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Tara
Brad Chase
Alan Shore
Denny Crane
Edwin Poole
Lori
Ernie Dell
I moved them to a less desirable location.
We're not territorial about that sort of thing around here, are we?
I run the New York office.
lock and load https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYyeE_q6tDI
We're not territorial about that sort of thing around here, are we?
I run the New York office.
lock and load https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYyeE_q6tDI
Load'n Lock這個指令，原先係為早期的手動步槍而設，例如二戰初期仍使用的1903式春田步槍。Load指的是"拉槍機到底，從彈艙中推一發子彈上膛"。再壓下槍機拉把閉鎖，叫Lock。至於關保險的後續動作，是否包括在此指令中，或另有指令，不得而知。
Lock'n Load，特指拉槍機到底上膛的動作。此為M1 Garand步槍問世後特有的指令，之前的制式步槍，裝填時須手動拉槍機裝彈，不易出錯。但自動裝填步槍拉槍機時，若槍機未抓到子彈就鬆手，槍機也會彈向前閉鎖，造成失誤，因此出現此指令，要求拉槍機確實到底，才能抓到彈艙中子彈。Lock意為到底，和保險無關。1949年，約翰韋恩的電影"琉璜島浴血戰(The Sands of Iwo Jima)"使這句話流行至今，但據說美軍操典並無此指令，可能為誕生於戰場中實地經驗而來，私下流傳。電影中流行，應因其聽來近似"Rock'n Roll";而電影中要上陣時，也都喊: "Rock'n Roll"。
勞勃.勒奇所著『鋼盔為我枕(Helmet For My Pillow)』一書中，出現Load'n Lock這個指令，是在他接受射擊認證時:
新兵受完基本訓練時，要接受射擊認證(Fire for Record)。成績登錄後，即正式註記步槍兵等級。若列為最高級的"專家"(Expert)，可獲五元加給，對於月薪21元的新兵大有助益。
勒奇第一次射擊姿勢科目到靶場時，發現兩件事，其一:見識到士官的陸戰隊髒話，已達化境。之前在其他場合聽到的，都成了小巫。這些士官無法每講兩句話，中間不夾進最不可思議的咒罵和髒話，一般士兵一聽就起雞皮疙瘩，有宗教信仰的連臉都發綠。
其二:大多數人都會射擊，包括大城市來的小夥子，特別是南方人，其中最出色的來自喬治亞州和肯達基。教科規定射擊時，左手臂要穿過槍背帶再穿出來，形成一個環，讓手掌緊緊托住槍身。但子彈一發下來，這些會家子嫌槍背帶累贅，直接舉槍就射。教官只好隨他們去，畢竟彈彈打在靶心，有啥好爭的呢?
只有極少數人，需要教官怒氣衝天的教導糾正，勒奇正是其中之一。他之前只在嘉年華會攤位之類的遊樂場所，偶爾打過點22的小槍，對他而言，30口徑的春田步槍，有如一管加農砲。
陸戰隊必須學會立姿，臥姿，坐姿，三種射擊姿勢。勒奇完全抓不到坐姿的要訣，怎麼作都不對。頭，手臂和身體都無法對正，調了半天，變成只能單手舉槍，像手槍一樣開槍。槍砲士官長發現了他的窘境，走過來噓寒問暖。等到勒奇發覺他不懷好意，用哀求的眼神望著他，士官長要勒奇左手托槍，右手正常握槍把。一屁股坐在他右肩，只聽肩骨咯嚓一聲，幾條筋一拉，姿勢竟然調好成標準坐姿，勒奇終於學會了坐姿射擊。但他聲稱在整個作戰生涯中，只見過一名日軍被陸戰隊員坐姿擊中，而且是在敵方未有一彈飛來的狀況時。
學會了坐姿射擊後，第一次到靶場實彈射擊。勒奇坐在火線上，領了兩個五發彈夾，聽到槍砲士官長第一個指令，就是:"Load’n Lock!"，緊接著:"全線預備!"，"射擊!"
右邊的人先開火，震的勒奇耳膜作響，跳了起來。回過神後，倒也很快幾秒鐘內就打完十發配額。從此慢慢喜歡上射擊，當然在過程中，把能犯的錯都犯完，包括誤射了別人的靶。
勒奇的五元加給飛了
終於到了射擊認證時，勒奇信心滿滿，認為自己可以打到專家水準。問題是槍靶置於600碼處，相當於548公尺外，視力不佳的人連靶心都看不清楚，遑論擊中。結果全員無人成為專家，只有兩三個是精準射手(Sharpshooter) ，大約五或六人成為最基本的神射手(Marksman) 。 勒奇完全落空，不要說靶心，連靶都看不清楚，以為穩到手的五元加給也飛了。
雖然還有其他射擊科目，例如機槍，手槍。但步槍是陸戰隊的代表武器，對他們而言，拿到專家神射手頭銜的徽章，別在胸前，等同在戰場贏得國會榮譽勳章。
不過，這些射擊認證成績慘不忍睹的隊員，走出靶場時，已是正式海陸，自認算是老鳥。經過一批剛報到的新兵旁時，大言不慚地大喊:”你們會後悔的!”反正這些新兵又沒在靶場看到他們射擊!
Why don't you brief us? 替我們簡報一下
opposing counsel was granted their motion to compel.
Which means we are now required
to turn over all correspondence...
sure we did. Do it today.
Keep going. We're listening.
This is not a way to conduct a staff meeting.
opposing counsel was granted their motion to compel.
Which means we are now required
to turn over all correspondence...
sure we did. Do it today.
Keep going. We're listening.
This is not a way to conduct a staff meeting.
Hunky-dory.
- It's all gonna be fine, Mr. Poole.
- Unbelievable.
Not really.
Always figured him for a loon.
- It's all gonna be fine, Mr. Poole.
- Unbelievable.
Not really.
Always figured him for a loon.
I've had a small breakdown. Not to worry.
- Of course.
- O-Oh, my goodness. I have the Brant appeal.
- Of course.
- O-Oh, my goodness. I have the Brant appeal.
I'm due in court with Tara.
We're on it. Don't you worry.
You just get better.
Demagnetize his parking pass.
- I beg your pardon?
I know when a man has gone. Do you think
you can handle this case without a copilot?
We're on it. Don't you worry.
You just get better.
Demagnetize his parking pass.
- I beg your pardon?
I know when a man has gone. Do you think
you can handle this case without a copilot?
He's a schmuck.
Alan, back Tara up. She's before Schmuck Resnick. See if you can get a damn continuance.
- Coming through, please.
- Brad, you got a few minutes?
- Actually, no. I've got an early shuttle.
- Get a later one.
- I need some face time.
- What's up?
Edwin Poole was the only one here able to rein in Denny Crane.
The alternative would be Denny's office.
She tried out for the national tour of Annie. She was passed over because she was black.
Alan, back Tara up. She's before Schmuck Resnick. See if you can get a damn continuance.
- Coming through, please.
- Brad, you got a few minutes?
- Actually, no. I've got an early shuttle.
- Get a later one.
- I need some face time.
- What's up?
Edwin Poole was the only one here able to rein in Denny Crane.
The alternative would be Denny's office.
She tried out for the national tour of Annie. She was passed over because she was black.
pass over 置之不理,被忽視
It's discrimination. It's bigotry. It's prejudice.
Baring your ass to 24 attorneys, including two overseas...
that is an unprecedented triumph.
I'm just distraught
I didn't think of it myself.
You know what I like about you?
No, I do not.
Excuse me.
Sorry to interrupt. Brad Chase.
I've been asked to stay,
which I'm considering.
But I'm concerned that you and I have gotten off on the wrong foot. I like to be straight up with people. If there's an issue...
or conflict, let's address it head-on if you don't mind.
I have trouble talking that fast.
I don't believe in being straight up. But I'm a big fan of your Aqua Velva commercials.
There's a potential client in the conference room.
I'd like you to meet with her.
Oh, forgot to mention... I outrank you.
It's discrimination. It's bigotry. It's prejudice.
Baring your ass to 24 attorneys, including two overseas...
that is an unprecedented triumph.
I'm just distraught
I didn't think of it myself.
You know what I like about you?
No, I do not.
Excuse me.
Sorry to interrupt. Brad Chase.
I've been asked to stay,
which I'm considering.
But I'm concerned that you and I have gotten off on the wrong foot. I like to be straight up with people. If there's an issue...
or conflict, let's address it head-on if you don't mind.
I have trouble talking that fast.
I don't believe in being straight up. But I'm a big fan of your Aqua Velva commercials.
There's a potential client in the conference room.
I'd like you to meet with her.
Oh, forgot to mention... I outrank you.
outrank位階比你高
And I'm such a slut for authority.
- All right. You think the two little boys...
could get off the playground now?
You want to makeJuilliard?
I've got these producer notes which I was able to get a hold of ... because of my own personal ingenuity.
I'm afraid Mr. Poole has stepped out ...先行離開了
This is an urgent matter.
I've been calling his cell phone.
We're gonna take care of this for you.
Now why don't you just take a seat in the conference room? I'll get you a glass of water.
Why does it bother you that I'm trying to help?
I don't feel that way at all.
You and I have done business for a long time.
And we've always been able to talk to each other. If I'm to help you here...
It's been a fraud from day one.
Okay. First, you've only been married since August.
Second, you've had five other marriages dissolve each...
I'd like to put a private investigator on her. Get some proof.
The goal being ... to get some compromising pictures to use as leverage. In hopes of ... Negotiating an annulment.
I know I'm one of those obnoxious stage mothers.
But you realize producers do have discretion.
And the art of casting strikes me as a very inexact science.
If they knew they were gonna go white, why did they let her try out at all?
Why did they let her get her hopes up?
So they can pass themselves off as equal opportunity employers.
So they can claim to be about diversity.
They want it both ways.
That was our deal. I would work two jobs, put him through business school. Then he would put me through medical school.
He got a job running a mutual fund.
In their Peewee-league uniforms.
He pay your way through med school?
Take a wild guess.
I don't care though.
I've got a residency waiting for me in New York City.
But Matthew won't let me take the boys out of state.
Says he wants them close by, these boys he sees once a month.
It's nothing but spite.
Now, look, we're going to reschedule a hearing.
I'm sure everything is going to work out fine.
You just have to be patient.
If I'm not at Columbia Presbyterian
8:00 a.m. Monday morning...
they will give my spot away.
I have worked too hard to build a life for these boys.
We can't tail the wife.
And I'm such a slut for authority.
- All right. You think the two little boys...
could get off the playground now?
You want to makeJuilliard?
I've got these producer notes which I was able to get a hold of ... because of my own personal ingenuity.
I'm afraid Mr. Poole has stepped out ...先行離開了
This is an urgent matter.
I've been calling his cell phone.
We're gonna take care of this for you.
Now why don't you just take a seat in the conference room? I'll get you a glass of water.
Why does it bother you that I'm trying to help?
I don't feel that way at all.
You and I have done business for a long time.
And we've always been able to talk to each other. If I'm to help you here...
It's been a fraud from day one.
Okay. First, you've only been married since August.
Second, you've had five other marriages dissolve each...
I'd like to put a private investigator on her. Get some proof.
The goal being ... to get some compromising pictures to use as leverage. In hopes of ... Negotiating an annulment.
I know I'm one of those obnoxious stage mothers.
But you realize producers do have discretion.
And the art of casting strikes me as a very inexact science.
If they knew they were gonna go white, why did they let her try out at all?
Why did they let her get her hopes up?
So they can pass themselves off as equal opportunity employers.
So they can claim to be about diversity.
They want it both ways.
That was our deal. I would work two jobs, put him through business school. Then he would put me through medical school.
He got a job running a mutual fund.
In their Peewee-league uniforms.
He pay your way through med school?
Take a wild guess.
I don't care though.
I've got a residency waiting for me in New York City.
But Matthew won't let me take the boys out of state.
Says he wants them close by, these boys he sees once a month.
It's nothing but spite.
Now, look, we're going to reschedule a hearing.
I'm sure everything is going to work out fine.
You just have to be patient.
If I'm not at Columbia Presbyterian
8:00 a.m. Monday morning...
they will give my spot away.
I have worked too hard to build a life for these boys.
We can't tail the wife.
Not ethical.
What I would suggest is we send a letter of withdrawal to end-run the conflict.
- Get an opinion letter of outside counsel...
The harm would be to me.
I've got a senior partner saying don't tail her.
I've got a client wanting snapshots.
You have enormous persuasive skills.
Don't be offended by this.
The man is a profound skirt chaser.
What's wrong with your skirt?
Men sometimes find me attractive. From time to time, they'll even hit on me. It's all deeply rewarding. But you...
Kind of... nasty hot.
Don't make me pull rank. You can file your sexual harassment claim tomorrow.
It seems the client can't pay. So the firm will have to eat the cost of prosecuting this matter.
I'm sure the partners won't object...
when they hear that it
was a case you assigned to me.
I'll tell you what. I'll pay the cost of prosecuting the case. Of course if you were a betting man... You win, I pay. You lose, you pay.
- That's the good news. The not-so-good news is
we probably won't win it.
But it at least gives us leverage to get your ex-husband in a room.
We want to take a shot at a settlement.
Now if your ex cares anything about these kids, then...
Have I not been clear about that?
He doesn't even know the kids.
I've dealt with bad ex-husbands before.
Mr. Chase, no offense, but you have never dealt with this one.
Trust me.
This is Little Orphan Annie for God's sake. If she doesn't look the part...
I didn't realize we did racial profiling for our comic strips.
These are private investors.
There is no state action involved.
How would the story change if Annie were black?
- Counsel, we are talking about adoption here.
Daddy Warbucks isn't
the biological father.
- Exactly how would the story change?
- Little Orphan Annie...
- is an iconic character based...
- I want to see her.
What I would suggest is we send a letter of withdrawal to end-run the conflict.
- Get an opinion letter of outside counsel...
The harm would be to me.
I've got a senior partner saying don't tail her.
I've got a client wanting snapshots.
You have enormous persuasive skills.
Don't be offended by this.
The man is a profound skirt chaser.
What's wrong with your skirt?
Men sometimes find me attractive. From time to time, they'll even hit on me. It's all deeply rewarding. But you...
Kind of... nasty hot.
Don't make me pull rank. You can file your sexual harassment claim tomorrow.
It seems the client can't pay. So the firm will have to eat the cost of prosecuting this matter.
I'm sure the partners won't object...
when they hear that it
was a case you assigned to me.
I'll tell you what. I'll pay the cost of prosecuting the case. Of course if you were a betting man... You win, I pay. You lose, you pay.
- That's the good news. The not-so-good news is
we probably won't win it.
But it at least gives us leverage to get your ex-husband in a room.
We want to take a shot at a settlement.
Now if your ex cares anything about these kids, then...
Have I not been clear about that?
He doesn't even know the kids.
I've dealt with bad ex-husbands before.
Mr. Chase, no offense, but you have never dealt with this one.
Trust me.
This is Little Orphan Annie for God's sake. If she doesn't look the part...
I didn't realize we did racial profiling for our comic strips.
These are private investors.
There is no state action involved.
How would the story change if Annie were black?
- Counsel, we are talking about adoption here.
Daddy Warbucks isn't
the biological father.
- Exactly how would the story change?
- Little Orphan Annie...
- is an iconic character based...
- I want to see her.
I want to compare.
Your Honor, is that really fair to the other little girl?
Well, counsel, if she can sing eight times a week ... in front of 3,000-plus people a night, she can sing in front of me.
Get her in here.
The photographs will have no legal relevance.
They can't facilitate an annulment.
May I ... make an observation?
I really don't know you, Mr. Dell...
It's called power. And you derive a lot of that power not just from being handsome and sexy ... but from being dignified.
Hiring a private investigator is beneath you.
I know this sounds crazy, but ... you might want to look
at this as an opportunity.
You and I go back a long way.
Completely mindful of the fact that you helped build this place ... the partners here will not allow you to dismantle it with your buffoonery.
I don't think you want to hear me say it again.
To have an affair with the wife of one of our biggest clients...
it disrespects both Ernie Dell and this firm.
Your point is well taken. Everybody is fungible.
Lori Colson won't tail my wife.
I'm having a bit of an identity crisis.
I've always prided myself on being ... nuts.
But in this firm, I find myself falling into the sane category.
What would I be scared of?
Edwin Poole is a friend.
To see him just go off the high dive.
Questions like that will kill you.
- Questions like "What's the point?"
- Look. Take you for example.
Your Honor, is that really fair to the other little girl?
Well, counsel, if she can sing eight times a week ... in front of 3,000-plus people a night, she can sing in front of me.
Get her in here.
The photographs will have no legal relevance.
They can't facilitate an annulment.
May I ... make an observation?
I really don't know you, Mr. Dell...
It's called power. And you derive a lot of that power not just from being handsome and sexy ... but from being dignified.
Hiring a private investigator is beneath you.
I know this sounds crazy, but ... you might want to look
at this as an opportunity.
You and I go back a long way.
Completely mindful of the fact that you helped build this place ... the partners here will not allow you to dismantle it with your buffoonery.
I don't think you want to hear me say it again.
To have an affair with the wife of one of our biggest clients...
it disrespects both Ernie Dell and this firm.
Your point is well taken. Everybody is fungible.
Lori Colson won't tail my wife.
I'm having a bit of an identity crisis.
I've always prided myself on being ... nuts.
But in this firm, I find myself falling into the sane category.
What would I be scared of?
Edwin Poole is a friend.
To see him just go off the high dive.
Questions like that will kill you.
- Questions like "What's the point?"
- Look. Take you for example.
Tomorrow, you're gonna go into court
and argue that some little fat black kid...
should be able to play a little skinny white one.
What's the point?
You don't ask.
That's the point.
You gonna win, by the way?
The world wants to know.
I'm afraid not.
and argue that some little fat black kid...
should be able to play a little skinny white one.
What's the point?
You don't ask.
That's the point.
You gonna win, by the way?
The world wants to know.
I'm afraid not.
There's no state action.
We've asked for a specific performance with no clear evidence of discrimination.
I don't like losing, especially when there's a wager involved.
That's the secret ... of both trial law and life.
& Schmidt.
Matthew.
If you took summer, plus winter breaks ... spring break, holiday weekends ... you start to get pretty close to what you have right now.
- Pass.
- That's too much custody for Super Dad.
Is there any acceptable scenario ... that would allow for Sharon to enroll in her program without leaving the boys behind?
Sophie's Choice.
You have already scarred your children enough to last a lifetime!
Imagine how that feels to a little boy...
knowing that their father could care less
whether he sees them or not!
And yet if it means denying me
something that I want...
something that I deserve,
something that this family needs...
suddenly you're a...
you're a concerned father!
What freakish nightmare did I step into that turned my wife, who was hot ... who had sex with me, who liked to go out with me at night ... into some earth mother, world-record-setting breast feeder?
And now you want to leave your kids with some non-English speaking nanny ... for a hundred hours a week so you can live out your ER fantasy life?
Be my guest. But it's not my problem ... that you're not good enough to get hired anywhere in the entire state.
Truth be told, my relationship with this firm hangs in the balance.
Why don't we step into my office?
This is not gonna be easy for you to hear, but it needs to be said.
This is an ego thing. She's a trophy girl. Something for your friends to admire.
- Maybe you should be flattered.
You acquire fast cars and young wives... to try and stay young yourself in the hope of confusing youth with relevance.
Well, here's a flash for you.
We're all desperate to be relevant.
You're 76 years old.
Want to feel you still mean something?
Move to Florida, punch a chad, screw up an election.
Don't go looking for affirmation ... between the two artificial jugs of a woman who married you for...
Gee, could it be your outstanding sense of humor?
Take a swing if you want to, if it makes you feel better.
The guardian ad litem acknowledged in her report...
in the last year, Mr. Calder took custody of the boys only one weekend a month.
Mr. Calder has been steeped in a major work crisis at his company.
I don't care if he's been dismantling a nuclear weapon.
The fact is he hasn't been there.
There's no doubt that my client is, in practice, the primary custodian.
This woman is struggling to make a life for a family ...
What? She can't make it in the Commonwealth?
She'd love to, but the offer comes from New York.
My client has made every sacrifice.
That's what parents do. You have kids, you make sacrifices.
Mr. Calder, as fathers go ... I consider you a disgrace.
Ms. Brant, there is a reason for this policy.
We don't like angry spouses yanking kids across state lines.
It's an undue burden on the family unit.
Accordingly, your plan ... to relocate with your sons remains enjoined.
And given the discretion that has to be allowed ... to producers in these situations ...
Your Honor, we have something called the Equal Protection Clause.
We have something called the 14th Amendment.
I believe it's actually required reading for judges. I could be wrong there.
Could I be heard, Your Honor?
I heard about this matter. I would like
to address this court on what I consider...
I'm sorry, Reverend, but you have no standing here.
I have standing as an American citizen ... speaking up on
a civil rights violation.
- Rev. Sharpton, I will ask you...
- I have standing as Bobby Kennedy had standing...
- You have no standing.
- On the steps of the courthouse in Alabama!
No one is denying this little girl an education, sir. She just can't play Annie.
You may think this is a small matter.
But this is no small matter.
This child is being denied the right
to play an American icon...
because she doesn't match the description.
Those descriptions were
crafted 50 years ago!
We're supposed to be
in a different day!
- Reverend...
- You talk about racial equality, how we're making progress.
The problem with that progress
is it's always a day away.
Tomorrow, tomorrow...
you love that...
because it's always a day away.
I'm here to stick out
my chin today! Today!
Give us an African-American Spider-Man!
It's just not good enough to say...
she doesn't look the part.
What if we file a T.R.O.
In federal court on behalf of the kids?
- On what grounds?
- I don't know. They've been denied...
a right to interstate travel.
It's dubious.
But I like your thinking.
Come here for a second.
Look...
I just...
I just need to know.
Sally.
- Brad.
- Alan.
The deadbeat doesn't even see his kids,
doesn't know them...
and he's using them as weapons
to destroy his ex-wife and them.
And that's why
you were so upset?
The case?
It's a little hard, okay?
L... I prefer him in D.C.
Mm-hmm.
Do you think I should start working out
with weights? Maybe do some calisthenics?
- I'm trying to, like, express...
- You still like him?
Well, what context
are you asking as, Alan?
I mean, are you asking
as like a boyfriend or...
- I'm not allowed to ask questions?
- Am I? About Tara?
What about Tara?
Nothing.
Anyway, he left.
I got very depressed, drank a lot,
hit on too many boys.
Until I met this one boy...
man...
Distinguished.
And now I just...
Okay. How small
is the town of Boston?
- What?
- The dirtbag is right over there.
Bradley?
The ex-husband.
Really trying to strengthen that family unit.
- What are you doing?
- I just need to use...
your thingy for a second.
Can we get outta here?
I don't... I don't wanna look at that pig.
Okay.
We're off.
I told him we're all
desperate to be relevant.
- Were you able to dissuade him?
- I think so.
Denny, do you think you were...
talking about yourself a little?
You feeling a little desperate
to be relevant lately?
Don't waste your time
trying to get in my head.
There's nothing there.
They're not going
to take the firm from you.
First, Paul Lewiston
could never get the votes.
Second, he wouldn't want to.
The man loves you.
I'm not worried, Lori.
Do I look worried?
Yeah. Look out there.
My domain.
My city.
I'm Denny Crane.
Sir, if I couldjust get your name,
I would be happy to buzz Mr. Calder.
You're very kind.
But, look, I'm already here.
There's a meeting in progress,
and I've been instructed not to disturb him.
Hello, Matthew. Shame.
Quite hoping to interrupt something tawdry.
I'm Alan Shore.
Your colleague and I just met.
But we seem to share a proclivity
for exotic women and illicit behavior.
Can I steal you a second?
- What's going on?
- I'll keep it quick. These are for you.
Photos. Snapshots really.
Some delightful little business between you
and a hooker. A friend of mine actually.
I earn frequent-flyer miles.
She's a lovely woman.
I arranged for her
to seek you out at the bar.
I particularly like that one, don't you?
Gives your bottom a nice... aura.
Here's the deal.
Sharon and the kids get to go to New York...
or I start printing copies.
Is that powdered sugar, by the way...
that you're snorting off
her magnificent porcelain breasts?
You are a lawyer
in a prestigious law firm for God's sake.
I know. Awful.
I hate to extort and run...
but I'm afraid I'll need
an answer on this now.
Tara, I need to apologize.
I know how degrading
that had to be with Ernie. And...
Not at all. In fact,
I slept with him last night.
- Anything for the team.
- I suppose I deserve that.
This wasn't so much for the team
as it is for Denny.
- There's some stuff going on...
- What stuff?
Denny, I need another moment.
I was thinking how right you are
not to hire a private investigator.
I thank you for your counsel.
After all, it's possible that I might learn
something that could upset me even further.
I hadn't considered that.
Did you consider that, Denny?
Ernie, I don't have time to consider
all the things I have to consider.
Mm-hmm. Can we sit?
Oh, please.
See, the thing is, fool that I am...
I went out and hired
a P.I. On my own.
And guess what I found out, Denny.
I'm not sure, Ernie.
But you need to know that I'm billing you
for all these rhetorical questions.
My own lawyer...
my friend...
with my wife.
Gee, Denny Crane is silent.
Talk to me about my quest
for relevance, Denny.
Tell me about my ego.
Come up with one last
profound thing to say...
before I pull this trigger!
Come on, Denny, talk. I want to hear
what the great Denny Crane has to say now.
First off...
clients come in here all the time
wanting to shoot me.
You know what I tell them?
Go ahead.
The worst thing
about growing older, Ernie?
You begin to slip.
One day you wake up
and you're "less than."
And for me...
I'm a legend, Ernie.
I'm folklore in this town.
Lawyers have feared me for years.
For Denny Crane to slip,
it would diminish my legacy.
It would be a tragedy.
Denny Crane has to go out big, page one
of the Globe... New York Times even.
Do me a favor, Ernie.
Pull the trigger.
Immortalize the legend.
Pull the trigger.
I don't ever want to be "less than."
Don't let me become irrelevant.
Pull it!
Okay.
But before I do,
don't you at least want to apologize?
I do.
I'm sorry, my friend.
I'm truly sorry.
Ernie, uh...
That gun...
I bought it for you, remember.
It's a starter pistol, Ernie.
It's a controversy.
That's what Al Sharpton does. And he does it well.
He doesn't just make noise.
He lights and carries a torch of racial controversy.
- Mr. Shore...
- Which you know. Which is why you're here.
We need to put this one out,
good people.
Controversy is bad business for musicals.
Your production will open and close
faster than you can say "Trent Lott."
I assume you've come with a proposal.
Let's have it.
Sarah?
Okay.
We'll offer you the role
of understudy on weekends.
- Plus three matinees a month.
- Done.
Sarah?
- He pulled a gun on him.
- Mm-hmm.
It only shot blanks, but, yeah.
Drama's over.
How does it feel being back?
It's all right.
Let me ask you a question.
I'd appreciate an honest answer.
Okay.
Do you think I talk too fast?
Um...
Sometimes you're a little brisk.
I think it's good business practice,
not to mention good business ethics.
We charge by the hour.
Our clients pay for the time that we spend talking.
As attorneys, we have an obligation
not to overbill our clients.
If I talk fast,
it's just because I feel...
Ethically bound.
- He makes fun of me.
- I'm sorry?
Shore.
He thinks I'm a Ken doll.
No, it's not right. He calls me a Ken doll while he...
Plays with your Barbie?
Excuse me.
- Hi.
- Sharon.
I just...
I just came to say thank you.
Not that I agree
with your tactics.
But what this means
to me and... and my children...
Well, thank you so much.
I will never forget this.
Remember that book,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
Yes.
Is there a point?
Or did you just want to know if I'd read it?
There you go again,
always looking for a point.
Matthew Calder just agreed
to let his wife move with their children.
Fantastic.
You got pictures of him with a hooker.
You blackmailed him.
- You make it sound unsavory.
- Listen to me.
I know how you practice law.
I don't practice law like that.
It was a rabbit.
Well, really a bunny.
Marines don't like bunnies?
You know the only reason
I don't report you to the Bar...
Is because Sharon might not be able
to go to New York with her children...
which, shockingly, is more important
than our combined ethical egos.
You know what, sport?
You and I now...
officially have a relationship.
Great. Perhaps we can get together
and do a couple of push-ups...
sport.
Hooker rabbits.
I love it.
You know, you never answered
my question the other night.
Which was?
Are you scared?
The only thing to be scared of, son,
is tomorrow.
I don't live for tomorrow.
Never saw the fun in it.
Denny Crane.
What was that?
Nothing.
Here's to no tomorrows.
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We've asked for a specific performance with no clear evidence of discrimination.
I don't like losing, especially when there's a wager involved.
That's the secret ... of both trial law and life.
& Schmidt.
Matthew.
If you took summer, plus winter breaks ... spring break, holiday weekends ... you start to get pretty close to what you have right now.
- Pass.
- That's too much custody for Super Dad.
Is there any acceptable scenario ... that would allow for Sharon to enroll in her program without leaving the boys behind?
Sophie's Choice.
You have already scarred your children enough to last a lifetime!
Imagine how that feels to a little boy...
knowing that their father could care less
whether he sees them or not!
And yet if it means denying me
something that I want...
something that I deserve,
something that this family needs...
suddenly you're a...
you're a concerned father!
What freakish nightmare did I step into that turned my wife, who was hot ... who had sex with me, who liked to go out with me at night ... into some earth mother, world-record-setting breast feeder?
And now you want to leave your kids with some non-English speaking nanny ... for a hundred hours a week so you can live out your ER fantasy life?
Be my guest. But it's not my problem ... that you're not good enough to get hired anywhere in the entire state.
Truth be told, my relationship with this firm hangs in the balance.
Why don't we step into my office?
This is not gonna be easy for you to hear, but it needs to be said.
This is an ego thing. She's a trophy girl. Something for your friends to admire.
- Maybe you should be flattered.
You acquire fast cars and young wives... to try and stay young yourself in the hope of confusing youth with relevance.
Well, here's a flash for you.
We're all desperate to be relevant.
You're 76 years old.
Want to feel you still mean something?
Move to Florida, punch a chad, screw up an election.
Don't go looking for affirmation ... between the two artificial jugs of a woman who married you for...
Gee, could it be your outstanding sense of humor?
Take a swing if you want to, if it makes you feel better.
The guardian ad litem acknowledged in her report...
in the last year, Mr. Calder took custody of the boys only one weekend a month.
Mr. Calder has been steeped in a major work crisis at his company.
I don't care if he's been dismantling a nuclear weapon.
The fact is he hasn't been there.
There's no doubt that my client is, in practice, the primary custodian.
This woman is struggling to make a life for a family ...
What? She can't make it in the Commonwealth?
She'd love to, but the offer comes from New York.
My client has made every sacrifice.
That's what parents do. You have kids, you make sacrifices.
Mr. Calder, as fathers go ... I consider you a disgrace.
Ms. Brant, there is a reason for this policy.
We don't like angry spouses yanking kids across state lines.
It's an undue burden on the family unit.
Accordingly, your plan ... to relocate with your sons remains enjoined.
And given the discretion that has to be allowed ... to producers in these situations ...
Your Honor, we have something called the Equal Protection Clause.
We have something called the 14th Amendment.
I believe it's actually required reading for judges. I could be wrong there.
Could I be heard, Your Honor?
I heard about this matter. I would like
to address this court on what I consider...
I'm sorry, Reverend, but you have no standing here.
I have standing as an American citizen ... speaking up on
a civil rights violation.
- Rev. Sharpton, I will ask you...
- I have standing as Bobby Kennedy had standing...
- You have no standing.
- On the steps of the courthouse in Alabama!
No one is denying this little girl an education, sir. She just can't play Annie.
You may think this is a small matter.
But this is no small matter.
This child is being denied the right
to play an American icon...
because she doesn't match the description.
Those descriptions were
crafted 50 years ago!
We're supposed to be
in a different day!
- Reverend...
- You talk about racial equality, how we're making progress.
The problem with that progress
is it's always a day away.
Tomorrow, tomorrow...
you love that...
because it's always a day away.
I'm here to stick out
my chin today! Today!
Give us an African-American Spider-Man!
It's just not good enough to say...
she doesn't look the part.
What if we file a T.R.O.
In federal court on behalf of the kids?
- On what grounds?
- I don't know. They've been denied...
a right to interstate travel.
It's dubious.
But I like your thinking.
Come here for a second.
Look...
I just...
I just need to know.
Sally.
- Brad.
- Alan.
The deadbeat doesn't even see his kids,
doesn't know them...
and he's using them as weapons
to destroy his ex-wife and them.
And that's why
you were so upset?
The case?
It's a little hard, okay?
L... I prefer him in D.C.
Mm-hmm.
Do you think I should start working out
with weights? Maybe do some calisthenics?
- I'm trying to, like, express...
- You still like him?
Well, what context
are you asking as, Alan?
I mean, are you asking
as like a boyfriend or...
- I'm not allowed to ask questions?
- Am I? About Tara?
What about Tara?
Nothing.
Anyway, he left.
I got very depressed, drank a lot,
hit on too many boys.
Until I met this one boy...
man...
Distinguished.
And now I just...
Okay. How small
is the town of Boston?
- What?
- The dirtbag is right over there.
Bradley?
The ex-husband.
Really trying to strengthen that family unit.
- What are you doing?
- I just need to use...
your thingy for a second.
Can we get outta here?
I don't... I don't wanna look at that pig.
Okay.
We're off.
I told him we're all
desperate to be relevant.
- Were you able to dissuade him?
- I think so.
Denny, do you think you were...
talking about yourself a little?
You feeling a little desperate
to be relevant lately?
Don't waste your time
trying to get in my head.
There's nothing there.
They're not going
to take the firm from you.
First, Paul Lewiston
could never get the votes.
Second, he wouldn't want to.
The man loves you.
I'm not worried, Lori.
Do I look worried?
Yeah. Look out there.
My domain.
My city.
I'm Denny Crane.
Sir, if I couldjust get your name,
I would be happy to buzz Mr. Calder.
You're very kind.
But, look, I'm already here.
There's a meeting in progress,
and I've been instructed not to disturb him.
Hello, Matthew. Shame.
Quite hoping to interrupt something tawdry.
I'm Alan Shore.
Your colleague and I just met.
But we seem to share a proclivity
for exotic women and illicit behavior.
Can I steal you a second?
- What's going on?
- I'll keep it quick. These are for you.
Photos. Snapshots really.
Some delightful little business between you
and a hooker. A friend of mine actually.
I earn frequent-flyer miles.
She's a lovely woman.
I arranged for her
to seek you out at the bar.
I particularly like that one, don't you?
Gives your bottom a nice... aura.
Here's the deal.
Sharon and the kids get to go to New York...
or I start printing copies.
Is that powdered sugar, by the way...
that you're snorting off
her magnificent porcelain breasts?
You are a lawyer
in a prestigious law firm for God's sake.
I know. Awful.
I hate to extort and run...
but I'm afraid I'll need
an answer on this now.
Tara, I need to apologize.
I know how degrading
that had to be with Ernie. And...
Not at all. In fact,
I slept with him last night.
- Anything for the team.
- I suppose I deserve that.
This wasn't so much for the team
as it is for Denny.
- There's some stuff going on...
- What stuff?
Denny, I need another moment.
I was thinking how right you are
not to hire a private investigator.
I thank you for your counsel.
After all, it's possible that I might learn
something that could upset me even further.
I hadn't considered that.
Did you consider that, Denny?
Ernie, I don't have time to consider
all the things I have to consider.
Mm-hmm. Can we sit?
Oh, please.
See, the thing is, fool that I am...
I went out and hired
a P.I. On my own.
And guess what I found out, Denny.
I'm not sure, Ernie.
But you need to know that I'm billing you
for all these rhetorical questions.
My own lawyer...
my friend...
with my wife.
Gee, Denny Crane is silent.
Talk to me about my quest
for relevance, Denny.
Tell me about my ego.
Come up with one last
profound thing to say...
before I pull this trigger!
Come on, Denny, talk. I want to hear
what the great Denny Crane has to say now.
First off...
clients come in here all the time
wanting to shoot me.
You know what I tell them?
Go ahead.
The worst thing
about growing older, Ernie?
You begin to slip.
One day you wake up
and you're "less than."
And for me...
I'm a legend, Ernie.
I'm folklore in this town.
Lawyers have feared me for years.
For Denny Crane to slip,
it would diminish my legacy.
It would be a tragedy.
Denny Crane has to go out big, page one
of the Globe... New York Times even.
Do me a favor, Ernie.
Pull the trigger.
Immortalize the legend.
Pull the trigger.
I don't ever want to be "less than."
Don't let me become irrelevant.
Pull it!
Okay.
But before I do,
don't you at least want to apologize?
I do.
I'm sorry, my friend.
I'm truly sorry.
Ernie, uh...
That gun...
I bought it for you, remember.
It's a starter pistol, Ernie.
It's a controversy.
That's what Al Sharpton does. And he does it well.
He doesn't just make noise.
He lights and carries a torch of racial controversy.
- Mr. Shore...
- Which you know. Which is why you're here.
We need to put this one out,
good people.
Controversy is bad business for musicals.
Your production will open and close
faster than you can say "Trent Lott."
I assume you've come with a proposal.
Let's have it.
Sarah?
Okay.
We'll offer you the role
of understudy on weekends.
- Plus three matinees a month.
- Done.
Sarah?
- He pulled a gun on him.
- Mm-hmm.
It only shot blanks, but, yeah.
Drama's over.
How does it feel being back?
It's all right.
Let me ask you a question.
I'd appreciate an honest answer.
Okay.
Do you think I talk too fast?
Um...
Sometimes you're a little brisk.
I think it's good business practice,
not to mention good business ethics.
We charge by the hour.
Our clients pay for the time that we spend talking.
As attorneys, we have an obligation
not to overbill our clients.
If I talk fast,
it's just because I feel...
Ethically bound.
- He makes fun of me.
- I'm sorry?
Shore.
He thinks I'm a Ken doll.
No, it's not right. He calls me a Ken doll while he...
Plays with your Barbie?
Excuse me.
- Hi.
- Sharon.
I just...
I just came to say thank you.
Not that I agree
with your tactics.
But what this means
to me and... and my children...
Well, thank you so much.
I will never forget this.
Remember that book,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
Yes.
Is there a point?
Or did you just want to know if I'd read it?
There you go again,
always looking for a point.
Matthew Calder just agreed
to let his wife move with their children.
Fantastic.
You got pictures of him with a hooker.
You blackmailed him.
- You make it sound unsavory.
- Listen to me.
I know how you practice law.
I don't practice law like that.
It was a rabbit.
Well, really a bunny.
Marines don't like bunnies?
You know the only reason
I don't report you to the Bar...
Is because Sharon might not be able
to go to New York with her children...
which, shockingly, is more important
than our combined ethical egos.
You know what, sport?
You and I now...
officially have a relationship.
Great. Perhaps we can get together
and do a couple of push-ups...
sport.
Hooker rabbits.
I love it.
You know, you never answered
my question the other night.
Which was?
Are you scared?
The only thing to be scared of, son,
is tomorrow.
I don't live for tomorrow.
Never saw the fun in it.
Denny Crane.
What was that?
Nothing.
Here's to no tomorrows.
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