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JULIE FOUND HER SISTER'S DIARY TODAY.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE THINGS THAT WERE IN IT.

YOU SHOULD SEE THIS. HER EXPERIENCE... WITH SEX AND DRUGS.

THESE APPEAR TO BE MEN OF SOME SOCIAL PROMINENCE.

EITHER OF YOU NOTICE THE ONLY TWO GUYS MENTIONED WITH WHOM YOUNG JESSICA DIDN'T HAVE SEX?

RICHARD CROSS. AND GRAHAM LESTER.

I PUT UP THE MILLION FOR NEIL'S BOND. MY PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON IT NOW.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S NICE, RICHARD? THE INTEREST THAT YOU TAKE IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

FRANCESCA, YOU HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE HURT AND UPSET.

WOULD YOU GIVE RICHARD A MESSAGE FOR ME?

OF COURSE.

TELL HIM THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

YOUR CLIENT NEIL AVEDON, HE'S POUNDING ON MY DOOR AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING LAST NIGHT.

THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER,

NEIL AVEDON STRANGLING ME.

STOP.

A HUNDRED THOUSAND PUTS THIS IN YOUR PRIVATE COLLECTION.

TWELVE HOURS. THEN IT GOES ON THE BLOCK.

CHARGED WITH THE SLAYING IS FILM STAR NEIL AVEDON.

MELISSA GRIOTTE IS HERE, PUNCTUAL TO THE SECOND.

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR MONEY USUALLY ARE.

- HMM. - SUSPICION HE KILLED JESSICA COSTELLO.

JOINING ME NOW...

DO WE HAVE A DEAL, MR. HOFFMAN?

NO. IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF MY CLIENT.

SO, THEN THE TAPE GOES TO THE TABLOIDS.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH DEADLINE AMERICA.

YOU'LL DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

I WILL SELL IT.

AND I'M SURE YOU'LL DONATE THE MONEY TO MOTHER TERESA.

DON'T YOU WANT NEIL TO HAVE THE BEST DEFENSE MONEY CAN BUY?

HE'S ALREADY GOT THAT.

GIVE THIS COPY TO NEIL.

A SOUVENIR FROM MY COLLECTION.

IS TODAY THURSDAY?

YES.

DO YOU INTEND TO ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS TRUTHFULLY?

YES.

DID YOU KILL JESSICA COSTELLO?

NO.

DID YOU EVER HAVE SEX WITH JESSICA COSTELLO?

YES.

DID YOU ENTER THE APARTMENT JESSICA SHARED WITH HER SISTER...

ON THE NIGHT OF JESSICA'S MURDER?

EARLY. AND I LEFT WHILE SHE WAS STILL ALIVE.

I NEED A YES OR NO RESPONSE.

DID YOU ENTER THE APARTMENT JESSICA SHARED WITH HER SISTER...

ON THE NIGHT OF JESSICA'S MURDER?

YES.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A MELISSA GRIOTTE?

YEAH.

DID YOU EVER HEIGHTEN THE EXPERIENCE BY CHOKING HER?

WHAT THE HELL DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?

ANSWER THE QUESTION, NEIL.

DID YOU EVER HEIGHTEN THE SEXUAL EXPERIENCE BY CHOKING MELISSA GRIOTTE?

NO.

IS YOUR BIRTH NAME JAMES NEIL RENNICK?

YES.

DID YOU COME HERE TODAY BY CAR?

YES.

DID YOU MURDER JESSICA COSTELLO?

ON MY MOTHER'S LIFE,

NO.

MAY I GET YOU SOMETHING TO DRINK?

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS GOING ON HERE, TEDDY?

THANK YOU, LOUIS.

I SHOW UP AT THE POLO LOUNGE LAST NIGHT,

AND THIS GUY BLALOCK STARTS IN ON ME ABOUT SOME DIARY...

AND WHAT IS MY CONNECTION TO THIS DEAD GIRL?

AT THE POLO LOUNGE!

HE SAID YOU REFUSED TO COOPERATE, GOT UP AND LEFT.

IS THERE A DIARY? THERE IS A DIARY.

W-WELL, THEN I WOULD EXPECT THE COURTESY...

OF NOT HEARING THAT IN A PUBLIC PLACE...

AND FROM SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOU PERSONALLY.

AM I IN IT?

YOU'RE IN IT, GARY.

I... I SWEAR TO GOD, TEDDY. I NEVER SCREWED THIS GIRL.

DAVE BLALOCK'S HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION.

TELL HIM THE TRUTH. I'M TELLING YOU.

OKAY, I BANGED HER ONCE.

JESSICA AND I PARTIED TOGETHER...

ONE NIGHT LAST YEAR AT THE FILM FESTIVAL UP IN PARK CITY.

SHE CAME UP WITH HER SISTER JULIE, STAYED AT RICHARD CROSS'S PLACE.

IT WAS A DUMB THING TO DO. I KNOW. BUT IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, AND IT WAS OUT OF TOWN.

AND I CERTAINLY HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS ONLY 15.

DAVE'S ALSO GONNA NEED THE NAMES OF ANYBODY ELSE YOU MIGHT HAVE SET HER UP WITH.

OH, I MADE SOME CALLS ON HER BEHALF.

YOU KNOW, TO HELP HER OUT WITH HER CAREER... SOME PRODUCERS.

GIVE DAVE THE NAMES.

TED,

I CAN'T START BETRAYING CONFIDENCES.

I... I AM JAMMED AT HOME ALREADY. DON'T LOUSE UP MY CAREER.

NO ONE'S LOOKING TO HURT YOUR MARRIAGE OR YOUR CAREER.

DAVE WON'T ABUSE THE INFORMATION.

TED, THESE ARE POWERFUL MEN.

AND I GOT A KID ON TRIAL FOR MURDER, GARY.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

NO ONE'S LOOKING TO HURT YOU.

GOOD.

I... I APOLOGIZE FOR BECOMING FEARFUL...

WHEN I REALIZE IT'S IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST FOR ME TO COOPERATE.

EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT, GARY.

GIVE ME A HUG.

WHAT DO WE GOT?

A DRAFT ORDER TO PUT NEIL AVEDON IN A NEW REHAB FACILITY.

IT'S GONNA RUIN DR. LESTER'S DAY.

THAT'S LOW ON MY WORRY LIST. WHAT ELSE?

WITH REFERENCE TO ANY PROSPECTIVE USE OF JESSICA'S DIARY,

I'VE DRAFTED A MOTION TO SEAL.

AND SYDNEY...

DID A VERY NICE MEMO ON SUBMITTING A REDACTED VERSION.

GOOD WORK. ARNOLD'S TOUGH TO PLEASE.

WE MAY WANT AN IN-CAMERA CONFERENCE TO SELL OUR CASE TO THE JUDGE.

- GOT IT. - WILL WE WANT TO GO BACK TO JUDGE HARRIGAN?

HE SETS BAIL AT 10 MILLION. THAT'S NOT EXACTLY BLOWING OUR CLIENT A KISS. KEEP SHOPPING.

NEIL'S BEEN CALLING EVERY HALF HOUR ABOUT HIS POLYGRAPH RESULTS.

I SHOULD BE BACK FROM COURT AROUND 5:00. GET HIM IN THEN.

- HOW'S IT GOING WITH YOUR GUY? - VELACEK?

BOARD OF RIGHTS TOOK AWAY HIS BADGE NOW THAT THE D.A. WANTS HIM BEHIND BARS.

MAYBE HE NEEDS TO BE ON THE SIDELINES FOR A WHILE.

MY CASE, PEOPLE.

THE DEEPEST BETRAYAL IS COMMITTED BY THOSE WE TRUST TO PROTECT US...

WHEN THEY ARE THE VERY ONES WHO DO US HARM.

THE PEOPLE WILL SHOW THAT THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED GRIEVOUS CRIMES...

IN AND OF THEMSELVES REPREHENSIBLE,

BUT COMPOUNDED BECAUSE THEY WERE COMMITTED UNDER THE COLOR OF AUTHORITY.

TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE.

NOT TO ASSAULT. NOT TO BRUTALIZE.

NOT TO ACT AS VIGILANTE, NO MATTER WHAT THE IMAGINED...

PROVOCATION.

BETRAYAL.

IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL,

THE SENSE OF BETRAYAL DETECTIVE RAY VELACEK MUST BE FEELING...

AS HE SITS BEFORE THIS COURT...

ACCUSED OF ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.

ACCUSED BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO WHOSE RESIDENCE...

HE HAD BEEN DISPATCHED FIVE TIMES...

BECAUSE THE MAN WHO IS NOW MR. VELACEK'S ACCUSER...

WAS BEATING UP HIS WIFE.

AND ON THE SIXTH OCCASION,

WHEN DETECTIVE VELACEK ANSWERS AN EMERGENCY CALL...

AND ATTEMPTS TO HALT ANOTHER BEATING OF A DEFENSELESS WOMAN,

HE'S PROSECUTED FOR DOING SO.

BETRAYAL?

YES. BY A SYSTEM THAT HE HAS FOUGHT TO PROTECT FOR 19 YEARS.

ALL BECAUSE DONALD BALLARD,

A MAN UNDER COURT ORDER TO STAY AWAY FROM HIS WIFE...

A MAN WHO IGNORED THAT ORDER...

A VIOLENT MAN... LIED ABOUT DETECTIVE RAY VELACEK.

LISTEN CAREFULLY AS WE PROCEED, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

BECAUSE THE ONLY CREDIBLE EVIDENCE YOU WILL HEAR...

INDICATES THAT DETECTIVE RAY VELACEK DID WHAT WAS NECESSARY...

TO PROTECT A CITIZEN IN NEED.

AT THE VERY LEAST,

THAT EVIDENCE WILL RAISE REASONABLE DOUBT...

THAT ANY CRIMINAL ACT WAS COMMITTED.

THEREFORE YOU SHOULD FIND DETECTIVE RAY VELACEK INNOCENT.

MS. GILLESPIE'S OUT OF THE OFFICE. CAN I TAKE A MESSAGE?

YES, I'LL PUT YOU THROUGH.

HOW'S IT GOING, LILA? GOOD, MR. HOFFMAN.

SO, TEDDY, DID I PASS THE TEST?

LET'S GO INTO MY OFFICE. TELL CHRIS TO JOIN US.

HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES. PLEASE HOLD.

GUYS. GUYS, AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?

WHEN YOUR CLIENT PASSES A LIE DETECTOR TEST,

YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSION SHOULD BE... HAPPINESS.

THERE'S SOME AMBIGUITY IN THE RESULTS, NEIL.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WHAT IT MEANS IS YOU STATED YOU DIDN'T ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ACTS,

AND THE POLYGRAPH BELIEVED YOU.

- AND? - AND THE FACT IS YOU DID ENGAGE IN THOSE ACTS.

OH, REALLY? WHICH ACTS MIGHT THAT BE?

YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T CHOKE MELISSA GRIOTTE DURING SEX.

I DIDN'T.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S OKAY, MELISSA.

IT'S OKAY.

NO, NEIL. DON'T.

SHH. IT'S OKAY. DON'T. STOP.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

THAT'S NOT YOUR STAND-IN. OH, YES.

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS THING?

MELISSA OFFERED IT TO US FOR A HUNDRED GRAND.

OH. OH.

WERE YOU DRINKING WHEN YOU WERE WITH MELISSA, NEIL?

A LITTLE. HOW MUCH?

I DON'T KNOW. A FEW J&B's. MAYBE A TEQUILA OR TWO.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE YOU COULD HAVE BLACKED OUT.

- NO. - WHY NOT?

BECAUSE I DIDN'T. I DON'T HAVE BLACKOUTS.

YOU DON'T REMEMBER THIS.

I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, HOW COULD I FORGET SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

HOW MUCH DID YOU DRINK THE NIGHT JESSICA COSTELLO WAS MURDERED?

I DON'T KNOW. I REMEMBER STARTING.

BUT I DON'T REMEMBER STOPPING.

GOD HELP ME. I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT.

TEDDY,

IS IT POSSIBLE I COULD HAVE KILLED THAT GIRL?

LIEUTENANT, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DETECTIVE VELACEK'S SUPERVISOR?

FIVE YEARS. TELL ME, DETECTIVES CARRY PEPPER SPRAY, DON'T THEY?

YES. AND YET DETECTIVE VELACEK SKIPPED RIGHT TO HIS BATON.

ISN'T THAT CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT "SKIPPED."

I'M SURE HE THOUGHT IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF FORCE.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT A ROCK-HARD NIGHTSTICK IS PREFERABLE TO AN AEROSOL SPRAY?

I'M SAYING THAT STUFF DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

ARE YOUR DETECTIVES TRAINED TO CRUSH SKULLS IF THEY THINK PEPPER SPRAY MAY NOT WORK?

WHEN YOU'RE UP AGAINST SOMEONE WHO LOSES IT, THEY'RE OBSESSED, OUT OF CONTROL.

- THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT. - SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOTTA END IT WHILE YOU'RE IN ONE PIECE.

THAT WILL BE ALL, DETECTIVE.

HAS DETECTIVE VELACEK RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS...

FOR USING EXCESSIVE FORCE ON CITIZENS?

OBJECTION. RELEVANCE?

OVERRULED. NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE'S RECEIVED MAJOR COMMENDATIONS FOR HIS SERVICE, RIGHT?

YES. YOUR HONOR,

I WANT A RUNNING OBJECTION TO THIS ENTIRE LINE OF QUESTIONING.

I'LL ALLOW IT. KEEP RUNNING, MR. IANUCCI.

SO, HOW MANY TIMES HAS DETECTIVE VELACEK...

RECEIVED COMMENDATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING POLICE WORK?

THIRTEEN TIMES.

LIEUTENANT, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE,

IS PEPPER SPRAY ALWAYS EFFECTIVE IN SUBDUING SUSPECTS?

NO.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT.

YOUR DEPARTMENT'S STATISTICS SHOW THAT PEPPER SPRAY IS EFFECTIVE 86% OF THE TIME.

- IS THAT CORRECT? - YES.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

HUNGRY? NO, I DON'T THINK I CAN KEEP ANYTHING DOWN RIGHT NOW.

NOTICE HOW THE JURY DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT ME?

DON'T STUDY THE TEA LEAVES, RAY. DIAMOND HELD HIS OWN.

HE WAS STRONG AND SINCERE. A GOOD WITNESS.

SCRAMBLED EGGS. HUH?

AT LUCIA'S ACROSS THE STREET. HAVE THE SCRAMBLED EGGS.

THEY GO DOWN EASY WHEN YOUR GUTS ARE JUMPING.

TRUST ME. I'VE HAD THE NEED BEFORE. THANKS.

GENTLEMEN. I'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 2:00.

NOT THE BUOYANT GAIT OF AN INNOCENT MAN.

I'LL GET HIM SOME NEW SHOES. LET ME WALK YOU TO YOUR CAR.

VELACEK'S A BAD COP, TED.

HE'LL BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE TIME INSIDE.

THE BOARD OF RIGHTS RELIEVED HIM OF HIS JOB,

HIS PENSION, HIS HONORS.

HE DOESN'T NEED ANY MORE BENEFITS.

LISTEN, EVEN IF YOU ROLL THE DICE AND HE SLIDES OUT FROM UNDER THE CRIMINAL CHARGES,

IT STILL DOESN'T GET HIM HIS JOB BACK.

WHY RISK SENDING HIM AWAY FOR A LONG TIME...

WHEN YOU AND I COULD WORK OUT SOMETHING SHORT AND SWEET?

THAT ALL, ROGER? I'M RUNNING LATE.

MIRIAM GRASSO AND I HAD A SCREENING OF A VIDEOTAPE THIS MORNING.

IF I WERE YOU, ROGER, I WOULDN'T GET TOO HOPEFUL ABOUT THAT TAPE.

IT COULD BITE YOU.

LOOK, I'M AWARE YOU AND MIRIAM... CHATTED ABOUT PLEADING THIS THING OUT.

NOW, I KNOW SHE CAN BE OBSTINATE,

LIKES TO DIG IN, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE FEELS SHE'S GOT A SLAM DUNK.

JUST UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN BRING AN ELEMENT OF PRAGMATISM...

CALL IT "THE BIG PICTURE"... TO THE DISCUSSION.

TAPE OR NO TAPE.

HOW LONG TILL THE ELECTION, ROGER?

WHAT I'M SAYING IS I CAN MINIMIZE THE BLOOD SPLATTERS ON BOTH OF US.

THERE'S A DEAL TO BE STRUCK HERE, TED.

NOT ONE THAT HELPS MY CLIENT.

DEADLINE AMERICA READY TO GO?

THEY'RE SETTING UP IN YOUR OFFICE, AND ARNOLD'S MEMO ON RESTRAINING ORDERS.

OKAY. I HAVE TO BE BACK IN COURT AS SOON AS THE INTERVIEW'S OVER.

- SYDNEY WILL DRIVE. YOU CAN REVIEW IN THE CAR. - TED, GIVE US A HUG.

WE'RE ALMOST READY. MY GUY'S JUST INSIDE GRABBING SOME ESTABLISHING SHOTS,

AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED.

WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE AVEDON TAPE OVER SIX NIGHTS.

WHAT A BEAST THAT BOY IS.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE PLEASED. AND MELISSA GRIOTTE, IS SHE PLEASED?

100 GRAND FROM THE DEADLINE AMERICA COFFERS?

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT SHE IS.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING US ON TO HER. I OWE YA.

OH, NOT AT ALL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.

IN ADDITION, WE BELIEVE THE TAPE IS SPURIOUS AT BEST...

AND MAY EVEN BE CRIMINALLY FRAUDULENT.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SO?

FIRST, AS YOU KNOW, CONNIE, VIDEOTAPE IS EASY TO MANIPULATE.

YOU'RE SAYING THE TAPE MAY HAVE BEEN DOCTORED?

IT'S POSSIBLE.

AND EVEN IF MR. AVEDON DID ENGAGE IN THE ACTS PORTRAYED,

HOW DO WE KNOW MS. GRIOTTE DIDN'T ENTICE HIM INTO THOSE ACTS?

FOR WHAT REASON?

SO SHE COULD SELL THE TAPE TO YOU.

SO YOU DON'T THINK A JURY WILL BELIEVE IT.

LOOK, I'LL GRANT THAT WHAT'S ON THIS TAPE IS NOT A PLEASANT VIEWING EXPERIENCE,

BUT PEOPLE WHO WATCH IT CAREFULLY WILL RECOGNIZE THAT AT A MINIMUM...

EVERYTHING WAS CONSENSUAL.

THANK YOU. ATTORNEY TED HOFFMAN.

- THAT'S IT, STAN. - THAT'S A CUT.

TED, I JUST NEED FIVE MINUTES IN HERE TO DO MY REVERSALS, AND WE ARE DONE.

I LOVE YOU.

A MOMENT?

WE JUST GOT SERVED NOTICE TO REVOKE NEIL'S BAIL...

BASED ON THE D.A.'s VIEWING OF THE TAPE.

HEARING'S TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

IT'S YOURS. I'M LOCKED IN ON VELACEK.

SYDNEY, HERE'S THE KEYS. I'LL GET IT DONE.

SEVENTEEN MINUTES TO GET TO COURT.

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS.

MR. BALLARD, DID YOU RESIST THE DEFENDANT...

WHEN HE INSTRUCTED YOU TO LEAVE THE HOUSE?

I DID NOT. AND WHEN YOU GOT OUTSIDE?

HE POKED ME HARD IN THE STOMACH,

AND I WENT DOWN TO MY KNEES.

THEN HE GRABBED ME BY THE HAIR AND SLAMMED ME DOWN ON THE DRIVEWAY.

AND THEN HE HIT ME WITH HIS STICK...

ACROSS MY SHOULDER AND MY FACE.

I COULD HEAR THE BONES BREAK.

I TRIED TO STOP HIM, BUT HE JUST KEPT SAYING,

"I'M TIRED OF COMING OVER TO THE HOUSE. I'M TIRED OF DEALING WITH YOU."

HE WANTS IT OVER PERMANENTLY.

"HERE'S THE LESSON YOU DESERVE, JERKWAD." THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

IT WAS MY LESSON.

HE BUSTED ME UP FOR A LESSON.

YOUR WITNESS.

MR. BALLARD, WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT YOUR WIFE'S HOUSE?

SHE CALLED ME TO COME OVER.

BUT AFTER THE POLICE HAD BEEN CALLED TO YOUR HOUSE FIVE TIMES,

A JUDGE ISSUED A RESTRAINING ORDER,

WHICH PROHIBITS YOU FROM GOING NEAR YOUR WIFE.

- ISN'T THAT SO? - MARCY CALLED ME UP.

SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO TALK...

AND WORK THINGS OUT.

SHE WAS SLURRING HER WORDS. I COULD TELL SHE WAS DRUNK.

WHICH IS WHEN SHE'S REALLY ABUSIVE.

I COULD HEAR STACY AND KIM SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND. YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY WERE SCARED.

ALL I WANTED WAS TO GET THEM AWAY...

SO THAT SHE COULDN'T HURT THEM.

- IS THAT A YES? - YES.

IF YOU HAD OBEYED THE LAW AND NOT VIOLATED THE RESTRAINING ORDER,

NOTHING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU, WOULD IT?

LIKE I SAID, I WAS INVITED.

IF YOU HAD OBEYED THE LAW AND NOT VIOLATED THE COURT ORDER,

NOTHING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

YOU KNEW YOU WERE BREAKING THE LAW WHEN YOU WENT TO MARCY'S HOUSE, DIDN'T YOU?

- YES, BUT I SAID... - NOTHING FURTHER, YOUR HONOR.

DID YOU LIFT A FINGER TO RESIST THE DEFENDANT?

NO, I DID NOT.

AND BY THE TIME HE WAS DONE WITH ME, I COULD NOT.

THE PEOPLE REST.

TWICE IN '85, TWICE IN '87 AND ONCE IN '88...

DETECTIVE VELACEK HAD TO STOP YOUR HUSBAND FROM BEATING YOU.

DIDN'T HE? YES.

- WHY DID HE BEAT YOU? - OBJECTION.

CALLS FOR SPECULATION.

OVERRULED.

BECAUSE OF THE WAY HIS DAY WENT AT WORK.

BECAUSE OF THE FOOD, THE KIDS' BEHAVIOR,

THEIR MESSY ROOMS, THE CABLE WENT OUT.

THERE WAS ALWAYS A REASON.

DID HE BEAT YOU IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN?

YES.

MY DAUGHTER STACY TOLD ME THAT SHE'S NEVER GETTING MARRIED...

BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANNA GET PUNCHED LIKE MOMMY.

SO YOU'D CHARACTERIZE YOUR HUSBAND AS A VIOLENT MAN, WOULDN'T YOU?

- YES, I WOULD. - AND SEVERAL TIMES,

DETECTIVE VELACEK WITNESSED THE RESULTS OF THIS VIOLENCE, DIDN'T HE?

YES.

ONCE HE TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN I NEEDED STITCHES.

HE KNEW THE SITUATION.

DID DETECTIVE VELACEK EVER SAY THAT HE WOULD "GET" YOUR HUSBAND FOR THE BEATINGS HE'D GIVEN YOU?

NO. NEVER.

THANK YOU.

ON THIS OCCASION YOU CALLED 911,

AND INSTEAD OF A UNIFORM, DETECTIVE VELACEK SHOWED UP.

IS THAT RIGHT? I GUESS HE WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THANK GOD HE GOT THERE FIRST.

YOU WERE A PARTICIPANT IN THE MATRIX HOUSE DEPENDENCY PROGRAM...

FROM 1992 TO 1994, WERE YOU NOT?

- YES. - AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING...

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL?

I HAD SOME PROBLEMS.

STILL DO, DON'T YOU?

IN FACT, YOU HAD A D.U.I. LAST MARCH?

YES.

AND IN HIS REPORT, THE ARRESTING OFFICER STATED THAT YOU SHOUTED AT YOUR CHILDREN.

- DID YOU DO THAT? - THEY WERE FRIGHTENED. THEY NEEDED TO BE CALMED DOWN.

BY YELLING AT THEM? YOUR HONOR,

I FAIL TO SEE THE RELEVANCE OF THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING.

MRS. BALLARD IS NOT ON TRIAL FOR BEATING HER HUSBAND.

IT GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR POSITION THAT DONALD BALLARD WENT TO HIS HOUSE...

BECAUSE HIS WIFE'S CONDITION MADE HIM FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS CHILDREN.

MY HUSBAND IS THE ONE WITH THE VIOLENCE PROBLEM... NOT ME.

I'M THE ONE WHO HAD TO GET A RESTRAINING ORDER.

I'LL ALLOW IT IN, COUNSEL.

DID YOU INVITE YOUR HUSBAND OVER AND TELL HIM HE COULD IGNORE THE ORDER?

NO. I DID NOT.

HE SAID THAT HE HAD A PRESENT FOR KIM,

AND HE SWORE THAT HE'D LEAVE RIGHT AWAY.

BUT BEFORE THAT COULD HAPPEN, DETECTIVE VELACEK WAS THERE TO BEAT HIM SENSELESS.

- ISN'T THAT CORRECT? - WHATEVER HE GOT,

HE DESERVED IT A HUNDRED TIMES OVER.

HEY. I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID IN THERE, MARCY. GONNA CELEBRATE?

STAY AWAY FROM ME. CUTTING MY NUTS OFF...

ALWAYS A GOOD EXCUSE FOR YOU TO GET LOADED. EXCUSE ME.

YOU POISON MY CHILDREN AGAINST ME, TRASH ME TO THE WORLD.

WHY DON'T YOU CALL THE STORE, GET MY ASS FIRED AND END IT?

WHY DON'T YOU JUST HIT ME RIGHT HERE, HUH? THERE ARE BETTER PLACES.

MR. BALLARD, YOU'RE NOT IN THE COURTROOM NOW.

THAT RESTRAINING ORDER'S STILL IN EFFECT. YOU'RE ABOUT 150 YARDS TOO CLOSE.

THIS IS ON YOU.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW IS INTIMIDATING A WITNESS, AND YOU VIOLATED A COURT ORDER.

BOTH CAN SEND YOU TO JAIL. AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR?

SOMEONE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON HER. SHE COULD GET HURT.

MRS. BALLARD... HER HUSBAND WENT BALLISTIC TODAY.

I'M CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY.

WHICH INVOLVES ME HOW?

GET THE COPS TO PUT A CAR NEAR HER HOUSE.

NOW THERE'S A WORTHWHILE EXPENDITURE OF TAX DOLLARS.

TEDDY, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. IF IT GETS OUT...

THAT WE'VE GOT A SQUAD CAR PROTECTING HER FROM HER HUSBAND,

THAT KIND OF UNDERCUTS OUR CASE, DOESN'T IT?

THIS WOMAN COULD BE IN DANGER, ROGER.

I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

BUT AS FAR AS VELACEK GOES, I CAN'T DEAL.

IT'S JUST NOT DOABLE. HURT THIS GUY, ROGER,

YOU'RE GONNA LOOK SOFT ON CRIME TO ALL THOSE CONSTITUENTS OUT IN THE VALLEY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, MAYBE THE GOOD VOTERS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE...

WHO THE REAL CRIMINAL IS.

VELACEK JUST CAN'T WALK AWAY ON SIMPLE PROBATION.

COMMUNITY SERVICE.

A SUBSTANTIAL FINE.

WHY NOT GET A HOLY SISTER TO WHACK HIM ON THE KNUCKLES WITH A RULER?

WORKED IN CATECHISM.

N.G., TEDDY. COPS BEATING UP ON CITIZENS.

IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SENTENCING, WE CAN ALL SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND WORK IT OUT.

I'LL ARGUE FOR COUNTY TIME. I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET HIM PLACED ON KEEP-AWAY STATUS.

BEST I CAN DO.

YES. RIGHT THIS WAY.

TEDDY.

HOW YOU BEEN? GOOD, TEDDY.

I THINK THE INSTITUTION'S HERE TO STAY.

DIVORCE. AH.

YOU KNOW, WHEN RODNEY KING SAID, "WHY CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG?"

I SENT HIM A NOTE... TOLD HIM TO MIND HIS OWN BUSINESS.

WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOOD, TEDDY?

WHAT'S THAT, MARVIN?

TELL THE WAITER...

THAT YOU WANT THE DUCK THE WAY MR. SIEGALSTEIN HAS IT.

I'M NOT REALLY A DUCK GUY.

AH. ANYWAY.

ANYWAY.

FRANCESCA CROSS, PRESENTLY SPOUSE OF RICHARD.

YOU'RE REPRESENTING HER?

YOU KNOW, I GOT A GREAT THERAPIST NOW, TEDDY.

HE SENSITIZED ME TO WHERE I IDENTIFY THE TONE OF SURPRISE,

I RECOGNIZE THE UNSPOKEN MESSAGE,

AND NONE OF THAT CRAP BOTHERS ME ANYMORE.

NOW YOU THINK I SHOULD RESTRICT MY PRACTICE TO CLIENTS WITH TIT JOBS...

AND EXPOSÉS IN THE ENQUIRER.

MRS. CROSS APPARENTLY DISAGREES.

MAYBE THAT'S HER POINT, TEDDY.

RUB RICHARD'S NOSE IN HIS BAD HABITS.

LET HIM KNOW WHAT SHE THINKS BY THE LAWYER SHE PICKS.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU, MARVIN?

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A WOMAN SCORNED...

LET ALONE A WOMAN SCORNED 15 TIMES IN PUBLIC.

FRANCESCA'S LOOKING TO RUN AROUND THE PRENUP, WANTS HER POUND OF FLESH.

IT'S THE INFORMATION AGE,

AND SHE'S GOT INFORMATION.

WHICH YOU'RE GUESSING RICHARD WOULD PREFER TO KEEP BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.

OH. VERY MUCH SO.

I'M NOT HIS LAWYER ANYMORE.

WELL,

ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT YOU STILL HAVE RICHARD'S EAR,

AND KNOWING AS I DO YOUR REPRESENTATION OF THAT BRIGHT TALENT, NEIL AVEDON,

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT FRANCESCA, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES,

MIGHT BE PREPARED TO DISCLOSE...

HABITS AND DISPOSITIONS OF RICHARD'S...

WHICH I AM CERTAIN IT WOULD DISMAY HIM TO HEAR BANDIED ABOUT...

AND COMMENTED ON IN THE PUBLIC FORA...

AND MIGHT CONCEIVABLY GET HIM JAMMED UP...

IN THAT BRANCH OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM WITH WHICH YOU ARE FAR MORE FAMILIAR THAN I.

IT IS IN THAT CONTEXT THAT MR. CROSS SHOULD BE MADE TO UNDERSTAND...

THAT $100 MILLION IS CHEAP.

AND HE CAN STICK THE PRENUP HE SHOVED DOWN HIS WIFE'S THROAT RIGHT BACK UP HIS ASS.

READY TO ORDER, GENTLEMEN?

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HAVING.

NO APPETIZER. AND MR. SIEGALSTEIN'S DUCK.

AH. THANK YOU.

EAT 'EM BOTH, MARVIN.

AND DOUBLE UP ON YOUR THERAPY.

THE PROBATIVE VALUE OF THE VIDEOTAPES IS DEVASTATING, YOUR HONOR.

PUTTING ASIDE THE FACT THAT THE ACTS SHOWN ARE GHOULISHLY SIMILAR...

TO THE MANNER IN WHICH JESSICA COSTELLO WAS MURDERED,

A MAN WHO CHOKES WOMEN SIMPLY CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO WALK AROUND FREE.

WHAT YOU SEE ISN'T ALWAYS WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE.

YOU MEAN THAT WASN'T NEIL AVEDON CHOKING THAT GIRL?

ASIDE FROM THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE TAPE BEING IN SERIOUS DOUBT, YOUR HONOR,

MR. AVEDON HAS TAKEN A POLYGRAPH WHICH SUBSTANTIATES HIS ASSERTION...

THAT HE NEVER CONSCIOUSLY CHOKED MISS GRIOTTE.

NOW COUNSEL REALLY HAS ME CONFUSED.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE MAN WAS UNCONSCIOUS WHO WAS DOING ALL THAT THROTTLING?

YOUR HONOR, MR. AVEDON'S EXCESSIVE DRINKING...

CLOUDED HIS MEMORY CONCERNING WHAT THE TAPE DEPICTS.

A DRUNKEN BLACKOUT IS THE REASON HE DOESN'T RECALL THAT NIGHT...

AND THE REASON HE WAS ABLE TO PASS THE POLYGRAPH.

HE WAS NOT CONSCIOUS OF HIS ACTIONS.

SO WHAT? IF HE CONCEDES THAT HE CHOKED THE GIRL, THEN HE NEEDS TO GO BACK INSIDE.

NO. HE NEEDS TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE HE CAN BE PROPERLY EXAMINED...

AND TREATED FOR HIS ALCOHOL ABUSE PROBLEM.

AS THE COURT IS AWARE, YOUR HONOR,

MR. AVEDON IS ALREADY IN A REHAB FACILITY IN SANTA MONICA.

DR. LESTER'S FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES...

TO MEET MR. AVEDON'S PRESENT NEEDS.

ASIDE FROM HAVING NO LOCKDOWN, INSUFFICIENT STAFF AND MEDICAL RESOURCES,

IT CANNOT PROVIDE THE BATTERY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING...

WHICH WE BELIEVE IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

THEN LET HIM BE TESTED IN CUSTODY.

NO PRISON HOSPITAL CAN PROVIDE THE ENVIRONMENT NECESSARY...

TO TREAT MR. AVEDON AND TO EVALUATE HIM PROPERLY.

HE CAN ONLY GET THAT AT THE HILTZ CLINIC.

HE COULD GET THAT AT MASS GENERAL.

HE COULD PROBABLY GET SOME NICE AUSTRIAN PSYCHIATRIST...

TO PROBE HIS DELICATE PSYCHE ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.

BUT BAIL IS NOT SOLELY DESIGNED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE DEFENDANT.

AGREED. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF BAIL, HOWEVER, ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE PUNITIVE.

IF THE PROSECUTION IS INTERESTED IN FINDING THE TRUTH,

HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON BOND.

MR. AVEDON IS ASKING THAT YOU HELP HIM LEARN MORE ABOUT HIMSELF...

SO THAT HE CAN BETTER PREPARE HIS DEFENSE.

HE KNOWS HE DID NOT KILL ANYONE.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA DENY THE PEOPLE'S MOTION FOR REVOCATION OF BAIL.

- YOUR HONOR... - THANK YOU.

AND I'M ALSO GONNA ORDER THE CHANGE OF FACILITY.

- WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL, YOUR HONOR. - UH, DON'T THANK ME YET.

THERE WILL BE A FULL REPORT TO THIS COURT FROM THAT FACILITY...

EACH WEEK DURING YOUR STAY, MR. AVEDON.

UPON COMPLETION OF YOUR TREATMENT, THEN I WILL REVISIT THE ISSUE OF BAIL.

TRIP UP ONCE, YOU'LL BE MARCHED THROUGH THAT DOOR, AND YOU WILL NOT COME OUT. UNDERSTAND?

YES, SIR.

UH, COURT IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

LET ME HAVE HIM, TEDDY. I COULD MAKE A HELL OF A PROSECUTOR OUT OF HIM.

TOODLES.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU, DETECTIVE? I DON'T NEED ANY HELP, COUNSELOR.

THIS IS PURELY SOCIAL.

PERSONAL GREETINGS TO LOVER BOY HERE.

THEY'RE MUCH APPRECIATED. NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE US.

YOU'RE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STRANGLER. RIGHT, NEIL?

HUH? SWANS, WOMEN. NO DIFFERENCE TO YOU?

- AS LONG AS IT'S GOT A NECK, YOU'LL WRING IT? - FORGET IT, NEIL.

DETECTIVE POLSON'S A BAD LOSER.

I HAVEN'T LOST A THING, COUNSELOR.

HEY, I'M THRILLED HE'S OUT IN THE WORLD.

SOMEONE AS STUPID AS HIM... HE'S A TIME BOMB JUST WAITING TO GO OFF.

THAT'S ENOUGH, DETECTIVE. AND WHEN HE BLOWS,

I'LL BE THERE TO PICK UP THE PIECES.

STAY AWAY FROM HIM, POLSON, OR WE GO BACK INTO COURT RIGHT NOW AND GET YOU SANCTIONED.

TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK.

FRANCESCA, THANKS FOR COMING IN.

SHOULDN'T I BE THANKING YOU?

MARVIN SAID THAT YOU AND HE'D HAD LUNCH.

YES, WE DID. MM-HMM.

DON'T USE THIS GUY, FRANCESCA. TEDDY, DON'T.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE DISSUADED FROM GETTING THIS DIVORCE.

MARVIN IS WHAT I REQUIRE TO GET IT DONE.

CAN YOU HEAR HIM ABOVE HIS GREEN SUITS, TEDDY?

HE HAS A BRILLIANT MIND.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO USE HIM?

I WANT TO USE HIM BECAUSE HE CAN DEAL WITH RICHARD.

HE KNOWS THOSE RULES.

THEY'RE RICHARD'S RULES.

EVIDENTLY.

NOT THAT I'VE ALWAYS REALIZED THAT.

AND YOU'RE SURE NOW THAT THAT'S HOW RICHARD PLAYS?

HOW CAN YOU OF ALL PEOPLE ASK ME THAT QUESTION?

FRANCESCA, I'M NOT HERE AS RICHARD'S ADVOCATE.

VILLAGE GOSSIP NOTWITHSTANDING. YES, GOSSIP NOTWITHSTANDING.

THERE ARE LEGITIMATE WAYS TO ATTACK A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT.

LEGITIMATE WAYS TO DISSOLVE YOUR MARRIAGE...

WITH THE ASSURANCE OF FINANCIAL SECURITY.

IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT BLACKMAILING RICHARD.

IS THAT WHAT MARVIN IS PROPOSING?

IT IS.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

WHEN YOU HIRE A MAN LIKE THAT YOU GET THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

FRANCESCA, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME.

AND BECAUSE I FEEL I'M YOUR FRIEND,

I'M SAYING FINE, MAKE RICHARD PAY.

BUT DON'T DESTROY YOURSELF IN THE PROCESS.

SIEGALSTEIN...

HE'LL TURN YOU INTO... A CIRCUS ACT.

TURN ME INTO ONE? THAT'S WHAT I AM.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU ARE. RIGHT.

AND HE'S NOT WHAT YOU DESERVE.

AND DON'T YOU HIRE HIM BECAUSE YOU FEEL THAT WAY.

WHO WOULD YOU USE?

I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST WITH 20 NAMES.

HONORABLE PEOPLE.

WITHIN LIMITS.

HONORABLE WITHOUT LIMITS...

THAT'S A SHORTER LIST.

YOU'RE ON IT.

GRAHAM LESTER WAITS IN RECEPTION. SHALL I SHEPHERD HIM IN?

NO. AND SHOW FRANCESCA OUT THE SIDE CORRIDOR.

THANK YOU.

I'LL TELL YOUR DRIVER WE'RE ON THE WAY DOWN. RIGHT THIS WAY.

LAW OFFICES.

NO. MISS APPLETON IS OUT OF THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW.

YOUR COLLEAGUE LIBELED MY CARE FACILITY IN THAT COURTROOM TODAY.

PURSUE YOUR LEGAL REMEDIES.

WHY DO YOU INSIST ON HAVING AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP, MR. HOFFMAN?

WE HAVE A CONFLUENCE OF INTEREST HERE.

THAT BEING? THAT BEING NEIL AVEDON'S WELFARE... OBVIOUSLY.

YOU'RE AWARE I'M STILL GOING TO BE GIVING NEIL CARE, EVEN AT THE NEW FACILITY.

I'LL DO WHAT I CAN TO MINIMIZE YOUR ACCESS. WHY?

WHY CAN'T WE WORK TOGETHER? WHY CAN'T WE COOPERATE?

EVEN AT THIS LATE DATE, TRY AND WORK OUT A COOPERATIVE APPROACH.

YOU KEEP ME ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR THERAPEUTIC REGIMEN,

I APPRISE YOU OF MY LEGAL STRATEGY,

AND RICHARD CROSS IS PRIVY TO EVERY MOVE I MAKE.

ISN'T THIS CONVERSATION BETTER SUITED TO YOUR OFFICE?

WHAT'S HE GOT ON YOU?

MEETING ME OUT HERE, TALKING TO ME IN THIS TONE.

YOUR DISRESPECT FOR ME DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

THERE'D BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH BOTH OF US IF IT DID.

DON'T FIGHT ME FOR NEIL'S SOUL, HOFFMAN.

YOU CAN'T WIN.

DONALD BALLARD RAN HIS WIFE OVER WITH HIS CAR.

THE WIFE DIED AN HOUR AGO. BALLARD'S STILL AT LARGE.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING YOURSELF A NEW DEFENDANT.

NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OLD ONE.

PAUL. WHAT BALLARD DID DOES NOT EXONERATE VELACEK.

YOUR SO-CALLED VICTIM DID JUST WHAT MY CLIENT WAS AFRAID HE'D DO.

PERHAPS NOT. BUT IN LIGHT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED,

I DON'T THINK THIS CASE SHOULD EVER GET TO THE JURY.

IF WE DROP THIS, WE'D BE DOING NOTHING LESS...

THAN COUNTENANCING COPS BEATING UP ON CITIZENS.

RELAX, PAUL.

GIVEN THE GIVENS, I AGREE WITH JUDGE NOYCE.

THIS CASE SHOULD BE DISMISSED.

ARE WE DONE HERE?

I NEED A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME.

IN PRIVATE.

WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DISCUSS, TEDDY?

I'VE CALLED OFF MY DOG. IT'S OVER.

NO, IT ISN'T.

I ASKED YOU TO GIVE HER PROTECTION. YOU DIDN'T, AND IT GOT HER KILLED.

THAT'S A BIT SIMPLISTIC, ISN'T IT?

IT'S THE WAY THE PRESS LIKES THEIR BITES...

SIMPLE, EASY TO COMPREHEND.

YOU HAVE A BOTTOM LINE, I ASSUME.

I WANT RAY VELACEK BACK ON THE JOB...

WITH FULL PAY AND BENEFITS.

YOU REALLY AMAZE ME. YOU KNOW THAT?

ALL THIS SWEAT AND HEAVY BREATHING OVER VELACEK. AND FOR WHAT?

BECAUSE HE'S DAVE BLALOCK'S FIRST PARTNER?

WE GONNA DEAL OR NOT?

YOU KNOW THE SITUATION.

D.A.'s OFFICE HAS NO LEVERAGE OVER A BOARD OF RIGHTS.

THEN GET SOME.

LEAN ON WHOEVER YOU GOTTA LEAN ON, BUT GET IT DONE.

THINGS SHOULD BE READY IN A MINUTE OR TWO.

YOU ALMOST DONE?

HERE. TAKE IT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A ROLEX KIND OF PLACE.

THE STAFF'S BEEN TOLD TO LOOK OUT FOR PEOPLE HASSLING YOU.

AH, I CAN HANDLE OTHER PEOPLE.

IT'S ME I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.

THE STAFF'S GONNA ALSO HELP YOU WITH THAT.

I'VE ALWAYS HAD HELP.

YOU KNOW THAT, CHRIS?

TRAINER, DIALOGUE COACH,

FRIENDS.

AT LEAST THE FRIENDS ON MY PAYROLL.

THE PEOPLE HERE ARE GONNA KICK YOUR BUTT TO GET YOU STRAIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE IT,

BUT WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE, YOU'RE GONNA BE CLEAN AND SOBER.

MAYBE FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE.

YEAH.

AND WHAT IF I FIND OUT WHO I AM...

IS THE GUY THAT KILLED JESSICA COSTELLO?

WE'RE READY, MR. AVEDON.

YOU'LL BE OKAY.

YEAH.

WHAT'D THEY SAY?

THEY'LL REINSTATE YOU,

BUT ONLY IF YOU AGREE TO RETIRE.

PENSION, BENEFITS?

THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

THEY CAUGHT HIM. YOU KNOW... BALLARD.

OUT IN LANCASTER. HE'S ALREADY LAWYERED UP.

PROBABLY WALK AWAY JUST LIKE THE OTHER TIMES.

LET IT GO, RAY.

BEING A COP, IT'S A HABIT.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE LIFE, YOU THINK...

THAT'S THE ONLY AIR THERE IS TO BREATHE.

IT'S A HABIT YOU CAN BREAK.

DAVIE DID IT.

MIGHT TAKE ME A WHILE TO PAY YOU WHAT I OWE.

WE CAN MAKE THE RENT.

RICHARD CROSS.

- ON THE PHONE? - IN THE FLESH.

I'LL SEE HIM.

GO HOME, LOUIS.

MR. CROSS.

THANK YOU. MM-HMM.

LONG NIGHT, HUH, TEDDY?

I GUESS YOU'RE ONLY ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH YOURS.

FRANCESCA AND I HAVE HAD OUR FIRST CIVIL DISCUSSION...

SINCE THIS WHOLE MESS STARTED, YOU KNOW.

SHE TOLD ME THAT YOU PERSUADED HER TO CHANGE ATTORNEYS...

IN OUR DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS.

I SUGGESTED IT.

HAS SHE DECIDED TO LET SIEGALSTEIN GO?

APPARENTLY SO.

SO, HOW'S NEIL HOLDING UP?

I SUSPECT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE CONDUITS FOR THAT INFORMATION.

AND I NEED TO SEE MY FAMILY.

ABOUT FRANCESCA, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

IT WILL ELEVATE THE LEVEL OF DISCOURSE.

I'M VERY FOND OF HER, RICHARD.

I THINK SHE HAS A GOOD SOUL.

AND I AM EVIL INCARNATE?

ARE YOU? I THINK YOU THINK I AM.

WHICH IS WHY I DON'T QUITE GRASP WHY YOU INTERCEDED ON MY BEHALF WITH FRANCESCA.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

NOTHING YOU'RE CAPABLE OF COMPREHENDING.

WHAT WOULD BE THE FEE TO ILLUMINATE ME?

THERE ARE SOME THINGS EVEN YOU CAN'T BUY.

OH, COME ON, TEDDY.

EVERYBODY HAS THEIR PRICE.

GOOD NIGHT, RICHARD.

I NEED ONE LAST SIGNATURE.

MM-HMM.