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Previously on L .A. Law.

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Move along, Douglas.

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I said, why don't we move along?

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She bossed me. Did you hear the way she
bossed me? Who doesn't bossing you,

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Douglas? Support, support, support.

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She beat me in the election. I'm the one
who should be sensitive around here.

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Abby had no choice but to do what she
did.

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And for you not to support her here is
reprehensible. Abe Lassen is good for

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about $500 ,000 a year. There was no
price tag on our ethics when Leland was

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charge, and there isn't now.

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Start wearing your hearing aids.

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But that's a personal decision,
Rosalind. Leland, if a client's

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is compromised because you didn't catch
something or you misheard something,

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this firm could be subject to a
malpractice suit.

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I never knew he wore a hearing aid.

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Oh, you're getting a little up there,
you know.

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Is that why he stepped out?

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He's still a valuable contributor,
Daniel.

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There's nothing for me to be concerned
about, is there?

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Of course not. You're in very good
hands.

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I've been complete charge here.

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There they are.

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There they are. Mr. Cofantis, is it true
the state offered manslaughter last

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night? No, that is not true. There's
been no new offer by the prosecution.

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Mr. Lafferty, how did you and your wife
get ready to testify today? My client

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has no comment. I'm sorry. We have no
comment. Any thoughts about accepting

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second degree?

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Mr. and Mrs. Lafferty are both innocent
of all the charges that have been

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brought against them. We have no
intention of entering into any guilt.

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Lafferty, how are you holding up?

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We have nothing to say. I'm sorry. Is it
true they've been offered a movie deal

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for the right time? Who will be taking
the stand first?

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Excuse us, please.

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Please excuse us, folks. We have no
further comments.

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I can't take this.

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This is just the beginning, Wayne. How
are we ever going to get through this?

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Because we will.

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Look, I'm sorry, but you're going to
have to get used to this.

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The press is going to be here hounding
us every day. It's only going to get

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worse. Don't even listen to their
questions.

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How can we not hear their questions?

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Mrs. Lafferty, did you kill your baby?

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Mrs. Lafferty, who is the actual
murderer, you or your husband?

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How can I not hear those questions?
Look, Mrs. Lafferty, people are going to

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think what they're going to think, but
by the end of the trial, we'll be okay.

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Things will never be okay, Mr.
Sifuentes.

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We hadn't buried him yet, and they
arrest us for murder.

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Come on, Wayne.

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Our friends look at us like they don't
know us.

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They're not sure.

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After the acquittal, they will be.

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No, they won't.

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A little boy stays dead no matter what.

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No matter what, people are going to
think we did it.

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Moving on. I'm lunching with Richard
Mermelstein, CEO of Tappan.

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Oh, sorry, Douglas.

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He's got an idea for a new television
interaction program. Arnold, I'd like

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to join. I can't. Corinne and I are
taking Chloe to lunch this afternoon.

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her seventh birthday.

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Stiff them. This is a big -paying
client.

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I will not stiff them, Douglas.

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Come on, Arnold. I'm talking about new
business.

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Rent her a clown for the day or give her
a puppet show.

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All right, Douglas, let's not get into
this big debate right now.

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Move along.

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I'm sorry, Arnold has the expertise in
entertainment.

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He should be there. Then you should have
given him notice.

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Move along, Douglas.

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What, are you still telling me to move
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Is the right to snap move along,
Douglas, a function of senior partner

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only? Does everyone here have that
authority? Last week it was Michael.

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Jonathan, Abby, would you like to tell
me to move along?

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Why don't you try it? Move along,
Douglas.

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people versus elizabeth and wayne
lafferty victor's in court representing

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baby killer he's only representing the
mother the judge wanted co -counsel

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because this is a murder case he
appointed john to shoot it to represent

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father i don't know how you can defend
either one of them the baby wasn't

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douglas the baby died of sudden infant
death syndrome so the theory goes victor

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says they're innocent and i believe it
all i know is it'd be nice to see this

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firm representing somebody other than an
accused murderer for a change i have

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this arsonist i'm trying to snag

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Just kidding.

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Move along, Douglas.

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Isn't it nice to have this levity?

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We're adjourned.

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All right, Douglas.

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What's the matter?

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Nothing.

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I just don't appreciate all the
jocularity of the staff meeting, that's

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Okay.

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Leland, wait.

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I had a date last night.

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Yes? Things progressed to the point
where there was an opportunity for a

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culmination of sorts, and I couldn't.

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I haven't been intimate with a woman for
almost a year, Leland.

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Is this, uh... Is this something
medical?

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It's Sheila.

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I beg your pardon? Sex reminds me of
her.

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and I think it's her memory that
incapacitates me.

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Well, that doesn't... That doesn't sound
like it could be right, Douglas.

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It's right.

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I just never knew her vileness could
have such reach.

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Listen.

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When I was with Jennifer, I initially
suffered from intimidation.

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But I was referred to an excellent
therapist, one of the best.

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Did it work?

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Well, I never went, actually. I was
going to, but I suddenly came to.

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But I think you should give it a shot.

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What made you first suspect foul play,
Dr. Weibel?

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Well, I noticed when the baby was first
brought in, it had extensive bruises on

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his chest and neck.

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Which told you what?

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It told me this baby was subjected to
physical trauma.

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It suggested child abuse.

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And what else, doctor? The child also
had conjunctivitis in his eyes. That's a

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telltale sign of suffocation.

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Well, Mr. and Mrs. Lafferty claim that
their little boy just stopped breathing.

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Well, as the doctor who examined this
child, I don't believe that. I think

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baby was killed.

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Move to strike. Objection. No
foundation, Your Honor.

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Sustained. The jury will disregard that
last remark.

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Nothing further?

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You've heard of sudden infant death
syndrome, haven't you, Doctor?

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Of course.

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Of course.

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For the court, what is it, sir?

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It's crib death.

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Basically, it's when a baby inexplicably
just stops breathing and dies in its

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sleep. In fact, more babies have died of
SIDS than from heart disease, cancer,

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cerebral palsy, and virtually all other
diseases combined. Isn't that right,

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Doctor? Yes.

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And, Doctor, babies...

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that die from sudden infant death
syndrome are sometimes inaccurately

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as having been suffocated, aren't they?
It happens sometimes.

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It happens so often that for death scene
investigations, there has been new

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legislation in California that requires
police officers to take SIDS awareness

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training, right?

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That's correct.

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I want to show you a statement that was
made by State Senator Dan Boatwright.

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Thank you, John.

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Are you familiar with this, sir? I am.

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Could you read the last sentence on the
first page here?

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Objection. Hearsay.

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Overruled. I'll allow it. Read the line,
please.

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With our focus on child abuse, we have
too many parents being treated as

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criminal suspects at the scene of Sid's
death. Thank you, Doctor.

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Now, you say you saw bruises on the
child's neck and chest area. Could these

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bruises have resulted...

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from CPR attempts to revive the child.

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I don't believe they were caused by
that. Is it possible, doctor, that these

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bruises resulted from CPR attempts to
save the baby after it had stopped

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breathing? It's possible.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, doctor.

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I have nothing further.

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Nice, Markowitz. Our anniversary lunch,
you're working the room.

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Ah, their clients have to be polite.

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You know the romance is gone when
passion gives way to good manners.

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You want passion?

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There's a cheap little motel up on
Sunset about six minutes away.

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Right. Oh, really?

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Excellent day, right?

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Very fast room service.

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You're bluffing.

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What if I'm not?

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What, do you want me to cancel my 2 .30
conference call?

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One hour of undivided attention.

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No baby, no nanny.

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Just you and me in a tacky little room
with orange bedspreads and a red carpet

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doing unspeakable things.

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Hi, Sandy. Listen, something has come
up, and I know I have that 2 .30

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conference call, but I think you'll be
able to push them all until 3 .15.

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We'll be back by 3.

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Tell Stuart's secretary, too, will you?

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Bye.

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Very well, then.

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I feel like I'm skipping school.

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All right, you know it.

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Oh, my God.

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Oh, boy, unbelievable.

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Take it easy, Stuart. Just...

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Just pull over. Pull over nice and easy.

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Okay. What did I do?

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Did I do anything?

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You didn't do anything.

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Relax, sir. Just keep your hands on the
wheel. Where's the registration?

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In glove compartment.

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It's coming. It's coming. Of course it's
coming. He didn't pull us over to test

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his siren. Don't start with me, Ann. I'm
not starting. Just relax, will you? All

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right. All right. Here he is.

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Driver's license and registration,
please. Yeah. Here's the registration.

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And proof of insurance.

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This is insurance, and here's the
driver's license.

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Did I do anything wrong, officer?

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You went right through a stop sign
without even slowing down.

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Oh, okay.

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We were talking, and I didn't even see
it. You know, we were talking, so I...

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Have you been drinking, sir?

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I just had a little wine with lunch.

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How much wine, sir? Don't answer that.

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Excuse me, ma 'am.

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Would you like to be arrested for
interfering with a police investigation?

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I'm a lawyer.

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I'm his lawyer.

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I'm entitled to give him legal advice,
officer.

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Step out of the car, sir.

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Please step to the curb.

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Stand completely still. Watch my finger.

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Okay. Put your arms to your side and
close your eyes. Feet, heels together.

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back slightly.

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Now take your right index finger and
touch your nose.

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Your right hand.

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Okay, Sarah, please take eight steps.
Heel to toe in that direction. And take

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eight steps back in the same direction.

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Okay, sir.

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Please turn around.

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Put your right hand behind your head.

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You're under arrest on suspicion of
driving under the influence of

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substance. You have got to be kidding.

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I'm glad I don't test you, ma 'am.

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Come along with me, sir.

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No blood test, Stuart. Come on. You're
under breathalyzer. Don't let them take

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blood, Stuart.

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I'll be right down, Stuart.

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We're not animals, damn it. You can't
chain us up like this.

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Hey,

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come on. You shut up.

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Next.

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Okay, open up.

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Please blow very hard.

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Again, please.

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Take him back and book him.

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How can this take so long?

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Hey, it's one of those days.

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There is no reason for this. I'm posting
bail.

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What are you doing to him?

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We're not done with him yet, Counselor.

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We will let you know.

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Turn to the right, please.

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Now to your left.

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We just finished watching this TV movie
and the news was about to come on.

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The 11 o 'clock news.

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Yes, sir.

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I went into the nursery.

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He was laying on his stomach, so I

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couldn't see too much.

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Then suddenly I noticed that there
wasn't even any breathing movement.

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So I flipped him over.

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My God.

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He was just blue.

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Was your son alive, sir?

252
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I don't think so.

253
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What did you do?

254
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I screamed to my wife, and then we
called 911 and talked to somebody there.

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And what did you do as a result of that
conversation?

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They told me to do CPR, and I did. I
started

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breathing air into his mouth.

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And I squeezed it out of him. And did
you push down on his chest during this

259
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procedure? Yes.

260
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A man told me to.

261
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Objection. Hearsay. State of mind.

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Overruled.

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What happened next, Mr. Lafferty?

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He wouldn't breathe.

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Stephen wouldn't breathe.

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An ambulance came and took him to the
hospital and they tried to revive him.

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But he was dead.

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Thank you, sir.

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Nothing further.

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I have no questions at this time, Your
Honor.

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Your son had an impartially formed
intestine as a result of being a month

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premature. Isn't that right?

273
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Yes. And as a result of complications at
birth, your son was also blind,

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correct? Yes, that's also true.

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So, you came home from the hospital with
a six -week -old blind infant with

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intestinal problems.

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There were a lot of medical bills ahead
for you, weren't there?

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Objection. It goes to motive, Your
Honor. The survival of this child would

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worked severe financial hardship on the
defendants.

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Objection is overruled.

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You told your friend, Alan Levin, that
you thought this baby would be better

282
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dead, didn't you?

283
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I was despondent. In fact, you told him
that you prayed for its death. Isn't

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that right?

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I was devastated, for God's sakes. That
wasn't reflective thought.

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00:18:34,170 --> 00:18:40,749
Well, was it reflective thought, Mr.
Lafferty, when you tried to place this

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with the West Side Adoption Agency?

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00:18:42,550 --> 00:18:46,169
Objection! I have a copy of adoption
papers here filled out by Mr. Lafferty

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connection with... Your Honor, these
papers were never made available to the

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defense. Overruled. I'll admit them.

291
00:18:50,910 --> 00:18:55,870
What did the agency tell you, Mr.
Lafferty, in response to your inquiries?

292
00:18:56,670 --> 00:18:58,510
They said they couldn't place my son.

293
00:18:58,750 --> 00:18:59,800
When was this?

294
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The day before he died.

295
00:19:05,150 --> 00:19:11,950
So, this baby, whose death you prayed
for, who you tried to give away,

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who was going to cost you hundreds of
thousands of dollars in medical care.

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00:19:18,060 --> 00:19:21,940
This baby just happened to die
inexplicably? Argumentative.

298
00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:24,220
Sustained. Nothing further.

299
00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:27,840
I do have one question, Your Honor.

300
00:19:27,841 --> 00:19:28,959
Go ahead.

301
00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,600
Did your wife know about this adoption
plan, sir?

302
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:33,770
No.

303
00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:35,410
She didn't.

304
00:19:35,651 --> 00:19:37,579
Thank you.

305
00:19:37,580 --> 00:19:38,630
Nothing further?

306
00:19:52,740 --> 00:19:53,790
Please.

307
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It's a little unusual, coming to a
residence, isn't it?

308
00:20:01,140 --> 00:20:05,179
Douglas, I think you're a little
confused about something which I'd

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clear. Please, sit down.

310
00:20:13,820 --> 00:20:15,980
I'm not a sexual therapist.

311
00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:19,100
What I am is a surrogate partner.

312
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,210
Excuse me?

313
00:20:22,330 --> 00:20:23,430
I thought so. It's okay.

314
00:20:23,630 --> 00:20:24,680
Let me explain.

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00:20:24,950 --> 00:20:29,950
A sex therapist renders their services
exclusively in the form of dialogue.

316
00:20:31,490 --> 00:20:33,050
Surrogates are partners.

317
00:20:35,370 --> 00:20:36,530
I beg your pardon?

318
00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:39,430
We start with talking.

319
00:20:39,930 --> 00:20:42,930
Then we move on to a series of intimacy
exercises.

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00:20:44,370 --> 00:20:46,510
Touching, holding, stroking.

321
00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:51,379
And we gradually work to eliminate the
discomfort brought on by sexual

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encounters.

323
00:20:52,860 --> 00:20:58,920
You mean, you and me, we touch?

324
00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:00,370
Yes, we do.

325
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,620
How exactly do I graduate?

326
00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:09,400
Are you asking me if we ultimately
engage in intercourse?

327
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,600
In most cases, yes.

328
00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:15,860
But not always.

329
00:21:16,330 --> 00:21:19,870
It depends upon the type of problem and
the progress achieved.

330
00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:23,360
I see.

331
00:21:24,510 --> 00:21:26,230
I can see you're very skeptical.

332
00:21:27,170 --> 00:21:28,220
No, no.

333
00:21:30,010 --> 00:21:32,840
Well, I'm wondering whether Blue Cross
will cover this.

334
00:21:33,310 --> 00:21:35,600
Perhaps you should think this over,
Douglas.

335
00:21:36,510 --> 00:21:41,669
But judging from our phone conversation,
I think you will ultimately be referred

336
00:21:41,670 --> 00:21:42,720
to a surrogate.

337
00:21:44,790 --> 00:21:45,840
Okay.

338
00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:50,400
I think I will think about this.

339
00:21:50,780 --> 00:21:51,830
That's great.

340
00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:58,280
Case number 90420. Okay, Ellen Harris is
the city attorney. I know her.

341
00:21:58,540 --> 00:22:00,460
We agreed on a September trial date.

342
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,619
September? That long, huh? Oh, this is
good. A long trial delay works in our

343
00:22:04,620 --> 00:22:07,270
favor. The arresting officer won't
remember us much.

344
00:22:07,271 --> 00:22:11,199
What's more, Judge Matthews will be
sitting in Division 3 in September. This

345
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,139
all so good.

346
00:22:12,140 --> 00:22:13,190
Why?

347
00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:17,030
Because Rosalind is a good friend of
his. That's why every little bit helps.

348
00:22:17,929 --> 00:22:19,330
Michael, Stuart, Ann.

349
00:22:19,730 --> 00:22:22,330
How are you guys doing? John, how are
you? Great.

350
00:22:23,150 --> 00:22:26,580
Listen, Stuart, thanks for the contracts
on the Ofner syndication.

351
00:22:26,581 --> 00:22:29,649
You'll be getting my red line copy at
the end of the week.

352
00:22:29,650 --> 00:22:31,070
We can put this thing to bed.

353
00:22:31,710 --> 00:22:32,760
Good, very good.

354
00:22:32,870 --> 00:22:35,220
What brings you boys and girls down to
the zoo?

355
00:22:35,390 --> 00:22:37,190
People versus Stuart Markowitz.

356
00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:39,030
Driving under the influence.

357
00:22:39,690 --> 00:22:40,740
Excuse us, John.

358
00:22:41,310 --> 00:22:42,360
Stuart?

359
00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:46,490
Michael Kuzak to the defendant.

360
00:22:46,550 --> 00:22:48,050
Wave reading. Plead not guilty.

361
00:22:48,051 --> 00:22:49,129
Question of bail?

362
00:22:49,130 --> 00:22:51,430
No, Your Honor. First defense O .R. is
fine.

363
00:22:51,431 --> 00:22:53,869
Both parties agree on a September trial
date.

364
00:22:53,870 --> 00:22:55,130
Second week of September.

365
00:22:55,670 --> 00:22:57,960
Mr. Markowitz, check with probation,
please.

366
00:22:59,570 --> 00:23:00,620
Next case.

367
00:23:06,490 --> 00:23:07,540
Victor.

368
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:17,570
Come on in.

369
00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:23,770
What's going on?

370
00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:24,970
I'm not sure.

371
00:23:26,660 --> 00:23:30,900
I came in because I don't know what's
going on.

372
00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:36,410
What's the matter?

373
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,500
This adoption thing.

374
00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:44,120
It came with a total shock to me.

375
00:23:44,380 --> 00:23:45,430
You know that.

376
00:23:45,431 --> 00:23:50,019
And when I got home, I started going
through Wayne's desk looking for the

377
00:23:50,020 --> 00:23:51,070
papers.

378
00:23:53,340 --> 00:23:54,390
I found this.

379
00:23:55,940 --> 00:23:58,410
It's an article on sudden infant death
syndrome.

380
00:24:01,220 --> 00:24:02,270
And?

381
00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:03,750
Look at the date.

382
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:05,620
It's two weeks before Stephen died.

383
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,440
Well, maybe somebody sent it to him
after.

384
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,130
That's what I thought at first, but why
wouldn't he show it to me?

385
00:24:13,590 --> 00:24:18,289
And read it. That article is all about
how Sid's... How you never know the

386
00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:20,410
and how it can be mistaken for child
abuse.

387
00:24:22,090 --> 00:24:25,520
Wait a minute. Are you saying that you
think he got the idea from this?

388
00:24:26,050 --> 00:24:27,100
No.

389
00:24:30,370 --> 00:24:37,009
Victor... That night, when we were
watching the TV

390
00:24:37,010 --> 00:24:41,610
movie... Wayne did go in to check the
baby.

391
00:24:42,510 --> 00:24:45,940
An hour before the news, he did go in.
Why didn't you tell me about that

392
00:24:45,941 --> 00:24:49,029
Because we discussed it, and we figured
it'd be better not to say anything about

393
00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:51,669
it, and I never thought he could have
done something like this.

394
00:24:51,670 --> 00:24:52,810
I still don't.

395
00:24:54,170 --> 00:24:58,290
I know, Wayne. I can't believe he could
be capable of something like this.

396
00:24:58,291 --> 00:25:01,169
Elizabeth, the reason you're here now is
because you think he might have done

397
00:25:01,170 --> 00:25:04,770
it. The reason I'm here right now is
because I don't know what to think

398
00:25:04,771 --> 00:25:09,509
That article, the lie, the adoption
thing, I don't know what to think. Maybe

399
00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:10,560
just going crazy.

400
00:25:16,790 --> 00:25:18,230
You got to testify about this.

401
00:25:19,250 --> 00:25:20,300
No.

402
00:25:20,301 --> 00:25:23,629
I have to put you on the stand,
Elizabeth, in which case you have to

403
00:25:23,630 --> 00:25:27,310
truth. I don't know what is the truth,
and I am not going to hang my husband.

404
00:25:27,570 --> 00:25:28,770
Well, I'll tell you this.

405
00:25:28,830 --> 00:25:29,880
We got hurt today.

406
00:25:30,290 --> 00:25:34,149
It looks really bad for us, and as your
lawyer, I am advising you to tell the

407
00:25:34,150 --> 00:25:35,349
court what you just told me.

408
00:25:35,350 --> 00:25:38,600
And what if I'm wrong? So then you'd
admit that you could be wrong.

409
00:25:38,601 --> 00:25:43,149
Right now, everybody on that jury thinks
you both did it. This is a murder trial

410
00:25:43,150 --> 00:25:45,709
here, Elizabeth. You could be looking at
life imprisonment.

411
00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:47,270
You gotta think about yourself.

412
00:25:47,670 --> 00:25:48,870
He's my husband.

413
00:25:49,550 --> 00:25:51,900
He also could be the person who killed
your son.

414
00:25:53,650 --> 00:25:55,430
I don't know what to do.

415
00:25:57,350 --> 00:25:58,850
Then you listen to your lawyer.

416
00:26:13,751 --> 00:26:20,899
Do you swear to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth,

417
00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:21,839
help you God?

418
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:22,890
I do.

419
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:26,480
Say your name for the record, please.

420
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:27,730
Elizabeth Lafferty.

421
00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:32,750
Mrs. Lafferty, you were present for your
husband's testimony yesterday?

422
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:37,279
Yes. And were you aware, ma 'am, that
your husband tried to put your son

423
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,219
up for adoption?

424
00:26:38,220 --> 00:26:43,139
No, I wasn't. And, Ms. Lafferty, your
husband also testified that neither you

425
00:26:43,140 --> 00:26:46,100
nor he went in to check on the child the
night of his death.

426
00:26:46,590 --> 00:26:48,850
between the hours of 9 .30 and 11 o
'clock.

427
00:26:49,210 --> 00:26:50,290
Now, is that correct?

428
00:26:52,650 --> 00:26:53,850
Is that correct, ma 'am?

429
00:26:56,630 --> 00:27:00,250
Ms. Lafferty, I'm going to remind you
now that you are here under oath.

430
00:27:00,830 --> 00:27:03,650
Did anyone check on the baby before 11 o
'clock?

431
00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:07,310
Yes, my husband did during the movie.

432
00:27:07,311 --> 00:27:10,529
Your Honor, move for a recess to confer
with co -counsel. I am not interested in

433
00:27:10,530 --> 00:27:12,189
conferring, Your Honor. Move for a
recess.

434
00:27:12,190 --> 00:27:13,240
Denied. Victor!

435
00:27:13,390 --> 00:27:14,610
Mr. Trasciuta, sit down.

436
00:27:14,611 --> 00:27:18,549
I'm going to show you an article on
sudden infant death syndrome that is

437
00:27:18,550 --> 00:27:19,990
September 12th, 1989.

438
00:27:19,991 --> 00:27:23,689
That is two weeks before the death of
your child. Do you recognize it?

439
00:27:23,690 --> 00:27:24,740
Objection! Mr.

440
00:27:24,850 --> 00:27:27,210
Trishuta, I said sit down.

441
00:27:30,130 --> 00:27:31,810
Mr. Lafferty, do you recognize it?

442
00:27:31,811 --> 00:27:35,229
Your Honor, permission to treat this
witness.

443
00:27:35,230 --> 00:27:36,910
Objection! She's your own client.

444
00:27:36,911 --> 00:27:40,629
Your Honor, in the interest of justice,
I am asking this woman to give testimony

445
00:27:40,630 --> 00:27:44,550
against her husband. Mr. Cifuentes, I'll
give you a little attitude.

446
00:27:45,150 --> 00:27:46,230
Thank you, Your Honor.

447
00:27:46,470 --> 00:27:49,900
You found this article in your husband's
death drawer, did you not?

448
00:27:50,010 --> 00:27:51,060
Yes.

449
00:27:51,250 --> 00:27:56,890
Would you please read the first line on
the second paragraph for the court?

450
00:27:57,730 --> 00:27:59,430
Please, read it, Ms. Lafferty.

451
00:28:04,210 --> 00:28:09,109
Sometimes victims of sudden infant death
syndrome will appear to have suffered

452
00:28:09,110 --> 00:28:10,160
from suffocation.

453
00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:11,520
And the next line.

454
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:19,639
And efforts to resuscitate can end up
bruising the infant, giving rise to

455
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:20,690
abuse allegations.

456
00:28:20,820 --> 00:28:26,979
Did it occur to you that your husband,
after reading this article, came up with

457
00:28:26,980 --> 00:28:28,780
the idea of suffocating your child?

458
00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:29,990
Objection!

459
00:28:30,540 --> 00:28:32,830
Sustained. All right, I'll put it
another way.

460
00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:37,120
As a result of your husband going in to
check on the baby that night, alone,

461
00:28:37,121 --> 00:28:41,869
As a result of you finding that article
in his drawer, an article that predated

462
00:28:41,870 --> 00:28:46,469
the death of your son by two weeks, as a
result of his wishing aloud to you for

463
00:28:46,470 --> 00:28:50,469
the death of your baby, you have now
come to the conclusion that your husband

464
00:28:50,470 --> 00:28:52,880
killed your child, haven't you, Mrs.
Lafferty?

465
00:28:54,390 --> 00:28:55,440
Haven't you?

466
00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:02,389
I'm sorry, Wayne. I don't know anymore.
I want to believe you, but I just don't

467
00:29:02,390 --> 00:29:03,440
know.

468
00:29:03,790 --> 00:29:06,830
Your Honor, I move for an immediate
mistrial.

469
00:29:07,820 --> 00:29:10,380
Denied. I just don't know what to think.

470
00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:20,119
You suckered me. I didn't sucker you.
This whole thing unfolded last night. We

471
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,499
met for 20 minutes this morning before
going into court. You told me none of

472
00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:25,559
this. I couldn't tell you. Now, come on,
John. I am her lawyer. You're his.

473
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,959
We have to protect our clients. From the
beginning, our defenses were common.

474
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,139
They were joint. Now you sell me out,
you son of a bitch. Hey, look, I didn't

475
00:29:31,140 --> 00:29:32,699
know things were going to turn out like
this.

476
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:35,959
But I had no choice. I had to do it this
way. If I would have told you, I would

477
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,479
have been violating privilege. I would
have been undermining my client's

478
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,340
interests. I did what I had to do, okay?

479
00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:42,370
Good. Now I'm going to do what I have to
do.

480
00:29:44,060 --> 00:29:45,110
Come on, Wayne.

481
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:48,560
Wayne, let's go.

482
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,000
The first exercise is called the hand
caress.

483
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:07,340
The object here is to establish intimacy
without establishing sex.

484
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:08,940
I'd like you to try this.

485
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:15,450
Like this?

486
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:16,970
Good.

487
00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:20,260
Now try to be just a little more
rhythmic.

488
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,079
Now contemporaneously, along with the
caress, I'd like to continue our

489
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:28,130
discussion.

490
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:30,090
Move along.

491
00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:38,660
As I said, it's not the holding hands or
hugging that debilitate me.

492
00:30:39,140 --> 00:30:43,340
It's always been after we're disrobed.

493
00:30:43,740 --> 00:30:46,500
Right at that point, I become excited.

494
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,080
You both have been man and wife for a
long time.

495
00:30:50,740 --> 00:30:55,199
The prospect of having sex with another
woman could cause you to become

496
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,620
overridden with guilt.

497
00:30:56,860 --> 00:30:57,910
I doubt it.

498
00:30:57,980 --> 00:31:00,630
I had no trouble cheating on her when we
were married.

499
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:01,890
I see.

500
00:31:02,180 --> 00:31:03,660
It's almost chemical.

501
00:31:04,270 --> 00:31:07,610
As soon as I see a naked woman, I get
nervous.

502
00:31:08,090 --> 00:31:09,140
I get gas.

503
00:31:09,850 --> 00:31:10,970
You get gas.

504
00:31:12,030 --> 00:31:18,650
It varies with my diet, but yes. And
then, as soon as I experience a

505
00:31:18,770 --> 00:31:20,230
I almost black out.

506
00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:21,670
This can't be normal.

507
00:31:22,430 --> 00:31:24,830
Anxieties are neither normal or
abnormal.

508
00:31:25,390 --> 00:31:27,770
But nudity makes my knees wobble.

509
00:31:28,050 --> 00:31:29,530
What the hell is going on?

510
00:31:29,890 --> 00:31:31,150
I'm not quite sure.

511
00:31:31,980 --> 00:31:34,570
But you know, there's only one way for
us to find out.

512
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:39,780
Tomorrow, two o 'clock, you and I are
going to get naked.

513
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:49,740
Peter Heimson is the best toxologist in
the state. With him testifying for us,

514
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:51,440
our stock goes way up.

515
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:57,559
Great. Okay, to the facts. Now, you had
a glass of wine minutes before leaving

516
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:58,719
the restaurant, right?

517
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:03,539
Well, I had wine with lunch, so I guess
it was... Yes, but timing is very

518
00:32:03,540 --> 00:32:05,340
important. Let me explain something.

519
00:32:05,540 --> 00:32:09,659
It takes 30 minutes for a drink to get
into your bloodstream. That means that

520
00:32:09,660 --> 00:32:13,139
you had a glass of wine just before you
got into your car, our expert witness

521
00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:16,919
could testify that it wasn't in your
system when you were arrested. He could

522
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,499
testify that even though your blood
alcohol level was 0 .9 when you took the

523
00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:24,719
breathalyzer 50 minutes later, that it
was actually much lower when you were

524
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:25,770
behind the wheel.

525
00:32:26,380 --> 00:32:28,060
This is very important testimony.

526
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:34,279
But if you had that drink over lunch,
say, half an hour before driving, that

527
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,320
argument wouldn't be available to us.

528
00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:43,420
So, when do you think you had that last
glass of wine?

529
00:32:46,980 --> 00:32:48,760
He drank it right before we left.

530
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,040
You willing to testify to this?

531
00:32:52,020 --> 00:32:53,440
Yes. Good.

532
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:55,570
Very good.

533
00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:57,750
Excuse me.

534
00:32:58,669 --> 00:33:00,890
Rosalind. I just spoke with Judge
Matthews.

535
00:33:01,710 --> 00:33:03,410
He will be in Division 3.

536
00:33:03,730 --> 00:33:04,780
Thank you.

537
00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:05,900
Thank you, Rosalind.

538
00:33:06,590 --> 00:33:07,790
And he's a fair judge.

539
00:33:08,350 --> 00:33:09,830
I just hope it all works out.

540
00:33:10,610 --> 00:33:11,660
So, what now?

541
00:33:11,661 --> 00:33:15,569
Well, I put all of this together, I take
it to the district attorney, and I hope

542
00:33:15,570 --> 00:33:17,250
that I make this whole mess go away.

543
00:33:17,930 --> 00:33:18,980
Good.

544
00:33:19,510 --> 00:33:20,560
Good.

545
00:33:21,070 --> 00:33:22,120
Good.

546
00:33:22,690 --> 00:33:24,550
I remind you, you're still under oath.

547
00:33:24,910 --> 00:33:25,960
Mr. Lafferty.

548
00:33:25,961 --> 00:33:29,509
Would it be safe to say your wife's
testimony comes as some surprise?

549
00:33:29,510 --> 00:33:30,610
Yes, completely.

550
00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:33,880
Did you cause the death of your son,
Stephen Lafferty?

551
00:33:33,881 --> 00:33:37,549
Of course not. Can you think of any
reason why your wife would accuse you?

552
00:33:37,550 --> 00:33:40,680
There's only one reason I can think of.
What might that be, sir?

553
00:33:42,430 --> 00:33:43,530
She must have done it.

554
00:33:43,531 --> 00:33:49,669
This isn't simply the best defense, it's
a good offense, is it, sir? No, it's

555
00:33:49,670 --> 00:33:50,629
not, no, sir.

556
00:33:50,630 --> 00:33:52,570
It's... First of all, I...

557
00:33:54,090 --> 00:33:56,920
I never checked on the baby that night
before 11 o 'clock.

558
00:33:56,921 --> 00:34:01,809
I did leave the house once when she
asked me to get her a footstool from the

559
00:34:01,810 --> 00:34:05,929
garage. A footstool? What she wanted it
for, I don't know, in the middle of the

560
00:34:05,930 --> 00:34:08,389
movie. But I left the house.

561
00:34:08,390 --> 00:34:12,169
Giving her time and opportunity to do
whatever she wanted. Objection!

562
00:34:12,170 --> 00:34:15,609
Overruled. What about that newspaper
article she found in your desk drawer?

563
00:34:15,610 --> 00:34:17,989
That... that was never in the drawer.

564
00:34:17,990 --> 00:34:21,928
After we were arrested, the police
searched all through the house. They

565
00:34:21,929 --> 00:34:22,979
through my drawers.

566
00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:24,509
They never found the article.

567
00:34:24,510 --> 00:34:27,468
During the course of your marriage, sir,
did your wife ever require psychiatric

568
00:34:27,469 --> 00:34:28,870
care? Yes.

569
00:34:29,429 --> 00:34:33,689
She suffered terrible depression on
account of the child, and she was seeing

570
00:34:33,690 --> 00:34:36,428
psychiatrist. Did she ever tell you why
she was seeing this doctor?

571
00:34:36,429 --> 00:34:37,479
Yes.

572
00:34:37,870 --> 00:34:42,770
She felt there was something wrong with
her because she couldn't love her child,

573
00:34:42,909 --> 00:34:46,650
because she hated the son she gave birth
to.

574
00:34:48,150 --> 00:34:50,010
And that's why I looked into adoption.

575
00:34:50,011 --> 00:34:52,908
because I was afraid she couldn't handle
this.

576
00:34:52,909 --> 00:34:56,049
Your Honor, Dr. Peter Wolper has invoked
the doctor -patient privilege and

577
00:34:56,050 --> 00:34:57,100
refuses to testify.

578
00:34:57,101 --> 00:35:00,809
However, he does confirm by declaration
that he did, in fact, treat Mrs.

579
00:35:00,810 --> 00:35:04,480
Lafferty in the weeks immediately
preceding and following the child's

580
00:35:04,890 --> 00:35:05,940
Sir,

581
00:35:07,170 --> 00:35:10,290
did you think your wife had killed your
son?

582
00:35:10,530 --> 00:35:11,580
Of course not.

583
00:35:12,170 --> 00:35:14,030
How could I? This is the woman I love.

584
00:35:14,830 --> 00:35:17,010
For now, I can't.

585
00:35:17,230 --> 00:35:19,280
I can't believe she could have done
this.

586
00:35:20,710 --> 00:35:24,910
But I... I think... I think she's gone
crazy.

587
00:35:25,110 --> 00:35:26,330
Objection, Your Honor.

588
00:35:26,830 --> 00:35:29,490
Sustained. The last remark is stricken.

589
00:35:45,350 --> 00:35:46,670
Give me a break.

590
00:35:47,070 --> 00:35:49,430
Well, this is not a bribe. I just don't
like...

591
00:35:49,431 --> 00:35:51,679
Plea bargaining and dreary rules, that's
all.

592
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,180
I had to bring you up on charges.

593
00:35:53,420 --> 00:35:55,380
I have three little words for you.

594
00:35:57,300 --> 00:35:58,350
.09.

595
00:35:58,351 --> 00:36:01,479
That's not even enough to be charged in
another state.

596
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:05,559
But he was driving in this state, and in
California, the legal limit is .08. So

597
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:09,079
that means... Yeah, yeah, but it's
rebuttable. He passed two field sobriety

598
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,379
tests. I got a witness who says he
passed all four. Which witness happens

599
00:36:12,380 --> 00:36:13,079
his wife?

600
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,200
Ellen, I need this.

601
00:36:16,940 --> 00:36:19,200
Now, Stuart Markowitz is a friend.

602
00:36:19,201 --> 00:36:20,419
He's a good man.

603
00:36:20,420 --> 00:36:25,260
He's a respected attorney with no
record. Ellen, I need this one.

604
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,140
I'll give you a wet reckless.

605
00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,670
Come on, the insurance companies still
go crazy with that.

606
00:36:33,740 --> 00:36:34,790
Dry reckless.

607
00:36:36,340 --> 00:36:39,830
I got a witness who says he took his
last drink just before he got in his

608
00:36:40,020 --> 00:36:42,120
I got the best toxicologist in the
state.

609
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:44,880
I got Judge Matthews.

610
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,720
You've got .09.

611
00:36:49,070 --> 00:36:51,270
Why do you want to bother with this?

612
00:36:51,610 --> 00:36:53,810
Try reckless, but you owe me big.

613
00:36:55,330 --> 00:36:56,890
I owe you very big.

614
00:36:57,430 --> 00:37:01,050
Get out of here with your stupid
flowers. You're gonna get me in trouble.

615
00:37:03,090 --> 00:37:04,140
Thank you.

616
00:37:14,870 --> 00:37:18,150
And he never suspected her until she
testified against him.

617
00:37:18,151 --> 00:37:20,579
And suddenly he has to come up with a
new defense.

618
00:37:20,580 --> 00:37:26,659
And the only one he can offer up to
refute her compelling testimony was that

619
00:37:26,660 --> 00:37:27,710
must have done it.

620
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,720
Out of desperation, in the 11th hour, he
blames her.

621
00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:38,130
But I want you to remember, ladies and
gentlemen, who came forward first.

622
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:39,650
She did.

623
00:37:40,740 --> 00:37:46,240
And remember that he was the one who
tried to give away his child.

624
00:37:47,050 --> 00:37:52,969
He was the one who openly admitted to
his best friend that he wished his son

625
00:37:52,970 --> 00:37:54,020
were dead.

626
00:37:54,390 --> 00:38:00,750
The bruises on that child's chest
matched his thumbprints.

627
00:38:03,810 --> 00:38:06,520
Wayne Lafferty killed his son, ladies
and gentlemen.

628
00:38:07,110 --> 00:38:10,250
He read that newspaper article and he
came up with the idea.

629
00:38:10,850 --> 00:38:16,610
And as much as Elizabeth Lafferty loved
this man, she simply...

630
00:38:16,890 --> 00:38:19,210
could not ignore that awful truth.

631
00:38:20,190 --> 00:38:22,360
And neither can you, ladies and
gentlemen.

632
00:38:25,710 --> 00:38:26,760
Neither can you.

633
00:38:39,950 --> 00:38:44,509
She was the one who was in such a
depression over this baby that she had

634
00:38:44,510 --> 00:38:45,560
psychiatric help.

635
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,999
She was the one who sent her husband out
to the garage that night, giving her

636
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,320
time alone with the infant.

637
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,739
She's the one who suddenly comes up with
the smoking gun article that police

638
00:38:56,740 --> 00:38:58,480
detectives somehow couldn't find.

639
00:38:58,540 --> 00:39:02,539
And after she comes to the so -called
conclusion that her husband killed the

640
00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:05,440
child, where did she sleep that night?

641
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:08,210
With him.

642
00:39:08,260 --> 00:39:13,220
The night before her surprising
testimony, she is in bed with him.

643
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,430
If she really thought that this man
killed her son,

644
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:18,570
Her son.

645
00:39:20,220 --> 00:39:22,390
Would she be sleeping next to him at
night?

646
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,480
This is one smart, calculating criminal,
ladies and gentlemen.

647
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:32,979
She killed the baby, then pretended to
cooperate with her husband at trial in

648
00:39:32,980 --> 00:39:35,690
order to sink him at a time when it was
too late to react.

649
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,090
She did it.

650
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,400
She killed her son.

651
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,790
And she's trying to frame an innocent
man.

652
00:39:56,870 --> 00:39:58,980
Wow. You know what they've just done
here?

653
00:40:00,110 --> 00:40:03,110
They have conspired to create reasonable
doubt.

654
00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:08,170
He says she did it. She says he did it.
They confuse us all.

655
00:40:08,790 --> 00:40:10,770
And we've got reasonable doubt for both.

656
00:40:11,390 --> 00:40:15,629
This was a masterpiece, ladies and
gentlemen. Yet maybe one of the most

657
00:40:15,630 --> 00:40:20,209
ingenious defense strategies I've ever
seen because they think if we can't

658
00:40:20,210 --> 00:40:21,830
figure out which of the two did it...

659
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,400
They both have to go free.

660
00:40:27,460 --> 00:40:29,900
Don't be fooled, ladies and gentlemen.

661
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,779
They came forward with their sudden
infant death syndrome defense, a defense

662
00:40:34,780 --> 00:40:37,400
which in and of itself is appalling.

663
00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:43,999
SIDS is a real tragedy. It affects
thousands of babies every year, and they

664
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,740
using it as a device to commit a murder.

665
00:40:48,580 --> 00:40:51,230
And when that device suddenly falls
apart for them?

666
00:40:51,290 --> 00:40:54,900
They suddenly shift strategy, start to
point the fingers at each other.

667
00:40:55,490 --> 00:40:57,270
They both deserve Oscars.

668
00:40:58,050 --> 00:40:59,670
But they're both liars.

669
00:40:59,930 --> 00:41:00,980
Both killers.

670
00:41:01,570 --> 00:41:04,450
And they deserve guilty verdicts as
well.

671
00:41:06,510 --> 00:41:08,230
They're laughing at you right now.

672
00:41:10,130 --> 00:41:12,270
Don't give them the last laugh.

673
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:26,520
This is a little excruciating.

674
00:41:26,521 --> 00:41:30,239
It's really important that you feel
comfortable with this, Douglas.

675
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,340
Are you feeling any nausea right now?

676
00:41:33,420 --> 00:41:34,480
I think I'm okay.

677
00:41:34,860 --> 00:41:38,280
Good. Now I'd like you to stare at my
breasts.

678
00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:40,150
Really?

679
00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:44,839
One of the things we want to get from
this exercise is we want to remove some

680
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:49,220
the sensitization that society has built
up around certain body parts.

681
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:51,370
Okay.

682
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,280
Good. Very good.

683
00:41:54,860 --> 00:41:56,100
You're doing fine.

684
00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:01,020
Now tell me, exactly what are you
thinking at this moment?

685
00:42:01,021 --> 00:42:02,599
The truth?

686
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:03,259
Mm -hmm.

687
00:42:03,260 --> 00:42:05,060
I'm hoping I don't become flatulent.

688
00:42:05,540 --> 00:42:07,300
Okay. That's fair.

689
00:42:08,740 --> 00:42:13,759
Now tell me, did you and Sheila look at
each other's body parts when you were

690
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:14,810
making love?

691
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:16,460
You were usually dark.

692
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,940
Does looking at me remind you of her?

693
00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:22,340
Not even remotely.

694
00:42:23,410 --> 00:42:26,890
Great. Douglas, I think you're doing
fantastic.

695
00:42:29,370 --> 00:42:30,950
I'd like to try something.

696
00:42:31,450 --> 00:42:32,500
All right?

697
00:42:32,610 --> 00:42:33,660
What?

698
00:42:33,990 --> 00:42:35,370
I'm going to kiss you.

699
00:42:36,170 --> 00:42:38,110
Just a soft kiss.

700
00:42:38,850 --> 00:42:40,610
No hugging or groping.

701
00:42:41,250 --> 00:42:42,710
Just a small kiss.

702
00:42:43,670 --> 00:42:45,970
Do you think I'm ready? I'm a little
queasy.

703
00:42:46,350 --> 00:42:47,470
Let's give it a try.

704
00:42:47,810 --> 00:42:48,860
Okay?

705
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:01,740
Don't be afraid now.

706
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,480
I'm going to touch you with my tongue.

707
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,600
Just unclench your jaw a little bit.

708
00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:19,960
Oh, dear.

709
00:43:21,460 --> 00:43:22,510
Stuart?

710
00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:24,890
I just talked to Michael. That's
fantastic.

711
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:26,520
Yeah, isn't that great?

712
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:31,459
Straight, reckless, no one to the
influence, over and done with. Yeah,

713
00:43:31,460 --> 00:43:32,510
done with.

714
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:33,640
So what's the matter?

715
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:35,570
I was guilty.

716
00:43:36,380 --> 00:43:40,160
Stuart, you weren't drunk. I was there.
Remember, you were not drunk.

717
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:41,960
I had three glasses of wine.

718
00:43:42,580 --> 00:43:44,810
It's not what you can call completely
sober.

719
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:48,250
I was lucky.

720
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,290
I was lucky I had Mike Kuzak, who knows
how to work the system.

721
00:43:52,580 --> 00:43:54,990
And I was lucky I had Rosalind, who
knows a judge.

722
00:43:54,991 --> 00:43:59,109
And I was lucky I had three grand so I
could buy the best expert witness money

723
00:43:59,110 --> 00:44:00,160
could buy.

724
00:44:00,161 --> 00:44:03,689
I was real lucky some kid wasn't running
across the street when I barreled

725
00:44:03,690 --> 00:44:06,189
through that intersection with my little
buzz on.

726
00:44:06,190 --> 00:44:11,009
Stuart. You know the difference between
me and some drunk you read about in the

727
00:44:11,010 --> 00:44:12,450
newspaper who kills people?

728
00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:14,400
You said I'm lucky.

729
00:44:23,210 --> 00:44:24,260
Madam Foreman.

730
00:44:24,261 --> 00:44:26,149
Has the jury reached its verdict?

731
00:44:26,150 --> 00:44:27,200
We have, Your Honor.

732
00:44:40,470 --> 00:44:42,150
Will the defendants please rise?

733
00:44:42,151 --> 00:44:49,009
In the matter of the people versus Wayne
Lafferty, criminal complaint number

734
00:44:49,010 --> 00:44:52,810
6239, we, the jury, find the defendant
not guilty.

735
00:44:52,811 --> 00:44:56,949
In the matter of the people versus
Elizabeth Lafferty, criminal complaint

736
00:44:56,950 --> 00:45:01,030
6240, we, the jury, find the defendant
not guilty.

737
00:45:01,750 --> 00:45:03,690
So say you all on both questions?

738
00:45:03,691 --> 00:45:07,369
Yes, Your Honor, so say us all. Members
of the jury, thank you for your time and

739
00:45:07,370 --> 00:45:10,250
service. This matter is concluded. You
are dismissed.

740
00:45:10,990 --> 00:45:12,040
You're adjourned.

741
00:45:21,290 --> 00:45:23,250
Any chance for reconciliation?

742
00:45:23,830 --> 00:45:25,010
So what now?

743
00:45:25,011 --> 00:45:26,499
What's the point?

744
00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:31,050
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