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(Ray) 'The victim's
name is Peter dewhurst.'

single dad, his kid's
in second grade.

Found his body this morning in a
classroom at Archer elementary.

Coroner puts the time of death
between 10 and 11 last night.

Near the end of the
annual school fundraiser.

Head trauma, blow
from a blunt object.

Suspect's in custody. Archer
parent named Sally marin.

- The blunt object?
- Children's art project chair.

The murder weapon
was a class art project?

Mrs. Marin won it
at the silent auction.

Paint flakes, head wound
all match up with the chair.

'Blood on the chair
and on her dress'

'same type as the victim's.'

lab's working up definitive DNA.

Got skin from under the
victim's nails. Running that too.

What do we know
about Mrs. Marin?

Married, eight-year-old
daughter, second grade.

(Ray) 'Typical soccer mom.'

except for the
homicidal tendencies.

There was a note
in the victim's wallet.

'Mrs. Marin's stationary.'

"thank you for being
you. You are my rock.

You've opened my eyes to
the nightmare I've been living."

Sounds like an affair.

If it's an affair why aren't
we looking at the husband?

Mr. Marin has an ironclad alibi.

A seminar 90 miles
away with 50 other people.

Were victim and suspect
seen together last night?

The security camera
time stamped 9:55 P.M.

Just before the murder.

Looks like a lover's
quarrel to me.

- 'Annabeth.'
- Casey.

How's private practice?

Credit cards are paid
off, mortgage is up to date.

Life's grand. How's that baby?

- Cute as a button?
- Cuter.

- Sixteen months next week.
- Oh, yeah?

You gearing up for
that preschool frenzy?

- What frenzy?
- Are you kidding me?

My wife has us on
every list in town.

Well, Phoebe's what,
like not even a year old?

But you gotta get a jump
on these good preschools.

We called little red wagon
from her hospital bed.

[Chuckles] Seems
excessive. What's the rush?

Annabeth, you apply
when they're one

so you get in
when they're three.

Are you serious?

If I were you, i'd
make that appointment.

Now, could she look
any more innocent?

Funny, in our justice system

looking innocent doesn't
actually count for anything.

They quarreled.

She struck
Mr. Dewhurst with a chair.

I never even went in
that classroom last night.

The chair was
out in the hallway.

I-I picked it up
and took it home.

A guilty person would've
destroyed the evidence.

She just paid $2,000 for it. She
wasn't just gonna throw it away.

Wipe off the chair, take
the dress to the cleaners

everything's back to normal.

Except Peter dewhurst is dead

and his eight-year-old
son is an orphan.

I would never do anything
to hurt Peter or his son.

What were you and
Mr. Dewhurst fighting about?

Fighting?

Just before 10
o'clock in the hallway.

A security camera caught it.
You were arguing vehemently.

He grabbed your arm
and you stomped off.

- That doesn't prove anything.
- It was nothing.

Uh, school stuff, trivia.

We were just
exhausted last night

from working on the auction.

Peter and I

we were very close friends.

- Very close friends?
- Yes.

He was your rock?

What?

"The nightmare
I've been living."

Your marriage?

My marriage is fine.

It was something else,
a personal situation.

You and Mr. Dewhurst
were having an affair.

No!

This situation is the nightmare.

I'm innocent.

Talk to your client.

She tells the truth, we
can talk about a plea.

Otherwise, I'm
charging her in the death

of her very close friend.

Think it over, Mrs. Marin.

Whose idea was
it to ruin my week

by arresting the city's
most popular soccer mom?

Had a few calls?

I thought dealing with the mayor
and the governor was tough.

They're nothing
compared with the parents

of the Archer
elementary school pta.

What do we have on the victim?

Peter dewhurst, widower

single father to a
second grader at Archer.

The lone dad on the
pta executive committee

and according to his
legion of female fans

Peter was a pta rock star.

- All the moms loved him.
- Loved him? How much?

Ms. Marin obviously had
some kinda relationship with him.

They called each other
10 to 15 times a day

and exchanged
thousands of emails.

It'll take us days
to go through them.

Hundreds of phone
calls, thousands of emails?

They saw each other every day.

What could they have to
talk about? Had to be an affair.

Clearly, you've never
been on a pta committee.

And you have?

No, but my ex-wife was.

I was gonna say, you
don't look like the pta type.

Does Mrs. Marin
have a criminal history?

- None.
- Forensics?

Uh, recovered a plastic
fragment from the rug

in the kindergarten classroom

apparently off the bottom
of a woman's satin heel.

Are we checking
Mrs. Marin's wardrobe?

Yes and we're
still waiting on DNA

from skin under
the victim's nails.

Let's hold off charging
her until we get the results.

Okay. In the meantime, I will
talk to the suspect's husband.

Ed's canvassing some of the
mothers who were at the auction.

Well, hopefully he's
wearing his kevlar.

Did you notice any
tension between

Sally marin and Peter
dewhurst that night?

Definitely. They were
barely speaking all night.

Well, it's understandable.
That event was insane.

All the committee
people, they work so hard.

They love it.
They're all addicts.

- Fems.
- What's a fem?

- Formerly employed moms.
- That is so mean.

They quit working to
be stay-at-home moms.

But they still need
adult stimulation

so now they just run
their kids' lives instead.

You think Sally marin and Peter
dewhurst were having an affair?

Oh, gosh, no. I mean,
I can't even imagine...

Peter was a babe. I
would have jumped him.

'Andrea.'

the truth is, if they'd
been sleeping together

I think we would've known.

When miss Heather and
the science teacher hooked up

the whole school knew in a week.

Then again, I mean, if
you're not in the inner circle

I bet we don't
know the half of it.

- Inner circle?
- Pta is like anything else.

You've got the
movers and the shakers

you've got the worker bees.

- And you're worker bees?
- Definitely.

Well, I'll need the
buzz on that inner circle.

[Laughing]

Hello.

I'm Maureen Scofield
with the prosecutor's office.

- I'm here to see Mr. Marin.
- Oh, yes, um..

Hold on, just a second.

Hey, Lily. Go finish your soup.

I don't feel so good.

I know, but eat your soup.
It'll make you feel better.

- Okay.
- Kelsey, keep her company.

- But, mom..
- Kelsey.

I'm sorry.

Poor Lily. She has been
so upset about her mom.

I'm sorry. Are you a
neighbor or a relative?

I'm Caroline cummins.
I'm Sally's best friend.

I'm just helping out Kevin and
Sally until this gets resolved.

- May I ask you a question?
- Sure.

- You're her best friend?
- Yes.

Did she confide in you about
her relationship with Mr. Dewhurst?

I don't understand.

We think they were
having an affair.

Peter and Sally?
That is ridiculous.

No, they were friends.
We were all friends.

Look, this whole thing has
just been a terrible mistake.

It's a tragedy

and you people have
compounded it by arresting Sally.

When will you let her go?

I'm sorry, that's not up to me.

Well, she did not kill Peter.

There's a lot of
evidence that she did.

- Mr. Marin is this way.
- Thank you.

We think Peter
dewhurst and your wife

were having an affair.

You're wrong.

They called each other
every day, all day long

emails, text messages.

- They were doing the auction.
- Is that all they were doing?

You're right.

She was cheating on me. Alright?

But not with Peter dewhurst.

With the pta.

Of course it bothered me she was
spending so much time with him.

Eleven at night in bed,
im-ing Peter on her laptop.

What are the best juice
boxes to buy for the may fair?

Who's working the bake
sale? The pecan festival..

I... I'd had it.

- I wanted out.
- Out of the marriage?

Out of the school.

How did your wife
feel about that?

Sally was upset. Begged
me to change my mind.

She loves Archer,
but I insisted.

I told her I want
my family back.

(Female #1) 'The blow fractured his
skull, causing a subdural hematoma.'

the attacker was close to
the same height as the victim.

- At least 5'8".
- Mrs. Marin is not that tall.

She's like 5'3",
5'4" at the most.

She could've been standing
on something, a step, a riser.

There was nothing
like that in the report.

What about the DNA results?

Skin under the victim's nails
is not a match for the suspect.

Okay, sounds like
we have a problem.

[Dialing]

Annabeth, you and ray better
meet me at the crime scene.

This is where they
found the heel fragment?

Yeah, it's from a woman's
cosmo brand red satin pump.

As opposed to a man's
red satin pump, I guess.

- Cosmo, huh?
- Is that good?

Very nice, very
elegant, very expensive.

Mrs. Marin was
in black that night.

- Right.
- Meaning what?

She wouldn't be
wearing red pumps.

She wouldn't? How
would you know?

Unless she tied it in
with something else.

Yeah, a-a red
belt or a red scarf.

What is this, some kinda rule?

(Both) Yes.

It's called the law
of accessories.

I'm used to a different
kinda accessory

like... an accessory
after the fact.

We should be able to find her.

There were 400
parents at that auction

more than half of them women.
It's a needle in a haystack.

For you, maybe, but we
have our working theory.

Red belt, red scarf, red pumps.

There could've been
more than one woman

that night wearing red pumps.

Yes, but red satin cosmo pumps?

Not likely.

Here's a red dress.

Would you wear
red heels with that?

I wouldn't. I'll put it
in the "maybe" pile.

Wrap dress, fur shrug.

Probably vintage Mary janes.

Check this one out
with the peasant blouse.

- Not a chance.
- Why not?

She's wearing leopard
print and burgundy.

So?

She's probably wearing beaded
slippers or strappy sandals.

Beaded slippers, man.
Get with the program.

It's funny, I don't remember
covering formal footwear

at the academy.

Met this woman at
the marin's house.

Said she was
Sally's best friend.

- 'Caroline cummins.'
- She's wearing a red belt.

I'll bet she had red shoes on.

Sure. Ties the
whole look together.

Exactly.

Worker bees told me
she co-chaired the auction

with Mrs. Marin.

- Let's check her out.
- I'll get a warrant.

You need probable cause
for a warrant, which this is not.

- It will be.
- 'How?'

- we need a female judge.
- With a sense of style.

- Judge Stevenson?
- Tres chic.

(Caroline) This is absurd.

Don't pull on that, please.

That's cashmere. Pashmina.

You'll save us some
trouble if you just hand over

the clothes you were wearing
that night at the auction.

Fine.

[Caroline sighs]

Here. Happy?

This is short sleeve. And
this is not the same skirt at all.

Oh, I... I spilled
wine on that outfit.

- Had to throw it out.
- You do that a lot?

Throw away an expensive dress

instead of taking
it to the cleaners?

Got the shoes. Red satin pumps.

These look like cosmos to you?

- Yeah. Cosmos, definitely.
- You're getting good at that.

Hey, you're not the only
one with a sense of style.

Oh, and look, there's a little
piece missing off the heel.

Luminol that puppy.

What are you doing? What are
you spraying all over my shoes?

It'll show us if
there's blood on 'em.

Well, if there is, I don't
know how it got there.

Bingo.

I'm not discussing anything
until we get an attorney.

Wait a minute!
What are you doing?

Sir, step back. Your
wife's under arrest.

Joe, call a lawyer.

Don't worry, honey,
I'll call Jim Thompson.

Call Sally. Get someone
from her lawyer's firm.

Got it. Not a
criminal mastermind.

She should've thrown them out
instead of trying to clean them.

Oh, shoes like these,
you don't throw out.

Not if you can help it.

- Best friends, huh?
- 'So she said.'

she was still gonna let
Mrs. Marin take the rap.

We released Sally marin

and charged Caroline
cummins with manslaughter.

You got a motive yet?

No, but the physical
evidence is incontrovertible.

Victim's blood on her shoe

heel fragment at
the scene and DNA.

It was her skin under
the victim's fingernails.

This case, without a motive

manslaughter's a
stretch for a jury.

Better plead it down
to reckless homicide.

- And if I can find a motive?
- 'Better find one quick!'

why aren't you helpin' him?

E-mail trees, they're connected.

It's like an ecosystem.

It's better for one
person to read them.

He lost the coin
toss, didn't he?

What can I say? I've
always been lucky.

Guys, help me out
here. I need a motive.

- Why'd she kill him?
- Why do people kill each other?

Hundreds of reasons. Money,
blackmail, extortion, drugs.

You guys are
still on the streets.

Think pta moms in the suburbs.

I'll take a dealer
with a rap sheet

as long as your arm any day.

Well, something set her off.
Anything in the e-mail so far?

Well, in the first
5,000 or so I've read

maybe something
brewing in paradise

between dewhurst
and Mrs. Cummins.

Like what?

Disagreements over
the auction planning.

What's the theme gonna be?
Should we have a deejay or not?

- Exciting stuff.
- Don't gloat.

Motive for murder...
I don't think so.

The other parents you
canvassed didn't mention

anything about problems
between those two?

They wouldn't have
necessarily known.

Who would?

I gave my list of the pta's
inner circle to Maureen.

She's talking to 'em for me,
including the ex-pta president

who threw up her hands in
disgust over the whole thing.

I can think of someone else
who probably knew something.

You mean the woman I accused
of killing her closest friend?

On your way over, you
might wanna practice

that apology in the rearview.

[Sighs]

I quit and never looked back.

- Too much work?
- Too much drama.

Pta politics was something else.

I felt like a UN negotiator.

Our kids are at stake or
so people tell themselves

but do you think
it really matters

what font we use
on the auction flier?

[Laughs]

Now the principal
at Archer mentioned

there was some hostility
between Caroline and you?

Oh, it was between
Caroline and everyone

but for me, the final straw

someone sent an
anonymous complaint

about how Peter was
running the meetings.

It was absurd and
he was mad as hell.

How do you know it
was Mrs. Cummins?

Peter joked that he was
gonna hire a private investigator

but I recognized
Caroline's handwriting.

I heard Caroline
threaten him once.

She said it like a joke, but
it sure sounded angry to me.

[Dramatic music]

Mom! Someone's here for you!

(Sally) 'Lily, I can hear
you all the way in the back.'

Go play, honey. Okay?

Okay.

What are you doing here?

Mrs. Marin, please
accept my apologies.

I made a huge mistake.

I'd like you to leave,
please. Right now.

I've to talk to you
about Caroline cummins.

You were wrong about
me. You're wrong about her.

We were mistaken about you
and you can hold it against us

or you can help us.

We know she and Peter
weren't getting along.

That kinda friction
is normal in...

I know I should've called.

Kelsey is in the car,
she's dying to see Lily

'i thought the girls
could have a playdate.'

Caroline, this is
not a good time.

(Caroline) 'What are
you two talking about?'

(Sally) 'We'll do it
some other time, okay?'

'I'll call and arrange
something for the girls.'

please.

I'll call you later, sweetie.

[Dramatic music]

She's out on bail for killing
one of your closest friends

and she just drops by like
it's nothing out of the ordinary?

Well, that's Caroline for
you. Nothing fazes her.

Um..

Could we do this
another time, please?

I can't..

This is all starting to hit me.

Hard.

Of course.

I'm standing in Sally's
living room, in walks Caroline

get this, the living rooms
are exactly the same.

How weird is that?

Same curtains, same shade
of green paints, same furniture

same photo of the two of
them wearing the same outfit.

Creepy. I wonder what it means.

It's like they're leading
doppelganger lives.

Yeah, but who's copying who?

So I combed through
Caroline cummins' past

took me a few days.

Campus security reports from
15 years ago are hard to get.

- Where was this?
- Oregon. Grad school.

She was a ta.

One of her students accused
Ms. Cummins of stalking her.

Said cummins started showing up

uninvited to her
apartment, parties.

Borrowed some of her laundry
and wore it around campus.

She finally asked for
a disciplinary hearing.

Anything come of it?

No. She got sick over spring
break, couldn't fly home.

Guess who shows up at
her front door with soup?

Caroline cummins?

Student was too out
of it to see straight.

She lets her stalker
take care of her.

You got it. She gets better,
is grateful, drops the charges.

What if this whole thing
was about the two women?

If Caroline was
obsessed with Sally...

Then she kills Peter dewhurst

because he's
coming between them.

And people think the
pta is about the kids.

(Sally) Poor Peter. I haven't
even had time to cry over him.

This kinda grief, someone
so close, out of the blue..

It's very hard.

I know.

How can I help you, Ms. Chase?

You can tell us in detail what
you know of their relationship.

Were they having an affair?

Oh... lord, no.

- How can you be so sure?
- He didn't have the time.

He spent it all with me.

You said you and Peter weren't..

We weren't sleeping together..

But we were that close

that intimate emotionally.

We believe Caroline was jealous

of your friendship
with Peter dewhurst.

She could be a
little possessive.

Was she in love with you?

Caroline?

No, not exactly.

It's hard to explain.

Sally, you're not the
first woman she stalked.

Excuse me?

Caroline stalked
another woman in college.

Uh... julie gardner.

Caroline never mentioned her.

Miss gardner eventually
lodged a formal complaint

with campus security.

We moved here a year ago.

I met... Caroline in
line at the market.

'She helped me find a gym'

a baby-sitter.

And I was thrilled that
Lily made a new friend.

Lily's shy. Changing
schools midyear was brutal.

Caroline would arrange
playdates for the girls.

It meant the world to me.

- So you became friends?
- We did.

And then it
started to get weird.

'Caroline redid her living room'

to look exactly
the same as mine.

She started dropping
by at all hours.

She was the nightmare
you referred to

in the note to
Peter, wasn't she?

When Peter was
killed, why didn't you

tell us about her behavior?

Who would believe me?

What would I tell the police?

That this pta mom was
acting like a teenager?

'Hanging around
the market for hours'

so she'd accidentally
run into me?

'No one would
take that seriously.'

Peter... was my closest
friend in the world.

If..

If Caroline killed him..

She did.

It was because of me.

So finally a motive
for Caroline cummins.

She was obsessed
with Sally marin.

Jury's gonna wanna know
how and why that night

what happened to make her snap.

A psychologist is coming today

to look at Sally's
video statement.

Has ed gotten
through the e-mails?

He's close.

He's at the point
where she tried

to get dewhurst kicked
off some pta committee.

Well, a pattern of
ongoing antagonism

would establish her
existing mental state.

It would get around the defense
claim that it was sudden heat.

Sudden heat knocks you
back to reckless homicide.

- Which is what you've wanted.
- It's what's easier.

If you can prove intent

then you'll get your
manslaughter conviction.

- That's what I want.
- I know.

(Sally on screen) Caroline
started redoing her living room

so it looked like mine.

She got Kelsey the
same hair clips Lily likes.

[Laughs] I could go on and on.

I tried to pull away, but..

'...Caroline just got
more and more needy.'

here's where I see evidence
of what is called a girl crush.

Is it sexual?

Not overtly.

It's a passionate
friendship, strictly platonic.

Common in middle
and high school.

Most teenage girls go
through a girl crush phase.

Wendy wellman, my
best friend in eighth grade.

We sat next to each
other in class and when I

got home from school
we were on the phone.

Part of the reason Mrs. Marin
allowed Caroline's behavior

is because it enabled
her to carry on

her emotional affair
with Peter dewhurst.

So Sally marin tolerated

Caroline cummins
having a girl crush on her.

Oh, she knew her relationship

with Mr. Dewhurst
was inappropriate.

But as long as she
could tell herself

it was all under the guise of
handling the Caroline situation

they could avoid
feeling guilty about

'spending so
much time together.'

explains why
Sally didn't tell us

about Caroline
from the beginning.

A girl crush can
be as passionate

as a love relationship.

So if Sally rejected
Caroline for Peter..

Oh, Caroline could feel
the same kind of jealousy

anger, feelings of betrayal

as if she'd been
rejected by a boyfriend.

The late-night phone calls

bitter recriminations, screaming

hysterical fights on prom night.

You sound as if you have
some experience in this area.

I was very intense in my youth.

(Ed) Ten thousand e-mails.
I read every single one.

Very impressive.

Half the time the parents are
planning barbecues together

the other half
slamming each other.

But no outright threats
between Caroline and anyone.

Which means we
can't prove intent

which means no conviction.

Can we track any
underlying antagonisms

between Caroline cummins
and Peter dewhurst?

Well, they're all
over the place.

And I'm not sure Mrs. Marin
understood the depth of it.

Turns out Peter dewhurst

actually did hire himself
a private investigator.

After the stunt she
pulled at the pta meeting?

Dewhurst had a
handwriting expert

confirm the anonymous
note was from Mrs. Cummins.

He also looked into
getting a restraining order.

- For himself?
- For Sally marin.

- No sign she knew.
- He was protecting her.

Okay, that's our approach then.

We can't point to a specific
e-mail as being threatening

but the totality of
e-mails paints a picture

of Caroline cummins's pervasive
hostility toward Peter dewhurst.

Like the neighbors who
squabble over the fence for years

until one finally
shoots the other one

and claims it was
in sudden heat.

Because they have
a history of fighting..

The sudden heat
defense doesn't apply.

It's the pervasiveness of their

squabbling that
speaks to intent.

Hope the judge sees it that way.

Motion people vs.
Caroline cummins. Ladies?

Motion to exclude the
testimony of Julie gardner.

Your honor, the defendant

stalked and
harassed Ms. Gardner.

It goes towards motive and a
pattern of predatory behavior.

12 years ago, in college.

It was an isolated
incident, not a pattern.

- Prior acts are not admissible.
- But mos are.

How is the stalking
relevant, Ms. Scofield?

The stalking shows
the obsessive nature

of the defendant's
relationships with other women.

One other woman 12 years ago.

I agree with the defense.

It's a singular
incident... Not a pattern.

The testimony is excluded. Next.

Your honor, the defense
would also like to exclude

all of Caroline cummins's
pta correspondence.

These e-mails are more
prejudicial than probative.

These e-mails clearly track

Mrs. Cummins' antagonism
towards the victim.

She's not on trial
for being a bitch.

Ms. Brokaw. Please.

The sum of these
e-mails make it clear.

Mrs. Cummins had a long-running

and pervasive hostility
towards the victim.

Mcewing vs. State upheld

a pattern of hostility can
be used to prove intent.

Do the e-mails contain any

explicit threats
toward the victim?

There's an undercurrent of rage.

That's your interpretation.

(Judge Jenkins)
'E-mails are excluded.'

if you find a threat,
I'll review it in camera.

- Your honor...
- We're done.

Trial starts Friday.

[Instrumental music]

(Maureen) 'First the
judge ties our hands'

then he fires the starting
pistol and yells "go."

It's a tough case to
make without the e-mails.

You realize trial
starts tomorrow.

I'll begin with the
ex-president of the pta

to establish Caroline's state of
mind vis-a-vis Sally and Peter.

This is a truly
twisted triangle.

Caroline and Sally carpooled.
Their kids were friends.

They talked on the
phone several times a day.

Did Caroline appear to
be obsessed with Sally?

Objection. Witness is not
qualified to speak to that.

Sustained.

[Sighs]

Did you witness an argument

between Caroline and
Peter on October 12?

In the pickup line at school.

(Maureen) 'Did you
hear what it was about?'

Peter was taking Lily and
his son to the lake house

for the weekend
to help Sally out.

Caroline was
angling to keep Lily

but no way was Peter
letting that happen.

Then I heard her say

"I'm so jealous
you're keeping Lily.

You're lucky I don't
slash your tires."

Objection. Approach?

Your honor, this is
an eyewitness account

of a threat made
by the defendant.

It was a joke, not a threat.

If slashing tires isn't a
threat, I don't know what is.

I'll allow it.

When Caroline said this,
did you think she was serious?

I did. Her tone of
voice... It was disturbing.

- And how did Peter react?
- 'He was shocked.'

you thought he
took it seriously.

Very.

Your witness.

I knew Caroline was
becoming too possessive.

She tried to oust
Peter from the pta

so we wouldn't... couldn't
spend so much time together.

- Did that strategy work?
- It backfired, actually.

He and I spent even
more time together.

He became a buffer
between Caroline and me.

I wanted it that way.

You never confronted
Mrs. Cummins. Why?

(Sally) I didn't want
to hurt her feelings.

And... i thought I
could manage her.

Nothing further.

If you thought Caroline
was an unstable person

why didn't you break
off your friendship?

I tried to pull away, but..

I'm not a
confrontational person.

I didn't want conflict.

So you tolerated Mrs. Cummins.

I tried to be nice to her,
as nice as I could be.

- Did you trust her?
- Not really.

She was... So erratic.

Then why'd you
allow her to take care

of your daughter
when she was sick?

You frequently left your
daughter in Caroline's care.

In September, you left her
with Caroline for... 36 hours.

My mom broke her hip,
it was an emergency.

You more than tolerated
Caroline cummins.

You relied on her.

(Sally) 'I wanted Peter to
take Lily for the weekend.'

but Lily got sick
and she couldn't go.

So Caroline pitched in.

So you did, in fact, trust her

with your most
precious possession

'your only child.'

Miss Sarah, hi.
It's annabeth chase.

Thank you so much for
scheduling an interview tomorrow.

We'll be there at 8:30.

Uh... no, actually, he
passed away last spring.

So, uh, it's just
gonna be the two of us.

That's okay.

Okay, thanks. Bye-bye.

[Laughs] Uh, preschools.

Haley has an interview tomorrow.

How do you interview a toddler?

Good question.

Apparently, if I want Haley

to go to a good feeder school

I gotta start applying now.

It seems prestigious
private grade schools

are harder to get
into than Harvard.

(James) Wait for high school.

Jessie's on the student
council, playing three sports

and working with food banks
just to bolster her college apps.

And she's got a 4.0.

My two cents, let
'em have a childhood.

- It's over soon enough.
- I know.

I heard what happened
with our star witness.

I'm not so sure we're
making our case.

You know, from where
I sit it's a jump ball

and I'm sure Becky brokaw

is as uncertain as to which
way the jury's leaning as we are.

You want me to offer
reckless homicide.

I think it's the smart
play, I really do.

Alright.

Go for the Max.

Eight years for killing someone?

The jury doesn't know
everything you do about this case.

Start with eight, settle
for what you can get.

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We'll take reckless homicide,
two years suspended, no more.

Your client could
face 20 years in prison

if the jury finds her guilty.

If you thought they'd
come back guilty

you wouldn't be here.

Is Mrs. Cummins willing
to take the chance?

If she loses, her
daughter will be grown up

and outta the house
long before she gets out.

Okay, four years.

With good behavior
it'll be two, tops.

Annabeth?

Agreed.

We want a confession
for the record.

It was an accident.

My whole life I've
taken care of people.

When they're sick or
when they need a friend.

I never meant to hurt Peter.

Hey.

How'd the interview
at pleasant corners go?

I put it off for a couple days.

Listen, I've been thinking.

Annabeth, the sentencing is
next week. You can't undo it.

Just hear me out.

Caroline cummins said something.

She takes care of
people when they're sick.

Mm-hmm, a regular
Florence nightingale.

Sally marin testified that
when her mother broke her hip

her daughter was supposed to
go for the weekend with Peter.

'Mm-hmm, Lily gets sick'

and Caroline takes Lily
for the weekend instead.

Sound familiar?

Just like her last
stalking victim.

Julie gardner had been
trying to ditch Caroline

and then she got violently ill

some intestinal thing she's
never had before or since.

Caroline made her soup,
brought it to her dorm.

Caroline cummins made Lily soup

the day I interviewed
Kevin marin.

People in Caroline's
life eventually start

to pull away from
her 'cause she's crazy.

And then they get violently ill
and she magically cures them.

And voila, they're
filled with gratitude

and best friends again.

Maureen... is there a chance
she made them sick... On purpose

so she could cure them?

If I can prove it, I don't
need to undo the plea.

This is a new charge and she'll
be looking at another ten years.

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This is crazy.

Why can't you just
leave my family alone?

What the hell is this?

A subpoena to
depose your daughter.

She's eight years old.

You want her to testify
against her own mother?

We want her to tell the truth.

If you influence her to
lie, you could go to jail too.

- Then Kelsey would have no one.
- You wouldn't do that.

She'll be sentenced to four
years and with time served

and early release,
will be out in two.

Two years for killing
Peter... Doesn't seem right.

No, it doesn't.

I wanted to ask you.

My colleague said
Lily's been ill recently?

Nothing out of the ordinary.

She got sick when
I was arrested.

Some kind of stomach bug.

What do you know about pinworms?

They're like head lice.

One of those things that go
around in even the best schools.

Huge pain in the
ass, but no big deal.

They're parasites,
easily transmitted

that cause a full-blown
parasitic infection.

Itchy, uncomfortable,
sometimes stomach cramps.

The symptoms
often seem like the flu

so you might not
even go to the doctor.

What are you getting at?

We found cookies in
Mrs. Cummins' refrigerator.

The frosting contained
live pinworm eggs.

Are you saying..

She infected
Lily... Deliberately.

Oh, my god.

We think she did the
same thing in college

to a woman she was stalking.

Why? W-Why would she
do something like that?

To play the hero.

It's a form of Munchausen
syndrome by proxy.

Make someone sick
and then cure them.

She deliberately made Lily sick?

And then gave her
something to make her better

so you would be grateful to her.

Soup.

There was leftover.
I put it in my freezer.

Lily was not my best
friend, even at all.

She was really annoying.

But if I let her be
my recess buddy

mommy lets me paint
my toenails with her.

If Lily asks my
mom for a playdate

I get a cupcake before bed.

Does your mom ask you
to keep secrets with Lily?

Mom sometimes packs
special cookie treats in my lunch

to give to Lily.

[Rustling]

- 'Like this one?'
- Yeah.

Only I'm not allowed to have
the ones with the ribbons.

Did you tell anyone?

No, because Lily's mom
would take them away.

(Kelsey on screen)
So I'd take it

in my lunch box to school

and sneak it to her
under the picnic tables

so the teachers can't see.

We can't share food at school

because Bethany
has a peanut allergy.

Well, the plea's already
been entered, annabeth.

Trying to influence the judge

to throw out our agreement
before sentencing.

These are new charges.

Your client deliberately
infected Lily marin

with an intestinal parasite.

You're manipulating my child.

You're evil.

We tested the
cookies, Mrs. Cummins.

Sally marin froze
some of her soup.

The lab found a drug in it that
cures pinworms in one dose.

- What's on the table, annabeth?
- Ten years.

She pleads to
child endangerment.

- Concurrently.
- In addition to the four.

Fourteen years?

I have a daughter.

And I feel very sorry
for her, but not for you.

The alternative
is we go to trial

and everybody
finds out what you did

to eight-year-old Lily marin.

I'd like a moment to
confer with my client.

Mrs. Cummins, in the charge of
one count of child endangerment

against Lily marin, do
you accept the charges?

Yes, your honor.

But I would like to
make a statement.

Proceed.

Pinworms are not fatal.

'They're a very common
childhood ailment'

'and they're easily cured.'

I always had a supply of
the soup ready, just in case.

Mrs. Cummins, your
lack of remorse is noted.

In the death of Peter dewhurst

do you accept the charge
of reckless homicide?

Yes, but it was not my fault.

- Please elaborate.
- Peter was the possessive one.

(Caroline) Sally and I were as
close as two people could be.

And then he turned
her against me.

He said that... She
only put up with me..

For Lily's sake.

Somehow he knew that
I was making Lily sick

so that I could
spend time with Sally.

I told him that I would stop

if he just promised
not to tell Sally.

But when I did, it was like

he finally had the proof he
needed to ruin our friendship.

He said he was gonna
tell Sally what I'd done.

I didn't mean to kill him.

I only picked up the chair

because I was so
hurt and... Angry.

(Judge Jenkins) 'As
stipulated in the agreement'

'between the people of
Indiana and the defendant'

for one count of
reckless homicide

the court sentences you
to four years in prison.

For one count of
child endangerment

the court sentences
you to ten years in prison.

'These sentences are to
be served consecutively'

for a total of 14 years.

'Bailiff, you can
take the defendant.'

'this court is adjourned.'

[bangs gavel]

[Instrumental music]

(Annabeth) Okay,
great, thank you.

That was pleasant
corners. Haley's in.

- Congratulations.
- Thanks.

But if I hold off, magic
meadows might have a spot.

What are you gonna do?

I don't know. It's overwhelming.

If I make the wrong choice now

it could affect her whole life.

Wait, this is preschool
we're talking about, right?

- Three mornings a week?
- Yeah.

I think you may be overreacting.

You think?

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess so.

All these decisions, you know?

I guess I never imagined i'd
be doing all this on my own.

Well, you are.

And you aren't.

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for scenes from our next episode.

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