JAG s06e06 Episode Script
The Princess and the Petty Officer
Jimmy, this stupid garbage disposal is broken again.
Did you put stupid melon rind down it again? If it can't take melon rind, what good is it? Did you hit the reset button? What reset button? The same one I showed you last time.
You can't miss it if you just You just wanted me to do it.
I just wanted to get you on your back.
Sneak attack.
Commence counter measures.
Commence fire.
Fire depth charges! Enemy command captured.
You gonna interrogate me? INS! Get down! Get down! Get down! - What are you doing? - Lie down and shut up! - Clear! - All secure, lieutenant.
Clear! By command of His Royal Highness, the emir of Al Khair, I am here to bring you home, princess.
Apparently, the petty officer met the princess standing in line at Hardee's in Al Khair.
Petty Officer Elling was assigned to the naval air station there as a Machinist Mate.
That may be enough, sir.
No matter how many times I show Tiner, he never gets it right.
Where is Tiner? He's registering for night school, sir.
Pre-law.
That your doing, commander? Well, it seemed a more prudent choice than flight school, sir.
Yeah.
- Where was I? - The princess and the petty officer.
Oh, right.
When Elling was transferred stateside last month, he forged a Naval ID for the princess, brought her onboard his flight disguised in baggy sweats and a baseball cap.
Sort of a fairy tale in reverse.
Turn the princess into a pumpkin.
Well, Al Khair wants its pumpkin back.
She's being held at the Fredericksburg INS Detention Centre pending deportation.
How does she get deported if she's married to a U.
S.
Serviceman? Doesn't that make her a lawful resident alien? She entered the country illegally before she was married.
What if they were married in Al Khair, she could enter? Except in Al Khair it's illegal for a princess to marry a non-Muslim.
And I believe Elling is a Methodist.
Thank you, sir.
Given the compelling personal nature of Petty Officer Elling's crime, sir, I'm surprised the matter didn't simply go to captain's mast.
Well, she's a princess and CNN led with the story this morning.
So this is less about Navy discipline.
More about putting on a show for our allies? I don't think anyone could argue that the Navy's trying to railroad him, commander, if you're defending him.
Unless you're planning on rolling over for the media? Well, it's never been my tack in the past, sir.
Good.
Roberts, you're prosecuting.
Thank you, sir.
So how is it? Great, sir.
Really powerful.
Commander? - Robust.
- We need a real coffee drinker.
I wrote People magazine.
I called People magazine.
They won't issue a retraction.
They wouldn't need a retraction if you hadn't talked to them.
I didn't talk to them.
I said I wouldn't violate your privacy.
No, you said you wouldn't violate your fiancée's privacy.
Sarah, you're wearing my ring.
- We're practically living together.
- Admiral, commander, lieutenant.
Goodbye.
She's probably had enough coffee.
Yes, sir.
Admiral Chegwidden.
Master Chief Boesch? - How are you? - How are you, chief? - Good.
- Man, you look good.
The master chief was my senior instructor at BUD/S.
What the hell you doing out here? I'm out here signing T-shirts for the Navy.
I'm real popular all of a sudden.
Well, save some time for me.
We've got some catching up to do.
Yes, sir.
Master chief, would you like some coffee? Yes, sir.
Kind of weak.
All I want is my wife back, sir.
How can the United States government just kick her out of the country? What the hell kind of freedom are we all fighting for, sir? Nobody is free to smuggle people into the country illegally, petty officer.
We belong together, sir.
Fanny is my wife.
- We love each other.
- Fanny? Fatimah Fareeeha Taarhira al-Amatullah.
Fanny.
So, what's gonna happen to her, sir? The INS are processing her for deportation.
We can't let that happen, sir.
Do you have any idea what they do in Al Khair to women who violate the laws about sex and marriage? Look, right now all I'm concerned with are the laws you're charged with violating: Falsifying official statements, forgery, theft of services I don't care what they do to me, sir.
But she can't go back there.
It's too dangerous.
If you're in the brig, you can't do anything for her, Petty Officer Elling.
You can help her, sir.
Please.
So how are things in the real Navy, the one with the boats? Listen, I need a favour.
Can you get a couple hours liberty tomorrow? - Why? - Well, you know, you'd be driving by the Joan & David Shoe Outlet in Potomac Mills.
- Keep talking.
- And you'd be helping out the dependent wife of a U.
S.
Serviceman with an immigration problem.
Your princess.
It's Petty Officer Elling's princess and her deportation hearing is tomorrow in Fredericksburg.
Well, why don't you go? I'm stuck here.
I have to wait until Bud sees Elling's CO and finds out what kind of an offer he's authorised to make.
Fatimah al-Amatullah.
Her hearing is tomorrow at 0900.
I'd have to cancel my facial.
Mac, these kids really need a break.
- You still don't have your car back? - Still in police impound.
Look, A.
J.
, Danny told me all about what happened.
He feels totally responsible.
- He does? - Of course.
You lent him your car.
While he had it, it got stolen and then abandoned by a dope dealer.
Has this kind of thing ever happened before? Having a car stolen? No, I mean Danny being in trouble.
He's not in trouble.
But the police had some questions.
Oh, that's so typical.
Last year, when my office was broken into, the cops practically blamed me for not having the right burglar alarm.
Well, they were probably just trying to protect you.
Fatimah al-Amatullah? I am Fatimah.
I'm Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie.
I'm an attorney.
The lawyer representing your husband asked me to help you.
Jimmy.
How is he? He's in good hands.
I'll go.
Aneesa.
Thank you for staying with me.
She's a friend from home.
- What should I call you? Princess? - Oh, please.
Fanny.
Can you help me? Well, to be honest, Fanny, from what I know about immigration law, it won't be easy.
Fatimah, are you all right? Imam! Lieutenant? Bin-Rasheed.
Muslim chaplain at Norfolk.
You're Colonel MacKenzie.
I saw you on Trial TV.
Great.
You're a long way from your congregation, imam.
Not really.
Fatimah has become one of our regulars.
I don't want to lose her, colonel.
Even though she married outside the faith? She considers herself a good Muslim, I consider her a good Muslim.
Oh, imam, they're going to send me back.
Only if it's Allah's will.
And the immigration judge's.
Twelve months confinement? You can do better than that, lieutenant.
Sir, the CO is taking a real hard line on this one.
That's the best deal he'll go for.
He doesn't realise that Petty Officer Elling had no criminal intent? That he is already been punished by being deprived of his wife? I explained all of that to him, sir.
It's not my decision.
It's better than the 15 years he'd get if he was convicted of all the charges.
Fifteen years in the brig? He's just trying to intimidate you.
Nobody gets triple maximum consecutive.
Three months is more like it.
Maybe six.
If I am in the brig, sir, what happens to Fanny? She's likely to be sent home if you can't provide support.
Then I can't spend any time in the brig, sir.
Princess Fatimah al-Amatullah? - Yes.
- Your Honour, I'm Sarah MacKenzie.
Colonel MacKenzie.
I saw you on Trial TV.
Nice work on that murder case.
Thank you, but I'm appearing today on behalf of Miss al-Amatullah.
I move to stay her deportation and initiate proceedings for permanent residency status based on her marriage to an American citizen.
A marriage performed after she sneaked into the country.
Miss al-Amatullah can go home and apply for legal admission.
Your Honour, if she returns to Al Khair she'll be subject to harsh and discriminatory treatment.
You're claiming asylum? Are princesses an oppressed group over there? Women are when they violate societal norms.
I'm prepared to make a showing for asylum and for the marriage petition.
Have it on my desk in 24 hours.
In the meantime, Miss al-Amatullah is remanded.
We would like to have her released to our custody, Your Honour.
I am Yousif Al-Mustawaf, counsellor at the Al Khair embassy.
Commander Rabb.
I'll call you back, all right? What is it, sir? News from your wife.
Her other husband just showed up.
She's ready to see her husband.
That one.
Fanny, that guy? You're married? My father arranged the marriage, Jimmy.
I never wanted to do it.
You are married to him? I never consented.
So you're not married to him? They had the ceremony and my father attended for me.
You weren't there? It's not required.
So you don't even know him? I knew him.
He's a friend of the family.
At least you didn't marry a total stranger.
Jimmy, please.
I swear I have never been with that man.
He is not my husband.
Your country says he is.
Well, that is their law.
I married Jimmy under American law.
If you were already legally married in Al Khair, your marriage here is invalid.
You could be deported immediately.
Sir, if they think she's married to him, doesn't that make what she did with me adultery? - I suppose.
- Then she has to stay here.
Well, under the circumstances, that may not be possible.
She has to.
Remember in Saudi Arabia? They executed a princess for adultery, ma'am.
Getting that nesting urge again, Lieutenant? Sir.
I'm just updating the pictures on Bud's desk.
They change so fast.
So do expectant mothers.
What is it now, six months? Eight months.
I go for my 36-week ultrasound on Thursday.
Is he ready to command a junior enlisted woman? He may request a transfer, but I'm not gonna let him go.
Your little boy forever, huh? Sir? I had a talk Well, I tried to have a talk with Dr.
Walden about her son.
The druggie who wrecked your car and was so stoned that he left the pot in it for the police to find? Bud might have mentioned that, yeah.
His mother doesn't wanna hear about it.
Her little boy forever, sir.
Would you wanna hear about it in regards to him? I wouldn't wanna hear it, sir.
But I need to know.
I'd need to know the truth.
I was stationed in Al Khair for 18 months, commander, and as far as I know, they didn't execute any princesses.
Theoretically, admiral, under their laws it could happen.
Well, if Al Khair is smart enough to bump the price of gas to $2 a gallon, commander, they're certainly smart enough to realise how killing this girl would play in The New York Times.
With all due respect, would your attitude toward Petty Officer Elling be different if he hadn't run off with the niece of an oil-rich ally of the U.
S? No.
But not for the reasons that you're implying, commander, that I'm some kind of a flunky for the oil sheiks.
I didn't mean to imply that, admiral.
I'm just trying to understand your position.
Well then, let's start with a little fracas called the Gulf War.
- You remember that, right? - I was there, sir.
Then you understand that that part of the world is very important to our national interest.
Admiral, I'm sure Petty Officer Elling had no intention of damaging relations between Al Khair and the United States.
In the 18 months I was there, I commanded hundreds of men and women who were all counselled within an inch of their lives not to offend the local sensibilities.
I understand that, sir.
No, I don't think you do, commander.
Their contact with the local population was all heavily regulated.
Any of their personal taste or any of their minor pleasures were all severely restricted.
Personally, I went 18 months without a beer.
Well, I'm sorry, admiral.
But there must be some way to make an example of Petty Officer Elling without giving him brig time, sir.
Five hundred men and women were walking on eggshells, commander, making a personal sacrifice in an effort to preserve a very delicate alliance.
And then this yahoo decides to walk off with the princess.
If he only gets one year in the brig, then he should thank his lucky stars that I'm such a softy.
Yeah! Yeah! Yes! Six million for a guy who has no defence.
Don't be such a sore loser, loser.
Well, maybe next time we ought to watch a game where we both like the same team.
Or maybe you could tell me what's really on your mind.
You're not exactly into the game.
Well, it's It's about Danny.
I don't think my car was stolen.
What are you saying? I think he took my car off-road and wrecked it.
And I think he's smoking marijuana.
- Danny doesn't smoke marijuana.
- Are you sure? Well, he and I talk to each other, A.
J.
I'd know.
Sidney, there was no sign that my car was stolen.
He never reported it missing.
His story is full of holes.
If he has a problem, he needs to get help and that's not gonna happen unless you know what's going on.
I like Danny.
You know I like you.
Why else would I stick my nose where it doesn't belong? I'm glad you did.
Thank you, A.
J.
I assure you, my daughter has nothing to fear by returning home.
Her mother and I, we love her.
Do you have any reason to doubt that? It may not be her family's decision.
There is the precedent of a princess in Saudi Arabia who was Executed.
Are we going to hear about that again? She was shot.
Her lover was beheaded.
It does stick in the memory.
This happened 25 years ago in a different Muslim country in violation of Islamic law.
Last year a court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a woman to death by stoning for adultery.
The sentence was commuted.
To one year in jail and 150 lashes with a whip.
First things first, Colonel MacKenzie.
Miss al-Amatullah would not be considered guilty of adultery unless her first marriage to Mr.
Al-Jimri was valid.
- Are you conceding that? - I am not, Your Honour.
We still maintain that Miss al-Amatullah is legally married to Petty Officer James Elling and thus eligible for a compassionate change in residency status.
She is my wife.
I pledged my word.
Did she pledge her word? Miss al-Amatullah? - No.
- Fatimah.
Father, I honour you because you raised me to live in the modern world.
You sent me to school.
You gave me freedom.
And now you want to pull me back on a string? If you honour me, you will say no more.
Your Honour, if I may.
Islamic law requires full and free consent of both parties, even in an arranged marriage.
Miss al-Amatullah's marriage to Mr.
Al-Jimri may be null.
The princess is free to argue that point before an Islamic Shari'a court in Al Khair.
She has this right.
If she has to go back to Al Khair to do it, then this entire proceeding is moot.
This entire proceeding is an intrusion into our law and my family.
Miss al-Amatullah can only avoid going back to Al Khair maybe if her marriage to Petty Officer Elling is valid.
But she can only determine that that marriage is valid by going back to Al Khair.
Kind of a vicious circle.
Unless she goes before an Islamic Tribunal here.
We do sometimes refer findings of fact to expert arbiters.
There are no Shari'a tribunals in the United States.
Not yet, but we have Muslims.
We have imams.
We have all the principles in this case.
And attorneys.
You think you are qualified to speak for Miss al-Amatullah before an Islamic Tribunal? My grandmother was Muslim.
She taught me the Fatiha and the Shahada.
"There is no God but one God.
And Muhammad is his messenger.
" Very well.
This hearing is adjourned pending the decision of a? - Shari'a.
- Shari'a court on the validity of Miss al-Amatullah's first marriage.
Go with God.
Okay, I got four books on Islamic law.
Speaking of which, al-Haakim sent down more papers on Shari'a law.
And some websites: IslamicwomenofAl-Khair.
Com.
Muslim women are fighting back.
They really don't need to.
The glorious Koran teaches equality between the sexes.
Commander Rabb, this is Chaplain Bin-Rasheed.
- Commander.
- Chaplain.
Nice job getting the admiral's permission to carry through.
"Take all the special liberty you want, Mac.
Just get ready to pull full duty over Christmas week.
" How are you gonna keep Fanny's husband out of the brig? We're pleading guilty.
Well, you may have called them "improv munitions.
" We called them suicide bombs.
A damn fuseless Molotov nearly went off in my hand.
On the bright side, admiral, till the Navy sees you're too dumb to throw a lit bomb, they don't know you're officer material.
Enter.
Excuse me, master chief.
So, what's happening with my car? The police say there's enough marijuana in your car to trigger civil forfeiture.
If you want the car back, you have to get fingerprinted.
Did you remind them that I'm an admiral in the United States Navy? Yes, sir.
I did.
They say they bust sailors all the time.
So I have to let them treat me like a criminal to get my own car back? - Enter.
- Excuse me, admiral.
A messenger brought this for you, sir.
Let me ask you something, Gunny.
When you were a police officer in New Mexico, what did you do with cars you found with drugs in them? Usually they got sold to the chief's brother-in-law for $500, sir.
Master chief.
I'm gonna have to take a rain check on that roast beef sandwich.
Won't be the first time I came in runner-up.
You understand that on your plea alone, Petty Officer Elling, without receiving any evidence, this court-martial can find you guilty of all charges? Yes, Your Honour.
And that you are giving up your right against self-incrimination, your right to confront witnesses against you, and your right to call witnesses on your behalf? Yes, Your Honour.
This guilty plea is given by you freely and voluntarily? It is, Your Honour.
I assume some sort of sentencing arrangement has been made in consideration of this plea? No, Your Honour.
There is no pre-trial agreement.
The petty officer's plea came as a surprise to the government.
Commander Mattoni joined me as trial counsel with the anticipation of a contested case.
A surprise surrender, commander? We are content to go directly to sentencing to determine a fair and just punishment.
Meaning you have no defence, but didn't like the convening authority's deal? Meaning we have full faith in a panel of the petty officer's fellow service members, ma'am.
Your Honour, by pleading guilty, the defence is trying to limit what the members find out about these crimes.
All they will hear is extenuation and mitigation.
Last time I checked, commander, it was up to the accused, not the government, to decide how he pleads.
You'll get your chance to show your evidence when we get to "Matters and Aggravation.
" Petty Officer Elling, you understand you can get up to 15 years confinement at hard labour? Yes, Your Honour.
That's a risk I have to take, ma'am.
Very well.
Accordingly, this court finds you guilty of all charges and specifications.
Sentencing hearing convenes tomorrow at 0900.
Court is in recess.
Why? I said it all in the letter, A.
J.
Because you couldn't say it to my face? Wait.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I think I think we have something here.
I have to do what's right for me and my son.
For God's sake, Sidney, he's a college student.
- He's not an infant.
- I don't wanna argue about this.
And I don't wanna be the one penalised for it.
Your son overindulges in marijuana.
He wrecked my car.
He lied about it.
He told me he didn't.
I mean, what choice do you expect me to make here? Danny's father died when he was seven.
I brought him up alone without a man in the house.
Maybe that's the reason there hasn't been a man in the house.
Look at the stunt he pulled on your birthday.
- He was trying to be nice.
- He ruined our dinner.
And of all the cars to borrow, why mine? You just don't like him.
Never gave me a chance.
This shouldn't be about Danny, it should be about us.
I care about you.
I'm sorry, A.
J.
Hi.
Did you come to take my mother to lunch? You screwed with me, son.
I don't really care about that, but you're keeping your mother from being happy and you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
She is happy.
And I'm happy.
It's not our job to make you happy.
Still driving a rental car? I'll be sending you the bill, boy.
I never consented to marriage with Mustafa.
I accepted him only as a friend of my father's.
A friend of the family.
I spent many hours in their home.
Fatimah was always happy to see me.
I was a child.
You brought me presents.
I thought of you as a favourite uncle, not a suitor.
Fatimah's father came to me with her promise.
- He signed the kitab.
- He signed the kitab.
I did not.
- Her father was her wali.
- Objection.
Fatimah was 18.
Her father was no longer entitled to serve as her wali without her consent.
Thank you, Miss MacKenzie.
But Islamic tribunals do not follow formal courtroom procedures.
Those who are asked to testify may speak as they wish.
Thank you for your guidance, imam.
Fatimah, did you discuss this marriage with your father? I told him I would not go through with it.
Did you ever express your rejection to Mr.
Al-Jimri directly? No.
I never saw him after my father announced the betrothal.
So the marriage was not consummated? No, it was not.
Hearing this, Mustafa, tell us why do you wish to see this marriage declared valid? Fatimah is still young, imam.
She is wilful.
Our marriage was not arranged lightly.
It unites two houses that share many interests.
If it pleases the panel, shouldn't we consider whether Fatimah's interests were being served? I do not have to answer to her.
I have done no wrong.
Fatimah accepted her marriage.
Accepted it where? Accepted it how? She took ownership of my mahr, the dowry.
The dowry was placed in her name by a contract her father set up.
- There was no action on her part.
- Not until she sold it.
According to the kitab, the dowry was a villa in Spain.
Did you sell the property? - Yes.
- And you kept the proceeds? You must be aware that accepting the mahr is tantamount to consent to the marriage.
But we have Shahada, supporting testimony, that will shed some light on this matter, from the best friend of the princess, my daughter.
Aneesa.
Aneesa.
Repeat after me: Now tell us what you know.
When my family moved to Washington, Fatimah was very envious.
She told me she hated Al Khair.
She wanted to run away.
That's why she sold the villa.
And what else did she tell you? She wanted to come to America.
She said she was going to find an American and marry him.
Go on.
And when she didn't need him anymore, she could stay in America.
She would be free.
It sounds like a washing machine.
The world's most beautiful washing machine.
Oh, my back is killing me, Bud.
Oh, I told you to stop lifting little baby A.
J.
Oh, yeah.
You stay at home with a 2-year-old and don't lift him.
Sorry for the delay.
It's been a madhouse here this morning.
How are you feeling? My gut's the size of a roast pig, and my ankles look like bolognas and my back feels like a Cuisinart.
She's been a little hungry.
Oh, that's not hunger.
Lieutenant Sims, you're in labour.
Now? No, I have four weeks.
Well, I guess no one told the baby.
It is true.
I did say those things.
And I did go looking for someone to help me get away.
And I am glad that I did.
Because if I hadn't, I wouldn't have found you.
But you already had a husband.
Not in my eyes.
My father arranged that marriage when I was 14.
Did you object to the arrangement at that time? It didn't seem real at that time.
Besides, in my family we didn't often object to my father's wishes.
Did you make any preparations to be married? No! I was in school.
I was learning about the world.
And then I realised that I wasn't going to be allowed to be a part of it.
That my world, my life, had all been decided for me.
And so I decided to leave.
And I would do it again.
You would do it again with a dowry given to you by another man? I was frightened.
What if things didn't work out with Jimmy? My family would have disowned me.
I would have nothing.
Nothing? Actually, you would have $575,000 in a Swiss bank.
You doing okay? I don't know, sir.
She never told me about any of that.
You know, you have your own trial to concentrate on.
Don't lose sight of that, huh.
God, I wouldn't even be on trial, sir, if she'd never told me she loved me.
Will you excuse me, sir? I just I just wanna walk.
How is he? Well, he's doing pretty good, considering.
Do you think she ever really loved him? It doesn't look like that matters.
- Breathe, Harriet, breathe.
- I am breathing.
We need to come up with a better game plan for that next contraction.
You're doing just fine.
- Let's just have a look at you.
- Okay.
You're going to feel a little pressure.
A little pressure might be a nice change.
Where's Dr.
Gettis? He was due in here 10 minutes ago.
- I don't know.
I paged him.
- Get him in here.
- What is it? - I need you to roll over on your side.
- I need Dr.
Gettis right away.
- Okay.
Get that pillow down.
Yes.
- Don't push yet.
- What's happened? Just something the doctor needs to look at.
They can't find him.
I've got Dr.
Chadway.
Doctor, we have a prolapsed cord.
The baby's heart rate is showing decels.
Yes, sir.
I'm maintaining pressure on the baby's head.
Yes, sir.
Is there something wrong with the baby? - Hey, it's okay.
Everything's fine.
- What? - It's okay.
- Get some techs in here.
Chadway will meet us in the OR.
Try not to push on your next contraction.
You may have to have a caesarean section.
Your baby's head is pressing against the umbilical cord.
Bud? - Excuse me.
- It's all right.
I'm here.
Honey? - Let's go.
- Bud! Coming through.
OR 3.
She's here.
Let's go.
- Oh, Bud! It hurts.
- Hang in there, sweetie.
Try not to push.
Stay with me, Bud! I'm right here, honey.
Where's Dr.
Gettis? In the name of God, the most gracious and merciful, I ask that you honour the rights of this young woman.
Are you claiming that she has a right to take a mahr without repercussion? No, only asking that this Tribunal not use that mistake to take away her other rights.
Recall that the woman who tutored the prophet's wives, chastised even the great Khalifa Umar, Commander of the Believers.
"Why do you deny us a right granted us by God?" The rights granted women by the Koran are sacrosanct.
As are a woman's obligations according to the Koran.
Parents have obligations too.
The Hadith tells us the story of Khansa whose father married her to a man against her wishes.
The prophet himself revoked the marriage.
The prophet also said that righteous women are devoutly obedient.
Miss al-Amatullah was obedient, to the knowledge of her own heart.
Marriage is a mithaq, a solemn covenant.
It can't be entered into by misguided action.
If Fatimah resisted the marriage in a wrong manner, she resisted it for a right reason.
Islam taught her that women are independent, free to make contracts, free to pursue education, free to consent to their own marriages.
Even if she erred, the Koran tells us that God is merciful and forgives much.
Should we not aspire to do the same? Petty Officer Elling, we've heard evidence that you forged documents, that you fraudulently obtained transportation from Al Khair to the United States for your wife.
Objection.
The status of the defendant's alleged married is currently being litigated in another venue.
I'll rephrase.
Petty officer, we've heard that you broke several laws in order to bring a young woman to the U.
S.
Yes, sir.
A woman you intended to marry.
- Yes, sir.
- Petty officer, we would like to know how you felt when you risked so much to bring this woman into the country.
Yes, sir.
I guess I was in love.
You fell in love with a princess.
Romantic.
I didn't know she was a princess at first, sir.
She was just Fanny.
Fatimah Fareeeha Taarhira al-Amatullah.
Not at all like the kind of girl you'd meet back in Illinois? Actually, sir, not that different.
When did you find out she was a princess? When I asked her on a date, sir.
She told me she wasn't allowed to be seen with me in public.
And yet you spent time together anyway.
We used to meet at the Botanical Garden.
Nobody much went there.
We'd just walk and talk.
While you were in Al Khair, the only time you had together were these few stolen moments? Mostly.
We spent a night together in a jeep once.
Well, I'm sure the members get the picture.
Not like that, sir.
I got an urgent message from Ops.
My mom was having an operation to diagnose a tumour.
It was my mom.
I felt like I was a million miles away.
Fanny held me all night.
Just held me, till I could call my dad and know my mom was okay.
Why do you suppose Fanny did that, petty officer? Because she loves me.
You're sure about that? Yes, I am, sir.
And how do you feel about her? I love her with all my heart, sir.
And so you broke these laws so the two of you could be together? - Yes, I did, sir.
- And you'd do it all again? No, sir.
It was wrong, sir.
I did it without thinking.
It got me in trouble, which I accept full responsibility for.
It made trouble for the Navy, which I would fix if I could, but I can't.
And it got Fanny in terrible trouble.
Her life is at risk for wanting to be with me.
I'm sorry about all of it.
I really am.
How long has the cord been prolapsed? Since right before we called you, Dr.
Chadway.
Foetal heart rate is falling again.
- She had an epidural? - Two hours ago.
All right.
Prepare for a C-section.
- Bud! - The head's too far down.
Get me a vacuum and call Neonatal for resuscitation at delivery.
I'll take it from here, Dr.
Chadway.
- Where have you been, Dr.
Gettis? - With another patient.
Okay, Harriet, the next contraction, get ready to push.
Petty Officer Elling.
Would you and your counsel please stand? You may announce the sentence.
Petty Officer Third Class James Elling, in consideration of your plea of guilty to all charges and specifications and your declared remorse, this court-martial sentences you to be reduced to the rank of seaman and to forfeit $500 pay per month for three months.
Members, thank you for your service.
This court-martial is adjourned.
- No brig time? - No brig time.
I gotta go see Fanny, sir.
Yes, you do.
Hey.
Hey.
You won? No brig time.
You on a break? No, we're done.
You lost? They said that my marriage to Mustafa was valid.
No.
You don't have to go back, do you? No, I divorced him.
I gave back the mahr.
The money from the villa.
Divorced? Just like that? Oh, Islamic law has some interesting wrinkles.
So you and I, we're not really married? We can be if you take this.
My mahr.
Your phone card? There's almost $12 on it.
It's all I have.
Yes, I will marry you.
You know, it still may take some doing to keep her in the country.
Well, she's officially an adulteress now so she can't go home.
That strengthens our asylum claim.
Well, I give you exhibit A.
Judge sees that, can't hurt.
Here you go, gentlemen.
So what are we drinking to? Women who appreciate the truth.
Let me know when you find one.
How about women who give a rat's rump about our feelings? Our mothers.
- To Mom.
- To Mama.
Hello? Hi.
Yeah, I can do that.
Twenty minutes.
Bye.
Fraternising with the enemy, Mic? More likely malinger with intent.
And if I get lucky, a little unlawful detention.
Good night, sir.
Tell Colonel MacKenzie I expect her on her post at 0800.
He takes it up.
He's running with it.
He's on a clear field.
Nobody to challenge him Oh, hell, I don't even like this game.
Lieutenant, what are you doing here? Harriet went into labour, sir.
She's sleeping now.
I didn't know where else to go.
You had the baby.
No wonder you look like hell, huh? Sir, Baby Sarah died.
Did you put stupid melon rind down it again? If it can't take melon rind, what good is it? Did you hit the reset button? What reset button? The same one I showed you last time.
You can't miss it if you just You just wanted me to do it.
I just wanted to get you on your back.
Sneak attack.
Commence counter measures.
Commence fire.
Fire depth charges! Enemy command captured.
You gonna interrogate me? INS! Get down! Get down! Get down! - What are you doing? - Lie down and shut up! - Clear! - All secure, lieutenant.
Clear! By command of His Royal Highness, the emir of Al Khair, I am here to bring you home, princess.
Apparently, the petty officer met the princess standing in line at Hardee's in Al Khair.
Petty Officer Elling was assigned to the naval air station there as a Machinist Mate.
That may be enough, sir.
No matter how many times I show Tiner, he never gets it right.
Where is Tiner? He's registering for night school, sir.
Pre-law.
That your doing, commander? Well, it seemed a more prudent choice than flight school, sir.
Yeah.
- Where was I? - The princess and the petty officer.
Oh, right.
When Elling was transferred stateside last month, he forged a Naval ID for the princess, brought her onboard his flight disguised in baggy sweats and a baseball cap.
Sort of a fairy tale in reverse.
Turn the princess into a pumpkin.
Well, Al Khair wants its pumpkin back.
She's being held at the Fredericksburg INS Detention Centre pending deportation.
How does she get deported if she's married to a U.
S.
Serviceman? Doesn't that make her a lawful resident alien? She entered the country illegally before she was married.
What if they were married in Al Khair, she could enter? Except in Al Khair it's illegal for a princess to marry a non-Muslim.
And I believe Elling is a Methodist.
Thank you, sir.
Given the compelling personal nature of Petty Officer Elling's crime, sir, I'm surprised the matter didn't simply go to captain's mast.
Well, she's a princess and CNN led with the story this morning.
So this is less about Navy discipline.
More about putting on a show for our allies? I don't think anyone could argue that the Navy's trying to railroad him, commander, if you're defending him.
Unless you're planning on rolling over for the media? Well, it's never been my tack in the past, sir.
Good.
Roberts, you're prosecuting.
Thank you, sir.
So how is it? Great, sir.
Really powerful.
Commander? - Robust.
- We need a real coffee drinker.
I wrote People magazine.
I called People magazine.
They won't issue a retraction.
They wouldn't need a retraction if you hadn't talked to them.
I didn't talk to them.
I said I wouldn't violate your privacy.
No, you said you wouldn't violate your fiancée's privacy.
Sarah, you're wearing my ring.
- We're practically living together.
- Admiral, commander, lieutenant.
Goodbye.
She's probably had enough coffee.
Yes, sir.
Admiral Chegwidden.
Master Chief Boesch? - How are you? - How are you, chief? - Good.
- Man, you look good.
The master chief was my senior instructor at BUD/S.
What the hell you doing out here? I'm out here signing T-shirts for the Navy.
I'm real popular all of a sudden.
Well, save some time for me.
We've got some catching up to do.
Yes, sir.
Master chief, would you like some coffee? Yes, sir.
Kind of weak.
All I want is my wife back, sir.
How can the United States government just kick her out of the country? What the hell kind of freedom are we all fighting for, sir? Nobody is free to smuggle people into the country illegally, petty officer.
We belong together, sir.
Fanny is my wife.
- We love each other.
- Fanny? Fatimah Fareeeha Taarhira al-Amatullah.
Fanny.
So, what's gonna happen to her, sir? The INS are processing her for deportation.
We can't let that happen, sir.
Do you have any idea what they do in Al Khair to women who violate the laws about sex and marriage? Look, right now all I'm concerned with are the laws you're charged with violating: Falsifying official statements, forgery, theft of services I don't care what they do to me, sir.
But she can't go back there.
It's too dangerous.
If you're in the brig, you can't do anything for her, Petty Officer Elling.
You can help her, sir.
Please.
So how are things in the real Navy, the one with the boats? Listen, I need a favour.
Can you get a couple hours liberty tomorrow? - Why? - Well, you know, you'd be driving by the Joan & David Shoe Outlet in Potomac Mills.
- Keep talking.
- And you'd be helping out the dependent wife of a U.
S.
Serviceman with an immigration problem.
Your princess.
It's Petty Officer Elling's princess and her deportation hearing is tomorrow in Fredericksburg.
Well, why don't you go? I'm stuck here.
I have to wait until Bud sees Elling's CO and finds out what kind of an offer he's authorised to make.
Fatimah al-Amatullah.
Her hearing is tomorrow at 0900.
I'd have to cancel my facial.
Mac, these kids really need a break.
- You still don't have your car back? - Still in police impound.
Look, A.
J.
, Danny told me all about what happened.
He feels totally responsible.
- He does? - Of course.
You lent him your car.
While he had it, it got stolen and then abandoned by a dope dealer.
Has this kind of thing ever happened before? Having a car stolen? No, I mean Danny being in trouble.
He's not in trouble.
But the police had some questions.
Oh, that's so typical.
Last year, when my office was broken into, the cops practically blamed me for not having the right burglar alarm.
Well, they were probably just trying to protect you.
Fatimah al-Amatullah? I am Fatimah.
I'm Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie.
I'm an attorney.
The lawyer representing your husband asked me to help you.
Jimmy.
How is he? He's in good hands.
I'll go.
Aneesa.
Thank you for staying with me.
She's a friend from home.
- What should I call you? Princess? - Oh, please.
Fanny.
Can you help me? Well, to be honest, Fanny, from what I know about immigration law, it won't be easy.
Fatimah, are you all right? Imam! Lieutenant? Bin-Rasheed.
Muslim chaplain at Norfolk.
You're Colonel MacKenzie.
I saw you on Trial TV.
Great.
You're a long way from your congregation, imam.
Not really.
Fatimah has become one of our regulars.
I don't want to lose her, colonel.
Even though she married outside the faith? She considers herself a good Muslim, I consider her a good Muslim.
Oh, imam, they're going to send me back.
Only if it's Allah's will.
And the immigration judge's.
Twelve months confinement? You can do better than that, lieutenant.
Sir, the CO is taking a real hard line on this one.
That's the best deal he'll go for.
He doesn't realise that Petty Officer Elling had no criminal intent? That he is already been punished by being deprived of his wife? I explained all of that to him, sir.
It's not my decision.
It's better than the 15 years he'd get if he was convicted of all the charges.
Fifteen years in the brig? He's just trying to intimidate you.
Nobody gets triple maximum consecutive.
Three months is more like it.
Maybe six.
If I am in the brig, sir, what happens to Fanny? She's likely to be sent home if you can't provide support.
Then I can't spend any time in the brig, sir.
Princess Fatimah al-Amatullah? - Yes.
- Your Honour, I'm Sarah MacKenzie.
Colonel MacKenzie.
I saw you on Trial TV.
Nice work on that murder case.
Thank you, but I'm appearing today on behalf of Miss al-Amatullah.
I move to stay her deportation and initiate proceedings for permanent residency status based on her marriage to an American citizen.
A marriage performed after she sneaked into the country.
Miss al-Amatullah can go home and apply for legal admission.
Your Honour, if she returns to Al Khair she'll be subject to harsh and discriminatory treatment.
You're claiming asylum? Are princesses an oppressed group over there? Women are when they violate societal norms.
I'm prepared to make a showing for asylum and for the marriage petition.
Have it on my desk in 24 hours.
In the meantime, Miss al-Amatullah is remanded.
We would like to have her released to our custody, Your Honour.
I am Yousif Al-Mustawaf, counsellor at the Al Khair embassy.
Commander Rabb.
I'll call you back, all right? What is it, sir? News from your wife.
Her other husband just showed up.
She's ready to see her husband.
That one.
Fanny, that guy? You're married? My father arranged the marriage, Jimmy.
I never wanted to do it.
You are married to him? I never consented.
So you're not married to him? They had the ceremony and my father attended for me.
You weren't there? It's not required.
So you don't even know him? I knew him.
He's a friend of the family.
At least you didn't marry a total stranger.
Jimmy, please.
I swear I have never been with that man.
He is not my husband.
Your country says he is.
Well, that is their law.
I married Jimmy under American law.
If you were already legally married in Al Khair, your marriage here is invalid.
You could be deported immediately.
Sir, if they think she's married to him, doesn't that make what she did with me adultery? - I suppose.
- Then she has to stay here.
Well, under the circumstances, that may not be possible.
She has to.
Remember in Saudi Arabia? They executed a princess for adultery, ma'am.
Getting that nesting urge again, Lieutenant? Sir.
I'm just updating the pictures on Bud's desk.
They change so fast.
So do expectant mothers.
What is it now, six months? Eight months.
I go for my 36-week ultrasound on Thursday.
Is he ready to command a junior enlisted woman? He may request a transfer, but I'm not gonna let him go.
Your little boy forever, huh? Sir? I had a talk Well, I tried to have a talk with Dr.
Walden about her son.
The druggie who wrecked your car and was so stoned that he left the pot in it for the police to find? Bud might have mentioned that, yeah.
His mother doesn't wanna hear about it.
Her little boy forever, sir.
Would you wanna hear about it in regards to him? I wouldn't wanna hear it, sir.
But I need to know.
I'd need to know the truth.
I was stationed in Al Khair for 18 months, commander, and as far as I know, they didn't execute any princesses.
Theoretically, admiral, under their laws it could happen.
Well, if Al Khair is smart enough to bump the price of gas to $2 a gallon, commander, they're certainly smart enough to realise how killing this girl would play in The New York Times.
With all due respect, would your attitude toward Petty Officer Elling be different if he hadn't run off with the niece of an oil-rich ally of the U.
S? No.
But not for the reasons that you're implying, commander, that I'm some kind of a flunky for the oil sheiks.
I didn't mean to imply that, admiral.
I'm just trying to understand your position.
Well then, let's start with a little fracas called the Gulf War.
- You remember that, right? - I was there, sir.
Then you understand that that part of the world is very important to our national interest.
Admiral, I'm sure Petty Officer Elling had no intention of damaging relations between Al Khair and the United States.
In the 18 months I was there, I commanded hundreds of men and women who were all counselled within an inch of their lives not to offend the local sensibilities.
I understand that, sir.
No, I don't think you do, commander.
Their contact with the local population was all heavily regulated.
Any of their personal taste or any of their minor pleasures were all severely restricted.
Personally, I went 18 months without a beer.
Well, I'm sorry, admiral.
But there must be some way to make an example of Petty Officer Elling without giving him brig time, sir.
Five hundred men and women were walking on eggshells, commander, making a personal sacrifice in an effort to preserve a very delicate alliance.
And then this yahoo decides to walk off with the princess.
If he only gets one year in the brig, then he should thank his lucky stars that I'm such a softy.
Yeah! Yeah! Yes! Six million for a guy who has no defence.
Don't be such a sore loser, loser.
Well, maybe next time we ought to watch a game where we both like the same team.
Or maybe you could tell me what's really on your mind.
You're not exactly into the game.
Well, it's It's about Danny.
I don't think my car was stolen.
What are you saying? I think he took my car off-road and wrecked it.
And I think he's smoking marijuana.
- Danny doesn't smoke marijuana.
- Are you sure? Well, he and I talk to each other, A.
J.
I'd know.
Sidney, there was no sign that my car was stolen.
He never reported it missing.
His story is full of holes.
If he has a problem, he needs to get help and that's not gonna happen unless you know what's going on.
I like Danny.
You know I like you.
Why else would I stick my nose where it doesn't belong? I'm glad you did.
Thank you, A.
J.
I assure you, my daughter has nothing to fear by returning home.
Her mother and I, we love her.
Do you have any reason to doubt that? It may not be her family's decision.
There is the precedent of a princess in Saudi Arabia who was Executed.
Are we going to hear about that again? She was shot.
Her lover was beheaded.
It does stick in the memory.
This happened 25 years ago in a different Muslim country in violation of Islamic law.
Last year a court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a woman to death by stoning for adultery.
The sentence was commuted.
To one year in jail and 150 lashes with a whip.
First things first, Colonel MacKenzie.
Miss al-Amatullah would not be considered guilty of adultery unless her first marriage to Mr.
Al-Jimri was valid.
- Are you conceding that? - I am not, Your Honour.
We still maintain that Miss al-Amatullah is legally married to Petty Officer James Elling and thus eligible for a compassionate change in residency status.
She is my wife.
I pledged my word.
Did she pledge her word? Miss al-Amatullah? - No.
- Fatimah.
Father, I honour you because you raised me to live in the modern world.
You sent me to school.
You gave me freedom.
And now you want to pull me back on a string? If you honour me, you will say no more.
Your Honour, if I may.
Islamic law requires full and free consent of both parties, even in an arranged marriage.
Miss al-Amatullah's marriage to Mr.
Al-Jimri may be null.
The princess is free to argue that point before an Islamic Shari'a court in Al Khair.
She has this right.
If she has to go back to Al Khair to do it, then this entire proceeding is moot.
This entire proceeding is an intrusion into our law and my family.
Miss al-Amatullah can only avoid going back to Al Khair maybe if her marriage to Petty Officer Elling is valid.
But she can only determine that that marriage is valid by going back to Al Khair.
Kind of a vicious circle.
Unless she goes before an Islamic Tribunal here.
We do sometimes refer findings of fact to expert arbiters.
There are no Shari'a tribunals in the United States.
Not yet, but we have Muslims.
We have imams.
We have all the principles in this case.
And attorneys.
You think you are qualified to speak for Miss al-Amatullah before an Islamic Tribunal? My grandmother was Muslim.
She taught me the Fatiha and the Shahada.
"There is no God but one God.
And Muhammad is his messenger.
" Very well.
This hearing is adjourned pending the decision of a? - Shari'a.
- Shari'a court on the validity of Miss al-Amatullah's first marriage.
Go with God.
Okay, I got four books on Islamic law.
Speaking of which, al-Haakim sent down more papers on Shari'a law.
And some websites: IslamicwomenofAl-Khair.
Com.
Muslim women are fighting back.
They really don't need to.
The glorious Koran teaches equality between the sexes.
Commander Rabb, this is Chaplain Bin-Rasheed.
- Commander.
- Chaplain.
Nice job getting the admiral's permission to carry through.
"Take all the special liberty you want, Mac.
Just get ready to pull full duty over Christmas week.
" How are you gonna keep Fanny's husband out of the brig? We're pleading guilty.
Well, you may have called them "improv munitions.
" We called them suicide bombs.
A damn fuseless Molotov nearly went off in my hand.
On the bright side, admiral, till the Navy sees you're too dumb to throw a lit bomb, they don't know you're officer material.
Enter.
Excuse me, master chief.
So, what's happening with my car? The police say there's enough marijuana in your car to trigger civil forfeiture.
If you want the car back, you have to get fingerprinted.
Did you remind them that I'm an admiral in the United States Navy? Yes, sir.
I did.
They say they bust sailors all the time.
So I have to let them treat me like a criminal to get my own car back? - Enter.
- Excuse me, admiral.
A messenger brought this for you, sir.
Let me ask you something, Gunny.
When you were a police officer in New Mexico, what did you do with cars you found with drugs in them? Usually they got sold to the chief's brother-in-law for $500, sir.
Master chief.
I'm gonna have to take a rain check on that roast beef sandwich.
Won't be the first time I came in runner-up.
You understand that on your plea alone, Petty Officer Elling, without receiving any evidence, this court-martial can find you guilty of all charges? Yes, Your Honour.
And that you are giving up your right against self-incrimination, your right to confront witnesses against you, and your right to call witnesses on your behalf? Yes, Your Honour.
This guilty plea is given by you freely and voluntarily? It is, Your Honour.
I assume some sort of sentencing arrangement has been made in consideration of this plea? No, Your Honour.
There is no pre-trial agreement.
The petty officer's plea came as a surprise to the government.
Commander Mattoni joined me as trial counsel with the anticipation of a contested case.
A surprise surrender, commander? We are content to go directly to sentencing to determine a fair and just punishment.
Meaning you have no defence, but didn't like the convening authority's deal? Meaning we have full faith in a panel of the petty officer's fellow service members, ma'am.
Your Honour, by pleading guilty, the defence is trying to limit what the members find out about these crimes.
All they will hear is extenuation and mitigation.
Last time I checked, commander, it was up to the accused, not the government, to decide how he pleads.
You'll get your chance to show your evidence when we get to "Matters and Aggravation.
" Petty Officer Elling, you understand you can get up to 15 years confinement at hard labour? Yes, Your Honour.
That's a risk I have to take, ma'am.
Very well.
Accordingly, this court finds you guilty of all charges and specifications.
Sentencing hearing convenes tomorrow at 0900.
Court is in recess.
Why? I said it all in the letter, A.
J.
Because you couldn't say it to my face? Wait.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I think I think we have something here.
I have to do what's right for me and my son.
For God's sake, Sidney, he's a college student.
- He's not an infant.
- I don't wanna argue about this.
And I don't wanna be the one penalised for it.
Your son overindulges in marijuana.
He wrecked my car.
He lied about it.
He told me he didn't.
I mean, what choice do you expect me to make here? Danny's father died when he was seven.
I brought him up alone without a man in the house.
Maybe that's the reason there hasn't been a man in the house.
Look at the stunt he pulled on your birthday.
- He was trying to be nice.
- He ruined our dinner.
And of all the cars to borrow, why mine? You just don't like him.
Never gave me a chance.
This shouldn't be about Danny, it should be about us.
I care about you.
I'm sorry, A.
J.
Hi.
Did you come to take my mother to lunch? You screwed with me, son.
I don't really care about that, but you're keeping your mother from being happy and you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
She is happy.
And I'm happy.
It's not our job to make you happy.
Still driving a rental car? I'll be sending you the bill, boy.
I never consented to marriage with Mustafa.
I accepted him only as a friend of my father's.
A friend of the family.
I spent many hours in their home.
Fatimah was always happy to see me.
I was a child.
You brought me presents.
I thought of you as a favourite uncle, not a suitor.
Fatimah's father came to me with her promise.
- He signed the kitab.
- He signed the kitab.
I did not.
- Her father was her wali.
- Objection.
Fatimah was 18.
Her father was no longer entitled to serve as her wali without her consent.
Thank you, Miss MacKenzie.
But Islamic tribunals do not follow formal courtroom procedures.
Those who are asked to testify may speak as they wish.
Thank you for your guidance, imam.
Fatimah, did you discuss this marriage with your father? I told him I would not go through with it.
Did you ever express your rejection to Mr.
Al-Jimri directly? No.
I never saw him after my father announced the betrothal.
So the marriage was not consummated? No, it was not.
Hearing this, Mustafa, tell us why do you wish to see this marriage declared valid? Fatimah is still young, imam.
She is wilful.
Our marriage was not arranged lightly.
It unites two houses that share many interests.
If it pleases the panel, shouldn't we consider whether Fatimah's interests were being served? I do not have to answer to her.
I have done no wrong.
Fatimah accepted her marriage.
Accepted it where? Accepted it how? She took ownership of my mahr, the dowry.
The dowry was placed in her name by a contract her father set up.
- There was no action on her part.
- Not until she sold it.
According to the kitab, the dowry was a villa in Spain.
Did you sell the property? - Yes.
- And you kept the proceeds? You must be aware that accepting the mahr is tantamount to consent to the marriage.
But we have Shahada, supporting testimony, that will shed some light on this matter, from the best friend of the princess, my daughter.
Aneesa.
Aneesa.
Repeat after me: Now tell us what you know.
When my family moved to Washington, Fatimah was very envious.
She told me she hated Al Khair.
She wanted to run away.
That's why she sold the villa.
And what else did she tell you? She wanted to come to America.
She said she was going to find an American and marry him.
Go on.
And when she didn't need him anymore, she could stay in America.
She would be free.
It sounds like a washing machine.
The world's most beautiful washing machine.
Oh, my back is killing me, Bud.
Oh, I told you to stop lifting little baby A.
J.
Oh, yeah.
You stay at home with a 2-year-old and don't lift him.
Sorry for the delay.
It's been a madhouse here this morning.
How are you feeling? My gut's the size of a roast pig, and my ankles look like bolognas and my back feels like a Cuisinart.
She's been a little hungry.
Oh, that's not hunger.
Lieutenant Sims, you're in labour.
Now? No, I have four weeks.
Well, I guess no one told the baby.
It is true.
I did say those things.
And I did go looking for someone to help me get away.
And I am glad that I did.
Because if I hadn't, I wouldn't have found you.
But you already had a husband.
Not in my eyes.
My father arranged that marriage when I was 14.
Did you object to the arrangement at that time? It didn't seem real at that time.
Besides, in my family we didn't often object to my father's wishes.
Did you make any preparations to be married? No! I was in school.
I was learning about the world.
And then I realised that I wasn't going to be allowed to be a part of it.
That my world, my life, had all been decided for me.
And so I decided to leave.
And I would do it again.
You would do it again with a dowry given to you by another man? I was frightened.
What if things didn't work out with Jimmy? My family would have disowned me.
I would have nothing.
Nothing? Actually, you would have $575,000 in a Swiss bank.
You doing okay? I don't know, sir.
She never told me about any of that.
You know, you have your own trial to concentrate on.
Don't lose sight of that, huh.
God, I wouldn't even be on trial, sir, if she'd never told me she loved me.
Will you excuse me, sir? I just I just wanna walk.
How is he? Well, he's doing pretty good, considering.
Do you think she ever really loved him? It doesn't look like that matters.
- Breathe, Harriet, breathe.
- I am breathing.
We need to come up with a better game plan for that next contraction.
You're doing just fine.
- Let's just have a look at you.
- Okay.
You're going to feel a little pressure.
A little pressure might be a nice change.
Where's Dr.
Gettis? He was due in here 10 minutes ago.
- I don't know.
I paged him.
- Get him in here.
- What is it? - I need you to roll over on your side.
- I need Dr.
Gettis right away.
- Okay.
Get that pillow down.
Yes.
- Don't push yet.
- What's happened? Just something the doctor needs to look at.
They can't find him.
I've got Dr.
Chadway.
Doctor, we have a prolapsed cord.
The baby's heart rate is showing decels.
Yes, sir.
I'm maintaining pressure on the baby's head.
Yes, sir.
Is there something wrong with the baby? - Hey, it's okay.
Everything's fine.
- What? - It's okay.
- Get some techs in here.
Chadway will meet us in the OR.
Try not to push on your next contraction.
You may have to have a caesarean section.
Your baby's head is pressing against the umbilical cord.
Bud? - Excuse me.
- It's all right.
I'm here.
Honey? - Let's go.
- Bud! Coming through.
OR 3.
She's here.
Let's go.
- Oh, Bud! It hurts.
- Hang in there, sweetie.
Try not to push.
Stay with me, Bud! I'm right here, honey.
Where's Dr.
Gettis? In the name of God, the most gracious and merciful, I ask that you honour the rights of this young woman.
Are you claiming that she has a right to take a mahr without repercussion? No, only asking that this Tribunal not use that mistake to take away her other rights.
Recall that the woman who tutored the prophet's wives, chastised even the great Khalifa Umar, Commander of the Believers.
"Why do you deny us a right granted us by God?" The rights granted women by the Koran are sacrosanct.
As are a woman's obligations according to the Koran.
Parents have obligations too.
The Hadith tells us the story of Khansa whose father married her to a man against her wishes.
The prophet himself revoked the marriage.
The prophet also said that righteous women are devoutly obedient.
Miss al-Amatullah was obedient, to the knowledge of her own heart.
Marriage is a mithaq, a solemn covenant.
It can't be entered into by misguided action.
If Fatimah resisted the marriage in a wrong manner, she resisted it for a right reason.
Islam taught her that women are independent, free to make contracts, free to pursue education, free to consent to their own marriages.
Even if she erred, the Koran tells us that God is merciful and forgives much.
Should we not aspire to do the same? Petty Officer Elling, we've heard evidence that you forged documents, that you fraudulently obtained transportation from Al Khair to the United States for your wife.
Objection.
The status of the defendant's alleged married is currently being litigated in another venue.
I'll rephrase.
Petty officer, we've heard that you broke several laws in order to bring a young woman to the U.
S.
Yes, sir.
A woman you intended to marry.
- Yes, sir.
- Petty officer, we would like to know how you felt when you risked so much to bring this woman into the country.
Yes, sir.
I guess I was in love.
You fell in love with a princess.
Romantic.
I didn't know she was a princess at first, sir.
She was just Fanny.
Fatimah Fareeeha Taarhira al-Amatullah.
Not at all like the kind of girl you'd meet back in Illinois? Actually, sir, not that different.
When did you find out she was a princess? When I asked her on a date, sir.
She told me she wasn't allowed to be seen with me in public.
And yet you spent time together anyway.
We used to meet at the Botanical Garden.
Nobody much went there.
We'd just walk and talk.
While you were in Al Khair, the only time you had together were these few stolen moments? Mostly.
We spent a night together in a jeep once.
Well, I'm sure the members get the picture.
Not like that, sir.
I got an urgent message from Ops.
My mom was having an operation to diagnose a tumour.
It was my mom.
I felt like I was a million miles away.
Fanny held me all night.
Just held me, till I could call my dad and know my mom was okay.
Why do you suppose Fanny did that, petty officer? Because she loves me.
You're sure about that? Yes, I am, sir.
And how do you feel about her? I love her with all my heart, sir.
And so you broke these laws so the two of you could be together? - Yes, I did, sir.
- And you'd do it all again? No, sir.
It was wrong, sir.
I did it without thinking.
It got me in trouble, which I accept full responsibility for.
It made trouble for the Navy, which I would fix if I could, but I can't.
And it got Fanny in terrible trouble.
Her life is at risk for wanting to be with me.
I'm sorry about all of it.
I really am.
How long has the cord been prolapsed? Since right before we called you, Dr.
Chadway.
Foetal heart rate is falling again.
- She had an epidural? - Two hours ago.
All right.
Prepare for a C-section.
- Bud! - The head's too far down.
Get me a vacuum and call Neonatal for resuscitation at delivery.
I'll take it from here, Dr.
Chadway.
- Where have you been, Dr.
Gettis? - With another patient.
Okay, Harriet, the next contraction, get ready to push.
Petty Officer Elling.
Would you and your counsel please stand? You may announce the sentence.
Petty Officer Third Class James Elling, in consideration of your plea of guilty to all charges and specifications and your declared remorse, this court-martial sentences you to be reduced to the rank of seaman and to forfeit $500 pay per month for three months.
Members, thank you for your service.
This court-martial is adjourned.
- No brig time? - No brig time.
I gotta go see Fanny, sir.
Yes, you do.
Hey.
Hey.
You won? No brig time.
You on a break? No, we're done.
You lost? They said that my marriage to Mustafa was valid.
No.
You don't have to go back, do you? No, I divorced him.
I gave back the mahr.
The money from the villa.
Divorced? Just like that? Oh, Islamic law has some interesting wrinkles.
So you and I, we're not really married? We can be if you take this.
My mahr.
Your phone card? There's almost $12 on it.
It's all I have.
Yes, I will marry you.
You know, it still may take some doing to keep her in the country.
Well, she's officially an adulteress now so she can't go home.
That strengthens our asylum claim.
Well, I give you exhibit A.
Judge sees that, can't hurt.
Here you go, gentlemen.
So what are we drinking to? Women who appreciate the truth.
Let me know when you find one.
How about women who give a rat's rump about our feelings? Our mothers.
- To Mom.
- To Mama.
Hello? Hi.
Yeah, I can do that.
Twenty minutes.
Bye.
Fraternising with the enemy, Mic? More likely malinger with intent.
And if I get lucky, a little unlawful detention.
Good night, sir.
Tell Colonel MacKenzie I expect her on her post at 0800.
He takes it up.
He's running with it.
He's on a clear field.
Nobody to challenge him Oh, hell, I don't even like this game.
Lieutenant, what are you doing here? Harriet went into labour, sir.
She's sleeping now.
I didn't know where else to go.
You had the baby.
No wonder you look like hell, huh? Sir, Baby Sarah died.