The Practice (1997–2004): Season 2, Episode 12 - Race with the Devil - full transcript
Bobby's priest becomes a client after a woman suffers a fatal heart attack during an exorcism.
Announcer: PREVIOUSLY ON
THE PRACTICE...
PERMISSION TO
SMACK HIM, JUDGE.
HEY, DON'T
INTIMIDATE ME.
MR. COLSON--
YOUR HONOR,
HE DOES THIS
ON PURPOSE,
HE GOES
TO GET MY GOAT,
AND HE GETS IT.
HE GETS IT
EVERY TIME.
PAY YOU? WHY THE HELL
SHOULD I PAY YOU?
THIS IS MY THIRD
APPEARANCE--
YEAH, AND
YOU'RE 0 FOR 3.
WHAT KIND OF SQUAT HEAD
DO YOU THINK I AM?
JIMMY, YOU BEEN DOING
GREAT WORK,
BUT THIS IS A JURY TRIAL.
I WAS LOSING
WITH JURY TRIALS
'CAUSE I SWEAT.
IS IT A GOOD SIGN
THAT THEY CAME BACK
THIS QUICK?
IT'S A VERY GOOD SIGN
IF WE WIN,
BUT NOT IF WE LOSE.
WE FIND FOR THE PLAINTIFF
AND ORDER THE DEFENDANT
TO PAY COMPENSATORY DAMAGES
IN THE AMOUNT OF $82,000.
I WON!
I WON.
MY FIRST VICTORY
WITH A JURY.
IF I HAD TO WAIT,
I THINK THE SWEATING
WOULD'VE COME BACK.
THE REPUTATION OF
THIS FIRM DOESN'T
MATTER TO YOU?
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU
THINK OUR REPUTATION
IS HERE, BOBBY?
I MEAN,
WHO ARE YOU KIDDING?
WE ARE "REASONABLE DOUBT
FOR A REASONABLE FEE."
WE ARE A BOTTOM-FEEDING,
DO-WHATEVER-YOU-CAN-TO-GET-
YOUR-CLIENT-OFF LAW FIRM!
ARE YOU OUT OF
YOUR PUNY LITTLE
CHALLENGED MIND?
I DON'T APPRECIATE
THAT QUESTION.
THIS LAW FIRM
DOESN'T ADVERTISE.
IT WOULD JUST BE
FOR MYSELF.
YOU ARE A PART
OF THIS FIRM.
LOTS OF LAWYERS
DO COMMERCIALS.
YEAH, THE SHYSTERS,
THE AMBULANCE CHASERS--
THOSE ARE THE LAWYERS
WHO ADVERTISE.
WHO ARE WE,
FINLEY KRUMBLE?
JIMMY, THINK ABOUT
YOUR REPUTATION.
I GOT NO REPUTATION.
I ALSO GOT NO CLIENTS.
I'M COMING OFF
A BIG WIN HERE.
IT'D BE A COUPLE
OF 30-SECOND SPOTS.
THIS IS THE TIME
TO MAXIMIZE MY PROFILE.
T-T-TELL HIM.
I AGREE WITH BOBBY.
THAT'S 'CAUSE
YOU'RE RADCLIFFE.
ELLENOR, TELL HIM
THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT'S DONE,
LAWYERS CAN'T BE
TOO PROUD THESE DAYS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN
LAWYERS ADVERTISING,
JIMMY.
YOU ADVERTISED
FOR A DATE.
YEAH, WELL, I DON'T
BELIEVE IN THAT
ANYMORE, EITHER.
I'LL JUST USE
MY OWN PERSONAL NAME.
I WON'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THE REST OF YOU.
I WANNA CONTRIBUTE HERE.
I WANNA BRING IN BUSINESS.
AT LEAST GIVE ME
THE CHANCE.
LOOK, LET ME JUST MAKE IT.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT,
IT WON'T AIR.
WHAT'S THE HARM?
NOT A WORD
ABOUT THIS FIRM.
THANK YOU.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
THEY CAN SHOOT IT
IN A DAY,
OVER AND DONE WITH
IN A SNEEZE.
YOU WON'T REGRET THIS.
DONNELL AND ASSOCIATES.
CALM DOWN.
PLEASE HOLD.
BOBBY...MARTIN PARKS.
OH, GOD.
I THOUGHT WE
DUMPED HIM.
HE PAID, AND THEN
WE UNDUMPED HIM.
HE SAYS HE'S
BEING ASSAULTED
BY HIS DOCTOR,
AND HE WANTS YOU
THERE NOW.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
[RING]
DONNELL AND ASSOCIATES.
PLEASE HOLD.
IT'S YOUR PRIEST.
MY PRIEST?
FATHER?
ALL R--SLOW DOWN.
SLOW DOWN.
IS THE CORONER
THERE?
WHAT ABOUT
THE POLICE?
GET YOURSELF
IN A BACK ROOM,
SAY NOTHING.
I'M ON MY WAY.
WHAT?
MY PRIEST
JUST BECAME A CLIENT.
WHAT ABOUT
MARTIN PARKS?
UH...
YOU GUYS HANDLE IT.
I GOT A COMMERCIAL
TO SHOOT.
DON'T LOOKI'LL QUIT
AT ME.BEFORE I SIGN UP
FOR HIM.
HANDS NOW.
TODAY'S THE DAYI DON'T
I GIVE BLOOD...EVEN KNOW
THE GUY...
DO IT!
ONCE, TWICE,
THRICE, SHOOT.
MOTHER!
TOO BAD.
HE'S REALLY NICE
UNDERNEATH.
I GOT A BAD FEELING
ABOUT THIS.
[SIRENS]
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.
TAKE ME TO
THE BACK ENTRANCE.
I--I THINK SHE HAD
A HEART ATTACK.
ALL RIGHT, WHERE
CAN WE TALK PRIVATE?
UH, WELL, THERE'S AN OFFICER
USING MY PHONE.
BOBBY, I COULD BE
IN TROUBLE.
SHH. COME ON.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
ALL RIGHT. FIRST, YOU'RE
GONNA CALM DOWN, TAKE IT EASY.
SHE--SHE DIED.
MY GOD.
DID YOU CONTRIBUTE
TO HER DEATH?
YES.
I MAY HAVE CAUSED
THE HEART ATTACK.
I WAS PERFORMING
AN EXORCISM.
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
SHE WAS CONVINCED
SHE WAS POSSESSED
BY DEMONS.
SHE WAS STRAPPED
TO THE TABLE.
I WAS PRAYING
OVER HER.
SHE STARTED
THRASHING A LITTLE
AND I HIT HER--
I HIT HER
ON THE CHEST.
THAT'S WHEN
SHE HAD THE ATTACK.
BOBBY, WHAT DO I DO?
SHOULDN'T I
TELL THE POLICE
WHAT HAPPENED?
HOW HARD
DID YOU HIT HER?
P-PRETTY HARD.
PRETTY HARD.
Man: COME ON.
WHERE IS HE?
Woman: HOLD ON, SIR.
YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE.
I SAID
TO SEND BOBBY.
UH, BOBBY'S UNAVAILABLE.
WELL, MAKE HIM
AVAILABLE!
I'M BEING
SODOMIZED HERE!
YOU'RE NOT
BEING SODOMIZED!
YOU STAY
AWAY FROM ME,
FRUIT LOOP--
I'M GOINGYOU PICKED THE
TO SUE FORWRONG GUY TO GET
DEFAMATION--YOUR JOLLIES--
HEY!
ONE AT A TIME.
NOW, WHAT IN GOD'S NAME
IS GOING ON HERE?
THIS PSYCHOIT'S NOT IN
NEEDS HISMY GOD'S NAME
MEDICATIONWHAT'S GOING ON.
READJUSTED.
QUIET!I WANT
BOBBY DONNELL.
YOU NOT GETTIN' HIM.
DOCTOR?
IT'S A PROCTOLOGICAL
EXAM.
I DIDN'T THINK
HE'D GO SPELUNKING
UP MY BUTT!
IT'S A SIGMOIDOSCOPE,
YOU WACKO.
WHAT MEDICAL
SCHOOL DID YOU
GRADUATE FROM?
'CAUSE I HOPE I FIND--
I'M GONNA SUE SOMETHING!
THEM, TOO!
I HOPE I FIND A
BIG, GREEN TUMOR
THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL
DOWN THERE.
STOP IT! NOBODY TALK!
DR. WALSH, THOUGH I
REPRESENT MR. PARKS,
I WILL GIVE YOU
A FREE TIP.
IF THIS EVER
ENDS UP IN COURT,
YOU DON'T WANT
TO BE SAYING THINGS
LIKE "YOU HOPE TO FIND
A BIG, GREEN TUMOR
THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL."
DO YOU KNOW HOW
HUMILIATING THIS IS?
I'VE GOT PATIENTS
WAITING OUT THERE.
I HAD PEOPLE,
BEFORE THIS GUY
STARTED SCREAMING
"RAPE"
AT THE TOP
OF HIS LUNGS.
HE'S YELLING,
"TAKE YOUR THING
OUT OF MY RECTUM!"
DO YOU KNOW
HOW DEFAMED I AM?
YOU WANNA
SWAP PLACES,
STICKBUTT?
HEY, QUIET.
HEY, HEY, HEY!
OK, FIRST,
WHY DON'T WE
REMOVE THE, UH...
HE WON'T LET ME
REMOVE IT.
IT'S EVIDENCE.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE PICTURES,
GET DIFFERENT ANGLES.
I'M SORRY, STEVEN.
I CAME AS SOON
AS I COULD. I--
YOU?
OH, NO.
HE'S YOUR LAWYER?
NOW, YOU LISTEN
TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE MATTER IS HERE,
BUT I WILL
NEITHER ENGAGE IN
NOR TOLERATE
ANY OF YOUR NONSENSE.
WE WILL CONDUCT OURSELVES
WITH DIGNITY.
FINE. MR. COLSON, MEET
MY CLIENT, MR. PARKS.
DIGNIFIED ENOUGH?
TAKE A PICTURE!
HAVE YOU OR A LOVED ONE
BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT?
IF SO...YOU HAVE RIGHTS.
OK, JIMMY.
YOU'RE A LITTLE STIFF,
BUT IT'S GOOD.
I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA
HAVE YOU SITTING,
AND LET'S GET RID
OF THE JACKET HERE.
AS LONG AS I
DON'T LIFT MY ARMS.
I PERSPIRE.
IT'S IN MY GENES.
OK. WHATEVER.
MAKEUP.
HOW COULD BOBBY
SAY YES TO THIS?
HE COULD STILL
SAY NO.
EVEN SO, THIS
IS A NEW LOW.
STOP BEING SO SNOOTY.
THIS IS A SERVICE BUSINESS.
OK, ACTION.
ANYBODY YOU KNOW
BEEN HIT BY A BUS?
I CAN HELP.
THINK IT WAS
A SEIZURE? WHAT?
NO. CORONARY.
SHE PROBABLY DIED
INSIDE A MINUTE.
AND YOU WOULD BE?
OH, HI, OFFICER.
BOBBY DONNELL.
I'M LEGAL COUNSEL
FOR THE CHURCH.
ANYTIME
THE AMBULANCE COMES,
I GET THE PAGE.
ONLY IN HER 50s,
HUH?
YEAH. PRIEST
WAS WITH HER
WHEN IT HAPPENED?
YEAH. SHE WENT DOWN
RIGHT IN FRONT
OF HIM, POOR GUY.
HE'S DESTROYED.
YOU WANT TO TALK
TO HIM OR ANYTHING?
YEAH. I'D LIKE TO GET
A QUICK STATEMENT,
IF I COULD.
SURE.
THEY WANT A STATEMENT.
OK. I SHOULD GIVE IT
TO THEM, RIGHT?
I THINK SO.
NOTHING'S SUSPICIOUS
TO THEM NOW.
THEY'RE JUST CALLING IT
HEART ATTACK.
IF YOU DON'T TALK,
WE MIGHT MAKE THEM
SUSPICIOUS.
EXACTLY HOW HARD
DID YOU HIT HER?
UH, LIKE, UH--
LIKE THIS.
[POUNDS HARD]
FATHER, HELP ME OUT
HERE A LITTLE.
EXORCISMS--YOU REALLY
DO THESE THINGS?
ALMOST NEVER.
THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND
IN 30-PLUS YEARS.
WHY DID YOU DO THIS ONE?
LOOK, IF THIS
DOES GET OUT,
I GOTTA BE ARMED
WITH FAST ANSWERS.
ALICE WAS A DIAGNOSED
SCHIZOPHRENIC.
SHE HAD EPISODES.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
A DEMONIC POSSESSION
OF SOME SORT.
DID YOU?
NOT REALLY,
BUT SHE WAS
SO DESPERATE
TO DO SOMETHING,
AND SHE BELIEVED
IN EXORCISM.
I THOUGHT THAT,
PSYCHOLOGICALLY,
IT COULD BE A KIND
OF PLACEBO.
ALL RIGHT.
TELL ME EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
I HAD HER STRAPPED
TO THE TABLE.
I WAS PRAYING
AGGRESSIVELY
AND DEMANDING
IN THE NAME
OF GOD THAT...
SATAN RID HIMSELF
OF HER BODY,
AND SHE STARTED
TO JERK A LITTLE.
JERK? HOW?
LIKE A SMALL
CONVULSION,
AND SHE
STARTED SCREAMING
OBSCENITIES.
IT WAS LIKELY
A SCHIZOPHRENIC
EPISODE,
AND THAT'S WHEN
I BROUGHT MY HAND
DOWN ON HER CHE--
ON HER CHEST.
SHE STARTED GASPING...
TURNING BLUE.
I COULD SEE SHE
WASN'T GETTING
ANY AIR.
SO I TRIED
MOUTH-TO-MOUTH,
BUT--
DID ANYBODY ELSE
KNOW ABOUT THIS?
NO. SHE WAS
ADAMANT THAT IT
BE KEPT SECRET,
BUT BY CANON LAW,
I HAD TO TELL
ARCHBISHOP MAZONEY
TO GET
HIS PERMISSION.
SO HE KNEW?
HE DENIED PERMISSION.
WE HAD AN ARGUMENT.
I TOLD HIM
I WAS MAYBE GONNA
TRY IT ANYWAY.
SO YOU DID THIS
WITHOUT PERMISSION.
OH, BOBBY...
THIS WOMAN HAD
BEEN IN MY PARISH
FOR 20 YEARS.
I COULDN'T SIT BACK
AND LET HER
DETERIORATE
ANYMORE.
SHE EVEN HAD HER
PSYCHIATRIST TRY...
EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS.
SHE WAS
THAT DESPERATE.
I TRIED TO HELP HER.
INSTEAD, MAYBE
I KILL--KILLED HER.
YOU DIDN'T KILL HER.
ALL RIGHT,
LISTEN TO ME.
THIS IS
YOUR STATEMENT.
I CAN'T REVEAL
THE CONTEXT OF THE MEETING.
UH, PRIEST-PARISHIONER.
AND IT WAS DURING
THE MEETING SHE HAD
THE HEART ATTACK?
YES.
WAS THE MEETING
UPSETTING HER?
WAS SHE WORKED UP
ABOUT SOMETHING?
SHE'S A SCHIZOPHRENIC,
AND SHE MAY HAVE BEEN
HAVING AN EPISODE.
THAT DOESN'T REVEAL
THE NATURE OF WHAT
THE MEETING WAS ABOUT.
IT'S OK.
AND, UH,
WHEN SHE WENT DOWN,
WHAT HAPPENED?
I DID MOUTH-TO-MOUTH.
THEN CHEST COMPRESSIONS,
AND WHEN SHE DIDN'T RESPOND,
HE CALLED 911.
NO, I DIDN'T DO
CHEST COMPRESSIONS.
I JUST DID
MOUTH-TO-MOUTH.
OK.
ANYTHING ELSE?
NO.
THANK YOU, FATHER.
I KNOW, UNDER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES--
WELL, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR COOPERATION.
SURE.
MY CONDOLENCES.
WELL, THIS
IS QUITE A DAY.
FIRST,
I KILL SOMEBODY,
THEN I LIE.
WHAT A WONDERFUL
PRIEST I AM.
YOU DIDN'T KILL HER,
AND YOU DIDN'T LIE.
DO YOU THINK WE SENT
THAT OFFICER OUT
WITH
THE RIGHT IMPRESSION
OF WHAT HAPPENED?
IT'S TRUE.
YOU CAN'T REVEAL
PRIEST-PARISHIONER
COMMUNICATIONS.
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT
CHEST COMPRESSIONS?
LOOK, FATHER, YOU'RE
IN A LITTLE DEEP HERE.
IF THIS INFORMATION
GETS OUT THE WRONG WAY,
YOU COULD LOSE YOUR CHURCH.
YOU COULD BE EXPOSED
TO NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS
AND CRIMINAL,
YOU COULD GO UP
ON MANSLAUGHTER.
LET ME DO
WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
OK.
I'M GOING TO GET YOU
THROUGH THIS.
YOU REMEMBER
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED?
MMM.
HOW YOU GOT ME
THROUGH IT?
WELL...
NOW IT'S MY TURN.
I'M GOING TO PULL YOU
THROUGH THIS.
DON'T MOVE.
EITHER ONE
OF YOU.
IF I HEARD CORRECTLY,
YOU'RE HERE TO GET
A COURT ORDER
TO ALLOW YOUR CLIENT
TO REMOVE A TUBE
FROM HIS CLIENT'S--
WE'RE SEEKING
DECLARATORY RELIEF.
IF MY CLIENT CONCLUDES
THIS PROCEDURE AGAINST
HIS CLIENT'S WILL,
IT COULD BE CONSTRUED
AS BATTERY.
ALSO, THERE ARE SERIOUS
MITIGATION ISSUES.
AND AS WE STAND HERE,
YOUR CLIENT REMAINS
IN HIS CLIENT'S OFFICE
WITH THE TUBE STILL--
THAT'S CORRECT,
YOUR HONOR.
THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS
WHERE THE COURT IS LOATH
TO INTERVENE.
PARENTING WOULD BE
SUCH A SITUATION.
CONSENSUAL RELATIONS
BETWEEN MARRIED COUPLES.
PROCTOLOGICAL EXAMS.
NOW, WHY DON'T YOU
JUST GET ANOTHER DOCTOR?
IT'S NOT QUITE
THAT SIMPLE.
OH, IT ISN'T?
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GETTING
ANY COURT ORDER FROM ME.
THIS IS PERVERSE.
I GOTTA SEE THE BODY.
THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE.
WHY DO YOU HAVE
TO SEE THE BODY?
LISTEN, IF SHE'S
GOT A SERIOUS BRUISE,
THIS'LL GO TO THE POLICE
BEFORE AN AUTOPSY.
I DON'T WANT THAT
TO HAPPEN.
THE M.E. HASN'T EVEN
LOOKED AT THE BODY.
I REALLY SHOULDN'T
BE DOING THIS.
Bobby: I KNOW.
I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S JUST
THAT ALICE KENNEDY
WAS IN FATHER MARTIN'S
PARISH FOR 20 YEARS.
HE'S SUPPOSED
TO DO THE BLESSING
FOR THE DEAD.
LET'S JUST MAKE
THIS QUICK, PLEASE?
Ellenor: WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS, MAGGIE.
ALMIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD,
HEAR OUR PRAYERS
FOR YOUR DAUGHTER ALICE
WHOM YOU HAVE CALLED
FROM THIS LIFE TO YOURSELF.
GRANT HER LIGHT,
HAPPINESS, AND PEACE.
LET HER PASS IN SAFETY
THROUGH THE GATES OF DEATH
AND LIVE FOREVER
WITH ALL YOUR SAINTS
IN THE LIGHT
YOU PROMISED TO ABRAHAM
AND TO ALL
HIS DESCENDANTS IN FAITH.
AMEN.
THOSE ARE
FROM THE STRAPS.
I HAD HER STRAPPED
TO THE TABLE.
OK, UH, ELLENOR,
I WANT YOU TO FIND
DR. BARRY JACOB.
HE'S THE PSYCHIATRIST
WHO TREATED HER
FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA.
WE GOT NO RELEASE.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU CRACK HIM
ON THE PRIVILEGE,
BUT YOU GOT TO TRY.
I GOTTA HAVE SOME IDEA
HE'LL SUBSTANTIATE.
WILL THEY
DO AN AUTOPSY?
THEY HAVE TO BY LAW.
SHE WAS UNDER 55.
YEAH,
BUT THAT'S GOING
TO TAKE SOME TIME.
I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT
THE EXTERNAL MARKS.
THERE WAS SOME SLIGHT
BRUISING ON HER CHEST.
WE'RE ON THE CLOCK NOW.
WE HAVE TO GO
TO THE POLICE BEFORE
THEY GET WIND OF ANYTHING.
WHY?
I WANT TO BE PREEMPTIVE
AND GIVE THEM ANSWERS BEFORE
THEY START ASKING QUESTIONS.
THAT'LL HELP
OUR CREDIBILITY,
BUT FIRST WE GOT TO GET
OUR DUCKS LINED UP.
THAT MEANS A CONFIRMATION
FROM THE DOCTOR
THAT THE LADY
FELT POSSESSED BY DEMONS.
WE ALSO NEED
THE SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH.
THEY HAVE TO SAY
THAT YOU ARE A PRIEST
BEYOND REPROACH.
WILL THEY DO THAT?
NO, THEY'LL CUT ME OFF
AS A ROGUE PRIEST.
THAT CANNOT HAPPEN.
THEY HAVE TO BE
FULLY BEHIND US.
I WANT TO MAKE THIS
AN EASY CALL FOR THE POLICE.
REBECCA, I NEED A MEETING
WITH COUNSEL FOR
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON.
I NEED IT
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
LET THEM KNOW IT'S URGENT.
IS LINDSAY THERE?
YEAH.
RIGHT HERE.
CALL IN KENNY TRIPP.
TELL HIM I NEED A FAVOR.
WELL,
DON'T TAKE ANY FLAP.
YOU TELL HIM I WANT HIS ASS
IN MY OFFICE NOW.
BOBBY, I DON'T LIKE
THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE.
WE HAVE TO SNUFF THIS OUT
BEFORE THEY GET STARTED.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
UH, JUST LAWYER STUFF.
THE STUFF THAT LAWYERS DO.
EXCUSE ME?
EXCUSED.
THERE'S NO REASON
FOR A STENOGRAPHER.
THERE MOST CERTAINLY IS.
I WANT A TRANSCRIPT.
I WANT IT RECORDED
THAT YOUR CLIENT
PREVENTED MY CLIENT
FROM COMPLETING
THIS PROCEDURE.
LOOK, MR. PARKS,
THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
IT CAN BE TOO COMFORTABLE.
WHY NOT JUST HAVE HIM
TAKE IT OUT, SO--
NO!
MR. PARKS, YOU COULD
GET AN INFECTION WITH
THAT THING UP THERE.
NO! YOU'RE NOT COMING
NEAR ME, NIMROD.
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
YOU KEEP TALKING.
GET A PROCTOLOGIST
IN HERE.
YOU'RE JUST
ADDING ZEROES TO
MY DEFAMATION CLAIM.
DEFAMATION?! YOU GOT ME
WIRED FOR CABLE HERE!
FOR GOD'S SAKE,
THIS IS YOUR PHYSICAL!
QUIET!
YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS!
ALL RIGHT,
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THE RECORD NOW,
AND I WILL THANK YOU
FOR NOT INTERRUPTING ME
IN ADVANCE.
THANK YOU.
NOW...
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY ACTIONS
BROUGHT BY MR. PARKS
BY MY CLIENT'S ALLEGED
FAILURE TO INFORM,
AN ALLEGATION MY CLIENT
CATEGORICALLY DENIES,
ANY AND ALL COMPLICATIONS
RESULTING FROM THE FAILURE
TO COMPLETE THIS PROCEDURE,
ANY AND ALL COMPLICATIONS
OR INFECTIONS
RESULTING
FROM THE SIGMOIDOSCOPE
BEING KEPT IN PLACE,
SAID COMPLICATIONS WILL
NOT BE THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF DR. WALSH,
GIVEN MR. PARKS'
DUTY TO MITIGATE.
I DON'T CARE
ABOUT APPOINTMENTS.
YOU TELL HIM
THERE'S A POTENTIAL
MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT
ABOUT TO EXPLODE
IN THE ARCHBISHOP'S FACE.
I'M TAKING 20 MINUTES
OF HIS TIME NOW.
I'LL BE IN HIS OFFICE
IN 10 SECONDS.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU
THAT KIND
OF INFORMATION.
I UNDERSTAND THE POSITION
I'M PUTTING YOU IN.
WELL FOR SOMEONE
WHO UNDERSTANDS IT,
YOU'RE NOT VERY TACTFUL.
YOU BARGE IN HERE,
ANNOUNCE THAT ONE
OF MY PATIENTS IS DEAD,
AND BEFORE I EVEN
HAVE TIME TO GULP,
YOU'RE ASKING
FOR HER MEDICAL RECORDS.
YOU KNOW, AS A LAWYER,
YOU SHOULD AT LEAST
UNDERSTAND PRIVILEGE.
NOT TO BE OVERLY
INSENSITIVE, DOCTOR,
BUT I DON'T THINK PRIVILEGE
SURVIVES THE PATIENT.
I MUST ASK YOU
TO LEAVE, MISS FRUTT.
DR. JACOB,
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
DELICATE SITUATION.
CAN I PLEASE SPEAK
TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE?
WELL, I SUPPOSE
THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY.
ALICE KENNEDY DIED
WHILE HER PRIEST WAS
PERFORMING AN EXORCISM.
WHAT?
ACCORDING
TO FATHER MARTIN,
SHE CLAIMED
THAT SHE WAS POSSESSED
BY DEMONIC SPIRITS.
WE UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU DIAGNOSED
HER SCHIZOPHRENIA,
AND WE ALSO SUSPECT
THAT SHE TOLD YOU
OF HER PARANOIA
THAT SHE WAS POSSESSED.
I'M NOT ASKING
FOR ANY DISCLOSURE
OF SPECIFIC TREATMENT.
I JUST NEED YOU TO CONFIRM
THESE 2 THINGS--
THAT SHE DID SUFFER
FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA
AND THAT SHE TOLD YOU
THAT SHE WAS POSSESSED.
I'M NOT ALLOWED
TO DISCUSS
ANY TREATMENT.
NOW, YOU KNOW
THAT IF--
PLEASE, THE POLICE
ARE LIKELY TO SUBPOENA
YOUR RECORDS ANYWAY.
I'M HOPING IT DOESN'T
COME TO THAT.
ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M TOLD
YOU USED EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS
ON HER ONCE,
AND I'M SURE
THAT WOULDN'T HELP YOU
PUBLIC RELATIONS-WISE.
IS THAT A THREAT?
I'M JUST TRYING
TO HELP A GOOD PRIEST
AVOID SOME NEGATIVE
PUBLICITY OF HIS OWN.
MY RECORDS WILL BEAR OUT
HER SCHIZOPHRENIA
AS WELL AS
HER DEMONIC PARANOIA.
THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY.
AND YOUR
FIRST CONSULTATION...
ABSOLUTELY FREE.
AFTER THAT...
IF YOU DON'T MAKE MONEY,
THEN WE DON'T GET PAID.
CUT!
JIMMY...
JIMMY, JIMMY,
JIMMY, JIMMY...OK.
POINT TO YOURSELF
ON "WE"
AND THE CAMERA
ON "YOU," OK?
GO WATCH
ON THE MONITOR.
I'LL SHOW YOU.
YOU MOVE ACROSS
THE FRONT OF THE DESK...
IF YOU DON'T MAKE MONEY,
WE DON'T GET PAID.
YOU END UP HERE,
AT WHICH POINT,
YOU CASUALLY LEAN ON
THE CORNER OF THE DESK.
OK?
OK, NOW COME HERE.
NOW, JUST TRY--
TRY AND RELAX, OK?
HEY! WHAT THE HELL'S
GOING ON?
KENNY,
CONFERENCE ROOM.
WHAT, YOU'RE MAKING
A MOVIE HERE?
ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GO.
QUIET, PLEASE.
UH, HE'S NOT
ON THE MARK.
HEY, REBECCA.
NEVER MIND HER.
LOOK AT ME.
THE COP THAT TOOK
A BULLET ON HANOVER
LAST WEEK,
BOBBY THINKS YOU
MIGHT HAVE A CLUE
AS TO WHO SHOT HIM.
FIRST OF ALL,
WHY WOULD I KNOW?
'CAUSE YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON
IN THE NORTH END.
AND SECOND, DO I
LOOK LIKE A SNITCH,
OR IS IT SOMETHING--
BOBBY'S GOT ONE
IN THE FAVOR BANK.
HE'S CALLING THE CHIP.
THE CHIP? THE CHIP?
LOOK, IN 2 WEEKS, I START
A 6-MONTH PRISON TERM,
THANKS TO YOU.
YOU WANNA SEE MY CHIP?
YOU'RE ANONYMOUS.
YOUR NAME WILL NEVER
BE MENTIONED.
IF I HAD ANYTHING
TO SHOP, DON'T YOU THINK
I'D BE SHOPPING IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T CARE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THE FAVOR YOU OWE
IS ALL ABOUT.
ALL I DO KNOW IS BOBBY
SAID FOR ME TO TELL YOU
HE'S CALLING IN THE FAVOR.
HE NEEDS A NAME, A LEAD,
OR ANY INFORMATION
THE POLICE
WOULD BE GLAD TO GET.
BOBBY MIGHT NEED
TO TRADE SOMETHING IN.
AND HE THINKS
YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON
WHO CAN GET IT.
AND AS LONG AS
I'VE KNOWN BOBBY,
I'VE NEVER HEARD HIM
SO DEAD SERIOUS.
GET TO WORK, KENNY.
GO!
WE NEVER AUTHORIZED
ANY EXORCISM.
I KNOW THAT.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU
TO SAY THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING?
THAT YOU BACK FATHER MARTIN,
THAT YOU CONFIRM
THAT HE CAME TO YOU
FOR PERMISSION,
THAT HE'S A RESPECTED
AND RESPECTABLE PRIEST.
FIRST OF ALL, THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH PROHIBITS EXORCISMS
ON MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT.
I'M ASKING--
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING, COUNSEL.
YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR COVER,
AND I'M HERE
TO TELL YOU
YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO FIND IT HERE.
NOW, AS FAR AS
WE'RE CONCERNED
AND ON THE RECORD,
MAYBE HE SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATED.
NOW WHO'S LOOKING
FOR COVER?
MR. DONNELL,
CERTAINLY YOU CAN
APPRECIATE OUR POSITION.
IF WE IN ANY WAY
ENDORSE FATHER MARTIN,
WE EXPOSE OURSELVES
TO ENORMOUS LIABILITY.
I'M TRYING TO HELP
INSULATE YOU BY--
DON'T INSULT OUR
INTELLIGENCE, PLEASE.
YOUR ONLY MISSION HERE
IS WIGGLING YOUR CLIENT
OFF A HOOK.
SAME AS YOUR MISSION,
COUNSEL.
IT'S JUST DIFFERENT CLIENTS
AND DIFFERENT HOOKS.
LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT'S GONNA GO DOWN
IF YOU DON'T BACK ME.
DON'T TURN AWAY!
I'M SAYING THIS ONCE.
IT'S FATHER MARTIN'S BELIEF
THE ARCHBISHOP
HAD REASON TO KNOW
HE WAS GOING
TO DO IT ANYWAY,
EVEN WITHOUT PERMISSION.
THAT ISN'T TRUE.
YOUR WORD, HIS WORD,
QUESTION FOR A JURY.
IF YOU HAD ANY HINT,
YOU COULD BE NEGLIGENT
FOR FAILING TO SUPERVISE.
OH! GET A LAW DEGREE.
A WOMAN DIED HERE!
AND THERE IS ONLY
ONE DEEP POCKET,
AND THAT IS THE CHURCH.
AT THIS MOMENT, WE
HAVE A VERY SMALL WINDOW.
THE CASE COULD GET CLOSED,
HEART ATTACK OR A WIDER
INVESTIGATION COULD ENSUE,
A CHARGE COULD FILE.
ONCE THAT HAPPENS,
PANDORA'S GOT WINGS.
WE WILL NOT SUPPORT
HIS DOING THAT EXORCISM.
DON'T! BUT WHEN
A DETECTIVE CALLS,
I NEED YOU TO VOUCH
FOR FATHER MARTIN.
IF YOU HANG HIM OUT,
IT'S A FREE-FOR-ALL.
YOU'RE EXTORTING US.
LOOK...
LOOK, YOU KNOW
FATHER MARTIN WELL.
DO YOU THINK HE
WOULD'VE HURT THIS WOMAN
INTENTIONALLY?
NO.
WELL, THAT'S ALL
I'M ASKING YOU TO SAY,
JUST DO IT EMPHATICALLY.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EXTORT
THE TRUTH OUT OF YOU.
AND LET'S ALL FACE IT.
IF HE GETS CHARGED,
IT IS BAD FOR THE CHURCH.
ROGUE OR NOT, HE IS
STILL ONE OF YOURS.
I NEED TO TALK THIS OVER
WITH MY CLIENT.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING,
HALF-HOUR.
M, LITTLE C, K-R-E-W.
HE'S IN THE HOMICIDE
DIVISION. TRY FOR 3:30.
AND WHAT IF HE CAN'T?
HE HAS TO. IN FACT,
GET HIM ON THE LINE.
I'LL TALK TO HIM.
WHEW. WHERE
THE HELL IS KENNY?
WE LIT THE FIRE
AS BEST WE COULD.
ANY WORD
FROM THE CORONER?
NOT YET.
I THINK I SHOULD JUST GO
TO THE POLICE NOW.
NO, NO, NO.
WE'RE NOT READY YET.
THIS FEELS LIKE
SOME SORDID CONSPIRACY.
WE'RE NOT READY YET.
I HIT THAT WOMAN. MAYBE
I DIDN'T CAUSE HER DEATH,
BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
DOING THE EXORCISM
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST ME
HERE.
BOBBY, MIKE McKREW ON 3.
MIKE. HEY.
NOT BAD. HOW 'BOUT YOU?
HOW'S SUZY?
GREAT.
YEAH, YEAH. STILL
LOOKING TO MEET THE FUTURE
EX-MRS. DONNELL.
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
LISTEN, MIKE, I GOT A KIND
OF A SENSITIVE SITUATION
I'D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT IN PERSON.
NO. NOTHING BAD.
JUST SOME INFORMATION
I THINK YOU'D WANT TO HAVE.
CAN I COME DOWN THERE
THIS AFTERNOON,
MAYBE 3:00, 3:30?
OH, THANKS.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'LL SEE YOU THEN.
OK, BUDDY.
GET THE CHURCH ON THE LINE.
THEIR HALF-HOUR'S UP.
JEEZ, THIS MUST
BE DESPERATE.
THAT A REAL PRIEST?
WHO SHOT THAT COP?
I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO FIND OUT.
WHO SHOT THAT COP?!
I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW.
TELL ME SOMETHING
YOU DO KNOW.
TELL ME NOW.
WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING DOWN HERE?
I'LL FILL YOU IN LATER.
FOR NOW, IT'S JUST LIKE
OLD TIMES.
YOU TRUST ME.
I NEED SOMETHING IN CASE
THE COPS WANT SOMETHING
IN RETURN FOR WHAT
I'M ASKING OF THEM.
GIVE ME SOMETHING.
TICK, TICK, TOCK.
THEY HAVE SOME DIRTY HELP
IN NARCOTICS.
THEY'RE STAKING OUT
DAISY'S FOLD 'N' FLUFF
ON PRINCE STREET
'CAUSE SOME STUFF
HAS BEEN KNOWN TO PASS
WITH THE WHITER LINENS.
NOTHING'S GONNA
GET FOUND AT DAISY'S.
THEIR INFORMANT
TALKS OUTTA BOTH SIDES.
FIRST NAME'S WARREN.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
YOU KNOW MORE.
NO, I DON'T.
YOU DO.
I DON'T.
ALL RIGHT, GO.
NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.
ALL WE NEED NOW
IS THE CHURCH.
I GOT 'EM. I JUST GOT
OFF THE PHONE WITH RYERSON.
THEY'LL VOUCH FOR YOU
BEING A GOOD PRIEST.
THEY'LL CONFIRM THAT YOU
DID SEEK PERMISSION FIRST,
BUT THEY'LL DENY
ANY KIND OF APPROVAL,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
ALL RIGHT. SIT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT EXORCISMS.
GET JOEY BLAND IN HERE
WITH HIS EQUIPMENT.
WE GOTTA GIVE YOU
A POLYGRAPH.
A LIE DETECTOR?
THE POLICE WILL PROBABLY
WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY YES,
BUT I GOTTA BE SURE
YOU'LL PASS.
Director: IT'S NOT
THAT DIFFICULT.
IT IS WHEN YOU
MAKE ME NERVOUS.
I JUST SAY JUST MOVE
NICE AND SMOOTH,
SIT ON THE EDGE
OF THE DESK
AND TALK.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M
ASKING YOU TO CHEW
A STICK OF GUM.
MAKEUP, BLOT HIM.
I'M GIVING YOU
3 MORE TAKES,
AND THAT'S IT.
SO, NOW RELAX, DAMN IT.
YEAH, THREATEN ME.
THAT HELPS ME RELAX.
OK. POSITION!
SPEED!
Man: WE HAVE SPEED.
AND ACTION!
HAVE YOU OR A LOVED ONE
BEEN INJURED?
IF SO, YOU MAY HAVE RIGHTS.
MY NAME IS JAMES BERLUTI.
I'M AN ATTORNEY WHO SPECIALIZES
IN HELPING PEOPLE LIKE YOU
RECEIVE THE COMPENSATION
THEY DESERVE
WHEN YOU'VE BEEN VICTIMIZED
BY OTHER PEOPLE'S NEGLIGENCE.
ANYBODY--UHH!
CUT.
Man: IT'S A CUT.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
THANKS.
IS THIS WHAT
YOU PAGED ME FOR?
PLEASE, JUST REMOVE
THE SCOPE AND GET HIM
OUT OF MY OFFICE.
I AM NOT TREATING
THIS MAN.
WHAT?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
MY INSURANCE COMPANY
WOULD DROP ME
LIKE A STONE
IF I COME NEAR HIM.
OH, DOCTOR--
NO DOCTOR
WILL TOUCH HIM.
YOU HAD TO KNOW
THAT, STEVE.
WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
HE WON'T LET ME.
IT WOULD BE NEGLIGENCE
TO LEAVE THAT IN THERE.
NOT MINE.
TAKE IT OUT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WITHOUT HIS CONSENT,
THAT'S CONSIDERED
BATTERY.
DR. PANKIN, IF I GET
MY CLIENT TO SIGN A RELEASE,
WAIVING ANY FUTURE CLAIMS--
YOU CAN'T WAIVE NEGLIGENCE.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT.
I WON'T SUE!
I'M A REASONABLE MAN!
RIGHT.
YANK IT OUT.
NO!
CONSENT!
NO!
WE GOT 2 LAWYERS,
2 DOCTORS,
AND A, UH...
ALUMINUM SIDING.
A BUSINESSMAN HERE,
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY
FIGHTING OVER
WHAT WE'RE
FIGHTING OVER?
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
EUGENE YOUNG.
DO YOU DO MEDICAL
MALPRACTICE WORK,
MR. YOUNG?
SOME.
SOME. WELL, I DO A LOT.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I'M A DOCTOR.
AND LIKE
WITH EVERY DOCTOR,
MEDICAL
MALPRACTICE SUITS
ARE A WAY OF LIFE.
YOU CAN GO YOUR
ENTIRE CAREER WITHOUT
MAKING A SINGLE MISTAKE
AND STILL EXPECT
TO BE ROUTINELY SUED
5 TIMES A YEAR.
THIS ISN'T THE FORUM
TO DISCUSS THAT.
THIS IS
THE PERFECT FORUM.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS GUY.
HE'S A POSTER BOY
FOR WHAT DRIVES UP
MALPRACTICE PREMIUMS,
WHICH DRIVE UP
HEALTHCARE COST.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S
GONNA HAPPEN HERE.
PLEASE DO.
MR. ALUMINUM SIDING HERE
WILL FILE
HIS RIDICULOUS LAWSUIT,
AND HIS INSURANCE COMPANY
WILL COME TO HIM AND ASK HIM
TO SIGN OFF ON A SETTLEMENT,
BECAUSE SETTLING IS CHEAPER
THAN GOING TO TRIAL.
AND IF HE SAYS TO THEM,
"NO, I DON'T WANT TO SETTLE,
I DID NOTHING WRONG."
HIS INSURANCE COMPANY
WILL DISCONTINUE COVERAGE.
BECAUSE ON PRINCIPLE,
CARRIERS DON'T LIKE DOCTORS
THAT STICK ON PRINCIPLE.
IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.
ARE YOU DONE?
I'M DONE.
GOOD, 'CAUSE ASIDE
FROM YOUR PROFOUND INSIDE
COMMENTARY ON HEALTHCARE,
WHICH WE ALL ENJOYED,
WE STILL GOT
A STUPID SITUATION HERE
THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN
FIXED HOURS AGO.
NOW, YOU ARE GOING
TO GIVE HIM AN
UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE.
DOESN'T CHANGE--
QUIET! YOU ARE GOING TO
AGREE TO INDEMNIFY HIM
FOR ANY NEGLIGENCE CLAIM
FILED AGAINST HIM
BY HIM.
AND, YOU, YOU ARE GOING
TO TAKE THAT THING
OUT OF THAT MAN'S ANUS,
THEN MAYBE
WE CAN FIX MEDICARE.
PULL OUT YOUR LEGAL PAD,
COUNSEL.
LET'S START DRAFTING.
YOU SPRINKLED HER
WITH HOLY WATER?
YES.
DID YOU HIT HER?
YES.
DID YOU INTEND
TO CAUSE HER
PHYSICAL HARM?
NO.
Bland:
ARE YOU JEWISH?
NO.
WERE YOU ATTEMPTING
TO HEAL ALICE KENNEDY?
YES.
HOW'S HE DOING?
SO FAR, YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF
AN HONEST PRIEST.
TROUBLE. YOU GOT
A LITTLE TIP FROM
THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
THERE WAS
A PRETTY DECENT TRAUMA
TO THE CHEST.
THEY'RE GONNA REPORT IT
TO THE POLICE.
DAMN IT! THE CLOCK
JUST STRUCK MIDNIGHT.
HE'LL PASS THEIR POLYGRAPH?
WITH FLYING COLORS.
LET'S GO.
WHERE?
TO THE POLICE.
I GOT TO ADMIT,
YOU GOT ME CURIOUS.
WHAT'S UP?
10:00 THIS MORNING,
A WOMAN NAMED ALICE KENNEDY
HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DIED
AT FATHER MARTIN'S CHURCH.
ONE OF HIS PARISHIONERS.
SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
YEAH. AS FAR AS I KNOW,
IT'S JUST LISTED
AS A CORONARY,
BUT IT WASN'T
QUITE THAT SIMPLE.
YOU'LL FIND
A SLIGHT BRUISE
ON HER CHEST,
AS WELL AS CHAFING MARKS
ON HER HANDS AND LEGS.
AT THE TIME SHE WAS
HAVING THE HEART ATTACK,
FATHER MARTIN WAS
PERFORMING AN EXORCISM.
IT-IT'S KIND OF LIKE
A CONFESSIONAL SEAL.
HE REALLY SHOULDN'T
DIVULGE THIS INFORMATION
ABOUT A PARISHIONER,
BUT HE CAME TO ME,
AND I THOUGHT HE REALLY
SHOULD COME TO YOU.
EXORCISM.
LIKE SPINNING HEAD
AND PEA SOUP?
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
LIKE THAT.
IT'S MAINLY PRAYERS,
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS,
LAYING HANDS ON
THE SUBJECT, HOLY WATER,
THAT KIND OF THING.
THE REASON I DESCRIBED
THE SITUATION AS DELICATE,
AS FATHER MARTIN
BROUGHT HIS HAND DOWN
ON ALICE KENNEDY'S CHEST,
THAT'S WHEN SHE WENT
INTO ARREST.
HE'S AFRAID HE MAY HAVE
PRECIPITATED IT.
NOTARIZE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
SURE.
NOW, THIS INCORPORATES
BY REFERENCE
HIS RELEASE OF DR. PANKIN
AND IS AN AMENDMENT
FOR OUR RELEASE.
NO PROBLEM.
NO INDEMNIFICATION
FOR SUPERVENING ACTS.
DON'T EVEN GO THERE.
I NEED YOU TO
SIGN HERE, DOCTOR.
OK?
YES.
AND YOU NEED
TO INITIAL HERE.
MR. PARKS' HEALTHCARE
IS UNDER HIS COMPANY'S
PLAN,
SO HE'S HERE AS
PRESIDENT OF ALUMINATED
DREAM SIDING.
HE'S NOT PERSONALLY
EXPOSED.
WHAT?
NO. WE'LL INITIAL THAT,
BUT I RESERVE THE RIGHT
TO PIERCE THE CORPORATE VEIL.
FINE! LET'S DO IT.
THIS WOMAN
WANTED AN EXORCISM?
SHE BEGGED ME FOR IT.
HERE IS THE PHONE NUMBER
OF DR. BARRY JACOB,
HER TREATING
PSYCHIATRIST.
HE'LL CONFIRM
THE WOMAN'S SCHIZOPHRENIA,
AS WELL AS HER BELIEF
THAT SHE WAS THE VICTIM
OF SOME DEMONIC POSSESSION.
HERE YOU'LL FIND
THE PHONE NUMBER OF
ARCHBISHOP JOHN MAZONEY,
WHO FATHER MARTIN
WENT TO FOR PERMISSION
TO DO THE EXORCISM.
THAT'S PURSUANT
TO CANON LAW.
IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT
PERMISSION WAS DENIED.
YOU DIDN'T GET PERMISSION
FROM THE CHURCH?
NO. ARCHBISHOP MAZONEY
WASN'T CONVINCED
OF POSSESSION.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS
PROBABLY MENTAL ILLNESS
OF SOME SORT.
I MUST CONFESS,
HE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT.
THEN WHY'D YOU DO IT?
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE
OF SOME BENEFIT,
AS A PLACEBO.
SHE WAS DESPERATE,
DETECTIVE.
BLOT HIM AGAIN.
HIS HEAD LOOKS LIKE
THE VALDEZ.
I THOUGHT THE TALENT IS
SUPPOSED TO GET CODDLED
IN THIS BUSINESS.
TALENT?
YOU FELL OFF A DESK.
I NEVER MADE CONTACT.
WE NEED THIS OFFICE BACK,
JIMMY.
I'M NOT DONE. I WANT
TO GET IT RIGHT.
HOW DO YOU GET
ONE OF THESE THINGS RIGHT?
HEY, LINDSAY,
DO ME A FAVOR.
LET ME DO WHAT
I WANT TO DO. OK?
IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU.
IT DOES AFFECT ME.
DOING A COMMERCIAL, IT
EMBARRASSES THIS PLACE.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
DON'T SWEAT.
I'LL SWEAT IF I WANT TO.
NOT EVERYBODY
WENT TO HARVARD.
NOT EVERYBODY GETS
TO GET A LAWYER
WHO WENT TO HARVARD.
THERE'S LITTLE PEOPLE
OUT THERE:
HACKS WITH SMALL CLAIMS
THE SIZE OF A BLACKHEAD
YOU'D GO RUNNING
TO YOUR DERMATOLOGIST
TO HAVE REMOVED.
NICKEL-AND-DIME PEOPLE
LOOKING FOR
NICKEL-AND-DIME LAWYERS.
I'M HAPPY FOR YOU
THAT YOU DON'T FIT
INTO THAT CATEGORY.
I DO.
AND I'M SELLING
WHAT I GOT TO SELL.
FORGIVE ME
FOR EMBARRASSING YOU.
CAN WE DO ONE MORE TAKE,
PLEASE?
WHEN I'M READY.
NO, NO.
YOU'RE READY NOW.
I GOT A GREAT IDEA.
YOU, OUT OF HERE.
EXCUSE ME.
MAKEUP, BLOT HIM QUICKLY.
LET'S GO. OK.
I'LL BE JUST A MINUTE.
BOBBY, WHY DID HE
REMOVE THE STRAPS
FROM THE ROOM?
HE WAS SCARED AT FIRST.
LOOK, MIKE, HE'S
THE ONE WHO WANTED
TO COME FORWARD HERE.
HE'S BEEN MY PRIEST
ALMOST MY WHOLE LIFE.
STILL,
IF HIS HITTING HER
CAUSED THE HEART ATTACK,
WE GOT TO PURSUE THIS.
YOU KNOW THAT.
CALL THE SHRINK.
CALL THE ARCHBISHOP.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
GIVE HIM A POLYGRAPH IF
IT'LL GIVE YOU PEACE OF MIND.
THIS IS JUST
AN UNFORTUNATE RESULT.
THERE WAS NOTHING
CRIMINAL HERE.
YOUR INVESTIGATION'S
GONNA SHOW THAT.
SO WHY THE BIG PUSH?
I DON'T WANT YOU
TO FILE A CHARGE
AND THEN INVESTIGATE.
I WANT YOU TO CHECK
THINGS OUT FIRST,
'CAUSE I KNOW THEN
NO CHARGE WOULD EVER BE FILED.
MIKE...
I NEED A FAVOR HERE, MAN.
THIS GUY, HE'S DEAR TO ME.
IT, UH...
A SCANDAL WOULD JUST
COST HIM HIS PARISH.
I JUST WANT
TO PUT THIS TO BED
SO THE MEDIA DOESN'T
START HAVING ITS FUN.
I DO WANT TO DO
A POLYGRAPH.
NO PROBLEM.
WAIT A MINUTE.
AS FOR FAVORS,
WHAT DO YOU GOT
FOR ME?
YOU GOT SOME STINK
IN NARCOTICS.
SNITCH NAMED WARREN'S
TIPPING OFF
SOME FOLD 'N' FLUFF
YOU'RE STAKING OUT
FOR MOVING COKE.
YOU NEVER HEARD IT
FROM ME.
LET'S GO DO
THE POLYGRAPH.
FROM YOUR FALL?
I'LL LIVE.
JIMMY, I'M SORRY.
BOBBY SAYS
I GOT THIS COMPLEX
THAT I WANT TO BE
THE LAW FIRM
ACROSS THE STREET.
I REALLY AM SORRY
FOR SAYING WHAT I SAID.
YOU CARRY YOUR WEIGHT
HERE, LINDSAY.
SO FAR I DON'T.
I JUST WANT TO BRING
SOMETHING TO THE TABLE.
THAT'S ALL.
I KNOW.
Director: OK.
I NEED QUIET ON THE SET.
Man: WE'RE BACK.
LET'S GO.
POSITION!
I THOUGHT THESE THINGS
ONLY TOOK A MINUTE.
MAYBE HE FOUND
SOMETHING MALIGNANT.
AGAIN, AS A FREE
LEGAL TIP--
HE WAS A REAL TROUPER.
I'LL SEND YOU A BILL.
HEY, DOC, ONE THING.
I'LL TAKE THE HIT.
ON PATIENTS
WHO SUE OVER NOTHING
AND THE LAWYERS
WHO TAKE THEIR CASES,
I'LL OWN THE HIT.
BUT IF DOCTORS
ARE LETTING INSURANCE
COMPANIES RUN MEDICINE,
IT SEEMS TO ME
DOCTORS GOTTA OWN
A LITTLE BLAME, TOO.
YOU JUST DON'T
GET IT, COUNSEL.
MEDICINE USED
TO BE RUN BY BUSINESS.
NOW MEDICINE
IS A BUSINESS.
I FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN.
I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT,
GROUNDHOG.
MR. YOUNG.
YOU DIDN'T HANDLE THIS
VERY WELL.
I FELT YOU TWIST IT.
HMM.
YOU'RE OK.
YOU PASSED THEIR POLYGRAPH.
'LESS SOMETHING COMES UP,
WHICH THEY DON'T EXPECT,
NOTHING'S GETTING FILED.
CAUSE OF DEATH LISTED
AS HEART ATTACK. PERIOD.
OH, THANK GOD FOR THAT.
THE CHEST BRUISE WAS MINIMAL,
THEY TALKED TO THE ARCHBISHOP,
HER DOCTOR, AND HER SISTER,
WHO ALSO CONFIRMED SHE WAS
BEGGING YOU FOR HELP.
YOU'RE OK.
GOOD.
GOOD.
WHAT'S WRONG?
IT'S BEEN QUITE A DAY.
A PARISHIONER OF MINE DIED.
EVERYTHING'S BEEN SPINNING
SO FAST.
I GUESS I'M JUST A LITTLE
OVERWHELMED BY IT ALL.
IS THAT IT?
ANYTHING ELSE?
THAT'S ALL.
Berluti:
I GOT IT. RIGHT HERE.
ROUGH CUT.
CAN I USE YOUR TV?
SHE SAYS
IT CAME OUT GOOD.
30 SECONDS,
IT GOES QUICK.
LET ME SPARE THE FATHER.
COME ON,
I'LL WALK YOU OUT.
WE'LL WAIT.
THANK YOU.
BOBBY.
HEY, EUGENE.
WHERE YOU BEEN ALL DAY?
DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
BUSY.
UH-HUH.
THANK YOU.
AGAIN.
WHAT'S WRONG?
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.
WITHOUT YOU, I COULD BE
FACING MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES.
I WOULD'VE LOST MY PARISH
FOR SURE.
AND PROBABLY MY LIFE.
BUT?
BUT WHAT WE DID TODAY
WAS A PERVERSION.
WHEN YOU SAID
"CHEST COMPRESSIONS"
TO THAT POLICE OFFICER,
NO, IT WASN'T
A MISTAKE, BOBBY.
IT WAS A POSSIBLE ACCOUNT
FOR THE BRUISE.
IT WAS A FALSE ACCOUNT.
I WENT INTO A MORGUE
UNDER THE PRETEXT OF PRAYER
SO YOU COULD GET
A QUICK LOOK AT THE BODY.
AND YOU EXTORTED
THE ARCHBISHOP
AS WELL AS ALICE'S PSYCHIATRIST
AND ONE OF YOUR OWN CLIENTS.
I HIT A WOMAN
HARDER THAN I SHOULD HAVE
WHILE PERFORMING A TOTALLY
UNAUTHORIZED EXORCISM.
NOW, THE ONLY REASON
I'M DODGING THE BULLET
IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW
TO MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM...
IF NOT THE TRUTH.
AND I HELPED.
NOTHING I DID TODAY
WAS UNETHICAL...
UNDER THE PRACTICE
OF LAW.
I KNOW THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT I'M TROUBLED
BY THE WHOLE THING.
I'VE KNOWN YOU
YOUR WHOLE LIFE, BOBBY.
I'M YOUR PRIEST.
WATCHING YOU WORK TODAY,
I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK
THAT YOU'RE A MAN
WHO'S OBVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL
AT WHAT HE DOES.
AND I'M A MAN
WHO OBVIOUSLY ISN'T.
NO. I DON'T MEAN TO DENY
MY UTTER GRATITUDE.
IT...
I DON'T QUESTION
WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME.
I DO QUESTION WHAT
I HAVE DONE FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW ME?
YOU SHOULDN'T,
NO REASON TO.
I'M JUST A
DOWN-IN-THE-TRENCHES LAWYER
WHO DOES CASES THAT'LL
NEVER BE IN THE NEWSPAPERS,
UNEXCITING STUFF, EXCEPT
TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED...
'CAUSE THEIR INJURIES
ARE REAL.
AND THE MONEY
I GET THEM IS REAL.
SOMEBODY BANG
INTO YOUR CAR LATELY?
HAS A LADDER FALLEN
ON YOUR HEAD?
YOU STEP INTO A POTHOLE?
GO TO A BIG LAW FIRM
AND SEE HOW MUCH THEY CARE,
THEN COME TO ME.
THINK NOBODY'LL FIGHT FOR YOU,
YOU'RE JUST A GRUNT?
I'M A GRUNT.
THERE'S A LAWYER
OUT THERE FOR YOU.
IT'S ME.
JUST DIAL THE NUMBER...
AND ASK FOR JIMMY.
I'LL GET YOU MONEY.
WHAT DO--WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT--IT'S STILL
A LITTLE ROUGH.
IT'S GOT TO RESONATE
A LITTLE.
YOU STINKER!
THE PRACTICE...
PERMISSION TO
SMACK HIM, JUDGE.
HEY, DON'T
INTIMIDATE ME.
MR. COLSON--
YOUR HONOR,
HE DOES THIS
ON PURPOSE,
HE GOES
TO GET MY GOAT,
AND HE GETS IT.
HE GETS IT
EVERY TIME.
PAY YOU? WHY THE HELL
SHOULD I PAY YOU?
THIS IS MY THIRD
APPEARANCE--
YEAH, AND
YOU'RE 0 FOR 3.
WHAT KIND OF SQUAT HEAD
DO YOU THINK I AM?
JIMMY, YOU BEEN DOING
GREAT WORK,
BUT THIS IS A JURY TRIAL.
I WAS LOSING
WITH JURY TRIALS
'CAUSE I SWEAT.
IS IT A GOOD SIGN
THAT THEY CAME BACK
THIS QUICK?
IT'S A VERY GOOD SIGN
IF WE WIN,
BUT NOT IF WE LOSE.
WE FIND FOR THE PLAINTIFF
AND ORDER THE DEFENDANT
TO PAY COMPENSATORY DAMAGES
IN THE AMOUNT OF $82,000.
I WON!
I WON.
MY FIRST VICTORY
WITH A JURY.
IF I HAD TO WAIT,
I THINK THE SWEATING
WOULD'VE COME BACK.
THE REPUTATION OF
THIS FIRM DOESN'T
MATTER TO YOU?
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU
THINK OUR REPUTATION
IS HERE, BOBBY?
I MEAN,
WHO ARE YOU KIDDING?
WE ARE "REASONABLE DOUBT
FOR A REASONABLE FEE."
WE ARE A BOTTOM-FEEDING,
DO-WHATEVER-YOU-CAN-TO-GET-
YOUR-CLIENT-OFF LAW FIRM!
ARE YOU OUT OF
YOUR PUNY LITTLE
CHALLENGED MIND?
I DON'T APPRECIATE
THAT QUESTION.
THIS LAW FIRM
DOESN'T ADVERTISE.
IT WOULD JUST BE
FOR MYSELF.
YOU ARE A PART
OF THIS FIRM.
LOTS OF LAWYERS
DO COMMERCIALS.
YEAH, THE SHYSTERS,
THE AMBULANCE CHASERS--
THOSE ARE THE LAWYERS
WHO ADVERTISE.
WHO ARE WE,
FINLEY KRUMBLE?
JIMMY, THINK ABOUT
YOUR REPUTATION.
I GOT NO REPUTATION.
I ALSO GOT NO CLIENTS.
I'M COMING OFF
A BIG WIN HERE.
IT'D BE A COUPLE
OF 30-SECOND SPOTS.
THIS IS THE TIME
TO MAXIMIZE MY PROFILE.
T-T-TELL HIM.
I AGREE WITH BOBBY.
THAT'S 'CAUSE
YOU'RE RADCLIFFE.
ELLENOR, TELL HIM
THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT'S DONE,
LAWYERS CAN'T BE
TOO PROUD THESE DAYS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN
LAWYERS ADVERTISING,
JIMMY.
YOU ADVERTISED
FOR A DATE.
YEAH, WELL, I DON'T
BELIEVE IN THAT
ANYMORE, EITHER.
I'LL JUST USE
MY OWN PERSONAL NAME.
I WON'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THE REST OF YOU.
I WANNA CONTRIBUTE HERE.
I WANNA BRING IN BUSINESS.
AT LEAST GIVE ME
THE CHANCE.
LOOK, LET ME JUST MAKE IT.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT,
IT WON'T AIR.
WHAT'S THE HARM?
NOT A WORD
ABOUT THIS FIRM.
THANK YOU.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
THEY CAN SHOOT IT
IN A DAY,
OVER AND DONE WITH
IN A SNEEZE.
YOU WON'T REGRET THIS.
DONNELL AND ASSOCIATES.
CALM DOWN.
PLEASE HOLD.
BOBBY...MARTIN PARKS.
OH, GOD.
I THOUGHT WE
DUMPED HIM.
HE PAID, AND THEN
WE UNDUMPED HIM.
HE SAYS HE'S
BEING ASSAULTED
BY HIS DOCTOR,
AND HE WANTS YOU
THERE NOW.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
[RING]
DONNELL AND ASSOCIATES.
PLEASE HOLD.
IT'S YOUR PRIEST.
MY PRIEST?
FATHER?
ALL R--SLOW DOWN.
SLOW DOWN.
IS THE CORONER
THERE?
WHAT ABOUT
THE POLICE?
GET YOURSELF
IN A BACK ROOM,
SAY NOTHING.
I'M ON MY WAY.
WHAT?
MY PRIEST
JUST BECAME A CLIENT.
WHAT ABOUT
MARTIN PARKS?
UH...
YOU GUYS HANDLE IT.
I GOT A COMMERCIAL
TO SHOOT.
DON'T LOOKI'LL QUIT
AT ME.BEFORE I SIGN UP
FOR HIM.
HANDS NOW.
TODAY'S THE DAYI DON'T
I GIVE BLOOD...EVEN KNOW
THE GUY...
DO IT!
ONCE, TWICE,
THRICE, SHOOT.
MOTHER!
TOO BAD.
HE'S REALLY NICE
UNDERNEATH.
I GOT A BAD FEELING
ABOUT THIS.
[SIRENS]
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.
TAKE ME TO
THE BACK ENTRANCE.
I--I THINK SHE HAD
A HEART ATTACK.
ALL RIGHT, WHERE
CAN WE TALK PRIVATE?
UH, WELL, THERE'S AN OFFICER
USING MY PHONE.
BOBBY, I COULD BE
IN TROUBLE.
SHH. COME ON.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
ALL RIGHT. FIRST, YOU'RE
GONNA CALM DOWN, TAKE IT EASY.
SHE--SHE DIED.
MY GOD.
DID YOU CONTRIBUTE
TO HER DEATH?
YES.
I MAY HAVE CAUSED
THE HEART ATTACK.
I WAS PERFORMING
AN EXORCISM.
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
SHE WAS CONVINCED
SHE WAS POSSESSED
BY DEMONS.
SHE WAS STRAPPED
TO THE TABLE.
I WAS PRAYING
OVER HER.
SHE STARTED
THRASHING A LITTLE
AND I HIT HER--
I HIT HER
ON THE CHEST.
THAT'S WHEN
SHE HAD THE ATTACK.
BOBBY, WHAT DO I DO?
SHOULDN'T I
TELL THE POLICE
WHAT HAPPENED?
HOW HARD
DID YOU HIT HER?
P-PRETTY HARD.
PRETTY HARD.
Man: COME ON.
WHERE IS HE?
Woman: HOLD ON, SIR.
YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE.
I SAID
TO SEND BOBBY.
UH, BOBBY'S UNAVAILABLE.
WELL, MAKE HIM
AVAILABLE!
I'M BEING
SODOMIZED HERE!
YOU'RE NOT
BEING SODOMIZED!
YOU STAY
AWAY FROM ME,
FRUIT LOOP--
I'M GOINGYOU PICKED THE
TO SUE FORWRONG GUY TO GET
DEFAMATION--YOUR JOLLIES--
HEY!
ONE AT A TIME.
NOW, WHAT IN GOD'S NAME
IS GOING ON HERE?
THIS PSYCHOIT'S NOT IN
NEEDS HISMY GOD'S NAME
MEDICATIONWHAT'S GOING ON.
READJUSTED.
QUIET!I WANT
BOBBY DONNELL.
YOU NOT GETTIN' HIM.
DOCTOR?
IT'S A PROCTOLOGICAL
EXAM.
I DIDN'T THINK
HE'D GO SPELUNKING
UP MY BUTT!
IT'S A SIGMOIDOSCOPE,
YOU WACKO.
WHAT MEDICAL
SCHOOL DID YOU
GRADUATE FROM?
'CAUSE I HOPE I FIND--
I'M GONNA SUE SOMETHING!
THEM, TOO!
I HOPE I FIND A
BIG, GREEN TUMOR
THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL
DOWN THERE.
STOP IT! NOBODY TALK!
DR. WALSH, THOUGH I
REPRESENT MR. PARKS,
I WILL GIVE YOU
A FREE TIP.
IF THIS EVER
ENDS UP IN COURT,
YOU DON'T WANT
TO BE SAYING THINGS
LIKE "YOU HOPE TO FIND
A BIG, GREEN TUMOR
THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL."
DO YOU KNOW HOW
HUMILIATING THIS IS?
I'VE GOT PATIENTS
WAITING OUT THERE.
I HAD PEOPLE,
BEFORE THIS GUY
STARTED SCREAMING
"RAPE"
AT THE TOP
OF HIS LUNGS.
HE'S YELLING,
"TAKE YOUR THING
OUT OF MY RECTUM!"
DO YOU KNOW
HOW DEFAMED I AM?
YOU WANNA
SWAP PLACES,
STICKBUTT?
HEY, QUIET.
HEY, HEY, HEY!
OK, FIRST,
WHY DON'T WE
REMOVE THE, UH...
HE WON'T LET ME
REMOVE IT.
IT'S EVIDENCE.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE PICTURES,
GET DIFFERENT ANGLES.
I'M SORRY, STEVEN.
I CAME AS SOON
AS I COULD. I--
YOU?
OH, NO.
HE'S YOUR LAWYER?
NOW, YOU LISTEN
TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE MATTER IS HERE,
BUT I WILL
NEITHER ENGAGE IN
NOR TOLERATE
ANY OF YOUR NONSENSE.
WE WILL CONDUCT OURSELVES
WITH DIGNITY.
FINE. MR. COLSON, MEET
MY CLIENT, MR. PARKS.
DIGNIFIED ENOUGH?
TAKE A PICTURE!
HAVE YOU OR A LOVED ONE
BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT?
IF SO...YOU HAVE RIGHTS.
OK, JIMMY.
YOU'RE A LITTLE STIFF,
BUT IT'S GOOD.
I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA
HAVE YOU SITTING,
AND LET'S GET RID
OF THE JACKET HERE.
AS LONG AS I
DON'T LIFT MY ARMS.
I PERSPIRE.
IT'S IN MY GENES.
OK. WHATEVER.
MAKEUP.
HOW COULD BOBBY
SAY YES TO THIS?
HE COULD STILL
SAY NO.
EVEN SO, THIS
IS A NEW LOW.
STOP BEING SO SNOOTY.
THIS IS A SERVICE BUSINESS.
OK, ACTION.
ANYBODY YOU KNOW
BEEN HIT BY A BUS?
I CAN HELP.
THINK IT WAS
A SEIZURE? WHAT?
NO. CORONARY.
SHE PROBABLY DIED
INSIDE A MINUTE.
AND YOU WOULD BE?
OH, HI, OFFICER.
BOBBY DONNELL.
I'M LEGAL COUNSEL
FOR THE CHURCH.
ANYTIME
THE AMBULANCE COMES,
I GET THE PAGE.
ONLY IN HER 50s,
HUH?
YEAH. PRIEST
WAS WITH HER
WHEN IT HAPPENED?
YEAH. SHE WENT DOWN
RIGHT IN FRONT
OF HIM, POOR GUY.
HE'S DESTROYED.
YOU WANT TO TALK
TO HIM OR ANYTHING?
YEAH. I'D LIKE TO GET
A QUICK STATEMENT,
IF I COULD.
SURE.
THEY WANT A STATEMENT.
OK. I SHOULD GIVE IT
TO THEM, RIGHT?
I THINK SO.
NOTHING'S SUSPICIOUS
TO THEM NOW.
THEY'RE JUST CALLING IT
HEART ATTACK.
IF YOU DON'T TALK,
WE MIGHT MAKE THEM
SUSPICIOUS.
EXACTLY HOW HARD
DID YOU HIT HER?
UH, LIKE, UH--
LIKE THIS.
[POUNDS HARD]
FATHER, HELP ME OUT
HERE A LITTLE.
EXORCISMS--YOU REALLY
DO THESE THINGS?
ALMOST NEVER.
THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND
IN 30-PLUS YEARS.
WHY DID YOU DO THIS ONE?
LOOK, IF THIS
DOES GET OUT,
I GOTTA BE ARMED
WITH FAST ANSWERS.
ALICE WAS A DIAGNOSED
SCHIZOPHRENIC.
SHE HAD EPISODES.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
A DEMONIC POSSESSION
OF SOME SORT.
DID YOU?
NOT REALLY,
BUT SHE WAS
SO DESPERATE
TO DO SOMETHING,
AND SHE BELIEVED
IN EXORCISM.
I THOUGHT THAT,
PSYCHOLOGICALLY,
IT COULD BE A KIND
OF PLACEBO.
ALL RIGHT.
TELL ME EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
I HAD HER STRAPPED
TO THE TABLE.
I WAS PRAYING
AGGRESSIVELY
AND DEMANDING
IN THE NAME
OF GOD THAT...
SATAN RID HIMSELF
OF HER BODY,
AND SHE STARTED
TO JERK A LITTLE.
JERK? HOW?
LIKE A SMALL
CONVULSION,
AND SHE
STARTED SCREAMING
OBSCENITIES.
IT WAS LIKELY
A SCHIZOPHRENIC
EPISODE,
AND THAT'S WHEN
I BROUGHT MY HAND
DOWN ON HER CHE--
ON HER CHEST.
SHE STARTED GASPING...
TURNING BLUE.
I COULD SEE SHE
WASN'T GETTING
ANY AIR.
SO I TRIED
MOUTH-TO-MOUTH,
BUT--
DID ANYBODY ELSE
KNOW ABOUT THIS?
NO. SHE WAS
ADAMANT THAT IT
BE KEPT SECRET,
BUT BY CANON LAW,
I HAD TO TELL
ARCHBISHOP MAZONEY
TO GET
HIS PERMISSION.
SO HE KNEW?
HE DENIED PERMISSION.
WE HAD AN ARGUMENT.
I TOLD HIM
I WAS MAYBE GONNA
TRY IT ANYWAY.
SO YOU DID THIS
WITHOUT PERMISSION.
OH, BOBBY...
THIS WOMAN HAD
BEEN IN MY PARISH
FOR 20 YEARS.
I COULDN'T SIT BACK
AND LET HER
DETERIORATE
ANYMORE.
SHE EVEN HAD HER
PSYCHIATRIST TRY...
EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS.
SHE WAS
THAT DESPERATE.
I TRIED TO HELP HER.
INSTEAD, MAYBE
I KILL--KILLED HER.
YOU DIDN'T KILL HER.
ALL RIGHT,
LISTEN TO ME.
THIS IS
YOUR STATEMENT.
I CAN'T REVEAL
THE CONTEXT OF THE MEETING.
UH, PRIEST-PARISHIONER.
AND IT WAS DURING
THE MEETING SHE HAD
THE HEART ATTACK?
YES.
WAS THE MEETING
UPSETTING HER?
WAS SHE WORKED UP
ABOUT SOMETHING?
SHE'S A SCHIZOPHRENIC,
AND SHE MAY HAVE BEEN
HAVING AN EPISODE.
THAT DOESN'T REVEAL
THE NATURE OF WHAT
THE MEETING WAS ABOUT.
IT'S OK.
AND, UH,
WHEN SHE WENT DOWN,
WHAT HAPPENED?
I DID MOUTH-TO-MOUTH.
THEN CHEST COMPRESSIONS,
AND WHEN SHE DIDN'T RESPOND,
HE CALLED 911.
NO, I DIDN'T DO
CHEST COMPRESSIONS.
I JUST DID
MOUTH-TO-MOUTH.
OK.
ANYTHING ELSE?
NO.
THANK YOU, FATHER.
I KNOW, UNDER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES--
WELL, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR COOPERATION.
SURE.
MY CONDOLENCES.
WELL, THIS
IS QUITE A DAY.
FIRST,
I KILL SOMEBODY,
THEN I LIE.
WHAT A WONDERFUL
PRIEST I AM.
YOU DIDN'T KILL HER,
AND YOU DIDN'T LIE.
DO YOU THINK WE SENT
THAT OFFICER OUT
WITH
THE RIGHT IMPRESSION
OF WHAT HAPPENED?
IT'S TRUE.
YOU CAN'T REVEAL
PRIEST-PARISHIONER
COMMUNICATIONS.
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT
CHEST COMPRESSIONS?
LOOK, FATHER, YOU'RE
IN A LITTLE DEEP HERE.
IF THIS INFORMATION
GETS OUT THE WRONG WAY,
YOU COULD LOSE YOUR CHURCH.
YOU COULD BE EXPOSED
TO NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS
AND CRIMINAL,
YOU COULD GO UP
ON MANSLAUGHTER.
LET ME DO
WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
OK.
I'M GOING TO GET YOU
THROUGH THIS.
YOU REMEMBER
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED?
MMM.
HOW YOU GOT ME
THROUGH IT?
WELL...
NOW IT'S MY TURN.
I'M GOING TO PULL YOU
THROUGH THIS.
DON'T MOVE.
EITHER ONE
OF YOU.
IF I HEARD CORRECTLY,
YOU'RE HERE TO GET
A COURT ORDER
TO ALLOW YOUR CLIENT
TO REMOVE A TUBE
FROM HIS CLIENT'S--
WE'RE SEEKING
DECLARATORY RELIEF.
IF MY CLIENT CONCLUDES
THIS PROCEDURE AGAINST
HIS CLIENT'S WILL,
IT COULD BE CONSTRUED
AS BATTERY.
ALSO, THERE ARE SERIOUS
MITIGATION ISSUES.
AND AS WE STAND HERE,
YOUR CLIENT REMAINS
IN HIS CLIENT'S OFFICE
WITH THE TUBE STILL--
THAT'S CORRECT,
YOUR HONOR.
THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS
WHERE THE COURT IS LOATH
TO INTERVENE.
PARENTING WOULD BE
SUCH A SITUATION.
CONSENSUAL RELATIONS
BETWEEN MARRIED COUPLES.
PROCTOLOGICAL EXAMS.
NOW, WHY DON'T YOU
JUST GET ANOTHER DOCTOR?
IT'S NOT QUITE
THAT SIMPLE.
OH, IT ISN'T?
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GETTING
ANY COURT ORDER FROM ME.
THIS IS PERVERSE.
I GOTTA SEE THE BODY.
THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE.
WHY DO YOU HAVE
TO SEE THE BODY?
LISTEN, IF SHE'S
GOT A SERIOUS BRUISE,
THIS'LL GO TO THE POLICE
BEFORE AN AUTOPSY.
I DON'T WANT THAT
TO HAPPEN.
THE M.E. HASN'T EVEN
LOOKED AT THE BODY.
I REALLY SHOULDN'T
BE DOING THIS.
Bobby: I KNOW.
I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S JUST
THAT ALICE KENNEDY
WAS IN FATHER MARTIN'S
PARISH FOR 20 YEARS.
HE'S SUPPOSED
TO DO THE BLESSING
FOR THE DEAD.
LET'S JUST MAKE
THIS QUICK, PLEASE?
Ellenor: WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS, MAGGIE.
ALMIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD,
HEAR OUR PRAYERS
FOR YOUR DAUGHTER ALICE
WHOM YOU HAVE CALLED
FROM THIS LIFE TO YOURSELF.
GRANT HER LIGHT,
HAPPINESS, AND PEACE.
LET HER PASS IN SAFETY
THROUGH THE GATES OF DEATH
AND LIVE FOREVER
WITH ALL YOUR SAINTS
IN THE LIGHT
YOU PROMISED TO ABRAHAM
AND TO ALL
HIS DESCENDANTS IN FAITH.
AMEN.
THOSE ARE
FROM THE STRAPS.
I HAD HER STRAPPED
TO THE TABLE.
OK, UH, ELLENOR,
I WANT YOU TO FIND
DR. BARRY JACOB.
HE'S THE PSYCHIATRIST
WHO TREATED HER
FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA.
WE GOT NO RELEASE.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU CRACK HIM
ON THE PRIVILEGE,
BUT YOU GOT TO TRY.
I GOTTA HAVE SOME IDEA
HE'LL SUBSTANTIATE.
WILL THEY
DO AN AUTOPSY?
THEY HAVE TO BY LAW.
SHE WAS UNDER 55.
YEAH,
BUT THAT'S GOING
TO TAKE SOME TIME.
I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT
THE EXTERNAL MARKS.
THERE WAS SOME SLIGHT
BRUISING ON HER CHEST.
WE'RE ON THE CLOCK NOW.
WE HAVE TO GO
TO THE POLICE BEFORE
THEY GET WIND OF ANYTHING.
WHY?
I WANT TO BE PREEMPTIVE
AND GIVE THEM ANSWERS BEFORE
THEY START ASKING QUESTIONS.
THAT'LL HELP
OUR CREDIBILITY,
BUT FIRST WE GOT TO GET
OUR DUCKS LINED UP.
THAT MEANS A CONFIRMATION
FROM THE DOCTOR
THAT THE LADY
FELT POSSESSED BY DEMONS.
WE ALSO NEED
THE SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH.
THEY HAVE TO SAY
THAT YOU ARE A PRIEST
BEYOND REPROACH.
WILL THEY DO THAT?
NO, THEY'LL CUT ME OFF
AS A ROGUE PRIEST.
THAT CANNOT HAPPEN.
THEY HAVE TO BE
FULLY BEHIND US.
I WANT TO MAKE THIS
AN EASY CALL FOR THE POLICE.
REBECCA, I NEED A MEETING
WITH COUNSEL FOR
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON.
I NEED IT
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
LET THEM KNOW IT'S URGENT.
IS LINDSAY THERE?
YEAH.
RIGHT HERE.
CALL IN KENNY TRIPP.
TELL HIM I NEED A FAVOR.
WELL,
DON'T TAKE ANY FLAP.
YOU TELL HIM I WANT HIS ASS
IN MY OFFICE NOW.
BOBBY, I DON'T LIKE
THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE.
WE HAVE TO SNUFF THIS OUT
BEFORE THEY GET STARTED.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
UH, JUST LAWYER STUFF.
THE STUFF THAT LAWYERS DO.
EXCUSE ME?
EXCUSED.
THERE'S NO REASON
FOR A STENOGRAPHER.
THERE MOST CERTAINLY IS.
I WANT A TRANSCRIPT.
I WANT IT RECORDED
THAT YOUR CLIENT
PREVENTED MY CLIENT
FROM COMPLETING
THIS PROCEDURE.
LOOK, MR. PARKS,
THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
IT CAN BE TOO COMFORTABLE.
WHY NOT JUST HAVE HIM
TAKE IT OUT, SO--
NO!
MR. PARKS, YOU COULD
GET AN INFECTION WITH
THAT THING UP THERE.
NO! YOU'RE NOT COMING
NEAR ME, NIMROD.
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
YOU KEEP TALKING.
GET A PROCTOLOGIST
IN HERE.
YOU'RE JUST
ADDING ZEROES TO
MY DEFAMATION CLAIM.
DEFAMATION?! YOU GOT ME
WIRED FOR CABLE HERE!
FOR GOD'S SAKE,
THIS IS YOUR PHYSICAL!
QUIET!
YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS!
ALL RIGHT,
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THE RECORD NOW,
AND I WILL THANK YOU
FOR NOT INTERRUPTING ME
IN ADVANCE.
THANK YOU.
NOW...
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY ACTIONS
BROUGHT BY MR. PARKS
BY MY CLIENT'S ALLEGED
FAILURE TO INFORM,
AN ALLEGATION MY CLIENT
CATEGORICALLY DENIES,
ANY AND ALL COMPLICATIONS
RESULTING FROM THE FAILURE
TO COMPLETE THIS PROCEDURE,
ANY AND ALL COMPLICATIONS
OR INFECTIONS
RESULTING
FROM THE SIGMOIDOSCOPE
BEING KEPT IN PLACE,
SAID COMPLICATIONS WILL
NOT BE THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF DR. WALSH,
GIVEN MR. PARKS'
DUTY TO MITIGATE.
I DON'T CARE
ABOUT APPOINTMENTS.
YOU TELL HIM
THERE'S A POTENTIAL
MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT
ABOUT TO EXPLODE
IN THE ARCHBISHOP'S FACE.
I'M TAKING 20 MINUTES
OF HIS TIME NOW.
I'LL BE IN HIS OFFICE
IN 10 SECONDS.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU
THAT KIND
OF INFORMATION.
I UNDERSTAND THE POSITION
I'M PUTTING YOU IN.
WELL FOR SOMEONE
WHO UNDERSTANDS IT,
YOU'RE NOT VERY TACTFUL.
YOU BARGE IN HERE,
ANNOUNCE THAT ONE
OF MY PATIENTS IS DEAD,
AND BEFORE I EVEN
HAVE TIME TO GULP,
YOU'RE ASKING
FOR HER MEDICAL RECORDS.
YOU KNOW, AS A LAWYER,
YOU SHOULD AT LEAST
UNDERSTAND PRIVILEGE.
NOT TO BE OVERLY
INSENSITIVE, DOCTOR,
BUT I DON'T THINK PRIVILEGE
SURVIVES THE PATIENT.
I MUST ASK YOU
TO LEAVE, MISS FRUTT.
DR. JACOB,
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
DELICATE SITUATION.
CAN I PLEASE SPEAK
TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE?
WELL, I SUPPOSE
THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY.
ALICE KENNEDY DIED
WHILE HER PRIEST WAS
PERFORMING AN EXORCISM.
WHAT?
ACCORDING
TO FATHER MARTIN,
SHE CLAIMED
THAT SHE WAS POSSESSED
BY DEMONIC SPIRITS.
WE UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU DIAGNOSED
HER SCHIZOPHRENIA,
AND WE ALSO SUSPECT
THAT SHE TOLD YOU
OF HER PARANOIA
THAT SHE WAS POSSESSED.
I'M NOT ASKING
FOR ANY DISCLOSURE
OF SPECIFIC TREATMENT.
I JUST NEED YOU TO CONFIRM
THESE 2 THINGS--
THAT SHE DID SUFFER
FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA
AND THAT SHE TOLD YOU
THAT SHE WAS POSSESSED.
I'M NOT ALLOWED
TO DISCUSS
ANY TREATMENT.
NOW, YOU KNOW
THAT IF--
PLEASE, THE POLICE
ARE LIKELY TO SUBPOENA
YOUR RECORDS ANYWAY.
I'M HOPING IT DOESN'T
COME TO THAT.
ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M TOLD
YOU USED EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS
ON HER ONCE,
AND I'M SURE
THAT WOULDN'T HELP YOU
PUBLIC RELATIONS-WISE.
IS THAT A THREAT?
I'M JUST TRYING
TO HELP A GOOD PRIEST
AVOID SOME NEGATIVE
PUBLICITY OF HIS OWN.
MY RECORDS WILL BEAR OUT
HER SCHIZOPHRENIA
AS WELL AS
HER DEMONIC PARANOIA.
THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY.
AND YOUR
FIRST CONSULTATION...
ABSOLUTELY FREE.
AFTER THAT...
IF YOU DON'T MAKE MONEY,
THEN WE DON'T GET PAID.
CUT!
JIMMY...
JIMMY, JIMMY,
JIMMY, JIMMY...OK.
POINT TO YOURSELF
ON "WE"
AND THE CAMERA
ON "YOU," OK?
GO WATCH
ON THE MONITOR.
I'LL SHOW YOU.
YOU MOVE ACROSS
THE FRONT OF THE DESK...
IF YOU DON'T MAKE MONEY,
WE DON'T GET PAID.
YOU END UP HERE,
AT WHICH POINT,
YOU CASUALLY LEAN ON
THE CORNER OF THE DESK.
OK?
OK, NOW COME HERE.
NOW, JUST TRY--
TRY AND RELAX, OK?
HEY! WHAT THE HELL'S
GOING ON?
KENNY,
CONFERENCE ROOM.
WHAT, YOU'RE MAKING
A MOVIE HERE?
ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GO.
QUIET, PLEASE.
UH, HE'S NOT
ON THE MARK.
HEY, REBECCA.
NEVER MIND HER.
LOOK AT ME.
THE COP THAT TOOK
A BULLET ON HANOVER
LAST WEEK,
BOBBY THINKS YOU
MIGHT HAVE A CLUE
AS TO WHO SHOT HIM.
FIRST OF ALL,
WHY WOULD I KNOW?
'CAUSE YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON
IN THE NORTH END.
AND SECOND, DO I
LOOK LIKE A SNITCH,
OR IS IT SOMETHING--
BOBBY'S GOT ONE
IN THE FAVOR BANK.
HE'S CALLING THE CHIP.
THE CHIP? THE CHIP?
LOOK, IN 2 WEEKS, I START
A 6-MONTH PRISON TERM,
THANKS TO YOU.
YOU WANNA SEE MY CHIP?
YOU'RE ANONYMOUS.
YOUR NAME WILL NEVER
BE MENTIONED.
IF I HAD ANYTHING
TO SHOP, DON'T YOU THINK
I'D BE SHOPPING IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T CARE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THE FAVOR YOU OWE
IS ALL ABOUT.
ALL I DO KNOW IS BOBBY
SAID FOR ME TO TELL YOU
HE'S CALLING IN THE FAVOR.
HE NEEDS A NAME, A LEAD,
OR ANY INFORMATION
THE POLICE
WOULD BE GLAD TO GET.
BOBBY MIGHT NEED
TO TRADE SOMETHING IN.
AND HE THINKS
YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON
WHO CAN GET IT.
AND AS LONG AS
I'VE KNOWN BOBBY,
I'VE NEVER HEARD HIM
SO DEAD SERIOUS.
GET TO WORK, KENNY.
GO!
WE NEVER AUTHORIZED
ANY EXORCISM.
I KNOW THAT.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU
TO SAY THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING?
THAT YOU BACK FATHER MARTIN,
THAT YOU CONFIRM
THAT HE CAME TO YOU
FOR PERMISSION,
THAT HE'S A RESPECTED
AND RESPECTABLE PRIEST.
FIRST OF ALL, THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH PROHIBITS EXORCISMS
ON MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT.
I'M ASKING--
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING, COUNSEL.
YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR COVER,
AND I'M HERE
TO TELL YOU
YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO FIND IT HERE.
NOW, AS FAR AS
WE'RE CONCERNED
AND ON THE RECORD,
MAYBE HE SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATED.
NOW WHO'S LOOKING
FOR COVER?
MR. DONNELL,
CERTAINLY YOU CAN
APPRECIATE OUR POSITION.
IF WE IN ANY WAY
ENDORSE FATHER MARTIN,
WE EXPOSE OURSELVES
TO ENORMOUS LIABILITY.
I'M TRYING TO HELP
INSULATE YOU BY--
DON'T INSULT OUR
INTELLIGENCE, PLEASE.
YOUR ONLY MISSION HERE
IS WIGGLING YOUR CLIENT
OFF A HOOK.
SAME AS YOUR MISSION,
COUNSEL.
IT'S JUST DIFFERENT CLIENTS
AND DIFFERENT HOOKS.
LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT'S GONNA GO DOWN
IF YOU DON'T BACK ME.
DON'T TURN AWAY!
I'M SAYING THIS ONCE.
IT'S FATHER MARTIN'S BELIEF
THE ARCHBISHOP
HAD REASON TO KNOW
HE WAS GOING
TO DO IT ANYWAY,
EVEN WITHOUT PERMISSION.
THAT ISN'T TRUE.
YOUR WORD, HIS WORD,
QUESTION FOR A JURY.
IF YOU HAD ANY HINT,
YOU COULD BE NEGLIGENT
FOR FAILING TO SUPERVISE.
OH! GET A LAW DEGREE.
A WOMAN DIED HERE!
AND THERE IS ONLY
ONE DEEP POCKET,
AND THAT IS THE CHURCH.
AT THIS MOMENT, WE
HAVE A VERY SMALL WINDOW.
THE CASE COULD GET CLOSED,
HEART ATTACK OR A WIDER
INVESTIGATION COULD ENSUE,
A CHARGE COULD FILE.
ONCE THAT HAPPENS,
PANDORA'S GOT WINGS.
WE WILL NOT SUPPORT
HIS DOING THAT EXORCISM.
DON'T! BUT WHEN
A DETECTIVE CALLS,
I NEED YOU TO VOUCH
FOR FATHER MARTIN.
IF YOU HANG HIM OUT,
IT'S A FREE-FOR-ALL.
YOU'RE EXTORTING US.
LOOK...
LOOK, YOU KNOW
FATHER MARTIN WELL.
DO YOU THINK HE
WOULD'VE HURT THIS WOMAN
INTENTIONALLY?
NO.
WELL, THAT'S ALL
I'M ASKING YOU TO SAY,
JUST DO IT EMPHATICALLY.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EXTORT
THE TRUTH OUT OF YOU.
AND LET'S ALL FACE IT.
IF HE GETS CHARGED,
IT IS BAD FOR THE CHURCH.
ROGUE OR NOT, HE IS
STILL ONE OF YOURS.
I NEED TO TALK THIS OVER
WITH MY CLIENT.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING,
HALF-HOUR.
M, LITTLE C, K-R-E-W.
HE'S IN THE HOMICIDE
DIVISION. TRY FOR 3:30.
AND WHAT IF HE CAN'T?
HE HAS TO. IN FACT,
GET HIM ON THE LINE.
I'LL TALK TO HIM.
WHEW. WHERE
THE HELL IS KENNY?
WE LIT THE FIRE
AS BEST WE COULD.
ANY WORD
FROM THE CORONER?
NOT YET.
I THINK I SHOULD JUST GO
TO THE POLICE NOW.
NO, NO, NO.
WE'RE NOT READY YET.
THIS FEELS LIKE
SOME SORDID CONSPIRACY.
WE'RE NOT READY YET.
I HIT THAT WOMAN. MAYBE
I DIDN'T CAUSE HER DEATH,
BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
DOING THE EXORCISM
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST ME
HERE.
BOBBY, MIKE McKREW ON 3.
MIKE. HEY.
NOT BAD. HOW 'BOUT YOU?
HOW'S SUZY?
GREAT.
YEAH, YEAH. STILL
LOOKING TO MEET THE FUTURE
EX-MRS. DONNELL.
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
LISTEN, MIKE, I GOT A KIND
OF A SENSITIVE SITUATION
I'D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT IN PERSON.
NO. NOTHING BAD.
JUST SOME INFORMATION
I THINK YOU'D WANT TO HAVE.
CAN I COME DOWN THERE
THIS AFTERNOON,
MAYBE 3:00, 3:30?
OH, THANKS.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'LL SEE YOU THEN.
OK, BUDDY.
GET THE CHURCH ON THE LINE.
THEIR HALF-HOUR'S UP.
JEEZ, THIS MUST
BE DESPERATE.
THAT A REAL PRIEST?
WHO SHOT THAT COP?
I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO FIND OUT.
WHO SHOT THAT COP?!
I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW.
TELL ME SOMETHING
YOU DO KNOW.
TELL ME NOW.
WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING DOWN HERE?
I'LL FILL YOU IN LATER.
FOR NOW, IT'S JUST LIKE
OLD TIMES.
YOU TRUST ME.
I NEED SOMETHING IN CASE
THE COPS WANT SOMETHING
IN RETURN FOR WHAT
I'M ASKING OF THEM.
GIVE ME SOMETHING.
TICK, TICK, TOCK.
THEY HAVE SOME DIRTY HELP
IN NARCOTICS.
THEY'RE STAKING OUT
DAISY'S FOLD 'N' FLUFF
ON PRINCE STREET
'CAUSE SOME STUFF
HAS BEEN KNOWN TO PASS
WITH THE WHITER LINENS.
NOTHING'S GONNA
GET FOUND AT DAISY'S.
THEIR INFORMANT
TALKS OUTTA BOTH SIDES.
FIRST NAME'S WARREN.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
YOU KNOW MORE.
NO, I DON'T.
YOU DO.
I DON'T.
ALL RIGHT, GO.
NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.
ALL WE NEED NOW
IS THE CHURCH.
I GOT 'EM. I JUST GOT
OFF THE PHONE WITH RYERSON.
THEY'LL VOUCH FOR YOU
BEING A GOOD PRIEST.
THEY'LL CONFIRM THAT YOU
DID SEEK PERMISSION FIRST,
BUT THEY'LL DENY
ANY KIND OF APPROVAL,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
ALL RIGHT. SIT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT EXORCISMS.
GET JOEY BLAND IN HERE
WITH HIS EQUIPMENT.
WE GOTTA GIVE YOU
A POLYGRAPH.
A LIE DETECTOR?
THE POLICE WILL PROBABLY
WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY YES,
BUT I GOTTA BE SURE
YOU'LL PASS.
Director: IT'S NOT
THAT DIFFICULT.
IT IS WHEN YOU
MAKE ME NERVOUS.
I JUST SAY JUST MOVE
NICE AND SMOOTH,
SIT ON THE EDGE
OF THE DESK
AND TALK.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M
ASKING YOU TO CHEW
A STICK OF GUM.
MAKEUP, BLOT HIM.
I'M GIVING YOU
3 MORE TAKES,
AND THAT'S IT.
SO, NOW RELAX, DAMN IT.
YEAH, THREATEN ME.
THAT HELPS ME RELAX.
OK. POSITION!
SPEED!
Man: WE HAVE SPEED.
AND ACTION!
HAVE YOU OR A LOVED ONE
BEEN INJURED?
IF SO, YOU MAY HAVE RIGHTS.
MY NAME IS JAMES BERLUTI.
I'M AN ATTORNEY WHO SPECIALIZES
IN HELPING PEOPLE LIKE YOU
RECEIVE THE COMPENSATION
THEY DESERVE
WHEN YOU'VE BEEN VICTIMIZED
BY OTHER PEOPLE'S NEGLIGENCE.
ANYBODY--UHH!
CUT.
Man: IT'S A CUT.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
THANKS.
IS THIS WHAT
YOU PAGED ME FOR?
PLEASE, JUST REMOVE
THE SCOPE AND GET HIM
OUT OF MY OFFICE.
I AM NOT TREATING
THIS MAN.
WHAT?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
MY INSURANCE COMPANY
WOULD DROP ME
LIKE A STONE
IF I COME NEAR HIM.
OH, DOCTOR--
NO DOCTOR
WILL TOUCH HIM.
YOU HAD TO KNOW
THAT, STEVE.
WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
HE WON'T LET ME.
IT WOULD BE NEGLIGENCE
TO LEAVE THAT IN THERE.
NOT MINE.
TAKE IT OUT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WITHOUT HIS CONSENT,
THAT'S CONSIDERED
BATTERY.
DR. PANKIN, IF I GET
MY CLIENT TO SIGN A RELEASE,
WAIVING ANY FUTURE CLAIMS--
YOU CAN'T WAIVE NEGLIGENCE.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT.
I WON'T SUE!
I'M A REASONABLE MAN!
RIGHT.
YANK IT OUT.
NO!
CONSENT!
NO!
WE GOT 2 LAWYERS,
2 DOCTORS,
AND A, UH...
ALUMINUM SIDING.
A BUSINESSMAN HERE,
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY
FIGHTING OVER
WHAT WE'RE
FIGHTING OVER?
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
EUGENE YOUNG.
DO YOU DO MEDICAL
MALPRACTICE WORK,
MR. YOUNG?
SOME.
SOME. WELL, I DO A LOT.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I'M A DOCTOR.
AND LIKE
WITH EVERY DOCTOR,
MEDICAL
MALPRACTICE SUITS
ARE A WAY OF LIFE.
YOU CAN GO YOUR
ENTIRE CAREER WITHOUT
MAKING A SINGLE MISTAKE
AND STILL EXPECT
TO BE ROUTINELY SUED
5 TIMES A YEAR.
THIS ISN'T THE FORUM
TO DISCUSS THAT.
THIS IS
THE PERFECT FORUM.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS GUY.
HE'S A POSTER BOY
FOR WHAT DRIVES UP
MALPRACTICE PREMIUMS,
WHICH DRIVE UP
HEALTHCARE COST.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S
GONNA HAPPEN HERE.
PLEASE DO.
MR. ALUMINUM SIDING HERE
WILL FILE
HIS RIDICULOUS LAWSUIT,
AND HIS INSURANCE COMPANY
WILL COME TO HIM AND ASK HIM
TO SIGN OFF ON A SETTLEMENT,
BECAUSE SETTLING IS CHEAPER
THAN GOING TO TRIAL.
AND IF HE SAYS TO THEM,
"NO, I DON'T WANT TO SETTLE,
I DID NOTHING WRONG."
HIS INSURANCE COMPANY
WILL DISCONTINUE COVERAGE.
BECAUSE ON PRINCIPLE,
CARRIERS DON'T LIKE DOCTORS
THAT STICK ON PRINCIPLE.
IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.
ARE YOU DONE?
I'M DONE.
GOOD, 'CAUSE ASIDE
FROM YOUR PROFOUND INSIDE
COMMENTARY ON HEALTHCARE,
WHICH WE ALL ENJOYED,
WE STILL GOT
A STUPID SITUATION HERE
THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN
FIXED HOURS AGO.
NOW, YOU ARE GOING
TO GIVE HIM AN
UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE.
DOESN'T CHANGE--
QUIET! YOU ARE GOING TO
AGREE TO INDEMNIFY HIM
FOR ANY NEGLIGENCE CLAIM
FILED AGAINST HIM
BY HIM.
AND, YOU, YOU ARE GOING
TO TAKE THAT THING
OUT OF THAT MAN'S ANUS,
THEN MAYBE
WE CAN FIX MEDICARE.
PULL OUT YOUR LEGAL PAD,
COUNSEL.
LET'S START DRAFTING.
YOU SPRINKLED HER
WITH HOLY WATER?
YES.
DID YOU HIT HER?
YES.
DID YOU INTEND
TO CAUSE HER
PHYSICAL HARM?
NO.
Bland:
ARE YOU JEWISH?
NO.
WERE YOU ATTEMPTING
TO HEAL ALICE KENNEDY?
YES.
HOW'S HE DOING?
SO FAR, YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF
AN HONEST PRIEST.
TROUBLE. YOU GOT
A LITTLE TIP FROM
THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
THERE WAS
A PRETTY DECENT TRAUMA
TO THE CHEST.
THEY'RE GONNA REPORT IT
TO THE POLICE.
DAMN IT! THE CLOCK
JUST STRUCK MIDNIGHT.
HE'LL PASS THEIR POLYGRAPH?
WITH FLYING COLORS.
LET'S GO.
WHERE?
TO THE POLICE.
I GOT TO ADMIT,
YOU GOT ME CURIOUS.
WHAT'S UP?
10:00 THIS MORNING,
A WOMAN NAMED ALICE KENNEDY
HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DIED
AT FATHER MARTIN'S CHURCH.
ONE OF HIS PARISHIONERS.
SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
YEAH. AS FAR AS I KNOW,
IT'S JUST LISTED
AS A CORONARY,
BUT IT WASN'T
QUITE THAT SIMPLE.
YOU'LL FIND
A SLIGHT BRUISE
ON HER CHEST,
AS WELL AS CHAFING MARKS
ON HER HANDS AND LEGS.
AT THE TIME SHE WAS
HAVING THE HEART ATTACK,
FATHER MARTIN WAS
PERFORMING AN EXORCISM.
IT-IT'S KIND OF LIKE
A CONFESSIONAL SEAL.
HE REALLY SHOULDN'T
DIVULGE THIS INFORMATION
ABOUT A PARISHIONER,
BUT HE CAME TO ME,
AND I THOUGHT HE REALLY
SHOULD COME TO YOU.
EXORCISM.
LIKE SPINNING HEAD
AND PEA SOUP?
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
LIKE THAT.
IT'S MAINLY PRAYERS,
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS,
LAYING HANDS ON
THE SUBJECT, HOLY WATER,
THAT KIND OF THING.
THE REASON I DESCRIBED
THE SITUATION AS DELICATE,
AS FATHER MARTIN
BROUGHT HIS HAND DOWN
ON ALICE KENNEDY'S CHEST,
THAT'S WHEN SHE WENT
INTO ARREST.
HE'S AFRAID HE MAY HAVE
PRECIPITATED IT.
NOTARIZE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
SURE.
NOW, THIS INCORPORATES
BY REFERENCE
HIS RELEASE OF DR. PANKIN
AND IS AN AMENDMENT
FOR OUR RELEASE.
NO PROBLEM.
NO INDEMNIFICATION
FOR SUPERVENING ACTS.
DON'T EVEN GO THERE.
I NEED YOU TO
SIGN HERE, DOCTOR.
OK?
YES.
AND YOU NEED
TO INITIAL HERE.
MR. PARKS' HEALTHCARE
IS UNDER HIS COMPANY'S
PLAN,
SO HE'S HERE AS
PRESIDENT OF ALUMINATED
DREAM SIDING.
HE'S NOT PERSONALLY
EXPOSED.
WHAT?
NO. WE'LL INITIAL THAT,
BUT I RESERVE THE RIGHT
TO PIERCE THE CORPORATE VEIL.
FINE! LET'S DO IT.
THIS WOMAN
WANTED AN EXORCISM?
SHE BEGGED ME FOR IT.
HERE IS THE PHONE NUMBER
OF DR. BARRY JACOB,
HER TREATING
PSYCHIATRIST.
HE'LL CONFIRM
THE WOMAN'S SCHIZOPHRENIA,
AS WELL AS HER BELIEF
THAT SHE WAS THE VICTIM
OF SOME DEMONIC POSSESSION.
HERE YOU'LL FIND
THE PHONE NUMBER OF
ARCHBISHOP JOHN MAZONEY,
WHO FATHER MARTIN
WENT TO FOR PERMISSION
TO DO THE EXORCISM.
THAT'S PURSUANT
TO CANON LAW.
IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT
PERMISSION WAS DENIED.
YOU DIDN'T GET PERMISSION
FROM THE CHURCH?
NO. ARCHBISHOP MAZONEY
WASN'T CONVINCED
OF POSSESSION.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS
PROBABLY MENTAL ILLNESS
OF SOME SORT.
I MUST CONFESS,
HE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT.
THEN WHY'D YOU DO IT?
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE
OF SOME BENEFIT,
AS A PLACEBO.
SHE WAS DESPERATE,
DETECTIVE.
BLOT HIM AGAIN.
HIS HEAD LOOKS LIKE
THE VALDEZ.
I THOUGHT THE TALENT IS
SUPPOSED TO GET CODDLED
IN THIS BUSINESS.
TALENT?
YOU FELL OFF A DESK.
I NEVER MADE CONTACT.
WE NEED THIS OFFICE BACK,
JIMMY.
I'M NOT DONE. I WANT
TO GET IT RIGHT.
HOW DO YOU GET
ONE OF THESE THINGS RIGHT?
HEY, LINDSAY,
DO ME A FAVOR.
LET ME DO WHAT
I WANT TO DO. OK?
IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU.
IT DOES AFFECT ME.
DOING A COMMERCIAL, IT
EMBARRASSES THIS PLACE.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
DON'T SWEAT.
I'LL SWEAT IF I WANT TO.
NOT EVERYBODY
WENT TO HARVARD.
NOT EVERYBODY GETS
TO GET A LAWYER
WHO WENT TO HARVARD.
THERE'S LITTLE PEOPLE
OUT THERE:
HACKS WITH SMALL CLAIMS
THE SIZE OF A BLACKHEAD
YOU'D GO RUNNING
TO YOUR DERMATOLOGIST
TO HAVE REMOVED.
NICKEL-AND-DIME PEOPLE
LOOKING FOR
NICKEL-AND-DIME LAWYERS.
I'M HAPPY FOR YOU
THAT YOU DON'T FIT
INTO THAT CATEGORY.
I DO.
AND I'M SELLING
WHAT I GOT TO SELL.
FORGIVE ME
FOR EMBARRASSING YOU.
CAN WE DO ONE MORE TAKE,
PLEASE?
WHEN I'M READY.
NO, NO.
YOU'RE READY NOW.
I GOT A GREAT IDEA.
YOU, OUT OF HERE.
EXCUSE ME.
MAKEUP, BLOT HIM QUICKLY.
LET'S GO. OK.
I'LL BE JUST A MINUTE.
BOBBY, WHY DID HE
REMOVE THE STRAPS
FROM THE ROOM?
HE WAS SCARED AT FIRST.
LOOK, MIKE, HE'S
THE ONE WHO WANTED
TO COME FORWARD HERE.
HE'S BEEN MY PRIEST
ALMOST MY WHOLE LIFE.
STILL,
IF HIS HITTING HER
CAUSED THE HEART ATTACK,
WE GOT TO PURSUE THIS.
YOU KNOW THAT.
CALL THE SHRINK.
CALL THE ARCHBISHOP.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
GIVE HIM A POLYGRAPH IF
IT'LL GIVE YOU PEACE OF MIND.
THIS IS JUST
AN UNFORTUNATE RESULT.
THERE WAS NOTHING
CRIMINAL HERE.
YOUR INVESTIGATION'S
GONNA SHOW THAT.
SO WHY THE BIG PUSH?
I DON'T WANT YOU
TO FILE A CHARGE
AND THEN INVESTIGATE.
I WANT YOU TO CHECK
THINGS OUT FIRST,
'CAUSE I KNOW THEN
NO CHARGE WOULD EVER BE FILED.
MIKE...
I NEED A FAVOR HERE, MAN.
THIS GUY, HE'S DEAR TO ME.
IT, UH...
A SCANDAL WOULD JUST
COST HIM HIS PARISH.
I JUST WANT
TO PUT THIS TO BED
SO THE MEDIA DOESN'T
START HAVING ITS FUN.
I DO WANT TO DO
A POLYGRAPH.
NO PROBLEM.
WAIT A MINUTE.
AS FOR FAVORS,
WHAT DO YOU GOT
FOR ME?
YOU GOT SOME STINK
IN NARCOTICS.
SNITCH NAMED WARREN'S
TIPPING OFF
SOME FOLD 'N' FLUFF
YOU'RE STAKING OUT
FOR MOVING COKE.
YOU NEVER HEARD IT
FROM ME.
LET'S GO DO
THE POLYGRAPH.
FROM YOUR FALL?
I'LL LIVE.
JIMMY, I'M SORRY.
BOBBY SAYS
I GOT THIS COMPLEX
THAT I WANT TO BE
THE LAW FIRM
ACROSS THE STREET.
I REALLY AM SORRY
FOR SAYING WHAT I SAID.
YOU CARRY YOUR WEIGHT
HERE, LINDSAY.
SO FAR I DON'T.
I JUST WANT TO BRING
SOMETHING TO THE TABLE.
THAT'S ALL.
I KNOW.
Director: OK.
I NEED QUIET ON THE SET.
Man: WE'RE BACK.
LET'S GO.
POSITION!
I THOUGHT THESE THINGS
ONLY TOOK A MINUTE.
MAYBE HE FOUND
SOMETHING MALIGNANT.
AGAIN, AS A FREE
LEGAL TIP--
HE WAS A REAL TROUPER.
I'LL SEND YOU A BILL.
HEY, DOC, ONE THING.
I'LL TAKE THE HIT.
ON PATIENTS
WHO SUE OVER NOTHING
AND THE LAWYERS
WHO TAKE THEIR CASES,
I'LL OWN THE HIT.
BUT IF DOCTORS
ARE LETTING INSURANCE
COMPANIES RUN MEDICINE,
IT SEEMS TO ME
DOCTORS GOTTA OWN
A LITTLE BLAME, TOO.
YOU JUST DON'T
GET IT, COUNSEL.
MEDICINE USED
TO BE RUN BY BUSINESS.
NOW MEDICINE
IS A BUSINESS.
I FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN.
I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT,
GROUNDHOG.
MR. YOUNG.
YOU DIDN'T HANDLE THIS
VERY WELL.
I FELT YOU TWIST IT.
HMM.
YOU'RE OK.
YOU PASSED THEIR POLYGRAPH.
'LESS SOMETHING COMES UP,
WHICH THEY DON'T EXPECT,
NOTHING'S GETTING FILED.
CAUSE OF DEATH LISTED
AS HEART ATTACK. PERIOD.
OH, THANK GOD FOR THAT.
THE CHEST BRUISE WAS MINIMAL,
THEY TALKED TO THE ARCHBISHOP,
HER DOCTOR, AND HER SISTER,
WHO ALSO CONFIRMED SHE WAS
BEGGING YOU FOR HELP.
YOU'RE OK.
GOOD.
GOOD.
WHAT'S WRONG?
IT'S BEEN QUITE A DAY.
A PARISHIONER OF MINE DIED.
EVERYTHING'S BEEN SPINNING
SO FAST.
I GUESS I'M JUST A LITTLE
OVERWHELMED BY IT ALL.
IS THAT IT?
ANYTHING ELSE?
THAT'S ALL.
Berluti:
I GOT IT. RIGHT HERE.
ROUGH CUT.
CAN I USE YOUR TV?
SHE SAYS
IT CAME OUT GOOD.
30 SECONDS,
IT GOES QUICK.
LET ME SPARE THE FATHER.
COME ON,
I'LL WALK YOU OUT.
WE'LL WAIT.
THANK YOU.
BOBBY.
HEY, EUGENE.
WHERE YOU BEEN ALL DAY?
DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
BUSY.
UH-HUH.
THANK YOU.
AGAIN.
WHAT'S WRONG?
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.
WITHOUT YOU, I COULD BE
FACING MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES.
I WOULD'VE LOST MY PARISH
FOR SURE.
AND PROBABLY MY LIFE.
BUT?
BUT WHAT WE DID TODAY
WAS A PERVERSION.
WHEN YOU SAID
"CHEST COMPRESSIONS"
TO THAT POLICE OFFICER,
NO, IT WASN'T
A MISTAKE, BOBBY.
IT WAS A POSSIBLE ACCOUNT
FOR THE BRUISE.
IT WAS A FALSE ACCOUNT.
I WENT INTO A MORGUE
UNDER THE PRETEXT OF PRAYER
SO YOU COULD GET
A QUICK LOOK AT THE BODY.
AND YOU EXTORTED
THE ARCHBISHOP
AS WELL AS ALICE'S PSYCHIATRIST
AND ONE OF YOUR OWN CLIENTS.
I HIT A WOMAN
HARDER THAN I SHOULD HAVE
WHILE PERFORMING A TOTALLY
UNAUTHORIZED EXORCISM.
NOW, THE ONLY REASON
I'M DODGING THE BULLET
IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW
TO MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM...
IF NOT THE TRUTH.
AND I HELPED.
NOTHING I DID TODAY
WAS UNETHICAL...
UNDER THE PRACTICE
OF LAW.
I KNOW THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT I'M TROUBLED
BY THE WHOLE THING.
I'VE KNOWN YOU
YOUR WHOLE LIFE, BOBBY.
I'M YOUR PRIEST.
WATCHING YOU WORK TODAY,
I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK
THAT YOU'RE A MAN
WHO'S OBVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL
AT WHAT HE DOES.
AND I'M A MAN
WHO OBVIOUSLY ISN'T.
NO. I DON'T MEAN TO DENY
MY UTTER GRATITUDE.
IT...
I DON'T QUESTION
WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME.
I DO QUESTION WHAT
I HAVE DONE FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW ME?
YOU SHOULDN'T,
NO REASON TO.
I'M JUST A
DOWN-IN-THE-TRENCHES LAWYER
WHO DOES CASES THAT'LL
NEVER BE IN THE NEWSPAPERS,
UNEXCITING STUFF, EXCEPT
TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED...
'CAUSE THEIR INJURIES
ARE REAL.
AND THE MONEY
I GET THEM IS REAL.
SOMEBODY BANG
INTO YOUR CAR LATELY?
HAS A LADDER FALLEN
ON YOUR HEAD?
YOU STEP INTO A POTHOLE?
GO TO A BIG LAW FIRM
AND SEE HOW MUCH THEY CARE,
THEN COME TO ME.
THINK NOBODY'LL FIGHT FOR YOU,
YOU'RE JUST A GRUNT?
I'M A GRUNT.
THERE'S A LAWYER
OUT THERE FOR YOU.
IT'S ME.
JUST DIAL THE NUMBER...
AND ASK FOR JIMMY.
I'LL GET YOU MONEY.
WHAT DO--WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT--IT'S STILL
A LITTLE ROUGH.
IT'S GOT TO RESONATE
A LITTLE.
YOU STINKER!