Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011): Season 1, Episode 12 - Crazy - full transcript

Narrator: In New York
City's war on crime,

the worst criminal offenders
are pursued by the detectives

of the Major Case Squad.

These are their stories.

For years, he went to the
gym every evening at 7:00.

Two weeks ago, he
started going in the morning.

- It's no problem.
- Hello, Jack.

- Hey, how are you?
- Do you have to do that?

- (cell phone ringing)
- Relax. That's me.

I'll be right back.

Yes?



I was just thinking about you.

You're welcome.

I remembered you liked tulips,

so I thought...

Yes, yes, that'll be fine.

It's Part 42, Judge Ross.

I'll see you there.

Man #1 on tape: Do
you have to do that?

Man #2 on tape: Relax.

Mr. Keefer waited till his victim
reached a deserted part of 2nd Avenue

before striking her.

He then ran into the subway,
and got rid of his coat and hat.

When he was
stopped by the police,

he gave a false
name and address.



What, if anything, did you
conclude from this behavior?

He attacked his victim not
because of some delusion,

but because she rejected
his advances at work.

In those respects, he does
not meet the criteria for a plea

of not guilty by reason of
mental disease or defect.

Thank you, Doctor.

Judge: Thank you, Mr. Carver.

Before cross-examination
of the expert witness,

the Court calls a
15 minute recess.

It meant a lot to me you
were there this afternoon.

I know you had to
rush, and don't worry,

I'll take care of
that traffic ticket.

Thank you. That's
very sweet of you.

About Saturday, if you can't...

No, no, no. I
cleared my schedule.

Thank you.

She really needs
to talk to someone.

Here. No, thanks.

Hmm? Thank you.

I have to drive home.

Sara, listen, as
part of my per diem,

the DA got me a
suite here tonight.

We could finish
this bottle up there.

That's a very tempting offer.

Please say yes.

It's too soon, Charles.

I hope you understand.

Sure. Sure.

Everything in good time.

(applauding)

Thank you so much for coming
on this very special day for Ricky.

So much has happened
these last few months,

but Richard has acted
like a man and I am very,

very proud of him.

Seeing him grow up like this,

I just wish his sister Sophie
would stay a little girl forever.

(crowd "awws")

Everybody, this
is... This is Lauren.

Hi, honey!

Well, thank you,
and enjoy yourselves.

(applauding)

Hi.

How he dares
invite that bimbo...

I'm sorry, Julie, he
just makes me so mad.

- Sara.
- Charles.

This is my sister Julie.

And this is Sophie.
This is Dr. Webb.

Charlie'll do. And
how are you, Sophie?

- Good.
- Why don't we all sit over there?

- You know, I don't know.
- It can only help.

Sara, you can't
force these things.

- Whenever you're ready.
- She's ready now.

- Have you seen Sophie?
- She's fine.

- Who's that with her?
- A friend of mine.

Excuse me. Sophie, could
you come with Daddy, please?

Dr. Larry Feldman.

Dr. Charles Webb.

Oh? What specialty?

Psychiatry.

I warned you.

I'm so sorry.

- Leeza Goldman is hot.
- I don't know.

When you slow dance with her,

she moves up and down
against you. It's weird.

- Dude, you don't like that?
- You guys been waiting long?

Uh-huh.

(knocking)

You okay in there?

- Freddie, you got the key?
- Yeah.

I can hear the faucet running.

- Dad. Dad?
- Jesus. Come on!

- Dad! Dad!
- Come on, come with me.

(theme music playing)

The deceased is a
Dr. Larry Feldman.

This was his kid's bar mitzvah.

Nice. Anybody see
him go into the can?

No. Nobody heard a shot.

- The rest of the place
was open for business?
- Yeah, for lunch.

- We took down everybody's
name when we got here.
- Good work.

I'm gonna need the credit
card receipts from the restaurant,

plus a list of all the
employees. Thanks.

Small caliber weapon,
probably with a silencer,

at a close range, no exit wound.

Slug's still in his noggin.

Looks like he was kneeling
over the toilet when he was shot.

Scuff marks on his knees.

(sniffs)

Gin.

He doesn't have any enemies.

He's a heart surgeon,
for God's sake.

- He saved people's lives.
- I'm very sorry.

How long had you been together?

Four months next week.

Dr. Feldman's divorced?

He's separated.

They're still working it out.

- The divorce, I mean.
- How's that been going?

Not good. His ex-wife was here.

I guess she took the kids home.

This is so awful. He was so...

What was Dr. Feldman
drinking at the reception?

Red wine.

He only ever drank red wine.

These people, these animals,

they just left him
there for Ricky to see.

Victim's Services has grief
counselors for your kids.

I'll give you the number.

Goren: We need to talk
to you about your divorce.

Sophie, sweetie,

why don't you go and
sit with Auntie Sara?

Okay?

Come here, sweetie.

Were there any outstanding
issues between you

and Dr. Feldman...
Alimony, division of property?

- No, that was all settled.
- Custody?

We were working that out.

Larry was very
possessive of our children.

It's going to be tough for
them without their father.

It's a horrible
thing to do to them.

(sobbing)

I guess the custody
issue's been worked out.

- Do you like it?
- Yes.

Especially if it's by
the artist I think it is.

Is this Judas Ullulaq?

Yes, from 1986.

He died a couple of years ago.

His pieces are hard to come by.

We'll take it. How
soon can you deliver it?

Really? Thursday next
week, if that's fine with you?

The address is 247 East 54th.

Charles, no. I
can't accept this.

It's obvious how
much you like it.

It's too generous.

I really can't. All right.

Make the delivery to 741
Park Avenue, apartment 8D.

This way you can enjoy
it any time you come over.

What's wrong?

Sara, I am a psychiatrist. You've
been preoccupied all afternoon.

What's the matter?

When I came home last night,

there were 14 calls
from you on the machine.

I was just concerned about you.

- I told you I was
going out with Julie.
- I forgot.

That's what happens when
you're involved with an older man.

- Are we involved?
- I thought so.

I really do enjoy
our time together.

Let's just see where it goes.

"Victim was kneeling in a
humiliation posture when shot."

- What's that about?
- The perp wanted
to humiliate him.

"Odor of gin was present.

Possibility perpetrator consumed
gin or martini at restaurant."

- Shaken or stirred?
- We got the waiters working
with the sketch artist.

Restaurant said they served
92 lunches for the bar mitzvah.

Our officers only counted
78 guests when they got there.

14 people skipped.

Eames: 73 names. Great,
we're going backwards.

Do you have a master list?

112 people were invited.

- A 103 said they were coming.
- These are the money gifts?

Yes. I didn't know what to do
with it all, so I brought it back here.

Silvia and Adam Bornstein.

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chen.

A grand in C-notes. No card.

Just "Tommy L." on the envelope.

- He's not on the list.
- That's probably Mr. Lucci.

- He was a patient
of Dr. Feldman's.
- Goren: When?

Last year. Quadruple bypass.

Oh, right. Tommy "Thumbs" Lucci.

Heart attack from
too much cannoli.

The Bonanno's threw
him a retirement party.

- He and Dr. Feldman close?
- Mr. Lucci was very thankful.

The operation saved his life.

How'd Lucci show
his appreciation?

I'm not quite sure.

I heard Dr. Feldman talking to
him on the phone about his divorce.

I think Mr. Lucci
was helping him.

Feldman vs. Feldman,
custody hearing transcript.

Thanks. Help yourself.

Getting anywhere?

Well, alimony orders...

Feldman was pulling
down 700,000 a year

and the judge awarded
Mrs. Feldman 1,000 a month.

Out of five million
in community assets,

Mrs. Feldman gets 300,000.

Who is this judge,
the Honorable OJ?

No, Your Honor Edwin Rankin.

Rankin?

I have Lucci's pedigree here.

Lucci's lawyer, Harold Rankin.

You think they're related?

A divorce judge... The
gift that keeps on giving.

I guess that's how Lucci was
helping Feldman with his divorce.

There's one more thing.

Three weeks ago, Judge
Rankin issued a gag order.

Who's the order binding on?

Dr. and Mrs.
Feldman, their lawyers,

the immediate families...

and St. Matthew's Hospital.

Woman: I can't talk about it.

The hospital lawyers
said I could get sued.

- We understand about lawyers.
- You're a pediatric nurse,
isn't that right?

- Yes.
- The gag order's about a child
who was treated here?

- One of the Feldman's kids?
- Please.

We don't want you to say
anything you're not comfortable with.

Who did the lawyers
say could sue you?

- Dr. Feldman.
- Don't worry, he's dead.

Which of the kids
was it, the little girl?

Her mother brought her in.

She was listless and she
said she had pain in her groin.

She had just come back
from visiting her father.

Mrs. Feldman accused
her husband of abusing her.

Were you there when
they examined her?

No, just at the beginning.
I was called away.

But from what I saw, her
genital area was red and inflamed.

(cell phone ringing)

Well, I'd kill him.

The District Attorney
had the gag order lifted.

Now we want to hear
what happened from you.

Sophie had spent
the night at Larry's.

When I went to pick
her up, she was groggy.

She could barely
walk to the car.

On the way home she
said her privates hurt.

I checked.

Something was definitely wrong.

I asked her what happened,
she said it was Daddy.

I went right to the hospital.

Did they say she'd
been molested?

They didn't say anything.

A case worker...

from the Children's
Protective Services

interviewed me and said he
was going to interview Larry,

but all of a sudden, Judge
Rankin imposed a gag order.

He basically stopped the
investigation in its tracks.

Goren: The custody
visits continued.

We couldn't stop it.

I checked Sophie every time
she came back from Larry's.

- It didn't happen again.
- You couldn't be sure it wouldn't.

- No.
- You were terrified and angry
you couldn't protect her.

You thought all
kinds of crazy things.

Anyone in your situation would.

If you did something
to protect your little girl...

anyone could understand that.

Julie, I'm just a
divorce attorney.

I don't have a lot of
experience in criminal matters,

but I'm going to advise you not to
answer anymore questions right now.

She's free to leave, right?

- If that's what she wants to do.
- Let's go, Julie.

New car? Yes.

Fives, 10s, 20s? What is this?

You been saving up
from your paper route?

Ben Franklin's on the $100 bill.

I can't stand Franklin. He
had no respect for women.

He used them. Did you know that?

- Right. How much is in here?
- $23,000.

We said 50. Where's the rest?

I want you to do
something else for me.

- What, are you nuts?
- They're bothering
my girlfriend's sister.

These are very bad people.

Yeah, they're bad people.

They're New York
City detectives.

Forget it. I'm not doing this.

I knew it. They got to you.
You're working for them now.

You're carrying a listening
device. Is that it on your wrist?

This is a $15 watch.

You'd better have the rest of my
money by the end of the week, Doc,

or I'll give you something
real to worry about.

My interview with the child
confirmed in my own mind

there was abuse.

Dr. Feldman denied it, and
because of the gag order,

I couldn't follow up
with other witnesses.

Mrs. Feldman was very
angry, but what could I do?

Did she make any threats
against Dr. Feldman?

- No.
- Did any of her family
or friends contact you?

- No.
- Did you talk to the DA's office?

No, it was too early
to get them involved.

- What about
the Special Victims Unit?
- Not in Manhattan.

But I got a request for a copy of
my file from the Westchester police.

They heard about the abuse and they
wanted to do their own investigation.

- Why the Westchester police?
- Apparently Dr. Feldman had
a country home up there.

Not according to
our files, he doesn't.

We never got a report about a
Dr. Feldman, and I never requested one.

Here's the request, Lieutenant.

Yes, that's our stationery.

But the requesting
officer, Detective Petrecca?

- No such person in my unit.
- The report was faxed
to this number.

That's not our fax number. That's
the Narcotics Squad, third floor.

And they don't have a
Detective Petrecca either.

I ran comparisons between the
slug we got from Feldman's skull

and every gun recovered by the
Westchester Police in the last three years.

- Your gut did not fail you.
- Actually, it was her idea.

Sorry. I found one weapon
that's a perfect match.

A .32 caliber Rossi
88 with a silencer,

recovered in a drug
bust in White Plains.

The weapon was duly checked in

to the Westchester
police property room

where it sat for three weeks until
someone noticed that it was missing.

A cop.

Good thing to know our
hit man has a day job.

Westchester'll look
into the missing gun.

Don't expect them
to strain any muscles.

Yes.

You checked under
the maiden name, too?

Okay, thanks.

So far I haven't turned up any member of
Mrs. Feldman's family in law enforcement.

Her parents are retired,
living in Saratoga.

I got a trace out
on his wife's family.

I'm looking at DMV records.

Julie Feldman's
sister, Sara Lindstrom,

had a traffic ticket
dismissed two weeks ago.

No court appearance, no hearing.

Someone just
double-clicked on delete.

I'm not following. You're
from the Major Case Squad

and you're asking me
about a traffic violation?

If you people have
run out of things to do,

I've got a couple of
unsolved homicides.

We're just curious
about what other favors

- you might've done
for Ms. Lindstrom.
- Other favors?

Like helping her hire a cop
to kill her brother-in-law...

Larry Feldman,
the heart surgeon.

Okay, first of all, I don't
know Sara Lindstrom.

The ticket, that was a
favor to her boyfriend.

- Who is?
- Webb.

- Dr. Charles Webb.
- Webb, the forensic shrink?

Yes. He does a lot of
work for the DA's office.

And the Police
Benevolent Association.

Over the last seven
years, Webb's conducted

fitness-for-duty evaluations
on five cops up in Westchester,

- two of them in Narcotics.
- I don't see anybody here.

Try this one.

This guy... maybe.

I think he was in the bar.

Do you remember
what he was drinking?

Gin and tonic.

Okay, thank you.
We'll be in touch.

Officer Michael Stovic,

Westchester PD Narcotics.

11-year veteran,
four years Narcotics.

Last year Stovic was suspended

pending an excessive
force investigation.

I got news for him. The
suspension's about to get permanent.

Not with this evidence.

Gin or no gin, that ID's iffy.

His connection to Webb doesn't
necessarily mean what you want it to mean.

- It's a coincidence?
- He's a cop, Alex,
just like us.

So till I see different...
yeah, it's a coincidence.

(sighs) I love everything
about this job except that...

Buddy-boy system.

What? Did I say something?

Let's go find Officer Stovic.

They're delivering it tomorrow.

I thought this would
be a good spot for it.

- Or maybe it's too cluttered.
- No, it'll work here.

You have so many books.

I hardly have any
time to read anymore.

I make time for my passions.

Instead of going out, we
could fix something here.

I'm a pretty good
cook. Make a fire.

I really would prefer
if we just went out.

I just... I don't
feel ready yet.

Listen, we've been seeing each
other now for a couple of months.

Even since my divorce, I
lost hope of meeting someone.

I feel we have a
strong connection.

A connection based
on respect and trust.

Yes, I think that's true. I
just... I don't feel ready yet.

I understand. You've
had a lot on your mind.

- Yeah.
- Larry's murder, the children.

Thank God Sophie's safe now.

When you found out what
Larry had done to Sophie...

did you ever think of doing something
about it, if you had the chance?

Yes, I admit, I
had that thought.

Well, I did something.
I had Larry killed.

- What?
- I paid somebody to kill him.

All the pain he was
causing, what he did to

your niece. No one
to stop him. But I did.

- You're serious.
- Of course, I'm seri...

Why are you looking
at me like that?

I thought you'd be grateful.
You said he should be stopped.

- Grateful? What were you thinking?
- He was a monster, Sara.

Isn't that what you wanted?

I have to go home. I'm sorry.

Sara, you can't
go. I did it for you.

- Charles, don't...
- For God's sake.

I saved your niece.

It's all you've
ever talked about.

You can't deny me.

Charles, if you don't
get out of my way...

Sara, if you do
anything foolish,

like tell anybody...

you know what
I'm capable of now.

Beer. Whatever you have on tap.

Coming up.

I'm Nina. Are you Mike?

Dr. Webb told you
about me, didn't he?

He said I could find you here.

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

I'm sorry.

My mistake.

Wait up.

Let's go to my car.

So why would Webb
talk to me about you?

Did he talk to you or didn't he?

I haven't heard from the
guy since my suspension.

You a cop? Yeah.

- You got a job problem?
- First, turn on the engine.

I got a problem
about being recorded.

(engine starts)

(music plays on radio)

My dirt bag ex-husband's
messing with my little girl.

She's eight.

My ex is a cop and he
threatened my lawyer.

And now he won't
return my calls.

I tried talking to the brass,

and it's the old
buddy-boy system.

Hey, I'm sorry. It's got
nothing to do with me.

Webb told me you
were a good guy,

that you'd done this
kind of thing before.

- I got money, not a lot...
- Whoa! Whoa, whoa!

I don't know what Webb told you,

but you can't
listen to that guy.

I can't help you. You just
better get out of here now.

Mike, please.

Just look.

- This is my girl, Mandie...
- No! Don't show me that!

Just get out, will you already?!

You guys are all the same.

Big damn heroes.

Doc, you listen to me, and you
listen good, you son of a bitch.

You better keep your mouth
shut about what happened,

or I'll shut it for you.

You know exactly
what I'm talking about.

I don't need you drumming
up business for me!

Understand?!

Stupid mother...

Freeze, Stovic!
You're under arrest.

Stovic's voice: Keep your
mouth shut about what happened,

or I'm going to shut it for you.

- Charles: I don't know
what you're talking about.
- You know what I'm talking about.

I don't need you drumming up
business for me! Understand?!

That stuff about engine
noise and radios?

It's not true.

Infer what you want from that
conversation, it doesn't prove a thing.

It's the icing on
everything else...

The eyewitness,
the missing gun...

Only bright spot
I can see, Mike...

is your motive.

It wasn't about the money...

it was the abuse.

That's why you got
a copy of the report...

To make sure it was true.

'Cause you have a history
with that in your own childhood.

It came up on your
fitness-for-duty evaluation.

Webb knew that.

I think your lawyer...

can make a good
argument to the DA

that Webb psychologically
manipulated you

into doing this killing.

I really do, Mike.

I want a signed plea agreement
from the DA, then he'll talk.

(man mutters)

First off, he was sane
at the time of the crime.

But file a motion to forcibly
medicate him for the trial,

because his
competence is marginal.

Right now he's not
presentable to a jury.

- Dr. Charles Webb?
- Yes?

- You're under arrest.
- Arrest?

For murder. Put your
hands behind your back.

People versus
Charles Anthony Webb,

murder in the first degree,
conspiracy in the first degree.

- Plea, Mr. Webb?
- Dr. Webb.

Your Honor, pursuant
to CPL 250-10,

my client serves a notice of
his intent to plead not guilty

- by reason
of mental disease or defect.
- Noted into the record.

Carver: Your Honor, the
People serve cross-notice

and demand the opportunity
to examine the defendant

at such time as Your
Honor will provide.

Judge: Parties will be
notified. People on bail?

Carver: People ask for remand.

Lawyer: To a suitable
psychiatric facility, Your Honor.

- We have no objection.
- Judge: Then so ordered.

Next case.

Insanity defense.

He would know.

Man: He asked me to
fix his girlfriend's ticket;

he was ranting she was
being persecuted by the police.

I'd never seen him like this.

He's one of our most
reliable expert witnesses,

and to hear him spouting these
paranoid fantasies was very disturbing.

Judge: Thank you, Mr. Stillman.

I also have affidavits
from Dr. Webb's colleagues

testifying to his erratic
behavior over the last month.

His paranoid rantings,
his delusional statements.

And there's this...

This is a conversation between
my client and Michael Stovic,

recorded a week
before the murder.

Charles' voice: I
planned to kill him myself.

For years, he went to the
gym every evening at 7:00.

Then two weeks ago, he
started going in the morning.

Stovic's voice: It's no problem.

- Who recorded this?
- My client.

He was worried Mr. Stovic might
try to cheat him out of his money.

By the way, this conversation
took place at Fortelli's.

Judge: Fortelli's
down the block?

Wasn't he worried
he'd be recognized?

That's the point, Your Honor.

He made no effort
to be secretive.

He kept tapes of
incriminating conversations.

It's clear he had no idea
what he was doing was wrong.

He's suffering from an
acute psychotic break

caused by the
stress of his work,

the terrible cases
he deals with.

Yet during this time, he's testified
as an expert witness at three trials.

This psychosis comes and
goes at the doctor's convenience.

Dr. Webb's behavior
with regards to this crime

is consistent with a
psychiatric defense.

Could somebody please
tell him to stop looking at me?

It's intolerable.

Has this room been
swept for bugs?

If I were you Judge,
I'd be very careful.

The party can see everything.

I'll keep that in
mind, Dr. Webb.

These affidavits and Mr. Cziller's
argument seem credible to me.

I have to be frank... If
Dr. Webb chooses a bench trial,

he's going to get
a friendly hearing.

Your Honor, it is hardly
appropriate for you to...

It's appropriate for me to suggest
that you work out a plea agreement.

Consider it fair warning.

He pretended to be
crazy to lay the basis

for an insanity defense
in case he got caught.

- He's going to get away with it.
- Sympathetic motive.

- Sympathetic defendant.
- Unsympathetic victim.

- Best of all possible worlds.
- How do we trip this guy up?

He's claiming he has delusional
disorder, persecutory type.

From everything I've seen, he's followed
the diagnostic boiler-plate to a tee.

He hit all the right notes.

Except...

he's paranoid
about surveillance,

but here he is meeting a cop
in a restaurant... a public place.

He hit a false note.

It's borderline.

But I'd look for other erratic
behavior that doesn't fit.

Such as?

Suicide talk, spending
too much money,

taking on too many projects.

And if there aren't
any other false notes?

Don't worry, even
Elvis sang out of tune.

I can only imagine what you
think of me right now, Sara.

But you have to believe I had
the best intentions in the world.

The pain your family was
going through was unbearable.

Charles, don't. Whatever
you do, don't lie to me.

You made it very clear to
me that night why you did this.

Your lawyer asked me
to testify on your behalf.

- I agreed.
- I wouldn't expect
any less from you.

I'm doing it for Sophie.

Don't you feel anything for me?

I'm a patient man, Sara.
But you already know that.

Clerk: No, he never
bought from us before.

I don't even remember
ever seeing him in here.

I didn't get the impression
he knew much about Inuit art.

We found an $18,000
charge on his credit card.

- Is that for one sculpture?
- Yes.

Is that what beginners
usually spend?

Well, no, they usually make
more modest acquisitions.

- I think he was trying
to impress his girlfriend.
- Why did you think that?

Well, she liked the
piece, she knew the artist.

- He tried to buy it for her.
- Tried to?

Well, first he wanted me
to deliver it to her address

and she said she couldn't
accept. She was embarrassed.

So he had me deliver
it to his place instead.

Did they strike you as a couple?

He seemed pretty eager,

but as far as I could tell...

they could've been
on their first date.

The doorman at Webb's building's
only seen Sara Lindstrom there once.

Her doorman says Webb's
been there only a few times...

Never overnight.

But he stopped by a lot
when she wasn't home.

He sent her flowers every week.

According to his LUDs, he
was calling her 20 times a day.

- Mostly talking to her machine.
- The guy was pressing hard.

It doesn't look like he
closed the deal though.

This guy's never
intimate with this woman,

but he hires a hit to save her
niece? That's a hell of a commitment.

Something else not making sense.

Your girlfriend's
niece is molested,

as a psychiatrist you'd
insist she get counseling.

I haven't seen any evidence
the girl was in therapy.

Yeah.

Did we get that file
from Children's Services?

This is the transcript

of the case worker's
interview with the girl.

Eames...

Question:

"Your mommy said your
daddy touched your wee wee,

is she telling the truth?"

Answer, "Yes."

Question... "When
your wee wee was sore,

is that because your
Daddy touched it?

Answer, "Yes."

The questions
suggest the answer.

The caseworker
tainted the interview.

I don't understand. What could
you possibly be looking for?

Eames: It's all in
the search warrant.

The cabinets in here are locked.
Would you mind opening them for me?

Please?

Thank you. We appreciate
your co-operation.

Hi, Sophie. My name's Bobby.

Hi.

Wow, you're really good
at keeping in the lines.

Hey, what's your favorite color?

Red. Red?

Watch.

(giggles)

Sophie, I'm a policeman.

Is it okay if we talk
about your Daddy?

Daddy went away.

I know. You miss him?

Yes.

Sorry.

Do you remember...

that day Mommy took
you to the hospital,

after you visited with Daddy?

Yes.

Do you remember what
you did with Daddy?

- And what'd you do?
- We went to the zoo.

And I had ice
cream. But I got sick.

How did you get sick?

I pooped in my pants.

Daddy said because
of the ice cream.

What'd your Daddy do?

He cleaned me down there.

Did he give you any medicine?

Yes.

Did you tell anyone
about being sick?

Yes. I told Mommy.

Did you tell anyone else?

Charlie.

- Who's Charlie?
- Auntie Sara's friend.

It's not true. The hospital
didn't imagine what they saw.

What they saw is consistent
to what your niece told me.

She had diarrhea, her
father gave her a pill to stop it.

The pill had a narcotic effect,
that's why she was groggy.

He cleaned her
with an astringent.

That's why her skin appeared
to be red and inflamed.

She told the caseworker...

The caseworker didn't
ask the right questions.

Your niece wasn't molested.

My sister wouldn't make
up an accusation like that.

My sister wouldn't lie.

She was being
clobbered in court,

she was desperate.

What your sister did,
it's not our concern.

But your niece also told
Dr. Webb what happened.

He talked to her
at the bar mitzvah?

- Yes.
- He knew the truth...

he didn't care.

He wasn't out to
save your niece.

He was after something else...

wasn't he?

Ms. Lindstrom, we don't
blame you for protecting him.

Now, you need to
tell us what you know.

Lawyer: I'm glad you
finally came to your senses.

Carver: We never took leave
of them, unlike Dr. Webb.

I've prepared a proposal.

Commitment at Morgan
Psychiatric in Carmel

for no less than six months.

Followed by
quarterly evaluations

until it's determined he's
no longer a threat to society.

Carver: We're not too far apart.

We propose a plea to murder two,

incarceration at Sing Sing
Prison for no less than 25 years,

and regular evaluations
by the parole board.

- Cziller: This is why
you asked us here?
- No, this is.

This is a transcript of a new
interview with Sophie Feldman,

and a statement from her mother
admitting the abuse allegation was false.

- That's immaterial
to my client's condition.
- Actually, it isn't.

You see, if you read down here,

the little girl mentions a
conversation she had with Dr. Webb...

Charlie... At her
brother's bar mitzvah.

Attorney: It still doesn't
change anything.

In his psychotic condition,

nothing anyone said to my
client would've made a difference.

- Let your own expert examine...
- We already know what ails him.

Sara Lindstrom is
a stunning woman.

You leave her out of this.
She had nothing to do with it.

She had everything
to do with it.

- He doesn't know
what he's talking about.
- I know about love.

You're not just nuts about
her, you're obsessive.

(laughs) You know this because you've
done a psychological work-up on me?

- Maybe now is not the time.
- Why not? He's alert,
he's coherent.

Maybe he's over
his "psychotic break."

Listen to this
amateur psychologist.

I can afford to be an amateur.

I've got Sara Lindstrom.

- You what?
- She gave me the book on you.

58 years old, divorced, no kids,

nothing but your career to get
you out of the bed in the morning.

I can't hear this.

You're staring at
the abyss of old age,

with no one to love,
no one to love you.

- Mr. Carver, if you don't shut him up...
- And then there she was.

Check her out.

(moaning)

The kind of woman who... ooh...

Well, frankly, guys
like you never get.

Not just because you're too
old, but because you're a geek,

with your books and
your tweed jacket.

- I have plenty of lady friends.
- I'll bet.

Claudia, Christy, Cindy...
All lined up for the likes of you.

You probably looked at women
like Sara all your life and wondered,

what does it take?

Good looks, youth, money.

Pow... oh, it's power!

That's what gets
these women hot.

And you don't have any.

Sara's above all that.

Sure, she likes her
chocolates, tulips,

$20,000 statues...

14 phone calls a night?!

- That was a mistake.
- No!

No mistake.

I've been there.

Every man in this room has.

You were 16 again,

in your new sweet car...

you never felt
better in your life.

You had to have her.

Don't belittle my
feelings for Ms. Lindstrom.

- Oh, I'm not. You tried everything.
- Within reason.

Nobody's reasonable
when they're in love.

That's the whole point of it.

But she wasn't loving you back.

And you thought maybe you
weren't man enough, didn't you?

No, no.

You had to show her
you were man enough.

So you dug into
your reptilian brain

and this is what
you came up with.

Kill the wolf at the door,
throw the body at her feet

and the gates of
paradise will open wide!

- Please, stop it.
- She will give herself to you.

You'll be king of the world,
instead of a scared old man.

Why do you... you've seen her.

Wouldn't you do anything?

Don't you see?

She was my last chance.

Your client's not
insane, he's in love.

Maybe it's hard to tell the
two apart, but the law can.

Here's your proposal back.

Now...

let's talk about mine.

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