1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,203 PREVIOUSLY ON "BOSTON LEGAL"... 2 00:00:02,236 --> 00:00:04,538 OH, YOU THINK YOU'LL WIN. $50,000 SAYS YOU WON'T. 3 00:00:04,572 --> 00:00:07,808 I'M NOT GOING TO BET YOU. YOU KNOW YOU'LL LOSE. 4 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:10,878 I WON'T LOSE. $50,000. 5 00:00:10,911 --> 00:00:13,547 HE'S OUT OF CONTROL. YOUR INDUSTRY IS OUT OF CONTROL. 6 00:00:13,581 --> 00:00:16,150 YOU'VE BITTEN OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW THIS TIME, MY FRIEND. 7 00:00:16,184 --> 00:00:18,652 OH, I DON'T SWALLOW. I JUST CHEW UP AND SPIT OUT. WE'LL SEE. 8 00:00:18,686 --> 00:00:21,089 I KNOW EXACTLY HOW BIG 9 00:00:21,122 --> 00:00:22,656 AND POWERFUL YOU ARE, MR. MATHIS. 10 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:24,892 IT MIGHT DO YOU SOME GOOD TO CHECK ME OUT. 11 00:00:24,925 --> 00:00:27,161 YOU'RE LOSING. (chuckles) I'M NOT LOSING. 12 00:00:27,195 --> 00:00:29,430 (chuckles) OH, YES, YOU'RE LOSING. DOUBLE IT? 13 00:00:29,463 --> 00:00:30,931 FINE. 14 00:00:32,300 --> 00:00:36,904 *** 15 00:00:36,937 --> 00:00:39,540 IS IT NOT RED? 16 00:00:39,573 --> 00:00:41,709 THEY'RE ALWAYS RED IN THE MORNING. SEE? 17 00:00:41,742 --> 00:00:45,213 YOU STAY OUT OF THIS. I KNOW SALMONELLA WHEN I'VE GOT IT. EXCUSE ME. 18 00:00:45,246 --> 00:00:47,748 UH, MY--MY NAME'S JASON CANFIELD. 19 00:00:47,781 --> 00:00:49,550 I'M LOOKING FOR MR. POOLE. 20 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:51,919 AH, WELL, MR. POOLE IS NOT, UH, HERE AT THE MOMENT. 21 00:00:51,952 --> 00:00:53,921 OR THERE, FOR THAT MATTER. MAY I HELP YOU? 22 00:00:53,954 --> 00:00:56,857 WELL, I WAS JUST PASSING BY YOUR BUILDING AND SAW THE SIGN, 23 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:58,959 AND I NEED A LAWYER. 24 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:01,629 SO... HOW ABOUT CRANE? UH, MR. CRANE IS FUN. 25 00:01:01,662 --> 00:01:04,098 YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HIM WHEN HE'S IN THE ROOM, 26 00:01:04,132 --> 00:01:07,301 WHICH IS A NICE, BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S YOUR MAN EITHER. 27 00:01:07,335 --> 00:01:09,870 SO THAT LEAVES SCHMIDT. 28 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:12,306 I'M SCHMIDT. LET'S GO TO MY OFFICE. 29 00:01:12,340 --> 00:01:16,043 WHY WOULDN'T HE ASK FOR ME? AM I NOT THE STAR OF THIS SHOW? 30 00:01:16,076 --> 00:01:17,978 YOU SEE YOUR NAME UP THERE? 31 00:01:18,011 --> 00:01:20,080 THIS IS NOT ABOUT HOW GOOD YOU ARE. IT'S NOT? 32 00:01:20,114 --> 00:01:24,385 IT'S ALL ABOUT CREDIT. THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN LIFE. CREDIT. 33 00:01:24,418 --> 00:01:26,820 AND MONEY. I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL ABOUT GETTING THE GIRL. 34 00:01:26,854 --> 00:01:29,723 TELL ME IT'S VALUES, CARL. IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE GIRL, RIGHT? MONEY. 35 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:31,259 SEX. MONEY. 36 00:01:31,292 --> 00:01:33,627 SEX. YOU CALL IT. 37 00:01:33,661 --> 00:01:36,297 MAYBE IT'S MONEY AND SEX. THEY GO TOGETHER. 38 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:39,600 ONE BEGETS THE OTHER. SEE? WE'RE NOT FIGHTING. WE'RE IN SYNC. 39 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:45,806 I CAN'T BE SURE, BUT I THINK CARL WANTS TO BE IN SYNC, TOO. 40 00:01:45,839 --> 00:01:47,408 (grunts) 41 00:01:47,441 --> 00:01:51,011 *** 42 00:01:57,318 --> 00:01:58,486 BOOM. 43 00:02:02,690 --> 00:02:05,025 (makes popping noise) 44 00:02:18,306 --> 00:02:20,808 WAS HE KILLED IN IRAQ? 45 00:02:20,841 --> 00:02:24,478 NO, NO. THEY PATCHED HIM UP OKAY THERE, BROUGHT HIM BACK. 46 00:02:24,512 --> 00:02:27,648 HE DIED IN A HOSPITAL HERE. THE DOCTOR KILLED HIM. 47 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:30,884 BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE WAS MALPRACTICE, 48 00:02:30,918 --> 00:02:32,486 BECAUSE HE ADMITTED IT. 49 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,722 MR. CANFIELD, I'VE TRIED A NUMBER 50 00:02:34,755 --> 00:02:36,624 OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES IN MY TIME. 51 00:02:36,657 --> 00:02:38,626 I'VE YET TO RUN ACROSS A DOCTOR 52 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:40,728 WHO ADMITTED HIS OR HER WRONGDOING. 53 00:02:40,761 --> 00:02:42,162 YEAH, BUT THIS ONE DID. 54 00:02:42,196 --> 00:02:44,365 IT--BUT I CAN'T SUE, 55 00:02:44,398 --> 00:02:46,367 BECAUSE IT HAPPENED IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL. 56 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,369 SOMETHING CALLED THE FERES DOCTRINE. 57 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:50,971 YOU HEARD OF THAT? YES, IT--IT BASICALLY 58 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:53,073 INSULATES MILITARY HOSPITALS AND THEIR STAFFS FROM LAWSUITS 59 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:55,376 WHEN THE VICTIMS ARE ON ACTIVE DUTY. 60 00:02:55,409 --> 00:02:58,546 MY BROTHER'S NOT ON ACTIVE DUTY ANYMORE, MS. SCHMIDT. 61 00:02:58,579 --> 00:03:01,515 HE'S DEAD. 62 00:03:01,549 --> 00:03:05,653 I'M AFRAID THE DOCTRINE WOULD STILL APPLY. 63 00:03:05,686 --> 00:03:08,889 SO THERE'S... THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO? 64 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:11,091 NOTHING? 65 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:14,862 WELL... 66 00:03:14,895 --> 00:03:18,599 BUT THE LAW IS CLEAR. SOLDIERS ARE-- ALAN, I-I KNOW. 67 00:03:18,632 --> 00:03:21,034 IT'S COMPLETELY UNWINNABLE. IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE TO TRY. 68 00:03:21,068 --> 00:03:23,404 WHICH IS WHY I'VE COME TO YOU. 69 00:03:23,437 --> 00:03:26,039 I'VE SO MISSED WATCHING THE BRAVE KNIGHT 70 00:03:26,073 --> 00:03:27,775 FIGHT THE WINDMILL. 71 00:03:29,142 --> 00:03:31,111 SHIRLEY, THIS LAWSUIT IS BARRED. 72 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:33,847 THERE'S A SUPREME COURT CASE DIRECTLY ON POINT, 73 00:03:33,881 --> 00:03:36,850 AND IT'S NOT LIKE YOU TO WANT TO WASTE THE FIRM'S MONEY. 74 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:39,387 WHAT'S GOING ON? 75 00:03:39,420 --> 00:03:40,888 WHAT'S GOING ON IS, 76 00:03:40,921 --> 00:03:42,890 WHEN A MAN COMES IN OFF THE STREET 77 00:03:42,923 --> 00:03:45,626 WHOSE ONLY BROTHER HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY KILLED 78 00:03:45,659 --> 00:03:47,561 AND ASKS YOU FOR YOUR HELP, 79 00:03:47,595 --> 00:03:49,530 YOU HELP. 80 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:53,100 IT'S THAT SIMPLE. YOU HELP. 81 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:59,407 WOULD IT BE THE PENTAGON, THEN? 82 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,642 WELL, IT... IT MIGHT. 83 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:04,612 *** 84 00:04:04,645 --> 00:04:06,614 ARE YOU CLOSE, YOU AND YOUR SISTER? 85 00:04:06,647 --> 00:04:09,750 WELL, MAINLY, SHE'D THROW ROCKS AT ME. 86 00:04:09,783 --> 00:04:11,785 GOT IT. 87 00:04:11,819 --> 00:04:15,923 SHE WAS A BIT OVERBEARING AND... AND EXTREMELY PUNCTUAL. 88 00:04:15,956 --> 00:04:17,658 SHE SHOULD BE HERE ANY-- HI. 89 00:04:17,691 --> 00:04:20,394 (gulps) HI. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE DESK? 90 00:04:20,428 --> 00:04:22,930 JOY ESPENSON. GET DOWN. ARE YOU HIS GIRLFRIEND? 91 00:04:22,963 --> 00:04:24,665 NO, I JUST-- AH! 92 00:04:24,698 --> 00:04:27,067 (thud, clattering) YOU'RE JUST WHAT, PURELY SEXUAL? 93 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:29,737 JOY! THIS IS KATIE LLOYD, MY COLLEAGUE, A LAWYER. 94 00:04:29,770 --> 00:04:31,672 YOU APOLOGIZE THIS INSTANT. 95 00:04:31,705 --> 00:04:32,906 OKAY. 96 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:35,509 I'M HERE ABOUT YOUR NEPHEW HENRY. 97 00:04:35,543 --> 00:04:37,578 I HAVE CONCERNS. I NEED YOUR HELP. 98 00:04:37,611 --> 00:04:40,080 WHAT CONCERNS? WELL, HE'S 15. HE'S GOING THROUGH PUBERTY. 99 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:42,750 HE'S STARTING TO GET AN ACUTE INTEREST IN SEX. ISN'T THAT NATURAL? 100 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:46,119 AND HE MAY BE DATING HIS SISTER. WHAT? 101 00:04:46,153 --> 00:04:47,755 YOU HEARD ME. BUT HE'S AN ONLY CHILD. 102 00:04:47,788 --> 00:04:50,358 WELL, HE IS OR HE ISN'T. WE DON'T KNOW. 103 00:04:50,391 --> 00:04:51,825 HE WAS CONCEIVED BY AN ANONYMOUS SPERM DONOR. 104 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:54,628 I HAVE AN EXCELLENT SEX LIFE SO LONG AS MEN 105 00:04:54,662 --> 00:04:57,498 DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET IN THE BEDROOM WITH ME. 106 00:04:57,531 --> 00:05:00,000 ANYWAY, TURNS OUT FIONA-- THAT'S THE GIRLFRIEND, FIONA-- 107 00:05:00,033 --> 00:05:02,002 SHE WAS CONCEIVED BY AN ANONYMOUS SPERM DONOR. 108 00:05:02,035 --> 00:05:05,839 IT ALSO TURNS OUT SHE'S THE SPITTING IMAGE OF HENRY. 109 00:05:05,873 --> 00:05:08,476 I'M THINKING, WHAT ARE THE ODDS? ARE YOU WITH ME? 110 00:05:08,509 --> 00:05:09,710 TO BE HONEST, 111 00:05:09,743 --> 00:05:12,179 I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM THE GRIPPING APOLOGY. 112 00:05:12,212 --> 00:05:14,815 I MET FIONA'S MOTHER. WE BOTH USED THE SAME AGENCY. 113 00:05:14,848 --> 00:05:16,183 MY GOD, WHAT IF? 114 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:19,186 I MEAN, WHAT IF THEY FALL IN LOVE AND GET MARRIED 115 00:05:19,219 --> 00:05:21,622 AND START REPRODUCING? 116 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:23,791 W-WELL, LET'S SIMPLY TAKE D.N.A. SWABS AND-- 117 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:27,194 D.N.A. IS NOT CONCLUSIVE WITH HALF SIBLINGS. 118 00:05:27,227 --> 00:05:29,530 COULD YOU SPEAK TO HIM? ME? 119 00:05:29,563 --> 00:05:31,799 HE LOVES YOU. 120 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:34,702 DOES SHE EVER SPEAK? 121 00:05:34,735 --> 00:05:37,471 *** 122 00:05:43,744 --> 00:05:46,980 *** 123 00:05:47,014 --> 00:05:49,583 I MUST SAY, WHEN I FIRST READ THE COMPLAINT, 124 00:05:49,617 --> 00:05:51,051 I COULDN'T DECIDE 125 00:05:51,084 --> 00:05:52,920 WHETHER IT WAS JUST LAUGHABLE OR NONSENSICAL. 126 00:05:52,953 --> 00:05:55,055 NOW THAT I SEE WHO THE ATTORNEY IS, 127 00:05:55,088 --> 00:05:59,059 IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT'S LAUGHABLE. WADE AND I GO BACK. 128 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:01,161 HE REPRESENTS THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES 129 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:02,696 THAT ALMOST KILLED DENNY. 130 00:06:02,730 --> 00:06:04,698 HOW'S THAT DISCOVERY GOING, BY THE WAY? 131 00:06:04,732 --> 00:06:06,934 IT MIGHT BE PROCEEDING MORE QUICKLY 132 00:06:06,967 --> 00:06:08,936 IF I WASN'T SIDETRACKED BY BASELESS, GROUNDLESS, 133 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:11,071 FRIVOLOUS CLAIMS. HE'S A BIG FAN OF ADJECTIVES. 134 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:13,941 YES, I GO BACK A LITTLE BIT WITH WADE AS WELL. REALLY? 135 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:16,610 THE HOSPITAL HAS ADMITTED COMMITTING GROSS MISCONDUCT, 136 00:06:16,644 --> 00:06:18,546 WHICH CAUSED THE VICTIM'S DEATH. 137 00:06:18,579 --> 00:06:21,048 BUT IT'S A MILITARY HOSPITAL. THEY'RE IMMUNE. 138 00:06:21,081 --> 00:06:23,551 FINE. WE HAVE THE MERITS, YOU HAVE THE LEGAL TECHNICALITIES. 139 00:06:23,584 --> 00:06:25,553 LET'S MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. 140 00:06:25,586 --> 00:06:27,555 THE TECHNICALITY HERE IS THE TRUMP CARD. 141 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:29,857 THE SUPREME COURT CLEARLY HELD 142 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:32,426 YOU CAN'T TOUCH MILITARY HOSPITALS. GAME OVER. 143 00:06:32,460 --> 00:06:35,028 THAT RULING WAS 50 YEARS AGO. THINGS CHANGE. 144 00:06:35,062 --> 00:06:36,396 THINGS CHANGE? 145 00:06:36,430 --> 00:06:39,600 WILL THAT BE YOUR LEGAL ARGUMENT, THINGS CHANGE? 146 00:06:39,633 --> 00:06:42,402 I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW, TONY SCALIA IS PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE, 147 00:06:42,436 --> 00:06:44,404 AND TRUST ME, HE HAS NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER 148 00:06:44,438 --> 00:06:47,441 IN WHAT ANY SUPREME COURT BEFORE HIM HAS SAID. 149 00:06:47,475 --> 00:06:50,578 I DON'T KNOW WHY I EVEN BOTHERED TO COME OVER HERE. BECAUSE YOU MISS ME, WADE. 150 00:06:50,611 --> 00:06:52,780 HUG? WE'RE A NATION OF HUGGERS, YOU KNOW? 151 00:06:52,813 --> 00:06:56,817 WE WILL TAKE THIS TO COURT. 152 00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:58,552 FINE. DO THAT. 153 00:06:58,586 --> 00:07:01,254 HAVE A LOVELY DAY. 154 00:07:01,288 --> 00:07:03,457 WHAT? 155 00:07:03,491 --> 00:07:06,994 WE DON'T REALLY WANT IT TO END QUICKLY, DO WE? HE'S FUN. 156 00:07:07,027 --> 00:07:10,464 *** 157 00:07:10,498 --> 00:07:13,333 I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS. 158 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:15,335 BUT WE HAVE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS 159 00:07:15,368 --> 00:07:16,737 ASSURING ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY 160 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:18,839 WITH ALL OF OUR ANONYMOUS DONORS. 161 00:07:18,872 --> 00:07:20,774 HE COULD BE DATING HIS SISTER. 162 00:07:20,808 --> 00:07:22,810 JOY. 163 00:07:22,843 --> 00:07:24,244 I APPRECIATE YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS, 164 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:27,247 BUT CONTRACTS CAN BE VITIATED ON GROUNDS OF PUBLIC POLICY. 165 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,017 AND YOUR PUBLIC POLICY ARGUMENT WOULD BE WHAT? 166 00:07:30,050 --> 00:07:31,519 HE'S DATING HIS SISTER! 167 00:07:31,552 --> 00:07:32,986 JOY. 168 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:37,925 ARE THESE YOUR CHILDREN? YES, THEY ARE. 169 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:40,127 YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. 170 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,531 I CAN SEE THEY EVEN LOOK LIKE YOU. 171 00:07:43,564 --> 00:07:47,467 HENRY ESPENSON WONDERS WHOM HE LOOKS LIKE. 172 00:07:47,501 --> 00:07:50,871 DO YOU REALLY THINK IT'S FAIR, MR. CHISM, 173 00:07:50,904 --> 00:07:52,873 THAT HENRY'S RIGHT TO KNOW HIS GENETIC LINEAGE 174 00:07:52,906 --> 00:07:56,810 WAS SIMPLY... CONTRACTED AWAY FROM HIM? 175 00:07:56,844 --> 00:07:59,780 MR. ESPENSON, WITHOUT ASSURANCE OF ANONYMITY, 176 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,882 MANY SPERM DONORS WOULDN'T DONATE. 177 00:08:01,915 --> 00:08:04,518 IT'S POSSIBLE HENRY MIGHT NOT EVEN EXIST. 178 00:08:04,552 --> 00:08:06,520 AND IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE EQUATION 179 00:08:06,554 --> 00:08:08,388 AS BEST INTEREST OF THE SPERM DONOR, 180 00:08:08,421 --> 00:08:10,490 I'D SIDE WITH YOU, BUT SINCE COURTS 181 00:08:10,524 --> 00:08:13,861 TYPICALLY OPT FOR BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD-- AND HENRY WOULD BE BETTER OFF UNBORN? 182 00:08:13,894 --> 00:08:17,330 BELIEVE ME, MR. ESPENSON, I'VE HEARD ALL THE ARGUMENTS. 183 00:08:17,364 --> 00:08:19,567 AND AS I SAID, I DO SYMPATHIZE, 184 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,036 BUT THERE IS NO WIGGLE ROOM ON THIS ONE. 185 00:08:23,070 --> 00:08:26,707 WE WILL NOT TELL YOU WHO THE SPERM DONOR IS. 186 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:38,518 (inhales deeply) 187 00:08:38,552 --> 00:08:40,721 (makes popping noise and sighs) 188 00:08:40,754 --> 00:08:43,523 ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, BUDDY, 189 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:45,659 I'VE TRIED TO PLAY NICE HERE, 190 00:08:45,693 --> 00:08:48,395 BUT IF WE HAVE TO GO TO COURT, I'LL DO IT. 191 00:08:48,428 --> 00:08:51,198 I'LL CLOSE YOUR DOORS, AND THEN YOU CAN LIQUIDATE 192 00:08:51,231 --> 00:08:53,567 ALL YOUR LITTLE TEST TUBES AND TURKEY BASTERS, 193 00:08:53,601 --> 00:08:55,268 YOUR PORN VIDEOS. 194 00:08:55,302 --> 00:08:57,671 SEE THIS HERE? IT'S A CIGARETTE, BUB. 195 00:08:57,705 --> 00:08:59,573 AND YOU CAN PUT IT OUT LIKE THIS, 196 00:08:59,607 --> 00:09:01,709 JUST SNUFF IT IN AN ASHTRAY, 197 00:09:01,742 --> 00:09:04,344 OR I CAN STOMP IT WITH MY SIZE-13 BOATS. 198 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:05,779 EITHER WAY, IT'S EXTINGUISHED, PAL. 199 00:09:05,813 --> 00:09:09,082 WHETHER YOU WANT TO BE SNUFFED, STOMPED OR SUCKED DRY, 200 00:09:09,116 --> 00:09:11,284 WE CAN DO IT NICE, DO IT ROUGH. 201 00:09:11,318 --> 00:09:12,953 HOW'S IT GONNA BE? 202 00:09:12,986 --> 00:09:15,222 JUST... 203 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:20,093 YES, SECURITY, PLEASE. 204 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:23,563 *** 205 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:28,869 I AM NOT BEING A TRAITOR. I'M SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS. 206 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,604 WHY AREN'T YOU? 207 00:09:30,638 --> 00:09:32,606 ISN'T THIS WAR COSTING US ENOUGH 208 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,708 WITHOUT THE LAWYERS COMING IN-- 209 00:09:34,742 --> 00:09:38,311 OH, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THIS. ALAN, I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, 210 00:09:38,345 --> 00:09:41,649 AND YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS-- AMERICA IS SICK OF BUSH BASHING. 211 00:09:41,682 --> 00:09:43,416 ENOUGH ALREADY. (laughs) I'M NOT BASHING BUSH. 212 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:46,153 YOU'RE SUING THE MILITARY, WHICH IS THE PENTAGON, 213 00:09:46,186 --> 00:09:48,288 WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS BUSH. 214 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:51,124 IT ALL COMES DOWN TO BUSH. DENNY, THIS ISN'T ABOUT BUSH. 215 00:09:51,158 --> 00:09:54,327 THIS IS ABOUT THE TROOPS RISKING THEIR LIVES IN THE-- OH, PLEASE. 216 00:09:54,361 --> 00:09:56,263 AFTER THE DEBACLE AT WALTER REED, 217 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:57,931 YOU MUST BE KIDDING. 218 00:09:57,965 --> 00:09:59,933 THESE KIDS ARE RETURNING WITH CATASTROPHIC WOUNDS. 219 00:09:59,967 --> 00:10:03,436 WHO THE HELL IS LOOKING OUT FOR THEM, REALLY? NOT CONGRESS. 220 00:10:03,470 --> 00:10:06,640 IT'S ONE YOU CAN'T WIN, ALAN. SAYS WHO? 221 00:10:06,674 --> 00:10:08,742 SAYS LAW. 222 00:10:08,776 --> 00:10:10,811 SAYS THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. 223 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:12,646 (singsong voice) SAYS $50,000. 224 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:14,514 YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T... 225 00:10:17,150 --> 00:10:19,086 YOU WANT TO BET? 226 00:10:19,119 --> 00:10:21,454 UH-HUH. IF YOU INSIST ON BEING AN IDIOT, 227 00:10:21,488 --> 00:10:23,590 AT LEAST LET ME PROFIT FROM IT. 228 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:25,993 HAVE YOU NO SHAME WHATSOEVER? 229 00:10:26,026 --> 00:10:27,961 NONE. 230 00:10:27,995 --> 00:10:30,964 ALL PROCEEDS TO GO THE TROOPS. 231 00:10:30,998 --> 00:10:32,332 FINE. 232 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:33,667 FINE. 233 00:10:35,135 --> 00:10:36,704 FINE. 234 00:10:36,737 --> 00:10:40,207 *** 235 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:48,215 *** 236 00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:54,121 THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS DOCTRINE, MS. SCHMIDT. 237 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:56,056 YES, YOUR HONOR, BAD ONES. 238 00:10:56,089 --> 00:10:58,525 THESE KIDS FIGHT OUR WARS. 239 00:10:58,558 --> 00:11:00,527 IT'S AN UNDUE BURDEN TO COMPENSATE THEM 240 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:02,730 WHEN THEY'RE VICTIMS OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE? 241 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:04,197 THE SOLDIER IN QUESTION 242 00:11:04,231 --> 00:11:06,233 LOST HIS LIFE BECAUSE OF AN AVOIDABLE, 243 00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:09,536 NEGLIGENT HOSPITAL SCREWUP THAT-- IT'S NOT JUST THE MONEY. 244 00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:12,973 SUBJECTING THE MILITARY HOSPITALS TO DISCOVERY-- OH, COME ON. 245 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:15,809 MAY I FINISH? YOU DIDN'T LET ME FINISH. 246 00:11:15,843 --> 00:11:17,811 YOUR HONOR, THIS GOES BEYOND BAD FAITH. 247 00:11:17,845 --> 00:11:19,880 WE SEND THESE KIDS TO WAR, THEY COME BACK 248 00:11:19,913 --> 00:11:21,915 IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE, 249 00:11:21,949 --> 00:11:23,917 OUR DOCTORS COMMIT MALPRACTICE, AND WE TELL THEM, 250 00:11:23,951 --> 00:11:25,919 "OOPS. YOU CAN'T SUE BECAUSE OF A-A DOCTRINE 251 00:11:25,953 --> 00:11:28,655 THAT SELECTIVELY SINGLES OUT AND PUNISHES SOLDIERS"? 252 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,925 I THOUGHT HE WAS THE SPEECH MAKER. NO, TODAY YOU GOT ME. 253 00:11:31,959 --> 00:11:35,028 AT LEAST LET ME CALL A WITNESS OR TWO. 254 00:11:35,062 --> 00:11:38,598 MY CLIENT LOST HIS ONLY BROTHER. 255 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:42,269 IF HE CAN'T HAVE HIS DAY IN COURT, 256 00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:45,205 AT LEAST GIVE HIM AN HOUR. 257 00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:49,342 ALL RIGHT. I'LL ALLOW YOU TO CALL WITNESSES 258 00:11:49,376 --> 00:11:52,112 AS TO THE LEGALITY OF THE DOCTRINE. 259 00:11:52,145 --> 00:11:54,547 YOUR HONOR, IF SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE LAW, 260 00:11:54,581 --> 00:11:57,117 HER RECOURSE IS THE LEGISLATURE, NOT A JUDGE. 261 00:11:57,150 --> 00:12:01,188 WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MATHIS. I KNOW WHAT MY ROLE IS. 262 00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:03,123 2:00. 263 00:12:03,156 --> 00:12:05,225 (bangs gavel) 264 00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:08,528 YOU STARTED SUCKING ON THE CIGARETTE? 265 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:10,630 I-I THINK I GOT SOME WOOD FIBERS 266 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:13,266 LODGED IN MY LUNGS. 267 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:14,902 WELL, WH-WHAT HAPPENED? 268 00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:18,071 WELL... I JUST SAW MY SISTER LOOKING AT ME 269 00:12:18,105 --> 00:12:21,074 LIKE I WAS THIS BIG LOSER, THE WAY SHE DID GROWING UP. 270 00:12:21,108 --> 00:12:23,543 DID SHE REALLY THROW ROCKS AT YOU? YES. 271 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:26,213 SHE THOUGHT IF A HARD OBJECT CAME HURTLING AT MY HEAD, 272 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:29,216 I'D HAVE TO LIFT MY HANDS OFF MY THIGHS TO BLOCK IT. 273 00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:32,752 SHE DOES LOVE ME IN HER WAY, BUT HER WAY SUCKS. 274 00:12:34,021 --> 00:12:36,323 IT'S A PROP. 275 00:12:36,356 --> 00:12:39,793 SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW WITH THE CASE? 276 00:12:39,827 --> 00:12:43,063 WELL, WE GO TO COURT, BUT FIRST, WE HAVE TO TELL HENRY. 277 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:44,631 HOW CAN I HELP? 278 00:12:44,664 --> 00:12:46,934 YOU CAN'T REALLY. I NEED TO DO THIS. 279 00:12:46,967 --> 00:12:49,269 CAN YOU? MM. 280 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:53,807 IT'S A PROP. 281 00:12:53,841 --> 00:12:57,677 *** 282 00:12:59,546 --> 00:13:02,015 SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT RETIRING, 283 00:13:02,049 --> 00:13:04,084 BUT WHAT WOULD I DO? 284 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:06,820 I HATE GOLF. I DON'T MUCH LIKE TO TRAVEL. 285 00:13:06,854 --> 00:13:09,189 DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT RETIRING? 286 00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:10,457 NOT REALLY, 287 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:13,493 AS LONG AS I CAN PRACTICE LAW ON MY OWN TERMS. 288 00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:15,028 AND YOU'RE DOING THAT? 289 00:13:15,062 --> 00:13:16,163 (chuckles) 290 00:13:16,196 --> 00:13:18,031 STILL ABLE TO PUT YOUR JUDGMENTS 291 00:13:18,065 --> 00:13:20,367 IN QUESTION FORM, I SEE. 292 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:21,634 (chuckles) 293 00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:23,136 YOU KNOW, SHIRLEY, 294 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:26,173 I'M STILL ON THE BOARD OF BAR OVERSEERS. 295 00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:30,610 THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT YOUR FIRM LATELY. 296 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:32,379 IS THERE? 297 00:13:32,412 --> 00:13:35,148 YES, REGARDING ITS, UH... 298 00:13:35,182 --> 00:13:37,384 SLIDE. 299 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:40,320 I WASN'T AWARE OF ANY SLIDE. 300 00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:42,722 TWO OF YOUR NAME PARTNERS HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS, 301 00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:44,191 AND YOU... 302 00:13:44,224 --> 00:13:46,960 WHAT ABOUT ME? 303 00:13:46,994 --> 00:13:49,062 I'VE KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME. 304 00:13:49,096 --> 00:13:51,564 MAY I BE BRUTALLY HONEST? OH, PLEASE. 305 00:13:51,598 --> 00:13:53,967 THIS ALAN SHORE IS DRAGGING YOU INTO THE SEWER. 306 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:56,870 IT'S NOW HIS THUMBPRINTS ALL OVER CRANE, POOLE & SCHMIDT, 307 00:13:56,904 --> 00:13:58,505 NOT YOURS. 308 00:13:58,538 --> 00:14:00,007 HE'S UNSCRUPULOUS, 309 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,575 HE'S DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR JUDICIARY, 310 00:14:02,609 --> 00:14:04,511 HE'S A BAD SEED, 311 00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:06,179 AND HIS REPUTATION... 312 00:14:06,213 --> 00:14:11,518 IS RUNNING TO YOUR FIRM AS A WHOLE, TO YOU. 313 00:14:11,551 --> 00:14:14,821 I SEE HIS INFLUENCE IN PLAY IN--IN THIS VERY CASE. 314 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:16,689 YOU BROUGHT A BASELESS, FRIVOLOUS CAUSE OF ACTION 315 00:14:16,723 --> 00:14:18,258 BARRED BY LAW. 316 00:14:18,291 --> 00:14:20,027 WHY? 317 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:22,495 ARE YOU DONE? 318 00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:25,999 GO AHEAD. LET ME HAVE IT. I'M A BIG BOY. 319 00:14:26,033 --> 00:14:29,536 (instrumental piano jazz music playing) 320 00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:32,272 I'VE PRACTICED A LONG TIME, WORKED WITH SOME OF 321 00:14:32,305 --> 00:14:34,174 THE HIGHEST-RANKING MEMBERS OF OUR PROFESSION-- 322 00:14:34,207 --> 00:14:36,009 I INCLUDE YOU AMONG THEM-- 323 00:14:36,043 --> 00:14:38,378 BUT I HAVE YET TO BE ASSOCIATED 324 00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:42,215 WITH A MORE SKILLED, MORE PRINCIPLED, 325 00:14:42,249 --> 00:14:45,885 MORE NOBLE ATTORNEY THAN ALAN SHORE. 326 00:14:45,919 --> 00:14:49,722 IF HIS IS THE REPUTATION I'M TO BE SADDLED WITH, 327 00:14:49,756 --> 00:14:51,624 I WILL TAKE IT. 328 00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:54,727 AND LUNCH IS OVER. 329 00:14:54,761 --> 00:14:56,463 IF YOU WANT TO REJECT MY OPINION, 330 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:59,232 THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE. 331 00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:00,800 BUT HERE'S A FACT-- 332 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:03,070 HE IS PUTTING YOUR FIRM IN PERIL. 333 00:15:03,103 --> 00:15:06,473 BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THAT. 334 00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:11,444 *** 335 00:15:20,787 --> 00:15:24,624 *** 336 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:27,827 JERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME TELL HIM. 337 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:30,597 I'M JUST SO AFRAID IF HE HEARS IT FROM ME, 338 00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:33,266 HE'LL HATE MY GUTS FOREVER. HEY, MOM. 339 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,168 HI, UNCLE JERRY. 340 00:15:35,202 --> 00:15:37,470 HENRY! HELLO. WELCOME. 341 00:15:37,504 --> 00:15:40,240 THIS COULD TAKE A WHILE. 342 00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:42,642 MM. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. 343 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:45,145 YOU, TOO. THIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND FIONA. 344 00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:47,580 I BROUGHT HER ALONG, IF THAT'S OKAY. 345 00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:50,517 WE'RE KIND OF INSEPARABLE. (laughing) 346 00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:52,285 (laughing) 347 00:15:52,319 --> 00:15:55,922 SO WHAT'S THE BIG MYSTERY? DID I INHERIT MONEY OR SOMETHING? 348 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:58,625 DID MY BIRTH FATHER KEEL? HENRY. 349 00:15:58,658 --> 00:16:01,494 SO REALLY, WHAT'S THE DEAL? 350 00:16:01,528 --> 00:16:03,763 LET'S... GO INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM 351 00:16:03,796 --> 00:16:06,833 WHERE WE ALL CAN SIT. 352 00:16:11,171 --> 00:16:12,672 *** 353 00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:14,674 ARE YOU CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE MILITARY, SIR? 354 00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:17,710 NO, I'M A RETIRED CAPTAIN FOR THE U.S. ARMY. 355 00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:19,512 I SERVED UNTIL LAST YEAR. 356 00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:21,681 AND WHAT WERE YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES? 357 00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:25,485 FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS, I WAS MAINLY IN RECRUITING, 358 00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:28,221 GETTING YOUNG MEN TO ENLIST. DID YOU RETIRE ON GOOD TERMS? 359 00:16:28,255 --> 00:16:31,358 NOT SO MUCH. COULD YOU TELL US WHY? 360 00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:33,626 WELL... (clears throat) IT WAS SUGGESTED I RETIRE 361 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,628 AFTER I WAS A LITTLE TOO OUTSPOKEN 362 00:16:35,662 --> 00:16:37,697 ON WHAT I PERCEIVED AS A BACKDOOR DRAFT. 363 00:16:37,730 --> 00:16:40,067 UM, WHEN YOU SAY "BACKDOOR DRAFT"-- 364 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:42,535 I MEAN WE TARGET THE POOR. 365 00:16:42,569 --> 00:16:45,538 NO ONE LIKES TO SAY IT PUBLICLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 366 00:16:45,572 --> 00:16:49,476 AND YOU TARGET LOW-INCOME YOUTH BECAUSE? THEY NEEDED THE MONEY. 367 00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:51,578 MOST KIDS DON'T WANT 368 00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:54,247 TO GO OFF AND FIGHT WARS IF THEY CAN AVOID IT, 369 00:16:54,281 --> 00:16:56,983 SO WE HONE IN ON THE KIDS WITHOUT OPTIONS. THE POOR. 370 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:59,152 THE POOR. WE SET UP OUR RECRUITMENT STATIONS 371 00:16:59,186 --> 00:17:03,590 IN THE POOR NEIGHBORHOOD MALLS AND IN THE POOR HIGH SCHOOLS. I'M SORRY. 372 00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:06,059 CAN YOU AT LEAST TELL ME THE CONNECTION TO THIS CASE? 373 00:17:06,093 --> 00:17:08,061 IT GOES TO FAIRNESS, MR. MATHIS. 374 00:17:08,095 --> 00:17:10,730 WE GO AFTER THE LOWEST ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHIC 375 00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,732 IN OUR SOCIETY TO FIGHT OUR WARS. 376 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:16,236 THESE KIDS ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES OUT OF FINANCIAL DURESS. 377 00:17:16,269 --> 00:17:18,004 THEY HAVE-- I'M SORRY, MS. SCHMIDT. 378 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,607 THIS IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ISSUE. 379 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,775 THIS WITNESS IS DISALLOWED. 380 00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:25,778 YOUR HONOR, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THIS-- 381 00:17:25,812 --> 00:17:27,247 NO. WE'RE GONNA STAY ON ISSUE. 382 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,350 NOW IF YOU'VE GOT A WITNESS WHO CAN TALK ABOUT THIS CASE 383 00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:32,352 OR THE DOCTRINE ITSELF, I'LL LISTEN. 384 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:35,288 OTHERWISE, THIS WITNESS IS DISALLOWED. 385 00:17:35,322 --> 00:17:37,224 NOW WHO ELSE DO YOU HAVE? 386 00:17:37,257 --> 00:17:39,359 YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE DOCTOR 387 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,361 WHO TREATED MY CLIENT'S BROTHER. 388 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:44,231 DEFENSE STIPULATED THAT HE COMMITTED AN AVOIDABLE ERROR 389 00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:46,899 RISING TO THE LEVEL OF MALPRACTICE. 390 00:17:46,933 --> 00:17:50,237 I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM ALL THE SAME SINCE-- THERE'S NO POINT IN HEARING FROM THE DOCTOR 391 00:17:50,270 --> 00:17:52,739 UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING TO MANIPULATE ME 392 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:56,443 WITH EITHER HORROR OR EMOTION, NEITHER OF WHICH INFORMS US 393 00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:57,710 OF THE LEGITIMACY 394 00:17:57,744 --> 00:18:00,447 OR THE LAWFULNESS OF THE FERES DOCTRINE. 395 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,415 YOUR HONOR, CERTAINLY YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BE HORRIFIED 396 00:18:02,449 --> 00:18:05,652 BY THE FACTS IN THIS CASE. THE DOCTOR IS DISALLOWED. 397 00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:08,955 IN ORDER TO FULLY APPRECIATE THIS DOCTRINE 398 00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:11,090 AND ITS CAPRICIOUS APPLICATION, 399 00:18:11,124 --> 00:18:13,460 YOUR HONOR NEEDS TO HEAR TEST-- OH, WAIT A MINUTE. 400 00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:15,395 YOU'VE--YOU'VE WASTED ENOUGH OF MY TIME ALREADY. 401 00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:17,797 I'D LIKE TO HEAR SUMMATIONS FROM COUNSEL 402 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:20,800 IN THIS COURT TOMORROW AT 10:00 A.M., 403 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:22,302 AND THEN I'LL RULE. 404 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:26,339 IN THE MEANTIME, I'D LIKE TO SEE COUNSEL IN MY CHAMBERS. 405 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:31,444 WELL... 406 00:18:31,478 --> 00:18:34,581 IT, UM, UH, MIGHT BE... BEST 407 00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:37,984 IF THIS CONVERSATION WERE-- WERE PRIVATE. 408 00:18:38,017 --> 00:18:40,320 MOM, WHATEVER IT IS, I'M GONNA TELL FIONA. 409 00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:42,755 SHE'S MY SOUL MATE. 410 00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:44,324 OKAY. 411 00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:46,693 WELL... 412 00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:49,529 THE THING IS, HENRY... 413 00:18:52,199 --> 00:18:55,134 TELL HIM. 414 00:18:55,168 --> 00:18:57,136 WELL, HENRY, HELLO. WELCOME. 415 00:18:57,170 --> 00:19:00,607 THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BIRTH FATHER, ACTUALLY. 416 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,009 DID HE CROAK? NO. NO, NO, NO. 417 00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:05,312 WELL, WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER 418 00:19:05,345 --> 00:19:08,147 SINCE WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO HE EVEN IS. FIONA'S A SPERM-DONOR BABY, TOO. 419 00:19:08,181 --> 00:19:10,217 IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE BONDED OVER. 420 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:14,221 YES, IN FACT, YOU'RE NOT JUST SPERM-DONOR BABIES. 421 00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:18,458 BUT YOU BOTH COME FROM THE SAME SPERM BANK, ACTUALLY. 422 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:20,327 REALLY? 423 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:24,364 COOL. (laughs) YOU SEE? WE'RE SO MUCH ALIKE. 424 00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:26,999 M-MORE ALIKE THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. 425 00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:31,238 IT'S POSSIBLE... YOU CAME FROM THE SAME SPERM DONOR. 426 00:19:31,271 --> 00:19:33,340 (laughs) WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 427 00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:34,974 WELL... 428 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:38,245 YOU MAY HAVE... 429 00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:42,415 UM... 430 00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:46,319 THE SAME BIRTH FATHER. 431 00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:49,722 THE ODDS ARE AGAINST IT, OF COURSE, 432 00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:53,025 BUT THERE'S A WEE CHANCE THAT... 433 00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:55,495 UH, FIONA... 434 00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:58,398 IS... 435 00:19:59,899 --> 00:20:02,569 YOUR HALF SISTER. 436 00:20:04,971 --> 00:20:07,407 THAT--IT CAN'T BE. 437 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,877 I-I--I'M SURE IT ISN'T, BUT, UH, UM, IT MIGHT BE. 438 00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:14,614 HOW CAN WE KNOW... 439 00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:16,583 FOR SURE? 440 00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:19,386 WELL... THAT'S THE THING. 441 00:20:19,419 --> 00:20:22,789 UH, WE... CAN'T. 442 00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:26,025 WE'RE TRYING, BUT SO FAR... 443 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:28,561 WE CAN'T. 444 00:20:28,595 --> 00:20:31,731 *** 445 00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:40,307 I HAVE BEEN INFORMED 446 00:20:40,340 --> 00:20:44,877 THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN WAGERING ON THIS CASE. 447 00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:46,979 IS THAT TRUE? 448 00:20:47,013 --> 00:20:50,550 (scoffs) THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE. 449 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:53,553 MR. SHORE... WHAT ABOUT YOU? 450 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:55,788 ME? I'VE BEEN INFORMED 451 00:20:55,822 --> 00:20:59,459 THAT YOU AND DENNY CRANE HAVE A SIDE BET FOR $50,000. 452 00:20:59,492 --> 00:21:01,928 IS THAT TRUE? 453 00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:05,164 WELL... 454 00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:07,133 ALAN? 455 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:12,004 PROCEEDS GO TO THE TROOPS. 456 00:21:12,038 --> 00:21:15,141 I NEVER BET ON BASEBALL, AND I BET WE'D WIN HERE, 457 00:21:15,174 --> 00:21:17,610 SO IT'S NOT AS IF I'M THROWING ANYTHING HERE. 458 00:21:17,644 --> 00:21:19,346 BUT A SENIOR PARTNER IN YOUR FIRM-- 459 00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:23,483 LOOK, DENNY AND I HAVE THESE LITTLE SIDE BETS ALL THE TIME. 460 00:21:23,516 --> 00:21:26,419 IT'S NOT LIKE... THAT ANSWER REMOTELY HELPED ME. 461 00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:28,688 I LIED ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY. 462 00:21:28,721 --> 00:21:31,591 DENNY AND I DON'T BET ALL THE TIME. 463 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:34,494 I NEVER BET. I JUST... LIE. 464 00:21:34,527 --> 00:21:37,530 MY THERAPIST RECOMMENDS THAT I LIE TO GET PAST THE... 465 00:21:37,564 --> 00:21:39,766 GAMBLING PROBLEM. 466 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:42,935 WELL, I'M RECOMMENDING YOU FOR DISBARMENT 467 00:21:42,969 --> 00:21:45,672 AS SOON AS THIS CASE IS THROUGH. 468 00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:49,275 ALL RIGHT. SUMMATION, 10:00 A.M. TOMORROW. 469 00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:53,145 *** 470 00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:05,324 *** 471 00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:09,662 YOU TOLD THE JUDGE? WHAT? 472 00:22:09,696 --> 00:22:12,732 ABOUT OUR BET. YOU TOLD THE JUDGE. I DID NO SUCH THING. 473 00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:15,735 WELL, HE KNOWS, DENNY. HOW WOULD HE KNOW? DON'T ASK ME. 474 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:18,505 YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING TO ANYBODY? 475 00:22:18,538 --> 00:22:21,374 WELL, I-I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED IT TO THE CLERK IN PASSING. 476 00:22:21,408 --> 00:22:23,576 I DON'T BELIEVE IT. CALM DOWN. 477 00:22:23,610 --> 00:22:25,845 YOU SABOTAGED A CASE OF THIS FIRM 478 00:22:25,878 --> 00:22:28,648 SO YOU COULD WIN A BET? YOU SABOTAGED ME. 479 00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:30,917 (whispers) KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN. I WILL NOT KEEP MY VOICE DOWN. 480 00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:33,319 YOU SOLD ME OUT. I'M UP FOR DISBARMENT NOW. 481 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:35,922 YOU MIGHT BE, TOO. (normal voice) I'LL MAKE A FEW CALLS. 482 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:37,924 DENNY, WE WAGERED ON A CASE. 483 00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:40,660 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW UNETHICAL THAT IS? 484 00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:42,429 WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE WE BET ON BASEBALL. 485 00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:45,197 YOU DID THIS TO ME, TO YOUR BEST FRIEND. 486 00:22:45,231 --> 00:22:48,935 WINNING A BET IS... MY GOD. 487 00:22:54,974 --> 00:22:55,942 SHE LOOKS MAD. 488 00:22:55,975 --> 00:22:57,844 OF ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE... 489 00:22:57,877 --> 00:23:00,413 NEVER MIND THE ILLEGALITY OF IT, 490 00:23:00,447 --> 00:23:02,682 THE INSENSITIVITY... 491 00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,684 A SOLDIER LOST HIS LIFE. 492 00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,419 SHIRLEY-- 493 00:23:06,453 --> 00:23:09,021 THERE IS NO EXCUSE, ALAN. I WASN'T ABOUT TO OFFER ANY. 494 00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:11,023 IT WAS STUPID. WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE DONE IT. 495 00:23:11,057 --> 00:23:14,126 IF I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE ANY BEARING ON THE CASE, I NEVER W-- 496 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,895 OF COURSE IT HAS BEARING. 497 00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:18,965 THE JUDGE NOW TAKES OUR CASE MUCH LESS SERIOUSLY BEC-- 498 00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:20,700 WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY DENNY'S PLAN, 499 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:23,235 WHICH IS WHY HE TOLD THE CLERK. OH, SURE. SELL ME OUT. 500 00:23:23,269 --> 00:23:25,237 YOU SOLD ME OUT. YOU BETRAYED ME. 501 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:27,440 YOU BO BETRAYED ME 502 00:23:27,474 --> 00:23:30,176 AND THIS FIRM AND THE CLIENT. 503 00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:34,647 YOU SICKEN ME, 504 00:23:34,681 --> 00:23:36,783 BOTH OF YOU. 505 00:23:38,785 --> 00:23:41,420 (door opens and closes) 506 00:23:41,454 --> 00:23:43,656 MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD. 507 00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:45,992 MAYBE?! 508 00:23:46,025 --> 00:23:48,394 YOU RISKED EVERYTHING. 509 00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:49,962 OUR FRIENDSHIP, OUR TRUST, 510 00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:52,098 OUR NIGHTS ON THE BALCONY-- 511 00:23:52,131 --> 00:23:55,434 YOU PUT A STUPID BET BEFORE IT ALL. 512 00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:57,436 I MEAN--YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T CARE. 513 00:23:57,470 --> 00:23:59,939 I'M DONE. WE'RE DONE. 514 00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:01,307 ALAN. 515 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:04,243 I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOU. 516 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:05,778 (door slams) 517 00:24:09,516 --> 00:24:12,819 SO THIS ISN'T ANY KIND OF IN VITRO FACILITY OR-- 518 00:24:12,852 --> 00:24:14,621 NO, YOUR HONOR. IT'S SIMPLY A BANK. 519 00:24:14,654 --> 00:24:18,124 PEOPLE BUY AND SELL SPERM. AND DO PEOPLE BUY AND SELL A LOT OF IT, 520 00:24:18,157 --> 00:24:20,493 OR HAS THE WEAKENED AMERICAN DOLLAR 521 00:24:20,527 --> 00:24:23,930 TAKEN ITS TOLL THERE AS WELL? YOUR HONOR, I CERTAINLY HOPE 522 00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:27,099 YOU'RE NOT FINDING HUMOR IN THIS. 523 00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:30,002 THE CONSEQUENCES HERE ARE POTENTIALLY DIRE. LOOK, THE ODDS OF TWO PEOPLE 524 00:24:30,036 --> 00:24:32,872 FROM THE SAME DONOR MEETING ARE-- NOT PREPOSTEROUS. 525 00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:34,874 MANY DONORS DONATE BUCKETS OF SPERM OVER TIME. 526 00:24:34,907 --> 00:24:37,677 IN FACT, WITH DESIGNER BABIES AND GENETIC ENGINEERING 527 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:39,946 BEING THE NEW MUST-HAVE FOR WEALTHY FAMILIES, 528 00:24:39,979 --> 00:24:42,849 MANY PROSPECTIVE PARENTS GO LOOKING FOR THAT ATHLETIC, 529 00:24:42,882 --> 00:24:44,851 GOOD-LOOKING MAN WITH THE IVY LEAGUE DEGREE. 530 00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:46,485 THERE ARE SOME DONORS 531 00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:49,021 WHO HAVE SIRED MORE OFFSPRING THAN SECRETARIAT. 532 00:24:49,055 --> 00:24:51,190 IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME 533 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:54,694 BEFORE TWO PEOPLE FROM THE SAME SEED HOOK UP. 534 00:24:54,727 --> 00:24:56,696 CROWN CRYOBANK FOLLOWS THE GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED BY 535 00:24:56,729 --> 00:24:59,131 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE 536 00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:00,700 TO SPECIFICALLY GUARD AGAINST 537 00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:02,635 THE POSSIBILITY OF CONSANGUINITY. 538 00:25:02,669 --> 00:25:04,637 BUT IT CAN HAPPEN. 539 00:25:04,671 --> 00:25:06,906 LOOKING AT THESE TWO KIDS, YOU CAN SEE THE POSSIBILITY. 540 00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:08,908 YOUR HONOR, IF I MAY, 541 00:25:08,941 --> 00:25:11,310 WE LIMIT THE NUMBER OF LIVE BIRTHS PER DONOR TO 25 542 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:13,846 PER POPULATION OF 800,000. 543 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,315 BUT YOU HAVE NO MEANS OF ACTUALLY TRACKING THAT NUMBER. 544 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:17,917 THERE'S NO OBLIGATION 545 00:25:17,950 --> 00:25:19,652 FOR THE WOMEN TO TELL YOU THE RESULTS 546 00:25:19,686 --> 00:25:22,088 OF THE PURCHASED SPERM ONCE IT LEAVES THE DEPOT. 547 00:25:22,121 --> 00:25:25,024 WE HAVE BINDING CONTRACTS WITH OUR DONORS. BUT IF YOU TALK TO ADOPTED CHILDREN, 548 00:25:25,057 --> 00:25:27,727 THEY WILL TELL YOU THERE IS A NEED. 549 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,197 EVEN THE--THE ONES RAISED BY LOVING ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, 550 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:33,532 THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL, 551 00:25:33,566 --> 00:25:35,735 PERHAPS EVEN PRIMAL NEED, 552 00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:39,238 TO KNOW WHO AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM. 553 00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:41,073 AND THESE CONTRACTS SAY, 554 00:25:41,107 --> 00:25:44,611 "NO, SORRY, SPERM DONORS' PRIVACY COUNTS MORE." 555 00:25:44,644 --> 00:25:46,178 THAT'S WRONG. 556 00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:48,615 PARENTS HAVE ALWAYS TREATED CHILDREN LIKE CHATTEL, 557 00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:50,416 LIKE ACQUISITIONS, BUT THIS... 558 00:25:50,449 --> 00:25:52,251 THE U.K. PASSED A LAW 559 00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:54,887 ENDING THE PRACTICE OF DONATING SPERM ANONYMOUSLY. 560 00:25:54,921 --> 00:25:57,223 FERTILITY CLINICS STARTED TO DRY UP. 561 00:25:57,256 --> 00:26:00,526 SOME HAVE NO SPERM AT ALL. DESPERATE PARENTS LOSE OUT. 562 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,128 ALL RIGHT. 563 00:26:02,161 --> 00:26:04,330 I THINK I KNOW THE ARGUMENTS. 564 00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:08,067 YES, SON? 565 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:11,203 I JUST WANT TO SAY, JUDGE, NOBODY EVER CONSULTED ME. 566 00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:14,140 NOW IF I WANT TO KNOW WHERE I CAME FROM, 567 00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:17,109 WHO MY BIRTH FATHER IS, DOES CANCER RUN IN THE FAMILY, 568 00:26:17,143 --> 00:26:20,613 ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISEASES I MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO GET, 569 00:26:20,647 --> 00:26:22,615 DO I HAVE ANY BROTHERS OR SISTERS, 570 00:26:22,649 --> 00:26:26,819 IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE WHO LOOKS LIKE ME-- 571 00:26:26,853 --> 00:26:28,721 I DON'T GET TO KNOW ANY OF THAT 572 00:26:28,755 --> 00:26:30,422 BECAUSE BEFORE I WAS BORN, 573 00:26:30,456 --> 00:26:32,591 SOME PEOPLE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT. 574 00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:42,969 (mutters) 575 00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:51,143 I'M SORRY. 576 00:26:51,177 --> 00:26:53,145 GO TELL SOMEONE WHO'S INTERESTED. 577 00:26:53,179 --> 00:26:56,015 I'M WORKING ON MY SUMMATION. ALAN, I-- 578 00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:57,750 GET OUT. 579 00:26:57,784 --> 00:26:59,686 YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING LIKE... 580 00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:02,121 SORRY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH. 581 00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:10,496 ALAN... 582 00:27:10,529 --> 00:27:13,132 I'M SLIPPING. 583 00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:18,671 WHAT WOULD EVER 584 00:27:18,705 --> 00:27:20,606 POSSESS ME TO-- 585 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,675 I MEAN, I DO CRAZY THINGS, 586 00:27:22,709 --> 00:27:25,712 BUT I-I ALWAYS KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. 587 00:27:25,745 --> 00:27:29,581 MY JUDGMENT ON THIS WAS... 588 00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:38,858 I KNOW I'M SLIPPING. 589 00:27:38,891 --> 00:27:40,693 I'M SO, SO SORRY. 590 00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:43,329 FOR ME TO HAVE DONE THIS 591 00:27:43,362 --> 00:27:46,165 TO THE PERSON I LOVE MOST IS... 592 00:27:47,734 --> 00:27:49,702 WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME? 593 00:27:49,736 --> 00:27:51,670 NOTHING'S HAPPENING TO YOU. 594 00:27:51,704 --> 00:27:54,640 YES, IT IS. I'M NOT SURE. 595 00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:57,243 MAYBE I SHOULDN'T PRACTICE ANYMORE. 596 00:27:57,276 --> 00:27:59,746 LOOK, DON'T OVERREACT. 597 00:27:59,779 --> 00:28:01,881 I TOLD THE CLERK OF A SITTING JUDGE 598 00:28:01,914 --> 00:28:04,350 WE HAD A BET ON THE CASE. 599 00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:09,021 IF I'M GOING DOWN, 600 00:28:09,055 --> 00:28:11,390 I--I'M NOT TAKING YOU DOWN WITH ME. 601 00:28:11,423 --> 00:28:13,592 IT'S TIME I QUIT. 602 00:28:13,625 --> 00:28:15,594 IF YOU QUIT WORK, DENNY, 603 00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:18,597 YOUR BRAIN WILL SHRIVEL UP TO THE SIZE OF A SMALL RAISIN, 604 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:21,467 AND YOU SURELY WILL DIE. 605 00:28:26,238 --> 00:28:30,676 HAVE YOU BEEN FEELING OTHER SYMPTOMS LATELY? 606 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:33,612 SOMETIMES I FEEL A LITTLE FOGGY 607 00:28:33,645 --> 00:28:36,615 AND I DON'T SEEM TO ALWAYS GET THINGS. 608 00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,851 FOR EXAMPLE? OBAMA. 609 00:28:38,885 --> 00:28:42,621 ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THE PATRIOTS LOSING TO THE GIANTS. 610 00:28:42,654 --> 00:28:44,256 YOU'RE COVERING. 611 00:28:48,828 --> 00:28:50,930 THE IDEA OF NOT HAVING YOU-- 612 00:28:50,963 --> 00:28:54,000 YOU WILL NEVER NOT HAVE ME. 613 00:28:55,802 --> 00:28:57,770 YOU SAID WE WERE DONE. 614 00:28:57,804 --> 00:28:59,638 I WAS ANGRY, DENNY. 615 00:28:59,671 --> 00:29:01,974 I'LL GET BY IT. 616 00:29:02,008 --> 00:29:08,414 OUR FRIENDSHIP WILL SURVIVE AN ACT OF POOR JUDGMENT. 617 00:29:08,447 --> 00:29:09,782 REALLY? 618 00:29:09,816 --> 00:29:11,818 REALLY. 619 00:29:17,957 --> 00:29:21,127 (Denny sighs) 620 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,295 IF YOU WANT TO CALL OFF THE BET-- 621 00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:25,297 I HAVE NO INTEREST IN DOING THAT. 622 00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:27,099 I PLAN ON WINNING. 623 00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:29,235 DOUBLE IT? 624 00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:31,637 DONE. 625 00:29:31,670 --> 00:29:32,905 DON'T TELL. 626 00:29:32,939 --> 00:29:34,673 I WON'T. 627 00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:36,508 THANK YOU, ALAN. 628 00:29:36,542 --> 00:29:40,913 YOU FORGIVE, I FORGET-- WE MAKE A GOOD TEAM. 629 00:29:40,947 --> 00:29:45,351 (laughs) YES. WE'RE A VERY GOOD TEAM. 630 00:29:45,384 --> 00:29:47,786 *** 631 00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:55,928 (woman) ALL RISE. 632 00:29:55,962 --> 00:29:59,598 *** 633 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:02,201 (clears throat) 634 00:30:02,234 --> 00:30:05,004 ALL RIGHT. 635 00:30:05,037 --> 00:30:08,040 LOOK, WHEN I GREW UP, IT WAS RELATIVELY RARE 636 00:30:08,074 --> 00:30:10,476 TO MEET A PERSON WHO WAS ADOPTED. 637 00:30:10,509 --> 00:30:15,381 TODAY ADOPTION IS COMMONPLACE, AS ARE MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES. 638 00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:19,718 GENEALOGY IS ALMOST CONSIDERED IRRELEVANT. 639 00:30:19,751 --> 00:30:21,387 BUT IT IS RELEVANT. 640 00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:23,856 PEOPLE DO WANT TO KNOW THEIR GENETIC HISTORY, 641 00:30:23,890 --> 00:30:26,692 WHETHER IT IS FOR MEDICAL REASONS 642 00:30:26,725 --> 00:30:28,827 OR JUST, WELL, TO FEEL COMPLETE 643 00:30:28,861 --> 00:30:31,663 AS ONE ADOPTED FRIEND RECENTLY TOLD ME. 644 00:30:31,697 --> 00:30:33,699 I AGREE WITH MR. ESPENSON. 645 00:30:33,732 --> 00:30:35,701 WE CANNOT ALLOW A CONTRACT 646 00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:37,836 TO USURP THE AUTONOMY OF THE CHILD. 647 00:30:37,870 --> 00:30:40,506 THE CURRENT LAWS ARE ANYTHING BUT CURRENT, 648 00:30:40,539 --> 00:30:43,209 AND THEY NEED TO BE REEXAMINED. 649 00:30:43,242 --> 00:30:46,512 IN THE MEANTIME, I AM NOT ORDERING THE DEFENDANT 650 00:30:46,545 --> 00:30:48,380 TO TELL THE PLAINTIFF 651 00:30:48,414 --> 00:30:50,416 THE IDENTITY OF HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER. 652 00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:52,318 BUT I AM ORDERING YOU TO TELL HIM 653 00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:54,386 IF HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND 654 00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:57,856 COME FROM THE SAME SPERM DONOR. 655 00:30:57,890 --> 00:31:01,393 YOU HAVE MY RULING. WE ARE ADJOURNED. 656 00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:04,763 SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? 657 00:31:04,796 --> 00:31:07,733 WELL, WE AT LEAST FIND OUT IF YOU TWO ARE RELATED. 658 00:31:07,766 --> 00:31:10,669 HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE? 659 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:13,105 I WOULD THINK WE'D KNOW TODAY. 660 00:31:13,139 --> 00:31:16,575 GOOD WORK, JERRY. I'M VERY IMPRESSED. 661 00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:20,112 (makes popping noise) 662 00:31:20,146 --> 00:31:21,747 (pop) 663 00:31:21,780 --> 00:31:23,449 (pop) 664 00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:24,783 *** 665 00:31:24,816 --> 00:31:26,685 IT ISN'T JUST THE UNDUE ECONOMIC BURDEN 666 00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:28,787 ON THE GOVERNMENT, YOUR HONOR, 667 00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:31,623 THOUGH THAT ALONE WOULD BE CRIPPLING. 668 00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:33,125 BUT TO SUBJECT 669 00:31:33,159 --> 00:31:34,961 THE MILITARY HOSPITALS TO DISCOVERY? 670 00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:36,228 THAT COULD RESULT 671 00:31:36,262 --> 00:31:38,297 IN THE FREE TRADE OF MILITARY SECRETS. 672 00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:40,199 IT COULD COMPROMISE MILITARY DISCIPLINE. 673 00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:42,234 REPRESENTATIVE DUNCAN HUNTER, 674 00:31:42,268 --> 00:31:45,104 A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE 675 00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:48,941 AND A FORMER FIGHTER PILOT-- CONSIDER WHAT HE SAID-- 676 00:31:48,975 --> 00:31:51,810 "THE FERES DOCTRINE REPRESENTS A REASONABLE APPROACH 677 00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:55,081 "TO ENSURING THAT LITIGATION DOES NOT INTERFERE 678 00:31:55,114 --> 00:31:56,949 "WITH THE OBJECTIVES AND READINESS 679 00:31:56,983 --> 00:31:58,717 OF OUR NATION'S MILITARY." 680 00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,719 YOU KNOW, AND THINK OF IT? 681 00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:02,821 DO WE REALLY WANT OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL 682 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:05,124 BOGGED DOWN IN DEPOSITIONS AND MOTIONS 683 00:32:05,157 --> 00:32:07,326 WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGHT A WAR? 684 00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,761 AND FINALLY, YOUR HONOR, 685 00:32:09,795 --> 00:32:11,430 CONSIDER THIS-- 686 00:32:11,463 --> 00:32:15,101 MILITARY HOSPITALS TEND TO DEAL WITH HIGH VOLUME, 687 00:32:15,134 --> 00:32:18,004 AND AS MR. SHORE NOTED, MANY CATASTROPHIC WOUNDS. 688 00:32:18,037 --> 00:32:20,672 WE WANT THESE KIDS GETTING TREATMENT. 689 00:32:20,706 --> 00:32:24,676 THE LAST THING WE NEED IS FOR DOCTORS TO BE BALKING 690 00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:26,812 OUT OF FEAR OF GETTING SUED. 691 00:32:26,845 --> 00:32:28,847 IF YOU TAKE AWAY THIS IMMUNITY, 692 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,749 THE REALITY IS, YOU'LL LOSE DOCTORS, 693 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:32,651 AND OUR KIDS 694 00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:35,754 WON'T GET THE MEDICAL TREATMENT THEY'VE EARNED AND DESERVE. 695 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:37,489 LAWYERS LOVE TO SUE. 696 00:32:37,523 --> 00:32:40,326 IT'S WHAT WE DO. IT'S HOW WE HEAT OUR POOLS. 697 00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:41,960 BUT SOMETIMES... 698 00:32:41,994 --> 00:32:44,963 WE HAVE TO PUT OUR COUNTRY FIRST. 699 00:32:44,997 --> 00:32:48,834 AND FAILING THAT, HOW ABOUT YOU PUT OUR TROOPS FIRST? 700 00:32:56,142 --> 00:32:58,544 AH. 701 00:32:58,577 --> 00:33:00,812 IT'S SURPRISING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE RUDIMENTS 702 00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:02,814 OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM TO OPPOSING COUNSEL, 703 00:33:02,848 --> 00:33:05,684 BUT I AM NOT SUING ANYONE. 704 00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:07,819 MY CLIENT IS SUING BECAUSE HIS BROTHER, 705 00:33:07,853 --> 00:33:09,855 A SOLDIER, WAS KILLED BY A MILITARY HOSPITAL. 706 00:33:09,888 --> 00:33:12,858 BY THE WAY, THERE ARE NO POOLS BEING HEATED HERE. 707 00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:15,461 I DON'T HAVE ONE, AND AS FOR MY CLIENT, 708 00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:18,464 HE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY TO HAVE A HOUSE, LET ALONE A POOL. 709 00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:20,799 ALTHOUGH I'M SURE HE'D PREFER TO HAVE HIS BROTHER. 710 00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:24,570 PRIVATE RICHARD CANFIELD WAS IN THE FORT WAYNE MILITARY HOSPITAL 711 00:33:24,603 --> 00:33:25,971 GETTING BASIC FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT 712 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:27,473 FOR WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN IRAQ, 713 00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:30,076 WOUNDS HE WAS HEALING FROM NICELY. 714 00:33:30,109 --> 00:33:32,078 HE BEGAN TO HAVE TROUBLE BREATHING DUE TO 715 00:33:32,111 --> 00:33:35,081 AN ADVERSE REACTION TO MEDICINE HE WAS MISTAKENLY GIVEN. 716 00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:37,216 THE DOCTOR THEN INSERTED A BREATHING TUBE INCORRECTLY 717 00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:39,418 AND PROCEEDED TO PUMP AIR INTO HIS STOMACH. 718 00:33:39,451 --> 00:33:42,321 BY THE TIME THEY FIGURED OUT THEIR MISTAKE 15 MINUTES LATER, 719 00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:44,423 PRIVATE CANFIELD HAD SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE. 720 00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:47,659 THREE DAYS LATER, HE DIED. NONE OF THIS IS IN DISPUTE. 721 00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:51,430 HAD THIS SAME MALPRACTICE HAPPENED TO ME OR YOU, 722 00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:54,866 OUR ESTATES WOULD RECEIVE MILLION-DOLLAR SETTLEMENTS. 723 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:57,736 BUT BECAUSE PRIVATE CANFIELD WAS A G.I., NOT A NICKEL. 724 00:33:57,769 --> 00:34:00,339 APPARENTLY, WE CAN ALL LIVE WITH THAT. 725 00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:03,542 THIS FERES DOCTRINE IS AS UNFAIR 726 00:34:03,575 --> 00:34:06,612 AS IT IS PATENTLY LUDICROUS. 727 00:34:06,645 --> 00:34:09,781 THERE IS NO DANGER OF REVEALING MILITARY SECRETS. 728 00:34:09,815 --> 00:34:11,783 DISCOVERY WOULD ONLY GO TO MEDICAL RECORDS. 729 00:34:11,817 --> 00:34:14,453 AND FRANKLY, I AM MYSTIFIED 730 00:34:14,486 --> 00:34:17,356 AS TO HOW THIS COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT MILITARY DISCIPLINE. 731 00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:19,791 WOULD THE TROOPS SUDDENLY STOP SALUTING 732 00:34:19,825 --> 00:34:21,893 OR BEGIN MARCHING IN CROOKED LINES? 733 00:34:21,927 --> 00:34:24,630 AND AS FOR THE SUPPOSED BURDEN ON THE GOVERNMENT, 734 00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:26,965 YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME. 735 00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:30,436 WHAT ABOUT PRIVATE CANFIELD'S HORRIFIC ORDEAL? 736 00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:32,404 NOT TO MENTION THE OBVIOUS FACT 737 00:34:32,438 --> 00:34:34,873 THAT WHILE OUR GOVERNMENT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SURVIVE, 738 00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:38,777 PRIVATE CANFIELD DID NOT. 739 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:43,449 I WOULD SAY TO YOU, YOUR HONOR, 740 00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:45,451 THESE ARE OUR KIDS WHO ARE DYING. 741 00:34:45,484 --> 00:34:47,953 BUT IT'S NOT REALLY OUR KIDS, IS IT? 742 00:34:47,986 --> 00:34:49,821 NOT FOR THE MOST PART. 743 00:34:49,855 --> 00:34:51,990 IT'S THE POOR PEOPLE'S KIDS. 744 00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:54,793 AND THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, SOME MIGHT SAY WINDFALL, 745 00:34:54,826 --> 00:34:56,795 OF OUR RECORD POVERTY AND DISPARITY OF WEALTH 746 00:34:56,828 --> 00:34:58,664 IS THAT WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF POOR PEOPLE 747 00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:00,832 WITH KIDS TO FIGHT OUR WARS. 748 00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:04,069 I'M SORRY, BUT I'M OFFENDED BY THAT. ARE YOU, REALLY? 749 00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:06,905 HOW ABOUT A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 750 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,840 WHO OPPOSES EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOR G.I.s 751 00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:11,777 SO AS NOT TO ENCOURAGE TROOPS TO LEAVE THE MILITARY? 752 00:35:11,810 --> 00:35:13,612 KEEP THEIR OPTIONS LIMITED. DOES THAT OFFEND YOU? 753 00:35:13,645 --> 00:35:16,648 HOW ABOUT ALL THE WAR PROFITEERING BY THE RICH? 754 00:35:16,682 --> 00:35:18,184 HOW ABOUT THE FACT 755 00:35:18,217 --> 00:35:20,919 THAT WHILE AN ARMY SERGEANT GETS AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $70,000, 756 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,921 PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS HIRED BY BLACKWATER AND DYNCORP 757 00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:25,591 GET $400,000 TO $500,000, DOES THAT OFFEND YOU? 758 00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:27,459 ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL, LUCRATIVE DEALS 759 00:35:27,493 --> 00:35:29,127 CAN HAPPEN IN WAR, 760 00:35:29,161 --> 00:35:31,430 BUT FOR THE G.I.s, WE'VE GOT THE FERES DOCTRINE, 761 00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:34,500 WHICH MEANS WHEN A G.I. IS KILLED BY HOSPITAL NEGLIGENCE 762 00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:37,636 OR EVEN DELIBERATELY BY A DOCTOR, NOT A NICKEL. 763 00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:40,806 HOW CAN THIS NOT SHOCK OUR NATIONAL CONSCIENCE? 764 00:35:40,839 --> 00:35:43,442 THE MEDIA GIVES IT LITTLE IF ANY SHRIFT. 765 00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:45,277 MR. MATHIS CLEARLY DOESN'T CARE. 766 00:35:45,311 --> 00:35:49,248 AND ME? HELL, I EVEN PLACED A BET ON THE CASE. 767 00:35:50,816 --> 00:35:52,384 (scoffs) 768 00:35:52,418 --> 00:35:57,423 HOW CAN IT BE THAT WE DON'T... MUCH CARE? 769 00:35:59,225 --> 00:36:02,461 MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR KIDS WHO ARE DYING. 770 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:04,963 IT'S THE POOR PEOPLE'S. 771 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:09,201 *** 772 00:36:23,482 --> 00:36:25,717 YES. YES, THAT'S FINE. I'LL WAIT. 773 00:36:25,751 --> 00:36:28,220 I'M ON HOLD. 774 00:36:28,254 --> 00:36:30,155 THEY HAVE THE ANSWER? 775 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:31,823 IT SEEMS SO. 776 00:36:33,492 --> 00:36:35,627 IT'S GOING TO BE FINE. 777 00:36:35,661 --> 00:36:37,429 I READ A STUDY. 778 00:36:37,463 --> 00:36:41,567 PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM. 779 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,236 IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR US TO RESEMBLE EACH OTHER. 780 00:36:44,270 --> 00:36:46,672 YES. THANK YOU. 781 00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:49,308 (hangs up receiver) 782 00:36:49,341 --> 00:36:52,344 WELL? 783 00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:01,152 YOU HAVE THE SAME SPERM DONOR. 784 00:37:08,294 --> 00:37:10,829 I'M SORRY. 785 00:37:10,862 --> 00:37:13,665 (voice breaks) THIS ISN'T FAIR. 786 00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:19,070 I'M SO SORRY. 787 00:37:24,343 --> 00:37:27,145 (door opens) 788 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:35,387 *** 789 00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:45,230 (man) ALL RISE. 790 00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:50,168 BE SEATED. 791 00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:59,077 I'M ALLOWING THE PLAINTIFF'S CASE TO STAND. 792 00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:01,547 YOUR HONOR, THE PRECEDENT SET BY THE FERES DOCTRINE-- 793 00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:05,384 THE FERES DOCTRINE IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE IN TODAY'S WORLD. 794 00:38:05,417 --> 00:38:08,854 WELL, IN THAT CASE, THE REMEDY IS THE LEGISLATURE. I DISAGREE, COUNSELOR. 795 00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:11,156 THIS DOCTRINE UNFAIRLY VICTIMIZES THE POOR. 796 00:38:11,189 --> 00:38:14,726 THERE ARE FAR MORE RICH PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE 797 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,529 THAN POOR PEOPLE. 798 00:38:17,563 --> 00:38:20,265 THIS WILL NEVER GET FIXED BY AN ELECTABLE LEGISLATURE, NEVER. 799 00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:22,267 YOUR HONOR-- I'M ALLOWING THE CASE TO STAND. 800 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,235 WE ARE ADJOURNED. 801 00:38:24,269 --> 00:38:26,104 (bangs gavel) 802 00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,740 WELL... 803 00:38:28,774 --> 00:38:31,343 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT MEANS FOR NOW, YOU STILL GET TO SUE. 804 00:38:31,377 --> 00:38:33,011 HOPEFULLY WE CAN SETTLE IT QUICKLY. 805 00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:37,082 THANK YOU. I'LL SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH OPPOSING COUNSEL, 806 00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:39,184 AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES. 807 00:38:39,217 --> 00:38:41,720 I'LL LET YOU KNOW. 808 00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:48,093 SHIRLEY, I APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR ANY EMBARRASSMENT THAT-- 809 00:38:51,262 --> 00:38:53,264 OKAY. 810 00:38:53,298 --> 00:38:56,435 *** 811 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,975 SHE'LL FORGIVE US. 812 00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:06,144 IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S ALREADY HALFWAY THERE. 813 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:07,913 WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT? 814 00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:11,617 WELL, SHIRLEY HAS NO TROUBLE EXPRESSING HER DISPLEASURE. 815 00:39:11,650 --> 00:39:15,721 BUT WHEN SHE SAYS NOTHING OR WALKS AWAY IN SILENCE, 816 00:39:15,754 --> 00:39:17,589 IT'S LIKE SHE'S SAYING, 817 00:39:17,623 --> 00:39:20,959 "I'M STILL ANGRY, BUT I'LL FORGIVE YOU." 818 00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:25,997 WILL YOU... 819 00:39:26,031 --> 00:39:28,099 REALLY FORGIVE ME? 820 00:39:28,133 --> 00:39:31,302 I DID ALREADY. 821 00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,141 (exhales deeply) 822 00:39:36,174 --> 00:39:38,343 I CAN'T BELIEVE 823 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:40,746 I ACTUALLY SAID THAT TO THE CLERK. 824 00:39:40,779 --> 00:39:43,248 PROMISE ME SOMETHING-- 825 00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:46,117 WHEN I DO SOMETHING CRAZY, YOU'LL TELL ME. 826 00:39:46,151 --> 00:39:50,489 OKAY, LET'S START WITH DOUBLING THE BET. 827 00:39:50,522 --> 00:39:53,158 OH, RIGHT. YEAH. 828 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:59,998 AT LEAST TELL ME IT'S GOING TO A GOOD CAUSE, LIKE A HOOKER. 829 00:40:00,031 --> 00:40:01,867 IT'S GOING TO THE TROOPS. REMEMBER? 830 00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:04,470 OH, RIGHT, YES. I FEEL BETTER NOW. 831 00:40:09,575 --> 00:40:11,443 YOU OKAY, DENNY? 832 00:40:11,477 --> 00:40:14,646 OH, YEAH. 833 00:40:16,682 --> 00:40:18,517 YOU REALLY YELLED AT ME. 834 00:40:18,550 --> 00:40:22,187 I JUST LOST MY TEMPER. 835 00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:24,355 I'M OVER IT. 836 00:40:26,391 --> 00:40:28,494 YOU KNOW WHAT'S LONG OVERDUE? 837 00:40:28,527 --> 00:40:31,062 YOU AND ME ON A ROAD TRIP. 838 00:40:31,096 --> 00:40:32,798 A ROAD TRIP. 839 00:40:32,831 --> 00:40:34,332 MAYBE WE SHOULD GO TO ROME, 840 00:40:34,365 --> 00:40:37,803 OR THE BALCONY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING. 841 00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:40,071 YEAH, I'VE GOT IT. A DUDE RANCH. 842 00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:42,207 A DUDE RANCH? 843 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:44,643 IT'S HORSES AND--AND SHEEP 844 00:40:44,676 --> 00:40:46,411 AND FRESH AIR AND... 845 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:49,314 SHEEP. 846 00:40:49,347 --> 00:40:52,150 LET'S GO WEST, TO THE WILD WEST. 847 00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:54,886 I DON'T REALLY LIKE HORSES. 848 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,188 HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE HORSES? A DUDE RANCH. 849 00:40:57,222 --> 00:41:00,992 YOU JUST LEAVE IT TO ME. I'LL MAKE ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS. 850 00:41:01,026 --> 00:41:03,261 WE'LL HAVE CAMPFIRES AND MARSHMALLOWS AND TENTS 851 00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:05,531 AND... SHEEP. 852 00:41:05,564 --> 00:41:07,265 ME AND YOU AND... 853 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:10,101 FRESH AIR WOULD DO US BOTH GOOD. 854 00:41:10,135 --> 00:41:11,637 THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. 855 00:41:17,943 --> 00:41:21,279 THANK YOU... 856 00:41:22,648 --> 00:41:25,784 FOR BEING... 857 00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:27,786 THANK YOU. 858 00:41:27,819 --> 00:41:30,922 I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SLIPPING, DENNY. 859 00:41:32,257 --> 00:41:35,060 I REALLY DON'T. 860 00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:39,865 OKAY. 861 00:41:39,898 --> 00:41:43,334 *** 862 00:41:55,446 --> 00:41:56,514 NEXT ON "BOSTON LEGAL"... I ASKED FOR ALAN. 863 00:41:56,548 --> 00:41:58,917 HE'S OUT OF STATE. YOU GET ME. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY 864 00:41:58,950 --> 00:42:01,086 THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER MOUNTED A PROPER HORSE. 865 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:04,756 I KNOW HOW TO RIDE JUST FINE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. OH! THIS IS WHAT I CALL 866 00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:06,925 A SMALL WORLD, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 867 00:42:06,958 --> 00:42:08,894 I WAS A VICTIM OF TERRIBLE MALPRACTICE. 868 00:42:08,927 --> 00:42:11,763 YOU TOOK ISSUE WITH THE DOCTOR HOW? I BLEW HIM UP. 869 00:42:11,797 --> 00:42:14,666 JERRY AND I ARE GOING TO WHAT PROMISES TO BE A FAB PARTY. 870 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:16,968 YOU WANT TO JOIN? I'LL PASS. 871 00:42:17,002 --> 00:42:19,404 WERE YOU ALWAYS PROPER AND BEHAVED? HOME ON THE RANGE-- 872 00:42:19,437 --> 00:42:22,073 WHERE THE DEER, THE ANTELOPE AND THE THREE OF US PLAY. 873 00:42:22,107 --> 00:42:24,342 THIS IS GONNA BE A HOOT. I WANT TO GO HOME.