Fairly Legal (TV Series)
Shattered (2012)
Sarah Shahi: Kate Reed
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Quotes
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Ben Grogan : There is a woman in reception I would rather avoid.
Leonardo Prince : [sees young and attractive female] Looks like a real man-eater.
Ben Grogan : She's different when things end badly.
Kate Reed : [coming up, curious] What ends badly?
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Beth Shepperd : [in conference room] I'm sorry, this looks like negligence to me.
Cassandre : [whining] I didn't do anything...
Beth Shepperd : I'm sorry, sweetie, can I just finish what I was saying? This nurse was on her cellphone instead of taking care of my client. As a result, my client, Mrs. Gelman, broke her hip and continues to suffer from complications.
Glenn : From the nursing home's point of view, there is no proof of negligence.
Beth Shepperd : There is a broken hip. And the lady connected to it, was there. Here's a picture...
[waving photograph of frail old lady in wheelchair]
Beth Shepperd : to help you imagine... what the jury will see.
[to Kate, with exaggerated plaintive expression:]
Beth Shepperd : You know what happens to old people with broken hips? They die.
[nods, smiles]
Kate Reed : [uneasily:] Mm-mm.
[to the nurse:]
Kate Reed : Your turn.
Cassandre : I was with Mrs. Gelman. The other patient called my name. I turned for one second...
Beth Shepperd : To take a phone call.
Cassandre : There was a witness. She knows I didn't do this.
Beth Shepperd : There's no witness.
[shakes head patronizingly, smiles]
Kate Reed : [to Beth] Stop talking!
Cassandre : A woman. A volunteer with Mr. Larsen.
Beth Shepperd : Then where is she?
[looking around, smug little smile]
Glenn : Unfortunately, the woman said she didn't see anything.
Kate Reed : Who's Mr. Larsen? And was he there?
Beth Shepperd : Yes and no. He's a stroke victim. Oops, completely unreliable.
[enjoying this]
Kate Reed : [sweetly, with thinly veiled distaste] You just look and sound so sweet, but you're not, are you? Like bees in the shape of a donut.
Beth Shepperd : [unapologeticically] I'm sorry. Am I a pain?
Kate Reed : [smirking] Mm.
Beth Shepperd : Can we just get to the part where the nurse is fired and we get a settlement offer in the mid six figures?
Cassandre : I am here on a work visa. If I lose my job, I will be sent back to Haiti. My family counts on the money I send them.
Beth Shepperd : [coolly unsympathetic] Which only means you have more reason to lie.
Cassandre : [sobbing] No.
[Beth mouths 'yes']
Cassandre : No.
Kate Reed : [dismayed] All right, you know what? Here.
[comforting the nurse]
Kate Reed : Why don't we just take a break?
Beth Shepperd : [smiling victoriously] Because I'm right.
Kate Reed : Because this woman needs a break. Five minutes.
[soothing Cassandre:]
Kate Reed : Come on. Come on.
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Beth Shepperd : [feasting on Lauren's preparations] Ooh, crumpets! Mm.
Kate Reed : Ah. Thank you for coming back. I need to... suspend the mediation for a few days.
Beth Shepperd : [munching] Do you put these out every morning? Must be a fortune. Mm. So flaky.
Kate Reed : Hmm.
Beth Shepperd : Are you enjoying Benny Grogan?
Kate Reed : Excuse me?
Beth Shepperd : I read an announcement he joined the firm. God, that boy is a reprobate, wouldn't you agree?
Kate Reed : Yeah, just a total miscreant.
Beth Shepperd : Hmm.
Kate Reed : Look, I... I have a witness who can back up Cassandre's story.
Beth Shepperd : Who?
Kate Reed : I can't say.
Beth Shepperd : [mocking what Leo had said] Is she halfway to East Goosebottom?
Kate Reed : They need a little bit more time, and for the sake of a fair mediation, I need you to be reasonable.
Beth Shepperd : I am. I'm representing my client to the best of my ability. And I appreciate all your dipsy-doodling around here, but the other side has already agreed they have no case.
[as glum-looking Glenn enters]
Beth Shepperd : See?
[re the free snacks:]
Beth Shepperd : I'm gonna get another one of these. So good.
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Kate Reed : [victoriously] She wasn't on her cellphone, and the witness
[the affidavit is slid over the desk towards Beth]
Kate Reed : backs up her story.
Cassandre : [whining] I just want this to be over.
Beth Shepperd : Except... who's Christie Mae Larsen? I thought your witness was named Natalie Roberts.
Kate Reed : She is. Um... she was. They're the same person.
Glenn : The fugitive from twenty years ago?
Kate Reed : Yes, and my partner is negotiating her surrender as we speak.
Beth Shepperd : [laughing as she slides the document back over the desk] I can't take this.
Kate Reed : [mock laughter] You're taking it.
[pushes it back]
Beth Shepperd : A witness who's been on the lam for twenty years?
Cassandre : She was there. She saw what happened.
Kate Reed : Yes, that's right. She did. She even signed a statement. Her whole life is about to turn upside down. But she is willing to help Cassandre, while you continue to just suck the blood out of everybody around you.
[Beth frowns]
Kate Reed : And for what, honey, huh? Is it fun, for you? Money?
Beth Shepperd : I am loving this fair and unbiased mediation.
[Kate smirks]
Beth Shepperd : So glad you could do your job and help us to meet in the middle.
Kate Reed : You're lying, she's telling the truth.
[Beth narrows her eyes]
Kate Reed : I don't wanna meet in the middle, because this middle sucks. So drop the case, sweetheart, and crawl back into the hole you came out of.
Beth Shepperd : [coolly] Sticks and stones, Miss Reed.
[rises]
Beth Shepperd : I'll tell you what. If and when you have this fugitive in custody,
[picks up the document]
Beth Shepperd : I'll accept your affidavit.
[drops it back onto the desk]
Beth Shepperd : But if she disappears and can't defend her statement, then we go to trial.
[turns sharply and leaves]
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Justin Patrick : [in his office] I can make the deal without Davidson, but if this thing blows up, it is on me.
Kate Reed : Courage is an angel. Courage is an angel... that makes the difference between a good life and a great life.
[he smiles]
Kate Reed : You said that to me the first time we spent the night together. Now, I don't know if it was the tequila talking, or you just wanted to see me naked...
Justin Patrick : Probably was a bit of both.
Kate Reed : Hmm.
[shakes her head slowly]
Kate Reed : But I never forgot it.
Justin Patrick : I actually meant it.
Kate Reed : You know... Davidson... doesn't play fair, but you do. You.
[before she leaves:]
Kate Reed : So have courage.
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Kate Reed : She won't come in without a deal.
D.A. Aaron Davidson : Let me explain something to you. You have no leverage here. You don't bring her back to me, I'll put you in jail.
Kate Reed : Go ahead. I don't know where she is.
D.A. Aaron Davidson : Right. Right. Okay, I guess I could just let the press know that A.D A. Patrick here
[patting him on the shoulder]
D.A. Aaron Davidson : was conspiring with his ex-wife to cut a deal with a known terrorist.
Kate Reed : Ugh, oh, come on, she's not a terrorist.
D.A. Aaron Davidson : She will be when I say she is. You see, people don't think like you do. They think like me. You got in touch with her once... you can do it again.
[Kate looks at Justin for help]
D.A. Aaron Davidson : Oh, don't look at him, he can't help you out. Tell her.
Justin Patrick : You were harboring a fugitive, Kate.
Kate Reed : I was representing a fugitive!
Justin Patrick : No,
[regarding Ben:]
Justin Patrick : he was representing a fugitive. You were an accessory after the fact.
D.A. Aaron Davidson : Which makes you subject to the same penalties as Christie's original crime.
Ben Grogan : Then charge her! See if that sticks!
Justin Patrick : [with a heavy heart] If you don't tell us where she is, I will charge you. And believe me, it will stick.
[Kate bites her lip worriedly]
Kate Reed : She's not coming in. She's as good as gone!
D.A. Aaron Davidson : Well, that's why we'll have to tell her the original plea is back on the table.
Kate Reed : You can't offer a bogus deal.
D.A. Aaron Davidson : No. But you can.
[hands her the phone]
D.A. Aaron Davidson : Make the call.
Justin Patrick : Excuse me, I have another call.
[leaves]
Kate Reed : Oh, nice, Justin!
