You Don't Know Jack (2010) - full transcript

YOU KNOW,
SHE HAD THAT SAME LOOK

OF AGONY ON HER FACE,

JUST LIKE MOTHER.

THE SAME ONE
MOTHER HAD, YOU KNOW?

YEAH.
- YOU BORE WITNESS TO IT.

EXCRUCIATING,

AWFUL WAITING.

SHE WAS
STRUGGLING TO DIE.

YEAH, WELL,
IT'S NOT LIVING, YOU KNOW.

- NO.
- IT'S NOT BEING ALIVE.

YOU KNOW, THEY STARTED DOING
THIS IN EUROPE ALREADY,



BUT NOT HERE.

- REALLY?
- YEAH.

- HOLLAND.
- HOLLAND.

NEVER HERE.

WAY TOO PURITANICAL HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T
THINK OF THIS SOONER.

I WAS LIMITING MYSELF.

IT'LL BE YOUR OWN FIELD
OF SPECIALTY, JACK.

YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOME
BUSINESS CARDS, YOU KNOW?

WE'LL BE SWINGING
SINGLES AGAIN,

JUST LIKE WHEN
WE WERE IN OUR PRIME.

REMEMBER THOSE TWO NURSES
WE WERE DATING?

TWO NURSES?

OH, THAT WAS ME,
NOT YOU. SCRATCH THAT.



YOU KNOW, YOU COULD
GRAB A BOX, JACK.

- IT WOULDN'T HURT YOU.
- WELL, I'LL GET THE DOOR

THEN I'LL--
I'LL COME BACK OUT.

YEAH, THE BEST THING ABOUT
LIVING IN MY STORAGE ROOM--

AIN'T BAD--

IT'S A SHORT COMMUTE.

AIN'T BAD.

YOU LEFT
YOUR VARSITY JACKET,

YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S AFGHAN
AND YOUR NOSE HAIR CLIPPERS.

THAT'S THE LAST TIME I'M CLEANING UP AFTER YOU,
NEAL NICOL.

HI, JACK.

I REMEMBER HER BEING MUCH
HAPPIER AT YOUR WEDDING.

CUT.

- ANTE UP.
- YES, DEAR.

I'M IN.

OH, BY THE WAY,
NEAL, MAZEL TOV.

YOU'RE GONNA BE AN EX HERE SOON.
HOW'S IT FEEL?

LIKE LOSING 138 LBS
WITHOUT HAVING TO DIET.

OBITIATRY, STAN.
THE DOCTORING OF DEATH.

WHAT,
IN SUICIDE CLINICS?

REALLY? I'M A DOCTOR.
YOU WANT ME EXILED TO BOCA RATON?

COME ON. COME ON.
PLANNED DEATH IS GAINING ACCEPTANCE

ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WHY NOT HERE?

CAN WE, FOR CHRIST'S SAKES,
JUST PLAY CARDS, PLEASE?

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT THOSE
DECISIONS IN THE HANDS OF PATIENTS.

WELL, WHOSE HANDS ARE
WE GONNA PUT 'EM IN?

DOCTORING'S A HEALING PROFESSION.
I CAN'T EVEN--

DOCTORING'S
A DEATH PROFESSION TOO.

MEDICINE, MEDICIDE.

- CARDS, STAN?
- UH, THREE.

THAT'S 10 IN A ROW.
THAT'S 10 IN A ROW HE FOLDS.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE ALLOWED
TO BLUFF ONCE IN A WHILE.

- I DON'T BLUFF.
- THE GUY IS A STUDY IN PURE NON-FICTION.

- LET HIM ALONE.
- YEAH.

YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, JACK,
BUT MOST OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THINK YOU'RE A NUT.

REMEMBER THEY USED TO CALL YOU THE "SCREWBALL PATHOLOGIST"?

WOULD YOU SAVE ME THE SCHPILKES AND
STAY RETIRED FOR CRYING OUT LOUD?

I'M NOT RETIRED.

RETIRED MEANS ONE
IS NO LONGER OCCUPIED

WITH ONE'S PROFESSION.

I MAY BE UNEMPLOYED,
BUT I AM OCCUPIED.

- EIGHT.
- KING HIGH. IT'S YOURS.

- AND IT'S YOUR DEAL.
- I KNOW IT.

- WHAT?
- MY-- MY HANDS ARE GREASY.

- WITH WHAT?
- I HAVE PIZZA FINGERS.

- PIZZA FINGERS?
- YOU EVER HEAR OF THEM?

At the Oak Hill Care Center
in Farmington Hills

where David Rivlin,
a 38-year old quadriplegic

who's been confined here
for three years,

has asked to be taken off
of life support.

The Michigan courts have yet
to make a decision.

Mr. Rivlin, who sustained
a spinal cord injury

during a body-surfing accident
almost 20 years ago,

tried desperately
to live on his own

until the cost of live-in aides became too much for him.

The state would
only offer Rivlin--

- Yeah?
- Turn on channel 7.

NO, I'M--
I'M WATCHING SYLVESTER.

- Hurry up.
- IT'S THE ONE WHERE HE CHASES THE FROG.

- Do it now.
- WHY?

YOU SEE THIS MAN?
HE'S BEING KEPT ALIVE AGAINST HIS WISHES.

OH, YEAH.
OH, MARGO.

- MARGO.
- YEAH?

LOOK WHAT WE GOT HERE.

A VERITABLE GOLD MINE.
HERE, LOOK.

OH, EXCUSE ME.
I'M SORRY.

- THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
- IT'S A VERITABLE PLETHORA.

- LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF.
- YEAH, IT'S REAL METAL.

- THESE THINGS TOO?
- MARGO.

WHAT DOES THIS HAVE
TO DO WITH MR. RIVLIN?

- WHAT IS THAT? ALL RIGHT.
- OKAY?

- THAT'S A MOTOR.
- WHATEVER.

- WHAT ELSE?
- I THINK--

- YOU WANT THOSE BOLTS?
- LET'S TAKE THE WHOLE SHEBANG.

- OKAY. OKAY, IS THIS IT?
- I'LL GIVE YOU THE WHOLE THING FOR $15.

UH-HUH.
HOW'S ABOUT $10?

YOU KNOW, THIS IS
WHAT YOU DO IT FOR,

TO BE ABLE TO PUT YOUR STAMP ON MEDICAL HISTORY.

BE CAREFUL WHERE
YOU'RE STAMPING.

THAT SHIT'LL KILL YOU.

THANKS, NEAL.

* I'LL BE HOME
FOR CHRISTMAS... *

"GROUNDBREAKING."

"TODAY WE HAVE SOME--

WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY

IS GROUNDBREAKING.

IT WILL-- IT'S GR--"

YOU KNOW A BETTER WORD
FOR "GROUNDBREAKING"?

WHY DON'T YOU TRY
TO RELAX, JACK?

I MEAN, HE ASKED TO SEE YOU,
SO YOU COULD MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND.

- OH, FOR GOD'S SAKES.
- IT'S JUST A DEMONSTRATION.

SO I SHOULD GO IN THERE
AND NOT SAY ANYTHING, BABY?

- IS THAT BETTER?
- I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

JUST STAND THERE,
LOOK AT HIM AND DO A MIME SHOW?

HE WANTS TO UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU'RE GOING

- TO HELP HIM END HIS LIFE.
- I KNOW WHY WE'RE GOING TO SEE HIM, MARGO.

I'M ASKING IF YOU KNOW ANOTHER WORD FOR "GROUNDBREAKING."

SO I'M HEARING
DIFFERENT THINGS.

I HAVE A SOURCE THAT SAYS
THE OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR

IS GONNA INTERVENE.
- SERIOUSLY, MR. LESSENBERRY,

THEY DO NOT PAY ME
NEARLY ENOUGH MONEY

TO COMMENT
ON LOCAL POLITICS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO COMMENT ON POLITICS.

I'M ASKING YOU IF YOU'VE
HAD ANY COMMUNICATION

WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.

WE ARE A HOSPITAL.
WE PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE.

MY MERCITRON MACHINE, DAVID.

I BUILT IT
JUST FOR YOU.

YOU SEE...

WE HAVE A MONUMENTAL
OPPORTUNITY HERE, DAVID,

TO NOT ONLY...

END YOUR OWN SUFFERING

BUT TO GIVE
YOUR DEATH A MEANING.

BY PROVIDING YOUR ORGANS

TO MORE USEFUL CITIZENS,

YOU WILL BE
BENEFITTING SOCIETY...

IMMEASURABLY.

JUST SO YOU KNOW,

WE'RE GONNA OFFER THEM UP

ON A FIRST-COME-
FIRST-SERVE BASIS.

NOW...

I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU KNOW THIS,

BUT I CANNOT GIVE YOU
THE INJECTION MYSELF.

IT'S ILLEGAL.

BUT YOU CAN RELEASE
THESE SOLUTIONS

ON YOUR OWN.

THE SALINE DRIP IS GONNA

ACTIVATE THE THIOPENTAL.

THIS IS GONNA
PUT YOU TO SLEEP

AND SET OFF THIS TIMER.

YOU'LL FALL
INTO A DEEP COMA

AS THE LETHAL DOSE
OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE

STOPS YOUR HEART.

UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE
NO MOTOR SKILLS,

SO I ADDED THIS.

YOU CAN MOVE YOU HEAD
SLIGHTLY SIDE TO SIDE.

DON'T DO IT NOW,
BUT I'M GONNA PLACE THIS

BETWEEN YOUR TEETH.

PUT IT IN
AND MOVE YOUR HEAD.

VERY SIMPLE--
MOVE YOUR HEAD SIDE TO SIDE

JUST A LITTLE BIT
AND IT GOES.

THE TIME COMES, YOU JUST LET
YOUR TEETH DO ALL THE WORK.

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.

NO IT'S NOT.
- GET THAT THING OUT OF HERE NOW.

- HE'S JUST RECEIVING NEW INFORMATION...
- JACK.

...SO HE'S BOUND TO REACT.
JUST GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO CALM HIMSELF.

COULD YOU JUST GIVE HIM
A CHANCE TO CALM HIMSELF?

PLEASE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY
OF I'LL CALL SECURITY

AND HAVE YOU THROWN OUT.

- PLEASE LEAVE.
- I'M SORRY, DAVID.

I DON'T NEED
YOUR SECURITY.

- CERTAINLY DON'T NEED THAT.
- GET IT OUT OF HERE.

DAVID, I'M SORRY
FOR THIS UPSET.

DOCTOR, PLEASE.

I'M SORRY.
- AND TAKE THAT THING WITH YOU.

IT TOOK A COUPLE MORE MONTHS,

BUT THE DOCTORS FINALLY DID ALLOW
HIM TO BE TAKEN OFF OF LIFE SUPPORT.

AND WHAT
A BRUTAL WAY HE WENT.

- BRUTAL?
- BRUTAL. THINK ABOUT IT.

IS IT REALLY ANY DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT THE GERMANS DID

- IN NAZI GERMANY?
- WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA.

- HMM?
- DO YOU WANT ME TO PRINT THAT?

- PRINT WHAT YOU WANT.
- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOSPITALS,

- NOT NAZIS.
- WELL, THEY DO THE SAME THING--

STARVING PEOPLE TO DEATH.
THEY CUT OFF THEIR FEEDING

AND THEIR WATER
AND THEY LET THEM DIE.

AND IT'S ALL LEGAL.

THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT HAS VALIDATED

THE NAZI METHOD
OF EXECUTION.

EXCUSE ME.

YOU-- YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T APPROVE OF THE CURRENT METHOD.

NO, I DON'T.
DO YOU?

STARVING PEOPLE TO DEATH?
NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

IT'S INHUMANE.

IF A PERSON'S
ALLOWED TO DIE,

THEN YOU INJECT THEM--
PAINLESSLY, QUICKLY.

YOU DON'T LET THEM
WITHER AWAY.

IT'S INCONCEIVABLE.

IT'S UNSPEAKABLE.

WHAT WOULD YOU CHARGE
FOR THIS PROCEDURE?

YOU DON'T CHARGE PEOPLE

FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
MR. LESSENBERRY.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

YOU-- YOU'VE REALLY GOT
SOME STORY HERE, DOC.

DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THIS
GETS PICKED UP NATIONALLY.

IS YOUR TURKEY OKAY?

I DON'T LIKE FAT.

SELFISH BASTARD.

YOU HOG ALL THE INK
IN THE DETROIT PAPERS,

NOW YOU'RE IN "NEWSWEEK"

AND THERE'S
NOTHING ABOUT ME.

- OH.
- WHAT ABOUT ME?

LOOK AT THIS. MAN.

"BLUNT AND FEISTY,
HE'S THE FIRST AMERICAN DOCTOR

TO ADVOCATE
PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE."

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE ME SERIOUSLY NOW.

- YOU'RE NOT A LOCAL QUACK ANYMORE.
- NO NO.

- YOU'RE AMERICA'S QUACK.
- AMERICA'S QUACK!

LOOK AT THIS.

YOU EARNED IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

- NEAL, CONGRATULATIONS.
- "NEWSWEEK" MAGAZINE.

SO HOW ARE
WE GONNA CELEBRATE?

UH, YOU WANT
A GLASS OF WATER?

- YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
- GREAT!

SO WHEN WERE YOU
FIRST DIAGNOSED

WITH ALZHEIMER'S,
MRS. ADKINS?

ABOUT A YEAR AGO
I THINK.

IT WAS
THREE YEARS AGO NOW.

OH. AND WHAT DID
YOUR DOCTOR SAY

- WHEN HE TOLD YOU?
- WELL, IT WAS LIKE A BOMB.

HE SAID
SHE HAD ALZHEIMER'S

AND IT'D COME TO A POINT

WHERE SHE WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO...

- THERE IS--
- ...DRESS HERSELF.

SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO TAKE A BATH.

WHAT-- WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE OTHER FEARS YOU HAVE?

THAT I WOULDN'T KNOW
THAT THIS IS MY HUSBAND

AND MY CHILDREN,

OR "WHO AM I?"

YOU'RE SENSING
THE LOSS OF THINGS.

LOSS LOSS
LOSS LOSS LOSS.

SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT THAT IF YOU COULD.

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY,
FOR INSTANCE?

- WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?
- YOU TELL ME. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

SHE WENT OUT
INTO THE YARD AND THEN--

WHAT I COULD SEE WAS

SHE STOOD THERE
IN THE YARD

AND I COULD SEE
FROM BEHIND HER

THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE SHE WAS.

SHE DIDN'T KNOW
TO TURN AROUND,

THAT WAS THE BACK DOOR
OF THE HOUSE.

SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS
THE GATE TO GO OUT TO THE STREET.

SHE JUST-- SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

MM-HMM.

I DON'T REMEMBER.

When I talked
to your doctor--

first of all,
he would hardly speak with me.

But when he did,

what your doctor was trying
to communicate to me

was that you're not
imminently terminal.

- Do you understand?
- Yes, I--I-- I understand.

and I understand--
- SHOULD I MAKE SOME TEA FOR US?

- JACK?
- That is frightening.

- JACK, DO YOU WANT SOME TEA?
- If I don't make this decision right now,

I'll never be able to.

MARGO, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WE'RE DOING.

LOOK AT HER.

LOOK AT HER.

SHE LOOKS WELL TO ME.

SHE LOOKS
QUITE CAPABLE, NO?

SHE'S NOT
THE RIGHT ONE.

BUT SHE HAS THE RIGHT.

AS A PATIENT,

IT'S HER CHOICE.

I refuse to die
a slow death.

COME ON, JACK.
YOU KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GONNA BE PERCEIVED.

- I DON'T CARE.
- THE MEDIA'S GONNA ALL OVER IT.

- I KNOW.
- YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TELL HER YES.

- I KNOW.
- YOU HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC.

MARGO, WHAT DO WE CARE
ABOUT THE MEDIA?

WHO CARES?

LOOK. SOMETIMES IN LIFE

THERE ARE STRATEGIES
THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE,

BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT OUR PURPOSE.

- OUR PURPOSE IS IMPORTANT.
- WELL, WHAT ABOUT HER?!

WHO CARES
WHAT PEOPLE THINK?

IT'S WHAT
MY PATIENT FEELS.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW EACH DAY
WHAT SHE'S GONNA FIND

WHEN SHE LOOKS
IN THE MIRROR.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE'S GONNA SEE HERSELF THERE ANYMORE.

THIS IS HER TERROR.

THIS IS WHAT SHE GOES THROUGH,
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

THE TERROR OF BEING...

LOST.

- JACK.
- SHE'S RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

LOOK AT ME.

IF IT WAS ME,
IF I WAS HER,

IF I WAS IN THE SAME SITUATION,
WOULD YOU DO IT?

- YOU, MARGO?
- YES, ME, MARGO.

- WOULD YOU DO IT FOR ME?
- OF COURSE I'D DO IT. YES.

- YOU WOULD DO IT? YOU KNOW THAT?
- SURE.

IF I SAW THE SAME LOOK
OF DETERMINATION IN YOUR EYES

AS I SAW IN HERS,
OF COURSE I'D DO IT.

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

MY OWN SISTER--
IN TRUTH, I'D DO IT.

- YOU'D DO IT?
- MM-HMM.

THAT'S YOUR ANSWER.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I JUST WANTED TO WORK
THIS THROUGH, YOU KNOW?

JUST GO THROUGH
THE VARIABLES.

"Who am I?"
- And you're aware of your decision?

- Yes.
- LET 'EM COME AFTER ME.

LET 'EM COME AFTER
A REAL PHYSICIAN.

...the end of my life.

I THINK I'M GONNA MAKE US SOME TEA RIGHT NOW.

MAKE IT STRONG,
WILL YOU?

YEAH.
- ...the word for "the end of life."

- Death.
- BY THE WAY...

This is what you wish?

- Yes. Yes, I do.
- ...WHERE ARE WE GONNA DO THIS?

SOME PEOPLE THINK
WE BREW UP POISONOUS POTIONS

LIKE WITCHES
FROM GALLOWS HILL.

OTHERS THINK IT'S
"TAKE TWO HEMLOCK PILLS

AND MEET YOUR MAKER
IN THE MORNING."

WELL, SURPRISE SURPRISE--

THERE'S NO SUCH THING
AS A HEMLOCK PILL.

WE OFFER ASSISTANCE

AND ADVANCED DIRECTIVES,

D.N.R.s--
"DO NOT RESUSCITATE"--

WILLS, HOSPICE CARE,

BUT WE DO NOT
DISPENSE DRUGS,

WE DO NOT PULL PLUGS.

WE STARTED THIS CHAPTER
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE

THAT TO EACH PERSON,
THEIR OWN WAY OF DEATH...

WITH DIGNITY.

OH, MISS GOOD,

I CAN CARRY
THAT FOR YOU.

THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE,
DR. KEVORKIAN,

BUT IT'S A LITTLE LATE NOW,
DON'T YOU THINK?

AND IT'S "MISSUS."

- MISSUS?
- YUP.

OH. GOOD.

SO-- SO YOU KNOW
WHO I AM?

WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE,
JUNE CLEAVER?

WHAT CAN
I DO FOR YOU?

WELL, UH...

I, UMM--

I HAVE
MY FIRST PATIENT,

- BUT WHAT I DON'T HAVE...
- IS A PLACE.

- YES.
- AND YOU'D LIKE TO USE MY HOME?

WELL, NO.

I THOUGHT
YOU WOULD KNOW A PLACE,

BUT IF I COULD USE YOUR HOME,
THAT WOULD BE JUST FINE.

- SURE.
- WELL, IF YOU'RE GONNA COME TO MY HOME,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
DRESS MORE CHEERFULLY.

IF YOU'VE NEVER
ACTUALLY TESTED THAT BEFORE,

HOW DO YOU KNOW
IT'S GONNA WORK?

BECAUSE I MADE IT.

I WISH YOU HAD A STRONGER ARGUMENT THAN THAT.

HEY, WHATEVER I CAN DO TO LEND A HAND TOMORROW,
LET ME KNOW.

OH, ON THIS ONE, NEAL,

THIS FIRST ONE,

I WANT IT
TO BE ME AND MARGO.

JUST US.

AM I HEARING A PHONE

OR IS IT MY...?

I'VE GOTTA REMEMBER
TO INSTALL ONE BY THE COUCH.

YOUR HOUSE.

DR. KEVORKIAN'S.
THIS IS DEBBY.

OH, HANG ON,
MISS GOOD.

JANET GOOD.

- OOH, THERE WE GO.
- HEY, JANET.

I don't know how to say this,
so I'm just gonna say it.

I'm sorry. I know
it's the last minute,

BUT MY HUSBAND RAY--
HE'S A RETIRED POLICE CAPTAIN

AND HE FEELS
VERY STRONGLY

THAT WE CAN'T USE
OUR HOUSE.

HE FEELS THAT IT WOULD PUT US AT RISK.
- Are you kidding me?

Lady, are you kidding me?

I'VE GOT MARGO
AT THE AIRPORT

PICKING THESE
PEOPLE UP AS WE SPEAK.

- You can't do this to me.
- OH. YEAH, WELL,

I COULD MAKE
SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS.

THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER TO BE GAINED BY TALKING TO YOU.

WHAT NOW?

CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF?

ALTHOUGH...

OKAY.

I HOPE SHE LIKE PARKS
AND VOLKSWAGENS.

JACK'S MADE ALL
THE ARRANGEMENTS

MM-HMM. GOOD.

MARGO'S GOING TO

TAKE ME
TO THE AIRPORT SHORTLY.

IT'S BEST FOR ME
TO GO HOME,

SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN
WITH THE POLICE LATER ON.

YES.

OKAY.

OUR GARDENER COMES
ON THURSDAY.

HE'S GOING
TO PLANT MARIGOLDS.

MARIGOLDS PROTECT
THE GARDEN.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE,
MY DEAR. YOU KNOW?

WE CAN STOP RIGHT NOW.

YOU WOULDN'T OFFEND ME.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
YOU WOULDN'T OFFEND ME.

TELL ME WHEN
TO FLIP THE SWITCH.

WHENEVER YOU'RE--

MMM.

THANK YOU.

MMM.

"WHEN A PATIENT
IN AGONY DIES,

THEN A DOCTOR'S
TRUE CALLING IMPLIES

ONE SHOULD DO WHAT IS BEST,
AT THE PATIENT'S REQUEST,

FOR HUMANE, QUICK
AND PAINLESS DEMISE."

I TOLD YOU
THEY COULDN'T KEEP ME.

COME IN, COME IN.
- THEY'VE GOT NOTHING TO CHARGE ME ON.

ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.

HAS HE NO REGARD
FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE?

HOW DARE
HE CALL HIMSELF A DOCTOR?

WHAT CAN WE CHARGE HIM WITH?
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID

HE HAD NO CHOICE
BUT TO RULE IT A SUICIDE.

I JUST CAN'T STOP
THINKING ABOUT YESTERDAY,

HOW IT ALL WENT.

I GUESS SOMEHOW I JUST THOUGHT THE WHOLE THING

WOULD BE NICER.

COULD BE NICER?

- YEAH.
- HOW, "NICER"?

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE COMPASSION TO YOU, DAVID?

COMPASSION?

HE KILLS A WOMAN
AND HE CALLS IT COMPASSION?

IF THIS GUY THOMPSON
WANTS TO ARREST ME,

LET HIM ARREST ME.
I DON'T CARE.

I'M NOT A BUSY MAN,
YOU KNOW.

WE HAVE TO
GET YOU A LAWYER.

I DON'T WANT A LAWYER.

JACK, THEY'RE THREATENING TO BRING YOU UP ON MURDER CHARGES.

- YOU NEED A LAWYER.
- I DON'T KNOW ANY LAWYERS.

THERE'S THIS ONE GUY
I SEE ON TV ALL THE TIME.

YOU'RE GONNA GET HIM.

HE DOES THESE

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
COMMERCIALS.

IS THAT A NEW WIG?

YES.

WHY? IT'S RUM RAISIN.

I THINK IT MAKES ME LOOK
A LITTLE MORE FETCHING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IS THAT SILLY?

I DON'T KNOW.
I-- I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WIGS,
BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

ONE DAY, YOU KNOW,
I'M GOING TO TURN AROUND--

GIRLS, I DON'T THINK THE GOOD DOCTOR SWAYS TO FANCY.

HIDE THE PERRIER.

- THIS WAY.
- HOW GOOD CAN THIS GUY BE

IF THERE'S
NO ELEVATORS?

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT DICK THOMPSON.

HE MAY BE A CARD-CARRYING MEMBER OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT,

BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE A POT TO PISS IN,
CHARGING JACK WITH MURDER.

HE DIDN'T KILL ANYONE.

NULLUM CRIMEN,
NULLA POENA SINE LEGE.

- "NO CRIME..."
- "...NO PUNISHMENT WITHOUT LAW."

YEAH.
- THE MAN KNOWS HIS LATIN.

I ALSO KNOW McNALLY,
THE DISTRICT JUDGE,

AND NO WAY IN HELL IS HE GONNA LET THIS MOVE FORWARD.

BUT UNDERSTAND,
THESE EXTREMISTS WILL DO

EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN TO STOP YOU FROM DOING THIS AGAIN.

THEY HAVE NO RECOURSE
TO STOP ME.

DID YOU VIDEOTAPE YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH JANET ADKINS?

- YEAH.
- YES, I DID.

- WHY?
- GOOD. GOOD.

WELL, YOU SEE,
COURTROOMS ARE THEATERS OF CONSCIENCE.

IF WE SHOW YOUR PATIENTS
PLEADING FOR YOUR HELP,

IF WE LAY OUT THE GUT-WRENCHING EMOTIONS OF IT ALL,

THAT'S YOUR
GOLDEN TICKET.

NO JURY WILL CONVICT YOU
WITH ME AT YOUR SIDE.

I SIMPLY DO NOT LOSE.

HE'S A WOLVERINE.
WOLVERINE.

- WOW.
- YEAH, I WAS A THEATER MAJOR.

I DID AN UNFORGETTABLE
GILES COREY

IN "THE CRUCIBLE"
SENIOR YEAR.

MY MOTHER STILL HAS
THE REVIEWS IN HER POCKET.

- REALLY?
- YEAH.

I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY YOU.
- OH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ME.

I'LL DO IT FOR FREE.

LET THEM KEEP TRYING
TO PROVE THIS IS A CRIME,

AND WE'LL KEEP PROVING
IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.

SO THAT DO YOU THINK?

SHE'S A GOOD JUDGE
OF CHARACTER.

THAT'S A WIG
SHE'S WEARING.

- OH.
- RUM RAISIN.

- JACK.
- I LIKE IT.

- THANK YOU.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.

THE-- "THE MORNING DRIVE SHOW"?

Yeah, he wanted me to ask you
if you'd come on as a guest.

IT'S ON 6:00 TO 10:00 IN THE MORNING.
IT'S GOT A BIG AUDIENCE.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DRIVING
TO WORK LISTEN TO IT.

HE KEEPS IT PRETTY LIGHT.
MIGHT LET YOU PICK A RECORD.

WELL, I NEVER HEARD OF IT,

BUT I'LL DO IT, SURE.

* BLACK, WHITE, RED, BROWN,
FEEL THE VIBRATION...*

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THIS IS "THE BOB BENDER SHOW,"

"THE MORNING DRIVE SHOW."
TODAY IT'S A SPECIAL EDITION--

IT'S "THE MORNING DIE SHOW,"
BECAUSE OF MY SPECIAL GUEST, DR. JACK KEVORKIAN.

HE'S A LOCAL BOY
FROM HERE IN "DE-TROIT."

YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM BETTER
AS DR. DEATH.

I LIKE TO SAY HE IS THE LAST DOCTOR YOU WILL EVER NEED.

I ACTUALLY HEARD SOMEBODY REFER TO YOU AS DR.
FRANKENSTEIN THE OTHER DAY

BECAUSE OF YOUR RATHER ACTIVE
ORGAN-PROCUREMENT PROGRAM.

WELL, I'M GONNA TAKE THAT
AS A COMPLIMENT,

BECAUSE ANYONE WHO'S READ
THE STORY OF FRANKENSTEIN

KNOWS THAT HE WAS
A BENEVOLENT MAN

AND IT WAS SOCIETY
WHO MADE THE MONSTER BAD.

WELL, I FIND IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE,

BUT OUR LINES ARE LIGHTING UP AND MY PRODUCER TELLS ME

40 % TO 50 % OF OUR CALLERS
SAY "HEY, YOU'RE RIGHT."

SO MAYBE I SHOULDN'T GO ON.
LET'S QUIT WHILE I'M AHEAD.

- WELL, DON'T DIE ON ME NOW, DOC.
- NO NO NO.

SORRY, I HAD TO SAY THAT.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR MERCITRON,

- SOMETHING I HOPE THE--
- SEE? HE'S DOING GOOD.

- YEAH.
- SHARP AS A TACK.

It's good that people realize
what's at stake here.

I MEAN,
SELF-DETERMINATION IS

A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT

AND EVERYONE
SHOULD HAVE IT.

BY FLIPPING THE SWITCH
ON YOUR SUICIDE MACHINE,

KIND OF LIKE
HITTING THIS BUTTON HERE.

WELL, SURE,
OR CARBON MONOXIDE,

which actually is
a quicker procedure.

and I can assure you
as a pathologist

GAS INHALATION
ALWAYS LEAVES THE DECEASED

WITH A ROSY,
COLORFUL AFTERGLOW.

WELL, HOPEFULLY OUR
LISTENERS AREN'T LISTENING

IN THEIR GARAGES THIS MORNING.
IF THEY ARE, OPEN THE DOOR.

WE'RE GETTING
RATHER GHOULISH HERE

AT 7:55 IN THE MORNING.
YOU ARE LIVE WITH BOB BENDER

AND I HESITATE
TO SAY "LIVE," DOCTOR,

BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING
DEATH WITH DR. DEATH.

AND IF YOU WANT TO END IT,
CALL DR. KEVORKIAN

- That's K-E-V-O-R-K-I-A-N.
- THIS IS NOT AN AD.

I just don't want to give
the wrong impression.

I am not here advertising.
I'm-- I'm--

HI, THERE.

OH, NO.
NOT YOU, LADY.

- OH, STOP IT. STOP IT.
- STAY AWAY FROM ME, LADY.

I DON'T BITE.
I'M SORRY I BACKED OUT ON YOU THAT WAY,

BUT THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

- WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE?
- YEAH.

I ENDED UP USING
MY V.W. VAN IN THE PARK.

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE?

THAT WAS VERY
RESOURCEFUL OF YOU.

- OH, THANK YOU.
- I KNOW THAT YOU'RE UPSET, BUT YOU HAVE TO LET IT GO.

WE NEED TO HAVE
A BIGGER CONVERSATION.

AND THAT'S
A MUCH BETTER SWEATER.

IT'S MORE CHEERFUL.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T GET
MANY VISITORS UP HERE,

WOMEN ESPECIALLY.

WITH YOUR CHARMS,
I'M SHOCKED.

I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

- I MADE IT JUST FOR YOU.
- THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, DOC,
YOU HAVE TO STOP PUSHING

FOR ORGAN DONATIONS.

IT'D BE BETTER IF YOU JUST FOCUSED ON ONE THING AT A TIME.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE
IT COMES STRAIGHT OUT

OF THE OLD
HEMLOCK SOCIETY PLAYBOOK.

I'M THE FIRST TO ADMIT
HEMLOCK HAS ITS FAULTS.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
THAT'S WHY I AGREE

THAT IT SHOULD BE SELF-DETERMINATION WITHOUT COMPROMISE.

AND FOR THE RECORD,
I ALSO AGREE

THAT "TERMINALLY ILL" IS
AN UNDEFINABLE TERM.

SO I SAY ESTABLISH
YOUR CRITERIA--

YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE DOCTOR EXAMINATIONS,
PSYCH ASSESSMENTS--

MAKE SURE THAT ALL PHYSICAL TREATMENTS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED

AND MAYBE THE BLESSING OF A PRIEST OR A RABBI WOULD BE GOOD.

FUNNY. MY MOM USED TO MAKE THESE FOR US,
ONLY WITH A PICKLE

AND NO CRUSTS.

SORRY ABOUT THE CRUST.

I USUALLY CUT THEM OFF,

BUT SOMEHOW I THOUGHT
YOU'D LIKE CRUST.

SHE WAS TORTURED IN A NURSING HOME TILL THE DAY SHE DIED--

MIND GONE, BED SORES
THE SIZE OF DINNER PLATES.

IF YOU LOOKED IN THEM,
YOU COULD SEE HER SPINE.

WHO WAS IT FOR YOU?
YOUR MOTHER?

YOUR FATHER?

I DON'T SEE ANY PICTURES
ANYWHERE OF ANYBODY.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT,
WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE.

ONE THING AT A TIME.

FAIR ENOUGH.

SO, UMM...

I WAS SNOOPING AROUND
A LITTLE BIT.

- OH YEAH.
- CAN YOU TELL ME

ABOUT MARJORIE WANTZ
AND SHERRY MILLER?

SURE. MS. MILLER HAS M.S.

AND SHE'S HAD IT
FOR A DECADE.

SHE HAS HARDLY
A MOTOR SKILL LEFT.

HER HUSBAND TOOK OFF
A MONTH AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS.

AND WE'VE GOT MRS.
WANTZ WHO HAS SEVERE PELVIC PAIN.

SHE'S HAD 10 OPERATIONS,
ALL FOR NAUGHT.

THE PAIN'S COMPLETELY
DEBILITATING.

I'VE THOUGHT
ABOUT IT A LONG TIME.

A LONG TIME.

YEAH, I HAVE,

AND I HAVE NO QUALMS

ABOUT MY DECISION.

I COULD DO IT TONIGHT.

WHAT IS IT YOU WANT?

- PUT IT IN PLAIN ENGLISH.
- YEAH, I WANT-- I WANT TO DI.

- THAT'S PLAIN ENOUGH.
- YUP. YUP.

YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE ONE MORE THANKSGIVING WITH YOUR KIDS?

NO NO NO.

I JUST WANT IT
OVER QUICK.

I HAVE NO FEAR.

I HAVE TRIED, MYSELF,

THREE DIFFERENT TIMES
AND I HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED.

I TRIED IT,
AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE CAR.

- MM-HMM.
- I PUT THE HOSE ON THE EXHAUST

AND INTO THE WINDOW.

I STAYED IN THE CAR
OVER THREE HOURS

AND I TRIED IT THREE TIMES.
NOTHING HAPPENED.

I GET A HALF HOUR,
AN HOUR SLEEP AT NIGHT

WITH ALL THE PILLS
AND SLEEPING PILLS I TAKE.

AND IT'S--
WHEN YOU'VE GOT NO QUALITY

OF LIFE LEFT,

IT'S-- NO. NO MORE.

IF I DO ONE OF YOU,

THERE'S A CHANCE
THEY'LL SEND ME TO JAIL.

I WON'T BE ABLE
TO DO THE OTHER.

IT'S RIGHT THERE.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, HUH?

THEY'RE DEAD.
WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS.

EXCUSE ME.

Man £2: EXCUSE ME.

TWO AT A TIME NOW.

WHAT'S NEXT,
A BAKER'S DOZEN?

- RIGHT THIS WAY.
- DON'T TOUCH THAT.

I'M GONNA SAY ALL YOU DID
WAS DRIVE ME UP HERE.

AS LONG AS THEY DON'T
PUT US IN THE SAME CELL,

I'M FINE.
- YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY.

NO NO NO NO NO.
SIR, IT'S JUST HIM WE WANT.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian has been
involved in a double suicide

at the Bald Mountain recreation area up near Lake Orion.

We're trying
to get in touch

with our correspondent
up at the scene there

about 40 miles north
of Detroit.

Details are sketchy.

Again, it appears that Dr. Jack Kevorkian...
- FIEGER!

...has indeed assisted a double suicide this evening.

HERE WE GO.
- We're going to go live to the scene now

- and stay on the story.
- BOBBY!

Where's Jack?

- Man £2: CAN YOU COMMENT ON--
- THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

IT'S ABSURD.
NO CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED.

Release him.
Release him now.

Man £3:
EVERYBODY SETTLE DOWN.

Is this live?

- Dr. Kevorkian!
- This better be live.

- CAN WE GET YOUR STATEMENT, SIR?
- Two very sick

BUT WONDERFUL WOMEN DIED HERE
TONIGHT BY THEIR OWN CHOOSING.

DR. KEVORKIAN WAS
ONLY ACTING OUT

as-- as--
as their physician.

He did not force anyone
to come up here.

Mr. Thompson,
if you're watching,

Have the gall to charge
Dr. Kevorkian tonight.

Bring it on!
Do it tonight!

Mr. Fieger! Mr. Fieger!
Dr. Kevorkian!

DON'T LET THEM
DO THIS TO ME.

THIS IS HOW YOU PLAY
THE MEDIA, JACK.

GET READY TO BECOME THE MOST FAMOUS DOCTOR IN THE COUNTRY.

ISN'T THIS MURDER?
WOULD YOU CARE

TO COMMENT ON
THE RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF THIS?

WHAT WERE THEY
SUFFERING FROM?

I NEED YOU TO DO
YOUR JOB, DR. DRAGOVIC,

SO I CAN DO MINE.

SCIENCE ITSELF GIVES US
NO ARGUMENTS, MR. THOMPSON.

THAT'S THE WAY
YOU'RE GONNA DO IT.

I TOLD YOU I'M NOT
GONNA TOUCH YOUR FOOD.

IT WOULD BE AN ADMISSION
OF GUILT, YOU KNOW?

I CAN GO FOR WEEKS
WITHOUT FOOD,

LIKE GHANDI.
- YOU'RE LOOKING WORSE THAN GHANDI, JACK.

YEAH.
- YOU LOOK LIKE ONE OF YOUR PATIENTS.

IT'S BEEN THREE DAYS.
COME ON.

I'M NOT MOVING.
I'M NOT PAYING THAT BOND.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
I DID.

- COME ON, LET'S GO.
- YOU DIDN'T.

YOU PAID MY BAIL?

YEAH, I BAILED
YOU OUT. LET'S GO.

WHAT KIND OF LAWYER
DOES THAT?

WHAT THE MATTER
WITH YOU, GEOFF?

DON'T YOU SEE I'M DENYING
MYSELF NOURISHMENT?

I'M-- I'M--
I'M STARVING TO DEATH

FOR THREE DAYS
TO MAKE A POINT.

- I GET IT. I GET IT.
- THIS IS A PROTEST.

THEY VIOLATED MY RIGHTS.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO BAIL ME OUT.

IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.

OH, I SHOULD FIRE YOU,
YOU KNOW?

WE'RE FACING AN INDICTMENT
ON WANTZ AND MILLER.

- OH.
- HERE.

WHAT'S THIS?

PIE.

THIS IS FULL OF FAT AND SUGAR.
ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?

JUST EAT
THE FUCKING PIE, JACK.

OH, AND ANOTHER THING--

THE STATE REVOKED
YOUR MEDICAL LICENSE.

GOOD. THEY TOOK AWAY
MY CAREER YEARS AGO.

IT DIDN'T STOP ME,
DID IT?

YEAH, WELL,
IT STOPS SUPPLIERS FROM PROVIDING YOU WITH YOUR POISONS.

THAT'S WHAT
I'VE GOT NEAL FOR.

WHERE THE HELL
ARE YOU GOING?

HOME.

WELL, COME ON,
I'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE.

- MY CAR'S UP HERE.
- NO, I NEED THE EXERCISE.

I NEED TO GET
THE BLOOD FLOWING.

WE'VE GOT AN OFFER
TO FLY TO NEW YORK

TO DO
THE BARBARA WALTERS SHOW.

WELL, IF BARBARA WALTERS
WANTS ME BADLY ENOUGH,

SHE KNOWS WHERE
TO FIND ME.

DON'T MAKE THIS
COMPLICATED, JACK.

- CAN'T DO IT.
- THIS IS IMPORTANT.

ONE TOO MANY PASSENGER RIDES IN A F-86 SABRE

WHEN I WAS
STATIONED IN SEOUL.

FLYING SCARES THE DAYLIGHTS
OUT OF ME, GEOFF.

NIGHTY NIGHT!

DOCTOR, LET ME BE FRANK.

YOU'RE AWARE THAT PEOPLE
THINK YOU ARE A GHOUL?

IT'S EMOTIONALISM.

WHEN HEART TRANSPLANTS
FIRST STARTED,

THERE WAS THE SAME
PREVALENT FEELING,

EVEN AMONG DOCTORS,
THAT IT WAS WRONG.

IT WAS CONTRARY
TO GOD'S WILL,

CONTRARY TO NATURE.

ISN'T IT
GHOULISH TO RIP

A PERSON'S CHEST OPEN

AND TAKE OUT A HEART,

OR A BYPASS OPERATION?

ETHER IS
THE SAME THING.

YOU HAVE ETHER,
BEEN AROUND FOR CENTURIES--

IT WASN'T USED,

NOT TILL 1846.

IT WAS DISCOVERED
IN 1543, AND BEFORE THAT

EVERYBODY WAS BEING OPERATED ON WHILE THEY WERE AWAKE!

SURGEONS WERE CUTTING THEM OPEN WHILE THEY WERE AWAKE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT, GEOFF?

- NO.
- OH, YES. AND YOU KNOW WHY IT WAS BANNED?

BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS DOGMA.

BECAUSE
OF THE FOOLISH NOTION

THAT THERE'S A GOD ALMIGHTY
WHO WILLS US TO SUFFER.

DO YOU TURN
PATIENTS DOWN?

I TURN-- 97 % TO 98 %

OF THE PATIENTS WHO CONTACT ME,
I TURN THEM DOWN.

SHOULD THERE BE
SECOND OPINIONS?

ALWAYS A SECOND OPINION.
A THIRD OPINION.

- BUT THERE WASN'T IN YOUR CASE.
- NO, THERE WASN'T,

BECAUSE NO ONE
COOPERATES WITH ME.

WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO PEOPLE WHO SAY,

"DR. KEVORKIAN,
YOU ARE PLAYING GOD"?

I SAY TO THEM,

"SO WHAT?"

WHEN A DOCTOR GIVES YOU
A PILL, HE'S PLAYING GOD

BECAUSE HE'S INTERFERING
WITH YOUR NATURAL PROCESS.

ALL DOCTORS BELIEVE
THEY'RE GOD.

THEY SHOULDN'T,
BUT THEY DO.

BUT I PREFER THAT
THAN THE DOCTORS

WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED
IN THEIR STOCK PORTFOLIOS

THAN THEY ARE
IN THEIR PATIENTS.

DID YOU SEE THE WAY
SHE LOOKED AT YOU?

SHE PROBABLY THOUGHT
I WAS UNATTAINABLE.

SHE WAS VERY SMITTEN.

I KNEW I SHOULD'VE
CALLED HER BARBARA.

- COFFEE?
- YEAH.

- DECAF?
- NO NO, DECAF'S FOR COWARDS.

THE AUTOPSY PROVED
THAT MRS. WANTZ HAD

NO ANATOMICAL EVIDENCE
OF DISEASE IN HER ENTIRE BODY.

IT WAS ALL IN HER HEAD
AND HE KNOWS IT.

AND MRS.
MILLER, ALTHOUGH SHE HAD A TERRIBLE DISEASE,

COULD HAVE LIVED
FOR MANY YEARS

IF SHE HAD BEEN MORE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN HER OWN CARE.

AH. SO YOU'RE
A DOCTOR TOO NOW, DICK?

YOUR HONOR,
THERE ISN'T ONE IOTA,

ONE SCINTILLA,
ONE SPECK OF EVIDENCE

THAT HE MURDERED MARJORIE WANTZ OR SHERRY MILLER.

THIS IS ALL PART OF YOUR
PURITANICAL PERSECUTION

- OF DR. KEVORKIAN.
- ENOUGH. I'VE REVIEWED THE INDICTMENT.

I'M DISMISSING
THE CHARGES.

THE ACT OF ASSISTING A SUICIDE IS NOT A CRIMINAL ACT

ACCORDING
TO OUR CURRENT LAWS.

BUT WITHOUT A MEDICAL LICENSE,
HE CANNOT DISPENSE MEDICATION,

- SO DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID.
- HE WON'T, YOUR HONOR.

I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS
TILL MY LEGS FALL OFF.

IT WAS A CLEAR VICTORY
FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT

CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE
OF OUR TIME.

SO YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT HAPPY
WITH THE JUDGE'S DECISION.

- WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE?
- GOVERNOR ENGLER NEEDS TO PUSH A BAN THROUGH

the state legislature--
something, anything--

unless you want
Michigan to become

the suicide capital
of the world.

MICHIGAN RESIDENTS,
BY A 5:1 MARGIN

SAID THAT THEY'D ACQUIT HIM OF MURDER IF THEY WERE ON A JURY

AND OVER 70 % BELIEVE THAT DOCTORS SHOULD BE ABLE ALLOWED

TO HELP A TERMINALLY-ILL
PATIENT COMMIT SUICIDE.

I'M A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS MAN,
MR. LESSENBERRY,

AND WHAT KEVORKIAN PROPOSES GOES
AGAINST EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING.

- IF THIS WERE ACCEPTED...
- ROOM SERVICE.

...HOW ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH
WOULD WE PREVENT ABUSE?

NOBODY HERE ORDERED
ANY ROOM SERVICE!

- Who is this? Hello?
- Open the door.

WHO IS THIS?
- IT'S THE POLICE, JACK. WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE.

WHAT IS THIS?
- Get out of the way. Get out of the way.

- Don't you push me, sir.
- Where is it, Jack?

Nothing is going on here.
We're just talking.

- Man £2: where are you folks from?
- California.

- Nothing illegal is going on.
- Why are you harassing us? We're not criminals!

- You don't have to say a word.
- What's in the case?

I KNOW THAT TOO MANY
SICK PEOPLE LACK ACCESS

TO CARE AND SUPPORT,
TOO MANY FAMILIES ARE SADDLED WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES,

BUT IF THIS WERE LEGALIZED,
IT COULD LEAD TO COST- CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES.

- WE'RE HERE TO PREVENT A SUICIDE.
- WE CAME TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.

- CHECK THIS OUT.
- WHO THE HELL ASKED YOU TO?

- WHO THE HELL ASK YOU?
- I'M SORRY, ISABEL.

WHERE IS THE SUICIDE POISONS?
WHERE DO YOU KEEP THEM?

- DON'T THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SEARCH WARRANT?
- A SEARCH WARRANT?

THIS IS NOT THE WORLD I RAISED MY THREE BOYS IN.

IT'S NOT A WORLD
I'D RECOGNIZE.

"NOT A WORLD
I WOULD RECOGNIZE"?

WHAT IS THIS
DICK THOMPSON BULLSHIT?

I believe it's
called journalism.

Both sides deserve
a voice, Geoff.

WELL, FUCK THAT
AND FUCK YOU!

You think you're hot shit because "The New York Times" is printing you?

LOOK. THERE'S ONLY ONE SIDE
TO THIS STORY-- OURS.

DON'T LET ME CUT OFF
YOUR ACCESS TO JACK.

I FEEL
FOR OUR PATIENTS.

- THEY DESERVE BETTER.
- YEAH.

SOMEONE LIKE ISABEL,
SHE DESERVES RESPECT.

WHAT ARE WE DOING
SNEAKING AROUND

LIKE WE'RE THIEVES?
WHAT IS THAT?

- WE'RE THE GOOD GUYS.
- YEAH.

THEY BUST DOWN
THE MOTEL DOOR

WITH CROWBARS AND GUNS

LIKE WE'RE-- WE'RE SOME
CHICAGO BOOTLEGGERS.

WE HAVE TO HIDE 'EM
IN PLACES LIKE THIS.

WE HAVE TO
HANDLE THESE THINGS

IN THE BACKS OF VANS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,

DROP BODIES OFF

IN EMERGENCY ROOM
PARKING LOTS.

WE'RE NOT CRIMINALS.

WE'RE NOT CRIMINALS.

THE CRIMINALS ARE THOSE
WHO ARE TRYING TO STOP US.

THOSE ARE THE ONES
THAT SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

0-1-5-0-6, Saginaw Motel.

0-1-5-0-6,
Saginaw Motel.

Reported assisted suicide.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

HUH. THIS MAY COUNT
AS LOITERING.

WE SHOULDN'T BE OUT HERE TOO LONG WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY.

- LET'S GO.
- YUP.

0-6-1-1-9, 0-6-1-1-9,

Suspect not on premises.

- Female, late 50s.
- Woman £2: 7-8-5, No resident here.

Woman £3:
R-34, roger.

C-3-3-5, Cleared out
number 1 to number 3.

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT
IT IS YOUR DAUGHTER HAS

IN HER BRAIN THAT WON'T
LET HER ACCEPT THE FACT

THAT YOU CAN PAY
A BILL WITH CASH?

- PLEASE. I DID.
- AND THE ONE THING--

- WHAT YOU DON'T DO-- WHAT YOU DON'T DO...
- CALM DOWN.

- SHH.
- ...IS PAY WITH A CHECK.

YOU DON'T PAY BILLS
WITH A CHECK.

WHY, MY DEAR GIRL?
BECAUSE BILLS PAID BY CHECK

LEAVE A PAPER TRAIL.

A PAPER TRAIL IS SOMETHING
SOMEONE CAN FOLLOW,

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW--

JUST SO YOU KNOW,

WHAT I PREDICTED
HAS COME TRUE.

THE COPS TRACED--

- THE COPS?
- THEY TRACED IT

TO MY STORAGE FILE.

THEY BROKE IN
AND THEY TOOK--

WHATEVER, WHO KNOWS?
--ALL MY PERSONAL FILES

TO DO GOD KNOWS
WHAT WITH.

- AND NOW THEY PADLOCKED IT...
- ALL RIGHT.

- ...SO I CAN'T GET IN!
- I'M SORRY ABOUT IT, JACK.

- I'M SORRY.
- YOU'RE SORRY?

I'M SORRY IT HAPPENED.
NO ONE WOULD EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN,

AND MR.
FIEGER CAN GET EVERYTHING BACK FOR YOU AGAIN.

- OH, MR. FIEGER'S GONNA DO IT.
- JUST CALM DOWN.

- I HAVE EXPLAINED TO YOU.
- NOBODY'S GONNA PUT

HUMPTY DUMPTY TOGETHER AGAIN.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? HE IS GONE.

- HE IS FINISHED. THEY HAVE MY FILES!
- SHH. SHH.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THERE WAS AN OVERDUE BILL...

- THAT'S RIGHT.
- ...AND AVA SENT THE CHECK IN.

- SHE JUST WASN'T THINKING. SHE WASN'T THINKING.
- SHE WASN'T THINKING?

- WASN'T THINKING? YOU'RE BEING SO GENEROUS.
- THAT'S RIGHT.

IT WAS STUPID.
IT WAS BLATANT STUPIDIY

- ON HER PART AND YOUR PART.
- KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN.

- STUPID! STUPID. SHE WAS BEING STUPID.
- HOLD ON THERE.

- STUPID STUPID.
- DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT MY DAUGHTER THAT WAY.

- I'LL TALK ABOUT HER THAT WAY.
- DO YOU HEAR ME?

- YOU CALM DOWN. NOW STOP IT!
- I AM COMPLETELY CALM!

- CALM DOWN! YOU'RE NOT CALM!
- YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TRUST YOU.

- I CAN'T TRUST YOU AND I CAN'T TRUST HER.
- YOU CAN'T TRUST ME?

EITHER ONE OF YOU. TOGETHER.
YOU DON'T MAKE IT EASY FOR ME.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT EASY FOR ME,
BUT YOU DON'T.

HOW DARE YOU, JACK?
HOW DARE YOU?

YOU DID THIS FOR THE LAST TIME.
FOR THE LAST TIME.

ALL MY LIFE, I'VE BEEN
MAKING IT EASIER FOR YOU.

- YEAH, YOU MAKE IT--
- ALL MY LIFE! DO YOU HEAR ME?

- LOOK WHO'S YELLING NOW.
- AND IT'S BEEN NO WALK IN THE PARK!

THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BEEN
NO WALK IN THE PARK!

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING
ELSE-- NOBODY TAKES CARE OF ME.

WHO DO YOU THINK
TAKES CARE OF ME?

- NOBODY! NOT YOU, JACK.
- I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOU.

- CERTAINLY NOT YOU!
- RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOU.

FROM NOW ON,
ALL YOU'RE GONNA DO IS OPERATE THE CAMERA.

THAT'LL TAKE CARE
OF YOU. BELIEVE ME.

YOU'LL BE FINE WITH THAT,
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T SCREW THAT UP.

- OKAY, IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?
- AS FOR YOUR DAUGHTER--

- I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU.
- AS FOR YOUR DAUGHTER, THE JURY IS OUT.

YOU'LL BE DOING IT FOR YOURSELF.
YOU DO IT FOR YOURSELF.

YOU'RE GONNA DO IT.
HOW'S THAT FOR NEWS?

- YOU'LL DO IT, JACK!
- THAT'S FINE BY ME.

I'M THROUGH WITH YOU!

- I'M THROUGH WITH IT!
- GO AHEAD, SET THE ALARM.

WHO CARES?

IS THIS US? YEAH.

YOU SET THAT OFF.

WHERE THE HELL
IS SHE GOING?

MARGO, COULD YOU STEP
INTO MY OFFICE

FOR A SECOND?
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

MY DREAM WAS
TO BE AN OLYMPIC SKIER.

AND AFTER THE CAR ACCIDENT,
THERE WAS...

A CHANCE--

WELL, THEY TOLD ME
THAT THERE WAS A CHANCE

THAT I'D GET THE USE OF MY LEGS AGAIN,
BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED.

SO...

I DOUSED MYSELF
WITH GASOLINE ONE NIGHT

AND LIT A MATCH.

YOU KNOW,
THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN THIS NIGHTMARE EXISTENCE

IS THE NIGHTMARE
OF A BOTCHED SUICIDE ATTEMPT.

I WISH I COULD HELP YOU, SON,
BUT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

WHAT-- WHAT YOU'RE
SUFFERING--

WHAT DR. KEVORKIAN IS
TRYING TO SAY, GLEN,

IS THAT YOU'RE
CLINICALLY DEPRESSED,

AND UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES,
WE CAN'T HELP YOU.

IF YOU DEAL
WITH YOUR DEPRESSION,

YOU CAN LEAD A FULFILLING
AND SATISFYING LIFE.

AND WE'LL HELP YOU FIND
SOMEONE THAT WILL DO THAT.

PARKINSON'S
TAKES YEARS--

YEARS BEFORE IT COMPROMISES
YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN HELP YOU NOW IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

BUT IF AND WHEN
THE TIME COMES,

WE'LL BE HERE FOR YOU.

OKAY.

YOU KNOW I'VE NEVER BEEN
ONE TO HOLD GRUDGES

AND I'D LIKE TO LET
BYGONES BE BYGONES.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

GOOD.

SO WE'RE RECONCILED?

- I HOPE SO.
- WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

GOOD.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU NEED TO GET READY.

READY FOR WHAT?

DINNER AT MR. FIEGER'S.

VERY NICE.

WHAT'S THAT?

OH, IT'S A NOTICE OF SALE.

I MEAN, THIS WHOLE
BUILDING'S KAPUT.

WELL, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

WE CAN LIVE TOGETHER.

WE'LL BE KNOWN AS THE UNEMPLOYED KEVORKIANS!
YAY!

UNEMPLOYED?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IT MEANS...

I GOT FIRED.

NO. WHEN?

A FEW WEEKS AGO.

YOU'RE JUST
TELLING ME NOW?

JACK, WE HAD
A FALLING OUT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I'M YOUR SISTER.

WHAT ELSE?

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!
LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!

OH, MY GOSH.
- THESE ARE MY NEW DAILY VISITORS.

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!

ARE YOU GOING TO KILL EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR?

DISABLED PEOPLE ARE NOT WORTHLESS.
THEY ARE NOT A DRAIN ON SOCIETY.

YOU CANNOT RID THE WORLD
OF INCONVENIENCE.

YOU ARE WORSE THAN
AN ABORTIONIST.

OH, SHUT UP,
YOU WITCH!

THESE ARE NOT
COMPARABLE ISSUES.

SOME GREAT MINDS HAVE DIED WITH
THE ASSISTANCE OF THEIR DOCTORS--

SIGMUND FREUD,
KING GEORGE.

IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH
FOR THE ARISTOI,

IT'S GOOD ENOUGH
FOR THE HOI POLLOI.

HE IS LEADING SOCIETY
INTO AN AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT,

YOU IDIOTS!
- ONLY GOD CAN CREATE AND DESTROY.

HAVE YOU NO RELIGION?
HAVE YOU NO GOD?

OH, I DO, LADY.
I HAVE A RELIGION.

HIS NAME IS BACH--
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.

AND AT LEAST MY GOD ISN'T
AN INVENTED ONE.

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!

LIFE IS
GOD'S CHOICE!

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!

LIFE IS
GOD'S CHOICE!

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!
- WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!

- LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!
- WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!
LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!

LIFE IS
GOD'S CHOICE!

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!

LIFE IS
GOD'S CHOICE!

LIFE IS GOD'S CHOICE!

"A FART
ON THOMAS PUTNAM!"

OF COURSE,
THAT WAS THE LONE LAUGH IN THE ENTIRE PLAY.

"BECAUSE IT IS MY NAME.

BECAUSE I CANNOT HAVE
ANOTHER IN MY LIFE.

BECAUSE I AM NOT
WORTH THE DUST

ON THE FEET
OF THEM THAT HANG.

HOW MAY I LIVE
WITHOUT MY NAME?

I'VE GIVEN
YOU MY SOUL;

LEAVE ME MY NAME."

OH.

IS THERE
ANY MORE TO THAT?

NO.

- OH, JACK.
- THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, JACK.

- THANK YOU.
- I DIDN'T KNOW YOU KNEW THAT.

THAT'S VERY GOOD.
THAT WAS GREAT.

- IT'S ALL I KNOW.
- YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE SEA BASS?

IT WAS
A BIT FISHY, BUT--

- OH.
- NO NO NO NO.

WHY DID
YOU NEVER MARRY, JACK?

OH. HE WAS
ENGAGED ONCE.

SHE WORKED AT HUDSON'S
ON WOODWARD, DOWNTOWN.

- I KNEW HER. I SAW HER.
- LET'S NOT GO THERE. LET'S NOT GO THERE.

- YOU NEVER EVEN LIKED HER.
- NO, I DIDN'T LIKE HER.

- LET'S NOT GO THERE.
- ALL RIGHT, I WON'T GO THERE.

OH, COME ON, COME ON.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS FIANCE.

COME ON, JACK.
SAY A FEW WORDS.

- A LITTLE SOMETHING?
- WHAT CAN I TELL YOU?

- WE BROKE UP. IT WAS-- YOU KNOW--
- I THINK THE TRUTH IS

THAT GIRLS JUST MAKE YOU SHAKE IN YOUR BOOTS, JACK.

- OKAY. YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT THEN.

SOMEBODY NEEDS
SOME COFFEE.

SO COME, MARGO,

COME WHERE IT'S SAFE.

GOVERNOR ENGLER'S GONNA BE SIGNING
A BAN IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

IT'LL MAKE ASSISTING A SUICIDE A FOUR-YEAR FELONY.

OH. OH, THAT'S LAUGHABLE.

IT'S A FUCKING CHARADE,

AND I'LL APPEAL IT
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.

IN THE MEANTIME,
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING LINED UP,

I SUGGEST
YOU GET IT DONE PRONTO.

WE'D HAVE BEEN
SHIT OUT OF LUCK

IF I HADN'T TRACED
THOSE TWO DOWN

AT A WHOLESALER
IN KALAMAZOO,

WHERE IT JUST SO HAPPENS
AN OLD FLAME OF MINE WORKS.

A COUPLE OF HAPPY-HOUR
MARGARITAS SEALED THE DEAL.

THEN IT WAS
WORTH THE DRIVE?

IT'S ALWAYS WORTH IT.

JACK, I JUST AIN'T SURE
THESE ARE GONNA BE ENOUGH.

I'LL MAKE IT WORK.
I CAN RATION IT.

ANYWAY, I THINK
I'VE GOT AN IDEA,

A WAY TO RECAPTURE
THE GAS.

LET'S STOP OVER
AT THE HARDWARE STORE.

OH, AND THAT'S--

I APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING
YOU THROUGH THIS, MA'AM.

IT'S THE EMPHYSEMA.

I KNOW.
YES, I KNOW.

I KNOW.
WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR IT TO PASS.

LET HIM HAVE THIS ONE OUT.
GO AHEAD.

AND WE BREATHE.

- OKAY.
- OKAY.

OKAY, SO WE'RE--

I THINK WE'RE READY
FOR THE BOX FIRST.

LIKE I SAID
TO YOU BEFORE,

BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES I'M IN NOW,

WE HAVE TO USE THIS
BECAUSE I'M SAVING THE GAS.

YOU UNDERSTAND?
WE'RE GOING TO RECAPTURE THE GAS.

THEY WON'T GIVE ME
MORE CANISTERS,

AND I HAVE
OTHER PATIENTS TO SERVE--

TWO OTHERS, AND I--

MAYBE THIS ISN'T SUCH
A GREAT IDEA, DOCTOR.

- I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HOLD.
- I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FINE.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

JUST A LITTLE
MORE TAPE RIGHT HERE...

- THERE.
- ...JUST TO KEEP IT IN. HERE WE GO.

LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE,
ALL RIGHT?

WHAT WE SAID-- NEAL IS GONNA TURN ON THE GAS CANISTER...

- OKAY.
- ...WHEN YOU ARE READY.

SO WE'RE GONNA GET
THE SIGNAL FROM YOU.

- YES, SIR.
- SORRY FOR THIS.

- THIS IS NOT USUAL--
- NO NO. NO NO.

THIS IS NOT USUALLY WHAT WE DO,
BUT WE'VE RUN OUT OF LUCK HERE.

- IT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL RIGHT.
- OKAY.

READY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR
A GREAT LIFE, CHERYL.

YOU TOO.

YOU'RE SO BRAVE.

WAIT. TAKE--
TAKE IT OFF.

TAKE-- TAKE IT OFF.

TAKE IT OFF.
TAKE IT OFF.

- GETTING HOT.
- HOT?

- WATCH HIS-- WATCH HIS--
- HOT. OH.

- GETTING SO HOT.
- IT'S WHAT?

- GETTING SO HOT. HOT.
- HOT.

- HE'S BURNING UP.
- OKAY, MAYBE WE-- THIS HAS GOT TO WAIT.

- OH, I THINK SO.
- NO NO, PLEASE.

I WASN'T-- I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THE ISSUE.

- I'M AWFULLY SORRY. SO LET'S--
- IT'S ALL RIGHT, DOC.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.
NOW, PLEASE.

DO IT NOW, PLEASE.
DO IT.

OKAY, LET'S DO IT
THIS WAY.

YOU KNOW,
LET'S GET RID OF THAT.

JUST-- LET'S JUST PUT THE BOX ON.
IT'D BE BETTER.

THIS IS GONNA
BE EASIER, HUGH.

- THIS--
- WATCH YOUR HEAD.

- DOWN.
- OKAY.

- WATCH YOUR HEAD.
- HERE IT IS.

- MIND YOUR HEAD.
- MIND YOUR HEAD.

JUST PUSH IT--
THAT'S IT. THAT'S FINE.

THIS IS GONNA
BE EASIER NOW,

BECAUSE THE GAS WILL
ESCAPE NOW.

IT WON'T HEAT UP.

JUST LIKE THAT,
HUGH. OKAY? OKAY?

NOW AIR IS GONNA GET THROUGH,
SO YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAT UP.

LET ME JUST GET THIS.

HERE WE ARE.

OKAY. ONCE AGAIN,
WHEN YOU'RE READY, HUGH,

WE'LL HAVE NEAL TURN
THE GAS ON AGAIN.

I LOVE YOU, DARLING.

- I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU.

IT'S OKAY, DARLING.

- YOU--
- I LOVE YOU.

OH GOD.

I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU,
DARLING.

I LOVE YOU.

HE'S GONE, MY DEAR.

I'M GONNA TYPE OUT
THE FINAL ACTION REPORT.

AND GIVE IT
TO YOU TOMORROW.

GOD!

SO YOU EVER GONNA
SAY ANYTHING?

BECAUSE NOTHING IRKS ME MORE THAN
HAVING YOU SITTING THERE SIMMERING.

GOD FORBID
I SHOULD IRK YOU.

WELL, JUST SPIT IT OUT.
YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY.

THE GREAT JACK KEVORKIAN.
YOU KNOW BETTER.

- THAT'S RIGHT.
- NOTHING GETS IN THE WAY OF THE MISSION.

THE MISSION?
WHAT MISSION.

IS THAT WHAT
YOU CALL RATIONING,

TAPING A FUCKING SHEET OF PLASTIC AROUND A POOR GUY'S HEAD?

WE SHOULD'VE WAITED
TILL WE HAD MORE GAS.

- OH, AND WHEN WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN I WONDER?
- I SHOULD'VE INSISTED.

HE WAS-- HE WAS--
HE WAS-- HE WAS DONE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
HE WANTED IT DONE.

HE WAS BEGGING FOR IT.
WE WANTED TO GO.

WE WERE READY TO GO.
HE WAS BEGGING US TO STAY.

HE WANTED IT DONE.
YOU SAW THAT.

YEAH, I SAW IT.
IT FREAKED THE SHIT OUT OF ME.

WELL, IT WORKED OUT.

IT GOT DONE.

I KNEW IT WOULD.

WE CAN'T BE CUTTING
CORNERS ANYMORE.

THIS ISN'T THE OLD DAYS.

WE'RE NOT DOWN IN THE LAB
WINGING IT ANYMORE.

JACK, THE NEXT TIME
IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT,

CALL IT OFF.

THESE ARE MY DECISIONS TO MAKE, NEAL.

MINE ALONE.

YES, SIR, KEMO SABE.

THIS IS THE ONE WE GOT

THROUGH THE SEARCH WARRANT
AT KEVORKIAN'S,

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE HE'S WHITED
OUT A NUMBER OF LINES AND TYPED OVER.

AND THIS IS THE ONE FOUND
IN NICOL'S TRASH

BY A CONCERNED ACTIVIST.

MR. GALE'S DESPERATE PLEAS
TO TAKE OFF HIS GAS MASK

WERE DELETED AND REPLACED
WITH THE PHRASE...

"PATIENT BECAME FLUSHED,
AGITATED. BREATHING DEEPLY."

"INCREASED RATE OF RESPIRATION AND MUSCLE TENSION

- WITH NO OVERACTION."
- THIS DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS

- MR. NICOL'S PHOTOCOPIED VERSION...
- "SAYING 'TAKE IT OFF.'"

...AND SUGGESTS THAT DR.
KEVORKIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO COVER SOMETHING UP.

"SAYING 'TAKE IT OFF'
ONCE AGAIN,

HE FELL
INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS."

THE TRAGEDY IS THAT MR.
GALE DID NOT WANT TO DIE THAT DAY,

BUT DR. KEVORKIAN
DIDN'T CARE.

AN INQUEST WILL BE HELD.

HE LIED IN HIS REPORT!

HE IS THE MOST
HONEST MAN I KNOW.

HONEST TO A FAULT!
- COULD WE CONTINUE PLEASE?

MR. NICOL, WHEN MR.
GALE SAID, "TAKE IT OFF"--

HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE PLASTIC TENT

ON HIS HEAD,
NOT THE GAS MASK.

AND HIS LUNGS LOCKED UP.
THAT HAPPENS WITH EMPHYSEMA.

THEN WHY WOULD
DR. KEVORKIAN

FEEL THE NEED
TO CORRECT--

YOU'RE GRASPING
AT STRAWS HERE.

IT WAS A SIMPLE
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR,

WHICH I HAD
POINTED OUT TO HIM

AND HE CORRECTED.

HE TYPED UP A NEW COPY WHICH
WAS GOING TO GO IN OUR RECORDS.

BEFORE YOU RANSACKED
HIS APARTMENT!

BUT THIS TYPO, IN ITS ORIGINAL,
WAS FOUR LINES LONG.

WHY WOULDN'T HE JUST RIP IT UP AND
START AGAIN IF IT WAS A MISTAKE?

TO SAVE ON PAPER.

DR. KEVORKIAN IS

INCREDIBLY CHEAP.

IT WAS
A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY,

AS THEY ALL ARE.

AND I'M SURE
WHEN HE TYPED IT UP,

IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT

AND HE WAS TRYING
TO DO THREE THINGS AT ONCE

LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES.

MRS. GALE, PLEASE,

FOR YOUR HUSBAND'S SAKE,

THE TRUTH.

MY HUSBAND OF 22 YEARS

FACED DEATH SO MANY TIMES
FROM HIS SEIZURES,

HE USED TO PRAY
NOT TO WAKE UP.

HE TALKED
ABOUT SHOOTING HIMSELF,

BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ME THE MESS TO CLEAN UP.

SO HERE'S YOUR TRUTH,
MR. THOMPSON.

AS SICK AS HUGH WAS,

I BEGGED HIM
NOT TO MAKE THE CALL.

I BEGGED HIM EVERY NIGHT
FOR NINE MONTHS.

AND THEN BEFORE CHRISTMAS,

I ASKED HIM WHAT
HE WANTED FOR A GIFT--

THE LAST GIFT
I'D EVER GIVE HIM--

AND HE SAID,
"THERE'S ONLY ONE THING YOU CAN GET ME, SWEETHEART.

IT'S AN APPOINTMENT
WITH DR. KEVORKIAN."

I FIND NO FACTUAL BASIS
TO PROCEED.

EXONERATED ONCE AGAIN.

JACK, 15;
THOMPSON, ZILCH.

WOW.
NO WONDER EVERYONE'S DRINKING AT THIS SHOW.

IS THAT SANTA CLAUS
STEPPING ON A BABY?

YES.
- TELL ME ABOUT DOC'S CHRISTMASES.

IT LOOKS QUITE MORBID--

WELL, EXCEPT FOR
THE FLOWER THAT IS.

THANK GOD
I'M NOT A SHRINK.

OUR GRANDPARENTS,
OUR AUNTS, OUR UNCLES,

THE ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST WAS
THE SAME AS THE JEWS.

ONLY OUR PARENTS--
BARELY TEENAGERS--

WERE ABLE TO FLEE.

GROWING UP, ALL WE HEARD WERE THOSE
TERRIBLE STORIES OF ALL THE BLOODSHED,

AND IT FRIGHTENED JACK SO.

IT'S ALL DEALING WITH THE MELANCHOLY AGE-OLD STRUGGLE

BETWEEN WARMTH OF LIFE,
THE ICINESS OF DEATH.

ONLY I'M SURE THAT THEME
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED

HAD A REAL ARTIST DONE IT.

MANY NIGHTS HE WOULD
JUST SIT IN HIS BED--

LIGHTS ON A MUST--
YOU KNOW,

CLUTCHING THAT LITTLE DOG OF OURS SO TIGHTLY.

WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE. HE HAD A DOG?

YOU'RE LOOKING
SO INTENTLY.

- YES.
- WHAT ARE YOU FEELING? THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

- JACK, IT'S, UH-- IT'S--
- IT'S, UH--

- HI.
- HI.

- IT'S, UM--
- I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FEELING.

YOU'RE FEELING
IT'S-- IT'S MACABRE.

IT IS MACABRE,
MY FRIEND.

YES, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING
AT IT NONETHELESS.

IT'S LIKE WAR.
WAR, YOU'RE DRAWN TO IT,

BUT AFTER YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT,
YOU SAY, "OH, THAT WAS GROTESQUE,

MACABRE,
STRANGE, UGLY."

THAT'S THE FEELING
I'M TRYING TO CONVEY.

- I'M SOLD.
- I HEARD "SOLD."

- HOW MUCH, JACK?
- WHATEVER YOU THINK IS FAIR.

- MY PATIENTS THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
- GOOD.

THIS IS FROM
MY PRIVATE COLLECTION.

HELLO.

Dr. Kevorkian,
I'm afraid we have

some bad news
regarding your sister.

IT APPEARS SHE HAD
THE HEART ATTACK

A COUPLE OF HOURS
BEFORE SHE CALLED 9-1-1.

PERHAPS SHE THOUGHT THAT WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT WOULD JUST PASS.

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY
FOR YOUR LOSS.

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE
TO SEE HER?

NO.

"BY LATE,
MUCH TOO OFTEN DECEIVED,

BY TOO EARLY A DEATH
NOW RELIEVED

OF THE BURDEN SHE BORE,

MY SIS MARGO GAVE MORE

TO MY LIFE
THAN SHE EVER RECEIVED."

The whole question
of death and dying

involves the most profound
and complex ethical questions

that we must decide
as a society.

At no time have
the people of Michigan

or the Michigan Legislature
granted Jack Kevorkian

or any other individual
the sole right

to decide who lives
or dies in our state.

- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. CONGRATULATIONS.

OVER HERE.
JUST BRING IT RIGHT OVER HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO SAVE
SOME OF THAT STUFF.

WE ALL
SUPPORT YOU, JACK.

OH, THANKS, FELLAS.
THANK YOU.

- COULD I?
- OH YEAH.

JIMMY! YEAH, GIVE ME
A HAND HERE.

I'M SIGNING
AN AUTOGRAPH!

- OKAY? WAIT A MINUTE.
- * GONNA GRAB ME A PLANE

* THAT'LL TAKE ME
BACK HOME TO MY FOLKS... *

* MAYBE REAL SOON...

* JUST AS SOON AS I GET
A FEW DOLLARS AHEAD... *

I GOT IT IN A SETTLEMENT
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

IT BEATS THE HELL OUT
OF YOUR APARTMENT.

A LAKE.

OH!

- GEESE?
- YEAH.

WELL, IT IS A BIT
ROMANTIC FOR MY TASTE.

WELL, SUE ME FOR TRYING TO PUT A
GODDAMN ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD, JACK.

- WELL--
- I'M NOT LETTING YOU LIVE IN SOME Y.M.C.A.

- COME ON.
- FINE.

ONLY I HAVEN'T
TAKEN THIS YET.

AND IF I DO,
I'M PAYING THE RENT.

NO CHARITY CASE.

OKAY, I'LL TAKE IT.

OKAY. GEOFF?

- YEAH?
- LET'S GO.

LET'S GO.
DON'T YOU HAVE WORK TO GET BACK TO?

LIKE WHAT?

"LIKE WHAT?"

LIKE APPEALING THE 15-MONTH BAN THAT'S TYING MY HANDS.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, JACK?

THEY MADE A LAW
SPECIFICALLY TO STOP ME.

I WANT TO CHALLENGE IT.

I WANT TO TEST IT.

WHAT IS THIS?

THOMAS HYDE,
30 YEARS OLD,

LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE.

OH.

ARE YOU GONNA GO ALONG
WITH ME ON THIS?

I'M WITH YOU, JACK.

Okay,
don't strain too much.

Don't strain.
Don't strain.

- Ah!
- He's gonna get a cramp here?

Does he? Yes. All right,
that's enough of the physical stuff, Tom.

NO MORE PHYSICAL.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO MOVE A LITTLE FOR THE RECORD.

So now, Tom, tell me:

What is it you wish?

In plain English.

BOND IS SET FOR $50,000.
ARE YOU GONNA PAY THAT TODAY?

OH, THAT IS BEYOND EGREGIOUS,
YOUR HONOR.

THAT IS NO WAY I'M GOING TO PAY A BOND LIKE THAT,
YOUR HONOR.

YOU CAN FORGET IT.
YOU CAN FORGET IT,

BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME...
- JACK.

...YOU PEOPLE UNJUSTLY TAKE AWAY FROM ME MY LIBERTIES.

- I NEED A MOMENT WITH MY CLIENT, YOUR HONOR.
- THE LAST TIME.

AND I WILL NOT--
HEAR ME NOW-- I WILL NOT EAT.

- JACK.
- GUARANTEED.

- I APOLOGIZE FOR MY CLIENT.
- YOU ARE ASSISTING IN MY SUICIDE.

PLEASE. JACK JACK JACK,
JUST COME ON.

JACK, THIS IS BETTER
THAN I COULD'VE IMAGINED.

EVERY PAPER IS
TREATING YOU AS A VICTIM.

DON'T EVEN THINK
ABOUT PAYING MY BOND.

- LET 'EM CONVICT ME.
- YOU'RE NOT GETTING CONVICTED ON MY WATCH.

HERE, JACK.
COME ON.

- HUH?
- HAVE A BAZOOKA.

- BAZOOKA?
- NO, IT IS NOT CHEATING.

IT'S JUST
A LITTLE APPLE JUICE.

I PUT SOME VITAMIN DROPS IN,
THAT'S ALL.

GO AHEAD.

- VITAMIN DROPS?
- YUMMY. THERE YOU GO.

I'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE, HAVEN'T I?
WHAT THE HELL IS IN THERE?

YOU'VE SEEN BETTER DAYS, DOC.
JUST DRINK IT DOWN.

I SURE HAVE.

THAT'S IT.

MMM.

THAT'S SWEET
OF YOU, JANET.

- OH, MY PLEASURE, DOC.
- SHARE SOME WITH ME.

NO NO NO, YOU HAVE IT.
I'M ON THE WAGON.

"BECAUSE IT'S"--

"BECAUSE IT'S"--

WHAT'S THIS?
I KNOW THIS.

I KNOW THIS WELL.

WHY CAN'T I--

"BECAUSE IT IS MY NAME."

"BECAUSE IT IS"--

"...MY SOUL."

"BECAUSE IT"--

HOW COULD
I NOT KNOW THAT?

"BECAUSE IT IS MY NAME.

BECAUSE I CANNOT HAVE"--

"BECAUSE I CANNOT HAVE
ANOTHER IN MY--

BECAUSE I CANNOT HAVE
ANOTHER IN MY LIFE."

"BECAUSE IT IS MY NAME."

"I HAVE GIVEN YOU...

MY LIFE."

"I'VE GIVEN YOU MY LIFE."

"BECAUSE I WOULD--

BECAUSE I WOULD"--
NO NO NO.

"BECAUSE I--
I CANNOT HAVE"--

"BECAUSE I CANNOT HAVE"--
LET ME NOT--

"I CANNOT-- I CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER IN MY LIFE."

"HOW MAY I LIVE
WITHOUT MY NAME?"

"I'VE GIVEN YOU
MY SOUL."

MARGO.

MARGO.

YOU WERE RIGHT.

IT'S NICER.

IT IS NICER.

OH.

"BECAUSE IT IS--
BECAUSE IT IS--

BECAUSE IT IS MY--

BECAUSE IT IS"--

IT'S BEEN 19 DAYS.

I'M GRANTING
MR. FIEGER'S REQUEST

TO REDUCE
YOUR BOND TO $100.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

IF YOU WANT
TO FIRE ME, GO AHEAD.

So is there anything else

you wish to add, Tom,
or have Heidi tell us?

Or, Heidi, is there
anything you would add

before we conclude
this discussion?

I'm sorry, honey.

That's all
I wanted to say.

It's too much for us.

JAIL JACK!
JAIL JACK!

JAIL JACK! JAIL JACK!

JAIL JACK!
JAIL JACK!

JAIL JACK!
JAIL JACK! JAIL JACK!

MR. THOMPSON, WHAT HAPPENED?

I REMIND KEVORKIAN
THIS "NOT GUILTY" VERDICT

DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE A BAN IN EFFECT.

I THINK MANKIND TOOK--

TOOK AN HISTORIC
STEP TODAY

OUT OF THE DARK AGES.

IT MAKES ME THINK
OF THE NUREMBERG TRIALS.

WHEN A LAW IS DEEMED
IMMORAL BY YOU,

YOU MUST DISOBEY IT.
YOU MUST DISOBEY IT.

- THANK YOU.
- DICK.

THE MAN'S INVINCIBLE.
SO AM I.

I JUST GOT WORD THAT
THE COURT OF APPEALS IS

GONNA HEAR ARGUMENTS
ON YOUR BAN!

HELL, I'M GONNA
WIN THAT TOO!

WHY CAN'T WE HAVE
CLINICS DOING THIS STUFF?

EVERY CITY SHOULD HAVE A CLINIC WHERE SOMEONE CAN GO TO.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I JUST GOT AN IDEA.
I'M GONNA HAVE ONE OF MY OWN.

HOW DOES IT FEEL
TO BE VICTORIOUS?

VICTORIOUS?
I NEVER FEEL VICTORIOUS.

I JUST GO AHEAD
AND DO WHAT I DO.

THIS ISN'T A VICTORY TO ME.
IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE.

YOU DON'T NEED HARDLY NOTHING.
THE WALLS ARE GOOD.

NO, THEY'RE NOT.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE IT WHITE.

- WHAT'S WRONG WITH WHITE?
- YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT'S CREAM

OR ROBIN'S EGG BLUE.
SOMETHING THAT'S WARM.

SOMETHING
THAT'S PEACEFUL.

SHOULD IT BE HIGHER,
YOU THINK?

WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY WINDOW NAILS ON ME RIGHT NOW, DOC.

WELL, YOU KNOW, NEAL,
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S 500 LBS.

YOU JUST LIFT IT UP--
THERE IT IS.

THAT LOOKS GOOD.

IT'S NOT CENTERED ENOUGH,
BUT WHO CARES, RIGHT?

- THERE YOU GO.
- I THINK IT'S PERFECT.

- YUP.
- NO, I COULDN'T TELL

BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO GO
OUTSIDE AND SEE IT. HERE.

OH, YEAH.
OH, YEAH!

SO IF YOU'RE UNCONSCIOUS,
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT

TO TURN OFF THE FEEDING TUBE AND LET YOU DIE.

BUT IF YOU'RE
CONSCIOUS, RATIONAL

AND BEGGING
FOR ASSISTANCE,

TO BE ALLOWED TO DIE,

WE REFUSE. WE REFUSE.

NOW HOW IS IT POSSIBLE

THAT A MENTALLY-
COMPETENT ADULT

DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT
TO LOOK A DOCTOR IN THE EYE

AND SAY "I'VE HAD ENOUGH"?

"I CAN'T ENDURE
ANYMORE PAIN.

HELP ME.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH."

DO WE REALLY WANT

THE GOVERNMENT MAKING
THOSE DECISIONS FOR US?

NO.

IT CAN'T BE.

IT JUST CAN'T BE.

In a rented storefront
in Warren,

Kevorkian aided the death of a Kansas City, Missouri, woman

- who had been inflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease.
- FORGET IT. FORGET IT.

ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY
YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS?

YOU DIDN'T REALLY THINK IT WAS GONNA BE AN ARMENIAN BAKERY,
DID YOU?

YOU'VE GOT 24 HOURS TO VACATE.
NOT A MINUTE MORE.

IF WE CAN GET INTO
ANOTHER STORAGE UNIT--

NOT STORAGE UNIT,
BUT ANOTHER PLACE,

WE'VE GOT
A PLACE TO MOVE--

MOVE ALL THE CRAP
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO--

YOU'VE GOT TO STORE IT

OR THEY'RE GONNA
THROW IT OUT ON THE STREET.

OH, SHOOT.

RAY BOY.
- THEY SHUT US DOWN, RAY.

THEY JUST SHUT US DOWN.

YOU KNOW,
THE SAME KIND OF THING,

SPURRED THE '67 RIOTS,
YOU KNOW.

YOU REMEMBER? OF COURSE YOU REMEMBER.
YOU WERE THERE.

YOU WERE A CAPTAIN,
WEREN'T YOU?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

- OOH.
- HEY, JAN.

- JANNY?
- HMM?

- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- I'VE GOT THE CANCER,

PANCREATIC.

THEY DIAGNOSED ME
THIS MORNING.

THEY'VE GIVEN ME
SIX MONTHS,

BUT I'M NOT
ROLLING OVER LIKE THAT.

HERE, MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL.
PUT THAT IN THE OVEN.

- HERE.
- OH, WHAT YOU GOT,

- PECAN SANDIES HERE?
- NO, IT'S CHOCOLATE CHIP.

- HERE, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
- YEAH

SO WHAT'S NEW WITH YOU?

THEY SHUT US DOWN,

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO,

YOU KNOW,
FIND ANOTHER PLACE.

WE WILL.
WE'LL FIND ANOTHER PLACE.

DON'T WORRY.

HEY, JACK.

HEY, GEOFF.

THEY DON'T WANT
TO EAT TODAY.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR
ABOUT JANET.

HERE.

THE COURT OF APPEALS'
RULING JUST CAME IN

AND THEY RULED
IN OUR FAVOR.

THEY SAID THAT THE LAW WAS SO POORLY WORDED

THAT IT COULD NOT
BE UPHELD.

OH. WELL,
I'M GLAD TO HEAR

THERE'S STILL SOME SMART PEOPLE IN POWER LEFT.

THAT WAS
THE GOOD NEWS.

THEY ALSO RULED THAT THERE'S NO
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COMMIT SUICIDE...

I TAKE BACK
WHAT I JUST SAID.

...AND THAT AIDING
IN ONE FALLS UNDER

AN OLD COMMON-LAW
DEFINITION OF MURDER.

COMMON LAW?
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

WE'RE GONNA RETRY HIM
ON SHERRY MILLER

AND MARJORIE WANTZ.
THOSE TWO WEREN'T TERMINAL

AND IT'S MY JOB
TO SEE THEY GET JUSTICE.

- ARE YOU REALLY CERTAIN THAT--
- I'VE GOT HIM IN MY CROSSHAIRS NOW.

THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT
ANOTHER TRIAL.

FROM ALL I HEAR,
THEY'RE READY TO TURN THE PAGE.

I STOPPED WORRYING ABOUT PUBLIC
PERCEPTION A LONG TIME AGO, DAVID.

PUBLIC CRUSADER

- OR ATTENTION- GRABBING EGOTIST?
- OKAY, JACK?

- I'M OKAY.
- YOU BE THE JUDGE AS DR. JACK KEVORKIAN

APPEARS AT THE COURTHOUSE

LOCKED IN AN OLD-FASHIONED
WOODEN PILLORY.

PROSECUTOR DICK THOMPSON CAN ONLY HOPE HIS ROLL OF THE DICE

FINALLY MUZZLES
THE MAVERICK PHYSICIAN.

TOP DEFENSE LAWYER MAYER MORGANROTH HAS HIS MONEY ON JACK.

WHY THE STOCKS?
- THIS IS A CLEAR MANIFESTATION

OF THE EXISTENCE

OF THE INQUISITION
IN THE STATE.

MEDIEVAL PUNISHMENT
FOR A MEDIEVAL CONCEPT.

- THIS IS NOT A TRIAL.
- YOUR HONOR, PLEAS.

WHAT LAW HAVE I BROKEN?
TELL ME. WHAT LAW HAVE I BROKEN?

SOME ANTIQUATED COMMON LAWS.
COMMON LAW.

- DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A CRIME...
- YOU HONOR--

...TO CONVERT FROM
CHRISTIANITY TO ISLAM?

- DID YOU KNOW THAT WAS A COMMON LAW?
- MAY I CONTINUE PLEASE?

ALSO, IT'S A CRIME NOT
TO BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE.

THAT'S A COMMON LAW.
THIS IS NOT A TRIAL.

- YOUR HONOR--
- THIS IS NOT A TRIAL. IT'S A LYNCHING,

AND I'M NOT GONNA PARTICIPATE IN MY OWN LYNCHING.

CAN WE ALL PRESUME--
JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT--

- THAT WE ARE REALLY IN A COURTROOM, OKAY?
- NO, I WILL NOT PRESUME.

- THAT THERE'S A JUDGE, A JURY...
- I REFUSE TO PRESUME.

...AND REAL WITNESSES.
CAN WE PRESUME THAT THIS IS A REAL TRIAL?

NO, WE CAN'T,
BECAUSE THERE IS NO LAW HERE.

- AM I WRONG?
- YOU'RE WRONG!

PROVE IT.
CITE TO ME ONE...

COMMON-LAW CASE
OF ASSISTED SUICIDE.

- ONE. GO AHEAD. I'M LISTENING.
- I WILL ASK THE QUESTIONS, SIR.

- WE'RE ALL WAITING. CITE ONE.
- ARE YOU GONNA ANSWER MY QUESTION?

- SMARTASS. GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
- YOUR HONOR.

DR. KEVORKIAN,
I'M WARNING YOU.

YOU KNOW, YOUR HONOR,
YOU MAY CITE ME FOR CONTEMPT,

BUT I AM FINISHED
WITH THIS FARCE.

I'M NOT GONNA BE A PART OF IT.
I JUST CAN'T.

I'M SO SICK AND TIRED...

- ...OF THIS FUSION...
- RESUME THE STAND, DR. KEVORKIAN.

...OF RELIGIOUS DOGMA
AND MEDICINE!

CAN I ASK FOR A RECESS, PLEASE?
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, YOUR HONOR.

- RECESS.
- THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU.

Can't-- there's nothing anybody can do

for me and there's
certainly no step...

TIME TO GIVE IT UP, DICK.

...or I would not be here.

GO ON. GO ON.

JACK.

JACK.

I TOLD YOU THOSE VIDEOTAPES WERE
GOING TO BE OUR GOLDEN TICKET.

WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS
TO THE SUPREME COURT, GEOFF.

WE HAVE TO DO IT.

WE'VE STILL GOT
TO GET A LAW

- LEGALIZING ASSISTED SUICIDE, NO?
- CONGRATULATIONS.

HEY, JACK. COME ON.
YOU WON. ENJOY YOURSELF.

MORGANROTH IS RIGHT, JACK.
YOU'LL NEVER SEE ANOTHER COURTROOM AGAIN.

THE HOUSE OF CARDS
IS FALLING

AND ENGLER'S
GOING DOWN WITH IT.

- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
- COME ON.

PLEASE PLEASE, I HAVE
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.

I HAVE DECIDED
TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR.

HEAR HEAR!

WHOO!
- FIEGER FOR GOVERNOR!

FEIGER'S
YOUR FINEST!

NEXT STOP--
LANSING!

DAVID GORCYCA,
OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR.

IT HAS
A NICE RING TO IT.

YOU KNOW,
YOU OWE ME AFTER THE WAY I DEMOLISHED THOMPSON FOR YOU.

AND I KNOW YOU'LL STAY
OUT OF JACK'S HAIR.

THOMSON BLEW AWAY
TOO MANY TAXPAYER DOLLARS

ON THESE PROSECUTIONS.

I'VE NO INTENTION
TO WASTE ONE MORE NICKEL.

AS LONG AS KEVORKIAN
STAYS IN LINE,

HE CAN ASSIST AS MANY PATIENTS AS HE DAMN WELL PLEASES.

NO WORRIES.
JACK'S LEARNED TO LISTEN TO EVERYTHING I SAY.

YOU KNOW,
I'M ONLY OPERATING

BY THE GRACE
OF THIS PROSECUTOR.

"GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN GO DO YOUR THING

IN SOME DARK LITTLE CORNER
OF THE UNIVERSE,

BUT DO IT QUIETLY."
YOU KNOW?

OH, THE LINGERING
OF DEATH.

WHAT A BUSINESS.

KEEP DEATH ALIVE.

HOSPITALS DON'T MAKE
MONEY OTHERWISE.

DRUG COMPANIES EITHER.

IF YOU'RE RICH
AND YOU HAVE THE MONEY,

YOU CAN PAY TO DIE.

BUT THE POOR,
THEY CAN ONLY AFFORD

TO STICK IT OUT
AND SUFFER.

THEY SAY COMPLACENCY
IS A VIRTUE.

OH, STOP WHINING.
YOU MAKE ME MORE NAUSEOUS THAN MY CHEMO.

YOU HAVE FULL REIGN.
JUST DEAL WITH IT.

YEAH.

I THINK THE BIGGEST
MISTAKE OF MY LIFE

WAS NOT GETTING MARRIED.

- EXCUSE ME?
- I COULD'VE, YOU KNOW,

PROCREATED.

KEPT THE FAMILY NAME ALIVE.

- WHY NOT?
- PROCREATE?

YOU WOULD'VE MADE
THAT BIG A SACRIFICE

TO KEEP THE FAMILY NAME ALIVE?
YOU WOULD'VE DONE THAT?

WELL, SOMETIMES,
YOU'VE GOT TO GET YOUR HANDS A LITTLE DIRTY.

WELL, COULD YOU HAVE
LOVED THOUGH, DOC?

THAT'S THE BIGGER QUESTION.

COULD YOU HAVE LOVED?

YOU DIDN'T PUT SUGAR
IN HERE AGAIN.

AH. DON'T GET UP.

WE NEED TO HAVE
A CONVERSATION.

MMM. YOU KNOW
I'M NOT LUGGING

THIS THING AROUND
JUST 'CAUSE IT'S SEXY.

AND YOU'RE THE ONLY DOCTOR
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

THAT PRACTICES EUTHANASIA.

OH, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

YOU'VE GOT
PLENTY OF TIME.

Fieger! Fieger! Fieger!

Okay okay, let's keep
these signs up.

Let's keep 'em up there.
Oh, don't drop that.

Did you get a t-shirt?

Get those buttons
out there.

Buttons! Buttons!

What is
your official stance

on the assisted suicide issue?

I give my word
to the people of Michigan

that I will not be supporting
doctor-assisted suicide.

Even with your history
with Dr. Kevorkian?

What I've always said
is I support

the individual's right
to choose.

But I repeat--

I will not be supporting
doctor-assisted suicide.

There you have it, folks.

Now back to you, John.

This is Megan
from Channel 4 News.

There's something
happening here, people.

And if you don't know what it is,
it's Geoffrey Fieger.

The 47-year-old Fieger's
flare for the dramatic

has enlivened a campaign
that most analysts

said would be
dishwater dull.

No longer advocating
for Kevorkian,

Fieger is now
advocating for himself

and campaigning
with Michigan voters,

billing himself
as the anti-politician.

Governor Engler is
dumber than Dan Quayle

and twice as ugly.

He's a racist
and he's a liar.

It's the acerbic tongue
of Geoffrey Fieger's

that Republicans say
they'll make the major issue

of this upcoming race.

GOD HAD HIS CHANCE
TO COME TAKE ME.

I'LL GO TO HIM INSTEAD.

ARE YOU GONNA
LOOK AT ME, DOC?

OR IS IT
AN ARMENIAN THING?

- IS WHAT?
- YOU KNOW, KEEPING IT ALL INSIDE,

JUST KEEP IT GOING.
IS THAT AN ARMENIAN THING?

- OH, I DON'T KNOW.
- ACTUALLY, HOW COULD IT BE AN ARMENIAN THING?

MARGO WAS JUST AS ARMENIAN AS
YOU ARE AND SHE TALKED MY EAR OFF.

SHE TOLD ME EVERYTHING.

SHE COULD SHARE.
YOU DON'T SHARE.

WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO SHARE?

ANYTHING.
EVERYTHING.

- I'M AFRAID--
- I KNOW. I KNOW.

- NO, YOU DON'T.
- YES, I DO.

I'M NOT AFRAID
FOR MYSELF, YOU DOPE.

I'M AFRAID FOR YOU.

YOUR LITTLE BAND OF KEVORKIANS IS SHRINKING INTO NOTHING.

WILL YOU COME CLOSER?
I CAN'T SEE YOU RIGHT THERE.

HERE.

- RIGHT HERE.
- YES. OKAY.

SEE, YOU KNOW MARGO
AND I WERE THE ONLY TWO

THAT COULD TELL YOU
TO SHUT UP.

LOOK. YOU NEED
MORE PEOPLE IN YOUR CORNER,

NOT LESS.

PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN TRUST.

AND THE ONLY WAY
PEOPLE TRUST EACH OTHER

IS IF THEY KNOW EACH OTHER.

AND NOBODY KNOWS YOU.

NOBODY.

HOW DID IT FEEL

WHEN YOUR MOTHER
WAS DYING?

YOU WERE A DOCTOR,
A HEALER,

AND YOU WERE HELPLESS.
HOW DID THAT FEEL?

YOU KNOW, I FAILED HER.

I FAILED MY MOTHER.

AND?

SHE ONCE SAID TO ME

"IMAGINE, JACK,

THE WORST TOOTHACHE
IN THE WORLD.

NOW IMAGINE
THAT TOOTHACHE

BEING IN EVERY BONE
IN YOUR BODY."

THAT'S--

THAT'S WHAT WAS
HAPPENING TO HER.

SHE WAS MY MOTHER.
I DEVOTED MY LIFE TO HER.

SO...

EH...

SO HOW DID--
HOW DID YOU FEEL?

I REMEMBER--

I REMEMBER BEING IN
THIS LITTLE HOSPITAL ROOM--

THIS CHILLY LITTLE ROOM,

A LONE WINDOW
IN THE RED BRICK WALL--

THAT'S WHAT IT FACED--

AND ALL THESE DOCTORS
CIRCLING AROUND MY MOTHER

TRYING TO KEEP HER ALIVE.

AND I WAS HELPLESS.

I WAS POWERLESS,

HELPLESS
AND INEFFECTUAL.

AND I FELT

LOST.

I WAS LOST.

THAT'S HOW I FELT.

THANKS, DOC.

THANKS.

- RAY AND THE KIDS--
- YEAH.

GIVE MY LOVE TO MARGO.

YES.

HEY, GUYS.

OKAY.

YOUR LITTLE BAND
OF KEVORKIANS

IS SHRINKING
INTO NOTHING.

JACK! JACK! DR. KEVORKIAN!

DR. KEVORKIAN!
JACK, OVER HERE!

I'M AFRAID FOR YOU.

YOU'RE NOT THE BEST SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CAUSE, REALLY.

WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS
TO THE SUPREME COURT, GEOFF,

'CAUSE I DON'T
HAVE FOREVER.

YOUR LITTLE BAND
OF KEVORKIANS IS SHRINKING

INTO NOTHING,
DISAPPEARING.

DR. KEVORKIAN,
A QUESTION!

Dr. Jack Kevorkian was
among the who's who on hand

to celebrate "Time" magazine's 75th anniversary gala

at Radio City Music Hall.

The big night was attended
by many of the faces

who have appeared on "Time"'s covers over the decades.

YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE
IN YOUR CORNER.

I'M AFRAID FOR YOU.

...Joe DiMaggio
to Jerry Falwell

to Raquel Welch
to Henry Kissinger.

I'M AFRAID FOR YOU.

YOUR LITTLE BAND OF KEVORKIANS IS SHRINKING INTO NOTHING.

I DON'T HAVE FOREVER.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS

TO THE SUPREME COURT, GEOFF.

JACK, I'M DEALING
WITH THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.

MY CONDOLENCES.
- AND THE DISABILITY GROUP-- I MEAN,

THEY THINK YOU WANT TO KILL
THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM.

SO? WHAT HAVE
WE ACCOMPLISHED?

NO LAW HAS BEEN PASSED.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE PRELUD.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING.
THE BATTLE OF CONCORD,

- THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON--
- WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?

I'M THINKING
OF THE SUPREME COURT!

I'M THINKING
OF GOING ALL THE WAY.

IF THEY WANT TO SILENCE ME,
LET THEM PROSECUTE ME,

CONVICT ME,
SEND ME TO JAIL

LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING,

- GALILEO OR--
- THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALREADY SAID

THAT THE STATES DO HAVE THE RIGHT
TO OUTLAW DOCTOR-ASSISTED SUICIDE!

SEE? YOU DON'T LISTEN.
YOU DON'T LISTEN! THEY ALSO SAID

THAT THEY WOULD HEAR A CASE
IF THE RIGHT ONE CAME ALONG.

IF IT WAS FOR A PARTICULARLY SUFFERING INDIVIDUAL,

THEY WOULD HEAR IT.
YOU DON'T LISTEN.

OKAY, TOM, SO HAVE
YOU DISCUSSED

YOUR WISHES WITH YOUR WIFE AND FAMILY?

DO THEY WANT YOU
TO GO ON?

YES,

THEY UNDERSTAND

WHY.

IT'S MY DECISION.

HE'S SAYING,
"IT'S MY DECISION."

OKAY.

NOW, TOM,

I WILL BE ADMINISTERING
DIRECT LETHAL INJECTION,

WHAT'S CALLED
"ACTIVE EUTHANASIA."

You don't want to wait
a month or so?

No, I do not.

How about two weeks?
Two weeks?

No.

A week?
Can you wait a week?

Yeah.

Okay.
Okay, we'll stretch it out another week.

YOU'RE DOING
THE DEED YOURSELF?

THIS IS REALLY CROSSING
INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY.

WELL, SO I SET SAIL.

RUDDERLESS, I ADMIT,

BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.

This is gonna allow me to do direct lethal injection.

I'M ALL ALONE, NEAL,

AND I'M RUNNING
OUT OF TIME.

THAT FIRST DAY
35 YEARS AGO

YOU CAME DOWN
TO THE BASEMENT LAB

AND TALKED
TO ALL US MED TECHS.

YOU WERE THE ONLY DOCTOR
IN OUR WHOLE HOSPITAL

WE DIDN'T THINK WAS
A POMPOUS SON OF A BITCH.

WELL, THAT WAS
YOUR FIRST MISTAKE.

I LET YOU STICK
NEEDLES IN ME,

TRANSFUSE CADAVER BLOOD.

SHIT, YOU WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT HEPATITIS, JACK.

HELL, WE HAD
SOME GOOD TIMES.

YOU HAD PURPOSE, JACK.

YOU HAD PURPOSE AND I GUESS
I NEEDED SOME TOO.

AND I KNOW THAT
THIS IS YOUR DECISION,

BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO PULL THE PLUG ON SOMEBODY YOURSELF,

YOU'RE GONNA
BE FLYING SOLO.

- YES.
- THIS IS MELODY YOUK.

I'M-- I'M SORRY
TO CALL SO LATE,

BUT IT'S TOM.

He can't wait
any longer.

He's terrified.

OH, OKAY. OKAY.

I'M ON MY WAY.

JUST SAY YOUR
GOODBYES THEN, MELODY,

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE THERE WHEN I DO THIS THING.

I'm on my way.

- JACK.
- HEY, JACK.

LOOK WHAT I GOT.

I WANT
A NATIONAL DEBATE ON THIS,

BECAUSE ONCE THAT HAPPENS,
THEY HAVE TO CHARGE ME.

- THEY HAVE NO CHOICE, RIGHT?
- WITH MURDER, MAYBE.

I WANT TO PUT
EUTHANASIA ON TRIAL.

LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE
IF IT'S MURDER OR NOT.

YOU WANT
TO SACRIFICE YOURSELF?

BECAUSE YOU'D GO TO PRISON
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU KNOW I KNOW
BARBARA WALTERS.

SHE LIKES ME,

BUT I WANT
A BIGGER AUDIENCE.

YOU KNOW MIKE WALLACE,
DON'T YOU?

NO, I UNDER-- YEAH.

I MEAN IF--

IF YOU PUT HIM
ON THE AIR,

WILL YOU BE DEALING WITH
A RATIONAL HUMAN BEING?

WELL, I CAN'T PROMISE RATIONAL
WITH KEVORKIAN, MIKE.

BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING
IF HE'S SANE,

I'D SAY YES.

HE KNOWS EXACTLY
WHAT HE'S DOING.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian,
who has acknowledged

helping more than 130 patients kill themselves,

tonight reveals
that two months ago

he killed one
of his patients himself

and recorded it
on video tape.

Tom Youk led
an active life.

He restored and raced
vintage cars.

But two years ago
at age 50,

He was diagnosed
with Lou Gehrig's disease,

a devastating
incurable illness

that destroyed
his muscles.

He lost the use of his legs
and then his arms.

His family says he was
in terrible pain,

had trouble breathing
and swallowing,

and was choking
on his own saliva.

And we're ready to inject.

We're going to inject
your right arm. Okay?

First the doctor gave
him Seconal

to put him
to sleep quickly.

Sleepy, Tom?
Tom, are you asleep?

Are you asleep?
He's asleep.

Then he injected
a muscle relaxant

to stop his breathing.

- And this?
- Paralyzes the muscles.

But he's still alive at--

He's still alive,
but that's why--

now you see-- now this lack of oxygen is getting to him now.

But he's unconscious, deeply,
so it doesn't matter.

- Is he dead now?
- He's dying now,

Because his oxygen's cut off,
he can't breath.

So I'll now
quickly inject

the potassium chloride
to stop the heart.

Now there's
a straight line.

- He's dead.
- Yeah.

The heart has stopped.
- I'm shocked that it's come to this,

that in the '90s

we have to make such an issue out of something

a person should be
in control of--

their own life
and death.

And those who say
that Jack Kevorkian,

Dr. Death,
is a fanatic?

Zealot.
I'm fighting for me, mike,

For me.
Because this is a right I want.

I might wind up
being terribly suffering.

I'd like to know there's
a colleague out there

who will come to me
in my time of need.

Now that might sound selfish,
and maybe it is,

but if it helps
everybody else,

then so be it.

THIS WHOLE THING'S MAKING ME SICK TO MY STOMACH.

WELL, HE ADMITS ON NATIONAL TV THAT HE'S A KILLER.

50 MILLION HOMES HEARD
HIM SAY "FUCK YOU" TO US.

I WANT THAT
WHOLE INTERVIEW

AND I WANT HIM CONVICTED.

LET'S MAKE
IT HAPPEN, JOHN.

HE'S GONE TOO FAR.

I'M GONNA
REPRESENT MYSELF.

WHAT? WHAT,
YOU'RE FIRING ME?

FINALLY I GET TO SAY
WHAT I WANT TO SAY.

NO LAWYER,
NOT EVEN YOU,

CAN ADDRESS
A JURY THE WAY I CAN.

HO! SKEDADDLE!

MIGRATE, WILL YOU?!

JACK, YOU DON'T KNOW
SHIT ABOUT LAW.

OKAY? THEY'LL HURT YOU.

NO, I'M GONNA HURT THEM,

BECAUSE IF I LOSE, I HURT THEM;
IF I WIN, I HURT THEM.

WELL, YOU'RE LUCKY
YOU'RE IN MICHIGAN,

'CAUSE IF YOU WERE IN SOME OTHER STATE,
THEY'D FRY YOUR ASS.

HERE THEY'LL JUST TOSS YOU IN A CELL
AND THROW AWAY THE KEY FOREVER.

- THIS IS NOT A GAME.
- NO, IT'S A GAME.

IT'S A GAME THAT
IF I LOSE, I WIN,

BECAUSE I GO
TO THE SUPREME COURT.

I GET THIS DEBATE IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE WHERE IT BELONGS.

THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION.
WHAT IF YOU'RE WRONG?

- NEVER BEEN WRONG.
- ARE YOU WILLING TO SET BACK THE LEGALIZATION

- OF ASSISTED SUICIDE FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG?!
- I'M NOT GONNA START NOW.

- MIGRATE, WILL YOU?!
- JACK, JACK, WOULD YOU FORGET THE GEESE?

MIGRATE! LOOK AT YOU,
HIDING BEHIND THE BOAT.

YOU KNOW,
I NEVER MINDED FEEDING THEM,

BUT LOOK AT THIS.
ALL OVER THERE'S POOP!

WATCH WHERE YOU'RE STEPPING.
LOOK AT THIS.

GEOFF.

- YEAH?
- YOUR PROBLEM--

YOU DON'T SEE
THE BIG PICTURE.

MY PROBLEM IS THAT
YOU'RE A STUBBORN FOOL.

FOR A BRILLIANT MAN,
YOU SHOW AN ALARMING LACK OF JUDGMENT

- WHEN IT COUNTS THE MOST.
- I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO ME,

AND I'M NOT AFRAID
BECAUSE I'M RIGHT.

thank you
very much!

MAN A grateful John Engler enjoys the thrill of his victory

for a third term
as Michigan's governor.

He trounced
his democratic opponent.

Man £2:
Geoffrey Fieger has to feel somewhat humiliated today.

This is a man who is
not used to losing...

...not used to losing
the big ones, certainly,

the voters of Michigan have
pretty resoundingly said,

"Geoffrey, we might hire you if we had a legal case,

but we don't want you
to be our governor.

DEATH IS NOT WELCOME HERE!
DEATH IS NOT--

PRETRIAL HEARINGS GET
UNDERWAY TODAY

on the people of the State of Michigan Versus Jack Kevorkian.

Now this is following that
controversial broadcast

of the videotape
showing Dr. Jack Kevorkian

giving a fatal dose
of chemicals to Thomas Youk

on the news program
"60 Minutes."

A wide array of protest groups have amassed

here outside the Oakland County Court House,

contentiously voicing both
their opposition and support.

One way or another, this is Dr.
Jack Kevorkian's fifth trial

and it very well
may be his last.

Woman £2:
I'VE LOOKED AT ALL THE MOTIONS, GENTLEMEN.

MR. GOROSH,
I'M DENYING YOUR MOTIONS

TO QUASH ALL THE CHARGES
AGAINST DR. KEVORKIAN.

THERE IS
NO BASIS TO DISMISS.

BUT I DO THINK THERE
IS AN ARGUMENT HERE

THAT MURDER
AND ASSISTED SUICIDE ARE

INCOMPATIBLE CHARGES
BY DEFINITION.

WELL, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO
BE DEBATED IN A LAW SCHOOL CLASS,

BUT NOT IN MY COURTROOM.

AND, MR. SKRZYNSKI,
I'M GRANTING YOUR MOTION

TO LIMIT TESTIMONY
ON THE MURDER CHARGE

BUT NOT
ON ASSISTED SUICIDE.

A PERSON'S PAIN AND SUFFERING IS VERY RELEVANT

WHEN DEFENDING
AN ASSISTED SUICIDE CHARGE.

THE TRIAL STARTS
IN FIVE DAYS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME--

WHY DON'T WE DROP THE ASSISTED SUICIDE CHARGE ALTOGETHER?

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

I'M SAYING THAT
WHAT PROVED LETHAL

IN ALL OUR OTHER CASES WAS

THE FAMILY MEMBERS
TESTIFYING,

JURIES HEARING ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE VICTIMS,

HOW MUCH PAIN
THEY WERE IN

AND ALL THAT BULLSHIT.

SO IF WE DROP
THE CHARGE,

MAKE IT ALL
OR NOTHING ON MURDER,

THE WIDOW,
THE BROTHER--

THEY WON'T GET
TO TESTIFY.

PRECISELY.

JUST TAKE ALL THAT SYMPATHY
OUT OF THE COURTROOM.

HMM.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND,
DR. KEVORKIAN,

THAT YOU ARE CHARGED
WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

AND DELIVERY
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

AND THAT THE ASSISTED
SUICIDE CHARGE

- HAS BEEN DROPPED?
- I DO. YES.

YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU COULD SPEND

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN PRISON?

WHATEVER IS
LEFT OF IT, SURE.

YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT PRISON IS?

DID YOU SEE "THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION," SIR?

NO.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND YOU MAY NOT
DISRUPT OR INCONVENIENCE THE COURT

IN ANY WAY,
SHAPE OR FORM?

I WILL ACT LIKE
THE GUEST THAT I AM.

YOU'RE NO GUEST.
YOU'RE THE DEFENDANT.

What do you think
of Dr. Jack Kevorkian

actually helping people
kill themselves?

Well, my grandma's
very sick

and everyday
she asks me

"Bring me
Jack Kevorkian."

Doctors are
supposed to uphold

the Hippocratic Oath,
though, save lives.

Some people are dying

and they should be dying gracefully with dignity and honor.

But I don't think we ought to put them out to pasture this way.

I think he rocks.
He gives people a choice

of whether or not
they want to suffer

throughout
terminal illnesses or not.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian is
one of the most audacious

serial killers
this country has ever known.

Let's say your mother
wanted his help,

wanted to kill herself.

What would
you think of that?

Well, if she was
mentally competent,

I would ask her
what she wanted

And support her.

The names of dozens
of other people

who have died with the help
of Jack Kevorkian

laid out on the Courthouse Lawn to make a point.

conviction is important,
because Jack Kevorkian is

the most public symbol of the euthanasia
movement and we need to stop him.

PLEASE TELL US,
DR. DRAGOVIC,

DID MR.
YOUK'S A.L.S. CONTRIBUTE TO HIS DEATH AT ALL?

- NO.
- THEN HOW DID HE DIE?

HE WAS POISONED BY INTRAVENOUSLY- INJECTED SUBSTANCES.

Is homicide
always murder, Doctor?

- No, sir.
- When is it not murder?

Objection.
That's a legal question.

Sir, you may question him in regard to his autopsy report,

but nothing further
that's legal.

- But why? Look, I--
- if you had consulted

your attorney,
he'd tell you why.

UH, OKAY.

IS EUTHANASIA ALWAYS MURDER?
- OBJECTION.

ALWAYS HOMICIDE?

- YES, SIR.
- YES, IT'S ALWAYS HOMICIDE.

AND YOU STATED
THAT HOMICIDE

IS NOT NECESSARILY
ALWAYS MURDER.

THEREFORE...

OUT OF PURE LOGIC,
WOULDN'T YOU SAY

THAT EUTHANASIA IS
NOT ALWAYS MURDER?

OBJECTION. CALLS FOR
A LEGAL CONCLUSION.

NO, IT CALLS
FOR SIMPLE LOGIC.

IT'S-- IT'S--
IT'S A SYLLOGISM.

IT CALLS FOR NOTHING
BUT SYLLOGISM.

AGAIN, YOU'RE ASKING HIM
TO MAKE A LEGAL CONCLUSION.

NO, BUT THIS IS
A MATHEMATICAL CONCLUSION.

IT'S SIMPLE ARITHMETIC.

I DON'T KNOW SHIT
ABOUT THE LAW EITHER,

BUT I KNOW WHEN
I'M WATCHING A TRAIN WRECK.

YEAH, WELL, I TOLD HIM
GOROSH IS A PUTZ.

It can't possibly be
a fair fight.

YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING, GEOFF. ANYTHING.

- DR. KEVORKIAN.
- OH.

TOM'S BROTHER'S FLIGHT
FROM FRANCE

GOT DELAYED,
BUT HE WILL BE HERE SOON.

OKAY, DON'T WORRY.

WE'RE GONNA GET YOU BOTH
ON THE STAND TO TESTIFY.

I KNOW YOU WANT TO CALL MELODY YOUK AS YOUR FIRST WITNESS,

BUT WHAT IS IT THAT
SHE'S GOING TO TESTIFY TO?

WELL, SHE'S GOING TO
TESTIFY ABOUT MY INTENT,

WHAT SHE OBSERVED
AND OUR DISCUSSIONS--

DR. KEVORKIAN,
THAT HAS NO RELEVANCE HERE.

I ASSUMED YOUR COUNSEL WOULD'VE ADVISED YOU ABOUT THIS,

THAT ONCE THE ASSISTED SUICIDE CHARGE WAS DROPPED,

YOU COULD NO LONGER PUT THESE WITNESSES BEFORE THE JURY.

YEAH, BUT I'M TALKING
ABOUT WHAT WENT ON,

YOU KNOW,
AS TO MY INTENT.

YOUR FEELING COMPELLED
TO HELP MR. YOUK

IS NOT A LEGAL DEFENSE,

AND YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE
THAT A PERSON'S CONDITION

HAS NO BEARING
IN A MURDER CASE.

BUT THAT I DIDN'T KILL
HER HUSBAND, YOU SEE.

- THIS IS RELEVANT.
- OKAY. OKAY.

WE'LL MAKE
A SPECIAL RECORD

OUTSIDE THE PRESENCE
OF THE JURY.

I WILL RULE ON THAT.

- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT?

- CAN I-- OKAY. THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.

MELODY, DID YOU TELL ME

IT WAS YOUR INTENTION

OR TOM'S INTENTION

- THAT I KILL HIM?
- OH, NO NO NO NO.

THAT WAS NOT OUR INTENT.

AND WHEN I MET YOU,
I FELT IT WAS NOT YOUR INTENT.

IT WAS NEVER YOUR INTENT
OR OUR INTENT THAT TOM--

THERE IT IS.
THERE IT IS. YOU SEE?

--OTHER THAN RELEASED
FROM SUFFERING.

SO THE WORD "KILL,"
DID IT EVER CROP UP? OR "MURDER"?

NO. NO.

UGLY WORDS.

UGLY UGLY WORDS.

YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT MERCY KILLING.

AND HER STATEMENTS
CAN'T SHOW

YOUR STATE OF MIND.
THEY ONLY SHOW HERS.

THEREFORE, I CANNOT ALLOW HER TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE JURY.

BUT WAIT. I WANT
TO SAY SOMETHING--

THAT-- I HAVE
SO MUCH I WANT TO SAY.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOUR GODDAMN
MONTHS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY!

YOU MAY CALL IT
MERCY KILLING.

I CALL
IT SOMETHING ELSE.

I CALL IT
A MEDICAL SERVICE

FOR AN AGONIZED,
INCURABLY SUFFERING PATIENT.

THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT.
ALL RIGHT?

WHY DON'T-- WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE WHAT YOU CALL IT?

WHEN YOU HAVE THESE
FINE STIPULATIONS OF LAW

STANDING IN THE WAY
OF A DEDICATED PHYSICIAN--

AND I AM
A DEDICATED PHYSICIAN.

I MEAN, MY INTEGRITY
WOULD BE DESTROYED

IF I TURNED MY BACK
ON THAT PATIENT.

I WOULD RATHER
BE DEAD.

IT-- IT'S FAR WORSE.

YOU COULD-- YOU COULD TAKE MY LIFE.
IT WOULD BE WORSE.

THIS WAS A SERVICE.
THIS WAS A SERVICE.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH "KILL" OR "MURDER"

OR WH-- IT WAS A SERVICE.

IT WAS A MEDICAL SERVICE
THAT WAS BEING DONE.

I CAN'T BE CLEARER.

I CAN'T BE CLEARER
THAN THAT, YOUR HONOR.

I SEE THE EMOTION,

I UNDERSTAND IT,
BUT IT'S NOT RELEVANT.

PLEASE STEP DOWN,
MRS. YOUK.

Jessica cooper has already ruled that Dr.
Kevorkian's side

can't put into evidence
that there was suffering here

by the victim.
Does that make any sense?

No, 'cause, see,
I think it's an improper ruling

both in terms
of the nature of this trial

and criminal defenses
in general.

You're entitled to put forward any plausible defense

to explain
the context of your act,

and she's already limited him
from doing that.

IT'S LIKE WATCHING
A MAN HANG HIMSELF.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING
THE TELEVISION.

ONCE YOU KNEW THEY WERE DROPPING
THE ASSISTED SUICIDE CHARGE,

- WHAT WAS YOUR PLAN?
- HE DOESN'T LET ME HELP HIM.

- HEY, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
- YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO

GET CREATIVE,
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

WHY DIDN'T YOU ARGUE THAT YOUK'S WIFE AND BROTHER

WERE EYEWITNESSES
TO THE EVENT

THAT THE PROSECUTOR'S
CALLING A MURDER?

THEN JUDGE COOPER WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE LET THEM TESTIFY.

BUT THAT WINDOW'S
CLOSED NOW.

DID YOU EVER PASS
THE FUCKING BAR EXAM?

DAVE.

There are those who would say about Dr.
Jack Kevorkian,

"Right message,
wrong messenger."

And who is
the right messenger?

UH...

NOW I'M CONFUSED
ABOUT THIS, DR. KEVORKIAN.

YOU SAID YOU HAD
ANOTHER WITNESS.

I'M NOT ALLOWING
HIS TESTIMONY

ON THE SAME GROUNDS
I DIDN'T ALLOW MRS. YOUK'S.

I'M SORRY YOU FLEW
ALL THIS WAY, MR. YOUK.

WOULD YOU LIKE
TO TAKE THE STAND

IN YOUR OWN DEFENSE,
DR. KEVORKIAN?

I'M SORRY.

SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO TAKE THE STAND

- IN YOUR OWN DEFENSE?
- OH, I HEARD YOU.

I DID.

UM.

YOU KNOW,
I DON'T LIE

AND I-- I--
I DON'T EXAGGERATE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW,
YOU NEVER SAID WHY.

YOU ACCUSE ME
OF THESE HEINOUS THINGS,

BUT YOU NEVER SAID WHY.
DID YOU?

NO, JUST SAYING.
I'M JUST SAYING.

YOU KNOW,
JUST SO YOU KNOW.

SIR, LET'S KEEP
TO THE RELEVANCE HERE.

OH, THIS IS--
OH, IT'S NOT RELEVANT?

I GUESS IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOT RELEVANT.

UH.

I WILL ASK YOU AGAIN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE STAND IN YOUR OWN DEFENSE, SIR?

IT'S NOW OR NEVER.

NEVER.

NO. NO.

THE DEFENSE... RESTS.

NOT SINCE RUBY
KILLED OSWALD

DID WE SEE A MURDER
ON TELEVISION.

JACK KEVORKIAN CAME
LIKE A HIT MAN IN THE NIGHT

WITH A BAG OF POISON
TO DO HIS JOB.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF HE GOT HIS WAY

AND MADE THE STATE POLICY EUTHANASIA?

WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

WELL, THERE ARE 11 MILLION SOULS BURIED IN EUROPE...

- OH!
- ...THAT CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU MAKE

EUTHANASIA
A STATE POLICY

SOME CATASTROPHIC THINGS
CAN EVOLVE

- FROM OPENING UP THAT BOX.
- HOW DARE YOU?!

- HOW DARE YOU...
- DR. KEVORKIAN!

...COMPARE EUTHANASIA
WITH THE GENOCIDE?!

HOW DARE YOU!
- YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE!

WHERE IS YOUR DECENCY AND RESPECT?
- ORDER IN THE COURT.

ORDER IN THIS COURT.

WE WILL TAKE
A BRIEF RECESS.

DO YOU SEE
A CRIMINAL?

DO YOU SEE
A MURDERER?

IF YOU DO,

THEN YOU--
YOU MUST CONVICT.

AND THEN TAKE THE HARSH JUDGMENT OF HISTORY

AND THE EVEN HARSHER JUDGMENT OF YOUR CHILDREN

AND THEIR CHILDREN
IF THEY SHOULD EVER COME

TO NEED THIS CHOICE
IN THEIR LIVES.

I JUST ASK YOU
TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

GUILTY OF THE LESSER CHARGE
OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

YES.

AND WITH REGARD
TO COUNT TWO,

WHAT IS YOUR VERDICT?

Woman £2:
Guilty of delivery of a controlled substance.

HE'S OUT OF TIME. YES.

You invited yourself here
to make a final stand.

You invited yourself
to the wrong forum.

OUR NATION TOLERATES
DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS

BECAUSE WE HAVE A CIVILIZED
AND NON-VIOLENT WAY

OF RESOLVING
OUR CONFLICTS.

WE HAVE THE MEANS
AND METHODS

TO PROTEST LAWS
WITH WHICH WE DISAGREE.

YOU CAN CRITICIZE
THE LAW,

LECTURE ABOUT THE LAW,

SPEAK TO THE MEDIA
OR PETITION VOTERS,

BUT YOU MUST ALWAYS STAY

WITHIN THE LIMITS
PROVIDED BY THE LAW.

YOU MAY NOT
BREAK THE LAW

OR TAKE THE LAW
INTO YOUR OWN HANDS.

NO ONE'S UNMINDFUL

OF THE CONTROVERSY
AND EMOTION THAT EXISTS

OVER END-OF-LIFE ISSUES
AND PAIN CONTROL.

I ASSUME
THE DEBATE WILL CONTINUE

IN A CALM AND REASONED FORUM LONG AFTER THIS TRIAL

AND YOUR ACTIVITIES HAVE
FADED FROM THE PUBLIC MEMORY.

BUT THIS TRIAL WAS NOT
ABOUT THAT CONTROVERSY.

THIS TRIAL WAS
ABOUT YOU, SIR.

YOU'VE IGNORED
AND CHALLENGED

THE LEGISLATURE
AND THE SUPREME COURT.

MOREOVER, YOU'VE DEFIED
YOUR OWN MEDICAL PROFESSION.

THIS TRIAL WAS
ABOUT LAWLESSNESS,

ABOUT YOUR DISREGARD
FOR A SOCIETY

THAT EXISTS
AND FLOURISHES

BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH
OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM.

NO ONE IS
ABOVE THE LAW.

YOU HAD THE AUDACITY TO GO
ON NATIONAL TELEVISION,

SHOW THE WORLD
WHAT YOU DID,

AND DARE THE LEGAL SYSTEM
TO STOP YOU.

YOU PUBLICLY AND REPEATEDLY
ANNOUNCED YOUR INTENTIONS

TO DISREGARD
THE LAWS OF MICHIGAN.

BECAUSE OF THIS,
I AM IMPOSING

THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE
OF 10 TO 25 YEARS.

YOU MAY NOW, SIR,

CONSIDER YOURSELF STOPPED.

YEAH, DOC!
YEAH, DOC!

Man £2: YOU THE MAN, JACK!
YOU THE MAN!

Man £3:
HEY, JACK!