All language subtitles for Law and order S19E11 - Lucky Stiff

In the criminal justice system

the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups,

the police
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

No. The problem is
I've got too many
damn trucks off the street.

That's the problem.

It was freezing
last night.
This is what happens.

The fuel filter clogs.

So change it.

We're going through filters
like toilet paper.

I used the last one
an hour ago.

Go pick up another
case at Auto Mart,

and from now on,
just fill the tank
with the regular stuff.

You're the boss.

I gotta go.

I take it he didn't
get hit by a bike.

Yeah, a.45 caliber Schwinn.

Two to the back.

No powder residue,
it wasn't close range.

Running from a mugging?

No, his wallet was
in his back pocket.

But check out
that wrist.

Hmm.

Yeah, somebody
ripped off his watch.

Vic Russell, President,
Westside Express.

"We're quicker
than you think."

Wrong.

Yeah, that...
That's Vic.

Oh, my God.

Oh, we're sorry, miss.

Was Mr. Russell married?
Did he have a family?

No. He never
mentioned any.

What's going to happen
to the company?

I don't know.
Was there a manager?

I answered the phones,
routed the drivers.

But Vic ran everything,
40 trucks, day and night.

Including last night?

He left early,
around 6:00.

He say where he was going?

That would have
been a first.

We operate
on a need-to-know
basis around here.

Klein, 6:30. Got any
idea who this is?

Oh, Mr. Klein.

Vic? God! I thought
these things
don't happen anymore.

They still happen.

We understand he came
to visit you last night.

He was right here.

He was one of my
carbon-offset contractors.

We thought he ran
delivery trucks.

That's right.

People today
are very concerned

about the greenhouse gases
produced by their consumption.

Some of them buy
carbon offsets
to balance things out.

I bring them
together with businesses

that need financial help
to run clean and green.

Hmm. Why bother
to turn off
your own lights

when you can pay
someone else
to turn off theirs?

That's not exactly
the way I would put it.

Okay, so, uh, Vic Russell
was one of the companies
that needed financial help?

He ran a fleet of trucks.
I paid him
to convert to biofuel.

It's good for the planet,
it's good for everybody.

You know, the average
American is responsible

for the emission
of 45,000 pounds
of carbon dioxide every year.

What kind of car
do you drive to work,
a compact, sedan?

I take the C train
to the Four.

What was Mr. Russell
doing here last night?

We were talking about
renewing his contract.

It was working great
for him, for us.

Did he mention
where he was going
when he left?

He said he was
going to dinner.

He invited me to come,
but I had to get home.

It was my wife's birthday.

Russell's last meal
was a pricey one.

M.E. Said his stomach
was full of caviar
and some kind of dumpling.

Now we just need to
find who he ate it with.

Vladimir Rezanov.

That was Russell's
dinner date?

That was Russell,
his real name.

He immigrated from
Russia 15 years ago.

OCID's had him
on their radar
for a while.

Russian mob?

I thought they were
way past trucking.

Into counterfeiting,
identity theft...

Well, this recession
is tough on everyone.

OCID say who
he ran with?

Uh, yeah, Abramovich
in Brighton Beach,

Pavluchenko out
of Sheepshead Bay...

Alex Arshavin,
he's a loan shark

who works out of
the Samizat Restaurant,
West 39th Street.

That's a few blocks
from the body.
Uh-huh.

I bet they serve
caviar there.

Just don't try
to expense it.

Vic? Sure.

I know him a long time.

When's the last
time you saw him?

You're kidding.

No, I'm not kidding.

Okay. It was
last night. Here.

We had dinner.

Were you talking
about a loan?

We know how
you make a living.

Okay.

Vic owes me money.

We were talking
about repayment,
but nicely, nicely.

He was getting
some money soon,

making big payment.

There was no reason
for you to kill him?
That's what you're saying?

Sure.

Who's going to pay me back
if he's dead, worms?

What time did
Rezanov leave here?

Come on.
You know all this.

We do?

Vic walks out that door,
cop across the street
is watching,

gets in his car, follows.

There was somebody
following Rezanov?

Somebody, yeah.
there's always somebody.

Last night,
it was black SUV.

Very subtle.
Ooh, I'm so fooled.

What?

You mean wasn't cop?

No, no, nose was bigger,
like from Tomsk.

There. Yes.

Didn't we have that
nose 30 minutes ago?

With different ears.
It don't look right,
was different ears.

I called OCID, the FBI,
DEA, DHS and ICE.

Some of them have surveilled
Arshavin and his friends
in the past,

but no one was on him
or Rezanov last night.

No, more forehead,
like Putin.

He's been going around
in circles for an hour.

Do you think
he's making this up?

He popped
Rezanov himself?

Well, he says no way.

He says Rezanov
owed him money.

He was about to
pay him back.

Does that make sense?

What do Rezanov's
books show?

Well,
the trucking company
was scraping bottom.

What about the money
he was getting
from Klein to go green?

It's not in here.
But there are some,
uh, coded entries.

There! Yes!
It's him!

Hey, hey, Lupes.
Look at what we got.

Klein.
Keep
an eye on him.

It's Klein.

So Klein's payments
to Rezanov are missing
or in code,

and he was
following Rezanov
before he got killed.

Okay, we go
see Klein again.

Not without ammunition.

Follow the money trail first.

Go see his customers.

Red velvet?
Fresh this morning.

Yeah, thanks.

I joined up with Zero Sum
as soon as I heard about it.
Nah.

To really help
save the planet,
it's exhilarating.

So you do more
than hang the sign.

Hey, don't knock the sign.
It's been great for business.

Even at an extra
quarter a cupcake

to offset the transportation
of the flour and the sugar.

Did Mr. Klein
say where those extra
quarters were going to?

Uh, I had my choice
between windmills
in Alberta

or a methane capture
in West Virginia,

but I wanted
something local.

So he told me about these
trucks that we could convert
to biofuel.

At Westside Express?

That's right. I even
got a tour of the lot.

Stan told me that
my contribution
was personally responsible

for getting 20 trucks
off fossil fuel.

Not everyone who buys
a trip decides to offset
their emissions.

But offering the option
is part of our image
promotion.

Green marketing works.

Did Klein tell you
what programs

your customers' payments
would subsidize?

I insisted on it.

He took me to this lot
where a fleet of trucks

was waiting to be
converted to biodiesel.

Westside Express?

Yeah. It cost
$2000 a truck,

but I could see
that it would
have a real effect.

I took the entire fleet.

Mr. Walcott?

Excuse me.
Mmm-hmm.

This is math I can
do in my head.

Okay, this guy pays
to convert 40 trucks.

Mary Cupcake pays
to convert 20 trucks.

The total fleet is 40.

So 40 plus 20
equals 40, right?

Not in my neighborhood.
Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, the boss ran
tours through the lot
all the time

for that tree-hugger Klein
and his bleeding hearts.

I mean, this
global warming thing,

there was an ice age before
we had cars and stuff, right?

So what caused that?

Uh, we'll look into it.

Hey, what were
your boss and Klein
selling to those people?

They told them their money
was going to convert these
trucks to biofuel,

fermented soybeans,
I don't know.

It clogs the fuel pumps
when it gets cold,

so we pretty much
stopped using it.

You know how many people
signed on to the deal?

Not my department,
but Klein must have
been through here,

eight, ten times.

Did your boss and Klein
get along pretty good?

I guess.
Until a couple
of days ago.

One of the geeks asked me
how come it cost 2 grand
to convert a truck.

Vic was standing
right there.

He was a little surprised
when he heard 2 grand.

Then he took Klein
into the office.

I heard some shouting.

Aw, crap!

Turn it off!
All right,
I got it.

Hmm.

You know,
there was an ice age

before we had cars
and carbon emissions
and stuff.

What did cause that?

I'll buy you
the Al Gore movie
for your birthday.

The fraud's a slam dunk.

Klein sold those 40
trucks 10 times over.

God only knows
how many times

he sold the windmills
in Alberta.

Well, we can arrest
Klein for fraud,
but you like him for murder?

Well, we had an accountant
look into the coded entries
in Rezanov's books.

Klein was paying him
$300 per truck.

Rezanov just found out
Klein was getting 2000.

Hardly seems fair.

Well, the night
of the murder,

Rezanov told his loan shark
that he'd be getting
a big chunk of money soon.

He had just been
to see Klein.

You think he was
shaking Klein down?

And Klein
had a better idea.

He follows Rezanov,
gets him in his car.

Rezanov sees what's up,
he makes a break.

Does Klein have
a black SUV?

Well, in his name
there's a Prius,

in his wife's,
there's a black SUV.

Ah! Hypocrite and a crook.

I will get you
an arrest warrant
for the fraud

and a search warrant
for the house and car.

Two warrants in one trip?
That's fuel-efficient.

We do what we can.

This is a mistake.

Right. Do you own
a gun, Mr. Klein?

Our lawyer's on his way.

Well, if he misses us here,
we'll all be at the precinct.

My husband's not a crook.
He's won awards.

I'm not saying anything
till he gets here.

He says he lives here.

What's going on?
Who are you?

Who are you?

Hey, that's my computer.
That's my room up there!

This is Chad, Stan's son.
He's been staying with us.

You'll get that back
when we're done with it.

That SUV you pulled up in,
that's your mother's?

Stepmother's.
Yes, it's mine.

Keys. We'll be
searching that, too.

There was no weapon
in the house
and the car was clean.

But Klein's thumbprint
did match a latent
on Rezanov's wrist.

Well, that's something.
Yeah.

You know, I never been
on this side
of the glass before.

It's very interesting.

Is regular part
of your job?

Do you recognize the man
you saw outside
the restaurant, Mr. Arshavin?

He's the one killed Vic?
Cost me big money?

Number four.

Connie?

Book him,
fraud and murder.

Connie, ooh!
I love this country.

You were ripping off
Rezanov,
collecting 2000 a truck

and only giving him 300.

Even if that's true,
how's it supposed to
be a motive for murder?

Rezanov wanted more.

Mr. Klein preferred
killing him
to paying him.

He's not a thug.

He's a member
of the New York Council
on Environmental Awareness.

His thumbprint
is on Rezanov's wrist,

and we have a witness
who saw him
stalking the victim.

What witness, a mobster?

No, no. Uh, please.

We've hired a forensic
team to deconstruct
that thumbprint.

How did it get there?
Is it really my client's?

Is there no one else
in New York
with a similar thumb?

We've got investigators
digging up your witness's
criminal history

on two continents.

Our accountants are
examining Rezanov's
so-called books.

I hope your office has
the resources to sustain

a lengthy
and complicated trial.

We do.

Lovely!

He steals a fortune,
and then uses it
to fight conviction.

He may not start
the trial broke,

but we can make sure
he ends up that way.

Forfeiture proceedings?
Those take forever.

Let's make it automatic.

We can argue that the murder
and fraud were part
of a single corrupt scheme.

We can roll them
into a charge
of enterprise corruption.

If we convict,
he goes to jail

and we get his
assets, automatic.

Enterprise corruption
is a conspiracy charge.

Who are we saying that
Klein conspired with?

Rezanov. They ran
the con together.

So we're going to put
a dead man on trial
for murdering himself?

Why not?

A superseding
indictment, huh?

Yes, Your Honor.

The People are merging
the previously charged
counts of fraud and murder

into a single count
of enterprise corruption.

The purpose of that
statute is to prosecute
organized crime,

not environmental
entrepreneurs.

Some of the People's
witnesses

more closely resemble
the statute's
intended targets.

You don't get to escape
the law because you drive
a hybrid.

You realize that
if you fail to prove
enterprise corruption,

double jeopardy
will prevent you

from retrying Mr. Klein
on the underlying offenses?

The People accept
that risk.

Very well, then.
Bail?

Remand. The defendant
has significant resources
and may be a flight risk.

Mr. Klein will
surrender his passport

and is prepared to post
bond in any amount
the court deems appropriate.

How nice for him.
Bail is $1 million.

The defendant is subject
to home confinement
with electronic monitoring.

Anything else?

Oh, uh, just that
my client has
a new home address

that differs from
the one in the file.

He and his wife
have separated.

Condolences.

He's confined to
whatever home he has.

You'd think the wife
would give him an alibi,

not kick him out
of the house.

Maybe she wasn't
comfortable sharing
her bed with a murderer.

I don't believe Stan
killed anyone.
It's preposterous.

So this sudden separation
had nothing to do
with the murder?

Of course it did.

Stan needs to concentrate
on preparing his defense.

We have reporters
calling the house.

Our friends don't know
what to think.

There are some details
of our personal life

that I don't believe
I'm required to...

Mom, you don't
have to talk to them.

Maybe you should leave.

Okay, but I'm not
hearing an alibi here.

Your husband told the police
that he was home
the night of the murder

because it was
your birthday.

It was,
but I wasn't well.

I took a sleeping pill
and went to bed early.

So you don't know
if he was here or not.

I know he's not a murderer.

What about you, Alicia,
were you here that night?

I live in a dorm at NYU.

I gave my mom
her present
the next day.

Chad, right?

You're helping
your father move out?

He's already out.
I'm moving, too.

Did you see your father
the night of the murder?

I wasn't here.
I was out.

Look,
you people really believe
my father killed somebody?

Yeah, we do.

Wow.

Dad.

That's the guy.
He was outside restaurant.

When Vic walks out,
he gets in his car
and follows.

And that's the same man

you picked out of a lineup
shortly after the murder?

Yeah. Absolutely.
He's got that
forehead like Putin.

So, um,
if I understand it,
you were here.

That's right.

And this mystery man
with the SUV
was standing here.

Mystery man is the one
sitting at your table.

So you say,
but the nearest streetlight
is way over here.

There are lights
on buildings.
I could see.

What business
are you in,
Mr. Arshavin?

Gardening supplies.

You don't also make loans?

Sometimes I try
to help out some friends.

Like Arkady Stenov?

I don't think so.

You don't remember
lending $80,000
to Arkady Stenov in 2006?

I can play surveillance tapes
where you talk about the loan.

Okay. I did.

Where is Mr. Stenov today?

I heard he passed away.

He was found shot
four times
in December, 2006.

Objection. No connection
has ever been established

between that incident
and Mr. Arshavin.

Stenov owed
this man money.
He was shot.

Rezanov owed
this man money.
He was shot.

The objection
is sustained,
Mr. Feldman.

The jury will disregard
your analogy,

for which no groundwork
has been laid.

No more questions.

How much money did
Mr. Rezanov owe you?

$113,000.

And did you ever
get it back?

I never going to
get it back.

I going to send
that man a bill.

Clogged oil filters
were the least of it.

We had blown
transmissions,
cracked engine blocks.

We were holding trucks
together with chewing gum.

Why didn't Mr. Rezanov
get them fixed?

Business was off.

We used to run a lot
of stuff around
for Wall Street guys.

But the day before
he got killed,

Vic told me to start
ordering new parts.

Why, he suddenly
had money?

He said he had some
coming in and he was
going to get it.

Now, was this
before or after

he heard from one
of Mr. Klein's clients

how much
they were paying
to convert his trucks?

After.

Thank you.

Uh, Mr. Rezanov never
told you he was going
to get that money

from Mr. Klein, did he?

No. It just seemed
pretty obvious.

To you.

But you don't like
Mr. Klein, do you?

What's to like?

Every time he came
by the yard,

he'd make us run
his stupid little Prius
through the truck wash.

Never a tip, not one time.

So he's a bad tipper.

That doesn't
make him a killer.

He had enough nerve.

The whole damn family.

The morning after the murder,
his son shows up
in the other car, the SUV,

and runs it
through the wash.

The morning after
Vic gets killed,
they're using his facilities!

We get it.
Uh, no more questions.

That's why there was
no evidence in the SUV.
Chad cleaned it up.

Maybe he cleaned up
the murder weapon, too.
Get a warrant.

My dad's the one
on trial,
not me, remember?

Did your father
have a gun, Chad?

No. I never saw one.

Your dad ask you
to wash the car
that morning?

I didn't even see him.

I borrowed it
to meet some people.

I don't like to
drive a dirty car.

Hey, if I was washing
brains off the dashboard
or something,

you think I'd be stupid
enough to take it
to that truck place?

I don't know.

Why did you
take it there?

Because it's free there.
12 bucks anywhere else.

And I'm just getting
my business going.

Yeah, real estate, right?

Great time to buy.

Look, I'm getting some
investors together...

Hey, look at this.

What's this?

That's my watch.

These aren't your
initials on this watch.

I got it used.

The band's broken.

That looks like that
could be a speck
of blood on the link.

What? You think
it's the dead guy's?

His initials weren't
"B.P." either.

In the Russian alphabet,
a "B" is a "V"
and a "P" is an "R."

V.R., Vladimir Rezanov.

You mind telling us
how you happen to have
the dead guy's watch?

You're making that up.

Maybe we arrest you
as an accomplice
to the murder

and figure it out later.

No. I... I didn't know.

Where did you get this?

I found it
in my father's car.

The black SUV
that was registered
to your stepmother?

My dad drove it mostly.

I know he had it
the night before.

I went to borrow it
and it wasn't there.

The night before
being the night

that Vladimir Rezanov
was murdered?

Yeah, I guess.

And the next morning,
when you found
Mr. Rezanov's watch,

was the band broken
like this?

Yes.

And this spot that's been
identified as the victim's
blood,

was that there, too?

I don't know.

I was just cleaning
up the car.

I was going
to meet a girl.

I found it under
the passenger seat.

I didn't know anything
about any murder.

I just took it.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, Dad.

Madame forewoman,
have you
reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

On the single count
of enterprise corruption,
how do you find?

We find
the defendant,
Stanley Klein, guilty.

Pending sentencing,

we request the current
bail terms and home
confinement be continued.

Your Honor,
he now has every
incentive to flee.

We've got his passport.
He keeps the bracelet on.

Bail is continued.

One more?

Hmm.

Connie, we lose
too many close ones.

I learned a long time ago
to celebrate my victories.

Your victory?

Our victory.
Another beer?

Yeah.

Uh-oh. You'd better
make it to go.

We called
as soon as we realized

you had an interest
in this guy
Stanley Klein.

Apparently, he rented this
place after he and his wife
split up,

but she was visiting.

Then her daughter came by
to pick her up for dinner.

She got pretty upset.
EMS had to treat her.

This is what she found.

They gave her a shot.

She was still freaking out
when I got here.

So you weren't with her
when she found the bodies?

She called me after
she called 911.

I'm her next of kin.

We're the only kin
each other's got now.

We're very sorry
about your father.

You wanted him
to go to jail.

To jail, not this.

Hey, you mind if we
talk to Alicia alone?

It's okay.

I'll be
right over there.

Can you tell us
what happened?

My mother wanted
to talk to him.

To your stepfather?

Do you know what time
she came over here?

I don't know.

She wanted me
to meet her.

I saw him first,
lying on the floor.

I thought he'd had
a heart attack,
and then I saw the blood.

Was anyone else around?
Did you see anyone
leave the building?

And the door,

it was locked?

I don't know.
It was shut.
I had a key.

We're very sorry.

He was talking.

Who? Your stepfather?

He said,
"The Russians.

"It was the Russians."

And then he
stopped talking.

He stopped everything.

We been partners so far.
I thought you're going
to give me a badge.

Mmm-mmm. No badge.

See, we're thinking

that you've been
jerking us around
from day one.

I been your number-one
witness.

So be it again.

Help us find the Russians
who killed Klein
and his wife,

and maybe we can get
Connie to come in here
and take your statement.

No, I don't know nothing.

Maybe it was you then.
Maybe you killed them.

Me?
I don't even know Klein.

Who did? Hmm?

If Rezanov wasn't the only
Russian working Klein's scam
after Klein got convicted,

somebody wouldn't want
him naming names.

Was he going to
name your name, Al?

We show your picture
around the truck yard again,

we gonna find out
you were in on the deal?

Maybe Rezanov made you
a partner when he couldn't
pay you back.

What did you say
about my momma?

I said, "My mother told me
never talk to the police."

Yeah, okay.

It's not him. OCID was
sitting at a nightclub
in Brighton Beach yesterday,

And our friend there
was visiting

when the Kleins
were murdered.

So maybe
one of his friends.

Or maybe not.

How did the Russians
get access
to Klein's gun?

Ballistics shows the gun
that killed the Kleins
was the same gun

Klein used to kill Rezanov.

Well, unless Klein
didn't kill Rezanov.

I mean, could we
be wrong about that?

Could this be all
Russian on Russian?

No. Klein killed Rezanov.

Okay, so Klein's gun
drifted off to where?

Don't ask me.
No one ever found it.

We figured he was
smart enough to throw
it in the river.

You know, Klein's son, Chad,
has a habit
of picking things up.

Yeah,
but you searched
his apartment.

There was no gun,
only Rezanov's watch.

Yeah, but he didn't
know it was Rezanov's.

He didn't know he
needed to hide it.

The gun, he would know
he needed to hide.

Chad was with the girl
at the crime scene

when she told you
Klein said the Russians
did it, right?

She didn't say anything
about Russians
to the first officers there.

Because she was
so hysterical.

Or because it
didn't happen.

Chad could have asked
her to tell a story.

Well, the kid's a bum.

He's dropped out
of four colleges,

he's sponging off
his dad and his stepmom.

You know, before we go
down that road,
talk to the M.E.

Let's find out
if the dead man could
really have been talking.

Well, we just want
to know if it's possible.

You mean,
like in a movie,

where a guy gets shot
and then gives
a whole long speech

before he dies?

Yeah, like that.

Yes.

Yes?

Yes. Klein was
shot in the torso.

A wound like that,

if the bullet doesn't
hit your heart
or a major vessel,

while you're bleeding out,
you can talk
for half an hour,

give the world
your parting thoughts,

remind your wife
to buy the buttermilk,

whatever's on your mind.

Thanks.

We need to know
what he said exactly.

I told you,
"The Russians.
It was the Russians."

Only one time,
or more than once?

One time.

I don't know...
Maybe two.

The thing is, Alicia,

you didn't mention
this at first.

I don't remember
what I said.

I don't even remember
dialing 911, but I did.

Did you discuss
what your stepfather
said with Chad

when he got there?

I might have.
What does it matter?

Were Chad
and his father
having problems?

Chad had just
testified against him.

That was probably
a problem.

How about
the other way around?

How did Chad feel
about his father?

I don't know.
I don't see
Chad that much.

I'm in school and he's...
Wherever he is.

"Vulture Investing.

"How to Profit
from Real Estate Calamity. "

This yours?

No. It belongs
to a friend.

Who?

I'm not sure.

She has a friend
interested
in real estate.

Yeah. Just can't
remember who.

Let's see
if one of her
roommates can.

I've seen Chad there.
He comes to visit.

Alicia said
that she didn't
see him much.

Is that a fact?

I'm not really sure.

This is a murder
investigation, Sarah.

It's a crime
to lie to us.

It's just...
It's just so weird.

I didn't even know
they were brother
and sister at first.

Oh? At first what?

Well, when they
first started...

You know.

No.

Alicia told me
it wasn't like they
were raised together.

Their parents
just got married
a few years ago.

When Alicia was 14
and Chad was 20.

Oh, yuck.
Yeah.

So the two of them
were pretty regular?

Hot and heavy.
But they kept it quiet.

They didn't want
their parents to know.

Alicia told me
they were really mean
and would, like,

disinherit them
or something.

You ever kissed
your sister like that?

Not on camera.

She's not my sister.

All right, then why
keep it a secret
from mom and dad?

Well, her mom thought
Alicia was a little girl

who needed protection
from boys.

All boys.

Not from you
in particular?

No. Not from me
in particular.

She was 14 when you moved
in together.
That's kind of a little girl.

We didn't
move in together.
Our parents did.

Why are we
talking about this?

All right?
Someone killed my father.

Yeah,
with his own gun.

You didn't happen
to pick that up

while you were picking up
Rezanov's watch
or washing the car?

I didn't know
my father had a gun.

Did he find out
about you and Alicia

and threaten
to cut you off?

Tell Alicia's mother
to cut her off?

He did find out.

But he wasn't
going to do anything.

Rezanov told him.

Rezanov?

He saw me
fooling around with Alicia
at his car wash one day.

He told my dad,
my dad didn't care.

Until Rezanov
threatened to tell
Alicia's mother about us.

My dad knew
she'd freak out,

and he didn't want
anything to upset
his marriage.

It was pretty profitable.

So we had
Klein's motive wrong?

He was worried about
Rezanov telling his wife
that their children were...

We knew...
We knew Rezanov was
shaking Klein down.

We just never said
exactly how.

Anyway, the kid
could be lying.

It's a way for Chad
to say he had no motive
to kill his father.

But how would he even
know all of that stuff?

Well, if it is true,
it gives Chad a motive
to kill his stepmother.

She was the one
with the money.

He was worried that
she would cut Alicia off.

No, no, no.
We can't even get
our own story straight.

Did he go there
to kill his stepmother
or to kill his father

and she just happened
to be wrong place,
wrong time?

Mr. Cutter?

But kill
his father, why?

Mr. Klein didn't
have money anymore.

He'd been convicted.
All his assets were seized.

Or not.

A motion
from Klein's attorney

to void all proceedings
against his late client.

Abatement.

You see, Klein never had
a chance to complete
the appeals process,

so the only fair thing is
to throw out his indictment
and conviction.

That's the argument.
We can fight it.

But the jury
found him guilty.

Well,
if this motion wins,
that never happened.

And his money?

He gets to keep it
or his heirs do.

And that would be Chad,

who's trying to get
his real estate business
off the ground.

I think we can get
our story straight now.

It's simple fairness.

Mr. Klein had not
exhausted
the judicial process.

The New York
precedents are clear.

His prosecution must be
considered void ab initio,
from the beginning.

In the cases cited,
the convicted parties died
after they'd filed appeals.

Mr. Klein did not
file an appeal.

He didn't have
a chance to.
He was murdered.

Are you suggesting
he might not have appealed?

I don't know what
Mr. Klein would have done.

He might have accepted
the jury's verdict.

He might have negotiated
for a reduced sentence

in exchange for some
kind of cooperation.

He might have flown
to the moon
in a pink tutu.

He was going to appeal.
I was drawing up the papers.

It seems the only issue
here is money

that would otherwise
have been forfeited.

Money that
Mr. Klein swindled.

It hardly seems just
to let his heirs retain
stolen loot.

Heirs who may be
suspects in his murder.

That is another case
entirely, Mr. Cutter.

It is logical to assume
that Mr. Klein would
have appealed this one,

therefore the precedents
are binding.

His indictment
and conviction
are void.

Thank you, Your Honor.

They get away with murder
and inherit $2 million.

The American dream.

You think she was in
on it with him
from the beginning?

I'd guess no.

But when she was the one
that discovered the bodies,

he figured, hey,
why not get some insurance

and fed her the story
about the Russians.

All we've
got to do now
is get her to tell it.

It's always about money
with this family.

Let's go take a look
at their parents' wills.

I don't want to
talk to you.

Well,
you don't have to.

We just think there's
something you should
know about this house.

What?

This house was
your mother's, right,

before she married
Mr. Klein?

I grew up here.
So it's mine now,
unless I sell it.

I might want to
travel for a while.

Well, you'll be
flying coach.

You mother didn't leave
this house to you, Alicia.
She left it to Stan Klein.

She wouldn't do that.

He was a con man,
remember?

He got your mother
to change her will.

It doesn't matter.
He's dead.
I'm still her heir.

Well,
you would have been,
but she died first.

What?

When you found them,
he was talking
and she wasn't.

That stuff about the Russians.
That's what you said, right?

Yeah.

So, by your testimony,
he was still alive.

It's fair to assume
that he lived longer
than she did.

Only a few minutes.

Long enough.

When she died,
he inherited everything,
including this house.

And when he died
a few minutes later,

it all passed
to his heir.

Chad?

Are you sure
your stepfather
was talking

when you got to the scene?

Yes.

It doesn't matter anyway.
I love Chad and he loves me.

So everything is
for both of us
no matter what.

She's
on the edge.

So let's
give her a push.

This goes
to Surrogate's Court
for probate now.

What kind of standing
do we have to get
involved over there?

Not much.

Good enough.

I must say I'm not
accustomed to having

district attorneys
join our sessions.

This is not
a normal session,
Your Honor.

We believe that one
of the potential
legatees here

should be barred
from inheriting,

since he murdered
the deceased.

That's an outrageous
accusation.

Mr. Klein hasn't been
convicted of anything
or even charged.

That does seem to be
a matter for the criminal
courts, Mr. Cutter.

We do wills here.

That includes deciding
who is entitled to inherit.

I just want to ask
a few questions
at a fact-finding hearing.

This is a back-door attempt
to revive a meritless
criminal investigation.

But it does go to
an inheritance issue.

Mr. Klein can plead
the Fifth if he wants.

I won't hold it against him.

And, Miss Carson,
you'd better get
your own attorney.

Just to keep
things kosher.

Congratulations.
Now what?

The M.E.'s final report
hasn't come out yet,
has it?

I don't think so.

Let's see if there's
an early draft.

Mr. Klein,
did you kill your father?

No.

Did you kill
your stepmother?

No.

I was home
that night, reading,

until I got the call
from Alicia.

Alicia, that's
your stepsister

and your lover?

Yes.

How did
your father react
when he found out

that you
and your stepsister
were intimate?

He didn't care.

We were all grown up.

Your Honor,
where is this going?

He's apparently not
going to confess to
a double homicide, Mr. Cutter.

Do you have
anything else to ask?

I do.

Now, before you dropped
out of college
for the last time,

did you take a course
called Introduction
to Criminal Law?

Yeah. I thought it might
be fun to be a lawyer.

Is this
the course syllabus?

It looks like it.

Do you see where
it covers abatement?

That's the doctrine under
which your father's murder

will allow you to
inherit a fortune

that would otherwise
have been seized
by the state.

That was week 12.

I'd stopped going
to class by then.

I was wrong
about the law.
It was boring.

No. Chad didn't tell me
to lie about anything.

My stepfather said
what I said he said.

And you never
thought to mention
that to anyone

until after you'd
talked to Chad?

I was out of
my mind that night.

You were communicating.

You called 911.
You called Chad.

I had just seen
my mother's dead body.

So it's even more
appalling that
you would lie...

Your Honor, my client
has answered the question.

I'm going to stop
this, Mr. Cutter.

You have
the police department
at your disposal

if you want to pursue it,

but nothing I've heard here
bars either of these people
from inheriting.

The only issue left
to determine
is who died first,

Mr. Klein or Mrs. Klein.

I believe that's been
established by
this witness's testimony.

While Mr. Klein
was still talking,

Mrs. Klein was
already unconscious,
probably dead.

Not necessarily.

I've seen a draft copy
of the Medical Examiner's
report.

Just because Mrs. Klein
was unconscious doesn't
mean she was dead.

An autopsy found
more blood
in her chest cavity

than was found
in Mr. Klein's,

which means she bled
longer before she died,

which indicates
she died after he did.

In fact, Mr. Klein's
talking may have
hastened his death.

We'll all need
to see that report.

It's on its way,
Your Honor.

It's pretty clear
Miss Carson inherits
the entire estate.

That will have
to be litigated.

Medical evidence of this
type is subject to varying
interpretations.

What does that mean?

We have to
sue each other?

If I may suggest,
that kind of litigation
can be very painful.

The parties could
compromise.

Just split everything
50-50, the house
and the money.

That's good
on our end.

We don't agree to that.

Chad?

Mr. Klein wants
what's rightfully his.

But... Chad.

Don't worry, Alicia.
We're going to
share everything.

It's just simpler this way.

You're going to
fight me in court
for my mother's house?

Chad?

That is his right.

And he has a good case,
thanks to your testimony.

Look, we're going to be
together, sweetie, okay?
That's all that matters.

No.

Sweetie...

He asked me to lie.

He said otherwise
that the police
would suspect him.

I didn't understand it,
but I did it.

She's confused.
That night was crazy.

You just wanted
the money.

That's all
you ever wanted.

What lie did he
ask you to tell, Alicia?

That Stan was talking.

That he said
the Russians did it.

Stan didn't say anything.
He was dead.

They were both dead.

You killed them.

Didn't you?

Didn't you?

Don't worry, pal.
You have the right
to remain silent.

I hope you rot!

I hope you rot!

This is the draft report
that was leaked
to the girl's attorney?

Apparently.

My name's not even
spelled right.
I have a "D" in "Rodgers."

So I guess it didn't
come from you.

You forged one
of my reports.

No. A report by someone
named "Rogers" without a "D."

It never went
into evidence.

I wouldn't have let it.

Hey, McCoy just got back
from Washington
for his campaign kickoff.

His secretary
baked a cake.

Now?

Yeah,
he's on his way up.

Does he know
about this?

He has so much
on his mind.

What happened
to Chad Klein?

We gave him a chance
to show his greed
and it did him in.

His girlfriend's testimony
puts him away
for two murders.

Don't do it again.

Unless we have to.

Right.

Cake?

In a minute.

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Mr. McCoy!

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