All language subtitles for Law and order S18E07 - Quit Claim

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.

(Donna)
Have you ever seen

so many different kinds
of candy?

We have candy stores
in des moines too, sweetheart.

But not with these prices.

I love this neighborhood.

It's so cool.

It's dirty.

And I'd sleep better knowing
you were living in a dorm.

A dorm?

Mom, will you talk
to dad, please?

(Melanie)
Honey, we're going
this way.

I'll catch up.

Whoa, check out
that sunburst.

Yeah, it's nice.

[Loud engine]

[Man shouting]

[Woman screams]

(Woman)
Aah! Help!
Somebody help!

[Car alarm]

(Gerrard)
Melanie and donna
huelsman.

Mother and daughter
from iowa.

Vehicle ran the light.

(Lupe)
Anybody get plate
numbers?

Naw, car's described
as a silver sedan,

four door, american make.

Driver and passenger,
no description.

This came off a dodge,

'06 model.

A dodge?

Can you get that out
over the air?

I don't see skid marks.

There aren't any.

All indications
he kept accelerating.

Detectives!

They think they found
the car up near 14th street.

We ran the v.I.N.

Car was reported stolen
two weeks ago

from a livery service.

All right,
can you start a canvas

two blocks either way
all the way

up to the 1st and 3rd avenue
subway stations?

Check it out.

Must be at least ten grand
in here.

My guess, they didn't win it
at church bingo.

Stolen money,
stolen
car.

Hit-and-run's only
the tip of this iceberg I bet.

It was wiped clean.

A witness saw two people
running away from the car.

Maybe male, maybe white
or hispanic.

Talk to me about the money.

Uh, 10,000 in new bills,
all sequential.

The band around the brick

is from a hudson mutual bank.

You checked robbery reports?

None reported,
banks or otherwise.

Well, trace the bills back

to the branch they came from

and find out
who made the withdrawal.

We needed cash
to buy some furniture.

$50,000 for furniture.

That's what the bank
told us

you took out, mr. Conroy--
most of your savings.

Oh, we needed furniture.
We just bought a house.

You mind telling us
where you were

yesterday around 2:00?

I was at work
in midtown.

At an insurance company.

Margaret and I both work there.
That's how we met.

Why do you ask?

Look, $10,000 of your money

turned up in a stolen car
yesterday.

Stolen car.

We don't know anything
about that.

So why don't you give us

the name
of the furniture place?

Tell them, jerry.

We didn't do anything wrong.

It could void our contract.

Contract for what?

(Margaret)
The new house.

You paid cash for a house?

(Jerry)
Just part of it.

Seller said if we paid
$50,000 in cash,

they'd knock that much
off the price

that gets filed
with the county.

Right.
You save on taxes.

Give us the name of the seller.

It's a company.

They sell houses
in foreclosure.

We got a great deal.

When did you give 'em
the money?

Closing was yesterday morning.

"Dennis langdon,

home relief corporation."

Mr. Langdon prepaid
two months

at the beginning
of the lease.

Now he's three months behind.

I keep calling the number
he gave me

but I get a recording.

Junk, junk, junk.

It's empty.

To dennis langdon

from the county recorders
office.

That looks like a receipt
for a deed transfer filing.

County recorders office,
county recorders office,

county recorders.

These are the deed transfers

for the houses
home relief corporation

bought and sold
in september.

August and july
are on the way.

All right, thank you.

Home relief's a dba
for dennis langdon.

Been in business
four months.

Only address is...
The office he never uses.

This guy gets sketchier
and sketchier.

All these houses
he bought and sold,

he got titled to them
by quit claim deeds,

including the house
the conroys bought.

Well they said the place
was in foreclosure.

Previous owners probably
got jammed up

and walked away from the house.

If they signed it over
to
langdon,

maybe they know
how to find him.

He said he would stop
the foreclosure notices

and get the payments
back down.

How exactly was
he gonna do that?

Mr. Langdon had me sign
some papers

and now everything's okay.

Is this what langdon
had you sign?

A quit claim deed?

He explained I have
to turn over the title

in order for him
to fix my credit.

You know you signed over
your home, right?

It's just temporary
until my credit's fixed.

Ms. Simonian,

i--i hate to tell you this

but mr. Langdon sold
your home.

What?

Yeah.

When?

Uh, three days ago.

Have you heard from him
since you signed?

No.

All of the houses
that langdon flipped,

same story.

He would con people
who were in trouble

with their sub-prime mortgages

into signing
a quit claim deed.

And then a week later

he'd be selling the houses
at bargain prices.

How does he make his money?

He got every buyer
to slip him

$50,000 in cash
under the table.

So he's flipped
almost 40 houses in two
months?

Yep.

Nice work if you can get it.

And we think he's the guy

that was driving
the hit-and-run car?

If not him,
then somebody he knew.

His money was in the car.

Is langdon in our system?

He's not in anybody's
system.

It's probably an alias.

We're having homeowners
past and present

look at mug shots.

What about accomplices?

It's hard to imagine
he'd pull off

a scam this big
by himself.

Well one name
keeps popping up.

A bunch of the closings
were handled

by the same person
from the title company.

Kim brody.

(Brody)
I've done 14 closings
with mr. Langdon.

All the papers were in order.

It didn't bother you

that all the properties
langdon
sold

he got by quit claim deeds?

We've been seeing a lot
of that in this market.

The homeowners who never
should've qualified

for a mortgage
in the first place.

Except in this case,

these homeowners
thought langdon

was helping them
keep their homes.

What are you saying?

He conned them into signing
quit claim deeds.

God.

I had no idea.

He seemed so decent.

That's why they call them
con men.

Look, we need to find him.

His business address
is a bust.

But you have his name.

We don't think langdon's
his real name.

Listen, you check I.D.S
during a closing?

Of course.
It's customary.

But I go the extra mile.

I make photocopies
of drivers' licenses.

Would you like to see
mr. Langdon's?

Yeah.
Great.

The driver's license
was bogus

but we ran langdon's photo
through facial recognition.

We got a winner.

Phil newsom,
aka dennis langdon.

Possession of stolen goods,

forgery, larceny,

defrauding homeowners
is right in his
comfort zone.

He's a known associate
of the fatone crew.

That figures the mob would have

their fingers
in the sub-prime pie.

It gets better.

Nicky fatone runs
a cigar club on grand.

That's five blocks
from the hit-and-run.

Talk to a judge
about a search warrant.

[Music playing]

♪ ♪

[Music stops]

You, sit.

Everybody stay seated.

Nicky fatone.

We're looking for your buddy
phil newsom.

Yeah, well keep looking.

How'd you get that bruise?

I musta hit my head
shaving.

That's funny.

Stay in here.

Oh, what happened here?

Termites.

(Lupo)
Bullet hole
in the door frame.

Looks new.

There's another one
in the wall over there.

Look at this.

It was forced open.

Cleaned out.

Somebody shot up the place
and robbed fatone.

Maybe these
hit-and-run guys

were coming from here.

Fatone had the money
from the quit claim scam.

They stole it.

Ripping off the mob.

No wonder they were in a hurry.

Are the same people
in the hit-and-run?

(Green)
The way it looks,

he was in
on the quit claims scam

with phil newsom,
aka dennis langdon.

Fatone was holding the money
when he got robbed.

Odds are it's an inside job,
someone who knows

when the quit claim money
is coming in.

But if fatone has an idea
who that is,

he's not telling.

We need to convince him
to cooperate with us.

Well if we had evidence
against him

in the quit claims scam,

we could leverage
his cooperation.

So we're all on the same page.

We are?

We want to do a sting

on fatone and langdon.

Don't you have
to find langdon first?

We think we got somebody
that can find him for us.

But we might need a little
prosecutorial
pressure.

That's my specialty.

All I have is his voice mail.

If mr. Langdon needs me
for a closing,

he calls me.

Okay, call him,
leave him a message.

Tell him you have
a very motivated homeowner

who needs to straighten out
his credit.

I don't know.

I don't really want
to get involved.

You are involved.

Your name is on 14 sham
transactions.

But I didn't know.
Really?

Once we catch langdon--

and we will,
with or without your help--

you sure he's gonna back up
your story?

You know, maybe I should've
suspected something.

Why do you say that?

Well it's customary

to tip the title person
after the closing.

Mr. Langdon tipped me $3,000
every time.

I thought it was too generous,
but...

We will overlook it

if you help us.

I don't know how much
ms. Brody told
you,

but once home relief corporation
steps in,

the calls from
the mortgage company,

the creditors,
they stop.

We'll negotiate on your behalf
and we'll get you

a payment schedule
you can
afford.

So they won't take away
our house?

Absolutely not.

That's our mission.

We make sure that decent folks
like
you

don't lose their homes.

We--we really try to make
those payments

every month, mr. Langdon.

But since I got laid off,

it's been a struggle.

You got no more worries
now.

Well, how does this work?

First you transfer the debt
over to home relief

by assigning us the title
to the
home.

Wait, you're saying we have
to give you our house?

No, honey, i--
that's all right.

It's a common question.

You assign us the title
temporarily.

You'll still be living here.

We just need to show
the mortgage company

that you're serious
about fixing your credit.

So I just sign this?

I'll need both
of your signatures.

Wow.

I feel like a weight
has been lifted already.

Perhaps we can get
a good night's sleep.

I feel kind of bad
for these people.

One person's misfortune
is another's fortune, right?

Like you saw
this morning,

the house is a real gem.

[Green chuckles]
Well any place
my ex-wife ain't

is a real gem.

(Brody)
Everything's in order.

I'll file these
with the county

and you should be set.

Then I guess we're done here.

Unless your lawyer
has any other questions.

Um, I went over everything.

You're good.

There you go.
We're
good.

That just leaves
the other matter

we talked about
on the phone.

Right.

There you go.

It's $50,000.
It's all there.

Well, mr. Sanders,

congratulations.

You just closed
on a beautiful new home.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.
Thank you so much.

Hold on, kim.

I'll go down with you.

How was it for you?

Audio was perfect.

Here comes our title company
lady.

(Green)
Where's langdon?

They were supposed to be
coming down together.

Lupo, you see langdon?

[Lupo on radio]
Negative.

[Static]

(Van buren)
Lupo?

[Tires screeching]

(Lupo)
Hey.

What happened
to langdon?

I don't know.

He took a different elevator.

What did he tell you?

He said to meet him

at johnny roman's grill

in brooklyn in 1/2 hour.

He'd pay me then.

I think he suspects something.

Why do you think that?

I overheard him on the phone

and someone named nicky
is going to be there too.

I'm scared.

I just want to go home
and forget everything.

[Door slams]

(Green)
This place is empty, man.

Nothing but rats
back there.

I don't get why langdon
told
her

to meet him here.

We didn't actually hear langdon

tell her anything, did we?
[Cell phone rings]

Yeah, lupo.

We're on our way.

Shots fired
at fatone's cigar club.

(Kuo)
Sector car responded
to a radio run

of shots fired.

Five victims here,
all
doa.

I got fatone here.

Langdon here.

His leather pouch
with the 50k is gone.

9mm.
Our friends came back.

And they left no witnesses
this time.

Detectives!

There's another victim
behind the building.

Bag this.

Looks like one half
of our robbery team.

The other half took the money.

Somebody got greedy.

Check this out.

Whatcha got?

On his face here.

It's not blood.
It's lipstick.

She kissed him.

His partner.
It's her.

Oh, man.

Police, open up!

Come here.

What's--

against the wall.

Put your hands where
I can see 'em, up.

What's going on?

We found lipstick
on your boyfriend's face.

Is it customary
to shoot your partner

or does that fall under
going the extra mile?

(Officer)
Clear! Clear!

Up against the wall.

Are you arresting me?

What did I do?

First of all,
those $3000 tips?

We call those bribes.

But ms. Rubirosa said--

(green)
That was before
you sent us

on that wild goose chase
to brooklyn.

I did no such thing--
come on, kim.

The inside man is you.

That's crazy.

That hurts.

Let me ask you a question.

When you saw that woman
and her daughter

crossing the street,
you think for a second

to take your foot off the gas?

Why are you doing this to me?

After all I did for you,

i don't deserve this.

This is so unfair.

14 counts of obstructing
governmental administration

in the first degree.

How do you plead--

not guilty,
your honor.

I--i don't know
why I'm here.

And I can't afford
a lawyer.

(Judge harper)
That's why mr. Berbatov's
been appointed

to represent you at no cost.

(Rubirosa)
Your honor,
people request remand.

Ms. Brody is a suspect
in eight homicides,

including two hit-and-run
victims.

Yet she's only been charged
with a few e-felonies.

She has no ties
to the community.

Her work history traces back
just six months,

not to mention she obtained
a social security number

just last year.

My client's pedigree
was good enough

when they asked her
to be a cooperating witness

in a sting operation.

Ms. Rubirosa, your case
is a motion away

from misdemeanor status.

I seen no reason
to deny this defendant

reasonable bail.

Your honor, the defendant
is privy

to the workings
of a massive real estate scam.

People request
a material witness warrant.

That's just backdoor remand.

Didn't you just tell me

she was a cooperating witness,
mr. Berbatov?

Warrant to issue

in the name of kim brody.

[Whispers indistinctly]

Your honor,
since the real estate scam

involves organized crime,

we request protective
custody

in a secure location.

[Indistinct]

Uh, mutually agreeable
secure location.

(Brody)
So this is what I get
for helping you?

Accusations of murder
and robbery?

Why did you send the police
to brooklyn?

Because that's where
mr. Langdon told me

he was going to be.

It's my bad luck
he can't tell you himself.

It is bad luck you
and your boyfriend killed him.

I don't even have
a boyfriend.

I'm a single girl
all alone here.

(Berbatov)
As long as I'm here,
you can't bully her.

We'll discuss a plea
on the bribery charges.

Anything else,
we're not interested.

Bobby sinclair,

escaped from broward county jail
in '04

while awaiting trial.

Convictions for assault
and armed robbery.

You don't know him?

That's your story.

That's right.

He had your lipstick
on his face.

Same make, same color
as the one in your purse.

And in thousands
of other purses

in the metropolitan area.

Don't kid yourself.

We will connect you
to mr. Sinclair

and then your clock
will run out,

ms. Brody, or whatever
your real name is.

It is kim brody.

With a year-old
social security number.

I don't think so.

(Brody)
I never needed one
until now.

I worked in my uncle's
liquor store in greenville

until he died and it went
out of business.

I never had a straight job...

Until I came here.

I thought finally circumstances
would turn in my favor.

But some things...

They just never change.

First things first.

This material witness warrant,

you'll have my motion
to dismiss

by tomorrow morning.

If the warrant gets dismissed,

she'll make bail
and disappear

with the money she stole
from fatone and langdon.

Well don't look at me
for good news.

The search of her apartment
turned up nothing.

As far as her pedigree,

we found one kim brody
living

in a virginia orphanage
12 years ago,

emancipated at 16,
nothing since.

No photo,
no social.

An orphanage.

I almost feel sorry
for her.

Loops, put up your laptop.

Florida's sending us something
on
sinclair.

He had help breaking out
of prison

four years ago

from a paralegal
named claire tomalin.

She smuggled in a gun
to
him.

Claire tomalin/
kim brody?

Here it is.

(Rubirosa)
What do you think?

Kim brody,
the green eye shadow years?

She's an inch shorter
than brody,

15 pounds heavier,

same color eyes.

No fingerprints on file.

We can run it through
facial recognition.

Might take a couple days.

Well the motion hearing's
this afternoon.

Print it out.

Maybe if I poke the judge
in the eye.

(Judge barclay)
If I understand
the people's case correctly,

mr. Cutter, ms. Brody
is being held

as a material witness
against five dead men?

We don't know how far
the real estate scam extends,

your honor.

Ms. Brody's testimony

may be invaluable
in uncovering other suspects.

"May be invaluable?"

What is this, preventive custody
for witnesses?

I'm already there,
mr. Berbatov.

Mr. Cutter, seems to me

your warrant's nothing more
than defacto remand.

I'm dismissing the warrant

and setting reasonable bail

on the bribery charge.

Your honor, we believe
ms. Brody is using

an assumed name and is,
in fact, claire tomalin,

the known accomplice
of robert sinclair,

the deceased murder
and robbery suspect.

Ms. Tomalin is wanted
in florida

for aiding and escape.

And once we establish
that she and ms. Brody

are one in the same person,

we will be charging her here
with murder.

I see a slight resemblance.

May I see that photo,
your honor?

Your honor, it's inconceivable

that anyone as attractive
as my client

could ever have looked
like this...

Person.

Your honor,
I have another photo

for your examination.

That doesn't even remotely
resemble my client.

Who is this?

Me as a sophomore.

I grew two inches
my senior year

and then everything
sort of fell into place.

[Chuckles]
Made your point, ms. Rubirosa.

Ms. Tomalin's photo

is being analyzed with
facial recognition software.

We will have the results
in 48 hours.

We ask that you sustain
the warrant until then.

All right, back to your seats.

I need a few minutes
to consider.

Whoa, might have stood
a chance with you back then.

What?

Brody's lawyer is wearing
a man's sock on his left foot

and a woman's sock on his right.

(Judge barclay)
All right,
here's my decision.

The material witness warrant

is sustained for 48 hours.

If by then the people
cannot prove

to my satisfaction

that ms. Brody and ms. Tomalin

are one in the same person,

the warrant will be dismissed.

[Bangs gavel]

The officer said berbatov
spent two hours

consulting with his client

behind closed doors
in the hotel bedroom

before coming here.

And he ends up
with mismatched socks.

We need to search
that bedroom.

Yeah, I told the officers
to take their time

returning brody
to the hotel.

Detective lupo, please.

[Muttering]
Sock.

Hey man, are you a socks-on
guy or a socks-off?

You know.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

Well I get cold feet, so...

To be considerate,
I wear socks, you know?

I get it, man.

I just can't believe
you're telling me that.

[Chuckles]

Hey.

Hey-- hey!

Found it.
A man's argyle.

[Door shuts]

Berbatov lost his sock

so he borrowed one of hers.

There's only one way
it ended up

buried in the sheets.

Ms. Brody found a friendly way
to compensate

her court-appointed lawyer.

This is a woman who shot
her previous boyfriend

while kissing him.

She has plans for berbatov.

I want him under surveillance.

Loops,
you been on the same page

for the last half hour.

You wanna get through
law
school,

you're gonna have to pick up
the pace a little bit.

Shut up, man.

This stuff is deep.
It's complicated.

Heads up.

(Green)
Hey!

Step away from the car.

Oh, god!

Put the bag down.

(Berbatov)
This bag is subject

to attorney/client privilege.

You have no right
to search it.

I have no idea
what's in there, I swear.

I can't talk about this.

It's attorney/client privilege.

(Rubirosa)
Which client?

The one who lent you
her stocking

to wear in court?

We found it in her bed.

What was she doing,
giving you a pedicure?

It's attorney/client privilege.

Mr. Berbatov...

You're not the first lawyer

to get in bed
with his client.

And ms. Brody
is a very attractive woman.

She's come a long way

from the mousy little paralegal

who was seduced
by robert sinclair

and helped him escape
four years ago.

In fact, you could say

the student has surpassed
her teacher.

She got rid of him
with ruthless efficiency,

the same way she'll
get rid of you

when you outlive
your usefulness.

What--

what can I do
to help myself?

We'll let you plead
to a misdemeanor.

In return, you tell us
everything you know

about kim brody.

But the attorney/client
privilege--

that privilege evaporated

when you went and recovered
this money.

You became part

of an ongoing criminal
enterprise.

What about my license
to
practice?

That's between you
and the bar association.

Deal, mr. Berbatov?

(Berbatov)
Yes, room 235, please?

[Phone ringing]

[Man on phone]
Hello, room 235.

This is peter berbatov.

Can I speak to my client?

[Man on phone]
Hold on.

[Brody on phone]
Let me close the door.

[Door closing over phone]

Where have you been?
I was worried.

I had to take my mother
to the doctor.

[Brody on phone]
You're a very thoughtful man,
peter.

Did you find the car
all right?

Yes.
I got the bag.

[Brody on phone]
Now rent a car
and put the bag in the trunk

and park the car
in the lot

across from the hotel.

And don't forget
the parking claim check.

Okay.

Are you okay?

You sound upset.

Oh, i'm--

I'm just--I'm worried
about my mom.

[Brody on phone]
You're a sweetie.

Once you get the car,

call me on the other phone.

[Brody on phone]
Bye.

[Phone clicks]

Good work.

We arrest ms. Brody.

The charge is murder.

Who are you?

Special agent hasker, fbi.

You?

Nypd.

Richard cassidy,
u.s. attorney's office.

Uh, that's our prisoner.

(Cassidy)
Not anymore.

The u.s. government

is asserting jurisdiction
over her.

(Lupo)
Like hell.

We're arresting her
on eight murders.

It'll have to wait.

Ms. Brody
is a material witness

in a patriot act
anti-terror investigation.

Wh--what investigation?

I can't discuss that.

That's my sweater.
(Lupo)
Hold on--

she's conning you.

Could you step aside, please?

Ntact

with the u.s. attorney's office
four days ago.

She indicated
she had information

on a money-laundering scheme

run by arab nationals.

(Cutter)
Assuming this allegation

isn't the fabrication
of a psychopathic mind,

how does money laundering

trump eight homicides?

The government believes
we've discovered

a previously unknown
terror cell.

It's all detailed
in our brief.

Which, by the way,
we haven't
seen.

Under 18 u.S.C. 2003,

the government can only provide
that
information

to a federal magistrate.

Your honor, ms. Brody
is a
closer

for a title company.

How could she possibly
have knowledge of terror cells?

Ms. Brody.

These men--
these arab men

were buying and selling houses.

A lot of them.

And all the money
was being wired

to kuwait and dubai.

I--i got concerned.

Has she provided any evidence
to back this
up?

Again, under 18 u.S.C. 2003,

the government cannot--

that's not an answer.

Your honor, ms. Brody
is using

the u.s. attorney
to evade prosecution

for murder.

Mr. Cutter, I don't see
how a pause,

however long in your proceedings
against ms. Brody

will adversely effect
your case

in the long term.

I'm remanding ms. Brody

to the custody
of the u.s. marshall

for the duration

of the government's
requirements.

Thank you, your honor.

Feds must've been her back-up
all along

in case her escape plan
didn't work.

She probably felt berbatov
was shaky on the phone

so she pulled the trigger
on the u.s. attorney.

I called cassidy's boss.

Every response from him

consisted of a verb,
a subject,

and 9/11.

The arrogance.

If we don't do something quick,

kim brody will disappear

down some federal rabbit hole.

Until they figure out
her terrorist cell story

is bogus.

That won't stop them.

They've been known
to invent cases

where none exist.

And kim brody will parlay it

into witness protection
and a new identity.

You have the names
of the fbi agents

who took ms. Brody
into custody?

Yeah, hasker and cordell.

What are you doing?

Taking prisoners.

Arthur cordell,
leo hasker.

Well if it isn't batman
and robin.

Yeah, and look
what we got here.

Couple warrants
for your arrest

for kidnapping.

What?

This is a joke, right?

(Green)
No.

All right, let's go, girls.
Move along now.

This is outrageous.

This kind of petty,
internecine bullying

while our country
is under attack--

due process is what's
under attack.

Ms. Brody was legally
in our custody

when she was hijacked
by the u.s. attorney.

Your honor ruled
that our action was legal.

An after-the-fact
rubber stamp.

I hope you're not implying
that I made--

my scorn is not directed
at you, your honor,

but at an assistant
u.s. attorney

who's so blinded by zealotry
that he doesn't see

he's being played
for a fool

by a psychopathic killer.

(Cassidy)
Your honor,
they keep referring to her

as a killer.

Where are the murder charges?

Where's the evidence?

If we'd been able
to arraign and charge her--

she's too valuable
a witness.

Your honor, I ask you
to order the release

of agents hasker and cordell.

They are essential
to our investigation.

Mr. Mccoy, this stalemate
can't last.

I agree. I propose
a prisoner exchange.

Our murder suspect
for his agents.

Your honor, that's extortion.

And you overplayed your hand,
mr. Cassidy.

Custody of ms. Brody

will pass
to the district attorney,

who will proceed to indictment
forthwith.

In turn the district attorney
agrees

to dismiss without prejudice

all charges against
agents hasker and cordell.

Right, mr. Mccoy?

As soon as ms. Brody
is in our custody.

People v. Brody.

Murder in second degree.
Eight counts.

How do you--

not guilty.

Oh, you again.

Your honor, if the people
may be heard on bail--

no need, ms. Rubirosa.

Defendant is remanded
pending indictment.

Defendant requests
that the defendant's

180.80 release time
be calculated

from the date
of her first arrest

four days ago.

Your honor, the statutory
time limit

to indict the defendant

begins today
on the murder arrest.

No-no, ms. Rubirosa.
Mr. Lorimer's right.

The original arrest
starts the clock ticking.

Your honor, that gives
the people

less than 48 hours
to get an indictment

before ms. Brody
gets released.

(Judge harper)
Your math is flawless,
counselor.

Indict ms. Brody
by noon friday

or she's a free woman.

I'll file an emergency appeal

with the appellate division.

Forget it.

Focus on this.

What's your case so far?

We have the stolen money

and the conversation
with berbatov.

Neither of which
gets you a murder indictment.

She made no admission
to
berbatov?

No.

We'd have a better chance

of convincing the grand jury

she was bobby sinclair's
active accomplice

if we could prove
she busted him out of jail

four years ago.

[Knocks]

(Rubirosa)
Facial recognition

was no help.

But claire tomalin
used to work

for orlando legal aid,

so I called them to see
if they'd send over

some of her old paperwork.

Came in this morning

and latent lifted
a partial fingerprint.

It's a four-point match
to brody.

Four-point?

That hardly qualifies
as a match,

let alone evidence.

I don't know, jack.

A four-point match
is a match

as far as I'm concerned.

Is that what you're gonna tell
the grand jury?

At trial, she can have
her own experts

refute the evidence.

You're splitting ethical hairs.

So are you.

We know tomalin and brody
are one in the same.

She's laughing at us,
jack.

Let her.

This is as far as I go.

You telling me
not to do it?

You're a grown-up.

You're on your own.

I'm getting off the train.

How about you?

All aboard.

A partial print
found on a file

belonging to claire tomalin

was matched by the police
to kim brody.

Yes.

When you say partial print,

how conclusive a match
is it?

Conclusive enough
to convince me

that we're talking about
the same person.

And to convince me
that the woman

who smuggled a gun
in to robert sinclair

and helped him break out
of jail in florida

was a full and willing
accomplice

in his robbery and murder spree

four years later.

Um, let's break for lunch.

Thank you.

I think we're almost
home free

for an indictment.

Maybe not.

Brody's lawyer
just filed notice.

She wants to testify
before the grand jury.

I have lived
in absolute terror

ever since the day
four years ago

when bobby sinclair
kidnapped me at gunpoint.

I'd been working on his case

for a few months.

He smiled at me a lot.

And I thought he might be

a decent person after all.

I wasn't very wise
in the ways of evil men.

I don't know how
he got a gun,

but he said he'd shoot me
if I didn't help him.

Once we drove out of florida,

i begged him to let me go

but he wouldn't.

I became his prisoner.

I washed his clothes,

I cooked his meals.

And he used me sexually.

I was scared all the time.

He would show me

newspaper articles
where I was accused

of helping in the escape.

He said that
if I tried to run away,

the police would shoot me
on sight.

When I started working
at the title company,

i told bobby about
mr. Langdon

and the cash transactions.

I was concerned
it was illegal.

Then one day bobby said

we were going to leave
new york,

that he had a car

with a bag of money
in the trunk.

He got real angry
when I asked him

where he got it from.

Then, uh...I was told

bobby was shot in a robbery.

And I was arrested
and accused

of horrible crimes
that I did not commit.

It's just...

It's like I can't wake up
from this nightmare

that started four years ago.

A nightmare.

Does that include
your seducing

your first lawyer,
mr. Berbatov,

whose conversation
with you the grand
jury heard?

I did not seduce him.

He extorted me.

He said he was getting paid
peanuts to defend me

and if I wanted him
to do a good job

that I would have to do
something extra.

I was fighting for my life.

But on the tape,
you called the shots.

You planned your escape--

no, that's not true.

I told mr. Berbatov
about the money.

I wanted to turn it
into the police

but he said no,

that they'd use it
against me.

And he said we should
use the money to run away.

He kept pushing me
to tell him

where the cash was.

That's not what mr. Berbatov
told the grand jury.

He's a man and a lawyer.

He'd say anything.

[Cutter scoffs]

And you wouldn't?

Mr. Cutter,

when the police asked me

about the quit claim fraud,

i helped them find
mr. Langdon, didn't I?

You did help them find
mr. Langdon.

I'll grant you that.

(Brody)
And at great risk
to myself,

didn't I also help you

do a sting on mr. Langdon

and a member of organized crime?

That's not in dispute.

I became a paralegal
because

I wanted to help people.

And even after all
that's been done to me

I've never stopped being
an honest person.

Ms. Tomalin--

i didn't rob or cheat.

I didn't drive a getaway gar.

I didn't kill any person.

And I didn't kill bobby.

I cared for him.

Even after all
he did to me.

[Buzzing sound]

Thanks.

No bill.

They fell for it.

Mr. Cutter,

I, uh--i heard about
what happened in the grand jury.

So it goes.

Yeah, that's, uh--
it's kim.

She can be pretty, uh,
disarming.

But we can help each other.

Careful what you say.

The bar association
is about to strip me

of my livelihood
because of her.

There's nothing I can do
about that.

What if I testify
that she told
me

she shot sinclair?

That she drove the car

and ran over those people.

It's new evidence

and it'll get you back
into a grand jury.

Did she tell you
she did those thing?

We both know
that's what happened.

There's knowing
and there's proving.

I'm the proof.

Put me on the stand.

My misdemeanor charge
goes away

and I get to keep
my
license.

Think about it.

We'd be suborning perjury.

It's not perjury
if it's true.

It's too late, connie.

I've already applied
to re-present to the grand jury.

Mike, she is not worth it.

You saw her today.
It was one lie after another.

So now you're gonna play
by her rules?

I'm sorry, mike.

Mm-mm.

This is where I get off
the train.

I have two motions here.

People seek leave to re-present
to the grand jury.

Defense moves for the immediate
release of ms. Brody.

Your honor--

(judge barclay)
Hold on, counselor.

Mr. Cutter, what's the nature

of your new evidence?

[Clears throat]

Your honor, the people...

The people...

(Judge barclay)
Mr. Cutter?

At this time...

Your honor, the people withdraw
their application

to re-present the matter
to the grand jury.

All right.

Well, given the people's
position,

the charges against ms. Brody

are hereby dismissed.

Pursuant to a federal order,

ms. Brody is remanded
to the custody

of the u.s. attorney.

[Bangs gavel]

This just came in
from florida.

They think they found
claire tomalin.

They matched the partial print
from the file

to a jane doe they've had
in the morgue

for the last year.

It's a 15-point match.

As for kim brody
the orphan,

virginia state police
located her.

She's a housewife,
mother of three

living in emporia.

Anybody's guess
who she is.

Well one thing she isn't
anymore...

Our problem.