All language subtitles for Murder One S01E04 Chapter 4.DVD.NonHI.cc.en.20FOX

JULIE FOUND HER SISTER'S
DIARY TODAY.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THE THINGS THAT WERE IN IT.

YOU SHOULD SEE THIS.
HER EXPERIENCE...
WITH SEX AND DRUGS.

THESE APPEAR TO BE MEN
OF SOME SOCIAL PROMINENCE.

EITHER OF YOU NOTICE THE ONLY
TWO GUYS MENTIONED WITH WHOM
YOUNG JESSICA DIDN'T HAVE SEX?

RICHARD CROSS.
AND GRAHAM LESTER.

I PUT UP THE MILLION
FOR NEIL'S BOND.
MY PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON IT NOW.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S NICE,
RICHARD? THE INTEREST THAT
YOU TAKE IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

FRANCESCA, YOU HAVE EVERY REASON
TO BE HURT AND UPSET.

WOULD YOU GIVE RICHARD
A MESSAGE FOR ME?

OF COURSE.

TELL HIM THIS IS GOING TO BE
VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE
FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

YOUR CLIENT NEIL AVEDON,
HE'S POUNDING ON MY DOOR AT
2:00 IN THE MORNING LAST NIGHT.

THE LAST TIME
WE WERE TOGETHER,

NEIL AVEDON STRANGLING ME.

STOP.

A HUNDRED THOUSAND PUTS THIS
IN YOUR PRIVATE COLLECTION.

TWELVE HOURS.
THEN IT GOES ON THE BLOCK.

CHARGED WITH THE SLAYING
IS FILM STAR NEIL AVEDON.

MELISSA GRIOTTE IS HERE,
PUNCTUAL TO THE SECOND.

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR MONEY
USUALLY ARE.

- HMM.
- SUSPICION HE KILLED JESSICA COSTELLO.

JOINING ME NOW...

DO WE HAVE A DEAL,
MR. HOFFMAN?

NO. IT WOULDN'T BE
IN THE BEST INTERESTS
OF MY CLIENT.

SO, THEN THE TAPE GOES
TO THE TABLOIDS.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH
WITH DEADLINE AMERICA.

YOU'LL DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

I WILL SELL IT.

AND I'M SURE YOU'LL DONATE
THE MONEY TO MOTHER TERESA.

DON'T YOU WANT NEIL TO HAVE
THE BEST DEFENSE MONEY CAN BUY?

HE'S ALREADY GOT THAT.

GIVE THIS COPY TO NEIL.

A SOUVENIR
FROM MY COLLECTION.

IS TODAY THURSDAY?

YES.

DO YOU INTEND TO ANSWER
ALL MY QUESTIONS TRUTHFULLY?

YES.

DID YOU KILL
JESSICA COSTELLO?

NO.

DID YOU EVER HAVE SEX
WITH JESSICA COSTELLO?

YES.

DID YOU ENTER THE APARTMENT
JESSICA SHARED WITH
HER SISTER...

ON THE NIGHT
OF JESSICA'S MURDER?

EARLY. AND I LEFT
WHILE SHE WAS STILL ALIVE.

I NEED A YES OR NO
RESPONSE.

DID YOU ENTER THE APARTMENT
JESSICA SHARED WITH
HER SISTER...

ON THE NIGHT
OF JESSICA'S MURDER?

YES.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD
SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH
A MELISSA GRIOTTE?

YEAH.

DID YOU EVER HEIGHTEN
THE EXPERIENCE BY CHOKING HER?

WHAT THE HELL DOES THIS
HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?

ANSWER THE QUESTION, NEIL.

DID YOU EVER HEIGHTEN
THE SEXUAL EXPERIENCE
BY CHOKING MELISSA GRIOTTE?

NO.

IS YOUR BIRTH NAME
JAMES NEIL RENNICK?

YES.

DID YOU COME HERE TODAY
BY CAR?

YES.

DID YOU MURDER
JESSICA COSTELLO?

ON MY MOTHER'S LIFE,

NO.

MAY I GET YOU SOMETHING
TO DRINK?

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME
IS GOING ON HERE, TEDDY?

THANK YOU, LOUIS.

I SHOW UP AT
THE POLO LOUNGE
LAST NIGHT,

AND THIS GUY BLALOCK STARTS IN
ON ME ABOUT SOME DIARY...

AND WHAT IS MY
CONNECTION TO
THIS DEAD GIRL?

AT THE POLO LOUNGE!

HE SAID YOU REFUSED
TO COOPERATE,
GOT UP AND LEFT.

IS THERE A DIARY?
THERE IS A DIARY.

W-WELL, THEN
I WOULD EXPECT
THE COURTESY...

OF NOT HEARING
THAT IN A PUBLIC
PLACE...

AND FROM SOMEONE
OTHER THAN YOU
PERSONALLY.

AM I IN IT?

YOU'RE IN IT, GARY.

I... I SWEAR TO GOD, TEDDY.
I NEVER SCREWED THIS GIRL.

DAVE BLALOCK'S HANDLING
THE INVESTIGATION.

TELL HIM THE TRUTH.
I'M TELLING YOU.

OKAY, I BANGED HER ONCE.

JESSICA AND I
PARTIED TOGETHER...

ONE NIGHT LAST YEAR
AT THE FILM FESTIVAL
UP IN PARK CITY.

SHE CAME UP WITH
HER SISTER JULIE,
STAYED AT RICHARD CROSS'S PLACE.

IT WAS A DUMB THING TO DO.
I KNOW. BUT IT ONLY HAPPENED
ONCE, AND IT WAS OUT OF TOWN.

AND I CERTAINLY HAD NO IDEA
SHE WAS ONLY 15.

DAVE'S ALSO GONNA NEED
THE NAMES OF ANYBODY ELSE
YOU MIGHT HAVE SET HER UP WITH.

OH, I MADE SOME CALLS
ON HER BEHALF.

YOU KNOW, TO HELP HER OUT WITH
HER CAREER... SOME PRODUCERS.

GIVE DAVE THE NAMES.

TED,

I CAN'T START BETRAYING
CONFIDENCES.

I... I AM JAMMED AT HOME ALREADY.
DON'T LOUSE UP MY CAREER.

NO ONE'S LOOKING TO HURT
YOUR MARRIAGE
OR YOUR CAREER.

DAVE WON'T ABUSE
THE INFORMATION.

TED, THESE ARE POWERFUL MEN.

AND I GOT A KID ON TRIAL
FOR MURDER, GARY.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

NO ONE'S LOOKING TO HURT YOU.

GOOD.

I... I APOLOGIZE
FOR BECOMING FEARFUL...

WHEN I REALIZE IT'S IN
EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST
FOR ME TO COOPERATE.

EVERYTHING WILL BE
ALL RIGHT, GARY.

GIVE ME A HUG.

WHAT DO WE GOT?

A DRAFT ORDER TO PUT NEIL AVEDON
IN A NEW REHAB FACILITY.

IT'S GONNA RUIN
DR. LESTER'S DAY.

THAT'S LOW ON MY WORRY LIST.
WHAT ELSE?

WITH REFERENCE TO
ANY PROSPECTIVE
USE OF JESSICA'S DIARY,

I'VE DRAFTED A MOTION TO SEAL.

AND SYDNEY...

DID A VERY NICE MEMO
ON SUBMITTING
A REDACTED VERSION.

GOOD WORK.
ARNOLD'S TOUGH TO PLEASE.

WE MAY WANT
AN IN-CAMERA CONFERENCE TO
SELL OUR CASE TO THE JUDGE.

- GOT IT.
- WILL WE WANT TO GO BACK
TO JUDGE HARRIGAN?

HE SETS BAIL AT 10 MILLION.
THAT'S NOT EXACTLY BLOWING OUR
CLIENT A KISS. KEEP SHOPPING.

NEIL'S BEEN CALLING
EVERY HALF HOUR
ABOUT HIS POLYGRAPH RESULTS.

I SHOULD BE BACK
FROM COURT AROUND 5:00.
GET HIM IN THEN.

- HOW'S IT GOING WITH YOUR GUY?
- VELACEK?

BOARD OF RIGHTS TOOK AWAY
HIS BADGE NOW THAT THE D.A.
WANTS HIM BEHIND BARS.

MAYBE HE NEEDS TO BE
ON THE SIDELINES FOR A WHILE.

MY CASE, PEOPLE.

THE DEEPEST BETRAYAL
IS COMMITTED BY THOSE
WE TRUST TO PROTECT US...

WHEN THEY ARE THE VERY ONES
WHO DO US HARM.

THE PEOPLE WILL SHOW
THAT THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED
GRIEVOUS CRIMES...

IN AND OF THEMSELVES
REPREHENSIBLE,

BUT COMPOUNDED BECAUSE
THEY WERE COMMITTED UNDER
THE COLOR OF AUTHORITY.

TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE.

NOT TO ASSAULT.
NOT TO BRUTALIZE.

NOT TO ACT AS VIGILANTE,
NO MATTER WHAT THE IMAGINED...

PROVOCATION.

BETRAYAL.

IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL,

THE SENSE OF BETRAYAL
DETECTIVE RAY VELACEK
MUST BE FEELING...

AS HE SITS BEFORE THIS COURT...

ACCUSED OF ASSAULT
WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.

ACCUSED BY AN INDIVIDUAL
TO WHOSE RESIDENCE...

HE HAD BEEN DISPATCHED
FIVE TIMES...

BECAUSE THE MAN WHO IS NOW
MR. VELACEK'S ACCUSER...

WAS BEATING UP HIS WIFE.

AND ON THE SIXTH OCCASION,

WHEN DETECTIVE VELACEK
ANSWERS AN EMERGENCY CALL...

AND ATTEMPTS TO HALT
ANOTHER BEATING
OF A DEFENSELESS WOMAN,

HE'S PROSECUTED FOR DOING SO.

BETRAYAL?

YES. BY A SYSTEM
THAT HE HAS FOUGHT
TO PROTECT FOR 19 YEARS.

ALL BECAUSE DONALD BALLARD,

A MAN UNDER COURT ORDER
TO STAY AWAY FROM HIS WIFE...

A MAN WHO IGNORED
THAT ORDER...

A VIOLENT MAN... LIED ABOUT
DETECTIVE RAY VELACEK.

LISTEN CAREFULLY
AS WE PROCEED,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

BECAUSE THE ONLY CREDIBLE
EVIDENCE YOU WILL HEAR...

INDICATES THAT
DETECTIVE RAY VELACEK
DID WHAT WAS NECESSARY...

TO PROTECT A CITIZEN
IN NEED.

AT THE VERY LEAST,

THAT EVIDENCE WILL RAISE
REASONABLE DOUBT...

THAT ANY CRIMINAL ACT
WAS COMMITTED.

THEREFORE YOU SHOULD FIND
DETECTIVE RAY VELACEK
INNOCENT.

MS. GILLESPIE'S
OUT OF THE OFFICE.
CAN I TAKE A MESSAGE?

YES, I'LL PUT YOU THROUGH.

HOW'S IT GOING, LILA?
GOOD, MR. HOFFMAN.

SO, TEDDY,
DID I PASS THE TEST?

LET'S GO INTO MY OFFICE.
TELL CHRIS TO JOIN US.

HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES.
PLEASE HOLD.

GUYS. GUYS, AM I MISSING
SOMETHING HERE?

WHEN YOUR CLIENT PASSES
A LIE DETECTOR TEST,

YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSION
SHOULD BE... HAPPINESS.

THERE'S SOME AMBIGUITY
IN THE RESULTS, NEIL.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WHAT IT MEANS IS YOU STATED
YOU DIDN'T ENGAGE
IN CERTAIN ACTS,

AND THE POLYGRAPH
BELIEVED YOU.

- AND?
- AND THE FACT IS
YOU DID ENGAGE IN THOSE ACTS.

OH, REALLY?
WHICH ACTS MIGHT THAT BE?

YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T CHOKE
MELISSA GRIOTTE DURING SEX.

I DIDN'T.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S OKAY, MELISSA.

IT'S OKAY.

NO, NEIL. DON'T.

SHH. IT'S OKAY.
DON'T. STOP.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

THAT'S NOT YOUR STAND-IN.
OH, YES.

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS THING?

MELISSA OFFERED IT TO US
FOR A HUNDRED GRAND.

OH. OH.

WERE YOU DRINKING WHEN
YOU WERE WITH MELISSA, NEIL?

A LITTLE.
HOW MUCH?

I DON'T KNOW.
A FEW J&B's.
MAYBE A TEQUILA OR TWO.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE
YOU COULD HAVE BLACKED OUT.

- NO.
- WHY NOT?

BECAUSE I DIDN'T.
I DON'T HAVE BLACKOUTS.

YOU DON'T REMEMBER THIS.

I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, HOW COULD I FORGET
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

HOW MUCH DID YOU DRINK
THE NIGHT JESSICA COSTELLO
WAS MURDERED?

I DON'T KNOW.
I REMEMBER STARTING.

BUT I DON'T REMEMBER
STOPPING.

GOD HELP ME.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT.

TEDDY,

IS IT POSSIBLE
I COULD HAVE
KILLED THAT GIRL?

LIEUTENANT,
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
DETECTIVE VELACEK'S SUPERVISOR?

FIVE YEARS.
TELL ME, DETECTIVES CARRY
PEPPER SPRAY, DON'T THEY?

YES.
AND YET DETECTIVE VELACEK
SKIPPED RIGHT TO HIS BATON.

ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT "SKIPPED."

I'M SURE HE THOUGHT IT WAS
AN APPROPRIATE USE OF FORCE.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT A ROCK-HARD
NIGHTSTICK IS PREFERABLE
TO AN AEROSOL SPRAY?

I'M SAYING THAT STUFF
DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

ARE YOUR DETECTIVES TRAINED
TO CRUSH SKULLS IF THEY THINK
PEPPER SPRAY MAY NOT WORK?

WHEN YOU'RE UP AGAINST SOMEONE
WHO LOSES IT, THEY'RE OBSESSED,
OUT OF CONTROL.

- THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT.
- SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOTTA END IT
WHILE YOU'RE IN ONE PIECE.

THAT WILL BE ALL, DETECTIVE.

HAS DETECTIVE VELACEK
RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS...

FOR USING EXCESSIVE FORCE
ON CITIZENS?

OBJECTION. RELEVANCE?

OVERRULED.
NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE'S
RECEIVED MAJOR COMMENDATIONS
FOR HIS SERVICE, RIGHT?

YES.
YOUR HONOR,

I WANT A RUNNING OBJECTION TO
THIS ENTIRE LINE OF QUESTIONING.

I'LL ALLOW IT.
KEEP RUNNING, MR. IANUCCI.

SO, HOW MANY TIMES
HAS DETECTIVE VELACEK...

RECEIVED COMMENDATIONS
FOR OUTSTANDING POLICE WORK?

THIRTEEN TIMES.

LIEUTENANT, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE,

IS PEPPER SPRAY ALWAYS EFFECTIVE
IN SUBDUING SUSPECTS?

NO.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT.

YOUR DEPARTMENT'S STATISTICS
SHOW THAT PEPPER SPRAY IS
EFFECTIVE 86% OF THE TIME.

- IS THAT CORRECT?
- YES.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

HUNGRY?
NO, I DON'T THINK I CAN
KEEP ANYTHING DOWN RIGHT NOW.

NOTICE HOW THE JURY DOESN'T
EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT ME?

DON'T STUDY THE TEA LEAVES, RAY.
DIAMOND HELD HIS OWN.

HE WAS STRONG AND SINCERE.
A GOOD WITNESS.

SCRAMBLED EGGS.
HUH?

AT LUCIA'S ACROSS THE STREET.
HAVE THE SCRAMBLED EGGS.

THEY GO DOWN EASY
WHEN YOUR GUTS ARE JUMPING.

TRUST ME.
I'VE HAD THE NEED BEFORE.
THANKS.

GENTLEMEN.
I'LL SEE YOU
BACK HERE AT 2:00.

NOT THE BUOYANT GAIT
OF AN INNOCENT MAN.

I'LL GET HIM SOME NEW SHOES.
LET ME WALK YOU TO YOUR CAR.

VELACEK'S A BAD COP, TED.

HE'LL BENEFIT
FROM A LITTLE TIME INSIDE.

THE BOARD OF RIGHTS
RELIEVED HIM OF HIS JOB,

HIS PENSION, HIS HONORS.

HE DOESN'T NEED
ANY MORE BENEFITS.

LISTEN, EVEN IF YOU ROLL
THE DICE AND HE SLIDES OUT FROM
UNDER THE CRIMINAL CHARGES,

IT STILL DOESN'T GET HIM
HIS JOB BACK.

WHY RISK SENDING HIM AWAY
FOR A LONG TIME...

WHEN YOU AND I COULD
WORK OUT SOMETHING
SHORT AND SWEET?

THAT ALL, ROGER?
I'M RUNNING LATE.

MIRIAM GRASSO AND I
HAD A SCREENING
OF A VIDEOTAPE THIS MORNING.

IF I WERE YOU, ROGER,
I WOULDN'T GET TOO HOPEFUL
ABOUT THAT TAPE.

IT COULD BITE YOU.

LOOK, I'M AWARE YOU
AND MIRIAM... CHATTED
ABOUT PLEADING THIS THING OUT.

NOW, I KNOW
SHE CAN BE OBSTINATE,

LIKES TO DIG IN,
ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE FEELS
SHE'S GOT A SLAM DUNK.

JUST UNDERSTAND
THAT I CAN BRING AN ELEMENT
OF PRAGMATISM...

CALL IT "THE BIG PICTURE"...
TO THE DISCUSSION.

TAPE OR NO TAPE.

HOW LONG
TILL THE ELECTION, ROGER?

WHAT I'M SAYING IS I CAN
MINIMIZE THE BLOOD SPLATTERS
ON BOTH OF US.

THERE'S A DEAL
TO BE STRUCK HERE, TED.

NOT ONE THAT HELPS
MY CLIENT.

DEADLINE AMERICA READY TO GO?

THEY'RE SETTING UP IN
YOUR OFFICE, AND ARNOLD'S MEMO
ON RESTRAINING ORDERS.

OKAY. I HAVE TO BE BACK
IN COURT AS SOON AS
THE INTERVIEW'S OVER.

- SYDNEY WILL DRIVE.
YOU CAN REVIEW IN THE CAR.
- TED, GIVE US A HUG.

WE'RE ALMOST READY.
MY GUY'S JUST INSIDE GRABBING
SOME ESTABLISHING SHOTS,

AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED.

WE'RE GOING TO RUN
THE AVEDON TAPE
OVER SIX NIGHTS.

WHAT A BEAST THAT BOY IS.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE PLEASED.
AND MELISSA GRIOTTE,
IS SHE PLEASED?

100 GRAND FROM
THE DEADLINE AMERICA
COFFERS?

I HAVE TO BELIEVE
THAT SHE IS.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING US
ON TO HER. I OWE YA.

OH, NOT AT ALL. I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.

IN ADDITION,
WE BELIEVE THE TAPE
IS SPURIOUS AT BEST...

AND MAY EVEN BE
CRIMINALLY FRAUDULENT.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SO?

FIRST, AS YOU KNOW, CONNIE,
VIDEOTAPE IS EASY TO MANIPULATE.

YOU'RE SAYING THE TAPE
MAY HAVE BEEN DOCTORED?

IT'S POSSIBLE.

AND EVEN IF MR. AVEDON
DID ENGAGE IN THE ACTS
PORTRAYED,

HOW DO WE KNOW MS. GRIOTTE
DIDN'T ENTICE HIM
INTO THOSE ACTS?

FOR WHAT REASON?

SO SHE COULD
SELL THE TAPE TO YOU.

SO YOU DON'T THINK
A JURY WILL BELIEVE IT.

LOOK, I'LL GRANT THAT
WHAT'S ON THIS TAPE IS NOT
A PLEASANT VIEWING EXPERIENCE,

BUT PEOPLE WHO WATCH IT
CAREFULLY WILL RECOGNIZE
THAT AT A MINIMUM...

EVERYTHING WAS CONSENSUAL.

THANK YOU.
ATTORNEY TED HOFFMAN.

- THAT'S IT, STAN.
- THAT'S A CUT.

TED, I JUST NEED FIVE MINUTES
IN HERE TO DO MY REVERSALS,
AND WE ARE DONE.

I LOVE YOU.

A MOMENT?

WE JUST GOT SERVED NOTICE
TO REVOKE NEIL'S BAIL...

BASED ON THE D.A.'s
VIEWING OF THE TAPE.

HEARING'S
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

IT'S YOURS.
I'M LOCKED IN ON VELACEK.

SYDNEY, HERE'S THE KEYS.
I'LL GET IT DONE.

SEVENTEEN MINUTES
TO GET TO COURT.

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS.

MR. BALLARD, DID YOU RESIST
THE DEFENDANT...

WHEN HE INSTRUCTED
YOU TO LEAVE THE HOUSE?

I DID NOT.
AND WHEN YOU GOT OUTSIDE?

HE POKED ME HARD
IN THE STOMACH,

AND I WENT DOWN
TO MY KNEES.

THEN HE GRABBED ME
BY THE HAIR AND SLAMMED ME
DOWN ON THE DRIVEWAY.

AND THEN HE HIT ME
WITH HIS STICK...

ACROSS MY SHOULDER
AND MY FACE.

I COULD HEAR THE BONES BREAK.

I TRIED TO STOP HIM,
BUT HE JUST KEPT SAYING,

"I'M TIRED OF COMING OVER
TO THE HOUSE.
I'M TIRED OF DEALING WITH YOU."

HE WANTS IT OVER PERMANENTLY.

"HERE'S THE LESSON
YOU DESERVE, JERKWAD."
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

IT WAS MY LESSON.

HE BUSTED ME UP FOR A LESSON.

YOUR WITNESS.

MR. BALLARD,
WHAT WERE YOU DOING
AT YOUR WIFE'S HOUSE?

SHE CALLED ME TO COME OVER.

BUT AFTER THE POLICE HAD BEEN
CALLED TO YOUR HOUSE FIVE TIMES,

A JUDGE ISSUED
A RESTRAINING ORDER,

WHICH PROHIBITS YOU
FROM GOING NEAR YOUR WIFE.

- ISN'T THAT SO?
- MARCY CALLED ME UP.

SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO TALK...

AND WORK THINGS OUT.

SHE WAS SLURRING HER WORDS.
I COULD TELL SHE WAS DRUNK.

WHICH IS WHEN
SHE'S REALLY ABUSIVE.

I COULD HEAR STACY AND KIM
SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY WERE SCARED.

ALL I WANTED
WAS TO GET THEM AWAY...

SO THAT
SHE COULDN'T HURT THEM.

- IS THAT A YES?
- YES.

IF YOU HAD OBEYED THE LAW
AND NOT VIOLATED
THE RESTRAINING ORDER,

NOTHING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
TO YOU, WOULD IT?

LIKE I SAID, I WAS INVITED.

IF YOU HAD OBEYED THE LAW
AND NOT VIOLATED
THE COURT ORDER,

NOTHING WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

YOU KNEW YOU WERE BREAKING
THE LAW WHEN YOU WENT TO
MARCY'S HOUSE, DIDN'T YOU?

- YES, BUT I SAID...
- NOTHING FURTHER, YOUR HONOR.

DID YOU LIFT A FINGER
TO RESIST THE DEFENDANT?

NO, I DID NOT.

AND BY THE TIME
HE WAS DONE WITH ME,
I COULD NOT.

THE PEOPLE REST.

TWICE IN '85, TWICE IN '87
AND ONCE IN '88...

DETECTIVE VELACEK
HAD TO STOP YOUR HUSBAND
FROM BEATING YOU.

DIDN'T HE?
YES.

- WHY DID HE BEAT YOU?
- OBJECTION.

CALLS FOR SPECULATION.

OVERRULED.

BECAUSE OF THE WAY
HIS DAY WENT AT WORK.

BECAUSE OF THE FOOD,
THE KIDS' BEHAVIOR,

THEIR MESSY ROOMS,
THE CABLE WENT OUT.

THERE WAS ALWAYS A REASON.

DID HE BEAT YOU
IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN?

YES.

MY DAUGHTER STACY TOLD ME
THAT SHE'S NEVER
GETTING MARRIED...

BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T
WANNA GET PUNCHED
LIKE MOMMY.

SO YOU'D CHARACTERIZE
YOUR HUSBAND AS A VIOLENT MAN,
WOULDN'T YOU?

- YES, I WOULD.
- AND SEVERAL TIMES,

DETECTIVE VELACEK WITNESSED
THE RESULTS OF THIS VIOLENCE,
DIDN'T HE?

YES.

ONCE HE TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL
WHEN I NEEDED STITCHES.

HE KNEW THE SITUATION.

DID DETECTIVE VELACEK EVER SAY
THAT HE WOULD "GET" YOUR HUSBAND
FOR THE BEATINGS HE'D GIVEN YOU?

NO. NEVER.

THANK YOU.

ON THIS OCCASION
YOU CALLED 911,

AND INSTEAD OF A UNIFORM,
DETECTIVE VELACEK
SHOWED UP.

IS THAT RIGHT?
I GUESS HE WAS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THANK GOD
HE GOT THERE FIRST.

YOU WERE A PARTICIPANT
IN THE MATRIX HOUSE
DEPENDENCY PROGRAM...

FROM 1992 TO 1994,
WERE YOU NOT?

- YES.
- AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING...

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL?

I HAD SOME PROBLEMS.

STILL DO, DON'T YOU?

IN FACT, YOU HAD A D.U.I.
LAST MARCH?

YES.

AND IN HIS REPORT, THE ARRESTING
OFFICER STATED THAT
YOU SHOUTED AT YOUR CHILDREN.

- DID YOU DO THAT?
- THEY WERE FRIGHTENED.
THEY NEEDED TO BE CALMED DOWN.

BY YELLING AT THEM?
YOUR HONOR,

I FAIL TO SEE THE RELEVANCE
OF THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING.

MRS. BALLARD IS NOT ON TRIAL
FOR BEATING HER HUSBAND.

IT GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR POSITION
THAT DONALD BALLARD WENT
TO HIS HOUSE...

BECAUSE HIS WIFE'S CONDITION
MADE HIM FEAR FOR THE SAFETY
OF HIS CHILDREN.

MY HUSBAND IS THE ONE
WITH THE VIOLENCE PROBLEM...
NOT ME.

I'M THE ONE WHO HAD TO GET
A RESTRAINING ORDER.

I'LL ALLOW IT IN, COUNSEL.

DID YOU INVITE YOUR HUSBAND OVER
AND TELL HIM HE COULD IGNORE
THE ORDER?

NO. I DID NOT.

HE SAID THAT HE HAD
A PRESENT FOR KIM,

AND HE SWORE THAT
HE'D LEAVE RIGHT AWAY.

BUT BEFORE THAT COULD HAPPEN,
DETECTIVE VELACEK WAS THERE
TO BEAT HIM SENSELESS.

- ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
- WHATEVER HE GOT,

HE DESERVED IT
A HUNDRED TIMES OVER.

HEY. I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID
IN THERE, MARCY.
GONNA CELEBRATE?

STAY AWAY FROM ME.
CUTTING MY NUTS OFF...

ALWAYS A GOOD EXCUSE
FOR YOU TO GET LOADED.
EXCUSE ME.

YOU POISON MY CHILDREN
AGAINST ME,
TRASH ME TO THE WORLD.

WHY DON'T YOU CALL THE STORE,
GET MY ASS FIRED AND END IT?

WHY DON'T YOU JUST
HIT ME RIGHT HERE, HUH?
THERE ARE BETTER PLACES.

MR. BALLARD, YOU'RE NOT
IN THE COURTROOM NOW.

THAT RESTRAINING ORDER'S
STILL IN EFFECT. YOU'RE ABOUT
150 YARDS TOO CLOSE.

THIS IS ON YOU.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW
IS INTIMIDATING A WITNESS,
AND YOU VIOLATED A COURT ORDER.

BOTH CAN SEND YOU TO JAIL.
AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR?

SOMEONE SHOULD
KEEP AN EYE ON HER.
SHE COULD GET HURT.

MRS. BALLARD...
HER HUSBAND
WENT BALLISTIC TODAY.

I'M CONCERNED
FOR HER SAFETY.

WHICH INVOLVES ME HOW?

GET THE COPS TO PUT A CAR
NEAR HER HOUSE.

NOW THERE'S A WORTHWHILE
EXPENDITURE OF TAX DOLLARS.

TEDDY, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.
IF IT GETS OUT...

THAT WE'VE GOT A SQUAD CAR
PROTECTING HER FROM
HER HUSBAND,

THAT KIND OF UNDERCUTS
OUR CASE, DOESN'T IT?

THIS WOMAN COULD BE
IN DANGER, ROGER.

I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

BUT AS FAR AS VELACEK GOES,
I CAN'T DEAL.

IT'S JUST NOT DOABLE.
HURT THIS GUY, ROGER,

YOU'RE GONNA LOOK SOFT ON CRIME
TO ALL THOSE CONSTITUENTS
OUT IN THE VALLEY.

ON THE OTHER HAND,
MAYBE THE GOOD VOTERS ARE
SMART ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE...

WHO THE REAL CRIMINAL IS.

VELACEK JUST CAN'T WALK AWAY
ON SIMPLE PROBATION.

COMMUNITY SERVICE.

A SUBSTANTIAL FINE.

WHY NOT GET A HOLY SISTER
TO WHACK HIM ON THE KNUCKLES
WITH A RULER?

WORKED IN CATECHISM.

N.G., TEDDY.
COPS BEATING UP ON CITIZENS.

IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SENTENCING, WE CAN ALL SIT DOWN
TOGETHER AND WORK IT OUT.

I'LL ARGUE FOR COUNTY TIME.
I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET HIM PLACED
ON KEEP-AWAY STATUS.

BEST I CAN DO.

YES. RIGHT THIS WAY.

TEDDY.

HOW YOU BEEN?
GOOD, TEDDY.

I THINK THE INSTITUTION'S
HERE TO STAY.

DIVORCE.
AH.

YOU KNOW, WHEN RODNEY KING SAID,
"WHY CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG?"

I SENT HIM A NOTE... TOLD HIM TO
MIND HIS OWN BUSINESS.

WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOOD, TEDDY?

WHAT'S THAT, MARVIN?

TELL THE WAITER...

THAT YOU WANT THE DUCK
THE WAY MR. SIEGALSTEIN
HAS IT.

I'M NOT REALLY A DUCK GUY.

AH.
ANYWAY.

ANYWAY.

FRANCESCA CROSS,
PRESENTLY SPOUSE
OF RICHARD.

YOU'RE REPRESENTING HER?

YOU KNOW, I GOT A GREAT
THERAPIST NOW, TEDDY.

HE SENSITIZED ME TO WHERE
I IDENTIFY THE TONE OF SURPRISE,

I RECOGNIZE
THE UNSPOKEN MESSAGE,

AND NONE OF THAT CRAP
BOTHERS ME ANYMORE.

NOW YOU THINK I SHOULD
RESTRICT MY PRACTICE
TO CLIENTS WITH TIT JOBS...

AND EXPOSÉS IN THE ENQUIRER.

MRS. CROSS APPARENTLY DISAGREES.

MAYBE THAT'S
HER POINT, TEDDY.

RUB RICHARD'S NOSE
IN HIS BAD HABITS.

LET HIM KNOW WHAT SHE THINKS
BY THE LAWYER SHE PICKS.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU, MARVIN?

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU
ABOUT A WOMAN SCORNED...

LET ALONE A WOMAN SCORNED
15 TIMES IN PUBLIC.

FRANCESCA'S LOOKING TO
RUN AROUND THE PRENUP,
WANTS HER POUND OF FLESH.

IT'S THE INFORMATION AGE,

AND SHE'S GOT INFORMATION.

WHICH YOU'RE GUESSING
RICHARD WOULD PREFER TO KEEP
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.

OH. VERY MUCH SO.

I'M NOT HIS LAWYER ANYMORE.

WELL,

ON THE OFF CHANCE
THAT YOU STILL HAVE
RICHARD'S EAR,

AND KNOWING AS I DO
YOUR REPRESENTATION OF THAT
BRIGHT TALENT, NEIL AVEDON,

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT INTEREST YOU
TO KNOW THAT FRANCESCA,
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES,

MIGHT BE PREPARED TO DISCLOSE...

HABITS AND DISPOSITIONS
OF RICHARD'S...

WHICH I AM CERTAIN
IT WOULD DISMAY HIM
TO HEAR BANDIED ABOUT...

AND COMMENTED ON
IN THE PUBLIC FORA...

AND MIGHT CONCEIVABLY
GET HIM JAMMED UP...

IN THAT BRANCH OF THE LEGAL
SYSTEM WITH WHICH YOU ARE
FAR MORE FAMILIAR THAN I.

IT IS IN THAT CONTEXT
THAT MR. CROSS SHOULD BE
MADE TO UNDERSTAND...

THAT $100 MILLION IS CHEAP.

AND HE CAN STICK THE PRENUP
HE SHOVED DOWN HIS WIFE'S THROAT
RIGHT BACK UP HIS ASS.

READY TO ORDER, GENTLEMEN?

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HAVING.

NO APPETIZER.
AND MR. SIEGALSTEIN'S DUCK.

AH.
THANK YOU.

EAT 'EM BOTH, MARVIN.

AND DOUBLE UP ON YOUR THERAPY.

THE PROBATIVE VALUE OF
THE VIDEOTAPES IS DEVASTATING,
YOUR HONOR.

PUTTING ASIDE THE FACT
THAT THE ACTS SHOWN
ARE GHOULISHLY SIMILAR...

TO THE MANNER IN WHICH
JESSICA COSTELLO WAS MURDERED,

A MAN WHO CHOKES WOMEN
SIMPLY CANNOT BE ALLOWED
TO WALK AROUND FREE.

WHAT YOU SEE ISN'T ALWAYS
WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE.

YOU MEAN THAT WASN'T NEIL AVEDON
CHOKING THAT GIRL?

ASIDE FROM THE AUTHENTICITY
OF THE TAPE BEING IN SERIOUS
DOUBT, YOUR HONOR,

MR. AVEDON HAS TAKEN
A POLYGRAPH WHICH SUBSTANTIATES
HIS ASSERTION...

THAT HE NEVER CONSCIOUSLY
CHOKED MISS GRIOTTE.

NOW COUNSEL
REALLY HAS ME CONFUSED.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE MAN
WAS UNCONSCIOUS WHO WAS DOING
ALL THAT THROTTLING?

YOUR HONOR,
MR. AVEDON'S
EXCESSIVE DRINKING...

CLOUDED HIS MEMORY
CONCERNING WHAT
THE TAPE DEPICTS.

A DRUNKEN BLACKOUT
IS THE REASON HE DOESN'T
RECALL THAT NIGHT...

AND THE REASON HE WAS ABLE
TO PASS THE POLYGRAPH.

HE WAS NOT CONSCIOUS
OF HIS ACTIONS.

SO WHAT? IF HE CONCEDES
THAT HE CHOKED THE GIRL,
THEN HE NEEDS TO GO BACK INSIDE.

NO. HE NEEDS TO BE
IN A PLACE WHERE HE CAN BE
PROPERLY EXAMINED...

AND TREATED
FOR HIS ALCOHOL ABUSE PROBLEM.

AS THE COURT IS AWARE,
YOUR HONOR,

MR. AVEDON IS ALREADY
IN A REHAB FACILITY
IN SANTA MONICA.

DR. LESTER'S FACILITY
DOES NOT HAVE
THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES...

TO MEET MR. AVEDON'S
PRESENT NEEDS.

ASIDE FROM HAVING NO LOCKDOWN,
INSUFFICIENT STAFF
AND MEDICAL RESOURCES,

IT CANNOT PROVIDE
THE BATTERY OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING...

WHICH WE BELIEVE
IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

THEN LET HIM BE TESTED
IN CUSTODY.

NO PRISON HOSPITAL CAN PROVIDE
THE ENVIRONMENT NECESSARY...

TO TREAT MR. AVEDON
AND TO EVALUATE HIM PROPERLY.

HE CAN ONLY GET THAT
AT THE HILTZ CLINIC.

HE COULD GET THAT
AT MASS GENERAL.

HE COULD PROBABLY GET SOME NICE
AUSTRIAN PSYCHIATRIST...

TO PROBE HIS DELICATE PSYCHE
ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.

BUT BAIL IS NOT SOLELY DESIGNED
TO SERVE THE NEEDS
OF THE DEFENDANT.

AGREED. THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF BAIL, HOWEVER, ARE NOT
INTENDED TO BE PUNITIVE.

IF THE PROSECUTION
IS INTERESTED
IN FINDING THE TRUTH,

HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO CONTINUE ON BOND.

MR. AVEDON IS ASKING
THAT YOU HELP HIM
LEARN MORE ABOUT HIMSELF...

SO THAT HE CAN
BETTER PREPARE HIS DEFENSE.

HE KNOWS HE DID NOT
KILL ANYONE.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA DENY
THE PEOPLE'S MOTION
FOR REVOCATION OF BAIL.

- YOUR HONOR...
- THANK YOU.

AND I'M ALSO GONNA ORDER
THE CHANGE OF FACILITY.

- WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL,
YOUR HONOR.
- UH, DON'T THANK ME YET.

THERE WILL BE A FULL REPORT
TO THIS COURT
FROM THAT FACILITY...

EACH WEEK DURING YOUR STAY,
MR. AVEDON.

UPON COMPLETION OF
YOUR TREATMENT, THEN I WILL
REVISIT THE ISSUE OF BAIL.

TRIP UP ONCE, YOU'LL BE MARCHED
THROUGH THAT DOOR, AND YOU WILL
NOT COME OUT. UNDERSTAND?

YES, SIR.

UH, COURT IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

LET ME HAVE HIM, TEDDY.
I COULD MAKE A HELL OF
A PROSECUTOR OUT OF HIM.

TOODLES.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU, DETECTIVE?
I DON'T NEED ANY HELP,
COUNSELOR.

THIS IS PURELY SOCIAL.

PERSONAL GREETINGS
TO LOVER BOY HERE.

THEY'RE MUCH APPRECIATED.
NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE US.

YOU'RE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
STRANGLER. RIGHT, NEIL?

HUH? SWANS, WOMEN.
NO DIFFERENCE TO YOU?

- AS LONG AS IT'S GOT A NECK, YOU'LL WRING IT?
- FORGET IT, NEIL.

DETECTIVE POLSON'S A BAD LOSER.

I HAVEN'T LOST A THING,
COUNSELOR.

HEY, I'M THRILLED
HE'S OUT IN THE WORLD.

SOMEONE AS STUPID AS HIM...
HE'S A TIME BOMB
JUST WAITING TO GO OFF.

THAT'S ENOUGH, DETECTIVE.
AND WHEN HE BLOWS,

I'LL BE THERE
TO PICK UP THE PIECES.

STAY AWAY FROM HIM, POLSON,
OR WE GO BACK INTO COURT RIGHT
NOW AND GET YOU SANCTIONED.

TICK, TICK, TICK,
TICK, TICK, TICK,
TICK, TICK, TICK.

FRANCESCA,
THANKS FOR COMING IN.

SHOULDN'T I BE THANKING YOU?

MARVIN SAID THAT
YOU AND HE'D HAD LUNCH.

YES, WE DID.
MM-HMM.

DON'T USE THIS GUY, FRANCESCA.
TEDDY, DON'T.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE DISSUADED
FROM GETTING THIS DIVORCE.

MARVIN IS WHAT I REQUIRE
TO GET IT DONE.

CAN YOU HEAR HIM
ABOVE HIS GREEN SUITS,
TEDDY?

HE HAS A BRILLIANT MIND.

AND THAT'S WHY
YOU WANT TO USE HIM?

I WANT TO USE HIM BECAUSE
HE CAN DEAL WITH RICHARD.

HE KNOWS THOSE RULES.

THEY'RE RICHARD'S RULES.

EVIDENTLY.

NOT THAT I'VE ALWAYS
REALIZED THAT.

AND YOU'RE SURE NOW
THAT THAT'S HOW RICHARD PLAYS?

HOW CAN YOU OF ALL PEOPLE
ASK ME THAT QUESTION?

FRANCESCA, I'M NOT HERE
AS RICHARD'S ADVOCATE.

VILLAGE GOSSIP
NOTWITHSTANDING.
YES, GOSSIP NOTWITHSTANDING.

THERE ARE LEGITIMATE WAYS
TO ATTACK
A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT.

LEGITIMATE WAYS
TO DISSOLVE YOUR MARRIAGE...

WITH THE ASSURANCE
OF FINANCIAL SECURITY.

IT CAN BE DONE
WITHOUT BLACKMAILING RICHARD.

IS THAT WHAT
MARVIN IS PROPOSING?

IT IS.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

WHEN YOU HIRE A MAN LIKE THAT
YOU GET THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

FRANCESCA, I'VE KNOWN YOU
FOR A LONG TIME.

AND BECAUSE I FEEL
I'M YOUR FRIEND,

I'M SAYING FINE,
MAKE RICHARD PAY.

BUT DON'T DESTROY YOURSELF
IN THE PROCESS.

SIEGALSTEIN...

HE'LL TURN YOU INTO...
A CIRCUS ACT.

TURN ME INTO ONE?
THAT'S WHAT I AM.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU ARE.
RIGHT.

AND HE'S NOT WHAT YOU DESERVE.

AND DON'T YOU HIRE HIM
BECAUSE YOU FEEL THAT WAY.

WHO WOULD YOU USE?

I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST
WITH 20 NAMES.

HONORABLE PEOPLE.

WITHIN LIMITS.

HONORABLE WITHOUT LIMITS...

THAT'S A SHORTER LIST.

YOU'RE ON IT.

GRAHAM LESTER
WAITS IN RECEPTION.
SHALL I SHEPHERD HIM IN?

NO. AND SHOW FRANCESCA
OUT THE SIDE CORRIDOR.

THANK YOU.

I'LL TELL YOUR DRIVER WE'RE
ON THE WAY DOWN. RIGHT THIS WAY.

LAW OFFICES.

NO. MISS APPLETON IS
OUT OF THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW.

YOUR COLLEAGUE LIBELED
MY CARE FACILITY
IN THAT COURTROOM TODAY.

PURSUE YOUR LEGAL REMEDIES.

WHY DO YOU INSIST ON HAVING
AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP,
MR. HOFFMAN?

WE HAVE A CONFLUENCE
OF INTEREST HERE.

THAT BEING?
THAT BEING NEIL AVEDON'S
WELFARE... OBVIOUSLY.

YOU'RE AWARE I'M STILL
GOING TO BE GIVING NEIL CARE,
EVEN AT THE NEW FACILITY.

I'LL DO WHAT I CAN
TO MINIMIZE YOUR ACCESS.
WHY?

WHY CAN'T WE WORK TOGETHER?
WHY CAN'T WE COOPERATE?

EVEN AT THIS LATE DATE,
TRY AND WORK OUT
A COOPERATIVE APPROACH.

YOU KEEP ME ACQUAINTED
WITH YOUR THERAPEUTIC REGIMEN,

I APPRISE YOU
OF MY LEGAL STRATEGY,

AND RICHARD CROSS IS PRIVY
TO EVERY MOVE I MAKE.

ISN'T THIS CONVERSATION
BETTER SUITED TO YOUR OFFICE?

WHAT'S HE GOT ON YOU?

MEETING ME OUT HERE,
TALKING TO ME IN THIS TONE.

YOUR DISRESPECT FOR ME
DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

THERE'D BE SOMETHING WRONG
WITH BOTH OF US IF IT DID.

DON'T FIGHT ME
FOR NEIL'S SOUL, HOFFMAN.

YOU CAN'T WIN.

DONALD BALLARD RAN HIS WIFE OVER
WITH HIS CAR.

THE WIFE DIED AN HOUR AGO.
BALLARD'S STILL AT LARGE.

LOOKS LIKE
YOU'RE GETTING YOURSELF
A NEW DEFENDANT.

NOTHING WRONG
WITH THE OLD ONE.

PAUL.
WHAT BALLARD DID
DOES NOT EXONERATE VELACEK.

YOUR SO-CALLED VICTIM
DID JUST WHAT MY CLIENT
WAS AFRAID HE'D DO.

PERHAPS NOT. BUT IN LIGHT
OF WHAT'S HAPPENED,

I DON'T THINK THIS CASE
SHOULD EVER GET TO THE JURY.

IF WE DROP THIS,
WE'D BE DOING
NOTHING LESS...

THAN COUNTENANCING COPS
BEATING UP ON CITIZENS.

RELAX, PAUL.

GIVEN THE GIVENS,
I AGREE WITH JUDGE NOYCE.

THIS CASE SHOULD BE DISMISSED.

ARE WE DONE HERE?

I NEED A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME.

IN PRIVATE.

WHAT ELSE IS THERE
TO DISCUSS, TEDDY?

I'VE CALLED OFF MY DOG.
IT'S OVER.

NO, IT ISN'T.

I ASKED YOU TO GIVE HER
PROTECTION. YOU DIDN'T,
AND IT GOT HER KILLED.

THAT'S A BIT SIMPLISTIC,
ISN'T IT?

IT'S THE WAY THE PRESS
LIKES THEIR BITES...

SIMPLE, EASY TO COMPREHEND.

YOU HAVE A BOTTOM LINE,
I ASSUME.

I WANT RAY VELACEK
BACK ON THE JOB...

WITH FULL PAY AND BENEFITS.

YOU REALLY AMAZE ME.
YOU KNOW THAT?

ALL THIS SWEAT
AND HEAVY BREATHING
OVER VELACEK. AND FOR WHAT?

BECAUSE HE'S DAVE BLALOCK'S
FIRST PARTNER?

WE GONNA DEAL OR NOT?

YOU KNOW THE SITUATION.

D.A.'s OFFICE HAS NO LEVERAGE
OVER A BOARD OF RIGHTS.

THEN GET SOME.

LEAN ON WHOEVER
YOU GOTTA LEAN ON,
BUT GET IT DONE.

THINGS SHOULD BE READY
IN A MINUTE OR TWO.

YOU ALMOST DONE?

HERE. TAKE IT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
A ROLEX KIND OF PLACE.

THE STAFF'S BEEN TOLD
TO LOOK OUT FOR PEOPLE
HASSLING YOU.

AH, I CAN HANDLE
OTHER PEOPLE.

IT'S ME
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.

THE STAFF'S GONNA ALSO
HELP YOU WITH THAT.

I'VE ALWAYS HAD HELP.

YOU KNOW THAT, CHRIS?

TRAINER, DIALOGUE COACH,

FRIENDS.

AT LEAST THE FRIENDS
ON MY PAYROLL.

THE PEOPLE HERE ARE GONNA
KICK YOUR BUTT
TO GET YOU STRAIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE IT,

BUT WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE,
YOU'RE GONNA BE
CLEAN AND SOBER.

MAYBE FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE.

YEAH.

AND WHAT IF I FIND OUT
WHO I AM...

IS THE GUY THAT KILLED
JESSICA COSTELLO?

WE'RE READY, MR. AVEDON.

YOU'LL BE OKAY.

YEAH.

WHAT'D THEY SAY?

THEY'LL REINSTATE YOU,

BUT ONLY IF YOU AGREE
TO RETIRE.

PENSION, BENEFITS?

THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

THEY CAUGHT HIM.
YOU KNOW... BALLARD.

OUT IN LANCASTER.
HE'S ALREADY LAWYERED UP.

PROBABLY WALK AWAY
JUST LIKE THE OTHER TIMES.

LET IT GO, RAY.

BEING A COP,
IT'S A HABIT.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE LIFE,
YOU THINK...

THAT'S THE ONLY AIR
THERE IS TO BREATHE.

IT'S A HABIT YOU CAN BREAK.

DAVIE DID IT.

MIGHT TAKE ME A WHILE
TO PAY YOU WHAT I OWE.

WE CAN MAKE THE RENT.

RICHARD CROSS.

- ON THE PHONE?
- IN THE FLESH.

I'LL SEE HIM.

GO HOME, LOUIS.

MR. CROSS.

THANK YOU.
MM-HMM.

LONG NIGHT, HUH, TEDDY?

I GUESS YOU'RE ONLY ABOUT
HALFWAY THROUGH YOURS.

FRANCESCA AND I
HAVE HAD OUR FIRST
CIVIL DISCUSSION...

SINCE THIS WHOLE MESS
STARTED, YOU KNOW.

SHE TOLD ME THAT
YOU PERSUADED HER
TO CHANGE ATTORNEYS...

IN OUR DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS.

I SUGGESTED IT.

HAS SHE DECIDED
TO LET SIEGALSTEIN GO?

APPARENTLY SO.

SO, HOW'S NEIL HOLDING UP?

I SUSPECT YOU HAVE
ADEQUATE CONDUITS
FOR THAT INFORMATION.

AND I NEED TO SEE MY FAMILY.

ABOUT FRANCESCA,
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

IT WILL ELEVATE
THE LEVEL OF DISCOURSE.

I'M VERY FOND OF HER, RICHARD.

I THINK SHE HAS A GOOD SOUL.

AND I AM EVIL INCARNATE?

ARE YOU?
I THINK YOU THINK I AM.

WHICH IS WHY I DON'T QUITE GRASP
WHY YOU INTERCEDED ON MY BEHALF
WITH FRANCESCA.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

NOTHING YOU'RE CAPABLE
OF COMPREHENDING.

WHAT WOULD BE THE FEE
TO ILLUMINATE ME?

THERE ARE SOME THINGS
EVEN YOU CAN'T BUY.

OH, COME ON, TEDDY.

EVERYBODY HAS THEIR PRICE.

GOOD NIGHT, RICHARD.

I NEED ONE LAST SIGNATURE.

MM-HMM.