PREVIOUSLY ON "BOSTON LEGAL"...
YOU'RE DYING, AND IT'S EATING ME UP INSIDE.
SO ARE WE OKAY? YOU'RE GOING OFF LIKE A DOG, AREN'T YOU?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHEN A DOG KNOWS IT'S GONNA DIE,
IT GOES OFF INTO THE WOODS BY ITSELF.
DENNY GOT ENGAGED. WHO IS IT THIS TIME?
BEVERLY BRIDGE.
YOU THINK I'M SCREWING DENNY FOR HIS MONEY AND POWER.
IT HAD OCCURRED TO ME.
I'M PREPARED TO GIVE YOU $500,000 RIGHT NOW
IF YOU WALK AWAY AND NEVER HAVE ANY CONTACT
WITH DENNY CRANE EVER AGAIN.
BEV TURNED DOWN THE OFFER THAT I MADE HER.
SHE WAS VERY OFFENDED.
(Paul) THIS IS GOING TO GET UGLY.
***
HELLO. HELLO.
AH!
NOT MUCH GOING ON AROUND HERE, IS THERE?
NO.
I SUPPOSE COMING TO A LAWYER'S OFFICE
CAN'T BE MUCH FUN.
ACTUALLY, EVERYBODY SEEMS FRIENDLY HERE.
WELL, THEY'RE GIVEN AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF DOUGHNUTS.
(woman) HERE, SWEETHEART.
PHYLLIS?
ALAN.
HELLO. HI!
(chuckles) HELLO.
I SEE YOU HAVE MET MARISSA.
I HAVE NOW.
COULD WE TALK... IN YOUR OFFICE?
OF COURSE.
WOULD YOU MIND WATCHING HER JUST A LITTLE LONGER?
THANKS.
IF YOU GET RESTLESS, WE'LL BE RIGHT DOWN THIS HALL.
***
I HAD A HARD TIME TRYING TO FIND YOU.
I CALLED CRUTHERS, ABBOTT--
I WAS FIRED. EMBEZZLEMENT.
THEN I TRIED YOUNG, FRUTT & BERLUTI...
OH, YES. THAT ENDED BADLY. AND HERE YOU ARE
AT CRANE, POOLE & SCHMIDT.
FOR NOW. AND YOU?
STILL A LEGAL SECRETARY.
ALTHOUGH THE LAW ISN'T AS MUCH FUN AS IT WAS
WHEN I USED TO WATCH YOU BEND IT.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
YOU USED TO SAY THAT I COULD COME TO YOU FOR ANYTHING.
I MEANT SEXUALLY.
(chuckles)
THIS IS FOR MARISSA.
SHE'S LOVELY, PHYLLIS.
SHE SEEMS TO BE HAVING A BAD DAY, THOUGH.
MARISSA CAN'T SMILE.
SHE HAD NERVE DAMAGE
FROM A CAR ACCIDENT,
AND SHE HAD SURGERY TO TRY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM,
BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.
ALAN, SHE'S HAD A REALLY TOUGH TIME OF IT
AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
SHE'S BEEN TEASED MERCILESSLY.
HERE YOU GO. YOU SEE THAT? NOW WATCH THIS.
IT'S DISAPPEARED! (laughs)
WHAT'S UP YOUR EAR?
AND THEN... (laughs)
OKAY, KID, LET'S TRY IT AGAIN.
I'M TRYING TO GET HER INTO THE ADAMS ACADEMY
FOR A FRESH START.
THE ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR-- HE WAS SO EXCITED TO MEET HER.
AND THEN HE MET HER, AND SHE DIDN'T SMILE,
AND THAT WAS THAT.
AND THESE PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME SO COMPETITIVE,
THEY DON'T NEED TO LET ANYONE IN WHO ISN'T PERFECT.
WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, THE CLOSEST I EVER CAME
TO THAT APPELLATION WAS TO BE CALLED "A PERFECT BASTARD."
I DON'T WANT TO SUE THEM,
BECAUSE IF I GET KNOWN AS A LITIGIOUS PARENT,
I'M NEVER GONNA GET MARISSA INTO ANY SCHOOL,
BUT I DO KNOW
THAT YOU CAN BE, WELL... A PERFECT BASTARD.
***
DENISE, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
SOME DIFFICULTIES IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE.
UM, YEAH, IT'S HARD, BUT I'LL GET THROUGH IT.
FROM WHAT I KNOW ABOUT YOU, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH,
YOU PREFER TO BURY YOURSELF IN YOUR WORK.
ALLOW ME TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A SHOVEL.
THIS IS THERESA WARNER AND HER DAUGHTER AMELIA.
DENISE IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US ON THE CASE.
AMELIA IS 18.
SHE WAS ASSAULTED AND RAPED TWO MONTHS AGO
AND THEN TAKEN TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL, ST. MARY'S.
ONCE WE KNEW SHE WAS STABLE,
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THE MORNING-AFTER PILL.
ONLY THE TREATING PHYSICIAN AT THE HOSPITAL TOLD US
THAT TYPE OF TREATMENT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT ST. MARY'S.
HE REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO MY DAUGHTER.
BUT THE LEGISLATURE RECENTLY PASSED A LAW
REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
FOR RAPE VICTIMS.
THEY DID, BUT MASSACHUSETTS LAW
ALSO CONTAINS A CONSCIENCE CLAUSE.
CATHOLIC HOSPITALS DON'T HAVE TO ADMINISTER ANY TREATMENTS
THAT CONFLICT WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES,
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION INCLUDED.
AS SOON AS SHE WAS DISCHARGED,
WE WENT TO OUR FAMILY DOCTOR,
BUT HE TOLD US IT WAS TOO LATE TO PRESCRIBE IT.
IT NEEDS TO BE ADMINISTERED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
BUT NO LATER THAN 72 HOURS AFTER THE...
I KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR BOTH OF YOU.
AMELIA, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TRAUMA ALREADY.
SO WE'LL BEGIN BY PURSUING A SETTLEMENT WITH THE HOSPITAL.
NO!
NO, I-I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW.
I WAS RAPED, AND NOW I'M PREGNANT
BECAUSE THE DOCTOR WOULDN'T GIVE ME
THE CONTRACEPTIVE TO PREVENT IT.
I WANT A TRIAL.
***
WHERE IS HE?
DENNY, ARE YOU SURE WE CAN COUNT ON HIM?
BRAD IS THE BEST. I JUST MADE HIM PARTNER.
WELL, I WANT REASSURANCE.
HE SERVED IN THE GULF WAR--
THE ONE THAT TURNED OUT OKAY.
HE WAS TOP IN HIS CLASS AT WEST POINT
AND AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL.
I'D PUT MY OWN LIFE IN HIS HANDS.
***
(monitor beeping steadily)
ONCE WE REMOVE THE VENTILATOR,
IT'LL BE A MATTER OF MINUTES.
YOU MAY HEAR A SLIGHT RATTLE IN THE CHEST.
THIS IS NORMAL.
THE SUFFERING SHOULD BE MINIMAL.
DO IT.
STEP AWAY FROM THE VENTILATOR!
MOVE AWAY! I HAVE A COURT ORDER.
(gasps) BARRY!
OH, HE'S ALIVE!
HE'S ALIVE!
***
SO, MARISSA,
BEFORE I MEET WITH THE BOARD AT ADAMS
ABOUT RECONSIDERING THEIR DECISION,
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA
FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SUGAR
AND TALK ABOUT SCHOOL. OKAY.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY?
I LIKE ALL MY CLASSES,
BUT I GUESS ART--
DRAWING AND PAINTING AND STUFF.
WHEN I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE,
I REMEMBER HAVING TO DRAW A HORSE.
IT GAVE ME A VERY TOUGH TIME.
I'M STUDYING MAGRITTE.
AND WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT MAGRITTE?
THE WAY THINGS ARE PUT TOGETHER,
IT'S SO UNLIKELY.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL LIKE OTHER PAINTINGS,
BUT THEY MAKE YOU THINK.
YOU WONDER WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.
HE HAS THIS ONE, A PICTURE OF A PIPE.
AND UNDER, IT SAYS, "THIS IS NOT A PIPE."
IT SAYS IT IN FRENCH. I TRANSLATED IT FOR YOU.
"CECI N'EST PAS UNE PIPE." THAT'S IT!
ONE OF MY FAVORITES AS WELL.
IT GAVE ME AN IDEA FOR ONE.
MARISSA, THIS IS WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU.
EVERYONE'S ALWAYS TELLING GIRLS TO SMILE.
THEY NEVER SAY THAT TO GUYS.
I THINK SMILING IS OVERRATED.
AS YOU CAN SEE...
***
I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO DESTROY MY BARRY!
THE CAT IS DEAD!
THE ANIMAL IS A VEGETABLE!
GUYS... NATURE HAS SPOKEN.
WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME, IT'S YOUR TIME.
SAYS THE MAN WITH THE PACEMAKER AND THE PROSTHETIC BALLS.
THAT'S DIFFERENT! (laughs)
DENNY, I'M A PARTNER! IT'S A CAT!
YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, BRAD.
I WOULDN'T TRUST AN ASSOCIATE WITH A CASE THIS IMPORTANT.
THIS IS BEV'S CAT.
THAT GUY IN THERE--
BEV'S FOURTH HUSBAND, MATTRESS MAJESTY.
WORTH MILLIONS. TROUBLING THING ABOUT AMERICA--
ANYBODY CAN GROW UP AND BE RICH.
DENNY, STILL, IT'S A CAT.
BARRY MANILOW IS NOT JUST A CAT.
WHAT? BARRY MANILOW-- THE CAT'S FULL NAME.
EVEN BETTER.
BARRY MANILOW IS BEV'S CAT.
AND IF IT MATTERS TO BEV, THEN I, DENNY CRANE,
HAVE TO PRETEND THAT IT MATTERS TO ME.
BUT, DENNY-- BEV WILL BE HAPPY,
WHICH MAKES ME HAPPY, WHICH MAKES YOU HAPPY.
SO REALLY, BRAD, YOU'RE DOING THIS TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.
***
TWO MONTHS AGO, I WAS WALKING TO MY CAR.
I WAS ALMOST THERE.
I WAS ALREADY GETTING OUT MY KEYS...
WHEN THIS MAN, UM...
OUT OF NOWHERE, HE, UM...
HE GRABBED ME AND...
(Denise) TAKE YOUR TIME.
AFTER HE WAS DONE, HE JUST KEPT HITTING ME
AND HITTING ME AND HITTING ME,
AND THEN I-I WOKE UP IN THE HOSPITAL.
SO YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE ST. MARY'S SPECIFICALLY?
NO, I MEAN, I WASN'T EVEN CONSCIOUS.
TH-THEY JUST TOOK ME TO THE NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM.
(Denise) AT ANY TIME WHILE YOU WERE BEING TREATED,
DID NURSES OR PHYSICIANS BRING UP THE POSSIBILITY
OF BECOMING PREGNANT FROM THE ATTACK?
WELL, MY MOM AND I ASKED ABOUT IT,
AND THEY SAID THAT THE CHANCES WERE SMALL,
BUT I WANTED TO TAKE
THE MORNING-AFTER PILL ANYWAY, JUST IN CASE.
THAT'S WHEN DR. TUSTEN SAID THAT THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE
IN A CATHOLIC-AFFILIATED HOSPITAL.
HOW LONG WERE YOU AT ST. MARY'S?
THREE DAYS. AND AFTER YOU WERE DISCHARGED?
WE WENT TO OUR FAMILY DOCTOR
TO TRY TO GET THE PRESCRIPTION THERE,
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY TOLD US
THAT IT HAS TO BE TAKEN WITHIN 72 HOURS.
I MEAN, IT WAS TOO LATE. I WAS ALREADY PREGNANT.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO HANDLE THE PREGNANCY?
WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN MORALLY OPPOSED TO TO ABORTION, SO...
OF COURSE, I NEVER IMAGINED THIS.
I DON'T... I DON'T KNOW.
WHEN YOU WERE TOLD THAT EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
WAS UNAVAILABLE,
DID YOU ASK FOR A REFERRAL
TO GET THE MEDICATION SOMEWHERE ELSE?
NO, BECAUSE THEY--
DID YOU OR YOUR MOTHER BRING THE CONCERN UP AGAIN
DURING YOUR TIME AT THE HOSPITAL?
WELL, THEY HAD MADE IT PRETTY CL--
I'M SORRY, AMELIA. YES OR NO?
NO.
THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.
***
IT WAS ON DENNY'S ORDERS. IT'S BEV'S CAT.
THAT WOMAN'S INFLUENCE ON THIS FIRM IS INCREASING DAILY.
YEAH, WELL, AT LEAST THE CASE WON'T GO TO COURT.
THEY'VE AGREED TO ARBITRATION.
ONCE THE ARBITRATOR SEES THE EVIDENCE,
HE'LL RULE TO PULL THE PLUG, AND THAT WILL BE THAT. YOU'D BETTER HOPE HE DOESN'T.
COME AGAIN?
BRAD, SINCE YOUR ATTEMPT TO BRIBE DENNY'S FIANCÃ©E
TO LEAVE HIM FAILED SO MISERABLY,
WE MUST NOW STAY ON HER GOOD SIDE,
LEST SHE TELL DENNY.
YOU HAVE TO WIN THIS CASE, QUICKLY AND QUIETLY.
IT'S LIKE FRIGGIN' SHAKESPEARE AROUND HERE.
DR. KUMI, AS AN OB-GYN, CAN YOU TELL US HOW AND WHY
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION IS USED?
IT'S A HIGHER DOSAGE OF THE SAME HORMONES
THAT ARE USED IN BIRTH CONTROL PILLS.
IT'S ADMINISTERED AS A LAST-MINUTE CONTRACEPTIVE
TO PREVENT PREGNANCY.
AND IN YOUR EXPERT OPINION,
HOW IS IT RELATED TO THE ABORTION PILL?
IT'S NOT.
RU 486, ALSO CALLED THE ABORTION PILL,
TERMINATES AN EXISTING PREGNANCY.
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION, LIKE ALL METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION,
KEEPS A PREGNANCY FROM OCCURRING.
AND IF A FERTILIZED EGG HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN IMPLANTED,
MEANING A PREGNANCY HAS BEGUN...
TAKING THE MORNING-AFTER PILL HAS NO EFFECT.
IT CAN ONLY PREVENT A PREGNANCY.
IT CANNOT TERMINATE ONE.
SO THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MORNING-AFTER PILL
AND ABORTION.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT INVERSE CORRELATION.
STUDIES SHOW EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION,
IF IT'S MADE READILY AVAILABLE,
COULD PREVENT AS MANY AS 700,000 ABORTIONS A YEAR.
***
YOUR HONOR, THIS WHOLE THING IS ABOUT SPITE.
HIS. HERS!
OBJECTION! PEOPLE, LET'S PUT THE VITRIOL ASIDE,
NOT TO MENTION THE COMPLETE LUDICROUSNESS OF THIS CASE,
AND LOOK AT THE FACTS.
MS. BRIDGE, YOU'VE OWNED THIS CAT FOR 11 YEARS?
THAT IS CORRECT, YOUR HONOR.
NEVERTHELESS, UH, THE COURT AWARDED MR. BRIDGE
JOINT CUSTODY OF BARRY.
THE CAT'S NAME IS BARRY MANILOW?
IT IS, YOUR HONOR.
MY CLIENT HAS DEVELOPED A STRONG BOND WITH BARRY.
STRONG BOND.
STRONG BOND! GIVE ME A BREAK.
YOUR HONOR, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT SINCE THE DIVORCE,
MR. BRIDGE HAS BEEN LATE IN RETURNING THE CAT,
FED HIM DRY FOOD ONLY,
DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE LITTER BOX HYGIENE
AND WAS OFTEN SEEN CALLING THE CAT "STUPID" IN PUBLIC.
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
IT'S A CAT!
I DON'T THINK I HURT HIS FEELINGS.
AS DIRECTED BY THE JOINT CUSTODY AGREEMENT,
MR. BRIDGE WAS REQUIRED TO MAKE ALL VETERINARY PAYMENTS,
AND MS. BRIDGE, ACTING OUT OF MALICE,
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT BY SUBJECTING THE CAT
TO THE MOST EXPENSIVE TREATMENTS POSSIBLE.
OBJECTION. HE'S DISPARAGING MY CLIENT.
$3,000 A MONTH?
COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE CORRECT?
YEAH, IT IS, YOUR HONOR.
WE HAVE AN AFFIDAVIT FROM THE VET.
BARRY IS 99.9% DEAD.
WHICH MAKES HIM .1% ALIVE.
THE GLASS IS HALF FULL, YOUR HONOR.
BARRY'S COMPLETELY ALIVE TO ME.
HOW COULD YOU TELL UNDER YOUR DRUNKEN HAZE?
HEY! HEY!
ENOUGH! LET ME REMIND YOU
THAT I CAN STILL IMPOSE SANCTIONS IN ARBITRATION.
THIS IS A PROPERTY MATTER ONLY.
KEEP THE EMOTIONS OUT.
WE SHALL RECONVENE TOMORROW,
AND I WILL TRY NOT TO REMIND MYSELF
THAT THIS IS A DAY I WILL NEVER GET BACK.
EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU DIRECT ME TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM, PLEASE?
SURE, IT'S DOWN THE HALL TO THE LEFT.
THANK YOU.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
HELLO.
YOU MUST BE THE CHAIRMAN-- LESTER TREMONT.
I AM. I'M ALAN SHORE.
THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME.
I WON'T TAKE UP MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
AS YOU KNOW, I'M HERE REGARDING MARISSA DEAVER.
YES, WE HAVE HER APPLICATION IN FRONT OF US. AH, DELIGHTFUL.
THEN WE CAN ALL TAKE PLEASURE IN IT TOGETHER.
AS YOU SEE, SHE'S OBVIOUSLY AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT.
SHE'S IN THE TOP TEN PERCENTILE ON HER STANDARDIZED TESTS,
HER GRADES HAVE NEVER DIPPED BELOW AN A-MINUS,
AND SHE PURSUES AND EXCELS IN A BROAD RANGE
OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
AND YET, SHE WASN'T ADMITTED INTO YOUR FINE INSTITUTION.
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
AND PERHAPS IT WAS PARTIALLY OUR FAULT.
HER MOTHER TELLS ME SHE HAD A DREADFUL INTERVIEW,
WHICH SOMETIMES HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING
THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES IN THIS CASE.
MY THOUGHT TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION IS THIS.
YOU REINTERVIEW MARISSA, REVIEW HER REMARKABLE WORK,
AND RECONSIDER PUTTING HER
ON YOUR ROSTER HERE AT ADAMS ACADEMY.
AND THEN LET'S GO BEAT OUR ARCHRIVALS, WHOEVER THEY ARE.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE QUITE A PLAN.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE SENT OUT ALL OF OUR ADMISSIONS LETTERS.
THE CLASS IS FULL, AND THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE WAITLIST.
AH. AND WHILE WE WOULD LOVE TO ACCOMMODATE MARISSA,
IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO ALL OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS.
YES, IT WOULD BE. I WAS HOPING WE WOULDN'T TELL THEM.
HMM. HAVE YOU SEE ANY OF MARISSA'S ARTWORK?
HERE IS A SELF-PORTRAIT,
WHICH CERTAINLY EXHIBITS A DEPTH OF INSIGHT
THAT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR A CHILD OF 9.
AS YOU KNOW, MARISSA IS THE GIRL WHO CANNOT SMILE.
YES, THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION,
AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO HER.
TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S MAKE A DEAL.
KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND LET THE GIRL INTO YOUR SCHOOL.
MR. SHORE, THE ADAMS ACADEMY IS A HIGHLY DEMANDING,
HIGHLY COMPETITIVE INSTITUTION.
WE TURN DOWN OVER 90% OF OUR APPLICANTS
AND IN A TRANSFER CASE LIKE THIS, IT'S 98%.
NOW FOR WHATEVER REASONS,
MARISSA SIMPLY DID NOT MEET OUR STANDARDS.
PERHAPS SHE JUST NEEDS A YEAR OF MATURING.
MATURING? SHE'S READY FOR RETIREMENT.
WELL, SHE IS FREE TO REAPPLY TO OUR ACADEMY NEXT YEAR.
SHE CANNOT WAIT ANOTHER YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, MR. SHORE.
I TAKE IT WE'VE STOPPED BEING NICE. I KNOW I HAVE.
MR. TREMONT, MARISSA HAS A DISABILITY,
AND YOU AND YOUR INSTITUTION ARE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST HER.
MR. SHORE, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
BUT EVEN IF IT WERE TRUE,
AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL, WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT
TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A DISABLED STUDENT.
AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL, WE ARE NOT BOUND BY THE I.D.E.A.,
AND NEITHER PARENTS NOR STUDENTS
HAVE ANY RECOURSE TO CHALLENGE DENIAL OF SERVICE.
OH, MY GOD. YOU'RE A LAWYER.
YES, SEVERAL OF US ARE.
LET ME TELL YOU TWO THINGS ABOUT MYSELF.
I, TOO, AM A LAWYER, I CAN BE PAINFULLY VINDICTIVE,
AND I DO NOT PLAY FAIR.
THAT'S THREE THINGS.
SEE? NOT PLAYING FAIR ALREADY.
AND I'M JUST GETTING STARTED. MR. SHORE,
OUR SCHOOL HAS BEEN SUED SEVERAL TIMES,
NEVER SUCCESSFULLY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, LESTER.
YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST TIME.
***
DR. TUSTEN, MS. BAUER IS SAYING
THERE IS NO MORAL DEBATE AT PLAY HERE.
IN THE CATHOLIC RELIGION, HUMAN LIFE BEGINS
WHEN THE EGG IS FERTILIZED, NOT IMPLANTED.
AT THAT STAGE, A LIFE IS IN MOTION.
REGARDLESS OF HOW IT HAPPENED,
MY MORAL AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO INTERFERE,
AND THE CONSCIENCE CLAUSE ASSURES THAT I DON'T HAVE TO.
OF COURSE, YOU ALSO FOLLOW THIS--
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S PROTOCOL
FOR TREATING SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS, IS THAT RIGHT?
IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR HANDLING
THE DELICATE NATURE OF THESE CASES.
IN THE 130 PAGES OF THAT DOCUMENT,
DOES IT EVER RECOMMEND THE USE OF THE MORNING-AFTER PILL?
NO, BUT IT DOES ADDRESS SEVERAL IMPORTANT ISSUES
REGARDING THE CARE OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM,
INCLUDING COLLECTING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE
TO ASSIST IN LOCATING AND PROSECUTING THE ATTACKER.
AND WERE YOU SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THAT SAMPLE? WE WERE.
THE RAPIST WAS IDENTIFIED, CONVICTED
AND IS AWAITING SENTENCING.
NOTHING FURTHER.
DR. TUSTEN, IN EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES
LIKE SEXUAL ASSAULT,
MANY CATHOLIC HOSPITALS WILL MAKE AN EXCEPTION
AND PROVIDE THE RAPE VICTIMS WITH EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION.
CATHOLIC HOSPITALS ARE FREE TO INTERPRET SECTIONS
OF THE ETHICAL AND RELIGIOUS DIRECTIVES
LIBERALLY OR CONSERVATIVELY.
WE AT ST. MARY'S TAKE A VERY STRICT APPLICATION
OF CATHOLIC TEACHINGS.
TELL ME, DR. TUSTEN, DO YOU HAVE A SET SCHEDULE AT THE E.R.,
9 TO 5, MONDAY TO FRIDAY?
SHIFTS ARE MUCH LONGER THAN THAT.
WE'RE OFTEN ON CALL FOR 24 HOURS AT A TIME.
AH, SO YOU OFTEN WORK WEEKENDS. OF COURSE.
BUT THAT WOULD PUT YOU SQUARELY ON THE JOB DURING THE SABBATH,
AND EXODUS 35:2 STATES THAT,
"HE WHO WORKS ON THE SABBATH SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH."
THAT'S A RATHER FUNDAMENTALIST INTERPRETATION.
MOVING ON, MARK 16:18 STATES THAT,
"A BELIEVER CAN DRINK ANY DEADLY THING
AND NOT BE HARMED."
AS A PHYSICIAN, ARE YOU READY TO SAY
THAT YOUR CATHOLIC PATIENTS CAN TAKE A SWIG OF ARSENIC
AND SUFFER NO ADVERSE EFFECTS?
WELL, THAT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE INTERPRETED LITERALLY.
BUT YOU INTERPRET SOME THINGS LITERALLY.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU JUST FOLLOW THE PARTS OF THE BIBLE
THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?
GOD WAS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH "THOU SHALT NOT KILL."
THEY SAID, IF YOU POUR IT,
HE WILL COME. NOT TONIGHT, DENNY.
I'M ANGRY.
DID YOU KNOW PRIVATE SCHOOLS CAN OPENLY DISCRIMINATE
BECAUSE OF RELIGION, GENDER,
EVEN DISABILITY?
OF COURSE THEY CAN. THEY'RE PRIVATE.
THAT'S THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE.
THAT'S THE WAY IT ONCE WAS WITH CLUBS
BEFORE THE FEMINIST LESBIAN CABAL RUINED THIS COUNTRY.
I'M TRYING TO GET A YOUNG GIRL INTO THE ADAMS ACADEMY.
LITTLE MISS GLOOMY GERTA THERE?
SHE'S NOT GLOOMY. OH.
I PULLED A COIN OUT OF HER EAR. SHE DIDN'T EVEN LAUGH.
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT GIRL.
THAT IS THE ACID TEST.
YOU'RE A LITTLE GLOOMY GERTA YOURSELF, AREN'T YOU?
I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO GET HER IN.
THE ENTIRE LEGAL SYSTEM SITS SQUARELY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WELL, ALAN, YOU'RE MISSING THE WHOLE POINT.
WHICH IS? THE CONCEPT OF PRIVATE.
PRIVATE DOESN'T OPERATE BY THE LAW.
PRIVATE OPERATES ABOVE THE LAW, LIKE--LIKE GREEK GODS
HOVERING ABOVE THE EARTH
ON THEIR OWN PRIVATE MOUNT OLYMPUS.
NOW THE GREEK GODS BROKE THE RULES AND THE LAWS,
BUT THE ONE THING THEY RESPECTED WAS POWER
AND INFLUENCE.
NOW, ALAN, IF ALL ELSE FAILS,
AND YOU THINK YOU'VE LOST,
PRETEND YOU'VE WON.
IT WORKS FOR OUR PRESIDENT.
MAYBE IT JUST ISN'T FUNNY.
***
I HATE CATS.
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
CAN'T STAND 'EM.
BARRY BELONGED TO MY THIRD HUSBAND.
WHEN HE TRIED TO PICK ME UP AT A BAR,
HIS TOUPEE WAS SLIPPING,
AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS A BREAST INSPECTOR.
AND YOU MARRIED HIM?
YOU CAN SEE WHY I PREFER THE CAT.
HUSBANDS COME AND GO, AND WHEN THEY GO,
THEIR FRIENDS GO WITH THEM,
AND THEN YOU END UP ALONE,
EXCEPT FOR BARRY.
I APOLOGIZE
FOR WHAT CAN BE CONSTRUED
AS AN INAPPROPRIATE GESTURE LAST WEEK.
AS YOU SHOULD.
AND I KNOW YOU THINK I'M BLACKMAILING YOU
BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO BRIBE ME,
AND I AM.
BUT PUTTING ALL THIS ASIDE FOR NOW,
I REALLY NEED YOU TO WIN THIS.
PLEASE.
(knock on door)
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME, MR. CRANE?
YEAH, YEAH, UH, GARY. UH, COME ON IN.
COME HERE, COME ON.
COME HERE! (chuckles)
(chuckles)
FUNNY.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
(chuckles)
YOU AND ME, LUNCH TOMORROW.
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW. (chuckles)
(laughs)
(both laugh)
***
LET'S KEEP IN MIND EXACTLY WHO'S AT FAULT
FOR AMELIA WARNER'S TRAUMA-- HER RAPIST.
INSTEAD, HERE WE ARE ATTACKING THE DOCTOR THAT TREATED AMELIA,
WHOSE EFFORTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE APPREHENSION
AND IMPRISONMENT OF THAT RAPIST.
BECAUSE THAT DOCTOR, ACTING WITHIN HIS RIGHTS,
DID NOT ADMINISTER MEDICATION
THAT CONFLICTED WITH HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS--
BELIEFS THAT HE PROMISED TO UPHOLD
WHEN HE WAS HIRED AT ST. MARY'S.
BUT FORGET RELIGION.
LET'S LOOK AT THE LAW.
IN 130 PAGES OF PROTOCOL ON HOW TO TREAT SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS,
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
NEVER EVEN MENTIONS THE USE OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION.
IT'S SIMPLY NOT THE STANDARD OF CARE.
THERE IS, IN FACT,
NO LAW IN PLACE IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
THAT EXPLICITLY REQUIRES CATHOLIC HOSPITALS
TO DISPENSE OR PROVIDE INFORMATION
FOR EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND WE SIMPLY CAN'T PRETEND THAT THERE IS
ON THE BASIS OF SENTIMENT OR SYMPATHY.
ONE OF OUR MANY RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY
IS WHAT IS CALLED "INFORMED CONSENT."
EVERY PATIENT HAS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS
TO HIS OR HER BODY.
AND TO MAKE THAT DECISION,
A PATIENT NEEDS TO RELY ON HER DOCTOR
TO DISCLOSE ALL AVAILABLE OPTIONS.
DO YOU WANT CHEMOTHERAPY
OR SURGERY FOR A BRAIN TUMOR?
DO YOU WANT TO AMPUTATE BELOW THE KNEE
OR HOPE FOR THE BEST AND RISK DEATH FROM GANGRENE?
DO YOU WANT TO PREVENT PREGNANCY
OR HAVE YOUR RAPIST'S BABY?
AMELIA WARNER DIDN'T GET TO CHOOSE.
SHE WAS DEPRIVED OF A CRUCIAL, MEDICALLY RELEVANT OPTION
BECAUSE HER DOCTOR DID NOT APPROVE OF IT.
SHE DIDN'T CHOOSE TO RECEIVE HEALTH CARE
RESTRICTED BY RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE E.R. UNCONSCIOUS.
SHE RELIED ON HER DOCTOR AT ST. MARY'S
TO PROVIDE HER WITH PROPER CARE OR REFER HER ELSEWHERE,
AND HE FAILED HER.
25,000 WOMEN WILL BECOME PREGNANT FROM RAPE THIS YEAR.
IF ALL OF THOSE WOMEN TOOK THIS EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION,
22,000 OF THOSE PREGNANCIES COULD BE AVOIDED.
DOCTORS PROVIDE A CRUCIAL PUBLIC BENEFIT
TO A DIVERSE SOCIETY,
AND WE CANNOT CONDONE IT WHEN THEY IMPOSE THEIR OWN RELIGION
ON PATIENTS WHOM THEY ARE PROFESSIONALLY OBLIGATED
TO SERVE,
ESPECIALLY PATIENTS IN THEIR MOST VULNERABLE STATES,
A TEENAGER, FOR EXAMPLE,
BROUGHT INTO AN EMERGENCY ROOM
AFTER A BRUTAL RAPE...
A TEENAGER WHO IS NOW LEFT TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN VIOLATING HER OWN MORAL PRINCIPLES
IN TERMINATING THE PREGNANCY
OR POSTPONING COLLEGE TO DELIVER THIS CHILD,
A CHILD CONCEIVED AGAINST HER WILL,
A DIRECT RESULT OF THE MOST TRAUMATIC ORDEAL
SHE HAS EVER ENDURED.
(knock on door)
MR. TREMONT.
MR. SHORE, I BELIEVE OUR BUSINESS IS DONE
IN REGARDS TO MISS DEAVER.
OH, ABSOLUTELY. WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.
I'M HERE ON AN ENTIRELY UNRELATED MATTER.
(intercom buzzes) YES, WHAT IS IT, CINDY?
There's a news crew from ABC here. WHAT?
THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE UNRELATED MATTER.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
(chuckles) WELL, THE THING IS, IT'S ALL MY FAULT.
I WAS SO SURE I WAS GOING TO BE VICTORIOUS
AND PERSUADE YOU TO ADMIT MARISSA INTO YOUR SCHOOL--
TOTAL HUBRIS ON MY PART--
I WENT AND CALLED DARCY DeVICTOR.
SHE DOES THE HUMAN INTEREST PIECES
OVER AT THE LOCAL ABC AFFILIATE. WE WERE BRIEFLY AN ITEM.
DON'T LET HER PERKY, ON-AIR DEMEANOR FOOL YOU.
SHE'S ACTUALLY QUITE DEVIANT IN THE BEDROOM.
ANYWAY, I FIGURED THIS WAS EXACTLY THE KIND OF STORY
THAT DARCY LIKES TO--
AND THIS IS THE PART THAT GETS ME EXCITED--
SINK HER TEETH INTO.
YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE ARTIST THAT CAN'T SMILE,
AND THE SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL THAT LOVES HER.
I ALWAYS LIKE SHOWING OFF IN FRONT OF AN EX-GIRLFRIEND,
BUT WOULDN'T KNOW YOU IT, I GOT EXCITED AND JUMPED THE GUN.
SO I'LL LET YOU GET BACK TO WORK.
I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND LET HER KNOW
THAT I WAS WRONG, AND YOU WERE RIGHT,
AND THE SCHOOL PREVAILED IN ITS DETERMINATION
TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THIS LITTLE GIRL
AND HER DISABILITY.
OH, DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY OF MARISSA'S DRAWINGS STILL?
DARCY WAS DYING TO SHOW THEM ON AIR.
HEY, THIS MAY BE A WAY TO SALVAGE THE STORY, ACTUALLY.
YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE GIRL WHO CAN'T SMILE,
HER DREAM SHATTERED BY THE EXCLUSIONARY WILL
OF THE INBRED ELITE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OH, WAIT.
I HAVE SOME.
DARCY!
LESTER!
DOGGIE MASSAGE, PET PROZAC,
KITTY YOGA, BARK MITZVAHS,
PET PLASTIC SURGERY AND NOW LIFE SUPPORT?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH US?
HAVE WE LOST ALL PERSPECTIVE?
THERE ARE NOW AS MANY STARVING PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD
AS THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD A GENERATION AGO.
AND YET, EVERY YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY,
WE SPEND OVER $30 BILLION ON OUR PETS.
YOUR HONOR, YOU HAD THIS RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
THIS IS LUDICROUS.
THIS IS A PROPERTY ISSUE, JUST AS YOU NOTED,
AND AS HARD AS IT IS
TO LET BARRY MANILOW GO,
IT'S TIME TO STOP PROLONGING THE INEVITABLE.
YOUR HONOR, I HAVE TO ADMIT WHEN I FIRST TOOK THIS CASE,
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AS SILLY AS YOU DO.
I MEAN, THIS COUPLE BROKE UP.
THEY MANAGED TO DIVVY UP THE CAR AND TV.
WHY COULDN'T THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE CAT?
BECAUSE...
UNLIKE OUR CARS AND OUR TVs,
OUR PETS--THEY TRANSCEND MERE PROPERTY.
THEY'RE THE PROPERTY THAT LIVES AND BREATHES.
THE PROPERTY THAT LOVES US BACK UNCONDITIONALLY
IN AN INCREASINGLY HARSH AND ISOLATING WORLD.
THIS IS WHAT BARRY MANILOW IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN
TO BEVERLY BRIDGE.
NOW BARRY MANILOW DIDN'T CARE HOW MUCH MAKEUP BEVERLY WORE
OR WHETHER HER OUTFITS WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO TIGHT
FOR SOMEONE HER AGE.
HE NEVER OSTRACIZED HER WHEN SHE GOT DIVORCED,
NEVER DEMANDED SHE GET A JOB,
NEVER ASKED HER HOW SHE SPENT HER MONEY,
NEVER CAME HOME SMELLING LIKE ANOTHER WOMAN,
AND HE NEVER MADE BEVERLY HIS TROPHY.
BARRY MANILOW WAS SIMPLY THERE FOR BEVERLY.
IN FACT, BARRY MANILOW TREATED BEVERLY BETTER
THAN MOST OF HER HUSBANDS DID.
NOW HE MAY BE VERY ILL NOW,
BUT THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT HE CAN RECOVER.
WE NEED TO HOLD ON TO THAT CHANCE.
'CAUSE WHO AMONG US HERE
HAS THE POWER TO SAY
THAT THE SPARK OF A SOUL IS ANY LESS SIGNIFICANT
BECAUSE IT RESIDES IN THE BODY OF A PET?
I DO.
IT'S A CAT.
AND THE COSTS OF KEEPING THIS CAT ON A VENTILATOR INDEFINITELY
ARE EXORBITANT,
ESPECIALLY COUPLED WITH THE PAIN THIS CAT MUST BE IN
AND ITS REMOTE CHANCE OF RECOVERY.
MS. BRIDGE, I AM SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS,
BUT I MUST HEREBY ORDER THAT BARRY MANILOW'S VENTILATOR
BE SHUT OFF.
(monitor beeping steadily)
THAT DAMN CAT ISN'T GONNA DIE.
FINE, YOU CAN HAVE HIM.
HAS THE JURY REACHED A VERDICT?
WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.
WHAT SAY YOU?
"WE THE JURY FIND IN FAVOR OF THE PLAINTIFF
"AND HEREBY AWARD COMPENSATORY DAMAGES
"IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000.
"ADDITIONALLY, WE AWARD PUNITIVE DAMAGES
IN THE AMOUNT OF $2.6 MILLION."
THE COURT THANKS THE JURY FOR ITS SERVICE.
(bangs gavel) COURT ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AMELIA, YOU ARE A COURAGEOUS HUMAN BEING.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT, BUT THANK YOU.
***
YOU LOOK GOOD IN BLUE, MARISSA.
I DREW THIS FOR YOU.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE QUITE A DAY.
YOU KNOW, MARISSA, NOT SMILING HAS ITS BENEFITS.
YOU DON'T GIVE AWAY YOUR THOUGHTS SO EASILY.
IT'S A GREAT ADVANTAGE IN CARD PLAYING.
THAT'S FUNNY BUT...
I'D RATHER FIT IN.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A GREEK PHILOSOPHER
NAMED EPICTETUS?
NO. HE WAS A FUNNY MAN
WITH A CERTAIN FLAIR FOR LIFE.
EPICTETUS COMPARED PEOPLE WHO FIT IN
TO THE WHITE THREADS OF A TOGA, INDISTINGUISHABLE.
HE WANTED TO BE THE PURPLE THREAD,
THAT SMALL PART WHICH IS BRIGHT
AND MAKES ALL THE REST APPEAR
GRACEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL.
"WHY THEN," HE ASKED,
"DO YOU TELL ME TO MAKE MYSELF LIKE THE MANY?
AND IF I DO, HOW SHALL I STILL BE PURPLE?"
SOMETIMES BEING PURPLE IS KIND OF A PAIN.
YES.
***
BEV.
HELLO, BRAD.
BARRY'S FEELING BETTER?
WELL, HE DOESN'T, YOU KNOW,
WALK OR MOVE OR ANYTHING,
BUT HE'S BREATHING ON HIS OWN.
I-I DIDN'T EXACTLY WIN THE CASE,
BUT ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
SO WE'RE SQUARE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN WE'RE SQUARE, BRAD.
(Louis Armstrong's "When You're Smiling" playing)
DAMN IT!
* WHEN YOU'RE SMILING
* THE WHOLE WORLD...
SO?
I JUST SPOKE WITH HER MOTHER.
SHE'S HAVING AN ABORTION
WHILE IT'S STILL LEGAL.
A GIRL WHO SAID
SHE WOULD NEVER EVEN CONSIDER IT.
WELL, WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE...
HAVING CUSTODY BATTLES WITH YOUR RAPIST?
SORRY, THAT WAS REALLY TASTELESS.
IT'S ALL TASTELESS.
I MEAN, THE MORE SCIENCE COMES UP WITH ALTERNATIVES
TO THE MISERY OF ABORTION,
THE LOUDER THE OPPOSITION.
BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT POWER.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT POWER.
THESE GUYS HAVE ANY FRIENDS?
NOT FOR LONG.
* SO STOP YOUR SIGHIN', BABY
* AND BE HAPPY AGAIN...
ALAN.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING.
WHAT'S THAT?
I WANT YOU TO KILL ME.
THE SCOTCH AND CIGARS
AND NIGHTLY CONSUMPTION OF RED MEAT HAVE THAT WELL IN HAND.
NO, NO, I'M SERIOUS.
I DON'T FEAR DEATH.
I NEVER HAVE.
BUT I AM AFRAID OF BEING HOOKED UP TO A MACHINE,
ALL THOSE TUBES,
BRAIN MUSH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE LIKE THAT?
NO, IF IT CAME TO THAT, MY FRIEND,
I WOULD PULL YOUR PLUG.
PULL A PLUG?
WHAT KIND OF A DEATH IS THAT?
I WANT YOU TO SHOOT ME. SHOOT YOU?
DENNY CRANE IS NOT GOING TO BE TURNED OFF LIKE, UM,
A HAIR DRYER.
YOU LIVE BY THE GUN, YOU DIE BY THE GUN.
I'M NOT GONNA SHOOT YOU. WHY NOT?
I'D SHOOT YOU.
DENNY, YOU'VE BEEN A LAWYER IN THIS TOWN FOR 40 YEARS.
I'M SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE
WHO WOULD WILLINGLY SHOOT YOU.
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO BE SHOT BY A STRANGER.
I WANT TO BE SHOT BY SOMEONE WHO--WHO CARES FOR ME.
THE ANSWER IS NO.
YOU...
DEMOCRAT!
PROTESTING WARS, BANNING GUNS--
IF YOU NANCYS HAD YOUR WAY, NOBODY WOULD EVER SHOOT ANYBODY,
AND THEN WHERE WOULD WE BE?
WHERE WOULD WE BE?
* AND THE WHOLE WORLD
* SMILES WITH YOU
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NEXT ON "BOSTON LEGAL"...
I'D LIKE YOU TO BE BEST MAN.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? IF A MAN WANTS HIS CLOSEST FRIEND
TO BE HIS BEST MAN, HE SHOULD HAVE IT.
ALZHEIMER'S WAS HER WORST FEAR.
SHE HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT
WHERE SHE WAS LOSING CONTROL OF HER BODY,
AND SHE BEGGED ME TO HELP HER DO IT.
HOW DID YOU COMPLY? MORPHINE.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH MY FATHER--
MORPHINE DRIP.
I GOT HER IN A PROGRAM.
I TOLD HER IF SHE LEFT, SHE WAS CUT OFF.
SHE'S YOUR DAUGHTER. YOU SHOULD GO SEE HER.
WHO'S DEAD?