All language subtitles for Law and orer S12E17 - Girl Most Likely

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.

So I said,
"As long as you're
living under my roof,

"you're not putting
a hole through
your tongue."

This younger generation.
Piercing this,
tattooing that.

Next day, she come
home with a ring
in she belly button.

I said,
"What's this?"

And she said,
"Well, Mama,
it's not my tongue."

Lord knows, there
are worse places.

(LAUGHING) Girl,
I'm not even going there.

What's this on
the washer?
Looks like blood.

(GASPS)
Oh, my Lord.

Couple of housekeepers
found her around 9:00.

Looks like her
skull's fractured.

Can we get in
for a look?
Not yet.

There's a partial shoe
print and some dust
we want to preserve.

BRISCOE: Looks like she
got clocked pretty good.
You find a weapon?

Probably the corner of
that washing machine.

Well, maybe she
just fell and
hit her head.

Doubtful. The damage
was pretty extensive.

Plus dust indicates
somebody dragged the body
under here to hide it.

We know her
name yet?
No ID.

But the super's over there.
Says he recognizes her.

Thanks.
Thanks, Reed.

Excuse me.
You know this girl?

(SIGHS) Her name's
Julie Cade. Lives in 3C.

Nice family.
Who's gonna tell 'em?
We'll take care of it.

Was anybody from the
building working down
here this morning?

Maintenance guys
don't get in till 9:00.

What about the
service entrance?

Stays locked up
till my guys get in.

He could've come
through the front door.

You have cameras
in the building?

Just a doorman, 2417.

No money in the
reserve fund for
more security.

Pay now or pay later.

(CRYING) We moved here
last fall from Boston.

They said this was
a good neighborhood.

Do you feel
up to answering
a few questions?

(EXHALES)

Uh, what time
did Julie leave
this morning?

She, uh, went
downstairs to the
laundry room about 7:30.

She spilled some
water on her sweater.

She wanted to throw it
into the dryer for a few
minutes before school.

ED: And that was
the last time
you saw her?

I went to work out.
I figured she was just going
to school from there.

Did Julie know
anybody in the building?

Just a few people
to say hello to,
I guess.

BRISCOE: We're gonna
need their names.

My God.

Do you think
it was someone...

My husband told her just
to put on something else,

but you know how
teenage girls are.

I still have to call
his office (SOBBING)

and tell him.

I take over from the
night man at 6:00 a.m.

Stay till 2:00
WOMAN: Thanks, Bill.

So, do you remember
anybody unusual
in the building?

Say around 7:30,
8:00?

Oh, that's
my busy time.

Tenants walking their dogs,
kids going to school,
people going to work.

Half the time,
I'm out here hailing
somebody a cab.

So, it's possible
that somebody
could've slipped

in and out and you
didn't see them?

(LAUGHS) You know,
if they expect me to
keep track of everybody

who comes and goes,
they need to hire
a second guy.

We're just trying
to figure out what
happened here.

Yeah.

Only thing comes to mind
when I was helping Brian
Becker on the school bus,

someone went in past me
wearing sweats.

Hood was up.
Couldn't see
who it was.

Short? Tall?
Average.

Man, woman, black,
white, young, old?

Couldn't tell.
Like I said, couldn't
see the face.

They were wearing
a jacket on
over the sweats.

What kind of jacket.
You know, a jacket.

Dark. Stripes
on the sleeves.

Gold, or tan maybe.

Why didn't you
stop this person?
I was busy.

And they seemed
to know where
they were going.

So, you think it might
have been somebody
who lives in the building?

Like I said, couldn't
say one way or another.

The body was
found at 9:00.

The M.E. estimated
that she'd been dead
for about an hour?

Yeah. Julie's mother
said she went downstairs
at 7:30 to dry a sweater.

Yeah, we found it
in one of the dryers.

What about this
person who slipped
past the doorman?

Well, the description's
sketchy at best.

And the shoe print?
It's just a partial.

How partial?
Not enough to
determine size,

but they're pretty
sure that it's from
a running shoe.

Yeah, Latent thinks
they got some good
lifts off the washer.

We'll run 'em
through the system.

Well, how about
her tox screen?

It came back clean.
But they did find traces of
something on her sweater.

It looks like
sodium thiosulfate.

Sodium what?

Well, the lab says
it's used for a variety
of different things,

like dechlorinating pools
or photographic immersion.

That's developing
pictures.
Thank you.

Now, why would this stuff
be in a laundry room?

It's not something
you'd want to wash
your clothes with.

Well, she got it
on herself somehow.

We're gonna go back
and canvass the building,

see if anybody saw her
there this morning.

All right.

I was waiting for the, uh,
elevator in the basement,
and she got off.

Poor thing. To think
a thing like that could
happen in this building.

What were you
doing down there so
early, Mrs. Quinn?

Well, I like to do
my laundry early,

before the cleaning
women come and hog
all the dryers.

Was anyone with
the Cade girl
when you saw her?

Not that I recall.

Was there anybody else
doing laundry downstairs?

The only other
person I saw in the
basement was Mark.

Mark somebody.

Nice-looking young man.
Lives on 11.

Mark's still
at work.

What time did he
go out this morning?

Early. I was still in bed.

Is this about that girl
who was killed
in the basement?

It's possible
that your husband
may have been

one of the last people
to see her alive.

How's that?

Someone thinks they saw
your husband doing laundry
in the basement this morning.

(SCOFFS) Mark
doing laundry?

Believe me,
whoever it is,
they're mistaken.

What other reason
could he have for being
down there at that hour?

I don't know.
But I'm sure
he'll be happy

to answer your questions
when he gets home.

When will
that be?
Later tonight.

Maybe it'd be better
if we just, uh, talked
to him at his job.

I'm not sure he'll
be in the office.

Mark's a photographer
for Metro City Magazine.

Really?
He take all these?

WOMAN: Every one.
Oh, they're really nice.

Does he develop
his own prints?

He's very picky
about processing.

He even turned
the maid's room
into a darkroom.

You mind
if I get quick look?

I'm a bit of an amateur
photographer myself.

He doesn't like me
to go in there.

I ruined a batch
of pictures once.

But I guess he wouldn't mind.
Just don't touch anything.

Oh, my God, they're
all of that girl.

Maybe he was
freelancing for Vogue.

Look, I told you,
the first I heard
about Julie

was when my wife called
and told me you guys
were coming down.

So what were you
doing in the basement
this morning, Mr. Knapp?

I keep my, uh, bike
in the storeroom.
Sometimes I bike to work.

What time'd you
leave for work?

Around 7:30.

You can check
with the doorman.
He saw me leave.

We will.

Did you run into
Julie down there?

Um, no, the last
time I saw Julie
was yesterday.

She came by my apartment
to check out her prints.

Just the two of you
in your darkroom?

It's not what
it looks like.

Those photos were
for her yearbook.

Pretty slick yearbook.

The seniors at her
school design their
own yearbook pages.

She asked me
to take them.

So you were just
helping her out?

She told me that, um,
everyone at her
school thought

that she was plain
and uptight.

She asked me to
make her look hip,
sophisticated.

Look, the last thing that
this kid needed was

some middle-aged man
hitting on her.

What do you mean,
the last thing
she needed?

Was Julie
having problems?

Some relationship with
a kid at her school.

It wasn't going so well.

BRISCOE: She say who?

I asked her once
if she wanted
to talk about it,

but she said
that she couldn't.

As far as I know,
Julie wasn't going
with anybody.

How well did
you know her?

Well, she was new,
and I was supposed to be
her sponsor for a semester,

but we didn't
really connect.

Who did she
connect with?

Monica Heath,
Alicia Milford.
Matty Helder.

The Dream Team.
Like the elite,
you know?

Pretty fast crowd
for the new kid.

I think she was like
their science project.

ED: Who was she
the tightest with?

Mostly Alicia.

ED: We heard that
you and Julie were
pretty close friends.

I just tried to
look out for her.

Was there anybody
in particular who
gave her a hard time?

A hard time?

We heard that the kids
thought she might have
been a little uptight.

She wasn't even going
to go to the Spring Dance.

Said it was sexist.
Stuff like that.

Julie wasn't uptight.
It's just, it's hard
being new.

ED: Did she mention
anything?

I mean, anything
she might have been
worried about recently?

(BELL RINGS)

That's the end
of second period.

Okay, you girls go
ahead to class. Thanks.

I got a lock cutter
in the car.

Ed.

Check out the jackets.

Yeah, gold stripes.

I got a feeling somebody
knows her combination.

227 students at Strickland
are on varsity teams
and wear those jackets.

Yeah, and 43 of
them are girls.

What about
the photographer?

The school yearbook
advisor confirmed

that Julie submitted
some of Knapp's proofs
for her yearbook page.

Now, maybe he was
getting some cheap thrills,

but his story
seems to check out.

The doorman said Knapp left
on his bike around 7:30.

Julie wasn't killed
till around 8:00,

so that pretty much
gets him off the hook.

The doorman also
ID'd a Polaroid of
the varsity jacket

that he said slipped by
him a few minutes later.

Yeah, we're thinking that's
who the shoe print in the
laundry room belongs to.

VAN BUREN: So, what are we
doing to find Cinderfella?

Mrs. Cade gave us
Julie's laptop.

Anything interesting?

Well, I'm checking
her e-mails. There's no
mention of a boyfriend yet.

But she wrote
these last week.

"People think
it's all about sex,
but it's not.

"Why can't anyone
understand that?"

And, "This is their problem,
not my problem."

Who'd she send these to?

The screen name
of the recipient was
A-Mil at Strickland.

Someone at school.
You track it down?

A-Mil. Her best friend
is Alicia Milford.

(ALL CHEERING)

Okay, that's good.
But next time, everything
needs to be much tighter.

More energy,
girls, all right?

Leesh...

Okay, why don't you
guys practice the toss?

Is everything
all right?

We think there's
something you forgot
to tell us, Alicia.

What do
you mean?
Well...

You said that, uh,
Julie wasn't upset
about anything.

She wasn't.
Not as far
as I know.

Where'd you get these?

ED: We printed 'em
off her laptop.

What's this "problem"
she's referring to?

Alicia, look,
if you know something,
now is the time to say so.

Maybe you should talk
to Headmaster Marsh.

BRISCOE: What about?

Was she seeing
a teacher or something?
Is that what this is about?

These aren't
about a guy.

Matty, don't...
They're gonna
find out anyway.

Find out what?

These e-mails are
about Cherry.

"Cherry" was an Internet
message board created
by two of our students.

Girls in the school
were rated sexually.

Details about what they
would or wouldn't do.

A list of who the
virgins supposedly were.

Sort of a new version of
the bathroom wall, huh?

Was Julie Cade written
up on the site?

WOMAN: No, she wasn't.

Why was she so concerned
about the message board?

Julie was a very serious girl.
She found the whole
thing offensive.

Demeaning to women.
It was demeaning.

A couple of weeks ago
someone left an anonymous
note on my desk

naming the students
who were running it.

One of our faculty
members identified the
handwriting as Julie's.

Did you talk to her?
She admitted
writing the note.

Did anybody contact
the police?

We consulted a lawyer.
We were told that no
crime had been committed,

but we suspended
the two students
for a week

and we shut down
the message board.

Sounds like
a slap on the wrist.

WOMAN: Not at Strickland.

Believe me,
this won't look good on
their college applications.

Look, we're not
talking Columbine here.
Just very poor judgment.

Do the students
know about that note?

We tried to keep it quiet,
but as you can imagine,

it's hard to keep a
secret in high school.

We're going to need
to talk to these
two cyber-gen I uses.

Peter Grimes
and John Lucero.

The students are
at lunch right now.

Peter Grimes?
John Lucero?

Yeah.

As soon as you're
done stuffing you faces,
we need to talk to you.

About what?
Oh, putting mayo on
corned beef, for openers.

Hey...
Lunch is over.
Get up, John boy.

Yo, I know my rights.
You can't put your
hands on students.

I'm gonna file
a complaint.
Aw, stick it on your
message board, Lurch.

Nobody was supposed
to know about the board.
It was a secret.

If nobody was supposed
to know, then why do it
in the first place?

It was a goof,
that's all.

We only told people
we thought we could trust.

So you must've
been pretty pissed off
when you found out

somebody dropped
a dime on you.

I wasn't mad.

Oh, come on, bro,
you got suspended.

Don't tell me you
didn't want to know
who busted you.

I was curious, maybe.
But I didn't go looking.

You and John didn't
make a few phone calls
asking around?

No. I didn't.

But John did, didn't he?

Tell him what you know.

He's my best friend.

FATHER: Oh, for God
sakes, Peter, stand up
for yourself for once.

One of your classmates
is dead, bro.

This ain't no goof no more.

He wouldn't have hurt her.

Yeah, but he knew that
it was Julie that got you
guys suspended, right?

Right?

(SIGHS)

After we got busted,
he freaked.

It was like he was
obsessed with finding out
who turned us in.

Well, why was it
so important to him?

He's got coaches
calling him from
Colgate, Dartmouth.

He was going to
play college ball.

This is going to
mess up his whole life.

Last Friday he found
out it was Julie.

How did he find out?
I don't know.

But he said he was just
going to tell the
bitch off, that's all.

I mean, scare her a little.

We weren't hurting anybody.

Calling your
classmates whores?

You know,
if the truth hurts,
I'm sorry.

I see your son's
got a lot of remorse
for this, huh?

Hey, he's here
and he's cooperating.
What more do you want?

How did you find out
Julie Cade was
the one who busted you?

(STAMMERS) I didn't even
know that it was Julie.

(LAUGHS) That's not what
your friend Peter told me.

FATHER: Are you
calling my son a liar?

Hey, if the truth hurts.

We don't have to sit here
and listen to your insults.

As a matter
of fact, you do.

Now, where were you
8:00, Tuesday morning?

I was...
Home eating
breakfast with me.

Now, look, unless my son
is under arrest,

we're through answering
any more of these questions.

We're through.

For now.

Well, I just got
off with the D.A.

Apparently there's no crime
we can hold them on
for the message board.

If we cut Lucero loose,
we're not going
to get his prints.

No judge is going
to give us a warrant based
on what his cyber-pal says.

Especially if his
father's his alibi.

Well, maybe if there was
some other way we could prove

Lucero knew it was
Julie who turned him in.

How did she find out
about this message board?

The webmaster gave us
a list of all the students
who logged onto Cherry.

We can cross-reference
that list with
her e-mail addresses.

Could be whoever
told her told Lucero.

Okay.

Julie and I were doing
a computer science project
together in the library,

and I had Cherry up
on the back window.

When I came back
from the bathroom,
she was staring at it.

I take it she
wasn't amused.

No, man, she was
really pissed.

I told her she wasn't
even on the damned thing,
but she didn't care.

She thought it was really
gross and degrading.

How did she know it
was Lucero and Grimes?
You tell her?

What else could I do?

I mean, she was right.
The whole thing was
kind of twisted.

You didn't happen
to tell John Lucero

you were the one
who gave him up?

Yeah, right. You think
I have a death wish?

What do you mean?

John's a
state-ranked wrestler.

He, like, hurts
people recreationally.

So how did he find out
Julie was the one
who turned him in?

I don't know.

But I heard he and Julie
got into this big thing
at some party Friday night.

What party?
Melissa Gelson's.

John's girlfriend.

Ask anybody.
The argument that Julie
had wasn't with John.

So who was it with?
Denny Cannon.

He's on the wrestling
team with John.

This argument have
anything to do with
the message boards?

Cherry? No, totally not.
It had to do
with Alicia Milford.

What about her?

Well, Alicia was with Denny
at the party.

With her?
You know, like kissing
and stuff, making out.

ED: Well, how did this
cause a problem for Julie?

Well, Julie didn't
really like jocks.

She thought she was, like,
better than them, you know.

Maybe she just
didn't like her friend
hooking up with jocks

who post sex rumors
on the Internet.

(LAUGHS) Or maybe she
just didn't like the fact

that nobody thought
she was hot enough to
post anything about her.

Look, when she saw
Denny with Alicia,
she went ballistic.

She went up to Denny
and told him to
leave her alone.

BRISCOE: And then
what happened?

Well, then Denny called her a
bitch, and blah, blah, blah,

but that's really
all that happened.

And you saw all this?

I heard about
it later, okay?

BRISCOE: So, where was John
when all this was going on?

With me.
In my bedroom.

Coach said you guys
want to talk to me?

Yeah, Denny.
Take a seat.

We hear, uh, you had
a little problem with Julie
Cade last week at a party?

I wouldn't
call it a problem.

No? What happened?

Nothing.

I was with a friend
of hers, Alicia.

Julie wasn't cool
with it, that's all.

Now, why would
she care that you
were with Alicia?

I don't know.
You know how freaky
girls get sometimes.

Oh, you gotta beat 'em
off with a stick?

DENNY: I didn't say that.

We heard that you
called Julie a bitch?

She was a bitch.

Look, I had a couple of beers.
It was wrong, okay? I know.

Where were you before
school the morning
Julie got killed?

Running in Central Park.

I'm trying to make weight
for a match next week.

You run in these?

I have running shoes.

ED: You got 'em
with you?

They're at home.

Look, I really have
to get back to practice.

BRISCOE: Yeah, you run along.

Just don't
run too far.

Latent's processing
all the prints from
the laundry room.

So far, none of them
are in the system.

So, for all we know,
one of them could
be Denny Cannon's.

IUDs from Julie Cade's
cell phone finally came in.

Look. Morning of
the murder, she got a
three-minute call at 7:51.

We tracked down the number.
Came from a pay phone
on 87th and Park.

That's a block away
from Denny Cannon's
apartment.

He said he
was out running.

Forgot to mention it
was from a crime scene.

Now we can get
that warrant.

What's this about?
ls Denny in some
kind of trouble?

We're not sure yet.

Well, then why do you
have a search warrant?

You can read
it yourself.

In the meantime,
we need to know where
your son keeps his shoes.

His shoes? All over
the apartment.

Ma'am, you can either point
us in the right direction,

or we can make a real
mess of this place.

Mostly in his
bedroom closet.

Thank you.

What's going
on, Mom?

MOTHER: Maybe if you tell me
what you're looking for.

ED: Hey, Lennie,

there's blood
on his sleeve.

Yeah, I bet that jacket
goes real nice with
these sneakers, huh?

I didn't do anything.

Yeah, and I guess
that's chocolate
ice cream, right?

You know,
the next time you're
in a laundry room,

you might want to try
doing some laundry.

I told you,
I was running.

So somebody else
just happened to
use a pay phone

a block from your house
to call Julie Cade?

Look, I don't know
her cell phone number.

I don't even know
where Julie lives.

Lived.

What happened, Denny?
Your boy Lucero
put you up to this

after Julie blew
the whistle on him?

It wasn't like that.

Or were you cheating
on Julie with Alicia?

What are you talking about?

People at the party
said Julie got all
up in your face

when you started
making out with Alicia.

And there was blood
on your jacket.

That's from a nosebleed
I got after practice.

ED: We found your shoe
print in her laundry room.

No way.
Way.

That's a Nike
tread, dude.
Same as yours.

Lab results
just came in.

The blood isn't consistent
with Julie Cade's.

I told you,
I had a nosebleed.

But that still doesn't
explain why the lab found

strands of Julie's hair on
the inside of your jacket.

I think it's time
for an explanation.

I want to talk
to my parents.

Mom and Daddy can't
bail you out now.

Then I want to
see a lawyer.

What've we got on him?

At this point,
it's all circumstantial.

Strong or weak?

A varsity jacket which
Julie's doorman ID'd,
with her hair on it,

a pay phone call to Julie
a block from Denny's apartment
shortly before she was killed,

and a partial shoe print
consistent with
his running shoe.

Consistent?

Every high school kid
in America has a pair
of running shoes.

His fingerprints don't
match any of the sets
we lifted from the washer.

I'm not even sure
we have enough
for conviction.

We've done it with less.

And we have witnesses
who saw Julie and Denny
arguing at a party

a few nights before
she was killed.

What's your theory
on motive?

Payback.

Either for blowing
the whistle on his friend,
John Lucero,

or trying to break up
a budding romance
with Alicia Milford.

Well, you better
nail it down.

With only a fragment
of a shoe print tying
him to the scene,

motive's all we've got.

ALICIA: I really don't
know why Julie was
so upset that night.

The girl who threw
the party thought it was

because you and Denny
were together.

Alicia's known Denny
since they were
in grade school.

Now, why would
that upset Julie?

SERENA: I was
hoping your daughter
could explain that.

I really don't know.

Melissa said you and Denny
were kissing,

and that Julie told him
to leave you alone.

You were kissing
Denny Cannon?

Dad, we were just
playing around.

So there was nothing
more between you?

You mean, like,
were we dating?

We're friends.

Then why did
Julie get upset?

Look, Julie thought Denny
and his friends were jerks,
you know,

because of all those
things they posted
on that message board.

Cherry?
(LAUGHS) It was
mostly a joke,

Julie just didn't get it.

How you can defend that
awful website, or whatever
that thing was called...

I'm not defending it,

I'm just not getting
all worked up about it,
that's all.

Somebody told the police
that Denny called
Julie a bitch.

He'd had a few beers.

They were serving
beer at this party?

I didn't have any.

Now, Denny was
a little buzzed.

Julie just didn't want
him hanging all over me.

That's all that
happened, I swear.

MONICA: I already
talked with the police.

Then why didn't you
mention Julie's argument
with Denny Cannon?

Other kids saw it, too.

What does that have
to do with anything?

Well, what did Alicia say?

That Julie was angry
about the message board.

Look, I don't want to
get anyone in any trouble.

A girl's been
killed, Monica.
One of your classmates.

I know that, okay?

Then talk to me.

At the end of the night,
Julie was really upset.

She was crying and
she wouldn't stop.

What was she
crying about?

At first, I thought
she was just drunk,
but...

But she wasn't.

Alicia took her
into the kitchen,

and she was trying to
talk to her, you know,

trying to get her
to stop crying.

And that's when Julie
said something about

Denny assaulting her.

You mean verbally?
I know they had
a disagreement.

She meant physically.

What makes you say that?

Because I heard Julie
say that she wanted
to go to a crisis center.

I spoke to a girl
named Julie on the 15th.

What did she tell you?

Well, first of all,
she called,
she didn't come in,

so I really have
no way of confirming

that we're talking
about the same person.

I traced the call
from Julie Cade's
cell phone records.

Oh. I guess it
was her, then.

Well, this Julie told me
that she was at a party.

That a boy cornered her in
a bedroom, pushed her down,

and a friend came in and
they both tried to kiss her.

Stick their hands
up her shirt.

Did they rape her?

They threatened to,
but apparently someone
came in and broke it up.

Did she tell
you who?

I got the impression
that it was a girl.
A friend of hers.

What about the
names of the boys
who attacked her?

Just one name, Denny.

She didn't have
the chance to give me
the other boy's name.

Do you know if she was
planning to press charges?

Well, I certainly
urged her to.

But like I was saying,
before I could refer her
to the police, she hung up.

I was hoping that
she'd call back.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

I think Alicia Milford is
protecting Denny Cannon.

By not telling you
about the assault.

I finally got a hold
of Denny Cannon's
phone records.

He called Julie Cade
the night before
she was killed.

It's a little odd to
be calling a girl you
just sexually assaulted.

Not if you're trying
to convince her
not to press charges.

Yeah, but if she refused,
it certainly gives us motive.

(STAMMERING)
It's not like we
hurt her or anything.

Two guys in a bedroom,
touching her
against her will.

Not letting her go
when she said stop.

What do you call that?

The point is, Julie
Cade told you she was
going to the police.

I tried to explain
to her that we were
just kidding.

And when she wouldn't
listen, you got scared.

Of course, I got scared.
Everything had gotten
way out of hand.

JACK: Which is why
you called her again
the morning she was killed.

I never called anyone
that morning.

If your client's not
willing to tell the truth,

we can start picking
a jury this afternoon.

We were... We were just
trying to teach her a lesson.

That is the truth.

Look, that night
at the party, John
came and found me

and said that Julie
was in the bedroom,

that she was alone,
and that this was our
chance to get her back.

So, I went with him.

John started
to grab her.

We were both
pretty wasted.

We both started kissing her,
and John lifted
up her sweater.

That's when she started
saying no and everything.

John pushed her
on the bed and said,

"What's the matter?
You saving yourself
for someone?"

She tried to get up,
so I held her down.

John got on top of her
and was saying, like,

"What are you, frigid?
You got a problem with sex?
Is that it?"

She tried to scratch him.
John got really pissed so...

He grabbed her hair hard.

She just lay there quiet
I got right next to her,
and I was like,

"Maybe you just
don't like guys."

At first, she didn't
say anything.

She just lay there, like...
Like with this...
With this look on her face.

This weird look, like...
Almost like she was calm.

She said no,

she didn't like guys.
She liked girls.

She was gay.

Why didn't we know Julie Cade
was gay before now?

I'm not sure
we do know.

We have no idea
why she said it,
or even if she said it.

Still, it's the kind
of red herring that can
turn a trial into a circus.

SERENA: If the defense
can attack the sexuality
of the victim,

they can cast doubt
on our motive.

Which is that Julie Cade
was murdered to stop her
from filing assault charges.

I don't see how it matters
whether she was gay or not.

What about the
other boy, Lucero?

Can he confirm
Denny's account?

Well, Lucero's
retained counsel.

He refuses to talk
unless we give him
a free pass.

JACK: Making a deal
with Lucero

to substantiate
an allegation

by Denny Cannon
benefits them, not us.

LEWIN: Well, we have
to find out the truth
one way or another.

Yeah, but none of her
friends ever mentioned

anything about
Julie being gay.

Maybe no one knew.

In 2002? In a high school
in New York City?

When I was in high school
I had a very close friend,

and I had no idea
she was gay until
she came out in college.

She always said she was
too afraid until then.
I'm not sure much has changed.

Why don't we
re-interview everybody
who was at the party?

This is serious,
Melissa.
Look, I know
this is serious.

Then tell me what
happened. Otherwise,
you're going

to find yourself facing
charges of your own.

Charges?
Obstruction.

Accessory after the
fact to sexual assault.

Why do you keep
calling this an assault?

They were just
messing around.

Then you did know
what happened.

You are dating
one of these guys.

Is that how you would
want him to treat you?

They were drunk.

And that makes
it okay?

Every girl that
I've talked to is
defending these boys.

How is that possible?

We've known them since,
like, elementary school.

Your boyfriend
wasn't fooling around,
or playing around,

or messing around.

He and Denny Cannon
were assaulting Julie Cade.

A girl just like you,
Melissa. Just like you.

They would never
have raped her.

You can't know that.

Look, they had
her on the bed.

When she said she
was gay, they stopped.

You were there then,
weren't you?

I walked in at the end.

When I came in,
they were all sitting on the
bed, and Julie was crying.

Did you talk to her?

No. She left the room.

John told me
what happened.

He made me promise
not to tell anyone.

Did you?

No. No one.

ALICIA: I've never heard
anyone say Julie was gay.

And she didn't tell you
about it after the assault?

No.

What did
she tell you?

Nothing. She just
wanted to go back home.

I talked to
Monica Heath, Alicia.

I know that Denny Cannon
assaulted Julie that night.

And I also know that
she told you about it.

Look, I'm sorry.
I was trying to
protect Julie's privacy.

She didn't want people
to know what happened.
She made me promise.

Monica says that Julie
wanted to talk to
a crisis counselor.

I don't remember that.

SERENA: Right now,
it's all just speculation.

I don't understand.

I thought Julie
was killed over
this message board.

What difference
does it make
if she was gay or not?

We just want to make
sure we've considered
every possibility.

(SIGHS)

I tried to broach the subject
with her once or twice.

I always thought we had
an open relationship
with our daughter.

It's going to be pretty
hard to accept the fact

that she thought she
had to hide it from us.

Ms. Southerlyn just said
that none of this has
been substantiated yet.

What do the other kids say?

That your daughter
was principled.

That she stood up for
what she believed in.

But nothing about
being gay?
No.

What about Alicia Milford?

She and Julie were
so close. Perhaps Julie
confided in her.

Unfortunately, Alicia Milford
has been less than forthcoming

about what happened
at that party.

I don't understand.
Why would Alicia lie?

Because she and
that whole bunch
of spoiled bastards

care more about their
image than they care...

I told Julie to
forget about 'em.

To find her own crowd.

She wouldn't listen to me.

I'm sorry.

It just doesn't
make any sense.

Alicia and Julie
were best friends.

She never told
her parents?

I think her
mother suspected.

Coming out's got to be
a pretty tough thing to do,

no matter how understanding
your parents are.

Alicia Milford was
her best friend.
She had no idea either.

She had to have
had an idea, Jack.

I mean, look at these
e-mails Julie sent her.

"People think it's all
about sex, but it's not.

"Why can't anyone
understand that?"

I don't think
she's talking about
the message board at all.

I think Julie's talking
about being gay.

JACK: We can offer you
the same deal
we offered Melissa Gelson.

Immunity from prosecution.

MRS. MILFORD:
Prosecution from what?

Obstruction of justice.

Accessory after the fact.

You knew about
a sexual assault and
you never came forward.

Julie didn't want
anyone to know.

I gave her my word.
I told you that.

Did you know Julie Cade
was gay?

What did you just ask her?

SERENA: Julie's parents say
you were her best friend.

We saw the e-mails
she sent you.

This has gone
far enough.

We're here to trying
to assure it doesn't
go any further.

Julie wasn't a lesbian.
That's crazy.

Have you ever been
in Julie Cade's apartment?

We were friends.

What about the laundry
room in her building?

ALICIA: No, don't think so.

You're not sure?

She just said
she didn't think so.

Were you having
a relationship
with Julie Cade?

(GASPS)
What the hell do you
mean, a relationship?

Are you calling our
daughter a pervert?

I'm not gay.
Are you people sick?

MR. MILFORD: Who the hell
are you to come in here with
these disgusting accusations?

Can she account for
her whereabouts on the
morning of the murder?

She doesn't have to.
I'm getting a lawyer,

and you two can get
the hell out of my house!

SERENA: Alicia Milford's
one of the prettiest
girls in that school.

Captain of the
cheerleading squad,
honors student,

and according to her
teachers, a finalist for
the Dana Stokely Award.

What's that?

Basically, a ticket
into the college
of your choice.

Not exactly a standard
resume for a murderer.

Maybe not. But it's
still someone with
a lot to lose.

If Julie Cade was going
to press charges against
Denny for the assault...

The statements she made
about being gay would have
been made public. Coffee.

And Alicia was
her best friend.

Her very close
best friend.

Wouldn't be long before
the other students
put two and two together.

The thought of
being outed seems
to terrify her.

Enough to commit murder?

Well, I was a teacher.
I've seen a lot of very
scared, very desperate kids.

There's an enormous
pressure to conform
at that age.

We lifted prints from
her locker at school.

They match a set we
found on the washer.

So, we can put
Alicia Milford in
the laundry room.

We just can't
pin down the time.

Does she have an alibi?
Her parents didn't
provide one.

She was also on the
cheerleading squad,

which means she owns
the same school jacket
that the doorman ID'd.

What about the shoe print?

Briscoe and Green executed
a search warrant this morning.

They recovered a pair of
her Nike running shoes.

Tread pattern's consistent.

She can still point the
finger at Denny Cannon.

Especially since
we don't have anybody
who can testify

that Alicia was involved
with Julie Cade.

But without that,
we don't have fear of
being outed as a motive.

Maybe there's
another way.

Get Alicia Milford
to tell the truth.

What are you thinking?

If our theory
about her fear of
being outed is true,

maybe we can
use that fear.

If it could drive her
to commit murder,

it could be strong enough
to make her take a plea.

You can't seriously
be considering outing her
into a guilty plea.

Well, but we manipulate
the system every day.

Threaten to take
children from parents,

to embarrass spouses with
their partner's infidelities.

This is different, Jack.

JACK: Why?

Well, it plays into the notion
that there really is something
wrong with being gay.

We run the risk
of seeming like bigots.

I don't see how we
can abandon a viable
negotiating tactic

because it's
politically incorrect.
Not if she's guilty.

Yeah, but that's
assuming she'd rather
serve time in prison

than have people find
out she's a lesbian,

and that's a pretty
big gamble.

Really? She already
killed to keep
it a secret.

What would you
offer her, Jack?

Man one. As to
sentence, let's hear
what happened first.

Better for her to have
to answer the question

in a conference room
than on a witness stand.

A kinder, gentler
plea bargain?

JACK: What we do is
make a deal

using whatever we have
for leverage.

And right now, what
we have for leverage
is Alicia Milford's fear.

We're here to offer
her a plea. Man one.

A Plea?

We thought you might
be more comfortable

discussing it without
your parents here.

She hasn't even
been charged yet.

And once she is,
the offer's withdrawn.

I have a model witness
A girl who never in
her life even jaywalked.

She's also a girl
who fled the scene
and lied at every turn.

HAMILTON: And your
evidence of this is what?

A set of her fingerprints
found in the laundry room.

A Strickland
varsity jacket,

and a shoe print.

HAMILTON: All of this
is circumstantial.

You've already brought these
charges against Denny Cannon
based on the same evidence.

Your motive is what?

Your client's fully
aware of what we think
her motive was.

I told you,
I'm not a lesbian.

JACK: You're certainly
free to take that position
on the witness stand.

And, of course,
I'd be within my rights

to cross-examine you
on the issue.

She doesn't have to testify.

I'll bring her relationship
with Julie Cade to light.

I'll put Denny Cannon,
John Lucero,
on the stand.

You'll let that
go unrefuted?

HAMILTON: I'll make
a motion to preclude.

And you'll lose.

Your client's sexual
relationship with the victim
is our theory of the case.

Your classmates,
your teachers, everyone
you know in the city

will be able to Judge
that for themselves,

including your parents.

Why are you
doing this to me?

This is blackmail.
You're using the threat of
outing her to coerce a plea.

I'm not. I'm simply
previewing our case

so your client can
consider the ramifications
of refusing our offer.

SERENA: There's no
judgment here, Alicia.

Just tell us the truth.

What if what happened in the
laundry room was an accident?

You're going to have
to be more specific.

An argument.
Julie slipped, she fell.

Our forensics indicates
quite a lot of force
was necessary

to account for
the fatal head injury.

Well, worst-case scenario,
we get the trial judge
to instruct the jury

as to extreme
emotional disturbance.

In reality, you're
offering her nothing.

Except the opportunity
to keep her sexual
identity under wraps.

Have you thought about
the publicity this trial
is going to receive,

especially from
the gay press?

Or the lesbian support groups
who will be out in force
on the courthouse steps?

No trial.
HAMILTON: Alicia...

Whatever they want to do
I just can't deal with that.

We have a shot at this.
I don't care.

You don't know
what it's like

to have to wake up and
be perfect every day.

Nobody wants me to be gay.

Not my parents,
not my friends, nobody.

I just... (CRYING)
I just wanted to talk to her.

To make her understand

she couldn't press
charges against Denny
without ruining everything,

but she wouldn't listen.

She said she was going
to the police that afternoon.

Before meeting Julie,
I never even thought
about being...

So I told her,
"You can't do this to me.

"You can't do this to me,"
and I pushed her,

and she screamed, really mad.

She slapped me,
and I pushed her again hard,

and she hit her head against
the washing machine.

So, I got on the floor
with her.

She wasn't breathing.
She was just

lying there with
this soft look on her face.

I remember thinking,

this must be the way
she looks when she's asleep.

I just finished with
the probation officer
for Denny and Lucero.

Well, hopefully fear
of the felony conviction

will convince them
to keep their hands
to themselves.

I wonder if Alicia will
ever come to terms
with who she really is.

She'll have to face
herself sooner or later.

And when she does,
she'll realize

she killed the only person
who really knew her.