JUDGE: If there are no more objections, I'll hear final summations.

GUNN: (entering in a suit) Your honor, the defense requests one more minute to confer.

JUDGE: Another defense lawyer. What a joy.

(Gunn whispers to Keel)

KEEL: Uh, Your Honor, at this point, I'd like to cede the floor to my colleague Charles Gunn.

JUDGE: So noted.

GUNN: Thank you. Your Honor, the defense moves for a mistrial.

JUDGE: You are, of course, joking.

GUNN: Your Honor, that's the second prejudicial remark you've made against the defense since I entered the room.

JUDGE: What are your grounds for requesting a mistrial?

GUNN: You are, Your Honor. I'm asking that you recuse yourself from this trial.

JUDGE: The thin ice you are on is over very deep water.

GUNN: No judge shall be appointed to try any case concerning a business colleague or employee. (picks up a file) Permission to approach the bench.

JUDGE: These are...? (opens the file) What are you doing with my tax records?

GUNN: The highlighted portions indicate stock in Oriental Bay Exports, which is owned by Loros, Incorporated, which in turn is owned by a consortium that includes the defendant, Corbin Fries.

JUDGE: I have brokers who do my— You submit that I could possibly have known about this connection?

GUNN: I found out, and I've been on the case 6 hours.

JUDGE: The ice is melting, counselor.

GUNN: The defense submits it has learned how to swim. I withdraw that statement with apologies. McCracken vs. The State of Maine, 1954: Any financial dealings shall be deemed the responsibility of the interested party, regardless of number or function of employees unless said party has been judged mentally incapable. Permission to approach. And furthermore, the strain on my client's several businesses has forced Oriental Bay Exports to shrink its holdings of late. If Mr. Fries is convicted, the interest your honor has in it would represent a controlling interest. I would prefer not to present the rest of our findings in front of the jury.

JUDGE: I'll see counsel in my chambers. Right now.

• Gunn's instant lawyerhood

written by: Joss Whedon; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited & formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
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