1 00:03:45,550 --> 00:03:46,550 Hey, Jude. 2 00:03:47,730 --> 00:03:48,910 Guess what these are. 3 00:03:49,450 --> 00:03:50,730 Uh, tickets. 4 00:03:51,070 --> 00:03:52,470 And their names are? 5 00:03:52,750 --> 00:03:53,750 Gilbert and Salker. 6 00:03:53,790 --> 00:03:56,990 Oh, I hear that's the most fabulous production. 7 00:03:57,450 --> 00:04:00,730 Does this mean one of these is for me? Oh, yeah. 8 00:04:01,170 --> 00:04:04,190 How about I swing by your place about 7 .15? 9 00:04:04,610 --> 00:04:05,610 Tonight? 10 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:07,550 Yeah. 11 00:04:08,050 --> 00:04:10,370 Oh, Ben, I've made other plans. 12 00:04:12,490 --> 00:04:14,150 Yeah. Yes. 13 00:04:14,430 --> 00:04:15,430 Dinner plans. 14 00:04:16,649 --> 00:04:17,649 But it's Friday. 15 00:04:18,050 --> 00:04:19,050 I know. 16 00:04:19,390 --> 00:04:22,690 Friday, we... Ben, I'm really sorry. 17 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:25,570 Maybe you could trade those in for another night. 18 00:04:28,870 --> 00:04:29,870 Oh, sure. 19 00:04:30,050 --> 00:04:31,670 Oh, sure, sure, probably. 20 00:04:32,290 --> 00:04:33,290 Don't worry about it. 21 00:04:38,610 --> 00:04:42,650 Stephen Cassidy was found shot to death in his house this morning. Did you hear 22 00:04:42,650 --> 00:04:43,650 about that? 23 00:04:44,010 --> 00:04:47,430 I haven't seen the paper. I was too busy rounding these up. 24 00:04:47,830 --> 00:04:50,670 Have you been assigned? 25 00:04:50,970 --> 00:04:54,830 Yeah. Apparently, he was in the middle of writing a book about Vanessa Douglas. 26 00:04:56,950 --> 00:04:58,170 Senator Douglas is there? 27 00:04:58,390 --> 00:05:01,150 Yeah. The police have taken her in for questioning. 28 00:05:02,050 --> 00:05:05,690 Evidently, the book was largely concerned with her marriage to the 29 00:05:06,210 --> 00:05:11,410 And the prevailing theory is that Cassidy got to know the real Vanessa. 30 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,160 I was going to portray her as something considerably less than a saint. 31 00:05:17,060 --> 00:05:18,060 I see. 32 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:19,620 They have a witness, too. 33 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,020 Good. You know who Sylvia Richland is? 34 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:28,920 No. She's the one who does that television interview show. 35 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:37,980 She said she saw Vanessa enter Cassidy's house last night at about the time of 36 00:05:37,980 --> 00:05:41,500 the murder. I was just on my way to, uh... 37 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:42,920 Talk to her. 38 00:05:44,260 --> 00:05:47,640 Uh, oh, I... I better get going. 39 00:05:55,260 --> 00:05:56,420 I'll have a regular. 40 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:03,740 I don't suppose you'd be interested in a couple of tickets to see Gilbert and 41 00:06:03,740 --> 00:06:04,740 Sullivan tonight? 42 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:06,760 Where'd they fight? 43 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:08,800 Some music. 44 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:10,800 Oh. 45 00:06:11,630 --> 00:06:12,630 I'm busy today. 46 00:06:17,930 --> 00:06:22,330 Matlock? Ma 'am? I'm Dr. Sarah Perlman. I need to talk to you. 47 00:06:22,670 --> 00:06:23,910 Now, if it's all right. 48 00:06:24,130 --> 00:06:26,350 Well, I've got a nice office. 49 00:06:26,810 --> 00:06:28,310 It's air -conditioned and everything. 50 00:06:29,190 --> 00:06:32,750 I'm chief of staff at St. Andrew's Hospital. I've got to be back there at 51 00:06:32,750 --> 00:06:33,750 for a meeting. 52 00:06:33,970 --> 00:06:37,170 Well, in that case, doctor, you better talk fast. 53 00:06:38,190 --> 00:06:40,110 I'm a close friend of Vanessa Douglas. 54 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,360 In fact, we've been best friends since grade school. 55 00:06:45,460 --> 00:06:48,780 But the police think that she may have killed Stephen Cassidy. 56 00:06:50,980 --> 00:06:51,980 They're wrong. 57 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,280 He was writing a book about her, that's true, but she didn't kill him. 58 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:58,880 No. 59 00:06:59,260 --> 00:07:01,660 However, they have a witness that says she did. 60 00:07:04,220 --> 00:07:09,660 So, I've come looking for you, Mr. Matlock, because she's going to need a 61 00:07:09,660 --> 00:07:10,660 good lawyer. 62 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:12,750 Well, you may have a point there. 63 00:07:14,770 --> 00:07:18,130 I know the prosecutor in this case, and she's a very tough cookie. 64 00:07:19,310 --> 00:07:20,530 Vanessa's in jail right now. 65 00:07:21,990 --> 00:07:22,990 How about it? 66 00:07:29,270 --> 00:07:30,970 Oh, thank God. 67 00:07:32,130 --> 00:07:35,410 I was afraid you hadn't gotten my message, or if you did, it didn't make 68 00:07:35,410 --> 00:07:37,730 sense. No, it made perfect sense. Are you all right? 69 00:07:38,380 --> 00:07:43,180 Yes, all right. Vanessa Douglas, this is Ben Matlock. He's a lawyer, a very good 70 00:07:43,180 --> 00:07:44,180 one. Hello. 71 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:45,720 You sure you're all right? 72 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,420 Fine. You feel like answering a few questions? 73 00:07:54,320 --> 00:08:01,200 This book that Stephen 74 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,540 Cassidy was writing about you, was it his idea or yours? 75 00:08:05,420 --> 00:08:07,040 It was the publisher's idea. 76 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:13,000 I was approached about four months ago and offered a great deal of money in 77 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,120 return for my life story. 78 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:16,760 I needed the money. 79 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:18,940 Oh, you're a public figure. 80 00:08:20,060 --> 00:08:24,340 They don't have to get permission to do a biography. 81 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,920 They didn't want to do my biography. 82 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:29,620 I was smart enough to realize that. 83 00:08:30,140 --> 00:08:34,539 I was being paid to deliver the dirt on George's most fascinating family. 84 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,340 My marrying James Douglas. 85 00:08:38,380 --> 00:08:43,480 had nothing to do with his family's money or power or political aspirations. 86 00:08:44,940 --> 00:08:46,120 I loved him. 87 00:08:49,260 --> 00:08:55,380 But... Wilson, his father, just... couldn't buy that. 88 00:08:58,940 --> 00:09:04,520 They... insisted that I stay at the mansion away from the press. 89 00:09:06,140 --> 00:09:11,150 And... When they did let me out, it was practically under armed guard. 90 00:09:12,850 --> 00:09:15,070 I literally had to beg for money. 91 00:09:15,750 --> 00:09:18,130 The Douglas's have millions. You had to beg? 92 00:09:19,350 --> 00:09:21,990 It's all part of Wilson's plan to demoralize me. 93 00:09:23,150 --> 00:09:24,790 To push me away, and it worked. 94 00:09:28,010 --> 00:09:34,770 It was a prenuptial agreement, so... When I 95 00:09:34,770 --> 00:09:35,770 left, I left with nothing. 96 00:09:36,620 --> 00:09:42,640 In murder cases where, you know, somebody's been killed, there's usually 97 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:43,640 motive. 98 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:51,500 Somebody has something to gain, or there's an emotional upheaval, or... 99 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:52,500 had a mistress. 100 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:54,520 Oh. 101 00:09:59,820 --> 00:10:00,820 Who? 102 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:02,340 I don't know. 103 00:10:06,410 --> 00:10:08,030 Some nights he'd come home late. 104 00:10:08,870 --> 00:10:10,790 Some nights he wouldn't come home at all. 105 00:10:11,690 --> 00:10:15,870 Said that he was sleeping on his couch in the office. 106 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:18,710 I didn't know her name. I didn't want to. 107 00:10:19,630 --> 00:10:23,770 Well, where were you between 10, 30, and 12 last night? 108 00:10:24,470 --> 00:10:25,510 In my apartment. 109 00:10:26,950 --> 00:10:27,950 Alone. 110 00:10:29,610 --> 00:10:30,870 I have no alibi. 111 00:10:32,190 --> 00:10:34,050 Dr. Perlman and I... 112 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:40,500 Well, what do you think? 113 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:44,300 That's going to be a difficult case. 114 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:51,900 It's purely circumstantial, but you can't. You can't overlook the popularity 115 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:52,900 the Douglas family. 116 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,960 Well, they're practically like the Kinnicks. 117 00:10:55,620 --> 00:10:57,100 That's going to affect the jury. 118 00:10:57,820 --> 00:11:04,500 Vanessa could very well sound like a grasping, vindictive ex -wife who killed 119 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:06,600 this fellow when things weren't going her way. 120 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:08,700 Are you going to take the case? 121 00:11:10,410 --> 00:11:11,410 I don't know. 122 00:11:11,890 --> 00:11:12,890 I'll pay the fee. 123 00:11:14,230 --> 00:11:18,030 I make a good salary. I have property, stock, bonds. 124 00:11:18,230 --> 00:11:19,230 A hundred thousand? 125 00:11:22,690 --> 00:11:23,950 You are a good friend. 126 00:11:26,390 --> 00:11:28,290 Stop by the hot dog stand any time. 127 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,640 looking for me? Oh, yes. As a matter of fact, I was. 128 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,260 I thought you'd change your mind. Change? 129 00:11:56,340 --> 00:12:00,940 Oh, oh, no, no. I've still got the tickets. Oh, Ben, I'm really sorry about 130 00:12:00,940 --> 00:12:05,040 that. I thought you were looking for me. Yes, I heard you were down here talking 131 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:06,040 to Vanessa Douglas. 132 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:07,720 Well, yeah. 133 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:10,800 You've agreed to represent her. 134 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:12,340 You think I made a mistake? 135 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,580 Well, the police just found the murder weapon. 136 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,520 In the trunk of Vanessa Douglas' car. 137 00:12:32,260 --> 00:12:34,580 Bail will be set at $100 ,000. 138 00:12:34,940 --> 00:12:41,760 As for the preliminary hearing, it will take place in this courtroom on March 7 139 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,920 at 9 a .m. Next case. 140 00:12:47,310 --> 00:12:48,930 I don't have $100 ,000. 141 00:12:49,330 --> 00:12:51,530 I met with the bondsman, had everything arranged. 142 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:54,050 Mr. Matlock had a good idea where bail would be set. 143 00:12:54,410 --> 00:12:58,650 You should be released in about an hour. Meet me in my office around 1 o 'clock. 144 00:12:58,650 --> 00:13:00,730 I want you to walk me through Stephen Cassidy's house. 145 00:13:02,650 --> 00:13:04,410 As soon as you're released, I'll take you to brunch. 146 00:13:05,710 --> 00:13:09,950 I swear, Sarah, one of these days you're going to be the one to need the help, 147 00:13:10,070 --> 00:13:12,130 and I'll come right into your rescue. 148 00:13:20,820 --> 00:13:21,880 I have a couple. 149 00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:24,260 Hi. Oh, hi. 150 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,100 Oh, Ben, there's someone I want you to meet. Ben, this is Jeffrey Lindquist. 151 00:13:28,260 --> 00:13:29,640 He's our newest WDDA. 152 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,240 Jeffrey, meet Ben Matlock. 153 00:13:31,660 --> 00:13:33,120 I do? I'm honored. 154 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:35,240 You're sort of an institution around here. 155 00:13:38,740 --> 00:13:44,040 I really have to get going. Julie, I'll call you later. I'm glad to finally have 156 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,340 the chance to meet you, Mr. Matlock. 157 00:13:52,610 --> 00:13:56,310 Institution. Oh, he didn't mean to. He's really very nice. 158 00:13:56,870 --> 00:13:58,850 He seems like a nice enough boy. 159 00:13:59,490 --> 00:14:02,350 He's 27 years old. That's hardly a boy. 160 00:14:03,370 --> 00:14:04,750 27? Mm -hmm. 161 00:14:05,350 --> 00:14:06,570 Would you look at his teeth? 162 00:14:12,850 --> 00:14:16,850 So, how was dinner Friday night? 163 00:14:17,110 --> 00:14:18,510 Oh, it was fine. 164 00:14:19,690 --> 00:14:20,690 Where'd you go? 165 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:25,080 Uh, new place down the street. It's, uh, it's called Renoir. 166 00:14:27,060 --> 00:14:28,060 What'd you have? 167 00:14:29,340 --> 00:14:30,900 Uh, chicken. 168 00:14:31,420 --> 00:14:32,420 Here. 169 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:34,440 Everybody have that? 170 00:14:35,460 --> 00:14:37,920 Uh, yeah. Yeah, I think so. 171 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,400 Uh, well, uh, I'll, uh... Me too. 172 00:14:45,060 --> 00:14:46,060 Uh, please. 173 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:47,560 Still here. 174 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:48,740 Oh, you have to knock. 175 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,060 Yeah. Steve said that bell hasn't worked for years. 176 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:56,040 Did he live alone? 177 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,200 He had someone come in and clean once or twice a week, but that was it. A 178 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,159 private person. 179 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,180 Almost a recluse. 180 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,320 Come on in, Counselor. We were just finishing up. Okay. 181 00:15:11,660 --> 00:15:14,360 Morning, boys. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. 182 00:15:20,590 --> 00:15:22,450 When did Dr. Perlman give you that pistol? 183 00:15:23,070 --> 00:15:24,910 Last year when I moved into my apartment. 184 00:15:25,990 --> 00:15:28,950 She insisted I learn how to use it, but I never did. 185 00:15:30,410 --> 00:15:31,650 Couldn't stand to even touch it. 186 00:15:32,570 --> 00:15:34,450 When did you notice the gun was missing? 187 00:15:35,090 --> 00:15:36,090 About a week ago. 188 00:15:37,950 --> 00:15:42,530 Guess I should have reported it, but... Tell you the truth, I was kind of glad 189 00:15:42,530 --> 00:15:43,530 it was gone. 190 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,240 Oh, didn't he? 191 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,040 Maybe he was hauling water. 192 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:58,060 At the time he was shot, maybe to make some tea. 193 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:01,560 Did a good job of it, didn't he? 194 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,580 Where did he do his writing? 195 00:16:04,940 --> 00:16:05,940 In the study. 196 00:16:06,060 --> 00:16:07,060 This way. 197 00:16:14,380 --> 00:16:16,320 Say, he liked to spend a lot of time alone? 198 00:16:16,820 --> 00:16:17,820 Yeah. 199 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:20,360 Well, he had plenty of room to do it, didn't he? 200 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:25,100 This is where he'd interview me. He'd sit there, I'd sit here, he'd turn his 201 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:26,380 tape recorder on and we'd talk. 202 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,960 Came here every day for four weeks. 203 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:31,140 Kind of therapeutic, actually. 204 00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:38,720 Did he, uh, did he write anything down? 205 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,220 Put everything on his word processor. 206 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:45,020 He said he came up with some kind of computerized filing system that made 207 00:16:45,020 --> 00:16:46,200 writing his books a breeze. 208 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:48,280 So the, uh... 209 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,140 The manuscript he was working on is somewhere in here. 210 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,740 Sure would like to take a look at it. 211 00:16:58,300 --> 00:16:59,800 You know how to operate this? 212 00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:01,980 I don't even know how to turn it on. 213 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,060 I know a fellow who does. 214 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,000 Cell phone bill. 215 00:17:19,169 --> 00:17:23,089 Might be interesting to know who... Mr. 216 00:17:23,290 --> 00:17:24,290 Cassidy was calling. 217 00:17:29,890 --> 00:17:31,310 That's my filing system. 218 00:17:32,530 --> 00:17:35,970 Tell him I'll do the animal trainer piece if I don't have to hold a baboon 219 00:17:35,970 --> 00:17:38,730 something. They always either bite you or upstage you with bullets. 220 00:17:42,110 --> 00:17:43,049 Oh, hello. 221 00:17:43,050 --> 00:17:45,310 Is Sylvia Richland here? Oh, right this way. 222 00:17:45,510 --> 00:17:46,810 Sylvia? Hi. 223 00:17:47,230 --> 00:17:51,250 Hi, I'm Michelle Thomas. That's right. How do you do? Good. Have a seat. Thank 224 00:17:51,250 --> 00:17:53,090 you. I'm just getting ready to go out on location. 225 00:17:53,610 --> 00:17:54,830 Ever watch Eye in Atlanta? 226 00:17:55,770 --> 00:17:56,770 Sometimes. 227 00:17:57,550 --> 00:17:58,550 Would you like some tea? 228 00:17:58,910 --> 00:17:59,910 No, thanks. 229 00:18:00,870 --> 00:18:05,010 I really wanted to ask you about what you saw the night Stephen Cassidy was 230 00:18:05,010 --> 00:18:06,010 murdered. 231 00:18:06,110 --> 00:18:12,810 Well, like I told the police, at exactly 10 .30, I saw Vanessa Douglas walk up 232 00:18:12,810 --> 00:18:14,010 to his house, go inside. 233 00:18:14,430 --> 00:18:15,510 I was parked out front. 234 00:18:16,490 --> 00:18:17,690 Why were you parked there? 235 00:18:18,810 --> 00:18:21,850 Well, there was this rumor going around that he was writing a juicy book on the 236 00:18:21,850 --> 00:18:24,750 Douglases. I thought it might be fun to interview him for the show. 237 00:18:25,210 --> 00:18:28,850 He wouldn't return my phone call, so I figured I'd just go over there and talk 238 00:18:28,850 --> 00:18:29,850 to him in person. 239 00:18:30,110 --> 00:18:31,190 Did you talk to him? 240 00:18:32,110 --> 00:18:33,870 No. Vanessa Douglas went inside. 241 00:18:34,430 --> 00:18:37,270 I figured he wouldn't talk to me with her there, so I just went home. 242 00:18:38,270 --> 00:18:42,870 Are you sure that the person you saw was Vanessa Douglas? 243 00:18:43,950 --> 00:18:45,510 Michelle, I've been in the news business. 244 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,080 For five years. 245 00:18:47,620 --> 00:18:51,260 Six, if you count my stint as a weather girl. I'm a very professional observer. 246 00:18:52,260 --> 00:18:54,680 The woman I saw that night was Vanessa Douglas. 247 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,360 Right now, we're at approximately 100 % employment. If you add the double jobs, 248 00:18:59,580 --> 00:19:02,300 I'd say we're anywhere from 103 % to 104 % employment. 249 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:04,120 Inflation is minimal. 250 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:05,440 Tax rates are declining. 251 00:19:06,580 --> 00:19:10,080 People are spending and saving, and yet there's this nervousness going on. 252 00:19:10,340 --> 00:19:14,340 And why? Is it because of a high deficit? Is it because the balance of 253 00:19:14,340 --> 00:19:15,340 are so out of whack? 254 00:19:17,020 --> 00:19:18,340 What's happening? Fine boy. 255 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:21,500 You must be very proud. 256 00:19:21,780 --> 00:19:22,780 Hello, 257 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:24,200 Ben. 258 00:19:25,900 --> 00:19:29,580 Rumor has it that he's a contender for the vice presidential nomination. 259 00:19:29,660 --> 00:19:30,660 Anything to that? 260 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:33,160 James is the best that this country's got. 261 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,600 What brings you around here? 262 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:42,480 Well, uh, your son's, uh, ex -wife is a client of mine. 263 00:19:43,340 --> 00:19:44,340 And, uh, 264 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:50,440 She had some uncomplimentary things to say about you and James. 265 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,680 So what exactly did Vanessa have to say? 266 00:19:55,340 --> 00:19:59,680 Generally that nobody around here liked her much. 267 00:20:00,260 --> 00:20:01,500 Well, he loved her. 268 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:09,320 Is that why you kept her virtually a prisoner here and why she had to beg for 269 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,700 money? That's ridiculous. 270 00:20:11,220 --> 00:20:14,000 Precisely the same trash she told Steve Cassidy. 271 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,400 Yeah? 272 00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:19,080 How'd you know that? 273 00:20:19,860 --> 00:20:20,860 Because he was here. 274 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,100 He's a very good writer, Mr. Matlock. 275 00:20:23,300 --> 00:20:27,020 He listened to what Vanessa had to say, and then he came to us to check the 276 00:20:27,020 --> 00:20:29,260 facts. And what were the facts? 277 00:20:29,620 --> 00:20:31,560 The woman was totally neurotic. 278 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,280 Whether my son loved her because of it or in spite of it, I'll never know. 279 00:20:35,540 --> 00:20:40,640 But the fact is, we couldn't trust her when she left the house or spent money 280 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,920 functioned as a responsible member of this family. 281 00:20:45,159 --> 00:20:49,460 Vanessa has emotional problems. I tried to deal with them the best I could. I 282 00:20:49,460 --> 00:20:51,420 paid for the doctors, the clinics. Nothing helped. 283 00:20:52,180 --> 00:20:54,820 Yes, it's true. We wound up keeping her here. 284 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,760 So she wouldn't go anywhere and embarrass you. 285 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,540 We couldn't let her destroy everything that I spent a lifetime building up. 286 00:21:03,660 --> 00:21:09,320 Just to keep the record straight, after she ran up tabs of over $20 ,000 a 287 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:10,320 month, I cut her off. 288 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,680 Now, what would you have done, Mr. Matlock? 289 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:13,500 I get the picture. 290 00:21:13,830 --> 00:21:17,490 That meeting with Pete Cassidy, did it really take place? 291 00:21:18,730 --> 00:21:20,930 He recorded the whole thing and made me a copy of the tape. 292 00:21:22,490 --> 00:21:25,270 I'll send it over to you tomorrow with the rest of the things. How's that 293 00:21:26,010 --> 00:21:27,410 All right. Thank you, Senator. 294 00:21:27,710 --> 00:21:28,710 Mm -hmm. Sir? 295 00:21:36,470 --> 00:21:37,750 Oh, thank God. 296 00:21:37,970 --> 00:21:38,970 Let me speak to Vanessa. 297 00:21:39,350 --> 00:21:40,350 Please, come in. 298 00:21:40,750 --> 00:21:42,630 Maybe you can talk some sense into her. 299 00:21:45,870 --> 00:21:48,770 Stop by to see if you wanted to go to dinner and found her doing this. 300 00:21:51,770 --> 00:21:53,190 Taking a little vacation? 301 00:21:53,990 --> 00:21:55,030 I'm leaving for good. 302 00:21:55,330 --> 00:21:56,850 It's the only sensible thing to do. 303 00:21:57,530 --> 00:22:01,110 It is not sensible, Vanessa. It really isn't. 304 00:22:01,590 --> 00:22:02,590 Please, tell her. 305 00:22:04,230 --> 00:22:08,450 Skipping out on trial is the surest way I know of for conviction. 306 00:22:09,050 --> 00:22:10,210 They'll never find me. 307 00:22:10,650 --> 00:22:12,730 Yes, they will in 24 hours, guaranteed. 308 00:22:13,550 --> 00:22:14,550 Don't you understand? 309 00:22:15,490 --> 00:22:17,910 It's me against the Douglases, for God's sakes. 310 00:22:18,230 --> 00:22:21,250 I lived with them for six years. I know what they can do. 311 00:22:22,170 --> 00:22:24,370 Someone like me just doesn't stand a chance. 312 00:22:25,630 --> 00:22:26,770 Vanessa, sit down. 313 00:22:27,670 --> 00:22:28,670 Sit down. 314 00:22:29,990 --> 00:22:30,990 Here. 315 00:22:32,110 --> 00:22:33,110 Take this. 316 00:22:40,690 --> 00:22:42,030 What am I going to do? 317 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:46,600 Vanessa, you're going to trust us. 318 00:22:48,580 --> 00:22:50,960 I want you to lay down for a little while and just relax. 319 00:22:51,780 --> 00:22:52,780 All right? Come on. 320 00:22:54,380 --> 00:22:55,380 Lay down. 321 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:00,580 If you need anything, we'll be right outside. 322 00:23:10,460 --> 00:23:11,880 Has this happened before? 323 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:14,440 She's very high -strung. 324 00:23:26,570 --> 00:23:31,190 Once activated, the computer will automatically perform a variety of 325 00:23:31,190 --> 00:23:36,990 tests. At the termination of these tests, the main menu will appear on the 326 00:23:36,990 --> 00:23:37,990 screen. 327 00:23:39,670 --> 00:23:43,650 All right, check. 328 00:23:44,690 --> 00:23:50,290 Press the space bar until the cursor is positioned in front of the desired menu 329 00:23:50,290 --> 00:23:51,290 function. 330 00:23:58,990 --> 00:24:02,770 For an explanation of each menu function, see chapter three. 331 00:24:05,970 --> 00:24:06,970 Whoa. 332 00:24:12,790 --> 00:24:14,410 I thought I could be all alone here. 333 00:24:15,090 --> 00:24:16,210 Let me make two of us. 334 00:24:17,030 --> 00:24:18,030 Name's Lamont. 335 00:24:18,730 --> 00:24:21,770 DA's office sent me over to see if I could access the book that Stephen 336 00:24:21,770 --> 00:24:22,389 was writing. 337 00:24:22,390 --> 00:24:23,590 Guess that's what you're doing, huh? 338 00:24:24,090 --> 00:24:25,090 I'm trying to. 339 00:24:25,910 --> 00:24:27,970 Name's Tyler Hudson. I work for an attorney. 340 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:29,900 You know anything about computers? 341 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:31,440 A little bit. 342 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:33,160 Well, be my guest. 343 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,200 It's not here. 344 00:25:06,260 --> 00:25:07,260 It's not? 345 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:10,340 The book must be stored in another disk. 346 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,080 It's got to be around here somewhere. 347 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:18,500 Look, I'm telling you. I have checked every file, every drawer, every cabinet 348 00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:19,800 this house. It is not here. 349 00:25:20,540 --> 00:25:22,680 Well, then he must have been the paranoid type and hid it. 350 00:25:24,860 --> 00:25:29,000 Maybe in a wall safe, a floor safe, something like that. 351 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:31,800 Or maybe one of those. 352 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:12,440 Looky here. 353 00:26:13,980 --> 00:26:14,980 Douglass manuscript. 354 00:26:17,540 --> 00:26:21,760 Do you think you can get that thing to print whatever is on here? No problem. 355 00:27:01,389 --> 00:27:03,810 Now, that biscuit is gone, but you're not. 356 00:27:05,310 --> 00:27:08,190 Now, it's for damn sure that you ain't from the DA's office. 357 00:27:08,430 --> 00:27:09,570 So you know what you're going to do? 358 00:27:09,830 --> 00:27:14,230 You are going to tell me who you are and why you did that. And you are not going 359 00:27:14,230 --> 00:27:18,450 to lie to me. You know why? Because I hate liars. 360 00:27:19,550 --> 00:27:22,370 Now, who hired you? 361 00:27:23,430 --> 00:27:26,390 I need those figures as soon as possible. I have a meeting with the 362 00:27:26,390 --> 00:27:27,390 chairman tomorrow. 363 00:27:27,670 --> 00:27:28,990 It's the only leverage I've got. 364 00:27:30,220 --> 00:27:31,260 I appreciate it. 365 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:35,360 If you can dig up that Coleman file, will you? 366 00:27:36,140 --> 00:27:37,140 Hello, 367 00:27:37,820 --> 00:27:39,040 Mr. Medlock. Yes, sir, Senator. 368 00:27:39,260 --> 00:27:42,220 Did you get a chance to take a look at that information I sent over? 369 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:43,560 Yeah. 370 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:50,200 And if you're as innocent as you say you are, why did you hire this Lamont 371 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,000 Turkle to destroy that manuscript? 372 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,900 I didn't hire anyone to do anything of the sort. 373 00:27:55,420 --> 00:28:00,080 Well, somebody using your name hired him to destroy material evidence. 374 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,060 You'll never prove that. 375 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,400 Well, might be fun to watch me try. 376 00:28:10,420 --> 00:28:11,880 Here's your ticket to the show. 377 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:13,440 Subpoena. 378 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,600 One for your father, too. 379 00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:18,700 Oh, okay. 380 00:28:19,420 --> 00:28:20,420 Nice day. 381 00:28:37,870 --> 00:28:38,870 Jeffrey Lindquist? 382 00:28:40,590 --> 00:28:44,050 The deputy D .A.? I remember. 383 00:28:44,250 --> 00:28:47,950 How are you? Well, I'm still a little wet behind the ears, but I'm getting 384 00:28:47,950 --> 00:28:48,950 there. 385 00:28:50,410 --> 00:28:51,410 Julie's been great. 386 00:28:53,490 --> 00:28:57,010 Well, it's almost lunchtime. 387 00:28:58,010 --> 00:29:00,130 I sure do dread going downstairs. 388 00:29:00,910 --> 00:29:02,850 Yeah, those cafeterias get old real fast. 389 00:29:05,070 --> 00:29:10,450 I hear there's a new place open just down the street, Todd. A Renoir. Have 390 00:29:10,450 --> 00:29:12,450 ever eaten there? As a matter of fact, I have. It's pretty good. 391 00:29:13,290 --> 00:29:14,810 I recommend the chicken Kiev. 392 00:29:19,430 --> 00:29:22,330 This is the murder weapon, yes. It has my initials on it. 393 00:29:22,610 --> 00:29:25,230 Would you please tell the court where the weapon was found? 394 00:29:25,650 --> 00:29:28,350 We found it in the trunk of Vanessa Douglas' car. 395 00:29:28,990 --> 00:29:29,990 Thank you. 396 00:29:30,190 --> 00:29:31,190 Nothing further. 397 00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:32,270 Cross -examine? 398 00:29:32,670 --> 00:29:34,230 Thank you. 399 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,240 May I? Thank you. 400 00:29:36,460 --> 00:29:37,460 Thank you. 401 00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:44,120 That's a pretty nice gun, Lieutenant Brooks. Who owns it anyway? 402 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,020 We weren't able to determine that. It's unregistered. 403 00:29:47,380 --> 00:29:49,060 Did you find your fingerprints on it? 404 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:50,300 No, sir. 405 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:54,540 .45 is pretty heavy, unwieldy. 406 00:29:55,020 --> 00:29:56,200 Let me ask you something. 407 00:29:56,860 --> 00:30:03,070 In your experience as an officer of the law, How often have you known a woman to 408 00:30:03,070 --> 00:30:05,170 use a .45 caliber gun to commit murder? 409 00:30:05,930 --> 00:30:08,570 Objection. Improper opinion. Lack of foundation. 410 00:30:08,930 --> 00:30:10,970 Relevancy. Cause for sexist... 411 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:16,860 I was merely trying to ascertain what is usual in cases involving high -caliber 412 00:30:16,860 --> 00:30:22,240 weapons. Not everyone shares your obvious enthusiasm for the usual, 413 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:26,540 submit there are some acts committed under some circumstances that give some 414 00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:31,340 people the right to examine them under the somewhat general classification as 415 00:30:31,340 --> 00:30:35,880 something usual. And I submit that making those assumptions in this case 416 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,220 for a sexist stereotype. What about sexist common sense? 417 00:30:43,020 --> 00:30:44,020 Remember me? 418 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,640 I'm the person to whom you address your arguments, not each other. 419 00:30:48,140 --> 00:30:50,060 The people's objection is sustained. 420 00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:56,400 Let the record reflect that the witness has identified the defendant. 421 00:30:57,260 --> 00:31:02,820 Miss Richland, are you sure it was the defendant you saw entering the 422 00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:03,920 home on the night of the murder? 423 00:31:04,340 --> 00:31:06,200 As everyone knows, I'm a reporter. 424 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,200 My job is observing and recognizing people. 425 00:31:09,780 --> 00:31:11,160 There's no doubt in my mind. 426 00:31:11,710 --> 00:31:13,510 Mrs. Douglas was the person I saw. 427 00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:15,049 Thank you. 428 00:31:15,050 --> 00:31:16,050 Nothing further. 429 00:31:16,250 --> 00:31:17,250 Mr. Matlock? 430 00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:25,930 Uh, Ms. Richland, you just testified that the reason you went to 431 00:31:25,930 --> 00:31:26,930 see Mr. 432 00:31:27,050 --> 00:31:33,070 Cassidy in person that night is because he had refused to answer any of your 433 00:31:33,070 --> 00:31:34,070 phone calls. Is that right? 434 00:31:34,410 --> 00:31:35,410 That's right. 435 00:31:35,730 --> 00:31:40,130 Well, Stephen Cassidy's phone bills have been entered into evidence... 436 00:31:40,490 --> 00:31:47,110 In this court, this bill covers the three weeks before his death. 437 00:31:48,190 --> 00:31:50,010 You recognize that number right there? 438 00:31:52,130 --> 00:31:55,290 Yes. It's the number at the TV station where I work. 439 00:31:55,490 --> 00:31:58,170 But you said he never returned any of your calls. 440 00:31:59,710 --> 00:32:01,810 He must have been calling someone else. 441 00:32:02,910 --> 00:32:05,530 Your receptionist says otherwise. 442 00:32:06,150 --> 00:32:08,010 She is prepared to testify. 443 00:32:08,910 --> 00:32:14,310 that prior to his death, she put through several calls to you from Stephen 444 00:32:14,310 --> 00:32:20,590 Cassidy. She said that she put through one call to you from him the day he was 445 00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:21,930 murdered. Is that true? 446 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:26,110 Yes. 447 00:32:26,510 --> 00:32:30,330 You and he had agreed to meet, hadn't you, at his house that night. 448 00:32:30,830 --> 00:32:32,230 He was expecting you. 449 00:32:32,690 --> 00:32:35,890 He'd put on water to boil. You must have told him you drink tea. 450 00:32:36,350 --> 00:32:39,630 You're making this sound like I had something to do with his death. 451 00:32:39,930 --> 00:32:41,090 I could make a case for that. 452 00:32:41,370 --> 00:32:43,450 I didn't kill him. Why did you lie? 453 00:32:43,890 --> 00:32:50,830 Because... Your meeting with him was personal, wasn't it? 454 00:32:52,030 --> 00:32:54,050 He wanted to talk to you that night. 455 00:32:55,430 --> 00:33:00,610 Because in doing his research for his book on the Douglases, he found out 456 00:33:00,610 --> 00:33:01,810 something about you, hadn't he? 457 00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:10,150 Had to do with a man, didn't it, that you had been seeing a few years before. 458 00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:17,830 A man who could exert a certain influence on 459 00:33:17,830 --> 00:33:22,750 the television station where you worked to give you your own show. A man whose 460 00:33:22,750 --> 00:33:26,090 family owned that television station. Married man. 461 00:33:28,970 --> 00:33:32,410 And his name is, uh... Objection. Relevancy. 462 00:33:33,620 --> 00:33:35,560 Overruled. This is bias and motive. 463 00:33:36,860 --> 00:33:40,760 Thank you. His name is... James Douglas. 464 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,340 But that doesn't mean I killed Stephen Cassidy. 465 00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:50,700 But are you sure this doesn't all tie together somehow? This man was going to 466 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:54,860 expose your affair to the world. No, no, that doesn't change the fact that the 467 00:33:54,860 --> 00:33:57,260 woman I saw that night was Vanessa Douglas. 468 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,140 Oh, she's the obvious one to frame for this murder. 469 00:34:00,380 --> 00:34:01,600 She walked up to the door. 470 00:34:01,980 --> 00:34:05,220 She knocked. She opened the door and she went in. 471 00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:07,380 That's the truth. I swear it. 472 00:34:17,980 --> 00:34:18,980 Mr. Matlock? 473 00:34:20,540 --> 00:34:21,540 Your Honor. 474 00:34:22,340 --> 00:34:27,139 Your Honor, if it please the court, I'd like to take a recess to confer with my 475 00:34:27,139 --> 00:34:30,780 client. Well, since it is the end of the day, 476 00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:33,469 We'll reconvene tomorrow morning at 10. 477 00:34:33,690 --> 00:34:34,690 Thank you, counsel. 478 00:34:37,469 --> 00:34:38,469 Farrow was right. 479 00:34:40,290 --> 00:34:42,070 You really are brilliant. 480 00:34:43,070 --> 00:34:45,610 For the first time, I feel like I got a chance. 481 00:34:51,469 --> 00:34:52,469 What's wrong? 482 00:34:54,510 --> 00:34:55,510 You did it. 483 00:34:56,670 --> 00:34:58,750 I beg your pardon? 484 00:35:01,260 --> 00:35:02,260 The doorbell. 485 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:10,600 Anyone coming up to Stephen Cassidy's house would ring the doorbell. 486 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:12,300 Impossible to miss. 487 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,120 But the killer knocked. 488 00:35:17,180 --> 00:35:20,540 Because the killer knew the doorbell doesn't work. 489 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,060 The prosecution was right. 490 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,540 Stephen Cassidy's book was going to deliver the dirt all right. 491 00:35:31,790 --> 00:35:33,390 It wasn't the Douglas's dirt. 492 00:35:34,170 --> 00:35:35,170 It was yours. 493 00:35:36,830 --> 00:35:37,930 So you killed him. 494 00:35:43,150 --> 00:35:46,310 Your job is to defend me no matter what. 495 00:36:08,010 --> 00:36:13,770 Your Honor, in accordance with the counsel's discussion in chambers this 496 00:36:13,770 --> 00:36:19,490 morning, I'd like to reconstruct as near as possible the conditions under which 497 00:36:19,490 --> 00:36:21,950 this witness identified my client. 498 00:36:22,210 --> 00:36:23,630 People renew their objection. 499 00:36:24,350 --> 00:36:29,290 Overruled. Proceed, Mr. Matlock. Thank you. The first thing I'd like to ask my 500 00:36:29,290 --> 00:36:31,590 client to leave the room. Thank you. 501 00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:34,190 And, uh... 502 00:36:37,650 --> 00:36:38,549 Now, Ms. 503 00:36:38,550 --> 00:36:44,610 Richland, I'm going to ask the bailiff to turn off all the lights in the room. 504 00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:50,250 Then after my client has reentered the room, I'm going to ask him to turn the 505 00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:51,850 lights back on slowly, carefully. 506 00:36:53,530 --> 00:37:00,410 And when what you see by the light in this room approximates what you saw 507 00:37:00,410 --> 00:37:05,650 by the light that existed that night outside Stephen Cassidy's house, I want 508 00:37:05,650 --> 00:37:06,650 to tell him to stop. 509 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:07,840 Is that clear? 510 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,920 Perfectly. All right. 511 00:37:10,420 --> 00:37:12,500 I'll ask the bailiff to turn off the lights. 512 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:16,900 Now open the door. 513 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,560 Now bring up the lights slowly. 514 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:31,760 Is that what you saw? 515 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,180 There was a little more light. 516 00:37:36,890 --> 00:37:38,870 There. That's it right there. 517 00:37:40,010 --> 00:37:42,070 That's approximately what you saw. 518 00:37:42,350 --> 00:37:43,870 That's exactly what I saw. 519 00:37:45,010 --> 00:37:51,570 So what you're saying is the woman you saw entering Stephen 520 00:37:51,570 --> 00:37:57,190 Cassidy's house the night he was murdered was Dr. 521 00:37:57,550 --> 00:37:58,870 Sarah Pearl. 522 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:16,740 I think what you're really saying is you saw someone enter Stephen Cassidy's 523 00:38:16,740 --> 00:38:17,740 house that night. 524 00:38:17,820 --> 00:38:22,280 It may have looked like Vanessa Douglas, but as we have seen, it could have been 525 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,740 anyone. Even one of Atlanta's most prominent physicians. 526 00:38:26,780 --> 00:38:28,400 Thank you. No further questions. 527 00:38:29,620 --> 00:38:30,620 Miss March? 528 00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:32,320 No questions, Your Honor. 529 00:38:32,660 --> 00:38:34,160 The witness may step down. 530 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:46,900 For my next witness, I call Dr. 531 00:38:47,140 --> 00:38:48,680 Sarah Perlman to the stand. 532 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:54,600 First of all, doctor, I want to thank you for helping me with that little 533 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,660 demonstration. I was happy to do it. 534 00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:03,080 Luckily, both you women are approximately the same height and 535 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:08,560 imagine that you swapped clothes often when you were in college. 536 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:10,760 Yes, as a matter of fact, we did. 537 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:12,640 Did Stephen... 538 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:17,660 interview you for that book he was writing about Vanessa? 539 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:19,040 Yes, he did, twice. 540 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,260 And that's because you were oldest and best friends? 541 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:24,680 Yes. 542 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,400 So what did you tell him? 543 00:39:27,860 --> 00:39:30,220 What Vanessa was like as a child. 544 00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:32,940 What she's like as an adult. 545 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,200 He wasn't looking for gossip. He was just doing research on her. 546 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:42,180 Did... Did he do... 547 00:39:42,940 --> 00:39:47,620 Very much research on you. 548 00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:50,300 What do you mean? 549 00:39:51,060 --> 00:39:56,640 Well, did he know that you were in the habit of prescribing sedatives for 550 00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:01,600 Vanessa? I've prescribed for her on occasion. Very addictive sedatives. 551 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,920 My patient needed them. 552 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:05,400 Addictive. 553 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:11,560 They have the potential of being addictive, yes. That's what he wanted to 554 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:12,560 about, wasn't it? 555 00:40:13,770 --> 00:40:19,510 This unhealthy relationship you had with Vanessa, how you kept her dependent on 556 00:40:19,510 --> 00:40:20,690 you through drugs. 557 00:40:21,130 --> 00:40:23,490 No. Oh, come on, Doctor. 558 00:40:23,770 --> 00:40:25,030 You know that's it. 559 00:40:25,250 --> 00:40:27,790 That's the stuff bestsellers are made from. 560 00:40:28,050 --> 00:40:33,230 And that's why you had to make sure that book was never published, wasn't it? 561 00:40:34,470 --> 00:40:35,890 What are you trying to say? 562 00:40:36,950 --> 00:40:40,730 Where were you the night of the murder? 563 00:40:41,770 --> 00:40:43,830 I was in my office, working. 564 00:40:47,310 --> 00:40:49,030 The office in the hospital? 565 00:40:49,630 --> 00:40:51,030 No, my office downtown. 566 00:40:52,490 --> 00:40:54,030 Did anyone see you there? 567 00:40:56,650 --> 00:40:57,650 No. 568 00:40:58,270 --> 00:40:59,790 Did anyone call you there? 569 00:41:01,910 --> 00:41:03,090 I don't recall. 570 00:41:03,850 --> 00:41:09,890 So you can't substantiate where you were at the time of the murder, can you? 571 00:41:10,150 --> 00:41:11,720 This is absurd. Third. 572 00:41:14,460 --> 00:41:16,760 You recognize this gun? 573 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,720 Yes, this is the gun I gave Vanessa for protection. 574 00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:28,300 Is it registered? 575 00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:31,480 I don't know. My ex -husband gave it to me. 576 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,180 Does she know how to fire? 577 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:34,520 No. 578 00:41:35,260 --> 00:41:36,540 She said she would learn. 579 00:41:37,660 --> 00:41:39,340 But you know how to fire it, don't you? 580 00:41:40,810 --> 00:41:41,810 To a degree. 581 00:41:42,570 --> 00:41:45,290 Did you know where Vanessa kept it in the apartment? 582 00:41:47,570 --> 00:41:51,170 Yes, she showed me. She kept it in her bed stand. 583 00:41:53,630 --> 00:41:59,650 So someone stole only this gun from that bed stand, didn't he? 584 00:42:00,670 --> 00:42:03,450 Yes. She called me to tell me about it. 585 00:42:03,970 --> 00:42:05,350 You had a key to the apartment? 586 00:42:06,890 --> 00:42:09,810 Yes, I do. I go over to see how she is sometimes. 587 00:42:10,990 --> 00:42:12,410 You stole this gun, didn't you? 588 00:42:13,250 --> 00:42:14,250 No. 589 00:42:14,470 --> 00:42:18,070 You had a key to the apartment, you knew where it was kept, and you stole it. 590 00:42:18,210 --> 00:42:25,050 No, why would I go... That's, uh, that platinum wig that you wore in 591 00:42:25,050 --> 00:42:26,050 court a while ago. 592 00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:28,730 When did you get that? 593 00:42:30,230 --> 00:42:35,610 Three or four years ago. Oh, so you had it the night of the murder. 594 00:42:37,210 --> 00:42:41,520 Yes. And you used it to impersonate Vanessa that night, didn't you? 595 00:42:42,620 --> 00:42:43,620 No. 596 00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:48,640 You are saying I killed Stephen Cassidy? 597 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:54,500 He knew you were overprescribing for her. He was about to publish that in his 598 00:42:54,500 --> 00:42:58,720 book. That would seriously have affected your job. Oh, no, I was not 599 00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:03,640 overprescribing. Think that would have done how your patients would have 600 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:05,420 responded to reading... 601 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:09,460 That about you and that kind of best stuff. What are you trying to do to me? 602 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,640 You had motive, Doctor. You had access to the murder weapon. 603 00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:14,960 You have no alibi. 604 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:17,740 You know what I think? 605 00:43:18,460 --> 00:43:25,120 I think when you found out that your relationship with Vanessa was going to 606 00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:29,420 exposed in Stephen Cassidy's book, you stole her gun. 607 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,140 Oh, no, this is ridiculous. 608 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:33,520 Disguise yourself as Vanessa. 609 00:43:33,780 --> 00:43:34,780 No. That's enough. 610 00:43:35,220 --> 00:43:39,720 Murdered him. No, that is not true. Put the gun in the trunk of her car. No, 611 00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:40,800 stop it. 612 00:43:41,100 --> 00:43:42,100 Order. 613 00:43:42,700 --> 00:43:44,200 This court will come to order. 614 00:43:46,260 --> 00:43:50,400 Mr. Matlock, please advise your client that such outbursts will not be 615 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:51,400 tolerated. 616 00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:53,900 Yes, sir. 617 00:44:00,660 --> 00:44:02,000 You've got to stop it. 618 00:44:04,620 --> 00:44:05,620 I'm not finished. 619 00:44:06,620 --> 00:44:08,100 You'll destroy her. 620 00:44:10,860 --> 00:44:16,080 I think I can convince the court that she's guilty of this murder. 621 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:24,880 Please stop. 622 00:44:33,870 --> 00:44:38,330 Dr. Perlman, I apologize. 623 00:44:41,150 --> 00:44:46,910 Your Honor, I think my client wishes to change her plea 624 00:44:46,910 --> 00:44:51,490 from not guilty to guilty. 625 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:12,940 Well, I never thought I'd see Ben Matlock lose a case. 626 00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:14,300 How's it feel? 627 00:45:15,860 --> 00:45:17,580 Feels fine. I've lost before. 628 00:45:18,420 --> 00:45:20,580 It's sure fascinating watching you work over Dr. 629 00:45:20,820 --> 00:45:23,240 Perlman. Jeffrey, he wasn't working over Dr. 630 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:24,520 Perlman. 631 00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:31,340 Sometimes Ben has to use extraordinary means to arrive at the truth. In this 632 00:45:31,340 --> 00:45:32,920 case, a confession from Vanessa. 633 00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:37,260 He was using extraordinary means. He wasn't working over Dr. 634 00:45:37,540 --> 00:45:38,840 Perlman. Well, he... 635 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:44,440 Excuse me. 636 00:45:47,020 --> 00:45:51,760 Thanks. Well, he had no business talking to you like that. Well, I... 637 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,920 I did lose. 638 00:45:55,260 --> 00:45:56,260 Yes. 639 00:45:57,300 --> 00:45:59,940 And that means you won. 640 00:46:00,740 --> 00:46:01,740 Yes. 641 00:46:03,220 --> 00:46:06,340 I called for victory dinner this Friday.