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In the criminal justice system, the
people are represented by two separate

equally important groups.

The police who investigate crime and the
district attorneys who prosecute the

offenders. These are their stories.

People accuse you of being ruthless in
your investment philosophy, especially

considering... I'm the only one keeping
these companies honest.

There's rampant mismanagement and waste
in corporate America.

Unearned bonuses, excessive salaries.

When I buy a stake in a company, I
become a watchdog.

Some would say a rabid watchdog.

Even better.

But I'm doing it for the little guy.

The cops, the teachers, the nurses, they
own publicly traded stocks in their

401ks, in their IRAs.

I keep the fat cats honest, make them
justify decisions.

Their compensation. So you consider
yourself a public servant?

No, no, no.

I'm a capitalist.

My goal is to make money for me and for
all the other shareholders who put their

faith in the hands of executives running
publicly traded companies.

Museum of Natural History.

Prosperity. Pushing for change in the
name of the greater good.

Big party.

Oh, no, no. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

No.

Vic Thomas Hardiman, 53.

What happened?

He was hit by a taxi, 20 -03 hours.

Hit and run?

More like hit and cry.

Driver's a blubbery mess.

Said there was an altercation. Vic was
shoved in front of the cab.

Did you see who did the shoving? Nope.

Was there a passenger in the taxi? A
woman.

She was on a phone. Didn't see anything.

Could the driver give a description?

It was dark.

Couldn't even say if it was a man or a
woman. All he said was meet and build,

wearing some kind of brown hat, had her
knees on foot.

Okay. Pull all the Argus footage from
the area, and since there was a

have the MLI check for third -party DNA
on the Vic. Mm -hmm.

Vic's got his phone here.

And this is a very fancy wallet, so I
don't think we're looking at a robbery.

He lives at 115 -757th Street. It's near
Billionaire's Row.

Got a wedding ring.

Go deliver the news.

Till death do us part.

It would be helpful to know where your
husband was this evening, who he was

seeing? Uh, I wish I could help.

Tom and I have been separated about
three months now.

Do you know what he was doing in the
neighborhood where he was killed west of

43rd Street?

Oh, that's by the Harvard Club.

Tom went there most nights around 8 or
so.

And did your husband have any enemies,
anyone who might have threatened him?

Do you know who Tom was?

What he did?

Well, his business card just said that
he ran Broadchurch Investment Fund.

Tom wasn't just any investor.

He was an activist investor.

What does that mean?

He buys a big stake, tells them not so
nicely what they're doing wrong, how to

run their company.

Used to call those guys corporate
raiders.

So, made money, not friends.

Exactly.

How about recently? Did he get into it
with anyone in particular?

I have not kept up on his date today.

His girlfriend might know.

His girlfriend?

Some professor up at Hudson.

I don't have a name.

Sometimes it's better not to know.

And what about you?

What were you doing tonight around 8 p
.m.? I was at my book club.

Ten women married to fund managers. We
all have a lot of downtime.

Okay, well, we're...

We're going to ask you to send us some
names.

Court.

I can't believe he's really gone.

If you think of anything else.

We looked at the university social
media. Tom Hardiman was a guest lecturer

your class a few months ago, and I guess
you two hit it off.

I never meant to fall in love.

There's no one like Tom.

fearless thinker in an age of cowardly
groupthink.

What's a billionaire investor doing
giving a lecture at a college? No

I teach information asymmetry, how
knowledge translates into economic

So how were things between you two?

We made each other very happy.

Did you see Hardiman last night?

No. I was stuck on campus meeting with
students who can talk to security.

Was he receiving any threats?

Some people hated him.

or hated the way that he challenged
them, challenged their rigid, old

ways. He liked to say he could fill a
country with his enemies.

Got any names?

No, he never took them seriously.

We have to get moving.

Okay, well, if you think of anything,
any chance your husband found out about

the relationship?

Of course.

I told Mark it's why I filed for
divorce.

Nice.

All right, that text I got?

They found third -party DNA under
Hardeman's nails and on his jacket.

Any hits in CODIS? Nope, but it's male.

I said we talked to the jilted husband.

Ariana told me she was in love.

Hell, I was glad she told me. Truth is
freeing. And if Ariana wants out, that's

her right.

Pretty zen for the guy who called Tom
Hardeman over a dozen times in the past

week. Look, I want her to sit down with
the man, faith to faith.

That jackass was paying for her divorce
lawyer, bankrolling her custody site. If

I'm being ferociously honest, that
sounds like motive.

I got nothing to hide.

We met for lunch, and I told Hardiman
exactly what I thought of him. Oh,

How'd that go? Things get ugly? They
turn physical at all?

They probably would have, but some nut
job beat me to it.

What does that mean?

As Hardiman was heading for the exit,
some guy comes up, starts grabbing at

taking swings, so...

I just watched and enjoyed the show.

Okay, you got an alibi for 8 p .m. last
night?

Yeah, I was leading a seminar on the
Lower East Side, finding your truth.

You should come sometime.

Hey, so our life coach husband was
telling the truth. 62 people were

be ferociously honest for 180 bucks a
pop while Tom Hardiman was getting

in front of a cab.

I bet ferocious honesty killed more
people per year than cigarettes.

Yeah, and when my wife and I got back
together, we had one agreement. No

questions, no confessions about our time
apart.

What you don't know can't hurt you, and
what you don't say can't be used in a

custody battle.

Hey, so I pulled that video you asked
for from the restaurant. Take a look.

There's no match in facial rec, but
there was a patch on his jacket.

Okay, let's...

Do a little digging and see if anyone
was trashing Hardiman at Mercy Hospital.

Yeah.

A couple posts on social media here.

Hashtag Mercy Hospital. Hashtag Tom
Hardiman. This one from Carlos Guzman,

seems to be a nurse.

This one's a gem from a couple days ago.

Tom Hardiman has blood on his hands.
Time for retribution.

COO said he worked on the fifth floor?

On Mondays, yeah. He's on the sixth
floor the other four days.

Is that our guy right there?

Looks like it.

Carlos Guzman, NYPD, we need to talk to
you.

He's gonna rabbit.

All right, don't move. Don't move.

Don't look so surprised.

You're coming with us.

I told you I got nothing to do with any
murder. Sit down, okay?

Sit. You took swings at Tom Hardiman
outside of Midtown Bistro, and two days

later, he's dead.

You understand why we have questions?

What's her beef with the guy anyway?

Why this need for retribution?

Hardiman's fund, uh... Broadchurch
Investments.

They bought a big -ass stake in the
hospital chain I work for.

No one told us. It's not like we're
reading financial news. But all of a

there's a new head of hospital.

Then half the trauma ward gets fired.

So he downsized.

Must have ticked you off.

What ticked me off?

Empty supply closets. No pain meds for
patients.

No ventilators. The nursing staff
couldn't even get protective gear.

And so you wanted him dead.

I wanted to expose him.

People need to know the truth.

Well, it's very noble, but we think
there's something more personal.

We happen to know that your mother died
at Mercy Hospital two months after

Hardeman took over.

I mean, that would piss me off if I
found out that some suit's budget cuts

to my mom not getting the care that she
needed.

Carlos, where were you last night around
8 p .m.? At the bedside of a 28 -year

-old who died because we didn't have a
goddamn ventilator. That's his wife, his

parents.

We're two young children.

We will look into that.

Whoever offed Tom Hardiman saved lives.

Did good.

Guzman's alibi checks out.

He's kind of a hero over at Mercy, so I
think we ought to cut him loose before

that nursing staff storms his place.
Okay, do it.

These hedge funds are pillaging our
health care system.

We're also going after newspapers, toy
companies, anything.

As long as there's a green rainbow at
the end. Maybe we should look into some

Hardeman's other investments, see if
there's anyone who feels as passionately

Guzman. Well, according to the Wall
Street Journal, Hardeman's latest

was Wellpoint Therapeutics.

There's a ton of articles predicting a
brutal showdown between Hardiman and

Wellpoint's CEO.

I'm looking at Hardiman's calendar.

The last meeting he had on the day he
was killed was at Wellpoint.

Let's go.

I was shocked to hear about Tom. He's
such a young man.

You had a meeting with him on the day he
was killed?

Yeah, we met right here.

Anything strange about the meeting? Any
arguments?

I'll save you from barking up that tree.

Despite the press hoopla about a looming
showdown between us, our meeting was

cordial.

Don't believe everything you read. So he
wasn't trying to pillage your company?

No.

He bought a 24 % stake, got himself a
seat on the board, had some thoughts he

wanted to share, asked me for a one -on
-one to present his ideas, and I agreed.

And? And it was a pleasant...

productive conversation.

Mr. Munson, your conference call is
about to begin.

Ah, yes. Thank you.

I'm sorry. My assistant will see you.
Just one last thing for protocol. Where

were you last night at 8 p .m.? I was at
home reading a bedtime story to my

grandkids.

We should all be so blessed.

Okay, thank you.

Munson mentioned that his meeting was a
one -on -one.

But in Hardeman's calendar, he mentions
that he met with someone else from the

company by the name of Kevin Goodall?

Sure. He's our head of research.

Well, Hardeman wanted it to be just the
two of them, but I insisted on

attending. And why is that?

Norm founded this company 40 years ago.

He devoted his time and capital into
researching cures for rare diseases,

whereas Tom Hardeman, thank you, is a
high -end pickpocket in a Brioni suit,

trying to tell Norman Munson.

who started as a doctor and is one of
the pioneers of drug research, how to

his pharmaceutical business?

Huh. Be arrogant.

So, yeah, I wanted to be there.

Sounds like maybe things got a little
heated.

No.

No, Norm is a class act.

He refused to take the bait.

Eventually, Hardeman backed off, and the
whole thing stayed pleasantly

professional.

Did Hardeman seem distracted or
stressed?

I don't know the guy's baseline.

But the meeting was shorter than I would
have anticipated.

I thought he would have stuck around and
pressed his point.

It took about 30 minutes or so. Then he
ran out of here like he had a plane to

catch. What time was that?

6 .30. Do you know where he was going?

No, he wasn't the chatty type.

Okay, well, just so we can cross you off
the list, where were you last night at

8 p .m.?

I was at home with my wife, telling her
what a clown Hardeman is.

Was.

Just got off the phone with Goodall's
wife. She confirms he was home at 8, and

Munson's family corroborates his version
of events.

I don't know. Got 3DU of Hardeman
leaving well -pointed 6 .30, like

said. He's pacing.

Looks like he's yelling at somebody on
his phone, and then he heads off down

street, and we lose him on the cameras.

And according to his call log, at 6 .38,
he called a number registered to

Preston Cain four times.

Who's Preston Cain?

He's the chairman of Wellpoint
Therapeutics.

Yeah, I think I had a couple calls, but
I didn't pick up. And I was out one time

up here to my doorbell can.

Do you know why he came by?

Hardeman had a one -track mind. Every
call and meeting was about the same

He wanted to fire Norman Munson.

Why that?

To change the company's focus.

Redirect our R &D to big market, high
-profit therapy.

Wow, that sounds like Hardiman's M
-Home. It is.

Except the WellPoint board loves Norm.

Everyone loves Norm.

Despite the company's lackluster
financial results the past few years.

So Hardiman wanted him fired, but the
board wasn't having it?

A couple board members were on the
fence, but you're correct.

Hardiman was never going to get the
votes he needed. It was driving him

Why so much love for Norm Munson?

Look, it's not the most popular concept
these days, but Munson believes there

are things more important than profit.

He believes in a greater good.

Hardiman called you four times, and one
of the calls lasted 17 seconds. Are you

sure he didn't reach you?

He left a voicemail. I finally got what
I need. Norm Munson is a goner.

Ryan Elliott.

I'm Detective Riley. This is Lieutenant
Brady, NYPD.

We were told you worked closely with Tom
Hardiman.

Yeah, until he fired me yesterday.

Don't worry. I was throwing back Patron
shots with a half dozen colleagues when

Hardiman hit the pavement.

Sound really broken up about it. What
can I say? Guy was a prick.

The thing that really gets to me,
though, is I knew it.

but tried to convince myself that he was
actually a decent human being.

What do you know about Hardiman's
relationship with Norman Munson? He

man. He spent 50 % of his time trying to
fire his ass. Already had a successor

picked out, too.

Hardiman chose Munson's successor?

On a three -year business plan.

He shared it with the board. Munson knew
about this.

He sure did.

But he didn't care.

Told Hardiman to kiss his ass.

Well, apparently Hardeman left a
voicemail with WellPoint's chairman of

board. Preston Kane.

Yeah, something about how he finally had
what he needed to get Munson fired,

like he had some smoking gun.

And 30 minutes or so later, he was dead,
so we think there's some connection.

Whatever Hardeman discovered might have
triggered someone to kill him. I wish I

could help you, but I don't know
anything about that.

Sorry.

Okay, well, thank you for your time.

Well, one thing's clear. Munson lied to
us when he told us that meeting with

Hardiman ended in some sort of
gentleman's agreement.

Sounds like that one -on -one wasn't
quite as friendly as you suggested, huh?

Yeah, maybe he's not as warm and cuddly
as he looks.

Even a teddy bear's gonna get its back
up with some young hotshots trying to

fire him from his own damn company.

Sounds like motive.

Yeah, but I mean, what?

Munson's 70?

He doesn't seem like a killer type to
me.

And his family said that he was home at
the time of the murder. Maybe they're

covering for him. Just pull more video
from the Wellpoint offices in the crime

scene. We just need one shot of Munson,
hopefully wearing a brown hat.

And then we can get a warrant for his
DNA.

What's going on here?

Sorry, sir, you're going to step aside?
This is my company. Step aside.

Kevin Goodall, we need to talk.

We found video of you at the crime scene
and your DNA on the victim.

He's under arrest for murder.

The right to remain silent. Kevin,
what's going on? Don't talk to anyone,

Say nothing to anyone.

Can't wait.

Hey, I gotta go.

Yep, I feel it.

You have no poker face, Nolan.

It's the mystery woman, isn't it?

You're clearly smitten. No comments.

Just give me something.

How you met?

What she does?

She is a psychiatrist.

Don't say it.

No, I won't.

Because I can think of absolutely no
reason for you to be seeing a

How'd the arraignment go?

Judge Romano granted bail.

On a murder to charge?

Defense rattled off Goodall's resume.

He's got a...

Awards from the NIH, CDC, MD, PhD in
pharmacology, a member of the MAA, an

active community member who's never so
much as gotten a speeding ticket.

Not our first golden boy murderer.

Yeah. How's our evidence?

Video showing Goodall leaving Wellpoint
at 7 .30 p .m., heading in the direction

of the crime scene, and then one block
away putting on a brown hat that matches

the description from the taxi driver.

Plus, his DNA was a full match to the
third -party DNA found on the victim.

Why'd he do it?

I'm not sure yet. We know Hardiman was
gunning to fire Goodall's boss.

So let's find out what would have
happened to Goodall if Hardiman had had

way.

Otherwise, your evidence is solid.

I'm not so sure about that.

Defense just filed a motion to suppress
the DNA.

It's a Fourth Amendment violation, a
total invasion of my client's privacy.

Your Honor, the defendant voluntarily
surrendered his DNA and blood to his

employer without signing or demanding.

Any agreement that his employer keep
those records confidential.

Is this true? Only because the sample
was provided years before standard

forms, before the government was
actively assembling DNA databases to

crimes. Please tell me police at least
had a subpoena? Yes, they had reason to

believe Goodall was the killer, so we
served the company with a grand jury

subpoena to produce Goodall's DNA,
which, again, he had voluntarily

the company. This was not some wild
database goose chase.

It is an incontrovertible good for
medical researchers to provide their

and DNA in labs so that research can
proceed accurately and safely without

risk of cross -contamination. But if we
violate the privacy of these doctors

because of a technicality... You put
future life -saving research at risk

because nobody will sign up to hand over
their DNA for science.

I agree.

Your Honor, we could have gotten a
separate warrant to collect the DNA

arrest. An arrest based on this first
invasion of privacy.

Fruit of the poisonous tree.

The DNA is out.

And you won't be getting any other
warrant to get it either.

And Tom Hardiman was notorious for
ousting CEOs and installing new ones?

Correct. Did he articulate this plan to
members of the WellPoint board?

Brought it up at every meeting. Even
called me a few times. In fact, he had

proposed a specific replacement CEO.

Yes. Called him a brilliant shark.

The night Tom Hardiman was killed, he
left you an urgent voicemail, correct?

he tried to find you at home.

Correct. Do you know why?

His voicemail suggested he'd finally
found a way to get rid of Munson.

I finally got what I need.

Munson's a goner, were his words.

And if Munson wasn't gone, what would
happen to the defendant, Kevin Goodall?

Objection. Speculative.

Your Honor, the victim shared his own
well -pointed three -year business plan

with a witness.

Overruled. Mr. Kane, please answer.

Munson hired Goodall right out of
medical school.

Treated him like a son.

Hardeman told us the new CEO would clean
house, and that meant firing Goodall.

Thank you. Nothing further.

Is Kevin Goodall a capable head of
medical research?

He's excellent.

Under his oversight, how many drugs has
WellPoint patented and brought to

market? Last ten years, seven.

Are you aware he'd received four offers
from competing firms in the past year

alone for better pay?

I heard about one. The others don't
surprise me.

Kevin is a well -respected researcher,
and we knew he only stated WellPoint out

of loyalty to Norm's vision.

Do you have any reason to believe that
Kevin Goodall had financial problems?

No.

Have you ever been to Kevin Goodall's
home? Yes, once, for dinner.

Is this it on Central Park West?

Objection. Relevance.

Prosecution put forth a theory that my
client's motive was anxiety about losing

his $600 ,000 a year job.

Mr. Kane can rebut that.

I'll allow.

Mr. Kane?

Yes, this is Kevin's home.

He purchased it for $12 .7 million in
2019.

Not bad for a medical researcher.

I believe there's family money there
from real estate.

So do you have any reason to believe
that Kevin Goodall was desperate to keep

his job at WellPoint so desperate he
would kill for it?

No.

Not at all.

Defense is right. If Goodall's that
wealthy, he didn't even need to work.

would he stress about losing his job at
Wellpoint?

The motive still doesn't add up yet.

What are we missing?

This murder was emotional.

Improvised. Nobody plans to push someone
in front of a taxi.

So what set it in motion?

Maybe something happened at the
Wellpoint meeting between Hardiman,

Goodall? Something that...

Rattled Goodall?

Made him angrier. Worried enough to
kill.

I'm saying nothing.

We just want to know about the meeting
that day. If anything happened to upset

Kevin Goodall.

Do you know how many hours of rigorous,
meticulous laboratory oversight goes

into bringing a life -saving drug to
market?

It's not a job. It is a sacred
commitment.

It takes constant vigilance.

Goodall is a great researcher and a
great man.

Mr. Munson has to prepare for a call.

You got the wrong guy.

Mr. Munson did nothing wrong in that
meeting. Please stop agitating him.

How do you know he did nothing wrong?
Were you there?

I attend all of Mr. Munson's meetings.
I'm with him the entire workday. Okay,

then why don't you just tell us what
went down? Did Hardeman threaten Munson?

Did he threaten Goodall?

I can't answer any further questions.

Just so you know, the DA can subpoena
you to appear in court.

I can't speak.

I'm bound by New York state law.

What law?

HIPAA.

I'm Norman Munson's nurse.

Here we go.

Munson's assistant, before this, he
spent five years working at the

Garden facility in Queens.

What is that?

Memory care facility.

According to his financials, Munson made
three large payments

this year to a doctor, Naomi Mizkami.

She's a neurologist.

That's it.

That's the smoking gun Hardiman was
looking for.

Norman Munson had dementia.

Somehow, Hardiman discovered Munson's
dementia at that meeting.

Well, he must have.

It was a pretty late meeting.

In my father's last years.

He struggled to stay sharp, but after an
hour, especially in the afternoon, his

basic recall always failed. He could
tell every detail of what happened in

childhood, but he would forget what he
had for breakfast.

I remember the shame on his face when he
couldn't find an answer. It was

heartbreaking.

So Munson tripped up and Hardeman saw
it.

Goodall saw it.

My guess?

That's why Goodall was in the meeting to
begin with.

He spent a lot of time with Munson. He
had to know about Munson's decline.

He was guarding the secret. Because if
the board found out about Munson's

dementia... Forget about votes.

That would force his dismissal.

So, Hardeman was going to expose
Munson's condition, have him fired.

That still only gets you halfway to
motive.

Why would Goodall kill to keep Munson
the CEO?

You said he was rich, had job options.

I know. I've been digging into Goodall's
life. He was the...

Further thing from desperate, he donated
lots of money to tens of thousands to

various schools, hospitals.

Whatever motivated him, his wife seemed
to know.

She vouched for his alibi, right?

He lied to police about what time he got
home. There's no way she's going to

talk to us. When Goodall's wife lies,
she weighed privilege.

Give it a shot. Track her down.

Rachel Goodall, her housekeeper said
she's been here since 7 a .m. Yeah, Mrs.

Goodall's an early bird.

Always here at the crack of dawn.

Here we are.

Do you mind?

The kids are fragile.

Leukemia, batten disease.

Here for our trial.

Mrs.

Goodall is over there.

I am not talking to you. Please leave.

We just have some questions. Please. I'm
not going to help you with anything. We

can subpoena you.

That is the least of my concerns.

Hi, sweetie.

What's your name?

Kevin, good old daughter.

She can't speak?

Batten disease.

It's brutal.

It erodes the ability to communicate.

On top of the seizures, the
disorientation, the eventual blindness.

Oh, it's all kids.

Symptoms present around the age of six.

From that point, the body eventually
starts deteriorating.

You're running the trials for Wild
Point, correct? We're one year in.

How's it going? How are you?

Close to a cure.

We're getting close, but we're still a
few years out.

The survival rate for Patton is under
2%. That's why we're working around the

clock. It's the only chance he'll get
that.

Thanks.

Goodall didn't kill Hardiman to save his
job. He killed Hardiman to save his

daughter's life.

So if Hardiman had been able to install
his new...

profit -driven CEO at WellPoint, what
would have been his first order of

business? Eliminate budget waste.

Elaborate.

WellPoint spends a fortune on small
market research into rare diseases.

Hardeman wanted WellPoint moving to
cholesterol, blood pressure, weight loss

drugs, products with bigger markets.

So some WellPoint trials would have
ended.

Immediately. Had he done this before?

Cut drug research mid -trial in other
firms that he invested in?

So I made his money.

Did Tom Hardiman share his proposed
budget cuts with the WellPoint board?

Yes. He gave them a list.

I'm going to show you what was
previously marked as Exhibit 5. Was this

was presented in June. A list of drug
research he wanted to end at WellPoint.

Yes. Is Batten disease included on
Hardiman's cut list?

Among others, yes.

Your Honor.

I'd like to submit a photograph.

Objection. This was from a hospital
newsletter, Your Honor. It's publicly

available.

I'll allow it.

This was taken at a Mount Hope Hospital
event celebrating the strength and

courage of children fighting Batten
disease and participating in WellPoint's

Phase I trials.

Please, could you read the caption
aloud?

Dr. Kevin Goodall with his wife and
daughter, Emily, a patient battling

disease.

So if Munson had been removed, that
would have been a de facto death

for Kevin Goodall's daughter.

Objection. Withdrawn.

No further questions.

Did Tom Hardiman have the power to fire
Norman Munson?

He did not. Do you have any evidence
that Tom Hardiman, or anyone for that

matter, had amassed the board votes to
fire Munson?

It was Tom's plan. Yes or no?

Had he assembled the votes?

Not that I know of. So the idea of what
Munson's replacement might change at

Wellpoint, it's total speculation on top
of complete impossibility, which means

my client had no reason to kill Mr.
Hardiman.

Nothing further.

If the state's full, as it might seem,
the only way to win this is to prove

Hardeman knew Munson had dementia and he
was going to use that to force them

out. How? We can't get access to
Munson's medical records, let alone

them in court without violating HIPAA.
We have to call Munson to the stand.

Based on what?

Hardeman's plans to fire him.

And then?

I find a way to trip him up and reveal
that his mental acuity is diminished.

That does not feel right, Nolan, for a
lot of reasons.

Look, you can always plead this to a
lesser charge.

Put the man into a moving car, that's
murder.

Or manslaughter.

He was acting under extreme emotional
disturbance.

He was panicked that the idea a new CEO
would abandon that into this research,

that his daughter's life was in
jeopardy. He gave Goodall the right to

what company shareholders can and can't
know.

Look what happened to Bidens in a circle
when the world was questioning his

fitness to serve. No one thought they
had the right to keep that secret.

Norman Munson is not a commander -in
-chief. And by all accounts, in the

portion of the world he does control, he
did nothing but good.

You want to humiliate him on the stand
to help the Wall Street guys get richer?

Hardiman's fund still owns a 24 % stake.
If Munson goes, they'll end research,

medical research, to save children's
lives.

Children we saw, Nolan.

And we're doing this to send a devoted
doctor and father to prison for life to

get justice for a corporate raider?

We don't get to rate our victims or
defendants. But Munson, he's a bystander

all this.

Show me any other way.

We are prepared to offer murder, too.

But we'll recommend 15 to 20 years,
which is the gift for charge of this

magnitude. Your case is weak, Nolan.
That's why you're here. We're here

we're offering a lifeline to your client
and his daughter.

Meaning what?

If you plead this out, no one will ever
find out about Norman Manson's dementia.

Dementia? That's absurd.

Well, Point is going to continue its
research into Batten disease, find a

And your daughter will live.

This is one of the more brazen threats
I've heard all year.

Take this to verdict.

You run two risks.

One, expose Norman Munson's cognitive
issues, which means Munson is gone as

before the judge even sends the jury off
to deliberate. Two, you will face a

much harsher sentence than 15 to 20.

Well, we're not going to lose.

So we'll see you in court.

One more thing. I mentioned to Judge
Draven I have a scheduling conflict in

morning, so we'll be calling Norman
Munson late in the day.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

I hope he's not too tired.

Were you considering retirement?

Not at all. I love working.

Do you know of any situation that could
force your termination?

For example, if you were convicted of a
crime.

In that case, I'm out.

What if you were caught deceiving the
board or shareholders?

I'd be removed.

What if you were deemed medically
incapable of fulfilling your duties?

They would have to.

Remove me. Your Honor, relevance.

We have been at this for an hour, and
the witness has made it clear he was not

about to retire or be fired from
Wellpoint Therapeutics, despite all of

Price's dire hypotheticals. I'm getting
there, Your Honor.

Defense asks he get there tomorrow.

It's late.

Requesting an adjournment.

Continue, but swiftly.

So, Mr. Munson, once more, for the
record.

You had and have no intention of
abandoning your position as CEO of

Correct. One more question.

It's the easiest one of the day.

How did you get here today?

Look.

How did you get to this courthouse?

Your Honor, relevance overruled.

Don't know I don't understand you
arrived at this courthouse Two hours

I'm simply asking that you tell us how
you got here

What's the question?

It's just how you got here today. I'm
asking how you got to court today.

My car.

You came here by car?

Yes, yes. A beautiful blue BMW
convertible.

We were right around with the top down
all summer.

Do you remember that?

Do I remember?

Mr. Munster.

Go now.

Judge, we'd like to meet in chambers.

I understand you've reached an agreement
on a plea. Yes, Your Honor. The

defendant has agreed to plea to a charge
of murder in the second degree. We

recommend a 15 -year prison term.

Mr. Goodall, do you understand the terms
of this deal?

I do, Your Honor.

Rachel.

Rachel.

I'm sorry.

There was no other way.

Tell Emily I love her.

I was willing to give up his freedom,
his whole life for his daughter.

The greater good.