At Crane, Poole and Schmidt Alan and Chelina walk past Melissa who is filing records. She
watches them go into Alan’s office.
Alan Shore: Massachusetts has no ‘Stop and identify’ statues. So, we could make the argument that the
arrest was unlawful and therefore our client had a right to resist.
Chelina Hall: That’ll never fly.
Alan Shore: Well, it doesn’t need to fly so much as flap and flutter its way to reasonable doubt. Profiling is
wrong we certainly don’t do it when selling off our ports. Why are you looking at me like that?
Chelina Hall: Who’s closing here?
Alan Shore: Sorry?
Chelina Hall: With the case. Should I close? Or you?
Alan Shore: Ah, I’ll take the client, and you can close.
Melissa comes to the door.
Melissa Hughes: Alan? May I? Alan follows her out of the office. I’m not terribly comfortable with you
working closely with this woman.
Alan Shore: What?!
Melissa Hughes: I’m tapped into office gossip. I happen to know you kissed her during the Death Penalty
thingy case. You’re kissing me now, remember?
Alan Shore: Melissa, you and I kissed once. I barely participated, we certainly didn’t agree to any kind of
exclusivity. No hickies, or pins, or letterman jackets.
Melissa Hughes: You and I are in a relationship, Alan. The fact that you don’t realize it doesn’t give you
the license to be unfaithful.
Alan Shore: You’re mad as a hatter.
Melissa Hughes: When two people sleep together?
Alan Shore: That was a night terror thing.
Melissa Hughes: I’m talking about the sex.
Alan Shore: What sex?
Melissa Hughes: The sex you and I both know is coming. Don’t fall for her, Alan. She’s just a guest star.
There is at least one person who know what this is about.
