1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,100 - I like it. - Thanks. 2 00:00:06,633 --> 00:00:10,933 It's menswear. I mean, they're nice clothes, but suits are for men. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,566 Why? Looks better on her. 4 00:00:13,633 --> 00:00:17,700 No offense, Jimmy. Well, that's rude, Rebecca. 5 00:00:17,766 --> 00:00:21,100 You like it? Well, I gotta get used to it, but, yeah, it looks hot. 6 00:00:22,266 --> 00:00:24,633 Where? Oh, no. 7 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:27,066 All right. Tell him I can be there in about 10 minutes. 8 00:00:27,133 --> 00:00:30,533 Great. You gotta be kiddin' me. I wish I were. 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,966 Homicide scene. They think I need to see it. 10 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:35,733 Why? You don't want to know. 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,733 [ Whistle Blowing ] [ Sirens Wailing ] 12 00:00:44,133 --> 00:00:46,066 Five minutes. I'll be right back. 13 00:00:47,166 --> 00:00:49,400 [ Man ] You guys, move it! 14 00:00:49,466 --> 00:00:51,333 Let's go. Keep comin'. Keep comin'. 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,066 All right. Hold up there. 16 00:00:54,133 --> 00:00:56,200 All right. There you go. 17 00:00:58,733 --> 00:01:01,833 [ Mike ] The coroner said she's been dead about 24 hours. 18 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:05,366 Sorry for pullin' you down here, Helen, but with the jurisdictional tug-of-war-- 19 00:01:05,433 --> 00:01:07,266 It's okay. 20 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:12,200 It's bad. 21 00:01:41,866 --> 00:01:43,466 Mike. 22 00:01:45,100 --> 00:01:47,133 Found the poem. 23 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,000 "Cloudy, with a chance of membranes. 24 00:01:49,066 --> 00:01:52,766 Scattered hands." 25 00:01:52,833 --> 00:01:55,700 The right one's up there. 26 00:01:55,766 --> 00:01:57,733 The left one's in the corner. 27 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:07,566 - You called the F.B.I.? - Yeah. 28 00:02:07,633 --> 00:02:11,466 - She was raped first? - Can't tell yet. 29 00:02:15,033 --> 00:02:17,933 Okay. Well, 30 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,766 it looks like the Poet. 31 00:02:20,833 --> 00:02:24,466 We leave everything where it is. Nobody moves or removes anything. 32 00:02:24,533 --> 00:02:26,733 - This will be a federal investigation. - [ Mike ] Fine. 33 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,166 We leave everything for the F.B.I. to see. 34 00:02:34,066 --> 00:02:36,466 My God. 35 00:02:47,933 --> 00:02:49,466 [ Line Ringing ] 36 00:02:56,833 --> 00:02:58,266 [ Cell Door Opens, Closes ] 37 00:03:04,233 --> 00:03:08,733 [ Sirens Wailing ] 38 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:27,466 [ Jimmy ] I've read about this guy before. [ Rebecca ] Yeah. "The Poet." 39 00:03:27,533 --> 00:03:30,433 Leaves a little limerick at the scene. Hmm. 40 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:34,066 Cuts off heads. And it's always great-looking women too. 41 00:03:34,133 --> 00:03:36,100 This is the fourth one. 42 00:03:36,166 --> 00:03:40,066 Knockout body. No head. It's sick. 43 00:03:40,133 --> 00:03:42,566 Tellin' me to take a plea. 44 00:03:42,633 --> 00:03:45,333 I don't need to hire a lawyer just to tell me to give up. 45 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,733 No, you don't. Please wait in the conference room. 46 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,066 I'll be in shortly with a list of new attorneys. 47 00:03:50,133 --> 00:03:54,066 Don't be makin' smart neither. I'm not too old to take a swing at you. 48 00:03:54,133 --> 00:03:55,833 And I'm not too young to swing back. 49 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:58,833 Uncle Ty, please go into the conference room. Don't you be talking to me-- 50 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:02,633 Please go in there and be quiet! 51 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:05,766 He is driving me crazy. I got it chopped to six months, all suspended, 52 00:04:05,833 --> 00:04:08,900 he still won't take it. Because I'm not gonna say I'm guilty! 53 00:04:08,966 --> 00:04:11,200 You are guilty! You don't pay your taxes. It's a crime. 54 00:04:11,266 --> 00:04:13,766 [ Chattering, Arguing ] 55 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,366 Hey, hey, hey! What the hell is goin' on? 56 00:04:17,433 --> 00:04:19,533 His trial is goin' on. He won't take the plea, 57 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,700 and I got to go in and argue he should be exempt from payin' state taxes. 58 00:04:22,766 --> 00:04:25,200 And the only possible good I see is that they may lock him up, 59 00:04:25,266 --> 00:04:28,466 and I won't have to deal with him anymore! You'd better get my uncle off. 60 00:04:28,533 --> 00:04:30,633 All right, all right. Come on, guys. Don't shake your finger. 61 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:32,500 All right! 62 00:04:32,566 --> 00:04:35,333 It's a shoddy ship you run. Oh. 63 00:04:39,833 --> 00:04:43,066 I had to cancel my day. I've been at crime scenes before, but-- 64 00:04:43,133 --> 00:04:44,966 "Cloudy, with a chance of membranes"? 65 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:47,333 It was the scattered hands that got me. [ Pager Beeping ] 66 00:04:49,666 --> 00:04:52,333 Oh, no. 67 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,433 [ Helen ] Do I have to? [ Mike ] Oh, you think I like it? 68 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:58,900 Ordinarily, I wouldn't bring you in. 69 00:04:58,966 --> 00:05:01,066 Let's go. 70 00:05:02,133 --> 00:05:04,966 Doctors Miner, Shiff. 71 00:05:05,033 --> 00:05:07,100 District Attorney Helen Gamble. 72 00:05:07,166 --> 00:05:09,700 - Where's the head? - Right here. 73 00:05:09,766 --> 00:05:12,333 The fatality was caused by a massive skull fracture, 74 00:05:13,533 --> 00:05:16,666 indicated by this depression on the temporal lobe. 75 00:05:16,733 --> 00:05:20,300 She was bludgeoned, probably by a blunt instrument. 76 00:05:20,366 --> 00:05:23,233 We found microscopic wood fragments in the scalp, 77 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:25,700 so it was probably a wood handle-- maybe an ax or hammer. 78 00:05:25,766 --> 00:05:28,566 Let's go to the neck, R.E., the point of decapitation. 79 00:05:28,633 --> 00:05:31,066 [ Woman ] Oh, God. 80 00:05:32,166 --> 00:05:34,733 Great. [ Sighs ] I thought you had it. 81 00:05:36,133 --> 00:05:38,566 With previous victims, 82 00:05:38,633 --> 00:05:41,866 the skin was mashed, and the cutting was jagged. 83 00:05:41,933 --> 00:05:44,566 Now here the incisions were made with straight vertical cuts. 84 00:05:44,633 --> 00:05:46,800 Now the ligaments-- 85 00:05:46,866 --> 00:05:49,633 Right here. 86 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:53,966 The ligaments of the cervical spine have been incised individually. 87 00:05:54,033 --> 00:05:57,033 - All of this means what? - It means the Poet didn't do this. 88 00:05:57,100 --> 00:05:59,666 This is a copycat. What? 89 00:05:59,733 --> 00:06:01,700 Turning to the abdomen-- 90 00:06:01,766 --> 00:06:04,000 no semen, no vaginal bruising. 91 00:06:04,066 --> 00:06:07,400 - I don't think she was raped. - What are you telling me here? 92 00:06:07,466 --> 00:06:11,466 I'm telling you that this was probably done by somebody who knew her. It wasn't the Poet. 93 00:06:11,533 --> 00:06:14,600 And it's therefore not an F.B.I. investigation any longer. 94 00:06:15,966 --> 00:06:18,700 It's all yours. 95 00:06:20,833 --> 00:06:23,800 And you were able to compute Mr. Emerson's income... 96 00:06:23,866 --> 00:06:27,033 for the years 1995 and 1996? 97 00:06:27,100 --> 00:06:30,333 I didn't have to compute it. He declared it. He declared it? 98 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,733 Uh-huh. In his federal returns. 99 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,566 Based on those returns, he owed the state $11,612 for '95, 100 00:06:37,633 --> 00:06:40,533 uh, 13,603 for '96, 101 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,966 totaling $25,215. 102 00:06:44,033 --> 00:06:46,800 And did you seek payment? We did. 103 00:06:46,866 --> 00:06:49,666 - Did he respond? - He did. 104 00:06:49,733 --> 00:06:52,700 - How did he respond, sir? - He said he had a commemorative... 105 00:06:52,766 --> 00:06:55,433 Jackie Robinson Louisville Slugger baseball bat, 106 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:58,500 and if I'd come by his residence, he'd drive it up my buttocks. 107 00:06:58,566 --> 00:07:01,466 - Sideways, if I'd prefer. - Objection. 108 00:07:01,533 --> 00:07:04,466 No, I said it. You damn right, I said it. 109 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,466 The objection is withdrawn. 110 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:14,833 You brought her here? In case you wanted to question her. 111 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:18,033 Why? I am looking for the broadest possible warrant. 112 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:20,300 This guy owns real estate in Maine too. 113 00:07:20,366 --> 00:07:23,066 Whatever you can think of. 114 00:07:23,133 --> 00:07:25,033 You think this doctor's the guy? 115 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:27,466 Well, you listen, tell me. 116 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:37,333 First of all, I'm extremely sorry for your loss. 117 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,466 And I know it doesn't make it easier for you to deal with police. 118 00:07:42,466 --> 00:07:44,833 Why don't you just arrest him? 119 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:48,000 Well, the thing is, 120 00:07:48,066 --> 00:07:51,166 we need to be sure what you're saying-- 121 00:07:52,766 --> 00:07:55,933 Did you ever see your daughter with this Doctor Winslow? 122 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,966 No. 123 00:07:58,033 --> 00:08:01,866 And she never told you she was having a relationship with him? 124 00:08:01,933 --> 00:08:05,433 - Not at first. - But eventually? 125 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:07,733 I already told all this to him. Do I have to-- 126 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,466 The problem is... 127 00:08:10,533 --> 00:08:13,733 we'd be getting our warrants on circumstantial evidence, 128 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,633 so legally we want to be covered. 129 00:08:15,700 --> 00:08:20,333 Mrs. Marks, we'd hate to lose an arrest because we moved too fast. 130 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,400 I knew she was having an affair with a married man. 131 00:08:23,466 --> 00:08:25,966 That much she admitted to me. 132 00:08:26,033 --> 00:08:28,300 And once, while visiting her, 133 00:08:28,366 --> 00:08:31,700 I saw a picture of her with this Doctor Winslow. 134 00:08:31,766 --> 00:08:34,666 It was on some beach in the Bahamas or something. 135 00:08:34,733 --> 00:08:37,000 And you recognized him how? 136 00:08:37,066 --> 00:08:39,033 I didn't actually. 137 00:08:39,100 --> 00:08:42,266 I'd never seen him before. 138 00:08:42,333 --> 00:08:46,200 But about a week later, he was on the news. 139 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:49,100 The news? 140 00:08:49,166 --> 00:08:53,733 He and some other doctor had invented this new heart valve, and he was getting interviewed. 141 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,200 [ Chuckles ] And that's when I got his name. 142 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,100 Doctor Jeffrey Winslow. 143 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:04,033 And when I asked her about him, 144 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:07,200 she reluctantly admitted that this was the guy. 145 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:12,066 Why would you think he played a part in your daughter's death? 146 00:09:14,066 --> 00:09:17,600 Because two days ago, she was scared. 147 00:09:19,433 --> 00:09:23,133 She said she was having problems with the man that she was seeing, 148 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,533 and she was afraid that he might hurt her. 149 00:09:31,633 --> 00:09:33,533 [ Helen ] We can't make an arrest on that. 150 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,733 Search is possible. I haven't given you the punch line. 151 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,166 What? He had access as to how the Poet killed his victims. 152 00:09:42,233 --> 00:09:45,433 How? The last one-- autopsied in his hospital. 153 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,766 You're thinkin'. 154 00:09:48,833 --> 00:09:51,000 What are you thinkin'? 155 00:09:51,066 --> 00:09:54,333 Extramarital affair. Odds are his wife didn't know about it. 156 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,133 So? So, she might be helpful... 157 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,966 before she finds out we're zeroing in on her husband. 158 00:10:01,033 --> 00:10:02,533 Pull some medical journals. 159 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,433 If this guy's a hotshot heart surgeon, 160 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:07,066 I'm sure he's been snapped at a benefit or two. 161 00:10:07,133 --> 00:10:09,266 See if you can get a picture of his wife. 162 00:10:09,333 --> 00:10:11,200 Then get the make and year of his car. 163 00:10:11,266 --> 00:10:14,200 What are you up to? 164 00:10:14,266 --> 00:10:17,333 Her picture. His car. Should be easy to get. 165 00:10:20,166 --> 00:10:23,200 [ Eugene ] Did my client ever try to hide what he was doing from you? 166 00:10:23,266 --> 00:10:25,933 No. No, he was, uh, refreshingly straightforward. 167 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,466 -And, like you said, he filed his federal returns, didn't he? -Yes, he did. 168 00:10:30,533 --> 00:10:33,066 - He paid his federal taxes? - Yes, he did. 169 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:35,866 Did my client give you a reason as to why he wouldn't pay his state taxes? 170 00:10:35,933 --> 00:10:39,133 Well, he said when his house caught on fire, the fire department didn't come. 171 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,833 And since he'd paid taxes for fire protection and didn't get it, he wasn't gonna pay anymore. 172 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:46,600 And you rejected that reason? 173 00:10:46,666 --> 00:10:48,633 I did, though I-- I sympathized. 174 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:52,200 I was even inclined to, uh, maybe let it slide. 175 00:10:52,266 --> 00:10:54,833 You were? Yeah. 176 00:10:54,900 --> 00:10:57,266 Until he dropped off that pig. 177 00:10:57,333 --> 00:10:58,900 The pig? 178 00:10:58,966 --> 00:11:00,900 - The pig. - [ Murmuring ] 179 00:11:00,966 --> 00:11:03,766 Your Honor, could I take a second to confer with my client, please? 180 00:11:03,833 --> 00:11:06,700 No. What about the pig? 181 00:11:06,766 --> 00:11:10,933 He greased up a pig-- more like a big, fat hog-- 182 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,366 and he wrote on it, "Pay to the order of the State Franchise Tax Board," 183 00:11:15,433 --> 00:11:17,500 and he set it loose in my office. 184 00:11:17,566 --> 00:11:23,266 And he said, "If the hog lays a big, steamy bovine log, enjoy." 185 00:11:33,966 --> 00:11:36,233 [ Man Clears Throat ] [ Ellenor ] Can I help you? 186 00:11:36,300 --> 00:11:38,600 Yes. I'm looking for Bobby Donnell. 187 00:11:40,466 --> 00:11:43,600 - Can I tell him who's calling? - Jacob Hurwitz. 188 00:11:43,666 --> 00:11:47,200 - Jacob Hurwitz of Hurwitz, Lichtman andamp; Gill? - Right. 189 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,433 Wow. 190 00:11:51,766 --> 00:11:55,066 This of course is extremely confidential. Of course. 191 00:11:56,166 --> 00:11:58,033 [ Exhales ] It's possible... 192 00:11:58,100 --> 00:12:02,700 that Jeffrey might become a suspect in a rather high-profile murder. 193 00:12:02,766 --> 00:12:04,633 There was a woman found dead, 194 00:12:04,700 --> 00:12:07,700 and she was thought at first to be the victim of a serial killer. 195 00:12:07,766 --> 00:12:09,966 But evidently now-- Let me stop you right there. 196 00:12:10,033 --> 00:12:14,400 In the spirit of small worlds, I think I'm involved with the D.A. heading that case. 197 00:12:14,466 --> 00:12:16,833 You think you're involved, or you think she's the D.A.? 198 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:20,600 Both. So we should probably terminate this discussion. 199 00:12:20,666 --> 00:12:22,933 Yes. Well, we could do that. 200 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,033 But, uh, if there is conflict of interest, 201 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:28,200 the onus would be on the district attorney to withdraw, don't you think? 202 00:12:28,266 --> 00:12:31,333 Well, it could be, but I-- I really don't want to put her in that position. 203 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,566 I see. Well, does she feel strongly about staying in it? 204 00:12:34,633 --> 00:12:36,100 I don't know. 205 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:40,066 Well, I should think that you would ask her before declining our offer. 206 00:12:40,133 --> 00:12:42,166 What offer? 207 00:12:42,233 --> 00:12:44,566 Mr. Donnell, my law firm... 208 00:12:44,633 --> 00:12:48,533 could defend and probably do so successfully. 209 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,700 But with homicide, well, my client... 210 00:12:51,766 --> 00:12:56,266 has asked me to refer him to the most prolific attorney for this particular category. 211 00:12:56,333 --> 00:13:01,700 And right now, in this town, it is this firm. 212 00:13:01,766 --> 00:13:05,100 I had nothing to do with her death, Mr. Donnell. 213 00:13:06,066 --> 00:13:10,366 But I was having an affair with her. 214 00:13:10,433 --> 00:13:14,033 I'm willing to pay a premium to snuff out even the suspicion. 215 00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:16,600 I have a wife, a family, 216 00:13:16,666 --> 00:13:20,433 not to mention I'm Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Mass General. 217 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:23,200 I cannot have this affair come to light. 218 00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:28,966 I'm prepared to hire this entire firm... 219 00:13:29,033 --> 00:13:31,066 to see that doesn't happen. 220 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,233 Well, this entire firm... 221 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:40,466 would be expensive. I know that. 222 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,200 I'm ready to give you a retainer for $1 million. 223 00:13:59,058 --> 00:14:01,024 You didn't tell me about any pig. Oh, grow up. 224 00:14:01,091 --> 00:14:04,791 Grow up? You assault them with a greased pig that just pops up in trial? 225 00:14:04,858 --> 00:14:07,291 - You don't think we should have known about that? - I didn't know. 226 00:14:07,358 --> 00:14:11,458 - What else do I need to know? - Some law. You know any law? 227 00:14:11,524 --> 00:14:13,724 Okay. That's it. Can I take him for a second? Keep him. 228 00:14:13,791 --> 00:14:15,691 Come on. 229 00:14:17,958 --> 00:14:20,058 I don't care how mad you are. 230 00:14:20,124 --> 00:14:22,724 You want to avoid jail, you'd better care. 231 00:14:22,791 --> 00:14:26,491 Now, right now, that jury isn't laughing. They don't like you. 232 00:14:26,558 --> 00:14:29,124 You have one chance to make them like you, 233 00:14:29,191 --> 00:14:31,158 and if you screw that up, it's prison. 234 00:14:32,858 --> 00:14:35,158 Uncle Ty, are you listening to me? 235 00:14:36,658 --> 00:14:38,424 Prison. 236 00:14:40,658 --> 00:14:42,791 I hear you. 237 00:14:42,858 --> 00:14:48,424 I have a hard time askin' people to feel sorry for me, Beck. You know that. 238 00:14:49,624 --> 00:14:54,291 And I got a particular hard time beggin' mercy on this. 239 00:14:55,791 --> 00:14:58,158 They let my place burn. 240 00:15:01,491 --> 00:15:03,558 I know. 241 00:15:05,458 --> 00:15:07,491 Who else would know about this affair? 242 00:15:08,458 --> 00:15:12,158 Presumably nobody. Cindy was discreet. 243 00:15:12,224 --> 00:15:15,324 Oh, I suppose it's conceivable she-- she told somebody. 244 00:15:15,391 --> 00:15:18,124 There's an ex-husband with psychological problems. 245 00:15:18,191 --> 00:15:20,058 If she had told him-- Could he have killed her? 246 00:15:20,124 --> 00:15:22,158 I don't know. 247 00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:29,358 - Have the police made any contact? - No. No. 248 00:15:29,424 --> 00:15:32,758 I thought I should go and see them. 249 00:15:32,824 --> 00:15:34,858 That's when I decided to see Jacob. 250 00:15:34,924 --> 00:15:37,358 - Yeah. And I'm not sure that's a good idea. - [ Sighs ] 251 00:15:37,424 --> 00:15:39,524 When's the last time you saw her? Cindy. 252 00:15:39,591 --> 00:15:41,358 Uh, about a week ago. 253 00:15:41,424 --> 00:15:43,591 Where? At her apartment. 254 00:15:43,658 --> 00:15:47,058 That was pretty much the usual venue for our relationship. 255 00:15:47,124 --> 00:15:49,724 Look, I'm sure his fingerprints are there, 256 00:15:49,791 --> 00:15:53,124 and since he's a hospital employee, the prints are definitely on record. 257 00:15:53,191 --> 00:15:56,558 The question is, do we wait for the police to seek us out, 258 00:15:56,624 --> 00:16:00,291 or do we, in the spirit of nothing to hide, come forward? 259 00:16:00,358 --> 00:16:02,558 Well, the "nothing to hide" spirit doesn't get you much. 260 00:16:02,624 --> 00:16:06,124 Uh, look, I-- I gotta discuss this with the members of my firm. 261 00:16:06,191 --> 00:16:08,658 - I gotta deal with the conflicts. - Okay. 262 00:16:08,724 --> 00:16:11,458 But we need a quick decision. 263 00:16:11,524 --> 00:16:13,591 I understand. 264 00:16:15,091 --> 00:16:18,824 When I called 911, it was just smoke. 265 00:16:18,891 --> 00:16:23,658 Three quarters of a mile-- that's the distance between my apartment and that firehouse. 266 00:16:23,724 --> 00:16:27,524 - And the time you called? - Between 7:20 and 7:30. 267 00:16:27,591 --> 00:16:30,724 - And you're sure of this? - I'm positive. 268 00:16:30,791 --> 00:16:34,558 - I first smelled the smoke during Final Jeopardy. - Final Jeopardy? 269 00:16:34,624 --> 00:16:37,624 That's one of those celebrity shows they have during the sweeps. 270 00:16:37,691 --> 00:16:40,091 They had Ollie North on. 271 00:16:40,158 --> 00:16:42,491 That Bill Maher guy kicked his ass. 272 00:16:42,558 --> 00:16:46,491 Uh, Mr. Emerson, what time did the fire department arrive at your house? 273 00:16:46,558 --> 00:16:48,891 Not till almost 8:15. 274 00:16:48,958 --> 00:16:52,058 By then the whole place was ablaze. They didn't come. 275 00:16:52,124 --> 00:16:53,758 Objection! They didn't come! 276 00:16:53,824 --> 00:16:56,358 They let my place burn 'cause they didn't like my neighborhood. 277 00:16:56,424 --> 00:16:59,324 - Objection! - [ Judge ] Sustained. 278 00:16:59,391 --> 00:17:01,858 Mr. Young, please control your client. 279 00:17:01,924 --> 00:17:05,591 Mr. Emerson, control yourself. 280 00:17:11,458 --> 00:17:13,391 [ Mike ] I'll letyou give the performance. 281 00:17:13,458 --> 00:17:16,691 Oh, yeah, I'm good at this. [ Doorbell Rings ] 282 00:17:18,958 --> 00:17:20,724 [ Helen ] Mrs. Winslow? Yes. 283 00:17:20,791 --> 00:17:23,624 My name's Helen Gamble. I'm from the district attorney's office. 284 00:17:23,691 --> 00:17:26,958 This is Detective Michael McKrew. Ma'am. 285 00:17:27,024 --> 00:17:29,024 What's wrong? [ Helen ] Nothing, I think. 286 00:17:29,091 --> 00:17:31,258 We're terribly sorry for bothering you. 287 00:17:31,324 --> 00:17:34,224 May we come in, please? Uh, this will just take a second. 288 00:17:34,291 --> 00:17:36,458 We don't need to. It's embarrassing really. 289 00:17:36,524 --> 00:17:39,158 But, uh, there was a murder the other night in Boston. 290 00:17:39,224 --> 00:17:41,891 It's reported to be the work of a serial killer. 291 00:17:41,958 --> 00:17:43,958 I read about it. Yes, well-- 292 00:17:44,024 --> 00:17:45,891 well, you're not gonna believe this, 293 00:17:45,958 --> 00:17:50,024 but somebody has identified you as leaving the building of the victim. 294 00:17:50,091 --> 00:17:52,158 [ Chuckles ] What? 295 00:17:52,224 --> 00:17:54,758 - We're just checking it out, that's all. - Yeah. 296 00:17:54,824 --> 00:17:59,191 She, uh-- She came in with this paper, pointing at you, saying she saw you that night. 297 00:17:59,258 --> 00:18:02,858 That's ridiculous. I didn't even leave my house Tuesday. 298 00:18:02,924 --> 00:18:04,758 Well, we didn't put much stock in it. 299 00:18:04,824 --> 00:18:08,624 It's just somebody else saw a custard-blue Mercedes driving in the vicinity, 300 00:18:08,691 --> 00:18:11,824 and the coincidence. That's my husband's. 301 00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:15,591 He's a doctor. He works at Mass General. He was probably on his way to the hospital. 302 00:18:15,658 --> 00:18:18,991 Right, which is just off Storrow Drive, sure. 303 00:18:19,058 --> 00:18:21,591 - He-- He went in that night? - Yes. Yes. 304 00:18:21,658 --> 00:18:25,158 Great. That explains it. We're terribly sorry for bothering you. 305 00:18:25,224 --> 00:18:27,791 You know, do you remember... 306 00:18:27,858 --> 00:18:31,158 about the time your husband left and the time he came back? 307 00:18:31,224 --> 00:18:35,624 If we can establish that it was his car, we can rule out this blue-car business. 308 00:18:35,691 --> 00:18:37,791 A call came in around 10:00. 309 00:18:37,858 --> 00:18:39,758 He was home by 1:00. 310 00:18:39,824 --> 00:18:43,691 Great. Thanks. A-And, again, we're very sorry for disturbing you. 311 00:18:46,591 --> 00:18:50,091 - [ Door Closes ] - Lieutenant Columbo, you missed your calling. 312 00:18:50,158 --> 00:18:51,991 Okay. We got him in the area around the time. 313 00:18:52,058 --> 00:18:54,758 Oh, by the way, if we'd gone in that house as police agents-- 314 00:18:54,824 --> 00:18:57,124 Yeah, I didn't think about that. Yeah. without warrants? 315 00:18:57,191 --> 00:18:59,124 All right. She's probably calling him as we speak. 316 00:18:59,191 --> 00:19:01,424 We'd better move. Let's go, boys. 317 00:19:01,491 --> 00:19:04,024 [ Man On Radio ] Ten-four. All units move in. 318 00:19:04,091 --> 00:19:07,558 [ Siren Wails ] [ Tires Squeal ] 319 00:19:15,691 --> 00:19:19,058 - Cellar to attic. Take all day if you need it. - [ Man ] Got it! 320 00:19:23,858 --> 00:19:25,691 I think we got him, Mike. 321 00:19:27,424 --> 00:19:29,491 We gotta make him take the plea. Well, he won't. 322 00:19:29,558 --> 00:19:32,491 Talk to him. Drive some sense into his head. We've been talking to him. 323 00:19:32,558 --> 00:19:35,524 Why can't you just do this, Eugene? 324 00:19:35,591 --> 00:19:38,024 He practically raised me. 325 00:19:40,124 --> 00:19:42,291 He was always there for me, and he-- 326 00:19:44,124 --> 00:19:46,258 That man, more than anybody else, 327 00:19:46,324 --> 00:19:48,758 taught me how not to sit back and take it. 328 00:19:48,824 --> 00:19:50,958 Not from anybody. 329 00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:53,224 Right now he needs me. 330 00:19:53,291 --> 00:19:56,591 He needs you to help him not to have to sit back and take it. 331 00:19:56,658 --> 00:20:00,991 Now all-- all that scum we help every day-- why can't we just help him? 332 00:20:01,058 --> 00:20:03,691 Come on, guys. We got some business to discuss. 333 00:20:06,658 --> 00:20:09,191 We will. 334 00:20:15,324 --> 00:20:17,324 [ Bobby ] Listen up. 335 00:20:17,391 --> 00:20:19,291 An opportunity has presented itself. 336 00:20:19,358 --> 00:20:23,291 This Cindy Marks murder-- a potential suspect has come to us for representation, 337 00:20:23,358 --> 00:20:25,558 and it would mean a lot of money if we took it. 338 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:28,091 - Against Helen? - [ Sighs ] Well, that's the conflict. 339 00:20:28,158 --> 00:20:30,091 My-- My gut says turn it down. 340 00:20:30,158 --> 00:20:32,224 But when I say a lot of money-- 341 00:20:32,291 --> 00:20:37,158 this guy is prepared to plunk down a $1 million retainer. 342 00:20:42,124 --> 00:20:45,558 Did you just say a million dollars? 343 00:20:45,624 --> 00:20:48,058 I did. I'm sorry. Who again is Helen? 344 00:20:49,291 --> 00:20:52,524 - Anybody? - Bobby, is this even a question? 345 00:20:52,591 --> 00:20:54,324 Not everything's about money, Ellenor. 346 00:20:54,391 --> 00:20:56,491 If this is such a big conflict, let Helen get off. 347 00:20:56,558 --> 00:20:58,324 It's not gonna cost her a million dollars. 348 00:20:58,391 --> 00:21:01,258 Bobby, we've had some big trials, but this is gonna be a splash. 349 00:21:01,324 --> 00:21:04,858 - Aside from the money-- - Which we need, since Lindsay dumped the drug clients. 350 00:21:04,924 --> 00:21:06,724 - Hey. - Well, I'm just sayin'. 351 00:21:06,791 --> 00:21:10,258 This is a huge profile thing. You'll be like Johnnie Cochran East. 352 00:21:10,324 --> 00:21:12,291 - Who wants to be that? - Did he do it? 353 00:21:12,358 --> 00:21:14,324 Says he didn't. [ Ellenor ] Then we have to take it. 354 00:21:14,391 --> 00:21:16,058 We can't let an innocent man go to jail. 355 00:21:16,124 --> 00:21:19,424 We don't even let our guilty ones go there. 356 00:21:19,491 --> 00:21:21,424 Ah-- 357 00:21:23,058 --> 00:21:26,224 - Take it. - Take it. 358 00:21:26,291 --> 00:21:29,324 Take it. 359 00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:35,191 - Take it. - [ Phone Rings ] 360 00:21:35,258 --> 00:21:38,958 Donnell and Associates. Please hold. 361 00:21:39,024 --> 00:21:41,024 Bobby. 362 00:21:41,091 --> 00:21:43,791 Bobby Donnell. 363 00:21:43,858 --> 00:21:47,024 Okay. Any arrest? 364 00:21:47,091 --> 00:21:49,758 Okay. We'd better meet. 365 00:21:49,824 --> 00:21:51,724 They're searching his house. 366 00:21:51,791 --> 00:21:56,158 Prints, hairs, fibers. Preliminary D.N.A. will be done tomorrow. 367 00:21:56,224 --> 00:21:59,158 And some good news. Tell me. 368 00:21:59,224 --> 00:22:02,691 She scratched the guy. We found skin under her nails. 369 00:22:02,758 --> 00:22:06,091 D.N.A. on that will tell us if it's Winslow or not. 370 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,991 What did you learn on the ex-husband? 371 00:22:08,058 --> 00:22:11,458 He works at a restaurant. He got off at 11:00, so he is a possible. 372 00:22:11,524 --> 00:22:14,491 Mmm, we can't arrest yet. We need to wait for the lab. 373 00:22:14,558 --> 00:22:17,891 - [ Knocking On Door ] - Helen-- 374 00:22:17,958 --> 00:22:20,724 - Hey, Mike. - Bobby. 375 00:22:22,924 --> 00:22:26,758 - Uh, could I talk to you for a second? - Sure. We're done. 376 00:22:26,824 --> 00:22:29,224 Uh, I'll be talking to you. 377 00:22:31,924 --> 00:22:34,024 Bobby. Mike. 378 00:22:35,191 --> 00:22:37,724 - [ Door Closes ] - I know what that's about. 379 00:22:37,791 --> 00:22:40,391 We're getting close, I think. Could make an arrest. 380 00:22:40,458 --> 00:22:43,324 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Helen, do not talk to me about the Marks murder. 381 00:22:43,391 --> 00:22:46,058 Why? I can't tell you that. 382 00:22:46,124 --> 00:22:48,591 I'm just saying-- 383 00:22:48,658 --> 00:22:52,558 I could be involved, and we don't need another Isikoff thing. 384 00:22:52,624 --> 00:22:56,824 What do you mean you could be involved? That's all I'm sayin'. 385 00:22:56,891 --> 00:22:59,891 You represent the doctor? [ Sighs ] I'm not saying anything, 386 00:22:59,958 --> 00:23:02,124 except no talking on this. 387 00:23:02,191 --> 00:23:06,558 Other than that, dinner tonight? 388 00:23:07,724 --> 00:23:11,024 Sure. 389 00:23:17,858 --> 00:23:20,024 [ Door Closes ] 390 00:23:27,324 --> 00:23:29,458 D.N.A. all points to him. 391 00:23:29,524 --> 00:23:31,458 Skin under her nails? That takes longer. 392 00:23:31,524 --> 00:23:34,924 But I've got an eyewitness who I.D.'d his picture, says she saw him there that night. 393 00:23:34,991 --> 00:23:38,158 Helen, I'm ready to move. He won't come in for questioning? 394 00:23:38,224 --> 00:23:40,624 Your boyfriend won't let him. 395 00:23:40,691 --> 00:23:43,458 Then go. Make the arrest. Right. 396 00:23:46,191 --> 00:23:49,891 All right. Back door. We won't go through the front. 397 00:23:49,958 --> 00:23:52,391 Okay. 398 00:23:52,458 --> 00:23:54,324 They're coming to arrest. 399 00:23:54,391 --> 00:23:57,958 They'll back-door us at the precinct if we surrender. 400 00:23:58,024 --> 00:24:00,391 This is crazy. 401 00:24:00,458 --> 00:24:04,724 - I wasn't there. I didn't-- - All right. Let's just stay as calm as we can. 402 00:24:04,791 --> 00:24:07,624 - This is a mistake, Jeffrey. - What? 403 00:24:07,691 --> 00:24:10,224 That's what we wear on our face. A mistake. 404 00:24:10,291 --> 00:24:13,458 It'll get fixed. 405 00:24:13,524 --> 00:24:17,091 Uh, I gotta go home. 406 00:24:17,158 --> 00:24:20,891 - I gotta tell my wife. - She agreed to surrender you here. 407 00:24:22,558 --> 00:24:23,991 My God. 408 00:24:24,058 --> 00:24:26,358 You want to call? And say what? 409 00:24:26,424 --> 00:24:30,024 "Honey, don't hold dinner. I've been accused of killing this woman I've been sleeping with"? 410 00:24:30,091 --> 00:24:33,658 Tell her I'm sending someone to pick her up, and you can talk to her here. 411 00:24:33,724 --> 00:24:35,791 - I can't believe this is happening. - Jeffrey. 412 00:24:36,958 --> 00:24:38,858 Jeffrey, 413 00:24:38,924 --> 00:24:43,458 I need to know exactly the last time you were in that apartment. 414 00:24:49,758 --> 00:24:51,891 That would be last Wednesday. 415 00:24:53,224 --> 00:24:56,458 [ Dial Tone ] Call your wife. 416 00:24:56,524 --> 00:24:59,258 Both calls came in around the same time. 417 00:24:59,324 --> 00:25:04,091 Captain, your own records show that the call from my client's home came six minutes sooner. 418 00:25:04,158 --> 00:25:07,558 That's around the same time. Your Honor, this is so irrelevant. 419 00:25:07,624 --> 00:25:11,024 Which fire the trucks went to has nothing to do with tax evasion. 420 00:25:11,091 --> 00:25:13,591 Common law civil disobedience-- that's our defense. 421 00:25:13,658 --> 00:25:16,358 The cause of my client's outrage is relevant. 422 00:25:16,424 --> 00:25:20,024 - Speed it up. - Why did you go to the other fire first, Captain? 423 00:25:20,091 --> 00:25:22,624 It was a judgment call. "Judgment call." 424 00:25:22,691 --> 00:25:24,624 Did it have anything to do with the other fire... 425 00:25:24,691 --> 00:25:26,358 bein' in a more affluent neighborhood than my client's? 426 00:25:26,424 --> 00:25:29,358 - That is ridiculous. - So, it was just a coincidence... 427 00:25:29,424 --> 00:25:32,058 that you chose to respond to the fire in the better neighborhood? 428 00:25:32,124 --> 00:25:36,958 - Yes. - Who made the call as to which fire to respond to? 429 00:25:37,024 --> 00:25:39,658 Me. You. 430 00:25:40,758 --> 00:25:42,724 You ever been in my client's neighborhood? 431 00:25:42,791 --> 00:25:45,191 Specifically, have you ever walked down his street? 432 00:25:45,258 --> 00:25:46,724 Once. 433 00:25:46,791 --> 00:25:50,558 Anything unusual happen? 434 00:25:50,624 --> 00:25:54,391 - I was mugged. - Oh. Another coincidence. 435 00:25:54,458 --> 00:25:58,358 By the way, when you got to the other fire, 436 00:25:58,424 --> 00:26:00,058 was there a fire? 437 00:26:00,124 --> 00:26:04,391 No. It was a false alarm. Gee. What do ya know? 438 00:26:04,458 --> 00:26:06,458 - I object. - So do I. 439 00:26:07,491 --> 00:26:09,924 - So do I. - Move to strike. 440 00:26:12,391 --> 00:26:15,724 - You ready? - Just give us a minute. 441 00:26:16,791 --> 00:26:19,258 - Why? - He'll be out in a second, Mike. 442 00:26:19,324 --> 00:26:22,924 Bobby, that was the rental car place. The white Bronco should be out back. 443 00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:28,391 - Gotcha. - You guys always makin' a game out of it. 444 00:26:28,458 --> 00:26:30,491 The woman's head was cut off. 445 00:26:30,558 --> 00:26:32,458 [ Door Opens ] 446 00:26:41,258 --> 00:26:43,524 I'm going with you. The arraignment is less than an hour. 447 00:26:43,591 --> 00:26:47,424 Hopefully we can get it done before the press gets wind. Assuming no leaks. 448 00:26:47,491 --> 00:26:50,924 Scout's honor. We're gonna have to put him in cuffs, Bobby. 449 00:26:50,991 --> 00:26:53,258 Okay. 450 00:26:53,324 --> 00:26:58,324 Jeffrey Winslow, you are being arrested on the charge of first-degree murder. 451 00:26:58,391 --> 00:27:00,091 You have the right to remain silent. 452 00:27:00,158 --> 00:27:04,424 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 453 00:27:04,491 --> 00:27:06,291 You have the right to an attorney. 454 00:27:06,358 --> 00:27:09,658 If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. 455 00:27:09,724 --> 00:27:12,658 You can decide at any time to exercise these rights... 456 00:27:12,724 --> 00:27:15,524 by not answering any questions or making any statements. 457 00:27:18,491 --> 00:27:20,558 Yeah. 458 00:27:20,624 --> 00:27:23,924 Judge wants closing arguments today, so-- 459 00:27:23,991 --> 00:27:26,524 Okay. Okay. 460 00:27:27,691 --> 00:27:30,691 They arrested him. Arraignment will be soon. 461 00:27:30,758 --> 00:27:34,091 Wow. And to think I could have been on that case. 462 00:27:34,158 --> 00:27:36,124 Instead I got you. 463 00:27:36,191 --> 00:27:40,658 You wanna see "wow"? I'll show you "wow"! All right. All right. All right. 464 00:27:41,891 --> 00:27:43,958 You gotta go with it, Eugene. Go with what? 465 00:27:44,024 --> 00:27:46,358 United States of America. [ Scoffs ] 466 00:27:46,424 --> 00:27:49,724 The last thing I'm gonna be able to do is stand in front of a jury... 467 00:27:49,791 --> 00:27:51,624 and convince them that this man's a patriot. 468 00:27:51,691 --> 00:27:55,724 He took a pig down to the state's revenue office, greased it up and-- 469 00:27:59,058 --> 00:28:01,924 Well, finish the thought, wide man. 470 00:28:01,991 --> 00:28:03,924 Go ahead. 471 00:28:03,991 --> 00:28:07,791 What? What? 472 00:28:10,491 --> 00:28:13,091 [ Rebecca ] You-- 473 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:15,624 [ Laughing ] 474 00:28:15,691 --> 00:28:18,891 Case number 92034. 475 00:28:18,958 --> 00:28:20,991 Commonwealth versus Jeffrey Winslow... 476 00:28:21,058 --> 00:28:23,724 on the charge of murder in the first degree. 477 00:28:23,791 --> 00:28:26,758 Let's try not to have too much fun. 478 00:28:26,824 --> 00:28:28,658 Bobby Donnell for the defendant. Waive reading. 479 00:28:28,724 --> 00:28:31,291 The defendant enters a plea of not guilty. 480 00:28:31,358 --> 00:28:33,258 The Commonwealth would oppose bail. 481 00:28:33,324 --> 00:28:36,258 Dr. Winslow is an established surgeon with strong roots in the community. 482 00:28:36,324 --> 00:28:39,458 First-degree murder. Built on very circumstantial evidence. 483 00:28:39,524 --> 00:28:43,424 One million bond, 500,000 cash. 484 00:28:43,491 --> 00:28:45,491 Trial date to be set. 485 00:28:45,558 --> 00:28:47,691 Back into custody till he posts. 486 00:28:47,758 --> 00:28:50,058 - Adjourned. - [ Gavel Raps ] 487 00:28:50,124 --> 00:28:53,324 Foul ball going to the wife, Helen. Oh, it already starts. 488 00:28:53,391 --> 00:28:55,291 Come on. Sayin' that she's the suspect? 489 00:28:55,358 --> 00:28:58,324 Oh, I'm sure during your closing, you'll be the one saying she's a suspect. 490 00:28:58,391 --> 00:29:02,824 Meaning? Bobby, this doesn't have to affect you and me. 491 00:29:02,891 --> 00:29:04,691 It's a trial. 492 00:29:04,758 --> 00:29:08,658 But the only way it's not going to affect us is to admit right now and be clear about it-- 493 00:29:08,724 --> 00:29:11,524 in this room, we're enemies. 494 00:29:16,858 --> 00:29:18,824 Ellenor will be focusing on forensics. 495 00:29:18,891 --> 00:29:20,891 I'm gonna be working with the jury consultants. 496 00:29:20,958 --> 00:29:24,258 I'll also be doing most of the pretrial motion work. Okay. 497 00:29:24,324 --> 00:29:28,058 Jimmy Berluti and Eugene Young will be supervising our private investigators. 498 00:29:28,124 --> 00:29:31,624 Toward that end, you gotta start racking your brain, 499 00:29:31,691 --> 00:29:35,291 think of anybody else who might've had bad feelings for Cindy Marks. 500 00:29:35,358 --> 00:29:37,424 Did you check the ex? We will be. 501 00:29:37,491 --> 00:29:40,724 Police think they can rule him out. But we'll be checkin'. 502 00:29:40,791 --> 00:29:43,124 - Tomorrow, I'm gonna need to speak to your wife. - Why? 503 00:29:43,191 --> 00:29:46,124 Because I need to be sure that she's completely on board. 504 00:29:46,191 --> 00:29:48,824 Oh, she will be. 505 00:29:49,924 --> 00:29:51,658 Dr. Winslow? 506 00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:54,058 I need to talk to your wife. 507 00:30:00,291 --> 00:30:04,124 My office wants me to stay on. I'm not asking you to withdraw. 508 00:30:04,191 --> 00:30:06,624 I mean, if we weren't talkin' about this type of money, I'd stay clear. 509 00:30:06,691 --> 00:30:10,524 - But to the others-- - I understand. 510 00:30:10,591 --> 00:30:15,391 Helen, nothing could be tougher than the case we tried against each other before. 511 00:30:15,458 --> 00:30:18,891 That one was personal, and we survived it. 512 00:30:18,958 --> 00:30:21,791 - We can survive this. - You think so? 513 00:30:23,891 --> 00:30:25,891 This trial is made for the tabloids. 514 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:28,191 The media will all over us. All over it. 515 00:30:29,624 --> 00:30:32,491 Okay. So we just vow right here, right now, 516 00:30:32,558 --> 00:30:34,891 we leave it in the courtroom. 517 00:30:34,958 --> 00:30:37,224 And when we're together at night, you know what? 518 00:30:37,291 --> 00:30:39,524 It doesn't exist. 519 00:30:43,358 --> 00:30:45,191 Okay. 520 00:30:45,258 --> 00:30:47,058 Okay. 521 00:30:49,024 --> 00:30:52,258 [ Phone Ringing ] 522 00:30:52,324 --> 00:30:55,224 Hello? 523 00:30:55,291 --> 00:30:57,924 Yeah. Oh. 524 00:30:59,991 --> 00:31:04,224 Um, Mike, I'm here with Bobby, so-- so let's talk tomorrow, okay? 525 00:31:05,324 --> 00:31:07,458 But-- That's great. 526 00:31:07,524 --> 00:31:09,691 Okay. 527 00:31:09,758 --> 00:31:11,658 Bye. 528 00:31:13,358 --> 00:31:15,458 What? Nothing. 529 00:31:15,524 --> 00:31:17,624 What, nothing? That was McKrew. Come on. 530 00:31:19,391 --> 00:31:22,458 At night the case doesn't exist. We just made that rule. 531 00:31:22,524 --> 00:31:24,891 Well, then we'll make that rule after-- 532 00:31:24,958 --> 00:31:27,158 What? 533 00:31:28,291 --> 00:31:30,324 Oh, sorry. 534 00:31:30,391 --> 00:31:32,724 Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. 535 00:31:32,791 --> 00:31:35,358 [ Giggling ] That's not fair. You have to tell me. 536 00:31:35,424 --> 00:31:38,391 Come on. Come on. 537 00:31:38,458 --> 00:31:40,658 All right! Oh, all right! 538 00:31:46,824 --> 00:31:50,458 Since I'm required by law to tell you in the morning, I might as well tell you now. 539 00:31:50,524 --> 00:31:53,324 But you won't like it. 540 00:31:53,391 --> 00:31:55,658 What? 541 00:31:56,891 --> 00:32:00,124 D.N.A. on the skin under her fingernails-- 542 00:32:00,191 --> 00:32:03,158 it's an exact genetic match with Winslow. 543 00:32:06,991 --> 00:32:09,791 I'm not talking any plea until the morning. 544 00:32:20,041 --> 00:32:23,274 We don't know each other too well, but something you gotta know-- 545 00:32:23,341 --> 00:32:25,874 lie to me, and I am off this case. 546 00:32:25,941 --> 00:32:30,307 Now you said you weren't there for a week, but they found your skin under her fingernails. 547 00:32:30,374 --> 00:32:32,341 I can explain it. You can explain it. 548 00:32:32,407 --> 00:32:35,774 The time to explain that was before they did the tests. 549 00:32:35,841 --> 00:32:38,474 How in God's name did you not think they'd pin you to this? 550 00:32:38,541 --> 00:32:41,607 You're a doctor! I didn't know she had skin under her nails. 551 00:32:41,674 --> 00:32:43,674 Let's get somethin' straight. I need to know my hand, 552 00:32:43,741 --> 00:32:46,207 or I can't advise you how to play this! All right. All right. 553 00:32:46,274 --> 00:32:48,807 Just settle down. 554 00:32:48,874 --> 00:32:53,641 Now, I did go to her place the day of. We made love. But I left. 555 00:32:53,707 --> 00:32:56,907 It was the afternoon. I left, and she certainly was alive. 556 00:32:56,974 --> 00:32:59,141 Why didn't you tell me you were there? I was scared! 557 00:32:59,207 --> 00:33:02,507 I was afraid to admit that I'd been there, how it would look-- How does it look now? 558 00:33:02,574 --> 00:33:05,107 - You're lying about it. - I didn't kill her! 559 00:33:06,441 --> 00:33:10,907 We made love, I left, I didn't kill her! 560 00:33:10,974 --> 00:33:14,041 [ Sighs ] 561 00:33:15,774 --> 00:33:19,774 If my skin was under her nails, it had to come from my back. 562 00:33:19,841 --> 00:33:23,107 Sometimes when we made love, she-- Let me see your back. 563 00:33:25,474 --> 00:33:27,374 Now, you work for me, Mr. Donnell. 564 00:33:27,441 --> 00:33:30,674 Maybe not for much longer. 565 00:33:32,941 --> 00:33:35,241 Let me see your back. 566 00:34:01,507 --> 00:34:03,907 I expected to hear closing arguments, counsel. 567 00:34:03,974 --> 00:34:07,541 I'm sorry, Your Honor. I'd just like to call Robert Schmidt from the tax board. 568 00:34:07,607 --> 00:34:11,441 It'll just take two minutes. All right. 569 00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:14,241 Mr. Schmidt, you're still under oath. 570 00:34:18,607 --> 00:34:21,807 How do you do today? Just sitting in court, Counselor. 571 00:34:21,874 --> 00:34:23,741 Yeah. Our tax dollars at work. 572 00:34:23,807 --> 00:34:27,007 Uh, I'd just like to ask you a couple of questions about that pig. 573 00:34:27,074 --> 00:34:29,907 Did my client write the amount of his tax debt on the pig? 574 00:34:29,974 --> 00:34:31,907 Uh, yes. 575 00:34:31,974 --> 00:34:36,507 Pay to the order of us, the amount, and, uh, he signed it, 576 00:34:36,574 --> 00:34:39,741 putting next to his name one of those little smiley faces. 577 00:34:39,807 --> 00:34:44,441 - He put all of that on the pig? - Yeah. He even dated it. 578 00:34:44,507 --> 00:34:47,474 Thank you. That's all. No further questions. 579 00:34:47,541 --> 00:34:50,007 Your Honor, uh, I now move for dismissal. 580 00:34:50,074 --> 00:34:52,707 - Excuse me? - On what grounds? 581 00:34:52,774 --> 00:34:56,307 On the grounds that my client tendered a legal check for the amount due. 582 00:34:56,374 --> 00:34:58,307 What? 583 00:34:58,374 --> 00:35:01,074 Well, if it's signed, dated, executed, it's a check. 584 00:35:01,141 --> 00:35:04,207 It doesn't matter that it's written on a pig instead of a piece of paper. 585 00:35:04,274 --> 00:35:06,907 That hog was legal tender. My client paid his debt. 586 00:35:06,974 --> 00:35:09,974 - We never cashed that pig. - That was your mistake. 587 00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:12,541 - Not his. - [ Scoffs ] 588 00:35:16,441 --> 00:35:19,374 Your Honor-- 589 00:35:21,374 --> 00:35:25,674 The check was legal, and so is his argument. 590 00:35:25,741 --> 00:35:27,941 Case dismissed. 591 00:35:28,007 --> 00:35:30,274 We're adjourned. [ Gavel Raps ] 592 00:35:38,907 --> 00:35:42,074 Mr. Fuller, I'm James Berluti. 593 00:35:42,141 --> 00:35:45,341 Could we talk? I already talked to the police. 594 00:35:45,407 --> 00:35:48,207 I know. I just want to be sure I've covered all the bases. 595 00:35:48,274 --> 00:35:50,374 Again, uh, my condolences. 596 00:35:50,441 --> 00:35:53,874 Even though you were divorced, I know sometimes feelings, uh-- 597 00:35:53,941 --> 00:35:56,474 My only pain... 598 00:35:56,541 --> 00:36:00,807 is that I didn't get a chance to see her face as she was dyin'. 599 00:36:00,874 --> 00:36:02,674 I would've liked that. 600 00:36:04,007 --> 00:36:05,907 Oh. Okay. 601 00:36:05,974 --> 00:36:08,674 So this wouldn't be one of those friendly splits then. 602 00:36:08,741 --> 00:36:11,407 No, it wouldn't. 603 00:36:15,641 --> 00:36:19,674 I don't know that he didn't do it, Ms. Frutt. 604 00:36:19,741 --> 00:36:25,374 It's not as if I can sit here and claim I totally know the man, can I? 605 00:36:25,441 --> 00:36:28,341 For the last year, he'd been sleeping with somebody else. 606 00:36:28,407 --> 00:36:31,541 Karen, I understand you're very upset. I do. 607 00:36:31,607 --> 00:36:35,307 But you have to put your pain aside long enough to make a decision. 608 00:36:35,374 --> 00:36:37,341 If you are gonna support your husband-- 609 00:36:37,407 --> 00:36:39,807 and by that I mean help keep him from going to prison-- 610 00:36:39,874 --> 00:36:42,374 then there are certain things that you have to start doing today. 611 00:36:42,441 --> 00:36:44,607 I know this sounds like a big P.R. campaign, 612 00:36:44,674 --> 00:36:48,807 but there is a jury pool out there that is watching, and they are reading. 613 00:36:48,874 --> 00:36:52,541 And it is certainly never too early to start trying to influence them. 614 00:36:52,607 --> 00:36:56,207 I'll tell you what I told my husband. I'll see him through this trial. 615 00:36:57,174 --> 00:36:59,874 After that, 616 00:36:59,941 --> 00:37:01,874 I don't know. 617 00:37:01,941 --> 00:37:04,474 I don't know. 618 00:37:06,741 --> 00:37:10,207 I'll be wanting to meet at the end of each and every trial day. 619 00:37:10,274 --> 00:37:14,207 As soon as we impanel, we'll be doing background checks on every juror. 620 00:37:14,274 --> 00:37:16,541 I'll want your analysis there as well. 621 00:37:17,874 --> 00:37:21,174 We got the ex-husband. Seemed wacko. We got the mother. 622 00:37:21,241 --> 00:37:23,207 The mother? Well, the daughter had some money. 623 00:37:23,274 --> 00:37:25,307 The mother would get it if she dies intestate. 624 00:37:25,374 --> 00:37:27,507 She's also a member of the Prozac club. 625 00:37:27,574 --> 00:37:31,141 It's a red herring, nothing else. And we still got the Poet. 626 00:37:31,207 --> 00:37:33,974 Nothing for sure it ain't him. 627 00:37:34,041 --> 00:37:35,707 The results, as expected-- 628 00:37:35,774 --> 00:37:38,007 Ooh, Bobby! tie these tissue samples to-- 629 00:37:38,074 --> 00:37:39,141 What? Dr. Jeffrey Winslow. 630 00:37:39,207 --> 00:37:40,774 She's on television. What? 631 00:37:40,841 --> 00:37:44,374 His skin under her nails. The D.N.A. evidence is pretty conclusive. 632 00:37:44,441 --> 00:37:46,507 The good news is we have this guy. [ Bobby Sighs ] 633 00:37:46,574 --> 00:37:48,941 The bad news is the Poet is still out there. 634 00:37:49,007 --> 00:37:52,007 Of course, my office-- Let's get down there and draft a protective order. 635 00:37:52,074 --> 00:37:55,541 We can write it on the way. I can't believe she did that. 636 00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:57,741 [ Bobby ] It was a blatant attempt to contaminate the jury pool. 637 00:37:57,807 --> 00:38:00,374 There's no gag order. A reporter asked me a question-- 638 00:38:00,441 --> 00:38:03,707 That is crap, Helen. She's takin' a circumstantial case and-- 639 00:38:03,774 --> 00:38:06,774 You don't know the half of my case, and if there's some new rule that prohibits-- 640 00:38:06,841 --> 00:38:09,107 potential members! [ Judge Hiller ] Hey! That'll do! 641 00:38:09,174 --> 00:38:13,107 This case is going to be enough of an event without you two trying to thicken the plot. 642 00:38:13,174 --> 00:38:15,474 I'll make this simple. 643 00:38:15,541 --> 00:38:19,874 Effective as of right now, no talking to the media. 644 00:38:19,941 --> 00:38:22,307 That's that. Anything else? 645 00:38:22,374 --> 00:38:24,374 Yes, Your Honor. We'd like to view the scene. 646 00:38:24,441 --> 00:38:25,974 It's still a crime scene. The investigation is still ongoing-- 647 00:38:26,041 --> 00:38:28,174 The investigation was complete enough for you to go on television pronouncing-- 648 00:38:28,241 --> 00:38:32,074 That's got nothing to do with whether or not you have a right to go in there! 649 00:38:32,141 --> 00:38:36,807 - Quiet! - As defense counsel, we have a right to examine the scene. 650 00:38:36,874 --> 00:38:38,741 Supervised, I'll grant it. 651 00:38:38,807 --> 00:38:44,507 Now, let's go to chambers. Just you and you. 652 00:38:53,474 --> 00:38:55,374 Are you crazy? 653 00:38:56,674 --> 00:39:01,341 It certainly is no secret you two are sleeping together. 654 00:39:01,407 --> 00:39:04,807 Why in hell would you want to invite the media... 655 00:39:04,874 --> 00:39:06,841 to pick you to pieces? 656 00:39:06,907 --> 00:39:10,674 Your Honor, I'd love to say that my firm is financially solvent enough to decline this, 657 00:39:10,741 --> 00:39:12,741 but it's not. 658 00:39:12,807 --> 00:39:14,907 [ Sighs ] What about you? 659 00:39:14,974 --> 00:39:17,441 I don't want to get off. 660 00:39:17,507 --> 00:39:21,941 Well, I'm not going to force either one of you off. 661 00:39:22,007 --> 00:39:25,774 What I am going to do is leave you alone in this office... 662 00:39:25,841 --> 00:39:31,074 in the hope that one of you might be occasioned to see straight. 663 00:39:31,141 --> 00:39:33,407 Don't eat all my candy. 664 00:39:36,541 --> 00:39:39,374 [ Door Closes ] She's right. 665 00:39:40,641 --> 00:39:43,241 Of course she's right. 666 00:39:43,307 --> 00:39:45,307 But I'm not getting off. 667 00:39:47,374 --> 00:39:49,907 Why? 668 00:39:49,974 --> 00:39:52,007 Why? 669 00:39:52,074 --> 00:39:57,207 Because to do so, Bobby, would be to prioritize my personal life over my professional one, 670 00:39:57,274 --> 00:39:59,874 which is okay. 671 00:39:59,941 --> 00:40:02,674 But as soon as you made the decision to get on this case, 672 00:40:02,741 --> 00:40:05,674 you made it pretty clear where you stand. 673 00:40:05,741 --> 00:40:08,774 Why should I prioritize us when you don't? 674 00:40:08,841 --> 00:40:12,741 Well, I had other people to think of when I made that decision. 675 00:40:12,807 --> 00:40:17,041 Yes. I know who you were thinking of and who you weren't. 676 00:40:17,107 --> 00:40:19,507 So you're angry. 677 00:40:19,574 --> 00:40:22,274 Maybe I am. 678 00:40:25,141 --> 00:40:27,507 [ Sighs ] 679 00:40:29,941 --> 00:40:32,107 You're not driving me off, Helen. 680 00:40:32,174 --> 00:40:34,374 And you're not driving me off. 681 00:40:36,274 --> 00:40:38,674 The only thing that's off, it seems, is dinner. 682 00:40:45,707 --> 00:40:47,541 That the way you want it? 683 00:40:50,374 --> 00:40:52,241 Yep. 684 00:40:56,574 --> 00:40:58,507 Fine. 685 00:41:00,941 --> 00:41:02,774 I'll see you in court. 686 00:41:57,974 --> 00:42:00,741 - Bobby. - You okay? 687 00:42:08,574 --> 00:42:10,574 Maybe you should recuse yourself. 688 00:42:10,641 --> 00:42:12,974 I know you took on this case for the firm, but... 689 00:42:13,041 --> 00:42:15,007 you and Helen, and... this-- 690 00:42:15,074 --> 00:42:18,574 I knew-- I knew the risks. 691 00:42:18,641 --> 00:42:21,407 Maybe Winslow would stay with the firm even if you weren't first chairing. 692 00:42:22,441 --> 00:42:25,541 Just distance yourself a little. 693 00:42:25,607 --> 00:42:29,241 Are you really ready to throw somebody you love away for a case? 694 00:42:31,574 --> 00:42:33,507 Yes. 695 00:42:38,774 --> 00:42:41,374 I got this case because... 696 00:42:41,441 --> 00:42:45,841 somebody at a high-rise, blue-chip law firm recommended me... 697 00:42:45,907 --> 00:42:48,241 as the best. 698 00:42:49,207 --> 00:42:51,107 I've been practicin' law in that-- 699 00:42:51,174 --> 00:42:54,041 that rathole for 10 years, 700 00:42:54,107 --> 00:42:56,274 lookin' out the window, seein' those-- 701 00:42:56,341 --> 00:42:58,674 those lawyers look down on me. 702 00:43:00,007 --> 00:43:02,641 And now, one of them... 703 00:43:02,707 --> 00:43:06,774 came into my office and said I'm the best. 704 00:43:08,507 --> 00:43:11,174 I like how I got this case, Lindsay. 705 00:43:11,241 --> 00:43:14,407 I like that I'm gonna try it in the media... 706 00:43:14,474 --> 00:43:17,507 and that I'm gonna get paid a lot to do it. 707 00:43:19,141 --> 00:43:21,141 And I'm gonna win it. 708 00:43:25,841 --> 00:43:27,641 I'm gonna win it. 709 00:43:53,474 --> 00:43:55,241 [ Woman ] You stinker!