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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.

Shirley Jackson's 1993
employee evaluation said her
motivation was above average.

Jackson?

That's the one
who says her boss
snapped her bra?

That's Malone.
Jackson had a boob pinched.

You might want to try
keeping our clients straight.

What is it?

"Mattawin Studios
Executive Committee Meeting."

Only in America
is this something that
we have to put up with.

You know, the Japanese,
they have the right idea.

Their women
serve tea in the office
and they leave them alone.

Have you
seen the list of plaintiffs?

They all got hired
in the first place because
they had nice racks.

I have a hunch
this got put in
the discovery box by mistake.

How about Heidi?
Is she testifying?

I hope not.
She could hurt us.

What the hell
is she gonna say?

That she
witnessed harassment.

Maybe that she
was harassed herself.

Heidi harassed?
That's a joke, right?

She slept
with one of her own
male assistants.

We still have to
deal with the eventuality.

I'll tell you
how to deal with it.

If she's gonna turn on us,
somebody should
just kill the bitch.

Heidi Ellison?

That's the one who...
Yeah.

The one that was killed.

Mr. Gorton, it's 9:45.

Oh, I'm sorry, Your Honor,
but we just need this table
for our associates.

Can't they sit
in the first row
of the gallery?

Oh, that's reserved
for the press.

I allocated
rows two and three for them.

That was before Mr. Dunne
and Ms. Brenner presented
letters from their publishers.

Also we need to keep
a place for Dr. Duval,
Mr. Newman's psychiatrist.

Are we going to be doing
therapy in the courtroom?

It is in everyone's interest
that Mr. Newman stay in a calm
and alert mental state.

Also, Your Honor, have you
had a chance to consider
our request for a fax machine?

The People do not believe
that a fax machine
is required in the courtroom.

By the way,
we are ready to proceed.

So are we.
Here's Ms. Joyner now.

Ms. Joyner,
good morning.

Good morning,
Your Honor.

These are my associates,
Mr. Nakamura and Mr. Levine.

You and me, Jamie.

They're from
Dekom Flint Cummings.
Civil litigators.

Play it.

Our firm represents
a group of women
suing Mattawin Studios

for sexual harassment.
$100 million.

This is a tape
of a Mattawin executive
committee meeting.

They were worried because
Heidi Ellison was gonna
testify for the plaintiffs.

We still have to
deal with the eventuality.

I'll tell you
how to deal with it.

If she's gonna turn on us,
somebody should
just kill the bitch.

That wouldn't,
by any chance, be
the person just put on trial

for killing the woman,
would it?

It's not his voice.

Yeah.
I suppose it was
too much to hope for.

All right. Thank you
very much for bringing
this to our attention.

Look into it.
See if it means anything.

First thing in the morning.

Neal Gorton's
playing games with
our custody arrangement.

I gotta be home by 8:00.

Early, right?

Right.

I don't know
what meeting
you're talking about.

We have the minutes
you typed up, Mr. Canter.

Except you left out the part
about the customs of Japan

and killing the bitch.

I suppose
the plaintiffs are
gonna use it anyway?

And so unfair.

Who suggested
killing Heidi Ellison?

Look, it doesn't
mean anything.

You've charged
that crazy husband of hers.

Okay, Mr. Canter.

I can ask you
the same question
on the witness stand.

Ben Hollings.

Her boss?

He's being sued
for $10 million personally.

He felt betrayed,

but the whole thing
turned out to be moot.

Why?

Heidi decided
not to testify.

We heard
a couple of days
before she was killed.

I already
told the police everything
I know about Eddie Newman.

I was just Heidi's assistant.
I didn't live with her.

Actually,
something's come up
about Ben Hollings.

Really? Well, he usually
finds a way to bring
the subject around to himself.

We understand
he was concerned
about some testimony

Heidi might give in
a sexual harassment lawsuit.

Yeah. He ought to be.

Heidi started out
as his assistant.

And nobody knows
a boss like an assistant.

Well, especially a boss
who pops into your office

naked every once in a while.

Heidi was gonna
testify about that?

About that,
about the late night
summons to work sessions,

stupid jokes,
the unsolicited back rubs...

Was this still going on?

Well, not to her,
but it was to
two assistants who were fired.

They asked for Heidi's help,

and she knew it was
a very big risk,

but she was
gonna do it anyway.

The studio said
she changed her mind,

that she wasn't
going to testify.

And where
did Mr. Newman
ask you to take him?

To Islip on Long Island.
A road near the airport.

Next to a field
behind a school?

Yes. I think so.

The school where
the murder weapon was found.

Thank you.

Mr. Singh,

how do you
get from Manhattan
to the Islip airport?

You take
the Long Island Expressway.

Where do you get off?

In Islip.

At what exit?

I don't really know
because Mr. Newman,
he told me how to get there.

Well, how did you
know it was Islip?

Because he said
that's where he wanted to go.

But he could have
said that it was Islip

and pointed the way to
Oyster Bay and you wouldn't
have known the difference.

I don't know
where Oyster Bay is.

Now when you dropped him off,
did you see the airport?

No, no.
It was before the airport.

Then how'd you know
that the airport was there?

Because Mr. McCoy found me
because I went
to a gas station

and that gas station
is near the airport.

The man remembered me.

Mr. McCoy told me.

So that's how you know
where you dropped off
Mr. Newman.

Because Mr. McCoy told you?

Yes. That's correct.

But I think
Jack McCoy definitely
lost some points today.

Jerry, it's part of his job
to prepare his witnesses.

I did it myself
when I was a prosecutor.

And I did it
when I was
a defense attorney,

but come on, Ben,
it looked like McCoy spoon-fed
that guy his answers.

Mr. McCoy didn't
do anything wrong
or even unusual.

The defense
just made it seem
devious and sleazy.

Yeah.
Wasn't it great?

Who needs a jury?
We have commentators.

Next time,
try the cartoon channel.

That was the cartoon channel.

What's happening
with Ben Hollings?

His corporate flunky
said he has no motive since
Heidi wasn't going to testify.

Her assistant says she was
and the plaintiffs' lawyers
do, too.

What does Hollings say?

I'm about to find out
in 15 minutes.
His helicopter's due.

I've heard
about your behavior
toward women, Mr. Hollings,

I'm prepared
to adjust our case.

You know,
if Newman's convicted,

it's going
to cost us millions.

Who's going to take
their kids to see
a children's movie

directed by a guy
who cuts off heads?

So actually it's
in your financial interest
to confess.

We can write it off.

I didn't kill Heidi.
I was in London
at a film opening.

If you want a list
of 2,000 alibi witnesses,
call my girl.

Mr. Newman told us
he was in Los Angeles

the night of the murder,
but later we determined
he was in New York.

Did Mr. Newman
tell you anything
about his ex-wife?

Yes. He said he suspected
she was having
a sexual relationship

with her personal trainer.

Thank you.

Did Mr. Newman
seem upset about this
supposed relationship?

He seemed to shrug it off,

but later we determined
he was prone to fits
of jealous violence

while they were married.

And you learned
that from whom?

The detective
who planted evidence
against Mr. Newman?

Objection.
I'll rephrase.

From the detective
who allegedly planted
evidence against Mr. Newman?

It was corroborated
by other officers.

Friends of the detective

who allegedly planted
evidence against Mr. Newman?

Objection.

Sustained.

Okay, Detective Curtis.

Let's talk about your friends.

When you first flew
to California, you weren't
after Mr. Newman, were you?

No. At that time
we had another suspect.

Evan Grant,
Heidi Ellison's
personal trainer?

Yes.
But you changed your focus

to Eddie Newman
after you began
a sexual relationship

with a woman
who hates Eddie Newman,
isn't that right?

I don't know
what you're talking about.

You don't know
Lisa Lundquist?

Yes, she's
an executive
at Mattawin Studios.

Where Eddie Newman
has consistently thwarted
her desire for promotion.

I wouldn't know
anything about that.

You don't know
he refused to have
his movies supervised

by the woman
you were sleeping with?

Hey, I wasn't
sleeping with Ms. Lundquist.

Oh? She spent the night
in your hotel room
for a script conference?

I wasn't even
in the room that night.

Is that why
she came to visit you
in New York a week later?

Because she liked
sleeping in empty
hotel rooms?

Objection.
Sustained.

Was Lisa Lundquist
sleeping with that
other detective, too?

Were you all framing
Eddie Newman together?

Objection.
Sustained.

That's enough, Ms. Joyner.

I'm sorry, Your Honor.

I have nothing further
for this witness.

I don't think
Hollings killed Heidi Ellison,

but remind me
never to go to work for him.

Hey.
What the hell's
the matter with you, McCoy?

Why didn't you
stop that sooner?

I might have been able to
if you'd told me about it.

There's nothing to tell.

What was that about?

He's just a little upset
his wife's about to find out

he had an affair
on the evening news.

I told you,
you should have
gone to bed with her.

You're getting the grief,
you should've had the gravy.

My specialties
are victimology
and forensic psychology.

I'm a member
of the American
Psychological Association

and the American Academy
of Forensic Sciences...

Your Honor, approach?

Over here.

We can see
no possible relevance
in this witness's testimony.

She's never even
met the defendant.

She's published three articles

on the relationship
between drug abuse
and violent behavior.

There's no proof
Mr. Newman ever took drugs.

Just the 2,000 pills
found in his apartment.

If they were still
in his apartment, he obviously
hadn't taken them.

Is that a joke?
Let's
take it into chambers.

Eddie Newman had more
flavors of benzodiazepines
in his medicine cabinet

than Baskin Robbins.

He also had methamphetamines,

which taken
in high doses can cause
episodes of violent paranoia.

If taken in high doses.
Dr. Duval here is
prepared to testify

what doses of which drugs
he prescribed and why.

Those would be the drugs
there's no proof that he took?

The drugs taken in appropriate
amounts under Dr. Duval's
medical supervision...

Excuse me, but Dr. Duval
apparently prescribed
two methamphetamines...

Now, wait a minute...
...and six benzodiazepines.

That could only be
appropriate if Eddie Newman
weighed 1,200 pounds.

Your Honor,
these prescriptions are old.
You can see that for yourself.

I adjusted
the medications to suit
Eddie Newman's changing...

Right, when he was high,
he needed to come down,

and when he was down,
he wanted to get high.

Dr. Olivet,
where on earth is all
of this hostility coming from?

From seeing
a psychotherapist turn
into a two-legged pacifier

for spoiled, rich...
Eddie Newman had insomnia.

He had trouble
controlling his diet.

He had a history of chronic
pain and a well-documented
anxiety disorder.

You know as well as I do
that every one of those drugs

has a therapeutic use.

All right. Mr. McCoy,
Ms. Joyner, Mr. Gorton,

you can put on your witness
after Mr. McCoy puts on his.

We'll hear Dr. Olivet's
testimony tomorrow.

Score one
for the good guys.

Trembling
in my boots, Jamie.

I don't know
which I'm going
to enjoy more,

seeing Newman go free
or seeing you lose.

Two vodka martinis.

Is it all about me?

You know I'm over that.

Of course.
I've seen your new associate.

Harvard Law Review.

And a round butt.
Just the way you like them.

What would you consider
a sufficiently satisfying
defeat of me?

Acquittal.

The guy cut
his wife's head off.

You'd look damn good
getting man one.

Minimum sentence,
three to six, I could
still look down on you.

We'd never go for it.

We are speaking
hypothetically, aren't we?

Just between us.

"Other members
of the defense team reacted
with anger and confusion

"to reports that
Gorton had discussed
a plea bargain.

"Gorton issued
a heated denial,

"but Hogan Place sources
insisted the discussion
had taken place."

Now this news I like.

Shake her hand, Adam,
I'm just an old-fashioned
prosecutor.

I try cases.

It makes them look weak.

How things look to some
general audience is not
relevant in a courtroom.

Oh, will you wake him up,
Ms. Ross?

We're approaching
the 21st century.

It matters, Jack.
When are you gonna
buy a new tie?

You can't just
turn off all the cameras
and the microphones.

What's next?

Timeouts for commercials?

We go into court with
soft drink logos on our backs?

The public'll
get entertainment,
they won't get justice...

Mr. McCoy,
do you expect another
plea offer from the defense?

That's up to them.

Is it true
Ms. Joyner and Mr. Gorton
aren't speaking to each other?

Yeah.
Is that true?

This is a trial,
not a soap opera.

I wish you people
would remember that.

Ms. Ross?
I'm sorry.
I have no comment.

That doesn't work, lady.

Ms. Ross.

You can't go in there.

Ms. Ross?

Jamie.

Allow me
to introduce Mr. Chao.

He's heading
our blood evidence team.

You son of a bitch.

I take it you got
my notice.

Yeah. Here it is.

Not a legally persuasive
argument, Counselor.

We have a custody
arrangement,
you're in breach.

How? By working late
once in a while?

Every night
for the last two months.

Katie thinks
Isabel is her mother.

She'd be
better off with me.

She's my child.

Well, I'm sure
we can work out plenty
of times for you to visit.

Coats everybody,
it's time to leave.

Can't Daddy come home?

Not tonight, baby.
Come on.

So you don't believe me?

I do believe you, Rey.
That's the problem.

I've believed everything
you said for nine years.

Then why don't
you believe me now?

I don't like
feeling like this.

Everything
is open to question.

Not you and me.
Not the girls. That's real.
You know that's real.

Daddy, pick me up.

Yeah, baby.

You wanna see?

Can you get that?

Hello?

Yes, he's here.

Who is it?

It's your girlfriend.

Hi.
Hi.

I usually have
a better sense of timing.

You want me
to tell her what
a loyal husband you were?

Guess not.

I'm gonna do
whatever it takes.

I gotta get back
with her and the kids.

So, that's a "no"
on the job offer

and on me.

You know what's going on.

Well, at least you didn't
turn out to be gay.

I called Jack McCoy
and told him
that I want to testify.

About what,
all the times
we almost had sex?

No. About what
the defense said.

How I influenced you
because I don't like Newman.

You didn't influence me.

I don't like Newman.

He messed with my career.
He was mad at Heidi
for messing with his.

You think he wanted
to be directing
A Tale of Two Yogis?

He sure looked like he did.

He spent
five years developing
an American Madame Bovary.

Heidi put it in turnaround.
He was furious.

Why didn't you
tell us before?

I couldn't prove it
without accessing
confidential files,

which means
I'd be looking for a new job.

Here.

Everything Mattawin Studios
knows about Eddie Newman.

Why?

I'm in a funny business, Rey.

Everybody talks like hippies

and acts like
they're in the Sicilian mob.

I'm tired of it.

These memos are good.

Heidi Ellison
definitely put
the kibosh on Newman.

So it was all worthwhile.

I'll tell my kids
in 20 years.

Jack, Eddie Newman's
company credit card bill.

Dinner at Le Lapin,

$245, the night of the murder.

He put his whole life
on the company card.

It's a wonder
he didn't expense
the murder weapon.

$245 is pretty steep for one.

Even at Le Lapin.

His expense report.

December 5,
dinner with consultant
on Wilhelm Reich project,

Dr. Dan Duval.

He was with his shrink an hour
before he killed his wife?

Yes, I had dinner
with Eddie Newman that night

and then I took a cab
to Newark Airport.

And you didn't mention
this dinner to the police?

Well, Eddie had told
the police that he wasn't
in New York.

I didn't think
it was any of my business

to cast undue suspicion
on a patient of mine.

Undue? He lied
about his alibi.

Yes, but he didn't
kill Heidi Ellison.

I was still counseling
both of them.

In fact, I spoke to Heidi
on the phone that morning.

You see, my dinner
with Eddie Newman that night
was part of the therapy.

How do you know
he didn't kill her,
Dr. Duval?

From conversations
I had with him,

which I can't repeat.

Oh. Well, that's
convenient, isn't it?

Your Honor, Mr. McCoy is
aware of the doctor-patient
privilege.

That doesn't apply
to social conversations.

Dr. Duval,
what did Eddie Newman
say to you that night

in his capacity
as your friend?

It's impossible
for me to separate

Eddie Newman, patient,
from Eddie Newman, friend.

Everything he says to me
is an indicator
of his mental state.

All right, Doctor.

You said you talked
to Heidi Ellison that day,

what did she say to you
about Eddie Newman?

Approach, Your Honor?

Ms. Ellison's conversations
with her therapist

are just as privileged
as Mr. Newman's.

Her privilege is not
Mr. Gorton's to assert.

It belongs
to Heidi Ellison.

As far as I'm aware,
she hasn't waived it.

Her parents
are in the gallery,
let me talk to them.

They can waive her privilege.

It's a wasted exercise.

Anything Dr. Duval
says she said is hearsay.

Why don't we fight about
one thing at a time?

Take the rest of the day
and get your waiver,
Mr. McCoy.

We're in recess.

For a two-legged pacifier,

Duval kept
pretty good notes
on his patients.

Ellison hated Eddie Newman

and she was afraid of him.

Heidi Ellison's
sexual history.

Fifteen years in Hollywood,
I can only imagine.

She slept with
one of her assistants.

We've heard that before.

The Mattawin Studios
executive committee tape.

"Ben Hollings.
'Heidi harassed?

"'That's a joke.
She slept with one of
her own male assistants.'"

You think
she told Hollings?

No, I don't.

Then who did?

Duval's notes
on a therapy session
two days before Heidi died.

They discussed
whether she should testify
in the sexual harassment suit.

She decided not to.

Not even the plaintiffs'
lawyers knew that.

Only Heidi Ellison
and Dr. Duval.

And the top executives
at Mattawin Studios.

I've been fired, you know.

I think my secretary put
that tape in the discovery box
to screw me.

I'm sorry.

You told me
you knew Heidi Ellison
had decided not to testify.

Right.

And you thought
I was lying, didn't you?

Yes.

Now I know you weren't.
Who told you?

Ben Hollings.

He almost bragged about it.

He said
Heidi had been "handled."

I have no idea
what he meant.

Say it again, slowly.

Ben Hollings
was afraid Heidi Ellison
would testify against him.

She talked about it
with Dan Duval
and decided not to.

And Hollings
found out immediately.

And bragged that
he had her "handled."

And he had
personal information on
her from her psychiatric file.

I assume that psychiatrist
and Mr. Hollings
were acquainted.

He's on the Mattawin Studios
payroll as a consultant.

$3,000 a week.

You think that
Heidi Ellison knew
what was going on?

I don't know.

Well, if she did,
got a new murder suspect now?

Duval is not a suspect.
He was on a plane to LA

while Eddie Newman
was dumping a barong
in Islip.

I'm sure the defense
will be happy to tell you

how Duval tossed it
out his airplane window.

Why give them that chance?

This whole thing's
just a dead end.

None of it
has to go to the defense.

It is one of the basic
principles of our system
that the prosecution

must provide the defense
with any evidence it possesses

pointing to
the innocence
of the accused.

That the District Attorney
has such evidence but has
failed to turn it over...

How do you know that,
Mr. Gorton?
That doesn't matter.

What matters is what
we don't know

because of the duplicity
of the prosecutors.

Mr. McCoy,
what about this evidence?

Are you gonna turn it over?

We're going to do everything
that the law requires.

What about this evidence,
Mr. McCoy?

It doesn't come close
to meeting the standard

of Brady v. Maryland,
Your Honor,

since it is not material
to the guilt of the defendant.

Someone other
than the defendant threatens
to murder Ms. Ellison?

Someone else has
a compelling motive
to kill her?

I'd say that's damn material.

I assume Mr. Gorton is
referring to Mr. Hollings
and Dr. Duval,

neither of whom
could have possibly
committed this crime.

Thank you, Ms. Ross,
but I prefer to do
my own analysis.

At the very least,

materials should be
submitted to you
for an in camera inspection.

That would be
the Mattawin Studios
tape recording

and Dr. Duval's records
of his sessions
with Heidi Ellison?

It's a waste of time.

I'm not busy tonight.

Have the materials
to me by 5:00.

I'll hear
additional arguments
tomorrow morning.

Here are the rest
of the cases, Mr. McCoy.

Thanks...

Good luck.

For nothing.

Every decision
with the word "Brady"
in it since 1963.

She could have
narrowed the search.

Apparently she couldn't.

We can forget about
Novoaand Gonzalez,
they're broad and pro defense.

What about Simmons?

It specifically mentions
exculpatory evidence.

There's no reason
to believe this
evidence is exculpatory.

Neal will come back
with Gonzalez.He always
comes back with Gonzalez.

"The District Attorney
must turn over any evidence
that might be exculpatory

"even if he
believes it is not."

Then I go to McMullen.

I only have to turn over "that
which is likely to affect
the judgment of the jury."

Be careful how far you go
with that, or he'll slap you
in the face with Jones.

God,
look at the time.
I've gotta go.

We're not quite done here.

I shouldn't have
been away from Katie
this long.

I'm due in family court
in three days.

We have to go back
to Judge Callahan in 12 hours.

I'm sorry.
Where are your priorities?

If Gorton gets
a hold of this stuff,

he'll come up
with some cockamamie
alternate theory of the crime.

A murderer could walk free.

And I could lose
my daughter.

You know what, Jack?
That's an easy decision.

Not for an assistant
district attorney!

Fine, I quit.

People v. McMullensays
we only have to turn over

that which is likely
to affect the judgment
of the jury.

I'm still at a loss
to imagine how this material
would accomplish that.

People v. Jones
addresses the issue
of Mr. McCoy's imagination.

"It is not for
the District Attorney
to speculate unilaterally

"as to what evidence
would be helpful
to the defendant."

All right, Mr. Gorton,
let's speculate with him.

How is this material
likely to affect
the judgment of the jury?

Very simply.

It provides a basis
for an alternate theory
of the crime.

That Heidi Ellison
was murdered
by Dr. Dan Duval.

Her therapist?
I demand an offer of proof.

She found out
he'd betrayed her confidences.

She threatened to expose him

and destroy his standing
in the Hollywood community.

He killed her.

Order. Order.

Order. Order.

Mr. Gorton, this theory
of yours is based on...

The evidence
you received last night.

Supported by the testimony
of, among others,
Eddie Newman.

Who has every reason to lie.

A man is on trial
for his life.

I can't think
of more likely grounds

for overturning
a guilty verdict

than denying him
the defense of his choice.

I'll take that chance.

A reversal wouldn't blemish
your record, Mr. McCoy.

If you don't like
his theory, rebut it.

I order disclosure of all
evidence and all materials
sought by the defense.

They're in my chambers,
Mr. Gorton.
Come by anytime.

Your Honor, my client
and his ex-wife worked out

a detailed
custody arrangement.

I've never seen one that
specified which television
programs the child can watch.

Mr. Gorton
is very concerned
about Katie's well-being.

He never contested
primary custody during
the divorce proceedings...

Because Ms. Ross assured him

she would spend
the requisite number
of hours with the client.

And he never sought it, until
Ms. Ross began prosecuting
one of his clients.

Counselors, be quiet.

Ms. Ross, Mr. Gorton.

So, you're both working?

I'm in private practice
with five partners
and 16 associates.

My schedule is flexible.

I've quit my job.
I'll be looking
for one with shorter hours.

An empty promise.
She's made it before.

Katie has lived
with me her entire life.

Mr. Gorton
is a weekend father.
I am her mother.

Mothers no longer
get automatic preference.

I get a whiff here
of something other than
concern for the child.

You two try to work this out.

If you don't,
I can't guarantee
that what I come up with

will make
either one of you happy.

We're adjourned.

I'm sure going
to miss seeing you in court.

How would I know
what Heidi Ellison
might have said?

Well, how did she react
to that tabloid
newspaper story

about her affair
with the actor Derek Morrow?

She was furious,
and rightly so.

The article implied
that the affair affected
her business judgment.

Wouldn't she have been
even more furious
at the discovery

that her psychiatrist was
peddling her confidences
on Hollywood Boulevard?

Objection. There's no evidence
Ms. Ellison was aware of
any such alleged impropriety.

Sustained.
Move on, Mr. Gorton.

So, Ms. Heiss,
as far as you know,
Heidi Ellison was not aware

that Ben Hollings had hired
Dr. Duval to spy on her.

That's right.

And you were
a very loyal employee
to Ms. Ellison.

I hope I was.

Whose loyal employee
are you now?

I still work
for Mattawin Studios.

For Ben Hollings?

Indirectly.

That's nice.

In the four years
that you worked
with Heidi Ellison,

did you ever hear her
say a bad word
about Dr. Duval?

No.
Up to and including
the day she was killed?

No.

Thank you.

Redirect, Your Honor.

Ms. Heiss, what other spies
in her employ was
Heidi Ellison unaware of?

I don't think anybody
was spying on Heidi.

What about you?

Me.

You.

What's this?

Is it a check made out to you
in the amount of $10,000
from the National Tattler,

dated one week
after their Derek Morrow
story appeared?

Objection. What possible
relevance does this have?

One spy on Heidi Ellison
might cover up
the discovery of another.

The objection is overruled.

Answer his question,
Ms. Heiss.

You don't understand.
I needed the money.

Ms. Heiss.

You never told Ms. Ellison
what you had done, did you?

No.

Because she would have
destroyed your career,
wouldn't she?

Yes.

Just as she would have
ruined Dr. Duval if she'd
known what he had done.

You're making me dizzy.

We're getting creamed.

It's nice that you
and the media finally
agree on something.

The media.

There are reporters
working full time digging up
dirt on Hollings and Duval,

making Gorton's
case for him.

You're scared
of some tabloid hacks?
Or is it Gorton?

He has an army of associates,
racking up billable hours
in two time zones.

It'll take Jamie's
replacement at least a week
just to get up to speed.

Gorton whispers the word
"appeal," and the judge
chokes on his gavel.

Murder two,
15-to-life, I'll be happy.

I'm not ready
to concede victory
to Eddie Newman's wallet.

But I need some help.

Call Ms. Ross.
Maybe you could
share the babysitting.

Katie, honey,
you go upstairs
and start your video,

and I'll be up
in a second, okay?

Okay.

Bye.

Have a seat.

I don't have
a lot of time, Jamie.

We've been over this.

You know Gorton
better than anyone.

Jack.

He's doing everything
you loathe to win,

and he's getting away with it
because he scammed you.

I am afraid if I look
away for one minute,
he'll take her.

The first week
we worked together,

you told me you believed
in monsters and things
that go bump in the night.

You said
they should rot in hell,
along with their lawyers.

Eddie Newman is a monster.

I can't send him to hell
without you.

Heidi harassed?
That's a joke, right?

She slept with
one of her own
male assistants.

We still have
to deal with the eventuality.

I'll tell you...

Mr. Hollings,
how did you know Heidi Ellison
slept with her assistant?

Dr. Duval told me.

He breached
the confidentiality of the
patient-doctor relationship

to tell you
her intimate secrets?

I don't know
what he breached.

His ethics weren't my concern.

Nor his, apparently.

Did he quote handle unquote
Ms. Ellison for you

by convincing her
not to testify against you?

Yes.

Why did he do this?

For money.

His consulting fee,
plus I optioned a screenplay
he wrote for $100,000.

Why so much?

He said
he was taking a chance.

If somebody
found out what he was
doing, he'd be ruined.

Mr. Hollings,

Dr. Duval
handled Heidi Ellison

without her being aware
of what was going on,
isn't that right?

That was the idea.

Because if she knew
what he was doing,
the plan wouldn't work.

I wouldn't think so.

But the plan did work,
didn't it?

Yes. She decided
not to testify.

Thank you.

Jamie found the flaw
in their theory,

and drew a big
red circle around it.

Yeah. It's a good start.
I wish it were enough.

Look what Gorton's done.

The jury sees Ms. Ellison
surrounded by backstabbers
and megalomaniacs.

The usual Hollywood crowd.

Any of whom the jury
could reasonably believe
killed her.

Only Eddie Newman's
capable of it.

When he takes the stand,
I'll try to get the jury
to see that, too.

It won't be that easy.
I know the drill.

Gorton's put Newman
through boot camp.
Mock juries,

rehearsed cross examinations
by former prosecutors
on videotape,

keeping eye contact
with the jury,
what tie to wear.

If she's right,
you better bring something
besides your boyish charm.

I had a couple of drinks
at the restaurant.

I was feeling pretty buzzed,

and I wanted
to go to see Heidi.

Dan, Dr. Duval,
said he'd come along.

And what happened
when you and he got
to your ex-wife's apartment?

I had a new draft
of the Madame Bovaryscript.

I thought Heidi
might change her mind,

but she didn't even hear
what I was saying. She just
laced into Dr. Duval.

About what?

I didn't really
quite follow it.

Something about
calling his patients,
something about suing him.

I wasn't feeling too good.

I had a glass of scotch
from Heidi's bar,

Dr. Duval gave me
a couple of tranquilizers.

What happened next?

Heidi was yelling,
and he was yelling,

and I felt very tired.

The next thing I knew
I woke up on the bed.

Was Dr. Duval
still there?

Yeah.

And so was Heidi.

And she was lying next to me
with a big gash in her head.

She wasn't moving,
and Dr. Duval told me
that I had done it.

And you believed him?

Yes.

I have blackouts sometimes.

What did you do next?

I, uh... I panicked.
I didn't wanna get caught.

And Dr. Duval told me
that if I cut her up,

if I got rid of the body,

everybody would think
it was some kind of lunatic,

that I'd be safe.

He told me
exactly what to do.

He told you
where to dispose
of her body parts?

Yes.

And her clothes
and her rings.

On the plane,
when I was looking
at Heidi's ring, I...

The one I gave her.
I couldn't believe
what I had done.

I still loved her.

Your witness.

Your grief might be
a little more convincing, sir,

if you hadn't just admitted
you cut off your wife's head.

Objection.

Withdrawn.

Mr. Newman.

Mr. Newman?

How long
did it take you
to cut her up?

I don't remember.
I was in a daze.

Please show us
how you held the barong.

I told you,
I don't remember. I...

I was high on drugs,
I was out of my mind
with fear and grief.

I'd just been told
I killed someone I loved.

Did Mr. Gorton warn you
I'd put the murder weapon
in your hand?

It's an old
prosecutor's trick.

Objection. Relevance?

I'll allow it.

Yes.

During
one of your prep sessions
for today's testimony?

Maybe while you were watching
a videotape of yourself
practicing your story?

No, I...

Yes.

Was that when
you rehearsed maintaining
eye contact with the jury?

Mr. Gorton told you
to do that, didn't he?
Yes.

Did he also tell you

to suddenly remember
this alleged argument

between your former wife
and Dr. Duval?

No. I always remembered that.

You just never thought
it was important?

Well, I didn't know
everything then.

But now Mr. Gorton
has filled you in?

He told me
to tell the truth.

Then let's try this again.

Please show us
how you butchered your wife.

Take it.

One hand or two hands,
Mr. Newman?

Two hands.

Show us.

How many times
did you strike
Heidi's neck?

I'm not sure.

The Medical Examiner
testified there were
two blows to the neck.

Did you do that?
Yes, that's possible.

You were very angry,
weren't you?

No, what do you mean?

The Medical
Examiner testified

you struck her
with such force,
you took her head clean off.

I don't know.

The same with her hands
and her feet.

You were in a rage.
No.

And you had plenty
to be angry at her for,
didn't you?

She was keeping you
from making a movie.

It was just a movie.

Just a movie
that you had been trying
to get made for five years?

It wasn't that important.

Eight years ago,
you won an honorable mention

from the New York
Film Festival,
isn't that right?

Yes, for my film
Crooked Street.

The critics said
your "daring foray into
a new American Neorealism

"marked you as one
of the most promising artists
of the American cinema."

That's right.

What's your current
movie about, Mr. Newman?

Talking bears?

Yes.

A daring Neorealist foray
into Jellystone Park?

Does that fulfill
your promise as an artist?
No.

Heidi Ellison was
keeping you from fulfilling
that promise, wasn't she?

Not just her.

Do you know
what kind of crap
they wanted me to make?

But especially her.

She could have let you
make Madame Bovary,
couldn't she?

Yes.
But she didn't,
did she?

She gave me a choice.

The bears or a picture
about a dog who's
granted three wishes.

I couldn't believe it.

You couldn't believe what,
Mr. Newman?

I had an actress,
a bankable actress,
who was attached to Bovary,

but Heidi gives her
$12 million to do
an asteroid movie instead,

because our marriage
didn't work out.

That vindictive bitch.
I could've made something...

Dr. Dan Duval had a motive.
He had opportunity.

And he had a confused,
dependent patient
to manipulate,

just as he manipulated
Heidi Ellison.

Now, maybe some of you
aren't convinced.

It doesn't say anywhere
that you have to be convinced.

All you have to have
is a reasonable doubt.

Somebody else might have
committed the crime.

Reasonable doubt,
ladies and gentlemen.

If you have it,
you must acquit.

Everyone likes a good story.

Eddie Newman
has made a career
of putting stories on film.

And the defense in this case
has told you a very good story

about a sleazy psychiatrist

and a man who believed
he'd committed a murder,

but recently realized
that he didn't.

What actually happened here
is less complicated
and far more sordid.

A bitter, angry man
viciously killed his ex-wife,

dismembered her
while she was still alive,
and then lied about it.

There's no clever twist
to the plot.

It's just the messy,
ugly truth.

Mr. Gorton has appealed
to what he calls
reasonable doubt.

But reasonable doubt
is not any doubt.

God has given you all
the gift of common sense.

Use it.

Eddie Newman
used this weapon

to hack to death,
not the woman
he claimed he loved,

but the woman
he calls a vindictive bitch.

Find him guilty of murder.

Madam Forewoman,
has the jury reached
a verdict?

Yes,
Your Honor, we have.

Will the defendant
please rise?

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

how does the jury find?

We, the jury,
find the defendant
Edward Newman guilty.

You beat me.

Not where it counts.

Family court?
I'm ready to
cry uncle there, too.

A letter to Judge Barone,
withdrawing my custody motion.

It's not signed.

I'll sign it as soon
as McCoy announces

he won't seek
the death penalty
for Eddie Newman.

You're a bastard.

I'm a zealous advocate
for my client.

I'm trying to save his life.

The People of the State
of New York will decide
what's right for your client.

Neal, all these years,
and you still don't know
anything about me.

Jamie.

Yeah, the property clerk's
been dying to get this back.

I think he makes
his sandwiches with it.

Guilty and the death penalty.

You know, I thought
he was gonna walk.

Anybody wanna
go out for a drink?

Not me.
I'm gonna have
supper with my wife.

Yeah. And I've got a date.
She's no Lisa Lundquist,
but she's all right.

I know.
Dinner with Katie.

Whenever possible.
Tonight it's possible.

Started with a killing,
ending with an execution.

You got what you wanted.
Take the rest of the week off.

It's Friday, Adam.

So it is. See you Monday.

Justice Week
in Review with Ben Tanner
and Jerry Vance.

The big story this week

has to be the death sentence
handed down by the jury
in the Heidi Ellison case...