Boston Legal (2004–2008): Season 1, Episode 12 - From Whence We Came - full transcript

NARRATOR:
Previously on Boston Legal:

- I hit her on the head with a skillet.
- Ah.

It wasn't premeditated or planned.

She was berating me.
Suddenly, my arm was in motion.

Bam, I hit her, and she went down.

DELLA: Ah.
FERRION: Oh!

- Mom?
- He hit me on the head with a skillet.

- They called the police?
- I'm afraid so.

What do I do?

DOCTOR: Mr. Ferrion.
- What?

Your mother has passed away.



- Victim identified the defendant.
- Hearsay.

- This all you've got?
- We'll get more.

The charges against Mr. Ferrion
are dismissed.

ALAN: I see in you, Bernie,
an innately kind person.

I'm hoping it's the kind, gentle
person who goes on from here...

...not the one who swung that skillet.

SHIRLEY:
How bad is he?

PAUL: He's intermittently brilliant
and nonsensical...

...often at the same time.

He's technically in charge
of litigation?

PAUL:
Which is the reason I called you back.

He is an enormous rainmaker, Shirley.
And yet...

[PAUL CLEARS THROAT]

Lock and load.



Where is everybody?

This is an administrative meeting,
Denny.

Oh. What the hell am I doing here?

Remember the good old days when
you liked to know what was going on?

When you could go from your office
to the elevator without a road map?

Didn't need a road map...

...to find my way around your body,
did I, Shirley?

I wouldn't know. I was usually asleep.

I once had her and Streisand...

...at the same time.

Remember that?

Ah, I do, Denny.

[SHIRLEY CHUCKLING]

And not to burst your bubble,
but that was a female impersonator.

Perhaps the penis
might have been your cue.

That wasn't Barbra Streisand?

- You wanted to see me?
- Yes, Sally. Bad news.

We lost the summary judgment motion
on Winchell.

- Have a seat.
- Ugh. We lost?

The judge held that the magazine,
while possibly negligent...

...wasn't guilty of reckless disregard
for the truth.

So we could prevail under negligence?

We could, if only we'd thought
to plead negligence.

Count one: Intentional infliction
of emotional distress.

Count two: Reckless disregard
for the truth.

Uh, here's where there should have
been a count of negligence.

There is no third count
alleging negligence.

In the supporting memoranda
we have pages on negligence.

But you didn't plead it.

- So we just file a motion to amend.
- That deadline lapsed.

Uh, this is...

This is obviously an oversight.

The defendant had constructive notice.

We can appeal this.
I'll get right on it.

I've taken the liberty of reviewing
some of your other work, Sally.

You're a very good lawyer.

But not good enough.
We're letting you go.

- You're firing me?
- I'm sorry.

- I have done a lot of good work here.
- Yes, you have.

And any number of law firms
would be happy to have you.

This one, unfortunately,
just doesn't happen to be one of them.

Are you in on this?

[STAMMERING]
Am I in on this?

SHIRLEY:
It was my decision.

Paul and Denny still remain
strong supporters.

We're streamlining a little,
and I have to make some tough calls.

I'm sorry.

How can you come in here...

...and in one week
fire someone you don't even know?

I'm Schmidt.

- Nora, outstanding. I give it a three.
- Thank you.

Mr. Crane?

A Mr. Walter Fife is in your office.
He says it's quite important.

DENNY:
Oh, thank you.

- Uh, may I ask, do I know you?
- I'm Alan Shore's assistant.

Mr. Fife came to our office
when he couldn't find you.

- I escorted him back to your office.
- Excellent. I'll be right there.

You're waiting for me to tell you
where your office is?

No, I want to see the look
on your face when you realize...

...they still come looking
for one man to solve their problems.

They don't come barging in
looking for Paul or you.

Only one man.

Allow me.

[WHISPERS]
Denny Crane.

She can still pop my chubby.

- Mrs. Schmidt.
- My mother is Mrs. Schmidt.

- You can call me Schmidt.
- I know you're a very busy person.

But if I could steal one minute
of your busy time.

- Regarding?
- It's a little personal.

Ten o'clock.

They didn't just sue the school board.
They sued me personally.

Walter, I can assure you
their cause of action is baseless.

- I haven't even told you what it is yet.
- L...

- Hi, Shirley Schmidt.
- This is Walter Fife.

He's superintendent
of the Middlesex School District.

He's being sued. What did you do,
a little touchy-feely with a student?

What? God no.
What kind of question is that?

All right then. Let's all sit.

Shirley here is a senior partner,
so you're in good hands.

You got both Shirley and, um...

- You.
- Me, right, good.

Okay, now, look,
I'm gonna ask you something.

It's gonna be a question,
and I want a direct answer...

...no matter how difficult.

Okay.

Why, Walter...

...are you being sued?

You promised you'd answer.

The school board voted to include
creationism along with Darwinism...

...in the eighth-grade
science curriculum.

The teachers refused,
I terminated their employment, they sued.

Massachusetts is a blue state.
God has no place here.

I'm not sure you're
the lawyer for this...

We have many attorneys
well-equipped to handle...

Nonsense. I've been practicing law
for 45 years.

Never lost a single case.

- You've never lost?
- My record is 6043 to 0.

You hear about the fellow who died,
went to the Pearly Gates?

St. Peter let him in, sees a guy in a suit
making a closing argument.

Says, "Who's that?"
St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God.

Thinks he's Denny Crane."

[DENNY LAUGHING]

I'm your boy, Walter. Never lost.

Never will.

- Did she give you a reason?
- Just that my work didn't cut it.

My reviews have all been good.

Plus, I mean, it's not like they've
given me very much to do.

The Winchell case was the first one
they let me run with.

And you forgot to plead negligence.

- Sorry.
LORl: Let me talk to her...

...see if there's another story.

Is this woman some
psycho-witch or something?

Actually, no. She's extremely nice.

We all know she was sent
to shake the trees.

- Looks like it's already begun.
- I wonder who's next.

Lori, can I steal you for a second?

Sure.

Dibs on her office.

I just heard about Sally.
I think you're making a mistake.

- I didn't ask.
- Which surprises me, actually.

You and I are friends.
I've worked with Sally...

Being loyal to her, you'll be neither
objective nor candid.

- Even so...
- In either event, I didn't ask.

We just got a new case.
Big client, Middlesex School District.

Denny's in charge, which is fine,
as long as he doesn't speak.

- I need you to take over.
- How do I just take over?

- He'll completely...
- You handle him, Lori.

The way only you can.

- Uh-huh. What's the case?
- It's a variation of the Scopes trial.

Three teachers were fired for refusing
to teach creationism.

- They've sued.
- Sounds like a slam dunk.

- For them.
- Perhaps.

It would take some pretty ingenious
lawyering on our part...

...from not only a gifted attorney...

...but someone who's an expert
in the field.

- Meaning?
- Lori...

...I know all the skeletons
in your closet, remember?

Including that deeply guarded
little one...

...that you fear might ruin
your intellectual reputation:

You go to church.

Um, Schmidt, is this a good time?

Yeah. Conference room, noon?

- Okay.
SHIRLEY: Thank you.

How can I help?

Well, this is very awkward.

I'm not sure you're the right person
to come to, but you're a woman.

- That's very kind.
- I work for Alan Shore.

And in many, many ways
he's an excellent boss.

God knows he isn't boring.

But I feel that he's been
inappropriate with me.

- How so?
- Well, he compliments my figure daily.

And he just kind of does it
in a lascivious way.

He also ranks my sweaters.

- He ranks your sweaters?
- Yes.

Which ones he thinks I look best in.
This is a three.

He asked if he could take one home.
He told me he has dreams about me.

- What kind of dreams?
- All kinds.

Uh, once, he dreamt that I was
just a head. No body, just a head.

And everywhere he went,
he would carry me along...

...wrapped in a muffler,
to keep him company.

And every so often I would whisper
terrible dirty things in his ear.

- It feels a little like harassment.
- You think?

- You'd like to work for another lawyer?
- Well, I'd just like him to stop.

I must admit...

...that sometimes I've been guilty
of playing along with his banter, but...

I'll take care of it.

Thank you.

And, Nora, thank you
for coming forward with this.

I know it was difficult.

WOMAN [ON TV]:
We have very little information...

...other than the victim was in her 50s...

...and that she was
bludgeoned to death.

It is the second death in a week
that has rocked this idyllic little street.

Just last Friday, the victim 's
next-door neighbor died, as well...

...from a head trauma.

You may recall the son was briefly held
and then released.

[GASPING]
What?

- Whether these two cases
are connected.

- It's Bernie.
- Who?

My little skillet-wielding client
from last week.

He's whacked another one.
He promised me he wouldn't.

Does that mean you're finished?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO]

[BANGING ON DOOR]

Alan?

What have you done?

- There's a lot of excitement...
- I saw. Live and on the news.

You've been flailing again
with your frying pan!

- I never meant for it to happen.
- I'm very disappointed.

I gave you a terrific speech.

Appealing to the kind, inner you.
It was wonderful, poignant.

And now you've mooted it
by committing murder again.

I never meant to kill her.

You went over to make an omelet
and things got out of hand?

She knew. She heard an argument
between me and mother.

She was out there watering
her stupid plants.

In the winter, for God's sakes.
The woman is not right.

Or wasn't right.

Alan, she was going to call the police.

She said what she heard
would not be hearsay.

She looked it up. She said,
because we were arguing, it would...

It would qualify
as an excited blutterance.

Suddenly, the skillet was in my hand,
and I swung.

"Blutterance" isn't even a real word,
much less a defense.

You've murdered somebody
over a fake word!

I was careful to not leave any evidence.

- I went over there stealth-like...
- Oh, for God's sake.

- And I staged a break-in in the back.

I dispatched of her,
and then I returned.

Alan, I promise you,
this will be the very, very last one.

- I'm not representing you.
- You must, if it comes to that.

I won't. You've let me down terribly.

Uh... But... But you said that you stood
for the little man.

I'm little!

The best thing would be to go
for an immediate declaratory judgment.

The last thing we want is a trial.
This is a hot-button issue.

The ACLU will be jumping in,
and that's only the beginning.

- Why have I been taken off this case?
- You haven't.

You've been relieved of the grunt work
because it's beneath you.

"Relieved" is soft for "discharged."
I recognize a demotion when I see one.

I am the master of the soft discharge.

You refer again
to when we were intimate.

Now, pay attention
and pretend you have a clue.

- We all set?
- Lock and load.

Let's go.

- Lori.
LORl: Alan.

Alan, a second.
We have a little problem.

Seems you've been sexually harassing
Nora Jacobs.

- She signed a waiver.
- I'm sorry?

I make all my female employees sign
sexual-harassment waivers.

Especially the pretty ones.

Don't think that would hold up
in court...

...but regardless, that kind of behavior
isn't tolerated at Crane Poole & Schmidt.

Which kind of behavior, specifically?

I think you're smart enough
to sense where the line is.

I'm never sure until I cross it.

She is a subordinate.
There's a disparity of power.

You will refrain from any sexual
advances, verbal or otherwise.

Shirley, what about senior partners?

There would be nothing wrong with me
lusting, say, after you, would there?

Go subscribe to National Geographic.

Make a list of all the places
you'll never get to visit.

Add to that list "Schmidt."

- I'll talk to her, but other than that...
- You can't pull some strings?

- What about Alan? He pulls rabbits...
- He's not a partner, you are.

I slept with Alan.
How objective can he be?

You also slept with me. Ever think
that might be part of the problem?

That was unfair.
Kick me while I'm down.

I guess I should've expected it.

- The police want to question me.
- That's really a stunner, Bernie.

They arrested you for whacking your
mother, you got off on a technicality.

Now the woman next door
turns up dead from a blow to the head.

What could possibly make them
think of you?

- Should I talk to them?
- I wouldn't.

Where you once were convincing
you now are anything but.

I don't like it when you speak to me
in hurtful tones.

- I am not an evil person.
- Yes, you are, Bernie.

You've killed two people
inside of a week.

By definition, that makes you evil.

This last killing was premeditated,
calculated.

You went over there, as you said,
to dispatch a human being.

You're a little bug, and like a bug,
you will one day get stepped on.

Now, go away.
I do not represent evil people.

I asked you to leave.

May I say one more thing?

You cut me to the quick.
I am a bug.

My mother would often tell me
I am nothing more...

...than an insignificant little...

She used to call me a dung beetle.

When I killed her,
as she lay on the floor...

...for the first time, I felt alive.

I had actually done something.

Perhaps a part of me
sought to relive that power.

But today, I do, I feel evil.

I need your help, Alan.

The police want to interrogate me.
I don't know what to do.

- Could l...? Oh, I'm so sorry.
- That's okay.

Tara Wilson, meet Bernard Ferrion.

He kills people with cookware.
Allegedly, of course.

- Bernie, Tara. She's your new lawyer.
- No, I prefer you.

No, you can't have me.
One reason being I know too much.

If you want this firm to help you,
Tara's your lawyer.

She's very fetching, but is she good?

The police want to talk to him.

There's an excellent chance you can avoid
the prison term he deserves.

I must warn you,
do not come to care for this man.

He will let you down.

That's all.

Let's go, Mr. Ferrion.

Nora, when you get a minute.

[SIGHS]

Why did you feel compelled
to speak to Shirley Schmidt?

- Why didn't you take it up with me?
NORA: I don't know.

I suppose...

I guess I didn't feel
I could hold my own with you.

Which, I guess,
is a part of the problem.

"Alan, I'm uncomfortable
with the banter."

You could've said that.
You did participate in the banter.

I participated.

I of course wanted
to be liked by my boss.

But then...

...it started to go too far.

And when it went too far,
why not tell me?

I don't know.

Because I had let it go on.
I felt maybe I'd gotten myself in...

At the seminars,
you get the impression...

...that the senior people here
are good at dealing with these things.

I wanted you to stop...

...but I still like you
and like working for you...

...and I was hoping they maybe
had a way to solve the problem...

...without any hurt feelings.

So, what happens now?

FIFE:
We actually call it "intelligent design."

Basically, the idea is
life is so complex...

...a greater power has to be at play.
- The greater power being God?

FIFE: We're by no means...
- Denny!

...shutting down Darwinism...

...or suggesting that evolution
is inaccurate.

Do you believe in evolution, Mr. Fife?

I happen to believe in both God
and evolution.

I don't think the two
have to be mutually exclusive.

So why not offer the intelligent-design
theory in religion courses?

- Why science?
FIFE: We thought hard about that.

But the simple truth is
more and more scientists...

Scientists, not theologians.

- Have said that when you examine
the intricacies of the human cell...

...the mathematical equations
of DNA...

...you simply cannot conclude that
it's all explained by natural selection.

Another power has to be at work.

God.

Well, again,
we never mention him by name.

You're aware of the separation
of Church and State?

- I'm aware.
- This is boring crap.

GELLMAN:
And you're also aware, Mr. Fife...

...the Supreme Court has banned
teaching creationism?

As I said,
we're not calling it creationism.

But you admitted
that's what's going on.

And creationism holds that God created
the world 6000 years ago in six days.

That's not my view.

GELLMAN: But it's the view you insist
your teachers explain.

- As a theory.
- A theory with no scientific basis...

...other than to say,
"Gee, evolution can't account for it all."

- Why the helmet?
- It wouldn't be for here.

It would be for at home.

Well, the thinking being, if there's
somebody breaking into houses...

...whacking people from behind
on the head...

...it would make sense
to wear a helmet.

- I want to exude innocence, you see?
- Get rid of the helmet.

But Ms. Wilson, at my core,
I'm a little man.

It would make sense for me
to want to protect myself, right?

Get rid of the helmet.
You look ridiculous.

Now, listen to me.

The police have asked for a DNA sample,
and I'm gonna agree.

What? Why on earth?

Because they could get one
with a court order.

What about my right
to not incriminate myself?

Cooperation goes a long way towards
exuding innocence, Mr. Ferrion.

Much better than hockey headgear.

You know, everyone is speaking to me
in hurtful tones, and I don't appreciate it.

I did kill people.

You'd think I'd incur a little shock
and awe, if not respect.

Is that why you did this?
To inspire awe?

Alan Shore told me that your mother
referred to you as a dung beetle.

Please don't mention that
particular species to me.

I don't know what else Alan told you,
but I'm a kind man.

I have admittedly committed
two heinous acts.

But the first was not voluntary...

...and the second was
out of desperation...

...not wanting to go to prison...

...where bigger men will
have their way with me.

Ms. Wilson, I need your help.

Please be on my side.

I'm sorry.

That remark was way out of line.

Listen, Sally, it didn't help that you
were with me a year and a half ago...

...and then you were with Alan Shore.
It's gossip. It travels fast.

But I have no doubt, none, that you are
going to be an exceptional attorney.

But just not here.

They're never gonna give you
the chance.

You need to...

...remake yourself.

Start fresh.

You asked me for help...

...and I'm going to provide it to you
in the form of advice.

You need to go.

At the beginning of the year,
we got word at our assembly...

...that moral values would be one
of our educational objectives.

Which was fine.

But to have evolution bumped
for creationism...

To be fair, evolution isn't being displaced,
creationism is just being included.

Evolution is a tough subject matter.

We cannot cut into what little class time
we have to service a political agenda.

- To teach...
- Objection. Nonresponsive.

Please limit your answers
to the questions, ma'am.

Why can't you view intelligent
design as a science, Ms. Turner?

Because there is simply no
scientific data to support it.

How are we to maintain any credibility
as science teachers if we say:

"Gee, despite all this data,
there's also another possibility."

Intelligent design makes
a mockery of science.

If you want to teach it
as a religion course, fine.

But as a science
it's simply preposterous.

I don't understand why
he wouldn't want to talk.

- Lf a killer is loose in his neighborhood...
- He'd love to talk. I'm not letting him.

- I'll tell you one thing...
- Bernard.

You people wrongly arrested
him last time with no evidence...

...after his mother recklessly
accused him.

Now it's clear there is somebody
killing people.

You haven't so much as apologized
to Mr. Ferrion for ruining his good name.

Why should we expect
any fair treatment from you?

I'm done.

Once again, I'll encourage your client
not to leave the jurisdiction.

- Bully boy.
TARA: Bernard.

FERRION:
You handled that deftly.

So, what now?

You can go home.

Lf, indeed, you left no traces behind,
and assuming they find no DNA...

...and with no smoking skillet,
you'll likely get away with it once again.

You're using a judgmental tone.

Do you really expect us
not to condemn you?

You killed two people.

Well, I expect you
to condemn my actions...

...but, I suppose, not me.

You can go.

How's Alan?

Honestly? I think he's hurt.

You hear all the time how clients
are let down by their lawyers.

Sometimes it's the attorney
who is let down by their client.

As silly as it may sound,
the cynical, jaded Alan Shore...

...gets a bit desperate sometimes
to believe in the goodness of mankind.

He found, I think, some hope in you.

And you crushed it.

Like a bug.

- You're firing me?
- Certainly not. I'd get sued.

I'm reassigning you.

If I get put back into the pool,
that's the same as a demotion.

Nora, I'm not going
to change who I am.

I can work on it, but leaps
and bounds I'll never make.

When I look at women,
most women...

...my mind wanders invariably
to sexual fantasy...

...of a broad and curious nature...

...unfettered by moral restraint.

I can't help it.

I realize this candor could come
back to haunt me...

...should you indeed file a claim...

...but when I look at you,
I often conjure up...

...the most intimate
and explicit of distractions.

That's not going to change.
You are a sexually attractive...

...beast.

Could you excuse us, Shirley?
I'm dictating a letter.

I give you my word
you will not get a demotion.

I also offer you my gratitude for making
me realize that sometimes women...

...play along...

...and yet nevertheless
feel harassed.

I suppose it's the callous idiot
who can't appreciate that.

I apologize for being that idiot.

Nora...

...the next time that somebody
does something to you...

...that you don't like, be direct.

I assure you, you're up to it.

That was very eloquent.

Thank you.

You need to get me
another secretary, Shirley.

Someone more willing to be harassed.

I'll see what I can do.

GELLMAN: These are bad times for
science, Your Honor.

Especially at the hands
of moral values.

The government has systematically
distorted, or worse...

...suppressed findings
by the FDA and EPA...

...when it comes to contraception,
stem-cell research...

...AIDS, global warming, pollution...

Let's just stick to the case, counsel,
and leave politics out of it.

This case is all about politics.

It's about getting religion
back into schools.

Creationism is religious doctrine.
It is not supported by scientific data.

I'm a Christian. My wife is a Jew.
We have wonderful debates.

And this country as a whole
should be more theologically literate.

But it's not science.

What's happening here today is
an attack on evolution. It's clever.

Let's call it "intelligent design."
Let's not mention God.

But come on...

...the Supreme Court banned the teaching
of creationism in the public schools.

They were right then,
they remain right today.

My client's discharge was unlawful...

...as well as in violation of our tradition
of separating Church and State.

Of course we have
a legitimate cause of action.

That was almost evangelical.

The Establishment Clause prohibits
the endorsement of...

...or discrimination against
any particular religion.

But it was never meant to extinguish
the notion of a higher power.

I certainly believe in evolution.

Who here among us, while watching
the presidential debates...

...could deny we all come
from monkeys?

But what's so wrong with suggesting
as a possible theory...

...that a higher power
might have also played a part?

As for Church and State, we go to war
over God-given rights to democracy.

Let's face it, God is big here.

We love God. And we, as a nation,
have an overwhelming belief...

...he had something to do with
the creation of humankind.

But teach that in a science class?
Perish the thought.

Nobody here is trying
to squash evolution.

And I would agree with Mr. Gellman...

...it isn't good science
to suppress information.

But I would ask the court...

...who here today is trying
to do the squashing?

What do you mean
you want to go to trial?

I'm afraid of dying
a death by innuendo.

I thought if I went to trial
I could clear my name.

- Clear your name? You did it.
- But nobody knows that.

Have you gone mad?
They haven't got any evidence.

They can't arrest you.
You're here asking to go to trial.

What is the matter with you?

The suspense of them building a case,
it's just too much to bear.

[TARA SIGHS THEN FERRION SIGHS]

I'm lonely.

All I ever had was my mother,
and I killed her.

The only other person who ever, ever
talked to me was my neighbor.

I killed her too.

How's Alan?

I miss him.

Bernard...

...unless something else happens here,
your case is over.

Now, I can appreciate
that you're lonely...

...but you need to find
a life for yourself now.

But, um, how do I do that?

Bernard, your case status
at the moment is over.

Okay.

Okay.

WOMAN:
Alan.

Hello.

- Mrs. Piper?
- You remember.

[CATHERINE CHUCKLING]

Oh, I always say, "Shake a man's
hand with dog poop on your glove...

...he'll remember you for life."

I remember you because
I trick-or-treated at your house.

How are you, dear?
You don't look well.

What are you doing here?

I'm applying for the position
of your secretary, of course.

I heard what happened
to the last one.

And I must say, your problem...

Most people aren't able to see that
beneath your slick, insensitive exterior...

...deep down,
you really are a douche bag.

I get that, Alan. You'd have
no misunderstanding with me.

FERRION:
Mr. Shore?

My, my. What an adorable little man.

Are you a midget, dear?

I, uh... I just want to say
that I am deeply sorry...

...and I assure you that I am going
to try to live up to all the potential...

...that you saw in me
as a human being.

I give you my word.

CATHERINE:
Well, that was sweet.

So do I get the job?

Nobody is more frightened
than I am of the religious right...

...getting a stranglehold on our values.

Is this the part where
we get spanked?

It seems, as long as you do it
in the name of the Almighty...

...one is free to abandon not only
common sense and science...

...but also the facts.

But I am also concerned about a secular
society squeezing faith out of our lives.

We have witnessed ridiculous lawsuits
to stop Nativity scenes at Christmas...

...to take "God" out of
the Pledge of Allegiance.

God has always been a part of who
and what we are as a nation.

On our currency it reads,
"In God we trust."

The Declaration of Independence
speaks of God.

How we are created.

"Endowed by our Creator," it references
our "supreme judge of the world"...

...and "divine providence."

God.

And I'm sorry, anybody who has ever
held a newborn child in his hands...

...must make room for the chance
that a higher power exists.

And it shouldn't offend you
as scientists to say:

"Hey, we just don't know."

I find the decision to include
intelligent design along with evolution...

...into the science curriculum...

...does not violate the Establishment
Clause of the First Amendment.

I'm ruling in favor of the defendant.

[PEOPLE MURMURING]

This lawsuit is dismissed.

[BANGS GAVEL]

[CHATTERING]

Oh, boy.

Was it interesting?
I didn't listen to a word.

Thank you. Thank you both.

Good luck, Mr. Fife.
Oh, what's the expression?

Uh, "go with God."

So when are you leaving?

Is there a big rush?

I didn't mean it like that.

I'm leaving now. Tonight.

You know, for what it's worth,
Shirley can be very draconian.

- When she makes up her mind, it's not...
- l... I have nothing against Shirley.

In fact, she didn't even really hurt me.
Shirley doesn't know me.

[SIGHS]

You do.

Lori does. Alan does.

A lot of people, none of whom
took issue with Shirley.

The silent majority has spoken, Brad...

...with a resounding roar.

Every knock is a boost.

I'm gonna cling to that
and a few other clich?s for a while.

And then you'll all see me again.

In court, across the deposition table,
you'll all see me again.

That's a promise.

TARA:
He's just so profoundly lonely.

Bernard.

He came to apologize.

TARA: I actually think
he wanted to get arrested...

...because he's so starved for attention.

I hate this job.

- You warned me not to care for him.
- Tara, don't. Do not let yourself.

Well, it's over now. He's gone.

- What's done is done.
- It's not over. That's the problem.

- What do you mean?
- He'll kill again.

What, did he say that?

No, but I just get the feeling
he'll kill again.

What are you doing out here?

Just looking at the city.

Still trying to fathom that...

The Red Sox won?

What's this?

The boys do it.
Thought we'd give it a try.

- You wanna smoke cigars?
- Mm-hm.

Passing of the torch
from the boy's club to us.

Well, I'll smoke to that.

Ugh.

- Awful.
- Let me try.

SHIRLEY:
Ugh.

That's terrible.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, this makes it official.

We've evolved more than they have.

LORl:
Hmm.

Is it a good thing we won today?

I don't know.

You believe in a higher power, right?

That wasn't just advocacy
in that room?

With what's going on in the world,
I need to believe.

But...

But what?

God forbid the next court says it's
okay to ban evolution from the schools.

Yeah. God forbid.

NARRATOR:
Next on Boston Legal:

- What's your case about, Brad?
- Interference with contractual relations.

You mean lesbians.

- You think I'm attracted to you?
- I can't tell.

- I'm gay, Brad.
- Nobody wants this firm ridiculed.

Nobody wants Denny exposed.

- What's my name?
- Denny Crane.

- What's my name?
- Denny Crane!

No further questions.

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