All language subtitles for Murder One S01E05 Chapter 5.DVD.HI.cc.en.20FOX

DID YOU MURDER
JESSICA COSTELLO?

ON MY MOTHER'S LIFE,
NO.

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

- [Coughing, Groaning]
- GOD HELP ME. I DON'T
REMEMBER ANY OF IT.

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

WHAT A BEAST THAT BOY IS.

I HAVE INFORMATION
RICHARD CROSS IS INNOCENT.

MR. CROSS HASN'T SAID
ANYONE WAS WITH HIM
AT THE CRIME SCENE.

I WAS WITH HIM LAST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN HE WENT
TO THAT GIRL'S APARTMENT.

WHAT'D THEY SAY?

THEY'LL REINSTATE YOU,
BUT ONLY IF YOU AGREE
TO RETIRE.

- BEING A COP, IT'S A HABIT.
- IT'S A HABIT YOU CAN BREAK.

ABOUT FRANCESCA,
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

IT WILL ELEVATE
THE LEVEL OF DISCOURSE.

- I THINK SHE HAS A GOOD SOUL.
- AND I AM EVIL INCARNATE?

ARE YOU?

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.

WHAT IF I FIND OUT
WHO I AM...

IS THE GUY THAT KILLED
JESSICA COSTELLO?

HERE IN LOS ANGELES,
THE PRELIMINARY HEARING...

IN THE GOLDILOCKS
MURDER CASE...

IS ABOUT
TO GET UNDERWAY.

CHARGED WITH THE SLAYING
IS FILM STAR NEIL AVEDON,

WHO WILL BE BOUND OVER
FOR TRIAL...

IF THE PROSECUTION
CAN DEMONSTRATE
A REASONABLE SUSPICION...

HE KILLED JESSICA COSTELLO.

JOINING ME NOW
IS LEGAL EXPERT DANA BENSON.

DANA, I UNDERSTAND THAT
THE JUDGE HAS TO RULE ON
A PROSECUTION MOTION...

BEFORE THE PRELIMINARY
HEARING CAN BEGIN.

THAT'S CORRECT, DEAN.

NEIL AVEDON HAS BEEN IN A DRUG
AND ALCOHOL REHAB FACILITY
FOR THE LAST 21 DAYS...

AS A CONDITION OF BAIL.

NOW THAT HE'S BEEN RELEASED,
THE PROSECUTION WILL WANT TO
TAKE ANOTHER SHOT,

IN FRONT
OF A DIFFERENT JUDGE,
AT REVOKING BAIL.

SOME OF OUR CALLERS
HAVE WONDERED WHY THIS CASE
IS CLICKING ALONG...

AT SUCH A FAST PACE.

IS THE STATE RUSHING
TO JUDGMENT HERE?

ACTUALLY, IT'S THE DEFENSE
THAT'S ACCELERATING THE PACE.

I HAVE TO SAY,
IF NEIL AVEDON WERE MY CLIENT,
I'D BE DOING THE SAME THING.

WHY?
HE'S BEEN THROUGH REHAB.
HE'S SOBER.

HE'S GOT A FLOURISHING
FILM CAREER.

THE QUICKER HIS ATTORNEY
CAN GET THIS HEARING OVER WITH
AND GO TO TRIAL, THE BETTER.

ALL RIGHT.
THANKS VERY MUCH, DANA.

JUDGE ALEXANDER
HAS BEGUN THE PROCEEDINGS.
LET'S JOIN THEM NOW IN PROGRESS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE
FROM THE REPORT SUBMITTED
TO THE COURT,

MR. AVEDON
HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
HIS REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

YOUR HONOR, JUST BECAUSE
THE DEFENDANT...

HAS BEEN AWARDED
A PLASTIC CHIP...

DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S NOT
A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY.

CUTTING THROUGH THE PEOPLE'S
SARCASM, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
THE REPORT MEANS, YOUR HONOR.

I DON'T AGREE.

AND, FRANKLY, WITH ALL
DUE RESPECT TO MY COLLEAGUE
JUDGE HARRIGAN,

IF IT HAD BEEN MY CALL,
MR. AVEDON WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
GRANTED BAIL IN THE FIRST PLACE.

- YOUR HONOR...
- I KNOW THAT WE LIVE
IN AN ENLIGHTENED AGE,

BUT JUST BECAUSE
YOUR CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGES
BEING A DOPE ADDICT...

DOESN'T MAKE HIM
A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY.

YOUR HONOR,
IF YOU REVOKE BAIL
AT THIS JUNCTURE,

THE NET EFFECT WILL BE
TO PUNISH MR. AVEDON
FOR GETTING SOBER.

COUNSEL, YOUR CLIENT
IS BEING CHARGED
WITH HOMICIDE.

I'M GETTING HIM OFF THE STREETS
AND INTO CUSTODY,
WHERE HE BELONGS.

BAIL IS HEREBY REVOKED.

COURT IS IN RECESS UNTIL 2:00.
BAILIFF, TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

I'M OKAY.
I'M NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT
WHAT I CAN'T CONTROL.

THAT-A-BOY.

BUT I DO NEED ONE FAVOR.

I WANT TO SEE
JULIE COSTELLO.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA,
NEIL.

TEDDY, I CAUSED HER
A LOT OF GRIEF, OKAY?

I GOTTA MAKE THAT AMEND.

EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO
WOULD CAUSE FURTHER INJURY.

ISN'T THAT
THE PART OF STEP NINE
YOU'RE LEAVING OUT?

HEY, CHRIS,
YOU'RE NOT MY SPONSOR.
YOU'RE NOT MY HIGHER POWER.

YOU'RE MY LAWYER.

YOU WANT TO TAKE JULIE
THROUGH A LAUNDRY LIST...

OF ALL THE BAD THINGS
YOU DID TO HER LITTLE SISTER,
SHORT OF KILLING HER.

NOW, WHO'S THAT FOR, NEIL?

RIGHT.

I'M ALSO SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE
TAKING PERSONAL INVENTORY...

AND WHEN I'M WRONG,
PROMPTLY ADMIT IT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.
THANK YOU.

[Bailiff]
LET'S GO, MR. AVEDON.

SOMEBODY SAY AMEN.

[Woman Laughing]

[Chattering]
LET'S GO, FOLKS.

FILED A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
ON SHABAZZ THIS MORNING.
SHOULD HEAR END OF THE WEEK.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LETTER
FROM AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING
PHILIP SNELLER.

THE AGENT?
THE VERY SAME.

HE'S THREATENING TO SUE
FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS,
INVASION OF PRIVACY,

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
IF DAVE BLALOCK KEEPS CALLING
HIM ABOUT JESSICA'S DIARY.

HE MUST REALLY NOT
WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY
HE'S MENTIONED IN THERE.

I'LL START HAVING DAVE CALL HIM
TWICE A DAY FROM NOW ON.

WE FILED A DISCOVERY REQUEST
FOR LAB ANALYSIS ON HAIR FOUND
AT THE HAVENHURST APARTMENTS,

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE D.A.'s
DRAGGING HER FEET.

WHICH MEANS SHE'S NOT
USING IT IN THE PRELIM,
BUT LET'S FLAG THAT.

OKAY?
THAT COULD BE SMOKE.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET BURNED.

JUSTINE, WHERE ARE WE
ON THE JONATHAN MILLER CASE?

WE WAIVED JURY, AND PROSECUTION
STIPPED TO A COURT TRIAL.
WE START TODAY.

ANY CHANCE OF A DEAL?

SO FAR THE DEPUTY D.A.
HASN'T BUDGED, BUT I'LL TAKE
ANOTHER RUN AT HIM.

GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT.
I KNOW THE FAMILY.

THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE
FOR THEM.

- PROSECUTION'S REALLY GOING
FOR HATE CRIME ENHANCEMENT?
- YEP.

AREN'T BOTH KIDS JEWISH?
YEP, BUT THEY HAVE A CASE.

CODEFENDANT TURNED
STATE'S EVIDENCE.

HE'LL CORROBORATE THE ATTACK
WAS ANTI-SEMITIC.

DID WE GET ANY HELP FROM
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION?

TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS
AND A PSYCHIATRIST
SAY HE'S COMPETENT.

PLUS HE CHECKS OUT MEDICALLY.

YOU WONDER HOW
THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENS.

KEEP ME IN THE LOOP
ON THIS, OKAY?

ANYTHING ELSE?
WE'RE OUTTA HERE.

LET'S FORGET
THE APPARENT ILLOGIC
OF A HATE CRIME...

BEING COMMITTED BY SOMEONE
OF THE SAME ETHNICITY.

MY KID DOESN'T HAVE ANY PRIORS.
AH, BUT LOOK AT
THE PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR.

PAINTS A SWASTIKA
ON THE FRAT HOUSE DOOR.
CHARGES ARE DROPPED.

THREATENING PHONE CALLS.
SENDS HATE MAIL.
IT'S GOTTA STOP HERE.

BATTERY.
NO WAY.

COME ON, MARK. LET US PLEAD
TO MISDEMEANOR BATTERY.

YOU GET YOUR CONVICTION,
HE GETS A YEAR IN COUNTY,
DOES SIX MONTHS...

AND GOES INTO COUNSELING
WHERE HE BELONGS.

HEAR ME, JUSTINE. I'M GOING
FOR THE FULL SHOT BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT MILLER DESERVES,

AND I THINK THE JUDGE
WILL AGREE.

ALL THESE ENHANCEMENTS DO
IS DOUBLE THE TIME HE'S GOING
TO SPEND IN PRISON,

WHERE HE'S NOT GONNA LEARN
A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT ABOUT
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.

WHY DOES THAT
MAKE NO SENSE TO ME?

MAYBE 'CAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE
MORE INSIGHT INTO THESE KINDS
OF HATE CRIMES THAN YOU DO.

OH, MARK, DON'T MAKE THIS
ABOUT YOU BEING BLACK.

HEY, ANYBODY EVER PUT A ROCK
THROUGH YOUR WINDOW
FOR BEING BLONDE?

SEE YOU IN COURT.
[Chuckling]

I WAS ON MY WAY BACK
FROM MY GIRLFRIEND'S DORM...

WHEN THIS CAR PULLED UP
IN FRONT OF THE FRAT HOUSE.

JONATHAN AND THIS OTHER GUY
GOT OUT AND CAME AFTER ME.

DID YOU DO OR SAY ANYTHING
TO PROVOKE THEM?

NOTHING.
JONATHAN STARTED
SHOUTING NAMES AT ME.

- THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
- THEY CHASED ME.

JONATHAN JUMPED ME FROM BEHIND
AND STARTED WHALING ON ME.

DID YOU SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES
IN THIS ATTACK?

YEAH, A BROKEN NOSE
AND A DISLOCATED SHOULDER.

[Mark] HOW DID YOU MEET
THE DEFENDANT INITIALLY?

HE RUSHED CHI THETA
THE YEAR BEFORE.

I WAS PRESIDENT
OF THE CHAPTER.

HE DIDN'T EXACTLY... FIT IN,

SO WE PASSED.

WHEN YOU SAY HE DIDN'T FIT IN,
CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC?

AT THE RUSH DANCE,
WE GOT COMPLAINTS FROM A FEW
OF OUR FEMALE GUESTS...

ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR.

HE GROPED THEM,
BASICALLY.
OBJECTION. HEARSAY.

SUSTAINED.

WHAT ABOUT
THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL
WHO ATTACKED YOU?

- EVER SEEN HIM BEFORE?
- NEVER.

WHEN THE DEFENDANT ATTACKED YOU,
DID HE GIVE YOU ANY EXPLANATION
FOR HIS ACTIONS?

HE SAID THAT I DESERVED
TO BE BEATEN...

UNTIL BLOOD
RAN OUT MY EARS...
BECAUSE I WAS A JEW.

[Chuckles]

- WERE THOSE HIS EXACT WORDS?
- HE USED THE WORD "KIKE."

WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME
HE EXPRESSED ANTI-SEMITIC
SENTIMENTS TO YOU?

NO, AFTER HE WAS TURNED DOWN,
HE STARTED CALLING ME,
LEAVING HATE MESSAGES.

I FINALLY HAD TO
CHANGE MY NUMBER.

DID HE LEAVE YOU ALONE
AFTER THAT?
NO.

HE STARTED SENDING ME
STUFF IN THE MAIL.

YOUR HONOR, I HAVE A LETTER HERE
WRITTEN BY THE DEFENDANT.

MAY I APPROACH
THE WITNESS?

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS LETTER,
MR. LIPSON?

THAT'S ONE OF THE LETTERS
HE SENT.

[Mark]
YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO ENTER
THIS AS PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT THREE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
THE LAST PARAGRAPH
OF THE LETTER, MR. LIPSON?

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
NO FOUNDATION.

COUNSEL KNOWS THE HANDWRITING
HAS BEEN AUTHENTICATED
AS THE DEFENDANT'S.

I'LL ADMIT IT,
SUBJECT TO STRIKE.

GO AHEAD.

"IZZI, IKEY, JAKIE, SAM.

"YOU'RE THE BOYS
THAT DON'T EAT HAM.

"MATZO AND GEFILTE FISH
ARE YOUR FAVORITE DINNER DISH.

"BUT THE WORLD WOULD BE
A BETTER PLACE...

"IF ADOLF'S CREW HAD FINISHED
THE JOB THEY STARTED.

GAI GEZUNTERHAIT.
JONATHAN MILLER."

GAI GEZUNTERHAIT IS YIDDISH
FOR "GO AND BE HEALTHY."

I GUESS HE WAS BEING IRONIC.

[Spectators Murmuring]

NOTHING FURTHER.

[Grasso] DR. MATHESON,
HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH
AN ESTIMATED TIME OF DEATH?

YES.
JESSICA COSTELLO DIED...

BETWEEN THE HOURS
OF 10:00 P.M. AND 3:00 A.M.
ON THE NIGHT IN QUESTION.

AND BASED UPON
YOUR AUTOPSY FINDINGS,

WOULD YOU PLEASE
TELL THE COURT WHAT WAS
THE MANNER OF THAT DEATH?

- HOMICIDE.
- AND THE MECHANISM AND CAUSE
OF THAT HOMICIDE?

[Matheson]
ASPHYXIATION DUE
TO STRANGULATION.

HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE
THAT ASPHYXIATION...

WASN'T CAUSED BY, SAY,
CHOKING ON A PIECE OF FOOD?

THIS WAS A VIOLENT
MANUAL STRANGULATION.

AS NOTED IN MY PROTOCOL,
THE HYOID BONE,

WHICH IS LOCATED
AT THE BASE OF THE TONGUE,
WAS FRACTURED.

YOU SAID "MANUALLY."
HOW CAN YOU BE SO CERTAIN?

THERE WERE OBVIOUS FINGER
AND THUMB MARKS ON THE NECK.

IN A LIGATURE STRANGULATION,
BRUISES LEFT BY A CORD
OR A STOCKING...

FORM A STRAIGHT LINE.

DOCTOR, OTHER THAN
YOUR TOXICOLOGICAL FINDINGS,

DID YOU FIND ANY OTHER
FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN THE BODY
OF JESSICA COSTELLO?

YES, A VAGINAL SWAB REVEALED
THE PRESENCE OF SEMEN.

[Grasso]
AND DID YOU TURN THAT SWAB
OVER TO S.I.D.?

YES.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

THAT'S ALL.
YOUR WITNESS.

YOU'RE AWARE THAT JESSICA
COSTELLO'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED
APPROXIMATELY 7:30 A.M.?

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.

CAN YOU STATE
THE PRECISE MOMENT
JESSICA COSTELLO DIED?

I CANNOT.

COULD ANY DOCTOR
OR FORENSIC SCIENTIST?
NO.

WHY IS THAT?

UNLESS IT IS WITNESSED, IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH THE
EXACT TIME OF SOMEONE'S DEATH.

THE BEST WE CAN DO IS GIVE
A REASONABLE ESTIMATE...

BASED ON ANALYSIS
OF THE POSTMORTEM CHANGES.

YOU'VE ESTABLISHED
MISS COSTELLO'S TIME OF DEATH
WITHIN A FIVE-HOUR WINDOW.

IS THAT CORRECT?
YES.

IN YOUR REPORT,
YOU STATED THAT THE ACT
OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE...

ALLUDED TO PREVIOUSLY
OCCURRED PRIOR TO
THE TIME OF DEATH.

- IS THAT CORRECT?
- THAT WAS MY FINDING, YES.

THEN IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT THE ACT OF INTERCOURSE
AND JESSICA'S DEATH...

COULD HAVE OCCURRED,
BY YOUR OWN ESTIMATION,
FIVE HOURS APART, RIGHT?

IT'S POSSIBLE.

SO IF I TOLD YOU HYPOTHETICALLY
THAT MR. AVEDON HAD SEX
WITH JESSICA AT 10:00 P.M...

AND SHE WAS MURDERED
AT 3:00 A.M.,

YOU COULDN'T DISPROVE THAT,
COULD YOU?

NO.

IF I TOLD YOU HYPOTHETICALLY
NEIL AVEDON WAS IN CHICAGO...

BY THE TIME JESSICA COSTELLO
MET HER DEATH,

YOU COULDN'T DISPROVE THAT
EITHER, COULD YOU?

- WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY...
- THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY
I'M PUTTING IT, DOCTOR.

NO, I COULDN'T.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

[Mark]
MR. McBRIDE, DID THE DEFENDANT
ASK YOU TO ACCOMPANY HIM...

TO THE CHI THETA HOUSE
IN WESTWOOD?

YEAH.
DID HE SAY WHY?

UH, JOHNNY SAID HE NEEDED
TO KICK THE CRAP OUT OF THIS KID
FOR BEING A JEW.

WOULD I COME ALONG
IN CASE HE NEEDED BACKUP
IF HIS BUDDIES SHOWED UP?

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU ARRIVED
AT THE FRATERNITY HOUSE?

WE SAT IN THE CAR DRINKING BEER
UNTIL THE GUY GOT THERE,

AND THEN, UH, JOHNNY WAS OUT
OF THE CAR LIKE A SHOT,
SWARMING HIM.

YOU ALSO PARTICIPATED
IN THE ASSAULT, DID YOU NOT?

YEAH, BUT THIS WAS JOHNNY'S
BEEF FOR SURE.

I HELD HIM DOWN
WHILE HE STOMPED HIM.

DID THE DEFENDANT SAY ANYTHING
TO STUART LIPSON...

AS HE KICKED AND BEAT HIM?

HE CALLED HIM A KIKE,

A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF
ALONG THE SAME LINES.

YOUR WITNESS.

YOU'VE RECEIVED IMMUNITY
FROM PROSECUTION FOR YOUR ROLE
IN THIS ATTACK...

IN EXCHANGE
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY,
ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

YEAH.
DID YOU MEET WITH MR. WASHINGTON
TO DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY HERE?

YEAH.

- HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU MEET
WITH MR. WASHINGTON?
- THREE OR FOUR TIMES.

- AND HE COACHED YOU
ON WHAT TO SAY, DIDN'T HE?
- NO.

HE JUST TOLD ME
THE KIND OF QUESTIONS
I'D HAVE TO ANSWER,

AND HE SAID ALL I HAD TO DO
WAS TELL THE TRUTH.

I SEE. TELL ME SOMETHING.

- HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED
OF A FELONY, MR. McBRIDE?
- OBJECTION.

THE DEFENSE IS ATTEMPTING
TO WRONGLY INFLAME
YOUR PASSIONS, YOUR HONOR.

OVERRULED.

I MAY ASSURE YOU, COUNSEL,
MY PASSIONS ARE IN CHECK.

YEAH.

ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOU'VE
BEEN CONVICTED TWICE
OF FELONY ASSAULT AND BATTERY?

YEAH, I'M THE KIND OF GUY
WHO GETS HASSLED A LOT.

GIVEN YOUR FAMILIARITY
WITH VIOLENCE,

WASN'T IT YOUR SUGGESTION
TO JONATHAN MILLER
THAT HE USE HIS FISTS...

TO SETTLE THINGS
WITH STUART LIPSON?

LOOK, LIKE I SAID,
THIS WAS HIS DEAL.
I WAS JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

CALIFORNIA HAS
A THREE-STRIKES LAW. IN LIGHT
OF YOUR PRIOR CONVICTIONS...

- OBJECTION! CALLS FOR
A LEGAL CONCLUSION.
- OVERRULED.

WITHOUT IMMUNITY FROM
PROSECUTION, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT YOUR THIRD STRIKE.

LOOK, I'M TELLING YOU
THE TRUTH.

I ASK THE ANSWER BE STRICKEN
AS UNRESPONSIVE.
SO ORDERED.

THE WITNESS IS
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

ONE MORE TIME, MR. McBRIDE.

THE CHOICE WAS, TURN
STATE'S EVIDENCE AND TESTIFY
AGAINST JONATHAN MILLER...

OR SPEND THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE IN JAIL...
YES OR NO?

- YES.
- NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

[Door Closes]

WHAT DO YOU KNOW, DAVIE?

I KNOW THAT
BEVERLY NICHOLS'S
INSANELY JEALOUS HUSBAND...

USED TO TAKE MONEY
TO DO THREESOMES
WITH HIS WIFE.

THIS COMES FROM WHERE?

A GUY SHE HUSTLED FOR
OWNED AN ESCORT SERVICE.

SAID IF THAT WAS
THE JOHN'S WRINKLE,

THE HUSBAND WOULD TAKE
AN EXTRA C-NOTE TO GO ALONG.

WILL YOUR GUY
GO ON RECORD?

HOW 'BOUT HE'S GOT A VIDEO
OF BEVERLY AND HER HUSBAND
GETTIN' IT ON WITH A JOHN?

IF THAT'S TRUE,
THAT PRETTY MUCH BLOWS...

RICHARD CROSS'S ALIBI
ALL TO HELL.

WHEN CAN WE SEE THE TAPE?
HE'S COMING DOWN
FROM SONOMA.

I'LL MEET HIM
AT THE DeVILLE MOTEL,
MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT.

THE TAPE
WILL BE ON YOUR DESK
AT 4:00 P.M.

HOW EXPENSIVE
IS THIS EXERCISE
IN GOOD CITIZENSHIP?

GRATIS.
THE GUY OWED ME ONE.

MUST HAVE BEEN
SOME FAVOR.

WHEN YOU DROP THIS ON POLSON
ABOUT CROSS'S STORY
BEING NO GOOD,

ASK DOES HE STILL THINK
YOU'RE CROSS'S BOY...

AND GET A POLAROID OF HIS FACE
FOR MY WALLET.

DAVIE.

WATCH YOUR BACK.

WOULD YOU TELL THE COURT,
DETECTIVE POLSON,

WHAT OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE YOU
HAD THAT LED YOU TO THE ARREST
OF THE DEFENDANT...

FOR THE MURDER
OF JESSICA COSTELLO?

IN AN EARLIER INTERVIEW,
HE DENIED HAVING SEX
WITH THE VICTIM...

ON THE NIGHT OF HER DEATH,

BUT A LAB REPORT LATER
REVEALED THE PRESENCE
OF HIS SEMEN INSIDE HER.

WOULD YOU ELABORATE,
DETECTIVE?

I DIRECTED THE LAB
TO COMPARE THE SAMPLE WITH ONE
TAKEN FROM MR. AVEDON...

DURING A RECENT
PATERNITY SUIT.

D.N.A. TYPINGS REVEALED THEM
TO BE IDENTICAL.

AND DID YOU INFORM
THE DEFENDANT
ABOUT THE LAB REPORT?

I DID.
AND HOW DID HE RESPOND?

HE SAID HE WANTED A LAWYER.

THANK YOU.

YOU ORIGINALLY ARRESTED
RICHARD CROSS FOR THE CRIME,
DID YOU NOT?

YES.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ARRESTED
MR. CROSS UNLESS YOU HAD
PROBABLE CAUSE, CORRECT?

CORRECT.
THEN TELL US, DETECTIVE.

IF YOU WERE SO WRONG
ABOUT MR. CROSS'S INVOLVEMENT,

HOW CAN YOU EXPECT THE COURT
TO BELIEVE YOU'RE SO RIGHT
ABOUT NEIL AVEDON?

WE FEEL THE EVIDENCE
IS COMPELLING.

LET'S TALK ABOUT EVIDENCE.

- WERE THERE ANY INDEPENDENT
WITNESSES TO THE CRIME?
- NO.

ANY HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
BETWEEN NEIL AVEDON
AND JESSICA COSTELLO?

NO.

LET'S GET BACK TO
THAT EARLIER INTERVIEW.

YOU QUESTIONED MR. AVEDON
IN SEPTEMBER IN CONNECTION
WITH A DRUG ARREST...

FOR WHICH CHARGES
WERE LATER DROPPED, CORRECT?

THAT'S RIGHT.
DID YOU TELL
MR. AVEDON THEN...

THAT HE COULD AVOID
PROSECUTION...

IF HE SAID MR. CROSS
WAS IN JESSICA'S APARTMENT
THE NIGHT SHE DIED?

NO, I DID NOT.

THEN HELP ME OUT HERE,
DETECTIVE.

DID MY CLIENT PICK
MR. CROSS'S NAME
OUT OF A HAT?

RICHARD CROSS
WAS A SUSPECT.

I KNEW THEY WERE FRIENDS.

I POINTED OUT WE'D APPRECIATE
ANYTHING AVEDON KNEW
ABOUT THE COSTELLO MURDER.

DIDN'T YOU TELL
NEIL AVEDON...

THAT IF HE COULD PLACE
MR. CROSS AT THE APARTMENT...

THE NIGHT
OF JESSICA COSTELLO'S MURDER,
YOU WOULDN'T FILE DRUG CHARGES?

NO, I DID NOT.

BUT WHEN BEVERLY NICHOLS
PROVIDED RICHARD CROSS
WITH AN AIRTIGHT ALIBI,

YOU TURNED AROUND
AND YOU ARRESTED NEIL AVEDON,
DIDN'T YOU?

I DID.

- THE CLOSEST TARGET.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
- NO.

ALL THE EVIDENCE POINTS
TO A SINGLE PERPETRATOR
WHO KNEW THE VICTIM...

AND HAD ROUGH SEX WITH HER
PRIOR TO HER MURDER.

THE DEFENDANT IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO FITS THAT DESCRIPTION.

YOU HAD NO DESCRIPTION
OF THE KILLER.

YOU MADE THAT UP,
DIDN'T YOU?

OBJECTION.
ARGUMENTATIVE.

SUSTAINED.

WHEN THE CRIMINOLOGISTS
LIFTED THE SEMEN SAMPLE
FROM THE DEAD GIRL,

OUT OF ALL THE MEN IN L.A.,
WHAT MADE YOU LOOK
FOR A MATCH...

WITH NEIL AVEDON'S D.N.A.?

A HUNCH?

OR DID YOU CONSULT WITH PSYCHICS
DURING YOUR INVESTIGATION?

I SIMPLY FOLLOWED
THE EVIDENCE.

THE WAY YOU FOLLOWED IT
ON RICHARD CROSS.

[Grasso]
OBJECTION.
I'M DONE HERE, YOUR HONOR.

- MR. HOFFMAN.
- SYDNEY.

GETTING YOUR BEARINGS
ALL RIGHT AROUND HERE?
YES, SIR.

EVERYONE'S BEEN REALLY NICE.
THIS IS FOR YOU.

IT'S A SUMMARY OF THE JUDGE'S
DECISIONS THAT WERE REVERSED
ON EVIDENTIARY RULINGS.

I THOUGHT MAYBE
IT COULD BE HELPFUL,
POSSIBLY.

I LOOK FORWARD
TO READING IT.
HE STILL HASN'T CALLED IN.

GIVE MY REGARDS
TO YOUR FOLKS.
THANKS.

TED, JUST SO YOU KNOW,
THE BUZZ GOING AROUND IS...

THIS FIRM AND EVERYONE IN IT
IS OWNED BY RICHARD CROSS.

I WOULDN'T PAY ATTENTION
TO ANY OF THAT KIND OF TALK
IF I WERE YOU, ARNOLD.

IT'S AN ASSAULT ON
OUR COLLECTIVE INTEGRITY.

I'M WORKING OUT
AT LUNCH,

AND THIS IDIOT LITIGATOR
ON A TREADMILL NEXT TO ME
STARTS IN WITH THIS ROUTINE.

LET ME TELL YOU.
IT GOT PRETTY INTENSE IN
THE CARDIOVASCULAR SECTION.

I CAME THIS CLOSE
TO POPPIN' THE GUY.

ARNOLD, THIS TOWN'S
LIKE A BUCKET OF CRABS.

MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THE PILE,
THERE'S SOMEBODY UNDERNEATH
TRYING TO PULL YOU DOWN.

DAVIE, HAVE YOU
GOT THE TAPE?

AND WHY DID HE MISS
THE SECOND PLANE?

THIS IS NO GOOD, DAVIE.

NO, I'M NOT LOOKING
TO HIRE HIM AS A PILOT.

I'M ALSO NOT
LOOKING TO SEE YOU
IN SOME KIND OF JACKPOT.

DAVIE,

THIS GUY WOULDN'T BE
LOOKING TO HURT YOU?

WOULD HE GO UP FOR AUCTION?

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

YOU'LL CALL ME.

BASED ON WITNESSES' TESTIMONY,
THIS IS WHAT WE NOW KNOW.

JESSICA COSTELLO DIED
IN HER APARTMENT BETWEEN
10:00 P.M. AND 3:00 A.M.

THE PRESENCE
OF MR. AVEDON'S SEMEN PROVES
THAT HE LIED TO THE POLICE...

WHEN HE DENIED HAVING BEEN THERE
DURING THAT TIME.

AND JESSICA WAS STRANGLED...

EITHER DURING OR AFTER
A SEXUAL ACT,

ONE OF THE DEFENDANT'S
MANY DISTURBING PREDILECTIONS.

A TRIAL TO BRING
THIS MAN TO JUSTICE...

IS NOT ONLY WARRANTED,
BUT REQUIRED...

SINCE THE PEOPLE
HAVE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED
A REASONABLE SUSPICION...

THAT MR. AVEDON IS THE PERSON
WHO COMMITTED THIS MURDER.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

[Judge Alexander]
COUNSEL.

THIS YOUNG MAN
CONCEALED HAVING HAD SEX
WITH JESSICA COSTELLO...

BECAUSE SHE WAS UNDERAGE.

HE WAS INTIMIDATED BY POLICE
INTO REGURGITATING A SCENARIO
FORCE-FED TO HIM...

INVOLVING RICHARD CROSS,

DETECTIVE POLSON'S ORIGINAL
CANDIDATE FOR THIS MURDER.

WHEN THAT DIDN'T PAN OUT
AND MR. CROSS WAS RELEASED,

NEIL AVEDON BECAME
A CONVENIENT SCAPEGOAT.

BUT THE CREAKY SCENARIO
CONJURED UP BY THE PROSECUTION
IN NO WAY LEADS...

TO A REASONABLE SUSPICION
THAT MR. AVEDON HAD ANY PART
IN HER DEATH.

AND THEREFORE WE BELIEVE
THERE IS INSUFFICIENT
EVIDENCE...

TO CHARGE MR. AVEDON
WITH THIS CRIME.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE
HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR BURDEN.

MR. AVEDON,
YOUR CASE IS BOUND OVER
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT.

YOUR HONOR,
I'D LIKE TO BE REHEARD
ON THE MATTER OF BAIL.

YOU CAN TAKE THAT UP
WITH THE TRIAL JUDGE
AS SOON AS ONE IS ASSIGNED.

- THIS HEARING IS CONCLUDED.
- [Gavel Raps]

[Spectators Chattering]

HANG IN THERE.

AS SOON AS
WE GET A NEW JUDGE,
WE MOVE TO SET BAIL AGAIN.

[Bailiff]
LET'S GO.

HAS DAVIE BEEPED US BACK?

NOTHING.

I'LL SEE YOU BACK
AT THE OFFICE.

THIS IS VERY IRREGULAR.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.

OPEN IT.
WHAT ABOUT
THE PRIVACY SIGN?

[Sighs]
I'LL GIVE YOU
ONE QUICK PEEK.

OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD!
I'M GOING TO CALL THE POLICE!

WAIT A MINUTE.
I MUST GET BACK TO MY OFFICE!
I HAVE TO REPORT THIS!

COME HERE! THAT'S MY CARD.
YOU GIVE THAT TO THE DETECTIVES
WHEN THEY ARRIVE.

NO, YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO STAY HERE!

YOU GIVE THAT
TO THE DETECTIVE.

DAVIE.

[Machine Beeping]
[Woman] MR. BLALOCK,
THIS IS THE LAUREL PET CLINIC.

ALGONQUIN IS READY
TO COME HOME NOW.
THANK YOU.

[Beeping]
[Woman] THIS IS
DR. SCARBOROUGH'S OFFICE.

THE DOCTOR WILL NEED
ABOUT AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME
TO TAKE IMPRESSIONS...

FOR YOUR NEW BRIDGE.

PLEASE GIVE US A CALL
IF THIS FITS
INTO YOUR SCHEDULE.

THE DOCTOR WILL BE AWAY
NEXT MONTH, AND WE'LL HAVE TO
CHANGE THINGS AROUND. THANK YOU.

[Beeping]
[Gary]
DAVE.

UH, GARY HERE.
THE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

I'M WAITING ON YOU
TO GIVE ME THE WORD.

[Beeping]
[Gary]
PICK UP THE PHONE, DAVE.

IS THIS GUY A NO-SHOW
OR A FIGMENT
OF YOUR IMAGINATION?

[Beeping]
[Woman] MR. BLALOCK,
BAY CITIES PROPERTIES AGAIN.

[Tape Fast Forwarding]
[Beeping]

[Gary]
GOT YOUR MESSAGE.
RUSTY'LL BE AT THAT NUMBER.

CALL ME
IF THERE'S A CHANGE.
[Beeping]

[Electronic Voice]
FINAL MESSAGE.

[Beeping]

IN MY EVALUATION
OF THE DEFENDANT,

I FOUND HIM TO BE
OF ABOVE AVERAGE
INTELLIGENCE,

PRESENTING SYMPTOMS
OF ANXIETY DISORDER...

WHICH TEACHERS AND FAMILY
REPORT HAD BEEN ONGOING
SINCE ADOLESCENCE.

WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS,
THE PATIENT HAD BOUTS
OF DEPRESSION...

THAT WERE
EVENTUALLY EXTERNALIZED
AS ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR...

CONSISTENT WITH THE CRIME
WITH WHICH HE'S BEEN CHARGED.

IS THE DEFENDANT ABLE
TO TELL RIGHT FROM WRONG?

YES.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE COURT
HOW IT'S POSSIBLE FOR A PERSON
TO BE JEWISH...

AND, AT THE SAME TIME,
ANTI-SEMITIC?

YES.

MR. MILLER'S GRANDFATHER
WAS A CONCENTRATION CAMP
SURVIVOR.

VERY OFTEN SURVIVOR GUILT
CREATES A GENERALIZED
DISSOCIATIVE ANXIETY...

IN THE FAMILY,
PARTICULARLY AMONG
THE OFFSPRING.

THE DEFENDANT'S PARENTS
RESPONDED BY SPEARHEADING
A NUMBER OF JEWISH CAUSES.

THEY BECAME PROMINENT
IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
AND BEYOND.

THIS PLACED
EVEN MORE PRESSURE
ON THE DEFENDANT,

WHO WAS ALREADY DESPONDENT
OVER HIS PERCEIVED
INADEQUACIES.

HE LASHED OUT,
PROJECTING HIS HATRED
ONTO ANYTHING JEWISH.

IN YOUR OPINION,
WAS HE GRIPPED BY
AN IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE,

MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM
TO RESTRAIN HIMSELF...

FROM ENGAGING IN RACIST ATTACKS
ON INNOCENT PEOPLE...

OBJECTION. LEADING.
COUNSEL'S PROVIDING
HIS OWN TESTIMONY.

I'LL REPHRASE.
CAN JONATHAN FREELY CHOOSE
WHAT TO DO...

ABOUT HIS FEELINGS
OF PREJUDICE AND HATRED?

YES.

IN MY OPINION,
JONATHAN IS A MENTALLY
BALANCED INDIVIDUAL...

WHO CAN EXPERIENCE FEELINGS
WITHOUT HAVING TO ACT ON THEM.

YOUR WITNESS.

IN YOUR EXPERIENCE,
DO PEOPLE WHO HATE THEMSELVES
DO SELF-DESTRUCTIVE THINGS?

IT'S VERY COMMON.

THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW JONATHAN'S
ACTIONS WEREN'T AN ATTEMPT
TO PUNISH OR DESTROY HIMSELF,

AND BEATING UP STUART LIPSON
WAS THE BEST WAY
TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL?

OBJECTION. COMPOUND.

SUSTAINED. MS. APPLETON,
LET'S NOT PUT TOO FINE
A POINT ON THIS.

IT IS THE POINT, YOUR HONOR.

THE PURPOSE OF HATE CRIME
ENHANCEMENTS IS TO LEVY
GREATER PUNISHMENT...

ON CRIMES TARGETED
AT MINORITY GROUPS.

IF, IN FACT, MY CLIENT
DID ATTACK STUART LIPSON,
IT WAS NOT OUT OF ETHNIC HATRED.

THE ONLY PERSON
JONATHAN HATES IS HIMSELF.

THEREFORE, HE DIDN'T HAVE
THE REQUISITE INTENT
TO COMMIT A HATE CRIME.

♪♪ [Singing In Yiddish]
JONATHAN...

JONATHAN!
♪♪ [Singing Louder]

[Judge Platner]
SIT DOWN, YOUNG MAN,

UNLESS YOU WANT ME
TO HOLD YOU FOR CONTEMPT.

YOU HAVE MY SYMPATHIES.
THIS GUY OUGHTA HAVE
HIS HEAD EXAMINED.

COUNSELOR?

LET'S GO TO MY OFFICE.

I KNEW WHERE TO LOOK FOR HIM
'CAUSE HE TOLD ME WHERE HE'D BE.

HE WAS LATE
GETTING IN TOUCH WITH ME,
SO I WENT TO FIND HIM.

THE MOTEL MANAGER
LET ME INTO HIS ROOM.

THEY WERE BOTH SHOT TO DEATH
EXACTLY AS YOU FOUND THEM.

NO SIGN OF STRUGGLE,
NO DISARRAY.

- THIS OTHER D.B.,
FREDDY CARELLO...
- I NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

WHAT'S YOUR NEXT QUESTION?

HE GOT POPPED
A COUPLE OF TIMES DOWN HERE
FOR PANDERING.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT BLALOCK WAS DOING
WITH THIS GUY IN A MOTEL ROOM?

HOW MANY TIMES
YOU GONNA ASK ME THAT?

THAT'S A "NO"?

WHY DIDN'T YOU STAY
AT THE CRIME SCENE?

I HAD BUSINESS
TO TAKE CARE OF.

WE FOUND BLALOCK'S
APARTMENT KEY ON HIM,
BUT NO OFFICE KEY.

WE HAD TO GET
THE BUILDING MANAGER
TO LET US IN.

IS THAT WHERE YOU WERE
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS,
MR. HOFFMAN?

ARE YOU ACCUSING ME
OF SOMETHING?

NO. PERISH THE THOUGHT.

HE'S HIT POINT-BLANK.

THERE'S NO SIGN OF STRUGGLE
IN THE ROOM.

OCCUR TO YOU BLALOCK
MIGHT HAVE KNOWN
THE SHOOTER?

MAKES SENSE.

DID YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE
OF BUSINESS HE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN DOING WITH GARY BLONDO?

NO. WHY DON'T YOU GO TALK
TO MR. BLONDO?

YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.

[Sighs]
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

[Louis]
HE'LL SEE YOU NOW.

[Sighs]
WHAT A THING, HUH, TEDDY?

- WHAT DID YOU
HAVE TO DO WITH IT?
- [Chuckles]

ARE WE BUGGED?

DAVIE BLALOCK WAS MURDERED.
SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO DO WITH IT?

I HOPE TO GOD YOU KNOW
WHAT I HAD TO DO WITH IT.

HE TOLD ME HE HAD A LINE
ON PROOF TO CLEAR NEIL.

HE SAID HE NEEDED
$100,000 CASH.

I FIGURED HE WAS
CALLING FOR YOU.

YOU THINK I CAN'T RAISE
$100,000? YOU THINK I CAN'T
CALL YOU ON THE PHONE?

WHOA! WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING ON HERE?

I FIGURED YOU WANTED
A LITTLE DENIABILITY
IN CASE YOU WERE QUESTIONED.

ARE YOU TELLING ME BLALOCK
DIDN'T COME FROM YOU?

- WHO'D YOU SEND WITH THE MONEY?
WHO MADE THE DELIVERY?
- RUSTY ARNOLD.

HE WAITED NINE HOURS
BY A PAY PHONE
FOR BLALOCK'S CALL.

AND HE BROUGHT THE MONEY
TO THE MOTEL?

YES, AND HE DROPPED IT OFF,
AND THEN HE LEFT.

TEDDY, ARE YOU CRAZY?
DO YOU THINK I HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED?

I'VE GOT A FILM TO OPEN
AND A STAR WHO'S IN JAIL.

BLALOCK TELLS ME
HE'S GOT A VIDEOTAPE
THAT GETS NEIL OUT.

THAT'S ALL HE SAID TO YOU?
WHAT ELSE WOULD HE NEED
TO SAY, FOR GOD'S SAKE?

"A": HE COMES FROM YOU.
"B": I DON'T WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S ON THAT TAPE.

I'D LIKE A LITTLE
DENIABILITY TOO.

I GOT TO TALK
TO THE POLICE.

HOW 'BOUT RUSTY?

RUSTY'S TALKING
TO THEM NOW.

HE'S ON YOUR PAYROLL
OR THE STUDIO'S?
THE STUDIO'S.

AND ALSO HE'S GOT 14 YEARS
WITH THE D.E.A. AFTER MOVING
OVER FROM THE F.B.I.

ALSO A FOURTH LEVEL
SECURITY CLEARANCE.

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

YOU'RE NOT LOOKING
TO SAW THE BRANCH OFF
BEHIND ME, ARE YOU, TEDDY,

SAYING YOU DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT THIS?

I HAD NO IDEA
YOU WERE INVOLVED.

TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I'M A LITTLE OUT OF MY DEPTH.

I'M NOT SURE
WHAT THE HELL'S
GOING ON.

THAT'S WHERE YOU JUMP IN
WITH REASSURANCE.

I HAVE TO RUN
A STAFF MEETING, GARY.

LOUIS WILL SHOW YOU OUT.

SURE.

OKAY.

THE DEFENSE CALLS
DR. GINA SANCHEZ.

OBJECTION.

YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD
NO OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE
THIS WITNESS'S BACKGROUND,

NOR HAVE WE BEEN PROVIDED
WITH ANY REPORTS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING,
JUSTINE?

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED
I HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED.

THE REPORT WAS PROVIDED
TO MR. WASHINGTON.

I ALSO ATTEMPTED
TO DISCUSS DR. SANCHEZ'S
ANTICIPATED TESTIMONY...

WITH MR. WASHINGTON
LAST NIGHT
AND EARLY THIS MORNING.

HE DIDN'T RETURN MY CALLS.

MR. WASHINGTON?

YOUR HONOR, I'VE BEEN
INVOLVED IN ANOTHER CASE,
AND I DROPPED THE BALL.

HOWEVER, IF YOU COULD GRANT
A 20-MINUTE RECESS?

NEXT TIME RETURN YOUR
PHONE CALLS AND READ YOUR MAIL,
MR. WASHINGTON.

GO AHEAD, MS. APPLETON.

[Justine]
DR. SANCHEZ, WHAT IS
YOUR CURRENT POSITION?

I'M CHIEF OF NEUROLOGY
AT WESTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER.

BASED ON YOUR EXAMINATION
OF JONATHAN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,

HAVE YOU FORMED AN OPINION
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
JONATHAN'S VIOLENT BEHAVIOR...

IS CAUSED BY
A MEDICAL CONDITION?

YES. I HAD A SERIES OF M.R.I.'s
TAKEN THAT I'D LIKE TO USE
AS ILLUSTRATION.

WE ASK THAT THESE
BE ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE
AS DEFENSE EXHIBIT "E."

OBJECTION.
LACK OF FOUNDATION.

OVERRULED.

THIS IS
JONATHAN MILLER'S BRAIN.

THIS MASS IS A GRADE-FOUR
ASTROCYTOMA, AN ADVANCED,
MALIGNANT TUMOR.

IT'S LOCATED
IN THE LEFT FRONTAL LOBE.

IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD THE
PRESENCE OF THAT TUMOR INFLUENCE
OR ALTER JONATHAN'S BEHAVIOR?

ABSOLUTELY.

THE BRAIN'S COGNITIVE CENTER,
WHICH EVALUATES INFORMATION...

AND FORMS APPROPRIATE
BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES,

IS LOCATED
IN THE LEFT FRONTAL LOBE.

SO IS IMPULSE CONTROL.

DAMAGE IN THIS REGION
WOULD RESULT IN THE SAME TYPE
OF PARANOID, DELUSIONAL,

DISINHIBITED BEHAVIOR
EXHIBITED BY MR. MILLER.

IN OTHER WORDS, JONATHAN
WOULD SUFFER DELUSIONS...

AND HAVE IMPULSES
BASED ON THOSE DELUSIONS?

CORRECT.

NO MATTER HOW WRONG THOSE
DELUSIONAL IMPULSES WERE, WOULD
JONATHAN BE ABLE TO RESIST THEM?

IT'S UNLIKELY.
IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT
THIS AREA AFFECTS SPEECH.

SO INAPPROPRIATE
VERBAL RESPONSES
WOULD BE EXPECTED.

IN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'D HAD
A TROUBLED ADOLESCENCE WITH
A HISTORY OF ANXIETY NEUROSIS,

IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
CAUSED BY THE TUMOR...

COULD BE MISREAD
AS A MORE EXTREME VERSION
OF ACTING OUT?

YES, THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIORAL
PROFILE COULD EASILY MASK
THE TUMOR'S PRESENCE.

IF NOT REMOVED,
THIS TUMOR WILL KILL HIM,
WON'T IT?

- EVENTUALLY, YES.
- IS IT OPERABLE?

YES, AND WITH HIS YOUTH
AND PHYSICAL CONDITION,

HIS CHANCES
OF A FULL RECOVERY
ARE VERY GOOD.

WE WON'T NEED
THE REPORTER.

DO THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS
IS TO BE A DEATH PENALTY CASE?

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT
IT'S TURNED INTO.

WELL, IF-IF IT'S TRUE.

WE'VE GOTTEN A SECOND OPINION,
AND YOU SAW THE M.R.I.'s
YOURSELF.

MR. WASHINGTON,
DO THE PEOPLE
HAVE A MOTION?

I MAY CATCH HELL FOR THIS,
BUT I'M GONNA DO
WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT.

GOOD. STEP BACK.

MR. WASHINGTON,
DO YOU WISH TO MAKE
A MOTION AT THIS TIME?

YES, YOUR HONOR.

IN LIGHT OF THE DEFENDANT'S
MEDICAL CONDITION,
THE PEOPLE MOVE TO DISMISS.

[Judge Platner]
MOTION GRANTED.
CASE ORDERED DISMISSED.

MR. WASHINGTON,
I'M STATING FOR THE RECORD...

AND FOR THE BENEFIT
OF YOUR SUPERIORS...

THAT YOU CHOSE
THE CORRECT COURSE
OF ACTION HERE.

MR. MILLER, GOOD LUCK
TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

THIS COURT IS ADJOURNED.

GOOD JOB, JUSTINE.

HOPE EVERYTHING
WORKS OUT FOR YOUR CLIENT.
THANKS.

LET'S GO HOME, SON.
WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
NO, REALLY.
THANKS. THANKS.

YOU OKAY?
YEAH.

I GUESS.

I-I'M KIND OF SCARED.

YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.
DR. SANCHEZ IS A GOOD SURGEON.
TAKE CARE.

THANKS FOR MEETING ME,
RAY.

WHO KILLED DAVIE?
I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS.

I'D LIKE TO MEET HIM.

DO YOU WANT
ANOTHER ONE?
NO.

WILL YOU DO
SOME WORK FOR ME?

I OWE YOU, AND I OWED DAVIE.
I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU NEED.

8:00 FROM WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING,
CENTER OF THE ROOM.

GARY BLONDO
AND HIS SECURITY GUY.

GARY BLONDO
THAT MAKES MOVIES?

DAVIE WAS LOOKING INTO A LEAD
IN THE AVEDON CASE.

AVEDON'S
IN BLONDO'S NEW MOVIE.

DAVIE WENT TO BLONDO
FOR A HUNDRED GRAND.

THE SECURITY GUY DELIVERED
THE MONEY TO DAVIE AT THE MOTEL
WHERE HE WAS KILLED.

IS HE THE GUY
I WANT TO MEET?

COME ON.
I'LL INTRODUCE YOU.

OH, LEAVE THAT.
WE'RE BEING JOINED.

UH, UH...
SEE, I'M HEARING...

HEY, TEDDY!

UH-OH, TEDDY.
WHO'S JAMMED UP TODAY?
PICK A TABLE, GARY.

UH, DO YOU KNOW
RUSTY ARNOLD?

- I THINK WE MET A FEW TIMES.
- HOFFMAN.

GARY BLONDO, RUSTY ARNOLD,
THIS IS RAYMOND VELACEK.

HI.
YOU WERE AN L.A. COP.

YEAH, RETIRED.
I THINK I READ ABOUT IT.

SO HOW'D
YOUR CONVERSATIONS GO?

TEDDY, I'LL TELL YOU.
I WAS 100% FORTHCOMING.

I GATHER
RUSTY WAS TOO.

I'M AWFUL SORRY
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR GUY.

- WHAT ELSE WAS HE INTO?
ANY DRUG CASES OR ANYTHING?
- NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

MM-HMM.
WAS HE EXCLUSIVE TO YOU?
PRETTY MUCH.

YEAH, THEY ASKED ME THAT.
I, UH, DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO TELL THEM.

KEEP ME POSTED, TEDDY,
TO ANY DEVELOPMENTS.

SURE.
GOOD.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.
TAKE CARE.

ANY IDEA WHO
THE EMPTY CHAIR WAS FOR?

WALK AWAY FROM ME.

TEDDY.

NOW HERE'S WHAT MAKES YOU
SUCH A COMPLICATED PERSON,
RICHARD.

YOU WALK IN
A FEW MINUTES AGO,
YOU SEE ME,

YOU HEAD FOR THE MEN'S ROOM,
SO I WON'T REALIZE YOU'RE
GARY BLONDO'S LUNCH DATE.

ALL YOU'VE GOTTA DO
IS STAY IN THE MEN'S ROOM,
BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT.

YOU PEEK OUT, SEE ME
ABOUT TO LEAVE, YOU GOTTA
COME OUT AND LET ME SEE YOU.

LIKE 90% OF YOU
WANTS TO BE CAREFUL...

AND 10%
WANTS TO TEMPT FATE.

YOU KNOW, TEDDY,
IN A LIFE NOT SHORT
ON MISTAKES,

ONE I PROMISED MYSELF I WOULD
NEVER MAKE WAS GETTING INVOLVED
IN THE PICTURE BUSINESS.

AND WHAT AM I
ABOUT TO DO?

YOU'RE GONNA BREAK BREAD WITH
GARY BLONDO AND LET HIM TALK YOU
INTO THE PICTURE BUSINESS.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
THE SMARTEST LAWYER
IN TOWN.

WILL YOU WISH ME LUCK,
TEDDY?
SURE, RICHARD. GOOD LUCK.

EVEN IF I'M NOT
VERY PRUDENT?

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO NEED TO STAY LUCKY.

[Hoffman]
THE SECOND VICTIM
HAD RELATIVES IN SONOMA.

[Ray]
FREDDY CARELLO.
I'LL CHECK IT OUT.

IF YOU GET A BITE,
I MIGHT WANT YOU
TO GO UP THERE.

[Knocking]
JULIE COSTELLO.

JUST A SECOND.

IT OPENS AT 800 A WEEK,
RAY, WITH BENEFITS.

GOOD. THAT'S GOOD.

I'LL CHECK IN
A COUPLE TIMES A DAY
AND WHENEVER THERE'S NEWS.

THANKS FOR SEEING ME.

YOU ALL RIGHT?
NO.

I'M BUMPING INTO THINGS,
AND I THINK I'M GONNA DIE.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT?
WHY?

MY SISTER'S DEAD.
YOUR DETECTIVE'S DEAD.

WAS HE WORKING OFF
THE DIARY I GAVE YOU?

JULIE, YOU WANT SOME WATER,
SOMETHING TO DRINK?

NOT ALLOWED.

IT EXAGGERATES
MY MEDICATIONS,

WHICH MEANS I'D PROBABLY
FALL OFF THE BUILDING.

WHAT MEDICATIONS
ARE YOU TAKING?

DR. LESTER'S HAPPY COMBO.

YOU WANT MY OPINION
OF DR. LESTER?
BEST CASE, HE'S A QUACK.

I LIE THERE THINKING THAT FROM
ABOUT 1:00 IN THE MORNING...

UNTIL RICHARD GETS UP.

THEN WHAT HAPPENS?

THEN HE SAYS IT'S PART
OF MY DEPRESSION.

THEN AT 11:00,
I SEE DR. LESTER.

I HATE THE WAY I FEEL.

IT'S LIKE THERE'S A PILLOW
ON EVERYTHING.

AND I KEEP FEELING
LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING
REALLY TERRIBLE GOING ON,

AND I CAN'T SEE IT
THROUGH THE PILLOW.

MAYBE THERE IS
SOMETHING TERRIBLE
GOING ON.

MAYBE THERE IS.

[Sighs]
MAYBE THERE IS.

YOU WANT TO GET OUT
OF RICHARD'S HOUSE?

YOU WANT TO GET AWAY
FROM HIS DOCTOR?

I HAVE TO GO. I'M SORRY.
THIS WAS A MISTAKE.

JULIE,
STOP AND TALK TO ME.

IF RICHARD'S AS EVIL
AS YOU THINK HE IS,

THEN I KILLED MY SISTER.

JULIE.
DON'T GET IN HERE.

I DESERVE
WHATEVER HAPPENS.