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In the criminal justice
system,

the people are represented

by two separate,
yet equally important groups:

the police,
who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Ooh.

I know, buddy.
I know it's cold.

Hello?

Oh, plenty of room at the end.

Banjo?

What is it, boy?

Ugh.

Vagrant flagged down
a squad car up the block.

Dude was freaked.
Said his dog had found a body.

The little fella's pretty cute.

The dog or the vagrant?

Each of these storage spaces

belong to one of the condos
upstairs.

Ooh, damn. Whew.

Yeah, it's pretty ripe.
You're gonna want this.

Helps hide the smell.

Yeah.
I'm good with that, though.

I'm good too.

Lock was clipped.

The door to the exterior was
pried open too.

Ew. All right.

Female, from the looks of it.

Not a very tall one if she
could fit inside this suitcase.

No, definitely
on the shorter side.

Um, didn't find any ID,

and based on decomposition and
the amount of accumulated dust,

I'd say she's been down here
a long time.

Like months, not weeks.

Jesus, somebody just
left her down here to rot?

I can't take this no more, man.

Give me the smell stuff.
I changed my mind.

Thank you.

We need to talk to whoever
owns the apartment

the storage unit 9F belongs to.

Uh, it's going to be tricky.

9F is owned by a man
named Zhang Tao.

Why is that tricky?

Well, he owns the unit,
but he doesn't live in it.

His referral address
is in Shanghai.

As far as I know, he's never
even set foot in the place.

So the owner rents it out?

No, it's just sitting there
unoccupied.

It's true for
most of the units.

Rich dudes from other countries
bought them all up.

You telling me this giant,

brand-new building
is basically empty?

I guess it's
a good investment

or tax shelter or--
I don't know.

Must be a smart money move
somehow,

'cause they're all doing it.

Ah, housing crisis brought to
you by conspicuous consumption.

So who would have access
to the basement storage units?

Well, w-we've currently
got about 27 residents

actually living in the units,
so any of them, obviously.

But honestly--
Could have been anyone.

Narrows it down.

Yeah, word spread
around the neighborhood

about the building being empty,

so people keep
breaking into the basement.

Got any cameras down there?

Yeah, of course.
I can get you the footage.

Yeah, we'll need
everything you got

for the last few months.

System only stores the data
for a couple weeks.

Sorry, guys.

The body was in rough shape.

She'd been in that suitcase for
four or five months at least.

Cause of death appears
to be a cervical fracture

between the C1
and C2 vertebrae.

- Somebody snapped her neck.
- Mm-hmm.

Based on everything I'm seeing,

I'm comfortable
ruling this a homicide.

Were you able to ID her?

The skin on her fingers was
too decomposed

to get a clean print.

I ran her DNA through
the system, but no luck.

What can you
tell us about her?

She was Caucasian.

Analysis of the
pubic symphysis,

cranial sutures,
and sternal ribbons

tells me she was post-puberty,
but not by much.

Likely in her late teens
or early 20s.

Any distinct characteristics

that might
make her easier to identify?

She did have a tattoo
on her left forearm.

The fluorescence spectrometer

was able to pick up
the pigment.

You can just make out
the letters.

MCF.

Confirmed with the
Chinese embassy that Zhang Tao,

the owner of the storage unit
where the body was found,

has never actually traveled
to the United States.

And similar to the
building security system,

the street cams in the area
only store data for two months.

There's no footage from
around the time of the murder.

What about forensics?

Well, the techs were able
to pull a partial print

off the suitcase.

Okay, wonderful.
Actual evidence.

But no hits in the system.

There's always a chance that
the print belongs to our vic.

Significantly less wonderful.

Okay, so we don't know
who our victim is,

we have no suspects,
and we have no leads.

It's a tough one, Lou.

Start with
identifying our vic.

A young girl missing
for that long?

Somebody must have noticed.

We get about 13,000 missing
person reports annually.

And that's just
for New York City.

Statewide,
the number is way higher.

The majority are between
15 and 25 years old.

Same age as our vic.

So we're looking for
a needle in a haystack.

It might not be that bleak.

Most cases are
resolved quickly,

and it's common for one person
to rack up multiple reports.

And you get a lot
of repeat customers?

Kids run away from home,
get found,

returned, then do it again.

It's hard to stay disappeared,
given today's technology.

The number of
current open cases

is much smaller,
only a couple hundred.

Is it possible to search
based on what we know

about our vic?

The reports are
all streamlined

into a database we can filter.

You said she was in her teens
or early 20s?

Correct.

White with black hair
and a tattoo on her arm.

Right arm or left?

Left.

Eight hits.

Do you know
what the tattoo was of?

The letters MCF.

That one's a flower.
That one's a butterfly.

Zodiac sign.

No dice.

You said a lot
of missing persons

are reported multiple times.

Is there any way to
run the same search

but on closed cases?

Worth a shot.

Got her.

Lucia Falasco, 18, former
gymnastics phenom from Queens.

Her birthday was
last month,

so she was 17 when
she was murdered.

Ran away from home twice
last year.

Who filed the reports?

Guy named Craig Valparaiso.

Yeah, he was
Lucia's gymnastics coach.

And according to state records,

Valparaiso took full custody
of her when her mother,

Maureen Claire Falasco,
died three years ago.

MCF.

Sounds like Lucia
was trying pretty hard

to get away from this guy.

Been missing
for over five months.

He didn't call it in this time.

Find out why.

Stay focused, stay focused.

Tighten up your form.

You're losing it.

You think that was acceptable?

You think that's how you win?

Think we can ease up there
a little bit, chief.

What do you want?

We'd like to talk to you
about Lucia Falasco.

I'm not interested.

Let's do it again,
and this time, actually try.

I'm sorry, we said
"we'd like to talk to you"

as if you had a choice.

We're Homicide detectives.
Lucia is dead.

What?

So why don't we go downtown?
We can chat there.

I swear I didn't kill Lucia.

I could never--

You what? You what?

Cared about her?

Because from what I hear,

you didn't seem too concerned

when two cops showed up
and mentioned her name.

I thought they were gonna say
she got into some trouble,

that she needed help with bail
or something.

I didn't know she was dead!

If you didn't know
she was dead,

why didn't you
report her missing?

You're her legal guardian.

She'd been gone
at least five months.

Because I'd already been
through that circus twice.

She just--
she didn't want to be with me.

She kept running away, so--

and she took off again
about six months ago.

I just figured--

Figured what?

You'd let her
fend for herself?

She was going to be 18 soon,

and then she could do whatever
she wanted anyway.

What were you doing that made
her want to leave so badly?

I know what you're implying.

There was nothing like that
going on.

I never touched her.

Not in anger, not in any way.

Well, it's very unusual

for a gymnast's coach
to end up her guardian.

I started coaching her
when she was nine.

When her mom died,
no other family stepped up,

so I took her in.

Hmm. Quite the hero.

It's certainly not
what I planned.

And she was talented.

But by the time she took off,

I--I wasn't even
coaching her anymore.

Well, what happened?

Did you guys have
a falling out?

Two years ago,
she slipped on the uneven bars

and ripped her shoulder
out of the socket.

Tore her labrum.

Her career was over
before it started.

Fate's cruel little joke.

She was messed up after that.

Hanging out
with the wrong people,

partying,
staying out all night.

I-I tried to rein her in,
but she wouldn't listen

to me--
- That piss you off?

That she wasn't
respecting your authority?

I'm telling you

I had nothing to do
with what happened to her.

Talk to her friend Julissa.

First few times Lucia ran away,

that's who
they found her staying with.

Guarantee you
she knows more than I do.

You two were close?

Kinda, I guess.

I hadn't known her long,
but she was a good kid.

Just a little lost.

She crashed with you
a few times after she ran away

from her coach's house, yeah?

Yeah.
I was just trying to help.

Like I said,
she was good people.

Got any idea why
she kept on running away?

I think it was
just too hard for her

to still be in that world,
you know?

Seeing Craig coach other girls

who still got to live the life
she thought she was gonna have.

Plus he was crazy strict.

And she stayed with you again
September of last year

for a little while, too, right?

Yeah, for about two weeks.

But then we kind of had a fight

and she left to go stay with
some guy she met in the city.

You know the name of the guy
that she went to stay with?

No, sorry.

But I do know where they met.

Have you seen
this girl before?

She used to hang out here
a lot.

Nah. Sorry, man.
She doesn't look familiar.

You know this girl?

Did she used to be blonde
and date a dude named Nips?

I don't think so.

Then nah, I don't know her.

Damn, she's cute.

Yeah, I would.

That literally
wasn't the question.

Oh, yeah, I know her.

You do?

I don't know her name
or nothing,

but she hangs out here
all the time.

I haven't seen her
in a while, though.

But her boyfriend,
he comes here all the time.

Who's her boyfriend?

I don't know his name either,
but he was here yesterday.

White guy, long brown hair.

He wears these crazy sneakers.

They have, like,
rainbow and gold sparkles.

All right.
Thanks for your help.

No doubt.

Can't believe
these kids are out here

skateboarding in this weather.

Well, that's dedication
right there.

Or mental illness.

Wait, wait, wait.

You gotta be kidding me.
Check out the sparkle shoes.

Hey. Hey!

NYPD. We need to talk to you.
Stay right there.

I'm on him. Hey!

Hey! NYPD!

Theo, I'm north on Market.

Hey!

Hey!

Vince, I lost him.

He crossed, uh, Monroe.

He's headed north
through the alley.

Copy that.

I got him.

Mechanics Alley.

No, no, no, no!

- Hey, cop!
- I need an ambulance ASAP.

Mechanics Alley
between Madison and Henry.

10-53, H-I. Man down.

What the hell?

You just ran him down!

Vince.

Vince, what's going on?
Are you okay?

Hey, we'll have your badge
for this, cop!

- Hey, Lou.
- Hey.

You okay?

Walk me through
what happened.

Got a lead on the suspect,
spotted him near the park.

He ran,
so I pursued him on foot.

Vince was in the vehicle.

I was closing in and

a civilian just stepped into
the middle of the street.

I mean, he--
he came out of nowhere.

Was your siren on?

Yeah, of course it was.

He just--you know, he didn't--
he didn't hear it.

He had ear protection on.

What's his status?

He's in surgery now.

Did the doctor say anything?

No.

Do we know anything
about this guy?

Derek Crosby.

Works for
an electrical company.

He was on the job.

And he just walked into
the middle of the road?

The street was closed off
to traffic.

There were signs posted?

Did you see them?

Yeah.

Uh, the suspect you were
chasing, was he armed?

He had something in his hands

that definitely
could have been a gun.

I--I wasn't sure.
I mean, could have been.

Good.

You followed protocol.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

My name is Sandra Crosby.

I got a phone call that
my husband was hit by a car?

Yes, ma'am. He's here.
He's currently in surgery.

Oh, my God.
Is--is he okay?

What--what's happening?

Why don't you have
a seat over here?

I'll have the doctor come
and talk to you

as soon as he's available.

Would you like some coffee
or tea? Water?

You know what, Vince?
I'm gonna handle the family,

and I think
you need to go home.

I mean, I should--

Yeah, but really,
you shouldn't, right?

You should just
go home right now.

She's right.
It's been a lot, man.

As soon as I'm done here,
I'll start an incident report.

But right now,
you need to go home.

Get some rest.
- Okay.

All right, all right.

Okay.

Vince. Hey.

Look, I'm fine, man.
All right?

I'm definitely not
going home to take a nap.

I get that.
Don't worry about it.

We need to find
Sparkle Shoes.

I'll go through
some security footage

from the subway stations around
the alley where we lost him.

If he took a train, maybe
we can track where he went.

Yeah, I'll start pulling
the street cam from the park.

Maybe we get a hit
on facial rec.

All right.

Look, man,
are you sure you're good?

I'm fine. All right?

Got a job to do. Let's go.

You didn't touch your dinner.

You should really
eat something.

I will.

Any news from the hospital?

Uh, Crosby is out of surgery,
but he's still in the ICU.

Apparently he has significant
swelling in his brain.

Doctors say it's 50/50.

And how are you?

I will be a lot better
when we catch this guy.

Vince, I was thinking

maybe you should call--
- Look, I'm fine.

Okay? Really, I'm fine.

Vince.

All right, how about this?

I will go to a meeting if
I feel like I really need one.

Okay?

Okay.

I think that's him.

Yeah, that's him.

That's the man
you were chasing?

Yeah.

From two days ago.

What's he doing?

Looks like he's
recording himself doing tricks.

We saw him today.

He was filming himself
with a selfie stick.

Hey, Bridge.

I was doing my homework, Dad.
I swear.

I was just looking up
how to spell a word.

Yeah, sure you were.

Look, I'm not here to bust you.

Well, in that case,
I was actually on TikTok.

Sorry.
- Yeah, that's okay.

That's actually what
I need your help with.

Um, I'm trying to find somebody

who I'm pretty sure
posts videos online,

but I don't know his name.

Does this have to do
with what happened today?

You eavesdropping
on me and Mom?

You're the one who said

I should always
be aware of my surroundings.

What do you know about the guy?

Uh, not much, really.

He--he makes videos of himself
skateboarding in the park.

And he wears these sneakers

with, like, glitter
all over them.

So I've been on Instagram
and TikTok

and I've tried every variation
of, you know, glitter shoes,

uh, sparkle shoes--

Let me guess.
You got too many results?

It's like everyone's
a content creator now?

Really?

Do you know what park
he films in?

Yeah, Lower East Side
Coleman Skate Park.

If he tags his location,

you might be able
to find him that way.

There's a map.

All right.

BennyHaps,
AKA Benjamin Hoffman.

Kid's got over
8 million followers.

That's gotta be our guy.

Come on,
those are the same shoes.

Oh, it's him.

Techs pulled fingerprints
off the skateboard

that he dropped at the park.

It's a match to the partial
we found on the suitcase.

This kid's 18 years old.

He started blowing up
when he was 14

posting videos of himself
online skateboarding,

doing stunts and stuff.

Have you slept at all?

In 2024, a girlfriend of his
accused him of choking her

during an argument.

She later
dropped those charges.

Clearly he has a history
of violence against women.

Well, it gets better.

According to this
"Forbes" article I found,

"10 Content Creators to Watch,"

this kid made over 7 million
last year.

You're kidding me.

Yeah, that's how he was able
to afford a condo

in the building where
Lucia's body was found.

But his name was not
on the list of owners

the building's manager
sent over.

'Cause he sold the condo--
4 1/2 months ago.

Okay.

Find him.

Now.

Someone lives here?

I know. Pretty sick, right?

Yo, Benny,
there's some cops here.

They want to talk to you.

Look, man, I didn't know--

Yeah.
Nowhere to run now, is there?

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Unless you want a lawsuit
on your hands,

I'd be a lot gentler, Officer.

- Detective. Riley.
- Who are you?

I'm Cordelia Travers.
I'm Mr. Hoffman's attorney.

Don't say another word,
Benjamin.

- Fine by me.
- Ow.

Turn around.

Benjamin Hoffman...

You're under arrest.

Not a word.

Yeah.

Hoffman's not talking?

Already lawyered up.

Cordelia Travers.
- He is not playing around.

So what do we have?

Hoffman's fingerprints
match the partial

that we found on the suitcase

and his credit card statements
show that he purchased luggage

that match the same make
and model.

Statements also show that
he purchased Lucia a phone.

We found a slew of messages
between them.

The texts establish that

not only were they
seeing each other,

but she was staying with him

in the condo building where
her body was found.

All communication from her
stopped five months ago.

So what's the theory?

They had some kind
of lover's quarrel,

Hoffman kills her,
puts her in the suitcase,

and then clears out?

It's the most
logical explanation.

He's got a history
of domestic violence.

But it's unlikely
that will be admissible.

We gotta charge him with
something or cut him loose.

Charge him with
reckless endangerment.

Derek Crosby, the worker who
was injured during the pursuit,

he's still in the ICU.

Yeah, I don't think
that'll be necessary.

But, um, let's charge him
with murder two.

I can make this work.

Vince.

How'd it go with IAB?

Fine. You know,
I told them what happened.

Ruled it an accident.

Good.

If you want to talk about it,
I'm--

Yeah, yeah.

I'm good. Thanks.

Not a lot to say, you know?

Introducing the prior
accusation of domestic abuse

is more prejudicial
than probative.

The prosecution
is grasping here.

I wouldn't
characterize it that way.

And I'm not sure
that's relevant.

The assault charges against
my client were dropped.

And quite frankly,
Mr. Price should know better.

My colleague's indignation
notwithstanding,

what I'm asking for,
Your Honor,

is to introduce testimony
from Amanda Waller.

The defendant's
ex-girlfriend?

That is correct.

She will testify
to an incident

where Hoffman got
physically violent with her.

The very definition
of prior bad acts.

You know,
if you let me finish.

Sure.

He got physically violent
with her

and specifically choked her.

Lucia Felasco's cause of death
was a broken neck.

It speaks to
a pattern of behavior

and is therefore admissible
under Molineux.

Choking someone
and breaking their neck

are not the same thing.

Now who's grasping?

Again, my client was
never formally charged.

It's just one woman's claim.

And the jury has
the right to decide

if they believe her or not.

I'm siding with
the prosecution here.

He had his hand on my throat
and he was squeezing so hard.

I screamed for him to stop,
but he just kept going.

Did you believe
he was gonna kill you?

Objection.
Calls for speculation.

I will rephrase.
Were you scared for your life?

100%.

If someone hadn't stepped in
and pulled him off of me,

he wouldn't have stopped.

No further questions.

Ms. Waller...

you stated that
during the fight,

my client had his hand
on your throat.

Not both hands?

No.

Where was his other hand?

Holding my wrist.

Because he was trying to
stop you from pummeling him.

In fact, multiple eyewitnesses

report you instigated
the altercation.

You thought he was cheating
on you and you attacked him.

They just said that because
they were all his friends.

A man should never
be violent with a woman.

He wasn't violent, he was
trying to protect himself.

And you dropped the charges

because you were
the violent one.

No. I just knew people
like you would take his side.

This incident took place
at a house party.

Are you saying you really
believed Mr. Hoffman

was going to murder you
in plain sight?

Yes.

You don't understand.

Benny doesn't
think things through,

he just does stuff.

And there are
never consequences.

And how old were you both
when this fight occurred?

It was two years ago, so 16.

Just a child.

He already lived on his own.
He was an adult.

Did you know Lucia Felasco?

No.

Were you present
when she died?

No.

So you have no knowledge
of what happened to her

or who's responsible
for her death?

Not specifically,
but I know

how Benny--
- No further questions.

Mr. Mason, you are the
defendant's assistant, correct?

Uh, yeah.

We didn't call it that, like,
formal or whatever, but yeah,

he paid me to help him out
shooting content

and running errands,
stuff like that.

Did he have you purchase
a phone for Lucia Felasco

in late September of last year
with his credit card?

He did.
I thought it was pretty crazy.

They only known each other
for, like, a week,

and she was already
living with him.

Hmm. Did you have the
opportunity to spend much time

with Lucia during that period?

Yeah, we hung out a lot.

She was cool.

I am showing you what's
already been entered

into evidence as Exhibit 4.

This is the data
from Lucia's phone.

Records of every keystroke,

every time it was unlocked,

every text she sent,
every time she opened an app.

Can you see that it shows that
she interacted with the device

dozens of times a day,
just like you said?

Yeah.

And can you see that all
interaction with the phone

ceased at 11:47 p.m. on
the evening of September 24th?

Yes.

From that point forward,
there is no activity at all.

Do you have any idea
why that is?

No.

Is it possible it's because

that's the night
she was killed?

Objection!

Witness has no way
of knowing this

and already stated as much.

Sustained.

Mr. Mason, did you
see Benjamin Hoffman

on the night of September 24th?

Yeah, I went over
to his place around 9:00

and hung out for,
like, half an hour.

Was Lucia Felasco there?

Yes.

When you left around 9:30,

were the defendant
and Ms. Felasco

alone in the apartment?

Yes.

Did you ever see her again
after that?

No.

She was never seen or heard
from by anyone after that.

Never touched her phone again.

Did you receive a call
from Mr. Hoffman

the next day on September 25th?

Yeah.

He asked me to run an errand
for him.

He sent me to buy him
a suitcase.

Is this the
suitcase you purchased

on Mr. Hoffman's behalf?

It looks like it, yeah.

It's the suitcase
that was found

with the defendant's
fingerprint on it and...

With Lucia Felasco's dead body
stuffed inside.

Thank you. Nothing further.

Did my client
ever explain to you

why Ms. Felasco was no longer
living in his apartment?

Uh, yeah, he said that she
broke up with him and took off.

Something she had
a history of doing.

So is it possible

that the reason
she stopped using her phone

was that she didn't
bring it with her

because she knew that
Mr. Hoffman was paying for it?

Sure. That makes sense.

And isn't it also possible

that he put the luggage
that you purchased

in his apartment storage unit

in the basement
of his building,

a basement
it has been established

anyone could have access to?

I guess so, yeah.

And lastly, in your time
working for my client,

did you ever see him behave
violently toward Ms. Felasco,

or anyone, for that matter?

No.

He was always pretty chill.

Indeed.

Thank you.

Nothing further.

We'll end there for today.

The trial will resume
tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.

Court is adjourned.

Price.

Hold up.
- Oh, Cordelia.

What--
Let me guess.

Uh, you want to discuss a deal?

Oh, I forgot how
brilliant you are.

Not interested.

Uh, you should be.

And why is that?

Because he's willing to
tell you what really happened.

I really cared about Lucia.
She was funny, sweet.

Her life had been tough,
you know?

I understood.
I--

I started making real money as
an influencer when I was 15,

but my parents were
stealing from me.

My--my dad lost a lot
of that gambling.

So I took them to court,
I got emancipated.

We both have basically been
alone since we were 15.

Right, you were two lonely
kids adrift in the world

till you found each other.

So what made you kill her?

I would never hurt Lucia
or anyone else.

Oh, okay. So you are
just wasting our time.

Would you let him speak?

Why don't you just
tell us what happened?

Go ahead. They can't
use any of this in court.

I didn't kill Lucia, but
I was there when it happened.

We were partying that night--
- Meaning you were doing drugs.

Cocaine.

That's why Cory stopped by.
He was making a delivery.

We got high and Lucia
started showing me

some of her old gymnastic moves
on my trampoline.

It was all good vibes.

We were laughing.

And then--

She did a--did a backflip

and she was
too close to the edge,

so she hit the side

and she landed on the floor
on her head.

And the sound was just...

Um--

It--it--it was an accident.

If it was just an accident,
then why didn't you call 911?

I--um, I panicked. I--

There were drugs everywhere!
I--

and even though she's only
ten months younger than me,

she's still
technically underage.

So you thought that
putting her in a suitcase

and leaving her there would
get you in less trouble?

I was high!
I wasn't thinking clearly.

I just wanted to run away
and never think about it again.

I know what I did was wrong.

I know.

And I'm--I'm sorry.

I just--

I just felt like the rest of
my life would have been ruined.

Why didn't you
tell us that

when he was charged
with murder?

He just told me the truth
two days ago.

And tell me, Mr. Hoffman--

Mr. Hoffman, do you have any
evidence to back up this story?

Uh, no.

But I swear it was an accident.

He's willing to plead guilty

to the concealment
of a human corpse.

That's the proper charge here.

Offer declined.

That's okay.

I--I just--
I wanted to tell the truth.

It was an accident.

Call Riley.

Tell him I need him to testify
first thing in the morning

about Hoffman fleeing when
they tried to question him.

It will establish Hoffman's
consciousness of guilt.

Will do.

But Nolan--

Are you sure we shouldn't
consider accepting the plea?

Just take his word for it
that it was an accident?

Well, we could
call the assistant again,

see if he was actually
there that night

to deliver the cocaine.

Yeah.

That still wouldn't prove that
Hoffman's telling the truth

about the rest of it.

Mm, I don't know.

That scenario he laid out

could very well result
in a C1 cervical fracture.

It's plausible.

Okay, but he--
he can't prove any of it.

Well, we can't prove
he's lying either.

And if he's telling the truth,

then the appropriate sentence
is 5 years, not 25 to life.

His actions
don't make any sense

in the context of an accident.

He shoved her dead body into
a suitcase and left her to rot.

That is--is not the behavior
of someone who is innocent.

Well, sometimes people
behave irrationally

when something crazy happens.

The defense is welcome to
present their version of events

to the jury.

I would love to see how
they react to the news

that Hoffman has been
lying to them this entire time.

Call Riley.

Mr. Price, are you ready
to call your next witness?

Uh...

Just one moment, Your Honor.

Mr. Price.

Uh, Your Honor, it seems
we are having some difficulty

locating our next witness.

We request a brief continuance
while we look into the matter.

Uh, with all due respect,
not our problem.

Defense requests
we move forward.

I'll give you 24 hours.

Okay, thanks.

That was Brady.
She spoke with Riley's wife.

She can't get ahold
of him either.

He's not answering
anyone's phone calls.

Okay.

Um...

well, let's start
calling around hospitals,

see if anyone has been admitted
who matches his description.

Hey, hey. Man, I'm sorry.

- Vince.
- I'm sorry. All right?

I--I was a no-show.

We've been looking for you.
We were worried.

Hey, what's going on?

Uh--

Are you okay?

Uh, Derek Crosby was, um,

declared brain dead
this morning

and his family
took him off life support.

Why don't we go in my office?

Come on.

Uh, I will get us some coffee.

Call Brady and let her know
he's been found.

Here, have some of this.

Crosby's death is my fault.

- No, it was an accident.
- No.

No, I was reckless.

Vince,
have you been drinking?

What difference
does that make?

Is that a yes?

I saw the orange signs.

I should have
been more careful.

You were pursuing
a murder suspect.

He stepped in front
of your vehicle.

There's nothing--
- I knew he wasn't armed!

Hoffman. I had no reason
to think that he had a gun.

No, but you said that
you saw in his hand--

I lied.

Make my actions seem justified.

Hey, Vince,
you need to be careful.

I just--I'm scared for my
career and my whole life.

I--I'm not the person
you should be saying this to.

I am a prosecutor,
not a priest.

You're exactly the person
I need to say this to.

I want to--
I want to tell the truth.

I screwed up.

And now--
- Vince, stop talking.

You didn't want this to happen.

And you were doing your job.

And--and--

Accidents happen.

It's not right,
it's not fair.

It's just the way it is.

But you can't let one accident
destroy the rest of your life.

Is there someone I can call?
Your wife?

- No.
- A sponsor?

No, no, no. I'm good.

Hey.

Look, I'm good, I'm good,
I'm good, I'm good.

How's he doing?

Uh, yeah,
he's having a hard time.

I'm just gonna go make sure
he gets home all right.

Um--

Call Cory Mason.

Let's--let's see if
he backs up Hoffman's claims.

So what's this about?

Well, your client's
assistant confirmed

that he was at the apartment
that night to deliver cocaine.

We are willing to drop
the murder two charge

in exchange
for him pleading guilty

to concealment
of a human corpse.

And reckless endangerment.

And assuming his version
of events is true,

he purchased
and provided Lucia with drugs

which were directly causal
to her death.

He'll be looking
at 6 to 8 years

instead of 25 to life.

We've got a deal.

We'll draw up the agreement.

So Counselor, what caused
you to reverse course?

Thought there was a chance
the jury might believe him.

Wow. Not a change of heart?
Pfft.

That's a shame.

I'll buy you a drink.
Come on.

It's been two months
since I last drank.

Prior to that, I'd almost
made it to the one-year mark.

But I...

had a few bad days.

And I--

I slipped.

And it's hard.

But yesterday was easier
than today.

So there's that.

I know I just have to get up
every day

and keep going.

And I will.

I will.