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CROWD ( chanting ):
We're number one! We're number one!

We're number one!
We're number one!

We're number one!
We're number one!

We're number one!
We're number one!

There is no "I" in team,
but let me single out

a young man
whose half-court shot

brought Cumberland's first
sectional title in 14 years...

Colin Parks!

CHEERLEADERS ( chanting ):
Colin! Colin! Colin! Colin! Colin!

I want to thank everyone
for coming out tonight

and all season long,
but, uh, the truth is

I play for one person, my dad.

All I've ever wanted was for
him to be proud of me.

Cumberland basketball rules!

We're number one!
We're number one!

We're number one!
We're number one!

We're number one!
We're number one!

We're number one!
We're number one!

We're number one!

DRUMMER:
The shooter says that it was an accident.

Any eyewitnesses?

The shooter's dad
saw the whole thing.

I imagine Dad backs up
the gun-went-off-by- accident story, huh?

Well, he's not the only one
standing behind that.

Every single person
we interviewed-- parents,

teachers, teammates and even
other students-- they all said

that Colin Parks
is a kid to be proud of.

He's a great player,
good grades.

He was on his way
to college

with a full ride
next year.

I shot him. I shot Josh.

I didn't mean to,
but it's my fault.

Just walk me
through it

one step at a time.

We were goofing
around after the pep rally.

My dad had a gun
in his truck,

and we wanted to shoot it
off in the air

to make some noise
and celebrate.

Who got the gun out,
you or Josh?

I did. I thought it'd be fun,

but, you know,

then I thought,
"No, it's stupid."

Was your dad's truck unlocked?

Yeah.

With a gun in the glove box?

Look, I don't want to get my dad
in trouble for this.

It was my fault.

What happened next?

Josh tk the gun from me.

He was going to fire it
into the air,

but I said, "No, don't."

I said we'd get
in trouble.

And I grabbed the gun
away from him.

And... when I got ahold of it...

I don't know.
It just went off.

Uh, I ran over.
I saw Josh on the ground.

I tried to give him CPR,

but I could feel the life
just bleeding out of him.

Colin just kept
apologizing to me, to Josh.

He just kept saying,
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

I'm sorry," just over
and over again.

Where were you
when the shooting happened?

I was about
20 yards away.

I could see the boys
horsing around near my truck,

but I didn't really
think much of it

till I heard the gun go off.

Were you and Josh fighting?

No.

Were you mad at each other
about anything?

No.

Were you drinking?

No.
Were you doing drugs?

No.
Was Josh doing drugs?

I-I don't know.
I don't think so.

We've already taken a sample
of your blood to be tested.

Everything you're saying
right now will become part

of the official
court records,

so if there's anything
you want to change

about your story before those
blood tests come back,

now would be the time
to do it.

I'm telling you the truth.

MR. PARKS:
You know, if anyone is

at fault here, it's me.

I-I left a gun in my glove box.

I left my truck unlocked.

Don't punish my son
because of my mistake.

When are people going
to learn not to leave guns

where kids can get
their hands on them?

What's it going to take?

Over half the trucks
in this state have firearms in them.

Mr. Parks had a permit.

He was negligent,
not criminal.

One kid is dead, and another
kid's life has been ruined.

I sure want to charge
somebody with something.

There were no
inconsistencies

between what
Colin told you

and what his father
told me.

Right now, it looks
like an accident.

So what do you want to do,

release him
into his father's custody?

Well, he's got no priors,

he's not exactly a flight risk,

so, yeah.

I don't care what anybody says,

you are a fair and benevolent
prosecutor, Maureen.

Oh, I'm still going to hold
onto his driver's license,

flag his passport
if he has one,

and put a car outside his house
for the next 24...

just to be on the safe side.

That's my girl.

I wouldn't turn in
your paperwork just yet.

We got a latecomer
at the front desk,

Patrick Leary.

I think you need
to talk to him.

I-I was at the bonfire.
I was there.

I really should
have talked to all the cops who showed up.

Well, maybe not
all of them,

but at least one
of them.

I almost did, and then
I got really scared,

and I ran home and then I walked
all the way here because...

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Okay, what did you want
to tell us?

I saw the shooting.

I-I saw everything.

I saw Colin shoot Josh.

I've, I've never seen
anybody get shot before.

I need you
to clarify something.

What you saw, could that
have been an accident?

Accident?

They were fighting.

He pointed the gun
right at him.

Whatever the hell that was,
it was not an accident.

Hey, babe, when did you
pick this up?

Don't let her
see that!

It's for her
b-i-r-t-h-d-a-y.

Okay, I can
barely spell that.

It's her first birthday
present.

I want it to be a surprise.

We're going
with dolls, not trucks.

You can get her
a truck if you want.

I remember one birthday.

I wanted
a ten-speed bike.

My dad got me
a train set.

The kind that takes up
the whole basement.

Were you mad?

Mm, I didn't want
to hurt his feelings,

so I played with it
every damn day.

I mean, I know
it was for him more than me,

but it was still kind of fun.

I keep thinking about that
father and son

from last night.

Yeah. Wow, the kid
who sank the shot

shooting his own teammate.

So remember how I told you
it was an accident?

Yeah.

I just checked my e-mail.

We got a witness in
at 2:00 in the morning

saying it was a murder.

Ouch. What's going
to happen to him now?

It doesn't look good for him.

Yeah, well, Ann, be careful.

Folks in Indiana

hate forfeiting
basketball games.

Colin and Josh, they-they were
fighting by this truck

and I was in the woods,
like, right next to the truck

so I could really kind of see
everything.

What were you doing
in the woods, Patrick?

I was, uh, taking a leak.

You sure they
were fighting?

If by "fighting"
you mean

pushing each other,
shoving each other,

yelling and screaming
like idiots,

yeah, they were fighting.

Could you hear
what they were saying?

Yeah. Josh said,

"You're not going to shoot me."
Then Colin did.

Who had the gun?

Colin did.

Could I get something to drink?

Some caffeine, but not coffee.

What kind of condition was he
in when you interviewed him?

A little odd,
a little shaken.

after what he'd seen
after the bonfire, but sober.

Does the physical evidence
support his statement?

The blood spatters don't.

The boys weren't grappling
over the gun.

Spatters on Colin's jacket
indicates that he was

more than a full arm's
length from the victim.

And the straight angle of the
entry wound supports that.

In other words,
he was pointing the gun at him.

So the shooter lied
to us

and so did his dad.

We should have held
onto him longer last night.

Well, we know
where he lives.

Okay, Lou, send out
your guys.

Go arrest
Colin Parks.

We need to figure out
what these kids were fighting about

that was worth
killing and dying over.

Oh, and Lou,
can you get me a copy

of Patrick's records
from the high school?

And while you're out
there, check the victim's and the shooter's lockers.

See if there's
anything that points to premeditation or intent.

We got to get this kid
a haircut.

ANNABETH:
Can you think of anything

Colin and Josh might have been
fighting about?

They did date the same girl.

Oh, honey,
this wasn't about her.

They were friends

until Brooke
came into the picture.

She broke up with our boy
and started seeing Colin.

Yes, but Josh wasn't that
upset about it.

All I know is,
he stopped

hanging out with Colin.

Well, he didn't talk
to me about it.

He's a boy.

He was a boy.

He didn't talk
about things like that.

How long had the boys
known each other?

They just met last summer
at basketball camp.

When Josh got cut from the team
here at Lynnhurst,

Colin encouraged him to transfer
to Cumberland

to be on their team.

He loved basketball.

It was his senior year.

And we figured

you should be able
to do what you love

when you're a senior, so...

We, um...

just received his
acceptance letter to IU.

Josh would have loved college.

Last week, they got in
a fistfight in the locker room.

Over you?

When I broke up with Josh
and started dating Colin,

things got really awkward,
you know?

Especially since

Josh and Colin
were on the same team.

They saw each other every day.

Is that Colin's ring?

Colin gave it to me
after we won Sectionals.

God, it's so weird.

I can't believe
my boyfriend is in jail

for shooting my ex-boyfriend.

They're athletes.
Competitive.

They've got hormones
coming out of their ears.

They'd scuffle.

But, first and foremost,
they were teammates.

Can you open
Josh's locker, too?

Yeah. It's
right down here.

You know, everybody,
including me, makes a big deal

out of the miracle shot
that got us in the playoffs.

Colin never would
have been able

to make that shot
without Josh.

Clock had run down.

The ball was sailing
out of bounds.

Josh hustled. Made
a picture-perfect pass

back to Colin.
The rest is history.

Hmm.

I'm sorry you had to forfeit
the rest of the playoffs, Coach.

Some things in life
are more important than basketball.

Handwriting analysis proves
Colin wrote the note.

Great. 'Cause guess
what just happened

when I shared a copy of said
note with Colin's attorney.

He immediately requested
a formal meeting.

You think he
wants a deal?

Oh, he wants a deal.

And what do we want?

Well, Steve,
we got all the cards.

We don't need to deal.
This note

sticks a fork in
"It was just an accident."

Josh and Colin
fought over a girl.

The girlfriend confirms it,
and the note seals it.

And the eyewitness
can attest to the fact

that there was a fight that led
to the intentional shooting.

Yeah, well, maybe we
do want to deal.

Why?
Because our witness is vulnerable

if we go to trial.
Patrick has been diagnosed

with some pretty serious
learning disabilities,

including dyslexia and
auditory processing disorder.

Which means he mixes up
what he sees and what he hears. That's great.

Wait. I'm assuming he's on some
fairly serious meds, right?

Oh, yeah.
And those are geared to make him

more focused, not less.

But Lymon's a good lawyer.

He'll twist this six ways
from Sunday,

and make Patrick's
testimony seem

completely unreliable.

Yeah. He's eminently
impeachable. Okay, then,

let's dangle the eyewitness over
his head and press for a deal.

A boy is dead.

Colin Parks needs to go to jail.

What are the parameters?

It's his first offense, and he
freely admits to doing it.

Ask for 12 and settle for eight.

How about we ask

for 12 and settle
for 12?

Get what you can but,
whatever you do, Maureen,

don't let it go to trial.

MR. PARKS:
12 years?!

That's our
best offer.

My son does
not belong in jail.

Nobody's going to jail.

Just tell them.
Tell them the truth.

At this point,
we have no use for

an amended version of the truth.

Just stick to the facts.

Okay, well, stick this
in the facts.

The victim was using
anabolic steroids.

What?

Josh was on steroids.
Tell them.

I knew everybody

would make a big deal out of it.

I never should
have said anything.

Guys, come on.
This is a baseless allegation.

My client had no choice.

The victim went into a 'roid
rage and attacked him,

and Colin shot him
in self-defense.

'Roid rage?
Right.

And the only reason
we haven't come forward sooner

is that he was trying to protect
the victim's reputation,

and spare his family any

unnecessary pain.

Oh. I'm deeply moved.

Self-defense.
And every

single piece of circumstantial
evidence supports that.

Juries love self-defense,

and it's stronger
than accidental shooting.

Self-defense
will get him off.

So now you're not only
impugning the victim--

you're changing your story
from "accidental shooting"

to "The S.O.B. had it coming."

The deal in front of you
is beyond fair.

And now you're making up
some cockamamie story

to try to get...
Oh, you don't believe it?

We've seen the autopsy reports.

Nothing about steroids.

Nobody wants a trial.

We'll take reckless homicide,

two years suspended.
Yeah? Well, take this.

You're going to trial.

And we're not giving you

reckless or involuntary.

We're going to
prove he's guilty,

and put him away for 20 years.

Ms. Chase,

are you on board with your
colleague's strong-arm tactic?

Fully.

about not going to trial.

Not with this witness.
Steve, it was clear to me

that the steroid thing
was such a fabrication

I just couldn't allow them
to use it as leverage in making a deal.

Well, if it's not a fabrication,
you just gave him self-defense.

Hey, I got some
good news.

See?

Your vic's liver
doesn't show any signs of long-term abuse,

so I'm thinking
it was a new or even experimental

thing for him.
Experimental?

Are you saying

he was using steroids?

Well, yeah. But
'roid rage, on the other hand,

is highly unlikely.
But I read

the tox screen report.
I know I did.

There was nothing in here
about steroids.

Because this particular steroid
is an androgen,

and androgens
aren't on the list.

You know.
The list, Maureen.

The list?

Standard tox screen tests

for 29 substances
most likely to kill you.

If it's not on the list,
we don't test for it.

Well, if you're going to trial,
and it looks like you are,

you better find a way
to repair your victim's reputation

in the eyes of a jury.

Why do you need me to testify?

Mrs. Cooper, the defense
is going to try

to portray Josh as a violent,
out-of-control kid

with an ax to grind.

Josh never
attacked anyone, least of all Colin.

I mean, look at these pictures.

Look at these two
at basketball camp last summer.

Josh would never attack Colin

or anyone.

It wasn't in his nature.

So Josh never had any
unexplained mood swings,

or lashed out in any way?

He was a teenager.

What?

They're going to try to make
this my son's fault

that he got shot?

That's exactly what they'll do.

Well, the hell with that.

LYMON:
You told Ms. Chase

you had no idea

your son was using illegal
anabolic steroids.

Steroids intended
for farm animals.

Josh loved
basketball so much.

I think he was just
trying to stay on the team any way he could.

So you had

no idea.

None.

Ms. Cooper,

what time do you get home
from work?

5:00... 5:30.

What about your husband?

It varies.
Almost always by 8:00.

So what you're saying is

you left your son home
unsupervised,

and you had no idea what he was
doing after school, did you?

He was playing
basketball.

Year-round?

When he wasn't
practicing,

he was at home baby-sitting
his little brother and sisters.

You left them alone with him?

Yes.

Isn't it possible
that your son

was acting out aggressively
when you weren't looking?

Do you know what
a tattletale is?

Excuse me?

A tattletale.
You've heard of it?

Yes. But I'm the one
asking the questions here.

I'm answering your question.

Your Honor?

I want to hear this.

If they gave awards
for the best tattletale,

my five-year-old would win,
no question.

He has eyes in the back

of his head,
so trust me.

If Josh was going into
some kind of 'roid rage,

or pitching some kind of fit,

I would have heard about it.

MAUREEN:
The State calls Patrick Leary to the stand.

Okay, this
was the truck

they were
fighting next to.

I was here.

And what side
of the truck

were they fighting on?

This side.

I had a clear view,

and heard Josh say,

"You're not going
to shoot me."

And then I saw
Colin shoot him.

Have you been diagnosed
with auditory dyslexia

and dysgraphia?
MAUREEN: Objection, Your Honor.

Relevance.
Overruled. But I'd advise you

to make your point
and move on.

You may answer the question.

Yeah. Yes.

But I take medications
for both tse things.

That means
you have trouble

differentiating certain sounds
and distinguishing sentences.

Yeah, but

not anymore.

That's, you see,
what the meds are for.

So, then, if I read this simple
recipe for baking a cake,

you would
have no trouble

repeating
the instructions

back to me.

Relevance?

My client is on trial
for his life.

This witness claims he heard
the victim say,

"You're not going
to shoot me," in the dark,

behind a row of trees.

This young man

has auditory processing
issues, Your Honor.

May I continue?

I'll allow it.

"To bake a cake,
first preheat the oven to 350 degrees,

and then grease
a nine-inch cake pan."

Please repeat those instructions
in the same order.

To... to bake a cake...

To bake a cake...

Here. Let me
simplify it for you.

"To bake a cake, first preheat

the oven to 350 degrees."

Just repeat that.

I can't.

All right?
I can't.

But that doesn't
mean I didn't

see Colin shoot...
Thank you.

Now let's move on to
the question of what you saw.

What are
the objects

represented here on the monitor?

Those are trees, sir.

And you were standing here

when you allegedly
witnessed the shooting.

From behind

a bunch of trees.

They didn't block the view.

I have a picture here
of the trees

taken in the broad daylight.

Can you see through them?

No. No. But I wasn't there
in broad daylight.

Oh, so you see better at night
than you do in the daytime.

No. That... that...

that's not exactly what I meant.

No more questions.

All yours.

Patrick, those baking
instructions were read,

but you need to both see
and hear things

to accurately process
information, is that right?

Yes, that's right.

Your Honor,
given the defense's claim

that the witness
could not accurately

see and hear the crime,

the prosecution petitions
the court to allow the jury

to go to the crime scene and
judge for themselves.

Is this really necessary?

JUDGE:
You opened the door.

Let the jury decide.

PATRICK:
I was standing... right here.

Did you ever look away?

No.

No, I didn't move.

I was standing right here
and I saw the whole fight.

And Josh said,

"You're not gonna
shoot me,"

and then Colin did.

Okay, you can step
right over here.

Go ahead.

As you can see,

Patrick had a clear view
through the trees

to Colin and Josh
at the truck.

Nothing further,
Your Honor.

Anything, Counselor?

No, thank you, Your Honor.

Then I think we're done here.

Ladies and gentlemen.

How come they get to hear
his version,

but they don't get
to hear mine?

Calm down, Mr. Parks.

We'll repair
the damage in court.

Would you tell the jury
exactly what happened?

I saw the two boys
near my truck fighting.

Josh was utterly

blind with rage.
Your Honor, the witness

is not only characterizing
the crime scene,

he's contradicting his own
previous sworn statement.

JUDGE:
Overruled.

Take it up on cross.

Did it occur to you
in that moment

that Josh could
kill your son?

Absolutely. It was like
a fuse had been lit.

Now we know it was

the steroids
he was taking.

What happened next?

I ran over and I pulled
Josh away from my son.

I'm sorry, are you saying
you physically intervened?

Yes, that's right, I tried
to break up the fight.

Your Honor,
we request a sidebar.

No, no, let me finish.

I could see from the way
they were fighting

that I had to do something.

So I wrestled

???

trying to do?

He's dropping a bomb on our
trial, that's what he's doing.

We understand you want to get
your son off,

but you could
go to prison

for the rest of your life.

Do you get that?
Do you understand?

I do now.

First of all,
nobody believes you, okay?

Nobody. We know your son
pulled the trigger.

You know how we know?

Because he told us
he pulled the trigger

under oath and then you
told us under oath

and an eyewitness
told us.

If you advised him
to do this,

you'll be lucky
to keep your bar card. Ladies,

I'm as curious to hear
what Mr. Parks

has to say as you are.

I shot Josh.

ANNABETH:
How?

How is that even
physically possible?

Every single statement
you've given has said

the exact same thing--
you were 20 yards away

from the boys, clear on the
other side of the truck

when the gun went off.
I was lying then.

I'm telling the truth now.

If you shot Josh,

how did you let your son
sit in jail all this time

and rot and go through hell
for a crime you committed?

Why didn't you
speak up before?

Because he's lying.

I'm not proud of the way
I behaved.

And you're right,
I have

put my child through hell.

I'm guilty.

Uh, Mr. Parks,

I don't represent you.

But as an attorney
in good standing,

I have to advise you
to stop talking now.

ANNABETH:
I don't think so.

Let's put him on
the record right now

and take
his damn confession.

Are you arresting him?

Because if you're arresting him
for Josh's murder,

I want the charges dropped
against my client, his son.

You can't have it
both ways, ladies.

What the hell
is going on here?

Give us a second.

These two
are in this together.

Lymon is supporting
perjury with this guy.

I don't think it
was anybody's plan.

I think Mr. Parks saw an
opportunity to save his son

and he confessed
out of the blue. That may be,

but he's going
to ride this train all the way to an acquittal.

Two people confessing to
the same crime, jury tainted,

reasonable doubt
almost guaranteed, Maureen.

This is such a disaster.
And if they did collude--

if this boy's father and his
attorney planned to do this--

there's almost
no way to prove it.

And if the father
and the son planned it

separately, there's absolutely
no way to prove it.

So we can kiss any thoughts
of a mistrial good-bye.

Maureen, we are one day away
from closing arguments.

If we ask for a continuance of
any more than 24 hours,

this jury's gonna hate us for
keeping them impaneled.

Besides, they just heard the dad
confess to the murder.

They want to know
what happens next.

Okay, here's what we do:

we take a new statement
from Mr. Parks,

we break it down
and hold it up against

every other statement
he's made since the shooting.

We compare every detail

and highlight
the inconsistencies.

Then we cross-check
his ever-changing story

with the physical evidence.
Right.

Then we swear him
back in for cross-exam

and we pick him apart
piece by piece.

MAUREEN ( on video ):
You said before you didn't see the gun until it went off.

But I'm saying now...

that I saw the gun
in Josh's hand.

I got the gun away from him,
then he came

after me, and I shot him.

Look, he was a bad kid.

He was attacking my son.

He was on drugs.

Couldn't be clearer.

He wrestles the gun
away from Josh,

then shoots him, then hands
the gun to Colin,

and then starts giving the boy
he just shot CPR.

Russell's initial
statement reads,

"I saw the two boys horsing
around by my truck.

I didn't think that much of it."

Let's put that up on the board.

No, no, use a blue card.

Orange cards for inconsistencies
about the victim,

blue cards for inconsistencies
about the shooting.

Now Russell calls Josh
a "bad kid" here.

What do we have on that
from his prior statements?

Uh... page 26
in the incident report.

Okay, question to Russell:

"Had your son been fighting
with Josh Cooper?"

Russell's answer:

"No, they were teammates,
they were friends.

Josh had been over to our house
for dinner."

STEVE:
Good. Perfect.

Let's put that up against
Russell's thing about

him being a bad kid,
on drugs...

All right, let's proceed.

He was a discipline problem
at his old school.

They kicked him
off the basketball team.

If it wasn't for my son,

he never would've
made it onto ours.

Is that true?

Was the kid
a discipline problem?

Not according to his school.

His record is clean.

Josh's parents told us
that he'd transferred

after he was cut
from the team.

His girlfriend
says the same thing.

Yeah, nobody mentioned

anything about him
being kicked off.

Then what is Russell
talking about?

I'm a coach, but I'm also
a guidance counselor.

I tried to handle
the situation

as delicately
as possible

and protect
all parties involved.

I just don't want
to lose my job.

Why would your job
be in jeopardy?

Listen...

when Josh was at our school,

I got into a situation where I
had to let him go from the team.

I had my reasons.

But in the
current climate,

my reasons leave me
wide open

for a possible suit
for sexual harassment.

You're going to have to be
more specific.

I had reason to believe
Josh was gay...

or experimenting.

After a game last year,
I saw him fooling around

with a player
from the opposing team...

out in the parking lot...

in a vehicle.

Did you see
who the other boy was?

Not really, no.

The windows were...

I took Josh off the team
for his own protection.

Oh. His protection.

I'm not prejudiced,
but a thing like that

in a context of high school
athletics, it's tricky.

Who were you playing that night?

Cumberland.

Now when you say
"involved..."

I mean involved,
involved.

This puts a whole new
spin on things. I'll say.

We assumed Josh
was trying to get back

together with
his girlfriend.

Colin didn't want that,
and that's why he shot him.

What if Josh
was trying

to get back together
with his boyfriend?

Or out his boyfriend to
his boyfriend's girlfriend?

Which used to be
his girlfriend. Oh, that poor girl

doesn't have a clue.

STEVE:
This is making my head hurt,

but, yes, it does explain
many, many things

including this.

ANNABETH:
This potentially gives us a rock-solid motive.

Colin shot Josh to keep
their affair a secret.

It also gives his
father another reason

to confess beyond keeping his
son out of jail if it's true.

If it's true. Exactly.

Coach Braddock
wasn't able to identify

who was in the truck
with Josh.

There were 15 players
on the Cumberland squad.

Statistically speaking,

two or three of them
could be gay.

And I think we know
the answer here.

STEVE:
But we have to be sure.

So let's go right at it.

Let's talk to both sets of
parents, see what they know.

And what about
talking to Colin?

"A"-- he's in jail,
"B"--

he'll just lie to us.

MRS. COOPER:
Honestly...

I can't say if I ever knew

or even suspected.

But after you called
and told me

what his old coach said
about Josh, suddenly

a lot of things about the past
year fell into place.

Like what things?

Like when

Brooke broke up with Josh,

he seemed much more hurt
about the way

that Colin pushed him away
than about

losing Brooke.

Basically,

when Colin was around,
my son was happy.

I see that now.

I was in his room,
and I came across this.

This is his
very favorite shirt.

If I close my eyes,

and think of Josh
over the past year,

I see him in this shirt.

I've seen him wear it

hundreds of times.

I always thought it was
his jersey from basketball camp,

but it isn't his.

It's Colin's.

MAUREEN:
We strongly suspect your son is gay,

and I have an obligation
to share this with the jury.

And when I do,

they're gonna know
that you're confessing

to protect
your son's reputation...

if not your own.

But it's better
for you and your son

if you recant your confession.

Stop telling a lie to cover

another lie.
Tell the truth

and truly support your son.

I know what
you're trying to do.

And I promise you, if you
bring that up in court--

their relationship--

I will take the stand

and I will tell the jury
that I loaded that gun

and that I took
it with me to the bonfire that night.

And when I saw Josh and Colin
messing around by my truck,

I went and I got the gun

and I shot Josh.

I don't see why
you don't

just put me in jail right now.

Well, they'll
never settle now.

And we can't leave
the father's confession hanging

over the jury's heads
without a cross-exam. No, you can't.

You got to put him on the stand
no matter what he says.

Steve, he's like one of
those toys with a string,

and every time you pull it,
he confesses and confesses,

and now he's using
his son's affair

to give himself
a stronger motive.

Well, you still got
to put him on the stand.

If you don't,
it looks like

you're scared of him, which
just gives him credence.

You've got to take him apart,
impugn him

with the inconsistencies
of his statement, and hope

the jury sees that he's just
confessing to protect his son.

But it's risky.

If Mr. Parks keeps confessing,

eventually someone's
going to believe him,

at least to the point
of reasonable doubt.

The only person
who can truly discredit

the father's confession
is the son,

and that's not gonna happen.

So either put
the dad back

on the stand and mess him up,
or drop the damn case.

He's right.

Let's drop the case.

Oh, he's kidding about that
part, believe me.

No, Maureen, I'm serious.

We drop the charges
against Colin

and arrest his dad for murder.

We got to call
their gambit.

Look, this kid is not
going to let his dad

go to prison
for a crime he committed.

How are you so sure about that?

What if he hates his dad?
He doesn't.

You remember
the night of the shooting?

Colin didn't even want to see
his dad getting into trouble

for leaving his gun
in the glove box.

Okay, if we drop the charges
against Colin,

we can't try him again.

Double jeopardy comes into play.

What's the worst
that can happen?

We send an innocent man to
prison and a killer goes free.

We're here

to inform you
that we're dropping

the charges against Colin.

MAUREEN:
Your dad has given us

a full confession

and has agreed
to plead guilty

for the murder of Josh Cooper.

Under the terms
of your father's settlement,

he's waived his right to a trial

and he will serve the rest
of his life in prison.

A judge will

never sign off
on this.

MAUREEN:
Here is a copy

of Mr. Parks'
signed confession

admitting to the murder
of Josh Cooper,

and this would
be a copy

of his pending
settlement agreement.

If you turn to
the last page,

you'll see that your dad
signed that, as well,

and agreed
to life without parole.

I thought you said he
wouldn't go to jail.

Colin, did you know he
was going to confess?

No.

There was no
conspiracy here.

How did your attorney advise you

regarding
your father's confession?

I advised
my client

in the same manner
I advise all my clients.

I told him,
for the love of God

to keep his mouth shut,
don't incriminate himself,

and be quiet-- and that's
the extent of it.

And that's what I'm
trying to tell him now.

I didn't know my dad
was going to do this.

Colin, if you'd like to make
a statement... Ms. Scofield, please

don't address
my client any further.

Your client is no longer
being accused of anything.

He has no need
of representation.

LYMON:
And yet, here I am.

I want you to shut up,
all right? Oh, dear God.

How long will
this charade go on?

Dad, what are you doing?
RUSSELL: It's okay, Colin.

You can just walk out of here.

No, it's not okay.
Why are you doing this?

You're not going to prison
for something that never should

have happened.
But you didn't do it.

Colin, I'm advising you
for the last time,

do not say another word.

Shut up!

It's my fault.

Why?!

Because you caught us?

RUSSELL:
You have got your whole life

ahead of you.
Don't be afraid of them.

Just get up and go.

I want to tell you
exactly what happened.

RUSSELL:
Colin, don't.

Don't tell me
what to do.

This isn't about you, Dad.

It's okay.

No, it's not okay,
and it never will be

if I just walk out of here
and never say anything.

I'm not going to live
my entire life

telling a lie.

I did it.

I killed him.

Colin, just tell us
what happened.

The day of the bonfire...

my dad walked in
on Josh and me.

We were in my bedroom,
and he came in

and saw what was going on.

The same day you killed Josh?

Yeah.

Dad flipped out.

Screaming, yelling.

RUSSELL:
Shut up! Get out of this house!

Josh wouldn't leave.He was
afraid Dad would hurt me.

But he finally threw him
out of the house.

Out of the house!

ANNABETH:
Did your father hurt you?

COLIN:
No.

But... he wouldn't
talk to me.

He wouldn't
even look at me.

You went to the
bonfire that night

and Josh was there.

Did you plan to kill him?

No.

It just happened.

The same way everything
between us just happened.

We just couldn't stop it.

JUDGE:
You've known the victim since last summer?

We met at basketball camp.

That's where everything
started between us.

I thought, when camp
was over, we'd be over, too,

but, uh...

you know, then he
transferred to my school,

which was partly
my idea.

But I got paranoid.

I hated wondering
if people suspected us.

I didn't want to be gay.

What happened
the night you killed him?

When I got to the bonfire,

Josh told me
he was going to leave town.

He was planning to run away?

It wasn't much of a plan.
He was just gonna do it.

He wanted me to come with him.

Let's go. We could
leave right now.

Let's go.

Let's get out of here for good.

Josh was so much
braver than I was.

He wasn't afraid.

He wasn't afraid,

and he just couldn't understand

why I'd still want
to live with my dad

after he caught us together.

It's gonna be good.

It's gonna be good.

No.

Colin, who cares about
what your dad thinks?

So you

killed Josh
because you were ashamed?

No.

No...

I killed Josh

because...

I knew if I didn't,
I would have gone with him.

Maybe not that night,

but eventually I would have.

I loved him.

It was the only way
I could stop it.

You're not gonna shoot me.

Do the People have
a sentencing recommendation?

In light of
this confession,

the People recommend that
Colin receive 12 to 20

for voluntary manslaughter,
with opportunity for parole.

LYMON:
Your Honor,

the defense
has accepted this offer.

Very well.

The defendant is hereby
remanded to state's custody.

Colin.

If I could have
those moments back,

when I came home and I saw you,
I would give anything...

Anything...

I love you.

I love you, too.

Think Haley had a good birthday?

Yeah, the part she
was awake for.

Aw...

Don't worry, she'll play
with your present tomorrow.

She likes your
present better.

Well, girls like
trucks, face it.

Who doesn't like a truck?

That's how I got you.

A little something
for Daddy.

What is it?

Just open it.

Where'd you get this?

Your dad had it.

I went over there
last week and made a copy.

Look how happy

Dad looks.

So do you.

Well, boys like to
please their dads.

It really was a cool
train set. I worked

my butt off
on that thing.

You were a cutie.

Hmm.

We should have a boy.

You have any idea
where we could get one?

I have no clue.

Hey.

I-I have a headache.

Splitting...

Shut up.

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