All language subtitles for Law & Order s04e11 Golden Years.eng

(male 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.

[door creaking]

Mildred?

Mildred,
are you all right?

Oh, my God.

Mildred?

(Edna)
Mildred.

We took the call.
Found the door jimmied.

Bashed in
is more like it.

Neighbors?
Nobody home. Everybody works.

Went through the place
hit or miss. Dialing for dollars.

[police radio chattering]

They didn't bother
breaking this drawer open.

Maybe something
scared them off.

It sure wasn't her.

Mildred Bauer,
82.

Bruises on her arms,
cut along her jaw.

Think the burglar
knocked her around? Or she fell.

(Briscoe)
Is this her?

Looks like she
lost about 30 pounds.

Yeah, well, there's no way
she put up much of a struggle.

Would you check
the bottom drawer of the dresser?

Ma'am, you really ought
to let us take you in.

That's where she kept
her jewelry, and you'll need to know what's missing.

If you don't let us
take you in, I'm gonna ask you to sign this.

I gave her
a pair of Georgian silver candlesticks...

eight Christmases ago.
No, 10 Christmases ago. They're gone.

And as for her furs, she....
Oh, that's right.

Oh, she, uh...

She gave them away.
Ma'am, are you sure you're all right?

No. But I'm alive.

Old people living alone,
get sick, fall down.

Sayonara.

This one may have
had some help.

Her apartment was broken into.
What, the bruises?

Don't jump to conclusions.
People her age get them rolling over in bed.

Well, what about
a heart attack?

I mean, the intruder
scares her, that's homicide.

She looks like
the poster girl for about six different diseases.

A heart attack
might have been redundant.

How about time of death?
At least 12 hours.

You'll get
my report on Tuesday.

[phone rings]

Morgue. Yeah?

Hold them there.

Waiting room. Next of kin.

Laura and I begged her
to get out of that apartment and go into a home.

We found one,
a nice one.

My mother-in-law
was stubborn.

Even my dad,
when he was alive, tried to get her to move.

She heard "nursing home,"
it meant she was gonna die.

To think someone
killed her for that stuff.

There was
nothing valuable.

Do you know....
Were there any delivery people or anybody...

who might have known
that she was living there alone?

She didn't.
I hired a live-in for her.

Didn't you talk to Maria?
There was no one in the apartment.

Maybe she
was running errands.

There was no sign
of anybody else living there.

I saw Maria on Tuesday.
She and Grans were playing checkers.

Maria Gonzales.

(Briscoe)
Do you have an address? She lived in.

Maria Gonzales. Dominican.
She was paid in cash.

There's no address.
She's probably illegal. Good luck.

You want to knock
on every door in Washington Heights?

You want to let it sit?
I wouldn't mind checking out...

the new Thunderbirds
at the auto show.

All we've got for sure
is a B and E.

And she lived there.
Why would she break in?

Right, she lived there.
So where the hell is she?

She was supposed
to be taking care of the lady.

She's probably taking care
of another old lady right now.

Illegals
don't like trouble.

She's out shopping,
comes back, the lady's dead, she takes off.

Maybe she got tired
of being a maid...

and decided to give herself
a little farewell bonus.

You want to find a maid,
talk to other maids.

(Antoinette)
She is Dominica, I am Haitian.

We are not friends at home,
or here.

I didn't ask if you
sent her valentines. I just asked if you know her.

She worked for a Mrs. Bauer.
Lived in that building there.

No, I don't think so.
All right. Thanks.

I'm looking for a girl
named Maria. She's a maid. I think she hangs out here.

[speaking Spanish]

That one doesn't speak
English. That one doesn't like Dominicans.

How about this one?
She doesn't do windows?

No, this one doesn't know
any Marias. Right?

No. No Marias.

That lady that was killed,
are you investigating that?

Yes, we are, ma'am.

Rosa, you remember
Mildred Bauer. I used to talk to her.

No, I don't remember.
(Mrs. Silverman) You know her, Rosa.

The skinny lady
with the kidney.

Maybe we better talk this over
down at the lNS.

You do have your green card,
don't you?

You want Maria Gonzales?
I'll tell you where she's staying.

She's staying
with my boyfriend, Felix Ortega.

Write it in your book.
She took him away.

[knocking on door]

[speaking foreign language]

What do you want?

Maria Gonzales.

[speaking foreign language]

We can wait.

(Maria)
Felix?

You are here
about Mrs. Bauer.

I am very sorry for her.
(Briscoe) Really?

How'd you know there was
anything to be sorry about?

I have friends who work
on that street. They told me.

Weren't you supposed to be
with Mrs. Bauer when she died?

No. Not after Tuesday.

What happened
after Tuesday?

You get distracted?
They fire me.

Mrs. Bauer fired you?
Not Mrs. Bauer, her granddaughter.

You weren't there yesterday?

You mind if we come in
and look around?

You got a warrant?
I know the law.

Look, we don't find anything,
you're in the clear.

Yeah, don't do us
any favors.

Hey, did we forget to mention?
Your other girlfriend said hi.

Maria said I fired her?
That's crazy.

Oh, my God, she must have
robbed the place.

But why would she hurt Grans?
Did your grandmother ever--

Sorry. I'm hungry.

The last couple of months,
my mother and I noticed...

some things missing
from the apartment.

Nothing much.
An old radio, a winter coat.

Wouldn't that be
a reason to fire her?

It was small stuff.
My grandmother was incontinent.

You know what that means.

It's not easy to find people
to take care of someone like that.

You didn't think
Maria's stealing was worth mentioning before...

when we're investigating
a burglary that's connected to your grandmother's death?

I guess so.
But Maria lives there. You said someone broke in.

The maid's boyfriend,
the lovely and appealing Felix Ortega...

two burglary convictions.

What about
Laura's boyfriend? Think we ought to check him out?

Why?

I want to know who's
associating with the suspect.

Since when
is she a suspect?

Now that you know the maid
was stealing, you get a search warrant for the asking.

Well, why didn't she mention
the maid was stealing until we asked?

And tell me again,
why would the maid break into the place she lived?

To throw us off the scent?
Is Maria Gonzales actually that smart?

Or did Laura Bauer fire her
and take away her key?

An old lady wetting her pants?
You don't fire somebody who's willing to clean up.

Even if they do walk off
with the occasional ashtray.

My old man got
pretty hard to handle...

when he started thinking
my mother was trying to poison him.

Alzheimer's?
Yeah.

Couldn't stop him
from throwing his dinner in the toilet...

and eating birdseed.

I told Mike, if I ever
start to drift, to take my gun and shoot me.

You got nothing better to do,
you hassle a Dominican?

Hey, everyone
needs a hobby.

$400? Somebody been
to the pawn shop since yesterday?

I work the trucks.
I save my money.

"Rafeal Nava...

"Barahona,
Republica Dominicana."

My nephew.
For his birthday.

You're gonna have to buy some
more brown wrapping paper.

See, what we have here
is one of those little cultural differences.

Now, I gave my nephew
a baseball mitt.

That's them.

I know that Mildred told her
to polish these once a week...

but they haven't been
polished in months.

Now, you're
absolutely certain...

that these are
the candlesticks you gave to Mildred Bauer?

Well, just because I'm old,
Detective, doesn't mean I'm senile.

Maria tells us that Mrs. Bauer
gave them to her.

If she gave them to anyone
she'd give them to her granddaughter.

They were very close.

She ever tell you
she was gonna give them to Laura?

She didn't tell me anything
the last few weeks.

I'd go to visit, and the maid
wouldn't let me in.

She said Mildred
couldn't be disturbed.

The only thing that disturbed
Mildred was a Democrat in the White House.

It's your basic
"he said, she said," Detective.

Miss Gonzales says
that Mrs. Bauer gave her the candlesticks.

Now there's no one alive
that says she didn't.

Which kind of brings us
to the main event, Counselor.

Regarding
Mrs. Bauer's death...

Miss Gonzales is prepared
to cooperate completely.

Really? She's gonna give us
her boyfriend?

Laura caught me giving
Mrs. Bauer extra food and water.

She told me not to.

She told you
not to feed her grandmother?

She said give her
just a little water...

spread the food around
on the plate so it looks like more.

I did, but she was hungry.

She was so thin.
I tried to give her more.

Miss Bauer came in and saw.

She was very angry.
(Logan) You were fired, right?

Well, how'd you
feel about that?

I was worried.
I knew she wouldn't feed her.

I went on Friday with Felix.

We knocked on the door.

Mrs. Bauer didn't come.

Felix broke it open.

We saw her.

We knew she was dead.

And you looted the place.
No. We didn't take anything.

I didn't believe it, either,
till she showed me these.

"One chopped, cooked carrot.

"Half a potato only."

Laura Bauer left them
on the refrigerator.

Little reminders to starve
her grandmother to death.

"Only one cup
of water today."

You sure the maid wasn't
over-watering the plants?

It wasn't the plants
that died.

When my old man lost his mind,
I never thought of starvation as a solution.

Well, the maid still has
a little credibility problem.

You think she made this up?
That's a hell of an imagination.

ME's report
was due this morning.

Before we go after a grieving
relative for murder...

why don't we make sure
we know how Mrs. Bauer died?

You wanted me to look
for trauma. Nothing. For a heart attack. Nothing.

Well, what were we supposed
to think? She was found dead during a break-in.

She was found dead during
the war in Bosnia, too, but that didn't kill her, either.

Hypotension, diminished
organ size, kidney shutdown...

these are all signs
of dehydration.

How was she eating?
She wasn't.

High levels of amino
and fatty acids in her plasma. She was catabolizing muscle.

So she was starved to death.
Absolutely.

Unless she didn't have
an appetite, because she was sick...

or she didn't want to eat,
'cause she was depressed.

Well, don't go
out on a limb.

Look, I can tell you how she
ended up. I can't tell you how she got that way.

But she definitely
starved to death.

Why are you
asking me?

You found Maria.
She had my grandmother's things.

Laura, your grandmother
didn't die during the burglary.

She died of a lack of
food and water. You recognize these?

What are you saying?
Do you think I neglected my grandmother?

I'm just asking
if the handwriting looks familiar.

Yeah, I wrote them.
I had to give Maria specific instructions.

You admit you told Maria
to restrict your grandmother's food?

She was feeding her
empanadas.

All those spicy sauces.
Was the water spicy, too?

Her intake
had to be monitored.

Liquid balance was very
difficult with her condition.

Her condition?

My grandmother had pneumonia
last spring. It led to a kidney problem.

Did you make
that diagnosis yourself?

No, Dr. Matthewson did.
He's on East 56th Street.

She had arthritis.
I had her on painkillers.

Last year she broke a hip,
spent six weeks in the hospital.

This year, pneumonia,
then acute kidney disease.

Did you tell the granddaughter
to restrict her water?

To minimize fluid retention.
She had to watch her protein intake, too.

These diet restrictions,
how long were they supposed to last?

Depends on how
the case progresses.

How did
Mrs. Bauer's case progress?

I'm afraid I don't know.
She missed her appointments.

Don't you take some kind of
an oath to follow up on the treatment of sick people?

My receptionist called.

She was told Mrs. Bauer
was seeing another doctor.

Told by Mrs. Bauer?

By her granddaughter.

So the medical excuse
holds up.

Yeah, but Laura Bauer said
her grandmother was seeing another doctor.

No one asked the old doctor
for her records.

So she took her home
and left her there.

And applied
the low-protein diet a little overenthusiastically.

Come on, Mike.
You really believe that girl did it on purpose?

The old lady was left alone.
There was no food in that apartment.

The maid didn't have a motive
to starve or kill her.

Okay, what's
the granddaughter's motive?

Some old ladies
have bank accounts.

The granddaughter is an heir.
To what?

Mildred, rich?
What's rich?

Anything with six zeros.
Not Mildred.

A couple of hundred grand
in bonds. All left to charity.

So Laura Bauer didn't stand
to inherit a dime?

What about Laura's mother?
No love lost there.

When Mildred's son
divorced her, she got enough for a summer wardrobe...

and a few lunches
at Schraft's.

Okay, so the old lady
wasn't crazy about Laura or her mother.

She liked Laura once she
started taking care of her.

Set up an education fund.
Laura's planning on law school.

Mildred liked to slip her
a little extra. Bought her a BMW.

A little extra?
Used.

Now wait a minute.
Did Laura know she wasn't inheriting?

I mean, maybe she figured
she was getting something.

Video will. I use it
with my elderly clients...

to demonstrate competence.

Where am I
supposed to look, dear? Over there, Grans....

(Briscoe)
There's Laura right there, Mike.

I guess she knew
what she wasn't getting.

Laura didn't need
Mildred's money. She was going to law school...

and Mildred said that she
brought over her fiancé...

Kent Halliwell,
a fine old Boston name.

Mildred was
a bit of a snob. Here.

I give and bequeath
my entire estate...

to United Charities
of Manhattan.

Mildred was old-fashioned.

She took care
of Laura's education.

Beyond that, she thought
inherited money made people soft.

If anything, the kid had
a motive to keep the old lady alive.

When she went,
so did all the goodies. I don't know.

How about if we prove
Laura Bauer was lying to her grandmother?

Then would you
buy she's lying to us?

About the fiancé?

You think that black guy she's
shacking up with is from a fine old Boston family?

Black lrish.

What'd the lawyer say
the fiancé's name was? Kent Halliwell?

What you say we find
Mr. Halliwell? Check out his tan.

Laura and I are friends, sure.
What's this about?

We heard that you were
engaged, right?

Well, no.
I mean, not really.

We went out for a while.

Then you know that Laura's
going out with someone else, right?

Well, so am l. But we still
see each other sometimes.

What does this have to do
with her grandmother's death?

It was that maid, wasn't it?

Did you tell Mrs. Bauer
that you were Laura's fiancé?

I liked the old lady.

She was sick, and Laura said
it would cheer her up.

Hey, I want to cheer up an old
lady, I buy her a 10-year subscription to TV Guide.

She was dying...

and she wanted to feel
like her life meant something.

That the Bauers
would carry on.

She told her we loved
that awful apartment...

and that we couldn't wait
to live in it after we were married.

Which would be when? Never?
She was dying.

She liked to hear that
Laura was doing well.

Laura told her
she was going to law school.

She wasn't going
to law school?

Look, she was just trying
to make her feel better.

I mean, what does it matter?
She loved Laura.

She even left her that
apartment, for God's sake.

Here, three months ago.

"Mildred Bauer and Laura Bauer
became tenants in common...

"with right of survivorship."
Co-owners.

So the apartment
wasn't in the estate.

Remember Halliwell said
she told her grandmother...

they wanted to live there
after they got married?

The old lady signed it over.
Maybe not a wise move.

Yeah, tell me about it.
I did it before my second divorce.

That's why l
can't go home, anymore.

Hey, this girl works fast.
The bank filed a UCC-1 yesterday.

Laura has already borrowed
against the property.

Still think she was
an innocent bystander? Okay, maybe not.

"Westside Financial,
$75,000."

Now that buys
a pretty nice funeral wreath.

Let's get a subpoena
for her checking account...

and find out what else
was on her shopping list.

She gave you a check
for $60,000.

Yeah, the minimum
for limited partners.

It was a good investment,
so I offered Laura a chance to get in.

Hey, arugula salad, $12.

She'll make her money
back in a week. Maybe a year.

Body-healthy food presented
with style. People like it.

Sounds like it was lucky
for Laura her grandmother died when she did.

She was pretty old.

How'd Laura take the news?
She was sad. They were very close.

The other night, Thursday,
we were going to a club...

Laura insisted on stopping
to check on her grandmother.

Thursday? You sure?
Yeah.

Did you go in with her?
We waited in the car.

She came back.
She said her grandmother was sleeping.

Why?

Look at the timing,
Miss Kincaid. Thursday night.

The maid was fired on Tuesday.
If she fired the maid.

It doesn't matter. Laura's
the one we know who's been lying to us.

She said she hadn't been there
since Tuesday.

The maid and her boyfriend
came calling on Friday. The old lady was dead.

You sure she wasn't
still alive, and they didn't finish her off?

They weren't there long enough
to starve her to death.

Worse case, she was
almost dead, they did nothing to help.

You're saying when
the granddaughter stopped by Thursday night...

that she was definitely
still alive?

Laura left the beautiful
people outside...

and ran in to check and see
if her grandmother was dead yet.

If she'd have been dead
already, Laura would've packed the body off...

to the funeral home,
case closed.

But she's still alive,
starving, and Laura runs off to the disco.

Tough case. No weapon.
More omission than commission.

What's tough about it?
She starved an 82-year-old woman to death.

Depraved indifference
to human life. It's homicide.

Bring her in.

Detective, what are you--
Laura Bauer, you're under arrest...

for the murder
of Mildred Bauer.

You have the right
to remain silent.

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

Do you understand that?

You have the right
to an attorney. Should you refuse....

Look, Mildred Bauer
had diabetes, arthritis...

heart condition,
high blood pressure...

and kidneys you could have
used as doorstops.

What I'm saying, Ben,
is that she died of natural causes.

Starvation is a natural cause
in Somalia. In New York City, it's murder two.

Come on, Ben.
She lied to her grandmother.

She lied to
her grandmother's doctor.

She ordered her grandmother's
maid to withhold food.

And now she ends up with
her grandmother's apartment.

Well, she just happens to be
Mrs. Bauer's granddaughter.

Who should the woman give
the apartment to, the PLO?

She might have lived
longer if she had.

I didn't kill Gran.

Look, even if Laura had made
errors in judgment, which I do not grant...

she, at most, hastened
Mrs. Bauer's inevitable death by, what...

a matter of weeks?
Days, maybe.

Danielle, do you
remember the bar exam? Yes.

And, Miss Bauer,
this might interest you.

A woman falls off the top
of the Empire State Building.

She passes the second floor,
where a man shoots her...

and kills her seconds before
she hits the ground.

Is that man guilty?
(Melnick) Yes.

But what if the man
doesn't shoot her?

What if, as she falls, she
asks him for a ham sandwich...

and he's just a little slow
in handing it to her?

(Stone)
Is that what happened, Miss Bauer?

You just took your time
feeding your grandmother?

I don't believe
this is happening.

No. I made sure my grandmother
was well-cared for.

You made sure
she didn't eat.

I did what the doctor
told me to do.

I was going to school.
I was trying to have a life.

How many old people did you
take care of while you were studying for finals?

I was there all the time.

Believe me, Mildred's own
daughter never cared for her the way Laura and I did.

I didn't know
she had a daughter. Shirley. Lives in California.

She didn't even come
to the funeral.

You have to understand.
Mildred was a very difficult person.

She refused to eat.

What I understand is...

your daughter got
Mrs. Bauer's apartment, and you got nothing.

What's that
supposed to mean?

Maybe I wasn't fond of
Mildred, but I wouldn't want to see her suffer.

You weren't fond of her,
but you helped take care of her?

At first,
then Laura took over.

Look, Laura was
her grandchild. I was just her son's ex-wife.

Is Laura as bitter as you are?

I'm not bitter.
I'm realistic.

The mother knows more
than she's willing to say.

Maybe we should push her.

It's a stretch, but we could
indict her as complicit in neglecting Mrs. Bauer.

Penal Law 26025.

It's only illegal to neglect
an old person...

if the victim's incompetent
because of mental disease or defect.

A curiosity of the law.

Well, we argue hunger and
thirst affected Mrs. Bauer's mind before she died.

It's only a misdemeanor.
Greater curiosity of the law.

Murder by starvation, I think
that's enough to move a jury.

Well, be sure you get
one with gray hair.

The young get impatient
with old people, especially cantankerous ones.

Oh, really? Speaking from
personal experience?

I'm a sweetheart,
and I'm middle-aged.

I don't know anything
about it. All I watch on TV is the nature shows.

Do you think someone who's
arrested and brought to trial is probably guilty?

I'm open-minded.
The police make mistakes.

Indeed. Thank you.

Miss Kincaid. Juror 14.

Mr. Stern, are you married?

I'm a widower. Nine years.

So you live alone?
Nine years.

You have children?
Two boys.

A draftsman
and a businessman.

The recycling business.

Have you ever thought about
what arrangements you would make...

if you were unable
to live alone? If? You mean when.

(Kincaid)
When.

Move in with my kid sister.
West Palm Beach. She has a room ready.

Okay, thank you.

Miss Melnick?

No questions, Your Honor.
Ready to approach.

Approach.

Your Honor, the People have
only one challenge for cause.

Juror number 6.

The gentleman who said, "God
doesn't want anyone to live past three score and ten?"

Granted.

No challenges for cause,
Your Honor, but I will exercise peremptories...

against 2, 1 1,
and 14.

Jurors 2, 6, 1 1, and 14...

you are excused, with thanks,
from service here.

Your Honor...

she's removing every juror
over 65 without even bothering to question them.

They're peremptories, Ben.
I can use them against anyone I want.

The Supreme Court does not
entirely agree with you, Danielle.

(Danielle)
Really?

In Georgia v. McCollum:

"White defendants accused
of assaulting blacks...

"cannot exclude
blacks from the jury."

Now we have an old woman
murdered. Old people are being excluded.

It's an exact parallel.

Are you saying the defendant
isn't getting a jury of her peers?

I am saying the jury should
represent the community.

People who
look like the victim, as well as the defendant.

The principle of McCollum
has already been extended to gender.

It's appropriate for you
to extend it to age.

And I can extend it
to left-handed redheads.

Maybe I'm overly humble,
Counselors...

but I don't feel up to
rewriting the Bill of Rights this week.

Ben, if your case
is any good...

you can convince jurors
under 65, too.

(Edna)
That Mildred was strong.

When she got pneumonia...

as she asked me to sell
her ticket for that month's matinee club...

she said she'd be better
in time for Miss Saigon.

And was she?
I don't know. I went to see her...

and the maid, Spanish girl,
said that she had orders from Laura...

no one could come in.

Laura had us all fooled.

Objection. Hearsay.
Sustained.

The jury will disregard
the last remark.

Mrs. Hodge, please confine
your testimony to what you saw.

Well, Mildred disappeared
into the apartment...

with a bad cough...

and next time I saw her,
she was dead.

Did you have any reason
to believe that Mrs. Bauer should have been isolated?

Of course not.
She wasn't a child.

(Stone)
And when was the last time you heard from her?

She sent me a note
a few weeks before she died.

She wanted to know
if I could contribute to the engagement gift for Laura.

A tablecloth.

Mildred said she was going
to give Laura some bonds...

for her future
great-grandchildren.

And that was to celebrate
the defendant's engagement to Mr. Halliwell, correct?

Yes.

I gather
the engagement is off. Thank you.

No further questions.

Mrs. Hodge, you had no way
of really knowing...

how sick Mrs. Bauer was,
did you?

All my friends are dying
fairly regularly now.

Mildred didn't have
that look they get.

Yes, but you didn't see her
for the last weeks of her life, did you?

They wouldn't let me.

Yet you said you didn't see
any reason to keep the world away from Mrs. Bauer.

Now, for instance, did you
know that her grocer was overcharging her?

How could I know that?

Did you know that a plumber
charged her $800 to fix pipes that weren't even broken?

She didn't need to be
protected from me. Really?

Isn't it true that you
borrowed $300 from Mildred Bauer over a year ago?

Well, the Medicare didn't
cover some dental work.

Well, she knew that
I'd pay her back.

Did you?
I would have.

Could that be why you were
kept from seeing her?

Because you were one of
those people who were taking advantage...

of your so-called friend?

She twisted everything.
Couldn't you stop her?

Mrs. Hodge,
I asked you...

if there was anything
in your relationship with Mrs. Bauer...

that they could
hold against you.

Now, how could I tell
it mattered if I had my teeth fixed?

I also said that there are
rules in the courtroom...

that do not apply
in the outside world.

Well, don't patronize me,
young man.

I'm trying not to
patronize you, ma'am.

Politicians want our votes,
and everybody wants our money.

Otherwise, they don't even see
you, unless you're walking too slow...

and then they push you aside.
If you're a burden, now they can kill you.

It's no problem. We have
the lying and thieving illegal alien maid.

I wouldn't
count on that.

Her lawyer called. INS is
deporting her in six hours.

It was understood that
my client wouldn't face any charges.

The burglary was dropped.
Well, thanks for nothing. You had no case.

And we talked
to lmmigration.

Proceedings against
Miss Gonzales will be suspended

until after
Laura Bauer's trial.

That won't do her any good.
Miss Gonzales has grown fond of New York.

God knows why.

Charlie, you know
the jurisdiction was federal. It's out of my hands.

We will need assurances that
deportation proceedings will be dropped.

Or what?
Or Miss Gonzales...

gets on that airplane tonight,
and you fly solo in the courtroom tomorrow.

Wrong. She testifies,
or she's jailed for contempt.

She serves that sentence,
and then she's deported.

(Maria)
I told her...

you got to feed her
or she's gonna die.

And how did Miss Bauer respond
when you said that?

She said, "You want to work
here, do what I say."

And did you do what she said?
I couldn't just do nothing.

I gave her extra food.
That's when she fired me.

So what happened
after she fired you? I called Felix.

He came to help me take
my things. We were going.

That's when I remembered
I had Mrs. Bauer's medicine in my bag.

She wouldn't take it
that morning.

So please tell the court
what happened next, Miss Gonzales.

I went back upstairs and told
Miss Bauer I had the medicine.

She said, "Keep it."

Her grandmother
didn't need it, anymore.

Thank you. Your witness.

Miss Gonzales,
you and your boyfriend, Felix Ortega...

broke into Mrs. Bauer's
apartment the day she died, didn't you?

We wanted to see
if she was all right. Yeah.

But she wasn't all right,
was she?

She was lying on the floor,
dead...

and you stepped over her
to steal her valuables.

No. We ran away.

You were arrested
for burglary, weren't you?

Yes.

Mrs. Bauer's
silver candlesticks...

were found in Mr. Ortega's
apartment, were they not?

Yes.

And yet, the District Attorney
chose to drop those charges, didn't he?

I didn't take anything.

You were scheduled
to be deported yesterday, weren't you?

Objection. Relevance.
It's relevant if the District Attorney...

used his power, for
the second time, Your Honor, to influence the testimony...

of this witness.
That is not true, Your Honor.

Approach.

The truth of any testimony
here will be decided by the jury.

If I'm slandered, Your Honor,
I have to reply.

Miss Melnick...

any more remarks
that provoke Mr. Stone will also provoke me...

and you will regret it.
Yes, Your Honor.

Mr. Stone,
your objection is overruled.

Miss Gonzales...

you were scheduled
to be deported yesterday, were you not?

Yes.

And the District Attorney
took action to prevent that deportation, did he not?

I don't know.
You don't know? You're here, aren't you?

Nothing further.

Miss Gonzales, did I or anyone
in the District Attorney's office...

ever tell you to say
anything but the truth? No. It is the truth.

And in regard to
Miss Melnick's inference about your deportation...

what are your plans tomorrow?

They are sending me back
to Santo Domingo.

(Stone)
Thank you.

Grans had some cousins
in New Jersey, too. They never visited, either.

So the care of your
grandmother fell entirely upon your shoulders, didn't it?

I didn't mind. She could be
kind of difficult...

but she said we were
a lot alike, that crankiness ran in the family.

Laura, would you please
explain to the court...

why you told your grandmother
that you were going to law school?

Because I am going to go.

My grades just weren't
good enough to apply right now.

I'm taking courses
to get my average up.

When you gave Maria Gonzales
instructions about feeding your grandmother...

did you ever believe
that these instructions would be harmful?

Of course not. I was following
the doctor's orders.

But she stopped seeing
that doctor, didn't she?

My grandmother didn't like
him. She was very particular.

I tried to get her to see
someone else, but she said she was feeling better.

I just tried to keep
her comfortable.

Laura, when you stopped by
your grandmother's apartment...

the night before her body
was found, why didn't you do anything to help her?

She was in bed.
I thought she was sleeping.

I thought
everything was fine.

Thank you.
Your witness.

I assume you have more
than a few questions, Mr. Stone?

Yes, Your Honor.

We'll recess
until tomorrow morning.

The loving grandchild
versus the undesirable alien.

Now there's
an even match.

Everything undermines
the maid's credibility.

The boyfriend,
the burglary, the deportation.

The lNS doesn't deport people
who blow up Lower Manhattan.

Why did they suddenly
get interested in a Dominican maid?

Let's ask them.

Her name was
on our watch list.

We check it against
arrest records, there she was.

And here we are.

Why was her name on the list?
Was she some kind of notorious maid?

Anonymous telephone informant,
a couple of months ago.

Gave us her name,
told us where she lived.

Like we can spare people
to pick people up.

We put her on the list.
Worked out fine.

Somebody gave you
her address?

Probably her boyfriend's
other girlfriend. That's the usual.

What was the date
on that phone call?

I only wanted my grandmother
to be happy.

So to make her happy,
you lied about going to law school...

and you lied about
investing in a restaurant...

and you lied about
your engagement to Mr. Halliwell, correct?

It wasn't done to harm her.

You see no harm
in lying to an old woman...

in order to get her
to give you her apartment?

She gave me that apartment
because she loved me, and I loved her.

And you didn't have
any resentments toward her...

for demanding your time
and your attention?

No, I didn't.

And you didn't resent her for
wanting another kind of granddaughter?

One who could go to law school
and marry someone like Kent Halliwell?

She had high standards.
I respected that.

And you didn't resent her
denying you an inheritance?

One that you and your mother
thought was rightfully yours?

I am not my mother.

Well, you are either the most
patient person I ever met...

or you're lying now
to make the jury happy.

Objection, Your Honor.
Withdrawn.

Miss Bauer, on the day
that your grandmother died...

you told the police
that you did not know...

where Maria Gonzales lived,
is that correct?

Yes.

Yet the same day, someone
called the lmmigration and Naturalization Service...

told them exactly
where Miss Gonzales lived...

and suggested that she
be picked up and deported.

Did you make that call?
Objection. Where did this call come from?

Your Honor, we would like
to introduce into evidence...

the local usage details
on Miss Bauer's telephone.

Yes, I called them.

So you lied to the police,
as well.

Why all the lies, Miss Bauer?
And why the call to the lNS?

Because Miss Gonzales
knew what you were up to...

and you didn't want her
telling anybody?

That's not it.
I was confused. I felt guilty.

Of course you did,
because you killed your grandmother.

No, because l
couldn't save her!

I knew she was dying. She
refused to go to a hospital.

She said all of her friends
were dead...

the pain was so bad she
couldn't sleep, and it wasn't going to get any better.

She told me that
she wanted to die.

I begged her to eat.
I argued with her, but she was so stubborn.

I felt guilty because l
hadn't argued harder.

When she asked me
why she should go on living...

I couldn't give her
an answer.

Mr. Stone, a priest
has been waiting to see you since 8:00...

so I put him
in your office.

Thanks.

Mildred Bauer
was my parishioner.

When Laura was arrested,
the papers made it sound like she was guilty.

I didn't know what to think.
But now, I feel that l--

Excuse me, Father,
I have to ask you this.

Did her lawyer
call you?

No. She doesn't know.

I heard about Laura's
testimony on the news.

I mean, I don't know
what I know for sure, really.

Mildred came to see me
a few months ago.

She was ill.
She was in pain.

She said she didn't think
God would want her suffering to continue.

I knew where she was headed.

Then she asked
if she let herself die...

if she let God's course
manifest itself...

would it be
the same as suicide?

Now, I cautioned her:

Despair is an insult to God.

God doesn't want
her help to work his ways.

And if she did what I thought
she wanted to do...

I couldn't bury her.
But you did bury her.

She didn't shoot herself.
She didn't take pills. I didn't know anything.

I had to give her
the benefit of a doubt.

Miss Bauer,
it's pretty damn convenient.

You suddenly remember that
your grandmother wanted to commit suicide...

after you're put on trial for
murder, and the case turns against you.

If you're not a Catholic,
it's hard to explain.

I am a Catholic, Miss Bauer.
Try me.

Then you know.
Suicide is a mortal sin.

My grandmother wanted to be
buried in consecrated ground next to her parents.

I couldn't tell anyone.
Murder is a mortal sin, too.

You just don't get it.
She wanted to die.

Why do you think she never
called for help? There was a phone next to her bed.

It doesn't explain
why you called the lNS.

Maria is a Catholic, too.
What if she said something?

What if I had to bury
my grandmother in a public cemetery?

You were willing to go
to prison to keep this a secret?

I never conceived of being
arrested, let alone convicted.

I'm innocent.

Danielle, how can I possibly
know this is true?

Your client has a pretty good
record of lying.

(Laura)
I had to lie.

I can be forgiven for lying.

Suicide is the only sin
that can't be forgiven.

In all honesty, Adam,
I'm not sure of anything involved in this case.

It's the jury
that has to be sure.

I talked to
the funeral home.

Mildred Bauer called a month
before she died to make arrangements for herself.

There you are.

Two years ago
I bought a cemetery plot.

I wake up one morning,
I'm depressed, I skip lunch.

You gonna lock me in my closet
and starve me?

Adam, help me out here.

If Mildred Bauer wanted
to die, this is not the case we started out with.

You don't know
what Mildred Bauer wanted, nor did that girl.

She should have taken her
grandmother to the hospital.

To die hooked up
to a bunch of machines? Or to live?

I think we ought to offer her
a deal. Assisted suicide.

If you believe the girl,
she's hardly guilty of that.

That's my problem. I don't
know if she's not lying again.

Melnick'll take the plea?
I think so.

She knows we've got
a shot to convict.

So the two of you
want to pressure the girl...

to plead to a lesser offense
that she might not be guilty of...

because she's about to be
convicted of a more serious crime...

she might be guilty of.

Does that make sense to you?
With our system...

and imperfect knowledge, yes.

How long would l
have to be in jail?

Two years.

I still don't think
I did anything wrong.

They remove feeding tubes
in hospitals all the time.

If you're convicted
of murder, you'll serve 25.

It was so hard
to know what to do.

Some days she was so clear
about what she wanted.

Other times....

Other times?

We've accepted
the deal, Ben.

That girl ought to send you
a thank-you note.

She's going away
for two years, Adam.

And when she gets out,
she'll be, what, 24?

Twenty-five.
Twenty-five.

I'd do two years in Attica
happily, if I walked out 25.

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