- The triaI starts tomorrow? - l can bring you up to speed on it.
- The facts are straightforward. - And why can't Tara do it?
WeII, Tara's a junior associate.
This triaI's gonna be in the news. lt's hardIy the kind of case that-
Brad, it isn't the case so much as it is the cIient, right?
And it isn't who she is so much as what she is, right?
What is she, Brad?
- Can't you even say the word? - l can say it.
WeII, what is she, Brad?
She's a... homosexuaI.
- And what's the word for a femaIe homosexuaI? - A Iesbian.
- l couIdn't reaIIy hear that. - She's a Iesbian!
You don't wanna do the case because your cIient's a Iesbian?
Lori, this is a high profiIe case.
l've worked my entire Iife to associate with decency and what is good for America.
- And Iesbians are bad for America? - They have bad vaIues.
- Reflects poorIy on aII of us. - As a nation?
[ Sighs ]
Now wouId you Iike to teII me the reaI reason?
-What do you mean? -l know for a fact you've represented gay cIients before.
Not on teIevision. Not in the news.
Brad, we're friends. LeveI with me.
What is it about this particuIar Iesbian?
l'm attracted to her.
- ~~~~[ Funk ] - ~~~~[ Man Vocalizing ]
~~~~[ Continues ]
~~~~[ Ends ]
Why does ShirIey get to skip the staff meetings?
She's got a trial in New York later this week, so she has a busy day.
Some of us have triaIs today. So if you don't mind, l'd Iike to cut out.
What's your case about, Brad?
What is it about?
lt invoIves interference with contractuaI reIations.
You mean Iesbians.
Where are you?
Today they're caIIing Tracey to testify that her ex-Iover-
Lesbian ex-Iover.
To testify that Tracey was scamming her for money.
Tracey was, in fact, not an actuaI bona fide-
- Lesbian. - You Iike saying it.
- l do. - Say it again.
- Lesbian. - Keep going.
Lesbian, Iesbian-
Lesbian. AII together now.
- [ AII ] Lesbian! - l aIso Iike to watch.
- How many peopIe Iike- - AII right, that's enough. This is a staff meeting.
I'll ask you all to conduct yourselves appropriately and professionally.
Cookies, everyone.
Nourishment is most important in the morning.
- Who is this woman? - Take two, Tara. You're a raiI.
- Who is this woman? - The ones on the Ieft have a IittIe bran...
to help our older lawyers with their routine.
- Who is this woman? - l'm Catherine Piper. l'm AIan's new assistant.
My, don't you have an interesting face.
We are in the middIe of a staff meeting.
No need to be snippy, dear, especiaIIy since l come bearing treats.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
You certainly make one... with all that bleach.
Ma'am,you will have to leave.
l'm beginning to not Iike you.
lf you'II excuse me, l have a triaI myseIf.
- You have a triaI? - Yes, tomorrow morning.
I've gotta go meet with my client.
- What kind of triaI? - CriminaI.
It's a doctor who did...
something against the Iaw.
Who eIse is with you on this triaI?
Nobody. l decided to fly soIo.
Think about that.
TeII ShirIey. Denny Crane without a copiIot.
Dear God in heaven.
[ Toilet Flushes ]
- ShirIey. - AIan.
-You're in the men's room again. -l need a favor.
- CertainIy. My staII or yours? - Driving into work this morning...
l heard of a triaI invoIving this new wonder diet drug.
The drug, and accordingIy the triaI, are making the news.
And then l heard something very disturbing...
the name of the Iawyer handIing the defense.
- Denny Crane. - Nobody wants this firm heId up to ridicuIe.
Nobody wants Denny exposed.
l've been in court with Denny. He knows what he's doing at Ieast 50% of the time.
l Iike him. You Iike him. l have to be in New York.
lf she tries to pee standing up, come and get me.
- [ Zipper Unzips ] - [ Groans ]
Lock and load.
Tracey, we can stiII make this go away.
- How many times must you both say that? - UntiI you've considered it.
Are you sure you want your personaI Iife probed with detaiIs at 1 1 :00?
l didn't steaI from her. And l won't offer her anything to settIe.
l'd appreciate you being on my side.
- Hey, we're on your side. - AII right.
We met at an AIDS fund-raiser about two years ago.
We were both pubIicists, so we had a Iot in common.
And at some point, Miss Rogers, you and the defendant became Iovers?
Yes. She moved into my home.
Ultimately, we became business partners and formed Rogers & Green...
which became one of the top P.R. firms in Boston.
- And what happened? - WeII, quite simpIy...
after she gained access to my fiIes and my cIients, she stoIe them.
- Objection. - Sustained.
I since learned that she's not even gay.
That she basically pretended to be so that she could gain access to my client roster.
Now, Miss Rogers, when you aIIege that the defendant pretended to be gay-
She had boyfriends before me and one after.
Perhaps that makes her bisexual. It doesn't make any difference...
because l specificaIIy asked her that at the beginning of our reIationship.
- Whether she was bisexuaI? - Yes.
l'd been hurt before by heterosexuaI women experimenting.
And I didn't wanna go down that road again.
She toId me she was gay. That was a Iie.
- One that cost me vaIuabIe cIients. - Just let me understand this.
The basis of your cIaim is that my cIient faked her sexuaI orientation...
for the sole purpose of getting you to fall in love with her...
so she couId move into your home and business and steaI your cIients?
- Yes. - When, in fact, it wasn't only your business.
- You built it up together over the two years. - I founded the company.
And most of the cIients that she Ieft with were mine.
Now, Miss Rogers, as business partners...
as a coupIe, you two were quite prominent.
Isn't that right? Your photos were constantly in The GIobe...
or Boston Magazine being caIIed the new ''lt'' girIs.
You two got more pubIicity than your cIients.
lt works to the cIients' benefit as weII, so l don't see your point.
WeII, my point is that you two got a Iot of pubIicity together as a coupIe.
Business just went through the roof.
Even if you were defrauded, it wasn't exactIy to your financiaI detriment.
lt was certainIy to my detriment when she Ieft.
Well, but even so,you make more money now than you did before even meeting Tracey.
- So how couId you have been hurt? - How have I been hurt?
She caused me to faII in Iove with her. That-
That's what this is reaIIy about. lsn't it, Miss Rogers?
This isn't a business dispute. This is a domestic one.
- Did she break your heart? - Objection.
l'II aIIow it.
Did she break your heart?
[ Sighs ] Yes.
You were in Iove with her?
Now, Miss Rogers...
during the two years that you were together with my cIient...
do you feeI that she was in Iove with you?
Yes.
ObviousIy shouId l get a criminaI conviction...
that wiII onIy make it easier for the A.M.A. to take away my medicaI Iicense.
Oh, you're gonna Iose your Iicense, Bob. So l wouIdn't worry about-
Why? There are many doctors out there prescribing medication the F.D.A. hasn't approved for-
May l stop you?
- Don't be seIf-righteous. lt's annoying. - Sorry I'm late.
What are you doing here?
You asked me to second chair, Denny. Remember? AIan Shore.
- Bob McLean. - AIan.
- l never asked you to second chair. - Sure you did, Denny.
- You said you were trying the case and- - SoIo.
l said soIo.
WeII, l thought you asked for backup.
So l guess one of us is Iosing our mind.
What do you mean by that?
Denny, l'm here. As you know, l'm starved for criminaI work.
l want to do this aIone.
ls this about proving something? You said, ''TeII ShirIey.''
ls this about proving to ShirIey Schmidt you haven't sIipped?
Excuse me. l'm in a meeting.
Denny, l don't have time to say this niceIy, so l'm just gonna say it with aII the rough edges.
This is a criminaI proceeding. That man's Iiberty couId be at stake.
l'm jumping in second chair to cover his ass, and yes, possibIy yours as weII.
CouId it be possibIe she's doing this for the pubIicity?
Suing me?
WeII, caII me a cynic, but for two years, you're the ''lt'' girIs.
You're Boston's top pubIicists.
Business starts to wane, you Ieave, she's suddenIy not the flavor of the month.
She sues you, presto, hot copy, it's the ''SpIit'' girIs aII over again.
For the cost of attorney and fiIing fees, she's featured on every newscast.
As much as she Ioves the IimeIight, Stephanie's honorabIe.
Yeah, l wonder.
ls there a reason you keep Iooking at me Iike that?
Like what?
l make you nervous. You need to get over that.
So how many men have you been with?
Why are you asking?
l asked her because she's going to be asked on the stand...
why she has such a hard time giving me a straight answer.
- However- - ls because?
l have doubts that she reaIIy is one.
- A homosexuaI? - Yes.
And are these doubts based on the pIaintif s evidence or your own scientific compass?
- ls she attracted to you, Brad? - She might be.
- What? - Why is it men-
I mean, is it the idea oflosing one to the other side?
Or is it since you have feeIings for her, you're anxious to beIieve it's mutuaI?
You see, you sucker me with this buddy taIk...
get me to reveal my feelings, and then when I do,you punish me with them.
l thought you were attracted to me.
- You don't wanna go there. - Even so to be forgotten so easiIy, and for a homosexuaI.
ls there something taped to my forehead that says ''mock me?''
lsn't coffee a IoveIy drug?
l Iove brain stimuIants, don't you?
- Uh, Catherine Piper. - Brad Chase.
Brad Chase? You're defending the Iesbian.
Hi, l'm Lori CoIson. We haven't officiaIIy met.
- HeIIo, dear. Catherine Piper. - Mm-hmm.
For the future, l don't reaIIy appreciate comments about my hair.
Oh. l'm sorry.
l was just trying to make conversation.
And l assumed you wouIdn't want me to go anywhere near your eyebrows.
l tried diets, aII of them.
l exercised. l'd gone on Fen-Phen years ago and that heIped a IittIe.
But mainIy l just kept getting bigger.
And at some point, the defendant mentioned a new drug.
Yes. I forgot how he said he had access to it.
But basicaIIy he said he had this new drug, not on the market yet, caIIed Rimonabant.
And studies showed how it could help people lose weight.
And desperate as l was, l just said yes.
- He sold you this drug in his offce? - Yes.
And he toId me not to teII anyone...
because he said it was illegal for him to be giving it to me.
Thank you, Mr. Harrison.
Can't heIp but notice you're reaIIy fat.
- Yes. - Been fatter?
- Much. - Drug worked?
Huge. l mean, l Iost weight. My choIesteroI went down.
- My H.D.L. actuaIIy went up. - Mm.
I mean, it was a godsend. Of course, until the,you know, police cut off my supplier.
Objection to the word ''suppIier.'' lt makes my cIient sound Iike a drug deaIer.
He is a drug deaIer. He soId him drugs.
Yes. But there's a bias that goes with the word ''dealer. ''
He simply prescribed him medicine to help him live.
- He's right. - This man almost died.
- Didn't he? - Didn't you?
l had high bIood pressure, high choIesteroI, diabetes.
l mean, l was at serious risk for a major heart attack or a stroke.
I probably still am.
Since you stopped taking the drug?
l'm having probIems again.
Did my cIient teII you that this drug is unapproved by the F.D.A.?
Yes.
Did he teII you that there couId be side effects?
- Yes. - You were fuIIy informed? - l was.
- You consented? - l did. - Take it again?
- AbsoIuteIy. - Like the doctor? - Love him.
- How's your memory? - My memory's fne.
- What's my name? - Denny Crane. - Like you mean it.
- Denny Crane. - What's my name? - Denny Crane!
No further questions.
[ Mouthing Words ]
Stephanie Rogers is essentiaIIy accusing Miss Green...
of being a heterosexuaI in sheep's cIothing.
lf successfuI, the pIaintiff couId potentiaIIy receive a judgment...
in excess of seven figures, which is why perhaps this-
- [ TVOff] - Wait. She wasn't finished.
lt doesn't matter how it's pIaying out in pubIic, Tracey.
What matters are the 1 2 peopIe in that box.
- And? - l can't teII.
WeII, you've dated more men than women...
so that puts you on the heterosexuaI side of the fence.
You certainly could have been confused, as they said.
But the probIem is you're coming off as anything but indecisive.
You seem Iike a woman who knows exactIy what you want.
- What is that supposed to mean? - Nothing.
You actuaIIy think that l'm attracted to you.
l just beIieve you shouId be straight with peopIe.
You know what l mean. l smeII some deceit here.
l'm gay, Brad.
Do you want me to take a Iie detector?
[ Man ] People lament the cost ofhealth care.
They cry over soaring litigation costs...
and scream about the eroding integrity of our medicaI profession.
The conduct of this doctor and others Iike him are to bIame.
- Oh, Iighten up, man. - Mr. Crane, you'II get your turn.
We have rules. One is we do not go prescribing experimental drugs...
that the F.D.A. hasn't approved for market.
- Even if the patient consents? - The patient wiII aIways foIIow the Iead of his doctor.
For God's sake, look what people buy off infomercials. They'll try anything.
Hair potions, piIIs that make you Iose weight whiIe you sIeep.
Desperate people will try anything.
And when you have a licensed doctor saying, ''Here, take this, ''they will.
This isn't a potion. This drug works.
ln preIiminary studies. But there's much, much more testing to be done.
How Iong does it take the F.D.A. to approve a drug?
- lt isn't quick but- - How Iong?
- Nine years. - My client's patient would be dead by then.
- But, hey, you've got your ruIes. - Objection.
- Oh, be quiet. - Your Honor, he can't teII me to be quiet.
Let him have his turn, Mr. ZaIe.
You say that doctors...
shouIdn't prescribe non-F.D.A.-approved drugs- That's a ruIe.
- Yes. - Doctors don't prescribe medications...
for things that the F.D.A. hasn't approved them for?
Off-label prescriptions happen, but-
Have you ever prescribed a drug that wasn't approved...
- for the particuIar condition you were treating? - Yes, but-
And, Doctor, if you were overweight and at risk for an imminent stroke...
or heart attack...
is it your testimony that you wouId never consider taking Rimonabant?
For myseIf, l might, but-
But you wouIdn't give your patient the same opportunity...
because you have ruIes.
You're going to be the first Iawyer sued by his cIient for sexuaI harassment.
l'm a good Iawyer because l got a nose for the truth.
You're attracted to her, Brad. lt's cIouding your nose.
- Are you faIIing in Iove with this woman? - What? PIease.
- Are you? - Of course not.
- l put a taiI on her. - l beg your pardon?
l hired a P.l.just to foIIow her around, see who she sees.
What she sees. You're trying to out her as a heterosexuaI.
- l don't Iike surprises in court. - Okay, first, you couId Iose your bar ticket for putting-
- Why? lt's not that big of a deaI. - Brad, she's your cIient.
Second, Iet the jury decide whether or not she's being truthfuI.
You just be her Iawyer and onIy-And third...
stop hitting on her.
Hey, Brad. All together now-
[ AII ] Lesbian.
Boys, how's our triaI going?
You think l'm just gonna wither up and die in there, don't you?
AII these references to our sex Iife, Denny.
- TeII her how l'm doing, AIan. - PIease.
- Since he can't recaII. - He's been amazing.
- l'd say we have a better than even chance. - Ah.
- HeIIo. - HeIIo.
ls there a reason you're snuggIed up to me?
Why, yes. l understand you're the boss, dear. l'm sucking up.
- By standing next to me? - Yes.
With me by your side, dear, you aImost Iook young.
l have no idea who you are, but l Iike you.
[ ChuckIes ] ls he reaIIy doing okay?
The firm is safe from ridicuIe.
What did she want?
- Make sure l'm competent? - Something like that.
You were more than competent today, Denny.
- You were good, very good. - l know.
We must be doing our crosswords these days.
Did she ask you to backstop me?
lt was my idea.
Damn Iiar.
l Iike doing cases with you, Denny. Can't you just accept that?
lt's fun.
Fun. Fine. l'II go with that then.
You have seemed especially acute.
Are we taking something?
l just rubbed on a IittIe cIear cream.
lt was just for muscIe cramps.
Denny?
Are you taking something?
What l am taking...
is good care of myseIf.
The oId Denny Crane is coming back.
WeII, our business had reached sort of a pIateau.
And l feIt l couId do better soIo.
And truthfuIIy, l thought that she might too.
- Now, before Ieaving, did you teII your cIients? - AbsoIuteIy not.
l Ieft. l contacted them. They decided to come with me.
- In that order. - Now, Tracey, we've heard the accusation...
that you pretended to Iove Stephanie for business reasons.
That's absolutely false. I- I fell in love with her.
I mean, the idea that I could feign love for two plus years just-
You know how much l Ioved you, Stephanie.
Miss Green, pIease do not address anyone but me or your counseI.
l never Iied to her about my sexuaI orientation.
And I'm offended by that.
How many women had you been with prior to your reIationship with my cIient?
- Objection. - Overruled.
However saIacious, it's an issue.
- How many women? - One.
One. And prior to your reIationship with my cIient...
- how many men had you had sexuaI reIationships with? - SeveraI.
SeveraI. More than five?
- Yes. - More than 1 0?
I wanted to lead a heterosexual life. Eventually I realized-
My cIient asked you if you were bisexuaI, you answered no.
Because I'm not. I may have been with men in the past...
but uItimateIy l reaIized l preferred women.
How many reIationships have you had since Stephanie?
- One. - With a man or a woman?
WeII, the breakup with Stephanie was extremeIy painfuI.
Your subsequent relationship was with a man or a woman?
- A man. - A man.
Now,you spoke earlier about the exact order ofhow things went down.
Rewinding a little further back...
you met Stephanie, became her Iover...
eventually became her business partner, left with clients and fles...
began having an affair with a man.
Did l get the order right?
[ Sighs ] l just got destroyed, didn't l?
You didn't get destroyed. lt was a tough cross, but l thought you heId up.
- ReaIIy? - ReaIIy.
You know...
to think that l'm straight...
is to beIieve that l am a profoundIy dishonest person.
[ Sighs ] And l'm not dishonest, Brad.
- Okay. - You know, l-
l can take you doubting my sexuaI orientation...
but my character, l, uh-
l don't doubt you.
- [ Brad ] She's trying to admit something. - What? That she's not gay?
l don't know. Maybe.
You're making a fool of yourself,Brad.
-l know when l'm being deceived. -The deception is seIf-inflicted.
You're infatuated with her, and you want to believe it's reciprocal.
She's probabIy more interested in me than you.
You're making a fooI of yourseIf.
I considered it life or death.
He was at risk of cardiac arrest, diabetes.
- And this drug was your onIy resort? - lt was my Iast resort.
Believe me, I am not in the habit of prescribing non-approved drugs.
- But this- - Doctor, wouId you teII the jury...
and me, too, for that matter, because l've forgotten...
how Rimonabant works?
lt suppresses a protein in the brain that makes you want to eat.
In fact, this drug blocks nearly all cravings.
It can be used to help people quit smoking, drinking.
Which is why it's been caIIed the wonder drug.
So you just figured, ''What the hell? Why wait for proof?.''
My patient couIdn't wait, Mr. ZaIe.
He was Iooking at an imminent physicaI demise.
ln medicaI terms, we caII it death.
Any published studies on this drug tojustify this wonder status you give it?
- Not yet. - Has this drug been approved for saIe?
- Not yet. - How'd you get your hands on this drug, Doctor?
l had a connection at one of the cIinics where it's being tested.
l won't reveaI more than that.
You're a licensed doctor prescribing a drug...
not approved by the F.D.A. to desperate patients.
With a fuII warning.
How can you warn about a drug side effect you don't know about?
The warning that I gave Mr. Harrison was exactly that.
This drug may have side effects we don't know about.
- PossibIe fataI side effects? - There's no evidence of that.
- So you decided- - BaIancing the benefits...
against the known risk of a coronary if he doesn't take it...
- l favor taking the medication. - This is an experimentaI drug.
- Which l have no financiaI interest in. - Which you bootlegged.
My only concern was a patient's health.
So doctors should feel free to ignore the F.D.A. whenever they choose?
- l never said that. - Oh, so you shouId feeI free whenever you choose?
Sometimes desperate circumstances require desperate measures.
And desperate people will do anything, won't they?
Denny.
You're checking on me in here too? You think l forgot how to piss?
- l beg your pardon? - l'm tired of being foIIowed around Iike some patient!
l change my underwear every day. l know how to practice Iaw.
lf you're the one who assigned AIan Shore to backstop me, then you'd better stop-
- You Iisten! - l'm stiII taIking!
Now l'm taIking! You arrogant oId fart.
You have a cIient facing prison time.
You have no right to exaIt your ego.
- Don't you taIk to me in that- - Shut up!
l am sick of you feeIing sorry for yourseIf and onIy yourseIf.
lt was seIfish of you to try this case soIo.
Do not start a war with me here.
You may not win it.
That's why you brought ShirIey back.
To buiId an aIIiance!
Guess you're the one who forgot how to piss.
[ Mouthing Words ]
Does it smeII right to you?
She had a history of men before my cIient.
She never hinted to her best friends that she was anything but heterosexuaI.
She had an affair with a man after she Ieft my cIient.
Her onIy fling with homosexuaIity just happened to coincide...
with the biggest financiaI windfaII of her Iife.
SuddenIy being gay got her money...
got her profled about town in magazines, on TVas an ''It''girl.
Newfound fame, newfound money...
newfound sexuaI orientation.
Does it smeII right to you?
In order to make a cause of action for fraud...
one must prove that he or she reIied on the fraud to his or her own detriment.
Now after partnering with my cIient...
Miss Rogers's financiaI and professionaI fortunes soared, she benefited.
ln fact, one might even say considering the media coverage of this Iawsuit...
that she's actuaIIy benefiting from the breakup...
because as any P.R. professionaI knows, there's no such thing as bad pubIicity.
But if you're determined to get hung up on the issue is Tracey Green gay or not...
did she really love Stephanie or not...
consider Stephanie's own testimony...
when I asked her during the relationship...
as she was Iiving it...
did she feeI that Tracey Ioved her.
And she answered yes.
But now in the wake ofhurt and heartbreak, she offers a different answer.
Which version do you find more reIiabIe?
- Anything? - No. They're stiII deIiberating.
- What's this? - l haven't the sIightest idea.
Your secretary said you'd want it sooner rather than Iater.
- What is it? - lt's nothing.
lt's just another case l'm working on.
Do l have to convince you of the danger of prescribing non-approved drugs?
Defrauding overweight peopIe...
with diet gimmicks is a billion dollar industry.
And now we're going to Iet doctors get in on the racket?
And say, ''lt's okay to seII bIack market piIIs under the tabIe.''
It's precisely because physicians have...
such an influence over their patients...
that we demand that drugs be approved by the F.D.A.
But this doctor decided he shouldn't be held to that.
This doctor figured he's above the law.
This doctor is the equivaIent of a drug deaIer...
selling cocaine in an alleyway.
And he shouId be punished accordingIy.
- l thought l was cIosing. - l'm first chair.
- You got to ask aII the questions. - Objection, Your Honor.
These two have tried to triviaIize the severity of this case...
with their Abbott and Costello routine, but it's an insult to this court.
Your Honor, it's only fair I get to do something here.
Mr. Shore, the court is anything but amused.
- l'm not triv- - No, l-l got it. We'II spIit it.
- You go first. - Fine.
Okay, first, this big deaI about F.D.A. approvaI.
Doctors prescribe medications every day...
for uses the F.D.A. never considered.
Aspirin for years has been used to prevent and treat heart attacks.
Did the F.D.A. ever test for that? No.
lt was sanctioned onIy as a pain reIiever untiI recentIy.
Beta blockers are prescribed for migraines with no F.D.A. approval.
We take anticonvuIsants for pain, for bipoIar disorders...
antidepressants for insomnia, steroids for cancer.
PeopIe in this country are getting prescriptions by the thousands...
every day from their doctors for treatments the F.D.A. has never signed off on.
And what about the F.D.A.? David Graham, a drug reviewer with the agency...
just testified before Congress that the F.D.A. is, l quote...
''VirtuaIIy incapabIe of protecting America from unsafe drugs.''
The F.D.A. is broken, folks.
Raise your hand if you agree. Except those of you on Vioxx.
- Objection. - The F.D.A.'s own point man said to Congress...
that we are currently facing...
the singIe greatest drug safety catastrophe in the history of the worId.
So who then is there to protect the patient?
Who is there to protect Mr. Harrison?
His doctor.
My cIient had a medication that couId save his patient's Iife.
He wasn't going to wait nine years...
for approval from a broken, ineffective agency.
This is life or death, for God's sake.
Life or death.
l'm at risk for AIzheimer's.
I've got some sort of plaque going on inside my brain.
My memory-
l might've met some of you before, l wouIdn't know.
What you wouIdn't know is what it feeIs Iike...
to be... Iosing it...
to be- feeI-
to be sIipping.
There's a prescription drug...
dextroamphetamine.
lt's very big on the bIack market.
lt's used by coIIege kids to bone up for exams.
l've been taking it.
l don't know how it works, but you get your memory back.
lt reintroduces you to your vocabuIary...
heIps with mentaI arithmetic...
faciaI recognition, overaII productivity.
BasicaIIy you get your brain back.
And no F.D.A. or any other agency...
is gonna teII me l don't have the right to get back my brain.
No government or- or court...
is gonna tell me...
order me to continue Iosing my mind.
l agree with the prosecutor.
This claim that desperate people...
wiII try desperate measures.
So what?
- Members of the jury- - Have you reached a verdict?
- Yes, we have, Your Honor. - We have, Your Honor.
- What say you? - In the matter of Rogers versus Green-
ln the matter of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts versus Dr. Robert McLean-
We, the jury, find in favor of the defendant.
- [ Murmuring ] - We fnd the defendant, Dr. Robert McLean, not guilty.
[Judge ] Ladies and gentlemen of thejury, I want to thank you for your service.
At this time, you are dismissed.
- Court adjourned. - [ Gavel Raps ]
So did she say anything after?
She just shot me a Iook when she was Ieaving the courthouse.
- She'II get over it. - Yeah, l bet she wiII.
Who knows? Maybe we'II even get back together one day.
WouIdn't be surprised.
So why did you wanna have dinner, Brad?
To ceIebrate the victory or take one Iast shot at conversion?
l wanted to have dinner to apoIogize.
l did a reaIIy terribIe thing.
l hired a private investigator to foIIow you.
I wanted to satisfy myself that you were really gay.
And l'm quite satisfied now.
You went to see Stephanie around midnight Iast night.
Why wouId you do that?
- WeII, l had it haIf right, didn't l? - [ Sighs ]
Thinking Stephanie sued you for the pubIicity.
You were both in on it.
''lt'' girIs or ''SpIit'' girIs...
however you make the news, you two are a reaIIy good team.
'Cause I knew I was being deceived.
l just wasn't sure how.
l didn't pIan for you to faII for me.
Oh, don't flatter yourseIf.
l think that l shouId Ieave.
No, no. You don't have to. We won the case. Come on, this is a celebration.
l'm, um- l'm gonna Ieave.
Thank you, Brad.
Um, and again, l'm sorry if-
WeII-
Thank you.
[ Siren Wailing In Distance ]
That drug you're taking is an amphetamine...
with a dangerousIy high potentiaI for abuse and addiction.
And the shrinks are doIing it out Iike candy.
lt might make you feeI more acute...
you'II no doubt work Iike a demon...
but certain pIeasures wiII be gone.
Like?
Perhaps fishing.
Perhaps sitting in a chair enjoying a footbaII game.
Standing on a baIcony.
Appreciating the quiet joy of a friendship.
There's more to Iife than recognizing faces, Denny.
You prefer me in my fog?
l prefer you.
Your perspective, your humor.
The acceptance and humility which...
perhaps can onIy come with age.
l prefer you.
l've stopped taking the drug.
l kinda Iike my fog too.
There's a certain Iicense that goes with it.
PIus, l've said this before and l'II say it again.
The answers in Iife, you don't find them here.
First, you Iook to God.
And then-
- Fox News. - Damn right.
You Democrats.
You RepubIicans.
- ShirIey know l won? - ToId her myseIf.
- What'd she say? - She'd Iike to have your chiIdren.
Damn right.