All language subtitles for 08-law.and.order.svu.508.hdtv-lol-eng

(narrator)
In the criminal
justice system,

sexually-based offenses

are considered
especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as
the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

(crossing guard)
Now, if this were
a real busy street,

there'd be lots of
cars and people, okay?

Now I want everybody to take
your buddy's hand. All right?

(boy)
I don't want to
hold her hand.

Now, what do we do
when we get to the crosswalk?

Anybody remember?

(all)
No.

We stop. We look.
And we listen.

And then we walk
to the other side.

Now stay inside the lines
of the crosswalk, okay?

And walk very, very fast.

[Children chattering]

Okay. No running and
no pushing, please.

[Whispers]
Hope a cab doesn't
splatter you

all over midtown,
you little brats.

(boy)
He's hurt. He's hurt.

Take them inside, Melody.
Now. Go.

Come on, kids. Let's go.

[Children chattering]

White male,
20s, naked,

wrapped in a set of king-sized
sheets and a blanket,

condoms in there with him,
fluids on the body,

which is why
we called you guys in.

Any idea how long
the body's been here?

Trash collection worked
this street at 11:00
last night. No body then.

Neck's broken.

Bruising goes
all the way around,

back of his scalp
is pretty torn up

and there's
white powder in it.

See this blue stuff
on the sheets?

It's not wax. It's more
like melted plastic.

(Bryson)
Detectives,
a trooper pulled

the pillow case
out of the bushes.

Matches the sheets.

His clothes.

Check for a wallet.

(Benson)
There's no wallet in here.

Found something.

Seventh and Bleecker,
Thursday, 7:00 p.m.

Last night in the Village.

Maybe that's
where he met his killer.

Must've shown him
a real good time
before she did the deed.

Marvin, right now is a good
opportunity for you to learn.

An erection is often
a side effect of asphyxiation.

Oh, yeah?
'Cause I was gonna say
the guy was scared stiff.

We've got six restaurants,
two bars, thirteen businesses,

and over 400 residences
near Bleecker and Seventh.

That is a hell of lot
of doors to knock on.

Not to mention
it's 100 blocks away from
where the victim ended up.

If his date killed him
in the Village, it's a
long way to lug a body.

Meaning one of 'em lives
near the dump site.

Or she had help
moving the body.

What did Missing Persons say?

Nobody's missed him yet.
And we got
no hit on the prints.

(Siper)
Detectives.

This turned out
to be a challenging one.

What did the lab find?

Substance in the hair
turned out to be
gypsum particles

and flakes of flat latex paint
in eggshell white.

Somebody bashed his
head against a wall.

It's a common brand
of paint,

won't help much
with the location.

The bed sheets were
a little more interesting.

We put that blue substance

under an infrared
spectrometer. It's nylon.

Specifically used
for sports apparel.

Somehow it melted
all over the sheets.

Like maybe from
a faulty dryer?
Runs too hot,

put a pair of running shorts
in with the sheets,
ruin the whole load.

Killed in an apartment
with white walls
and a crappy laundry facility.

I think I live there.

But I'm guessing
you didn't kill the guy.

We blood-typed the semen
found on the sheets.

Two types?

Your victim spent his
last night with another man.

There's two bars in
the Village on your list.

You and Olivia
see if any of them

cater exclusively
to gentlemen.

(Benson)
Have you ever seen this guy?

Sorry,
I don't recognize him.

How late
did you work?

Till 4:00
in the morning.

Kind of a blur
after 10:00, though.

Benefits of working
at a gay bar.

Never have to buy
my own drinks.

(Stabler)
What kind of clientele
you get in here?

Hustlers trolling
for work?

(bartender)
No, mostly
just neighborhood guys.

What about lovers' spats
getting out of hand?

Bouncer handles that.
Hey, Tony, police.

He come in here last night?

Never seen him here,
but I know that face.

I think he's a model
or something.

Like in a magazine?

No, posters.

You know,
the kind they plaster

all over those
construction site fences.

[Horn honking]

Law-breakers.

He said the poster
was advertising
some dating service.

It wasn't
Captain Zippy's Rave,

or fantastic, potent,
herbal Viagra?

This might
be something.

"We chose the path to love."

That's him.

Looking pretty
heterosexual.

"ReGenesis."

Doesn't sound like
a dating service.

It's a Christian
ministry

advocating freedom
from homosexuality

through prayer
and counseling.

Started in the '80s as the
so-called "ex-gay" movement.

(Benson)
Here we go: "ReGenesis,

"a second chance
at a new beginning.

"Started by Kelly
and Derek Singer,

both ex-gays
themselves."

So former gays
turned gay-bashers?

Not quite.

ReGenesis doesn't condemn
homosexuality outright,

but it does believe
that it's a sin.

And like all sins,
one has to resist it

in order to enter
the kingdom of God.

Meaning, "If I pray hard
enough, I'll be straight."

Or celibate.

Most ex-gays consider
themselves successful

if they resist
same-sex behavior.

The movement's
still controversial.

Yeah. But if somebody
really believes

that being gay's
a sin,

what's wrong with
trying to change?

(Huang)
The assumption that
one can change.

ReGenesis claims
that members of its ministry

have actually
become heterosexual,

but offer little proof.

Most psychiatrists
believe it doesn't work.

So the poster-boy

for the ex-gay movement
is still sleeping with guys.

I mean, that's gonna
piss a few people off.

Find out how much.

And let's put
a name to this face.

(Kelly)
James Reed.
I can't believe it.

James Reed.
When was the last time
you saw him?

Over six months ago.

I tried contacting him
by phone, l... I sent letters.

And he never answered.

Did you guys have a falling
out or something?

He thought
we were judging him.

But we loved James.

As long as he was straight?

No. That would
make us hypocrites.

But you're
straight now, right?

So you're following God's law,
but he wasn't.

You think that
we're just these
bunch of religious fanatics

who think God
turned us straight?

It's a struggle,
Detective.

And Kelly and I fight it
together, every day.

So how was it that James
wound up on the poster?

(Kelly)
It was his idea.

He felt that
people should know

you can be accountable
to God

and have joy in your life.

Homosexuality doesn't
have to control you.

(Benson)
But he changed his tune
six months ago.

He had doubts.

I told him we all
have crises of faith.

In other words,
he had a boyfriend.

Now, that doesn't
look good for ReGenesis.

Are you suggesting
that we killed James?

(Stabler)
Someone may have
felt betrayed.

You have this ad campaign,

must have cost you
a lot of money.

There's James Reed,
your poster-boy for success,

till he started sleeping
with a bunch of guys again.

Makes your organization
look like a sham.

I wouldn't have cared if James
had a hundred boyfriends

if it made him happy.

I knew it didn't.

Look, we were just hoping
James would come back.

We would've welcomed him.

Uh, you wrote him, uh,
those letters.

Yeah.

We'll need that address.

There's no blood.

Doesn't look like James Reed
was killed in his apartment.

A syllabus
for a clinical psych class,

Hudson University.

Looks like he was
going for his master's.

"Me and Phil,
Thousand Islands, June, '03."

They're happy.

Unless Phil's the one
he spent his last night with.

Look at this.

Four letters from
Derek Singer, all unopened.

I guess he was
telling the truth.

Those two
were depressing.

Trying to convince themselves
and everybody else
that they're happy.

Maybe they are.

Elliot, you can't tell me that
repressing your sexual desires

makes a gay person
a good Christian.

I don't know.
Maybe some choose to be gay,
others choose to be straight.

Oh, so you chose
to be heterosexual?

Me? No.

Check this out.

"All queers
will burn

in the eternal fire of hell,
so sayeth the Lord."

Somehow I don't think
that's a direct quote.

Hate mail?
Yeah.

About 20,
30 pieces of it.

All coming
from Nebraska.

No return address.

I guess word of Reed's
defection slipped out.

Let's see if the boyfriend
in the picture

knows who sent them.

Phone number for Phil Sona.

I read about James' death in
the paper. I'm sick about it.

I found it odd

you didn't report your
boyfriend missing, Dr. Phil.

Ex-boyfriend.

We broke up
three months ago.

But James doesn't
have any family,

so I'm taking care of
the funeral arrangements.

Look, I know you guys
have a job to do,

but I didn't
kill James.

I was at a seminar
in Detroit the night he died.

Why the breakup?

Just wasn't
the love of my life.

I wasn't his, either.

We both got what
we needed at the time.

A reason
to leave ReGenesis.

That is where we met.

Taking the
reorientation therapy.

Support groups,
prayer groups.

Then we turned to
each other and were like,

"What the hell
are we doing here?"

You thought
the whole thing was a crock?

No. For a long time

I thought things
would be easier
if I was straight.

Now I can't imagine
wanting to be anybody
other than who I am.

And that is
the one good thing
I learned at ReGenesis.

Do you think that
any ReGenesis member

would be angry
enough to go after James?

I doubt it. They're basically
good people.

They just believe
that God has given them
a roadmap for how to live.

But I don't think
it's that easy.

These letters,
do you know who wrote them?

If that's more hate mail,
could have been anybody.

James had written some angry
articles bashing ReGenesis.

I said, "You're making
a target of yourself."

Dr. Sona, James may have
been with a man the night
he was murdered.

Do you know if he had
a new boyfriend?

He said he was
seeing somebody.

I don't know who. Didn't sound
like it was gonna work out.

The guy was way
in the closet.

Maybe he'll come out
long enough to
attend the funeral.

[Crowd chanting]

What the hell is this?

Members of the
Church of Eternal Providence

visiting from
beautiful Danville, Nebraska.

Got our hate mailers.

They got permits
for the sidewalk.

Waiting for them
to step over it
so I can shut them up.

Get a line
on the boyfriend?

Nobody claims to be or claims
to know who was dating Reed.

God hates you,
you hypocrite.

Get the hell
out of here.

The Lord said all sodomites
should be put to death.

Oh, his might has been shown
to all those who believe.

You're going
to let them do this?

The Reverend has
the right to free speech!

The Lord Almighty
killed James Reed

for being
a disgusting faggot whore.

All right. That's right,
we're all fags and
we're not going anywhere.

We're gonna be sitting here
laughing our asses off!

Okay. That's it.

Protest is over, Rev.

This is
a legal demonstration.

Not anymore.

Down.
You're trespassing.

[Crowd yelling]

Reverend Mitchell Shaw.

You really get around.

Protesting in Vermont,
at the Supreme Court.

Cheering at the funeral of
a 6-year-old who died of AIDS.

Maybe you should switch to
a career in publicity.

The Lord asked me
to do his work.

Did he ask you
to ignore all that

"love thy neighbor" stuff?

"If a man also
lie with mankind,
as he lieth with a woman,

"both of them have committed
an abomination:

"They shall surely
be put to death,

their blood shall be
upon them." Leviticus.

The Bible also says I can sell
my daughters into slavery

and be put to death
if I work on Sundays.

Twelve years
of Catholic school.

Anybody can memorize words,
Reverend.

Doesn't make them righteous.

This city is
full of sodomites,

and you waste
your time protecting them?

And yet you wonder why so many
of your NYPD brothers

were struck down
on September 11?

Do you not see
the Lord's judgment upon you?

I see a scared, shriveled up,
piece of trash

who uses God
to justify his bigotry.

(Benson)
This guy doesn't believe
half of what he says.

He's trying to get
his name in the papers.

I speak the truth.

Well, then you won't deny
calling James Reed a fag,

an AIDS-infested fag.

You can't prosecute me
for writing letters.

We can if you killed the guy.

The Lord passed his own
judgment on James Reed.

You're just doing
his work for him, is that it?

I wish I had sent
Reed to hell.

But I was
a thousand miles away.

Go back in there and strangle
the son of a bitch.

I want to invite him
to the Christmas party.

The Lord spoke to him.

The Lord sent an angel to talk
to the mother of his only Son,

but he spoke to
Reverend Shaw.

He's a very special guy.

How's his alibi?

Danville P.D. Confirmed it,

had their hands full
with another picket organized

by the Reverend on
the night of Reed's murder.

Then he's nothing to us.
Cut him and the rest
of his people loose.

He targeted Reed.

One of his followers
could have
taken him seriously.

You connect one of the members
of Shaw's congregation
to the murder,

I might be able
to get him on the
Fighting Words doctrine.

Till then,
First Amendment says

he can enjoy
his civil liberties
like everybody else.

We'll check out
his followers anyway.

In the meantime,
if we're thinkin'

Reed's killer was
the last person he slept with,

there's a real problem
with this theory.

None of Shaw's people would
ever have had sex with Reed.

They just
would've killed him.

We've still got
the mystery boyfriend
out there somewhere.

What did you get
from the people
at Reed's funeral?

Not much.
After the fight broke out,

a bunch of people left
before we got their names.

But we got
their pictures.

Where the hell is that from?

One of Rev. Shaw's
church members.
He must've left it behind.

I didn't hear that.
(Cragen)
Get it back to him, John.

I'll be happy to.
I'll even develop
his film for free.

Show the pictures
to the people

you talked to
at Reed's funeral.

Maybe they can help ID
the ones that got away.

(Waldman)
I told you at the cemetery,

I really only knew James
as his advisor.

L... I don't know his friends.

He never mentioned
dating anyone, Dr. Waldman?

All we talked about
was his research.

A shame, it was shaping up
to be quite provocative.

How so?

He was planning
a long-term study
on reparative therapy,

the idea that
same-sex attraction

is a form
of arrested development

and can be cured.

Don't most shrinks
think that's crap?

They do.

Reparative therapy
is experimental
and unproven at best.

And at worst?

Early research
indicates that patients

can develop anxiety,
depression,

and an increased
risk of suicide.

Now, what was so provocative
about James' research?

That reparative therapists
know their treatment
doesn't work,

yet they prey
on vulnerable patients

and take their money
for a snake-oil cure.

That could've
ruined a few careers.

Might be a motive
for murder.

I'd agree,
except no one outside

the three professors on
the thesis committee
had read the proposal.

We're gonna need
their names.

Of course.

Actually, there was
a fourth professor,
but he resigned.

And who was that?
Roger Tate.

He's a proponent of
reparative therapy

which is why I wanted him
to sit on the committee.

But he thought there were
methodological problems
with the study.

We want to talk
to him first.

Mr. Reed and I had
differences of opinion,

but I liked and respected him.

We've debated each other over

the past few months in
several symposiums.

These debates, he thought gay
was being okay and you didn't?

I personally have
nothing against homosexuals.

But Mr. Reed
believed homosexuality

was a naturally
occurring variant.

Like left-handedness.

I believe it's
a complex pathology.

And you can cure it.

No.

But by understanding
the root of their neuroses,

they can begin to control
their neurotic tendencies.

When homosexuals know
the causes of their condition,

they're more able
to change their behavior

if they choose to do so.

So what causes
that condition?

My research has shown
that an overbearing mother

combined with a distant father

often influences
psycho-sexual development.

A boy longs for a relationship
with the father,

and when he doesn't get it,
he seeks it out in other men.

Must have really burned you
that Reed's research

was gonna torpedo
all your work.

Or at least
torpedo your wallet?

His methods were shoddy.

I doubt if his research would
ever have been published.

I may have disagreed
with Mr. Reed,
but I didn't hate him.

If nothing else,
I felt sorry for him.

I treat men every day

who are trying
to fill their empty lives

with anonymous sex
and loveless relationships.

Reed spent so much energy
trying to convince himself

that he was normal, happy.

But how could he have been?

If an overbearing mother
and a distant father
cause homosexuality,

how come I'm not gay?

Maybe you're
in denial.

That would explain a lot.

Excuse me.
Was that Elliot Stabler?

No. That's lan.
Dr. Tate's son.

My mistake.

What was that?

I recognized him
from his picture.

Lan Tate, at Reed's funeral,
20-years-old, no record.

Enrolled in
a university upstate,

dropped out half-way
through the first semester,

now he's at
a community college.

Mother died
when he was 12 years old,

his father pays
for his apartment

which is half a block away
from where we found
James Reed's body.

We dumped lan's
and Reed's phones,

past two months,
there were over 50 calls.

Including one from lan to Reed
the night he was killed.

They knew each other
well enough for lan
to go to his funeral.

So we're saying
Dr. Homophobe's son is gay,

and killed his boyfriend?

Well, if he was ashamed
of his sexual identity,

then he may have been driven
to destroy the man
who personified it.

With a father like Tate,
no wonder he tried to hide it.

You're not gay, son.
You're crazy.

A lot of gay people
suffer from some kind of
internalized homophobia.

They all grew up
in the same culture
that we did,

where being gay was considered
weird or sick or evil.

Combine that with
Dr. Tate spending years

promoting the idea
that homosexuality
is unacceptable...

His son must hate himself.

And he might do anything
to keep the illusion
that he was straight.

See if you
can break it.

(Stabler)
Lan Tate?

We need to talk to you.

Why don't you come on down
to the station with us?

I can't. I've got class.
I'm already late.

(Benson)
It's about James Reed.

Never heard of him.

You've never heard
of him?

You've been talking to him
for two months

and we've got
the phone records to prove it.

He's dead.

I didn't do it.

Lan,

there's lots of ways
this could've gone down.

You guys were together,
you got in a fight,
things got out of hand.

That's sick.
He was harassing me.

(Stabler)
Why?

Because of my father.

I met him at one
of my Dad's talks,

guy just starts in on me.
Freaking faggot.

Faggot?

Boy, lan, buddy.
You're a walking cliche.

Most homophobes are actually
repressed homosexuals.
You know that?

This is gonna be a lot easier
if you're honest with us.

I'm not gay.

And I didn't kill him.
You get it?

Need some help?

Why don't you come with us
down to the station,
give us a DNA sample,

we'll leave you alone.

No.

We don't have cause
to compel a swab.

Why don't we collect ourselves
some evidence.

Faulty dryer maybe?

Public area.
Don't need a warrant.

This one
looks clean, too.

It's barely giving off
any heat.

This one's on fire.

Liv.

That looks like
blue melted nylon to me.

And that should get us
a warrant for lan's apartment.

(Stabler)
Place has been cleaned.

Smells like somebody
painted in here.

Guy had dry wall
in his hair.

These walls
aren't even chipped.

The mattress looks like
it's brand-new.

Luminol didn't pick up
any blood.

He didn't bleed that much.

Elliott, feel that.

It's uneven.

Like it's just
been patched.

Right at head-level.
Got a saw?

(Siper)
Yeah.
Bring it.

[Sawing]

(Tate)
What the hell is this?

[Man chattering]

What are you doing?

Where's your warrant?

Enjoy.

I'm calling a lawyer.
You can't destroy
private property.

Lan, let's go.

Let's see what we find
here first. Just relax.

I got blood. And hair.

All that plastering
for nothing, huh?

You're under arrest
for the murder of James Reed.

Don't say anything.
I'm getting you a lawyer.

Say nothing.

Docket ending 247, the
People v. Lan Alexander Tate.

One count murder
in the second degree.

Emma Dishell for the defense.

(judge)
How does the defendant plead?

Not guilty.

Your thoughts on bail,
Miss Novak?

The People request remand,
Your Honor.

The defendant committed murder
because of his hatred
for homosexuals.

We consider him a danger
to the community.

My client was
defending himself

after being sexually assaulted
by the decedent.

Your Honor,
there was no evidence
or report of assault.

In fact this is the first time
anyone's mentioned it.

And as the ADA
for Special Victims,

you should know
that rape victims

often delay reporting
their attacks.

The defendant's semen
was found at the scene.

If a woman has an orgasm
when she's raped,

does that mean
she really wanted it?

That's beyond the scope
of these proceedings.

You say you have
proof of a rape, Miss Dishell.

Present it to a trial judge.

Until then,
the defendant's remanded.
Next case.

(Novak)
Lan Tate wasn't raped.

It's just a lame attempt
at a gay-panic defense.

"He came on to me,
so I killed him."

Yeah, that defense
rarely works.

The trial judge
in the Matthew Shepard case

didn't even allow that theory
to be presented.

But in New York,
gay-panic falls under extreme
emotional disturbance.

And juries
still don't buy it.

Then why are you
so worried?

Because you know this isn't
about the letter of the law.

It's about the jury
and their prejudices.

If even one juror thinks that
gays are predators and sinners

then your murder conviction
gets knocked down
to manslaughter.

If not an acquittal.

The Supreme Court may have
advanced gay rights
in that Texas case,

but they also incited
a bit of backlash.

All right. So what am I
supposed to do about that?

Take the juice
out of the defense.

Prove the defendant himself
is a homosexual

and gay-panic
goes out the window.

You can't lose your mind
over a homosexual advance
if you're gay.

Now, the tricky part is
not playing the politics.

They want to make this
about straight versus gay.

You make it about murder.

Lan Tate is a loner.

The only person
that he talks to

on a regular basis
is his father.

He's got no friends at school,
none in his building.

What about financials,
tab from a gay bar,
magazine subscriptions?

Nothing.

Probably didn't want
to leave a paper trail
that would out him.

He's never dated
anyone else?

I wouldn't be surprised

if James Reed
was the only person
lan ever dated.

(Munch)
Hey, guys.
You're late.

I've got a good reason.

Bad news.
What is it?

My guess, exhibit "A"
for the defense.

The night of
James Reed's murder,

the 29 received a call
from Stuyvesant's ER.

Patient reporting an assault,
that's the 61.

Victim's name, lan Tate.

Checked in at
11:05 that night,

14-centimeter lac
on his right arm,

minor contusions to his torso.

Said he got mugged.

The precinct wasn't called
until 7:30 the next morning.

Welcome to Thursday night
at the Knife and Gun Club,
Detective.

We were slammed and
he had a long wait.

Any sign of sexual assault?

If I thought he had been,
I would've asked.
Men underreport as it is.

After he checked in, could he
have left and come back?

Nope. You leave,
you lose your spot.

Thanks.

61 says the precinct cops

got lan's report
at 8:10 that morning.

At 8:30 Reed's body is found
seven blocks from here.

It wasn't there
at 11:00 p. M,

when lan was on
the way to the hospital
where he spent the night.

When did he find the time
to get rid of the body
of a 165-pound man?

Had to be the father.
Nobody else is gonna dump
a body for him.

We gotta place
daddy at that scene.

You guys were right.

What did you find?

That's your victim's blood.
We rushed the labs
to get the match.

Once your suspect
was in custody...

No more rush.

Until now.

Show-and-tell time.

The cheap and fast way
to fix a wall

is to put a patch
behind the hole,

hold it steady
with the string,
and plaster over it.

I found another blood sample
after the patch was removed.

Then you chip away
all the plaster
used to fix it,

and you find the perimeter
of the initial damage.

Now, if I take your head
and bash it through the wall,

my hand is gonna
go through as well.

So when I pull my hand out...

That's the killer's blood.

And it's not lan Tate.

DNA came back matching
only his "Y" chromosome.

Killer's a close
male relative.

No one's closer than Dad.

(Dishell)
I'm listening.

Unless the next words
out of your mouth
are "man two,"

we've got nothing
to talk about.

I think I can do
better than that.

If your client
recants his statement.

My statement's the truth.

He forced himself
on me and I fought back.

And you dumped the body
on the street near your house?

Yeah.

When did you do that?

That night?
Or the next morning?

L... I don't remember.

(Dishell)
Why does this matter?

I think your client knows
exactly why this matters.

He caught you, didn't he?

Shut up.

Lan, going to jail
isn't going to help.

I did it.

We found your father's blood
in your apartment.

We know what happened.

If you have evidence
implicating his father,

you have an obligation
to drop the charges
and get my client out of here.

And if your client wants
to avoid accessory charges,
you'll sit down now.

You have no idea.

No.

But I can imagine
how you must feel.

James knew what you were
going through, didn't he?

He knew what it felt
like to hate yourself.

To want to change,
and know you can't.

For the first time
somebody understood you.

Now he's gone.

You didn't go to the hospital
because James attacked you.

Your father did.

He didn't mean to.

He was shocked.
Seeing me like that.

Tell them that, okay?

He wasn't himself.

It wasn't his fault.

[Door opens]

What the hell?
This is completely...

Really?
What is it, Doctor, sick?

Unnatural? So is murder.

Roger Tate,
you're under arrest
for the murder of James Reed.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say
can and will be used
against you in a court of law.

She rides her bike to work.

That is so
environmentally conscious.

Miss Novak, right?

Your office told me
you'd be riding up.

Dave Seaver,
representing Roger Tate.

Yeah. I remember your name.

State senate elections.
I didn't vote for you.

Neither did most of New York.
But that's okay.

My shrink says
it's made me less
self-destructive.

A little advice, Dave,

you want to court
the conservative vote,
be my guest.

But I'd find another client.

Roger's no defender
of family values.
He's just a killer.

He was defending
his son from a rapist.

You know,
that might've worked

before lan Tate said
the sex was consensual.

My client was mistaken.

Which, under the law,
is still justifiable homicide.

Your Honor,
my client believed
he saw a man raping his son.

Article 35 of
the Penal Code states

that one can use deadly force
to prevent forcible sodomy.

Justification is not
a defense for stupidity.

The test is, would a man
with the same background

and experiences as my client,
respond in the same manner.

A reasonable man, Mr. Seaver.

And no reasonable
person believes

two men having sex
automatically
constitutes rape.

My client's research
focused on aggression,
promiscuity,

and deviant behavior
in homosexual males.

It's not just a crazy belief.

He's done the studies
to back it up.

Your Daubert test
requires theories

to be accepted by
the scientific community.

Dr. Tate's work was not.

I'm not presenting
my client's work
as accepted scientific theory

but as irrefutable proof
of his state of mind.

Tate's own son is homosexual.

And he didn't know that.

Your Honor,
did my client possess

the culpable mental state
required to commit a crime?

The answer is no.

This defense is
an attempt to encourage

and exploit bigotry
against homosexuals.

He's going for
jury nullification.

Miss Novak,

I'm not convinced that
a defense should be rejected

simply because
a jury might believe it.

Defining "reasonable"
is a very difficult issue.

And it's one that I believe

is better decided by 12
of Dr. Tate's peers.

The night James Reed
was killed,

how did your father
get into your apartment?

He has a key.
He was bringing over dinner.

But you thought
he was out of town.

That's why you invited
your boyfriend
to spend the night?

Yes.

And he caught you
in bed with James Reed.

What did he do?

He pulled James
away from me.

Then what?

Then he pushed
James into the wall.

Two or three times.
I heard a crack.

James stopped fighting.
He was dead.

Your father
then attacked you.

What did he say?

He kept asking me
how I could do this to him.

Meaning,
how could you threaten

his life's work
by being homosexual.

Objection.
Calls for speculation.

Withdrawn.

Nothing further.

When did you tell your dad
you were homosexual?

I didn't.

And you've known
for how long?

Since I can remember.

So you've been
a liar your whole life.

Must have been difficult
hiding that
kind of lifestyle.

You even made up a girlfriend,
didn't you?

Sandy?

That was high school.

But you must've found
some other outlet
for your predilections.

Gay pornography.

Objection. Assuming facts
not in evidence.

Tone down the rhetoric,
Mr. Seaver.

Objection sustained.

Your dad knock you
around a lot?

No. Never.

Ever see him get in
a physical altercation
with anybody?

Once. This kid
at school beat me up.

My dad got in a fight
with the kid's father,

broke his nose.

So he's only violent
when he's defending you.

Lan, why did you confess
to James Reed's murder?

What nobody gets

is this happened
because of me.

Because of what I am.

If I weren't so sick,

I could have
controlled myself.

It was my fault.

I didn't want my dad going
to jail for my mistake.

Dr. Cahill,
what was the first study

you and Dr. Tate conducted?

(Cahill)
We analyzed
over 10,000 questionnaires

on male sexuality.

And what conclusions
did you and Dr. Tate draw?

That homosexuals
solicited sex from minors,

engaged in
high-risk behaviors,

and had violent
sexual relations
more than heterosexuals.

Taking all of
Dr. Tate's research

on homosexual behavior
into account,

what do you believe
are the general conclusions?

Homosexuals suffer a multitude
of psychological problems.

They are more
likely to be depressed,

alienated,
and have issues with rage.

Thank you.
No further questions.

Where have these studies
been published?

Which one?

Any of them.

They're still being considered
for publication.

Oh, good luck with that.

So you say gay people
have more sex with minors

than straight people.

Why does almost
every other study say

pedophiles are far more likely
to be heterosexual?

That is evidence of the bias
within the so-called
"mainstream" psychology.

So when the American
Psychiatric Association
removed homosexuality

from its list of
mental disorders in 1973,

and every other
major medical association
followed suit,

you're saying
it's all a big conspiracy?

Objection.

(Novak)
Nothing further.

I'm ashamed to say

I never suspected
lan was a homosexual.

I wish I'd known.

Why?

Wouldn't you have
disowned him?

Committed him to
a mental hospital?

No. I love my son.

I would have done
anything to help him.

No further questions.

You and lan were close?

Yes.

But you claim
you didn't know he was gay.

So not that close, I guess.

I love my son.

And yet you let him
take the fall for causing
James Reed's death.

So maybe the truer
statement would be

you love lan,
but not as much as
you love yourself?

I'm on trial
for protecting my son

from a man
I thought was raping him.

Then why dump the body?
Why conceal the evidence?

Why not call the police
and tell them what
a righteous guy you are?

Objection.

I love lan.

You keep saying that,
Dr. Tate.

You can't tell me
how I feel about my son.

How dare you presume

to know anything
about our relationship?

Because he's been sitting
in this courtroom

while you mount a defense
that calls him a deviant.

Now you tell me again
how much you love him.

Hey, how'd it go with Tate?

Jurors 8 and 10
believe him.

Enough to hang
the jury?

Maybe. In which case,
all I've done is
out some poor kid.

It's not exactly
my favorite legal strategy.

You didn't have a choice.

You've got kids.
You ever wonder if one's gay?

I don't know.
I haven't asked.

You know your kids.
You'd know if one
of them was gay.

Exactly.
And Tate's whole defense
is predicated on the fact

that he never suspected
his son was gay.

You don't buy it.

No. But I can't prove it.

Lan had a girlfriend
all through high school.

For all appearances,
he was straight.

We never found a girlfriend
when we were
looking at Tate's past.

'Cause we were looking
for boyfriends.

If lan knew all along
that he was gay,

I bet you that
the girlfriend did, too.

Find out.

I haven't talked
to lan in years.

I don't know
how much I can help.

We appreciate
anything you would tell us.

One of the guidance counselors
said that you and lan

dated all
through high school?

Um, we were good friends.
But I wouldn't say we dated.

No? What would
you say?

He just wasn't very interested
in the physical part.

Which was okay.

L... I really loved him,
and he loved me.

So he wasn't really
attracted to women?

Well, he never, like,

came out to me
or anything. I just knew.

I was happy
to be there for him.

So people wouldn't harass him.

Did you ever tell anybody
that lan was gay?

Like his father,
maybe?

God, no. No way.
Lan would've killed me.

I told him.

Mom, are you crazy? Why?

He was such a sweet boy.

Spent so much time
around here,

he was like
a second child.

I could see
how much he was suffering

and I thought
Roger should know.

When did you tell him?

The kids' senior year.

I called Roger
and I told him:

"Roger, you should talk
to lan. He's very depressed."

I just told him. I said,
"Roger, your son is gay.

"You're making an incredibly
difficult situation worse.

You need to be a father."

How did he respond to that?

He thanked me,

and he asked me never
to contact him again.

Lan, what are you
doing here?

Why don't you try this
manipulation on some
little legal-aid attorney

and stop wasting my time.
Let's go.

(Novak)
This is a one-time offer
that's gone

as soon as you
walk out that door.

Murder two, 20 to life,

I don't pursue
sentence enhancement
under the Hate Crimes Act.

And Dr. Tate gets
the prison of his choice.

And might I suggest,
the security
of a Federal prison.

20 years?

With that jury, he's looking
at a Man Two, probation.

They haven't heard
my rebuttal witness.

Laura Klein.

Consider this
your notification.

You remember her,
don't you, Dr. Tate?

Sandy's mother.

You knew?

All this time,
all these years, and you knew?

Lan, it's not like that.

Yes, it is, Dad.

You know how many times
I told myself

it's okay
if he thinks gays are sick?

Freaks. Evil.

Because if he knew
about me,

if he knew me,
he wouldn't say it.

He wouldn't think it.

I didn't do this
to hurt you.

But it did hurt me, Dad.
Every day.

And I made myself take
everything you said,

all that crap,

because I really thought

you wouldn't try
to hurt me on purpose.

I mean, who would do that
to somebody they really loved?

To their own son?

I can help you.

What makes you think you can
make me any more straight

than what I've already
tried to do by myself?

Dad,

all you've done

is make me wish I were dead.

They took the plea.

It's so weird, you know.

I've been sitting here
for a while,

and everybody
who walks by, I wonder:

Does he know? Does she?

James used to
always talk about

how happy he was
that he was gay.

He said guys are
so much more fun.

Yeah, I agree with James.

Everything's different now,
you know?

No matter what I do,

nothing will be
like it was before.

Lan, I had my job to do,

and I made you deal
with something
you weren't ready for.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

I'm not.