04x08 - The Good Human Bar

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music]

Clarkson: Step. Step.

Good. Let's move. Move.

Come on, you're the lead singer here, Rox. Alright?

Just try and be loose.


- No
-
-
- Not yet. No, no.

I want you to feel the song, Rox.

Really. Get down and feel the music.


- I feel it.
- Step, step, step and step.

Hold the mike a little more freely.

Come on, don't be afraid.

Um, let's
-
- let's do the second verse.

Keep the balance.

That's fine. Good.

Don't forget to breathe.

Here we go. Two...

Three...

Sing.

♪ No April rain

Rain falling down.

♪ No flowers bloom

Head up. There's gonna be a crowd out there. Sing to them.

♪ No weddings Saturdays within the month of June ♪

Watch the hips. That's good.

♪ But what it is

Sing it out. Let's project.

♪ Something true

From your heart, it's true. Feel it, Roxanne.

♪ Made up of these three words that I must say to you ♪

Good. Pull from your diaphragm, the big refrain.

♪ I just called

Why did you call?

♪ To say

And what did you say?

♪ I love you

Good, but you got to mean it more.

♪ I just called

Why did you call?

♪ To say how much I care

Help her out, you're the audience.

She's who you came to see.

♪ I just called

Why did you call?

♪ To say

To say?

♪ I love you [clapping]

That's it. Bring it home.

♪ And I mean it

♪ From the bottom of my heart

Yes!

[theme song]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

Brackman: A few clean
-up items before we break. Stuart.

You've noted a possible conflict

for Tuesday's meeting with the Bose Brothers.

Yeah, uh, Ann and the baby have a doctor's

appointment and I would like to take them.

It'll just be the early afternoon.


- How is the little guy, anyway?
- Oh, he's fantastic.

He's just...

He's fantastic.

Brackman: Lastly, I know you've all said your "Hellos"

a dozen times already, but let me issue

an official firm welcome to Rosalind Shays,

on her first day at McKenzie Brackman.

[clapping]

Thank you, I'm officially honored

and excited about joining you.

Please forgive the temporary low income

housing on associates row.

Your new office should be ready

within the next few weeks.

Rosalind: That sounds really great.

Very lastly, Roxanne Melman

has requested a moment.

Hello.

Um, a
-
- as most of you know,

I've been taking singing lessons for the last couple of months

at Stairway To Stardom Recording Institute.

Um, well, in order to get my graduation certificate,

well, each student has to perform live

at a real nightclub in front of real people.

Um, well, one other student and myself are up

this Thursday night at Backland's Place In The Sun.

Our teacher says that it would be much easier

if we could get people that we know

to be out in the audience for us, so, um,

well, if any of you are free, it...

Yeah, count me in.

Me, too.

Roxanne: Oh, thank you. Thank you.

Oh, um, and Gloria and I, that's the other person who's up.

We need to get a couple of extra movement sessions in

because the teacher says we're kind of stiff.

So, uh, we'd like to practice in the file room

during my lunch hour with the dance coach, if that's okay.

Oh, that's fine. That's good.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

[giggles]

[chuckling]

And on that, we're adjourned.

[telephone ringing]


- Have you seen his baby yet?
- Yeah.


- Did you see the pictures?
- Um, no... [indistinct]

Excuse me, I'm a marine biologist,

and I heard there's a shark living down here
-
-


- Oh my God! Paula!
- [laughs] How are you?

Great. I don't believe this.

Uh, Abby, Abby Perkins, Paula Lights.

This is my bestest friend from law school.

Oh, yes. I'm the bestest. You call me all the time, right?


- It's nice to meet you.
- I called you Christmas day.

Only 'cause I'm Jewish.

Excuse us, will you?

[laughs] Bye, Abby.

Alright, just
-
- just
-
- just stand there.

Let me see.

I can't believe I'm looking at you.

What are you doing here in L.A.?

Will you shut up.

I'll ask the questions here, Mister Suit and Tie.

You little corporate drone.

God, just
-
- just come here. [laughs]

This is the best surprise ever.

Well, if you like surprises, I'm loaded with them.


- Don't worry.
- So how are you, Paula?

How am I? Um...

Well, on the one hand, I feel better than I've ever felt.

Rollins: Good.

And on the other hand...


- I'm dying.
- Yeah, aren't we all.

Paula: I'm serious, Jonathan.

Listen, there is no easy way to spring this. [clears throat]

I have an inoperable brain tumor.

I have a year to live, tops.

I was diagnosed a year ago,

and I went through radiation, which shrunk it.

And now it's come back,

and it's coming back fast.

Oh, God.

Why didn't you tell me?

I haven't told anybody.

I'm sorry to lay this on you now,

but to tell you the truth, I could use your help.

Whatever you want. Tell me.

Have you heard of cryonics?

What do you mean, freezing people?

Yeah, freezing people.

Paula: There's a cryogenic life extension facility

here in California, and the idea is that they can freeze

people with incurable diseases.

And a hundred years from now, when technology

comes up with a cure, who knows?

Yeah?

Paula: I have a motion scheduled tomorrow.

I need a court order to get this done to me.

And I'd like you to do the argument.

Paula, can't...

Can't you just stipulate in your will?

Paula: You don't understand.

By the time this thing runs its course,

the tumor will have completely destroyed my brain.

I want to do it now.

Before the damage.

Rollins: Paula.

Paula,


- You're talking about
-
-
- I'm talking about hope.

I was prepared to argue the motion myself.

Then I suddenly thought on the flight over here,

how seriously is a judge gonna take somebody

who wants to get stuck in a freezer. [chuckles]

So... I need an objective lawyer.

But I want somebody who knows me.

I don't
-
- I don't know anything about cryonics.

Maybe...

Michael Kuzak is our head litigator here.

He had a case a couple years ago where this guy

wanted to be freeze dried, maybe
-
-

[laughs] That isn't this.

Being freeze dried is basically being stuffed and mounted.

I'm talking about profound hypothermia...

and the possibility of being brought back.

To be living again.

You're asking me to help you end your life.

I know that.

But if I commit su1c1de,

or if I die of unnatural causes,

I go to the coroner's office.

And by the time the autopsy is complete,

I'm not a suitable candidate for cryonics.

I wanna do this in their laboratory

under controlled conditions.

And to do that, they insist that I get a court order.

And I need you to help me get it.

[sighs]

[indistinct chatter]


- Sheldon.
- Arnie.


- Eric, I think we're ready.
- This way, please.

Arnie, you made short work of this one.

It is a masterful settlement.

Thank you.

Have you ever thought about what it means

to be able to do this stuff?

What stuff? Thanks.

Navigate treacherous waters.

Generate large sums of money.

Have you ever thought about what you do this for?

Like you, Sheldon, I do it to make a living.

Might I suggest that at some point

you ask yourself what's in it for you?


- I do that every day.
- Good. Do it again.

This time do it in the context of making a move.


- What are you talking about?
- I'm talking about you and me.

We both have got blue chip matrimonial practices.

I've got a burgeoning entertainment practice as well.

And you're suggesting that we merge?

Right now.

Are you serious?

I've never been more serious in my life.

Our combined portables have got to be close to two mil.

It would be tough to walk out on my partners.

Rosalind Shays did it.

She walked out of her old firm, moved into yours,

bumped you even further back in the pecking order

than you were before.

It's... a risky venture, Sheldon.

I've got office space lined up. My clients lined up.

I'm ready to go.

I need a partner.

Well, they wouldn't be happy

about my walking out with clients.

They'll get over it.

They should want what's best for you as well as for them.

Yeah.

Rollins: Goodnight, Victor.
- Goodnight.

[telephone ringing]

Victor Sifuentes.

What?

It happened in her house.

Henrico something. She doesn't know his last name.


- She knew him?
- He worked on her film crew.

Gave her a ride home. She sh**ting a movie or something?

It's a commercial. Where is she?

This way. This way. Okay, look.

We got a guy in lock up.

I don't mean to push her, but if she could

come down tomorrow and put the
-
-

Not now, Les.

We're not sure we got the right guy

if she really didn't know him.

And I don't like kicking rapists.

Alright.

Announcer [over PA]: Dr. Berkley,
-
-
-.

Dr. Kate Berkley,
-
-
-.

[knocks on door]


- Excuse me, sir, we're
-
-
- I'm
-
- I'm with them.

Yeah.

You can go in and see her.


- Hey.
- Hi.

We're almost done.

Be sure to label all the slides

for the police lab.

You say you scratched him?

I
-
- I think I
-
-

Doctor: Okay.

We're gonna take some scrapings

from under your fingernails.

For evidence. Alright?

Okay.

This won't hurt.

Detective Tuttle will have to take

your clothes to the crime lab.

We can give you some scrubs.


- Is that necessary? Doctor: I'm afraid it is.

Keep the clothes. [sniffles]

Doctor: Nurse, we'll need the lab tech out here.

Why didn't you call me?

I tried to, but you were in court.

Kind of a tough message to leave.

Doctor: Can I have your right hand, please?

Okay. There's some skin there.

Just about done, Allison.

There were no tears or lacerations.

You're gonna be fine.

[indistinct chatter]

I don't care what they call it.

We're talking about authorized su1c1de.

Keene: Obviously, the state has to oppose this.

Your Honor, my client is dying.

Fifty, Seventy
-five years from now

we may have the technology to cure her.

I have no problem with freezing her after she dies,

if that's what she wants to do.

But I have a big problem with issuing a court order

that says it's okay to k*ll her today.

She has a grade four astrocytoma

that will eat away at her brain.

If we don't freeze her before that happens,

there will be no Paula Lights to bring back.

I understand, Mr. Rollins.

But you're still asking me to k*ll her.

And euthanasia is illegal.

Rollins: Competent people have the right

to refuse medical treatment.

Christian Scientists can opt for prayer

over blood transfusions even though conventional medicine
-
-

This is not a refusal of treatment.

This is an affirmative step to end a life.

With the ultimate goal being to save a life.

He's asking for court ordered m*rder.

Judge Conover: Do you have any scientific evidence

supporting this cryonics theory?

I can get an expert on stand by this afternoon.

Good. Get him in here.

Your Honor, you can't be serious.

Mr. Keene, this entire matter is crazy.

But you're asking me to tell a dying woman that she

has no right to exercise her only remaining option.

I think I should at least listen before saying no.

You get your experts in here this afternoon.


- Yes, sir. Judge Conover: We're adjourned.


- You wanted me?
- Yeah Rox, come on in.

Have a seat.

Listen...

you and I have always been joined at the hip. Have we not?

In a manner of speaking.

Roxanne...

I am giving serious thought...

Serious thought... to leaving Mackenzie Brackman.

What?

An opportunity has presented itself where Sheldon Ganz

and I would have a firm of our own.


- You'd leave here?
- And I want you to go too.

I'd be a name partner. Total autonomy. Complete control.

How could you leave here?

Believe me, this is not something

I would ever do casually.

This is practically our home.

These people are like family.

This is a place of business, Roxanne,

understand it for what it is.

It's not like that to me.

What happened with the video?

When it was making money, they all

came crawling with their hands out.

When I got sued, I had to fend for myself.

What happened when I asked them to give you a raise?

Huh? They turned you down.

I had to give it to you out of my own pocket.

What happened... Rox?

What happened after the insider trading episode?

Douglas Brackman wanted to fire you.

This office is not your home.


- This firm is not your family.
- Oh, God, Arnie.

This is the one week I don't need something like this!

With my nightclub graduation,

you know how nervous I am already.

I know, Rox. I'm sorry.

By nature I'm a very loyal person.

Loyalty's a two way street.

The people around here should want

what's best for you.

Is leaving here what's best for me?

Breaking in on the ground floor of a new venture?

Being an administrator instead of a secretary?

Being with me? I'd say yes.

Those are all in your best interest.

All you have to do is shake hands and...

[claps] walk off whistling.

Okay, Arnie.

If it's what you want,

I'm with you.

Thank you.

[door opens]

[indistinct chatter]

Sure you want to do this?

Yeah.

Okay, Frank. Send them in.

[door closes]

Guard: Face front.

Number three.

Tuttle: Are you sure?

Take your time.

I said number three.


- Are you okay?
- Fine.

Ms. Gottlieb, if you don't mind,

I'd like to go over a few details with you.

Look, Tuttle can't this wait till later?


- It will be better now.
- That's fine.


- Let's just do it.
- Okay, come on, to my office.

Uh...

Could you wait outside?

Okay.

[buzzing]

Cop: Coming through.

[clanking]

Through there.

[clanks]

[door creaks open]

What you looking at, man? Huh?

[groans]

Cop: Let go!

Cop: Let him go!

[groaning]

Victor, this is crazy! Back off!


- Victor!
- Hey.

What the hell's going on here? What the hell's going on?

This guy went crazy, that's what.

Help me cuff him.


- Let him go.
- He tried to k*ll the guy.

Perp started it. I saw the whole thing.

Let Mr. Sifuentes go.

[pants]

I'm not saying we'll definitely be thawing dead people out

and returning them to life.

I am saying that it's possible.

How can it be possible?

The development of nano
-molecular technology

may allow us to cure diseases which are not curable today,

including the type of tumor that is k*lling Paula Lights.

Doctor, the question I keep asking

is how conceivable is it

that this technology will ever exist?

Quite conceivable.

Now, don't get me wrong,

we are a long way off, and we may never get there.

But genetic engineers are making new discoveries every day.

And if they can figure out a way to repair the individual cells

which comprise the human body,

then we may be able to freeze people

and we may be able to bring them back to life.

Rollins: Thank you, sir. Nothing further.

Dr. Simon.

You are one of the residing scientists

at the life
-extension facility where

Ms. Lights wants to be frozen, is that correct?

Dr. Simon: That is correct.

And this institution has,

therefore, a financial interest

in this woman being popsicled, is that right?

Dr. Simon: My testimony has not been compromised

by any financial interest.

And just what does your facility charge for this cryonics thing?

Full suspension would run a little more

than a hundred thousand dollars.

Neuro
-preservation costs about thirty
-five.

Neuro
-preservation? What's that?

That's a procedure where we simply maintain the head.

The rest of the body is discarded.

Wait a second.

You lop off the head, and you what? You dump the body?

We surgically remove the head.

Keene: What happens to this head

when you thaw it out in fifty years?

Some people do not want their bodies preserved.

And the rationale behind neuro
-preservation

is that when the cellular technique has been perfected,

we will be able to attach the heads to new

and to different bodies.

Uh
-huh.

So, when this cell technology is perfected, doctor,

we could attach this head to the body of a horse, couldn't we?

Dr. Simon: We're not into cross
-species

experimentation, Mr. Keene.

But scientifically, I suppose it might be possible.

Your Honor, this is an insult to the court.

Freezing people, chopping off heads.


- Objection. Argumentative.
- Sustained.

You tried freezing hamsters.


- Didn't you, doctor? Dr. Simon: Yes.

And could you describe for the court the condition

of those hamsters when you thawed them out?

I would describe them as dead.

Dead. Right.

But, hey, for a hundred thousand dollars, doctor,

you'll give it a sh*t with her, won't you?


- Objection. Keene: Withdrawn.

Keene: Nothing further.

[pensive music]

Allison...

Allison, we got to talk about this.

I'm okay, Victor. Let's just go to sleep.

It's o'clock.

Neither one of us is sleepy.

And I'm no expert on this, but...

I mean, the doctors...

those people at the r*pe treatment center,

they all say the same thing.

We have to confront this thing together.

You got to include me.

A man threw me down on the floor and rammed himself inside me.

Consider yourself included.

[sighs]

We got to be on the same side here. I...

We are, baby.

I'm just afraid.

I'm scared that this is never gonna go away.

I'm afraid that if I talk about it, I'm gonna think about it

and if I think about it, I'm gonna think about

how stupid I was.

Hey, hey, hey.

How could I have let that guy in my house?!

You did nothing wrong, Allison. You did nothing wrong.

Maybe I didn't fight back enough. Maybe I
-
-

I don't even have any bruises on me, I mean
-
-

[shushes] Come on, don't do this.

Look, look.

Why
-
- why don't we just...

get away from here and hit Santa Barbara for the weekend.

We just clear out of here. We can do some biking.

We could take in a few brunches. Get fat...

You can't fix this so easy, sweetie.

I was r*ped.

And Santa Barbara or no Santa Barbara

this thing really happened to me. [sobbing]

[melancholic music]

[crying]

But their argument, Dr. Lettora,

is that some day, this could be possible.

It's all very fascinating to speculate

about future possibilities.

But what we're talking about here

is taking the life of a human being, today,

based on a possibility which is given

virtually no merit by the scientific community.

Keene: Now you heard, Dr. Simon.

Today we're already freezing

corneas, heart valves
-
-

Look, I don't want to be the one

to shout "never" in the face

of technological progress.

But what we're talking about

is chopping off heads.

Draining fluids from bodies.

You can't be cured this way.

You just die sooner.

Keene: But if she just wants to try, doctor...

Is there anything wrong with that?

In my opinion, yes.

Cryonics costs $, a sh*t.

Or just if you're willing to be decapitated.

Now, I don't care if life insurance

proceeds are paying for it.

The point is, millions of dollars

could be flushed away on this futile quest for immortality.

And when I see cancer and
-
- and AIDS research so incredibly

lacking in funds, then I find this whole thing

to be socially irresponsible.

I'm sorry.

Keene: Thank you, Doctor.

Nothing further.

Do you think

a hundred years ago, any doctor ever

envisioned an artificial heart or an airplane?

Or a computer that could store

a thousand pages of information on a chip so small

it's barely visible to the human eye?

I doubt that anybody envisioned

those things years ago. No.

And do you think it's possible that a hundred years from now,

we'll be able to do things nobody can envision today?

Yes. But I don't think
-
-

Thank you, Dr. Lettora.

We're not talking about the discovery

of electricity here, counselor.

What we're talking about

is some harebrained scheme of bringing

frozen mummies back to life.

Who discovered electricity, sir?


- Benjamin Franklin.
- Mm
-hmm.

And who was it who first introduced the idea of cryonics?

I have no idea.

Rollins: It was Benjamin Franklin.

But who's he?

Just some nut who like to fly

his kite during thunderstorm.


- Objection.
- Withdrawn. Nothing further.

Rollins: Oh, one more question.

You reviewed the X
-rays and the medical records

of my client, did you not?

I did.

Is there any chance with today's

medical technology, she could survive this brain tumor?

No.

I have nothing further.

Barry's handled hundreds of r*pe cases. He's good, Victor.

Maybe he is, but I'm more sure about you.

I know the victim.

I know the victim's boyfriend.

I shouldn't be prosecuting, and you know it.

Dammit, Grace, come on.

We both know that these scum just slip through the cracks.

I don't want this guy slipping through.

She made a positive I.D.

They found motile sperm in her, his skin under her nails.

He is not going to slip through.

I'm asking you as a friend, Grace.

Get this bastard.

Okay, Victor.

Okay.

I'll get him.

Try and think of your shoulders and your waist

as two completely different entities.

Going one direction with your hips

and still like this with your upper body.

Yeah, my shoulders are one thing but I haven't controlled

these hips in years.

[laughing]

Stop laughing.

This isn't a discipline.

It's more of a total suspension of concentration.

Just relax.

Good.

Okay now, doing what we're doing,

we're gonna add some structure.

Ready and right, two, three. Back, two, three.

Back, two, three.

Right, two, three.

Back, two, three.

Whoops!

Well, hi, Michael.

This is the movement class I was telling you about.

We're getting ready for Thursday.

[chuckles] Oh, Michael Kuzak, this is Gloria Much.

She's singing, too.


- Hi, nice to meet you.
- Hi.

I'm doing " Miles," you know, "Walkin'."

[laughing] I see.

I'm Kimberly Dugan.

Hi. Are you singing, too?

No, I'm just a dance coach.

Oh, dance coach. Good.

Yeah. You want to dance?

[chuckles] No, no.

I
-
- I just came in to get a file.

It's nice to meet you, though.

Nice to meet you.

Okay, ladies, let's pick it up.

Shoulders and hips.

Liberate that pelvis.

Kimberly: Come on. Move it nice, and free.

Good, Gloria.

Tell me, Sol...

[door closes]

you happy?

What are you talking about?

You pony up a pretty stiff retainer each year.

I just want to make sure you're

happy with what you're getting.

Yeah, you think you wouldn't

know about it if I wasn't?

Come on, Arnie. What's this about?

I'm thinking about leaving McKenzie Brackman.

And you want to know if I'll jump ship and go with you.

I can't ask you to do that.

It would be a breach of my fiduciary

responsibility to my partners here.

Oh, yeah, that would be awful.

Of course I'll jump with you, Arnie.

What else am I gonna do?

You don't have to give me an answer now.


- I just gave you one.
- Listen, you're happy here.

You might want to stay here.

Hey, look, who got me off the hook

when the first bitch tried to crucify me?

Somebody else did that? You did that.

Who structured my corporation so that

the second bitch didn't see dollar one?

Somebody else did that? You did that.

Naturally, I'd like to do it again.

Loyalty is very high on my list of human characteristics.


- I know it is.
- Arnie, you're my lawyer.


- Wherever you go, I go. Got it?
- Got it.

Good. Now find yourself something else to worry about.

Oh, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't say anything.

Hey, boychik, who you talking to, a girl scout?


- Hiya, doll.
- Hi, Sol.

I'm telling you, Arnie, she looks gorgeous.

[Roxanne chuckles]

Bye.

Rox, could you get me the Rosen file?

All of it?

Yeah, I'm not sure what I'm gonna need

so you better bring me all of it.


- Okay. Becker: Rox...

How would you feel about my begging off tomorrow night?


- How come?
- I don't know.

With everything that's going on, I feel a little funny

about going on socializing.

Oh, to tell you the truth, I'd be grateful.

Grateful?

Oh, yeah, it'd be easier for me

if you weren't out there, Arnie.

Even if I'm ready to do this in front of other people,

I'm not sure I'm ready to do it in front of you.

[telephone ringing]

That's sweet.

Keene: Aside from the scientific implausibility of it,

your Honor, I believe the precedent that

you'd be setting is extremely dangerous.

However they want to guise it, they're looking for

the court to sanction euthanasia.

Once you do that, they'll be lining up

on the courthouse steps.

People in wheelchairs.

Alzheimer victims. Cancer patients.

People who are depressed, you name it.

And they'll all be saying, "Please, you end it for me.

You put me out of my misery."

Well, we don't do that.

And I'm sorry, we can't start doing it.

I know that it's possible that this technology

will never happen, Your Honor.

And I guess that it is possible that if you let me get frozen,

that people who are unhappy with the quality of their lives

are gonna go running to judges and ask for permission

to get themselves k*lled.

But that's all speculation, Your Honor.

Paula: Let me tell you what isn't speculation.

The growth in my head

is destroying my brain.

Today, I have periodic dizzy spells.

Two months from now,

I'm gonna lose my memory.

Three months from now, I won't be able to talk

or even recognize the people that I love.

I will end up comatose,

and then I'll die.

That's what the doctors say will definitely happen.

I'm not ready to stop living, Your Honor.

I have a fantastic family.

That's my sister over there.

And she's the only one that I've told about the tumor

because the rest of my family's not gonna be able to take this.

I have very dear friends, Your Honor.

And I'm not ready to stop living.

But you realize if I grant your request,

and even if this technology comes true in a hundred years,

you'll never see these people again.

I know that.

But they will forever remind me

of what this world has to offer.

And that's why I'm here.

I'm not asking you for death.

I'm begging you for my last chance at life.

Judge Peterson: Bail is set in the amount of $,

or $, cash equivalent.

Preliminary hearing is set for January th.

Call the next case.

Court Officer: Case number B. People v. Mores.

Jenkins: Waive reading charges, Your Honor.

Judge Peterson: So waived. How do you plead?

Jenkins: Defendant pleads not guilty and requests

bail in the amount of $,.

Van Owen: Opposed, Your Honor.

This man stands accused

of committing a brutal and violent r*pe.

Request bail of $,.

Wait a minute, I understood

Mr. Barry was prosecuting this case.

You understood wrong. I am.

Jenkins: This is a first offense.

His roots in the community are tenuous at best.

He has family in Mexico. That makes him a flight risk.

I don't want to lose him, Judge. First offense or not.

Judge Peterson: A hundred thousand it is.

My client can't make that kind of bail, Your Honor.

Then he stays in jail. Call the next case.

Your Honor, Victor Sifuentes. Ask to be heard on this matter.

Approach.

Your Honor, I'm here

making an appearance on behalf of the complainant.

That's what the prosecutor's for, Mr. Sifuentes.

Your Honor, on behalf of the complainant,

I hereby petition the court that the defendant

be tested for HIV and for AIDS.

Jenkins: I object to that. Sifuentes: Of course you do.

Jenkins: The District Attorney's office had an obligation

to inform my client about this. They never did.

Well, this doesn't come from my office, Your Honor.

I didn't know anything about it.

Your Honor, the law permits only sex crime

victims themselves to petition the court.

He's right, Miss Jenkins.

My client hasn't been convicted

of a sex crime or any other kind of crime.

He has been charged, and that's all that's required.

So Fourth Amendment protection goes out the window.

That's right.

I don't believe that's warranted.

I don't believe that's fair.

That man r*ped that woman.

Now he put her at risk for a life threatening disease.

He puts her partners at risk.

He should be tested for AIDS

the way you test a dog for rabies.


- Victor. Jenkins: Your Honor.

He should be tied down, and blood should be drawn from him
-
-

Mr. Sifuentes.

You know better than that.

I'm sorry, Your Honor. I'm sorry.

Petition's granted.

The defendant will be tested forthwith.

Call the next case.

Court officer: Case number C.

People v. Robin.

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Counsel approach.

Judge Conover: Ms. Lights, please approach as well.

While I'm not convinced that this cryonics technology

will ever be a reality...

I am persuaded that many respected members

of our scientific community

recognize it as a possibility, however remote.

But even though we're dealing with tomorrow's science,

I must nevertheless apply today's laws.

And under today's legal definition of death,

when you freeze your body to a point where your heart

no longer beats and your brain no longer registers

any electrical activity, you're dead.

And aiding and abetting in a su1c1de is against the law.

The only means, therefore, for me to grant your court order

is for me to declare invalid the law against aiding a su1c1de.

And believe it or not, that's exactly what I'm prepared to do.

The right to privacy is a fundamental protection

extended by our state and federal constitutions.

It has already been extended to allow an individual

to refuse life saving medical treatment.

And I am going to extend it even further today,

because... in my view...

the right to control our own destiny,

as long as it does not affect the rights of others,

is the ultimate exercise of this constitutional guarantee.

And it should include the right to enlist the aid of others.

My ruling, no doubt will be appealed.

And you will be able to time the validity

of this decision with a stopwatch.

But for now, you have a constitutional right

to terminate your life. This matter is adjourned.

The state appeals, Your Honor and asks for a stay.

Denied. We're adjourned.

File your appeal in the morning.

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♪ Come on feet don't fail me now ♪

♪ I've got ten more miles to go ♪

♪ I got nine ♪ Nine more nine more

♪ Eight ♪ Eight more eight more

♪ Seven ♪ Seven more seven more

♪ Six six six

♪ I've got five more miles to go ♪

♪ Over the hill just around the bend ♪

♪ Although my feet are tired I can't break my stride ♪

♪ I got to get to my baby again ♪

This is gonna be easy, Roxanne. You look fantastic.

You're gonna go out there and the men are gonna go crazy.

What if I puke?

Roxanne, you own this.

You've practiced. You're prepared.

You're gonna go out there and k*ll 'em.

♪ I got to see my baby

♪ I'm walking, I'm walking, I'm walking ♪

♪ Yeah yeah

♪ I got to keep on walkin'

♪ I walk on, my feet are tired

♪ Walkin'

♪ Hey! ♪

[cheers and applause]

M.C: Gloria Much, ladies and gentlemen!

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Did Grace say when the trial would be?

There'll be a prelim next week.

And then she said, uh...

she was gonna try to push for the trial as soon as possible.

Allison: Good.

Allison, Grace said that she talked to this

guy's lawyer and they're gonna raise consent.

What does that mean?

Well, it's
-
- it's their defense, um...

They're gonna argue that you wanted to have sex.

[scoffs] They're gonna say, I wanted it.

You knew the attacker. You had a drink together.

You left the bar together. That's, that's their angle.


- I left with a crowd.
- Yeah, I
-
- I know that.

I'm just trying to tell you the way they're gonna paint it.

This isn't gonna be about him at all, is it?

It's gonna be about me.

Look, Alison, we could get

through this together.

I'm going on trial here, aren't I, Victor?

Fifteen seconds.


- Don't forget to breathe.
- Hips. Move your hips.

Just belt it out, Rox, you're gonna be great.


- Hey, what's taking so long?
- Stuart?

Yeah, they, uh, sent me back here to check on you,

and, uh, to give you these.


- Oh, Stuart.
- Yeah.

You're already a big star with us, Roxanne.

So just go out there and have a ball.

M.C: Okay, next, ladies

and gentlemen, we have the stage debut

of a very talented lady.

She's sexy. She's sultry.

How about a nice Backland's welcome

for the sensuous Roxanne Melman.

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Libra♪ No New Year's Day

♪ To celebrate


- This could be painful.
- Quiet, Douglas.

♪ No chocolate covered

♪ Candy hearts to celeb...

♪ No first of...

This is bad.

Now, we've got to do something, she's
-
- she's dyin'.

♪ No summer high

♪ No warm July

This is ridiculous.

♪ No harvest moon to light one

♪ Tender August night

♪ But what it is

♪ Though old, so new

♪ To fill your heart like no

♪ Three words could ever do

♪ I just called to say

♪ I love you

♪ I just called to say

♪ How much I care

♪ I just called to say

♪ I love you

♪ And I mean it from the bottom ♪

♪ Of my heart

♪ No Libra sun

♪ Do
-do
-do
-do

♪ No Halloween ♪ Do
-do
-do
-do

♪ No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring ♪

♪ Do
-do
-do
-do

♪ But what it is

Come on, Stuart. Let's get off.

Come on, they're crazy about us.

♪ Made up of these three words

♪ That I must say to you

♪ I just called

♪ To say I love you

♪ I just called

♪ To say how much I care

♪ I just called to say

♪ I love you

♪ And I mean it

♪ From the bottom of my heart ♪

Are you sure you don't want me to go with you?

Yeah.

My sister's waiting for me at the hotel so

we're gonna call my parents and tell them.

And then we're gonna drive down.

The doctors and technicians are waiting.

You don't have to do this tonight, Paula.

You know I do.

The judge gave me a window of one night to get this done.

Tomorrow, the appeal will be filed,

and the court order will be stayed.

So, it's now or never.

I've changed my mind about this. I...


- I don't think
-
-
- Please.

You remember the time we stayed up all night.

We talked about whether we should be a couple or not.

[laughs]

Yeah, you said...

You didn't think we should because it would

jeopardize our friendship.

Yeah.

Well, that's what I said,

but what I was really thinking was that you were a jerk.

[laughs]

[laughing]

I still love you, you know.

I still love you.

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- This isn't fair.
- I know.

See you later, alligator.

I'm off to cooler climates.

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