1 00:00:00,070 --> 00:00:01,570 Previously on "Boston Legal" 2 00:00:01,439 --> 00:00:02,439 I'd like to get married 3 00:00:02,624 --> 00:00:03,624 What? 4 00:00:03,166 --> 00:00:04,166 I wanna get married 5 00:00:04,025 --> 00:00:05,025 The answer is yes 6 00:00:05,823 --> 00:00:06,823 May I kiss the bride? 7 00:00:10,045 --> 00:00:11,045 It should be you 8 00:00:11,099 --> 00:00:12,099 It's wooden Judge 9 00:00:12,081 --> 00:00:14,081 A propreoseptive tool 10 00:00:14,063 --> 00:00:15,063 What is this? 11 00:00:15,077 --> 00:00:16,077 New therapy 12 00:00:16,044 --> 00:00:16,444 Good isn't it? 13 00:00:16,498 --> 00:00:18,298 You will be utterly reduced to an ineffective, 14 00:00:18,386 --> 00:00:21,286 mumbling, inarticulate man with Asbergers disease 15 00:00:21,298 --> 00:00:23,198 I'll hold you in contempt right now 16 00:00:23,270 --> 00:00:24,270 My handcuffs or yours? 17 00:00:24,337 --> 00:00:26,037 You better respect this robe Alan 18 00:00:26,107 --> 00:00:28,207 Shall we get started Judge 19 00:00:28,696 --> 00:00:31,296 I'm gonna hate myself in the morning 20 00:00:38,610 --> 00:00:42,094 I really appreciate you taking the time to see me. You look great, by the way. 21 00:00:42,566 --> 00:00:44,324 You should see me naked. 22 00:00:44,324 --> 00:00:47,111 Really? I always found you much sexier fully-clothed. 23 00:00:47,111 --> 00:00:49,095 Is that why you always took me skiing? 24 00:00:49,326 --> 00:00:50,869 Anything to get you in a parka. 25 00:00:50,869 --> 00:00:53,591 I can see the two of you had a personal history together. 26 00:00:54,137 --> 00:00:57,156 Can I have one? You're so desirable. 27 00:00:57,610 --> 00:01:00,206 How can I help you, Kaye? 28 00:01:00,206 --> 00:01:04,658 Okay. Don't laugh. These are called Tarties dolls. 29 00:01:05,614 --> 00:01:09,345 My daughter plays with them, or wishes she could. She's six. 30 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:13,643 Many of her friends have them, the ones who don't, want them, 31 00:01:13,868 --> 00:01:16,621 and as you can see, they look like little hookers. 32 00:01:17,216 --> 00:01:19,147 I bet they make great stocking stuffers. 33 00:01:19,147 --> 00:01:23,457 They sell them nationwide at major retailers, including Fletcher's at the mall in my town. 34 00:01:24,019 --> 00:01:25,774 It's the equivalent of pornography in my opinion, which… 35 00:01:26,424 --> 00:01:28,116 --you know I support. 36 00:01:28,322 --> 00:01:31,942 My daughter got these as gifts for her birthday. These were her favorite gifts, by the way. 37 00:01:32,364 --> 00:01:34,116 But not your favorite, I suspect. Denny. 38 00:01:35,379 --> 00:01:37,247 Fletcher's is a family-oriented department store. 39 00:01:38,021 --> 00:01:42,495 You've seen their commercials. I would like to somehow get them to discontinue selling these. 40 00:01:42,495 --> 00:01:44,764 It's totally irresponsible. My daughter is six. 41 00:01:44,764 --> 00:01:47,814 Kaye, you can't possibly expect me to oppose something as titillating as- 42 00:01:48,442 --> 00:01:52,184 Alan, I said my daughter. She's also your daughter. 43 00:01:55,838 --> 00:01:58,683 Okay, she's not, but imagine if you had one. Do you? 44 00:01:58,983 --> 00:02:00,474 Not that I know of, but… 45 00:02:00,474 --> 00:02:02,533 Please? I really wanna shut this down. 46 00:02:02,919 --> 00:02:05,118 We have no grounds whatsoever to-- 47 00:02:05,118 --> 00:02:07,581 I would think Fletcher's would be concerned about the negative publicity. 48 00:02:07,581 --> 00:02:08,255 Denny. 49 00:02:08,255 --> 00:02:11,758 Just get us in the courtroom… please? 50 00:02:11,758 --> 00:02:14,482 Let me try the long shot first. I'll contact counsel for Fletcher's 51 00:02:15,462 --> 00:02:18,613 and persuade them that it might be in their best interest to voluntarily pull the dolls. 52 00:02:19,416 --> 00:02:22,979 But I must say Kaye these dolls to me seem… good for society. 53 00:02:24,283 --> 00:02:26,785 Thank you. Mr. Crane, thank you. 54 00:02:26,785 --> 00:02:28,689 Not to worry. We never lose. 55 00:02:28,689 --> 00:02:29,699 I'll be in touch. 56 00:02:29,699 --> 00:02:30,949 Okay. 57 00:02:34,547 --> 00:02:35,268 Give it to me. 58 00:02:35,268 --> 00:02:37,349 What? 59 00:02:37,349 --> 00:02:39,435 Denny. Give me the doll. 60 00:02:43,074 --> 00:02:44,274 She's hot. 61 00:03:17,509 --> 00:03:20,144 Hey, Shirley. 62 00:03:20,144 --> 00:03:22,506 Hey! What's going on? 63 00:03:22,506 --> 00:03:23,756 Well… 64 00:03:23,756 --> 00:03:25,656 We have a little announcement to make. 65 00:03:25,656 --> 00:03:30,425 Brad and I are getting married. 66 00:03:30,425 --> 00:03:34,671 Oh! Please! Very funny. 67 00:03:34,671 --> 00:03:36,051 No. I… We are. I love him and I decided to marry him. 68 00:03:38,387 --> 00:03:45,285 Oh. Oh! Oh, well. That is wonderful!. 69 00:03:49,408 --> 00:03:52,126 Why do you think this is so ridiculous? 70 00:03:52,126 --> 00:03:57,326 I do not think it's ridiculous. I'm… I'm just overwhelmed. I, 71 00:03:58,258 --> 00:04:03,528 I mean we all thought it was just a matter of time before you two love-birds… 72 00:04:04,362 --> 00:04:10,065 Ha.. I don't know what to say… ha, ha. 73 00:04:22,876 --> 00:04:23,777 Are you making fun of me? 74 00:04:24,227 --> 00:04:25,235 Uh… no sir. 75 00:04:25,235 --> 00:04:26,671 I saw you. You hopped. 76 00:04:26,671 --> 00:04:32,410 Oh. I got this sense that you were about to hop, and I just hopped too. 77 00:04:33,112 --> 00:04:35,143 It wasn't to make fun of you. 78 00:04:40,259 --> 00:04:41,656 Why are you following me? 79 00:04:41,656 --> 00:04:44,011 Oh. I'm Mr. Shore's assistant. This is my office. 80 00:04:45,083 --> 00:04:47,066 Oh. He in? 81 00:04:47,066 --> 00:04:49,419 Yes sir. 82 00:04:52,941 --> 00:04:55,465 Thanks, much! 83 00:04:58,488 --> 00:05:00,888 How we doin', Al? Good to see you. 84 00:05:00,888 --> 00:05:03,189 Family's good I take it! 85 00:05:03,189 --> 00:05:06,064 Jerry. I don't have a family. 86 00:05:06,423 --> 00:05:10,892 Small courtesies. Don't take it literal, Al. Your people called my people about Fletcher's. 87 00:05:11,929 --> 00:05:12,915 What can I do you for? 88 00:05:12,915 --> 00:05:14,323 You represent Fletcher's Department Stores? 89 00:05:14,323 --> 00:05:18,740 Some. Not all. I represent the one you're trying to shake down. What's the problem? 90 00:05:19,175 --> 00:05:20,472 Before we discuss that problem, I'd like to address ours, Jerry. 91 00:05:23,638 --> 00:05:27,595 Didn't know we had one. What have I done now?. 92 00:05:27,595 --> 00:05:29,095 Would you please stop that? 93 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:31,762 No. This is the persona I use in my cases. 94 00:05:31,762 --> 00:05:34,064 Especially against the tricky, sleazy lawyers! 95 00:05:34,688 --> 00:05:37,734 Which I consider you to be. I say it with affection, Al. 96 00:05:37,734 --> 00:05:42,372 Jerry, please, stop it. May I have the wooden cigarette, please? 97 00:05:42,402 --> 00:05:45,339 No, I use this. If you don't like it, tough! 98 00:05:47,131 --> 00:05:48,560 Okay. 99 00:05:49,586 --> 00:05:50,586 First off, I'm thrilled for you. 100 00:05:51,099 --> 00:05:54,399 I'm very impressed… Fletcher's Department Stores for a client. 101 00:05:54,476 --> 00:06:00,872 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now we're both blowin' fake smoke. Que es la problema with mi cliento? 102 00:06:00,878 --> 00:06:05,599 Your client sells these dolls, they're called Tarties, 103 00:06:05,650 --> 00:06:09,150 quite sexual in nature and yet they market them to children. We'd like them to stop. 104 00:06:09,219 --> 00:06:13,487 My client makes a lot of money on those dolls, Al. They're just harmless fun. 105 00:06:13,511 --> 00:06:17,560 Do you have a collection? That might make Patty jealous. 106 00:06:17,659 --> 00:06:20,542 Nice try, Al. What else you got? 107 00:06:25,511 --> 00:06:27,448 I don't like the new you, Jerry. 108 00:06:30,461 --> 00:06:32,568 Sorry to disappoint 109 00:06:32,569 --> 00:06:33,569 We done here? 110 00:06:38,197 --> 00:06:40,174 Yes. See you in court. 111 00:06:40,277 --> 00:06:43,749 It's a date! My best to the Mrs. 112 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,305 The wooden cigarette? Again? 113 00:06:57,379 --> 00:07:00,420 Yeah. I've lost a friend, Denny. 114 00:07:00,503 --> 00:07:06,303 It was so upsetting to… oh… I've lost a very good friend. 115 00:07:06,367 --> 00:07:07,638 In other words he succeeded in distracting you. 116 00:07:08,887 --> 00:07:14,371 Say what you will about Hands, Alan, the man's a genius. He's trading on your guilt here. 117 00:07:14,374 --> 00:07:17,732 Putting you in the exact state of mind you're in. 118 00:07:17,761 --> 00:07:21,032 It's not the wooden cigarette he's using. It's you. 119 00:07:21,795 --> 00:07:23,964 I wonder. 120 00:07:23,962 --> 00:07:25,406 Denny! 121 00:07:25,498 --> 00:07:28,198 The interview for the new litigation associate… 122 00:07:28,294 --> 00:07:29,294 Yes. 123 00:07:29,726 --> 00:07:30,780 Well, if you're too busy… 124 00:07:30,853 --> 00:07:31,895 No, no, not too busy. 125 00:07:31,987 --> 00:07:33,077 It's okay, we can, we can… 126 00:07:33,129 --> 00:07:35,462 No, no. I'd like to meet him. I hear he's very good. 127 00:07:35,934 --> 00:07:41,492 Yeah. He's a terrific candidate. And Denny… we don't want to lose him. 128 00:07:41,855 --> 00:07:44,130 And you're afraid I'll say the wrong thing and blow it? 129 00:07:44,198 --> 00:07:46,306 No. It's not that. It's uh… 130 00:07:46,388 --> 00:07:48,205 It's uh… what, Paul? What? 131 00:07:48,544 --> 00:07:52,813 Well… what if he says the wrong thing? 132 00:07:52,988 --> 00:07:54,688 We're afraid you'll shoot him. 133 00:07:54,687 --> 00:07:56,387 We need this guy, Denny. 134 00:07:56,377 --> 00:07:57,661 I'll take the interview. 135 00:07:57,730 --> 00:07:58,135 Ugh. 136 00:07:58,167 --> 00:07:59,266 And Paul? 137 00:07:59,330 --> 00:08:02,530 On your way out, when you pass the receptionist, 138 00:08:02,655 --> 00:08:06,355 check out the name of the firm. See whose name comes first. 139 00:08:21,628 --> 00:08:27,276 Shirley? Why do you think it's so ridiculous that I'm gonna marry Brad? 140 00:08:27,350 --> 00:08:29,245 I don't. 141 00:08:29,266 --> 00:08:32,815 Yes you do. I saw your face. Come on. You've always been honest with me. 142 00:08:32,833 --> 00:08:36,945 Oh, ho! That is not true. If I had a nickel for every lie… 143 00:08:37,032 --> 00:08:38,824 Please. 144 00:08:41,549 --> 00:08:43,111 Why does my opinion even matter? 145 00:08:43,842 --> 00:08:45,865 Because it does! 146 00:08:45,896 --> 00:08:49,815 Well that should tell you something right there. If you need the approval of others… 147 00:08:49,875 --> 00:08:53,446 I don't need approval. I just wanted… I don't know. 148 00:08:53,495 --> 00:08:53,686 Advice? 149 00:08:53,765 --> 00:08:55,891 Maybe. Yeah. 150 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,276 Ah. You, you don't love him. 151 00:09:03,066 --> 00:09:04,766 At least not enough. 152 00:09:04,861 --> 00:09:09,161 You're having his baby; it's no doubt the practical thing to marry him. 153 00:09:09,202 --> 00:09:13,902 Perhaps even better for the baby, but um…you don't love him enough. 154 00:09:13,993 --> 00:09:16,367 How dare you? What business is it of yours? 155 00:09:24,406 --> 00:09:26,026 Mr. Shore? 156 00:09:26,070 --> 00:09:27,050 You all set? 157 00:09:27,032 --> 00:09:32,208 Yes. I didn't challenge zoning in the motion. I alleged nuisance. 158 00:09:32,301 --> 00:09:32,838 Nuisance? 159 00:09:32,852 --> 00:09:37,154 Yes. It's more viable. It's a question of fact. It won't get kicked. 160 00:09:37,236 --> 00:09:38,979 Okay. 161 00:09:39,036 --> 00:09:42,149 Ah, you don't seem focused, Alan. 162 00:09:42,172 --> 00:09:48,450 I'm not! I'm up against a friend who… he's doing what you do, I suppose. 163 00:09:48,527 --> 00:09:56,627 He's taking on a false persona which makes him feel more comfortable, because in his own skin… 164 00:09:57,590 --> 00:10:00,623 Part of me feels that I've helped to destroy the real Jerry Espenson. 165 00:10:00,624 --> 00:10:01,624 And I feel horrible about that. 166 00:10:03,122 --> 00:10:07,127 Okay. In the meantime you got a case to do. 167 00:10:07,174 --> 00:10:11,774 You need to go win this, Alan. For your friend. For her daughter. For Jerry. 168 00:10:11,862 --> 00:10:13,290 For Jerry? How so? 169 00:10:13,367 --> 00:10:15,347 If he beats you at full strength, fine. 170 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:23,048 But if he senses you're in there feeling sorry for him… Take it from me, that's the worst. 171 00:10:24,385 --> 00:10:25,632 So I should go in there and… 172 00:10:25,704 --> 00:10:27,300 Kick his ass. 173 00:10:27,921 --> 00:10:32,114 I suppose you're right. Most honorable thing I could do would be to… 174 00:10:32,177 --> 00:10:37,076 Kick. His. Ass. 175 00:10:39,736 --> 00:10:47,079 All rise. Case number seven, seven, two, six, four, Kaye Kent versus Fletcher's Department Store. 176 00:10:49,217 --> 00:10:50,223 Oh dear. 177 00:10:50,248 --> 00:10:52,234 What, oh dear? 178 00:10:52,325 --> 00:10:55,779 This may not be the ideal Judge. She'd like those dolls more than I do. 179 00:10:55,847 --> 00:10:58,254 Your Honor, we would ask that you dismiss this complaint 180 00:10:58,255 --> 00:11:01,855 on the face of the allegations, none of which support a viable cause of action. 181 00:11:02,363 --> 00:11:05,565 My client sells these dolls nationwide without incident. 182 00:11:06,012 --> 00:11:07,012 Is there something unique about the plaintiff's particular neighborhood? 183 00:11:08,812 --> 00:11:10,945 Before we get started I would ask that Your Honor recuse herself. 184 00:11:12,411 --> 00:11:14,581 The Judge and I are friends, Jerry. 185 00:11:14,717 --> 00:11:15,741 Yes, Alan. 186 00:11:15,782 --> 00:11:20,382 And the wheels of justice would grind to a halt if we recused every jurist you've slept with. 187 00:11:20,439 --> 00:11:23,139 Tell you what. How about we go with, "Don't ask, don't tell?" 188 00:11:23,216 --> 00:11:25,371 Because for me the bragging gets old. 189 00:11:25,377 --> 00:11:29,777 Oh, don't worry, Your Honor, he said you were phenomenal. He's got you on his Top Ten list. 190 00:11:29,819 --> 00:11:30,702 Excuse me? 191 00:11:30,781 --> 00:11:35,815 That is not true! I didn't tell him anything. He's completely fabricating. 192 00:11:35,821 --> 00:11:39,655 Oh! Oh, because you sleep with so many Judges he made an educated guess? 193 00:11:39,678 --> 00:11:42,138 No, no, no, no, no, no.. Nooooo! I… 194 00:11:42,217 --> 00:11:44,957 Your Honor, I don't doubt you can remain impartial. 195 00:11:45,030 --> 00:11:48,430 Despite Counsel's claim that you eat out of the palm of his… To Alan. …was it the right hand? 196 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:49,283 Jerry! 197 00:11:49,372 --> 00:11:52,842 Sorry! Maybe you should step down if you're as obsessed as he says. 198 00:11:52,923 --> 00:11:56,052 I will stay right where I am! Thank you. 199 00:11:56,168 --> 00:11:59,462 Your Honor, Mr. Espenson has represented me in a very false light… 200 00:11:59,516 --> 00:12:03,725 Kneepad Nellie, your words, Alan, not right, step down, Your Honor. 201 00:12:03,778 --> 00:12:05,861 Mr. Shore, call your first witness. 202 00:12:05,930 --> 00:12:07,208 Did you say kneepad? 203 00:12:07,210 --> 00:12:09,852 Or I will dismiss your motion right now. 204 00:12:09,933 --> 00:12:13,108 She seems upset. 205 00:12:22,829 --> 00:12:24,251 It's a real honor to meet you. 206 00:12:24,321 --> 00:12:25,948 I'm sure it is. 207 00:12:26,041 --> 00:12:30,441 I can only imagine, thinking back when I was a kid starting out in the practice of law… 208 00:12:30,454 --> 00:12:33,654 if I had met someone like me. Wow! 209 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,530 Yes, yes. 210 00:12:35,809 --> 00:12:36,964 So? 211 00:12:41,294 --> 00:12:43,294 Who do you like for President? 212 00:12:43,308 --> 00:12:48,035 Uh. Well, I think I would have to learn more about all of the candidates before I could… 213 00:12:48,069 --> 00:12:51,613 Yeah, yeah, yeah. But if you had to vote today, who do you like? 214 00:12:50,742 --> 00:12:53,118 That's kind of a personal question, sir. 215 00:12:53,148 --> 00:12:56,120 Oh, come on. We're talking about public office. 216 00:12:56,344 --> 00:12:59,244 We keep our public opinions personal, does that make sense to you? 217 00:12:59,256 --> 00:13:00,179 Well, who do you like? 218 00:13:00,196 --> 00:13:02,242 Jeb. 219 00:13:02,671 --> 00:13:04,298 I don't believe he's running, sir. 220 00:13:04,342 --> 00:13:06,590 Oh he will. 221 00:13:07,180 --> 00:13:09,680 Last twenty years, there's been two families in the White House. 222 00:13:09,693 --> 00:13:12,493 The Bushes and the Clintons. That's the way it is. 223 00:13:12,558 --> 00:13:15,758 We like our dynasties here. It's the closest thing to having a king. 224 00:13:15,788 --> 00:13:20,088 Which we need if we wanna keep attacking foreign countries against the will of the American people. 225 00:13:20,124 --> 00:13:26,024 Two families. That leaves Hillary and Jeb. And if it's Hillary, you don't work here, bub. 226 00:13:26,064 --> 00:13:30,143 Well, if working here is conditioned on aligning myself 227 00:13:30,195 --> 00:13:32,095 with either a candidate or a political party, 228 00:13:32,114 --> 00:13:33,910 then I don't wanna work here. 229 00:13:34,007 --> 00:13:34,836 Atta boy! 230 00:13:35,110 --> 00:13:39,510 I like a man who puts himself out on a limb to avoid answering a question. 231 00:13:39,619 --> 00:13:42,019 'Course, that makes you a Democrat. 232 00:13:42,103 --> 00:13:44,903 You drink? We like to drink around here. 233 00:13:47,665 --> 00:13:49,759 I'm not a prude. I'm really not. 234 00:13:49,762 --> 00:13:55,763 You don't have to tell me, I'm…Then. Please continue. 235 00:13:55,784 --> 00:13:58,271 Wait, wait, wait. You've been with her? 236 00:13:58,324 --> 00:14:00,945 Your Honor, that's… really irrelevant. 237 00:14:01,039 --> 00:14:03,719 I find it's easier to keep track of the girls he hasn't been with. 238 00:14:03,718 --> 00:14:06,048 Do you mind? 239 00:14:08,883 --> 00:14:11,083 Ms. Kent. Please continue. 240 00:14:11,073 --> 00:14:14,049 It's just these dolls are so overtly sexual. 241 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:15,160 To market them to children… 242 00:14:15,624 --> 00:14:16,624 That one is actually wearing a lace thong. 243 00:14:21,934 --> 00:14:26,198 But, Ms. Kent, you must admit this would present quite a slippery slope. 244 00:14:26,268 --> 00:14:30,368 There are many products in today's society, be they music, clothing, videos… 245 00:14:30,372 --> 00:14:34,672 that are much more overtly sexual. 246 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,296 Most of those are aimed at teenagers. 247 00:14:37,364 --> 00:14:38,364 These dolls are more for girls in elementary school. 248 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:42,579 Read what's on the box, "She knows how to flaunt it." 249 00:14:42,673 --> 00:14:46,473 They're prostitots. And they're selling them in a toy store. 250 00:14:46,494 --> 00:14:52,194 In your deposition you stated that your daughter watched The Kids' Choice Awards? 251 00:14:52,239 --> 00:14:52,910 Yes. 252 00:14:52,947 --> 00:14:54,133 I see they nominated Eminem. 253 00:14:54,676 --> 00:14:59,476 Funny, his CD's are labeled 'parental advisory, lyrics not suitable for kids.' 254 00:14:59,537 --> 00:15:02,031 I don't let her listen to or watch Eminem. 255 00:15:02,050 --> 00:15:04,389 Oh, just the channels that glorify his lyrics? 256 00:15:04,481 --> 00:15:07,575 Objection, Counsel is putting lyrics in my client's mouth. 257 00:15:07,569 --> 00:15:08,440 Good one, Al. 258 00:15:08,517 --> 00:15:09,517 I see you wear clothes by Abernathy and Crotch, or whatever that's called. 259 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:13,365 I assume you mean… 260 00:15:13,425 --> 00:15:15,648 Your daughter ever go in the store with you when you shop there? 261 00:15:15,648 --> 00:15:16,253 She has. 262 00:15:16,308 --> 00:15:19,762 She see the t-shirts made for ten-year-olds with 'Eye Candy' written on the front? 263 00:15:19,841 --> 00:15:22,741 Or the other tshirt that says, "Who need brains when I got these?" 264 00:15:22,806 --> 00:15:24,682 I would not let her wear that. 265 00:15:24,685 --> 00:15:27,384 How 'bout all the sex on television,-- 266 00:15:27,762 --> 00:15:28,696 I don't like it. 267 00:15:28,778 --> 00:15:34,864 I read where music videos now contain ninety-three sexual situations per hour. 268 00:15:34,863 --> 00:15:37,263 Your daughter ever watch music videos? 269 00:15:37,285 --> 00:15:39,604 Sometimes, I try to monitor what she watches- 270 00:15:39,769 --> 00:15:40,864 But not what she plays with? 271 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:44,206 Got it. So I take it you don't have "Grand Theft Auto" 272 00:15:44,203 --> 00:15:47,803 that video game where they had the players simulate sex acts with prostitutes? 273 00:15:47,889 --> 00:15:49,193 We do not have that game. 274 00:15:49,210 --> 00:15:51,441 But they sold it at Fletcher's, why not sue for that while you're at it? 275 00:15:51,467 --> 00:15:51,942 Objection. 276 00:15:51,934 --> 00:15:52,905 Wha, wha, wha, what? 277 00:15:52,944 --> 00:15:56,688 You, Jerry. You. Your whole… demeanor. 278 00:15:56,860 --> 00:16:01,060 Your Honor, in the absence of a case he's attacking the witness personally. 279 00:16:01,484 --> 00:16:03,134 Objection overruled. 280 00:16:03,228 --> 00:16:08,851 You ever watch that show about the horny housewives? Lotta sex there, I tell ya. 281 00:16:08,906 --> 00:16:11,646 I watch it, but I wouldn't let my six-year-old watch. 282 00:16:11,690 --> 00:16:15,000 She might like it, it's one of the top twenty shows with children age two to eleven. 283 00:16:15,165 --> 00:16:17,565 Can't believe a mother hasn't sued for that. 284 00:16:17,501 --> 00:16:20,309 Your Honor, this mocking tone is entirely inappropriate- 285 00:16:20,371 --> 00:16:22,585 Ooh, Sorry. I'll go into rehab. 286 00:16:22,643 --> 00:16:26,243 Did you ever take your daughter to a psychologist after she played with these dolls? 287 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:27,349 No. 288 00:16:27,161 --> 00:16:29,806 So she really hasn't been that harmed, in your opinion. 289 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:31,905 I can only hope not. 290 00:16:31,926 --> 00:16:34,001 Thanks much. 291 00:16:42,582 --> 00:16:45,681 Your Honor, I'd like to call an expert witness to testify 292 00:16:45,070 --> 00:16:50,570 as to how the proliferation of sexual content in the marketplace is having an adverse effect,-- 293 00:16:50,806 --> 00:16:52,352 Speculation, Al, you're better than that. 294 00:16:52,985 --> 00:16:54,408 Sustained. 295 00:16:54,450 --> 00:16:56,428 Certainly I'm allowed to explore the negative impact- 296 00:16:57,279 --> 00:17:01,604 No! Your client just testified that she doesn't think her daughter was actually harmed. 297 00:17:01,659 --> 00:17:06,763 Only because I've been able to fend off the assault so far, but if things start getting worse… 298 00:17:06,810 --> 00:17:09,473 This is not moot court, Ms. Kent. 299 00:17:09,555 --> 00:17:11,745 Your Honor, may I see you in chambers? 300 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:14,946 Here we go. He told me he'd play this card. 301 00:17:14,970 --> 00:17:18,236 Jerry! 302 00:17:18,585 --> 00:17:20,585 Your Honor? Chambers. 303 00:17:20,616 --> 00:17:24,955 It'll be at your own risk, Mr. Shore. Let's go. 304 00:17:28,635 --> 00:17:31,719 Jerry. Watch out. You just might win this case. 305 00:17:31,786 --> 00:17:35,686 Don't have it be because you've turned into this terrible, horrible person. 306 00:17:36,964 --> 00:17:38,402 Is that all you got? 307 00:17:38,470 --> 00:17:40,170 You wanna call me the bumbling guy with Asperger's again? 308 00:17:40,243 --> 00:17:41,243 Bring it on, Al. 309 00:17:48,778 --> 00:17:53,244 Okay. First, I never said to opposing counsel any of the things he attributed… 310 00:17:53,296 --> 00:17:54,346 How'd he know then? 311 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:55,709 I indicated in court… 312 00:17:55,740 --> 00:17:58,560 No, no, no. No. You said we were friends. 313 00:17:58,614 --> 00:18:01,041 Well, he just… 314 00:18:01,043 --> 00:18:08,801 Made an educated guess? How many judges have you slept with, Alan? 315 00:18:09,047 --> 00:18:14,341 Something tells me I'm not going to be able to provide any satisfactory response here. 316 00:18:14,346 --> 00:18:20,346 Maybe his guess went to your sexual esprit, that would… 317 00:18:20,891 --> 00:18:26,223 Perhaps we should ask a different question. Why didn't you call? 318 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:27,391 What? 319 00:18:27,449 --> 00:18:29,206 Well, after we made love. Right here. 320 00:18:29,235 --> 00:18:34,135 Why didn't you call? Was I just a hit and run number to you? 321 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:37,104 Suddenly it smells like high school. 322 00:18:37,341 --> 00:18:39,729 Why.didn't.you.call? 323 00:18:39,787 --> 00:18:42,177 Well I suppose I could ask, why didn't you call? 324 00:18:42,192 --> 00:18:50,219 You could. And my answer would be I did. Twice. Both went unreturned. 325 00:18:50,591 --> 00:18:52,058 Oh. 326 00:18:52,057 --> 00:18:53,546 Hm. 327 00:18:53,205 --> 00:18:54,415 Your Honor. 328 00:18:54,426 --> 00:18:55,426 One would hope that you wouldn't let your 329 00:18:55,427 --> 00:19:01,027 personal discomfort with me affect your professional objectivity. 330 00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:02,306 One would hope. 331 00:19:04,189 --> 00:19:06,855 This not going well at all. 332 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,476 I assure you, we don't all like to drink. 333 00:19:20,290 --> 00:19:21,260 Nor are we all Republicans. 334 00:19:21,681 --> 00:19:26,335 Look. I am not offering this as a form of a complaint so much as… well… 335 00:19:26,406 --> 00:19:29,406 I'm resigning myself to the fact that Denny Crane did not like me. 336 00:19:32,158 --> 00:19:34,173 Even if that were true, which I doubt, 337 00:19:34,169 --> 00:19:38,869 we are not an autocracy here, not withstanding Denny's great affection for kings. 338 00:19:38,988 --> 00:19:41,126 Someone's talking about me? My back was itching. 339 00:19:41,152 --> 00:19:46,897 Denny. Mr. Givens is under the impression that his interview with you didn't go well. 340 00:19:46,921 --> 00:19:50,031 Oh, don't be silly. Man's a keeper. Smart. Good-looking. Articulate. I like him. 341 00:19:56,837 --> 00:19:57,745 There you go. 342 00:19:57,755 --> 00:20:01,781 May I ask…? When you say "articulate"… 343 00:20:01,805 --> 00:20:02,805 I would imagine almost everyone who comes out of law school is articulate. 344 00:20:06,644 --> 00:20:10,828 Yeah, but… uh…you know what I mean. 345 00:20:10,891 --> 00:20:13,974 I don't, actually. 346 00:20:14,035 --> 00:20:17,252 Well, I mean it like, ah… Joe Biden meant it. 347 00:20:17,922 --> 00:20:22,422 The way they mean it when they say Condi Rice is soooo articulate. That way. 348 00:20:24,346 --> 00:20:25,899 But I still don't know what you mean. 349 00:20:27,907 --> 00:20:30,967 You don't sound black! 350 00:20:37,995 --> 00:20:43,195 To say we are trying to influence our culture, it's ridiculous. 351 00:20:43,266 --> 00:20:45,366 And would not make good business sense, by the way. 352 00:20:45,379 --> 00:20:46,740 So what are you doing with these dolls? 353 00:20:46,953 --> 00:20:49,827 We are recognizing a market and trying to compete in it. 354 00:20:49,820 --> 00:20:51,920 Not all kids wanna play with Barbies anymore. 355 00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:54,159 Girls are becoming more sophisticated. 356 00:20:54,239 --> 00:20:59,239 They wanna be more like their grown up sisters, or the characters they watch on television. 357 00:20:59,314 --> 00:21:04,514 Teenagers who wear make-up, low-cut jeans, and yes, cropped mini-skirts. 358 00:21:04,682 --> 00:21:08,182 That's what they're being exposed to by the media, including on kids 359 00:21:08,195 --> 00:21:11,345 programming. And that's what they're now looking for with their dolls. 360 00:21:11,943 --> 00:21:14,051 They might want beer, too. Doesn't mean we should sell it to them. 361 00:21:16,014 --> 00:21:17,813 There are laws against selling them alcohol. 362 00:21:17,837 --> 00:21:20,137 There's nothing illegal about our dolls. 363 00:21:20,214 --> 00:21:23,736 There's a marketing term called "age compression," are you familiar with it, sir? 364 00:21:23,904 --> 00:21:26,018 Yes. It's a strategy, we all use it. 365 00:21:25,981 --> 00:21:29,581 It allows our younger buyers to explore their more grown-up interests. 366 00:21:29,626 --> 00:21:31,757 You mean, you push adult products on children? 367 00:21:31,911 --> 00:21:35,646 Objection, he uses "push" to make it sound like drug dealers! 368 00:21:35,794 --> 00:21:36,794 He's a tricky little devil. 369 00:21:37,918 --> 00:21:40,918 Mr. Espenson, please sit down. 370 00:21:46,757 --> 00:21:48,710 Sometimes it is like drug-dealing, isn't it, Mr. Costello? 371 00:21:49,867 --> 00:21:54,167 Like those energy drinks which contain massive amounts of caffeine, aimed at kids- 372 00:21:54,181 --> 00:21:55,857 We do not sell those products. 373 00:21:55,851 --> 00:21:57,381 No, you sell the little hooker dolls. 374 00:21:57,743 --> 00:21:58,690 Objection. 375 00:21:58,774 --> 00:22:00,253 Sustained. 376 00:22:00,303 --> 00:22:02,238 Though you may not wanna recognize it, Mr. Shore, 377 00:22:02,239 --> 00:22:07,439 children, especially girls, are abandoning their traditional toys at an earlier age. 378 00:22:07,454 --> 00:22:11,054 While many of them are running around with cell phones and iPods, 379 00:22:11,043 --> 00:22:13,943 we must keep up with their growing sophistication. 380 00:22:14,495 --> 00:22:15,634 With the little hooker dolls. 381 00:22:15,677 --> 00:22:19,137 Objection! Sleazy! C'mon, Al! Buddy! 382 00:22:20,313 --> 00:22:23,779 Are you aware of studies, sir, linking the sexualization 383 00:22:23,856 --> 00:22:27,656 of minors with eating disorders, low selfesteem, depression? 384 00:22:27,773 --> 00:22:29,837 There have been no studies specifically linking these dolls 385 00:22:29,966 --> 00:22:34,366 with any of those disorders, but hey, don't let the facts get in your way, bud. 386 00:22:34,450 --> 00:22:35,405 Your Honor- 387 00:22:35,458 --> 00:22:38,722 Sleazy Al, gotta love him. 388 00:22:49,597 --> 00:22:50,676 What have I done now? 389 00:22:50,684 --> 00:22:52,565 "He doesn't sound black?" 390 00:22:52,629 --> 00:22:55,160 Well, he doesn't. Not to me. Does he to you? 391 00:22:55,180 --> 00:22:58,301 Denny, you truly are not aware of what a racist statement that is? 392 00:22:58,393 --> 00:23:02,817 Oh, please! Bush and Biden said the same thing about Obama. 393 00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:03,885 Not like that, they didn't! 394 00:23:03,934 --> 00:23:10,280 Did too. They said, "Articulate." And Biden said, "His hygiene looked good." 395 00:23:10,310 --> 00:23:14,408 Denny. There's no such thing as, "sounding black." 396 00:23:14,409 --> 00:23:15,191 What do you mean? 397 00:23:15,222 --> 00:23:18,037 Certainly you don't think all black people sound alike? 398 00:23:18,068 --> 00:23:19,445 Well, of course not. 399 00:23:19,511 --> 00:23:22,311 The anchors on the news don't sound black at all. 400 00:23:22,392 --> 00:23:25,692 And the black weathermen sound whiter than me. 401 00:23:28,317 --> 00:23:32,517 It's politically incorrect to say somebody sounds black. 402 00:23:32,654 --> 00:23:34,382 Alright, then African-American, I don't care. 403 00:23:34,442 --> 00:23:34,749 No. 404 00:23:34,766 --> 00:23:35,446 Jesse Jacksonish? 405 00:23:35,538 --> 00:23:36,174 No! 406 00:23:36,186 --> 00:23:38,087 Well then how? What! What do you say? 407 00:23:38,118 --> 00:23:41,218 If a person sounds black, what's the right way to say it? 408 00:23:44,347 --> 00:23:46,114 Urban. 409 00:23:46,122 --> 00:23:48,317 White people don't live in cities? 410 00:23:48,388 --> 00:23:53,402 Look. There's no such thing as, 'sounding black.' 411 00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:54,844 Denny! 412 00:23:54,884 --> 00:24:05,984 The point is, while there may be certain dialects that are consistent with African- American vernacular… 413 00:24:07,614 --> 00:24:12,014 You just cannot judge a man's skin color by the sound of his voice. 414 00:24:12,109 --> 00:24:13,041 Is this a joke? 415 00:24:13,043 --> 00:24:16,842 No, it is not! You have committed an egregious offense here! 416 00:24:17,307 --> 00:24:19,427 Alright! Let me, let me get this straight. 417 00:24:19,502 --> 00:24:23,002 Say you get kidnapped and I get a ransom call from a man who, 418 00:24:23,044 --> 00:24:25,544 to me, sounds black, and the cops says, 419 00:24:25,563 --> 00:24:30,863 "What'd he sound like?" I should just say, "Male" or? 420 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,520 "I don't know, but not necessarily black." 421 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:48,404 Authorities have arrested a suspect in a Brookline shooting 422 00:24:48,049 --> 00:24:49,949 that left a local man in serious condition… 423 00:24:50,007 --> 00:24:52,683 He's kicking my ass again. 424 00:24:52,757 --> 00:24:53,503 Who? 425 00:24:53,507 --> 00:24:58,118 Jerry. And this time I'm not sure how to unravel him. 426 00:24:58,173 --> 00:24:59,173 He actually seems to have my number. 427 00:25:00,115 --> 00:25:02,836 I had a dream last night about one of those dolls. 428 00:25:02,866 --> 00:25:05,366 They pitched a tent right in my bed. It was lovely. 429 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,557 I hate losing. It really makes me grumpy. 430 00:25:07,807 --> 00:25:10,162 Meanwhile, it seems the law firm of Crane, Poole and Schmidt 431 00:25:10,172 --> 00:25:13,272 wants its black attorneys to sound white. 432 00:25:13,347 --> 00:25:15,747 According to Kevin Givens, a law school candidate 433 00:25:15,827 --> 00:25:20,627 who interviewed at the firm, Denny Crane himself broke the news to him. 434 00:25:20,727 --> 00:25:24,024 He actually complimented me, saying, "You don't sound black." 435 00:25:24,121 --> 00:25:27,035 Ahhh! 436 00:25:27,613 --> 00:25:34,647 Every station has run with it. We need to respond to this, Shirley. 437 00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:36,254 I take it you've seen the news. 438 00:25:36,340 --> 00:25:37,258 Yes, Marshall. 439 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:38,341 This is the last straw. 440 00:25:38,361 --> 00:25:39,161 He needs to be removed. 441 00:25:39,192 --> 00:25:44,792 We scheduled an emergency meeting of the administrative partners for twelve o'clock. 442 00:25:46,098 --> 00:25:50,123 I don't know if we can save him this time. 443 00:25:50,528 --> 00:25:52,182 Let's call a press conference. 444 00:25:52,266 --> 00:25:53,602 What? 445 00:25:53,632 --> 00:25:56,335 Like you say, we need to respond. 446 00:25:56,410 --> 00:25:57,410 Let's call a news conference. 447 00:26:02,222 --> 00:26:05,245 We all know sex sells in this country. 448 00:26:05,270 --> 00:26:08,370 Be it in magazines, movies, television. 449 00:26:08,421 --> 00:26:12,252 With the exception of course being family-oriented fare like 450 00:26:12,274 --> 00:26:14,974 the Super Bowl where, I guess, nudity has no place 451 00:26:15,001 --> 00:26:17,101 amongst the mud-wrestling beer commercials 452 00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:18,400 or the ads for erectile dysfunction. 453 00:26:18,492 --> 00:26:22,992 But aside from that we as a nation heartily embrace sex, 454 00:26:23,023 --> 00:26:26,723 and all things sexual, as a very effective means to an end, 455 00:26:26,808 --> 00:26:30,308 and sometimes the end is to sell a truck and sometimes it's to impeach a president, 456 00:26:30,364 --> 00:26:32,764 or to get you to buy a ticket or to just tune in. 457 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,380 But in the end, we as a nation are obsessed with sex, 458 00:26:36,417 --> 00:26:39,617 there's either too much of it or we simply can't get enough. 459 00:26:39,713 --> 00:26:43,413 And personally, well, Your Honor knows I'm a fan. 460 00:26:43,458 --> 00:26:46,058 Even when I watch the news the more sordid, the better. 461 00:26:46,070 --> 00:26:49,270 Sex triangles in space. Anna Nicole. 462 00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:53,800 Never mind a little war in Iraq, we wanna know who the father of that woman's child is. 463 00:26:53,861 --> 00:26:55,361 After all, she posed naked in Playboy! 464 00:26:55,423 --> 00:26:57,723 Mr. Shore! The case at hand. Please! 465 00:26:57,787 --> 00:26:59,411 The case at hand. 466 00:26:59,501 --> 00:27:01,401 What makes this case different, Your Honor, 467 00:27:01,490 --> 00:27:06,090 is that with these little prostitots they're celebrating promiscuity, 468 00:27:06,155 --> 00:27:09,043 declaring it's neat to be a trampy little slut. 469 00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,728 But they're saying it to kids! Children. 470 00:27:11,769 --> 00:27:14,969 My client's daughter is six years old. 471 00:27:15,016 --> 00:27:16,616 She's their targeted consumer. 472 00:27:16,645 --> 00:27:19,845 And for a store or manufacturer to lay it off on, 473 00:27:19,911 --> 00:27:24,311 "Gee! It's today's culture!" is as irresponsible as it is obscene. 474 00:27:24,311 --> 00:27:28,511 Our country may have degenerated to the point where people like Paris Hilton 475 00:27:28,590 --> 00:27:32,490 can make celebrities of themselves by having rather pedestrian, . 476 00:27:32,549 --> 00:27:34,749 and I must say lackluster, intercourse on the internet! 477 00:27:34,754 --> 00:27:39,854 Or Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan may fuel their fame with finely waxed crotch shots 478 00:27:39,951 --> 00:27:43,751 and random behavior that's worthy of, well, drug addicts. 479 00:27:43,820 --> 00:27:47,520 But when our culture rewards them for it, or more importantly, 480 00:27:47,569 --> 00:27:50,169 when age compression marketing pushes this whole, 481 00:27:50,182 --> 00:27:55,482 "Lets be a whore" idea on elementary school children, culture needs an adjustment 482 00:27:55,499 --> 00:27:59,386 But until then, lucky for Lindsay and Britney, they have you. 483 00:27:59,433 --> 00:28:01,896 I love your glibness, Jerry, keep it up. 484 00:28:01,919 --> 00:28:04,619 Perhaps you can truly distract the Judge from the fact 485 00:28:04,634 --> 00:28:06,834 that when fourth graders feel pressured to wear 486 00:28:06,919 --> 00:28:10,119 belly skimming shirts and low riding jeans, 487 00:28:10,198 --> 00:28:13,698 it's often the first step in a depressing cycle of preadolescent 488 00:28:13,748 --> 00:28:16,048 and teenage dysfunction that can compromise 489 00:28:16,085 --> 00:28:18,685 both their mental and physical health. 490 00:28:18,699 --> 00:28:20,499 But what the hell? The dolls sell! 491 00:28:57,936 --> 00:29:00,144 I think these dolls are despicable. 492 00:29:00,188 --> 00:29:03,788 But drawing the line here would strike me as arbitrary. 493 00:29:03,819 --> 00:29:06,119 I mean, what's new? 494 00:29:06,127 --> 00:29:09,427 Twenty-five years ago Madonna rode her sexual, 495 00:29:09,535 --> 00:29:11,535 raunchy, promiscuity to iconic status. 496 00:29:11,566 --> 00:29:14,066 The country, and I believe feminism, celebrated her. 497 00:29:14,102 --> 00:29:16,702 Paris Hilton might have intercourse on the internet, 498 00:29:16,742 --> 00:29:18,742 but our most prominent actresses routinely simulate 499 00:29:19,832 --> 00:29:22,532 sex acts on seventy millimeter at a theatre near you. 500 00:29:22,585 --> 00:29:26,885 Sometimes they get Oscars for it. 501 00:29:26,938 --> 00:29:31,738 I suppose you could draw the line with these dolls, 502 00:29:31,836 --> 00:29:35,536 but how about the clothing stores that 503 00:29:35,547 --> 00:29:38,647 sell sweat pants with "Juicy" on the butts? 504 00:29:38,657 --> 00:29:40,957 What about the t-shirts that say, "Do me"? 505 00:29:41,013 --> 00:29:44,413 What about the sexually explicit music videos 506 00:29:44,418 --> 00:29:46,518 and television shows that target the tweens. 507 00:29:46,575 --> 00:29:49,875 And if we really wanna crack down on the sexualization of our minors, 508 00:29:49,908 --> 00:29:52,108 we might consider their role models. 509 00:29:52,155 --> 00:29:55,555 Our female CEOs and lawyers and doctors, 510 00:29:55,625 --> 00:29:58,525 women of real power who routinely get boob jobs 511 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,800 just to feel better about themselves. 512 00:30:00,845 --> 00:30:02,245 And what about the mothers, many of whom 513 00:30:02,291 --> 00:30:05,291 wear the low-cut jeans and the midriffs? 514 00:30:05,340 --> 00:30:07,758 How dare he? 515 00:30:09,795 --> 00:30:11,924 Are you a parent, Mr. Espenson? 516 00:30:11,975 --> 00:30:13,982 No, Your Honor. 517 00:30:14,057 --> 00:30:17,857 It is my most profound hope that one day I shall be. 518 00:30:17,979 --> 00:30:21,834 Do you think that you would stand before me as a father 519 00:30:21,944 --> 00:30:26,344 of a young girl and say that these dolls don't trouble you? 520 00:30:26,368 --> 00:30:28,772 No. 521 00:30:28,249 --> 00:30:30,049 They bother me now. 522 00:30:30,140 --> 00:30:32,140 But it's nothing new. 523 00:30:32,218 --> 00:30:34,018 We're always gonna worry about our kids, 524 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,480 thinking in today's world they've got no chance. 525 00:30:36,507 --> 00:30:39,407 But the reality is, Your Honor, rates of teenage drinking, 526 00:30:40,494 --> 00:30:42,294 smoking and drug use are declining. 527 00:30:42,312 --> 00:30:45,212 Teen pregnancy rates are down thirty-five percent from 1990, 528 00:30:45,258 --> 00:30:47,158 many teens are abstaining from sex. 529 00:30:47,210 --> 00:30:51,510 And most see Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan for exactly what they are. 530 00:30:51,527 --> 00:30:55,327 Young woman now earn fifty-seven percent of all Bachelor's degrees, 531 00:30:55,415 --> 00:30:57,215 fifty-nine percent of all Master's degrees. 532 00:30:57,277 --> 00:30:59,077 Congress now has ninety female members, 533 00:30:59,086 --> 00:31:02,286 including the Speaker of the House. 534 00:31:02,291 --> 00:31:04,591 I don't think we're doomed, just yet. 535 00:31:04,651 --> 00:31:06,351 And should doom ever come, 536 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:09,760 I doubt very much it will be brought about by a doll. 537 00:31:28,316 --> 00:31:29,720 Shirley. 538 00:31:29,743 --> 00:31:30,743 What's going on? 539 00:31:30,883 --> 00:31:32,583 What are all the managing partners doing in there? 540 00:31:32,586 --> 00:31:34,675 We're about to have a meeting. 541 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:35,712 Why wasn't I notified? 542 00:31:35,805 --> 00:31:37,081 Because you're not invited. 543 00:31:37,124 --> 00:31:38,118 But I have a right to be in there. 544 00:31:38,162 --> 00:31:39,762 And don't tell me this doesn't involve me. 545 00:31:39,807 --> 00:31:40,807 I'm a named partner! 546 00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:43,089 It very much involves you, Denny, and you're not invited. 547 00:31:51,112 --> 00:31:52,072 Alright. What? 548 00:31:52,021 --> 00:31:53,198 Shirley. It's time. 549 00:31:53,259 --> 00:31:55,159 This will be a media storm we won't weather. 550 00:31:55,191 --> 00:31:57,171 I'm meeting with the press this afternoon. 551 00:31:57,170 --> 00:31:59,771 It can't wait. Denny needs to be removed now! Or… 552 00:31:59,783 --> 00:32:03,961 All in favor of Denny being removed say, "Aye." Show of hands. 553 00:32:07,639 --> 00:32:10,257 The 'Nays' have it. 554 00:32:30,921 --> 00:32:36,660 What the… 555 00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:37,830 Do you see what's going on out there? 556 00:32:37,916 --> 00:32:38,877 Has it started? 557 00:32:38,945 --> 00:32:42,141 No. But it's a circus. 558 00:32:41,195 --> 00:32:43,091 Brad, can I talk to you for a second? 559 00:32:43,094 --> 00:32:44,037 Oh, oh. 560 00:32:44,063 --> 00:32:47,592 Uhm. Do you think it's safe for me to go out there? 561 00:32:47,540 --> 00:32:50,296 Denny, unless you have a good disguise, I'm going to guess, no! 562 00:32:50,688 --> 00:32:52,605 But they'll be talking about me. 563 00:33:01,066 --> 00:33:02,907 So, what do you wanna talk about? 564 00:33:03,024 --> 00:33:06,964 Um. 565 00:33:07,049 --> 00:33:12,649 I have occasioned myself to ask whether I really love you. 566 00:33:12,679 --> 00:33:14,779 Deeply enough to marry you. 567 00:33:14,827 --> 00:33:19,527 More simply put, "Would I marry you if we weren't having a child together?" 568 00:33:20,945 --> 00:33:26,645 Part of it may be because I have a tendency to look at you 569 00:33:26,712 --> 00:33:28,212 through other people's eyes 570 00:33:28,232 --> 00:33:32,132 and see you as this giant goofhead. 571 00:33:32,194 --> 00:33:36,694 But when I look at you through my eyes only, 572 00:33:36,718 --> 00:33:42,518 and my heart, I realize…I do love you! 573 00:33:42,577 --> 00:33:44,577 Quite deeply. 574 00:33:44,651 --> 00:33:48,351 And I can't wait to be your wife. 575 00:33:49,969 --> 00:33:52,169 That's all I wanna say. 576 00:33:52,608 --> 00:33:55,098 That is the best thing that anyone 577 00:33:55,099 --> 00:33:57,499 has ever said to me in my entire life. 578 00:33:57,511 --> 00:34:00,211 Including my Gunnery Sargent, 579 00:34:00,298 --> 00:34:02,498 all my Little League coaches…Just.. 580 00:34:22,169 --> 00:34:24,054 My name is Shirley Schmidt, 581 00:34:24,131 --> 00:34:26,931 I'm a senior partner at Crane, Poole and Schmidt, 582 00:34:26,996 --> 00:34:28,896 thank you all for coming. 583 00:34:28,982 --> 00:34:32,582 It's nice to see you'll turn out when there's hard news. 584 00:34:32,606 --> 00:34:34,606 Yesterday my partner, Denny Crane, 585 00:34:34,610 --> 00:34:36,710 made some regrettable statements, 586 00:34:36,890 --> 00:34:39,390 the most offensive being when he told an 587 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:43,380 African-American law student that he didn't sound black. 588 00:34:43,450 --> 00:34:44,950 I know Denny Crane. 589 00:34:45,001 --> 00:34:46,501 He is not a bigot. 590 00:34:46,587 --> 00:34:48,787 When he used the word 'articulate', 591 00:34:48,810 --> 00:34:51,610 as I suspect Joe Biden used it, 592 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:55,040 as I suspect our President used it, 593 00:34:55,086 --> 00:34:56,886 what he was attempting to convey 594 00:34:56,984 --> 00:35:00,184 was that he thought Mr. Givens would play well 595 00:35:00,256 --> 00:35:02,756 with white corporate America. 596 00:35:02,799 --> 00:35:06,699 The simple but ugly truth is we all look for that. 597 00:35:06,893 --> 00:35:10,693 Perhaps unconsciously, perhaps not, but we do. 598 00:35:10,694 --> 00:35:13,194 We have a primarily white client base. 599 00:35:13,265 --> 00:35:17,265 We hire associates we feel will best appeal to that base. 600 00:35:17,340 --> 00:35:19,640 Before you point your finger at us 601 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,780 I would invite the media to look at its own industry. 602 00:35:22,842 --> 00:35:26,142 Consider the criteria by which you choose your anchors. 603 00:35:26,188 --> 00:35:29,188 Denny Crane's statement speaks not to his own racism 604 00:35:29,237 --> 00:35:33,237 but to a much more insidious one that exists in a 605 00:35:33,252 --> 00:35:35,885 white collar society that prefers 606 00:35:35,980 --> 00:35:39,380 to take its blacks as it takes its coffee, 607 00:35:39,423 --> 00:35:42,223 with a little cream and sugar. 608 00:35:42,298 --> 00:35:43,698 I'm not proud of it. 609 00:35:43,785 --> 00:35:46,285 But until we confront that truth, 610 00:35:46,363 --> 00:35:47,963 we will not change it. 611 00:35:48,023 --> 00:35:49,423 Thank you all for coming. 612 00:36:03,813 --> 00:36:06,126 I hate the dolls. 613 00:36:06,166 --> 00:36:09,066 But do they offend the sensibilities of our society? 614 00:36:09,127 --> 00:36:11,927 One that broadcasts reality shows about trading wives. 615 00:36:12,010 --> 00:36:14,610 One where the average child hears 616 00:36:14,697 --> 00:36:16,397 about erectile dysfunction before 617 00:36:16,399 --> 00:36:18,399 he's heard of Christopher Columbus. 618 00:36:18,493 --> 00:36:19,293 Your Honor. 619 00:36:19,300 --> 00:36:22,083 This ruling is not going at all well, so far. 620 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:23,180 One can only assume this 621 00:36:23,209 --> 00:36:25,601 preamble is a misdirect to add 622 00:36:25,622 --> 00:36:27,322 suspense to your ultimate decision 623 00:36:27,366 --> 00:36:30,666 which I know will be more just. 624 00:36:30,658 --> 00:36:32,402 You lose, Counsel. 625 00:36:32,433 --> 00:36:34,933 But I do hope you won't let your 626 00:36:34,973 --> 00:36:36,373 professional discomfiture with me 627 00:36:36,459 --> 00:36:38,459 affect your personal feelings. 628 00:36:38,536 --> 00:36:40,166 I'll try not to. 629 00:36:40,162 --> 00:36:43,120 Motion to dismiss, granted. 630 00:36:43,161 --> 00:36:44,424 I'm sorry, Kaye. 631 00:36:44,468 --> 00:36:46,368 You knew this was most likely a loser, but... 632 00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:47,404 You tried. 633 00:36:47,424 --> 00:36:48,224 And I thank you for that. 634 00:36:48,294 --> 00:36:50,124 If it's any consolation, 635 00:36:50,173 --> 00:36:51,873 children are still the most influenced by their parents, 636 00:36:51,959 --> 00:36:54,159 and your daughter seems to be in very good hands there. 637 00:36:54,251 --> 00:36:57,401 Thank you.. 638 00:37:00,096 --> 00:37:04,045 Jerry. 639 00:37:04,383 --> 00:37:06,283 I must tell you, 640 00:37:06,325 --> 00:37:09,425 that man with the wooden cigarette in his mouth 641 00:37:09,462 --> 00:37:13,762 was brilliant. 642 00:37:13,819 --> 00:37:17,519 He might alienate a few juries along the way. 643 00:37:17,521 --> 00:37:22,021 The man who gave the closing, however, is perhaps 644 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:28,592 one of the finest lawyers I've ever been up against. 645 00:37:28,622 --> 00:37:30,836 Thank you. 646 00:37:30,942 --> 00:37:32,342 And for what it's worth, 647 00:37:32,388 --> 00:37:36,395 the man who gave the closing, 648 00:37:36,446 --> 00:37:41,046 I miss him, terribly. 649 00:37:41,081 --> 00:37:42,581 If you could see your way past… 650 00:37:42,664 --> 00:37:43,829 Okay. 651 00:37:43,989 --> 00:37:46,659 Just like that? Okay. 652 00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:48,980 I miss you, Alan. 653 00:38:02,070 --> 00:38:05,424 So, he took you back? 654 00:38:05,494 --> 00:38:08,994 I suppose you'll be going over to his place for a sleepover tonight? 655 00:38:09,049 --> 00:38:10,893 Denny! 656 00:38:10,926 --> 00:38:11,761 And he beat you? 657 00:38:11,847 --> 00:38:14,175 He did. 658 00:38:14,197 --> 00:38:16,039 What's that like? 659 00:38:16,045 --> 00:38:17,245 To lose? 660 00:38:17,282 --> 00:38:19,756 You almost lost in a very big way today, my friend. 661 00:38:19,815 --> 00:38:23,081 Oh, you should have seen Shirley. 662 00:38:23,106 --> 00:38:26,106 If anybody wonders how she got to be Shirley Schmidt, 663 00:38:26,118 --> 00:38:29,218 the evidence was on full display today. 664 00:38:29,284 --> 00:38:32,184 She was as strong and as powerful 665 00:38:32,266 --> 00:38:33,766 and as dignified as any woman I've ever seen. 666 00:38:34,856 --> 00:38:40,256 Made me wanna flip her on her back and have sex with her. 667 00:38:40,310 --> 00:38:42,409 Do you think you're a racist Denny? 668 00:38:42,416 --> 00:38:48,054 Oh… nah, I… I don't know. 669 00:38:48,137 --> 00:38:51,937 Do you think it's racist to say a man sounds black? 670 00:38:52,016 --> 00:38:53,558 I think it's more offensive to say, 671 00:38:53,658 --> 00:38:57,758 'street' or 'urban', when the inference is you mean 'black'. 672 00:38:57,882 --> 00:38:59,991 So, what do you say? 673 00:39:00,055 --> 00:39:02,982 Well, Barack Obama referred to the black sound 674 00:39:03,067 --> 00:39:08,967 as a black idiom, more like jazz and less like a set score. 675 00:39:09,065 --> 00:39:10,534 They let him get away with that? 676 00:39:10,569 --> 00:39:13,987 Evidently. 677 00:39:14,013 --> 00:39:15,586 I might vote for him, you know. 678 00:39:15,627 --> 00:39:16,175 Obama? 679 00:39:16,221 --> 00:39:17,574 "Anybody in America can grow up to be president!" 680 00:39:17,637 --> 00:39:23,137 That's what I say. Except Hillary! She wins, I puke. 681 00:39:23,225 --> 00:39:24,257 Barack Obama. 682 00:39:24,304 --> 00:39:25,834 Ah. Handsome. 683 00:39:25,839 --> 00:39:27,239 Great photo-op. 684 00:39:27,312 --> 00:39:29,512 But I don't know what he stands for. 685 00:39:29,605 --> 00:39:31,105 Be a perfect president. 686 00:39:31,195 --> 00:39:34,195 He speaks perfect white, as well as black. 687 00:39:34,233 --> 00:39:35,633 You never heard me say that. 688 00:39:35,726 --> 00:39:36,720 What about McCain? 689 00:39:36,790 --> 00:39:38,750 He speaks Bush now. Can't win. 690 00:39:38,890 --> 00:39:41,137 Obama is against the war now, you know. 691 00:39:41,193 --> 00:39:44,230 So am I. It's boring. 692 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:45,420 I'm ready for a new war. 693 00:39:45,504 --> 00:39:46,904 Time to blow up Iran. 694 00:39:46,944 --> 00:39:48,988 They got Sadam. 695 00:39:49,048 --> 00:39:52,548 Now we gotta get uh… Amina Douchebag. 696 00:39:52,631 --> 00:39:55,231 And that nut job in North Korea, they both gotta go. 697 00:39:55,290 --> 00:39:58,590 And not because they're not white. 698 00:39:58,659 --> 00:40:00,817 Okay. 699 00:40:00,887 --> 00:40:02,587 Denny, does it bother you at all 700 00:40:02,588 --> 00:40:06,088 that America is so hated by the rest of the world these days? 701 00:40:06,128 --> 00:40:08,232 Well, of course it does, Alan. 702 00:40:08,327 --> 00:40:10,227 Just can't please everybody. 703 00:40:10,245 --> 00:40:11,345 Better to just… 704 00:40:11,378 --> 00:40:12,064 Blow them up. 705 00:40:12,155 --> 00:40:12,876 Exactly. 706 00:40:12,964 --> 00:40:15,064 And not because they're not white. 707 00:40:15,146 --> 00:40:17,770 No.