Malibu, Calif. ? They turned out the lights on the Floyd Landis courtroom drama Wednesday, a whopper of a case that whirled wildly between arguments about wardrobe choices, malfunctioning machines, shoddy science and much more.

Like any soap opera, this story isn’t close to being resolved.

It will be more than a month before the three arbitrators who sat through nine days of testimony sort through the evidence and decide whether the Tour de France champion is guilty of doping. Whoever loses is almost sure to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The final day began with scientific testimony and ended with closing arguments. Not surprisingly, the sides squabbled over who would go last.

When they finally figured that one out – the Landis people prevailed – Landis attorney Maurice Suh told the panel what he thought of the testing methods that produced Landis’ positive tests.

“Garbage in, garbage out,” Suh said, referring to a graphic with garbage cans moving across the screen.

He also said the case was about more than just Landis, and his quest to retain the Tour title and avoid a two-year ban from cycling.

Suh spoke after attorneys for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency resumed their attacks, showing evidence they say proves Landis used synthetic testosterone during his Tour win.

“Usually all you get to hear about in a case like this is what was in the athlete’s urine,” attorney Richard Young said. “In this case, the events and the evidence have also shown us a glimpse of what was in the athlete’s mind.”

Landis rolled his eyes and closed them after that statement.