Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001): Season 8, Episode 4 - By Reason of Insanity - full transcript

Give 'em la hold.

Free la hold.

Up there... down there...

Then clocker those mockers!

I left Sophie this morning.

Why?

Why do you think?

So I could be with you.

I'm married.

Oh, believe me, Cyn

there's plenty of
money to go around.



Just tell Richard
the marriage is over.

We'll move in together.

And there'll be
no more sneaking around.

Come on, my marriage
isn't about money.

I love Richard.

Yeah, but...

What about us?

Ethan, Ethan, Ethan, Ethan.

You're great.

You're the best.

You're so much fun.

Doesn't mean I'm going
to leave my husband.

Come on. Come on.

Come on.



Rude alter!

Cynthia, you mean
everything to me.

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
flatterer, flatterer.

Ultra deer.

Ultra deer!

Hey, get out of here.

Red ale rut!

Ethan!

You want to go to jail?

Ethan Foster, get in here.

What, are you afraid
of the neighbors?

What is wrong with you?

I am just sick and
tired of that bum.

Look, Richard will be
home any minute.

He'll take care of it.

Come on.

You got to go.

I love you.

I know.

Go. go.

Go.

Rudolph.

One-eyed mu!

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

I'm sorry, buddy

but you're going
to have to take it

somewhere else, okay?

I'm guru Roy Diana.

Well, Roy, you're going
to have to find

a better place to camp.

No.

Look, I'm really sorry

but you're creating a problem.

No. You're Ann Ridge.

I'm not even
a boy named Sue, okay?

Father Seton will kill you.

Hey, don't threaten me.

Father Seton will kill you.

That's it. Stay away
from my house, all right?

Ann Ridge!

Father Seton will kill.

Ann Ridge! Ann Ridge!

Father Seton!
Father Seton!

I'm not Ann Ridge.

Good.

What is your name?

Sol Agnew Gore.

That's two vice presidents.

And bipartisan to boot.

I'm impressed.

Has a doctor ever
put you on medication?

Jesse, could I see
you for a minute?

Man:
Get out of my head!

George?

Help me.

Help me.

Father Seton wants to kill.

I take it that guy was
a patient here before.

Not a patient.
A student.

And a brilliant one.

It's hard to imagine
him as a doctor.

Harder to imagine
he'd turn out the way he did.

George has such
a wonderful, creative mind.

You know, I remember
one day I was teaching

and George raised
his hand, started talking.

He wasn't making
any sense at all.

And I thought it was me.

That I didn't understand
his thinking.

Then he started talking
about voices in his head.

That was the beginning
of schizophrenia.

Couldn't you get
him to agree to
hospitalization?

We got him into
treatment all right

but he'd just
walk right out
of the hospital.

Never came back?

Steve and I found him wandering
around the beach at Venice

and we persuaded him
to come back into treatment.

And then?

Well, you know,
pharmacology wasn't

as sophisticated as it is today.

He complained that
the medication

made him groggy,
made his mouth twitch.

Tardive Dyskinesia.

Exactly.

And you couldn't get a 5150?

Well, he wasn't showing
any violent symptoms at all

so we couldn't
hold him involuntarily.

So the third time
he turned down treatment

we had to let him go.

Couldn't do anything about it.

Wow.

Richard:
Cynthia told me
you left your wife.

How's Elliott taking this?

Well, he's 14 and furious.

Are you sure you
can't stick it out

until he gets to college?

I think it's too little
too late for that now.

Are you sure?

Well, what about you?

What about me?

If Richard had a fling

would you forgive him?

Richard doesn't have flings.

No, supposing.

Well, I guess you don't
know the answer to that

until it happens.

It's not a worry, believe me.

What about you?

If Cynthia had an affair,
would you forgive her?

Uh... I don't know.

I mean, I guess it would
depend on the circumstances.

Ethan:
I did the unpardonable.

I fell in love.

Richard:
Wow. Is this woman

in love with you?

I thought she was.

She's a happily married woman

this lady, isn't she?

How can you possibly know that?

Oh, well, see now

a single woman would be thrilled

to hear Ethan's announcement

but a married woman

would choose a married man

because a married man is safe.

Oh, great.

So to me, she's the love
of my life.

To her, I'm merely low-risk.

But why would a happily married
woman have an affair?

Oh, come on.

Change.

A little excitement.

A taste of the forbidden.

Richard:
Well, I must lead

a very sheltered life then.

I'm not going to suggest

you do what I did, Richard

but I've got to tell you,
the sex was great.

What are you going to do now?

Get on my knees and beg.

Richard:
Well, that's great.

I think Sophie will listen.

He's not talking about Sophie.

Are you?

Ethan:
No. I'm going to tell
my married friend

that I love her so much

I'm willing to continue
the affair on her terms.

Well, she should tell you
to go straight to hell.

But when you say
it like that,
she just might

say yes, Ethan.

Mark.

Oh, good.

Jesse, would you take that?

Yeah, sure.

And this?

Uh-huh.

And this?

There it is.

There what is?

It's hot in here.

I was trying to figure out

why I had the only office
not air conditioned.

What do you want me
to do with these?

Just put them
in an empty space someplace.

Why won't that stay?

Uh-oh.

That ought to do it.

What are these for?

Oh, I found an old
crossword book of mine

which is why I brought
all these dictionaries

last time I was
trying to do them.

Oh, maybe I could help.

You do crosswords?

I've got one here for you.

Try this on for size.

"Musician of many words."

Eight letters.

The middle two letters
are "d" and "h."

Sondheim.

Stephen Sondheim.

Of course.

I was trying to think
of a syllable

that started in "dh."

Like Dharma, the Hindu
principle that rules

the universe.

That's right.
That starts with "dh."

Jodhpurs.

You're very good.

It's just a quirk or a trick.

I don't know, it's
a talent I have, I guess.

A lot faster than I am.

Did you want something?

Yeah. Dr. Burke said
that George is stable
and he's ready

to release him.

Oh, no.

Yes, so maybe
you can go talk to him.

He's not going to listen to me.

I don't want you to say a word.

Just listen.

Sophie...

No, not one word

or I won't be able
to get through this.

Elliot's a mess.

He can't understand
what you're doing.

Neither can I.

So I'm making a one-time offer.

Tell me it's over.

Come back home.

We won't ever have
to speak of this again.

What makes you think
I want to come back?

You have a son.

What good is it going to do him

to have a miserable father?

Since when did I make you
miserable?

Since I found out
what it's like to be in love.

Who is she?

Who broke up my marriage?

What difference does it make?

We never loved
each other anyway.

You married me.

You bastard.

I had money.
You had looks.

That's not love.

It's... just enough.

I'm going to make you
pay for this.

Hello.

Ethan:
Are you alone?

Um, no.

I seem to have an extra pair
of tickets for Aida tonight.

Care to join me?

Let me check with Richard.

Who's that?

Ethan has an
extra ticket to
Aida.

Is that the one where
they're sealed in a cave

and use up all
the air by singing?

Yes. A beautiful
love story.

Go.

You sure you don't mind?

Let's see...

Ethan gets a friend
when he needs one

I get to stay home

and you get to go see
that ridiculous opera.

Sounds like a great deal to me.

Okay.

We're on.

He doesn't know a thing,
does he?

Nope.

Say, listen, I have to be
at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Why don't you
pick me up
there at 6:00?

Yeah.

I'll see you then.

Good-bye.

So the police didn't
press any charges.

They hardly ever do
in cases like this.

Well, then maybe we can
have him arrested.

What for?

I don't know.

Uh, disturbing the peace?

He'd spend a couple
of days in jail.

That doesn't sound good to me.

He's just going
to be back out on
the streets again.

If I can just get him to stay.

George...

No.

You don't even know
what I'm going to
ask you yet.

No.

George, if you could
just stay a few days

we can adjust your medication.

No.

You'd have some
clean clothes, nice bed.

I may be too late.

Too late for what?

Father Seton is going
to do something terrible.

Sorry.

Is that who I think it is?

Yeah. George Lawson.

Could have been a great doctor.

One-eyed mu.

Alien jump it!

We're so bad.

The worst.

Hey, come up for a drink, huh?

Richard?

Richard, Ethan's with us.

What... what...?

No, no, no.

Is he...?

Come on, I'll call the cops.

Come on.

Mr. Lawson.

Take it easy. Easy.

Mr. Lawson, I need to ask
you a few questions.

You are Eli.

Eli the cop.

I'm Lieutenant Steve Sloan.

Dr. Mark Sloan
is my dad.

You saw him at the hospital

yesterday.

You remember?

May I look in your bag?

Demon truth.

Are these yours,
Mr. Lawson?

Is this knife yours?

Father Seton.

Demon truth.

Father Seton!

Demon truth!

Father Seton!

I'm sorry, Mr. Lawson.

Put your hands behind
your back, please.

Mr. Lawson, I'm placing
you under arrest.

You understand what
I'm saying to you?

Father Seton did it.

Father Seton! Father Seton!

Karl Mason!
Karl Mason!

George, I'm
Dr. Jesse Travis

I've treated you here before.

Where's Karl Mason?

Jesse, this man needs
to be put in lockup.

Not until we get him stabilized.

Page Dr. Burks, and tell him
we need him in E.R. stat.

Connie Mint!
Connie Mint!

Stay with him in the E.R.

George?

Believe the tin men icon.

George, I'd like to believe you

but I don't know
what you're saying.

Come on, let's go.

What happened?

Just a second, Dad.

Look, take down anything he says

no matter
how little sense it makes.

What happened?

Well, it looks like one
of your former students

may have committed a murder.

No. Are you sure?

We found him on the beach

right outside the crime scene.

Who was it?

The victim's name
is Richard Fielding.

How do I know that name?

He's the homeowner
that called the cops

on George Lawson two nights ago.

May be premeditation.

If we could just have found
a way to commit George

it might never have happened.

Dad, you can't blame yourself.

Is that what I tell
Richard Fielding's widow?

Dad, sometimes people
just slip through the
cracks in the system.

A man's dead. I failed
a patient and a student.

Can't just rack that up
to the system

and let it go at that.

You have my cell number.

Please do not disturb the widow.

You can call me
about any details.

Thank you.

They have to do an autopsy

before releasing the body
to the funeral home.

As soon as they do

I'll finalize
all the arrangements.

Thank God you're here.

How do women handle
this on their own?

That's something you'll
never have to worry about.

I thought he was just
a harmless drunk.

Yeah, well, we all did.

George, you know what happened?

I didn't take my...
m-medicine.

Karl:
And then what?

Drank west crop.

What does "west crop"
mean, George?

West crop...
it means west crop.

Another word for pine chew.

Tell me something, George.

Do you know what a knife is for?

Cutting.

Cutting what?

People.

Doctors cut people...

to heal them.

And were you healing
Richard Fielding
when you cut him?

I didn't cut him.

Who did?

Father Seton.

Father Seton used a knife...

to kill.

George, is Father Seton
in your head?

Sometimes.

Like you.

Like him.

Like an itch.

Hey, how is he?

Well, now that
we got him on meds

he's stabilized.

The bad news is,
since he's stable

he can be moved to jail.

Jail?!

He should be institutionalized.

Well, that's the worst news.

George just admitted
that he understands

that a knife is a lethal weapon.

So, by today's standards

that means he can be tried
and found guilty of murder.

Whatever happened to "not guilty
by reason of insanity"?

Well, that went out
when Hinckley shot Reagan.

We're tough on crime these days.

By any medical definition,
George is a dysfunctional

disorganized, paranoid
schizophrenic.

By today's legal definition,
George is sane.

That is the craziest
thing I ever heard.

Yeah, well, crazy is
neither a medical or legal term.

What about George's own
private language?

Karl:
Well, it's just that.

You know, there
are identical twins

that have a private language.

That doesn't make them insane.

Is anyone else here cold?

Why is it with modern technology

everything is either too hot
or too cold?

Too young or too terribly old.

Maybe that's it.

What, Cole Porter?

No, maybe George
is speaking in
rhyming slang

like when a Cockney
calls his keys
"dancing fleas."

Yeah, what would rhyme
with "Father Seton"?

Uh, "fields of Eden"?

Not that that helps us.

Rhyming slang doesn't
have to be direct.

Uh, take "lemon," for example.

In Cockney, "lemon"
means "girlfriend."

Lemon and girlfriend
don't rhyme.

Yeah, exactly

but "lemon" is short
for "lemon curd"

which rhymes with "bird,"
which in British slang

means young, attractive woman

which can take you
to "girlfriend."

That's impenetrable.

Yeah, but not to a Cockney.

I bet you that George's language

is perfectly
understandable
to him.

Jesse, didn't Steve say
he was having an officer

take down everything
that George said?

Yeah, do you want me
to see if I can go
make sense of it?

Yeah, yeah, if this slang
rhyming thing works

we might have a hope
of saving George.

Uh, sounds like a stretch to me.

You know, Mark, you should
really get someone to fix that.

Yeah, I know it.

Cold hospital...

Mr. Foster.

I'm, uh, looking for Cynthia.

She's not home.

Then maybe we could come in

and talk to you
for a minute, then?

This is Ethan Foster.

He was here when Cynthia's
husband's body was found.

This is Doctor Jesse Travis.

Hi.

I was hoping I could
speak with Cynthia
for a moment.

Well, she's not
comfortable staying here.

I'm sure you understand.

Yeah, of course.

Do you know where she's staying?

Yes.

The address.

Oh, uh, Ocean Shores.

Isn't that where
you told me you were staying?

What are you implying,
Detective?

Nothing.

Did you get her
the room next to yours?

Actually, I found her
an apartment suite

in the luxury wing.

Sounds like you guys were close.

When my wife and I
were living together

we were over here all the time.

Yeah... uh, hey, uh,
that homeless guy.

Do you ever see him around here?

Uh, why?

Well, he seems to be
saying a lot of things
that don't make sense

and I've got this theory.

I think that he's
speaking in code.

And if you or Cynthia

can remember any
particular phrases
or words

then maybe I can crack it...

the code, that is.

And do what, get him off?

Steve:
We're just trying
to find out

exactly what happened.

Oh, we know what happened.
He killed Richard.

Now, gentlemen,
if you will excuse me

I have a long list of things
Cynthia wants me to bring her.

She must really trust you.

Isn't that the definition
of a friend?

How did you get in here?

I'm your wife.

I showed them ID,
they gave me a key.

That won't happen again.

It won't have to.

Believe me, I have
no intention of
coming back here

to where you humiliated me.

What are you doing, Sophie?

Following you.

Did you know that you can see
our opera seats

from the side loge?

Oh, you and Cynthia
were so sweet,
nuzzling necks

as Radames and Aida sang
their farewells.

Tell me, did Cynthia know

you'd murdered her husband
just hours before?

The police have Richard's killer
in custody, sweetheart.

No, dear.

The police have the man
you framed

in custody.

You know, you never were
a very good listener, Ethan.

Now, I want you to try very hard
to actually hear

what I'm saying.

I followed you from here.

I saw Richard let you
into the house.

I saw you kill him.

Why haven't you gone
to the cops?

We have a son.

If knowing that you're
a murderer has made me

as sick as I am,
and I'm very sick now, Ethan...

what would it do to him?

No, Elliot is never going
to know

that his father is a murderer.

He's not going
to have to live
with that.

That's a very wise decision.

My silence comes with a price.

That kind of undercuts

the sanctimonious rage,
but go ahead.

You have my undivided attention.

That's a first.

Just tell me
what it's going to cost.

Everything.

The house, bank accounts,
the stocks, your partner's draw.

Everything.

Or else, what?

You go to the police?

You do that, it'll be
a media circus...

go on for months.

Is that what you want
for Elliot?

You said it yourself.

He'll spend the rest
of his life on the
psychiatrist's couch.

Are you really going
to do that to your son?

I don't have to go
to the police.

The only person I need
to tell is Cynthia.

Jesse's right.
How many women
do you know

who would let a man
pack their clothes?

I agree.
But even if there was
something going on

between Cynthia and Ethan

it doesn't mean...

Hey! Hey, break it up!

He called me a lousy bastard.

It makes more sense

than what he calls most people.

Now let him go!

It's who you are!

Don't start.

What is he, crazy?

Non-functional schizophrenic

of the disorganized type.

George, you just gave

a complete
medical description
of your condition.

So?

All those other words...

what are they, code?

It's how my voice speaks
in my head.

The voice in my head.

I have to talk

like my voice.

Or what?

Bad things.
Bad things.

He crazy.

Steve:
Just leave him
alone, okay?

George, we've checked
with the Catholic Diocese,
the Greek Orthodox Diocese.

There's no Father Seton
in Los Angeles.

Father Seton kills.

Are you Father Seton?

No!

Is Father Seton
the name of the voice

in your head
that tells you what to say?

No, that's Dominic Yahvee.

One last question, George.

Were Cynthia and Ethan
having an affair?

They were true...

alders.

Is that a rhyme?
Alders/lovers?

That's a terrible rhyme.

No, no, no.

George, if you'd just help us
understand.

I know.

You're an almond cork roast.

You're an

almond cork roast.

Rhymes with toast.

There you are.

I hope you two will forgive me

but there's really no polite
way to put this.

Were you having an affair?

Yes.

There's no point

in trying to hide it
anymore, I guess.

What difference
does it make anyways?

Did your husband know?

I really don't see...

Richard was a very naive
about these things.

Almost made it too easy.

You make it kind of sound
like a game.

It was.

It was a stupid game.

Don't say that.

Ethan

every time I look at you

I think I could have been
spending that afternoon
with Richard.

You couldn't keep
your hands off of me.

That's what it's about.

That's what it's all about.

Look

I know in time

you're hoping I'll fall
in love with you.

Don't, okay?

Excuse me.

Would you please leave us alone?

I take it the romance
was not a game to you?

I hope you're satisfied.

Hi, Michel!

I've got to do
an evil rheum machine!

Help! Help!

Hinge shock!

Talent union sale!

What's going on?

He's a Breton night.

Try the Amoco.

Get me a medic fast!

He's not the bin rag.

I haven't got time
for your gibberish now.

I need a medic!
Is anybody coming?!

Not tin her bag.

Not breathing.

I can see that.

Medic!

No time. He die.

Your fault.

Knife.

No. No chance.

He die.

I hope I can do this.

Here.

Gin the bar.

Yeah.

I guess we could all use
a drink.

Evil hell.

Evil hell.

Hey, great shot, son.

What do you say?

How about a little one-on-one?
Come on.

I missed.

Look, I know you're mad at me.

Things aren't exactly great
for me right now.

The least you can do
is listen to me.

The least you can do
is get off my property.

Elliot, go inside.

You got to let me
talk to the boy.

You don't get it, do you?

You have no place here.

When I said everything,
I meant it.

Elliot's not a piece
of property.

Elliot is not going
to have anything
to do with you.

I get sole custody,
Ethan. Is that clear?

Don't even think
about fighting it

because if the court
asks for a reason

why you're unfit
to have custody
of the boy

I will give them one.

You're taking this
too far, Sophie.

Let me take it farther.

You show up here again,
I'll call the cops

and I won't be talking
about a restraining order.

Dad, you still trying
to fix that A.C.?

Yeah. I thought maybe
if I could cover

half this vent up it would work.

Oh, I'm glad you're here.

Uh, second pile

third book.

What?

Third book down.

I got it.

Modern Anagrams.

How'd you know?

Know what?

The anagrams.

George is speaking in anagrams.

"Anagrams"?

Yeah, you know

when you take the letters
from words

and make other words
out of them.

Well, Mark said that
George called him

an "almond cork roast"
the other day.

So?

So, I ran it
through the computer.

"Almond cork roast."

You can do anagrams
on a computer?

Oh, yeah.

Takes the computer
about 12 seconds

where it would take me
hours to do.

And what does
your computer tell you

that almond cork roast means?

"Dr. Mark Sloan."

Then "Father Seton" must be
an anagram, too.

Yeah, for Ethan Foster.

George wasn't raving.

He was naming the killer.

How kind of you
to make a house call, Dr. Sloan.

Well, not really too
kind, Father Seton.

I'm sorry.
What did you call me?

Not me.
George Lawson.

George kept insisting

that somebody named
Father Seton murdered Richard.

It turns out that Father Seton
is an anagram for Ethan Foster.

Oh, great.

So, a madman's anagram means
I'm guilty of murder.

There are a few
other things, too

like a knife, for instance.

It had been wiped
clean of fingerprints

but not of the blood.

Now, why would somebody do that?

I really don't understand
how crazy people think.

I don't think it's
that crazy, really.

I think it was
a deliberate attempt

to frame George

for a murder that you committed.

I tell you about
George's clothes?

I'm sure you will.

Well, George refused
to wear clean hospital garments.

In fact, when he was arrested

he was wearing
the same soiled clothes

he wore the first time
he was brought in.

Clothes do make the man,
don't they?

Or unmake him, perhaps.

See, George would have
had to put on new clothes

to commit the murder
and then change back again.

That doesn't fit
his delusional pattern at all.

Try this:

It's really uncomfortable to
sleep in blood-soaked clothing.

Isn't it odd

that you would know that?

And also there's
a question of the entry.

The glass in the sliding door

was broken, but the front door
was unlocked

which led the police to believe
that Richard

let the killer in himself

which is something
he'd do for a friend

but hardly he'd anybody
he'd had a fight with
two nights before.

You know, so far,
I've only heard reasons

why George didn't do this.

I haven't heard
word one about me.

When I had my son
run your license plate

through the computer record...

Uh-huh, and you got
a parking violation

that afternoon in Malibu.

I promised to pay the fine.

I thought you were
picking up Cynthia

in Beverly Hills.

Yes, I did that
after I left Malibu.

Uh-huh.

Did you see Richard
that afternoon in Malibu?

I don't recall.

Well, a neighbor might.

Now that we know
who we're asking about

the police are going
to canvass the neighborhood.

Are you sure
somebody didn't see you

on the beach that afternoon
with George Lawson?

What do you think they saw?

You planting evidence.

And, of course

Forensics is going
to re-examine the knapsack

George was carrying, too.

Is this supposed to frighten me?

It really should.

Because believe me

the next time I knock
on your door

I'll be with my son

and we'll be here to arrest you

and that will be the last time

that you open
your own door again.

George identify Ethan's
photograph.

We know Ethan Foster is guilty.

Yeah, but we can't
prove it, Dad.

This is an election year.

The DA needs somebody
he can prosecute.

You're saying he'd be willing
to put an innocent man on trial?

All we've got is
speculation and suicide.

I mean, I might
be able to talk him

into accepting
a plea of insanity.

But then poor George will
be institutionalized

for the rest of his life.

At least he'd
be getting treatment.

But the thing is, he would know
he was being incarcerated

for something he didn't do.

I've got to admit,
it's not good.

There must be
something we can do.

With Ethan Foster dead

I don't know what that could be.

They said I might find you here.

Oh, God, Sophie, I just heard.

Are you blaming yourself?

You knew.

And you didn't.

I am so sorry.

Little late...

don't you think?

Yes.

I feel terrible.

Oh, you'll feel worse
in a moment.

You have to believe me.

I never thought
he would kill himself.

Of course you didn't.

Just like you never thought

he'd kill your husband.

What?

Your lover...

killed your husband.

Why?

To be with you.

Told you, you'd feel worse.

Ethan loved you so very much.

This is a nightmare.

What were you thinking

that you were having
a harmless little fling?

Yeah, that's all it was.

Well...

two men are dead,
thanks to your little adventure.

Your husband and mine.

Now I bet it doesn't feel

so harmless anymore, does it?

You have to believe me:
I didn't know.

It's not your testimony
that's important, Mrs. Fielding.

What I need is
Mrs. Foster's cooperation.

You'll never get that.

Look, if I have to I will get on
the witness stand myself.

I cannot live with the idea of
an innocent man being convicted.

And say what?

Everything.

Everything that Sophie told me.

That's hearsay.

It's inadmissible
in a court of law.

Well, then what if I say
Ethan told me?

Well, that would be fine
if it were true.

A dying man's declaration is

exemption to the hearsay rule

but you just told me
Ethan didn't confess.

What difference does that make?

It's called perjury.

Are you sure I can't
give you a hand?

Thank you, Dr. Sloan,
but I can manage.

I think we should
discuss this inside.

Anything you want to say,
you can say out here.

Mrs. Foster, I know
terrible things happened

and I know you were
no party to them.

I'm here to beg you
to come forward.

I can't do that.

Why not?

I have a son, Dr. Sloan.

He knows his father
committed suicide.

Do you have any idea
what that means?

Yes, I do.

It means he's at
much greater risk

to commit suicide later
in his own life.

I can't allow things to get
any worse for my son.

He is never going to know
his father is a murderer.

Even if it means an innocent man

goes to jail?

That's not my concern.

I only care about my son.

Hey. Hey!

I'm afraid you need
to go back now, George.

How dare you?!

What are you doing with my son?

Mom, I was just handing
out with my friends.

What are they saying to you?

That man needs help, Mom.

He's homeless, he's sick

and been accused of murder.

It's none of your concern.

There's this woman and she knows
that he didn't do it.

She can prove it.

But she won't.

Did it ever occur to you
that this woman

might have her own reasons
for keeping quiet?

What are you talking about?

What if this woman

what if she's afraid
for her own child?

I don't understand.

What if she doesn't want
to cause her own son pain?

Mom, if I were that kid

I'd rather feel the worst pain
in the world

than discover that
I was responsible

for an innocent
man's conviction.

You haven't told him, have you?

No.

Told me what?

Told me what?

I hope you're right
that this is the right thing

Dr. Sloan.

Come on.

But you haven't seen
Barba himself?

Uh, listen, Cheryl,
something just came up.

Could you stay on it alone
for a couple more hours?

Call me if anything happens.

Mrs. Foster.

You have something
you want to tell me?

George, I'm going to try you

on some of the new
atypical anti-psychotics.

I want you take those.

If you'd just stay here
in the hospital

we could monitor
your side effects.

No, it hurts.

What, the new drugs hurt you?

No, the pail shot.

You know, me in this place

this hospital.

Well, you once spent a lot
of time in this hospital.

That's why.

You come and see me, won't you?

Let me know how you're doing.

You could come see me.

Hey, Doc.

Not you.
The other doc.

Me?

Yeah, Dr. Demento.

I got to thank you
for saving my life.

You called me "doctor."

Man, I don't know what kind
of demons you been chasing

but I got to tell you

I'm real glad I got locked up
with a doctor.

That's...

that's...

What, George?

First time I've been
called "doctor."

To me

you're the best.

You been released,
have you, Brad?

Yeah, they only had me
on a drunk and disorderly.

What about you, Doc?

You going to be okay?

I don't know.

Some days are good,
some days not so good.

Yeah, tell me about it.

See ya.

Doug Lock, Dr. Sloan.

Speed dog.

"Doug Lock"?

"Doug Lock."

Good luck.

"Speed dog." Godspeed.

Same to you, George.

Doctor.