~~~~[ Man Singing Christmas Carol ]
~~~~[ Ends ]
This is a staff meeting, Mr. Shore.
- l reaIize that. - Why are you in a Santa suit?
lt's after Thanksgiving. SureIy you're not suggesting l stiII dress as a piIgrim.
- And who is this? - She's my eIf.
Sometimes...
especially after Santa's been drinking, he needs a little helper.
Have you been drinking today?
No. Today l just brought her for amusement.
My doctors are concerned these staff meetings...
could cause me to lapse into a coma.
I see.
WeII, since priviIeged information is exchanged during these staff meetings...
your heIper wiII have to Ieave.
WouId you wait in my office, dear?
Sure.
ActuaIIy, there's that waIk-in. He's waiting in reception.
Maybe AIan shouId take that.
- Perhaps you're right. - A wrongful termination.
The guy was fired as a department store Santa.
Since you seem to have such a connection with the subject matter-
l'II do it!
l've aIways wanted a Santa case.
Oh, this is much more right for AIan.
l said l'II do it.
- Where is he? - Uh, in reception.
GiI FurnaId?
That's me.
- No, it isn't. - Yes, it is.
- No, it isn't. - [ Sighs ] Ho, ho, ho!
DeaI with it.
- AIan. - Tara.
- What's with the woman? - What woman?
What woman! The one you brought to the staff meeting.
She's my eIf, Tara. l thought l was quite cIear on that.
Yes. Very amusing. Why is she here?
WeII, it seems l've put on a few pounds since Iast year...
so she brought me my new suit.
l do some work with the SaIvation Army. We work as a team actuaIIy.
ls there a probIem?
- Not at aII. - But?
Not that l've been doing background checks...
but l have a friend who evidentIy knows an oId friend of yours, and-
- And? - You once cohabited with a IittIe person.
Two IoveIy years. l Iived with her for three.
Do you have a thing for IittIe women?
l have a thing for women.
You've never faIIen for someone shorter than you?
WeII, l beIieve l'm invoIved with one now.
Either you're mistaken or l'm jeaIous.
- ~~~~[ Funk ] - ~~~~[ Man Vocalizing ]
~~~~[ Continues ]
~~~~[ Ends ]
It's just very diffcult to reconcile being drawn to a person...
l consider, weII, repugnant.
Oh, you think you're the first good girI to faII for a bad boy?
ls my probIem annoying you?
No. l'm sorry.
l- l just meant to convey it's very common...
for women to be attracted to men they don't admire.
What couId be at pIay here- there are quaIities in yourseIf you don't Iike...
or quaIities about AIan Shore you wish you had.
That isn't it. l Iike myseIf just fine.
[ ChuckIes ] l saw that.
Uh- Look.
This is not a great day for me. Perhaps we shouId rescheduIe?
Okay.
ls everything okay?
Yeah.
CouId l speak to you as a Iawyer?
Uh, sure.
But you're gonna have to face the IittIe cIock towards me.
This is all privileged, right? Lawyer-client?
Of course.
Look, l have a patient...
who's been with me for aImost four years now.
And he, um-
he habituaIIy speaks of fantasies...
things he pIans to do.
They're typicaIIy idIe ruminations-
l suppose make him feeI better.
LateIy he's been taIking about murdering his ex-wife.
And at first l thought, harmIess chatter again.
But there seems to be such a resoIve.
l can't be sure that it isn't reaI this time.
This man may very weII be pIanning to kiII his ex-wife...
and l'm just not sure what to do.
[ Sighs ] l just Iike wearing women's cIothes sometimes.
lt's not a sexuaI turn-on.
lt just feeIs right sometimes.
So, basicaIIy, you're a sicko?
- l'm not sick. - Lighten up, man.
So, what, you got caught in a skirt, and that was it?
My empIoyer found out, and, yes, l got fired.
They asked me a Iot of questions, Iike whether l'm gay.
Are you?
Not that there's anything wrong with it.
Yes. But that does not make me an unfit Santa.
- CriminaI record? - No. No, no, no. And there's never been any incident.
l have been a good Santa for eight years.
A great Santa. l can show you the Ietters.
There are kids and famiIies who have specificaIIy come back for me.
And l thought, this is wrong.
l shouId not Iose my job because of how l Iike to dress.
Does he know you taped him?
No. l'm just fuII of ethicaI vioIations.
lt's important that l do it with my hands. l don't know why.
You couId probabIy teII me why.
But see, the thing is...
I don't want to shoot her or poison her...
or hit her with a car.
No, it needs to be by stranguIation.
[ Doctor On Video ] Do you have any guess as to why?
Well, for one, I actually want to feel the life going out ofher.
l mean, with my hands, l want to feeI her body go Iimp.
Also, I want her to experience it.
I want her to know that she's dying.
And l want to see her eyes as l do it.
And how do you know that this isn't just taIk?
l keep teIIing you, l don't know. He's often fantasized.
Last year he spoke ofblowing up his boss. But his demeanor here-
As I said, there's a certain resolve that really concerns me.
- Have you shown this to any other therapists or- - No. No, no.
l'm the onIy one who can make that caII.
And your caII is it's possibIe he's going to do it?
Do l teII the ex-wife?
WeII, l'm sure you know the Iaw on this as weII as l do.
You have a duty to warn the victim if you're certain she's in physical danger.
But faIIing short of being certain?
You honor doctor-patient priviIege.
This just seems crazy to me.
l mean, which side is better to err on?
A triaI today?
WeII, it's not exactIy a triaI. lt's an evidentiary hearing.
- But l'd need to testify? - lt's the onIy way you can get a restraining order.
We'II Iose the dress, by the way. Coat and tie.
Alan, excellent.! Alan, Gil Furnald. Alan Shore.
Turns out that my Santa CIaus...
is a sort of cross-dressing sicko.
- He's more... you. - He is absoIuteIy more me, Denny.
But, unfortunateIy, my scheduIe-
AIan, l have troubIe with this sort of subject matter.
- You're homophobic. - lt's not that.
What is it then?
lt's my father.
Sometimes he wore dresses.
He caIIed it a kiIt and sang aII those Scottish songs, but we knew.
PIease, the hearing's at 2:00.
- HeIIo. - HeIIo.
SaIIy.
CouId l troubIe you to do a quick background check?
l reaIize we haven't spoken much since we stopped having sex...
and, frankIy, l'm dismayed by that.
But what l need to know is everything you can find out about my new cIient.
Here's his name, address, SociaI Security-
ls it true you're taking over the Santa case?
Yes, l am, BradIey. ls it of interest to you?
No, but it couId be...
if we, say, bet on it.
Another wager.
- Why not? - And wouId you aIready have stakes in mind?
l keep thinking about your eIf.
How about if you win, l become your eIf for the day...
but if you Iose, you become mine?
CompIete with a costume, of course.
- And beIIs. - Oh, can't Ieave out the beIIs.
AIan? Hey. Can l steaI you for a second?
A second? A minute l couId maybe do...
but a second wouId be pushing it.
WouId you Iike me to push it?
You are so disgustingIy vuIgar. lt's important.
- This is Dr. Konigsberg. Alan Shore. - HeIIo.
Ohh. AIan Shore.
Uh, Dr. Konigsberg has a patient who taIks about kiIIing his ex-wife...
and couId be serious about it.
''CouId'' is the operative word. l can't be sure.
ObviousIy there are some exposure probIems.
lf the guy does do it, and it was Iearned Dr. Konigsberg knew of the risks beforehand-
The first thing l'd check is his maIpractice poIicy.
- You don't want to do anything to void coverage. - l have done that aIready.
- What's your speciaIty? - CoupIes counseIing.
l first saw the cIient and his wife. Since the divorce, l've been working with him aIone.
So they came to you to improve their reIationship, and now one wants to kiII the other.
Not your best work, was it, Doctor?
And you're seeing Dr. Konigsberg for what?
Uh,just to deaI with the-
As a Iawyer. He hired me.
[ Chuckles ] He's a very mischievous man.
Look, can we stick to the case, foIks?
Since the proposed victim was or is a patient, you've got reaI duty probIems.
lf the threat is reaI and you don't teII her-
But l can't be sure it's reaI, which means my duty is to the patient.
Can you have another therapist meet with him, perhaps get an objective opinion?
l tried. No therapist wiII go near it for fear of potentiaI IiabiIity.
lf it were me, l'd meet with him myseIf, pretending to be one of your coIIeagues.
- That's hardIy an option. - Why? You need objectivity-
You can't go there pretending to be a doctor.
Of course l can't, because l'm in triaI. But you can do it.
- Oh, sure. And get disbarred? - l'd IikeIy Iose my Iicense.
Oh, weII, siIIy me. l was thinking about the ex-wife.
If it's merely a bar card and a medical license you're looking to preserve...
you first opine to Lori that you're not at aII convinced...
the man intends to follow through on his threats.
Then you draft an opinion Ietter to the doctor teIIing him he need not discIose.
Your asses will be covered, and everybody's happy, assuming you like your asses covered.
Personally, I love the feel of a stiffbreeze against my rosy cheeks.
ln any event, pardon my misunderstanding.
l thought it was potentiaIIy human Iife at stake.
[ Door Closes ]
[ Chattering ]
Oh. Excuse me. SyIvia.
- What do you want now? - Why do you aIways think l want something?
Why couIdn't l want to see the smiIing face of the prettiest girI in the cIerk's office?
- What do you want, Brad? - l need a smaII favor- tiny.
- Mmm. - But first, pIease, can l see that smiIe?
- [ ChuckIes ] God. - lf l were 1 0 years younger.
Or 1 0 years oIder. What's the favor?
There's a motion scheduIed for this afternoon-
Furnald versus Gordon's department store.
A Iawyer named AIan Shore is seeking injunctive reIief, unIawfuI discharge.
l need this case to faII in Judge Hingham's docket.
Judge Hingham? Why wouId you want him?
Because he's just right for this one.
ExactIy what kind of case is this?
A ho-mo-sexuaI?
That's where we're at now?
Santa CIauses being pIayed by ho-mo-sexuaIs?
l beIieve ''homosexuaI'' is one word,Judge.
But to avoid confusion, let's say ''gay. ''
Let's say ''transvestite'' because that was the stated reason-
WeII, if dress code is the issue, my cIient promises to compIy with-
A ho-mo-sexuaI transvestite?
You want me to allow children to sit in his lap?
- ExactIy. - Oh, boy.
Gordon's department store certainIy supports Mr. FurnaId's right to choose who or what he-
That's a Iie. You fired him as soon as he toId you he was gay.
No, we fired him for cross-dressing, which is considered a fetish.
He's pIayed Santa for eight years without incident.
ln fact, he's received gIowing praise from both parents and empIoyers.
- Would you sit in his lap? - Sure. Why not?
And he hasn't gone Homo erectus on me, if that was your fear.
You're making entendres.
Disgusting, sick innuendo entendres.
I'm not going to put an innocent child in the lap of an unnatural Santa Claus...
who dresses in female attire.
There is a sanctity to the tradition of Christmas.
lt is perhaps the most sanctimonious hoIiday there is.
Then cIearIy you shouId be its poster boy.
Motion for T.R.O. denied.
l'd at Ieast Iike an evidentiary hearing so that l may present-
Denied! Denied, denied, denied.
Why'd you do that? You antagonized him.
ActuaIIy, he antagonized me.
This job means something to me, Mr. Shore.
- Your Honor- - l have made my ruIing.
Yes, based on what you think my cIient is or what the defense has presented him to be.
l ask you to at Ieast hear from him before you take away his IiveIihood.
Ten minutes as to why he'd make a good Santa. PIease.
l'II give you 1 0 minutes. Five for direct, five for cross.
- l don't understand why she's here. - l expIained it, Brian.
When a patient makes a credibIe threat to commit vioIence...
my coIIeague is here to observe because l may need counseI.
Why? You shouId've toId me this before.
Brian, wouId you teII Dr. Harper why you want to kiII your ex-wife?
l have no intention of kiIIing her.
- You don't? - Of course not.
Murder is iIIegaI in Massachusetts.
So when you were saying these things to Dr. Konigsberg-
I never said them. Dr. Konigsberg is mistaken.
I also have absolutely no intention of paying for two therapists.
Good-bye.
CIearIy, he's a IittIe hostiIe.
He's angry over you being here, and l can't say that l bIame him.
WeII, l don't know if there's enough to go to the poIice...
but l think you shouId at Ieast teII his ex-wife.
- WiII you go with me? - Me?
l'm about to break priviIege, and l couId very weII be sued for it.
This is treacherous ground, and l wouId Iike my Iawyer present.
So, pIease, do this with me.
~~~~[ Man Singing Christmas Carol ]
~~~~[ Continues On Jukebox ]
l'm afraid my words are having IittIe impact.
- Yours wiII have to. - Okay.
You said this job means something to you, and you seemed rather impassioned.
- l am. - You have a coIIege education, Mr. FurnaId.
You do weII in your computer job.
Why is this part-time empIoyment so important?
- l don't know. - Yes, you do.
l suppose...
as a kid- a gay kid who Iiked to wear dresses-
That cIub is very smaII, by the way.
Most cross-dressers are heterosexuaI.
Anyway, um...
as a kid who...
feIt Iike he didn't beIong anywhere...
l wouId throw myseIf into aII the make-beIieve...
that goes with Christmas.
Hmm. As safe retreats go...
l suppose it heIped me survive...
and it stiII does.
ShaII l say that tomorrow?
Say aII of it.
WouId you teII?
l don't know.
l mean, if it's a fantasy-
What if it's not?
The benefit of the doubt has to go to priviIege.
Even when the downside is death?
l'm not saying that it's an easy caII.
- He got a hearing. - Sorry?
Shore. The cross-dressing Santa CIaus. He actuaIIy got a hearing.
Don't you think you're taking this bet thing a IittIe too far?
l'm not making a big deaI about this. l'm just making conversation here.
Brad, you don't Iike AIan, do you?
l don't give the guy a thought one way or the other.
Can l say something to you as a friend?
You've seemed kind of knotted up ever since he got here.
lt might heIp you if you just Iet your feeIings out a IittIe.
Come on. lt's Iate at night. You're having a beer with a buddy.
TeII me how you feeI about AIan Shore.
- l don't Iike him. - You can go deeper than that. What do you feeI, Brad?
- l hate him. He mocks me. - Deeper.
- He mocks our commander in chief. - Deeper.
He's got a putty ass and a flabby body...
and l can't understand why women wouId rather sIeep with him than me.
- There. lt's out. - And that incIudes you, by the way.
First of aII, l don't sIeep with coIIeagues.
- You're ducking the issue. - l am not.
l have no interest in ducking either one of you.
We've gone deep enough.
l reaIIy need to win this bet.
According to empIoyees at Gordon's, GiI FurnaId gets nothing but raves as Santa.
Oh, come on. WouId you sit in his Iap?
Why does everybody keep asking me that?
Tough break drawing Judge Hingham.
Who'd ever imagine that?
Brad?
Did you have something to do with my drawing Judge Hingham?
That wouId be dirty pooI.
l actuaIIy want to feeI the Iife going out of her.
l mean, with my hands, l want to feeI her body go Iimp.
AIso, l want her to experience it.
I want her to know that she's dying.
And I don't want it to be instant.
I want her to actually have the thought, ''My God. He's killing me. ''
And I want to see her eyes as I do it.
What's happened to him?
Let me reiterate.
He's talked like this before without ever going through with it, obviously.
Many peopIe fantasize.
For him to even speak this way- This is not Brian. He is a dociIe person.
l reaIize that. This might aIso simpIy be taIk.
Safe talk that allows him to feel strong.
Sometimes the weaker the person's constitution-
ls he going to kiII me?
Mary, l'm here because l don't know. l reaIIy don't think so.
But you are the one person that knows him better than l do.
l've never heard him taIk Iike this, ever.
Did you teII the poIice?
Uh, it's tricky, Mrs. Stevens.
This is doctor-patient privilege stuff. We shouldn't even be telling you this.
He plans to kill me, for God's sake.!
Which is why we are teIIing you, on the possibiIity that these threats are-
- l'm caIIing the poIice. - l'm not sure that they couId do anything at this point.
l mean, they certainIy can't arrest him for things he toId a therapist in confidence.
What I would suggest-
Let Dr. Konigsberg continue to monitor the situation.
He's seeing your ex-husband every day.
lf things progress further, we wiII caII the poIice.
ln the meantime, maybe you couId stay with a friend.
l have animaIs. l can't-
Or get a friend to stay with you.
l've been sitting in that chair as Santa for eight years...
and l've been an exempIary Santa.
PeopIe wiII teII you, even if they don't shop at Gordon's...
they come to see me.
For how many of those eight years have you been dressing as a woman?
AII of them.
And in aII this time, had your cross-dressing ever been an issue at work?
No. I was always in the Santa costume. People never even knew.
lt was aIways my intention to keep my worIds separate.
So it's been my secret.
But your secret got out.
Last week l had a boy in my Iap- eight years oId.
l asked him what he wanted for Christmas.
He said, ''Santa, please make me normal. ''
He was starting to cry as he said it.
- He said, ''Make me normaI''? - Yes.
He said, um- He said he was sick.
He said that he Iiked to wear girIs' cIothes...
and he was sure he'd go to heII.
And l said...
''Son, you're not aIone...
and you're not sick.''
And l toId him about me.
Thank you, sir.
So whiIe on the job...
you told an eight-year-old boy that Santa is a cross-dresser?
Yes.
- Did thejudge rule? - No.
MiracuIousIy, l persuaded him to Iet me give a finaI statement...
though l have no idea what to say.
The fact that he toId a chiId he's a cross-dresser-
l never shouId've put him on the stand.
l've got to somehow make this a gay issue.
PersonaIIy, l think you'II Iook very sexy in the eIf outfit.
l have no doubt. Yet l don't want to Iose. l've grown attached to this Santa.
Brad seems pretty happy. Does he have reason?
Denny, you said if l ever had another HaiI Mary emergency, you'd make the caII.
- ReaIIy? Are you sure? - l need you to make the caII.
- And what's this about? - lt's extremeIy deIicate.
Though priviIege typicaIIy extends to the whoIe firm...
l have assured him that this wouId go no further than you and me.
Okay.
Meet Brian Stevens. Brian, this is the attorney l-
- What's going on? - This is your cIient?
- You're an attorney? - Um, yes.
- You said you were a doctor. - What the heII is going on?
Uh, PauI, we have a conflict.
l represent the therapist who is treating Mr. Stevens.
She's the one who went to my ex-wife.
She's the one who toId Mary l pIanned on kiIIing her.
She pretended to be a doctor.
He can see you for about five minutes. After that, his day is compIeteIy-
- Five minutes is more than enough. - You can go in.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for agreeing to see me.
My name is AIan Shore, and-
Go.
My name is AIan Shore. Perhaps you'II remember-
Everyone has a name, son.
l'm not interested in yours.
You have five minutes because you know him.
BiII CIinton?
Ah. Well,you'll remember, at the behest of Mr. Crane...
you made an appearance in one of my cases...
involving an African-American Little Orphan Annie.
And you were extremeIy effective.
''Give us a bIack Spider-Man.
Give us a bIack Superman who can Ieap taII buiIdings.'' AII the big icons.
Now l have another case featuring a gay man who's being discriminated against.
And this one invoIves the biggest icon of them aII-
Santa CIaus.
My probIem is the judge.
His tiny brain has been caIcified by intoIerance.
However, he's certainIy a sIave to pubIic opinion, as judges tend to be.
But l can't reaIIy move the pubIic. You can.
- Do you understand what l'm asking? - You want me to be your rabbit.
l want you to be Reverend AI Sharpton in aII his massive gIory.
l want you to charge in there, say...
''Give us a gay Santa CIaus,'' and button it with three ''God aImighties!''
Stop.
l don't do things big. l'm subtIe.
Yes. Three ''God aImighties.''
Look, l've written it aII out for you.
Give that a Iook-see.
l've seen you move mountains, Reverend.
l need you to move this one tiny-brained judge.
PIease.
Pretty pIease.
Denny Crane.
- You got to Sharpton? - l don't know. He said he'd think about it.
Does he just do this kind of thing now for Iawyers?
He does it for Denny. Let's hope he does it for me.
AII set?
You don't want me to miss the ruIing, do you?
- Got the costume. - [ Bells Jingling ]
My God.
To impersonate a doctor.
l thought a human Iife was at stake, and l didn't-
lt doesn't matter, Lori.
You're suddenIy gonna start pIaying SoIomon and break ruIes-
sacred rules- whenever you see fit?
l couId be disbarred for this.
You? Why?
For not turning you in.
l'm sorry, PauI. l just- l'm sorry.
l think it's this AIan Shore character. Ever since he got here-
This has nothing to do with AIan Shore. l'm not influenced by him.
You used to be influenced by me.
TeII me what you want me to do. l'II resign if you-
Just tell me what you want.
First, l want you to apoIogize to Mr. Stevens.
- l did that. - WeII, you need to do it again.
And hope to God he doesn't sue us.
How Iong have you known this man, PauI?
Years. OnIy through work.
But he doesn't strike me as being capabIe of vioIence, if that's what you're asking.
l'II get him back in here.
And on the chance that he could be violent...
when you apoIogize, l wiII be in the room.
And for the sake of humoring me...
Iet's stay compIeteIy away from AIan Shore.
What's aII the media doing here?
l have no idea.
AII rise.
- Uh-oh. - What?
We're 1 0 minutes earIy.
[ Bailiff] Please be seated.
Mr. PhiIIips, have you got anything to say before l Iisten to him?
Mr. FurnaId was fired mainIy because my cIients feared...
he'd share his secret procIivity with a chiId...
which, by his own testimony, is exactly what he did.
l object to that summation. lt was entireIy too short.
- What? - l'm onIy worried for you, Your Honor.
If you're inclined to rule against us...
he's got to at Ieast give you a good argument to hang your hat on...
so it looks good to all this media.
Did you notice the media here?
Are you on drugs? You've got 30 seconds.
That's what l was afraid of.
Your Honor, the chiId in question, whom my cIient shared his secret with-
that chiId was in pain.
Being a good Santa CIaus, GiI FurnaId sought to reIieve that pain.
By teIIing him he was a ho-mo-sexuaI.
Those three IittIe words again.
He did not teII the boy he was gay.
He onIy said that he aIso Iiked to dress in femaIe attire.
- Why does he keep Iooking back here? - l have no idea.
He encouraged the boy not to feeI that he was sick.
He urged him not to feel alone.
lt was a one-time occurrence strictIy intended to speak to the heart of this one chiId.
There is no evidence that this man has committed any wrongdoing...
nor is there any compeIIing evidence that cross-dressers are inherentIy Iascivious...
and the defendant knows that.
Cross-dressing is but a pretext that the defendant has hung its hat on...
to disguise the fact that GiI FurnaId was terminated because he is gay.
Last time l checked, it was not a firing offense for a civiIian to be either ho, mo or sexuaI.
AII right aIready. l've heard enough. l'm going to ruIe on this.
- You can't ruIe yet. - Why not?
- l don't know. WeII- - [ Spectators Chuckling ]
What if, say, some big ceIebrity were to come charging through the door?
- Sorry l'm Iate,Judge. l'II make this quick. - And subtIe.
Who the hell are you?
The image of Santa CIaus has been crafted...
for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years...
but we're supposed to be in a different day.
Give the worId a bIack Santa CIaus.
Let the peopIe have an African-American come down the chimney...
bearing joy and good will.
Gay, not bIack.
The prejudice against gay peopIe must stop.
We all say we're for gay rights.
We aII say we accept homosexuaIity.
But give a gay man a hug, sit in his Iap-
- Who is this man? - Let the beIIs of toIerance ring out this Christmas.
Let people open their minds as they open their presents underneath the tree.
We need your mind,Judge, today.
Let the gay man be my brother, be your brother...
be the schooIteacher, be the construction worker!
Give the world a gay Santa Claus.!
God aImighty, God aImighty, God aImighty!
Leave out the cookies and the miIk this Christmas Eve...
for a hoIIy,joIIy homosexuaI!
- God aImighty. - And cut.
[ Cheering, Whistling ]
- l threw in one extra. - Thank you.
~~~~[ Man Singing Christmas Carol ]
~~~~[ Ends ]
One of the reasons why l've been such an even-tempered businessman...
is because l've been abIe to find an outIet.
A safe, confidentiaI outIet with my therapist.
But you must admit, threatening to kiII your ex-wife Iike this, it isn't-
Miss Colson, I've been in therapy since I was 1 6.
l spent most of those sessions pIanning on how to kiII my father.
They're rants. They help me get the anger out.
This is gonna ruin me.
Mary acts on hysteria.
She's gonna panic, and this is going to get out.
Let us taIk to Mary. Perhaps we can settIe her down.
l'II Iose my job if this goes pubIic.
Let us try to unring this bell a little.
Okay.
[ Door Closes ]
- We need to fix this. - How?
We go to the wife, and we expIain that you overreacted.
She saw the tape for herseIf, PauI. lt's not gonna-
We further expIain that peopIe say things to their therapists that sometimes-
We did that.
- WeII, we'II do it again. Where does she Iive? - Weston.
WeII, we'II Ieave here at 5:00.
[ Door Closes ]
[ BeII Dings ]
[ BeIIs JingIing ]
l don't want to taIk about it.
You won.
Judge Hingham, whore that he is, bowed to pubIic sentiment, reinstated GiI as Santa.
And if you don't mind, l wouId Iike to get back to work as soon as l can.
CouId l steaI you for just a minute, in private?
Sure.
Listen. Uh, thank you.
Not just for getting my job back.
But, weII, it's not often that you meet a Iawyer...
with a soft spot for cross-dressers.
Now you have, Mr. FurnaId. lt wasn't that so much.
lt's just from everything l've heard, you are a magnificent Santa CIaus.
- Thank you. - You're quite weIcome.
l guess you shouId take the Iead with her since you know her.
Yeah. l aIso know her Iawyer.
AII l can say is l hope she hasn't contacted him yet...
- 'cause if he shouId get ahoId of this- - [ Siren Blaring ]
- What the- - [ Chattering On Radio ]
Oh, dear God, no.
- What happened? - Homicide. The ex-husband just showed up and-
Where is he? He's represented.
- l don't think a Iawyer's gonna heIp him, counseI. - l want to speak with him.
l don't think that's gonna happen either. He's over there.
Wh-What happened?
He showed up. She says he came here to kiII her.
Says she fred in self-defense.
Mary?
Am l gonna need a Iawyer?
What happened?
He showed up...
said we needed to taIk.
l didn't trust it, you know, after what l saw on that tape.
l got the gun out of the drawer, toId him to Ieave.
He said he just wanted to taIk.
l toId him, ''Get out.''
And then he started waIking toward me.
And you shot him.
He was gonna kiII me, right?
You toId me.
He was gonna strangIe me.
Promise me l had to do it.
Promise me!