[Boston Legal][S02][E15]Brad Chase--It's a cat.

Your Honor? I have to admit

when I first picked this case

I thought it was just as silly as you do.

I mean this couple broke up,

they managed to divvy up the car and TV,

why couldn't they figure out what to do with the cat?

Because.

Unlike our cars and our TV's

our pets transcend our property.

Property that lives and breaths.

Property that loves us back unconditionally

in an increasingly harsh and isolating world.

This is what Barry Manilow is, and

always has been to Beverly Bridge!

Now, Barry Manilow didn't

care how much makeup Beverly wore

or whether her outfits were just a

little bit too tight for someone her age.

He never ostracized her when she got

divorced or demanded she get a job.

Never asked how she spent her money.

Never came home smelling like another woman.

And he never made Beverly his trophy!

Barry Manilow was simply there for Beverly.

In fact Barry Manilow treated Beverly better than most of her husbands did.

Now he may be very ill now,

but there's a slight chance that he can recover.

We need to hold on to that chance.

Who among us here has the power to say

that the spark of a soul

is any less significant because it resides in the body of a pet?

I do.

It's a cat.

And the costs of keeping this cat on a

ventilator indefinitely are exorbitant.

Especially coupled with the pain this cat must be in

and its remote chance of recovery.

Ms Bridge, I am sorry for your loss,

but I must hereby order that Barry Manilow's ventilator

be shut off.