January 4, 2006 Transcript
"O'Hannah vs. Hawaii"

Alexis: Durant is such an ass! Making me rot in this prison, wasting all my valuable work time, when I could go home and spend time with my daughters. I hate him, and I'm going to make him pay. I am. I'm going to turn this around so it bites him in the butt.

Ric: How are you going to do that?

Alexis: Since he's put me out of commission, he has adversely affected my time to prepare for a defense, so I'm going to have to push back the trial date.

Ric: Well, you might want to rethink that because a byproduct of it is Durant will have additional time to prepare, as well, leaving two very high-strung key witnesses -- Carly and Sam, to be exact -- time to calm down and get their stories straight, and then it's going to be your lovely little butt with the teeth marks in it. Alexis, Durant’s always working two agendas here. He wants to see Manny go to jail for his crimes, yes, but he'd rather see Sonny and Jason tripped up somehow. I'd rather not have us part of that. He's not a good multitasker, ok? He's going to confuse his objectives, he's going to wear himself too thin, and then we can use that against him.

Alexis: I'm sorry -- you weren't trying to tell me how to try my case, were you?

Ric: I'm just pointing out one particular aspect of something that maybe you might have missed.

Alexis: I didn't miss anything. Durant is trying to rush this trial because he's taken advantage of all the hostility that everyone has about Manny and the Glencoe crash. But if I push back the trial, I am improving the chances of seating an objective jury.

Ric: Mm-hmm, so I guess that my theory has absolutely no merit whatsoever, right?

Alexis: You're a wonderful husband --

Ric: Mm-hmm.

Alexis: And you are a very good attorney, for a Harvard grad. But I know exactly how to win this case.

Ric: Is winning what you really want?

John: Ah. Well, I'm glad to see you two are enjoying each other's company. You'll be in here till about 10:00 A.M. tomorrow morning.

Ric: What?

Alexis: No. That's not going to happen.

Ric: Uh-uh, no, no, no, no.

Alexis: No, here's what's going to happen. You're going to get us out of here and you're going to get us out of here right now, or you're going to see the biggest lawsuit this department has ever seen!

John: Any woman who pulls me this close better mean business, sweetheart.

Ric: Alexis, let go, honey. Let go. That's right.

John: Yeah, that's what I thought. No, you see, I have every right to detain you. Section 7896-F of the State Judicial Code allows me to do just that.

Ric: No, not according to O'Hannah vs. Hawaii.

John: O'Hannah what?

Ric: Just look it up, Durant. Basically, it says that you let Alexis and me out of here or you lose your job.

Alexis: By fabricating that precedent, you just made the situation worse.

Ric: You think I made it up?

Alexis: I know that you made it up, and I know why. I just wish that reason had prevailed.

Ric: The Eighth Circuit Court upheld O’Hannah vs. Hawaii in the third week of December.

Alexis: Oh, it most certainly did not. I would have known about that. I keep very current on all of these decisions. Believe me, I would have heard about that case.

Ric: You've been a little preoccupied lately, you know?

Alexis: Really? So I've been too self-involved to be effective in my job?

Ric: No, pregnancy, a train crash -- you know, your legal skills are as sharp as ever, but I think this is one case that you maybe missed, ok? Big deal.

Alexis: I didn't miss anything. You're bluffing.

Ric: Ahem.

Alexis: And Durant knows it.

John: All right, let them out.

Alexis: So, what, the mayor heard about this and asked you to stop violating our civil rights?

John: No, I looked up O’Hannah vs. Hawaii. Ric was right. I have no authority to detain you.

Alexis: Did you happen to notice when that decision was handed down?

John: Yeah, third week in December.

Alexis: There it is. "O'Hannah vs. Hawaii." A paralegal forwarded this. How could I have not seen this?

Ric: You know, maybe instead of obsessing over one missed precedent, you should be asking me to come on board as co-counsel.

Alexis: You don't think I can win on my own?

Ric: I'm just saying that two good lawyers are better in this case than one.

Alexis: You're willing to defend Manny?

Ric: I'm willing to be of assistance to you.

Alexis: You sweet talker.