Ally McBeal Season 1 Episode 3
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00:00this is the pair you think absolutely well they're tight enough to give you form but they don't
00:10flatten you see how it both lifts and rounds plus you got some room in the thigh so it doesn't look
00:15sprayed on oh yes this is the pair oh the perks i'm blinded what's going on ally has her first
00:23date tonight with janey oh and this is how you practice that's great i'm deciding what to wear
00:29richard what do you want nothing i came in because of the smell i could smell the denim all that from
00:33one pair of pants i can't believe oh oh that's why denim doesn't smell fine suit yourself
00:41what are you doing oh um richard said that denim smells denim doesn't smell does it
00:56no no it doesn't oh we knew that we were just double checking yeah um did you want something
01:06georgia yes actually i want you i'm representing barbara cooker the anchor woman you heard about
01:13this trial yeah you're representing her trial starts tomorrow you are trying that case she's
01:21a pretty good litigator ally plus i hear the partners at our firm thinks it helps have a woman
01:26do the sex discrimination cases i hear anyway i want you as my co-counsel me her what nothing why me
01:37because the lawyer defending the station is jack billings the jack billings hey yeah i think you being
01:46at my table might distract him a little plus she knows rhythms oh i i don't know really oh come on
01:53don't you want to get this guy the press will be covering it you can get even in public oh i would
02:00love that how is the case the case is great they should be settling we have an inter-office smoking
02:08gun memo saying she should be fired for looking too old i don't know why they're even going to trial
02:12you too co-counsel jackie boy loses focus when the turns into sport and my being at the table i i
02:19think it could work yeah see it's just that i have concerns about the match here i mean i realize you
02:25two share similar dna but it's billy's it's georgia and i are adults we're attorneys and we're friends
02:35and we will be able to work together whether you're able to picture it or not richard fine
02:41i see the picture perfectly
02:47i've been down this road walking the line has painted my pride and i have made mistakes in my life that i just can't hide
03:07oh i believe i pray
03:10oh i believe i know love hasmara
03:16i got myself together
03:19now i'm ready to sing
03:23i've been searching my soul tonight
03:24i know there's so much more to light
03:28now i know i can shine the lights
03:31to find my way back home
03:31Shine the light to find my way back home
03:36Baby, yeah
03:41Oh, yeah
04:01If you walk into a courtroom and say, ready for trial, you should be ready
04:04I don't see a problem
04:05Richard
04:06Maybe it's just because you opposed my co-counseling a case with your first wife
04:09I beg your pardon?
04:11Bygones
04:11What did that mean, first wife?
04:13Joke, ha
04:15Ha!
04:16Ha, bygones, do it
04:18There's nothing wrong with you doing it, it has nothing to do with Billy
04:21Unless you're taking the case because it does have something to do with Billy
04:24In which case I would have a problem
04:26Billy isn't a factor
04:27Well, there you go
04:29Do you think it would be bad to cancel my date with Ronald Chaney?
04:32Tonight's date?
04:32I have a trial in the morning and I don't know, I don't know, God
04:36Reschedule, he'll understand
04:38Well, I can't really reschedule until he calls me and he may not call until the end of the day
04:41And then, I don't know, that would be kind of rude to cancel on such short notice
04:45Why can't you call him?
04:48I can't call him, rule number five
04:50To call is to pursue and to pursue makes you look too interested
04:53And then it makes him desire you less
04:56And it's all right there in the book, Renee
04:57The rules
04:59You read this?
05:00These are the cooker pleadings
05:01So, you're not gonna call this guy to blow him off because it's gonna make you look too interested?
05:08That book really works, Renee
05:09I bet you use it
05:11And men drip off of me
05:13Don't talk to a man first
05:14Don't meet him halfway
05:16Don't see him more than once
05:19It's not about getting dates
05:21It's about getting a husband, Elaine
05:23Well, I don't see any husbands dripping off of you
05:26Well, if I wanted a husband, I could just snap my fingers
05:29Oh, but that would be against the rules, wouldn't it?
05:32You'd look like the pursuer
05:33Correct
05:34All right
05:35Thank you, Elaine
05:38I wanna see where you get your snappishness
05:40Allie
05:43What is this?
05:46I'm scared
05:47Okay?
05:49I'm scared
05:50First dates scare me
05:51Come on, you've already kissed this guy
05:53It wasn't a kiss
05:54It wasn't a real kiss
05:55It was more like a demonstration
05:56I didn't even have to do any kissing back
05:59My lips just sort of stood their ground
06:01Oh, you're right
06:04He's probably gonna consider it a kiss
06:06Which means he's probably figuring on kissing me again tonight
06:08And technically this is our first date
06:10And you shouldn't kiss a guy on the first date
06:11You just shouldn't
06:13You really like this guy
06:15I don't know
06:16All right
06:17Just go out for drinks
06:20Go to the bar
06:22You'll probably run into some friends
06:24It helped dilute the pressure
06:25I could, you know, be there, perhaps
06:29Would you?
06:31If you want, Allie
06:32With this?
06:39I know she's right
06:40It's just whenever I make a fool of myself
06:43I feel better if I can blame it on the research
06:46The memo came from a lower-level executive
06:51That's a defense you can make at trial
06:53Thank you
06:54Would you mind terribly if I finished my thoughts?
06:56Oh, I'm sorry
06:57I didn't realize you ever saw them to conclusion
06:58Georgia's pretty good
07:00Ugh, there's so many reasons to hate her
07:03The memo is a bomb
07:04If it gets admitted into evidence
07:05My client would be denied any chance for a fair trial
07:08The memo says what happened
07:09Your client fired Miss Cooker because of her looks
07:12If you could show this thing was a factor
07:13I'd say admit it
07:14But you can't
07:15And a jury won't bother with the distinction
07:17They'll see the smoke coming from this little document
07:19Make up their minds
07:20And that will be it
07:21Mr. Brillings
07:21I understand your displeasure
07:23But as bombs go
07:24I think you would agree
07:25This would be of the more relevant variety
07:27Also more prejudicial
07:29Your motion's denied
07:30See y'all tomorrow
07:32So the memo comes in
07:34Yeah, they should offer something now
07:36How are you doing, Allie?
07:42It's good to see you again
07:43Thank you
07:44Yeah, I'll probably have a little dream about you tonight
07:46You might want to sue me in advance
07:48You know, that's very funny, Jack
07:50Because, um
07:50I had a feeling the other day
07:52That you and I might get together
07:54And that's exactly where it took place
07:56In your dreams
07:59Is this normal negotiator?
08:04Allie's job is to keep him on tilt
08:07I'm so in love with you
08:15The first dance is critical
08:17I never start off close
08:19It gives me no place to go
08:22A dance is basically foreplay
08:25First there's the smile
08:27Then the laugh
08:29The right kind of laugh
08:32Can make a man feel interesting and funny
08:34And that's what guys love most in women
08:36Somebody who makes them feel engaging
08:39I'm not listening to a word he says
08:42And he's not hearing anything I say
08:44He's got two questions
08:46Does she like me?
08:48And will my mother like her?
08:51Mothers love me
08:52He is cute
08:54Okay, this is the part where you just hold his eyes
08:57Look right at him
08:59Give him a sense of progress
09:01I think I'll nestle in now
09:04Let him smell me
09:05Little smile
09:07Little sniff
09:09It's so easy
09:11I realize that 40 is ancient
09:17But still, I mean, it's probably a cost thing
09:19I mean, they have to start putting more makeup on her
09:21And the overtime, it adds up, trust me
09:22And I don't know
09:24I mean, she's good looking
09:25Maybe it's a cost thing
09:26Why are you talking so fast?
09:28Me?
09:28Yeah
09:28What?
09:29Really?
09:30I don't know
09:31Why?
09:31Well, you just seem a little nervous
09:33Oh, well, I do get nervous at the end of dates
09:36Because
09:37Make up something
09:38Lie
09:39The word end reminds me of the word beginning
09:42And, you know, word association
09:43And the word beginning reminds me of how the earth began
09:48And that always reminds me of the time that I flunked a science test
09:51Because I wrote down Big Bang not knowing that the teacher was really religious
09:55And that's why I talk fast
09:57Well, you probably got a call tonight if you have a trial tomorrow, huh?
10:13Yeah
10:13I can give him a little kiss
10:15Nothing slutty in that
10:16Chase is getting some publicity
10:18Does that make you nervous?
10:19I'm nervous about what you're going to do
10:21Speed it up
10:22A little
10:23Well, I had a really great time
10:27Me too
10:28Okay
10:30Good night
10:31And I finally
10:32What was that?
10:51Thanks
10:52He pecked me?
10:54I laughed
10:55We danced close
10:57I let him sniff
10:58He pecks me?
11:00If you wanna know
11:02If he loves you so
11:04It's in his kiss
11:07Now, how does Jell-O help?
11:14I don't know
11:14It just does
11:15When I eat Jell-O, I feel better
11:17Don't ask me to reduce it to a science
11:19You could have kissed him
11:21It would have broken the rules, of course
11:23But here's a flash, Allie
11:24Some guys are shy
11:26I let him smell me
11:27Well, maybe he didn't want to come off too interested
11:30Maybe there's another bunch of stupid rules out there for men
11:33This is the problem with playing games
11:35Somebody's gotta lose at it
11:37I really, really hope he calls me today
11:39Just so I can hang up on him
11:40You had a great date
11:42I don't care
11:43He kissed me before we were dancing close
11:48I mean, most men would have asked to sleep with me
11:50But no, what he did was rude
11:51Sleep with you?
11:53Well, I wouldn't have said yes, but still
11:55What, he can't be a man and just paw me a little?
11:58Well, I am a sexual object, for God's sake
12:00He couldn't give me a little grope?
12:04How long had you been anchoring at WKZN?
12:0711 years
12:08And during that time, you'd received various awards, did you not?
12:12Yes, seven local news Emmys
12:14I received a Peabody Award
12:16But this isn't about job performance
12:20Miss Cooker, I show you this inner office memo dated March 3rd
12:24Who is the author as it appears on the document?
12:27George, uh, Micklehead
12:28He's the station superintendent
12:30And would you please read for the court the highlighted section?
12:34Crunching the demos
12:35Only 6% of the 18 to 30-year-old men would care to sleep with her
12:39The number's only slightly higher for the 18 to 45 group
12:42Basically, the only men who get a rise out of her
12:45Are no longer capable of rising
12:46How does it make you feel to read that?
12:52It hurts
12:53Do you think it's wrong to make a personnel decision based on appearance?
12:57I think it's wrong to fire someone because you think they look too old
13:01You do?
13:02Suppose I'm a television producer casting a movie
13:05And I needed a young, 30-ish, sexy lady
13:08We're not talking about a television movie
13:10We're talking about the news
13:11I see
13:12So you would predicate your position then on the premise that television news and television entertainment are two different things altogether?
13:19Yes
13:19The decisions that go into making television news have nothing to do with entertainment?
13:24I didn't say that
13:25Well, say it if you believe it
13:27Obviously, news programming has been perverted by the need to get ratings
13:30I won't deny it
13:32If it bleeds, it leads
13:33We've all heard that one
13:35And sex
13:35Sex
13:36The news loves to sell sex these days, too
13:38Isn't that true, Miss Cooker?
13:40Maybe we should object
13:41No, she can handle herself
13:42I realize that news shows need to be arresting, exotic, and even sexy
13:46And it always helps to have a pretty face up there
13:49But that still doesn't make it right to fire a person whose job performance is beyond reproach
13:53Simply because her face begins to show a wrinkle or two
13:57But why not?
13:58What if you interviewed for this job and they said, sorry, we were looking for somebody younger
14:03Would that be okay?
14:04Yes
14:04So they could hire based on youth, but they can't fire based on lack of youth?
14:08That's right
14:09Where's the distinction?
14:10Well, the distinction is that if someone already has a job and they're doing it well
14:14You shouldn't be able to fire them because of old age
14:17That's ageism
14:18Ah
14:19Here's a picture of you when they hired you
14:24Isn't it possible that part of the criteria was this pretty face and this youthful appearance?
14:32Couldn't that have been a part of what the station was looking for, Miss Cooker?
14:36Yes
14:36In fact, the woman you replaced, she was older, wasn't she?
14:40Yes
14:41Good looks in youth cut in your favor 15 years ago, didn't they, Miss Cooker?
14:45That doesn't make it right
14:46But you didn't object then
14:48In fact, you participated in the ageism then by taking the job
14:51And here you sit today
14:53Isn't that wretched hypocrisy, Miss Cooker?
14:56Objection
14:57Let the record reflect that the two size fours just objected
15:01Wonder how they got their jobs
15:02Objection
15:03I still can't believe it
15:08I should have seen it coming, it was vintage Billings
15:10He argued age discrimination
15:12I put it back up there
15:13Yeah, don't worry
15:15If that's him, I'm not home
15:16Boo
15:17Oh, come on
15:18I'm not gonna lie
15:19I'm not here for him
15:20Boo
15:21You want him, Allie
15:23I don't
15:23Who?
15:24Chaney, the guy is totally gay
15:26I can't
15:27I knew you were there
15:33Is that why you don't return my phone calls?
15:36You think I'm gay?
15:38No
15:38No, I think I'm in trial
15:41It's this trial
15:42And I'm
15:43You're
15:43Allie, I came here to get the truth
15:45Just kiss
15:47Renee
15:48I gotta go
15:51She's a jokester
15:52That must be why we're all
15:55We're all laughing
15:56Ronnie, I'm sorry
15:58I'm in the middle
16:00Could we talk tomorrow?
16:02Could you
16:02You could just be patient
16:03And I could explain everything
16:05And please, please
16:06Tomorrow
16:07Why can't you explain it now?
16:09Please
16:10Tomorrow
16:11I, I, I, I'm in the middle
16:12I'm in trial
16:13And
16:14I'm
16:15I'm
16:15You're
16:16I'm
16:16Please
16:17Tomorrow
16:17Okay
16:18Fine
16:19Why did you do that?
16:26Because
16:26I wasn't gonna watch you go through your typical mating dance
16:29Where you always wind up mate-less
16:30What mating dance?
16:32You know
16:33I don't really have time now
16:36It's complicated
16:37I, I, I really just can't go into it
16:39It's just, it's just
16:40Oh
16:41What's, what's the word?
16:43I'm alone
16:44That's it
16:45I'm alone
16:46There's nobody else in the room
16:48I'm all by myself
16:49Oh
16:50I'm in the kitchen now
16:51Alone
16:52Hello pot
16:53Hello pan
16:54Alone
16:55Mate-less
16:56How can I tell if he loves me so
17:03Is it
17:04In his life
17:05Oh no
17:06You'll be the same
17:07It was stupid to try and date and litigate in the same week
17:10It's too confusing
17:12Cheney will probably side with the merits of our case
17:15And then I'll get asked out by the jury
17:16Excuse me
17:19Is it
17:20In his bed
17:21But that doesn't mean I fail to recognize the cosmetic reality of television news
17:27And if you do, then why shouldn't the station be allowed to make a cosmetic change?
17:31It's wrong if it's based solely on cosmetics
17:34I had a deal with these people, a contract
17:37Well, and they are willing to honor the financial terms of that contract
17:41Paying me off to walk away isn't honoring the terms
17:44It's not honor at all
17:45I turned away previous offers from competitors who sought to steal me away
17:50Because I felt I had a fiduciary relationship with this station and with these people
17:56I had a duty of good faith and I honored it
17:59Honor, good faith, fiduciary
18:02Do these words have any real meaning in TV news?
18:05I think they do and they should
18:07And these are things that a court of law should try to enforce
18:09Well, good faith is a component of every contract, Mr. Billings
18:13So we say, but let's take the contract to its most organic
18:17To marriage
18:18The court won't go near enforcing fidelity or good faith in marriage contracts
18:22Objection, this is not a domestic case
18:24Oh, but come on
18:26This plaintiff is asking the court to jump in and enforce fidelity in TV news?
18:31You seem to have gotten off the beaten path, Mr. Billings
18:33I'm not so sure, Your Honor
18:35Are you married, Miss Cooker?
18:37Objection
18:38Short leech counsel
18:39Miss Cooker, married
18:41Divorced
18:42Since I'm on a short leash, I'll cut right to it
18:44Your husband left you for a younger woman, didn't he?
18:49Yes
18:50And that hurt, didn't it? A lot
18:52Objection
18:53Sustained
18:54Miss Cooker, is it possible this suit against my client
18:57Being replaced by a younger woman has more to do with your anger against your husband?
19:03No, that's not true
19:05Been dumped by a younger model once, not gonna let it happen twice
19:08Objection
19:09Speaking of younger models
19:11Objection
19:12Ladies, how was court today?
19:18It sucked
19:19Is there anybody in there who's gonna jump out at me?
19:23No
19:23When you have a few seconds, I have some thoughts on why Chaney may not have wanted to kiss you
19:27I think I'm finding my niche, losing cases that can't be lost
19:32I'm the one who's losing it
19:33We're just gonna have to hope the jury hits Jack Billings as much as we do, and if that's possible
19:37Where is Barbara?
19:38She's in the unisex bathroom
19:40I think she's a little upset with how things are going
19:42Oh, well, that'll change
19:43They're gonna have to put their people up and I'm gonna have to get them
19:46Now it's our turn
19:47Uh, is she in, Ellie in?
19:53Yeah, she is, but may I just say something before you go in?
19:57I suppose
19:58Ellie is a very important friend of mine
20:01And if you're really interested in her, well, that's one thing
20:03But if you are just after a few cheap thrills, you'll have to go through me
20:07Uh, well, I, I, I can appreciate that
20:12I was just about to tell you
20:16Ronnie, now, now is not a good time
20:18Look, what I have to say to you is gonna take two seconds
20:19No
20:20Two seconds
20:20There are people in my office
20:22I don't, I don't know what's going on
20:23I really don't
20:24If you call today, I swear I was gonna return
20:26Well, that's very nice to know
20:28But, uh, what I need to say to you, I have to say in person
20:32All right, I'm, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, okay
20:35I, I, I was just being stupid and insecure
20:39Cause, well, since you didn't kiss me the other night, I, I got insecure
20:45And I, I thought maybe you didn't want to see me anymore
20:48And I'm, I'm sorry
20:50Oh, okay
20:52So, can we wipe it clean?
20:55Uh, no
20:58No, uh, actually, I think I, your, your, your, your instincts were correct
21:03He is gay
21:04Back off, Elaine
21:06What, what do you mean my instincts were correct?
21:13I, I, uh, I don't, I don't think, uh, I should see you anymore
21:16What?
21:18I just don't think that you and I are gonna work out
21:20Oh
21:21Oh
21:25Um, okay
21:28Okay, that's, um, probably that, that's best
21:32Well, I said it would just take a couple seconds, so
21:35Goodbye, I guess
21:40Yeah, bye
21:41Bye
21:42Bye
21:44Billy, hello
21:53What's wrong?
21:57What?
21:58Nothing
21:58Allie, what's the matter?
22:00Um, Ronald Chaney, he, um, he, he dumped me
22:07Damn it
22:09So, he's, he's leaving the whole firm or just you out?
22:15Yeah, absolutely
22:16Let me just say, in times like these
22:18Now
22:18Maybe I can still catch him
22:20You okay?
22:26Why don't men like me?
22:28Are you crazy?
22:29Men love you, you're, they go nuts for you
22:33Only until they get to know me
22:35I got to know you, Allie
22:37And I fell in love with you, remember?
22:39Yeah, and you left, remember?
22:42Allie
22:43Trust me
22:45Knowing you is not a deterrent to loving you, okay?
22:50Sometimes I just, I just
22:51All I ever wanted was, was to be rich
22:54And to be successful
22:56And to have three kids
22:57And a husband who was waiting home for me at night
22:59To tickle my feet
23:00And, and, and look at me
23:01Look at how I've, I don't even like my hair
23:05It's a day, sadly, when we look at her
23:07It's a day, sadly, when we look at her
23:35We look for an anchor person
23:36We probably shop more for a model than a journalist
23:39Is there a reason for this trend?
23:41A big one
23:42The public
23:42Could you explain?
23:44Well, it's not a terribly patriotic thing to say, but
23:46You can say it, sir
23:48Okay
23:48We're a stupid country
23:50America?
23:52Land of idiots
23:52The average viewer's attention span is that of a gnat
23:55Hong Kong becomes a free nation
23:57If we give it more than a minute coverage
23:59Women flip over to Channel 2
24:01To see where the Madonna has bleached her roots
24:04The men, sports, homicides, sex crimes
24:08Anybody follow O.J.?
24:09Now, that sounds pretty cynical, sir
24:11It doesn't make me feel happy
24:12That woman right there
24:14The finest TV journalist I've ever worked with
24:16Ever
24:17Unfortunately, there wasn't enough buzz on the internet
24:20About wanting to see her naked
24:21It's putrid
24:22I got so frustrated
24:24I sent a proposal down to our board of directors
24:26Suggesting that we lose anchors altogether
24:30And replace them with talking breasts
24:31The proposal was voted down 11 to 9
24:34The land of idiots
24:36But you're not like that
24:38No, I'm not
24:39You know better than the rest of the village
24:41Well, I know for a fix of profundity
24:43Not to tune into Jerry Springer
24:45But you're the one who fired Barbara Cooker
24:47We're a consumer business, Miss McBeal
24:50If the people don't watch, we're out of that business
24:52That just sounds so logical
24:54I'm tempted to give up right here
24:55I've been tempted to give up myself
24:57Yes, poor you
24:59All right
25:00You mentioned Jerry Springer
25:02People watch him
25:03Why not use him as your anchorman?
25:05Because I have disc problems in my lower back
25:08I can only stoop to a certain level
25:09Jerry Springer would be a stoop
25:11No, not if you want to cover amputee transvestites
25:14Kissing midgets in order to make their mothers jealous
25:16But if you want a modicum of integrity in your broadcast
25:19And if the people wanted to see the kind of person that you just described
25:23You do draw lines
25:25Yes
25:26But you chose not to draw the line when it came to ageism
25:28And if the public let you know that they didn't want a black anchor
25:33The customer would win?
25:35No, I'm not a bigot
25:37Ageism is a bigotry
25:38Well, maybe it is
25:39But it's unconscionable to prefer race or skin color
25:42It isn't to want a prettier or younger face
25:45So now you're defending the public
25:47Oh, no, no, wait, no
25:48The idiots
25:49No, I'm not
25:51What I'm saying, though not me
25:53I can understand how others may want to see beauty on the screen
25:56And as a pragmatic person who has to keep a news show in business
26:00Sometimes I have to compromise to the public's whim
26:03So you've made a big compromise firing her
26:05Creatively, yes
26:07And this woman who served you for 15 years
26:09Turned down more lucrative offers at other stations
26:11Only to be fired now
26:13She also made a very big compromise, didn't she?
26:17It's a cruel world
26:18But also it's the real world
26:19I object to that, Your Honor
26:21I object to people who every time they do something scummy
26:23Blame it on the environment
26:24Well, I don't think that's an objection I can rule on
26:27But I believe you've made your point
26:29You were great
26:31You got us right back in the game
26:33You think?
26:34I know it
26:34I was watching the jury
26:35I don't like that lump
26:36Girls
26:37Still looking well
26:40Don't be smug, Jackie
26:41She just scored in there and you know it
26:44The jury likes her
26:45You?
26:46I'd like to come out with a meat hug
26:47I put up some serious money
26:49Fast
26:50The tables are turning
26:54Georgia
26:55I think you should close
26:57What?
26:58The jury likes you
26:59You're definitely going with more momentum than me
27:01You close
27:02When I'm strong in court
27:05I feel strong in general
27:07I like to take advantage of my strong periods
27:09I can do certain things
27:10I wouldn't ordinarily have the strength to do
27:13Yes, Ronald Cheney, please
27:14Well, interrupt him
27:17Tell him it's Ally McFeel calling
27:18Excuse me, man of the truth
27:20You're not going to walk away until you get it
27:22Well, same with me
27:22And I'm going to squat right here until you give it to me
27:25That didn't come out the way I meant
27:27Could you excuse us for a second there, Shirley?
27:31This office is too big, by the way
27:32You could put a portion here
27:33And I have no doubt that you probably own one
27:35Are you on something?
27:37I'm on adrenaline
27:38And between this trial and you
27:40I have had a man-hating week
27:41And I'd be a fool to waste it
27:42Why did you dump me?
27:44I demand to know
27:45This isn't funny
27:48Ronnie
27:49I know
27:50It's just the stuff that comes out of you
27:51Makes me fall
27:54Even more
27:56What?
28:01What?
28:01What do you mean?
28:03Fall even
28:04More
28:05I just can't stop
28:07Thinking about you
28:08This is a trick
28:10It's not a trick
28:11I never met anybody like you
28:12We've been on one date, really
28:14And already I can see myself falling in love
28:17Falling in?
28:20Then what?
28:21You said that you didn't want to see me anymore
28:23And that is not a normal thing to say
28:24For somebody who's falling in love
28:25I mean, what is going on here?
28:27Your favorite book?
28:28Henderson, the Rain King?
28:30Yeah?
28:30You identifying with Henderson
28:32A guy going around saying
28:33I want, I want, I want, I want
28:35Yeah
28:36Yeah, well that makes for an interesting character, Allie
28:39And when you print your life story
28:41I will be waiting online at the bookstore
28:43But for a partner
28:45I don't know if I want to sign up
28:47With the person who knows
28:48That she's going to be wanting forever
28:49Ronnie, I, I
28:51I was making conversation
28:53We were dancing
28:54I was just saying that
28:55So you would know that I read books
28:56No, no
28:57That's just you all over, Allie
29:01The day you stop wanting
29:03Is the day you begin to die
29:04You, you go through people
29:08You'll, you'll, you'll go through me
29:10That is just, just, just so
29:13True
29:14So, so what?
29:18So what are you saying?
29:18That I'm, I'm the kind of person
29:20That can never be happy?
29:21I think you'll know
29:22More happiness than most
29:24You just won't be content
29:27He's doing this on purpose
29:29Renee's right
29:29There's probably a book of rules for men
29:31And he's read it
29:32So, um, are you saying this
29:35Because you want me to deny it
29:36To make me want you more?
29:37Cause it's working
29:38I'm saying this because
29:40You are a great lady
29:42And I don't want to spend my life
29:44Feeling overmatched
29:46That's the most flattering thing
29:48Anybody's ever said to me
29:49You coward
29:51Excuse me?
29:52You want, you want some Stepford girl
29:53With her own little matching apron set?
29:55Fine, she's out there
29:56Waiting to rub your feet
29:56But if you want me
29:57You gotta go for it
29:58Because I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm it
29:59You said that?
30:15Yes
30:15Oh, no
30:17I said it
30:20Oh, what?
30:22Is that too bold for you,
30:23Miss Grab the Opposing Counsel's butt?
30:25Oh!
30:27Georgia
30:28Hey, honey
30:31Gonna be late?
30:32Not to
30:33We're just going over the summation
30:34I gather
30:35Doing better?
30:38Yeah
30:39Yeah, thanks
30:42I'll, uh
30:45I'll be in my office
30:47Okay
30:49Hey
30:53What?
30:58Okay
30:59Where do we start?
31:02This morning on the elevator
31:03When we were both thinking about nothing
31:07My nothing was Janie
31:10What was yours?
31:14Maybe this case
31:16What about this case?
31:20I don't know
31:21I think for both of you
31:24This trial could be unsettling
31:25And you both fall into the pretty category
31:28Just like Barbara Cooker
31:29And it can be disconcerting
31:32To realize that suddenly
31:33Everything you think you are
31:34Can just disappear with a wrinkle
31:36Thank you for clearing that up, Elaine
31:38Personally
31:38From my standpoint
31:40I think you both have a lot more going for you than looks
31:44This is the assistant they give me to ease my day
31:49Yeah
31:50It'd be a lot easier to laugh her off
31:52If she wasn't a little on the mark
31:54We both get mileage out of our looks
31:56And?
31:59It's temporary
32:00Are you afraid of getting older?
32:02I'm afraid of growing out of what my husband fell in love with
32:05At least partly
32:07Afraid of not measuring up to whatever my senior partner saw in me
32:13You don't really believe that?
32:16No
32:17No, I don't
32:19But I don't think Barbara Cooker ever did either
32:26We've got to win this case
32:28For peace of mind
32:30If nothing else
32:30Richard, I need to sing him
32:45I spoke to Ronald Cheney last night
32:49And I am wrought
32:51You're wrought?
32:53He said there may be an intolerable working relationship with this firm
32:57He said you squatted for the truth
33:00Allie
33:00You can relax, cuz
33:01Ronnie called me this morning
33:03And we're going out on a date tonight to see what if
33:05Oh, that's wonderful
33:08I...
33:09I'm thrilled for you
33:11I knew you would be
33:12I-I gotta get to court
33:13Allie
33:14You were there to help me with Whipper
33:16I'd like to give you something
33:17Love
33:18It's an equation
33:19A me, a you, derives a we
33:22It's really that simple
33:24I'll try to remember that
33:25What I'm saying is
33:27The foundation for any we is a me
33:29And if the me is still a work in progress
33:31Then for God's sakes
33:32Don't start constructing the we
33:33What are you saying, Richard?
33:35I need work
33:36I say it because I care
33:37Parenting is nothing if not selfless
33:47That's a fishism
33:49Yes, please
33:50Of course looks count
33:52Nobody's saying they don't
33:54She's an on-camera anchor
33:55Looks have to count
33:56And look
33:57Look at her
33:58This is an attractive woman
34:01And the defendant admits
34:03Admits
34:04Was the finest journalist they had
34:07And they cut her loose
34:09Because not enough people
34:10Wanted to see her naked
34:11The justification
34:13The public
34:14America
34:15The-the land of idiots
34:18People do read
34:19Entertainment weekly
34:20I don't know
34:21What I do know is
34:23Is that we have a sampling
34:24Of the public
34:25Right here in this jury box
34:27So
34:27You
34:28Tell us
34:29They fired an Emmy Award
34:32Winning anchor
34:32On the premise
34:33That the public
34:34Is a bunch of idiots
34:36Who would rather see
34:37Playboy models
34:38Covering
34:38Amputee transvestites
34:40Kissing midgets
34:41Well
34:42I'm sorry
34:43But if that's how
34:44They regard the public
34:45If-if that's what they think
34:46Of you
34:46And you
34:47And you
34:48And you
34:48And you
34:49Well then
34:50I guess we shouldn't
34:51Be too surprised
34:52That they disregarded
34:53Barbara Cooker
34:54You're the public
34:57Be heard
34:59She didn't get fired
35:03For being old
35:04She was discharged
35:06Because she was
35:07No longer capable
35:08Of performing
35:08The functions
35:09Of her job
35:10Like it or not
35:12In this day
35:12Of remote control
35:14And five zillion channels
35:15One function
35:17Of the anchor woman
35:18Is to be
35:19Physically arresting
35:20Pretty enough
35:21To make a channel
35:22Surfer stop
35:23Right there
35:24And say
35:25Ooh
35:26There's only one word
35:27To describe this guy
35:29The job's different today
35:30The job function
35:32Is different
35:33As for the stuff
35:34He's saying
35:34It's a reality
35:36Do I like it?
35:38Am I happy
35:38To be living in a world
35:39That prioritizes
35:41Beauty over content?
35:43Look at me
35:44I was the fat boy
35:47Who had to take
35:48His own sister
35:49To the prom
35:50And I bet
35:51He tried to cop a feel
35:52I'm the guy
35:53With the mustache
35:54Because my friends
35:55Told me
35:55The more face
35:56I could cover
35:57The better
35:57But that's the real world
35:59In every walk of life
36:01Lawyers
36:02Journalists
36:03Secretaries
36:04Pudgy teenagers
36:06Looking to get
36:06One lousy date
36:08Looks matter
36:10You want to punish
36:12My client
36:13For that reality
36:14I suppose you could
36:16But they're not
36:19Responsible
36:20And you know that
36:23Now what?
36:28Wait
36:29Any guesses
36:30To how long
36:30They'll be out?
36:31Ladies
36:32Nice touch
36:34On the public
36:34Good
36:35Oh thanks Jack
36:36The big fat prom boy
36:37Thing
36:37That was good too
36:38Felt right
36:39Listen
36:41The poms
36:41Are getting sweaty
36:42On my side
36:43They're willing
36:44To offer four
36:44Four hundred
36:45No four dollars
36:47Take it or leave it
36:48Four hundred thousand
36:49Sealed
36:51No admission of guilt
36:52Take it
36:53Your offer is rejected
36:54I beg your pardon
36:56Don't you have to ask her?
36:58Oh
36:58Oh yeah
36:59Did you want it?
37:00Say yes
37:00You think I should?
37:02No
37:02What?
37:03Okay yes
37:04No
37:05What?
37:06Your instinct said no
37:07I'm gonna go with that
37:09My instincts?
37:10Mine too
37:11You're turning down
37:12Four hundred thousand dollars
37:14I can't believe it
37:19How?
37:21How?
37:21This has got to be more
37:23Than this case is worth
37:24I'm just
37:25I'm
37:25Rot
37:26I think the jury was with us
37:27Allie gave a great closing
37:29Billings was not sympathetic
37:30Allie
37:31Why are you looking so blue?
37:33Because we turned down so much
37:34On my instincts
37:35I have bad instincts
37:38That's not true
37:39You were right about Chaney
37:41Wanting to dump you
37:42Could I have a second
37:44Alone with Allie
37:44Please?
37:45I'm very helpful
37:46In these situations
37:47Well
37:48Just the same
37:49That's
37:49Allie
37:56You know
37:56It's not my style
37:57To care about others
37:57But what's going on?
37:59What do you mean
37:59What's going on?
38:00I mean
38:01You just turned out
38:01An offer like that
38:02You've been personalizing
38:03This thing
38:03What is this about?
38:08Do you ever
38:08Worry about
38:10Winding up
38:12You know
38:12Alone?
38:15I'm alone now
38:16But I've got whippers
38:17Is that some sort of fish
38:20Is that some sort of fishism?
38:21Sort of
38:22Everybody's alone
38:23Allie
38:23It's just easier to take
38:24In a relationship
38:25Well
38:26See
38:26I don't believe that
38:28I believe that
38:29Everybody is half
38:31Of a whole
38:31And that
38:32And I know
38:32It sounds kind of
38:34What's the word for it?
38:37Silly
38:38No
38:39No
38:39No
38:40Not silly
38:40And
38:41And
38:41And
38:41And not sorry
38:42Either
38:43That the people
38:45Who just give in
38:46To loneliness
38:46The people who just
38:47Accept it
38:47Those are the sorry ones
38:49And
38:49And the people
38:50Who
38:50Who are strong
38:51The people who
38:51Who stand up
38:52For what they believe in
38:53And chase their hearts
38:54Those are the people
38:55Who
38:55Who end up
38:56Like
38:56Like
38:56Barbara Cooker
38:59I see this tough woman
39:04Smart
39:05Unflinching
39:07Uncompromising
39:08Un
39:09Happy
39:11Hey
39:12I was talking about
39:14Barbara Cooker
39:15Not me
39:15I was not talking about me
39:17Who said anything about me?
39:20I don't know
39:20Say something nice about Cheney
39:25Would you?
39:29Hey
39:33Hey
39:35So Cheney's back on
39:38I don't know if it's good or bad
39:40This guy has me so confused
39:42We go on a non-date
39:44And he kisses me
39:45And then we go on a real date
39:46And he doesn't
39:47He wants in one minute
39:48Do you want it?
39:51Yeah
39:52Why do I feel unfaithful
39:53In saying that?
39:55You want my advice?
39:56Sure
39:56You've never let me down before
39:59If
40:02You want this guy
40:03To stick around for a while
40:05If he goes to kiss you
40:07Kiss him back
40:09That's terrible advice
40:10What put out or lose out?
40:12That's not what I mean
40:13What do you mean?
40:14I mean
40:15If memory serves me
40:17If you kiss him
40:19He may not stay forever
40:21But he won't be running off quick
40:25A person isn't a good kisser
40:28Billy
40:29It takes two to
40:30The jury's back
40:40I can always tell
40:56When something big
40:57Is about to happen
40:57Whether it's going to be
40:58Good or bad
40:58I can always tell
40:59I can always feel it coming on
41:01What is it going to be?
41:02That I can't tell
41:03Has the jury
41:11Recessed verdict?
41:12We have
41:13What say you?
41:15In the matter of
41:15Cooker vs. WKZN television
41:17We fine for the plaintiff
41:19In order to defend it
41:21To pay damages
41:21In the amount of
41:22$930,000
41:24One juror thought
41:36He's up short
41:36With a mustache
41:37And he should have
41:37Grown a beard
41:38It's not as good
41:42As getting my job back
41:43But as consolations go
41:44Hey
41:45Are we dancing?
41:46Absolutely
41:47But first I have to pee
41:48Oh
41:49That is so romantic
41:50I think I'm going to join him
41:53Doesn't mean
41:54That I'm gay
41:55Shut up
41:56Well
42:00We did it
42:01We did it
42:02You might get hired
42:05By some other station
42:06Maybe
42:07I wouldn't be surprised
42:08I saw the news coverage
42:09Of the trial
42:10You were lit
42:11Great in the courtroom
42:12Thank you
42:12Uh oh
42:16What?
42:24I'm getting so healthy
42:28I can double date with them
42:30My stomach doesn't hurt
42:32And I actually like
42:34Who's dancing with me
42:35Who says I'll end up alone?
42:37It's in his kiss
42:39Or is it in his face?
42:44Oh no
42:45It's just his charm
42:47And his warm embrace
42:49Oh no
42:50That's just his arms
42:52If you want to know
42:54If he loves you so
42:56It's in his kiss
42:59Oh it's in his kiss
43:01Oh it's in her kiss
43:04Oh it's in her kiss
43:04You