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NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous.

In New York City, the dedicated detectives

who investigate these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

Suspect turned east from Columbus onto Nine-Five.

Three-five William will pick up.

( siren blaring )

I lost him between Columbus and C-P-W.

( siren wailing )

( tires screeching )

Get him, Sammy, get him!

( barking )

( barking )

( grunts )

( barking )

Get away from me.

( barking continues )

( growls )

Get off me!

( groans )

Out! Out Sammy.

Good girl. Thanks.

Good girl, good girl.

( grunts )

I didn't do anything.

What's your name?

Screw you.

Screw You, you're under arrest for attempted rape

until we nail you for the other 11.

Prove it. STABLER: Does he look

familiar to you?

That's him. That's the bastard

who tried to rape me!

BENSON: See, Screw You?

Wasn't that easy?

OFFICER: Detectives!

You better come down here.

Sammy found a body.

She's cold.

Been dead for a while.

I'll tape off the street.

Heel.

Looks like he was either trying to protect her or hide her.

Got a wound to the back of the head.

No blood on the ground.

Could be a dump job.

Shannon Coyle,

16, from Brooklyn.

Sixth Street in Park Slope.

Logo on the backpack says WTP.

William Theodore Prep's two blocks from here.

Doesn't look like a robbery.

There's $70 in the wallet and a credit card.

This couldn't be our rapist.

Lucky break the dog found her.

Not too lucky for the parents.

( inhales )

Let's notify them, get them down to the morgue.

WARNER: Your victim died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage,

caused by blunt force trauma.

STABLER: Time of death?

Based on body temp, I'd say between 10:00 and 11:00 last night.

And she definitely had sex before she died.

Found traces of spermicide.

Rape?

No genital trauma,

but sex and getting your head bashed in

don't usually go together.

Get in touch with the parents?

Father's out of the country.

Mrs. Coyle and her son, Brian's right outside.

I'll wheel her in front of the camera.

She wants to see her.

Mrs. Coyle, I'm Detective Stabler,

Detective Benson.

This is Dr. Warner.

You sure about this?

She's my daughter.

Please.

Oh, God.

( sobbing )

Oh, baby.

Oh, you're so c-cold.

Oh, my sweet baby.

( sobbing )

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MRS. COYLE: Shannon always told me where she was going

and who she was with, so when I hadn't heard

from her by 9:00, I knew something was wrong.

I don't know how I'm going to tell her father.

BENSON: Is your husband on a business trip?

For the last two and a half months.

My husband Barry works

for a French engineering firm.

They're somewhere in the Congo

surveying to build a dam.

Mrs. Coyle, how was Shannon doing in school?

She was a straight-A student.

( sniffles )

I mean, I think she cut an occasional class,

but she was never any trouble.

STABLER: Hey, Brian, was there anyone

she didn't like?

Uh, someone giving her

a hard time?

If there was, she would have told me.

Mrs. Coyle, there's evidence

that your daughter had sex before she died.

She was raped?

STABLER: Well, we don't know that for sure,

but we have to consider all possibilities.

Can you think of anyone

that she may have been involved with?

If my daughter was having sex, she would have told me.

BENSON: And when is

the last time you heard from her?

2:30 yesterday afternoon.

She called me from her cell phone

and said she was going to be late.

Her choir teacher called an extra rehearsal.

This is Shannon.

( chatter )

See you later, Shannon.

Lisa Faber, you just sang a solo

in the Winter Concert,

and you have a trig midterm tomorrow.

What are you going to do now?

Cry.

( laughing )

Hi, Mom.

STABLER: Reminds me

of Elizabeth's friends, typical high school kids.

What do you think?

HUANG: Confident,

good self-esteem, communicative...

Shannon seems well adjusted.

In other words, a normal, healthy teenager.

Computer Crimes get anything off her hard drive?

BENSON: It's clean.

There's no visits to chat rooms,

no suspicious e-mails.

Maybe it was a random attack.

I doubt it.

Checked the inventory of Shannon's backpack.

No cell phone.

Perp must've taken it.

He probably thought his number was stored in the memory.

Which points to someone she knew.

BENSON: Warner says that Shannon had sex,

but the mother and brother say she wasn't seeing anyone,

which means Mom doesn't know

that Shannon was sexually active.

Maybe her friends do.

The school is giving us the cafeteria for interviews.

John, Fin, see if they can

help us reconstruct her day.

Shannon was last seen

at choir practice.

You two start with the music teacher.

MAN: Shannon was the best of the best.

Two years, never missed a rehearsal.

Beautiful voice, unlimited potential.

I feel like I lost my own child.

Do you always rehearse after school,

Mr. Abruzzo?

Please, call me Steve.

Um, no, not usually,

but the state competition is just a few weeks away

and we need extra practice.

Steve, how late did you keep the kids yesterday?

Till 5:00.

I didn't want their parents to complain

that they missed dinner.

You have any idea if Shannon was headed home?

I wish I knew.

Would she know?

That's, um, Lisa Faber. She might.

She and Shannon were joined at the hip.

We, uh, we went for a cup of coffee,

around the corner after rehearsal.

( crying ): I'm sorry.

It's okay, Lisa.

What time did you leave?

Um, like, 6:00, I think.

And did Shannon say where she was going?

No,

but I figured home.

Did you see her before choir?

Yeah, I mean, Shannon and I have two classes together:

American history and trig.

Seventh and eighth periods.

And before that?

We had lunch. Here?

Food here sucks.

We grabbed a couple of slices at Ray's, up the street.

You walk over together?

No, we met there.

She make it

to her morning classes?

Probably, she was in homeroom.

STABLER: You talk to her?

Every day for the past three years.

My last name's Connor, hers is Coyle.

She sat behind me.

You know if she was dating anyone?

She wouldn't talk to me about that.

Lisa would know.

Shannon wasn't going out with anyone.

Not that she wasn't asked. Constantly.

How do you and Shannon usually get home?

I walk; she takes the subway.

But it was freezing last night, so she hopped a cab.

STABLER: Cab companies I talked to

can't find a fare logged from the coffee shop to Park Slope.

Still looking.

Nobody we've interviewed

saw Shannon after 6:00 in the evening.

She didn't die until ten.

That's a lot of hours unaccounted for.

FIN: Looking for you guys.

Just ran every male employee at William Theodore Prep.

All clean.

Only bump was the choir teacher, Steven Abruzzo.

What'd you find out?

He's new on the job.

Just finished a six-year gig

up in Riverdale at Garfield High.

What happened?

I don't know.

All anyone's saying is he suddenly quit

at the end of the last school year.

Go ask Mr. Music why.

* Rejoice and sing

* Your gracious king...

Okay, let's, um, let's take a break.

Wow, they sound great.

Yeah, I was going to cancel practice,

but the kids said Shannon

would have wanted them to sing.

I think they need an outlet for their emotions.

Sounds like you do, too.

We know what happened at your last school.

Why bring that up?

Well, let's see.

One of your students is dead,

and apparently you like younger women.

A lot younger.

That complaint cost me tenure and a pay raise.

That's a pretty high price to pay if you're innocent.

Damn right.

It was a load of crap.

Really?

Because that girl said that you invited her

over to your place for a "private" voice lesson.

She's a liar, all right? ( cell phone ringing )

Constantly cut class, I gave her a "D."

This is what I get for trying to do my job?

Benson.

Look, Detective, teaching is my life, okay?

I would never do anything to hurt these kids.

Elliot.

I hope not.

The lab found something in Shannon's purse.

BENSON: So what do you got?

Heart-shaped key chain.

With a Super Lock key.

Cost ten bucks to replace.

It matched the locks in Shannon's place?

No, but I'm betting this key to her heart,

opens wherever she got these.

They were tucked in with the key chain.

Condoms.

So no boyfriend, but she's ready to have safe sex.

Maybe with the guy's prints on the wrapper--

right forefinger, beautiful ten-point match.

In the system? No rap sheet.

Pre-employment prints from the Board of Ed.

Some teacher...

Steven Abruzzo. How'd you know?

I'm a good judge of character.

What do you know, a Super Lock.

Let's test our evidence.

( girl moaning )

A school backpack.

What's that sound like to you?

Statutory rape.

Sorry to interrupt.

Get up, now.

You can't just break in here.

We didn't.

We heard a girl in trouble.

Same brand as Shannon.

Hey, get up.

Get dressed.

Lisa.

You're crazy if you think I killed Shannon.

You're screwing one student;

you were screwing Shannon, too.

You working your way through the 11th grade there, Steve?

I never slept with her.

I believe him, don't you?

He's probably passing out condoms

to his female students

so they'll practice safe sex.

Or maybe Shannon finds out

you're doing her best friend.

She tells anybody your career's history.

So I murder her? Are you insane?

Your career is over anyway, choir boy.

Lisa's 16. She's jailbait.

Steve didn't force me to do anything I didn't want him to.

We're in love.

The law says you can't consent to sex.

Then I'm not pressing charges.

We'll do that.

But right now Steve's looking pretty good for murder.

My parents are on vacation.

I spent the night at Steve's place.

He didn't go near Shannon.

No?

She got these condoms from a box inside Steve's apartment.

They match the spermicide that we found in Shannon.

How do you explain that?

I gave Shannon the key to Steve's apartment.

So she could see her boyfriend.

Their parents said they couldn't go out,

so they had to sneak around.

They sneak around last night?

Steve had a meeting.

So we hung out at his apartment.

They went in the bedroom for like an hour,

then they left.

Together?

In the same taxi.

Boyfriend's name?

Aidan.

How'd you get past the doorman?

Detective Benson. This is Detective Stabler.

Is Aidan home?

I'm his mother. What's this about?

One of his classmates was murdered.

I heard. It's awful.

Aidan, come to the door.

What's up, Mom?

This is ludicrous.

Our son's not a murderer.

You lied to me.

I had to.

They didn't know Shannon and I were going out.

Shannon was your girlfriend?

Even after I told you to stay away from her?

Debra, now is not the time.

There was nothing wrong with her like you think.

I didn't kill Shannon.

I loved her.

Aidan, we know that you two had sex

the night she was murdered.

What in God's name did you do?!

Debra, please, please.

BENSON: Where did you go after you left Mr. Abruzzo's apartment?

We got into a cab.

Shannon was going to Brooklyn, so we dropped me off first.

What time?

Around 8:30.

The taxi let me off down the block

from our building so my folks wouldn't see us.

But Dad was already there, getting out of another cab.

It's true. I still have the receipt.

Where were you after that, Aidan?

DEBRA: Home. All night.

Ask our doorman.

We're going to need a DNA sample from your son.

I think we should call a lawyer.

( knocking )

Detectives.

Excuse us.

Fin located Shannon's cabbie, who said Shannon took a call

right after they dropped off Aidan.

Then she told the cabbie to take her to the school.

TARU is dumping her cell phone.

This can't be good news.

Shannon Coyle was eight weeks pregnant.

With a girl.

Aidan's got to be the father.

He can't be.

How do you know that?

We haven't taken his DNA.

Don't need it.

All of us get half our DNA from our mother

and half from our father.

The fetus has 62%

of the same genes as Shannon.

So she and the baby-/////!s father are related.

So we're talking about incest.

With who?

Most likely her brother,

but possibly her father, an uncle or first cousin.

Well, the pregnancy is enough motive for any one of them

to want to shut Shannon up.

Aidan still could have killed her.

Until we can prove it, there's nothing to hold him on.

You better tell Shannon's mother.

Pregnant?

That can't be true.

Mrs. Coyle, we understand

how difficult this is.

But the DNA proves that the baby's father

was related to Shannon.

What do you mean?

Do you remember Shannon

spending any time with uncles or cousins about two months ago?

No, she doesn't have any uncles or cousins.

My husband Barry is an only child.

He's been out of the country for 11 weeks.

Oh, God...

No...

Brian...

Brian!

Did you get Shannon pregnant?

Tell me what you did.

You tell me!

I didn't do anything!

Did you get her pregnant?!

Tell me if you got her pregnant!

Mrs. Coyle.

Mrs. Coyle, calm down.

Come down the stairs.

Mom, I never touched her.

Shut up!

You shut up!

Brian, you're going to have to come with us.

Mrs. Coyle, we need your permission

to test your son's DNA.

Do whatever you want with him.

Come on.

I was home the night Shannon died.

My mom will tell you.

I'm sure she will.

I didn't kill my sister, okay?

Okay.

I never slept with her.

Brian, I know how tough it is.

You accidentally see Shannon

coming out of the shower, undressing in her room...

You're sick.

Looks good like all the girls...

That's disgusting. Stop!

You couldn't help yourself.

Stop! I never touched Shannon!

How could I be the father of her baby?

Okay, what about your dad?

You sure he's out of town?

Why would he come back and not tell us?

We can't even have Shannon's funeral until he gets here.

Barry Coyle's company confirms

that he's been working in Africa.

So Brian is the only one

who could have impregnated his sister.

Elliot's got him at the M.E. for a DNA test.

No arrest until we get the results.

He may have killed Shannon...

Just because he slept with her?

I can't take that to the Grand Jury.

Susan Coyle called.

She said she lost her head

when she tried to beat the crap out of Brian.

I'm not sure I would have reacted any different.

Is there any history of previous abuse?

Neighbors never even heard

them talk loud.

They say that Susan keeps to herself.

She lives for those kids.

What does Brian say?

He wants to go home.

Then cut him loose.

He's not the only suspect.

We know where Aidan and Brian

were the night of the murder?

Their parents alibi for both of them.

But parents cover for their kids.

Let's find out who's lying.

Start with the Connors.

And ask them why they didn't want Romeo and Juliet

to see each other.

Sweetheart, I expect a phone call

when you're through with study group.

Bye, Mom. Bye, Dad.

We wouldn't lie to you, Detectives.

Aidan was here all night.

Mrs. Conner, why didn't you want your son Aidan

to go out with Shannon?

Because of her mother.

Look, I've known Susan since our kids started kindergarten.

We used to be friends.

What happened?

I kept asking her

when we were going to go out together.

You know, like civilized couples do.

She kept making excuses about her husband being away.

I finally realized, they thought they were too good for us.

You mean we were too good for them.

Look, I'm really sorry about what happened to Shannon,

but my Aidan can do much better.

Jason?

It's a Maggie Norris.

What do you think?

Magnificent. How many more?

Just the Dior.

Oh, be a dear and stop at the vault

and pick up my diamonds tomorrow.

We're hosting the Manhattan Hospital Benefit tomorrow night.

I have to apologize for my wife.

She's a bit of snob.

You don't agree with her about the Coyles?

Barry Coyle's donated a lot of money to William Theodore Prep.

So you've met him.

Sure. Played golf with him

a few times.

My wife would kill me if she found out.

I'm a developer; he's an engineer.

We had plenty to talk about.

He's a very down-to-earth guy, really into his kids.

( phone ringing )

Did you ever meet Shannon?

I've met all of Aidan's friends.

But you didn't know that they were dating?

No, but I know my son.

Forget killing his girlfriend; he wouldn't hurt a fly.

STABLER: Well, thanks for everything.

We'll be in touch.

TARU got the dump on Shannon's cell phone.

Munch and Fin are on it.

It's just like the mother told you--

Shannon called home from her cell at 2:31

the afternoon she was murdered.

Then Shannon's at school until 5:00.

She has coffee with her friend Lisa until 6:00.

Back to the teacher's place for a little loving with Aidan.

They leave at 8:00, drop Aidan off on the corner at 8:30.

Right, then the cab takes her back to school at 8:30.

When was that last call?

8:34. Incoming to Shannon's phone from a blocked number.

You able to un-block it?

Traced it to a cell phone.

Billed to one Jason Connor.

Aidan called Shannon back. They go out again.

Which makes him the last one to talk to her

before she was killed.

Better take this.

Sector car responded to a call for shots fired.

Found him all bloodied up in the driver's seat,

What the hell was he was doing here?

Working.

That's his latest construction project across the street.

.25-caliber Beretta Jet Fire. CSU found it under the car.

Already dusted, no prints.

Whoever did it wanted to make sure Jason Conner was dead.

Emptied the whole clip into him.

First Shannon is killed, now her boyfriend's father.

Why?

The night of Shannon's murder,

Jason Connor saw Shannon and Aidan in a taxi together.

I think that Aidan Connor

murdered Shannon and then his father.

How do you figure?

Aidan finds out that Shannon's pregnant.

He knows he used condoms when they had sex.

He thinks that Shannon cheated on him.

Tragedy is, it was with her brother.

But Aidan didn't know that.

He kills Shannon, then he realizes

the last person to see them together was his father.

( telephone rings ) Murder your father

to cover up killing your girlfriend?

That's cold.

Kid doesn't strike me as a sociopath.

Captain, this kid has lied to us

every single time we've talked to him.

You want us to bring Aidan in?

Mother's just gonna lawyer him up.

Especially now that Dad's dead.

Ballistics traced the gun.

Bought in Pennsylvania in 1985 by Jason Connor.

That narrows down our suspect pool.

Yeah, to Aidan.

Better not jump to conclusions.

Gun's registered to Susan Coyle.

( doorbell rings )

How many times you gonna knock?

Let's talk to a neighbor.

Can I help you?

Police.

We're looking for Susan and Brian Coyle.

They left early this morning.

Woke me out of a deep sleep putting a bunch of suitcases

into the trunk of their car.

She say where they were going?

Greensburgh, Pennsylvania.

Wish they were having it here, though.

Having what here?

Shannon's funeral.

She was a sweet girl.

Thank you.

It's pretty hard to have a funeral

when the M.E. hasn't released Shannon's body yet.

Why would Susan be running if she didn't murder Jason?

What was she doing with his gun?

Maybe they knew each other

a lot better than Jason let on.

Having an affair?

Susan Coyle and Jason Connor

were definitely having an affair.

How do you know that?

I'll show you.

Coyle family tree.

We call it a genotype.

We know Shannon's fetus should have had

half its genes from Shannon and half from the father.

I re-tested the DNA just in case the samples were contaminated.

Got the same results.

The fetus has 62-percent of Shannon's genes.

So it was incest. Yes.

But her brother Brian's not a match.

And we know that Shannon's father Barry

was gone for more than eight weeks,

so it couldn't have been him.

So who got Shannon pregnant?

At first I thought there was

another sibling we didn't know about.

Or her family lied about no uncles or cousins.

We checked, we couldn't find any.

Then there's only one other option.

The fetus has a double grandparent.

What the hell does that mean?

The DNA confirms it.

Shannon and the guy who impregnated her

have the same father.

Jason Connor and Barry Coyle are the same person.

Which means that Aidan Connor is the father of Shannon's baby.

DEBRA: It all makes sense now.

Jason's behavior.

All those trips out of town to "manage his projects."

Why Susan never wanted us to meet Barry.

He was a fraud. He didn't exist.

You're sure Aidan didn't know?

I'm not sure of anything now.

We have to tell him.

No, please.

He's a good boy.

First his girlfriend gets murdered, then his father.

I don't think he can handle any more.

I'm sorry.

But we have to find out who killed your husband.

Where's my mom?

With my boss.

You and I, we got to talk privately.

Look, I told you I didn't kill Shannon.

I believe you.

There's something you need to know.

About what?

Your father.

You know who shot him?

We're investigating.

I know how much you loved your dad.

So what I'm about to tell you

is not gonna be easy to understand.

Did he do something wrong?

Aidan, your father... was also Shannon's father.

Shannon's not my sister.

Her DNA tests prove she is.

How can you know this?

Because Shannon was pregnant.

And we tested the fetus's genes.

The fetus?

Oh, God.

Listen to me, this is not your fault.

No. None of this is your fault.

No...

She was my sister?

( sobs )

I had sex with my sister?

( retches )

( coughs )

It's not true!

( sobs )

( sobbing ): It's not...

He couldn't fake that kind of physical reaction.

This kid didn't kill anyone.

Susan and Brian Coyle just turned up south of Montreal.

State Police stopped them

from crossing into Canada.

Bring them back.

Where's Brian?

He's down the hall.

We have done nothing wrong.

Why are you taking us back to New York?

You're under arrest for murder.

You think I killed my own daughter?

Not Shannon.

Her father, Jason Connor.

What?

Jason's dead?

I didn't kill Jason.

He was shot with your gun, Susan.

No, you've got this all wrong.

Really?

Now are you gonna put on another performance

like you did when you slapped your son around?

I knew Brian didn't hurt Shannon.

That's true.

I was just trying to protect Jason.

Why would you protect the man who murdered your daughter?

He didn't murder Shannon. It was an accident.

You knew what happened all along.

From the first time we talked to you.

I suggest you start telling the truth.

Jason called Shannon after they saw each other,

and they met a couple of blocks from the school.

When Jason told Shannon, Aidan was her brother, she fell apart.

She told him she was pregnant.

Jason begged Shannon to forgive him.

She pushed him away.

She slipped and fell backwards and hit her head.

Jason tried to revive her, but it was too late.

She was gone.

So he left her in an alley.

Jason was confused.

He didn't know what to do.

And you bought his story.

You're telling me that you don't blame Jason

for your daughter's death?

Would I blame him if he was with Shannon

and she got hit by a car?

Of course not.

Jason would give up everything he had

before he'd hurt Shannon.

When did Jason tell you this?

The night it happened.

He came to me after Brian was asleep.

He was devastated,

crying.

He said he was finally going to leave his wife.

He told me I should take Brian and drive up to Montreal,

catch a plane to Cuba.

That he would meet us in Havana in a few days.

Susan...

your daughter is dead.

Nothing's going to bring Shannon back.

Why would I kill him?

STABLER: We found the real Barry Coyle

living outside St. Louis with his wife and two kids.

Susan tells us that Jason stole his name and profession

from an engineering directory from the public library.

What about Susan's travel plans?

We found Brian and Susan's plane tickets to Cuba.

But not Jason's.

There's no evidence he ever intended

to go down there and meet them.

If he backed out,

could be why Susan killed him.

I'd say that's a good bet.

Debra Connor brought some show-and-tell.

Mrs. Connor, can I help you?

I'm here to help you.

What are these?

My diamonds.

They were in my safe-deposit box

until they were stolen two days ago.

Susan Coyle?

How'd she get in your vault?

She had ID in my name, and she forged my signature.

I never went to that bank.

Jason always took care of our finances.

How much was the jewelry worth?

Over two million dollars.

She cleaned me out.

STABLER: Thank you.

Susan stole the diamonds,

she had the gun, she had the motive.

I have all I need for an indictment.

DEBRA: The bank called me.

Said I'd forgotten my sunglasses the previous day.

I said that was impossible because I'd never been there.

That's when I learned I'd been robbed.

How long were you married to Jason, Mrs. Connor?

26 years.

Did you have any inkling he was planning to leave you?

No. Quite the opposite.

We were planning a benefit dinner

the night after he was murdered.

He'd asked me to make sure his tux was pressed.

NOVAK: Thank you.

Your witness.

All those years and you never knew

your husband had a second family?

No. I trusted him.

Obviously that trust was misplaced.

With all due respect, Mrs. Connor,

you must feel like the stupidest woman on the planet.

Objection. Is there a question?

I'll withdraw.

Mrs. Connor, do you own a handgun?

No.

Did your husband?

He said he did.

Are you saying you never saw it?

Yes. I'm saying I never saw it.

Do you know where he kept it?

No, I do not. Nor do I want to.

I don't like guns.

It started out as an affair,

but then I found out I was pregnant with Shannon.

And what did Jason say when he found out?

That children needed a father

and he would be there no matter what.

He was good to his word.

But he wouldn't leave his wife for you.

Didn't you ever want to break it off?

Yes.

But you didn't.

Because you were dependent on him?

And because I loved him.

And because he loved Brian and Shannon.

He tried to be as much of a father as he could.

He provided for them.

Staying with Jason was the only way

I could protect my kids.

When Jason told you

to meet him in Havana,

did he give you money?

No. But he did give me his key

to the safe deposit box.

I was only doing

what he told me to.

Objection. Hearsay.

Sustained.

Thank you.

Nothing further.

Did he give you the key

or did you take it from him after you shot him?

Objection. Withdrawn.

Ms. Coyle,

it was really you who forbade Shannon

from seeing Aidan, wasn't it?

No, Debra Connor did, too.

Because she didn't think

that your daughter was good enough for her son.

But you didn't want them to have a relationship

because you knew it would put Jason's secret in jeopardy,

isn't that right?

Yes.

People's two, Your Honor.

Do you recognize this?

Yes.

We've heard testimony that this weapon was used

to murder Jason Connor.

Do you happen to know

in whose name it's registered?

My name.

No further questions.

Re-direct, Your Honor.

When was the last time you saw this gun?

Approximately 15 years ago.

I told Jason to get it out of the house.

Why was that?

Shannon was a toddler

and I didn't feel safe

having a gun with children around.

Do you know what happened to it?

No. I never saw it again.

The gun was Susan's, but she didn't have it in her possession.

Right.

I wouldn't worry about it.

All this jury's heard is how Susan's lived a lie

for the last 20 years.

They can't stand her.

Elliot.

Aidan.

Can I talk to you alone?

Yeah, what's up?

Susan's telling the truth.

About what?

The gun that killed my father.

It was in our house.

Aidan, what are you saying to me?

Susan didn't kill my dad, I did.

Dad kept the gun in his underwear drawer.

Susan's lawyer was right.

I knew Dad killed Shannon.

Okay, but I want you to tell me what happened

with you and your dad.

I got the gun, I went to his office.

He was leaving.

I got in his car I and shot him.

Just like that, huh?

Are you going to arrest me now?

Aidan, why are you doing this?

Because I'm guilty.

His confession's not real, but his guilt sure is.

Because of the incest.

Tell him he's not to blame; it's not gonna change what happened.

Why admit to something he didn't do?

To punish himself for sleeping with his sister.

But what about his mother?

Aidan going away for life would kill her.

Is he trying to punish her, too?

No. But I think I know what he is doing.

They can't prove I didn't do it.

You said in court you were disgusted.

Did you mean with yourself?

When I found out that Shannon was dead,

I didn't know what I was going to do.

We had so much fun together, you know?

We could talk like grown-ups.

We loved each other.

And then I found out

who Shannon really was...

and I feel like I ruined her.

And now I can't even tell her how sorry I am for what I did.

I wish I had just used my father's gun on myself.

Please... stop him. He's lying.

How do you know?

After the bank called, and I saw the photo of Susan,

I realized that he was leaving me for her.

And, uh...

then I found the plane ticket to Cuba

and I canceled it.

I knew where his gun was.

I got it and I went to his office to confront him.

He was just leaving the parking garage

and he pulled over to meet me.

And then he told me everything.

What happened to Shannon...

that she was his daughter.

And I knew it.

My son had slept with his own sister.

And I started shooting and I couldn't stop myself.

He destroyed Aidan's life.

But I don't want Aidan to go to prison

for something that I did.

You have the right to remain silent, Mrs. Connor.

You have the right to an attorney.

I don't want an attorney.

All I want is to help my son.

Can't you see how he's hurting?

Please... please, just help him.

Can I see my mom now?

As soon as we're done booking her.

She's under arrest?

For murdering your father, yeah.

When did you know?

In court.

She lied when she said she never saw the gun.

Shannon's gone; Dad's gone; Mom's going to prison.

( sighs ): I have no one left.

Aidan, listen to me.

You didn't cause any of this.

You, Shannon, Brian, every one of you

were just born into this mess.

But you've to get through this.

Not only for your sake, but for your brother's.

My brother?

Brian.

You're the only one he's got left.

Hey.

Hey.

You want to talk?

Sure.

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