The Practice (1997–2004): Season 8, Episode 19 - The Firm - full transcript
BERLUTI:
Previously on "The Practice"...
We've decided to let you go.
Go where?
YOUNG: Here's a check
representing two weeks'
severance pay.
I've generated fees
in excess of $6 million.
You've handed me a check
for $15,000.
YOUNG: Alan Shore seemed to know
this was coming.
Did you tell him?
Yes.
YOUNG: Your employment here
is terminated.
What's with the red tie,
soldier?
Red is soft.
Soft does not work
around here, sailor.
That's Denny Crane?
The Denny Crane?
BILLINGS: Don't be fooled.
Once he's in the courtroom,
he's every bit the icon.
I'm a senior partner in my firm
the way you are in yours.
It's not enough
to insist on fidelity
or fair dealing.
A good leader
has to practice it.
FOREPERSON:
"Was the defendant's termination
of the plaintiff wrongful?",
we find in the affirmative.
We order the defendant to pay
the plaintiff $2.3 million.
SHORE: Denny,
this is Tara Wilson.
We hire only the prettiest
people in this firm.
Are you a pretty girl,
soldier?
I am (clears throat) sir.
I like her.
(door opens)
Jimmy.
BERLUTI: Manny, what...
QUINN: Look at you
in that suit.
Do you, like, own that?
(both laughs)
BERLUTI: I was just talking
to your mother.
QUINN: I know this.
She told me, which is kind of
what put the idea
in my brain
that I should, uh,
maybe come see you.
I heard you got fatter,
but you look good.
Well, thanks, um,
Ellenor Frutt,
Eugene Young,
Manny Quinn,
old friend.
FRUTT: Hi.
BERLUTI: What's up?
Uh, can I talk
in front of them?
Well, uh, yes,
they're lawyers.
Privilege applies
to all of us.
I've had some drug problems
as of late,
not using,
I swear, just selling.
I would never use.
Anyway, I got, uh,
I can talk, right?
Yeah.
I got myself
in this situation, okay?
A few weeks ago, I got shot
right in the ass,
nothing serious.
You know me,
I'm not a complainer.
Anyway, I had this
dope deal coming up
that I was planning.
I didn't tell anybody
except Gigi Coley,
my girlfriend, remember Gigi?
Of course.
How is she?
She got fatter, but she's good.
Anyway, all of a sudden,
the Feds are busting down
my door.
I got raided.
They seized my pot.
They arrested me.
They opened the wound
in my ass all over again.
It was terrible.
It healed up good,
and I'm not suing for that
or nothing.
But my point,
nobody could have known
about this drug deal, Jimmy.
I didn't tell no one.
I think the FBI bugged me.
I'm positive.
Bugged you? How?
They inserted some device
in my buttocks.
I know it sounds nuts,
but I think during
the first surgery,
they inserted one
of those small microchips,
then during
the second procedure,
they took it out.
It's the only way they could
have known about the pot.
I mean, I didn't talk
about this deal
on the phone or nothing,
so I want to bring a motion
to suppress.
I mean, this is beyond
unconstitutional.
You can't bug a man's ass.
It isn't right.
(music playing)
You must be joking.
I don't joke.
I don't believe in humor.
Well, I don't believe in guns,
and I do not shoot ducks.
Every new employee
picks up a rifle.
It's how I judge character.
MODRY: Denny...
a little problem,
the Finnertys are here,
very upset.
Oh?
Who are they
and why do I care?
They're the wrongful-death case
you brought in here.
And they're upset
because their trial
starts tomorrow,
and you've been
totally absent.
Did you explain to them
that I'm typically absent?
MODRY: I did,
and they're maintaining
it's you they hired,
and they're feeling defrauded.
All right.
Tell them I'll be right in.
MODRY: Okay.
And to prepare me,
do you know
what you plan to say?
No idea.
ROSE: Most paralegals
request not to work with me.
Just so you know,
I am totally fine
with being hated.
Got it.
I'm actually
not that difficult.
Don't do anything
to disappoint me,
and we'll get along fine.
HEEP: So, I could...
ROSE: Sally,
if you dress like that,
people will get
the right idea about you.
Please, go home and change.
You can't keep talking
to me like this.
Woman-on-woman can still be
sexual harassment.
ROSE: Wonderful.
And if you look around,
you might find someone
who cares.
In the meantime,
go home or wherever it was
you woke up this morning
and put on a different outfit.
CRANE: At ease.
Bill, Sarah,
good to see you.
BILL: Good to see us.
You know, we hired you
14 months ago.
We've been in here
dozens of times
for meetings, depositions.
We have never seen you.
Our trial starts tomorrow.
We came specifically for you,
which we made clear.
Sheldon Modry specializes
in wrongful death.
He's uniquely qualified
to handle this,
given the way
your daughter so...
wrongfully died.
Do you even remember
how our daughter died?
Of course I do.
Such a shame.
So wrongful.
Tell me how my daughter died,
Mr. Crane.
Bill, Sarah,
Mary died...
when a store light
fixture fell,
tragically, on her.
Are you going to be trying
this case or not?
I am going to be trying
this case.
I beg your pardon?
BERLUTI:
He's a friend, Eugene,
so I'd like to you know help.
You filed a motion
to suppress?
BERLUTI: Yes, based
on the exclusionary rule.
The client had a reasonable
expectation of privacy,
which we feel was violated.
You're planning to walk
into a court of law
and argue that federal agents
installed a listening device
in your client's buttocks?
I know it feels desperate.
YOUNG: Desperate?
Oh, it feels desperate?
BERLUTI:
Eugene, if the evidence
doesn't get suppressed,
he goes away.
This is one
of my oldest friends.
I got to do this.
He says when he had
a rigorous movement,
he could hear a little
beeping sound.
MODRY: You can't possibly
try this case.
Why not?
You don't know the facts.
You don't know the law.
Well, lay it out in a memo,
one page, no more,
double-spaced.
That's far
too complicated to--
One page, double-space,
off you go.
Denny...
CRANE: Edmond,
are we on today?
EDMOND: Uh, no.
I have an emergency.
Could I talk to you?
Of course.
(door opens)
(door closes)
It's my son.
He's been arrested.
Darryl?
What for?
Sexual assault,
date rape,
which he is innocent of.
I know you don't do
criminal work anymore.
I'll take care of it.
He's a wonderful
young man, Denny,
and you know him.
He would--
Edmund...
I'll take care of it.
MODRY: Denny is insisting
on trying a case
that he knows
nothing about,
tomorrow.
He settled a claim
behind my back.
GORE: He lit my tie on fire
because it was red.
He referred me to a surgeon
to get my breasts done.
MAN: That is inappropriate.
MAN: What are you gonna do
about it?
I can't work like this.
(indistinct chatter)
BILLINGS:
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Let's all take a breath.
Richard, as I understand it,
the case he settled
behind your back
was for more money
than you were prepared
to close on.
Mitchell,
the tie smoked a little.
It did not go ablaze.
And Julie,
you've been complaining
about your breasts
for three months.
MODRY: No, you seem to be
the only one
who can handle
this man, Matthew.
You need to somehow
rein him in--
This is Alan Shore,
Sheldon.
In addition to being
a gifted attorney,
he's an accomplished
Denny Crane wrangler.
He'll join you
at tomorrow's trial.
What?
BILLINGS: Please,
let's all remember,
when dealing with Denny,
deep down,
beneath that amusing exterior,
his name comes first
on the letterhead.
(exhales slowly)
Hannah, I need you now,
sweetheart.
MAN: That's it?!
(all shouting indistinctly)
MAN: What you gonna do about it?
A son of a client
just got arrested
for date rape.
Denny just asked me--
Oh, no.
Big client, Hannah.
You're an ex-D. A.
You might be able to--
I told you no more criminal--
Please, don't make me beg.
Remember what happened
the last time
I got on my knees?
Don't flatter yourself.
You weren't that great.
Well, I need you
to be, Hannah,
like only you can.
Yes, and you're not that
charming, either.
I left the D. A.'s office
to get away from--
Denny promised the client
we'd make it go away,
and I promise
I'll make it up to you.
Pretty please?
Hmm?
Date rape.
Mmm.
What do you mean
I can't take it?
Obviously, this is a very
precarious time
for the firm.
Which is why I would think
we could use clients, even--
FRUTT: Not that client.
FRUTT: Manny is one
of my oldest friends.
YOUNG: Jimmy,
the absurdity of this motion
would damage our credibility,
and that would hurt
our other clients.
I want to take this case.
We're voting two to one
to turn it down.
You know, I never come
to you and ask--
FRUTT:
We understand that, Jimmy,
and if it were anything
but this,
we would probably say yes,
but this firm
cannot go into court
and claim that the FBI
bugged the client's ass.
We don't know
for sure they didn't.
The stuff that's going on
these days--
YOUNG: Fine.
Get some evidence
to support it,
we'll reconsider,
but for now,
we're not taking the case.
CRANE: I specifically asked
for a one-page memo,
soldier.
You've given me
a page and a half.
Well, I thought
since it is double-spaced,
I won't read it.
I like to read.
What are you doing here?
SHORE: Matthew thought
my presence
could add prowess.
There's no need for prowess
when I'm in the room,
Denny Crane.
Oh, gentlemen,
this is Alan Shore.
He'll be joining us today,
and I believe you all know
Denny Crane.
CRANE: A woman is dead here.
$1.2 million isn't gonna
bring her back to life.
Do you have a figure
that will bring her back?
$2.3 million.
(clears throat)
Mr. Crane...
the decedent was not
a college graduate.
Her earning capacity
is limited.
No pain and suffering,
no loss of consortium.
The jury verdict research
on an instant death
with no dependents
is $875,000 structured.
We're offering
$1.2 million up front,
it's generous.
I don't like
fast little talkers.
They remind me of chipmunks.
Denny--
TALBOT:
The fixture satisfied
all safety requirements.
It never should have fallen.
But it did,
on Mary Finnerty's head,
killing her,
irreparably.
Now, listen, son,
your client, All Shop,
they have over 3,000
stores nationwide,
that's 57,000
lighting fixtures
just in the good,
old U. S. of A.
What if they all fell down, man?
We're not talking about
one little accident
that killed
Mary Finnerty's head.
This could wipe out
hundreds of thousands
of innocent people,
Denny Crane.
DARRYL:
The sex was consensual.
I give you my word,
Ms. Rose.
ROSE: Well, her word
seems to be "Rape,"
and since there's both
torn clothing
and vaginal bruising--
She's making it up.
Why would she do this?
Because rape trials are fun?
DARRYL: I dated this girl.
We had sex before,
consensual.
WILSON:
But if you'd had sex before,
why would she now be saying
that she was raped?
Excuse me a second.
I realize that everyone
is different,
but I don't like
my paralegals to talk.
I'm happy to receive
your input later.
But I am so ready
to give it to you now.
Obviously, for you to speak
to a junior partner like that,
you must be screwing
a senior partner.
So Darryl, any ideas?
We have a woman here
with bruises,
ripped clothing,
I'm looking for a little
direction here.
Well, her father
was very abusive to her
when she was younger.
He even sexually assaulted her.
And...
DARRYL: And I'm not a shrink,
but a buddy of mine is.
He said we could argue that
because of what her father did,
she psychologically--
I don't know, gets turned on
by mistreatment and stuff,
which, personally,
I think she does,
a little,
which is why, you know,
we were having rough sex,
and that would account
for the bruises and stuff.
Also...
she's African-American.
I'm sure the relevance
of that is obvious,
but could you run it
by me, anyway?
Well, a Boston jury is likely
to take my word over hers.
Plus, African-American women
like sex, you know...
rougher.
(music playing)
What do you mean
you can't take my case?
My firm, they voted
against it.
I thought you were a partner.
BERLUTI: I am, but...
I was outvoted, Manny.
Jimmy, if I don't suppress
this evidence,
I'm looking at eight years.
I tried.
I don't understand it.
It's a criminal firm.
You're a partner.
I'm a criminal.
And, besides,
you're my friend here.
I know, but--
QUINN: But nothing, Jimmy.
Do you remember
when you passed the bar?
We threw that great big party.
And you gave this great speech
about what it meant,
how you were finally
gonna be able
to help your friends.
Well, here I am,
coming to you for help.
Now, what's the deal?
(gunshot)
SHORE: We look ridiculous.
You must really love to shoot.
This is America.
Everybody loves to shoot.
Guns are what makes
America great.
There are more guns
in American households
than pet dogs.
SHORE: Listen,
as soon as we can get
the guns to fetch,
we can lick this damn dog
problem completely.
(cocks)
CRANE: Osama! Pull!
(gunshot)
Saddam! Pull!
(gunshot)
Kerry! Pull!
(gunshot)
See?
The trick is,
you got to w--
(gunshot)
CRANE: Oh.
Whoa, Nellie.
The trick is,
you got to want to hit
the target.
Okay.
MAN: Pull!
(gunshot)
Mother! Pull!
(gunshot)
Did you say, "Mother"?
I only meant to scare her.
MAN: Pull!
(gunshot)
SHORE: Now that we've played
guns together,
can I be candid, Denny?
I've had the opportunity
to observe you for a while
from up close and afar,
and I've consistently
noticed something.
Like what?
You're not well.
People in your firm
aren't gonna tell you that,
because they like you,
plus you wield
a great deal of power,
but you have
about as much business
being in that
courtroom tomorrow
as you do holding
a loaded shotgun.
Do you know
who you're talking to?
Look...
I offer this because,
"A," I don't care
if I get fired,
and, "B," someone
very dear to me
died with Alzheimer's.
And when I think
I see symptoms,
even the possibility
of symptoms...
The fact that you may have
Alzheimer's
does not entitle you
to criticize me.
Denny...
these people, the Finnertys,
have waited 14 months for trial.
You--
They want me.
SHORE: Because they think
you're prepared.
Who do you think you are, hmm?
I hire you,
you're here a week,
now you're trying
to tell me what to do?
Nobody, nobody...
tells me what to do.
Dad...
you're my father,
and you don't even remember.
I'm not your father.
I had you for a second.
Don't you laugh at me.
I'm healthy.
I'm the picture of health.
(glass thumps)
BERLUTI:
When I went to law school,
it wasn't to get rich or...
I had a lot of buddies
who got in jams.
I became a lawyer
to help my friends.
It was that simple.
There was something
about that that seemed
very glamorous to me,
and it still does.
Really?
BERLUTI: Get some space
in the North End,
wake up every morning,
drop my laundry off
at the Fluff and Fold,
have coffee
with Lenny and Sal
at Maury's Doughnuts,
help Steve get the Denver boot
off his pickup,
help Sylvia get a loan
even though
she's got no credit,
negotiate a better price
on a condo for my Aunt Mary,
help the people
I really care about
to live better lives,
you know.
Then close up early enough
to have supper with them.
That sounds like a life to me,
a rich one, even.
You have to do it.
Do what?
Hang a shingle
on the North End,
help Aunt Mary
with her credit,
help Lenny with...
you have to do it.
I can't abandon the firm now
of all times.
STRINGER: Jimmy,
the word on the street
is our firm is over.
I've been looking.
You have?
And get this,
one of my close friends
is a headhunter.
Eugene's put his name
out there.
What?
Eugene?
STRINGER: Three weeks ago,
he interviewed
at Hollings and Gray.
That's not even the point.
You have to go do this
because it's what
you want to do.
You have to do it.
ROSE: It's not just
going away, Matthew,
especially not quickly.
He raped her.
Not what I want to hear.
Look, get the new guy
to do this.
He's done criminal cases.
The new guy...
is in court
on Denny Crane control.
I told you when I came here
it was to get away
from criminal law.
I have an official
complaint to lodge,
and since it's about her,
she might as well
be present for it.
I fight my battles open.
You might want to opt
for an adverb there, Sal,
"Openly" would support
your predicate.
"Open" would describe
your leg position at the bar.
HEEP: I want that
on the record.
HALL: Ooh, the girls
are fighting.
I've got a big one, Glenn.
Yeah, tell me something
I don't know.
Oh, please.
Hannah.
Glenn.
Date rape, we need to find
some credibility issues quickly.
The victim's name
is Candace Watson.
Suspect's father
is a blue chip.
We'll get you employee records,
school transcripts,
credit report.
Your hair,
it's so you.
Mmm.
Hi.
Hi.
We're not simply looking
to prevail at trial.
The goal would be
to squash this now.
I need this.
(scoffs)
Denny, I am begging you,
I've prepared this opening
for three weeks.
Overkill.
(sighs) Alan...
We don't want to steal
the thunder
from your closing, Denny.
Not gonna get
to a closing, no, sir.
WHITE: Mr. Crane,
we'll hear from you.
CRANE: Denny Crane,
I represent the plaintiff.
And here's what's gonna happen.
A whole lot of witnesses
are gonna get up and,
tell you how and why...
All Shop's lighting fixture
fell on Mary Finnerty's head,
killing her.
The defense is gonna get up,
have their say,
then I'll get up again
and ask you to give...
Sarah and Bill Finnerty
a whole lot of money.
Now, it's difficult to put a...
price on a human life,
I grant you,
but this is All Shop.
And as the defense counsel
was so quick
to point out to me,
they have over 3,000 stores
in this country,
10,000 internationally.
We're not talking about
one lighting fixture.
We're talking about a lot
of lives at stake here.
Objection.
Sustained.
Mr. Crane, can we talk
about this case only?
Can we do that?
Oh, of course.
I'm sorry, Your Honor.
Um...
value of human life,
it's a bugger.
My friend Jerry Spence
tells the story
of this paper boy
delivering his papers
on his morning route one day.
He throws the paper
through the window,
shatters the glass,
blinds a woman.
What's the value of that?
The paper boy decides
to give the woman
his profits for the week,
not very much,
considering she was blinded.
Now, here
we have a loss of life,
an avoidable loss,
not merely an accident,
one they could have prevented.
So, I think the paper boy
had the right idea.
At the end of this trial,
I'm gonna get up,
I'm gonna ask the defendant
to pay my client
one week's profit.
No, let's make that
a day's profit.
Let's not get greedy here.
We may not be able
to put a price
on Mary Finnerty's life,
but we can at least
pay her family
the profits for the day
they killed her.
What could be more
fair than that?
Hmm?
My client's profits
are not relevant.
The number of stores
they have is not relevant.
How dare you go into that?
And how dare you
not shut him down?
CRANE: May I go off
the record briefly?
Go right ahead.
Thank you.
This is not for your ears,
by the way.
You stupid bastard.
Cases rarely turn on
what's legally relevant.
What you have
to be concerned with here
is that All Shop makes
$160 million
of pure profit a day, a day,
in gross revenues,
$800 million.
In the 20 minutes
it took the ambulance
to reach Mary Finnerty's
crushed head,
your client took in $10 million.
That might slip out in court,
and even if it doesn't,
look at this face.
It comes with its own publicist.
The jury will get wind
of those numbers.
In which case, we'll appeal.
CRANE: Great.
And do you think
you'll be the lawyers
to handle that appeal
when your client gets whacked
with a $50-million judgment?
You're an ass.
You're an ass.
You're an ass.
How about we settle this case
like your careers
depended on it?
Dumb bastards.
I'm sorry.
Where were we?
Leaving?
BERLUTI: I've been thinking
about this
for a long time,
and now--
Because you couldn't
take that case?
In part, yes.
The truth is,
I've always wanted
to hang my own shingle.
I'm 43 years old.
If I don't do it now,
when, then?
Considering what we're
going through now,
how can you even think
of leaving?
You are.
You interviewed with Hollings
and Gray last month.
FRUTT: Is that true, Eugene?
They called
for an interview.
I declined.
No, you didn't.
I declined the job.
But not the interview.
You considered leaving, Eugene.
That's what I've been doing.
We just came
to different conclusions.
Do you have any idea
how difficult
it would be
to launch a practice?
Probably not,
but I'm not coming
totally from logic here.
This is emotional.
FRUTT: Given that,
why don't you at least wait
to see if this impulse passes?
The truth is, Ellenor,
I've been wanting to leave
for a hundred years.
I love this and all of you,
don't get me wrong,
but what I really want to do,
deep down,
this isn't it.
I'll pitch in, handle cases,
whatever you need.
I won't abandon you.
But I got to do this.
(sighs)
And when would you do this?
Today.
It needs to be now.
HEEP: I'm sick of her
not respecting me.
I made law review
at Holy Cross,
top 10% of my class,
and people totally dismiss me
because of the way I dress.
Well, then,
let's talk about your dress.
HEEP: I get clients because
of the way I look, Matthew.
People approach me--
Men approach you.
Yes, many of whom
go on to hire me.
And is that how you plan
to carve out your career?
You know, you're right.
Law review,
top 10% of your class,
firms all over town should have
been extending offers.
How many did?
Sally, you're an attorney.
I'm also 25, and I'm not
gonna dress like I'm 40.
My legal skills
are excellent.
I shouldn't get punished
because my skirts are short.
And you can tell Hannah
I'm gonna hit her.
I don't care
if she's a partner.
If she keeps treating me
like this,
I'm gonna hit her.
(crying)
I'm sorry.
According to the seminars,
I'm not supposed to hug you,
but I'm gonna risk it.
Hey, hey, hey. Shh.
(crying)
Shh. Oh, hey. It's okay.
It's okay.
HALL: Munchausen's,
basically, it's a disorder
that causes people
to make up or fake diseases.
ROSE: I know what it is.
Where did you get this?
I should say,
how did you get this?
I don't think you mean
to ask me that.
Was she ever actually
diagnosed with Munchausen's?
She doesn't have it.
Then why is she
on a hospital list?
HALL: It's computer generated.
If a person is admitted
for treatment over and over,
the name eventually might end up
on a possible
Munchausen list.
Even if the injuries are legit?
Shouldn't happen,
but one doctor along the way
had to wonder
whether she was really
abused by her father.
That's enough.
Do you have a second?
Sure.
I'm gonna ask you this
in a quiet,
refrained tone,
so as not to seem like
I'm attacking you.
How is it you could interview
with another law firm at--
YOUNG: Ellenor,
they wanted to meet.
I told them I was not
interested.
They were persistent
about at least talking.
I only agreed to hear them out.
I did.
I restated my position,
that I had no interest
in leaving here,
and that was the end of it.
Was that before
or after you fired Alan?
It was after the firm voted
to discharge Alan Shore.
Eugene, I don't think
I need to lecture you
on the importance
of perception.
But for us, during an incredibly
vulnerable period,
for our senior partner
to be seen interviewing--
Nobody saw.
The word was out.
Jamie heard it.
She told Jimmy.
The word got out.
Forget that I'm your partner.
As your friend,
if you're planning to bail--
I'm not bailing.
(sighs)
Are we gonna survive, Eugene?
We'll survive.
I'm not bailing,
and we'll survive.
(sighs)
What can I tell his father?
That I'm meeting
with the D. A. This morning.
Other than that,
Tara...
Copies of cases,
first circuit's on top,
Massachusetts
is the second tab,
dictum and legislative
intent after that.
Would you like me
to come with you?
I would, actually,
but I'm too afraid you'll talk.
Would it kill you
to be kind?
Actually, I was once,
and it almost did.
Ah, so I get the blame
for how you treat people.
Just the opposite,
I give you total credit.
Hannah, I would hate
to be the only one
to experience the tender you.
It's late.
I've got to go do good deeds.
Sheldon, I heard you settled.
Yeah.
$6.5 million.
Good result,
the client's pleased.
$6.5 million...
you were stuck between
$1.2 million and $2.3 million.
How did you get $6.5 million?
Denny did good work.
So I don't need
to intervene today?
Don't you love it here?
These convictions
are extremely difficult to get,
especially when the suspect
and victim
once had
a consensual relationship.
Well, their relationship--
I'm not saying I won't get it.
I'm just trying
to prepare you, Mr. Watson.
(knocks on door)
Kenny, I, uh...
oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were busy.
Actually, I did.
(sighs) You're
Candace Watson's father?
I am.
Hannah Rose,
I have the unfortunate task
of defending the man
who raped your daughter,
who, between the three of us,
I'm convinced is guilty.
What do you want, Hannah?
In the interest
of no surprises,
medical report,
a claim you once
abused your daughter.
I'm sure you didn't.
A hospital turned up her name
as a possible Munchausen's.
What is going on?
WALSH: Hannah, if you
could excuse us, please?
If she makes things up--
WALSH: That's all, Hannah.
I'm leaving.
This can be used
to pierce rape shield,
which is vulnerable
to begin with.
You might want to consider
sparing your daughter
this trial.
WALSH: Hannah.
Get out.
Misdemeanor assault,
one year suspended,
that's a gift.
None of us wants
to go to trial here.
(door opens)
(door closes)
And the D. A. Agreed?
I just got the call.
Your son does get a conviction.
But no jail?
Assuming the judge signs off,
which he should.
Oh, thank God.
You can thank Hannah.
I don't know what to say.
He's a fine young man,
Ms. Rose, and...
Mr. Solomon, I can see
you're having a moment.
But for my take on the facts,
which includes an interview
with the fine, young man,
he's a rapist.
If he's to make anything
of this second chance,
daddy needs to see
the fine, young man
for what he is
and get him
into some counseling.
HEEP: They're all nuts.
QUINLEN: Who?
The partners.
They've all totally
had work done.
They have?
Please.
Denny Crane's head
is so pumped full of Botox.
Even Hannah, pretty Hannah.
Hannah Rose?
HEEP: Yeah.
She's in her 30s.
So what?
She's pulled so tight,
she's got to cross
her legs to smile.
Oh, my God.
(sighs)
I guess it's lucky
I don't like to smile.
I was just--
Oh, my God.
How much do we pay you, Sally?
$160,000.
Do you think
we pay you $160,000
to come down here
to the storage room
and smoke pot, Sally?
No, ma'am.
It would be a mistake
to call me "Ma'am."
Give me the joint, Sally.
Do you need to pee, Mark?
Yes, ma'am, sir,
Hannah.
God.
Go pee, Mark.
I, like,
so miscalculated my day.
I've had a lousy day, too, Sal.
I arranged
for a rapist to get off
with just a slap
on the wrist.
Now I need to go
buy something
to feel better
about myself.
I've been eyeing
this little purse, actually,
it costs $900.
Can you imagine,
$900 for a purse?
Luckily, I can afford it.
Partners here are well paid.
I bet you hope
to be partner one day.
Complain about me
to anyone ever again,
even to your own mother,
this little pot incident,
comes to light.
What the hell
are you doing in my office?
Had you there again,
didn't I, dad?
I've asked you not to make fun
of my mental health.
As I recall,
I meant it.
If I offended you before,
I apologize.
You know, you don't fool me.
My success as a trial attorney
comes from my ability
to read people.
I read you.
I know your little secret,
soldier.
You do?
Mm-hmm.
You're in awe of me.
Well, now that the secret's out,
let me tell you something,
Denny Crane,
having watched you
at the courthouse yesterday,
I just want you to know,
I am in awe.
You're Denny Crane,
and that's...
something.
You've taken up
a minute of my time.
To whom do I send the bill?
Send the bill to me.
Best thing is, it's elegant.
You can go dressy,
and it's casual.
It goes with a sweater
and jeans just as well.
And the size...
Do you like to carry
a lot of stuff?
Totally.
Let's go with the big one.
Oh, I'm jealous.
I've been saving up
to get this same bag.
Well, look on the bright side,
if I saw it on you,
I'd no longer want it.
Tell you what.
Give me half off,
I'll buy you one.
WATSON: If only I could.
Look, if you get home,
and you suddenly hate it,
bring it back,
no problem.
Not supposed to say it.
Never heard it.
What's the matter?
Hannah Rose?
You're an attorney?
Why?
My name is Candace Watson.
Your client raped me
last week.
(scoffs)
Small town, Boston.
Just sign here, please,
and you're good to go.
Look, I, uh,
(sighs)
(music playing)
(music playing)
WOMAN: You stinker!
(music playing)
Previously on "The Practice"...
We've decided to let you go.
Go where?
YOUNG: Here's a check
representing two weeks'
severance pay.
I've generated fees
in excess of $6 million.
You've handed me a check
for $15,000.
YOUNG: Alan Shore seemed to know
this was coming.
Did you tell him?
Yes.
YOUNG: Your employment here
is terminated.
What's with the red tie,
soldier?
Red is soft.
Soft does not work
around here, sailor.
That's Denny Crane?
The Denny Crane?
BILLINGS: Don't be fooled.
Once he's in the courtroom,
he's every bit the icon.
I'm a senior partner in my firm
the way you are in yours.
It's not enough
to insist on fidelity
or fair dealing.
A good leader
has to practice it.
FOREPERSON:
"Was the defendant's termination
of the plaintiff wrongful?",
we find in the affirmative.
We order the defendant to pay
the plaintiff $2.3 million.
SHORE: Denny,
this is Tara Wilson.
We hire only the prettiest
people in this firm.
Are you a pretty girl,
soldier?
I am (clears throat) sir.
I like her.
(door opens)
Jimmy.
BERLUTI: Manny, what...
QUINN: Look at you
in that suit.
Do you, like, own that?
(both laughs)
BERLUTI: I was just talking
to your mother.
QUINN: I know this.
She told me, which is kind of
what put the idea
in my brain
that I should, uh,
maybe come see you.
I heard you got fatter,
but you look good.
Well, thanks, um,
Ellenor Frutt,
Eugene Young,
Manny Quinn,
old friend.
FRUTT: Hi.
BERLUTI: What's up?
Uh, can I talk
in front of them?
Well, uh, yes,
they're lawyers.
Privilege applies
to all of us.
I've had some drug problems
as of late,
not using,
I swear, just selling.
I would never use.
Anyway, I got, uh,
I can talk, right?
Yeah.
I got myself
in this situation, okay?
A few weeks ago, I got shot
right in the ass,
nothing serious.
You know me,
I'm not a complainer.
Anyway, I had this
dope deal coming up
that I was planning.
I didn't tell anybody
except Gigi Coley,
my girlfriend, remember Gigi?
Of course.
How is she?
She got fatter, but she's good.
Anyway, all of a sudden,
the Feds are busting down
my door.
I got raided.
They seized my pot.
They arrested me.
They opened the wound
in my ass all over again.
It was terrible.
It healed up good,
and I'm not suing for that
or nothing.
But my point,
nobody could have known
about this drug deal, Jimmy.
I didn't tell no one.
I think the FBI bugged me.
I'm positive.
Bugged you? How?
They inserted some device
in my buttocks.
I know it sounds nuts,
but I think during
the first surgery,
they inserted one
of those small microchips,
then during
the second procedure,
they took it out.
It's the only way they could
have known about the pot.
I mean, I didn't talk
about this deal
on the phone or nothing,
so I want to bring a motion
to suppress.
I mean, this is beyond
unconstitutional.
You can't bug a man's ass.
It isn't right.
(music playing)
You must be joking.
I don't joke.
I don't believe in humor.
Well, I don't believe in guns,
and I do not shoot ducks.
Every new employee
picks up a rifle.
It's how I judge character.
MODRY: Denny...
a little problem,
the Finnertys are here,
very upset.
Oh?
Who are they
and why do I care?
They're the wrongful-death case
you brought in here.
And they're upset
because their trial
starts tomorrow,
and you've been
totally absent.
Did you explain to them
that I'm typically absent?
MODRY: I did,
and they're maintaining
it's you they hired,
and they're feeling defrauded.
All right.
Tell them I'll be right in.
MODRY: Okay.
And to prepare me,
do you know
what you plan to say?
No idea.
ROSE: Most paralegals
request not to work with me.
Just so you know,
I am totally fine
with being hated.
Got it.
I'm actually
not that difficult.
Don't do anything
to disappoint me,
and we'll get along fine.
HEEP: So, I could...
ROSE: Sally,
if you dress like that,
people will get
the right idea about you.
Please, go home and change.
You can't keep talking
to me like this.
Woman-on-woman can still be
sexual harassment.
ROSE: Wonderful.
And if you look around,
you might find someone
who cares.
In the meantime,
go home or wherever it was
you woke up this morning
and put on a different outfit.
CRANE: At ease.
Bill, Sarah,
good to see you.
BILL: Good to see us.
You know, we hired you
14 months ago.
We've been in here
dozens of times
for meetings, depositions.
We have never seen you.
Our trial starts tomorrow.
We came specifically for you,
which we made clear.
Sheldon Modry specializes
in wrongful death.
He's uniquely qualified
to handle this,
given the way
your daughter so...
wrongfully died.
Do you even remember
how our daughter died?
Of course I do.
Such a shame.
So wrongful.
Tell me how my daughter died,
Mr. Crane.
Bill, Sarah,
Mary died...
when a store light
fixture fell,
tragically, on her.
Are you going to be trying
this case or not?
I am going to be trying
this case.
I beg your pardon?
BERLUTI:
He's a friend, Eugene,
so I'd like to you know help.
You filed a motion
to suppress?
BERLUTI: Yes, based
on the exclusionary rule.
The client had a reasonable
expectation of privacy,
which we feel was violated.
You're planning to walk
into a court of law
and argue that federal agents
installed a listening device
in your client's buttocks?
I know it feels desperate.
YOUNG: Desperate?
Oh, it feels desperate?
BERLUTI:
Eugene, if the evidence
doesn't get suppressed,
he goes away.
This is one
of my oldest friends.
I got to do this.
He says when he had
a rigorous movement,
he could hear a little
beeping sound.
MODRY: You can't possibly
try this case.
Why not?
You don't know the facts.
You don't know the law.
Well, lay it out in a memo,
one page, no more,
double-spaced.
That's far
too complicated to--
One page, double-space,
off you go.
Denny...
CRANE: Edmond,
are we on today?
EDMOND: Uh, no.
I have an emergency.
Could I talk to you?
Of course.
(door opens)
(door closes)
It's my son.
He's been arrested.
Darryl?
What for?
Sexual assault,
date rape,
which he is innocent of.
I know you don't do
criminal work anymore.
I'll take care of it.
He's a wonderful
young man, Denny,
and you know him.
He would--
Edmund...
I'll take care of it.
MODRY: Denny is insisting
on trying a case
that he knows
nothing about,
tomorrow.
He settled a claim
behind my back.
GORE: He lit my tie on fire
because it was red.
He referred me to a surgeon
to get my breasts done.
MAN: That is inappropriate.
MAN: What are you gonna do
about it?
I can't work like this.
(indistinct chatter)
BILLINGS:
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Let's all take a breath.
Richard, as I understand it,
the case he settled
behind your back
was for more money
than you were prepared
to close on.
Mitchell,
the tie smoked a little.
It did not go ablaze.
And Julie,
you've been complaining
about your breasts
for three months.
MODRY: No, you seem to be
the only one
who can handle
this man, Matthew.
You need to somehow
rein him in--
This is Alan Shore,
Sheldon.
In addition to being
a gifted attorney,
he's an accomplished
Denny Crane wrangler.
He'll join you
at tomorrow's trial.
What?
BILLINGS: Please,
let's all remember,
when dealing with Denny,
deep down,
beneath that amusing exterior,
his name comes first
on the letterhead.
(exhales slowly)
Hannah, I need you now,
sweetheart.
MAN: That's it?!
(all shouting indistinctly)
MAN: What you gonna do about it?
A son of a client
just got arrested
for date rape.
Denny just asked me--
Oh, no.
Big client, Hannah.
You're an ex-D. A.
You might be able to--
I told you no more criminal--
Please, don't make me beg.
Remember what happened
the last time
I got on my knees?
Don't flatter yourself.
You weren't that great.
Well, I need you
to be, Hannah,
like only you can.
Yes, and you're not that
charming, either.
I left the D. A.'s office
to get away from--
Denny promised the client
we'd make it go away,
and I promise
I'll make it up to you.
Pretty please?
Hmm?
Date rape.
Mmm.
What do you mean
I can't take it?
Obviously, this is a very
precarious time
for the firm.
Which is why I would think
we could use clients, even--
FRUTT: Not that client.
FRUTT: Manny is one
of my oldest friends.
YOUNG: Jimmy,
the absurdity of this motion
would damage our credibility,
and that would hurt
our other clients.
I want to take this case.
We're voting two to one
to turn it down.
You know, I never come
to you and ask--
FRUTT:
We understand that, Jimmy,
and if it were anything
but this,
we would probably say yes,
but this firm
cannot go into court
and claim that the FBI
bugged the client's ass.
We don't know
for sure they didn't.
The stuff that's going on
these days--
YOUNG: Fine.
Get some evidence
to support it,
we'll reconsider,
but for now,
we're not taking the case.
CRANE: I specifically asked
for a one-page memo,
soldier.
You've given me
a page and a half.
Well, I thought
since it is double-spaced,
I won't read it.
I like to read.
What are you doing here?
SHORE: Matthew thought
my presence
could add prowess.
There's no need for prowess
when I'm in the room,
Denny Crane.
Oh, gentlemen,
this is Alan Shore.
He'll be joining us today,
and I believe you all know
Denny Crane.
CRANE: A woman is dead here.
$1.2 million isn't gonna
bring her back to life.
Do you have a figure
that will bring her back?
$2.3 million.
(clears throat)
Mr. Crane...
the decedent was not
a college graduate.
Her earning capacity
is limited.
No pain and suffering,
no loss of consortium.
The jury verdict research
on an instant death
with no dependents
is $875,000 structured.
We're offering
$1.2 million up front,
it's generous.
I don't like
fast little talkers.
They remind me of chipmunks.
Denny--
TALBOT:
The fixture satisfied
all safety requirements.
It never should have fallen.
But it did,
on Mary Finnerty's head,
killing her,
irreparably.
Now, listen, son,
your client, All Shop,
they have over 3,000
stores nationwide,
that's 57,000
lighting fixtures
just in the good,
old U. S. of A.
What if they all fell down, man?
We're not talking about
one little accident
that killed
Mary Finnerty's head.
This could wipe out
hundreds of thousands
of innocent people,
Denny Crane.
DARRYL:
The sex was consensual.
I give you my word,
Ms. Rose.
ROSE: Well, her word
seems to be "Rape,"
and since there's both
torn clothing
and vaginal bruising--
She's making it up.
Why would she do this?
Because rape trials are fun?
DARRYL: I dated this girl.
We had sex before,
consensual.
WILSON:
But if you'd had sex before,
why would she now be saying
that she was raped?
Excuse me a second.
I realize that everyone
is different,
but I don't like
my paralegals to talk.
I'm happy to receive
your input later.
But I am so ready
to give it to you now.
Obviously, for you to speak
to a junior partner like that,
you must be screwing
a senior partner.
So Darryl, any ideas?
We have a woman here
with bruises,
ripped clothing,
I'm looking for a little
direction here.
Well, her father
was very abusive to her
when she was younger.
He even sexually assaulted her.
And...
DARRYL: And I'm not a shrink,
but a buddy of mine is.
He said we could argue that
because of what her father did,
she psychologically--
I don't know, gets turned on
by mistreatment and stuff,
which, personally,
I think she does,
a little,
which is why, you know,
we were having rough sex,
and that would account
for the bruises and stuff.
Also...
she's African-American.
I'm sure the relevance
of that is obvious,
but could you run it
by me, anyway?
Well, a Boston jury is likely
to take my word over hers.
Plus, African-American women
like sex, you know...
rougher.
(music playing)
What do you mean
you can't take my case?
My firm, they voted
against it.
I thought you were a partner.
BERLUTI: I am, but...
I was outvoted, Manny.
Jimmy, if I don't suppress
this evidence,
I'm looking at eight years.
I tried.
I don't understand it.
It's a criminal firm.
You're a partner.
I'm a criminal.
And, besides,
you're my friend here.
I know, but--
QUINN: But nothing, Jimmy.
Do you remember
when you passed the bar?
We threw that great big party.
And you gave this great speech
about what it meant,
how you were finally
gonna be able
to help your friends.
Well, here I am,
coming to you for help.
Now, what's the deal?
(gunshot)
SHORE: We look ridiculous.
You must really love to shoot.
This is America.
Everybody loves to shoot.
Guns are what makes
America great.
There are more guns
in American households
than pet dogs.
SHORE: Listen,
as soon as we can get
the guns to fetch,
we can lick this damn dog
problem completely.
(cocks)
CRANE: Osama! Pull!
(gunshot)
Saddam! Pull!
(gunshot)
Kerry! Pull!
(gunshot)
See?
The trick is,
you got to w--
(gunshot)
CRANE: Oh.
Whoa, Nellie.
The trick is,
you got to want to hit
the target.
Okay.
MAN: Pull!
(gunshot)
Mother! Pull!
(gunshot)
Did you say, "Mother"?
I only meant to scare her.
MAN: Pull!
(gunshot)
SHORE: Now that we've played
guns together,
can I be candid, Denny?
I've had the opportunity
to observe you for a while
from up close and afar,
and I've consistently
noticed something.
Like what?
You're not well.
People in your firm
aren't gonna tell you that,
because they like you,
plus you wield
a great deal of power,
but you have
about as much business
being in that
courtroom tomorrow
as you do holding
a loaded shotgun.
Do you know
who you're talking to?
Look...
I offer this because,
"A," I don't care
if I get fired,
and, "B," someone
very dear to me
died with Alzheimer's.
And when I think
I see symptoms,
even the possibility
of symptoms...
The fact that you may have
Alzheimer's
does not entitle you
to criticize me.
Denny...
these people, the Finnertys,
have waited 14 months for trial.
You--
They want me.
SHORE: Because they think
you're prepared.
Who do you think you are, hmm?
I hire you,
you're here a week,
now you're trying
to tell me what to do?
Nobody, nobody...
tells me what to do.
Dad...
you're my father,
and you don't even remember.
I'm not your father.
I had you for a second.
Don't you laugh at me.
I'm healthy.
I'm the picture of health.
(glass thumps)
BERLUTI:
When I went to law school,
it wasn't to get rich or...
I had a lot of buddies
who got in jams.
I became a lawyer
to help my friends.
It was that simple.
There was something
about that that seemed
very glamorous to me,
and it still does.
Really?
BERLUTI: Get some space
in the North End,
wake up every morning,
drop my laundry off
at the Fluff and Fold,
have coffee
with Lenny and Sal
at Maury's Doughnuts,
help Steve get the Denver boot
off his pickup,
help Sylvia get a loan
even though
she's got no credit,
negotiate a better price
on a condo for my Aunt Mary,
help the people
I really care about
to live better lives,
you know.
Then close up early enough
to have supper with them.
That sounds like a life to me,
a rich one, even.
You have to do it.
Do what?
Hang a shingle
on the North End,
help Aunt Mary
with her credit,
help Lenny with...
you have to do it.
I can't abandon the firm now
of all times.
STRINGER: Jimmy,
the word on the street
is our firm is over.
I've been looking.
You have?
And get this,
one of my close friends
is a headhunter.
Eugene's put his name
out there.
What?
Eugene?
STRINGER: Three weeks ago,
he interviewed
at Hollings and Gray.
That's not even the point.
You have to go do this
because it's what
you want to do.
You have to do it.
ROSE: It's not just
going away, Matthew,
especially not quickly.
He raped her.
Not what I want to hear.
Look, get the new guy
to do this.
He's done criminal cases.
The new guy...
is in court
on Denny Crane control.
I told you when I came here
it was to get away
from criminal law.
I have an official
complaint to lodge,
and since it's about her,
she might as well
be present for it.
I fight my battles open.
You might want to opt
for an adverb there, Sal,
"Openly" would support
your predicate.
"Open" would describe
your leg position at the bar.
HEEP: I want that
on the record.
HALL: Ooh, the girls
are fighting.
I've got a big one, Glenn.
Yeah, tell me something
I don't know.
Oh, please.
Hannah.
Glenn.
Date rape, we need to find
some credibility issues quickly.
The victim's name
is Candace Watson.
Suspect's father
is a blue chip.
We'll get you employee records,
school transcripts,
credit report.
Your hair,
it's so you.
Mmm.
Hi.
Hi.
We're not simply looking
to prevail at trial.
The goal would be
to squash this now.
I need this.
(scoffs)
Denny, I am begging you,
I've prepared this opening
for three weeks.
Overkill.
(sighs) Alan...
We don't want to steal
the thunder
from your closing, Denny.
Not gonna get
to a closing, no, sir.
WHITE: Mr. Crane,
we'll hear from you.
CRANE: Denny Crane,
I represent the plaintiff.
And here's what's gonna happen.
A whole lot of witnesses
are gonna get up and,
tell you how and why...
All Shop's lighting fixture
fell on Mary Finnerty's head,
killing her.
The defense is gonna get up,
have their say,
then I'll get up again
and ask you to give...
Sarah and Bill Finnerty
a whole lot of money.
Now, it's difficult to put a...
price on a human life,
I grant you,
but this is All Shop.
And as the defense counsel
was so quick
to point out to me,
they have over 3,000 stores
in this country,
10,000 internationally.
We're not talking about
one lighting fixture.
We're talking about a lot
of lives at stake here.
Objection.
Sustained.
Mr. Crane, can we talk
about this case only?
Can we do that?
Oh, of course.
I'm sorry, Your Honor.
Um...
value of human life,
it's a bugger.
My friend Jerry Spence
tells the story
of this paper boy
delivering his papers
on his morning route one day.
He throws the paper
through the window,
shatters the glass,
blinds a woman.
What's the value of that?
The paper boy decides
to give the woman
his profits for the week,
not very much,
considering she was blinded.
Now, here
we have a loss of life,
an avoidable loss,
not merely an accident,
one they could have prevented.
So, I think the paper boy
had the right idea.
At the end of this trial,
I'm gonna get up,
I'm gonna ask the defendant
to pay my client
one week's profit.
No, let's make that
a day's profit.
Let's not get greedy here.
We may not be able
to put a price
on Mary Finnerty's life,
but we can at least
pay her family
the profits for the day
they killed her.
What could be more
fair than that?
Hmm?
My client's profits
are not relevant.
The number of stores
they have is not relevant.
How dare you go into that?
And how dare you
not shut him down?
CRANE: May I go off
the record briefly?
Go right ahead.
Thank you.
This is not for your ears,
by the way.
You stupid bastard.
Cases rarely turn on
what's legally relevant.
What you have
to be concerned with here
is that All Shop makes
$160 million
of pure profit a day, a day,
in gross revenues,
$800 million.
In the 20 minutes
it took the ambulance
to reach Mary Finnerty's
crushed head,
your client took in $10 million.
That might slip out in court,
and even if it doesn't,
look at this face.
It comes with its own publicist.
The jury will get wind
of those numbers.
In which case, we'll appeal.
CRANE: Great.
And do you think
you'll be the lawyers
to handle that appeal
when your client gets whacked
with a $50-million judgment?
You're an ass.
You're an ass.
You're an ass.
How about we settle this case
like your careers
depended on it?
Dumb bastards.
I'm sorry.
Where were we?
Leaving?
BERLUTI: I've been thinking
about this
for a long time,
and now--
Because you couldn't
take that case?
In part, yes.
The truth is,
I've always wanted
to hang my own shingle.
I'm 43 years old.
If I don't do it now,
when, then?
Considering what we're
going through now,
how can you even think
of leaving?
You are.
You interviewed with Hollings
and Gray last month.
FRUTT: Is that true, Eugene?
They called
for an interview.
I declined.
No, you didn't.
I declined the job.
But not the interview.
You considered leaving, Eugene.
That's what I've been doing.
We just came
to different conclusions.
Do you have any idea
how difficult
it would be
to launch a practice?
Probably not,
but I'm not coming
totally from logic here.
This is emotional.
FRUTT: Given that,
why don't you at least wait
to see if this impulse passes?
The truth is, Ellenor,
I've been wanting to leave
for a hundred years.
I love this and all of you,
don't get me wrong,
but what I really want to do,
deep down,
this isn't it.
I'll pitch in, handle cases,
whatever you need.
I won't abandon you.
But I got to do this.
(sighs)
And when would you do this?
Today.
It needs to be now.
HEEP: I'm sick of her
not respecting me.
I made law review
at Holy Cross,
top 10% of my class,
and people totally dismiss me
because of the way I dress.
Well, then,
let's talk about your dress.
HEEP: I get clients because
of the way I look, Matthew.
People approach me--
Men approach you.
Yes, many of whom
go on to hire me.
And is that how you plan
to carve out your career?
You know, you're right.
Law review,
top 10% of your class,
firms all over town should have
been extending offers.
How many did?
Sally, you're an attorney.
I'm also 25, and I'm not
gonna dress like I'm 40.
My legal skills
are excellent.
I shouldn't get punished
because my skirts are short.
And you can tell Hannah
I'm gonna hit her.
I don't care
if she's a partner.
If she keeps treating me
like this,
I'm gonna hit her.
(crying)
I'm sorry.
According to the seminars,
I'm not supposed to hug you,
but I'm gonna risk it.
Hey, hey, hey. Shh.
(crying)
Shh. Oh, hey. It's okay.
It's okay.
HALL: Munchausen's,
basically, it's a disorder
that causes people
to make up or fake diseases.
ROSE: I know what it is.
Where did you get this?
I should say,
how did you get this?
I don't think you mean
to ask me that.
Was she ever actually
diagnosed with Munchausen's?
She doesn't have it.
Then why is she
on a hospital list?
HALL: It's computer generated.
If a person is admitted
for treatment over and over,
the name eventually might end up
on a possible
Munchausen list.
Even if the injuries are legit?
Shouldn't happen,
but one doctor along the way
had to wonder
whether she was really
abused by her father.
That's enough.
Do you have a second?
Sure.
I'm gonna ask you this
in a quiet,
refrained tone,
so as not to seem like
I'm attacking you.
How is it you could interview
with another law firm at--
YOUNG: Ellenor,
they wanted to meet.
I told them I was not
interested.
They were persistent
about at least talking.
I only agreed to hear them out.
I did.
I restated my position,
that I had no interest
in leaving here,
and that was the end of it.
Was that before
or after you fired Alan?
It was after the firm voted
to discharge Alan Shore.
Eugene, I don't think
I need to lecture you
on the importance
of perception.
But for us, during an incredibly
vulnerable period,
for our senior partner
to be seen interviewing--
Nobody saw.
The word was out.
Jamie heard it.
She told Jimmy.
The word got out.
Forget that I'm your partner.
As your friend,
if you're planning to bail--
I'm not bailing.
(sighs)
Are we gonna survive, Eugene?
We'll survive.
I'm not bailing,
and we'll survive.
(sighs)
What can I tell his father?
That I'm meeting
with the D. A. This morning.
Other than that,
Tara...
Copies of cases,
first circuit's on top,
Massachusetts
is the second tab,
dictum and legislative
intent after that.
Would you like me
to come with you?
I would, actually,
but I'm too afraid you'll talk.
Would it kill you
to be kind?
Actually, I was once,
and it almost did.
Ah, so I get the blame
for how you treat people.
Just the opposite,
I give you total credit.
Hannah, I would hate
to be the only one
to experience the tender you.
It's late.
I've got to go do good deeds.
Sheldon, I heard you settled.
Yeah.
$6.5 million.
Good result,
the client's pleased.
$6.5 million...
you were stuck between
$1.2 million and $2.3 million.
How did you get $6.5 million?
Denny did good work.
So I don't need
to intervene today?
Don't you love it here?
These convictions
are extremely difficult to get,
especially when the suspect
and victim
once had
a consensual relationship.
Well, their relationship--
I'm not saying I won't get it.
I'm just trying
to prepare you, Mr. Watson.
(knocks on door)
Kenny, I, uh...
oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were busy.
Actually, I did.
(sighs) You're
Candace Watson's father?
I am.
Hannah Rose,
I have the unfortunate task
of defending the man
who raped your daughter,
who, between the three of us,
I'm convinced is guilty.
What do you want, Hannah?
In the interest
of no surprises,
medical report,
a claim you once
abused your daughter.
I'm sure you didn't.
A hospital turned up her name
as a possible Munchausen's.
What is going on?
WALSH: Hannah, if you
could excuse us, please?
If she makes things up--
WALSH: That's all, Hannah.
I'm leaving.
This can be used
to pierce rape shield,
which is vulnerable
to begin with.
You might want to consider
sparing your daughter
this trial.
WALSH: Hannah.
Get out.
Misdemeanor assault,
one year suspended,
that's a gift.
None of us wants
to go to trial here.
(door opens)
(door closes)
And the D. A. Agreed?
I just got the call.
Your son does get a conviction.
But no jail?
Assuming the judge signs off,
which he should.
Oh, thank God.
You can thank Hannah.
I don't know what to say.
He's a fine young man,
Ms. Rose, and...
Mr. Solomon, I can see
you're having a moment.
But for my take on the facts,
which includes an interview
with the fine, young man,
he's a rapist.
If he's to make anything
of this second chance,
daddy needs to see
the fine, young man
for what he is
and get him
into some counseling.
HEEP: They're all nuts.
QUINLEN: Who?
The partners.
They've all totally
had work done.
They have?
Please.
Denny Crane's head
is so pumped full of Botox.
Even Hannah, pretty Hannah.
Hannah Rose?
HEEP: Yeah.
She's in her 30s.
So what?
She's pulled so tight,
she's got to cross
her legs to smile.
Oh, my God.
(sighs)
I guess it's lucky
I don't like to smile.
I was just--
Oh, my God.
How much do we pay you, Sally?
$160,000.
Do you think
we pay you $160,000
to come down here
to the storage room
and smoke pot, Sally?
No, ma'am.
It would be a mistake
to call me "Ma'am."
Give me the joint, Sally.
Do you need to pee, Mark?
Yes, ma'am, sir,
Hannah.
God.
Go pee, Mark.
I, like,
so miscalculated my day.
I've had a lousy day, too, Sal.
I arranged
for a rapist to get off
with just a slap
on the wrist.
Now I need to go
buy something
to feel better
about myself.
I've been eyeing
this little purse, actually,
it costs $900.
Can you imagine,
$900 for a purse?
Luckily, I can afford it.
Partners here are well paid.
I bet you hope
to be partner one day.
Complain about me
to anyone ever again,
even to your own mother,
this little pot incident,
comes to light.
What the hell
are you doing in my office?
Had you there again,
didn't I, dad?
I've asked you not to make fun
of my mental health.
As I recall,
I meant it.
If I offended you before,
I apologize.
You know, you don't fool me.
My success as a trial attorney
comes from my ability
to read people.
I read you.
I know your little secret,
soldier.
You do?
Mm-hmm.
You're in awe of me.
Well, now that the secret's out,
let me tell you something,
Denny Crane,
having watched you
at the courthouse yesterday,
I just want you to know,
I am in awe.
You're Denny Crane,
and that's...
something.
You've taken up
a minute of my time.
To whom do I send the bill?
Send the bill to me.
Best thing is, it's elegant.
You can go dressy,
and it's casual.
It goes with a sweater
and jeans just as well.
And the size...
Do you like to carry
a lot of stuff?
Totally.
Let's go with the big one.
Oh, I'm jealous.
I've been saving up
to get this same bag.
Well, look on the bright side,
if I saw it on you,
I'd no longer want it.
Tell you what.
Give me half off,
I'll buy you one.
WATSON: If only I could.
Look, if you get home,
and you suddenly hate it,
bring it back,
no problem.
Not supposed to say it.
Never heard it.
What's the matter?
Hannah Rose?
You're an attorney?
Why?
My name is Candace Watson.
Your client raped me
last week.
(scoffs)
Small town, Boston.
Just sign here, please,
and you're good to go.
Look, I, uh,
(sighs)
(music playing)
(music playing)
WOMAN: You stinker!
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