扎恩和他的副律师冯卡一直在审理一起案件，他们的委托人被指控捕获、捆绑并堵住一名妇女的嘴。 记录显示，一名警察在寻找这名女子时曾在其委托人的家中停下来。 她作证说，她知道警察就在附近，但声称她可以哭出来，因为她的嘴里被一块布堵住了。 扎恩知道这样的恶作剧不会阻止有人哭出来，而且冯卡在审判过程中也犯了错误，所以他决定让她帮助他进行一次恶作剧演示。 她认为将她如此牢固地绑在椅子上有点过分，但他说这将有助于在参加审判视频会议之前更好地进行演示。 他抓起一块白布，紧紧地绑在冯卡的牙齿之间，就像受害者声称的被堵住嘴一样，而冯卡几乎能够完全清晰地说话。 这可能就足够了，但扎恩的公司喜欢加倍努力，所以他说他们将尝试更有效的笑点，以表明即使这些笑点也不能完全让人们闭嘴。 他把一条红色的大头巾塞进冯卡的嘴里，然后又把它绑在她的牙齿之间。 她肯定更加低沉，但仍然很大声。 冯卡建议他们就此止步，但扎恩认为他们应该再做一些。 他将 4 条女性手帕塞进她的嘴里，并用 9 条银色胶带将其密封。 这更加消音，但远不是静音按钮。 最后，扎恩用一块大海绵堵住了冯卡抗议的嘴，并用银色胶带缠住了她的头。 他短暂地拉下她的衬衫并挠她痒痒，以给她发出声音的真正动力，她表明她仍然有足够的能力。 扎恩对演示感到满意，要求休息几个小时。 他没有立即解开冯卡的束缚，而是告诉她，他将让她继续这样下去一段时间，作为对迄今为止糟糕的审判表现的惩罚。Zahn and his co-counsel, Vonka, have been trying a case in which their client is accused of capturing, tying, and gagging a woman. Records show that at one point, a police officer stopped by their client’s house while searching for the woman. She testified that she was aware of the officer being close by but claimed that she could cry out because she was gagged with a cloth between her teeth. Zahn knows such a gag wouldn’t keep someone from crying out and also Vonka has been making mistakes during the trial, so he decides to have her help him with a gag demonstration. She thinks binding her so securely to a chair is a little excessive but he says it will make for a better demonstration before joining the video conference for the trial. He grabs a white cloth and ties it tightly between Vonka’s teeth, just like the victim claimed to be gagged, and Vonka is able to speak almost completely clearly. That is probably enough, but Zahn’s firm likes to go the extra mile, so he says they’re going to try more effective gags to show even those don’t silence people completely. He crams a big red bandana in Vonka’s mouth and ties the cloth between her teeth again. She’s definitely more muffled but still pretty loud. Vonka suggests they stop there but Zahn thinks they should do a few more. He fills her mouth with 4 women’s hankies, sealing them in with 9 strips of silver duct tape. That’s even more muffling but far from a mute button. Finally, Zahn packs Vonka’s protesting mouth with a big sponge and wraps silver duct tape around her head. He briefly pulls her shirt down and tickles her to give her real motivation to make noise, which she shows she’s still plenty capable of. Satisfied with the demonstration, Zahn asks for a multi-hour recess. Instead of untying Vonka immediately, he tells her he’s going to leave her like this for a while longer as punishment for poor trial performance so far.