1 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:03,869 In New York City's war on crime 2 00:00:03,871 --> 00:00:05,904 the worst criminal offenders are pursued 3 00:00:05,906 --> 00:00:08,907 by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. 4 00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:10,976 These are their stories. 5 00:00:12,445 --> 00:00:13,746 (Russian accent): She's everywhere. 6 00:00:13,748 --> 00:00:15,080 A whole article on her 7 00:00:15,082 --> 00:00:17,883 like she's the only Mafia daughter in New York City. 8 00:00:17,885 --> 00:00:19,251 Like I'm not still famous? 9 00:00:19,253 --> 00:00:20,452 Ilana 10 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:24,456 Daughter of a Russian Don was a terrific book... 11 00:00:24,458 --> 00:00:25,958 five years ago. 12 00:00:25,958 --> 00:00:28,160 Or haven't you noticed your royalty checks got smaller? 13 00:00:28,162 --> 00:00:29,361 Noah 14 00:00:29,363 --> 00:00:30,763 please. 15 00:00:30,765 --> 00:00:33,565 Can't you call one of your influential friends 16 00:00:33,567 --> 00:00:34,733 get me a little job? 17 00:00:34,735 --> 00:00:36,201 Little jobs 18 00:00:36,203 --> 00:00:37,703 have little salaries. 19 00:00:37,703 --> 00:00:41,373 You want the big money again, bring me another book. 20 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:45,611 (reporters shouting questions) 21 00:00:45,613 --> 00:00:48,480 Papa! 22 00:00:48,482 --> 00:00:50,416 You are not his daughter. 23 00:00:50,418 --> 00:00:51,517 Life in prison. 24 00:00:51,519 --> 00:00:53,719 Life in prison because of you. 25 00:00:53,721 --> 00:00:55,788 Because of you! 26 00:01:12,672 --> 00:01:15,741 (doorbell buzzes) 27 00:01:21,614 --> 00:01:23,882 Oh, God, Kenny. 28 00:01:23,884 --> 00:01:25,284 Ice. 29 00:01:25,286 --> 00:01:27,352 I need ice. 30 00:01:30,523 --> 00:01:31,824 I couldn't go home. 31 00:01:31,824 --> 00:01:34,259 I don't want Martha to see me like this. 32 00:01:36,463 --> 00:01:39,565 I think I have a, uh, broken rib. 33 00:01:41,267 --> 00:01:43,469 (groans) 34 00:01:46,339 --> 00:01:48,140 I will take you to the hospital. 35 00:01:48,142 --> 00:01:49,808 Don't be an idiot. 36 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:51,343 You are so rude. 37 00:01:51,345 --> 00:01:53,078 I was going to ask you how it went today 38 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,646 but if you're going to be a bitch... 39 00:01:54,648 --> 00:01:56,315 I'm allowed to be a bitch today. 40 00:01:56,317 --> 00:01:57,950 My father will die in jail. 41 00:01:57,952 --> 00:02:01,320 Your book had nothing to do with that. 42 00:02:01,322 --> 00:02:02,688 It's the most liberating 43 00:02:02,690 --> 00:02:03,856 thing you've ever done. 44 00:02:03,858 --> 00:02:06,725 I don't understand why you don't write another one. 45 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:13,699 I will take it. 46 00:02:13,701 --> 00:02:15,801 Are you sure you can afford it? 47 00:02:15,803 --> 00:02:17,069 I'm a writer, Sasha. 48 00:02:17,071 --> 00:02:19,538 When writers need money, they write. 49 00:02:19,540 --> 00:02:22,040 And I'll write a new book. 50 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:30,015 (speaking in Russian) 51 00:02:43,963 --> 00:02:45,964 NOAH: You tell his agent 52 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:46,966 that for 15 percent 53 00:02:46,966 --> 00:02:48,767 he can bloody well edit the book himself. 54 00:02:48,769 --> 00:02:49,768 What's that? 55 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:50,969 Shouldn't we have it X-rayed? 56 00:02:50,971 --> 00:02:52,538 It's from Ilana Yushka. 57 00:02:52,540 --> 00:02:53,672 Feels like a manuscript. 58 00:02:53,674 --> 00:02:54,673 What? 59 00:02:54,675 --> 00:02:56,074 If she's been holding out on me... 60 00:02:56,076 --> 00:02:58,443 (screaming) 61 00:03:01,147 --> 00:03:02,347 Oh, dear God. 62 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:03,549 Call the police! 63 00:03:03,551 --> 00:03:05,584 Now! 64 00:03:56,603 --> 00:04:02,107 Now, give me a big close-up of this smudge on her forehead. 65 00:04:02,109 --> 00:04:03,742 I spoke with her yesterday afternoon. 66 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:06,078 She said she had an idea for her next book-- a big idea. 67 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:07,212 Which was? 68 00:04:07,214 --> 00:04:08,447 She wanted to tell me in person 69 00:04:08,449 --> 00:04:09,748 to see the look on my face. 70 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:10,816 But what else could it be? 71 00:04:10,818 --> 00:04:12,084 The Russian mob's all she knew. 72 00:04:12,086 --> 00:04:13,218 The messenger service said 73 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:14,920 they picked up the box at 319 Hudson. 74 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:15,922 Is that her address? 75 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:17,222 The Chinese restaurant next door. 76 00:04:17,224 --> 00:04:18,890 Her building doesn't have a door man. 77 00:04:18,892 --> 00:04:20,692 All the pickups and deliveries go there. 78 00:04:20,694 --> 00:04:21,960 I really need to speak to them. 79 00:04:21,962 --> 00:04:24,696 They're with legal. 80 00:04:24,698 --> 00:04:28,100 You lose a contact lens? 81 00:04:28,102 --> 00:04:30,736 I-I need long tweezers. 82 00:04:30,738 --> 00:04:32,204 There's something in her mouth. 83 00:04:32,206 --> 00:04:34,406 Take pictures. 84 00:04:45,485 --> 00:04:47,552 What do you think this means? 85 00:04:47,554 --> 00:04:49,688 Robbery wasn't the motive? 86 00:04:55,061 --> 00:04:56,662 GOREN: It's a receipt for a necklace 87 00:04:56,664 --> 00:04:58,497 from two days ago. 88 00:04:58,499 --> 00:05:00,666 She was already spending her advance. 89 00:05:00,668 --> 00:05:02,701 Ostrensky's in Brighton Beach. 90 00:05:02,703 --> 00:05:04,436 Nothing like rubbing it in their faces. 91 00:05:04,438 --> 00:05:06,738 She's got legal pads filled with her handwriting. 92 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:08,473 She still wrote in Russian. 93 00:05:08,475 --> 00:05:10,509 Don't tell me you can read Russian. 94 00:05:10,511 --> 00:05:12,511 Oh, brother. 95 00:05:12,513 --> 00:05:14,313 The restaurant owner downstairs says 96 00:05:14,315 --> 00:05:16,648 a blonde woman dropped the package off yesterday. 97 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:18,784 So... someone who knew Ilana's routine? 98 00:05:18,786 --> 00:05:20,886 Maybe a friend. 99 00:05:20,888 --> 00:05:22,954 Yeah. A friend... 100 00:05:22,956 --> 00:05:25,357 who was buzzed in with the killer. 101 00:05:25,359 --> 00:05:27,793 Might explain why there was no forced entry. 102 00:05:27,795 --> 00:05:29,895 Assuming she was killed here. 103 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:33,298 Not just killed. 104 00:05:34,534 --> 00:05:37,369 (indistinct police radio transmissions) 105 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:43,942 That's lye. 106 00:05:43,944 --> 00:05:45,944 She went down the drain. 107 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:49,448 Only the bones would be left. 108 00:05:49,450 --> 00:05:52,417 GOREN: The decapitation, the disposal of the body-- 109 00:05:52,419 --> 00:05:53,952 it has all the characteristics 110 00:05:53,954 --> 00:05:55,954 of a Russian mob hit, Mr. Yushka. 111 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:57,456 EAMES: This is what we're talking about. 112 00:05:57,458 --> 00:05:58,924 The rest of your lovely daughter was 113 00:05:58,926 --> 00:06:01,093 turned into pudding and washed down a sewer pipe. 114 00:06:01,095 --> 00:06:03,061 We know that it's not what you wanted. 115 00:06:03,063 --> 00:06:04,463 We know you had no choice. 116 00:06:04,465 --> 00:06:06,064 He doesn't know what you're talking about. 117 00:06:06,066 --> 00:06:07,032 If you said no 118 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:08,533 they would have done it anyway 119 00:06:08,535 --> 00:06:11,069 and the rest of your family would have been next. 120 00:06:11,071 --> 00:06:13,071 In the long run, it makes no difference. 121 00:06:13,073 --> 00:06:14,639 They know it's going to eat at you. 122 00:06:14,641 --> 00:06:16,541 They know you're going to want revenge. 123 00:06:16,543 --> 00:06:18,043 EAMES: They won't wait. 124 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:19,411 They'll come after you. 125 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:23,815 Make the first strike, Mr. Yushka. 126 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:26,718 Give us the names of the people who did this. 127 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,687 (pushes buzzer) 128 00:06:28,689 --> 00:06:30,189 (bangs on door) 129 00:06:30,189 --> 00:06:33,258 You have nothing better to do than harass an old man? 130 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:34,860 Look, we can always harass you. 131 00:06:34,862 --> 00:06:36,628 EAMES: According to the visitor's log 132 00:06:36,630 --> 00:06:39,631 you visited Mr. Yushka one day before his daughter was killed. 133 00:06:39,633 --> 00:06:41,833 You were accompanied by a Mr. Oleg Namirov. 134 00:06:41,835 --> 00:06:44,636 He's a translator for Mr. Yushka. 135 00:06:44,638 --> 00:06:45,837 You signed at 2:40. 136 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,440 Mr. Namirov didn't sign out until 2:50. 137 00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:52,611 He spent ten minutes alone with Mr. Yushka. 138 00:06:52,613 --> 00:06:53,779 We're curious. 139 00:06:53,781 --> 00:06:55,881 What was he translating? 140 00:07:03,222 --> 00:07:05,624 MAN: Oleg Namirov's a suspect 141 00:07:05,626 --> 00:07:07,126 in half a dozen mob hits. 142 00:07:07,126 --> 00:07:08,960 Unfortunately, he always seems to be on an airplane 143 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:09,961 the day of the murders. 144 00:07:09,963 --> 00:07:11,263 What about Wednesday? 145 00:07:11,265 --> 00:07:12,431 Well... 146 00:07:12,433 --> 00:07:13,999 let's see what the reports say. 147 00:07:14,001 --> 00:07:15,967 The Bureau has him under surveillance. 148 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:17,736 Well, 24/7's a little more 149 00:07:17,738 --> 00:07:19,638 than we can manage right now 150 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,506 but, uh, we do bed checks. 151 00:07:21,508 --> 00:07:23,608 Wednesday. 8:15. 152 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:25,777 His car was parked outside his mistress's apartment 153 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:26,945 in Sheepshead Bay. 154 00:07:26,947 --> 00:07:31,349 His mistress-- she's blonde, right? 155 00:07:31,351 --> 00:07:32,751 Oleg was here Wednesday. 156 00:07:32,753 --> 00:07:35,353 We stay in, we watch TV, we eat dinner. 157 00:07:35,355 --> 00:07:36,855 EAMES: When you stayed in 158 00:07:36,855 --> 00:07:39,491 you mean you stayed in Ilana Yushka's apartment. 159 00:07:39,493 --> 00:07:40,792 What are you talking about? 160 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:42,360 The time it took your boyfriend 161 00:07:42,362 --> 00:07:43,929 to liquefy her body in the bathtub. 162 00:07:43,931 --> 00:07:45,397 That is lie. 163 00:07:45,399 --> 00:07:47,566 Oleg was here, with me. 164 00:07:47,568 --> 00:07:49,701 You just came back from a trip? 165 00:07:49,703 --> 00:07:51,203 No. 166 00:07:51,203 --> 00:07:53,738 I'll bet I can guess where you and Oleg went. 167 00:07:54,740 --> 00:07:55,974 Oh. 168 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:57,309 South. 169 00:07:57,311 --> 00:07:59,344 And you left Wednesday night. 170 00:08:00,346 --> 00:08:02,380 You're wrong, smart guy. 171 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:05,383 We were leaving tonight, to Hawaii. 172 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,221 That is west. 173 00:08:11,924 --> 00:08:13,658 The airline confirms 174 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:15,694 Oleg Namirov booked tickets for Hawaii 175 00:08:15,696 --> 00:08:18,363 two hours after visiting Boris Yushka in prison. 176 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:19,865 The tickets were for tonight. 177 00:08:19,867 --> 00:08:21,733 If Mr. Namirov was true to form 178 00:08:21,735 --> 00:08:24,402 he was going to do the hit on Ilana tonight 179 00:08:24,404 --> 00:08:25,871 and then jump on a plane. 180 00:08:25,873 --> 00:08:28,373 Well, you were right about one thing. 181 00:08:28,375 --> 00:08:30,742 The Russian mob was planning to kill her. 182 00:08:30,744 --> 00:08:34,212 Except somebody beat them to it. 183 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:48,393 (water splashing) 184 00:08:49,595 --> 00:08:52,964 Hey, gorgeous, you feeding the fishies? 185 00:08:52,966 --> 00:08:55,467 You're going to be feeding the fishies all night long? 186 00:08:55,469 --> 00:08:57,469 Oh, geez. 187 00:08:57,471 --> 00:08:59,538 My mistake. 188 00:09:07,179 --> 00:09:09,247 Ilana had these photos on her desk. 189 00:09:09,249 --> 00:09:10,882 Probably old friends from high school. 190 00:09:10,884 --> 00:09:12,417 Maybe that was her next project-- 191 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:15,153 I Was a Russian Homecoming Queen. 192 00:09:15,155 --> 00:09:19,457 This is her on her prom night. 193 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:23,562 Ilana and Kenny, The Waldorf-- 194 00:09:23,564 --> 00:09:25,330 1982. 195 00:09:25,332 --> 00:09:27,032 For what it's worth 196 00:09:27,034 --> 00:09:29,501 the Feds aren't convinced this wasn't a mob hit. 197 00:09:29,503 --> 00:09:31,036 Well, tell them to keep an open mind. 198 00:09:31,038 --> 00:09:32,538 That's what we do. 199 00:09:32,538 --> 00:09:35,540 What are you, uh, opening your minds to here? 200 00:09:35,542 --> 00:09:37,976 Translations of Ilana's writings. 201 00:09:39,512 --> 00:09:42,480 Maybe her new book wasn't about the mob. 202 00:09:42,482 --> 00:09:44,449 Maybe she found a whole new group of people 203 00:09:44,451 --> 00:09:45,917 to piss off. 204 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:48,320 Here, it looks like titles for a book-- 205 00:09:48,322 --> 00:09:51,189 The Academy of Horrors, Unusual Punishment 206 00:09:51,191 --> 00:09:52,924 Tales Out of School... 207 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:55,794 All right, this looks like copies of child welfare cases 208 00:09:55,796 --> 00:09:58,797 filed in 1979. 209 00:09:58,799 --> 00:10:02,834 All with the same respondent-- The Chase Academy. 210 00:10:05,037 --> 00:10:07,105 Ilana mentioned it in her first book. 211 00:10:07,107 --> 00:10:09,874 It was a private school for troubled teenagers. 212 00:10:09,876 --> 00:10:11,209 Rich troubled teenagers. 213 00:10:11,211 --> 00:10:12,444 We got Kennedy cousins 214 00:10:12,446 --> 00:10:15,013 we got George Tate, publisher of the Ledger 215 00:10:15,015 --> 00:10:18,049 Arthur L. Korrigan, Jr. 216 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:20,085 Child Welfare went after the school 217 00:10:20,087 --> 00:10:21,519 for beating the students. 218 00:10:21,521 --> 00:10:23,021 I smell a best-seller. 219 00:10:23,023 --> 00:10:25,090 I smell a motive for murder 220 00:10:25,092 --> 00:10:29,094 especially if there was more to it than just beatings. 221 00:10:29,096 --> 00:10:31,329 Word must have gotten out she was writing a book. 222 00:10:31,331 --> 00:10:33,465 Maybe she talked to one of the other students. 223 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:34,899 Well, we can always ask 224 00:10:34,901 --> 00:10:38,503 the heir to the Strick real estate fortune. 225 00:10:40,072 --> 00:10:43,908 Kenneth "Kenny" Strick. 226 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:47,379 Her prom date. 227 00:10:51,117 --> 00:10:53,785 If any place deserved an exposé, it was Chase. 228 00:10:53,787 --> 00:10:56,021 That place was a horror. 229 00:10:58,024 --> 00:11:01,693 That's one of the titles that Ilana was working on-- 230 00:11:01,695 --> 00:11:03,294 Academy of Horrors. 231 00:11:03,296 --> 00:11:04,796 If she'd told me she was planning a book 232 00:11:04,798 --> 00:11:06,297 I would have warned her to be careful. 233 00:11:06,299 --> 00:11:08,800 Some of the staff at Chase were sadists. 234 00:11:08,802 --> 00:11:09,868 Am I exaggerating? 235 00:11:09,870 --> 00:11:11,436 No. 236 00:11:14,473 --> 00:11:16,741 Is that where you two met? 237 00:11:16,743 --> 00:11:18,510 Us? No. 238 00:11:18,512 --> 00:11:21,112 We've known each other much longer than that. 239 00:11:21,114 --> 00:11:23,381 Martha's my sister. 240 00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:27,018 MARTHA: I went to Le Rosey 241 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:28,420 in Switzerland. 242 00:11:28,422 --> 00:11:30,121 It's Kenny who was a handful. 243 00:11:30,123 --> 00:11:32,757 That's why our stepfather sent him to Chase. 244 00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:35,994 I-I'm s-sorry for the confusion. 245 00:11:35,996 --> 00:11:40,131 Um, you were still in touch with Ilana? 246 00:11:40,133 --> 00:11:42,000 Chase was a bonding experience. 247 00:11:42,002 --> 00:11:43,802 We spoke, uh, now and then. 248 00:11:43,804 --> 00:11:47,072 The last time was when her father was sent to prison. 249 00:11:47,074 --> 00:11:48,740 She was very upset. 250 00:11:48,742 --> 00:11:51,176 The book was the furthest thing from her mind. 251 00:11:51,178 --> 00:11:53,344 Is there anyone else she might have talked to? 252 00:11:53,346 --> 00:11:54,879 KENNETH: Possible. I don't know. 253 00:11:54,881 --> 00:11:56,948 What about George? 254 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,887 George? 255 00:12:02,889 --> 00:12:03,988 You mean George Tate 256 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:05,890 the publisher of the Ledger? 257 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:07,158 MARTHA: He and Ilana had a thing 258 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:08,560 the summer after they graduated 259 00:12:08,562 --> 00:12:10,161 from Chase. 260 00:12:10,163 --> 00:12:14,466 I thought that, uh, you were her prom date. 261 00:12:14,468 --> 00:12:16,634 I had other plans. 262 00:12:16,636 --> 00:12:21,639 Ilana found George hanging around the, uh, punch bowl. 263 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:30,048 And now... 264 00:12:30,050 --> 00:12:31,916 I'm going for my walk. 265 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:33,518 Ilana's death was shocking. 266 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,787 If there's anything else we can do... 267 00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:38,323 please call. 268 00:12:45,064 --> 00:12:46,998 Uh, she never talked to me about a book. 269 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,633 Frankly, there wasn't enough going on at Chase 270 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:49,635 to sustain one. 271 00:12:49,635 --> 00:12:52,003 Physical abuse wasn't the tip of the iceberg? 272 00:12:52,005 --> 00:12:53,538 No. It was the iceberg. 273 00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:55,774 Believe me, if there had been anything more 274 00:12:55,776 --> 00:12:58,176 my father-- who owned several newspapers-- 275 00:12:58,178 --> 00:12:59,577 would have been all over it. 276 00:12:59,579 --> 00:13:02,247 Well, maybe Ilana's exposé wasn't about the staff at Chase. 277 00:13:02,249 --> 00:13:03,782 Maybe it was about the students. 278 00:13:03,784 --> 00:13:05,284 What are you talking about? 279 00:13:05,284 --> 00:13:07,285 Coed boarding school full of troubled teenagers? 280 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:09,187 I'm getting flushed just thinking about it. 281 00:13:09,189 --> 00:13:10,555 Get a grip, Detective. 282 00:13:10,557 --> 00:13:11,790 Ilana knew better. 283 00:13:11,792 --> 00:13:14,826 She had her own indiscretions to worry about. 284 00:13:14,828 --> 00:13:18,797 You-you can't mean indiscretions with the opposite sex. 285 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:20,832 Those wouldn't worry her. 286 00:13:20,834 --> 00:13:23,301 But another girl at the school... 287 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,570 She wouldn't write about it, so drop it. 288 00:13:25,572 --> 00:13:26,704 Ilana needed money. 289 00:13:26,706 --> 00:13:27,906 She had nothing to lose 290 00:13:27,908 --> 00:13:29,741 but maybe this other person does. 291 00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:34,813 Which one was she? 292 00:13:34,815 --> 00:13:36,614 This girl here 293 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:39,584 or this one? 294 00:13:39,586 --> 00:13:41,953 Ursula Stovitz. 295 00:13:41,955 --> 00:13:44,522 Who's Ursula Stovitz? 296 00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:46,691 Oh, I'm sure you've read her holiday tips 297 00:13:46,693 --> 00:13:48,560 in her magazine-- 298 00:13:48,562 --> 00:13:50,829 Anna's Gracious Home. 299 00:13:50,831 --> 00:13:53,631 This is Anna Llewellyn? 300 00:13:53,633 --> 00:13:56,034 Is there any proof she had an affair with Ilana? 301 00:13:56,036 --> 00:13:58,570 All right, the story is Anna and Ilana 302 00:13:58,572 --> 00:14:04,809 broke curfew one Friday night, uh, November, 1978, I think. 303 00:14:04,811 --> 00:14:06,544 They were arrested by the local sheriff 304 00:14:06,546 --> 00:14:08,646 while joyriding in the headmaster's car. 305 00:14:08,648 --> 00:14:12,083 And that means they were having an affair? 306 00:14:12,085 --> 00:14:15,620 They were seen kissing and fondling each other 307 00:14:15,622 --> 00:14:18,256 in the parking lot of a bar. 308 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:24,195 I was very saddened when I heard about Ilana. 309 00:14:24,197 --> 00:14:26,130 She and I shared some difficult times at Chase. 310 00:14:26,132 --> 00:14:27,665 Where were you last Wednesday night? 311 00:14:27,667 --> 00:14:29,634 Here, waiting for a limo to take me to the airport. 312 00:14:29,636 --> 00:14:30,636 Alone? 313 00:14:30,636 --> 00:14:32,637 Yes. Mark and the children were in Connecticut. 314 00:14:32,639 --> 00:14:34,239 Don't tell me I'm a suspect. 315 00:14:34,241 --> 00:14:37,275 We think Ms. Yushka was putting together 316 00:14:37,277 --> 00:14:39,244 a book about her years at the Chase Academy 317 00:14:39,246 --> 00:14:41,279 a book that might have been embarrassing 318 00:14:41,281 --> 00:14:42,547 for your wholesome image. 319 00:14:42,549 --> 00:14:44,549 For heaven's sake, not those rumors again. 320 00:14:44,551 --> 00:14:46,718 I assure you, I'm not gay. 321 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:47,986 I believe her. 322 00:14:47,988 --> 00:14:49,387 Thank you. 323 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:52,123 It's not just because you're flirting with me. 324 00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:54,359 It's the way that you're flirting. 325 00:14:54,361 --> 00:14:55,861 It's very subtle. 326 00:14:55,861 --> 00:14:57,996 So, now we've established that I'm straight. 327 00:14:57,998 --> 00:15:00,198 I still could have had a fling with Ilana. 328 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,934 When you were 15. 329 00:15:02,936 --> 00:15:03,936 (chuckles) 330 00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:06,504 I'll confess to a schoolgirl crush on Ilana. 331 00:15:06,506 --> 00:15:08,473 We held hands, we kissed a little. 332 00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:11,242 That's as far as it went, and it lasted all of two weeks. 333 00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:14,178 Did that include joyriding in the headmaster's car? 334 00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:15,246 That wasn't me. 335 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:16,381 I wish it was. 336 00:15:16,383 --> 00:15:17,782 Sounded like Ilana and that other girl 337 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:19,250 had a lot of fun. 338 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:21,719 You know who the other girl was? 339 00:15:21,721 --> 00:15:24,689 No. I just remembered seeing our local sheriff 340 00:15:24,691 --> 00:15:27,625 drop Ilana off at school early the next morning. 341 00:15:27,627 --> 00:15:28,960 MAN: Ms. Llewellyn? 342 00:15:28,962 --> 00:15:30,462 If you'll excuse me? 343 00:15:30,462 --> 00:15:34,565 I wonder if the local sheriff remembers it the way she does. 344 00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:39,671 MAN: The Chase Academy. 345 00:15:39,673 --> 00:15:42,206 It was always one thing or another with those kids. 346 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:44,042 They closed the place down, you know. 347 00:15:44,044 --> 00:15:45,076 We know. 348 00:15:45,078 --> 00:15:47,979 This was on a Friday night in November '78. 349 00:15:47,981 --> 00:15:50,848 One of the girls was Russian-- Ilana Yushka. 350 00:15:50,850 --> 00:15:53,718 Russian accent? 351 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,620 Oh, yeah, I vaguely remember her. 352 00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:57,322 If you say her name 353 00:15:57,324 --> 00:15:59,290 was Ilana Yushka, I'll take your word for it. 354 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:00,758 EAMES: What about the other girl? 355 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,994 I don't remember there being another girl. 356 00:16:02,996 --> 00:16:04,228 That's a nice watch. 357 00:16:04,230 --> 00:16:05,430 Thanks. 358 00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:07,332 Sorry, I, uh, I can't help you out on that. 359 00:16:07,334 --> 00:16:08,833 You keep rubbing it. 360 00:16:08,835 --> 00:16:10,601 Is that a Rolex? 361 00:16:10,603 --> 00:16:12,737 Yeah. 362 00:16:12,739 --> 00:16:16,240 Okay, well, it's nice talking to you. 363 00:16:16,242 --> 00:16:18,910 Oops, it's loose. Don't let it fall off. 364 00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:24,382 It's a Rolex Gold Shell. 365 00:16:24,384 --> 00:16:26,484 You see, it's got a little higher profile 366 00:16:26,486 --> 00:16:27,585 than other models. 367 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:29,854 Somebody must like you a lot, Sheriff 368 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:31,856 to give you a gold watch. 369 00:16:31,858 --> 00:16:34,859 The boys got it for me for the years of service. 370 00:16:34,861 --> 00:16:37,962 They gave it to you brand-new? 371 00:16:37,964 --> 00:16:39,864 Well, yeah, a couple of years ago. 372 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:41,733 Really? 373 00:16:44,103 --> 00:16:45,970 This is a vintage watch. 374 00:16:45,972 --> 00:16:48,806 You see, they stopped making it in 1979. 375 00:16:48,808 --> 00:16:50,241 Another thing you should know is 376 00:16:50,243 --> 00:16:54,712 Rolex never made your watch in solid gold-- 377 00:16:54,714 --> 00:16:58,349 no matter what they told you... 378 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:00,151 20 years ago. 379 00:17:03,255 --> 00:17:06,090 Ilana Yushka's been murdered. 380 00:17:06,092 --> 00:17:10,895 What happened that night might have something to do with it. 381 00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:14,265 The other girl-- 382 00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:16,234 what happened to her? 383 00:17:16,236 --> 00:17:17,368 Well, the Russian girl 384 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:19,237 she didn't want her folks to find out. 385 00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:21,239 But the other one, as soon as I brought them in 386 00:17:21,241 --> 00:17:22,774 she made a call. 387 00:17:22,776 --> 00:17:26,110 20 minutes later, this lawyer from Bedford-- 388 00:17:26,112 --> 00:17:27,845 uh, Chester Barrows-- 389 00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:30,048 comes in to collect her on behalf of her parents. 390 00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:31,015 He convinced you 391 00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:32,717 to leave her name out of the report 392 00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:34,219 in exchange for a watch? 393 00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:37,255 Well, it wasn't exactly the crime of the century. 394 00:17:37,257 --> 00:17:38,856 Strick. 395 00:17:38,858 --> 00:17:42,060 Her name was Martha Strick. 396 00:17:42,062 --> 00:17:43,361 Did she show you I.D.? 397 00:17:43,363 --> 00:17:45,863 No, but Barrows said that's who she was. 398 00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:47,765 (phone ringing) 399 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:48,933 Excuse me. 400 00:17:55,841 --> 00:17:57,275 Martha Strick was supposed to be at school 401 00:17:57,277 --> 00:17:59,844 3,000 miles away in Switzerland. 402 00:17:59,846 --> 00:18:01,379 Maybe she was. 403 00:18:01,381 --> 00:18:03,014 Ken Strick doesn't have any other siblings. 404 00:18:03,016 --> 00:18:04,582 I know. 405 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:07,452 Family sends a lawyer out in the middle of the night. 406 00:18:07,454 --> 00:18:11,556 They bribe a sheriff, to cover up what? 407 00:18:11,558 --> 00:18:13,591 Little Kenny in a dress. 408 00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:19,730 KENNETH: The Chase angle is a smoke screen. 409 00:18:19,732 --> 00:18:22,667 The police are afraid of the Russian mob 410 00:18:22,669 --> 00:18:24,702 and apparently, so is the Ledger. 411 00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:26,370 Well, that's not fair, Kenneth. 412 00:18:26,372 --> 00:18:27,705 We ran a piece 413 00:18:27,707 --> 00:18:29,907 the day after Ilana was murdered. 414 00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:31,642 It was a trademark Russian mob hit. 415 00:18:31,644 --> 00:18:33,778 Ilana told me she was thinking of doing a follow-up 416 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,079 to her first book. 417 00:18:35,081 --> 00:18:37,982 So, why is the NYPD steering the investigation 418 00:18:37,984 --> 00:18:39,684 away from the Russians? 419 00:18:39,686 --> 00:18:41,352 Ilana was your friend and mine 420 00:18:41,354 --> 00:18:42,420 but that shouldn't influence you. 421 00:18:42,422 --> 00:18:44,188 Neither should the fact that Strick Realty 422 00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:45,923 is one of your biggest advertisers. 423 00:18:45,925 --> 00:18:48,092 But, George... 424 00:18:48,094 --> 00:18:51,662 shouldn't someone be asking these questions? 425 00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:56,601 Excuse me. 426 00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:01,706 MAN: I wouldn't have brought them here, sir 427 00:19:01,708 --> 00:19:02,840 but the flight 428 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:04,342 from Toronto got in early. 429 00:19:04,342 --> 00:19:07,178 Just drive them around for an hour, and then meet me there. 430 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:19,056 The male suspect who cut off Ilana Yushka's head 431 00:19:19,058 --> 00:19:22,727 with one blow, and the woman who left the package 432 00:19:22,729 --> 00:19:24,195 at the Chinese restaurant? 433 00:19:24,197 --> 00:19:26,330 Kenneth Strick. One and the same. 434 00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:28,032 That's a hell of a theory. 435 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:32,036 Is cross-dressing something people kill for these days? 436 00:19:32,038 --> 00:19:36,407 Transvestitism could be a symptom of deeper pathology. 437 00:19:36,409 --> 00:19:39,544 I don't know what drives Ken Strick... 438 00:19:39,546 --> 00:19:41,546 but we should find out. 439 00:19:41,548 --> 00:19:43,214 There's a deeper secret here 440 00:19:43,216 --> 00:19:46,117 and that's probably what Ilana was writing about. 441 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,553 It'll take more than psychological gleanings 442 00:19:48,555 --> 00:19:50,988 to get a search warrant for a blonde wig 443 00:19:50,990 --> 00:19:52,223 and size 14 dress. 444 00:19:52,225 --> 00:19:53,725 Have you read today's Ledger? 445 00:19:53,725 --> 00:19:56,127 Since when do we pay attention to bad press? 446 00:19:56,129 --> 00:19:58,763 The article quotes an unnamed close friend 447 00:19:58,765 --> 00:20:02,433 who says Ms. Yushka was planning a follow-up to her first book 448 00:20:02,435 --> 00:20:04,001 and feared for her safety. 449 00:20:04,003 --> 00:20:06,037 The same "close friend" 450 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:07,405 who probably 451 00:20:07,407 --> 00:20:10,208 manipulates the media. 452 00:20:10,210 --> 00:20:13,477 Ken Strick, he... he went to school 453 00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:16,214 with the publisher of the Ledger. 454 00:20:16,216 --> 00:20:17,315 Detective... 455 00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:20,418 I guess we're not getting our search warrant? 456 00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:24,155 Not based on a 20-year-old joyride 457 00:20:24,157 --> 00:20:26,591 and not until you can tell me with certainty 458 00:20:26,593 --> 00:20:28,926 that Martha Strick was not in that car 459 00:20:28,928 --> 00:20:31,462 with Ms. Yushka. 460 00:20:34,199 --> 00:20:35,499 Of course it wasn't me. 461 00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:37,235 I wasn't even in the country. 462 00:20:37,237 --> 00:20:40,404 You can contact the Le Rosey; they keep excellent records. 463 00:20:40,406 --> 00:20:43,140 I only came home for the summer holidays. 464 00:20:43,142 --> 00:20:44,942 That must've been rough on you. 465 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:47,945 Didn't you miss your parents? 466 00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:49,780 Our mother had passed away. 467 00:20:49,782 --> 00:20:51,249 There was only our stepfather. 468 00:20:51,251 --> 00:20:53,784 Anyway, Kenny'd come visit during Christmas. 469 00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:54,952 What about Kenny? 470 00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:56,687 He ever get in trouble with the police 471 00:20:56,689 --> 00:20:57,588 when he was at Chase? 472 00:20:57,590 --> 00:21:00,358 No. I really don't understand 473 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,526 your fascination with ancient history. 474 00:21:02,528 --> 00:21:04,161 Don't you people read the paper? 475 00:21:04,163 --> 00:21:06,197 That phony article you brother cooked up 476 00:21:06,199 --> 00:21:08,266 with his buddy George Tate? 477 00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:09,700 I resent that. 478 00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:12,737 My brother doesn't abuse his relationships. 479 00:21:12,739 --> 00:21:16,607 Instead of giving anonymous quotes to the newspaper 480 00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:18,976 he should've the... guts to talk to us. 481 00:21:18,978 --> 00:21:22,146 What my brother did took guts, and he paid for it. 482 00:21:22,148 --> 00:21:23,681 EAMES: Paid for it? 483 00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:26,017 I think you should leave now. 484 00:21:29,254 --> 00:21:32,089 Uh, is he wearing only one boot? 485 00:21:32,091 --> 00:21:34,358 Why would you say that? 486 00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:37,361 Well, uh, because there's only, uh... 487 00:21:37,363 --> 00:21:39,964 one lonely boot here. 488 00:21:42,401 --> 00:21:45,002 Is there a reason he's not... 489 00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:46,837 wearing it? 490 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:50,374 Did something happen to his leg? 491 00:21:50,376 --> 00:21:54,979 Is that what you meant by paying for it? 492 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:56,614 He came home late last night. 493 00:21:56,616 --> 00:21:57,682 He was limping. 494 00:21:57,684 --> 00:21:59,016 He said he'd been mugged. 495 00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:00,718 I wanted to call the police 496 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,853 but he said no, and then I understood. 497 00:22:02,855 --> 00:22:04,255 What's that? 498 00:22:04,257 --> 00:22:06,924 The people who killed Ilana 499 00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:10,928 they found out Kenny talked to the newspaper. 500 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:17,935 KENNETH: My sister has a vivid imagination. 501 00:22:17,937 --> 00:22:20,471 Some thug took my wallet, pushed me down 502 00:22:20,473 --> 00:22:22,073 and... that's how I sprained my ankle. 503 00:22:22,075 --> 00:22:25,109 So you didn't get worked over by the Russian mob? 504 00:22:25,111 --> 00:22:26,777 I've said everything I have to say. 505 00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:28,279 You say one thing to us 506 00:22:28,279 --> 00:22:29,847 you say another thing to the newspapers. 507 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:31,182 I didn't talk to the papers. 508 00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:33,217 That's pure conjecture on Martha's part. 509 00:22:33,219 --> 00:22:34,852 Don't put it on your sister. 510 00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:41,092 It's you-- 511 00:22:41,094 --> 00:22:42,560 you're the one that's trying to, you know 512 00:22:42,562 --> 00:22:45,696 steer it towards the Russians. 513 00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:47,598 I'd be a fool to try. 514 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,867 You steer it wherever you want, Detective. 515 00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:51,135 Okay. 516 00:22:51,137 --> 00:22:53,237 Do you know a Chester Barrows? 517 00:22:53,239 --> 00:22:54,705 No. 518 00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:55,906 He was a lawyer 519 00:22:55,908 --> 00:22:57,174 in Bedford. 520 00:22:57,176 --> 00:22:59,944 Your stepfather hired him in 1978. 521 00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:02,546 I wouldn't know. 522 00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:07,251 The sheriff in Adler Township said that Mr. Barrows showed up 523 00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:11,956 the night of November 12, and bailed out someone 524 00:23:11,958 --> 00:23:13,824 named Martha Strick. 525 00:23:15,093 --> 00:23:18,095 I doubt that very much. 526 00:23:18,097 --> 00:23:20,164 Because Martha was away in Switzerland. 527 00:23:20,166 --> 00:23:21,599 She most certainly was. 528 00:23:21,601 --> 00:23:23,567 And you were fast asleep in your room 529 00:23:23,569 --> 00:23:24,702 at the Chase Academy. 530 00:23:24,704 --> 00:23:27,071 I most certainly was. 531 00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:34,345 What? 532 00:23:34,347 --> 00:23:37,581 Oh... it's just what I thought-- 533 00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:40,451 that you, you pluck your eyebrows. 534 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:13,451 Did you tell Kenneth Strick he plucks his eyebrows? 535 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:15,019 Yes. 536 00:24:15,021 --> 00:24:16,520 He does, right? 537 00:24:18,623 --> 00:24:20,090 He complained to the mayor. 538 00:24:20,092 --> 00:24:22,993 Now the chief of detectives wants this turned over 539 00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:24,261 to the FBI. 540 00:24:24,263 --> 00:24:26,831 It-it's not a mob case. 541 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:28,699 They planed a hit on Ilana Yushka. 542 00:24:28,701 --> 00:24:30,835 They put a beat-down on Kenneth Strick. 543 00:24:30,837 --> 00:24:33,204 When the Russians put a beat-down on someone 544 00:24:33,206 --> 00:24:34,206 it shows. 545 00:24:34,206 --> 00:24:36,841 Strick didn't have a mark on his face or his hands. 546 00:24:36,843 --> 00:24:39,376 So what's he doing limping around with a cane? 547 00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:41,178 Strick is a straight guy 548 00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:44,748 who can only get excited wearing women's clothing. 549 00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:48,752 That usually goes hand-in-hand with masochism. 550 00:24:48,754 --> 00:24:50,554 I learn something new every day. 551 00:24:50,556 --> 00:24:54,258 Guy like Strick probably hires a pro to give him a workout. 552 00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:55,359 Here. 553 00:24:55,361 --> 00:24:56,293 On his Amex bill. 554 00:24:56,295 --> 00:24:57,928 A couple of days before he was injured 555 00:24:57,930 --> 00:25:00,431 Strick bought two tickets on Air Canada 556 00:25:00,433 --> 00:25:02,233 from Toronto to New York. 557 00:25:02,235 --> 00:25:04,602 Maybe he hired out-of-town talent. 558 00:25:09,374 --> 00:25:10,975 So okay, so now it's a big crime 559 00:25:10,977 --> 00:25:12,243 to go down to the States? 560 00:25:12,245 --> 00:25:13,844 The Free Trade Act doesn't actually allow prostitutes 561 00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:16,213 to cross the border to ply their trade. 562 00:25:16,215 --> 00:25:19,183 It's still a felony that you can get extradited for. 563 00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:21,886 And your government won't lift a finger to help you. 564 00:25:21,888 --> 00:25:23,521 He's right about that, missy. 565 00:25:23,523 --> 00:25:27,558 Better answer their questions and be smart about it. 566 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:32,263 So, okay, my girlfriend and me went down to New York for work. 567 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:38,269 That's the guy. 568 00:25:38,271 --> 00:25:42,573 And how did these sessions with him play out? 569 00:25:42,575 --> 00:25:44,308 He likes being made to dress up 570 00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:45,709 in women's clothes. 571 00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:48,712 The whole kit-- from high heels 572 00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:50,180 to a wig and makeup. 573 00:25:50,182 --> 00:25:52,816 Then what did you do? 574 00:25:53,585 --> 00:25:55,853 (loud clap) 575 00:25:55,855 --> 00:25:58,822 Did you smack him? Hard? 576 00:25:58,824 --> 00:25:59,990 Yes. 577 00:25:59,992 --> 00:26:02,192 He likes being smacked around. 578 00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:05,229 You got carried away the last time? 579 00:26:05,231 --> 00:26:07,765 I stepped on his foot by mistake. 580 00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:09,466 But he didn't mind much. 581 00:26:09,468 --> 00:26:11,237 GOREN: The words-- 582 00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:12,137 the words... 583 00:26:12,137 --> 00:26:14,405 What were the words he had you say to him 584 00:26:14,407 --> 00:26:15,906 while this was going on? 585 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:18,709 We had to call him Kenny and tell him he's a bad boy; 586 00:26:18,711 --> 00:26:21,078 he's getting what he deserves. 587 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,913 What were the words that he used? 588 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,548 The exact words; it's important. 589 00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:28,485 "I didn't mean it... 590 00:26:28,487 --> 00:26:30,087 "I'm sorry, Mommy. 591 00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:32,256 Don't go away, Mommy." 592 00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:33,257 Like that. 593 00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:34,725 Then what? 594 00:26:34,727 --> 00:26:37,094 Well, after he got smacked around good 595 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:38,996 he was ready for the big finish 596 00:26:38,998 --> 00:26:40,197 so we took care of that 597 00:26:40,199 --> 00:26:41,699 and went back to the hotel. 598 00:26:41,701 --> 00:26:43,567 Is there a computer I can use? 599 00:26:43,569 --> 00:26:46,236 MAN: Sure, the officer will show you. 600 00:26:46,238 --> 00:26:48,238 Thank you. 601 00:26:52,544 --> 00:26:53,544 You're being silly. 602 00:26:53,546 --> 00:26:55,179 You were gone for an hour. 603 00:26:55,181 --> 00:26:56,513 Joshua's just a bit of fun. 604 00:26:56,515 --> 00:26:58,449 And really, Kenny, do I question you 605 00:26:58,451 --> 00:27:00,417 when you disappear to God-knows-where 606 00:27:00,419 --> 00:27:01,485 with God-knows-who? 607 00:27:01,487 --> 00:27:02,820 Don't change the subject. 608 00:27:02,822 --> 00:27:06,423 The subject is loyalty and truthfulness. 609 00:27:06,425 --> 00:27:07,992 I had to find out from the police 610 00:27:07,994 --> 00:27:10,494 you dragged my name into some adolescent criminal prank. 611 00:27:10,496 --> 00:27:11,862 I told you, it was Ilana. 612 00:27:11,864 --> 00:27:13,330 She's the one who used your name. 613 00:27:13,332 --> 00:27:14,531 Well, I don't know, Kenny 614 00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:16,834 I have to wonder what other secrets you keep from me. 615 00:27:16,836 --> 00:27:18,602 You're not being fair! 616 00:27:20,705 --> 00:27:23,440 I'm going to bed now. 617 00:27:23,442 --> 00:27:24,441 Martha, I'm sorry. 618 00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:26,176 Please don't go to sleep angry. 619 00:27:26,178 --> 00:27:27,778 I-I... 620 00:27:27,780 --> 00:27:30,881 I swear, I'm not hiding anything. 621 00:27:33,084 --> 00:27:34,818 Please say something, Martha. 622 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:36,186 I, I-I... 623 00:27:36,188 --> 00:27:39,023 I need you to trust me. 624 00:27:39,025 --> 00:27:41,992 Martha? 625 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:47,264 (voice breaks): I'm sorry. 626 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:54,138 (crying): Martha, please, I-I didn't mean it. 627 00:27:57,676 --> 00:27:59,476 Don't be mad at me. 628 00:28:01,546 --> 00:28:03,614 I'm not. 629 00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:10,220 I could never stay mad at you... 630 00:28:10,222 --> 00:28:12,856 not my big brother. 631 00:28:18,797 --> 00:28:21,965 The girl said he paid her and her friend five grand each. 632 00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:24,034 And here I thought hockey players and maple syrup 633 00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:26,070 were Canada's biggest exports. 634 00:28:26,072 --> 00:28:28,739 His mother, Eloise Strick, died in 1974. 635 00:28:28,741 --> 00:28:31,375 A suicide, in the kitchen of the family home. 636 00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:32,877 From eating ant poison. 637 00:28:32,877 --> 00:28:35,679 The only witness was her ten-year-old son, Kenneth. 638 00:28:41,786 --> 00:28:45,456 Eloise Strick-- death by suicide August, 1974. 639 00:28:45,458 --> 00:28:48,325 Here you go. 640 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:50,461 Where's the rest of it? 641 00:28:50,463 --> 00:28:53,831 30-year-old file-- it happens. 642 00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:57,868 Anyone check out this file recently? 643 00:28:57,870 --> 00:28:59,870 No. There was a reporter asking for it 644 00:28:59,872 --> 00:29:00,971 a couple of weeks ago. 645 00:29:00,973 --> 00:29:02,873 I told her she'd have to file an application. 646 00:29:02,875 --> 00:29:03,941 Is this her? 647 00:29:03,943 --> 00:29:05,309 Russian accent? 648 00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:08,046 Yes. 649 00:29:08,046 --> 00:29:11,014 What about the lead detective on the case, Alan Forbes-- 650 00:29:11,016 --> 00:29:12,983 you didn't misplace him, did you? 651 00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:17,721 Alan passed away three years ago. 652 00:29:17,723 --> 00:29:20,390 And John Nemetz-- what happened to him? 653 00:29:20,392 --> 00:29:21,992 Who? 654 00:29:21,994 --> 00:29:24,461 The crime scene photographer. 655 00:29:26,731 --> 00:29:28,198 We're looking for photos 656 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,835 of a suicide-- Eloise Strick, 1974. 657 00:29:31,837 --> 00:29:35,405 That would be under Famous People's Suicides. 658 00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:38,742 Course, the family wasn't famous then. 659 00:29:38,744 --> 00:29:43,180 Mr. Strick had just started his real estate business. 660 00:29:57,328 --> 00:29:58,762 That's the glass 661 00:29:58,764 --> 00:30:00,130 that had the ant poison. 662 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:01,965 She took it with lemonade. 663 00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:04,334 Her son was the only witness? 664 00:30:04,336 --> 00:30:06,804 Yeah. The nanny, uh 665 00:30:06,806 --> 00:30:09,506 Miss, uh, Mendoza, or something like that-- 666 00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:11,608 she had gone to the store with the daughter. 667 00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:13,777 The stepfather was out of town on business. 668 00:30:13,779 --> 00:30:14,778 Poor little kid. 669 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:16,680 You see that cupboard there? 670 00:30:16,682 --> 00:30:18,549 That's where we found him. 671 00:30:18,551 --> 00:30:20,184 When the mother started dying from the poison 672 00:30:20,186 --> 00:30:21,852 he ran in there. 673 00:30:21,854 --> 00:30:23,787 I can't imagine what that poor kid went through 674 00:30:23,789 --> 00:30:24,988 seeing his mother go like that. 675 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:29,660 Do you have a magnifying glass? 676 00:30:39,037 --> 00:30:41,171 In the dining room, there's a big box 677 00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:43,240 of soda crackers open on the table. 678 00:30:43,242 --> 00:30:44,975 Was somebody eating there? 679 00:30:44,977 --> 00:30:49,780 Uh, the boy said Mrs. Strick was before she took the poison. 680 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:55,419 Eating soda crackers on a hot summer morning? 681 00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:56,720 Morning sickness. 682 00:30:56,722 --> 00:30:57,988 NEMETZ: That's right. 683 00:30:57,990 --> 00:30:59,690 That came out in the autopsy. 684 00:30:59,692 --> 00:31:01,358 She was two months pregnant. 685 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,400 The people who bought this place 686 00:31:10,402 --> 00:31:13,437 aren't going to be thrilled to hear what happened here. 687 00:31:13,439 --> 00:31:14,872 May I help you? 688 00:31:14,874 --> 00:31:17,307 Good afternoon, ma'am; New York City Police. 689 00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:19,109 We're investigating an incident 690 00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:22,112 involving one of the previous owners of this house. 691 00:31:22,114 --> 00:31:23,447 What previous owner? 692 00:31:23,449 --> 00:31:26,416 I've been living here for almost 25 years. 693 00:31:26,418 --> 00:31:29,286 The incident occurred in 1974. 694 00:31:29,288 --> 00:31:32,122 I don't know anything about that. Sorry. 695 00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:33,957 We'd just like to take a look at the kitchen. 696 00:31:33,959 --> 00:31:36,293 No, you can't go in. 697 00:31:36,295 --> 00:31:38,862 It's, uh, Mrs. Mendoza, right? 698 00:31:38,864 --> 00:31:40,230 Mendez. 699 00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:41,832 You were the nanny for the Strick kids? 700 00:31:41,834 --> 00:31:42,900 Yes. 701 00:31:42,902 --> 00:31:44,334 You bought the house from them? 702 00:31:44,336 --> 00:31:45,969 No, they kept it in the family. 703 00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:47,204 I just lease it from them. 704 00:31:47,206 --> 00:31:49,139 It's a tragedy what happened to Mrs. Strick. 705 00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:50,941 Can you imagine how those poor kids felt 706 00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:52,109 losing their mother 707 00:31:52,111 --> 00:31:53,810 and maybe a little brother or sister? 708 00:31:53,812 --> 00:31:57,714 Oh, no, they didn't know Mrs. Strick was going to have a baby. 709 00:31:57,716 --> 00:31:59,016 She hadn't told them. 710 00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:00,117 Why is that? 711 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:01,119 I don't know. 712 00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:04,021 She just told me she didn't want them to know yet. 713 00:32:06,524 --> 00:32:08,025 I'm sorry. 714 00:32:08,027 --> 00:32:11,194 Uh, at the funeral, how did the children behave? 715 00:32:11,196 --> 00:32:13,163 Oh, Mr. Ken-- 716 00:32:13,165 --> 00:32:14,932 he was a very brave. 717 00:32:14,934 --> 00:32:16,733 Like a little man. 718 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:18,835 He stood up very straight 719 00:32:18,837 --> 00:32:21,204 holding his sister's hand. 720 00:32:21,206 --> 00:32:23,240 And what did Martha do? 721 00:32:23,242 --> 00:32:24,808 She broke my heart. 722 00:32:24,810 --> 00:32:29,646 She put her favorite teddy bear in Mrs. Strick's coffin 723 00:32:29,648 --> 00:32:33,650 so Mrs. Strick wouldn't be afraid of the dark. 724 00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:37,354 Has anyone been around recently asking questions? 725 00:32:37,356 --> 00:32:38,655 You mean snooping? 726 00:32:38,657 --> 00:32:40,991 Yeah. There was this lady. 727 00:32:40,993 --> 00:32:43,260 She parked the car across the house 728 00:32:43,262 --> 00:32:44,895 and she was taking pictures. 729 00:32:44,897 --> 00:32:46,296 A blonde lady? 730 00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:47,631 Yeah. 731 00:32:47,633 --> 00:32:49,099 I hope you told Mr. Strick about it. 732 00:32:49,101 --> 00:32:50,901 Oh, yeah, I did. 733 00:32:50,903 --> 00:32:52,436 Good for you. 734 00:32:52,438 --> 00:32:53,670 Well, thanks. 735 00:34:02,673 --> 00:34:04,141 We need a search warrant 736 00:34:04,143 --> 00:34:05,642 for the suicide house. 737 00:34:05,644 --> 00:34:07,411 Search for what? 738 00:34:07,413 --> 00:34:11,181 Motive. 739 00:34:11,183 --> 00:34:13,383 I don't see where it specifies what you're looking for. 740 00:34:13,385 --> 00:34:16,319 Right there-- cutting instruments, lye... 741 00:34:16,321 --> 00:34:17,521 But why that house? 742 00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:19,189 I only came to inform you 743 00:34:19,191 --> 00:34:20,791 of the warrant as a courtesy 744 00:34:20,793 --> 00:34:22,592 to give your representatives 745 00:34:22,594 --> 00:34:25,529 an opportunity to be present during the search. 746 00:34:25,531 --> 00:34:27,164 KENNETH: It's Saturday. 747 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:28,532 Contrary to what you may think 748 00:34:28,534 --> 00:34:30,600 I don't have lawyers standing by on call. 749 00:34:30,602 --> 00:34:32,469 Either of you is welcome to observe. 750 00:34:32,471 --> 00:34:34,404 Uh, they're not entitled to be there. 751 00:34:34,406 --> 00:34:36,339 Why are we kowtowing to these people? 752 00:34:36,341 --> 00:34:38,575 Detectives, please. 753 00:34:38,577 --> 00:34:40,577 Does the search have to be done today? 754 00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:42,179 Yes, and it doesn't matter anyway. 755 00:34:42,181 --> 00:34:43,547 The older lady's there every day. 756 00:34:43,549 --> 00:34:44,648 Mrs. Mendez? 757 00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:46,683 Has she been told you're coming? 758 00:34:46,685 --> 00:34:47,651 EAMES: She'll find out when we get there. 759 00:34:47,653 --> 00:34:48,819 I have to go. 760 00:34:48,821 --> 00:34:49,853 She's by herself. 761 00:34:49,855 --> 00:34:50,787 She'll be very upset. 762 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:52,589 We're not going back there. 763 00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:54,224 I'll be fine. 764 00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:56,226 You stay here. 765 00:34:56,228 --> 00:34:58,462 I'll go, Mr. Carver. 766 00:34:58,464 --> 00:34:59,796 GOREN: Fine, just her. 767 00:34:59,798 --> 00:35:00,797 Let's go. 768 00:35:00,799 --> 00:35:02,799 I'm going with you. 769 00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:07,471 We can't all fit in our vehicle. 770 00:35:07,473 --> 00:35:09,873 Ms. Strick can ride with me. 771 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,681 What we're interested in 772 00:35:17,683 --> 00:35:19,149 is in here. 773 00:35:19,151 --> 00:35:21,651 This place is like a time capsule. 774 00:35:24,055 --> 00:35:25,956 Same fridge 775 00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:29,759 same stove, same floor, right? 776 00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:33,396 Oh. 777 00:35:35,733 --> 00:35:38,401 Two hours you were hiding in there. 778 00:35:38,403 --> 00:35:41,538 You must have been terrified. 779 00:35:43,074 --> 00:35:45,942 I'll wait for Martha outside. 780 00:35:45,944 --> 00:35:47,844 Terrified they'd find out. 781 00:35:50,047 --> 00:35:55,118 We found duplicate photos of the crime scene. 782 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,288 Crime scene, because that's what went on in this kitchen. 783 00:35:58,290 --> 00:35:59,523 I'm warning you, Detective 784 00:35:59,525 --> 00:36:00,790 stop this right now. 785 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:04,194 Your mother... sitting there. 786 00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:13,403 Eating crackers to settle her stomach. 787 00:36:13,405 --> 00:36:16,239 She had morning sickness. 788 00:36:16,241 --> 00:36:19,309 She was pregnant by your stepfather. 789 00:36:19,311 --> 00:36:21,411 You didn't like that. 790 00:36:21,413 --> 00:36:24,314 You were scared your mother wouldn't love you anymore. 791 00:36:24,316 --> 00:36:25,582 That's not true. 792 00:36:27,385 --> 00:36:28,585 We didn't know she was pregnant. 793 00:36:28,587 --> 00:36:29,753 She didn't tell us. 794 00:36:29,755 --> 00:36:30,854 Martha knew. 795 00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:33,356 She put her teddy bear in the coffin-- 796 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:35,492 not for your mother; for the baby. 797 00:36:35,494 --> 00:36:38,261 Martha was probably 798 00:36:38,263 --> 00:36:40,330 excited about the baby. 799 00:36:41,799 --> 00:36:44,234 But you, you... 800 00:36:44,236 --> 00:36:47,804 you wanted it to... 801 00:36:47,806 --> 00:36:49,773 go away. 802 00:36:49,775 --> 00:36:51,608 Just a little bit. 803 00:36:51,610 --> 00:36:55,478 If Mommy only got sick just a little... 804 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,582 Just enough to throw up the baby from her stomach. 805 00:36:58,584 --> 00:37:00,617 No, no, no. 806 00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:04,821 Your mother was thirsty. 807 00:37:04,823 --> 00:37:07,757 From the crackers. 808 00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:12,629 She asked you to bring her lemonade. 809 00:37:12,631 --> 00:37:16,132 You poured the glass there. 810 00:37:16,134 --> 00:37:21,905 You mixed in the ant poison. 811 00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:25,141 Spilled some on the floor. 812 00:37:25,143 --> 00:37:31,214 The bitterness from the lemonade masked the taste. 813 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:36,486 Almost right away, she started getting sick. 814 00:37:40,558 --> 00:37:43,526 And she took one look at you, and she knew. 815 00:37:43,528 --> 00:37:44,661 No. 816 00:37:44,663 --> 00:37:46,329 She came at you. 817 00:37:50,501 --> 00:37:55,739 The glass, it fell out of her hand, there 818 00:37:55,741 --> 00:37:58,141 and you backed away. 819 00:38:01,679 --> 00:38:04,748 "I didn't mean it, Mommy. 820 00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:08,451 I'm sorry, Mommy." 821 00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:10,520 And then she collapsed. 822 00:38:18,229 --> 00:38:21,431 She reached out her hand for you. 823 00:38:22,533 --> 00:38:25,235 You hid in the cupboard. 824 00:38:28,839 --> 00:38:31,308 Your mother died. 825 00:38:33,611 --> 00:38:36,279 And no one ever knew the truth. 826 00:38:36,281 --> 00:38:39,582 No one except your partner in crime at Chase. 827 00:38:39,584 --> 00:38:41,051 GOREN: Ilana, who you shared 828 00:38:41,053 --> 00:38:45,021 your most shameful secret with. 829 00:38:45,023 --> 00:38:46,456 20 years later... 830 00:38:47,858 --> 00:38:49,659 because she became 831 00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:52,162 desperate for money and fame 832 00:38:52,164 --> 00:38:55,932 she decided to write a book about it. 833 00:38:55,934 --> 00:38:58,535 And you couldn't let that happen. 834 00:38:58,537 --> 00:39:01,371 Never mind the whole world finding out 835 00:39:01,373 --> 00:39:03,973 what a sad, misguided 836 00:39:03,975 --> 00:39:06,810 little boy did to his mother. 837 00:39:06,812 --> 00:39:10,080 You couldn't let Martha find out-- 838 00:39:10,082 --> 00:39:13,416 the one person who looks up to you. 839 00:39:13,418 --> 00:39:15,452 Who loves you. 840 00:39:15,454 --> 00:39:19,856 Whose hands you held at your mother's funeral. 841 00:39:28,532 --> 00:39:32,168 The only family you have. 842 00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:36,706 You... you couldn't afford to lose her. 843 00:39:38,776 --> 00:39:41,644 And that's why you killed Ilana. 844 00:39:41,646 --> 00:39:44,748 You, you're wrong. 845 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:47,751 This is all an incredible web of lies. 846 00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:55,024 Kenny, you're running out of time. 847 00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:58,728 When Martha gets here 848 00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:01,865 she's going to learn why you killed Ilana-- 849 00:40:01,867 --> 00:40:03,066 the truth. 850 00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:05,902 She'll never believe it. 851 00:40:08,773 --> 00:40:11,207 Or... 852 00:40:14,678 --> 00:40:18,581 a convenient fiction. 853 00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:22,552 Like... 854 00:40:22,554 --> 00:40:27,257 Ilana was writing a scathing exposé 855 00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:29,926 of Eloise Strick-- 856 00:40:29,928 --> 00:40:32,662 the selfish, unstable divorcee 857 00:40:32,664 --> 00:40:35,865 who cared so little for her children 858 00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:39,969 she committed suicide in front of her only son 859 00:40:39,971 --> 00:40:42,739 scarring him for life. 860 00:40:42,741 --> 00:40:47,377 And you... became enraged 861 00:40:47,379 --> 00:40:51,648 by what this book could do to your family, so you 862 00:40:51,650 --> 00:40:53,950 did what was necessary to stop it. 863 00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:03,793 Truth. 864 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:05,528 Fiction. 865 00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:13,036 MARTHA: Kenneth. 866 00:41:13,038 --> 00:41:15,472 Um, I'm sorry about the delay. 867 00:41:15,474 --> 00:41:18,107 I took a wrong turn off the L.I.E. 868 00:41:23,247 --> 00:41:25,148 Are they finished? 869 00:41:25,150 --> 00:41:27,183 We were just having 870 00:41:27,185 --> 00:41:32,722 a long talk with Kenneth... about Ilana Yushka. 871 00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:40,263 We also talked to him... about your mother. 872 00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:48,905 Her, her tragic death. 873 00:41:48,907 --> 00:41:51,574 Martha, I told them I killed Ilana. 874 00:41:54,044 --> 00:41:57,180 Oh, my God, Kenny? 875 00:41:59,216 --> 00:42:01,117 She, uh... 876 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:05,154 w-was writing a book about Mother. 877 00:42:05,156 --> 00:42:09,192 A... book of lies and distortions. 878 00:42:09,194 --> 00:42:13,229 I... tried to reason with her, but... 879 00:42:13,231 --> 00:42:16,499 couldn't talk her, talk her out of it. 880 00:42:16,501 --> 00:42:18,201 I kept... 881 00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:19,536 thinking of you. 882 00:42:19,538 --> 00:42:22,672 I... 883 00:42:22,674 --> 00:42:24,173 I don't know what came over me. 884 00:42:24,175 --> 00:42:27,877 I... I killed her. 885 00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:30,914 I'm, um... I'm so sorry. 886 00:42:36,253 --> 00:42:38,988 It'll be all right, Kenny. 887 00:42:49,833 --> 00:42:51,668 I didn't mean it. 888 00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:54,704 I didn't mean it to happen. 889 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,121 I'll get the best lawyer, Kenny. 890 00:43:12,123 --> 00:43:14,057 I'll take care of everything. 891 00:43:22,666 --> 00:43:24,000 Thank you.