1 00:00:02,170 --> 00:00:05,090 [Rusty] Ray, Ray, Ray? You okay? Hey, hey. 2 00:00:05,090 --> 00:00:07,968 - [Lorraine] I'm his wife. I'm his wife. - [Rusty] Hey, somebody call an ambulance! 3 00:00:07,968 --> 00:00:09,052 Did you call an ambulance? 4 00:00:10,345 --> 00:00:11,888 [medical personnel clamoring] 5 00:00:11,888 --> 00:00:13,765 [paramedic] Loss of consciousness upon arrival. 6 00:00:13,765 --> 00:00:15,892 - [doctor] Sensing erratic pulse. - [paramedic] IV started in the right arm. 7 00:00:15,892 --> 00:00:18,478 [doctor] Okay. Let's make sure his O2 is at eight liters. 8 00:00:18,478 --> 00:00:22,857 He's gonna need a 12-lead EKG, a full blood panel, CBC and cross. 9 00:00:30,490 --> 00:00:32,324 He's going into V-tach, check his pulse. 10 00:00:35,579 --> 00:00:36,663 We've lost the pulse. 11 00:00:43,461 --> 00:00:47,507 [monitors beeping] 12 00:00:57,851 --> 00:00:59,853 [sirens wailing in distance] 13 00:01:08,403 --> 00:01:10,989 [phone buzzing] 14 00:01:14,618 --> 00:01:16,912 - Hey, honey. - [Barbara] I'm home with the kids. 15 00:01:16,912 --> 00:01:18,455 How is he? 16 00:01:18,955 --> 00:01:20,165 He's still in surgery. 17 00:01:20,165 --> 00:01:21,750 - [reporter on TV] As Raymond Horgan... - Okay. 18 00:01:21,750 --> 00:01:24,044 - [Rusty] I'll keep you posted, okay? - Okay. Okay. 19 00:01:24,044 --> 00:01:25,295 - I love you. - Yeah. Bye. 20 00:01:25,295 --> 00:01:27,839 [reporter] ...after suffering from an apparent cardiac arrest. 21 00:01:27,839 --> 00:01:29,966 - Definitely an unexpected turn of events. - [sighs] God. 22 00:01:29,966 --> 00:01:34,054 {\an8}We're not hearing at all if this trial is actually going to continue at this point. 23 00:01:34,054 --> 00:01:37,515 {\an8}Rae, is there any precedent at all for this type of thing happening? 24 00:01:37,515 --> 00:01:40,227 A defendant jumping in and saving his attorney's life? 25 00:01:40,227 --> 00:01:42,771 [Rae] You know, it typically works the other way around. 26 00:01:42,771 --> 00:01:45,482 But to answer your question, there's no rule. 27 00:01:45,482 --> 00:01:46,650 It's up to the judge. 28 00:01:46,650 --> 00:01:50,654 {\an8}And given the one we have here, I'd say anything goes at this time. 29 00:01:50,654 --> 00:01:52,739 - [TV continues, indistinct] - Okay, so if it's a mistrial, 30 00:01:52,739 --> 00:01:53,907 they do it all over again? 31 00:01:53,907 --> 00:01:54,991 It seems so. 32 00:01:54,991 --> 00:01:56,952 [sighs] This is so fucked. 33 00:01:56,952 --> 00:01:58,453 [anchor] ...pandemonium there at the courtroom. 34 00:01:58,453 --> 00:02:00,997 I'm guessing it's the same way over at the emergency room. 35 00:02:05,502 --> 00:02:07,462 Hey, you want something to drink? 36 00:02:07,462 --> 00:02:09,381 You want some water or something like that? 37 00:02:10,257 --> 00:02:11,591 Yeah. 38 00:02:11,591 --> 00:02:12,676 - Yeah, thank you. - Yeah? 39 00:02:18,890 --> 00:02:22,394 Lorraine, I just want to say I'm so sorry. 40 00:02:22,394 --> 00:02:23,979 And, uh, if there's any way I can help... 41 00:02:23,979 --> 00:02:28,066 I know that rings hollow... but, um, whatever I can do... 42 00:02:29,651 --> 00:02:30,652 Um... 43 00:02:32,237 --> 00:02:34,114 - Thank you. - Yeah. 44 00:02:34,114 --> 00:02:35,949 - Okay. - [Lorraine] Thanks. 45 00:02:35,949 --> 00:02:37,158 - [doctor] Mrs. Horgan? - Yeah? 46 00:02:37,158 --> 00:02:39,202 - Mrs... Mrs. Horgan? - Yeah. 47 00:02:39,202 --> 00:02:41,538 He's gonna be okay. Improved, even. 48 00:02:41,538 --> 00:02:43,164 - Really? - [doctor] It wasn't a coronary. 49 00:02:43,164 --> 00:02:44,583 - It was a bradycardia. - [Lorraine] Oh, my... 50 00:02:44,583 --> 00:02:47,794 It's an... an electrical issue that slowed his heart rate down to a near stop. 51 00:02:47,794 --> 00:02:50,338 We gave him a pacemaker. There's no neurological damage. 52 00:02:50,964 --> 00:02:54,384 - He'll walk out improved. - Thank you, Doctor. [chuckles] 53 00:02:54,384 --> 00:02:56,219 S... So he's gonna be okay? 54 00:02:56,219 --> 00:02:57,721 - He's gonna be all right, fine. - Yeah. 55 00:02:57,721 --> 00:02:59,973 Better. He's in recovery right now. 56 00:02:59,973 --> 00:03:02,684 He'll be in his room in a few hours and you'll be able to see him then. 57 00:03:02,684 --> 00:03:04,352 Oh, my God. [cries, sniffles] 58 00:03:04,352 --> 00:03:06,396 - Thank you. Thank you. - [doctor] Yeah. You're welcome. 59 00:03:06,396 --> 00:03:09,190 - Yeah? [chuckles] - [cries] 60 00:03:18,617 --> 00:03:20,035 [Nico] We got a problem. 61 00:03:21,953 --> 00:03:23,038 Yeah, we got a problem. 62 00:03:23,038 --> 00:03:28,084 [sighs] Uh, the jury just saw Rusty go all hero an... 63 00:03:29,085 --> 00:03:30,837 We need to move for a mistrial. 64 00:03:31,421 --> 00:03:32,797 - What? - Yeah. 65 00:03:32,797 --> 00:03:34,341 - We... We... - We're winning. 66 00:03:34,341 --> 00:03:37,636 - [chuckling] I'm not so sure of that. - A mistrial and he walks. 67 00:03:37,636 --> 00:03:40,180 - No. We don't know that. - [Tommy] Yes, we do. Come on. 68 00:03:40,180 --> 00:03:41,890 Second time through, he's gonna know our hand. 69 00:03:41,890 --> 00:03:45,435 Think about this. As-As lying, cheating psychopaths go, 70 00:03:45,435 --> 00:03:47,354 - he's a pretty charming guy, right? - It doesn't... 71 00:03:47,354 --> 00:03:50,607 And he just saved a human life in front of the jury. 72 00:03:50,607 --> 00:03:53,652 It can also be argued that the jury just saw him act impulsively, 73 00:03:53,652 --> 00:03:55,195 physically in a way that they saw him snap. 74 00:03:55,195 --> 00:03:56,821 But you have to just trust the jury. 75 00:03:57,781 --> 00:04:00,450 Know that they're more equipped to visualize what happened that night 76 00:04:00,450 --> 00:04:01,910 than either of us. 77 00:04:03,787 --> 00:04:05,497 {\an8}[podcaster 1] So, the question is, "Now what?" 78 00:04:05,497 --> 00:04:08,458 {\an8}[scoffs] You can't keep going without your head counsel 79 00:04:08,458 --> 00:04:10,460 {\an8}this deep into a murder trial. 80 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:12,170 [podcaster 2] Maybe they put things on pause? 81 00:04:12,170 --> 00:04:14,214 [podcaster 1] I'm pretty sure that's not how it works. 82 00:04:14,214 --> 00:04:17,050 From everything I'm reading from legal experts, it... 83 00:04:40,282 --> 00:04:42,284 [reporters clamoring] 84 00:04:47,372 --> 00:04:49,207 [Laryn] So what are we thinking? 85 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:51,501 Are we thinking? 86 00:04:51,501 --> 00:04:52,586 [inhales sharply] 87 00:04:52,586 --> 00:04:56,339 Mr. Delay Guardia, you certainly seem cognitively overdue. 88 00:04:57,007 --> 00:05:00,468 Mmm. I'm just weighing the principles of judicial economics 89 00:05:00,468 --> 00:05:02,095 versus those of fairness, you know? 90 00:05:02,095 --> 00:05:04,806 We recognize, as agents of the court, that we have a duty 91 00:05:04,806 --> 00:05:07,434 to ensure proceedings are free of prejudice and undue bias. 92 00:05:07,434 --> 00:05:08,727 What the fuck are you talking about? 93 00:05:08,727 --> 00:05:10,395 We left law school years ago. 94 00:05:10,395 --> 00:05:12,480 - What are you talking about? - [Nico] I'm saying that 95 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,316 we think a mistrial is justified. 96 00:05:14,316 --> 00:05:16,192 - Well, that's all you had to say. - We oppose. 97 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:19,613 [Laryn scoffs] 98 00:05:19,613 --> 00:05:21,072 You wanna keep going? 99 00:05:22,324 --> 00:05:23,533 I'm prepared to take over. 100 00:05:24,034 --> 00:05:26,202 - Immediately? - You're gonna take over? 101 00:05:27,996 --> 00:05:29,789 Tomorrow. I'd like a day. 102 00:05:30,373 --> 00:05:31,875 Mr. Delay Guardia? 103 00:05:32,459 --> 00:05:35,879 Uh... [chuckles] S-S-Sorry. 104 00:05:35,879 --> 00:05:39,049 Yeah. Yeah. The prosecution stands ready to proceed. 105 00:05:40,759 --> 00:05:42,385 I'd like to represent myself. 106 00:05:47,432 --> 00:05:48,475 I'm sorry? 107 00:05:48,475 --> 00:05:52,062 I'd like to take over as lead counsel. My appearance is already on record 108 00:05:52,062 --> 00:05:53,980 and Ms. Winslow's experience is more limited than my own. 109 00:05:53,980 --> 00:05:56,233 - No, a person cannot stand as a witness... - [Rusty] She can serve as second chair. 110 00:05:56,233 --> 00:05:57,817 ...and an advocate in the same proceeding. 111 00:05:57,817 --> 00:05:59,986 I will not stand as a witness. I'll stipulate that right now. 112 00:05:59,986 --> 00:06:02,530 You will be a witness. You're gonna be the most clever witness of all time 113 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:04,950 'cause you'll get to put your point of view and your demeanor to the jury... 114 00:06:04,950 --> 00:06:07,285 - My lead counsel is incapacitated. - ...without facing cross-examination. 115 00:06:07,285 --> 00:06:09,371 I will not offer anything evidentiary or testimonial. 116 00:06:09,371 --> 00:06:12,207 And may I remind the court that it is my right. 117 00:06:12,207 --> 00:06:14,876 Then the court will remind you, Mr. Sabich, 118 00:06:14,876 --> 00:06:16,753 if you even hint at giving your version of events, 119 00:06:16,753 --> 00:06:20,382 I will allow prosecution to put you into that witness chair, 120 00:06:20,382 --> 00:06:23,552 where you will be subject to full cross-examination. 121 00:06:23,552 --> 00:06:25,512 And should you blow a hole in your foot, 122 00:06:25,512 --> 00:06:28,098 you will not be granted appeal on Sixth Amendment grounds 123 00:06:28,098 --> 00:06:30,433 of having a fool for an attorney. 124 00:06:30,433 --> 00:06:31,893 You're gonna go pro per? 125 00:06:31,893 --> 00:06:34,521 [Laryn] So long as he doesn't give testimony, there's no bar to it. 126 00:06:35,772 --> 00:06:37,190 I understand, Your Honor. 127 00:06:37,190 --> 00:06:38,233 [scoffs] 128 00:06:38,233 --> 00:06:39,401 Bad idea. 129 00:06:41,069 --> 00:06:42,571 But you're free to indulge it. 130 00:06:44,781 --> 00:06:48,368 I'll instruct the jury, and we shall resume tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. 131 00:06:52,289 --> 00:06:53,957 You might wanna rethink. 132 00:06:58,044 --> 00:07:01,256 How-How can this be? You promised me that you would shield him. 133 00:07:01,256 --> 00:07:03,675 - We'll do our best. - [Caldwell] You'll do your best? 134 00:07:03,675 --> 00:07:05,135 You'll do your best? 135 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,805 Is no one watching out for my son? 136 00:07:08,805 --> 00:07:12,225 He will now be cross-examined by the very man who murdered his mother. 137 00:07:12,225 --> 00:07:14,811 - It is his right, right to represent... - He's a fucking murderer! 138 00:07:18,481 --> 00:07:21,318 {\an8}[anchor] Even for a case involving such twists and turns, 139 00:07:21,318 --> 00:07:22,944 this is still a shocker. 140 00:07:22,944 --> 00:07:26,323 And, Eleanor, this whole idea of Rusty Sabich representing himself, 141 00:07:26,323 --> 00:07:28,450 - what are your thoughts on that? - Mom, this is nuts. 142 00:07:28,450 --> 00:07:30,327 [Barbara] Don't underestimate your father, honey. 143 00:07:30,327 --> 00:07:32,537 - Not in that room. - Mom, come on. 144 00:07:33,246 --> 00:07:34,372 Come the fuck on. 145 00:07:34,372 --> 00:07:36,249 - Honey! - [thunder rumbles] 146 00:07:41,338 --> 00:07:44,382 [footsteps approach] 147 00:07:48,261 --> 00:07:49,304 [no audible dialogue] 148 00:07:53,934 --> 00:07:56,353 Stop! Stop. [gasps, grunts] 149 00:07:57,312 --> 00:07:58,521 [pants, sighs] 150 00:08:01,691 --> 00:08:04,027 [reporters clamoring] 151 00:08:10,033 --> 00:08:11,993 [reporter 1] Come on, this way! This way, please! 152 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:35,100 [sighs] 153 00:08:37,060 --> 00:08:39,062 [tap running] 154 00:08:47,529 --> 00:08:48,613 [Tommy clears throat] 155 00:09:01,877 --> 00:09:03,336 All right, I'll see you in there. 156 00:09:37,746 --> 00:09:39,748 [spectators chattering] 157 00:10:00,936 --> 00:10:02,729 Please excuse my tardiness, Your Honor. 158 00:10:19,621 --> 00:10:21,248 [monitors beeping] 159 00:10:28,964 --> 00:10:30,298 Mr. Sabich. 160 00:10:32,801 --> 00:10:37,222 Hello, Michael. First, let me offer my deep condolences. 161 00:10:37,222 --> 00:10:39,307 I cannot imagine the pain of losing your mom. 162 00:10:39,307 --> 00:10:40,642 You killed my mother. 163 00:10:49,651 --> 00:10:51,570 [Rusty] You used to go to your mother's house a lot 164 00:10:52,529 --> 00:10:54,406 and just watch? 165 00:10:55,407 --> 00:10:57,117 To see her life. To see the... 166 00:10:59,202 --> 00:11:01,913 the life that she didn't want you to be a part of. 167 00:11:02,581 --> 00:11:03,748 Yes. 168 00:11:03,748 --> 00:11:06,918 Did she ever tell you why she didn't want you to be a part of her life? 169 00:11:08,336 --> 00:11:09,629 No. 170 00:11:09,629 --> 00:11:13,425 Did your father ever tell you why she didn't want to? 171 00:11:15,969 --> 00:11:16,845 No. 172 00:11:17,846 --> 00:11:19,681 Well, that must have made you pretty angry. 173 00:11:20,432 --> 00:11:21,933 Is that a fair statement? 174 00:11:22,851 --> 00:11:23,852 Not enough to kill her. 175 00:11:23,852 --> 00:11:24,936 Careful. 176 00:11:24,936 --> 00:11:27,772 - Raymond. - I'm just watching. [chuckles] 177 00:11:27,772 --> 00:11:30,859 That's interesting, Michael, 'cause in the last few weeks of her life, 178 00:11:30,859 --> 00:11:35,322 you had a number of text exchanges with your mother. 179 00:11:37,949 --> 00:11:40,952 Did you write her, "It would be easier if you were dead"? 180 00:11:40,952 --> 00:11:42,037 Did you text her that? 181 00:11:42,787 --> 00:11:44,080 She didn't just hurt me. 182 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,290 She hurt my father. 183 00:11:45,290 --> 00:11:49,002 {\an8}"Just really fucking mad at you. You ruined my life." 184 00:11:50,212 --> 00:11:51,588 Did you text her that? 185 00:11:53,256 --> 00:11:54,799 You wished for her death. 186 00:11:56,426 --> 00:11:58,887 No, I said it would be easier. 187 00:11:59,471 --> 00:12:01,056 People move on from death. 188 00:12:01,056 --> 00:12:02,515 Divorce is harder. 189 00:12:02,515 --> 00:12:04,017 That's what I meant. 190 00:12:05,227 --> 00:12:07,812 Okay. Leave it there. Just... That's good. 191 00:12:07,812 --> 00:12:09,189 [Rusty] You took this video of me 192 00:12:09,189 --> 00:12:11,024 entering your mother's house on the night that she died, 193 00:12:11,024 --> 00:12:13,610 and you testified that you had seen me go there before. 194 00:12:13,610 --> 00:12:15,820 So you were aware that your mother and I were lovers. 195 00:12:19,491 --> 00:12:20,325 Yes. 196 00:12:20,325 --> 00:12:23,745 [Rusty] The idea that she didn't want you in her life, 197 00:12:23,745 --> 00:12:27,832 but that she would have affection for me, that didn't make you hate me at all? 198 00:12:27,832 --> 00:12:30,252 I hate you because you killed her. 199 00:12:32,128 --> 00:12:33,505 Go easy, Rusty. 200 00:12:35,590 --> 00:12:37,050 [spectators murmuring] 201 00:12:37,050 --> 00:12:41,805 So after you took this video, what did you do? 202 00:12:41,805 --> 00:12:42,973 [Michael] I left. 203 00:12:42,973 --> 00:12:46,476 And how long after you saw me enter her house did you leave? 204 00:12:46,476 --> 00:12:48,478 - Pretty much right away. - And where did you go? 205 00:12:48,478 --> 00:12:49,646 I went home. 206 00:12:50,397 --> 00:12:51,648 Who was at home? 207 00:12:51,648 --> 00:12:52,816 My father. 208 00:12:54,442 --> 00:12:56,152 Just-Just the two of you? 209 00:12:56,945 --> 00:12:57,904 [Michael] Yeah. 210 00:12:57,904 --> 00:12:59,072 [Rusty] Anybody else? 211 00:12:59,781 --> 00:13:01,032 No, it was just us. 212 00:13:01,032 --> 00:13:04,452 So nobody to vouch for you but him. 213 00:13:04,953 --> 00:13:07,706 And nobody to vouch for him but you. 214 00:13:07,706 --> 00:13:09,332 - Objection. - Overruled. 215 00:13:09,332 --> 00:13:12,711 Did you tell your father that you saw your mother's lover go into her house? 216 00:13:15,338 --> 00:13:17,257 [Laryn] Please answer the question, Michael. 217 00:13:19,801 --> 00:13:21,678 I don't remember if I told him anything. 218 00:13:22,596 --> 00:13:23,930 So it is possible... 219 00:13:25,140 --> 00:13:28,018 it is possible that you told your father 220 00:13:28,018 --> 00:13:30,937 that you saw your mother's lover go into her house 221 00:13:30,937 --> 00:13:32,230 the night that she was killed? 222 00:13:35,358 --> 00:13:37,193 I don't remember telling him anything. 223 00:13:37,193 --> 00:13:39,779 There are a number of documents that were confiscated 224 00:13:39,779 --> 00:13:42,574 by the police department on your computer. 225 00:13:42,574 --> 00:13:46,119 And it showed that you had a very keen interest in your mother's past cases. 226 00:13:46,119 --> 00:13:49,122 You went on some true crime websites and you were digging for information 227 00:13:49,122 --> 00:13:50,999 that wasn't available in the mainstream media, 228 00:13:50,999 --> 00:13:53,585 including Bunny Davis. 229 00:13:53,585 --> 00:13:56,296 - Objection. - Sustained. Ask questions, counsel. 230 00:13:56,296 --> 00:13:57,505 He's got to be careful. 231 00:13:57,505 --> 00:13:58,840 - Did you kill your mother? - Objection! 232 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,342 How about your father? Did he kill your mother? 233 00:14:00,342 --> 00:14:02,594 - Wow. - Tell me you have a good faith basis. 234 00:14:02,594 --> 00:14:06,014 I have grounds to accuse neither the witness or his father. 235 00:14:06,014 --> 00:14:06,973 How could I possibly? 236 00:14:06,973 --> 00:14:09,351 After the briefest and most negligent... 237 00:14:09,351 --> 00:14:11,269 - [clamoring] - ...of investigations by the police, 238 00:14:11,269 --> 00:14:13,313 they were both dismissed by the state attorney's office... 239 00:14:13,313 --> 00:14:14,522 - He's out of control... - [Tommy] Your Honor! 240 00:14:14,522 --> 00:14:16,399 For the record, did you kill your mother? 241 00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:18,109 Hey! You sick fuck! 242 00:14:18,735 --> 00:14:19,694 Dad! 243 00:14:19,694 --> 00:14:22,656 - That's enough! Enough! - Mr. Caldwell, step back. 244 00:14:22,656 --> 00:14:23,949 Are you fucking serious? 245 00:14:23,949 --> 00:14:26,284 - [bailiff 1] Move. - Step back, Mr. Caldwell. 246 00:14:26,284 --> 00:14:27,869 You're supposed to be watching him. 247 00:14:29,204 --> 00:14:30,747 [spectators chattering] 248 00:14:36,336 --> 00:14:39,422 [reporter 1] Mr. Sabich, were you scared when Dalton Caldwell came after you? 249 00:14:39,422 --> 00:14:41,675 [reporter 2] Can the prosecution recover from such a misstep? 250 00:14:41,675 --> 00:14:43,468 [reporter 1] Were the Caldwells in this together? 251 00:14:43,468 --> 00:14:45,971 [reporter 3] Why do you think so many loose ends weren't investigated? 252 00:15:04,656 --> 00:15:08,577 [Nico] You know, Raymond used to have this saying when a case went south. 253 00:15:08,577 --> 00:15:13,915 He'd say there's medium-rare fucked, there's medium-plus, there's well-done. 254 00:15:13,915 --> 00:15:16,001 I think we might be well-done fucked. 255 00:15:16,001 --> 00:15:17,085 [Tommy] He came off as desperate. 256 00:15:17,085 --> 00:15:19,129 He's pointing the finger at everyone but himself. 257 00:15:19,129 --> 00:15:20,797 [Nico] All right. [sighs] 258 00:15:20,797 --> 00:15:22,340 All right. All right. Shh. 259 00:15:22,340 --> 00:15:26,887 So they established that somebody with hatred toward Carolyn Polhemus was 260 00:15:26,887 --> 00:15:30,807 at the scene who may have known details of the Bunny Davis case. 261 00:15:30,807 --> 00:15:32,767 They pinged Liam Reynolds 262 00:15:33,852 --> 00:15:37,105 and then the father, who went fucking psycho. 263 00:15:37,939 --> 00:15:41,067 So we... we... Rigo. 264 00:15:41,067 --> 00:15:42,485 - We call fucking Rigo. - Rigo? 265 00:15:42,485 --> 00:15:44,446 - No, Rigo is firmly in Rusty's camp. - Yeah. 266 00:15:44,446 --> 00:15:46,406 So was Eugenia. It's all about asking the right questions. 267 00:15:46,406 --> 00:15:48,825 - Rigo hates me. - She doesn't hate me. I can take her. 268 00:15:48,825 --> 00:15:50,660 - No. - Yeah. 269 00:15:50,660 --> 00:15:51,828 - Yeah. Yeah. - No. 270 00:15:51,828 --> 00:15:53,246 No, I'll tell you why. 271 00:15:53,246 --> 00:15:54,414 'Cause if we don't, 272 00:15:54,414 --> 00:15:57,709 we're well-done beyond-a-reasonable-doubt fucked. 273 00:16:01,338 --> 00:16:03,840 - [Rusty] What is Rigo going to say? - [Eugenia] I don't know. 274 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,842 No, come on. Bullshit. You two are friends. 275 00:16:05,842 --> 00:16:08,011 - Just tell me what she's go... - No, you two are friends. 276 00:16:08,011 --> 00:16:11,056 [stammers] She is gonna testify to what? 277 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:16,102 Probably as to what I saw, Rusty, and what I'm fucking seeing right now. 278 00:16:16,102 --> 00:16:17,062 What does that mean? 279 00:16:17,062 --> 00:16:20,523 You're fucking going rogue, like you are right here, right now. 280 00:16:20,523 --> 00:16:22,275 - [Rusty] Wh... - [sighs] 281 00:16:23,026 --> 00:16:25,695 You know I didn't want to testify, right? 282 00:16:26,529 --> 00:16:28,531 I know that you know that. 283 00:16:28,531 --> 00:16:30,450 [sighs] Oh, my God. 284 00:16:32,953 --> 00:16:34,746 Did I get this whole thing wrong? 285 00:16:37,249 --> 00:16:38,375 - Did I get... - What do... 286 00:16:39,542 --> 00:16:40,627 Carolyn was a drug. 287 00:16:40,627 --> 00:16:43,588 You had an addiction. Addictions destroy lives. 288 00:16:45,131 --> 00:16:48,009 God. It's one thing to destroy you, 289 00:16:48,009 --> 00:16:51,179 but you weren't about to let her destroy your family. 290 00:16:52,597 --> 00:16:56,351 [cries] Oh, my God. 291 00:16:56,351 --> 00:16:58,061 I think she told you that night... 292 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:02,524 that she was gonna keep the baby, didn't she? 293 00:17:03,650 --> 00:17:09,030 Did she tell you that she was gonna keep the baby that night? 294 00:17:09,823 --> 00:17:11,741 She was gonna keep that kid. 295 00:17:12,367 --> 00:17:14,119 - Your kid. - Get out of my car. 296 00:17:18,707 --> 00:17:20,000 Get out of my car. 297 00:17:34,222 --> 00:17:35,432 [door closes] 298 00:17:57,704 --> 00:18:00,165 [Nico] Liam Reynolds was not involved in Carolyn Polhemus's murder, 299 00:18:00,165 --> 00:18:02,834 and yet the two of you went back to prison to see Liam Reynolds. 300 00:18:02,834 --> 00:18:05,545 - Is that right? - We did. 301 00:18:06,338 --> 00:18:07,464 Why? 302 00:18:07,464 --> 00:18:10,383 [stammers] We'll let Rusty tell us. 303 00:18:13,386 --> 00:18:15,263 [Rusty] Even if you did have Carolyn killed, 304 00:18:17,140 --> 00:18:18,516 it could work in your favor. 305 00:18:20,268 --> 00:18:24,814 You'd have to have an accomplice, which means you'd have something to trade. 306 00:18:24,814 --> 00:18:27,025 Okay, so just imagine, 307 00:18:28,068 --> 00:18:32,113 right now, you're serving a life sentence for killing Bunny Davis. 308 00:18:32,113 --> 00:18:33,698 But by pointing us to Carolyn, 309 00:18:33,698 --> 00:18:36,409 you could possibly see the street again, you know? 310 00:18:36,409 --> 00:18:39,371 Or even if you had a hand in the murder too. 311 00:18:39,871 --> 00:18:41,748 Now that... that is perversity. 312 00:18:41,748 --> 00:18:47,379 So... So, uh, just to be clear, uh, you're telling me incriminating myself... 313 00:18:47,379 --> 00:18:49,130 - If you had an accomplice. - ...in a prosecutor's murder, 314 00:18:49,130 --> 00:18:51,299 - could lead to my freedom? - [Rusty] Yes. 315 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:56,471 What's certain is that you are currently serving a life sentence without parole. 316 00:18:56,972 --> 00:18:59,641 And I am offering you an opportunity to change that. 317 00:19:01,726 --> 00:19:04,729 Oh, God. [chuckles] 318 00:19:06,815 --> 00:19:08,275 This is beautiful. 319 00:19:08,942 --> 00:19:11,861 No! God Almighty. 320 00:19:13,780 --> 00:19:18,118 I just... I had no fucking idea. 321 00:19:18,743 --> 00:19:20,203 [Reynolds] You're desperate. 322 00:19:21,162 --> 00:19:25,500 [Nico] A reduced sentence in return for confessing to Carolyn Polhemus's murder. 323 00:19:26,418 --> 00:19:28,879 I wasn't present. I didn't know he was gonna do that. 324 00:19:28,879 --> 00:19:30,297 Did you take issue with this attempted bribe? 325 00:19:30,297 --> 00:19:31,339 Objection! 326 00:19:31,339 --> 00:19:32,382 - Sustained. - [Nico] I apologize. 327 00:19:32,382 --> 00:19:35,427 Did you take issue with this approach? 328 00:19:36,177 --> 00:19:40,515 I did. When he told me what happened, I said I thought he way crossed the line. 329 00:19:40,515 --> 00:19:41,600 Yeah. 330 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:44,895 And did he respond? 331 00:19:47,898 --> 00:19:49,858 Yeah, he said something to the effect of... 332 00:19:49,858 --> 00:19:53,069 It's my life on the line. I'll do whatever I have to. 333 00:19:53,653 --> 00:19:54,571 What a hero. 334 00:19:54,571 --> 00:19:56,865 When you were first assigned this case by the defendant, 335 00:19:56,865 --> 00:20:00,869 were you given any particular directives as to the collection of evidence? 336 00:20:02,037 --> 00:20:06,583 All evidence, forensics and otherwise, was to go straight to him and only him. 337 00:20:06,583 --> 00:20:08,627 And were you given any particular directives 338 00:20:08,627 --> 00:20:10,420 as to whom the evidence 339 00:20:10,420 --> 00:20:13,924 and the forensics and otherwise should be particularly shielded from? 340 00:20:14,883 --> 00:20:16,176 Mr. Molto and you. 341 00:20:17,761 --> 00:20:19,054 [Nico] That's disappointing. 342 00:20:24,351 --> 00:20:25,352 Your witness. 343 00:20:27,604 --> 00:20:28,605 [clears throat] 344 00:20:34,986 --> 00:20:35,987 Here we go. 345 00:20:36,488 --> 00:20:40,867 I was desperate to prove my innocence, at all times, 346 00:20:40,867 --> 00:20:43,119 of charges that I felt wrongly accused of. 347 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:44,329 Is that a fair statement? 348 00:20:45,121 --> 00:20:46,122 Okay. 349 00:20:46,122 --> 00:20:48,708 And I steadfastly maintained my innocence 350 00:20:48,708 --> 00:20:51,545 in the death of Carolyn Polhemus at all times. 351 00:20:52,504 --> 00:20:54,172 - Did I not? - You did. 352 00:20:55,715 --> 00:20:59,678 And in your experience, Detective, is it unusual for a prosecutor to ask you 353 00:20:59,678 --> 00:21:01,680 to keep information between the two of them? 354 00:21:02,639 --> 00:21:04,182 In my experience, no, it's not. 355 00:21:06,142 --> 00:21:11,314 And you're aware that I asked you to keep the evidence between the two of us 356 00:21:11,314 --> 00:21:13,400 precisely because I did not trust 357 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,820 that Mr. Molto or Mr. Della Guardia would conduct a fair investigation. 358 00:21:16,820 --> 00:21:18,780 Is that also a fair statement? 359 00:21:20,282 --> 00:21:21,199 Yes. 360 00:21:24,911 --> 00:21:25,912 Thank you. 361 00:22:03,992 --> 00:22:05,994 [panting] 362 00:22:09,831 --> 00:22:11,833 - [Barbara] Hi. - Hey. 363 00:22:13,251 --> 00:22:14,878 [Barbara sighs] 364 00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:23,261 How are you doing? 365 00:22:25,388 --> 00:22:28,391 [panting] Yeah, you know... [stammers] ...they... 366 00:22:28,391 --> 00:22:30,977 they pulled up two witnesses to assert my... 367 00:22:30,977 --> 00:22:35,899 And I was a little too zealous in my assertion of my innocence. 368 00:22:35,899 --> 00:22:38,568 You know, whatever. So what? Case is still good. We're good. 369 00:22:38,568 --> 00:22:40,695 - [pants] - You went back to using these? 370 00:22:40,695 --> 00:22:43,031 [panting] 371 00:22:44,157 --> 00:22:44,991 [Barbara] Hmm? 372 00:22:47,619 --> 00:22:48,787 I mean, I need to focus. 373 00:22:51,915 --> 00:22:54,542 How am I supposed to do that, huh? 374 00:22:57,337 --> 00:22:58,338 Mmm. 375 00:23:05,637 --> 00:23:08,431 [sighs] You just should've told me, Rusty. 376 00:23:11,476 --> 00:23:14,104 [sighs, panting] 377 00:23:40,255 --> 00:23:43,258 [all cheering, chuckling] 378 00:23:43,258 --> 00:23:46,511 - So good. So good. [chuckles] Yeah. - [chuckles] Oh, yeah. Thank you. 379 00:23:59,482 --> 00:24:00,567 All rise. 380 00:24:01,776 --> 00:24:03,403 The court is now in session. 381 00:24:03,987 --> 00:24:06,156 The honorable Judge Lyttle presiding. 382 00:24:06,823 --> 00:24:08,158 Be seated. 383 00:24:11,786 --> 00:24:13,204 Okay then, Mr. Molto. 384 00:24:13,204 --> 00:24:14,789 Does the State have anything else? 385 00:24:14,789 --> 00:24:15,999 [Tommy] Yes, Your Honor. 386 00:24:19,794 --> 00:24:21,504 The People call Rusty Sabich. 387 00:24:21,504 --> 00:24:23,006 [people gasping, murmuring] 388 00:24:24,049 --> 00:24:25,091 [gavel raps] 389 00:24:29,346 --> 00:24:30,805 What the fuck was that? 390 00:24:31,598 --> 00:24:35,227 Well, since Mr. Sabich insisted on testifying through Detective Rodriguez, 391 00:24:35,227 --> 00:24:37,354 it's only fair that he be sworn in and subjected to cross. 392 00:24:37,354 --> 00:24:38,813 I didn't hear an objection. 393 00:24:38,813 --> 00:24:41,399 I didn't feel the need to, as the court made it very clear 394 00:24:41,399 --> 00:24:43,151 if the defendant even hinted at his version... 395 00:24:43,151 --> 00:24:44,277 [stammers] No, I did not testify. 396 00:24:44,277 --> 00:24:45,987 I cross-examined a witness that you called. 397 00:24:45,987 --> 00:24:47,906 But you went beyond the scope of our direct. 398 00:24:47,906 --> 00:24:49,282 You asserted your innocence. 399 00:24:49,282 --> 00:24:50,617 [Rusty] You called the witness 400 00:24:50,617 --> 00:24:53,870 and you called the detective to establish my guilt and my dishonesty, 401 00:24:53,870 --> 00:24:55,747 and my cross went to my truthfulness and innocence, 402 00:24:55,747 --> 00:24:58,124 well within my scope of direct. 403 00:24:58,792 --> 00:24:59,960 You gave your version. 404 00:25:01,836 --> 00:25:05,006 I warned you, should you even introduce even a morsel 405 00:25:05,006 --> 00:25:06,883 of something that's not in evidence... 406 00:25:07,884 --> 00:25:09,135 You did exactly that. 407 00:25:11,096 --> 00:25:14,683 All right, you got two choices. 408 00:25:14,683 --> 00:25:16,393 You want a mistrial, I'll give you one. 409 00:25:17,018 --> 00:25:18,228 No questions asked. 410 00:25:18,812 --> 00:25:22,190 I won't force you to go on. But if we do go on, you get in that chair. 411 00:25:23,525 --> 00:25:25,360 You opened the door on this. 412 00:25:28,530 --> 00:25:30,115 Take the mistrial, Rusty. 413 00:25:43,837 --> 00:25:44,921 I'll testify. 414 00:25:52,679 --> 00:25:54,931 - Mya. Mya, they wanted a mistrial. - The fuck was that? 415 00:25:54,931 --> 00:25:56,433 - [stammers] No. - They know they're losing. 416 00:25:56,433 --> 00:25:58,351 - That's why they called me! - Maybe, maybe. 417 00:25:58,351 --> 00:26:00,145 Or maybe they wanted to get you on the stand, 418 00:26:00,145 --> 00:26:01,605 where you'll be an easy fucking target. 419 00:26:01,605 --> 00:26:03,189 Fine, put me in the witness chair. 420 00:26:03,189 --> 00:26:05,775 Fine. Let's have Molto's narcissism 421 00:26:05,775 --> 00:26:07,193 - on full display. - Why? [sighs] 422 00:26:07,193 --> 00:26:08,236 And yours won't? 423 00:26:08,236 --> 00:26:10,113 What is that supposed to mean? 424 00:26:10,780 --> 00:26:12,282 Did you... Did you do it on purpose? 425 00:26:12,282 --> 00:26:14,951 [breathes shakily] What? 426 00:26:14,951 --> 00:26:16,202 Open the door. 427 00:26:16,202 --> 00:26:18,038 - What do you think... - You introduced testimony. 428 00:26:18,038 --> 00:26:19,623 - Did you do it on purpose? - No... 429 00:26:19,623 --> 00:26:21,333 [stammers] Why would I do that? 430 00:26:21,333 --> 00:26:24,920 'Cause you're Rusty Sabich, and you can do whatever you want, right? 431 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,048 Mya, maybe... just maybe... 432 00:26:28,048 --> 00:26:31,384 I did it because I know what the fuck I'm doing. [scoffs] 433 00:26:31,384 --> 00:26:33,929 I don't think so. 434 00:26:36,890 --> 00:26:38,225 I'm done. 435 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:41,561 [sighs] 436 00:26:48,526 --> 00:26:52,280 {\an8}So, Rusty Sabich is expected to take the stand in his own defense, 437 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:56,826 {\an8}which means that he'll not only be a defendant, he'll be an advocate. 438 00:26:56,826 --> 00:26:58,536 He's also gonna be a witness as well. 439 00:26:58,536 --> 00:26:59,621 What? 440 00:26:59,621 --> 00:27:02,165 [Rae] He is not going to be having a second chair, 441 00:27:02,165 --> 00:27:04,251 which means that he is going to be flying solo. 442 00:27:04,834 --> 00:27:07,420 {\an8}A lot resting on his shoulders in this trial. 443 00:27:08,505 --> 00:27:11,925 [anchor] It feels like Sabich has really found himself backed into a corner. 444 00:27:11,925 --> 00:27:13,677 And I don't know if anything short of a miracle... 445 00:27:13,677 --> 00:27:14,719 Oh, God, Rusty. 446 00:27:14,719 --> 00:27:16,930 ...is going to be able to get him out of it. 447 00:27:16,930 --> 00:27:18,014 In other news... 448 00:27:18,014 --> 00:27:19,516 [Jaden] Pills. What kind of pills? 449 00:27:19,516 --> 00:27:21,893 - [Kyle] He's taking Ritalin. - Are you serious? 450 00:27:21,893 --> 00:27:25,730 Yeah, I heard Mom on the phone with her therapist, 451 00:27:25,730 --> 00:27:28,275 and I guess he's taken it before for big trials. 452 00:27:29,651 --> 00:27:30,944 Makes him sharper. 453 00:27:32,028 --> 00:27:32,988 Yeah. 454 00:27:32,988 --> 00:27:37,492 And he's taking it now before he testifies tomorrow? 455 00:27:38,076 --> 00:27:39,578 Yeah, it's fucking stupid. 456 00:27:52,048 --> 00:27:54,134 Is it possible to, um, 457 00:27:54,134 --> 00:27:59,723 have some of that Rusty Sabich, um, fairy dust? 458 00:28:00,307 --> 00:28:05,520 I-I don't know if it's... if it's something I can, uh, give you. 459 00:28:06,021 --> 00:28:07,522 [chuckles] 460 00:28:23,955 --> 00:28:27,042 ...of course I wanted to talk to her, but I swear nothing happened... 461 00:28:40,388 --> 00:28:42,766 I needed to see her and tell her that it was... 462 00:28:42,766 --> 00:28:43,850 that it was over. 463 00:28:45,685 --> 00:28:51,233 I needed her to know that... I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 464 00:29:00,033 --> 00:29:02,327 Please tell me you didn't spend the whole night here. 465 00:29:03,078 --> 00:29:04,496 No, I came in early. 466 00:29:06,081 --> 00:29:08,250 All right. You, uh... You ready? 467 00:29:08,917 --> 00:29:10,752 Yeah, I'm ready. 468 00:29:10,752 --> 00:29:12,837 [chuckles] Great. 469 00:29:12,837 --> 00:29:14,839 So, big day. 470 00:29:16,633 --> 00:29:19,052 I was just thinking about law school and how hard we worked. 471 00:29:19,052 --> 00:29:23,223 - [chuckles] - Yeah, just give me one day, Nico. 472 00:29:23,223 --> 00:29:25,475 One day, when I can just say it was all worth it. 473 00:29:26,768 --> 00:29:28,270 Today is that day, Tommy. 474 00:29:31,648 --> 00:29:33,858 [podcaster 1] It is like Crime Junkie 101. 475 00:29:33,858 --> 00:29:37,070 You don't take the stand in your own defense. 476 00:29:37,070 --> 00:29:39,573 [podcaster 2] Well, he didn't, right? The prosecution called him... 477 00:29:39,573 --> 00:29:43,034 [host 1] How do you represent yourself without looking like a schizophrenic? 478 00:29:43,034 --> 00:29:45,203 [hosts continue, indistinct] 479 00:29:46,162 --> 00:29:49,541 [host 2] Something that could create doubt in the minds of the jury. 480 00:29:53,128 --> 00:29:56,172 [winces, sighs] 481 00:30:23,867 --> 00:30:25,160 [phone rings] 482 00:30:25,869 --> 00:30:27,662 Oh, fuck. 483 00:30:31,416 --> 00:30:33,126 [sighs] 484 00:30:33,126 --> 00:30:34,211 [sniffs] 485 00:30:36,129 --> 00:30:37,088 [Mya] Hey. 486 00:30:39,382 --> 00:30:40,634 Hello, Mya. 487 00:30:40,634 --> 00:30:41,718 Good luck today. 488 00:30:41,718 --> 00:30:45,847 I just wanted to say the key is to not let him rattle you, 489 00:30:45,847 --> 00:30:47,265 which will be his intent. 490 00:30:47,265 --> 00:30:50,268 To get you to flare. You can't take the bait. 491 00:30:51,186 --> 00:30:52,729 Thank you, Mya. 492 00:30:52,729 --> 00:30:54,981 Am I allowed to give more general advice? 493 00:30:55,482 --> 00:30:56,942 Can I say that I'm sorry first? 494 00:30:58,568 --> 00:30:59,819 Apology accepted. 495 00:31:00,904 --> 00:31:02,530 Maybe you were right. 496 00:31:04,032 --> 00:31:05,033 I'm always right. 497 00:31:06,117 --> 00:31:08,578 Don't let him let you be an asshole. 498 00:31:09,371 --> 00:31:12,624 It would not be good for the jury to see you in that light. 499 00:31:12,624 --> 00:31:14,125 [breathes heavily] 500 00:31:15,710 --> 00:31:17,337 [Mya] Don't cede to them on anything. 501 00:31:18,755 --> 00:31:20,632 - [Mya] I'll be there, Rusty. - Okay, someone's here. 502 00:31:20,632 --> 00:31:22,592 - Um, I gotta go. Thank you, Mya. - [Mya] Okay. 503 00:31:23,426 --> 00:31:24,427 Hey. 504 00:31:25,595 --> 00:31:27,973 - What are you doing here? - Doctors cleared me. 505 00:31:29,099 --> 00:31:30,183 You need me. 506 00:31:30,183 --> 00:31:32,644 Are you sure that it's safe to be in the courtroom? 507 00:31:32,644 --> 00:31:35,855 Really. Doctors, they say I'm good. You? 508 00:31:41,403 --> 00:31:42,279 Yeah. 509 00:31:44,739 --> 00:31:46,741 Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth 510 00:31:46,741 --> 00:31:48,618 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 511 00:31:48,618 --> 00:31:50,036 - I do. - Have a seat. 512 00:32:02,215 --> 00:32:03,216 [Tommy sniffs] 513 00:32:07,470 --> 00:32:08,805 Mr. Sabich... 514 00:32:10,932 --> 00:32:13,143 you stated that you maintained your innocence 515 00:32:13,143 --> 00:32:15,186 at all times with Detective Rodriguez. 516 00:32:15,937 --> 00:32:17,480 - Correct. - And that was truthful? 517 00:32:18,148 --> 00:32:18,982 It was. 518 00:32:18,982 --> 00:32:20,734 You were truthful with her about everything? 519 00:32:20,734 --> 00:32:23,612 I did not disclose my relationship with the victim. 520 00:32:24,195 --> 00:32:25,238 Did you disclose to her 521 00:32:25,238 --> 00:32:27,490 that you were present at the victim's house on the night of? 522 00:32:28,199 --> 00:32:30,785 - Eventually. - Eventually? 523 00:32:30,785 --> 00:32:33,455 So when you first assigned this case to Detective Rodriguez 524 00:32:33,455 --> 00:32:36,833 in your capacity as Chief Deputy Prosecutor, 525 00:32:36,833 --> 00:32:41,171 did you tell her that you were present at the scene of the crime on the night of? 526 00:32:41,171 --> 00:32:42,255 I did not. 527 00:32:43,006 --> 00:32:45,634 Did you tell anyone that was connected to the case? 528 00:32:45,634 --> 00:32:46,760 I did not kill her. 529 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,930 Are the first 48 hours the most important in any investigation? 530 00:32:49,930 --> 00:32:52,057 And would it have been helpful for the police 531 00:32:52,057 --> 00:32:54,726 and the investigatory team to just know that you were there? 532 00:32:54,726 --> 00:32:55,852 You made your point, Tommy. 533 00:32:56,436 --> 00:32:57,812 I did not disclose my presence. 534 00:32:57,812 --> 00:33:00,482 - Were you in love with her? - I fell in love with her. 535 00:33:01,483 --> 00:33:03,777 [Tommy] Is it fair to say you were obsessed with her? 536 00:33:03,777 --> 00:33:06,613 I was in love with her. As to what qualifies as obsession... 537 00:33:06,613 --> 00:33:09,407 Sending 30 texts or emails on or near the day of her death. 538 00:33:09,407 --> 00:33:11,201 - Would that qualify? - I was in love with her. 539 00:33:11,201 --> 00:33:14,955 On the night of her death, you went there hoping that she would take you back? 540 00:33:16,081 --> 00:33:16,915 I did. 541 00:33:16,915 --> 00:33:20,377 Did you send these texts in the hours before her death? 542 00:33:20,377 --> 00:33:22,379 [Tommy] "This is not right. You can't do this. 543 00:33:22,379 --> 00:33:25,507 I'll not let you treat me this way. Answer my fucking calls." 544 00:33:25,507 --> 00:33:26,841 - You sent those? - I did. 545 00:33:26,841 --> 00:33:28,260 And how about this one? 546 00:33:29,261 --> 00:33:31,137 "I want to spend the rest of my life with you." 547 00:33:34,057 --> 00:33:35,475 Did you send Carolyn that text? 548 00:33:35,475 --> 00:33:37,519 Did you tell her you wanted to spend the rest of your life with her? 549 00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:38,478 I was in love with her. 550 00:33:38,478 --> 00:33:40,939 - Were you angry with her? - I was frustrated. 551 00:33:40,939 --> 00:33:42,857 Mmm. Frustrated, like this text? 552 00:33:44,359 --> 00:33:45,652 [Tommy] "Answer my fucking calls. 553 00:33:45,652 --> 00:33:47,904 {\an8}Who the fuck do you think you are, treating me this way?" 554 00:33:47,904 --> 00:33:50,073 Is that frustration or would that qualify as anger? 555 00:33:50,073 --> 00:33:52,033 It would qualify as passion. 556 00:33:53,076 --> 00:33:54,494 And passion can blind a person. 557 00:33:54,995 --> 00:33:57,706 And I certainly lost sight of the things that were most important in my life. 558 00:33:57,706 --> 00:33:59,749 My... My wife and my children. 559 00:34:01,418 --> 00:34:03,336 Passion is a dangerous drug. 560 00:34:03,336 --> 00:34:05,589 One that you're not immune to yourself, Tommy. 561 00:34:06,631 --> 00:34:09,175 So consumed with trying to take me down 562 00:34:09,175 --> 00:34:13,054 that you have lost sight of the fact that you have no real evidence. 563 00:34:13,054 --> 00:34:14,972 Yes, I was in love with her. 564 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:20,729 Yes, I did not disclose my presence, but I did not kill her. 565 00:34:21,896 --> 00:34:25,191 - Did you strike her with a fire poker? - I never hit her. 566 00:34:25,191 --> 00:34:26,526 I am not a violent person. 567 00:34:28,737 --> 00:34:31,030 [Tommy] Mr. Ratzer, could you please stand? 568 00:34:35,285 --> 00:34:36,870 Have you ever encountered this person before? 569 00:34:36,870 --> 00:34:38,413 There is a context to that. 570 00:34:38,413 --> 00:34:41,666 This is footage from the adjacent house to yours. 571 00:34:42,208 --> 00:34:43,585 The two of you, correct? 572 00:34:48,006 --> 00:34:50,675 [Tommy] Does that fairly and accurately capture the context? 573 00:34:51,175 --> 00:34:52,844 Your Honor, this is unfair surprise. 574 00:34:52,844 --> 00:34:54,054 Offer to impeach. 575 00:34:54,054 --> 00:34:57,182 The witness just testified that he's not violent. 576 00:34:58,183 --> 00:34:59,267 I'll allow it. 577 00:35:01,311 --> 00:35:04,856 He came to my house uninvited. 578 00:35:06,066 --> 00:35:08,318 He trespassed and he intimidated me. 579 00:35:09,945 --> 00:35:11,029 So you beat him up? 580 00:35:12,072 --> 00:35:14,115 I am guilty of acting out of desperation. 581 00:35:14,866 --> 00:35:17,452 It caused me to hide my relationship with Carolyn Polhemus. 582 00:35:17,452 --> 00:35:19,746 It caused me to zealously pursue 583 00:35:19,746 --> 00:35:21,790 an admission from Liam Reynolds in her death. 584 00:35:21,790 --> 00:35:23,667 It caused me to lash out at Brian Ratzer. 585 00:35:23,667 --> 00:35:25,126 By the way, when he came to my house 586 00:35:25,126 --> 00:35:28,421 and he violently banged on my door when my daughter answered. 587 00:35:28,421 --> 00:35:31,591 Am I volatile? Yes. Yes, I'm volatile. 588 00:35:31,591 --> 00:35:35,136 A person I loved was brutally murdered. And I have been charged with that crime. 589 00:35:35,136 --> 00:35:37,639 And circumstances like that can bring out, uh, 590 00:35:37,639 --> 00:35:42,644 many things in a person, desperation being one of them. 591 00:35:42,644 --> 00:35:45,814 Uh, weakness, emotional instability. 592 00:35:46,481 --> 00:35:48,525 And I apologize for all of those things. 593 00:35:48,525 --> 00:35:51,486 I am guilty of all of those things. 594 00:35:51,486 --> 00:35:55,282 But what I am not guilty of is killing Carolyn Polhemus. 595 00:35:55,282 --> 00:35:56,741 I did not take her life. 596 00:35:59,744 --> 00:36:02,414 Yeah. What about Dr. Kumagai? 597 00:36:05,083 --> 00:36:08,169 Did you ever try to strangle our chief medical examiner? 598 00:36:11,423 --> 00:36:12,674 [sighs] 599 00:36:18,054 --> 00:36:20,348 - You want me to repeat the question? - No, I heard the question. 600 00:36:20,348 --> 00:36:26,187 It was brought to my attention that he had concealed evidence in another case. 601 00:36:26,187 --> 00:36:29,357 Uh, I mean, or at least improperly failed to make me aware of it. 602 00:36:29,357 --> 00:36:33,904 And so things got heated between the two of us and, um... 603 00:36:36,656 --> 00:36:38,700 I regretfully got phys... physical. 604 00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:40,368 You regretfully tried to choke him. 605 00:36:40,368 --> 00:36:41,703 No, I did not choke him. 606 00:36:41,703 --> 00:36:42,787 Okay, when tempers flared 607 00:36:42,787 --> 00:36:44,623 - and you grabbed him by the throat... - By the lapel. 608 00:36:44,623 --> 00:36:47,250 Okay, when tempers flared and you grabbed him by the lapel, 609 00:36:47,250 --> 00:36:49,669 did you decide to do that or did you just snap? 610 00:36:51,755 --> 00:36:53,006 I'm not sure what the question is. 611 00:36:53,006 --> 00:36:55,634 Did you decide to do that or did you just snap? 612 00:36:56,843 --> 00:37:00,138 How about Mr. Ratzer, when you repeatedly punched him as we saw in the video? 613 00:37:00,138 --> 00:37:02,265 Did you decide to do that or did you just snap? 614 00:37:02,974 --> 00:37:04,184 He would not leave. 615 00:37:05,518 --> 00:37:07,854 What would you do? What would you do? 616 00:37:11,107 --> 00:37:12,442 So you snapped. 617 00:37:21,201 --> 00:37:24,829 [reporters clamoring] Tommy, over here! 618 00:37:28,041 --> 00:37:31,294 [Nico] Hey, look at me. Look at me. 619 00:37:32,546 --> 00:37:33,964 That was extraordinary. 620 00:37:46,935 --> 00:37:48,436 [Rusty] This is torture. 621 00:37:49,813 --> 00:37:51,648 It's fucking torture. 622 00:37:52,524 --> 00:37:55,318 I just spend all my days lying to my family. 623 00:37:59,197 --> 00:38:02,242 When I'm... When I'm with them, all I wanna do is be with you. 624 00:38:06,746 --> 00:38:07,914 [footsteps approach] 625 00:38:18,049 --> 00:38:21,887 [inhales heavily] The rest of your life, huh? 626 00:38:26,641 --> 00:38:28,143 I don't remember writing that. 627 00:38:28,143 --> 00:38:29,477 Just a line? 628 00:38:35,817 --> 00:38:37,360 Dare I ask, what now? 629 00:39:11,895 --> 00:39:13,605 [rustling] 630 00:39:59,401 --> 00:40:00,443 [meows] 631 00:40:10,328 --> 00:40:13,498 - [meows] - [shushes] Hey.