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[woman] Andy?

It got so late I thought you
weren't coming

I'd about given
up on you.

Misty...

[woman]
Did you tell her?

Tell me what.

Then do it, Andy.
Tell her.

He doesn't love you.

[woman] No!

[grunting and struggling]

Everybody stop!

Put your hands in the air.

[soft crying]

[theme music playing]

Ensign Kingsley, you have
the right to remain silent.

Anything you say may be used
against you in a trial by
court-martial.

You have the right to consult an
attorney prior to questioning.

You have the right to have a
lawyer present during this
questioning.

-Do you understand these rights?
-Yes, ma'am.

Do you waive the rights
to remain silent

and consult
with an attorney?

I don't need
an attorney, ma'am.

How did you meet
Misty James?

My wife was a disbursing officer
on the John O'Connor,ma'am.

Her ship was
on deployment in the Med.

One night I stopped by the
mini-mart on base for ice cream

and that's where I met Misty.

I though he was just being
sweet, sir...

bringing me ice cream.

He was having an affair.

A friend of mine
saw them together.

-So, what'd you do then?
-I confronted him.

I told him we were
married for keeps

and we needed to work this out.

He promised he would
break it off.

[MacKenzie] What was
your wife's reaction?

Susan went ballistic, ma'am.

She wouldn't listen to reason.

I had to restrain her.

That's why you arranged
your meeting with Miss James?

Yeah.

Then Susan got in the car
to go with me.

She told me I had to tell Misty
in front of her.

Why did you agree
to accompany your husband?

Andy made me go with him.

I didn't want to.

It was degrading.

What'd you do once you got
to the meeting place?

He got out of the car
and they started hugging.

So I got out of the car...

and I told him if he
was going to do it

he should do it.

I think I was crying.

Wh-What happened then?

The girl, she came at me
with some kind of pipe.

She swung it at me.

My wife had a pipe in her hand.

She must have brought it
with her.

Before I knew
what was happening

she was attacking Misty.

Did your wife say anything?

No...
I tried to stop Susan.

I tried to protect Misty...

and then Susan turned on me.

I never saw her
like that before.

Well, what happened then?

I must've ducked.
I don't remember.

She came at me again.

I grabbed the pipe,
and I swung it.

Did you strike the blows
that killed Misty James?

She tried to kill me, sir...

she and my husband.

[sobbing] He tried to grab me,
to help her.

Why would your husband
and-and Miss James want
to try to kill you?

They were having an affair.
I was in the way.

Why not just file for divorce?

My family is rich, sir.

Andy wanted my money.

I think that's all
he ever wanted.

He never really loved me.

Hey!

Did you guys have
a good time last night?

Well, at the theater.
That's where you and
my mom went, right?

Um, you always get
home at, uh, at 5:30?

Uh, well, no, I fell asleep
on a friend's couch.

You always get up at 5:30?

Gives me time for a
five-mile run before work.

God!

You know, I wanted to...
I wanted to say

I'm sorry about messing
up your date with my mom
on her birthday.

Apology accepted.

You know, I didn't get
her a present yet myself

and, uh, well, you know how
she's a gardening freak.

So, I wanted to get her a
couple of dogwoods, you know

but my car's too
small to pick them up.

Well, you want to...
you want to use mine?

Well, you know, if
it's not a problem.

I don't have any spare
time today, but...

You don't have
to come with me.

No, I don't mind. Uh, maybe
another morning this week.

Not before one of your
five-mile runs.

How's, uh, your afternoons?

Give me a call.
We'll work something out.

Outstanding.

[Rabb] You should've seen her,
Mac. She was breaking my heart.

Her husband says
she was more into
breaking heads.

Well, she says they tried
to kill her.

Kind of takes he said/she said
to a whole new level.

-[knock on door]
-Ma'am, sir, I've got
the preliminary autopsy report

on Misty James,
and the forensics.

Great. Thanks, Gunny.

Hey, uh, Gunny,
you worked homicide

in New Mexico, didn't you?

Yes, sir, until I got shot
in the left posterior.

[chuckles] Stick around,
will you? Have a seat.

"The decedent received
three blows to the head

with a heavy linear object.

A short length of pipe
recovered from the scene

was found to be consistent
with the injuries sustained."

Well, there's no argument there.

Both parties concur Ensign
Kingsley swung the pipe.

Yeah, but was it murder
or self-defense?

Any defensive wounds
on the victim, ma'am?

No marks on the hands,
no marks on the arms.

So she was caught
by surprise, ma'am.

Yeah, which matches
the husband's story.

Ensign Kingsley didn't have
any marks on her body.

Sounds like a
one-sided fight, sir.

Two sets of fingerprints on
the pipe-- Ensign Kingsley and
Miss James.

Supporting her story
that they struggled for it.

"Miss James's prints
were formed, in part

in cerebral fluid."

She grabbed onto the pipe

after her brains were
splattered all over it.

It's kind of hard to do.

-[Chegwidden] Morning, Tiner.
-[Tiner] Morning, sir.

Doctor Walden called
twice, Admiral.

-She can't make lunch.
-See if dinner will work.

Aye, sir. Also,
Rose Palermo will
be here at 0945

and Colonel MacKenzie
and Commander Rabb

are waiting for you, sir.

Who isn't?
Morning. At ease.

-Good morning, sir.
-Thank you, sir. Morning.

Have a seat.

We're here to give you
a recommendation

on the Misty James murder,
sir.

Did somebody actually
name her "Misty"?

-Yes, sir.
-Sir, we believe
Ensign Kingsley murdered her.

Jealous wife kills
husband's lover?

Yes, sir. The forensic evidence
is pretty clear, and the
husband is an eyewitness.

Apparently the Ensign thought
you might pick her as a killer.

She's hired a lawyer.

Colonel, how do you feel
about going up against
your old professor?

Juanita Ressler?

Ensign Kingsley's going
first class.

I'd welcome
the opportunity, sir.

Good. Roberts will assist.

Commander, you'll
look into the death

of Petty Officer Matteo Palermo.

The suicide investigation, sir?

Suicide investigation aboard
the USS Seahawk.

You can keep up your carrier
quals while you're there.

Oh, thank you, sir.

Are you sure you should be
carrying him, sweetie?

He's too small
to carry me.

-Hey.
-Hey. Hi!

Boy, he's quite a bruiser.

I'm teaching him
how to eat, sir.

I understand the Redskins are
looking for a new lineman.

-[blows raspberry]
-Excuse me, Commander.

Mrs. Palermo's waiting
in your office.

-Oh, thanks, Gunny.
-Sir.

Can I hold him?

Oh, until the next one
comes along

-if you want to, ma'am.
-Can I hold you, sweetie?

-[crying]
-I got the kitty. He's tired.

You guys are so lucky

having a girl this time,
one of each.

Ma'am, I... that is to say,
wewould like to talk to you.

Is everything okay?

Yes, ma'am.
It's about Sarah.

-Who's Sarah?
-[Roberts] Technically,
you are, ma'am.

-Sarah.
-So we decided to call
our baby girl "Sarah."

[Roberts] If that's okay
with you, Colonel.

I'd like that.
[laughs]

I brought these.

Matteo wrote to me every week;
never missed one.

How many boys do that?

Well, I know I
didn't, ma'am.

I want you to
read this one.

"Dear Grandma...

Good news, everything I wanted
to happen is coming true."

[Matteo] I got accepted
to SEAL training.

I go to Coronado in November,
but first, I get 30 days leave

and that's enough time
to see you.

And now that I got
a start in life

I'm going to ask Assunta
if she wants to get married.

"I can't wait for her
to meet you.

Love, Matteo."

That was right before
it happened.

Does that sound like the letter
from somebody who's going
to kill himself?

Well, ma'am, things aren't
always the way they seem.

I want to bury Matteo
next to his mother

but if he took his
own life, I can't.

That's what the Church says.

Here.

Read the rest of these letters

and you tell me
if he committed suicide.

I'll get Ensign Kingsley's
academy records.

I want you to go out
to the John O'Connor...

talk to her Commanding Officer.

Ma'am, I have a
friend at BUPERS

that has a friend at NAVSEA
that heard a rumor

that Ensign Kingsley
was taken to Captain's Mast

for fighting with a fellow
female officer.

A Captain's Mast where,
Lieutenant?

I don't know, ma'am.

Well, maybe your
friend in BUPERS

has a friend in SURFLANT
who can find out.

-I'll ask her, ma'am.
-Colonel...

[man on TV]
Susan, people are wondering

why you went with your husband
that night to see Misty James.

It was Andy's idea.

Uh... He wanted me to know

that he'd carried through
on his promise

or at least that's
what he said.

That's how they
lured me there.

Mel, this charge
is outrageous.

Ensign Kingsley is
the victim here.

[Mel] Susan, you had no idea
what lay in store for you that
night?

How I was I supposed
to know my husband
wanted to murder me?

I went with him
because I love him

because I wanted
to save my marriage

and, then,
that woman attacked me

and he attacked me.

I'm sorry she's dead...

but I was fighting for my life

ducking and-and-and trying
to hold onto the pipe

and screaming,
"They're trying to kill me!"

My own husband...
he wanted me dead.

Call Judge Morimoto
in the morning.

I want a gag order on Ensign
Kingsley, and Miss Ressler.

-Forget it, Colonel.
-Sir, I don't want the whole
country crying with this girl.

You don't have a choice.

I just got off the
phone with SECNAV.

Three months ago,
he agreed for the first time

to allow Trial TV
to broadcast a court-martial.

This is the one they want.

[reporter] I'm standing in front
of the headquarters

of the Judge Advocate General,
a building that houses

the elite cadre of military
lawyers known as JAGs.

With me is the kind of lawyer

they don't go up
against very often.

Juanita Ressler, known
for her courtroom dramatics
and media savvy

is about to make
her appearance.

-Good morning.
-Miss Ressler, can you tell me

what approach
you're going to
take to this case?

The truth, Lynne,
just the truth.

Ensign Kingsley is basically
a naiïve young woman

who suddenly found herself
brutally attacked

by her husband and
his mistress.

She screamed
"They're trying to kill me."

That's the message we're going
to be getting out in court.

Miss Ressler,
the prosecutor

Lieutenant Colonel
Sarah Mackenzie

is one of your
former students.

-We're told she has
a reputation...
-Nice picture, ma'am.

for being very tough
and aggressive

despite having had to overcome

a series of personal
and professional difficulties.

How does it feel to be going up
against a former student?

Colonel, you have
a pile of messages.

People Magazine
wants an interview--

The Washington Post,
60 Minutes II.

Tell them I have
better things to do.

...but I think she's failed
to learn one basic lesson.

You don't prosecute the victim.

[Lynne] Thank you.

Good morning. Be seated.

As all parties are aware, and
as consented to by the accused

this court-martial
will be televised.

This has been approved so that
the general public

might have a better
understanding of how
military justice works.

But I caution all counsel that
they are to conduct themselves

as if the cameras
were not present.

I will not tolerate any
grandstanding and/or theatrics.

Does counsel understand me?

We do, Your Honor.

-Yes, Your Honor.
-Good.

Colonel Mackenzie, you may begin
with your opening remarks.

Thank you, sir.
Good morning.

During the course of this trial

we will present clear and
convincing evidence

that Ensign Susan Kingsley
killed Misty James

that her husband was having
an affair with Miss James

and that Ensign Kingsley
knew about it.

That she arranged
for her husband to take her

to Miss James
so she could confront her,

that she brought
the murder weapon with her

to the scene
of that confrontation.

That in full view of her husband

she struck Miss James
repeatedly with that weapon.

Those are the facts
in this case.

They are simple and clear

and they indicate,
beyond any reasonable doubt

the accused is guilty as charged
of premeditated murder.

Thank you.

[Judge] Ms. Ressler.

Surprises--

that's what this case
is really about.

Colonel MacKenzie
wants to talk about facts

but there are a few surprising
facts she did not mention.

The fact
that her star witness

is a man who cheated
on his wife in the first year

of their marriage.

The fact that
Ensign Kingsley expected

to see her husband break off
an adulterous relationship

with a teenage girl,
only to find herself

under physical attack.

The fact that Ensign Kingsley
fought to save her life

only to find herself
charged with murder.

Ensign Kingsley has been
a victim once.

Don't let it happen again.
Thank you.

[Mel Hayden on TV]
Joining us now are two people

who know the combustible
combination

of law and media
better than anyone.

Gloria Allred
and Johnnie Cochran.

Well, what do you think?

Did Miss Ressler outflank
the Colonel?

Mel, maybe I'm partial
to the defense

but I like Miss Ressler's
take-no-prisoners style.

It's a close one,
Mel, two powerful
women slugging it out.

Miss Ressler's ahead on points.
She's fiery and passionate.

You always like flash, Johnnie.
All Colonel Mackenzie needs
is time to build her case.

What she needs, Gloria,
is an appointment

with a Beverly Hills
hair stylist.

That's incredibly sexist,
Johnnie.

[Johnnie] But I guess she can't
do anything about her outfit.

Unlike some lawyers
Colonel Mackenzie believes
in sticking to the facts.

The facts? The husband
was breaking off his affair.

-[buzzing]
- Why would his wife
kill the other woman?

-If the motive's ruled out
there's reasonable doubt.
-Yeah.

[Intercom]
Sir, Danny Walden
is on line two.

Uh, tell him not today, Tiner.

Tell him, uh, day after
tomorrow, 12:00 noon sharp.

[Master Chief Newman]
Petty Officer Palermo
was a good kid, sir.

Excuse us, gents.

He was a third class
ordinance man.

He wasn't on duty
the day it happened.

He just showed up
during Flight Ops.

-You were there?
-Affirmative.

I don't like losing a man
on my watch, Commander.

Well, tell me
how it happened.

We were in the middle
of a recovery.

The last F-14 was landing.

It passed within
20 feet of the island.

That's when he ran
out of the hatch.

He deliberately jumped
in front of the aircraft.

He got hit head-on
by the starboard main mount.

Petty Officer Palermo
got dragged 100 feet
down the deck.

Did he say anything
before he ran out?

Yes, sir. As he came out
of the hatch, he yelled,
"Let's rumble."

"Let's rumble"?

What did he mean by that?

I have no idea, sir.

Had he seemed distracted
or depressed of late?

No, sir. He had
a very positive attitude.

I still
don't get it, sir

and Matt and I
were pretty close.

Well, his grandmother
said he was excited

about starting SEAL training
and his girlfriend.

Yeah, well, he had
a little problem there.

What, he had
girlfriend trouble?

You know it goes
with women, sir.

Assunta, his girlfriend,
she kind of dumped him

two or three days
before the accident.

How was he dealing
with it?

Well, I told him
she'd come back.

You know, sir,
they do, sometimes.

And we hung out
a lot together.

We liked to shoot pool
at the lounge, watch videos.

I thought he was
feeling better, sir.

Oh, that one's mine.

Do you know
Captain Atomic, sir?

No.

It's an awesome book, sir.

He has uranium isotopes
implanted into his brain

that give him super powers.

But in real life, he's
just a garage mechanic.

Matt and I traded stuff back
and forth all the time, sir.

Dr. Winston, you are
Chief Medical Examiner
at Norfolk Hospital?

-That's correct.
-Can you tell us, please, ma'am,
how Misty James died?

Misty James received
three blows to the head

from a heavy linear object.

She died
from blunt force trauma.

[Judge] Lieutenant?

Lieutenant?
Do you have another question?

Yes, sir?

Oh, uh, yes, sir.

Dr. Winston,
could you light...

...en...

"Enlighten."

...lighten us as to whether

this pipe found
at the crime scene

inflicted the deadly blows?

Yes, Lieutenant.
In my opinion, it did.

It has the necessary mass

and it has the residue
of blood, hair,

and brain tissue
that match the decedent's.

Dr. Winston,
can you explain to us

the, uh, significance
of small pebbles

found embedded
in the victim's scalp?

The assailant knocked
the victim to the ground

perhaps even
with the first blow.

The pebbles indicate
the victim's head was
on the ground

when at least one
of the other blows landed.

And what are defensive wounds,
Doctor?

They are marks on the hands,
wrists and arms

that suggest a struggle
to defend oneself.

Were any of these present
on the victim's body?

No, which indicates the victim
was struck by surprise.

Thank you, Dr. Winston.

No further questions.

Dr. Winston,
on the night Misty James died

were you at the scene?

No.

So you don't know
what happened?

Not from eyewitness
knowledge, no.

If Misty James swung
the first blow

and Ensign Kingsley ducked

you would have no way
of knowing that, would you?

If she dodged every
blow without injury

I would know that
that was remarkably
good dodging.

Did you know that
Ensign Kingsley lettered
in varsity track

-at Lake Forest High School?
-I did not.

Could a fit, young woman
with an athletic background

dodge one or more swings
of a pipe

before grabbing it away
and swinging it back
at her attacker?

-Yes. It is possible.
-[phone rings]

JAG Headquarters.
Gunnery Sergeant Galindez.

Oh, Commander, looks like
your hunch paid off.

What have you got, Gunny?

Uh, the extended tox scan

on Petty Officer Palermo.

His body had high levels
of lysergic acid diethylamide.

-LSD.
-Yes, sir, and based on
the levels, he probably

didn't know where he was
or what he was doing.

I'll fax you the report.
Oh, and his grandmother
keeps calling here, sir.

What should I tell her?

Not that.

Gunnery Sergeant,
when you arrived at the scene

did the victim have a pipe
in her hand?

Yes, ma'am.

Where was Ensign Kingsley?

Standing over the body, ma'am.

So, it is possible
that Ensign Kingsley

was placing, or had just placed,
the pipe in the victim's hand?

Objection, Your Honor,
speculation.

Sustained.

As the Security Chief for PMO

have you been trained
in homicide investigation?

Yes, ma'am.

In your experience,
have you ever seen

-anyone club themselves
to death?
-No, ma'am.

Then how do you account for
the fact that given her injuries

the victim had the pipe
in her own hand?

I can't, ma'am.

Unless someone
had placed it there.

Objection. Speculation.

[Judge]
Sustained.

No further questions.

Gunnery Sergeant Dandridge,
was it dark that night?

Most nights are, ma'am.

Yes, they are.

How was visibility that night?

Not good. It was foggy.

Well, if it was
difficult to see

then one has to rely
on other senses.

Did you hear anything?

There were some shouts,
grunts, groans.

[Ressler] Any shouts
in particular?

I don't recall, ma'am.

Gunnery Sergeant,
that night

a woman was fighting
for her life.

Take a moment and think back.

Did you hear anything?

I recall hearing...

Ensign Kingsley yelling...

"They're trying to kill me."

I interviewed him
three times, Colonel.
He never said that to me.

Ensign Kingsley didn't say it
at the crime scene, Bud.

She said it on TV.

[Kingsley]
I didn't even expect Susan
to get out of the car, ma'am.

But all of a sudden,
there she was.

What were you doing
when she appeared, Lieutenant?

Misty had put her arms
around me, ma'am.

She thought I was
just there to...

you know...

love her.

What did your wife
do next?

She said, "Do it.

Tell her."

But before I could say anything,
she swung something

and hit Misty in the head.

After a second,
I realized it was a pipe.

Did Ensign Kingsley
bring the pipe with her?

Objection. Calls
for speculation.

Sustained.

Did you have a pipe in your car,
Lieutenant?

No, ma'am. I had cleaned
it out that afternoon.
There was no pipe.

Did you see Ensign Kingsley
pick a pipe up off the ground?

-No, ma'am.
-Can you describe what happened

after Ensign Kingsley struck
Misty James the first time?

I tried to stop her...
and she swung at me.

She hit me here.

Misty had fallen to the ground,
and, uh...

Susan hit her
a couple more times.

Lieutenant Kingsley,
had your wife expressed anger

at Misty James
for what you had done?

Objection. Hearsay.

Accused's state of mind,
Your Honor.

Objection overruled.

[Judge] Lieutenant, you may
answer the question.

Susan said she thought that
what I did was Misty's fault

but Susan got it
mixed up in her mind.

Had that happened before
that your wife got things
mixed up in her mind?

Something would set her off.

She would
just lose it.

Move to strike. Irrelevant.

Goes to a pattern of impulsive,
angry behavior, Your Honor.

Objection sustained.

I couldn't track down
anything on Ensign Kingsley's
Captain's Mast.

-Thanks anyway.
-But I did pick up

some rumors that she had
some juvenile arrests.

Where? When?

I don't know, ma'am.

I need something hard,
Lieutenant.

-I'll do my best, ma'am.
-[anchor, on TV] And tonight,
the inside story

on the Trial TV court-martial
in Virginia.

[ Entertainment Tonight
theme plays]

[Mary Hart]
Ratings have never
been higher for Trial TV

since they started coverage
of a military trial
in Virginia.

But it's not case law
male viewers are drooling over.

It's Prosecutor
Colonel Sarah Mackenzie.

It seems this sexy,
sassy lady lawyer

is one giant Mac attack
on the TV competition.

Her sizzle factor gives
the phrase, "body of evidence"
a whole new meaning.

-I've died and gone to hell.
-According to our sources

Mackenzie has a reputation
as a straight shooter

and looks great in a bikini.

Oh, Colonel, come on in.
Have a seat.

Admiral, this is getting
out of control.

I never knew you led
such an interesting life.

"Her favorite hobby:
Working on dinosaur bones.

"She has a
skeleton of an

"i-caro-saurus...

-Icarosaurus in her apartment."
-Ica-rousaurus.

What the hell is an icarosaurus?

The oldest airborne
vertebrate, sir.

A lizard with wings.

Its wingspan
exceeds its...

-Never mind.
-"Most fascinating fact:

Can field-strip an M-16
blindfolded in 16 seconds."

Where are they getting all this?
I didn't even talk to them.

That just whets
their appetite, Colonel.

Anytime a public figure says,
"No comment," they wonder:

"What's she really like?
What's she hiding?"

You cooperate with them

you can help your case.

I'm trying a murder case, sir.

So is Juanita Ressler, and she
gave them a tour of her office.

If she wants to try her case
in the press, let her, sir.

Court-martial members are
different than civilian jurors.

They take seriously their order
to listen only

to what they hear
in the courtroom.

Oh, like the testimony
of the Gunnery Sergeant

who said he heard
Ensign Kingsley yelling

that they were trying
to kill her?

Well, I guess
congratulations are in order.

Sir?

On your engagement.

"All attempts to interview
Colonel Mackenzie were rebuffed

as were attempts
to interview Australian
attorney Mic Brumby

who said he would not violate
his fiancée's privacy."

If you're respecting my privacy
you don't tell a magazine that
we're engaged when we're not.

And at this rate, we're not
damn well likely to be.

Call me before I attack you
with a lead pipe.

[Craig Kilborn]
Well, officially, she's
a Colonel in the Marines

but to me

-she's a Major babe.
-[cheering and applause]

I think we now know why the
Marines are first on the beach.

Zoinks, huh?

[more cheers and applause]

Well, here I am, as promised
even if it is before noon.

I'm sorry.
I left you a message,
I-I've got another full day.

Oh, really?
I didn't get it.
Um... all right.

I guess I can call my mother
have her come pick me up.

Have it back by 6:00, huh?

-[keys clinking]
-You got it.

So, what's going
on over here?

-Justice.
-Yeah?

I've heard of that.

[vehicle door opens]

[Harms] Was there any evidence
of drug use

in Petty Officer Palermo's
physical, Doc?

[Murphy]
No, sir, and I gave him

a rigorous physical
prior to SEAL training.

You don't test
for LSD, though.

It's not part of
the standard physical.

Is it possible he was using
and just never got caught?

Commander, I see drug users
all the time.

This kid didn't have
any of the signs.

Except having LSD in his system
and running in front of an F-14.

[Palmero's voice] Dear Grandma,
Good news.

Everything I wanted to
happen is coming true.

I got accepted to
SEAL training.

I go to Coronado in November,
but first, I get 30 days leave

and that's enough time
to see you.

And now that I've got
a start in life

I'm going to ask Assunta
if she wants to get married.

I can't wait for you
to meet her.

All my love, Matteo."

-Yeah.
-[Tiner] Excuse me, Admiral

but were you expecting
a Detective Grady

Loudoun County Police?

No. Send him in.

Admiral Chegwidden.

Hi. How are you?

Admiral, uh, do you own
a blue SUV,

-license plate, uh, 291-IPL?
-Yes.

Can you tell me why
it was abandoned,
mired in a mud pit

on a dirt road
in West County Park?

Uh... no.

Can you explain
why we found eight ounces

of street-grade marijuana
in your locked vehicle?

Oh, oh... uh...

[Walden] Admiral, I parked your
car at the nursery.

I went inside to pay
for the dogwoods.

I came out and the car was gone.
It was stolen.

And you just kept this
your secret?

You didn't file
a police report.

Well, I was embarrassed,
you know.

I left the keys in the car.

I was trying to get up my nerve.

Mr. Walden, did you leave
anything else in the car?

Maybe a jacket.

Not a quantity
of marijuana?

No. No, that must have belonged
to whoever stole the car.

Danny, are you sure
you didn't put off calling
me or the police

because you got too stoned?

No.

Thank you, Mr. Walden.
We'll talk again.

Admiral.

[sighs]

I can't believe this happened.

What are you going
to tell my mother?

Nothing.

Good. Good, 'cause she'd freak.

You're going to tell her.

Lieutenant Kingsley,
don't you find it strange

for a husband to meet with his
mistress in front of his wife?

-Yes.
-An honest answer at last.

Objection. She's commenting
on the testimony.

Sorry, Your Honor.
Yet you did it, Lieutenant.

You drove your wife
to your private lover's lane

to meet
your schoolgirl mistress.

-Because that's
what Susan wanted.
-Not what you wanted?

-No, ma'am.
-Lieutenant Kingsley

didn't you lure your wife
to a deserted road

in order to kill her?

Objection. Lieutenant Kingsley
is not on trial here.

-He should be.
-Your Honor!

It's legitimate
cross-examination, Your Honor.

Yes, it is.
Just watch the grandstanding.

Lieutenant Kingsley,
is your wife rich?

Her family has
considerable means.

She has a trust fund
and a generous allowance.

Yes.

Lieutenant Kingsley, have you
ever withdrawn a sum of money

from your wife's account

without asking
for her permission?

Yes.

Did you use that money

to buy a gift for your
teenage mistress?

Yes.

Lieutenant Kingsley

did you love Misty James?

Yes.

No further questions.

[Ressler]
Why did you go with him?

Because I wanted closure.

What happened
when you got there?

That woman, Miss James,
was waiting.

Andy got out of the car,
and they embraced.

What did you do then?

I made a mistake.

I got out of the car
to see what was going on.

Susan... what happened then?

Miss James attacked me
with the pipe.

I tried to get it away from her.

Did you succeed?

Yes.

That's when
the worst thing happened.

Andy grabbed me.

I remember yelling,
"They're trying to kill me!"

And then I guess
I hit him, by reflex.

Things happened so fast.

I just know he
stopped coming at me.

And then Miss James
attacked me again.

I swung the pipe
to keep her away from me.

Were you afraid for your life?

Yes.

Ensign Kingsley,

that night, was it your
intention to kill Misty James?

No, ma'am.

I regret very much
what happened.

Ma'am, the polls are running
four-to-one against you.

Were you able
to find out anything

about those rumors
about Ensign Kingsley?

Somebody thinks
they heard

about her assaulting
a classmate at Annapolis.

-Somebody heard.
-Her juvenile arrests

would probably be
found in Illinois.

That's where she
went to high school.

Juvenile records are sealed.

There could be some way
to use them.

We have sealed records, rumors,
unconfirmed reports.

The name of a state.
There's nothing that we get
into testimony.

Except the
forensic evidence.

Ma'am, we could track
down this other stuff

if we had enough
people looking.

You've turned us down
so many times before

we'd given up hope, Colonel.

Well, Mel, I've just
been a little busy.

Tell me, how does it feel
to go up against

one of your old law professors
in that courtroom?

Juanita's a great teacher, Mel.

In fact, I'm still learning
and profiting from her example.

Is it true she once said that
you would do better as a...

a lap dancer than as a lawyer?

You'd have
to ask Juanita Ressler.

She's the one
who told me, Colonel.

[MacKenzie chuckles]

Juanita is a tough opponent.

When you go up against her,
she makes you better.

Well, that's a very generous
thing for you to say

but you do seem to have
your own style.

You're straight ahead.
You let the facts
speak for themselves.

I believe in facts.
That's why I'm a little
frustrated

by all the rumors
flying around this case.

Yes, there are all kinds
of rumors

about Lieutenant Kingsley
and his...

No, I'm talking
about the defendant.

I'm hearing stories
about juvenile arrests

assaults on fellow naval
officers, you name it.

-Really?
-Yeah.

-Assaults on
fellow naval officers?

They're just rumors, Mel.

Until and unless
they are proven to be facts

I don't deal in them.
I can't deal in them.

Only people who have known
Ensign Kingsley

through the years
can tell if they're true.

They might be
out there somewhere.

-[Rabb] Thanks for coming.
Have a seat.
-Yes, sir.

There's a few loose ends
we need to tie up...

like why Petty Officer Palermo
would yell "Let's rumble!"

before he ran out of Flight Ops.

-Did he really, sir?
-Yeah.

That's what
the guys said he did.

It's a familiar phrase,
isn't it?

Yeah. It's Captain Atomic's
battle cry, sir.

So why would your friend yell
Captain Atomic's battle cry

and, uh, jump in front
of an F-14?

I don't know, sir.

I guess he was upset
about his girlfriend.

So he yells, "Let's rumble!"?

It doesn't make sense, sir.

Your friend was hallucinating.

He was high on LSD when he died.

You didn't know that?

-No, sir.
-You said that, uh,

Petty Officer Palermo was fine
an hour before the incident

that, uh, he was writing
this letter to his grandmother.

Where would he
get LSD from?

I don't know, sir.

That stamp's different
from the other ones, isn't it?

Maybe Petty
Officer Palermo
ran out of stamps...

[metal door closes]

...and he borrowed one
from your stash.

Only these stamps here

were not meant to be licked
for postage, were they?

They were dosed with LSD.

Oh, God.

It was a mistake, wasn't it?

I killed him, sir.

He was my best friend.

Well, that's the hell of it.

[MacKenzie]
Ensign Kingsley,
you've testified

that you struck Miss James
several times.

It was self-defense, ma'am.

Were you enraged
when you struck her?

I wasn't anything, ma'am.

-It all happened so fast.
-You weren't enraged

even though she'd been sleeping
with your husband?

Even though she embraced your
husband right in front of you?

I wasn't enraged.
I was sad.

That's why
you got out of your car

because you were sad?

I wasn't thinking
straight, ma'am.
I was emotional.

You have trouble controlling
your emotions, don't you?

-Objection, relevance.
-Overruled.

[MacKenzie]
Do you have trouble

controlling your emotions,
Ensign Kingsley?

-No, ma'am.
-Didn't you lose control
of your emotions when you heard

-of your husband's affair?
-No, ma'am.

Did you resolve to seek
vengeance for what had happened?

No, ma'am, I didn't.

So you made your husband
take you to meet his girlfriend.

That was his idea, ma'am.

And you hid this pipe
in your husband's car.

I didn't do that, ma'am.

And you swung it at the woman
who had stolen your husband.

She attacked me!

She did attack you,
by stealing your husband

and you wanted
to teach her a lesson.

So you hit her once,
and you hit her again.

-No!
-And you hit her again

after she was helpless
on the ground...

No, I wouldn't!

...time and again,
breaking her skull

beating her to death
with no remorse and no pity.

No, that isn't me!
I wouldn't do that!

You wouldn't?

Isn't it a fact,
Ensign Kingsley

that in 1996 you punched
an ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend

in front of a movie theater?

[Ressler] Objection.
Alleged prior misconduct
is not admissible.

[MacKenzie]
MRE Rule 404, Your Honor.

The witness's claim that she
wouldn't commit an assault

is subject to rebuttal.

[Judge] Indeed it is.

She opened the door,
Miss Ressler.

-Overruled.
-Ensign Kingsley

I'm sorry to upset you but
please answer the question.

It was an accident.
I didn't mean to hit her.

A juvenile court judge assigned
you to anger counseling.

My lawyer told me
I had to do that.

To avoid a conviction?

[sighs] Yes.

During the summer program
before your first year
at the Naval Academy

didn't you assault a woman
named Karen Starling?

-No charges were filed, ma'am.
-That's not what I asked.

Did you assault Karen Starling
for flirting

-with your boyfriend?
-We had words.

You hit her
with a five-pound weight.

I told her I was sorry!

An apology's not good enough
for Misty James, Ensign.

She can't hear you.
She's dead.

This morning was jam-packed
with excitement and surprises.

After a fiery cross-examination
closing arguments followed.

[Ressler]
I said this trial
was about surprises

and in an effort
to defame the defendant

and obscure the issues

Colonel Mackenzie has engaged
in a mud-slinging contest.

But the oath you swore

demands that you
ignore the slander

and consider only the facts.

But Colonel Mackenzie
fought back in her closing.

In addition
to the forensic evidence

the prior acts of the defendant
are at the heart of this case.

Ensign Kingsley has
a history of violent attacks
on those who,

in her mind,
have sinned against her.

In this instance
her desire for revenge
cost a young woman her life.

Not bad.

Bless you for believing me.

Well, you didn't really give
me much choice, ma'am.

It was a lovely service,
Commander.

Who shall I thank
for Matteo's receiving
the military honors?

The men he served with, ma'am.

[Judge]
Will the defense please rise.

You may publish
your findings.

[man]
Ensign Susan Kingsley

on the charge and specification

of violating Article 118
of the Uniform Code

of Military Justice,
premeditated murder

this court
finds you guilty.

[sobbing]

[Judge]
This court is dismissed.

-[gavel bangs]
-[Kingsley sobbing]

[reporters, clamoring]
Miss Ressler, Miss Ressler!

This is only the beginning.

We have a half dozen grounds
for appeal.

[reporter]
MacKenzie!

Colonel Mackenzie
this is a great
victory for you.

How would you critique
the performance

of the attorneys
on both sides?

I would fault Miss Ressler
for trying to obscure the truth

and I would fault myself
for using trickery to reveal it.

And with all due
respect, Colonel

isn't that
what lawyers do?

Unfortunately,
Miss Kennedy, it is.

[closing theme music playing]