Episode Report Card Wing Chun: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fear Of Commitment
By Wing Chun | Season 7 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.02.2001
County Courthouse. A guy I'll assume is the State's Attorney is asking Lisa, "She's historically non-med-compliant?" Lisa, rubbing her forehead, says, "Well, she has phases, but this time she's been off for about six months." There's some stage business involving Lisa and the metal detector through which they have to pass to get to the courtroom. The State's Attorney asks, "How many serious suicide attempts?" Lisa stutters, "This one makes three. Don't you know this stuff?" The State's Attorney says he's reviewing: "I just got this case this morning." Oh, I hate the overloaded justice system with the fast-food revolving-door zzzzzzzzz. Jon Gries -- who I've been meaning to cover as a Hey! It's That Guy! for, like, ever -- rolls up behind them at the metal detector. When the State's Attorney sees him, he calls him "Marty" and asks, "You got Wynenski?" Lisa corrects him as to the pronunciation of Sally's name, and Marty (formerly Jon Gries) recognizes the name as corresponding with a drug overdose. They stride down the hall, and the State's Attorney asks, "So you're stipulating to an attempted suicide, right?" Marty drawls, "No, but nice try -- no intent." Lisa starts to follow Marty into the courtroom -- perhaps to talk some sense into him using her fists -- but the State's Attorney pulls her back and quietly asks, "What was your name again?" She tells him. He asks whether Lisa witnessed the suicide attempt. Lisa says that she was with Sally, but that Sally took the pills in a gas-station bathroom. She asks who Marty was, I guess because she's never watched Law and Order before, and the State's Attorney tells her that, duh, he's Sally's public defender. The State's Attorney goes on to say, "Since they're not willing to stipulate, I'll have you testify to the intention and lethality of the attempt." Lisa stammers that no one called her to testify. The State's Attorney asks, "That's why you're here, right? You want your mother to stay committed?" Lisa continues to stammer her protestations, and the State's Attorney tells her, "Okay. You're here now." He goes into the courtroom, and she follows. Within, she sees Marty advising Sally. Lisa stops dead, looking lost.
County. In the foreground of the shot, we see a kid's legs dangling off the end of a bed as Benton walks in. The kid hops down and runs into Benton's arms; duh, it's Reese, and oh my god, he's so big! I feel old. Carla, sitting in bed with her hair all flat like she washed it and forgot to rinse out the conditioner, says she thought Benton would never get there. He asks what happened, and she says she was carrying Reese when she stepped on a grate and "twisted [her] ankle so bad [she] thought [she] was going to pass out." Benton, holding Reese, asks whether Reese was hurt; he signs the question to Reese, who smiles and points to a bandage on his elbow. Carla -- perhaps a little disappointed that her own injury didn't register with Benton at all -- says that Reese scraped his elbow, but that he's otherwise okay. Benton sees her clothes in the corner and asks, "Carla, you were carrying him while you were wearing these?" He judgmentally holds up a high-heeled strappy shoe. Hee. Carla whines, "They said they want to operate. I kept telling them to call you. I do not want an operation." Checking her chart, he says that her injury is such that they'll have to put a screw in her ankle to make sure it heals properly. Yuck. She pouts, "Can't you do it?" He tells her that an orthopedic surgeon will have to do it. She asks how long she'll have to stay in the hospital, and she says it'll be a couple of days. She complains that she can't stay away from home that long: "Roger's out of town." Benton mutters, "Yeah? Is he ever around?" Preening and deploying the baby voice, she admits, "We haven't been getting along too well lately. Which is one of the reasons why I cannot deal with this right now." Is it just me, or does it seem like Carla's trying to line up Benton as a possible replacement if things go south with Roger? No? Not just me? Cool. Benton offers to take Reese for a couple of days, but Carla smirks, "I don't think that's going to be a very good idea." Benton has no idea why she would say that, and she babies, "Jackie told me that you moved in with that girlfriend." Benton's all, "So?" Carla says, "I don't think it's a very good environment for our son." The son you had out of wedlock? Oh, Carla, sorry, I guess you can't hear me way up on the moral high ground. I SAID, THE SON YOU HAD OUT OF WEDLOCK?! REESE! YOU WEREN'T MARRIED WHEN HE WAS BORN! SO WHY ARE YOU MAKING A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF...you know what? I'll just leave her a note. This is, I think, more evidence that Carla's trying to manipulate Benton into acceding to her whims, because the idea that she wouldn't want Reese -- who is so young he doesn't even know what's going on -- to see an unmarried couple living together is just stupid. Benton points out that Finch is a pediatrician, and Carla drawls that Finch "doesn't seem like the motherly type." Motherboardly? Sure. Motherly? Yeah, not really.
Courtroom. Lisa is slouching deep into her coat, watching the proceedings. Holy shit, Dr. De "You're So" Raad still works at County? Apparently he does, because he's on the stand, telling Marty that Sally was admitted to the Psych ward following a suicide attempt. Marty asks whether Sally has shown any signs of "suicidality" (which doesn't seem like it should be a word) since her admission, and De Raad says she hasn't. Cut to Sally, looking slightly hangdog but completely self-possessed. While at rest, I generally look crazier than Sally does right at that moment, because I'm forever biting my nails or picking at my cuticles. I'm not proud of that, but it's true. My hands are hideous. Anyway, Marty asks De Raad whether Sally has "voluntarily submitted for all treatments and medications recommended by" the Psych department. De Raad says she has. Marty has no further questions. The judge asks whether the State has any more witnesses, and the State's Attorney calls Lisa to the stand. As she gets up and goes to the stand, another guy in the gallery stands up and starts protesting, a bit erratically, that it's his turn. The judge tells him to stow it. The bailiff goes to swear Lisa in as Gallery Guy continues his yammering. The State's Attorney says Lisa's name to kick things off, but Gallery Guy interrupts, "I've been waiting, and now this bitch takes my turn?!" The judge tells him again to shut up. As he continues muttering, the State's Attorney establishes that Lisa is Sally's daughter, and asks her whether she supports a mandatory hold for Sally, because she believes Sally might try to kill herself again. Marty objects that the State's Attorney is leading the witness just as Luka walks in and quietly takes a seat in the gallery. Lisa notices him and looks slightly relieved at his appearance, before telling the State's Attorney that she does think Sally should be committed on a ninety-day hold. Gallery Guy gets up and makes like he's going to storm the witness stand, hollering about cuts, until the bailiff takes him out. Luka catches Lisa's eye and shrugs, like, "The insane. Am I right, folks? They're nutty! What are you going to do?" Lisa chuckles mirthlessly. Sally watches as Gallery Guy is removed, and then turns back with a wide-eyed, pearl-clutching expression. Girl, please.
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