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Who is it?

Well, can you see who it is?

I'm working on it, Ben.

She's a stripper.

Anything you care to tell me about?

Cover's five bucks, buddy. Takes off everything except the shoes.

I have one more number. The Gracie and I are going to take you home first.

Oh, let me stay.

Please, I'll read my book.

It's past your bedtime.

I'll go to sleep here on the couch. Please, mom, please.

Yeah.

There's somebody here to see you, Carla.

Oh, just a second.

You get ready to go home.

I'll be right back.

Hello, Carla.

What are you doing here?

You should have known I'd find you sooner or later.

I came by to give you a little token of my affection.

The process server usually does this, but I wanted to be here in person so I

could see the look in your eyes. Another hearing.

Why?

Why can't you just let this be over?

Why, darling?

Because I still care.

You're not going to get away with it.

That's up to the courts to decide.

But I think when they see the surroundings you're exposing my son to,

to the advantages Allison and I can give him... You know you don't give a damn

about Jimmy.

You just want to keep punishing me.

You know, you seem disturbed, Carla. Really psychotic.

I'm not going to stand still for this. I'm warning you.

Really?

What are you going to do?

Anything I have to.

You haven't changed, have you?

Well, I've got to run darling. I'll see you in court

Who is it?

There's the boy.

Great. Saw the whole thing.

Eight pounds, seven ounces.

Born with a full set of hands. So were you.

What do you say, guys?

Well, congratulations.

You guys are a bit of all right.

Just want to make sure the kid dresses better than you.

Best of missus.

Thanks, man.

You know,

while we're here, we should stop by property and check out the evidence on

Morgan case.

What's the matter?

I'll be right back.

Don't be shy. Take two or three.

Hey,

Bob. Whoa, that was quick.

Seaguar?

Huh?

There's a lady out there, Carla Hardiman used to be.

Calls herself Evans now.

She's the ex -wife of Jason Hardiman.

In case you hadn't heard, was shot last night. He's hanging by a thread over at

County General.

Well, they were divorced five years ago. What's that have to do with Carla?

All I know is she threatened him publicly just a few hours before the

so we brought her in for questioning.

I got to tell you something, Robert. If I was going to shoot somebody, I'd keep

it a secret. I wouldn't yell it out in front of a bunch of witnesses.

Are you her lawyer?

I'm thinking about it.

Miss Evans?

Ben Matlock. It's been a long time. I don't know if you remember.

I remember.

I was just presenting your husband's proposal. I was just going on what he

me. That I was a slut who got pregnant so I could pry money out of him?

Isn't that why you tried to bribe me into giving up my baby?

It wasn't a bribe. It was a proposal.

It was a bribe, and you know it.

No, and I'm sorry it appeared to be.

Ever since I won custody of Jimmy, he's been hounding me, getting me fired from

one job after another.

I finally had to change my name and get work in a strip joint.

Now he's found me again.

He wants to take me to court and have me declared an unfit mother. Are you going

to represent him again?

No, I stopped representing your ex -husband when I found out what a liar he

I've always felt bad that I had anything to do with that divorce.

I just wanted to tell you that if you need representation, I'd be happy to

oblige, on the house, my way of apologizing.

Can you get me out of here?

If I'm your lawyer, yes.

No problem.

I'll arrange for your release.

I got the files from O 'Hanion after I read the sister's statement. It's very

suspicious.

Where'd you disappear to? I was hunting us up a new client.

A new client?

The woman in the hall?

Who is she?

An old acquaintance.

Anything you care to tell me about?

Oh, no, no, no, no. She was involved in a custody case I was handling.

A former client?

Actually, I was representing the husband.

It was a very unusual case.

How so? I lost.

That's unusual.

I was glad I lost.

She's a suspect in a shooting. You want to get some background? I'll go see Bob.

My very thought.

She's still a little upset with me.

Oh. Shall we?

She's a stripper.

Code blue code blue

I

see you seven

This woman first attempted to kill her ex -husband with a handgun.

Then, as he lay helpless in a hospital bed, barely clinging to life, she

his room and coldly completed the job of snuffing out his life.

The evidence is substantial and compelling, and the state strongly

this defendant will attempt to flee this jurisdiction regardless of the amount

of bail set.

We urge the court to deny bail.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Your Honor, to deny my client bait would evoke

a terrible hardship.

She's the devoted mother of a five -year -old son who needs the care and

attention only a mother can give.

There are no other relatives in the whole Atlanta area.

To separate these two...

and place the boy in a foster home would be disastrous.

I earnestly beg the court to consider the boy in rendering his decision.

I think a reasonable bail is appropriate.

Thank you for your eloquent advice, Mr. Matlock, but I'm going to deny bail.

Tell Jimmy.

I had to take a trip.

Gracie knows how to take care of him. You sure you don't want to see him

Not like this.

Yeah, looks like she came in this way.

High heel marks in the graft over there.

Yeah.

He went in through that door. Yeah, forced it. Pretty strong woman.

Yeah.

Excuse me a minute, Bob.

Yeah, sure.

Oh, I want you to check the lower windows as well as the door for prints,

right?

Morning, Tyler.

What's this?

Ben, there are several kinds of whizzes in this world. Now, the kind of whiz

that I am is a stock market whiz.

What's he talking about? He says he's going to retire next week.

Beautiful red.

Turbocharged 2 .8 multifaceted fuel -injected convertible car with cellular

phone is the result of profits from one day's playing the open stock market.

One day?

One day. So when you see me coming, here comes the whiz. Here comes the whiz!

And my stock is at 73 and still climbing.

No more surveillance.

No more subpoenas.

No more stakeouts.

Well, Tyler, I'm gonna miss you.

Picking over the pizzas, are you, Ben?

Morning, Allison.

What is it?

I just wanted to convey my condolences.

Thank you.

Allison, I have to ask you some questions. I know this is a difficult

you, but it's my job.

What do you want to know, Ben?

How did Jason find out where Carla Evans was working?

I think somebody told him.

Oh, yes, I remember. He got a telephone call from someone who worked at her...

club.

He really wanted that boy, didn't he?

Once he owned something, he never liked to part with it.

Anything else?

I don't know, Allison. I'm embarrassed to ask.

Never stopped you before.

According to the police records, you weren't at home when your husband was

I drove up to our cabin at Lake Lanier.

Alone? Yes, alone.

All by yourself in the middle of the night?

Yes.

Oh, Wayne can confirm that.

Wayne is the caretaker at our place on the lake.

Mr. Matlock wants to know if I was at the lake all night Wednesday.

She was.

Bye, Ben.

Miles.

Tyler, I want you to keep a sharp eye on Allison Hartman.

What's the matter?

I don't know. It just seems kind of sad.

What?

My last stakeout.

So, what do you think?

About Tyler?

No. I mean about this.

I don't know, Charlene. I've known Allison Hardiman a long time.

It's hard to imagine she went through all this rigmarole to shoot Jason.

Well, I think I'll go over to the hospital and nose around.

Good idea.

Nurse Jackson?

Yes. Oh.

Are you the nurse who identified Carla Evans?

Yes. Are you from the newspaper?

No, I'm sorry. I'm Charlene Matlock. I'm an attorney representing Carla Evans.

Then I have nothing to say.

Well, you had a great deal to say to the police.

That's right.

For someone to come in here to endanger the lives of all of our patients, murder

one of them, how could you defend someone like that?

Their case hangs on this videotape of the hospital security camera and the

who saw the killer leave.

Anybody you know?

Someone I know.

Yeah, somebody you know who doesn't like you very much.

Somebody told Jason Harden where you were.

I'm sorry.

I don't recognize her.

Well, if it's not you, it's somebody made up to look like you.

What about Jason's wife, Allison?

We're checking her out.

Anybody else?

I don't know.

Maybe Helen.

Who's Helen?

Helen Shelley. She was a friend of Doug Templet's, the emcee at the club where I

worked. She got it into her head that I was after Doug, which was ridiculous

because there was nothing whatsoever going on between us. But anyway, she

call me up every night for about a week.

And she threatened me.

I told her I'd call the cops if she didn't stop, so she stopped.

I'll check her out.

Well, I didn't take her seriously. Besides, this was a month ago or so.

I haven't seen or heard of her since.

That template?

Yeah.

Covers five bucks, buddy. Takes off everything except the shoes.

Don't take off shoes?

Sabrina.

A little while ago, I was over at the bar and a woman walked in with a duck

under her arm.

Harry, our bartender, he walks over to her and he says, what are you doing with

the pig?

Woman says, it's a duck.

Harry says, I was talking to the duck.

Huh? We're going to call Forrest Lawn for you.

How about a big hand for our wonderful orchestra? Don't they sound terrific

tonight? Don't they?

She was Fitting bullets the night that Hardiman came by to see her.

You heard the conversation?

Yes, and I would testify.

I'm her friend.

She needs all the friends she can get.

Right now, it's her enemies I'm interested in.

And I think?

Somebody who knew Jason Hardiman was looking for her and was willing to tell

where she was.

Well, who would do anything like that?

That's what I'd sure like to find out.

Who are you?

I'm her lawyer, Ben Matlock.

Oh, listen, I'm on Carla's side, so if there's anything at all that I can do to

help... You can tell me how Jason Hardeman knew she was working here.

Well, nobody here would do that. We're all friends here.

Carla said you have a friend named Helen Shelley.

Well, she couldn't have had anything to do with it.

How can you be sure?

I haven't seen her in months.

I need to find her.

I don't know.

Well, I have to find her.

There's an easy way and a hard way. Either way, I have to find her.

Here's my card.

In case she contacts you, have her give me a call.

Thank you both for your help.

No, no, no, I'm not worried.

I was worried two hours ago. Now I'm frantic. Just get me out of it, okay?

sell it.

Yes, sell.

Hold on, hold on. I got somebody on the other line.

Hello?

Tyler, I've been trying to reach you. Your line's always busy.

Uh, Ben, let me get right back to you, okay?

What? Now, look, Irv, I gotta go.

Just sell everything, okay?

No, I don't care. Just get what you can and call me back.

I'm in my car.

All right.

Yes, Ben.

Tyler, what's going on with Allison Hardiman?

All right, now follow her to the Red Embers restaurant. I figure she's going

meet somebody.

She's been acting suspicious.

I think she's trying to lose me.

How is that for timing?

There she goes.

Well, follow her.

All right.

Tyler, what's happening?

I'm still following her, Ben. Well, don't lose her.

Hey, do you tell Junior Child how to fry an egg?

Is she with somebody? Can you see?

Not yet.

Get closer.

I'm trying.

Can you see who it is?

I'm working on it, Ben.

Hey, I'm going to take this shortcut through the alley and try to get in

of her.

Tyler, did you check that license plate number? Yeah, the car is registered to

Mrs. Hardiman.

You better get up to their lake house, have a talk with a fellow named Wayne

Cornell. He's a caretaker.

What's the matter?

No car.

Oh, take mine.

Sam, I've been thinking.

Allison Hardiman could be the one.

She's close enough in height and build to Carla. Put a red wig on her and she

matches the description.

Yeah.

Well, what are the alternatives?

There's Alison Hardiman.

There's Carla's friend, Gracie.

There's this mystery woman, Helen.

There's Carla herself.

Is that what you're thinking?

Hello?

Helen?

Yes. This is Ben Matlock.

Yes.

Yes, I'll be there.

Miss Shelley?

Yes. Ben Matlock.

Hello. Thank you for seeing me. Of course.

Would you care for a drink? Nothing.

I must tell you, Mr. Matlock, Doug really didn't want me to speak to you.

Oh, you're still friends?

Oh, yeah.

Doug said you hadn't seen one another in quite a while.

But we're still friends.

Then you must know Carla Evans.

No, not really.

She said you called her.

Often. Said you threatened her.

Threatened her?

I've never even spoken to her.

You know Jason Harden?

Who?

That's Carla's ex -husband. She's been accused of murdering him.

Mr. Matlock, what has all this got to do with me?

Oh, I don't know that it has anything to do with you.

I have a strong suspicion that another woman impersonating Carla committed the

murder. Somebody who had reason to hate her and maybe wanted to get even.

Well, you're not suggesting that I had anything to do with it, are you? Oh, I'm

not suggesting anything.

Good.

Then don't.

I'll tell you what Carla is, Mr. Matlock.

Carla is a liar.

No, excuse me.

Oh.

Oh, are you all right?

I'm fine.

Oh, let me get something for that. No, no, no. Be right back.

Excuse me, do you have the lady cutter hand? Something for her.

Miss Jackson, is this the same person you saw leaving Mr. Hardiman's room

moments after his light support monitors went flat?

Yes, sir, it is.

Would you look around the courtroom?

Tell us if that person is present today.

That person right there.

May the record show the witness has identified the defendant.

The records will so indicate.

I have no further questions.

Cross -examine.

Nice to see you again, Mr. Jackson.

Why do you wear glasses?

I'm nearsighted.

So you wear them so that you can see things in the distance?

Yes, and I see perfectly with them.

Good.

Uh, Miss Jackson, were you wearing your glasses when you identified Carl Evans

just now?

Yes. Were you also wearing them when you viewed the security videotape?

Yes.

So you were probably wearing them when you saw the woman in the hospital

hallway.

Yes, I was.

Let's look at the videotape again.

I call your attention to the part after the woman has run away.

Miss Jackson, that's you, isn't it, when you observed the woman running away?

Yes, it is.

Miss Jackson, you're not wearing your glasses.

Well, in the confusion, I suppose I might. Oh, I can understand how you

have thought you had your glasses on.

Just as you thought the woman in the hallway was Carla Evans, but you

really see her, could you?

I don't know. I'm not sure.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Redirect.

Mill, Your Honor, the people rest.

Miss Jackson, you may step down.

You nailed that one, didn't you?

Your Honor, if it pleases the court, defense would like to call as its first

witness Mr. Wayne Cornell.

Mr. Cornell, how long have you been caretaker of the Hardeman's lake house?

Two years.

Did anybody visit the lake house the night Jason Hardiman was shot?

Miss Hardiman came up that night.

She did?

Was anybody with her?

No, she was by herself.

Well, were you there? Did you see her arrive?

Well, I saw her arrive and saw her leave the next morning.

Irrelevant, Your Honor.

Mrs. Hardiman is not on trial here.

Mr. Madlock, just where is this going?

A few more questions, Your Honor, and it'll become evident.

Very well, but kindly get to the point as quickly as you can. Yes, sir.

Mr. Cornell, how do you know that Mrs. Hardiman was there all night that night?

Well, for one thing, her car was parked outside.

But did you see her in the house?

No, but I saw the light go on in her bedroom window.

Did you see the light go off in her bedroom window? Yeah.

So that's how you knew she was there. Right. Good, good, good. Now we're

somewhere.

Were you there September 2nd?

Oh, I'm there all year round.

Do you recall having a visitor that day?

No, I don't remember.

Gee, it hadn't been that long ago.

Let me see if I can help.

It was a Tuesday after Labor Day, and the Hardemans had closed up the house.

And the man from the power company came up there like he does every year after

Labor Day.

Now, does that help you with your recollection?

Yeah, sure.

So the man from the power company was there that day?

Yeah.

What'd he do?

Shut off the electricity.

Say again?

He shut off the electricity.

I see.

Now, Mr. Cornell, you've testified that Mrs. Hardiman was at the lake house the

night of the shooting and that you saw the lights go on and off in her bedroom.

That's not quite true, is it?

Mrs. Hardiman was not at the lake house that night, was she?

No.

Mrs. Hardiman told you to say she was at the lake house that night, didn't she?

Yes.

No further questions.

Mr. Hawkins?

I have no questions, Your Honor.

You can step down, Mr. Cornell.

Your Honor, I call Allison Hardiman to the stand.

Mrs. Hardiman, you're the chief beneficiary of your husband's will. Is

correct? Yes, I am. And as a result of his death, you've inherited several

million dollars. Is that correct?

I believe so.

Mrs. Hardiman, do you know what subornation of perjury means?

No.

It means getting someone to lie for you.

under oath, and it's a very serious offense.

Now, your caretaker has testified that you asked him to lie for you about

the night your husband was shot.

Now, we're trying a charge of murder here.

My client's life is at stake, and I refuse to allow her to be convicted

as a result of perjured testimony.

I want you to tell this court about that night, what you did and where you went.

And I serve notice that this time only the truth will do.

I was... I was with another man.

Another man?

Yes. What man?

James O'Donnell.

That's your late husband's business partner, isn't it? Yes.

Where were you and Mr. O'Donnell?

At the Turner Arms.

I registered in my name.

I was afraid it might come to this.

Here's the hotel bill.

I see.

So the reason you lied under oath and encouraged others to do the same...

The reason you jeopardized my client's life and liberty was to conceal the fact

that you were having an affair. Is that correct? Yes.

But that doesn't mean I killed my husband because I didn't.

No further questions.

Well, we had one halfway decent suspect.

Allison Hardiman, now we don't have her.

Well, someone had to be made up to look like me on that tape.

Something's gnawing at me.

I don't know what it is, but it's driving me crazy.

Is there more to this? Is there something you haven't told me?

You never did believe me, did you?

Well, then just get out.

Come on, get out.

I'm not going to walk out on you.

Is there anything or anybody we've overlooked?

I don't know.

I don't either.

I'll see you.

Irv, I don't care. I want you to sell everything at the opening bell.

Right. Tomorrow.

I don't believe this.

The biggest bull market of my lifetime, and I'm ruined.

Why don't you go home and get some sleep?

Yeah, I might as well get used to doing things that don't cost money.

See you tomorrow.

If you're not going to get some sleep, then at least stay awake in style.

Oh, thanks.

My own private plan.

I've been trying to track down Helen Shelley from her phone number, but so

nothing.

Well, oh, I think I'm going to get some sleep.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Charlene?

Unbutton your jacket.

Button it.

Now button it.

Something wrong?

I need to see Helen.

What are you asking me for? I don't know where she is. I have to find her.

Well, that's your problem.

Then I'll have the marshals find her, Doug.

What? What do you mean?

The court has issued a subpoena for Helen to appear at trial tomorrow. If

doesn't show up, we'll find her no matter where she is.

If you're a friend of hers, you'll get word to her right away.

Fast.

I'll try and find her. I don't know that she'll listen to me.

I'll try.

Look around out there and see if you can see her, will you? Okay.

Miss Fielder, how long have you known Carla Evans?

About a year.

And were you present when the victim appeared at the Tassels nightclub on the

18th of this month?

Yes.

Do you recall what was said between Carla Evans and the decedent?

Yes, I do.

And did Miss Evans at any time threaten the decedent?

No. No.

Thank you, Miss Fielder.

I have no further questions for this witness, Your Honor.

Mrs. Fielder, you may step down.

Your Honor, at this time, defense would like to call Miss Helen Shelley.

Miss Shelley, do you know the defendant Carla Evans?

I know her slightly.

Have you ever met her?

I've seen her before.

Did you ever talk with her on the telephone?

I told you no, I did not.

Oh, that's right. You told me that time we met.

You don't care for her, do you?

No, I don't.

You know Doug Pimple?

Yes, I do.

He's a pretty funny guy.

How do you like his act?

I've never seen it.

You haven't? No.

Well, you're friends, aren't you?

More or less.

What do you mean, more or less?

He has his life and I have mine.

Oh, how's your hand?

It's fine, thank you.

Where were you the night Jason Hardiman was shot?

I was with Doug.

Well, let me ask you this.

Where were you last Friday evening when someone dressed in a nurse's uniform

went in that hospital room and killed Jason Hardiman? Where were you then?

I was with Doug.

So you were with Doug both times?

Yes. Objection!

Relevancy. Your Honor, it is entirely possible that someone other than my

committed this murder. I have a right to pursue that possibility.

Overruled.

Answer the question, please.

So you were with Doug both times?

Yes. So you and Doug have been spending quite a little time together?

I suppose so.

Are you still back sharing now?

Sometimes.

Let me ask you this, Helen.

If you were leaving this place that you and Doug sometimes share, and you were

saying to her, think it would ever be possible that you might put on Doug's

trench coat instead of yours by mistake?

I suppose it's possible.

You know Helen.

I've been looking at the tape of that woman in that hospital.

And it took a while for the penny to drop.

But I finally realized, you know, a man buttons his coat left over right.

A woman just the opposite.

Now, the woman in that tape buttoned her coat just like a man.

And you know something else?

You know that time when we saw one another?

You cut your hand?

When I saw Doug yesterday, he had a bandage on the exact same

spot on his hand.

Now, isn't it odd that you and Doug would have cut your hand in exactly the

place?

Isn't that odd, Helen?

I honestly don't know.

You know what I think?

I think that you and Doug are closer than even you can admit.

I do. I think you're together all the time.

I think that you're somehow connected.

I think we have a case of confused identity.

Let me illustrate my point by telling a little story.

One time a woman went in a bar room with a duck under her arm.

The bartender walks over and says, hey, where'd you get the pig? And the woman

says, it's the duck. And the bartender says, I was talking to the pig.

Duck. I was talking to the duck.

What's this?

You blew the joke. The bartender says, I was talking to the duck.

Doug?

Is that you?

Is that you?

Doug?

Helen said she was with you the night Jason Hardiman was murdered. Is that

No.

Helen wasn't with you the night Jason Hardiman was murdered?

No.

Doug?

Who killed Jason Harden?

She did.

She did.

Helen?

Yeah.

I don't know a lot about this.

I did speak with a...

doctor friend of mine.

I know that Helen is a part of you.

I'm very sorry to put you both through this.

One more question.

Why did Helen kill Jason Harden?

Why didn't she kill Carl?

She wanted to.

Carl was everything Helen wanted to be, but couldn't.

She wanted to humiliate her.

To degrade her.

Take her son away from her.

How did you feel?

I wouldn't let...

Hello, chill Carla.

Hello, Carla.

No further questions.

Maybe it made up for the last time.

It did.

Good luck.

You too.

Your father's not so bad after all.

That's what he tells me.

Oh, remember.

It's all in the shoulder.

What's in the shoulder?

Professional secret.

It's nice to know I have a trade to fall back on.

Charlene.