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>> male announcer:
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.

>> you are so hot.
>> how do you know?

We just met.
>> I have eyes, don't I?

>> well, what else
Do you have?

>> oho, everything you need.
Oh. Take your clothes off.

>> kevin. 'sup?

>> 'sup is show's over.
>> hey, that's my pay-per-view.

>> no, stan, that's my
Pay-per-view and my tv

And my friggin' couch.

>> fine.
Here's 20 bucks.

>> keep it.
You're moving out...Now.

>> you want me out of here,
Ass wad?

Make me.

[scoffs]
Thought so.

>> get your ass
Out that door, stan,

Whole or in pieces,
It's your choice.

>> I said I ain't goin'--
[gunshot]

You shot me?
>> how?

>> hey, clear a path, people!
Svu's on the scene.

>> and you are?
>> sorry, dale stuckey.

Uh, new csu tech.

Not that I want to be
Csu forever, you know.

But, uh, hey, don't worry,

Not gunning for either
Of your jobs...Yet.

>> all right, why--why don't we
Just start with the crime scene.

>> yeah, apartment 110
Right here.

>> uh, didn't dispatch say
That the call came

From apartment 112?

>> that's just
Collateral damage.

The, uh, bullet
Went through the wall.

Killed the guy next door.
Cool, huh?

Anyways, slug came
From in there

Where the, uh,
Real action is.

>> so I see you've met
Our new tech.

>> and how.

>> all pretty obvious
What happened, right?

I mean, rape, murder, suicide.
Bing, bang, bong.

>> dale, thanks.
I think we got it from here.

>> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So I overheard the neighbor
Saying that he saw mr. Reyes--

That's our male deceased--
And ms. Flores--

The one on the bed--
Coming home earlier.

So, uh, I'm thinking
That they went out,

Had a few too many,
Came home, argued.

He attacked her,
Killed her,

Realized what he's done,
[clicks tongue] Offed himself.

>> you got it all
Figured out, don't you?

>> some cases solve
Themselves, right?

Hey, what now,
We all going to disneyland?

>> hey, let's not pack
Our bags just yet.

Dale, how tall would you say
That our victims are?

>> well, just eyeballing,
I'd saying she's about 5'1".

He's 5'6", tops.

>> so which one's head
Made this hole in the wall

All the way up here
At 5'11"?

>> oh.

>> and the gun, dale--

What hand does our dead guy
Have it in?

>> his right hand.

>> now check out the belt
In his pants.

What side does he have
His cell phone clipped to?

>> left side. Consistent
With a left-handed person.

>> as is the direction
That he buckles his belt.

>> wait, you guys think
Someone else murdered them

And made it look
Like a suicide?

>> bing, bang, bong.
>> check this out.

If there was a third person,

I'd say he waited
For these two inside here.

Left a nice ear print.

>> I guess that killer
Didn't like what he heard.

>> we're trying to match
An ear print?

>> o'halloran says every ear
Is physically unique.

They're kinda like
Fingerprints.

>> europe has led the way
In standardizing

Ear print identification.

Just a matter of time
Before the u.S. Catches up.

>> and you better
Hope we don't,

'cause those dumbos of yours
Will probably contaminate

Every crime scene
We step on.

>> still, we have no database
To compare it to,

So it doesn't
Get us very far.

>> good news.

Warner got epithelial dna
From the ear print,

Matched it to the semen
Found in tisa.

>> perp in the system?

>> there's no hits,

But it confirms
Our third party theory.

Okay, so we know
The perp was lying in wait

In the closet.

Did he bring along
The .45?

>> we found a case and receipt
In the bedside table.

Gun belonged to tisa.

>> we got the scan station
Images.

My guess is that
She and alejandro

Were about to get busy

When the perp jumps out
Of the closet.

Fight ensues.
Alejandro gets knocked out.

Now tisa grabs the gun,
But she's disarmed, raped.

Perp shoots her,
Shoots alejandro

To make it look like
A murder-suicide.

>> so now the question is,
Which victim

Was our mystery
Male's target?

>> well, probably not
Alejandro.

He's an engineering student.
No priors.

>> tisa's not so clean.

She works
At a taxi dance joint

On 215th and broadway.

Vice busted it twice
For prostitution.

>> the empire dance academy?
>> that's what it used to be.

It sold in '07.
So no more tutus.

Now it's tequila
And tongue jobs.

>> any idea who owns
This dump?

>> bridget sulloway.
822 park avenue.

>> sounds like a new
Mayflower madam

Sailed into town.

[knock at door]

[door opens]

>> can I help you?

>> we're looking
For bridget sulloway.

>> there's no soliciting
In this building.

>> good. They're a pain
In the ass.

>> the police.
[clears throat]

I'll see if she's available.
>> hello.

>> birdie.
>> yes, of course.

I'm always available
For new york's finest.

Scoot, chet, scoot.
Please, come in.

Come in. Come in.
Come in.

Oh, and call me birdie.

>> birdie,
I'm detective stabler.

My partner,
Detective benson.

>> hello.
>> this is a lovely apartment.

>> oh, thank you, dear.

It's our little piece
Of heaven, isn't it, chet?

>> hmm. I'll get
The martinis.

>> don't mind my nephew.
He's very protective of me.

Makes a mean martini,
Though.

Would you care for one?
>> no, thank you.

But you could tell us
About the property you owned

At 215th and broadway.

>> oh, that's my old
Ballet studio.

>> you were a dancer.
>> yes, I was.

Thank you, dear.
>> you're welcome.

>> was a dancer, a singer,
A little cabaret here and there.

And then when I found out
That they were going to sell

My old building, I asked
My husband to buy it for me

So that they wouldn't
Go out of business.

Marv's the owner.

>> no, birdie,
You're the owner.

My accountant had me put
The deed in your name.

Liability.
And who are you two?

>> nypd. We were wondering
What kind of business it is

That you run
In that building.

>> I told 'em
It was a ballet studio.

>> actually, that place
Is gone.

>> what do you mean
It's gone?

You promised me
That you'd take care of it.

>> oh, the old queen who ran it
Couldn't pay the rent.

I mean, I'm not running
A damn charity.

Kicked 'em out.
Found somebody who could pay.

>> who's the current tenant?
>> the bailarina room.

Some crappy club.

Fills up with mostly
Border jumpers.

>> marv.
>> well, latino, hispanic.

The guy who runs it
Can hardly speak english.

And what has this got to do
With anything?

>> it's gotta do with a rape
And double homicide.

One of the victims
May be connected

To your property.

Tisa flores.
>> don't know her.

>> how about
Alejandro reyes?

>> you know, I got 30 buildings
In the city.

I don't know who works
In them.

All I know is that, uh,
This bailarina room

Doesn't open till after 9:00.

You wanna know about somebody
Who got killed,

I'd go ask them.

>> how long
Have you known tisa?

>> six months.

She's in school,
But her mom got sick,

So she started here nights
To make extra money.

>> by dancing with men.
>> and sitting with 'em.

Talking with 'em.

A lot of our customers
Aren't too good with girls.

I mean, they pay by the minute
Just to hang out.

>> is that the only thing
That they, uh, pay for?

>> some girls take customers
Back there and, uh, do more.

But I ain't no corner girl.
Tisa wasn't neither.

>> any of the customers
Get out of line?

>> all the time.
Guys want more or get jealous.

Tisa kept having problems
With this one pinguinito.

>> little penguin?
>> the jews.

Black pants. White shirt.
>> orthodox. Gotcha.

>> we call over there
The "South pole"

'cause that's where
The pinguinitos hang out.

>> you see tisa's
Pinguinito over there?

>> no. I haven't seen him
All night.

Look, I-I gotta get
To work.

>> thanks anyway.

>> that's him.

>> hey, you wanna buy
A dance?

>> I only dance
With one girl.

>> tisa, right?
>> yeah.

She's my girlfriend.

>> so I guess you're not gonna
Dance with me then.

>> who the hell are you?
>> police.

Turn your head around.
>> what? What is that?

Don't touch me!
>> shh, shh. All right.

Don't want to show us
Your ear,

We'll take it downtown.

Come on.

>> I didn't kill tisa.
I loved her.

>> well, they--they're not
Mutually exclusive.

>> besides, she didn't
Love you.

>> she would've.
She just needed time.

>> efraim, face it,

You're just another check
On her dance card.

>> I wasn't like
Those losers.

I-I made a picnic
For her once.

>> great.
I'm glad you had fun.

But then where did she go?

Hmm? Home with you?

Oh, didn't think so.

She went home
To her boyfriend.

You knew she had
A boyfriend, right?

A real one.

>> she was gonna break up
With alejandro.

>> hey, he knows him
By name.

>> oh, I bet efraim
Knows a lot.

Where tisa lives,
How to break into her place.

He did that
Two nights ago.

>> I was at home
Two nights ago, I swear.

>> he knows the thrill
Of waiting for her,

Knowing how happy
She'll be when--

But then she came home
With him.

You got scared.

Ducked into the closet,
Listening.

Waiting for him to leave,
But he didn't.

I mean, maybe you even
Heard 'em starting to have sex.

Is that when you snapped?
>> no!

I never did anything mean
To tisa.

Everybody else did.

Alejandro criticized her.

Customers tried to make her
Go back to the corner.

But she couldn't even complain
Because the head guy

Was the worst of all.

He's the one who was always
After tisa.

>> okay, this head guy,
Was he the club's manager?

>> higher up.
I think he owns the building.

[scoffs]
Guy's a stalker.

>> let me guess.
His name is marv.

>> yeah. He's in there
All the time.

You can't miss him.
Wears a big diamond watch.

>> I understand you nabbed
Our l'chaim lover boy.

>> yeah. Wrong guy.

He finally let us take
An ear print.

Didn't match.
>> so we're nowhere.

>> well, not really.

Efraim pointed us back
To somebody very interesting.

Marv sulloway.
>> the landlord.

>> and broke, according
To his taxes.

He claims $27,000
Annual income.

And this is a guy who lives
In a penthouse on park ave.

Gotta be cooking
The books.

>> irs thought so too.
Audited him three times.

Never nailed him.

>> well, means he's smart
And he's got lawyers.

So before we take
A run at him...

>> make sure we got
All our ducks in a row.

>> detective benson.
>> birdie.

>> can we talk?
It's about my husband.

>> yes, of course.

Let's, um, why don't we go off
To the lounge.

Just this way.

I'm sorry, I mean, marv usually
Isn't such a boorish man.

>> [snorts]
>> what'd I tell you, detective?

>> he ever have to protect you
From marv?

>> physically?
Oh, no.

>> birdie.

>> well, maybe marv drinks
A little bit too much,

But I can hold my own.

After all, I was married
To four men before him.

And when my father died,
I had to fend for myself.

>> that couldn't have been
Easy in this city.

>> especially as a dancer.
Lot of grabby producers.

Which is another reason
I came today.

I understand that poor girl
Who died was a dancer.

>> she was.

>> I want to pay
For her funeral.

>> uh, birdie, that really
Isn't necessary.

>> oh, yes, it is, to make up
For my husband's callousness.

Yecch, marv and his
Pen chewing.

Did I mention he was a pig?

>> uh, here you go.
>> thank you.

You know, I have a good mind
To march straight down

To city hall
And file divorce papers

On that jackass.

>> finally.

>> this is incredibly generous
Of you.

And on the bright side,
At least your nephew

Will always be there
For you.

>> um, chet, be a poodle
And go get me a cup of tea.

I saw a teapot downstairs.

>> tea.

>> to be perfectly honest
With you,

He's not my nephew.

It's a little game
We play.

Some years ago,
I had a girlfriend.

She was a rockette.

And she gave birth to chet
Out of wedlock.

She died when he was six,
And I took him in.

And he's been with me
Ever since.

>> well, he's a very
Lucky man.

>> I'm the lucky one.

Chet's the only person
Who's ever really loved me.

Sometimes I think
My real talent

Is in attracting bad men.

>> good ones are hard to find.
>> I picked some doozies though.

The first one
Was a drug dealer.

The second one
Liked little boys.

My third husband,
Philip, he--

He may have been nice,
I don't know.

>> short marriage?
>> all of four days.

We were sailing to bermuda
For our honeymoon.

A freak storm came up,
And he was swept overboard.

And the one after philip
Was a womanizer.

And now here's marv.

But I swear, he was funny
And charming

When I first met him.

Then last night,
After he went to bed,

I sneaked into his office
And I looked through his files.

I found out
That the properties he owned

Were all strip clubs
And peep joints

And horrible places.

>> you had no idea
That he'd been lying to you?

There was no other
Suspicious behavior?

>> none whatsoever.

>> here's your tea, birdie.

>> oh, thank you, chet.
Thank you.

Oh, let me get rid
Of that thing.

>> don't worry about it.
I'll dispose of it.

>> thanks again.

>> you're kidding.

You're really telling me
That marv sulloway's dna

Is on this?

>> lurking in a crusty coat
Of slobber.

>> so if warner runs it
And says it's a match

For the semen found
Inside tisa?

>> you have my blessings
To nail the son of a bitch.

>> I can't wait to see
The look on this a-hole's face.

>> do me a favor.
Let me cuff him.

>> better yet,
Let birdie do it.

>> [screams]

[car alarm blaring,
Horn honking]

>> it's marv.
>> oh, my god.

I looked up
Just as he jumped.

[knocking at door]

>> oh, detectives,
Did you decide to try

The martinis after all?

>> where are
Mr. And mrs. Sulloway?

>> marv is in the study
And birdie has retired

For the evening, why?

>> all right, chet, you and I
Are gonna talk in there.

[accordion muisc playing]

*

>> birdie.

>> you recognize her?

She's who I used to be.

>> did you find anything?
Did you find a note?

>> nothing on paper
Or his computer.

>> did marv say anything
Unusual earlier

Or--or seem despondent?

>> no. No.
I didn't even speak to him.

I was going to call a divorce
Lawyer in the morning.

>> he seemed normal to me.
He came home.

He took his martini
And he went into the office.

And I assume that he was doing
What he always does.

Surf porn.

>> uh, detectives.

>> ohh. Will you excuse us
For a moment?

>> what do you got,
Dale?

>> well, I wanted to be
More thorough

Like you showed me
The other day,

So I dusted
The open window.

Now, odds are a jumper
Would've faced it,

Grabbed the sides,
Stepped up onto the sill

So his thumbprints would be
Facing upwards in the frame.

>> except that they're
Pointing downward

Like he had his back
Against the window.

>> trying not to go out.

>> I think our case just went
From suicide to murder.

Bing, bang, bong.

>> why do we need
To come in?

>> so our csu techs
Can finish their work.

Besides,
We have a few questions

So we understand
The sequence of events.

>> in other words,
The usual paperwork.

>> mrs. Sulloway,
I'm captain cragen.

I'm very sorry
For your loss.

>> thank you.

>> john, why don't you escort
Her to the interview room.

And, fin, take chet
To my office.

>> you--you're splitting us up?
>> oh, it's not for long.

She just needs to sign
Some forms

For the release
Of mr. Sulloway's body.

>> dear, don't make
A fuss.

>> okay.
>> after you, john.

>> right this way.

>> warner called.

Marv's ear print matches
The one inside tisa's closet.

>> okay, so he's our killer.
Case closed.

>> now we have to figure out
Which one of them

Is our killer's killer.

>> well, that's if marv
Was pushed.

>> captain, his handprints
Were going the wrong way

On the window.

>> warner also found
Excessive amount

Of tricyclic antidepressant
In marv's bloodstream.

>> so he was drugged.
>> or he drugged himself.

If we're wrong and marv stumbled
And fell out of the window,

We don't want to traumatize
An already grieving widow.

>> again, thank you
For coming in.

I know this is
A difficult time.

>> [sighs] Well, it hasn't
Quite hit me yet.

>> I understand. May I?
>> oh, thank you.

>> mm-hmm.

>> there are so few gentlemen
Left in the world.

>> mrs. Sulloway,
Do you have any idea

Why your husband wanted
To take his own life?

>> I have no idea.

>> he hadn't mentioned suicide
Or being depressed lately?

>> no. No, not at all.

But then again, marv was never
The most expressive man.

Used to be
When we first met.

He even wrote me poetry.

But, well,
The last few years,

We haven't been exactly
Confidants.

>> mm-hmm.
Like you and chet are.

>> chet and I are special.
>> think marv was jealous?

>> jealous was only one of his
Many delightful qualities.

Jealous, irrational,
Um, alcoholic,

Rage-aholic, porn addict.

>> what about drugs?

>> I was, uh, I was just
His bartender.

But birdie might know
If he was popping pills.

>> lipitor, zantac, and, um,
There was another one.

I think, um, uh, doxepin.
Doxepin?

>> that's an antidepressant.
>> is it?

Well, I just remember chet

Going through marv's
Medicine cabinet one day

And laughing like hell
Over all the names

And counting out all the poisons
That the old man had to take.

>> poisons.
>> it's what I call 'em.

When I was nine, my father
Was taken to the hospital.

They said
It was nothing serious.

A kidney stone.
Said he'd be home the next day.

Only he wasn't.
They killed him.

And I was left all alone.

[sniffs]

>> I'm sorry.

>> thank you.
[sniffs] Oh.

Look, I'm not saying that
My father was a very nice man.

Some ways, he was a lot
Like marv, the bastard.

>> still, no child deserves
To be an orphan.

>> no. You're right.

And that's when I decided
Then and there

That all doctors are nothing
But well-paid murderers.

To hell with 'em.

You know, I haven't been to one
Or touched a pill bottle

In 60 years.

>> so you don't know if marv
Was regularly taking tricyclics.

>> what did I just say?

I don't know anything more
Than what I've been telling you.

>> [laughs] I know
Everything about her.

I am her soul mate.

>> that's why you're
So protective of her.

>> exactly.

>> so when is the last time

That you had to protect her?

>> oh, that would be
Two days ago

When you and your partner
Came by.

Marv went mental.

He was slamming doors

And he was sweating
Through his shirt.

And birdie asked him--
She said, "What is wrong?"

And he started
To scream at her.

So I said to him,
"You leave her alone!"

And he lunged at me
Like this crazy animal.

And then he--he bolted
For the door.

That man was in trouble.

>> chet, what if I told you
That marv sulloway

Was under investigation
For murder?

>> [laughs]
You're joking.

>> the dancer that he claimed
Not to know,

He murdered her
And her boyfriend.

>> I can't believe it.

And to think that birdie
Was married to the man for...

>> for 11 years.
>> good ones?

>> ha.

Well, I see you're married.

So you must know
They're not all good.

>> right. Do you think marv
Was happy?

>> well,
I-I don't think he knew

That I was contemplating
Divorce.

>> but you had separate
Bedrooms.

>> marv was a snorer.

>> and chet?

>> chet?
Chet sleeps like a baby.

>> I meant, how did he feel
About your husband?

>> I hated the man
Even more than he hated me.

>> do you think he was
Threatened by you?

>> what do you mean?

>> by your relationship
With birdie.

You just said that the two
Of you were soul mates.

>> I've been by her side
My entire life.

>> right. So it couldn't
Have thrilled marv too much

To always have the nephew
Tagging along.

>> I-I-I don't care
What he thinks,

Especially after you said
What he did to those people.

I mean, I always thought
He was having affairs,

Though god knows what woman
Could tolerate that man.

>> birdie did.
>> bless her heart.

She's a very
Special person.

>> and you two have a very
Special relationship.

>> yes.
>> mm-hmm.

How special, chet?

>> excuse me?
>> come on.

You're a grown man.
You have needs.

>> [chuckles] I'm not sure
That's any of your business.

>> and birdie
Isn't really your aunt.

So how special is it?

>> chet was 18
When we first made love.

I suppose you find
That shocking.

But our relationship
Has always been very intimate.

>> so being physical
Just made sense.

>> well, yes.
He was a sensitive young man.

He needed guidance.

And I love him.

I love him more
Than anyone I've ever known.

>> so why not get married?

>> well, I think
Our age difference

Might strike some people
As, uh, unseemly.

But I did love
My husbands.

Till I found out what kind
Of men they really were.

>> and then it was back
To chet.

>> I'd do anything for him

And he'd do anything
For me.

>> like kill your husband?
>> what?

>> well, you know,
Marv was a dangerous man.

We just got proof
That he murdered

Those two people
From his club.

>> oh. Oh.

>> you don't seem surprised.

>> nothing surprises me
About that man.

>> all the more reason
That chet would do anything

To protect you from him.

>> un-uh.
My chet is very kind.

Very gentle.
He could never hurt anyone.

>> marv sulloway
Is a disgusting,

Egotistical piece of crap,
But I did not kill him.

>> well, I think you did.
>> mm-hmm.

Is that why you brought me
In here?

>> I think that you spiked
His martini last night,

You got him woozy,

And you pushed him out
That window.

>> I gave him
His drink, yes.

But after that, I told you,
He went into his office

To surf porn.

>> okay, chet, you sure
That that's what happened?

>> yes.

>> because we have people
At your apartment right now

Collecting evidence.

Every glass.
Every bottle of booze.

Every pill bottle.

And guess who's fingerprints
Are gonna be on 'em, chet.

>> of course my prints
Are all over those bottles.

I'm their bartender!

>> so that's
Your story, hmm?

Nothing else happened
After marv got home?

>> I heard him come in,
But I didn't see him.

I was in my room.

>> and you and chet
Didn't have any conversations

About marv before then?

>> about what?

>> mm, plans to divorce.
>> yes.

I don't know. Perhaps.

I-I--you know,
I really don't know.

I don't remember, uh,
If--if I told him

About seeing the lawyer
In the morning or not.

>> okay, but--but chet knew
How much you hated marv.

And since he was the one
Pouring the drinks,

He could've very easily
Have drugged him

With one of those, uh,
Poisons.

>> I don't know.

I mean, I don't even know
If marv drank last night.

>> of course marv drank
Last night!

Marv drank every night!

>> last night, you laced
His glass with tricyclics.

>> I did not.

>> but he had a huge amount
In his system.

>> I don't, I--
>> 'cause you gave it to him.

>> no, I didn't!

>> well, then, who did?

>> I don't--I don't know.

>> you do.
>> no.

>> yeah, you do.
>> no.

>> you did.
>> no.

>> yes, you did,
'cause you gave it to him!

Just admit it!

You killed marv!

>> no, he didn't!

>> he killed him, birdie,
For you.

>> my chet didn't.
He couldn't.

>> he could and he did.

>> I did not!

>> chet, marv
Didn't kill himself!

You said it yourself.

He was an egotistical
Piece of crap.

He would have killed you or
Birdie before he killed himself.

For god sakes, the man
Murdered two people.

And that's why you
Had to stop him.

>> I wanna talk to birdie.

I need to go see her,
Right now.

>> chet, chet, chet.

Birdie is busy.

She's busy telling us
All about you.

>> no, she's not!
>> do you wanna bet!

>> yes!

>> come here, chet.

Look at her.

Look at her.

Look at her talking
To detective stabler.

Come over here...
And look at her.

Because she's telling us
Everything.

She's telling us how much
You love her.

She's telling us
How much you protect her.

>> no!

>> and she is telling us how
Freaked out you were...

>> I wanna go!
>> when marv lost her.

>> can I go now?
I wanna go! Please let me go!

>> I know you wanna go,
But you had to kill marv,

Or he was gonna hurt
Your soul mate.

And that's why
You drugged marv's drink.

That's why you pushed him
Out the window.

Look at her--birdie's
Telling us the whole story.

Every single detail.

>> no! I didn't do it!
I didn't kill him.

She--she--she killed him.
She did.

>> chet...Chet, it's okay.

It's okay, calm down.

Try to relax.

Chet, shh, shh.
Stop it, stop it.

Calm down.
Shh, shh.

Chet, look at me.
Just tell me what happened.

>> [crying] I had already
Made the martinis

When marv came home.

And I always give birdie
Her martini first.

So I--I brought it into her.

And she asked me to go
To the closet to get back down

Her old movies 'cause
She likes to watch 'em

When she's sad.

>> uh-huh.
And when you came back...

>> and that's when I saw it.

>> there was a pill bottle
By the martinis,

But I had no idea
What she was gonna do.

So I gave her her martini...

And then I went to his room,
And I gave him his.

And that's when
He went into the office.

>> to surf porn.

>> no, I lied about that.

He was getting money
Out of his safe,

And he was getting
These documents

And stuffing them
Into a duffel bag.

So I told birdie
That he was gonna leave,

And then they started arguing,
Like really bad arguing.

>> and where were you?

>> I was in my room,
And I could--I could--

I could hear 'em yelling.

And then marv just stopped.

He stopped yelling.

And I came out, and the window
Was wide open.

[sobbing]

But I didn't...Do it.

She did it.

Birdie did it.

>> what?

I never touched marv's drink.

>> well, chet says you did.

And your fingerprints are on
His martini glass...

And his pill bottle.

>> he would never
Say anything like that.

My chet would not cross
His aunt birdie.

>> bridget sulloway,

You have the right
To remain silent.

Now, if you give up that right,
Anything you say...

>> where's chet?
Bring him to me.

Chet!

>> I didn't wanna tell 'em.

They made me do it.

>> we all do what have to, dear.

>> docket ending 6126.

People of the state of new york
Versus bridget sulloway.

One count
Murder in the second degree.

>> how does
The defendant plead?

>> not guilty, your honor.

>> request for remand,
Ms. Cabot?

>> $500,000.

>> $50,000--my client
Is an elderly woman who poses--

>> just a minute.
I am not elderly.

And I will pay it.

>> ma'am, any comments must be
Made through your attorney.

>> I will not have him argue
Over money--it's vulgar.

Chet, hand me my checkbook.

I'll get it.
Every penny.

>> we'll pursue an affirmative
Defense, your honor.

Extreme emotional disturbance.

In addition to murdering
Two people,

Mrs. Sulloway's husband

Tormented her physically
And mentally.

>> do you have any more
Than just her say-so?

Medical reports,
Pictures of bruises?

>> no, but she did
Describe the abuse

To detective benson just prior
To mr. Sulloway's demise.

>> it sounds like she was
Teeing up her excuse

Before offing the poor guy.

>> the same poor guy the police
Said stalked and murdered

Tisa flores?

My client
Was in mortal terror.

>> convince the jury,
Mr. Stanich, not this courtroom.

I'll allow the defense.

[pounds gavel]
Ms. Cabot, fire up your shrink.

>> hello, mrs. Sulloway.

I'm dr. Huang.

>> I know.

>> that's right--
You don't like doctors.

>> it's not
That I don't like them.

I just find you useless.

You know, it's very cold
In here.

It makes my bones hurt.

Do you think maybe you could
Turn up the heat,

Or is all this part
Of your little interrogation?

>> it's not
An interrogation.

It's a psychiatric assessment.

>> ooh. Assess.

>> tell me about your husband.

>> what's there to say?
He's dead.

>> well, you don't seem
Very upset about that.

>> marv was a bastard.

I've known a few.

>> were you scared of him?

>> well, of course.
He murdered a girl.

>> but you didn't know
About that until afterwards.

>> no, what I mean is
It didn't surprise me.

Marv was a hateful man.

He was always
Pushing me around.

>> but you never
Tried to leave him.

>> no, no.
Chet was with me.

He was always very protective.

>> where's chet now?

>> [crying] Chet and I
Are estranged.

>> and wasn't it chet
Who told the police

That you drugged mr. Sulloway?

>> he was scared.
>> of mr. Sulloway?

>> [scoffs] Well, who else
Are we talking about?

Is there another chair
Around here?

Out there somewhere?
This is horrible.

>> okay, let's talk about

The night
That your husband died.

>> you know what?
Let's not.

[sighs] Look, we--

We both know where this
Is supposed to go.

You come in here,
Playing the good doctor

With your--your tests
And your questions

And your fake concern.

And I play the terrified wife.

Cowering in the corner,

Saying she just couldn't
Take it anymore.

>> and that's not who you are?

>> no.

I was terrified.

Marv would have murdered me
If I hadn't done what I did.

But birdie sulloway
Does not cower.

So...Why don't you take
Your little assessment

Back to your bosses

And get me the hell out
Of this awful room.

>> nice work.

She all but admitted the e.E.D.
Was a sham.

>> technically, yes.

But I think she has
Some serious problems.

>> mental ones?

>> enough to derail your case.

>> she shows signs
Of a neurological disorder.

The body stiffness,
The twitching of the eye,

The loss of fine motor control
In the hands.

>> since when do you work
For the defense?

>> I have a responsibility
As a physician.

The woman needs to be tested,
Immediately.

>> well, good luck
Convincing her.

She hates doctors.

>> a lot of people do.

Until they truly need one.

Especially if it's a choice
Between a non-invasive pet scan

And being convicted at trial.

[faint whirring]

>> as I suspected:
Paraneoplastic syndrome.

The cancer probably started
In her right lung

And then moved
To her other organs.

>> cancer?
How is that neurological?

>> certain tumors
Secrete hormones

That can cause
Unbalanced behavior.

>> prognosis?

>> even with aggressive
Chemotherapy,

Four or five months
At the most.

>> which dwight stanich
Will fill with motions

And continuances,
And birdie will never see trial.

Case dies with her.

>> god gave her
The death penalty,

Even if the state of new york
Couldn't.

>> how many?

>> over a dozen
Malignant tumors.

>> [scoffs]

Well, I guess
It's too late, then.

>> at this point,
The treatment options...

Are limited.

>> [chuckles weakly]

Well, now you know why
I never liked doctors.

Heh.

>> I'm sorry.

>> oh, well.

No one ever said life was fair.
Only eventful.

>> mrs. Sulloway...

If you ever need anything...

>> can I ask you something?

>> of course.

>> what do you think happens

When this old circus
Folds its tents and--

And moves on?

Is there another town
On the other side,

Or is it all
Just a lot of nothin'?

>> those kinds of questions
Aren't exactly my specialty.

>> [sniffles]

Yeah, I've just been wondering,

Ever since my third husband
Passed away--philip.

He died in my arms and, uh,

You know, I--I saw the light
Go out in his eyes.

It made me curious

As to...What it was
He was seeing.

You know?

>> you're not buying this,
Are you?

>> birdie told me that philip
Was swept off their yacht.

So how could she have seen
The light go out in his eyes?

>> huang says the cancer's
Made her cuckoo.

Maybe she was confused.

>> or maybe...Marv wasn't
Her first victim.

>> philip goldberg,
Lost at sea.

Only witness to the incident:
His new bride, birdie.

>> "Accidental" overdose.

"Slipped" and fell down
The stairs.

Brake failure, and of course
Marv was a suicide.

>> now, you add these up,
You got a killing spree

That spreads out over 40 years.

>> that's why no one ever
Put it together.

>> birdie said
That she only had a talent

For attracting bad men.

Well, looks like
She had another one.

Getting rid of 'em.

>> so we're thinking
Black widow.

>> no, insurance companies
Made payouts on the first four,

But they were modest.

>> well, I think
The real story here

Is that each one of her husbands
Had some kind of rap sheet,

From cocaine trafficking,
Child pornography,

Uh, embezzling,
Rape, and murder.

>> from little orphan ballerina
To dirty harriet

In five easy steps.

>> yes, I killed all of 'em.

>> birdie, not another word.

Detectives, we all know
My client is in failing health.

And this includes
Her mental faculties.

>> dwight, please, I already
Have a death sentence.

And besides, I'm happy
With what I've achieved.

>> murder is an achievement?

>> I rid the world
Of five horrible men.

Would you rather
They still be alive?

>> well, what about
Due process?

>> I prefer justice.

>> well, in your case,
It's been served.

>> has it?

Or is there another murderer
Out there,

Free as a bird?

>> you're lying.

>> why don't you go back and
Check those insurance reports?

I was two states away
When ray fell down those stairs.

And do you really think
A little old lady

Would know which cable to cut
Under walter's car?

Or could it have been
A young man

Who would do
Anything in the world

His aunt asked him to?

>> aunt birdie?

>> [weakly] Chet.

You came.

>> of course I came.

The minute
You left the message.

You're gonna be okay, right?

Please tell me
You're gonna be okay?

>> not this time,
Sweetheart, no.

But...I'm better now.

>> ohh.

>> oh, I'm so sorry
I told the police.

And then I ran away.

>> shh, shh.
You're here now.

And you're safe.

>> what about the court case?

>> it's too late for that.

It's too late for everything,
Except us.

>> I was so scared
You were gonna be mad at me.

>> what, you?
Oh, impossible.

[chuckles] No, no.

I'm just happy you're not mad
At your old birdie.

>> why?

>> for what I made you do.

Helping me with marv.
And all the others.

>> you didn't make me
Do those things.

I wanted to help.
I would do it again.

>> don't say that.
>> but I would.

I'd push ten more of those
Bastards out the window

If you asked me to.

>> that's my chet.

The only one who ever
Really loved me.

I only wish we had the chance
To be together.

One last time.

>> what do you mean?

There's still time.

>> no, no.
No, no, darling.

There's not.

You see, you're going
On a little trip.

[door opens]

>> why? Why?

>> 30 years
At your aunt birdie's side...

And you never learned
Not to cross her.

>> you--no, no.

No.

>> we all do what we have to.

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