All language subtitles for Cagney and Lacey s04e01 Child Witness

Okay, how about if you, how about if you
show me on your dolly where the man

hurt you?

We will probably get him someday,
because after all, molesters keep on

molesting. Because we just keep on
letting him do it. That's right!

There's no reason for the both of us to
defy the court order. Why? What is the

worst thing that could happen? Jail.
You're her father. Why don't you give

an opportunity to get rid of it? Don't
let her carry it around like some secret

the rest of her life. They only fired
this trigger.

Well, that's good of them.

Weeding out the pedophile.

Hi, Carrie.

Oh, Marky!

She's such an energetic child.

Such a bright one.

I mean, she's really a joy.

But recently, she's not been able to
respond to her teachers.

She's not been responding to her
friends.

And now she's been taking a doll with
her to school every day.

Won't let it out of her sight.

You got any ideas on reasons for this,
Mrs. Stone?

Well, just today, she made a drawing in
class.

Sexually graphic.

Mrs. Skinner, one of her teachers, Ask
her who was in the picture that she

And she said it was the man who hurt
her.

Then she began to cry.

Seamus, no running in the halls, please,
young man.

Okay?

Sorry about that. Have you notified the
parents?

Parents, singular.

These are weirdos.

I called him right after I called you.
He's on his way now.

Well, when he gets here, we're going to
want him to take care of it for a legal

medical examination.

department.

Seven, right?

Yes.

Thank you.

Hello?

Hiya.

What's your name?

I'm Detective Lacey. This is Detective
Caggy. He's my partner.

What's the matter? You don't believe me?
I got my badge right here. See,

that's me right there.

We need to talk to you about the man
that hurt you.

I have to tell you the truth. I already
know your name.

It's Carrie Mitchell, am I right?

Mrs. Stone told me that.

That's a dear little dollar you got
there.

Mrs. Stone says that you like to keep
her with you these days, right?

Kind of close.

So, Carrie, can I call you Carrie?

Thank you.

I have to ask you questions about the
man that hurt you, otherwise my

going to start to pester me. But before
we start, I want you to know something.

Okay? Whatever you want to tell me, no
matter what it is, I'll believe you.

And if the person that hurt you told you
that it was a secret, it's okay to tell

me because I'm a police officer.

You understand that, right?

Okay, can I have my badge back?

Okay. What's this right here?

A wolf daughter, right?

Okay.

Who hurt you, honey?

Neil.

Who's Neil?

Your babysitter.

Can you tell us how your babysitter hurt
you?

Okay, how about if you show me on your
dolly where the man hurt you?

Carrie.

How about a picture?

Can you draw us a picture?

Yeah, the girl.

What else do you think, Cornelius?

Why?

Just wondering.

You're going to talk to all of them,
right?

You're going to tell them that someone
said I was a pervert. We're not going to

say anything we don't have to, but we do
have to investigate the allegation.

Yeah, that I... That you won.

That you won.

Oh, God.

This is a nightmare.

Could you give us their names and
addresses, please?

I've only been babysitting a month.

Carrie is the first child I've sat for
more than once.

The others, you're just going to have to
get the names and addresses from the

babysitting service.

Look, I want to help you in any way I
can.

But I have a midterm to go to.

I'd like to get dressed.

Is there anything more I can do?

When would you be available to talk to
us again?

Didn't I just say goodbye to you?

Yeah, I left my wallet and I just locked
my keys in the car.

Well, if you wait a minute, I'll look
for the extra set.

No, that's all right. I'll get a hang of
it faster.

Did anyone ever tell you you look
gorgeous when you're undercover?

Want to help Daddy find the... Come on.

Uh -oh, looks like we got us a live one
here.

Police. Get back from that car, nice and
slow. Get away from the car. Let's go.

Got a gun. Get the gun.

Leave him alone.

Stop.

Don't hurt him.

Don't hurt him.

Get the hell back. Come on. Leave him
alone.

Shut up now. You shut up.

I'm a cop.

Damn it.

is Roxanne.

Who's he taking?

Renoir. It's 43rd Street.

The man is going all out.

Especially for a first date. I bet you
it's got to cost him close to the C

-notes for the wine and the tip.

Corn.

How do you know all this stuff, anyway?

Hey, does Macy's tell Gimbels?

What happened to you?

Math was bad, huh?

girl takes a poke at me, I get right
back at her.

I don't want to get away with that stuff
just because she's a woman. Back off,

Victor, okay?

Hey, don't skin off my nose.

Well, that was very good, Victor.

That's quite a bruise. What happened?

I cut myself shaving, all right?

All right.

Rob?

Marcus, are you all right?

I don't want anything fancy, you know,
just a haircut, that's all.

Oh, yeah, and maybe a manicure.

Okay, good, yeah.

Tell Nick that I will make it worth his
while, yeah.

Right, okay, thanks.

You know, there used to be a time you
could walk into a barbershop, you'd

down your six -pitch, and that was it.

Now you've got to make an appointment,
you know.

With a hairstylist, you've got to go to
a salon, and then they stiff you for 25

bucks.

You know what? The only difference I see
is that in the old days, the haircuts

would last longer.

I don't think you need a haircut.

No, you should see Harvey. Wasteless,
hanging down over his ears.

Well, Harvey's a married man.

A married man doesn't have to worry
about his appearance.

So, what do you two need?

We want a subpoena to some business
records.

Which case?

A little girl at school turned out to be
a sex abuse case, sir.

On her own family?

No, the victim claims that she was
molested by her babysitter.

There have been no priors on the man
before, and the service won't cooperate.

Well, it figures.

They're afraid of lawsuits and bad
publicity.

I'll call legal and tell them the
subpoena's a priority.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Mary Beth.

A hospital called. Terry Mitchell never
came in for examination.

Call this business call. We'll find out
what happened.

Mitchell McDonald, Maine.

Attorney to law.

The lawyer.

He was nice for a lawyer, didn't you
think?

For a lawyer.

Excuse me, Lacey. Tag me.

Somebody here to see him.

Yes, Jeremy Mitchell, please.

We're going to take her with you to the
doctor.

Mr. Mitchell.

Oh, no, thank you. We won't be staying
that long.

You're here, honey.

Are you going to tell the officers what
you told Daddy?

It's all right, honey.

Nobody's going to get mad at you.

make a deal this morning?

You could say anything to us, right?

That's okay.

I beat it up.

I'm sorry.

She imagined it.

I guess it's a phase she's going
through.

I'm just sorry the school didn't call me
first before bringing you two into it.

I could have saved you a lot of time and
I apologize for any inconvenience this

has caused you.

Oh, hey, Carrie.

What are you crying for? Okay, baby.
It's okay, baby.

It's okay.

It's okay.

We can go home now. Mr. Mitchell, please
wait.

I'm ready to take Carrie home. This has
been very hard on her.

She has a school vacation coming up in
about ten days, and I've made

arrangements with her grandparents to
take her for a few weeks.

Mr. Mitchell, you realize we've already
filed a 61 and notified sex crime squad,

so this investigation will probably
continue.

No, it won't.

You can kill it.

We'll have to talk about that with our
supervisor, sir.

When you do that, it's fine.

Tell him it's been a mistake and it's
all over with.

It's not that easy now.

You do it.

What is that?

It's a yogi thing.

LaGuardia?

Yeah, he said if I do 50 of these, it's
as good as the whole night's sleep.

LaGuardia told Coleman to take valerian
root, to lose weight.

You check the gut on Coleman lately?

You didn't sleep much last night either,
huh?

About 10 minutes before the alarm went
off.

So what number are you on here?

Well, now you see, I don't know. You mix
me up.

I kept seeing this scene in my head last
night. Neil Traeger offers us coffee,

and he's in a state of shock.

I guess.

Got the child molester running around.
We can't even touch him.

Let me ask you something.

What if he isn't?

What if he isn't what? What if he isn't
guilty?

Well, the little girl's mother just
died. I mean, maybe none of this is

had a pretty wild imagination when I was
her age. Oh, no, you didn't have an

imagination about stuff like that. I
mean, you were there. You heard that

girl talk about stuff that nobody her
age would know about unless it happened

her. I believe what she said.

Mary Beth, she said that she lied.

Prith, I know as sure as I'm standing
here right now. Kids don't lie.

Not about this.

Maybe your father kept her off.

No, she's got to be out here somewhere.

Wait. Carrie?

Hey!

How you doing?

We were looking all over for you.

I'll tell you the truth, I was worried
about you.

Talk to people I don't know.

That's a good rule, Carrie.

But you know us, right?

Come on, talk to us a minute, would you?

Last time I saw you, you were crying.

Are you okay?

Well, that's the important part.

Looking forward to going to your
grandma's, huh?

That'll be fun.

Carrie, I told my partner that you're a
straight arrow, so could I...

Check something out with you?

Remember yesterday we talked in the
nurse's office, right?

And you told me about your babysitter,
remember?

And then later on you came with your
father to the squad room, right?

Did you make up that story about your
babysitter?

Did you?

Well, I tell you.

Straight arrow.

Well, I was just wondering what kind of
a loving father encourages his child to

lie, sir.

Oh, come on, Detective Lacey. This is
not the debating team.

I have discussed this with Gary's child
psychologist, and it is her recent

opinion as well as mine.

that Carrie should not be subjected to
any further unpleasantness in regard to

this matter.

You're not even denying that you
encouraged her to lie, are you?

Please spare me your feeble attempts at
cross -examination.

We need Carrie's testimony in court.
It's that simple.

I'll make it even simpler.

Get someone else's child to do your
dirty work for you.

We don't have another witness.

And testifying in court is not dirty
work, sir. It's a civic responsibility.

I know exactly what testifying in court
is, detective.

King of the cross -examination. That's
what they call me.

Although in sex cases, it's not even
difficult.

My last rape case, I had the victim in
tears.

Barely knew her own name.

I won.

A month later, my client was arrested
again. Another rape.

Now, last week, I was in the bank.

Ran into the victim.

You know, I didn't even know who she
was.

Carrie declines to exercise her civic
responsibility.

Mr. Mitchell, this is a first -degree
sex abuse case.

You keep telling your daughter to lie.

You can be tried for obstructing
justice, tampering with a witness. You

before the grand jury, and I'll hit you
with the biggest false arrest suit

you've ever seen, and next year, I'll be
the richest man in New York City.

You could take it to family court, have
you declared an unfit parent.

Another brilliant idea.

Rest me, but carrying a foster home.

They all lived happily ever after.

Now that is the classic fable denting.

Petrie. Yes, sir.

You want me to initial this?

Yes, sir. Why?

It's all in the report, Lieutenant.

I read the report you're alleging
improper conduct, specifically the use

unnecessary force, and you're alleging
it against officers Brundage and

That's correct.

I still don't know why.

Petrie, suppose it was you out on
patrol, and you see a guy trying to

an automobile, a guy in civilian
clothes.

He's trying to break in with a coat
hanger.

You go over to investigate.

You don't see a shield. What you do see
is a gun.

in a shoulder holster underneath a guy's
jacket. What do you do?

Well, I don't slam the suspect up
against a car.

No? What do you do? I don't slam him up
against a car. I don't do that.

Well, I'll tell you what I would do.

As soon as I see that piece, I don't
leave any margin for error.

That's what I do.

And I want to tell you something,
Marcus. These guys had no way of knowing

you were a police officer. I don't think
that's the point, Lieutenant. What is

the point? The point... What they saw,
Lieutenant, was a black man, shabbily

dressed, in a middle -class,
predominantly white neighborhood.

Now, if I were white, they would have
asked if I needed a locksmith.

You believe that?

Yes.

You know something?

In all the years that I've been on the
force, I never once filed a civilian

complaint form from a fellow officer.

No matter what.

You know why? Because it can lead to
loss of rank, loss of pension, benefits.

And maybe even dismissal.

Do you realize that?

I'll tell you what I'm going to do with
this.

I'm going to put it on my desk for a
couple of days.

In the meantime, you think about it.

At the end of a couple of days, if you
still want me to initial it, I'll

it, and I'll send it over to the review
board.

Thank you, Tom.

Oh, my God, what do you think? Can we do
it?

I can't file.

You've got an uncooperative witness.

No, it's not the witness. It's the
father. See, he's convinced himself that

it'll be better for the little girl. Oh,
as opposed to us, who, being on the

side of the angels, think it's better to
throw her into some adversarial

courtroom proceeding and let a jackal of
a defense lawyer tear her apart. Oh,

come on, Rhonda. The fault of the
judicial system is not on our heads.

yours. You go ahead and laugh. All we
want to do is get this man off the

streets. Now, can we subpoena this
little girl into court without a cause

cooperation or not?

Do you have any idea how hard it is to
win a case when all you've got is a

testimony of one small child?

Make that one terrified, traumatized
child in an alien, threatening

of a courtroom, and then you throw in a
squeaky clean defendant and a father

who's telling her to lie?

Nuh -uh. I gotta tell you, I'll pass.

I asked a question you have not
answered. Donna, we know this guy is

Guilty. 90 cents. Gets me on the
slipway.

Well, now, that is a terrific attitude.

I do not understand what we are arguing
about here.

Now, I want this guy as badly as you do.

It happens that I need witnesses to do
it. But we're still trying to track down

possible victims.

Good. You get me three.

And three children might still not equal
one adult in the eyes of a jury.

Oh, but hey, who said life was going to
be easy?

You want lunch? You're starved. Who can
eat?

I'll buy.

Sure.

Let's canvass Traeger's neighborhood
tomorrow. Maybe he'll approach a

neighborhood kid. It's a long shot.

The chance of getting him to admit to it
are very slim.

All right, we badger the lieutenant
again about the subpoena and find out

Traeger babysat for.

Lieutenant's looking for you two. Thank
you. Well, hurry up. He's already late

for Roxanne.

Roxanne? It's a blind date. Very hot.

Oh, good.

Glad you got back before I left. I got
something for you.

Is it the subpoena, sir? No, not yet.
The babysitting service is fighting

On what grounds?

Well, they're arguing it's irrelevant.

Perfect. Irrelevant? The man works
there.

Well, I know that, Lacey. But you've got
to consider it from their viewpoint,

too. Whether it's true or whether it's
not true doesn't make any difference. As

soon as it hits the newspapers, they're
out of business.

Besides, they already fired this
Traeger.

Oh, that's good of them.

Weeding out the pedophiles. It's just
arrived.

What is it?

It's a restraining order.

Jeremy Mitchell forbidding you two to...

Approach either him or his daughter.

Well, he can't do that, can he? This is
an ongoing felony investigation.

He can and he did.

Police harassment.

That's great.

We can't get a subpoena to give us the
names of other possible victims.

The one witness we do know we're not
allowed to talk to. And meanwhile, there

a child molester walking around the city
with two million kids.

We do what we can.

I'll let you know about the subpoena.

Anything else?

No, sir.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

By the way, how do I look?

Do respect, sir.

We got this jerk we can't touch.

And your concern about how you're going
to look on a date is irrelevant to me,

sir.

Don't you get sarcastic with me, Lacey.

You think for one minute that I don't
care about that pervert out in the

streets? No, I'm sorry, sir.

Now, how'd you know about my date
anyway?

Ah, never mind.

Are you listening to me or to both of
you?

I've been at this a lot longer than you.

And if I let every case that backed me
in a corner eat at me, then I'd have

eaten alive long ago.

I let myself get riled up about cases I
can do something about.

I suggest the same for you two, both of
you.

Yes, sir.

You live a long, long life.

You look very nice, Lieutenant.

Yes, you look very nice.

Better grow nice with her.

You'll like this.

I tried something different. I had
Michael Reed himself to sleep.

One of those, what, ESSE Hinton books. I
mean,

do you believe that stuff?

Gangs, drugs, fights and all that.

I mean, this is for 10 -year -old kids.

Now, when you grow up on Grantland Rice
and Red Smith, it's kind of a shock,

huh?

I guess it's a different world out
there.

He's doing okay with the reading. I
mean, he's no Sir Lawrence Olivier, but

getting better.

You want to watch some TV?

No.

You want to talk?

No. Are you mad at me or something?

I'm going for a walk, okay? Hey, yeah,
that's okay.

That's okay. That's terrific.

Why don't you just go for a walk?

I'm sorry. It's not about you, okay?
Hey, I know it's not about me.

You haven't thought about me in days.
You're so wrapped up in other people's

troubles, you don't have any time to
spend with your own family.

What do you want from me, Harvey? A
little effort to talk to me.

Everybody wants this lousy case to go
away.

For the babysitting people, it's
business.

And for this father, I'm furious with
this father, Harvey.

I don't know.

This little girl is like, um... Her face
is like, uh... Porcelain, you know,

like... And somebody messed with her,
Harvey.

And I... The father brings her downtown
and makes her look like the liar.

He doesn't care about getting the
molester. He won't let her testify. He

let her even talk to me. And if
something like that happened to Hogg Jr.

or to Michael, I would not sleep until I
got the guy that did it.

I talked to you. You got nothing to say?

I don't think you want to hear it.

You disagree with me? No, no. I just see
his point then.

I mean, you said it yourself. This
little girl, she has been through a lot.

And if he thinks that testifying and all
that would hurt her more... Then just

let the creep go ahead and go on and do
it to somebody else. What are you

saying? I am saying that this man loves
his kid just like I love mine.

Don't you dare say that to me, Harv
Lacey.

I love my kids and I love you more than
anything else in the whole world. And

that is why you haven't spent 15 minutes
this whole week with Michael or Harvey

Jr. You sit in this chair all...

Attention!

very early this morning.

So? He wasn't out late last night.

You think he struck out with right then?
Maybe not.

Maybe he never went home.

Per the news bulletins, as they break.

You again?

Peggy?

Yes, sir?

Close the door.

So, how you doing?

Well, it's kind of frustrating with all
the dead ends on this case.

No, I'm not talking about your case.

How you doing?

You, your life.

You know, life is more than just the
work you do, don't you think so? Oh,

sure.

It's just that the work sometimes is
easier.

I don't know what you mean.

You're a woman, right?

I'm working on it, Lieutenant.

I mean, you're out there.

You date, okay?

And there's a certain language that you
speak.

I don't get it sometimes, you know?

Thank you, partner.

Well, let's say, for example, you're
going out on a date with a guy for the

first time, right?

And let's say that you had a good time
with him.

What do you say to him?

Say to him?

Yeah.

Tell him you had a good time?

Well, if I had a good time, I tell him I
had a good time.

Uh -huh. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so what would
you say to him if you didn't have a

good time?

That one's a little tricky, Lieutenant.

Actually, sometimes you say you had a
good time even if you didn't have a good

time.

Let the guy off easy, huh?

Don't hurt his feelings. That's what I
thought.

Okay, thanks. You got work to do, right?

Well, wait a second. I mean, the chances
are just as good that she had a good

time. Yeah? So why didn't she say so?

Oh, I thought she did.

Yeah, same as.

Yeah,

okay, thanks. Yeah, they'll be down to
pick it up.

Your subpoena cleared.

The two of you can pick it up downtown
this morning.

Oh, thank you.

Lieutenant, why don't you

just give her a call and ask her out
again, see what happens.

What if she says no?

Well, then you'll know if she had a good
time or not.

I think it vaguely looks like a yacht.
If you want to check him out, we can do

it. It's up to you.

Detective Petrie! Can we have a word
with you?

I'm in a hurry.

Come on, this should just take a minute.

Uh, listen, maybe we can go someplace a
little more private. Anything you have

to say to me, you can say in front of my
partner.

All right.

Um, we came here to ask you to
reconsider filing charges.

Look, we're sorry for what happened.

It was an honest mistake.

Look, I got 11 years, Petrie.

You know what'll happen if this goes in
my file? I wonder why you didn't think

about that before you jumped me.

Hey, man, we didn't see a shield. All we
saw was your piece.

Victor, we better get up to the front.

Hey.

You heard the man.

Get lost.

They stare at me, babe.

I'm being some sort of hard case.

Angry black man with a chip on his
shoulder. I know that's what they think.

Are you?

You saw what they did to him.

I gotta tell you, Marcus, if you ever
have to make a judgment call like

you'd do exactly the same thing.

I can't believe... I can't believe
you're saying that I should go out and

people. I'm not saying roust people.

But if you do make an error, I hope it's
on the side of caution.

I'd rather see you facing a brutality
charge than me being the grieving widow

some inspector's funeral.

husband of mine.

But I love you more than I love some
abstract

concept of civil liberty.

I let you down.

What?

You beat me up right in front of you and
Warren.

Lenny, it's okay.

No, I don't care.

Because I couldn't protect you.

Marcus, I didn't need protection.

I felt terrible because I couldn't
protect you.

Claudia, I never felt like that before.

I felt helpless.

All I could think of was that you were
watching, and I couldn't do anything

about it.

Oh, baby.

Do you know what that feels like for a
man?

I don't know what it feels like.

But I tell you what I do know.

I know that if we meet, you... He'll be
there for me and Lauren.

And we'll be there for you.

And that's all that matters.

Oh, babe.

Yeah.

That's all that counts.

You don't have to be a superman.

Just Marcus Petrie.

So, family's moved.

One family, the kid's fine.

One family doesn't talk to cops with a
kissing look.

Is there something wrong with this Hayes
child? Yeah, and I'm not giving up.

Well, maybe we'll get lucky this time.

Oh, hell, Marisa, they did not mean it
that way. I know, I know.

It doesn't matter what we do on this
when someone ends up getting hurt.

I tell you, you've got to get off this
guilt trip of yours.

People getting hurt on this case is not
our fault. It is Traeger's, and I'm not

going to let you do it to yourself this
time.

Okay.

You ready?

Yeah.

Hello? Mrs. Hayes?

Yes. We're conducting an investigation
that concerns your son, Michael.

Can we talk to you for a few minutes?

Okay.

You asked us for a witness. We got you a
witness. And now we're doing the best

we can. Three -year -old?

A three -year -old on the witness stand?
Okay, you explained it to us. We

understand it. We know that it's not
going to be not easy.

Hey, I would settle for not easy. This
is impossible.

The man is guilty.

I cannot go into a courtroom with
nothing more than the uncooperative

of a three -year -old.

I have to qualify him as a witness.

That means that I have to prove that a
three -year -old understands the meaning

of the oath and knows the difference
between telling a lie and telling a

You wait!

You'll be a three -year -old. I'm going
to be a real lucky defense lawyer here.

Michael, did you see Dumbo?

Did you see an elephant fly?

Do you believe in the tooth fairy?

Do you believe in Santa Claus? I got the
picture. No jury is going to convict

any adult on the word of a three -year
-old. We're all the picture!

Still, you realize that we will probably
get him someday.

And we really don't have to do very
much, because after all, molesters keep

molesting. Because we just keep on
letting him do it. That's right!

Until we get enough credible witnesses!

Mary Beth, thanks to you, you've upset
my part.

Mary Beth, you want to slow down a
minute?

Where are you going?

Bad enough that we have a sickle out
there. We don't know who it is.

And we've got to eat ourselves up
worrying that we won't catch him until

it again. But this... I know it's
Traeger and I will not sit around and

him to rob somebody else's innocence.

You want to talk to Carrie's father?

Yeah.

Yeah, you go ahead and take the car. I'm
going to get a cab. Mary Beth, it was a

restraining order.

This out of Christine Cagney?

You want a ride?

No, I... I'll go by myself.

There's no reason for the both of us to
defy the court order. Why? What is the

worst thing that could happen? Jail.

I've been there.

When? I told you. When I was 13, I
lifted the ice. Oh, ice.

Petrie.

Yes, sir.

I can't find that civilian complaint
form anywhere on my desk.

Well, I tore it up.

Well, you're not going to file.

No, sir.

Well, can I ask you why?

Well, with all due respect, Lieutenant,
I...

It's none of your business. Okay.

You're right. It's not.

You know, Petrie, my grandfather tells a
story about the old country.

He and my grandmother were on a train
somewhere between Minsk and Minsk. Is

the one about the Cossack?

Oh, I told you that one already.

With the helmet filled with sour cream?

Yes, sir.

A very nice story.

So you'll give it some thought.

Right.

Lieutenant? Yeah?

Telephone call for you on three.

It's a lady named Roxanne.

In the back of the cab.

Oh, well, you know, they turn everything
in at the end of the shift, so all you

got to do is... I'll tell you what.

I'll call over there and I'll see if
they've got it, okay?

No, no, no, no, it's okay.

Saturday?

I'm free.

I love pot roast.

I don't know what I have to do to get
through to you people.

I do have a restraining order. Yes, sir,
we have...

We want to talk to you, sir. Have you
ever been on the wrong side of the bars,

detective? I understand it's a
fascinating experience, and I am not

know you're not bluffing, sir. I know
you could have us put in jail, and I'll

tell you the truth, I wouldn't even be
angry at you.

Your hand, please.

Mr. Mitchell, will you give me two
minutes of your time, and then you can

ahead and make your phone call and get
the restraining order enforced, okay?

Okay, okay, okay.

I understand why you're doing what
you're doing, because I got kids myself.

You're doing what you think is best for
your little girl. And if you could,

you'd wrap her up in cotton so that
nothing would ever hurt her, no matter

But life isn't like that, sir.

I mean, sometimes, no matter what we do
or what we wish, our kids get hurt

anyways. Is there a point to this story?

If so, would you please get to it?

The point is, Mr. Mitchell, the new
Traeger is a filthy, predatory animal

should be removed from society. However,
in between his midterms, he is out

preying on small children.

Children who are just as young and just
as sweet and just as innocent as your

Carrie.

And it's in your power to keep this from
happening.

And I say if you don't exercise that
power, you are responsible for every

child that he hurts.

We already know of one other child he
molested, sir.

Now, why can't that child testify?
Because his parents won't let him,

No, sir, they want to help us, but the
DA said the child is too young.

His name is Michael.

He's three years old.

Yes, sir.

We'll be ready to start in just a few
minutes.

You all ready to carry?

Very good.

Hello, Jeremy.

What the hell are you doing here?

I represent Mr. Trager. Neil, you know
Jeremy Mitchell.

Hi, Carrie.

Oh, hey, knock it off!

Stop it! I said stop it!

Knock it off! Stop it!

Assault in front of witnesses? Jeremy,
old boy, you're slipping. Just get him

out of here.

Mr. Zabe, you and your client have no
business here.

Ms. Gallego, I'm under the impression
that there's still a public hallway.

And we're not breaking any laws. You're
intimidating the witness.

Are we?

Neil, come on, let's go sit down over
here.

And Miss Gallegos, we're ready to start.
Thank you.

Okay, Carrie.

Now you just remember everything we
said.

You can do it.

No! Carrie, are you afraid because Mr.
Traeger's here?

Carrie, he can't hurt you anymore.

He can't, honey.

I don't want to.

It's all right, sweetheart. Daddy will
take you home. Mr. Mitchell.

I am taking her home.

I'll be back.

Mr. Mitchell.

Mr. Mitchell, if you take her out of
here, then he wins now. Don't you get

Could I just talk to you for a second?

Would it do any good if her father went
in with her? Too upset to make herself

fresh. What about Mary Beth?

Maybe.

I'll see if the foreman will allow...

An investigating officer to assist me.

Mr. Mitchell, would you please wait?

There's nothing more to say. We're going
home. No, I think it's a mistake, sir.

She brought it up. I think it's bad if
she gives up in the middle.

I don't care what you think, detective.

You're her father. Why don't you give
her an opportunity to get rid of it?

let her carry it around like some secret
the rest of her life.

She needs to talk about it. Well, she
doesn't have to talk to the grand jury.

She talks to me, or she talks to her
therapist.

No, sir. It's not the same thing.

This way, maybe she helps another little
child.

This way, what she says makes a
difference.

Gary, sweetheart, do you want to go into
that courtroom or not?

It's up to you, sir.

Whatever you decide, it's okay.

You're scared.

Oh, sweetie.

I'll tell you the truth.

I get scared every time I go to court.

I bet your father does, too.

But I'll tell you something that helped
me not be scared.

Carrie, I imagine I got a friend sitting
right in front of me, and I look right

in her eyes, and I talk to my friend.

And I forget about the people in the
room, and I talk to my friend.

You could try that, maybe.

We can't imagine a friend.

Mr. Mitchell!

Mr. Mitchell.

Detective Lacey can be present during
the hearing. The foreman has agreed.

Harry, understand what she said.

You don't have to imagine a friend
because you could talk to me in there.

Can you talk to me?

Yes.

It's not your choice, Rita.

But you don't have to.

Hey, honey, give me your hand.

Now listen.

You hang on to my hand, and you keep
looking at me, all right?