All language subtitles for Murder One S01E15 Chapter 15.DVD.HI.cc.en.20FOX

[Announcer] THE PROSECUTION
FIGHTS FOR NEIL'S RECORDS.

WE BELIEVE THE DOCTOR'S FILES
ON THE DEFENDANT
SHOULD BE OPENED.

LET'S SEE
WHAT THE DOCTOR KNEW
AND WHEN HE KNEW IT.

[Neil] WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
THE JUDGE'LL KEEP
DR. LESTER'S RECORDS SEALED?

ZERO.
BUT I THINK
SHE'S WRONG.

AND IF I'M RIGHT ABOUT HIM,
LESTER'S RECORDS ARE FILLED...

WITH REFERENCES
TO YOUR VIOLENT NATURE.

INCLUDING A BACKDATED MEMO
DESCRIBING HOW YOU CONFESSED
TO MURDERING JESSICA.

THIS IS MY SHRINK
WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT?

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THOROUGHLY
CORRUPT BASTARD WHO'S
SELLING YOU DOWN THE RIVER.

[Announcer]
THE VICTIM'S SISTER.

HAVE YOU STARTED PREPPING
JULIE COSTELLO TO TESTIFY?

- [Arnold]
SHE'S COMING IN TODAY.
- MIND YOUR P's AND Q's.

ASSUME ANYTHING YOU SAY
GOES BACK TO RICHARD CROSS.

- WHY DON'T WE TRY
A DRY RUN ON YOUR DIRECT?
- ARE YOU MARRIED?

- NO.
- ATTACHED?

- NO.
- I WALKED OUT ON RICHARD,

AND THE ONLY PERSON I COULD
THINK TO GO TO WAS YOU.

YOU COULD, UH,
STAY AT MY PLACE UNTIL YOU
FIGURE OUT YOUR NEXT MOVE.

THANK YOU.

[Announcer]
THE SECRET ART DEAL.

DO YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT ART?
[Justine] I WAS
AN ART MAJOR IN COLLEGE.

- AH.
- CAN'T AFFORD THE PAINTINGS
YET, SO I BUY THE BOOKS.

A HANS HOLBEIN
IS COMING ON THE MARKET
IN THREE MONTHS... VERY RARE.

I'D LIKE YOU TO GO
TO AMSTERDAM AND NEGOTIATE
THE PURCHASE.

WOULDN'T YOU BE BETTER OFF
LETTING A PROFESSIONAL
ART HOUSE HANDLE THIS?

I WANT YOU.

HE WANTS ME TO FLY
TO AMSTERDAM TO BUY
SOME PAINTING.

HE MADE A BIG SHOW
OF WANTING IT TO BE
ALL RIGHT WITH YOU.

IT'S NOT.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T ABOUT ART.

BUT I COULD BE
YOUR INSIDE GUY ON THIS.

TELL RICHARD
YOU AREN'T INTERESTED.
[Inhales, Sighs]

DO WE HAVE SOMETHING
TO CELEBRATE?

EXCELLENT.
ONLY, ABOUT TED...

I WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE
THE RIGHT TIME TO TELL HIM.

I'M SURE
YOU'LL TELL TED
WHEN YOU'RE READY.

[Announcer]
A MARRIAGE IN TROUBLE.

I KEEP PUTTING
THIS CONVERSATION OFF...

AND PUTTING IT OFF,
AND I CAN'T ANYMORE.

I CAN'T KEEP LIVING
THE WAY WE'VE BEEN LIVING.

THE TRIAL'S
BEEN EXHAUSTING, I KNOW.

I THINK WE
NEED TO SEPARATE
FOR A WHILE.

- ANNIE, DON'T DO THIS.
I LOVE YOU.
- I'M SORRY.

[Judge Bornstein]
IT IS THE FINDING OF THIS COURT
THAT DR. LESTER..

WAS A PERCIPIENT WITNESS
TO THREATS MADE BY MR. AVEDON...

AGAINST A YOUNG WOMAN
UNDER HIS CARE.

THE DOCTOR THEN FAILED
TO SAFEGUARD THE COMMUNITY.

HE FAILED TO ENSURE
THE YOUNG WOMAN'S SAFETY,

EVEN FAILED TO MONITOR
MR. AVEDON'S DANGEROUSLY
MENACING BEHAVIOR.

ACCORDINGLY,
IT IS THE RULING OF THIS COURT
THAT DR. LESTER'S FAILURE...

TO ACT EFFECTIVELY
WAIVES ANY PRIVILEGE
OF CONFIDENTIALITY.

MR. AVEDON'S MEDICAL RECORDS,
HELD BY DR. LESTER,
WILL BE UNSEALED.

DR. LESTER WILL BE
COMPELLED TO TESTIFY.

BRING IN THE JURY.

[Grasso] YOUR HONOR,
THE PEOPLE WOULD ASK
THAT DR. LESTER...

BE DEEMED A HOSTILE WITNESS
FOR PURPOSES
OF DIRECT EXAMINATION.

THE DEFENSE ASKS
TO BE HEARD IN OPPOSITION
TO THAT MOTION, YOUR HONOR.

[Man, Whispering]
KEEP YOUR EYES
ON THE PROCEEDINGS.

I'LL KEEP MY EYES
WHEREVER I WANT TO.
EXCUSE ME, GENTLEMEN.

- IS THERE A PROBLEM?
- NO, YOUR HONOR.

- JUROR NUMBER THREE,
IS THERE A PROBLEM?
- NO, YOUR HONOR.

MR. HOFFMAN,
YOU HAD ASKED TO SPEAK
IN OPPOSITION.

- YES, TO THIS POINT...
- I HAVE TO GO THROUGH YOU
TO TALK TO HER?

- JUROR NUMBER THREE!
- THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

JUROR NUMBER THREE!
I WILL TALK TO HER
WHENEVER I WANT TO TALK TO HER.

- GENTLEMEN.
- YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TOO BAD.

- I DON'T LIKE IT.
- LIVE WITH IT.

SHE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO TALK
TO HER. LIVE WITH THAT!

JUROR NUMBER THREE
AND JUROR NUMBER 10,
IN MY CHAMBERS, RIGHT NOW.

JUROR NUMBER TEN
IS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH JUROR NUMBER TWO.

DO YOU DENY IT?
IT'S NONE
OF YOUR BUSINESS.

- IS IT TRUE?
- YOUR HONOR, ISN'T THERE SOME
RIGHT OF PRIVACY ISSUE HERE?

WHAT IS IT, THE-THE...
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT,
THE THIRD AMENDMENT?

MR. BEWKUS,
IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING IT'S NONE
OF THE COURT'S BUSINESS,

ALLOW ME
TO SET YOU STRAIGHT.

THIS COURT'S BUSINESS
EXTENDS TO ANYTHING THAT
INTERRUPTS ITS SESSIONS...

OR MAY TAINT
ITS JURY DELIBERATIONS.

NOW, I WILL ASK YOU AGAIN.
ARE YOU AND MS. ANTONELLI
HAVING AN AFFAIR?

MS. ANTONELLI AND I
HAVE BECOME FRIENDS
TO SOME EXTENT.

THE PROBLEM HERE IS NOT US
THOUGH. THE PROBLEM'S HIM.

HE'S BEEN REBUFFED.
I WASN'T AWARE
OF BEING REBUFFED.

IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED
IN YOUR MIND?
I'VE BEEN REBUFFED.

MR. METZGER,
WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH MS. ANTONELLI?

- TRUTH BE TOLD,
I BARELY KNOW HER.
- EXCUSE ME, YOUR HONOR.

THIS GUY'S BEEN PUTTING
THE MOVES ON HER SINCE
THE FIRST DAY OF VOIR DIRE.

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT?
YOU WEREN'T HERE THEN.
YOU DIDN'T GET HERE UNTIL...

- THE LAST DAY OF VOIR DIRE.
- I KNOW, BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME.

- IT APPEARS
WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
- YES, IT DOES.

LISTEN TO ME. I'M NOT
GOING TO STOP THIS TRIAL DEAD
IN ITS TRACKS FOR THIS NONSENSE.

UNTIL I'VE REACHED
A FINAL DETERMINATION
AS TO WHAT ACTION IS WARRANTED,

I WANT TO ASSUME THAT
BOTH OF YOU CAN AND WILL...

CONDUCT YOURSELVES
AS ADULTS IN THAT COURTROOM.

IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?

YES, YOUR HONOR.
YES, YOUR HONOR.

GOOD.
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

THIS IS
BECAUSE OF YOU.
DON'T EVEN TALK TO ME.

YOU'RE A BABY.

OF 1993
TO SEPTEMBER OF 1995.

- IS THAT RIGHT?
- YES.

IS THIS YOUR
HANDWRITING, DOCTOR?

UH, YES-YES, IT IS.

I'D LIKE YOU
TO LOOK THROUGH THE FILES
AND TELL ME...

IF THESE ARE THE NOTES
YOU KEPT ON YOUR SESSIONS
WITH NEIL AVEDON?

UH, YES, THEY ARE.
I REFER YOU
TO THE NOTES...

ON A SESSION MARKED
SEPTEMBER 9, 1995.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT
YOU READ THEM TO US.

THE PEOPLE ASK THE COURT TO
INSTRUCT THE WITNESS TO COMPLY
WITH THIS COURT'S ORDER.

- THE WITNESS IS SO ORDERED.
- I WON'T DO THAT, YOUR HONOR.

I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS COURT,
OR ANY COURT, CAN COMPEL ME
TO DIVULGE...

CONFIDENCES PLACED
IN ME BY MY PATIENTS.
[Judge Bornstein] DR. LESTER,

THE COURT HAS RULED
THAT YOUR PRIVILEGE AGAINST
TESTIFYING AS TO YOUR NOTES...

AND CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE DEFENDANT HAVE
BEEN EFFECTIVELY WAIVED.

- DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
- YES.

ARE YOU REFUSING TO ABIDE
BY THE COURT'S RULING, DOCTOR?

YES, I AM.
THE OATH OF MY PROFESSION
PROHIBITS ME...

FROM DIVULGING
ANY PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS.
YOUR HONOR,

THE DEFENSE ASKS
FOR AN OPPORTUNITY,

PRIOR TO THE COURT'S RULING,
TO OFFER ORAL ARGUMENT...

AND SUBMIT PAPERS IN SUPPORT
OF THE WITNESS'S RIGHT
NOT TO VIOLATE PRIVILEGE.

DENIED. I FIND DR. LESTER
IN CONTEMPT OF COURT...

FOR REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH
A DIRECT ORDER
OF THIS COURT.

HE IS HEREBY REMANDED
INTO CUSTODY.

YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE ASKS
THAT THESE PROCEEDINGS
BE STAYED...

WHILE A WRIT OF PROHIBITION
IS FILED WITH THE CALIFORNIA
COURT OF APPEAL.

THIS COURT STANDS IN RECESS
FOR TODAY ONLY.

[Reporter] DID YOU TELL HIM
THAT YOU DID IT, NEIL?
NEIL, DID YOU CONFESS?

- [Reporter #2] HEY, IS THERE
A CONFESSION IN THERE, TED?
- ABSOLUTELY NOT.

- HOW LONG IS LESTER
PREPARED TO STAY IN JAIL?
- YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK HIM THAT.

YOU'RE FILING A WRIT.
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING PRETTY
EXPLOSIVE ABOUT THOSE NOTES.

RECOVERING DRUG ADDICTS
TELL THEIR PSYCHOTHERAPISTS
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

SOME OF THEM ARE REAL.
SOME OF THEM ARE DELUSIONAL.

WE THINK THE COURT IS WRONG,
AND WE'RE FILING A WRIT
WITH THE COURT OF APPEAL,

WHICH, IF SUCCESSFUL,
WILL PREVENT THIS MISCARRIAGE
OF JUSTICE FROM TAKING PLACE.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW, GUYS.
[Reporters' Questions
Continue]

NEIL, DID YOU CONFESS?
[Commotion Continues]

BETWEEN NOW AND TOMORROW,
WE NEED TO FIND OUT ABOUT EVERY
RECENT RULING...

ON DOCTOR-PATIENT PRIVILEGE
THAT HELPS OR HURTS US.

DO WE WANT TO SEE
WHO'S INTERESTED IN
FILING AMICUS BRIEFS?

NO TIME.
BASICALLY, WHAT WE'RE
TELLING THE COURT OF APPEAL...

IS THAT THE PREJUDICIAL
OUTWEIGHS THE PROBATIVE.

- THAT WOULD BE
ONE LINE OF ATTACK.
- I'D HAMMER ON CASILLAS.

I'D HAMMER ON SAXON.
I'D HAMMER ON RASMUSSEN.

- HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS JACOBSON?
- I'D DISTINGUISH JACOBSON...

BASED ON THE SHRINK IN THAT
CASE WILLFULLY WITHHOLDING
INFORMATION AS OPPOSED...

TO THE COLORABLE CLAIM
OF NEGLIGENT WITHHOLDING
AS IN THIS CASE.

OKAY?

DO YOU HAVE SOMEPLACE ELSE
TO BE, ARNOLD?

I HAVE JULIE COSTELLO
WAITING IN THE LIBRARY.

YOU STILL, UH, PREPPIN' HER
FOR COURT?

- YEAH, I'M STILL
PREPPIN' HER FOR COURT.
- [Chuckles]

- YOU'RE CERTAINLY
BEING THOROUGH, ARNOLD.
- SHALL I BLOW HER OFF?

JUSTINE AND LISA ARE
GOING TO BE BEARING THE BRUNT
OF THE WORK ON THE BRIEF,

BUT I WANT YOU TO BE AVAILABLE
TO THEM IF THEY SHOULD NEED YOU.

- TOTALLY AVAILABLE.
I'LL JUST BE IN THE LIBRARY.
- GO.

THANK YOU.

YOUR SISTER WAS
EIGHT YEARS YOUNGER THAN YOU.
IS THAT RIGHT, MS. COSTELLO?

YES.

SHE WAS SENT TO LIVE
WITH YOU BY YOUR PARENTS,

BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T
MANAGE HER, IS THAT RIGHT?

- YES.
- [Quietly] HANDS.

SHE DRANK, SHE USED DRUGS,
SHE WAS PROMISCUOUS,
AND THEY SENT HER TO YOU.

YES.
IS IT FAIR TO SAY YOU
FELT RESPONSIBLE FOR HER?

YES.
IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY,
MS. COSTELLO,

THAT WHEN SHE TOOK UP WITH
NEIL AVEDON YOU WERE PLEASED?
YES, I WAS PLEASED.

WERE YOU AWARE OF THE FACT
NEIL AVEDON HAD A SERIOUS
COCAINE HABIT?

NO, I WAS NOT.
I THOUGHT NEIL
WAS GOOD TO HER.

IS IT POSSIBLE, MS. COSTELLO,
THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT NOW...

BECAUSE
IT'S EASIER THAN BELIEVING
YOU PERMITTED AND EVEN...

ENCOURAGED YOUR SISTER
TO REMAIN IN A RELATIONSHIP...

- THAT RESULTED
IN HER BEING MURDERED?
- [Clears Throat]

THAT'S A LITTLE ROUGH.

SORRY.

IS GRASSO REALLY GONNA
ASK ME THINGS LIKE THAT?

YEAH,
I'D BE PREPARED FOR IT.

IT'S A GOOD THING
I'M TOUGHER THAN I USED TO BE.
[Laughs]

WELL, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT.
YOU'VE HAD TO GET TOUGHER.

I NEVER WANTED TO BE TOUGH.

I ALWAYS
WANTED TO BE TRUSTING.

IT TURNS OUT
I WAS MOSTLY JUST STUPID.

HEY, DON'T BE
SO HARD ON YOURSELF.

NO?
NO.

BE GOOD TO YOURSELF.

- MAYBE EVEN
INDULGE MYSELF A LITTLE?
- YEAH, SURE. WHY NOT?

WHAT IF THAT MEANS
MAKING LOVE TO YOU?

WHAT IF IT MEANS THAT?

[Nervous Laugh]
UH, THERE WOULD BE
SOME, UH,

PROBLEMS
A-ATTENDANT TO THAT.

WHAT PROBLEMS?
OH, UH,
YOU'RE A CLIENT.

YOU'RE A WITNESS.
MM.

THIS IS, UH, AN EMOTIONALLY
OVERWROUGHT TIME FOR YOU.

I WOULD HATE TO THINK
I WAS, UH, YOU KNOW,

TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF A SITUATION.
UH-HUH.

I THINK RATHER THAN
GIVING IN TO OUR IMPULSES,

WE SHOULD JUST KIND OF TRY
TO BE CONTROLLING THEM.
UH-HUH.

[Moans]

IT'S WHAT, UH,

DISTINGUISHES US
FROM THE LOWER-ORDER PRIMATES.

WE CAN KIND OF CONTROL
OUR IMPULSES.
[Chuckles]

WITHOUT THAT, WE'RE...

[Inhales, Exhales Deeply]
BASICALLY APES.

[Door Opens]

OH, HEY.
WE WERE JUST FINISHIN' UP.

OH, I WAS JUST GONNA GO OUT
AND PICK UP SOME DINNER.

I WANTED TO KNOW
IF YOU WANTED ANY.
NO. NO, THANK YOU.

[Door Closes]
[Departing Footsteps]

GROWN-UPS ARE FUNNY
SOMETIMES, HONEY.

THEY LOVE EACH OTHER,
BUT THEY CAN'T ALWAYS LIVE
WITH EACH OTHER.

WHAT WE BOTH WANT YOU TO KNOW
AND NOT HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT...

IS THAT WE LOVE
YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
THAT'S RIGHT.

AND NOTHING
CAN EVER CHANGE THAT.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
SORT OF A TEMPORARY THING.

DADDY'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF THIS BIG TRIAL,

EVERYBODY'S UNDER
A LOT OF PRESSURE...

- AND MOMMY AND I BOTH THOUGHT
THAT IT WOULD BE BEST...
- ARE YOU GETTING A DIVORCE?

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING
WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, HONEY.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS TAKING
A LITTLE BREAK.

I'M GONNA MOVE OUT,
BUT I'LL BE AT A HOTEL
RIGHT NEARBY.

AND I'LL SEE YOU OR SPEAK
TO YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THAT I PROMISE.
SO, YOU MIGHT GET
A DIVORCE, RIGHT?

- WE DON'T KNOW, HONEY.
- IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT THOUGH.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHATEVER WE DO, YOU'VE
GOT US BOTH FOR LIFE.

WILL YOU TRUST
ME ON THAT?
YEAH.

GOOD NIGHT, BABY.

[Annie]
LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU TOO, MOMMY.

[Annie]
SLEEP TIGHT.

- JUSTINE. LISA.
GREAT BRIEF.
- THANKS.

- THANK YOU.
- ANY PRAYER OF REVERSING
BORNSTEIN ON THIS?

WE'RE SURE AS HELL
GOING TO TAKE OUR BEST SHOT.

REGARDING THE LOVE TRIANGLE
AMONG JURORS TWO, THREE AND TEN,

- HAS SOMEONE NOTIFIED VITALE?
- [Chris]
SHE'LL MEET US IN COURT.

ONE OTHER THING.

MY WIFE AND I ARE
EXPERIENCING SOME, UH,
MARITAL DIFFICULTIES.

WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS,
BUT I, UH...

I JUST WANTED YOU
TO HEAR ABOUT IT FROM ME FIRST,

SINCE INEVITABLY
YOU'RE GONNA BE HEARING
ABOUT IT FROM SOMEONE.

HAVING SAID THAT,
WE'RE DUE IN COURT.

DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
THIS WAS HAPPENING?
I HAD NO IDEA.

- COULD I SPEAK TO YOU
FOR A MOMENT, JUSTINE?
- SURE.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT
NOTHING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.

OKAY.
OKAY. NOTHING.
SHE WENT BACK TO YOUR PLACE.

I WENT BACK TO MY PLACE.
NOTHING TRANSPIRED BETWEEN US.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN
YOURSELF TO ME.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW.

OKAY. I BELIEVE YOU.
WAS THERE AN ATTRACTION TO ONE
ANOTHER?

YES, THERE WAS.
ARNOLD, YOU'RE GOIN'
ON ABOUT THIS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPORT BACK
ON THIS, DO YOU?
I DON'T DO THAT.

GOOD.

I'M FEELING A LITTLE
VIOLATED RIGHT ABOUT NOW.
I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

WHEN YOU TAKE THE OATH TO SERVE
ON A JURY, YOUR LIFE CEASES TO
BE, IN ALL RESPECTS, YOUR OWN.

WHAT IS IT
YOU WANT TO KNOW,
YOUR HONOR?

WHETHER OR NOT I'VE HAD SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE WITH MR. BEWKUS?

THE ANSWER IS YES.
NOW WHAT?

NOW I DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT TO
DISMISS YOU BOTH.

FOR ENTERING INTO A SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIP?

INTERESTING.
MS. GRASSO.
MR. HOFFMAN.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D
LIKE TO ASK MS. ANTONELLI?

WELL, I THINK
THE FIRST THING
I'D LIKE TO ASK...

IS THE DEGREE TO WHICH
YOU AND MR. BEWKUS SEE
EYE-TO-EYE ON THINGS.

IT'S HARD TO SAY, MS. GRASSO.
WE HAVEN'T KNOWN EACH OTHER
VERY LONG.

WELL, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT
MIGHT BE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN...

THAT ONE OF YOU MIGHT BE
UNDULY INFLUENCED BY THE OTHER.

I THINK BOTH OF US
ARE INDEPENDENT
ADULT INDIVIDUALS...

WHO ARE CAPABLE OF
NOT BEING UNDULY INFLUENCED.

ARE YOU CAPABLE OF
CONDUCTING THIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH DISCRETION, MS. ANTONELLI?

- ABSOLUTELY.
- IF IT HAPPENS TO UPSET
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE JURY,

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CONDUCT
YOURSELF IN SUCH A WAY THAT
THEY WON'T BE OFFENDED?

I WASN'T AWARE OF HAVING
FLAUNTED IT PARTICULARLY, BUT...

I CAN MAKE
A SPECIAL EFFORT
AT REMAINING DISCREET.

- THE ANSWER IS YES.
- [Judge Bornstein]
THANK YOU, MS. ANTONELLI.

GENE, WOULD YOU
ESCORT MS ANTONELLI
BACK TO THE JURY ROOM?

- THANK YOU.
- ARE YOU KICKING ME
OFF THE JURY?

I HAVEN'T MADE UP MY MIND,
MS. ANTONELLI.

WHEN I DO, YOU'LL BE
THE FIRST TO KNOW.

[Door Closes]
I MOVE THAT BOTH ANTONELLI
AND BEWKUS BE DISMISSED.

YOUR HONOR,
LET'S NOT MAKE THE CURE
WORSE THAN THE ILLNESS.

THERE'S NO INDICATION
THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THESE TWO PEOPLE...

WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT
ON THE JURY'S DELIBERATION.

YOU DON'T THINK THEIR
INDEPENDENCE HAS BEEN
COMPROMISED?
NO, I DON'T.

I THINK IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE
FOR TWO PEOPLE TO SLEEP TOGETHER
AND DISAGREE ABOUT EVERYTHING.

YOU WILL AGREE, MR. HOFFMAN,
IT AT LEAST RAISES
THE POTENTIAL FOR PROBLEMS.

I THINK THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT
IS THERE WITH EVERY ONE
OF THE 12 PEOPLE ON THIS JURY,

WHETHER THEY'RE
SLEEPING TOGETHER OR NOT.

WHAT I DON'T THINK
WE SHOULD DO IS SUMMARILY
DISCARD TWO MEMBERS OF A JURY...

THAT WE ALL WORKED
VERY HARD TO ASSEMBLE.

WHAT ABOUT THE IMPACT
ON THE OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE JURY?

YOU KNOW THEY'RE
ALL AWARE OF IT.

- HOW DO WE KNOW
IT HAS ANY IMPACT?
- [Sighs]

WELL, ONE WAY WOULD BE
TO ASK THEM.

[Hoffman] SHE'S NOT GONNA
RULE UNTIL SHE INTERVIEWS
THE OTHER JURORS.

I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT
THE ALTERNATE POOL.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.

IS SHE GONNA GET RID OF
ANTONELLI AND BEWKUS?
WHO KNOWS?

SHE COULD DISMISS THE
TWO OF THEM, PLUS METZGER.

WHICH WOULD BE
MARGINALLY BETTER THAN JUST
DISMISSING THE TWO OF THEM.

HOWEVER BAD METZGER WAS
FOR US BEFORE, HE'S WORSE NOW.

WHY?
RESENTS HIS OWN LACK
OF EFFECTIVENESS,

MASKS FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY
WITH AGGRESSIVE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR.

HE'S NOT THE GUY
WHO GETS THE GIRL,
AND HE HATES THE GUY WHO DOES.

BY EXTENSION,
THAT WOULD BE NEIL.

[Chris] THE WORST PART
IS LOSING ANTONELLI.
SHE WAS AN ACE IN THE HOLE.

[Lorraine]
IT'S TRUE. SHE AND BEWKUS
WOULD'VE FORMED A NUCLEUS.

FIRST, WE LOSE
THE LESTER MOTION,
NOW THIS.

LISA, WOULD YOU TAKE NEIL
OVER TO THE COURT OF APPEAL?
I'LL JOIN YOU IN A MOMENT.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO
DISCUSS WITH CHRIS AND LORRAINE.
SURE.

LISTEN TO ME,
BOTH OF YOU.

I DON'T WANT ANY MORE
RECITATIONS OF GLOOM AND DOOM
AROUND NEIL. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

THE NEWS ISN'T
EXACTLY GOOD, TED.

NO, IT'S NOT.
AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING
WE LIE TO HIM.

BUT THE ONLY POINT AT WHICH
WE'LL KNOW CONCLUSIVELY...

WHAT KIND OF JURY WE'VE GOT
IS WHEN THEY RENDER A VERDICT.

UNTIL THAT POINT,

OUR JOB IS TO PUT ON
A GAME FACE, PROP UP OUR CLIENT
AND GET HIM THROUGH THIS.

ULTIMATELY,
THE ORDEAL IS HIS.

I WOULD SUGGEST
WE ACT ACCORDINGLY.

THE FAILURE
OF DR. GRAHAM LESTER TO ACT
IN REGARD TO A MS. AMY SCOTT...

HAS NOTHING WHATSOEVER
TO DO WITH THE FACTS
IN THIS CASE.

WHY DOESN'T IT HAVE TO DO
WITH THE DEFENDANT'S
MODUS OPERANDI, COUNSEL?

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
YOUR HONOR,
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE TO BE...

A COMMON MODUS
BETWEEN HOMICIDE
BY STRANGULATION...

AND AN ALLEGED OUTBURST
IN A GROUP THERAPY SESSION.

MOREOVER, I BELIEVE THE TYPE OF
PREJUDICIALLY TAINTED EVIDENCE
IN A THERAPIST'S NOTEBOOK...

IS EXACTLY THE TYPE
OF EVIDENCE THAT THE LAW
WAS INTENDED TO EXCLUDE.

IN A THERAPY SESSION,
A GREAT MANY THINGS ARE SAID
IN A GREAT MANY CONTEXTS.

PUTTING THAT BEFORE
THIS JURY PROVES NOTHING,

WHILE DOING THE PATIENT
A GREAT DEAL OF HARM.

ACCORDINGLY,
I REQUEST THAT A WRIT OF
PROHIBITION BE ISSUED...

AND THAT THE
EVIDENCE BE EXCLUDED.

- MS. GRASSO.
- THE INCIPIENT VIOLENCE...

OF A GROUP THERAPY SESSION
AND THE HOMICIDAL VIOLENCE...

THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE
DECEDENT'S APARTMENT...

ARE TWO POINTS
ON A CONTINUUM.

THEY ARE RELATED EVENTS.

PRIVILEGE HAS
BEEN CONSTRUCTIVELY WAIVED.

IT'S PROPER AND APPROPRIATE
AND WELL-SUPPORTED BY CASE LAW,

SUCH AS CITED
IN OUR OPPOSING PAPERS,

THAT THE DEFENDANT'S
PSYCHIATRIC RECORDS SHOULD BE
ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE.

THANK YOU.

AFTER REVIEWING
YOUR MOVING PAPERS
AND COUNSEL'S ORAL ARGUMENT,

WE DENY THE DEFENSE WRIT.

AND THE MATTER OF
PEOPLE VERSUS NEIL AVEDON...

IS REMANDED TO THE TRIAL COURT
FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.

BUT I WANT TO EXPRESS
MY ADMIRATION FOR THE STANCE
YOU'RE TAKING.

THERE COMES A TIME IN EVERYONE'S
LIFE WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES FORCE
YOU TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF.

[Buzzer Buzzing]
[Metal Doors Clattering]

ALL MY LIFE I'VE BEEN ABLE
TO TALK A PRETTY GOOD GAME.

NOW THE TIME HAS COME
FOR ME TO BE ABLE
TO BACK THAT UP.

I MADE
AN ETHICAL DECISION...

A MORAL CHOICE.

NOW, I HAVE TO BE PREPARED
TO ENDURE THE CONSEQUENCES.

I THINK I AM PREPARED.

AND I THINK I FEEL
PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.

LET'S GO.
[Sighs]

[Iverson]
THOSE TWO ALWAYS SIT
NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

THEY EAT LUNCH
TOGETHER EVERY DAY.

I FIGURED
SOMETHING WAS UP.

DID YOU EVER HEAR MR. BEWKUS
AND MS. ANTONELLI DISCUSS...

ANY OF THE EVIDENCE
OR TESTIMONY IN THIS CASE?

NO.

THEY DON'T SEEM
TO REALLY TALK
ALL THAT MUCH.

MOST OF THE TIME THEY JUST SIT
THERE MAKING EYES AT EACH OTHER.
[Chuckles]

I GUESS A WEDDING RING DOESN'T
MEAN ANYTHING TO SOME PEOPLE.

HAVE MR. BEWKUS
AND MS. ANTONELLI CONDUCTED
THEMSELVES IN SUCH A WAY...

AS TO COMPROMISE
YOUR ABILITY
TO REMAIN IMPARTIAL?

OH, HELL, NO.
[Chuckles]
SHE'S A GOOD-LOOKIN' GIRL.

IF I WAS HIS AGE,
I'D BE DOIN' THE SAME DAMN THING
WHILE I STILL COULD.

[Chuckling]
YOUR HONOR.

TO BE HONEST, UNTIL TODAY,
I HAD NO IDEA THEY'RE AN ITEM.

IN LIGHT OF WHAT
YOU'VE HEARD, THINK
YOU COULD STILL BE...

OPEN-MINDED TOWARD BOTH OF
THEM DURING YOUR DELIBERATIONS?

WHY WOULDN'T I BE?
IT'S A FREE COUNTRY.

CLOSE QUARTERS,
YOU GOTTA EXPECT SOMETHIN'
LIKE THIS MIGHT HAPPEN.

IN THIS DAY AND AGE, THOUGH,
I'M JUST GLAD...

IT'S NOT THE TWO FELLAS
CARRYIN' ON.

I'D HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH SOMETHIN' LIKE THAT...
A BIG PROBLEM.

AS LONG AS THEY WEREN'T
TALKIN' ABOUT THE CASE...
[Chuckles]

A BOOTY CALL'S A BOOTY CALL,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

YOUR HONOR, THE ONLY JUROR
EXPERIENCING ANY LEVEL
OF DISCOMFORT HERE...

THAT COULD IMPAIR HIS ABILITY
TO BE FAIR AND OBJECTIVE
IS MR. METZGER.

THEREFORE,
THE ONLY REASONABLE COURSE
IS TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE PANEL.

- THE PEOPLE
STRENUOUSLY DISAGREE.
- WHY DOES THAT NOT SURPRISE ME?

YOUR HONOR, THESE TWO
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING
IN AN ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP.

[Overlapping Arguments]

AS THE YOUNG LADY SAID,
IT'S A FREE COUNTRY.

THIS TYPE OF CONDUCT
IS OFFENSIVE TO MANY PEOPLE
NEVERTHELESS.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE
THIS END IN A MISTRIAL
JUST BECAUSE...

ONE OF OUR JUROR'S
WAS BIASED AGAINST ONE
OR BOTH OF OUR LOVEBIRDS.

DIVERSITY OF OPINION
AND LIFESTYLE IS A DESIRABLE
ATTRIBUTE IN A JURY.

I HOPE MS. GRASSO ISN'T LONGING
FOR A RETURN TO THE DAYS...

WHEN JURORS HAD TO BE WHITE,
MALE, PROTESTANT LANDOWNERS.

CUTTING THROUGH
COUNSEL'S SARCASM,

THE LACK OF DIVERGENT OPINION
IS WHAT TROUBLES ME HERE.

THE FACT THAT THESE TWO PEOPLE
ARE LOVERS GIVES THEM
UNDUE INFLUENCE OVER EACH OTHER.

- [Hoffman]
AN ASSUMPTION BASED ON WHAT?
- COMMON SENSE.

TWO PEOPLE IN A HORMONE HAZE
ARE PREDISPOSED TO SHARE
A COMMON OPINION.

THE CLEANEST REMEDY HERE
WOULD BE TO PITCH
ALL THREE OF THESE PEOPLE.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT,
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CUT...

THAT DEEPLY INTO THE ALTERNATE
POOL THIS EARLY IN THE TRIAL.

IT IS MY FINDING THAT,
WHILE NOT IDEAL,

THE SITUATION HASN'T
SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISED
THE JURY'S ABILITY...

TO DELIBERATE IN
A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL MANNER.

[Judge Bornstein]
THIS IS A COURT OF LAW,
NOT HIGH SCHOOL.

A YOUNG WOMAN IS DEAD,
AND A YOUNG MAN'S FATE
IS IN YOUR HANDS.

I EXPECT EACH OF YOU
NOT TO BE DIVERTED...

FROM THE OBLIGATION
YOU'VE SWORN TO FULFILL
IN THIS TRIAL.

HENCEFORTH,
YOU WILL CONDUCT
YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY...

AND WITH
THE UTMOST DISCRETION.

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?

[All]
YES, YOUR HONOR.

[Takes Deep Breath]
LET'S GET BACK TO WORK.

WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD
IN THE AVEDON MATTER.
COUNSEL?

IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING
THAT DR. LESTER IS STILL
UNWILLING TO TESTIFY.

UNLESS THE PEOPLE INTEND
TO CALL OTHER WITNESSES,
THE DEFENSE HAS A MOTION.

- ANY MORE WITNESSES, MS. GRASSO?
- NOT AT THIS TIME, YOUR HONOR.

HOWEVER,
SHOULD DR. LESTER ELECT TO
COMPLY WITH THE COURT'S ORDER,

AS IS OUR HOPE,

WE INTEND TO CALL HIM TO TESTIFY
AS PART OF THE PEOPLE'S
CASE-IN-CHIEF.

SHOULD HE CHANGE HIS MIND,
HE WOULD BE SO ALLOWED.

MR. DOCKNOVICH,
MAKE YOUR MOTION.

PURSUANT TO
PENAL CODE SECTION 11-18,

THE DEFENSE MOVES FOR DISMISSAL
DUE TO INSUFFICIENCY
OF THE EVIDENCE.

MOTION DENIED.
GIVEN THE LATENESS
OF THE HOUR,

- WE WILL STAND IN RECESS TILL
9:00 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING.
- [Gavel Pounds]

THE DEFENSE GENERALLY
MOVES FOR DISMISSAL...

AFTER THE PROSECUTION
PRESENTS ITS CASE,

IF ONLY TO TELL THE JURY,
"WE DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE
DID THEIR JOB."

[Crowley]
AND GENERALLY, THE JUDGE
DENIES THE MOTION...

AS JUDGE BORNSTEIN
JUST DID?
CORRECT.

- HI.
- HI, JULIE.

- HAVE YOU SEEN ARNOLD AROUND?
- [TV Chatter Continues]

YEAH, HE'S DOWNTOWN ON A FILING.
HE'LL BE BACK ANY MINUTE.

OH, I THOUGHT
I'D TAKE HIM OUT FOR DINNER.

HE'S BEEN SO PATIENT
HELPING ME GET READY TO TESTIFY.

- ANY IDEA WHAT KIND
OF FOOD HE LIKES?
- MM, JUDGING FROM HIS NECKTIE,

- JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
WITH GRAVY.
- [Chuckles]

CAN YOU SIT FOR A SECOND?

YEAH.

THIS PROBABLY ISN'T
ANY OF MY BUSINESS...

IF IT'S ABOUT
THE OTHER NIGHT...
[Chuckles]

THAT WAS COMPLETELY
INAPPROPRIATE.

AND IT WAS ALL MY FAULT.
I JUST COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.

ARNOLD ISN'T LIKE
ANYONE I'VE EVER KNOWN.

HE'S ONE OF A KIND,
ALL RIGHT.
YEP.

YEP, YEP.
[Laughs]

AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS
OF GUYS IN PORSCHES
TRYIN' TO HUSTLE ME...

OR SHOVE
A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL
UP MY NOSTRIL...

RICHARD SEEMS
A LITTLE SMOOTHER
THAN THAT.

OH,
I DIDN'T MEAN RICHARD.

NO, HE'S A WHOLE
OTHER KETTLE OF FISH.

SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY
COMPLICATED GUY.
THERE'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

WHEN YOU'RE WITH RICHARD,
IT'S LIKE BEING LOST IN THE FOG.

ALL VERY
CALM AND COOL...

AND SCARY AS HELL,
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE...

WHAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT
OF YOUR EYES.

BUT ARNOLD IS A REAL LIVE
FLESH AND BLOOD HUMAN BEING.

UM, I... I DON'T WANT
TO SOUND LIKE A SCOLD.

BUT FOR ONE OF OUR KEY WITNESSES
TO BE GETTING INVOLVED WITH
A MEMBER OF THE DEFENSE TEAM...

THE TABLOID PRESS
WILL BLOW IT COMPLETELY
OUT OF PROPORTION.

IT COULD CAST
A BAD LIGHT ON THIS FIRM.

IT CERTAINLY
WON'T HELP NEIL AVEDON.

THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE
HERE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, JULIE.

AND AS A PRACTICAL MATTER,
ARNOLD DOESN'T NEED
THE DISTRACTION RIGHT NOW.

LET'S FACE IT,
YOU'RE A DISTRACTION
FOR ANY MAN.

I'M NOT SURE
HOW I SHOULD TAKE THAT.

IT WASN'T MEANT
AS ANYTHING OTHER
THAN A COMPLIMENT.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE
A MESSY SITUATION GET MESSIER.

SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY...

FOR A 2 1/2-BY-3-FOOT
PIECE OF IMMORTALITY.

WHICH IS WHAT
THIS HOLBEIN IS...

A FRAGMENT
OF TIMELESSNESS
TO DIVERT ME...

FROM THE INEVITABILITY
OF MY OWN MORTAL RUIN.

IT'S AMAZING, ISN'T IT?

A YOUNG GIRL WORKING
IN A FIELD ONE AFTERNOON
CATCHES HOLBEIN'S ATTENTION,

AND 500 YEARS LATER,
THAT MOMENT IS STILL THERE
FOR US TO SEE.

WHEN CAN I TAKE POSSESSION?

AS SOON AS THE AUCTION HOUSE
CONFIRMS THE PROVENANCE.
JUSTINE,

I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW PLEASED I AM.

MM,
NOT ON A SCHOOL NIGHT.
OH, NONSENSE.

LET'S TOAST TO HANS HOLBEIN
AND THE YOUNG GIRL
HE SAW THAT AFTERNOON...

500 YEARS AGO.

SO,

HOW'S JULIE?
SHE'S OKAY.

[Chuckles]
OKAY. WELL, LET'S
NOT DWELL ON SADNESS.

TONIGHT SHOULD BE
GIVEN OVER TO CELEBRATION.

THIS IS FOR YOU.

WHAT FOR?

IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF, UH,

ALL YOUR HARD WORK
YOU'VE DONE ON MY BEHALF.

FOR THE PAST, PRESENT
AND HOPEFULLY THE FUTURE.

OPEN IT. COME ON.
[Laughs]

SHH.
[Chuckles]

MY WORD.

OH, MY GOD.

[Speaking French]

DONE BY WATTEAU IN 1718.

RICHARD, I CAN'T
POSSIBLY ACCEPT THIS.

COURSE YOU CAN.
NO.

NO, I REALLY CAN'T.
WHY NOT?

BECAUSE.
I MEAN, I CAN'T
FOR MANY REASONS.

THIS IS WAY,
WAY OUT OF BOUNDS.
JUSTINE, LISTEN TO ME.

ABUNDANCE AND PROSPERITY BELONG
TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

THE TROUBLE IS,
MOST PEOPLE
CANNOT ACCEPT THAT.

SO THEY LIVE LIVES OF DENIAL
AND SELF-DEPRIVATION.

YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE
THE SAME MISTAKE.
THIS BELONGS IN A MUSEUM.

WELL, THEN, THE GETTY
SHOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED ME
TO OUTBID THEM LAST WEEK.

[Laughs]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

A SIMPLE THANK YOU
WILL SUFFICE.
THANK YOU.

IT'S INSURED FOR $75,000.
PREMIUM'S TO BE PAID BY ME
IN PERPETUITY.

WHERE AM I GOING TO HANG
A WATTEAU IN MY APARTMENT?

ANYWHERE
BUT OVER THE BATHTUB.

ENJOY.

MAY IT BE THE FIRST
OF MANY IN YOUR COLLECTION.

[Intercom Beeps]

YES, LOUIS.
SEND HIM IN.

- JUDGE BORNSTEIN
LIFTED THE CONTEMPT ORDER.
- SO I HEARD.

I COULDN'T STAY IN THERE
ANOTHER NIGHT.

UH, I THOUGHT
I COULD HANDLE IT.

BUT THE SMELL OF MEN,

THE SOUND
OF CLANGING METAL...

AND THIS GRAY SLOP
THEY EXPECTED US TO EAT...

- MADE FROM
GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT...
- SO, YOU'VE AGREED TO TESTIFY.

UNDERSTAND SOMETHING,
MR. HOFFMAN.
I-I... I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

I-I DON'T WANT
TO DO THIS TO MY PATIENT.

I DON'T WANT
TO DO THIS TO MY REPUTATION.

SUCH AS IT IS.

IF I KNEW AT A POINT THE JUDGE
WOULD'VE LET ME OUT,
MAYBE I COULD'VE HUNG ON.

BUT TO BE LOCKED UP
ON AN OPEN-ENDED BASIS...
I'M SORRY.

SO YOU MARTYR YOURSELF
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS...

TO GET THE JURY BELIEVING
YOU'RE A MAN OF CONSCIENCE...

WHEN NOTHING COULD BE
FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

WHAT'S CROSS PAYING YOU...

FIVE MILLION, TEN MILLION?

WHAT'S THE GOING RATE
FOR PUTTING
AN INNOCENT MAN AWAY...

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE,
DOCTOR?

YOU HAVE A RIGHT
TO BE ANGRY AND UPSET.

I LET YOU DOWN.
I LET MYSELF DOWN.

I CAN'T DENY I LACKED
THE STRENGTH OF WILL
TO SEE THIS THROUGH.

BUT I TRIED TO DO
THE RIGHT THING HERE.

WHETHER OR NOT
IT COUNTS FOR ANYTHING,

I DID THE BEST I COULD.

BUT THE FOOD WAS LOUSY,
SO WHO COULD BLAME YOU.
[Scoffs]

[Judge Bornstein]
"AVEDON JURORS
FROLIC IN THE NUDE."

"JURISTS NOT SO PRUDENT."

"AVEDON JURORS TAMPER
WITH EACH OTHER."
YOUR HONOR,

WE WERE ALONE
IN MY BACKYARD...

- AND HAD NO IDEA
WE WERE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED.
- I NEVER EVEN SAW A HELICOPTER.

I'M NOT SURPRISED.
FROM THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, IT SEEMS
YOUR ATTENTION WAS ELSEWHERE.

YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL
IT'S ME IN THOSE PICTURES.
THAT COULD BE ANYBODY'S BUTT.

YOU WERE BOTH ADMONISHED
TO EXERCISE DISCRETION
AND GOOD JUDGMENT.

AT A MINIMUM,
I THINK THAT MIGHT INCLUDE
TAKING IT IN THE HOUSE...

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
WITH THE SHADES PULLED DOWN.

YOUR HONOR, THIS IS
OBVIOUSLY AN UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION FOR ALL PARTIES.

BUT I SUBMIT THAT NEITHER
OF THESE PEOPLE INTENTIONALLY
IGNORED YOUR ADMONITION.

THEY SIMPLY WERE
UNPREPARED FOR THIS LEVEL
OF INTENSE SCRUTINY.

WHETHER IT WAS THEIR INTENTION
OR NOT, THE DAMAGE IS DONE.
WHAT DAMAGE?

THE JURORS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN ADMONISHED NOT TO READ
ANY NEWS COVERAGE OF THIS TRIAL.

CLEARLY THAT PROHIBITION
EXTENDS TO THIS INCIDENT.

IF THEY FOLLOW THEIR OATH,
THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEM.

OF COURSE COUNSEL
SEES NO PROBLEM.
HE LIKES THESE JURORS.

- HE DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE THEM.
- AND THE PEOPLE
AREN'T ENTIRELY...

SELF-SERVING IN THEIR
ATTEMPT TO UNSEAT THEM?

THE COMPORTMENT
OF MS. ANTONELLI
AND MR. BEWKUS...

THREATENS TO OVERSHADOW
THE EVIDENCE WE'VE PRESENTED
TO THIS JURY.

UNLESS THESE TWO JURORS
ARE IMMEDIATELY DISMISSED,

IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT THE PEOPLE
WILL BE DEPRIVED OF THEIR RIGHT
TO A FAIR TRIAL.

UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

I DON'T SEE
I HAVE ANY CHOICE
BUT TO DISMISS YOU TWO.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING
TO DISMISS US...

BECAUSE OF SOME
VICTORIAN NOTION OF SIN.

THAT'S ENOUGH, MR. BEWKUS.
SAVE YOUR BREATH,
MILES.

SHE'S AN OLD-GUARD,
DOCTRINAIRE,
ANTI-FEM FEMINIST...

WHO THINKS MEN AND WOMEN
HAVE TO BE DESEXUALIZED
TO BE EQUAL.

YOUNG WOMAN,
THE SACRIFICES SOME OF US MADE
WHO CAME BEFORE YOU...

IS WHAT ALLOWS YOU
TO SIT HERE TODAY
AND INSULT A JUDGE,

WHO'S ALSO A WOMAN.

NOW, BEFORE I HAVE
YOU INCARCERATED, I'LL ASK
YOU TO LEAVE MY CHAMBERS.

WHEN I WRITE MY BOOK,
THERE ARE GONNA BE...

SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM
WHO AREN'T GONNA BE VERY HAPPY.

[Grasso] DOCTOR,
DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME...

THAT THE DEFENDANT
WAS A PATIENT OF YOURS,

WERE YOU ABLE
TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS THAT,
IN YOUR OPINION,

COULD REASONABLY EXPLAIN
THE VIOLENT ATTACK HE MADE
ON AMY SCOTT AT ZEPHYR HOUSE?

WELL, MR. AVEDON SUFFERS
FROM A DEFICIENCY OF SEROTONIN,

WHICH IS A NATURALLY OCCURRING
SUBSTANCE IN THE BRAIN
AND THE BLOOD SERUM.

INDIVIDUALS
WHO LACK A REQUISITE AMOUNT
OF THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER...

FREQUENTLY BEHAVE
IN AN AGGRESSIVE MANNER,

INFLICTING VIOLENCE
ON THEMSELVES OR ON OTHERS.

CAN THIS CONDITION BE
CONTROLLED WITH MEDICATION?

THE NEW GENERATION OF SELECTIVE
SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS,
WHICH INCLUDES...

ZOLOFT, PAXIL,
PROZAC AND THE LIKE,

PROVIDES EFFECTIVE
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, YES.

DID YOU PRESCRIBE SUCH DRUGS
FOR THE DEFENDANT?

I DID, BUT AFTER
A SHORT COURSE OF THE DRUG,

MR. AVEDON REFUSED
TO CONTINUE TAKING IT.

DID HE TELL YOU WHY
HE DISCONTINUED THE MEDICATION?
YES.

HE SAID IT INTERFERED
WITH HIS ABILITY...

TO MAINTAIN AN ERECTION
AND TO ACHIEVE ORGASM.

DOCTOR, IS THERE ANY OTHER
FACTOR THAT CAN EXACERBATE...

AGGRESSIVE OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
IN SOMEONE WHO SUFFERS
FROM A SEROTONIN DEFICIENCY?

WELL, CHRONIC DRUG
AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, YES.

DID YOU SEE THE DEFENDANT
THE NIGHT JESSICA COSTELLO
WAS MURDERED?

ABOUT 1:30
IN THE MORNING.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIS AFFECT?
WELL, HE WAS
VERY UPSET, AGITATED.

HE SEEMED TO BE IN A...
A DISASSOCIATED STATE.

WAS HE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOL?

- BOTH.
- AT THAT TIME, DID NEIL AVEDON
REVEAL ANYTHING TO YOU...

WHICH LED YOU TO FORM
AN OPINION AS TO THE CAUSE
OF HIS AGITATED STATE?

HE TOLD ME THAT HE'D
BEEN IN JESSICA'S APARTMENT
EARLIER THAT EVENING.

THEY'D HAD A FIGHT.
HE LOST HIS TEMPER.

AND... HE SAID
THAT HE KILLED HER.

- I NEVER SAID THAT!
- [Hoffman] NEIL.

NO, NO! THAT'S A LIE!
I NEVER SAID THAT TO YOU
OR ANYONE ELSE!

MR. AVEDON, THERE WILL BE NO
MORE OUTBURSTS IN MY COURTROOM.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

- YES, YOUR HONOR.
- CONTINUE.

WHEN MR. AVEDON TOLD YOU HE HAD
JUST KILLED JESSICA COSTELLO,
DID HE SEEM COHERENT?

- YES.
- WAS HE DELUSIONAL?

NO.
WAS IT YOUR OPINION THAT
THE DEFENDANT...

WAS REPORTING
A FANTASY OR A DREAM...

WHEN HE TOLD YOU
THAT HE HAD KILLED
JESSICA COSTELLO?

- NO.
- DID HE DESCRIBE HIS ENCOUNTER
WITH JESSICA COSTELLO...

THAT EVENING AS ONE THAT
"FELT AS IF" HE HAD KILLED HER?

- NO.
- WAS IT YOUR OPINION,
DR. LESTER,

THAT WHEN NEIL AVEDON
TOLD YOU HE HAD JUST MURDERED
JESSICA COSTELLO,

HE WAS REPORTING
THIS TO YOU AS FACT?

THAT WAS
MY STRONG OPINION, YES.

THANK YOU.
YOUR WITNESS.

YOU TESTIFIED MR. AVEDON
WAS DRUNK AND HIGH ON DRUGS.

HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WASN'T
MISTAKEN IN CONCLUDING
MS. COSTELLO WAS DEAD?

GIVEN HIS LEVEL OF AGITATION,
I HAD NO REASON
NOT TO TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.

IT WASN'T EVEN WORTH DROPPING
A DIME TO 911 ON THE CHANCE
OF SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE?

- OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE.
- I'LL REPHRASE THE QUESTION.

- DID YOU CALL THE POLICE?
- NO.

- DID YOU CALL AN AMBULANCE?
- NO.

- WHAT DID YOU DO?
- I TRIED MY BEST
TO CALM NEIL DOWN.

I GAVE HIM A SEDATIVE,
AND THEN I PUT HIM TO BED.

- WAS HE THERE WHEN
YOU WOKE UP IN THE MORNING?
- NO.

SO, YOU LET A MAN, PRESUMABLY
WITH A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE,

WHO YOU SAY TOLD YOU
HE HAD COMMITTED A MURDER,

ROLL OUT OF BED
AND WALK OUT THE DOOR.
TELL ME, DR. LESTER,

DOES EVERYONE WHO SUFFERS
FROM SEROTONIN DEFICIENCY...

EXPERIENCE
THE SYMPTOMS YOU DESCRIBED...

MOOD SWINGS,
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
AND THE LIKE?

NOT EVERYONE, NO.
IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY
AS A TRAINED PSYCHIATRIST...

IS IT YOUR OPINION THAT
MOST INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING
FROM SEROTONIN DEFICIENCY...

GO OUT
AND KILL PEOPLE?
NO.

DR. LESTER, HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR RAPING
ONE OF YOUR PATIENTS?

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
COUNSEL IS ATTEMPTING
TO POISON THESE PROCEEDINGS.

HIS QUESTIONS
HAVE ONLY ONE PURPOSE...
TO SLANDER AND MALIGN.

GOES TO CREDIBILITY...
HE'S OFFERED HIS PROFESSIONAL
OPINION AS TESTIMONY.

YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO DO IT LIKE THAT, COUNSEL.
OBJECTION IS SUSTAINED.

EVER BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR
ILLEGALLY PRESCRIBING DRUGS?

- SAME OBJECTION.
- SUSTAINED!

- ARE YOU A FRIEND
OF RICHARD CROSS?
- YES.

- ARE YOU AWARE THAT HE
WAS ARRESTED FOR THIS MURDER?
- OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT.

APPROACH.

YOUR HONOR, A RELATIONSHIP
EXISTS BETWEEN DR. LESTER
AND MR. CROSS...

THAT GIVES THIS WITNESS
A COMPELLING MOTIVE
TO SLANT HIS TESTIMONY.

- IT DEMONSTRATES BIAS.
- COUNSEL HAS DEMONSTRATED
NO FOUNDATION WHATSOEVER...

FOR THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING,
YOUR HONOR.

ALL HE'S DOING
IS SLINGING MUD HERE,
AND HE KNOWS IT.

I'VE WARNED YOU BEFORE,
MR. HOFFMAN. IF MR. CROSS
IS THE LINCHPIN OF YOUR DEFENSE,

MAKE YOUR CASE
IN THE LIGHT OF DAY,
NOT BY INNUENDO AND INFERENCE.

NOW, STEP BACK.

DID YOU REHEARSE
YOUR TESTIMONY...

WITH ANYONE FROM
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
PRIOR TO COMING HERE TODAY?

WE WENT OVER QUESTIONS
I MIGHT BE ASKED, YES.

DID YOU REHEARSE
YOUR TESTIMONY
WITH RICHARD CROSS?

- OBJECTION.
- LAST WARNING, MR. HOFFMAN.

WITHDRAWN.
I'M DONE WITH THE WITNESS.

DR. LESTER,
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS?

UH, YES.
THIS IS NEIL AVEDON'S
MEDICAL CHART.

WOULD YOU READ TO US,
PLEASE, THE LAST ENTRY
DATED SEPTEMBER 21?

"2:35 A.M. PULSE 95,

"BLOOD PRESSURE 180 OVER 120.

"PUPILS NOT RESPONSIVE TO LIGHT.

"APPARENTLY INTOXICATED.

"PATIENT
DESPONDENT, AGITATED,

"REPORTS
HAVING KILLED GIRLFRIEND.

ADMINISTER
10 MILLIGRAMS VALIUM I.M."

NOTHING FURTHER.

IN RE UNITED STATES
VERSUS MORGENSTERN,

THIS LETTER WILL CONFIRM OUR
CONVERSATION OF NOVEMBER 27.

TO WIT, COST AND SERVICES
INCURRED TO THIS DAY...

HAVE EXCEEDED
THE RETAINER PREVIOUSLY PAID.
[Knocking]

FRANCESCA ROMANO
IS HERE TO SEE YOU.

- APPARENTLY, SHE'S TAKEN
BACK HER MAIDEN NAME.
- SHOW HER IN.

AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF $27,000...

WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONTINUE
THE SERVICES OF THIS FIRM.

AM I INTERRUPTING?
NOT AT ALL.

I WON'T STAY LONG.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE
HOW YOU WERE DOING.

I HEARD ABOUT
YOU AND ANNIE.

[Blows Air] BAD NEWS
TRAVELS FAST IN THIS TOWN.
[Sighs]

I'M SO SORRY, TED.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT
THIS IS TEMPORARY,

AND ANNIE AND I WILL
BE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT.

I'M SURE YOU WILL.

I HAVE TO ASK.

- DID THE RUMOR ABOUT
YOU AND ME HAVE ANYTHING...
- NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

THIS HAS BEEN BREWING
FOR A WHILE...

SINCE I FIRST TOOK THIS CASE.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF MYSELF
AS SOMEONE CAPABLE OF...

DOING MORE THAN
ONE THING AT A TIME.

APPARENTLY,
I'VE BEEN A BETTER LAWYER
THAN A HUSBAND LATELY.

I HOPE ANNIE
CAN FIND HER WAY THROUGH THIS
WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING RASH.

SHE HAS NO IDEA
HOW LUCKY SHE IS.

TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE
WHO HASN'T BEEN AS FORTUNATE
IN MARRIAGE.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET
THE HELP WE NEED, AND...

WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

- HOW'S YOUR LITTLE GIRL COPING?
- AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED...

- UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
- I'LL HOLD A GOOD THOUGHT
FOR ALL OF YOU.

- YOU'RE A DEAR FRIEND,
FRANCESCA.
- I DON'T WANT TO HEAR...

THAT YOU'VE BEEN MOPING
AROUND YOUR HOTEL ROOM
LIKE SOME FORLORN BACHELOR.

- LET ME COOK YOU DINNER
ONE NIGHT, HMM?
- I'M, UH,

OVERLOADED
WITH WORK AS IT IS,

WHICH IS HOW I GOT MYSELF
INTO THIS PREDICAMENT.

[Ironic Laugh]
BUT IF I GET
A PATCH OF BLUE SKY...

- YOU'LL CALL ME.
- YEAH.

OKAY.

WHEN DO YOU THINK
I'LL BE CALLED TO TESTIFY?

AFTER THAT DEBACLE
IN COURT TODAY, TED'S GONNA
NEED TO DO SOMETHING FAST...

TO REHABILITATE NEIL
IN THE JURY'S EYES.

MY GUESS IS
YOU'LL BE UP NEXT.
MM...

I JUST WANT TO GET
THROUGH THIS IN ONE PIECE.
YOU'LL DO FINE.

ALL YOU GOTTA DO
IS SIT UP THERE
AND TELL THE TRUTH.

DO YOU WANNA TAKE
ANY OF THIS FOOD HOME?
NO.

OH, WE CAN, UH, LEAVE IT
FOR THE CLEANING CREW.
IT'LL, UH...

IT'LL ONLY END UP
GROWING PENICILLIN
IN MY REFRIGERATOR.

SPEAKING OF, UH,
TELLING THE TRUTH,

I CAN'T EXPECT
YOU TO TRUST ME
UNLESS I DO MY PART...

IN BEING COMPLETELY
ABOVEBOARD WITH YOU,
WHICH I HAVE NOT BEEN.

- HOW SO?
- WELL, THE OTHER NIGHT
I RATTLED OFF A LITANY...

OF MORAL AND...
AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS...

THAT PRECLUDED
MY GETTING INVOLVED
WITH YOU ROMANTICALLY.

AND, UH, THE FACT IS
THAT NONE OF THAT REALLY
MATTERS TO ME,

GIVEN THE, UH...

UH, PROFOUND FEELINGS
OF AFFECTION I HAVE FOR YOU...

- ARNOLD?
- LET ME FINISH.

THIS NEEDS TO BE SAID.

YOU EXPRESSED
YOUR VULNERABILITY TO ME,

EVEN ATTRACTION,
IF I'M NOT OVERSTATING IT.

UH, YOU'RE NOT, BUT I...
AND HOW DID I
REPAY YOUR HONESTY?

BY HIDING BEHIND
STAMMERED EXCUSES.

"IT WOULD BE
INAPPROPRIATE,
IRRESPONSIBLE"...

AND, UH... NOT
WHAT I THINK AT ALL.

I THINK
IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

BUT I COULDN'T ALLOW MYSELF
TO ADMIT THAT OUT OF FEAR.

SPIVAK MEN ARE KNOWN
FOR BEING FEARFUL.

ARNOLD, EVERYTHING
YOU SAID THE OTHER NIGHT
WAS TOTALLY RIGHT ON.

TRUST ME. I HAD NO IDEA
WHAT I WAS SAYING.
I DID.

AND GOD BLESS YOU
FOR SAYING IT.

THERE I WAS,
READY TO THROW CAUTION
TO THE WIND.

FORTUNATELY,
YOU'RE A MUCH MORE
DISCIPLINED PERSON...

WITH WAY MORE
SELF-CONTROL THAN I HAVE.

YEAH, WELL, TOO MUCH
DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL
CAN ALSO LAND YOU...

IN A CLOCK TOWER
WITH A SNIPER RIFLE.
[Laughs]

DO YOU KNOW...
HOW MANY MEN HAVE EVER SAID
TO ME IN THE HEAT OF PASSION,

"HEY, ARE YOU SURE WE'RE
DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE?"

[Chuckles]
EXACTLY ONE.

YOU, ARNOLD.

AT THE TIME
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND,

BECAUSE
I'M NOT USED TO BEING
TREATED WITH RESPECT.

AND THAT ONLY MAKES ME
WANT YOU MORE.
[Laughs]

YOU AND I
WILL HAVE OUR TIME.

BUT NOT DURING THE TRIAL.

WHICH COULD GO ON
FOR MONTHS.
YEAH.

I-I DON'T WANT
TO GET THE FIRM
IN TROUBLE.

I DON'T WANT
TO GET YOU IN TROUBLE.

OKAY.
WELL, I'LL WALK YOU
DOWN TO YOUR CAR THEN.

UH, I'D RATHER YOU DIDN'T.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH SAYING
GOOD NIGHT AS IT IS.

WELL, I'LL SEE YA.
SEE YA IN THE MORNING THEN.

OKAY.

THE COMELY EX-JUROR,
A SELF-DESCRIBED FEMINIST,

WILL BARE ALL IN THE UPCOMING
ISSUE OF PENTHOUSE.

WHILE HUNKY BOYFRIEND
MILES BEWKUS...

HAS SOLD THE STORY
OF THEIR TORRID ROMANCE...

TO 20th CENTURY FOX
FOR AN UNDISCLOSED FIGURE.

IT'S CALLED
"LOVE IN A CROWDED ROOM,"

AND IT'S-IT'S ABOUT
A MAN AND A WOMAN TORN BETWEEN
THEIR PASSION FOR EACH OTHER...

AND THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY.

WHO DOES HE THINK SHOULD
PLAY HIM IN THE MOVIE?

A YOUNGER DE NIRO OR BRAD PITT...
I THINK HE'D BE GOOD.

LIZZIE?
HI, IT'S ME.

I MISS YOU TOO,
SWEETHEART.

HOW WAS SCHOOL TODAY?

AN "A" IN SOCIAL STUDIES.
THAT'S TERRIFIC.

HOW'S GEOGRAPHY COMING?

I KNOW IT'S HARD.
I-I HAD TO MEMORIZE
THE STATES AND CAPITALS TOO.

IT JUST TAKES PRACTICE.

WHAT'S THE CAPITAL OF...

KENTUCKY?

RIGHT!

WHAT'S THE CAPITAL
OF... KANSAS?

OKLAHOMA?

RIGHT! YOU SEE?

YOU KNOW MORE THAN
YOU THOUGHT YOU DID.

I LOVE YOU TOO.