1 00:03:45,092 --> 00:03:47,612 Hey, Julie! 2 00:03:47,961 --> 00:03:49,539 Guess what these are. 3 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:51,240 Uh, tickets. 4 00:03:51,264 --> 00:03:53,843 And their names are Gilbert and Sullivan. 5 00:03:53,867 --> 00:03:55,177 Oh, I hear that's 6 00:03:55,201 --> 00:03:57,647 the most fabulous production. Yeah. 7 00:03:57,671 --> 00:04:00,149 Does this mean one of these is for me? 8 00:04:00,173 --> 00:04:01,451 Oh, yes. 9 00:04:01,475 --> 00:04:04,554 How about I swing by your place about 7:15... 10 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:05,744 Tonight? 11 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:08,758 Yeah. 12 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:11,182 Oh, Ben, I've made other plans. 13 00:04:12,620 --> 00:04:13,763 You have? 14 00:04:13,787 --> 00:04:16,087 Yes, dinner plans. 15 00:04:16,857 --> 00:04:18,201 But it's Friday. 16 00:04:18,225 --> 00:04:19,302 I know. 17 00:04:19,326 --> 00:04:20,537 And Friday we... We... 18 00:04:20,561 --> 00:04:23,273 Ben. I'm... I'm really sorry. 19 00:04:23,297 --> 00:04:26,331 Maybe you can trade those in for another night. 20 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:30,146 Oh, sure. 21 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:32,449 Oh... Oh, sure... Sure. Probably. 22 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:33,605 Don't worry about it. 23 00:04:38,611 --> 00:04:41,023 Steven Cassidy was found shot to death 24 00:04:41,047 --> 00:04:43,993 in his house this morning. Did you hear about that? 25 00:04:44,017 --> 00:04:45,528 I haven't seen the paper. 26 00:04:45,552 --> 00:04:47,664 I was too busy rounding these up. 27 00:04:47,688 --> 00:04:48,865 Uh, what, uh...? 28 00:04:48,889 --> 00:04:51,334 Have you... Have you been assigned? 29 00:04:51,358 --> 00:04:53,636 Yeah. Apparently, he was in the middle of writing a book 30 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:55,627 about Vanessa Douglas. 31 00:04:56,930 --> 00:04:57,907 Senator Douglas' ex? 32 00:04:57,931 --> 00:04:58,941 Yeah. 33 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:00,610 The police have taken her in 34 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:01,777 for questioning. 35 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:04,147 Evidently, the book was largely concerned 36 00:05:04,171 --> 00:05:06,349 with her marriage to the senator, 37 00:05:06,373 --> 00:05:08,251 and the prevailing theory 38 00:05:08,275 --> 00:05:12,222 is that Cassidy got to know the real Vanessa 39 00:05:12,246 --> 00:05:13,556 and was going to portray her 40 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:17,193 as something considerably less than a saint. 41 00:05:17,217 --> 00:05:18,361 I see. 42 00:05:18,385 --> 00:05:19,929 They have a witness too. 43 00:05:19,953 --> 00:05:21,231 Good. 44 00:05:21,255 --> 00:05:23,622 Do you know who Sylvia Richland is? 45 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:26,336 No. 46 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:27,470 She's the one who does 47 00:05:27,494 --> 00:05:29,627 that television interview show. 48 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:35,144 She says she saw Vanessa 49 00:05:35,168 --> 00:05:37,012 enter Cassidy's house last night 50 00:05:37,036 --> 00:05:38,314 at about the time of the murder. 51 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:40,617 I was just on my way to... 52 00:05:40,641 --> 00:05:43,920 To, uh, talk to her. 53 00:05:43,944 --> 00:05:46,589 Uh... Oh, I... Heh. 54 00:05:46,613 --> 00:05:48,958 I better get going. 55 00:05:55,322 --> 00:05:56,922 Ahem. I'll have a regular. 56 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:02,338 I don't suppose you'd be interested in a couple 57 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,963 of tickets to see Gilbert and Sullivan tonight? 58 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:07,243 Where are they fighting? 59 00:06:07,267 --> 00:06:09,312 It's music. 60 00:06:09,336 --> 00:06:11,614 Oh. Heh-heh. 61 00:06:11,638 --> 00:06:13,004 I'm busy tonight. 62 00:06:17,578 --> 00:06:18,621 Mr. Matlock? 63 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:19,622 Yes, ma'am? 64 00:06:19,646 --> 00:06:21,257 I'm Dr. Sarah Perlman. 65 00:06:21,281 --> 00:06:22,625 I need to talk to you. 66 00:06:22,649 --> 00:06:24,060 Now, if it's all right. Well... 67 00:06:24,084 --> 00:06:26,929 Well, I've got a nice office. 68 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:28,932 It's air conditioned and everything. 69 00:06:28,956 --> 00:06:31,200 I'm chief of staff at St. Andrew's Hospital. 70 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:33,737 I've gotta be back there at 10:30 for a meeting. 71 00:06:33,761 --> 00:06:35,304 Well, in that case, doctor, 72 00:06:35,328 --> 00:06:37,907 you'd better talk fast. 73 00:06:37,931 --> 00:06:41,378 I'm a close friend of Vanessa Douglas. 74 00:06:41,402 --> 00:06:43,446 In fact, we've been best friends 75 00:06:43,470 --> 00:06:45,682 since grade school. 76 00:06:45,706 --> 00:06:47,083 But the police think that she 77 00:06:47,107 --> 00:06:49,173 may have killed Steven Cassidy. 78 00:06:51,177 --> 00:06:52,622 They're wrong. 79 00:06:52,646 --> 00:06:54,123 He was writing a book about her, 80 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:57,627 that's true, but she didn't kill him. 81 00:06:57,651 --> 00:06:59,362 No? 82 00:06:59,386 --> 00:07:02,086 However, they have a witness that says she did. 83 00:07:04,157 --> 00:07:06,503 So, uh, 84 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:08,304 I've come looking for you, Mr. Matlock, 85 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:11,007 because she's going to need a very good lawyer. 86 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:13,064 Well, you may have a point there. 87 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:16,545 I know the prosecutor in this case 88 00:07:16,569 --> 00:07:18,882 and she's a very tough cookie. 89 00:07:18,906 --> 00:07:20,738 Vanessa's in jail right now. 90 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:23,875 How about it? 91 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:32,261 Oh, thank God. 92 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:33,896 I was afraid you hadn't gotten my message, 93 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,532 or if you did, it didn't make any sense. 94 00:07:35,556 --> 00:07:37,033 No, it made perfect sense. 95 00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:38,468 Are you all right? 96 00:07:38,492 --> 00:07:41,571 Yeah? All right. Vanessa Douglas, this is Ben Matlock. 97 00:07:41,595 --> 00:07:43,372 He's a lawyer, a very good one. 98 00:07:43,396 --> 00:07:44,874 Hello. 99 00:07:44,898 --> 00:07:46,342 Are you sure you're all right? 100 00:07:46,366 --> 00:07:47,477 I'm fine. 101 00:07:47,501 --> 00:07:50,035 Do you feel like answering a few questions? 102 00:07:54,007 --> 00:07:56,753 Uh, ahem. 103 00:07:56,777 --> 00:07:58,521 This, uh... 104 00:07:58,545 --> 00:08:01,658 Uh, book that, uh, Steven Cassidy 105 00:08:01,682 --> 00:08:02,659 was writing about you, 106 00:08:02,683 --> 00:08:05,695 was it, uh, his idea or yours? 107 00:08:05,719 --> 00:08:08,198 It was the publisher's idea. 108 00:08:08,222 --> 00:08:11,234 I was approached about four months ago 109 00:08:11,258 --> 00:08:12,669 and offered a great deal of money 110 00:08:12,693 --> 00:08:15,805 in return for my life story. 111 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:17,507 I needed the money. 112 00:08:17,531 --> 00:08:20,143 Well, you're a public figure. 113 00:08:20,167 --> 00:08:23,412 They don't have to get permission 114 00:08:23,436 --> 00:08:25,414 to do a biography. 115 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:27,884 They didn't wanna do my biography. 116 00:08:27,908 --> 00:08:30,253 I was smart enough to realize that. 117 00:08:30,277 --> 00:08:32,321 I was being paid to deliver the dirt 118 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:35,824 on Georgia's most fascinating family. 119 00:08:35,848 --> 00:08:38,460 My marrying James Douglas 120 00:08:38,484 --> 00:08:41,463 had nothing to do with his family's money 121 00:08:41,487 --> 00:08:44,222 or power or political aspirations. 122 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:46,558 I loved him. 123 00:08:49,395 --> 00:08:53,075 But Wilson, his... His father, 124 00:08:53,099 --> 00:08:56,101 just couldn't buy that. 125 00:08:59,005 --> 00:09:02,985 They insisted that I stay 126 00:09:03,009 --> 00:09:06,221 at the mansion away from the press, 127 00:09:06,245 --> 00:09:09,591 and when they did let me out, it... 128 00:09:09,615 --> 00:09:11,615 It was practically under armed guard. 129 00:09:13,019 --> 00:09:15,865 I literally had to beg for money. 130 00:09:15,889 --> 00:09:17,366 The Douglases have millions. 131 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:18,801 You had to beg? 132 00:09:18,825 --> 00:09:20,803 It was all part of Wilson's plan 133 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:23,372 to demoralize me. 134 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,897 To push me away, and it worked. 135 00:09:28,168 --> 00:09:31,080 There was a prenuptial agreement, 136 00:09:31,104 --> 00:09:36,619 so when I left, I left with nothing. 137 00:09:36,643 --> 00:09:38,254 In, uh, murder cases 138 00:09:38,278 --> 00:09:41,557 where, you know, somebody's been killed, 139 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:43,615 there's usually a motive. 140 00:09:44,851 --> 00:09:46,462 Somebody has something to gain 141 00:09:46,486 --> 00:09:49,920 or there's an emotional upheaval or... 142 00:09:50,791 --> 00:09:52,624 James had a mistress. 143 00:09:53,794 --> 00:09:54,993 Oh. 144 00:10:00,166 --> 00:10:01,377 Who? 145 00:10:01,401 --> 00:10:03,668 I don't know. 146 00:10:06,139 --> 00:10:08,851 Some nights, he'd come home late. 147 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:11,854 Some nights, he wouldn't come home at all. 148 00:10:11,878 --> 00:10:14,457 He said that he was sleeping 149 00:10:14,481 --> 00:10:16,659 on his couch in the office. 150 00:10:16,683 --> 00:10:17,760 I didn't know her name. 151 00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:19,529 I didn't want to. 152 00:10:19,553 --> 00:10:21,163 Well, where were you 153 00:10:21,187 --> 00:10:24,400 between 10:30 and 12 last night? 154 00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:28,159 In my apartment... alone. 155 00:10:29,862 --> 00:10:31,908 I have no alibi. 156 00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:36,768 Dr. Perlman and I have to talk. 157 00:10:39,272 --> 00:10:40,672 Well, what do you think? 158 00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:45,488 That's going to be a difficult case. 159 00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:47,578 It's purely circumstantial, but... 160 00:10:48,815 --> 00:10:50,826 You can't... You can't overlook 161 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:53,028 the popularity of the Douglas family. 162 00:10:53,052 --> 00:10:55,698 Hell, they're practically like the Kennedys. 163 00:10:55,722 --> 00:10:57,900 That's gonna affect the jury. 164 00:10:57,924 --> 00:11:00,202 Vanessa could very well sound 165 00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:03,773 like a grasping, vindictive ex-wife 166 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:07,210 who killed this fellow when things weren't going her way. 167 00:11:07,234 --> 00:11:09,467 Are you going to take the case? 168 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:11,914 I don't know. 169 00:11:11,938 --> 00:11:14,050 I'll pay the fee. 170 00:11:14,074 --> 00:11:15,751 I make a good salary. 171 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:18,187 I have property, stocks, bonds... 172 00:11:18,211 --> 00:11:19,777 A hundred thousand? 173 00:11:22,815 --> 00:11:24,682 You are a good friend. 174 00:11:26,319 --> 00:11:29,420 Stop by the hot dog stand anytime. 175 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:32,089 Thank you. 176 00:11:47,073 --> 00:11:50,119 Uh... Were you looking for me? 177 00:11:50,143 --> 00:11:51,187 Oh, yes. 178 00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:52,888 As a matter of fact, I was. 179 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:54,790 Heh. I thought you'd change your mind. 180 00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:56,358 Change? 181 00:11:56,382 --> 00:11:58,860 Oh. Oh, no, no. I've still got the tickets. 182 00:11:58,884 --> 00:12:01,663 Oh, Ben, I'm really sorry about that. 183 00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:03,299 I thought you were looking for me. 184 00:12:03,323 --> 00:12:06,802 Yes. I heard you were down here talking to Vanessa Douglas. 185 00:12:06,826 --> 00:12:08,058 Well, yeah. 186 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:11,240 You've agreed to represent her. 187 00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:12,997 You think I made a mistake? 188 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:17,346 Well, the police just found the murder weapon 189 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:20,616 in the trunk of Vanessa Douglas' car. 190 00:12:32,486 --> 00:12:35,164 Bail will be set at $100,000. 191 00:12:35,188 --> 00:12:37,500 As for the preliminary hearing, 192 00:12:37,524 --> 00:12:39,835 it will take place in this courtroom 193 00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:44,273 on March 7 at 9:00 a.m. 194 00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:45,597 Next case? 195 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:49,378 I don't have $100,000. 196 00:12:49,402 --> 00:12:51,414 I met with the bondsman, had everything arranged. 197 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:54,416 Mr. Matlock had a good idea where bail would be set. 198 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,518 You should be released in about an hour. 199 00:12:56,542 --> 00:12:58,520 Meet me at my office around 1:00. 200 00:12:58,544 --> 00:13:02,624 I want you to walk me through Steven Cassidy's house. 201 00:13:02,648 --> 00:13:04,949 As soon as you're released, I'll take you to brunch. 202 00:13:05,752 --> 00:13:07,730 I swear, Sarah, 203 00:13:07,754 --> 00:13:10,600 one of these days, you're gonna be the one to need the help 204 00:13:10,624 --> 00:13:13,104 and I'll come riding to your rescue. 205 00:13:21,034 --> 00:13:22,266 I'll have a cup. 206 00:13:23,036 --> 00:13:24,513 Hi. Oh, hi. 207 00:13:24,537 --> 00:13:26,581 Oh, Ben, there's someone I want you to meet. 208 00:13:26,605 --> 00:13:28,250 Ben, is Jeffrey Lindquist. 209 00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:29,885 He's our newest deputy DA. 210 00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:31,753 Jeffrey, meet Ben Matlock. 211 00:13:31,777 --> 00:13:33,588 How do you do? I'm honored. 212 00:13:33,612 --> 00:13:35,932 You're sort of an institution around here. Heh. 213 00:13:38,451 --> 00:13:40,630 Uh, I really have to get going. 214 00:13:40,654 --> 00:13:42,131 Julie, I'll call you later. 215 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:44,566 I'm glad to finally have the chance to meet you, 216 00:13:44,590 --> 00:13:45,750 Mr. Matlock. 217 00:13:48,394 --> 00:13:49,874 Bye. Bye. 218 00:13:52,198 --> 00:13:53,242 Institution. 219 00:13:53,266 --> 00:13:55,010 Oh, he didn't mean to. 220 00:13:55,034 --> 00:13:57,146 He's really very nice. 221 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:59,582 He seems like a nice enough boy. 222 00:13:59,606 --> 00:14:01,249 He's 27 years old. 223 00:14:01,273 --> 00:14:03,085 That's hardly a boy. 224 00:14:03,109 --> 00:14:04,219 Twenty-seven? 225 00:14:04,243 --> 00:14:05,487 Mm-hm. 226 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:06,856 What, did you look at his teeth? 227 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:17,232 Uh, so, how was, uh, dinner Friday night? 228 00:14:17,256 --> 00:14:19,669 Oh, it was fine. 229 00:14:19,693 --> 00:14:20,670 Where did you go? 230 00:14:20,694 --> 00:14:22,772 A new place down the street. 231 00:14:22,796 --> 00:14:25,074 It's, uh... It's called Renoir's. 232 00:14:25,098 --> 00:14:27,176 Mm. 233 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,545 What did you have? 234 00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:33,015 Uh, chicken Kiev. 235 00:14:33,039 --> 00:14:35,384 Everybody have that? 236 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:36,651 Uh, yeah. 237 00:14:36,675 --> 00:14:38,454 Yeah. I think so. 238 00:14:40,146 --> 00:14:44,493 Uh, well, uh, I'll... Me too. 239 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:47,663 The police are still here. 240 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:49,798 Oh, you have to knock. Yeah? 241 00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:52,434 Yeah, Steve said that bell hasn't worked for years. 242 00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:53,958 Oh. Oh. 243 00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:56,805 He live alone? 244 00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:58,875 He had someone come in and clean once or twice a week, 245 00:14:58,899 --> 00:14:59,909 but that was it. 246 00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:02,111 Very private person, almost a recluse. 247 00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:03,201 Oh. 248 00:15:05,939 --> 00:15:07,783 Come on in, counselor. We were just finishing up. 249 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:09,327 Okay. 250 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,721 Well, morning, boys. 251 00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:14,705 Good morning, good morning, good morning. 252 00:15:15,949 --> 00:15:17,414 Good morning. 253 00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:20,029 Hm. 254 00:15:20,053 --> 00:15:22,999 When did Dr. Perlman give you that pistol? 255 00:15:23,023 --> 00:15:25,668 Last year when I moved into my apartment. 256 00:15:25,692 --> 00:15:28,170 She insisted I learn how to use it, 257 00:15:28,194 --> 00:15:30,339 but I never did. 258 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:32,475 Couldn't stand to even touch it. 259 00:15:32,499 --> 00:15:35,177 When did you notice the gun was missing? 260 00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:36,401 About a week ago. 261 00:15:38,305 --> 00:15:41,183 I guess I should've reported it, but... 262 00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:43,641 To tell you the truth, I was kind of glad it was gone. 263 00:15:46,713 --> 00:15:47,993 Oh. 264 00:15:50,316 --> 00:15:52,795 Burned up his pot, didn't he? 265 00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:55,731 Maybe he was boiling water 266 00:15:55,755 --> 00:15:57,032 at the time he was shot, 267 00:15:57,056 --> 00:15:58,789 maybe to make some tea. 268 00:15:59,992 --> 00:16:02,327 Did a good job on it, didn't he? 269 00:16:03,663 --> 00:16:04,840 Where did he do his writing? 270 00:16:04,864 --> 00:16:06,141 In his study. 271 00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:07,498 This way. 272 00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:16,651 You say he liked to spend a lot of time alone? 273 00:16:16,675 --> 00:16:17,986 Yeah. 274 00:16:18,010 --> 00:16:21,590 Well, he had plenty of room to do it in, didn't he? 275 00:16:21,614 --> 00:16:22,991 This is where he'd interview me. 276 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:24,460 He'd sit there. I'd sit here. 277 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,962 He'd turn his tape recorder on and we'd talk. 278 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,764 I came here every day for four weeks. 279 00:16:29,788 --> 00:16:31,622 Kind of therapeutic, actually. 280 00:16:35,962 --> 00:16:39,341 Did he, uh, write anything down? 281 00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:41,176 He put everything on his word processor. 282 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,811 He said he came up with some kind 283 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,546 of computerized filing system 284 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:47,216 that made writing his books a breeze. 285 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,052 So the, uh... 286 00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:53,710 The manuscript he was working on is somewhere in here. 287 00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:58,394 Sure would like to take a look at it. 288 00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:00,129 You know how to operate this? 289 00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:02,653 I don't even know how to turn it on. 290 00:17:03,957 --> 00:17:05,801 I know a fellow who does. 291 00:17:17,236 --> 00:17:18,268 Telephone bill. 292 00:17:19,172 --> 00:17:20,615 Might be interesting to know 293 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:24,575 who Mr. Cassidy was calling. 294 00:17:30,016 --> 00:17:32,395 My filing system. 295 00:17:32,419 --> 00:17:34,330 Tell him I'll do the animal trainer piece 296 00:17:34,354 --> 00:17:36,231 if I don't have to hold a baboon or something. 297 00:17:36,255 --> 00:17:37,466 They always either bite you 298 00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:39,924 or upstage you or both. 299 00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:43,072 Oh, hello. 300 00:17:43,096 --> 00:17:44,306 Is Sylvia Richland here? 301 00:17:44,330 --> 00:17:45,407 Oh. Right this way. 302 00:17:45,431 --> 00:17:46,475 Sylvia? 303 00:17:46,499 --> 00:17:47,476 Hi. Hi. 304 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:48,543 Uh, Michelle Thomas? 305 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:49,912 That's right. How do you do? 306 00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:51,446 Good. Have a seat. Thank you. 307 00:17:51,470 --> 00:17:53,682 I'm just getting ready to go out on location. 308 00:17:53,706 --> 00:17:55,517 Ever watch Eye on Atlanta? 309 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:57,119 Sometimes. 310 00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:58,854 Would you like some tea? 311 00:17:58,878 --> 00:18:00,923 No, thanks. 312 00:18:00,947 --> 00:18:02,524 I really wanted to ask you 313 00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:06,062 about what you saw the night Steven Cassidy was murdered. 314 00:18:06,086 --> 00:18:09,064 Well, like I told the police, 315 00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:12,668 at exactly 10:30, I saw Vanessa Douglas walk up 316 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:14,436 to his house and go inside. 317 00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:16,438 I was parked out front. 318 00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:18,407 Why were you parked there? 319 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,776 There was this rumor going around that he was writing 320 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,745 a juicy book on the Douglases. 321 00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:25,347 I thought it might be fun to interview him for the show. 322 00:18:25,371 --> 00:18:26,715 He wouldn't return my phone calls, 323 00:18:26,739 --> 00:18:28,050 so I figured I'd just go over there 324 00:18:28,074 --> 00:18:30,052 and talk to him in person. 325 00:18:30,076 --> 00:18:32,120 Did you talk to him? 326 00:18:32,144 --> 00:18:34,490 No. Vanessa Douglas went inside. 327 00:18:34,514 --> 00:18:36,257 I figured he wouldn't talk to me with her there, 328 00:18:36,281 --> 00:18:38,059 so I just went home. 329 00:18:38,083 --> 00:18:40,595 Are you sure 330 00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:43,832 that the person you saw was Vanessa Douglas? 331 00:18:43,856 --> 00:18:46,135 Michelle, I've been in the news business 332 00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:47,602 for five years. 333 00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:49,405 Six if you count my stint as a weather girl. 334 00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:52,408 I'm a very professional observer. 335 00:18:52,432 --> 00:18:55,744 The woman I saw that night was Vanessa Douglas. 336 00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:58,313 Right now we're at approximately 100 percent employment. 337 00:18:58,337 --> 00:19:00,949 If you add the double jobs, I'd say we're anywhere from 103 338 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:02,851 to 104 percent employment. 339 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:04,252 Inflation is minimal. 340 00:19:04,276 --> 00:19:06,655 Tax rates are declining. 341 00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:07,956 People are spending and saving, 342 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,959 and yet there's this nervousness going on, and why? 343 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:12,460 Is it because of a high deficit? 344 00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:15,285 Because the balance of payments are so out of whack? 345 00:19:17,690 --> 00:19:19,834 Fine boy. 346 00:19:19,858 --> 00:19:22,738 You must be very proud, Mr. Douglas. 347 00:19:22,762 --> 00:19:24,061 Hello, Ben. 348 00:19:25,465 --> 00:19:28,043 Rumor has it that he's a contender 349 00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:29,611 for the vice presidential nomination. 350 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:30,946 Anything to that? 351 00:19:30,970 --> 00:19:34,482 James is the best that this country's got. 352 00:19:34,506 --> 00:19:35,839 What brings you around here? 353 00:19:36,642 --> 00:19:40,622 Well, uh, ahem, your son's, uh, 354 00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:43,225 ex-wife is a client of mine, 355 00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:45,860 and, uh, she had 356 00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:48,696 some uncomplimentary things to say 357 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,500 about you and James. 358 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:53,924 So what exactly did, uh, Vanessa have to say? 359 00:19:55,261 --> 00:19:58,040 Generally, that, uh, 360 00:19:58,064 --> 00:20:00,609 nobody around here liked her much. 361 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:01,832 Well, he loved her. 362 00:20:03,503 --> 00:20:05,847 Is that why you kept her virtually 363 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:06,982 a prisoner here 364 00:20:07,006 --> 00:20:09,851 and why she had to beg for money? 365 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:11,186 That's ridiculous. 366 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:14,456 Precisely the same trash she told Steve Cassidy. 367 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,491 Yeah? 368 00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:19,929 Well, how did... How did you know that? 369 00:20:19,953 --> 00:20:21,630 'Cause he was here. 370 00:20:21,654 --> 00:20:23,365 Oh, he's a very good writer, Mr. Matlock. 371 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:24,866 He listened to what Vanessa had to say, 372 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,769 and then he came to us to check the facts. 373 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:29,704 And what... What were the facts? 374 00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:32,041 The woman was totally neurotic. 375 00:20:32,065 --> 00:20:34,410 Whether my son loved her because of it or in spite of it, 376 00:20:34,434 --> 00:20:35,444 I'll never know, 377 00:20:35,468 --> 00:20:37,579 but the fact is he couldn't trust her 378 00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:40,416 when she left the house or spent money 379 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,407 or functioned as a responsible member of this family. 380 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:47,189 Vanessa has emotional problems. 381 00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:49,191 I... I tried to deal with them the best I could. 382 00:20:49,215 --> 00:20:50,792 I paid for the doctors, the clinics. 383 00:20:50,816 --> 00:20:52,261 Nothing helped. 384 00:20:52,285 --> 00:20:53,629 Yes, it's true. We... 385 00:20:53,653 --> 00:20:55,364 We wound up keeping her here. 386 00:20:55,388 --> 00:20:58,434 So she wouldn't go anywhere and embarrass you. 387 00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:00,569 We couldn't let her destroy everything 388 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:03,605 that I spent a lifetime building up. 389 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:06,642 And just to keep the record straight, 390 00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:09,178 after she ran up tabs of over $20,000 a month, 391 00:21:09,202 --> 00:21:10,345 I cut her off. 392 00:21:10,369 --> 00:21:12,581 Now, what would you have done, Mr. Matlock? 393 00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:13,983 I get the picture. 394 00:21:14,007 --> 00:21:16,318 That meeting with Steve Cassidy. 395 00:21:16,342 --> 00:21:18,320 Did it really take place? 396 00:21:18,344 --> 00:21:19,755 He recorded the whole thing 397 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:21,312 and made me a copy of the tape. 398 00:21:22,382 --> 00:21:23,625 I'll send it over to you tomorrow 399 00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:26,094 with the rest of the things. How does that sound? 400 00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:28,163 Fine. Thank you, senator. Mm-hm. 401 00:21:28,187 --> 00:21:29,653 Sir. 402 00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:37,806 Oh, thank God. 403 00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:39,408 May I speak to Vanessa? 404 00:21:39,432 --> 00:21:40,842 Please, come in. 405 00:21:40,866 --> 00:21:43,000 Maybe you can talk some sense into her. 406 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:47,616 I stopped by to see if she wanted to go to dinner 407 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,239 and found her doing this. 408 00:21:49,709 --> 00:21:51,987 Mm. 409 00:21:52,011 --> 00:21:53,789 You taking a little vacation? 410 00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:55,490 I'm leaving for good. 411 00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:57,693 It's the only sensible thing to do. 412 00:21:57,717 --> 00:21:59,928 It is not sensible, Vanessa. 413 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:01,496 It really isn't. 414 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,886 Please, tell her. 415 00:22:04,056 --> 00:22:05,667 Skipping out on trial 416 00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:09,171 is the surest way I know of to conviction. 417 00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:10,472 They'll never find me. 418 00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:13,641 Oh, yes, they will. In 24 hours, guaranteed. 419 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:15,543 Don't you understand? 420 00:22:15,567 --> 00:22:18,380 It's me against the Douglases, for God's sakes. 421 00:22:18,404 --> 00:22:20,015 I lived with them for six years. 422 00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:22,318 I know what they can do. 423 00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:25,454 Someone like me just doesn't stand a chance. 424 00:22:25,478 --> 00:22:27,856 Vanessa, sit down. 425 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,279 Sit down. 426 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:31,281 Here. 427 00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:33,684 Take these. 428 00:22:40,826 --> 00:22:42,493 What am I gonna do? 429 00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:46,964 Vanessa, you're gonna trust us. 430 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:51,913 Now, I want you to lay down for a little while and just relax. 431 00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:53,269 All right? Come on. 432 00:22:54,507 --> 00:22:55,806 Lay down. 433 00:22:59,144 --> 00:23:01,664 If you need anything, we'll be right outside. 434 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:13,302 Has this happened before? 435 00:23:13,326 --> 00:23:16,004 She's very high-strung. 436 00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:17,561 Hm. 437 00:23:26,606 --> 00:23:27,883 "Once activated, 438 00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:29,818 "the computer will automatically perform 439 00:23:29,842 --> 00:23:32,320 "a variety of diagnostic tests. 440 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:34,456 "At the termination of these tests, 441 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,759 the main menu will appear on the screen." 442 00:23:37,783 --> 00:23:39,027 Okay. 443 00:23:41,988 --> 00:23:44,900 Hm. All right, check. 444 00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:46,468 "Press the space bar 445 00:23:46,492 --> 00:23:48,437 "until the cursor is positioned 446 00:23:48,461 --> 00:23:51,462 in front of the desired menu function." 447 00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:01,449 "For an explanation of each menu function, 448 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:03,018 see chapter three"? 449 00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:04,507 Oh, no. 450 00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:13,162 Whoa. 451 00:24:13,186 --> 00:24:15,230 Jeez, I thought I was gonna be all alone here. 452 00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:16,665 That makes two of us. 453 00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:18,133 Name's Lamont. 454 00:24:18,157 --> 00:24:19,567 Uh, the DA's office sent me over 455 00:24:19,591 --> 00:24:20,802 to see if I could access the book 456 00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:22,371 that Steven Cassidy was writing. 457 00:24:22,395 --> 00:24:24,172 I guess that's what you're doing, huh? 458 00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:25,807 I'm trying to. 459 00:24:25,831 --> 00:24:26,975 Name's Tyler Hudson. 460 00:24:26,999 --> 00:24:28,777 I work for an attorney. 461 00:24:28,801 --> 00:24:30,446 You know anything about computers? 462 00:24:30,470 --> 00:24:31,847 A little bit. 463 00:24:31,871 --> 00:24:34,237 Well, be my guest. 464 00:25:04,203 --> 00:25:05,335 It's not here. 465 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:08,750 It's not? 466 00:25:08,774 --> 00:25:10,986 The book must be stored on another disk. 467 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:12,153 Mm-hm. 468 00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:13,522 It's gotta be around here somewhere. 469 00:25:13,546 --> 00:25:14,857 Look, I'm telling you. 470 00:25:14,881 --> 00:25:17,459 I have checked every file, every drawer, 471 00:25:17,483 --> 00:25:18,827 every cabinet in this house. 472 00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:20,629 It is not here. 473 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:23,053 Well, then he must have been the paranoid type and hid it. 474 00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:27,869 Maybe in a... In a wall safe, floor safe, 475 00:25:27,893 --> 00:25:29,838 something like that. 476 00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:32,541 Or maybe one of those. 477 00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:12,903 Well, lookie here. 478 00:26:13,939 --> 00:26:15,751 Douglas manuscript. 479 00:26:17,710 --> 00:26:19,453 Now, do you think you can get that thing 480 00:26:19,477 --> 00:26:21,089 to print whatever is on here? 481 00:26:21,113 --> 00:26:22,423 It's no problem. 482 00:26:31,523 --> 00:26:33,156 Oh. 483 00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:45,075 No! 484 00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:01,963 Fine, whiz kid. 485 00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:04,307 Now, that diskette is gone, but you're not. 486 00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:06,801 Now, it's for damn sure 487 00:27:06,825 --> 00:27:08,536 that you ain't from the DA's office. 488 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:09,971 So you know what you're going to do? 489 00:27:09,995 --> 00:27:12,307 You are going to tell me who you are 490 00:27:12,331 --> 00:27:15,277 and why you did that and you are not going to lie to me. 491 00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:19,647 You know why? Because I hate liars! 492 00:27:19,671 --> 00:27:23,452 Now, who hired you? 493 00:27:23,476 --> 00:27:25,453 I need those figures as soon as possible. 494 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:27,789 I have a meeting with the committee chairman tomorrow. 495 00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:30,325 It's the only leverage I've got. 496 00:27:30,349 --> 00:27:33,028 I appreciate it. 497 00:27:33,052 --> 00:27:35,997 See if you can, uh, dig up that Coleman file, will you? 498 00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:39,301 Oh, Mr. Matlock. Yes, sir, senator. 499 00:27:39,325 --> 00:27:40,769 Did you get a chance to, uh, 500 00:27:40,793 --> 00:27:42,637 take a look at that information I sent over? 501 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:46,140 Yeah, and if you're as innocent 502 00:27:46,164 --> 00:27:47,642 as you say you are, 503 00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:50,645 why did you hire this Lamont Turkel 504 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:52,681 to destroy that manuscript? 505 00:27:52,705 --> 00:27:55,349 I didn't hire anyone to do anything of the sort. 506 00:27:55,373 --> 00:27:58,053 Well, somebody using your name hired him 507 00:27:58,077 --> 00:28:00,644 to destroy material evidence. 508 00:28:02,948 --> 00:28:05,460 You'll never prove that. 509 00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:08,685 Well, it might be fun to watch me try. 510 00:28:10,456 --> 00:28:12,267 Here's your ticket to the show. 511 00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:14,469 A subpoena. 512 00:28:14,493 --> 00:28:16,260 One for your father too. 513 00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:21,343 Oh, it's a nice day. 514 00:28:35,981 --> 00:28:37,792 Mr. Matlock. 515 00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:39,049 Jeffrey Lindquist. 516 00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:42,418 The deputy DA? 517 00:28:43,622 --> 00:28:44,866 I remember. How are you? 518 00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:47,135 Well, I'm still a little wet behind the ears, 519 00:28:47,159 --> 00:28:48,558 but I'm getting there. 520 00:28:50,296 --> 00:28:51,928 Julie's been great. 521 00:28:53,666 --> 00:28:58,246 Well, ha-ha. It's almost lunchtime. 522 00:28:58,270 --> 00:29:00,881 I sure do dread going downstairs. 523 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:02,750 Yeah. Those cafeterias get old real fast. 524 00:29:02,774 --> 00:29:05,086 Yeah. 525 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:07,222 I hear there's a new place opened 526 00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:10,725 just down the street called Renoir's. You ever eat in there? 527 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:13,461 Yeah. As a matter of fact, I have. It's pretty good. 528 00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:15,385 I recommend the chicken Kiev. 529 00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:20,902 This is the murder weapon, yes. 530 00:29:20,926 --> 00:29:22,671 It has my initials on it. 531 00:29:22,695 --> 00:29:25,807 Would you please tell the court where the weapon was found? 532 00:29:25,831 --> 00:29:28,944 I found it in the trunk of Vanessa Douglas' car. 533 00:29:28,968 --> 00:29:30,144 Thank you. 534 00:29:30,168 --> 00:29:31,246 Nothing further. 535 00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:32,581 Cross-examine? 536 00:29:32,605 --> 00:29:34,315 Uh, thank you. 537 00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:36,684 Uh, m... May I... May I just? Thank you. 538 00:29:36,708 --> 00:29:42,190 Thank you. Uh... That's a pretty nice gun, 539 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:43,191 Lieutenant Brooks. 540 00:29:43,215 --> 00:29:44,692 Who owns it, anyway? 541 00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:47,629 We weren't able to determine that. It's unregistered. 542 00:29:47,653 --> 00:29:49,231 Did you find any fingerprints on it? 543 00:29:49,255 --> 00:29:50,565 No, sir. 544 00:29:50,589 --> 00:29:54,491 A .45 is pretty heavy, unwieldy. 545 00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:57,071 Let me ask you something. 546 00:29:57,095 --> 00:30:01,275 In your experience as an officer of the law, 547 00:30:01,299 --> 00:30:02,978 how often have you known a woman 548 00:30:03,002 --> 00:30:05,213 to use a .45 caliber gun to commit murder? 549 00:30:05,237 --> 00:30:06,448 Objection. 550 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,716 Improper opinion, lack of foundation, 551 00:30:08,740 --> 00:30:11,753 relevancy, cause for a sexist stereotype. 552 00:30:11,777 --> 00:30:13,921 I was merely trying to ascertain 553 00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:15,457 what is usual in cases 554 00:30:15,481 --> 00:30:17,025 involving high-caliber weapons. 555 00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:20,095 Not everyone shares your obvious enthusiasm 556 00:30:20,119 --> 00:30:21,863 for the usual, counselor. 557 00:30:21,887 --> 00:30:24,131 I submit there are some acts committed 558 00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:25,733 under some circumstances 559 00:30:25,757 --> 00:30:27,334 that gives some people the right 560 00:30:27,358 --> 00:30:30,972 to examine them under the somewhat general classification 561 00:30:30,996 --> 00:30:32,073 as something usual. 562 00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:34,509 And I submit that making those assumptions 563 00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:38,313 in this case calls for a sexist stereotype. 564 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:40,315 What about sexist common sense? 565 00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:43,018 Counsel. 566 00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:44,719 Remember me? 567 00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:46,888 I'm the person to whom you address your arguments, 568 00:30:46,912 --> 00:30:48,456 not each other. 569 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,880 The people's objection is sustained. 570 00:30:53,218 --> 00:30:54,462 Let the record reflect 571 00:30:54,486 --> 00:30:57,431 that the witness has identified the defendant. 572 00:30:57,455 --> 00:30:59,533 Miss Richland, are you sure 573 00:30:59,557 --> 00:31:02,070 it was the defendant you saw entering 574 00:31:02,094 --> 00:31:04,539 the decedent's home on the night of the murder? 575 00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:06,775 As everyone knows, I'm a reporter. 576 00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:09,944 My job is observing and recognizing people. 577 00:31:09,968 --> 00:31:11,712 There's no doubt in my mind. 578 00:31:11,736 --> 00:31:13,982 Mrs. Douglas was the person I saw. 579 00:31:14,006 --> 00:31:15,183 Thank you. 580 00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:16,351 Nothing further. 581 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:18,895 Mr. Matlock? 582 00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:21,122 Uh, Miss Richland, 583 00:31:21,146 --> 00:31:25,693 you just testified that the reason you went 584 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:29,597 to see Mr. Cassidy in person that night 585 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:31,099 is because he had refused 586 00:31:31,123 --> 00:31:33,602 to answer any of your phone calls. 587 00:31:33,626 --> 00:31:34,602 Is that right? 588 00:31:34,626 --> 00:31:35,903 That's right. 589 00:31:35,927 --> 00:31:38,172 Well, Steven Cassidy's phone bills 590 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:42,077 have been entered into evidence in this court, 591 00:31:42,101 --> 00:31:45,313 and this bill covers the three weeks 592 00:31:45,337 --> 00:31:47,370 before his death. 593 00:31:48,540 --> 00:31:50,774 You recognize that number right there? 594 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:55,724 Yes. It's the number at the TV station where I work. 595 00:31:55,748 --> 00:31:57,258 But you said he never returned 596 00:31:57,282 --> 00:32:00,061 any of your calls. 597 00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:03,164 He must have been calling someone else. 598 00:32:03,188 --> 00:32:06,434 Your receptionist says otherwise. 599 00:32:06,458 --> 00:32:09,070 She is prepared to testify 600 00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:10,671 that prior to his death, 601 00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:13,107 she put through several calls 602 00:32:13,131 --> 00:32:14,976 to you from Steven Cassidy. 603 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,179 She says that she put through one call 604 00:32:18,203 --> 00:32:21,249 to you from him the day he was murdered. 605 00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:22,438 Is that true? 606 00:32:25,177 --> 00:32:26,654 Yes. 607 00:32:26,678 --> 00:32:28,723 You and he had agreed to meet, 608 00:32:28,747 --> 00:32:31,059 hadn't you, at his house that night? 609 00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:32,927 He was expecting you. 610 00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,162 He'd put on water to boil. 611 00:32:34,186 --> 00:32:36,298 You must have told him you drink tea. 612 00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:38,600 You're making this sound like I had something 613 00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:40,035 to do with his death. 614 00:32:40,059 --> 00:32:41,469 I can make a case for that. 615 00:32:41,493 --> 00:32:42,904 I didn't kill him. 616 00:32:42,928 --> 00:32:45,295 Why did you lie? Because... 617 00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:51,913 Your meeting with him was personal, wasn't it? 618 00:32:51,937 --> 00:32:55,483 He wanted to talk to you that night 619 00:32:55,507 --> 00:32:59,921 because in doing his research for his book on the Douglases, 620 00:32:59,945 --> 00:33:02,465 he'd found out something about you, hadn't he? 621 00:33:03,449 --> 00:33:05,660 It had to do with a man, didn't it, 622 00:33:05,684 --> 00:33:11,533 that you had been seeing a few years before. 623 00:33:11,557 --> 00:33:14,302 A man who, uh, could exert 624 00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:18,006 a certain influence 625 00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:20,841 on the television station where you worked 626 00:33:20,865 --> 00:33:22,110 to give you your own show, 627 00:33:22,134 --> 00:33:25,313 a man whose family owned that television station, 628 00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:29,250 a married man. 629 00:33:29,274 --> 00:33:32,954 And his name is, uh... Objection. Relevancy. 630 00:33:32,978 --> 00:33:36,925 Overruled. This is bias and motive. 631 00:33:36,949 --> 00:33:39,193 Thank you. His name is...? 632 00:33:39,217 --> 00:33:41,684 James Douglas. 633 00:33:43,922 --> 00:33:46,768 But that doesn't mean I killed Steven Cassidy. 634 00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:49,703 But are you sure this doesn't all tie together somehow? 635 00:33:49,727 --> 00:33:52,406 This man was gonna expose your affair to the world. 636 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:54,743 No, no. That doesn't change the fact 637 00:33:54,767 --> 00:33:57,678 that the woman I saw that night was Vanessa Douglas. 638 00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:00,348 Oh, she's the obvious one to frame for this murder. 639 00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:02,750 She walked up to the door. She knocked. 640 00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:05,753 She opened the door and she went in. 641 00:34:05,777 --> 00:34:09,557 That's the truth. I swear it. 642 00:34:18,090 --> 00:34:19,589 Mr. Matlock? 643 00:34:20,692 --> 00:34:22,903 Your Honor... Your Honor, uh, 644 00:34:22,927 --> 00:34:24,305 if it please the court, 645 00:34:24,329 --> 00:34:28,209 I'd like to take a recess to confer with my client. 646 00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:31,545 Well, since it is the end of the day, 647 00:34:31,569 --> 00:34:33,815 we'll reconvene tomorrow morning at 10. 648 00:34:33,839 --> 00:34:35,138 Thank you, counsel. 649 00:34:37,342 --> 00:34:39,075 Sarah was right. 650 00:34:40,512 --> 00:34:43,391 You really are brilliant. 651 00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:45,948 For the first time, I feel like I've got a chance. 652 00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:53,155 What's wrong? 653 00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:56,459 You did it. 654 00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:59,696 I beg your pardon? 655 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:02,299 The doorbell. 656 00:35:05,504 --> 00:35:09,584 Anyone coming up to Steven Cassidy's house 657 00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:10,985 would ring the doorbell. 658 00:35:11,009 --> 00:35:13,176 It's impossible to miss. 659 00:35:14,279 --> 00:35:17,458 The killer knocked 660 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:21,017 because the killer knew the doorbell doesn't work. 661 00:35:23,355 --> 00:35:25,322 The prosecution was right. 662 00:35:27,058 --> 00:35:28,903 Steven Cassidy's book 663 00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:31,739 was gonna to deliver the dirt, all right. 664 00:35:31,763 --> 00:35:34,409 It wasn't the Douglases' dirt. 665 00:35:34,433 --> 00:35:39,147 It was yours, so you killed him. 666 00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:46,843 Your job is to defend me no matter what. 667 00:35:49,982 --> 00:35:51,615 Isn't it? 668 00:36:07,866 --> 00:36:09,277 Your Honor, 669 00:36:09,301 --> 00:36:12,647 in accordance with counsel's discussions 670 00:36:12,671 --> 00:36:14,848 in chambers this morning, 671 00:36:14,872 --> 00:36:16,517 I'd like to reconstruct 672 00:36:16,541 --> 00:36:19,687 as near as possible the conditions under which 673 00:36:19,711 --> 00:36:22,290 this witness identified my client. 674 00:36:22,314 --> 00:36:23,991 The people renew their objection. 675 00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:25,058 Overruled. 676 00:36:25,082 --> 00:36:26,193 Proceed, Mr. Matlock. 677 00:36:26,217 --> 00:36:27,695 Thank you. 678 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:31,064 The first thing, I'd like to ask my client to leave the room. 679 00:36:31,088 --> 00:36:32,121 Thank you. 680 00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:39,128 And, uh, now, Miss Richland, 681 00:36:40,231 --> 00:36:42,743 I'm gonna ask the bailiff 682 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,967 to turn off all the lights in the room. 683 00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:48,883 Then after my client has reentered the room, 684 00:36:48,907 --> 00:36:49,984 I'm gonna ask him to turn 685 00:36:50,008 --> 00:36:53,687 the lights back on slowly, carefully. 686 00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:57,158 And when what you see by the light 687 00:36:57,182 --> 00:36:59,660 in this room approximates 688 00:36:59,684 --> 00:37:02,830 what you saw by the light that existed 689 00:37:02,854 --> 00:37:05,099 that night outside Steven Cassidy's house, 690 00:37:05,123 --> 00:37:06,968 I want you to tell him to stop. 691 00:37:06,992 --> 00:37:09,303 Is that clear? Perfectly. 692 00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:10,505 All right. 693 00:37:10,529 --> 00:37:12,962 I'll ask the bailiff to turn off the lights. 694 00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:17,845 Now open the door. 695 00:37:23,942 --> 00:37:27,243 Now bring up the lights slowly. 696 00:37:30,782 --> 00:37:32,960 Is that what you saw? 697 00:37:32,984 --> 00:37:35,344 There was a little more light. 698 00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:37,965 There. 699 00:37:37,989 --> 00:37:40,101 That's it right there. 700 00:37:40,125 --> 00:37:42,570 That's approximately what you saw. 701 00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:45,139 That's exactly what I saw. 702 00:37:45,163 --> 00:37:50,445 So, what you're saying is the woman you saw 703 00:37:50,469 --> 00:37:53,147 entering Steven Cassidy's house 704 00:37:53,171 --> 00:37:56,584 the night he was murdered 705 00:37:56,608 --> 00:38:00,555 was Dr. Sarah Perlman? 706 00:38:10,989 --> 00:38:13,367 I think what you're really saying 707 00:38:13,391 --> 00:38:15,336 is you saw someone 708 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,072 enter Steven Cassidy's house that night. 709 00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:20,307 It may have looked like Vanessa Douglas, 710 00:38:20,331 --> 00:38:21,609 but as we have seen, 711 00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:23,343 it could've been anyone, 712 00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:26,347 even one of Atlanta's most prominent physicians. 713 00:38:26,371 --> 00:38:28,938 Thank you. No further questions. 714 00:38:29,741 --> 00:38:30,718 Miss March? 715 00:38:30,742 --> 00:38:32,954 No questions, Your Honor. 716 00:38:32,978 --> 00:38:34,810 The witness may step down. 717 00:38:44,923 --> 00:38:46,000 For my next witness, 718 00:38:46,024 --> 00:38:49,370 I call Dr. Sarah Perlman to the stand. 719 00:38:49,394 --> 00:38:51,372 First of all, doctor, 720 00:38:51,396 --> 00:38:53,941 I want to thank you for helping me 721 00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:55,376 with that little demonstration. 722 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,045 I was happy to do it. 723 00:38:57,069 --> 00:39:00,014 Luckily, both you women are approximately 724 00:39:00,038 --> 00:39:03,017 the same height and weight, so... 725 00:39:03,041 --> 00:39:06,054 I... I imagine that you 726 00:39:06,078 --> 00:39:07,621 swapped clothes often 727 00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:09,223 when you were in college. 728 00:39:09,247 --> 00:39:11,359 Yes. As a matter of fact, we did. 729 00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:15,162 Did, uh, Steven Cassidy interview you 730 00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:16,731 for that book he was, uh, 731 00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:17,898 writing about Vanessa? 732 00:39:17,922 --> 00:39:20,067 Yes, he did. Twice. 733 00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:23,704 And, uh, that's because you were oldest and best friends. 734 00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:25,306 Yes. 735 00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:26,974 So what did you tell him? 736 00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:30,333 Uh, what Vanessa was like as a child. 737 00:39:31,569 --> 00:39:33,480 What she's like as an adult. 738 00:39:33,504 --> 00:39:34,916 He wasn't looking for gossip. 739 00:39:34,940 --> 00:39:36,717 He was just doing research on her. 740 00:39:36,741 --> 00:39:39,108 Uh, did, uh... 741 00:39:41,279 --> 00:39:43,023 Did he do, uh, 742 00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:47,617 very much research on... On you? 743 00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:51,064 What do you mean? 744 00:39:51,088 --> 00:39:53,300 Well, did he know that you were 745 00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:56,336 in the habit of prescribing sedatives 746 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:57,739 for Vanessa? 747 00:39:57,763 --> 00:40:00,108 I've prescribed for her on occasion. 748 00:40:00,132 --> 00:40:02,543 Very addictive sedatives. 749 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:04,212 My patient needed them. 750 00:40:04,236 --> 00:40:06,848 Addictive? 751 00:40:06,872 --> 00:40:10,351 They have the potential of being addictive, yes. 752 00:40:10,375 --> 00:40:12,875 That's what he wanted to hear about, wasn't it? 753 00:40:13,878 --> 00:40:16,624 This unhealthy relationship 754 00:40:16,648 --> 00:40:17,792 you had with Vanessa, 755 00:40:17,816 --> 00:40:19,226 how you kept her dependent 756 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:21,228 on you through drugs. 757 00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:22,497 No. 758 00:40:22,521 --> 00:40:23,931 Oh, come on, doctor. 759 00:40:23,955 --> 00:40:25,399 You know that's it. 760 00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:28,169 That's the stuff bestsellers are made from. 761 00:40:28,193 --> 00:40:31,071 And that's why you had to make sure 762 00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:33,696 that book was never published, wasn't it? 763 00:40:34,733 --> 00:40:36,677 What are you trying to say? 764 00:40:36,701 --> 00:40:41,204 Where were you the night of the murder? 765 00:40:42,007 --> 00:40:44,440 I was in my office working. 766 00:40:47,645 --> 00:40:49,757 The office in the hospital? 767 00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:52,021 No, my office downtown. 768 00:40:52,818 --> 00:40:54,851 Did anyone see you there? 769 00:40:56,788 --> 00:40:57,788 No. 770 00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:00,623 Did anyone call you there? 771 00:41:02,260 --> 00:41:03,938 I don't recall. 772 00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:08,443 So you can't substantiate where you were 773 00:41:08,467 --> 00:41:10,144 at the time of the murder, can you? 774 00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:12,668 Wait, this is absurd. 775 00:41:15,573 --> 00:41:16,939 You recognize this gun? 776 00:41:23,181 --> 00:41:25,993 Yes. This is the gun I gave Vanessa 777 00:41:26,017 --> 00:41:27,428 for protection. 778 00:41:27,452 --> 00:41:29,030 Is it registered? 779 00:41:29,054 --> 00:41:30,197 I don't know. 780 00:41:30,221 --> 00:41:31,833 My ex-husband gave it to me. 781 00:41:31,857 --> 00:41:33,501 Does she know how to fire it? 782 00:41:33,525 --> 00:41:35,369 No. 783 00:41:35,393 --> 00:41:37,572 She said she would learn. 784 00:41:37,596 --> 00:41:39,662 But you know how to fire it, don't you? 785 00:41:40,898 --> 00:41:42,677 To a degree. 786 00:41:42,701 --> 00:41:44,645 Did you know where Vanessa kept it 787 00:41:44,669 --> 00:41:45,868 in the apartment? 788 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,116 Yes. She showed me. 789 00:41:49,140 --> 00:41:52,074 She kept it in her bed stand. 790 00:41:53,845 --> 00:41:58,225 So someone stole only this gun 791 00:41:58,249 --> 00:42:00,461 from that bed stand, didn't he? 792 00:42:00,485 --> 00:42:01,695 Yes. 793 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:03,931 She called me to tell me about it. 794 00:42:03,955 --> 00:42:05,955 You had a key to the apartment? 795 00:42:06,991 --> 00:42:08,101 Yes, I do. 796 00:42:08,125 --> 00:42:11,171 I go over to see how she is sometimes. 797 00:42:11,195 --> 00:42:12,807 You stole this gun, didn't you? 798 00:42:12,831 --> 00:42:14,542 No. 799 00:42:14,566 --> 00:42:15,943 You had a key to the apartment. 800 00:42:15,967 --> 00:42:18,045 You knew where it was kept, and you stole it. 801 00:42:18,069 --> 00:42:20,547 No. Why would I go... That, uh... Ahem. 802 00:42:20,571 --> 00:42:23,351 That platinum wig 803 00:42:23,375 --> 00:42:27,755 that you, uh, wore in court a while ago, 804 00:42:27,779 --> 00:42:29,178 when did you get that? 805 00:42:30,315 --> 00:42:31,592 Three or four years ago... 806 00:42:31,616 --> 00:42:36,252 Oh, so you had it the night of the murder? 807 00:42:37,021 --> 00:42:38,299 Yes, but... 808 00:42:38,323 --> 00:42:41,034 And you used it to impersonate Vanessa that night, 809 00:42:41,058 --> 00:42:42,058 didn't you? 810 00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:44,193 No. 811 00:42:45,863 --> 00:42:49,343 You are saying I killed Steven Cassidy? 812 00:42:49,367 --> 00:42:52,613 He knew you were over-prescribing for her. 813 00:42:52,637 --> 00:42:55,049 He was about to publish that in his book. 814 00:42:55,073 --> 00:42:57,718 That would seriously have affected your job. 815 00:42:57,742 --> 00:42:59,987 Oh, no. I was not over-prescribing. 816 00:43:00,011 --> 00:43:01,822 Think of what that would have done, 817 00:43:01,846 --> 00:43:04,658 how your patients would have responded 818 00:43:04,682 --> 00:43:06,860 to reading that about you 819 00:43:06,884 --> 00:43:08,229 in that kind of bestseller. 820 00:43:08,253 --> 00:43:10,097 What are you trying to do to me? 821 00:43:10,121 --> 00:43:11,732 You had motive, doctor. 822 00:43:11,756 --> 00:43:13,768 You had access to the murder weapon. 823 00:43:13,792 --> 00:43:15,858 You have no alibi. 824 00:43:16,828 --> 00:43:18,605 You know what I think? 825 00:43:18,629 --> 00:43:21,475 I think when you found out 826 00:43:21,499 --> 00:43:23,677 that your relationship with Vanessa 827 00:43:23,701 --> 00:43:28,015 was gonna be exposed in Steven Cassidy's book, 828 00:43:28,039 --> 00:43:29,517 you stole her gun... 829 00:43:29,541 --> 00:43:31,953 Oh, no. This is ridiculous. 830 00:43:31,977 --> 00:43:33,788 Disguised yourself as Vanessa... 831 00:43:33,812 --> 00:43:35,089 No. That's enough! 832 00:43:35,113 --> 00:43:37,458 Murdered him... No. That is not true! 833 00:43:37,482 --> 00:43:39,927 Put the gun in the trunk of her car. 834 00:43:39,951 --> 00:43:40,928 No! Stop it! 835 00:43:40,952 --> 00:43:42,796 Order! 836 00:43:42,820 --> 00:43:45,054 This court will come to order. 837 00:43:46,390 --> 00:43:48,936 Mr. Matlock, please advise your client 838 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,360 that such outbursts will not be tolerated. 839 00:43:52,864 --> 00:43:54,130 Yes, sir. 840 00:44:00,404 --> 00:44:03,172 You've got to stop it. 841 00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:06,387 I'm not finished. 842 00:44:06,411 --> 00:44:09,223 You'll destroy her. 843 00:44:11,415 --> 00:44:14,394 I think I can convince the court 844 00:44:14,418 --> 00:44:17,252 that she's guilty of this murder. 845 00:44:24,062 --> 00:44:25,494 Please stop. 846 00:44:33,971 --> 00:44:35,237 Dr. Perlman, 847 00:44:37,608 --> 00:44:39,442 I apologize. 848 00:44:41,780 --> 00:44:45,126 Your Honor, I think my client 849 00:44:45,150 --> 00:44:48,328 wishes to change her plea 850 00:44:48,352 --> 00:44:52,166 from not guilty to guilty. 851 00:45:10,741 --> 00:45:13,320 Well, I never thought I'd see Ben Matlock lose a case. 852 00:45:13,344 --> 00:45:14,344 How does it feel? 853 00:45:16,046 --> 00:45:18,025 It feels fine. I've lost before. 854 00:45:18,049 --> 00:45:19,493 It was sure fascinating 855 00:45:19,517 --> 00:45:21,127 watching you work over Dr. Perlman. 856 00:45:21,151 --> 00:45:24,898 Jeffrey, he wasn't working over Dr. Perlman. 857 00:45:24,922 --> 00:45:29,303 Sometimes Ben has to use extraordinary means 858 00:45:29,327 --> 00:45:30,804 to arrive at the truth. 859 00:45:30,828 --> 00:45:33,240 In this case, a confession from Vanessa. 860 00:45:33,264 --> 00:45:35,743 Yeah, well, but... Using extraordinary means. 861 00:45:35,767 --> 00:45:38,112 He wasn't working over Dr. Perlman. 862 00:45:38,136 --> 00:45:40,235 Well... 863 00:45:43,274 --> 00:45:45,007 Excuse me. 864 00:45:47,078 --> 00:45:48,122 Thanks. 865 00:45:48,146 --> 00:45:49,890 Well, he had no business talking 866 00:45:49,914 --> 00:45:51,125 to you like that. 867 00:45:51,149 --> 00:45:52,269 Well, I... 868 00:45:54,218 --> 00:45:55,395 I did lose. 869 00:45:55,419 --> 00:45:56,451 Yes. 870 00:45:57,588 --> 00:46:00,668 And that means you won. 871 00:46:00,692 --> 00:46:01,924 Yes. 872 00:46:03,494 --> 00:46:07,341 That calls for a victory dinner this Friday. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net