All language subtitles for The Practice s03e06 One Of Those Days

Previously, on The Practice.

What?

There's a head in the bag.

The woman I met at the bar last night.
What are you doing with her head?

Somebody put it in there.

George Vogelman, you are under arrest
for the murder of Susan Robin.

The guy who killed your girlfriend is
not George Vogelman. Part of their case

the notion that Susan could never have
gone off on someone nighter.

Can you think of anything that could
explain why she would?

I had been a little unfaithful to Susan.

As I said to your dad, I'm convinced
they got the wrong guy. That means that

this thing was either a mission to frame
George Volkman or somebody was after

your sister. Is it possible that your
sister could have kept some part of her

life secret?

She did spend a lot of time on the
Internet.

Your guy was last seen with her. He had
her head. If George Volkman didn't do

it, he certainly represents reasonable
doubt for whoever did.

What did you say?

They're not going to reopen the
investigation.

I don't give orders to the police on how
to investigate their case. I'm asking

you to order them to investigate,
period.

Well, I can't order them to keep looking
if they're convinced they have the

killer. If their thinking is suspect, we
have the device to deal with that.

We call it the trial.

Jay, I really appreciate your
willingness to testify.

I'm not going to be that much help, Ms.
Frett.

Can't say I think your client is
innocent.

I know, but you are the only one who can
supply a possible reason why your

girlfriend would have gone to a motel
with George Vogelman.

I'm not crazy about helping the guy who
killed my sister.

All we're asking is that you talk about
the Internet thing.

I can't. Dr. Roberts, you know George
Vogelman better than anybody.

But I wouldn't be able to say that I
truly know him.

I see him at work. I...

Look, his being arrested for this crime,
it's hurt the whole office.

I really don't want to step into a
witness chair and associate our medical

corporation with any... He was an usher
at your wedding.

And I couldn't imagine him doing what
they're accusing him of.

But nor could I imagine his taste for
pornography or his going home from bars

with strangers.

Ed backed... All I could testify to is
that I thought I knew him.

Even his friends have pulled away.

What have you got?

No history of violence, reputation for
honesty, came forward on his own

volition. Loner.

Advertises in the personal.

Likes poor enough. Keeps to himself.

All right.

How many friends or associates you talk
to? A dozen, maybe more. Anybody say

they really knew the guy? I mean,
completely?

No.

Great. Okay, this is what I think.

They go to the motel, then this woman
rejected him at the wrong time. Maybe he

felt sexually humiliated or whatever.

This is the ultimate ridicule. And then
he snapped.

Chopped off her head. Now, what's he
gonna do?

He's got no chance of getting away with
it. He's got a better shot at making it

look like he was framed. So he sticks
her head in his medical bag and the big

show begins.

Loner. Foot doctor. He did it. Got mad,
lost his head.

The loner. Is that it?

Anything else?

There's no death penalty in
Massachusetts, right?

Keep your head up, George.

Don't be shaking it. No, no, no. Just
keep your head up.

They're going to tell their story, and
then we're going to get to tell ours.

Okay.

Bathroom, anybody need to go?

All set.

I went.

Okay.

Last seen with her.

Her severed head was in his possession.

Her blood was in his car.

As our case will show, there is not one
piece, not one piece of physical or

testimonial evidence that points to
anybody other than George Vogelman.

because George Vogelman gruesomely,
hideously murdered Susan Robin.

It's not even a question.

Sometimes how things look are not how
they are.

And there's a reason we bother with the
trial.

All we ask is that you be objective and
you pay close attention to everything

you hear.

Mr. Tisbury.

Commonwealth calls Helen Gamble to the
stand.

His attorneys called and asked me to
come down to their offices.

Why did they call you, Ms. Gamble? One
of the attorneys there is my roommate,

another one I've dated.

So they figured in you they'd get a
sympathetic district attorney.

I don't think they were expecting
special treatment. They wanted to

client and hoped I could help them do it
quietly.

Did they tell you any details about the
case?

No, they simply asked me to come to the
offices. They said it was serious.

So you went? Yeah.

And what happened after you got there?

They took me into a room and informed me
that their client had a human head in

his medical bag.

How did you respond?

I thought they were joking.

Then they pointed to the bag.

Is this the bag?

Yes. Mark and identify, Your Honor.

Marked. Exhibit 1.

And what happened next, Ms. Gamble? They
asked me to look in the bag.

And did you? Yes.

And what did you see?

A human head.

Now, Miss Gamble, if I could... You've
got to be kidding me.

Objection!

Counsel, is what's in that cooler what I
think it is? Chain of custody, Your

Honor. I object to that! In chambers,
counsel.

Members of the jury, ten minutes.

Let's go.

Just bringing that thing in is grounds
for a mistrial. You want a mistrial on

the first witness, Eleanor? That's a
stunt to inflame the jury.

Would it be all right if I talk?

It better be good. Your Honor, the fact
that this is so grotesque, it's

relevant. How?

He had it in his bag.

Anybody who could carry something like
that around, it's evidence of the kind

psychotic mind that goes with the very
crime.

First of all, he didn't know it was in
his bag. Even under your theory, he

didn't do it. He knowingly had it in his
bag for more than three hours before he

called. Because he panicked. You make
your arguments, I'll make mine. Your

Honor, they'll be saying he behaved like
an innocent man. As soon as he saw it,

he called the police. Well, that's not
what he did.

He carried it back to his car, drove to
his lawyer's office, carried it up the

elevator. You can introduce all that
without bringing the head into court. He

wants to horrify the jury, Your Honor. I
maintain that's relevant. A reasonable

person would be horrified. A reasonable
person would repulse and not even

approach the bag again, much less pack
it up, go to the car. Counsel. It's

legitimate for the jury to experience
some of the horror so they can assess

what's a reasonable reaction under the
circumstances.

The head is inadmissible.

I want him sanctioned in open court,
Your Honor. The cooler alone... Why

you just be satisfied with my ruling and
leave it there?

That's just ice settling.

He then gave me the address of the motel
that he and the victim had gone to.

And did you go there?

Yes, along with Detective McCrew and
Attorney Frutt. We went there and

discovered the body.

Mr. Vogelman cooperated at all times,
did he not?

Yes, he did.

In fact, the only reason you or the
police know a crime had even been

is because Mr. Vogelman came forward.

That's true.

And blood scrapings from the floorboards
of his car.

Exact genetic match with the victim.

They seemed friendly at the bar, but
there was nothing sexual going on. Did

leave your bar together, sir?

No, he left, and then she left about 10
or 15 minutes later.

My daughter was not a promiscuous woman.

Well, even if she would go to a bar,
which I guess she did, I couldn't ever

her going back to a motel with some guy
she just met.

Plus... Plus what?

Sorry, but...

He's kind of old and not very good
looking.

The only samples in the room belong to
the victim or the defendant.

So if somebody else did go in there...
It had to be immaculate.

It's happened?

Murders leaving behind no physical
evidence whatsoever?

It has happened?

Yes, but the odds of... It's happened?
Yes or no, detective?

Yes.

And detective, you're familiar with a
serial killer known as the poet?

We don't believe that. The question is,
are you familiar with a serial killer

known as the poet?

Yes. Again, yes or no. This person
decapitates his victims, yes or no?

Yes.

But you ruled him out.

The poet severs the hands as well and
leaves the head behind.

He doesn't take it with him.

It's gone as well as can be expected.

This is going well?

Even I'm beginning to think I'm guilty.
Look, everything they put in, we were

ready for.

It's not like they put up some surprise
witness that said you've done some

strange things to cats or something.

George, you know what I mean.

We've expected all of this testimony.
It's not that it's not damaging, but

haven't been any surprises.

So what now?

We might want to rest.

Rest? Well, think about it. All they've
proven is two things. He was with her.

He had her head. Pretty good proof. Ask
me. No weapon. No eyewitness. They tied

him to a corpse, not a crime. You can't
rest on that. Look, I'm not saying it's

a thing to do, but let's face it. What
do we have?

A nice guy?

Maybe we should just say to the jury,
hey, we were ready to put on a defense,

but since they didn't make their burden,
we don't need to. That is such a risk.

We already spring on the idea of the
poet. Internet?

Maybe a stalker? You can't rest. Pretty
lame. I don't know.

Eugene, he looked completely guilty. You
can't just get up and say they didn't

make their burden. That's stupid.

Well, maybe we could say he
involuntarily cut a head off five times.

really funny. I didn't call you stupid.
I said it would be stupid to rest. All

right.

Eleanor, what do you think?

Well, I see Eugene's point, but I don't
think a jury is going to let him go on a

burden of proof thing.

I think our best defense is George. He's
honest, and he plays honest. If George

didn't do it, then who?

It's not our job to answer that
question. Well, I realize this, but it's

question I keep asking, and the jury's
going to be asking it back in that room.

Hold on, hold on. If I understand your
thinking on this, Eleanor, the police

basically stopped looking. That should
be your defense.

The only reason we don't know who else,
if not George, is because the police

never asked that question.

That's what you have to key on. The guy
had her head in his bag. We're going to

put the police on trial for not asking
who else?

You guys are playing games.

At the end of the day, he had her head.

That's got nothing to do with any faulty
investigation.

He had her head.

So tell us what to do, Einstein.

You know something, Lindsay? You've been
bitchy a lot lately.

That's why you can't be playing these
indulgences. I agree with Jimmy. I'm a

bitch? On his defense theory, you have
to defend George. You can't be attacking

the police.

We got to do both.

We got to put George up, let him be as
convincing as he can be, and we got to

open the door to other possibilities.

Excuse me. Hello.

Boyfriend lives alone, brother, big
house.

So? So, the murder took place between 1
and 3 a .m. Why weren't they considered?

They were checked out. They're both
choir boys.

Yeah, but still, no official alibi if
everyone's asleep.

Why not plan B them?

They're going to testify anyway.

What's plan B? It might be worth a try.
Give them a soft plan B.

What's plan B?

Talk about a risk.

You got any better ideas?

All right, but first, we have to be sure
it won't backfire. Comb every report.

Make sure it's really available. They
both gave statements.

Hey, second. You take the point, man. I
got the brother.

What the hell is plan B?

Basically, it means we point the finger
at other people. It's very dangerous

because normally when the defense starts
hatching theories of their own, the

jury can shift the burden back to us,
which we definitely do not want.

And when you say soft?

Our soft plan B is we do it more gently.
Instead of accusing, it's more like

what -if -ing.

It's less likely to alienate the jury,
but it's a risky strategy.

Well, then why do it?

Because we don't have much else to go
with.

What?

The things that I've been reading about
myself in the papers.

I'm not a big fan of accusing people
falsely.

George, this is a murder trial here.

You're the defendant.

First, I want to thank you for
testifying, Jay.

And second, I want to convey my
sympathy.

You were Susan Robbins' boyfriend?

Yes. And you loved her?

I did.

Jay, we've heard a lot of testimony to
the effect that it was uncharacteristic

for Susan to have gone to a bar alone,
and especially to a motel with a man she

had just met. Would you agree with that
testimony?

Yes. I know this is a difficult
question, and I thank you in advance for

honesty.

But you do know of a reason why she may
have behaved uncharacteristically that

night, don't you?

A possible reason.

Could you share that with us?

Susan had...

discovered me with another woman the day
of her death.

So it could have been she went to a bar
and then to a motel with another man out

of hurt?

As a way of lashing back?

I don't think she would do that. I
really don't. But I can't exclude the

possibility, no.

Jay, do you have any information on
Susan's death? No.

You were home when this happened?

Asleep? Excuse me, Your Honor. Could I
confer with counsel one second?

Make it fast.

Jimmy interviewed one of the cops. This
guy supposedly was on the phone with the

other woman until two in the morning.

Why wasn't that in the report?

I don't know, but you can't plan B and
we'll get clipped.

What about the brother?

Still a shot there.

I hope.

Okay, Jay, that's all I have.

What happened? He had an alibi.

Look, it still went okay. Any idea that
you maybe abducted her, we put a dent in

that. These are very small victories, it
seems.

Anything new on the brother?

At all?

No.

I'd go... What?

And look like a monster? I will soften
it on clothes.

Go for him.

Something about somebody on a chat line.

That's all she said.

Somebody she was having a relationship
with on the internet?

She didn't really give details.

My sister and I weren't too close
lately.

Why was that?

Well, since my father had become ill,
there was a lot of tension.

I had a business that failed and had
moved back home. She didn't think that

helping my dad's stress level.

It was just family stuff. The point is,
we didn't share a lot of intimate

secrets.

Do you think this stuff, your dad's
illness, your business problems, could

have added to your sister's stress
level?

I'm sure they did. Maybe caused her to
go to a bar just to have a drink, talk

somebody? That I don't know.

You didn't know she'd gone to a bar?

Me? No.

Or to a motel with Mr. Vogelman?

No. How would I have known that?

Well, you'd know if you'd followed her.

What? Did you follow your sister that
night?

Objection. Permission to treat this
witness as hostile, Your Honor. Your

This witness is the brother of the
victim. Permission to treat him as

Go ahead.

This business failure of yours, did you
incur any debt? Is there a point of

proof? Sit down, Mr. Tisbury.

How much money did you lose, Steve?

About $300 ,000. You owe this amount to
people? I had investors, yes.

Your father, he has liver cancer, isn't
that right?

Yes. He was diagnosed with about eight
months to live?

Yes. According to his will, if you know,
who inherits the estate?

I guess me.

You guess you.

You're the sole beneficiary.

Yes. But if your sister was still alive,
then there'd be two beneficiaries,

wouldn't there? What are you saying?

I'm saying that it works out well for
you having your sister die before your

dad. What? If you'd outlived him, then
your estate goes sideways, maybe split.

Objection! All right.

Mr. Young?

This witness has testified to his
estrangement with his sister. He has

to his debt. He is also the only one to
serve up the Internet, Red Herring.

Perhaps he uses a safety net in case
suspicion ever fell to him.

Don't just strike all of that. I am
entitled to question.

this witness go ahead

anybody with you the night

of your sister's murder Steve I was home
my father was home were you home before

your father went to bed no when did you
get home probably around midnight did he

see you come in he goes to bed at 10

Ever take any medication for depression,
Steve?

Objection. Overruled. You ever take any
medication for a mental condition,

Steve?

I take lithium.

For depression?

Yes. Did you murder your sister in
frame, George Vogelman?

Objection. Did you follow her to the bar
and then go to the motel?

Objection. Overruled. It was the perfect
opportunity, wasn't it? You could get

George Vogelman's address by running
down his place. After he leaves the

you go inside and make yourself a sole
beneficiary and then go to plant the

in George's car.

You see the bag and think, ah.

Even better.

Wipe out a debt and sibling rivalry all
in a night's work. That's thick.

Did the police ever question you in
connection with your sister's death? Of

course they didn't. They never even
brought you down for questioning? No,

did not. Maybe you pulled off the
perfect crime, Steve.

Objection. That's staying. Maybe you're
that good.

Objection. You're drawn.

It's a shame they never checked you out.

Well, the jury either really hates us...
Or we created some doubt.

I think you did great.

Eleanor, the kid lost his sister.

I just accused him of killing her
meanwhile his dad is dying.

Do not try to make me feel good.

It's possible he could have done it.
That's not important. What is, is you're

next.

Okay. George, you've got to just speak
the truth from your heart.

If the jury can see you for who you
really are, they will have to question

whether you could have done this.

And remember, remember, remember, you
cannot say anything that goes to your

character. We cannot open that door. We
cannot give them any chance to introduce

those porno videos.

Okay. And don't be afraid to look at the
jury.

You've got nothing to hide.

It's in his hands now.

He'll be fine.

You asked us to trust you.

My boy got up because you convinced him
to honor the truth.

Mr. Robin, I got an innocent man about
to go down for a crime he didn't commit.

You just stole my son's innocence.

You're garbage.

Ow.

Last one.

I can freeze it some more.

It's okay.

Excuse me.

I'm Lucy Hatcher. I have new clothes for
him. He's due back in court. Can you

wait outside?

Sure.

Wow. He just bashed your head in for
calling his son the killer?

Something like that.

Make sure you tell him to rub vitamin E
on. It'll help with the scar.

Thank you.

You know, you really could wait outside.

Sure.

Eleanor says it's a half hour till
George.

And when I opened my bag, there it was.

Her head?

Yes. And what did you do next?

First I went into a little shock.

Then I came to you, my lawyer.

And together we went to the police.

Do you know of anybody who would want to
incriminate you like this?

No.

George, you have to know how this looks.

Can't you tell us anything?

All I can tell you is I didn't kill this
woman.

We made love.

I left, and she was alive.

Why didn't you go back to your place?
Why a motel?

My place wasn't very impressive or neat.

You leave a bar after midnight with a
woman you just met.

You're worried about neatness?

Yes. So you said, let's go to a motel,
and she said yes.

A 23 -year -old beautiful woman. She
said, sure.

That's what happened.

And after you made love, why'd you
leave? Why not spend the night?

I had a very early morning at work.

Anybody see you leave the motel?

Not that I know of. Anybody you know of
who could testify that it's against your

character to kill a person?

Objection. Sustained. Mr. Volgeman,
basically, all you have to suggest your

innocence is your word.

Do you have any evidence or witnesses to
corroborate your word is worth

anything? Objection, sidebar.

Step up.

He's trying to force us into character
testimony so he can backdoor the videos

on impeachment. Any witness who takes
the stand puts his truthfulness in

I'm entitled to cross.

Attack him on truthfulness if you want,
but don't be asking what witnesses or

evidence he has.

Step back.

Mr. Vogelman, are you married?

No. Girlfriend?

No. Have you ever had a girlfriend?

No. Ever been in any relationship?

I've dated.

You've dated?

How old are you, sir?

43.

43 years old and you've never had a
relationship?

Asked and answered.

Sustained. Do you meet women through the
personals?

Sometimes I do.

Do you sometimes go to bars, meet women
there?

Yes. Ever meet a woman on the Internet?

Ever meet a woman on the Internet, Mr.
Vogelman?

Yes. Are you the man Susan Robin met on
the Internet?

No. Did she go to that bar to meet you,
the man on the Internet?

No. I met her at the bar.

I never communicated with her on the
Internet.

Just one last hypothetical, Mr.
Vogelman, and then I'll be done.

Say this woman meets a man on the
Internet. He maybe oversells himself

little. She agrees to meet him.

She's disappointed.

Rejects him.

And this man, who's been rejected so
many times, has finally had enough.

Objection. This is an argument, not a
question. Enough is enough. Right,

Objection. Sustained.

Do you... Have any more questions, Mr.
Tisbury?

No, Your Honor.

I don't believe I do.

Counsel?

Ms. Frock?

Nothing, Your Honor.

The witness may step down.

I hate to rest on that. Should we
redirect?

I don't think so. It could get worse.

Maybe we...

What? I have an idea.

The defense recalls Helen Gamble.

She's right back there.

Ms. Gamble, step up, please.

What are you doing?

Ms. Gamble, please take the stand.

You testified the reason we called you
that day is because of your relationship

with our office.

I assumed that was the reason you called
me. Well, does our office enjoy a

certain trust with you?

I would think so.

And a candor? Yes. And in the spirit of
that candor, did you and I have a

conversation about this case last week?

Objection. Overruled.

Did we talk about this case?

Miss Gamble, did you and I discuss this
case?

briefly and generally.

And did you tell me that the police and
the DA's office both just wanted a check

solved in the little box next to...
Objection!

Overruled. Let me speed things up.

Did you basically tell me that given the
publicity, a conviction is desperately

needed here? That if anybody else were
charged with this crime, your office

would never get that conviction?

Since George Vogelman having the head in
his medical bag would guarantee

reasonable doubt to whoever else was
charged?

And because of that, the police and the
DA's office, on at least an unconscious

level, might want to believe that George
Vogelman is the killer and therefore

not bother to look for anybody else?

Did you share all that with me?

First, I have no direct information on
this case.

Second... Please just respond. I am
responding. It was a long question,

Your Honor?

She can answer.

I never suggested or even hinted that
somebody else besides George Bogleman

committed this crime.

I didn't ask what you thought. And I
never suggested that the DA's office

convinced of your client's guilt.

Did you say they might not want to look
further? That it's easier to believe

you've got the right guy when there's
pressure to get a conviction?

I said sometimes it's been known to
happen. I didn't say it happened here.

but you said it's been known to happen
in a conversation about this case.

Didn't you?

Again, I have no reason to believe that
this particular investigation has been

anything but proper and thorough.

Thank you.

That was a good answer for the team.

Are you suggesting the investigation's
tainted?

There was collusion between the police
and the DA's office.

What the hell was that, Eleanor?

Ellen, I'm sorry. You just cut my legs
out. Sorry?

I tell you something in confidence and
you ambush me in open court? I had to

make a choice. I had a duty to my clock.
No good.

You screwed me in this office for the
last time. I was backed into a... That's

crap.

She's right.

What was I going to do? Tell George,
hey, I could have saved you, but...

isn't the only client in this firm. No.

Pearson is. She's right, Eleanor. We
need our credibility with every case,

just this one. It's not something I
planned to do. But you did it.

We have to rely on relationships with
DAs a lot.

Sometimes those off -the -cuff
conversations make the difference. You

DA down there is going to want to talk
to us again? So I should let George go

down so we can preserve our invites to
the Christmas parties?

Yes.

Our dialogue with that office is more
important than any one case. I've got to

deal with them on sentencing next week.
I'm sure they'll be in great moods to...

Oh, get over your professor, Lindsay.
What did you do, sleep with the guy?

Hey, Eleanor. I love it when girls
fight. It's better than hockey. Quiet,

Back up, Eleanor. Back up.

You too.

I don't care what the stakes are.

If the DA has an off -the -record
conversation with any of us, it stays

record. Otherwise, it's like Lindsay
says, we lose our credibility in every

case. Well, tell that to the drowning
man that you're more concerned about the

boat. I am not talking to a drowning
man, Eleanor.

I am talking to you.

Let's everybody settle down a little.

There's a lot of stakes for a lot of
people.

Tearing each other new armpits isn't
going to help anybody.

Of course they had to arrest George
Vogelman. The victim's head was in his

possession.

I don't blame the police for thinking he
did it.

How could they not?

How could you not?

But there's a reason nobody saw him
commit the crime.

There's a reason there was no weapon
connected to him.

He didn't do it.

Who did?

I don't know. You heard my co -counsel
grill Susan Robbins' brother as a

possible suspect.

Well, let me admit a truth.

We don't have any direct evidence to
conclude the brother did it. If so, we

certainly would have offered it.

But he did have a motive.

He was estranged from her. His debt, the
will, his whereabouts at the time can't

really be accounted for. He could have
done it.

The reason we can't know is because the
police never really bothered to check

that out. Steve Robbins said himself
that they never even questioned him.

Imagine. He has motive, opportunity, no
alibi, and they didn't even investigate

him as a possibility.

Why? Because the head was found in
George Vogelman's medical bag.

And Jay Hickman?

Susan's boyfriend?

I have no reason to believe that he
killed her, but his whereabouts can't be

accounted for either.

Motive? Well, she was with another man
in a motel.

There are a lot of questions left
unanswered here because the police never

really looked.

You heard District Attorney Helen Gamble
admit it's possible they didn't want to

find anybody else because they needed to
get a conviction on this. And the head,

being in George Vogelman's bag, he was
the only one they could possibly

Easier to stay with him and not
complicate it.

Any evidence offered as to George
Vogelman's motive?

No. And why, if he is supposedly trying
to get away with a crime, does he put

the victim's head in a bag and go to the
police with it? Does that make sense?

And let's not forget about the poet, a
known serial killer out there in the

Boston area that has an M .O. for
decapitating victims.

Has anybody accounted for him?

There are a lot of questions that need
answering.

Questions that were never asked or
explored because this just seemed so

The head was in his bag.

He must have done it. Well, he didn't.

I have no doubt the prosecution needs
that conviction. They surely do. But

are prosecuting the wrong man.

No evidence, not even microscopic, of
anybody else being in that room.

Except George Vogelman.

Defense counsel gave us quite a show,
didn't they? The brother did it.

No, maybe it was the boyfriend.

How about that serial killer?

Forensics combed that room.

There were saliva samples, fibers from
clothing, semen, hair strands,

fingerprints. They didn't go to a serial
killer or Susan Robbins' brother or her

boyfriend. They all belonged.

To George Vogelman.

The man who says he went home alone.

The man who sits there with no alibi.

Yes, it was easy to conclude he did it.
And on top of all the insurmountable

evidence at the scene, he had the
victim's head.

My God, he decapitated a woman. And his
lawyers have offered you nothing but

spin as a defense.

Did they put in one piece of physical or
testimonial evidence?

Anything at all exculpatory?

No. Just spin.

He did it.

No, he did it. Look there. Over here.
Don't forget that police conspiracy.

Collusion with the DA.

And they expect you to let him go?

They're not insulting your intelligence,
ladies and gentlemen.

They're assuming you just don't have
any.

Got any predictions?

Innocent, guilty, or hung.

How long before... There's no telling.

Eugene?

Could you excuse us a second?

All the evidence is closed, right?

Yeah.

Then I'm going to tell you something.

We both know I've always had some motive
to tell you I'm innocent.

It allowed you to let me testify.

It allowed you to, I don't know, try
harder.

But now...

The evidence being closed, it doesn't
matter what I tell you.

I didn't do it.

When you looked at me a few months ago,
you said you believed in me.

But you couldn't fully trust yourself to
believe in what you believe.

You can trust yourself, Eleanor.

You've been right all along.

I didn't do it.

You know, in the future, if you're going
to hurl a book at someone, it should be

at somebody your own size.

She was about to flatten you.

I'll try to remember that.

And also, I'm a pretty good judge of
character.

Eleanor, I think normally she's
peaceful.

But when riled, she looks dangerous.

Well, maybe you should tell her that.

You think I'm crazy?

I knew you were there.

I'm sorry what I said about Pearson.

I know.

I'm sorry about the book.

And I'm sorry about my intent to
flatten.

I know saying sorry isn't going to cut
it for Helen, but... I'll work on her.

You got it.

Verdict.

Will the defendant please rise?

Mr. Foreman, the jury has reached a
unanimous verdict. We have.

What say you?

Commonwealth versus George Vogelman on
the count of murder in the first degree.

We find the defendant, George Vogelman,
not guilty.

I've never heard that.

The defendant is free to go.

What do you think changed the jury for
you? What are your plans?

Is it really over?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I don't know really what to say.