed
a fit parent.
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Because this is America.
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We're a big melting pot.
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And if you're
different enough,
you get melted.
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[sighs]
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Look, Miss Brock...
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Please.
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Look, do I strike you
as an unfit parent?
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Um, I'm not sure.
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Well... Well, let me put it
this way then.
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Suppose... Suppose I were
to take care of your brothers
for a little while,
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I mean, would that...
would that worry you?
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Yes.
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You wanna talk about it?
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What is there
to talk about?
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You're human.
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You were terrified.
It's okay.
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It's not okay, Jimmy.
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I hit him. I hit him
as hard as I could.
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I hit him with everything
that I could.
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He almost killed Zack.
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What parent
wouldn't have snapped?
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You.
250
00:14:38,836 --> 00:14:41,005
I make drapes
for a living.
251
00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:43,091
You know, custom drapes.
I do a wide variety.
252
00:14:43,091 --> 00:14:46,260
I actually supply
the Hotel Six chain.
253
00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:49,055
Though I'm told
they use them
for bedspreads.
254
00:14:49,055 --> 00:14:52,183
Look, try not
to digress, Mr. Lebeck.
255
00:14:52,183 --> 00:14:54,435
‐You work out of your home?
‐Yes.
256
00:14:54,435 --> 00:14:56,521
Well, that is to say
I do the designing
in my home.
257
00:14:56,521 --> 00:14:59,649
The actual manufacturing
of the drapes is done
in Kuala Lumpur.
258
00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:02,902
It was on a visit to there
that I first developed
my keen interest in frogs.
259
00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:06,864
‐I'm not interested
in your frogs.
‐[Judge] I am.
260
00:15:06,864 --> 00:15:09,492
Are they really
all over your house?
261
00:15:09,492 --> 00:15:11,244
They're only
in designated areas.
262
00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:12,912
I mean,
what's wrong with that?
263
00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:15,748
I mean, people raise
cattle. Pigeons.
264
00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:19,127
Some people have tropical fish.
I, personally, like frogs.
265
00:15:19,127 --> 00:15:22,672
And that doesn't
disqualify me, though,
from also raising a son.
266
00:15:22,672 --> 00:15:24,257
Yes, but people
who raise pigeons
267
00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:26,300
don't usually
dress up as them.
268
00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:29,220
Look, I've already explained.
That was part of
a political protest.
269
00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:32,515
[chuckling] If I walked
into a lumberyard
dressed as a spotted owl,
270
00:15:32,515 --> 00:15:34,600
‐would you think
that's strange?
‐[Judge] Yes.
271
00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,270
That would be strange,
Mr. Lebeck.
272
00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:39,897
Loving animals is one thing.
273
00:15:39,897 --> 00:15:42,984
Pretending to be the animal
is quite another.
274
00:15:42,984 --> 00:15:44,735
And your objections aside,
275
00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:46,988
it isn't normal to have
a house full of amphibians.
276
00:15:46,988 --> 00:15:48,906
Look, I haven't
broken any laws,
277
00:15:48,906 --> 00:15:50,491
except for
the disorderly conduct.
278
00:15:50,491 --> 00:15:52,660
I'm there for him
every day.
279
00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:55,204
I'm a full‐time father,
Your Honor.
280
00:15:55,204 --> 00:15:57,790
He's healthy.
He's very well‐educated.
281
00:15:57,790 --> 00:16:00,501
And you can tell
from his testimony
that he feels loved.
282
00:16:00,501 --> 00:16:02,211
I could also tell
that he wants out.
283
00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:03,713
He's a teenager, though,
Your Honor.
284
00:16:03,713 --> 00:16:06,048
Every teenager wants out
at some point.
285
00:16:06,048 --> 00:16:08,301
He's my son.
He belongs with me.
286
00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:10,178
You can't deny
287
00:16:10,178 --> 00:16:14,473
that your son has had
some social problems.
288
00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:16,601
Two years ago,
he shot a police officer.
289
00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:17,602
[Peter] I know that.
290
00:16:18,895 --> 00:16:20,146
And that was very tragic.
291
00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:25,359
But what parent
hasn't gone through
292
00:16:25,359 --> 00:16:27,403
some kinda crisis
with their kid?
293
00:16:27,403 --> 00:16:29,614
Any time you want me
to jump in, Judge.
294
00:16:29,614 --> 00:16:32,408
‐I don't.
‐Look, if I loved cats,
or dogs,
295
00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:33,951
or birds,
or something like that,
296
00:16:34,368 --> 00:16:36,078
you people wouldn't
be looking at me sideways.
297
00:16:36,078 --> 00:16:38,873
But who could love
stupid frog?
298
00:16:38,873 --> 00:16:41,125
I mean, that's the center
of this whole attack.
299
00:16:41,125 --> 00:16:43,628
I mean, they're green,
slimy, ugly little things.
300
00:16:43,628 --> 00:16:46,756
I mean, how could
anybody like them
unless they're nuts.
301
00:16:47,924 --> 00:16:49,550
You people
are frog bigots.
302
00:16:50,885 --> 00:16:53,221
What about the song?
303
00:16:53,221 --> 00:16:55,640
Do you really go
into his room every night
304
00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,516
and make him sing it?
305
00:16:57,850 --> 00:17:00,603
Your Honor,
that song is a ballad
about resilience.
306
00:17:00,603 --> 00:17:02,647
It's about courage
and character.
307
00:17:02,647 --> 00:17:04,607
Those are legitimate values
308
00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:07,276
for a father to wanna
pass along to his son.
309
00:17:07,276 --> 00:17:09,445
You don't need
to burst into a song
to teach values.
310
00:17:09,445 --> 00:17:12,490
But there's great power
in songs.
311
00:17:12,490 --> 00:17:16,327
Your Honor,
music resonates from
deep inside us.
312
00:17:16,327 --> 00:17:18,162
And if I choose music
as a way of communicating
313
00:17:18,162 --> 00:17:20,206
with my child,
that's my right.
314
00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:23,626
I mean, no judge has
any business intervening.
315
00:17:23,626 --> 00:17:25,670
Uh‐huh, well,
since you're so proud
of this method,
316
00:17:25,670 --> 00:17:27,922
I'd like a sample.
317
00:17:27,922 --> 00:17:29,674
‐What?
‐The song.
I'd like to hear it.
318
00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:32,969
‐Objection.
‐I'm willing to concede
that this singing
319
00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:35,805
maybe it isn't as crazy
as it sounds.
320
00:17:35,805 --> 00:17:37,682
But I need to hear it
before I can decide.
321
00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:39,559
Oh, you don't want
to hear it, Judge.
322
00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:42,019
Yes, Mr. Wambaugh, I do.
323
00:17:42,019 --> 00:17:45,106
I'm not afraid.
I'll sing it proudly.
324
00:17:45,106 --> 00:17:47,316
[Judge] We'll adjourn
till tomorrow.
325
00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:49,652
Then we'll hear
"Be a Frog."
326
00:17:50,778 --> 00:17:52,280
That's all.
327
00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,073
I will.
328
00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:55,491
I'll sing it proudly.
329
00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:05,668
[clears throat]
330
00:18:05,668 --> 00:18:07,503
When's he coming home?
331
00:18:07,503 --> 00:18:09,297
Tomorrow.
332
00:18:09,547 --> 00:18:11,299
They're just
keeping him overnight
for observation.
333
00:18:16,012 --> 00:18:17,138
Can I be excused?
334
00:18:19,849 --> 00:18:20,975
[sighs]
335
00:18:26,188 --> 00:18:27,273
Yes.
336
00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,195
Me, too?
337
00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,074
‐Mm‐hmm.
‐Kimberly.
338
00:18:39,201 --> 00:18:40,453
Are you punishing me?
339
00:18:42,038 --> 00:18:43,247
I just want
to go to my room.
340
00:18:55,051 --> 00:18:56,719
‐Jill, don't‐‐
‐Please don't talk to me.
341
00:18:56,719 --> 00:18:58,179
Please don't talk to me.
342
00:18:58,179 --> 00:19:00,181
I don't want to talk
right now.
343
00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:15,613
[playful music playing on tape]
344
00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:25,623
‐[sighs]
‐[switches off tape]
345
00:19:25,623 --> 00:19:27,667
What are you doing?
346
00:19:27,958 --> 00:19:29,919
You nicked the costume,
so I thought I'd throw
a little movement in.
347
00:19:29,919 --> 00:19:32,171
You know, to keep me
from getting stagnant.
348
00:19:34,256 --> 00:19:36,509
What?
349
00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:38,260
You're trying
to self‐destruct.
350
00:19:38,469 --> 00:19:39,887
What are you talking about?
The Judge asked me to sing...
351
00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:41,972
You baited him
to make him ask.
352
00:19:41,972 --> 00:19:43,641
What the hell
is wrong with you?
353
00:19:43,641 --> 00:19:45,559
You want everybody
to think you're crazy?
354
00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:47,812
‐Listen, I told you
not to talk to me‐‐
‐Well, I don't care!
355
00:19:47,812 --> 00:19:49,397
Damn it!
356
00:19:49,397 --> 00:19:53,109
You can lose your son,
you idiot!
357
00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:57,655
All right, all right.
I... I know what you're
trying to do.
358
00:19:57,655 --> 00:20:02,451
You're so afraid that
people are laughing at you,
you go for their laughs,
359
00:20:02,451 --> 00:20:04,161
so maybe you can think that
they're laughing with you.
360
00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:05,996
Well, they're not, Peter.
361
00:20:05,996 --> 00:20:07,665
They are laughing at you.
362
00:20:07,790 --> 00:20:11,127
And it can cost you your child
if you don't smarten up.
363
00:20:11,127 --> 00:20:12,837
Well, should I not sing?
364
00:20:12,837 --> 00:20:14,171
Well, you have to now.
365
00:20:14,463 --> 00:20:15,423
Well, you want me to go
low‐key with it?
366
00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,133
I can go low‐key.
367
00:20:17,299 --> 00:20:19,301
[Douglas] No, you say that
there's power in your song
368
00:20:19,301 --> 00:20:21,595
that the Judge has to see
what you're talking about.
369
00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:23,931
If you have to sing,
370
00:20:25,141 --> 00:20:26,308
then sing.
371
00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:30,020
Damn it!
372
00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:32,440
Do you know this country
is the only one
373
00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,234
that considers spanking
to be barbaric?
374
00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:38,028
And do you know
what country has
the worst trouble
375
00:20:38,028 --> 00:20:40,823
with teenage violence?
This one.
376
00:20:40,823 --> 00:20:43,951
It seems a little
oversimplified.
377
00:20:43,951 --> 00:20:46,120
Look, Jill,
how you want me
to play it?
378
00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,664
Chastise you.
I can give you that.
379
00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:51,167
Or I can
give you absolution.
380
00:20:51,167 --> 00:20:53,836
I can be as flexible
as a Congregationalist.
381
00:20:53,836 --> 00:20:56,380
Do you think this is funny?
382
00:20:56,380 --> 00:20:59,592
I hit my kid.
383
00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:03,804
No, I don't think
it's funny.
384
00:21:03,804 --> 00:21:06,515
I know how parents
beat themselves up
over this.
385
00:21:08,809 --> 00:21:12,021
According to the Bible,
you're supposed to use a rod.
386
00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:15,232
Do you know how many times
in the book of Proverbs alone,
387
00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:18,444
it endorses
beating your child?
388
00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:20,237
I should sell paddles
in the lobby.
389
00:21:23,407 --> 00:21:24,742
[sighs]
390
00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:27,244
My mother hit me.
391
00:21:29,705 --> 00:21:31,040
Only once.
392
00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:36,378
I promised myself
I would never hit my kids.
393
00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:41,008
She was terrified.
394
00:21:42,468 --> 00:21:44,428
She snapped
because she was afraid,
395
00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:45,638
and you know that,
Matthew.
396
00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:47,431
Okay. Got it.
397
00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,061
‐Hey, you also gotta know
how wrong you were...
‐[video game beeping]
398
00:21:52,061 --> 00:21:54,063
...to even start the car.
399
00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:56,232
I almost killed Zack.
400
00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:57,608
I know I was wrong.
401
00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:02,530
You know how scared I was?
402
00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:04,490
Only Kim came by
to check on me
403
00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:05,741
to see if I was okay.
404
00:22:07,284 --> 00:22:08,661
Mom just hit me.
405
00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:14,583
Okay.
406
00:22:16,877 --> 00:22:18,003
[sighs]
407
00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:20,381
Mistakes were made.
408
00:22:22,132 --> 00:22:24,009
We all learn.
Let's get by it, okay?
409
00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:29,098
[playful music playing]
410
00:22:29,098 --> 00:22:31,141
[Judge] I never
authorized a choir.
411
00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:35,521
It's a surprise
to me too, Judge.
412
00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:37,022
Your Honor, this is
just for effect.
413
00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:38,816
I sing with these people
at church.
414
00:22:38,816 --> 00:22:41,318
They're here just, you know,
to add a little balance.
415
00:22:41,318 --> 00:22:43,445
Do you object
to the choir,
Mr. Littleton?
416
00:22:43,445 --> 00:22:45,865
Uh, no. No.
417
00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:49,326
All right, Mr. Lebeck.
Please proceed.
418
00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:52,580
♪ Green legs sleeping ♪
419
00:22:52,580 --> 00:22:54,582
♪ Amphibial reaping ♪
420
00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:57,668
♪ Life still ♪
421
00:22:59,461 --> 00:23:01,422
♪ It's in keeping ♪
422
00:23:01,422 --> 00:23:04,758
♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
423
00:23:04,758 --> 00:23:08,053
♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
424
00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:11,432
♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
425
00:23:11,432 --> 00:23:15,686
♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
426
00:23:15,686 --> 00:23:17,354
♪ Any princesses prohibits ♪
427
00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:19,315
[sighs]
428
00:23:19,315 --> 00:23:21,025
♪ You just hop
And go jump with it ♪
429
00:23:21,025 --> 00:23:22,902
♪ Be a frog ♪
430
00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:25,446
♪ Get back up off the ground
And be a frog ♪
431
00:23:25,446 --> 00:23:28,741
♪ Get back up off the ground
And be a frog ♪
432
00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:32,119
♪ Hits the dirt
Throws his legs ♪
433
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,705
♪ Get back up off the ground
And be a frog ♪
434
00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:38,083
♪ You can leap
You can swim ♪
435
00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:41,462
♪ In a pond somewhere
With him ♪
436
00:23:41,462 --> 00:23:44,423
♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
437
00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:50,387
♪ Be a frog ♪
438
00:23:50,387 --> 00:23:53,140
♪ Be a frog
Be a frog ♪
439
00:23:54,058 --> 00:23:56,560
♪ Be a ♪
440
00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:02,399
♪ Be a frog ♪
441
00:24:02,399 --> 00:24:03,442
Yeah!
442
00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,330
Pretty cool, huh?
443
00:24:21,377 --> 00:24:23,128
I'm sorry.
444
00:24:23,128 --> 00:24:24,838
I know.
445
00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:27,257
Next time
you play goalie.
446
00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:31,929
Are you...
447
00:24:34,765 --> 00:24:36,058
Are you really okay?
448
00:24:37,685 --> 00:24:39,979
Yeah. It doesn't
even hurt anymore.
449
00:24:42,564 --> 00:24:43,565
It doesn't?
450
00:24:44,692 --> 00:24:45,651
Mm‐mm.
451
00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:48,445
But I'm gonna fake a little.
452
00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:51,156
Try to miss some school.
453
00:24:53,367 --> 00:24:54,493
Okay.
454
00:25:07,256 --> 00:25:08,757
Everybody, sorry I'm late.
455
00:25:09,967 --> 00:25:11,760
Look, I just thought...
456
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,263
[sighs]
457
00:25:14,263 --> 00:25:16,015
We have got to be able
to figure this thing out.
458
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:17,725
Now, if we just
put our heads together,
I'm sure that we‐‐
459
00:25:17,725 --> 00:25:19,601
Why would you think that?
460
00:25:19,893 --> 00:25:22,604
Just because
people love each other,
they can live together?
461
00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:25,232
If that were true,
would the divorce rate
be so high?
462
00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:26,942
How did he get so smart?
463
00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:29,111
I read to him
every night.
464
00:25:29,111 --> 00:25:32,197
Mr. Lebeck, I sense that
a lot of Milton's problems
465
00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:35,826
come from living
in this town.
466
00:25:35,826 --> 00:25:37,995
I don't know.
Maybe if you moved...
467
00:25:37,995 --> 00:25:40,164
Oh, yeah.
Yes, I would.
468
00:25:40,164 --> 00:25:43,167
‐In a second. I mean‐‐
‐[Milton] I don't get it.
469
00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:46,712
You're my lawyer.
Please, get this.
470
00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:49,423
I have social problems.
471
00:25:49,423 --> 00:25:50,966
The guidance counselors
tell me this.
472
00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:53,552
The psychiatrists
tell me this.
473
00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:56,472
My classmates,
they give me
the message too.
474
00:25:56,472 --> 00:25:58,932
Those problems come
from living with him.
475
00:26:01,602 --> 00:26:04,229
Dad, you are
an odd person.
476
00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:05,647
And if I am raised by you,
477
00:26:05,981 --> 00:26:08,400
I, too, will grow up
to be an odd person.
478
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,360
I do not want this.
479
00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:13,113
I love you.
I will love you forever.
480
00:26:13,113 --> 00:26:16,158
But I do not want
to be raised
in this environment.
481
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:19,036
Are you really only 13?
482
00:26:19,953 --> 00:26:21,246
He's very smart.
483
00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:25,667
Yeah. That's my boy.
484
00:26:30,547 --> 00:26:32,007
[knocking on door]
485
00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:53,278
Look, you know that
I don't believe in
spanking or hitting.
486
00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:54,613
Except when it comes to me.
487
00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,242
That's not fair, Matthew.
I never before...
488
00:26:58,242 --> 00:27:00,077
When I walked out
into the street...
489
00:27:00,077 --> 00:27:02,287
You hit me then, too.
490
00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:04,289
‐What?
‐Grove Street.
491
00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:10,796
You weren't even
three years old.
492
00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:11,839
You hit me.
493
00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:20,389
Well, Matthew,
494
00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:25,185
that time,
just like this time,
I acted out of fear.
495
00:27:25,185 --> 00:27:28,856
You walked right out
in the middle of the street.
496
00:27:28,856 --> 00:27:31,984
And when Zack got hurt,
I was so terrified.
497
00:27:34,361 --> 00:27:35,404
Well, I...
498
00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:38,949
I lost myself.
499
00:27:38,949 --> 00:27:41,910
But you never lose yourself
with anybody else.
500
00:27:41,910 --> 00:27:43,829
You'd never hit Zack.
501
00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:47,207
If he drove that car,
you wouldn't beat him.
502
00:27:47,207 --> 00:27:48,584
You know it.
503
00:27:48,584 --> 00:27:50,252
I don't know that.
504
00:27:50,252 --> 00:27:53,380
I made a mistake
and you hit me.
505
00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:56,216
Zack went to the bathroom
on kids, on purpose.
506
00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:58,427
He pissed
on the black students.
507
00:27:58,427 --> 00:28:00,679
Did you hit him?
508
00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:02,598
You love him
more than you love me.
509
00:28:02,598 --> 00:28:05,559
‐Why don't you just admit it?
‐What did you say?
510
00:28:05,559 --> 00:28:09,271
Every time you talk to Grandpa,
you talk about Kim.
511
00:28:09,271 --> 00:28:12,149
Then you skip over me with,
"Matthew's fine."
512
00:28:12,149 --> 00:28:14,651
Then go on about Zack.
Zack this, Zack that.
513
00:28:14,651 --> 00:28:16,069
"I think he's advanced.
514
00:28:16,069 --> 00:28:18,155
Matthew? Oh, he's fine.
515
00:28:18,155 --> 00:28:19,990
Let me tell you about Zack."
516
00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:21,491
You don't think
I hear that?
517
00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:24,036
Matthew, I'm just
as proud of you...
518
00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:26,455
That's a lie!
519
00:28:26,455 --> 00:28:28,457
You go to Zack's
trombone recitals.
520
00:28:28,457 --> 00:28:30,751
All his hockey games.
521
00:28:30,751 --> 00:28:33,545
Mine you see the end
and give me a ride home.
522
00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:35,297
He plays on Saturdays,
523
00:28:35,464 --> 00:28:38,425
‐and your games
are on weeknights...
‐Good excuse.
524
00:28:38,425 --> 00:28:41,136
You always got 'em.
525
00:28:41,136 --> 00:28:45,265
If I didn't get in trouble,
we'd never see each other.
526
00:28:45,265 --> 00:28:47,643
When's the last time
you were in this room
527
00:28:47,643 --> 00:28:50,729
other than to tell me
I did something wrong?
528
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:53,357
You used to come up here
all the time.
529
00:28:53,357 --> 00:28:56,693
We played Parcheesi or UNO.
530
00:28:56,693 --> 00:28:59,780
Now you just come up
only when I screw up.
531
00:28:59,780 --> 00:29:01,823
Maybe I should
drive the car more often.
532
00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:03,867
We could get
to know each other.
533
00:29:03,867 --> 00:29:07,120
Matthew, how can you
possibly say that to me?
534
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,957
Because I hate you.
You got a problem
with that? Hit me.
535
00:29:17,714 --> 00:29:20,258
I have a fever
and I ache all over.
536
00:29:20,258 --> 00:29:22,427
The thermometer said
no fever.
537
00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:24,346
‐School.
‐The fever's in my leg.
538
00:29:24,346 --> 00:29:27,349
‐Mm‐hmm.
‐It's infected.
539
00:29:27,349 --> 00:29:28,976
Kim will take you.
540
00:29:28,976 --> 00:29:30,811
She doesn't have
to go to school.
541
00:29:30,811 --> 00:29:32,604
No. Kim has to
go to court.
542
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:34,314
‐Where's Matthew?
‐[footsteps descending]
543
00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:36,566
Let's go.
544
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:38,568
[Kimberly] Hey!
545
00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:40,737
Come on.
546
00:29:46,827 --> 00:29:48,912
‐Let him get through this.
‐Shut up, Jimmy.
Just shut up.
547
00:29:48,912 --> 00:29:50,080
Can you do that?
548
00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:53,458
I didn't deserve that.
549
00:29:54,501 --> 00:29:55,627
Jimmy...
550
00:29:57,462 --> 00:30:01,049
He thinks
that I love him less.
551
00:30:01,049 --> 00:30:03,593
He remembers
that I spanked him
when he was a baby.
552
00:30:03,593 --> 00:30:05,262
He remembers it
like it was yesterday.
553
00:30:06,888 --> 00:30:10,642
He has kept track
of hockey game attendance.
554
00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:13,228
And of phone conversations.
555
00:30:13,228 --> 00:30:15,814
And he's been carrying that
around with him for...
556
00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,065
Who knows how long?
557
00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:20,652
That I love him less.
558
00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:26,533
Do you know what's that like?
To hear that coming out
of your son?
559
00:30:27,868 --> 00:30:29,077
Have you ever hear that?
560
00:30:30,871 --> 00:30:34,416
‐No.
‐Well, I have.
561
00:30:34,416 --> 00:30:36,418
And until a child of yours
looks you in the face
562
00:30:36,418 --> 00:30:38,045
and tells you
that he hates you,
563
00:30:39,546 --> 00:30:41,631
don't tell me how to feel.
564
00:30:41,631 --> 00:30:45,343
Okay? Because you don't know.
565
00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:48,388
What I'm trying to say is
that it will pass.
He's just...
566
00:30:48,388 --> 00:30:50,223
Stop saying that, Jimmy.
567
00:30:50,223 --> 00:30:53,602
It's not gonna pass.
Don't you see?
568
00:30:53,602 --> 00:30:55,562
They're getting older
and they're...
569
00:30:55,562 --> 00:30:58,690
I'm losing control of them.
They see that.
570
00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:01,026
They see how weak I am.
571
00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:04,446
I'm... I'm just guessing.
They know that.
572
00:31:04,446 --> 00:31:06,490
I don't know how
to be a parent.
573
00:31:06,490 --> 00:31:09,117
They know that I don't know
how to be a parent.
574
00:31:09,117 --> 00:31:10,869
And that's why
I'm losing them.
575
00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:12,537
They go to Kimberly,
not to me.
576
00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:15,123
I'm losing them.
577
00:31:15,123 --> 00:31:17,375
Jill, they are your children.
578
00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:20,295
Oh, Jimmy, do you think
that's some kinda guarantee?
579
00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:23,423
Matthew hates me.
580
00:31:23,423 --> 00:31:25,509
He didn't just say that.
581
00:31:25,509 --> 00:31:26,927
I could tell that he...
582
00:31:31,264 --> 00:31:33,141
I'm his mother,
for God's sake.
583
00:31:35,602 --> 00:31:36,978
I'm his mother.
584
00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:44,945
When you assigned me
to this case,
585
00:31:44,945 --> 00:31:48,782
I thought,
"This is ridiculous.
586
00:31:48,782 --> 00:31:51,368
His father's
a little strange.
So what?
587
00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:52,911
I mean, kid doesn't want
to live home,
588
00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:56,248
so he goes to court
for freedom? That's silly."
589
00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:58,250
But then we all
heard him testify.
590
00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:03,255
Now, Milton Lebeck is
an intelligent young man
591
00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:08,009
with probably
a profound ability
to assess his future.
592
00:32:08,009 --> 00:32:11,596
He clearly recognizes
how he's been ostracized
by this community.
593
00:32:11,596 --> 00:32:15,600
He knows
the big stigma facing him
for having shot Kenny Lacos.
594
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,562
Now, wanting a fresh start
in a new place...
595
00:32:18,562 --> 00:32:20,772
That's not just
a reasonable decision.
596
00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:22,858
That may be
the only decision
for this boy.
597
00:32:24,734 --> 00:32:26,945
Now, whether a better life
waits for him in California,
598
00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:29,698
we don't know.
But it is a new chance.
599
00:32:29,698 --> 00:32:32,325
And Milton Lebeck's life...
600
00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:34,828
Well, at some point
his life does belong
to him.
601
00:32:36,037 --> 00:32:38,123
He's only 13 years old.
602
00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:40,667
A federal court
previously held
603
00:32:40,667 --> 00:32:44,713
that a 12‐year‐old boy
did not have to return
to Russia with his parents.
604
00:32:44,713 --> 00:32:46,464
In so doing,
they recognized
605
00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:48,508
that under
certain circumstances,
606
00:32:48,508 --> 00:32:52,304
a minor can seize control
of his own destiny.
607
00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:55,807
And that's what Milton Lebeck
is doing here.
608
00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:59,102
Now, whether we want
to admit or not,
it makes sense.
609
00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:03,356
He's making
a reflective decision
610
00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:06,443
to leave a town
that has not
treated him fairly.
611
00:33:06,443 --> 00:33:08,278
And given the history,
it probably won't.
612
00:33:09,863 --> 00:33:12,157
He faces huge
social disadvantages here
613
00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:13,867
that he might not face
in California.
614
00:33:15,118 --> 00:33:16,453
And here's another reality.
615
00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:20,165
If a teenager,
he committed a crime
616
00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:22,250
with the same
reflective clearheadedness
617
00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:25,545
as Milton Lebeck
has demonstrated here today,
618
00:33:25,545 --> 00:33:27,631
as a District Attorney
there is no doubt
in my mind
619
00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:30,508
that I would try
that teenager as an adult.
620
00:33:30,508 --> 00:33:35,263
And in this case,
maybe we should try
Milton Lebeck as an adult.
621
00:33:35,263 --> 00:33:38,433
And recognize the maturity
of his position.
622
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:41,478
And also recognize
that it is his life.
623
00:33:44,397 --> 00:33:45,565
[sighs]
624
00:33:54,783 --> 00:33:59,329
Um, Your Honor,
Mr. Wambaugh asked
if I would so the closing.
625
00:33:59,329 --> 00:34:01,873
Probably because
I'm a teenager and, well...
626
00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:03,500
You might better
manipulate me?
627
00:34:04,334 --> 00:34:06,169
Exactly.
628
00:34:06,169 --> 00:34:07,712
So, it is okay
if I do the summation?
629
00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:09,381
I know it's not
regular procedure.
630
00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:11,758
Miss Brock...
631
00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:16,471
[clears throat]
632
00:34:16,471 --> 00:34:18,974
This case started
with a man in a frog suit.
633
00:34:18,974 --> 00:34:21,142
We just had a choir
in the jury box.
634
00:34:23,144 --> 00:34:25,188
Do I seem like a stickler
for procedure?
635
00:34:26,481 --> 00:34:28,566
Hmm? I'll hear you.
636
00:34:29,734 --> 00:34:32,028
Thank you.
637
00:34:32,028 --> 00:34:35,282
I don't doubt Milton Lebeck
is a smart kid.
638
00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:38,285
But he is a kid.
639
00:34:38,285 --> 00:34:42,706
And I won't pretend to know
what is best for his life.
640
00:34:42,706 --> 00:34:46,167
He may be better off
in California.
But I promise you,
641
00:34:46,167 --> 00:34:49,671
if there isn't a better
alternative to home
for every teenager,
642
00:34:49,671 --> 00:34:51,256
every teenager
at least thinks so.
643
00:34:53,842 --> 00:34:56,386
I've wanted to leave home
many times myself.
644
00:34:56,386 --> 00:34:58,263
My brother, Matthew,
645
00:34:58,263 --> 00:35:00,181
is probably thinking of it
as we speak.
646
00:35:02,309 --> 00:35:05,812
But the reasons
kids don't leave home
647
00:35:05,812 --> 00:35:09,983
is because you just don't.
648
00:35:09,983 --> 00:35:13,737
We're not raised to think
that fleeing your family
is an option.
649
00:35:13,737 --> 00:35:16,031
And, Your Honor,
do you really want
to change that?
650
00:35:16,031 --> 00:35:17,657
Because if you do...
651
00:35:17,657 --> 00:35:19,868
If the courts make it easier
for teenagers
652
00:35:19,868 --> 00:35:21,828
to leave their parents,
more will.
653
00:35:23,371 --> 00:35:25,874
It's that simple.
654
00:35:25,874 --> 00:35:30,128
I agree. And it's not a door
I want to open up, believe me.
655
00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:34,382
But this case isn't about
selecting the best policy.
656
00:35:34,382 --> 00:35:37,052
It's about Milton Lebeck.
657
00:35:37,052 --> 00:35:39,846
His best interest.
658
00:35:39,846 --> 00:35:42,724
In this particular situation,
he may be better off
in California.
659
00:35:44,601 --> 00:35:46,478
There's always
someplace better.
660
00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:48,813
And there's always
something to leave over.
661
00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:50,565
Come by my house.
662
00:35:50,565 --> 00:35:53,360
But family is family.
663
00:35:56,529 --> 00:35:57,947
You don't leave family.
664
00:36:05,205 --> 00:36:06,414
Thank you.
665
00:36:18,093 --> 00:36:19,427
[sighs]
666
00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:28,436
Principal called
and said you left school.
667
00:36:30,063 --> 00:36:31,898
And now you're here.
668
00:36:31,898 --> 00:36:33,191
I must be in trouble.
669
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:56,005
Matthew.
670
00:36:56,005 --> 00:36:58,133
I've been thinking a lot
about what you said.
671
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,096
And I am guilty
about some things.
672
00:37:06,307 --> 00:37:10,395
I do mother Zack
more than I do you.
673
00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:13,440
I go to all of his games,
I go to all of
his school activities.
674
00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:19,237
The truth is,
I... I still feel the need
675
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:21,865
to protect him.
He's small.
676
00:37:21,865 --> 00:37:23,074
He's fragile.
677
00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:27,412
I think of you as stronger.
678
00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:34,586
But one thing
I'm not guilty of.
679
00:37:38,381 --> 00:37:40,008
Is loving him more.
680
00:37:46,347 --> 00:37:47,682
Matthew, I love you
681
00:37:49,309 --> 00:37:53,563
as deeply as I could
ever love any person.
682
00:37:57,233 --> 00:37:58,401
[sighs]
683
00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:03,406
I'm not perfect.
684
00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:07,285
Although it's always
been a goal.
685
00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:08,745
[sniffling]
686
00:38:12,081 --> 00:38:13,374
I'm not.
687
00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:16,878
I fail.
688
00:38:21,216 --> 00:38:24,219
And one of the things
that I think I fail about
the most,
689
00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:26,262
and maybe Daddy too,
690
00:38:26,262 --> 00:38:28,515
it's keeping
this family connected.
691
00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:33,019
We have to talk more.
692
00:38:35,605 --> 00:38:38,441
Because if you could think
for one single second
693
00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:46,324
that I don't love you
from all of my heart...
694
00:38:51,287 --> 00:38:53,706
I promise you that
I'm gonna try harder, okay?
695
00:38:58,044 --> 00:38:59,128
Okay.
696
00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:20,275
[bailiff] Be seated.
697
00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:31,828
The law says
that children
698
00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:34,581
do not get to choose
where they wanna live.
699
00:39:36,165 --> 00:39:38,877
Unless the parent is unfit,
700
00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:40,920
the child simply
has no say.
701
00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:47,343
To be honest,
I do have concerns here.
702
00:39:47,343 --> 00:39:51,139
The frog suit,
the frog singing,
703
00:39:51,139 --> 00:39:53,182
the frogs...
704
00:39:53,182 --> 00:39:54,976
It borders on the abhorrent.
705
00:39:56,686 --> 00:39:59,355
Milton, last year,
committed a violent crime.
706
00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:03,902
So, things certainly
aren't Norman Rockwell
in that household.
707
00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:09,908
But if you peer
inside the walls
of any household,
708
00:40:09,908 --> 00:40:13,077
you'll rarely find
Norman Rockwell.
709
00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,872
I can think of
no greater institution
in this country
710
00:40:16,706 --> 00:40:18,499
than the family.
711
00:40:18,499 --> 00:40:21,210
And if I hold that
teenagers can walk out,
712
00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:23,212
just because
they're not happy,
713
00:40:23,212 --> 00:40:25,965
I weaken that institution.
714
00:40:25,965 --> 00:40:29,510
Well, I won't do that.
715
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:32,388
If there's abuse
or insanity,
716
00:40:32,388 --> 00:40:35,850
certainly, a court
should step in.
717
00:40:35,850 --> 00:40:40,813
But otherwise,
a judge has no business
718
00:40:40,813 --> 00:40:42,315
coming between
parent and child.
719
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:46,653
Plaintiff's petition denied.
720
00:40:46,653 --> 00:40:47,779
[gavel bangs]
721
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,492
Hold on.
I'm not finished.
722
00:40:58,414 --> 00:40:59,499
Um...
723
00:41:05,505 --> 00:41:06,589
I have a son.
724
00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:10,843
I haven't seen him
in 26 years.
725
00:41:13,721 --> 00:41:15,390
I know he's still alive.
726
00:41:17,183 --> 00:41:19,185
'Cause now and then
I run into people
727
00:41:20,353 --> 00:41:21,562
who talk to him.
728
00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:27,068
I... I love him.
729
00:41:29,904 --> 00:41:32,907
And I don't doubt
that he loves me.
730
00:41:34,617 --> 00:41:38,287
But it isn't always enough
731
00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:40,873
that you love each other.
732
00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:43,876
You...
733
00:41:46,129 --> 00:41:47,422
It isn't always enough.
734
00:41:49,007 --> 00:41:50,091
Milton...
735
00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:53,761
He's your father.
736
00:41:53,761 --> 00:41:55,722
I'm ordering you
to be his son.
737
00:41:57,598 --> 00:41:59,851
I'm enjoining you
738
00:41:59,851 --> 00:42:03,438
from hiding
behind the costume
and that stupid song.
739
00:42:05,064 --> 00:42:06,399
Talk to him.
740
00:42:08,151 --> 00:42:09,318
You see,
741
00:42:10,778 --> 00:42:12,071
as a judge,
742
00:42:13,489 --> 00:42:15,450
I get enforcement powers
743
00:42:17,285 --> 00:42:20,038
that weren't available to me
as a parent.
744
00:42:22,081 --> 00:42:25,001
If I've overstepped
my judicial authority...
745
00:42:26,711 --> 00:42:27,837
Good.
746
00:42:31,299 --> 00:42:32,383
Case closed.
747
00:42:33,801 --> 00:42:37,722
Everybody, go home.
748
00:42:51,027 --> 00:42:54,072
Okay, closing argument.
749
00:42:54,072 --> 00:42:56,240
I suppose you're gonna
skip college,
750
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,659
go right into
law school now.
751
00:42:58,659 --> 00:43:00,703
You can represent me.
752
00:43:00,703 --> 00:43:03,915
I wanna sue the State
and the City of Rome, too.
753
00:43:03,915 --> 00:43:06,125
For what?
Your broken leg?
754
00:43:06,125 --> 00:43:09,253
Negligence.
Pain and suffering.
755
00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:11,380
Emotional distress.
756
00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:13,883
[laughing] You broke your leg
in our driveway.
757
00:43:13,883 --> 00:43:16,552
How... How can
you sue the State?
758
00:43:16,552 --> 00:43:18,638
They got insurance.
759
00:43:18,638 --> 00:43:20,598
Deep pockets.
760
00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:24,352
They'll settle out of court
for nuisance charge.
761
00:43:24,352 --> 00:43:26,187
It'll be un‐American
for me not to sue.
762
00:43:27,563 --> 00:43:29,065
[Kimberly chuckling]
763
00:43:32,485 --> 00:43:33,653
You have to follow suit.
764
00:43:35,780 --> 00:43:38,282
You little crook.
765
00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:40,368
[Zack growling]
766
00:43:40,368 --> 00:43:42,078
‐[Jill] Comin' at you.
‐[Matthew] Come on,
come on, come on.
767
00:43:42,078 --> 00:43:44,038
Oh! Nine!
768
00:43:44,038 --> 00:43:46,707
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine.
769
00:43:46,707 --> 00:43:49,418
‐There we go.
‐You're gonna be
blockaded inside.
770
00:43:49,418 --> 00:43:51,045
Okay, four.
Where am I?
771
00:43:51,045 --> 00:43:53,464
One, two, three, four.
Comin' on you.
772
00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:55,633
‐Stuck here.
‐[both chuckling]
773
00:43:57,093 --> 00:43:59,053
‐Ooh.
‐Oh, there you go.
774
00:43:59,053 --> 00:44:00,680
[indistinct conversation]
775
00:44:14,735 --> 00:44:16,863
[theme music playing]
776
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:40,636
[theme music ends]
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