All language subtitles for Murder One S01E23 Chapter 23.DVD.HI.cc.en.20FOX

[Announcer]
THE VERDICT.

WILL THE DEFENDANT
PLEASE RISE?

[Clerk]
"WE, THE JURY, IN THE CHARGE
OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE,

FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY."

[Judge Bornstein]
YOU HAVE SHOWN ABSOLUTELY NO
REMORSE FOR THIS HEINOUS CRIME.

YOU'RE A VIOLENT YOUNG MAN
AND A DANGER TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THEREFORE, I SENTENCE YOU
TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.

- [Gavel Raps]
- [Announcer]
ILLNESS REVEALED.

I HAVE THIS HEADACHE.
IT JUST WON'T GO AWAY.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF
FOR ONE SECOND.

- YOU JUST...
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DO...
- RICHARD?

RICHARD! CALL 911.

[Announcer]
THE TRUTH.

RICHARD CROSS HAS AIDS.

IF RICHARD CROSS
KILLED JESSICA...

AND REALLY IS IN
THE LAST STAGES OF AIDS,

HE WOULD HAVE NOTHING
TO LOSE BY TELLING US.

[Announcer]
THE DISCOVERY.

SOMEWHERE IN JESSICA COSTELLO'S
APARTMENT THERE'S A CAMERA.

- WHICH MEANS THERE'S A V.C.R.
- WHICH MEANS THAT SOMEWHERE...

THERE MAY BE A VIDEOTAPE
OF THE MURDER.

[Announcer]
THE BREAK-IN.

ANY WAY FOR US TO GET IN
SHORT OF BREAKING
AND ENTERING?

NO WAY THAT'S IN TIME
FOR US TO DO ANY GOOD.

NOW WE GOT US A GAME.

[Announcer]
A PLEA FOR HELP.

RICHARD, NEIL NEEDS YOUR HELP.

WE FOUND THE VIDEO CAMERA
IN THE APARTMENT.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING
YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MURDER,
NOW'S THE TIME TO HELP HIM.

TELL ME WHERE THE TAPE IS.
IT'S IN MY SAFE...

IN THE FLOOR
UNDER THE DESK.

WE'VE GOT THE VIDEOTAPE.
EVERYBODY IN MY OFFICE.

[Justine]
IT'S NEIL.

[Chris]
HE DIDN'T DO IT.

JESSICA WAS STILL ALIVE
WHEN NEIL LEFT.

RIGHT HERE.

OH, MY GOD.

TED.
JULIE, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?
THE VIDEOTAPE.

BY ITSELF,
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FREE NEIL.

WE NEED RICHARD TO TESTIFY.

TO WHAT?
TO THE AUTHENTICITY
OF THE TAPE...

AND TO IDENTIFY
THE PEOPLE IN IT.

YOU SAW RICHARD AT THE AIRPORT.
HE ISN'T PHYSICALLY CAPABLE
OF TESTIFYING.

THEY CAN CHANGE
HIS MEDICATION, JULIE.

THERE ARE DRUGS HE CAN TAKE
THAT'LL MAKE HIM TEMPORARILY
MORE LUCID...

AND PHYSICALLY STRONGER
THAN HE IS NOW.

THEN WHY ISN'T
HE ALREADY ON THEM?
BECAUSE THERE'S A DOWNSIDE.

THEY'LL INCREASE
HIS RISK OF INFECTION.

SO HE COULD DIE SOONER.

THE REST OF NEIL AVEDON'S LIFE
IS HANGING IN THE BALANCE.

I CAN'T PLAY GOD.
I LED YOU TO HIM.

YOU GOT THE TAPE.
DON'T ASK ME
FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

- MAYBE YOU SHOULD SEE THE TAPE.
- I DON'T WANNA SEE IT.

THE TAPE SHOWS
YOUR SISTER'S MURDER.

[Hoffman]
THAT'S NEIL.

[Chris]
THAT'S NEIL LEAVING.

JESSIE.

TURN IT OFF.

TURN IT OFF, PLEASE.

GOOD GOD.

PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY,
MR. CROSS IS IN
AN EXTREMELY FRAGILE STATE.

THE ONE THING HE WON'T BE ABLE
TO DO IS TESTIFY IN COURT.

I WAS HOPING
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO RECTIFY THAT, DOCTOR.

YOUR HOPE IS QUITE MISPLACED.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
I UNDERSTAND...

THERE ARE DRUGS WHICH CAN
ENHANCE HIS LUCIDITY.

IF YOU'RE REFERRING
TO CYTOXAN, A.Z.T., AND
THE OTHERS, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE CAN BE SOME EPHEMERAL
BENEFITS WITHIN 24 HOURS.
THAT'S ALL WE NEED.

IT ISN'T WHAT HE NEEDS.
WHILE IT WILL DECREASE
THE SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA,

IT WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE
RISK OF BONE MARROW DEPRESSION
AND CARDIAC NECROSIS.

I DIDN'T TAKE THE HIPPOCRATIC
OATH TO KILL PEOPLE,
MR. HOFFMAN.

HE'S GONNA DIE.
WELL, IT WON'T BE
BECAUSE I KILLED HIM.

THIS ISN'T YOUR DECISION,
DOCTOR.

I'M TAKING THIS TO MY HUSBAND.

[Hoffman]
RICHARD.

TEDDY.

WE FOUND THE TAPE.

GOOD.

WE'RE HOPING THE JUDGE
WILL GRANT US A HEARING
TOMORROW MORNING.

WE NEED YOU THERE
TO AUTHENTICATE THE TAPE.

MMM. NO.

LISTEN TO ME, RICHARD. IF YOU
ARE NOT IN THAT COURTROOM,

THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE
NEIL WILL SPEND THE REST
OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.

I DON'T WANT THAT. AND I KNOW
YOU DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.

THERE ARE DRUGS
THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO TESTIFY.

I CAN'T DO IT.

MR. HOFFMAN...
YOU'VE SAID
YOU'RE NEIL'S FRIEND.

YOU TOLD ME
YOU'RE NOT MY ENEMY.

AND ONE DAY I WOULD KNOW THAT.
THIS IS THE DAY, RICHARD.

THIS IS THE DAY ALL THE
SUBTERFUGE, ALL THE LIES END.

[Julie]
YOU OWE THIS TO ME, RICHARD.

YOU OWE THIS TO JESSIE.

YOU SAID YOU COULDN'T TELL ME
WHO KILLED HER BECAUSE
MY LIFE WOULD BE IN DANGER,

BECAUSE YOU WERE PROTECTING ME.

BUT THE ONLY ONE YOU WERE
PROTECTING WAS YOURSELF.

MY GOD! SHE WAS 15!

WE WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE TAKING CARE OF HER.

OKAY.

OKAY, PAUL.

[Sighs]
GET ME IN THAT COURTROOM.

RICHARD, I CAN'T
LET YOU DO THIS.

DO IT.

A VIDEOTAPE OF THE MURDER,
MR. HOFFMAN?

YES, YOUR HONOR. WE BELIEVE
ITS CONTENTS WILL COMPLETELY
EXONERATE NEIL AVEDON.

JUDGE, IF I HADN'T PARKED
NEXT TO HIM IN THE GARAGE,

I WOULD'VE SUSPECTED MR. HOFFMAN
RODE OVER HERE WITH THE CAVALRY.

- YOUR POINT, MS. GRASSO?
- THE SPECTACULAR TIMING
OF IT ALL.

THE DEFENDANT GETS
CONVICTED AND SENTENCED
IN AN EXHAUSTIVE TRIAL.

NOW THIS TAPE SHOWS UP
FROM OUT OF THE BLUE?

WHERE WAS THIS BOMBSHELL
DURING THE TRIAL?

IN RICHARD CROSS'S POSSESSION.
WE DIDN'T ACQUIRE IT
UNTIL YESTERDAY.

[Grasso]
AWFULLY CONVENIENT,
DON'T YOU THINK?

YOUR HONOR, I ASSURE YOU,
IF WE'D HAD THE TAPE EARLIER,

WE WOULD HAVE
INTRODUCED IT EARLIER.

NO ONE HAS SUFFERED MORE FROM
THE LATE APPEARANCE OF THIS
EVIDENCE THAN NEIL AVEDON.

AS AN OFFICER OF THE COURT,

YOU'RE SWORN TO AN OATH
OF HONESTY IN YOUR
REPRESENTATIONS TO THE COURT.

THEREFORE,
I'LL ACCEPT YOUR WORD.

I'M SURE, HOWEVER,
THE PEOPLE WILL WANT TO TEST
THE TAPE'S AUTHENTICITY.

OH, YES.
YOUR HONOR, MAY I REQUEST...

THAT THIS BE DONE WITH
THE GREATEST POSSIBLE SPEED?

MY CLIENT IS UNDER EXTREME
EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL DURESS.

I'M SURE THE PEOPLE WILL DO
THEIR BEST TO EXPEDITE
THE PROCESS, MR. HOFFMAN.

IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL TAKE
YOUR MOTION FOR AN EVIDENTIARY
HEARING UNDER ADVISEMENT.

SO, DO YOU PLAY GOLF?
NO.

[Chuckles]
YOU SHOULD PLAY GOLF.

MAYBE I WILL ONE DAY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL PASTIME.

WHAT DID YOU WANT
TO SEE ME ABOUT,
MR. FERGUSON?

OH, PLEASE. I FEEL
OLD ENOUGH THE WAY IT IS.
CALL ME PAT.

OKAY. WHAT DID YOU WANT
TO SEE ME ABOUT, PAT?

WELL, THE OTHER DAY I'M PLAYING
THE VALLEY CLUB OF MONTECITO
WITH BILL RAUCH.

JUSTICE RAUCH,
I SHOULD SAY.

ANYWAY, AFTER 18 HOLES,
WE'RE SITTING OUT
ON THE PATIO HAVING A DRINK.

AND WE GOT TO TALKING
ABOUT THE AVEDON CASE.

HE THINKS YOUR GUY
GOT A RAW DEAL.
DOES HE?

YES, HE DOES.
HE THINKS THERE'S
REVERSIBLE ERROR.

WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS?
THE JUDGE WOULD LIKE
TO EXPLORE...

THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING
OF SERVICE TO YOU
IN RIGHTING THIS WRONG.

IN WHAT WAY?
BY VOTING TO OVERTURN
THE CONVICTION...

AND CONVINCING
TWO OF HIS COLLEAGUES
TO VOTE THE SAME WAY.

IS THIS SOMETHING THE JUDGE
IS THINKING OF DOING?

LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY.

FOR $100,000,
HE WON'T THINK ABOUT IT.
HE'LL GET IT DONE.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE SPEAKING
FOR THE JUDGE... HOW?

WELL, I STARTED WORKING
FOR BILL RAUCH WHEN
HE WAS STILL A MAGISTRATE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW
MANY YEARS AGO THAT IS?

I WORKED FOR HIM WHEN HE WAS
A TRIAL COURT JUDGE IN FRESNO.

I WORKED FOR HIM
AFTER HE GOT THE APPOINTMENT
TO THE COURT OF APPEAL.

THE JUDGE AND I ARE VERY CLOSE.
ASK AROUND.

SO YOU'RE SOLICITING A BRIBE
ON BEHALF OF THE JUDGE.
[Chuckles]

WELL, THAT WOULD BE
ONE INTERPRETATION.

ANOTHER EQUALLY VALID
INTERPRETATION WOULD BE...

THAT AN APPELLATE JUDGE
GETS TO CALL IN FAVORS...

WITH OTHER APPELLATE JUDGES
A FINITE NUMBER OF TIMES.

AND THOSE FAVORS,
LIKE OIL...

OR GIANT SEQUOIA TREES,
ARE A LIMITED RESOURCE.

ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO
IS MAXIMIZE THE USE
OF THAT RESOURCE.

MY FIRM IS NOT IN THE HABIT
OF BUYING JUDGES.

THE LAST THING I WANNA DO
IS TO DRAG YOU
KICKING AND SCREAMING...

INTO THE COMMISSION OF AN ACT
YOU FIND MORALLY REPUGNANT.

IF YOU'RE NOT SO INCLINED,
SO BE IT.

FILE YOUR APPEAL,
AND LET THE GOOD JUDGES
CALL IT ON THE MERITS.

NOTHING WHATSOEVER
WRONG WITH THAT.
IT'S AN IMPERFECT SYSTEM.

BUT SOMETIMES THE RIGHT RESULT
STILL COMES OUT.

OH, ONE MORE THING
I MIGHT MENTION,

AND THEN WE CAN FORGET
ABOUT EVER HAVING HAD
THIS CONVERSATION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR GUY
IS HAVING A HARD TIME
DEALING WITH INCARCERATION.

SHOULD JUSTICE RAUCH
GET INVOLVED,
HE'LL SEE TO IT...

THAT BORNSTEIN'S RULING
ON BAIL IS OVERTURNED.

YOUR CLIENT WILL GET OUT
THE VERY NEXT DAY.

I'LL TALK TO TED HOFFMAN.

I DOUBT VERY MUCH
HE'LL BE INTERESTED.

AH, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.

NOTHING LIKE IT, IS THERE?

[Hoffman]
CHRIS, WHERE ARE WE
ON THE VIDEOTAPE?

WESTERN VIDEO SAYS
THEIR PRELIMINARY TESTS
INDICATE THE TAPE'S FOR REAL.

NO EDITS. NO ALTERATIONS.

- I'VE SET A MEETING
WITH BORNSTEIN FOR 11:00.
- GOOD.

TED, THERE'S SOMETHING
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

A GUY NAMED PAT FERGUSON
GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME.

HE'S JUSTICE RAUCH'S
FORMER LEGAL SECRETARY.

I KNOW WHO HE IS.
HE SAID THAT FOR $100,000,

HE WOULD GET
NEIL'S CONVICTION OVERTURNED.

PENDING THAT, HE SAID
HE'D GET HIM OUT ON BAIL.

WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM?
I TOLD HIM THAT WE WEREN'T
IN THE HABIT OF BRIBING JUDGES.

GOOD ANSWER.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING
WE'D EVER CONSIDER, IS IT?
IT'S A FELONY.

THERE'S NO ASSURANCE
THAT YOU'RE NOT BEING SET UP.

THERE'S NO ASSURANCE
THAT IT WOULD WORK.
AND IT'S WRONG.

I'M NOT PARTICULARLY
SURPRISED THAT BILL RAUCH
IS PROPOSING IT.

DO I WANT TO BE
A PARTY TO IT? NO.

WHERE ARE WE, PEOPLE?

I SENT A COPY OF THE TAPE
TO DETECTIVE POLSON
AT PARKER CENTER.

I TALKED TO THE HOSPITAL.
THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE
IN CROSS'S CONDITION SO FAR.

I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND.
IF THE TAPE'S AUTHENTICATED, WHY
ISN'T THIS RES IPSA LOQUITUR?

- THE TAPE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
- TELL THAT TO RODNEY KING.

THERE'S ALSO NO TIME CODE
TO ESTABLISH DATE AND HOUR.

COME ON. JESSICA WAS
ONLY MURDERED ONCE.

EVEN SO, WE STILL NEED CROSS
TO PLACE THE TAPE IN CONTEXT.

THERE'S NOTHING TO PROVE THAT
NEIL DIDN'T COME BACK AND COMMIT
THE MURDER AT SOME LATER TIME.

NOT TO BE A PESSIMIST HERE,
BUT WHAT HAPPENS
IF RICHARD CROSS DIES ON US?

SORRY.

[Roger] TED, I SAW THE TAPE.
VERY PROVOCATIVE. BUT
BOTTOM LINE, I'M NOT CONVINCED.

[Hoffman]
WHAT PART OF SEEING THE ACTUAL
MURDER DOESN'T CONVINCE YOU?

YOUR CLIENT'S ABOUT
TO BE SHIPPED TO FOLSOM.

YOU SUDDENLY PRODUCE
YOUR OWN LITTLE ZAPRUDER FILM.

THAT ISN'T COINCIDENCE.
THAT'S THE MIRACLE AT LOURDES.
THE TAPE IS AUTHENTIC, ROGER.

AND YOU CAN PROVE THAT?
I CAN AND I WILL.

FINE. WHEN YOU'RE DONE,
WE'LL RUN THAT PART
IN FORREST GUMP...

WHERE TOM HANKS
SHAKES J.F.K.'s HAND.

ARE YOU SUGGESTING
I'D MANUFACTURE EVIDENCE?

DESPERATE MEN
DO DESPERATE THINGS, TED.
YOU WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST.

I WAS HOPING TO APPEAL
TO YOUR SENSE
OF FAIRNESS, ROGER.

BUT SINCE I OBVIOUSLY CAN'T,
I'LL TRY YOUR SENSE
OF THE POLITICAL.

THIS TAPE IS GONNA FREE NEIL.

YOU CAN JOIN IN OUR MOTION
AND TAKE THE CREDIT,

OR YOU CAN STAND IN THE WAY
AND TAKE THE BLAME.

[Bailiff]
ALL RISE. THE HONORABLE
BETH BORNSTEIN PRESIDING.

AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE
YOUR CONCERN OVER
MY POLITICAL FUTURE, TED,

WHERE I'M STANDING
SUITS ME JUST FINE.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

MR. HOFFMAN,
I'VE VIEWED YOUR TAPE.
AND WHILE IT RAISES...

SERIOUS QUESTIONS
AS TO THE PEOPLE'S THEORY
OF THE CRIME,

IT DOES NOT IN AND OF ITSELF
EXONERATE YOUR CLIENT.

UNDERSTOOD, YOUR HONOR.
WHICH IS WHY WE'VE MOVED
FOR A HEARING...

TO PLACE THIS EVIDENCE
IN ITS FULL CONTEXT.

YOUR HONOR, WHEN I FIRST
TOOK THE AVEDON CASE,

MR. HOFFMAN SUMMED UP
THE VALUE OF EVIDENCE
LIKE THIS.

HE SAID, "MIRIAM, THEY CAN DO
WONDERFUL THINGS WITH FILM.

THEY CAN MAKE FRISBEES
LOOK LIKE FLYING SAUCERS."

THE PEOPLE STAND
BY COUNSEL'S WORDS.
AS I RECALL AT THE TIME,

MS. GRASSO STRONGLY DISAGREED
WITH THOSE WORDS.

I'VE COME TO SEE THEIR WISDOM.

MS. GRASSO, HAVE YOU SATISFIED
YOURSELF AS TO THE AUTHENTICITY
OF THIS TAPE?

NOT YET. WE'RE STILL WAITING
FOR THE LAB REPORT
FROM SACRAMENTO.

YOUR HONOR, WE ARE PREPARED
TO OFFER EXPERT TESTIMONY...

TO ESTABLISH AUTHENTICITY
AS SOON AS YOU AUTHORIZE
THE HEARING.

UH, YOUR HONOR, IF I MAY?

THIS IS PURE SPECULATION,
YOUR HONOR.

MR. HOFFMAN, WILL MR. CROSS
BE AVAILABLE TO VERIFY
THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS TAPE?

IT IS MY HOPE THAT HE WILL,
YOUR HONOR. HOWEVER,
MR. CROSS IS SERIOUSLY ILL.

THEN PERHAPS WE SHOULD WAIT
UNTIL HE RECOVERS.

HE WON'T. HE'S IN
THE FINAL STAGES OF AIDS.

YOUR HONOR, I'M CONFUSED.

CAN HE OR CAN'T HE TESTIFY?

MR. CROSS HAS AGREED TO ALTER
HIS MEDICATIONS SO THAT HE CAN.

MR. HOFFMAN,
I'M GRANTING YOUR MOTION.

A HEARING IS SET
FOR 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

IF MR. CROSS IS AVAILABLE,
I WILL CONSIDER
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

IF HE IS NOT, I WILL BE
COMPELLED TO MAKE...

MY RULING BASED
ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED.

[Hoffman]
WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION,
MR. NAGEL?

I'M A SENIOR ENGINEER
AT WESTERN VIDEO.

WHAT DO YOU DO
AS SENIOR ENGINEER?

I SUPERVISE THE CREATION
OF VIDEO SPECIAL EFFECTS.

I'VE ALSO DEVELOPED NEW
TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIELD
OF VIDEO SPECIAL EFFECTS.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED
IN THIS FIELD?

- FOURTEEN YEARS.
- IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT
YOU ARE AT LEAST CURRENT...

WITH THE STATE OF THE ART
IN VIDEO TECHNOLOGY?

I DON'T LIKE TO BLOW
MY OWN HORN, BUT THE FACT
IS THAT WE HAVE...

- IT'S A YES OR NO QUESTION,
MR. NAGEL.
- YES.

HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REVIEW THE VIDEOTAPE MADE
IN JESSICA COSTELLO'S BEDROOM...

ON THE NIGHT
OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1995?

[Nagel] YES, I HAVE.
ACCORDING TO YOUR
BEST EXPERT OPINION,

WAS THIS VIDEOTAPE EDITED
IN ANY WAY?

- NO, IT WAS NOT.
- ON WHAT DO YOU BASE
THAT OPINION?

EDITS CAN BE DETECTED
BY A SPIKE IN
THE RADIO FREQUENCIES.

I EXAMINED THE R.F. ENVELOPE,
NO SPIKE.

[Hoffman]
IS IT POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE USE OF SPECIAL EFFECTS...

TO HAVE REMOVED
OR REPLACED SOMEONE...

WHO WAS IN THE ROOM AT THE TIME
THE VIDEOTAPE WAS MADE?

WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING IS
A TECHNIQUE CALLED COMPOSITING.

AGAIN, THERE ARE
TELLTALE SIGNS...

PIXEL IRREGULARITIES,
VISIBLE MATTE LINES.

I LOOKED. I DID NOT FIND.

IN YOUR BEST EXPERT OPINION,
HAS THIS VIDEOTAPE
BEEN ALTERED IN ANY WAY?

IN MY OPINION? NO.

THANK YOU, MR. NAGEL.
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

IS THE ALTERATION
OF A VIDEOTAPE ALWAYS
DETECTABLE, MR. NAGEL?

EDITING AND COMPOSITING
ARE ALWAYS DETECTABLE, YES.

AND ARE EDITING AND COMPOSITING
THE ONLY METHODS AVAILABLE
FOR ALTERING A VIDEOTAPE?

ARE THEY THE ONLY METHODS?
STRICTLY SPEAKING, THEY'RE NOT.

BUT THEY ARE THE ONLY METHODS
THAT COULD CHANGE THE FACE OF AN
INDIVIDUAL PRESENT IN THAT ROOM.

CAN YOU TELL US WHEN THIS TAPE
WAS MADE, MR. NAGEL?

NO.
SO FOR ALL YOU KNOW,
THIS TAPE COULD'VE BEEN MADE...

TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE MURDER,
IS THAT CORRECT?

AS I SAID, I DON'T KNOW
WHEN IT WAS MADE.

CAN YOU TELL US
IF THE WOMAN ON THAT TAPE
IS JESSICA COSTELLO?

- NO.
- CAN YOU TELL US WHO THE MAN
IS ON THAT VIDEOTAPE?

NO.
SO FOR ALL YOU KNOW, SIR,

THIS ENTIRE TAPE COULD'VE BEEN
STAGED FOR THE CAMERA.

OBJECTION.
WITHDRAWN.
NO MORE QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

MR. HOFFMAN, DO YOU HAVE
ANY FURTHER WITNESSES?

AT THIS TIME, YOUR HONOR,
WE CALL RICHARD CROSS
TO THE STAND.

[Man]
HERE YOU GO.

RICHARD, ARE YOU OKAY?
CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING?

MR. CROSS, DO YOU
UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE
AND WHY YOU'RE HERE?

[Chuckles]

YES, I DO.
THEN WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE
YOUR RIGHT HAND?

DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH,
THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING
BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO.
STATE YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD.

[Clears Throat]
RICHARD CROSS.
I AM RICHARD CROSS.

MR. CROSS, I REALIZE
THE TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE
YOU'VE MADE...

IN APPEARING HERE TODAY,
SO I'LL TRY TO MOVE THIS ALONG.

YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED
THAT YOU OWN THE APARTMENT
BUILDING IN HOLLYWOOD...

WHERE JESSICA COSTELLO LIVED
PRIOR TO HER DEATH,
IS THAT CORRECT?

YES.
DID YOU EVER MAKE...

ANY UNUSUAL MODIFICATIONS
TO THE APARTMENT
IN WHICH MS. COSTELLO RESIDED?

TWO YEARS AGO, I INSTALLED
A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

MS. COSTELLO HAVING SEX.

[Hoffman]
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE FOR US
HOW THIS SYSTEM WORKED?

THERE WAS A CAMERA HIDDEN
BEHIND THE BEDROOM WALL.

IT WAS WIRED
TO A V.C.R. IN THE GARAGE.

WAS THIS SYSTEM OPERATIONAL
ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 20
OF LAST YEAR?

- YES.
- SIR, I'M GOING TO
SHOW YOU A TAPE NOW,

AND I'D LIKE YOU
TO IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO APPEAR IN IT.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE LOCATION,
MR. CROSS?

YES. IT'S JESSICA'S BEDROOM AT
1501 NORTH HAVENHURST AVENUE.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE
THE YOUNG WOMAN?

YES. THE YOUNG WOMAN
IS JESSICA COSTELLO.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE
THE YOUNG MAN?

[Richard]
YES. THE YOUNG MAN
IS NEIL AVEDON.

MR. CROSS, THIS IS A PORTION
OF THE TAPE MADE LATER
THAT SAME EVENING.

CAN YOU IDENTIFY
THE INDIVIDUAL PRESENT
WITH JESSICA NOW?

ROBERTO PORTALEGRE.

[Hoffman]
MR. CROSS,
DO YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT...

THAT THE MAN ON THE MONITORS
IS ROBERTO PORTALEGRE?

NONE.

WHEN WAS THIS TAPE MADE,
MR. CROSS?

SEPTEMBER 20, 1995.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

BECAUSE I ARRANGED
FOR JESSICA TO MEET
MR. PORTALEGRE THAT NIGHT.

[Coughing]

EXCUSE ME.

[Hoffman]
WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH MR. PORTALEGRE?

SEVERAL YEARS AGO I MADE
THE MISTAKE OF GOING
INTO BUSINESS WITH HIM.

WHAT BUSINESS WAS THAT,
MR. CROSS?

MR. PORTALEGRE
IS A COCAINE DEALER.

I AGREED TO SET UP
A STRING OF BUSINESSES...

THAT WOULD FUNNEL
THE PROCEEDS
FROM THE DRUG SALES.

WHY WOULD A MAN
OF YOUR WEALTH EXPOSE HIMSELF
TO THAT KIND OF RISK?

[Chuckles]
I, UH...

FOR THE EXCITEMENT, I GUESS.
I DON'T KNOW.

SO ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 20,
YOU ARRANGED FOR JESSICA
TO BE WITH MR. PORTALEGRE.

YES. HE WAS IN TOWN
TO CONSUMMATE A DEAL,

AND HE ASKED ME
TO SET HIM UP.

I KNEW THAT JESSICA, UM,
LIKED RICH OLDER MEN.

AND I KNEW THAT
HE LIKED YOUNG GIRLS.

HAD JESSICA AGREED
TO BE WITH MR. PORTALEGRE
THAT NIGHT?

INITIALLY, YES. BUT AT SOME
POINT DURING THE EVENING
SHE CHANGED HER MIND.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?
SHE CALLED ME ON MY CELL PHONE
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00 A.M.

SHE TOLD ME THAT PORTALEGRE
WAS ROUGHING HER UP...

AND INSISTING THAT
SHE TAKE EVER-INCREASING
AMOUNTS OF COCAINE.

SHE'D LOCKED HERSELF IN
THE BATHROOM AND WAS CLEARLY
FRIGHTENED OUT OF HER MIND.

WHAT DID YOU TELL HER?
I TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY,

TO CALM DOWN, AND THAT
I WOULD BE RIGHT THERE.

WHAT DID YOU FIND
WHEN YOU GOT THERE?

I FOUND PORTALEGRE GONE
AND JESSICA DEAD.

WHAT DID YOU DO?

I PHONED GRAHAM LESTER.

THIS WAS THE CALL MADE
TO ZEPHYR HOUSE AT 1:45,

PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED
TO NEIL AVEDON.

YES.

WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
DID DR. LESTER SUGGEST
AS A COURSE OF ACTION?

HE SUGGESTED THAT...

WE FRAME NEIL AVEDON
FOR JESSICA'S MURDER.

[Hoffman]
DID YOU TAKE HIS ADVICE?

YES.

HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT
CARRYING OUT THIS COURSE
OF ACTION, MR. CROSS?

I INDUCED SUSAN DOMINICK
TO LIE...

ABOUT THE PHONE CALL
THAT CAME IN AT 1:45 AND SAY
THAT IT CAME FROM NEIL.

DR. LESTER AGREED TO SUPPLY
A FALSE CONFESSION.

AND YOU HAD NO COMPUNCTION
ABOUT SETTING UP A MAN
YOU CONSIDERED TO BE A FRIEND?

I FELT AS IF
I HAD NO CHOICE.

WHY DID YOU FEEL THAT WAY?
BECAUSE MR. PORTALEGRE
MADE IT CLEAR...

THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

AND THAT I WAS
TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.

WERE YOU AFRAID
OF MR. PORTALEGRE?
OH, YES.

WHY?

ROBERTO PORTALEGRE
IS A KILLER.

I KNOW THAT HE SENT RUSTY
ARNOLD TO KILL DAVE BLALOCK
AND FREDDY CARELLO...

WHEN THE TAPE EXPOSING
MY ALIBI SURFACED.

I BELIEVE THAT HE HAD
HOLLY GERGES KILLED
WHEN SHE WAS IN POLICE CUSTODY.

AND I KNOW, TED,
THAT HE WAS BEHIND
YOUR DAUGHTER'S KIDNAPPING.

HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS DOING
THESE THINGS TO HELP ME.

BUT I KNEW...
THEY WERE WARNINGS.

WHY ARE YOU COMING FORWARD NOW,
MR. CROSS?

BECAUSE I'M DYING,
MR. HOFFMAN.

AND I HAVE NO REASON
TO FEAR...

MR. PORTALEGRE'S RETRIBUTIONS
ANY LONGER.

AND FOR NO OTHER REASON?
THAT AND THE HOPE...

THAT THIS WILL EARN ME
SOME SMALL MEASURE
OF FORGIVENESS FROM MY WIFE.

[Hoffman]
THANK YOU.

YOUR HONOR,
THE DEFENSE REQUESTS...

THAT UNDER SECTION 1385
OF THE PENAL CODE,

THE COURT, OF ITS OWN MOTION,
VACATE THE CONVICTION,

AND DISMISS THE CASE
AGAINST NEIL AVEDON.

MS. GRASSO?

[Whispering]
NO, NO.

YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE
JOIN IN MR. HOFFMAN'S REQUEST
TO DISMISS.

YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE REQUEST
AN IMMEDIATE CONFERENCE
IN CHAMBERS.

THIS IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL,
MR. GARFIELD.

YOUR HONOR,
MS. GRASSO CONTRAVENED
MY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION...

TO CONDUCT A CROSS-EXAMINATION
OF THIS WITNESS.

AS OF THIS MOMENT,
SHE'S NO LONGER
IN CHARGE OF THE CASE.

YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS.
I'M COMPLETELY SERIOUS,
MIRIAM.

I DIDN'T FIGHT ALL THESE MONTHS
FOR A CONVICTION TO HAVE YOU
ROLL OVER ON ME.

YOUR HONOR, I'VE MADE A MOTION.
AND MS. GRASSO HAS JOINED ME
IN THAT MOTION.

MR. GARFIELD'S ACTIONS
ARE TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.

I'M THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
OF THE COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES, TED.

INSOFAR AS THE DISCHARGE
OF MY DUTIES IS CONCERNED,
I'LL DECIDE WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.

MR. GARFIELD, YOU'VE JUST
HEARD EXPERT TESTIMONY THAT
THE TAPE HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED.

MR. CROSS HAS CORROBORATED
ITS AUTHENTICITY.

WHAT MORE DO YOU REQUIRE?

THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
OF THE D.A.'s OFFICE TO CONDUCT
ITS CASE, YOUR HONOR.

FINE, MR. GARFIELD.
LET'S GO.

[Chattering]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CROSS.

ROGER.

SOME WEEKS AGO YOU TESTIFIED
IN THIS COURTROOM AS A WITNESS
FOR THE PROSECUTION, CORRECT?

YES.

WAS THIS YOUR TESTIMONY
ON CROSS-EXAMINATION
CONDUCTED BY MR. HOFFMAN?

AND I'M READING
FROM THE TRANSCRIPT NOW.

"QUESTION: 'YOU FOUND
THE GIRL DEAD, BUT YOU DIDN'T
CALL THE POLICE.

"DID YOU CALL ANYONE ELSE'?
ANSWER: 'NO.'

"QUESTION: 'ARE YOU SURE
YOU DIDN'T PLACE A CALL TO
ZEPHYR HOUSE AT 1:45 A.M.?'

ANSWER:
'I'M QUITE CERTAIN.'"

THAT WAS MY TESTIMONY
AT THE TIME, YES.

HOWEVER, I WAS NOT
TELLING THE TRUTH.

THEN YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU'RE
SOMEONE WHO LIES DEPENDING
ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES?

WELL, I THINK WE ALL DO
FROM TIME TO TIME.

BEING A POLITICIAN,
YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
BETTER THAN ANYONE.

HOW DO WE KNOW THIS
LATEST VERSION OF EVENTS...

WHICH YOU'VE TESTIFIED
TO HERE TODAY ISN'T A LIE?

BECAUSE I NO LONGER
HAVE ANY REASON
TO LIE, MR. GARFIELD.

I RECENTLY FOUND OUT I DON'T
HAVE MUCH LONGER TO LIVE.

FOR THE RECORD, COULD YOU TELL
US THE NAME OF THE DISEASE
WITH WHICH YOU ARE AFFLICTED?

AIDS. I HAVE AIDS.

IS IT FACT YOU'VE BEEN
EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS
OF DEMENTIA...

AS A RESULT OF THE DISEASE?

YES.

IN FACT,
THE LAST TIME YOU TESTIFIED
IN THIS COURTROOM,

YOU MADE SOME RATHER BIZARRE,
EVEN DELUSIONAL REMARKS.

WAS THAT BEHAVIOR CAUSED
BY THE DEMENTIA?

I IMAGINE SO, YES.

ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT
YOU'RE DELUSIONAL RIGHT NOW?

THAT THE TESTIMONY
YOU'VE GIVEN HERE TODAY
HAS NO BASIS IN REALITY,

BUT IS A PRODUCT
OF YOUR WORSENING DEMENTIA?

UM, ROGER,

I AM AS CLEARHEADED TODAY
AS I WAS THREE WEEKS AGO...

WHEN YOU ASKED ME
TO CONTRIBUTE AN EXTRA $50,000
TO YOUR REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

AND IF I AM DELUSIONAL,
MAY I SUGGEST WE ARE ALL
SHARING THE SAME DELUSION,

INASMUCH AS WE ALL SAW
THE EXACT SAME THING
ON THAT VIDEOTAPE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT TAPE,
MR. CROSS.

YOU'VE REPEATEDLY TESTIFIED
THAT YOU CONSIDER NEIL AVEDON
A FRIEND, CORRECT?

YEP.
THEN HOW DO WE KNOW
YOU HAVEN'T USED...

YOUR CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES AND
CONNECTIONS IN THE FILM WORLD
TO MANUFACTURE THIS TAPE...

IN ORDER TO EXONERATE
YOUR DEAR FRIEND?

WELL, YOU HEARD
WHAT THE EXPERT SAID.
HE SAID THE TAPE IS GENUINE.

HE SAID IT HADN'T BEEN
TAMPERED WITH.

WHAT HE WASN'T ABLE
TO DETERMINE WAS IF THE TAPE
IS A RICHARD CROSS PRODUCTION.

OBJECTION. COUNSEL
IS SUPPLYING TESTIMONY.

SUSTAINED.
[Roger] YOU ARE A CLIENT
OF TED HOFFMAN'S, AREN'T YOU?

WAS A CLIENT.

YOU ALSO BANKROLLED NEIL
AVEDON'S DEFENSE, DIDN'T YOU?

YES, YES.

AS SOMEONE WHO IS SUFFERING
FROM A TERMINAL DISEASE,
YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TO LOSE...

BY SITTING THERE AND SAYING
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WOULD
EXONERATE YOUR FRIEND, DO YOU?

[Chuckles]

ROGER, ARE YOU SO AFRAID
OF LOOKING BAD IN THE EYES
OF THE PEOPLE...

THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT
AN INNOCENT MAN IN PRISON?

COME ON.

ASK THAT THE WITNESS'S
LAST REMARK BE STRICKEN
AS NONRESPONSIVE,

AND THAT HE BE INSTRUCTED
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
MR. CROSS.

[Sighs]
I'M SORRY, YOUR HONOR.

MR. GARFIELD, IF YOU'RE ASKING
IF I'M DYING FOR NEIL'S SINS,

THE ANSWER IS NO.

I CAN ASSURE YOU
I'M DYING FOR MY OWN.

[Roger]
TED HOFFMAN DIDN'T SPOON-FEED
YOU THIS SCENARIO...

AS A LAST-DITCH EFFORT
TO HELP HIS CLIENT?

- [Sighs] NO.
- TED HOFFMAN DIDN'T BEG YOU
TO GET OFF YOUR DEATHBED...

AND FLY ONE
LAST KAMIKAZE MISSION
TO HELP MR. AVEDON?

OBJECTION. ASKED
AND ANSWERED, YOUR HONOR.

SUSTAINED. MR. GARFIELD.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS
FOR THIS WITNESS, YOUR HONOR.

MR. CROSS,
YOU MAY STEP DOWN.
YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING FURTHER,
MR. HOFFMAN, I'M GOING
TO REVIEW THIS NEW EVIDENCE.

WE'LL RECONVENE
TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00,

AT WHICH POINT,
I'LL MAKE MY RULING.

I'M SORRY, NEIL.

DO I AT LEAST HAVE
YOUR FORGIVENESS, TEDDY?

OF COURSE YOU DO, RICHARD.

MY HEART IS LIGHTER
FOR THE KNOWLEDGE.

I'LL SEE YOU AROUND, TEDDY.

[Bailiff]
ALL RISE. THE HONORABLE
BETH BORNSTEIN PRESIDING.

[Judge Bornstein]
YOU MAY BE SEATED.

BEFORE I RULE ON THE MOTION,
I WANT TO WARN EVERYONE.

THIS IS A COURT OF LAW.
I WILL TOLERATE NO OUTBURSTS.

BASED ON
THE NEW EVIDENCE PRESENTED,
IT IS THIS COURT'S ORDER...

THAT MR. AVEDON'S CONVICTION
OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
BE VACATED.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 1385
OF THE PENAL CODE,

THIS CASE IS DISMISSED.

THIS COURT, ON ITS OWN MOTION,
IS ISSUING A FACTUAL
DECLARATION OF INNOCENCE.

MR. AVEDON,
WHILE I CAN'T MAKE UP FOR
THE HARDSHIP YOU'VE ENDURED,

I HOPE YOU'LL ACCEPT
MY APOLOGY...

FOR ANY REMARKS I'VE MADE
WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED
TO YOUR ORDEAL.

BAILIFF WILL RELEASE
MR. AVEDON FROM CUSTODY.

SIR, YOU ARE FREE TO GO.

CHRIS.

FROM THE BEGINNING,
MY ONLY OBJECTIVE IN THIS CASE
HAS BEEN JUSTICE.

AFTER CONDUCTING A FAR-REACHING
EXAMINATION OF MR. CROSS, I'M
CONVINCED JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE.

WILL YOU BE PROCEEDING
WITH PROSECUTION
AGAINST MR. PORTALEGRE?

OFFICERS OF THE LOS ANGELES
POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE MOVING
TO ARREST HIM AS WE SPEAK.

HOW WILL THIS LOSS AFFECT
YOUR PLANS FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP?

I THINK THAT "LOSS"
IS THE WRONG WORD.

IF JUSTICE IS SERVED,
THAT'S ALL ANYONE CAN ASK,

WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION
OF MR. PORTALEGRE.

[Man]
MR. HOFFMAN. DO YOU HAVE
A STATEMENT FOR US?

TEDDY, CONGRATULATIONS.
A JOB WELL DONE.

[Reporters Clamoring]

SIGN HERE, PLEASE.

THIS FEELS AWFULLY GOOD,
TEDDY.

IT'LL FEEL EVEN BETTER
TO WALK OUT OF HERE.

IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH
TROUBLE, MR. AVEDON,

COULD YOU SIGN AN AUTOGRAPH
FOR MY BOY?

[Neil]
SURE. WHAT'S HIS NAME?
BILLY.

HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.

I'LL BE BACK
IN A MINUTE, NEIL.

I MUST APPLAUD YOUR SKILLS,
MR. HOFFMAN.

TO GET A MURDER CONVICTION
OVERTURNED IS TRULY REMARKABLE.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS
RESULTED IN MY ARREST.

YOU'LL FORGIVE ME,
MR. PORTALEGRE,
IF I REMAIN DRY-EYED.

OH, I UNDERSTAND.
YOU THINK I AM A TERRIBLE MAN.

I THINK YOU KILLED
MY INVESTIGATOR
AND ABDUCTED MY DAUGHTER.

OH, YES. THE RAVINGS
OF RICHARD CROSS.

I ALLOW THE MAN THE PRIVILEGE
OF MOVING IN MY COMPANY,

AND HE BETRAYS ME
WITH THESE OUTRAGEOUS LIES.

CONVINCE SOMEONE ELSE
OF THAT.

LET ME CONVINCE YOU.

NOW THAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
TO MR. AVEDON ARE CONCLUDED,

I AM PREPARED TO OFFER YOU
$20 MILLION TO REPRESENT ME.

AND WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
I WOULD TAKE IT?

BESIDES THE MONEY,

YOU ARE A MAN
WHO IS DRAWN TO THE BATTLE,
MR. HOFFMAN.

AND ONCE THE JOY
OF YOUR VICTORY HAS PASSED,

YOU WILL REQUIRE
A NEW CHALLENGE,

ONE THAT WILL TEST YOU
TO THE UTMOST.

I AM THAT CHALLENGE.

YOU BRUTALLY STRANGLED
A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL,

AND YOU WERE PERFECTLY PREPARED
TO SEE AN INNOCENT MAN
GO TO PRISON FOR IT.

THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF MONEY
ON EARTH THAT WOULD CONVINCE ME
TO REPRESENT YOU.

GOOD DAY, MR. PORTALEGRE.

YOU SHOULD KNOW, MR. HOFFMAN,
THAT KILLING THAT GIRL
WAS NOT DIFFICULT FOR ME.

ON THE CONTRARY,

I TOOK PLEASURE IN IT.

SOME FREE ADVICE.

DON'T MAKE THAT THE CORNERSTONE
OF YOUR DEFENSE.

YOU WANT SOMETHING
TO DRINK?
OKAY.

ARNOLD?
YOU BET.

NEIL?
AH, NO. I'LL STICK
TO MY DIET COKE.

I COULDN'T GET ANY HIGHER
IF I WANTED TO.

I'M SURE. CONGRATULATIONS.
WELL, THANKS.

TO A HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY.
ONE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU, JUSTINE.

WELL, I JUST APPRECIATE YOU
GIVING ME A SECOND CHANCE, TED.

AS SOMEONE HOPING TO GET
A SECOND CHANCE HIMSELF,
I WAS HAPPY TO GIVE YOU ONE.

WHERE IS HE?
WHERE IS THE PRODIGAL SON
RETURNED FROM THE FIRES OF HELL?

THERE HE IS. COME ON, GIRLS.
GIVE ME A HAND HERE.
I'M LOSING MY GRIP.

HI, GARY.
HELLO, MY FRIEND.

LOOKS LIKE YOU CLEANED
OUT AN ORCHARD.

SMALL MEASURE
OF MY HAPPINESS
AT NEIL'S GOOD FORTUNE.

I SEE BIG THINGS HAPPENING,
NEIL. HUGE THINGS.

I KNOW THE BOTTOM-FEEDERS IN
THIS TOWN WILL BE ALL OVER YOU
WITH MOVIE OFFERS.

ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU DO NOTHING
UNTIL WE, MEANING YOU AND ME,

HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SIT AND TALK.

YOU KNOW, GARY,
RIGHT NOW OFFERS OF ANY KIND
ARE THE LAST THING ON MY MIND.

PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND
AT PRESENT. THIS IS A MOMENT
OF PURE HAPPINESS...

NOT TO BE SULLIED
IN ANY WAY.

CONGRATULATIONS, TED.

YOU DID
A TERRIFIC JOB, RAY.

I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY
STEPPING INTO
DAVE BLALOCK'S SHOES.

TO DAVIE.

TO DAVIE.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
WE'RE GONNA COME
IN HERE TOMORROW,

AND THE FIRST ORDER
OF BUSINESS WON'T BE
THE AVEDON CASE.

DON'T COME IN TOMORROW.

TAKE A WEEK IN HAWAII,
ACAPULCO, WHEREVER.

YOU THINK I SHOULD?
IT'S ON THE FIRM.

AND YOU MIGHT
WANT TO TAKE A FRIEND.

THANKS.

YOU KNOW, IF THIS THING
HAD GONE THE OTHER WAY,

I WAS PREPARED TO COME
BANGING ON YOUR DOOR
WITH AN IMPASSIONED ARGUMENT...

FOR TAKING PAT FERGUSON
UP ON HIS OFFER.

BRIBE OR NO BRIBE,
I WANTED TO WIN THIS CASE.

[Sighs]

IT'S A GOOD THING
THAT YOU'RE THE MORAL CENTER
OF THIS FIRM AND NOT ME.

ARE WE CATCHING A FLIGHT
TO LAS VEGAS?

NOT TONIGHT, LOUIS.

HEADING HOME?
RIGHT AFTER I STOP OFF...

AT AN ALL-NIGHT DRUGSTORE
TO PICK UP A 30-GALLON
DRUM OF ASPIRIN.

OH, AND, CHRIS.
LISA SAID SHE'S READY
TO GO HOME WHEN YOU ARE.

RIGHT.

GUESS I'D BETTER BE GOING.
THANKS, TED.

NIGHT, CHRIS.
AND THANK YOU.

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT CHRIS AND LISA?

I THINK THERE'S A TEMP
IN BOOKKEEPING.

[Chuckles]

GO HOME, LOUIS.
AND TAKE A CAB.

[Neil]
TED?
NEIL.

I THOUGHT YOU'D LEFT.
[Sighs]

I DIDN'T WANNA GO
WITHOUT SAYING THANK YOU.

YOU SAVED MY LIFE, TED.

ALL THOSE TIMES
I WANTED TO GIVE UP, AND
YOU TOLD ME TO HANG ON.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE
I'D BE WITHOUT YOU.

I HAD A CLIENT I BELIEVED IN.

WELL, I SHOULD HAVE BELIEVED
IN YOU MORE THAN I DID.

THAT OTHER DAY
WHEN I WENT OFF ON YOU...
DON'T APOLOGIZE, NEIL.

JUST REMEMBER, IT'S EASIER
TO RUIN A LIFE TWICE
THAN TO SAVE IT ONCE.

TEDDY, I PROMISE YOU.
I WON'T NEED SAVING AGAIN.

[Pats Back]

CONGRATULATIONS, NEIL.

THANKS, MRS. HOFFMAN.

IT LOOKS LIKE
A HELL OF A PARTY.
SORRY I MISSED IT.

I'M GLAD YOU CAME ANYWAY.

YOU DID IT.

I PREFER TO THINK OF IT
AS A GROUP EFFORT.
IT WAS YOU, TED.

YOUR PASSION,
YOUR SINGLE-MINDEDNESS.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON NEIL
WON'T BE SPENDING THE REST
OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.

AND ALL IT COST ME
WAS YOU.

ANNIE, I WON'T TELL YOU
THAT I'M PREPARED...

TO WALK AWAY FROM WHAT I DO.

I'M NOT SURE I CAN.
BUT AT THIS MOMENT,

I'VE NEVER FELT MORE
IN NEED OF YOU.

IF THERE'S A CHANCE YOU'D
CONSIDER A RECONCILIATION.

I'M NOT SURE THIS
IS THE BEST TIME FOR US
TO BE DECIDING THAT.

WELL, I SHOULD GO.

AFTER ALL YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH,
YOU'RE PROBABLY EXHAUSTED.

CONGRATULATIONS, TED.

I'M PROUD OF YOU.