- Michael Kuzak: Mr. Albert, do you have any feelings about TV news anchorwomen?
- Mr. Albert: It's nice work if you can get it. Sit in a chair, read off a cue cards and collect a six-figure check.
- Michael Kuzak: Miss Gill contends that she was fired because the station didn't want a news anchorwoman who was perceived as damaged goods. The defendants contend that she was fired because of low ratings. Do you think that you could examine that issue objectively?
- Mr. Albert: I don't see why not.
- Michael Kuzak: Thank you.
- Lawyer Neil Robertson: No questions, Your Honor.
- Stacey Gill: Let's lose him!
- Michael Kuzak: We can't show cause. We're down to two preemptories.
- Stacey Gill: He's already made up his mind.
- Michael Kuzak: The plaintiff thanks and excuses Juror Number Five, Your Honor.
- Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman: You're excused, Mr. Albert.
- [Mr. Kuzak cross the name Mr. Albert out with a black permanent marker]
- Michael Kuzak: Mr. Finney, have you ever been on a jury before?
- Mr. Finney: No.
- Michael Kuzak: Would it impose any undue hardship on you if this trial went more than 4 or 5 days?
- Mr. Finney: Not really. My boss is paying me.
- Michael Kuzak: Well, what do you know about the circumstances around this case?
- Mr. Finney: All I know is what I read in the newspapers.
- Michael Kuzak: And what's that?
- Mr. Finney: Miss. Gill was the lady on the local news. They showed her having a breast cancer operation and then a while later she was fired.
- Michael Kuzak: And when she was fired, did you sympathize with her at all?
- Mr. Finney: I figured she'd turn up on another channel somewhere. They all do.
- Michael Kuzak: Thank you.
- [Mr. Robertson writing]
- Stacey Gill: Not exactly in my corner, is he?
- Michael Kuzak: We've only got three preemptory challenges left. I'm afraid we're gonna have to live with him.
- Lawyer Neil Robertson: The defendant accepts Mr. Finney, Your Honor.
- Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman: Mr. Kuzak?
- Michael Kuzak: The plaintiff accepts Mr. Finney, Your Honor.
- [Circling Finney with red permanent marker]