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Previously on The Practice.

I never thought I'd ever have an affair.

We're having dinner, like you say.

Innocent.

This is getting more dangerous than I want it to. I agree. It's best if we

now before it does get too dangerous.

What?

You're the father of my child.

You're my husband.

Beyond that, I don't trust you.

I've taken Bobby Jr. to my parents.

What are you talking about?

I'm leaving you.

I was date raped once, four years ago.

I didn't report it.

Did you go to counseling for this? I'm past it now, but thank you. This is

something you need to deal with. I did deal with it. I moved on.

Tell me why I didn't report you for stalking. I just couldn't leave on bad

terms. You saved my life.

I would do anything to either repay you or... See this woman?

She's my best friend.

And this man is on the loose. A threat to her life.

You came into my life because I'm a criminal defense lawyer doing my job.

We want to do our jobs and then be left alone.

Can I help you?

Special delivery for... Russell Batesy?

What have you heard? Only that, that they split.

You hear anything more?

No, he's not talking.

What a switch.

Listen to you gossip mongers.

You just can't get enough, can you? It's hardly gossip, Rebecca.

Yes, it is. You huddle like a pack of rats, whispering like it's something

delicious. You know, why don't we just throw a big party? Lindsay and Bobby are

split. Wheel in the floats. Isn't it rich?

Can I help you?

I'm looking for Jamie Stringer.

That's me.

I am here under the heading of, it's an extremely small world.

I guess that's abstract enough.

You created some buzz in my office a couple of weeks ago when you established

rape victims as a class in employment discrimination.

It was motion to dismiss. I hardly established it. Even so, you potentially

the law to a new place.

You were to be saluted.

Something tells me you're not here to salute.

No.

I'm a district attorney.

I'm prosecuting a man named Randall Pine for date rape.

Does that name ring a bell?

The buzz you created stirred a memory with one of my assistants.

Our investigation previously unearthed your name in connection with Mr. Pine.

never really went anywhere, just rumors that you had a history with this man.

Is that true?

I may have.

His trial starts tomorrow.

And simply put, if this man raped you, I need you.

The victim in my case was drugged. Her memory... You can't introduce prior...

this case, I can, to show pattern. I already beat a motion in limine on

witness.

Another woman he date -raped.

A witness who just fell out.

I need you, Ms. Stringer.

First of all, my memory would be just as shaky as... I can deal with that.

And second... I'm listening.

Look, I just don't want to do it, okay?

And second... See this suit, Miss Atkins?

$1 ,800.

Way more than I can afford. I bought it anyway because my image is very

important to me.

What becomes of that image if I take the stand to declare I was date -raped? To

have the defense attorney pick through my past like I...

I'm not a nun.

Trust me.

That's a beautiful suit.

But I'm not going to get him without your help.

Now, I haven't even gotten to the it's a really small world part.

The rapist?

His defense attorney is Eugene Young.

Jamie, you can't do this. I already agreed.

You'll get the amendment. I am the man's attorney.

And I am a witness. You should probably recuse yourself.

On the day of trial. You gotta be kidding. Eugene.

Don't start with your stuff now, okay? My stuff? Your testimony wouldn't even

admissible. What stuff do I have? All right. Goes to pattern. It is so

prejudicial. I'll leave her alone, Eugene. You think I want to do this?

do it if you don't want to do it? Because your client is a rapist. Our

Jamie, you're a member of this firm. And I was one of his victims.

He's our client. He is not her client. And if you want to recuse yourself, do

it. But she already said yes. And what you're doing now comes close to

intimidating a witness.

If there's anything I can do or help with your son, I appreciate that.

So you're living with your parents for now?

Until I find my own place, yes.

So you're looking for a place?

Yes, Claire. It's that serious.

I'm looking for my own place. Hi, Lindsay.

Hello, Claire.

Stanley, what are you doing here?

It's not bad news.

I promise. In fact, it's wonderful news.

I think I've turned my life around.

Really? How?

This is for you.

What is it?

A check.

For services rendered.

I got a job.

I'm leading a normal life, Lindsay.

I owe it all to you.

A job?

Wow.

What do you do?

I'm a substitute high school teacher, and I love it.

You're teaching high school?

It'll take me a year to get certified, but I can teach in the meantime.

Don't they do background checks?

Stanley?

I don't know about this.

I'm happy.

And I have both of you to thank.

Even so... It's wonderful.

How's your friend, by the way?

Is she better now?

What friend?

The one in the newspaper.

Remember you showed me her picture? She was... Being terrorized by that awful

man, Mr. Bakey.

Is she feeling better?

Why?

I'm just curious.

You seem so concerned.

I was hoping things got better.

What do you mean, you're getting out?

I have to. She's a witness and member of my firm. Maybe that's why they're

calling her, to conflict you out. I thought of that. The problem is, I can't

prove it, so... It's a day of trial.

I'm sorry.

I don't know what else to tell you.

You're trying this case.

Your Honor... If you were coming in here with the client's consent, that would

be one thing, but without it... Your Honor, this witness is not... It's a

conflict.

I get it.

But it's not prohibitive. I'm telling you, it is.

This is a rape case. I will have other things... Eugene, you get my sympathy,

but that is all you are getting.

Will you be able to do your job?

I mean, you're not going to hold back now, are you?

Let's talk about Jamie Stringer.

It was consensual.

Was she drugged?

We both took lewds and drank some wine, but we were both into it. I know that.

You sure? I mean, this happened four years ago.

You're positive?

I remember Jamie Stringer very well. She was very aggressive, Eugene.

One of the reasons I took the lube, she intimidated me a little.

Look, I thought you said prior rapes couldn't be admitted.

Well, date rapes can. They go to pattern.

A good old -fashioned rape, by force, they're suppressed.

Unless I testify.

Which you won't in this lifetime.

Jamie Stringer was into it. Trust me.

Trust you.

Are you going to hold back?

Yes.

Thank you very much.

Unbelievable. What?

I just got off with the Human Resources Division of the Boston School District.

Not only do they not do investigations of new teachers, but get this.

An arrest for murder wouldn't preclude employment.

Only convictions disqualify applicants.

Lindsay, that man is teaching high school girls.

He befriends high school girls.

Do they know he was arrested for murder? I doubt it. I didn't give anything

away.

I think it's time to give some things away.

We can't.

The arrest is public record. It isn't privileged or confidential.

Find out where he teaches.

I remember drinking the wine in a bar, then feeling groggy.

The next thing, I'm in his apartment and he's on top of me, inside of me.

And when I woke up a few hours later, I knew.

Okay.

After you woke up, what did you do then?

I left his apartment and I went to a hospital to get checked out.

They did the rape kit. Do you know what conclusions they reached?

That I'd been raped.

They also did a blood test and... What did the blood test reveal?

They found traces of GHB.

GHB? Gamma -hydroxybutyric acid.

The date rape drug.

Actually, the medical conclusion was only that you'd had sexual intercourse.

There was bruising and I was... The doctor's conclusion.

was that you had intercourse. Based on your claim that it was non -consensual,

the assumption was then made that you'd been raped.

Isn't that correct?

Yes. And according to your own statement, you don't even remember when

intercourse began.

Isn't that correct?

Yes. In fact, you don't remember a large chunk of that night, do you?

Because he drugged me.

You have a memory of him drugging you? I have a memory of drinking the wine.

Initially, you told the police you didn't remember what you had to drink or

much. That was your statement, wasn't it? I eventually remembered drinking the

wine. You eventually remembered?

It was the first date. I would have never had sex with him. You don't

what you had to drink or how much. True or false, Miss Wilson?

I know I drank wine.

I don't know how much.

Thank you.

Nothing further.

The Commonwealth calls Jamie Stringer. Your Honor, Miss Stringer was just added

to the list this morning.

We'd like to take some time to prepare.

How much time?

We'd like to take the day.

We'll break until tomorrow morning and reconvene with Miss Stringer.

Adjourned.

You got me fired.

You went to the school and you told them privileged information.

It wasn't privileged, Daly.

I told them that you'd been arrested and what the arrests were for. That was all

public record.

Why?

Why did you do this to me?

Because you kill young women and I wasn't about to sit quietly while you

high school. You hurt me.

I had a good job.

Now it's gone.

You hurt me, Lindsay.

Stanley. We're friends.

It was you who made me believe in goodness again.

You're all I have.

And now... Remember me.

Until you get mental help.

You have no business teaching in a school.

You hurt me very badly.

I don't like his current frame of mind.

No, I really appreciate the call. I do.

Thank you.

What's wrong?

You've got a PI contacting my friends? People I went to school with?

You're investigating me?

Jamie, you're a witness for the prosecution.

I don't know what your plan is, but there are rape shield laws.

If you think you're going to tear me up... Rape shield laws protect victims,

witnesses.

For the purpose of this trial, you're a witness and fair game.

I'm begging you not to take that stand.

I say that as Randall Pines' attorney, but I also say it because I care about

you and I don't want to go after you.

But I have an ethical duty to do everything I can.

Don't get in that chair.

Busy? No.

Come on in.

How are you?

Oh, I'm fine.

No, you're not.

Could you be?

How's Bobby Jr.? It's, um... It's going to take some time.

We'll be okay.

You need to hold on to that thought.

Anyway, I just came by to say hi.

And, um... Hey, that bakey guy.

Has he stopped bothering you?

Yeah, thank God.

Have you seen him?

Or heard from him?

No. Why?

I was just wondering.

Will you do me a favor and check to see if he's still alive?

I beg your pardon?

I know this is going to sound crazy.

I have a client with a violent past, and I mentioned to him that Becky was

harassing you.

Yesterday, this client suggested something like, I don't know, the

taken care of.

You think your client did something to Russell Bakey?

Is that all right?

No kidding. I'll never get used to that smell.

Detective, up here.

Lindsay Dole is quite the client roster.

He's dead?

They found him in the bathtub.

I just heard it on the news.

How did you know?

The way Stanley said it, I just had a feeling.

He did it for you.

Because Helen was your friend.

I mean, thank you, Claire. That makes me feel so much better.

I'm just saying.

I think he is totally in love with you.

You're like his angel.

I need a name.

Forget it. Lindsay, you've already led us to evidence implicating him.

I won't give you a name.

For you to come to me offering anything.

You must feel this man is very dangerous.

If this man killed Bakey because you mentioned me being threatened by him...

Lindsay, it's not much of a motive.

Which tells me this man is probably crazy.

Which, again, I suspect is the reason you came to me.

If you want me to do something...

Give me his name.

Stanley Deeks. Lindsay.

He killed the Burns girl.

Lindsay!

Here's the file. Help yourself.

This you don't want me to have.

I did give it to you, Helen. You don't want it? I did, Helen!

Are you sure?

This will bite you.

I gave you the file.

Great.

Your career just ended.

What's this?

Another little intimidation ploy?

Shall I wave my leaflet?

Sit, please.

Stephen O 'Connell.

Sawyer Hines.

Kevin Schultz.

Three men whom you had sex with on a first date.

Todd Markham, a former boyfriend with whom you willingly and knowingly took

drug GHB. Oh, come on. It was one recreational... You're a person with a

of taking the drug willingly.

I didn't take it willingly here.

And if your plan... On my unofficial count, you've had 15 sexual partners.

You've been busy.

Michael Paris.

You might not remember him. You knew him for less than half an hour.

You were standing in line at the amusement park waiting for the Ferris

You had sex with him on that Ferris wheel.

I had just taken the bar exam.

A bunch of us went to an amusement park tired and a little drunk. You had sex

with a man you just met on a Ferris wheel.

Jamie, rape shield laws do not apply to witnesses.

I have a duty to tear you up.

So I'll ask you again.

Do not get in that chair.

Why can't he sleep over? Because, Bobby, you're taking him to dinner. That was

the deal. He's my son.

The plan. Don't, okay?

We can't just change the plan on him like that. Lindsay, you changed the plan

when you walked out.

You changed the plan on him.

That is not fair.

We'll talk about this later. Lindsay. I need to get to court.

Well, I won't force you.

Do you still even want to call me?

How much credibility will I have?

It's a problem.

I admit.

But, Jamie, I've got nothing to lose except this case if I don't call you.

But even if I do testify, you'll probably still lose.

And I will be destroyed in the process.

Like I said, I won't force you. But, Jamie, I still need you.

Okay.

Are you sure?

Of course not.

Let's go.

Taken into custody an hour ago, Mr. Deeks is scheduled to be arraigned any

second. You recall Ms. Burns was first reported missing seven weeks ago before

turning up wrapped in a package.

Ms. Dole, Ms.

Dole, can I talk to you? No comment, thank you.

All the evidence is a result of a breach of attorney -client privilege. It's

inadmissible. Lindsay Dole is a private citizen.

So what? She was his attorney. Yes, and if your client would like to sue her,

fine. But she wasn't acting for the government. You cannot suppress our

evidence. Did all of this information come from Ms. Dole? She revealed her

client's involvement with Cindy Burns' death.

What about Bakey?

She only said we should check to make sure he's alive, and we haven't formally

charged Mr.

Deeks on Bakey. Your Honor, technically, Ms. Dole's conduct might not be state

action. But we have an enormous public policy concerning the sanctity of

attorney -client privilege. Your Honor, he's a nutcase.

He's killed before. He was acting erratically.

Ms. Dole became convinced he would kill again, and if he had... You can't break

privilege because of a generalized danger.

If it's not specific... Even if you're right, that goes to your remedy against

Lindsay Dole, not the Commonwealth.

All right.

Ms. Gamble is correct, Mr. Wallace. This isn't state action.

But, Ms. Gamble, public policy is in play here.

I'm going to take a few minutes to think about this.

We will reconvene at 3 o 'clock.

Until then.

It had been a fun date.

We were watching television at his place after, and he brought me a glass of

wine. Did you drink it? Yes.

And then what happened?

We kissed a little.

Then I began to feel groggy, and I said I need to lie down a little, which I did

on his couch.

The next thing I remember, he was on top of me. On top of you?

Having intercourse.

Do you have any memory of consenting to this intercourse?

No.

And I never would have.

I hardly knew him, and I wasn't that interested.

In fact, I remember during the date wishing I were more physically attracted

him because he was funny.

So you never gave him any indication that you wanted to have sex?

Absolutely not.

Thank you.

Did you report this to the police?

No, because I didn't think I could prove it.

And I was afraid of the stigma.

Didn't you tell me that you don't remember exactly what you said yes to?

I never said yes to sex.

Did you take Quaaludes the night you had sex with my client?

No, and I did not have sex.

He raped me.

Nothing further.

Okay.

I understand no civil rights have been violated here by the state.

which would mandate either a dismissal or suppression of the evidence.

But the public policy grounds are so, so paramount here.

The idea of an attorney incriminating her own client.

Ms. Dole, I can understand your concern. The man does present a danger.

But the danger is general.

It has to be specific for you to be allowed to break privilege.

I am, therefore, suppressing all of the evidence provided by you to the district

attorney's office, as well as the fruits of that evidence, which in this case

amount to everything.

I hate to do this, but as I said, the principle of privilege is paramount and

must remain so.

Mr. Deeks, you need serious help.

You're sick.

You're perverted.

But for now, you're free.

The case is dismissed and we are adjourned.

If you think I'm feeling happy now, Lindsay, you're very wrong.

You're the only friend I have.

And you have betrayed me.

Stanley, get yourself checked into a hospital. I was just beginning to

in goodness again.

I had a job.

I even had hope, and you undid it all.

You undid it all.

I am not at all happy.

Bobby, why are you here?

I don't know, to be honest.

Be honest, you do.

Maybe I need...

I guess I showed up here to find it.

Is that so outrageous?

Seeing this particular company is what caused your wife to leave you, yes.

Look. Do you even want her back?

Of course I want my family back.

Good answer.

I asked specifically about her. Do you want Lindsay back?

She left me, Sarah.

She's the one who will probably file for divorce.

On what grounds, evasiveness?

You really don't like to answer questions, do you?

I think you need to get yourself into a taxi and get yourself to your therapist.

Does he have an ER?

I'm not here to discuss my feelings. Then why are you here? To talk about

Here, I said it.

Bad husband, horrible human being, off with his cheating head.

I miss you.

He's in there.

Who? Stanley.

Should I call the police?

What does he want?

He wants to talk to you.

What's his demeanor?

It seems okay.

Stanley, you can't keep coming here.

If you continue to come here, I'll have to file a complaint for stalking.

I have no intention of continuing to come here.

I only want to say what I came to say, and then I will never come here again.

Okay.

As you know, I've never denied being ill.

I've never denied being evil.

One of the reasons I came to you initially, I saw you as my guardian out

evil, and you, in fact, became that, Lindsay.

I was beginning to turn my life around.

As I said, I had rediscovered both hope and goodness.

And I credit much of it to your influence.

But... By turning against me... Stanley, I... You made your position clear. I'd

like to make mine.

You walked away from me last night like I was some crazy witch I am on many

levels.

but my feelings for you.

I came here today because I wanted you to know

my friendship for you was vain and

real and legitimate and

good.

It represented the part of me that wasn't.

ill or evil.

It was good.

Same pattern.

First or second date, glass of wine.

Woman becomes groggy.

Next thing, she's semi -conscious, and he is on top of her.

It happened with Judy Wilson, just like it happened before her with Jamie

Stringer.

You want physical evidence?

Physical bruising around the victim's genitalia.

Traces of GHB, the date rape drug, found...

Judy's blood this drug is a sexual predators prize weapon

it's the prosecutors nightmare because proof is so difficult

but think just think of the nightmare

it is for the victims

A growing number of victims. In the past year, there has been a 50 % increase

in GHB -related rapes. All we can do to stop it is raise awareness and hope to

God that the victims have the courage to come forward.

Judy Wilson had that courage.

Jamie Stringer eventually found that courage.

You think it was easy for those women to sit in that chair?

But they did it because it had to be told.

Randall Pine is a rapist.

Judy Wilson couldn't remember taking GHB.

Some people do take it recreationally. It can be an aphrodisiac.

Maybe Judy Wilson didn't.

Maybe somebody slipped it to her. Maybe she consented to sex.

Maybe she didn't. Maybe Jamie Stringer consented to sex.

Maybe she didn't.

We don't know.

Because they don't have clear memories.

Now, I agree with the district attorney.

GHB is out there. It's a problem. We got to deal with that. But this is a

criminal case.

They're seeking to take away a man's freedom. To do that, you must prove this

case beyond all reasonable doubt.

Now, if the victim isn't sure... How can you be?

Her own words understand.

I can't be sure.

Was that your best work, Eugene?

My client didn't complain.

Problem is, the district attorney did.

Excuse me? She's an officer of the court.

If she has knowledge of a defense attorney tanking a case... I didn't tank

You could have discredited Jamie Stringer.

You pulled back.

That, to me... I was afraid of alienating myself and my client from the

I made a strategic decision not to attack Ms. Stringer.

See, I might believe that if I hadn't seen you in action before. I have

witnessed you going after rape victims.

Here, the rape shield didn't even apply. I made a strategic decision not to

attack the witness.

I certainly have discretion to make strategic decisions.

Don't I, Your Honor?

Only you know what was in your mind, Counsel.

There you go.

I'm disappointed, Eugene.

That's all.

We didn't know who else to call.

What's the cause of death?

Gunshot to the chest, self -reflecting.

God. He did it in front of the police station.

You sure you're okay to do this?

Yes.

It's him.

You sure?

It's him.

Okay.

You can go.

What happens to him?

Sorry?

He has no family. What will they do with him?

Public welfare will just bury him somewhere.

I want him to get a funeral.

Lindsay, the guy is indigent. He doesn't have a... He had me.

Excuse me?

He had me.

I want him to get a funeral.

Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

In the matter of the Commonwealth v. Randall Pine on the charge of rape, we

the defendant, Randall Pine, guilty.

We appeal.

So noted.

Members of the jury, this concludes your service. You are dismissed with the

facts of the court.

We're adjourned.

I know you didn't have to do this.

Actually, I did.

Well, thank you again.

Thank you.

I held back because I thought it would help my client.

Not you.

I just want to say... Please.

Don't thank me.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

If we are to believe that there is a good and powerful God, it follows

that we must also believe that there is a life after this one.

But what of the departed in this world?

Are they gone from this world?

Do they exist on earth?

I would say to you, they do.

Stanley Deeks will continue to live among us through the memories of his

ones.

He will be kept alive by those who knew him, those who cherished

his gentle spirit, those who saw his life, as we see all lives,

as sacred, as children of God.

To look on Stanley Deak's time on earth, to consider his victims,

we must know there to be an afterlife.

Otherwise, life on earth is all there is.

And it can't be that.

It simply can't be that.