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Cops arrested Sonia Rooney's
husband Will for her murder.

Dragged him out of
class yesterday.

So what's his story?

Says he went to Chicago that
afternoon to give a seminar

on the foreign
exchange program.

Some kind of Russian
studies expert.

Yeah, his wife's
a Russian immigrant, right?

Married her
three years ago.

She was supposed to go
with him to Chicago,

but he showed up solo.

8:30 p.m.,
Rooney gets back from Chicago,

discovers the body in the garage
with the motor still running,

calls 911.

The next day, searching for
clues, he finds a suicide e-mail

on her computer
to her brother in Russia.

Homicide puts
the suicide story

on layaway until
the autopsy results come in.

Immediate cause of death:
carbon monoxide poisoning,

but the victim also
had a skull fracture.

Nothing in the victim's
handwriting?

No. Nice you
could join us.

Is that the timeline?

2:10, Rooney gets

a speeding ticket doing 96 on
the interstate going to Chicago.

Now, even making
like Dale Earnhardt Junior,

shows up at the seminar at 3:45,
45 minutes late.

Physical evidence
in the home?

Luminol turned up traces

of the victim's blood
and drag marks

on the kitchen floor,

which had been recently cleaned.

Assaulted her in the house,
dragged her into the garage.

Defense will claim she fell
and hit her head and crawled

into the garage.
And then killed herself?

We have tissue
under the victim's nails

that matches
the husband's DNA.

His face was scratched;
claimed it was

from a tree branch.
Forensics

can cut both ways.

Absent a motive and
a murder weapon,

we're not going to have much
of a story to tell a jury.

Rooney's fluent in Russian.

He could have faked
the suicide e-mail.

We should compare it
with his own correspondence.

I'll get a search warrant
for Rooney's computer.

Talk to the
coworkers as well.

What was Sonia's state of mind
her last day at work?

And, uh, Moe,

have the coroner give
you chapter and verse

of the actual assault.
I see signs

for Rooney Construction
all over town.

Granddad built half of downtown.

He'll have the media camped
outside the courthouse for the duration.

And Rooney will have the best
counsel Grandpa's money can buy.

Do we know who yet?

A Paul Ramont.

Ugh.
What, you know him?

We've tangled
in the past.

Good?

Not as good
as he thinks he is.

WOMAN: Sonia had a tendency
to brood about things.

I told her that
when you're married,

you have to let go of some of
your fantasies, expectations.

It's not all honeymoon.

It's hard work.

So what was troubling her?

Well, they'd had
this wonderful

love at first sight
kind of romance.

Will flew her to St.
Tropez to propose.

Must be nice to have that kind
of dough to spend on a date.

So they'd been married
for three years

and already
the bloom was off the rose?

Well, she thought
he wasn't paying

enough attention
to her.

The dean's my boss.

I didn't even want to know
about their personal lives.

I just told her maybe she--

that they should see
a marriage counselor.

Why'd she confide in you?

Were you close?

Uh, no, I wouldn't call
her a friendxactly.

We were work buddies.

You know, we took a yoga
class together at lunchtime.

I guess she didn't have
anyone else to talk to.

No friends?

Mm-mm, not
that I know of.

Sounds lonely.

You think
Mrs. Rooney was

capable
of taking her own life?

When Sonia got blue,
she got midnight blue.

You know
what I mean?

I should really get going.

Sonia Rooney did have
a prescription

for antidepressants,

which increase the risk
for suicidal ideation.

On the other hand...

Her skull was fractured.

Most likely by a blow
from a blunt object.

Caused a subdural hematoma.

Fatal?

Within 24 hours, absent
emergency medical attention.

What kind of object
are we talking about?

Based on the subgaleal bruise,

something heavy with a flat
surface and a sharp edge.

You don't commit suicide by
hitting yourself in the head

with a heavy,
blunt object.

And she had bruises
on both knees.

She was hit from behind
and fell forward.

That would be my guess.

Any way she could have sustained
these injuries from an accident?

In my 14 years on the
job, I've never seen it.

The police found her
contact lenses at the scene.

On the kitchen floor.

He hit her so hard
he knocked her contacts out?

Victim wasn't wearing
any glasses

and she was
practically blind.

She would have struggled
to find her way to the garage.

Something else
that's hinky.

We got the translations of
the Russian language e-mails

from Rooney's laptop.

Yeah?
Turns out

he wasn't exactly honest
about how he met the missus.

Welcome back to Indianapolis,
Mr. Ramont.

pe to make
this visit

as short and
painless as possible.

You'll agree to drop the
charges against my client.

My office
doesn't believe

Sonia Rooney
took her own life,

and neither does
the coroner.

Well, before you go into full-
blown avenging angel mode,

why don't we let Mr. Rooney
tell us in his own words

about his wife's
emotional problems?

S... Sonia was
taking antidepressants

for her mood swings.

I tried everything

I could think of
to help her.

Nothing worked, and I
feel terrible about that.

You know, she was
the love of my life.

Sonia was an Internet
bride, right?

You paid an international
marriage lawyer

3,700 bucks

to find your wife
and lied about it to everyone you knew.

And-and what difference does it
make on how we found each other?

What's my client
guilty of?

Embellishing the details
of their romance?

He'll plead to that,
but he's not guilty of murder.

His wife killed herself.
And why would she

do that, Mr. Rooney?

This is really hard
for me to admit.

Try.

Um...

Sonia was having an affair
with one of her students.

Which student?

His name was Spencer Gordon.

She denied it,
of-of course, but...

she knew we were through.

So Sonia killed herself
because your marriage was over?

Extrapolate, Ms. Chase.

Connect the dots.

Her little green card scam

was over.

Mr. Rooney told Sonia

that he'd divorce her,
and she would've been sent back

to the wintry steppes of Russia

and a life of impoverishment
and cheap vodka.

She couldn't face that.

Is that why she married you,
for her green card?

She never loved me.

Obviously, when
Mrs. Rooney realized

that she'd blown
her chance

to attain the American dream,

she became despondent
and took her own life.

Tragically.

And I expect your office

to drop the charges
against my client.

If Mr. Rooney says

his wife was having an affair,

he just provided us with
something we didn't have before.

His motive for murder.

I don't get it.

Rooney's a good-looking guy,
swanky job--

why would he be trolling
on the Internet

for a woman in the first place?

Yeah, Ed wouldn't drive to
Bloomington to meet Tyra Banks.

Well, Alicia Keys, maybe.

I will drive out
to Greenville

and talk to Spencer Gordon,
though.

He's a freshman
at Central State.

Annabeth's
going through

his erotic e-mails
to Mrs. Rooney.

Maybe Rooney was looking
for an Old-World wife.

Someone who would be
grateful, submissive,

and always
at his beck and call.

Sounds like my ex.

Not.

How about the victim,
was she just in it

for the green card
like Rooney claims?

Brother Nicolai's visa
finally came through.

He's flying in from Russia.

He might actually
tell us the truth.

Rooney has an ex-wife--
she's due back

from a ski trip
in a day or two. I'll talk to her

after the bail hearing.

And I got a date with
his marriage broker.

Where are we
with the murder weapon? Nowhere.

The cops even went
through Rooney's trash.

Neighbors, too. Nothing.

He could've dumped
it in Chicago.

My guess is, if he had
the murder weapon

with him in the car,
he wouldn't have let himself

get a speeding ticket,
so stay on it, all right?

You know how many
Internet marriages there are in this country every year?

6,000-- and 80% of
them are successful.

Define "successful."

Both still breathing?

Hey, come on.

Tell me about Rooney
as a client.

Picky. He spent months
looking online before he found Sonia.

What's her story?

Sonia was from a small town,

about a thousand miles
from Moscow.

Jobs there are scarce.

Her brother

was educated as a physicist.

Repairs stereos.

Sonia was
very motivated

to make
a fresh start in the USA. I'll bet.

Land of milk and honey.

So why was Rooney

such a motivated buyer?

He fell head over heels for her.

He said to me on the day
he met her, he said,

"I could go a lot further
with Sonia on my arm

than I ever could on my own."

Yeah. He wanted a trophy wife,
and he got one.

(chuckles)
And what about her?

Did she love him or was she just
on the hustle for a green card?

Look at this. Come here.

Now, you tell me...
if she's a hustler.a

(laughs)

Oh, this is terrible,
talking about myself.

Um... I'm-I'm looking for a man,

kind and, um, smart,

who will share a life with me,
whatever comes.

My soul mate.

He is somewhere.

Maybe half
across the world, but...

somewhere.

And I'm sure he will find me.

Hey, Randal.

So Ramont says we
have a raft of e-mails

proving the affair between
Sonia and Spencer Gordon.

All these e-mails are

from the Gordon kid.

"Spending time with you
has been amazing."

"I can't deny
how I feel anymore."

What's that in French?

A love poem by a
guy named Verlaine.

Huh, I've heard of Verlaine.

I've also heard of a schoolboy
crush on a pretty teacher.

Any evidence
it was reciprocated?

Not yet.

But you can see,
Will Rooney had copies

of all these e-mails
on his computer, too.

How did he get them?

Must have hacked
into her account.

That's how he knew about
the alleged affair.

Something else.

Whole bunch
of files were deleted

from Rooney's laptop
same day his wife died.

Can't we retrieve them?
Don't know yet.

He used some kind of high-end
forensic software to erase them.

Wanted to be real sure
nobody saw them.

I see bail
was no problem.

No. Family put up one
of their summer cottages

on Lake Michigan
as collateral.

MAUREEN: You orchestrated
all this, right?

The family meeting,
the press. Moi?

REPORTER:
Dean Rooney? Mr. Rooney?

RAMONT: Oh, excuse me.
My expertise is required.

I'm sure he's paying
dearly for it. Oh, I don't know.

Is the mid six figures
considered dearly?

Dean Rooney, how
does it feel to be... Excuse me.

Excuse me, please.
...arrested like a common criminal?

Dean Rooney is still in mourning
for his wife.

We have no comment. No
comment at this time.

Excuse me.
Six figures.

Must be nice.

MAN: I still can't
believe it.

I mean, Sonia, Mrs.
Rooney, was so...

Your relationship?

She was my French
tutor last year.

She helped me prep
for the AP exam.

Did the two of you
have an affair?

(laughs)

I-I wish.

I kissed her once,
but it was all me.

She didn't
do anything.

One kiss doesn't explain
this e-mail.

"Dear Sonia,
I can't think

"of anything else
but being with you.

"As you have taught me
in these last few months,

love is so simple."

Okay, I-I didn't
write that.

I mean, it's a-a quote
from Jacques Prevert.

After I sent
that to her,

Sonia set me straight.

Told me that I was only 17...

my-my whole life ahead of me.

There were so many girls.

She wasn't for me.

But I didn't want them,
I wanted her.

These tutoring sessions--

where'd they take place?

I went over to her house
a couple nights a week.

Dean Rooney didn't mind?

Wasn't there.
He... He was always gone.

She was always home alone.

Thanks.

So much for
the so-called affair.

But did Rooney
believe it was real?

If not, what's
our motive?

Ramont's bringing in
some hotshot

injury biomechanics expert
from New York.

CONLON:
Not Sanders Falcone?

That's the one.

In the Manhattan
D.A.'s office,

we referred to
Falcone as Dr. Shred,

as in "shred
the case,"

or "shred of
reasonable doubt."

If Ramont is concerned enough
about our forensics

that he's bringing in
a heavyweight like Falcone,

maybe we're doing okay.

No, don't
be too sure.

Look, evidence
doesn't win a case, stories do.

Our story of Rooney's
marriage needs

to be more
compelling than theirs.

Brother Nicolai
has landed.

Never liked Rooney.

Never trusted him.

When did you meet him?

At home

in Sayersk when he came, uh,
to take my sister.

I told Sonia, "Please,
don't go with this man.

He-He buys you
like a plasma TV."

Why did she
marry him?

She said she loved him.

I told her, "You-You have
no idea what he's really like.

"Maybe a-a fantasy picture

of what he wants you
to believe."

And what is
the fantasy

you would like us to believe?

Excuse me?

That your
sister married

Will Rooney for love?

She did.
When we know

her life in Russia was nothing
but a dead end?

Will Rooney
was her ticket

to money, comfort,
a brand-new life in America.

No, she-she-she had the choice
of many men.

Many sweethearts. She...

She chose Rooney.

The defense is gonna be
a lot harder on you

than I just was.

The only way

he can tell his story
is by attacking Sonia,

calling her a scam artist
and a gold digger.

I... I tell you the truth.

She loved him.

Okay. You need
to keep your cool.

Yeah, yeah.

No, I-I will.

The defense is gonna bring up
the e-mail

Sonia sent you the day she died.

Sonia was always smiling.

Always smiling.

Always big heart,
always big plans.

This e-mail telling me
she can't go on--

it doesn't
make sense.

I talked to her

two hours before she-she died.

She was fine.

She was angry,
but she was fine.

Did she tell you why
she was angry?

She discovered

Rooney was seeing
another woman.

Did she tell you
the woman's name?

No, no.
All I know is

Sonia was furious.

She tells me
she-she leaves him 100%.

We believe

the e-mail suicide note
was faked by Rooney.

Written and
sent to you

after he killed Sonia.

Nicolai, your testimony
will help us prove

he had a motive for murder.

Sonia always tell me,

"Come, come, visit, come,"
and I would say,

"No, it's too much money,

maybe next year."

(voice breaking):
I'm here.

Now I'm here.

When it's too late, I'm here.

???trying to restore these files.

Turns out
they're encrypted, too.

I-I got to install
anti-encryption software

to break the code, then

disassemble the entire
hard drive

into its component disks,
and scan each one.

How long?

You want me
to make something up?

The linguistics
expert can't confirm

that Rooney forged
the suicide note,

and Nicolai's testimony won't be
enough to prove our case.

Randal, we need
those files.

All right.

We've been through every
swap meet in town.

I say somebody picked
up the murder weapon

whether they know
it or not. Excuse me.

Morning, ma'am.

We're trying to locate something
that was left

in one of the trash bins
a while back.

How's the competition?

You got to get out early
to get the good stuff?

Get up before
Rooster.

Ma'am, have you had
breakfast today?

Rooster brings me

breakfast on Friday
in his car.

In his car?

What kind of car
would Rooster have?

BLACKWELL:
The bag lady said orange.

What time is the
game tonight?

7:00. I can't
believe

the public defenders are
begging for a rematch.

Oh, they heard
Conlon's got a bad knee,

figured this is
their best chance.

See any Roosters?

Rooster?

Who are you guys?

Oh, man.

These are all
castoffs.

Nothing's stolen.

WILLIAMS:
How's the collecting down

on Cloverfield Lane?

Can't believe
what rich people throw away.

Oh. Like the stains,
but it's not heavy enough.

Flat surface-- we need a flat
surface with a sharp edge.

When was the last time

you were down
on Cloverfield?

I go on trash day, every Friday.

Oh, look at this.

Flat surface,
a sharp edge.

Plenty heavy.

It could be blood.

Let's go kick some
public defender rump.

Thanks.

Oh! 18-six.
You couldn't guard my house.

WILLIAMS:
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Looks like you guys
are buying tonight.

You got to call out
the switch, man.

Ray, you
all right?

I'm great.
You sure?

Let's go.

Time out,
time out.

(whistle blowing)

Hey,

they're killing us inside
without me in there.

Tell me something I don't know.

I'd hate to lose
to these mutts.

Well, fortunately,
I've recruited somebody

almost as good
as me. Reggie.

WILLIAMS (laughing):
No way.

Reggie and I
know each other

from New York--

stalker-fan case.

Jamaican girl. Fine,

but crazy. Jimmy here had
to deport her back to Kingston

just to get rid of her.

He's practically
an honorary prosecutor.

Let's do this, guys.

One, two, three, guilty!

Whoo-hoo!
Ray,

take a break.

(whistle blows)

Pass the rock, brother.

Got you!

Yeah!

The issues you had in your
marriage could have also

caused problems
for the second Mrs. Rooney.

We're looking for any insight
you can give us.

Will and I didn't
have a real marriage.

Only on the surface.

Was there somebody else?

I was competing
with the Internet.

Thanksgiving dinner,
we were all at the table,

he's checking his e-mails.

Clearly more fascinating to him
than I was.

He wouldn't even
consider counseling.

Will had the sin of pride.

What do you mean?

Nothing was allowed to blemish
this perfect image he had going.

He had just started
teaching at Carolwood, but he already

had his sights set
on becoming dean.

Well, when you told him
you wanted a divorce,

how did he react?

Like a spoiled rock star.

He destroyed
our hotel room.

His family had
to write a hefty check.

Did he get violent with you?

No.

Vonnie...

I'm... I'm uncomfortable
with all these questions.

Did his family

have to write you a hefty check
as well?

You can answer now

or in front of a judge
and jury in open court.

They'll see a witness
with a very unreliable memory.

That chapter
of my life is closed.

Hey.
Hi.

How'd Maureen do
with Rooney's ex?

Well, you can call her
as a hostile witness,

though I don't know how
much good it'll do.

Any payoff was hidden in
the divorce settlement.

Check out Ramont's
latest stunt.

RAMONT:
Hello, hello.

As you're no doubt
keenly aware,

the tragic events surrounding

Sonia Rooney
have affected us all.

And that is why
the Rooney family

is endowing a scholarship
at Indiana University

for postgraduate work
in the study of depression.

Right on the
eve of trial.

I've got a photogenic defendant
from a well-liked family

and a city full of
potential jurors

who think he's a hero
in mourning. Perfect.

You could always petition
the court for a gag order.

Sure.????????

???e of
your duties as a DNA analyst

from the Indiana State
Crime Lab,

you examined a steam iron.

People's Exhibit 19.

Did you identify any trace
evidence on this iron?

We recovered a human hair
from the scalp area,

and several traces
of Type O blood.

And did you subject this
evidence to DNA testing?

I did.

And what, if any,
conclusions did you come to?

As you can see on the monitor,

the samples from the iron
conclusively matched

a sample taken from
Sonia Rooney.

And what are the odds

this DNA could be matched
by another individual?

Less than one chance
in 100 million.

Oh. Thank you, Doctor.
No further questions.

One in 100 million?

That's correct.
So, what would happen

if a genetic sample were left
outside, say in a trash bin

or a junk yard or an automobile
and exposed to the elements?

Excessive heat or sunlight would
tend to degrade the sample.

Well, isn't that in fact,
what we're looking at here?

This is a degraded
DNA sample.

The DNA match was conclusive.

One in 100 million.

Now...

are you aware, Dr. Abrams,

of the standard the FBI lab uses

to make an identification
to a scientific certainty?

The FBI, the FBI,

requires that a match
be one in 260 billion.

Isn't that correct?

Yes, I believe it is.

So 100 million falls

far short of that match,
doesn't it?

When you're talking about these
kind of infinitesimal numbers...

Are you telling me
that 100 million

and 260 billion...
are the same?

No, but...

No further questions.

Phew!

CONLON:
Moe.

I can put somebody
else on this

if you need more time
for the Bishop appeal.

Not necessary.

You need any help prepping
for oral arguments?

I'm ready. I haven't
forgotten what happened

to Annabeth's husband,
believe me.

Look, I called in
a personal favor

with the Attorney General
to put you on this.

I know. I know.

Scott Gemmil, Appellate
Attorney, good to meet you.

Maureen Scofield.

Well, you must
be a superstar.

AG normally won't let

a local line prosecutor within
miles of an appeal.

Somebody must have
called in a favor.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Gemel.

First time in this court?

Yes.
Yeah.

I've appeared
here 11 times.

I haven't lost yet.

BAILIFF:
All rise and face the flag.

The Indiana Court of Appeals
is now in session.

How'd it go today?

Well, scientific
evidence is cold.

Like Conlon says,
it cuts both ways.

Our story is not coming
into focus yet.

You have brother Nicolai
tomorrow, right?

He'll put some heart
into this case.

Pass the red pepper, please.

Yeah, his feelings are
right on the surface.

Unlike some people.

Who are we talking about?
You were at the appeals court today,

and I'm not even
getting a hint of how it went.

You're just all about
the Cayenne flakes.

I figured you'd ask me
when you're ready.

I'm ready.

We did okay.

It went okay?

That's it?
That's your full report?

She kicked ass.
She was prepared,

methodical,

fast on her feet.
MAUREEN: Thanks.

You know Bishop's appeal hangs
entirely on a technicality.

The breathalyzer
certification, I know.

I just want you to be prepared.

There's a good chance the
appeals court could grant him

a new trial no matter
how well we did.

I think everyone at this table
understood the odds going in.

I don't think this thing
is going away anytime soon.

Right.

Anything on Rooney's
mystery woman?

Annabeth...

you need to focus on
Nicolai's testimony.

Let me have Falcone.

I want to go mano a mano
with the evil genius.

I know what you're doing.

I don't need handling.

I'm not handling you.

I want this guy.

I want in on this.

ANNABETH:
Nicolai, when you spoke to your sister on the phone that Friday,

how would you describe her mood?

She was angry. She was having
a big fight with her husband.

Objection. This is hearsay.
Goes to establishing state of mind, Your Honor.

Overruled.

You may continue.

What was she angry about?

She told me he was cheating
on her with another woman.

She was planning
to ask him

to, uh... get a divorce.

Thank you.

Mr. Shevchenko...

we have only your word for what
your sister told you

on that phone call.

I told the truth.

Sonia told you that she was
leaving her husband,

even though it might cost her
that precious green card?

Objection.

Ask don't orate, Counselor.

Do you know why your sister
married Will Rooney?

She told me she loved him.

But you know she only married
him to come to America.

No, it's not true.

You were close
to your sister,

weren't you?

Yes.
Yeah.

And you've harbored a resentment

against Mr. Rooney

ever since he took her
away from you,

isn't that right?

I never believed he loved her.

And you would say
or do anything,

including lie to this jury in
order to hurt him, wouldn't you?

I traveled

thousands of miles

to tell the truth, not to lie.

RAMONT:
Will Rooney

sent money
to Russia

to support your mother,
isn't that true?

Sonia was sending money home.
On the salary

of a part-time tutor?
You expect us to believe that?

Objection.

Sustained. Mr. Ramont?

A substantial portion
of the money

that she sent home

was contributed by her husband,
wasn't it?

I don't know.

You don't seem very grateful,
Mr. Shevchenko.

Would you be grateful if
I killed your sister?

Would the court clerk repeat
that threat?

Your Honor, the People
request a recess.

JUDGE:
Denied.

The Court intends to finish
this witness

before our lunch break.

You are here to answer
questions, Mr. Shevchenko,

not to ask them.
Proceed. Sorry.

The loss of Mr. Rooney's
financial support

will be catastrophic
to your family in Russia.

We manage fine.

And that is why you've
turned against Mr. Rooney,

and that is why you're lying
to this jury right now.

I don't want money from him.

I want his last breath.

RAMONT: Well, finally, now
we are hearing the truth.

No further questions.

(sighs)

I let him
make fool of me.

Try not to worry about it.

He gets paid a lot of money
to make you look bad.

Nicolai? Nicolai.

Now, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Can we have a minute?
Look, no lawyers,

just you and me. Please.

Okay, let's step aside.

This isn't appropriate,
Mr. Rooney.

I didn't kill Sonia.

(speaking Russian)

You're not my brother.
Please...

Get away from me.

Your showboating for the
media couldn't

be more transparent
or more pathetic.

What you've seen here is

the tragedy of a family
being torn apart.

Torn apart by an overzealous
prosecution...

You were issued a gag order,
Counselor. I'm going

to get the judge
to hold you in contempt.

Learn how the game is played,
or get used to losing.

RANDAL: Most of the deleted
files were photos.

Wow.

That's not an affair
with one woman,

he's a serial philanderer.

In public, in cars.

Notice how the interior
lights are always on.

Like he wants people to see.

When I was working vice
in New York,

this was just starting
to catch on.

They call it dogging.

Dogging? Never heard of it.

People hook up online, say
to go meet someplace,

like a public park,
and have sex in the car

while other people
are watching. Are you serious?

Sometimes they even invite
the voyeurs to join in.

I fail to see the attraction.

Well, you got your wheelbarrow
position, the reverse buckaroo.

Sometimes they even get out of
the car and do it on the hood.

The windshield could be
a problem. I've seen it

get smashed.
Sex in public,

lewd conduct,
indecent exposure,

how could Rooney possibly
take this kind of risk?

BLACKWELL:
It's part of the thrill.

I mean, maybe he figured it
was a calculated risk. The Web site is secure,

and no one uses their real
names. They all make up

dogging personas.
Yeah, but it's still

illegal, and every school has
some kind of morals clause.

Reason enough for Rooney
to wipe out the files.

And motive enough
to kill his wife

if she threatened to expose him.

ANNABETH:
Your Honor, this is evidence recovered by the People

after weeks
of painstaking effort. RAMONT: On the contrary.

This is a cheap effort to
salvage a sinking prosecution

with salacious
and irrelevant evidence

that's more appropriate
to a pornographic Web site than a court of law.

Of course, Defense Counsel
realizes this evidence

corroborates the testimony
of Sonia's brother,

and goes directly to motive.

Mr. Rooney's contract at
Carolwood contains

a morals clause.
These photos would

certainly have cost
him his job.

There is nothing to suggest
that Mrs. Rooney

ever laid eyes
on those pictures.

And you must exclude
this evidence.

The State's search
of Mr. Rooney's computer

far exceeds their warrant.
Judge Crenshaw,

these files are what Mr. Rooney
deleted from his computer,

immediately after
killing his wife.

They couldn't
be more probative.

They couldn't be
more prejudicial.

Thank you, Counsel,
for that spirited colloquy.

I am prepared to rule.

The State's warrant
was indeed sufficient.

But these photos,
inflammatory in the extreme,

are more prejudicial
than probative.

They could
easily overshadow

the facts of the case.

In light of that,
testimony about Mr. Rooney's

alleged behavior is admissible.

The photos are not.

Dr. Falcone,
would you tell the court

what an injury biomechanics
expert does?

I study the effect of force

in motion
on the human body,

to determine
the cause of an injury.

In Mrs. Rooney's case...
Mm-hmm.

...I've analyzed
a skull fracture

which caused subdural
and subgaleal bruising.

So what type of force would
cause that type of injury?

Not as much
as you would think.

Drop a head on a cement floor

from the height
of about one foot,

the skull will fracture.

So in other words, a
delicate human skull

hits a hard surface.

Yes, if the victim
didn't try

to break her fall
in any way--

say she passed out
and fell backwards--

she could easily have
gotten a fracture of this kind.

Especially on a hard surface

like the Rooneys'
granite countertop.

Now I'd like to direct the court

to Defense Exhibit Six.

Could you tell us
what we're seeing?

We mapped the
arc of the fall... Mm-hmm.

...considered
its velocity,

taking into account the height
and weight of the victim,

and we concluded
that Mrs. Rooney

could have hit her head

on the countertop
or on the table,

and fractured her skull,

suffering the injuries that
were discovered postmortem.

No further questions.

Dr. Falcone...

Nice to see you again, sir.
How's New York?

Fine.
Doctor,

are you aware that

Mrs. Rooney's
contact lenses were found

at the scene
on the kitchen floor?

Yes.
Assuming

Sonia Rooney slipped
and fell backwards, Doctor,

how is it possible

that both her contact lenses
were dislodged?

It is an unlikely scenario.

However, it would be
more likely to occur

if she were facing the floor

when the injury occurred.

She had bruising
on both knees.

Now wouldn't that indicate
that she fell forward?

It would
suggest it, yes.

Wouldn't it also suggest

that she was struck from behind?

She could have hit the back
of her head on a drawer

and fallen forward.
A wooden drawer.

Wood is a much softer
material than tile.

There are other
factors involved,

including the contents
the drawer,

which would add to its weight.

A silverware drawer,
for instance.

What about a clothes iron?

I show you People's Exhibit 19.

Isn't it more likely
that a heavy, blunt object...

caused the fracture
and bruising?

A deliberate blow from an iron

would cause a fracture,

but probably a
significantly

greater one than the one
that Mrs. Rooney sustained.

Probably?
Yes.

Doctor, did you map the arc

of an iron wielded so viciously

that it shattered
her skull

and caused massive
internal bleeding

and knocked both
contact lenses from her eyes?

I did not map that possibility.

I have no further questions,
Your Honor.

RANDAL: Maybe if I knew
who we're looking for.

WILLIAMS:
We need witnesses we can put on the stand.

The judge wouldn't
admit the photos,

but Annabeth's
betting he'll allow

testimony from
participants.

Would that be doggers
or just dogs?

Can you blow this up anymore?

Maybe one more field,
then we're out of pixels.

Top left quadrant,
that woman there.

Interior light's
right on her.

Better than cable.

I know that woman.

She works with the defendant.

I don't know if you remember
where this was taken,

but I can tell you
where it ended up.

On Will Rooney's computer.

I wasn't having
an affair with the dean.

I believe you.
That's not his car. Did he take

this picture of you
and your lover?

He's not my lover.
Who is he?

I don't know his real name.

We just met that night.

And what was
Will Rooney doing there?

How did he happen
to take this picture?

He liked to watch.

You lied to our investigator
when he interviewed you.

I'm married. Do you understand?

You've impeded a murder
investigation.

Please, I can...
I just can't testify.

Let me remind you.

Sonia Rooney is dead.

If you remain silent,

Will Rooney will
get away with her murder.

You already rested
your case, Counselor.

Not to mention the
Prosecuting Attorney's Office

interviewed this
witness pretrial.

She could have brought her
in to testify at any time.

Is this true?
Colleen Ames was evasive

in her initial interview,
but since then

she's agreed to come forward
and tell the truth.

She can speak
to Will Rooney's

illegal sexual activities,
the motive for the murder.

Your Honor, properly excluded
the sordid photographs,

this is nothing

but a last-ditch
Hail Mary

attempt to bolster a
sloppy and ill-conceived

prosecution.

Sworn testimony that can be
challenged by opposing counsel

is a different
order of evidence

than highly compromising
and pornographic pictures.

I'll allow the testimony.

ANNABETH:
What was Sonia Rooney's state of mind

the day before
she died?

Angry. She had
found some photos

on Will's computer
the night before,

and she was talking
about divorce.

What type of photos?

Photos of him having sex
in a car with another woman.

She said she was going
to follow him the next time

he went out at night.

Follow him where?

To Driscol Park.

She recognized it
from the photos.

And when she told

you she was going
to follow Will,

what did you say?

I tried
to discourage her.

I was afraid
she might find out about me.

That I was

into the same kind of
extramarital sex as Will was.

Objection, irrelevant.

I'm establishing motive,
Your Honor.

I'll allow it.

The witness
may continue.

And I didn't want somebody to
find out and tell my husband.

Also, I was worried
about my job.

Why would having an affair
cause you to lose your job?

I wasn't having an affair.

I was dogging.

And what is "dogging"?

It's having sex in public
with men I met online...

and other people watching.

Tell me, Mrs. Ames,

is there a morals clause

in your employment agreement
at Carolwood?

Everyone who worked

at the school had one.
And what would happen

to anyone who was arrested
on this type of charge?

They would be fired immediately.

How often did you

and Will Rooney see each other
while dogging?

Only that one time.

I kind of flipped out.

So did he.

What do you mean?

He said that if I ever told
anyone about him...

he would kill me.

Your witness, Counselor.

Consider, ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, Sonia Shevchenko,

a miserable, desperate woman,

a woman with no future
in Sayersk, Russia,

willing to do anything
to get out.

Willing to manipulate Will
Rooney, pretend to love him,

and then use him
for all he's worth.

And just as her green card
was on the horizon,

that's when her marriage started
to fall apart.

And when her husband told her

that he was planning
to divorce her,

that's when she realized she'd
lost this golden opportunity.

And knowing that
she'd soon be deported,

she took her own life.

She took her own life.

And nobody mourned her death
more openly, more honestly,

more passionately
than Will Rooney.

Was Will Rooney really a knight
in shining armor

who rode in
to rescue poor, pitiful Sonia?

Or was he a very troubled
young man

who had difficulty with intimacy
and relationships

his entire life?

Will preferred anonymous hookups
through the Internet

and sex with strangers
in public places.

And when Sonia discovered the
truth about her husband,

she was hurt, she was angry,

she was repulsed.

She ld Will
she wanted a divorce.

Now, Will could have let her go,
but his pride wouldn't allow it.

And when he refused, Sonia
threatened to expose him.

His reaction was
to knock her unconscious,

drag her through their garage,

and kill her
with carbon monoxide.

We ask you to return
the only just verdict--

the only verdict your common
sense will allow you to return--

guilty.

Hey, you wanted to see me.

Pack your bags.

Where am I going?

New York.

You have an appointment
with Dr. Graham,

the best cardiologist
in the city.

I'm fine.

No, you're not, Ray.

And I will not have you
on my conscience.

A little heartburn,
never killed anyone.

Hey, this is me.

I was there,
touch and go

in the Lennox Hill E.R.,
remember?

If this gets around...

You're visiting your sister.

Good-bye.

Madam Foreperson, will you
please hand over your verdict?

On the count of murder...

...the jury finds
the defendant guilty.

(murmuring)

(gavel bangs)

Annabeth.

Um, you've given Sonia
back her honor,

and she'll

rest easier now.

Oh!

Thank you.

You're welcome.

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