All language subtitles for JAG S05E24 Body Talk.eng

Mom?

Mom?

Mom?

Mom, wake up.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Harm?

Hey, what brings you to town? I'd guess
reserve duty but you're in civilian attire.

Personal business.

You wanna talk about it over lunch?
I have time. I'll make a call.

Is there a problem?

You know my father murdered
my mother.

- Yeah, he's doing a life sentence.
- In Leavenworth.

- Leavenworth?
- He was a Navy captain.

I just found out
a certain JAG attorney

convinced an appellate court
to grant him a new trial.

Teresa, I didn't know that
Captain Chaddock was your father.

I found my mother's body.
I'm all over the transcripts.

You're listed as
"daughter of the victim."

You don't have the same last name
as your father.

That was ten years ago.
Why are you doing this?

Your father's defence attorney
was 26 years old,

it was his first murder trial,

he conducted ineffective
cross-examination,

he failed to interview key witnesses.

It doesn't matter, Harm.
He was guilty then and he's guilty now.

- You weren't there, Teresa.
- Yeah, well, neither were you.

I've written her so many times
in the past ten years, I've lost count.

She never wrote back.
She never called.

- I'm dead to her.
- Not anymore, captain.

Teresa is aware of the retrial, sir.

She's asked me to drop the case.

She thinks I'm guilty.
Has she convinced you?

Sir, I'm convinced that you didn't get
a fair trial the first time.

Well, I can't blame her.

Letting the stress of my command
eat me alive,

trading my family for a bottle.

And my two biggest regrets:

Abusing my wife
and forcing Teresa to hate me.

Captain, your daughter
is a forensic pathologist.

She's worked on a couple cases
with me.

- We have become quite close, sir.
- What are you trying to say to me?

- That you two are...?
- Captain, we're just friends.

But...

- Worried about a conflict of interest?
- Well, aren't you, sir?

No.

You're a principled man.

If anything, you'd overcompensate.

You've given me hope, commander.
Don't jump ship on me now.

He's playing you.

I've known this man for 33 years.

Well, you've known him
for 23 years, actually.

You haven't seen him
in the past ten.

Have you considered
paying him a visit?

- No.
- Why not?

Look, there was a time
that I loved my father.

I won't let him trade on that.

I understand how you feel.

And do you understand how he feels?
He needs my support.

I'm the prosecution's chief witness.

- I'm gonna defend him, Teresa.
- What?

I can't just walk away.
I brought him this far.

What about me?
I've been there for you.

I'm sorry.

Irene. Oh, come in.

What a pleasant surprise.
Nice to see you.

Please, have a seat. You look great.

Oh, thank you, admiral.

Are you all right?

Oh, God. This isn't easy for me.

But at my father's funeral you did say
that if I ever needed any help,

I shouldn't hesitate to ask.

And I meant it. Your father said
the same thing to me

when I transferred
into the JAG Corps.

And did you ever
take him up on it, sir?

More times than I care to count.

What can I do for you?

There's an empty plot
next to my mom and dad in Arlington,

and I'd like to reserve it for myself.

Okay.

Have you talked to anyone
in the Arlington administration?

Oh, yes, sir. They told me
that sites can't be reserved.

And since my family plot
is already filled,

my only options are
an assigned site or cremation.

And you thought
I could talk to someone?

This is presumptuous of me, sir.
I'm sorry.

No, no, no.
Let me think, let me think.

I hope this doesn't sound insensitive
on my part,

but, Irene, you are still a young
woman. Why deal with this now?

Why not concentrate
on the life ahead of you?

That would be three months, sir.

I've been diagnosed
with pancreatic cancer.

Hi, Mac.
Haven't seen you all morning.

Reading.

I heard your retrial involves
Commander Coulter's father.

Yeah, one of those moments
where two lives intersect,

there's not a traffic light in sight.

- How's she taking it?
- Oh, about as you'd expect.

- Bud's been assigned second chair.
- Good, I could use the help.

You really think
you can turn this one around?

Yeah. It's all circumstantial, Mac.

- Yeah, but the circumstances lay out.
- How would you know?

Just finished scanning
the trial summary.

Why?

I've been assigned prosecution.

Welcome
to Arlington National Cemetery.

We are open 365 days of the year.

A menu of options follows.

Press 1 to schedule
an interment or inurnment.

Press 2 for gravesite locations.

Press 3...

Press 1 to schedule an inurnment.

Press 2 to schedule a ground burial.

Interment processing.

Please provide
the following information.

Speak slowly and clearly.

What are the last four digits
of your social security number?

Nine, eight, five, two.

What is your height?

Six foot three inches.

- How deep would you like your plot?
- What?

When will you be expecting
to need it?

- Good God.
- When will you...?

That's it there, 42.

Captain French,
in the transcripts of the first trial,

you testified you heard an argument
from the Chaddock quarters

the day that Ellen Chaddock died?

Yes. We were billeted
across the way.

Now, I realise
it was ten years ago, sir,

but do you recall anything
other than the argument?

Anything that might have suggested
a struggle?

A week earlier, but not on that day.

Captain, was this typical behaviour
for the Chaddocks?

Actually, Captain Chaddock
did most of the shouting.

In fact, that was the only time
I ever heard Ellen raise her voice,

except when she yelled
at her son-in-law.

Something happen
with the son-in-law, sir?

Yeah. I saw them screaming at each
other, right in front of her door there.

Do you remember
when that was, captain?

That was the day before.

- The murder?
- Yes.

I wasn't the only one
who witnessed it either.

A repairman from Public Works
was in their house at the time.

Captain, why didn't you reveal
this before, sir?

I did. I informed
the Naval Investigative Service

when they first interviewed me.

They didn't seem interested.

Why do you wanna talk
to my ex-husband?

- Did he call you?
- For the first time in nine years.

He was arguing with your mother
the day before she was murdered.

You're not gonna try to pin this
on Rory?

Look, commander,
I'm just digging a little deeper.

Something your father's
first attorney didn't do.

No, you're not digging,
you're building.

You're really gonna try
to make something out of this?

The NIS sat on it
the first time around, ma'am.

We assume it was because
they had their suspect

- and didn't wanna clutter the field.
- Look, it was nothing.

I told my mother
that I might be moving,

Rory might be taking a job
out of town.

She was upset. She thought
she'd never see me again.

He came over to borrow the
lawn mower and she just laid into him.

- Commander...
- Do you know why he left me?

My grief was too much for him.

This is why your theory doesn't work.

He could never have done it.
He was weak.

Rory doesn't confront his problems,
he runs from them.

A word of warning.
I would not divulge

unsolicited information
to the defence.

Oh, that's very clever.

Refer to yourselves in the third person
so you don't have to make it personal.

This isn't personal, it's professional.

The two are not mutually exclusive.

Well, in this case, they have to be.

Harm, if you value our friendship,

you'll drop Rory as a suspect.

Get his address, Bud.

Her mother was upset
because of this job I wanted to take.

What was it?

The assistant head of security
for a computer company in California.

- A big step up for me.
- And what did she say to you?

That there was no way
she was gonna let me

take her daughter that far away.

Well, how did she plan
to stop you, Mr. Coulter?

She said she had ways.

- Well, did you believe her?
- Not really.

Then why didn't you take the job?

They changed their mind,
offered it to someone else.

You have a criminal record?

I stole a car when I was 18.

Did you put that on the application?

- What is this?
- I just think it would be of interest

to somebody in a position of hiring
a member of a security team, that's all.

I made up for my mistakes
by working hard.

I had three letters
of recommendation.

Did Mrs. Chaddock
know about the record?

I guess.

Well, maybe that's what she meant by
she had ways to stop you.

She was threatening to call
the company and tell them.

She did call the company
and tell them, didn't she?

That's why they withdrew
the job offer.

I don't know what happened.

Mr. Coulter, where were you the day
your mother-in-law was murdered?

Am I a suspect here?

Just answer the question,
Mr. Coulter.

I think I need a lawyer.

This stinks.

Well, that shook him up, huh?

He is a credible suspect, sir.
Motive, no alibi.

And no jacket.

- Mr. Coulter...?
- Bud.

Hey, if he wants it,
he'll come back for it.

- Commander.
- Sir, your seat is here.

You haven't aged a day.
It's your mother's genes.

She always looked younger
than she was.

Sir?

Is this it?

You're never gonna
speak to me again?

Say something.
Even if it's to damn me to hell.

One, Captain Chaddock had
a documented history of drunkenness.

Two, when he was drinking,
he threatened his wife with violence.

Three, Ellen Chaddock kicked him
out of their house

one week prior to her death
for physically assaulting her.

Four, Captain Chaddock returned,
he and Ellen fought,

and an eyewitness saw
him leaving his house

one hour before she was found dead
of massive head trauma.

In short, Captain Thomas Chaddock
was a troubled, out-of-control officer

who murdered his wife
in a drunken rage.

The government's case is based purely
on circumstantial evidence.

There is no proof
that Captain Chaddock

had been drinking on the day
of Ellen Chaddock's murder.

There is no eyewitness to a murder,
not even to an assault.

It's all inference. There is no case.

Captain Chaddock is not the man
responsible for his wife's murder.

There was a general ruckus,
him yelling, her yelling back.

I heard nothing for a minute or two,

and then I saw the captain
exit the house.

- At approximately what time, sir?
- It was about 1545.

- What condition was he in, captain?
- He was drunk.

- Did he say anything at this point, sir?
- Yes.

He yelled, "You happy now?"

And then he got in his car
and drove off.

And what did you assume
he meant by that?

Objection. Calls for speculation.

- Sustained.
- I'll rephrase.

Sir, what was the tone
of Captain Chaddock's voice

at the time he yelled this remark?

Angry, self-satisfied.

- Like he'd made his point, sir?
- Yes.

Thank you. Your witness.

Sir, how close were you
to Captain Chaddock

when he left his house?

I was about 50 feet or so.

Could you smell his breath?

Of course not.

Then how did you know
he was drunk?

- Well, he usually was.
- Move to strike, Your Honour.

The members will ignore
the witness's last comment.

Captain, you stated
that Captain Chaddock

seemed angry and self-satisfied
when he yelled, "You happy now?"

- That's right.
- Couldn't he have been indicating

in a petulant way that,
in accordance with his wife's wishes,

he would stop bothering her
and be out of her life?

I don't know. I suppose.

What'd you do after you saw
Captain Chaddock drive off, sir?

Well, I was building a train set
in the den.

I went inside to work on it.

So you saw and heard nothing
from this point on?

That's correct.

Did you witness an argument the day
before between Ellen Chaddock

- and her son-in-law, Rory Coulter?
- Yes.

Do you know what that argument
was about, sir?

Well, I was pulling up
in my car at the time.

I didn't hear what was being said.
But they were upset at each other.

How would you describe
the son-in-law's attitude?

Angry.

- Hostile?
- Very.

No further questions, Your Honour.

The House and Senate are deadlocked
over eligibility criteria at Arlington.

Until they can agree,
everything's up in the air.

And in the meantime?

The person can file
a special written request

after the death of the person
in question.

Well, the individual in this case
is the person in question.

Well, the family can do it.

Her family, namely
the mother and father, are both dead.

They are the ones next to whom
she'd like to be buried.

- I'm afraid those are the rules.
- They don't work.

- Apparently not in this case.
- Apparently not in any case

where the individual has to file
a request posthumously.

- Admiral, I'm failing to see where l...
- Where is this site?

- What's the name?
- Admiral Leslie Charlton.

Charlton.

Okay. You wanna come with me?

- Admiral Charlton lies there.
- Well, it's the one next to it.

The one in red.
That's the one she wants.

- Well, that site's occupied.
- No, it's not.

She's been there.
There's no marker.

I can only tell you
what the chart says.

You can tell me the truth
or I'll walk out there with a spade

and check it out myself.

It's been reserved.

Well, isn't there
a no-reservation policy?

Yes, there is.

So who's the lucky stiff?

Admiral, I'm not in a position
to reveal that.

Exactly what position
will make you change your mind?

Lieutenant Commander Coulter,
are you related

to the victim and the accused?

The victim was my mother.
The accused is my father.

Would you tell us about your mother's
relationship with your father?

My father started drinking
when I was in junior high.

At first, he would just come home
and, you know, crash.

But by the time I turned 18,

he was berating my mother
on a daily basis.

The day that I graduated from college,
he spent the whole day insulting her.

And that night
she told him to shut up.

And he pointed his finger in her face

and said that if she ever said
that again, he'd kill her.

What happened the week before
your mother died?

She called me to tell me
that my father had assaulted her.

And she'd kicked him
out of the house.

Were you afraid for her?

Yes. I went to see her every day
after that to check up.

Was that why you were there
the day you found her body?

- Yes.
- Thank you.

No more questions.

Lieutenant Commander Coulter,

you were married to Rory Coulter
at the time of your mother's death?

- Yes.
- And prior to that,

did you tell her that Mr. Coulter
had accepted a job in California

and that you'd be leaving town?

- Commander?
- Yes.

How would you characterise
the relationship between your mother

and your husband at that time?

They didn't get along.

Thank you.

Mac, we need to talk.

- Not about desperate theories.
- It's the real thing, ma'am.

- It's misdirection, gentlemen.
- May I remind you, colonel,

there was an unidentified hair found
on Ellen Chaddock's body?

The operative word being
"unidentified."

- Bud.
- The hair was a direct DNA match

to a hair that we found
on Rory Coulter's jacket.

Drop the charges, colonel,
they won't stick.

Rory Coulter's hair on
Ellen Chaddock's body proves nothing.

If we assume that Ellen Chaddock
had a shower that morning,

it indicates that Coulter
was at the house that day.

Only if he'd never been there before.
He was their son-in-law.

There was a bathroom
near the bedroom.

I'm sure he used it more than once.

The hair could have been there
for days, weeks,

- on a cushion or a towel.
- Ma'am, you have to admit,

we have as much, if not more,
circumstantial evidence

to support our theory as you do.

If you're that confident,
prove it in court.

Commander? Lieutenant?

I have that information you requested
on that repairman.

A Petty Officer Ramon Arguente
was assigned at Chaddock residence

on August 25th, 1989.

Problem is,
he was discharged in 1994.

I do, however, have a fax
on the work order from that day.

We need the man,
not the paper, gunny.

I have three addresses since then, sir.
Last known, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1998.

And the landlord said
he headed north.

- Let me see that.
- Yes, sir.

Work order to replace
a propane heating unit.

You don't suppose there's a note
about him witnessing an argument?

Yeah.

Excuse me, admiral. I wasn't able
to get General Piper's phone number.

- But this is his address.
- Thank you, Tiner.

- Civilian on deck.
- Hi. Hi, come in, come in.

Dr. Sidney Walden, this is my yeoman,
P.O. Jason Tiner.

We've talked, ma'am.
If there's anything you want,

coffee, water, soft drinks,
just let me know.

I'm fine for now.

Why don't I get all three, ma'am,
in case you change your mind?

Sir.

You look luminous.

And you look vigorous.

- Are you free for lunch?
- Bigger question:

Dinner, Saturday night?

New restaurant in Fairfax,
Tuscan cuisine.

Now, I know we officially
don't have a date, but...

We do now.

Admiral, did we?

- Oh, excuse me, sir. This can wait.
- No, no, no.

Dr. Sidney Walden,
this is Commander Harmon Rabb.

I've heard so much
about you, commander.

You must be the doctor.

Hasn't that been established?

Yeah, I'm sorry, ma'am.
I'm just a little preoccupied.

It's a pleasure to meet you and,

well, I trust this won't be
the last time.

Oh, let's make sure of that.
I understand you're seeing someone.

Maybe the four of us can socialise
at some point.

Oh, well, I'll look forward to that.

Sir. Ma'am.

Mr. Coulter, I'm Lieutenant Colonel
Sarah MacKenzie.

I'm prosecuting Captain Chaddock's
murder trial.

- I can't talk to you.
- For just a few minutes.

I have an attorney now.
These are his rules.

It's in both our interests. Your story
helps me counter the defence theory.

You're a prosecutor.
You can file charges on me.

- It's a military trial.
- What's to stop a civilian trial?

- It's in the papers.
- The district attorney's office

would have to get involved.
I haven't heard a peep.

Sorry.

Will you talk to someone else?

Take as much time
as you need. Okay.

- Here.
- Oh, no, it's all right. It's okay.

- How are you?
- Did you kill my mother?

- No, Teresa.
- Then why are you acting like you did?

I'm just trying to protect myself.
Things are getting out of hand.

I remember that job
meant a lot to you.

- Enough to kill someone?
- I know you didn't like her, Rory.

Because she didn't like me.

All I know is, once she was gone,
so were you.

Hey, who's been talking to you?
Your dad killed your mother.

You know it, I know it,
and, with God's help,

the members of that jury will know it.

When did you find God?

Right after I found out
I was a suspect.

- You look tired.
- So do you.

Sounds familiar, huh?

I didn't know a party was going on.

- Look, please tell the general...
- Admiral.

Welcome.
What, you didn't bring the wife?

- I'm not married.
- Oh, that's right.

You're someone I've never met.

Bad timing, general.

- Maybe I should contact you at...?
- No, no, no.

Not until you wish me
a happy retirement

and I get you a glass
of 18-year-old Scotch.

- Two fingers of Lockleary.
- Right away, sir.

General, I turn my back
for one second...

Marjorie.

- Meet Admiral...
- A.J. Chegwidden.

Oh, nice to meet you, admiral.

The general promised me a dance
but apparently he's forgotten.

I'm just greeting my guests, Marjorie.

Say, would it be an imposition

if I asked you to prepare
a plate of food for the admiral?

It'll cost.

I'll be right back.

She's been on the hunt
ever since her husband died.

What can I do for you, admiral?

Well, general,
this is incredibly awkward.

But the daughter of an old friend
of mine has a terminal illness.

Both he and his wife
are buried at Arlington

and she's requested the plot
next to her parents.

- Understandable.
- That plot has been promised to you.

Well, I'm old enough to predate
the no-reservation policy, admiral.

It has a view of the sunset,
you know.

Well, it seemed like a good idea
at the time.

Frankly, I can't think of anything
less interesting right now than dying.

Well, general,
I don't want you to think

I am applying pressure to you
in any way.

Of course I do.

I'll relinquish my rights
to the superintendent.

- Thank you, sir.
- If you do me one favour.

By all means.

- Mac?
- If this is about Commander Coulter...

It's about Rory Coulter.

Well, I don't wanna discuss him.
He's your suspect, not mine.

He's everybody's suspect now, colonel.
His lawyer just called.

He skipped town.

I know Rory, colonel. Running away
is just part of his character.

It's not that he's guilty,

he just doesn't know
how to handle the pressure.

I have to be honest with you,
commander. It's not looking good.

Well, then we just have to find
more evidence against my father.

Could I see the autopsy report?
Maybe I can find something.

Teresa, what will you do
if he's acquitted?

- I can't even think about that.
- Think about it.

Because if you can't forgive him
you will continue to hate him.

And that can be
a very painful way to live.

And just what would you know
about that, colonel?

My father was an abusive alcoholic.

Well, then you more than anyone
should understand exactly

where I'm coming from.

So, what do we have, Bud?

Rory Coulter finds out the morning
after the argument

with his mother-in-law
that the job offer has been withdrawn.

Suspecting that it's she
that called the company

and told them about his arrest record,
he decides to confront her.

He goes over there,

he sees the captain's car,
waits for him to leave,

then he encounters
an edgy Ellen Chaddock,

and they argue.

Let's go inside. What evidence
do we have in the bedroom?

Ellen Chaddock on the bed,
the record skipping on the turntable,

door and window closed,
and the dead fish in the tank.

So Rory could have closed the window
to muffle the sound of the assault.

The record might have been scratched
in the scuffle.

Or it could have been
scratched before.

It's the dead fish.
I don't know what to do with that one.

And neither did
the original investigators, sir.

They just wrote it off as neglect.

What if Rory Coulter was so mad
at Ellen Chaddock,

that he murdered her
and killed her fish out of spite?

Bud.

Did you find something?

Well, this says my mother died
of massive brain trauma

due to a fracture of the parietal bone
caused by a blunt object.

And?

Well, those determinations
are out of line.

And the brain swelling
indicated here

couldn't have been sufficient
to cause her death.

- We need to order an exhumation.
- I won't allow it.

Your mother didn't die
of a skull fracture.

Doesn't that make you
at least curious?

You're jumping to conclusions.

All I said was
that there was a discrepancy

between the coroner's findings
and the official cause of death.

Well, the only way to investigate it
is to exhume her body.

- I'm sorry.
- Ma'am, if you won't let us exhume,

- why are you here?
- Because she has to be.

The commander can be considered
an expert witness,

which makes her opinion
potentially exculpatory.

Teresa, just think about it for a while.
I mean, you're denying us something

that you, as a forensic pathologist,
have asked people, what?

Fifty, a hundred times?

All we're looking for
is the truth, ma'am.

Here's the truth, lieutenant.
My mother lies in peace.

Something she rarely experienced
in her life.

No one can touch her now
and I intend to keep it that way.

Enter.

Oh, lieutenant. Please, have a seat.

I'm really glad you're here.
I was going to call you.

Admiral, I just came
from the doctor's office.

I jumped the gun, sir.

After we talked, I went,
I got a second opinion,

and my first biopsy was misread.
I don't have a tumour.

I'm not gonna die. I mean, well,
just not anytime soon anyway.

I'm so excited. I can barely breathe.

Well, that's wonderful.

Yeah, and I'm sorry I made you
go through this drama with me, sir.

And I know you must have
just twisted yourself into knots

trying to figure out
how to help me with my request.

And even if you could have
pulled it off, I mean,

I would have felt really terrible
holding onto a plot that long.

You were right, admiral.

It is much better to concentrate
on where I am now

than where I'm going to end up.

Well.

Irene, you have a good life.

I intend to, sir.

What kind of a drunk
were you, captain?

An angry one.

You ever direct this anger
at your wife, sir?

- Quite often.
- Why?

Because she wasn't perfect.

That's what I expected from people.

That's what I asked of my men.

- Do you think that this was fair, sir?
- No, it was twisted.

My wife deserved better from me.

I was not up to being her husband.

I was weak and full of self-Ioathing.

- Did you ever consider leaving her?
- No.

Because then I would have no one
to blame for my unhappiness.

Did your wife ever try
to leave you, captain?

Ellen would never go out on her own.
She was too dependent.

Though she did throw me out
of the house once.

- Tell us about that, sir.
- It was the week before she died.

We were arguing
and I lost control, then pushed her.

When she fell she whacked her head
on the bedpost.

I had threatened her often,
but it was the first time I had hurt her.

It shook me up.

- How did you react?
- I took a room in a motel.

- Did you return a week later, captain?
- Yes.

And we argued again.

I threw stuff around, but she stood fast
and stared me down.

I was furious but I knew it was over.

All I could do
was stomp out of there.

Captain, why did you yell,
"Are you happy now?"

I was trying to make the point

that she was gonna be alone
from now on,

and it was going to be hard for her.

Sir, she'd just been alone for a week.

She called me
at the motel every day.

Captain, what did you do when you
found out that your wife was dead?

I cried.

Maybe that sounds like
a pathetic plea for sympathy,

but it's the truth.

Commander,
you can exhume the body.

- Do you believe him?
- Let's just take this one step at a time.

What do you think?

It's very nice.

It's available.

Is this something you're gonna be
needing in the next 12 hours?

I'm sorry. I'm being morbid.

The restaurant was close
and I was curious.

You know, I don't know
what the general was thinking about.

The sun sets in the other direction.

This tree, now,
this tree is a problem.

It's deciduous.
It's gonna lose all its leaves in the fall,

it's gonna be a damn mess.
And this grass, I'm not crazy about it.

What is it? Well, it's a fescue.

Let's go eat.

Okay, the radiologist noted
callous formation

around the area
of Ellen Chaddock's skull fracture.

Meaning that the fracture
had begun to heal

- before she died.
- And this signifies?

That she died as a result
of other circumstances.

- And those circumstances are?
- What's hanging us up.

Sir, it's getting late and
we've gone over this a dozen times.

Seemingly unrelated clues.

Closed window, skipping record,
dead fish.

And don't forget
about the repairman.

Yeah, the unfinished repair
on the heating unit.

Where is that work order, Bud?

Is there a blood sample from
Ellen Chaddock's original autopsy?

- Yes, sir.
- We need to order a new test, Bud.

Commander, you testified that when
you entered your mother's bedroom,

the door and the window were closed
and that it was hot and stifling.

- Is this because the heat was on?
- Yes, I turned off the thermostat.

Do you know the temperature
outside at that time?

- No, I don't.
- Seventy-eight degrees.

Defence Exhibit 7, Your Honour.

Verification from
the U.S. Weather Service.

The police report notes
that your mother's fish were also dead.

- Did you take notice of this?
- Yes, briefly.

Defence Exhibit 8, Your Honour.
A copy of a work order

to replace a propane heating unit
at the Chaddock household,

Friday, August 25th, 1989,

the day before
Ellen Chaddock's death.

Is this an excursion, counsellor?

- Oh, I'm about to make my point, sir.
- I'm waiting.

Well, sir, according to handwritten
instructions on the work order,

the repairman,
Petty Officer Ramon Arguente,

states that he's run out of vent pipe.
He then instructs Ellen Chaddock

not to turn the heat on
until he finishes the repair

because it would circulate carbon
monoxide throughout the house.

Commander, how would we know

if an individual had succumbed
to carbon monoxide poisoning?

Other than evidence at the scene,
the best way is blood analysis.

And when would one test for this?

- When indicated.
- But on this day, commander,

all indications pointed
to a skull fracture

as the cause of death, didn't they?

Yes.

And the carbon monoxide in the room
would have dissipated

when you opened
the door and window, correct?

Yes.

Defence Exhibit 9, Your Honour.

A recent visual spectroscopy
of a blood sample collected

during Ellen Chaddock's
original autopsy,

indicating traces
of carbon monoxide,

which irreversibly binds
with haemoglobin.

Any haemoglobin, even that of fish.

It's admittedly difficult assessing
what was on Ellen Chaddock's mind

on the day of her death, but I ask you
to consider the circumstances.

Her son-in-law was trying to move
out-of-state with her only daughter,

she'd just suffered a skull fracture
and she was alone.

Really alone.
For the first time in 25 years.

You happy now?

Captain Thomas Chaddock,

on the charge and specification
of murder,

this court finds you not guilty.

This court-martial is adjourned.

Thank you, commander.

- Congratulations, sir.
- Thank you very, very much.

Congratulations, sir.

What you and the commander
managed to do is remarkable.

The Navy sent me to medical school.
I thought I was gonna be a doctor

but I found myself attracted
to crime scenes.

My whole life has been defined
by what happened to my mother.

Is that how you want it to remain?

I want to remember her as a person,
not a victim.

- You okay?
- I'm sorry.

- You don't have to apologise to me.
- You knew he was innocent.

Well, it was more of an instinct,
I think.

That's why you wouldn't give him up.

Come by my office
when you're done here.

I am done.

Think about it.

- You forgave your father?
- Yes.

Was it hard?

It took me a while.

- What did you say to him?
- Nothing.

He was in a coma
by the time I was ready.

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