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(Maureen) 'Leslie
Brooks, as in Brooks, inc?'

executive vice
president of Brooks, inc.

Married to will Brooks,
cfo of Brooks, inc.

Daughter-in-law to Henry
Brooks, the retired billionaire.

- How was she killed?
- Blunt force trauma.

A hammer or maybe, a club.

- Pd's sweeping the area.
- Looks like a robbery.

The assailant took her ring,
her necklace, wallet, watch.

Coroner says she was
murdered around 2 A.M.

- Working late.
- She was going into the office.

At 2 A.M.? Must've
been an emergency.

Keep me posted.

Wow.

Part of the dog
and pony show, too?

Conlon said he wanted a
strong presence at the house.

Can you really call it a house

if it's bigger than
the average hotel?

How rich are these people?

The Brooks family? They
own half of Indianapolis.

And act like they
own the other half.

When I worked as the mayor's
security detail, he'd be here

having dinner with old man
Brooks at least once a month.

Henry Brooks, the Donald
Trump of Indianapolis.

Looks like he's
done okay for himself.

So has he. Nice ride.

(Ed) 'I didn't know prosecutors
made that kind of bread.'

conlon's got dough.
In NY, his assistant

'would go through his desk
and collect his paychecks.'

- he'd forget to deposit them.
- I forget to deposit mine too.

'Cause after taxes,
there ain't nothing left.

Alright, people. Let's do it.

[Instrumental music]

I appreciate that
very much. Good bye.

The mayor wants me to tell
you that he is very grateful

that you are handling
this matter personally.

And so are we, Mr. Conlon.

Whatever you need, Mr. Brooks.

'Whoever killed
my daughter-in-law'

I want this man found. I
want him to pay with his life.

I promise you, Mr. Brooks

we will arrest and
prosecute her killer.

Thank you. My son, will.

Mr. Brooks, do
you know what time

your wife went out last night?

Alex said sometime after 1:00.

She told him she
needed to go to the office.

Something so
important it couldn't wait

until regular business hours?

For Leslie, there were no
"regular business hours."

'She was passionate
about the company.'

Henry.

Arthur Stanton,
our family attorney.

Mr. Conlon, thank
you for coming out.

- Mr. Stanton, my associates.
- Pleased to meet you.

So do you have any
leads, any witnesses?

Well, the investigation
has just begun, Mr. Stanton.

Daddy? Do I have
to go to the park?

- I want to stay with you.
- Uh..

Hey, there, champ.

- Do we see eye to eye?
- Yes.

You run off to
the park now, hal.

You don't wanna be
stuck with me all day.

He's got a lot of work to do.

Daddy, is mommy at
work? Can I call her?

- Uh, not now, bud, okay?
- Who are they?

They're friends of grandpa's
and daddy's and Mr. Stanton's.

I'll see you later, okay, kiddo?

(Will) 'Come on, pal. Daddy's
gonna get some fresh air with you.'

(Henry) 'Thank you.'

- Richard will see you out.
- Thank you, again, Mr. Conlon.

Okay. What was that phone call?

Brooks, inc. Chief of security.

They found Mrs. Brooks'
jewelry in the night guard's locker.

Have him arrested.

So, tell me, how did
Mrs. Brooks' jewelry

watch, and wallet come
to be in your locker?

- I don't know.
- It just magically appeared?

I don't know, I
wasn't even there.

You punched in at
midnight and out at 8 A.M.

There's video of you
patrolling the halls

and looking into offices.

I was doing my rounds.

I wasn't stealing anything
or killing somebody.

I liked Mrs. Brooks.

Look..

Mrs. Brooks and me,
we had this arrangement.

She liked to work late.

She'd come into
the office at midnight.

It was just her and
me in the building.

She'd tell me that I could
leave early and go home.

- And last night?
- She called at 12:30.

Said she was coming
and I could leave.

- 'What time did you leave?'
- Little before 1:00.

And she punches
out for you, too.

- I gotta get a boss like that.
- No, that's the day guy.

He clocks out for me
when I leave early.

You can ask him, he'll tell you.

The way it works, right?

Day guy, that's me, relieves
the night guy, that's him.

That's what he told you
to say if anybody asked.

But he needs you
to tell the truth now.

You're not in trouble,
Wayne. Just tell me the truth.

He said Mrs. Brooks told
him it was cool to leave.

I'd clock out for John, so
it would look like he was

at work the whole night.

Did he say why?

I figured the boss
says it's okay, it's okay.

We've been doin' it for years
and never had any trouble.

- Years?
- Well, he stopped for a while.

It started again
about six months ago.

I don't even think
about it anymore.

If John ain't there in the
A.M., I just punch his ticket.

Did you clock out for him the
morning Mrs. Brooks was killed?

It was a day like any other day.

I'm thinking thanks to the
influence of the Brooks family

we may have jumped the gun
and arrested the wrong guy.

One guard corroborates
the other guard's story.

That doesn't exonerate him.
What about the jewelry in the locker?

He hides the stuff where
it's gonna be found?

Why didn't he take it home?

Am I thrilled with this arrest?

I wish I had a few
days to investigate.

But that's what money
and influence get you.

And too bad for
the security guard.

The security
guard can sit in jail

and wait for his alibi to
check out if it checks out.

Is Henry Brooks prosecuting
this case or are we?

Somebody else is always
going to be calling the shots.

Wanna save yourself
20 years of ulcers?

Learn to bend the rules
without getting hammered for it.

Do you want the
security guard indicted?

We have 72 hours. Prove
we have the wrong guy.

Look, it's pretty clear.

Leslie Brooks often wanted to be

alone at the
office late at night.

Maybe this wasn't so
much about work as play.

Maybe she and a friend had a
late-night play date that night?

If she was cheating on him

then her husband
becomes a person of interest.

We will need a
truckload of evidence

before we will even
consider the possibility.

So instead of
talking to will Brooks

about his wife's possible
extracurricular activities..

See if you can confirm
whether Leslie had a lover.

Suggestions? Her colleagues
won't talk to us on the record.

- Well, maybe next colleague.
- We can look into that.

Amazing. The Brooks
family has this much pull.

Hey, this is their
town. We just live in it.

I'd left the company by then.

Right around the
time Henry retired.

- When was this?
- About three years ago.

And Leslie Brooks told you
she was having an affair?

But then, she and
will worked things out.

He forgave her and
called off the divorce.

He'd filed for divorce?

Their home life
became difficult.

She met someone at the company

who could give her
what will couldn't.

What was going on at home?

Will had a drinking
problem, and to his credit

he did take a long,
hard look at himself..

Signed into rehab
and finally quit.

We'll need to know the
name of Leslie's lover.

She wouldn't tell me his name.

I only know he
worked at the company.

They used to meet
there late at night.

How is an affair three years
ago relevant to Leslie's murder?

She'd used the office

for her late-night
rendezvous in the past.

Will knew what she was
up to, three years ago?

Leslie's ex-colleague said the
original lover was an employee.

Let's have ed and ray check
all cars registered to employees.

See if someone was working
on the same nights as Leslie.

Security guard's prints
aren't on Leslie's jewelry.

Only hers and will's.

Everything keeps
coming back to him.

- Cut the guard loose.
- I'll do the paperwork.

Annabeth, you
talk to will Brooks.

- How do you wanna handle this?
- Without his attorney.

What do we want from him?

What she was doing at the office

and whether he knew if she
was having an affair or not.

Our necks are out a mile on
this one, so tread carefully, huh?

Don't we always?

No, as a matter
of fact, you don't.

(Annabeth) 'How's your son?'

none of us are doing too well.

It must be very hard.

Believe me, I understand
what you're going through.

No, you don't. You have no idea.

I... lost my husband
eight months ago.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize..

- Forgive me.
- It's okay.

Does it get easier?

Eventually, little by little.

Kids?

Yeah, a little girl, 16 months.

She won't remember him.

No, but I think she'll
miss him just the same.

Yes, she will.

Hal and his mother
were very close.

How can I help you, miss chase?

We were wondering if
you could shed any light

on why your wife went to
the office so late that night.

She must have had work to do.

She was tireless, relentless,
when it came to the company.

The security guard claims
he wasn't there at the time

of the murder because
Leslie had sent him home.

- Said she did it all the time.
- That sounds like Leslie.

She liked to be alone,
uh, all alone in the office.

She called the
office, after hours

her "fortress of solitude."

Do you know what she was
working on the night she was killed?

Could've been anything. She
lived and breathed the company.

It meant more to her than to
all of us who were born into it.

We took it for granted.

I don't know what any of us
are going to do now without her.

Will may not be as
smart as his father

but he knows how to play
his cards close to the vest.

Lug wrench, police
found it in a sewer

'a couple blocks from
the parking garage.'

'coroner says it could
be the murder weapon'

and before you ask,
no blood or prints.

And guess what? The
night Leslie was killed

will Brooks' car was issued
a parking violation and towed.

It was two blocks from the
Brooks inc. Headquarters.

So will was home all night but
his car was working overtime.

It gets better. The car was
reported stolen that morning

not by will, but
by Arthur Stanton.

Henry Brooks'
pain-in-the-ass lawyer.

Not only did he
report the theft..

Towing company gave me a
receipt for the car signed by him.

Why would a highly paid
attorney bail his client's car out

of an impound lot in
the middle of the night?

"To tamper with
or destroy evidence

in furtherance of the
commission of an offense."

Yo, ray, what kinda car
does will Brooks drive?

- New Mercedes e class, why?
- Oh, fine ride.

Lug wrench is from
a Mercedes tool kit.

[Dramatic music]

I'll let the prosecuting
attorney know

we're arresting will Brooks
for the murder of Leslie Brooks.

[Intense music]

(Judge) People v. William
David Christopher Brooks.

One count of murder. How
does the defendant plead?

- Not guilty, your honor.
- 'Bail application, Mr. Lisi?'

'my client is an upstanding
and leading member'

of this community, your honor

where his family dates
back five generations.

I'm a native, Mr. Lisi. I
know who Mr. Brooks is.

Mr. Conlon?

Your honor, despite
Mr. Brooks' lineage

we request he be
held without bail.

(Lisi) 'The people
have already arrested'

'and released one man
for this crime, your honor.'

now they've trained
their sights on my client.

Next they're gonna
say the Butler did it.

The defense is being
flippant, your honor.

This is a serious crime.

The government has damning
evidence against Mr. Brooks

who has unlimited resources
and is clearly a flight risk.

Bail is set at $5 million.

Defendant will
surrender his passport.

Your honor...

(judge) 'End of
discussion, gentlemen.'

[gavel bangs]

- Jimmy.
- It's good to see you, man.

- Mike, always a pleasure.
- So, uh, Indiana, huh?

You drive a tractor
to work or what?

Ha ha ha. I'm
not like you, Mike.

I don't have the entire
New York underworld

chauffeuring me around.

That's funny.

Annabeth chase,
Maureen Scofield, Mike lisi.

Mike used to work for me
at the Manhattan da's office.

That was before he
crossed over to the dark side.

Ladies, a pleasure.

Nice talking to you.
See you in the ring.

Hey, listen, Jimmy,
don't take it personally

but you absolutely have my word.

We're gonna Bury
you in paper work.

You and Charlie's angels here

'won't see the light
of day for months.'

"Charlie's angels?"

Relax, sweetheart. It's a joke.

'You have to
surrender your passport'

and your sense of
humor if you live here?

See you around, Jimbo.

I can see why you left New York.

You kiddin'? Guys like him
make me miss it. The competition.

I'm confused. Why isn't Stanton
leading the defense team?

'Cause after will killed
his wife, he called Stanton.

Stanton came to pick
him up near the scene.

Will confessed
everything to him.

And after that happened

Stanton could no
longer represent will.

Exactly, Stanton knows the
truth so he can't suborn perjury

by putting will on the stand

if will has to testify
in his own defense.

And so he brings
in Mike lisi from NY

to do it for him, pretty slick.

Stanton's good.

Brings lisi in because
the guy knows my moves.

Lisi knows that we
can't subpoena Stanton

or call him as a
witness against will.

Attorney client privilege.

Iron clad. Great tactical move.

Fortunately, I know lisi
as well as he knows me.

If he calls in the next 24 hours

asking for a
pre-trial conference

that means he knows
that his guy did it.

Lisi won't go to court
if he knows for sure

that his client's guilty.

He'll come on like a SWAT
team, but he's really just

'sussing out the best
deal for his client.'

- if he asks for a plea?
- I don't know.

Will finds out that his
wife was cheating again.

Heat of passion,
15 to life's fair.

Ask for 25, settle for 20.

(Annabeth) No plea
on the table right now

but we'll hear what you have
to say on your client's behalf.

Knowing the big guy,
I'd say he's given you

a 20 year downside. Am I close?

'It's a moot point
anyhow, ladies.'

we're not interested in a deal
because my client happens to be

'that rarest of creatures in
the criminal justice system.'

- 'an innocent man.'
- Then why are we here?

- To keep the dialogue going.
- I didn't kill my wife.

And I want to be home
with my son right now.

She was having
another affair, Mr. Brooks.

You must have felt humiliated.

She was not
having another affair.

That was over and done
with three years ago...

Will, please, huh?

Three years ago, my
client wanted a divorce.

Sure, who wouldn't?

Then he checked himself
into rehab, sobered up

decided to take another go at
the marriage for his son's sake.

After he quit drinking he
realized that he loved his wife.

All the more
enraging to find out

she was cheating on you again.

Miss Brooks had not
initiated a new relationship.

Are you sure? You said
you never left the house

the night your wife was killed.

Yes, I was home all night.

What about your car being
towed near the Brooks building

around the time of the murder?

I have no idea how my
car got there or who took it.

As you know, Arthur
Stanton reported it stolen.

At 5 A.M.?

A transparent attempt
to establish a defense.

No, I swear, I did
not talk to Arthur.

We're done here, but,
for argument's sake

if an offer were on the table...

- No.
- What would it be?

Twenty-five.

- Fifteen.
- Twenty.

Just what I thought.

I know Jimmy.

Well, we're
prepared to go to trial.

Have a nice day.

Mr. Brooks... Think about it.

You're likely to get life
in prison if you go to trial.

In the meantime,
we'll be poring over

your late wife's
personal matters.

We will find her lover.

[Instrumental music]

There's not much on
Mrs. Brooks' computer.

Certainly no love letters
or emails to a friend.

I thought all you
girls kept diaries.

I know my name's
featured in quite a few.

(Ed) 'Mrs. Brooks must
have deleted them.'

well, there's deleting
and then there's deleting.

- Amateurs.
- You find something?

It wasn't just her personal
emails she zapped.

'Leslie Brooks deleted
thousands of documents.'

far as I can tell, they're
all company related.

Uh, spread sheets, accounting
procedures, excel docs..

And why would she nuke a storage
room worth of business records?

Any record of why
these documents

were gathered up
or where they went?

Unless the memory
wipe is secured

it's always there somewhere.

You just have to
know where to look..

And how.

Oh, look at that. All
emailed to the same place.

(Ed) 'Securities and
exchange commission.'

- why would she do that?
- Compliance with a subpoena.

I have a friend from law
school who works at the sec.

Maybe they'll confirm,
copy us on the missing docs.

Now go get a date.

So, my sec buddy said
for the past six months

Leslie Brooks had
been cooperating

in a secret grand
jury investigation.

What were they looking at?

Manipulation, doctoring
the books, not outright theft.

What does Mr. Vavoulis, our
whiz kid accountant, have to say?

Give me two more seconds.

So you think that this murder
was about money, huh?

How deep into this was she?

Leslie? Not at all.
But her husband was.

- Will Brooks?
- Was the sec's target.

Apparently he
has a hidden talent

for wide-scale corporate fraud.

'If the sec's
analysis is correct'

since will's father made him cfo

the company's
been in a tailspin.

A little theft and a
whole bunch of cover-up.

And nobody saw this coming?

Enron stock had a 15% run up

the day before they
filed for bankruptcy.

Leslie Brooks must have blown a
fuse when the sec subpoenas hit.

Before that, I'd say. Looks
like she was on to her husband

months before the sec
served her with the subpoena.

'Maybe Leslie wasn't
having a new affair.'

she sent the guard home because

she was going to
the office late at night

to get information
on her husband.

Will found out,
followed her, killed her.

Same defendant,
different motive.

We need to corroborate this.

If Leslie Brooks was
co-operating with the sec..

She must have had
legal counsel of her own.

Talk to her guy.

[Intense music]

When did Leslie suspect

something was awry with
the company finances?

About a year ago.

I advised her to start
making copies of documents

and accounting for
her own conduct.

She very wisely
followed my counsel.

And when she got
the sec subpoenas?

Six months ago. I
told her to turn over

everything she had
gathered immediately.

I also told her she
would very likely

have to testify
against her husband.

That he might be facing fines,
restitution to the company..

And a lot of jail time.

Did Leslie confront
will about this?

The grand jury
process was secret.

Meaning no witness
could discuss it

with anybody but
his or her attorney.

Although, having
re-drafted her will

I don't think Leslie
would have minded

incriminating her husband.

You re-drafted her will?

Just after the subpoenas landed.

She wasn't leaving him
a dime of her money.

Leslie Brooks didn't just marry
into money, she came from money.

Her personal estate is
worth upwards of $50 million.

What difference does
it make? Will's rich.

Not by Brooks standards.

His father controls his
money through a trust.

Will essentially has his salary
from the company, that's it.

Did will know he'd been
cut out of Leslie's estate?

As far as I know, he didn't.

So, who does get Leslie's money?

Goes into trust
for her son, hal.

As hal's father, will
can get his hands

on the 50 million
anytime he wants.

Enough to balance the
books, pay any fines.

Sounds like a motive to me.

If he were the trust's
executor, which he's not.

Who is?

- Her father-in-law?
- Henry Brooks.

Leslie Brooks changed her
will and named her father-in-law

executor of her estate
because her husband

was running the family
firm into the ground.

And to keep him from getting
his hands on her money.

What if Henry told will that
his wife had written him out?

He'd have no reason to kill her.

- Bye-bye, motive.
- 'Case up in smoke.'

I'm not so sure. Finding
out you just lost $50 million

'you were counting on.'

money that might save the
family firm and your own skin.

You might be mad
enough to kill somebody.

Leslie's attorney is sure will
had no idea he'd been cut out.

He though the money
was his if she died.

Let's say she's right, that
Henry didn't tell will anything.

Henry may have lied to cast
out on our theory of will's motive.

Let's nail Henry's
testimony down.

Hit him with a
subpoena for depositions.

- Put him under oath.
- If he lies to protect his son?

We'll find another way
to impeach his credibility.

One way or the other,
whatever Henry Brooks tells us

we will use to convict
his son for murder.

- Hey.
- Where you goin'?

On my way to meet
annabeth at Stanton's office

to depose Henry
Brooks. What's up?

Ray and I were going through

the last of Leslie
Brooks' personal papers.

We found more
than a dozen receipts

for a hotel from
three years ago.

Businesswoman like that
would do a lot of traveling.

The royale king
in downtown indy?

A five-star no-tell motel.

Well, we already knew she
had an affair three years ago.

Her ex-colleague told us that.

And will and his
attorney confirmed it.

But we still don't
know with whom.

- Whom?
- Did I say something wrong?

You want us to try and find out?

You know, it's not
exactly priority one, but..

Check it out. Conlon
doesn't like loose ends

and neither do I.

(Annabeth) When did you
first learn of any irregularities

in the day-to-day
operations of your company?

The night she died.

Leslie told me of the various
subpoenas from the sec

'and what she suspected'

'was going on with the
company's finances.'

she thought that will had
mismanaged accounts, lost money

and then covered the losses
by manipulating the books.

Did you discuss Leslie's
suspicions with your son?

[Indistinct whispering]

He is the cfo, and I discussed
it with him shortly thereafter.

Shortly thereafter. Would
that be the same night?

Yes. But will assured
me that the sec was simply

flexing their muscles, that
there was nothing substantive

in their investigation
and nothing amiss

with the company's finances.

Did your son know his
wife had changed her will?

Cut him out of her estate
and named you executor?

No. Leslie asked me not to tell
him, and I respected her wishes.

So, he thought he
will inherit her estate

in the event of her death?

Yes, as far as I know,
that is what he thought.

Did you know your son's car
was found near the Brooks building

and towed on the
night of the murder?

I've advised
Mr. Brooks not to reply

to any questions on this subject

relying on his fifth
amendment protections.

Did you contact
Mr. Stanton concerning

the alleged theft of will's car?

I instruct my client
not to answer that.

If there was a cover-up

his fifth amendment
rights do not apply.

That is a determination
for a court.

We disagree. Please answer
the question, Mr. Brooks.

This deposition is concluded.

Sit down, please.

We'll have you before a judge
in the morning, Mr. Stanton.

We have the resources to
fight this for years. Do you?

[Intense music]

(Male receptionist) 'Mrs. Brooks
has been a guest with us before, yes.'

(ray) 'We know that already.'

either you cooperate
fully, or we'll continue

this conversation down at the
prosecuting attorney's office.

Look, Mr. Walters,
we just need to know

was it a single or a
double occupancy?

I'm not familiar with Mrs.
Brooks' accommodations

beyond her suite
preference, southern exposure

'non-smoking, vip.'

step over there, pal.

(Ed) 'How 'bout you, miss?'

you, uh, familiar with
her accommodations?

I don't wanna lose my job.

No, you may get a promotion

after our boss talks
to the manager.

You're asking if Mrs.
Brooks ever had a sleepover

when she stayed here?

- Yeah, she had company.
- You ever see the guy?

No, but you can always tell.
I mean, the way the room is.

The number of
towels on the floor.

Is there anyone who
might have seen him?

Maybe a room service guy?

I don't know. I couldn't say.

When Leslie Brooks arrived,
she have any luggage?

You'd have to ask our
valet parking people.

Mrs. Brooks parked
in our underground lot.

Vip luggage would have been
brought directly to her room.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[Instrumental music]

Well, well. I just had a
rather difficult conversation

with the prosecuting attorney.

If I'm fired, send
my last check to Fiji.

Seems Arthur Stanton doesn't
quite agree with your evaluation

of his client's fifth
amendment rights.

Cry baby.

Henry knows that will did it.

Henry called Stanton
to go get his son's car.

The two of them are doing
everything to protect junior.

Can we prove it?

If we can get over
the privilege hurdle

separate Stanton
from the Brooks family.

Stanton represents Henry Brooks,
therefore, every conversation

between them is protected
by the attorney-client privilege.

And anything will told Stanton
is covered by the former

attorney-client relationship
between those two.

[Knocking on door]

Well, unless I missed my Mark,
that would be the opening salvo

in the murder
trial of will Brooks.

Courtesy of my
old pal, Mike lisi.

Omnibus motion
from the defense team.

Motion to suppress, to dismiss

'eliminate, and a couple
I don't even recognize.'

you two are gonna be busy.

- Ladies... nice work.
- I thought you were mad at us.

On the contrary. My only
regret is I wasn't there to see

the steam coming
out of their ears.

[Instrumental music]

We won nine out of ten motions.
Not bad against the big guns.

And in front of judge
menendez, who's a stickler.

Ten out of ten would
have been better.

Big guns, thanks for noticing.

- If you'll excuse us.
- Hey, so you won today.

Tomorrow another
salvo and the day after

and the day after the day after.

If I were you, I'd
conserve my energy.

[Phone ringing]

Ladies..

Hmm, makes me sick.

Will beats his wife to death
with a wrench, then clobbers us

with motions to exclude it.

The average defendant
is lucky to get legal aid.

It's the system.
The system stinks.

In a perfect world, there'd
be no motions, no discovery

just straight to
trial one on one

and let the truth
prevail with the jury.

In a perfect world,
Leslie Brooks wouldn't die

in a parking garage.

[Instrumental music]

We couldn't figure out
how Leslie's secret boyfriend

got in and out of the hotel
without anybody seeing.

- He invisible?
- Might as well be.

Through valet parking,
straight up to the room

in the vip elevator.

Do not pass go, do
not stop in the lobby.

There's a lot of turnover,
but we finally found

a parking attendant who
now works at another hotel

who remembers Leslie
Brooks from three years ago.

Showed 'em a picture
of her. Positive ID.

Yeah, we already know
that she was having an affair.

In the words of the
parking attendant

"I've seen her with that
guy, you know, her boss."

- Her boss?
- Henry Brooks.

The guy the attendant saw
on any number of occasions

at the hotel with Leslie
was Henry Brooks.

What?

She was having an affair
with her father-in-law?

[Dramatic music]

I wonder if will knew.

There's a new development.

We went back and looked again
at everything as you suggested.

Forensic accountant says
Henry altered the finances, not will.

And he did it in a way to
make will look culpable.

- Can he prove it?
- It's complicated.

And beyond boring,
but yeah, he can.

If you look past will, there's
a trail that leads to Henry.

What's the theory?

Henry and Leslie
had been lovers.

They shared a deep, dark secret.
She thought she could trust him

so she confided in him.

Thinking will was at
fault, she told Henry about

the sec subpoenas and
the financial shenanigans.

So, Henry killed her
to cover his fraud.

Henry knew about her
arrangements with the guard.

He framed the guard in a way
it would lead back to his son.

He killed his daughter-in-law
and then framed his son?

It could also look like

'will found out about
them and went berserk.'

(Maureen) 'And that's
exactly what Henry Brooks'

'and his high-powered
legal team will argue.'

I'm certain that Henry did it.

Which means, will wasn't
at the office that night.

Which means he
didn't drive his car

and he didn't call Stanton
to tell him it was stolen.

So, who did? Henry
Brooks called Arthur Stanton.

Which puts us right back behind

the great wall of
attorney-client privilege.

If I could just talk to
will Brooks somehow..

Get him to realize what
his father has done to him.

Maybe he could
persuade Arthur Stanton

to tell us what he knows.

How would you get
past will's lawyer, lisi?

I'll handle Mike lisi.

Ah, too much vermouth.

How do you live in a town where

you can't even get a
decent Martini, Jim?

Can I ask you a
question, off the record?

Off the record, shoot.

Did will Brooks tell you
he called Arthur Stanton

and asked him to
report his car stolen?

My client told me he never
left the property that night

and never called anyone.

You believe him?

I have no evidence
to confirm or deny.

Therefore, I have no
opinion one way or the other.

That's a lawyer's answer, Mike.

- That's what I am, a lawyer.
- You didn't believe him.

That's why you tried
for a plea bargain.

You know me too well.

This time, you were wrong, Mike.

He didn't call Stanton.
He didn't kill his wife.

- Then who did?
- The old man, Henry Brooks.

- He did it.
- No way.

Leslie's lover, three years ago.

- You can't be serious.
- I need to talk to your client.

He doesn't know anything.

He knows he didn't do
it. And now, so do you.

You still want me to
put him away for murder?

Trouble with you, Jimmy,
you have too much integrity

to prosecute a guy
you know is innocent.

So help me to convict
the man I know is guilty.

No, he's my
father. He wouldn't..

They wouldn't do that to me.

He and Leslie are colleagues.

He was the guy
she was seeing, will.

There's no doubt.

'Your father set you up'

for Leslie's murder
to take the blame

for the financial collapse
of the company, everything.

The evidence is overwhelming.

Leslie made the
mistake of trusting him.

She confided in him
about the sec subpoena.

I know he's ruthless.

I've seen him eviscerate
people over business.

Leave them with nothing.

I just never thought
he could do that to me.

Or to Leslie.

[Instrumental music]

We're dropping the
charges against your client.

Will you help us?

What's this? Trial by ambush?

Will, what are you
doing with these people?

Arthur, you think
I killed my wife.

Why?

I want all of you out
of my offices now.

What did my father tell you?

What did he say I did?

Henry Brooks is my client.

Anything said between
us is privileged.

You know that's
not necessarily true.

My father killed Leslie, Arthur.

My son is going to grow
up without his mother

because of him.

When Henry Brooks
told you will killed Leslie

did you believe him?

Were you a part of the cover-up?

Or were you
complicit in his scheme

to frame his son for the
murder of his daughter-in-law?

[Dramatic music]

(Conlon) 'Either way,
you have no privilege.'

I will put you in
jail, Mr. Stanton.

[Dramatic music continues]

Henry woke me about
3:00 in the morning.

He said will was drinking again

and that he had done
something... Stupid.

And asked me go get
will's car and clean it up.

Let's call ed and ray.

Have them arrest Henry Brooks
for the murder of Leslie Brooks.

And, Arthur..

Please make sure the
media's there to see it.

I want him publicly humiliated.

The way he humiliated me.

[Dramatic music continues]

(Stanton) 'I retrieved the
car from the towing company.'

'i drove it to the Brooks
maintenance shed.'

later that morning, I
had one of the workers..

- Clean it thoroughly.
- Why?

There was a little blood on the
window and on the steering wheel

on one of the seats, maybe
elsewhere, I'm not sure.

Whose blood did you
think it was, Mr. Stanton?

Mrs. Brooks... Leslie.

Henry, Mr. Brooks told
me will had killed her

'to prevent her from
exposing his fraud.'

'and to gain control
of her estate.'

did you talk to will that night

about the car or anything else?

- 'I spoke only with Henry.'
- Why didn't you talk to will?

I didn't want him
to tell me anything

so that I could be
able to represent him.

You assumed he
was guilty because..

Henry Brooks told you he was.

Correct.

Mr. Stanton, we have
a sworn deposition

from the employee who cleaned
the car for you that morning.

Elio torres. He says he vacuumed

and shampooed all of
the carpets in the car.

- As I said, at my request.
- Including the trunk?

[Intense music]

(Annabeth) 'Was there blood
evidence in the trunk as well?'

I wanted to make sure all
trace evidence was eradicated.

You're not answering
my question.

Yes, there was
blood in the trunk.

Mr. Stanton, did you do
anything else that morning

to "clean up" for Henry Brooks..

Before you took will's car
to the company garage?

You took an oath, Mr. Stanton

to tell the whole truth, not
just answer my questions.

I'm only obligated to answer
your questions truthfully.

Not to volunteer information.

Then answer my
question truthfully.

Did you do anything
else that morning?

'Did you get rid of any other
evidence for Henry Brooks?'

I found something in
the trunk. A lug wrench.

And what did you do with it?

I dropped it down a storm drain.

[Dramatic music continues]

Arthur Stanton is mistaken.

I never told him my son said
that his car had been stolen.

I simply said my son's
car had been stolen

and would he
please take care of it.

He said you told him
will had killed Leslie.

Arthur Stanton
is loyal to a fault.

'He assumed that
will killed Leslie'

to cover up his fraud,
and he acted accordingly.

And so did I.

Nothing further.

Three years ago
did you have an affair

with your daughter-in-law?

It was a lapse of judgment
on both of our parts.

Will was drinking heavily.

'I was appalled by that and what
was happening with the company.'

I put an end to it
after a few months.

- You called it off?
- Leslie would've continued it.

But I didn't think
it was appropriate.

Not appropriate? Having
an affair with your son's wife?

(Henry) 'We took great care to
make sure that will never found out.'

but he did, didn't he?

About the affair
but not my part of it.

They reconciled.

The financial
irregularities started

right after they reconciled.

That's when you began
cooking the books, isn't it?

'To ruin your son?'

get him back for taking
Leslie away from you?

The financial malfeasance
was will's and not mine.

That's not what the
forensic accountant said.

Or the sec. They lay
the blame at your feet.

- I reject that.
- That must have been hard.

To see her back with him.
Were you in love with her?

I loved her. She was
a spectacular woman.

(Henry) 'A brilliant woman.'

did you think you'd get her back

after will was ruined?

I moved on, miss chase. I
suggest you do the same.

She went to the
office that night.

And you met her there
after the guard had gone.

I never went
anywhere that night.

She told you about the sec.

I knew about the
sec investigation.

You knew about it? It
was a secret grand jury.

I have friends in
very high places.

Of course you already knew.

Did it surprise you
when you found out

Leslie had been
cooperating with the sec?

No. As I said, she was brilliant
and would easily have discovered

will's pathetic
little deception.

Because you wanted her to.

After all, you designed
this whole thing

to ensnare your son
and get Leslie back.

'We've been assuming
Leslie told you that night'

about will's involvement.

But you would
have welcomed that.

That was your plan all along.

Instead, she accused
you that night.

I never spoke to her that night.

She discovered that you'd
been cooking the books, not will.

You were going to
lose everything, huh?

The company, Leslie,
your entire legacy.

So you killed her to
keep that from happening.

No. I never manipulated
the company's finances.

It was will.

Only someone as
spineless as my son

would have needed to
do something like that.

'It was will.'

no. Will never would
have killed Leslie.

He'd forgiven her.

He may have even forgiven you.

- I don't require forgiveness.
- Nor do you deserve it.

When we spoke to you
just hours after the murder

you said you wanted
to see the man who'd

killed your daughter-in-law
pay with his life.

That sounds fair to me.

[Dramatic music]

(Maureen) 'Guilty
and the death penalty.'

I love the look on
Henry Brooks' face

when the jury gave him his wish.

- He'll appeal it forever.
- I hope he does.

He'll only squander his fortune

delaying the inevitable, a
date with the executioner.

The rich are different.

Yeah, speaking of the rich..

I caught conlon's assistant
going through his desk today.

Collecting his
paychecks to deposit.

Which is exactly what ray
said he did in New York, too.

- Must be nice.
- Yeah.

Got me thinking about conlon.

He doesn't need the job

and he's obviously not
doing it for the money.

He is ambitious.

Maybe for the right
reasons... Mostly.

Maybe.

(Female narrator) Stay tuned
for scenes from our next episode.

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