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When you're alone, when you're alone
Harm.
Hey.
What brings you to town? I guess reserved duty puts you in civilian
Personal business.
Oh, well, you want to talk about it over lunch? I have time. I'll make a call.
Is there a problem?
You know my father murdered my mother.
Yeah, he's doing a life sentence.
In Leavenworth.
Leavenworth? He was a Navy captain.
I just found out a certain JAG attorney convinced an appellate court to grant
him a new trial.
Teresa, I didn't know that Captain Chaddock was your father.
I found my mother's body. I'm all over the transcripts. But you listed his
daughter as a victim. You don't even have the same last name as your father.
That was ten years ago. Why are you doing this?
Your father's defense attorney was 26 years old. It was his first murder
He conducted ineffective cross -examination. He failed to interview key
witnesses. It doesn't matter, Harm. He was guilty then, and he's guilty now.
You weren't there, Teresa.
Well, neither were you.
I've written her so many times in the past 10 years, I've lost count.
She never wrote back. She never called.
I'm dead to her.
Not anymore, Captain.
Teresa's aware of the retrial, sir.
She's asked me to drop the cape.
She thinks I'm guilty.
Has she convinced you?
Sir, I'm convinced that you didn't get a fair trial the first time.
Well, I can't blame her.
Letting the stress of my command eat me alive.
Trading my family for a bottle.
And my two biggest regrets.
Abusing my wife and forcing Teresa to hate me.
Captain, your daughter's a forensic pathologist.
She's worked on a couple of cases with me.
We have become quite close, sir.
What are you trying to say to me? That you two are... Captain, we're just
friends.
But...
Oh. Worried about a conflict of interest. Still aren't you, sir? No.
You're a principled man.
If anything, you'd overcompensate.
You've given me hope, Commander.
Don't jump ship on me now.
He's playing you.
I've known this man for 33 years.
Well, you've known him for 23 years, actually. You haven't seen him in the
10.
Have you considered paying him a visit?
No. Why not?
Look, there was a time that I loved my father.
I won't let him trade on that.
I understand how you feel.
And do you understand how he feels?
He needs my support.
I'm the prosecution's chief witness.
I'm going to defend him, Teresa.
What?
I can't just walk away. I brought him this far.
What about me?
I've been there for you.
I'm sorry.
Irene!
Oh, come in.
What a pleasant surprise. Nice to see you. Please, have a seat.
You look great.
Oh, thank you, Admiral.
Are you all right?
Oh, God, this isn't easy for me.
But at my father's funeral, you did say that if I ever needed any help, I
shouldn't hesitate to ask.
And I meant it. Your father said the same thing to me when I transferred into
the JAG Corps.
And did you ever take him up on it, sir?
More times than I care to count.
What can I do for you?
There's an empty plot next to my mom and dad in Arlington, and I'd like to
reserve it for myself.
Okay.
Have you talked to anyone in the Arlington administration?
Oh, yes, sir.
They told me that sites can't be reserved.
And since my family plot is already filled, my only options are
an assigned site or cremation.
And you thought I could talk to someone?
Oh, this is presumptuous of me, sir. I'm sorry.
No, no, no. Let me think. Let me think.
Um... I hope this doesn't sound insensitive on my part, but Irene, you
a young woman. Why deal with this now? Why not concentrate on the life ahead of
you?
That would be three months, sir.
I've been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Hey, Mac, haven't seen you all morning.
Reading. I heard your retrial involves Commander Coulter's father.
Yeah, one of those moments where two lives intersect, there's not a traffic
light in sight.
How's she taking it?
About as you'd expect.
Bud's been assigned second chair.
Good, I could use the help.
You really think you can turn this one around?
Yeah, it's all circumstantial, Meg.
Yeah, but the circumstances lay out.
How would you know?
Just finished scanning the trial summary.
Why?
I've been assigned prosecution.
Welcome to Arlington National Cemetery. We are open 365 days of the year. A menu
of options follows.
Press 1 to schedule an internment or inurnment. Press 2 for graveside
Press 3.
Press 1 to schedule an inurnment. Press 2 to schedule a ground burial.
Intermittent processing.
Please provide the following information. Speak slowly and clearly.
What are the last four digits of your social security number?
9852.
What is your height?
Six foot three inches.
How deep would you like your plot?
What?
When... will you be expecting to need it?
Good God.
That's it there.
42.
Uh, Captain French, in the transcripts of the first trial, you testified that
you heard an argument coming from the Chaddock quarters the day that Ellen
Chaddock died?
Yes, we were billeted across the way.
Now, I realize it was ten years ago, sir, but...
Can you recall anything other than the argument, anything that might have
suggested a struggle?
A week earlier, but not on that day.
Captain, was this typical behavior for the Chaddocks?
Actually, Captain Chaddock did most of the shouting.
In fact, that was the only time I ever heard Ellen raise her voice, except when
she yelled at her son -in -law.
Something happened with the son -in -law, sir?
Yes. I saw them screaming at each other right in front of her door there.
You remember when that was, Captain? That was the day before.
The murder?
Yes. I wasn't the only one who witnessed it either.
A repairman from Public Works was in their house at the time.
Captain, why didn't you reveal this before, sir?
I did.
I informed the Naval Investigative Service when they first interviewed me.
They didn't seem interested.
Why do you want to talk to my ex -husband? Did he call you? For the first
in nine years.
You know, he was seen arguing with your mother the day before she was murdered.
You're not going to try to pin this on Rory.
Look, Commander, I'm just digging a little deeper. It's something your
first attorney didn't do.
No, you're not digging. You're building.
You're really going to try to make something out of this.
The NIS sat on it the first time around, ma 'am. We assume it was because they
figured they had their suspect and didn't want to clutter the field.
Look, it was nothing.
I told my mother that I might be moving. Rory might be taking a job out of town.
She was upset. She thought she'd never see me again.
He came over to borrow the lawnmower, and she just laid into him. Commander.
you know why he left me?
My grief was too much for him.
This is why your theory doesn't work. He could never have done it. He was weak.
Rory doesn't confront his problems. He runs from them.
Word of warning, Commander. I would not divulge unsolicited information to the
defense. Oh, that's very clever.
Refer to yourself in the third person so you don't have to make it personal.
This isn't personal.
It's professional.
The two are not mutually exclusive.
Well, in this case, they have to be.
Harm, if you value our friendship, you'll drop Rory as a suspect.
Get his address, bud.
Her mother was upset because of this job I wanted to take.
What was it?
The assistant head of security for a computer company in California.
Big step up for me.
And what did she say to you?
That there was no way she was going to let me take her daughter that far away.
Well, how did she plan to stop you, Mr. Coulter?
She said she had ways.
Did you believe her?
Not really.
Then why didn't you take the job?
They changed their mind, offered it to someone else.
You have a criminal record?
I stole a car when I was 18.
Did you put that on the application?
What is this?
I just think it would be of interest to somebody in a position of hiring a
member of a security team, that's all. I made up for my mistakes by working
hard. I had three letters of recommendation.
Did Mrs. Chaddock know about the record?
I guess.
Maybe that's what she meant by she had ways to stop you. She was threatening to
call the company and tell them.
You did call the company and tell them, didn't you, Mr. Coulter? That's why they
withdrew the job offer.
I don't know what happened.
Mr. Coulter, where were you on the day that your mother -in -law was murdered?
Am I a suspect here?
Just answer the question, Mr. Coulter.
I think I need a lawyer.
This stinks.
Well, that shook him up, huh?
He's a credible suspect, sir.
Motive, no alibi.
And no jacket.
Mr. Coulter. What?
Hey, if he wants it, he'll come back for it.
Sir, your seat is here.
You have an age today.
It's your mother's genes.
She always looked younger than she was.
Sir.
Is this it?
You're never going to speak to me again?
I'll say something.
Even if it's to damn me to hell.
One.
Captain Shattuck had a documented history of drunkenness.
Two,
when he was drinking, he threatened his wife with violence.
Three, Ellen Chaddock kicked him out of their house one week prior to her death
for physically assaulting her.
Four, Captain Chaddock returned, he and Ellen fought, and an eyewitness saw him
leaving his house one hour before she was found dead of massive head trauma.
In short, Captain Thomas Chaddock was a troubled, out -of -control officer.
who murdered his wife in a drunken rage.
The government's case is based purely on circumstantial evidence. There is no
proof that Captain Chaddock had been drinking on the day of Ellen Chaddock's
murder. There's no eyewitness to a murder, not even to an assault.
It's all inference.
There is no case.
Captain Chaddock is not the man responsible for his wife's murder.
There was a general ruckus.
Him yelling, her yelling back.
I heard nothing for a minute or two, and then I saw the captain exit the house.
At approximately what time, sir?
It was about 1545.
What condition was he in, captain?
He was drunk.
Did he say anything at this point, sir?
Yes. He yelled, you happy now?
And then he got in his car and drove off.
And what did you assume he meant by that?
Objection called for speculation.
What's the thing?
I'll rephrase.
Sir, what was the tone of Captain Chaddock's voice at the time he yelled
remark? Angry.
Self -satisfied.
Like he'd made his point, sir? Yes.
Thank you. You're a witness.
Sir, how close were you to Captain Chaddock when he left his house?
I was about 50 feet or so.
Could you smell his breath?
Of course not.
Then how did you know he was drunk, Captain?
Well, he usually was.
Move to strike, Your Honor.
The members will ignore the witness's last comment.
Captain, you stated that Captain Chaddock seemed angry and self
he yelled, You're happy now.
That's right.
Now, sir, couldn't he have been indicating in a petulant way that in
with his wife's wishes he would stop bothering her and be out of her life?
I don't know.
I suppose.
What did you do after you saw Captain Chaddock drive off, sir?
Well, I was building a train set in the den.
I went inside to work on it. So you saw and heard nothing from this point on?
That's correct.
Kevin, did you witness an argument the day before between Ellen Chaddock and
son -in -law, Rory Coulter?
Yes. Do you know what that argument was about, sir?
Well, I was pulling up in my car at the time. I didn't hear what was being said,
but they were upset at each other.
Now, how would you describe your son -in -law's attitude, sir?
Angry.
Hostile? Very.
No further questions, John.
The House and Senate are deadlocked over eligibility criteria at Arlington.
Until they can agree, everything's up in the air.
And in the meantime?
The person can file a special written request after the death of the person in
question. Well, the individual in this case is the person in question.
Well, the family can do it.
Her family, namely the mother and father, are both dead.
They are the ones next to whom she'd like to be buried.
I'm afraid those are the rules.
They don't work.
Apparently not in this case. Apparently not in any case where the individual has
to file a request posthumously.
Admiral, I'm failing to see where I can... Where's the site?
What's the name?
Admiral Leslie Charlton.
Charlton.
Okay.
You want to come with me?
Admiral Charlton lies there.
Well, it's the one next to it, the one in red. That's the one she wants.
Oh, that site's occupied.
No, it's not.
She's been there. There's no marker.
I can only tell you what the chart says.
You can tell me the truth or I'll walk out there with a spade and check it out
myself.
It's been reserved.
Well, isn't there a no reservation policy?
Yes, there is.
So, who's Lucky Stiff?
Admiral, I'm not in a position to reveal that.
Exactly what position will make you change your mind?
Lieutenant Commander Coulter, are you related to the victim and the accused?
The victim was my mother.
The accused is my father.
Would you tell us about your mother's relationship with your father?
My father started drinking when I was in junior high.
At first, he would just come home and crash.
But by the time I turned 18, he was berating my mother on a daily basis.
The day that I graduated from college, he spent the whole day insulting her.
And that night, she told him to shut up.
And he pointed his finger in her face and said that if she ever said that
he'd kill her.
What happened the week before your mother died?
She called me to tell me that my father had assaulted her and she'd kicked him
out of the house.
Were you afraid for her?
Yes, I went to see her every day after that to check up.
Is that why you were there the day you found her body?
Yes. Thank you.
No more questions.
Lieutenant Commander Coulter, you were married to Rory Coulter at the time of
your mother's death?
Yes. And prior to that, did you tell her that Mr. Coulter had accepted a job in
California and that you'd be leaving town?
Commander?
Yes.
How would you characterize the relationship between your mother and
at that time?
They didn't get along.
Thank you.
Mac, we need to talk.
Not about desperate theories.
It's the real thing, then.
It's misdirection, gentlemen.
May I remind you, Colonel, there was an unidentified hair found on Alan
Shattuck's body.
The operative word being unidentified.
But the hair was a direct DNA match to a hair that we found on Rory Coulter's
jacket.
Drop the charges, Colonel. They won't stick.
Rory Coulter's hair on Ellen Shattuck's body proves nothing.
If we assume that Ellen Shattuck had a shower that morning, it indicates that
Coulter was at the house that day. Only if he'd never been there before.
He was their son -in -law.
There was a bathroom near the bedroom. I'm sure he used it more than once.
The hair could have been there for days, weeks on a cushion or a towel.
Ma 'am, you have to admit, we have as much, if not more, circumstantial
to support our theory as you do.
If you're that confident.
Prove it in court.
Commander, Lieutenant, I have that information you requested on that
Petty Officer Ramon Arguente was assigned to Chaddock residence on August
1989.
Problem is, he was discharged in 1994.
I do, however, have a fax on the work order from that day.
We need the man, not the paper, Gunny.
I have three addresses since then, sir. Last known, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1998.
And the landlord said he headed north.
Let me see that.
Yes, sir.
Work order to replace a propane heating unit.
I suppose there's a note in there about him witnessing an argument to you.
Excuse me, Admiral. I wasn't able to get General Piper's phone number, sir, but
this is his address.
Thank you, Turner.
Civilian on deck.
Hi, hi, come in, come in.
Dr. Sidney Walden, this is my yeoman, Petty Officer Jason Tyner.
We've talked, ma 'am.
If there's anything you want, coffee, water, soft drinks, just let me know.
I'm fine for now.
Why don't I get all three, ma 'am, in case you change your mind?
Sir?
You look luminous.
And you look vigorous.
Are you free for lunch?
Bigger question.
Dinner, Saturday night.
New restaurant in Fairfax.
Tuscan cuisine.
Now, I know we officially don't have a date, but... We do now.
Adels, did we... Well, excuse me, sir, this can wait. No, no, no.
Uh, Dr.
Sidney Walden, uh, this is Commander Harmon Rabb.
I've heard so much about you, Commander.
You must be the... doctor.
Hasn't that been established?
Yeah, I'm sorry, ma 'am, just a little preoccupied.
It's a pleasure to meet you, and, uh, well, I trust this won't be the last
Well, let's make sure of that.
I understand you're seeing someone.
Maybe the four of us can socialize at some point. Oh, I'll look forward to
Sure.
Mr. Coulter, I'm Lieutenant Colonel Sarah McKenzie.
I'm prosecuting Captain Chaddock's murder trial.
I can't talk to you.
But just a few minutes.
I have an attorney now. These are his rules.
It's in both our interests. Your story helps me counter the defense theory.
You're a prosecutor. You can file charges on me.
It's a military trial, Mr. Coulter. What's to stop a civilian trial? It's in
the papers.
The district attorney's office would have to get involved. I haven't heard a
peep from him. Sorry.
Will you talk to someone else
Take
as much
time as you need
Here
It's all right. Okay.
How are you?
Did you kill my mother?
No, Teresa.
Then why are you acting like you did?
I'm just trying to protect myself. Things are getting out of hand.
I remember that job meant a lot to you. Enough to kill someone?
I know you didn't like her, Rory. Because she didn't like me.
All I know is once she was gone, so were you.
Hey, who's been talking to you? Your dad killed your mother. You know it. I know
it. And with God's help, the members of that jury will know it.
When did you find God?
Right after I found out I was a suspect.
You look tired.
So do you.
Sounds familiar, huh?
I didn't know a party was going on. Please tell the general. Admiral.
Welcome. What, you didn't bring a wife?
I'm not married.
That's right.
Someone I've never met.
Bad timing, General. Maybe I should contact you. No, no, no.
Not until you wish me a happy retirement and I get you a glass of 18 -year -old
scotch.
Two fingers of Locklear.
General.
I turn my back for one second.
Marjorie. Yes.
Meet Admiral A .J. Chickman.
Nice to meet you, Admiral.
The general promised me a dance, but apparently he's forgotten.
I'm just greeting my guests, Marjorie.
Say, would it be an imposition if I asked you to prepare a plate of food for
Admiral?
It'll cost.
I'll be right back.
She's been on the hunt ever since her husband died.
What can I do for you, Admiral?
Well, General, this is incredibly awkward, but the daughter of an old
mine has a terminal illness.
Both he and his wife are buried at Arlington, and she's requested the plot
to her parents.
Understandable. That plot has been promised to you.
Well, I'm old enough to predate the no -reservation policy, Admiral.
As a view of the sunset, you know.
About seemed like a good idea at the time.
Frankly, I can't think of anything less interesting right now than dying.
Well, General, I don't want you to think I'm applying pressure to you in any
way.
Of course I do.
I'll relinquish my rights to the superintendent.
Thank you, sir. If you do me one favor.
By all means.
Come back.
This is about Commander Coulter. It's about Rory Coulter. Well, I don't want
discuss him. He's your suspect, not mine. He's everybody's suspect now,
His lawyer just called.
He skipped town.
I know Rory, Colonel.
Running away is just part of his character.
It's not that he's guilty.
He just doesn't know how to handle the pressure.
I have to be honest with you, Commander.
It's not looking good.
Well, then we just have to find more evidence against my father.
Could I see the autopsy report? Maybe I can find something.
Teresa, what will you do if he's acquitted?
I can't even think about that. Think about it.
Because if you can't forgive him, you will continue to hate him. And that can
a very painful way to live.
And just what would you know about that, Colonel?
My father was an abusive alcoholic.
Well, then you more than anyone should understand exactly where I'm coming
So what do we have, bud?
Rory Coulter finds out the morning after the argument with his mother -in -law
that the job offer has been withdrawn.
Suspecting that it's she that called the company and told them about his arrest
record, he decides to confront her.
He goes over there, he sees the captain's car, waits for him to leave,
encounters an edgy Ellen Chaddock, and they argue.
Let's go inside. What evidence do we have in the bedroom?
A lunch attic on the bed, the record skipping on the turntable, door and
closed, and the dead fish in the tank.
So Rory could have closed the window to muffle the sound of the assault.
The record might have been scratched in the scaffold, or it could have been
scratched before.
It's the dead fish.
I don't know what to do with that one.
And neither did the original investigators, sir.
And they just wrote it off as neglect.
What if...
Rory Coulter was so mad at Ellen Shattuck that he murdered her and killed
fish out of spite.
But... Did you find something?
Alice says my mother died of massive brain trauma due to a fracture of the
parietal bone caused by a blunt object.
And?
Well, those determinations are out of line.
And the brain swelling indicated here...
Couldn't have been sufficient to cause her death.
We need to order an exhumation.
I won't allow it.
Teresa, your mother didn't die of a skull fracture. Doesn't that make you at
least curious?
You're jumping to conclusions. All I said was that there was a discrepancy
between the coroner's findings and the official cause of death.
Well, the only way to investigate it is to exhume her body.
I'm sorry.
Ma 'am, if you won't let us exhume, why are you here?
Because she has to be.
The commander can be considered an expert witness, which makes her opinion
potentially exculpatory.
Teresa, just think about it for a while. I mean, you're denying us something
that you as a forensic pathologist have asked people, what, 50, 100 times.
All we're looking for is the truth, ma 'am.
Here's the truth, Lieutenant.
My mother lies in peace, something she rarely experienced in her life.
No one can touch her now, and I intend to keep it that way.
Enter.
Oh, Lieutenant, please have a seat.
I'm glad you're here. I was going to call you.
Admiral, I just came from the doctor's office.
I jumped the gun, sir.
After we talked, I went, I got a second opinion, and my first biopsy was
misread. I don't have a tumor. I'm not going to die. I mean, well, just not
anytime soon anyway. I'm so excited I can barely breathe.
Well, that's wonderful.
Yeah, and I'm sorry I made you go through this drama with me, sir.
And I know you must have just twisted yourself into knots trying to figure out
how to help me with my request.
And even if you could have pulled it off, I mean, I would have felt really
terrible holding on to a plot that long.
You were right, Admiral.
It is much better to concentrate on where I am now than where I'm going to
up.
Well... Irene,
you have a good life.
I intend to, sir.
What kind of a drunk were you, Captain?
An angry one.
You ever direct this anger at your wife, sir?
Quite often.
Why?
Because she wasn't perfect.
That's what I expected from people.
That's what I asked of my men.
You think that this was fair, sir?
No. It was twisted.
My wife deserved better from me.
I was not up.
to being her husband.
I was weak and full of self -loathing.
Did you ever consider leaving her, sir? No.
Because then I would have no one to blame for my unhappiness.
Did your wife ever try to leave you, Captain?
Ellen would never go out on her own. She was too dependent.
Though she did throw me out of the house once.
Tell us about that, sir.
It was the week before she died.
We were arguing and...
I lost control and pushed her.
When she fell, she whacked her head on the bedpost.
I had threatened her often, but it was the first time I'd hurt her.
It shook me up.
How did you react?
I took a room in a motel.
Did you return a week later, Captain? Yes.
And we argued again.
I threw stuff around, but she stood fast and stared me down.
I was serious, but I knew it was over.
All I could do was stomp out of there.
Captain, why did you yell? Are you happy now?
I was trying to make the point that she was going to be alone from now on, and
it was going to be hard for her.
Sir, she'd just been alone for a week.
She called me at the motel every day.
Captain, what did you do when you found out that your wife was dead?
I cried.
Maybe that sounds like a pathetic plea for sympathy, but it's the truth.
Commander, you can examine the body.
Do you believe him?
Let's just take this one step at a time.
What do you think?
It's very nice.
It's available.
Is this something you're going to be needing in the next 12 hours?
I'm sorry. I'm being morbid. The restaurant was closed.
I was curious.
You know, I don't know what the general was thinking about the sunsets in the
other direction.
This tree, now this tree is a problem.
It's deciduous. It's going to lose all its leaves in the fall. It's going to be
a damn mess. And this grass, I'm not crazy about it. What is it?
Well, it's a fescue.
Let's go eat.
Okay, the radiologist noted callous formation around the area of Ellen
Shattuck's skull fracture. Meaning that the fracture had begun to heal before
she died. And this signifies?
That she died as a result of other circumstances.
And those circumstances are?
What's hanging us up.
It's getting late, and we've gone over this a dozen times.
Seemingly unrelated clues.
Closed window, skipping record, dead fish.
And don't forget about the repairman.
Yeah, the unfinished repair in the heating unit.
Where's that work order, bud?
Is there a blood sample from Ellen Shattuck's original autopsy?
Yes, sir.
We need to order a new test, bud.
Commander. You testified that when you entered your mother's bedroom, the door
and the window were closed and that it was hot and stifling.
Is this because the heat was on?
Yes, I turned off the thermostat.
Do you know what the temperature outside at that time was?
No, I don't.
78 degrees.
Defense Exhibit 7, Your Honor.
Verification from the U .S. Weather Service.
The police report notes that your mother's fish were also dead. Did you
notice of this?
Yes, briefly.
Defense Exhibit H, Your Honor, a copy of a work order to replace a propane
heating unit at the Chaddock household Friday, August 25th, 1989, the day
Alan Chaddock's death.
Is this an excursion, Conklin?
I'm about to make my point, sir.
I'm waiting.
Well, sir, according to handwritten instructions on the work order, the
repairman, Petty Officer Ramon Arguente, states that he's run out of metal vent
pipe. He then instructs Alan Chaddock not to turn the heat on until he
the repair because it would circulate carbon monoxide throughout the house.
Commander, how would we know if an individual had succumbed to carbon
poisoning?
Other than evidence at the scene, the best way is blood analysis.
And when would one test for this?
When indicated.
But on this day, Commander, all indications pointed to a skull fracture
cause of death, didn't they?
Yes. And the carbon monoxide in the room would have dissipated when you opened
the door and the window, is that correct?
Yes.
Sense Exhibit 9, Your Honor.
A recent visual spectroscopy of a blood sample collected during Alan Chaddock's
original autopsy, indicating traces of carbon monoxide, which he reversibly
binds with hemoglobin.
Any hemoglobin.
Even that of fish.
It's admittedly difficult assessing what was on Alan Chaddock's mind on the day
of her death, but I ask you to consider the circumstances.
Her son -in -law was trying to move out of state with her only daughter.
She'd just suffered a skull fracture.
And she was alone.
Really alone.
For the first time in 25 years.
You happy now?
When you're alone Who
cares for starlit
skies When you're alone
The magic
moonlight dies Captain Thomas.
Chaddock on the charge and specification of murder, this court finds you not
guilty. This court marks the adjournment.
Thank you, Commander.
Congratulations. Thank you very, very much.
Congratulations.
What do you and the commander manage to do?
The Navy sent me to medical school.
I thought I was going to be a doctor, but I found myself attracted to crime
scenes.
My whole life has been defined by what happened to my mother.
Is that how you want it to remain?
I want to remember her as a person, not a victim.
You okay?
I'm sorry.
You don't have to apologize to me.
You knew he was innocent.
That was more of an instinct, I think.
That's why you wouldn't give him up.
Come by my office when you're done here.
I am done.
Think about it.
You forgave your father?
Yeah.
Was it hard?
It took me a while.
What did you say to him?
He was in a coma by the time I was ready.
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