1 00:00:02,220 --> 00:00:03,700 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,059 --> 00:00:07,300 Leon's my name and photography's my game. How about a snapshot of the bride 3 00:00:07,300 --> 00:00:08,300 groom, huh? 4 00:00:08,540 --> 00:00:09,540 Definitely. 5 00:00:11,140 --> 00:00:12,140 Ms. Van Owen. 6 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:17,540 Yes. Isn't it true that you walked out on your own wedding two weeks ago with 7 00:00:17,540 --> 00:00:18,900 someone in a gorilla suit? 8 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:20,780 Who's the ape, Ms. Van Owen? 9 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,380 Well, that story has been grossly exaggerated. 10 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,960 Proving once again a picture's worth a thousand words. 11 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,480 If we get passed over for partner one more time, that's it? 12 00:00:33,940 --> 00:00:34,940 Pretty serious bluff. 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,880 You are both hereby tendered offers of partnership in the firm, and I hope 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:40,559 you'll accept. 15 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,460 You started this brawl, lady, not me! 16 00:00:42,740 --> 00:00:43,820 I'll take her out of the state! 17 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:47,200 Do either one of you know what it feels like to not be able to see your child? 18 00:00:47,420 --> 00:00:48,720 Or even know where he is? 19 00:00:49,220 --> 00:00:50,220 Well, I do! 20 00:00:50,540 --> 00:00:53,780 Abby, the reality is, you may get Eric back tomorrow. 21 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,080 You may not find him for six months. 22 00:00:58,020 --> 00:00:59,360 Or you may never see him again. 23 00:01:02,020 --> 00:01:06,320 So, my client, Mrs. Troutman, decides that she needs to get away for a few 24 00:01:06,660 --> 00:01:11,280 She packs her car, she drives down to the condo in Palm Springs, and puts the 25 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:12,280 key in the door. 26 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:16,360 Walks down the hallway to her bedroom only to find the surprise of her life. 27 00:01:17,220 --> 00:01:22,100 Her loving husband in the arms of another woman. Excuse me, Arnold, but 28 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:26,320 we squandering valuable staff meeting time with this boring recitation of a 29 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:30,420 mundane little domestic drama? You have interrupted me right at the punchline, 30 00:01:30,460 --> 00:01:31,460 Douglas. 31 00:01:31,630 --> 00:01:33,510 You see, that was no woman. 32 00:01:34,310 --> 00:01:37,250 That was his wife. 33 00:01:41,450 --> 00:01:43,250 I'm afraid I'm not tracking. 34 00:01:44,250 --> 00:01:45,250 Bigamy. 35 00:01:45,630 --> 00:01:49,070 Bigamy, do you know how rare it is? I mean, this is the divorce lawyer 36 00:01:49,070 --> 00:01:50,410 equivalent of a hole -in -one. 37 00:01:50,630 --> 00:01:52,810 Poor Mrs. Troutman is totally distraught. 38 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:56,210 Her husband skipped town. The IRS is auditing. 39 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,760 And Angela Cipriano just uncovered a deed where he's given our client's condo 40 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:01,419 the other wife. 41 00:02:01,420 --> 00:02:05,560 Well, this is indeed titillating, and I trust you will keep us apprised of the 42 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:06,560 continuing saga. 43 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:13,440 Now, for one last item, I would like to discuss hiring an interior design team 44 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,700 to convert the Cheney office into a second conference room. Oh, wait, no, 45 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:20,740 no, no way. No way. That office has my name on it. Since when? 46 00:02:21,210 --> 00:02:22,450 You already have a nice one. 47 00:02:22,650 --> 00:02:26,770 Whereas I, a partner in this firm, just like you, am officed in a rabbit warren. 48 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:29,390 As the partner with most seniority, I should get it. 49 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:33,510 She can have my old office. I don't like differentiating on the basis of 50 00:02:33,510 --> 00:02:36,430 seniority. All partners are equal, Arnold. 51 00:02:36,710 --> 00:02:39,550 Do you have any interest in the corner, Michael? Not enough to make it worth 52 00:02:39,550 --> 00:02:40,550 packing and moving. 53 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:42,050 Stuart. Yeah. 54 00:02:42,770 --> 00:02:44,510 Actually, yes, I do. 55 00:02:46,820 --> 00:02:51,180 Actually, it would seem more equitable to me to award it on the basis of fees 56 00:02:51,180 --> 00:02:55,120 generated in the last fiscal year. Or on the basis of most billable hours. 57 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,660 Whatever you three decide. 58 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,800 I'm going to leave it to you to work it out amongst yourselves and on your own 59 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,200 time. We're adjourned. 60 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,740 Do you 61 00:03:06,740 --> 00:03:13,700 realize your bickering can be heard all 62 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:14,700 through the complex? 63 00:03:15,150 --> 00:03:19,430 Just be assured that if you cannot find some mature, intelligent manner in which 64 00:03:19,430 --> 00:03:23,430 to settle this in the next three minutes, this office will be turned into 65 00:03:23,430 --> 00:03:24,430 conference room. 66 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:31,250 All right. 67 00:03:31,690 --> 00:03:34,710 Under the circumstances, there's only one way to settle this thing. 68 00:03:36,470 --> 00:03:37,470 What? 69 00:03:38,550 --> 00:03:39,550 Arnie. 70 00:03:40,550 --> 00:03:42,370 Come on, we haven't got a lot of time. Get him out there. 71 00:03:44,660 --> 00:03:45,660 Get them out. 72 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,900 One potato, two potato, three potato, four, five potato, six potato, seven 73 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:51,739 potato, more. 74 00:03:51,740 --> 00:03:55,820 Out. One potato, two potato, three potato, four, five potato, six potato, 75 00:03:55,820 --> 00:03:56,820 potato, more. 76 00:03:57,580 --> 00:03:58,580 Out. 77 00:03:58,940 --> 00:04:00,680 One potato, two potato, three potato, four. 78 00:05:47,850 --> 00:05:50,570 It isn't fair. What do you need it for? I want it. 79 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:54,050 You're the one that said all you need is a desk, a chair, and a place to store 80 00:05:54,050 --> 00:05:57,030 your files. And you're the one who told me I undervalue my worth to this firm, 81 00:05:57,050 --> 00:05:59,390 right? Well, it's a great office. I think I deserve it. 82 00:06:05,990 --> 00:06:09,590 I'll give you $5 ,000 paid off in installments. I don't want money, Arnie. 83 00:06:09,590 --> 00:06:10,590 want the office, okay? 84 00:06:11,190 --> 00:06:12,190 Excuse me, Arnie. 85 00:06:13,110 --> 00:06:16,030 Angela Cipriano is waiting in your office for you and the steward. 86 00:06:16,350 --> 00:06:17,570 It was going to be a tight squeeze. 87 00:06:18,150 --> 00:06:19,410 The three of us. 88 00:06:20,130 --> 00:06:21,430 It's okay. I can rough it. 89 00:06:22,650 --> 00:06:24,010 You're going to find this interesting. 90 00:06:24,470 --> 00:06:27,290 Your original client was Mrs. Foster F. Troutman. 91 00:06:27,810 --> 00:06:31,790 He told her his middle name was Farrell. The one in Palm Springs was Mrs. Foster 92 00:06:31,790 --> 00:06:33,270 J. He told her James. 93 00:06:33,570 --> 00:06:38,530 The new ones I found are Mrs. Foster C for Charles, E for Errol, and K for 94 00:06:38,530 --> 00:06:39,610 Kenneth. Alphabetical order? 95 00:06:40,110 --> 00:06:43,110 Exactly. Which means there's most likely 11 of them. 96 00:06:43,450 --> 00:06:47,650 A, B, D, G, H, and I still unaccounted for. And what about L through Z? 97 00:06:47,870 --> 00:06:49,190 How the hell does he do it? 98 00:06:50,250 --> 00:06:51,250 Bee pollen? 99 00:06:51,930 --> 00:06:56,410 Actually, what he'd do is take their stuff, jewelry, furs, cars, report it 100 00:06:56,410 --> 00:07:00,570 stolen, live on the settlement from the insurance company, and give the stolen 101 00:07:00,570 --> 00:07:02,650 item to another wife as a gift. 102 00:07:02,930 --> 00:07:04,950 You know, I'm not a violent man by nature. 103 00:07:05,190 --> 00:07:08,830 But boy, what I would really like, what I would really enjoy is five minutes 104 00:07:08,830 --> 00:07:10,970 alone in a stuck elevator with this guy. Me too. 105 00:07:11,450 --> 00:07:13,630 I'd like to find out what the big attraction is. 106 00:07:13,850 --> 00:07:16,890 In the meantime, why don't you see if you can get all the wives in here so we 107 00:07:16,890 --> 00:07:18,130 can try and sort out this mess. 108 00:07:26,270 --> 00:07:27,270 Anything? 109 00:07:32,190 --> 00:07:35,850 I left a message on your machine this morning. A string of gas card purchases 110 00:07:35,850 --> 00:07:38,850 make it seem like you've headed back towards L .A. 111 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,520 State and local authorities are alerted. If they are headed back, they'll smack 112 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:43,520 them. 113 00:07:44,980 --> 00:07:46,280 That's what you said about Disney World. 114 00:07:49,260 --> 00:07:51,080 I know what you're going through. 115 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,500 And I know it seems we're right back where we started. But I got a pretty 116 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:59,140 instinct. A real strong feeling something is going to break. 117 00:08:00,260 --> 00:08:02,520 So just hang in there, okay? 118 00:08:08,430 --> 00:08:12,630 He's got to be crazy. I just don't believe the guy switched to a dismissal 119 00:08:12,630 --> 00:08:15,070 straight probation for a premeditated murder. 120 00:08:15,610 --> 00:08:19,030 Well, you know he's going to argue mercy killing is a crime of passion, love. 121 00:08:19,730 --> 00:08:23,070 He bought a gun, it took him months to think about it, and then he put two 122 00:08:23,070 --> 00:08:24,390 bullets into his lover's skull. 123 00:08:24,610 --> 00:08:26,750 He'll get a hell of a lot more premeditated than that. 124 00:08:27,030 --> 00:08:28,050 I don't know, Gracie. 125 00:08:28,990 --> 00:08:32,309 Watching someone you love terminally ill, pain. 126 00:08:32,990 --> 00:08:35,850 You know, if I was still a DA, I don't know if I'd be able to stomach this one. 127 00:08:38,030 --> 00:08:39,030 What's your other choice? 128 00:08:40,169 --> 00:08:41,169 You're shining on. 129 00:08:41,350 --> 00:08:42,350 It's a message. 130 00:08:42,830 --> 00:08:46,730 A parent with a brain -damaged kid? Go ahead and smother him. Or maybe your 131 00:08:46,730 --> 00:08:50,070 mother's become a real drag. Give her some pills. Put her out of her misery. 132 00:08:50,290 --> 00:08:52,730 Next stop, eugenics. Human experimentation. 133 00:08:53,090 --> 00:08:56,390 Nazi Germany. Believe me, I know all of the arguments, but I'm still saying I'd 134 00:08:56,390 --> 00:08:57,670 have a hard time pulling this guy away. 135 00:08:59,750 --> 00:09:01,310 Remember the Hector Figueroa case? 136 00:09:01,510 --> 00:09:03,310 You said, and you were right. 137 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,540 The law has to come first, no matter what your personal feelings about the 138 00:09:07,540 --> 00:09:08,960 equities of each individual case. 139 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,960 Well, maybe this law should be changed. 140 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:13,840 Oh, that'd be nice. 141 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,000 And who do you suggest should decide who lives and who dies? 142 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:25,860 All I know, Gracie, is that if I was dying, and I'd lost all human dignity 143 00:09:25,860 --> 00:09:30,080 quality of life, I sure would hope someone would love me enough to do it 144 00:09:34,380 --> 00:09:37,220 Well, then I hope you can find someone else, Kovac. 145 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,500 Because this loved one sure couldn't do it. 146 00:09:44,020 --> 00:09:49,280 Mr. Walters, if the defendant is convicted, he could be facing life in 147 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:54,500 Do you think that this would influence your ability to make a fair 148 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:55,500 of the facts? 149 00:09:55,860 --> 00:09:56,860 No, not at all. 150 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:58,360 All right. 151 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,920 But what if the defendant were able to show that the man that he killed... 152 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:08,640 was in great pain and had only a few weeks to live, would you have any 153 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:12,020 difficulty finding Mr. Appleton guilty under those circumstances? 154 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,380 Well, no. Not if you proved that he pulled the trigger, I wouldn't. 155 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:17,100 Thank you. 156 00:10:17,620 --> 00:10:20,100 The people would accept Mr. Walters as a juror. 157 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:21,820 Mr. Gilliam? 158 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:23,720 Mr. Walters. 159 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:28,640 You're a construction worker, is that correct? Construction foreman. Uh -huh. 160 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,220 Do you have any prejudice against homosexuals? No, I don't think so. 161 00:10:32,650 --> 00:10:33,650 Are you a homosexual? 162 00:10:35,170 --> 00:10:36,170 No, are you? 163 00:10:36,490 --> 00:10:37,650 As a matter of fact, I am. 164 00:10:39,010 --> 00:10:40,790 Well, for your information, I'm a married man. 165 00:10:41,010 --> 00:10:43,230 With all due respect, so are a lot of homosexuals. 166 00:10:43,530 --> 00:10:46,430 Are you trying to tick me off or what? Yes, if that's what it takes to discover 167 00:10:46,430 --> 00:10:47,430 if you have any latent prejudice. 168 00:10:47,790 --> 00:10:49,470 I like women. That doesn't make me prejudiced. 169 00:10:49,710 --> 00:10:50,469 Ah, I see. 170 00:10:50,470 --> 00:10:54,010 Well, do you think you could judge my client knowing that he has AIDS -related 171 00:10:54,010 --> 00:10:55,010 complex? 172 00:10:57,690 --> 00:11:01,730 The truth is, I would rather not be in a room every day. 173 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:03,380 With the guy that's got it. 174 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:05,600 I'd ask that Mr. Walters be excused for cause. 175 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:07,580 Thank you, Mr. Walters. 176 00:11:07,820 --> 00:11:08,820 You're excused. 177 00:11:09,580 --> 00:11:12,380 We'll take our noon recess and reconvene at 2 o 'clock. 178 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:17,160 Must 179 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:24,500 have 180 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:25,500 hurt to lose Walters. 181 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,580 I don't want to prejudice Jorah any more than you do. Really? 182 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,460 You mean your office didn't tell you to stack it with fag bashers? Oh, come on, 183 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:36,360 Mark. If you can get the chip off your shoulder, you know I'm trying to be as 184 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:37,360 fair as I can. 185 00:11:37,660 --> 00:11:39,620 Good. Then you'll dismiss the case. 186 00:11:40,860 --> 00:11:45,060 Mark, your client took the life of another human being. My client performed 187 00:11:45,060 --> 00:11:48,320 merciful act. His only motivation was love. I am not unsympathetic to your 188 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:49,320 client's situation. 189 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:53,340 Which is why I am still willing to fight with my office to get you involuntary 190 00:11:53,340 --> 00:11:56,680 manslaughter. You know that an AIDS carrier in prison is going to be 191 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:00,420 from all human contact. Talk about your cruel and unusual punishment. 192 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,260 It is not unreasonable for the prison authorities to need to isolate a deadly 193 00:12:04,260 --> 00:12:09,280 disease. And besides, we're probably only talking about 18 months. 194 00:12:09,660 --> 00:12:13,700 Right, right. Which, in the likelihood that Christopher's AIDS does become full 195 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:17,120 -blown, is the equivalent of a life sentence in solitary confinement. 196 00:12:17,980 --> 00:12:21,060 So what you're saying here is that there is no way to settle this? If I lose, 197 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:22,140 I'll appeal. 198 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:27,440 And in the end, chances are, there's nothing the court can do to him that 199 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,700 hideous plague isn't going to do first. 200 00:12:36,740 --> 00:12:39,140 Make yourself comfortable, Mrs. Troutman. Thank you. 201 00:12:39,380 --> 00:12:40,380 Good morning. 202 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:41,660 Tissue, Mrs. Troutman? 203 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:45,360 Hold on. 204 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,740 I'll get that coffee for you, Mrs. Troutman. That's my coat. My initials 205 00:12:49,740 --> 00:12:53,900 inside this coat. My initials are... Judith Troutman. 206 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,400 Jeanette Troutman. 207 00:12:56,140 --> 00:12:59,280 Mrs. Troutman's coffee? I want my coat, damn it. Ladies. 208 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:01,760 Mrs. Troutman's. 209 00:13:02,060 --> 00:13:03,060 Ladies. 210 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,040 Please. I can't believe that. 211 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:07,760 Please, ladies. 212 00:13:07,980 --> 00:13:08,980 Please. 213 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,040 Thank you. Hi. 214 00:13:12,420 --> 00:13:14,640 I'm Arnold Becker, and this is Stuart Markowitz. 215 00:13:16,469 --> 00:13:21,310 First of all, I'd like to state that I understand what a shock this must be to 216 00:13:21,310 --> 00:13:24,870 all of you, and I sincerely empathize with your anger and pain. That coat's 217 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:25,870 worth 40 grand. 218 00:13:27,370 --> 00:13:30,530 I understand there's been a great deal of commingling on your property, and 219 00:13:30,530 --> 00:13:32,590 other sticky legal issues are involved as well. 220 00:13:33,550 --> 00:13:36,770 Polygamy, insurance fraud, IRS complications. 221 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:42,270 Now, you ladies are free to seek separate counsel, of course. 222 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:45,460 Or assuming you're willing to waive any conflict of interest, we could all work 223 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:48,660 together and try to unravel this muddle. May I say something? 224 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:50,120 Of course. 225 00:13:52,700 --> 00:13:58,080 I know we're angry and hurt by what's happened. 226 00:13:58,560 --> 00:13:59,960 That's an understatement. 227 00:14:00,260 --> 00:14:02,940 But this isn't some monster we're talking about. 228 00:14:03,460 --> 00:14:04,500 This is... 229 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:11,260 Foster, the only man who ever brought me any real happiness in my life. 230 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:12,640 I'm sorry. 231 00:14:12,740 --> 00:14:14,600 I suppose I shouldn't say this. 232 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,060 But I love him anyway. 233 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:19,940 He's the only man who ever really listened to me. 234 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:24,700 And I can't bear the thought of not feeling his body close to mine. 235 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:27,200 Excuse me. 236 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:32,600 Could any of you others tell me if you found him to be unnaturally gifted in 237 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,600 that area? 238 00:14:34,570 --> 00:14:38,050 I used to faint. I mean, actually lose consciousness. 239 00:14:39,190 --> 00:14:43,810 Your investigator said that Foster could go to jail? Jail would kill him. 240 00:14:44,210 --> 00:14:48,030 He's so claustrophobic, you know how he has to sleep with the windows open. If 241 00:14:48,030 --> 00:14:50,890 Foster goes to jail, I may as well become a nun. 242 00:14:51,090 --> 00:14:54,350 If Foster goes to jail, I might as well die. 243 00:14:54,630 --> 00:14:55,630 Oh, please. 244 00:14:56,410 --> 00:15:01,470 This man that you all loved so much stole everything you had. And I'm not 245 00:15:01,470 --> 00:15:02,470 talking about your property. 246 00:15:03,180 --> 00:15:08,120 He stole your love and your trust and your dreams. 247 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,840 Please, don't delude yourselves like this. 248 00:15:11,620 --> 00:15:13,160 Foster Troutman didn't love you. 249 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,360 No, he used you. 250 00:15:15,780 --> 00:15:19,440 Yeah, he's probably laughing at all of you right now. Yeah, laughing at how he 251 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,780 scammed you and how he used you for his meal ticket. 252 00:15:23,300 --> 00:15:27,800 And the saddest thing of all is that it's only because you are such kind, 253 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,740 women that he was able to abuse you this way. 254 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:35,000 Well, now's the time to harden those tender hearts of yours and avenge the 255 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,560 terrible wrong that's been done to you and prevent him from doing it to anybody 256 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:43,460 else. That low -rent gigolo. Gave my great -grandmother's ring to another 257 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,600 Had my Mercedes painted and gave it to her for her birthday. 258 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:48,760 I just want my coat. 259 00:15:49,340 --> 00:15:50,800 Look, trust me. 260 00:15:51,460 --> 00:15:53,340 I think we can all work this thing out together. 261 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,520 Yes, but you have to sign complaints so the D .A. can prosecute. I hope he 262 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,300 hangs. Too good for him. 263 00:16:00,250 --> 00:16:02,030 Crushes jellies in a garlic press. 264 00:16:03,930 --> 00:16:08,910 Yeah, well, do any of you have any idea of where the authorities might look for 265 00:16:08,910 --> 00:16:10,290 him? What's the big mystery? 266 00:16:10,490 --> 00:16:11,930 Stake out the marriage license bureau. 267 00:16:14,070 --> 00:16:15,290 It was kind of fun. 268 00:16:15,670 --> 00:16:21,290 We went to this little Hunan restaurant in Chinatown, and then we walked around 269 00:16:21,290 --> 00:16:23,410 a little, and he dropped me back at my car. 270 00:16:23,730 --> 00:16:24,950 You gonna go out with him again? 271 00:16:25,450 --> 00:16:27,110 We're not really going out. Oh. 272 00:16:27,650 --> 00:16:28,930 I mean, Peter's very sweet. 273 00:16:29,790 --> 00:16:33,350 But I'm not really ready for, you know, dating. 274 00:16:33,770 --> 00:16:34,770 You mean sex. 275 00:16:35,510 --> 00:16:37,790 Yeah, I think that's what I mean. 276 00:16:40,450 --> 00:16:43,230 Well, you're entitled to take it slow. 277 00:16:47,110 --> 00:16:48,810 Abby, I need to talk to you. 278 00:16:50,370 --> 00:16:51,370 Okay, I'll step out. 279 00:16:51,430 --> 00:16:52,670 No, no, no, don't be, don't be shy. 280 00:16:56,430 --> 00:17:00,070 There's a child matching Eric's general description in St. Anthony's Hospital. 281 00:17:00,470 --> 00:17:01,470 I think. 282 00:17:03,490 --> 00:17:05,490 The child is dead. 283 00:17:11,770 --> 00:17:17,190 I got the page a few minutes ago. Where's Mrs. Perkins? 284 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:19,170 She's over there. 285 00:17:21,250 --> 00:17:23,869 Mrs. Perkins, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. 286 00:17:25,130 --> 00:17:26,190 Could we please just do this? 287 00:17:27,650 --> 00:17:30,830 I'm sorry. I just found out the body was already sent to County Morgue. 288 00:17:31,570 --> 00:17:34,410 What? We had no choice. It being a criminal matter. 289 00:17:34,790 --> 00:17:35,790 Criminal? 290 00:17:36,130 --> 00:17:37,970 Child abuse and abandonment. 291 00:17:39,010 --> 00:17:40,010 Abuse? 292 00:17:40,270 --> 00:17:43,570 Someone left the boy in our emergency room. The place was a zoo on Saturday 293 00:17:43,570 --> 00:17:47,410 night, so no one even noticed him until he fell unconscious on the floor. 294 00:17:47,850 --> 00:17:52,010 I was a doctor on shift, and believe me, I did all I could, but the boy had been 295 00:17:52,010 --> 00:17:53,010 beaten very badly. 296 00:17:53,260 --> 00:17:54,179 It couldn't be. 297 00:17:54,180 --> 00:17:56,160 Jim couldn't possibly have... 298 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:02,600 Truthfully, I had 299 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,440 too much else to do to pay attention to his face. 300 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:10,220 I'm sorry. 301 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:14,880 Dr. 302 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,880 Hensel, in your opinion... 303 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,540 If Glenn Gates had not died as the result of the bullet wounds in March, 304 00:18:22,540 --> 00:18:23,740 much longer would he have lived? 305 00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:25,240 Objection. Speculation. 306 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:26,900 I'll allow it. 307 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:30,240 I'd say two, possibly three weeks. 308 00:18:30,580 --> 00:18:34,320 And could you predict the manner of death he had to look forward to? 309 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:35,980 Objection. Speculation. 310 00:18:36,180 --> 00:18:37,500 Once again, I'll allow it. 311 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:42,380 Well, it's possible he would have succumbed to pneumonia, but more likely 312 00:18:42,380 --> 00:18:43,420 have toxoplasmosis. 313 00:18:44,860 --> 00:18:48,110 Toxoplasmosis. It's a parasitic infection that attacks the brain. 314 00:18:48,550 --> 00:18:54,110 It causes fever, chills, headaches, and a descending fugue state referred to as 315 00:18:54,110 --> 00:18:54,949 AIDS dementia. 316 00:18:54,950 --> 00:18:58,410 In layman's terms, it causes you to lose your mind? 317 00:18:59,050 --> 00:19:02,930 Yes. And is this an easy, painless death? 318 00:19:03,970 --> 00:19:08,010 No, the pain would have been quite severe as his brain swelled and became 319 00:19:08,010 --> 00:19:09,010 large for his skull. 320 00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:11,990 He would have lost control of his bodily functions. 321 00:19:12,310 --> 00:19:13,510 His mind would be gone. 322 00:19:14,510 --> 00:19:18,070 Eventually, his kidneys and lungs would have failed, and I would have had to 323 00:19:18,070 --> 00:19:20,030 decide whether to keep him alive by a respirator. 324 00:19:20,230 --> 00:19:21,230 Would you have done that? 325 00:19:21,970 --> 00:19:23,870 Not unless his friends or family insisted. 326 00:19:25,090 --> 00:19:28,110 In my opinion, it just prolongs the patient's suffering. 327 00:19:28,630 --> 00:19:32,550 So, in other words, what you're saying is you practice a form of passive 328 00:19:32,550 --> 00:19:33,930 euthanasia all the time. 329 00:19:34,250 --> 00:19:39,690 Objection. Withdraw the question. Dr. Hensel, is it possible that Glenn Gates 330 00:19:39,690 --> 00:19:40,690 could have recovered? 331 00:19:41,490 --> 00:19:42,910 Age is 100 % fatal. 332 00:19:43,390 --> 00:19:44,930 There's no effective cure at this time. 333 00:19:45,530 --> 00:19:46,530 Thank you, Doctor. 334 00:19:47,150 --> 00:19:48,150 Nothing further. 335 00:19:49,390 --> 00:19:53,430 Redirect? Doctor, you've testified that at least three times prior to Glenn 336 00:19:53,430 --> 00:19:56,490 Gates' death, you were able to bring him out of a medical crisis. 337 00:19:57,190 --> 00:20:01,310 Yes. Then isn't there some likelihood that if the defendant had brought Glenn 338 00:20:01,310 --> 00:20:06,170 for medical treatment, rather than putting a bullet through his head, that 339 00:20:06,170 --> 00:20:08,350 might have been able to bring him into remission once again? 340 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,560 For a very short time, maybe, but the man was terminally ill. Still, it's not 341 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:17,480 inconceivable that he could have had a remission and enjoyed some quality of 342 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:18,500 life during that time. 343 00:20:18,740 --> 00:20:20,360 It's not inconceivable, no. 344 00:20:23,860 --> 00:20:28,580 There's a lot of encouraging research being done into the AIDS treatments, 345 00:20:28,580 --> 00:20:29,580 there? 346 00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:35,000 It's early, but the drug AZT has shown some promising results, yes. 347 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:38,600 And you do have hope for a cure someday? 348 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:40,080 Yes. 349 00:20:41,060 --> 00:20:45,460 So isn't it possible that if Glencaith's life had not been cut short by a 350 00:20:45,460 --> 00:20:49,060 bullet, a cure may have been found during the time that he had left? 351 00:20:50,620 --> 00:20:54,280 Given the advanced state of his condition, it's highly unlikely, Miss 352 00:20:56,380 --> 00:20:57,840 But I guess nothing is impossible. 353 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,640 But the hospital said they sent the body here. 354 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,760 I'm not saying they didn't. I'm just saying it hasn't been tagged and 355 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,000 yet, so I don't know where it is. 356 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,800 Then I'll go in and look until I find it. I'm afraid I can't let you do that. 357 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,560 You'll have to come back tomorrow when things are properly sorted out. 358 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:19,480 This could be her child. 359 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:22,660 I just have to know one way or the other. 360 00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:27,320 Please. Mrs. Perkins, I sympathize with your pain, and I'm sorry. 361 00:21:27,860 --> 00:21:29,100 But take a look at my inbox. 362 00:21:29,420 --> 00:21:32,920 I wouldn't even know where to begin to look for this particular John Doe. 363 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,020 How many four -year -old John Does could you possibly have? 364 00:21:38,020 --> 00:21:39,540 You don't really want to know. 365 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,320 Come back tomorrow. 366 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,480 Believe me, if he's here, he's not going anywhere. 367 00:21:45,620 --> 00:21:47,680 Dr. Dolphy, please call the coroner's office. 368 00:21:48,380 --> 00:21:50,700 Dr. Dolphy, please call the coroner's office. 369 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,560 Harney, Foster Trotman's attorney is here. 370 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,440 All right, get him in here and, uh... 371 00:22:02,810 --> 00:22:03,810 Tell Markowitz. 372 00:22:03,830 --> 00:22:06,370 I already have, and the attorney isn't to him. 373 00:22:09,030 --> 00:22:10,070 Mr. Becker. 374 00:22:11,790 --> 00:22:12,790 Lynette Pierce. 375 00:22:14,550 --> 00:22:15,550 Arnie. 376 00:22:16,090 --> 00:22:20,610 Arnie. Almost from the moment that Mr. Troutman was taken into custody of the 377 00:22:20,610 --> 00:22:23,870 License Bureau, his various spouses have been... Thank you. 378 00:22:24,250 --> 00:22:28,170 ...calling the DA's office, demanding prosecution to the full extent. 379 00:22:28,410 --> 00:22:33,100 Hell hath no fury like a dozen wives scorned. The D .A. will not even talk to 380 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:35,940 about a deal. He says this one is going to be totally by the numbers. 381 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,960 One of his wives, Mrs. Foster E. 382 00:22:39,180 --> 00:22:41,460 Troutman, had threatened to go to the Times. They're all livid. 383 00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:43,320 What did you say to these women? 384 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:45,720 Not much. 385 00:22:45,940 --> 00:22:50,100 Only that as a man who betrayed their loyalty, love, and trust, stole their 386 00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:53,900 property, and made them unwitting accomplices to massive tax fraud, he 387 00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:55,120 put away for 2 ,000 years. 388 00:22:55,420 --> 00:22:56,399 Well, it worked. 389 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:57,480 They're like a lynch mob. 390 00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:59,100 He deserves what he gets. 391 00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:00,740 Look, gentlemen. 392 00:23:01,130 --> 00:23:02,810 You have a problem, and so do I. 393 00:23:03,510 --> 00:23:05,130 And I think we could help each other. 394 00:23:06,210 --> 00:23:07,730 I'd like very much to try. 395 00:23:09,650 --> 00:23:10,770 Talk to this man. 396 00:23:11,310 --> 00:23:15,170 He's prepared to provide full disclosure on all of his wives, plus whatever 397 00:23:15,170 --> 00:23:17,610 information you need in relocating their assets. 398 00:23:18,050 --> 00:23:22,170 He's also prepared to sign affidavits absolving these women of criminal 399 00:23:22,170 --> 00:23:24,510 responsibility. In return for which? 400 00:23:24,770 --> 00:23:25,770 Reason with his wives. 401 00:23:26,340 --> 00:23:27,340 Diffuse their emotions. 402 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,520 I'm confident that I can negotiate him out of this tax mess and probably the 403 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:32,520 insurance stuff. 404 00:23:32,660 --> 00:23:36,220 And if you can feel the wives out as to the possibility of dropping the grand 405 00:23:36,220 --> 00:23:40,080 theft charges, then I can possibly get Foster a deal that will spare him the 406 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:41,700 terrible indignity of incarceration. 407 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:45,520 No, I don't think so. I'm not asking for any promises. 408 00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:49,540 Just that you hear him out. I know that you will come to believe that there is 409 00:23:49,540 --> 00:23:53,840 no justice to be served in sending a decent, fine man to jail. 410 00:23:56,540 --> 00:23:58,660 Stuart, the man deserves to be heard. 411 00:24:02,740 --> 00:24:04,540 I have the names here of 11 wives. 412 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:05,920 That's all of them, right? 413 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,160 So far. 414 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:08,520 First, 415 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,620 I have a complete list of assets as well as what you gave to whom. 416 00:24:16,180 --> 00:24:20,700 Check. And then I have signed statements absolving all your wives of tax fraud, 417 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:21,760 insurance fraud, theft. 418 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,460 I know I'm in big trouble and I'll... 419 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,880 Probably do some time. Yeah. Well, I can live with that. 420 00:24:31,220 --> 00:24:35,600 What I can't live with is that none of them have come to visit me. 421 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,040 What did you expect, flowers? 422 00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:44,680 I know you find this hard to believe, Mr. Markowitz, but I love all my wives. 423 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,160 wanted to make them happy, that's all. 424 00:24:46,420 --> 00:24:48,600 And nothing makes a woman happier than marriage. 425 00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:54,360 But with all due respect, Mr. Trout, you're no Cary Grant, you know what I 426 00:24:55,630 --> 00:25:00,050 What I mean is, you're an average guy, you know. 427 00:25:00,550 --> 00:25:07,290 And you got 11 quite attractive, very wealthy women to marry you. 428 00:25:08,590 --> 00:25:14,230 I'm just curious how... Are you married, Mr. Markowitz? 429 00:25:15,470 --> 00:25:16,590 No, no, no. 430 00:25:17,990 --> 00:25:18,990 And long? 431 00:25:20,750 --> 00:25:21,750 Oh, yes. 432 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:29,320 When was the last time you took her for a moonlit boat ride to Catalina? 433 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,140 Or spent the night in the Bel Air Hotel? 434 00:25:35,220 --> 00:25:36,220 Never. 435 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:40,240 You've got to make a woman feel special, loved. 436 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,100 You've got to listen to her. You've got to take her places where no one exists 437 00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:46,100 but you and her. 438 00:25:46,620 --> 00:25:48,520 Let me ask you something truthfully. 439 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,380 This woman of yours, you really love her? 440 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,780 Completely. I'm going to give you a gift. 441 00:26:00,340 --> 00:26:01,740 You and your lady love. 442 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:10,700 This gift that I'm going to give you, I've never shared with anyone other than 443 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:11,800 the women that I've loved. 444 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:19,860 Because I always felt that if it fell into the wrong hands, it could sexually 445 00:26:19,860 --> 00:26:21,100 enslave a woman. 446 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:27,160 What is it? 447 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:28,860 The Venus butterfly. 448 00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:31,900 Venus butterfly? 449 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:32,859 That's right. 450 00:26:32,860 --> 00:26:34,800 The Venus butterfly. 451 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:41,820 What is the Venus butterfly? 452 00:26:45,140 --> 00:26:50,820 I can't say this out loud. 453 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,880 I've got more important things to do than spend my morning eyeballing every 454 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,880 stiff back there, Miss Beachy, which is exactly what I am going to do if you do 455 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,640 not stop giving these women the runaround here. Now, what is the story? 456 00:27:14,180 --> 00:27:19,280 The story, detective, after some exhaustive checking, is that the 457 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,620 never got practiced and the body is still back at St. Anthony's Hospital. 458 00:27:23,380 --> 00:27:25,600 And it took you the whole day to find this out? 459 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:27,480 Sometimes. 460 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,160 They move them for weeks. 461 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:39,380 Mr. Appleton, how long had you known Glenn Gates? 462 00:27:40,140 --> 00:27:42,720 We met at a party July 4th, 1982. 463 00:27:43,300 --> 00:27:45,260 And what was the nature of your relationship? 464 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:46,700 We were lovers. 465 00:27:46,860 --> 00:27:49,840 Would you categorize your relationship as a casual one? 466 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:54,280 No. We loved each other very much. We were very committed to one another. 467 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,600 You lived together? 468 00:27:55,700 --> 00:27:57,920 Yes. Almost from the start. 469 00:27:59,180 --> 00:28:01,640 When did you first find out that Glenn had AIDS? 470 00:28:02,340 --> 00:28:04,760 He was diagnosed in August of 1985. 471 00:28:06,399 --> 00:28:10,340 Would you describe for the court, if you will, the course of Mr. Gates' disease? 472 00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:16,240 In the beginning, we thought it was just a bad cold. 473 00:28:17,540 --> 00:28:18,540 Weeks went by. 474 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,520 Glenn got so weak he could hardly stand up. 475 00:28:22,980 --> 00:28:28,600 And, you know, you're living in a community that lives in terror, like 476 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:29,600 plague. 477 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,720 You become used to seeing your friends die. 478 00:28:32,580 --> 00:28:34,360 Somehow you think it won't happen to you. 479 00:28:35,980 --> 00:28:38,160 But when Glenn got sick, I think we both knew. 480 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,940 Once he was diagnosed as having AIDS, what happened then? 481 00:28:43,780 --> 00:28:45,460 Basically, he just deteriorated. 482 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,000 He was in and out of the hospital. 483 00:28:49,460 --> 00:28:51,180 Toward the end, he was going blind. 484 00:28:52,260 --> 00:28:54,520 He had periods when he wasn't lucid. 485 00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:57,640 He was in horrible pain. 486 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,120 Mr. Appleton, could you describe for the court, if you would, what your life was 487 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:04,340 like as Glenn got sicker? 488 00:29:05,900 --> 00:29:07,340 We couldn't go out in public. 489 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,280 People were physically repulsed at the sight of him. 490 00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:16,420 He'd lost so much weight, and his face, his arms, his whole body were covered 491 00:29:16,420 --> 00:29:17,420 with sores. 492 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,820 We became like lepers. 493 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,500 When did you decide to take his life? 494 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,780 We had talked about it almost from the start. 495 00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:29,080 We had so many friends who died from AIDS. We had heard so many horror 496 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,140 Glenn was not afraid of death. 497 00:29:35,310 --> 00:29:39,710 He couldn't stand the thought of the inevitable suffering, loss of his 498 00:29:40,830 --> 00:29:42,470 He talked a lot about suicide. 499 00:29:44,150 --> 00:29:46,070 He hoarded pills for months. 500 00:29:47,070 --> 00:29:49,850 And then toward the end, he tried to kill himself in the hospital. 501 00:29:51,150 --> 00:29:53,150 He was too weak to get the pills down. 502 00:29:54,690 --> 00:29:56,470 That's when he begged me to do it for him. 503 00:29:56,810 --> 00:29:57,810 And you agreed? 504 00:29:58,230 --> 00:29:59,230 No. 505 00:29:59,630 --> 00:30:00,630 Not at first. 506 00:30:02,170 --> 00:30:04,350 But then toward the end, he couldn't bear it. 507 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:06,920 He was in horrible pain. 508 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:13,060 Mr. Appleton, would you describe for the court, if you would, Glenn Gates' last 509 00:30:13,060 --> 00:30:14,060 few hours of life? 510 00:30:18,580 --> 00:30:20,720 It was early morning. 511 00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:25,120 I'd fallen asleep in the chair beside his bed. 512 00:30:27,180 --> 00:30:30,140 Suddenly I woke up and I felt like Glenn was really there. 513 00:30:30,660 --> 00:30:33,720 Not just physically, but like his mind was there. 514 00:30:35,310 --> 00:30:37,030 And it woke me. I looked at him. 515 00:30:40,190 --> 00:30:41,210 His head was turned. 516 00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:43,950 He was looking at me with such sweet sadness. 517 00:30:46,970 --> 00:30:48,910 It was as if all the fight was out of him. 518 00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:50,750 He was too weak to talk. 519 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:54,030 He kept falling asleep. 520 00:30:54,950 --> 00:30:57,910 And then it was as if he was forcing himself to wake up. 521 00:31:01,810 --> 00:31:04,090 I felt like he was begging me to end it. 522 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,600 I carried him to the bathroom. 523 00:31:10,820 --> 00:31:13,420 He was so light, like a dying bird. 524 00:31:14,980 --> 00:31:19,380 And I bathed him, changed his clothes, and then I got into bed with him. 525 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:22,920 I held him in my arms. 526 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,200 I rocked him. 527 00:31:25,380 --> 00:31:26,460 I sang to him. 528 00:31:30,620 --> 00:31:35,660 And then, when he finally fell asleep, like a baby in my arms... 529 00:31:40,970 --> 00:31:45,530 I knew for a certainty that it was time for death to have him. 530 00:31:47,390 --> 00:31:53,310 That to let him wake up to one more day of pain and sadness and despair 531 00:31:53,310 --> 00:31:59,850 would be a greater crime than that which I'm accused of committing. 532 00:32:03,710 --> 00:32:05,950 And that's when you ended Glenn Gates' life? 533 00:32:07,990 --> 00:32:08,990 Yes. 534 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,000 Thank you, Mr. Appleton. 535 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:22,820 Your witness, Miss Van Horn. 536 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:34,240 Mr. 537 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,040 Appleton, is this your gun? 538 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:40,500 Marked Exhibit A. 539 00:32:43,370 --> 00:32:44,690 When did you purchase this weapon? 540 00:32:45,110 --> 00:32:48,210 About three weeks before Glenn died. 541 00:32:48,450 --> 00:32:49,990 Did you get it for personal protection? 542 00:32:51,190 --> 00:32:52,430 No. Sports shooting? 543 00:32:53,390 --> 00:32:56,190 No. Tell us why you did buy it, Mr. Appleton. 544 00:32:59,250 --> 00:33:00,970 Glenn was in horrible agony. 545 00:33:01,510 --> 00:33:05,510 He didn't want to live any longer. Did you buy this gun with the intent to kill 546 00:33:05,510 --> 00:33:06,510 Mr. Gates? 547 00:33:07,210 --> 00:33:11,690 I bought it in case it came to that. And is this the weapon you, in fact, did 548 00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:12,690 kill Mr. Gates with? 549 00:33:14,709 --> 00:33:15,730 Yes. Thank you. 550 00:33:20,510 --> 00:33:21,750 No more questions, Your Honor. 551 00:33:28,430 --> 00:33:31,630 There's no disputing the facts of this case, ladies and gentlemen. Christopher 552 00:33:31,630 --> 00:33:35,230 Appleton bought a gun and used it to take the life of Glenn Gates. 553 00:33:35,830 --> 00:33:37,790 But what kind of a life was it? 554 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:40,350 A life of anguish and pain? 555 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:47,700 loss of dignity, and a certain cruel death. 556 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:51,980 Is that a life worth living? 557 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,860 Obviously, Glenn Gates himself thought not. He had already attempted suicide. 558 00:33:59,860 --> 00:34:04,940 You know, when I was a small boy, my dog got run over in the street, and her hip 559 00:34:04,940 --> 00:34:08,860 was crushed, and her spine was all twisted out of shape, and my mother and 560 00:34:08,860 --> 00:34:10,100 father had to have her put to sleep. 561 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,040 It was the humane thing to do they taught me. 562 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:18,800 They taught me that it's brutally cruel and inhumane to keep some poor, 563 00:34:18,940 --> 00:34:22,199 suffering creature alive just because the technology exists to do so. 564 00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:29,120 Why is euthanasia, mercy killing, why is that more humane for some poor, 565 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,560 suffering animal than for a human being? 566 00:34:33,620 --> 00:34:36,540 Now, some of you may disapprove of Christopher Appleton's lifestyle. 567 00:34:37,210 --> 00:34:40,550 Some of you may have strong feelings that homosexuality is wrong. Some of you 568 00:34:40,550 --> 00:34:44,810 may think, some people do, that AIDS is a punishment of biblical proportions 569 00:34:44,810 --> 00:34:50,110 that's visited upon the gay community. Ladies and gentlemen, please, please, I 570 00:34:50,110 --> 00:34:57,090 beg of you, don't judge Christopher Appleton a criminal until you've walked 571 00:34:57,090 --> 00:34:58,090 mile in his shoes. 572 00:35:01,130 --> 00:35:02,130 Thank you. 573 00:35:03,810 --> 00:35:04,810 Ms. Van Owen? 574 00:35:08,330 --> 00:35:11,290 I feel sorry for Mr. Appleton, as I'm sure you do. 575 00:35:12,470 --> 00:35:18,070 His pain and suffering, and that of Glenn Gates, was very real. 576 00:35:19,270 --> 00:35:21,390 And perhaps Mr. Gilliam is right. 577 00:35:22,590 --> 00:35:26,750 None of us could know what it was like, month after torturous month, as Mr. 578 00:35:26,850 --> 00:35:32,670 Appleton watched the man he loved deteriorate so cruelly and painfully. 579 00:35:34,030 --> 00:35:35,930 But many of us have suffered. 580 00:35:36,780 --> 00:35:43,780 The loss of loved ones to cancer, heart disease, and a host of 581 00:35:43,780 --> 00:35:47,260 other lingering diseases that erode the body and the will. 582 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:54,680 And the question is, should we be allowed to arbitrarily terminate a human 583 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:59,180 life when the quality of that life is judged to be not worth living? 584 00:36:00,740 --> 00:36:04,440 And by whose standards do we measure the quality of life? 585 00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:09,750 Yours? Mine? 586 00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:11,670 Perhaps Mr. Gilliam's. 587 00:36:13,630 --> 00:36:18,350 Let us draw the distinction between a criminal and a criminal act. 588 00:36:19,770 --> 00:36:21,890 I don't believe Chris Appleton is a criminal. 589 00:36:22,950 --> 00:36:26,490 But damn it, I have to believe he committed a criminal act. 590 00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:31,070 And if you let this criminal act go unpunished, you will be ignoring the 591 00:36:31,070 --> 00:36:33,970 oath you made as jurors to uphold the law. 592 00:36:34,730 --> 00:36:40,090 you would, in effect, be saying that we are a society not governed by law, but 593 00:36:40,090 --> 00:36:41,090 by anarchy. 594 00:36:43,070 --> 00:36:44,070 Thank you. 595 00:36:54,750 --> 00:36:57,350 Dr. Hamrell to maternity nurse's station. 596 00:36:57,550 --> 00:37:00,410 Dr. Hamrell to maternity nurse's station. 597 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,000 My apologies, Miss Perkins. Miss Kelsey. 598 00:37:07,340 --> 00:37:09,960 Look, everybody's sorry. Now, what's the story? 599 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,640 It took us a while to track down the mistake, but... Did you find him? 600 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:18,520 In a manner of speaking, yes. What the hell does that mean? 601 00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:22,460 No excuses, but this is an understaffed and overburdened bureaucracy. 602 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:24,120 Just tell me. 603 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:28,780 We had a black adult John Doe who was tagged number A1497. 604 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:33,620 The Caucasian child John Doe was tagged number A1447. 605 00:37:34,890 --> 00:37:36,710 I guess the second four looked like a nine. 606 00:37:37,310 --> 00:37:40,310 Anyway, somehow the tags got switched. 607 00:37:40,870 --> 00:37:41,930 Then you have him. 608 00:37:42,910 --> 00:37:43,910 I'm afraid not. 609 00:37:44,350 --> 00:37:49,290 You see, A1497, the black John Doe, was scheduled for cremation. 610 00:37:49,730 --> 00:37:53,650 In the mix -up, the baby John Doe was mistakenly cremated. 611 00:37:55,210 --> 00:37:56,290 Are you sure? 612 00:37:57,570 --> 00:37:58,570 Yes. 613 00:37:58,930 --> 00:37:59,930 Oh, God. 614 00:38:04,940 --> 00:38:06,100 Do you know what this means? 615 00:38:07,620 --> 00:38:09,380 I have a missing child. 616 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:17,120 And if that little boy was my son, then how am I ever going to know? 617 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:18,840 I'm sorry. 618 00:38:19,580 --> 00:38:20,580 You're sorry? 619 00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:22,260 What for? 620 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:24,660 To you, they're just meat, aren't they? 621 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:26,300 Tag it? 622 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:27,440 Ship it? 623 00:38:27,580 --> 00:38:29,580 What the hell? It's just another body, right? 624 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:31,620 Well, wrong, lady. 625 00:38:32,220 --> 00:38:33,860 Because that little boy... 626 00:38:34,220 --> 00:38:35,420 Was somebody's child. 627 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:37,260 And him not mine. 628 00:38:37,620 --> 00:38:38,920 And somebody else's. 629 00:38:39,340 --> 00:38:40,820 But we're never going to know that, are we? 630 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,080 And we're never going to know that because you screwed up. 631 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:45,800 You bastards. 632 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:47,800 First you let him die. 633 00:38:48,220 --> 00:38:49,220 All alone. 634 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:50,860 Then you cremated him. 635 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,340 And who is going to grieve for him? 636 00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:54,900 Whoever he is. 637 00:38:55,720 --> 00:39:00,520 Who is going to grieve for poor little A1447? 638 00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:09,750 Come on, let's go. 639 00:39:51,340 --> 00:39:52,340 Be seated. 640 00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:00,980 Has the jury reached a verdict, Mr. Foreman? 641 00:40:03,220 --> 00:40:04,240 We have, Your Honor. 642 00:40:08,220 --> 00:40:13,480 We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. 643 00:40:15,900 --> 00:40:17,220 The jury is discharged. 644 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:19,920 The defendant will remain free on bail. 645 00:40:20,510 --> 00:40:22,210 pending probation and sentencing hearing. 646 00:40:22,890 --> 00:40:24,270 This court is in recess. 647 00:40:28,410 --> 00:40:29,750 Christopher, are you all right? 648 00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:32,530 Mr. 649 00:40:35,790 --> 00:40:40,330 Appleton, I wish to God there was a way to uphold the principle without putting 650 00:40:40,330 --> 00:40:41,330 you through any more. 651 00:40:42,290 --> 00:40:45,330 And I will be at the sentencing hearing to testify on your behalf. 652 00:41:11,530 --> 00:41:13,510 I just don't want to talk about it right now. 653 00:41:14,390 --> 00:41:15,390 Okay? 654 00:41:16,330 --> 00:41:17,330 Fine. 655 00:41:19,050 --> 00:41:20,410 Well, we better hurry. We're late for dinner. 656 00:41:21,590 --> 00:41:22,590 Dinner? 657 00:41:23,890 --> 00:41:25,110 Mickey, it's a quarter to five. 658 00:41:26,230 --> 00:41:31,390 Yeah, well, by the time we catch the 5 .30 flight to Monterey, take a cab to 659 00:41:31,390 --> 00:41:34,490 Ventana, get cleaned up and ready to go, we'll barely have enough time to make 660 00:41:34,490 --> 00:41:35,490 our 8 .30 reservation. 661 00:41:57,980 --> 00:41:59,140 Hi. Hi, Stuart. 662 00:41:59,740 --> 00:42:02,080 I heard about the screw -up at the hospital. How's Abby? 663 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:04,880 She's spending the weekend with her mother. 664 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:06,360 Poor kid. 665 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,700 You can't imagine the horror of it. 666 00:42:09,730 --> 00:42:13,250 It's conceivable that she may never know whether that cremated child was Eric or 667 00:42:13,250 --> 00:42:14,630 not. It wasn't. 668 00:42:17,730 --> 00:42:18,930 And I don't believe it was. 669 00:42:21,370 --> 00:42:22,910 From your lips to God's ear. 670 00:42:34,750 --> 00:42:36,210 There's nothing more you can do, you know. 671 00:42:37,710 --> 00:42:40,290 And there's no point in staying around depressing yourself even more. 672 00:42:41,530 --> 00:42:42,530 Make me an offer. 673 00:42:42,970 --> 00:42:48,570 Well, actually, I, uh... And we can always cancel it, but I, uh... I booked 674 00:42:48,570 --> 00:42:49,870 room tonight at the Bel Air Hotel. 675 00:42:51,490 --> 00:42:52,490 Men. 676 00:42:53,310 --> 00:42:56,090 You always think sex will solve every problem. 677 00:42:56,310 --> 00:42:57,310 Oh, come on. 678 00:42:57,930 --> 00:43:00,210 Not, uh... Not every problem. 679 00:43:01,250 --> 00:43:02,290 Women are different. 680 00:43:03,190 --> 00:43:04,970 I just don't feel like it tonight, Stuart. 681 00:43:05,330 --> 00:43:06,350 Do you mind terribly? 682 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:09,520 No, no. 683 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:11,320 I understand. 684 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:17,960 So, uh, were you planning on getting somebody to eat tonight? 685 00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,440 I guess. 686 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:26,920 And then, uh, were you planning on, you know, going to sleep at some point? 687 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:28,160 Yes. 688 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:32,160 Well, you'll do both those things, except at the Bel Air Hotel with me. 689 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:38,350 Sex is no big deal with me either. 690 00:43:52,090 --> 00:43:53,090 Stuart? 691 00:43:53,730 --> 00:43:55,010 Tell me the truth. 692 00:43:55,330 --> 00:43:56,330 Okay. 693 00:43:59,990 --> 00:44:01,390 Have you been seeing another woman? 694 00:44:03,050 --> 00:44:04,430 No, of course not. 695 00:44:05,710 --> 00:44:07,590 Then where the hell did you learn that? 696 00:44:08,610 --> 00:44:11,210 You mean the Venus butterfly? 697 00:44:13,730 --> 00:44:15,990 The Venus... Venus butterfly. 698 00:44:18,930 --> 00:44:20,770 Stuart, I'm no prude. 699 00:44:21,390 --> 00:44:22,870 I like sex. 700 00:44:23,110 --> 00:44:24,910 I especially like it with you. 701 00:44:26,090 --> 00:44:28,090 But I'm 36 years old. 702 00:44:28,550 --> 00:44:34,850 And I have never... I mean, never in my entire life... 703 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,680 ever experienced anything like the Venus butterfly. 704 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,600 Well, I'm glad you liked it. 705 00:44:41,860 --> 00:44:42,860 Liked it? 706 00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:50,100 It was the closest thing I have ever experienced to pure ecstasy. 707 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,040 I almost fainted. 708 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:59,780 Actually, I think there was a moment when I really blacked out. I 709 00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:03,660 mean, the blood just rushed right out of my brain. 710 00:45:04,380 --> 00:45:07,120 To my other place. 711 00:45:07,900 --> 00:45:11,960 I'm going to tell you something. 712 00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:18,260 I will never share the Venus butterfly with any other woman as long as I live. 713 00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:20,480 You better not. 714 00:45:27,140 --> 00:45:28,140 Stuart? 715 00:45:33,420 --> 00:45:34,780 Can I ask you a favor? 716 00:45:35,820 --> 00:45:36,820 Anything. 717 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:45,440 Do you think... I mean, if you're not too, um, you know, tired, 718 00:45:45,700 --> 00:45:49,920 you could maybe do it again? 719 00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:54,340 Yeah. Yeah, my friend. 720 00:45:55,100 --> 00:45:57,120 I have to see if I can still get room service. 721 00:45:57,880 --> 00:45:59,420 Call. Quickly. 722 00:45:59,900 --> 00:46:00,900 Right.