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Lay Down the LawEpisode Number: 58 Season Num: 5 First Aired: Sunday February 24, 2008 Prod Code: 508 |
Niki's multi-million dollar action movie opens, but allegations about her sexuality lead Tina and her manager to suggest she take a date -- a male date -- to the premiere. Jenny is banned from the theater causing Adele to take the reigns for the evening. Shane and Molly continue to play mind games with each other. Jodi throws a dinner party to some couples, and Bette is devastated to learn Tina and her date are also invited. Meanwhile, Tasha goes on trial and Alice delivers a shocking statement.
| Writer: | Alexandra Kondracke |
| Director: | Leslie Libman |
| Star: | Mia Kirshner (Jenny Schecter), Leisha Hailey (Alice Pieszecki), Jennifer Beals (Bette Porter), Katherine Moennig (Shane McCutcheon), Laurel Holloman (Tina Kennard), Rose Rollins (Tasha Williams (Season 4+)), Marlee Matlin (Jodi Lerner (Season 4+)), Daniela Sea (Moira/Max Sweeney (Season 3+)), Pam Grier (Kit Porter) |
| Recurring Role: | Angela Gots (Cammie/"Shaun"), Ted Whittall (Captain Curtis Beech), Deanne Bray (Amy Reed), Malaya Rivera Drew (Adele Channing), Cybill Shepherd (Phyllis Kroll), Kate French (Niki Stevens/"Jesse"), Clementine Shepherd-Ford (Molly Kroll (as Clementine Ford)), Patricia Velasquez (Begonia/"Karina" (as Patricia Velásquez)), Wallace Shawn (William Halsey) |
| Guest Star: | Conrad Whitaker (Officer), Crystal Bublé (Anita Martiniez), Aaron Pearl (Lieutenant Finnerty), Sean Bell (Major Dorough), Tanya Champoux (Gloria), Dominic Zamprogna (Greg/"Jim"), Andy Stahl (Ranking Member), Reese Alexander (Security Guard), Kaspar Michaels (Photographer), Chantal Jarry (Melinda), Danielle Kremeniuk (Sam Makarejev), Denalda Williams (Joan Noord), Aaron Craven (Kevin Mador), Kelly McGillis (Colonel Gillian Davis) |
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Music Featured in This Episode:
- The Blister Exits by Slipknot
- Underworld by BETTY
- What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
- I'm a Lover by The Staple Singers
- Maresia by Monica Freire
- B-A-B-Y by The Brunettes
- Broke in Two by Sandra Cross
- Little by Little by Dusty Springfield (edit) Although credited, Rachel Shelley (Helena) does not appear in this episode. (edit) This episode premiered online on OurChart.com on Monday, February 18, 2008 -- six days before the broadcast premiere on Showtime. (edit)
- The Blister Exits by Slipknot
- Underworld by BETTY
- What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
- I'm a Lover by The Staple Singers
- Maresia by Monica Freire
- B-A-B-Y by The Brunettes
- Broke in Two by Sandra Cross
- Little by Little by Dusty Springfield (edit) Although credited, Rachel Shelley (Helena) does not appear in this episode. (edit) This episode premiered online on OurChart.com on Monday, February 18, 2008 -- six days before the broadcast premiere on Showtime. (edit)
Tina: I need to talk to you - right now.
Jenny: Okay, okay. (softly, to Adele) Mom's calling. (edit) Molly: I know your deal.
Shane: No, you don't.
Molly: I do. You're thinking here is this stupid little straight girl, who doesn't know who she is or what she wants to do with her life. And you're just gonna sit there and be charming until I sleep with you.
Shane: Oh! I think nothing of the sort.
Molly: Really? So you don't wanna sleep with me?
Shane: No.
Molly: Why not?
Shane: Well, to be honest, I thought about it. And then I came to the conclusion if it was to happen, you'd probably freak out afterwards and go running back to your boyfriend in Vermont. And I'd be stuck in the cold with... nothing but the distant memory of mediocre sex. And I'd be out of cigarettes.
Molly: Here's your cigarette. And I am not mediocre in bed.
Shane: I didn't say anything. I don't know.
Molly: Whatever weird psychology it is that you're using, that's not going to work either. (edit) Phyllis: You can't take a hiatus from school. You aced your LSAT's.
Molly: I just need to time to figure out exactly what I want to do with my life. I mean, why does the world need more lawyers? It's so pedestrian. You get a degree and then intern--
Phyllis: For Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
Molly: Whoever! And then get married, pop out 2.5 babies, summer on the cape---
Phyllis: Yes!
Molly: No! I don't want that life. It's not for me!
Phyllis: It is you. It's always been you. What about Richard? Richard loves you.
Molly: Richard was a bore. That's why we broke up last week.
Phyllis: Why? He worshiped the ground that you walked on.
Molly: Which was boring! He's learning how to golf, mom. Golf! And he's got medication for early on-set baldness, don't you see how depressing that is?
Phyllis: You can't just throw away everything that you two have built together.
Molly: You're one to talk.
Phyllis: What does your father say?
Molly: That you owe him a lot of money and that you're ruining his life. (edit) Phyllis: You know what happens to people without an education? You could... (turns around, looking at Shane) you could end up like her.
Molly: What's wrong with Shane?
Phyllis: She's a hairdresser. That's what happens to people who don't get an education: they wind up in the service profession. (edit) Jodi: (about Molly) Shane may have set her sights on the one girl who won't do her.
Bette: Yeah, that's probably why she's so crazy about her. She loves a challenge.
Jodi: It's not about that.
Bette: So she says. (edit)
Jenny: Okay, okay. (softly, to Adele) Mom's calling. (edit) Molly: I know your deal.
Shane: No, you don't.
Molly: I do. You're thinking here is this stupid little straight girl, who doesn't know who she is or what she wants to do with her life. And you're just gonna sit there and be charming until I sleep with you.
Shane: Oh! I think nothing of the sort.
Molly: Really? So you don't wanna sleep with me?
Shane: No.
Molly: Why not?
Shane: Well, to be honest, I thought about it. And then I came to the conclusion if it was to happen, you'd probably freak out afterwards and go running back to your boyfriend in Vermont. And I'd be stuck in the cold with... nothing but the distant memory of mediocre sex. And I'd be out of cigarettes.
Molly: Here's your cigarette. And I am not mediocre in bed.
Shane: I didn't say anything. I don't know.
Molly: Whatever weird psychology it is that you're using, that's not going to work either. (edit) Phyllis: You can't take a hiatus from school. You aced your LSAT's.
Molly: I just need to time to figure out exactly what I want to do with my life. I mean, why does the world need more lawyers? It's so pedestrian. You get a degree and then intern--
Phyllis: For Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
Molly: Whoever! And then get married, pop out 2.5 babies, summer on the cape---
Phyllis: Yes!
Molly: No! I don't want that life. It's not for me!
Phyllis: It is you. It's always been you. What about Richard? Richard loves you.
Molly: Richard was a bore. That's why we broke up last week.
Phyllis: Why? He worshiped the ground that you walked on.
Molly: Which was boring! He's learning how to golf, mom. Golf! And he's got medication for early on-set baldness, don't you see how depressing that is?
Phyllis: You can't just throw away everything that you two have built together.
Molly: You're one to talk.
Phyllis: What does your father say?
Molly: That you owe him a lot of money and that you're ruining his life. (edit) Phyllis: You know what happens to people without an education? You could... (turns around, looking at Shane) you could end up like her.
Molly: What's wrong with Shane?
Phyllis: She's a hairdresser. That's what happens to people who don't get an education: they wind up in the service profession. (edit) Jodi: (about Molly) Shane may have set her sights on the one girl who won't do her.
Bette: Yeah, that's probably why she's so crazy about her. She loves a challenge.
Jodi: It's not about that.
Bette: So she says. (edit)
Goof: When Shane and Jodi are talking about doing the charity bike race and the party Jodi is going to give, the sunglasses Shane has on her shirt keep disappearing and reappearing between shots.
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Lay Down the LawSuperb "Painful to watch" Painful to see the hurt between Bette and Tina because they have to hide their love for one another. Continue » Posted Mar 1, 2008 12:04 pm PST |
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Lay Down the LawSuperb "Not my favorite storyline" The awkwardness between Bette and Tina continues. Continue » Posted Feb 25, 2008 11:25 am PST |
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Lay Down the LawSuperb "Another great installment" YEA, Tasha! Given a way out of her legal problem with the army, she chose instead to go with her heart! Bette being unreasonable, Kit's reopened the Planet, Molly's being the typical curious straight girl, and actually felt sorry for Jenny..... Continue » Posted Feb 25, 2008 9:41 am PST |
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