Bull (TV Series)

A Girl Without Feelings (2018)

Geneva Carr: Marissa Morgan

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• Marissa Morgan : Her name is Tally North. Since the age of ten, she has been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. She lacks empathy for others, exhibits severely stunted emotions, and is prone to violence.

  Benny Colón : Isn't that what we used to call a sociopath in the good old days?

  Marissa Morgan : Actually, she used to be his patient, so this is kind of personal.

  Benny Colón : It's gonna be tough trying to get a jury to sympathize with a sociopath. Juries usually like to see remorse in their killers, and there's not gonna be any.

• Marissa Morgan : The night of the murder, Tally was arguing with her brother, Torin. The whole party, a hundred-some people, saw them going at each other.

  Danny James : Well, I don't understand. How can she be angry if she can't feel emotions?

  Marissa Morgan : It's complicated, but what sociopaths like Tally do feel are emotions involving themselves. That's why you don't get joy or sadness, because those are emotions that come from connections to other people. But conviction? Determination? Those are self-contained and self-generating.

  Chunk Palmer : All right, so let's cut to the chase. Does she have an alibi?

  Marissa Morgan : If she does, she doesn't remember.

  Chunk Palmer : Well, that's pretty damn convenient.

  Marissa Morgan : Agreed. The thing is, she is prone to blackouts, and swears she can't remember anything that happened between the confrontation at the party and waking up to find her brother's dead body on the floor.

• Marissa Morgan : According to Bull, she has suffered from fugue state blackouts since she was a child.

  Benny Colón : Fugue state blackouts? Was she asleep? Was she awake?

  Marissa Morgan : A fugue state is a dissociative episode where sufferers experience temporary amnesia and a lack of awareness of themselves or their actions.

  Chunk Palmer : Okay, so what's the big guy say? Does he think that this fugue thing is a credible defense? Does he think that the jury will buy into it?

  Marissa Morgan : No. Bull wants to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. If Tally was in a fugue state during the murder, she lacked the substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of her conduct when she killed her brother.

  Benny Colón : Terrific. I'm gonna go back to the conference room, comb through my law books, see if I can find any insanity plea precedents. With any luck, I'll fall into a fugue state.

• Marissa Morgan : You sure about this next move, Bull?

  Jason Bull : "Sure" is a strong word. I prefer "what other choice do we have?".

  [he nods at Benny] 

  Benny Colón : Tally... are you sad your brother's dead?

  Tally North : No.

  [murmurs in the courtroom] 

  Jason Bull : [to Marissa]  If I were you, I'd pull a couple of dollar bills out of my wallet and stare at 'em, 'cause that's the last green you're gonna be seeing for a while.

• Tally North : I know it must be hard to understand how I work. What goes on in my head. I just don't feel the same things you do. I don't get happy. I don't get sad. I find it really hard to care about anyone other than myself. Of course...

  [feigning crying] 

  Tally North : ...I can make you think I care.

  [stopping] 

  Tally North : But it's a trick. Something I learned when I was very young. I could do it when I fell off my bike, or... when I didn't get something I wanted for my birthday. And then one day, I realized "Oh. This is what they wanted me to do when my goldfish died. I can do that for them." And before you ask, yes. I know something is missing. Something is... broken. Wrong. And I feel really lonely because of that. I'm a part of a world that I don't totally understand. And one that, for the most part, seems really frightened of me.

  [Benny glances at Bull, who gives him a small nod] 

  Benny Colón : So I'm gonna ask you once again. Tally, are you sad that your brother's dead?

  Tally North : My brother was the only person who ever loved me. He just did. Even though I couldn't love him back. Why would I want to make that go away?

  Marissa Morgan : Oh, my goodness, we just picked up a green.

  Jason Bull : You sound surprised. I told you I was sure it would work.