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- I like it. - Thanks.

It's menswear. I mean, they're nice clothes, but suits are for men.

Why? Looks better on her.

No offense, Jimmy. Well, that's rude, Rebecca.

You like it? Well, I gotta get used to it, but, yeah, it looks hot.

Where? Oh, no.

All right. Tell him I can be there in about 10 minutes.

Great. You gotta be kiddin' me. I wish I were.

Homicide scene. They think I need to see it.

Why? You don't want to know.

[ Whistle Blowing ] [ Sirens Wailing ]

Five minutes. I'll be right back.

[ Man ] You guys, move it!

Let's go. Keep comin'. Keep comin'.

All right. Hold up there.

All right. There you go.

[ Mike ] The coroner said she's been dead about 24 hours.

Sorry for pullin' you down here, Helen, but with the jurisdictional tug-of-war--

It's okay.

It's bad.

Mike.

Found the poem.

"Cloudy, with a chance of membranes.

Scattered hands."

The right one's up there.

The left one's in the corner.

- You called the F.B.I.? - Yeah.

- She was raped first? - Can't tell yet.

Okay. Well,

it looks like the Poet.

We leave everything where it is. Nobody moves or removes anything.

- This will be a federal investigation. - [ Mike ] Fine.

We leave everything for the F.B.I. to see.

My God.

[ Line Ringing ]

[ Cell Door Opens, Closes ]

[ Sirens Wailing ]

[ Jimmy ] I've read about this guy before. [ Rebecca ] Yeah. "The Poet."

Leaves a little limerick at the scene. Hmm.

Cuts off heads. And it's always great-looking women too.

This is the fourth one.

Knockout body. No head. It's sick.

Tellin' me to take a plea.

I don't need to hire a lawyer just to tell me to give up.

No, you don't. Please wait in the conference room.

I'll be in shortly with a list of new attorneys.

Don't be makin' smart neither. I'm not too old to take a swing at you.

And I'm not too young to swing back.

Uncle Ty, please go into the conference room. Don't you be talking to me--

Please go in there and be quiet!

He is driving me crazy. I got it chopped to six months, all suspended,

he still won't take it. Because I'm not gonna say I'm guilty!

You are guilty! You don't pay your taxes. It's a crime.

[ Chattering, Arguing ]

Hey, hey, hey! What the hell is goin' on?

His trial is goin' on. He won't take the plea,

and I got to go in and argue he should be exempt from payin' state taxes.

And the only possible good I see is that they may lock him up,

and I won't have to deal with him anymore! You'd better get my uncle off.

All right, all right. Come on, guys. Don't shake your finger.

All right!

It's a shoddy ship you run. Oh.

I had to cancel my day. I've been at crime scenes before, but--

"Cloudy, with a chance of membranes"?

It was the scattered hands that got me. [ Pager Beeping ]

Oh, no.

[ Helen ] Do I have to? [ Mike ] Oh, you think I like it?

Ordinarily, I wouldn't bring you in.

Let's go.

Doctors Miner, Shiff.

District Attorney Helen Gamble.

- Where's the head? - Right here.

The fatality was caused by a massive skull fracture,

indicated by this depression on the temporal lobe.

She was bludgeoned, probably by a blunt instrument.

We found microscopic wood fragments in the scalp,

so it was probably a wood handle-- maybe an ax or hammer.

Let's go to the neck, R.E., the point of decapitation.

[ Woman ] Oh, God.

Great. [ Sighs ] I thought you had it.

With previous victims,

the skin was mashed, and the cutting was jagged.

Now here the incisions were made with straight vertical cuts.

Now the ligaments--

Right here.

The ligaments of the cervical spine have been incised individually.

- All of this means what? - It means the Poet didn't do this.

This is a copycat. What?

Turning to the abdomen--

no semen, no vaginal bruising.

- I don't think she was raped. - What are you telling me here?

I'm telling you that this was probably done by somebody who knew her. It wasn't the Poet.

And it's therefore not an F.B.I. investigation any longer.

It's all yours.

And you were able to compute Mr. Emerson's income...

for the years 1995 and 1996?

I didn't have to compute it. He declared it. He declared it?

Uh-huh. In his federal returns.

Based on those returns, he owed the state $11,612 for '95,

uh, 13,603 for '96,

totaling $25,215.

And did you seek payment? We did.

- Did he respond? - He did.

- How did he respond, sir? - He said he had a commemorative...

Jackie Robinson Louisville Slugger baseball bat,

and if I'd come by his residence, he'd drive it up my buttocks.

- Sideways, if I'd prefer. - Objection.

No, I said it. You damn right, I said it.

The objection is withdrawn.

You brought her here? In case you wanted to question her.

Why? I am looking for the broadest possible warrant.

This guy owns real estate in Maine too.

Whatever you can think of.

You think this doctor's the guy?

Well, you listen, tell me.

First of all, I'm extremely sorry for your loss.

And I know it doesn't make it easier for you to deal with police.

Why don't you just arrest him?

Well, the thing is,

we need to be sure what you're saying--

Did you ever see your daughter with this Doctor Winslow?

No.

And she never told you she was having a relationship with him?

- Not at first. - But eventually?

I already told all this to him. Do I have to--

The problem is...

we'd be getting our warrants on circumstantial evidence,

so legally we want to be covered.

Mrs. Marks, we'd hate to lose an arrest because we moved too fast.

I knew she was having an affair with a married man.

That much she admitted to me.

And once, while visiting her,

I saw a picture of her with this Doctor Winslow.

It was on some beach in the Bahamas or something.

And you recognized him how?

I didn't actually.

I'd never seen him before.

But about a week later, he was on the news.

The news?

He and some other doctor had invented this new heart valve, and he was getting interviewed.

[ Chuckles ] And that's when I got his name.

Doctor Jeffrey Winslow.

And when I asked her about him,

she reluctantly admitted that this was the guy.

Why would you think he played a part in your daughter's death?

Because two days ago, she was scared.

She said she was having problems with the man that she was seeing,

and she was afraid that he might hurt her.

[ Helen ] We can't make an arrest on that.

Search is possible. I haven't given you the punch line.

What? He had access as to how the Poet killed his victims.

How? The last one-- autopsied in his hospital.

You're thinkin'.

What are you thinkin'?

Extramarital affair. Odds are his wife didn't know about it.

So? So, she might be helpful...

before she finds out we're zeroing in on her husband.

Pull some medical journals.

If this guy's a hotshot heart surgeon,

I'm sure he's been snapped at a benefit or two.

See if you can get a picture of his wife.

Then get the make and year of his car.

What are you up to?

Her picture. His car. Should be easy to get.

[ Eugene ] Did my client ever try to hide what he was doing from you?

No. No, he was, uh, refreshingly straightforward.

-And, like you said, he filed his federal returns, didn't he? -Yes, he did.

- He paid his federal taxes? - Yes, he did.

Did my client give you a reason as to why he wouldn't pay his state taxes?

Well, he said when his house caught on fire, the fire department didn't come.

And since he'd paid taxes for fire protection and didn't get it, he wasn't gonna pay anymore.

And you rejected that reason?

I did, though I-- I sympathized.

I was even inclined to, uh, maybe let it slide.

You were? Yeah.

Until he dropped off that pig.

The pig?

- The pig. - [ Murmuring ]

Your Honor, could I take a second to confer with my client, please?

No. What about the pig?

He greased up a pig-- more like a big, fat hog--

and he wrote on it, "Pay to the order of the State Franchise Tax Board,"

and he set it loose in my office.

And he said, "If the hog lays a big, steamy bovine log, enjoy."

[ Man Clears Throat ] [ Ellenor ] Can I help you?

Yes. I'm looking for Bobby Donnell.

- Can I tell him who's calling? - Jacob Hurwitz.

- Jacob Hurwitz of Hurwitz, Lichtman & Gill? - Right.

Wow.

This of course is extremely confidential. Of course.

[ Exhales ] It's possible...

that Jeffrey might become a suspect in a rather high-profile murder.

There was a woman found dead,

and she was thought at first to be the victim of a serial killer.

But evidently now-- Let me stop you right there.

In the spirit of small worlds, I think I'm involved with the D.A. heading that case.

You think you're involved, or you think she's the D.A.?

Both. So we should probably terminate this discussion.

Yes. Well, we could do that.

But, uh, if there is conflict of interest,

the onus would be on the district attorney to withdraw, don't you think?

Well, it could be, but I-- I really don't want to put her in that position.

I see. Well, does she feel strongly about staying in it?

I don't know.

Well, I should think that you would ask her before declining our offer.

What offer?

Mr. Donnell, my law firm...

could defend and probably do so successfully.

But with homicide, well, my client...

has asked me to refer him to the most prolific attorney for this particular category.

And right now, in this town, it is this firm.

I had nothing to do with her death, Mr. Donnell.

But I was having an affair with her.

I'm willing to pay a premium to snuff out even the suspicion.

I have a wife, a family,

not to mention I'm Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Mass General.

I cannot have this affair come to light.

I'm prepared to hire this entire firm...

to see that doesn't happen.

Well, this entire firm...

would be expensive. I know that.

I'm ready to give you a retainer for $1 million.

You didn't tell me about any pig. Oh, grow up.

Grow up? You assault them with a greased pig that just pops up in trial?

- You don't think we should have known about that? - I didn't know.

- What else do I need to know? - Some law. You know any law?

Okay. That's it. Can I take him for a second? Keep him.

Come on.

I don't care how mad you are.

You want to avoid jail, you'd better care.

Now, right now, that jury isn't laughing. They don't like you.

You have one chance to make them like you,

and if you screw that up, it's prison.

Uncle Ty, are you listening to me?

Prison.

I hear you.

I have a hard time askin' people to feel sorry for me, Beck. You know that.

And I got a particular hard time beggin' mercy on this.

They let my place burn.

I know.

Who else would know about this affair?

Presumably nobody. Cindy was discreet.

Oh, I suppose it's conceivable she-- she told somebody.

There's an ex-husband with psychological problems.

If she had told him-- Could he have killed her?

I don't know.

- Have the police made any contact? - No. No.

I thought I should go and see them.

That's when I decided to see Jacob.

- Yeah. And I'm not sure that's a good idea. - [ Sighs ]

When's the last time you saw her? Cindy.

Uh, about a week ago.

Where? At her apartment.

That was pretty much the usual venue for our relationship.

Look, I'm sure his fingerprints are there,

and since he's a hospital employee, the prints are definitely on record.

The question is, do we wait for the police to seek us out,

or do we, in the spirit of nothing to hide, come forward?

Well, the "nothing to hide" spirit doesn't get you much.

Uh, look, I-- I gotta discuss this with the members of my firm.

- I gotta deal with the conflicts. - Okay.

But we need a quick decision.

I understand.

When I called 911, it was just smoke.

Three quarters of a mile-- that's the distance between my apartment and that firehouse.

- And the time you called? - Between 7:20 and 7:30.

- And you're sure of this? - I'm positive.

- I first smelled the smoke during Final Jeopardy. - Final Jeopardy?

That's one of those celebrity shows they have during the sweeps.

They had Ollie North on.

That Bill Maher guy kicked his ass.

Uh, Mr. Emerson, what time did the fire department arrive at your house?

Not till almost 8:15.

By then the whole place was ablaze. They didn't come.

Objection! They didn't come!

They let my place burn 'cause they didn't like my neighborhood.

- Objection! - [ Judge ] Sustained.

Mr. Young, please control your client.

Mr. Emerson, control yourself.

[ Mike ] I'll letyou give the performance.

Oh, yeah, I'm good at this. [ Doorbell Rings ]

[ Helen ] Mrs. Winslow? Yes.

My name's Helen Gamble. I'm from the district attorney's office.

This is Detective Michael McKrew. Ma'am.

What's wrong? [ Helen ] Nothing, I think.

We're terribly sorry for bothering you.

May we come in, please? Uh, this will just take a second.

We don't need to. It's embarrassing really.

But, uh, there was a murder the other night in Boston.

It's reported to be the work of a serial killer.

I read about it. Yes, well--

well, you're not gonna believe this,

but somebody has identified you as leaving the building of the victim.

[ Chuckles ] What?

- We're just checking it out, that's all. - Yeah.

She, uh-- She came in with this paper, pointing at you, saying she saw you that night.

That's ridiculous. I didn't even leave my house Tuesday.

Well, we didn't put much stock in it.

It's just somebody else saw a custard-blue Mercedes driving in the vicinity,

and the coincidence. That's my husband's.

He's a doctor. He works at Mass General. He was probably on his way to the hospital.

Right, which is just off Storrow Drive, sure.

- He-- He went in that night? - Yes. Yes.

Great. That explains it. We're terribly sorry for bothering you.

You know, do you remember...

about the time your husband left and the time he came back?

If we can establish that it was his car, we can rule out this blue-car business.

A call came in around 10:00.

He was home by 1:00.

Great. Thanks. A-And, again, we're very sorry for disturbing you.

- [ Door Closes ] - Lieutenant Columbo, you missed your calling.

Okay. We got him in the area around the time.

Oh, by the way, if we'd gone in that house as police agents--

Yeah, I didn't think about that. Yeah. without warrants?

All right. She's probably calling him as we speak.

We'd better move. Let's go, boys.

[ Man On Radio ] Ten-four. All units move in.

[ Siren Wails ] [ Tires Squeal ]

- Cellar to attic. Take all day if you need it. - [ Man ] Got it!

I think we got him, Mike.

We gotta make him take the plea. Well, he won't.

Talk to him. Drive some sense into his head. We've been talking to him.

Why can't you just do this, Eugene?

He practically raised me.

He was always there for me, and he--

That man, more than anybody else,

taught me how not to sit back and take it.

Not from anybody.

Right now he needs me.

He needs you to help him not to have to sit back and take it.

Now all-- all that scum we help every day-- why can't we just help him?

Come on, guys. We got some business to discuss.

We will.

[ Bobby ] Listen up.

An opportunity has presented itself.

This Cindy Marks murder-- a potential suspect has come to us for representation,

and it would mean a lot of money if we took it.

- Against Helen? - [ Sighs ] Well, that's the conflict.

My-- My gut says turn it down.

But when I say a lot of money--

this guy is prepared to plunk down a $1 million retainer.

Did you just say a million dollars?

I did. I'm sorry. Who again is Helen?

- Anybody? - Bobby, is this even a question?

Not everything's about money, Ellenor.

If this is such a big conflict, let Helen get off.

It's not gonna cost her a million dollars.

Bobby, we've had some big trials, but this is gonna be a splash.

- Aside from the money-- - Which we need, since Lindsay dumped the drug clients.

- Hey. - Well, I'm just sayin'.

This is a huge profile thing. You'll be like Johnnie Cochran East.

- Who wants to be that? - Did he do it?

Says he didn't. [ Ellenor ] Then we have to take it.

We can't let an innocent man go to jail.

We don't even let our guilty ones go there.

Ah--

- Take it. - Take it.

Take it.

- Take it. - [ Phone Rings ]

Donnell and Associates. Please hold.

Bobby.

Bobby Donnell.

Okay. Any arrest?

Okay. We'd better meet.

They're searching his house.

Prints, hairs, fibers. Preliminary D.N.A. will be done tomorrow.

And some good news. Tell me.

She scratched the guy. We found skin under her nails.

D.N.A. on that will tell us if it's Winslow or not.

What did you learn on the ex-husband?

He works at a restaurant. He got off at 11:00, so he is a possible.

Mmm, we can't arrest yet. We need to wait for the lab.

- [ Knocking On Door ] - Helen--

- Hey, Mike. - Bobby.

- Uh, could I talk to you for a second? - Sure. We're done.

Uh, I'll be talking to you.

Bobby. Mike.

- [ Door Closes ] - I know what that's about.

We're getting close, I think. Could make an arrest.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Helen, do not talk to me about the Marks murder.

Why? I can't tell you that.

I'm just saying--

I could be involved, and we don't need another Isikoff thing.

What do you mean you could be involved? That's all I'm sayin'.

You represent the doctor? [ Sighs ] I'm not saying anything,

except no talking on this.

Other than that, dinner tonight?

Sure.

[ Door Closes ]

D.N.A. all points to him.

Skin under her nails? That takes longer.

But I've got an eyewitness who I.D.'d his picture, says she saw him there that night.

Helen, I'm ready to move. He won't come in for questioning?

Your boyfriend won't let him.

Then go. Make the arrest. Right.

All right. Back door. We won't go through the front.

Okay.

They're coming to arrest.

They'll back-door us at the precinct if we surrender.

This is crazy.

- I wasn't there. I didn't-- - All right. Let's just stay as calm as we can.

- This is a mistake, Jeffrey. - What?

That's what we wear on our face. A mistake.

It'll get fixed.

Uh, I gotta go home.

- I gotta tell my wife. - She agreed to surrender you here.

My God.

You want to call? And say what?

"Honey, don't hold dinner. I've been accused of killing this woman I've been sleeping with"?

Tell her I'm sending someone to pick her up, and you can talk to her here.

- I can't believe this is happening. - Jeffrey.

Jeffrey,

I need to know exactly the last time you were in that apartment.

That would be last Wednesday.

[ Dial Tone ] Call your wife.

Both calls came in around the same time.

Captain, your own records show that the call from my client's home came six minutes sooner.

That's around the same time. Your Honor, this is so irrelevant.

Which fire the trucks went to has nothing to do with tax evasion.

Common law civil disobedience-- that's our defense.

The cause of my client's outrage is relevant.

- Speed it up. - Why did you go to the other fire first, Captain?

It was a judgment call. "Judgment call."

Did it have anything to do with the other fire...

bein' in a more affluent neighborhood than my client's?

- That is ridiculous. - So, it was just a coincidence...

that you chose to respond to the fire in the better neighborhood?

- Yes. - Who made the call as to which fire to respond to?

Me. You.

You ever been in my client's neighborhood?

Specifically, have you ever walked down his street?

Once.

Anything unusual happen?

- I was mugged. - Oh. Another coincidence.

By the way, when you got to the other fire,

was there a fire?

No. It was a false alarm. Gee. What do ya know?

- I object. - So do I.

- So do I. - Move to strike.

- You ready? - Just give us a minute.

- Why? - He'll be out in a second, Mike.

Bobby, that was the rental car place. The white Bronco should be out back.

- Gotcha. - You guys always makin' a game out of it.

The woman's head was cut off.

[ Door Opens ]

I'm going with you. The arraignment is less than an hour.

Hopefully we can get it done before the press gets wind. Assuming no leaks.

Scout's honor. We're gonna have to put him in cuffs, Bobby.

Okay.

Jeffrey Winslow, you are being arrested on the charge of first-degree murder.

You have the right to remain silent.

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

You have the right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you.

You can decide at any time to exercise these rights...

by not answering any questions or making any statements.

Yeah.

Judge wants closing arguments today, so--

Okay. Okay.

They arrested him. Arraignment will be soon.

Wow. And to think I could have been on that case.

Instead I got you.

You wanna see "wow"? I'll show you "wow"! All right. All right. All right.

You gotta go with it, Eugene. Go with what?

United States of America. [ Scoffs ]

The last thing I'm gonna be able to do is stand in front of a jury...

and convince them that this man's a patriot.

He took a pig down to the state's revenue office, greased it up and--

Well, finish the thought, wide man.

Go ahead.

What? What?

[ Rebecca ] You--

[ Laughing ]

Case number 92034.

Commonwealth versus Jeffrey Winslow...

on the charge of murder in the first degree.

Let's try not to have too much fun.

Bobby Donnell for the defendant. Waive reading.

The defendant enters a plea of not guilty.

The Commonwealth would oppose bail.

Dr. Winslow is an established surgeon with strong roots in the community.

First-degree murder. Built on very circumstantial evidence.

One million bond, 500,000 cash.

Trial date to be set.

Back into custody till he posts.

- Adjourned. - [ Gavel Raps ]

Foul ball going to the wife, Helen. Oh, it already starts.

Come on. Sayin' that she's the suspect?

Oh, I'm sure during your closing, you'll be the one saying she's a suspect.

Meaning? Bobby, this doesn't have to affect you and me.

It's a trial.

But the only way it's not going to affect us is to admit right now and be clear about it--

in this room, we're enemies.

Ellenor will be focusing on forensics.

I'm gonna be working with the jury consultants.

I'll also be doing most of the pretrial motion work. Okay.

Jimmy Berluti and Eugene Young will be supervising our private investigators.

Toward that end, you gotta start racking your brain,

think of anybody else who might've had bad feelings for Cindy Marks.

Did you check the ex? We will be.

Police think they can rule him out. But we'll be checkin'.

- Tomorrow, I'm gonna need to speak to your wife. - Why?

Because I need to be sure that she's completely on board.

Oh, she will be.

Dr. Winslow?

I need to talk to your wife.

My office wants me to stay on. I'm not asking you to withdraw.

I mean, if we weren't talkin' about this type of money, I'd stay clear.

- But to the others-- - I understand.

Helen, nothing could be tougher than the case we tried against each other before.

That one was personal, and we survived it.

- We can survive this. - You think so?

This trial is made for the tabloids.

The media will all over us. All over it.

Okay. So we just vow right here, right now,

we leave it in the courtroom.

And when we're together at night, you know what?

It doesn't exist.

Okay.

Okay.

[ Phone Ringing ]

Hello?

Yeah. Oh.

Um, Mike, I'm here with Bobby, so-- so let's talk tomorrow, okay?

But-- That's great.

Okay.

Bye.

What? Nothing.

What, nothing? That was McKrew. Come on.

At night the case doesn't exist. We just made that rule.

Well, then we'll make that rule after--

What?

Oh, sorry.

Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no.

[ Giggling ] That's not fair. You have to tell me.

Come on. Come on.

All right! Oh, all right!

Since I'm required by law to tell you in the morning, I might as well tell you now.

But you won't like it.

What?

D.N.A. on the skin under her fingernails--

it's an exact genetic match with Winslow.

I'm not talking any plea until the morning.

We don't know each other too well, but something you gotta know--

lie to me, and I am off this case.

Now you said you weren't there for a week, but they found your skin under her fingernails.

I can explain it. You can explain it.

The time to explain that was before they did the tests.

How in God's name did you not think they'd pin you to this?

You're a doctor! I didn't know she had skin under her nails.

Let's get somethin' straight. I need to know my hand,

or I can't advise you how to play this! All right. All right.

Just settle down.

Now, I did go to her place the day of. We made love. But I left.

It was the afternoon. I left, and she certainly was alive.

Why didn't you tell me you were there? I was scared!

I was afraid to admit that I'd been there, how it would look-- How does it look now?

- You're lying about it. - I didn't kill her!

We made love, I left, I didn't kill her!

[ Sighs ]

If my skin was under her nails, it had to come from my back.

Sometimes when we made love, she-- Let me see your back.

Now, you work for me, Mr. Donnell.

Maybe not for much longer.

Let me see your back.

I expected to hear closing arguments, counsel.

I'm sorry, Your Honor. I'd just like to call Robert Schmidt from the tax board.

It'll just take two minutes. All right.

Mr. Schmidt, you're still under oath.

How do you do today? Just sitting in court, Counselor.

Yeah. Our tax dollars at work.

Uh, I'd just like to ask you a couple of questions about that pig.

Did my client write the amount of his tax debt on the pig?

Uh, yes.

Pay to the order of us, the amount, and, uh, he signed it,

putting next to his name one of those little smiley faces.

- He put all of that on the pig? - Yeah. He even dated it.

Thank you. That's all. No further questions.

Your Honor, uh, I now move for dismissal.

- Excuse me? - On what grounds?

On the grounds that my client tendered a legal check for the amount due.

What?

Well, if it's signed, dated, executed, it's a check.

It doesn't matter that it's written on a pig instead of a piece of paper.

That hog was legal tender. My client paid his debt.

- We never cashed that pig. - That was your mistake.

- Not his. - [ Scoffs ]

Your Honor--

The check was legal, and so is his argument.

Case dismissed.

We're adjourned. [ Gavel Raps ]

Mr. Fuller, I'm James Berluti.

Could we talk? I already talked to the police.

I know. I just want to be sure I've covered all the bases.

Again, uh, my condolences.

Even though you were divorced, I know sometimes feelings, uh--

My only pain...

is that I didn't get a chance to see her face as she was dyin'.

I would've liked that.

Oh. Okay.

So this wouldn't be one of those friendly splits then.

No, it wouldn't.

I don't know that he didn't do it, Ms. Frutt.

It's not as if I can sit here and claim I totally know the man, can I?

For the last year, he'd been sleeping with somebody else.

Karen, I understand you're very upset. I do.

But you have to put your pain aside long enough to make a decision.

If you are gonna support your husband--

and by that I mean help keep him from going to prison--

then there are certain things that you have to start doing today.

I know this sounds like a big P.R. campaign,

but there is a jury pool out there that is watching, and they are reading.

And it is certainly never too early to start trying to influence them.

I'll tell you what I told my husband. I'll see him through this trial.

After that,

I don't know.

I don't know.

I'll be wanting to meet at the end of each and every trial day.

As soon as we impanel, we'll be doing background checks on every juror.

I'll want your analysis there as well.

We got the ex-husband. Seemed wacko. We got the mother.

The mother? Well, the daughter had some money.

The mother would get it if she dies intestate.

She's also a member of the Prozac club.

It's a red herring, nothing else. And we still got the Poet.

Nothing for sure it ain't him.

The results, as expected--

Ooh, Bobby! tie these tissue samples to--

What? Dr. Jeffrey Winslow.

She's on television. What?

His skin under her nails. The D.N.A. evidence is pretty conclusive.

The good news is we have this guy. [ Bobby Sighs ]

The bad news is the Poet is still out there.

Of course, my office-- Let's get down there and draft a protective order.

We can write it on the way. I can't believe she did that.

[ Bobby ] It was a blatant attempt to contaminate the jury pool.

There's no gag order. A reporter asked me a question--

That is crap, Helen. She's takin' a circumstantial case and--

You don't know the half of my case, and if there's some new rule that prohibits--

potential members! [ Judge Hiller ] Hey! That'll do!

This case is going to be enough of an event without you two trying to thicken the plot.

I'll make this simple.

Effective as of right now, no talking to the media.

That's that. Anything else?

Yes, Your Honor. We'd like to view the scene.

It's still a crime scene. The investigation is still ongoing--

The investigation was complete enough for you to go on television pronouncing--

That's got nothing to do with whether or not you have a right to go in there!

- Quiet! - As defense counsel, we have a right to examine the scene.

Supervised, I'll grant it.

Now, let's go to chambers. Just you and you.

Are you crazy?

It certainly is no secret you two are sleeping together.

Why in hell would you want to invite the media...

to pick you to pieces?

Your Honor, I'd love to say that my firm is financially solvent enough to decline this,

but it's not.

[ Sighs ] What about you?

I don't want to get off.

Well, I'm not going to force either one of you off.

What I am going to do is leave you alone in this office...

in the hope that one of you might be occasioned to see straight.

Don't eat all my candy.

[ Door Closes ] She's right.

Of course she's right.

But I'm not getting off.

Why?

Why?

Because to do so, Bobby, would be to prioritize my personal life over my professional one,

which is okay.

But as soon as you made the decision to get on this case,

you made it pretty clear where you stand.

Why should I prioritize us when you don't?

Well, I had other people to think of when I made that decision.

Yes. I know who you were thinking of and who you weren't.

So you're angry.

Maybe I am.

[ Sighs ]

You're not driving me off, Helen.

And you're not driving me off.

The only thing that's off, it seems, is dinner.

That the way you want it?

Yep.

Fine.

I'll see you in court.

- Bobby. - You okay?

Maybe you should recuse yourself.

I know you took on this case for the firm, but...

you and Helen, and... this--

I knew-- I knew the risks.

Maybe Winslow would stay with the firm even if you weren't first chairing.

Just distance yourself a little.

Are you really ready to throw somebody you love away for a case?

Yes.

I got this case because...

somebody at a high-rise, blue-chip law firm recommended me...

as the best.

I've been practicin' law in that--

that rathole for 10 years,

lookin' out the window, seein' those--

those lawyers look down on me.

And now, one of them...

came into my office and said I'm the best.

I like how I got this case, Lindsay.

I like that I'm gonna try it in the media...

and that I'm gonna get paid a lot to do it.

And I'm gonna win it.

I'm gonna win it.

[ Woman ] You stinker!