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Narrator: In the criminal justice
system, the people are represented

by two separate yet
equally important groups...

The police who investigate crime

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Okay, pal, let's go.

Rise and shine.
Coffee at the mission.

Let's go!

You heard me, let's go.

Come on. Up we go.

Look at this. Oh, Jesus.

What is this? Shoeshine outcall?

They look like my shoes.

Terrific. Sure. Just drop 'em.

Drop 'em. Drop 'em. Take off.

What have we got here?

Oh... you okay, buddy?

Must've got mugged.

Cop #2: Good morning, New York.

Mounted Post One,
request immediate EMS.

Cop #1: On a bench off 86th.

He's cut about eight inches,
centimeters, whichever's smaller.

Right about here.
But he's all sewn up,

and the doc says real nice work.

So he had an operation.
So what? What's the beef?

He says his name
is Drew MacDaniel.

Swears he's never been under
the knife. Never been in a hospital.

The doctor says he has
massive internal bleeding.

They did an ultrasound before
they took him into surgery.

And?

And somebody cut out his kidney.

Talk about getting
your pocket picked, huh?

Logan: Dr. Lieber, can you
give us some answers here?

Fresh incision, an IV mark,

the blood tests indicate
Benzodiazepines.

I'm no genius, but to
me that spells "operation."

If it weren't for the
tie on the renal vein,

I'd say he did a pretty
good job. Renal vein?

The renal artery
was tied up like a pro.

But the vein must've popped 10
minutes after they closed him up.

Rookie mistake.

Half hour later he was
swimming in his own blood.

A guy just doesn't forget
he had major surgery.

All I'm saying is
within 24 hours

someone did a "chop-chop"
and took out a kidney.

He could've skipped out of
post-op before Accounting got to him.

Covering up.

You ever been a patient?

It's easier to
bust out of Attica

then to leave a
hospital without paying.

You're saying some "Dr.
Frankenstein's" selling body parts?

Hey, is it possible?

I saw "Sweeney Todd"
three times... why not?

If you were going
to steal a kidney...

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

I'm a resident looking at
Park Avenue dermatology.

You want to talk kidneys,
Martha Kershan, 14th floor.

Resident maven.

Reality? Kidney
brokers are pure fiction.

There is no such animal as
a black market for kidneys.

So even if I wanted to,
I couldn't buy a kidney?

It's against the
law. So's jaywalking.

More to the point,
it's not necessary.

We can keep kidney
patients alive on dialysis

until a kidney
becomes available.

Available how?

Through OTN... The
Organ Transplant Network.

They monitor all available
organs nationwide.

So I want to give up my kidney,

I go to OTN...

Not exactly.

Hopefully you'd be
recently deceased

since it's also illegal
to sell a kidney.

Hospital notifies OTN
they've got a donor...

How long does
it take to get one?

Long. Sometimes never.

What's the problem,
getting them to match?

Rejection hasn't been a
major concern for 10 years.

Drugs combat it. For the most
part, everything's interchangeable.

So there's no reason
for this to have happened.

Unless the recipient
was highly cytotoxic.

English please, Doc.

If you're cytotoxic you
reject tissue unlike your own.

The drugs don't work.

You'd need a
virtually perfect match.

Drew MacDaniel.

You don't look like family.

Under the skin we're all
brothers, Miss Johnson.

212. Good luck.

He's just up from recovery.

Double dose of
every painkiller we got.

High as a kite.

No, Detective, I never
had an operation.

And you were born
with two kidneys, right?

Drafted in '68.

Healthy enough
for a tour in 'Nam.

You always walk through the
park at night, Mr. MacDaniel?

Tuesdays.

I take my six-year-old
to the playground

off 76th and Fifth.

Lives with her mother.

Divorced?

Separated.

I live on Columbus. I walk
home through the park.

Did you get a look at these...

muggers?

Muggers?

I don't remember anything.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute.

Are you telling me

MacDaniel was not
a random victim?

We got a specialist who says
the only way this makes sense

is that the recipient had a
condition that required a match.

And MacDaniel's
kidney fits the bill?

He'd have to be
tested to make sure.

The problem is, MacDaniel
swears from now till Sunday

that he's never been tested.

"Grand theft kidney." Terrific.

What about you?
You got any theories?

Devil worship? Alien beings?

A cult wouldn't stitch
the guy back up,

and I imagine there
would be other organs

of more interest than a kidney.

Had to be for a transplant.

Had to happen sooner or later.

What did?

You don't think with
these medical miracles

they don't set up a
new set of problems?

What are we going to do,
bury our heads in the sand?

I'm saying we come in
with all our own parts,

maybe we should
go out the same way.

Come on, give me a break, Max.

You know how many lives have been
saved because of organ donations?

I don't see you standing in
line giving anything away.

I got the sticker on my license.

Personally, I think it
should be automatic.

Otherwise they'd
give you a sticker

that says you can't
use your organs.

My old man wouldn't be alive
today if he didn't have a new ticker.

Okay, enough with
the Philosophy 101.

Say the motive is transplant...
I got a $64 question.

Who did it get
transplanted into?

Bull's-eye.

I just need to know if
any kidney transplants

took place at your
hospital in the last 72 hours.

Whoa, whoa, I have
been waiting, all right?

No, no, hold on, hold
on. Don't go, don't go.

Yeah, who does your scheduling?

OR scheduling, okay?

Yes, ma'am, that's
right. That's right.

I'm a detective. No, this
is not a crank call, okay?

Could you just
maybe find it for me?

Huh? Could you...?
Okay, fine. Thank you.

What is it with
people these days?

I don't know. We've
got five at least.

We got four. The one at St.
John's took place at 3:30...

MacDaniel wasn't in
the park at that time.

Hadn't been to see
his daughter either.

Four.

You can track where
every kidney came from?

Sure. And where it goes.

For example, this
morning in Miami,

a 14-year-old boy died
in a diving accident,

and tomorrow, a 63-year-old
potato farmer in Boise

will get his kidney.

Unbelievable. Not really.

It gets packed in ice.
Federal Express does the rest.

So our four?

Let's see.

The transplant at
Manhattan Memorial

came from St. Jude's in Boston,

The one in Newark came
from Concord, New Hampshire,

and the one at
Gramercy came from...

Are you sure you got this right?

Why?

There's no record of a kidney to
Gramercy in the last three days.

Thank you very much.

Yeah, blood, kidneys, corneas...
It all comes through here.

You were on Tuesday
night? Till 10:00.

You got a record of
a kidney coming in?

Kidney... don't
leave home without it.

Tuesday...

Yup, there it is.

Kidney came in at 9:32 p.m.

From where?

What, am I supposed
to ask it where it's from?

Delivery guy drops off a cooler,

document says it's a kidney,

I mark down the time
and I send it upstairs.

To whom?

"Patient Merritt, Mary."

"Doctor Reberty, James."

You don't mind if I tape this?

I find it avoids
misunderstandings.

We certainly wouldn't
want any of those.

To get back to your question...

as long as the blood
and tissue samples

are compatible with my patient,

it doesn't much concern me
where the kidney comes from.

So you have no idea
who the donor was?

The paperwork that
accompanies the organ

only has the donor's vitals.

If you need more, I guess
you got to talk to OTN.

OTN has no record of
ever delivering a kidney

to Gramercy Hospital, so...

When were you alerted that a
kidney had become available?

When I was dining at
Windows. It was 9:30.

My beeper went off.

I notified my team

and I notified the patient.

Nothing unusual?

Like a thousand times before.

The operation was a success.
We're monitoring her responses.

You know, my guess
is that some clerk

got caught napping down at OTN.

To err is human.

Woman: Mary Merritt.

Logan: She looks awful.
She going to make it?

Woman: She was lucky.

I'd say she got that kidney
in just about the nick of time.

You think you can
get us an address,

names of relatives, friends?

Nope.

Actually, "Mary Merritt's"
not her real name.

It's a code we give to the
big shots when they come in

for a detox or a tuck.

Or a transplant? What
are you going to do?

Celebs like their privacy.

Once one of the
New Kids came in.

I don't... tonsils or something.

This whole place
turned into a zoo.

So who do we have here?

Nurse: You got me.

I've never seen her before.

But she must be big.

Usually the charts have
their real IDs. This time, nada.

How about insurance?

The whole thing
was paid up front.

A private suite.

Mind if we take a look?

I shouldn't.

Come on. Just want to see
how the idle rich recuperate.

What did you get?

Her lipstick.

It's robbery, Mike. You don't
take other people's property,

even if you do have a badge.

She's in ICU. I don't think she's
going to need lipstick for a while.

You got the prints,
just put it back.

Yeah.

You're not going to believe
this. Our "Miss Merritt"

had a drug possession
charge three years ago.

You get a name?

Joanna Woodleigh... only
daughter of Phillip Woodleigh.

The Woodleigh Building?

The Woodleigh Library, the Woodleigh
Foundation, the Woodleigh Trust...

Phillip Woodleigh gives
away more money in one year

than the three of us
will earn in a lifetime.

Which means his daughter
can afford some new lipstick.

Which means she can
afford a new kidney.

Mary Merritt.

She said she didn't
need that kind of privacy.

She also hated having
her picture in "The Post"

after her last operation.

You mean she's had
other transplant attempts?

Two failed. Last
time she almost died

during treatment
for the rejection.

That must be
difficult. I'm sorry.

Unfortunately, your daughter's
kidney can't be accounted for,

and this incident in the park...

Gentlemen,
gentlemen, believe me,

I feel for the man. But
what do you want me to do?

I don't know who he is,

or what bearing this
has on my daughter.

The kidney came
through the system,

which I thank God for.

A mugging for a human organ?

When was the last time Drew
MacDaniel had a blood test?

I did one about four months ago.

What for?

Mr. MacDaniel was the
object of a paternity suit.

I drew blood for the
court-ordered test.

Fatherhood. That's a big help.

No, no, it's the
same test... HLA.

Same as the one
to test kidney tissue?

Yes.

This is from the kidney that
showed up at Gramercy Hospital.

It's the same blood
type as MacDaniel.

Same as millions of others, too.

Whether the tissue
matches, I couldn't tell you

without comparing
the HLA results.

Who did the lab work?

Lindquist Labs, Second Avenue,

across from University Hospital.

They have an
excellent reputation.

We're impressed in advance.

Technician: No one
knows client results.

The data is identified
by order number only.

But you've got to match patient
with test result at some point!

Only in billing.

The account's accessed
once when the order comes in,

once when the
result goes out. Twice.

And how many times was
the MacDaniel's file accessed?

Not more than twice, I'm sure.

What's that?

That's a third time.

And the other accounts?

They've all been
accessed three times.

By who?

One of my clerks.

A woman named Rosaria Mendez.

But she's gone home.

To an address you'll
be happy to access.

I'll even go back to it four times
to make sure everything is right.

Why, 'cause you make
so many mistakes?

I'm a good worker.

I don't know nothing
about people getting hurt.

I'm sure you're a
good worker, Rosaria,

but you might've helped some
people to hurt an innocent man.

This nurse came
from the hospital.

She asked for
printouts of test data.

What hospital? Who's the nurse?

Gramercy Hospital.
Her name is Elaine Hale.

They're doing this
big research project

on kidney transplants.

I thought I was doing good.

You never wondered
why she came to you

instead of the head of the lab?

They were in a hurry.

And your heart was so
pure you never took money?

Max: You work for
Dr. Reberty, don't you?

Everybody here works for him.
He's chief of transplant surgery.

Does everyone go
around town bribing clerks

for confidential medical data?

That sounds like
an accusation. It is.

It's a crock.

Not according to Rosaria Mendez.

That's just circumventing
the bureaucracy.

Oh really? And why
would you do that?

To save time. Everybody does it.

They do? Why all the
interest in Drew MacDaniel?

Who?

He's a guy... with
a missing kidney...

A guy whose blood
test results you had.

I got 4,000 sets of results.

If his name was on it,
sounds like coincidence.

Sorry, guys.

Look, in 10 years, we
have never made a mistake.

I assure you, no
legitimate kidney

was delivered to
Gramercy in the last week.

Legitimate?

I'm not going to lie to you.

In India, you can get
a kidney for $20,000.

If one were desperate enough,

I suppose one could go overseas.

Or across town.

How desperate was
Joanna Woodleigh?

Oh, let's see.

Huh. On a scale of one to 10,

I'd give her an 11.

Because of the two
failed transplants?

Very good, Detective.

You see, with each rejection

the body becomes more cytotoxic.

This girl would need
almost a perfect match.

Would Mr. MacDaniel's
kidney do the trick?

Four point match.
That's as good as it gets.

Do you have any
evidence tying this doctor

to the attack on
the man in the park?

Max: Not directly.

Joanna Woodleigh
is so hard to match

she's been on a waiting
list for three years.

Two compatible kidneys floating
around Manhattan the same night?

We know this kidney didn't
come from the Organ Network.

I doubt he's going to get it from
the meat section at D'Agostino's.

So we're assuming...

That the transplant
surgeon at a major hospital

went out and bushwacked
this guy himself?

Couldn't have been an
amateur, there's too much to cut.

Where the hell did he
do this, in the bushes?

All we know is that he did it.

Proving he did it...

that's a long shot.

Two competent people
could remove a kidney.

What about equipment?

To do it right, a complete
operating theater.

How about just to get it done?

It's the carpenter,
not his tools.

Minimum... scalpels,
sutures, anesthesia machine.

Are anesthesia
machines portable?

For Schwarzenegger...
It's about 500 pounds.

You don't just tiptoe out of a
hospital with one late at night.

They expensive?

Expensive enough. We lease ours.

Suppose I wanted to lease one?

Talk to my secretary.
She'll give you our supplier.

Two months ago, a guy comes in

ratty hair, beard, the works.

Says he wants a defibrillator.

I figure this guy's no MD.

Turns out he's
some hotshot lecturer

over at Downstate.

To think my nephew Petey
ended up in Guadalajara.

Here you go. One
anesthesia machine.

Rented to who? Reberty, James.

Yeah, I remember. Some woman
called, charged it to his AMEX.

Was her name Elaine Hale?

488 West 94, apartment one.

We delivered, 50 bucks
extra. Pick up, another 50.

She return it?

Picked it up the next
day. Hardly used.

You didn't think it was
strange that Miss Hale

had an anesthesia machine
delivered to her apartment?

Guy comes in last week,
wants 100 bedpans.

Jello molds.

What do I know?

Max: Tell me about Elaine Hale.

She's the good
one. Never a sound,

rent on time, invites
me to holiday dinner.

They should all be so sweet.

What did she do, anyway?

What makes you
think she did anything?

Oh, cops, warrant.

You don't need to be a Kreskin.

Anything strange about
the last couple of days?

You want strange?
Those bums in 2E.

Purple hair, gold earring...

Nothing.

What did you expect?

She keeps her place as
clean as an operating room.

She's a nurse, you
know. The bums upstairs,

they don't even tie their trash,

but Elaine double bags hers.

Cats.

They should all die.

Max: A lot of garbage
for one day, eh?

That's been there since Monday.

They pay these guys
more than teachers

and they come around,
what, twice a week?

Thank you, Mrs. Birnbaum.

No, you're kidding, right?

I just dry cleaned this suit.

Logan: Blood type's
a perfect match.

We got six more like it,

and enough cotton
to make a bowl game.

Where'd you find it? Garbage.

What difference does it
make? We had a warrant.

A warrant for her apartment.

Her garbage has
constitutional rights?

It's out in the street. It's
either the city's or hers.

It's called curtilage.
It might be protected.

I'm not saying
it's inadmissible,

but there's always a chance.

God bless America.

It's enough for me.

Both of 'em?

Man: When Phillip
Woodleigh found out

I was on the board of
Organ Transplant Network,

he came to my office
and promised to make

significant contributions to OTN

if I would prioritize
his daughter's case.

And you said?

In 1990,

there were over 100,000
patients on dialysis.

Only 80,800 received kidneys.

Money does not always
buy happiness, Mr. Stone.

Some people might disagree.

It certainly shouldn't buy life.

It is imperative that
these people be punished.

Reberty and Hale
are being charged.

I don't think you quite
understand, Mr. Stone.

We'd like you to set your sights

higher up the food chain.

Woodleigh?

The public must understand
the Organ Transplant Network

is the one true democracy.

One of the few instances
where money doesn't talk... at all.

I understand.

Defendants are charged with:

attempt to commit murder
in the second degree;

assault in the first degree;

conspiracy in the first degree;

and grand larceny.

How do you plead?

Not guilty, Your Honor.

Not guilty.

Judge: Applications,
Mr. Robinette?

The People are outraged
at the violent nature

of the crimes
charged, Your Honor,

and feel that heinous
behavior of such magnitude

in and of itself demands
bail of $750,000.

May I remind Mr. Robinette
that it's not the DA's province

to determine
punishment prior to trial.

It would strain all
credibility to imagine a man

of Dr. Reberty's stature on...

Yes, Mr. Patton. I'm
sure we would all prefer

to keep our strain to a
minimum. What do you want?

ROR, Your Honor.

Defendants are charged
with violent felonies.

Accused, Mr. Robinette.

May I, Your Honor?

It's your right.

I'm sure that we all have
our jobs to do, Your Honor,

but there is a 62-year-old
grandmother of six

lying in Gramercy Hospital

who full well expects to undergo

critical renal surgery
this afternoon.

And?

And the prosecution's
unconscionable demands

would cause her grievous
if not irreparable damage.

We're impressed with
your love of life, Doctor.

Bail is set at $150,000 each.

The top nurse in the
city earns $43.5 a year.

Dr. Reberty could
earn that in a week.

Motive is not part of the
prima facie case for assault.

The credit card receipts...

Do not establish
a material fact.

That's circumstantial
evidence where I come from.

That'll get me to a jury and
then I'll take my chances.

This is absurd.

Miss Hale is my assistant.

She has access to my cards
and authority to use them.

The entire transaction
took place over the phone.

Without my client's knowledge.

Are you suggesting
that Miss Hale

performed the surgery herself?

Any second-year resident

can remove a kidney, Mr. Stone.

The talent lies with those

that can put one in.

Miss Hale is a competent nurse.

We've been together for years.

I had intended

to let the credit
card business go...

but if it's a help to your case,

I'll testify against her.

What's it going to take to
make you happy, Stone?

The Mets in the series,

peace on Earth,

and Dr. Reberty in Danamorra.

Patton: Let's go, James.

Man: Attempted murder's absurd.

Whoever did this
stitched MacDaniel up.

It looks like they wanted
him to live. Where's the intent?

Correct me if I'm
wrong, Miss Hale,

but any first-year
surgical resident knows

if you don't tie the renal
vein, the patient dies.

Whoever operated on MacDaniel

didn't know what he was
doing or wanted him to die.

I saw him tie... Elaine...

30 minutes longer on that bench, we'd be
discussing a murder charge, not attempt.

You should also know he's
offered to testify against you.

Assault one, minimum.

She serves two.

Love isn't blind, it's stupid.

To think I actually
believed in him.

Reberty?

What about Woodleigh?

I had no contact with him.

James swore he would
keep MacDaniel alive.

He said he could close while
I packed the kidney in ice.

We rolled him into the
park in a wheelchair.

I saw the bleeding. He
said it was just oozing.

He wanted him
to die all along...

No loose ends.

I said I wouldn't help
unless he kept him alive.

And we would have
lived happily ever after.

She's an accomplice, Ben.

Even with her testimony
we need corroboration.

We have the credit receipts.

Unsigned. She
confessed. She cut a deal.

She obviously needed the
money more than Reberty.

That's a lot of baggage,
especially when he walks into court

with his awards and
testimonials under his arms.

So you believe him?

I'm not the jury. Who do
you think is more credible?

Why, him. That's why
we have to discredit him.

Run down the seven deadly sins,

and start with credit reports.

Question the family,
the friends, wives...

Ex-wives are always good.

What's the difference between
a doctor and God, Mr. Robinette?

God doesn't think he's a doctor.

Is that why you left him?

I was lonely, not stupid.

Greenwich, Connecticut's
easy to get used to.

But you learn to live without.

He left you?

Thanks.

Anyway, it was all for the best.

I hear he sold the place
in Greenwich for a song.

What the hell does a rich
doctor from Connecticut

know about Arizona, anyway?

Arizona?

He put three million into a
string of private hospitals.

And he's losing his money?

That, or a kidney doesn't go

as far as it used to.

Alimony payments
dried up six months ago.

He'd have put his money in
S & Ls had he thought of it.

They're being dunned by every
bank from Queens to Albuquerque,

D & B, TRW.

He hasn't paid his
phone bill in three months.

Title report on his real
property will be in next week.

But it's moot...
Bank already told me

they're about to foreclose
on his East Hampton house.

Reberty had a problem.
Woodleigh had the solution.

And vice versa.

Motive bolsters the
circumstantial evidence.

Physical evidence
will go a long way.

Call Greevey.

Waste of time.

The owner says
they clean everything

on the way in and
on the way out.

I read about this guy went into
the hospital with a broken leg,

came out with meningitis.

You got to stop
reading the obits, Max.

You guys must
live exemplary lives.

"Seek and ye shall find."

The good doctor left the
proverbial sponge in the patient.

The wheelchair they
used to transport the vic...

Covered with prints.

MacDaniel, Hale, and...

Reberty? Bingo.

Excellent. Thanks, Max.

Sure.

Res ipsa loquitor... "The
thing speaks for itself."

He's a doctor. His prints are
probably on a thousand wheelchairs.

Along with MacDaniel's
and Hale's? I doubt it.

You still need the
temporal connection.

For $350 an hour, you can
do better than that, Mr. Patton.

All right, I want a deal.

A deal requires mutual
consideration, Doctor.

You've got nothing
that interests me.

Sure I have.

I've got Woodleigh.

Over and over and over
again, the same material.

I'm telling you, my
friend, it's a flyer.

Woodleigh gave
Reberty a million dollars

and told him to do
whatever it takes.

Doesn't mean that he had
the intent to commit assault.

A border cop

stops a car and finds 100 pounds

of marijuana in the trunk.

At trial, the driver testifies that the
owner of the car gave him a $100

to drive across the border but
warned him not to look inside that trunk.

Guilty or not?

He had no actual knowledge
of what was inside...

He would've had he
asked the questions.

"Willful blindness"
never cut it in New York.

So we make new law.

So we get dismissed.

Am I missing something here?

Woodleigh instigated
a vicious attack.

Phillip Woodleigh happens to be

a major political
cash cow in this city.

Good God, Adam.

You're not going to let that
affect your judgment, are you?

If I thought you had a
chance in hell of winning,

I'd hold a press
conference right now,

but you can't rewrite the law.

Maybe not,

but a personal agenda
should not stop me from trying.

My agenda has
nothing to do with it.

12 times this year alone

judges have refused
to instruct juries

on willful blindness.

13th time could be different.

Yeah, you win at
trial, lose on appeal.

Maybe, maybe not.

"The law should be stable,
but should never stand still."

It's nice you can
still quote Holmes.

What does Reberty want?

Drop the murder charge
and he pleads to assault one.

You call Cragen

and I'll call Woodleigh's
attorney, Dan Rubell.

He was my editor
on the Law Review.

There goes my reunion.

It's not every day we get to bust
someone on Park and 68th Street.

We're not busting
him. He's surrendering.

Max: Mr. Woodleigh.

I hope this won't take long.

Judge: The charges
are: attempted murder,

assault in the first degree;

conspiracy in the first
degree; and grand larceny.

How does the defendant plead?

Not guilty on all
charges, Your Honor.

You have a bail recommendation?

350,000, Judge.

So ordered.

Rubell: Judge, I'd like to
request that Mr. Woodleigh

be allowed to remain
in the courtroom

while I arrange a transfer
of money from his bank.

Robinette: For the
record, Your Honor,

the People take exception to any
preferential treatment shown Mr. Woodleigh.

Do the People believe
Mr. Woodleigh is a flight risk?

It's almost 4:30. By the
time you're back here,

the defendant will have
missed the prisoners' bus

for Riker's Island.

Riker's!

Request denied.

It's not like you, Daniel,
to take personal offense.

We're all lawyers here.

I'm glad you didn't say friends.

Even acquaintances would
have had some sort of dialogue

about something like this.

You make it sound like Phillip
got the rubber hose treatment.

What's your problem?

My problem is I had to drive
up to Riker's during rush hour

and the damn FDR is
still under construction.

Then I had to go
through security...

Those bastards, they
love to bust your chops.

The better your suit,
the worse you're treated.

You know that, Adam.

This is supposed
to be a dialogue.

Sounds more like a diatribe.

The man's a distinguished
lecturer at Columbia.

He's endowed scholarships

at three different
universities in this city.

He singlehandedly created

the burn wing
at City Hospital...

And he's able to leap tall buildings
at a single bound. So what?

Mr. Robinette merely made an
observation as an officer of the court...

The judge concurred.
So let's move on, all right?

The idea that Phillip
Woodleigh knew anything

about an attack on
an innocent victim

is ludicrous in the extreme.

What he says he knew

and what his actual
knowledge was

is something for
the court to decide.

You're serious?

You know him, Adam. The
man's 73, for God's sake.

He's taking
hydromorphone for his heart.

One of his own kidneys
is half on the fritz,

and you're threatening
to send him to prison?

It's monstrous.

We'll see that he get a
cell adjoining Dr. Reberty's.

You sure as hell better
be right about this.

Mr. MacDaniel, would
you describe for the court

how you felt when you regained
consciousness that morning in Central Park?

How I felt?

I felt lousy.

Were you in pain?

They ripped off
one of my kidneys.

When you first learned that's what
had happened, how did you feel?

People talk about
feeling violated

when some punk breaks
into their apartment

and steals a TV set.

I felt raped.

Would you mind taking off
your shirt, Mr. MacDaniel?

Objection, Your Honor.

I feel the jury should be able
to see why he felt violated.

Overruled.

Mr. MacDaniel.

One more question.

What do you think would be a
satisfactory conclusion to this case?

Getting my kidney back.

No further questions.

And did you, in exchange

for sentencing down
on a lesser charge,

agree to testify against
Mr. Woodleigh, Doctor?

Yes, I did.

And did you do
so without coercion

and the full intent
of telling the truth?

That is correct.

Very well.

Now when you
informed Mr. Woodleigh

that the odds of his obtaining

a perfectly matched
kidney for his daughter

were extremely long,

what did he say?

He said that he didn't
care, he wanted a kidney

whatever the cost.

Whatever the cost.

Yet Dr. Backus just testified

that he informed
the Woodleigh family

of the impossibility
of buying a kidney...

Legally, that is.

Do you think Mr. Woodleigh
fully understood

what he was asking
you to do for him?

Objection, Your
Honor. Speculation.

Sustained.

Did Mr. Woodleigh ever ask you

what the potential
problems might be?

No, he didn't.

His only words were,
"whatever the cost."

And how much did the
kidney cost Mr. Woodleigh?

A little over a million.

No further questions.

Dr. Reberty,

did Mr. Woodleigh ever ask you

to go out and cut
open an innocent man?

If you would answer
yes or no, please.

Well... no.

Did you ever tell him

you planned to cut
open an innocent man?

As I just stated,

he told me to do whatever was...

Did you ever tell him, Doctor?

Yes or no, please.

No.

Excuse me, Mr. Stone?

I'm Joanna Woodleigh.

Come in, Miss Woodleigh.

Are you aware that my father

has established a trust fund

for Mr. MacDaniel
and his children?

No.

I didn't think so.

That's the way he works...

Quietly, unselfishly.

If you prosecute him, he'll die.

I know he will.

And for what?

Mr. MacDaniel is going
to be a very wealthy man.

With only one kidney.

Just like I have, Mr. Stone.

The hope is we'll both
live long and happy lives.

Please believe me,

I'm glad you're healthy again.

I know how close
to death you were.

But, Miss Woodleigh,

do you really think your father

would have acted any differently

if you had needed a heart

instead of a kidney?

Whatever part I
may have played...

Unwittingly played...
In Mr. MacDaniel's pain,

will haunt me for
the rest of my life.

Rubell: Unwittingly.

Where did you think the organ
your daughter so desperately needed

came from, Mr. Woodleigh?

I had no idea.

I assumed it was an
innocent transaction.

But frankly, given the
urgency of the situation,

I really didn't ask.

Gramercy is one of the most

reputable hospitals in
the world, so why would I?

No further questions,
Your Honor.

You're a businessman,
Mr. Woodleigh.

A highly successful businessman?

I've been fortunate, yes.

You probably make it your
business to ask pertinent questions

before you enter
a deal. Is that true?

Objection, Your
Honor. Mr. Woodleigh's

business transactions
are not on trial here.

This goes to intent, Your Honor.

Overruled.

Why didn't you inquire
into a transaction

that was costing you a
million dollars, Mr. Woodleigh?

Because my daughter's
life was at stake.

But still, a million dollars...

Does that really jibe
with your characterization

of this deal as an
"innocent transaction"?

I don't want to sound immodest,

but there's a term
my accountant uses.

It's called "creeping
decimalism."

He means by that that once
you start adding on zeros,

the sum starts to become unreal.

In other words, you would
do anything for your daughter?

Absolutely.

Even something illegal?

Wouldn't any father?
Wouldn't you, Mr. Stone?

I'm not on trial, sir, and
I ask the questions here.

Does that anything
include murder, sir?

No, sir.

Woodleigh knew, Adam. I know he
knew exactly what Reberty was up to

and I can't move him an inch.

If you do, the jury'll
feel sorry for him.

Remember his words, "Any father

would've done the same thing."

If he had a million bucks.

Robinette: Two million. What?

Title report to
Dr. Reberty's beachhouse,

the one First Federal
was about to foreclose on?

He managed to sell it for
twice the fair market value...

One million bucks.

I thought we were in a
recession. Who bought it?

Montauk Investments, Limited.

One of Woodleigh's
shell corporations.

When?

Papers were filed right
after we arrested Reberty.

I'll be damned.

There's only one reason why
he paid him another million.

To buy his silence.

But he testified.

He testified, but
did he fully testify?

Kind of a stretch, Ben.

I didn't call you in to
watch you tap dance.

Patton: Dr. Reberty and
I need time to go over it.

Consider this an official
notification, Doctor.

Our deal is off. We intend to
charge you with attempted murder.

Any leniency you may have
hoped for is out the window...

That was very cute...
"A little over a million"...

A million over a million, sir.

What did Woodleigh say to you to
buy the sins of omission on the stand?

May I say something?

I'd like to propose a new deal.

Oh, really?

You need requisite
culpable intent on Woodleigh.

Now you've got it.

Reberty's voice: We've
found a perfect match.

Well, he's a healthy guy.

I don't think he's
going to want to give up

one of his kidneys
without a struggle.

Woodleigh's voice:
You do whatever it takes.

That's what you're
getting paid for.

Reberty: I don't think
that you understand.

This isn't a question
of going up...

Woodleigh: No, I
understand perfectly well.

You kill the son of a bitch
if you have to, just do it.

Man: Excuse me.

Dr. Reberty, did you record
what the court just heard?

Reberty: Yes, I did.

Is this the cassette you used?

Yes, it is.

Woodleigh's already
filed his notice of appeal.

Thought you'd be
interested to know.

We made our point. Which was?

Money can't buy everything.

Keeps a lot of lawyers busy.

$2 million for a kidney.

Last I heard, the
whole human body

in raw material isn't
worth more than 98¢.

Good night, gentlemen.

Good night.

You never answered Woodleigh's
question... the one we had stricken.

Would I have done what
Woodleigh did if it were my daughter?

God, I hope not.