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I didn't see the special, but this reminds me of a situation that I myself encountered. A few weeks back, I was walking with one of my apartment-mates back from a friend's party. So I was quite smashed, and still had a slight pot buzz going. Anyway. We were walking up one of the busy streets on the way home, with lots of people around, and we saw this guy yelling at a girl, she was clearly very afraid, cowering against a building. I just had a major flashback to an abusive relationship that I was in, and I totally recognized her behavior. Now when I'm drunk, I get really ball-sy, so I went right up to them. I didn't yell at him, I just calmly told him that he's not to talk to her like that, or yell at her. My friend didn't know what to do, he just kinda stood there with his mouth open, I think he was shocked that I said something. This guy was an asshole to me too, and he tried to get in my face, but when I stood my ground, he realized he wasn't getting anywhere with me. I also had a good 5 inches in height on him - one of the joys of being tall. LOL. But eventually he stopped yelling at me and her and just stood there seething. So I turned my attention to his girlfriend, and just told her to walk away. The pain in her eyes just rocked me, cause I knew what she was feeling. But, *sigh* I keep berating myself that I eventually walked away and didn't call anyone, because I was on the phone with someone at the time. I think about it every day, and just wish that I had done more. Hindsight, huh?