You Don't Know Jack Page #5

It didn't stop me,

did it?

Yeah, ll, it stops suppliers from

providing you with your poisons.

That's what

I've got neal for.

Fieger:

Where the hell

are you going?

Jack:

Home.

Well, come on,

I'll give you a ride.

- My car's up here.

- No, I need the exercise.

I need to get

the blood flowing.

We've got an offer

to fly to new york

To do

the barbara walters show.

Well, if barbara walters

wants me badly enough,

She knows where

to find me.

Don't make this

complicated, jack.

- Can't it.

- This is important.

One too many passenger

rides in a f-86 sabre

When I was

stationed in seoul.

Flying scares the daylights

out of me, geoff.

Nighty night!

( classical score playing )

Barbara walters:
Doctor,

let me be frank.

You're aware that people

think you are a ghoul?

It's emotionalism.

When heart transplants

first started,

There was the same

prevalent feeling,

Even among doctors,

that it was wrong.

It was contrary

to god's will,

Contrary to nature.

Isn't it

ghoulish to rip

A person's chest open

And take out a heart,

Or a bypass opation?

Ether is

the same thing.

You have ether, been

around for centuries--

It wasn't used,

Not till 1846.

It was discovered in

1543, and before that

Everybody was being operated

on while they were awake!

Surgeons were cutting them

open while they were awake.

Did you know that, geoff?

- No. - Oh, yes.

And you know why it was banned?

Because of religious dogma.

Because

of the foolish notion

That there's a god almighty

who wills us to suffer.

Do you turn

patients down?

I turn-- 97% to 98%

Of the patients who contact

me, I turn them down.

Should there be

second opinions?

Always a second opinion.

A third opinion. ( chuckles )

- But there wasn't in your case.

- No, there wasn't,

Because no one

cooperates with me.

What do you say

to people who say,

"dr. Kevorkian, you

are playing god"?

I say to them,

"so what?

" ( chuckles )

When a doctor gives you a

pill, he's playing god

Because he's interfering

with your natural process.

All doctors believe

they're god.

They shouldn't,

but they do.

But I prefer that

than the doctors

Who are more interested

in their stock portfolios

Than they are

in their patients.

( chatting )

Did you see the way

she looked at you?

She probably thought

I was unattainable.

She was very smitten.

- ( chuckles ) - I knew I

should've called her barbara.

- Coffee?

- Yeah.

- Decaf?

- No no, decaf's for cowards.

Thompson:
The autopsy proved that mrs.

Wantz had

No anatomical evidence of

disease in her entire body.

It was all in her head

and he knows it.

And mrs. Miller, although

she had a terrible disease,

Could have lived

for many years

If she had been more willing to

participate in her own care.

Ah. So you're a doctor too now, dick?

( chuckles )

Your honor,

there isn't one iota,

One scintilla, one

speck of evidence

That he murdered marjorie

wantz or sherry miller.

This is all part of your

puritanical persecution

- Of dr. Kevorkian. - Enough.

I've reviewed the indictment.

I'm dismissing

the charges.

The act of assisting a suicide

is not a criminal act

According

to our current laws.

But without a medical license,

he cannot dispense medication,

- So don't do anything stupid.

- He won't, your honor.

I'm gonna kick your ass

till my legs fall off.

It was a clear victory

for the most important

Civil rights issue

of our time.

So you're obviously not happy

with the judge's decision.

- Where do you go from here?

- Governor engler needs to push a ban through

The state legislature--

something, anything--

Unless you want

michigan to become

The suicide capital

of the world.

Lessenberry:
Michigan

residents, by a 5:1 margin

Said that they'd acquit him of

murder if they were on a jury

And over 70% believe that

doctors should be able allowed

To help a terminally-ill

patient commit suicide.

( van door closes )

I'm a deeply religious man, mr.

Lessenberry,

And what kevorkian proposes goes

against every fiber of my being.

- If this were accepted...

- Room service.

...How on god's green earth

would we prevent abuse?

Neal:
Nobody here ordered

any room service!

- Jack:
Who is this? Hello?

- Man:
Open the door.

- Who is this? - Man: It's the police, jack.

We know you're in there.

- Jack:
What is this? - Get out of the way.

Get out of the way.

- Don't you push me, sir.

- Where is it, jack?

Nothing is going on here.

We're just talking.

- Man #2:
Where are you folks from?

- California.

- Nothing illegal is going on.

- Why are you harassing us? We're not criminals!

- You don't have to say a word.

- What's in the case?

Thompson:
I know that too

many sick people lack access

To care and support, too many families

are saddled with medical expenses,

But if this were legalized, it could

lead to cost- containment strategies.

- We're here to prevent a suicide.

- We came to save your life.

- Check this out.

- Who the hell asked you to?

- Who the hell ask you?

- I'm sorry, isabel.

Where is the suicide poisons?

Where do you keep them?

- Don't they have to have a search warrant?

- A srch warrant?

This is not the world I

raised my three boys in.

It's not a world

I'd recognize.

"not a world

I would recognize"?

What is this dick

thompson bullshit?

Lessenberry:
I believe

it's called journalism.

Both sides deserve

a voice, geoff.

Well, f*** that

and f*** you!

You think you're hot sh*t because "the

new york times" is printing you?

Look. There's only one

side to this story-- ours.

Don't let me cut off

your access to jack.

( distant siren )

( police radio chatter )

I feel

for our patients.

- They deserve better.

- Neal:
Yeah.

Jack:
Someone like isabel,

she deserves respect.

What are we doing

sneaking around

Like we're thieves?

What is that?

- We're the good guys.

- Yeah.

They bust down

the motel door

With crowbars and guns

Like we're-- we're some

chicago bootleggers.

We have to hide 'em

in places like this.

We have to

handle these things

In the backs of vans in

the middle of the night,

Drop bodies off

In emergency room

parking lots.

We're not criminals.

We're not criminals.

The criminals are those who

are trying to stop us.

Those are the ones that

should be ashamed.

Woman over radio: 0-1-5-0-6,

saginaw motel.

0-1-5-0-6,

saginaw motel.

Reported assisted suicide.

Dr. Jack kevorkian.

Huh.

This may count as loitering.

We shouldn't be out here too

long without an attorney.

- Let's go.

- Yup.

Woman over radio:

0-6-1-1-9, 0-6-1-1-9,

- Suspect not on premises.

- ( radio chatter continues )

- Female, late 50s.

- Woman #2:
7-8-5, no resident here.

Woman #3:

R-34, roger.

C-3-3-5, cleared out

number 1 to number 3.

Jack:
Please tell me what

it is your daughter has

In her brain that won't

let her accept the fact

That you can pay a

bill with cash?

- Please. I did.

- And the one thing--

- What you don't do-- what you don't do...

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