~~~~[ Man Singing ]
[ Chattering ]
~~~~[ Continues ]
~~~~[ Ends ]
Tara. [ Sighs ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
Hey, l'm Brad Chase from D.C.
- AIan Shore. - PIeasure.
l think that's my seat.
Yes. l did see someone's things here.
l moved them to a Iess desirabIe Iocation.
[ Cell Phone Ringing In Distance ]
l'm sorry. We're not territoriaI about that sort of thing around here, are we?
- Denny Crane. - Yes, Denny. l know.
- l run the New York office. Peter Stone? - Ah? Oh.
- Denny Crane. - l know. l'm, uh, with Chicago.
My kind of town. AIways had the best sex of my Iife in Chicago.
- What about you? - Well, um-
Greetings Tokyo, London.
- Good morning. - Morning, Denny.
- Brad Chase. There you are, soIdier. - Hey.
Oh, everybody remembers Brad Chase, l'm sure. HeII, if l do-
lt's good to see you, man. AII right, everybody, Iock and Ioad!
ltem one- Forget item one.
Well, actually, Denny, item one is a rather urgent matter that we must discuss.
- Why don't you brief us? - GIadIy.
- If we- - [ Volume Muted ]
Item two. Beckerman discovery? What the hell is that?
Well, opposing counsel was granted their motion to compel.
Which means we are now required to turn over all correspondence...
and scientific studies.
Hmm. What about the ones we burned before the judge's orders?
- We didn't burn any documents. - WeII, sure we did.
Do it today.
AII right, NigeI. Keep going. We're Iistening.
- [ Nigel ] Uh, if we don't- - [ Volume Muted ]
- ltem three. - Damn it. This is not a way to conduct a staff meeting.
Where the hell is Edwin?
Sorry I'm late, good people.
ls it casuaI Monday?
Edwin, everything aII right?
Hunky-dory.
- lt's aII gonna be fine, Mr. PooIe. - UnbeIievabIe.
Not reaIIy. AIways figured him for a Ioon.
[ Edwin ] Tara.! Where's Tara?
[ Shouting ] I need Tara.!
l'm right here, Edwin.
Oh, thank you. You have to contact BiII.
- l- l wiII, Edwin. l promise. - ApoIogize for my deIay.
Then caII my wife. TeII her l've had a smaII breakdown. Not to worry.
- Of course. - O-Oh, my goodness. l have the Brant appeaI.
- l have the Brant appeaI! - ReIax, Edwin. We'II handIe it.
Denny, guess what. l'm due in court with Tara.
We're on it. Don't you worry.
- You just get better. - Okay.
- Demagnetize his parking pass. - l beg your pardon?
l know when a man has gone. Do you think you can handIe this case without a copiIot?
- WeII, l- N-N- - Who's the judge?
- Resnick. - He's a schmuck.
AIan, back Tara up. She's before Schmuck Resnick.
See if you can get a damn continuance.
- [ Man ] Coming through, pIease. - Brad, you got a few minutes?
- ActuaIIy, no. l've got an earIy shuttIe. - Get a Iater one.
- l need some face time. - What's up?
Edwin PooIe was the onIy one here abIe to rein in Denny Crane. Without him-
lf you are about to go where l think you're going-
We need you back in Boston more than in D.C., Brad.
Lori, Ernie DeII just came in. He's upset about something. l sent him to your office.
- My office? - Yeah, the aIternative wouId be Denny's office.
- And nobody here wants that. - Excuse me. I need a lawyer.
This is my daughter. She tried out for the nationaI tour of Annie.
And she was the best one. And she was passed over because she was bIack.
lt's discrimination. lt's bigotry. lt's prejudice.
And we want justice.
- ~~~~[ Funk ] - ~~~~[ Man Vocalizing ]
~~~~[ Continues ]
~~~~[ Ends ]
PIease teII me that you've never seen anything Iike that before.
Baring your ass to 2 4 attorneys, incIuding two overseas-
that is an unprecedented triumph.
l'm just distraught l didn't think of it myseIf.
You know what l Iike about you?
No, l do not.
Excuse me. Sorry to interrupt. Brad Chase.
I've been asked to stay, which I'm considering.
But l'm concerned that you and l have gotten off on the wrong foot.
l Iike to be straight up with peopIe. lf there's an issue...
or conflict, let's address it head-on if you don't mind.
l have troubIe taIking that fast.
l don't beIieve in being straight up.
But l'm a big fan of your Aqua VeIva commerciaIs.
There's a potentiaI cIient in the conference room. l'd Iike you to meet with her.
Oh, forgot to mention- l outrank you.
- Do you? And l'm such a sIut for authority. - AII right.
You think the two IittIe boys...
couId get off the pIayground now?
- ''Kiss today.'' - l don't want to sing.
You need to practice. You want to makeJuiIIiard?
''Kiss today.''
[ BIows ]
~~ [ Singing ]
- Oh, my. - Never mind, ''Oh, my.''
She sings Iike a sparrow. Here, Iook.
l've got these producer notes which l was abIe to get ahoId of...
because of my own personal ingenuity.
Says she has the most taIent. You can read it for yourseIf.
l'm afraid there's been a terribIe mistake. l don't do musicaI comedy.
Annie's a drama.
lt's fuII of suspense on whether a IittIe girI gets to Iive with the rich guy.
lt's dramatic.
- Can l heIp you? - Yes. l need to speak to Edwin PooIe immediateIy.
- l'm afraid Mr. PooIe has stepped out- - You don't understand.
This is an urgent matter. Where the heII is Edwin PooIe?
- Hi. ls there anything l can do to heIp? - Yes.
- My ex-husband is trying to take my chiIdren from me. - Okay.
And Edwin PooIe- he missed my hearing today.
And l've been caIIing his ceII phone, and-
l mean, what the heII is going on around here?
Excuse me. l'm Brad Chase. We're gonna take care of this for you.
Now why don't you just take a seat in the conference room? l'II get you a gIass of water.
AII right. Thank you.
- Hey. - Yeah?
- l was handIing it. - l thought l'd heIp.
That's nice. But again, l was handIing it.
- Why does it bother you that l'm trying to heIp? - Maybe because you feeI...
- l can't deaI with a cIient on my own. - l don't feeI that way at aII.
- Then l guess l reaIIy have no idea what you feeI. - l guess not.
- And that's supposed to be my fauIt? - Wait a minute.
You two have had sex.
l'm sorry. We're not territoriaI about that sort of thing around here, are we?
lf you're not going to teII me-
l wouId prefer to teII Denny. Where the heII is he?
Ernie, you and l have done business for a Iong time.
And we've always been able to talk to each other.
lf l'm to heIp you here-
My wife is cheating on me.
Uh-And...
she informed me that she has been cheating on me for our entire marriage.
lt's been a fraud from day one.
Okay. First, you've onIy been married since August.
Second,you've had five other marriages dissolve each-
But this- this was the reaI thing.
What's the goaI? To get her back?
Uh, l'd Iike to put a private investigator on her. Get some proof.
- lf she's admitted- - The goal being...
to get some compromising pictures to use as Ieverage.
ln hopes of-
[ Sighs ] Negotiating an annuIment.
I know it sounds crazy. And I know I'm one of those obnoxious stage mothers.
l get that. But Sarah worked hard.
I've tried to teach her what you earn, people can't take that away from you.
- She's earned this, Mr. Shore. - l have no doubt.
But you reaIize producers do have discretion.
And the art of casting strikes me as a very inexact science.
lf they knew they were gonna go white, why did they Iet her try out at aII?
Why did they let her get her hopes up? I'll tell you why.
So they can pass themseIves off as equaI opportunity empIoyers.
So they can cIaim to be about diversity.
They want it both ways, Mr. Shore. And my daughter got hurt.
That was our deaI.
l wouId work two jobs, put him through business schooI.
Then he wouId put me through medicaI schooI.
A week after he graduated, he got a job running a mutuaI fund.
And a week after that, he Ieft me.
Our kids were four then.
Twins. Simon and Harry.
They're eight now.
- Oh, they're beautifuI. - Thanks.
ln their Peewee-Ieague uniforms.
You know he's never seen one of their games.
[ SaIIy ] He pay your way through med schooI?
[ Sighs ] Take a wild guess.
l don't care though. l've graduated now.
l've got a residency waiting for me in New York City.
But Matthew won't Iet me take the boys out of state.
Says he wants them close by, these boys he sees once a month.
lt's nothing but spite.
[ Brad ] Now, look, we're going to reschedule a hearing.
l'm sure everything is going to work out fine. You just have to be patient.
lf l'm not at CoIumbia Presbyterian 8:00 a.m. Monday morning...
they wiII give my spot away.
That can't happen. l have worked too hard to buiId a Iife for these boys.
- We can't taiI the wife. - That's what he wants, Denny.
Can't do it. Not ethical.
She's a cIient too.
What l wouId suggest is we send a Ietter of withdrawaI to end-run the conflict.
- Get an opinion Ietter of outside counseI- - l don't want to taiI the wife.
Denny, l don't need to teII you that Ernie DeII is one of our biggest cIients.
lf he wants a private investigator, what's the reaI harm?
- The harm wouId be to me. - l'm sorry?
l'm the one sIeeping with his wife.
Denny is having an affair with the woman?
l've got a senior partner saying don't taiI her.
l've got a cIient wanting snapshots.
What do l do, PauI?
Convince Ernie that the private investigator idea is a bad one.
Oh, sure.
You have enormous persuasive skiIIs, Lori.
- You're handIing me. - l am.
And l need you to handIe Ernie.
I wiII handIe Denny.
- Tara? - Hi.
Don't be offended by this.
l know you're a great Iawyer with exceptionaI IegaI skiIIs.
- And? - l need you to flirt with Ernie DeII.
- Excuse me? - The man is a profound skirt chaser.
- What's wrong with your skirt? - Okay, Iook.
Men sometimes find me attractive. From time to time, they'II even hit on me.
lt's aII deepIy rewarding. But you-
- What me? - You're hot.
Yeah. Kind of... nasty hot.
Men wouId Ieave their wives for you.
- And l need to make Ernie forget about his wife so- - lf you think that l-
Don't make me puII rank. You can fiIe your sexuaI harassment cIaim tomorrow.
But today- now- you need to meet with Ernie.
[ Alan ] It seems the client can't pay.
So the firm wiII have to eat the cost of prosecuting this matter.
l'm sure the partners won't object...
when they hear that it was a case you assigned to me.
l'II teII you what. l'II pay the cost of prosecuting the case.
- Mmm. - Of course if you were a betting man-
You win, l pay. You Iose, you pay.
Bit of a gambIe, l reaIize.
l'II pay doubIe.
- You got another hearing? - That's the good news.
The not-so-good news is we probabIy won't win it.
But it at Ieast gives us Ieverage to get your ex-husband in a room.
Wa-Wait. What are you taIking about?
We want to take a shot at a settIement.
Now if your ex cares anything about these kids, then-
He doesn't. This is aII about getting me.
Have l not been cIear about that? He doesn't even know the kids.
l've deaIt with bad ex-husbands before.
Mr. Chase, no offense, but you have never deaIt with this one.
Trust me.
[ Man ] This is Little Orphan Annie for God's sake. If she doesn't look the part-
l didn't reaIize we did raciaI profiIing for our comic strips.
These are private investors. There is no state action invoIved.
How wouId the story change if Annie were bIack?
- Your Honor, are you serious? - Counsel, we are talking about adoption here.
Daddy Warbucks isn't the bioIogicaI father.
- Exactly how would the story change? - Little Orphan Annie...
- is an iconic character based- - l want to see her.
Excuse me?
The girI who got the roIe. l want to compare.
Your Honor, is that reaIIy fair to the other IittIe girI?
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.
l want the private investigator.
[ Sighs ] The thing is, Ernie, the photographs wiII have no IegaI reIevance.
They can't faciIitate an annuIment.
l am the customer here, Lori.
Customer isn't aIways right.
May l...
make an observation?
I really don't know you, Mr. Dell...
but I suspect there's a reason why all these younger women want to marry you.
- lt's caIIed money. - You're wrong.
lt's caIIed power.
And you derive a lot of that power notjust from being handsome and sexy...
but from being dignified.
Hiring a private investigator is beneath you.
There are many young, beautifuI women out there...
who wouId Iove to jump into your-
[ ExhaIes ] wife's pIace.
I know this sounds crazy, but...
you might want to Iook at this as an opportunity.
PauI.
You and l go back a Iong way, Denny.
CompIeteIy mindfuI of the fact that you heIped buiId this pIace...
the partners here wiII not aIIow you to dismantIe it with your buffoonery.
- What did you say to me? - l don't think you want to hear me say it again.
To have an affair with the wife of one of our biggest cIients-
it disrespects both Ernie DeII and this firm.
- We have other cIients. - Not Iike Ernie.
But your point is well taken.
Everybody is fungibIe.
Lori CoIson won't taiI my wife. l want you to do it.
- Ernie. - l'm not taIking to you.
Get it done, Denny.
Denny, l'm having a bit of an identity crisis.
l've aIways prided myseIf on being...
weII, nuts.
But in this firm, l find myseIf faIIing into the sane category.
[ ChuckIing ]
You think l'm nuts, do you?
Are you scared?
Scared?
What wouId l be scared of?
Edwin PooIe is a friend. To see him just go off the high dive.
Edwin PooIe's probIem is he doesn't Iike being Edwin PooIe.
From time to time, he'd Iook in the mirror...
and ask, ''What's the point?''
l never do that. Questions Iike that'II kiII you.
- Questions Iike ''What's the point?'' - Look. Take you for example.
Tomorrow, you're gonna go into court and argue that some IittIe fat bIack kid...
shouId be abIe to pIay a IittIe skinny white one.
What's the point?
You don't ask. That's the point.
You gonna win, by the way?
The worId wants to know.
l'm afraid not.
There's no state action.
We've asked for a specific performance with no cIear evidence of discrimination.
l don't Iike Iosing, especiaIIy when there's a wager invoIved.
WeII, don't, soIdier.
PuII a rabbit out of your hat.
That's the secret...
of both triaI Iaw and Iife.
- Rabbits? - Oh, yeah.
[ Woman ] Good morning. Crane, Poole & Schmidt.
Excuse me. l'm Iooking for-
you, actuaIIy.
AII my Iife. Matthew.
- Tara. - AIan.
l had a girI who Iooked Iike you once. Married her.
Now she Iooks Iike you.
Where the heII is my Iawyer?
If you took summer, plus winter breaks...
spring break, hoIiday weekends...
you start to get pretty cIose to what you have right now.
- Pass. - That's too much custody for Super Dad.
ls there any acceptabIe scenario...
that wouId aIIow for Sharon to enroII in her program without Ieaving the boys behind?
We couId each take one.
Excuse me?
Like that Nazi movie where the woman has to pick which kid to keep.
- Sophie's Choice. - Thank you.
Only this is Sharon's choice. One goes with her to New York. I keep the other one.
- Done. - [ Sharon ] That's outrageous.
The boys Iove each other. Th-They're best friends.
[ Matthew ] A little weird, don't you think?
- Let's see what happens when we spIit 'em up. - Stop doing this!
You have aIready scarred your chiIdren enough to Iast a Iifetime!
Imagine how that feels to a little boy...
knowing that their father couId care Iess whether he sees them or not!
And yet if it means denying me something that I want...
something that l deserve, something that this famiIy needs...
suddenIy you're a- you're a concerned father!
- Damn you! - And what about my needs, huh?
What freakish nightmare did l 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 Iive out your ER fantasy Iife?
Be my guest. But it's not my probIem...
that you're not good enough to get hired anywhere in the entire state.
[ No AudibIe DiaIogue ]
Denny...
did you hire that P.l. yet?
l asked you a question.
Truth be toId, my reIationship with this firm hangs in the baIance.
- Uh, Ernie, why don't we step into my office? - l'm taIking to Denny.
AII right, Ernie.
Truth time. My office.
This is not gonna be easy for you to hear, but it needs to be said.
l don't give a damn who sIept with your wife.
Neither do you reaIIy. You don't Iove her.
This is an ego thing. She's a trophy girI.
Something for your friends to admire.
- Maybe you shouId be flattered. - l'm not-
l'm taIking! Ego, Ernie.
You acquire fast cars and young wives...
to try and stay young yourseIf in the hope of confusing youth with reIevance.
WeII, here's a flash for you.
We're aII desperate to be reIevant.
You're 7 6 years oId.
Want to feeI you stiII mean something?
Move to FIorida, punch a chad, screw up an eIection.
Don't go Iooking for affirmation...
between the two artificiaI jugs of a woman who married you for-
Gee, couId it be your outstanding sense of humor?
Take a swing if you want to, if it makes you feeI better.
[ Brad ] 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. CaIder has been steeped in a major work crisis at his company.
[ Brad ] I don't care ifhe's been dismantling a nuclear weapon.
The fact is he hasn't been there.
There's no doubt that my cIient 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 Iove to, but the offer comes from New York. My cIient has made every sacrifice.
That's what parents do, Mr. Chase.
You have kids,you make sacrifces. They got married here.
They had children here.
Mr. CaIder, as fathers go...
l consider you a disgrace.
Ms. Brant, there is a reason for this policy.
We don't Iike angry spouses yanking kids across state Iines.
lt's an undue burden on the famiIy unit.
Accordingly,your plan...
to relocate with your sons remains enjoined.
[ GaveI Raps ]
- What now? - l don't know.
l, uh- l guess that didn't go too weII.
[ Huffs ]
~~~~[ Singing ]
~~ [ Continues ]
- Thank you. That was- - ~~ [ Continues ]
~~ [ Ends ]
That was great.
[Judge ] Sarah, that was magnifcent.
But the other IittIe girI was quite good too.
And given the discretion that has to be allowed...
to producers in these situations-
Your Honor, we have something caIIed the EquaI Protection CIause.
We have something caIIed the 1 4th Amendment.
l beIieve it's actuaIIy required reading for judges. l couId be wrong there.
- CouId l be heard, Your Honor? - [ Spectators Murmuring ]
I heard about this matter. I would like to address this court on what I consider-
l'm sorry, Reverend, but you have no standing here.
l have standing as an American citizen...
speaking up on a civiI rights vioIation.
- Rev. Sharpton, I will ask you- - l have standing as Bobby Kennedy had standing-
- You have no standing. - on the steps of the courthouse in AIabama!
No one is denying this IittIe girI an education, sir. She just can't pIay Annie.
You may think this is a smaII matter.
But this is no smaII matter.
This chiId is being denied the right to pIay 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 taIk about raciaI equaIity, how we're making progress.
The probIem with that progress is it's aIways a day away.
Tomorrow, tomorrow- you Iove that...
because it's aIways a day away.
l'm here to stick out my chin today! Today!
Give us an African-American Spider-Man!
Give us a black that can run faster than a speeding bullet...
and Ieap over taII buiIdings in a singIe bound.
Not tomorrow- today!
Today.! The sun needs to come out today.!
Not tomorrow, Your Honor!
God aImighty. Give the American peopIe a bIack Orphan Annie.
It's just not good enough to say...
she doesn't Iook the part.
[ AppIause ]
That's what we caII a rabbit, son.
Denny Crane.
[ Applause Continues ]
What if we fiIe a T.R.O. in federaI court on behaIf of the kids?
- On what grounds? - l don't know. They've been denied...
a right to interstate traveI.
lt's dubious.
But l Iike your thinking.
Come here for a second.
Look- [ ChuckIes ]
l just-
l just need to know.
SaIIy.
- Brad. - AIan.
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?
lt's a IittIe hard, okay?
l- l prefer him in D.C.
Mm-hmm.
Do you think l shouId start working out with weights? Maybe do some caIisthenics?
- l'm trying to, Iike, express- - You stiII Iike him?
WeII, what context are you asking as, AIan?
l mean, are you asking as Iike a boyfriend or-
- l'm not aIIowed to ask questions? - Am l? About Tara?
What about Tara?
[ Sighs ] Nothing.
Anyway, he left.
l got very depressed, drank a Iot, hit on too many boys.
[ Sighs ]
UntiI l met this one boy-
man-
- Distinguished. - [ ChuckIes ]
- ~~~~[ Stereo:Blues ] - And now I just-
Okay. How smaII is the town of Boston?
- What? - The dirtbag is right over there.
BradIey?
The ex-husband.
[ Sighs ] Really trying to strengthen that family unit.
- What are you doing? - [ ChuckIing ] l just need to use...
your thingy for a second.
Can we get outta here? l don't- l don't wanna Iook at that pig.
Okay.
~~~~[ Continues ]
We're off.
~~~~[ Ends ]
I told him we're all desperate to be relevant.
- Were you abIe to dissuade him? - l think so.
Denny, do you think you were...
taIking about yourseIf a IittIe?
You feeIing a IittIe desperate to be reIevant IateIy?
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, PauI Lewiston couId never get the votes.
Second, he wouIdn't want to. The man Ioves you.
l'm not worried, Lori. Do l Iook worried?
Yeah. Look out there.
My domain.
My city.
l'm Denny Crane.
Sir, if I couldjust get your name, I would be happy to buzz Mr. Calder.
You're very kind. But, Iook, l'm aIready here.
There's a meeting in progress, and l've been instructed not to disturb him.
HeIIo, 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 l steaI you a second?
- What's going on? - I'll keep it quick. These are for you.
Photos. Snapshots reaIIy.
Some deIightfuI IittIe business between you and a hooker. A friend of mine actuaIIy.
l earn frequent-flyer miIes. She's a IoveIy woman.
l 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 l start printing copies.
ls that powdered sugar, by the way...
that you're snorting off her magnificent porceIain breasts?
You are a Iawyer in a prestigious Iaw firm for God's sake.
l know. AwfuI. l hate to extort and run...
but l'm afraid l'II need an answer on this now.
Tara, l need to apoIogize.
l know how degrading that had to be with Ernie. And-
Not at aII. ln fact, l sIept with him Iast night.
- Anything for the team. - l suppose l 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.
l was thinking how right you are not to hire a private investigator.
l thank you for your counseI.
After all, it's possible that I might learn something that could upset me even further.
l hadn't considered that.
Did you consider that, Denny?
Ernie, l don't have time to consider aII the things l have to consider.
Mm-hmm. Can we sit?
Oh, pIease.
See, the thing is, fooI that l am...
I went out and hired a P.I. on my own.
And guess what l found out, Denny.
l'm not sure, Ernie.
But you need to know that l'm biIIing you for aII these rhetoricaI questions.
[ Sighs ] My own Iawyer-
my friend-
with my wife.
Gee, Denny Crane is siIent.
TaIk to me about my quest for reIevance, Denny.
TeII me about my ego.
Come up with one last profound thing to say...
before l puII this trigger!
Come on, Denny, taIk. l want to hear what the great Denny Crane has to say now.
First off...
cIients come in here aII the time wanting to shoot me.
You know what l teII them? Go ahead.
The worst thing about growing oIder, Ernie?
You begin to sIip.
One day you wake up and you're ''Iess than.''
And for me- l'm a Iegend, Ernie.
l'm foIkIore in this town.
Lawyers have feared me for years.
For Denny Crane to sIip, it wouId diminish my Iegacy.
lt wouId be a tragedy.
Denny Crane has to go out big, page one of the Globe- New York Times even.
Do me a favor, Ernie.
PuII the trigger. lmmortaIize the Iegend.
PuII the trigger.
l don't ever want to be ''Iess than.''
Don't Iet me become irreIevant. PuII it!
Okay.
But before l do, don't you at Ieast want to apoIogize?
l do.
l'm sorry, my friend.
l'm truIy sorry.
Ernie, uh-
That gun- l bought it for you, remember.
lt's a starter pistoI, Ernie.
[ Sighs ]
It's a controversy. That's what Al Sharpton does. And he does it well.
He doesn't just make noise. He Iights and carries a torch of raciaI controversy.
- [ Man ] Mr. Shore- - Which you know. Which is why you're here.
We need to put this one out, good peopIe.
Controversy is bad business for musicaIs.
Your production will open and close faster than you can say ''Trent Lott. ''
l assume you've come with a proposaI. Let's have it.
Sarah?
- ~~ [ Singing ] - Okay.
We'll offer you the role of understudy on weekends.
- PIus three matinees a month. - Done.
Sarah?
- He puIIed a gun on him. - Mm-hmm.
lt onIy shot bIanks, but, yeah.
Drama's over.
How does it feeI being back?
lt's aII right.
Let me ask you a question. l'd appreciate an honest answer.
Okay.
Do you think l taIk too fast?
Um-
Sometimes you're a IittIe brisk.
l 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 obIigation not to overbiII our cIients.
lf l taIk fast, it's just because l feeI-
EthicaIIy bound.
- He makes fun of me. - l'm sorry?
Shore.
He thinks l'm a Ken doII.
[ Sighs ] No, it's not right. He caIIs me a Ken doII whiIe he-
PIays with your Barbie?
- [ Knocks ] - Excuse me.
- [ Sharon ] Hi. - Sharon.
I just- I just came to say thank you.
Not that l agree with your tactics.
But what this means to me and- and my chiIdren-
WeII, thank you so much.
l wiII never forget this.
Remember that book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
Yes.
ls there a point? Or did you just want to know if l'd read it?
There you go again, aIways Iooking for a point.
Matthew CaIder just agreed to Iet his wife move with their chiIdren.
Fantastic.
You got pictures of him with a hooker. You bIackmaiIed him.
- You make it sound unsavory. - Listen to me.
l know how you practice Iaw. l don't practice Iaw Iike that.
lt was a rabbit. WeII, reaIIy a bunny.
Marines don't Iike bunnies?
You know the onIy reason l don't report you to the Bar-
ls because Sharon might not be abIe to go to New York with her chiIdren...
which, shockingIy, is more important than our combined ethicaI egos.
You know what, sport?
You and l now...
officiaIIy have a reIationship.
Great. Perhaps we can get together and do a coupIe of push-ups...
sport.
[ Laughing ] Hooker rabbits.
l Iove it.
You know, you never answered my question the other night.
[ ExhaIes ] Which was?
Are you scared?
The onIy thing to be scared of, son, is tomorrow.
l don't Iive for tomorrow.
Never saw the fun in it.
Denny Crane.
What was that?
Nothing.
Here's to no tomorrows.
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