Bones (2005–2017): Season 1, Episode 7 - The Man on Death Row - full transcript

NAME? YOU KNOW MY NAME.

BONES, YOU ARE MAKING AN OFFICIAL REQUEST
TO THE F.B.I. TO CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON.

I HAVE TO FOLLOW
PROTOCOL. IT'S RIDICULOUS.

FINE. THEN WE'RE DONE HERE. DO
YOU WANT TO GET SOME COFFEE OR...

MY NAME IS
DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN.

REASON FOR WANTING A
GUN? TO SHOOT PEOPLE.

NOT A GOOD RESPONSE.
IT'S THE TRUTH.

YOU KNOW, I'M WRITING, "SELF-DEFENSE
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MY DUTIES,

PURSUING SUSPECTED FELONS
AS CONTRACTED OUT TO THE F.B.I."

SO I CAN SHOOT THEM. HAVE YOU
BEEN CHARGED WITH A FELONY?

CHARGED OR CONVICTED? CHARGED.



YOU KNOW I HAVE. I HAVE
TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.

BUREAUCRATIC
NONSENSE. NEVERTHELESS.

THE NAME OF THE
ARRESTING OFFICER?

YOU.

SPECIAL AGENT SEELEY BOOTH. DO
YOU NEED ME TO SPELL THAT FOR YOU?

I CAN SOUND THAT OUT.
SO WHEN DO I GET THE GUN?

YOU CAN'T HAVE A GUN.

WHY NOT? BECAUSE YOU
WERE CHARGED WITH A FELONY.

WRITE DOWN THAT YOU WERE WRONG TO
CHARGE ME. OH, THERE'S NO SPACE FOR THAT.

WHY'D WE GO THROUGH THIS IF YOU
WERE NEVER GONNA GIVE ME A GUN?

YOU HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO APPLY FOR A WEAPON.

I WOULD NEVER DENY YOUR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

WELL, I NEED A GUN.
RULES ARE RULES.

TELL THEM THAT I SHOT A MURDERER
WHO WAS GOING TO LIGHT ME ON FIRE.



WHICH IS WHY YOU
WEREN'T CONVICTED.

BUT YOU DID SHOOT AN UNARMED
MAN. I CAN'T IGNORE THAT.

I SWORE AN OATH TO PROTECT SOCIETY
FROM PEOPLE WHO SHOOT PEOPLE.

IT WAS ONLY HIS LEG, AND HE'S
IN JAIL FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

HOW MUCH IS HE
GONNA USE IT ANYWAY?

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO AN APPEAL. TO WHOM?

CULLEN?

I AM PRETTY SURE
HE DOESN'T LIKE ME.

YEAH. I'M PRETTY
SURE YOU'RE RIGHT.

BONES, YOU DON'T NEED A GUN.

IF ANYONE NEEDS
SHOOTING, I'LL DO IT.

BUT WHAT IF YOU'RE INJURED OR DEAD,
AND SOMEONE STILL NEEDS SHOOTING?

I'M NOT HOPING IT'LL HAPPEN.
I'M JUST STATING A POSSIBILITY.

COME ON. YOU KNOW WHAT,
BONES? YOU'RE A PROFESSOR.

YOU'RE NOT AN
F.B.I. AGENT, OKAY?

USE YOUR MUTANT POWERS.
JUST TALK PEOPLE TO DEATH.

AM I INTERRUPTING? I TOLD THEM
NOT TO LET YOU IN THIS BUILDING.

- I GAVE THEM YOUR PICTURE.
- WHICH IS WHY I WORE
THE TINY SKIRT.

MM-HMM. VERY CUTE.

AMY MORTON. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN.

YOU WORK WITH BOOTH? YES.
I'M A FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST.

- I'M A DEFENSE LAWYER. I TEND TO WORK AGAINST BOOTH.
- IF IT'S ALL THE SAME,

I'D PREFER YOU TWO
DIDN'T BOND IN ANY WAY.

I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE LAB. YOU SAID I
COULD FILL OUT SOME GUN REAPPLICATION FORMS.

YEAH. SEND IT BACK
BY COURIER. NO HURRY.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

WHAT DO YOU WANT, AMY?

YOU REMEMBER HOWARD
EPPS? NOT LIKELY TO FORGET HIM.

HE'S SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED TOMORROW
NIGHT. MY JOB IS TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING.

HMM. BEST OF LUCK. HOWARD EPPS
DESERVES FIVE MINUTES OF CONSIDERATION...

FROM THE MAN WHO
PUT HIM ON DEATH ROW.

I ARRESTED HOWARD EPPS. IT WAS
THE JURY WHO SENTENCED HIM TO DIE.

THEY FOUND A PUBIC HAIR ON THE VICTIM AT THE
CRIME SCENE. IT DIDN'T BELONG TO MY CLIENT.

THEY NEVER FIGURED
OUT WHOSE IT WAS.

BLAME THE JUDGE WHO DISALLOWED IT AS EVIDENCE
AND THE JUDGE WHO DISALLOWED IT ON APPEAL.

EPPS WAS NOT WELL REPRESENTED AT EITHER
TRIAL. HOW LONG YOU BEEN ON THE CASE?

ALMOST A WEEK. LESS
THAN A WEEK, HUH?

TWO JUDGES, TWO JURIES, TWO
PROSECUTORS THAT FIND EPPS GUILTY,

BUT YET IT'S ME YOU COME AFTER.

I'M ASKING. ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVE HOWARD EPPS KILLED THAT GIRL?

YEAH. I AM ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE.

YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART THE JUDGES
SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE JURIES...

TO HEAR THAT THAT VICTIM WAS WITH
ANOTHER MAN THAT NIGHT. YOU KNOW IT.

- EPPS STILL WOULD HAVE
BEEN CONVICTED.
- NOT IF I'D BEEN HIS LAWYER.

YOU WEREN'T. I AM NOW.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU LOOKED HIM IN THE FACE?

BECAUSE YOU'RE A LOT SMARTER
THAN YOU WERE SEVEN YEARS AGO.

A LOT LESS ANGRY.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK
OUT THE EVIDENCE AGAIN.

I'D ASK HOW YOU WERE DOING, HOWARD,
BUT I GUESS WE BOTH KNOW THE ANSWER.

AGENT BOOTH.

DID YOU COME TO APOLOGIZE?

I'M NOT THE ONE WHO BEAT A
17-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO DEATH.

YOUR ATTORNEY WANTS
ME TO LOOK YOU IN THE FACE.

WHY? SHE THINKS YOU'RE INNOCENT.

WELL, SHE'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

I DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY,

UNLIKE YOU, THE SNIPER.

THE GIRL WHO GOT
MURDERED WAS SMART.

SHE WAS PRETTY. SHE'S
FROM A GOOD FAMILY.

SOMEONE HAS TO DIE FOR THAT,

AND I'M ALL THEY GOT.

OKAY, I LOOKED YOU IN THE FACE.

I READ IT CAN BE HELL.

THEY SAY IT'S LIKE
GOIN' TO SLEEP,

BUT YOU'RE ON FIRE.

AND YOU'RE PARALYZED,
SO YOU CAN'T SCREAM.

I MEAN, THAT'S ALL YOU
GOT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW?

THE SCREAM.

WHAT IF THEY GET MIXED
UP? I CAN TELL THEM APART.

THAT'S JEFF AND
THAT'S OLLIE. I WIN.

WHAT? THAT ONE WAS MINE. YOU HAD JEFF. I
HAD OLLIE. OLLIE WON. YOU OWE ME A BUCK.

YOU WANT IN ON
THE ACTION, ANGELA?

NO, THANK YOU. I'M
GOING TO GO HAVE SEX.

HAVE A GOOD TIME. YEAH, OKAY.

YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO
COME? TROY CAN CALL A FRIEND.

I'VE BEEN WAITING
MONTHS FOR THESE.

IT'S A PARTIAL SKELETON FROM
SOUTHERN FRANCE. THE INSTITUTE...

YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE POINT
OF THE WEEK IS THE WEEKEND.

THIS IS NOT THE CABARET, MY
FRIEND. LIFE IS THE CABARET.

COME TO THE CABARET.

IT'S LIKE DESCRIBING
THE MOON TO A MOLE.

I DEMAND ANOTHER BEETLE, ALL
RIGHT? JEFF'S GOT A GROIN PULL.

ARTHROPODS DO NOT
POSSESS GROINS. PAY UP.

MMM, ANGELA. LOOKIN' GOOD.

AND DON'T I KNOW IT.

OKAY, OUR TAX
DOLLARS HARD AT WORK.

YEAH, WHAT'S BREAK TIME
AT THE F.B.I.? BOOK BURNING?

OH, GOD! HEY, BONES, WHAT
ARE YOU DOIN' THIS WEEKEND?

- I HAVE PLANS.
- COME ON. I'M SERIOUS.

BETWEEN YOUR GIRLFRIEND, THE CORPORATE
LAWYER, AND THE DEFENSE LAWYER ON THE SIDE,

YOUR WEEKEND MUST
BE COMPLETELY BOOKED.

WHAT IS YOUR THING WITH LAWYERS?

UH, LOOK, SEVEN YEARS
AGO... COME ON, JEFF. COME ON.

A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL, APRIL WRIGHT, WAS
FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH IN A FEDERAL PARK.

AMY'S JUST TRYING TO STOP THE
GUY WHO DID IT FROM BEING EXECUTED.

SO I GUESS WE'RE NOT PURSUING
YOUR LAWYER OBSESSION?

NO. AMY DOESN'T THINK HE DID IT.
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU?

OH, WELL, IF AMY'S CLIENT IS DEEP-SIXED,
AND SHE DOESN'T TURN OVER EVERY STONE...

AND YOU'RE ONE OF HER STONES?

DO YOU THINK HE DID IT? YES.

WHAT'S HER REASONING?

THERE WAS A, UH, PUBIC HAIR
THAT WASN'T ACCOUNTED FOR.

PUBIC HAIR? SOUNDS LIKE A JOB FOR
THE F.B.I. CRIME LAB. IT'S A WEEKEND DEAL.

- OFF THE BOOKS. BUT IF YOU HAVE PLANS...
- WAIT.

THIS IS A PERSONAL
FAVOR YOU'RE ASKING?

NOT FOR ME, FOR AMY.

WELL, YOUR PERSONAL FAVOR WOULD BE FOR AMY,
BUT MINE WOULD BE FOR YOU, STRICTLY SPEAKING.

PLEASE DO ME A FAVOR.

PLEASE?

ANY REMAINS WITHHELD FROM
BURIAL? NOT AFTER THE LAST APPEAL.

I NEED X-RAYS FROM THE
M.E. AND THE CORONER.

ORIGINALS. THE
COPIES ARE USELESS.

BONE SCRAPINGS, LAB
RESULTS, TOX SCREENS.

ALL THE EVIDENCE WILL
BE HERE WITHIN AN HOUR.

I'LL ASK THE OTHERS, BUT I WON'T
ORDER THEM. THEY MIGHT HAVE PLANS.

IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT AND
THEY'RE RACING BEETLES.

HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?

HOWARD EPPS WILL BE EXECUTED
IN 30 HOURS AND 23 MINUTES.

LET'S START. ZACK,
PULL UP THE FIRST X-RAY.

STRESS FRACTURES ON BOTH
TIBIAS. WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

PREEXISTING THE ASSAULT. PROBABLY
AN OLD INJURY FROM DANCE OR RUNNING.

- SHE WAS A CHEERLEADER.
- THE CHINESE USED TO
EXECUTE PEOPLE...

BY CUTTING SMALL PIECES
OF FLESH OFF THEIR BODIES.

CALLED IT THE DEATH
OF A THOUSAND CUTS.

COMPOUND FRACTURES
OF THE TRAPEZIUM,

SCAPHOID AND THE
BASE OF THE RADIUS.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN? WHEN SHE
WAS BEING BEATEN TO DEATH,

SHE THREW HER ARM
UP TO DEFEND HERSELF.

THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE DEFENSIVE
WOUNDS IN THE AUTOPSY REPORT.

IN MEDIEVAL SCOTLAND, THEY'D TIE A CONVICT'S
ARMS AND LEGS TO TWO BENT SAPLINGS.

WHEN THEY RELEASED THE
SAPLINGS, THE TREE SPRANG APART,

AND THE CONVICTED
FELON WAS TORN IN HALF.

SHOULD I GRAB
PARTICULATES FROM THIS?

THAT'S CLEAN. IT'S A PHONE
NUMBER WE FOUND ON THE GIRL.

IT BELONGED TO AN OLD WOMAN IN A NURSING
HOME WITH NO CONNECTION TO ANYONE INVOLVED.

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE SKULL. SMASHED SIX TO
EIGHT TIMES WITH A NARROW CYLINDRICAL OBJECT.

THE TIRE IRON WAS MISSING
FROM APRIL WRIGHT'S CAR.

AUTOPSY SHOWED SHE'D HAD
SEX SHORTLY BEFORE HER DEATH.

CONSENSUAL. NO ASSAULT.

THE HAIR THEY FOUND WAS
NEVER MATCHED TO ANYONE?

NO. THE PROSECUTION GOT IT EXCLUDED
FROM EVIDENCE, BOTH IN TRIAL AND ON APPEAL.

THAT'S THE BASIS OF YOUR LAWYER'S
LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO STOP THE EXECUTION?

YEAH, AND WHATEVER
ELSE YOU GUYS CAN FIND.

THERE ARE PARTICLES LODGED BETWEEN
THE LEFT TRIQUETRAL AND THE CAPITATE.

THE M.E. CONCLUDED THAT THEY WERE
BONE FRAGMENTS DISLODGED BY THE TIRE IRON.

- NO. THESE RADIOGRAPHIC SHADOWS
ARE TOO OPAQUE FOR BONE.
- WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

THE PROSECUTION'S THEORY OF THE CRIME DOES
NOT INCLUDE FOREIGN MATTER IN THE BONE.

LET'S SEE IF THESE SHADOWS ARE
BONE FRAGMENTS OR SOMETHING ELSE.

- LIKE WHAT?
- LET'S PRETEND WE'RE
OBJECTIVE SCIENTISTS...

AND NOT INDULGE IN CONJECTURE.

ZACK, GET A DRIVER TO TAKE
YOU OVER TO GREENBELT PARK.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE PICTURES OF
THE AREA WHERE THE BODY WAS FOUND.

GROUND COVERING, PAVED AREAS.

- WHY DOES HE NEED A DRIVER?
- I CAN'T DRIVE.

- A GENIUS WHO CAN'T DRIVE.
- IF YOU KNEW WHAT I KNOW
ABOUT STRUCTURAL DESIGN,

YOU WOULDN'T DRIVE EITHER.

TAKE THE FILE. GET PHOTOS
OF THE SURROUNDING AREA...

BOOTH. SO WE CAN CONTEXTUALIZE
THE MATERIALS WE FOUND.

YEAH. YES. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

THAT WAS APRIL WRIGHT'S FATHER.

- OUR MURDER VICTIM'S DAD
CALLED YOU?
- WIFE'S A WRECK.

THEY HEARD THAT AMY'S ANGLING FOR A
LAST-MINUTE REPRIEVE. WHY DID HE CALL YOU?

BECAUSE BOOTH WAS THE AGENT THAT
ARRESTED HOWARD EPPS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE
THAT EVIDENCE IS NOT IN THE FILE.

EARLIER YOU SAID, "IT'S A PHONE
NUMBER WE FOUND ON THE GIRL."

WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE
YOU ARRESTED FOR MURDER?

ALL RIGHT, YOU
KNOW, I THINK HE DID IT.

I THINK THIS SCUMBAG BASHED APRIL
WRIGHT TO DEATH WITH A TIRE IRON.

WE FOUND SOME ANOMALIES
IN THE PROSECUTION'S CASE.

DO YOU WANT US TO STOP NOW BEFORE
THESE ANOMALIES BECOME MEANINGFUL?

NO. STAY ON IT. I
GOTTA GET GOING.

YOU GUYS ARE PATHETIC.
IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT.

THERE'S NOTHING PATHETIC ABOUT PRO
BONO WORK ON A DEATH PENALTY CASE.

EVERYBODY, THIS IS
TROY. HEY, HOW YOU DOIN'?

COULD YOU JUST WAIT
HERE ONE SECOND?

YEAH. YEAH.

WHY DID YOU CALL ME
IN? LOOK AT THIS GUY.

HE'S CUTER THAN A MONKEY
WITH A PUPPY. UH-HUH.

I REALLY, REALLY NEED YOU TO DO TEXTURE
ANALYSIS ON SEVEN-YEAR-OLD X-RAYS.

BUT I AM ON A DATE WITH TROY.

HE'S A MAN. WAVE.

WHAT'S THE BIG
STEAMING GIGANTIC RUSH?

A MAN IS SCHEDULED
TO DIE IN 26 HOURS.

I THINK HE'D LIKE THE RESULTS
OF OUR FINDINGS BEFORE THEN.

GOOD ONE.

TROY, SWEETIE,

I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS
TO DO AROUND HERE.

DO YOU MIND JUST HANGING OUT FOR
A LITTLE WHILE? UM, SURE. NO PROBLEM.

UM, LET ME JUST CALL THE RESTAURANT
AND TELL THEM WE'LL BE LATE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? HALF AN HOUR?

YOU BETTER MAKE
IT AN HOUR, MINIMUM.

- OKAY.
- HODGINS.

MOST RECONDITE CODES HAVE
A COMPLEX NUMERICAL CIPHER.

THAT'S A FUN FACTOID,
ZACK. THANK YOU.

12402510221. THAT'S THE NUMBER
THEY FOUND ON THE VICTIM.

YOU'RE THE ONE WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
I'M THE ONE THAT'S GOOD WITH THE LADIES.

IT'S NOT A PHONE NUMBER.

HEY.

SO, UH, WHAT EXACTLY
DO THEY DO HERE?

I THOUGHT ANGELA WAS AN ARTIST.

SHE IS.

WE DO MOSTLY FORENSIC
IDENTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION...

OF DISCORPORATED REMAINS.

MY SPECIALTY'S ENTOMOLOGY
AND PARTICULATES.

YOU EVER SEEN MAGGOTS?
I JUST GOT THESE IN.

DO NOT TALK TO HIM.

WAIT IN THE LOUNGE, BABY.

IT'S UP THOSE STAIRS
RIGHT OVER THERE.

- DON'T TALK TO ANYBODY.
- OKAY.

WHAT'D YOU FIND?

A SHARD OF BONE.
HOW'D THEY MISS THAT?

THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD AS WE ARE.

FORTY TIMES MAGNIFICATION.

WELL, THAT'S NOT BONE.

IT'S INORGANIC, MINERAL.
POSSIBLY QUARTZ.

I WAS TAKING THE PICTURES, AND THERE
WAS A SIGN AND NUMBERS ON THE GROUND.

I THOUGHT, WHY ASSUME A QUASI-RANDOMLY
GENERATED FUNCTION ORIENTED PARADIGM?

WHEN YOU TALK THAT FAST,
HUMAN BEINGS CAN'T HEAR YOU.

THE NUMBER THEY FOUND
ON THE GIRL... 12402510221.

EVERYONE ASSUMED IT
WAS A PHONE NUMBER.

BUT WHAT IF INSTEAD OF SPACING THE NUMBERS
LIKE A PHONE NUMBER, YOU SPACE THEM LIKE THIS.

I WAS IN THE PARK TAKING PICTURES, AND I
SAW THE PARKING SPACE WAS NUMBERED.

TO GET TO PICNIC AREA 10
YOU GO THROUGH GATE 25.

SEEMS MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE.

1240. WHAT DO THOSE REPRESENT?

THE TIME. 12:40. IT'S WHEN SHE WAS
GONNA MEET WHOEVER SHE WAS MEETING.

IT FITS WITH THE TIMELINE.
HE'S WEIRD, BUT HE'S SMART.

APRIL WRIGHT WAS
SETTING UP A DATE.

PROBABLY WITH THE GUY WHO
LEFT THE PUBIC HAIR ON HER.

- GOOD JOB, ZACK.
- I GOT SOMETHIN'.

IT'S NOT QUITE SO IDIOT SAVANT,
BUT... IT'S AGGREGATE GRAVEL.

WHAT... WHAT IF THE REST OF THE
SHADOWS ON THE X-RAYS WERE ALSO GRAVEL?

THERE WAS NO GRAVEL WHERE HER
BODY WAS FOUND. IT WAS ALL GRASS.

THEN SHE WAS KILLED
SOMEPLACE ELSE.

WE HAVE TO EXHUME
OUR VICTIM'S BODY.

IT'S VERY STRESSFUL WAITING
FOR THIS ALL TO BE OVER,

AND NOW WE HEAR EPPS'S LAWYERS
ARE TRYING FOR A REPRIEVE. I'VE HEARD.

YEAH. HE GOT HIMSELF A YOUNG
LAWYER FROM THE INNOCENCE PROJECT.

THEY, UH, DON'T CONSIDER
THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIMS.

YOU REMEMBER OUR
LAWYER, DAVID ROSS.

- AGENT BOOTH IS THE
INVESTIGATOR WHO CAUGHT EPPS.
- IS THIS EVER GONNA BE OVER?

I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS,
MRS. WRIGHT. EPPS KILLED MY DAUGHTER.

YOU BELIEVE THAT, DON'T
YOU, AGENT BOOTH? YES, MA'AM.

- I HAVEN'T CHANGED MY MIND.
- HE DESERVES TO DIE
FOR WHAT HE DID.

THE JURY THOUGHT SO,
THE JUDGE THOUGHT SO.

- ALL THESE APPEALS...
- IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS,
THAT'S ALL.

EACH EFFORT TO STOP HIS EXECUTION
IS MORE AND MORE DESPERATE.

THIS ONE'S NOT GONNA WORK EITHER. IT'S
THE THIRD TIME THEY'VE LAUNCHED AN APPEAL.

IT'S GONNA BE THE
THIRD TIME THEY FAIL.

- IT'S THE LAST PICTURE
WE HAVE OF APRIL.
- SHE WANTED TO BE A LAWYER.

DAVID WAS HER ROLE MODEL. HE GAVE
HER A JOB AT HIS FIRM ON THE WEEKENDS.

- SHE WAS A GOOD WORKER.
- SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

EXCUSE ME.

THAT'S OKAY. BOOTH.

IT'S ME. I'M WITH AMY. I DON'T
LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE JUDGE.

- I'M GONNA TRY TO GET
AN EXHUMATION ORDER.
- WHAT? WHY?

WE FOUND EVIDENCE APRIL MAY NOT HAVE
BEEN KILLED WHERE THEY FOUND HER BODY.

YOU WANT DETAILS?
UM, IT'S NOT A GOOD TIME.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT APRIL'S REMAINS.
ZACK DECODED THE PHONE NUMBER.

WHO DECODES PHONE NUMBERS?
IT'S NOT A PHONE NUMBER.

APRIL MET SOMEONE IN GREENBELT
PARK THE NIGHT SHE WAS MURDERED.

- SHE MET SOMEONE IN THE PARK. WHAT DOES THAT PROVE?
- IS THIS ABOUT APRIL?

- UM, LET ME GET
RIGHT BACK TO YOU.
- WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?

APPARENTLY SOME NEW
EVIDENCE HAS SURFACED.

- WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE?
- WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME A FEW
MINUTES WITH AGENT BOOTH?

ALL RIGHT? LET ME EVALUATE
THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

LET'S GET SOME COFFEE. YEAH.

YEAH.

SO, THIS NEW EVIDENCE... IS THIS
SOMETHING THEY CAN BEAR TO HEAR?

WELL, IT CONCERNS THE PERSON APRIL HAD SEXUAL
RELATIONS WITH THE NIGHT SHE WAS MURDERED.

THE JUDGE RULED THAT IRRELEVANT. WELL,
IT'S ALWAYS HUNG THERE AS A QUESTION.

IT'S ALWAYS THE
BASIS OF THE APPEAL.

IF WE COULD JUST I.D. THE GUY, THIS WHOLE,
UH... WHOLE ISSUE WOULD JUST DISAPPEAR.

SEX IN A CAR. IT WAS
PROBABLY ANOTHER TEENAGER.

SOME KID TOO SCARED
TO COME FORWARD.

NOBODY SAID ANYTHING
ABOUT SEX BEING IN THE CAR.

IT WAS A PARKING LOT. I ASSUME
THE SEX ACT TOOK PLACE INSIDE A CAR.

WHEN APRIL WORKED
FOR YOUR LAW FIRM...

ON THE WEEKENDS,
WHAT'D SHE DO, THE FILING?

THAT'S RIGHT. WHO WAS
WITH HER IN THE OFFICE?

WHY DO YOU ASK? WELL,
A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL...

I'M SURE YOU JUST WOULDN'T
LEAVE HER IN THERE ALL BY HERSELF.

OH, WHAT? YOU CAN'T REMEMBER?

WELL, I'M SURE THE SECURITY
LOGS'LL BE ABLE TO TELL US SOMETHIN'.

REFRESH MY MEMORY, MR. ROSS.

WHERE WERE YOU THE
NIGHT THAT APRIL WAS KILLED,

SAY AROUND 12:30?

NOW'S THE TIME THAT I ASK FOR
MY LAWYER AND SAY NOTHING.

SO, YOU SEEIN' EACH OTHER? WHO?

- YOU AND BOOTH?
- NO.

NO, WE'RE... WE'RE
WORKING TOGETHER.

BECAUSE I'M PICKING
UP A BIT OF A SEX VIBE.

NO, THAT'S TENSION.

HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND.

- TALL, BLONDE, BEAUTIFUL?
- A LAWYER.

FIGURES.

SHOULD'VE JUMPED HIM
WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE.

YOU'RE REALLY
INTERESTED IN BOOTH?

YOU AREN'T? NO.

- WELL, THEN WHY
ARE YOU HELPING HIM?
- BECAUSE HE ASKED ME.

HE SAID PLEASE. COME ON.

- YOU THINK HE'S HOT.
- NO. NOT AT ALL. THIS IS
A VERY INTERESTING CASE.

BOOTH DID SAY YOU HAD SOME
KIND OF MANIA FOR THE TRUTH.

- "MANIA"? AS IN MANIAC?
- I'M NOT SURE HE MEANT IT
AS A BAD THING.

WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, IS
HOW YOU'RE TAKING IT.

YOU WANNA START OR SHALL I?

I'M SORRY, SIR. I CAN
EXPLAIN. I'LL START.

I'M THINKING OF SUSPENDING
YOU FOR FREELANCING...

ON A DEATH PENALTY CASE
WE CLEARED SEVEN YEARS AGO.

MY INTENTION WAS JUST
TO TIE UP A FEW LOOSE ENDS.

DO YOU, UH, DISAPPROVE OF THE DEATH
PENALTY ON PRINCIPLE, AGENT BOOTH?

NO, SIR. I HAVE NO PROBLEM
WITH THE DEATH PENALTY.

BECAUSE I HEAR THAT YOU'RE WORKING
FOR A PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE...

YOUNG IDEALIST WHO DOES
HAVE A PROBLEM. NOT TRUE, SIR.

I MEAN, YES, SHE'S YOUNG AND SHE'S AN
IDEALIST. BUT I'M NOT WORKING FOR HER. NO.

LIKE I SAID, THERE
WAS A LOOSE END.

AND I ARRESTED HOWARD EPPS.

I PROVIDED THE EVIDENCE WHICH LED TO
THE DEATH SENTENCE. WELL, THAT'S YOUR JOB.

I NEED TO BE SURE. THAT'S ALL.
THIS GUY WAS HER GODFATHER.

I BELIEVE HE HAD SEX WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD
GIRL THE SAME NIGHT SHE WAS MURDERED.

A FACT THAT THE JURY
NEVER HEARD, BY THE WAY.

HE'S MARRIED. HE'S
PARTNERS IN A LAW FIRM.

THE GUY'S GOT
EVERYTHING TO LOSE.

IF YOU WANT TO
QUESTION HIM, FINE.

IS... IS THAT THE END OF YOUR
INVOLVEMENT, AGENT BOOTH?

NOT EXACTLY.

THEY'RE MOVING TO EXHUME
THE VICTIM'S BODY, SIR.

ON WHOSE RECOMMENDATION?

THE YOUNG IDEALIST
LAWYER AND DR. BRENNAN.

GOT THE SQUINTS INVOLVED.

WELL, IF SHE SHOOTS ANYBODY THIS
TIME, I SURE THE HELL HOPE IT'S YOU.

THESE ARE NOT THE ROBES
I LIKE TO WEAR TO WORK.

SIR, IF YOU COULD MAYBE
TIE YOUR DRESSING GOWN?

IT'S 1:00 IN THE
MORNING. DEAL WITH IT.

SO, YOU FOUND A PIECE OF BONE
THE SIZE OF A TOOTHPICK. YES.

A SHARD FROM HER LEFT TRIQUETRAL
WITH GRAVEL EMBEDDED IN IT.

DESCRIBE THE IMPLICATIONS.

THE JURY WAS TOLD THAT
THESE SHADOWS HERE AND HERE...

WERE BITS OF BONE
SHATTERED DURING THE ATTACK.

THROUGH ADVANCED DIGITAL X-RAY TECHNIQUES,
DR. BRENNAN'S TEAM OF SCIENTISTS...

HAVE FOUND THAT THE DENSITY OF THESE FRAGMENTS
IS NOT THE SAME AS THE SURROUNDING BONE.

- WHAT ARE THEY?
- THE ONLY WAY I CAN TELL IS
BY ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THEM.

YOU WANT TO EXHUME APRIL WRIGHT?

- YES, PLEASE.
- BECAUSE OF SOME SHADOWS
ON AN X-RAY?

- I DON'T SEE
ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.
- DR. BRENNAN,

IF THOSE SHADOWS TURNED OUT TO BE
PIECES OF BONE, I'D BE EXTREMELY ANGRY.

- THANK YOU, JUDGE COHEN.
- FOR MAKING A VEILED THREAT?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE THREATENING ME BECAUSE
YOU DECIDED TO SIGN THE EXHUMATION ORDER.

I DID NOT KILL APRIL WRIGHT.

THERE... THERE ARE
GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE ME.

PEOPLE WHO KNOW I DID NOT KILL THAT
GIRL BECAUSE THEY SAW ALL THE EVIDENCE.

I HONESTLY THINK HE'S INNOCENT.

I STILL THINK THE SYSTEM'S
GONNA WORK. DON'T YOU?

I DON'T LIKE TO FORM CONCLUSIONS
BEFORE ALL THE EVIDENCE IS IN.

THEY WON'T LET ME DIE
JUST FOR STEALIN' A CAR.

- WATCH YOUR STEP.
- APRIL WRIGHT'S BODY
JUST ARRIVED.

THIS IS JACQUELINE SINGER
REPORTING TO YOU LIVE FROM...

YOU MIGHT BE MORE
COMFORTABLE STAYING HERE.

UM, I CAN'T.

- OH, GOD.
- DON'T LOOK, SWEETIE.

YOU'RE NOT AN
ARTIST. YOU'RE A FREAK.

YOU PEOPLE ARE ALL FREAKS.

THIS JOB IS SO HARD
TO DESCRIBE ONLINE.

THE LEFT TRIQUETRAL.

THAT'S A MATCH. FOR THE
RECORD, DO YOU CONCUR?

I CONCUR.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PIECES OF
FOREIGN MATERIAL LODGED IN THE BONE.

IT'S THE SAME STUFF
WE FOUND IN THE SHARD.

WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ARM BEING
DRAGGED THROUGH GRAVEL AFTER THE ATTACK.

I GOT A WARRANT TO SEARCH
THE HOUSE OF THE GUY...

APRIL WRIGHT HAD SEX WITH
THE NIGHT SHE WAS MURDERED.

WHAT DID YOU FIND? UNDERWEAR.

CAN YOU RUN A
COMPARISON ON THE HAIR?

YES. IS THAT APRIL WRIGHT?

LOOKS LIKE SHE WASN'T
KILLED WHERE SHE WAS FOUND.

THEN WHERE WAS SHE MURDERED?

WE'VE GOT MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES BEATEN
INTO THE SKULL. WERE THESE EVER I.D.'d?

ACCORDING TO THE
AUTOPSY REPORT, NO.

IT'S A VISUAL MATCH.

WILL YOU BACKSTOP HIM ON THAT?

- WHERE'S AMY?
- I'M HERE. I CAN'T...

IT'S OKAY. THINGS CAN GET PRETTY,
YOU KNOW, DISGUSTING AROUND HERE.

I CONCUR WITH ZACK. WE HAVE A
VISUAL MATCH ON THE PUBIC HAIR.

IS A VISUAL MATCH ENOUGH
TO STOP THE EXECUTION?

UH, WE NEED D.N.A. TO BE SURE.

AMY'S RIGHT. THIS EVIDENCE ISN'T
ENOUGH TO STOP THE EXECUTION.

AND YOU'VE GOT NOTHING
ELSE? NOTHING AT ALL?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
ELSE WE CAN DO.

IF YOU TELL THE JUDGE YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR
MIND... THAT HOWARD EPPS IS NOT GUILTY.

- HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND?
- NO.

I HAVE DOUBTS THAT THE GUY
SHOULD BE EXECUTED, BUT...

LET'S GO SEE THE JUDGE.

AT MY AGE, A MAN NEEDS
A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

LACK OF SLEEP CLOUDS JUDGMENT.

YOU STAY THE EXECUTION, JUDGE, I
PROMISE YOU'LL SLEEP LIKE A BABY.

MR. CARLYLE, WHAT DOES
THE PROSECUTION THINK?

THIS IS A WASTE OF THE
STATE'S TIME, YOUR HONOR.

MISS MORTON IS
RECYCLING OLD EVIDENCE,

PRESENTING IT IN A DIFFERENT
WAY IN A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT...

TO KEEP HOWARD EPPS
FROM BEING EXECUTED.

- SHE'S AN IDEOLOGUE.
- THAT'S TRUE.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT
RIGHT. THIS CASE DOESN'T ADD UP.

YOU, BRILLIANT SCIENTIST LADY,

TALK TO ME ABOUT
THIS BONE SHARD.

IT INDICATES THE BODY WAS DRAGGED TO
THE LOCATION WHERE IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED.

THAT PLUS THE GRAVEL... COMMON
GRAVEL. I'M NOT CONVINCED.

WHAT ABOUT THE HAIR?
IT'S A VISUAL MATCH.

THAT NARROWS THE
STATISTICAL PROBABILITY TO...

- D.N.A.?
- TEN DAYS. WE'LL HAVE IT IN 10 DAYS.

WHAT ABOUT THIS MAN THAT THE
F.B.I.'S TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, DAVID ROSS?

- HAS HE CONFESSED
TO SLEEPING WITH HER?
- NO.

EVEN IF THE D.N.A. SAYS DAVID ROSS SLEPT WITH
THE GIRL, IT DOESN'T PROVE HE KILLED HER.

LET'S STICK WITH NEW
FACTS, MISS MORTON.

AT LEAST GIVE US TIME TO FIND DAVID ROSS'S
CAR. THERE COULD BE EVIDENCE OF MURDER...

"COULD BE"? I CAN'T STOP AN EXECUTION
BECAUSE THERE COULD BE EVIDENCE.

JUDGE COHEN, I HAVE THE
ARRESTING OFFICER RIGHT HERE.

THE PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR.

AGENT BOOTH, HAVE YOU SUDDENLY
DECIDED THAT HOWARD EPPS IS NOT GUILTY?

- NO.
- BOOTH!

THERE ARE DOUBTS. WHEN IT COMES TO AN
EXECUTION, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY DOUBTS.

HE DOESN'T HAVE
DOUBTS. HE HAS COLD FEET.

THINK I WON'T POP YOU ONE JUST BECAUSE
WE'RE STANDING IN THE JUDGE'S KITCHEN?

YOU SEE? YOU LOSE
SLEEP, YOU GET CRANKY.

JUDGMENT SUFFERS.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

- YOUR HONOR, YOU CAN'T
DISMISS THIS SO EASILY.
- "EASILY"?

I ALLOWED YOU TO EXHUME THAT GIRL'S
REMAINS. DO YOU THINK I DID THAT EASILY?

WE ALL FEEL THE WEIGHT OF A CAPITAL
CASE, MISS MORTON, BUT THE LAW IS CLEAR.

UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF
GRIEVOUS INCOMPETENCE BY COUNSEL...

OR A DENIAL OF LEGITIMATE AND
DEFINITIVE FACTUAL CERTAINTIES,

MY HANDS ARE TIED.

I'LL GO OUT TO THE
PRISON AND TELL EPPS.

- I'LL LOOK AT THE SKULL, SEE
IF WE DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING.
- BONES...

THE PARTICULATES IN THE SKULL
STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ANALYZED YET.

THIS IS SO BARBARIC.

WHEN ARE THEY GONNA PUT A STOP TO THE DAMN
DEATH PENALTY? I BELIEVE IN THE DEATH PENALTY.

WHAT? THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE
THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN THIS WORLD.

THE PEOPLE WHO HACKED HUNDREDS OF
INNOCENT CHILDREN TO DEATH IN RWANDA,

BEHEADED THEM AT
THEIR DESKS AT SCHOOL.

THE PEOPLE WHO DID THAT,
THEY SHOULD BE EXECUTED.

- SO WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT EPPS?
- BECAUSE THE FACTS
HAVE TO ADD UP.

DROP ME AT THE LAB, PLEASE.

LAST MEAL.

I CAN'T DECIDE.

WHAT'S THE LAST
TASTE THAT I WANT?

HOWARD, I AM SO SORRY.

DR. BRENNAN IS STILL
WORKING ON A FEW IDEAS.

YOU SEE THE TRUTH.

YOU KNOW I'M INNOCENT, RIGHT?

I KNOW THERE'S A
CHANCE YOU'RE NOT GUILTY.

WELL, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.

A CHANCE, I SAID.
ALL RIGHT? A CHANCE.

THESE ARE SLIVERS OF
METAL FOUND ON THE SKULL.

PROBABLY FROM THE
TIRE IRON. IS THAT BLOOD?

IT'S SILT. I'M BREAKING IT DOWN.

IT CONTAINS TRACES OF TWO CHEMICALS.
ANTHRACENE AND FLUORANTHENE.

I'VE SCANNED IN ALL THE
X-RAYS AND BUILT A 3-D MODULE.

TROY WOULD'VE
LIKED THAT. BASTARD.

I FOUND SOME MORE MATERIAL IN THE
FRACTURES ALONG THE SAGITTAL SUTURE.

IT'S POLLEN.

THE POLLEN IS FROM SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA,
MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS SMOOTH CORDGRASS.

I'M SORRY. WHAT DOES POLLEN TELL
US ABOUT APRIL WRIGHT'S MURDER?

ANGELA?

THE MURDER WEAPON COLLECTED
POLLEN FROM THE SURROUNDING FLORA.

WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK, POLLEN FROM THE MURDER
WEAPON WAS DEPOSITED IN APRIL'S SKULL.

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA IS ONLY
FOUND ALONG CHESAPEAKE BAY.

- THE POLLEN AND SILT BOTH SHOW
TRACES OF COMPLEX CHEMICALS.
- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

APRIL WRIGHT WAS KILLED IN A
MARSH NEAR A CHEMICAL PLANT.

AMY MORTON. THANKS.

THEY'VE MOVED HOWARD
EPPS TO THE IMMINENT ROOM.

- WHAT'S THAT?
- WHERE HE HAS HIS LAST MEAL AND
SAYS GOOD-BYE TO HIS FAMILY.

WE NEED THE LOCATION
OF THAT MARSH.

LOOK, THE HAIR WE FOUND PROVES
THAT YOU HAD SEX WITH APRIL WRIGHT.

YOU'LL BE CHARGED
WITH STATUTORY RAPE.

BUT NOT BY YOU. STATUTORY
RAPE IS NOT A FEDERAL CRIME.

SO I'M LEFT TO ASSUME YOU'RE HERE TO
GET MY CLIENT TO CONFESS TO MURDER.

- OH, IT ADDS UP. IT TRACKS.
- I DIDN'T KILL APRIL.

YOU MET APRIL IN THE PARK, BUT
SHE WAS KILLED SOMEWHERE ELSE.

- NEAR A CHEMICAL PLANT?
- I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT.

YOU HAD SEX. SHE THREATENED TO TELL
HER FAMILY. YOU COULDN'T LET THAT HAPPEN.

- NO.
- YOU'D LOSE YOUR BUSINESS,
YOUR PROFESSIONAL STANDING.

- NO.
- DO NOT ENGAGE
WITH HIM, DAVID.

- YOU HAD MOTIVE. YOU HAD MEANS. YOU HAD OPPORTUNITY.
- I DIDN'T KILL HER.

THEN WHY AREN'T YOU
HELPING US? WHAT?

BY NOT ADMITTING THAT YOU WERE THERE THAT
NIGHT WITH HER, YOU'RE CLOUDING THE ISSUE.

WELL, SO WHAT? EPPS WILL STILL
BE IN JAIL FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING
THE EVENTS OF THAT NIGHT.

YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.

DO YOU CARE AT ALL ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?

OKAY, LOOK. I WENT THERE THAT
NIGHT JUST TO TALK. OKAY? THAT'S ALL.

THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER.
NO. I... JUST TO TALK.

LOOK, I'M NOT PROUD
OF WHAT HAPPENED.

I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHY IT
HAPPENED, BUT I'M NOT PROUD OF IT.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE LET MYSELF GET PULLED
IN. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HER FIRST TIME.

I DIDN'T KNOW SHE'D GET
SO UPSET. SHE RAN OFF.

ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU
LEFT HER IN THAT PARK? NO!

I LOOKED FOR HER. I WAITED
FOR OVER TWO HOURS.

FINALLY I FIGURED SHE CALLED
SOMEBODY TO COME GET HER.

WAS HER CAR STILL THERE
WHEN YOU LEFT? YES, IT WAS.

WHAT TIME WAS THAT?
JUST AFTER 2:00 A.M.

DID YOU SEE ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. THERE
WAS SOME TRAFFIC. IT WAS ALL TEENAGERS.

AFTER 1:00 A.M.,
THERE WAS NOTHING.

LOOK, MAYBE IT IS MY
FAULT THAT HE GOT TO HER.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE... MAYBE I
SHOULD GO TO JAIL FOR THAT.

HE ADMITS TO
HAVING SEX WITH HER?

YES, SIR. DID HE KILL HER?

WELL, HE'S EITHER TELLING THE
TRUTH, OR HE'S SETTIN' UP HIS DEFENSE.

SO, APRIL WRIGHT MET DAVID
ROSS FOR A SEXUAL LIAISON.

HE TOOK HER TO A SECOND
UNKNOWN LOCATION,

BEAT HER TO DEATH AND DEPOSITED
THE BODY BACK AT THE PARK.

- THAT'S SKETCHY.
- WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO FIND
THE MURDER WEAPON.

FIND A TIRE IRON IN A MARSH AFTER
SEVEN YEARS. THAT'S A LONG SHOT.

THAT'S WHY WE NEED
METAL DETECTORS AND G.P.R.

AND A DOZEN OR SO AGENTS, SIR.

AND IF YOU FIND THIS TIRE IRON,

YOU CAN POSITIVELY IDENTIFY
IT AS THE MURDER WEAPON?

IT'S POSSIBLE WE CAN MATCH THE
TRACES WE FOUND IN APRIL'S SKULL.

"POSSIBLE"? NO.

HOWARD EPPS'S LAWYER SHOULD PRESENT THIS
ARGUMENT TO THE JUDGE AND LET HIM DECIDE.

UH, SIR, WITHOUT THE MURDER WEAPON,
HE WILL NOT STAY THE EXECUTION.

WAY OUT ON A LIMB HERE, BOOTH.

HE'S JUST TRYING TO FIND THE
TRUTH. WHY SHOULD HE BE PENALIZED...

- TAKE THE EQUIPMENT
AND THE MEN YOU NEED.
- THANK YOU, SIR.

- SHE CAN'T HAVE A GUN.
- NO GUN. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WHY NOT? NO GUN. THANK YOU, SIR.

WE HAVE G.P.R.,

AND MORE AGENTS
WILL MEET US OUT THERE.

WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR DEVICES.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO COVER A LOT OF GROUND.

I'M PLUGGING IN ALL THE DATA FROM THE AREA
TO GET THE LOCATION WITH THE CLOSEST MATCH.

GIVEN THE CHEMICALS IN
THE SOIL AND THE POLLEN,

I'D SAY WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SPOT
NEAR THE ROCK HALL PROCESSING PLANT.

WE'LL HAVE VIDEO RELAY
WHEN WE GET TO THE BAY.

AND I NEED PICTURES OF THE
TYPE OF GRASS WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

OKAY.

THERE ARE FOUR AREAS THAT
HAVE SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA.

IT'S A MUDDY AREA, KNEE-HIGH
GRASS. OKAY, GO BACK ONE SCREEN.

IT'S JUST OFF THAT SERVICE ROAD.

WE GOT IT. WE GOT IT.

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU PULL UP.

- WE'VE GOT THE TIRE IRON.
- OVER HERE. THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE HERE.

HERE. I GOT SOMETHIN'.

IT'S MORE THAN A TIRE IRON.

IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS?

I NEED A SHOVEL... BONES.

I NEED A SHOVEL. SHE'S
DIGGING HERE. RIGHT AWAY, SIR.

MA'AM.

AGENT BOOTH.

WELL, ARE YOU GONNA HELP?

WELL, I WOULD, BUT
THIS IS A $1,200 SUIT.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

I HAVEN'T SLEPT IN 48 HOURS, AND
YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR SUIT?

GET OVER HERE.

FINE. CAN I GET A SHOVEL?

THANKS.

DIG GENTLY. SMALL
LAYERS AT A TIME.

- WHAT WOULD YOU
USUALLY BE DOING?
- WHAT?

- IF IT WERE A NORMAL WEEKEND.
- YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THIS NOW?

COMPARED TO YOU WITH
YOUR MULTIPLE SEX PARTNERS...

YOU KNOW, THAT'S NONE
OF YOUR BUSINESS, OKAY?

I'M NOT HAVING SEX WITH AMY.

AND I HAVE NEVER EVER CHEATED ON
ANY WOMAN THAT I'VE EVER BEEN WITH.

NEVER.

I JUST ASKED WHAT YOU'D
NORMALLY BE DOING?

I'D BE AT A MOVIE, DANCING, BEING
WITH SOMEBODY THAT I CARE ABOUT.

YOU?

HEY, WHAT THE
HELL'S GOING ON HERE?

FEMALE, APPROXIMATELY
17 TO 25 YEARS OLD.

BLUNT TRAUMA TO THE SKULL.

ALSO FEMALE, SAME APPROXIMATE
AGE, SAME TYPE OF INJURY.

THIS DOESN'T FIT WITH ROSS.

WHEN HE KILLED APRIL, IT WAS A
PANIC MURDER... PERSONAL, NOT SERIAL.

BOTH THESE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN
DEAD FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

- MAYBE MORE THAN SEVEN?
- YES.

EPPS. IT WAS EPPS.

HE SNATCHED APRIL FROM THE
PARK AFTER SHE RAN FROM ROSS...

AND BROUGHT HER HERE
TO HIS KILLING GROUNDS.

- WHY DID HE TAKE HER
BACK TO THE PARK?
- HE WATCHED THEM HAVE SEX.

HE SAW THEM ARGUE. EPPS KNEW SUSPICIONS
WOULD FALL ON ROSS, AND HE TOOK HER BACK.

- AND STOLE HER CAR.
- WE GOT PLAYED.

WHAT? HOW?

EITHER WAY, EPPS WINS.

WE FIND ROSS, THE EXECUTION IS
STOPPED. WE FIND THESE BODIES...

THE EXECUTION IS STAYED UNTIL
THESE MURDERS ARE INVESTIGATED.

IF I DON'T MAKE THIS CALL, HE'S
GONNA BE DEAD IN HALF AN HOUR.

THESE WOMEN, THEY
DESERVE TO BE HEARD.

IT'S WHAT WE DO, BOOTH.

- THE REST...
- LAWYERS.

LAWYERS.

AMY, IT'S BOOTH.

I THINK WE GOT YOU
YOUR STAY OF EXECUTION.

BUT YOU'RE NOT
GONNA LIKE IT MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU.

WHAT'S THAT, HOWIE? PRACTICING
TO GET JURY SYMPATHY?

I DID NOT KILL ANYONE.

THANK YOU. I MEAN IT.

WE FOUND THE TIRE IRON.

YOU'LL BE FOUND GUILTY
OF THESE MURDERS.

WELL, I NEED A GOOD LAWYER.

THESE MURDER INVESTIGATIONS
TAKE A LONG TIME.

THEN THERE'S THE APPEALS.

AND SINCE I SHOULD'VE BEEN
DEAD A HALF AN HOUR AGO,

IT'S ALL GRAVY FROM NOW ON.

WE GAVE HIM
EVERYTHING HE WANTED.

WHO KNOWS IF THERE'LL EVEN
BE A DEATH PENALTY THEN?

I MEAN, THAT'S
YOUR DREAM, ISN'T IT?

WE WANT THE SAME
THINGS FROM LIFE.

AND I OWE YOU TOO.

I READ YOUR BOOK.

WHEN I HEARD YOU WERE
WORKING WITH BOOTH HERE,

I KNEW YOU WERE
JUST WHAT I NEEDED.

YOU GONNA ARREST ME FOR ASSAULT?

FROM WHAT I SAW,
PURELY SELF-DEFENSE.

MAYBE I SHOULDN'T
CARRY A GUN AFTER ALL.

HELL, YOU CAN HAVE MINE.

- WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU TWO?
- BAD DAY AT WORK.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET
FOR WORKING ON WEEKENDS.

YOU EVER HEAR ABOUT TAKING
SOME TIME OFF, HAVING A LITTLE FUN?

WHY? WHAT DO YOU DO?

I'D BE BREAKING ABOUT SIX
DIFFERENT LAWS IF I JUST TOLD YOU...

HOW I MANEUVERED ON
MY SATURDAY NIGHTS.

BUT I WILL BRING YOU SOME FOOD.

I'M NOT HUNGRY.

NO USE ARGUIN' WITH SID, BONES.

ARE YOU IN TROUBLE
WITH YOUR BOSS?

OH.

YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY FOR WRECKING
YOUR WEEKEND FOR NOTHING.

NO, NOT FOR NOTHING.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

YOU KNOW, ALL THAT RUNNING
AROUND, IT DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

EPPS WAS GUILTY. HE
WAS ALWAYS GUILTY.

THERE WAS DOUBT.

WE HAD AN OBLIGATION
TO RESPECT THAT DOUBT.

WE ALL SHARE IN THE DEATH
OF EVERY HUMAN BEING.

VERY POETIC. NO. VERY LITERAL.

WE ALL SHARE D.N.A.

WHEN I LOOK AT A BONE, IT'S NOT SOME
ARTIFACT THAT I CAN SEPARATE FROM MYSELF.

IT'S A PART OF A PERSON WHO
GOT HERE THE SAME WAY I DID.

IT SHOULD NEVER BE EASY
TO TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS.

WHAT?

WHAT?

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN PRACTICING YOUR
NOBEL PRIZE SPEECH JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH.

SCALLOPS IN SZECHUAN
GARLIC SAUCE, DUCK FRIED RICE.

HERE YOU GO. APPLE
PIE, HOT CUP OF JOE.

MM-HMM.

TO SIMPLE PLEASURES, MY FRIENDS.

SIMPLE PLEASURES.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?