1 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,233 [ Man ] I've instructed my client to remain silent. 2 00:00:20,266 --> 00:00:22,100 [ Gulps ] 3 00:00:29,733 --> 00:00:31,700 He's not gonna talk. 4 00:00:31,733 --> 00:00:36,833 Oh, that's okay. That's okay. I don't have much faith in words myself. 5 00:00:36,866 --> 00:00:39,166 Now, statistically speaking, the average person... 6 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,500 tells three lies per 10 minutes of conversation. 7 00:00:43,533 --> 00:00:46,366 And, granted, that's just regular people. 8 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,700 We haven't studied any people who are planning to firebomb a black church. 9 00:00:48,733 --> 00:00:51,300 Could skew differently. 10 00:00:51,333 --> 00:00:53,800 We don't have time for this scientist to talk to the guy. 11 00:00:53,833 --> 00:00:55,900 We went at him for four hours and got nothing. 12 00:00:55,933 --> 00:01:00,466 Now, the F.B.I. knows you want mass casualties. 13 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:02,733 So right now, A. T. F. is searching every inch... 14 00:01:02,766 --> 00:01:05,700 of the two largest black churches in the state. 15 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:10,166 Ooh. F.B.I. got it wrong. Well, there's a shocker. 16 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,700 Not one of those two churches. 17 00:01:12,733 --> 00:01:15,800 Maybe you want... 18 00:01:15,833 --> 00:01:19,566 one of the smaller churches in one of the black suburbs. 19 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,666 You don't know what you're talking about. [ Lawyer ] Don't respond! 20 00:01:23,433 --> 00:01:25,900 What do you say A. T. F. starts with Southbridge? 21 00:01:27,533 --> 00:01:31,733 No, I'm only kidding. We're gonna skip that one. 22 00:01:31,766 --> 00:01:34,833 They're gonna focus on Lawton. 23 00:01:34,866 --> 00:01:37,633 You feel good about that? 24 00:01:37,666 --> 00:01:40,700 That's it. Lawton. Going after a church in Lawton. 25 00:01:40,733 --> 00:01:42,666 That accusation has no basis. 26 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:44,666 What do you mean? He just told me. 27 00:01:47,533 --> 00:01:52,300 The A. T. F. found a pipe bomb in a church basement in Lawton an hour later. 28 00:01:52,333 --> 00:01:55,233 D.O.D. friend of mine said this guy's a total nut job. [ Man Continues ] 29 00:01:55,266 --> 00:01:57,333 Heard he spent, like, three years in the African jungle... 30 00:01:57,366 --> 00:01:59,666 with some primitive tribes studying their eyebrows. 31 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:01,566 [ Man ] Watch his reaction to my statement. 32 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,800 [ Man On Videotape ] Right now, A.T.F. is searching every inch... 33 00:02:03,833 --> 00:02:06,300 of the two largest black churches in the state. 34 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:08,833 Now, what you just saw there was a brief expression of happiness on his face, 35 00:02:08,866 --> 00:02:10,300 which he was trying his best to conceal. 36 00:02:10,333 --> 00:02:13,533 It lasted for less than a fifth of a second, 37 00:02:13,566 --> 00:02:15,700 and it's what we call a microexpression. 38 00:02:15,733 --> 00:02:17,700 Now, look at his mouth. 39 00:02:17,733 --> 00:02:21,166 The suspect is secretly happy about the locations we are searching, 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,033 which tells me we have the wrong locations. 41 00:02:23,066 --> 00:02:25,700 Now I tell him of our new plan. And‐‐ 42 00:02:25,733 --> 00:02:30,866 You don't know what you're talking about. Classic one‐sided shrug. 43 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:33,366 Translation: I have absolutely no confidence in what I just said. 44 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,700 The body contradicts the words. He's lying. Yeah? 45 00:02:37,733 --> 00:02:39,900 When you accuse a suspect and he acts surprised, 46 00:02:39,933 --> 00:02:43,866 is there a way to tell if it's real, or if he's just trying to look innocent? 47 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:51,533 Now, that's real surprise. Lasts for less than a second when it comes across your face. 48 00:02:51,566 --> 00:02:56,000 But if your suspect is surprised for more than a second, he's faking it. 49 00:02:56,033 --> 00:02:58,000 ‐ He's lying. ‐ [ Murmuring ] 50 00:02:58,033 --> 00:03:01,200 Now, I call out that his target is actually Lawton. 51 00:03:01,233 --> 00:03:04,066 And... watch it again. 52 00:03:05,366 --> 00:03:08,300 ‐ Concealed scorn. ‐ [ Murmuring ] 53 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:11,666 And one personal tip. If you see this microexpression in your spouse's face, 54 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:14,166 your marriage is coming to an end, trust me. 55 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,566 ‐ [ Laughter ] ‐ Yeah? 56 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,633 Uh, don't these microexpressions vary depending on the person? 57 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:24,400 Let's leave this up, and we'll go to the Kato Kaelin footage from the O. J. trial. 58 00:03:24,433 --> 00:03:26,900 [ Marcia Clark ] Mr. Kaelin, you got a lot of money... 59 00:03:26,933 --> 00:03:29,200 for your appearance on A Current Affair, didn't you? 60 00:03:29,233 --> 00:03:33,333 Um, yeah‐‐ Scorn. Scorn. 61 00:03:33,366 --> 00:03:35,333 Huge scorn. 62 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:42,800 Shame, shame, and shame. Contempt. 63 00:03:42,833 --> 00:03:45,866 These expressions are universal. 64 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:50,666 Emotion looks the same whether you're a suburban housewife or a suicide bomber. 65 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:53,700 The truth is written on all our faces. 66 00:04:10,375 --> 00:04:11,806 Just the man I was looking for. 67 00:04:11,806 --> 00:04:13,440 Today's the day. Say it. 68 00:04:13,473 --> 00:04:16,773 You're the shrink. I'm not big on self‐affirmation. I'm telling you, 69 00:04:16,806 --> 00:04:19,706 we cannot wait another day to hire someone. 70 00:04:19,740 --> 00:04:22,840 I found the one. This is the one. I‐‐ 71 00:04:22,873 --> 00:04:25,973 Use your words. Why do we need to hire someone? 72 00:04:26,006 --> 00:04:28,706 We got a new request this morning from the D. E. A. and Homeland Security. 73 00:04:28,740 --> 00:04:31,106 Someone from the prime minister's office in Uzbekistan called. 74 00:04:31,140 --> 00:04:33,106 They want us to give a talk to their senior police. 75 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:35,773 Tell them to call back when they got a constitution. A real one. 76 00:04:35,806 --> 00:04:37,840 Here's the analysis from the blinking experiment. 77 00:04:37,873 --> 00:04:41,940 You just getting in, Loker? Yeah. I got piss‐drunk last night with my roommate. 78 00:04:41,973 --> 00:04:47,006 And I was just lying in bed this morning thinking about how nasty‐hot Nancy Grace is, 79 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,273 and just trying to decide if I was gonna come in at all 'cause... 80 00:04:50,306 --> 00:04:52,973 it's not like there's anyone here to fantasize about. No offense taken. 81 00:04:53,006 --> 00:04:55,473 I don't go for married women. 82 00:04:56,740 --> 00:04:58,373 Cal. 83 00:04:58,406 --> 00:05:00,940 Cal. Cal! 84 00:05:00,973 --> 00:05:04,306 Dr. Lightman, I have the mayor on two for you. Right. 85 00:05:04,340 --> 00:05:07,073 Mr. Mayor. 86 00:05:09,506 --> 00:05:13,440 I see. No, of course. 87 00:05:13,473 --> 00:05:15,140 No, anytime. 88 00:05:15,173 --> 00:05:17,706 ‐ What is it? ‐ Some blowup at the Justice Department... 89 00:05:17,740 --> 00:05:20,506 about a high school teacher that was killed in the Northwest. 90 00:05:20,540 --> 00:05:22,806 He wants us on it right away since‐‐ What is that? 91 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:26,540 ‐ Chocolate pudding. ‐ Who eats pudding at 10:00 in the morning? 92 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:30,173 People who like pudding. 93 00:05:34,573 --> 00:05:38,040 The mayor thanks you and Dr. Foster for coming on short notice. 94 00:05:38,073 --> 00:05:41,606 This case is a land mine. We got a juvenile offender, 95 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,773 a family of devout Jehovah's Witnesses. 96 00:05:43,806 --> 00:05:45,973 We gotta be real careful here. 97 00:05:46,006 --> 00:05:50,006 Three days ago, James Cole, 16‐year‐old student at Jackson High, 98 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,340 murdered his teacher, Susan McCartney. 99 00:05:52,373 --> 00:05:55,473 After Mr. Cole got into Ms. McCartney's house, 100 00:05:55,506 --> 00:05:58,173 he smashed her head into a glass coffee table. 101 00:05:58,206 --> 00:06:01,306 He then was caught fleeing the house by two patrolmen. 102 00:06:02,506 --> 00:06:04,806 Been in custody here ever since. 103 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:07,206 [ Cell Door Opening ] 104 00:06:12,206 --> 00:06:15,640 So what exactly does the mayor want to find out about the McCartney murder? 105 00:06:15,673 --> 00:06:17,673 Assistant U. S. Attorneys Hutchinson and Estin. 106 00:06:17,706 --> 00:06:19,306 The kid was at the scene of the crime. 107 00:06:19,340 --> 00:06:23,173 He had motive, means, and he resisted arrest. And he failed a polygraph test. 108 00:06:23,206 --> 00:06:26,640 ‐ It's murder one. ‐ Well, I guess we're all here then. 109 00:06:26,673 --> 00:06:28,640 Someone who wants the truth, someone who wants to be right, 110 00:06:28,673 --> 00:06:30,606 and us‐‐ the idiots in the middle. 111 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:34,006 The U. S. Attorney's Office wants to try Cole as an adult. 112 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,306 But if the mayor is gonna support sending a 16‐year‐old to prison... 113 00:06:37,340 --> 00:06:39,306 for the rest of his life, he wants to be certain... 114 00:06:39,340 --> 00:06:41,940 we're talking about a premeditated, cold‐blooded murder. 115 00:06:41,973 --> 00:06:44,640 He wants you to provide an independent assessment of intent. 116 00:06:44,673 --> 00:06:47,173 We'll need the crime scene photos and the autopsy report. 117 00:06:47,206 --> 00:06:50,140 I thought you could tell if somebody was lying just by looking at them. 118 00:06:50,173 --> 00:06:55,073 The question is never simply if someone is lying. It's why. 119 00:06:56,340 --> 00:06:59,306 Look, I already told the police everything, okay? 120 00:06:59,340 --> 00:07:02,040 Tell us why you think you're here, James. 121 00:07:02,073 --> 00:07:05,040 [ Sighs ] I was out for a run, 122 00:07:05,073 --> 00:07:07,273 and the police thought I was running from them. 123 00:07:07,306 --> 00:07:09,673 So they arrested me. 124 00:07:09,706 --> 00:07:11,706 I heard you made your school's track team. 125 00:07:11,740 --> 00:07:15,673 I‐I didn't "make" it. They don't have tryouts. 126 00:07:15,706 --> 00:07:18,640 Oh. What was your best race this year? 127 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:23,373 Uh, I‐I don't know. 128 00:07:23,406 --> 00:07:27,773 Um, probably against Jefferson last week. Why? 129 00:07:27,806 --> 00:07:31,706 I ran hurdles myself. 110 meters. 130 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:35,140 How'd your quads feel during the race? Um‐‐ 131 00:07:35,173 --> 00:07:38,106 Uh‐‐ 132 00:07:38,140 --> 00:07:40,440 Good, I‐I guess. 133 00:07:40,473 --> 00:07:43,206 And what about on your run the night you were arrested? 134 00:07:46,073 --> 00:07:47,706 I felt fine. 135 00:07:50,140 --> 00:07:54,606 Your teacher, Ms. McCartney, was found dead in her home. 136 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,606 Have you ever been to her house before? 137 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,773 No, I've never been to her house before. 138 00:07:59,806 --> 00:08:02,773 Ms. McCartney thought that you should be held back a year... 139 00:08:02,806 --> 00:08:05,540 because she felt you were having some problems with your classmates. 140 00:08:07,006 --> 00:08:09,540 What? I didn't wanna get held back. 141 00:08:09,573 --> 00:08:12,173 How did you feel when you found out she was dead? 142 00:08:15,573 --> 00:08:17,573 I prayed for her soul. 143 00:08:19,006 --> 00:08:20,973 I can't know God's plan. 144 00:08:21,006 --> 00:08:24,140 But I didn't kill her. 145 00:08:27,906 --> 00:08:30,406 [ Chattering ] 146 00:08:36,373 --> 00:08:38,406 [ Indistinct ] 147 00:08:41,140 --> 00:08:43,140 Hurdles? 148 00:08:43,173 --> 00:08:47,106 I could've run hurdles. Please. 149 00:08:47,140 --> 00:08:49,440 So you get a sense of his intent? 150 00:08:49,473 --> 00:08:52,340 When I asked James about his best race, he broke eye contact... 151 00:08:52,373 --> 00:08:54,840 in order to remember and answer truthfully. 152 00:08:54,873 --> 00:08:58,706 When I asked him about his run the night of the murder, he never broke eye contact. 153 00:08:58,740 --> 00:09:02,040 He wasn't recalling a memory. He was lying. 154 00:09:02,073 --> 00:09:04,140 But I thought most people avoid eye contact when they're lying. 155 00:09:04,173 --> 00:09:08,473 No, it's a myth. And quite often, they make more eye contact. 156 00:09:08,506 --> 00:09:11,973 They need to watch to see if you believe their lies. 157 00:09:12,006 --> 00:09:15,806 The content analysis would suggest that James has been to Ms. McCartney's house before. 158 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,773 Question: "Have you ever been to her house?" 159 00:09:17,806 --> 00:09:20,273 Answer: "No, I have never been to her house." 160 00:09:20,306 --> 00:09:22,273 Rigid repetition like that is typical of a lie. 161 00:09:22,306 --> 00:09:24,640 Okay. So you'll tell the mayor's office the murder was premeditated? 162 00:09:24,673 --> 00:09:29,006 Looks that way. But when I asked him about his teacher's death, 163 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,006 what we saw was this‐‐ oblique eyebrows. 164 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,006 Sadness. Why would he be hiding sadness for her? 165 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:41,440 ‐ Looks like guilt to me. ‐ Well, it's possible he didn't mean to kill his teacher. 166 00:09:41,473 --> 00:09:44,340 ‐ Excuse me? ‐ Could have been an accident. 167 00:09:44,373 --> 00:09:46,673 [ Chuckling ] Okay. 168 00:09:46,706 --> 00:09:49,173 Okay, I indulged the mayor's office in letting you talk to the kid. 169 00:09:49,206 --> 00:09:54,006 But now, you're just making wild guesses that have no basis in hard evidence. 170 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,006 This was no accident. 171 00:09:56,040 --> 00:10:00,340 And personally, I think what you do is a joke. It's a friggin' carnival act. 172 00:10:00,373 --> 00:10:03,606 Oh, yeah, yeah. I get that a lot. 173 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:08,106 You know, a moment ago, I saw you smile at your colleague. 174 00:10:08,140 --> 00:10:10,440 Flash her a glance, then shift your gaze. 175 00:10:10,473 --> 00:10:12,306 She responded by raising her chin boss, 176 00:10:12,340 --> 00:10:14,473 revealing deep embarrassment. 177 00:10:14,506 --> 00:10:17,606 Cal. I'll take another wild guess. 178 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,340 You two had a fling. 179 00:10:20,373 --> 00:10:24,606 She doesn't want a repeat performance because, you know, what with your wife and all. 180 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,273 But you won't move on. Oh, no, no. 181 00:10:27,306 --> 00:10:30,440 Keep your fingers off your nose. Men have erectile tissue there. 182 00:10:30,473 --> 00:10:32,040 Itches when they're hiding something. 183 00:10:46,006 --> 00:10:49,173 [ Bell Ringing ] 184 00:10:50,168 --> 00:10:51,959 I've been principal here for over three years, 185 00:10:51,959 --> 00:10:53,659 and we've never faced anything like this. 186 00:10:53,692 --> 00:10:57,892 To lose a teacher, and then to find out that a student might have been responsible, it's‐‐ 187 00:10:57,926 --> 00:11:00,226 I understand James was new to the school. Yes. 188 00:11:00,259 --> 00:11:02,259 His parents chose to homeschool him until this year... 189 00:11:02,292 --> 00:11:04,259 because they're devout Jehovah's Witnesses. 190 00:11:04,292 --> 00:11:07,992 He was prepared academically, but he had real difficulties socially. 191 00:11:08,026 --> 00:11:10,892 Did he ever express emotion of any kind towards Ms. McCartney? 192 00:11:10,926 --> 00:11:15,259 He was sent to my office a number of times, but he never mentioned her specifically. 193 00:11:15,292 --> 00:11:17,259 But I can tell you... 194 00:11:17,292 --> 00:11:19,426 the boy's father had some strong objections to Ms. McCartney's teaching. 195 00:11:19,459 --> 00:11:21,759 He was outraged that she had assigned the book... 196 00:11:21,792 --> 00:11:23,759 The Color Purple to her students. 197 00:11:23,792 --> 00:11:27,159 He thought it was pornographic. 198 00:11:27,192 --> 00:11:29,159 All right. They're ready for you. 199 00:11:29,192 --> 00:11:33,292 But can I just say, uh, as much as we all mourn this loss, 200 00:11:33,326 --> 00:11:37,292 no teacher that I've spoken to believes that this boy should go to prison for life. 201 00:11:37,326 --> 00:11:40,759 He was in the Photography Club for, like, five minutes before he quit. 202 00:11:40,792 --> 00:11:43,259 It seemed like he didn't talk ever. 203 00:11:43,292 --> 00:11:45,559 He took really good photos though. 204 00:11:45,592 --> 00:11:47,626 I never saw him hang out with anybody. 205 00:11:47,659 --> 00:11:52,259 He's kind of intense. Like, the way he'd stare at you. 206 00:11:52,292 --> 00:11:54,292 He talked a bunch of crap about Ms. McCartney. 207 00:11:54,326 --> 00:11:56,826 Really? What did he say? 208 00:11:56,859 --> 00:11:59,959 The kid's a freak. I mean, I can't remember exactly, 209 00:11:59,992 --> 00:12:04,126 but... I'm sure I heard him say something psycho about her. 210 00:12:04,159 --> 00:12:08,859 You wouldn't just be saying that because you got suspended for hitting him in the face? 211 00:12:11,992 --> 00:12:14,959 I was in bio lab with him. 212 00:12:14,992 --> 00:12:18,659 You know, I don't see how he could've done what they're saying he did. 213 00:12:18,692 --> 00:12:22,092 It's just‐‐ Well, I don't believe it. 214 00:12:22,126 --> 00:12:25,726 I mean, I've never even seen him get angry. 215 00:12:25,759 --> 00:12:27,726 Why would he want to kill her anyway? 216 00:12:27,759 --> 00:12:31,459 [ Inhales, Exhales Sharply ] 217 00:12:31,492 --> 00:12:33,492 [ Inaudible ] 218 00:12:35,992 --> 00:12:38,492 Are you feeling emotional in any way right now, Jacquelin? 219 00:12:38,526 --> 00:12:41,459 Um, no. 220 00:12:41,492 --> 00:12:44,659 ‐ It's okay if you are. ‐ I feel fine. 221 00:12:52,826 --> 00:12:54,759 [ Cal ] Deputy Bonds. 222 00:12:54,792 --> 00:12:56,826 And what did you learn in school today? 223 00:12:56,859 --> 00:12:59,492 Fifty‐seven classmates, and not one credible account... 224 00:12:59,526 --> 00:13:01,392 of antecedent aggression from James. 225 00:13:01,426 --> 00:13:04,226 I need to see the case file and look at the other suspects Homicide questioned. 226 00:13:04,259 --> 00:13:06,792 ‐ What? You don't think James Cole is guilty? ‐ I don't know. 227 00:13:06,826 --> 00:13:08,826 But if the prosecutor wants to send a kid my daughter's age... 228 00:13:08,859 --> 00:13:11,292 to a cell block with pedophiles and serial killers, 229 00:13:11,326 --> 00:13:14,126 I wouldn't mind knowing for sure. Whatever you need. 230 00:13:20,492 --> 00:13:24,059 ‐ All right. ‐ Look, forget it. 231 00:13:24,092 --> 00:13:26,826 ‐ We'll find another one. ‐ No. Maybe he didn't see me. 232 00:13:26,859 --> 00:13:30,692 Why don't you get out? Just drive. 233 00:13:43,359 --> 00:13:46,959 Hi. 234 00:13:46,992 --> 00:13:49,659 ‐ You didn't see me waiting for that space? ‐ I didn't see ya. 235 00:13:49,692 --> 00:13:52,759 ‐ Really? ‐ No, I did not see you. 236 00:13:52,792 --> 00:13:56,159 I‐‐ I was waiting too. You must not have seen me. 237 00:13:56,192 --> 00:13:58,959 That's fantastic. Classic gestural slip. 238 00:13:58,992 --> 00:14:02,326 You got the slightest head nod yes before you shook your head no. 239 00:14:04,026 --> 00:14:07,726 Look, I'm in the space, and I'm not going anywhere. 240 00:14:07,759 --> 00:14:10,126 That's true. 241 00:14:11,859 --> 00:14:15,159 Hey! You can't block me in like that! 242 00:14:15,192 --> 00:14:17,659 [ Alarm Chirping ] Jerk! 243 00:14:17,692 --> 00:14:19,826 Congratulations. One liar down, 244 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:22,359 six and a half billion to go. 245 00:14:32,259 --> 00:14:35,592 Well, the U. S. Attorney's Office scheduled the transfer hearing. We have two days. 246 00:14:35,626 --> 00:14:38,826 I told the mayor's office we need to examine James's antecedent behavior. 247 00:14:38,859 --> 00:14:41,092 So we're set to meet with his parents and his church group. 248 00:14:41,126 --> 00:14:42,892 How are you doing today, sir? I'm great. 249 00:14:42,926 --> 00:14:46,159 Good. Could you step out of the line, please? Are you serious? 250 00:14:46,192 --> 00:14:47,759 Yeah. 251 00:14:51,692 --> 00:14:53,926 Any reason you might be anxious this morning, sir? 252 00:14:53,959 --> 00:14:55,959 No, only that I'll miss my flight. 253 00:14:55,992 --> 00:14:58,226 I need you to open your briefcase for me. 254 00:14:58,259 --> 00:15:00,159 I'm gonna check it. It's the liquids, right? 255 00:15:00,192 --> 00:15:03,859 Stop. T‐3B, backup. Backup, T‐3B. Open your briefcase. 256 00:15:11,426 --> 00:15:13,826 You're gonna need to come with us. 257 00:15:15,359 --> 00:15:18,126 Actually, you need to come with us. 258 00:15:22,359 --> 00:15:24,892 When you leaned out of line, I could tell you were jacked up about something. 259 00:15:24,926 --> 00:15:28,092 That's 'cause I flashed you a partial fear expression. 260 00:15:28,126 --> 00:15:32,759 Whatever. But why were you trying to play me? 261 00:15:32,792 --> 00:15:34,426 Six years ago, Dr. Lightman left... 262 00:15:34,459 --> 00:15:37,226 the Deception Detection Program he founded for the Defense Department. 263 00:15:37,259 --> 00:15:40,559 Together, we started a private firm that works with police, corporations, 264 00:15:40,592 --> 00:15:42,592 and almost every federal agency. 265 00:15:42,626 --> 00:15:45,592 ‐ We'd like you to come work for us, Ms. Torres. ‐ Why? 266 00:15:45,626 --> 00:15:48,626 You've made seven times more arrests than the average T. S. A. agent, 267 00:15:48,659 --> 00:15:53,226 and you scored 97% on the T. S. A. Deception Diagnostic, which Dr. Lightman created. 268 00:15:53,259 --> 00:15:55,459 Have you ever had any specialized deception training? 269 00:15:55,492 --> 00:15:57,859 I've dated a lot of men. 270 00:15:59,859 --> 00:16:02,959 You're one of the naturals. There's an infinitesimal percentage of the population, 271 00:16:02,992 --> 00:16:06,992 less than .001, that test nearly perfect without any advanced training. 272 00:16:07,026 --> 00:16:09,892 We've already cleared your leaving with the T. S. A. field director. 273 00:16:09,926 --> 00:16:12,659 Our office will call you later. 274 00:16:16,026 --> 00:16:17,959 Oh, uh, don't forget your briefcase. 275 00:16:17,992 --> 00:16:20,092 That's your signing bonus. 276 00:16:25,792 --> 00:16:29,092 I just had a long conversation with the school guidance counselor. 277 00:16:29,126 --> 00:16:32,626 The girl whose breathing you said was fast and shallow, Jacquelin Mathis, 278 00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:36,326 has had three appointments with the school nurse in the past two weeks. 279 00:16:36,359 --> 00:16:40,292 Guidance guy said typically, that could be about drugs or an S. T. D. 280 00:16:40,326 --> 00:16:45,092 You know, gonorrhea, clap, crabs, uh‐‐ 281 00:16:45,126 --> 00:16:48,259 Find out if Jacquelin has any connection with James Cole outside of school. 282 00:16:48,292 --> 00:16:50,892 And follow up with the nurse. Okay. 283 00:16:50,926 --> 00:16:52,792 Did the school principal seem tense to you? 284 00:16:52,826 --> 00:16:55,426 Wouldn't you be if this happened at your school? 285 00:16:55,459 --> 00:16:58,892 Well, he had his left hand in his pants pocket pressed against his leg the whole time. 286 00:16:58,926 --> 00:17:02,126 ‐ We're not all hiding something. ‐ Okay. 287 00:17:02,159 --> 00:17:05,426 You think I'm naive just because I don't share your twisted view of the world. 288 00:17:05,459 --> 00:17:08,426 ‐ That, and you read romance novels. ‐ Yes, I do. 289 00:17:08,459 --> 00:17:12,492 Because they make me happy. A pursuit I highly recommend to you. 290 00:17:12,526 --> 00:17:15,159 Truth or happiness. Never both. 291 00:17:15,192 --> 00:17:17,626 ‐ [ Slurping ] ‐ What is that now? 292 00:17:17,659 --> 00:17:22,059 ‐ Orange slushy. ‐ How old are you? 293 00:17:22,092 --> 00:17:25,992 Chairman Baldridge from the Democratic National Committee is on the phone. 294 00:17:26,026 --> 00:17:29,459 ‐ Some sort of crisis. ‐ Politician. That's all you. 295 00:17:30,659 --> 00:17:33,759 Charge him by the lie. We can retire tomorrow. 296 00:17:33,792 --> 00:17:36,992 Why isn't Dr. Lightman here? Cal really wanted to make it. 297 00:17:37,026 --> 00:17:39,759 [ Chuckles ] He's a better liar than you are. 298 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:43,092 He's a better liar than all of us. I need your help, Gillian. 299 00:17:43,126 --> 00:17:47,892 Congressman Zeb Weil, whose career I've spent 20 years building, 300 00:17:47,926 --> 00:17:49,892 is about to be accused of paying for sex. 301 00:17:49,926 --> 00:17:51,926 A friend at the Post gave me the tip. 302 00:17:51,959 --> 00:17:54,726 But I need to know the truth before the story breaks. 303 00:17:54,759 --> 00:17:56,626 You think it could be a smear job? I do. 304 00:17:56,659 --> 00:17:59,259 But allegedly, Congressman Weil frequents... 305 00:17:59,292 --> 00:18:03,126 some sort of high‐priced escort service at an underground club in Georgetown. 306 00:18:03,159 --> 00:18:06,959 Now if that's true, it's gonna be a P. R. nightmare, 307 00:18:06,992 --> 00:18:09,959 because he's the new chairman of the House Ethics Committee. 308 00:18:09,992 --> 00:18:13,826 That's delightful. But we don't go through people's dirty laundry. 309 00:18:13,859 --> 00:18:17,259 So Dr. Lightman just assumes you're a liar if you're a politician? 310 00:18:17,292 --> 00:18:20,126 He assumes you're a liar if you're a Homo sapien. 311 00:18:20,159 --> 00:18:22,226 If these allegations are false, 312 00:18:22,259 --> 00:18:25,926 are you gonna stand by while an innocent man is destroyed by lies? 313 00:18:34,626 --> 00:18:36,592 Thanks for coming in right away. You're the boss. 314 00:18:36,626 --> 00:18:39,892 I would like to sleep with you. 315 00:18:39,926 --> 00:18:42,726 Uh, Eli Loker, Ria Torres. He's harmless. 316 00:18:42,759 --> 00:18:46,126 Just always speaks the truth about what's on his mind. What do you call it again? 317 00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:48,326 ‐ Radical honesty. ‐ That's it. 318 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,226 Well, he'll get you started on learning our facial coding system. 319 00:18:51,259 --> 00:18:56,126 I have no chance with you. No. Uh, do I have any chance with you? 320 00:18:56,159 --> 00:18:58,826 You always tell the truth? Always. 321 00:18:58,859 --> 00:19:02,092 How good are you in bed? Fair. 322 00:19:02,126 --> 00:19:05,159 Fair's better than most. 323 00:19:08,326 --> 00:19:11,159 I don't see why you need to look in James's bedroom. 324 00:19:11,192 --> 00:19:15,292 Mr. Cole, anything that gets us a better sense of your son is helpful. 325 00:19:16,792 --> 00:19:20,326 ‐ James took these? ‐ [ Woman ] Yes, he did. 326 00:19:25,292 --> 00:19:31,126 We let him convert that bathroom to a darkroom for his photography. 327 00:19:31,159 --> 00:19:33,092 That a problem? 328 00:19:33,126 --> 00:19:37,126 Well, it was taking too much time from his responsibilities as a Witness doing God's work. 329 00:19:37,159 --> 00:19:40,292 What did James tell you about Ms. McCartney? 330 00:19:40,326 --> 00:19:43,626 He thought she was a good teacher. 331 00:19:43,659 --> 00:19:46,026 And did you? 332 00:19:47,126 --> 00:19:49,059 [ Woman ] James did not kill that woman. 333 00:19:49,092 --> 00:19:52,726 He would not take part in wrestling practice for gym class... 334 00:19:52,759 --> 00:19:55,992 because he knows the Lord condemns violence, even in sport. 335 00:19:56,026 --> 00:19:59,426 If you value something, you build a fence around it to protect it. 336 00:19:59,459 --> 00:20:01,659 And that's what we did with James. 337 00:20:01,692 --> 00:20:04,892 We homeschooled him as long as we could to shield him from‐‐ 338 00:20:04,926 --> 00:20:06,892 from drugs and sex and corruption. 339 00:20:06,926 --> 00:20:10,626 Is that why you were angry about the material she was teaching him? 340 00:20:10,659 --> 00:20:13,226 We are in the world, but not of the world. 341 00:20:13,259 --> 00:20:15,492 And we need to protect our children from nonbelievers. 342 00:20:15,526 --> 00:20:18,259 Is there anything you wouldn't do to protect your son from a nonbeliever? 343 00:20:19,859 --> 00:20:22,592 Watch yourself. I'm a man of God. 344 00:20:22,626 --> 00:20:26,892 Well, I like horse racing, Manhattans, 345 00:20:26,926 --> 00:20:29,792 briefs, not boxers, 346 00:20:29,826 --> 00:20:31,892 all of which makes us equally likely to lie. 347 00:20:31,926 --> 00:20:36,792 ‐ So I'll ask you again. ‐ Get out of this house. 348 00:20:46,997 --> 00:20:48,933 I've been doing some research into James's family. 349 00:20:48,933 --> 00:20:52,549 I spoke to an overseer of their church who said Mr. Cole has had fights... 350 00:20:52,549 --> 00:20:54,933 with other churchgoers over their unholy lifestyles. 351 00:20:54,933 --> 00:20:56,566 Some of them said he's an extremist. 352 00:20:56,599 --> 00:20:58,966 There's something going on in that family. 353 00:20:58,999 --> 00:21:00,899 The police saw James running away... 354 00:21:00,933 --> 00:21:03,299 from the front door of Ms. McCartney's house after the murder. 355 00:21:03,333 --> 00:21:05,266 Maybe he was trying to stop his father from killing her. 356 00:21:05,299 --> 00:21:07,199 What's your content analysis of the mother? 357 00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:09,266 She was definitely concealing something. 358 00:21:09,299 --> 00:21:11,799 When I asked her about Ms. McCartney, she stopped using contractions... 359 00:21:11,833 --> 00:21:13,866 and started referring to her as "that woman." 360 00:21:13,899 --> 00:21:17,366 As in, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman‐‐ Ms. Lewinsky"? 361 00:21:17,399 --> 00:21:21,399 Distancing language. She knew something about her she didn't want to say. 362 00:21:21,433 --> 00:21:25,266 We need to look at the polygraph test James failed. I want to see what questions he spiked on. 363 00:21:25,299 --> 00:21:28,766 Have I mentioned that your office looks like it belongs to a serial killer? 364 00:21:28,799 --> 00:21:32,433 ‐ Several times. ‐ P. D. is running background checks on both the parents... 365 00:21:32,466 --> 00:21:35,099 and trying to confirm their whereabouts the night of the murder. 366 00:21:35,133 --> 00:21:38,033 As for the girl who was so anxious, Jacquelin Mathis, 367 00:21:38,066 --> 00:21:40,099 no connection to James Cole outside of school. 368 00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:42,233 But I do know why she might've been anxious. 369 00:21:42,266 --> 00:21:45,966 ‐ The school nurse insinuated that Jacquelin is pregnant. ‐ Pregnant? 370 00:21:45,999 --> 00:21:49,433 Not what a father in my shoes wants to hear. I gotta go. 371 00:21:49,466 --> 00:21:52,733 I have Emily, and her boyfriend's coming over. 372 00:21:52,766 --> 00:21:55,233 You worry too much. You do. You worry. 373 00:21:55,266 --> 00:21:57,933 You're a worrier. You don't even know if they talked about having sex. 374 00:21:57,966 --> 00:22:00,466 Well, he's taking her to a fancy restaurant. Emily's a smart girl. 375 00:22:00,499 --> 00:22:03,033 You have to trust her. Well, her mother's a smart girl too. 376 00:22:03,066 --> 00:22:05,266 And I trusted her. 377 00:22:05,299 --> 00:22:08,199 Well, I think Roger's a loser. 378 00:22:08,233 --> 00:22:10,233 But if Mom wants to be with a loser‐‐ 379 00:22:10,266 --> 00:22:12,199 You don't have to say that for me. 380 00:22:12,233 --> 00:22:14,299 No, I'm saying it 'cause he's a loser. 381 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:18,766 I have the utmost respect for anyone your mother cares for, and so should you. 382 00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:21,799 Admit it. You're thinking, "What a loser." I saw your eyes do the thing. 383 00:22:23,466 --> 00:22:26,533 [ Doorbell Rings ] Uh, Dan's early. 384 00:22:26,566 --> 00:22:29,033 Yeah, and about that. 385 00:22:29,066 --> 00:22:31,933 I know your mother's out of town, and you got the keys, and Dan has a car. 386 00:22:31,966 --> 00:22:36,699 No. We're not doing this. You just go let Dan in while I finish getting ready. 387 00:22:36,733 --> 00:22:39,766 And you better not do some covert scientific technique... 388 00:22:39,799 --> 00:22:43,866 to find out what we're doing or not doing tonight. 389 00:22:43,899 --> 00:22:46,066 Promise. 390 00:22:48,766 --> 00:22:50,766 No covert science. I promise. 391 00:22:52,333 --> 00:22:55,866 ‐ Hi, Dan. ‐ Hi, Dr. Lightman. 392 00:22:55,899 --> 00:22:59,766 Are you trying to have sex with my daughter tonight? 393 00:23:04,899 --> 00:23:09,566 We appreciate your time. Congressman Weil, have you ever been to a club called Centurian? 394 00:23:11,299 --> 00:23:15,033 Marshall, what is this really about? I'm a five‐term U. S. Congressman. 395 00:23:15,066 --> 00:23:18,033 I'd appreciate‐‐ Answer the question, Zeb. 396 00:23:18,066 --> 00:23:21,233 I've never heard of it. Why? 397 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:24,199 It's been alleged that you go to this club on Friday nights. 398 00:23:24,233 --> 00:23:27,233 [ Continues On Speaker ] Tell me how you spent last Friday evening. 399 00:23:27,266 --> 00:23:31,066 I went for a swim at the congressional gym. 400 00:23:31,099 --> 00:23:33,733 Then I went home to catch up on some committee reading. 401 00:23:33,766 --> 00:23:36,533 Go on. 402 00:23:36,566 --> 00:23:39,899 I had dinner alone before leaving for an event at the Smithsonian. 403 00:23:39,933 --> 00:23:42,233 Got it. Now just tell it to me backwards. 404 00:23:42,266 --> 00:23:45,766 ‐ What? ‐ Start at the end of the night and work backwards. 405 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:49,633 [ Nervous Chuckle ] 406 00:23:49,666 --> 00:23:54,533 Before the event at the Smithsonian, I, uh‐‐ 407 00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:56,799 Well, as I told you, I did some reading. 408 00:23:56,833 --> 00:23:58,899 And, um, 409 00:24:00,899 --> 00:24:03,233 before that, I, uh‐‐ 410 00:24:03,266 --> 00:24:05,633 That guy's lying his ass off. 411 00:24:05,666 --> 00:24:09,899 Yes, he is. When you're lying, it's hard to tell a story backwards... 412 00:24:09,933 --> 00:24:11,499 because there's no real memory of what happened. 413 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:14,566 Liars rehearse their stories in order. They don't think to rehearse them backwards. 414 00:24:14,599 --> 00:24:17,933 [ Gillian On Monitor ] Have you ever engaged the services of a prostitute? 415 00:24:17,966 --> 00:24:21,033 I am certainly not going to dignify that with an answer. 416 00:24:21,066 --> 00:24:24,899 And that is an expression of deep shame. 417 00:24:24,933 --> 00:24:26,966 This guy religious? [ Gillian ] That's what I don't understand. 418 00:24:26,999 --> 00:24:29,099 Not religious, not married, no kids. 419 00:24:29,133 --> 00:24:31,633 But he shows deeper shame than politicians who have been caught cheating on their wives. 420 00:24:31,666 --> 00:24:34,966 Well, being ethics chairman takes a lot of the fun out of having sex with hookers. 421 00:24:34,999 --> 00:24:38,133 But, seriously, what if he's into something a lot more shameful? 422 00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:40,166 Smacking them around, or underage girls? 423 00:24:43,433 --> 00:24:47,266 I need to restore the expression I had from James's polygraph up here. 424 00:24:48,733 --> 00:24:51,333 [ Woman ] Did you attack Susan McCartney? 425 00:24:56,399 --> 00:24:59,066 No. 426 00:24:59,099 --> 00:25:01,433 [ Gillian ] Huh. The same shame expression. 427 00:25:01,466 --> 00:25:05,566 Now punch in on his eye. I want to see his pupil. 428 00:25:07,166 --> 00:25:09,899 They're fully dilated. And it's not fear or anger. 429 00:25:09,933 --> 00:25:12,566 Well, you know what else makes pupils dilate? 430 00:25:12,599 --> 00:25:14,799 Sexual arousal. 431 00:25:14,833 --> 00:25:17,866 You think there was a sexual relationship between James and Ms. McCartney? 432 00:25:17,899 --> 00:25:19,933 Maybe that's what the parents were hiding. 433 00:25:22,066 --> 00:25:25,433 My son did not engage in sexual activity of any kind. 434 00:25:25,466 --> 00:25:29,266 As I told you, we're here because we believe your son is innocent. 435 00:25:29,299 --> 00:25:33,066 There were no signs of rape or sexual assault in this crime. 436 00:25:33,099 --> 00:25:37,633 But on his polygraph, James exhibited intense sexual feelings for Ms. McCartney. 437 00:25:37,666 --> 00:25:41,299 ‐ Gerald‐‐ ‐ Be quiet. 438 00:25:41,333 --> 00:25:43,433 We saw you trying to conceal your scorn for Ms. McCartney. 439 00:25:43,466 --> 00:25:47,266 That's not just about the book she's teaching, is it? 440 00:25:47,299 --> 00:25:49,299 What can you tell us about your son and her? 441 00:25:49,333 --> 00:25:51,299 I've already told you everything. 442 00:25:51,333 --> 00:25:56,233 Both of you and your son are lying. Now, let me tell you something. 443 00:25:56,266 --> 00:25:59,533 The only way three people can keep a secret is if two of them are dead. 444 00:25:59,566 --> 00:26:03,899 ‐ So wake the hell up. ‐ Everything you're doing makes perfect sense. 445 00:26:03,933 --> 00:26:08,266 You're afraid for your son, Mrs. Cole. And when we experience fear, 446 00:26:08,299 --> 00:26:12,133 we try to exercise whatever control we can, even if it makes things worse. 447 00:26:12,166 --> 00:26:14,399 That's why you lied to us before. 448 00:26:14,433 --> 00:26:18,599 It may help you feel better, but it's not helping your son. 449 00:26:18,633 --> 00:26:23,299 Because right now, the only people who believe James is innocent are in this room. 450 00:26:27,133 --> 00:26:30,099 I know that you have the courage... 451 00:26:30,133 --> 00:26:33,166 to move past your fear and tell us the truth. 452 00:26:38,466 --> 00:26:40,633 Wait here. 453 00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:52,366 We found these hidden in James's room... 454 00:26:52,399 --> 00:26:57,166 before the police came and searched his things. 455 00:27:05,099 --> 00:27:09,799 I know how this must look, but our son couldn't possibly have done this. 456 00:27:11,999 --> 00:27:16,799 Did you know James had been spying on Ms. McCartney before you found these? 457 00:27:16,833 --> 00:27:20,099 ‐ No. ‐ Did you ever talk to James about sex? 458 00:27:21,566 --> 00:27:24,733 I talked with him about the urges that young men feel. 459 00:27:24,766 --> 00:27:26,766 We read from Colossians together. 460 00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:31,133 "Fornication, uncleanness, sexual appetite is idolatry." 461 00:27:31,166 --> 00:27:33,933 He knows there's no greater sin. 462 00:27:39,333 --> 00:27:42,233 I need to see the crime scene photos. 463 00:27:51,233 --> 00:27:53,533 You can't show these photographs to anyone, please. 464 00:27:53,566 --> 00:27:55,666 We need to show them to your son. 465 00:28:00,433 --> 00:28:02,566 You took these, James. 466 00:28:03,966 --> 00:28:06,199 And... 467 00:28:06,233 --> 00:28:09,433 I understand why. 468 00:28:11,299 --> 00:28:15,766 Ms. McCartney didn't make you feel anger. She made you feel temptation. 469 00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:19,766 She was a beautiful woman. 470 00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:23,433 And for the first time in your life, you felt desire. 471 00:28:23,466 --> 00:28:28,166 You took these pictures so you could fantasize about her. 472 00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:35,266 You spied on her for weeks at school, at her home. 473 00:28:35,299 --> 00:28:39,933 You took these hiding right here behind these trees, looking through the bay window. 474 00:28:39,966 --> 00:28:44,233 And on the night of the murder, you went back to her house to spy on her. 475 00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:49,599 And this is what you saw. 476 00:28:49,633 --> 00:28:51,633 There she was. 477 00:28:51,666 --> 00:28:57,566 You became aroused. You gave in to temptation. 478 00:29:16,133 --> 00:29:19,266 I didn't know she was dead. 479 00:29:21,633 --> 00:29:25,299 I had‐‐ I started to have thoughts. 480 00:29:25,333 --> 00:29:29,433 Unclean thoughts. 481 00:29:31,799 --> 00:29:34,133 And I touched myself. 482 00:29:39,166 --> 00:29:42,899 But I swear to God, I did not know... 483 00:29:42,933 --> 00:29:46,033 that she was‐‐ that she was dead. 484 00:29:46,066 --> 00:29:49,466 [ Sniffles ] It wasn't until afterwards. 485 00:29:51,333 --> 00:29:56,766 I was walking away, and I saw the blood. 486 00:29:56,799 --> 00:29:59,066 And I ran around the front. 487 00:29:59,099 --> 00:30:03,599 And I was gonna call 911. But the police came, 488 00:30:03,633 --> 00:30:07,099 and... I ran. 489 00:30:07,133 --> 00:30:09,099 I just ran. 490 00:30:10,433 --> 00:30:13,966 What was I supposed to do? 491 00:30:17,919 --> 00:30:21,752 I told the truth! I didn't kill her! I told him what happened! 492 00:30:24,375 --> 00:30:25,688 What was that? 493 00:30:25,688 --> 00:30:27,583 You spoon‐fed him a good defense, and he's not stupid. 494 00:30:27,583 --> 00:30:32,316 He went with it. But there's still a preponderance of evidence against him. 495 00:30:32,349 --> 00:30:35,083 ‐ More than enough for a grand jury. ‐ James was telling the truth. 496 00:30:35,116 --> 00:30:38,216 Oh, he lied when he said he'd never been in Ms. McCartney's house before. 497 00:30:38,249 --> 00:30:41,216 And these photographs go a long way toward proving premeditation. 498 00:30:41,249 --> 00:30:43,649 You aren't gonna reconsider other suspects? 499 00:30:43,683 --> 00:30:45,883 He was stalking the victim, he fled the scene, 500 00:30:45,916 --> 00:30:46,916 and he failed a polygraph the night of the murder. 501 00:30:46,949 --> 00:30:49,949 And all for the same reason‐‐ sexual guilt. 502 00:30:49,983 --> 00:30:52,249 The polygraph only tells you if someone is feeling guilty. 503 00:30:52,283 --> 00:30:54,216 It doesn't tell you what they're feeling guilty about. 504 00:30:54,249 --> 00:30:57,049 The guilt James felt had nothing to do with the murder. 505 00:30:57,083 --> 00:30:59,416 Look. You want to ignore the evidence, fine. 506 00:30:59,449 --> 00:31:02,749 But I heard how things ended for you over at the Pentagon. 507 00:31:02,783 --> 00:31:05,583 And unless you want the entire Justice Department... 508 00:31:05,616 --> 00:31:10,249 picking apart every case you work for us too, you'll leave this one alone. 509 00:31:17,416 --> 00:31:19,716 There she is. 510 00:31:19,749 --> 00:31:23,449 Hey, honey. Hey, Cal. 511 00:31:23,483 --> 00:31:27,783 Sorry I'm late. Had a bunch of work I had to finish before leaving. 512 00:31:27,816 --> 00:31:30,483 Why don't you come to dinner with us, clear your head for an hour? 513 00:31:30,516 --> 00:31:33,116 ‐ It's gonna be a late night. ‐ Nah, I'm good. You go ahead. 514 00:31:34,449 --> 00:31:36,449 Okay. Good night. 515 00:31:41,083 --> 00:31:43,416 Her husband just lied to her. 516 00:31:43,449 --> 00:31:47,583 He was lying when he said he got held up with work. Don't you have work to do? 517 00:31:48,949 --> 00:31:51,149 You're not gonna tell her he's lying? 518 00:31:51,183 --> 00:31:54,249 How are we doing on the congressman and the sex club thing? 519 00:31:54,283 --> 00:31:58,716 Okay. Well, Congressman Weil... 520 00:31:58,749 --> 00:32:00,983 still won't admit to anything, so I'm gonna go to the club tonight... 521 00:32:01,016 --> 00:32:03,649 and see if I can find out what he did there that he's so ashamed of. 522 00:32:03,683 --> 00:32:08,549 Girl Weil's been seeing goes by Melissa, and he sees her every Friday night without fail. 523 00:32:08,583 --> 00:32:11,649 Classy, huh? Well, we all pay for sex one way or another. 524 00:32:11,683 --> 00:32:14,283 At least hookers are honest about the price. 525 00:32:14,316 --> 00:32:17,683 ♪ [ Woman Singing, Indistinct ] 526 00:32:24,516 --> 00:32:27,616 Bet you boyfriend's pretty happy this is his birthday present. 527 00:32:27,649 --> 00:32:30,149 So, uh, how do you like this place, Melissa? 528 00:32:30,183 --> 00:32:32,949 It's great. Always a party. 529 00:32:32,983 --> 00:32:34,983 You really hate it, huh? 530 00:32:35,016 --> 00:32:38,083 Uh‐‐ [ Sighs ] 531 00:32:38,116 --> 00:32:42,449 It's just for now. And, uh, it sucks being broke, 532 00:32:42,483 --> 00:32:44,716 and I can make a lot more money doing this than I did dancing. 533 00:32:44,749 --> 00:32:48,949 So are most of your clients regulars or one‐offs? 534 00:32:48,983 --> 00:32:52,816 Mostly, um, regulars, actually. 535 00:32:54,149 --> 00:32:56,116 Maybe Julian and I could, um‐‐ That's my boyfriend. 536 00:32:56,149 --> 00:32:59,983 Maybe we'll become one of your regulars. Are you free next Friday night? 537 00:33:00,016 --> 00:33:05,916 No Fridays. I, uh‐‐ I have, um, a regular on Fridays. 538 00:33:09,483 --> 00:33:11,749 [ Ria ] I don't think the congressman was doing anything nasty to her. 539 00:33:11,783 --> 00:33:15,149 She had this little smile about her Friday nights with him. 540 00:33:15,183 --> 00:33:17,783 Like‐‐ Like she has real feelings for the guy. 541 00:33:17,816 --> 00:33:19,749 Was there wrinkling around her eyes when she smiled? 542 00:33:19,783 --> 00:33:22,449 Uh, yeah, there was. 543 00:33:22,483 --> 00:33:25,783 Then it was real. In a fake smile, there's no eye wrinkling. 544 00:33:25,816 --> 00:33:28,149 Excuse me. Turn on the news. 545 00:33:30,649 --> 00:33:33,216 There's much to be learned still. 546 00:33:33,249 --> 00:33:38,149 But House Ethics Chairman Zeb Weil reportedly spent more than $82,000... 547 00:33:38,183 --> 00:33:41,316 on a single escort over a matter of months. 548 00:33:41,349 --> 00:33:44,083 He exited his congressional offices moments ago. 549 00:33:44,116 --> 00:33:48,149 Is it true that‐‐ How long has this been going on? 550 00:33:48,183 --> 00:33:52,616 Look at his disgust. [ Ria ] Yeah, but he's not disgusted with himself. 551 00:33:52,649 --> 00:33:56,916 It's like he's disgusted with the idea of having sex with her. 552 00:33:56,949 --> 00:33:59,783 Well, maybe they weren't having sex. [ Scoffs ] 553 00:33:59,816 --> 00:34:04,316 Why would a guy spend $82,000 on an escort he's not having sex with? 554 00:34:04,349 --> 00:34:09,416 Yes, of course. No, I understand. 555 00:34:09,449 --> 00:34:13,483 Defense Attorney says James has had an acute psychological collapse. 556 00:34:13,516 --> 00:34:16,883 He won't eat, sleep or talk to anyone. He's on suicide watch. 557 00:34:16,916 --> 00:34:19,783 Take a look at these. 558 00:34:19,816 --> 00:34:22,483 Her clothes are identical to the crime scene photos. 559 00:34:22,516 --> 00:34:25,383 James took those the day of the murder. And you can tell it's late. 560 00:34:25,416 --> 00:34:28,816 Probably just a couple hours before she was killed. 561 00:34:28,849 --> 00:34:30,916 Look at her hand. 562 00:34:30,949 --> 00:34:33,516 What? 563 00:34:43,083 --> 00:34:46,916 It's tensed and turned upwards at her side like this. 564 00:34:46,949 --> 00:34:48,816 Is that a gestural emblem? Yeah. 565 00:34:48,849 --> 00:34:51,983 When we make it consciously, the meaning's clear. 566 00:34:52,016 --> 00:34:54,716 Stop. She was having an argument. 567 00:34:54,749 --> 00:34:57,983 [ Cal ] Yeah. It had to be pretty disturbing to produce that emblem. 568 00:34:58,016 --> 00:35:00,616 So whoever was in that car had a fight with her just hours before she was murdered. 569 00:35:00,649 --> 00:35:05,249 Body language tells the truth, even from the grave. 570 00:35:05,283 --> 00:35:07,716 [ Bell Ringing ] 571 00:35:07,749 --> 00:35:10,749 Principal Castle. Thank you for seeing us. 572 00:35:10,783 --> 00:35:12,749 Please. Anything to help. 573 00:35:15,316 --> 00:35:18,049 Do you know who at school might've had an argument with Ms. McCartney... 574 00:35:18,083 --> 00:35:20,049 the day she was murdered? 575 00:35:20,083 --> 00:35:22,583 I have no idea. What, do you think another student was involved? 576 00:35:22,616 --> 00:35:25,916 Possibly. We need to know who drives this car. 577 00:35:31,449 --> 00:35:34,283 Sure. I can try to see if it's registered for school parking. 578 00:35:34,316 --> 00:35:37,549 ‐ Is that your car? ‐ No, it's not. 579 00:35:37,583 --> 00:35:40,416 Were you romantically involved with Susan McCartney? 580 00:35:40,449 --> 00:35:43,749 Of course not. What are you suggesting? 581 00:35:43,783 --> 00:35:46,049 Oh, I'm‐‐ I'm s‐‐ I'm sorry. 582 00:35:46,083 --> 00:35:48,916 I really am. I‐‐ We have to consider everything. 583 00:35:48,949 --> 00:35:51,249 And I'm sorry if I've offended you. Really, I‐‐ 584 00:35:51,283 --> 00:35:53,616 I'm very sorry. 585 00:35:53,649 --> 00:35:57,749 Very sorry. If I‐‐ If I offended you, I‐‐ I am sorry. 586 00:35:57,783 --> 00:36:00,549 I have offended you, and I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. 587 00:36:00,583 --> 00:36:02,649 It's not a good thing, really. 588 00:36:02,683 --> 00:36:05,183 I apologize. 589 00:36:10,283 --> 00:36:12,583 What's with the Rain Man routine? 590 00:36:12,616 --> 00:36:15,249 You wanna know how scared he was after you showed him the photo of the car? 591 00:36:15,283 --> 00:36:18,449 How scared? In skin temperature, about 10 degrees scared, 592 00:36:18,483 --> 00:36:21,049 which is to say very scared. 593 00:36:21,083 --> 00:36:23,449 His hand was colder the second time you shook it. 594 00:36:23,483 --> 00:36:26,483 Yeah. He recognized that car. Intense fear kicked in. 595 00:36:26,516 --> 00:36:28,549 [ Car Alarm Chirps ] It's a classic physiological flight response. 596 00:36:28,583 --> 00:36:32,283 Blood flows from the extremities to your legs so you're ready to run. 597 00:36:32,316 --> 00:36:35,116 Your hands get cold first. 598 00:36:35,149 --> 00:36:39,283 The car in question does not belong to the principal or his wife. 599 00:36:39,316 --> 00:36:43,316 Are you sure? Yeah. Deputy Bonds had Records run both of their registrations. 600 00:36:43,349 --> 00:36:45,649 So Principal Castle recognized the car, but it's not his. 601 00:36:45,683 --> 00:36:47,616 Well, find out whose it is. 602 00:36:47,649 --> 00:36:50,483 Have them run the registration of every student and teacher at the school. 603 00:36:50,516 --> 00:36:53,316 The D. N. C. chairman's going ahead with the press conference this afternoon. 604 00:36:53,349 --> 00:36:55,316 But I think I know what Congressman Weil... 605 00:36:55,349 --> 00:36:57,316 was doing at the sex club, and why he was so ashamed. 606 00:36:57,349 --> 00:37:00,949 Take a look. He filed this online two years ago. 607 00:37:02,783 --> 00:37:06,083 Call me the second you hear about the car. Come on. 608 00:37:07,349 --> 00:37:09,649 Thank you. 609 00:37:11,649 --> 00:37:14,049 You haven't done enough muckraking for one day? 610 00:37:14,083 --> 00:37:17,483 Sir, we don't think you were doing anything sexual at that club, 611 00:37:17,516 --> 00:37:20,949 because I believe this escort, Melissa, who you paid for time with‐‐ 612 00:37:20,983 --> 00:37:24,183 ‐ What about her? ‐ She's your daughter. 613 00:37:29,149 --> 00:37:32,783 I've already admitted what I did. I'm tendering my resignation today. 614 00:37:32,816 --> 00:37:36,449 This is the profile you registered in May of '06 on AdoptConnect, 615 00:37:36,483 --> 00:37:39,783 a registry for birth parents trying to reconnect with an adoptee. 616 00:37:39,816 --> 00:37:43,083 The adopted name you listed was Brenda Melissa Johnson. 617 00:37:43,116 --> 00:37:47,149 The date of birth would make her Melissa's age now. 618 00:37:50,516 --> 00:37:53,283 [ Sighs ] 619 00:37:57,483 --> 00:38:00,716 I was a junior in college at UA. 620 00:38:00,749 --> 00:38:04,383 And I was seeing a young woman who was a freshman at the women's college in Marion. 621 00:38:04,416 --> 00:38:07,216 She got pregnant. 622 00:38:07,249 --> 00:38:11,483 We agreed to a closed adoption. We both moved on. 623 00:38:12,949 --> 00:38:15,916 But I never stopped thinking about it. 624 00:38:17,616 --> 00:38:21,849 A couple of years ago, I registered to be found. Nothing came of it. 625 00:38:23,783 --> 00:38:26,816 So I hired a private investigator. 626 00:38:26,849 --> 00:38:30,549 Does Melissa‐‐ Brenda‐‐ know you're her father? 627 00:38:30,583 --> 00:38:33,549 No. 628 00:38:33,583 --> 00:38:36,216 I didn't want to force her to confront an answer... 629 00:38:36,249 --> 00:38:39,883 she clearly wasn't looking for. 630 00:38:39,916 --> 00:38:43,116 But when I found out she was working at that club, I had to do something. 631 00:38:43,149 --> 00:38:47,116 So I went‐‐ Started getting to know her, gave her money. 632 00:38:47,149 --> 00:38:48,716 Tried to get her to quit. 633 00:38:48,749 --> 00:38:51,083 We can tell the chairman and the press. 634 00:38:51,116 --> 00:38:52,716 Please, no. 635 00:38:52,749 --> 00:38:54,383 No? 636 00:38:54,416 --> 00:38:58,816 I am close to getting Brenda to make a change. 637 00:38:58,849 --> 00:39:01,649 If the press finds out who she really is, 638 00:39:01,683 --> 00:39:05,716 she will spend the rest of her life being known... 639 00:39:05,749 --> 00:39:08,649 as the congressman's whore daughter. 640 00:39:13,016 --> 00:39:15,849 I've already betrayed her once. 641 00:39:18,183 --> 00:39:20,183 I won't do it again. 642 00:39:25,283 --> 00:39:29,283 [ Cell Phone Rings ] Hey. 643 00:39:29,316 --> 00:39:32,116 The car belongs to Jacquelin Mathis, 644 00:39:32,149 --> 00:39:34,116 the girl the school nurse thought was pregnant. 645 00:39:34,149 --> 00:39:37,316 Deputy Bonds had Homicide bring her in. Second District Station right now. 646 00:39:43,149 --> 00:39:45,583 Why would I know what happened to Ms. McCartney? [ Cal ] No, you tell me. 647 00:39:45,616 --> 00:39:48,816 ‐ Why would I know? ‐ "Why would I know?" 648 00:39:48,849 --> 00:39:50,649 Eyebrows go up like yours, 649 00:39:50,683 --> 00:39:53,049 the person knows the answer to the question they're asking. 650 00:39:53,083 --> 00:39:56,949 Yeah, but I don't. I don't‐‐ I don't feel well. 651 00:39:56,983 --> 00:40:00,783 Morning sickness? You argued with Ms. McCartney... 652 00:40:00,816 --> 00:40:02,783 the afternoon that she was murdered. 653 00:40:02,816 --> 00:40:04,749 No, I didn't. You don't know what you're talking about. 654 00:40:04,783 --> 00:40:07,249 I know when you're lying. I'm not lying. 655 00:40:07,283 --> 00:40:09,583 I know why you fought with her. I didn't! 656 00:40:12,149 --> 00:40:14,449 This your car? 657 00:40:14,483 --> 00:40:16,483 I didn't kill Ms. McCartney. 658 00:40:16,516 --> 00:40:21,449 Now, that's the truth. I know you didn't. But you know who did. 659 00:40:23,183 --> 00:40:25,149 So tell me about the argument. 660 00:40:27,849 --> 00:40:30,149 I don't have anything to say. 661 00:40:31,983 --> 00:40:34,983 You know, James Cole is innocent. 662 00:40:35,016 --> 00:40:38,449 He's gonna go to prison for the rest of his life. You really gonna let that happen? 663 00:40:38,483 --> 00:40:42,449 I mean, maybe you couldn't stop the murder, but you can stop this. 664 00:40:42,483 --> 00:40:44,249 You have to stop this. 665 00:40:48,116 --> 00:40:50,849 I‐‐ I can't. 666 00:40:53,149 --> 00:40:55,349 Jacquelin. [ Door Opens ] 667 00:41:02,849 --> 00:41:04,816 [ Door Closes ] 668 00:41:07,183 --> 00:41:09,183 Well, 669 00:41:11,349 --> 00:41:13,316 I guess it doesn't matter anymore. 670 00:41:15,349 --> 00:41:17,383 And you're gonna have to live with this, 671 00:41:17,416 --> 00:41:20,316 'cause James Cole just hanged himself in his jail cell. 672 00:41:25,783 --> 00:41:27,783 [ Exhales ] 673 00:41:34,399 --> 00:41:37,431 [ Sobbing ] I didn't think that anything would happen to James, 674 00:41:37,431 --> 00:41:39,464 'cause he's a minor. 675 00:41:40,964 --> 00:41:44,597 I didn't know that he was gonna‐‐ Oh, my God. 676 00:41:44,631 --> 00:41:47,597 Why did Principal Castle... 677 00:41:47,631 --> 00:41:51,031 recognize your car when I showed him the photograph? 678 00:41:54,164 --> 00:41:56,997 You're involved with him, aren't you? 679 00:41:57,031 --> 00:41:58,964 Castle took advantage of you. 680 00:42:02,164 --> 00:42:05,564 He didn't take advantage of me. 681 00:42:05,597 --> 00:42:08,731 We're in love. He loves me. 682 00:42:08,764 --> 00:42:11,964 Mmm. You're pregnant with his baby, aren't you? 683 00:42:15,264 --> 00:42:18,097 He was gonna leave his wife to be with me. 684 00:42:18,131 --> 00:42:21,431 He told me. 685 00:42:21,464 --> 00:42:24,331 Ms. McCartney saw us... 686 00:42:24,364 --> 00:42:26,831 parked in my car, that was at school‐‐ 687 00:42:26,864 --> 00:42:30,431 We didn't‐‐ We didn't know, but she saw us. 688 00:42:30,464 --> 00:42:33,764 And then later that day, she came up to me in the parking lot freaking out, 689 00:42:33,797 --> 00:42:36,231 like‐‐ like she had to be all worried about me when‐‐ 690 00:42:36,264 --> 00:42:38,164 I mean, I was the one who went after him. 691 00:42:38,197 --> 00:42:40,931 And then you argued about turning him in? 692 00:42:40,964 --> 00:42:44,331 I begged her not to. He hadn't done anything wrong. 693 00:42:44,364 --> 00:42:46,597 She didn't listen. 694 00:42:48,264 --> 00:42:50,264 She said she was gonna turn him in. 695 00:42:50,297 --> 00:42:54,964 So... I told him. And then, you know, 696 00:42:54,997 --> 00:42:57,431 he said that everything would be okay, and that he would talk to her. 697 00:42:57,464 --> 00:42:59,897 But... 698 00:42:59,931 --> 00:43:03,097 I didn't know he was gonna kill her. 699 00:43:04,597 --> 00:43:06,564 I didn't know. 700 00:43:06,597 --> 00:43:09,164 [ Sirens Wailing ] ♪ [ Pop ] 701 00:43:36,297 --> 00:43:39,797 [ Man ] ♪ To be the one ♪ 702 00:43:39,831 --> 00:43:43,764 ♪ To be the only one ♪ 703 00:43:43,797 --> 00:43:48,831 ♪ Someone has to give a lot Something has to give a lot ♪ 704 00:43:48,864 --> 00:43:52,631 ♪ And who am I ♪ 705 00:43:52,664 --> 00:43:55,497 ♪ To give you what you need ♪ 706 00:43:55,531 --> 00:43:59,131 ♪ When I'm learning ♪ 707 00:43:59,164 --> 00:44:03,164 ♪ Just learning ♪ 708 00:44:03,197 --> 00:44:09,631 ♪ Learning how to live and to bear the weight ♪ 709 00:44:09,664 --> 00:44:12,064 ♪ [ Continues, Faint ] 710 00:44:12,097 --> 00:44:14,497 You get the e‐mail from the U. S. Attorney's Office? 711 00:44:14,531 --> 00:44:18,397 No. Principal Castle confessed in exchange for 30 years. 712 00:44:18,431 --> 00:44:21,364 I thought the truth would set you free. 713 00:44:23,031 --> 00:44:25,997 Speaking of which, do you still have that note that I brought you? 714 00:44:26,031 --> 00:44:28,397 I want it for my office. 715 00:44:28,431 --> 00:44:30,364 You really are a pack rat. 716 00:44:34,864 --> 00:44:37,431 You could've just told me what this was for. 717 00:44:37,464 --> 00:44:39,997 Mmm, no. You're a terrible liar. 718 00:44:40,031 --> 00:44:42,464 Normal people think that's a good thing. 719 00:44:42,497 --> 00:44:44,731 Are you saying I'm not normal? 720 00:44:44,764 --> 00:44:48,564 Good night. Go home. 721 00:44:48,597 --> 00:44:51,231 ♪ Could be the one you need ♪ 722 00:44:51,264 --> 00:44:54,297 ♪ If you'd only ♪ 723 00:44:54,331 --> 00:44:56,431 Hey. Uh, D. N. C. Chairman's on the phone. 724 00:44:56,464 --> 00:44:58,797 ‐ What are we gonna say about the congressman? ‐ Nothing. 725 00:44:58,831 --> 00:45:03,931 So we're just gonna let him throw away his career? We're basically gonna lie? 726 00:45:03,964 --> 00:45:05,664 Not basically. 727 00:45:07,797 --> 00:45:10,131 So you lie to your partner about her husband, 728 00:45:10,164 --> 00:45:12,297 and you lie to the people who hired us. 729 00:45:12,331 --> 00:45:14,297 What am I supposed to believe about you? 730 00:45:14,331 --> 00:45:17,864 You can believe whatever you want. It's what everyone else does. 731 00:45:19,697 --> 00:45:23,631 [ Man ] I'm glad we're spending the holidays with your family. 732 00:45:23,664 --> 00:45:26,597 Your folks are great. 733 00:45:26,631 --> 00:45:31,264 ♪ Just look 'em in the eye It's easier to lie ♪ 734 00:45:31,297 --> 00:45:35,931 I'm saying I didn't even want this promotion. I feel terrible they fired him. 735 00:45:39,097 --> 00:45:41,331 I love you. I'm gonna leave my wife. 736 00:45:41,364 --> 00:45:43,497 I just need a little more time. 737 00:45:46,764 --> 00:45:50,331 ♪ To bear the weight ♪ 738 00:45:50,364 --> 00:45:53,397 ♪ And push into the sky ♪ 739 00:45:53,431 --> 00:45:58,264 ♪ It's easier to lie ♪ 740 00:45:58,297 --> 00:46:00,331 Excuse me.