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What can I do
for you today?

I need to talk
to the boss.

He's, um...

Is that him?

Yes. He's busy
at the moment.

Why don't yo..?
Can I get your name?

Burrows. Wayne Burrows.

I'm surprised you
don't remember me.

You probably didn't get
those 50 messages I left.

Why don't you
tell me what this is about?

I want to talk to the owner.

I just want
some answers.

Uh...Sir?

If you have
a complaint,

I advise you to contact
the Consumer Advisory...

I contacted them.

I've contacted the realtor.

I've contacted the bank.

Now I'm contacting you--
the appraiser.

Okay, I just think
that maybe you should come back

after you've
calmed down a little.

You do?
That's what you think?

I do. Yes.

If you go home,
and you calm down,

then you can come
back when you have an appointment.

Good idea. I'll come back.

Honey, I'm out of those, um...
you know, those, uh... tabs

you use to sign papers.

Finger tabs?

Scott, I have that appraisal
at noon, and I need you...

I'm running the comps right now.
They need it this afternoon.

Oh, my God.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

Go in my office
and dial 911.

( dinging )

Everybody okay?

Is anybody hurt?

Good.

I'm back.

Now that I've got
your attention,

may I please speak
with the owner?

Wayne Burrows.
Married, two kids.

Middle-class, working-class guy.

No criminal history.

In fact, this is the first time
Mr. Burrows is in trouble.

What set him off?

Says he's upset about

a fraudulent appraisal.

When he bought his house,

the Birdseyes appraised it
at $265,000.

But, when he
went to sell it,

an independent appraisal came in
at only $182,000.

That cld get a guy upset.
So his first instinct

is to drive
through their front window.

Well, actually, Mr. Burrows
filed complaints all over the place.

The real estate business
is basically self-policing.

The fox guarding the henhouse.

So Mr. Burrows decided
to get himself some justice.

Somebody could have
easily gotten killed.

I don't care what
Mr. Burrows' problem is.

We can't have people
driving trucks into buildings

every time they feel ripped off.

Whatever way you look at it,
it's criminal recklessness,

assault with a deadly weapon--

in this case,
a truck.

All yours.

JUDGE:
How do you plead?

My client pleads...

Guilty, Your Honor,

100%.

Mr. Burrows, please.

Judge, that's not...

Which is it, Counselor?

Judge, I don't
want to waste anybody's time.

I take full
responsibility.

I know how lucky I am

that nobody
got hurt.

Mr. Burrows, a plea of guilty

means you will be automatically
sentenced to a jail term.

Your Honor, may I speak?

Keep it brief.

I want you to know

that these appraisers
here stole $83,000

from me and my family,

and they did it by intentionally
overpricing our house

before we even bought it.

That wipes out
my kid's college fund,

our retirement...

I'm sorry, Your Honor.

Thank you
for listening.

If I have to go to jail
in order to be heard

so be it.

Two years is outrageous.

It's way overreaching
for a first offense.

What are you looking for?

A suspended
sentence

and mandatory
rage counseling.

Your client almost
killed somebody.

Excuse me. Miss Chase?
Hold on a second,

Mrs. Burrows.
We'll get this worked out.

It's not that.

Miss Chase,
we've tried everything--

every agency,
called all sorts of people...

Mrs. Burrows,
I'm very sorry. I bet half

a dozen people on our street
owe more on their mortgages

than their homes
are even worth.

That's what's
got Wayne so upset.

We've lost our life savings.

I know he's done a stupid thing,
but someone has to help us.

Just think about it,if Wayne Burrows telling the truth, they've
lost $83,000 on their house.

This would be the
same Mr. Burrows you just put in jail

for driving his truck
through the front window

of a real estate office?

Appraiser's office.
Whatever.

This is not
the kind of guy

we should go out
of our way to help.

You're a prosecutor--
somebody commits

a crime, you put them
in jail,

you don't try to
defend their actions.

But, Steve, Wayne Burrows
bought a brand-new house

in a brand-new neighborhood.

Okay, let's just say
40 of those homes

were overvalued
by the same amount.

We're looking at...

I suck at math.

$3,320,000.

How did you do that?

It's a gift.

But is
there really

a crime here?

It's not illegal to sell houses

for as much
as the market can bare.

but it is a crime
to falsify an appraisal.

Yes, but it's hard to prove.

But it didn't just happen once.

If the Birdseye brothers
falsified 40 appraisals,

all in the same development,
that starts to smell

like a conspiracy to
commit fraud to me.

Which makes me wonder
who they're conspiring with.

Exactly.

Okay. We can look into it.

Canvass the neighborhood

and see how widespread
this thing actually is.

If you can establish a provable
pattern of real estate fraud,

we can consider
bringing charges.

But you'll need copies
of every single appraisal

that was done
on that development,

plus credible victims
and witness.

Do you happen to remember
your appraisal company's name?

Bird... something.

You guys stay
in the driveway!

We just moved
in here last week.

We absolutely love it.

Is there something
I should be worried about?

So you can't
sell your house?

Well, we thought we sold it,

but the buyer's loan
fell through

because his appraisal showed

the house wasn't worth anywhere
near what we paid for it.

I got transferred,
that's why

we're selling
to begin with.

I gave up my job here.

Now I haven't got a job,

can't move,
and I can't make the payment

It's a mess.

What usually happens
in a new development like this,

is that the first appraisal
is done on paper.

Meaning?
Meaning we don't actually look at the property.

It sounds bad,
but it's common practice.

You base theumber on the value
of comparable homes in the area,

acreage, square footage, etc.

So, in Wayne
Burrows' case,

you based the value
of his house

on comparable houses
in this neighborhood?

But didn't you
appraise all these other houses as well?

Most of them.

So then weren't you
basing his price

on prices you
set yourself?

Well, actually,
that's...

true.

Yeah.

Jack, how much do
we owe on our house?

Last month, it was
$78,500 something.

So, after that payment, it's
going to be $77,000 something.

So how much do you
think it's worth now?

Why? You ready to move?
No.

I'm looking into some
crooked home appraisers.

Appraisers don't
make the big bucks

in real estate.

Who does?

The developer.

He builds the house.

He pays for the house
to be built.

And the appraiser...?
The appraiser,

he sets the value
in the beginning,

which is the sale price.

Everybody wants it
to be as high as ican be

'cause the realtor and
the lender work on commission.

Right.
But the main pressure comes from the developer.

He wants it to be as high
as it can be so he can make

the most return
on his investment.

Speaking of which,
by the way,

I have to meet
with the developer

in two minutes
to go over schematics.

You trying
to get rid of me?

I just don't want you
to arrest my boss.

laughing )

Yeah, that could
get complicated.

Yes, it could.

Bye, baby.

Bye.

So follow the money.
Who's raking it in?

The developer.

He owns a company
named Heartland Castles,

which is a subcorpf a company

named Keystone Haven
International.

Which also owns
Dobson Dream Realty--

the listing agent.

Yeah, not to mention Heartland
Castle Savings and Loan Company,

and Keystone Haven
Title Insurance...

So who owns
Keystone International?

Maurice Hardaker.

ANNABETH:
Doesn't he look proud of himself?

You'd be proud, too,
if you were making money

at every stage
of the home sale,

from building it to
getting a 6% commission

as the listing agent,
to points as the lender.

And everything's
inflated

by the over-appraisal
to begin with.

Steve, he's replicating this
scam all over the state.

He's building hundreds of houses

and raking in
millions of dollars.

I mean, he's practically
printing money.

And the State Regulatory Agency,
where are they in all of this?

Grossly under-funded
and unrstaffed,

effectively rendering
them powerless.

Oh, the DA is gonna love this.
( cell phone ringing )

He's gonna eat this
right up with a spoon.

Middle-class victims,
middle-class voters.

Not that we do anything
for political reasons,

but hey, politics
isn't always bad.

Especially when it means we
actually get to do our jobs,

and do a good thing.

Miss Chase,
Maurice Hardaker.

I apologize.

I can only meet with you
on the way out the door,

but let's make the most of
what little time we have.

What can I do for you?

The Prosecutor's Office
is investigating

a string of
real estate fraud,

some of which involve
one of your companies--

Keystone Haven International.

This is about the Birdseye Boys?

Yes, it involves them, but...
Doing those blind appraisals?

It's a quick way
of making a lot of money,

but in the end, it's just lazy.

Mr. Hardaker, we have
a number of people

claiming to be the victims of
systematic real estate fraud

that appears to tie back
to your company.

Miss Chase, I do sympathize
with people's difficulties.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Chase.

Are you by any chance

related to Jack Chase?

He's my husband.

He's also one of the best
young contractors around.

Used him often.

See, I just
realized--

Chase.

I knew I'd
heard that name before.

How about th?

Are you aware

that the houses in the Genesse
Hollow Development

were overvalued
by 30%?

Miss Chase, we have
a saying in this business.

A house is worth
whatever it sells for.

Now, listen, I'm
more than willing

to help out
with your investigation,

but I am running late,
so, uh...

this is my lawyer.

He'll be glad to take
all your questions.

The guy had
an hour's notice

I was coming
to his office,

which he spent digging
in my personal background

so he could charm me by knowing
my husband's occupation.

I take it you
were not charmed.

He's now officially
in the crosshairs.

Yeah, well, he's
very well-insulated.

He is, but that
doesn't keep us

from using
the little fish

to bring down
the big fish.

It's time to talk
to the Birdseyes again.

A lot of these people
lostheir life's savings,

thanks to you.

And from what I can tell,

all you gained
were some easy fees

and more business.

I don't get it.

Hardaker was the one
making all the money.

We need you to help us prove
that he told you to do this

to inflate
the appraisals.

Oh, God.

If you can do that,

we are prepared
to offer you a deal

of limited jail time,

plus the applicable fines

for appraisal fraud.

Otherwise, I promise you
we will prosecute you

on each individual
count of fraud,

and speaking
conservatively,

that adds up to 15
to 30 years behind bars.

Are you serious?

I ink we need
to talk to a lawyer.

Look, we're in way
over our head here.

This isn't fair.

Like you said, we were just
trying to keep working.

Hardaker's the one cashing in.

If we help you,
we'll be blacklisted.

We'll lose everything.

Look, we understand

Hardaker's got you scared.

That is nothing

compared to how you'll feel

when we show up
at your office tomorrow

with a subpoena and a truck,

and a bunch of uniformed cops
to box up every file

and hard drive and put them
under a microscope.

Somebody made millions
of dollars here

and you need to help us
follow the money.

my guess these pricers got scared

and blew up their
office and all their files.

But that doesn't make any sense.

They know all
their appraisals

are a matter
of public record.

There are copies
of every transaction

with the title companies
and the Realtor.

My instincts told me
to have a chat

with our arson investigator.

And?

And he said
it could be an accident.

If somebody
accidentally opened

a gas valve
on the furnace.

If somebody shut

all the windows and doors

to allow the gas
to collect, and if

somebody left behind
a sparking device,

which set the place ablaze.

The arson guys think

it was activated remotely
by phone.

So, definitely not an accident.

Just supposed to look like one.

GEORGE:
Our research on Hardaker

indicates that people
who cross him

have this cuous habit
of getting into accidents.

So he's been
investigated before?

A riverboat

casino project of his
was opposed by a guy

who accidentally drove

his car off a bridge
and into a river.

I've got other examples,

but no evidence

to tie it back to Hardaker.

The brothers must have
told Hardaker

that we were serving them
with subpoena.

And he wanted
to broadcast

to the entire real
estate community

that anyone who wanted
to cooperate

had better think again.

It all sounds plausible,

but is there any proof tying
Hardaker to the explosion?

That's going to
be hard to come by.

The disposable cell phone
and a sparking device

are available at Radio Shack.

Besides that,
there are only pieces.

Everything else
was destroyed in the fire.

Maybe Hardaker's
done us a favor.

How's that?

He scared the crap

out of the Birdseye Brothers.

They've got nowhere
to run except to us.

They may not be able
to help us with the arson,

but we know
they can help us

get Hardaker on fraud.

If we can get
this explosion

to backfire on them,

it'll be like using
the accountant

to bring down Al Capone.

Isn't it a little
coincidental that your office

happened to blow up
the night before

we were about
to serve you

with a subpoena
for your records?

We had nothing
to do with it.

I've known these two
all my life.

They would never
do anything like that.

Mrs. Birdseye, you're married

to whom again?
Brad.

That would be me.

And you work
for the

appraisal's office as well?

I'm the office manager.

She has nothing
to do with anything.

So who does?

Because this fire was no
accident, you know that.

Brad, was it Hardaker

trying to send a message?

Trying to send
a message?

I think he was trying
to kill the messenger.

Don't say a word

He already tried

to kill us.
What do we have to lose?

So it was Hardaker?
He called us

separately last night.

He told us to meet him
there by 8:00.

When the building blew up.

And I would have
been there, too,

but I got stuck in traffic
on the interstate.

What about you?

I was a block away when
I heard the explosion.

There's only one way

to make sure this never happens
again

and that's to put him
behind bars.

Now, I'm willing to make a deal
if you'll agree to testify

againsHardaker in our
real estate frd case.

We can't do that.

Yes, we can, Scott.

We will.

You've arrested my client.

He'll be out on bail just
as soon as he's arraigned.

But that will be too late.

You will already
have succeeded

in committing
gross defamation.

You have two
crooked appraisers who are

trying to worm out
of their crimes

by dragging my client
into the mud with them.

It's outrageous.

Actually, we have
two appraisers

who are willing
to cooperate with us

in our real estate
investigation fraud.

So your client
attempted to intimidate,

if not eliminate them
by blowing up their business.

It's hearsay.
It's ridiculous.

You're holding a pillar of the
business community hostage,

smearing
his valuable name

with all sorts of charges
based on hearsay.

That and phone records
that match their accounts.

He could have been calling them
for a million different things.

They've been in business
together, you know?

We know.
They plan on telling the jury

all about the business
they've done together.

Excuse me,

I think there's
some misunderstanding.

I am in the business

of putting hardworking people
in their dream homes.

And while I feel
very sorry

for individuals
like Wayne Burrows,

who signed loan papers
beyond their means,

I'm afraid that's their
responsibility, not mine.

We all take risks.

I take risks every day.

That's part of doing business.

You can't criminalize business
in the land of opportunity.

No, but we can criminalize
fraud.

And we intend
to charge your client separately

on each individual
instance

of deception.

That's six months
to three years for each.

So, gentlemen, you might want
to take out your calculators.

( knocks on door )

Steve, what do you
think about working

on getting Wayne Burrows
an early parole?

I guess I'm okay with that.

The more victims facese have
in the gallery,

the tougher it is
for Hardaker to hide.

And Wayne was Hardaker's
original victim.

Seems like he should
be at the trial.

I'll see what I can do.

I'll make a few calls.

But you'll have to put

all the paperwork together.

I already have.

And can you give us the content
of the phone conversation

you had with Mr. Hardaker
the night of the explosion?

Sure.

He-he said if we cooperated
with the investigation,

that it would be bad for us.

We need his exact words.

Okay, um, he said...

He said we'd be out
of the real estate business.

In all 50 states,
that's right.

How many years were you in
business for Mr. Hardaker?

We did work for him

for about two-and-a-half years.

And did all those jobs involve
false appraisals?

No, I mean,
at first it wasn't so...

I need a yes or no here.

Well, you're making us out
to be complete crooks.

Scott, you broke
the law.

And if we don't
bring it up

to the jury first,
the defense will.

This way we have control.

Can I have a break?

Can I, can I

get some coffee
or something?

There's a pot in the kitchen.

Listen, I know
you don't know us very well,

and what you do know, well,
it's not so good.

But we weren't always like this.

We didn't always do business
this way.

We got into this
because it made us feel good.

Not the money-- putting people
into hses, I mean.

The American dream.

So where did you go wrong?

A couple years ago
we expanded the business

and we went into debt.

So when Hardaker's
development came along,

we jumped at the chance.

At first it was,
you know, "Do me aavor."

And so we overvalued one house.

But then that became
a comp for another house.

And so on, and so...

after a while you forget that
all the comps are bogus.

I'm going to go see
what Scott's doing.

It was my brother's job
to meet with customers

and speak with developers
like Mr. Hardaker.

My job was to do
all the paperwork.

Did that include finding
comparable home sales

in order to determine
a property's value?

Yes, that's called
"running comps."

Did your comps always support
the appraisals you made?

Mr. Birdseye?

No.

No, they did not.

Why not?

Because we always had
to hit our number.

What does that mean,
"hitting the number"?

It means that a lender
needs a home to be valued

at a certain price in order
for that loan to go through.

So, the seller,
the developer

in this case,
of the home,

can make his money.

You could say that.

What happens to appraisers
who refuse to hit the number?

Do they get
blacklisted?

Objection, Your Honor!

She's leading
the witness!

Sustained.

What happens to appraisers

who refuse to hit the number?

Are they out
of a job?

I can't do this.

I...

Brief recess, Your Honor.

We're in the middle
of a trial.

We're actually aring the end
of our day, Mr. Shank,

so we'll reconvene
in the morning.

But I expect that

everyone will be ready
to go at that time.

Yes, Your Honor.

It's just too much.

If, if Hardaker tried to blow us
up before the trial,

what's he goi to do after?

What's he doing here?

Wayne Burrows
was financially ruined

by your company
and Ray Hardaker.

He's here to see
justice done.

You are here to take
responsibility for your part

and to put
annd to it.

Excuse me.

( indistinct murmur )

How's your brother
holding up?

You're scum.

You always were.

So when you get back
to your mansion tonight,

and you lay your head
down on your pillow,

you think about that,
because you're going

to be spending the rest
of your days in jail

after we get done
with this trial. ( clears throat )

Not a good time
to pick a fight.

Listen to me.

You're going on the stand
tomorrow, right after Scott.

Now if we're going to
put Hardaker away,

I need you both to be in good
shape in the morning.

Promise me you'll
make that happen.

I'll make it happen.

What you doing?

I'm starving.

I forgot to eat lunch.

How is that possible?

I live for lunch.

The main witness was a mess.

It was all I could do
to keep him in the building.

Hardaker's got everyone
running scared.

Ugh! You know what we need?

We need a wife.

Somebody has to go
to therocery store.

How was your day?
Oh,

let's just say you may have

to pull a little overtime in
at the office.

Why, what happened?

Well, I just got word
today at the job site,

that they're dropping
a subcontractor--

me and my guys.

Seriously, you got fired?

I got let go.

It happens.

Not to you, it doesn't.

I already lined up other work.

This is Hardaker.

He tracked you down
and got to your boss.

Just let it go.
Honey, let it go?

This is your job.

Seriously...

Annabeth, just let it go.

( phone ringing )

( ringing continues )

Hello.

( sighs )

( garbled police radio
transmission )

Joyce Birdseye
called in three hours ago,

saying Brad
was missing.

An hour later
a couple kids found the body.

Shot once
in the chest.

And just in case we
didn't get the message,

his tongue was cut out.

That's got to be Hardaker.

It's not Hardaker's MO.

It's more subtle than that.

His enemies disappear
in accidents and suffer

sudden financial
catastrophes.

This is unmistakable.

This is skywriting.

This is...
My witness.

Miss Chase.

I just want you to know

that whatever this looks like
is not what it is.

Really? 'Cause it
looks to me like

your client had
Brad Birdseye killed

to keep him
from testifying.

Think about that.
Why on earth

would my client do that
in the middle of his trial?

Your client staring down the
barrel of 30 years for fraud.

That does things
to a guy.

Maurice Hardaker
is not stupid.

He's not going
to kill someone

to influence the
outcome of a trial

that he was already
going to win.

Having said that,

I want you to know that

I'm going to ask the judge,

in light of these recent
tragic developments,

to dismiss this case.

Please do.
It's bound to annoy thhell out of him.

And in light of these
"recent tragic developments,"

I'm sure he'll be very eager
to give me a continuance.

Oh, and P.S.,

I'm going to get your client

for murder and fraud.

Okay, u got your continuance.

So how do you proceed
with your case?

I want to prove
Hardaker killed Brad.

He sent his lawyer
up here

to throw us off,
but I'm not buying it.

Right now
Hardaker's out on bail

plotting God
knows what.

We should know
who he's been talking to...

Who his lawyer's
been talking to.

Well, a judge is ner
going to grant us

acce to the confidential
conversations

he's having with his lawyer,
or wiretap his phones.

He's doing the same thing
organized crime bosses do--

arranging everything
through their attorneys.

There's always
exposure--

someone in the middle.

Talk to his assistants.

Subpoena his attorney's
financial records

and look
for any payments

from Hardaker around the time
of the arson or the murder.

Meantime, George,

you've got
some serious witness

security issues
to deal with.

We've lost one
of our key witnesses.

I don't want to lose both.

ANNABETH:
I can't imagine what Joyce and Scott are gointhrough.

She's lost her husband;
he's lost his brother.

SCOTT:
I can't believe this is happening.

My brother
is dead.

My brother is dead!

Miss Chase, I want
to let you know

I will do whatever it takes.

I appreciate that, Scott.

If Hardaker can kill Brad,
what's to stop him

from getting to Scott and me?

Mrs. Birdseye,
you'll have

protection for the rest
of the trial.

No one takes a threat
more seriously

than the police department.

Yeah? Well, you guys didn't do
such a hot job

of that last night, did you?

ANNABETH:
Scott,

I understand
how upset you are.

But we're going
to keep you safe.

Mrs. Birdseye...

I need to know what happened
after you left the courthouse.

There's not much to tell.

Brad was exhausted
from the trial.

Then we had dinner.

When we got home...

he said he was going for a walk
to clear his head.

Walking was a kind
of ritual for Brad.

He went out at about 7:30,
and...

he never came back.

Severe trauma to the heart
and left lung, skull fractured.

Probably knocked out
before he was shot.

Bullet came from
a rifle, right?

Yeah. According to this report,

the bullet was flattened
by something substantial

after exiting
the victim's body.

Like mbe he was in a
car when they shot him?

Yeah, and that would explain
this grease under the nails.

It's the kind used
to lubricate car locks.

Maybe he was in the trunk,

trying to get out
from the inside.

Also looks like there might
have been a struggle.

We found skin cells mixed in
with the grease.

We're getting those cleaned up

and DNA tested ASAP.

Good.

Let me know what you find t.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, what about the business
with the tongue?

Ah, it's just the tip
of the tongue.

Almost like whoever did it
maybe got a little squeamish.

Hey, I got some pictures.
You want to see?

Maybe next time.

Hardaker's assistants must
have trained at Fort Knox.

No luck?

Like a brick wall.

From the subpoenaed
financials,

I camecross a very
curious transaction.

From a Hardaker shell compy
to his lawyer a couple of days

after the arson.

30 grand.

Nice round number.

Remember the guy who
accidentally drove his car

into the river in Evansville?

The casino riverboat incident?

Yeah.

Same kind of financial
activity around that time.

It's still hard
to prove a quid pro quo.

What about around the time
of Brad's murder?

Absolutely nothing.

Mr. and Mrs. Burrows?

We went down to the courthouse
this morning and heard.

We're so sorry.

It's a bad situation.
I just wanted to...

Wayne wanted
to volunteer as a witness,

as one
of Hardaker's victims,

in case you needed help
keeping the case going.

Mr. Burrows, the case
is just on a temporary hold.

And I'm afraid

you really can't help,
not with your history.

That's what I thought you'd say.

It's just,
I can't stop thinking.

I started this whole thing off
by driving through that window.

An-An-And now...

Okay, let me make something
very clear here.

You are not responsible

for Br Birdseye's murder
in any way, shape or form.

Now, I appreciate
how you must feel,

but I don't want y
to worry.

We wl get Hardaker
for this.

The DNA looks
identical, right?

If you say so.

Remember the skin
cells underneath

the victim's nails?

Now, at first we thought
they were his own.

But then we took a closer
look at the code

and found variations...

here...

and here.

So they're not his?

Nope,

but somebody very close.

So close it has to be
a male sibling.

How many Birdseye
brothers are there?

( garbled police radio
transmission )

( distant siren wailing )

STEVE:
Tape off the yard,

the perimeter
around this car.

Nothing gets touched

until the CSIs get here.

Scott?

Scott, look at me.

You played me.

We were on
thsame team.

You and your brother
were going to take a stand against Hardaker

and everything
he represents.

Brad put his entire
life on the line to make things right.

And what do you do?

You go get a gun
and you shoot him in the chest

and then you cut
out his tongue

to make us think
Hardaker did it.

And then you stand in front
of your brother's widow

and accuse us of not doing
enough to protect you?

What was that-- 12, 14 hours
after you shot your brother?

I want to talk to a lawyer.

Yeah?
Yeah.

Well, speaking as a lawyer
who knows enough about you

write a book

You'd better get a good one

why would man killed his own brother

Maybe it's as simple
as he didn't want Brad

testifying in a fraud trial
where he was implicated.

Maybe Hardaker
got to him,

somehow convinced him
to take Brad out.

Except if that's
the case,

why did Scott make it look
like Hardaker did it?

ANNABETH:
Scott was scared.

Scared to testify,

of going
to prison...

So he figures he'll get sympathy
for his dead brother and that'll

get him out
of jail?

That backfired, I'd say.

( phone ringing )

It's the DA.

He's breathing down
my neck on this.

So where are we
with Hardaker's trial?

The judge granted
a two-day continuance,

But without the Birdseye boys,
I'm in trouble.

You spent time
with these brothers.

Did they get along?

Brad was definitely the
protective, older brother type,

and Scott seemed to need that.

That kind of relationship
can breed resentment.

We've already
dug up

lots of dirt on these boys,
have we not?

A pile.

Then let's sift through it again

and see if there's so
long-standing rivalry we missed.

We already know
for a fact

that Scott's a schemer.

Let's see if he was up to
anything else.

You have no idea
what a mistake this is.

You don't know Scott.

He couldn't
have done this.

He loved his brother.
They were so close.

It was Hardaker.

Hardaker-- he's
an awful man.

He's capable of anything.

He is the one who shld be
in jail, not Scott.

You've got to let him go.
Joyce,

that's not going to happen.

This is all wrong.

Please,
you've got it wrong.

Sorry,
I don't think we do.

I'm telling you, Maureen,
I was with the woman

the morning after
her husband was killed

and she just
sat there on the couch.

Not a tear,
not a catch in her voice.

Now Scott
gets put in jail

and she's frantic, bawling,
pleading,

anything to get
him out. Well, you know, some people

are numb at first,
and the emotion comes later.

No, I've seen that before.

But this was passionate.

Sct was in jail

and her world
was coming to an end.

She ran out of my office.

You think Joyce and Scott
were up to something?

I think we should
look specifically

at Joyce and Brad's marriage.

I think we've missed something.

So what am I looking at?

Well, I sat down
to go back over

the Birdseye
phone records.

This is from
six months ago.

I noticed it at the time,
but it wasn't germane

to the corruption
investigation.

These are...?

Joyce Birdseye's
cell phone records.

Nine calls to
Alexson & dmond?

Indianapolis's finest
divorce lawyers.

Six months ago it looks like

she was thinking about
dumping her husband.

Earlier today she stopped by
trying to get Scott out of jail.

So instead of a divorce,

they used the cover of the trial
to get rid of Brad

and make it look like
Hardaker did it?

The theory fits.

Yeah, but how do
we prove that?

We ask her lawyer to tell us
about the divorce.

Attorney-client privilege?

Good luck with that.

No, we should tell Scott

Joyce admitted
the affair--

admitted plotting to kill Brad,
the whole deal.

You mean lie to him?

You got a problem with that?

Are you kidding me?

This guy's lied to me
six ways from Sunday.

If we can trick him
into a confession,

I call that sweet justice.

So were you aware that Joyce
was looking to divorce Brad?

If she was, that
was their business.

Really?

That's not what
she told us.

You questioned
Joyce Birdseye?

We didn't have to.

The minute she heard
Scott here was in jail,

she came flying in,

telling us
all sorts of things.

Do you have a question?

Were you having an affair
with your brother's wife?

No.

Of course not.

What would you call it, then?

Friends with benefits?

She said she couldn't
keep her hands off of you.

Do not talk about her
like that.

Because that's...
because that's my sister-in-law,

and she would
never say that.

Actually, Scott, the truth is,
Joyce told us everything--

abouthe affair,

about planning to kill Brad,
l of it.

But you know, I know you,
and I have a hard time

believing this whole thing
was your idea.

She says you hit him over
the head, put him in the car,

drove him out
to the country,

and you shot him on your own
without any help from he

I don't buy that.

I also know you loved
your brother.

She must have had some
incredible hold over you

to get you to do
something like this.

She's blaming
the whole thing on me?

Is that it?

She's saying that she had
nothing to do with it?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's right.

She had nothing to do with it,
it was exactly like she said.

It was all me.

I didn't want to kill Brad.

I just wanted to be with her.
I just...

I loved her so much.

And you can't put her in jail.

Please, don't put her in jail.

I love her.

There's stuff
that you don't know.

There's stuff that no one knows.

We wanted to let you know
that we've charged

your brother-in-law with
the murder of your husband.

Now I know this is
difficult to hear,

but Scott has taken full
responsibility for everything.

And because of
the special circumstances,

the careful planning,
the mutilation of the body

designed to cast suspicion
on someone else,

we're strongly considering
the death penalty.

We need you to testify
against him.

What would I say?

You could tell the court
the truth.

Scott has feelings
for you.

He told us he loves you.

We believe those feelings drove
him to kill his own brother

in the hopes
of being with you.

Joyce, you haven't slept
with him, have you?

Would at make
a difference?

Yes.

We need to be certain
that he acted alone

in order to build a case
for the death penalty.

I don't want Scott to die.

Have you slept with him?

Yes.

Tell me about that night.

Where were you?

What were you doing?

I told you,
Brad wenfor a walk.

And he didn't come home,
yes, we know that.

Did Scott tell you he was
going to kill Brad?

It was just a fantasy.

I never thought he would do it.

Did you help him in any way?

All I did...

was encourage my husband
to go for a walk.

You told him

to take a walk,

knowing that his brother,
your lover,

was out there waiting for him
with a baseball bat,

planning to knock him out,
then kill him

and cut out his tongue?

I never thought
he would actually do it.

Yet you lied to the police,
you covered up for your lover,

and now Scott is facing
the death penalty,

unless we can prove
he didn't do it alone.

You don't want that now,
do you, Joyce?

No.

ANNABETH:
Tell me about the phone

conversation y had
with Mr. Hardaker

the night your business
was destroyed.

I told him that my brother
was planning

to testify against him,

but that I didn't want to.

And what was
his response to that?

He said we had to find a way
to shut him up.

I said I agreed.

The People would like
to introduce into evidence

this microcellular recorder.

Objection, Your Honor.

I object

to the late inclusion
of this evidence. Your Honor,

we shared this evidence
with the defense

as soon as it came
into our possession.

Which was yesterday.

So we had no time
to analyze it,

or even to verify
that it was my client's

voice on the tape.

Your Honor, we have hours

of routine conversations

between this witness
and Mr. Hardaker on tape.

So you have to ask yourself

what kind of person goes
and records conversations

behind people's backs?

The same kind of person

who has admitted
to killing his brother

to avoid implication
in this case.

Why should we

believe anything
from this man's mouth,

recorded or otherwise?

Mr. Shank, I will make sure that
you have time

to present whatever analysis
you come up with.

But right now,
I want to hear that tape.

Thank you, Your Honor.

HARDAKER ( on tape ):
If the office blew up with Brad inside,

you know what everybody'd think?

SCOTT ( on tape ):
What?

Well, that he was in there
trying to burn the pce down

to destroy records,
didn't get out in time.

I mean, maybe,

but how would we even
get him inside?

I'll take care of that.

But you need to do me a favor.

What's that?

Leave the backdoor unlocked.

And did you leave
that door unlocked?

I did.

Why?

Why did you want
your own brother dead?

I was in love with his wife.

And when Mr. Hardaker came to me

and said he wanted my brother
out of the way,

I saw it as an opportunity
to get rid of Brad.

But then Brad, he didn't
show up for the explosion.

So then I just decided
to kill him myself.

JUDGE:
The defendant will please rise.

The jury finds the defendant,
Maurice Hardaker,

on the charge of conspiracy
to commit fraud...

guilty.

On the charge
of arson for hire...

guilty.

On the charge of conspiracy
to commit murder...

guilty.

On the separate charge of fraud
involving Mr. Wayne Burrows...

guilty.

On the second separate charge

of fraud involving
Dawn Keller...

guilty.

( voice fading ):
On the third separate charge

of fraud involving
Mr. Ramone Burger...

guilty.

So Scott pled
and is going to do life.

What about Joyce?

Joyce is looking at 20 years
for her part in the murder.

It was easier for Scott
and Joyce to kill Brad

than it was for her
to divorce him?

I don't think they
were planning on killing him

until the investigation started.

And then the trial,
and it looked like

they could pin it
on the big, bad developer.

The ultimate
crime of opportunity.

Mm...

I guess divorcing Brad
and marrying Scott

would have made for some pretty
awkward family reunions.

I thought my Thanksgivings
were bad.

How'd your new job go today?

It was good.

You should have
heard the guys

blabbing about Hardaker
going to jail.

And then the look
on their face

when I told them

it was my wife
that put him there.

What kind of look?

Well, let's just say
my stock went up.

The guy didn't have
a lot of friends.

Promise me if you ev
want to get a divorce,

you'll hire an attorney,
and not a hitman.

Baby, if I ever want
a divorce from you,

I'll hire a shrink
to examine my head.

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