All language subtitles for Law and Order CI s07e08 Offense.eng

The following story is fictional and does
not depict any actual person or event.

In New York City's war on crime,

the worst criminal offenders
are pursued by the detectives

of the Major Case Squad.

These are their stories.

We're a team and we're goin' places.

We're not goin' there alone.

A lot of talk right now.

It's tough to get those voices
out of our heads.

I know some of us are hearing
what they're sayin',

thinkin' about what's gonna
happen down at that courthouse.

These ivy league football players
are guilty of a brutal assault.

Our defense is solid
if we stick together.

And no one is getting special treatment

whether they can run a ball or
make a tackle... not on my watch.

Do you expect an indictment
from the grand jury today?

Hi, Carla.

No, I... yeah, all right.
Bye, girl.

Traci's cool, right?

Carla!

She's just nervous, all right?
Don't be mad.

Them bastards ain't gettin' away with it.

No, Benjy. Wait!

We gain our ground by inches.

Do you have any comment
to your accuser?

Do you still maintain your innocence?

The rape victim is from your community.

Do you feel a personal obligation to prosecute?

I was born in the Bronx.
I grew up here.

This neighborhood is poor and proud.
We take care of each other.

And the Bronx is not going to tolerate

one of our own being victimized
by these arrogant sons of privilege.

Hello?

Hello?

- Traci Kwon here yet?
- No. She's not answering her phone.

I asked Gates to run by her place.

We protect each other.

Whatever comes at us,

keep your heads up... stay strong!

And that, gentlemen,
is how we win!

- Are we gonna win?
- Yeah!

- Are we gonna win?
- Yeah!

- We gonna win?
- Yah!

Oh, no.

ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON USA: 2007/11/29

Good morning, ladies, gentlemen.
Thanks for coming.

One question, Mr. Hoyle.

I'll take your questions,
but I just first wanna say

that Traci Kwon's murder is
a terrible tragedy.

And we will find out who did this.

Do you still expect an indictment
in the Newell rape case?

Major Case. / The heart of our case
is the testimony of the victim.

She's not going to be intimidated
into any kind of silence.

Did one of the accused football players
kill Traci Kwon?

Whoever did this, they can run,

but they cannot hide.

That's enough. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Well, well, well. Join the party, Falacci.

- How'd I beat you here?
- Media gridlock.

ADA Hoyle's making the most of his
ten minutes. What a prima donna.

Meet detective investigator Gates.
Hoyle's his boss. / Oh.

Hoyle loves the cameras,
but he's a stand-up prosecutor.

You're retired NYPD?

Working a second career in the DA's office.

It's nice. I get a car.

Gates found the body. Upstairs.

Traci Kwon was your key witness?

- You familiar with the case?
- Just what I read in the papers.

Traci and another stripper were performing
at the Newell football team party.

The other stripper alleges
she's been raped.

Hoyle's making the entire team suspects.

Traci was late for the grand jury.
I was sent to knock on her door,

found the poor kid lying here.
DOA.

She went down head first
with force behind the fall.

She still has her jewelry.

But no purse.

And the apartment was ransacked.

Kind of a mixed message, huh?

Well, it's tough to tell what's gone.
She didn't have much to begin with.

How'd they get in the building?
The front door's locked.

Neighbors all heard the intercom.

The old lady in 309 never asks,
just buzzes people up.

- Rush job.
- Yeah.

All the drawers are open.

They left cash.
Wedding fund.

Someone didn't want Traci
talking to the grand jury.

Who knew she was testifying today?

Wouldn't have been hard to figure out.

Even for football players?

Gonna need the names of
all those accused, by the way.

I can't talk about the case.

You're turning this into a turf war?
It's a murder investigation.

Of a witness in a Bronx ADA's case.

Hoyle finds out I'm talking to you,
I'm on the street.

Let me walk you out.

Listen.

I know you're under orders.
But come on. We're both on the job here.

You like that girl, right?

You gonna let her killer get a head start?

You see her friend here?

Just give me a name.

Nothing says that my partner and I
didn't get it here on our own.

Traci called this morning at 8:00.

I told her testifying was no big deal.

Is that why she was killed?

Well, if you give us the name of the players
who attacked you, we'll find out.

I can't.

Mr. Hoyle told me not to talk to NYPD.
Just to his office.

Carla, your friend was thrown down
a flight of stairs.

It could've been anyone on that team.

They stick up for each other.
They lie.

Well, look, if you know who did this,
you better tell us

because your girlfriend could be next.

If the cowards even...

Oh, god, I'll kill 'em!
I swear to god I'll kill them.

Traci though, she was alone.

No roommate.
Vulnerable.

- No friends looking out for her.
- That's not true.

Look, Traci was having trouble at work.
I told her Benjy would pick her up.

She said she didn't
want to be any trouble.

Pick her up where?
Where she danced?

Traci worked as a cocktail waitress.

She tried performing one night.
Didn't last two minutes.

How'd she end up stripping
at the Newell football party?

I have no idea. We don't sanction
off-premises work of any kind.

Well, we understand Traci may
have been harassed here.

News to me.

We take care of our girls here.
This is not that kind of place.

Oh? Is it the kind of place
that serves underage kids?

'Cause if I asked those two sitting
over there for ID,

are they gonna show me
their out of state library card?

- Maybe.
- Maybe?

Listen. Last week,
there was an incident.

- What kind of an incident?
- Some college kids came in.

They were bothering Traci.
They wouldn't let up.

She tried to get away.
Her skirt got ripped.

College kids. From Newell?

This is a Dominican neighborhood.

Those rich white brats come
down from the hill, no mistake.

We're gonna want every single name
of those rich white brats, okay?

I'll get my bookkeeper.
She'll pull up the credit card receipts.

Good. / You guys want to wait,
anything you want's on the house.

- Yeah, well...
- Yeah, just give us a call.

So Traci Kwon doesn't have
an enemy in the world

except for the 90 players
in the Newell football team.

Tough to cross that padded line.

No one at the college is talking.

You said she has a wedding fund.
You find the fiance?

Fort lauderdale.
He's on his way here.

That's the third call I've made
to the Bronx DA's office.

They're still saying,
"we'll get back to you."

I've worked with Hoyle.
He's territorial.

Or maybe his case isn't as strong
as he's been selling it to the press.

Might be more than that.
Bronx DA's retiring this year.

Seat's up for grabs.
Hoyle's hoping to win.

Hmm. A Dominican neighborhood.

And a Dominican girl cries foul
on some white boys.

Playing to local prejudice, huh?

The Bronx is burning. Part two.

And Hoyle's pouring on the gas.

Let's give him till the end of the day.
Then I'll make a call.

Vicuna club just pulled the credit receipt
on the guy who was manhandling Traci.

What's a wall street broker
doing visiting a strip club in the Bronx?

The Vicuna club?
Never heard of it.

Was your credit card stolen, Mr. Danes?

Not that I'm aware of.

Well, your card was used
to pay for a $500 champagne table

at a strip club in the Bronx.

That's amusing.

If I go to the Bronx, it's for the play-offs.

And my driver keeps the limo running.
But thank you for alerting me.

I'll have my assistant call the company.

Can I help you with something, detective?

- Where'd you go college?
- London school of economics. You?

Looks like there was
a pennant hanging here.

I didn't know that LSE had pennants.

This photo looks lonesome.

Like there were others missing.

Hey, listen, my friend.

I don't kneed an MBA to know
that you're covering for somebody.

A football player at Newell?

Okay.

It's my stepson from my second marriage.
Sean McClure.

I gave him a spare card to use
in case of emergencies.

Oh, nice. Nice execution!

That DA, he goes after one of us,
he goes after all of us.

Still doesn't explain
why you were hounding Traci.

No, we were talking to her.
I bought a bottle of champagne.

We just wanted her to tell the truth.
There was no rape.

Is that why you ripped her skirt?

Now that was an accident.

Look, I'm sorry that girl's dead,
but she was a liar.

She could've sent any one of us
to prison for years.

Why aren't you guys investigating that?

Where were you Monday morning?

Where we are every morning.
Practice.

Can anybody verify that?

Yeah. I can.

Along with 88 of their teammates.
You're done here, gentlemen.

I have a practice to run.

You want to talk to any of my players,
call their lawyers.

Telling them to lawyer up.
What a way to build character.

You gonna walk off my field
or am I gonna have to toss you off?

We'll be in touch, coach.

Yo, yo, yo, Timbo.

Timmy, Timmy, man, how come you
didn't call the lawyer my dad recommended?

Well, your attorney wanted
a $5,000 retainer fee.

- So get it from your parents.
- Yeah or whoever.

Look, we're in deep here.

I mean, you think this thing's
all gonna go away?

Look, I'm not doing time.
Not for you, not for anybody.

Now call the lawyer.

Call the lawyer.

Come on.

What do they want?

Don't worry about it, ma. I got it.

Well, what do they want you to do?

Want me to talk to an attorney.

Those boys do not have your back, Tim.

Don't go out of your way to
protect them. / I got it.

Look, I'm here voluntarily.

This rape case is bogus.

Those girls. They were lame.

I wouldn't do them if you paid me.

Well, why did you hire them
in the first place?

'cause they were cheap.

Look, we should've just gone to scores.

Detective.

Wait there.

This kid'll open up if I ask him
about the rape case.

- You have to talk to Hoyle first.
- I thought you were calling him.

We just spoke.
He's holding onto his files.

But he's agreed to walk you two
through some details.

Cut the kid loose.

Detectives. Obviously I want
the NYPD to find Traci's killer.

Then give us access to your files.

- It's not that simple.
- Look.

All due respect, a girl is dead here.

Carla ID'd three players who raped her.

Until I get an indictment,
I cannot give you my files.

You interview my suspects,
you'll tip them off to what we know.

Well, if your case is solid, it'll hold up.

No, I'm not worried about my case.
I'm worried about Carla Sanchez.

I already know you talked to her.
She's scared.

I do not want to lose her.

Gene, I need you to...

Didn't I see you out front of Traci's apartment
at the press conference?

Detectives, this is my wife Beth.
One of our press liaisons.

It's nice to meet you.

Gene. When you have a minute.

You and your wife made it to
Traci's apartment awfully fast.

When was the last time you
spoke to Traci?

The day before at the courthouse.

I prepped her on the, uh,
swearing in process.

So what was Traci testifying to?

Traci saw Carla dragged up the stairs.

Carla Sanchez was not the only one
who was raped.

Traci was too.

I thought Traci was just a witness?

She refused to press charges
on her own assault.

Now she's gone, those thugs
will get away with that.

Thugs? We're not the press, Mr. Hoyle.
You don't have to sell it to us.

These boys have been told that they are
better than everyone their whole lives.

We are being vilified in the press

as if Newell's ball game or someone's
pro career was more important

than what happened to those girls.

So that's it, Mr. Hoyle.
No names. No numbers.

Okay, we understand.

After the indictment,
then we get everything.

You have my word.

Hoyle's more interested in making a name
for himself than he is in solving Traci's murder.

Look, there's more to life
than just one case.

Higher ups have an agenda.
You want 30 years in? Deal with it.

Hey, people told me you were a hothead.

Guys like Hoyle, you'd eat for breakfast.
What happened?

After ten years on Staten Island,

you learn to pick your battles.

So according to Hoyle,
Traci was assaulted too.

Yeah. And we're not getting anything else
until he has his indictment.

All right, still no final autopsy
results on Traci.

I'll tell Rodgers about Traci's rape.

But tough to confirm two weeks
after the assault.

Until then, drag in the entire Newell
football team. One by one.

You know, we may not have to.

There was something that Hoyle said
about the player's pro careers being threatened.

That's gonna narrow the field.

- How many players have NFL potential?
- Two or three.

Sean McClure.
He's a good quarterback.

But the running back, kid's a star.

These your trophies, Mr. Pardue?

My dad played running back too.

I played for Newell before I went pro.

'85 was my first season with the Jets...

And last.

I remember you.
You took a bullet in the back.

We were in a bar.

Curtis was protecting a woman
who was being harassed.

I tried to stop him.

But my husband always
has to do the right thing.

He was shot by the woman's boyfriend.

You said this is about
the girl who was killed, detectives?

I don't know how we can help you.

Tim.

So you were at the practice Monday
morning with the other players?

Yeah.

Look, no one on our team is
a killer or a rapist.

You sound awfully sure about that.

You were at the party that night.

My son is being targeted because
we can't afford a fancy lawyer.

The DA thinks he'll cut a deal
and testify against his teammates.

All he's ever wanted to do is tell the truth.

Then now would be a good time.

We just won homecoming.

20 of us, we got some beers
and went back to the house.

But the whole thing was a disaster.
The girls, they didn't want to be there.

And, uh, the hispanic one,
she was all messed up.

Messed up?
What do you mean by that?

She was drunk and
she had bruises on her legs.

Okay, look, a few of the guys,
they were being rude.

They were making comments
like, "where are the white girls?"

Okay, so the party turned sour.

Then what happened?

The asian girl was outside

and the other one who was wasted,
she started yelling back.

And then she just stumbled out.

Nothin' happened.

This the story you told Hoyle?

You think Hoyle wants to hear Tim's story?

He doesn't care about the truth.

I gave him DNA.
My photo for a lineup.

And then I volunteered to take
a lie detector test and they say no.

They never took his statement.

They never took his statement?

Hoyle lectures us about children of privilege
and that's who he goes after?

Who knows.

But Hoyle must be going
after him for a reason, right?

He's sounding more credible than Hoyle.

Maybe.

Kid's not gonna tell the whole story
in front of mom and pop though.

In that family,

they got everything to lose
if Tim doesn't become pro.

I don't make him as a killer.

Well, we got his DNA.

If Rodgers makes a match on Traci's body,

we'll get him into interrogation.

Cause of death, fractured skull.

- Intracranial hemorrhaging.
- Anything on the tox screen?

Nope.

And nothing under her nails.
And no sexual assault.

Wait a second, Rodgers.
The rape happened two weeks ago.

Couldn't the signs have disappeared?

Logan, she wasn't raped.
Not vaginally.

Not two weeks ago.
Not ever.

Hymen is intact.

As far as I can tell,
Traci was a virgin.

Traci's a virgin?
That doesn't rule out a sexual assault.

She wasn't pressing charges.

Hoyle's trying to bolster
his case postmortem.

Unless Traci or Carla lied.

Maybe we should be asking
Hoyle these questions here.

- Here? Falacci, what...
- Yeah, I know. Staten Island.

No. Not Staten Island.
Rules of the game.

You don't drag a senior ADA
into the station house.

You do if he's stonewalling.

Which is what happens
when people throw stones.

I'll talk to Hoyle.

When?

There's Traci's fiance.

Maybe you'll get lucky
and she told him the truth.

We were saving ourselves for marriage.

Her night job must have been
hard for you two.

Traci had the lord's word in her heart.

She knew he would understand.
We needed money for the wedding.

Do you think that's why she took the job
dancing at the football party?

I only found out afterwards.

She called me crying from the school clinic.

Carla's boyfriend works at the school
so Traci knew where to take her.

Did Traci tell you
what happened to her that night?

She said the guys were drunk and crude.

That Carla was assaulted.

What about Traci?
Was she okay?

Yeah.

She's smart.

She ran outside before things
got out of hand.

Okay.

When was the last time
you spoke to Traci?

The night before she died.

We prayed together over the phone.

She asked,
"if you take an oath,

even if it's not on the bible,
are you swearing to god?"

So, Gene, Traci Kwon.

You told my detectives
she'd been raped, right?

But the autopsy's conclusive.
She's a virgin.

Doesn't mean she wasn't assaulted.

There are things about this case
that I can't talk about.

Not even to you.

Carla told me that they got separated,

that Traci had been raped too.

Carla told you. Not Traci.

This case, Gene, some people think
you're moving to trial too quickly.

These kids, they have money, social connections,
their parents, their school.

What does Carla have?
What did Traci have?

I get it. Which is why we
should be working in tandem.

Who knows? We might find something
makes your case a lock.

I will level with you here.

There is information in those files

that if misinterpreted
by the wrong people will hurt Carla.

No one's gonna see these files
but me and my detectives.

Just a few questions about Carla Sanchez.

I could get in trouble for talking to you.

But what those players are
going through, it's not right.

Okay. So you want to help
the football team, right?

Yeah. / You treated
Carla Sanchez that night?

Did what I could. She was drunk.

Yeah. Well, she had a friend
who said she needed medical treatment.

So there had to be somethin'
a little more to it.

She had a few bruises on her arms and legs,
but they weren't fresh.

She didn't tell you she'd been raped?

Only after her boyfriend showed up.

He was angry, jealous.

If you ask me,
she was trying to get sympathy.

And you told all this to Hoyle.

The DA's office didn't want to hear from me.

They had their own medical
expert to examine her.

Look, we never had this conversation, okay?

Sure. Sure thing.

Wonder what team she's rooting for.

Oh, Hoyle's files finally showed up.

Love to have a look at what
his medical expert concluded.

You go ahead.
I'll talk to Carla's boyfriend,

get his side.

I'm just tellin' you
what people were saying.

Well, I'm telling you
whoever told you that is lying.

So you didn't have a problem
with Carla stripping?

No, man. It's just a job.

- She's a good looking girl, Benjy.
- No, actually, she's beautiful.

I would have a problem with that.

Yeah, well, that's you.
You're old school.

Still. All those snotty rich kids stickin' bills
in her G-string and doing god knows what else.

- She like that kind of thing?
- Yo, shut up, man.

That's my fiance you're talkin' about.

- You're getting married.
- Yeah. I'm getting married.

Huh. On a janitor's salary, huh?

Well, maybe that's why
she was doing those parties.

Screw you, man.
She's quittin' that, all right?

We don't ever have to work ever again.
This mop is done.

The lawyer said we got a slam dunk.

Carla and Benjy hired an attorney?

They're hoping to parlay her ordeal
into a big pay day.

Well, good luck.

I mean, I knew this case was weak,
but there was no lineup.

Carla only looked at photos of team players.

She picked out
Sean McClure and Brad Barrett.

She didn't even say one of her assailants
was black until she picked out Tim Pardue.

What about the rape kit?

There was semen from two different men.

Neither of whom matched the DNA
from any of the players on the Newell team.

Complications.

Hoyle's out on a limb.

Explains why he was reluctant
to hand all this over.

Oh, here's one other thing.

This is Carla's statement, okay?

Carla says she was dragged up the stairs
into a room on the right.

Here's Traci's statement.

- It's the same story word for word.
- Mm-hmm.

And this is the police diagram
of the player's house.

There are no rooms up the stairs to the right.

All the rooms are to the left.
Traci didn't see a thing.

She was just trying to vouch for her friend.

Traci was an evangelical.

Maybe she had a crisis of conscience
about lying under oath.

Well, maybe Carla and Benjy
had a crisis too.

About losing their civil suit.

Traci wasn't gonna testify?
Where did you get that from?

You didn't know?

See, the thing is, you were on
the phone with Traci that morning.

And an hour later,
Traci was found dead.

Could be you went over there
in person. / What?

I was at home on the phone with my mother.
You can check.

Oh, okay. So it was Benjy who went
over to her. That makes more sense.

No. No way.

Well, Benjy left your place at 8:00

and he didn't punch in
until almost 10:00.

Gives him plenty of time to
push Traci down the stairs.

No. Benjy had no idea.

Okay.

Okay, Traci called me the night before.

Said she wasn't gonna
back me on the stand.

It freaked me out.
But there's no way I told Benjy.

So what if we hired a lawyer?

Those guys raped Carla.

And they gonna pay and the school too.

Yeah, but it's really gonna
mess up your pay day

if Traci backs down on her story.

What are you talkin' about, man?

- What are you talkin' about?
- Stop messin' with me.

Hey, sit down! Hey, sit down!

Sit down!

Benjy's next door.
He's in real trouble here, Carla.

He has no alibi, he has a motive,
and a temper

That's why I didn't tell him.
He would've gone crazy.

Oh, just like he would've gone crazy
if he found out you had sex with another man.

We know you had sex
with two different men that day, Carla.

Now assuming one of them was Benjy,
who was the other?

One of the players who raped me.

I guess Hoyle didn't tell you yet.

'cause that DNA didn't match
any of the players on that team.

All right, I'll tell you the truth.

Please don't tell Benjy.
You gotta swear to me Benjy don't find out.

Go on.

It was Omar. He's my ex.

Benjy didn't know I was still seeing him.

But I went to Omar to tell him
that I wanted out, you know.

And he just...
he just went off on me.

He was the one who raped you.

- And you didn't file a report?
- No.

No, because I don't want Benjy to find out.

You realized Benjy is going to
see the bruises, get suspicious,

so you pinned the rape
on the Newell football team.

Those guys treated us like garbage.

I was upset.

I had a couple of drinks.
I lost my balance. But...

Did they help me?
No.

No, those guys, they said I was an ugly
wetback who should go home to Mexico.

I said, "I'm Dominican."

They laughed.

I took my money and I ran out of there.

- Where was Traci during this?
- She was waiting outside.

She wasn't ready to dance.

I was shaking so bad.

Traci took me to the clinic.
She took care of me.

And you asked her to lie for you.

Benjy wouldn't have believed me without her.

I didn't want to call the cops.

I didn't. But Benjy made me.

When exactly did Traci tell you
she wasn't gonna lie on the stand?

It was the night before.

I called Mr. Hoyle at home.

You called Hoyle?

And said what to him?

That Traci was changing her story.

And what did he say to you?

He said not to worry about it.

He would take care of Traci.

I'd expect perps and real estate agents
to lie to me, not ADA's.

Back up.

All we know is Carla told Hoyle that
Traci had an issue with her testimony.

Yes. And then ten hours later,
Traci's murdered.

He was already out on a ledge.
Hoyle didn't want his case blowing up.

- So he kills his own witness.
- I don't know whether he's an idiot

for believing that Carla was actually raped
by those boys in the first place

or if he's just an opportunist
who thinks that...

that press coverage is more important
than telling the truth.

- Hold on, Falacci.
- What? Are you telling me to back down?

I'm telling you to work another angle!

I got one.

Walter Gates.
He's been with the DA's office for years

and he might just know
how far Hoyle would go.

- Great. I'm being double-teamed.
- Look.

You were right about Hoyle's case.
You may be right here.

You play this guy like a perp,
he'll shut down.

It's a question of... finesse, Falacci.

Thank you.

- Wasn't I right about the rib eye?
- Yeah.

But you didn't ask me to lunch
because you wanted red meat, hmm?

No, Gene, I need you to help me
understand something.

Carla Sanchez told us she called you
the night before the murder

to tell you Traci was
backing off her testimony.

Yes, she did.

And you didn't feel that was
worth mentioning to us?

Come on, Dan.

We've both had to talk witnesses back from
the edge after they've been intimidated.

- So you spoke to Traci?
- Yeah. That night.

I calmed her down.
Told her I'd see her at the courthouse.

I had no reason to believe
she wouldn't testify.

See, an outsider might think
that Traci's death was... fortuitous.

And now you ask me where I was
when Traci was pushed down the stairs?

Yeah. Something like that.

I was conducting interviews.

Come on. One of the players knew
we were closing the net.

They threaten Traci,

go to her apartment that morning
to finish the job.

Yeah, but, see, Gene, we don't have anything
that puts a football player on the scene.

And they're all alibiing their teammates.

They're lying for each other.

Come on. You know me.

You think I'd pursue this,
I'm not positive they're guilty?

I think, Gene, sometimes you're inside a case,
you don't see all the angles.

Forget the coffee.
We'll take the check.

Right away, sir.

So Hoyle's trying to fork
some political hay with this case.

- Doesn't mean those boys aren't guilty.
- Well, I've seen the evidence.

Your boss wants to make this case
stick no matter what.

He wants justice for those girls.

Must've been a real blow

when Hoyle found out Traci was gonna
testify she didn't see anything.

He thought somebody on the team had
gotten to her. He was concerned.

Concerned enough to get rid
of an uncooperative witness?

Am I hearing
what I think I'm hearing?

She's suggesting Hoyle killed Traci?

Our captain's checking on
his alibi right now.

You people in Major Case
are a piece of work.

Next you'll be asking me.

You're making Hoyle a suspect,
you're all wrong.

Well, if not him and not you, who's left?

His wife, Beth?

Who wanted this case anyway?
Hoyle or his wife?

Beth was all over the grand jury testimony.

Who was asking what, when?

She was the one who panicked
when Traci was running late.

Who asked you to check on Traci?

That woman doesn't ask, she orders.

- She order you in person?
- Called me from her cell.

I assumed she was passing
on a message from Hoyle.

You're telling me Hoyle didn't
murder Traci, his wife did.

Hoyle was in interviews all morning long.

Turns out that Beth left the courthouse at 8:15,
didn't return for an hour.

We pulled her cell phone records.
We pinpointed a call she made to Gates at 8:50,

three blocks away from Traci's apartment.

So the motive is her political
ambition, not his.

She's a thwarted kingmaker.

Gets engaged in law school

dumps the guy after he fails
the bar exam for the second time.

Trades up, marries an assemblyman,

divorces him after he's arrested
in a public men's room.

Then Beth meets Hoyle,
who, by the way, dumps his starter wife.

He's got some charisma.
He just needs a kick-start.

Along comes this case.
He gets launched.

Until Traci remembers
her christian conscience.

Beth panics, pushes her out of the way.

This puzzle that we're
all trying to figure out,

Beth is the one piece that fits.

We're not gonna get an ADA or his wife
to come in without a warrant.

Let's make Hoyle a peace offering.

We'll tell him we're picking up Tim Pardue.

And just in case the press is there,

we want to make sure his office
shares credit for the arrest.

I'm telling you, my boy is innocent.

He didn't rape that girl.
How many times do I have to tell you that?

Mom, this isn't about that.
It's a search warrant.

Search warrant? For what?

- They think I killed Traci Kwon.
- That's impossible.

Whoever killed Traci, made it look like
a robbery, took her purse.

You can give us what you took from
the apartment or we can search ourselves.

And you need the DA for that?

Traci was a witness in our case.

- My son didn't kill anybody.
- I was at practice all morning.

Right. When was that again?

From 8:00 till 10:00.
I got 100 witnesses.

- I'm sure you do.
- I will not let you do this.

Hold on. I just want to hear
his side, okay?

Trying to get a fix on the time line,
that's all.

- When was Traci due in court?
- 9:00.

We were very worried
when she didn't show.

And that's why you called Mr. Gates.
Which one of you did that?

I did.
My husband was in interviews.

And what time was that?

- You haven't checked his cell?
- Actually, we checked yours.

You called Gates on your cell at 8:50.

Why didn't you just use the office phone
in the courthouse?

Because, obviously you know,
I wasn't in the courthouse.

I was concerned about Traci.
I went over to check in on her.

- What?
- Why'd you go over there?

You were worried she'd change her mind?

Witnesses get nervous.
I wanted to reassure her.

I got over there and she was
dead on the landing.

You just assumed she'd be nervous.

Your husband already told us
Traci wasn't going to testify.

He didn't tell you that?

Traci wasn't going to testify?

What's she saying?

You lied to me.

Oh, my god.

You said she was going to bury my boy.

They served the warrant. Let's go.
Let them do their search.

Hold on. No one's going anywhere.

Mrs. Pardue, what did she say to you?

That night before the grand jury,
she came over.

"as a friend," she said.

She told me Traci was going
to testify the next morning

and that would be the end of Tim.

That those boys with the big shot lawyers,
they were gonna get off.

And this was our last chance
for Tim to get in front.

- Beth, what were you thinking?
- Tim is guilty of rape.

I couldn't let him get away with that.

What happened after Beth
came over, Mrs. Pardue?

I begged him. I begged him
to make a deal to save himself.

- But he refused.
- He's loyal.

Ah, so loyal, the next morning,
he went over to Traci's and he killed her.

No. He did not kill anyone.

You're his mother. What else are you...

Don't you dare!

Hold it, hold it. Come here.

Calm down.
All right. Calm down. Calm down.

Now why should we believe you? You would
do anything to save your son, wouldn't you?

You lying bitch.

You made me believe
we didn't have a chance,

that my son was going to go to prison for
the rest of his life for a crime he didn't commit.

My son is not a rapist.
He's no murderer.

How do you know that?

He didn't do it.
He didn't do anything.

Because you did.

You killed Traci to protect your son,
didn't you, Mrs. Pardue?

- That's crazy.
- Mama, tell them it's not true.

Tell them it's not true.

Look at your son.
He's got his whole life ahead of him.

He doesn't have a record as of yet.

I think you know where I'm going.

Okay, fellas.

I'm placing your son under arrest.

No! No!

It's all right. It's all right.
Back off. Back off. Back off.

- It was me.
- What?

Grace.

I believed she was gonna cripple my boy.

I couldn't let it happen.

I went over to the apartment
to talk to her.

She wouldn't let me in.

So I just waited out in the hall for her.

And when she came out,
she was standing at the top of the stairs.

And?

She never even got a chance
to tell the truth.

Grace.

I'm sorry, Curtis.

I just couldn't watch it happen again.

Sorry, Curtis. So sorry.

I did what any cop would do.

I tricked a suspect into trying
to make him confess.

I didn't know she was going to
go over there and commit murder.

- Well, that's what happened.
- I wanted to see justice done.

I wanted to see a rapist confess.

Tim Pardue is not a rapist.
Carla made the whole thing up.

- This case is over.
- No, no, no. The case is not over. Gene...

Not now, Beth!

I am sorry, detectives.

I didn't know.

Don't tell us you're sorry.

Tell them.

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