Fairly Legal (TV Series)

Shattered (2012)

Katie Walder: Beth Shepperd

Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.

• Beth Shepperd : [in Ben's office, admiring his antique knight's helmet]  You've done well for yourself.

  Ben Grogan : You too. Representing rich old ladies.

  Beth Shepperd : Hmm.

  [scoffs] 

  Beth Shepperd : Used to be your bread and butter. You can take the boy out of ambulance chasing...

  Ben Grogan : I need a favor.

  Beth Shepperd : You seeing anybody? The mediator's pretty when she's not talking.

  Ben Grogan : Hold off on the settlement, Beth.

  Beth Shepperd : What's in it for me, Benny?

  Ben Grogan : What do you want?

  Beth Shepperd : Let's have dinner.

  Ben Grogan : No.

  Beth Shepperd : You obviously didn't have much respect for me. I think that's why we broke up.

  Ben Grogan : Really? I thought it was 'cause you're a basket full of crazy.

  Beth Shepperd : It was a cute crazy... before I met you. I need closure, Benny. I need you to explain to me why it was okay to break my heart... and then evaporate. I'm thinking maybe somewhere that serves a soufflé.

  Ben Grogan : Coffee... someday.

  Beth Shepperd : [insisting]  How about today?

• 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] 

• Beth Shepperd : If she runs, I win. Maybe it is that simple.

  Ben Grogan : Winning is not everything.

  Beth Shepperd : Wow. Looks like a woman finally got under Ben Grogan's skin.

  [slight shrug] 

  Beth Shepperd : I'm just sorry it wasn't me.

  [moves past]