1 00:00:03,211 --> 00:00:04,838 In New York City's war on crime 2 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,257 the worst criminal offenders are pursued 3 00:00:07,298 --> 00:00:09,801 by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. 4 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:12,554 These are their stories. 5 00:00:13,555 --> 00:00:15,056 Five cats! 6 00:00:15,098 --> 00:00:16,725 Kate, you want them all? 7 00:00:16,766 --> 00:00:18,727 I promised Mrs. Batchelder. 8 00:00:18,768 --> 00:00:20,061 You're an angel. 9 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:23,106 The firemen told me it was her electric blanket. 10 00:00:23,148 --> 00:00:24,566 That's terrible. 11 00:00:24,607 --> 00:00:27,861 If you hear from her family, could you give them my number? 12 00:00:27,902 --> 00:00:29,195 I need to talk to them. 13 00:00:29,237 --> 00:00:30,447 Okay. 14 00:00:30,488 --> 00:00:33,116 Now, you take care it doesn't happen to you, 15 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:35,285 dying alone like that, all pathetic. 16 00:00:38,413 --> 00:00:40,415 She was such a sweet lady, Mom. 17 00:00:40,457 --> 00:00:42,417 You would have liked her. 18 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:46,421 Where's the rosemary and the lavender? 19 00:00:46,463 --> 00:00:49,799 Her son complained they were too pungent. 20 00:00:49,841 --> 00:00:52,719 They told me this would be semiprivate. 21 00:00:52,761 --> 00:00:55,096 Oh, it's not that bad. 22 00:00:55,138 --> 00:00:57,849 Anyway, sweetheart, you cannot keep 23 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,560 five cats in your apartment. 24 00:01:00,602 --> 00:01:03,104 What man will want to come home to that? 25 00:01:03,938 --> 00:01:05,774 I have to get to work. 26 00:01:05,815 --> 00:01:07,108 I love you. 27 00:01:07,150 --> 00:01:09,194 (man coughing loudly) 28 00:01:10,195 --> 00:01:13,239 It's fine, sweetheart. 29 00:01:13,281 --> 00:01:14,366 Oh! 30 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:17,410 You get used to it. 31 00:01:17,452 --> 00:01:18,912 A private room is very expensive. 32 00:01:18,953 --> 00:01:21,456 That's no problem. I can cover it. 33 00:01:21,498 --> 00:01:25,418 That's not what you told us when your mother checked in. 34 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:28,129 Things change. I want her moved today. 35 00:01:32,467 --> 00:01:33,927 It's sterling silver. 36 00:01:33,968 --> 00:01:38,223 I'm really not supposed to be doing this, but... 37 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:39,683 This is it? 38 00:01:39,724 --> 00:01:44,270 Look, I told you over the phone not to get your hopes up. 39 00:01:44,312 --> 00:01:46,272 But shepromisedme. 40 00:01:46,314 --> 00:01:47,565 I'm sorry. 41 00:01:47,607 --> 00:01:52,278 I wish things had worked out differently for you. 42 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:53,530 Good luck. 43 00:01:57,701 --> 00:01:59,327 You'll have a check in three days! 44 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:00,495 Just give me a chance. 45 00:02:00,537 --> 00:02:01,871 All right, three days. 46 00:02:01,913 --> 00:02:03,581 Now good night. 47 00:02:15,218 --> 00:02:16,803 This is Kate Finnoff. 48 00:02:16,845 --> 00:02:21,474 I'm so sorry to bother you at home, but about Mrs. Batchelder, 49 00:02:21,516 --> 00:02:23,893 I know I had more coming to me, 50 00:02:23,935 --> 00:02:27,230 and... and if I have to go to a lawyer, I will. 51 00:02:27,272 --> 00:02:29,190 Please call me tonight. 52 00:02:29,232 --> 00:02:31,526 You have my home number. 53 00:02:35,530 --> 00:02:38,992 Cat, get back inside. 54 00:02:39,034 --> 00:02:40,618 Kate? 55 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:44,372 Kate, your-your cats are making a break for it. 56 00:02:44,414 --> 00:02:46,207 Kate? 57 00:02:46,249 --> 00:02:47,292 Psst! 58 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:51,796 Kate? 59 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:52,964 (gasps) 60 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:55,717 Oh, my God, Kate! 61 00:02:58,011 --> 00:03:02,349 Captioning sponsored by UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION 62 00:03:02,390 --> 00:03:06,353 NBC 63 00:03:06,394 --> 00:03:10,273 00:06:00,068 It's a cigarette holder, sterling silver. 120 00:06:00,110 --> 00:06:01,236 It's a Dunhill. 121 00:06:01,277 --> 00:06:04,239 From the '30s. 122 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:06,908 Something wrong, Mrs. Wing? 123 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:09,411 I thought I saw that at Helen's 124 00:06:09,452 --> 00:06:12,706 on her coffee table the night she died. 125 00:06:12,747 --> 00:06:15,625 Was there a table lighter with it? 126 00:06:15,667 --> 00:06:17,752 They usually came that way. 127 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:18,878 I think so. 128 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,631 Was Kate in her apartment that night? 129 00:06:21,673 --> 00:06:23,091 Getting the cats. 130 00:06:23,133 --> 00:06:25,969 But I can't imagine she would just take it. 131 00:06:26,011 --> 00:06:27,262 It's not like her. 132 00:06:27,303 --> 00:06:29,264 Seems there were other things 133 00:06:29,305 --> 00:06:31,391 she was doing that were out of character. 134 00:06:31,433 --> 00:06:32,976 Credit card bills. 135 00:06:33,018 --> 00:06:36,688 Her past balances were under a thousand. 136 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:39,107 Then last month, she maxed out: 137 00:06:39,149 --> 00:06:42,110 $2,000 on linens, flowers every day, 138 00:06:42,152 --> 00:06:45,864 1,600 at Lorelei's-- high-end nightgowns. 139 00:06:48,825 --> 00:06:51,244 Uh, Mrs. Wing... 140 00:06:51,286 --> 00:06:56,666 did Kate have a friend or a relative in the hospital? 141 00:06:58,293 --> 00:07:00,795 KATE'S MOTHER: I've been here three months. 142 00:07:00,837 --> 00:07:04,799 She always tried to make it like home. 143 00:07:04,841 --> 00:07:07,844 (sobbing): Poor, sweet Katie. 144 00:07:11,473 --> 00:07:15,894 Th-The other ladies, they've been here longer than you? 145 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:16,895 Them? 146 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:17,896 Yeah. 147 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:18,897 Rookies. 148 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:19,898 (laughs) 149 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:21,066 (sniffles) 150 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:23,985 I was just looking at your plants. 151 00:07:24,027 --> 00:07:26,112 They'd be better off in the sun, you know. 152 00:07:26,154 --> 00:07:27,864 Since you have seniority here, 153 00:07:27,906 --> 00:07:30,742 why didn't you take the bed nearest the window? 154 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:35,872 I did, but they moved me to a private room last month. 155 00:07:35,914 --> 00:07:39,709 Katie had made a special arrangement with the hospice. 156 00:07:39,751 --> 00:07:41,878 But then they put you back in here. 157 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,714 Did something happen with the arrangement? 158 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:49,761 Katie said there was a mix-up. 159 00:07:54,849 --> 00:07:57,477 Sounds like this girl's heart was bigger than her pocketbook. 160 00:07:57,519 --> 00:07:58,895 All right, thank you. 161 00:07:58,937 --> 00:08:01,856 Well, her pocketbook wasn't doing so bad last Christmas. 162 00:08:01,898 --> 00:08:04,734 Her bank said that she cashed a $10,000 bearer bond. 163 00:08:04,776 --> 00:08:06,736 A bearer bond? 164 00:08:06,778 --> 00:08:08,196 12%. 165 00:08:08,238 --> 00:08:10,281 Probably issued in the late '70s. 166 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:11,366 Maybe a relative. 167 00:08:11,408 --> 00:08:13,034 Her mother would have said something. 168 00:08:13,076 --> 00:08:14,786 Well, the old lady with the cats, 169 00:08:14,828 --> 00:08:16,162 Kate helped her. 170 00:08:16,204 --> 00:08:18,790 She could have given it to her as a Christmas gift. 171 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:20,917 Ah, bonds are a little like potato chips. 172 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:22,919 People don't usually buy just one. 173 00:08:22,961 --> 00:08:25,755 This old lady could have been sitting on a stack of them. 174 00:08:25,797 --> 00:08:28,216 If Kate knew that, she might have thought 175 00:08:28,258 --> 00:08:30,802 she'd inherit some cash to go with the cats. 176 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:32,762 God knows, she needed the money. 177 00:08:32,804 --> 00:08:35,348 DEAKINS: This old lady... 178 00:08:35,390 --> 00:08:37,475 she died in a fire? 179 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:41,855 An electrical fire. 180 00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:43,857 It's a statutory waiting period 181 00:08:43,898 --> 00:08:46,985 to make sure all her outstanding debts are settled. 182 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:48,945 Now, if she had a will... 183 00:08:48,987 --> 00:08:50,905 But six weeks, man? 184 00:08:50,947 --> 00:08:53,908 I mean, this junk, I could care less, 185 00:08:53,950 --> 00:08:55,869 but the money... 186 00:08:55,910 --> 00:08:58,079 See, I could use the money now. 187 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:06,254 Look, Craig, I'm really not supposed to be doing this... 188 00:09:06,296 --> 00:09:08,506 but... 189 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,842 But what? 190 00:09:18,475 --> 00:09:20,977 MAN: The old gal peed herself during the night, 191 00:09:21,019 --> 00:09:22,437 shorted out the electric blanket. 192 00:09:22,479 --> 00:09:24,898 Did you find protective undergarments 193 00:09:24,939 --> 00:09:26,441 or a plastic mattress cover? 194 00:09:26,483 --> 00:09:29,569 No. Some people forget, or they're careless. 195 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:34,532 Well, look, th-these photos-- 196 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,201 I see grab bars in her shower, 197 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:38,328 she's got four locks on her front door, 198 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:40,163 a flashlight on her nightstand. 199 00:09:40,205 --> 00:09:42,624 This woman wasn't careless. 200 00:09:42,665 --> 00:09:46,002 All I know is that her bed was drenched with urine. 201 00:09:46,044 --> 00:09:47,295 It sure smells like it. 202 00:09:47,337 --> 00:09:48,880 Did you check the urine? 203 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,215 Check it for what? 204 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,925 DEAKINS: Testosterone? 205 00:09:51,966 --> 00:09:55,345 Testosterone levels are higher in women who take the pill. 206 00:09:55,387 --> 00:09:57,013 Women like Kate. 207 00:09:57,055 --> 00:09:59,891 God, I hope she's wrong. 208 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:03,186 Using urine to cover up an arson, that's depraved. 209 00:10:03,228 --> 00:10:06,022 Yeah, but maybe worth the trouble. 210 00:10:06,064 --> 00:10:10,318 Mrs. Batchelder's bank sent over her records. 211 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,322 She only had 33,000, okay, in-in the bank. 212 00:10:14,364 --> 00:10:20,495 But in 1978, she used her husband's life insurance 213 00:10:20,537 --> 00:10:24,582 to pay out to buy $150,000 worth of bearer bonds. 214 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:28,878 12% interest over 25 years compounded, that's... 215 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,006 over $21/////2 million. 216 00:10:31,047 --> 00:10:34,884 The lab found testosterone all right, lots of it. 217 00:10:34,926 --> 00:10:36,344 The urine's from a male. 218 00:10:36,386 --> 00:10:38,179 Miss Finnoff has an accomplice. 219 00:10:38,221 --> 00:10:43,184 Well, I-I need the White Pages for Ossining. 220 00:10:43,226 --> 00:10:47,439 There's a notation from Mrs. Batchelder's bank file 221 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,984 two days after she died. 222 00:10:51,026 --> 00:10:56,031 They got a balance inquiry from a bank in Ossining. 223 00:10:57,991 --> 00:10:59,284 Here. 224 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:01,703 "Batchelder, Craig M." 225 00:11:01,745 --> 00:11:05,081 The super said Mrs. Batchelder had no other family. 226 00:11:05,123 --> 00:11:07,417 But this guy crawled out of the woodwork 227 00:11:07,459 --> 00:11:10,337 two days after she died-- what a coincidence. 228 00:11:14,257 --> 00:11:15,925 Listen, I was just, you know... 229 00:11:15,967 --> 00:11:17,927 I was just doing some financial planning. 230 00:11:17,969 --> 00:11:20,013 How much you getting? 231 00:11:20,055 --> 00:11:21,723 33 grand. 232 00:11:21,765 --> 00:11:26,061 And because she didn't have a will, I got to wait for it. 233 00:11:26,102 --> 00:11:27,979 Lighter fluid. 234 00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:31,107 You thinking of doing a Jimi Hendrix on your guitar? 235 00:11:31,149 --> 00:11:34,235 Nah. It's for my lighter over there. 236 00:11:34,277 --> 00:11:38,406 (laughing): A butane lighter doesn't take lighter fluid. 237 00:11:38,448 --> 00:11:39,574 It takes gas. 238 00:11:39,616 --> 00:11:42,285 Nah. Um, I'm going to be exchanging it. 239 00:11:42,327 --> 00:11:45,288 (chuckling): You were going to exchange it. 240 00:11:45,330 --> 00:11:48,416 All these years, you never visited your Aunt Helen? 241 00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:50,960 I told you, I blanked out on her. 242 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:52,420 Soup's burning. 243 00:11:52,462 --> 00:11:56,383 GOREN: You know what takes lighter fluid, Craig? 244 00:11:56,424 --> 00:11:58,009 Old table lighters. 245 00:11:58,051 --> 00:11:59,594 You don't have one of those, do you? 246 00:11:59,636 --> 00:12:01,137 You know, like a... 247 00:12:01,179 --> 00:12:03,098 a sterling silver table lighter? 248 00:12:03,139 --> 00:12:06,518 Where am I going to get one of those? 249 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,103 You have an Aunt Helen. 250 00:12:08,144 --> 00:12:10,230 Yeah. 251 00:12:10,271 --> 00:12:13,108 It comes in a... a set. 252 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:16,111 There's a matching... cigarette holder. 253 00:12:16,152 --> 00:12:18,446 Your Aunt's name is engraved on it. 254 00:12:18,488 --> 00:12:22,367 Well, the lighter has your uncle's name engraved on it. 255 00:12:22,409 --> 00:12:24,119 Right? Right, yeah. 256 00:12:26,454 --> 00:12:29,124 Damn it! 257 00:12:29,165 --> 00:12:32,043 You know, he told me he wasn't going to say anything. 258 00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:33,420 Who? 259 00:12:33,461 --> 00:12:37,257 The guy... the guy from the city office. 260 00:12:37,298 --> 00:12:39,551 The one taking care of my aunt's stuff. 261 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:41,636 He said he wasn't supposed to do it, but... 262 00:12:41,678 --> 00:12:42,762 But he let you swipe it? 263 00:12:42,804 --> 00:12:44,180 I mean, it's mine anyway. 264 00:12:44,222 --> 00:12:46,683 You know, he said it's better I take it now. 265 00:12:46,725 --> 00:12:48,309 He said things this valuable 266 00:12:48,351 --> 00:12:51,104 have a way of disappearing down at city storage. 267 00:12:51,146 --> 00:12:53,106 (sighs) 268 00:13:01,197 --> 00:13:01,698 That's ridiculous. 269 00:13:03,074 --> 00:13:05,326 If I let him take the lighter, I deserve to be fired. 270 00:13:05,368 --> 00:13:06,953 Ms. Batchelder's file, 271 00:13:06,995 --> 00:13:09,414 is it in your "Current" basket over there? 272 00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:12,334 (chuckling): You know, she always does that with me. 273 00:13:12,375 --> 00:13:13,877 She'll say like, 274 00:13:13,918 --> 00:13:17,172 "Where's the sugar?" instead of, you know, "Pass the sugar." 275 00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:18,798 You know somebody like that? 276 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,134 Yeah. 277 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:26,848 Estates that don't have heirs, what happens to them? 278 00:13:26,890 --> 00:13:28,808 Well, after all the assets 279 00:13:28,850 --> 00:13:32,103 are liquidated, the proceeds go into a trust account. 280 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:33,438 And you sell off the furnishings, 281 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,190 the stocks, the bearer bonds, right? 282 00:13:35,231 --> 00:13:37,525 Everything gets liquidated. 283 00:13:37,567 --> 00:13:40,195 Says here Mrs. Batchelder had a safety deposit box. 284 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:41,196 What was in it? 285 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:42,405 Birth certificates, 286 00:13:42,447 --> 00:13:45,367 husband's death certificate, old photos... 287 00:13:45,408 --> 00:13:47,494 GOREN: No-no bearer bonds? 288 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:49,037 No. Just old papers. 289 00:13:49,079 --> 00:13:51,247 The reason why I keep harping on the bearer bonds... 290 00:13:51,289 --> 00:13:53,041 Do you have a medical condition? 291 00:13:54,417 --> 00:13:58,505 Because I see all these 24-hour pharmacy 292 00:13:58,546 --> 00:13:59,923 phone numbers... 293 00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:01,383 It's my dad; 294 00:14:01,424 --> 00:14:06,137 he has a chronic condition--diabetes, among other things. 295 00:14:06,179 --> 00:14:08,264 He lives with me; I take care of him. 296 00:14:10,433 --> 00:14:12,268 The bearer bonds-- 297 00:14:12,310 --> 00:14:16,147 we think that Ms. Batchelder gave one to a young woman 298 00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:18,942 in her building... a Kate Finnoff, 299 00:14:18,983 --> 00:14:22,237 and... well, there might be others floating around... 300 00:14:22,278 --> 00:14:23,738 Not that I found. 301 00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:27,283 Ms. Finnoff had something else of Mrs. Batchelder's. 302 00:14:27,325 --> 00:14:30,328 A cigarette holder. 303 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:33,331 It's a set, probably a wedding present. 304 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:36,835 We can't figure out how Ms. Finnoff came to have it. 305 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,920 Maybe the old lady gave it to her. 306 00:14:38,962 --> 00:14:42,007 (chuckling): Why, and split them up? 307 00:14:42,048 --> 00:14:45,260 Anyway, we'd like to go over 308 00:14:45,301 --> 00:14:49,139 and look at Mrs. Batchelder's locker, 309 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:52,308 you know, try our luck with those bearer bonds. 310 00:14:52,350 --> 00:14:55,228 Well, I can't go with you today, but I can arrange a time 311 00:14:55,270 --> 00:14:57,022 EAMES: We can go today. for you both... 312 00:14:57,063 --> 00:15:00,567 We'll let you know what turns up. 313 00:15:00,608 --> 00:15:01,776 This stuff is great. 314 00:15:01,818 --> 00:15:04,320 If Mrs. Batchelder had any idea it would end up 315 00:15:04,362 --> 00:15:06,364 in her nephew's headbanger paradise, 316 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:08,366 she might have made out a will. 317 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,618 You know, maybe she did. 318 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:13,121 This is a family Bible. 319 00:15:13,163 --> 00:15:16,416 It's got baptisms, marriages, deaths... 320 00:15:16,458 --> 00:15:19,127 through eight generations, 321 00:15:19,169 --> 00:15:21,838 and she kept it up-to-date. 322 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,008 Something she planned to pass on? 323 00:15:25,050 --> 00:15:28,261 Even to a headbanging nephew. 324 00:15:28,303 --> 00:15:30,972 Certificates of Appreciation, from Bid-a-Wee, 325 00:15:31,014 --> 00:15:32,474 the animal charity. 326 00:15:32,515 --> 00:15:36,853 A cat lover like her would have left them something. 327 00:15:36,895 --> 00:15:39,230 She would have had a will. 328 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:41,232 GOREN: Yes, she would have. 329 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:44,611 She might have had a lawyer prepare it. 330 00:15:44,652 --> 00:15:46,863 Maybe the same lawyer who took care 331 00:15:46,905 --> 00:15:48,865 of her husband's estate 25 years ago. 332 00:15:51,034 --> 00:15:55,455 Um, all these lockers, they're filled with the belongings 333 00:15:55,497 --> 00:15:59,167 of people who died without a will? 334 00:15:59,209 --> 00:16:00,502 Yes, sir. 335 00:16:00,543 --> 00:16:02,879 They're tied up in here until they get settled. 336 00:16:05,924 --> 00:16:08,259 (football game playing on TV) 337 00:16:09,386 --> 00:16:11,346 (sighs heavily) 338 00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:13,348 Hey, Dad. 339 00:16:18,395 --> 00:16:20,188 What game is that? 340 00:16:20,230 --> 00:16:22,315 Is that Broadway Joe? 341 00:16:22,357 --> 00:16:25,360 They want me there an hour early tomorrow. 342 00:16:25,402 --> 00:16:27,320 They changed the appointment? 343 00:16:27,362 --> 00:16:29,155 Well, I didn't change it. 344 00:16:29,197 --> 00:16:32,117 I'm not in control of these things, Roger. 345 00:16:32,158 --> 00:16:36,705 You always assumeI'mthe one making things difficult. 346 00:16:36,746 --> 00:16:39,374 Okay, I'll work through lunch, leave early. 347 00:16:39,416 --> 00:16:41,501 Just meet me at the curb. 348 00:16:41,543 --> 00:16:43,294 Roger, I have a bad hip. 349 00:16:43,336 --> 00:16:47,966 I cannot wait at the curb in the dead of winter. 350 00:16:48,008 --> 00:16:49,509 Maybe it's more convenient 351 00:16:49,551 --> 00:16:51,386 if I took the bus over the bridge. 352 00:16:51,428 --> 00:16:55,974 Is that what you want, Roger, me on a bus? 353 00:16:56,016 --> 00:16:57,475 What? 354 00:16:59,686 --> 00:17:04,232 Roger, is that what you want me to do? 355 00:17:07,068 --> 00:17:09,029 No. 356 00:17:09,070 --> 00:17:11,281 No, uh... 357 00:17:11,322 --> 00:17:13,616 I'll pick you up, and, uh, 358 00:17:13,658 --> 00:17:16,703 I'll come upstairs and get you. 359 00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:21,374 (door shuts) 360 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:36,264 It's Roger. Call me back. 361 00:17:36,306 --> 00:17:38,308 I need to clear out my inventory. 362 00:17:42,645 --> 00:17:44,606 EAMES: I tracked down Mrs. Batchelder's 363 00:17:44,647 --> 00:17:46,066 late lawyer's secretary. 364 00:17:46,107 --> 00:17:47,484 She remembers her having a will. 365 00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:49,569 She remembers it was filed with the court 366 00:17:49,611 --> 00:17:50,695 after the lawyer died, 367 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:52,447 and she remembers the old lady 368 00:17:52,489 --> 00:17:54,616 had a stack of bearer bonds an inch thick. 369 00:17:54,657 --> 00:17:57,077 If the will was filed with the court, 370 00:17:57,118 --> 00:17:58,578 there'd be a record, no? 371 00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:00,580 No. Coffman had access to those records, 372 00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:02,457 and he has access to a delete key. 373 00:18:02,499 --> 00:18:05,293 GOREN: And when people die without a will, 374 00:18:05,335 --> 00:18:08,797 he becomes lord and master of their estates, 375 00:18:08,838 --> 00:18:10,715 and then he robs their graves. 376 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:13,760 Graves he dug. 377 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:18,264 STAN: I-I can't talk right now. 378 00:18:18,306 --> 00:18:19,557 I'm in the middle of overtime. 379 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:20,767 At 2:00 in the afternoon? 380 00:18:20,809 --> 00:18:22,477 Where are they playing, Tokyo? 381 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:25,313 Didn't I just hear them call Johnny Unitas's number? 382 00:18:25,355 --> 00:18:28,149 Yeah. it's the '58 championships, but... 383 00:18:28,191 --> 00:18:30,777 Yeah, no, I know, su-sudden-death overtime. 384 00:18:30,819 --> 00:18:32,487 My dad was at this game. 385 00:18:32,529 --> 00:18:34,781 You don't mind if I have a look, do you? 386 00:18:34,823 --> 00:18:36,658 You just move in, Mr. Coffman? 387 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:39,285 No. Five years ago, after my wife passed. 388 00:18:39,327 --> 00:18:40,620 Oh. 389 00:18:40,662 --> 00:18:42,497 That's a good son you have, 390 00:18:42,539 --> 00:18:44,582 letting you move in with him. 391 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:45,583 I don't know how good. 392 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,127 He stuck you in the dining room. 393 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:49,587 Well, that's because he was still with Angie then. 394 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:51,172 His ex-wife. 395 00:18:51,214 --> 00:18:52,340 (sighs) 396 00:18:52,382 --> 00:18:53,508 The Princess. 397 00:18:53,550 --> 00:18:55,260 No, my son takes good care of me. 398 00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:57,220 I bet you don't catch him here much. 399 00:18:57,262 --> 00:19:00,140 He knows he can't leave me here alone, 400 00:19:00,181 --> 00:19:03,560 not with my health, diabetes, my kidneys. 401 00:19:03,601 --> 00:19:05,520 He stays with me. 402 00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:07,647 Come on, Mr. Coffman, he's a single guy. 403 00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:10,734 I bet on weekends, he just... has a little, you know, 404 00:19:10,775 --> 00:19:12,527 love shack in the country. 405 00:19:12,569 --> 00:19:15,238 He has plenty of time for that after I'm gone. 406 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,614 He's making time for it now. 407 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:19,284 Isn't that why he has a lock on the door here 408 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,453 so you don't, you know, walk in on him? 409 00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:22,662 You know, you're awfully snoopy. 410 00:19:22,704 --> 00:19:24,205 A lot of people point that out. 411 00:19:24,247 --> 00:19:25,373 This isn't locked. 412 00:19:25,415 --> 00:19:26,416 Of course it is. 413 00:19:26,458 --> 00:19:28,043 It's always locked. No, no, no. 414 00:19:28,084 --> 00:19:30,712 Look at the deadbolt, I can see the light coming through. 415 00:19:30,754 --> 00:19:33,131 Here, go ahead, look, look, Try it. 416 00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:36,092 See? 417 00:19:36,134 --> 00:19:39,220 Look, I bet all this time, you're dying to just have 418 00:19:39,262 --> 00:19:41,139 a little peep in this room here. 419 00:19:41,181 --> 00:19:43,600 I don't care what he has in here. 420 00:19:43,641 --> 00:19:45,852 You see, this one here, 421 00:19:45,894 --> 00:19:48,563 I can't tell if it's locked or not. 422 00:19:48,605 --> 00:19:49,898 Now, you can't go in there! 423 00:19:49,939 --> 00:19:51,649 It's just clothes. 424 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:03,161 There's dust on the floor where boxes used to be. 425 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:09,167 Big boxes. 426 00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:10,710 Your son moved them recently 427 00:20:10,752 --> 00:20:13,338 to a storage facility or somewhere else? 428 00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:15,173 No, there's no storage. 429 00:20:15,215 --> 00:20:17,634 I didn't see him move any boxes. 430 00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:24,516 Wait a minute. Wh-What is that? 431 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:28,603 No, it's a... sideview mirror from a model car. 432 00:20:28,645 --> 00:20:30,772 Roger have kids? 433 00:20:30,814 --> 00:20:34,651 No. He did build models when he was a little boy. 434 00:20:34,693 --> 00:20:37,612 Just spent all his paper route money on them. 435 00:20:37,654 --> 00:20:38,780 Big waste. 436 00:20:38,822 --> 00:20:41,908 I got to get a glass of juice. 437 00:20:41,950 --> 00:20:44,536 Let's go, come on. 438 00:20:51,292 --> 00:20:53,962 You do dialysis, right, for your diabetes? 439 00:20:54,004 --> 00:20:56,423 You go to the hospital for that? 440 00:20:56,464 --> 00:20:58,383 Four times a week, over in Queens. 441 00:20:58,425 --> 00:21:01,636 They hook you up for what, like, three hours or so? 442 00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:03,930 What does Roger do during that time? 443 00:21:03,972 --> 00:21:06,725 Does he... does he sit with you? 444 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:08,518 Oh, I don't expect that. 445 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,521 He goes to dinner, close by the hospital. 446 00:21:11,563 --> 00:21:12,814 Buys me lottery tickets. 447 00:21:12,856 --> 00:21:16,192 You know, like these here? 448 00:21:16,234 --> 00:21:17,652 Lucky Kim's Grocery. 449 00:21:17,694 --> 00:21:19,779 I feel lucky already. 450 00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:23,742 Yeah, I've seen him before. 451 00:21:23,783 --> 00:21:26,494 He comes in a few times a week to buy tickets, 452 00:21:26,536 --> 00:21:27,662 but he never wins. 453 00:21:27,704 --> 00:21:29,664 Figures. Why does he keep coming back? 454 00:21:29,706 --> 00:21:31,207 Does he have a place around here? 455 00:21:31,249 --> 00:21:34,210 He says he's got a sick relative over at the hospital. 456 00:21:34,252 --> 00:21:37,756 Does he ever buy anything else but tickets? 457 00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:38,798 Sandwiches, fruit... 458 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,425 Last month, he bought lightbulbs. 459 00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:41,760 What kind of lightbulbs? 460 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:42,969 Floodlights. 461 00:21:45,764 --> 00:21:47,474 Floodlights. 462 00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:53,438 Is there a storage place nearby here somewhere? 463 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:54,981 Like mini-storage? 464 00:21:55,023 --> 00:21:58,818 No, but one street over, there's a guy that rents out space. 465 00:22:06,868 --> 00:22:09,496 MAN: Not sure what he kept in here... 466 00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:13,375 just that he cleared out last week. 467 00:22:15,085 --> 00:22:18,254 GOREN: Motion sensors, cameras, probably on the Web as well 468 00:22:18,296 --> 00:22:21,508 so he can watch things on his computer. 469 00:22:21,549 --> 00:22:23,510 It's all disconnected now. 470 00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:25,887 Chamois cloth. 471 00:22:25,929 --> 00:22:26,846 (sniffing) 472 00:22:26,888 --> 00:22:28,890 Meguiar's wax, the good stuff. 473 00:22:28,932 --> 00:22:31,685 My dad used to use it on his Cutlass. 474 00:22:33,687 --> 00:22:34,813 That's... 475 00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:41,736 Six sets of tire treads. 476 00:22:41,778 --> 00:22:43,780 Six cars parked here. 477 00:22:49,494 --> 00:22:53,289 The design of... of this tread, 478 00:22:53,331 --> 00:22:55,875 it's simple, like an old tire. 479 00:22:58,503 --> 00:23:00,338 Paint flakes. 480 00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:05,844 There's some more over there, near the front of the car. 481 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:07,762 Looks like all the cars had them. 482 00:23:07,804 --> 00:23:12,809 And they're all clean underneath. 483 00:23:18,648 --> 00:23:21,985 The oil drip-- 484 00:23:22,027 --> 00:23:27,699 there's... there's one spot under each car. 485 00:23:30,827 --> 00:23:34,998 These cars were never moved? 486 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,963 Now, he just... he just... he just sat in them, 487 00:23:42,005 --> 00:23:45,925 turning the wheel... 488 00:23:45,967 --> 00:23:48,970 like some kid? 489 00:23:56,519 --> 00:23:58,355 What was the wheelbase on this one? 490 00:23:58,396 --> 00:24:00,065 108 inches. 491 00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:02,442 Ford Shelby GT500. 492 00:24:02,484 --> 00:24:04,194 '67 for sure. 493 00:24:04,235 --> 00:24:06,780 The guy's using original stock tires. 494 00:24:06,821 --> 00:24:08,740 I don't see any wear on them. 495 00:24:08,782 --> 00:24:10,367 Detective Alex. 496 00:24:10,408 --> 00:24:11,910 Down, boy. 497 00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:13,536 Lewis, thank you... 498 00:24:13,578 --> 00:24:15,038 Oh, sure, Bobby. 499 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,206 ...for your help. 500 00:24:16,247 --> 00:24:17,749 Good-bye, Detective. 501 00:24:20,293 --> 00:24:22,003 Look at this. 502 00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:28,551 Okay, it's a '57 Bel Air, '66 Stingray, 503 00:24:28,593 --> 00:24:31,096 '64 Carrera, 504 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:32,764 '68 Camaro, 505 00:24:32,806 --> 00:24:34,349 and a '65 XKE, 506 00:24:34,391 --> 00:24:36,893 and a '67 Shelby. 507 00:24:36,935 --> 00:24:39,104 And they're all in mint condition. 508 00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:43,066 All with the original equipment, 509 00:24:43,108 --> 00:24:48,863 over a million dollars of automotive masterpieces. 510 00:24:48,905 --> 00:24:50,073 All this for a hobby. 511 00:24:50,115 --> 00:24:51,116 Not just a hobby, 512 00:24:51,157 --> 00:24:54,077 a lifelong obsession. 513 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:55,328 Here. 514 00:24:55,370 --> 00:24:57,997 This is a... a sideview mirror 515 00:24:58,039 --> 00:25:01,126 from a model car which matches the '57 Bel Air. 516 00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:06,256 When he was a boy, he made models of these cars. 517 00:25:06,297 --> 00:25:07,590 But now he's killing 518 00:25:07,632 --> 00:25:08,800 for the real ones? 519 00:25:08,842 --> 00:25:09,801 EAMES: Maybe not. 520 00:25:09,843 --> 00:25:11,177 The M.E. reviewed all the deaths. 521 00:25:11,219 --> 00:25:12,846 Natural causes. No foul play. 522 00:25:16,558 --> 00:25:18,351 Wait. Except Mrs. Batchelder. 523 00:25:18,393 --> 00:25:19,561 Yes. 524 00:25:19,602 --> 00:25:22,981 And unlike her, none of the others had wills. 525 00:25:24,983 --> 00:25:28,361 So, Roger has a pattern. 526 00:25:28,403 --> 00:25:31,906 He waits for people to die without wills, 527 00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:35,243 with modest estates, then he... he plunders them. 528 00:25:35,285 --> 00:25:37,287 He does this over and over, 529 00:25:37,328 --> 00:25:40,123 doing nothing to attract attention... 530 00:25:40,165 --> 00:25:42,959 till Mrs. Batchelder. 531 00:25:43,001 --> 00:25:45,545 She's the only one with a will. 532 00:25:45,587 --> 00:25:47,547 She's the only one that he killed. 533 00:25:47,589 --> 00:25:49,507 The only one worth millions. 534 00:25:49,549 --> 00:25:52,844 Yeah. Must have been something urgent... 535 00:25:52,886 --> 00:25:54,971 that he needed it for. 536 00:25:55,013 --> 00:25:57,974 I mean, he searched the records of wills 537 00:25:58,016 --> 00:25:59,434 that are filed with the court, 538 00:25:59,476 --> 00:26:03,438 he found her, but you know, she's... got money, 539 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,065 she's old, she's alone. 540 00:26:05,106 --> 00:26:07,317 The analysis on the orange paint flakes: 541 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,319 It's the same paint the city uses. 542 00:26:14,282 --> 00:26:16,159 Of course it is. 543 00:26:18,536 --> 00:26:20,497 MAN: Here's the cashier's check. 544 00:26:20,538 --> 00:26:22,165 He made it out like you said. 545 00:26:22,207 --> 00:26:24,209 So, kiss them good-bye. 546 00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:35,470 Rog... 547 00:26:35,512 --> 00:26:37,347 the keys. 548 00:26:41,226 --> 00:26:43,061 Okay, let's move them out. 549 00:26:46,314 --> 00:26:49,317 (car engines starting) 550 00:27:10,505 --> 00:27:13,133 He buys a pair at a time as Christmas gifts. 551 00:27:13,174 --> 00:27:15,260 He says people really appreciate them. 552 00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:16,386 The Denver Boot. 553 00:27:16,428 --> 00:27:18,221 Nobody's going to steal your car, 554 00:27:18,263 --> 00:27:19,556 you got a couple of these babies 555 00:27:19,597 --> 00:27:21,307 clamped on the wheels. 556 00:27:21,349 --> 00:27:22,726 How's our guy pay? 557 00:27:22,767 --> 00:27:25,270 Cash. He's bought seven pairs. 558 00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:28,398 Seven. When did he buy the last one? 559 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,400 Couple of weeks ago. 560 00:27:30,442 --> 00:27:32,402 Seven pairs for six cars. 561 00:27:32,444 --> 00:27:34,404 He's getting another car. 562 00:27:34,446 --> 00:27:36,573 A $21/////2 million car. 563 00:27:36,614 --> 00:27:39,242 That's why he went after Mrs. Batchelder. 564 00:27:39,284 --> 00:27:45,373 His need isn't just urgent, it's pathological. 565 00:27:45,415 --> 00:27:46,791 We checked the auction circuit-- 566 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:49,419 no cars sold for over a million in the last six months. 567 00:27:49,461 --> 00:27:51,338 Ditto for private sales of antique cars. 568 00:27:51,379 --> 00:27:53,631 $21/////2 million car-- that's a big jump 569 00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:55,133 for Mr. Coffman. 570 00:27:55,175 --> 00:27:58,345 Well, the car probably has a special significance for him, 571 00:27:58,386 --> 00:28:01,306 a token of achievement or self-worth, 572 00:28:01,348 --> 00:28:05,268 which is why he won't run until it's delivered. 573 00:28:05,310 --> 00:28:07,312 Public Administrator's office uses shippers 574 00:28:07,354 --> 00:28:08,605 to send stuff out of state... 575 00:28:08,646 --> 00:28:10,774 So, he might use an existing account 576 00:28:10,815 --> 00:28:12,359 to hide his car shipment. 577 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,653 All legitimate invoices would be for outbound shipments, 578 00:28:15,695 --> 00:28:18,448 so any inbound shipments... that would be suspicious. 579 00:28:18,490 --> 00:28:19,449 Like this one-- 580 00:28:19,491 --> 00:28:20,492 it's a container 581 00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:22,577 arriving at the Port of New Jersey. 582 00:28:22,619 --> 00:28:25,497 It doesn't say what's inside. 583 00:28:52,524 --> 00:28:54,526 Ah... 584 00:29:13,545 --> 00:29:15,380 GOREN: Roger. 585 00:29:17,215 --> 00:29:18,508 Wow! 586 00:29:18,550 --> 00:29:19,801 (laughs) 587 00:29:19,843 --> 00:29:22,804 It's a Ferrari. This is a 1962 Ferrari GTO. 588 00:29:22,846 --> 00:29:26,182 This is incredible. What, they made only, what... 589 00:29:26,224 --> 00:29:28,393 They made, like, 32 of these, right? 590 00:29:28,435 --> 00:29:30,395 What, the leather-- 591 00:29:30,437 --> 00:29:33,857 ah, you could smell that leather. 592 00:29:33,898 --> 00:29:36,818 Have you ever sat in one of these? 593 00:29:36,860 --> 00:29:40,113 No? I-I-I haven't either. 594 00:29:40,155 --> 00:29:42,699 I-I think I need to get inside. 595 00:29:42,741 --> 00:29:45,076 I think I need to get inside. 596 00:29:45,118 --> 00:29:46,077 You can't! 597 00:29:46,119 --> 00:29:47,495 Yes, he can. 598 00:29:47,537 --> 00:29:48,830 Baby, baby, baby. 599 00:29:48,872 --> 00:29:50,790 I wish I could tell you how this feels. 600 00:29:50,832 --> 00:29:53,543 I-I can't do it in mixed company, but I wish I could. 601 00:29:53,585 --> 00:29:55,211 (engine revving) 602 00:29:55,253 --> 00:29:58,131 Roger, you're under arrest for murder. 603 00:29:58,173 --> 00:29:59,674 You have no idea. 604 00:29:59,716 --> 00:30:02,385 You son of a bitch. 605 00:30:02,427 --> 00:30:04,137 You have no idea. 606 00:30:04,179 --> 00:30:06,139 Get out of my car. 607 00:30:06,181 --> 00:30:07,557 Get out of my car! 608 00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:10,602 (engine continues revving) 609 00:30:28,244 --> 00:30:29,162 We have the urinalysis of the blanket. 610 00:30:30,663 --> 00:30:33,375 We have his name on the rental lease. 611 00:30:33,416 --> 00:30:35,043 We have the Ferrari, 612 00:30:35,085 --> 00:30:38,171 and once the accountants untangle your client's 613 00:30:38,213 --> 00:30:41,549 financial Gordian knot, we will have everything. 614 00:30:41,591 --> 00:30:43,343 I don't know who this Gordon guy is, 615 00:30:43,385 --> 00:30:45,220 but let me cut through the crap. 616 00:30:45,261 --> 00:30:48,223 My client was in Surrogate's Court filing papers 617 00:30:48,264 --> 00:30:50,058 when Ms. Finnoff was killed, 618 00:30:50,100 --> 00:30:52,102 and this urinalysis -- where's the Lipitor? 619 00:30:52,143 --> 00:30:54,562 My client takes Lipitor for his cholesterol. 620 00:30:54,604 --> 00:30:56,314 If it was his piss on that blanket, 621 00:30:56,356 --> 00:30:58,108 it would have shown up in the test. 622 00:30:58,149 --> 00:31:01,152 Well, there's still that little wet dream 623 00:31:01,194 --> 00:31:03,571 that he took delivery of this morning. 624 00:31:03,613 --> 00:31:07,701 A stolen car shipped from Marseilles? 625 00:31:07,742 --> 00:31:09,619 That would be under the jurisdiction 626 00:31:09,661 --> 00:31:11,413 of our good buddies, the French. 627 00:31:11,454 --> 00:31:13,081 As for this jurisdiction, 628 00:31:13,123 --> 00:31:15,500 he might be guilty of receiving stolen goods. 629 00:31:15,542 --> 00:31:18,294 Just point him to a judge, and he'll post bail. 630 00:31:26,302 --> 00:31:30,056 The smell of Italian leather... 631 00:31:30,098 --> 00:31:31,683 it's... it's intoxicating. 632 00:31:31,725 --> 00:31:34,144 Have a smell, Roger. 633 00:31:44,654 --> 00:31:48,199 My assistant checked with the Surrogate's Court. 634 00:31:48,241 --> 00:31:51,369 The time stamps on the papers Mr. Coffman filed 635 00:31:51,411 --> 00:31:55,623 provide enough of an alibi to impress an arraignment judge. 636 00:31:55,665 --> 00:31:57,709 We found the Ferrari. 637 00:31:57,751 --> 00:31:59,544 Receiving stolen property. 638 00:31:59,586 --> 00:32:01,546 He'll make bail and vanish. 639 00:32:01,588 --> 00:32:04,132 No, I mean we found this Ferrari. 640 00:32:05,759 --> 00:32:08,261 These are the boxes from his warehouse? 641 00:32:08,303 --> 00:32:10,472 Anything of evidentiary value? 642 00:32:10,513 --> 00:32:14,309 He only kept things that had value to him. 643 00:32:16,728 --> 00:32:18,188 It's the Chevy Bel Air. 644 00:32:18,229 --> 00:32:19,356 Whoa. 645 00:32:19,397 --> 00:32:21,191 It's the one missing the sideview mirror. 646 00:32:23,777 --> 00:32:26,529 The Stingray. 647 00:32:26,571 --> 00:32:29,282 Wow. 648 00:32:29,324 --> 00:32:31,159 XKE. 649 00:32:31,201 --> 00:32:34,204 Now, this is a car. 650 00:32:36,081 --> 00:32:39,167 And the Shelby. 651 00:32:39,209 --> 00:32:41,628 The detail is remarkable. 652 00:32:41,670 --> 00:32:44,631 There's no Ferrari. 653 00:32:44,673 --> 00:32:47,592 You two having a playdate? 654 00:32:47,634 --> 00:32:51,471 The lab redid the urinalysis-- no trace of Lipitor-- 655 00:32:51,513 --> 00:32:53,598 and Roger's doctor confirmed 656 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,642 he takes the stuff. 657 00:33:11,825 --> 00:33:17,288 Um, there's one more playmate that we forgot. 658 00:33:17,330 --> 00:33:18,623 Right in here. 659 00:33:18,665 --> 00:33:21,084 All right, not so fast, I'm 72 years old, 660 00:33:21,126 --> 00:33:22,669 and I've got a bad hip. 661 00:33:22,711 --> 00:33:24,295 What is he doing here? 662 00:33:24,337 --> 00:33:25,714 He's here to help you, Rog. 663 00:33:25,755 --> 00:33:27,465 1 got to get you out of this jam. 664 00:33:27,507 --> 00:33:29,467 Is there at least a chair here? 665 00:33:29,509 --> 00:33:32,846 Right here, Mr. Coffman. 666 00:33:32,887 --> 00:33:36,349 EAMES: Here we go. 667 00:33:36,391 --> 00:33:40,770 We believe Roger embezzled nearly $5 million 668 00:33:40,812 --> 00:33:42,564 from the estates of dead people. 669 00:33:42,605 --> 00:33:43,690 That's not true, Dad. 670 00:33:43,732 --> 00:33:45,316 We believe he used the money 671 00:33:45,358 --> 00:33:46,818 to buy vintage cars, like these. 672 00:33:46,860 --> 00:33:49,362 We're not saying that he killed these people. 673 00:33:49,404 --> 00:33:51,448 They died on their own. 674 00:33:51,489 --> 00:33:53,241 Well, most of them. 675 00:33:53,283 --> 00:33:55,368 But a few months ago, he learned 676 00:33:55,410 --> 00:33:57,412 that a car came on the market, 677 00:33:57,454 --> 00:34:01,249 a car that he desired more than... 678 00:34:01,291 --> 00:34:03,585 anything. 679 00:34:03,626 --> 00:34:05,795 And he needed a lot of money to buy that car, 680 00:34:05,837 --> 00:34:07,339 and he found it in the estate 681 00:34:07,380 --> 00:34:08,757 of a lonely old lady. 682 00:34:08,798 --> 00:34:11,593 EAMES: Except this old lady was still alive. 683 00:34:11,634 --> 00:34:14,429 So, your Roger set her on fire 684 00:34:14,471 --> 00:34:16,556 in the middle of the night. 685 00:34:16,598 --> 00:34:18,558 And when her young friend 686 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,894 raised a stink, he killed her, too. 687 00:34:20,935 --> 00:34:22,312 My son's not a killer. 688 00:34:22,354 --> 00:34:23,563 Come on. 689 00:34:23,605 --> 00:34:25,273 For just a car? 690 00:34:25,315 --> 00:34:30,362 Oh, well, if they were only... 691 00:34:30,403 --> 00:34:32,906 just cars. 692 00:34:32,947 --> 00:34:36,618 You know, Mr. Carver and I, we were... 693 00:34:36,659 --> 00:34:39,871 we were admiring your workmanship 694 00:34:39,913 --> 00:34:41,664 and your detailing. 695 00:34:41,706 --> 00:34:44,501 Especially the undercarriage. 696 00:34:46,461 --> 00:34:49,339 How did you get this effect here? 697 00:34:49,381 --> 00:34:50,882 Well, I weathered it 698 00:34:50,924 --> 00:34:54,969 using Rustall, baking soda and some white glue. 699 00:34:55,011 --> 00:34:57,472 That's great work. 700 00:34:57,514 --> 00:34:59,182 And the tire stems? 701 00:34:59,224 --> 00:35:01,810 I made a hole using a .019 drill bit, 702 00:35:01,851 --> 00:35:03,770 and a piece of black wire. 703 00:35:03,812 --> 00:35:07,482 And you said he was wasting his time. 704 00:35:07,524 --> 00:35:08,983 Why'd you stop model building? 705 00:35:09,025 --> 00:35:10,402 Why would you stop that? 706 00:35:10,443 --> 00:35:12,612 I got other interests. 707 00:35:14,614 --> 00:35:19,786 That was around your 12th birthday, wasn't it? 708 00:35:19,828 --> 00:35:22,914 All these dates on here are the same. 709 00:35:22,956 --> 00:35:27,252 February 19, 1969. 710 00:35:27,293 --> 00:35:29,379 That's a couple of days after your birthday. 711 00:35:31,423 --> 00:35:35,385 That's when you put all these away. 712 00:35:37,429 --> 00:35:40,223 I really don't remember. 713 00:35:40,265 --> 00:35:43,393 GOREN: Well, I guess it just, you know, slipped 714 00:35:43,435 --> 00:35:46,021 out of your memory. 715 00:35:46,062 --> 00:35:48,773 But there's one missing, you know? 716 00:35:48,815 --> 00:35:51,735 The Ferrari-- it's not in here. 717 00:35:51,776 --> 00:35:55,238 I never had that one. 718 00:35:57,574 --> 00:35:59,534 What about this one? 719 00:35:59,576 --> 00:36:02,245 You never had this one? 720 00:36:02,287 --> 00:36:04,247 You had this one, right? 721 00:36:04,289 --> 00:36:07,625 Did you buy it with your paper route money? 722 00:36:07,667 --> 00:36:09,044 I got that for him on his birthday. 723 00:36:09,085 --> 00:36:10,462 I bet he bugged you for months 724 00:36:10,503 --> 00:36:11,713 for this model Ferrari, huh? 725 00:36:11,755 --> 00:36:12,839 Oh, yeah. 726 00:36:12,881 --> 00:36:14,883 Had his little 12-year-old heart set on it. 727 00:36:17,010 --> 00:36:20,055 This one came painted already, 728 00:36:20,096 --> 00:36:22,807 with the decals already on it. 729 00:36:22,849 --> 00:36:24,476 Now these here-- 730 00:36:24,517 --> 00:36:28,396 how many pieces for each? 50, 100? 731 00:36:28,438 --> 00:36:30,523 110. 732 00:36:30,565 --> 00:36:34,402 The more pieces, the more intricate, 733 00:36:34,444 --> 00:36:35,570 the better it is, right? 734 00:36:35,612 --> 00:36:36,946 That's the whole point. 735 00:36:38,448 --> 00:36:40,325 This one only has ten pieces. 736 00:36:40,367 --> 00:36:42,577 See here, it says, "Snaps together 737 00:36:42,619 --> 00:36:45,330 in ten minutes. No glue required." 738 00:36:45,372 --> 00:36:47,999 But I mean, it's a birthday gift 739 00:36:48,041 --> 00:36:50,794 from your dad, so... 740 00:36:50,835 --> 00:36:56,049 Still, you slather on all the Rustall, and baking soda you want-- 741 00:36:56,091 --> 00:36:58,385 it's still kind of a cheap knockoff, really. 742 00:36:58,426 --> 00:37:01,596 This is the only model of this car they had. 743 00:37:01,638 --> 00:37:03,390 No, no, no, no. 744 00:37:03,431 --> 00:37:05,350 That's not true. 745 00:37:06,559 --> 00:37:09,354 That's not true, is it, Roger? 746 00:37:09,396 --> 00:37:12,982 I mean, there were better models, right? 747 00:37:13,024 --> 00:37:16,986 There were better models. 748 00:37:17,028 --> 00:37:20,448 He was just too preoccupied to find one. 749 00:37:20,490 --> 00:37:22,575 Too busy and preoccupied 750 00:37:22,617 --> 00:37:23,952 with his own life to realize 751 00:37:23,993 --> 00:37:26,371 that it would make a difference to you. 752 00:37:26,413 --> 00:37:27,914 He probably picked this up, what, 753 00:37:27,956 --> 00:37:30,917 like last minute on the way home from work. 754 00:37:34,671 --> 00:37:36,506 That hurt bad, huh? 755 00:37:36,548 --> 00:37:40,719 To realize that you're just an afterthought 756 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,013 in your father's life. 757 00:37:45,515 --> 00:37:48,643 Sucked the fun right out of making models. 758 00:37:48,685 --> 00:37:51,980 That's when you put these away 759 00:37:52,022 --> 00:37:55,817 and you moved on with your life. 760 00:37:55,859 --> 00:37:57,152 Huh? 761 00:37:57,193 --> 00:37:58,611 You got married. 762 00:37:58,653 --> 00:38:00,655 You put all this stuff in the past. 763 00:38:00,697 --> 00:38:05,493 Until your dad came and moved in with you and your wife. 764 00:38:05,535 --> 00:38:07,996 The Princess, that's what he called her. 765 00:38:08,038 --> 00:38:09,539 Oh, but I didn't mean it in any way... 766 00:38:09,581 --> 00:38:10,623 How could you? 767 00:38:10,665 --> 00:38:12,917 It was her idea to take you in. 768 00:38:12,959 --> 00:38:15,128 GOREN: Then he drove her away. 769 00:38:15,170 --> 00:38:17,547 Then what was left? 770 00:38:17,589 --> 00:38:19,716 Hmm? 771 00:38:19,758 --> 00:38:21,551 Just the two of you? 772 00:38:25,472 --> 00:38:26,848 You and him. 773 00:38:31,061 --> 00:38:32,687 And that's when what? 774 00:38:32,729 --> 00:38:36,024 And that's when the clock just rolled back 775 00:38:36,066 --> 00:38:38,526 to 1969, 776 00:38:38,568 --> 00:38:41,446 and you were that disappointed child again. 777 00:38:41,488 --> 00:38:47,535 That little 12-year-old with the big hole in his heart. 778 00:38:47,577 --> 00:38:50,038 And you needed to fill it, 779 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:51,539 but not with plastic cars, 780 00:38:51,581 --> 00:38:53,041 with real cars. 781 00:38:53,083 --> 00:38:56,127 So what you did is you stuffed all of your resentment 782 00:38:56,169 --> 00:38:58,838 and all of your hatred 783 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,424 into that one task. 784 00:39:01,466 --> 00:39:02,425 No, no. 785 00:39:02,467 --> 00:39:03,426 It's not true. 786 00:39:03,468 --> 00:39:04,761 My son does not hate me. 787 00:39:04,803 --> 00:39:05,970 (Goren laughing) 788 00:39:06,012 --> 00:39:07,555 He doesn't hate you? 789 00:39:07,597 --> 00:39:09,933 He implicated you in a murder. 790 00:39:09,974 --> 00:39:11,893 What?! 791 00:39:11,935 --> 00:39:13,728 EAMES: You wear a catheter, Mr. Coffman, 792 00:39:13,770 --> 00:39:14,729 with a bag? 793 00:39:14,771 --> 00:39:16,064 Yeah, so I'm a sick man. 794 00:39:16,106 --> 00:39:18,983 Well, thanks to your son's helpful suggestion, 795 00:39:19,025 --> 00:39:21,611 we took another look at the urine used 796 00:39:21,653 --> 00:39:23,196 in the murder of Mrs. Batchelder. 797 00:39:23,238 --> 00:39:25,657 We didn't find his anti-cholesterol medicine, 798 00:39:25,699 --> 00:39:28,618 but we found high levels of protein and bacteria. 799 00:39:28,660 --> 00:39:31,579 Protein because diabetics dump protein into their urine, 800 00:39:31,621 --> 00:39:33,581 while the bacteria's from the catheter. 801 00:39:33,623 --> 00:39:36,543 GOREN: See, that's another thing we believe, Stan... 802 00:39:38,003 --> 00:39:40,755 That you supplied the urine used to kill Mrs. Batchelder. 803 00:39:40,797 --> 00:39:42,549 You ungrateful little punk! 804 00:39:42,590 --> 00:39:44,175 You mixed me up in with this?! 805 00:39:44,217 --> 00:39:46,136 You don't know what you're talking about. 806 00:39:46,177 --> 00:39:47,679 He's just a senile old man. 807 00:39:47,721 --> 00:39:50,015 STAN: Senile? You stealing from a poor girl 808 00:39:50,056 --> 00:39:53,143 who only wanted to take care of her sick mother?! 809 00:39:53,184 --> 00:39:55,603 You talk to her... 810 00:39:55,645 --> 00:39:58,773 Kate Finnoff? 811 00:39:58,815 --> 00:40:00,692 No. 812 00:40:00,734 --> 00:40:03,486 How else would you know about her mother? 813 00:40:07,157 --> 00:40:09,784 The hospice called Kate. 814 00:40:09,826 --> 00:40:13,621 Told her they were moving her mother out of a private room. 815 00:40:13,663 --> 00:40:14,622 Kate was desperate 816 00:40:14,664 --> 00:40:17,208 for money. 817 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:19,586 So she called you. 818 00:40:19,627 --> 00:40:20,920 No...! She tried you at your office, 819 00:40:20,962 --> 00:40:23,673 but you were out all day. 820 00:40:23,715 --> 00:40:26,134 But you're in the phone book, so she tried you at home. 821 00:40:26,176 --> 00:40:28,636 And you were there because... you're always there. 822 00:40:28,678 --> 00:40:31,765 You talked to her a little bit. 823 00:40:31,806 --> 00:40:32,974 She told you just enough 824 00:40:33,016 --> 00:40:35,268 so you'd know what Roger had been up to. 825 00:40:35,310 --> 00:40:37,729 And then you panicked. 826 00:40:37,771 --> 00:40:40,732 Panicked about Roger going to jail. 827 00:40:43,860 --> 00:40:45,320 But you panicked for yourself. 828 00:40:45,362 --> 00:40:46,946 You panicked about your own life. 829 00:40:46,988 --> 00:40:48,656 "What's going to happen to me? 830 00:40:48,698 --> 00:40:50,116 "Who's going to take care of me? 831 00:40:50,158 --> 00:40:51,659 I don't want to be alone." 832 00:40:51,701 --> 00:40:52,952 I did no such thing. 833 00:40:52,994 --> 00:40:55,080 So you dragged yourself over to Kate's apartment. 834 00:40:55,121 --> 00:40:57,207 You talked to her just a little bit more. 835 00:40:57,248 --> 00:40:59,167 How'd you get her into the stairwell? 836 00:40:59,209 --> 00:41:02,045 Did you tell her you needed help? 837 00:41:02,087 --> 00:41:05,215 Did you tell her that you had a bad hip? 838 00:41:06,841 --> 00:41:08,343 And then you shoved her. 839 00:41:08,385 --> 00:41:11,012 I don't have to listen to any more of this. 840 00:41:11,054 --> 00:41:12,055 I'm going home. 841 00:41:12,097 --> 00:41:13,682 We can prove it, Stan. 842 00:41:13,723 --> 00:41:14,808 You see how you have 843 00:41:14,849 --> 00:41:17,852 your hand on the wall there... 844 00:41:17,894 --> 00:41:20,021 to steady yourself? 845 00:41:20,063 --> 00:41:22,816 We will find your prints in her building. 846 00:41:22,857 --> 00:41:24,192 I'm a sick man. 847 00:41:24,234 --> 00:41:25,860 I'm going home. 848 00:41:25,902 --> 00:41:28,613 Do you believe this guy, Roger? 849 00:41:28,655 --> 00:41:31,741 He's taken everything away from you. 850 00:41:31,783 --> 00:41:34,202 First it was the model cars. 851 00:41:34,244 --> 00:41:36,955 And then your wife... who loved you. 852 00:41:36,996 --> 00:41:41,876 He's taken everything that ever mattered to you 853 00:41:41,918 --> 00:41:43,628 away from you. 854 00:41:43,670 --> 00:41:45,964 And just when you had it right in front of you. 855 00:41:49,092 --> 00:41:52,762 Well, if he hadn't killed Kate Finnoff... 856 00:41:52,804 --> 00:41:54,931 we might not have gotten on to you. 857 00:41:56,099 --> 00:41:57,892 You'd be riding this Ferrari 858 00:41:57,934 --> 00:42:00,812 right out to the sunset. 859 00:42:00,854 --> 00:42:05,066 Instead of a prison bus into a hellhole. 860 00:42:05,108 --> 00:42:08,028 You stupid old man. 861 00:42:08,069 --> 00:42:12,115 You stupid, stupid, selfish old man! 862 00:42:13,742 --> 00:42:16,786 You wrecked everything. 863 00:42:16,828 --> 00:42:19,122 My marriage... 864 00:42:19,164 --> 00:42:20,248 my birthday. 865 00:42:20,290 --> 00:42:22,292 You always wreck everything. 866 00:42:22,334 --> 00:42:25,253 Wreck what? I gave you what you wanted. 867 00:42:25,295 --> 00:42:28,256 How do you know what I wanted?! 868 00:42:28,298 --> 00:42:30,842 I never mattered to you. 869 00:42:32,969 --> 00:42:36,765 Never! 870 00:42:36,806 --> 00:42:37,932 Get away from me. 871 00:42:37,974 --> 00:42:39,351 Get away from me. 872 00:42:39,392 --> 00:42:41,186 You never cared! You never ever cared! 873 00:42:41,227 --> 00:42:42,270 What about me, huh? 874 00:42:42,312 --> 00:42:43,438 What about me? 875 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,398 When do I get a little consideration? 876 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:46,775 Right now, Mr. Coffman. 877 00:42:46,816 --> 00:42:48,318 You are under arrest for murder. 878 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:49,819 What?! 879 00:42:53,823 --> 00:42:55,867 Look what you've done to me. 880 00:42:55,909 --> 00:42:57,035 You dumb punk! 881 00:42:57,077 --> 00:42:59,913 You see? You see what he's like? You see? 882 00:42:59,954 --> 00:43:01,706 Yes, I see. 883 00:43:06,503 --> 00:43:08,213 (sighs) 884 00:43:10,965 --> 00:43:13,301 What did Clarence Darrow say-- 885 00:43:13,343 --> 00:43:16,388 "The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents, 886 00:43:16,429 --> 00:43:20,308 the second half by our children." 887 00:43:20,350 --> 00:43:22,727 Only if you let them.