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[Announcer] JURY SELECTION IS COMPLETED.

[Judge Bornstein] DO YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, UNDERSTAND THE DEGREE...

THAT YOU WILL ACCURATELY AND TRULY TRY THIS CASE NOW PENDING BEFORE THIS COURT,

AND A TRUE VERDICT RENDER, ACCORDING ONLY TO THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO YOU...

AND THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE COURT?

[All] I DO.

[Announcer] THE MURDER TRIAL HITS HOME.

I DON'T WANT THIS CASE AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT IN OUR HOME.

WITH ALL THE THEATRICS AND MEDIA HOOPLA... IT'S SHOW BUSINESS.

CRIME IS ENTERTAINMENT. EVERYBODY'S A CELEBRITY.

- DADDY, LOOK. YOU'RE ON TV. - A SENSELESS TRAGEDY.

[Announcer] RICHARD CROSS MAKES JUSTINE AN OFFER SHE CAN'T REFUSE.

- WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FANTASY? - EXCUSE ME?

I SEE YOU DOING SO MUCH MORE THAN BEING TED HOFFMAN'S JUNIOR PARTNER.

HE WANTS ME TO FLY TO AMSTERDAM TO BUY SOME PAINTING.

MADE A BIG SHOW OF WANTING IT TO BE ALL RIGHT WITH YOU.

IT'S NOT. I KNOW THIS ISN'T ABOUT ART,

BUT I COULD BE YOUR INSIDE GUY ON THIS.

TELL RICHARD YOU AREN'T INTERESTED.

[Sighs]

DO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE?

EXCELLENT. ONLY ABOUT TED...

I WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT TIME TO TELL HIM.

I'M SURE YOU'LL TELL TED WHEN YOU'RE READY.

[Loud Chattering]

[Woman Screams]

[Woman Screams]

[Chattering Excitedly]

MORNING, TED. ANY CHANCE FOR A LAST-MINUTE PLEA BARGAIN? NOT INTERESTED.

HAVE YOU PROPOSED A POSSIBILITY OF AN INSANITY DEFENSE? YES.

ANY TRUTH TO THE RUMOR ADDITIONAL COUNSEL WILL BE BROUGHT IN?

NONE THAT I KNOW OF.

ARE WE GONNA GET OPENING STATEMENTS? I'M SURE WE WILL.

[Woman] HOW DO YOU FEEL, NEIL?

[Sighs]

IT'S OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE TO. YOU SURE?

YEAH.

STAND OUTSIDE AND MAKE SURE NO ONE COMES IN.

OH.

[Water Running]

[Faucet Squeaks Off] [Sighs]

LOOK AT ME.

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE...

AND THAT MAY MEAN A TRIAL...

AND THAT MAY MEAN A TRIAL AND AN APPEAL...

YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

WHY DO I GET THE FEELING THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY TO A TERRIFIED CLIENT?

I DON'T SAY IT UNLESS I BELIEVE IT. [Exhales Deeply]

TEDDY, I DON'T THINK I CAN GET THROUGH THIS.

YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT, NEIL.

YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT BECAUSE YOU'RE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE...

AND BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE BY YOUR SIDE THE WHOLE TIME.

THIS IS WHAT I DO, NEIL. THIS IS WHAT I'M GOOD AT.

NOW YOU'RE GONNA DEPEND ON ME, AND YOU'RE GONNA PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME.

AND YOU WILL COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I PROMISE.

MS. GRASSO.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. THE PEOPLE DO HAVE A MOTION TO OFFER.

PROCEED.

YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE AT THIS TIME WOULD LIKE TO MOVE...

THAT TELEVISION CAMERAS BE BANNED FROM THE COURTROOM FOR THE DURATION OF THIS TRIAL.

THE DEFENSE DOES NOT OPPOSE MS. GRASSO'S MOTION, YOUR HONOR.

WE SUPPORT THE ELIMINATION OF CAMERAS FROM THE COURTROOM.

REASONS? I'LL DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUE...

TO STATE THE REASONS.

YOUR HONOR, WE BELIEVE THE PRESENCE OF CAMERAS,

RATHER THAN ACCOMPLISHING THE STATED PURPOSE...

OF ILLUMINATING A TRIAL,

HAS THE EFFECT OF DISTORTING IT.

WE BELIEVE THAT ATTORNEYS AS WELL AS WITNESSES,

EITHER CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY, PLAY TO THE CAMERAS.

WE BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS AN UNSEQUESTERED JURY,

THEY WILL BE THAT MUCH MORE HARD-PRESSED TO AVOID THE UBIQUITOUS COMMENTARY...

AND SPECULATION THAT FOLLOWS A TELEVISED TRIAL.

AND GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THIS CASE,

WE BELIEVE THAT THE PRESENCE OF CAMERAS...

WILL TRANSFORM THIS TRIAL INTO A SPECTACLE...

WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL BETRAY, RATHER THAN SERVE, THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE.

MAY I BE HEARD, YOUR HONOR?

STATE YOUR NAME AND WHO YOU REPRESENT FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

MONA FEIGENBAUM. I'M AN ATTORNEY FOR LAW TV.

I'D LIKE TO BE HEARD IN OPPOSITION TO MS. GRASSO'S MOTION.

[Judge Bornstein] GO AHEAD.

THE PRINCIPLE OF OPEN PUBLIC TRIALS IS A BASIC RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY...

GUARANTEED BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT.

YES, THIS IS A TRIAL IN WHICH...

THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF PUBLIC INTEREST,

AND YES, LAW TV IS A PROFIT-MAKING ENTERPRISE...

WHICH STANDS TO GAIN FROM BEING PERMITTED TO TELEVISE IT.

WHAT I WOULD ARGUE IS THAT BY DOING SO,

WE ARE FULFILLING THE SAME FUNCTION AS THAT OF THE REST OF THE WORKING PRESS...

NAMELY, THE TRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION...

PROTECTED BY THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.

LIKE IT OR NOT, TELEVISION IS THE MEANS...

BY WHICH THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY RECEIVE THEIR NEWS.

WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE DISTORT THE PROCESS. WE BELIEVE WE'RE PART OF IT.

WE HAVE FULL FAITH IN THE ABILITY OF THIS COURT...

TO ENSURE THE APPROPRIATE STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR...

FOR BOTH ATTORNEYS AND WITNESSES.

AND WE HAVE FULL FAITH IN THE COURT...

TO ASSURE THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

WHAT MS. GRASSO AND MR. HOFFMAN ARE ASKING FOR, IN ESSENCE,

IS TO BE SHIELDED FROM THE PUBLIC VIEW.

WE ASK THAT THE COURT NOT DO THAT.

WE ASK THAT THE COURT NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER...

FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN HOW EFFECTIVE A MESSENGER HE IS.

ALL RIGHT, MS. FEIGENBAUM. YOU'RE NOT TESTIFYING BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.

I GET THE POINT.

THE COURT DENIES THE MOTION. LIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE WILL BE PERMITTED.

COVERAGE WILL BE RESTRICTED TO WHEN THE JURY IS PRESENT.

THE JURY WILL NOT BE SHOWN ON CAMERA EVER.

THERE WILL BE ONE CAMERA... AND ONE CAMERA ONLY...

WHICH WILL SERVE AS THE POOL CAMERA FOR ALL TELEVISION COVERAGE.

YOUR HONOR, MAY I BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE?

- NO. - MAY I SUBMIT ADDITIONAL POINTS AND AUTHORITIES?

I'VE RULED, MS. GRASSO. I THINK THAT, ON BALANCE,

TELEVISION COVERAGE IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

- YOUR HONOR, MAY I SAY THAT... - NOTHING, MS. FEIGENBAUM.

YOU WON. TAKE YES FOR AN ANSWER.

WE'LL TAKE A 15-MINUTE RECESS.

WE'LL BEGIN OPENING STATEMENTS AT 10:30.

[Chattering]

TED. WHAT'S UP?

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ROBERTO PORTALEGRE?

THE HUM AT D.E.A. IS...

HE'S A BROKER FOR THE CALI CARTEL.

MONEY, DRUGS, ARMS.

WITH A FINGER INTO CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.

WHY ARE WE INTERESTED?

HE PAID ME $50,000, OSTENSIBLY, TO REPRESENT HIS SON,

ONLY TO BUY OFF THE COMPLAINANT ON HIS OWN.

SOMETHING DOESN'T ADD UP.

HE WAS ALSO REFERRED BY RICHARD CROSS, WASN'T HE?

RIGHT.

ALL THE REASON YOU NEED TO BE SUSPICIOUS.

I'LL SEE WHAT ELSE I CAN DIG UP.

JURORS TEND TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE PERSON IN THE COURTROOM...

WHO COMMANDS THE MOST RESPECT.

[Man #2] AND TED HOFFMAN WANTS TO BE THAT PERSON.

[Man #1] IF TED HOFFMAN DOES TAKE CONTROL,

AS HE USUALLY DOES,

IT WILL BE QUIETLY.

DOUBLE LATTE. THANKS.

IS IT AS IMPORTANT FOR MIRIAM GRASSO...

TO GET CONTROL OF THE COURTROOM AS IT IS FOR TED HOFFMAN?

THE PROSECUTION IS USUALLY IDENTIFIED...

HI. HI. I HOPE I DIDN'T KEEP YOU WAITING.

NO. I JUST GOT HERE. GREAT.

SO, GOOD NEWS.

THE DOLLAR IS REBOUNDING AGAINST ALL THE EUROPEAN CURRENCIES.

SO, IF YOU WERE TO CLOSE ON THAT HOLBEIN PAINTING TODAY,

THE PRICE WOULD ONLY BE RIDICULOUS INSTEAD OF OBSCENE.

GOOD. IF THE DOLLAR TAKES A WRONG TURN, I CAN LIVE WITH OBSCENE.

UH, BUT THE REASON I WANTED TO SEE YOU HAS TO DO WITH A DIFFERENT MATTER.

CAN I GET A DOUBLE ESPRESSO, PLEASE?

NOPE. I'VE ALREADY HAD MY MORNING JOLT. THANK YOU.

IS TEDDY OKAY?

AS FAR AS I KNOW. WHY?

WELL, I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM.

AS YOU KNOW, TED AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME.

REGRETTABLY, THE EVENTS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS...

HAVE PUT A STRAIN ON OUR FRIENDSHIP, TO PUT IT MILDLY.

MY HOPE WAS THAT EVERYTHING WOULD WORK OUT.

BUT RECENTLY HE HAS, UM,

MADE SOME... HURTFUL AND EVEN FRIGHTENING...

YOU'RE GETTING INTO AN AREA HERE, RICHARD, I REALLY DON'T FEEL...

COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT WITH YOU.

UNDERSTOOD. YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING THAT WOULD VIOLATE NEIL'S PRIVILEGE,

AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO.

I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY TED FEELS THE NEED TO VENT HIS SPLEEN ON ME...

OVER EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THAT UPSETS HIM.

IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FLEMISH PAINTING, FINE,

THAT RELATES TO OUR BUSINESS TOGETHER.

THIS DOESN'T. JUSTINE, I'M SORRY. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO.

THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TED AND ME HAS BROKEN DOWN COMPLETELY,

AND I'M LEFT TO PONDER THE DELUSIONAL RANTINGS...

OF SOMEONE THAT I ONCE CONSIDERED A FRIEND.

THIS REALLY IS BETWEEN YOU AND TED.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S ON HIS MIND, YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK HIM YOURSELF.

I HOPE YOU'RE AS DISCREET IN YOUR BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH ME...

AS YOU ARE WITH THOSE OF HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES.

WELL, I SHOULD BE GETTING TO WORK.

I MADE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO. I GUESS I JUST NEEDED TO VENT A LITTLE BIT MYSELF.

YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD LISTENER. THANK YOU.

[Grasso] GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I WORK FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,

AND I REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

I REPRESENT YOU. ONE THING I WANT TO ADVISE YOU OF RIGHT FROM THE START.

I AM NOT ANYWHERE NEAR AS ENTERTAINING AS TED HOFFMAN IS.

I'M NOT ENTERTAINING. I'M NOT FLAMBOYANT.

AND I'M NOT FAMOUS... LIKE NEIL AVEDON.

I THINK IT'S HARD NOT TO BE BLINDED BY CELEBRITY, DON'T YOU?

I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE WHO'S NOT IMPRESSED...

AT THE SIGHT OF SEEING FAMOUS PEOPLE IN PERSON.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE IN THIS TOWN.

YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT OR A STORE.

THERE'S CLINT EASTWOOD...

OR MARY TYLER MOORE OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT.

AND IT... IT JUST MAKES THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE...

A LITTLE BIT SPECIAL.

AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE MEETING EITHER OF THESE PEOPLE UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

I'D LOVE TO GO TO DINNER WITH TED HOFFMAN,

HEAR HIS WAR STORIES.

I'LL ADMIT IT. I WOULD LOVE TO SIT AT SPAGO'S...

AT A TABLE WITH NEIL AVEDON...

AND HAVE PEOPLE OGLE ME JUST BECAUSE I'M WITH HIM.

BUT THAT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS HERE TODAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

OUR BUSINESS... IS MUCH MORE SERIOUS.

MUCH MORE SAD.

AND IT'S ALSO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.

YOUR HONOR, I HAVE TO OBJECT AT THIS POINT.

APPROACH THE BENCH.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT ON THE PART OF THE PROSECUTOR,

WHO HAS THE MAJESTY OF THE STATE BEHIND HER...

[Exhales] TO CAST HERSELF IN THE ROLE OF THE UNDERDOG.

IT'S IRRELEVANT TO THE FACTS OF THIS CASE. IT'S UNTRUE,

AND I OBJECT TO HER USE OF IT TO PANDER TO THIS JURY.

YOUR HONOR, THIS IS OPENING STATEMENT RHETORIC.

MR. HOFFMAN KNOWS THAT.

MR. HOFFMAN HAS REGISTERED HIS OBJECTION FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO INTERRUPT ME.

NOW THAT HE HAS COMPLETED HIS TASK, I WOULD ASK THE COURT TO PERMIT ME TO RESUME.

YOU KEEP TO THE FACTS OF THE CASE, MS. GRASSO.

YOU, MR. HOFFMAN, I REMIND NOT TO KEEP JUMPING IN WITH GRATUITOUS OBJECTIONS, HMM?

PROCEED.

[Siren Wailing In Distance]

[Grasso] MY OPENING STATEMENT PROVIDES ME WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A ROAD MAP...

WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE GOING WITH THIS CASE...

AND HOW WE INTEND TO PROVE IT.

IT'S A SIMPLE CASE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THERE'S NOTHING COMPLICATED ABOUT IT AT ALL.

THIS MAN RAPED AND STRANGLED TO DEATH...

A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

THE EVIDENCE WILL PLACE NEIL AVEDON...

AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME ON THE NIGHT IN QUESTION.

THE EVIDENCE WILL PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT...

THAT HE COMMITTED THE CRIMES HE'S CHARGED WITH.

WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE...

THAT HE VAGINALLY PENETRATED HER.

AND EVIDENCE THAT WAS FOUND IN THE BEDROOM...

INDICATES THERE WAS A STRUGGLE.

WE WILL DEMONSTRATE TO YOU...

AND BEATEN AND RAPED...

BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED.

HE DID THAT TO HER.

JESSICA COSTELLO'S CHARACTER...

MAY BE AN ISSUE IN THIS TRIAL RAISED BY THE DEFENSE.

DEFENSE COUNSEL WILL TRY TO MAKE THAT WHAT THIS TRIAL IS ABOUT.

HE WILL SAY THAT THIS WAS CONSENSUAL SEX...

THAT THIS YOUNG GIRL IN FACT WASN'T RAPED.

SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN RAPED. AFTER ALL, LOOK AT WHO SHE WAS.

SOMEONE WHO ABUSED DRUGS. SOMEONE WHO WAS PROMISCUOUS.

MY ADVERSARY...

WILL PUT HER ON TRIAL.

DON'T LET HIM DO IT.

NOBODY DESERVES TO BE RAPED AND MURDERED.

AND NOBODY DESERVES TO GET AWAY WITH RAPING AND MURDERING THEM,

NO MATTER HOW FAMOUS THEY MAY BE.

DURING HER OPENING STATEMENT THIS MORNING,

MIRIAM GRASSO GAVE US A PREVIEW OF THE PROSECUTION'S CASE AGAINST NEIL AVEDON...

THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE LINKING HIM TO THE MURDER...

AND THE TIMELINE WHICH PLACES HIM AT THE CRIME SCENE...

WHEN THE MURDER IS THOUGHT TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

HEY. TELL ME YOU DON'T THINK HE'S A DOLL.

WELL, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THERE,

BUT THAT RED HAIR AND FRECKLES THING DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.

GOOD. THEN HE'S ALL MINE.

[Crowley] THEREFORE RAISING THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER SUSPECTS.

[TV Clicks Off] JUSTINE, UM,

THIS IS PROBABLY NONE OF MY BUSINESS, SO I APOLOGIZE IF I'M CROSSING A LINE HERE.

BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S A PERFECTLY REASONABLE EXPLANATION.

WHAT'S THE QUESTION?

I SAW YOU HAVING COFFEE THIS MORNING WITH RICHARD CROSS.

WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF SOMETHING FROM JULIE COSTELLO'S D.U.I.

WASN'T THAT CASE DISMISSED?

YOU KNOW WHAT, LISA? YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

UH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU OR THE FIRM...

COMPROMISED IN ANY WAY BY EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY.

WHAT'S YOUR POINT? LOOK, FOR ALL WE KNOW,

MIRIAM GRASSO IS GONNA CALL RICHARD CROSS AS A WITNESS,

AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY A SECRET THAT TED DOESN'T TRUST HIM AS FAR AS HE CAN THROW HIM.

AND YOUR FEAR IS WHAT? THAT I'M HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIM OR SOMETHING?

I DIDN'T SAY THAT. AND EVEN IF IT WAS,

I COULDN'T CARE LESS WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR PRIVATE LIFE.

APPARENTLY YOU CARE A GREAT DEAL.

I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A COP. I THINK THAT GIVEN THE GIVENS...

YOU DON'T THINK IT LOOKS GOOD. RIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND. APPEARANCES MEAN A LOT TO YOU, LISA.

BUT JUST BECAUSE... CHRIS DOCKNOVICH DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE PUTTING THE WOOD TO YOU,

DOESN'T MEAN HE ISN'T.

[Exhales Sharply]

MY NAME IS TED HOFFMAN.

I SAY THAT IN THE EVENT I'M NOT AS FAMOUS...

AS MY ADVERSARY HAS ACCUSED ME OF BEING.

I ASK ONLY ONE THING OF YOU AS WE GO INTO THIS TRIAL.

PLEASE KEEP AN OPEN MIND.

THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE.

THE REASON WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE,

THE REASON WE HOLD PROSECUTORS...

PROVING THEIR CASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT,

THE REASON WE HAVE THIS COURTROOM...

AND THIS TRIAL AND THE 12 OF YOU...

IS TO PROVIDE CHECKS AND BALANCES...

SO THE POLICE DON'T ARREST THE WRONG MAN.

WE TRY VERY HARD TO PREVENT INNOCENT MEN...

FROM BEING SENT TO PRISON.

THE MAN YOU SEE BEFORE YOU... NEIL AVEDON...

IS INNOCENT...

UNTIL EVIDENCE IS PRODUCED THAT CONVINCES YOU...

OF HIS GUILT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

BEFORE YOU CAN CONVICT HIM OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,

YOU MUST REQUIRE MIRIAM GRASSO TO PROVE THAT HE IS GUILTY...

AND TO PROVE IT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

[Judge Bornstein] EXCUSE ME, MR. HOFFMAN, FOR INTERRUPTING YOU.

I'D LIKE TO SEE BOTH SIDES IN CHAMBERS, PLEASE.

YOUR HONOR, I TRUST THIS INTERRUPTION ISN'T A RETALIATORY GESTURE...

OF SOME SORT ON THE PART OF MS. GRASSO.

- YOUR DAUGHTER'S BEEN ABDUCTED, TED. - [Grasso] OH, MY GOD.

I'M DECLARING THE COURT IN RECESS FOR THE DAY. YOU NEED TO GET HOME.

TEDDY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO...

STAY WITH NEIL. HOFFMAN.

NOT NOW, DETECTIVE. THERE'S A BLACK-AND-WHITE STANDING BY TO TAKE YOU HOME.

AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE CHIEF. HE'S PUT S.I.S. ASSETS AT OUR DISPOSAL.

AND METRO'S STANDING BY TO FIELD A SWAT CALL IF NECESSARY.

A RESPONSE TEAM OF DETECTIVES FROM WEST L.A. IS EN ROUTE TO YOUR HOUSE NOW.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES,

BUT I'M A FATHER TOO.

I'LL KEEP A GOOD THOUGHT FOR YOUR LITTLE GIRL.

ANNIE.

WHAT HAPPENED? I WENT TO PICK UP LIZZIE AFTER BALLET,

BUT SHE NEVER EVEN MADE IT TO CLASS.

[Sobs] ONE OF HER FRIENDS SAW HER GET INTO A STRANGE CAR AND DRIVE AWAY.

OH, TED, IF ANYTHING'S HAPPENED...

LET'S TRY AND STAY CALM, HUH? NOT GET TOO FAR OUT IN FRONT OF THINGS.

THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CASE, DOESN'T IT?

ANNIE, I DON'T KNOW. JUST TELL THEM YOU'LL WALK AWAY RIGHT NOW.

JUST GIVE US OUR LITTLE GIRL BACK.

I WANT HER BACK, TED.

[Sobbing]

MR. HOFFMAN.

GRETCHEN JANKOW. DETECTIVE.

I KNOW THIS IS AN UPSETTING TIME FOR YOU BOTH.

I'M SURE YOU'RE DOING ALL YOU CAN.

WE HAVE AN OFFICER INTERVIEWING YOUR DAUGHTER'S FRIEND RIGHT NOW.

ALSO, WE'LL MONITOR YOUR PHONE, PUT A TRAP ON YOUR LINE TO LOCATE INCOMING CALLS.

MR. HOFFMAN, DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE AVEDON CASE?

I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.

HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY THREATENING PHONE CALLS, LETTERS?

NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

JUST, UH, THE USUAL CRACKPOTS.

WELL, IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING THAT COULD BE HELPFUL, I... [Phone Rings]

HELLO?

LIZZIE. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

WHERE ARE YOU, SWEETHEART? WHERE IS SHE? IS SHE OKAY?

HOLMBY PARK ON BEVERLY GLEN.

HONEY,

ARE YOU BY YOURSELF THERE?

OKAY. STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.

MUMMY AND I ARE COMING TO GET YOU. I WANT TO TALK TO HER.

HERE'S MUMMY.

LIZZIE, ARE YOU OKAY?

THANK GOD. DON'T LET HER HANG UP.

KEEP HER ON THE LINE TILL WE GET SOMEONE THERE.

I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME VERY CAREFULLY, HONEY.

DON'T HANG UP. DADDY AND I WILL BE THERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

I'M GONNA GIVE THE PHONE TO A POLICE DETECTIVE, AND YOU TELL HER WHAT HAPPENED.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. DON'T BE SCARED. YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

I LOVE YOU.

[Children Chattering]

THE LADY SAID THAT SHE WAS WITH THE POLICE...

AND DADDY SENT HER TO PICK ME UP.

PLEASE DON'T BE MAD AT ME. SHE HAD A BADGE AND EVERYTHING.

NOBODY'S MAD AT YOU, HONEY. WE WERE JUST WORRIED ABOUT YOU. THAT'S ALL.

COME ON. LET'S GO HOME.

OH.

HOLD ON.

SHALL I CALL YOU ELIZABETH,

OR SHALL I CALL YOU LIZZIE? ELIZABETH.

OKAY. ELIZABETH.

I'D LIKE YOU TO CALL ME GRETCHEN. OKAY?

OKAY.

I'D LIKE YOU TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

I CAME OUT OF SCHOOL, AND A LADY CALLED ME OVER TO HER CAR.

SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS A POLICEWOMAN...

AND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE ME TO MEET MY DAD.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE?

SHE WORE A RED JACKET, AND SHE WAS PRETTY.

WHAT COLOR HAIR DID SHE HAVE?

KIND OF LIGHT BROWN.

DID SHE SAY WHAT HER NAME WAS?

LINDA.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.

YOU REMEMBER A LOT.

OKAY, YOU GOT INSIDE THE CAR.

THEN WHAT DID YOU DO? SHE DROVE AROUND.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE SHE WENT?

WE WENT TO JACK IN THE BOX. WOW.

DID YOU GET OUT OF THE CAR AND GO INSIDE? NO. WE STAYED IN THE CAR.

SHE ORDERED INTO THE CLOWN'S MOUTH, AND WE ATE IN THE CAR.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT KIND OF CAR IT WAS SHE DROVE?

IT WAS LIKE WHAT SHEILA'S MOM HAS.

WHAT KIND OF CAR IS THAT?

OH. IT'S, UM...

IT'S A WAGON.

- A STATION WAGON? - NOT... NOT THE OLD KIND OF STATION WAGON.

A SPORTS-UTILITY VEHICLE?

- I DON'T KNOW. - IF YOU COULD FIND OUT, THAT'D BE GREAT.

[Gretchen] OKAY. ELIZABETH.

DID LINDA TALK TO YOU A LOT?

YEAH. SHE ASKED ME ABOUT SCHOOL.

SHE ASKED ME WHAT MOVIES I LIKED, AND SHE TALKED ON THE PHONE A LOT.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE TALKED ON THE PHONE?

IT SOUNDED LIKE BUSINESS STUFF. I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

WELL, THAT'S OKAY. [Annie] THE WAGON. I JUST NEED TO KNOW.

I REMEMBER THAT SHE WROTE DOWN NUMBERS ON A PIECE OF PAPER...

THAT WAS ON THE FRONT SEAT.

AND THE PIECE OF PAPER WAS YELLOW AND BLACK.

WAS IT A... FOLDED OVER PIECE OF PAPER?

YEAH.

RENTAL CAR FOLDER.

YELLOW AND BLACK IS HERTZ.

SHE HAS A FORD EXPLORER.

ARE WE ALMOST DONE? [Gretchen] YEAH.

BUT I WANT YOU TO PROMISE ME SOMETHING.

IF YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING...

NO MATTER HOW SILLY YOU THINK IT IS... I WANT YOU TO CALL ME.

OR I WANT YOU TO GET YOUR MOM AND DAD TO CALL ME. OKAY?

I REMEMBER ONE THING. THE CAR REACHED A THOUSAND.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I WATCHED IT GO FROM 999 TO A THOUSAND.

HMM. NARROWS IT DOWN SOME.

MMM.

YOU HAVE BEEN A LOT OF HELP, ELIZABETH.

A LOT OF HELP. YOU'RE VERY OBSERVANT.

- [Polson] CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE, TED? - SURE.

ANY THEORIES?

THEY WEREN'T LOOKING FOR MONEY.

SOMEBODY'S SENDING ME A MESSAGE.

WHO SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT?

IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE FOR ME TO BE NAMING NAMES.

[Exhales Sharply] WE'RE GONNA NEED YOUR HELP IF WE'RE GONNA CRACK THIS CASE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR GETTING INVOLVED, DETECTIVE.

JUST DOING MY JOB.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. SO I THANK YOU.

HOW'S YOUR LITTLE GIRL? SHE'S BACK.

SHE'S HOME. AND BY ALL OUTWARD APPEARANCES, SHE'S FINE.

THANK GOD FOR THAT.

- DO YOU NEED SOME TIME? - NO.

- YOU'RE SURE? - YES.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR, FOR YOUR CONCERN.

I'M FULLY CAPABLE OF PROCEEDING.

LET ME PUT THE SAME QUESTION TO YOU, MS. GRASSO.

THIS IS NOT A SEQUESTERED JURY. I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL AWARE OF THE ABDUCTION.

TO THE EXTENT IT MAKES MR. HOFFMAN UNDULY SYMPATHETIC IN ITS IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH,

DO YOU WANT TO STAND IN RECESS UNTIL NEXT WEEK?

I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE NECESSARY, YOUR HONOR.

NOW THAT THE JURY'S IMPANELED, I'D SOONER MOVE AHEAD.

OKAY. LET'S GO.

[Hoffman] I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW...

THAT YESTERDAY WAS A DIFFICULT DAY.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MS. GRASSO AND JUDGE BORNSTEIN FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

[Man Coughs]

SOME OF YOU MAY BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION...

THAT A DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS SOMEHOW...

SYMPATHETIC TO CRIMINALS.

LET ME DISABUSE YOU OF THAT NOTION.

I LOATHE CRIME NO LESS THAN MS. GRASSO DOES.

I LOATHE IT...

WITH EVERY PART OF MY BEING.

THE CRIME COMMITTED IN THIS CASE...

WAS A GHASTLY, EVIL ACT.

AND THE PERPETRATOR OF IT DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED.

SEVERELY PUNISHED.

WHAT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU...

IS THAT NEIL AVEDON IS NOT THAT MAN.

NEIL AVEDON LOVED JESSICA COSTELLO.

AND WHEN HE LEFT HER APARTMENT THAT NIGHT,

JESSICA COSTELLO... WAS ALIVE.

SOMEONE CAME TO JESSICA'S APARTMENT AFTER NEIL LEFT.

THAT PERSON KILLED JESSICA.

THAT PERSON IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE.

I'M NOT GONNA REPRESENT TO YOU THAT I KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS.

NOR AM I GONNA TELL YOU THAT IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRIAL WE WILL FIND OUT...

OR THAT WE WILL EVER FIND OUT.

IT IS NEITHER YOUR JOB NOR YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SOLVE THIS CRIME.

YOU CANNOT MAKE NEIL'S GUILT OR INNOCENCE CONTINGENT ON FINDING AN ALTERNATIVE.

WE ALL WANT CLOSURE.

BUT CLOSURE CAN'T COME AT THE PRICE OF JUSTICE.

I'LL BE EXPECTING ALL OF YOU TO KEEP YOUR PROMISES TO US.

TO LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE AND TO THE QUESTIONS ASKED BY BOTH SIDES...

BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO FORM OPINIONS REGARDING THAT EVIDENCE.

THIS IS A CASE BASED ON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE,

FROM WHICH YOU WILL BE ASKED...

TO CONCLUDE THAT CERTAIN FACTS ARE PRESENT.

NO ONE BUT YOU...

DETERMINES WHAT THE FACTS ARE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ANY OF US THINKS.

NOT EVEN JUDGE BORNSTEIN.

I'M SURE YOU WILL ALL TAKE YOUR JOB AND YOUR OATH SERIOUSLY.

BE PATIENT,

BE OBJECTIVE...

AND DON'T JUMP TO ANY CONCLUSIONS BEFORE YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE EVIDENCE.

THE MEMORY OF JESSICA COSTELLO WILL NOT BE SERVED...

BY SENDING AN INNOCENT MAN TO PRISON.

WHY IS GRASSO TAKING SO MANY NOTES WHILE YOU'RE TALKING?

TO GET THE JURY TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION YOU JUST DID.

SHE WAS NOT GIVING 100% ATTENTION TO WHAT I'M SAYING.

CAN SHE DO THAT? ISN'T THAT DIRTY POOL?

WHEN SHE DOES IT TO US, YES. WHEN WE DO IT TO HER, NO.

MR. HOFFMAN, I NEED A WORD WITH YOU.

WE HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.

WE FOUND THE CAR OFF THE INFORMATION YOUR DAUGHTER GAVE US...

AND TRACKED DOWN THE WOMAN WHO RENTED IT.

YOU NEED ELIZABETH TO MAKE THE I.D. WE DO.

NEIL, I HAVE TO GO DOWN TO PARKER CENTER. THEY'VE GOT A SUSPECT.

CHRIS, YOU'RE GONNA BE CROSS-EXAMINING DI GIACOMO.

HAVE ARNOLD COME DOWN AND BACK YOU UP.

SHOULDN'T WE ASK FOR A RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW?

NEIL, CHRIS IS EVERY BIT AS COMPETENT TO DO THIS AS I AM.

HE WOULDN'T BE SECOND CHAIR IF HE WEREN'T.

- TEAR IT UP. - DONE.

COME ON.

[Grasso] THE PEOPLE CALL TO THE STAND RICHARD DI GIACOMO.

THIS WAY.

[Woman] PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO. STATE YOUR NAME.

- RICHARD DI GIACOMO. - BE SEATED.

[Grasso] GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. DI GIACOMO.

- GOOD AFTERNOON. - ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT...

HERE IN LOS ANGELES KNOWN AS THE HOUSE OF BLUES?

YES, I AM. YOU EVER BEEN THERE?

MANY TIMES. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN PRESENT...

AT A TIME WHEN THE DEFENDANT, NEIL AVEDON, WAS ALSO PRESENT?

YES. WAS ONE SUCH OCCASION...

THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1994?

YES, IT WAS.

AND WERE YOU IN A POSITION...

TO OBSERVE MR. AVEDON THAT NIGHT?

YEAH, I WAS SITTIN' AT THE NEXT TABLE.

- WAS MR. AVEDON ALONE? - HE WAS THERE WITH THIS YOUNG WOMAN.

PLUS VARIOUS FRIENDS OF HIS WOULD STOP BY HIS TABLE.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT... IF ANYTHING...

YOU OBSERVED ABOUT MR. AVEDON'S BEHAVIOR THAT WAS UNUSUAL THAT NIGHT?

WELL, HE AND THIS YOUNG WOMAN, UH,

MADE A LITTLE BIT OF A SCENE, YOU MIGHT SAY.

[Grasso] CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT?

THEY WERE MAKING OUT. HE HAD HIS HANDS ALL OVER HER.

AND FROM THE WAY HE WAS ACTING AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES HE GOT UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM,

I'D SAY HE WAS DOING A FAIR AMOUNT OF COCAINE.

OBJECTION. SPECULATIVE AND INFLAMMATORY. I MOVE TO STRIKE. SUSTAINED.

THE WITNESS'S LAST REMARK IS STRICKEN.

- THE JURY WILL DISREGARD. - WAS THERE A POINT DURING THE EVENING...

WHEN MR. AVEDON APPEARED TO LOSE HIS TEMPER?

-OBJECTION. LEADING THE WITNESS. -[Judge Bornstein] I'LL ALLOW IT.

[Grasso] YOU MAY ANSWER, SIR. YES.

AND WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LED UP TO IT, BUT, UM,

ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE THREW A DRINK IN HIS FACE.

HE GRABBED HER BY THE THROAT, AND HE PUSHED HER HEAD UP AGAINST THE WALL,

AND HE SAID IF SHE EVER DID THAT AGAIN, HE'D KILL HER.

[Grasso] HAVE YOU MADE A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF THAT YOUNG WOMAN?

YES, I HAVE. WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US WHO SHE WAS?

- IT WAS JESSICA COSTELLO. - I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THEY HAVE LIVE MUSIC AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES, DON'T THEY?

- YEAH. - IS IT PRETTY LOUD?

- YEAH. - AND YET YOU WERE ABLE TO HEAR NEIL AVEDON...

MAKE THIS THREAT AGAINST JESSICA COSTELLO'S LIFE...

OVER THE SOUND OF THE LIVE, LOUD MUSIC?

[Di Giacomo] WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS SITTING AT THE NEXT TABLE.

SECOND OF ALL, HE DIDN'T EXACTLY WHISPER IT.

THEN YOU WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARD IT. OBJECTION.

THE WITNESS IS IN NO POSITION TO KNOW THAT.

SUSTAINED. IT'S SPECULATION.

WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER YOU HEARD WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED AS A THREAT?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? DID YOU ATTEMPT TO INTERVENE?

WASN'T MY PLACE TO.

DID YOU ALERT SECURITY THAT THIS YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE WAS IN JEOPARDY?

NO, I DIDN'T. I GUESS AT THE TIME I DIDN'T TAKE IT SERIOUS ENOUGH.

HOW IS IT THAT YOUR OBSERVATIONS OF MR. AVEDON THAT NIGHT...

CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MR. DI GIACOMO?

I GOT IN TOUCH WITH HER AS SOON AS I SAW THE GIRL'S PICTURE IN THE PAPER.

- WHY? - BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WOULD WANT TO KNOW.

YOU WERE JUST DOING YOUR DUTY AS A CITIZEN.

- RIGHT. - YOU HAVE NO UNDERLYING VENDETTA AGAINST NEIL AVEDON?

- NO, I DO NOT. - HAVE YOU EVER HAD CONTACT WITH NEIL AVEDON?

- NO. - ANYONE YOU KNOW EVER HAD ANY CONTACT WITH HIM?

- OBJECTION. - OVERRULE.

- WHAT AM I? HIS WIFE? I DON'T KNOW WHO HE HAS CONTACT WITH. - DO YOU KNOW THIS WOMAN?

- YEAH, I KNOW HER. - CAN YOU IDENTIFY HER BY NAME?

- CORRINNE WYLIE. - WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CORRINNE WYLIE?

- WE USED TO LIVE TOGETHER. - WERE YOU LIVING TOGETHER IN JANUARY OF 1994?

AH. I'D HAVE TO THINK. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

LET ME PHRASE IT ANOTHER WAY. WERE YOU LIVING TOGETHER...

AT THE TIME CORRINNE WENT TO NORTH CAROLINA...

TO WORK AS A WARDROBE ASSISTANT ON A MOVIE CALLED DEADBOLT?

- WE WERE LIVING TOGETHER THEN. - WERE YOU AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WHILE ON LOCATION,

MS. WYLIE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH MR. AVEDON?

I BECAME AWARE OF IT. HOW DID YOU BECOME AWARE OF IT?

A GRIP WHO WORKED ON THAT MOVIE TOLD ME.

- HOW IS IT THAT ONE OF THE GRIPS TOLD YOU? - BECAUSE I'M A GRIP.

WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON ANOTHER MOVIE, AND HE TOLD ME.

HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL TO KNOW THAT YOUR GIRLFRIEND WAS CHEATING ON YOU...

WITH NEIL AVEDON IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE MOTION PICTURE CREW?

OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE.

- OVERRULED. - HOW DO YOU THINK IT MADE ME FEEL?

WHEN YOU SAID YOU CALLED THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SOLELY OUT OF CIVIC DUTY,

WELL, THAT WASN'T QUITE TRUE, WAS IT?

I HEARD WHAT I SAID I HEARD. HE SAID HE'D KILL HER.

SCUMBAG.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

RIGHT HERE.

ELIZABETH, CAN I GET YOU A SODA OR ANYTHING?

- NO, THANKS. - OKAY.

THE REASON WE ASKED YOUR MOM AND DAD TO BRING YOU DOWN HERE...

IS SO THAT YOU CAN HELP US DO OUR JOB.

NOW, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS SHOW YOU PICTURES OF SOME PEOPLE,

ASK YOU IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, THAT'S OKAY TOO.

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE?

A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS?

GOOD GIRL. 'CAUSE THERE'S NO REASON TO BE.

JUST RELAX, SEE IF YOU RECOGNIZE ANYBODY,

AND DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO PICK SOMEBODY OUT, YOU KNOW,

IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, OKAY?

YOU READY? OKAY.

[Gretchen] HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANY OF THESE WOMEN BEFORE?

NO.

[Gretchen] OKAY. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK.

YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE SURE.

NONE OF THESE IS THE RIGHT LADY.

DOES LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES...

HELP YOU TO REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THAT LADY THAT PICKED YOU UP?

- NOT REALLY. - THAT'S OKAY.

SOMETIMES THE POLICE GET MAD AT MY DAD...

'CAUSE OF HIS JOB.

BUT PLEASE DON'T GET MAD AT HIM 'CAUSE I COULDN'T CATCH THE LADY.

FIRST OF ALL,

BY HELPING US RULE THESE PEOPLE OUT,

YOU'VE BEEN A BIG, BIG HELP.

AND EVEN THOUGH THE POLICE AND YOUR DAD DON'T ALWAYS AGREE,

BOTH OF OUR JOBS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

AND WE BOTH KNOW THAT.

RICHARD. TEDDY.

HOW'S YOUR LITTLE GIRL? SHE'S FINE.

CAN I TALK TO YOU IN PRIVATE FOR A MOMENT?

LET'S GO INTO MY OFFICE.

WHEN I HEARD THE STORY ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT, I WANTED TO CALL YOU,

BUT I THOUGHT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MIGHT NEED SOME TIME TOGETHER UNDISTURBED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN.

SO, WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD DO SUCH A THING, TEDDY?

AND WHY?

TO SEND ME A MESSAGE.

ABOUT?

I HAVEN'T A CLUE.

I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT YOU AND ANNIE MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH.

SHE'LL COME DOWN OFF THE CEILING IN A DAY OR TWO.

[Chuckles] SOME KIND OF WORLD WE LIVE IN, HUH?

I'M JUST GLAD EVERYTHING TURNED OUT OKAY.

THE REASON I CAME BY IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH,

THE FULL RESOURCES OF MY SECURITY STAFF ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL.

I'VE ALREADY MADE ARRANGEMENTS.

TEDDY, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT AN AREA YOU SHOULD CUT CORNERS ON.

MY PEOPLE ARE CULLED FROM THE FINEST LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE WORLD.

YOU SAY THE WORD, AND THEY'RE YOURS.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE VERY GENEROUS.

IF I FEEL I NEED TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL STEPS,

I'LL SEND UP A FLARE.

PLEASE DO. AND PLEASE GIVE MY REGARDS TO YOUR FAMILY.

GENTLEMEN. MR. CROSS.

ARNOLD. TED.

I CAUGHT THE LAST PART OF YOUR CROSS-EXAMINATION ON TELEVISION.

HOW'D I DO? HOW DO YOU THINK YOU DID?

I THINK I DID FINE.

TED, DON'T TAKE CHRIS'S RELUCTANCE TO BEAT HIS CHEST...

TO MEAN HE ISN'T COMPLETELY CONVINCED OF HIS OWN BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE...

AND INTRINSIC SUPERIORITY.

- YOU KICKED ASS, CHRIS. - THAT-A-BOY.

THANKS. THANKS. THAT SUSPECT PAN OUT?

NO.

IS THIS THE, UH, HANDIWORK OF RICHARD CROSS?

- MAYBE. - WHAT COULD CROSS GAIN OUT OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

IT WAS A SHOT ACROSS THE BOW.

HE COULD BE TRYING TO DISCOURAGE ME FROM BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE DURING TRIAL,

PAINTING HIM AS JESSICA'S REAL KILLER.

HARD TO SAY.

BUT I DO KNOW THIS.

RICHARD CROSS IS A DANGEROUS MAN...

WHO'LL STOP AT NOTHING IF IT ADVANCES HIS INTERESTS.

WHATEVER THEY ARE.

I'M NOT GONNA BE INTIMIDATED BY HIM,

BUT I WILL BE WARY.

ALL OF US SHOULD BE.

[Whispers] YEAH.

[Exhales] FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT SLEEPING WITH RICHARD CROSS.

IT'S WAY TOO CREEPY A CONCEPT EVEN FOR ME.

AND YOU WERE RIGHT. I WAS SO WRAPPED UP WITH MY OWN AGENDA,

I DIDN'T STOP TO CONSIDER THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF ME DRAGGING AROUND WITH HIM.

OR HOW TED MIGHT FEEL ABOUT IT.

I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS OUT OF LINE... NOT YOU.

NO BIG DEAL.

SO, DO YOU THINK CROSS IS BEHIND THIS THING WITH TED'S DAUGHTER?

I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST HIM.

YOU WONDER WHAT MAKES A GUY LIKE THAT TICK.

I USED TO ASK MYSELF THE SAME QUESTION.

NOW I THINK I'D BE AFRAID TO FIND OUT THE ANSWER.

JUSTINE. HMM?

HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT ME AND CHRIS?

ARE YOU KIDDING? EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT YOU TWO.

THEY DO? WELL,

EVERYONE EXCEPT TED.

[Richard] IF YOU'LL SIGN THIS SIGNATURE CARD,

I'LL FAX IT TO MY BANK IN LIECHTENSTEIN,

AUTHORIZING YOU TO DRAW THE FUNDS FOR THE HOLBEIN. YEP.

AND HERE'S POWER OF ATTORNEY,

BINDING ME TO THE TRANSACTION.

I'VE HAD THEM SET A TABLE ON THE OFF CHANCE DRINKS MIGHT TURN INTO DINNER.

SOUNDS DELIGHTFUL.

GOOD. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED YOU SHOWED UP AT ALL.

YOU ASKED ME TO MEET YOU. WHY WOULDN'T I COME?

WELL, WHEN I WAS IN THE OFFICE, UH, TODAY,

TED MADE IT VERY CLEAR HE THINKS I HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH HIS DAUGHTER'S KIDNAPPING.

HE DIDN'T COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY IT, OF COURSE. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.

I THOUGHT PERHAPS YOU MIGHT SHARE HIS, UH, SUSPICION.

DO I HAVE REASON TO? NO. NO.

NONE WHATSOEVER.

IN FACT, IF I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASKING THAT QUESTION SERIOUSLY,

I'D HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO GO OUT AND KILL MYSELF IMMEDIATELY.

THAT ANYONE COULD...

CONSIDER THAT I'D DO ANYTHING SO UTTERLY VILE...

AS TO HARM A CHILD...

WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE TED THINKS YOU HAD A HAND IN THIS?

I WISH TO HELL I KNEW.

BUT I HOPE YOU'RE NOT SCARED OFF BY YOUR EMPLOYER'S PREJUDICES.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN INDEPENDENT THINKER.

GOOD. TO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT,

THE WORKS OF HANS HOLBEIN...

AND WHAT ELSE SHALL WE TOAST TO?

MUTUAL OPPORTUNITY?

INDEED.

TEDDY.

SAY HI TO EDDIE ROSCO.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU. RAY'S BEEN SAYING GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU.

YEAH, WELL, HE HAS TO. I CARRIED HIM THROUGH THE ACADEMY.

EDDIE'LL BE SITTING ON YOUR PLACE FROM 8:00 TILL 3:00.

THEN I TAKE OVER. AND YOU SLEEP WHEN?

AFTER THE VERDICT.

IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, I'M HERE.

THANKS.

HE'S A GOOD MAN. SEEMS SO.

ARE WE PLAYING IN A WHOLE OTHER LEAGUE HERE, RAY?

STARTING TO LOOK LIKE IT.

AND NOW MY FAMILY'S UP FOR GRABS.

WE CAN PUT EDDIE ROSCO AND 40 MORE LIKE HIM OUT HERE,

BUT IF THEY WANT YOU BAD ENOUGH,

IT WON'T STOP THEM.

ANNIE, THIS WAS A ONE-SHOT OCCURRENCE.

IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN PRECAUTIONS TO MAKE SURE IT WON'T.

ARE YOU JUST TELLING ME THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW I WANT TO BELIEVE IT'S TRUE?

WHOEVER DID THIS IS PROBABLY SOME TOURIST...

FROM WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA OR WHEREVER,

OUT HERE LOOKING FOR HER 15 MINUTES OF FAME.

TRYING TO GET AS CLOSE AS SHE CAN...

TO ONE OF THE PLAYERS IN A BIG-TIME MURDER TRIAL.

I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T BE VIGILANT,

BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AROUND-THE-CLOCK PROTECTION,

AND WE'LL HAVE IT FOR AS LONG AS WE NEED IT.

I HAVE TO ADMIT I WILL SLEEP BETTER...

KNOWING THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS.

ME TOO. THAT'S WHY HE'S OUT THERE.

ARE YOU GONNA COME TO BED AND WATCH THE NEWS?

IN A LITTLE WHILE.

I WANT TO GO OVER TODAY'S TESTIMONY.

DON'T STAY UP TOO LATE.