The Practice (1997–2004): Season 2, Episode 13 - The Civil Right - full transcript

PREVIOUSLY ON THE PRACTICE.

I BELIEVE
YOU NEED EVIDENCE.

WE WILL NOT
AUTOMATICALLY CONCLUDE

THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO
IS ILLEGAL.

THIS...

THIS IS THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.

AND THIS IS THE LAND

WHERE PEOPLE GO BACK
INTO THEIR JURY BOX

AND SAY, "PROVE IT.

"PROVE THE CRIME.

YOU PROVE IT."



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.

I WANT
TO CONTRIBUTE HERE.

I WANT TO BRING IN
BUSINESS. AT LEAST
GIVE ME THE CHANCE.

DOING A COMMERCIAL?
IT EMBARRASSES THIS PLACE.

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.

I'M HAPPY FOR YOU
THAT YOU DON'T FIT
INTO THAT CATEGORY.

I DO,

AND I'M SELLING
WHAT I GOT TO SELL.



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...

WHAT DO--
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Gospel choir, softly:
♪ JESUS US ON
THE MAIN LINE ♪

♪ TELL HIM
WHAT YOU WANT ♪

♪ JESUS IS ON
THE MAIN LINE ♪

♪ TELL HIM
WHAT YOU WANT ♪

MR. ADELSTYNE?

STEEN.

STEEN.

YEAH. YOU'RE NEXT.

WHAT--

WHAT IS GOING ON?

JIMMY'S COMMERCIAL.
IT'S GETTING RESULTS.

YOU GOT TO BE
KIDDING ME.

555-GRNT. THIS
IS WHAT YOU GET.

STEEN.

ADELSTEEN.
I'M SORRY.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH.

WHO'S NEXT?

I SHOULD BE NEXT.
I HAVE CONNECTIONS.

MA.

I THOUGHT
I'D SURPRISE YOU.

MA, YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO WAIT IN THE HALL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WELL...

ACTUALLY, IT'S
A LITTLE PRIVATE.

WE WERE HAVING DINNER
LAST NIGHT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
JUST TELL ME
WHATEVER IT IS THEN?

I ALMOST DID.

BUT...THEN I THOUGHT

IT MIGHT BE EASIER
TO TELL YOU HERE.

IS THERE
SOMETHING WRONG?

NO, NO.

UH, BUT, UH...

JIMMY...

WHAT?

I'VE BEEN SEEING
SOMEBODY.

OH?

OH.

UH,
THIS IS...GOOD.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T
BEAR THE THOUGHT

OF MY BEING
WITH ANYBODY
BUT YOUR FATHER.

NO, I...

HEY,
EVER SINCE HE DIED,
IT'S BEEN ME SAYING,

YOU KNOW,
YOU GOT TO GO ON
WITH YOUR LIFE.

SWEETHEART...BE HONEST.

I KNOW IT'S A JOLT.

WELL.

EVEN SO,
I'M HAPPY FOR YOU.

IF YOU'RE HAPPY,
THEN...

IS IT SERIOUS?

YEAH.

WE WANT TO GET MARRIED.

MARRIED?

WELL...UH...

ARE YOU SURE?

I MEAN, HOW LONG
HAVE YOU KNOWN
THIS GUY?

WELL,
HERE'S THE THING...

HE'S NOT A GUY.

HEY, YOU ALL SET?

ALMOST.

PORTER?

VICTIM TAKES THE STAND.
BIG DAY.

WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND RAPE?
WHERE DO WE STAND?

PROBABLE-CAUSE HEARING
ON THAT IS ON WEDNESDAY.

I'M HOPING TO WRAP UP
RAPE NUMBER ONE BEFORE
WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.

INCIDENT REPORT?

IN MY BAG.

HIS FATHER
KEEPS CALLING ME.

WHAT DO I TELL HIM?

TELL HIM HE'S GOT
A WONDERFUL SON.

ARE YOU...

IS IT, LIKE,
ROMANTIC LOVE?

YEAH.

ARE YOU...

YOU KNOW,
DUAL-SEXUAL,

OR ARE YOU...

THE OTHER?

I'M GAY, JIMMY.

YOU'RE NOT GAY!

YOU CAN'T BE GAY.

Y-YOU WERE MARRIED.
TO DAD.

THAT'S WHAT WOMEN
OF MY GENERATION DID.

WE MARRIED MEN.

IT DIDN'T MATTER
WHETHER YOU WERE
HETEROSEXUAL OR NOT.

DID DAD KNOW?

I THINK
HE ALWAYS SUSPECTED.

EVENTUALLY, I TOLD HIM.

IS THAT
WHAT KILLED HIM?

JIMMY, THERE'S A CORRIDOR
FULL OF THESE--

GET OUT!

PEOPLE.

THERE'RE CLIENTS
OF THE FIRM.

YOU DEAL
WITH THEM. OUT!

LOOK, JIMMY,

I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE
DENYING THIS,

DENYING WHO I AM.

THAT'S NOT
WHAT YOU ARE.

YOU'RE YOU.

THIS...

THIS IS PROBABLY...
AN IDENTITY CRISIS.

YOU KNOW, I READ
SOMEWHERE WHERE
PEOPLE CAN THINK

THEY'RE SOMETHING
THAT THEY'RE NOT

BECAUSE OF THINGS
THAT HAVE NOTHING
TO DO

WITH WHAT THEY THINK
IT HAS TO DO WITH.

I CAME IN TO SEE
THE GRUNT.

NOW, YOU'RE
NOT THE GRUNT.

THE GRUNT IS TIED UP
AT THE MOMENT.

RIGHT.

I'M WORKING TRIAGE.

WHAT'S THE NATURE OF
YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE?

I THINK
THAT MY DENTIST
TOUCHED ME

WHILE I WAS UNDER.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

I TAKE THE GAS
'CAUSE I'M SQUEAMISH,

AND I KIND OF WOKE UP
IN THE MIDDLE LAST TIME.

AND SHE WAS...

F-FONDLING
MY G-GROIN AREA.

MOTIVE MIGHT BE
TOUGH TO PROVE,
I REALIZE.

Lichtman: AND DO YOU SEE
THE MAN WHO RAPED YOU

SITTING IN THIS COURTROOM,
MS. FRASER?

HE'S SITTING
RIGHT THERE.

ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE
THAT THAT IS THE MAN?

YES, I AM.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK,
HARD OR SOFT?

YOU GOT NO CHOICE.

IT'S OVER UNLESS
YOU SHAKE HER.

YOU WANT THE HONORS?

OH, NO.

GO RIGHT AHEAD.

RAPE IS A TERRIBLE CRIME,
ISN'T IT, MS. FRASER?

YES, IT IS.

AND IT WOULD BE
A TERRIBLE THING TO FALSELY
ACCUSE SOMEONE OF RAPE.

THERE'S NOTHING
FALSE ABOUT
MY ACCUSATION.

TERRIBLE, BECAUSE NOT ONLY
WOULD THAT DESTROY
THE LIFE OF THE PERSON

FALSELY ACCUSED, BUT IT
WOULD MAKE PEOPLE LESS LIKELY

TO BELIEVE THE CLAIMS OF WOMEN
WHO REALLY HAD BEEN RAPED.

OBJECTION.

SUSTAINED.

YOU SAID YOU MET MR. PORTER

AT A BAR CALLED McMULLEN'S.

IT'S A RESTAURANT.

THEY HAVE
A BAR IN IT.

WAS THAT THE FIRST TIME
YOU HAD SEEN HIM THERE?

WE HAD TALKED THERE
MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE.

WOULD IT BE FAIR
TO SAY THAT YOU HAD
FLIRTED WITH HIM?

WE TALKED.

WERE YOU SEXUALLY
ATTRACTED TO HIM?

HE SEEMED
LIKE A NICE MAN.

IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY

THAT YOU WERE NOT
SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO HIM?

THERE WAS SOME
ATTRACTION, YES--

THANK YOU.

BUT THAT
DOESN'T MEAN--

DID YOU WILLINGLY
LEAVE THE BAR WITH HIM?

YES.

YES.
HE GAVE YOU A RIDE HOME?

AND WHEN YOU GOT HOME,
YOU INVITED HIM IN FOR
A NIGHTCAP, DIDN'T YOU?

I DIDN'T INVITE HIM IN
TO RAPE ME, MR.YOUNG.

THE TRUTH IS,
YOU INITIATED SEX
ONCE INSIDE THE APARTMENT--

NO, I DID NOT.

I REMIND YOU,
YOU'RE UNDER OATH.

OBJECTION--

YOU INITIATED--
I DID NOT!

OBJECTION!
COUNSEL!

WITHDRAWN. WHY DID YOU
GO TO THIS BAR ALONE?

OBJECTION.

WHAT WERE YOU WEARING,
MS. FRASER--

OBJECTION.

MY CLIENT HAS A RIGHT
TO CONFRONT HIS ACCUSER!

SPEED IT UP.

WHAT WERE YOU WEARING
THAT NIGHT, MS. FRASER?

OBJECTION.

SIT!

IS THIS WHAT YOU HAD ON
THAT NIGHT, MS. FRASER?

YES.

A RAINY NIGHT IN FEBRUARY?

TEMPERATURE, 31 DEGREES...

YOU WALK INTO A BAR
ALONE...WEARING THIS.

HAD YOU BEEN DRINKING
THAT NIGHT, MA'AM?

I HAD A COUPLE
OF DRINKS.

BEER, WINE, HARD ALCOHOL?

VODKA TONIC.

HARD ALCOHOL.
DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW MANY YOU HAD?

A FEW.

MORE THAN 3,
MORE THAN 4?

I HAD 3 AT THE BAR
AND A NIGHTCAP
WHEN I GOT HOME.

4. WERE YOU
INTOXICATED, MA'AM?

OBJECTION.

OVERRULED.

WERE YOU INTOXICATED?

I'M SURE I WAS
AT LEAST SLIGHTLY
INTOXICATED,

BUT AGAIN--

WERE YOU DRUNK?

NO, I WASN'T DRUNK.

MS. FRASER,

HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED
PSYCHIATRIC COUNSELING

PRIOR TO YOUR--

OBJECTION!
MOVE TO STRIKE!

COUNSEL, APPROACH.

THE COMMONWEALTH
HAS RAPE SHIELD LAWS

THAT EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT
THIS TYPE OF ATTACK
AND HE KNOWS IT!

I'M NOT GOING
INTO PAST CONDUCT
OTHER THAN TO EXAMINE

THE WITNESS' ABILITY
TO PERCEIVE AND OBSERVE.

GOES TO CREDIBILITY,
POWERS OF PERCEPTION.

THE LINE IS PROPER
UNDER 265, SUBSECTION 24.

YOU'RE ON
A SHORT LEASH,
MR. YOUNG.

STEP BACK.

MS. FRASER,

YOU RECEIVED
PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT
IN 1995 FOR DEPRESSION,

DID YOU NOT?

PUT UP A SIGN,
"NO MORE TODAY."

Berluti: THIS CAN'T
BE HAPPENING, MA.

THIS CAN'T BE TRUE!
I--I JUST CAN'T
DEAL WITH THIS!

WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THERE?

I DON'T KNOW,
BUT IT SOUNDS SERIOUS.

OH...SOMEBODY SPARE ME.

Mary Beth: PLEASE,
SON, SIT DOWN.

WHY ME?

I MEAN,
THERE'S LOTS
OF OTHER LAWYERS

WHO PROBABLY
SPECIALIZE IN...

THIS.

WELL, YOU'RE
THE ONLY LAWYER
I KNOW, JIMMY.

PLUS I CAN'T REALLY PAY,
SO WHO AM I GOING TO GO TO?

WHY IS IT
SO IMPORTANT
THAT YOU...

YOU KNOW, BE
OFFICIALLY MARRIED?

I MEAN, YOU COULD
LIVE TOGETHER AND...

GOD!

THERE ARE
MONEY ADVANTAGES,
BENEFITS, TAXES.

A LEGALLY MARRIED SPOUSE

CAN MAKE EMERGENCY
MEDICAL DECISIONS.

BUT MAINLY...

WE LOVE EACH OTHER.

WE WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED
AS A COUPLE.

I GOT TO BE HONEST,
MA.

I THINK IT'S...

SICK.

DISGUSTING.

I'M SORRY
YOU FEEL THAT WAY.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY
I RAISED YOU,

AND I DON'T THINK
IT'S HOW YOUR FATHER
RAISED YOU.

YOU'RE COMING
INTO MY OFFICE...

ASKING ME TO HELP
YOU MARRY A WOMAN.

I WOULDN'T BE IN HERE
ASKING YOUR HELP, JIMMY...

IF IT WEREN'T SO IMPORTANT.

WE'LL REDUCE TO
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
2 YEARS.

I CAN'T TAKE ANY
JAIL TIME, CINDY.

EUGENE, HE'S GONNA DO
JAIL TIME ANYWAY.

HE'S UP ON ANOTHER RAPE
RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE, SO--

FINE, BUT I CAN'T
RECOMMEND HE TAKE
TIME ON THIS CASE.

IT'S HER WORD
AGAINST HIS.

SHE INVITED HIM IN.
SHE'D BEEN DRINKING.

NO PHYSICAL BRUISES.

HE'S A CONVICTED RAPIST
WITH A RAP SHEET--

BUT THE JURY
DOESN'T KNOW ALL THAT.

FROM WHERE THEY SIT,
THERE'S REASONABLE
DOUBT.

IT WOULD BE MALPRACTICE
FOR ME TO RECOMMEND
JAIL TIME.

OH.

YOU'RE AFRAID HE'LL SUE.

I'LL TAKE THE OFFER
IF IT'S ALL SUSPENDED.

YOU CAN GET
YOUR JAIL TIME
ON THE NEXT CASE.

IT'S A CONVICTION.

YOU SHOULD BE GLAD
TO GET IT.

I GOT GOOSE BUMPS.

FUN JOB YOU GOT.

ALL SUSPENDED?
NO TIME SERVED?

ON THIS CASE.

BUT THE CONVICTION
WILL DEFINITELY
BE A FACTOR

IN SENTENCING
ON THE NEXT CASE.

IF I'M CONVICTED.

RIGHT.

OK.

GOOD.

ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO.

LET'S GET 'EM, TEAM.

THE JUDGE STILL
HAS TO SIGN OFF
ON THE PLEA BARGAIN

BEFORE IT'S OFFICIAL.

WE'RE GOING BACK IN
TOMORROW.

OK.

GOOD JOB.

THANKS.

IT'S NOT THE END
OF THE WORLD.

NOT THE END OF
YOUR WORLD, MAYBE.
IT'S NOT YOUR MOTHER.

MY MOTHER'S DEAD.

HEY, THIS IS WORSE.
TRUST ME.

YOU THINK SO, JIMMY?

I DON'T MEAN
TO BE INSENSITIVE
TO YOUR LOSS,

BUT AT LEAST YOU GOT
ALL YOUR MEMORIES INTACT.

MINE...IT'S LIKE
MY WHOLE FOUNDATION

HAS BEEN RIPPED OUT
FROM UNDER ME.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW
WHO YOUR OWN MOTHER IS,

HOW COULD YOU KNOW ANYTHING?
NOTHING'S REAL ANYMORE.

COME ON, JIMMY.

BOBBY, WE'RE CATHOLIC,
AND SO ARE YOU.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

HAS RELAXED
A LITTLE BIT
ON HOMOSEXUALITY.

OH, YEAH, RIGHT,
AND THEY LIGHTENED UP
ON EVOLUTION, TOO.

I BET THEY SAY
IT'S THE GAYS WHO
COME FROM MONKEYS.

YOU'RE BEING NUTS.

IT'S UNNATURAL.

IT'S UNNATURAL!

LOOK, IF YOU
FEEL THAT WAY, THEN
DON'T TAKE HER CASE.

I HAVE TO TAKE THE CASE.

SHE'S MY MOTHER.

A MOTHER ASKS HER SON
TO DO SOMETHING,

HE DOES IT.

OF COURSE
I'M GOING TO DO IT.

LINDSAY
REPRESENTED 2 MEN

AGAINST
AN INSURANCE COMPANY

LAST YEAR.

A LOT OF THAT RESEARCH
WILL BE APPLICABLE.

OK?

SHE'LL HELP YOU.

I'M ASHAMED TO SAY THIS,

BUT RIGHT NOW...

I HOPE
THERE'S NO AFTERLIFE.

I HATE TO THINK
OF MY FATHER UP THERE,

LOOKING DOWN...

SEEING THAT.

DO YOU KNOW
YOUR SLEEVE LENGTH
OFFHAND?

35.

OK. WELL, OUR TAILOR
IS COMING.

WE'LL TAKE A FEW
QUICK MEASUREMENTS.

NOW, WE ALSO
HAVE THIS IN CHARCOAL.

IT'S PRETTY STUNNING.

NO. I LIKE
THIS COLOR.

FINE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME

TO PULL
A FEW COMBINATIONS?

NO, THANKS.
I THINK I'LL BE FI--

AH, THIS IS BRENDA,
OUR TAILOR.

SHE'LL MARK
YOUR SLEEVES,

AND YOU'LL BE
ON YOUR WAY.

THAT'S THE MAN
WHO DID IT.

WHAT?

THAT'S THE MAN.

M-MS. FRASER--

THIS MAN RAPED ME!

WHAT'S GOING ON
HERE?

THIS MAN RAPED ME!

I GOT RAPED IN MY HOME,
THEN THIS MAN RAPED
ME AGAIN IN COURT.

HE'S THE LAWYER WHO SAID
I HAD IT COMING.

HE SAID I ASKED
TO BE RAPED

BECAUSE OF THE CLOTHES
I WAS WEARING.

HE SAID I INVITED
WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

BECAUSE I INVITED
THE MAN INTO MY HOME,

I INVITED HIM TO RAPE ME.

THAT'S THE MAN WHO DID IT!
THAT'S THE MAN!

YOU WERE JUST DOING
YOUR JOB, WEREN'T YOU?

JUST DOING YOUR JOB!

I--I APPRECIATE THIS.

TO ME, "CONSTITUTION"
MEANS HOW WELL A PERSON
CAN HOLD HIS FOOD.

WELL, DON'T GET
YOUR HOPES UP.

CONGRESS
MOVED FAST ON THIS.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE--

OH, MY HOPES AREN'T UP.
DON'T WORRY.

MY HOPES ARE THAT
THE JUDGE WILL ORDER HER
TO GO STRAIGHT.

JIMMY.

MA. HI.
HI.

THIS IS LINDSAY DOLE,
OUR CONSTITUTION SPECIALIST.

A PLEASURE.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

JIMMY...

THIS IS
MY F-FRIEND
MICHELLE SARDO.

MY SON JIMMY.

HELLO.

HELLO. I'VE HEARD SO MANY
GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU.

UH, LINDSAY DOLE,
MICHELLE SARDO.

HELLO.

HI.

WELL, WE HAVE
AN EX PARTE HEARING

SCHEDULED BEFORE
JUDGE NELSON.

HE'S VERY FAIR...
AND LIBERAL.

SO, HOW ABOUT
THOSE CELTICS?

THAT'S BASKETBALL,
RIGHT?

IS THIS A TEST?

'CAUSE I KNOW
SHE LIKES HOCKEY.

IT IS A TEST.

NO. IT'S...

YOU KNOW,

THOSE BRUINS

HAD SUCH
A TERRIBLE YEAR.

YOU KNOW, UH,

L-LINDSAY'S GOOD
WITH CIVIL RIGHTS,

SO WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS
AND STUFF.

WHY DON'T WE GO?

UH, YEAH.

LET'S GO.

EUGENE, YOU CAN'T
LET IT BOTHER YOU.

WHY, 'CAUSE I WAS
JUST DOING MY JOB?

AS LONG AS YOU CAN
WRITE IT OFF TO JUST
DOING YOUR JOB,

YOU CAN GET AWAY
WITH ANYTHING, RIGHT?

NO.

BUT THIS IS
WHAT YOU DO.

YEAH, WELL, MAYBE
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
TOO DAMN LONG.

NOW, I KNOW
YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORST
PART IS? IT WASN'T HARD
FOR ME TO DO IT.

I'VE DONE IT SO MANY
TIMES, I JUST PUT IT
ON AUTOMATIC PILOT.

"RAPE IS A TERRIBLE
CRIME, ISN'T IT?

AND IT WOULD BE
A TERRIBLE THING

TO FALSELY ACCUSE
SOMEONE OF RAPE,
WOULDN'T IT?

THAT WOULD NOT ONLY
DESTROY THE LIFE
OF THE PERSON

BEING FALSELY ACCUSED,

BUT ALSO Q-R-S-T-U-V-
W-X-Y AND Z.

NOW, I KNOW MY ABCs.

NEXT TIME, NEXT TIME,
WON'T YOU SING WITH ME?

EUGENE--

AGHH!

YOU WANT ME TO ORDER

THE COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS

TO ISSUE A MARRIAGE LICENSE
TO YOUR CLIENTS?

IN OUR VIEW,
IT'S ILLEGAL NOT TO.

YOU'RE AWARE
OF THE RECENT

FEDERAL LEGISLATION
WHICH DEFINES--

WE BELIEVE
THAT LEGISLATION
TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

YOU DO?

YES, WE DO.

AS ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.

I SEE.

WELL, YOU'VE DROPPED
A BOMB ON MY DESK.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY
NO CHANCE

OF ME RULING ON THIS
EX PARTE.

I'M GOING TO NOTIFY THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE

SO I CAN HEAR
ORAL ARGUMENTS
FROM BOTH SIDES.

IN WIDE-OPEN COURT?

YES, COUNSEL,
WIDE-OPEN COURT.

THAT'S THE WAY
I LIKE TO DO IT.

OH, I JUST THOUGHT...

I-IT MIGHT BE
MORE APPROPRIATE

TO DO THIS
IN YOUR CLOSET.

CHAMBERS.

LET'S AIM FOR
TOMORROW MORNING, 11:00.

♪ TELL HIM
WHAT YOU WANT ♪

♪ JESUS IS ON
THE MAIN LINE ♪

♪ TELL HIM WHAT
YOU WA-A-A-ANT ♪

♪ JESUS IS ON
THE MAIN LINE ♪

♪ TELL HIM
WHAT YOU WANT ♪

♪ CALL HIM UP
AND TELL HIM
WHAT YOU WANT ♪

HEY,

♪ IF YOU WANT
THE HOLY GHOST... ♪

YOU HEAR THEM?

EVERY NOTE
IS DEAD ON.

WE'RE GOOD!

VERY GOOD, BUT--

SO WE HAVE A CASE.

THEY CAN'T REJECT US

JUST BECAUSE
WE'RE CHRISTIANS.

IT'S AGAINST THE LAW.

FIRST AMENDMENT.

IT'S A SYNAGOGUE,
MS. BURL.

THEY CAN REJECT YOU
ON CHRISTIANITY. IT--

IT'S A REFORMED
SYNAGOGUE.

LISTEN TO THEM!

WE'RE GOOD!

♪ HALLELUJAH ♪

♪ HALLELUJAH ♪

♪ TELL HIM
WHAT YOU WA-A-ANT ♪

MS. FRASER.

MAY I COME IN?

NO.

MAY I TALK TO YOU?

I'M STANDING HERE.

WHAT I DID TO YOU
ON THE WITNESS STAND
WAS INDECENT.

IT WAS ALSO
REQUIRED BY LAW.

AS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY,

I HAVE TO DO
EVERYTHING I CAN

TO UNDERMINE
THE CREDIBILITY

OF MY CLIENT'S ACCUSER.

I KNOW THAT GIVES YOU
LITTLE CONSOLATION,

BUT FOR
THE PROCESS TO WORK,

IT HAS TO BE
ADVERSARIAL.

IS THAT WHY
YOU CAME HERE,

TO LECTURE ME ON
THE ADVERSARIAL PROCESS?

I CAME HERE TO SAY

MY BEHAVIOR IN COURT

WAS NOT MEANT
TO OFFEND YOU
PERSONALLY.

THOUGH I DON'T
EXPECT YOU TO ACCEPT
MY EXPLANATION,

I HOPE...

THAT YOU MIGHT
AT LEAST...

UNDERSTAND IT.

THAT YOU KNEW
IT WAS INDECENT...

ONLY MAKES YOU
MORE HATEFUL
FOR DOING IT.

THAT YOU WOULD SUGGEST
THAT YOU HAD NO CHOICE...

IS OBSCENE.

WH-WHAT I'M SAYING--

I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID.

I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID
IN COURT, TOO.

AND NOW YOU TELL ME,

"DON'T TAKE IT
PERSONALLY"?

YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT
THE MAN WHO RAPED ME

BACK ON THE STREETS,

AND YOU COME
TO MY DOOR

EXPECTING ME
TO UNDERSTAND.

NOTHING IN THE STATUTES
OF OUR CONSTITUTION

AND NOTHING IN
THE STATUTES OF THE LAWS
OF THIS COMMONWEALTH

SAYS MARRIAGE HAS TO BE
A MAN AND A WOMAN--

AND, CERTAINLY, NOTHING
IN THE STATUTE OF LIBERTY.

THERE'S A REASON
CONGRESS JUST PASSED

THE DEFENSE
OF MARRIAGE ACT.

YEAH, IT WAS
AN ELECTION YEAR.

AND ALSO BECAUSE,
TO EXPAND MARRIAGE
INTO SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS

WOULD SERVE TO OBLITERATE
THAT INSTITUTION.

OBJECTION.
ARGUMENTATIVE.

THAT'S THE POINT OF
THIS SESSION, COUNSEL--
TO HEAR ARGUMENTS.

LOOK, MARRIAGE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN
AN EVOLVING CONCEPT.

IT USED TO BE BLACKS
COULDN'T MARRY WHITES.
IT USED TO BE--

THAT'S A DIFFERENT BAG,
COUNSEL.

ALWAYS FUNDAMENTAL TO
THE NOTION OF MARRIAGE

IS PROCREATION,
AND SAME-SEX--

PROCREATION? SO COUPLES
THAT DON'T PLAN
TO HAVE CHILDREN

SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED--

McGovern:
ANOTHER DIFFERENT BAG.

WHY ARE ALL
OUR ARGUMENTS BAGS?

MS. DOLE IS RIGHT.

BLACKS CAN NOW
MARRY WHITES,

JEWS CAN NOW
MARRY CHRISTIANS,

AND LESBIANS
SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO MARRY OTHER MOTHERS.

LESBIANS.

McGovern: LOOK, IT'S--

IT'S A LOVELY NOTION
TO EMBRACE SUCH TOLERANCE,

AND THE EXPANSION
OF GAY RIGHTS

IS IMPORTANT TO THE GROWTH
OF THIS NATION.

MAJOR CORPORATIONS
NOW RECOGNIZE HOMOSEXUALS
AS DOMESTIC PARTNERS,

AS DO MANY
INSURANCE COMPANIES.

AS THEY SHOULD.

BUT THIS IS MARRIAGE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE.

MORE THAN HALF
OF WHICH SANCTITIES
END UP IN DIVORCE.

CUT TO IT, COUNSEL.

OK, WHAT'S NEXT?

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?
SURE, WE CAN DO THAT.

HOW ABOUT WHEN 3 PEOPLE
WANT TO JOIN IN UNION?

ALL THE SAME ARGUMENTS
OF--OF LOVE AND--AND
FAMILY APPLY.

WHY SHOULDN'T
WE LET THEM?

HOW ABOUT 2 BROTHERS
WHO SAY IT'S CENTRAL
TO THEIR SEXUALITY?

NOW, THAT'S
REALLY SICK.

UH, CONTINUE.

WHERE DOES IT STOP?

SHOULD SEX EDUCATION
IN SCHOOL INCLUDE
HOMOSEXUAL SEX?

AND WHAT ABOUT FIDELITY?

WHAT ABOUT IT?

SAME-SEX UNIONS--
AND DON'T ANYBODY
SHOOT ME HERE--

BUT SAME-SEX UNIONS
AREN'T FOUNDED
ON FIDELITY

THE WAY HETEROSEXUAL
COUPLES ARE.

OH, REALLY?

ARE YOU GAY?

ME? NO...

BUT I--I'D STILL LIKE
TO KNOW THE AUTHORITY
FOR WHICH HE SAYS THAT.

I REFERENCE
ANDREW SULLIVAN,

ONE OF
THE LEADING ADVOCATES
OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES,

WHO SAYS THAT
"A HOMOSEXUAL UNION

REQUIRES A GREATER
UNDERSTANDING
OF THE NEED--"

I REPEAT--"THE NEED FOR
EXTRAMARITAL OUTLETS."

MONOGAMY
IS NOT AS CENTRAL
TO SAME-SEX UNIONS.

MONOGAMY IS FUNDAMENTAL

TO THE INSTITUTION
OF MARRIAGE.

AS I SAID
AT THE BEGINNING,
CONGRESS THOUGHT HARD

BEFORE PASSING
THE DEFENSE
OF MARRIAGE ACT,

AND THEY THOUGHT
SOUNDLY.

PRESIDENT CLINTON,
EVEN, IS AGAINST
SAME-SEX MARRIAGES,

REGARDLESS WHETHER
THEY ASK OR TELL.

WHAT THEY'RE ASKING HERE
IS TO PRY OFF
A VERY DANGEROUS LID.

I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT
THAT YOU SAY NO.

MR. BERLUTI?

MOVE TO STRIKE.

YOUR HONOR, COULD WE
TAKE A MINUTE?

MOVE TO STRIKE?

I PANICKED.
MOVE TO STRIKE?

THERE'S AN EMPTY ROOM
UP AHEAD.

IT DIDN'T GO WELL,
DID IT?

NO. JIMMY,
I CAN ARGUE THIS THING,

BUT IT'S SUCH
A LONG SHOT.

I THINK YOU SHOULD FINISH.
ME?

COMING FROM THE SON,
IT'LL BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

UH, YEAH, BUT YOU'RE
THE CONSTITUTION EXPERT.

YOU KNOW THE ARGUMENT.

PLUS WHICH, IT DOESN'T
MAKE HER SICK.

HEY, I'M HERE,
AIN'T I?

WELL, YOU TELL ME, JIMMY,
ARE YOU REALLY HERE?

HEY, MA...

YOU'RE--YOU'RE GOOD
AT GUILTING ME, BUT THIS
ISN'T EXACTLY THE TIME,

AFTER WHAT
YOU JUST DID TO ME.

WHAT DID I DO TO YOU?

THIS WE CAN DISCUSS LATER.
FOR NOW--

WE CAN DISCUSS THIS NOW.

WHAT DID I DO TO YOU?

WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?

WHAT DID I DO TO YOU?

I'LL TELL YOU.
YOU MARCH INTO MY OFFICE

AND ANNOUNCE
EVERYTHING WAS PRETEND,

THAT YOU'RE
SOMETHING ELSE.

THAT'S RIGHT, JIMMY,
I PRETENDED,

AND I PRETENDED
MOSTLY FOR YOU.

DON'T YOU THINK THAT I
SACRIFICED ENOUGH?

TO PRETEND...

MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE...

I WAS SOMETHING
I WASN'T FOR THE SAKE
OF MY CHILDREN.

OH, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
THE SACRIFICE I MADE?

THAT'S YOUR JOB.

THAT'S YOUR JOB
AS A PARENT.

WHEN DOES THE JOB END?

YOU'RE 35 YEARS OLD.

I'M 62.

WHEN DOES THE TIME
COME FOR ME?

FORGIVE ME
FOR MAKING YOU SO SICK.

I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU
GET AWAY WITH THAT.

YOU DIDN'T JUST
COME OUT OF SOME CLOSET.

YOU--YOU CHARGED OUT.

BEFORE I EVEN HAD TIME
TO ABSORB ANYTHING,

YOU'RE ASKING ME
TO GO TO COURT

TO MAKE A BIG CASE
OUT OF IT.

YOU DID THIS
TO HURT ME ON PURPOSE.

AND I WON'T LET YOU
GUILT ME!

THE REASON SHE CAME
TO YOUR OFFICE

IS BECAUSE SHE KNEW
HOW YOU'D REACT,

AND SHE THOUGHT
IF SHE COULD GET YOU
TO CONVINCE SOME JUDGE

TO ACCEPT HER
FOR WHAT SHE IS,

MAYBE YOU COULD SOMEHOW
COME TO ACCEPT IT.

LOOK, I'M SURE YOU'RE
A VERY NICE PERSON, BUT--

BUT I
DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I HAVE 3 CHILDREN
OF MY OWN, JIMMY.

I UNDERSTAND.

OH...

AND I BET THEY'RE
REAL SUPPORTIVE,

LIKE LIBERAL ADULTS.

THEY THREW YOU A BIG
COMING-OUT PARTY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THEY DIDN'T.

TO THEM, I DON'T
REALLY EXIST ANYMORE,

SO I DO UNDERSTAND.

JIMMY...

JUST TALK THE LEGALS, OK?
NO SPEECHES.

OK.

LEGALLY...

SHE'S YOUR MOTHER.

2 YEARS, SUSPENDED?

IF THE JUDGE AGREES,
WHICH WE'LL KNOW
IN AN HOUR.

BOBBY, ON THE NEXT ONE,
I WANT OFF.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU WANT OFF?

I MEAN I WANT OFF.

ONE RAPE A WEEK
IS MY LIMIT.

THE PROBABLE CAUSE
HEARING IS TODAY.

ELLENOR CAN DO IT.

CAN YOU?

UH, SURE.

YOU'RE NOT UP TO SPEED
ON THE SECOND CASE,
ELLENOR.

YOU TOLD ME THAT
YOURSELF.

I CAN GET UP TO SPEED.

EUGENE,
YOU'RE DOING IT.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE
DOING IT.

YOU DON'T SPRING
DISCOMFORT 3 HOURS
BEFORE A HEARING.

YOU HANDLE IT.

I DON'T THINK I CAN GIVE
EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION.

NO, YOUR DISCOMFORT
COMES FROM
KNOWING YOU CAN.

THIS KID'S FATHER
PAYS US A LOT OF MONEY.

OH, WELL, THEN.

HEY, I DON'T FORCE YOU
TO TAKE CASES, EUGENE,

BUT HAVING
TAKEN THE CASE,

YOU CAN'T PULL OUT
LAST MINUTE.

GET THE PLEA ENTERED
ON THE FIRST CASE,

DO THE PROBABLE CAUSE
ON THE SECOND ONE,

THEN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT
MOVING YOU OFF.

YOU GIVING ME
AN ORDER?

YOU WANT ME
TO GIVE YOU AN ORDER?

JUST BECAUSE
I HATE PULLING RANK
DOESN'T MEAN I WON'T.

IT'S NOT JUST THAT,
YOU KNOW--

UH, I'LL--I'LL GO
AND WAIT OVER THERE.

NO...

YOU CAN STAY.

MY MOTHER TELL YOU
MUCH ABOUT ME?

ARE YOU KIDDING?

BLINDFOLD ME, AND
I CAN PLAY PIN THE TAIL
ON YOUR BIRTHMARKS.

ALL SHE DOES
IS TALK ABOUT YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S
KIND OF THE THING.

IF THERE'S
A MOTHER AND SON
CLOSER THAN US ANYWHERE,

I'D LIKE TO MEET THEM.

WE'VE BEEN EATING
DINNER TOGETHER

3 TIMES A WEEK
EVER SINCE I LEFT HOME,

AND, ALL THE WHILE,

YOU AND MICHELLE--

AS MUCH AS IT HURTS,
YOUR TELLING ME THAT--

YOUR NOT TELLING ME
HURTS MORE.

I KNOW.

IT WAS KILLING ME, JIMMY.
I--I COULDN'T DO IT ANYMORE.

THAT'S--THAT'S WHY
I HAD TO TELL YOU.

I NEED YOU IN MY LIFE.
I ALWAYS WILL...

BUT I NEED
MICHELLE...

TOO.

YOU'RE AGREEING TO THIS?

NOT HAPPILY,
BUT I WANT A CONVICTION.

CONVINCE ME I'LL GET IT,
AND I'LL BE A JERK
AND REVOKE THE OFFER.

MR. PORTER...

REMAINING AS NEUTRAL
AS I CAN BE,

THE IDEA OF LETTING YOU
WALK WITH NO JAIL TIME

IS ALMOST AS OFFENSIVE
AS YOUR CRIME.

PLEA ENTERED--

2 YEARS, SUSPENDED.

I WISH YOU
THE VERY BEST OF LUCK

IN YOUR NEXT RAPE TRIAL.

ADJOURNED.

YOUR PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING
IS IN THE B.M.C.

ON THE OTHER CASE?

WE SHOULD GO
IN AN HOUR OR SO.

OK.

EXCUSE ME.

EUGENE...

I WOULDN'T.

I'VE GOT NOTHING TO SAY.

WHETHER YOU CHOOSE
TO BELIEVE ME OR NOT
IS TOTALLY UP TO YOU,

BUT I AM SORRY FOR
WHAT I HAD TO DO TO YOU.

YOU DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING TO ME.

YOU ATTACKED
A TOTAL STRANGER SITTING
IN THAT WITNESS CHAIR.

YOU'RE HERE FEELING SORRY
FOR THE PERSON YOU MET
IN A CLOTHING STORE.

YOU WANT FORGIVENESS,
MR. YOUNG?

GO FIND SOME OTHER
ANONYMOUS RAPE VICTIM
YOU CHEWED UP.

APOLOGIZE TO HER.

THAT PROCREATION
ARGUMENT IS
ENTIRELY SPURIOUS.

I MEAN, NO OLD PEOPLE
WOULD BE ALLOWED
TO GET MARRIED

IF THAT'S THE TEST.

I DIDN'T LEND ANY MERIT
TO THAT ARGUMENT.

MAY I CLARIFY?

NO, I THINK YOU CAME OFF
GOOD AND CLARIFIED,

MR. McGOVERN,
AND IT'S MY TURN NOW.

I'M NO EXPERT
ON GAY PEOPLE.

TRUTH IS, I--I'VE NEVER
EVEN KNOWN ONE UP CLOSE

UNTIL NOW.

LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT I DO KNOW.

I KNOW ENOUGH
ABOUT CONGRESS TO SAY

THEY'RE THE LAST
GROUP OF SCHLUBS
WHO SHOULD BE TELLING US

WHAT THE INSTITUTION
OF MARRIAGE IS.

THAT DEFENSE
OF MARRIAGE ACT,

I BELIEVE THAT WAS
STARTED BY A SENATOR
AND A CONGRESSMAN

WHO HAD 5 WIVES
BETWEEN THEM,

AND ONE OF THEM
WENT ON TO BECOME
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

AND IT WAS SIGNED
BY A PRESIDENT

WHO I PERSONALLY
DON'T RELY ON

FOR FAMILY-VALUE
FIDELITY TIPS.

THE ISSUE, COUNSEL,
NOT THE POLITICS.

THIS ISSUE
IS ALL POLITICS.

GAY PEOPLE CAN'T MARRY.

THAT ISN'T POLITICS?

YOU DON'T THINK
HE'S RUNNING FOR SOMETHING?

AGAIN, THE ISSUE, PLEASE.

WE LET SEX OFFENDERS
MARRY AND HAVE CHILDREN,

WE LET PEOPLE IN PRISON
GET MARRIED,

WE LET CONVICTED
DEADBEAT DADS MARRY AGAIN,

SO LET'S NOT PREACH
ABOUT THE SANCTITY
OF SOME INSTITUTION.

IT'S EVERYBODY'S RIGHT
TO GET MARRIED.

WHY DON'T THEY GET IT?

AND LET ME SAY THIS.
THAT CRACK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE

BEING PROMISCUOUS AND
NOT UNDERSTANDING FIDELITY,

WHAT'S THAT,
IF NOT BLATANT BIGOTRY?

IF HE SAID THAT ABOUT BLACKS
OR SOME OTHER RACE,

YOU WOULD'VE
POUNCED ON HIM,

BUT YOU LET IT GO
ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS.

SHAME ON YOU.

AND FOR THIS GAY...

DON'T TELL ME
SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOYAL.

SHE STAYED FAITHFUL
TO MY FATHER FOR 30 YEARS,

EVEN THOUGH--

EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T
NECESSARILY COME NATURAL.

SHE PRETENDED
FOR THE SAKE OF--

SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT
COMMITMENT TO FAMILY MEANS.

THIS PERSON...

I'M HER SON...

AND I, UH...

I HATE THE FACT THAT
MY MOTHER'S A LESBIAN.

I ADMIT THAT.

BUT I'VE ALSO NEVER BEEN
MORE PROUD OF HER.

AND WHETHER THIS COURT
SAYS IT'S OK FOR YOU
TO GET MARRIED OR NOT,

I PROMISE...

YOU AREN'T GOING TO GET
ANY ARGUMENT FROM ME.

SHE'S RIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT BEATING
YOURSELF UP BECAUSE OF
WHAT YOU DID IN A COURTROOM.

IT'S ONLY BECAUSE
YOU BUMPED INTO HER
IN A CLOTHING STORE.

AND SUPPOSE YOU RAN INTO HER
IN THAT CLOTHING STORE

BEFORESHE TOOK THE STAND?
THEN WHAT, EUGENE?

WHAT'S YOUR POINT?

MY POINT IS,

WE CAN'T LET THEM BE
HUMAN BEINGS ON THE STAND.

THEY'RE THE ENEMY.

YOU KNOW THAT
BETTER THAN I DO.

IT HAS TO BE
US AGAINST THEM.

THEY'RE NOT MOTHERS,
THEY DON'T HAVE JOBS

OR--OR PET DOGS
OR HOBBIES.

THEY ARE ACCUSING
WITNESSES, PERIOD.

NOW GROW UP.

LOOK, IF YOU
DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO
THE PROBABLE CAUSE,

THEN I WILL DO IT.
NEVER MIND WHAT BOBBY SAYS.

MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE OVER.

I KNOW THE CASE.

I CAN DO IT.

EUGENE, WE HAVE
A HALF AN HOUR.

YOU CAN BRING ME
UP TO SPEED.

I'M FINE.

I CAN DO IT.

I MUST SAY,
I FOUND THE CANDOR
OF THIS HEARING TO BE...

VERY REFRESHING.

NEITHER SIDE
TRIED TO HIDE ITS BIAS,

SO I'M NOT GOING
TO TRY TO HIDE MINE.

THOUGH I'M CERTAINLY WILLING
TO TOLERATE HOMOSEXUALITY,

I'M JUST NOT
READY TO ENCOURAGE IT.

AND BY PERMITTING
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,

WE DO, IMPLIEDLY,
HOLD IT UP AS AN IDEAL,

BECAUSE MARRIAGE IS
A GREAT, GREAT THING.

NOW, THERE IS
INCREASING RESEARCH,

INCLUDING THAT OF FORMER
HARVARD PROFESSOR
E.G. PATTULLO,

WHICH INDICATES PEOPLE
ARE BORN WITH THE POTENTIAL

TO LIVE HETEROSEXUAL...

OR HOMOSEXUAL LIVES.

I CITE A 1993 ARTICLE
IN THE WASHINGTON POST,

WHICH NOT ONLY SUPPORTS
THIS RESEARCH,

BUT GOES ON
TO QUOTE TEENAGERS

WHO NOW FIND IT COOL

TO SAY THAT
THEY ARE GAY OR BI.

THERE ARE KIDS TODAY
GOING THROUGH A LOT
OF SEXUAL CONFUSION.

AS A JUDGE, I DON'T WANT
TO SAY OR SUGGEST

THAT ONE WAY IS JUST
AS NATURAL AS THE OTHER.

IF THIS MAKES ME
A BIGOT...

I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE
TO WEAR THAT HAT.

AS MUCH AS I SUPPORT
YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE

AN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE,
MRS. BERLUTI,

FOR ME, I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT

TO KEEP THE WORD
"ALTERNATIVE"

AS PART OF
THE DEFINITION.

NOW, BY GOING
ON RECORD WITH MY PREJUDICE,

I'VE CERTAINLY ARMED YOU
WITH GROUNDS FOR AN APPEAL,

BUT, FOR NOW,

YOUR PETITION FOR
A MARRIAGE LICENSE
IS DENIED.

THAT'S ALL.

[GAVEL POUNDS]

I'M SORRY.
HE CHICKENED OUT.

THANK YOU.

THE TRUTH IS...

I THINK I GOT MY VICTORY
LISTENING TO YOUR CLOSING.

KNOW WHAT?

I GOT A CRAZY IDEA.

WHAT?

JUST LET ME MAKE
A QUICK CALL.

[CHOIR HUMMING]

DO YOU, MARY BETH,
TAKE THIS WOMAN MICHELLE

TO BE YOUR, WELL,
UNLAWFULLY WEDDED SPOUSE--

TO HONOR HER, TO LOVE HER,
AND TO CHERISH HER

TILL DEATH DO YOU PART?

I DO.

AND DO YOU, MICHELLE,

TAKE THIS WOMAN
MARY BETH

TO BE YOUR WEDDED SPOUSE

AND PROMISE TO LOVE HER,

TO HONOR HER,
AND TO CHERISH HER

TILL DEATH
DO YOU PART?

I DO.

WHO GIVES
THE BRIDE AWAY?

I DO.

AND WHO GIVES
THIS BRIDE AWAY?

I GUESS I COULD DO THAT.

WE'LL GET THE RINGS LATER.

FOR NOW,

BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME

BY THE CONCEPT AND ESSENCE
OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE,

I PRONOUNCE YOU BOTH

SPOUSE AND SPOUSE.

THE BRIDES MAY KISS.

[APPLAUSE]

♪ THANK GOD ♪

♪ I THANK GOD ♪

♪ FOR MAMA ♪

♪ OOH ♪

♪ WELL, I THANK GOD ♪

♪ FOR MAMA... ♪

THANK YOU.

WHAT--

WHAT DO I CALL HER?

DO I HAVE
TO CALL HER MOM?

DAD?

I THINK "MICHELLE"
WOULD BE FINE.

ARE YOU OK?

I'M FINE...

BUT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR
NOTHING ABOUT THE HONEYMOON.

OK.

♪ SHE TAUGHT ME
HOW TO SHARE... ♪

CHEERS.

♪ MAMA TOLD ME
GOD WILL NEVER CHANGE ♪

♪ JUST CALL ON
HIS HOLY NAME ♪

Man: AND, MS. BURKE,

DO YOU SEE IN
THE COURTROOM HERE TODAY
THE MAN WHO RAPED YOU?

YES.

COULD YOU
POINT HIM OUT TO US?

HE'S THE MAN SITTING
RIGHT OVER THERE.

THE RECORD WILL
REFLECT THE WITNESS
HAS INDICATED

THE DEFENDANT
HENRY PORTER.

NOTHING FURTHER.

MR. YOUNG.

ARE YOU OK?

YEAH.

RAPE IS A TERRIBLE CRIME,
ISN'T IT, MISS BURKE?

YES.

ONE OF THE MOST
VILE CRIMES

A PERSON CAN COMMIT,
WOULD YOU AGREE?

I SUPPOSE SO.

AND IT WOULD BE
A TERRIBLE THING

TO FALSELY ACCUSE SOMEONE
OF RAPE, WOULDN'T IT?

I'M NOT DOING THAT.

TERRIBLE, BECAUSE
NOT ONLY WOULD THAT
DESTROY THE LIFE

OF THE PERSON
BEING FALSELY ACCUSED,

BUT IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE
LESS LIKELY TO BELIEVE

THE CLAIMS OF WOMEN
WHO HAD BEEN RAPED.

Lawyer: OBJECTION.
WITHDRAWN.

WHAT WERE YOU WEARING
ON THIS NIGHT,
MS. BURKE?

PLEASE TELL THE COURT
WHAT YOU WERE WEARING.

NEXT ONTHE PRACTICE.

TAKE THE HELMET.

I DON'T NEED THE HELMET.

HE'D SHOOT YOU IN THE CHEST
BUT NOT THE HEAD?

HE'S NOT GOING
TO SHOOT ME.

THEY CHASED ME IN HERE!
THEY DID THIS!

I'D LIKE TO LET
THIS WOMAN GO.

NO, YOU DON'T!

YOU'RE LYLA
FROM THE MAROONED.

I KNOW I WAS
SOME SORT OF SEXUAL ICON
TO TEENAGE BOYS BACK THEN.

YOU DON'T HAVE
TO APOLOGIZE.

SENATOR PATANKI'S
ASSAULT TRIAL--

I'D LIKE YOU
TO SECOND-CHAIR.

THAT TRIAL
STARTED YESTERDAY.

BEFORE I ASK THE WITNESS
MY NEXT QUESTION,

I'M GOING TO ASK THE JURY
TO OBSERVE HIM.

BOBBY, WHO IS HE?

WHAT?

THE WITNESS.
WHO THE HELL IS HE?

YOU STINKER!