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In the criminal
justice system,

the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups,

the police
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

I'm afraid you're going to
have to come out of there,
ma'am. Store's closed.

I'm sorry,
I'm not dressed yet.

I'm sorry, ma'am.
Rules are rules.

Are you
going to punish me?

Depends on
whether you cooperate.

Try this one.

Jose, this is
completely see-through.

So?

Come on,
I just finished my rounds.

Floors five,
six and seven are all ours.

What was that?

Wait here.

No, here. On second thought,
you better go.
Pass key will get you out.

Bobby, it's Jose.
I heard something on eight.
Sounded like shots.

I'll send someone up.

Hello, Bobby,
call an ambulance.

Oh, damn,
it's Mr. Spiegel.

Jose, what's
going on up there?Who's that?

Jose?Irma, baby,
I told you to go.

I got scared.

Oh, my God!

Go, baby. Go!

I was in the seventh-floor
dressing room
when I heard the shots.

That part
of your usual rounds?

No, no. Not really.

Well, what were
you doing there?

If I tell you,
it's gonna cost me my job.

If you don't tell me,
I'm gonna think you
have something to hide.

I was in there
with my girlfriend.

It wasn't like that.
She was modeling stuff.
Underwear.

What time did she leave?

Right after
I found Mr. Spiegel.

But you gotta
leave her out of it.
She still lives at home.

Her old man finds out,
he's gonna kill her.

Well, you better come up
with a story for pops,

because we're
gonna have to talk to her.

Bobby Fox, head of security.
Before that,
20 years at the 19.

I was in the security office
when Jose called in the shots.

The victim's
an executive here?

Yeah, Richard Spiegel,
chief financial officer.

Kate Bergreen's husband.Wow.

Yeah, the ones
who own the place.Hmm.

Well,
somebody got out
without setting off security.

Well, the executive suite
has its own elevator
and exit to the street.

No whistles,
no bells.

What about the
rest of the store?

It's wired all around.
But they hand out the pass
keys like they're gumballs.

I warned them,
but unless you
make six figures,

the Bergreens
don't want to have
much to do with you.

Lucky us.

Jose told us you got to
the store at about 8:00?

I don't know
why I let him
talk me into it.

Did you notice
anything suspicious
on your way out?

I wasn't exactly looking.
I mean, I was so freaked.

That dead guy's
eyes were open,
staring up.

How about when you arrived?

Can you
think of anything
that might help us?

There was this guy,
this tall, skinny guy

with long brown hair
standing outside, screaming.

Where?

By the executive entrance.

But at first,
I just figured he
was some crazy guy.

Something changed your mind?

I saw he was
on a cell phone,

ragging on somebody.

Did you get close enough
to see his face?

I was in a hurry.
Jose was waiting.

Your murder weapon's
a .22 caliber pistol.

Could be a stealth shooter
for the mob.

Any signs of burglary?

Well, they're still
trying to figure out
if anything's missing.

Kind of stuff
that store carries,

two shopping bags worth
would be quite a haul.

Best shoe department
in the city.
Highest prices, too.

You know,
it also could be a
current or former employee

running around
with a pass key.

Well, have somebody
run their names through BCI.

What about the wife?

Kate Bergreen-Spiegel
has two secretaries.

One for work,
and another one for her
appointments at her apartment.

You ever hear of that?

In Danielle Steele novels.

Yeah, well, her home secretary
has managed to squeeze us in
for a 10 o'clock.

I spoke to Richard about 7:00.
He was waiting in his office
for a call.

Thank you. He said
he didn't know
when he'd be home.

And that's the last time
you spoke to him?

Yeah.

You were here all night?

With Dad,
and Chloe, my daughter.

How do you tell
a 3-year-old her
daddy's never coming home?

Do we
have to do this now?

Well, it's best
to get all this while it's
still fresh in your mind.

What were your husband's
responsibilities at the store?

I brought in Richard
six months ago to
supervise our expansion.

More stores?Yes. Chicago,
Dallas and Beverly Hills.

All Laura's idea.

My other daughter.

When my doctor
made me retire,

I made
Laura and Kate
co-presidents.

What did
Spiegel do before he
came to work for you?

Richard was CFO
of Cromwell Industries.

He had a brilliant
financial mind.

Did your husband
have any enemies
that you know of?

Business associates?
Employees he might've let go?

I'm sure he fired people.
He did all of that.

Did he ever mention
anybody who was
particularly upset?

We never talked
about business much.

You are co-president
of the company.

I'm president of clothes.

Everything you see
when you walk through
the store.

Richard handled
everything else.

With my sister.

Believe me,
I wish I could take
the day off to grieve.

It's bad enough that your
investigation delayed
our opening for two hours.

The show must go on, huh?

If the store is open,
someone has to be here
running it.

We understand
that Mr. Spiegel let
several employees go recently.

A few.
But they were all given
very generous severances.

Do you think
a former employee
is responsible?

A man gets murdered
in the workplace,
it's a logical place to start.

Any non-employees
he might've offended?

Probably
several hundred a day.
This is New York.

I mean business
associates, suppliers.
That type of non-employee.

The only people
we seem to offend
is our competition.

Anybody in particular?

D&S. Davenport and Styles.

They seem to think
we're engaged in
some kind of holy war.

Over what?

Our designers mostly.

The latest battleground
was Paul Medici.

They claimed they
had him exclusively.
We disagreed.

Richard was
dealing with the lawyers.

They were suing you?

For several million dollars.

Richard thought that
they were just posturing.

When was the last time
you saw Richard?

Around 7:00,
as I was leaving the building.
He was waiting for Mr. Medici.

They'd been
trading calls all day.

He needed me to come in
and sign some legal papers.

Papers regarding
the D&S case?

Yeah, that's right.

Richard said they'd settled
their differences and everyone
would walk away happy.

Yourself included?Absolutely.

I'd think a little guy
like you gets put in the
middle of a big lawsuit,

it couldn't be
too good for business.

There's no such thing
as bad publicity, Detective.

Actually,
it was a very silly dispute.

First, D&S said I couldn't
sell to anyone else,
then they said I could.

No, no, no, no, no!
Is no one listening?

This is three inches too long.
Like this! Go, go.
Go make it happen!

Spring shows
begin next week.

This time of year,
everyone gets on my nerves.

Everyone except Spiegel?

I just signed
the papers and left.

And what time was that?8:00.

See,
we got a report of a man
matching your description

outside Bergreen's
right about that time.
A very angry man.

If that was me,
I was on the phone with
Valerie, my best cutter.

You'd think she'd pick
a better time to elope.

You can call her
in Vancouver.

And where'd you go
after the meeting with
Spiegel?

I was at the
AIDS Foundation benefit
for kids at the Armory.

I donated some dresses.
I even paid for a
patron's ticket. $600.

One lousy litigation.
You believe the mess
these lawyers can make?

Anyone been able
to translate?

Well, D&S claimed Bergreen's
enticed Medici into violating
the terms of his contract.

They said he was making
private label dresses
for Bergreen's

while he was
exclusive to them.

Hey, Lennie,
didn't you work
with this guy?

John Podbielski?

Pot Belly? Yeah.

John and I once worked vice
in the 13. He signed an
affidavit declaring he'd seen

the private label dresses
being made at Medici's
sweatshop.

Take him
for a walk
in the park.

I'd be looking at Medici.

He was
gonna take a hit
on the settlement?

Parties to the suit
were proposing that
he eat the dresses

he manufactured
for Bergreen.

Ouch.Yeah.

It was a lot more
combustible than that.

Spiegel's the guy
who proposed stiffing him.

He doesn't
want to pay his bills.
So what else is new?

From where I sit,
Spiegel wanted Medici
going down in flames.

Why?

I tell you that,
I'm violating my contract.

These guys
still owe me money.

You don't want to
help us clear a homicide?

Hey, Pot Belly, come on.
We collared
$5 whores together.

This is gonna cost me
a very good client.

Hey, John,
how often do you need
a set of plates run?

Medici's been throwing
a little humpski
into Spiegel's wife.

Ooh.

Did Spiegel know?I didn't tell him.

I don't
even think Medici
knew we were on to him.

How long?Twice a week at least

for the two months
I've been assigned.

Any documentation?

Like animals they go at it.
I got pictures.

Okay, we're alone.
We're in this delightful room.

Now do I get to know
why you had to talk to me
again?

How long you been involved
with Kate Spiegel?

She's Bergreen's
fashion director.

She saw my designs
a couple of years ago,
and I...

Who took these?

Put yourself
in the here and now, Paul.

Whoever took them,
there they are. That's what
we want to talk to you about.

I'm sure
you can understand
why I would be reluctant

to broadcast my
involvement with Kate.

Your reluctance to
broadcast is what we call
hindering prosecution.

It's a felony.We were having an affair.
It happens.

Even among
police detectives,
I would think.

You
were the last one
to see Spiegel alive,

he was screwing you
with this lawsuit,
and you're doing his wife.

I had nothing to do
with Spiegel's murder,
I swear.

Yeah, but if Spiegel
was out of the way,

it would make things
a whole lot easier for
the two of you, wouldn't it?

You think
I wanted to marry her?
To move in together? No.

I liked things
just the way they were.

You tell Kate that?
Was that her attitude?

I don't know.

She never talked
about her marriage,
and I didn't ask.

Yeah,
and the fact that she
had more money than God

and ran the most important
store in town, this was just
a physical thing, right?

Exactly.

Yeah,
with all those models
hanging around...

I find all women
beautiful, Detective.

Yeah, well, Paul,
there's one other
problem, see.

That AIDS benefit
you were attending
the night of the murder?

Nobody saw you there.

Now,
we're gonna start all over.

The affair,
what happened last night.
Don't waste our time again.

I was with Kate
at my showroom.

The Medici Benefit.

What time did Kate leave?

About 9:30.

Spiegel didn't get
killed until 10:00.

After Kate left,
I called Petra. A model.

She came by at 10:00,
and stayed

all night. You can call her.

A killer's walking around,
my husband's killer,

and you're wasting
your time investigating
my personal life.

You haven't answered
the question, Mrs. Spiegel.

I was not
with Paul Medici
that night or any other.

Well,
Paul says you were with him
at the start of the evening,

and he was with
another acquaintance later.

The later part
we got verified.

If Paul says
he was with me,
he's a liar.

Was that your daughter
we passed on the way in?

The little girl
standing with your father?

Why?

I wouldn't want her
to walk in while
I was showing you these.

Well, I bet the boys
down at the precinct got
a big charge out of these.

Did you pass them around?

Were you with
Paul Medici the night
your husband was killed?

Is my total humiliation
your objective?

Because if it is,
you have certainly succeeded.

Yes, I was with him.
We had sex that very night.

Would you like to know
what positions?

When did you
leave his studio?

I don't know.
About 9:00.

That's not what you
told us before.

Because I wanted to spare
my family embarrassment.

Is that something
you can possibly understand?

Where'd you go
after you left?

Home. I was
home from 9:30 on.

Can anyone corroborate that?

I went
to the kitchen
for some tea.

I went to my father's room.
We watched the news together.

My God, I feel like
I'm a suspect here.

Was your husband
aware of your affair
with Medici?

Yes, he was.

And how did he react?

Well, I hate to
disappoint you, Detective,

but there was no big fight.
There was no divorce.

There was no custody battle.

A model family.

Richard and I
had an open marriage.

I was free to partner
with anyone I wished

as long as I took
proper precautions,
which I always did.

Then why was your husband
playing tough with Medici
on this contract dispute?

Are the two of you dense?

I know nothing about
business things.
I never cared.

But Richard was not
out to get anybody.

Well, call me old-fashioned,
Mrs. Spiegel, but I find that
hard to believe.

We are not like you,
Detective.

So you don't buy
the open marriage scenario?

Not unless Spiegel
tells me himself.

LUDS from Spiegel's
office phone came back.

Six calls the week before
the murder to an attorney,
David Solomon.

You know,
I think his datebook listed
an appointment with that guy

on his last day.

It could be
business related.

A month's salary
this guy's a divorce lawyer.

You're on.

I don't do divorces.
I'm a criminal attorney.

What do you make a month?

You were representing
Richard Spiegel
on a criminal charge?

Well, that's
privileged information.

Did it have anything to
do with the D&S lawsuit
against Bergreen's?

No, see, that's a civil suit.
I am a criminal attorney.

And I'm
a police detective.

What kind of criminal law
do you practice?

Corporate.
Financial fraud, primarily.

What, was Spiegel
in some kind of
financial hot water?

I can't comment on that.

Who can?

Bergreen's comptroller,
Charles Herman.

We asked Herman to come in,
he showed up with his lawyer.

Well, we give him a walk
on any of the creative
accounting moves he pulled,

he'll dish the dirt.

You think some
kind of financial scam
got Spiegel killed?

Hey, money makes
the world go around.

I mean, it's take-a-number
time on who could've
wanted this guy gone.

Herman have
any kind of record?

He's clean.

Let's hear
what he has to say.

I told Laura it was wrong
and I didn't want to be
a part of it.

I mean,
every deduction on my
income taxes is legitimate.

We'll take
your confession later.

Tell us what was
going on at the company.

The company was broke.

Mainly because
Laura had so much money
tied up in the expansion.

When things started
going really bad,

she insisted I use the
employees' 401k contributions
to pay our bills.

Which is illegal.

She threatened to fire me.

I have two kids.
I can't...

Did Spiegel know?

Not at first.

When he found out,
he confronted Laura
in my office.

He said
she was breaking the law
and he wouldn't stand for it.

She said
she was the boss and
things would be done her way.

Isn't her father
still the CEO?

He didn't know anything.

Laura
wouldn't let me send
him the monthly reports

while he was recovering
from his surgery. She said
bad news might kill him.

What do you think?

I think Laura
was more concerned

about Mr. Bergreen
finding out she
was doing a bad job.

Did you
ever hear Laura
threaten Spiegel?

Not specifically.

Laura said
Kate brought in Spiegel
to make her look bad,

and Spiegel thought
Laura was incompetent.

Yes,
our cash reserves are
a little low right now,

but when the December
revenues are posted...

You have to understand
that Charles Herman
is a nervous little man

who doesn't understand
the first thing about the
retail clothing business.

You said you
left the store at 7:00?

That's right.

And what did you do
after you left?

I stopped for dinner.

Where?

An Indian restaurant
on Sixth Street

between
First and Second. And, no,
I don't remember the name.

Did you use a credit card?

No, I paid in cash.

I'm afraid I have to tell you
that I'm beginning to feel
like I'm a suspect.

Where did you go
after dinner?

I visited my father.

What time?

My God, the only thing
that's missing is a
spotlight shining in my face.

I think I got there
a little before 10:00,
I stayed about an hour,

and then I went home.
Is that good enough?

Did you see your sister?

No.

You were in
your sister's apartment
and you never saw her?

My sister has an 18-room
townhouse. It's not that
difficult to miss each other.

I don't get
how both sisters could be
visiting their father at 10:00

and not see each other.
I don't care how big
the place is.

Which one do you like?

Maybe Laura?

Laura gets rid of Spiegel

'cause he's about to expose
her financial shenanigans.

Which would put her in jail
and Spiegel in her office.

Curtis.

Or Kate killed him because
a divorce would make her lose
her kid and half her money.

A woman in a custody battle.
Not a pretty picture.

Okay, good.
Send it over to the
lab for prints. Thanks.

A couple of uniforms
in the 35 took a .22 Ruger
off an armed robbery perp.

Ballistics says
it's our murder weapon.

Perp's being transferred
to our precinct now.

We have
some more questions
we need to ask you, Clarence.

Look, man, I already...

I told those other
officers that I robbed
the grocery store.

I did it.

You know,
that's very refreshing,

you taking
responsibility like that.

But we're interested
in where you got the gun
you used.

But I...
Could I say something first?

I just wanted to tell you
that if smack were legal, see,

I wouldn't have to be
robbing nobody, 'cause
I would buy it in a store,

and it would probably
only be like a dollar a hit.

That's a very nice vision
of the future, Clarence.

Now, will you tell us
where you got the gun?

I found it in a trash can.

Where?

Are you gonna help me out?

If you give me some answers,
I'll talk to the D.A., sure.

All right.
The trash can

was right outside
this big store over on 50th.

Bergreen's?

Yeah.

Clarence here found
the gun in a trash can
just outside the store.

I'll raise you.
Laura Bergreen's
prints are on the barrel.

Nice call, Rey.
Her prints are
in the system?

Yeah, she was
busted for smoking
pot when she was 18.

The gun's permitted
to a Jeffrey Arbaugh.

He gives Seymour Bergreen's
East Hampton estate
as his address.

Mmm-mmm. What is it
you say, Lennie?
"Thank God they're stupid"?

Yeah,
even the rich ones.

Jeffery Arbaugh?

It's Arbaugh.
Rhymes with "saw."

Well, Mr. Rhymes-with-saw,
your gun was used
to kill Richard Spiegel,

and you happen to live
in his father-in-law's house.

You want to
explain all that?

Richard's dead?

You didn't know?

This is terrible.

Nobody told me.

I don't read papers
or watch TV.

I prefer face-to-face
communication.

Oh, thanks.
I'll remember that.

So,
where were you
two nights ago?

I was teaching
my transcendental
meditation class.

I know, you think TM
has been supplanted by more
with-it forms of meditation,

but I have to tell you...CURTIS: Hey!

How did your gun
end up killing Mr. Spiegel?

I don't consider it mine.

It's registered to you.

Kate felt unsafe
much of the time.

She thought a gun,
its being more
than its presence,

would make her
feel more secure.

I bought it for her
as a favor.

So it was Kate's gun.

I suppose.
In a physical sense.

What exactly
is your relationship to Kate?

I'm her philosophical
and spiritual
exploration guide.

And I feed the dogs.

Did she ever
seek your guidance
on her marriage?

I don't think I should...

You should.

She was very troubled.

Why?

Richard had threatened
to divorce her and seek
custody of their child.

Mr. Bergreen,
your son-in-law was shot
with your daughter's gun.

And your other daughter's
fingerprints are on it.

Somehow,
this investigation keeps
leading us back here.

Notwithstanding,
my daughters had nothing
to do with Richard's death.

You told us before
Kate was with you the
night of the murder?

Correct.

Around 9:30?

That's right.

What about Laura?

Yes,
she was here, too.

And what time was that?

Around the same time.
She stopped by.

Mr. Bergreen,
were Kate and Laura
with you together?

No.

If either one of
your daughters asked
you to provide an alibi...

I answered your questions.
Now get out.

Two shaky alibis,
two legitimate motives,
Kate's gun, Laura's prints.

Maybe they did it together.

I sure as hell don't buy

those now-you-see-her,
now-you-don't visits
to the old man.

We got no proof
of a conspiracy.

Well,
anyone you pick up now won't
be arraigned until tomorrow.

We'll stick them
in jail overnight,
see who starts talking.

Laura Bergreen,
you're under arrest for the
murder of Richard Spiegel.

What are you doing?

Would you
please turn around?

Oh, you're
going to regret this.

You have the right
to remain silent...

Is this some
kind of sick joke?Come on.

Because I am not laughing,
and my lawyer won't be either.

I don't know who
authorized this, but...

Your sister
is two rooms down.

I understand she didn't
care for the powdered
eggs at Central Booking.

Between fending off
advances and waiting
for toilet privileges,

I didn't have time to ask.

I wouldn't think
you'd want to go back.

Has it sunk in yet,
Miss Bergreen?
The situation you're in?

You mean being the target
of envious and vindictive
district attorneys?

I mean the prospect
of spending the rest
of your life in prison.

How'd you sleep last night?

You know something
I've learned as a prosecutor?

Family members
turn on each other as
often as anybody else.

Whatever blood oath
they may have taken,

as soon as
things fall apart,
one of them talks.

And whoever talks first
is much better off.

Are you offering immunity?

Her gun
is the murder weapon.

It was in a drawer
in my office.

Eight thousand people
knew where it was.

You have no case,
Miss Ross.

And unless you're
dropping the charges
or offering immunity,

we have no reason
to give you anything.

Your client's fingerprints
are on the murder weapon.

She showed me her gun
when she bought it.

She wanted me to see
how light it was.

You were so desperate
to stop Spiegel's plan
to inform your father,

you ordered
your comptroller...

Says Charles Herman,
who has immunity.

Your New-Age friend
will testify that Mr. Spiegel

was going to divorce you
and take your child.

If that statement were
admissible in court,
we'd contest it.

What makes
you think it isn't?

My client's
conversations with
Mr. Arbaugh are privileged.

On what grounds?

Priest-penitent.

It's amazing.
He's like a shrink
and a rabbi rolled into one.

After graduation
from Yale Divinity,

I was ordained
by the Episcopal Church.

Then I ministered two small
congregations in Virginia.

But after a time,
you left the church.

Church work
became too confining.

Too many demands from
parishioners, not enough
time for serious studies.

So you never gave up
your religious studies.

Oh, no.
Nor did I give up
my counseling work.

I became a
personal spiritual advisor.

So your work
with Kate Bergreen was
in your role as clergyman.

Oh, yes.
She referred to our meetings
as spiritual sessions.

During these sessions,
did Kate Bergreen ever
talk about her marriage?

She talked about her problems
with Richard all the time.

We were working
to overcome them
when he died.

Thank you very much.

Mr. Arbaugh, in your
capacity as spiritual
advisor to Mrs. Spiegel,

did you receive a salary?

Yes.

What was that salary?

I was paid $400 a week.

And for that $400,
did you provide any services
other than spiritual advice?

I helped out
around the house.

How?

I walked the dogs
and watered the plants.

Some of the people
we spoke to out there said
that you also cut the grass,

wash the cars, do
some house painting,
clean the pool.

Goes on.
Is this an accurate list?

Sloth is bad for the soul.

What percentage
of the time you're working
is spent performing spiritual

as opposed to secular duties?

I'm always a priest.

Who spends
most of his time
mowing the lawn.

You can hardly
be called a professional
member of the clergy.

The declaration
of belief I took

committed me
to the 39 Articles of
the Faith of my church.

Show me one article that says
a priest can't walk the dog.

A court-anointed clergyman.

Wonder how Cardinal O'Connor
feels about being equated
with Jeffrey Arbaugh.

Not as bad as I feel.

His Eminence
doesn't have to try a
murder case without a motive.

Losing Kate's motive
is the least of our problems.

And I don't see
any proof of conspiracy.

They both had reasons
to want Spiegel dead.

They're both tied
to the murder weapon.

Where is the proof
that they agreed to kill him?

Unfortunately,
they didn't sign a contract.

We can't talk
to their shrinks,

their friends
won't talk to us.
Who's left?

Miss Laura
said I should call her
if you people came by.

She was very unhappy
with the mess you made
here last time.

I came to speak with you.

Me? I have my Green Card.

I'm not from the INS,
Mrs. Manquez, I'm from the
District Attorney's Office.

It's in your
best interest
to talk to me.

Okay. Come in.

In the days before
Mr. Spiegel was murdered,

did Kate Bergreen
come here to visit
her sister?

I don't remember.

What about Miss Laura?

Did she visit with Kate
or talk to her on the phone?

I don't remember.

Look, Mrs. Manquez,
I appreciate your
loyalty to your employer,

but withholding information
is a crime. You don't look
like a criminal to me.

I heard something.
It might mean something.

What did you hear?

Well, the night
before Mr. Spiegel died,
Mrs. Kate did call here,

and she asked to speak with
Miss Laura right away.
So she was with her masseur,

and I brought her
the portable phone,

and I left the room.
I didn't hear nothing.

Do you know
where I can find
this masseur?

Very nice people.
Big tippers.

What kind of mood
was Laura in?

Who knows about
moods of rich people?

She looked dark, unhappy.

With money like that,
I would be happy all the time.

Was there anything that
was making her particularly
unhappy that night?

She didn't talk to me.
But hands feel stress.
More after Kate called.

Did you hear
what she said to Kate?

Only when
they start to argue.

Then I hear,
"We have to stop him."

I don't want to hear
personal conversation. I say,
"Do you want me to leave?"

Now Miss Bergreen
angry at me, says,
"You are not going anywhere."

What did Laura say next?

She turned away on phone.
Still argue.

I hear,
"If you don't do it,
Kate, then I will."

Then she says, "Okay,"
and come back on table.

Thank you.

Uh...

How about
I give you a full-body
massage, no charge?

How many ways can I say it?
There was no conspiracy.

The conversation
between Kate and Laura

is proof of an agreement
to kill Richard Spiegel.

It's one side
of a phone call taken
totally out of context.

If anything,
it implicates Laura.

It's an agreement.

If you people had even the
smallest clue, you'd realize
that my sister and I

haven't agreed on anything
since the day I was born.

Kate,
let me handle this.

Does anyone care
what we really
talked about that night?

Or is mounting
my head on the wall
all you're interested in?

Tell us.

Not until we know
what you're doing for us.

Fair enough.

Your client pleads guilty
to conspiracy, we tell
the judge she cooperated...

I'm talking about full
immunity. Nothing short.

That must have been
some conversation.

It was.

You have it.

Richard knew
Laura's expansion plans
were destroying the company.

He told her she should
step down. She could
still be called President,

she just wouldn't be
running the company anymore.

Laura said
she'd do whatever was
necessary to stop him.

I called to settle her down,
but all she could talk about
was,

"He has to be stopped.
If you don't do it, I will."

Your client has been
indicted for murder.

Why haven't
we heard this already?

I just told my lawyer,
after my stay in jail.

I don't know why
I didn't mention it earlier.

I didn't think she meant...

I guess I didn't
want to believe it.

You want me to
grant immunity
to Kate Bergreen,

whether or not
she killed her husband.

Her version of the phone
conversation is consistent

with the theory of
Laura as sole killer,
but I don't buy it.

Yesterday,
the same conversation
made Kate a co-conspirator.

That's right,
and I think we can
convict them both.

And I think with their father
as an alibi, there's a good
chance they'll both walk.

We make this deal with Kate,

at least one of the sisters
goes away for the murder.

Are we more concerned
with our conviction rate
or with seeking justice?

Laura was
the driving force in this,

and, I think, the shooter.

If you really believe that,

make your deal.

The night before he died,
Laura threatened my husband.

Do you
know what prompted
your sister's threat?

My sister knew that
Richard was about to
let our father know

about the damage
she had done to Bergreen's.

Why was Laura's fear
of exposure to your father
so frightening to her?

Objection.
Calls for speculation.

No one knows Laura Bergreen
better than her own sister.

Objection sustained.

I'll
re-phrase the question.

Did Laura ever tell you
how she felt about being
exposed to your father?

Yes. The night
before the murder.

What did she say?

She said she'd spent the last
20 years working at the store
for one reason,

to prove to my father
that she could take it over.

And she asked for
the millionth time how
I could have married Richard.

How did you respond to that?

I told her
how I live my life
was none of her business.

And what about
Richard's plan to expose her?

What did you say about that?

Well, I don't
remember exactly.

It was something like,
"Dad'll understand."

I was trying to calm her down,
but she just kept going.

She said if Richard
talked to him, Dad wouldn't
give her another chance.

She was talking like
he was going to disown her.

Thank you.
Nothing further.

Weren't you also
charged by Mr. McCoy
with murdering your husband?

Answer my question,
Mrs. Spiegel.

You were charged
with murder and conspiracy
to commit murder, correct?

Those charges
have been dismissed.

They were only dismissed
after you volunteered to
testify against your sister.

I volunteered
to tell the truth.

The entire truth would have to
include all the reasons
you had to kill your husband.

I loved my husband.

Your affair with Paul Medici,
the prospect of a messy
divorce...

Objection.
Assumes facts
not in the record.

Objection overruled.

In fact, your affair
embroiled your family in a
multi-million dollar lawsuit.

You had more to hide
from your father than Laura.

None of that changes
what my sister did.

Laura got to Kate's apartment
about 9:45 p.m.

She stayed for
a little over an hour.

How can you be so certain
about the time Laura arrived?

I take my heart medication
four times a day.

That night, Laura brought me
my pills a little before the
10:00 news started.

Thank you, Mr. Bergreen.
Nothing further.

Your other daughter, Kate,
arrived home about 9:30 p.m.?

Yes.

And shortly thereafter,
Kate also came to your room.

Yes.

Maybe you can help me
with something that doesn't
make sense, Mr. Bergreen.

Kate said she watched
the news with you.

Laura said she watched
the news with you, too.

But they didn't
see each other.

How can that be?

Did you watch the news twice?

Yes.
10:00 on nine,
11:00 on four.

Isn't it true that
Laura couldn't have
seen Kate that night

because Laura wasn't
at the apartment at 10:00 p.m.

when Richard Spiegel
was murdered?

You have it backwards,
Mr. McCoy.

It was Kate
who wasn't at the apartment.
She was at the store. She...

Sidebar, Your Honor.

Objection to the sidebar,
Your Honor.

I'd like to hear
what this witness has to say.
The unabridged version.

So would I.
Continue, Mr. Bergreen.

She needed me
to cover for her

because she wasn't
at the apartment
till after 11:00 that night.

What did she
need you to cover for?

She told me the next day.

She killed Richard.

So your father is lying?

Of course he's lying.
To protect Laura.

Neat trick.

Your father says
you confessed, you deny it,
the jury has reasonable doubt.

Your sister walks,
and you're immune
from prosecution.

Dad said he was talking
to Laura's lawyer, Greer.

Greer told him
I had nothing to worry about
because of the immunity.

Laura's lawyer told him
to offer that testimony?

I don't know.

I know my father would do
anything he had to to keep
Laura out of jail.

And you weren't in on it?

Oh, yeah, I was in on it.

Kate has been
completely forthright,
and I resent your implying...

Do you think I would volunteer
to be branded a murderer?
A husband-killer?

And then what?

I stroll through
the rest of my life
like nothing happened?

It's nonsense,
and you know it.

Seymour Bergreen
perjured himself.
Go after him.

No. No.

The idea that Kate confessed
to her father is a joke.

Hmm.
Some joke.

We go after
Seymour for perjury.

You think that'll get him
to recant his testimony?

The idea sure bothered Kate.
Maybe she'll convince him
to come clean.

Maybe she won't.
It's no time to speculate.

Closing arguments
start tomorrow.

We can ask
for a continuance.

'Cause your case
is out the window.

If Laura's lawyer
told Seymour to lie,
he suborned perjury.

That what Kate said?

It sounded like it to me.

Maybe Judge Larkin will
grant us a continuance
to investigate the charge.

No sense being timid.
I'm gonna ask for a mistrial.

Suborning perjury?
That's preposterous.

Prior to his testimony,
Mr. Bergreen asked me
about Kate's legal status.

I simply assured him
that she was immune
from further prosecution.

The implication is obvious.

He assured Mr. Bergreen
he could lie on the stand
at no risk to Kate.

The possibility of
an ethical violation
casts a taint

on the integrity
of this trial, Your Honor.

There's the
ethical violation!

Mr. Greer,
restrain yourself.

What is it you want here,
Mr. McCoy?

I see no alternative
to your declaring a mistrial.

On the basis of a single
ambiguous statement
attributed to Mr. Greer?

We only started
our investigation.

He's desperate,
Your Honor.
He's stalling.

I'm sorry, Mr. Greer,
but under these circumstances,

I have no choice
but to take the mistrial
application under advisement.

I have
a better idea, Your Honor.

If Mr. McCoy needs some time
to conduct his investigation,

I'd agree to
a short continuance.

How long would you need?

Two weeks, minimum.

You get five days.

Mr. Bergreen,
sometimes we do things

without fully considering
all the ramifications.

Have you thought
about the effects
of your testimony?

And I don't just mean
getting Laura off.

You'll always love Kate,

but other people are not
as tolerant as you are
of a confessed murderer.

You don't need to
concern yourself
with me or my family.

What you said in court
will ruin Kate's life.

She'll be a pariah.
It's an ignominious existence,

and you
will be responsible.

Unless
you recant your testimony.

Which would mean
Laura goes to jail.
What would you do?

Did you come up
with this scheme
by yourself?

You gave her immunity.
It's not my fault.

Either you lied
on the stand, Mr. Bergreen,
or you lied to the police.

There's about five felonies
we can charge you with.

Do you really
want to go to jail?

Tell us the truth.

The truth is,
I love my daughters.
Both of them.

We'll see how much
they love you.

You're going to be arrested.

Why are you doing this?

We have no choice.

What he said about me
is wrong, but he was just
trying to protect Laura.

All of it is wrong.

A trial will kill him.

I'm sorry.

Three days,
no word from Laura's camp.

Where are we
on the subornation charge?

Greer answered
all our subpoenas.

We haven't found anything
in the record to support it.

Yeah, so we go back to trial
in two days with nothing.

See if Laura'll
take a plea.

I think
we're wasting our time.

You're not being
paid by the hour.

Find out. And if she says no,
we got real troubles,
don't we?

I guess your
smear campaign failed.

My office turned over
a truckload of records,

and you still couldn't
come up with anything.

We'd like to discuss
a plea for your client.

How do you sleep
at night, McCoy?

Why don't you
represent your client now

and chew me out later?

We're not dealing.

My sister said she did it.

That's a matter of opinion.

We're prepared to
drop the charges
against your father

in exchange for your...

I said no deals.

Is this what you wanted?
Your father going to jail?

He will not go to jail.
He's bluffing.

Laura isn't even interested
in hearing the offer.

Game-playing's over.
Finish the trial.

What about Seymour's
perjury charge?

It's a felony.
If we drop the charge,

we look like
even bigger jackasses.

Offer him a plea
and a $10,000 fine.
He can afford it.

Now, go face the music.

Ladies
and gentlemen of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

Would the defendant
please rise?

On the sole count
of the indictment,
murder in the second degree,

how does the jury find?

We find the defendant,
Laura Bergreen, not guilty.

The defendant is released.
The jury is excused.

This court is adjourned.

We screwed up.
We're not
supposed to screw up.

You act like it's
the first case you ever lost.

It isn't.
Doesn't mean
I have to like it.

A murder goes unpunished,
it's bad for business.

Laura Bergreen's
not the first rich person
to get away with murder,

and she won't be the last.