16. The Mighty Rogues

Shirley, Denny and Alan all comes to terms with end-of-life decisions when Shirley goes to court to force a hospital to put her father on a morphine drip. Carl helps the wealthy of Nantucket gain access to their own nuclear bomb. Jerry is sued by a woman who claims he drugged her.

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Shirley and Denny visit her Alzheimer's stricken father after he breaks several ribs from jumping out his hospital room window. When the doctor refuses to place him on a morphine drip, Shirley takes him to court and has Alan represent her; Carl Sack and Lorraine represent Nantucket when they want to build a nuclear bomb for protection; Jerry's new girlfriend, Dana Strickland ( Rachelle Lefevre ), sues him for sexual assault.

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