All language subtitles for Law & Order (1990) - S02E03 - Aria (720p WEB-DL x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

by two separate
yet equally important groups:

The police,
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

So, I testify
on a couple of RDO's.

What's the difference
to him?

It's not
out of their pocket.

Everybody gets one, Jack.

You'll get yours.

Hey, I need them.

She's dropping cash
like it's on fire.

Every card's jacked full.

Ah-ha!

A horse is a horse,
of course.

My kingdom for a horse!

Look at this.

The next De Niro.

Hey!

You guys want
to get that stuff

back to costume,
please?

Hey, Graham.

I think this is it.

Sorry. I didn't know
you were waiting for them.

Priscilla?

You decent?

No need praying, prissy.

Reviews can't hurt us now.

( phone disconnect beeping
rapidly over receiver )

What if David Merrick's
trying to call?

( hangs up phone,
beeping stops )

Oh, God!

( gasping )

OFFICER:
Where are
the damn paramedics?

I radioed.

They're coming.

Hold on, honey.

I didn't want to do it.

I didn't...

want to do...

All right.

Let 'em through.

report to the solarium.
Dr. Kipper,

please.
Dr. Kipper to the solarium,

This your run?

We got there first.

19. Her name was
Priscilla Blaine.

Cause of death?

Narcon's response
was positive.

She O.D.'d.

Who found her?

Classmates

at the Academy
of Dramatic Arts.

No business
like show business.

If she O.D.'d, what
do you need us for?

Before she died,
over and over:

"I didn't want to do it.

I didn't want to do it."

She didn't
want to do what?

Hey, you're wearing
the suits.

Ohh.

Oh, my God.

Amitriptyline.

Never heard of it.

Antidepressant.

How much she take of it?

About 200 milligrams.

Could probably do
a small elephant.

Was there any physical trauma,
any bruises,

anything suspicious?

She did have an Ace bandage
on her right ankle.

Nothing wrong with it.

No visible bruising
about the ligament.

An old injury?

No blood in the joint space.

Fashion statement?

Priscilla wasn't on drugs.

I would have known
if she was on drugs.

Mrs. Blaine,
would you happen to know

if Priscilla was seeing
a psychiatrist?

See, the reason
I'm asking is

the drug in her system
was an antidepressant.

She wasn't depressed.

You mind
if we take this?

We were going to have
new head shots taken next week.

Patti, did your sister
happen to mention to you

anything about seeing
new people lately?

Um...

i wouldn't really know.

I remember the first day
she got into the academy.

They took 50 out of 1,500.

Ever since she could talk,

she wanted to be
a performer.

She didn't do drugs.

She was too focused.

They just would have
slowed her down.

You think she was happy?

Yeah, she was.

I guess.

WOMAN:
Anything for anyone.

It's just...

it's not her.

What do you mean--
the drugs?

Mm-hmm.

She didn't believe in them.

I thought
she'd be hit by lightning

before she'd die like that.

The officer who was here
last night said,

she kept repeating,
"I didn't want to do it."

You know what that was about?

No.

Is it possible
somebody pressured her

into taking the pills?

No one's really into that
around here.

Yeah, there was
a lot of drinking

because it was closing night.

I don't know.

Did she have a boyfriend?

We broke up
a few months ago.

It was getting weird.

Yeah?

Was she depressed
by the break?

Not quite.

She dumped me.

When you and Priscilla
were together,

did she like
to party a lot

you know?

No, Priscilla
didn't do drugs.

The only pills she took
were birth control.

God only knows why.

You mean the intimacy level
was a little...

It was great at first,

but then five, six months ago,
she weirded out.

Holding hands became
a big deal.

Did you talk about it?

She said she was seeing
someone about it.

A shrink?

She started seeing one
before we broke up.

You know who he was?

Uh... Seliger.
Up at P and S.

Unfortunately, it falls
under the category of privilege.

Whose?

I mean, the girl's dead.

Privilege does survive the death
of a patient, Detective.

Does that include
prescription history?

Priscilla asked me for something
a few weeks ago.

I told her I didn't think
that it was necessary.

Her friends are telling us she
didn't even like pain killers.

I'd say
that was an accurate assessment.

Really,

I wish I could help.

Doctor, we understand that.

Now, bottom line,

we just want to know
who can waive that privilege.

If the court appoints
a personal representative,

they could sign a waiver
on Priscilla's behalf.

Oh.

It would probably be...

her mother.

MRS. BLAINE:
I just don't understand.

If Priscilla had problems,
she knew she could come to me.

Mrs. Blaine,

as parents, we all want
to feel that way

but they all have things
they don't want to tell us.

I used to brush her hair
every night.

She'd tell me about her day--

all the little details.

A hundred strokes.

She had hair like Rita Hayworth.

Did she cut it recently?

Sometimes children
don't appreciate what they have.

Mrs. Blaine, Dr. Seliger may be
the only person who can tell us

if Priscilla's death
was accidental or not

but he can't tell us anything

unless the administrator
of Priscilla's estate

waives the patient-doctor
confidentiality.

Maybe it's not anybody's
business what they talked about.

She didn't want me to know
when she was alive.

I don't see any reason
to change that now.

My mother got pregnant
with me when she was 17.

I kind of put the brakes
on her career.

She was an actress?

She was a pretty woman
with a fair voice,

whose main claim to fame
was Eliza Doolittle

at the Bloomfield
Community Playhouse.

We haven't spoken
in two years...

until this.

Why the rift?

Well, 12 years of dance class,
three times a week,

and acting class twice a week
is a bit wearing.

My mother couldn't decide
if I was Martha Graham

or Helen Hayes.

And which were you?

I was Patti Blaine.

So I got out before I wasn't.

And Priscilla?

Since she was three--
lessons, agents.

Kind of like the last hope.

She never even knew
she had a choice.

Your mother's a sales clerk,
isn't that right?

This academy must be
pretty expensive.

Priscilla helped
with the tuition.

Oh?

Our father died
when we were young

and he left us some money.

You and your sister
stayed pretty close?

We talked
a couple times a month.

Just, "Hi. How are you?"

Nothing big.

When was the last time?

About a week ago.

It never sounded like
anything was wrong.

Not much of a big sister.

Who did she
talk to, Patti?

Probably Jasmine.

They grew up together.

Maybe we never really knew her.

Some of the stuff she pulled
was confusing.

Like what?

She faked hurting her ankle
to get out of some big show.

Why?

Didn't she want
to dance anymore?

I don't know.

She always thought everyone
was better than she was.

LOGAN:
Were they?

Priscilla was good.

She had to work
at everything she got.

Now, her sister
was the natural.

She did everything
better than Priscilla

with half the effort,
and she just shined it on.

She didn't want it.

Maybe, in a weird way,

she had more guts
than Priscilla.

Did Priscilla
ever give you

any indication that
she was unhappy?

I don't think
Priscilla knew

whether or not
she was unhappy.

She was probably happiest

when she was
pleasing her mother.

And lately?

Lately she just wasn't herself.

Pressured, absentminded.

She even left her backpack here
a couple of times

and that's
certainly not like her.

This one?

She spends her life
trying to replace her sister.

She couldn't take the pressure,
and checks out.

Why is she found kneeling
by an unhooked phone

moaning, "I didn't
want to do it"?

She changed her mind

or she's talking about
show biz stuff.

But not about the drugs?

She'd do anything
to please other people.

Are you saying she got
talked into partying?

She's much
too anti-drugs.

Maybe. Maybe not.

How anxious was she to please?

A kid, when I was growing up,
in Little League--

his old man, every game,
was yelling orders at him.

So?

A game
before play-off,

the kid hits a dink
to shortstop.

He dives headfirst
into first base.

Dislocated his shoulder.

You're saying a ten-year-old
intentionally hurt himself?

It's subconscious.

He couldn't take the pressure.

My mother hounded me
to practice the piano.

I wish I had learned.

You'll make your kids do things
they don't want to?

From the moment
they're on earth.

Brush your teeth, do your
homework, you're grounded...

That's different.

It's just a matter of degree.

What the hell's that?

Unlabeled.

Yeah.

Ohh.

Right here.

Ohh.

Ohh.

LOGAN:
That's her.

Your girl had a shadow life.

Good bet on where
the drugs came from, huh?

CRAGEN:
Who knows about it?

Jasmine? Her boyfriend?

LOGAN:
Maybe none of them.

See what you can find out
about this company--

Candlelight Productions.

No one knows
anybody anymore.

We may know one thing--

what "I didn't want
to do it" means.

Candlelight Productions
went out of business

six weeks ago.

What?

She's been meeting
someone named J.Z.

Two or three
times a week.

Could be a nickname for Jasmine.

I don't think so.

It only shows up six months ago.

Before that, nothing.

I never heard
of anyone named J.Z.

LOGAN:
She never
mentioned anything?

Six months,
two, three times a week

and you didn't know anything?

CERRETA:
Jasmine...

Priscilla is dead.

Any secrets she had
are no longer worth keeping.

( heavy sigh )

He owns a club in Chelsea--

flash dancers.

A strip joint?

It's not
a dirt palace.

Just businessmen.

Yuppies out for a good time,
that kind of thing.

I was the only one who knew.

Knew what--
that she worked there?

It was good money--

really good money.

She was trying to earn enough
to move out.

Whatever she did,

I don't want
to know about it.

She give you
a lot of trouble?

They all do.

It's like baby-sitting.

Come on, girls.

Come on, come on.

This one though...

( sighs )

she could
really shake it.

When did she stop working?

I haven't seen her
in three months.

She was getting film interest.

The good ones--
they're tough to keep.

Suddenly, they don't show up.

And when they do,
they're lit, right?

You got to figure

there's a lot of drugs
in and out of here.

Whatever the girls do.

What kind of film interest
was Priscilla getting?

Do you know the people?

We're not talking
Cecil B. Demille.

They're around all the time.

I don't associate with them.

It's not my trade.

J.Z., help us out here.

You must know somebody
we could talk to

who might know
these people.

Yeah, there's a guy.

His name is Ed Zakaris.

He's a pig.

Candlelight Productions, uh...

never heard of them.

Maybe it went
by a different name.

If I didn't hear...

Look, we saw the tape.

Yeah?

Wouldn't be surprised.

How did it get
past you, Ed?

Look, these businesses
are fly-by-night.

They grab some jerk.

He invests in their flick.

They make it.

They close.

They open up next week--
new name.

Candlelight.

Flashlight.

Whatever.

What about this director--
Franklin Fromm?

He was one
of the great ones.

He won the Best Actor Award
ina Group Scene-- 1975.

That's terrific.

Mr. Olivier's address.

Did she work
in your films?

Oh, yeah, sure.

The one with the mother.

You know her mother?

Elizabeth.

Mrs. Blaine knew

that Priscilla
worked for you?

She set it up.

I thought you found Priscilla
at flash dancers?

Yeah, I gave her my card.

Next thing, her mom
gives me a call.

Does she know what kind
of films you make?

Dropped her off,
watched us shoot.

Must have cooled off the set.

She kept
her distance.

Didn't even want her kid
talking

to the other
actresses.

What about when
Mom wasn't around?

It's just...

it's just so hard to believe.

I mean, I was the one
that was supposed to die.

I tested positive last month.

( sighs )

It's a cost of business.

I made 1,000 bucks a day.

Priscilla make
that kind of cash?

No.

She was just foreplay.

She never went all the way.

Her mom wouldn't let her.

Girl's in

a prestigious school.

Why do porno?

It wasn't her, it was her mom.

You believe that?

I mean, just pushing, pushing,
you know?

Priscilla was shy.

It was hard for her.

I mean, a few times,
she got so nervous she cried.

Would nervous actresses
drop something?

Well, I did, when I was working.

It made me forget
what I was doing.

What was it, amitripty...?

Amitriptyline.

Trips.

I couldn't go on without it.

Did Priscilla use this?

Well, I told her
it would help her relax.

LOGAN:
You gave her

the drugs?

I said never to take
more than one.

She took eight.

Well, uh...

she must have been freaked.

I mean...

It was this new flick
she was going to be starring in.

Starring, huh?

You mean no more foreplay?

Her mother knew what
she would have to do?

Well, she'd been on sets.

I mean, she knew

people didn't pay
to see the stars hold hands.

Angel admitted to giving
Priscilla the drugs?

You want to charge her?

Let's cut her a deal.

She'll testify
Mommy Dearest

forced her daughter
into pornography.

You want to charge the mother
with murder?

It was a suicide.

Brought on by doing porno

which the mother
forced her into.

"I didn't want to do it..."
over and over again.

Come on, Mike!
That could mean a lot of things.

The most probable being she was
freaked out by the porno.

Well, it's a
dying utterance.

It's admissable, but only
for what it's worth.

So, what do you think?

We could take a run at "depraved
indifference to human life."

Suicide was the
inevitable consequence.

You don't believe
she's guilty, do you?

Of being a rotten mother, yes.

But if a kid robs a bank,
you put the parents in jail?

Maybe, if there was
cause and effect.

She was 19.

She could have left home.

She did not have

to kill herself.

Maybe she did.

( locks turning )

CERRETA:
Mrs. Blaine,
you are under arrest

for the murder
of Priscilla Blaine.

What?

The charges are
murder in the second degree,

manslaughter
in the first and second degree,

and criminally
negligent homicide.

How does the
defendant plead?

Not guilty.

Your Honor, the People
are asking $500,000.

Judge, my client is mourning
the loss of her child.

JUDGE:
Violins, Mr. Pollard?

Bail is set at $250,000.

( gavel pounds )

BAILIFF:
Next case: docket #66273--

People v. Johnson.

Solicitation
for purposes of prostitution...

SCHIFF:
Even if you could prove

that the mother forced the girl

to make the films
against her will,

you'll still have
a hell of a time proving

that was the proximate cause
of the girl's death.

Case in Indiana,

a girl is kidnapped,
sodomized, sexually abused.

A year later,
she took poison and died.

The court ruled the conduct
of her assailant

was the proximate cause
of her death.

This isn't Indiana.

In New York,

suicide is an independent
intervening act.

Therefore, the mother's actions,
no matter how despicable,

are not the cause-in-fact
of the girl's death.

Unless we can prove that
Mrs. Blaine knew the films

were making Priscilla
suicidal.

Mr. Robinette,
I'm sure you know

that I can't possibly...

I know the difference

between real patients

and hypothetical ones.

All right.

One could argue that
such a hypothetical patient

might be an exhibitionist

and there was nothing
anyone could have done

to prevent her death.

But if she were forced
by someone--

a loved one,
husband, parent...?

Being forced
into the sordid life

by someone she loved

could be so deleterious
to her mental health

that it had to be

a substantial and contributory
cause of suicide.

And you've dealt
with patients

or a patient

who's had
similar pressure?

Yes... I have.

He's got a lot to say...
only he can't say it.

Privilege can be waived.

By the administrator
of the decedent's estate.

Mrs. Blaine already
applied for letters.

Priscilla had money
her father left her.

The bank won't release it
without tax waivers.

Return date's next week.

Mrs. Blaine is charged
with killing her daughter.

I'd say her interests

are adverse
to that of the estate.

There's a sister, isn't there?

You know
any good probate lawyers?

Would I have to go to court?

Surrogate court appoints
the administrator of an estate

when there's no will.

And that would
give you the authority

to waive
the doctor-patient privilege.

If Dr. Seliger

takes the stand,
it will be the closest thing

to Priscilla
being there herself.

STONE:
This is not easy,
what we're asking.

You want me to testify
against my mother.

It's not
a criminal proceeding.

It's a civil hearing.

One thing I learned growing up

and that's
you don't cross my mother.

Priscilla knew that too.

I can't help but wonder
if I hadn't have left...

if I didn't quit...

Your leaving is not the cause
of Priscilla's death.

I believe you know
what caused your sister's death.

I'm just asking
for the legal right

to get to the truth.

Petition for letters
of administration

in the Estate
of Priscilla Blaine.

Objections filed
by Partricia Blaine.

Objections filed

on the grounds that
the applicant's appointment

would not be
in the best interest

of the estate.

You Honor, the D.A. is
using the proceedings

to mount a witch hunt.

I'm here to represent
Ms. Blaine, not the D.A.

Are the parties prepared?

Ready, Your Honor.

Ready.

Does the District Attorney's
Office

have charges pending
against the petitioner?

Yes, we do.

What are
those charges?

She's been indicted
for the murder of her daughter.

An indictment
is not a conviction

and no evidence
of my client's guilt.

The grand jury is nothing more
than a D.A.'s puppet.

Enough, Mr. Pollard.

The court takes judicial notice
of the indictment.

Patti:
When we were little,
she had us both taking lessons,

trying to get an agent.

How old were you?

Five.

And Priscilla?

She was three.

Was this something

you both enjoyed?

I didn't.

And your sister,
Priscilla?

It was harder for her.

I left, and after that,

Priscilla was expected
to fill that void.

I see. And what did
these expectations entail?

Well, when she was five,

she had dance class
three times a week after school

and Saturdays
from 1:00 to 5:00.

Did Priscilla
ever express to you

that she was unhappy?

Once she lost an audition
for The Nutcracker Suite.

My mother was very upset.

It was always like that.

That night,
when we got home,

Priscilla asked me

did I think Mom didn't
love her anymore.

Objection. Hearsay.

Sustained.

MELNICK:
Patti, tell the court

why you would like
to be appointed administrator

of your sister's estate.

Because, in my opinion,
my mother is unfit.

Do you believe
your mother

was responsible
for Priscilla's death?

Yes, I do.

Thank you.

No further questions.

Aside from when Priscilla
was a five-year-old,

did she ever tell you

that your mother
treated her badly?

No.

Did she tell you
your mother forced her

to make pornographic films?

We didn't discuss...

Did she say your mother made her
do anything she didn't want to?

Not in those words.

When you told her

that you thought your mother
was pushing her too hard,

she got angry at you,
isn't that true?

Yes, but she...

Patti...

who will receive
Priscilla's money

if your mother is convicted?

I will.

I see.

And how long has it been
since you've seen your sister?

Well, we talked
every couple of weeks.

The last time you saw her?

It's been about two years.

So you were very devoted.

You came to her funeral

and to collect an inheritance.

Objection, Your Honor.

She wanted to be an actress.

I did too, when I was her age,

only I didn't have someone
to encourage me.

I wanted it
to be different for her.

But why these films?

She wanted to act
for the cameras.

They weren't giving her that
in school.

There's a difference
between acting

and acting
in a pornographic film.

All she did
was take off her clothes.

Did Priscilla ever do anything
more than undress

in front of the camera?

It never went further than that.

I made sure of that.

Thank you,
Mrs. Blaine.

Ask her about
the next starring part.

Mrs. Blaine, Priscilla
was going to star

in an upcoming film,
wasn't she?

Yes.

And as the star in that film,

she would have to do more
than take off her clothes, true?

They told Marilyn Monroe

that nude calendar
would ruin her career.

It made her a star.

Would you tell us,
please, Mrs. Blaine

was Priscilla nervous

about starring
in a pornographic film?

All actresses are nervous
before a big part.

But when Priscilla
told you she was nervous,

what did you say to her?

I told her she should talk
to her friend, Angel.

She'd made a lot of films.

Did it occur to you

that a pornographic film

might not be in your daughter's
best interest?

Priscilla was an adult.

She made her own decisions.
I did nothing wrong!

You encouraged her
to prostitute...

I encouraged her

to do exactly
what she wanted to do!

Be seated.

The particulars of this case
are repugnant to me.

Frankly, I don't think

either of the applicants

are fit administrators
of Priscilla Blaine's estate.

It's also clear

the prosecutor's office
is using this proceeding

to reach its own goals.

However, I cannot,
in good conscience

ignore the criminal charges
against the applicant.

I'm going to sign an order
issuing letters

to the objectant,

Patricia Blaine.

This hearing is adjourned.

What are some of the effects
of amitriptyline?

Alleviates
nervous tension--

symptoms of depression.

And in larger dosages?

Reduced inhibitions.

May evoke
a state of euphoria.

What is
the prescribed dosage?

25 milligrams
three times a day,

to a maximum of 150 milligrams
as necessary.

There are 25 milligrams
to each tablet?

Yes.

How much did Miss Blaine
take the night she died?

Over 200 milligrams.

That's at least
eight tablets.

Yes.

Was there evidence

to indicate
if Miss Blaine

was an habitual user?

The corrosive appearance
of the stomach lining

and partially digested tablets

suggests that her system
didn't easily absorb the drug.

If I'm a vegetarian

and one night I eat a steak,

my body has a hard time
digesting it, right?

Something like that.

So it's probable

that Miss Blaine
was not an abuser?

Correct.

If she had wanted
an extra kick,

50 milligrams
would have sufficed?

That's correct.

So in your expert opinion,
Doctor,

why would Miss Blaine
have taken eight tablets?

To die.

I told her never
to take more than one.

Had Priscilla asked
for drugs before?

No, and I had never
offered them.

Did she say why
she wanted the drugs?

She was nervous
about the new film.

The one she was going
to star in?

Yes.

Why was she nervous?

She didn't think
she could go through with it.

Go through with what,
Miss Greer?

Having sex in front of a camera.

So she needed the drugs
to help her do that?

Yes.

Thank you.

No further questions.

You and Priscilla
were good friends?

We were friendly.

Just friendly?

Her mom didn't want us
getting too close.

In fact,
didn't Mrs. Blaine

discourage Priscilla

from spending any time
with you at all?

Yes.

Why was that, Angel?

She knew that I took drugs.

And she didn't want Priscilla

associating with people
who took drugs,

isn't that right?

Yes.

When did Priscilla
start working for you?

It was late February.

How many
of these films

did she appear in?

Four...

no, five.

Was she featured
in any of these?

No.

Yet she was going to, I quote:

"star in your next film"

is that correct?

Yeah.

Did Mrs. Blaine know about that?

Did she know?

She wanted script approval.

In your new film,

was Priscilla Blaine expected
to perform sex acts on screen?

Tastefully, yes.

Did Mrs. Blaine know
that her daughter

was expected to perform sex
on screen?

She watched us shoot
for months-- she knew.

When did you go
into production?

We were to start shooting
June third.

The morning after
Priscilla died.

Yes.

Thank you.

No further questions.

Mr. Fromm, did you
approach Priscilla

about starring
in this new film?

No, she came to me.

Priscilla came to you

and asked if she
could star in the film?

Something like that.

Was her mother
with her?

No, she was alone.

Do you have reason
to believe

that Mrs. Blaine
forced her daughter

to ask you
for the part?

Objection,
beyond the witness's knowledge.

Mr. Stone, I did permit you
great latitude.

I'll allow it.

She was legally an adult.

If she didn't want
to do pornography,

why didn't she just walk away?

Her mother had total control
over her life.

Priscilla was powerless
in that relationship.

She dated a boy
her mother didn't like--

lied to get out
of a performance

and saw you without
her mother's permission.

She lied because she was afraid
to confront her.

She was an actress.

Was it that difficult
to express herself?

She was so used
to subverting her emotions.

There were days
she came to my office

and couldn't say a word.

She found other ways.

What other ways?

She had, uh...

long, lovely hair.

She knew her mother
prized her hair.

A month ago, she cut it off.

Not styled-- shorn.

Doctor, this is a transcript

from the time you discussed
that incident with Priscilla.

Would you please read
the highlighted portions

out loud?

Priscilla: "I started
and I just kept going."

Doctor: "Why did you do it?"

Priscilla:
"Maybe... I don't know.

"Mom said my hair was
what sold me or something.

"I thought, without the hair,
whatever...

maybe she'd get it."

Would you characterize
that incident

as self-destructive?

Cutting hair,
cutting skin...

it's how some kids
get their point across.

Did you believe it would lead
to more serious forms

of self-destructive
behavior?

It usually does.

Dr. Seliger,
did Priscilla Blaine

ever talk to you
about committing suicide?

Indirectly.

How so?

She taped a monologue
from a play she did in class.

What did she plan
to do with it?

She gave it
to her mother.

She said she hoped
she'd understand.

When did she give
the tape to her mother?

A week before she died.

Your Honor, at this time,
I'd like to play the tape.

Objection, Your Honor.

Mr. Stone is insisting
the death was a suicide

and is attempting to introduce
non-relevant facts.

Objection's noted, Mr. Pollard.

I'll allow the tape
for what it's worth.

Mama... you awake?

I couldn't sleep.

I haven't slept in days.

I looked at myself in the mirror
Last night, in the dark,

were the whites of my eyes...
and all I could see

I really was.
and I knew how scared

Are you dreaming, Mama?

Remember Abilene, Mama?

How the towns clicked by

to stop the train?
and I begged you

Little Rock.
Lexington, Nashville,

for a thousand miles...
I was sick

and I hated you for it.

Well, Mama, you sleep.

Me, I'm getting off this train.

I'm tired now, Mama.

don't be angry that I'm gone.
When you wake up,

It's my turn to sleep.

So they might believe the girl
committed suicide

but defense will appeal.

Admission of the tape
was reversible error.

Judge Hale
didn't think the tape

was overly prejudicial.

Even if she did
kill herself,

it's tough to prove
that the mother's behavior

was the proximate cause
of her death.

The tape went a long way
to prove that.

Mrs. Blaine knew
that acting in those films

was making her daughter
suicidal.

But if she doesn't
take the stand,

you can't prove what
she knew or didn't know.

Pollard's no fool.

No way he's going
to put her on the stand

and you won't make your case.

What if it wasn't suicide
after all?

At the probate hearing

Mrs. Blaine said that when
Priscilla was nervous

about starring in a film,

she told her
to talk to Angel about it.

Angel said Mrs. Blaine didn't
want Priscilla around her.

Because Angel took drugs
to do films

so Mrs. Blaine sent Priscilla
to Angel to get drugs

to help her have sex on camera.

So we change
our theory?

Priscilla didn't
commit suicide,

she O.D.'d?

Mrs. Blaine not only
forced her daughter

to have sex on camera

but she gave her the drugs
to help her do that...

ergo, she is guilty
of her daughter's death.

And with her prior testimony,

we don't even need Mrs. Blaine
on the stand.

Do you believe
she committed suicide?

I believe Mrs. Blaine is guilty
of her daughter's death.

I'll do anything
to make it stick.

It's prejudicial!

It's inflammatory!

I am not deciding
on decibel level, Lucas.

This transcript
wouldn't prejudice a jury.

What about a right
against self-incrimination?

Mrs. Blaine testified
under oath.

She was represented
by counsel.

Her rights
were fully protected.

"What did you say
to your daughter

"when she told you

she was nervous?"

Answer, Mrs. Blaine:

"I told her to talk to Angel.

She made a lot of films."

What's wrong with that?

He's manufacturing
proximate cause.

A jury could infer

that the defendant
sent her daughter to Angel

to get drugs.

Still,
if she committed suicide...

Exactly.

What if she
accidentally O.D.'d?

Your point being?

We're in agreement
on one point--

nobody knows
Priscilla's intentions.

We do know that her mother
intended to get that film made,

no matter what the cost.

He's changing theories

because he has nothing
to stand on.

Oh, I think not.

If you ask a jury,
they'll tell you

her taped plea to her mother--

the most passionate performance
of that girl's life.

I see no reason
to overrule the motion.

I'll allow
Mrs. Blaine's testimony

to be read into evidence.

I'll need ten minutes
with my client.

So now you're telling me
it was an accident...

and it's still my fault?

I'm not a psychiatrist.

I don't know
what made you

push your own flesh and blood
into pornography,

but I do think Priscilla's
death was your fault--

both legally

and morally.

But I loved her.

She was my life.

No, she was your daughter.

She had a life of her own.

Criminally negligent homicide

with a sentencing
recommendation.

An "E" felony?

She's not dangerous, Ben.

Man Two?

She does the max.

It's kind of like
the fairy tale, isn't it?

Which one?

"Mirror, mirror on the wall..."

She looked at her daughter
and saw herself.

Somehow, I don't think
she'll ever understand

what she did wrong.

No, I suppose you're right,
but it's scary.

What's that?

That an emotion like love
can do so much damage.

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