All language subtitles for Murder One S01E19 Chapter 19.DVD.HI.cc.en.20FOX

[Announcer]
THE VICTIM.

MURDER IN HOLLYWOOD LAST NIGHT
YOU COULD BE INTERESTED IN.

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BLONDE
NAMED JESSICA COSTELLO.

CLEANING LADY FOUND HER
NAKED, TIED UP, STRANGLED.
DRUGS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

[Announcer]
THE SUSPECT, DRUG-ADDICTED
MOVIE STAR NEIL AVEDON.

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

[Announcer]
THE DEFENSE PLANS
THEIR STRATEGY.

HOW GREAT IS OUR SIDE
GOING, TED?

WHEN WE GET RICHARD CROSS
BACK UP ON THE STAND,
WE'LL POSITION HIM...

VERY CREDIBLY AS THE KILLER
OF JESSICA COSTELLO.

[Announcer]
THE BETRAYAL.

I HAD A CONVERSATION
WITH RICHARD CROSS.

HE INFORMS ME THAT YOU'VE
BEEN WORKING FOR HIM.

- DID YOU CONTRAVENE MY
INSTRUCTION TO TURN HIM DOWN?
- TED, LET ME EXPLAIN.

AND DID YOU
DELIBERATELY MISLEAD ME
BY FAILING TO MENTION...

YOU HAD ARRANGED
FOR RICHARD TO MEET WITH JULIE
ON THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED?

- I DIDN'T TELL YOU
THE ENTIRE TRUTH.
- YOU'RE FIRED.

- EXCUSE ME?
- I CAN'T TRUST YOU.

I DON'T THINK
SHE DESERVES THIS KIND
OF DRACONIAN PUNISHMENT.

JUSTINE IS A GROWN-UP.
SHE DID WHAT SHE DID
WITH HER EYES OPEN.

WHY DON'T YOU MAKE ME THE SNAKE
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN?

[Hoffman] YOU SET OUT
TO CORRUPT ONE OF MY ASSOCIATES,
AND YOU SUCCEEDED.

[Announcer]
A MARRIAGE UNRAVELS.

- WHAT I'VE BEEN GETTING
ISN'T ENOUGH.
- IT'S NOT ENOUGH?

THEN FIND SOMEONE
WHO'LL GIVE YOU MORE.

FIND SOMEONE WHO'LL MINISTER
TO YOUR EVERY NEED.

I CAN'T. AS OF NOW,
I'M STILL MARRIED TO YOU.

[Announcer]
A FRIEND TO LEAN ON.

I HEARD ABOUT YOU
AND ANNIE.

- DID THE RUMOR ABOUT
YOU AND ME HAVE ANYTHING...
- NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

I HOPE ANNIE
CAN FIND HER WAY THROUGH THIS
WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING RASH.

SHE HAS NO IDEA
HOW LUCKY SHE IS.

- LET ME COOK YOU DINNER
ONE NIGHT, HMM?
- YOU'RE A DEAR FRIEND.

[Announcer]
A NEW PARTNERSHIP.

YOU DIDN'T THINK I'D ABANDON
MY FRIEND IN HER TIME OF NEED,
DID YOU?

YOU LEARN FAST,
AND YOU'RE LOYAL.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY
TWO QUALITIES THAT I REQUIRE.

TO LOYALTY.

KNOCK, KNOCK.
OH, I'LL COME BACK.

NO, I'M ON HOLD.
WHAT'S UP?

I'VE BEEN DOING SOME DIGGING
INTO THAT FAST TRACK TIRE DEAL.

I THOUGHT WE CLOSED
THAT DEAL.
WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH.

BUT THE MORE I THINK
ABOUT THIS THING...

DAMN IT! CAN'T STAND
TO BE KEPT WAITING.

WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?
I'VE CRUNCHED SOME NUMBERS.

WHAT THESE GUYS ARE LOOKING TO
WALK AWAY WITH ISN'T JUSTIFIED
BY THEIR MARKET SHARE.

EACH OF THE 12 FRANCHISES
REPORTED LOSSES...

BETWEEN 17 AND 30 PERCENT
IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER,

WHICH MEANS YOU'RE LOOKING
AT A PRETTY STEEP
NEGATIVE CASH FLOW.

I'M NOT CONCERNED
ABOUT CASH FLOW.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO CANNIBALIZE
THE CHAIN FOR REAL ESTATE,
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A HIT.

WE'RE GONNA BE OVERPAYING FOR
BUILDINGS THAT ARE RUNDOWN...

AND IN ECONOMICALLY
DEPRESSED AREAS.

ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT,
THIS DEAL JUST DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.

JUSTINE, WHAT DID I TELL YOU
TO DO? I TOLD YOU TO CLOSE
THE FAST TRACK TIRE DEAL.

YES, THIS MARKET ANALYSIS...
SPARE ME YOUR
SECOND-RATE THINKING.

WHEN I TELL SOMEBODY
TO DO SOMETHING,
I EXPECT IT TO GET DONE.

- RICHARD, IF YOU WOULD
JUST HEAR ME OUT...
- SHUT UP!

GET YOUR FAT ASS
OUT OF MY OFFICE
AND CLOSE THE DEAL!

OTHERWISE,
I'LL PUT SOMEBODY
ON THE JOB WHO WILL!

REGARDING JUDGE'S INSTRUCTIONS
TO THE JURY, I'VE BRIEFED
EVERYTHING WE'RE ASKING FOR.

I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

I'LL HAVE AN OUTLINE
FOR CLOSING ARGUMENTS
END OF BUSINESS TODAY.

- ARE WE REALLY AT THAT POINT?
- RICHARD CROSS
IS OUR LAST WITNESS.

SO IT'S SETTLED THEN?
I WON'T BE TAKING THE STAND?

IT'S SETTLED
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

BY THE WAY, I'VE ASKED CHRIS
TO HANDLE RICHARD'S
DIRECT EXAMINATION.

THE JURY CAN'T HELP PICKING UP
ON THE PERSONAL ANIMUS
BETWEEN US.

I DON'T WANT THAT DISTRACTING
THEM FROM RICHARD'S TESTIMONY.

THAT MAKES SENSE,
BUT SHOULDN'T WE WAIT AND SEE
WHAT CROSS GIVES US...

BEFORE WE DECIDE
I SHOULDN'T TESTIFY?

NOTHING'S SET IN STONE.

NEIL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA
HELP YOURSELF BY TESTIFYING.

BUT DON'T YOU THINK
THERE ARE JURORS THAT'LL
HOLD IT AGAINST ME IF I DON'T?

NO.
I WOULD.

IF A PERSON'S INNOCENT,
I WOULD THINK HE'D WANT TO TAKE
THE WITNESS STAND AND SAY THAT.

NEIL, I AM TELLING YOU,
AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN
A TRIAL ATTORNEY FOR 17 YEARS,

DEFENDANTS DO THEMSELVES
FAR MORE HARM THAN GOOD
WHEN THEY TAKE THE STAND.

I SUGGEST YOU PUT IT
OUT OF YOUR MIND.

THE CAR'S DOWNSTAIRS.

WE BETTER GET GOING.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS
ON THE WAY TO COURT?
SURE.

GIVE US A MINUTE TO GO OVER
A COUPLE OF OTHER MATTERS.

WHEN WE SPEAK TO A CLIENT,
WE SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE.
IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?

I'M SORRY.

WHAT IS OR IS NOT SET IN STONE
GETS DECIDED WITHIN THE CONFINES
OF THIS OFFICE.

WE DON'T THINK OUT LOUD
WITH A CLIENT IN THE ROOM.

SORRY.

[Chris] MR. CROSS,
WE HAVE CALLED YOU TO THE STAND
TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY...

TO EXPLAIN WHAT SEEMED TO BE
A NUMBER OF JARRING
COINCIDENCES.

I'M CERTAINLY
HAPPY TO TRY.

YOU'RE A MAJOR CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTOR TO ROGER GARFIELD'S
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION,

AND ROGER GARFIELD
PERSONALLY SAW TO YOUR RELEASE
FOLLOWING YOUR ARREST...

FOR THE MURDER
OF JESSICA COSTELLO.

I OBJECT, YOUR HONOR,
TO COUNSEL'S ATTEMPT TO SUGGEST
BY INSINUATION...

WHAT HE CAN'T PROVE
BY EVIDENCE.

IT'S ARGUMENTATIVE,
IT'S IMPROPER,

AND I ASK THAT IT
BE STRICKEN.

- THIS IS A HOSTILE WITNESS.
- OBJECTION OVERRULED.
THE WITNESS MAY ANSWER.

UM, I DID NOT BUY MYSELF
A LICENSE TO KILL,
MR. DOCKNOVICH.

IF ROGER GARFIELD
THOUGHT I WAS GUILTY,

ALL THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
IN THE WORLD WOULD NOT HAVE
MADE HIM LET ME GO.

IT'S BEEN ALLEGED THAT AFTER
NEIL AVEDON GOT FINISHED RAPING
AND MURDERING JESSICA COSTELLO,

THAT HE MADE A CALL
TO THE OFFICE
OF DR. GRAHAM LESTER.

- YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH DR. LESTER, DON'T YOU?
- YES, I DO.

YOU ALSO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE NURSE WHO TESTIFIED...

THAT SHE RECEIVED THE CALL,
CORRECT?

I KNOW HER, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY
WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.

[Chris]
HER BROTHER'S MEDICAL EXPENSES
ARE BEING PAID FOR BY YOU.

- IS THAT A COINCIDENCE?
- YES, IT IS.

YOUR PAYING
OVER $300,000 A YEAR...

FOR THE MEDICAL CARE
OF AN INDIVIDUAL...

WHO TESTIFIED
TO MEETING YOU ONCE...

HAS ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING TO DO WITH ASSURING
HIS SISTER'S TESTIMONY?

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

JONATHAN KIMBALL
CAME ACROSS MY PATH.

I WAS MOVED
BY THE YOUNG MAN'S PLIGHT,

AND I HAVE DONE
WHAT PITIFULLY LITTLE
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

YOUR WIFE IS
JESSICA COSTELLO'S SISTER.

IS SHE NOT?
YES, SHE IS.

YOU MARRIED HER
ON THE EVE OF HER TESTIMONY,

THUS ALLOWING HER TO INVOKE
MARITAL PRIVILEGE WHEN ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU.

WAS THAT A COINCIDENCE?

MY WIFE AND I MARRIED
BECAUSE WE LOVE EACH OTHER.

THAT,
TOGETHER WITH A MUTUAL NEED
FOR EMOTIONAL STABILITY...

AFTER GOING THROUGH
WHAT WE'VE BOTH GONE THROUGH,

IS WHY WE GOT MARRIED.

IS IT A COINCIDENCE,
MR. CROSS,

THAT WHEN WE QUESTIONED
THE MEN WHOSE NAMES APPEARED
IN JESSICA COSTELLO'S DIARY,

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM
TESTIFIED TO BEING INTRODUCED
TO HER... BY YOU?

IF YOU'RE IMPLYING
THAT I SOMEHOW, UM, WORKED
AS A PIMP FOR JESSICA,

LET ME HASTEN TO CORRECT
THAT IMPRESSION.

JESSICA LOOKED AT ME...
AND I THINK MY WIFE
CAN VERIFY THIS...

AS A RICH UNCLE,

SOMEONE SHE COULD GO TO
WHEN SHE HAD PROBLEMS,
WHEN SHE NEEDED MONEY,

SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE
NONJUDGMENTAL...

AND ALWAYS INDULGENT.

IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS,
PERHAPS THAT'S NOT
WHAT SHE NEEDED,

BUT THAT'S WHAT I PROVIDED,

AND THAT'S ALL I PROVIDED.

WHAT ABOUT A PLACE
FOR HER TO LIVE?

- YES, I PROVIDED THAT TOO.
- YOU OWN THE APARTMENT
SHE LIVED IN.

YES.

AS THE OWNER,
YOU WOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS...

TO HER APARTMENT.

YES.

OKAY.

I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED
ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.
YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.

BUT ONE OTHER THING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE BASIS WAS FOR
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARFIELD...

DROPPING THE CHARGES
AGAINST YOU FOR THE MURDER
OF JESSICA COSTELLO?

[Grasso]
YOUR HONOR, THIS IS
WELL-TROD GROUND.

WE'VE HEARD FROM FOUR DIFFERENT
WITNESSES WHY THE CHARGES WERE
DROPPED AGAINST THIS WITNESS.

I THINK THE JURY'S ENTITLED
TO HEAR IT FROM MR. CROSS
HIMSELF, YOUR HONOR.

- OBJECTION OVERRULED.
- I WAS WITH A YOUNG WOMAN
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

SHE CAME FORWARD
AND MADE A STATEMENT
AS TO MY WHEREABOUTS.

- WHAT WAS
THE YOUNG WOMAN'S NAME?
- BEVERLY NICHOLS.

WHY WAS IT THAT BEVERLY NICHOLS
DIDN'T COME FORWARD IMMEDIATELY
UPON YOUR ARREST?

I BELIEVE BECAUSE
SHE WAS IN FEAR
OF HER HUSBAND.

THIS WOULD BE THE SAME HUSBAND
WHO WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEOTAPE...

BY HER PIMP,
FRED CARELLO,

PARTICIPATING IN
A MÉNAGE À TROIS
WITH THE TWO OF YOU?

IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING
THAT HER HUSBAND'S PRESENCE
ON THAT TAPE...

MEANS THAT HE IS NOT, UM,
A VIOLENT AND JEALOUS PERSON,

I THINK,
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,

THAT YOU HAVE
AN OVERLY SIMPLISTIC VIEW
OF HUMAN SEXUALITY.

DID YOU, IN ORDER
TO PREVENT OTHERS...

WITH AN EQUALLY SIMPLISTIC
POINT OF VIEW...

FROM DOUBTING THE VERACITY
OF YOUR ALIBI,

TRY TO STOP THIS VIDEOTAPE
FROM BEING SEEN?

NO, I DID NOT.

SO YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE MURDER OF FRED CARELLO
AND DAVID BLALOCK...

ON THE EVENING MR. BLALOCK
WAS TO TAKE POSSESSION
OF THIS TAPE?

OBJECTION.
COUNSEL'S TESTIFYING!

I'LL WITHDRAW THE QUESTION,
YOUR HONOR.

I'M SURE THE ANSWER
WOULD HAVE BEEN "NO."

YES, I'LL GIVE
MR. CROSS THE MESSAGE.
BYE-BYE.

HE STEPPED OUT FOR A MINUTE.
I HAVE THESE CONTRACTS
FOR HIM TO SIGN.

I JUST NEED TO RUN
TO XEROXING,
BUT YOU CAN GO ON IN.

[Phone Rings]

HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES.

NO, I'M SORRY.
MS. APPLETON IS NO LONGER
WITH THIS FIRM.

BILL WEINGART CALLED AGAIN
DESPERATE FOR A SIT-DOWN
ABOUT HIS BILL,

WHICH HE CHARACTERIZED
AS EXORBITANT AND UNFAIR.

I TOLD HIM
YOU WON'T BE AVAILABLE
UNTIL THE TRIAL IS OVER.

I DON'T KNOW IF I
CAN WAIT THAT LONG.

GARY BLONDO CALLED
WANTING YOU TO BUY A TABLE
AT THE BIG BROTHERS FUND-RAISER.

THERE ARE NO ENEMIES
IN THIS TOWN,
ONLY CONTINUING INTERESTS.

- ARE YOU THEODORE HOFFMAN?
- I AM, BUT THIS GENTLEMAN
WILL ACCEPT SERVICE.

THIS IS ON
A PERSONAL MATTER, SIR.

EVENING.

MY WIFE IS SUING ME
FOR DIVORCE.

I THINK THE EXPLANATION
IS PRETTY SELF-EVIDENT.

I DON'T WANT TO BE MARRIED
TO YOU ANYMORE, TED.
YOU'VE MADE THAT CLEAR.

WHAT UPSETS ME
IS THAT I HAD TO FIND OUT
FROM A PROCESS SERVER.

I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU
HOW I FELT FOR A WHILE NOW.

I TOLD YOU I WAS MEETING
WITH AN ATTORNEY. IT'S NOT LIKE
YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING.

YOU DON'T THINK 12 YEARS
OF MARRIAGE AT LEAST EARNS ME
THE COURTESY OF A PHONE CALL?

I TRIED TO MAKE THIS
AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE NOT PUTTING A DOG
TO SLEEP HERE, ANNIE.

YOU'RE BEING PRECIPITOUS.
I'M ASKING YOU TO PUT OFF YOUR
DECISION FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.

WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS FOR ME
TO PUT MY LIFE ON HOLD...

SO YOU CAN FOCUS ALL
YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS TRIAL,
WHICH I WON'T DO.

- I WANT TO GET ON WITH MY LIFE.
- THEN HELP ME UNDERSTAND
THE RUSH HERE.

ARE YOU ABOUT TO
SET UP HOUSEKEEPING
WITH SOMEONE ELSE?

I HAVE TO DO CARPOOL.
EXCUSE ME.

ANNIE, I'M ASKING YOU
FOR THE LAST TIME...
PLEASE DON'T DO THIS.

THERE'S COFFEE IF YOU WANT IT.
PLEASE LOCK THE DOOR BEHIND YOU
ON YOUR WAY OUT.

LIZZIE? COME ON.
WE'LL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL.

[Door Closes]

MUCH HAS BEEN MADE,
MR. CROSS,

OF YOUR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
TO ROGER GARFIELD.

FOR THE RECORD,
IS MR. GARFIELD THE ONLY
ELECTED OFFICIAL...

TO WHOM YOU MAKE
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS?

ALL TOLD, UM,
I PROBABLY GIVE ABOUT
A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR...

IN POLITICAL DONATIONS.

MR. GARFIELD
IS ONE OF MANY.

MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF
YOUR FOOTING THE MEDICAL BILLS
FOR JONATHAN KIMBALL.

IS MR. KIMBALL
THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL...

FOR WHOM YOU UNDERWRITE
MEDICAL EXPENSES?
NO.

UM, PLEASE BELIEVE ME
WHEN I SAY...

I DON'T, UH, LIKE TO MAKE
A HABIT OF BRAGGING...

ABOUT MY GOOD WORKS,

BUT THERE ARE, UM,
ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT PEOPLE...

WHOSE MEDICAL EXPENSES
ARE UNDERWRITTEN BY ME.

AND WHY IS THAT, MR. CROSS?

BECAUSE I BELIEVE
VERY STRONGLY...

THAT WITH WEALTH
COMES RESPONSIBILITY.

NOW I WANT YOU
TO POUT FOR ME.

EXCUSE ME?

I SAID THAT WITH WEALTH
COMES RESPONSIBILITY.

DO YOU CONSIDER NEIL AVEDON
A FRIEND, MR. CROSS?

YES, I DO.

WHEN BAIL WAS SET FOR MR. AVEDON
AT $10 MILLION,

WERE YOU NOT THE ONE
WHO POSTED THE BAIL?

YES, I WAS. I WANT YOU
TO UNBUTTON THE TOP THREE
BUTTONS OF YOUR BLOUSE,

PICK UP THOSE PAPERS,
DROP 'EM ON THE FLOOR,
BEND OVER AND PICK 'EM UP.

DO IT.

YOUR HONOR, MAY WE HAVE
A BRIEF RECESS?

MR. CROSS, HAS SOMETHING
COME OVER YOU?
NO. WHY DO YOU ASK?

YOU'VE MADE AN INAPPROPRIATE
REMARK, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT CAUSED YOU TO DO SO.

YOUR HONOR, I'VE TRIED TO BE
AS TRUTHFUL, RESPONSIVE...

AND COOPERATIVE AS POSSIBLE.

IF I'VE SAID ANYTHING
THAT'S BEEN OTHERWISE,
I APOLOGIZE.

WHY DON'T YOU PROCEED
WITH YOUR QUESTIONS,
MS. GRASSO?

YOU'VE COOPERATED
WITH THE DEFENSE AT EVERY TURN
IN THIS CASE, HAVE YOU NOT?

YES, I HAVE.

IN FACT, I'VE GONE SO FAR
AS TO, UH, EMPLOY MY OWN
PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS...

ON NEIL'S BEHALF.

MR. HOFFMAN MAINTAINS
THAT I'M TRYING
TO FRAME NEIL,

BUT ALL I'VE EVER DONE
IS TRY TO HELP HIM.

IS THERE ANY REASON,
MR. CROSS, THAT YOU WOULD...

- YOU THINK
THAT MAKES ME PATHETIC?
- RICHARD?

SIT DOWN, MR. FREILICH.

MR. CROSS, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR
REMARKS TO RESPONDING ONLY TO
THE QUESTIONS YOU'VE BEEN ASKED.

CAN WE STICK
TO THE SCRIPT, PLEASE?

- EXCUSE ME, MR. CROSS?
- LISTEN, THIS IS BETWEEN
ME AND HER, OKAY?

YOU DON'T COME IN
UNTIL I GIVE YOU THE SIGNAL.
MR. CROSS.

YOUR HONOR, MAY WE PLEASE
HAVE A BRIEF RECESS?

YOU GO DIRECTLY OVER TO HER,
YOU TAKE YOUR HAND AND PUT IT
RIGHT BETWEEN HER LEGS.

THAT'S IT.
NO TALKING.

MR. FREILICH,
IS YOUR CLIENT AWARE OF
WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW?

YOUR HONOR, MY CLIENT
HAS BEEN UNDER A GREAT DEAL
OF STRAIN AS OF LATE.

I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE
HE MAY BE SHOWING SOME
OF THE SIGNS OF THAT.

OKAY, THIS COURT
IS IN RECESS.

- WILL YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS FOR THIS WITNESS?
- NO, YOUR HONOR.

IN THAT CASE, I'M GOING
TO CALL IT QUITS FOR TODAY.

WE'LL RESUME
TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:30.
YOU MAY STEP DOWN, MR. CROSS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
YOUR HONOR.

WE NEED TO TALK.
IN HERE.

[Door Closes]
I WANT TO TESTIFY.

- DO YOU THINK
IT WENT BADLY FOR US TODAY?
- I DON'T THINK IT WENT GREAT.

LOOKS AS THOUGH RICHARD CROSS
IS HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.
I'D SAY THAT'S GOOD FOR US.

HOW IS THAT GOOD FOR US?

BECAUSE THE JURY LOOKS AT HIM
AND CONCLUDES THAT EITHER
HE'S CRACKING UP...

UNDER THE STRAIN OF LYING
OR HE'S CRAZY AND THEREBY
CAPABLE OF MURDER.

YOU WIN EITHER WAY.

I HATE TO DISAGREE
WITH YOU,

BUT WHATEVER IT WAS WE SAW TODAY
DIDN'T MAKE ME THINK RICHARD
WAS CAPABLE OF MURDER.

CHRIS, AM I THE ONLY ONE
THAT FEELS THAT WAY?

I'D HAVE TO GO WITH TED.

WELL, THEN I HAVE TO
DISAGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU.
I THINK I'M IN TROUBLE.

NEIL, LET ME BE BLUNT.

YOU'RE TOO EXPOSED
ON TOO MANY FRONTS
TO TAKE THE STAND.

MIRIAM GRASSO
WILL EAT YOU ALIVE.

THE JURY KNOWS
ABOUT MY PAST.

KNOWING ABOUT IT AND PRESENTED
WITH THE SIGHT OF YOU TRYING
TO DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM IT...

ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

I THINK IF I PRESENT MYSELF
TRUTHFULLY,

THE AUDIENCE
WILL BELIEVE ME.

NEIL, IT'S NOT AN AUDIENCE.
IT'S A JURY.

WHEN IT COMES TO EXPLAINING
YOUR LIFE, YOU CANNOT AFFORD
TO BE TRUTHFUL.

IF I DON'T GET UP THERE
AND I GET CONVICTED,

I'M GOING TO SPEND 30 YEARS
IN A CELL, THINKING I COULD HAVE
DONE SOMETHING AND I DIDN'T.

WHATEVER ELSE I HAVE TO ENDURE,
I CAN'T ENDURE THAT.

TOMORROW MORNING,
I'M GOING TO TESTIFY,

AND I EXPECT YOU
TO PREPARE ME FOR IT
AS BEST YOU CAN.

NEIL.
TED.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT.

WERE YOU USING COCAINE
WHEN YOU WERE CAPTURED
ON THIS VIDEOTAPE...

STRANGLING
MELISSA GRIOTTE?

I BELIEVE I WAS, YES.
JUST SO I UNDERSTAND YOU
CORRECTLY, MR. AVEDON,

IT'S YOUR CONTENTION
THAT STRANGULATION
IN THIS INSTANCE...

WAS A... AN EROTIC ACT?

I-I'M NOT DEFENDING
WHAT I DID.
AREN'T YOU?

I THOUGHT THAT WAS
THE WHOLE PURPOSE
OF THIS TRIAL.

I'M NOT DEFENDING
WHAT I DID TO MELISSA.
WHAT ABOUT JESSICA?

WAS STRANGLING HER
AN EROTIC ACT?
I DIDN'T STRANGLE HER.

- YOU DIDN'T STRANGLE HER OR YOU
DON'T REMEMBER STRANGLING HER?
- I DIDN'T STRANGLE HER.

WE HAVE SWORN TESTIMONY
FROM RICHARD DI GIACOMO...

THAT YOU HAD YOUR HANDS AROUND
JESSICA'S THROAT IN PLAIN VIEW
OF OTHERS AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES.

IS THAT NOT THE CASE?
THAT GUY WAS LYING
THROUGH HIS TEETH, CHRIS.

- WE SHOWED HE WAS LYING.
- ANSWER THE QUESTION,
MR. AVEDON.

NO, IT'S NOT THE CASE.

- COULD IT BE
THAT YOU DON'T REMEMBER?
- NO.

DID YOU NOT TELL
DETECTIVE ARTHUR POLSON OF THE
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT...

THAT YOU WERE EXPERIENCING
MEMORY LOSS AND BLACKOUTS?

I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT
AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES.
I NEVER TOUCHED HER.

HOW WELL DO YOU REMEMBER
THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 20?

WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT I DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.

- SO YOU NEVER CONFESSED
TO THIS CRIME?
- RIGHT.

- SO DR. GRAHAM LESTER
IS A LIAR.
- RIGHT.

AND THE NURSE WHO TESTIFIED
THAT YOU CALLED THERE...
SHE'S ALSO A LIAR?

THAT'S RIGHT.
SHE'S A LIAR.

SO WE HAVE DR. GRAHAM LESTER,
SUSAN DOMINICK,
RICHARD DI GIACOMO.

MELISSA GRIOTTE'S LYING
ABOUT THE TAPE.

ROGER GARFIELD'S LYING ABOUT
LETTING RICHARD CROSS GO,
AND RICHARD CROSS...

WELL, HE'S JUST LYING
ABOUT EVERYTHING.

IS IT YOUR CONTENTION,
MR. AVEDON,

THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE HERE
WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH?

I ASSUME AT SOME POINT
SOMEONE FROM OUR SIDE IS GOING
TO SAY SOMETHING HERE.

- OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
ARGUMENTATIVE.
- OVERRULED.

I GET THE PICTURE, OKAY?

YOU'RE SAYING THAT
IT'S GOING TO BE ROUGH.
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF ROUGH.

I'M TELLING YOU YOU'RE GONNA
GET YOURSELF CONVICTED.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE STAKES ARE HERE,

BUT I GOTTA DO
WHAT I BELIEVE I GOTTA DO.

AND WHAT I NEED FROM YOU
IS HELP.

YOU'VE GOT IT.

[Chris]
OKAY, LET'S GO TO YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESSICA.

[All Shouting]

ARE YOU GOING
TO TESTIFY, NEIL?
YES, I AM.

- WHEN DID THIS COME ABOUT?
- IT'S SOMETHING I'VE WANTED
TO DO FROM THE BEGINNING.

THEN THIS ISN'T AN ACT
OF DESPERATION, TED?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.

MY CLIENT WANTS
TO TELL HIS OWN STORY,
AS IS HIS RIGHT.

WHOSE IDEA WAS IT?

THIS IS A DECISION
THE ENTIRE DEFENSE TEAM
WAS INVOLVED IN.

[Woman] ARE YOU NERVOUS
ABOUT WHAT GRASSO WILL BRING OUT
IN CROSS-EXAMINATION?

I'M HERE TO TELL THE TRUTH.
WHATEVER I GET ASKED,
THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

I'M JUST GONNA
TELL THE TRUTH.
NEIL! NEIL!

DO YOU SWEAR
TO THE TELL THE TRUTH,
THE WHOLE TRUTH,

AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,
SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO.
STATE YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD.

- NEIL AVEDON.
- YOU MAY BE SEATED.

- GOOD MORNING, MR. AVEDON.
- GOOD MORNING.

I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS
IN THE HOPE THAT THESE MEN
AND WOMEN ON THE JURY...

MIGHT GET TO KNOW YOU
A LITTLE BETTER.

- FINE.
- IS NEIL AVEDON THE NAME
YOU WERE BORN WITH?

NO, I WAS BORN JAMES RENNICK.

I CHANGED MY NAME TO NEIL AVEDON
WHEN I WAS 15.

WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING YOUR DECISION
TO DO THAT?

I DECIDED THAT I WANTED
TO BECOME AN ACTOR.

AND I LEFT INDIANAPOLIS,
CAME OUT TO LOS ANGELES.

I MANAGED TO GET AN AGENT,
AND MY AGENT SUGGESTED
I CHANGE MY NAME.

WAS IT HARD
LEAVING INDIANAPOLIS?

NO.
LEAVING YOUR FAMILY
AND FRIENDS WASN'T HARD?

I DIDN'T HAVE
VERY MANY FRIENDS,

AND AS FAR AS LEAVING
MY FAMILY WAS CONCERNED,
IT WASN'T HARD AT ALL.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY
THAT YOU WANTED TO
GET AWAY FROM?

UM, MY OLD MAN.

WHAT WAS IT
ABOUT YOUR OLD MAN?
YOUR HONOR,

IF IT WILL SPEED THINGS ALONG,
THE PEOPLE WILL STIPULATE
TO THE DEFENDANT...

HAVING HAD A DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD
AND AN ABUSIVE FATHER.

MS. GRASSO ALREADY KNOWS
THAT WE WON'T STIPULATE,
YOUR HONOR.

WE WANT OUR CLIENT
TO TESTIFY AS TO WHO HE IS
AND HOW HE CAME TO BE HERE.

THAT IS HIS RIGHT,

AND SHAME ON MS. GRASSO
FOR THE MOCKING TONE SHE CAN'T
SEEM TO KEEP OUT OF HER VOICE.

EXCUSE ME?
[Judge Bornstein]
OKAY, COUNSEL, THAT'S ENOUGH.

MR. HOFFMAN, I CAN DO WITHOUT
THE AD HOMINEM ATTACKS.

MS. GRASSO,
YOUR OBJECTION'S OVERRULED.

I WAS ASKING YOU
ABOUT YOUR FATHER.

HMM, HE WAS PRETTY QUIET.

HE WORKED FOR
BENDIX BRAKE LININGS
FOR 30 YEARS.

HE NEVER LET IT INTERFERE
WITH HIS JOB,

BUT, UH, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS,
HE USED TO DRINK.

UH, HE WAS A COUPLE INCHES
SHORTER THAN ME.
I REMEMBER THAT.

HE TOOK VERY GOOD CARE
OF HIS THINGS.
I REMEMBER THAT.

HE BOUGHT A 1965...

DODGE CORONET
STATION WAGON...

AND, UH,
HE WAS STILL DRIVING IT
WHEN I LEFT HOME IN 1984.

HE WASHED IT ON THE WEEKENDS.

CHANGED THE OIL HIMSELF.

WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10,

I DROPPED SOME M&M's
ON THE FLOOR IN THE BACKSEAT,

AND, UH,
THEY GOT STEPPED ON.

WHEN HE SAW IT,
HE GRABBED ME BY MY HAIR...

AND BANGED MY HEAD
AGAINST THE CAR DOOR...

UNTIL OUR NEIGHBOR CAME OUT
AND MADE HIM STOP.

UH, HE NEVER COULD GET
THE STAIN OUT OF THE CARPET
FROM THOSE M&M's.

HOW DID YOUR FATHER FEEL
ABOUT YOUR ACTING CAREER?

NOT INTERESTED.

HE NEVER CAME TO SEE ME
IN ANY SCHOOL PLAYS.

HE MADE A POINT
OF NOT WATCHING WHATEVER
TELEVISION SHOW I WAS ON.

AND HE SAID ACTING
WAS FOR FAGS.

IT'S FAIR TO SAY, IS IT NOT,
THAT YOUR ACTING CAREER
TOOK OFF?

I WAS VERY FORTUNATE.

ALL FOR ONE
WAS A TOP-10 SHOW
FOR SEVEN YEARS.

YOU MADE A LOT OF MONEY
IN THAT TIME?
YES.

ACQUIRE ANY BAD HABITS?
YES, I DID.

TELL US ABOUT THEM.

I BEGAN TO DRINK
AND USE COCAINE,

AND I EVENTUALLY
LOST CONTROL OF MY LIFE.

[Hoffman]
TELL US WHAT THAT MEANS, NEIL.

I WENT THROUGH
THREE TO FOUR GRAMS
OF COCAINE A WEEK,

A FIFTH OF VODKA A DAY.

HOW DID THAT AFFECT
YOUR BEHAVIOR?

I BECAME A MONSTER.
I WOULD VERBALLY ABUSE PEOPLE.

I WAS VIOLENT.

WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES
TO THIS CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR?

WHEN YOU'RE THE STAR
OF A HIT TV SERIES,

PEOPLE WORK VERY HARD
AT TRYING TO FORGIVE YOU.

THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES.

WAS IT DURING
THIS PERIOD OF TIME
THAT YOU MET RICHARD CROSS?

YES.
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?

RICHARD'S A COLLECTOR.

I WAS A TV STAR.
I WAS GOOD TO HAVE AROUND.

WHAT WAS IN IT FOR YOU?

HE ALWAYS HAD
A LOT OF COCAINE
AND, UH, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.

HE MADE ME LAUGH,

AND I THOUGHT
HE WAS MY FRIEND.

WAS IT RICHARD CROSS
WHO INTRODUCED YOU
TO DR. GRAHAM LESTER?

YES.
DID YOU BECOME A PATIENT
OF DR. LESTER'S?

- YES, I DID.
- WHY DID YOU DO SO?

THE COCAINE WAS GETTING
OUT OF HAND, AND THE ALCOHOL
WAS GETTING OUT OF HAND,

AND I FELT AS THOUGH
I HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

RICHARD SAID
THAT DR. LESTER...

HAD TREATED A LOT OF FAMOUS
HOLLYWOOD DRUG ADDICTS.

HE SAID WITH DR. LESTER,
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO STOP
GETTING HIGH.

YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO
OBJECT TO THAT AS HEARSAY.

OFFERED SOLELY FOR ITS EFFECT
ON MR. AVEDON'S STATE OF MIND.

OVERRULED.

DID RICHARD CROSS
ALSO INTRODUCE YOU
TO JESSICA COSTELLO?

YES.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE FOR US
WHAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH HER WAS LIKE?

ONE MINUTE WE'D BE CURLED UP
IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS,

YOU KNOW,
READING OR WATCHING TV
OR TALKING.

AND THE NEXT MINUTE,
SHE'D BE HITTING ME IN THE HEAD
WITH A TELEPHONE...

OR THROWING MY CLOTHES
OUT THE WINDOW.

WE'D GET HIGH TOGETHER,
OR WE'D STOP
GETTING HIGH TOGETHER.

UM, AS CRAZY
AS WE BOTH WERE,

WE UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER.

AND AS MUCH
AS I'VE LOVED ANYONE,
I LOVED HER.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
TAKE US THROUGH THE NIGHT
OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1995.

TELL US EXACTLY
WHAT YOU DID.

I WAS STAYING
AT CHRIS DOCKNOVICH'S HOUSE.

I LEFT THERE AROUND 10:00
TO GO OVER TO SEE JESSICA.

I GOT A PIZZA,

A GRAM OF COKE.

WE ATE, WE GOT HIGH.

WE PUT TWO-LANE BLACKTOP
ON THE V.C.R.

WE MADE LOVE
WHILE WE WATCHED IT,
AND I LEFT AROUND MIDNIGHT.

- DID YOU RAPE
JESSICA COSTELLO THAT NIGHT?
- NO, SIR.

- DID YOU MURDER HER?
- NO, SIR, I DID NOT.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

YOU STATED THAT ON THE NIGHT
OF THE MURDER, YOU WERE STAYING
AT THE HOME OF CHRIS DOCKNOVICH.

IS THAT CORRECT?
YES.

WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING YOU STAYING
AT HIS HOME?

I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME
STAYING OFF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL,

AND CHRIS WAS
KEEPING AN EYE ON ME.

WAS THERE ANY
PARTICULAR REASON WHY SOMEONE
FROM YOUR LAWYER'S OFFICE,

RATHER THAN SOMEONE
FROM YOUR THERAPIST'S OFFICE,
WAS KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU?

AT THE TIME I WAS EMBROILED
IN ANOTHER LEGAL MATTER.

WHAT CAUSED YOU
TO BE SO EMBROILED?

- OBJECTION.
- OVERRULED.

I KILLED A SWAN
AT THE BEL-AIR HOTEL.

HOW DID YOU KILL A SWAN,
MR. AVEDON?

I STRANGLED IT.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR
WITH A YOUNG WOMAN
NAMED MELISSA GRIOTTE?

YES.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH
A VIDEOTAPE THAT WAS MADE OF
THE TWO OF YOU IN BED TOGETHER?

YES, I AM.

IS IT NOT A FACT
THAT WHAT WE SEE
ON THAT VIDEOTAPE...

IS YOU WITH YOUR HANDS
AROUND MS. GRIOTTE'S THROAT?

I WASN'T STRANGLING
MELISSA.

YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS
AROUND HER THROAT, MR. AVEDON.
WHAT WAS IT YOU WERE DOING?

IT WAS SEX.

AS WEIRD AS THAT SOUNDS,
AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS WEIRD,

THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.

LOOK, I WAS A DRUG ADDICT.

I WAS CRAZY,

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING.

MS. GRIOTTE TESTIFIED
SHE WAS AFRAID FOR HER LIFE.

- OBJECTION.
- OBVIOUSLY, THAT WASN'T TRUE.
YOU CAN TELL BY THE TAPE.

OBJECTION SUSTAINED.

- IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY
THAT MS. GRIOTTE WAS LYING?
- YES.

WE'VE HEARD TESTIMONY
FROM RICHARD DI GIACOMO...

THAT YOU HAD YOUR HANDS AROUND
JESSICA COSTELLO'S THROAT...

ONE EVENING AT A PLACE
CALLED THE HOUSE OF BLUES.

- WAS THAT ALSO SEX?
- OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE.

- SO RICHARD DI GIACOMO
IS ALSO LYING?
- YES.

DR. LESTER'S NURSE
IS LYING ABOUT RECEIVING
THE TELEPHONE CALL?

DR. LESTER IS LYING
ABOUT THE CONFESSION.

IS IT YOUR POSITION, MR. AVEDON,
THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON HERE
TELLING THE TRUTH?

OBJECTION.
ARGUMENTATIVE.

[Grasso]
I'LL WITHDRAW THE QUESTION.

IF IT PLEASES THE COURT,
THE PEOPLE WOULD BE
WILLING TO RESUME...

OUR CROSS-EXAMINATION
OF THIS WITNESS
TOMORROW MORNING.

THAT'S FINE.
WE'LL STAND IN RECESS
TILL 9:30 TOMORROW MORNING.

[Gavel Raps]

YOU SCARED ME.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WORKING ON A BUSINESS PROPOSAL,
AND I NEEDED SOME BACKGROUND
INFORMATION.

ON ZEPHYR HOUSE?

WE'RE LOOKING INTO
BUYING OUT AN H.M.O.

SIT DOWN.

UH, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

SUPPOSE YOU TELL ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHO
YOU THINK YOU ARE,
BUT I DON'T REPORT TO YOU.

I REPORT TO RICHARD CROSS,
AND I HAVE WORK TO DO, OKAY?

SIT.

[Beeping]

DO NOT LIE TO ME,
JUSTINE.

DO NOT EVER...
LIE TO ME.

THIS WAS ALL JUST A HUGE
MISUNDERSTANDING, RICHARD.
ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO WAS...

NO LIES. ONLY TRUTH.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
PLEASE. PLEASE. LET GO.

YES. PLEASE, LET GO.
PLEASE.

DOUGLAS,

IF SECURITY HAD BEEN WATCHING
JUSTINE FOR SEVERAL DAYS,
WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED?

BEFORE I INVOLVED YOU,
I WANTED TO BE SURE
WE HAD A PROBLEM.

OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A PROBLEM
BECAUSE THIS PERSON WAS UNDER
SURVEILLANCE, CORRECT?

YES, BUT THE DIFFERENCE...
SO I WAS DELIBERATELY LEFT OUT
OF THE LOOP, WASN'T I?

I DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON
TO ALARM YOU.

WELL, WHAT ALARMS ME...

IS THAT MY SECURITY CHIEF
HAS NOT BEEN ENTIRELY
FORTHCOMING WITH ME.

THAT IS WHAT
I FIND ALARMING...

AND UNACCEPTABLE.

- TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
- I'M SORRY.

I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN YOUR APOLOGIES.
APOLOGIES MEAN NOTHING TO ME.

LISTEN TO ME VERY CAREFULLY.
I AM BEING PHOTOGRAPHED FROM
THE 14th FLOOR OF THAT BUILDING.

- MY PHONE HAS BEEN TAPPED!
- [Clattering]

I HAVE MADE MORE THAN A FEW
ENEMIES IN MY LIFETIME,

SO I NEED TO TRUST THE PEOPLE
WHO WORK FOR ME.

BUT WHAT I'M FINDING OUT
IS THAT I CAN'T TRUST YOU,
AND I CAN'T TRUST JUSTINE.

I CAN'T TRUST ANYBODY.

I CHECK MY SEAT BELTS WHEN I
GET INTO MY CAR TO MAKE SURE
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TAMPERED WITH,

JUST IN CASE I HAPPEN
TO MEET WITH AN ACCIDENT.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
SO I AM NOT LOOKING FOR
APOLOGIES OR EXCUSES!

I AM LOOKING ONLY
FOR PERFORMANCE!

[Shouting]
AM I MAKING MYSELF
PERFECTLY CLEAR?

I DIDN'T MEAN TO CAUSE
AN UPROAR, RICHARD.

IF I USED POOR JUDGMENT,
I WANT TO ASSURE YOU
IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

LET'S HOPE NOT.

MAKE SURE
SHE GETS HOME SAFELY.

WHAT, THAT'S IT?

YOU SAY THAT AS IF
YOU'RE QUESTIONING ME.

NO.

GOOD...

BECAUSE I THINK I'VE ANSWERED
ENOUGH QUESTIONS FOR ONE WEEK.

WHAT SIZE IS THAT DRESS?

EIGHT.

JULIE WEARS A SIX.

- I THINK THAT WOULD
LOOK GOOD ON HER, DON'T YOU?
- I'M SURE IT WOULD.

GOOD.

LISA?

HEY.

TED'S NOT HERE, IS HE?

NO, HE'S NOT BACK
FROM COURT YET.
WHAT'S UP?

UM, I NEED A FAVOR.

SHOOT.

I NEED YOU TO GET ME
IN A ROOM WITH TED.

I GOTTA BE HONEST
WITH YOU, JUSTINE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT
YOU CAN DO TO GET BACK IN TED'S
GOOD GRACES AT THIS POINT.

YOU KNOW HOW HE IS
ONCE HIS MIND'S MADE UP.

I THINK HE'S GONNA
WANT TO SEE THIS.

OH, MY GOD.
THE HANDIWORK
OF RICHARD CROSS.

LISA, I'M
A HUNDRED PERCENT CONVINCED
CROSS MURDERED JESSICA.

RICHARD CROSS
DID THAT TO YOU?
LAST NIGHT.

HE FLEW INTO A RAGE,
NEXT THING I KNOW
HE'S STRANGLING ME.

I'LL CERTAINLY TALK TO TED,
BUT HE ALREADY KNOWS
CROSS IS VIOLENT,

AND HE ALREADY BELIEVES
HE'S BEHIND JESSICA COSTELLO'S
MURDER, SO...

I'M IN THE ROOM
WITH THIS GUY
14 HOURS A DAY, LISA.

I'M WATCHING HIM UNRAVEL
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES.

SOONER OR LATER,
HE'S GONNA MAKE A MISTAKE.

I'LL BE THERE
TO CAPITALIZE ON IT.
I WANT TED TO KNOW THAT.

HE'S NOT GONNA
TAKE YOU BACK, JUSTINE.

WILL YOU TALK TO HIM?

YEAH.

BUT YOU'VE GOTTA GET
AS FAR AWAY FROM CROSS
AS YOU CAN. PLEASE.

TALK TO TED.

IN LOOKING OVER
THE TRANSCRIPTS
OF YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS,

I FOUND SOMETHING YOU SAID
THAT SEEMED QUITE PERCEPTIVE.

YOU SAID...
AND I QUOTE...

"WHEN YOU'RE THE STAR
OF A HIT TV SHOW, PEOPLE TRY
VERY HARD TO FORGIVE YOU."

AM I CORRECT IN TAKING THAT
TO MEAN THAT YOU KNEW...

PRODUCERS AND NETWORK EXECUTIVES
WERE AWARE OF YOUR PROBLEMS
WITH DRUGS...

AND CHOSE TO LOOK
THE OTHER WAY?

SO LONG AS IT DOESN'T INTERFERE
WITH THE WORK, YEAH.

CAN I ALSO TAKE THAT TO MEAN
THAT YOU WERE AWARE...

THAT YOUR FRIENDS
AND ACQUAINTANCES
WERE SUFFICIENTLY FEARFUL...

OF OFFENDING YOU...

THAT THEY, TOO, TOLERATED
YOUR BAD BEHAVIOR?

- YES.
- THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOUR WOMEN
FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES?

YES, IT WOULD.

WHAT WOULD YOUR
BAD BEHAVIOR CONSIST OF,

IN RELATION TO YOUR WOMEN
FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES?

A VARIETY OF THINGS.

- INCLUDING RAPE?
- NO.

LET'S TALK ABOUT
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESSICA COSTELLO A LITTLE BIT.

- YOU WERE HOW OLD
WHEN YOU STARTED SEEING HER?
- TWENTY-FIVE.

- AND SHE WAS HOW OLD?
- I LATER FOUND OUT SHE WAS 15.

[Scoffs]
MUST BE PRETTY HEADY STUFF
FOR A 15-YEAR-OLD...

TO BE INVOLVED
WITH A BIG TV STAR.

I DON'T THINK ME BEING ON TV
MEANT ALL THAT MUCH TO HER.

DID YOU MAKE IT A PRACTICE
TO SUPPLY HER WITH DRUGS?

NO.

BUT YOU DID SAY
THAT ON THE NIGHT
THAT SHE WAS MURDERED,

YOU WENT OVER TO HER APARTMENT
WITH A GRAM OF COKE.

JESSICA DIDN'T NEED ME
TO SUPPLY HER WITH DRUGS.

SHE GOT DRUGS
FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

OKAY, YOU LEAVE THE HOME
OF CHRIS DOCKNOVICH AND YOU GET
TO JESSICA'S AROUND 10:00.

- HAD YOU BEEN DRINKING?
- I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE SO,
BUT YOU DON'T REMEMBER.

I WASN'T DRINKING
BEFORE I GOT TO JESSICA'S.

I MAY HAVE HAD A DRINK
WHEN I GOT THERE.

- ONE DRINK?
- ONE OR TWO.
NOT MORE THAN THAT.

- PLUS THE GRAM OF COKE?
- RIGHT.

NOTWITHSTANDING
HER EFFORTS TO STOP,

SHE CHEERFULLY CONSENTED
TO GET HIGH.

YOU WATCHED A MOVIE.
YOU MADE LOVE.

YOU KISSED HER GOOD-BYE,
AND YOU LEFT.

- IS THAT RIGHT?
- THAT'S RIGHT.

FOLLOWING YOUR DEPARTURE,
SOME OTHER INDIVIDUAL...

CAME OVER,
RAPED JESSICA COSTELLO,

STRANGLED JESSICA COSTELLO
AND THEN LEFT.

YES.

YOU DID NOT CALL DR. LESTER
FROM JESSICA'S APARTMENT
AT 1:45 A.M.?

YOU DID NOT CONFESS
TO DR. LESTER
THAT YOU KILLED HER?

THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT YOU DID SHOW UP
AT DR. LESTER'S OFFICE
IN AN AGITATED STATE.

- DID YOU NOT?
- YES.

THAT WAS ATTRIBUTABLE
TO WHAT?

THE FACT THAT I CONTINUED
TO USE COCAINE...

AND I DRANK
AFTER I LEFT JESSICA.

DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT SAY
TO DETECTIVE ARTHUR POLSON...

THAT YOU WERE EXPERIENCING
SOME BLACKOUTS AND MEMORY LOSS?

I DID NOT KILL JESSICA
AND FORGET ABOUT IT.

ASK THAT THE WITNESS
BE DIRECTED
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

[Judge Bornstein]
MR. AVEDON.

YES, I DID SAY
I WAS EXPERIENCING
SOME MEMORY LOSS.

SO WHEN YOU STATE CONCLUSIVELY
THAT YOU DID NOT KILL
MS. COSTELLO,

YOU DID NOT RAPE
MS. COSTELLO,

THAT REGARDLESS
OF WHAT'S CONTAINED
IN DR. LESTER'S NOTES,

YOU DID NOT CONFESS
TO THE CRIME,

AREN'T WHAT YOU'RE REALLY SAYING
IS THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE
DONE THIS THING?

I'M SAYING I DIDN'T.

- IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU DID IT
AND DON'T REMEMBER?
- NO.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS YOU DON'T
REMEMBER. WHY ISN'T IT POSSIBLE
YOU DON'T REMEMBER THIS?

BECAUSE I WOULD REMEMBER THIS.
I DIDN'T DO IT.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU,
WHO HAVE REPEATEDLY
USED VIOLENCE...

OBJECTION.
WHO HAVE REPEATEDLY USED
STRANGULATION...

AS A MEANS OF GETTING
WHAT YOU WANT...

YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT
TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
BADGERING OF THIS WITNESS.

MS. GRASSO.
YES, YOUR HONOR.

ASK YOUR QUESTION.

ISN'T WHAT YOU'RE REALLY DOING
ASKING US TO TAKE IT ON FAITH...

THAT YOU'RE
NOT CAPABLE OF THE CRIME
YOU'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH?

I GUESS I AM.

AND YET YOU CAN'T STATE
WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY...

THAT YOU DIDN'T DO IT,
CAN YOU?

IF YOU'RE ASKING ME
IF IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT I BLACKED OUT,

AND IN THE COURSE
OF THAT BLACKOUT THAT I RAPED
AND MURDERED JESSICA,

I GUESS, THEORETICALLY,
IT IS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU
THAT I KNOW MYSELF.

I KNOW WHAT I'M CAPABLE OF.
THANK YOU.

AND I DIDN'T DO IT.

[Muttering]
FOURTH DISTRICT.

GRANDE LATTES, ANYBODY?
THANK YOU.

OH, THANKS.
SURE.

TODAY FELT GOOD.
I FELT LIKE I WAS
COMPLETELY IN THE MOMENT.

I FELT LIKE THIS WAS
A REAL CONNECTION...

BETWEEN ME AND AT LEAST
THREE PEOPLE IN THE JURY.

GOOD.
HOW DID YOU THINK I DID?

- I THINK YOU DID VERY WELL.
- GOOD. THANKS.

I'M GONNA GO
TO THE MEN'S ROOM.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

YOU DIDN'T REALLY THINK
HE DID THAT WELL, DID YOU?

HE'S AN ACTOR.
HE WANTS APPLAUSE.

DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT
FOR JUSTINE APPLETON?
ALWAYS.

JUSTINE. YOU'RE LOOKING
RADIANT AS USUAL.

THANK YOU.
THIS IS FOR YOU.

WHAT IS IT?
IT'S MY LETTER
OF RESIGNATION.

IT'S EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY.

YOU MUST BE JOKING.

I CAN'T IMAGINE A MORE PROMISING
CAREER OPPORTUNITY THAN THIS
HAS PRESENTED ITSELF,

SO I HAVE TO CONCLUDE
THAT YOU'RE UNHAPPY HERE.

TO PUT IT MILDLY, YES.

UH-HUH.
I DON'T TAKE WELL TO
VERBAL ABUSE, NUMBER ONE.

BUT I WILL NOT TOLERATE
BEING MANHANDLED,

NO MATTER HOW OUT OF LINE
MY ACTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN
LAST NIGHT.

OH, WELL.

DOUGLAS SOMETIMES APPROACHES
HIS JOB WITH A LITTLE
TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I WILL SPEAK TO HIM.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT DOUGLAS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU.

OH, WELL, I GUESS
I HAVEN'T BEEN MYSELF LATELY,

AS WAS EVIDENCED
BY MY BEHAVIOR IN COURT.

I'M SORRY.
I HAVE TO BEG
YOUR FORGIVENESS.

I DON'T KNOW, RICHARD.
NOW, JUSTINE, LOOK.

I PROMISE... IT WILL NEVER,
EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

AS FAR AS THIS LETTER
OF RESIGNATION GOES,

I HOPE YOU WILL
ALLOW ME TO PUT THIS
IN THE APPROPRIATE FILE.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK...

AT YOUR NEW CONTRACT
AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER...

OF ALPHA MICRODYNE LIMITED,

A DIGITAL SYSTEMS COMPANY
THAT I ACQUIRED EARLIER TODAY.

WHAT?
YOU CAN GO OVER THE FINE POINTS
AT YOUR LEISURE.

MEANWHILE,

HERE IS A SIGNING BONUS
OF $100,000.

RICHARD.

NOW, JUSTINE, I CAN'T
TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT NOW
BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE LATE.

YOU KNOW HOW THOSE BLUE BLOODS
OF THE SYMPHONY BOARD HATE
TO BE KEPT WAITING.

[Sighs]

[Knocking]

FRANCESCA.
AM I INTERRUPTING?

NO.

COME ON IN.

I WAS IN THE AREA.
I THOUGHT I'D DROP BY
AND SAY HELLO.

I'M GLAD YOU DID.

DINING IN TONIGHT, I SEE.
[Chuckles]
YES, I AM.

CAN I OFFER YOU
HALF A SANDWICH?
NO, THANK YOU.

YOU SHOULD HAVE
CALLED ME THOUGH.

I WOULD HAVE MET YOU HERE.
WE COULD HAVE GONE OUT.

I'LL REMEMBER
FOR NEXT TIME.

WILL YOU?
I PROMISE.

HOW ARE THINGS?

THINGS ARE NOT GREAT.

ANNIE FILED FOR DIVORCE.

I'M SORRY.
THANKS.

HAVING JUST BEEN
THROUGH IT MYSELF,

I THINK I KNOW
WHAT A DIFFICULT TIME
YOU'RE HAVING.

YOU'RE NOT WRONG.

I'D VENTURE A GUESS
THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY
ALL YOU WANT...

IS A LITTLE DISTRACTION
FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S
GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE.

YOU'D BE RIGHT.

LET'S DISTRACT EACH OTHER,
TEDDY,

JUST THIS ONE NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW
IF THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

COME HOME WITH ME.

LET ME CONVINCE YOU
THAT IT IS.