Previously on "L.A. Law"...
You have no respect for my client, your honor.
You disapprove of sex, and you disapprove of him because he sells it.
You're in contempt, Mr. Kittredge.
-I move for a mistrial.
-So noted. Now shut up!
We're supposed to concentrate on the facts here and we can't,
all we can hear is you two yelling at each other.
Do you know what you're saying?
We took an oath, your honor, to give you a verdict
based only on the evidence,
and I am telling you that right now, we can't do it.
Those fights were deliberate, you used us.
I couldn't get the judge to bite.
But you were a dream come true.
You slimy son of a bitch. You had no case.
My name goes on the door, we issue a press release,
and agree to talk closer ties in six months.
A year. And this will all have to be approved by the partners.
Small strokes, baby. We got a done deal.
Frank Kittredge, my new associate.
I promise a hired g*n, I deliver.
-The imminent Leland McKenzie.
-Pleased to meet you.
-This is Gwen Taylor.
-We've met.
I am coming forward as an officer of the court
to prevent what I believe to be
a gross violation of the judicial process.
Jonathan Rollins is an innocent man.
Nobody's ever gone out on a limb for me
as much as you did today.
It's him. He makes me do crazy things.
That's why I had to leave him.
-Where is your sense of adventure, huh?
-Tommy, please come out here.
Tom.
I'm so sorry, Tommy. We were gonna tell you.
It's, uh, my fault.
Excuse me, guys.
In professional wrestling,
there is no one bigger than Beef Barstow.
He's a star of the first magnitude,
and he is an inspiration to millions of kids.
So it is with great pleasure
that I announce my representation of him,
and the formation of his new company,
All Beef Productions.
Which, by the way, is already negotiating for
major film and television projects.
-[indistinct shouting]
-Oh, give him a break, fellas, one at a time.
Beef, is it true that your ex wife is gonna sue for back alimony?
-Darla's still in love with me.
-So how come she's taking you
-
-
Look, I don't think we're here to talk about that.
-Is it true Darla turned you into the IRS?
-Back off, man.
Let's, uh, give someone else a chance, shall we?
-You in the corner.
-Come on, Beef, stop hiding behind your lawyer.
-Your fans have a right to know.
-I asked you to wait your turn.
-Did you stiff your wife and Uncle Sam?
-I said back off, man!
That's my business. Don't you listen?
No sense of decorum. Yesterday, she came bursting right into
-
-
-Stay out of my business!
-WOMAN: Oh, my God!
-LELAND: What in the world?
-Flying drop kick?
-SUSAN: Baby
-
-
-BEEF: I told you, you petulant geek!
SUSAN: You gotta stop doin' this. Come on.
♪♪ [theme]
♪♪
Oh, in re: yesterday's press conference.
Susan Bloom is replacing the door,
and she managed to persuade young Geraldo not to file suit.
-How'd she do that?
-Best two out of three falls.
LELAND: Now that
-
- that's not funny.
We can't have the firm disrupted like that, Douglas.
ANN: And I really hate to bring this up,
but can we do something about her smoking in the hallway?
And what about monopolizing the Xerox machine?
She must grind coffee beans ten times a day.
-Mr. Spock with an ear job.
-Hey, come on, she's not that bad.
We did make the : news last night.
Well, that kind of publicity is worse than none at all.
Bloom was your idea, Douglas. Speak to her.
Right. Skerritt vs. Miles.
Trial starts today. We represent Mrs. Skerritt.
Uh, Dr. Miles removed her spleen,
then made money from it without informing her of
-its real value.
-Excuse me. What value?
Her spleen cells were unique. Miles cloned them into a drug
he's now marketing for big bucks.
So he's the inventor. He has every right to profit.
-From her spleen?
-Well, she couldn't sell it.
That would be against the law.
You have no case for property rights.
We're going for failure to disclose.
The doctor gave her some information but not enough.
-This is one determined client.
-Good for her.
We're adjourned.
Tom, I'd like to talk to you about the other
-
-
There's nothing to talk about.
Thank you.
ZOEY: Your honor, David Lee m*rder*d
a mother and her two children in cold blood.
Habeas corpus has been denied by the Supreme Court,
the governor won't step in to
-
-
He's insane, Miss Clemmons,
you can't execute an insane man.
He has been on medication for two years.
He is lucid and he meets the standard.
ATTORNEY: He is being forcibly medicated, your honor,
-against his will.
-Let's stick to the facts.
Mr. Lee's execution is set for Saturday.
You are petitioning to stay it,
and to stop him being medicated with Haloperidol.
My client has been on death row for eight years, your honor.
The schizophrenia was borderline when he went in,
but now, his mental condition has completely deteriorated.
Three separate hearings have found him legally sane.
Almost ten years ago.
The man is no longer competent to be ex*cuted.
You know your client doesn't have to be perfectly rational,
Mr. Merrill.
He has to be aware of his execution and the reason for it.
He is, your honor, when he's medicated.
Then it is not in his best interest to medicate him
since it leads directly to his death.
ZOEY: Your honor, this is maneuvering,
he's simply trying to prevent David Lee's execution.
You're damn right I am.
Mr. Merrill has made his reputation on death row.
He comes in at the th hour
so that he can argue against the death penalty itself.
You honor, if you don't stay David Lee's execution,
you'll be k*lling a man that does not know
the gas chamber from a city bus.
This sentence is the will of the people, your honor.
And this case is not a referendum on capital punishment.
Well, I'm not deciding this on the papers alone.
I'll hear evidence tomorrow at :.
Last week, she commandeered five secretaries
to get a contract out.
She brought in enough Chinese food to feed people,
and then left the trash all over the file room,
-Benny was almost in tears.
-DOUGLAS: Depositions, trust accountings,
-legal opinions.
-She tips the building crew, Douglas,
-which makes everybody else look cheap.
-DOUGLAS: Brokerage agreements,
-document requests
-
-
-And then her cappuccino maker
-leaked all over all over the bullpen rug.
-Stock certificates.
Douglas, somebody has got to do something.
You're absolutely right.
And you're going to.
-Me?
-You're the office manager,
this is an office problem.
I don't manage the lawyers, you are the managing partner.
Exactly.
Since we'd like to maintain friendly relations with Bloom,
I should be the good cop, which makes you the bad cop.
-I don't make a good bad cop.
-Because you're a woman?
I hope that's not what I'm hearing, Roxanne.
Stand your ground. Don't let her bulldoze you.
If you can handle Arnold Becker,
you can handle Susan Bloom.
Just lay down the law.
[door closes]
Mrs. Skerritt, what happened to your spleen?
It was stolen.
By that doctor sitting right there.
Why don't you start at the beginning.
About six years ago, our family doctor
told me that I had something called...
hairy cell leukemia;
that it was very rare and that I should see Dr. Miles,
a cancer specialist here in Los Angeles.
And he said that if I didn't have my spleen removed,
it would keep manufacturing these malignant blood cells,
and I would die.
Did you see Dr. Miles after the surgery?
Almost every month for the next six years.
He had me drive in from Riverside for
blood tests and urine tests and bone marrow tests.
Well, couldn't your family doctor have taken those samples?
Well, that's what I asked,
but Dr. Miles insisted that he do the tests.
He said they were to make sure that
the cancer didn't come back.
And when did you stop going to Dr. Miles?
Well, after I found out from a news story
that he had
-
- had cloned the cells of my spleen;
it turns out that there's something about them that, uh, fights cancer.
And what else did you find out?
That he had sold the cell line that he had developed
to a pharmaceutical company for millions of dollars,
and that company stands to make
maybe hundreds of millions of dollars off of it,
and he even had the nerve to call it the Miles cell line.
BILLY: Did Dr. Miles at any time
offer you anything out of these proceeds?
Not a cent.
In fact, he wouldn't even take my phone calls.
Thank you, Mrs. Skerritt. Nothing further.
According to your medical records, Mrs. Skerritt,
before the surgery, you had anemia,
intense abdominal pain,
and a spleen swollen to times its normal size.
You'd been given months to live if it weren't removed.
-Is that correct?
-Yes.
And what is your condition following the splenectomy?
-I feel better.
-Better?
In fact, it was a complete success, wasn't it?
Your leukemia's in remission. Dr. Miles saved your life.
-I never said Dr. Miles didn't help me
-
-
-And the post
-operative tests
were all paid for by your insurance company.
-Yes.
-And Dr. Miles did tell you that your diseased spleen
might be used for research purposes
before he removed it, didn't he, Mrs. Skerritt?
-Yes, but he didn't
-
-
-He asked you to sign a form
consenting to this research purpose,
and you signed it, didn't you?
Yes, but he didn't say that
he was going to make money off of my spleen.
Well, I'm confused, Mrs. Skerritt.
The DMV says that you have an organ donor card
on the back of your drivers license,
-is that right?
-Yes.
A card that specifies that you're willing to donate
any needed tissues or organs, such as a spleen,
to whomever might need them in the event of your death,
-isn't that so?
-It's not the same thing.
No. Well, what's the difference between giving, say,
a kidney that might save a single life,
and some cells from a diseased spleen
that might save thousands of lives?
-Objection!
-Withdrawn.
Nothing further.
What?
Everything.
Except you.
You and Tommy love each other.
He'll be okay.
Just need some time.
I'm not great at waiting.
I've noticed.
This isn't just Tommy.
Supervising deputy called me today
to congratulate me for making the death squad.
They really call it that?
Kept saying how good it was for my career.
If I'm the one who finally gets David Lee
into the gas chamber.
There's no telling how far I can go.
What'd you say?
I said thank you.
Sometimes, I hate this job.
Dr. Zeller, in your expert opinion,
-is David Lee psychotic?
-ZELLER: Yes.
He exhibits symptoms of severe schizo affective disorder,
including auditory hallucinations,
delusional thinking, and sudden rage episodes.
So why isn't he exhibiting them now?
He's had his daily injection of Haloperidol,
a psychotropic drug,
it has a powerful effect on the central nervous system.
Doctor, are there reasonable ways
to control David Lee's schizophrenia
other than forcibly medicating him with Haloperidol?
Yes, there's confinement, there's psychotherapy,
there are physical restraints.
Mind altering dr*gs are not the only alternative.
MERRILL: Mind altering? What do you mean?
Haloperidol flattens the affect,
and makes behavior more passive.
The delusions disappear,
but so can most of the patient's personality.
MERRILL: So the David Lee we see on medication
isn't anything like the real David Lee.
No. Effectively, they're two different people.
Doctor, if Haloperidol is the only way to make
David Lee understand that he's about to be ex*cuted,
should he be treated with Haloperidol?
Well, the Hippocratic oath says, first, do no harm.
The ethics code of the AMA specifically prohibits
a doctor from doing anything to facilitate a patient's death.
So if medicating David Lee
makes it legal for the state to k*ll him,
no ethical doctor should do it.
Thank you, doctor.
You aren't Mr. Lee's psychiatrist, are you, doctor?
No, but I did an extensive evaluation of
-
-
So you've read his file,
and you know that he hasn't always been on Haloperidol.
And you also must have read why a superior court judge
decided two years ago
that Mr. Lee should be forcibly medicated.
Why, doctor?
He had been b*ating his head against his cell wall
and screaming about voices.
-ZOEY: For how long?
-ZELLER: Several days.
ZOEY: He also att*cked a guard and tried to mutilate himself,
so we an assume that David Lee was in physical
as well as psychological pain then.
-Yes.
-ZOEY: And the Haloperidol stopped it.
It also stopped the voices
that told Mr. Lee to k*ll people, didn't it?
-Yes.
-But you don't think
David Lee is better off being given Haloperidol?
How can he be better off?
It makes it possible for you to execute him if
-
-
And you don't believe that anyone should be ex*cuted, do you, doctor,
no matter how horrible the crime,
-the death penalty is morally wrong.
-MERRILL: Objection!
Dr. Zeller's personal beliefs are completely irrelevant.
She's clearly an advocate, your honor, with the same views
-as Mr. Merrill.
-Overruled. I'll allow it.
Do you believe in capital punishment, doctor?
No.
I have nothing further.
I want to talk to you.
I thought the McDermott declarations
were being messengered over yesterday evening
so I could have them on my desk first thing today.
-They're not ready.
-Why aren't they ready?
I don't know, I just took the message.
Why didn't you give it to me?
'Cause you'd gone home
and I was gonna tell you when you came in today.
I
-
- I, um, I can call the messenger service.
That's useless.
I'll track down the declarations,
but you're going over there to pick 'em up yourself.
Look, just because you have a problem
does not give you the right to take it out on the people that work for you.
We all feel bad enough when we screw up
without some petty martinet b*ating us up for it.
Benny, let's call the investigator's office
and see if we can put a rush on those declarations, okay?
-Sure.
-GWEN: That's all it would have taken.
Next time, don't sh**t the messenger.
Dr. Miles, what was so special about Mrs. Skerritt's spleen?
It contained a high number of T
-lymphocyte cells.
Her T
-lymphocyte cells overproduced a protein
that helps create white blood cells.
Once you discovered these cells, what did you do?
After five years, using recombinant DNA,
I succeeded in cloning them.
So Mrs. Skerritt's cells
were simply raw materials for the cell line.
Exactly. I discovered the cells,
but I invented the cell line.
And what are the practical applications
for Miles cell line products?
Cancer patients
will be able to manufacture enough white blood cells
to counter the side effects of chemotherapy.
Indeed, enough to att*ck even the cancer itself.
Did your research interest in any way affect
your medical judgment in Mrs. Skerritt's case?
MILES: Absolutely not. I'm a doctor.
Yes, Biotech paid me a lot of money for my invention,
but I'm not in this for the money.
And I have never let my interest as a researcher
compromise my responsibilities as a physician.
Thank you, Dr. Miles.
Dr. Miles, when exactly did you realize
Mrs. Skerritt's cells were unique?
Shortly after the surgery when I'd analyzed
the results of the tissue test of her spleen.
And Mrs. Skerritt was already undergoing
post
-operative tests at this time,
blood samples, blood serum, bone marrow asperate?
That's right, it's all routine cancer follow up.
Most of those tests were conducted at your office in L.A.,
but a few samples were drawn by her family doctor,
and shipped to you for analysis, weren't they?
Yes, I believe my schedule was rather full,
so I had Dr. Leonard take some samples.
But three months after the surgery,
you suddenly insisted that all tests be done
at your office on a monthly basis.
Optimally, I like to see the patient myself.
It couldn't be, could it doctor,
that you were afraid of losing control over her,
of losing your exclusive access to her for your research?
That's ridiculous.
You say these were all normal post
-operative tests,
but her records show on several occasions,
you took skin samples and high volumes of blood.
Since when do you need skin samples
and whole units of blood to monitor for internal cancers?
Obviously, you don't.
I needed those samples for my T
-cell research,
but by that time,
Mrs. Skerritt was fully recuperated,
and such tests posed no risk at all to her health.
I see, so after she was fully recovered,
you continued to subject Mrs. Skerritt to tests
that you needed for your research
under the pre
-text of monitoring her health.
I informed her of all risks and benefits.
How much did you license your invention for, doctor?
, shares of Biotech stock.
-And how much is that worth?
-I don't know.
As of yesterday's close of trading,
$. million.
Five million. I'm surprised you waited
'til she was under anesthesia to rip out her spleen.
-Objection.
-Counsel, that's enough.
I'm done here, your honor.
You know what I'm saying, Jerry.
Beef does not want to be another Stallone.
Rambo's a cardboard character.
So this is "Predator" with a sensitive side?
Is he the lead? Great. Send it over.
Fox is on two, and they're still holding your table at Spago.
I'm on my way. Tell Fox I'll call back.
-We have an appointment.
-Jerry, I'll call you back.
What can I do for you?
You have to notify us when you call a press conference,
you can't smoke in the halls, don't tip the building staff,
and please remember that the Xerox machine is for everybody.
-Fair enough. Anything else?
-Now, I know you're used to working alone, but
-
-
-Fair enough?
-[chuckles] Honey,
my life moves a hundred miles an hour.
Now, that sometimes makes me inconsiderate,
but I'm not a monster.
Now, if I've been offensive, I'm sorry.
I appreciate you pointing it out.
-You do?
-Yeah. I like your style, too.
You're direct without being obnoxious.
I hear you came up through the ranks.
I used to work for Arnie Becker.
What kind of deal do you have now,
bumps, fringes, points?
What are they putting up to retain your talent?
I never thought of it as talent.
Oh, well, honey, you should.
A good officer manager's scarcer than hens teeth.
Look, I'm late for lunch,
but you and I have to have a heart to heart soon.
-It's been a pleasure.
-Yeah.
Help yourself to cappuccino.
[door opens, closes]
You're very good at this.
It's hard to believe it's your first time.
If you think that gives you an advantage,
fine, go ahead.
No, uh
-
- Look, I
-
- I've been watching you
try and turn off your compassion.
This is very hard for you, isn't it,
arguing to m*rder a human wreck like David Lee?
Is it kinder to take him off the medication?
So that he can spend the next years of his life
in a straight jacket b*ating his head against a wall?
MERRILL: You've never even met him, have you?
Let me introduce you to the man you're trying to k*ll.
What is this supposed to prove?
Nothing.
I just want you to really look at him.
Miss Clemmons, this is David Lee.
♪♪
A responsible adult person remembers to set her alarm.
-I can't believe I forgot
-
-
-You got a while before court, Zo.
I wanted to get there early.
Now, the freeway is jammed, I'll barely make it on time,
and Merrill will be standing there
calm and collected ready to shred me.
Shred you? Not a chance.
You don't know him, he'll use anything.
You're taking this personally. He's doing his job.
-Same way I would do my job
-
-
-Well, this is my job.
Maybe I don't like this part of it,
maybe I don't want to be doing it,
but the state of California says that I have to.
Then why don't you stop blaming yourself?
I'm not blaming myself,
I'm trying to separate my emotions
from what it is that I'm being asked to do.
Well, maybe you can't.
God, that's easy for you to say.
You are in private practice,
you are in your own separate little world,
and if you don't like a case, you don't have to take it.
Well, I don't have that luxury, Tommy
-
-
Jonathan.
[sighs] Oh, God. I'm sorry.
It's no big deal.
-ZOEY: I
-
- I didn't mean
-
-
-Hey, hey, hey.
It's no big deal.
-I gotta go.
-Yeah.
I'll see you tonight.
Leukemia.
Diabetes.
Osteoporosis.
Hepatitis.
Emphysema.
These are just a few of the terrible diseases
that we now have treatments or tests for.
But these advancements are all dependent on
the research of human cells,
just like the ones found in Mrs. Skerritt's spleen.
Ladies and gentlemen, you can find for Dr. Miles,
and let him get back to what he does best,
curing disease.
Or you can find that Mrs. Skerritt
is entitled to profit from a spleen
that she happily discarded five years ago.
That'll be nice for Mrs. Skerritt,
but devastating for medical research.
Remember Jonas Salk?
He invented a polio vaccine.
Thank God he didn't have Mrs. Skerritt as a patient.
You come to your doctor to get well,
not to get rich.
Lucille Skerritt got everything she bargained for.
She got her life.
Don't believe that medical research
will come to a grinding halt if you find for Mrs. Skerritt.
Ethical researchers won't be hurt,
only ones like Dr. Miles.
He may well have begun his treatment of Lucille Skerritt
with care and concern,
but somewhere along the way he began caring more for
what she could give to him
than what he could give to her.
He performed tests
unnecessary to her physical well being,
but very necessary to his financial well being.
And he never told her the real reason;
the $ million reason why he was doing them.
The tests may have been minor,
but they were not without risk,
and were an as*ault on her right to privacy
and on her dignity.
Dr. Miles betrayed his patient's trust,
and that's why my client seeks compensation,
ladies and gentlemen.
To let doctors like him know they have to deserve our trust.
I have something to say to you.
I didn't appreciate being lectured in front of Benny.
I didn't appreciate the way you were treating him.
We're talking about what you did.
It was inappropriate.
You know what's inappropriate
is the little class system you've got in your head.
To you, the hired help aren't people,
so it's okay to bully them.
No one counts to you unless their making over , a year.
I don't understand the hostility that comes out
whenever you're around me.
-Is it hormonal?
-Hormonal?
As in attraction you don't know what to do with.
You egotistical, arrogant ass.
You can't understand what I'm saying,
so you boil it down to sex.
Well, let me go on the record right now.
Even the idea of sleeping with you
is so repulsive, so totally nauseating,
that I would rather be celibate
for the rest of my life.
Funny.
I don't recall asking.
David Lee has been your patient for how long, Dr. Hayward?
Eight years, ever since he's been on death row.
And what was your psychiatric evaluation of him
when he first came there?
His delusions were intermittent,
but he had uncontrollable rages.
He said he heard the voices of demons.
These episodes became more frequent,
he stabbed himself twice and att*cked a guard.
That was when you decided to medicate him with Haloperidol.
-Yes.
-Mr. Lee has been taking Haloperidol now for two years.
-Has he changed?
-He's much calmer.
The rage episodes have stopped.
So you believe David Lee is better off being medicated.
I've been a prison psychiatrist for years.
I have seen very few men as tortured as David Lee was.
To be released from that,
my God, he has to be better off.
Thank you, doctor.
Dr. Hayward, how much time have you actually spent
in psychotherapy with Mr. Lee?
I see Mr. Lee six times a year.
MERRILL: Six times a year
for a maximum of minutes per visit,
primarily to monitor Mr. Lee's medication.
The only sessions longer than that
were the two times you videotaped him.
You weren't interested in treating Mr. Lee, doctor,
you simply wanted to control him.
You know how many inmates I have to take care of?
Over a thousand. Do you know how many of them
come to me psychotic or brain damaged or on dr*gs
-
-
-We are talking about one inmate
-
-
-And there's no money
-to treat any of them.
-David Lee.
I'm only a doctor, I can't work miracles.
So you let Haloperidol do it for you,
even though it caused Mr. Lee
to have severe involuntary spasms
of his eyes, his tongue, and his throat.
Those are normal side effects,
and controlled with the same dr*gs as Parkinson's.
Ah! More dr*gs.
So each time you had a problem with Mr. Lee,
-you sh*t him up with another drug.
-Objection, argumentative.
JUDGE: Sustained.
Doctor, did you consult with anyone
before your decided to medicate Mr. Lee?
Yes. I consulted with the executive medical officer,
and I also discussed the case with Warden Danforth.
In other words, you got permission from your bosses
who run a state prison,
the same state that employs you,
the same state that wants to execute David Lee.
Yes.
MERRILL: I have no more questions.
Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached its verdict?
-MAN: We have, your honor.
-JUDGE: What say you?
In the matter of Skerritt vs. Miles
on the claim of breach of fiduciary duty,
we find for the plaintiff and order the defendant to pay
compensatory damages in the amount of $,.
Thank you. We're adjourned.
MILES: This is ridiculous. I want to appeal.
Could we have a word in private?
About what? You won.
Mrs. Skerritt has a proposal she'd like you to consider.
Notwithstanding the jury's verdict,
my client is prepared to reduce her award
in exchange for other consideration.
-Like what?
-Renaming the cell line.
We'd call it the Skerritt
-Miles cell line.
-Absolutely not.
-And you're willing to reduce the award by how much?
-$,.
-ATTORNEY: Why?
I work in the post office, Dr. Miles.
I weigh packages and I stuff post office boxes.
I know I didn't create the cell line,
but there's still a part of me in it,
and every time somebody uses that medicine,
I'm there, in a way, helping them to get better.
I just want 'em to know my name.
All right.
The Miles
-Skerritt cell line.
Draw up the papers.
Thank you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know we said the office,
but maybe we start the sh*t here, you know?
Track in through reception,
come by here toward the elevators.
What's going on here? Who are you?
Uh, Rick Nash, Upside Films.
We're doing the location sh**t for Bocu Jeans.
This is Bloom and Associates, isn't it?
No, this is McKenzie Brackman Cheney and Becker. Out.
Susan Bloom rents an office here.
Yeah. Susan Bloom.
She rented us this location 'til a.m.
We paid , bucks.
She signed off two weeks ago.
Excuse me.
-Get me Susan Bloom.
-She's on a plane to Vancouver.
She won't be back 'til tomorrow.
Great. Look, our managing partner
isn't here right now either,
and you'd have to have his permission in order to do this.
Now, I'm sure Ms. Bloom would be more than happy to refund your money.
Wait. We're talkin' a lot more than that.
These guys are all on the clock.
Now, you wanna pull the plug,
that's about , down the drain.
If you're talking about suing,
we have the best litigators in town.
Hey, isn't there some way we can work something out?
If we damage or break something, we pay for it.
All right, but just to make sure,
I want our security people here the whole time.
-Billed to you.
-Agree. Okay.
No food, no drinks, no tracking through reception.
Your contract is for Susan Bloom's office,
that's where you stay.
If any lawyers complain, we refer them directly to you.
And if I even smell you here after : tomorrow morning,
we charge for another day.
Okay. We're all in agreement? Good.
-Uh, everyone to work, please.
-ROXANNE: Not so fast.
It's : p.m.
Your contract says you start at p.m.
For the next minutes, nobody moves.
JUDGE: Anyone else, Miss Clemmons?
No, your honor.
Your honor, I'd like to call one more witness.
I thought you were done, Mr. Merrill.
I want the testimony of David Lee.
The People have no objections.
-I want him taken off Haloperidol first.
-What?
Your honor, he can't take him off medication
to determine if he should be taken off medication.
Mr. Lee's testimony would be wholly inappropriate.
David Lee is going to die on Saturday.
When he isn't forced to take dr*gs,
he can't understand that.
-He is incompetent.
-Then it violates the evidence code.
The testimony of the incompetent is excluded.
It's the only evidence that counts here, your honor.
Does the real David Lee
understand what's happening to him and why.
He's gonna need time to get him off the medication.
This is a blatant move to force a stay.
-How long do you need?
-His current dosage
wears off in about hours.
ZOEY: You know what will happen then, judge.
Mr. Merrill will manufacture yet another delay and
-
-
JUDGE: That's enough, Miss Clemmons.
We're talking about a man's life here.
We'll hear from Mr. Lee tomorrow afternoon.
Court is adjourned.
[gavel bangs]
Benny, we're almost out of message pads.
Do you think you could put that on the...
list of supplies that
-
-
No vacations in the South of France for a while,
but at least you get to keep your house.
-[steam hissing]
-[door opens]
[door closes]
I want to talk to you.
Honey, it's hard to talk when you're having your pores vacuumed.
I don't care, I'm not leaving.
Why don't you go get a cup of herbal tea?
You didn't hear a word I said the other day.
You know, you and I need to have a talk about your deal.
But we're having this one first.
You wanted to know when you were being offensive.
Well, renting this firm out as a movie set is offensive.
I said they could sh**t it in my office.
You give these producers an inch, they take a mile.
That's not the point. You rented out our place of business
like it was a cheap motel room.
It was a favor for a friend.
We set it up days ago and, quite frankly, I forgot,
but I was gonna give you a percentage.
Is that what everything is to you, a percentage?
McKenzie Brackman has principles.
We
-
- We stand for something. We don't ambush each other,
and we don't sell ourselves out to the highest bidder.
Honey, we're talking about lawyers here.
I didn't say we were perfect, but we try to have respect.
Let me tell you about respect, baby.
I've had to sweat for it all my life.
My family was dirt poor.
I went to a piss ant college in West Virginia.
And about pounds ago,
I worked my way through law school as a stripper.
Now, I've taken a lot of crap to get where I am,
and one of the things that I've learned
is that play by the rules generally means
pardon us while we screw you.
You changed the subject.
We were talking about
how you treat the people you work with.
Boy, you don't give up, do you?
All right, if I have to be a good little girl,
-I can handle it.
-I hope so.
I can see why they promoted you.
You are one hell of an enforcer.
Hey, Benny.
Hey, Benny, you want some coffee?
Un, no
-
- no thanks.
-[door opens]
-How about a bagel?
Uh, no.
Benny. I'm glad I caught you.
I gotta go.
-[door opens]
-Benny.
[door closes]
♪ What a friend we have in Jesus ♪
♪ All our sins and griefs to bear ♪
♪ Precious savior still our refuge ♪
♪ Take it to the Lord in prayer ♪
♪ Precious savior still our refuge ♪
Can you tell me your name, sir?
♪ All our sorrows we share ♪
Do you know you're in a court of law?
♪ ...friend we have in Jesus ♪
♪ Take it to... ♪
Do you know what crime you were convicted of?
[grunts]
Do you know that you are going to die
in the gas chamber on Saturday?
I am the power and the glory. I am Satan.
I serve the demons, and the demons serve me.
-♪ In the blood ♪
-I have no more questions.
♪ Are you washed in the blood of the lamb? ♪
♪ There's a fountain flowing for the soul is unclean ♪
♪ Are you washed in the blood of he lamb? ♪
You liked church, didn't you, David?
You felt safe there.
Do you remember a house across the street from a church?
-Objection. Irrelevant.
-JUDGE: Overruled.
ZOEY: Who lived in the house, David?
The lambs lived there, didn't they,
across from the church?
They had to. They had to be close to God.
ZOEY: Who were the lambs?
They were Ann and Carrie Sternhagen.
Ann was four years old, Carrie was six.
They were asleep in a bedroom full of dolls and stuffed animals
when you broke in and you strangled them.
You took a piece of wire, David,
and you put it around their necks,
-and you pulled it tight
-
-
-I am the power.
I am the power!
You work for the demons but you can't touch me.
And then you k*lled their mother.
You k*lled their mother
and you remember what you did to her, too, don't you?
-I am Satan.
-You b*at her.
-Demons obey me.
-You r*ped her and then what?
What did you do, David?
What did the demons tell you to do?
I did what they said.
I cut her throat so she could be with her babies.
They were the lambs at the foot of God.
ZOEY: And what does God say, David.
What happens to people who k*ll?
-Objection!
-JUDGE: Overruled.
Thou shalt not k*ll, David. What's going to happen to you?
You know the demons, don't you?
ZOEY: What's going to happen?
You're going to k*ll me.
An eye for an eye.
I k*lled them, now I have to die,
but I won't be there.
Before the president drops in
-
-
-I have nothing further.
-The demons are taking me to Heaven.
-JUDGE: The witness may step down.
-But if you tell anyone,
-I have to k*ll you, too.
-Bailiff.
No! You can't touch me!
I am the power. Jesus knows.
Jesus told the demons I am the power.
Jesus knows. Jesus told the demons.
I am the power! I did what they said!
You got a minute?
Um, I'm
-
- I'm pretty swamped here, Jonathan.
This won't take long.
I'm not gonna apologize for being with Zoey.
I don't expect you to.
It's still new for us, Tom.
It's why we hadn't told anybody, but you would have been
-
-
Look, 'ey, um
-
-
I read some signals wrong,
and I ended up where I didn't belong.
It's my mistake, not yours.
You're my friend.
I respect your work and I don't want this to affect
they way we deal with each other.
Oh, it has to.
Um
-
- That's not saying that we'll never get past it.
Zoey says you, um
-
- you haven't returned her calls.
Well, yeah, and there used to be a phone in here somewhere.
When you can, Tom, she'd like to hear from you.
Sure. When I can.
[door closes]
Oh, Benny, Frank Kittredge is looking for you.
Benny.
Benny.
Benny.
What's the matter with you?
I've been trying to talk to you all day.
You didn't really sh**t a messenger, did ya?
No, that was a figure of speech.
I've never sh*t a messenger.
A few witnesses. One judge.
But never a messenger.
That was a joke, right?
Right.
Did you get your papers?
Yes, I did. Thank you.
And I want to apologize for the way I spoke to you.
I have a case going badly and I was taking it out on you.
-I'm sorry.
-That's okay.
Good.
[door opens]
JUDGE: I find this case very troubling.
There are moral questions here
that are far beyond the scope of this proceeding,
but I can only rule on the two petitions before me.
In the matter of removing Mr. Lee's medication,
I find that he is a danger to himself and to others,
and that it's in his best medical interest
to be medicated with Haloperidol.
The fact of his impending execution
has no bearing on that.
I have listened to Mr. Lee's un
-medicated testimony,
and he has, in my opinion,
shown that he understands his crime and his punishment.
That's all the law demands.
I find, therefore, that David Mason Lee
has been proven legally competent
-to be put
-
-
-This is wrong, judge.
-Please don't do it.
-I have no choice, Mr. Merrill.
Motion for a stay of execution is denied.
MAN:David, if you tell us you want to take Haloperidol,
we can stop the sh*ts and give you pills.
DAVID:The sh*ts hurt. I get bruises all over.
They don't have to hold me down.
I don't want to hurt them.
-[knocking]
-MAN:But the medicine makes you feel better.
Come in.
-Hi.
-TOMMY: Hi.
Um...
I came to give you these.
I should have done it a long time ago, I
-
-
I don't know why I held onto 'em so long.
-Tommy.
-I apologize for not returning your calls.
That was rude.
-Can we talk about it?
-TOMMY: No.
Jonathan's great.
And I wish you the best.
That's all there is to say.
I love you. You know that.
I love you, too.
MAN:Medicine makes you feel better.
DAVID:I can sleep.
I don't hear the voices.
I feel pretty clear now.
I don't want to do things to myself.
MAN:You're making good progress, David.
We'd like to keep you on the medication.
Yeah. It's good for me.
I wish I had it before.
Maybe things would have been different, you know?
Maybe I wouldn't be here.
♪♪ [theme]
06x04 - Spleen It To Me, Lucy
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High-powered law firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak handles both criminal and civil cases, but the office politics and romance often distract them from the courtroom.
High-powered law firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak handles both criminal and civil cases, but the office politics and romance often distract them from the courtroom.