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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.

If you want your children
to say no to drugs,

no to premarital sex,

no to so-called
alternative lifestyles,

then you have to give them
a strong moral foundation.

And that foundation
begins at home.

One more question.

How do we counterat

corrosive cultural forces

like the internet and television
and the media?

It's not easy.

You can start
by buying my book.

Thank you all for coming.

And God bless to all of you.

Unbelievable.

The guy's being sued
for sexual harassment,

and he has the gall
to stand up in public

and preach family values?

Hasn't stopped people
from buying his book.

We're almost sold out.

And I thought we were living
in a blue state.

I guess there's no such thing
as bad publicity.

Somebody, pleas!

Call 911.
Somebody's been shot.

Victim's Larry Shea.

The talk show host?

Book signing. Stepped outside
around 9:00 p.m., and bang.

That's one way
to get out of a court date.

What's up, Brody?

Single gunshot wound
to the back of the head.

From the stippling,

I'd say the shooter
was 1-2 feet behind him.

CSU found a 9-millimeter casing
over by the fire hydrant.

Any witnesses?

Uh, Shea's limo driver.

That's it?
So far.

Thanks.

Friday night, Union Square,
thousands of people,

and there's one witness.

Wanna tell us
what you saw, sir?

I was by the car
waiting for Mr. Shea.

He comes out of the store.

I go around to open the door
for him, I hear a shot.

I look around and--

he's lying on the sidewalk.

I see someone break out of
the crowd, run into the subway.

What did this person
look like?

Uh, dark jacket,

uh, red ski cap with, like,
a white patch on it.

Short, tal,

fat, skinny, black, white,
male, female, what?

I don't know.

Kinda average.

I'm sorry.
It all happened so fast.

It's okay.
Look.

How did Mr. Shea seem
to you tonight?

What do you mean?

Well, was he nervous?
What kind of a mood was he in?

Well, he was
in a great mood.

He even gave me
an autographed copy of his book.

That's one that won't have
a happy ending.

ol

near the 17th Street
entrance to the park.

It's a Luger.

A Luger?
A real German Luger?

It's a World War II souvenir.

It doesn't have a serial number,
but it does have a print.

We're trying to match it now.

Oh, well, that's a start.

We also have a unit
going through the trash cans

and combing Union Square

in case the shooter dumps
something else.

We're circulating flyers
at the dorms in the area.

So what do we have here?
A celebrity stalker?

Mark Chapman and John Lennon?

Or maybe somebody who disagreed
with Shea's politics.

And then there's his wife.

If he was hitting
on his coworkers--

Are you talking about
the sexual harassment lawsuit?

You think the woman's lying?

Well, I think
he's an easy target.

High profile,
successful TV show,

and rolling in moolah.

I might sympathize
if he wasn't on TV every night

telling women their place
is in the kitchen.

Preachin' them
old school politics.
Yeah.

Like Neanderthal.

Let's start with the wife,
work from there.

Get outta here.

I keep expecting him
to walk through the door.

Well, we're really sorry to
intrude like this, Mrs. Shea.

I understand.

Please sit.

So, uh, this is just
for the record,

but we need to know
where you were last night.

I took my son to Barneys
to buy him some clothes.

I can't believe
we were out shopping

while Larry was bleeding
to death on some sidewalk.

Mo.

I'm going out
for a walk.

Okay, honey.
I'll see you later.

Will worshipped
his stepfather.

Larry adopted Will
when he was ten.

He treated him like his own.

Uh, Mrs. Shea, we know that
this is a sensitive issue.

But we have
to ask some questions

about the sexual harassment
lawsuit--

Melinda Phelps?

She made that whole thing up
out of whole cloth.

For the money?

Not just for the money.

Larry said that
the trouble started

when he promoted
a male producer instead of her.

The lawsuit was settled
last week.

We didn't hear anything
about that.

It hasn't come out yet.

Trust me.
She did very well.

Did you have any problems
with, um,

hate mail, things like that?

I wouldn't know.

All his mail came
to his office.

If people don't like someone,

how hard is it
to change the channel?

It's New York.

Everybody has
at least one opinion.

Most of it's harmless.

Anything in particular
raise a red flag?

There's this independent
filmmaker named Tyler Browning.

He's making a documentary.

Sent Mr. Shea
a number of letters.

Some of them are pretty
confrontational, shall we say.

Just letters?

He showed up at
the studio last week.

Tried to force his way
into a taping.

What happened?

We asked him to leave.
He wouldn't.

So my guys had to escort him
out of the building.

Let me get you his letters.

Larry Shea's TV show

is part of the right-wing
noise machine

that's trying to take this
country back to the dark ages.

That's the reason you used
to crash his show?

I wanted to confront him
on camera.

Make him answer some
tough questions for a change.

Look, you wrote,

"You're a miserable
lying liar.

"Crawl out from under
the rock you came from,

"and tell the truth
to the American people.

Or I'll make your life
a living hell."

I thought if I could make him
mad enough, he'd lose his cool,

so I could get him having
a meltdown for my documentary.

Well, did it work?

Man had no shame.
Just kept blowing me off.

So you threatened
to make his life miserable.

I just meant
I'd follow him

around with my camera crew
'til he 'fessed up.

Shea was always portraying
Afghanistan like this holy war.

You know the real reason
we invaded that country?

You've been downtown lately?
Seen that hole in the skyline?

Bin Laden was the excuse
they were waiting for.

This administration wants
to build an oil and gas pipeline

from Tajikistan--

Tajikistan, Afghanistan.

As long as the gas finds
its way into my Benz,

I really don't care
where it comes from.

All right, all righ.

Why don't you tell us
where you were

Friday night around 9:00?
On a plane.

Coming back from Houston.

Rupert Murdoch was speaking
at a media convention there.

What airline?

I always fly American.

Hey, ballistics confirmed

the Luger you found
at Union Square

is the murder weapon.

All right.
Later, Walt.

So now all we need to do is find
somebody to connect the two.

Yeah, but there are no hits
on the fingerprint.

The wise-ass documentary guy
didn't pan out?

Airline confirmed that he was
on flight 420 from Houston,

landed at LaGuardia
11:00 PM Friday night.

What about Miranda Shea?

Barneys confirms that
she and her son were shopping

until well after closing time.

And she has her own
personal shopper, by the way.

All right, thanks.

Hey, canvass found
an NYU law student

who might've seen the shooter.

Bye.

When the police came around,

I suddenly remembered this woman
I saw on the subway.

She had on a red ski cap.

Did it have any markings
on it or anything?

Yeah, like, a white oval.

Uh, some kind of logo
on it maybe.

And you're sure
it was a woman?

Uh, I was getting
off the train

that she was getting on.

She was in such a hurry,
she practically knocked me down.

What train?

R Train, Union Square.
Around 9:00.

Can you describe her?

It's hard to say. She had on
this bulky down jacket.

And I couldn't see her hair
because of the ski cap.

Hey, if anything
comes of this,

you think you could
identify her in a lineup?

Mm, it all happened so fast,

I didn't get a good look
at her face.

Look, I have a class in, like
five minutes, is it okay if--

Yeah, thanks.
Well done.

A woman?

There's gotta be
plenty of women

that want to see
Larry Shea dead.

Starting with the one who filed
a harassment suit against him.

Melinda Phelps.

We should go to his office,

get some background on her.

I can't imagine
who could've done this to him.

How long did you work
with him?

Ten years.

So you know
Melinda Phelps?

Melinda worked here
for two years.

Talented woman.

What happened
between her and Larry Shea?

Larry was from
a different generation.

He grew up
in a different time.

His views about women were
a little old-fashioned.

Well, there's a bit

of a leap from old-fashioned
to sexual harassment.

All I know is they worked
together very closely,

and everything seemed
to be going fine.

And then, whew,

I couldn't believe it.

She hated him.

How did Mr. Shea react
when he found out

she was filing charges
against him?

I'd never seen him so angry.

He accused her of extortion.

We heard he settled.

The network settled.

What do you mean?

It was their money.

They gave it to him
so it wouldn't look

like they were giving in
to threats.

Sets a bad precedent.

How much was it?

Three and a half million.

Well, if there was nothing
to the allegations,

and the network didn't want
to set a precedent,

why would they settle?

There were rumors
that she recorded

some of the things
he said to her on tape.

Personally, I never believed
the tapes existed.

I have
a confidentiality clause.

I can confirm the suit was
settled a few days ago,

but that's it.

So you weren't happy
with that?

I'd be happier
if the whole thing

had never happened.

If someone handed me
$3.5 million,

I'd be on
the first plane to Tuscany.

This wasn't some hobby
for me.

This was my career.

I worked hard
to get this far.

So you just get
another job.

Ever hear of
the old boy network?

Everything in my field
is run by men.

It's like I'm
on some blacklist now.

And you blame Larry Shea
for that?

Who els?

And how'd you know

the amount
of the settlement?

A little bird told us.

It also told us

that you threatened Shea
with tapes you made.

Yeah, you recorded
him hitting on you?

All I can say is I could prove
everything I said he did,

and that's why they settled.

Just doesn't seem fair

to me that you can't
get a good job

coming off
of something like this.

I know where you're going
with this, Detective.

You can't possibly think I had
anything to do with this.

Come on, Miss Phelps.

You just admitted
that the guy blacklisted you.

Where were you
on Friday night?

My apartment.

I came home around 5:00
and stayed in all night.

She says she was alon.
Nobody saw he.

When we were going
through her bank records,

we found an ATM withdrawal
at 7:05 p.m.

This is after she told us

she came home at 5:00
and stayed in all night.

Three and a half million
is a lot of incentive

to shut up and be happy.

So what's her motive?

Well, she claims
since she filed her suit,

she's been persona non grata
in the TV industry.

She blames Shea
for ruining her career?

More like her whole life.

She claims that
he blacklisted her.

All right,
I'll get you a subpoena

for the ATM
surveillance tapes.

What was the tie
of the withdrawa?

7:05.

Can you stop right there?

Well, she's not wearing
a ski cap.

Is she hailing a ca?

Mm-hm.

Can you get a close-up
on the medallion number?

I think I can help you
with that.

Well, now we can find out
where she went.

Chanterelle?
Mm-hmm.

Never been there.

Really?

'Cause the cab driver remembers
dropping you off there

Friday night
about 7:30.

And the maitre d'
ID'd your photo.

Said you were having dinner
with some guy.

Brown hair, in his 40s.

Any of this ringing
a bell with you?

You know what I think,
Detective Green?

I think that her boyfriend
is married,

and she doesn't want
his wife to know.

That's ridiculous.

It was a business dinner.

Then why did you lie to us?

You said you were home
all night long.

Aw, come on, Miss Phelps.

Give us the guy's name.
Why does it matter?

Because you have a credibility
issue with us, okay?

I did not kill Larry Shea.

You had motiv.

You lied about your alibi.

And come to find out,
you were at a restaurant

right near
the crime scene.

His name is Greg Esterman.

He knows an editor
at The Daily News.

I gave him the tapes
of Shea hitting on me.

What about all of this
confidentiality agreement stuff?

People thought he was
this moral, righteous man.

They thought I made
the whole thing up.

I had to set
the record straight.

You should've thought
about all of that

before you took
that three and a half million.

I deserved every cent
of that money.

Why would I kill him?
I wanted him alive.

I wanted him
to have to face the music.

I wanted everyone in the world

to know that Larry Shea was
a hypocritical dirtbag.

My only regret is that he won't
be around tomorrow morning

to see the headlines.

d.

It's gonna cost her a bundle.

We're working on getting
the full transcripts now.

Lord knows
what we're gonna find.

What about her alibi?
Greg Esterman confirmed

that he had dinner with her
the night of the murder.

Afterwards they went back
to her apartment,

and she gave him the tapes.

Van Buren.

Where is it now?

Okay, thanks.

Maintenance found a red ski cap
at the 23rd Street station.

Find anything
besides subway grime?

A single strand
of bleached blonde hair.

Please tell us
it had a root.

Intact.
It's at the DNA lab now.

So what about this cap?

Uh, the material is
a wool and acrylic blend,

and the combination
of waffle and honeycomb weave

helped me narrow down
the manufacturer.

Did they mention anything
about this insignia,

Serenity 2004?

I mean, it seems like some sort
of specialty advertising.

Well, the manufacturer said
it was ordered

by a company in Jersey
called Venture Treks.

Uh, they organize
wilderness retreats.

We do over 100 retreats a year,

so all our inventory's
on the computer.

You said 2004?

Yeah, uh, March.

Yeah, here we go.

We did a retreat
for Danford House.

The Serenity ski cap
was part of their package.

Danford House.
Isn't that a drug rehab?

We just supply
the guides and the gear.

We need a list of everyone
who was at the retreat.
Okay.

Let's take a look
while I print out a hard copy.

All right, thanks, man.

Hey, Joe, look at this.

Never figured her
for a dope fiend.

Or a nature buff.

A few years ago,
I had back surgery.

Pain ended
but the Vicodin didn't.

Before I knew it,
I was up to 30 a day.

So when'd you check
into Danford House?

Last March.

I did 30 days
of outpatient treatment

and a six-day retreat
in upstate New York.

Been sober ever since.

We understand that they gave you
a red ski cap at the retreat.

They gave us a knapsack full
of promotional gear. Why?

You still have
the cap?

I use it when I jog.

It should be
in the front closet.

Let me check.

What does the ski cap have
to do with my husband's murder?

Well, we think that the killer
wore one just like it.

This one?
Yeah, that's it.

Well, it doesn't make
any sense.

Those people never
even knew Larry.

Did you develop
any personal relationships

when you were up there?

I was there to get sober,
not to make friends.

How about afterwards?

You keep in contact
with anybody?

I was just happy
to be home with my family.

I had a lot to make up for.

You know, if we start nosing
around the Danford House,

all we're gonna get is that
doctor-patient privilege thing.

Well, we still have
the list from Venture Treks,

so let's see who else
was on that retreat.

I didn't really hang out
with Miranda Shea.

Why's that?

She's a phony.

She only gave you
the time of day

when she wanted something.

Was she close to anyone
on the trip?

This Karen woman.

Karen who?

I don't remember
her last name.

Was it Karen Nix?

Nix, yeah.
That's it.

She and Miranda
shared a tent.

So they were friends?

If you could call it that.

Miranda just sat around
complaining

like the spoiled
rich bitch she is

while Karen lugged
all their gear around.

It was like she was
Miranda's personal Sherpa.

Yeah, Miranda's great.

She made rehab bearable.

Have you seen her
since then?

I don't think her husband

wanted her hanging out
with anyone from rehab.

It didn't seem to fit
his media image.

Did Miranda
tell you that?

Well, she didn't have to.

I mean, have you
ever seen his show?

He was a pompous ass.

Miss Nix, where were you Friday
night between 8:00 and 10:00?

Just because I called him
a pompous ass,

you think I killed him?

We've been interviewing
everyone.

And you're not the only person

with that opinion
of Larry Shea.

No, there must be millions
of people who think that.

I was here working.

Place closes at 8:00.

I was working late,
catching up.

I'll let you know
as soon as I have something.

The press is
all over me on this.

What's up?

We ran a background check
on Karen Nix.

She had a restraining order
taken out on her two years ago

by another woman.

Alana Sinclair.

"No written, verbal, or
physical contact of any kind."

Do we know why?

We're about to go talk to her
now, she works in Midtown.

What else do we have
on Nix besides the fact

that she was at this retreat
with Miranda Shea?

She's got bleached blonde hair

like the sample we found
in the ski cap.

Well, let me know what
this Sinclair woman has to say.

Some friends of mine had
this woman's tennis group.

One night, someone
brought Karen along.

She was a great doubles partner.

Did you socialize after that?

Played tennis a few times.
Went to a couple movies.

But after a while,
I got the impression

she wanted more
than just a friendship.

You saying she's gay?
I guess because I'm straight,

I didn't pick up
on the signals at first.

I told her I wasn't interested.
She didn't want to hear it.

What happened then?

She started calling me.

Five times a day.

Inundating me with emails.
Sending me letters.

Did she ever threaten you?

No, but she showed up here
at the office with flowers.

I think she was drunk.

She kept going on and on
about how we were soul mates,

how we knew each other
in another life.

Scared me half to death.

That's when I got
the restraining order.

Did that put an end to it?

Yes.

You mentioned that Karen
sent you some letters.

Do you still have them?

Turned them all over
to my lawyer.

Bingo.

The DNA from Nix's letters
to Alana Sinclair

matched the hair we found
in the ski cap.

So we can prove she was
wearing the ski cap.

But what about prints?
She's not in the database.

There were fingerprints
all over those letters.

Latent matched one
to the fingerprint on the gun.

Works for me.

Who is it?

NYPD.

Karen Nix--
What's going on?

You're under arrest for
the murder of Larry Shea.

What?
That's crazy.

You're gonna have
to come with us, ma'am.

Can I at least get my coat?

Tell me where it is.
I'll get it.

It's in the bedroom closet.

Hey, Joe.
C'mere.

Wow.

somewhere in the vicinity
of Man Two.

Man Two?

We have your client's
fingerprints

on the murder weapon
and her DNA on--

I'm aware of the evidence.

I'm talking about
mitigating circumstances.

Such as?

Such as Karen Nix
committed this crime

to protect Miranda Shea
from her husband's abuse.

Justification?
You can't be serious.

My client and Miranda

have been romantically involved
for over a year.

Miranda told Karen
she was afraid

her husband
was gonna kill her.

You have any proof?

If we're talking
about physical abuse...

It was emotional.

He was into humiliating her,
trying to break her spirit.

In what way?

Like he would force her
to have sex,

and then he would tell her
that she was repulsive.

He would taunt her
about getting older.

He told her that the reason
he was into that Phelps woman

was because at least
she didn't need surgery

to make her breasts pretty.

Evil stuff like that.

Why didn't she leave?

He would fly into
these violent rages

and threaten to kill her

whenever she tried
to leave him.

Is there any proof of that?

Did she ever call the police,

report the alleged abuse,
the threats?

Miranda said
that nobody would believe her.

And this alleged affar

between the two of you?

Can anybody confirm that?

Most affairs
are shrouded in secrecy.

This was no exception.

Most affairs leave
a trail of evidence.

Hotel bills, gifts,
phone calls, letters.

If this really happened,

you should be able
to offer proof.

Is that another n?

For now.

You're gonna have to do
a lot better than that

to get a deal.

This is insane.

I shared a tent with the woman.
That's it, period.

So there was no affair?

Don't be ridiculous.

What about the abuse
allegations?

I don't know
what she's talking about.

There was no abuse.

Larry was a very loving person,
a very kind man.

He would never try
to hurt me.

Why do you think Miss Nix
would make up these stories?

Maybe she went off
her medication.

Medication?

She told me that she had
some emotional problems,

and she needed
to take medication

in order to keep it
under control.

Where'd she get
the pictures of you?

For her so-called shrine?

She must've taken them
at the retreat,

'cause that's the only time
that we were ever together.

You must be Will.

Hi.

Where you going, darling?

Out.

Do you have your cell phone?

He's been so angry
since Larry died.

Snake River, Idaho.

We'd go there every summer.

Fly fishing?

Yeah.
You fish?

I do.

So why are you here anyway?

Just thought we could talk.

About what?

When I saw you at your mom's
apartment earlier,

you seemed upset.

Yeah.
Well.

Things are kind of rough
for me right now.

There's been an allegation

that your father may have
mistreated your mom.

Where'd you hear that?

Did my mother say that?

Is it true?

It is totally not true.

Nothing like that ever happened.
He loved her.

Did your mom ever mention
a woman named Karen Nix?

My mom has a lot of friends.

Look, I'm gonna be late.

Do you know if your mom ever
saw anyone else

while she was with Larry?

Saw?

Did she ever have an affair?

I think we're done here.

I mean, these are my parents
you're talking about.

I'm sorry.

I know how difficult it is.

Just leave me alone.

You were asking a teenager
about his mother.

What did you expect?

I thought it was
worth a try.

I finally finished checking

Miranda Shea's
credit card bills.

And?

There were several charges
to the Millennium Hotel.

If she was there with Karen Nix,
I'll buy you lunch.

Here we are.
Miranda Shea.

She stayed with us
several times.

Was she ever
with this woman?

We get hundreds of people
in here every day.

What about a credit card?

All of the charges
were put on Mrs. Shea's card.

Oh, wait.

There's a restaurant charge here

which was signed to the room
by someone else.

Do you have a name?

A Thomas McGrath.

I was Miranda's trainer.

When I read
about her husband,

I knew it was only a matter
of time before it came out.

Yeah, we had a fling.

For how long?

Lasted about seven months.

Called it quits last summer.

What happened?

It was mutual.

You know, the spark was gone
and all that.

Did Miranda ever mention
being with anyone else?

She told me she was married.

There was also some chick
she was with.

She ever mention
this chick's name?

She might've.
I must've blocked it out.

You know,
I'm not into competition.

What about
from Miranda's husband?

He was 30 years older
than she is.

What do you think?

She told us she had

a pretty good
relationship with him.

With him or his money?

What do you mean by that?

She told me she had
this recurring dream

where he got
in some kind of accident.

Left her with all his dough.

How did you interpret that?

Truthfull?

Scared the hell out of me.

When McGrath didn't
take the bait,

Miranda moved on
to Karen Nix?

From what I can see,

she was working 'em both
at the same time.

Miranda had been married
to Shea for eight years.

What caused her to decide
to get rid of him now?

Well, the sexual harassment suit
could've been the catalyst.

Her husband's attention
was beginning to stray.

Maybe she was afraid
he would leave her

for another younger woman.

They had a prenup.

In the event of divorce,

her payout would've been
about half a million dollars.

Instead of the 20 million
she now stands to inherit.

I think it's time we had
a heart-to-heart with Karen Nix.

You still owe me lunch, Jack.

We can confirm Mirana
was having an affai,

but it wasn't with Ms. Nix.

It was with her fitness trainer,
Tom McGrath.

That's a lie.
Miranda wasn't into men.

She didn't even sleep
with her husband.
Karen, please.

I met with Mr. McGrath.

He and Miranda
saw each other

for seven months,
steadily.

And that affair
we can prove.

This was at the time she was
professing her love for you.

You're just trying
to mess with my head.

Here are the receipts

from the hotel
they stayed at.

Miranda paid, of course.

You know what Miranda told us?

That you made this all up.

Because you're mentally ill.

I can't believe
she's doing this to me.

She said that
we were in this together.

She said that
she was gonna help me.

Has Miranda come by
to visit you?

Ever tried to contact you,
even once?

She doesn't want anyone
to see us together.

Why?
So Larry won't find out?

Larry's dead, Ms. Nix.
You killed him.

Miranda said that Larry...

was doing a bunch
of public appearances

around his new book.

And that it was just
a question of waiting

for--for the right moment.

She said that
the police would think...

that it was someone
who hated Larry's politics.

Where'd you get the gun?

My grandfather has, um,

an antique gun collection.

And she said
to use one of those.

So no one would be able
to trace it.

I had to do it.
Do you understand?

She said that
he was gonna kill her.

She pleads to Man One

and testifies
against Miranda Shea.

Ten years.

She's gonna hand you
the person

who masterminded
the murder, Mr. McCoy.

She's the one
who pulled the trigger.

Ms. Nix?

Miranda planned
the whole thing.

She said that
if I really loved her,

I would do this for her.

with a mental disorder.

She's been on medication
for years.

It's under control.

The defense
will point to that

as well as her record
of stalking

and her obsession
with Miranda Shea.

Her history of mental illness
is a two-edged sword

that works
for us as well.

Karen Nix was
a vulnerable woman.

Miranda Shea manipulated her
to kill her husband.

So now it's not actually
a conspiracy but a manipulation?

She formulated a murder plan
with the shooter.

I'd call that a conspiracy.

Well, I hope that's gonna fly
with a jury.

I know I'm threading
the needle here, Arthur.

Karen Nix is my whole case
against Miranda Shea.

Miranda and I met

at a drug rehab facility.

Could you tell us
about your friendship?

We hung out a lt
during reha.

At some poin,
things turned physica.

We fell in love.

When was that?

During a camping trip.
We shared a tent.

Did you know
that she was married?

Ye.

To a much older man.

What did she tell you
about him?

That he had a bad tempe.
That he abused he.

Abused her.
Physically?

No, emotionall.

How did that make you feel?

I wanted to protect her.

I didn't understand
how he could hurt someone

as wonderful as Miranda.

Did you ever ask her
why she never

filed for divorce?

She said that he would coe

after her if she did.

She said that the only way
out of the marriage

was if Larry was dead.

Did Miranda Shea ask you
to kill her husband?

She begged me to.

What do you think
about that now?

I think that...

she lied to me
about everything.

Including beig
in love with e

and that I took
a man's life for no reason.

You're currently taking
medication for a mental illness.

Uh, borderline personality
disorder, isn't that right?

I hate that term.

It sounds a lot worse
than it actually is.

It's more like
a mood imbalance.

Has this mood imbalane

ever caused yu
to have impaired judgmen?

Not since I've been
on my medications.

And were you

on medication when you met
Miranda Shea?
Ye.

Were you on medication
when you killed Larry Shea?

Yes.

Do you think you
exercised good judgment

when you did that?

No.
I regret doing that.

So if your judgment
wasn't impaired,

what gave you
the impression that Miranda

was romantically interested
in you when you first met?

She sent signals.

Signals.

Like the ones you got
from Alana Sinclair?

I thought Alana
was interested in me.

Not only was she

not interested in you,

she took out
a restraining order against you.

That's a pretty clear signal

of not interested,
don't you agree?

That was different.
Really?

Because I see a pattern here.

You fall in love with a woman,
they don't love you back,

so you stalk them.

Objection.
Argumentative.

Sustained.

In fact, you killed Larry Shea

because you wanted him
out of the way

so that you could have Miranda

all to yourself,
isn't that right?

That's not true.

The funny thing
about truth,

Ms. Nix, is that everybody
seems to have their own version.

No further questions.

We'd get togethr

when her husband was, uh,
out of town or working late.

Did Miranda ever mention to you

that she was gay?

She told e
she was bisexua.

She'd slept
with women before.

In fact, she told you
she was seeing a woman

at the time
she was seeing you.

That's correct.

Mr. McGrath, did Miranda Shea
ever tell you

that she wished
her husband was dead?

Not in so many words.

What did she say?

She kept talkig
about this dream she hd

where he disappeared
and left her all his money.

She said that would
make her life perfect.

No further questions.

Miranda Shea made
the decision

to end your little tryst,
didn't she?

I didn't have
a problem with that.
Really?

That watch, that suit,
the shoes you're wearing,

didn't Miranda buy
all those for you?

Uh, not the shoes.

You asked her for money even
after she stopped seeing you.

I was hoping
to open up my own gym.

So I asked her
for a loan.

Which she refused.

Yes.

And that made you angry.

I wasn't asking for much.

So now, you found a way
to make her pay

by coming in here and making
false accusations.

Objection.

Mr. Wills, rephras.

I'm done with
this witness, Your Honor.

Larry and I had a strong,
stable marriage.

I loved him very much.

Nonetheless, you admit to having
an affair with Tom McGrath.

It was a mistake.

I know it's not an excuse,

but I was on painkillers
at the time.

Have you ever had
any other affairs?

Once was enough.

I couldn't take the guilt.

Have you ever been romanticaly
involved with Karen Ni?

Absolutely not.

Are you gay or bisexual?
No.

Have you ever been sexually
involved with another woman?

N.

Well, that's not what
Tom McGrath said you told him.

That's Tom's little fantasy.

I only told him that
to turn him on.

And how do you explain
her story?

I think Karen livs

in her own little world.

A world that
doesn't really exist.

It's actually very sad.

In your version of events,
everyone else is lying.

Karen Nix, Tom McGrath.

Is that right?

Yes.

You testified
that you and your husband

had a strong,
stable marriage?

That's true.

Then why did you cheat on him?

When the sexual harassment
charges were filed

against Larry,
it almost destroyed me.

I guess I just was looking
to hurt him

as much as he'd hurt me.

You told the police you thought
those charges were untrue.

Did you or did you not
believe them at the time?

I think...

somewhere deep down...

I-I thought that Melinda Phelps
was telling the truth.

Did you ever confront him
about that?

No.

Mrs. Shea, under the terms
of your prenuptial agreement,

what would you get
in the event of a divorce?

$500,000.

And in the event
of your husband's death?

The entire estate.

$20 million?

This trial's beginning to look
a little like Rashomon.

I'm not sure the jury knows
who to believe at this point.

It'd be easier
if we could prove

Karen Nix and Miranda Shea
had an affair.

How'd our star witness
hold up?

I think she lost
a little credibility

when Wills introduced
the restraining order.

Who else is on
the defense list?

Just a few
character witnesses.

Well, nothing pulls at
a jury's heartstrings

like a child testifying
on his mother's behalf.

Actually, Will Shea's
not on the list.

Now, that sounds
a tad unnatural to me.

I haven't even seen him

in this courtroom
since the trial began.

Maybe we oughtta call him.

Alexandra,
go and talk to the boy.

See what's on his min.

I'm not taking sides.

I think you already have.

What am I supposed to do?

My mother is on trial
for murdering my stepfather.

I can't imagine
what that feels like.

It must be...

horrible.

You know the day
I came to your dorm room?

You showed me those photos
of you and your stepfather.

Fly fishing.

My father and I were...

very close too.

I can't imagine
how I would feel

if something like this
happened to him.

Some secrets
shouldn't be kept.

Mr. Shea, tell us why you're
here today.

Because you subpoenaed me.

But you understand you're still
sworn to tell the truth?

Yes.

We heard testimony
from your mother

in which she admitted to having
an affair with Tom McGrath.

She also testified that that was
the only affair she had

while she was married
to your father, Larry Shea.

To the best of your knowledge,

was her testimony
truthful and accurate?

Objection!

The defendant herself
opened the door.

Overrule.

You may answer the question.

Was your mother's testimony
truthful and accurate?

No.

In what way?

She lied.

How do you know?

Because I saw something
one time.

What did you see?

Mr. Shea,

please answer the question.

Uh...

It was Thanksgiving.

Uh, I came home a day early.

I walked into the apartment,
and I heard something.

What did you hear?

Voices.

My mom's and someone else's.

What were they saying?

They weren't talking.

They were, uh...

like, moaning.

What did you d?

I walked toward

my mom's bedroom
to see what was going on.

What did you see?

Answer the question, son.

I saw my mother having sex
with another woman.

Do you recognie
the womn

in this photo?

Yes.

She was the one that was
in bed with my mother.

Karen Nix.

What did you o
after you walked in on the?

I took off.
I went to a friend's.

Did you ever tell anyone
about what you saw?

No.

Not until, uh, Ms. Borgia came
and talked to me yesterday.

Isn't it a fact, Will,

that if your mother was
convicted of killing Larry Shea,

you stand to inherit
his entire fortune?

I-I've been told that, yes.

$20 million!

And you're
the sole beneficiary.

Yes.
But--

No further questions.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

Will the defendant please rise?

You may read the verdic.

In the case of People v. Shea,

on the count of Murder
in the Second Degree,

we find the defendant
Miranda Shea

guilty.

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