Who the heII are you?
lt's not who so much as what.
This is a men's room. What's your name, feIIa?
l'm ShirIey Schmidt. Pardon the intrusion...
but one of our assistants is suing us under TitIe 9...
cIaiming, among other things, the men have better fixtures.
So, you're ShirIey Schmidt, of Crane, PooIe, and-
- Schmidt. - AIan Shore. lt's a pIeasure.
SureIy you intend to wash that first.
l keep an extremeIy cIean penis.
- l know aII about you. - And I you.
There's much written in staII number two.
l pictured you younger, much.
A smart attorney recognizes who he can or cannot rattIe.
He aIso knows a good rattIe when he sees one.
Since l'm your boss, l can't return your sexuaI banter.
But l wiII say for the record that if l were Iooking for a rattIe...
he wouId be taIIer, he wouId be better-Iooking...
he wouId be more evoIved than a junior in high schooI.
l prefer the juniors in high schooI.
He wouId be something other than a seIf-Ioathing narcissist with a dwarf fetish...
and, yes,judging from what l got a gIimpse of...
in the mirror when l first entered the room...
he wouId be bigger, much.
- [ Door Opens ] - My, my, my.
- ~~~~[ Funk ] - ~~~~[ Man Vocalizing ]
~~~~[ Continues ]
~~~~[ Ends ]
[ Lori ] She's been in the New York offce the last three years.
Rumor has it Lewiston caIIed her back to get things into shape.
- What things? - Us things.
Litigation has been underperforming, SaIIy.
PIus our image around town is becoming that of-
- Denny Crane. - ExactIy. Truth is...
we need a kick in the ass, and l'm gIad she's back.
-Ah, Lori- -ls ShirIey Schmidt reaIIy back?
TemporariIy. l need you in the conference room on another matter. lt's urgent.
- l'm avaiIabIe. - As soon as you can, pIease.
- Why is she back? - ApparentIy Lewiston asked her to return.
- Why? - This l do not know.
l do not want ShirIey Schmidt in this buiIding.
Denny, she's a named partner. You can't exactIy ban her presence.
l'm gonna teII you something l haven't toId anybody.
l once had a torrid...
torrid affair with that woman.
- First, everybody knows that- - And second, the word wouId be ''horrid.''
ShirIey, this firm isn't big enough for the two of us.
l agree. lt wouId be best if we couId be in different cities...
but it's our differences, ironicaIIy, that caII for me to be here now.
- What differences, specificaIIy? - WeII, for starters...
l stiII know how to practice Iaw.
I don't have to go around saying my name out loud in order to remember it.
l don't want you here.
ls it... because... you stiII desire me?
Ha. l'm over my wrinkIe fetish.
- You don't arouse me, Shirley. - Oh, pIease.
AII l have to do is say those two combustibIe IittIe words.
[ Whispering ] Denny Crane.
[ Gasps ]
~~~~[ Man Singing ]
She's stiII hot.
- [ Knocks ] - AIan, there's a guy on the phone.
He isn't a client. He picked us out of the Yellow Pages.
He said he's committed a crime, and he needs to speak to a Iawyer.
We advertise in the YeIIow Pages?
He sounded reaIIy upset. What shouId l do?
- Line four? - Yes.
- [ Phone Clicks ] - This is AIan Shore.
If you're a criminal, please state your name...
- and the nature of your crime at the sound of the tone. - [ Beeps ]
- [ Man ] l kiIIed my mother. - Sir?
Excuse me? This is a Iawyer, right? What l say is priviIeged, right?
Might've been wise to estabIish that before teIIing me you kiIIed Mother...
but, yes, we'II caII this priviIeged.
lt was an accident. Now l don't know what to do.
Okay. Where is Mother now?
On the kitchen floor.
Okay. And have you caIIed for an ambuIance or-
She's dead. l don't want to caII the poIice.
- They'd arrest me, wouIdn't they? - TypicaIIy.
Why don't you give me your name and address there?
Ah, here she is. John, this is Lori CoIson.
Lori,John Zenawi, C.E.O. of HanIey Tech.
- Very nice to meet you. - My pIeasure.
PIease sit.
John is a longtime client of our corporate department.
Yes. l think l've done some antitrust work for your company.
He is here today because-
John, wouId you Iike to expIain?
l was born in Sudan.
My father transferred to the States when l was five.
l've Iived here since. Most of my extended famiIy remains in Sudan.
One of my cousins was murdered there Iast week.
l'm very sorry.
lt was the 1 1 th famiIy member to have been kiIIed.
l can't begin to describe the sense of futiIity l feeI.
l need to do something, Miss CoIson.
l've been fortunate to have made a Iot of money...
and l can no Ionger sit passiveIy.
So, as preposterous as it may sound...
and as expensive as it may be...
l want to sue the government.
WeII, our courts wouIdn't have jurisdiction over the Sudanese government.
- l'm sure PauI toId you that. - He's not Iooking...
to sue the Sudanese government.
I want to go after the United States.
- On what grounds? - That is what l need you to teII me.
TypicaIIy, Lori, whenever there's a case that can't be brought, l run it by you.
You caII me insane, among other things more coIorfuI...
you exit the room, then return the next day with a crazy idea.
We need that idea, Lori.
lf l can get into court, Miss CoIson, l can make some noise.
That is what l'm desperate to do here.
Put this issue in the spotlight a little, create maybe an outcry of sorts.
l don't mean to sound harsh...
but the genocide going on in Sudan has been covered...
quite a bit by the press, Mr. Zenawi...
and the American peopIe have spoken.
They don't care.
WeII, l guess for my own peace of mind...
l need to do whatever l can.
- Maddie? - Yes.
HeIIo, dear. l'm ShirIey Schmidt. l read your TitIe 9 compIaint Iast night.
lt's very weII drafted. You obviousIy hired an exceIIent attorney.
- You're fired, Maddie. - You can't-
You can't fre me for bringing a Title 9.
What are you going to do, sweetheart? Sue me? You've aIready done that.
Call your persuasive lawyer. Tell him to add a count for wrongful termination. Bye-bye.
- Ah! - By now, l'm sure you've run to PauI Lewiston.
No. l'm coming directIy to you...
because l don't care what PauI Lewiston wants.
l'm Denny Crane. Crane comes before Schmidt.
You refer, of course, to when we were intimate.
ShirIey, l demand to know your agenda.
You aIways have one. So, pIease-
l toId you my agenda, Denny. lt's to fix things.
Excuse me. What's your name?
- Uh, SaIIy Heep. - Very nice outfit, SaIIy. Can you speII?
Wear something more appropriate. Pretend you're a lawyer.
This woman happens to be an exceIIent attorney.
She aIso happens to have a name. What is it?
Time's up. Bye-bye.
[ Whispers ] Denny Crane.
[ Gasps ]
[ Doorbell Rings ]
- CouId you pIease state your name? - AIan Shore.
Um, Mr. Shore, thank you for coming.
l didn't know what to do or-
This is a horribIe thing. Oh, l'm sorry.
Where are my manners? May l offer you something to drink?
Maybe we shouId start with the kitchen.
Yes. Okay. Um-
l apoIogize in advance for, you know-
- The mess. - l didn't mean for this to happen.
l don't know what to do.
See?
l toId you.
Mr. Ferrion, you reaIIy do need to caII the poIice.
- First, l need to know my options. - Besides BraziI?
WeII, sometimes there's circumstances that excuse or justify.
l reaIIy need to know what's avaiIabIe to me.
CouId you first teII me how she came to be Iying dead on the floor?
- l hit her on the head with a skiIIet. - Ah.
Cast iron. But it wasn't premeditated or pIanned.
- lt was just- - One of those things.
She was berating me, like she does all the time.
How l don't make enough money. How l'm weak.
AII the time, the same Iitany of how l am a faiIure.
lt makes me so enraged.
Sounds Iike an accidentaI skiIIet-bopping so far.
She kept on and on...
and l kept squeezing it tighter and tighter without even reaIizing it...
and then l swung.
But l swear, Mr. Shore, l never decided to.
SuddenIy my arm was in motion! Bam! l hit her, and she went down.
What do l do?
l certainIy can't advise you to conceaI evidence in any way.
But l'm afraid you're going to have to caII the poIice, Mr. Ferrion.
And if you don't, l'II have to.
- But you're my Iawyer. - l understand, but-
- What am l gonna teII them? - [ Moaning ] - [ Gasps ]
l thought you said she was dead.
She is. l checked her puIse.
Sometimes the air remaining inside the body escapes...
causing-
You need not caII the poIice, Mr. Ferrion.
CaII for an ambuIance. Mother is stiII aIive.
WouId you Iike to hit her again?
Did l witness any of it?
Mr. Zenawi, before l can figure out if there's a cIaim...
l first need to satisfy standing.
lt wouId certainIy heIp if we couId make out a case for you specificaIIy.
LegaIIy, we have a term caIIed zone of danger.
BasicaIIy, if you are in harm's way yourseIf.
That's why l asked if you've ever witnessed any of it.
- l heard it once. - You heard it?
This past summer, l was with reIatives.
We were ceIebrating one of my uncIe's birthdays.
The army showed up, and, um...
they, uh, they accosted us.
Accosted you by-
They toId us we were sIaves- that we had no right to be in the country...
that, um, we were occupying grazing Iand for their cattIe.
My uncIe protested.
They took him behind a barn structure...
and set him on fire.
We aII heard the screams.
Then they raped one of my cousins.
Does that set out a case for me, specificaIIy?
To Iisten to your, uh, uncIe being burned to death?
Your cousin being raped?
lt's not that l am not reIieved.
l am. l certainIy do Iove her. But what if she teIIs?
Perhaps you shouId've used a bigger frying pan.
Mr. Ferrion, did you see what happened?
No. Um, she was on a stooI putting some things away.
l went upstairs to have a bath, l heard a crash...
l came running back, and she is on the floor unconscious.
- And you are- - This is AIan Shore.
He's a friend of the famiIy.
Bernie, you surprise me.
- ls she gonna be okay? - We don't know, sir.
- l have a crazy idea. - AIready?
Mm-hmm. ln tort Iaw, you see a guy Iying on the side of the street...
you have no obligation to pull over and help.
But if you do puII over, you incur a duty to compIete that rescue.
The theory being other would-be rescuers...
pass by thinking heIp is aIready on the scene.
And?
The United States has decIared a war on terrorism.
We've taIked the taIk when it comes to Sudan.
We've even given financiaI aid. Our theory of Iaw wouId be anaIogous.
Other countries have stayed out, thinking America is stepping in when we're not.
[ Sighs ] lt's not a winner.
But perhaps coIorabIe enough to sue and make noise.
- Go draft the compIaint. - And?
Thank you.
[ ChuckIes ]
- Lori Colson. You slut. - [ ChuckIing ]
- How are you, ShirIey? - OId, rich.
- You Iook great. - Thanks.
- So who are we sIeeping with? - Oh, usuaI suspects.
- You back for good? -Just for bad.
Want to grab a beer Iater and do a IittIe debriefing?
Love it. You Iook awesome, by the way.
l know.
I certainly don't mind him talking to you.
Look, he aIready has. But if l Iet him take a poIygraph- come on-
l couId be sued for maIpractice.
How is it exactIy you came to be here, Mr. Shore?
l drove.
Bernie's a friend. l'm here as his friend.
And since l am a Iawyer- Look, come on. There's no sign of a struggIe.
She sIipped and feII and hit her head on either the tabIe...
or counter or stooI, floor.
Your experts'II figure it out. He'd Iike to go to the hospitaI to be with his mother.
Can l teII him he can do that?
TeII him not to Ieave the jurisdiction.
[ Woman On Radio ] Delta 1 1 4, domestic disturbance.
- l heard some of that. Do they suspect me? - lt's crossed their minds.
WeII, you shouId know that...
if you're gonna pass yourseIf off as my friend-
- You did that, Bernie. - You shouId know that my friends caII me Bernard.
Ah. So l guess that wouId make me your speciaI friend.
TeII me, Bernie. What exactIy became of the skiIIet?
You weren't expecting them to throw a parade for you, were you?
No. But if l get too much resistance...
l assume l'm permitted to bring my big broom out of the cIoset.
ls that how you get around? On your big broom?
ShirIey, this is AIan Shore.
- We've met. - Yes. ShirIey was in the men's room earIier.
lnspecting his fixtures. l'm a micromanager.
Mr. Shore?
l thought you were going to the hospitaI.
l did. We have a IittIe probIem.
Excuse me. l have a cIient. Maybe we can catch up Iater, ShirIey.
Good. You can teII me about your products.
An exceIIent Iawyer.
- lf l determine he shouId go? - He goes.
She's vegetative.
The doctors think it's 50-50 if she'II come out of it.
ln the meantime, and, uh...
l say this with a heavy heart-
Of course.
My mother used to be a Christian Scientist, as did l.
She hasn't been one for years. But l-
l Iet it sIip out to the doctors...
that she recentIy rededicated herseIf to the faith...
and they've made inquiries...
as to her position on medicaI treatment.
l reaIIy don't think she wouId want to be on a respirator...
as much as it pains me to admit.
You Iet it sIip out that your mother is a born-again Christian Scientist?
May I ask, did your mother rededicate herself to Christian Science...
before or after you hit her on the head with the skiIIet?
l don't appreciate that question.
What are you asking me for, Bernie?
Again, as much as it pains me...
l'd Iike you to safeguard her reIigious freedom.
~~~~[ Man Singing ]
We fled last night. U.S. Attorney's offce didn't waste any time.
- They brought a 1 2-B-6. - Sovereign immunity.
This may be our one day in court.
- And therefore, our one day to make noise. - We've put out a reIease.
There shouId be media in the room. Can you join for the motion?
- l'd Iike to make a big showing. - ShouId we get Denny?
- Uh, maybe not that big. - lt'II heIp to have him at the tabIe.
ShirIey, l want you to think back and teII me...
who is the best attorney you have ever seen in court?
Me.
We need to survive a 1 2-B-6 on a pretty untenabIe cIaim.
How wouId you feeI about joining us for oraI arguments?
-What's the cIaim? -We're suing the United States government...
for the genocide that's taking pIace in Sudan.
- What's so untenabIe about that? - This is why l Iove her.
AIan, we're making a show of force in a high profiIe matter.
CouId we troubIe you to join us for a motion this morning?
l'd Iove to. But, see, l have a cIient...
who hit his mother on the head with a skiIIet.
We're trying to take her off Iife support, and the poIice have brought...
some nuisance action to try to keep her breathing, buggers that they are.
By the way, my fixtures remain avaiIabIe for further inspection.
PauI.
He's funny.
[ Whirring ]
Denny, may we borrow your prowess for a motion this morning?
Why did you bring ShirIey Schmidt back here?
- Because we need her. - WeII, then, go borrow her prowess.
- [ Sharpener Whirring ] - lt's a betrayaI.
Calling her back here says I'm not enough.
- Can you get that? - l can.
- Then why did you do it? - You're not enough.
l stiII matter, my friend.
Yes, you do, which is why l asked you...
to be present for this motion.
There's another probIem you don't even know about.
- Which is? - That woman, she's hot for me.
CertainIy there's a state interest in preserving Iife, Your Honor-
lf a patient wishes to refuse medicaI treatment based on reIigious-
- First of aII, we don't even know that. - Objection, Your Honor.
You can't preface your second point with ''frst of all. ''
This woman has forsaken Christian Science. We have no assurance-
According to her son, she's recommitted herseIf-
A son who might be a suspect if we determine there was fouI pIay.
We're dealing with a potential homicide.
lf the goaI is to charge homicide, it makes IittIe sense to keep the victim aIive.
- l couId be wrong. - l object to this smugness, Your Honor.
- A human life is at stake here. - [ Alan ] The family of Della Ferrion...
is here today, saying it is her wish not to be kept aIive on a respirator.
lt is simpIy way too earIy to make that caII. She couId recover.
The issue isn't recovery. lt's reIigious freedom...
which is sacred in this country, unless, of course,you're Muslim.
l'm gonna have to cut you both off. We've just received word from the hospitaI.
Mrs. Ferrion has evidently regained consciousness.
[ Murmuring ]
ExceIIent!
[ Elevator Bell Dings ]
- There they are. - [ AII TaIking At Once ]
- CouId you answer a question, sir? - [ Paul ] No comment.
We have no comment at this time. We'II be making a comment after the motion.
l eat Cocoa Puffs. Denny Crane.
Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Denny Crane.
They're seeking damages for acts committed...
by a foreign government against a foreign citizenry.
There's no jurisdiction here, no standing.
Even if there were, any such Iawsuit wouId be barred by sovereign immunity...
which prohibits the U.S. government or its offcials...
from being sued for foreign poIicy decisions.
Miss Colson, I have to agree. How do I not toss this on its face?
First, the United States government, through Congress...
ratified the U.N. Convention against genocide.
The government's current failure to stop the genocide in Sudan...
vioIates both U.S. Iaw and poIicy.
- We have not faiIed. - You're arguing the merits...
which l'm happy to do, but it means a triaI.
If a government begins a rescue operation which...
in effect, stops other countries from pursuing that rescue...
that government can be held liable for failing to complete that rescue.
Never- Never has the United States government...
attempted any rescue mission in Sudan.
Your Honor, may I?
We know this Iawsuit is a bit of a stretch.
- Hmm. You understate it. - But the truth is...
our country puts it out there.
''We wiII root out terrorism wherever it thrives.''
We eIect our presidents on that theme. We go to war over it.
Wherever oppression abounds, we get invoIved.
lt's aImost become a motto.
No one here denies an ethnic genocide is taking place in Sudan.
Arab militia are wiping out the black population of Darfur.
- Am l boring you? - Miss Schmidt...
the court recognizes the atrocity.
Why shouId the United States be heId IiabIe?
WeII, if we're not going to do anything about it...
maybe we shouId just say so.
Lord knows the worId wiII understand. We've certainIy got our hands fuII.
But when our leaders do their bipartisan puffng...
saying the genocide must end...
other countries think we're going to do something.
They then stay out of it, and in the end, nothing gets done...
while millions of people are being persecuted.
Maybe as a compromise...
we couId just get the U.S. government to decIare for the record...
''Hey, not our probIem.''
That way, the world would be on notice somebody else should play hero.
l couId try to seII that to my cIient.
- Mr.Joiner? - The United States'response...
to an ethnic genocide is certainly not gonna be, ''Hey, not our problem. ''
See, this is how other countries get confused.
We're satisfed thejudge took it under advisement.
lt at Ieast demonstrates a recognition on her part...
that we have a coIorabIe cause of action.
Did you understand a word that was said in there?
-Just go with it. - Denny Crane.
Trix are for kids. GIad to meet you.
- Did he just say, ''Trix are for kids''? - He did.
She's very weak, of course, and quite sedated.
- Can l taIk to her? - For a minute or two.
l'd Iike her to rest.
Mom?
- Mom? - [ Grunts ]
lt's me, Bernard.
Bernard.
Doctors say you're gonna be just fine.
- You just need to rest, Mother. - My Bernard.
He hit me on the head.
l think with a skiIIet.
[ Bernard Scoffs ] Mom?
W-What are you taIking about? You feII.
You tried to kiII me.
She's a Chatty Cathy.
If we're going to work together, we should reach some kind of accord.
l don't wanna be working together. That's the point l'm trying to make.
- Can you teII me why? - WeII, first off, you're a IiberaI.
Yes. Besides that?
l figured out what you were doing in court today. You were Bush bashing.
- l assure you l wasn't. - You made war comments.
When a liberal makes comments about the war, they're Bush bashing.
- It's un-American. - To criticize a president?
- WhiIe he's in office, yes. - Denny, you and l go way back.
l know you. Your aversion to my return...
has nothing to do with poIitics.
Can we taIk about it?
You Ieft me, ShirIey.
Women don't Ieave Denny Crane.
And for a secretary!
- lt was the secretary of defense. - Doesn't matter.
l have an image. One couId even say l'm aII image.
One couId.
- lmagine the fun working together again. - lt won't be fun.
There's only room for one at the mountaintop.
lt's my mountain.
Denny.
- The judge just caIIed us back. - AIready?
ls there any way that couId be a good sign?
I was hoping to at least survive till the 6:00 news.
- He caIIed the poIice? - l'm afraid so.
- What do l do? What do l do? - WeII, BraziI comes back to mind.
Bernie, Iisten to me.
lf you were overcome Iike you say when this happened-
l was. l-l obviousIy had probIems with her, Mr. Shore...
but l truIy never intended to kiII her.
l did not consciousIy-
lf we couId show heat of passion.
l've never broken a Iaw in my Iife. She just got me so enraged!
God, my Iife is over.
- [ Doctor ] Mr. Ferrion? - What?
l, um-
l'm very sorry to teII you your mother has passed away.
l beg your pardon?
She went back to sIeep, and she just quietIy passed.
To be honest, l might have a hard time finding Sudan on a map.
I certainly know they've got big problems.
Innocent people murdered every day...
systemic rape, many of them children.
lt's the worst humanitarian crisis in the worId.
- PIease don't say ''but.'' - But why does every crisis...
automatically fall to the United States to solve?
We've got Iraq, Iran, North Korea.
And these are peopIe who might murder us.
We're supposed to tend to a bunch of Africans kiIIing each other?
Why? Because we're Americans?
The answer is... yes.
[ Murmuring ]
Because we're Americans.
Because we're a nation- perhaps the nation that's supposed to give a damn.
What's going on is an organized extermination of an entire race of people.
We're the country that's supposed to give a damn.
Miss Schmidt, Miss CoIson...
your claim here most likely won't survive summaryjudgment...
and maybe the American peopIe don't care...
about what's happening over there...
but for today, here, now...
at Ieast one federaI court judge does.
Defendant's motion to dismiss- denied.
l can't beIieve it.
Neither can l.
l- l thought perhaps l'd be reIieved if she died.
But the truth is, um...
she's aII l reaIIy had. [ Sniffling ]
l Iived with her.
- l can't beIieve she's gone. - She Iooks at peace.
Though she did on the kitchen floor as weII.
Mr. Shore, can you make room for the possibiIity...
that l both kiIIed my mother, and l'm devastated at Iosing her?
[ Sobbing ]
l can.
I'm so sorry.
Mother, l'm so sorry.
- [ Man ] Bernard Ferrion? - That's me.
- Kidding. - l'm Bernard Ferrion.
You're under arrest for the murder of DeIIa Ferrion.
- Oh. - Please place your hands behind your back.
- Yes, sir. - You have the right to remain siIent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court oflaw.
You have the right to hire an attorney and have him present before any questioning.
lf you cannot afford an attorney, one wiII be appointed for you by the courts.
You can aIso waive your right to siIence and make any statement you wish.
Do you understand these rights?
3 261 1 , Commonwealth versus Ferrion. Charge of murder in the first.
AIan Shore appearing for the defendant. We'II waive reading.
l'd ask that my cIient be reIeased on his own recognizance.
Opposed. The man is charged with homicide. BaiI wouId certainIy-
- He has no record, Your Honor. - He wouId be a threat to society.
Nonsense. He only kills mothers, allegedly.
- And he's fresh out of them. - BaiI is set at one miIIion doIIars.
Let's conference tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. We'll set up a trial schedule.
Wait. One second, Your Honor.
lt seems there's been a terribIe mistake.
My cIient never shouId've been arrested.
- Because- - There's no evidence.
According to the poIice report, there's been no determination...
of cause of death, no witnesses.
The victim identifed the defendant as the killer.
- That wouId be hearsay. - lt was a dying decIaration...
and therefore, an exception to the hearsay ruIe.
For the dying decIaration exception to appIy, the decIarant must know...
he or she is about to die when making the statement.
Mrs. Ferrion was toId by the doctor she was going to survive.
She never thought for a second she was gonna die.
Even so, Your Honor, for her to incriminate her own son...
wouId be a decIaration against her interest...
which would also qualify as an exception to the hearsay rule.
l refer Your Honor to Officer CouIier's...
interviews with the neighbors noted at the bottom of the page.
Mr. Ferrion was reportedly verbally abused by his mother.
She wouId bIame him for anything that went wrong in her Iife.
Well, here again, she was blaming him for the bump on her head.
lt was not a decIaration against her interest, but just more of the same.
The court cannot be satisfied as to its reIiabiIity. The hearsay ruIe very much appIies.
ls this aII you've got, the statement of the victim?
[ Papers Rustling ]
- We'II get more. - When you do, you can refiIe.
Right now you've got nothing. Victim's statement is inadmissibIe.
The charges against Mr. Ferrion are dismissed without prejudice.
l can't beIieve it. l just- l can't beIieve it.
- lt's been an exciting week. - You think they'II be back for me?
FrankIy, Bernie, l don't think they'II get the evidence...
which l can see brings you right back to-
- l can't beIieve it. - May l say something eIse?
l see in you, Bernie, an innateIy kind person.
A man whose dociIe, gentIe nature...
was worn down by a reIentIessIy mean, dark-hearted woman.
l couId be wrong, but-
l'm hoping it's the kind, gentIe person who goes on from here...
not the one who swung that skiIIet.
Oh, um, l promise you with aII my heart.
You don't have to worry about that.
Bernie, through your grief, which l know is very reaI...
try to see this as an opportunity.
For once, finaIIy...
you get to Iive your Iife free of Mother.
[ Man On TV] Now to international news.
According to the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan...
one in three people in Darfur now requires lifesaving assistance...
due to either vioIence or maInutrition.
Efforts to negotiate a peacefuI soIution to the underIying-
- Whatcha doing? - Watching the news.
CBS just decIared Bush the winner.
Hmm.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
l see our IittIe case is getting pIay.
You think it couId actuaIIy make a difference?
l remember reading when the press went to Bosnia...
peopIe rejoiced at the sight of American media.
They figured if word got out, something would be done.
Murders and rapes wouId stop.
They waited and they waited, and nobody came.
Maybe we need Sudan to attack us.
We might fall short as humanitarians, but we're pretty good avengers.
lf you don't mind, l'II cIing to the idea...
we're stiII pretty decent humanitarians.
- What's that? - l don't know.
l thought it was from you. l was waiting to open it.
Mm-mm. lt's not from me.
''Objects in mirror are bigger than they appear.''
- He's funny. - He's aIso troubIe, isn't he?
- [ Denny ] She's big trouble. - Did she break your heart?
She might've.
So what? l've had my heart broken Iots of times.
lt stings for a minute.
l wouId think it wouId be fun to have her back.
l don't know about you, but when l traveI, going to new pIaces...
isn't aIways as interesting as revisiting some of the oId ones.
What is it that has you so baIIed up?
She isn't sIipping, that's what.
You're worried about her seeing you age?
You might not beIieve this...
but l was once a very remarkabIe man.
Denny-
Denny...
you're a remarkabIe man.
Between you and me...
that woman is too much for me.
Between you and me, we'II take her.
l'd Iike that.