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Favorite Scenes   March 8, 1994 Same as prior scene starting from ‘You heard me.’ N: No, I won’t do it. I’m sorry, but there’s no way that I can do it. Judge Fitz: Into my chambers, right this second. N: Your honor, Judge Fitzwater - F: Now! Or do I have to have the bailiff carry you into the conference. (N looks at B and H on way out) D: Well, I assume you’re all terribly satisfied. V: What happened? D: Viki, you really must have pulled in an awful lot of favors. V: What are you talking about? D: First, you get the district attorney to believe your lies and press charges against me, then you get your brother-in-law to arrest me, and now his girlfriend is being appointed as my attorney? V: What? B: Don’t worry, Viki, Nora will never do it.   N: Your honor- F: Close the door. N: If you’ll just let me explain- F: I said, close the door! Miss Gannon, did my ears deceive me, or did you refuse a court-appointed pro bono case? N: Yes, your honor, you heard me loud and clear. F: You defy a direct order from the bench? N: Only insofar as it pertains to Dorian Lord. F: So you reserve the right to pick and choose which directives to follow? N: Your honor, I will not take this case. F: Oh, yes, you will.   D: I couldn’t think of a worse person to represent me! H: Oh, really? D: I need a staunch ally, a loyal, determined advocate. And what have I gotten instead? The ex-wife of the man about to prosecute me, the next wife of the man who arrested me, and the bosom buddy of the vigilante who trumped up these false charges against me in the first place! B: Look, look- if you have a problem with Nora representing you, then why don’t you get yourself a different lawyer? V: Yes, Dorian, that would genuinely make us happy. D: Because I am just too exhausted to find myself another lawyer. To tell you the truth, I- I am very depressed by this entire ordeal, the thought of gearing up again to find myself another lawyer, it’s too much. But, I will just have to hope that Nora does the best job that she can. B: Something is fishy here. H: Yeah. I smell it, too. V: Well, of course something is off, we’re dealing with Dorian. B: What, you don’t buy this either? V: Oh, please. I have known that woman for what seems like an eternity. In those years, has she been neurotic? Yes. Has she been manic? Definitely. In fact, you could probably say that her entire life has been unstable. But depressed? No. That’s one thing she has never been. B: A few days ago, Dorian showed up at our door, and she practically begged Nora to take this case, you know? H: And she turned it down, right? B: Yeah, she turned her down flat. Now all of a sudden, Nora is representing Dorian. Doesn’t it kind of make you wonder if maybe Dorian rigged something so that it would turn out this way?ep H: Look, Bo, you can wonder all you want. However Nora got assigned this case, that doesn’t matter a hill of beans right now. The question now is whether she can get out of it.   N: Your honor, do you remember the last time you called me into your chambers? F: I had just been forced to declare a mistrial because of your behavior during summation. N: Yes. Well, your honor, that encounter left a tremendous impression on me, and believe me, your honor, it is not my intention to question the authority of this court. F: You are not questioning the authority. You are rejecting it out of hand. N: Only because this is a special circumstance. F: Explain. N: I have already turned down Dorian Lord as a client. F: So what? She was assigned to you now. N: All right. I also think there is a very clear and, and, and direct conflict of interest here. My fiancé is Bo Buchanan, he’s the commissioner of the police, he’s the one who arrested Dorian Lord. F: I see. So I am to conclude that you cannot accept criminal cases in this jurisdiction because of your future husband’s position. N: Well, uh, no, but- F: No, but, please! In my mind, there is no conflict of interest. The case is yours. N: Even if I think- even if I doubt my client’s innocence? F: What? N: Your honor, I am not convinced that Dorian Lord didn’t kill Victor Lord. F: Can you substantiate this belief? N: At the moment, no. F: Well then, you hear me, and you hear me well. You will represent Dorian Lord, and you will defend her zealously, thoroughly, and to the best of your ability as stipulated by the code of legal ethics. You remember, guilty or not guilty, a defendant is entitled to a good defense. And mark my words, counselor, if we find ourselves in these chambers yet again because of some courtroom stunt of yours, I promise you, I will see to it that you are disbarred this time. N: And if I refuse to take the case? F: It will all be the same. You will never practice law in this or any other jurisdiction again. The choice is yours, counselor.   B: How did it go? N: Terrific- if you’re a Judge Fitzwater fan. B: Did she threaten you with disbarment again? N: You know, she kind of likes playing that card with me, doesn’t she? H: Oh, great. You’re stuck defending Dorian. N: I did my best to duck it. I gave her two good, solid reasons why I should be excused. One, because of my relationship with all of you, it’s probably a conflict of interest. And two, I think my client might be a murder. V: Well, didn’t the judge take that into account? N: No, she’s completely unmovable. It’s like trying to pull a tree stump up with nail clippers. B: Well, we all know why. N: Yeah, I know. Fitzie’s still smoldering about the mistrial I caused at last year’s Spring Fling trial. I don’t think she’s ever going to forget that. V: This is outrageous! Can she really have you disbarred for refusing? N: Well, with the title Judge in front on her, and the American flag behind her, Barbara Fitzwater is the law. V: So, you’re powerless? N: Well, I didn’t say that, I mean, I could disobey her. H: What? Look, Nora, we’re not talking about a little smack on the back of the hand here. You’re messing with disbarment. Are you really ready to face never practicing law again? D: Nora, the hearing is about to resume. Since you are my attorney, I think we’d better sit down and discuss my case. It does pay to prepare. (N silently begins to count to ten)   B: …Just relax. V: Oh, Bo, how can I? Nora has a brilliant legal mind and the track record to prove it. Now, if she winds up taking Dorian’s case, it is going to be a great deal more difficult to prove that she killed my father. This is justice being done? B: Viki, I’m not going to kid you, all right? Nora is good, I mean, she is absolutely one of the best, but she’s not the only one working on this case. I was your brother-in-law. You, you will always be my sister-in-law, and I’m not going to let anybody get away with killing your father. V: Thank you. D: You know, the more I think about you being assigned to my case by pure luck, the more I think it was an act of providence. N: Yes, wasn’t it almost a miraculous coincidence? D: Well, the Lord works in mysterious ways. N: Yes, well, somehow I think you probably had more to do with me sitting here then God did. D: Oh, what are you saying? I mean, how could I possibly control the wheels of justice? It’s not worth talking about, dear, it’s nonsense. N: You know what nonsense is? Nonsense is the fact that I have to roll up my sleeves and give my all to defend a client that I don’t trust or believe. D: Nora, what are you saying? That you won’t take this case? Answer me. Are you going to ignore the judge’s order and refuse to take my case? court is called to order F: Counsel, are you prepared to offer argument in reference to increasing Ms. Lord’s bail? (pause) Miss Gannon, are you or are you not ready to represent the client assigned to you by this court? F: We are waiting, Miss Gannon. N: Your honor, I have only one thing to say in reference to my client, and that is- to increase her bail would be both unfair and unnecessary. Ms. Lord’s no threat to leave Llanview. F: What makes you so sure? N: She has been a long-standing member of the community, she has family here, she has business commitments here, and my client’s- depressed, to use her own words. F: Explain. N: Your honor, this woman has been so upset by the charges brought against her, she couldn’t even find the strength to get her own attorney. I mean, it’s inconceivable that a woman who is that demoralized could muster up the energy to take such a drastic and demanding step as fleeing the country. F: What you say makes sense. Bail will not be revoked, but I am going to increase bail by $10,000. Call it a warning for your client to consider her actions more carefully pending the commencement of this trial. Court is adjourned. Bailiff: All rise. D: You were marvelous. N: Careful, Dorian. Your depression’s cracking. D: Oh, it’s just I’m really so relieved. I have the $10,000 with me, that means I won’t have to go to jail, I was really worried about that. N: Dorian, aren’t you worried about spending the rest of your life in prison? D: Not with you as my attorney. Now then, I’m going to call Chet and have him send my files to your office first thing in the morning. Then, next, when should we meet to go over my strategy? N: Second thing in the morning. I want to read your files first thing in the morning. D: How does 11:30 in your office sound? N: It’s fine. Just don’t be late. D: I swear. N: (to V) I’m sorry.   H: Well, Gannon versus Gannon, part two, huh? To quote Yogi Bera, ‘It’s like deja vu all over again. N: Oh, Bo, please, please let me explain, all right? B: Okay, I’m listening. N: I know, I know, I know you are, I just, I, I- I don’t know what I’m supposed to say first. B: Isn’t it funny how you never have trouble with an opening statement when you’re in there? N: Oh, Bo, please. I don’t know when you’re joking or if you’re angry, or, or- I just really want you to understand, I don’t want to take this case, I have to take it. B: Nora, Nora- N: No, no, no. Let me finish, let me finish. B: Okay. N: When I went before the state disciplinary committee, when I caused the mistrial over Marty’s rape, I was sure they were going to disbar me, I was, I was- well, you were there. You saw how scared I was. The law is in my blood, Bo- I was a hair’s breadth away from being disbarred. B: Yeah, but you weren’t. N: No, no. The committee gave me a break, a suspension. But they told me if I ever messed up again, I might be disbarred. B: So you are going to represent Dorian. N: There is no way that I can avoid it if I ever want to practice law, Bo, and I do. I love it, Bo. Almost as much as I love you, it’s just- I need you to understand, and- and if you can’t then- B: Forget it, forget it. N: Well, I guess if it comes to that, yeah. B: No, that’s not what I mean. I mean, forget having to explain anything like that me. I know you have to represent Dorian. N: You do? B: Yes, of course. You know, one of the things that I love so much about you is, when you have to do something, I mean, you really, you do it. N: Well, you’re pretty strong in that department yourself. B: Aw, come on. Relax. Even though we’re going to be on opposite sides of the fence, or opposite sides of the aisle or whatever, we’re not going to let anything that happens here interfere with our home life. Right? N: No. B: Okay. And likewise, we’re not going to let our personal life derail the jobs that we are sworn to do. Okay? N: Got a deal. You also got a fiancée who thinks you’re the greatest. I love you, Bo Buchanan. (kiss) N: I like holding hands with the police commissioner. (kiss) H: Excuse me, I hate to break up this love thing, but I need to talk to you, Bo. In private. It’s business. B: Okay, I’ll be there in a second. Sweetheart, a minute. N: Thirty seconds? B: Thirty seconds. (H tells B that Ethel is coming to town.) D: (to V) Oh, come now. It means nothing at all to you that one of the most effective defense attorneys in this country is going to be working for me? V: I feel sorry for Nora. She has to deal with you.   March 9, 1994 D: Okay, counselor. I’m ready. Oh, good. I see that you’re up to speed with any former lawyer’s files. All right. Tell me, what can you do for me that he couldn’t? Can you get these ridiculous murder charges dropped so I can get on with my life? N: I can certainly tell you that, but I’d be lying. D: What are you saying? Have you read Chet’s notes? N: Yes, every word. D: And what’s the answer? N: Well, there’s more questions than there are answers, starting with the relationship you had with a certain nurse named Ethel Crawford. You remember her, don’t you, Dorian? She’s the one that says she saw you murder Victor Lord. D: Ethel Crawford is a greedy, grasping- you know why she took the job as Victor’s private-duty nurse? N: So she could be closer to you? D: Victor was the richest man in town. It’s really quite obvious. She was hoping that she would be remembered in his will. N: Unlike his wife. D: When the will was read, and she wasn’t compensated the way she hoped she would be, she took her revenge out on Victor’s widow. N: All right. So you’re telling me that Ethel Crawford felt cheated by your late husband, so she decided to blackmail you. D: That’s exactly what I’m telling you. I’m not proud of it, but I was frightened and I began to pay her off. N: How is it possible to blackmail someone without ammunition? What was it, Dorian? What was it that Ethel Crawford knew that had you so afraid of her? D: I mean, the woman was obviously demented. To accuse me of murdering my own husband? If it weren’t so ghoulish, it would be funny. N: Ethel Crawford claims to be an eye-witness. Dorian, do you deny her version of events? D: Categorically. I was at Victor’s bedside day after day, night after night. I practically made myself sick looking after him. Until that fateful day when he had another stroke right in front of my eyes. N: Well, what did you do? D: I did what any physician would do, I tried to revive him. N: You didn’t run for help, get a nurse, a doctor? D: I am a doctor. When I realized that he needed more attention, yes, I ran for help. Does Ethel say that in her deposition? No! The mere fact that I was with him in the room when he was stricken is proof enough for her. N: Dorian, why would Ethel Crawford accuse you of something you didn't do? D: Because, Nora, it’s her stock and trade. She threatened to go to the police with what she said she saw if I didn’t meet her terms. I was young, I was vulnerable- I met her terms, I paid her. N: You’re telling me that Ethel Crawford took advantage of you? D: She most certainly did! N: If she were a wolf, you were a very willing lamb! Why so meek and mild, Dorian, hmm? When right is on your side? Um, now is the time to tell me these things. Is there something else that happened at Victor’s death, something you’re not telling me? D: Nora, have you even been scared? I mean, truly terrified? N: I’ve been there. D: All right, then imagine my emotional state, my utter devastation. My husband was dead. I mean, we didn’t have a storybook marriage, but it was a marriage. I mean, we truly cared deeply for each other. N: Valentine’s Day has come and gone, Dorian, the facts. D: The fact is, I was alone. With Victor gone, I was at the mercy of his family, who all hated me, most especially though, his dear precious daughter Victoria. N: You’re afraid of Viki Buchanan? D: Oh, I know. To you and to the rest of this town, she’s a saint. But she’s always despised me because I stole daddy’s heart. So she was primed and ready to believe that I killed the man. N: And so instead of establishing your innocence once and for all, you further implicated yourself by buying off Victor’s nurse. D: I thought I- N: A jury would laugh you right out of the room on your way to Statesville Prison. D: It’s the truth! N: Tell me how you are going to explain to a jury of 12 men and women, all good and true, how Ethel Crawford slipped into a diabetic coma right after your visit? D: I didn’t do it! N: Of course you didn’t do it, you never do! Yet we’ve got one dead husband and one almost dead blackmailer. Now how’s that going to look to a jury? D: Ethel Crawford is a sick woman. She had an insulin overdose, she went into a coma, it happens all the time. N: Of course it happens, Dorian, especially when you’re around. D: When I left her, she was as healthy and greedy as ever.ep N: All right, if you didn’t go to visit Ethel Crawford to kill her, then why did you go to see her? And don’t tell me it was to pay her off, because you’ve been doing that by mail for some years now! D: I was desperate. Sloan and Viki were opening my mail, tapping my phone, going through my garbage, anything they could to find a story that didn’t exist! N: But Ethel Crawford did exist. D: And I had to make sure she wouldn’t feed their appetite for revenge by telling them what they wanted to hear. N: So you gave her an overdose. D: No! I went there to talk to her and reason with her. I even begged her. And then I left. Anything that happened to her after that, I didn’t have anything to do with it. N: Then why is she suddenly cooperating with the police? D: I don’t know! N: Oh, you better know, because a jury’s gonna want to know, they want answers, Dorian, lots of answers. And if you can’t provide them with those answers- D: What are you saying? Nora, do you want me to plead guilty? N: Yes. D: I’m innocent, and I- N: Think it over, Dorian, and get back to me. And now, if you don’t mind, I have other clients.   March 10, 1994   N working in office. B bursts in. B: Lunch! N: You know, if junk food doesn’t kill me, you will. Can’t you walk in here like a pedestrian instead of a Sherman tank? B: Not with you on the other side of the door. (kiss) N: What are you so happy about? B: I just, I- N: Right. B: Never mind, no, no, I- N: You can’t talk about it. B: No, well, no, it’s confidential. You know. N: Yeah, right, right. B: Yeah. Well, forget why I’m in a good mood. How come you’re in such a rotten mood, honey? N: Oh, it’s just, it’s this stupid- B: What? N: It’s confidential. B: Yeah. This is great, isn’t it? The one thing that we want to talk about- N: -is the one thing that we want to talk about. N and B: Dorian. N: This is great. Your new job takes away the nicest part about cohabitation. B: And what would that be? N: Having someone to share your day with. B: That’s the nicest thing you can think of? N: Well, yes, it’s on of the day to day niceties that makes living together fun. B: Yeah, but there are other day to day niceties that make living together fun. N:You’re not getting my point. B: Oh, you’re not getting mine. N: Bo, it’s the one thing I look forward to is your advice and your input, you know? You know what I mean. B: Yes! I know what you mean, I know exactly what you mean, honey. How do you think I feel, how can I be like an effective police commissioner when I don’t even have my trusty guide? You know ten times more about the criminal justice system then I’ll even know. What a revolting development this is. Anyway, let’s get back to my original though. N: I forget, what was it? B: If we can’t talk, we can always, um- N: What? We can what? (motions for her to come closer) What? What, just- (kiss) Oh, that. I like that. Why didn’t I think of that? B: Because you’re not as smart as I am. N: Well, that comes from being with Dorian Lord. She gets your brain rattling so much, you get stupid. B: Don’t talk, honey, don’t talk. (kiss) N: You know, I have to keep talking so much because otherwise I’d never get a word in edgewise. (kiss- she breaks away) N: Pizza, call for pizza. B: No, no, no talking. We’ve got food! N: Jill, I don’t want to be disturbed, all right? No clients, no calls, no visitors at all. I’m in conference. (hangs up) B: You little rascal. Pizza? N: You’re talking too much. B: What if your killer client calls? N: Dorian will have to wait. (fade to black on desk)   R and K visit H. R: Well, I guess it’s back to business as usual, huh? H: What? R: You two at each other’s throats, you know. H: Oh, no. I don’t think it’s going to be all that bad. R: Why, did you guys have a personality transplant or what? H: No, no, it’s just that your mom’s not all that hot about this assignment. R: Yeah, I know. So what? H: So it’s not going to be so rough this time. R: (laughs) Dad, are you forgetting how Mom gets when she really starts digging in on a case, especially a murder case? Remember that one in Illinois, the one where that guy murdered his wife and the man across the hall? I mean, she made a lot of people look like fools on that one. H: Yeah. You two enjoy you lunch.   N feeds B a piece of meat. N: I’m so relieved. B: About what? N: Well, after all the training you’ve been going through, I didn’t know how much you could handle. (B laughs) Your Charlie horse still hurt? B: (flexes leg) Take a look at that. And now with a great reward, I can endure any pain. N: Who are you calling a pain? (laughs) You know, sex does have its cardiovascular benefits. B: God, I love it when you talk dirty. (kiss) N: Maybe we should set this up in your daily routine, Commissioner Buchanan, you know? Especially when the big trial starts, you going to really need- to have a - What are we going to do about this- you know. B: We are going to avoid subjects that could be considered conflicts of interest, anything like that is just off limits. N: Okay. B: All right. Pretty good grub. N: Uh-huh. B: It’s a new Chinese restaurant. Did you get new drapes? Or, blinds? N: No. B: No. N: No. (pause) Bo, this is ridiculous. I am just as miserable about being on Dorian’s case as you are. B: Well, see, that’s where our jobs differ, because I am absolutely tickled pink about the prospect of seeing that mad woman prosecuted. N: Well, don’t make things worse, drawing up the differences like that. D: Oh, don’t worry, Ms. Gannon has time to see me. (enters) What is this? N: Wontons in sesame oil. Want some? (Bo holds out piece) B: Why don’t you just calm down, Dorian? D: Why don’t you not patronize me, Commissioner. Talk about my defense attorney being in the police commissioner’s pocket. B: Why don’t you just keep your shirt on, hmm? D: Really? I’m not the one whose shirt is coming off. B: Poor choice of phrasing. Well, red, you take care of yourself (kiss), because I am out of here. N: Sure, you get to leave. (D is staring at N) What? Don’t you, don’t you knock anymore, Dorian, what, do you have glass knuckles? I’ll put in a doorbell, for crying out loud. D: Don’t berate me. I’m not the one who was caught in a compromising position with the enemy. N: He’s not my enemy, and as for compromising positions, you are in no position to talk. D: Are you purposely trying to sabotage my case so I can go up river for the rest of my life, is that it? N: Woah, just woah. D: My files are lying out here right in the open for anybody to see, my attorney is half undressed, wrapped up in a gourdian knot with the police commissioner, the very man who arrested me! N: You’re on thin ice, Dorian. D: I demand complete integrity and honesty from my attorney. N: All right, stop right there, stop right there! Are you questioning my ethics? (pointing) D: I am questioning your- N: Are you questioning my ethics? Because let me tell you a thing or two about how I do business. I would no more betray a client’s confidence any more than I would betray a confidence of Bo’s. I know how to separate my professional life from my personal life, do you? D: I- N: Do you? I also managed to be married to the district attorney for years, remember? Furthermore, I will not hang around and be harangued by you about honesty and loyalty from me! D: Fine. You’re obviously out of control. (N laughs) Oh, dear. The fact is, Nora, that you were so busy making it with the top cop that you indeed were ignoring your duties as my attorney. N: I’m right on top of things. So to speak. D: Is that so? Then how is it that you’ve overlooked the fact that there is a new witness, that new evidence has just surfaced in my case? Oh, you didn’t know a thing about them, did you? N: Dorian, there will always be new witnesses, there will always be new bits of evidence, it’s an ongoing investigation. Get used to it. D: You don’t even know- N: I will know soon enough! That is what the discovery process is all about! But I have a bigger problem than whatever the latest bit of new, damning evidence is. D: And what is that? N: I don’t have any idea how to come up with any defense for you, because the more I look at it, the more you look guilty as hell! D: Well, that’s a fine thing, coming from my own attorney! N: If you don’t like the way I’m representing you , fire me, please, please, please, please. D: No, I’m not going to fire you. And I’ll tell you why. Because I know you. N: Well, that’s pretty presumptuous. D: I know you well enough to know that you’re going to win this case for me for three good reasons. One, you’re smart. Two, you’re tough. And three, you’re not going to be able to stop yourself.