All language subtitles for Law and orer S12E14 - Missing

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.

She hasn't been to work
all week.

I wondered
why she hadn't
picked up her mail.

Hello?

Anybody home?

Miss Edwards?
It's the super.

Lisa? It's Scott.
Are you there?

I'll give you two minutes,
my soaps are on.

I didn't know
she was moving.

She was
thinking about it.

Lisa?

Lisa?

All right if I store
her stuff in the basement?

I got awaiting list
a mile long
for these apartments.

No, no, no.
Put that down.
And don't touch anything.

I'm calling her folks.

BRISCOE: This is
what happens when the
murder rate goes down.

I don't know,
I think it's kind of nice

not lookin' at
a dead body for a change.

Still they could've
sent Missing Persons.

I don't know
if you've noticed,

but Missing Persons
is kind of busy right now.

Well, looks like she said
to hell with her stuff
and just took off.

I don't blame her.

Isn't moving one of
the seven major traumas?

Death, divorce, colonoscopy.

What do we know
about this girl?

Lisa Edwards, 24, 5'7",
blonde, green eyes, slim.

Went missing
about a week ago.

Her wallet's still here.

And make-up's
on the dresser.

Toothbrush.

So we're
looking for a girl with
no make-up and fuzzy teeth.

Overnight bag's
still in the bathroom.

She's travelin'
awful light.

Well, it looks like
somebody's trying
to get a hold of her.

(BEEPS)

EDWARDS: Lisa, it's Dad.
Are you there?

Hello ?

Honey, if you're home,
please pick up.

Still no answer.

(PHONE DISCONNECTS)

We called you people
every day for a week

before we got anyone
to pay attention.

We finally had to
contact a friend of ours
who knows the Commissioner.

And we're very sorry
about that.

But now we have these two
experienced detectives
working the case.

And what have you
found out?

There's no evidence that
anything happened to your
daughter in her apartment.

Oh, thank God.

But do you have any idea
who might have taken her?

Right now,
we don't know
that she was taken.

She may have
gone off with someone,
or gone off on her own.

You don't understand
She's our only child.

We talk on the phone
at least twice a week.

Lisa would've called us
if everything is all right.

Something must've happened
to her.

It looked like she was
packing up her apartment.

EDWARDS:
Well, she's moving
back home, temporarily.

Is there a problem?

Her job's ending.
She's going to
stay with us

while she looks
for another one.

VAN BUREN: What type of work
does she do?

She's an aide in
Elliot Judson's office.

State Senator
Elliot Judson.

Was she upset
about losing this job?

Maybe a little anxious.

What are you suggesting?

Has your daughter ever
had any trouble
with drugs?

No, not at all, never.

What about depression?

Lisa's a very cheerful,
positive person,

who works out,
takes good care of herself.

How about boyfriends?

No one special.

There's one young man at work
she seems fond of, though.
Scott Purdy.

EDWARDS: Yeah.
He's the one who called us

when she didn't
show up at the office.

So we asked him
to check on her.

Okay, we'll interview him,
keep you up to date.

Where can you be reached?

We're staying with
friends in town,

but we're not leaving
without our daughter.

SCOTT: So you think
she might still be okay?

Is there any reason
to think that she isn't?

Well, I know
how these things go.

The more time passes,
the longer the odds.

So, uh, how long have
you two known each other?

Oh, we're friends.
Huh.

Her parents thought it
might've been more
than that.

Uh...

Well, we hang out
after work sometimes,

but that's about
as far as it goes.

So who does
she go out with?

(STUTTERS)
I don't know.

Come on, Scott.
A girl that pretty has got
to be going out with somebody.

I'm telling you.
I don't know.

And Lisa,
she doesn't really like to
talk about her private life.

Anyway, it's not like
I really wanted to
hear about other guys,

you know what I mean?

BRISCOE: You like her.

I'm not her type.

So what about
losing her job?
She upset about it?

Well, she's been temping
on something she thought
would pan out.

BRISCOE: What's that?

Something for one
of the state agencies.

But you should really
talk to Senator Judson.

He'd probably know
more about that
than I do.

I hope nothing
happened to her.

Lisa was, uh...
I mean, is very

bright, ambitious,
career-oriented.

And I'd love to keep her,
but I can't.

ED: Why is that?

Well, the grant for her
position was only for
a year.

Scott Purdy said
she was working
on something

that might
get her a new job.

She was doing
some research on the
state gaming legislation.

ED: Upstate gambling?

Lisa was putting
some numbers together

on the impact
casinos would have
on resorts in that area.

For who?

A senior staffer in the
Lieutenant Governor's office.

Don Hamilton.

We desperately need
a controlled expansion

of legal gambling
in this state.

We've been hemorrhaging jobs
and money to Atlantic City
and Connecticut.

My partner's done
a little bleeding
in both places.

Her boss said she was
crunching numbers for you.

We've been working overtime
on drafting the legislation.

Lisa's been a big help.
She's intelligent,
hard working.

Easy on the eyes, too.
I don't follow you.

You having
a personal relationship
with her, Mr. Hamilton?

Sadly enough, strictly
professional, Detective.

Now if you'll excuse me,
I have a meeting to attend.

We may have
some more questions.

Call my office.

We checked the hospitals
and the morgue again
and came up empty.

Where the hell is
this girl?

She was either snatched
off the street by
some psychopath,

wrong place,
wrong time...

Yeah. And she was just
all packed up and
ready to go?

Yeah. Well, I'll tell you,
I'm not buying that
scenario, either.

Or she has a boyfriend
that we don't know about.

Well, what about this
kid, Purdy?

Claims their relationship
was platonic.

Lieutenant? I got
the results back on
Lisa Edwards' credit cards.

Only activity was from one
that wasn't in her wallet.

Well, maybe
she was going away.

Looks like
she got her hair done.

Yeah. Saturday before last.
11:15. Trim and a blow-out.

Do you remember
what you talked about?

Not really.

I think
she said she might be
leaving town for awhile.

Like, a vacation?

No. More like moving.
Relocating.

How did she seem to you?

Fine.

ED: Did she talk about
any of the men in her life?

I got the feeling
there was a guy,

but she never spoke
about him, which was
kind of weird, I thought.

Why is that?

Most of my clients can't
shut up about their
sex lives.

You know,
now that you mention it,

I think she may have been
meeting him later for brunch.

Why do you say that?

She'd asked me if I'd ever
heard of this fusion cafe
down on Spring Street.

BRISCOE: Fusion?
ED: Mmm-hmm.

It's like a blend of
different cooking styles.

You know,
Pacific Rim meets
nouvelle cuisine...

My idea of fusion is
hamburger meets
French fries.

Can I help you
two gentlemen?

Yeah.

Do you recognize
this woman?

She would have been
in here two weeks ago.

Saturday brunch.

Yes. I remember her.
I crave highlights
just like hers.

I asked her
where she got them done.
'Course hers were natural.

Why? What's this about?

Was she with anybody?

She came in alone,
but she met someone.

As a matter of fact,
I remember thinking

a hottie like her,
she could've done
a lot better.

ED: Why'd you think that?

Well, this guy
was quite a bit older.

Chubby-hubby type.

Was he wearing
black glasses?

Yeah.

Thank you.
You're welcome.

Hamilton.
Mr. Strictly Professional.

Sol had brunch with her.
That's not a crime, is it?

You're having
an affair with her?
No.

Why don't I believe you?

Look, I admit
I was attracted to her.

Who wouldn't be?
But Lisa was all business.

Why didn't you
tell us that you saw her
the day that she disappeared?

You know
how the tabloids are.

I get involved in some
investigation of
a missing girl,

my career is
in the crapper.

You're already involved, pal.

Look, I asked her to brunch
I thought, maybe outside
the office...

She'd be
more receptive to
you hitting on her?

She told me
she was seeing somebody.

She say who?
I'd just gotten shot down.

It was a bit of an awkward
moment, Detective.

Look,
I picked up the check,
we went our separate ways.

So how'd she get this gig
with you in the first place?

The Lieutenant Governor
called.

Said he was doing a favor
for the Chairman of the
State Gaming Board.

Chairman of
the State Gaming Board.
You talking about Ted Weldon?

Friend of the Governor.

The Edwards
are from Chatham.
I grew up near there.

My wife and kids and I
still have a house
in the area.

So you know the Edwards?

I'm a real estate
developer by training

and I did some business with
her father a while back and
we remained friendly.

How'd you find out
she was missing?

Mr. Edwards called me.

Why'd he call you?

Look, no disrespect,

but her father
felt the police weren't
taking him seriously enough.

And I'm sort of a big fish
in a small pond up there,

so I told him I'd do
whatever I could to help.

I made a call to
the Police Commissioner

and I asked him if he could
get someone to look into it.

We understand you also made
some calls on her behalf
job wise?

Lisa introduced herself to me
as Mr. Edwards' daughter at
one of those fund-raisers

and when I found out that
the Lieutenant Governor's
office

was looking for
some extra help,

I thought
she'd be a perfect fit.

So when was the last time
you saw her?

A couple of weeks ago.
I'd have to check
my schedule.

You two
see each other regularly?

I think on occasion
would be more accurate.

(PHONE RINGS)

Well, if you can get back to
us about that last occasion,
we'd appreciate it.

Yes.

Look, it's the
Governor's office.
I need to take this.

But if there's anything else
I can do to help,

don't hesitate to call.

You know,
as a parent myself,

I just can't imagine what
I'd do if one of my kids
turned up missing.

ED: Well, if
we hear anything,
we'll let you know.

Listen,
who can blame
them for being cagey.

What public figure
wants to be linked to
a missing girl these days.

Which leaves us with no body,
no weapons, no suspect.

Kind of tough
to whip up a profile of
a killer with no forensics.

Well, then let's
work it backwards.

If we can't
profile the killer...

Profile the victim.

Yeah. If there's a boyfriend
that we can't find,

maybe there's
a type of man we
should be looking for.

Lisa's a year older.
I don't graduate
till June.

But you guys saw
each other last year?

What exactly did
her parents tell you?

That you two
were involved.

And that you were pretty
bummed out over
the breakup.

Wasn't like that at all.

BRISCOE: Okay.
So who dumped who?

Lisa and I
were never involved.

Why would her parents
think that?

Because that's what
Lisa wanted them to think.

Why would she do that?

So she didn't
have to tell them
who she really was seeing.

Who was she really seeing?

I don't even know if
I should be telling
you guys this.

Hey, this girl
has been missing
for almost three weeks.

He was older, married.

He runs the Athletic Center
where she worked part time.

I'm real sorry
to hear about Lisa,
but that's ancient history.

How ancient?

Hey, we can appreciate
you're in a tough spot here.

But if you try
to stonewall us...

Look, I had an affair.

It's over.
A long time ago.

When's the last time
you saw her?

Before she left for New York.

Never went down
for a visit?

I haven't had anything to
do with her for over a year.

You're twice her age.

I'm not proud of it,
Detective.

But I wasn't
the first married guy that
she was involved with, either.

Her boss at
the Athletic Center,

her English professor
sophomore year.

Yeah. This girl
had her wires crossed.

But she sure kept
her parents in the dark.

Yeah. And used
a kid her own age to
pull the wool over their eyes.

Maybe she did
the same thing at work.

You already asked me
this stuff.

ED: What are you
scared of, Scott?

She made me promise
that I wouldn't
tell anyone.

Well, I doubt she'd
care about that anymore.

She really is dead,
isn't she?

It's beginning
to look that way.

She's been going out
with an older guy.

ED: Who?

She wouldn't say.

I got the impression
he was some sort of
big shot.

What about your boss?

I don't know. I mean,
he's definitely got
eyes for her.

What else did she say?

That this guy was
gonna leave his wife
and he was gonna marry her.

And she believed him?

Yeah, I guess she did.

BRISCOE: She never mentioned
a name?

A nickname.
She called him E.

E? That's all?

Yeah. Apparently,
it was a rule he had.

A rule?

She was
never supposed to
use his real name.

He had a lot of rules.

Like, they could never go or
leave anywhere together,
stuff like that.

Let's check out her computer.
Maybe they had some kind of
e-mail thing going.

This girl a gambler?

Spends a lot of time
in online casinos.

Job research.
Oh, I gotta remember that one.

So what else?

Well, she's able to
access secure files

of the Senate subcommittee
on Economic Development.

ED: How'd she get in?
Private password.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Excuse me.
Yeah? Green.

So who else would
have the password?

Just the people on
the Senate subcommittee.

Hold on a minute.
Lennie, we got to go.

Thanks.

Kid's dog dug her up.
She wasn't buried deep.

Somebody was in a hurry.

We're checking for
tires and footprints,
but it's rained recently.

Is it her?
You tell us.

Lennie,
look at the hair.

Yeah.
Beautiful highlights.

State of decomposition,
ground temperature,
insect activity.

SERENA:
Insect activity?

She's been dead three weeks,
give or take.

BRISCOE:
Probably killed
the day she disappeared.

First time?

I came over from
Civil Investigations.

You get used to the smell.
No, you don't.

What was the cause
of death?

Single shot
to the head,
close range.

BRISCOE:
You recover a slug?

Yeah. CSU pulled it
out of a tree.

Nine mil.
Pretty good shape,
you ought to make a match.

Thanks.

One more thing.

She was pregnant.

We'll do the DNA,
find out who the father was.

Why not?
Well, the egg's
too microscopic,

it's not enough
material to test.

How do they even know
she's pregnant?

Changes in the cells
of the uterus.

So how do we find out
who she was seeing?

Well, Briscoe and Green
put together a profile

of the type of man
she was attracted to.

And?

Well, according to
the profile,

she gravitated to men
she thought she could please

and who might be able to
reward her for her efforts.

And he's probably married.

Someone who
might not be overjoyed

at the prospect of
impending fatherhood.

Do we have any suspects?

Her boss.

Senator Judson.

Well, the cops discovered
she'd been using his
private password

to access
a State Senate website.

Question is, why?

You want me
to interview him?

No way to avoid
ruffling feathers now.

I never slept
with Lisa Edwards.

So you weren't
having an affair with her?

She works for me, okay?

I don't cheat on my wife
and I don't dip my pen
in the company ink.

Then how did she get
your private password?

Senator, that fact alone
is enough

to trigger
a Grand Jury investigation.

Maybe even
federal involvement.

Look,

I wasn't the one who gave
Lisa Edwards my password.

But you have a pretty
good idea who did.

I just can't believe
he would have been
so foolish.

We've been working together on
this gambling legislation
for two years.

You have no idea the money
that's at stake, the jobs...

So you did give your
password to someone?

I know
I wasn't supposed to.

Senator, who are
we talking about?

We needed this legislation.
It was for the good
of the people.

Her grant was up.
Lisa Edwards
needed a new job.

I mentioned it to Ted.

He set her up with the
Lieutenant Governor's office.

Ted Weldon?

Chairman of the
State Gaming Board.

Ted Weldon.
That's pretty cozy.

A member of
the subcommittee
sharing state secrets

with the Chairman
of the Gaming Board.

Favor bank's
always open for business.

If you're in the club.

Weldon also
fits the profile
Briscoe and Green developed.

Plus her work
with the subcommittee

would have
brought them
into close proximity.

Let's interview Weldon.

Assume that
Judson's already
given him the heads up.

Tread lightly.

I can't tell you
how sorry I am
about Lisa.

It's all so tragic.

And yes, it's true. I did
give Lisa Elliot's password.

But I was just
trying to help her
put her best foot forward.

I mean, some of the
information that
she needed

would've been impossible
for her to get any other way.

Or you.

According to the police,
you spent some time
with Lisa Edwards

the week before
she disappeared.

Yeah.
I checked my schedule.
I saw her that Thursday.

JACK: Where did you meet?

My apartment. I maintain
a residence here in the city.

Was that
Thursday afternoon?

In the evening.

What time did she
leave your apartment?

After 10:00.
I really can't recall.

I'm sorry,
but I don't see how
any of this is relevant.

Lisa didn't go missing
until Saturday.

It's our understanding
Miss Edwards was involved
with a married man.

Well, I wouldn't know
anything about that.

Look, I understand how this
must seem, her being in
my apartment.

But I assure you
that there was nothing
illicit in our relationship.

How would you describe
your relationship?

I took a special
interest in her as
a friend of the family.

Now the last time you
spoke to her was that
Thursday night?

Last time I saw her,
last time I spoke to her.

Well, I appreciate your
taking the time to see us.

Whatever I can
do to help. Okay.

SERENA: You cut that off
pretty quickly.

If we went any further,
we would have had to
have read him his rights.

We already
have the story
he'll be sticking to.

Then you don't believe him.
I thought it was just me.

Let's pull his IUDs.
Home and office.

And in the meantime,
I want you to drop
by his building.

See if you can find anyone
to confirm the story
he just told us.

You should see him
on the weekends, jeans,
sneakers, leather jacket.

Keeps a red Camaro
in the garage.

A man of his age?
Pretty ridiculous
if you ask me.

What about women?
On and off, over the years.

What about this woman?

Miss Edwards, sure,
she's been a regular
the last six months or so.

Not too much lately.

She was murdered.

Sorry to hear that.
She was a nice girl.

Me, I don't follow
the news much,
it's all bad.

What about his wife?

Rarely.
Couple times a year, maybe.
Lives upstate with the kids.

When was the last time
you saw her?

Three weeks ago.
She was here
for the weekend.

Lisa Edwards was
here three weeks ago?
You're positive?

Not her. The wife.
Mrs. Weldon.

I decided to go down
to the city on a whim.

See Ted,
have dinner,
catch a show.

You don't go into
the city very often?

I prefer the country.

When Ted
was appointed to
the Gaming Board,

he had to maintain
a presence in the city.

I decided to stay
here with the kids.

It must be hard.
Being away from
each other.

Is there a reason
you're here?

Did you know Lisa Edwards?

The girl who was killed?
Not really.

Ted knows her family,
but I don't.

What time
did you get to
the city that Friday?

About noon, I think.

And you were at
the apartment all day?

Waiting for my husband.

A call was placed
from his apartment to hers
that afternoon, Mrs. Weldon.

Only your husband
wasn't home.

I don't know
anything about that.

You said you were there
all afternoon.

I may have gone out
for a minute or two.
I don't remember.

Maybe the housekeeper...

She doesn't work on Fridays.
I checked.

My husband asked me to
cooperate with you,
but I really...

Did you call Lisa Edwards
that afternoon, Mrs. Weldon?

I just told you
I didn't.

You know what? I think
maybe I should call Ted now.

She must have made the call
from the apartment that day.

Lisa Edwards had no idea
his wife was in town.

She leaves a message
for her lover,

only Mrs. Weldon's there
to hear it.

And then she calls
the girl back.

I'd love to have
heard that conversation.

Tell me about Mrs. Weldon.

Small-town girl.
Prominent family.

Hates the big city.

From all accounts,
the marriage is a sham.

So if her husband
is who we think he is,

this isn't the first time
she's come across one of
his girlfriends.

Let's see
if we can find out how
she handled this before.

Well, I'll talk
to the doorman again.

See if he can
give me another name.

Look, we dated for
five or six months.

How did you meet?

I sold him a Sub-Zero.

Was his wife with him?

You're kidding, right?

So she never found out
about you two?

Ted never seemed
to worry about it.

She never
threatened you then?

God, no.

Whole time
we were together,

I don't think the woman
ever came into the city.

Why did it end?

He was never gonna
leave his wife.

It just
took me a while
to get the message.

Right.
Which was delivered how?

Ted doesn't do
his own dirty work.

He had a friend do it
for him.

A friend?

Some guy he grew up with.
Mickey... Somebody.

Kind of a biker tough guy.

We hung out a few times.

Anyway, I guess somewhere
I must have crossed
the line with Ted,

because one day, Mickey
shows up and tells me
it's over.

What did you do?

I told him I wanted to
hear it from Ted.

So I went down to his office.

Big mistake.

Why?

He totally flipped.

Ted's a real
secret freak.

Even gave himself
a code name.

A code name?

I was never supposed
to use his real name.

I had to call him E.

What did you do after you
went down to Ted's office?

I got another visit
from Mickey.

Mickey came to her home.

Told her
to never call or
try to see Weldon again.

If she did,
she would regret it.

She call the police?
She was scared to death.

I got
a hold of Weldon's
high school yearbook.

His name is
Mickey Bastone.
And he has a sheet.

She had a good reason
to be scared.

Assault one.
Gun possession.

That's the one
that interested me.

Probation.

How does a felon
get that?

Bastone was buying
handguns in the Carolinas,
driving 'em up to New York.

This particular trip, he was
stopped by State Troopers
for speeding.

Search incident revealed
a cache of weapons
in his trunk.

Sig Sauers, Glocks,
couple dozen .38s.

So why didn't you guys
take the case?

How's the saying go?
Bastone had friends
in high places.

Ted Weldon?
Never knew who.

Just some big
bureaucrat pal
of the Governor's

was standing up
for the guy.

Gave him a walk.
Local D.A.
went along with it.

Quid pro quo.

Bastone fed us
information on
his seller.

Which led to
a federal indictment.
Everybody went home happy.

Including
Mickey Bastone.

Canvass with
Bastone's photograph
yielded two witnesses.

Both saw a young blonde woman
walking with a man that
looked like Bastone

not far from where
her body was found.

Can we connect him
to the gun?

The gun that killed
Lisa Edwards was
a Sig Sauer.

The same model as
the ones sold to Bastone.

Seven of which
were never recovered.

Get a warrant.
Have Briscoe and
Green pick him up.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Mickey Bastone?
That's right.

NYPD.

We have a warrant
to search your bar,

your home and
any of your vehicles.

We also
have a warrant
for your arrest.

Hey, I'm tryin' to
run a business here.

Well, why don't you think
about takin' a few days off?

All right, everybody!
Last call!

He means leave!

I'm telling you, you know,
you ain't gonna find nothin'.

People say that to us
all the time.

Next thing you know,
they're watchin' the
seasons change in Attica.

Put your hands
behind your back.

You probably know this
next part by heart.

You have the right
to remain silent.

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

You have a lot
of supposition,

but so far I haven't
heard any real evidence
tying my client to the crime.

We have two witnesses
who can place Mr. Bastone

with the victim
near the crime scene

the afternoon
that she disappeared.

We can also link him
to the make and model
of the murder weapon.

A forensics team found
blonde hair fibers
in his car.

We think
they belong
to Lisa Edwards.

What's on the table?

Twenty-five-to-life.
Provided he tells us
who put him up to it.

Twenty-five-to-life?
We could get that
after trial.

Not likely after
a murder one conviction.

Murder one?
You can't prove
a murder for hire here.

You don't have any
direct evidence linking
anyone else to the crime.

SERENA:
We don't need to.

The killing occurred
during the course of
a kidnapping.

Anybody see this
alleged kidnapping?

We'll argue
he either tricked her or
forced her to accompany him.

A jury won't find that
so hard to believe.

If I have to go it alone
with you, Mr. Bastone,
I will.

Why would I kill this girl?
I barely knew her.

The minute Forensics matches
those hair fibers to
Miss Edwards

is the minute
this conversation ends.

If he'd only
let me do it my way.

You mean, Ted Weldon?

The girl was pregnant.

She was threatening
to go public,

ruin his career,
blow up his marriage.

Ted said she wasn't gonna
go away easy.

Weldon's marriage
was an arrangement.

What difference would
one more affair make?

Ted was in line
for big things once this
casino legislation passed.

That girl
would've ruined all that.

I guess Teddy just
couldn't help himself.

Any money change hands?

Bastone said he was
paid $10,000. In cash.

So far I haven't
found anything in

Weldon's financial
records to corroborate that.

So we have
the confession
of a convicted felon

against the word of a trusted,
distinguished public servant.

We also have testimony
that Weldon used Bastone
to do his dirty work for him

on at least
one other occasion.

He had
Bastone threaten
another girlfriend

when she started to
get too serious.

He told her to
back off or else...

That girl
was smart enough
to take the warning.

Lisa Edwards wasn't.

Well, Lisa Edwards was
young, pregnant, in love.

She'd been dumped by
a married man before.

My guess is this time
she couldn't take no
for answer.

Pick up the
son of a bitch.

Your Honor, this is
a capital murder case,
a killing for hire.

The People feel
bail is inappropriate
under these circumstances,

and ask
that the defendant
be held without bond.

Mr. Cromwell?

Your Honor, Mr. Weldon
is a well-respected
public servant,

he's a man of
limited financial resources

but high public profile.
He's not any sort of
flight risk.

We ask that
he be released on
his own recognizance.

Bail is set
in the amount of
one million dollars.

Your Honor,
I would like to point out

that Chairman Weldon has
taken and passed a polygraph

relating to the tragic events
surrounding the death of
Lisa Edwards.

That has absolutely
no relevance,
Your Honor.

Approach.

The People know nothing
about any polygraph test.

It was administered privately
by a reputable firm.

It is totally inadmissible.

At trial.
I thought it relevant
for the purpose of bail.

Then you thought wrong.
Step back. Same bail.

His lawyer wants to
sit down and talk.

You don't.

We have a strong case.
Bastone's confession,
plenty of motive...

But nothing to prove
he made the payment
to Bastone.

And he passed a poly.

Publicity stunt.
He wanted to get
it in the papers,

taint the jury pool.

Well, then
he accomplished
what he set out to do.

I'll have the court
instruct the panel
to disregard it.

Weldon's a charmer, Jack.
He's good looking,
he's well-spoken.

Let's see how good he looks
after a couple of months
in Rikers.

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello?

Thank you.

Weldon just posted bail.

I thought
he was a man of
limited resources.

He is.
His wife isn't.

Have the conversation, Jack.
It can't hurt.

Be nice if you'd all come to
your senses before you drag
my client into court.

We didn't ask for this
meeting, Counselor.
You did.

Come on, Jack.
Admit it.

This is nothing more
than a vendetta by the
politically correct police.

Excuse me?

You're out to get my client
because he won't admit

that he had
sex with the woman.

He misled the investigation.
He lied.

That's what married people
do who have affairs,
Miss Southerlyn.

They lie.

Your client is an older man,
a powerful man

who took advantage of
an impressionable
young woman.

Excuse me, but
I was under the impression
that they were both adults.

It's still
an inherently
unequal relationship.

Which might make it
sexual harassment,
not murder.

The guy
is not gonna say
that he slept with her.

That makes him a creep.
Maybe even worse than
a creep.

But not a killer.
Do yourself a favor.

Drop the charges before
you embarrass yourself.

I thought you asked
for this meeting because
you were ready to make a deal.

And I thought you were
ready to see the light.

You're so up in arms
about the subject,

you ought to talk
to your boss here.

He's famous for sleeping
with his assistants.

He wasn't interested
in discussing a plea.

He thinks we're just punishing
Weldon for refusing to admit
to the affair.

The last thing
I care about is
who this man slept with.

I mean, if his wife can
stomach him, that's
their business.

That being said,
I'll take extra pleasure
when you hand him his head.

By the way,
I heard your own history
with your assistants came up.

I married her, Nora.

Yeah.

Wasn't just the one
though, was it, Jack?

BASTONE:
Ted gave me her number.

I paged Lisa,
arranged to meet her
on the steps of the Met.

Ted told me they usually
got together there on
the weekends.

What happened
when she realized it was
you instead of Mr. Weldon?

She wasn't pleased.

Until I told her
I was gonna take
her to him.

So she went with you?

She'd been
calling him all week.

Ted wasn't
taking her calls and
she was gettin' upset.

I guess she thought if
she could see him
face-to-face,

she could
make things right.

JACK: Make things right, how?

She was pregnant.
She wanted him
to leave his wife.

Objection.

Jury will disregard.

JACK: Where did you
take her?

Inwood. Kind of
a secluded area.

I told her she'd
be meeting Ted there.

We went down the trail.
We stopped. End of story.

Ted Weldon asked you
to kill Lisa Edwards.

Not in so many words,
but I knew what he wanted.

He said to
take care of it,
once and for all.

So I did.

JACK: He paid you.

$10,000. Cash.

Is there any record
of this transaction?

No.

Your word against his.
Why should we believe you?

'Cause I didn't
need her killed.
He did.

Ted Weldon
was your friend?

Since we were kids.

And he's helped you out
a great deal over the years.

We've helped each other.

You have a strange way of
paying back your friends,
Mr. Bastone.

Objection.

JUDGE: Sustained.

When did Mr. Weldon tell you
about his problems with
Miss Edwards?

We took
a ride to Harrison
State Park one Sunday.

Teddy pulled me aside,
said she was putting
the pressure on him.

In what way?

Said she wanted him
to leave his wife.

He didn't know
what to do about it.

And that's when he
asked you to take care
of things, is that right?

That's right,
that's Teddy's way.

So he never actually
told you to kill her,
did he?

Like I said,
not in so many words.

You know,
that 10 grand
wasn't a gift.

And what did you do with
that payment that you
allegedly received?

Put most of it in my bike.
Chromed my pipes.

Now, you own a tavern
and a home upstate.

So you've done pretty well
through your association
with Mr. Weldon.

He didn't
hand me nothin'.

I've worked hard
for everything
I've got.

He was the one that
kept you out of jail.

Even now,
his friendship is keeping
you from a lethal injection.

In fact,
if Lisa Edwards exposed him,
you stood to lose everything!

The protection,
the connections,

maybe even your liquor
license, your livelihood.

It'd be the end
of the gravy train.

I wouldn't
have killed her if
he didn't ask me to!

Only as you just said,
he didn't ask you to.
Did he?

I think we're headed
for reasonable doubt.

Weldon takes
the stand tomorrow.

I'd feel a lot better
if we could tie him

a little
closer to the murder
before he takes the stand.

We still
haven't found anything
in his financial records.

Or his wife's.

I think it's time we show
Mrs. Weldon exactly who
she's married to.

You don't think
she already knows?

Well, it's one thing
for a woman to know.

It's another to be
publicly humiliated.

JACK: Did Mr. Weldon
ever offer to leave
his wife?

In the beginning
all the time.

Did he give you a reason?

He said his wife was cold,
that he didn't love her
anymore.

JACK: Anything else?

(SIGHS)

He complained
about the sex.

He said that he only
married her for the money.

He told me he couldn't
wait to leave her
and be with me.

But he never did
leave her, did he?

I don't think
he really intended to.

He was just using me.

Same way
he was using her.

You had
no right to do that
to me and my children.

Your husband has been
living a lie, Mrs. Weldon.
We just showed you the truth.

Do you have any idea
what it is like to be
cheated on like that?

Over and over?

We've been through
your husband's accounts.

We didn't find any record of
his payment to Mickey Bastone.

SERENA: We think you might
know where he got the money.

Do you really think
that I would give
my husband

money to have
his mistress killed?

Then where did he get it?

You were right.

I did
hear her voice
on the machine.

She was crying,

begging him to see her.

You don't know
how many times

I have left that
very same message myself,

asking him to
please call me,
please come home.

But you did
call her back?

I asked her to
leave us alone.

I told her that she didn't
know my husband as well as
she thought she did.

What did she say?

She said
she was pregnant,

that Ted was the father.

She said he was going
to leave me and marry her.

What did you tell her?

I just hung up.

Then I went
a little bit crazy.

I started
going through
all his drawers,

looking for love letters,
traces of her.

I found this.

That bastard used
his own child to
do this.

I am not a perfect man.

I admit
I have made mistakes.

But I love
my wife and children.

CROMWELL: Did you have
an affair with Miss Edwards?

I will not
talk about that.

Even if it means
you're convicted?

I am entitled
to my privacy.

My family's entitled to
their privacy.

And the
Edwards are entitled
to their privacy, too.

The Medical Examiner
has testified

that Miss Edwards was
pregnant at the time
of her death.

I am not the father.

But that didn't stop
Miss Edwards from
accusing you?

Lisa began calling me
more and more frequently.

She began threatening me,
threatening my marriage.

Why didn't you
go to the police?

I was trying to help.

She was a young woman.
Unstable.

I didn't
want to ruin
her career or mine.

And I thought
I might be able to
take care of it myself.

By going to
an old friend.

Absolutely not.

It's just that
I had no one else that
I could talk to about it.

And Mickey's someone
I've been friends with
my whole life.

Did you ever ask him
to kill her?

Never. I was
very fond of Lisa.

I would never
have harmed her.

Nothing further.

You asked
Mickey Bastone
to talk to her,

even though you weren't
having an affair with her?

I've already said
I won't comment on that.

Because everyone
deserves their privacy?

That's right.

But didn't the Edwards
deserve something more
than that from you?

When they called you to
tell you that their daughter
was missing,

didn't they deserve
your honesty?

Objection.

Overruled.

As I said, I am
not a perfect man.
I've made mistakes.

Lisa Edwards often spent
the night in your apartment.

I think occasionally
would be more appropriate.

And there was
a spare bedroom.

You also said that
you were fond of her.

I was.

That fondness
would explain

the many phone calls,
restaurant receipts,
expensive gifts...

In retrospect,
I can see how

my relationship with Lisa
might be misconstrued.

But as I said,
I've made mistakes.

None of which apparently
you're willing to own up to.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

People would ask that this
receipt be marked Exhibit 23.

Show it to the witness.

Recognize it, Mr. Weldon?

It's a bank withdrawal
receipt for $10,000.

JACK: Drawn on
your son's account.

Only that's not your son's
signature, is it, Mr. Weldon?

I have no idea.
I would assume
that it is.

You forged
your son's signature,
didn't you, Mr. Weldon?

That is not true!

Forged it so that
you could get the money

to pay Mickey Bastone
to kill Lisa Edwards.

I didn't.
I didn't do it.

You already put
this young woman's parents

through an
unspeakable nightmare,

exposed your
wife to ridicule.

Would you really
force your own son
to testify against you?

They were out for
less than an hour.

Life without parole.

There's some stories
even a jury won't buy.

I just finished walking
Mrs. Weldon through
the clerk's office

to get her
bail money back.

Is she all right?
She was almost giddy.

Then I took a look
at the bail release form.
Take a look at her signature.

So?

Now take a look
at the writing on the
son's withdrawal receipt.

I mean,
you gotta admit,
they are pretty close.

Maybe she got him?

You can see
how the similarities
between your own signature

and the one on that
receipt might concern us.

My husband's already
been found guilty.

I don't see
how your concern
really matters much anymore.

SERENA: It might to a judge.

We can still get a court
to order you to provide
a writing sample.

On what basis?

That now you think
Ted isn't guilty?

You do that, you can throw
Ted's conviction right
out the window.

Now, we both know
you won't do that.

Not unless you're sure.

And how can you be?

He'll appeal.

Appeals take time.

And most of them
are denied anyway.

If there's nothing else?

Your husband
underestimated you.

Well, like he said,

he's not a perfect man.

He's made some mistakes.