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[Announcer] THE MURDER.

[Polson] ALL THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO A SINGLE PERPETRATOR...

WHO KNEW THE VICTIM AND HAD ROUGH SEX WITH HER PRIOR TO HER MURDER.

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

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

[Announcer] A NEW SUSPECT.

DO YOUR 20 YEARS AS A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE GIVE YOU A STRONG SENSE...

THAT EDUARDO PORTALEGRE COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR JESSICA'S DEATH?

THE ANSWER IS YES.

[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.

[Announcer] CROSS'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR.

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

WERE YOU NOT THE ONE WHO POSTED THE BAIL?

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.

[Snaps Fingers] DO IT.

LOOKS TO ME AS THOUGH RICHARD CROSS IS HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.

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

TOMORROW MORNING, I'M GONNA TESTIFY.

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.

BUT YOU CAN'T STATE WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY...

THAT YOU DIDN'T DO IT, CAN YOU?

- I GUESS, THEORETICALLY, IT IS POSSIBLE. - THANK YOU, MR. AVEDON.

BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT I KNOW MYSELF, AND I DIDN'T DO IT.

[Announcer] THE SECRET FILES.

[Richard] 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. - PLEASE!

GET ME IN A ROOM WITH TED. I THINK HE'S GONNA WANT TO SEE THIS.

- OH, MY GOD. - [Justine] THE HANDIWORK OF RICHARD CROSS.

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

[Eduardo] HELLO. YOU MUST BE JUSTINE.

AND YOU ARE? EDUARDO PORTALEGRE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN BRAZIL. EVEN A PORTALEGRE HAS TO TAKE EXAMS...

IF HE'S TO GRADUATE FROM AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.

CAN I OFFER YOU SOME COGNAC? I'M SURE RICHARD WON'T MIND.

NO, THANK YOU. WHERE IS RICHARD?

I SUPPOSE I SHOULD OFFER YOU ONE OF THESE AS WELL.

LIBERATED WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY ENGAGE IN SUCH THINGS, NO?

NOT THIS ONE. PITY.

A FINE CIGAR IS ONE OF LIFE'S TRUE PLEASURES.

YOU HAVE NOT LIVED UNTIL YOU HAVE HAD A COHIBA.

CHE GUEVARA, HE CREATED THESE AFTER THE REVOLUTION...

FOR CASTRO'S PRIVATE USE.

NATURALLY, THEY WERE BANNED IN THIS COUNTRY,

WHICH ONLY SERVED TO MAKE THEM EVEN MORE DESIRABLE. MM.

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY SAY ABOUT A CUBAN CIGAR? NO.

THEY TAKE THEIR SWEETNESS FROM BEING ROLLED...

ON THE THIGHS OF YOUNG PEASANT GIRLS.

[Scoffs] YOU'RE OFFENDED. PLEASE.

I MEANT NO INSULT.

I'M SURE YOUR OWN THIGHS ARE EQUALLY AS SWEET...

IF THEY'RE ANYTHING LIKE YOUR BREASTS... HEY!

[Laughs]

AMERICAN WOMEN... WHY IS IT THAT THEY ALWAYS MAKE IT A GAME OF DEFENDING THEIR HONOR?

EDUARDO, I'M LEAVING NOW, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF MY WAY.

[Whimpers]

[Continues Whimpering]

[Screams]

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?

- YOU WAIT TILL MY FATHER HEARS ABOUT THIS. - YOU CAN USE MY PHONE.

I'M SURE HE'LL BE GLAD TO HEAR YOU ALMOST MADE YOUR THIRD RAPE CHARGE.

THANKS. WELL, WHEN A MAN WALKS INTO MY OFFICE,

HELPS HIMSELF TO ONE OF MY COHIBAS, HE DESERVES WHAT HE GETS.

I WAS A LITTLE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO TO ME.

WHO?

EDUARDO.

OH, YES. EDUARDO. HE LEFT A MESSAGE WITH MY SECRETARY. HE'S COMING BACK FROM SÃO PAULO.

ARE THESE THE FAST TRACK DOCUMENTS I'M SUPPOSED TO SIGN? YES.

RICHARD, EDUARDO WAS JUST IN HERE.

EDUARDO WHO?

[Person Coughs] [Grasso] GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THIS IS THE MORNING I'M SURE MANY OF YOU THOUGHT WOULD NEVER COME...

THE DAY WHEN THERE ARE NO MORE WITNESSES,

WHEN ALL THE EVIDENCE IS IN AND WHEN... HARD AS IT MAY BE TO BELIEVE...

THE LAWYERS ARE ALMOST FINISHED TALKING.

DON'T LOOK TOO PLEASED. I SAID ALMOST.

BEFORE YOU RETIRE TO YOUR DELIBERATIONS,

WE'RE GONNA SPEAK WITH YOU ONE LAST TIME.

AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR JOB TO WEIGH THE FACTS,

TO SEE WHICH SIDE THE FACTS SUPPORT...

AND MAKE YOUR DECISION AS DIRECTED BY THE LAW.

SO, WHAT ARE THE FACTS OF THE CASE?

HERE'S ONE NO ONE DISPUTES.

A LOVELY YOUNG GIRL NAMED JESSICA COSTELLO IS DEAD,

A GIRL NOT YET 16,

A GIRL WHO HAD THE REST OF HER LIFE TAKEN FROM HER...

BY THE PERSON THAT ENTERED HER APARTMENT ON SEPTEMBER 20...

AND BEAT AND RAPED AND MURDERED HER.

WHAT ARE THE FACTS IN HER DEATH?

WE KNOW THAT SHE WAS STRANGLED.

DR. MATHESON DESCRIBED THE BRUISING ON HER NECK,

THE WAY THE ASSAILANT CRUSHED THE BONES IN HER THROAT.

WE KNOW SHE WAS RAPED. DR. MATHESON DESCRIBED THE TEARS AND ABRASIONS IN HER VAGINA.

OFFICER BICKLEY FOUND HER TIED TO HER BED, HER APARTMENT IN DISARRAY...

ALL SIGNS THAT SHE DESPERATELY RESISTED HER ATTACKER.

SO WHO ATTACKED JESSICA COSTELLO ON THE LAST NIGHT OF HER LIFE?

WHO COMMITTED THIS BRUTAL CRIME?

THE FACTS SUPPORT ONLY ONE CONCLUSION.

HE DID... THE DEFENDANT, NEIL AVEDON.

BY HIS OWN TESTIMONY, HE ADMITS HE WAS AT HER APARTMENT THAT EVENING...

AND HAD SEX WITH HER.

[Scoffing] WELL, WHAT COULD HE SAY?

DR. GAFORE IDENTIFIED HIS SEMEN INSIDE JESSICA,

SAID IT WAS ONE-IN-A-BILLION IT COULD BE SOMEONE ELSE.

BUT MR. AVEDON CLAIMS HE MERELY WENT OVER TO HER APARTMENT,

HAD SEX WITH HER AND LEFT... ALLOWING SOME MYSTERY MAN...

TO ENTER HER APARTMENT AND KILL HER AFTER HE WAS GONE.

IS THAT THE TRUTH? NOT ACCORDING TO SUSAN DOMINICK.

MS. DOMINICK TESTIFIED THAT THE DEFENDANT CALLED ZEPHYR HOUSE...

AT 1:45 A.M. ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

SHE KNEW HIS VOICE. SHE TALKED WITH HIM.

WHEN THE PHONE COMPANY TRACED THE CALL,

WHERE DID IT COME FROM... JESSICA'S APARTMENT.

THAT PUTS NEIL AVEDON AT THE SCENE OF THE MURDER...

BETWEEN THE TIME THAT JESSICA MADE A FRIGHTENED,

FRANTIC CALL TO RICHARD CROSS AT 1:15...

AND MR. CROSS'S DISCOVERY OF HER BODY 45 MINUTES LATER...

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TIME FRAME ESTABLISHED BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.

NOW, IS THIS A COINCIDENCE...

JUST BAD TIMING...

THAT PUT NEIL AVEDON AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT?

THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS.

HE SAYS HE NEVER COULD HAVE KILLED JESSICA. HE LOVED HER.

BUT WHAT ARE THE FACTS? AGAIN, BY HIS OWN TESTIMONY,

HE ADMITS HE WAS PRONE TO VIOLENCE.

HE ADMITS HE SUFFERED BLACKOUTS...

DURING WHICH HE FORGOT ENTIRE EVENINGS.

HE ADMITS HE HAD SEX WITH JESSICA COSTELLO...

AND SUPPLIED HER WITH COCAINE.

A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

SO, WHAT DOES MR. HOFFMAN DO?

MR. HOFFMAN PARADES IN FRONT OF YOU...

A LINEUP OF MANUFACTURED SUSPECTS.

AH! RICHARD CROSS DID IT.

OH, GARY BLONDO DID IT. HER DENTIST DID IT.

ANYONE BUT NEIL AVEDON.

NEIL AVEDON, THE DRUG ABUSER.

NEIL AVEDON, THE MAN WHO GOT HIS KICKS...

VIDEOTAPING HIMSELF STRANGLING WOMEN DURING SEX.

NEIL AVEDON, THE ACTOR, WHO GAVE HIS FINEST PERFORMANCE...

WHEN HE GOT UP ON THIS STAND AND HE SAID... [Tapping]

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE FACTS.

DAMN THE FACTS. BELIEVE THE ROLE I'M PLAYING.

AND WHAT DID HE SAY TO DR. GRAHAM LESTER ON THE NIGHT OF THE CRIME?

I DID IT. I KILLED JESSICA COSTELLO.

OH, OF COURSE, HE DENIES SAYING THAT NOW.

[No Audible Dialogue] DESPITE THE DRUGS AND THE BLACKOUTS,

HE'S CERTAIN HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.

IN FACT, DR. LESTER MUST HAVE SOME SINISTER MOTIVE FOR SAYING SUCH A THING.

WHAT ARE THE FACTS? NEIL AVEDON CAN'T REMEMBER.

SO, MR. HOFFMAN DRAGS UP FOUR...

VERY CONFUSED YOUNG LADIES WHO ACCUSE DR. LESTER...

A RESPECTED, BOARD-CERTIFIED PSYCHIATRIST... OF RAPING THEM.

BUT WHEN THEY CALL JULIE COSTELLO, JESSICA COSTELLO'S OLDER SISTER,

TO THE STAND TO CONFIRM THIS WILD STORY, WHAT DOES SHE SAY?

IT NEVER HAPPENED.

WHY DID HE DO IT? WHY DID NEIL AVEDON MURDER JESSICA COSTELLO?

IT'S SIMPLE REALLY.

BECAUSE SHE REJECTED HIM.

SHE WAS TIRED OF THE PARTIES AND THE DRUGS AND THE LIFESTYLE NEIL HAD INTRODUCED HER TO.

SHE WANTED OUT.

BUT NO ONE HAD EVER DENIED NEIL,

NOT SINCE HE'D BECOME A STAR THEY HADN'T.

SO, HE GOES OVER TO HER APARTMENT,

FURIOUS AT HIS REJECTION, AND HE RAPES HER.

AND AS SHE DESPERATELY STRUGGLED...

IN ORDER TO HAVE A BIGGER KICK, A BIGGER ORGASM...

HE CHOKED THE LIFE OUT OF HER!

BECAUSE SHE DARED TO SAY NO TO HIM.

NOW HE HOPES THAT YOU'LL IGNORE ALL THE FACTS...

AND LET HIM GET AWAY WITH HIS CRIME.

AND WHY NOT?

IN HOLLYWOOD, SOMEONE ALWAYS COMES ALONG TO CLEAN UP AFTER THE STARS...

PROTECT THEM FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTS,

MAKE IT ALL GO AWAY.

[Whispering] DON'T.

MAKE HIM PAY FOR WHAT HE DID.

MAKE HIM PAY FOR THAT.

[People Chattering]

I SWEAR, IF GRASSO STUCK HER FINGER IN MY FACE ONE MORE TIME, I WAS GONNA LOSE IT.

I THINK RESTRAINT WAS THE WISER CHOICE, NEIL.

THAT "HOLLYWOOD STAR" STUFF. YOU DON'T THINK THE JURY'S GONNA BUY THAT, DO YOU?

SHE WAS TELLING A STORY. TOMORROW, WE'LL TELL A DIFFERENT ONE.

TAKE NEIL OUT THE BACK. I DON'T WANT HIM TALKING TO THE PRESS UNTIL THE JURY'S OUT.

COME ON.

[Reporters, Shouting] NEIL! A FEW QUESTIONS! NEIL! NEIL!

MR. HOFFMAN! MR. HOFFMAN! HOW DO YOU THINK MS. GRASSO DID?

MIRIAM GRASSO IS AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR HER CAUSE.

HOWEVER, I'M CONFIDENT THE JURY WILL SEE THROUGH HER RHETORIC...

AND FIND MY CLIENT NOT GUILTY.

- TED, IS IT TRUE THAT YOU SLEPT WITH JUDGE BORNSTEIN? - WHAT?

MY PAPER HAS RELIABLE INFORMATION...

THAT THE TWO OF YOU HAD A PRETTY TORRID AFFAIR 13 YEARS AGO.

- DID YOU SLEEP WITH JUDGE BORNSTEIN? - THIS IS GARBAGE.

[Man] DO YOU THINK BORNSTEIN SHOULD RESIGN FROM THE CASE?

IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME ABOUT CLOSING ARGUMENTS, DO IT. I WON'T COMMENT ON TABLOID GOSSIP.

IS THIS A NONDENIAL DENIAL? THAT'S "NO COMMENT," WHICH IS ALL YOU'RE GETTING TODAY.

[All Shouting Questions, Indistinct]

NATURALLY, MRS. HOFFMAN WILL BE SEEKING PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF THE MINOR CHILD.

AS LONG AS WE UNDERSTAND THAT LEGAL CUSTODY IS TO BE JOINT. THAT'S FINE.

THE ISSUE OF CHILD SUPPORT REMAINS OPEN.

THE ISSUE OF VISITATION REMAINS OPEN.

ON THE ISSUE OF VISITATION, I WOULD ASSUME...

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEKEND AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL VACATION.

- PLEASE DON'T ASSUME. - OKAY, I WON'T ASSUME.

VISITATION REMAINS OPEN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT DIVISION OF ASSETS.

WE WANT THE HOUSE. WE WANT HALF THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE LAW FIRM.

WE HAVE NO PROBLEM AS FAR AS THE HOUSE IS CONCERNED.

AS FAR AS THE LAW FIRM, WE'LL AGREE TO A BUYOUT,

BUT ONLY IF WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH COMPETING NET WORTH EVALUATIONS.

- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? - IT MEANS WE ALL AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE VALUATION OF THE FIRM...

AS SWORN TO BY THE FIRM'S ACCOUNTANTS.

OKAY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM THEN. WE'LL NEVER AGREE TO THAT.

LET'S PUT IT ASIDE AND MOVE OVER TO SUPPORT PAYMENTS.

- HAS IT REALLY COME TO THIS? - [Annie's Attorney] LET'S TALK ABOUT SPOUSAL SUPPORT.

CAN WE REALLY NOT TRUST EACH OTHER TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT?

MS. SPECTOR, I WOULD ASK YOU TO ADMONISH YOUR CLIENT...

NOT TO ADDRESS MS. HOFFMAN DIRECTLY.

WHY WOULD I TRUST YOU? YOU'VE MANAGED TO STAY MARRIED TO ME FOR NINE YEARS,

AND NEVER ONCE DID YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT YOURSELF.

TELL YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT?

LET'S START WITH YOUR AFFAIR WITH BETH BORNSTEIN.

YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS ISN'T BEING PRODUCTIVE.

- HOW DID YOU FIND OUT? - A REPORTER CALLED ME FOR A QUOTE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH BETH BORNSTEIN WAS OVER BEFORE I MET YOU?

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, WITH THIS TRIAL BEFORE HER, YOU STILL COULD'VE MENTIONED IT.

- IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH US. - IT HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH US.

THAT AND A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS LIKE IT ARE WHY I WANT OUR MARRIAGE OVER.

I'M TIRED OF LIVING ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE TABLOIDS.

- YOU THINK I LIKE IT? - I THINK YOU LOVE IT.

[Spector] MAYBE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK.

[People Chattering]

THEN IT'S TRUE... YOU AND BORNSTEIN. IT WAS 13 YEARS AGO.

YEAH, BUT, TEDDY... IN HERE.

IF BORNSTEIN'S STILL CARRYING A TORCH FOR YOU, THIS COULD CUT BOTH WAYS.

- IT ENDED BY MUTUAL CONSENT. - SO THIS COULD BE GOOD FOR US.

THIS HAS NO BEARING ON YOUR CASE.

I'VE WORKED A DOZEN TRIALS WITH BORNSTEIN OVER THE YEARS,

AND SHE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING BUT EVEN-HANDED.

I GOTTA HAND IT TO YOU, TED. BEFORE THIS STARTED,

I THOUGHT I WAS THE STUD IN THIS CASE.

TED, THEY NEED YOU IN JUDGE BORNSTEIN'S CHAMBERS.

[Knocking] COME IN.

YOU CALLED THIS MEETING, MS. GRASSO.

CAN I ASSUME IT'S ABOUT THE REPORT IN THE TABLOIDS? YES, YOUR HONOR.

WELL, OUR INVESTIGATION REVEALED AS MUCH.

LOOK, PERSONALLY, I'M NOT THAT TROUBLED BY THIS.

BUT I FEEL IT'S MY DUTY TO REQUEST A FORMAL HEARING.

LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS, MS. GRASSO. YOU WANT ANOTHER JUDGE?

ROGER GARFIELD WILL BE ARGUING OUR MOTION.

I'D PREFER THAT HE ADDRESS THAT ISSUE IN COURT. VERY WELL.

I'LL SET A HEARING FOR LATER THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I'M SURE YOU AND TED...

HAVE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THAT DON'T CONCERN ME.

- [Door Opens, Closes] - [Sighs]

OH, TO BE YOUNG AND FOOLISH AGAIN, HUH, TED?

[Exhales] DAYS LIKE THIS, IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER EVER BEING YOUNG.

ANY IDEA HOW THIS HAPPENED TO HIT THE FAN?

A VERY GOOD IDEA. REMEMBER MY ASSISTANT, CAROL RISTEN?

SURE. LAST WEEK, I CANNED HER FOR PADDING HER EXPENSE REPORTS.

APPARENTLY, SHE ALSO FELT ENTITLED TO PAD HER SEVERANCE PAY...

BY ACCEPTING A HEFTY CHECK FROM THE NATIONAL INQUISITOR.

AND GARFIELD WANTS TO MAKE A MEAL OF IT.

[Opens Drawer] ALMOST MAKES YOU WISH...

WE'D NEVER STOPPED OFF FOR THAT DRINK, HUH?

NO.

[Roger] WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, JUDGE, YOUR FAILURE TO BE FORTHCOMING...

ABOUT YOUR PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL HAS CREATED A SUBSTANTIAL DOUBT...

ABOUT YOUR CAPACITY TO BE IMPARTIAL.

[Judge Bornstein] IN WHOSE MIND, MR. GARFIELD?

IN THE COLLECTIVE MIND OF MY OFFICE.

I SEE.

THEREFORE, UNDER SECTION 170.1 OF THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE,

WE MOVE THAT YOU RECUSE YOURSELF FROM ANY FURTHER PARTICIPATION IN THIS CASE.

IS IT POSSIBLE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPY WITH MY RULINGS, AND YOU WANT ME OFF THIS CASE?

MY ONLY CONCERN, YOUR HONOR, IS THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

- MR. HOFFMAN? - YOUR HONOR, WE CAN ALL SEE THIS MOTION FOR WHAT IT IS...

A DESPERATE TACTIC BY A DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO FEARS THAT HE'S LOSING THIS CASE...

AND HIS POLITICAL CAREER ALONG WITH IT.

OBJECTION. SAVE YOUR OBJECTIONS, MR. GARFIELD.

- THERE'S NO JURY TO PLAY TO. - FURTHER, YOUR HONOR, IN YOUR SIX YEARS ON THE BENCH,

I'VE SEEN NOTHING WHICH WOULD CALL YOUR IMPARTIALITY INTO QUESTION...

IN THIS CASE OR ANY OTHER I'VE ARGUED BEFORE YOU.

MR. GARFIELD, IN REVIEWING THE TRIAL TRANSCRIPT,

I'VE DISCOVERED I'VE RULED FOR THE PEOPLE...

TWICE AS OFTEN AS I'VE RULED FOR THE DEFENSE.

NOT ON SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES, YOUR HONOR...

THE DIARY, ALLOWING MR. HOFFMAN TO CALL ME AS A WITNESS.

BUT THIS WOULDN'T BE ABOUT RETALIATION, WOULD IT?

ABSOLUTELY NOT. LET'S CUT TO THE CHASE.

UNDER THE STATUTE YOU CITED, I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL DOUBT...

AS TO MY ABILITY TO BE IMPARTIAL.

IF I HAD ANY DOUBT, I WOULD HAVE RECUSED MYSELF BEFORE THIS TRIAL EVEN STARTED.

MOTION DENIED. THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW, YOUR HONOR,

WE'LL BE GOING BEFORE THE PRESIDING JUDGE ON THIS MATTER.

AS IS YOUR RIGHT UNDER THE LAW, MR. GARFIELD.

HOWEVER, I WILL NOT WASTE THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY OR THIS COURT'S TIME...

WAITING FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH MR. HOFFMAN'S CLOSING ARGUMENT AFTER THE RECESS.

[Gavel Raps]

YOU WANTED TO SEE ME, RICHARD?

YES. I NEED YOU TO LOOK INTO SOMETHING FOR ME.

AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE?

I USED TO BE ABLE TO SEE CATALINA FROM THIS WINDOW.

RIGHT THERE.

FIND OUT FOR ME WHY I CAN'T ANYMORE.

IT'S JUST A GUESS, RICHARD,

BUT MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THIS WINDOW DOESN'T FACE THE OCEAN.

WELL, THAT COULD BE IT, YEAH. GOOD WORK, JUSTINE.

ARE YOU OKAY, RICHARD? YEP. TOP OF THE WORLD.

AH, ON ANOTHER NOTE, UM, I HAD LUNCH WITH EDUARDO PORTALEGRE TODAY,

WHO, UM... [Chuckles]

APOLOGIZED PROFUSELY OVER SOME INCIDENT...

THAT APPARENTLY HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.

RICHARD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU WERE HERE WHEN EDUARDO ATTACKED ME.

AS YOU RECALL, YOU BURNED A RATHER NASTY LESSON IN THE BACK OF HIS HAND.

OH. LATIN LOTHARIOS... THE WAY THEY TREAT WOMEN,

YOU KNOW, IT'S DISGRACEFUL.

WOULD THAT INCLUDE JESSICA?

JESSICA?

OH, YES, THE RUMOR THAT A YOUNG EDUARDO RAPED JESSICA.

WHY WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN THAT? JUST CURIOSITY, I GUESS.

JUSTINE, IN MY EXPERIENCE, A RUTHLESSLY AMBITIOUS PERSON LIKE YOURSELF...

NEVER ASKS AN IDLE QUESTION.

YOU THINK I'M RUTHLESSLY AMBITIOUS? YES.

AND COMING FROM ME, THAT'S A COMPLIMENT.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT EDUARDO'S RELATIONSHIP WITH JESSICA.

AND YOU JUST THOUGHT YOU COULD GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE AVEDON CASE...

WHICH YOU COULD THEN TAKE AND SHOVE IN TED HOFFMAN'S UNGRATEFUL PUSS, DIDN'T YOU?

I ADMIRE THAT, JUSTINE. I REALLY DO.

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD NO IDEA THAT YOUNG EDUARDO EVEN KNEW JESSICA, SO...

ONE MINUTE, YOU'RE OFF IN THE OZONE. THE NEXT, YOU'RE FOCUSED LIKE A LASER.

I HAVE SOME ADVICE FOR YOU, JUSTINE.

DON'T TRY TO FIGURE ME OUT.

[Hoffman] GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTER HEARING MS. GRASSO YESTERDAY,

SOME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY I'M EVEN BOTHERING TO GET UP HERE.

SHE MADE IT SOUND SO SIMPLE TO FIND JUSTICE IN THIS CASE.

JUST CONVICT NEIL AVEDON AND GO HOME.

BUT BEFORE YOU DO, REMEMBER,

THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES TO THE MURDER OF JESSICA COSTELLO.

MS. GRASSO SAYS, OH, BUT WE HAVE ALL THESE CIRCUMSTANCES...

WHICH SUGGEST NEIL AVEDON IS THE KILLER...

WITNESSES WHO CAN PLACE HIM AT THE SCENE,

ONE WHO EVEN CLAIMS THAT NEIL CONFESSED.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER CASE CRITICALLY... AS THE LAW REQUIRES YOU MUST...

YOU SEE THAT IT RESTS ON THE CREDIBILITY OF THREE WITNESSES...

SUSAN DOMINICK, GRAHAM LESTER...

AND RICHARD CROSS.

IF ANY ONE OF THEM IS LYING, MS. GRASSO'S ENTIRE CASE FALLS APART.

SUSAN DOMINICK SAYS THAT NEIL CALLED DR. LESTER'S CLINIC AT 1:45.

MS. GRASSO SAYS THAT THIS PLACES NEIL INSIDE JESSICA'S APARTMENT...

AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH.

PUTTING ASIDE THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S TESTIMONY...

THAT THE MURDER COULD HAVE OCCURRED AS MUCH AS THREE HOURS LATER,

YOU'RE STILL LEFT WITH THIS... NEIL WAS ONLY THERE...

IF SUSAN DOMINICK IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE PHONE LOG, THE ONE THAT PURPORTS TO DOCUMENT NEIL'S CALL?

MS. DOMINICK SAYS SHE HAD TO "COPY" IT OVER,

NOT BECAUSE SHE HAD TO ENTER A CALL FROM NEIL WHICH NEVER OCCURRED,

BUT BECAUSE SHE SPILLED COFFEE ON IT.

ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, SHE SAYS. WELL, MAYBE THEY DO.

BUT WHEN SHE WAS ASKED IF SHE KNEW RICHARD CROSS, WHY WAS SHE EVASIVE?

WHY DID SHE CONVENIENTLY FORGET...

THAT HE WAS PAYING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS...

FOR HER BROTHER'S MEDICAL TREATMENT?

ASK YOURSELVES,

WAS SUSAN DOMINICK TELLING THE TRUTH?

GRAHAM LESTER, HE SAYS THAT NEIL CONFESSED TO HIM.

"WHAT CAN BE MORE CONCLUSIVE THAN THAT?" MS. GRASSO SAYS.

WELL, NOTHING...

UNLESS DR. LESTER WAS LYING...

FOR HIS GOOD FRIEND, RICHARD CROSS.

FOUR WOMEN TOOK THIS STAND AND DESCRIBED...

HOW DR. LESTER DRUGGED AND RAPED THEM,

HOW HE VIOLATED EVERY CANON OF MEDICAL ETHICS.

MS. GRASSO SAYS THESE WOMEN WERE... CONFUSED.

THEY WERE TOO OUT-OF-IT ON DRUGS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

ANGELA SCALISE WAS NOT CONFUSED.

SHE STOPPED TAKING HER MEDICATION.

WHEN DR. LESTER ENTERED HER ROOM AND ATTEMPTED TO RAPE HER,

SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING.

ASK YOURSELVES, WAS DR. GRAHAM LESTER TELLING THE TRUTH?

RICHARD CROSS, HE SAYS HE FOUND JESSICA'S BODY AT 2:00 A.M...

AND THAT THE ONLY REASON HE DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE TO REPORT HER DEATH...

WAS THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE REPUTATION OF A WOMAN...

WHO MADE HER LIVING AS A PROSTITUTE,

WHO ONLY SURFACED AFTER MR. CROSS HIMSELF WAS ARRESTED FOR JESSICA'S MURDER.

WHO DIDN'T RICHARD CROSS KNOW IN THIS CASE?

HE INTRODUCED JESSICA TO THE MEN IN HER DIARY.

HER MARRIED HER SISTER, JULIE, TO KEEP HER FROM TESTIFYING AGAINST HIM.

HE WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CAMPAIGN OF ROGER GARFIELD,

WHO PERSONALLY ORDERED HIS RELEASE FROM JAIL.

RICHARD CROSS WAS IN JESSICA'S APARTMENT THAT NIGHT.

DID HE KILL JESSICA? DID HE MAKE THAT CALL TO ZEPHYR HOUSE AT 1:45...

SO THAT HE COULD CONSPIRE WITH GRAHAM LESTER AND SUSAN DOMINICK TO SET UP NEIL?

FROM ALL YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM, ASK YOURSELVES,

WAS RICHARD CROSS TELLING THE TRUTH?

SUSAN DOMINICK, GRAHAM LESTER AND RICHARD CROSS.

MS. GRASSO'S CASE RESTS ON THE ROTTING FOUNDATION OF THEIR TESTIMONY.

TO CONFUSE YOU, SHE TELLS YOU...

THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE NEIL THE VICTIM, TO PUT JESSICA ON TRIAL.

I ASSURE YOU WE ARE NOT.

WHEN WE PUT THE MEN FROM JESSICA'S DIARY ON THE STAND,

WE DID SO TO SHOW YOU THE DANGEROUS LIFESTYLE SHE WAS LEADING.

WE LET NEIL'S MOTHER AND HIS FRIENDS SPEAK TO YOU...

SO THAT YOU COULD SEE ANOTHER SIDE OF HIM,

THE SIDE THE PROSECUTION DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE.

NEIL AVEDON AND JESSICA COSTELLO...

WERE TWO LOST SOULS WHO FOUND EACH OTHER AND FELL IN LOVE.

THAT'S WHY NO ONE GRIEVES MORE FOR JESSICA'S DEATH THAN NEIL AVEDON.

THAT'S WHY NOTHING COULD COMPOUND JESSICA'S TRAGEDY MORE...

THAN TO CONVICT NEIL AVEDON OF HER MURDER.

DID RICHARD CROSS KILL JESSICA?

I CAN'T TELL YOU.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS.

LISTEN TO YOUR DOUBTS, YOUR VERY REASONABLE DOUBTS,

ABOUT MS. GRASSO'S "UNHOLY THREE."

THEN YOU'LL KNOW NEIL AVEDON DID NOT KILL JESSICA COSTELLO.

NEIL AVEDON IS AN INNOCENT MAN.

[Man] I'VE READ YOUR MOTION, MR. GARFIELD, AS WELL AS THE TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS...

AND THE TRANSCRIPT OF YOUR HEARING BEFORE JUDGE BORNSTEIN.

UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO OFFER, I'M PREPARED TO RULE.

YOUR HONOR, LET ME EMPHASIZE AGAIN THE PEOPLE'S CONCERN...

OVER JUDGE BORNSTEIN'S FAILURE TO REVEAL HER PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL.

IN ALL MY YEARS AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY...

I ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, MR. GARFIELD, NOT ADDITIONAL ARGUMENT.

UNDERSTOOD, YOUR HONOR. UNDERSTOOD.

- I JUST WISHED TO EMPHASIZE... - I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SEEKING HERE, MR. GARFIELD.

BUT IN MY READING OF THE TRANSCRIPTS,

I SEE NOTHING WHICH WOULD SUGGEST JUDGE BORNSTEIN'S BIAS.

WHILE IN A PERFECT WORLD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PRUDENT OF HER...

TO HAVE REVEALED HER PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH MR. HOFFMAN,

IT OCCURRED LONG ENOUGH AGO AS TO BE INCONSEQUENTIAL TO THIS CASE.

- YOUR MOTION IS DENIED, WITH PREJUDICE. - [Gavel Raps]

[Judge Bornstein] MS. GRASSO, ARE YOU PREPARED TO PROCEED WITH YOUR REBUTTAL?

YES, I AM, YOUR HONOR. THEN PLEASE DO SO.

OKAY, WE'RE ALMOST DONE.

AFTER I FINISH TALKING WITH YOU, JUDGE BORNSTEIN WILL PRESENT HER INSTRUCTIONS,

AND YOU'LL GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS OF REACHING A VERDICT.

IT'S A DAUNTING RESPONSIBILITY, I KNOW...

HUNTING FOR THE TRUTH, DECIDING SOMEONE'S FATE.

THE ONLY SUGGESTION I'M GOING TO MAKE...

IS THAT YOU FACE THIS RESPONSIBILITY...

WITH THE STRONGEST WEAPON YOU POSSESS...

YOUR COMMON SENSE.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WILL GET YOU TO THE TRUTH.

THAT'S WHAT WILL GET YOU THROUGH, FRANKLY,

THE MAZE THAT THE DEFENSE HAS CONSTRUCTED TO MAKE YOU LOSE YOUR WAY.

IF YOU LET YOUR COMMON SENSE BE YOUR COMPASS, YOU WON'T GET LOST.

YOU WON'T BUY THE SUGGESTION THAT THE DEFENDANT SHOULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THIS CRIME...

BECAUSE HE WAS ABUSED BY HIS FATHER...

OR THE IMPLICATION THAT JESSICA COSTELLO WAS A WILD GIRL...

AND, THEREFORE, SHE DESERVED WHAT SHE GOT.

YOU'LL SEE THROUGH THE ATTEMPT TO CAST SUSPICION ON INNOCENT MEN,

REMEMBERING THAT THEY DIDN'T LEAVE THEIR SEMEN IN THE VICTIM...

ON THE NIGHT THAT SHE WAS BRUTALLY RAPED AND MURDERED.

IF YOU FOLLOW YOUR COMMON SENSE,

YOU'LL SEE IN THE DEFENDANT'S ACTIONS A PATTERN OF VIOLENCE...

THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THIS HORRIBLE CRIME.

YOU WILL NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT HE ADMITTED THAT HE KILLED JESSICA COSTELLO.

HE ADMITTED IT TO DR. GRAHAM LESTER.

AND ON A VIDEOTAPE, HE SHOWED US HOW HE DID IT.

IF YOU'LL WATCH THE MONITOR, PLEASE.

YOUR HONOR, OBJECTION. TO WHAT?

TO THE ATTEMPTED TRANSFORMATION OF THESE PROCEEDINGS INTO A SHOW-AND-TELL CIRCUS.

THE JURY HAS ALREADY... APPROACH, PLEASE, BOTH OF YOU.

[Whispering, Indistinct]

THIS IS THE TAPE OF THE DEFENDANT HAVING SEX WITH MELISSA GRIOTTE?

YES, IT IS, YOUR HONOR. AND IT'S PREJUDICIAL.

BECAUSE IT PROVES YOUR GUY'S GUILTY?

YOUR HONOR, THIS TAPE'S ALREADY BEEN ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE.

FINE. IF THE JURY WANTS TO SEE IT, THEY CAN REQUEST A SHOWING AT ANY TIME.

BUT MS. GRASSO SHOULDN'T BE SHOVING IT AT THEM NOW.

SINCE WHEN DOES THE DEFENSE GET TO SCRIPT MY CLOSING ARGUMENT?

THERE ARE LIMITS TO THE USE OF EVIDENCE, YOUR HONOR. COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU THAT.

OTHERWISE, THE PROSECUTION WOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYING THIS TAPE...

ON A 10-FOOT SCREEN THROUGHOUT THIS TRIAL.

NEVERTHELESS, COUNSEL, THE PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED...

TO RECAPITULATE EVIDENCE DURING THEIR REBUTTAL.

I DON'T FIND THE USE OF THIS TAPE TO BE PREJUDICIAL. YOU MAY STEP BACK.

I READ TO YOU FROM DR. GRAHAM LESTER'S NOTES... [Videotape: Woman Moaning]

HIS TESTIMONY OF FEBRUARY 19... [Melissa] DON'T.

WHERE HE DESCRIBES THE DEFENDANT'S AGITATED ARRIVAL AT HIS CLINIC...

ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

"HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD GONE TO JESSICA'S APARTMENT EARLIER THAT NIGHT.

"THERE HAD BEEN AN ARGUMENT. [Melissa, Moaning] STOP.

HE LOST HIS TEMPER, AND HE SAID THAT HE KILLED HER."

AND LATER THIS SEQUENCE, WHEN I ASKED,

"WHEN MR. AVEDON TOLD YOU HE HAD JUST KILLED JESSICA COSTELLO,

DID HE SEEM COHERENT?" ANSWER: "YES."

"WAS HE DELUSIONAL?" ANSWER: "NO."

"WAS IT YOUR OPINION THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS REPORTING A FANTASY OR A DREAM...

WHEN HE TOLD YOU HE HAD JUST MURDERED JESSICA COSTELLO?"

ANSWER: "NO."

BY THE GRACE OF GOD, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

MELISSA GRIOTTE SURVIVED THIS HORROR.

THE DEFENDANT'S OTHER VICTIM DID NOT.

THAT DIFFERENCE ASIDE, WHAT YOU ARE WITNESSING...

IS THE MURDER OF JESSICA COSTELLO.

COMMON SENSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

COMMON SENSE... IF YOU USE IT TO CONSIDER THIS AND ALL THE OTHER EVIDENCE,

YOU WILL SURELY CONCLUDE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT...

THAT NEIL AVEDON MURDERED JESSICA COSTELLO.

THANK YOU.

"IT IS THE STATE OF THE CASE, WHICH, AFTER THE ENTIRE COMPARISON...

"AND CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE EVIDENCE,

"LEAVES THE MINDS OF THE JURORS IN THAT CONDITION THAT THEY CANNOT SAY...

"THAT THEY FEEL AN ABIDING CONVICTION TO A MORAL CERTAINTY...

OF THE TRUTH OF THE CHARGE."

NOW, HAVING FULFILLED THE LETTER OF THE LAW BY READING THE CHARGES...

AND BEING REASONABLY SURE THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST A FEW OF YOU...

THAT MAY NEED FURTHER CLARIFICATION,

LET ME TRY TO PUT THIS IN PLAIN ENGLISH.

IT IS YOUR JOB TO FIND OUT WHETHER THAT MAN...

IS GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF HE IS INDEED GUILTY OF THAT CRIME,

YOU MUST FIRST FIND THAT HE COMMITTED A RAPE UPON JESSICA COSTELLO...

AND YOU MUST REACH THAT CONCLUSION BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

IT MEANS BEYOND A DOUBT THAT IS LOGICAL.

IF AFTER HEARING THE PEOPLE'S CASE, YOU STILL HAVE SUCH A DOUBT,

THEN MR. AVEDON IS ENTITLED TO A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.

AS TO CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, IF, IN YOUR MIND,

SUCH EVIDENCE CAN BE INTERPRETED TO FAVOR EITHER INNOCENCE OR GUILT,

YOU MUST ADOPT THE INTERPRETATION WHICH FAVORS INNOCENCE.

WITH REGARD TO WITNESSES, YOU HAVE NO OBLIGATION...

TO ACCEPT ALL OR EVEN ANY OF THEIR TESTIMONY.

WHEN WEIGHING WHAT THEY'VE SAID, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THEIR CREDIBILITY...

THE EXTENT OF THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY OBSERVE WHAT IT IS THEY TESTIFIED ABOUT...

AND THE REASON WHY THEY TESTIFIED.

PUT ALL THESE ELEMENTS TOGETHER...

AND THEN GIVE THEIR OPINIONS THE WEIGHT YOU FEEL THEY DESERVE.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

"YOU SHALL NOW RETIRE AND SELECT ONE OF YOUR NUMBER TO ACT AS FOREPERSON.

"HE OR SHE WILL PRESIDE OVER YOUR DELIBERATIONS.

"IN ORDER TO REACH VERDICTS, ALL 12 JURORS MUST AGREE TO THE DECISION...

"AND TO ANY FINDING YOU HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO INCLUDE IN YOUR VERDICT.

"AS SOON AS ALL OF YOU HAVE AGREED UPON VERDICTS...

"SO THAT, WHEN POLLED, EACH MAY STATE TRUTHFULLY...

"THAT THE VERDICTS EXPRESS HIS OR HER VOTE,

"HAVE THEM DATED AND SIGNED BY YOUR FOREPERSON...

AND THEN RETURN WITH THEM TO THIS COURTROOM."

YOU MAY NOW RETIRE TO BEGIN YOUR DELIBERATION.

[Reporters Shouting Questions, Indistinct]

[Man] THIS WAY! LOOK OVER HERE!

IS IT TRUE, NEIL, THAT RANDOM HOUSE HAS OFFERED YOU A $5 MILLION BOOK DEAL?

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING. I'VE BEEN TOO BUSY WITH THE TRIAL...

TO LOOK AT OFFERS OR DEALS OR ANYTHING.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE JURY WILL TAKE BEFORE THEY REACH A VERDICT?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

[Man] IF THEY STAY OUT A LONG TIME, DO YOU SEE THAT AS A BAD SIGN?

I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THE LENGTH OF TIME...

A JURY SPENDS DELIBERATING IS NO MORE RELIABLE...

THAN THE EDITORIALS ABOUT ME IN YOUR NEWSPAPER.

TED, ARE YOU CONFIDENT? I'M OPTIMISTIC. I BELIEVE WE'LL GET A POSITIVE RESULT.

[Woman] A HUNG JURY? AN ACQUITTAL.

HOW ABOUT YOU, NEIL? THIS MUST BE A REALLY STRESSFUL TIME FOR YOU.

I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.

I BELIEVE THAT THOSE FINE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE JURY WILL DO THEIR DUTY.

THEY'LL FIND THE TRUTH. AND WHEN THEY DO,

I BELIEVE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WILL DECLARE ME INNOCENT.

[Shouting Questions, Indistinct]

- NOW ALL I NEED'S A BLINDFOLD. - COME ON, NEIL.

DID YOU NOTICE? ONE OF THOSE JURORS EVEN GLANCED AT ME ON THE WAY OUT.

YOU CAN'T GAUGE WHAT A JURY'S GONNA DO FROM WHO THEY LOOK AT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE ROOM.

I GOT A VIBE. DON'T PUT ANY STOCK IN VIBES.

ALL WE NEED IS ONE JUROR... ONE JUROR WHO BELIEVES THERE'S A REASONABLE DOUBT.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW WE HAVE THAT, CHRIS.

WHAT I SAID WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS WHOLE THING IS STILL TRUE.

WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH WHATEVER THE JURY DECIDES.

AND IF IT'S NOT WHAT WE HOPED FOR, THAT'S NOT THE END OF THE ROAD.

WE'LL KEEP FIGHTING, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'LL GET TO THAT.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET THE VERDICT WE WANT.

ALL RIGHT. SCREW ALL THIS NEGATIVITY, RIGHT?

ATTABOY. GIVE US A MINUTE, HUH?

KEEP AN EYE ON HIM AND STAY NEAR A PHONE.

HERE WE GO AGAIN, HUH, TEDDY? AGAIN, MIRIAM.

TWENTY-THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN HOLDING MY BREATH WAITING FOR JURIES.

WHO WAS IT... SISYPHUS HAD TO KEEP PUSHING A ROCK UP A HILL OVER AND OVER.

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THAT.

WE USED TO MEET AT A TIME LIKE THIS, WE USED TO SAY, "BLOODIED BUT UNBOWED."

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M FEELING PRETTY BENT-OVER THESE DAYS.

HOW ARE THINGS GOING?

[Sighs] IT'S A BIG HOUSE. TOO MUCH OF IT SMELLS LIKE HARRY'S COLOGNE.

I THINK I'M GONNA SELL IT.

HOW ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WIFE?

I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA WORK OUT.

[Sighs]

I GUESS WE BOTH GOT PRETTY DINGED-UP THIS TIME.

YEAH.

WINNER BUYS, RIGHT? [Chuckles]

WINNER BUYS.

TO THE NEW OWNER OF FAST TRACK TIRES, INCORPORATED.

TO THE WOMAN WHO MADE IT ALL HAPPEN.

CONGRATULATIONS. NOW YOU CAN GET A FLAT TIRE ANYWHERE IN THE MIDWEST.

[Chuckles] WELL, I KNOW HOW UNENTHUSIASTIC YOU WERE ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION, JUSTINE,

AND I APPRECIATE YOU SEEING IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

MINE IS NOT TO QUESTION WHY. [Chuckling]

YOUR DINNER'S HERE. GREAT. SEND IT IN.

[Cart Clattering]

GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING.

MA'AM.

WHAT IS THAT? YOUR ORDER, SIR.

WHAT IS IT? THE TROUT AMANDINE WITH MIXED VEG...

- I DID NOT ORDER FISH. - ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU DID, RICHARD.

DON'T CONTRADICT ME, JUSTINE. SIR, I'M SORRY.

IF YOU'D LIKE SOMETHING ELSE, I CAN GET ON THE PHONE TO OUR CHEF.

YOU CAN SHOVE THE PHONE. JUST BRING ME WHAT I ORDERED.

YES, SIR.

IS SOMETHING WRONG, RICHARD?

I HAVE THIS HEADACHE. IT JUST WON'T GO AWAY.

I'M PROBABLY COMING DOWN WITH THIS FLU THAT'S AFFLICTED EVERYONE HERE.

I SHOULD'VE GOTTEN MYSELF VACCINATED.

RICHARD, I'M SORRY. I MUST HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD.

UM, WHAT WAS IT? DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I'VE LOST MY APPETITE ANYWAY.

[Exhales]

RICHARD? I'M ALL RIGHT. I'M FINE.

I'VE JUST GOT SOMETHING IN MY EYE.

YOU KNOW WHAT... [Mumbling]

I'M GONNA HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF FOR ONE SECOND.

YOU JUST, UH, YOU KNOW... YOU JUST...

RICHARD. RICHARD! RICHARD. RICHARD!

CALL 911. RICHARD.

[No Audible Dialogue]

HOW IS HE? I DON'T KNOW. HIS DOCTOR ARRIVED A SHORT WHILE AGO.

HE'S IN WITH RICHARD NOW. DID RICHARD SAY WH...

HE WAS INCOHERENT FROM HIS OFFICE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO ANYBODY.

DR. KRESSEL, I'M JUSTINE APPLETON. THIS IS MR. CROSS'S WIFE.

HI. UM, YOUR HUSBAND'S RESTING NOW. THE SEIZURE'S ABATED.

WE'VE GOT HIM ON ANTICONVULSANT MEDICATION. WHERE IS HE? CAN I SEE HIM?

NOT NOW. HE'S IN THE I.C.U. HE'S STILL SEMICONSCIOUS.

ALSO, HE'S ASPIRATED SOME VOMIT, SO WE HAD TO INTUBATE AND SEDATE HIM.

THERE IS A DANGER UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES OF CONTRACTING PNEUMONIA.

HE SEEMED FEVERISH EARLIER. HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT COMING DOWN WITH THE FLU.

IT'S NOT THE FLU.

WE SHOULD HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE ONCE HE'S STABILIZED.

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME... WAIT. WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I HAVE WORK TO DO. YOU CAN'T TELL US ANYTHING ELSE?

WE'RE DOING SOME TESTS.

WHAT KIND OF TESTS? I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS THAT.

THIS IS MR. CROSS'S WIFE. IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING, YOU NEED TO TELL HER.

JUST WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY? MRS. CROSS'S ATTORNEY...

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO SUES DOCTORS FOR MALPRACTICE.

WELL, COUNSEL, I GUESS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT PRIVILEGE.

I GUESS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF BARNETT V. KAZANJIAN, 324 CAL. APP. 615,

WHICH PIERCES QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE...

UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDANT TO POTENTIAL INTESTACY.

UM...

WOULD YOU COME WITH ME, PLEASE, MRS. CROSS.

[Woman On P.A.] DR. FORBES. THIRD FLOOR NURSES STATION.

DR. FORBES. THIRD FLOOR NURSES STATION. [Door Closes]

I'VE BEEN PRACTICING LAW FOR 20 YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF BARNETT V. KAZANJIAN.

IT'S NOT A WELL-KNOWN CASE. OH.

[No Audible Dialogue]

RICHARD HAS AIDS.

THE DOCTOR SAID IT'S IN HIS BRAIN NOW.

THE AIDS IS WHAT CAUSED THE SEIZURE.

JULIE, I'M SO SORRY.

I JUST THOUGHT, THE WAY HE WAS BEHAVING, IT WAS...

IT WAS STRESS OR WORKING TOO HARD.

BUT IT'S THESE LESIONS IN HIS HEAD.

CAN THEY BE TREATED?

THE DISEASE IS IN THE FOURTH STAGE.

THEY CAN GIVE HIM MEDICATION TO MAKE HIM MORE COMFORTABLE,

BUT THE FORGETFULNESS, ALL THE ACTING OUT, THE SEIZURES...

IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE... UNTIL IT KILLS HIM.

RICHARD'S A FIGHTER, JULIE. HE'S ONE OF THE STRONGEST MEN I'VE EVER MET.

WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, WE TOOK HIS JET TO AN ISLAND HE OWNS OFF THE COAST OF HONDURAS,

JUST US AND A SMALL STAFF TO PROVIDE WHATEVER WE WANTED.

WE SWAM, WE DANCED, WE RAN ON THE BEACH.

I THOUGHT HE WAS THE MOST CHARISMATIC MAN I HAD EVER MET.

THE MOST ATTRACTIVE, THE MOST SEXUAL.

I WANTED HIM... FOR HIM.

NOT FOR THE MONEY, NOT FOR THE LIFE HE LIVED.

FOR HIM.

BUT HE NEVER TOUCHED ME.

NOW I KNOW HE WAS JUST TRYING TO SPARE ME FROM AN INFECTION.

AND YOU DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGNS? NOTHING AT ALL?

I NOTICED THE OUTBURSTS, THE LAPSES.

NOW I'M WONDERING. WHAT?

WHO KNOWS HOW LONG RICHARD'S HAD THESE LESIONS?

MAYBE HE KILLED MY SISTER, AND HE DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER IT.

[Woman Giggling]

[Gary] TEDDY. TEDDY. [Giggling Continues]

[Woman] LOVER BOY. [Gary] YOU'LL NEVER GUESS.

[Giggling] NEVER GUESS.

WELL, THERE HE IS, THE MAN OF THE HOUR.

GARY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I KNOW, I KNOW.

YOU'RE THINKING, AFTER THE WAY YOU SHREDDED ME ON THE STAND, YOU'D NEVER HEAR FROM ME AGAIN.

GARY. IT TURNS OUT YOU DID ME A FAVOR.

RENEE'S FILING FOR DIVORCE. MY SECRETARY CAN STOP LYING TO HER.

AND MORE THAN ONE MAJOR STUDIO IS LOOKING AT ME FOR THE NEXT HEAD OF PRODUCTION.

- I'M GLAD IT ALL WORKED OUT. - LEMONS INTO LEMONADE, TEDDY.

[Giggling Continues] THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE IN THIS BUSINESS.

I GUESS, UH, YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

I'M AT THE PENINSULA BAR CHATTING UP THESE TWO PRIME CUTS,

AND I MENTION THAT I KNOW YOU, AND THEY FLIP.

IT TURNS OUT THEY ARE HUGE FANS.

GIRLS. COME IN, COME IN, COME IN.

MEET TED HOFFMAN.

- TEDDY, THIS IS, UH, JACKIE AND, UM... - [Jackie] HI.

COLETTE. COLETTE. I KNEW I'D GET IT.

[Laughing] [Laughing] WE SAW YOU ON TV TODAY, MR. HOFFMAN,

AND I MUST SAY YOU HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL WAY WITH WORDS.

[Gary] ARE YOU KIDDING? THE MAN IS A MASTER.

F. LEE BAILEY COULDN'T LIFT HIS JOCKSTRAP.

[Women Laughing]

[Woman] WOW. LADIES, WOULD YOU EXCUSE US FOR A MOMENT?

[Whispering] JUST ONE MINUTE. OKAY, SURE.

GO, YES.

GARY, WHATEVER YOU HAVE IN MIND HERE, I'M NOT INTERESTED.

[Laughing] ARE YOU INSANE?

TEDDY, YOU ARE AT THIS MOMENT AS HOT AS A MAN GETS.

STRIKE NOW, OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR "PIECE," IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

I HAVE TO DECLINE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OFFER.

WELL, TO QUOTE DIONNE WARWICK, "THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR."

BESIDES, LOOK, WE CAN TALK BUSINESS.

IF I GET THIS HEAD HONCHO JOB, I'M GONNA NEED A BULLDOG. NO, THANKS.

TEDDY... [Whispers] BLONDO'S BIMBOS AWAIT.

[Footsteps] [Jackie] ARE WE LEAVING SOON?

YEAH, BUT TEDDY ISN'T COMING.

[Women Sigh] OH. TEDDY, I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS ONE THOUGHT.

WHEN YOU'VE BEEN DEAD A HUNDRED MILLION YEARS,

YOU'LL HAVE ONLY BEGUN TO BE DEAD FOR AS LONG AS YOU'RE GONNA BE DEAD,

WHICH IS FOREVER. [Jackie] WOW. THAT IS SO DEEP.

MM-HMM. MMM.

DEEP. BYE. [Giggling]

[Man On TV] CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION, NORMAL AFTER SUCH AN OPERATION.

HER CONDITION WILL BE MONITORED FOR 72 HOURS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SIGN OF ORGAN REJECTION.

DOCTORS SAY THEY MAY HAVE UNCOVERED A LINK TO THE CAUSE OF HERPES.

[TV Continues, Indistinct]

DO YOU WANT SOME CHICKEN?

NO.

[Phone Rings]

[Beeps] HELLO.

NO. YOU GOT THE WRONG NUMBER. [Beeps]

YOU ALL RIGHT?

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS, YOU KNOW...

MAYBE THE JURY HAD A VERDICT.

NO. NEIL, THEY'RE NOT WORKIN' AT 9:00 AT NIGHT.

IF THEY GOT SOMETHIN' FOR US, THE EARLIEST IT'S GONNA BE IS TOMORROW.

[TV Switches Off]

TRY TO RELAX. YEAH. YEAH, RELAX. NO BIG DEAL.

I'M JUST WAITING TO HEAR IF THEY'RE GONNA LOCK ME UP FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA MAKE ME RELAX, CHRIS...

THE KNOWLEDGE THAT, IF I GET CONVICTED,

I'M GONNA TAKE A GUN AND I'M GONNA BLOW MY BRAINS OUT.

I DON'T WANNA HEAR THAT, NEIL.

I DON'T WANT YOU EVEN THINKIN' ABOUT IT.

LOOK, NEIL, YOU GOTTA FOCUS ON WHAT TED TOLD YOU.

WHATEVER THE WORD IS FROM THAT JURY, WE ARE GONNA DEAL WITH IT.

THERE WAS A TIME WHERE I'D DEAL WITH IT...

OVER A BOTTLE OF CUERVO AND A FEW LINES OF COKE.

HEY, WIN OR LOSE, DON'T THROW AWAY WHAT YOU GAINED.

YOU'RE SOBER. DON'T LET GO OF THAT.

YEAH. YEAH, LOOK, CHRIS, I AM FINE, ALL RIGHT?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HANG AROUND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.

IT'S OKAY. IF WE'RE BOTH GONNA BE WALKIN' THE FLOOR ALL NIGHT, WE MAY AS WELL DO IT TOGETHER.

AREN'T YOU COMING INSIDE?

NO, HONEY. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD DO THAT. 'CAUSE YOU'RE MAD AT MOMMY?

I'M NOT MAD AT MOMMY.

SHE'S NOT MAD AT YOU EITHER.

SHE SAID YOU DID A REAL GOOD JOB IN COURT. DID SHE?

MM-HMM, REAL GOOD. SHE LIKED YOUR SPEECH A LOT.

SO I DON'T THINK MOM'S MAD AT ALL.

HONEY, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER...

IF WE JUST SAY OUR GOOD NIGHTS OUT HERE, OKAY?

NO. I WANT YOU TO STAY OVER.

SWEETHEART, I CAN'T DO THAT.

I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOUR MOTHER. I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.

BUT I CAN'T STAY OVER.

LIZZIE, COME ON. IT'S WAY PAST YOUR BEDTIME.

I WANT DADDY TO SLEEP OVER.

HONEY, I'LL BE AT YOUR SOCCER PRACTICE TOMORROW.

WE'LL SPEND ALL WEEKEND TOGETHER.

EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. NO. IT WON'T!

LIZZIE.

LIZZIE!

LIZZIE!