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Okay, everybody, hop to it.

You're not missing the bus like yesterday.

Stop fussing over me. I'm fine.

Stop fussing over me. I'm fine. I do not sound like that. You totally do, Mom.

I don't. You kind of do, huh? Oh, wait, wait. I can do Dad, too.

I teach history class in high school, and I'm a total geek.

Ow. Do you have band practice today?

I have it all week.

The competition's on Saturday.

John, will you get that? I have a soccer game on Saturday. Don't worry.

Different times. We can make both. Dad?

Yeah. Glenn Sellard.

You're under arrest for the murder of Maria Kovacs.

Hands behind your back.

Oh, my God.

Mr. Sellers, you have the right to remain fine.

Anything you say, Cannon will... Thank you.

Can you come to my gig tonight?

No.

Thank you. Kevin, I enjoy our time together.

I really do.

The yoga, even the tofu. I mean, you brought...

so many things into my life that wouldn't otherwise be there, but the

I'm waiting to hear about a murder suspect, and I can't make any promises

I know something.

Thank you.

Deal.

Excellent.

So, can you come to my gig tonight?

Fine.

Oh, sweet, who dreams? The Knicks pulled it.

Yeah, but Stoudemire mangled that pass to Curry.

Get out of here. He catches like a girl.

Like a girl can't catch.

Hey.

Are you freaking kidding me? Why didn't the DA call us?

Yeah, of course they want a perp walk because they're on a case.

Okay, on my way.

What's up, Katie?

No courage to call before you arrest my client.

Why is it, Jimmy, that the guilty ones always have your number on speed dial?

Come on, the DA is way off on this. Sellers couldn't kill a cockroach. It's

incredible how you're always so sure of people's innocence. Because you're

always so sure of their guilt.

And you're really wearing red sneakers to arraignment?

Yeah, why not?

My kids approve.

I worry about your kids, Jimmy.

Are you kidding? They love me.

See, everybody loves me. We're not including your ex -wife in this, I

All right, one bad apple.

Ego alone.

Oh, says the girl is too good to date men her own age.

Are we still on for that NYU panel on the 20th? Yeah, if you're still talking

me after what I do to your client. My client will be sending you roses by

Pass me a dick butt, Timmy. Game on, Katie, bring it.

Maria Kova, just 17 years old, the only child of a devoutly religious family.

Glenn Sellers is loved by one and all.

Students. family, you name it. In fact, it had been her family's dream that she

would one day devote herself to a religious life. Instead, her desecrated

was found in the alley behind the school where Glenn Sellard teaches history.

He also takes care of his wife, Corrine, who was undergoing her third round of

chemotherapy at this time, Your Honor. Due to the abhorrent nature of this

crime, we request that the defendant be remanded without bail. Because he has no

criminal record, we ask that Glenn be released to his family at this time.

does not regard the defendant to be a flight risk.

Bail is set at $200 ,000.

All right, take it easy, please.

Take it easy. What do you call that? What do you call that?

Why are they calling it the Abbott and Maria case?

There is no way my father killed Maria Covert. I will be that. I will suffer

what he's done. You got me and everything in my toolbox to defend you

this witch hunt. Listen to me. I will use every legal means in my power to

convict your daughter's killer.

Mr. Covert.

Times. News day. Later.

Starving. Food.

Comfort food.

Comfort food.

Hey. Comfort food. Cookies.

Mr.

and Mrs. Cobus are here.

Oui, Maria is silver crucifix for her quinceañera.

The killer stole it.

A demon took our angel.

Mr. and Mrs. Kovos, if the death penalty were available to me, I would seek

it. If I could publish Glenn Sellers' address on the front page of the Post, I

would do it.

I do not have access to such recourse. I have only the law.

But I love the law.

It is the only thing I am good at. Just ask anybody who's unfortunate enough to

be involved in my personal life, and I swear to you, on everything I hold dear,

we will convict this particular demon.

Please.

Maria was all we had.

So good.

Everything she did, never trouble.

Just joy.

Miss Peele, I have proof that Glenn Feller hates Latinos.

Would that help you? Yes.

We could.

Okay, here's the case. Glenn Sellers was obsessed with Maria Kovas.

He bombarded her with phone calls, then he sexually assaulted and strangled her

in an alley ten feet below his office window.

His skin cells and saliva were found on Maria's breast, and we have an

eyewitness that places both of them in the alley moments before the killing.

The only people who place him elsewhere are his wife and daughter, who are no

doubt terrified by the psychotic that rules their home.

Also... We may have evidence that the defendant had a thing against Latinos,

which would make this a racially motivated hate crime. And what's weakest

Hola, Edge.

How was Cabo? I spent a week shooting tequila with fishermen whose names I

hardly recall.

Nice. And I bought everyone maracas, though they are at the bottom of my

suitcase. Nice boss?

No? No.

Back to work. Our weakest link is the forensics. We have post -mortem wounds,

genital trauma. We do not have semen.

Perhaps Sellers was impotent. Wouldn't be the first rapist. Couldn't get it up

and then killed in a rage because of it. And how dismaying to be an impotent

rapist. See what you can dig up on Sellers' medical history. Maria was

Sellers as much as he called her. Was this a romance?

Her parents say she was a virgin and her friends corroborate.

Javier Maria, indeed.

Who do you think is the best detective for this?

Stan Klotz. He can rake in the witnesses and work with the cops. Take care of

that? Got it. Okay, people. Glenn Sellard may have gotten Jimmy Brogan to

him, but a dead girl demands justice, and justice is truth in action.

Clarence Darrow.

No, Benjamin did really, but you're getting better.

What?

Chad Griffin is our third? How can the DA let that tiny trust fund tool

near this case?

Basically, I keep the city bad guy free.

Is it hard?

It's way hard.

But in my line of work, hardness rules.

That's something that appeals to you.

Chad, did you lose your phone?

Yo, it's me, buddy.

Thanks.

Uh -oh.

I gotta go.

I don't care where you are. I don't care what you're doing. When I call your

phone, you answer it. Do we now understand the relationship between a

and a lead prosecutor?

Totally, ma 'am. Don't call me ma 'am. Roger that. Don't say Roger that.

Copy.

I just don't want to go back to misdemeanors. It's a real waste of my

Listen,

Katie, I questioned a bunch of students who'll testify they saw Glenn Sellers

here in the alley at the time of the murder.

Excellent. And one of them says the fellas insert himself into every school

that Maria joined.

That's what stalkers do.

All right, listen, Stan, one more thing. See if you can find anything that might

support a hate crime charge.

I mean, maybe her parents have something.

What do?

Edge, the hate crime charge is going to work.

Okay, let's do it. Just don't let Jimmy get to you. Oh, please.

He always gets to me.

We took the bar together, you know?

And I snorted no -dos and wept and prayed.

And he finished an hour early and waited outside with a tray of Jell -O shots.

That's what's bothering you? No. What's bothering me is he's too smart to take a

case that he doesn't think he can win.

So what does he know that we don't? How strong is your hate crime witness?

It's an ESL student of Sellard's. I'm trusting Chad to look into it against my

better judgment.

The DA wants him working. You throw him a bone, Katie. See what he does.

Check this.

Sellard's ESL student will testify that Sellard said, I hate everybody, but

especially Spix. Would it be credible on the stamp?

He's a she, and she'll be brilliant. According to whose standards?

Yours. What's her name? Fatima Vences.

Let's enhance Mr.

Sellard's sentence, shall we?

Ms. Peel, how fast may you call right at this moment?

Hello, Jimmy, I'm calling to add a hate crime charge.

Yes, I do have enough evidence to support such a charge.

And thank you for being big about this. I know how being big about things is

hard for you.

It's good, but we need more.

Then get more.

Stanley Kloss has good stuff.

Sellers Borderville profile says he has rage issues.

He also was once fired from a private school in Westport because of an affair

with a 15 -year -old student.

He had prostate surgery last year. He is now a spermic, which means he can no

longer produce or ejaculate semen. Hence the lack of semen in Maria's body.

You know, having a wonky wang would really cramp my style.

Why do guys always have to talk about their wangs? Well, the women, it's a

little thing. It's got a three -day stay.

Because they have more important things to think about?

What's wrong with you?

Me?

You're the one who dragged me to a pistol range to unwind.

Okay.

Will you stop?

Why are you knocking it? Because you are driving everyone around you crazy.

The staff hates me, don't they? No, just terrified of you.

Well, you know, underneath this terrifying exterior, there's a very

person trying to get out. She just doesn't sleep well when bad people win.

are you so mad about this case?

I know this girl.

I was this girl.

Strict family, very religious, everybody's pride and joy.

Not as much fun as it sounds.

Amy?

Yeah. Ms. Peel, you might be interested to know I just watched a video that

makes your Alvin Murray case start to look like a Hail Mary pass.

But a few high schoolers go blabbing at the rest of it. Who needs a death in

their seatbelt now?

What is it?

It's what Jimmy knows that we don't.

We're screwed.

Smile a little bigger after seeing Catherine Peele. Rongo, Ronda. To me,

just an over -caffeinated grind doing the government's dirty work.

The Post, the Times, Newsday. All right, let's burn through these. Enough press.

Time to strategize.

This is why I love you, Alejo Salazar.

Lena! These charges are bull caca. Glenn Sellers is an easy mark.

He takes care of a sick wife. He teaches 10 hours a day. He tutors ESL students

on the weekend.

There's no room in his schedule for murder.

So why is the DA's office targeting Glenn and not a hundred other better

suspects? Because they're lazy and effectively stupid?

Only faculty had access to the area where Maria's body was found, and Glenn

would sneak cigarettes there. So circumstantial, I'm disgusted.

Many calls between Glenn and Maria.

Sounds like a love thing.

No way. Lena, you meant her students should call him up.

So his phone records just show calls from students, right? And to his wife's

doctors, and to anyone in St.

Claude's, and his kids' teachers.

An eyewitness places Glenn and Maria at the murder site.

Eyewitnesses are wrong more times than they are, right?

Tell Larry Combs to sniff out this one paltry witness.

What do they got for DNA?

Glenn's skin, cells, and saliva were found on the victim's breasts. In

trauma means possibility of rape.

Ooh, that's not good.

There's no semen. Nothing says the trauma was caused by Glenn. Last I

skin and saliva DNA do not a rape make.

Glenn could have sneezed on it, for God's sake. What about the Ave Maria

Maria was a teenage girl in New York City that teases his mommy.

They come at us with the DNA, we give them students to put Glenn and Maria

within sneezing distance. We discredit their eyewitness. We come up with six

other worthier suspects, Dunn, Dunn, and Dunner. So let's hightail it out to

Glenn's house and start prepping this thing. Rock and roll, people!

Where's your wife? She's lying down.

What's up, Jimmy?

There are a lot of calls between you and Maria. Any reason? Well, she was

nervous about college.

I mean, Maria was...

You know, fragile in a certain way. Then tough as nails, too.

And what about your sex life?

We don't want to be caught unaware if there's any indiscretion. Well, my wife

and I haven't had sex in almost a year, you know, due to her illness. But

I love her with all my heart.

She loves me.

And I witnessed places you and Maria at the crime scene at 6 .30 p .m., the

approximate time of the murder.

Oh, that's impossible.

As my wife and daughter told you, I was home by then.

Okay, here's the biggie. Skin and saliva containing your DNA were found on

Maria's body. Any reason why it would be there?

I mean, Maria and I, we saw each other at debate club, you know, the day she

died. I'm the faculty moderator, and when I conduct vocal exercises, I...

I stand close to the students and see if they're doing them correctly. So this

happened with students other than Maria as well? Of course, yeah.

What's all that?

Oh, last year I taught a little bit about Chinese history.

These are Chinese characters my students did for me.

Maria did this one.

It means friend.

Jimmy, how worried should I be?

Look, Glenn, when you and Corrine came to me about your defense, I was honored.

I am who I am because of hard -working, underpaid, beyond -the -call -of -duty

teachers like you, which is exactly what makes you a bullseye target for a DA

off the rails.

Do not worry.

My whole team is all over this.

I've got to meet somebody.

Leo, take it from here.

Thanks.

Where did you find out Larry Combs? Maria's mother called child services

year on her husband.

Esteban Cova's threatening to kill Maria.

Ah, mon ami, that's good pizza. Look into his alibi. If he hasn't got one, he

might be able to toss the jury another suspect.

Ms. Peel, how fascinating you should call right at this moment.

Hello, Jimmy, I'm calling to add a hate crime charge.

You sure you have enough for a hate crime charge?

Yes, I do have enough evidence to support such a charge.

Mm -hmm.

No, she's just trying to bury us under a mountain of charges.

I've got to try to bring this up, but Glenn Sellers once worked up in a school

in Westport.

They fired him for screwing a student.

I heard you might be here.

Hey, crime charges bogus.

Glenn was tutoring Spanish -speaking kids for the last decade for pocket

And he's no racist.

I've got to figure out what Katie's up to.

I do have good news.

The student Glenn allegedly had the affair with, she had emotional problems.

Glenn failed her as she struck back with an accusation.

The dean will testify on Glenn's behalf.

I'm off on the job. I'm already getting my money's worth with you.

Glad you feel that way, because I want to second -seat you on this. Oh, Leah's

my second.

Jimmy, the victim's a young woman of color. And Latin, like Alejo. The

like me, and the prosecuting attorney and half the jurors. But what's

is you need me next to you at trial, Jimmy.

I know it.

Glenn called again about testifying. Beckham, wait. We got motions coming up.

Give me everything we got.

All right. Many emails between Glenn and his students, but Maria was the only

one that he talked to on the phone. That sucks.

No debate club student remembers vocal exercises the day Maria died. That

too. Three witnesses placed Maria's father at work at the time of the

he can't be a suspect.

Okay.

Sucks. Sucks. How can we use his wife to call the child services?

I say introduce it. It puts Maria in a climate of violence that points away

Glenn. Or it makes us look like creeps for airing a family's dirty laundry. I'm

just suggesting there are better suspects out there. You're risking jury

sympathy. Guys, I don't mind you two sharpening your teeth on each other, but

let's go easy, okay?

If getting the DNA dismissed is rape -related, that's most important. What is

the holdup with the DA's evidence anyway? We need that ME report. I'll

Edgecombe again.

Why don't I call this time?

Just another voice might help.

Good idea.

Get on it.

I like how she thinks.

You like how she walks.

Simmer down, buddy. We're becoming the go -to firm for criminal defense right

now. We need to build on that with somebody of her caliber.

Larry Combs just called, and hang on to your hat.

Turns out Maria Kovath had a secret sex buddy.

Does he have a name?

Todd Engler.

So, Todd, how much pot were you holding when the cops picked you up?

She bounces.

Look, I didn't hurt Maria Kovacs, okay?

Me and her were hitting it, but no way.

Why so quiet about the relationship?

That would have killed.

I would have got a stick of it on my cell phone. I think you guys might like.

I know my friends did.

What, you think it's funny?

No. For sure as hell ain't no Javier Maria story.

Jimmy.

Miss Peele, you might be interested to know I just watched a video that makes

your Alvin Murray case start to look like a Hail Mary pass.

Of course, it might not make it into evidence, but once a few high schoolers

blabbing to the press about its sexual nature, well, my work will be done for

me.

Who needs to fasten their seatbelt now?

Known about Todd Engler. No one knew about Engler but a handful of stoners.

Turns out that Maria has some secrets herself.

Hey, shouldn't we check into where Todd Engler was the day of the murder?

I mean, everybody's all, he's the new defense witness, but maybe he's the new

defense suspect.

You just said something intelligent.

Todd Engler, witness or suspect?

His alibi is tight, so I vote witness. DA's evidence list. There's no ME

Katie's nervous about forensics, so now we talk to our forensics expert. We find

out Katie's weak spot.

Listen up, people. Motions. We get the cell phone video in.

We keep the cell phone video out.

We get Maria's mother's call to child services in. We argue that Todd Engler

called a deal to be a witness in return for bail. We tell the judge the DA

refuses to hand over the ME report, and we request sanctions.

We secure the hate crime witness and argue the existing forensics.

Since when did you start wearing dresses to court?

Three, two, one.

Mr. Hill, I'd like to compliment you on your comportment.

Mr. Brogan.

Perhaps you might wear more appropriate footwear at trial.

We can only hope, Your Honor.

Now, as you both know, I like the motion's face to be lean, mean.

So let's do the hokey pokey and turn this around.

I allow the hate crime witness.

I allow the rape.

I allow Todd Engler as a witness. I do not allow the cell phone video, nor Mrs.

Kovas' call to child services.

I will allow the DNA, but...

The district attorney must turn over the M .E.'s report, ready or not.

We have a hate crime witness, rape and DNA, but we have to turn over the M

report. Which is unfortunate because the M .E. thinks you see some sort of

pattern in the injuries on Maria's body and he would like some more time to try

to figure out what they are.

Send Jimmy the report as it is. It can always be amended later.

Okay, let's prep the witnesses. Chad, you take the ESL student because you're

the interviewer. Thanks.

What am I doing at trial?

Let's not push it.

The M .D.'s report is as weak as we thought.

Trauma, abrasion, they weren't able to turn up any more of Glenn's DNA.

And our forensic expert says that the DNA is present at very low levels on

Maria's body.

Catherine Peele had reasons to be nervous.

Just the way we like her.

So Lena and I are brainstorming about how to discredit their hate crime

And there is no way that Glenn used disparaging language about Latinos.

What should I do?

Well, Glenn's been on me about testifying on his own behalf.

Head out there. Let's decide this.

Give me

time to

tell. I hope you're right about being next to me at trial. I want you to

seat.

The new ME report has more clearly defined photos of the abrasions on

body.

And? And they look to me like hieroglyphics.

As in from ancient Egypt?

Yeah, kind of.

But how do we connect them to cellards?

Look, you know I can't eat.

sleep or tinkle without you, but I need Lena as my second seat.

She's a brilliant female lawyer.

She's a climbing recent hire.

Jimmy, if this is about race, I'm Latino like the victim. I know, but last I

checked, you don't look so good in a dress.

Listen, Catherine Peele is across the aisle. The victim was female. We need

female jurors.

It's just growing pains. Hey, that's all it is.

Damn it.

Rihanna?

What are you doing here?

I didn't see my dad till after seven the night of the murder.

So I... I lied.

He could have been at home, but I was in my room doing homework.

The trial starts tomorrow. Why are you telling me this now?

I found it yesterday.

My dad told his lawyers that he and my mom don't have sex.

So why does he have this bottle and why is it half empty?

When I showed it to him, he told me to lie that I ever saw it.

Why would he lie if he wasn't having sex with someone?

I'm going to testify against my father.

Jimmy.

You tell me you're not having sex and you're ordering Viagra online.

I had some past sexual issues and I wanted to be prepared when my wife's

strength returned.

Half a bottle is enough to prepare you through next Christmas. Were you having

sex with Maria Kovacs or not? No.

I swear, no.

Okay, you know, there were... There were...

The night before the trial starts.

Okay.

I need their names. No! Glenn, if I need to drag every hooker you screwed and

stack them in a pyramid on that stand to explain away the Viagra, don't think I

won't do it. You said you had my back. I did, I do, and I will.

But you just made things really tough, so here's what you need to do, Glenn.

March upstairs, put on something professorial to wear, take a Valium if

it. That jury is going to be watching you like a hawk. and they need to see a

confident, relaxed teacher, not some viagra -pumped hooker chaser. And

me if this sounds heartless, but every day that your wife shows up, those

will think if that woman can endure this trial, her husband's got to be

innocent. But I am innocent!

Trust me, from this point forward, it doesn't matter. The only thing that

matters is what that jury believed.

Miss Peel, I remember when you were trying token suckers in misdemeanor

I remember when you were bagging undergrads in off -campus housing.

Well, don't mistake me for someone less serious.

Not today.

Forewarned is forewarned.

Mr. Azarian, other than you and other janitorial staff, who had access to the

alley where Maria Covas was killed?

Faculty and office staff.

Students aren't allowed unless accompanied by a teacher.

But students get into that alley on their own sometimes, I bet.

From the street now and then, yeah.

They cut like a flap of the fence sometimes.

Well, when did that happen?

Happened a couple of months back.

So on the day Maria Kovas died, anyone from the street could have entered that

alley? Objection.

Speculation. I'll allow it.

Ms. Sagebrook, how far away is the alley from your window?

A hundred feet.

My four -year -old was staring at something in the alley, so I went over

what he was looking at. Yeah, a four -year -old is a handful, boy.

I know from my kids.

He's always six places at once.

So from 100 feet away with a child who's six places at once, you can identify

two total strangers in a dark alley across the street?

And what exactly did Mr. Sellard say to you in class that day, Fatima?

He say,

Especially I don't speak, which in English means I hate everyone,

but especially... Fatima.

You ever watch any movies in Mr. Sellers' ESL class?

Yes, American movie, but in Spanish with the English on

the bottom. We need subtitles so you could learn the English words?

You ever watch any movies in Mr. Sellers' class starring Clint Eastwood?

Yes, Magnum Force.

I like that one. What is the point, Your Honor?

Come to it, Mr. Brogan. On my way, Your Honor.

Do you realize, Fatima, that I hate everyone but especially Spix as a famous

line from the Clint Eastwood movie Magnum Force?

No. Are you absolutely sure then, Fatima, that Mr. Sellers said it or

he just repeating something Clint Eastwood said?

I don't know what kind of stranger daddy pulled to make you an ADA, but you just

lost... That's the hate crime charge. She never said anything about a movie.

It was your job to fully vet her.

Look, I know how I come up, which is sometimes bad. I'll let you do one

All right, what's done is done. And what's also done is Jimmy burned through

eyewitness. Then we jump two steps ahead to the post -mortem injuries. We land

there, we land hard, we gut someone with his own twisted handiwork. And we do it

now. The injuries on Maria's thighs were made post -mortem and indicate to me

the handiwork of someone in tremendous psychological distress.

Objection, Your Honor.

Really? Let's strike that, please.

Were you able to determine how these injuries were made?

Some kind of small instrument. And a pattern was present which seemed to me

be ritualistic in nature.

Objection! Judge, help me out.

I'll allow it.

Complex injuries made post -mortem. This would take some time, right?

Indicating that the killer must have had to have felt extremely familiar with

his surroundings in order to... Objection! Come on! This is not... Miss

you're out of bounds.

It was Viagra, and it had my dad's name on it.

And Brianna, why did you testify to the grand jury that your father was home at

6 .30 p .m. on the day of the murder?

To make my mom happy.

She's been so sick and sad, but when I found those pills...

Let them do some damage.

Maria called our house frequently.

She seemed to ask more of my husband than the other students.

And your husband's use of erectile dysfunction medicine?

Yes, I was aware he occasionally used prostitutes.

But this much I know.

He would never, ever touch a young girl.

Maria was kinky.

Always up for... Objection, Your Honor.

Mr. Brogan, be good.

What was the draw?

Regarding your testimony about your relationship with Maria, did the two of

ever display affection in front of Mr. Sellards?

Well, that dude was always up in on a grill.

He got us in the park once, and I was like, seriously?

So you're saying he trailed the two of you? Bunch of times, yeah.

Once he had Maria's crucifix.

He said he found it, but I don't believe him.

Defense submits into evidence a drawing made for Glenn Sellers by Maria Kovacs

herself, which shows the Chinese character for the word friend, which is

Maria considered her teacher to be.

Tarek, you testified for the defense that you attended debate club with

Did you ever see Maria and Mr. Sellers alone together?

I saw them alone in room 206, where the debate club meets. Then I saw them

coming out of Mr. Sellers' office.

And what were they doing?

The first time, just talking.

The second time, Maria borrowed a scarf from Mr. Sellers, and I saw him, like...

He, um, tucked it into the top of Maria's shirt.

She looked scared.

And when did this occur?

The day Maria died.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Order.

Terry Coley never mentioned seeing Glenn alone with Maria.

Because you interviewed him at school where you didn't want to say anything in

front of his friends.

Can the three of us come together for the sake of the case?

They got Glenn with his hands down Maria's shirt. That doesn't mean he

her, let alone killed her.

But he was. He was tucking in the scarf that she borrowed from him.

I got it.

The defense asks forensic expert Nancy Kolhas to the stand.

That's Kolhas.

Can DNA be transferred to skin via clothing?

Absolutely. So the DNA present on Maria's breasts could have been

there, not by sexual encounter between Maria and Mr. Sellers, but by something

as innocent as a borrowed scarf.

It's called secondary transfer.

Happens all the time.

Thank you.

Yeah. Glenn would come to me every couple weeks for a date. I would pop a

blue pill so we could go the distance.

Did he ever mention having an affair with one of his students?

No.

But he did ask if I could hook him up with some of my younger girlfriends.

Is that your partner?

Yeah.

We're at the White House.

We've been twice.

Good job today with the scarf.

Thank you.

We need to get over to Glenn's house ASAP.

I couldn't take it.

It just stopped.

Do you have a minute?

Oh, yeah, all right.

I'm sorry about Mrs. Tellard.

But since the jury is sequestered, I'm going to argue that her death not be

disclosed to them because it could confer sympathy on Mr. Sellers that

unfairly prejudice the jury. Okay, okay, okay. The man is on trial. He just lost

his wife.

A little sympathy is not out of bounds here. I'm just trying to keep this fair.

Yeah, I'm just trying to remind you that actual people are involved here. It's

about me.

It's about the case.

Well, how else do I know? But two kids just lost their mother because of this

trial. We're at trial because a young girl was murdered.

Ms. Peel will now hear your summation.

Maria Kovas was brutalized beneath the window of the office of her teacher, the

same teacher that stalked her.

The defendant's own witness corroborated this. A bunch of times, yeah.

Once he had Maria's crucifix, said he found it. We heard from another defense

witness that he saw Mr.

Sellers tucking a scarf into the top of Maria's shirt.

She looks scared.

That's not something any of my teachers ever did.

Did yours?

And let us reflect on Brianna Sellards, who admitted that she lied about her

father's whereabouts on the day of the murder because... because she wanted

to... Make my mom happy.

She's been so sick and sad.

A medical examiner mentioned ritualistic injuries on Maria's body, injuries

that, when enhanced, bear a remarkable resemblance...

to the Chinese character for friend.

The same character that Maria drew for her teacher, Glenn Sellards.

The medical examiner testified that these wounds were made with a small

instrument. Could it possibly be they were made with the crucifix that Todd

Engler told us he once saw in Glenn Sellards' possession?

I mean, the defense wants you to think another murderer committed this crime.

Could another murderer have carved such a special signature on his victim?

A signature that had meaning for them both?

No.

Only Glenn Sellard did this.

Now let us hold him accountable for his unspeakable acts and exact justice by

demanding an acquittal, which is the only response to such circumstantial

evidence. Miss Peel tried to tell you about a hate crime, but her witness

Splat. Magnum force.

I like that one.

Then we heard from Mr. Azarian, who tells us that kids cut a flap in that

fence allowing anybody access.

Happened a couple of months back.

That is reasonable doubt.

The supposed Chinese character on Maria's body.

It could have been made by anyone who has ever taken one of Glenn's classes.

That's several hundred suspects.

Even more reasonable doubt.

To top it off, the crucifix that supposedly made the character has never

found. The state has not produced one shred of evidence to show why my client

could have committed such a horrible crime.

But there is a killer out there.

He should be on trial here, not my client.

A man loved by scores of students has had his job, his reputation, and his

beloved wife, Corrine, mother of his grieving children taken from him. Do not

let the prosecution take anything more.

Think reasonable doubt.

He got in spades.

Madam Forewoman, have you reached a verdict?

Defendant will please rise.

Please announce your verdict.

We find the defendant guilty.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you are dismissed.

You're a double scotch with one ice cube.

Good job, soldier.

You too.

Can I ask you something?

When you took on this case, did you know something I didn't?

I knew what I always know. Everyone deserves a defense.

Somebody's got to defend him.

Well, you did it masterfully.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

Is that rum DMC?

I don't know why I even bother.

Are we still on for NYU?

Yeah.

I'll pick you up.

Do you remember that day we were supposed to be prepping for the bar, but

went and saw Chinatown instead?

I remember everything about that day.

Except Chinatown.

No, it's playing at Cinema Village.

Want to check it out?

Yeah, I would love to, but I'm on my way to a gig.

What? A date? Yeah, something like that.