Boston Legal · Season 2
[talking about Bernard] He seems to take particular delight in all of this. Does he not, Catherine?
We all do. It's fun to see pretty people fall.
Your little boyfriend is twisted. Trust me when I tell you, he's not finished killing.
(In Judge Cooper's Chambers)
Mr. Shore, This, this woman is trying to manipulate this process. I will not be manipulated.
(Whispered To Alan) Mad Cow!
Silence! (To Alan) She likely fired her last attorney because she told him she did it, and he couldn't have put her on the stand to lie, so she was forced to retain new counsel, thereby keeping them in the dark. And now we have you, (to Denny) and you.
Well, if this woman wishes to manipulate me in the dark, then...
Denny...
Judge Cooper (To Denny) Silence!
(Whispered To Alan) The eye!
Judge Cooper (Whispered) Quiet!
You know, I hate to break up the tea party but...
Careful, we're still a bit thin-skinned on that one. Such a waste of proper tea.
I can see you're aroused. You might consider the last man to make love to her died while doing so.
[Denny looks over Kelly Nolan's body.]
I'll take my chances.
Certainly you'd want me by your side at this trial.
I'm sure you're very sweet, but old men tend to die on me.
I'm Denny Crane. No bigger ass--asset! You want me at your table.
My God, you're even more striking in person.
Who is this man? And why is his face about to explode?
Kelly Nolan, this is Denny Crane. Success has caused his head to swell.
Not everything is about money, Shirley. Sometimes sex counts, too. It used to count with you. One minute you couldn't get enough of me, the next you lose interest. What happened, Shirley? I need to know.
They invented color television.
You and me. In my office. Gimme 2 minutes.
If you could last 3 I might consider it.
[to Denny] How 'bout you go back to your office? I'll have a pair of my pants delivered. You can try and get in them on your own time.
And how are we supposed to understand what she's saying?
Well, we have her affidavit. Plus as it happens, I speak cello.
[Denny and Alan are out on the balcony mid episode]
Is the show over already? You look beaten.
I just caught Tara laughing with another man.
Are you sure they weren't just...kissing or something?
[to Bernie] What are ya going to do? Whack me on the head?
When a beautiful woman says, 'get me off', you 'get her off', Shirley, it's as simple as that.
[to Kelly] I'll visit you in jail. Conjugal.
I'm sorry, your honor. I have mad cow disease. I think you do, too.
Schadenfreude. From the German words, Schaden and Freude, damage and joy. It means to take spiteful, malicious delight in the misfortune of others. We used to dismiss this as simply an ugly side of human nature, but it is much, much more than that. Recently a Stanford professor actually captured Schadenfreude on a brain scan. It's a physiological medical phenomenon. When we see others fall it sometimes causes a chemical to be released in the dorsal striatum of the brain which actually causes us to feel pleasure. If you watch the news or read the papers, which of course you don't because the Judge said not to, but if you did, you would see the undeniable delicious joy of the media and the public over Kelly Nolan's plight. I have no doubt that you want Kelly Nolan to be punished. She married for money, she had an affair, she carried on naked in the pool with her boyfriend. She's cold, materialistic, unlikable, and it might bring you all pleasure to see her go to jail. But as for evidence to establish that she committed a murder beyond all reasonable doubt? It just isn't there. The only possible route to a guilty verdict here is Schadenfreude.
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