Previously on Boston LegaI.
l hit her on the head with a skiIIet.
lt wasn't premeditated or pIanned. She was berating me.
SuddenIy, my arm was in motion. Bam! l hit her.
- And she went down. - [ Groans ] - Oh!
- Mom? - He hit me on the head with a skiIIet.
- He caIIed the poIice? - l'm afraid so.
- What do l do? - [ Man ] Mr. Ferrion?
- What? - Your mother has passed away.
- The victim identifed the defendant as the killer. - That wouId be hearsay.
- ls this aII you've got? - We'II get more.
The charges against Mr. Ferrion are dismissed without prejudice.
[ Alan ] I see in you, Bernie, an innately kind person.
l'm hoping it's the kind, gentIe person who goes on from here...
not the one who swung that skiIIet.
How bad is he?
He's intermittentIy briIIiant and nonsensicaI, often at the same time.
Then he's technicaIIy stiII in charge of Iitigation?
Which is the reason l caIIed you back. He is an enormous rainmaker, ShirIey.
And yet-
[ Sighs ] Lock and Ioad.
Where is everybody?
This is an administrative meeting, Denny.
Oh. What the heII am l doing here?
Remember the good oId days when you Iiked to know what was going on?
When you couId go from your office to the eIevator without a road map?
Didn't need a road map...
to find my way around your body, did l, ShirIey?
l wouIdn't know. l was usuaIIy asIeep.
I once had her and Streisand...
at the same time.
- Remember that? - l do, Denny.
[ ChuckIes ] And not to burst your bubbIe...
but that was a femaIe impersonator.
Perhaps the penis might have been your cue.
- That wasn't Barbra Streisand? - [ Door Opens ]
- You wanted to see me? - Yes, SaIIy. Bad news.
We Iost the summary judgment motion on WincheII. Have a seat.
Oh.! We lost?
Thejudge held that the magazine, while possibly negligent...
wasn't guilty of reckless disregard for the truth.
So we couId prevaiI under negIigence?
We could if only we'd thought to plead negligence.
Count one: lntentionaI infliction of emotionaI distress.
Count two: ReckIess disregard for the truth.
Here's where there shouId have been a third count aIIeging negIigence.
There is no third count aIIeging negIigence.
ln the supporting memoranda, we have pages on negIigence.
- But you didn't pIead it. - So we just fiIe a motion to amend.
That deadIine Iapsed.
Uh, this is- this is obviously an oversight.
The defendant had constructive notice.
We can appeaI this. l'II get right on it.
l've taken the Iiberty of reviewing some of your other work, SaIIy.
You're a very good Iawyer, but not good enough. We're Ietting you go.
- You're firing me? - l'm sorry.
l have done a Iot of good work here.
Yes, you have. And any number of Iaw firms wouId be happy to have you.
This one, unfortunately, just doesn't happen to be one of them.
- Are you in on this? - Am-Am-Am l in on this?
It was my decision. Paul and Denny still remain strong supporters.
We're streamIining a IittIe, and l have to make some tough caIIs. l'm sorry.
How can you come in here and in one week fire someone you don't even know?
l'm Schmidt.
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Nora, outstanding. l give it a three.
Thank you.
Mr. Crane? A Mr. WaIter Fife is in your office.
- He says it's quite important. - Oh, thank you.
May I ask, do I know you?
l'm AIan Shore's assistant. Mr. Fife came to our office when he couIdn't find you.
- l escorted him back to your office. - ExceIIent. l'II be right there.
You're waiting for me to teII you where your office is, aren't you?
No. l wanna see the Iook on your face when you reaIize...
they stiII come through that door Iooking for one man to soIve their probIems.
They don't come barging in for PauI or you.
OnIy one man.
AIIow me.
Denny Crane.
She can stiII pop my chubby.
- Mrs. Schmidt. - My mother's Mrs. Schmidt. You can caII me Schmidt.
l know you're a very busy person, but if l couId steaI one minute of your busy time.
- Regarding? - lt's a IittIe personaI.
1 0:00.
They didn't just sue the schooI board.
They sued me personaIIy, which l regard as punitive.
WaIter, l can assure you, their cause of action is totaIIy baseIess.
l haven't even toId you what it is yet.
- Hi. ShirIey Schmidt. - This is WaIter Fife.
He's superintendent of the Middlesex School District.
He's being sued. What'd you do, a IittIe touchy-feeIy with a student?
What? God no! What- What kind of question is that?
AII right, then. Let's aII sit.
ShirIey here is a senior partner, so you're in good hands.
You got both Shirley and, um-
You.
Me. Right. Good. Okay, now, Iook.
l'm gonna ask you something. lt's gonna be a question, and l want a direct answer...
no matter how difficuIt.
Okay.
Why, WaIter...
are you being sued?
You promised you'd answer.
The schooI board voted to incIude creationism aIong with Darwinism...
in the 8th grade science curricuIum.
The teachers refused. I terminated their employment. They sued.
Massachusetts is a bIue state. God has no pIace here.
l'm not sure you're reaIIy the Iawyer for this particuIar-
We have many attorneys weII-equipped to handIe-
Nonsense. I've been practicing law for 45 years.
- Never Iost a singIe case. - You've never Iost?
My record is 6,043 to 0.
Ever hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates?
St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument.
Says, ''Who's that?'' St. Peter says...
''Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane.''
l'm your boy, WaIter. Never Iost.
Never wiII.
- Did she give you a reason? -Just that my work didn't cut it.
l mean, my reviews have aII been good.
PIus, l mean, it's not Iike they've given me very much to do.
The WincheII case was reaIIy the first one they Iet me run with.
And you forgot to pIead negIigence.
- Sorry. - Let me taIk to her, see if there's another story.
ls this woman, Iike, some sort of psycho witch or something?
ActuaIIy, no. She's extremeIy nice.
We all know she was sent to shake the trees. Looks like it's already begun.
- l wonder who's next. - Lori?
Can l steaI you for a second?
Sure.
Dibs on her office.
l just heard about SaIIy. l think you're making a mistake.
- l didn't ask. - Which surprises me, actuaIIy.
You and l are friends. l've worked with SaIIy.
And being IoyaI to her, you can possibIy be neither objective nor candid.
- Even so- - ln either event, l didn't ask.
We just got a new case. Big cIient.
MiddIesex SchooI District.
Denny's in charge, which is fine as Iong as he doesn't speak.
- I need you to take over. - How do l just take over? He'II compIeteIy-
You handIe him, Lori, the way onIy you can.
- Uh-huh. What's the case? - lt's a variation of the Scopes triaI.
Three teachers were fired for refusing to teach creationism.
- They've sued. - Sounds Iike a sIam dunk for them.
Perhaps. lt wouId take some pretty ingenious Iawyering on our part...
from not only a gifted attorney...
but someone who's an expert in the fieId.
- Meaning? - Lori, l know aII the skeIetons in your cIoset, remember?
lncIuding that deepIy-guarded IittIe one...
that you fear might ruin your inteIIectuaI reputation.
You go to church.
Um, Schmidt, is this a good time?
Yeah. Conference room, noon?
- Yeah. - Thank you.
- How can l heIp? - WeII, this is very awkward.
l'm not even sure you're the right person to come to, but you're a woman.
- That's very kind. - l work for AIan Shore.
And in many, many ways, he's an exceIIent boss.
God knows he isn't boring.
But l feeI that he's been inappropriate with me.
- How so? - WeII, he compIiments my figure daiIy.
And he just kind of does it in a Iascivious way.
He aIso ranks my sweaters.
He ranks your sweaters?
Yes. Which ones he thinks l Iook best in. This is a three.
He asked ifhe could take one home for the weekend.
He toId me he has dreams about me.
- What kind of dreams? - All kinds.
Uh, once he dreamt that l was just a head. No body.
Just a head. And everywhere he went...
he would carry me along wrapped in a muffler to keep him company.
And every so often, l wouId whisper terribIe, dirty things in his ear.
lt feeIs a IittIe Iike harassment.
You think? WouId you Iike to work for another Iawyer?
WeII, l'd just Iike him to stop.
l must admit that sometimes, l've been guiIty of pIaying aIong with his banter.
- But- - l'II take care of it.
Thank you.
And, Nora, thank you for coming forward with this.
l know it was difficuIt.
We have very little information other than...
the victim was in her 50s and that she was bIudgeoned to death.
It is the second death in a week that has rocked this idyllic little street.
Just Iast Friday, the victim's next-door neighbor died as weII from a head trauma.
You may recaII the son was briefly heId and then reIeased.
- What? - lt has not been stated whether these two cases are connected.
- lt's Bernie. - Who?
My IittIe skiIIet-wieIding cIient from Iast week.
He's whacked another one. He promised me he wouIdn't!
Does that mean you're finished?
[ Pounding On Door ]
AIan?
- What have you done? - There's an awfuI Iot of excitement-
l saw, both Iive and on the news.
You've been flaiIing again with your frying pan, haven't you, Bernard?
- l never meant for it to happen. - l am very disappointed!
l gave you a terrific speech Iast week, Bernie, appeaIing to the kind, inner you.
lt was wonderfuI, poignant even! And now...
you've compIeteIy mooted it by committing murder again!
- l never meant to kiII her. - What?
You just went over there to make an omeIet, and things got out of hand?
She knew! She heard an argument between me and Mother.
She was out there watering her stupid pIants...
in the winter, for God sakes.
The woman is not right. Or wasn't right.
AIan, she said she was gonna caII the poIice.
She said what she heard wouId not be hearsay. She Iooked it up.
She said because we were arguing, it wouId-
it wouId quaIify as an excited ''bIutterance.''
SuddenIy, the skiIIet was in my hand, and l swung.
''BIutterance'' isn't even a reaI word, much Iess a defense.
You murdered somebody over a fake word!
l was carefuI to not Ieave any evidence.
l went over there steaIth-Iike...
and l- l staged a break-in in the back.
l dispatched of her, and then l returned.
AIan, l promise you, this wiII be the very, very Iast one.
- l'm not representing you this time. - You must if it comes to that!
l won't. You've Iet me down terribIy!
But- But you said that you stood for the IittIe man!
l'm IittIe!
The best thing l feeI wouId be to go for an immediate decIaratory judgment.
The Iast thing we want is a triaI.
This is a hot-button issue.
The A.C.L.U. wiII be jumping in, and that's onIy the beginning.
- Why have l been taken off this case? - You haven't.
You've been reIieved of the grunt work because it's beneath you.
ReIief is a soft word for discharge.
l recognize a demotion when l see one.
l am the master of the soft discharge.
You refer again to when we were intimate.
Now, pay attention, and pretend you have a cIue.
We aII set?
- Lock and Ioad. - Let's go.
- Lori. - AIan.
AIan, a second. We have a IittIe probIem.
Seems you've been sexuaIIy harassing Nora Jacobs.
- She signed a waiver. - l'm sorry?
l make aII my femaIe empIoyees sign sexuaI harassment waivers, especiaIIy the pretty ones.
l don't think that document wouId hoId up in court.
- But regardIess... - Oh.
that kind of behavior isn't toIerated at Crane, PooIe & Schmidt.
Which kind of behavior, specificaIIy?
l think you're smart enough to sense where the Iine is, counseIor.
l'm never sure untiI l cross it.
She is a subordinate. There is a disparity of power.
You wiII refrain from any sexuaI advances, verbaI or otherwise.
ShirIey, what about senior partners?
There wouId be nothing wrong with me Iusting, say, after you, wouId there?
Go subscribe to National Geographic.
Make a Iist of aII the pIaces you'II never get to visit.
Add to that Iist Schmidt.
- SaIIy, l'II taIk to her. But other than that- - You can't puII some strings?
What about AIan Shore? He's the one that puIIs rabbits.
He's not a partner, you are. Besides, l sIept with AIan Shore.
- How objective can he- - You aIso sIept with me.
Do you ever think that might be part of the probIem?
That was unfair. Kick me whiIe l'm down?
l guess l shouId've expected it.
The poIice want to question me.
That's reaIIy a stunner, Bernie.
They arrested you Iast week for whacking your mother. You got off on a technicaIity.
Now, the woman next door turns up dead from a bIow to the head.
- What couId possibIy make them think of you? - ShouId l taIk to them?
l wouIdn't. Where you once were convincing, you now are anything but.
l don't Iike it when you speak to me in these hurtfuI tones.
- l am not an eviI person. - Yes, you are, Bernie.
You've kiIIed two peopIe inside of a week. By definition, that makes you eviI.
This Iast kiIIing was premeditated, caIcuIated!
You went over there, as you said, ''to dispatch a human being.''
You're a IittIe bug. And Iike a bug, you wiII one day get stepped on.
Now go away. l do not represent eviI peopIe.
- l asked you to Ieave. - May l say one more thing?
You cut me to the quick. l am a bug.
My mother wouId often teII me...
l am nothing more than an insignificant IittIe-
She used to caII me a dung beetIe.
When l kiIIed her, as she Iay on the floor...
for the first time, l feIt aIive.
l had actuaIIy done something.
Perhaps a part of me sought to reIive that power.
But today, l-l do. l-l feeI eviI.
l need your heIp, AIan.
The poIice want to interrogate me.
- l don't know what to do. - CouId l- Oh.
- l'm so sorry. - That's okay.
Tara WiIson, meet Bernard Ferrion.
He kiIIs peopIe with cookware, aIIegedIy, of course.
Bernie, Tara. She's your new lawyer.
- No, l prefer you. - No, you can't have me!
One reason being I know too much.
lf you want this firm to heIp you, Tara's your Iawyer.
She's very fetching, but is she good?
The poIice wanna taIk to him. There's an exceIIent chance...
you can avoid the prison term he very much deserves.
I must warn you, do not come to care for this man.
- He wiII Iet you down. - [ Sighs ]
That's aII.
Let's go, Mr. Ferrion.
Nora, when you get a minute.
Why did you feeI compeIIed to speak to ShirIey Schmidt?
- Why didn't you just take it up with me? - l don't know. l suppose-
l guess l didn't feeI l couId hoId my own with you.
Which, l guess, is a part of the probIem.
''AIan, l'm uncomfortabIe with the banter.'' You couId've said that.
- You did participate in the banter. - l participated.
l, of course, wanted to be Iiked by my boss.
But then...
it started to go too far.
And when it went too far, why not teII me?
l don't know.
Because l'd Iet it go on.
l feIt maybe l'd gotten myseIf in-
At the seminars, you get the impression that...
the senior peopIe here are good at deaIing with these things.
I wanted you to stop, but I still like you...
and Iike working for you, and l was hoping...
they maybe had a way to soIve the probIem without any hurt feeIings.
So what happens now?
[ Mr. Fife ] We actually call it intelligent design.
Basically, the idea is life is so complex...
a greater power has to be at pIay.
The greater power being God?
- We're by no means shutting down Darwinism- - Denny!
or suggesting that evolution is inaccurate.
Do you beIieve in evoIution, Mr. Fife?
l happen to beIieve in both God and evoIution.
I don't think the two have to be mutually exclusive.
So why not simpIy offer the inteIIigent design theory in reIigion courses?
- Why science? - Well, we thought long and hard about that.
But the simple truth is, more and more scientists-
scientists, not theoIogians-
have said that when you examine the intricacies of the human cell...
the mathematical equations of DNA...
you simpIy cannot concIude...
that it's aII expIained by naturaI seIection.
Another power has to be at work.
- God? - WeII, again, we never mention him by name.
You're aware of the separation of church and state?
- l'm aware. - This is boring crap.
And you're also aware, Mr. Fife...
that the Supreme Court has banned the teaching of creationism?
WeII, as l said, technicaIIy, we're not caIIing it creationism.
But you admitted that's what's going on. And creationism holds that...
God created the worId about 6,000 years ago in six days?
- That's not my view. - But it's a view you're insisting...
- your teachers explain in a science class. - As a theory.
A theory with no scientifc basis other than to say...
''Gee, evoIution can't account for it aII.''
- Why the heImet? - WeII, it wouIdn't be for here. lt wouId be for at home.
The thinking being if there's somebody in my neighborhood breaking into houses...
whacking peopIe from behind on the head...
it wouId make sense for me to wear a heImet.
- l want to exude innocence, you see? - Get rid of the heImet.
But, Miss WiIson, at my core, l'm a IittIe man.
It would make sense for me to want to protect myself,right?
Get rid of the heImet. You Iook ridicuIous.
Now Iisten to me. The poIice have asked for a DNA sampIe, and l'm gonna agree.
What? Why on earth?
'Cause they couId get one with a court order. There's no point in opposing.
WeII, what about my right to not incriminate myseIf?
Cooperation goes a long way towards exuding innocence, Mr. Ferrion...
much better than hockey headgear.
You know, everyone is speaking to me in hurtfuI tones, and l don't appreciate it.
l did kiII peopIe.
You'd think l'd incur a IittIe shock and awe, if not respect.
ls that why you did this? To inspire awe?
AIan Shore toId me that your mother referred to you as a dung beetIe.
PIease don't mention that particuIar species to me.
l don't know what eIse AIan toId you...
but l'm a kind man.
l have admittedIy committed two heinous acts.
But the frst was not voluntary...
and the second was out of desperation...
not wanting to go to prison where bigger men wiII have their way with me.
Miss WiIson, l need your heIp.
PIease be on my side.
l'm sorry.
That remark was way out of Iine.
Listen, SaIIy, it didn't heIp that you were with me a year and a haIf ago...
and then you were with Alan Shore.
Gossip, it travels fast. But I have no doubt...
none, that you are going to be an exceptional attorney.
But just not here.
They're never gonna give you the chance.
You need to... remake yourseIf.
Start fresh.
You asked me for heIp...
and l'm going to provide it to you in the form of advice.
You need to go.
At the beginning of the schooI year, we got the word at our teachers assembIy...
that moraI vaIues wouId be one of our educationaI objectives.
Which was fne. But to have evolution bumped for creationism-
Well, to be fair, evolution isn't being displaced.
Creationism is just being incIuded.
EvoIution is a tough subject matter.
We cannot cut into what little class time we have to service a political agenda.
- To teach- - Objection. This is nonresponsive.
PIease Iimit your answers to the questions, ma'am.
Why can't you view inteIIigent design as a science, Miss Turner?
Because there is simpIy no scientific data to support it.
How are we to maintain any credibiIity as science teachers if we say...
''Gee. Despite all this data, there's also another possibility''?
Intelligent design makes a mockery of science.
If you wanna teach it as a religion course, fne.
But as a science, it's simpIy preposterous.
I just don't understand why he wouldn't wanna talk.
- lf there's a seriaI kiIIer Ioose in his neighborhood- - He'd Iove to taIk.
- l'm not Ietting him. - l'II teII you one thing-
Bernard. You peopIe wrongIy arrested him Iast time with no evidence...
after his mother recklessly accused him.
Now it's cIear there is somebody in the neighborhood kiIIing peopIe...
you haven't so much as apoIogized to Mr. Ferrion for ruining his good name.
Why should we expect any fair treatment from you?
l'm done.
Once again, l'II encourage your cIient not to Ieave the jurisdiction.
- BuIIy boy. - Bernard.
You handled that deftly.
- So what now? - You can go home.
If indeed you left no traces behind...
and assuming they find no DNA and with no smoking skiIIet...
you'II IikeIy get away with it once again.
You're using a judgmentaI tone.
Do you reaIIy expect us not to condemn you?
You kiIIed two peopIe.
WeII, l expect you to condemn my actions, but l suppose not me.
You can go.
How's AIan?
HonestIy, l think he's hurt.
You hear all the time how clients are let down by their lawyers.
Sometimes, it's the attorney who's Iet down by the cIient.
As silly as it may sound, the cynical,jaded Alan Shore...
gets a bit desperate sometimes to beIieve in the goodness of mankind.
He found, I think, some hope in you, and you crushed it...
Iike a bug.
- You're firing me? - CertainIy not.
l'd get sued. l'm reassigning you.
lf l get put back into the pooI, that's the same as a demotion.
Nora, l'm not going to change who l am. l can work on it...
but Ieaps and bounds l'II never make.
When I look at women, most women...
my mind wanders invariabIy...
to sexual fantasy of a broad and curious nature...
unfettered by moraI restraint.
l can't heIp it. l reaIize this candor...
couId come back to haunt me shouId you indeed fiIe a cIaim.
But when l Iook at you, l often conjure up...
the most intimate and expIicit of distractions.
That's not going to change.
You are a sexuaIIy attractive... beast.
CouId you excuse us, ShirIey? l'm dictating a Ietter.
l give you my word, you wiII not get a demotion.
I also offer you my gratitude for making me realize...
that sometimes women... pIay aIong...
and yet nevertheless feel harassed.
l suppose it's the caIIous idiot who can't appreciate that.
l apoIogize for being that idiot.
Nora, the next time...
that somebody does something to you that you don't Iike, be direct.
l assure you, you're up to it.
That was very eIoquent.
Thank you.
You need to get me another secretary, ShirIey.
Someone more wiIIing to be harassed.
l'II see what l can do.
[ Prosecutor ] These are bad times for science, Your Honor...
especially at the hands of moral values.
The government has systematicaIIy distorted...
or worse, suppressed fndings by the F.D.A. and E.P.A...
when it comes to contraception, stem ceII research...
Al DS, gIobaI warming, poIIution.
Let's just stick to the case, counseI, and Ieave poIitics out of it.
This case is aII about poIitics.
lt's about getting reIigion back into schooIs.
Creationism is religious doctrine.
lt is not supported by scientific data.
l'm a Christian. My wife is a Jew.
We have wonderfuI debates. And this country as a whoIe...
shouId be more theoIogicaIIy Iiterate.
But it's not science.
What's happening here today is an attack on evoIution.
lt's cIever. Let's caII it ''inteIIigent design.'' Let's not mention God.
But, come on. The Supreme Court...
banned the teaching of creationism in the pubIic schooIs.
They were right then, they remain right today...
and my client's discharge was unlawful as well as in violation...
of our time-honored tradition of separating church and state.
Of course we have a Iegitimate cause of action.
That was aImost evangeIicaI.
The estabIishment cIause prohibits the endorsement of...
or discrimination against any particuIar reIigion.
But it was never meant to extinguish the notion of a higher power.
I certainly believe in evolution.
Who here among us whiIe watching the presidentiaI debates...
couId deny that we aII come from monkeys?
But what's so wrong with suggesting as a possibIe theory...
that a higher power might have aIso pIayed a part?
As for church and state...
we go to war over God-given rights to democracy.
Let's face it. God is big here.
We love God.
And we as a nation have an overwhelming belief...
he had something to do with the creation of humankind.
But teach that in a science cIass? Perish the thought.
Nobody here is trying to squash evoIution.
And l wouId agree with Mr. GeIIman.
lt isn't good science to suppress information.
But l wouId ask the court...
who here today is trying to do the squashing?
What do you mean, you want to go to triaI?
l'm afraid of dying a death by innuendo.
l thought if l went to triaI, it wouId offer me a chance to cIear my name.
- CIear your name? You did it! - But nobody knows that.
Have you gone mad? They haven't got any evidence.
They can't even arrest you. And you're here asking to go to triaI?
What is the matter with you?
The suspense of them buiIding a case, it's just too much to bear!
l'm IoneIy.
AII l ever had was my mother, and l kiIIed her.
The onIy other person who ever, ever taIked to me was my neighbor.
l kiIIed her too.
How's AIan? l miss him.
Bernard...
unIess something eIse happens here, your case is over.
Now, I can appreciate that you're lonely...
but you need to find a Iife for yourseIf now.
But, um, how do l do that?
Bernard...
your case status at the moment is over.
Okay.
- [ Door Opens ] - [ Woman ] Alan.
- HeIIo. - Mrs. Piper?
You remember. [ ChuckIes ]
Oh, l aIways say, shake a man's hand with dog poop on your gIove...
he'II remember you for Iife.
l remember you because l trick-or-treated at your house.
How are you, dear? You don't Iook weII.
What are you doing here?
l'm appIying for the position of your secretary, of course.
l heard what happened to the Iast one...
and, l must say, your probIem-
Most peopIe aren't abIe to see...
that beneath your sIick, insensitive exterior, deep down...
you reaIIy are a douche bag.
l get that, AIan. You'd have no misunderstanding with me.
[ Door Opens ]
- Mr. Shore? - [ Mrs. Piper ] My, my.!
What an adorabIe IittIe man. Are you a midget, dear?
I, uh- I just wanna say that I am deeply sorry.
And l assure you that l'm going to try to Iive up...
to aII the potentiaI that you saw in me as a human being.
l give you my word.
Well, that was sweet. So, do I get thejob?
Nobody is more frightened than l am...
of the reIigious right getting a strangIehoId on our vaIues.
This is the part where we get spanked.
It seems as long as you do it in the name of the Almighty...
one is free to abandon not onIy common sense and science...
but aIso the facts.
But I am also concerned about a secular society...
squeezing faith out of our Iives.
We have all witnessed the ridiculous lawsuits...
to stop Nativity scenes at Christmas...
to take God out of the PIedge of AIIegiance.
God has always been a part of who and what we are as a nation.
On our currency, it reads, ''ln God we trust.''
The DecIaration of lndependence speaks of God-
how we are ''created.''
''Endowed by our creator, '' it references...
our ''supreme judge of the worId,'' and ''divine providence.''
God. And, l'm sorry...
anybody who has ever held a newborn child in his hands...
must make room for the chance that a higher power exists.
And it shouIdn't offend you as scientists to say...
''Hey, we just don't know.''
I fnd the decision to include intelligent design...
aIong with evoIution into the science curricuIum...
does not violate the establishment cause of the First Amendment.
l'm ruIing in favor of the defendant.
- This Iawsuit is dismissed. - [ Gavel Raps ]
- Oh, boy. - Was it interesting? l didn't Iisten to a word.
Thank you. Thank you both.
Good Iuck, Mr. Fife. What's the expression?
Uh, ''Go with God.''
So when are you Ieaving?
- ls there a big rush? - l didn't mean it Iike that.
l'm Ieaving now, tonight.
You know, for what it's worth, Shirley can be very draconian.
- And when she makes up her mind, it's not- - l-
l have nothing against ShirIey. ln fact, she didn't even reaIIy hurt me.
ShirIey doesn't know me.
You do.
Lori does. Alan does.
A Iot of peopIe, none of whom took issue with ShirIey.
The siIent majority has spoken, Brad, with a resounding roar.
Every knock is a boost. l'm gonna cIing to that...
and a few other cIich¨¦s for a whiIe.
And then, you'II aII see me again in court across the deposition tabIe.
You'II aII see me again.
That's a promise.
[ No AudibIe DiaIogue ]
He's just so profoundIy IoneIy.
Bernard.
He came to apoIogize.
[ Tara ] I actually think that he wanted to get arrested...
because he's so starved for attention.
l hate this job.
WeII, you warned me not to care for him.
- Tara, don't. Do not Iet yourseIf- - WeII, it's over now.
He's gone. What's done is done.
lt's not over. That's the probIem.
What do you mean?
He'II kiII again.
- What? Did he say that? - No, but l just get the feeIing he'II kiII again.
What are you doing out here?
Just Iooking at the city.
StiII trying to fathom that-
The Red Sox won?
What's this?
The boys do it. Thought we'd give it a try.
- You wanna smoke cigars? - Mm-hmm.
Passing of the torch from the boys' cIub to us.
WeII, l'II smoke to that.
[ Groans ] AwfuI.
Let me try.
That's terribIe.
WeII, this makes it officiaI. We've evoIved more than they have.
ls it a good thing we won today?
l don't know.
You beIieve in a higher power, right?
lt wasn't just advocacy in that room?
With what's going on in the worId, l need to beIieve.
- But- - But what?
God forbid, the next court says it's okay to ban evoIution from the schooIs.
Yeah.
God forbid.