Nell Page #3

you all the way to the Supreme Court

How can she give

her informed consent?

She doesn't even speak English!

If she doesn't speak English, she has to

give her consent through an interpreter

What interpreter? This is crazy!

There isn't anybody

who speaks her language!

Then I guess somebody's

gonna have to learn

Dr. Lovell's view seems to be that

this woman's natural habitat is...

a primitive cabin in the heart of

the forest. Well, I take a different view

I see... a victim of abuse... and neglect...

I see a mature woman who's

been robbed of half her life

Her mother never gave her a choice.

Isn't Dr. Lovell doing the same thing?

Hiding her away as his own

private pet in the woods?

We all know what happens to

these freak cases, Your Honor

They get a year of celebrity

A starring role in

a few academic papers

Then they get to spend the rest of

their lives in a state institution...

abandoned... by the very doctors and

scientists who claimed to be helping them

Nell has a home. She has a life.

She's not asking for any help

So just be sure she needs care...

before she gets cared to death

If she's ever gonna leave that cabin

she's gonna need skills

she doesn't presently possess

How do you know

she wants to leave the cabin?

You think that's the best

life we can give her?

I don't think her life is ours to give

People can help each other, Dr. Lovell. We

don't have to do everything on our own

Okay, I think I'm getting the picture

Here's what I'm gonna do

I'm gonna defer my decision

for three months

This time to be used for the proposed

of observation and assessment

And I hope that by the end of this period,

this court is better informed

Hey

You sure you can make it,

roughing it like this?

I don't see an air conditioning unit

You okay about breathing raw air?

Wow, who's paying for

this floating palace?

My department.

This project has very high priority

Oh, I bet it does

So how long are you staying?

Three months

Don't you have a life?

It can wait

How long're you staying?

I don't know

Well, won't your, uh, patient miss you?

I've got someone to cover for me.

Everybody's replaceable

so I guess you'll make full professor

on the back of this case, huh?

Sure, why not?

Look, I'm here to do ajob. Anything

that helps me do thatjob is fine by me

If you want to be a Boy Scout, go ahead...

but I'd appreciate it if you could

do your best not to screw it up

What's all this?

What's it look like?

You never said anything

about video cameras to me

Well, it's the least

intrusive method of observation

Well, how'd you rig this up?

Well, she was asleep.

She sleeps most of the day

Mind if I dress?

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