- Tara Wilson: [to Sheila] I realize that I'm only a third-year law student, but even I know that public policy won't let you litigate domestic disputes.
- Sheila Carlisle: You need to appreciate on a deeper level that you are only a third-year law student. You see, every law can be bent, folded or manipulated, so long as it conforms to fairness. So, instead of taking issue, perhaps you would like to seize the opportunity to learn. You see, Tara, I will win. Aren't you just fascinated to see how?
- Jimmy Berluti: Sheila works here?
- Eugene Young: What?
- Jimmy Berluti: That cuckoo bird? The woman who talks to God. She works here?
- Eugene Young: [to Shore about hiring Sheila] Did you hire her?
- Alan Shore: I don't have the authority to hire her, Eugene.
- Eugene Young: She's here. Look at her.
- Alan Shore: Yes. I said, "Come practice law with us on a temporary basis," and...
- Eugene Young: You were temporary.
- Jimmy Berluti: She's totally nuts.
- Alan Shore: Thank you, Jimmy. I never figured you for the type who liked to weigh in.
- Brad Stanfield: Confess?
- Ellenor Frutt: Well, wasn't that your plan anyway? You can't be re-tried; you're free. Why not save Emma?
- Brad Stanfield: Well, I could be prosecuted for perjury, Ellenor. I did testify that I didn't do it, remember? If I was to come forward now and say that I was the killer...
- Ellenor Frutt: Certainly, you're not going to allow your daughter to stay locked up.
- Brad Stanfield: My thinking was let's see how Emma's trial goes. She probably has a legitimate temporary insanity defense. Ten years old? She figures to be very sympathetic.
- Jamie Stringer: You're going to let her stand trial?
- Brad Stanfield: I'll testify on her behalf. I'll talk about how troubled she was.
- Ellenor Frutt: Brad, I don't think that's going to work.
- Brad Stanfield: I got myself off. Now I'll get Emma off. You keep forgetting how persuasive I can be.
- Ellenor Frutt: You know, I have freed murderers, rapists and I usually end up sleeping at night because I know my role in the system. You know, I'm the defense attorney up against the police state and all. I sleep. I never have trouble sleeping.
- Alan Shore: But?
- Ellenor Frutt: How do I let a 10-year-old girl spend her life in juvenile hall when I know that makes me... you know what I am, Alan?
- Alan Shore: Drunk.
- Ellenor Frutt: A monster.
- Alan Shore: Emma, I know about the little plan, and may I say I admire you? What a wonderful daughter you must be to protect your dad like this. You're a true hero. But now, in preparation for your dad to protect you, we have to get our statements exactly right to protect you both against perjury.
- Eugene Young: You don't really know me, Mr. Shore.
- Alan Shore: Eugene, I know you don't want me here and now I've given you a perfect reason to fire me. Ellenor would certainly understand. I would appreciate the courtesy of my discharge being a reflective decision, however. So if you could at least wait until your anger subsides, I'd be grateful.
- Judge Warren West: Ms. Frutt, we have a serious problem here. If that little girl took the stand and decided on her own to lie, then double jeopardy attaches, and Mr. Stanfield goes free. If he conspired to commit the fraud, however, double jeopardy does not attach and he can be re-tried.
- Ellenor Frutt: We understand that, your Honor, but...
- Judge Warren West: You stepped outside your role as advocates and stood before me as officers of the court!
- Ellenor Frutt: Which we deeply regret.
- Judge Warren West: I am not interested in remorse.
- Attorney King: Your Honor...
- Judge Warren West: I'm not speaking to you, Mr. King. Without asking you to reveal privilege, I would like you to either confirm or deny to me what you said to me as officers of the court.
- Ellenor Frutt: All I will say, we believed our representations to be true. Whether we continue to believe them to be true, privilege prevents us from saying.
- Judge Warren West: Mr. King, it is my finding: the mistrial was procured by fraud. Double jeopardy will therefore, not attach. Your client will be re-tried. Mr. Campbell, get the girl out of jail. Ms. Frutt, tell Mr. Shore that I am recommending him for immediate disbarment.
- Ellenor Frutt: Alan? You betrayed me.
- Alan Shore: Did I? Sorry.
- Ellenor Frutt: Don't be flip. I came to you in distress, in confidence, because I had a problem that I...
- Alan Shore: Which I shared. You couldn't live with a child being falsely imprisoned; neither could I.
- Ellenor Frutt: You should have come to me.
- Alan Shore: In which case, you might be facing disbarment. Perhaps you could say, "Thanks for the insulation."
- Jimmy Berluti: But you didn't insulate her. What you did goes to this firm, our reputation and it's damaged.
- Alan Shore: You're right, Jimmy. I'm sorry. How 'bout a hug?
- Jimmy Berluti: I'm gonna pop this guy, I swear. I'm just gonna hit him.
- Brad Stanfield: [to Frutt] Sure the whole town's applauding for you right now. Probably want to buy you a... a gold watch or something like that.
- Ellenor Frutt: I didn't rat you out, Brad. Neither did Jamie. It was another lawyer in our firm.
- Brad Stanfield: Are you telling me you had nothing to do with this?
- Ellenor Frutt: Oh, I would love to claim I did. I wish I had the courage to throw away my career, but somebody else did the dirty work for me. You're a fan of dirty work, aren't you?
- Brad Stanfield: I'm glad you're enjoying this.
- Ellenor Frutt: I am.
- Brad Stanfield: But you need to remember two things, Ellenor. First, I will walk away from the second trial just like I walked away from the first.
- Ellenor Frutt: Because you make such a favorable impression. People like you.
- Brad Stanfield: And second, when I do walk away, I'll be looking you up.
- Ellenor Frutt: Is that a threat?
- Brad Stanfield: Of course not! I don't believe you had nothing to do with this, Ellenor. I'm in here now, but I won't be for long.
- Ellenor Frutt: Keep talking. I am free to repeat it all.
- Brad Stanfield: We're in each other's lives, Ellenor. And the story's just beginning.
- Sheila Carlisle: People fall in love, Nancy. I "get" that. Fall victim to passion. But this? This was 6 years of careful planning to avoid detection. This was reflective, orchestrated, premeditated deceit. Don't you dare clump that under the banner of love! This was evil. You are an evil person.
- Attorney George Collins: Objection.
- Sheila Carlisle: Your Honor, God would like to apologize to the court. She says she's terribly over-extended and sometimes when she's spread too thin, people like Nancy happen.