Beck Bennett
Vanessa Bayer
Alex Moffat
Mrs. William... Octavia Spencer
Seasonique… Sasheer Zamata
Lunestra… Leslie Jones
[Starts with Beck briefing about the hearing]
Beck: Alright, thank you all for agreeing to this hearing. Both of you understand that the decisions made today are legally binding?
Vanessa and Alex: Yes.
Beck: Okay. Mrs. Williams, you are filing a claim against your former employer, Merck Pharmaceuticals where you worked for the past 22 years.
Mrs. William: Yes, sir. I’m suing for intellectual property theft because they’ve stolen many of my ideas. And I am asking for $20 millions in damages.
Vanessa: That’s ridiculous. MR.s Williams worked in accounting. No one there is responsible for ideas.
Mrs. William: Sir, let me give you an example. IN December, 2004, this company created a drug called Seasonique. Well, back in 1997, I had a child. Please say hello to Seasonique. [Seasonique walks in]
Seasonique: Hello.
Beck: Oh, your name is Seasonique?
Seasonique: Yes, sir. My name is Seasonique Boniva Williams.
Mrs. William: That’s right. Seasonique was born on the one special day between spring and summer. She was seasonique. And that’s not the only example. This company has named dozens of their drugs after members of my family.
Beck: Mrs. Williams, I–
Mrs. William: Please call me Lyrica. That’s my name, but it’s also an anti-epilepsy drug.
Beck: That’s certainly interesting.
Alex: Please! We have a whole team that names our products according to years of research. This is clearly a coincidence.
Mrs. William: Oh, really? Let’s look at some other examples, shall we? Celexa.
Seasonique: That’s my cousin.
Mrs. William: Femara.
Seasonique: My other cousin.
Mrs. William: Eliquis. She lives down the way.
Seasonique: Over there.
Mrs. William: Cymbalta.
Seasonique: She’s trouble, but she’s fun.
Mrs. William: Um-hmm. Allegra. Now she does my hair, now she don’t have a shop, so I go to her house where she has a little baby name little Nicorette. So, you see sir, these people aren’t coming up with new drug names. They’re just flipping through the contacts of my phone.
Beck: Well, there does appear to be evidence here.
Vanessa: Sir, this is just payback. Mrs. Williams was recently laid off from Merck and she’s looking for retribution.
Mrs. William: You think so? Well, let me bring in one of my co-workers who’s still an employee there today. Come on, in.
Beck: And you are?
Lunestra: Lunestra. Lunestra Crestor Harrison. And I worked at Merk for 11 years. Back in 2009, I fell asleep on my computer keyboard, and two weeks later this company came out with a sleep aid called Lunestra. This company has taken the names of so many people in our neighborhood including my sister Propecia.
Seasonique: Or my nephew, Dayquil.
Beck: Huh! Well, I have to say that seems more than circumstantial.
Vanessa: Perhaps. But even if it was, there’s just no proof that having the same names as the drugs has caused the women any harm.
Seasonique: Really? You think it is nice to be associated with high cholesterol and erectile dysfunction?
Alex: Oh, that’s terrible. Sorry!
Lunestra: See? He knows this is the biggest corporate injustice since my aunt, Activia, worked at this yogurt company.
Mrs. William: It’s a travesty. [putting her hand over her chest] Oh, oh, I am sorry sir. I’m having a little episode. I need my Humira.
Beck: Oh, that’s fine. Can we get you a glass of water?
Mrs. William: No, Humira is my emotional support dog. She always calms m down.
Seasonique: You even stole her dog.
Alex: Come on!
Beck: Okay, alright. I have to say the evidence is overwhelming. It is my ruling that Mrs. William’s claim has merit. I am awarding her the full amount in damages. Thank you all.
Mrs. William: [cheering] So we get the money? I can finally put Tylenol through college.
Lunestra: I can’t believe they stole that from you too.