Ally McBeal Season 1 Episode 7
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00:01Previously on Ally McBeal
00:03Do we ever meet interesting single men?
00:05Well, that's because we're lawyers and all we meet are single male attorneys
00:08and that is a pathetic breed.
00:14I apologize.
00:16Let's proceed.
00:18With the trial?
00:19Yes.
00:20Today?
00:21Yes.
00:22Cause you're insane?
00:23Yes.
00:24I really just can't go into it.
00:25It's just, it's just, oh, what's the word?
00:28Alone.
00:29What was it this time?
00:31Oh, she knocked somebody unconscious.
00:33Stole some diaphragm, Joey.
00:34It was on sale.
00:35You're not a sexually spontaneous person.
00:37This hasn't intended.
00:39Who is it?
00:40He's the guy who just walks in from the, another world.
00:43The guy who, who's looking for my door.
00:49Well, I mean, I think we just have closing arguments and then it's a lock.
00:54There he is again.
00:56He's here all the time, Ally. He's a DA.
00:58Well, yes.
00:59Which brings me back to why can't you introduce me?
01:01I could introduce you, but you want me to introduce you in a way that he doesn't know I'm introducing you.
01:06That makes it hard.
01:07I could go to one of your office parties, maybe.
01:09Office parties?
01:10We don't have office parties.
01:12Don't move.
01:13Don't turn around.
01:14Don't look.
01:15He's coming.
01:16Here?
01:17To the elevator?
01:18Lock the door a little so he doesn't close.
01:19Hey!
01:20Glad to do.
01:22Are you okay?
01:24Um, yeah.
01:25Fine.
01:26You sure you're okay?
01:27Yeah.
01:28Just caught me in the eyes.
01:29Shoulder.
01:30Hey, Renee.
01:31Hi, Jason.
01:32This is Ally McBeal.
01:33Jason Roberts.
01:34Hi.
01:35Hi.
01:36Hi.
01:37I actually know who you are.
01:38You do?
01:39No, it's a good thing.
01:40I saw you in court last week, and I asked.
01:41Ally and I are roommates.
01:42Really?
01:43Oh, yeah.
01:44Girlfriends.
01:45Unmarried.
01:46Aren't we all hard to meet people in this town?
01:47Tell me about it.
01:48And this is suddenly my floor.
01:49So, girlfriend, um, I'll see you later, unless you make planes or something.
01:53All the way to the bottom?
01:54Yeah.
01:55I'm sorry.
01:56I'm sorry.
01:57I'm sorry.
01:58I'm sorry.
01:59I'm sorry.
02:00I'm sorry.
02:01I'm sorry.
02:02I'm sorry.
02:03I'm sorry.
02:04I'm sorry.
02:05I'm sorry.
02:06I'm sorry.
02:07I'm sorry.
02:08I'm sorry.
02:09I'm sorry.
02:10Uh, yeah.
02:11The bottom.
02:12That's where I'm going.
02:25Ally?
02:26Yeah?
02:27You feel like getting dinner sometime?
02:30Thank God.
02:32Sure.
02:33Tonight?
02:34Oh, um, tonight.
02:36That'd be great.
02:37I'll call.
02:39Great.
02:40I'll, uh, I'll call you this afternoon.
02:41Excellent.
02:42I've been down this road, walking the light that's painted my pride.
02:44And I have made mistakes in my life that I just can't hide.
02:49Oh, I believe I'm ready.
02:50Oh, I believe I'm ready.
02:51Love has to break.
02:52Yeah.
02:53I got myself together.
02:54Now I'm ready to sing.
02:55I've been searching my soul.
02:56I've been searching my soul.
02:57I got myself together.
02:58Now I'm ready to sing.
02:59And I have made mistakes in my life that I just can't hide
03:06Oh, I believe I'm ready
03:09But love has to break
03:14I got myself together
03:18Now I'm ready to sing
03:22I've been searching my soul tonight
03:25I know there's so much more to life
03:29Now I know I can shine the light
03:32To find my way back home
03:37Baby
03:41Oh, yeah
03:55He'll hit the edge and he'll diddle with you
03:56But this doesn't really flatter me
03:58He asked you out wearing that? This is fine
04:01Do you get all pitted by the end of the day?
04:03Not to my knowledge
04:05Do I, Elaine?
04:06Allie
04:07Oh!
04:08I have asked you not to walk up on her sudden like that
04:10I pop, Elaine, it's who I am
04:12Yes, well, do you want something?
04:14New case, small but possible business behind it
04:16Karen Horwitz, nice lady, family money
04:18She's suing her rabbi
04:19I told her you could handle it
04:20Suing her rabbi for what?
04:22I never get involved in the legals
04:24She'll be here around 10
04:25Thanks
04:26Oh!
04:27That's all I have
04:36What's going on?
04:38Georgia
04:43This is a difficult situation
04:46You know my wife, Robbie?
04:48Sure
04:49She doesn't like my working side by side with you
04:54I'm sorry?
04:55She's an insecure woman
04:56I mean, what can I say?
04:57There's nothing to justify her insecurity
04:59But it's nevertheless real
05:01What's the punchline here?
05:04I have nine litigation associates
05:07But only one wife
05:09And part of marriage is accommodating your partner's feelings
05:12Even when they're unfounded
05:13I am transferring you to our corporate department
05:17To corporate?
05:18No, if you'd prefer tax or real estate
05:20We can work that out
05:21I'm a litigator
05:24I'm sorry
05:26You're sorry?
05:28Your wife has an irrational jealousy
05:32I get punished for it and all you can say is you're sorry?
05:35I don't mean to be rude, Miss Horwitz, but I just really don't understand
05:44What's not to understand?
05:46My ex-husband's in a coma
05:48I understand the coma part
05:50I just... why this makes you want to sue your rabbi?
05:52I am scheduled to be remarried in three weeks
05:54I have never been so happy in love in my life
05:58Oh, mistletoe
06:01You meant to say mazel tov
06:02Thank you
06:04So, here's my problem
06:06Though I am legally divorced from Ira
06:08By Jewish law, I'm still married
06:11Since he got hit by the bus before he could give me the get
06:14Without the get, it's sort of a Jewish release, you see
06:17I cannot remarry under Jewish law
06:20Did you follow? I'm happy to repeat myself
06:22What if you refused?
06:24You didn't give me the opportunity to refuse
06:26You just said you're transferred and I'm sorry
06:29I'm sorry
06:31That's alright
06:33Ow
06:35Georgia, that hurts
06:36Yeah, I know
06:37It hurts me to think about it
06:39So, do I have a case in your opinion?
06:42You're the expert on sex discrimination
06:44I... I haven't been fired or docked
06:47Just transferred
06:49The guy has never harassed me
06:50It has never been a bad place to work
06:52Still, he transferred you based on
06:54Let's talk to the biscuit
06:57The what?
06:58John Cage, he's a star on wrongful termination
07:00I haven't been fired
07:01Even so, the same laws could apply
07:04I... I can't believe this
07:08How can this be? This is just incredible
07:11Well, I know it's wrong completely, but...
07:17A few weeks ago you wanted Allie transferred out of litigation here
07:24That's different
07:28Just... pop it
07:31I don't wanna pop it, it could swell
07:33You don't want enlarged pores on a first date
07:35There...
07:37I've diminished it
07:39What do you mean diminished it?
07:41I've diminished the pimple, it's not as big
07:43It's less than, smaller, not as much
07:45You know how Richard would put it
07:47It's now a pimple de minimis
07:49You look fab
07:51How'd it go Karen Horowitz?
07:52Okay, I'm not sure we have cause of action
07:54But... but at least the rabbi agreed to a meeting
07:56And I'm on my way to his temple to see him
07:58Good, and what are you up to?
08:00Allie has a date tonight, I'm minimizing her facial flaws
08:02Oh, great
08:06I do good work
08:08I don't doubt we could make a case, but the damages would be pretty speculative
08:11And I don't really wanna sue, cause then what?
08:13I like this job, I don't wanna worry about fallout
08:15Which makes me think a quiet meeting with this Burroughs guy might be best
08:18Nobody's gonna force this guy's hand, I know Jerry
08:20Which is why I'm thinking the sword in the stone approach
08:22And there's nobody better than you at that, John
08:25Can I set up a meeting?
08:26You may, but first you meet with him again
08:36Establish that your goal is to work it out
08:38You won't be able to resolve it, but I do not want to embrace for hostility
08:41Then, I'll do my meeting
08:43Can't you, you know, forget about the rule just this once?
08:57Can I forget about it just this once?
09:00I-I-I don't mean to offend your religion, but certainly you can make an exception
09:05We don't do that
09:07We don't just modify our faith to make it more popular
09:10You don't need to be condescending
09:14Well, forgive me, I am not used to people bouncing in here asking me to adjust Judaism
09:19I'm sorry, I'm-I didn't mean, um, look
09:23Suppose we could show that Ira planned to grant the get, which he did
09:28It's just that he got hit by a bus before he could do it
09:31I'm afraid that doesn't help
09:33Why?
09:35These people wanna get married and they can't, you know, this is really a silly rule, I'm sorry
09:38You come into my temple and say it's a silly rule?
09:42Well, yes
09:44I think it is not fair if two people love each other and they wanna get married and they can't because of this-this silly rule, it's silly
09:51And I don't care if you have the Torah and a bunch of Jewish hoopla to back it up
09:55Hoopla?
09:57Well, what if this had happened to your wife?
10:00Suppose she had had a former husband who was a vegetable, you wouldn't be married, did you ever think of that?
10:04I'm not married
10:05And you wonder why?
10:06What?
10:07Are you always such a bitchy little thing?
10:09Bitchy?
10:10Coming in here insulting the Talmud, insulting me
10:12What kind of a rabbi calls somebody bitchy?
10:14I'm going to have to ask you to leave
10:16Cause I'm bitchy? God has no love for the bitchy?
10:19Get out
10:20I'm gonna tell you something
10:21Just cause you wear that little thingy on your head and you have that big heavy scarf, it doesn't give you the right to be vicious
10:26Vicious?
10:27Yes, vicious
10:28You are a vicious rabbi and I am gonna write a letter
10:32You insulted a rabbi?
10:51Am I a bigot?
10:53It's just this seems so unfair
10:55I think you're prone to overreactions when the issues involve matters of the heart
10:58Thank you, Elaine
11:00Karen Horowitz called, she's on her way
11:02Oh, great
11:03Oh, how am I gonna...
11:09I'm blotchy
11:10You blotched me
11:11I did not
11:12It's red here, look
11:13I didn't do that
11:14Oh, no, my face just happens to get red in the same spot that you minimized a pimple
11:18Look at this red spot, does that look less than not as much reduced?
11:21Calm down
11:22What? Calm down
11:23I look like Gorbachev
11:24I have a first date tonight with a very good looking guy and I look like a dead president from Russia
11:28This is just rich
11:29I got a call from the Anti-Defamation League
11:31Did you go sicko on a rabbi?
11:32Did I go sicko?
11:34He said you marched into his temple all anti-Semitic
11:36Oh, that little liar
11:38That... I just criticized one tiny little Jewish law and a big one for Karen Horowitz and... and...
11:44I'm sorry
11:48Maybe I was out of line
11:51I'm so embarrassed
11:53I can tell
11:54Part of your face is turning red
11:55Oh
11:56Oh
11:57That wasn't helpful
12:01Is Gorbachev dead?
12:03Georgia, put yourself in my shoes
12:05This affects my kids
12:07If my marriage is strained...
12:09I'm not saying I don't sympathize
12:11But maybe the first step should be for you and your wife to get counseling
12:16Not to transfer me
12:17This is not my problem
12:19No
12:20Look, I'm not going to argue the merits of it
12:22I know you win on that score
12:24I...
12:25All I'm saying...
12:27If working with a beautiful woman jeopardizes my family, my family comes first
12:32I've retained a lawyer
12:37Georgia...
12:38I could have said you were being transferred to help the corporate department
12:43I could have said the partners wanted to thin out litigation
12:46I could have made up any excuse
12:49Do you think I wanted to tell the truth here?
12:51But I did so because I've always been honest with you
12:54And I admire your honesty, Jerry
12:57But it is still wrong for me to get punished for your wife's problem
13:02So you're suing me?
13:04I hope not
13:05I'd like you to meet with my lawyer though
13:10Fine
13:12Fine
13:14It's already less red
13:17It is not
13:18It's just that the rest of my face is more red because I'm so upset
13:21Bad news
13:23Good news
13:25And potentially horrendous news
13:26Whichever order you'd like
13:28Let's go in that order
13:30That would be my choice
13:31The bad news is Karen Horowitz has returned
13:34Looking a little like my dog Popple before we put him to sleep for rabies
13:38The good news is this Jason Roberts really is interested
13:42And the potentially horrendous news is that he's here in person right now to confirm tonight's date
13:47He's here? With my face like this?
13:49I'd tell him it's a Rorschach test for love
13:53That was good
13:56Tell Karen that I'll be a minute and tell Jason that I'm in a meeting
14:02You can't snub him
14:04Just poke your head out, tell him you're tied up
14:06He'll see my face
14:07Do it quick
14:09Jason, hey
14:11Hey Allie
14:12Look, I'm in the middle of a meeting right now and I really can't get out of it
14:14But I'm looking forward to tonight
14:17Oh great, I was thinking that I might pick you up right here, say 7.30
14:22Fabulous, I can't wait
14:24Okay, um, 7.30 then
14:287.30, bye
14:29You ruined me
14:40Karen, come on in
14:42Elaine, Renee, I'll catch you later
14:46Would you like me to stay?
14:48Just this one time?
14:50No
14:52One of the reasons I came to you is because I regard Jewish customs seriously
14:56I tried to gently persuade him
15:00I have been invited to leave the synagogue altogether
15:02Excuse me?
15:04He said it was one thing to sick a lawyer on him
15:05Yet another
15:07To send somebody who didn't like men
15:09And still, yet another
15:11To hire a Jew-hater
15:12And to wrap all three of them up in one wafy little package
15:15He called me wafy?
15:17Oh great, make it about you
15:19I'm the one that's been expelled
15:22Karen, Karen, I will talk to this, this...
15:25Rabbi
15:26I promise you, not only will you get back into that synagogue
15:29I will make sure that you get married
15:31And this is a promise
15:33From me to you
15:35You don't have to worry about the get business anymore
15:38Ira died last night, so I'm free to marry again
15:41Oh! He died!
15:43In his sleep
15:45Oh, well, um, um...
15:47Mistletoe, yes dear, thank you
15:49But even still, I would like to be married in my own temple
15:52And I can't very well do that expel!
15:55I will talk to Rabbi Stern
15:57I will apologize and I will make this all go away
16:00I promise
16:02Could I offer you something to drink?
16:06No thank you
16:08I actually had a small sprite in your lobby
16:10It refreshed me
16:12Good!
16:14Look, I know how...
16:16How delicate this situation is
16:20And I'm prepared to make it my responsibility to see to it that her partnership track is not interrupted
16:25Her future here is solid
16:28She's a great, great lawyer
16:30I mean, everybody here knows it
16:45I find myself deeply troubled
16:48Well, I-I tried to tell Georgia that...
16:58It would be unfair for me to negotiate while troubled
17:02I'm less receptive to compromise
17:04I'll call to reschedule
17:09And he just walked out?
17:11According to Jerry
17:13Is-is this guy all there?
17:14The biscuit? He's there
17:15He just works difficultly
17:18John! How'd it go?
17:21I suspect in transidence this won't be easy
17:23I tried to tell you that
17:25Georgia, I want you to think very hard as to what you really want
17:28I want my old job back in litigation
17:30Please, don't rush with your answers
17:34He works differently
17:35He works differently
17:44So now I have another meeting with the rabbi to try to persuade him to take her back into the synagogue
17:48And that's the thing about me
17:50I make all my clients forget about all their troubles by giving them bigger ones
17:55Don't try to be funny, I hate myself funny
17:58But at the end of the month she'll be remarried and everything will be fine
18:01This guy has future written all over him
18:05So, um, did you become a DA right out of law school?
18:09Almost
18:11Worked at the justice department for a year, then I switched
18:14I wanted the trial experience
18:16What?
18:17Um, I was just thinking about something else
18:30Something...else?
18:34About the law?
18:36Yeah, this 10v5 stock fraud
18:39You know how thrilling those cases can be
18:42Oh, yeah
18:44I-I get tingles
18:50I still haven't figured out a way to prosecute them
18:55I guess the object in those cases is just probably to try to keep the jury awake
19:01I mean, the worst thing about being a DA is a sense of futility, I suppose
19:06Oh...yeah
19:09Get that gunk off your face
19:12Oh, thank God
19:15Um, you-you, uh, have a little...
19:19Oh, thanks
19:22Thanks
19:28I mean, I'm not really in favor of the three strikes law
19:31But, uh, it's frustrating
19:35You know?
19:36It's all one big, giant conspiracy
19:46So you're not gonna date him?
19:48I have a thing about first impressions
19:51I will forever see him as salad dressing face
19:55Ally!
19:56It's not a criticism of him, it's me
19:57I-I need therapy, I know it
20:00Salad dressing?
20:02I might have been able to get past the first little drip
20:05But the second one was a gob
20:07A big gob of gooey, creamy Italian
20:10It will forever be etched on his face
20:12Forever and ever and ever
20:13You have such a talent for ruling guys out
20:16You just blew off a guy last week for neck hair
20:19Well, I wouldn't have if I could have wiped it off with a napkin
20:21The truth is, you missed a giant opportunity
20:24I did?
20:26Yes, you could have blotted his chin
20:29A little touch, physical affection, and it's maternal
20:33Guys love that
20:35Whenever I'm attracted to a guy, I hope and pray he's got a crumb of something on his face
20:39I would love to talk more, but I'm late for Temple
20:45Alone, forever, you alone
20:50I know my answer may have seemed brushed
20:52But I really do want to stay where I am
20:56Doing what I'm doing
20:58I'd like everything to stay the same
21:00And unfortunately, that is the one option which is unavailable to you
21:03Why?
21:05We could perhaps get her job back in litigation by pressuring him, but it won't be the same
21:09It'd be different from Burroughs' perspective, it'd be different from yours
21:11You'd have all the security of a network executive
21:13That is the reality
21:15The reality of suing him, it's even worse
21:17It's even worse
21:19How so?
21:31How so?
21:33Collecting an errant thought
21:34Should you prevail in a lawsuit, and it's my feeling you would, you'd get money, but as far as future employment, nobody, nobody will hire a pretty young woman, fresh on the heels of a sex discrimination suit, like it or not, you would be unhirable
21:52Uh, that's not a real word, I use it anyway, which should give you an idea as to how severely it applies
22:03Well, then what do you suggest I do?
22:08Accept the transfer, go to corporate, call a headhunter, and update your resume
22:11What? That sucks!
22:13Well, it's not the word I would use, but it is a real one
22:14I-I'm not going to corporate
22:17Pragmatically
22:18I hate that word, pragmatic
22:19Georgia, may I take your hand
22:21As a woman, I'd say sue, but I'm not a woman
22:28It's not where I was going, I got boxed in by my poor choice of syntax
22:35Look, you can make a point for womankind, or you can do what is probably best in your own self-interests
22:41I-I-I wanna sue
22:51If it means not working, they're fine
22:54I won't sit back and take this
23:00Splendid
23:02I'm normally a calm person, but when you call me things like what? Jew hater, man hater, and there was a third
23:08Lawyer?
23:09Yeah, that, in a pejorative way, it's not in me to let that go
23:13It's only because of Karen Horowitz that I have decided to come here conciliatory
23:17This is you conciliatory?
23:19Well, you said very bad things about me, very bad
23:24You said bad things about Judaism, you called it hoopla
23:26I did not call it who-
23:29Oh, I-I just meant that a person shouldn't, you know, be denied the right to get married just because of a little custom that came about before the wheel
23:39Oh, well, if you would put it that way, I wouldn't have taken offense
23:42I'm sorry, I-I do these things, I have a habit of saying the wrong thing when I'm upset
23:49I mean, if you could fill this room with everybody I've offended, people would probably think you're a much better rabbi than you are
23:55And-here's the deal
23:59When people are together, or they're about to get married, and something happens to keep them apart, it-it pushes a button
24:07Now, if I came on aggressive, I really apologize, I just hope you don't punish Karen
24:12She's very devoted to you in the synagogue, she really is
24:16I understand, I do, but you came here as her agent, acting within the scope of that agency, therefore your actions run to her accountability
24:25Where do you come up with these jingles?
24:27I must have hit the bitchy button
24:29Two people want to get married, and all you do is fire off slogans, what the hell is the deal here?
24:33If she doesn't get it yet, you lose money
24:35Is common sense pinched off by that thing on your head?
24:40Did you just say to me something like, is common sense pinched off by that thing on my head?
24:44That was a slip
24:51What?
24:52Oh
24:55I demand to know what part of me you're laughing at
24:58Let-let me just say
24:59Let me just say, I'm going to assume that Karen's hiring of you says something about her
25:05You tell her, she's welcome here, and I would be glad to do the ceremony
25:11Is this a trick?
25:13Is this some sort of trickery, you being nice?
25:16I hate it when I don't know what I've done, especially when it's something good
25:23I demand to know why you are pleased with me
25:25He's with me
25:55Hey John, how's it going?
26:10Unacceptable
26:12Unacceptable
26:18Forgive my snooping, I just had to get a glimpse of your pre-game regimen
26:21Not that I learned much
26:22Are you ready?
26:24I am
26:42He's in there waiting
26:52Good luck John, sometimes he can scream
26:54The room is ready, the water's been shelled to 41 degrees
26:57Thank you for agreeing to meet me
27:02Thank you for agreeing to meet me
27:27Oh look, Mr. Cage
27:33Litigators have various techniques for distracting opponents, but
27:38Please
27:40Look, I've been around a long time, perhaps we can sit closer
27:44I sit here as if to suggest the room is full
27:48But it isn't
27:52Next meeting it will be
27:53These chairs will be filled with your fellow partners
27:58People whose eyes you look into more than any others for respect, acceptance
28:03They know the situation, but an excellent idea
28:07Well, they may know the facts, Mr. Burroughs, but
28:10They've only heard you tell them
28:12My presentation may be less exonerating
28:15My presentation may have the added impact of
28:19Well, presentation
28:22One if made in front of a jury would incur embarrassment
28:25Not just to you, but to your entire firm
28:27A firm that, correct me if I'm wrong, cherishes reputation
28:31Flaunts it for recruitment purposes
28:36Now, it would be painful
28:38To have these allegations levied against you
28:41Before a jury
28:43In an open forum
28:44It would be excruciating
28:46To bear them in a room filled with colleagues
28:49Who consider you a friend
28:51Colleagues who trusted you with preserving the integrity of a franchise
28:55They've all committed themselves to deeply
28:58Look at yourself through their eyes, Mr. Burroughs
29:01And hear the truth
29:03You hurt a young woman at the bequest of a jealous wife
29:06Your partnership earnings, together with bonuses, totaled $972,000 last year
29:11That's quite a bit of money, Mr. Burroughs
29:14But
29:16It's only money
29:19So for a man who prioritizes family
29:23Money really is only money
29:26So it becomes a smaller sacrifice
29:29To give some of it to Georgia Thomas
29:31In exchange for your right to spare embarrassment to your wife
29:34Your children to spare ridicule to a firm devoted to its highbrow pedigree of principle
29:43You want to dismiss today's meeting to one litigator's technique
29:47You may do so, Mr. Burroughs
29:49But at enormous personal and professional peril
29:51Fortunately, you have a very easy out here
29:57Money
29:58Rabbi
30:06Hi
30:08The wedding is on
30:10In my synagogue, I'll be doing the service
30:12That's great
30:14Can I steal a second?
30:16Sure
30:21Snappish
30:22Listen, I apologize for laughing
30:26Back at the temple
30:28But I have to say
30:30The thing I hate most about being a rabbi
30:32Is how everyone tiptoes around me
30:34Friends I grew up with suddenly became embarrassed to say a dirty word in front of me
30:38I found it refreshing
30:40How you were so willing to be obnoxious
30:42Thank you
30:44Anytime
30:46Listen, would you like to come to the wedding as my date?
30:49Oh God, no
30:51I mean, what would God think?
30:53You showing up with the Methodists
30:55It's just that three weeks is a long ways off and I might be in a relationship by then, God willing
30:59My God
31:01I'm sorry, here I go
31:04Look, I've been having kind of a weird stretch
31:08And last week I gave mouth to mouth to a huge person who thought it was a snow white thing in reverse
31:12And he asked me out
31:13And then I finally met somebody I could like and he had creamy Italian
31:15And now I assault Judaism and I get hit on by a rabbi
31:20And something tells me that I just probably shouldn't date until the world begins to make sense again
31:25You could have just said no thank you
31:29You're right, ask me again
31:31I don't have my mental health
31:44I don't have my mental health
31:47I don't have my mental health
31:50I don't have my...
31:53This will probably teach me to lock the door
31:59You need to lock the door
32:04Don't get up
32:06I would, but...
32:08I'm lacking the words, Georgia
32:11I'm also lacking any feeling in my feet
32:16This happens sometimes when I'm embarrassed
32:18Is there...
32:22Any way...
32:24I can help?
32:25No
32:26I'll be getting up now
32:28I apologize
32:30Okay
32:32It was good to see you
32:34You too
32:38You might think there's an explanation
32:41But you would be wrong
32:42That thing is giving me a headache
33:01Relax, Georgia
33:02Georgia
33:04Billy
33:05Georgia
33:07Billy
33:09Don't tell me to relax
33:11I know Jerry Burrows
33:12When you tell him he can't win, he digs in
33:14Which is why we're all ready for this meeting
33:17Are we ready?
33:19Yes, we are
33:20I'm so proud of your excuses, girl
33:30You got all these excuses
33:32I don't have any excuses
33:34It's just...
33:36They're either too fat, too Jewish, too much chin dressing
33:38You go cold on guys, because it's your nature
33:40I need a new attitude
33:42Would you go out with the rabbi?
33:44I might
33:46I seriously doubt it
33:48Don't usher me
33:50Hey!
33:52Ho! Ho!
33:54Later
33:59Allie?
34:00Jason, hey, how are ya?
34:02Great
34:03You're looking good this morning
34:05So are you
34:09I had a good time the other night
34:11Me too
34:14Wanna try it again sometime?
34:16Um...
34:18Uh, whatever
34:20We don't need to make plans today
34:22Okay
34:44Don't ask me to explain that
34:46It's just, uh...
34:48No, actually I am going to explain it
34:51I'm interested
34:53But that salad dressing on your face the other night
34:55The image keeps sticking with me
34:56So I needed to do something to preempt it
34:58And now I have
35:00I have wiped the slate
35:02And your face clean
35:04Call me
35:05Nice kiss, by the way
35:12You just did that?
35:18It was so out of my character
35:20I think that's why I enjoyed it
35:23What a story, I can't wait to embellish it
35:25What's going on in there?
35:27The big meeting
35:31I thought real hard about your presentation, Mr. Cage
35:34And I don't doubt the efficacy of your delivery
35:36But you know what?
35:38I sense a waning public appetite with sex discrimination laws
35:41Do you?
35:42I think these safeguards insult women
35:44Make them look weak even
35:46I also sense a waning appetite with people who sue
35:49Who haven't really been hurt
35:51I haven't been hurt?
35:52I get flipped over to corporate where I proofread leveraged buyout contracts
35:56You weren't fired, you weren't demoted
35:57Your salary is exactly the same
35:59I got kicked out of my department because your wife thought I was too pretty
36:02You gonna argue that in court?
36:03No, I plan to champion it
36:05Because I'm willing to bet that a jury won't hate a man that puts his family before his job
36:09You put your family before her job?
36:10Yes, I did
36:12And here's the bottom line
36:13There are no compensatory damages here
36:15She's not out of pocket
36:17All you have are possible punitives
36:18That means you have to get a jury to not like me
36:21And hey, I'll take that bet
36:23We could plead emotional distress
36:25Oh, please do that, I would love it
36:27The beautiful blondes, emotionally distressed
36:29You do that
36:30You think I won't get you, Jerry?
36:31I will get you if I have to get her at me
36:34I might even chick your ass right in this room
36:36All right, would you excuse us?
36:37No, I will not excuse you
36:39I must stay right here in this room
36:41Please just give us two minutes
36:43How'd it go?
36:45Good, I think
36:46We did our part
36:47The biscuit will bring it home, trust me
37:01Hey, interesting defense strategy
37:04I'm tempted to incorporate that into another case I'm defending
37:07Where the issue is similar
37:09The appeal to family, I like that
37:11Yeah, you're to be commended
37:13Oh, thank you
37:14Yeah, I agree, actually
37:15The successful prosecution of our claim here is by no means a guarantee
37:19As you can see, I'm dealing with very emotional clients
37:22I mean, the prospect of losing is no deterrent
37:24They're determined to see this through, whatever the cost
37:26Hmm, yeah, but can they afford the cost?
37:28I mean, young kids, mortgage to pay, huh?
37:30Well, that's where I'm sort of helping them out
37:31Since Billy's a member of the firm
37:32This case is on the house
37:34And given that, given their outrage
37:36No, we can't count on practicality to ever figure into their thinking
37:41Yeah, and as inventive as that, family defenses
37:44And again, I like it
37:47We both know in the end, you'd probably lose
37:50Yeah, it'd probably look bad
37:52Well, yesterday I got to do my little dance
37:58Today it was your turn to play Peacock
38:02Now it's time to do what we lawyers always do in the end
38:07We pick a number
38:11Miss McBeal, how?
38:13Miss McBeal, how delightful to see you
38:24Call me Allie, and that was snide
38:27I'm sorry, I just had the sudden fear that you now have a client who likes ham
38:32And you're here asking me to wave that stupid little kosher thing
38:36Actually, I've come here to ask you out
38:41On a date
38:45What are you up to?
38:48Nothing, I've just been thinking
38:50And, see, I am so indifferent to every man I meet these days
38:55It's rare that one comes along who I could so immediately dislike
38:58So I figure there must be something behind that
39:01This is how you ask me out
39:03Look, they say you're not supposed to be honest with men
39:08Because the truth is so detrimental to their image
39:11But I am just going to lay this out
39:14You and I, it's probably like mayonnaise on brisket
39:20But I've decided to make an adjustment in my social life
39:24What do you mean, adjustment?
39:26I've decided to juggle
39:28Instead of waiting for Mr. Right
39:29I'm going to take chances on Mr. Not Likely's
39:33On the theory of who knows
39:35Juggle
39:37Yes, and I would like you to be one of the balls I keep up in the air
39:41It's taking a lot of time
39:54Oh, he doesn't like to rush
39:56Oh, he doesn't like to rush
39:58You know, it doesn't give me great confidence
40:00Don't Georgia me
40:02I didn't say anything
40:03I have put my whole career in the hands of a bagpipe biscuit who doesn't even look at people when he talks
40:14311,000 dollars, end of business
40:25Payable to me?
40:29Today
40:31$300,000
40:33And $11,000, $311,000
40:35I'm rich, I can...
40:37Student loans, gone
40:39Car payments, gone
40:41Billy
40:43Just kidding, just kidding
40:45Look, it is conditioned on you being out in two weeks
40:47That is a concern, even though this is all sealed, there are leaks
40:50And when you're out of a job, it is difficult to find a new one
40:53She'll work here
40:55What?
40:56She'll work here while she looks
40:57We could use the talent and she'd be able to interview from strength
41:00Really?
41:01Well, and it's okay with Billy, some men don't like to work side by side with the ball and chain
41:05That's your call
41:07I think it's great, do it
41:09You...
41:11You don't have to do all this for me
41:13Georgia, you're a great lawyer, this is good for us
41:16Helping people is never more rewarding than when it's in your own self-interest
41:20Look there, you just got your first fishism
41:22Welcome, family
41:23Family
41:24Yeah!
41:26I've been down this road
41:30Walking the line that's paid by pride
41:34And I have made mistakes in my life that I just can't hide
41:40To Georgia, welcome aboard
41:43Yes, welcome Georgia
41:45And how about our biscuit?
41:47To John
41:48Yes, to John
41:49Come on
41:50Yes, come on
41:52So, you kiss dipchin
41:55And tell the rabbi you wanna juggle his
41:57Renee, it's the new me
41:59You were right, I have got to start ruling men in
42:02I have Roberts on Tuesday, the rabbi on Thursday, Chicago hope in between
42:07I have a life
42:08This rabbi is conservative, he can't intermarry, you do know this
42:11I don't convert on the first date, and besides, this is exactly my point
42:16I'm not looking for a lifetime, I am looking for a fun Tuesday night
42:20That would be fine if you were capable of fun
42:22Well, I am!
42:24Ellie McBeal
42:26Maneater
42:27I like it
42:33Ellie
42:35Georgia
42:36You're the one person I haven't run this by, my joining the firm
42:39I think it's great
42:41You know, it's probably only temporary, just a few months
42:44Georgia
42:45Here's a hot flash
42:47I like you
42:49I'm glad
42:51Just lock the door
42:52I will
42:54I have a dance with the biscuit
42:55Out of courtesy, she asked, I'm not moved by the music
42:59All new associates have to dance with me
43:01Oh really?
43:02I did
43:06Hurry, he's mine
43:08They're yours
43:11Let's go
43:17They say it's all in the attitude
43:19And mine has changed
43:22And I can tell, this time it's gonna last
43:25Maybe even a week
43:28Be right back!
43:32Be right back!
43:33Oh, I believe I am ready for what love has to give
43:48I got myself together
43:50What about the love has to give you?
43:52And now I'm ready to go
43:56I got a love to spend the time for you
43:58And now I'm ready to go
44:00And now I'm ready to go
44:02Now I'm ready to go
44:04Time I have all at the time for you
44:05You might have a nehmen