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Excuse us.

Uh, the 911 caller
Said the south tower.

Right. Which you get to
From the central plaza

On the third floor.

No. You cross
Around the corner.

Well, you know what?

We'll just see
Who gets there first.

Hey.

There's no reason for you
To have called the police.

I called the police

Because no one can explain
What happened to my son.

Ms. Langner, please.
Let me get you
A grief counselor.

I don't need
A grief counselor!

I want those doctors
Arrested.

Let's discuss this
In my office.

Detective daniels, lapd.
Priority homicide.

Help me.

They murdered my son.

Ok, just
Take a breath.

Take a breath.

[hyperventilating]

[breathing slower]

Ok?

So, what's
Going on here?

I brought my son nicky in
For a simple endoscopy.

And now he's dead.

They killed him.

Detective. If I may.

There's no question

That we've had
A terrible tragedy
Here tonight.

But the presence
Of police...

It just seems to be
Inflaming the situation.

It might be best
For everyone

If you just went home.

I'm sorry.

You do not tell the lapd
To go home.

Detective, please.

Don't overreact
To this situation.

It is common to hear
Accusations like this

From people who have
Lost children.

But I can assure you,
The doctors

Took all heroic measures
To save the boy's life.

I'd like to hear that
From them.

Dr. Woods and dr. Sands
Are unavailable.

Since you refuse
To cooperate,

And I have
Reasonable suspicion

Regarding this
Attended death--

Reasonable suspicion?

I am designating
The o. R. A crime scene.

Oh, for god's--
No one touches the body.

Nothing is disturbed
Or removed.

Please secure
The operating suite.

Let's go.

[elevator rings]

Sorry to pull you guys
Away from dinner.

The speeches were endless.
The food never came.

I was about to eat
My napkin.

What's going on here?
Well, we have a problem.

The mother over here,
Melissa langner,

Her son nicky came in
For a routine procedure.

Are you in charge?

Talk to the lady.

Deputy chief
Brenda leigh johnson.

I'll be with you
In a minute, sir.

Go on.

So, her son
Went through surgery

To stop some minor
Gastric bleeding,

There were some
Complications,

He died,
And now she's saying
That he was murdered.

Ok.

Thank you, sergeant.
And you are?

Howard pierce.
Administrative director

Of southwest pacific
University hospital.

One of your people
Has shut down
Our operating room.

That was daniels' call
Before I got here.

Ok.

I'd be happy
To address your concerns

As soon as I get
More information.
One moment, please.

Oh, excuse me.

This is the woman
I was speaking of.

I'm deputy chief
Brenda leigh johnson
Of the lapd.

[exhales]

I'm sorry to press you
At a time like this,

But I need to know
Why you think
Your son was murdered.

Nicky started throwing up
Around 6:15.

There was a little blood.

I'm a fourth year
Medical student.

I knew it probably wasn't
Anything too serious,

But I didn't want to
Misdiagnose him

So I brought him here
So that they could scope him.

10 minutes later,
He was in major surgery.

20 minutes later,
He was dead.

That's a...

That is
A terrible story,

Ms. Langner,
But what makes you think
It was a crime?

Because...

When I questioned
Dr. Woods,

The vascular surgeon,

About the cause of death,

He kept changing
His answer.

And after
The third response,

He just looked
At the other doctor,
The g.I. Specialist...

And I saw it in their eyes.

They are covering
Something up.

Ms. Langner--
Please...

Help me.

Please?

Ok. I'll be right back.

I hope that we are acting
On good solid suspicions

And not just sympathy.

Chief, I initiated
This investigation

Because I was being
Actively obstructed.

Oh...

Could the bruises be
From how he was handled
During surgery?

No.

I doubt it.

The yellowing suggests
They happened much earlier.

Is that a video camera?

You should know as soon
As your grieving mother

Went to the bathroom,
Those guys appeared.

They've been huddling.

Looks like they're planning
Their next play.

And they are leaving.

I don't think
They're a flight risk.

Mr. Pierce, I believe

We've gotten off
On the wrong foot.

I'm confident that with
Your cooperation,

We can resolve this issue
Right now.
I agree.

All I need is
The surgery video,
The boy's charts,

And to have a short
Conversation with
The physicians.

Well, that's not
Going to happen.

Excuse me?

You want to
Resolve this quickly?
Let me help you.

There...Was...No...
Murder.

You need to turn
That operating suite

Back over to us
Right now.

Sergeant gabriel,
Please notify
Building operations

That we'll be
Shutting down this floor.

Nothing goes in or out

Without our permission.
Nothing.

You can't do that!
One more word out of you,

And I will padlock
This entire hospital

And arrest you for interfering
With a murder investigation.

We don't know
There was malpractice.

Much less a crime,
Much less murder.

So let's be clear about
What's going on here.

You're launching
A full-fledged
Investigation

Into a nationally
Respected hospital

Based on the hunch
Of a hysterical woman.

Daniels and I both
Felt she might be
Telling the truth.

Ok. Make that three
Hysterical women.

I know you don't want me
To respond to that.

No. What it
Looks like to me

Is a grieving mother
Desperate to pin the blame

For her son's death
On somebody.

Ever consider
She might be pinning it

On those responsible?

Todd woods
Is one of the top

Vascular surgeons
In the country.

What possible motive

Could he or this
Other doctor have

For murdering
An 8-year-old boy?

Well, then,
If there's no issue,

Why won't this
Mr. Pierce,

This jerk of
A hospital administrator
Help me?

Brenda, just because somebody
Doesn't share your agenda

Doesn't make them a jerk.

Dr. Woods was decorated

For his work
As a trauma surgeon

During the first
Gulf war.

He pioneered the use
Of carotid stents.

Dr. Sands has performed
Over 2,000 endoscopic
Procedures.

He's been recognized--

Thank you. I get it.

The attending physicians
Are geniuses.

Now, like chief johnson,

I am committed
To resolving this

With the least inconvenience
For all involved.

Then end
The criminal inquiry.

If ms. Langner continues
To harbor doubts

About her
Son's treatment,

She has numerous
Civil remedies
Available to her.

We are asking for
Minimal cooperation.

And I am telling you

That these doctors'
Records are protected,

And they will remain
Confidential.

And let me give you
A word of warning, sir,

The legal principles
At stake in this case

Are more important
Than you seem to imagine.

Now, I urge you
To think very carefully

About what you do next.

Martha, get me
Martin garnett, please.
Thank you.

Garnett's the deputy
District attorney.

I'm gonna ask him
To have the grand jury
Issue subpoenas

For everything related
To the langner case.

Just to satisfy my own
Stupid, uninformed curiosity.

There's no reason
To involve a grand jury.

I can arrange
For the doctors
To speak with you

And for the hospital
To turn over the video.

But the charts
Remain sealed.

That's better.

And how long will this take?

I hope we don't need
To make an appointment.

I'll be back in 2 hours.

Excellent.

Thank you.
Thank you so much.

Wow. The motto is

First do no harm?

They should add, second,

Don't be so obnoxious.

You realize
That by limiting

The information
They turn over,

They're trying to guide
Our conclusions.

You're welcome, brenda.

Thank you.

As you can see,
There was already
Significant bleeding

When I began the egd.

Brenda: the egd?

Esophago-gastro
Duodenoscopy.

It's when the doctors
Slide the scope

Down the patient's throat
To get a visualization

Of the upper gastro
Intestinal tract.

What causes this kind
Of bleeding?

Hematemesis.
Vomiting blood.

It can be caused
By gastritis,

Or in rare cases,
Mallory-weiss tears.

Which are?

Burst blood vessels
In the mucosa
Of the esophagus.

I did a year
In medical school.

Cauterization should
Reduce that bleeding,

But 3 minutes
Into the procedure,

The patient's blood pressure
Dropped to 60 over 30,

And I began transfusing
With o-negative.

And called for
Surgical back-up.

I arrived less than
10 minutes later,

And performed
An emergency
Laparotomy.

Exploring the
Abdominal cavity
For hemorrhage.

At 19:16,
The patient coded.

At 19:19,
I discovered a bleed

In the left
Gastric artery.

As I began suturing
This perforation,

The patient
Flatlined.

Had no meaningful
Heart function
For 3 minutes.

Despite closing
This rupture,

The patient's
Diastolic pressure

Never rose above
20 millimeters.

Repeated attempts
To establish

A normal
Sinus rhythm failed,

And we pronounced
The patient dead
At 19:31.

Thank you, buzz.

If you were to review
Your charts

With our forensic
Pathologists,

Would they be
Entirely consistent

With what you just
Told us?

No.

No. The charts
Would indicate

Something significant
Beyond that.

Over the past 6 months,
Melissa langner

Brought her son
To the e.R. Repeatedly

With complaints
Ranging from

Allergies to asthma to
Acute gastric distress.

The exact cause
Of these various ailments

Remains undetermined,

But they share
One common element.

They all could've been
Artificially induced.

And as you saw
Last night,

Melissa langner is
Emotionally unstable.

Are you suggesting
Melissa langner

Deliberately made
Her son sick?
I am.

And the treating
Physicians

Thought this
Might be a case

Of munchausen's
By proxy

And so listed it
On the boy's charts.

Doctors woods and
Sands were concerned

That bringing
These allegations
To your attention

Would needlessly
Complicate a tragedy.

But if you're certain
This is murder,

Then I'd consider
Melissa langner

A serious suspect.

On such a sad day.

Do you have someone
Staying with you?

No, but I--I'm...

Managing.

Thank you for fol--

Following...
Through on this.

Well, we are committed

To discovering
Exactly what happened
To nicholas.

I don't believe you've met
Lieutenant tao.

My condolences.

Ms. Langner,

This morning,
Dr. Woods and dr. Sands

Gave their statements,
And they maintain

Your son died from
Severe internal bleeding.

Despite dr. Woods
Having closed a perforation

In the left gastric artery.

Have you seen
The charts yet?

Tao: we haven't,
But we've been assured

There's nothing in there
That would contradict

The video
Of your son's surgery.

I'm sorry to ask you
Questions

On such a hard day,
But, um...

We were also told
That in recent months,

Nicky's made
Approximately a dozen
Trips to the e.R.

Is that true?

Nicky had always been
A healthy kid.

And then his dad died
Last july,

It was totally unexpected.

Oh, my.

So nicky is the second
Family member

You've lost in a year?

That's so unfortunate.

After my husband died,
I was almost suicidal.

I'm so sorry.

Have you been talking
To anyone about this?

Yes. And with
Antidepressants,

Things improved,
But nicky,

Suddenly, he was sick.

All the time.

It was like he picked up
Every germ.

The flu, the chicken pox.

Yesterday,
He was vomiting blood.

Any idea

What might have caused
Your son to throw up?

There are a hundred
Different physical reasons.

Or it could've been
A lot of stress.

Losing his dad,
Being in a new school.

Was nicky being treated
For anything

That might have affected
His motor coordination?

No. Why?

Well, when we
Examined nicholas,

He seemed to have
Several bruises.

Was he bumping
Into objects

Or falling down
A lot?

How else do you think

He might have sustained
Those injuries?

Are you suggesting
I hurt nicky?

We have to consider
All the possibilities.

That...Isn't...
A possibility.

That is an insult.

My son was everything to me.

Do you really believe
I would have hit him?

Do you?

Maybe not hit him,
But hurt him.

Doctors have access
To things

That can make
Children sick,

And you're
A medical student.

Well, thank you
For your commitment

To finding out what happened,
Ms. Johnson.

But I won't be needing
Your help anymore.

Mrs. Langner.

We have to help.

Whether you
Like it or not.

Last 10 years,
I've worked 3 cases

Of munchausen by proxy.

Mothers are supposed to be
Making their kids sick

To get sympathy
For themselves.

It's bullshit.

Really?

And what about all
The surveillance tapes

Of parents
Overdosing their kids

And smothering them
With pillows?

Hey, I'm not saying
It never happens.

But every case
I saw,

There was always
A sick kid,

A pain
In the ass mom,

And a doctor
Who wanted them
Both to disappear.

Easiest way
To accomplish that

Is say the word
Munchausen.

Ok, lieutenant flynn, we
Appreciate your perspective,

But as you are
Our resident expert

In munchausen's
By proxy, please...

You want
The profile? Fine.

The fbi says that
The vast majority

Of munchausen
Perpetrators are women.

80 percent
Have medical backgrounds,

And most are under
Psychiatric treatment.

So far we're batting
A thousand.
Anything else?

Parent tends
To keep their child

From other adults

And away from
Outside activities

Like playing
With other kids.

Do we know anything

About nicholas langner's
Extended family?

School, friends, anything?

Nicky attended
Robert hutchins academy.

It's an expensive
Private school,

And the teacher said
He's intelligent,

Hardworking, shy.

One last thing, chief.

When munchausen happens
Among medical people,

It's to cause illness

Then save the kid
To impress
Other doctors.

An added incentive
For melissa langner.

The doctors
Treating her son

Were the same ones
She'd have for
Medical rotations.

Whatever happened
To good old fashioned
Brown-nosing?

Except she didn't
Save the kid, did she?

Daniels:
Preliminary autopsy report.

Nicholas langner died from
Massive internal bleeding.

Dr. Crippen found
3 prescription drugs
In his system

All within
Acceptable levels,

And none could've acted
With that specificity

On his gastric artery.

Ok, lieutenant provenza,
Please get a warrant

And search
Melissa langner's house.

Keep a special eye out

For any substances
That might not have shown up

In her son's blood work
But could've made him sick.

Lieutenant flynn,
Please keep looking
For langner relatives.

Sergeant gabriel,
I think we ought to find out

If nick langner
Played well with others.

What's the name
Of his school again?

Many of these kids
Haven't even
Lost a pet.

Imagine
Trying to explain

The death
Of a classmate.

My nicky was such
A special little boy.

Did you have much
Interaction with his mother?

In 25 years of teaching,

I've dealt with
A lot of
Overprotective parents,

But they pale
In comparison
To melissa langner.

What do you mean by that?

Well, for example,

When nicky
First arrived,

He was placed with
One of our
Younger instructors.

But ms. Langner
Reduced her to tears
So often,

With so many
Accusations of
Carelessness,

That I moved him
Into my own class.

As we discussed,
Nicky hadn't been here
Very long,

And he was shy.

Tyler crosby wasn't
Just his best friend,

He was his only friend.

I've gotten permission
From tyler's mother

To have him
Speak with you,

But, of course,
You will be sensitive

To what he's
Going through.

Absolutely, ma'am.
Of course.

Tyler?

I'm brenda leigh johnson.

Do you know why I'm here?

Nicky.

That's right.

We're here to talk about
Your friend.

It's hard when someone
You care about passes away.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to.
I didn't.

I was only playing.

You didn't mean to what?

I didn't mean
To kill him.

I'm sorry.

Please don't
Arrest me.

Why--why do you think
You killed him?

His mom said
Not to wrestle.

He wanted to.

He came at me.
He made me.

What--what did you do?

I turned him over
And I held him down.

But he was laughing.

I didn't mean
To hurt him.

Please don't tell
Nicky's mom.

Please,
I'm afraid of her.

Did nicky's mom
Threaten you?

Yeah. Yeah,
She warned me.

She warned me
Not to hurt him.

Oh...

[tyler cries]

Langner's house
Has padding on every

Table corner and covers
On all the electrical outlets.

I'm telling you,
This is a mom

Who wanted to build
A giant bubble
Around her kid.

All the medicine cabinets
Are full of vitamins.
Not to mention

3 half empty bottles
Of ipecac.

That induces vomiting.

You do that enough,
And anybody's insides
Will start to bleed.

Chief, I found
Melissa langner's in-laws
In...

Rancho palos verdes.

Beverly
And walter langner.

They're in your office,
And they want to talk.

Ok.

We were both...

Horrified by nicky's death.

But not completely surprised.

This past year...

Since our son died
So unexpectedly,

Melissa's become
Increasingly...

Well...

Paranoid.

She refused to let us
Near nicky.

We had to sue her to get
Limited visitation

With our own grandson.

It's so embarrassing.

What reasons did she
Give the judge

For denying you
Visits?

She claimed that nicky
Was too sick

To spend time
Away from home.

And that my occasional
Cigar at dinner

Posed an unreasonable
Health risk.

If he was sickly,

It was only because
Melissa made him that way.

But I don't blame her alone.

That boyfriend of hers
Played a part in this.

Um, you didn't
Mention a boyfriend.

A couple of months
After our son died,

She took up with this guy
She dated in high school.

Jason higgins.

She never let us meet him,

But the second that nicky
Told us about him,

I had him checked out.

He has an ex,

He owes alimony,
He owes child support,

And there's a restraining
Order against him, too.

Years back, we set up
A trust for our son.

And, uh... After he died,

It passed on
To our grandson, and...

Now that he's gone, too--

That money...

It's $3 million today,

Goes to melissa,

And if she marries him,
This jason higgins.

So we're gonna play
Good cop, bad cop.

You're not gonna make me
Be the good cop, are you?

I don't think that's
Possible, lieutenant.

How bad do you
Want me to be?

Go for broke.

Mr. Higgins, deputy chief
Brenda leigh johnson
Of the lapd.

I just can't believe
He's dead.

I mean, the little guy
Got sick a lot,

But I really thought
He'd grow out of it.

I was the same way
When I was his age.

Yeah, and look at you now.

Easy, lieutenant.

How would you describe
Melissa langner's behavior

Over the last
Several months?

Melissa...And I
Have known each other
Since we were 15.

She's always been,
I don't know,

Tightly wound.

And her husband goes
And drops dead

On his morning jog,
I mean,

That's enough
To make anybody
Lose it a little bit.

Do you believe
Melissa langner had lost it?

You think melissa
Had something to do
With nicky's death?

No way. Oh, no.

Melissa's whole life
Was about nicky.

She was totally
Obsessed with that kid.

And how's your
Financial situation,
Mr. Higgins?

Is this about my ex wife?

'cause I settled with her
3 months ago.

And I've made
Every payment since then.

I'll show you
The cancelled checks
If you want.

Why, you got 'em
On you?

We understand your ex wife
Took out

A restraining order
On you.

Yeah. Because she wouldn't
Tell me why she was leaving,

And I got a little mad.

I sense that.

Did you ever get mad
Like that with nick?

No!

Do I look like
The kind of guy

Who'd beat up on
An 8-year-old kid?

Are we talking boy or girl?

Hey, screw you!

Well, if that's an offer,

You might be a little
Friendlier about it.

Lieutenant.

I asked you not to
Jump to conclusions.

It could be that
Mr. Higgins here

Had nothing to do
With this crime.

When was the last time
You saw nick langner?

All of a sudden,
I'm a suspect?

I ain't seen nicky
Since last
Wednesday night

When I broke up
With melissa.

You broke up
With melissa langner?

Why do you think
I didn't know anything

About what happened
To nicky?

I don't know, chief.

If this guy didn't want the kid
But wanted the money,

Why break up with her?

Chief?

This is something
You should see.

Geez, tao.
I'm starting to think

You enjoy
Looking at this stuff.

These bruises
Are called purpura.

They can be caused
Spontaneously

By some blood
Clotting disorders.

Are you suggesting
Maybe nobody hit nicky at all?

Wouldn't a clotting disorder
Have been something

That would've been
Diagnosed before surgery?

Or could this have been
Artificially induced as well?

I won't know for sure
Unless I have

Dr. Crippen
Re-examine the body.

Try and come back
With a definite answer
I can understand.

And print outs.

Chief?
Pope's office
Just called.

He needs to see you
Right away.

Oh...

Chief johnson.

I don't know
If you heard,

But a couple
Of nights ago,

A lady was
Strangled to death
On laurel canyon.

An elderly woman
Living alone.

Yeah. Right.

And last night,
There was another
Homicide

Just around the corner.

Could be the start
Of a spree,

So you understand why
This investigation

Has picked up
Greater urgency.

My detectives are
Already stretched
A bit thin

And since
Priority homicide

Isn't really
Doing much right now...

I appreciate the gravity
Of the situation, commander,

But as it so happens,
We are busy.

I'm close to resolving
The nicholas langner
Investigation.

Nicholas langner?

The boy who died
During surgery?

Yes, this past day
Has opened up new leads.

We are looking at
A murder a night
In the hollywood hills.

One more, and this
Jumps to the papers

And all hell breaks loose.

Look, I have kids.

And what happened
To that boy is...

I can't even think about it.

It's every parent's
Worst nightmare.

Is the mother suffering?
Of course.

Does that make it murder?
No.

Is it a case
For priority homicide?

Absolutely not.
I--

It's not.
It just is not.

Now, get your people
To robbery/homicide

As soon as possible.

If this is a spree killer,
You could be taking over
The case tonight.

Ok, then.
Thank you.

Commander.

So we're just gonna
Let it go.

And we have to go
To robbery/homicide.

This is complete crap.

We have momentum.

We're getting close
To something here.

Uh, chief?
It's lieutenant tao.

He says it's urgent.

Hold on a second.

Chief johnson.

Tao: chief.
We got a problem.

The morgue released
Nicholas langner's body.

All right. Well, get over
To the funeral home

Before it gets cremated
Or embalmed.

Well, that's the thing.

Melissa langner
Didn't send the body
To a funeral home.

She released it
To her medical school.

Ok. Thank you,
Lieutenant tao.

Lieutenant flynn
And provenza.

Please report
To robbery/homicide

And give detective
Ross a hand.

Ross, huh? Yeah.

I'll give him
A hand all right.

Sawed off little runt.

I'll push him
Off the hollywood hills.

Uh...
What about me, chief?

Yeah, you, too,
Sergeant gabriel.

But on your way there...

Get the deputy d.A.
To convene a grand jury

To subpoena nicky langner's
Hospital records.

And also
The doctor's schedules
For last weekend, please.

Thank you.

Feel like driving,
Detective daniels?

Where are we going?

Robbery/homicide.

By way of southwest
Pacific university.

Pardon me, ma'am?
Yes?

Can you tell me where
The anatomy lab is?

Thank you.

Oh...

My god.

Mrs. Langner.

Wait until you see this.

[door opens]

This is the subpoenaed
Paperwork

For each of nicholas langner's
12 e.R. Visits.

Please.

Detective daniels and I
Have gone through all of them.

Though the doctors
Said they'd be there,

There is not
A single notation

On any of these charts

Indicating
Munchausen's by proxy.

So the reason howard pierce
Threw out that misdirect?

See what time dr. Sands

Ordered the cbc
And chem panel?
Uh-huh.

And look when he started
The endoscopy.

Now I've gone over
These test results
With forensics,

Cbc shows nicholas langner's
Platelet count at 5,000.

About 4 percent
Of what it would be
In a healthy kid.

Help me, lieutenant tao.

I have no idea
What you're talking about.

It means he developed
A clotting disorder.

He'd become sort of
A hemophiliac.

So a doctor shoves
A scope down his throat,

Makes a tear, and the kid
Bleeds to death.

How would he develop
Something like this?

Idiopathic
Thrombocytopenic purpora.

I'm not even gonna try
And pronounce that.

Also known as itp.

It was probably
A temporary after effect

Of a viral infection
Like the chicken pox.

Melissa langner
Said he contracted it
A few months back.

And a platelet count
That low

Would've caused
Spontaneous bruising.

So, in other words,
Maybe nobody hit him.

Or maybe he wrestled
When his mother
Told him not to.

All right, then.
Thank y'all.

Good job.

Have you looked at
My camcorder tape?

Not yet. I will.

So, ms. Langner,
I have to tell you,

I have been
A criminal investigator
For almost 10 years.

And I had a very
Interesting life
Before that,

But this afternoon,
That was a first for me.

You have to look at the tape.

I know you still think
I had something to do
With nicky's death.

Well, what am I
Supposed to think?

Your son contracts
A series of
Unexplained illnesses,

You intimidate
His teacher,

His 9-year-old friend,
His grandparents,

And then, on top
Of everything else,

You perform an
Unsanctioned dissection

Of the boy
You say you loved.

It was the only way
To prove what I believed.

And what your coroner
Should've discovered.

Woods told you...

He'd repaired
The left gastric artery.

He lied.

Don't believe me.

Look at the tape.

[melissa's voice]
I'm under the omentum.

And I have located

The left...
Gastric artery.

There...

There is the perforation.

There are only 2 stitches

In a perforation
Which needed 8 to 10

For closure.

They never sealed
The artery.

Ok. That's enough, buzz.
Thank you.

Can you play the hospital
Surgery footage now?

Can you magnify his hands?

Just give me one second.

What am I looking at?

A man...

Pretending to stitch
While a little boy
Bleeds out.

Thank you, buzz.

Howard?
I'm sorry,

This has gone
Beyond the purview
Of the hospital.

You and dr. Woods
Would be better served
By a lawyer.T,

Excuse me,
Chief johnson.

If you gentlemen
Have seen enough,

I'll have questions for you

After I speak with
Deputy district attorney
Garnett here.

Lieutenant tao,
Would you please escort
Doctors woods and sands

Into interview room 1
And read them their rights?
Thank you so much.

Right this way, doctors.

You have the right
To remain silent...

I'm a little lost.

What do you want me
To do with these guys?

Uh, well, to start with,

You could indict them
For second degree murder

Or conspiracy to commit
Grievous bodily injury,

Negligent homicide?
Are you joking?

Dr. Woods didn't try
To help that boy
Out at all.

He's clearly
Putting on a show
For the camera.

Or he's a surgeon
With poor aim

After 16 hours
On his feet.

Listen, before I can
Prosecute a crime,

I need to establish
A crime has been
Committed.

What you're
Describing so far--

The mother's video
Indicates that he
Didn't do--

Oh, yeah. The freak show
Amateur autopsy.

Putting aside how
The jury's gonna react

To watching a mother
Dissect her own son,

Once the body
Was released by the morgue,

It was outside
Of the chain of evidence.

That tape is completely
Inadmissible.

Nick langner
Was an 8 year old boy

Who went into the er
Vomiting

And came out dead.

And those men
Did that to him.

Well, prove that's
What they intended,

And we'll talk.

Sorry for the hold up.

We try not to keep
People waiting so long.

I should tell you
That I never speak

Without
A lawyer present,
So you'll understand

If I respectfully decline
To answer your questions.

You've both invoked
Your right to counsel

Which makes an interview
Impossible.

So I'll just have
A theoretical discussion

With lieutenant tao here.

I don't really
Have any questions anyway.

Just some good news
For one of you,

And some very bad news
For the other.

Lieutenant tao, which should I
Give them first?

I'm thinking they'd like
To hear the good news.

Ok.

Dr. Sands,
Last sunday night,

You killed a young boy

Due to acts of negligence
And malpractice

And then lied about it.

Gosh.
Now that I've
Said that out loud,

The good news
Doesn't sound so great.

It gets better though.

Nicholas langner was admitted
To the er at 18:42.

At 18:48, dr. Sands
Ordered a cbc,

Chem panel, and coags.

Coags were to measure
How well nicky's blood
Would clot.

About how long do these
Tests take, lieutenant tao?

At least 20 minutes.

And yet, dr. Sands,

You began the endoscopy
At 18:55,
Only 7 minutes later.

Before you could've
Possibly seen the results
Of nicky's blood test.

Which is a shame.

Because those coags
Would've shown
That nicky's platelets

Were extremely low,
Indicating a condition
Called...

Lieutenant tao?

Idiopathic
Thrombocytopenic purpura.

Itp.

Actually, if you had

Looked him over at the er,

You might have noticed
Nicky had itp

Simply by looking
At the bruises
On his torso.

I know how
To diagnose itp.

Oh, I'm sorry,
Are you speaking?

Have you revoked
Your right to counsel?

No.

Ok.

My guess is the reason
You didn't notice
The bruising

Was because you just
Finished a 24-hour shift.

If you hadn't had
One foot out the door,

You might have given
Nicholas plasma
For clotting.

Had a surgeon standing by
And everything
Might have been fine.

Instead, you rushed in
To your endoscopy,

And considering
How tired you were,

And how much blood
Was in nicky's stomach,

It's not so surprising

That you perforated the
Kid's gastric artery, is it?

Don't answer that,
Dr. Sands.

You don't speak
Without a lawyer.

Well, the good news
About all of this is that...

Everything that we've
Just described

Is merely malpractice.

Oh, your insurance premiums
May go up,

And you may have
Some bad publicity, but...

Malpractice is not
A criminal offense.

So you are free to go,
Dr. Sands.

Unfortunately, dr. Woods,
I can't say the same thing
About you.

You are aware
That melissa langner's
Videotape

Directly contradicts
What you told us.

You did not repair
Nicky's gastric artery,

Though why, I have no idea.

It doesn't really matter.

The surgeon's report
Clearly states

You sutured
The artery closed.

You even billed for it,

And that's your
Signature on the bottom.

It's quite legible, actually,

Considering what they say
About doctor's handwriting.

Anyway...

I'm sure you are aware

That falsifying
Medical records

For fraudulent purposes
Is a felony.

I think I see what
She's trying to do,

But if he speaks
Without a lawyer,

Nothing he says can be
Used in court.

She's trying
To get him--

Where's everybody at?

I thought you were
Going to see ross?

What the--

What is she doing
In there?

Oh, my. Dr. Sands,
You're still here.

I got so wrapped up
In giving dr. Woods
His bad news,

That I completely
Forgot you were here.

Run along now.
Make sure to get

Your parking validated
On the way out.

You're not going anywhere.

Dr. Woods,
I have to advise you

Not to speak
Without an attorney.

This is ridiculous.
I don't need an attorney.

I'm revoking my right
To counsel.

It was his fault.

I never expected that
You'd do anything
But find the bleeding.

You knew the kid
Was hypoxic when he
Hit the table.

I had 3 minutes
To find your mistake

And that left me
45 seconds to fix it.

Then what?

The boy had no blood
Pumped to his brain
For almost 4 minutes.

So he would've woke up
Paralyzed.

Maybe blind.

Mentally handicapped
For the rest of his life.

At best.

You didn't know that.
Ugh...

Ok, ok.

Let me see if I've
Got this straight, doctor.

Mm-hmm?

Are you saying you could have
Repaired the artery,

But knowing it would take
Another minute,

You chose to let
Nicholas langner die

Rather than bring him back

In less than
Pristine condition?

No, no, no. Not

[mimicking brenda's accent]
Less than pristine
Condition.

Irreparably damaged.

But it's possible that he
Might have been fine,

And you wouldn't
Have known that

Until you resuscitated him.

I had both my hands
In that boy's abdomen

With seconds,
Seconds to weigh

The likely outcome,
Death,

Or severe disability.

Not to mention, exposing
Your carelessness.

I never asked you
To cover for me.

Only because
You lack the guts.

Given the options,

I was presented with,
Ms. Johnson,

I made absolutely
The right choice.

To kill nicholas langner?

To let him die.

Yes.

Yes, I let him die

Because as it
So happens, ms. Johnson,

That's my job.

Is it?

I make more
Life and death decisions

Before 10 o'clock
In the morning

Than most people make
In a lifetime.

On the rare occasion
That I can't save
Someone,

I don't have time
To weep

And wail
And point fingers

Because
In the next room,

There's another patient
Whose life is on
The line.

I made the right choice
With nicholas langner.

The only choice
That made any sense.

And I'd do it again.

If you were so certain
That you made the right choice,

Why did you try to blame
Nicky's mother

For her son's death?

You knew that
Munchausen's by proxy

Was not in any
Of that boy's charts.

Did I not tell you
To help robbery/homicide?

What are you doing here?

Getting a physician
To admit to manslaughter.

You heard him, mr. Garnett.

Todd woods said he chose
To let nick langner die.

No, that's not
What I heard.

What I heard
Was a doctor say,
In his opinion,

He could not save
That child's life.

And no jury is ever
Going to convict this man

And no judge is ever
Gonna let it go to trial,

And malpractice
Is not a crime,

So at the risk
Of repeating myself,

What do you want me to do?

You tell me exactly

What you want
Those doctors to say

In order to try them
For manslaughter

And I will
Go back in there,

And I will
Get them to say it.

I'm sorry, chief johnson.
I don't prosecute cases
I know I can't win.

Excuse me, fellows.

You're just like
Dr. Woods.

Unless you're assured
A perfect outcome,
You walk away.

And you're just like
This crazy mother here.

Insisting we treat
Tragedy as murder.

So how about this, ma'am.

You pick your battles,
I'll pick mine.

All right. This case
Is officially over. Now.

How soon can you get
Your people to laurel canyon?

Lieutenant tao.

Please report
To robbery/homicide.

And detective daniels,
If you could wait for me.

Before I let
These doctors go,

I want to apologize
To melissa langner

For the world we live in.

Excuse me.

Brenda: ms. Langner.

I am so very sorry
To have to tell you...

Buzz, turn
The volume down, please.

I can't listen to this.

Melissa: what?

[tearing paper]

Sorry, daniels.
Did you want to split it?

Oh, no, thanks, chief.

Um...

Look, detective.

I know you're upset,
But...

We did everything
We could.

We don't--

Punish. We don't...
Prosecute.

We just...

We just find out
The truth.

[3 gunshots]

It's around the corner.

Drop your weapon!

Right now!

Drop your weapon.
Right there.

Drop it.

Turn around!

Should be
A much easier case

For you to prosecute,
Ms. Johnson.

You know, I think
Dr. Woods thought
He was god.

Turns out he was wrong.