All language subtitles for Murder One S01E10 Chapter 10.DVD.HI.cc.en.20FOX

[Announcer]
IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES,

YOU'LL FIND OUT
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW...

TO ENJOY WHAT TV GUIDE
CALLS "THE BEST NEW SHOW
OF THE YEAR"...

MURDER ONE.

SO LET ME BRING YOU
UP TO DATE.

IT ALL BEGINS WITH A MURDER.

THE VICTIM, JESSICA COSTELLO,

WAS FOUND BOUND,
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
AND STRANGLED.

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

AND HAD ROUGH SEX WITH HER
PRIOR TO HER MURDER.

[Announcer]
SUSPECT #1:
BILLIONAIRE RICHARD CROSS.

I WOULD BE RELIEVED AND GRATEFUL
IF YOU WOULD REPRESENT ME
ON THIS, TEDDY.

WHY WERE YOU THERE
IF YOUR GIRLFRIEND
WAS OUT OF TOWN?

[Richard]
JESSICA CALLED ME,
VERY FRIGHTENED,

AND ASKED ME TO COME OVER
TO THE APARTMENT...
SHE WAS DEAD WHEN I WALKED IN.

[Announcer]
SUSPECT #1, RICHARD CROSS,
ARRESTED.

GET ME OUT.

[Announcer]
BUT RICHARD CROSS HAS AN ALIBI.

I HAVE INFORMATION
RICHARD CROSS IS INNOCENT.

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

[Announcer] RICHARD CROSS
ALSO HAS A GIRLFRIEND...
THE OLDER SISTER OF THE VICTIM.

THERE WERE SOME SEXUAL ASPECTS
TO YOUR SISTER'S MURDER.

WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP
DID RICHARD CROSS HAVE
WITH YOUR LITTLE SISTER?

HE WAS LIKE
A SECOND FATHER TO HER.

[Announcer]
RICHARD CROSS IS RELEASED.

I WAS CONFIDENT THAT
MY INNOCENCE WOULD BE PROVEN
AND MY NAME CLEARED.

[Announcer]
SUSPECT #2: DRUG-ADDICTED
MOVIE STAR NEIL AVEDON.

[Fans, Reporters Shouting]

WE ARRESTED NEIL OFF OF
THE SEMEN IN JESSICA COSTELLO...

AND HIS INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS
TO THE POLICE.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE HIP-DEEP
IN A RAPE-HOMICIDE.

[Announcer]
THE KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE
IS THE VICTIM'S DIARY.

[Richard]
JESSICA WRITES ABOUT
HER EXPERIENCE...

[Sighs]
WITH SEX AND DRUGS.

FOR ALL WE KNOW,
JESSICA WAS PLANNING ON
BLACKMAILING ONE OF THESE MEN,

NONE OF WHOM COULD AFFORD
TO HAVE THESE REVELATIONS...
MADE PUBLIC.

[Announcer]
THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER.

I TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK
TO RICHARD CROSS.

- WELL, HE'S MY FRIEND.
- HE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND.

HE PUT UP A MILLION BUCKS
SO I COULD STAY OUT OF JAIL.
I'D CALL THAT PRETTY FRIENDLY.

I AM YOUR ONLY FRIEND.

YOU TRUST ME AND ME ALONE.

YOU CONSIDER EVERYONE ELSE
AN ENEMY.

[Announcer]
THE PSYCHIATRIST, GRAHAM LESTER.

I RESENT YOUR SUGGESTING
THAT I WOULD DO ANYTHING...

TO UNDERMINE THE WELL-BEING
OF ONE OF MY PATIENTS.

WOULD YOUR DEFINITION
OF NEIL'S BEST INTERESTS...

INCLUDE KEEPING HIM
OUT OF THE GAS CHAMBER?

NEIL CONFESSED
TO KILLING JESSICA.

[Announcer]
SUSPECT #2 NEIL AVEDON'S
LIVE NETWORK INTERVIEW.

ISN'T IT POSSIBLE
YOU STRANGLED HER,
AND YOU JUST DON'T REMEMBER?

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME
NOT TO REMEMBER SOMETHING
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE,

SOMETHING IT'S INCONCEIVABLE
I WOULD EVER DO...

TO ANYONE,

LET ALONE A PERSON I LOVE
THE WAY I LOVED JESSICA.

I'LL GET HIM
ON THE PHONE
FIRST THING.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE
AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING?

THIS WAS STUCK
UNDER MY DOOR
LAST NIGHT.

YOU SURE THIS IS FROM
THE SAME WOMAN WHO STALKED YOU?
HOLLY GERGES.

IS HOLLY GERGES CAPABLE OF
DOING WHAT SHE SAYS SHE DID
IN THIS LETTER?

YOU'RE ASKING ME?

ABSOLUTELY.

THIS WOMAN USED TO
SEND ME BETWEEN 75
AND 100 LETTERS A WEEK.

SHE USED TO SEND ME GIFTS...

SWEATERS, BLANKETS, SOCKS.

SHE BROKE INTO MY APARTMENT
AND WAITED FOR ME...

IN MY BED.

I HAD TO GET A RESTRAINING ORDER
TO KEEP HER AWAY FROM ME.

THIS IS MURDER.

"TELL YOUR GIRLFRIEND
TO KEEP AWAY FROM YOU,

OR I'LL DO TO HER
WHAT I DID TO JESSICA."

SHE SAYS SHE DID IT.

NOT TO SAY THAT
SHE'S NOT DANGEROUS, NEIL,

BUT PEOPLE SAY
A LOT OF THINGS.

- YOU NEVER MENTIONED HER TO ME.
- I HADN'T HEARD FROM HER
IN A COUPLE YEARS.

I DIDN'T THINK TO MENTION IT.

RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I'D SAY
YOUR GIRLFRIEND NEEDS
SOMEONE LOOKING AFTER HER.

WE SHOULD FIND OUT
WHERE HOLLY GERGES
IS CURRENTLY LIVING.

IF SHE'S INCLINED
TO CONFESS TO THE MURDER
OF JESSICA COSTELLO,

RAY VELACEK AND I OUGHTA
HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH HER.

HER HANDS FIT AROUND
JESSICA COSTELLO'S THROAT...

AS EASILY AS ANYONE ELSE'S.

[Judge Bornstein]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

I TRUST YOU'VE READ
THE BOOKLET...

EXPLAINING YOUR DUTIES
AND OBLIGATIONS AS JURORS,
SHOULD YOU BE SELECTED.

LET ME EMPHASIZE THAT
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT...

FOR YOU TO SPEAK OUT
FULLY AND HONESTLY
IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS.

NO ONE HERE SEEKS TO PRY INTO
YOUR LIVES OR TO EMBARRASS YOU.

HOWEVER, OUR CONSTITUTION
GUARANTEES MR. AVEDON'S
RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL...

BY AN IMPARTIAL JURY.

WE NEED YOUR FORTHRIGHT ANSWERS.

COUNSEL, PLEASE RISE
AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.

MIRIAM GRASSO
AND MARK WASHINGTON...

FOR THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.

THEODORE HOFFMAN
AND CHRISTOPHER DOCKNOVICH
FOR MR. NEIL AVEDON.

AND DO YOU UNDERSTAND, SIR,

THAT WHILE POLICE OFFICERS
DO, ON OCCASION,
ARREST INNOCENT PEOPLE,

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE...

WOULDN'T BE PROSECUTING
THIS CASE...

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE
A GOOD-FAITH BELIEF...

THAT THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW
THE DEFENDANT'S GUILT?

I UNDERSTAND
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYIN'.

I DON'T KNOW
IF THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE.

IF THE EVIDENCE INDICATES
THAT MR. AVEDON...

WAS HAVING CONSENSUAL SEX
WITH JESSICA COSTELLO,

DO YOU THINK THAT FACT MAKES IT
MORE LIKELY THAT HE WOULD ALSO
HAVE COMMITTED MURDER?

STATISTICALLY, MOST PEOPLE
WHO ARE MURDERED...

ARE MURDERED
BY PEOPLE THEY KNOW,

SO IT'S DEFINITELY
MORE LIKELY.

WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SO
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE...

DEPENDS ON THE EVIDENCE.

IT SAYS IN YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE
THAT YOU WORK
IN A WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC.

IS ONE OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
COUNSELING RAPE VICTIMS?

IT WAS IN THE PAST.
IT'S NOT WHAT
I DO AT PRESENT.

IN YOUR EXPERIENCE,
HAS A MAN EVER BEEN
FALSELY ACCUSED OF RAPE?

YES.

HAVE YOU FORMED AN OPINION...

AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
JESSICA COSTELLO WAS IN FACT
VICTIMIZED BY MR. AVEDON...

AS A RESULT OF HIS HAVING
SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH HER?

I HAVE FORMED
NO SUCH OPINION.

IT'S BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE,
THOUGH, HAS IT NOT,

THAT MOST WOMEN ARE, IN FACT,
VICTIMIZED BY MEN...

IN THEIR SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS?

[Woman]
WELL, MANY WOMEN ARE, I...

I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT "MOST."

IS IT YOUR OPINION, MA'AM,

THAT MEN HAVE A PHYSICAL
ADVANTAGE OVER WOMEN...

AND THAT THE THREAT
OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
IS USED BY MEN...

AS A MEANS OF CONTROL
OR INTIMIDATION?

THERE ARE MANY MEN
THAT WOULD FIT
THAT DESCRIPTION TO A "T,"

BUT I WOULDN'T GO SO FAR
AS TO SAY IT DESCRIBES THEM ALL.

APPROACH.

MOVE TO CHALLENGE
FOR CAUSE, YOUR HONOR.
ON WHAT GROUNDS?

THIS WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE
WORKING WITH RAPE VICTIMS...

MAKES HER PREDISPOSED
TO BE BIASED
AGAINST MY CLIENT.

THE PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE
THAT WORKING IN THE FIELD
OF WOMEN'S HEALTH...

IS DE FACTO PROOF
OF BIAS AGAINST MEN.

I AGREE.
I EVEN FIND THE SUGGESTION
VAGUELY OFFENSIVE.

DO YOU HAVE
ANY OTHER GROUNDS,
MR. HOFFMAN?

NOT AT PRESENT,
YOUR HONOR.

CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
DENIED.

IS DEFENSE COUNSEL
EXERCISING ANY
OF HIS PEREMPTORIES?

NO, YOUR HONOR.
IN THAT CASE, STEP BACK
AND RESUME YOUR VOIR DIRE.

YOUR WIFE IS HERE.
SHE'S IN THE OFFICE.

GIVE ME 10 MINUTES.
I'LL MEET YOU
IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

SORRY TO DO THIS.

WHAT'S WRONG?

I-I COULD HAVE WAITED
UNTIL YOU GOT HOME.
I JUST THOUGHT...

LET ME NOT WAIT,
LET ME COME UP HERE AND TALK
TO YOU ABOUT IT RIGHT AWAY.

ANNIE, I'M GONNA DROP DEAD
OF A HEART ATTACK.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I HAD LUNCH
WITH CELIA TODAY.

SHE SAID SHE HAD HEARD
THAT YOU AND FRANCESCA CROSS
WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR.

WHO DID SHE HEAR IT FROM?

SHE WOULDN'T TELL ME.

THE FIRST THING
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
IS THAT IT'S NOT TRUE.

FRANCESCA CROSS AND I
AREN'T HAVING AN AFFAIR...

IN ANY POSSIBLE SENSE
OF THE WORD.

I KNEW IT.
I JUST HAD TO ASK.

I UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW PEOPLE TALK.
I KNOW YOU'RE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THIS CASE.

IT'S STILL HARD TO HEAR
THOUGH.

OF COURSE IT IS.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL.

WE DON'T HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

YOU BELIEVE ME, ANNIE,
DON'T YOU?

YES, I BELIEVE YOU.
I'M EMBARRASSED
I EVEN BROUGHT IT UP.

DON'T BE.

I'LL SEE YOU AT HOME.

[Door Opens]

[Door Closes]

[Lorraine] I'D SAY WE HAVE
15 CANDIDATES WHO WOULD BE
MORE LIKELY TO VOTE TO ACQUIT.

OF WHICH HOW MANY
ARE GOING TO BE KNOCKED OFF
BY THE PROSECUTION?

THERE ARE SIX
WHO'LL GO DOWN AS SOON
AS THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTHS.

DEPENDING ON HOW
THE PROSECUTION EXERCISES
ITS PEREMPTORIES,

THERE ARE FIVE OTHERS
WE HAVE A REAL CHANCE
OF GETTING IN.

WHO DO YOU LIKE?
[Lorraine]
JULIA ANTONELLI.

I JUST TRIED
TO GET RID OF HER.
I KNOW YOU DID.

AND BASED ON THE FACT
THAT YOU HAVE
11 PEREMPTORIES LEFT,

YOU EXERCISED GOOD JUDGMENT
IN NOT USING ONE UP ON HER...
SHE COULD BE GOOD FOR US.

- SHE'S A CARD-CARRYING FEMINIST.
- SO?

OUR CLIENT IS A MALE.
HE'S AN ADMITTEDLY
HETEROSEXUAL MALE.

HE REPRESENTS THE MOTION PICTURE
AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY...

WHICH HAS, ACCORDING TO
A STRICTLY FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE,

SYSTEMATICALLY
BOTH GLAMORIZED AND DEMONIZED
THE IMAGE OF WOMEN.

ACCORDINGLY,
I THINK SHE'D HURT US.

THERE IS THAT RISK.

THERE IS ALSO THE LIKELIHOOD
THAT FEMINIST IDENTIFICATION...

COMES ACCOMPANIED BY
A GREATER SUSPICION
OF AUTHORITY...

AND A LESS JUDGMENTAL ATTITUDE
TOWARD PROMISCUITY AND SO-CALLED
UNDERAGE SEXUAL RELATIONS,

PARTICULARLY WHEN
THE AGE OF CONSENT DIFFERENTIAL
BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE...

IS CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT THEY VIEW AS AN OPPRESSIVE
PATRIARCHAL PARADIGM.

HMM.

- WHAT ABOUT THE EX-COP?
- CORMIER.

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW
WHY HE TOOK EARLY RETIREMENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, HE MAY
HAVE AN AX TO GRIND AGAINST
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

RIGHT.

HE ALSO WORKED
OUT OF HOLLENBECK,
WHERE DAVE BLALOCK WAS.

HE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN DAVE.
HE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN
DAVE WORKED FOR US;

IN WHICH CASE,
HE MIGHT BE MORE FAVORABLY
INCLINED TOWARD US.

ALTERNATIVELY, DAVE MIGHT'VE
SLEPT WITH HIS WIFE, AND HE'LL
LOOK TO HANG NEIL FOR THAT.

[Hoffman]
ARNOLD.

- OH. SORRY.
I DIDN'T MEAN LITERALLY, NEIL.
- NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'VE LOCATED HER, TEDDY.
WE OUGHT TO GET OVER THERE.

JUST A SECOND.

WHO IS IT?

WE WORK FOR
NEIL AVEDON.

I WONDER IF YOU'D TALK
TO US FOR A MOMENT.

YOU WORK FOR NEIL?

I'M RAY VELACEK,
AND THIS IS TED HOFFMAN.
HE'S NEIL'S ATTORNEY.

- HAVE WE MET?
- I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE.

I DIDN'T THINK SO.
WHICH IS ODD, BECAUSE I KNOW
EVERYONE WHO WORKS FOR NEIL.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN
WORKING FOR HIM
VERY LONG.

CAN I ASK YOU IN?
THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE
SOME HERBAL TEA?

NO.

NO, THANK YOU.

BOTH NEIL AND I ARE TRYING
TO EAT HEALTHIER.
THAT'S GOOD.

WHEN I USED TO MAKE LASAGNA
FOR US, I WOULD ALWAYS USE
EITHER SAUSAGES OR GROUND CHUCK.

NOW I'M MAKING IT
STRICTLY VEGETARIAN.

I USE ZUCCHINI, EGGPLANT.

I ALSO USE
A LOW-FAT RICOTTA CHEESE.

I'LL HAVE TO
REMEMBER THAT.

ARE YOU EXPECTING NEIL
FOR DINNER, MS. GERGES?

UH-HUH.
[Giggles]

I WOULD ASK YOU TO STAY,

BUT I NEVER KNOW WHAT TIME
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA SIT DOWN.

NEIL GOT A LETTER FROM YOU
THIS MORNING, MS. GERGES.

OH, NEIL GETS
LOTS OF LETTERS FROM ME.

I'LL SEND HIM A SNAPSHOT,

OR I'LL SEE SOMETHING
IN THE NEWSPAPER
THAT STRIKES ME AS FUNNY.

SOMETIMES, FOR NO REASON AT ALL,
I'LL SEE SOMETHING
THAT REMINDS ME OF HIM.

I FIND THAT IT'S NO MORE TROUBLE
TO JOT DOWN A NOTE
AND STICK IT IN AN ENVELOPE...

THAN IT IS
TO PICK UP THE PHONE
AND CALL.

YOU SAID SOMETHING
IN THIS LAST LETTER...

WHICH IS OF GREAT INTEREST
TO US, MS. GERGES.

W-WHAT WOULD THAT BE,
MR. HOFFMAN?

YOU SAID THAT YOU KILLED
JESSICA COSTELLO.

THAT LETTER...
WAS NOT ADDRESSED TO YOU,
MR. HOFFMAN.

THAT LETTER WAS ADDRESSED
TO NEIL AVEDON.

NEIL IS ABOUT TO STAND TRIAL
FOR MURDER, MS. GERGES.

IT'S IMPORTANT...

THAT IF
YOU KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT MURDER...

YOU COME FORWARD.

- I DON'T.
- YOU SAID YOU DID.

NEIL UNDERSTANDS
WHAT I SAID.

NEIL UNDERSTANDS
WHAT I DIDN'T SAY.

AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING
THAT NEIL DOES NOT UNDERSTAND,

THEN NEIL IS THE ONE WHO SHOULD
BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS!

HOLLY, YOU HAVE A HISTORY
OF PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW,
THAT IS INSULTING.

I HAVE ALLOWED YOU
IN MY HOME.

I HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY
HOSPITABLE WITH YOU.

AND NOW EACH OF YOU IN TURN
HAS TAKEN AN ACCUSATORY TONE...

AND SEEN FIT TO TALK TO ME
ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE REALLY
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!

I'M GONNA ASK YOU BOTH
TO LEAVE.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL NEIL.

I PROMISE YOU.
HE WILL NOT BE HAPPY.

[Screen Door Closes]

SO, SEEMS TO ME WE NEED
TO TALK TO HOLLY GERGES.

[Sighs]

ALLERGIES, DETECTIVE?

EVERY TIME YOU START
BLOWING SMOKE, COUNSELOR,
I GET A NASAL TICKLE.

YOU DON'T THINK THIS WOMAN
WARRANTS INVESTIGATION?

YES, SHE WARRANTS INVESTIGATION.
JUST DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP.

THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE WORKING PRESS.

HE KNOWS AS WELL AS I DO
THIS WOMAN DIDN'T KILL
JESSICA COSTELLO.

YOUR SOURCE AT
THE PSYCHIC FRIENDS NETWORK
TIP YOU OFF?

YOU WANT ME
TO INTERVIEW HER?
I'LL INTERVIEW HER.

BUT DON'T GET SIDETRACKED
BY SOME FLAKE...

WHO DANCED THROUGH
NEIL AVEDON'S LIFE
FIVE YEARS AGO.

I KNOW THESE WACKOS.
I DEAL WITH THEM EVERY DAY.

WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT GUY.

YOU KNOW IT,

YOU KNOW IT,

AND HE KNOWS IT.

YOU'LL HAVE HER IN TODAY,
I TRUST.

YEAH.

[Reporter]
MR. AVEDON! JUST ONE SHOT!
MR. HOFFMAN!

I DID A LITTLE
MORE DIGGING
ON PATRICK McQUEN.

PATRICK McQUEN?
WE STILL CONSIDERING HIM?

HE MAY NOT BE
WHAT HE SEEMS.

WELL, HE SEEMS
PRETTY SCARY.

SIXTY-SIX YEARS OLD.
EX-MARINE.

HE VOTED FOR REAGAN, WILSON
AND THE DEATH PENALTY.

THAT'S NOT GOOD.

LET'S TAKE THIS
IN HERE.

FIVE YEARS AGO, McQUEN'S SON...

THEY BOTH WORKED
AT KEM-TRON ELECTRONICS...
GOT FIRED.

MY PEOPLE TELL ME
IT WENT DOWN AROUND
A SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT.

THE COMPANY SPENT A FORTUNE
DEFENDING THEMSELVES,
AND THEY TOOK IT OUT ON JUNIOR.

AND THE OLD MAN
RESENTED IT.

HE QUIT IN PROTEST
WHEN HIS SON GOT FIRED.

SO WHAT I'M GETTING IS A JUROR
WHO MAY BE SYMPATHETIC
TO CHARGES OF FALSE ACCUSATION.

DESPITE HIS SURFACE PROFILE,
HE COULD BE ONE OF OURS.

HE MAY NOT BE WILLING
TO CHARACTERIZE JESSICA
AS THE INNOCENT WAIF,

MAY FEEL MEN ARE GETTING
THE SHAFT THESE DAYS,

MAY FEEL ACCUSATIONS
IN MATTERS INVOLVING SEX
ARE TOO WIDESPREAD.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, TEDDY?

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
IS ONE THING.
FAMILY IS ANOTHER.

I THINK WE WANT HIM.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS,
MIRIAM MAY BE LOOKING AT
THE SAME THINGS WE ARE.

WE LEAVE HIM ALONE,
SHE'S GONNA SMELL A RAT.

THEN WE APPEAR TO GO AFTER HIM...
KICK HIM AROUND, LOOK TO
GET HIM EXCUSED FOR CAUSE.

GIVE HER SOMETHING
TO PUSH AGAINST.

AND WHAT IF GRASSO
KNOWS AS MUCH ABOUT HIM
AS WE DO?

SHE'LL EXERCISE
ONE OF HER PEREMPTORIES.
EITHER WAY, WE WIN.

MR. McQUEN, YOU WROTE
IN YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE...

THAT YOU'RE THE CAPTAIN
OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
ASSOCIATION.

DO YOU HAVE MUCH CRIME
IN THE MAR VISTA AREA?

WE KEEP
A PRETTY TIGHT LID
ON THINGS.

BUNCH OF GOOD PEOPLE.
WE LOOK OUT FOR OURSELVES.

SO YOU FEEL THE POLICE
AREN'T GETTING THE JOB DONE?

THEY'RE DOING FINE.

WHAT WE DO,
IT'S, UH, AN ADDITION.

YOU FOUGHT IN KOREA,
DIDN'T YOU?

YEAH. MARINES.
UH, I SAW SOME ACTION.

YOU'RE AWARE
THAT THE DEFENDANT...

IS ABOUT TO APPEAR
IN A FILM IN WHICH HE PLAYS
AN ACTION HERO.

DOES THAT IMPRESS YOU?
[McQuen Chuckles]

IT'S ACTING, RIGHT?
I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

THANK YOU.
NO MORE QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.

[Hoffman]
GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.

MR. McQUEN, YOU UNDERSTAND
THE NATURE OF THE PRESUMPTION
OF INNOCENCE, DON'T YOU?

YEAH, I DO.

SO YOU UNDERSTAND JUST BECAUSE
THE POLICE ARREST SOMEONE,

THAT DOESN'T MEAN
HE COMMITTED THE CRIME
WITH WHICH HE'S CHARGED?

LIKE I SAID,
I'M PRETTY CLEAR ON THE
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE.

WELL, WOULD YOU SAY
THE POLICE ARE RIGHT
WHEN THEY ARREST SOMEONE...

MOST OF THE TIME,
SOME OF THE TIME, WHAT?

THE WAY I SEE IT,
THE POLICE ARE RIGHT
A LOT MORE THAN THEY'RE WRONG.

THEY'RE NOT TO BLAME.

THERE'S A LOT OF VIOLENCE
IN THIS WORLD,

BUT THE POLICE
ARE PULLING THEIR OAR
PRETTY DAMN GOOD.

BUT YOU DO BELIEVE...

THERE'S A PROBLEM
IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,
CORRECT?

YES.

AM I PART OF WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,
MR. McQUEN?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT YOU PERSONALLY,

BUT A LOT OF THE TIMES
YOU DEFENSE GUYS
ARE PRETTY SNEAKY.

APPROACH.

- CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE.
- WHY?

THIS MAN'S A POSTER BOY
FOR THE PROSECUTION.

WE CAN'T LET COUNSEL'S PARANOIA
RULE THE JURY SELECTION PROCESS.

THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT MR. McQUEN
THAT INDICATES
ANY LIMITING BIAS OR PREJUDICE.

I'M INCLINED TO AGREE.

IF HE WANTS TO USE
A PEREMPTORY, HE CAN.

WELL, MR. HOFFMAN?

WE WON'T CHALLENGE
AT THIS TIME,
YOUR HONOR.

[Knock On Door]

VIVIEN BARONE.

SEND HER IN, LOUIS.
YOU HAVE CHOIR PRACTICE TONIGHT?

IF YOU NEED ME TO STAY...

NAH, GO AHEAD.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.

TEDDY.

HELLO, VIVIEN.

IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD,
THERE'S A MEAN-SPIRITED
RUMOR OUT ON THE GRAPEVINE.

I KNOW.

IT'S EXTREMELY UPSETTING
TO BOTH ANNIE AND ME.

AS IT IS TO FRANCESCA,
QUITE UNDERSTANDABLY.

I ASSUME THIS CAME OUT OF
YOUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH RICHARD.

HE KNOWS
HOW LOYAL FRANCESCA IS
TO HER FRIENDS,

YOU BEING AMONG
HER MOST VALUED.

BY TRASHING YOU,
HE SO UNNERVED HER
SHE'S ABOUT READY TO CAVE.

TEDDY, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT
TO BE UPSET.

BUT IF FRANCESCA CALLS, I WOULD
BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD
NOT COMMUNICATE YOUR DISTRESS.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING,
VIVIEN.

YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS FULL
AS IT IS...

WITHOUT MY SAYING SOMETHING
THAT MIGHT FURTHER
ENFLAME THE SITUATION.

THANK YOU, TEDDY.
I APPRECIATE
YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

WHAT'S THE NUMBER
YOU'RE GOING AFTER?

HALF.

WHICH RIGHT NOW
IS AROUND 200 MILLION.

HE PUT 20 ON THE TABLE
THE DAY WE SERVED PAPERS.
HASN'T BUDGED SINCE.

IF FRANCESCA CALLS,
I'LL ENCOURAGE HER
TO STAY THE COURSE.

SHE'S A GOOD PERSON,

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE HER
GET EVERYTHING
SHE'S ENTITLED TO.

AS GOOD A PERSON
AS SHE IS,

I DON'T KNOW
IF SHE HAS THE STOMACH
FOR A LONG FIGHT,

NO MATTER
WHAT ANYONE SAYS.

THANK YOU, TEDDY.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, NEIL.
GO HOME, GO TO SLEEP.

"DRIVES A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE
VEHICLE...

AND SUBSCRIBES
TO SPORTS ILLUSTRATED."

HE'S BAD FOR ME.

"WOULD USE
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE...

AND SUBSCRIBES
TO THE NEW YORKER."

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S A SLIGHT
OVERSIMPLIFICATION.

YEAH, WELL, I DIDN'T FEEL
LIKE I HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS
IN THAT ROOM TODAY, TED.

YOU DON'T NEED A LOT.

[Holly]
NEIL?

I THOUGHT
I HEARD YOUR VOICE.

YOU KNOW
WHO I SAW TODAY?

I WAS AT
THE IRVINE RANCH MARKET,
AND I SAW GALE STORM.

DO YOU REMEMBER HER?

I USED TO WATCH
MY LITTLE MARGIE
EVERY SINGLE MORNING.

OH, BY THE WAY,
I NEED FOR YOU TO LOOK AT
A LEATHER JACKET FOR ME.

I TRIED IT ON
THIS MORNING
AT NORDSTROM'S,

AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW
HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT,
MS. GERGES?

NEIL, I WANT TO
TALK TO YOU... ALONE.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN,
MS. GERGES.

NEIL?

I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
WHAT IS BEING DONE TO ME
BY THIS MAN.

HE HAS INROADS
AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,

AND NOW I AM BEING
HARASSED BY THE POLICE.

I CAN'T GO HOME NOW BECAUSE
THEY'RE WAITING FOR ME THERE.

HE'S MAKING MY LIFE
A LIVING HELL, AND YOU NEED
TO PUT A STOP TO IT!

WHAT EXACTLY
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO, HOLLY?

TELL THE TRUTH,
HOW ABOUT?

I COULD SHOW YOU
A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS...

WHERE WE ARE
100% PREDESTINED
TO BE TOGETHER.

INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING IT,
YOU FIGHT IT.

NOW LIES ARE BEING TOLD
ABOUT ME.

YOU ARE NOT STANDING UP
TO DEFEND ME,

AND THAT IS REALLY SOMETHING
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

WHAT I NEED FOR YOU TO DO NOW
IS WAIT FOR ME OUTSIDE,

BECAUSE I'M GOING
TO KILL YOUR ATTORNEY...

AND I REALLY THINK
IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU,
LEGALLY,

IF YOU WERE NOT
PRESENT IN THE ROOM.

- I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THAT.
- I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU WANT.

I'M TELLING YOU
I DO KNOW WHAT I WANT.

WHAT I WANT...

IS FOR THERE NOT TO BE
ANY KILLING HERE TONIGHT.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AND I WANT...

FOR YOU...

AND ME...

TO BE HAPPY.

SO WHY ARE YOU
PUTTING ME THROUGH ALL THIS?

'CAUSE...

I DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S
STARING ME RIGHT IN THE FACE.

I COULD MAKE YOU HAPPY.

I KNOW YOU COULD.

WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

WELL, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT
BACK AT MY PLACE...

OVER DINNER.

YOU KNOW, CANDLELIGHT,
NICE BOTTLE OF WINE.

JUST THE TWO OF US.

I'D REALLY LIKE THAT.
YEAH.

[Whispers]
ALL RIGHT.

BUT FIRST,
GIVE ME THE GUN.

COME ON.

[Inhales, Exhales]

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, LET ME FINISH TALKING
BUSINESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.
OKAY, HOLLY?

I'LL MEET YOU
DOWN IN THE LOBBY.

[Giggles]
OKAY.

[Knock On Door]

FRANCESCA CROSS IS HERE.

SHOW HER IN.

FRANCESCA.

HOW ARE YOU?

NOT VERY GOOD.

PLEASE SIT.

I, UM, UNDERSTAND...

YOU'VE SPOKEN
TO VIVIEN BARONE.

CAN I ASSUME
IT WAS TO DISCUSS RICHARD'S
LATEST UNPLEASANTRY?

SHE TOLD ME
HE'S BEEN PLAYING HARDBALL
IN YOUR DIVORCE.

"HARDBALL."

MUD WRESTLING
IS MORE LIKE IT.

TO DRAG YOU AND ANNIE
INTO THIS,
IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE.

OUR MARRIAGE WILL SURVIVE.

IF YOU WANT ME
TO CALL HER...
NO, WE'RE FINE.

IT'S YOU I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

I JUST WANT TO BE FREE
OF ALL THIS, TED.

RICHARD'S NOT THE SAME MAN
THAT I MARRIED.

SIX YEARS AGO, WE STARTED
LIVING SEPARATE LIVES.

HIS WAS A PARADE
OF USERS AND...

MISTRESSES, WHORES.

AND THE RUMORS OF INFIDELITY
BEHIND MY BACK.

I'VE DECIDED
TO ACCEPT THE OFFER
THAT'S ON THE TABLE...

AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE...

WHILE I STILL HAVE
A SHRED OF DIGNITY LEFT.

DON'T LET RICHARD'S TACTICS
DEFEAT YOU, FRANCESCA.

YOU'RE ENTITLED TO
A GOOD DEAL MORE
THAN HE'S OFFERING.

I THOUGHT THAT I COULD
GO TO WAR WITH HIM,
BUT I CAN'T.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE VIVIEN
IN YOUR CORNER.
SHE'S A FIGHTER. BELIEVE ME.

WELL, I...

I THINK THAT I CAN
MAKE ENDS MEET
ON $20 MILLION, TED.

NO ONE WILL BE HOLDING
ANY BAKE SALES FOR ME.

IF YOU'RE DOING THIS
TO SPARE ANNIE AND ME...

NO, I'M DOING
WHAT'S RIGHT FOR ME.
HONESTLY.

BESIDES, I KNOW RICHARD.

THIS WOULD BE
JUST THE BEGINNING.

HE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO BRING ME TO MY KNEES.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT HIM,
GO ON RECORD WITH WHAT YOU KNOW.

AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE
TO HELP YOU, TED, I CAN'T.

RICHARD SCARES ME.

AND I'M TIRED
OF BEING SCARED.

WHATEVER YOU DECIDE,

RICHARD'S TAKEN
A GREAT DEAL FROM YOU,
FRANCESCA,

BUT HE HASN'T TAKEN
YOUR DIGNITY.

ANNIE'S A LUCKY WOMAN, TED.

I HOPE I'M AS LUCKY ONE DAY.

PLEASE
GIVE HER MY APOLOGIES.

SIR, YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT
OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE,
DON'T YOU?

IT MEANS NO EYEWITNESS,

JUST A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT SUGGEST HE DID IT.

THE LAW REQUIRES
THAT WHEN THERE ARE
TWO REASONABLE INFERENCES...

TO BE DRAWN
FROM SUCH EVIDENCE...

ONE SUGGESTING GUILT,
THE OTHER INNOCENCE...

YOU MUST ADOPT THE ONE
SUGGESTING INNOCENCE.

I THINK I CAN
MAKE THAT DISTINCTION.

AFTER ALL,
A MAN'S LIFE IS AT STAKE.

LIKE THE MAN SAYS,
INNOCENT
UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

MR. CORMIER, DO YOU
UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT
OF REASONABLE DOUBT?

THAT IF SUCH DOUBTS
AREN'T REASONABLE,

THEN YOU MUST RETURN
A VERDICT OF GUILTY?

TWELVE YEARS ON THE FORCE,
YOU GRASP THE CONCEPT.

YOU WORK IN
A PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, MS. MILLIGAN?

YES.
EIGHT YEARS.

WHAT DO YOU DO THERE?
BILLING, RECEPTION.

UM, A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.

IF THE EVIDENCE WERE TO SHOW
THAT NEIL AVEDON HAD SEX...

WITH A GIRL
NOT MUCH OLDER
THAN YOUR DAUGHTER,

WOULD THAT
AFFECT YOUR ABILITY
TO JUDGE HIM FAIRLY?

UM...

I WON'T PRETEND THAT I APPROVE
OF THAT BEHAVIOR, MR. HOFFMAN,

BUT I THINK I CAN
DECIDE THIS CASE ON THE FACTS.

BECAUSE YOU WORK
IN A PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE,

DO YOU BELIEVE
YOU HAVE MORE INSIGHT
INTO HUMAN BEHAVIOR?

ONLY THAT PEOPLE
DON'T ALWAYS PAY THEIR BILLS...

AND THAT THEY'RE SOMETIMES
LATE FOR THEIR APPOINTMENTS.

DOES THAT BOTHER YOU,
PEOPLE BEING LATE,
NOT PAYING?

YES, IT DOES.
WHY?

BECAUSE IT'S WRONG.

WOULD YOU AGREE
THAT THERE ARE INSTANCES
WHERE PEOPLE'S ACTIONS...

CANNOT BE VIEWED
IN BLACK-AND-WHITE TERMS?

THAT THINGS WHICH MAY APPEAR
ONE WAY ON THE SURFACE...

IN FACT, MAY NOT BE
WHAT THEY APPEAR?

OF COURSE I WOULD.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THINK THERE'S ANYTHING COMPLEX
ABOUT MURDER, MS. MILLIGAN?

HOW DO YOU MEAN?

WELL, IF I WERE TO PROVE
TO YOU THAT THE MAN SITTING
AT THE DEFENSE TABLE...

BRUTALLY KILLED
A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL,

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
ANY TROUBLE FINDING HIM
GUILTY, WOULD YOU?

NOT AS LONG AS YOU PROVED IT
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

WOULD YOU LOOK
BENEATH THE SURFACE,

AS MR. HOFFMAN
HAS SUGGESTED,

TO TRY TO FIND
SOME COMPLEX REASON
TO ACQUIT HIM,

DESPITE EVIDENCE
TO THE CONTRARY?

IF YOU CONVINCE ME
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT,
MS. GRASSO,

I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE
TO VOTE HIM GUILTY.

- THANK YOU.
- [Judge Bornstein] THE COURT
WILL TAKE A 15-MINUTE RECESS.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS,
WE MAY HAVE SOME KEEPERS
ON THIS PANEL.

CORMIER'S ONE OF THEM.
ASSUMING HE ISN'T PICKED UP
ON GRASSO'S RADAR.

HE'S A COP.
MIRIAM'S GOTTA LOVE HIM
FOR THAT.

[Neil]
I KINDA LIKE HIM TOO.

I GOT ALONG GREAT WITH THE COPS
WORKING SECURITY ON DEADBOLT,

AND IF THIS GUY'S HAD
A BEEF WITH THE DEPARTMENT,
THAT'S GOTTA BE GOOD FOR US.

THAT'S THE THEORY.

NOW, THE ONE
I'D DEFINITELY PASS ON
IS MILLIGAN.

THE ONE WHO
MAKES TIME FOR HER KIDS
AND WORKS FOR A SHRINK?

I HAVE TO SAY, LORRAINE,
I LIKED HER.

SHE'S PATIENT, MATERNAL,
WILLING TO WEIGH THE EVIDENCE.
ALL TRUE.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT HER DEMEANOR,
HER BODY LANGUAGE,
I SEE TROUBLE.

IF YOU'RE BOTHERED
BY THE CRUCIFIX
SHE HAD ON,

MY 16-YEAR-OLD SISTER
HAS ONE JUST LIKE IT...
AND A NAVEL RING.

WEAR IT ONE DAY,
IT'S A FASHION STATEMENT.

WEAR IT THREE DAYS IN A ROW,
AS THIS WOMAN HAS,
AND IT'S WHO YOU ARE.

WHENEVER SEX IS MENTIONED,
SHE SHIFTS IN HER SEAT
OR FOLDS HER ARMS.

WHAT I SEE IS A JUDGMENTAL,
MORALISTIC WOMAN...

WHO, AS SOON AS SHE
GETS THE CHANCE, IS GONNA
DROP THE HAMMER ON NEIL.

I DON'T WANT TO USE A PEREMPTORY
BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE
THIS WOMAN'S WARDROBE CHOICES.

ASK HER IF SHE THINKS
SHE'LL BE UNDULY INFLUENCED
BY NEIL'S CELEBRITY.

SHE'LL DISPUTE THE NOTION
THAT NEIL'S A CELEBRITY
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

ASK HER ABOUT NEIL'S HISTORY
WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

SHE'LL SAY SUBSTANCE ABUSE
IS A FAILURE OF CHARACTER.

WATCH.

DO YOU THINK MR. AVEDON'S
CELEBRITY STATUS...

WILL INFLUENCE YOUR ABILITY
TO REMAIN IMPARTIAL?

THE FACT THAT
HE WAS IN A TV SHOW...

DOESN'T MAKE
ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SO, IF HE WERE TO TAKE
THE STAND IN THIS TRIAL,

YOUR ABILITY TO OBJECTIVELY
EVALUATE HIS TESTIMONY...

WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED
BY HIS BEING FAMOUS?

JONAS SALK WAS FAMOUS,
MR. HOFFMAN.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY WAS FAMOUS.

HE'S JUST SOMEONE
WHO GETS HIS PICTURE
IN A LOT OF MAGAZINES.

IN THOSE MAGAZINES,

HAVE YOU READ ABOUT
MR. AVEDON'S STRUGGLE
WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL?

YES.

IN YOUR OPINION,

IS IT MORE OR LESS LIKELY...

MR. AVEDON COMMITTED THE CRIME
WITH WHICH HE'S CHARGED...

BECAUSE HE SUFFERS FROM
THE DISEASE OF ALCOHOLISM?

WELL, ONE'S GOT NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE OTHER,

BUT I DON'T BUY
THIS "DISEASE" BUSINESS.

I'M... IF YOU GET DRUNK
OR TAKE DRUGS,
IT'S BECAUSE YOU WANT TO.

IT'S NOT A DISEASE.
IT'S A FAILURE OF CHARACTER.

NOTHING FURTHER.

YOUR HONOR,
THE DEFENSE THANKS
AND EXCUSES MS. MILLIGAN.

[Judge Bornstein]
MS. MILLIGAN,
YOU ARE EXCUSED.

- [Reporters Shouting]
- HOW IS JURY SELECTION
COMING ALONG?

THE PROCESS CONTINUES.

WE REMAIN HOPEFUL
OF FINDING AN IMPARTIAL PANEL...

WHICH WILL FAIRLY WEIGH
THE EVIDENCE AGAINST MY CLIENT.

THERE'S A RUMOR
THE POLICE ARE LOOKING
AT ANOTHER SUSPECT.

YESTERDAY EVENING, THE POLICE
TOOK INTO CUSTODY A WOMAN WHO
HAS BEEN STALKING NEIL AVEDON.

IN A LETTER
DELIVERED TO NEIL'S HOME,

THIS WOMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE
KILLED JESSICA COSTELLO.

IF A POLICE INVESTIGATION
BEARS THIS OUT,

WE WILL BE SEEKING
A DISMISSAL OF ALL CHARGES.

CAN YOU GIVE US HER NAME?
DID SHE MAKE AN ATTEMPT
ON NEIL'S LIFE?

AN INCIDENT IN MY OFFICE
WAS DEFUSED WITHOUT VIOLENCE.

ANY FURTHER DETAILS WILL
HAVE TO COME FROM THE POLICE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Reporters
Shouting Questions]
MR. HOFFMAN!

DETECTIVE,
CAN YOU COMMENT?

UNLIKE MR. HOFFMAN,
I DON'T CONDUCT MY BUSINESS
IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS.

IF AND WHEN WE HAVE
ANY EVIDENCE...

CONCERNING THIS WOMAN'S
INVOLVEMENT IN THE MURDER
OF JESSICA COSTELLO,

YOU'LL BE INFORMED
IN THE APPROPRIATE FORUM.

[Reporters
Continue Shouting]
THAT'S ENOUGH!

[Officer]
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COOPERATION, FOLKS.

COUNSELOR, I WOULDN'T BE
FILING THAT MOTION
ANYTIME SOON.

I QUESTIONED
THIS GERGES WOMAN MYSELF.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT PLANET SHE'S ON.

DOES THAT MEAN
YOU'VE ELIMINATED HER
AS A SUSPECT?

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
SHE NEVER WAS A SUSPECT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO IGNORE
THE FACT...

THAT SHE CONFESSED
TO JESSICA'S MURDER
IN HER LETTER TO NEIL.

SHE ALSO SAID SHE WAS
CARRYING NEIL'S BABY, COUNSELOR.
HOW DOES THAT STACK UP?

AS FOR THE CONFESSION,
WE WENT OVER THAT.
SHE SAID IT WAS A METAPHOR.

THERE WAS NOTHING METAPHORIC
ABOUT THAT GUN SHE WAS WAVING
AROUND MY OFFICE.

DO YOU MEAN
THE UNLOADED GUN?

THAT NETS HER
A WEAPONS CHARGE,

NOT THE RAP FOR THE MURDER
YOUR CLIENT DID.

BUT, HEY, IT MADE FOR
A NICE SOUND BITE, DIDN'T IT?

WE'RE DUE IN COURT, PEOPLE,
SO LET'S WRAP THIS UP.
WHAT'S THE CONSENSUS?

I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN
ABOUT HER POTENTIAL
BIAS AGAINST MEN,

BUT JULIA ANTONELLI'S BACKGROUND
COULD CUT TWO WAYS.

PLUS, OUR RESEARCH TURNED UP
SHE'S UNMARRIED,
WITH A LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND.

THEN WHY DOES GRASSO
LIKE HER SO MUCH?

COULD BE AN ACT
TO MAKE US THINK SHE DOES.

MY CONCERN IS THAT
SHE'LL IDENTIFY WITH
THE MURDER VICTIM HERE...

AND VENT HER RAGE AT NEIL
FOR THE INJUSTICES SHE SEES
DONE TO WOMEN EVERY DAY.

WELL, THE QUESTION IS,
DO WE WANT TO SPEND A PEREMPTORY
AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME?

HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT HER, NEIL?

MY VOTE WOULD BE
TO KEEP HER.

OUT OF EVERYONE
WE'VE SEEN SO FAR,

SHE'S THE ONLY ONE
WHO'S MADE EYE CONTACT WITH ME.

YOU SURE SHE'S NOT
JUST GETTING A GOOD LOOK
AT THE ENEMY?

I DON'T THINK SO.

TEDDY, THERE'S A LOT
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT,
BUT I KNOW WOMEN,

AND I'M GETTING
A GOOD HIT FROM THIS ONE.

IT'S YOUR JURY, NEIL.

IF YOU FEEL THERE'S A LINE
OF COMMUNICATION THERE,
WE NEED TO TRUST THAT.

HAVE WE DUG UP ANYTHING
TO CAUSE US TO RETHINK
SEATING THE COP?

BELIEVE ME, WAYNE CORMIER IS
SOMEONE YOU WANT ON THIS JURY.

WITH HIM, THIS GIRL
AND PATRICK McQUEN ON BOARD,

WE MAY HAVE THE NUCLEUS
OF A PANEL WE CAN WORK WITH.

LET'S HOPE SO.

BUT AS LONG AS MIRIAM GRASSO
CAN DRAW BREATH AND HAS
A PEREMPTORY IN HER POCKET,

DON'T FALL IN LOVE
WITH ANY OF THESE PEOPLE.

[Grasso]
DO YOU UNDERSTAND
THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE...

ONLY APPLIES
UNTIL I PRESENT EVIDENCE...

THAT SHOWS THE DEFENDANT'S GUILT
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT?

YES.

DO YOU THINK YOU'RE CAPABLE,
IF THE EVIDENCE SO INDICATES, OF
DELIVERING A VERDICT OF GUILTY?

YES, I DO.

AND WHAT IF YOU WERE TO HEAR
EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE...

THAT THE VICTIM
WAS SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS?

WOULD THAT MAKE YOU THINK...

THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD
AT LEAST SOMETHING TO DO
WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?

AS DIVINE RETRIBUTION
OR SOMETHING?

NO WAY.

THE PERSON
THAT KILLED THAT GIRL
IS THE ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE.

THANK YOU, MS. ANTONELLI.
NOTHING FURTHER.

COUNSEL?

NO QUESTIONS
AND NO CHALLENGE, YOUR HONOR.

UH, WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION,
I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS
FOR MR. CORMIER.

MR. CORMIER,
YOU TOOK AN EARLY RETIREMENT
IN JUNE OF 1992...

AFTER 12 YEARS
WITH THE L.A.P.D.

- IS THAT CORRECT?
- YES.

WERE YOU COMPELLED TO RETIRE
BECAUSE OF AN INJURY
YOU SUSTAINED WHILE ON DUTY?

YES.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT INJURY
AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES
UNDER WHICH IT OCCURRED?

THE PATROL CAR
THAT I WAS DRIVING...

WAS REAR-ENDED BY
A SUSPECT'S VEHICLE...

RUNNING FROM
A CRIME SCENE.

I SUFFERED A NECK INJURY
DUE TO WHIPLASH.

DID YOUR INJURY ENTITLE YOU TO
ANY SORT OF DISABILITY PAYMENTS
FROM THE DEPARTMENT?

- YES.
- OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

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

OVERRULED.

HOW DID YOU FEEL
ABOUT THAT DECISION?

I DISAGREED WITH IT.

WOULD IT BE ACCURATE TO SAY...

YOU WERE ANGRY
ABOUT THAT DECISION?

AT THE TIME,
I WAS ANGRY.

BUT LIFE GOES ON.

WELL, NOTWITHSTANDING
THAT LIFE DOES GO ON,

DO YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN
OBJECTIVELY EVALUATE...

THE TESTIMONY
OF POLICE OFFICERS
IN THIS TRIAL?

WHATEVER MY OPINION OF
THE BEAN COUNTERS DOWNTOWN,

I WOULD NEVER TAKE IT OUT
ON THE GUYS ON THE JOB.

YOU WERE ON THE JOB
WITH A FORMER DETECTIVE
BY THE NAME OF DAVID BLALOCK.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WERE YOU AWARE THAT MR. BLALOCK
IS A FORMER EMPLOYEE
OF DEFENSE COUNSEL?

I GUESS I READ THAT
IN DAVIE'S OBITUARY.

APPROACH.

MOVE TO CHALLENGE
FOR CAUSE.

HIS ANIMUS
FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,

COUPLED WITH
A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP...

WITH A MAN
THAT INVESTIGATED THE CASE...
NOW DECEASED.

AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT THAT
COULD ONLY MAKE MR. CORMIER...

MORE SYMPATHETIC
TOWARDS THE DEFENDANT.

UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THIS MAN
TO BE FAIR-MINDED.

MS. GRASSO CAN DRAW
WHATEVER INFERENCE
SHE CARES TO.

NOTHING
I'VE HEARD THIS MAN SAY
DEMONSTRATES BIAS.

SIR, WERE YOU A FRIEND
OF MR. BLALOCK?

WE KNEW EACH OTHER, BUT...
WE WEREN'T CLOSE, NO.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SPOKE TO HIM?

A YEAR AGO, MAYBE.

CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE DENIED.

YOUR HONOR,
THE PEOPLE WISH TO THANK
AND EXCUSE MR. CORMIER.

MR. CORMIER,
YOU'RE EXCUSED.

I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING.

THIS IS WHY MIRIAM'S
A NIGHTMARE IN PUMPS.

TEDDY?
I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU.

WHAT'S UP, RAY?
HOLLY GERGES
DIED IN CUSTODY.

HOW DID IT HAPPEN?

[Ray]
GUARD CAME DOWN TO SERVE LUNCH
AROUND 12:00 NOON.

FOUND HER ALONE IN THE CELL,

NO SIGN OF STRUGGLE,
NOT A MARK ON HER.

COULDN'T FIND A PULSE.

THEY GOT HER TO THE INFIRMARY
AND PRONOUNCED HER.

CAUSE OF DEATH
HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED,

BUT IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE A HOMICIDE.

WHAT ARE THE ACTUARIALS
OF A WOMAN IN HER 30s
DROPPING DEAD ON CUE?

IF IT WAS A HIT,
IT WAS PRETTY SOPHISTICATED.

RICHARD CROSS IS
A PRETTY SOPHISTICATED GUY.

HI, TEDDY.

RICHARD.
SO?

I HEARD ABOUT THAT GIRL
WHO WAS STALKING NEIL.
DO THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?

FOUL PLAY'S BEEN RULED OUT
FOR THE MOMENT,
PENDING RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY.

WELL, AT LEAST
SHE'S OUT OF HER MISERY.

AND CERTAINLY,
NEIL'S FORTUNES
SOAR WITH HER PASSING.

I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU MEAN, RICHARD.

EVEN WITH
THIS WOMAN'S CONFESSION,

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW
THE POLICE WOULD NOT DROP
THE CHARGES AGAINST NEIL...

WITHOUT A FIGHT.

NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE POLSON
WOULD NOT ADMIT THAT
HE'S WRONG TWICE IN A ROW,

AND NUMBER TWO,
NEIL AVEDON IS
A MUCH SEXIER COLLAR...

THAN SOME NOBODY.

NO, THE POLICE
WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE...

TO DEBUNK
THIS HOLLY PERSON'S STORY...

TO KEEP THEM FROM
LOOKING LIKE THE IDIOTS
THAT THEY ARE.

AND WITH HER OUT OF THE PICTURE,
THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, IS IT?

NO.

HER CONFESSION STANDS,
UNREFUTED.

OH, YOU'LL BE
PLEASED TO KNOW...

THAT FRANCESCA AND I
HAVE CONCLUDED OUR DIVORCE
NEGOTIATIONS AMICABLY.

SO, ALL IN ALL,
I'D SAY IT'S...

IT'S BEEN A GOOD DAY.

FOR WHOM?

EXCUSE ME?

DRAGGING FRANCESCA'S NAME
THROUGH THE MUD,

AND MINE AND MY WIFE'S
ALONG WITH IT,

TO SAVE A COUPLE
OF MILLION DOLLARS
YOU'LL NEVER MISS.

TEDDY, IF YOU'RE IMPLYING...

THAT I STARTED
THOSE AWFUL RUMORS
ABOUT YOU AND FRANCESCA...

JUST TO GAIN
SOME ADVANTAGE...

I'M NOT IMPLYING, RICHARD.
I'M STATING THE FACTS
AS I UNDERSTAND THEM TO BE.

LOOK, TEDDY,
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE UNDER
A LOT OF PRESSURE JUST NOW...

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID,
RICHARD,

EVEN IF I'LL NEVER
BE ABLE TO PROVE IT.

JUST AS I KNOW YOU WERE INVOLVED
IN THIS GIRL'S MURDER.

AND DAVE BLALOCK'S.

AND JESSICA COSTELLO'S.

BLOW ALL THE SMOKE YOU WANT.
I SEE THROUGH IT.

I SEE THROUGH THE ALIBIS,
THE SURROGATES,

THE VEILS OF LIES
AND DECEPTION,

TO THE SICKNESS
AT THE CORE OF YOUR BEING.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE NOW
BEFORE ANY MORE
HURTFUL THINGS ARE SAID...

THAT MIGHT MAKE IT
THAT MUCH HARDER
TO MEND FENCES LATER ON.

GOOD NIGHT, MY FRIEND.

THERE'S A NEWS CREW
IN RECEPTION.

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.