Law & Order: UK (2009–2014): Season 4, Episode 2 - Denial - full transcript

The police investigate the shooting of 54 year-old Rachel Callaghan, a well-known high court judge, during what seems to be a car-jacking. They retrieve the car fairly quickly from a dupe who bought the car on the cheap. When they arrest the middleman in the sale, he points to a man named Eddie as the thief. It quickly becomes obvious that this wasn't just a carjacking and that it's likely Eddie was hired to kill the woman. The evidence points to the victims husband Dan but the victim tells the Crown Prosecutors that she will testify on his behalf if they proceed with the case. When she orders her doctors to withdraw her medication, James Steele seeks the court's permission to question her before she dies but after she tries to commit suicide, he has to seek her to be declared mentally incompetent.

In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented
by two separate

yet equally important groups...

the police who
investigate crime,

and the crown prosecutors
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

It's art deco. We got it in
Barcelona on our first anniversary.

There's no point hanging
it in the cottage

if we never spend any time there.

Yeah, the clerk said you
were coming home early.

Sent a package from the
court for your wife.



Yeah, last-minute conference.
She can't let them down.

Oh, she was looking forward
to a nice break, too.

Er, this can wait.

She'll need help with the bags.

What was that?

That's your car.

Rachel!

Call an ambulance!

Victim... Rachel Callaghan,
age 54, a high court judge.

Thank you.
She's lived here

for seven years with her husband Dan,

who's gone to hospital with her.

All right, Pete, what you got?

She fell here.
Took two shots.



A stray bullet hit the far
wall, looks like a .38.

All this for a car?

Car details have been
circulated to all units,

and we've got uniform checking the
nearby cctv for a possible photo.

The concierge didn't see his face.

Don't worry. He's going to
stand out from the crowd.

We found this.
Red dye gel.

You spray the attacker in the eyes,

he rubs it all over his face.

Doesn't wash off for seven days.

So finally,

we might actually catch
someone red-handed.

Judge Callaghan's car had
a GPS tracking device.

Get onto them, tell
them to activate it.

Er...
Do either of you smoke?

No, sir.

Good. She'd kill me
if I started again.

Did you notice anyone
acting suspiciously

when you got out of the car?

No. No one.

And your wife was driving, yeah?

No, I was, but we had this mirror,

and Rachel suggested I take it in

while she parked the car.

Whereabouts where you
travelling from, sir?

Lavenham, in Suffolk.

We...
We've got a cottage there.

We came back early.

You don't expect this kind of thing

to happen on your doorstep.

No, sir.

Mr. Callaghan, your wife
came through surgery.

Is she going to be okay?

Well, we won't be able to give
a clear idea of her prognosis

until she stabilises.

She is still unconscious.

Mr Callaghan, we will... dad?

Oh, God, linds.

How... how's mum?
What happened?

She's gonna be all right, linds.

Do you want to come this way?

The police said she's been shot...

The signal from the tracking
device stopped here.

Where's the car?

Good question.

The trace led here?
Which is where he dismantled this.

What time did you get here?

16.23.
I made a note of it.

Very good. Make sure you get hold
of the camera footage, yeah?

I reckon maybe he's
changed the plates.

Nothing gets past me, sir.

Well, nothing gets past pc Griffin,

except maybe a stolen merc.
There it is.

Time code 16.22,

that's the merc going
along heathfield road,

and that's Sherlock
going the other way.

There are two men in this car.

He had help. He must have met
his sidekick at the warehouse.

Can't see their faces, though.

We took a close-up of the plates.

They ran 'em through pnc.
They're cloned.

We can't have women gunned down

on their doorstep because of a car.

Maybe if she'd just let
him take the car...

Well, maybe she wasn't thinking
straight with a gun to her head.

How much do you love me?

Anpr cameras have picked
up the Mercedes plates.

Brilliant.
Car's parked in the city.

So why are you still here?

Keep going, ange, you could
be the third mrs Brooks.

Or the first mrs devlin.

4-3-4-5-"a"-2- 0-7-7-8-1.

House!
That's the judge's motor.

Look, it's mine.
I've got the documents.

Good. You can bring them
to the station with ya.

Yeah, we've got the merc.
Get forensics on it straightaway.

I didn't know the papers were forged.

I had no idea it was stolen.

You just thought you'd met a
very generous car dealer.

A brand-new Mercedes benz,

market price 56 grand,

and you get it for eight?
Come on, Nick!

When did you buy it?

Yesterday.

Who did you buy it from?
I don't know his name.

And what did he look like?
Okay, all these people

are all on file with the
stolen vehicle squad.

You really don't wanna
mess these people about.

And you don't wanna be messing
with us, either, Nick.

A high court judge has
been shot for this car.

Exactly, so what are
they going to do to me?

Well, at this rate you might
be safe and sound behind bars.

She's paralysed.
She might die.

And you've been driving
around in her stolen car.

It's not looking good for you, Nick.

Never should have gotten involved.

Well, how did you get involved?

I was a banker.
I got hammered in the recession.

Got into debt and had
to trade down my car.

I've just started over as an
independent financial adviser.

Would you take financial advice off

someone who drove
around in a hatchback?

So you needed the wheels
to look the part!

There's also this woman, danni.
She's...

She's, er, a little out of my league.

Well, I doubt she'll
give up her Saturdays

to come and visit you in the Nick...
Nick.

So, about the car?

Well, I asked around, found
out about the Mercedes,

got some cash together,

and met this guy in a scrap
yard last night in putney.

Is he in the album?

Just have a look, all right?
Here we go.

No.
Right.

No.

No?

That's him.

Now, did he have red
paint on his face?

No.

Thank you.
An officer will show you out.

Will I get my money back?

I doubt it.

I was supposed to take
danni out tonight.

Tell her you've gone
green... bought a bike.

Righto, lads, in you go.

Armed police!
Stay where you are!

We're clear!

Stay where you are!
Stay down!

Stay where you are!

Armed police!
Stay where you are!

Stay where you are now!

Leave it, lads.
They never learn.

Get out my way, man, what you doing?

The police are after me, man!

Really?!

Bollocks!

I'm arresting you on suspicion
of handling stolen goods.

That's him.
That's Eddie Wade.

Look, he's the one you
want, yeah, not me.

So where is he, Marty?
I don't know.

Marty, we found a gun under
the floorboards of your flat.

It's in the lab right now.
If it's the same gun

used to shoot the judge,
you're in trouble, son.

I didn't shoot no judge, did I?

But you sold the car
on for Eddie Wade.

So you are involved, which means

you aided and abetted
a potential murderer.

I knew nothing about that.

Yeah, we use guns to scare
people, but that's it.

We don't shoot them,
there's no need to.

Eddie did, though, Marty.
And he's not here,

so unless you wanna take
the rap for what he did,

I suggest you tell us
everything you know.

Look, he'd already stolen the car

when he asked me to help him.

He had paint on his face.

He needed me to take the car down

to some dealer he had lined up.

It was to be shipped abroad.

So then why is the
car still in London?

'Cause I knew some city wanker

who was looking for a
posh set of wheels.

8,000, cash in hand.

So I do the deal with him,

I go back to Eddie all chuffed,

only he kicks off.

And kicks off about what?

It was supposed to be
shipped to Africa.

I told him I got us a
lot more cash for it,

and he said he was onto
something a lot bigger

that had nothing to
do with the Mercedes.

And that I'd ballsed it up...

ballsed what up?
What bigger deal?

I dunno.
He just told me to sit and wait

for the second half of some payment.

10 grand.

Eddie Wade was supposed to receive
a total payment of £20,000.

He'd already had half
as a down payment

and was expecting the other £10,000

to be delivered to his flat today.

For the stolen car?

No, that was a separate deal.

If it wasn't for the car...

Could be someone paid
him to shoot the judge.

Well, it's a possibility.

Before he took off, Eddie
gave Marty a mobile phone.

Someone was supposed to call that phone
to make the rest of the payment.

Eddie's on the run.
Gone into hiding

wearing ski goggles to
hide the red paint.

So we've got to put out a nationwide
search for Eddie the eagle.

And organise some
surveillance for his flat

in case he comes back for the money.

If you're right about this,
we've got to work out

who would want judge Callaghan dead.

Well, they were supposed to be
in Suffolk till the weekend.

Whoever it was must've known
they were coming back early.

Well, there is one person who knew.

The husband.

No, er, I don't know him.
What's this about?

Ok, well, what about the
name Eddie or Edward Wade?

No. Why?

Well, we think someone may have
hired him to shoot your wife.

Why would anyone do that?

Because she's a high
profile judge, sir.

Who exactly knew you'd
be coming home early?

No one except the clerk and me.

You and your wife getting on okay?

What?

We do have to ask
these questions, sir.

Oh, oh...
Mike knew, too, the concierge.

Maybe he set it up 'cause
Rachel didn't tip him enough.

It's not funny, mr ca...
bloody right it isn't!

My wife's just been told
that she'll never walk again

because of what that bastard
did, and you're suggesting...

we're not suggesting any...

we've been married for 34 years!

We're not suggesting anything, sir.

We'd just like to eliminate
you from our enquiries.

I've given her a painkiller,

if you want to go and
have a couple of minutes.

Sorry, sir, we'd like
to speak to her alone.

That's him.

Are you sure?

Mrs Callaghan, we have
reason to believe that

someone may have paid
this man to shoot you.

Oh, that's why.

Why what?

Well, when I got out of the car,

I expected him to get into it

and just drive away.

But he went on pointing the gun at me.

So then I realised that he
meant to kill me anyway.

What time did you leave lavenham?

Oh, around half past 12.00.

And you got home at,
er, 20 to 3.00.

Dan got lost.
We were arguing and, er...

He was being very childish
about my having to come back.

He insisted on taking
this tacky old mirror.

You see, if he hadn't had
to get out of the car

and take it inside, the stupid thing,

I might not be lying here now.

And that was mr Callaghan's idea?

Yeah, it's eating him alive.

But I told him he wasn't to know.

We have one deleted incoming
number taken from the phone

that Eddie Wade gave to Marty Flynn.

That call came from a pay-as-you-go
mobile to Eddie Wade's phone

at 11.45 A.M.
The day of the shooting.

That could be the call about
them coming home early.

Yep. No trace yet.

The phone was bought with cash

on Oxford street two Saturdays ago.

The salesgirl doesn't
remember the buyer,

so we're checking the cctv cameras.

The callaghans left
lavenham at 12.30 P.M.

Mr c wasn't very happy,
by all accounts.

He wanted them to spend
more time together.

So he was feeling neglected.

What, neglected enough
to want to kill her?

You'd be surprised how resentment
can fester in a marriage, Matt.

Not after listening to him.

I don't see it.
No, I think he might actually love her.

Why don't we go and talk
to the judge's clerk,

find out who knew that
she was on her way home.

Maybe someone else did it,

and that way Matty's romantic
ideals can remain intact.

Come on, sunshine.

It was a conference on reporting
restrictions on children's cases.

Been a nightmare to arrange.

I was told it would be brought forward

if judge Callaghan could attend.

Well, what time did you let her know?

Just after 11.30
that Monday morning.

I felt bad.

It was her first break in over a year.

So, who knew that she was going
to attend the conference?

It was a busy morning.

I confirmed her attendance
that afternoon.

But none of these could
have known before 11.45

that judge Callaghan had changed her
plans and was coming home early?

No. Andrea, we're looking
at the possibility

that this is an attempted murder.
What?

So did the judge mention to you at all

that she was being threatened?

A good few times.

She rules on cases with
hugely emotive issues,

and she's on the front line.

Could we have a look at
her ongoing case files?

Listen to this.

Yeah, go on.

The judge was building a case

against a Walter Reeves,
a site manager.

Now, he basically runs a protection
racket on service companies.

He gets them the gig on new properties

in exchange for the old
cash in a brown envelope.

The judge was about to ruin him.

And why did she get involved?

Well, one of the companies
that Walter Reeves

has got in his pocket is
called, er, airoclear;

They're an air-con
installation company.

They do the repairs on the
building the judge lives in,

and Eddie Wade worked for airoclear

up until three years ago.

So the chances are
Reeves have known Wade

and asked him to put the
judge out of action.

Bingo. But Reeves and
Wade couldn't have known

the judge was coming back
early, so who else knew?

The concierge knew.

When I first got my job
at the apartment block,

I tried to change the
air-con repair company,

and Walter Reeves sent a couple of
heavies round to change my mind.

And did you do what he said?

Are you still with airoclear?

Yes.

Right, so you're in his pocket?

He's a nasty piece of work,
and I've got family.

I don't want to give evidence.

Evidence about what, Mike?

Did you tell Walter
Reeves that the judge

was coming back early on Monday?

No. I was the one who
blew the whistle on him

and said that he was
taking back-handers.

After that, she started
digging around.

Sorry, if you blew the whistle on him,

then why don't you appear
in the judge's case file?

Because she didn't want me
involved for my own protection.

Believe me, I'd love to help
you put Walter Reeves away.

I've been running airoclear
for years, and Walter's

been a Thorn in my
side the whole time.

But Eddie Wade only
did commercial work

and Walter was strictly residential.

I don't see how their
paths would have crossed.

So, mr Smith, one second.
You...

You're saying that Eddie
Wade wouldn't have done

any work on judge
Callaghan's building?

No, we got the maintenance contract

seven years ago on her
husband's recommendation.

What, Dan Callaghan?
You know him?

We used to do a lot of work together

before he and Eddie fell out.

Excuse me.
Hello?

Dan Callaghan designed a
shopping mall in fensham quays.

White elephant.
Total disaster.

Eddie Wade was in charge of
installing the air-con system.

And was being a right
pain in the arse.

Callaghan was all over him, making
sure he did the job properly.

Only he swears to us
he's never heard of him.

Nobody forgets a lousy co-worker.

No, I'll bear that in mind.

Or the man you pay to kill your wife.

If you'd just like to come in, sir.

Take a seat, mr Callaghan.

Thanks for coming in.

I know this must be

a pretty tough time for you right now.

Look, I'm sorry about
how I reacted before.

It's just the idea of someone
paying to kill my wife...

It's okay. I understand.

Mr Callaghan, just a
couple of questions, okay?

Do you recognise this man?

He's the man who shot my wife.

You showed me this
photo at the hospital.

Do you know him from before then?

No. So you've never
seen this man before?

No.

Okay.

Three years ago, you
designed a shopping mall

in fensham quays, didn't
you, mr Callaghan?

What's that got to do with anything?

Eddie Wade supervised the
installation of the air-con system.

Eddie Wade's friends say this
is a very good likeness of him.

He stole a car from the site foreman.

He lost his job.

I can't place him now.

Or the name? Eddie Wade.

Why would I know his last name?

Well, mr Callaghan, you see, according
to the foreman on that job,

you left instructions almost
every day for this man.

The instructions were inside envelopes

with the name 'Eddie
Wade' written on them.

That was three years ago!

Your last big commercial commission.

Yes. Well, the work
force let me down.

Well, I'm pretty sure if a
work force had let me down,

I would remember one
of the supervisors.

Yes. Well...I'm exhausted.

Whose idea was it to
unload the mirror?

That was my wife's.

Sorry, Ron. Okay.

She says it was your idea.

She also says you'd
been arguing that day.

That doesn't mean I wanted her dead.

I can't believe you're doing this.

Where were you on the Saturday
before you went away?

I went shopping in Oxford street

for Rachel's birthday.
What did you get her?

I couldn't find anything.

She's...She's very choosy.

I'm sorry. I'm really sorry...
It's Rachel.

She's lost the use of her other kidney

and...
Something to do with the scan,

some side effect.
She's getting worse.

We're sorry to hear that.

I've got to go.
She needs me.

I'm not sure she needs
you anywhere near her

right now, sir.
I'm arresting you

on suspicion of conspiracy
to commit murder.

- Thank you.
- 'My husband was with me

'when I learned we had
to return to the city,

'and he was with me
continuously thereafter.

'He had no opportunity
to make a phone call

and arrange the incident.'

when did you take this statement
from judge Callaghan?

Last night, my lady, after
my client was arrested.

So my learned colleague surprises
the victim with the news

and extracts this statement
from her whilst she's in shock.

In shock because of the
unfairness of the charge.

The phone call only lasted two minutes

and was made from a mobile.

The defendant could've slipped off...

The call was not made from
the defendant's mobile.

This is a bail hearing, not a trial.

Your job here today, miss Phillips,

is to state your objections to bail.

Crown strongly objects to bail

on the grounds that the
defendant will try

and interfere with the
witness, namely his wife.

That's hardly likely,

as she's the one giving him the alibi.

My client is willing to offer
a surety of £50,000, my lady.

My lady, mr Callaghan is
a successful architect.

That's nothing to him.

Most of the callaghans'
money is tied up in trusts.

What's accessible now is
earmarked for her care.

I am willing to grant bail
on certain conditions,

the first being a surety of £50,000.

Judge Mary hall is
standing by her colleague.

Who's standing by her man.
She must be reeling.

She can't accept that her
husband would do that to her.

According to slimy
Simon, Dan Callaghan

doesn't have access
to his wife's riches.

He pretty much gave him a
motive while getting him bail.

He got bail because
of his wife's alibi.

Have we got anything else on him?

What about his financial records,
has anything gone out?

The only big withdrawal of late
from his personal account is £400.

He was in Oxford street the day

the pay-as-you-go phone was bought.

Which still hasn't been traced.

He lied about knowing Eddie Wade.

Who still can't be found.

So what the hell have we got?

Nothing, apart from circumstantial

and the alibi of a hugely
respected high court judge.

Who happens to be a very proud woman.

That could be why she's lying.

Are you okay, George?

Yeah. Why shouldn't I be?

What part of 'continuously'
don't you understand?

He didn't go into any other room?

No. No.
We were listening to the radio

when my clerk rang, and I
knew that he'd be upset

so I didn't tell him that
we had to leave early

until the programme ended at midday.

Now, the call to the man who shot me

was made at 11.45,
am I right?

The kids will be here soon.

Oh. No. I don't think so.

It's not the place for them, really.

My mother's very tired
with her treatment.

I don't need you to
speak for me, Lindsay.

Mrs Callaghan, your husband
knew the man who shot you,

and he lied about that.

He lied about whose idea
it was to park the car.

If you were before me
in court right now,

I would lose no time in
dismissing your case

on the grounds of weak

and wholly insubstantial evidence.

Mum...
If you prosecute my husband,

I will give evidence on his behalf.

Today is her birthday.

Why are you trying to destroy
what little she has left?

She's going through all this,

and dad's not even allowed to see her.

How was their relationship, Lindsay?

Did she talk to him
like she talks to you?

I think she's allowed to be a bit
ratty under the circumstances.

Did he mind that she was a workaholic?

Was? She intends to
sue the hospital

for causing renal failure.

You've got it wrong.
Dad adores her.

Why would he do this to her?

To get access to her money.

Her insurance and her
estate goes to my kids.

Now I have to tell
them that their gran

doesn't want to see them.

Mummy!
Mummy!

Hey!

So we don't even have
a financial motive.

No, but uniform have turned up

an eyewitness, Wendy Carey.

She lives on mill Lane, where
the callaghans' cottage is.

Says she was driving
past their cottage

at around 11.50
that Monday.

She saw Dan Callaghan in the garden

wearing his running shorts.

The call to Eddie Wade
was made at 11.45.

Whereas mrs Callaghan insisted

they were together
inside at that time.

Mrs Carey also said she
threw a small party

in honour of Rachel's
promotion the night before.

Dan Callaghan was drunk,
introducing himself to everyone

as mr Rachel Callaghan, soon
to be lady justice's wife.

Ouch.
Not bitter at all, then.

He and his wife ended up arguing.

Sounds like every
married couple I know.

Him being outside isn't enough.

We need motive.
Why would an ordinarily

loving husband suddenly do this?

Well...
She had been promoted.

Yeah, not for the first time.
So why snap now?

What changed?

I had to let Dan go.

I couldn't carry him any longer,
not in this financial climate.

He lost his job here?

He was a liability.

I didn't even have to buy him out.

He owed this firm enough.

See, Dan's a perfectionist, but his designs
are all about him making his mark.

He wouldn't listen to the clients'
needs or budgetary restraints.

His wife never said anything
about him losing his job.

She doesn't know.
She came here

a few weeks back,
asking to speak to him.

I had to make some excuse about
him talking to a client.

He won that when he restored

a Georgian house on brick Lane,

not long after he started out.

Was he married then?

He was funding Rachel
through law school.

Talk about role reversal.

Would you say Dan resented his wife?

He wanted her to be proud of him.

She was meant to retire this year.

They'd put a deposit on a plot
of land in the lake district

so they could sell their properties

and Dan could build their dream home.

But then she got promoted.

The deposit for the lake
district plot was £25,000,

and three weeks ago Dan Callaghan
got it back for 20,000 cash.

He must have known then he needed
cash in hand to pay Eddie Wade.

He'd already lost his job.

He'd pinned his hopes
on Rachel's retirement,

their future together.

She drops the bombshell
about her retirement.

He started planning her death.

Steel. Yeah, go ahead.

Great, yeah, thanks
for letting me know.

The call that was made to Eddie Wade...

cell site analysis places
the signal in lavenham.

The phone was used within 500
metres of the Callaghan's cottage.

She's gonna have to
accept it was him now.

Have you found the phone?

No.

And did anybody see my
husband on the phone?

No witnesses as yet.

So it's obvious what
happened, isn't it?

Someone was following us

and they saw us loading up the car,

and they made the call.

You said you were listening
to the radio at the time.

We'd had an argument,

and Dan went outside to cool off.

So he did leave your side?

But I could see him

all the time through the window.

Why was he in his running shorts?

Well, because we wears
them around the house.

What about the man who
pulled the trigger,

who put me here?

He's the one who should
be brought to justice.

Someone hired him.

Mum doesn't need this.

They can't get her medication right.

They have to do more tests.

She's getting weaker by the day.

I know my husband better than anyone.

Did you know he'd lost his job?

What?

For five weeks, he's been
pretending to go to work.

Maybe you didn't know him
as well as you thought,

mrs Callaghan.

Rachel Callaghan is lying.

She knows it was him.
We told her the hard facts.

So I heard.

She wouldn't listen.

I think the general gist sank in.

I've just heard from the hospital.

Rachel Callaghan has asked her doctors

to withdraw her medication.

She wants to die.

Crown is concerned that
the initial statement

made and signed by
the victim is false.

We want the opportunity
to cross-examine

mrs Rachel Callaghan on video.

My lady, the victim is
in a great deal of pain.

To cross-examine her
in her hospital bed

would be a terrible
violation of her privacy.

However, she is prepared
to give evidence

one last time about what
happened on the day in question.

My lady, she will
simply amend her story

to put her husband in the clear.

We need the opportunity
to test this evidence

so the jury can make
up their own minds.

I've seen you play cat and
mouse in court, mr steel.

You're merciless enough
on the able-bodied.

If you don't let me do this, Dan
Callaghan gets exactly what he wants...

his wife's alibi
followed by her death.

She is one of the most
powerful women in chambers,

but she's not respecting the law.

She's allowing her husband
to go unpunished,

and that's not her decision to make.

This cannot go unchallenged, my lady.

I will allow it.

My lady, I must object.

Where would we be without
setting precedents, mr Wheeler?

I will be watching you.

If you push judge Callaghan
one step too far...

I will stop proceedings.

Just think what you're asking for.

Doctors are going to
stop her treatment

tomorrow.
She's already broken.

Then the one thing we can
salvage from this mess

is that Dan Callaghan is
locked up for what he did.

Yes, but you're gonna be exposing
her in front of her colleagues.

She's given everything for her career.

So did I. Having paid that price,
I wouldn't choose to lie.

Before this happened, she would
have said the same thing.

George, I promise I'll be careful.

No matter how many times
you put this to me,

the answer is the same.

Dan didn't go out of my sight.

Somebody must have been watching us.

Had you started loading
up the car at 11.50?

The eyewitness didn't see
any sign of you packing.

Well, there's your answer.

So how did this mystery 'someone
else' know you were leaving early?

Whose idea was it that you
park the car that day?

Mine.

You told the police it
was your husband's idea.

Why are you changing your story?

'Cause I was doped up to the eyeballs.

Why are you protecting your
husband, mrs Callaghan?

Because he's innocent.

Is it fair to say that there had been

a breakdown of communication
in your marriage?

What is your point, mr steel?

Your husband couldn't tell
you he'd lost his job.

That didn't matter.

He was designing our dream home.

Did you know he'd taken back the
deposit for the plot of land

after the news of your promotion?

£20,000 in cash.

Spare me the shock tactics.
It's a cheap trick.

Mrs Callaghan, it is
the exact sum of money

that the man who shot you was
promised if he killed you.

I think we should stop, my lady.

The witness is clearly distressed.

Don't patronise me, mr Wheeler.

Are you all right to continue?

Yes.

Step lightly, mr steel.

Mrs Callaghan, may I remind you

that not only are you
under oath here today,

but that you also took an oath 14
years ago when you became a judge.

I am fully aware of that.

Is it fair to say that you have
devoted your life to the law?

Yes.

The law is where your
true loyalty lies,

that you've sacrificed
everything else...

home life, your relationships
with your husband,

your daughter, your grandchildren.

I thought I was here as a
witness to the defence,

not on trial for being a
lousy wife and mother.

It is also fair to say

that I have protected
thousands of children

during my time as a judge,

and put many a dangerous
criminal behind bars.

Then how can you bear for this to be

your dying act, mrs Callaghan...

lying in a court of law,
committing perjury,

allowing a crime to...

Allowing the man who organised
your murder to walk free?

You've done that by
arresting the wrong man.

I'm completely at a loss.

Then we should end this now, my lady.

I mean, what would you do?
I'm sorry?

What would you do if you were me?

Imagine this was happening
to someone in your court.

Wouldn't you want justice?

Wouldn't you want that
woman to tell the truth?

Wouldn't you tell her
not to be ashamed,

remind her that she
is the victim here,

that none of this is her fault?
Of course.

Then please tell me the
truth, mrs Callaghan.

Can you be certain that you could see

your husband at 11.45
when the call was made

on the day in question?

Yes. I could see him.

I'm sure of it.

Why are you letting him
get away with this?

You have your answer, mr steel.

If a high court judge cannot be
relied upon to uphold the law...

that is enough. How can you
betray everything you believe in?

I'm ending this cross
examination right now.

We've taken up enough of
this witness' precious time.

I'm truly sorry, judge
Callaghan, for everything.

Now that little exercise
has proved futile,

I expect you'll be
dropping the charges.

Not a chance.

It's fine by me.

I've got what I need
to get my client off.

Judge hall...

Yes, mr Wheeler?

She's played right into
her husband's hands.

Did she stick to her story?

Yes.

You know it was your dad, don't you?

So does she, deep down...

But she'll never admit that.

Because she can't admit it to herself?

Maybe she feels guilty

for not seeing how unhappy he was.

She was always so busy.

Dad spent my whole childhood
stopping me from disturbing her.

I kept trying to get her attention.

And so did he.

He was counting the
days to her retirement.

Do you want your dad to
be held accountable?

What I really want
is for her to see me

and my kids...

And think we're worth living for.

Room two!
She's going into...

What's wrong? Is it mum?

She's disconnected her
dialysis machine.

Mum! Mum!

50 milligrams of...

You're challenging judge Callaghan's

mental capacity as a witness?

She attempted suicide, my lady.

She is clearly far too depressed

to think rationally.

I would like her to be examined

by our psychiatrist, dr armitage.

My learned friend is resorting

to underhand tactics to
have this piece of evidence

disregarded, my lady.

Moreover this would be an infringement

of her human rights
insomuch as it will have

a bearing on her choice to
withdraw her treatment.

The doctors have agreed to suspend

the withdrawal of her treatment

until this issue is resolved.

My only concern is this criminal case,

I'm afraid, mr Wheeler.

You have my permission for
dr armitage to examine her.

She didn't answer a
single question, George.

Just looked right past him.

Dr armitage has recommended

that she be put on suicide watch.

I used to envy her, you know.

Always ahead of me on
the career ladder,

banging away at the glass ceiling.

Not any more.

There's no schadenfreude.

You shouldn't have to do
this to your role models.

I am devastated by the
responsibility of this decision,

but I feel I have no choice

but to declare that
judge Rachel Callaghan

is not competent to give evidence

in the case of Daniel Callaghan.

This may well have some bearing

on the court of protection's decision

as to whether she has the capacity
to terminate her own treatment.

I can only hope she will forgive me

for encroaching on her human rights.

I should have come sooner.

Is there anything I can do?

Can you get me out of here?

Where shall we go?

1980.

The chambers annual ball.

We got kicked out.

Because you got me
paralytically drunk.

I've haven't touched Tequila since.

Ow!
Shh.

I still don't get it.

It's such an extreme thing to do.

I mean, maybe if she'd
been unfaithful...

She was. Her work.

We've seen people crack
like this before...

'if I can't have you,
no one else will'.

But those are crimes of passion,

not cold-blooded hits.

How does she deal with that?

Thank you.

We intend to appeal
judge hall's decision.

Of course you do.
Without judge Callaghan's evidence,

your client stands to go
down for a very long time.

Why not just divorce her?

I love her.

You've fought for people in
your condition to stay alive.

This is new for you, but given time,

you could come to terms with it.

George, I can't control my bladder.

I mean, you tell me what
I've got to live for.

How can someone who
campaigns for human rights

be so selfish in her own life?

What's so special about you?

It's okay for anyone else
to make do but not you?

You have a future.
You have your mind.

No, not according to the court.

Not after you conspired
to rob me of my dignity.

No, you lost that the
moment you lied for Dan.

Do you know what
it feels like

to irritate someone because
you're not as quick

or as smart as they are?
I hear myself whine.

I never used to be like that.

She speaks to me like
I'm eight years old.

Now, you know he's guilty.

Otherwise you would choose
to live for his sake.

I know how much he means to you.

Then we had this awful
row about going back.

'Don't make a fuss, Dan.
I'd love to laze around

'all day and drink wine,

but I'm so much
better than that.'

his love for me...

Was the one thing I could rely on

outside the law.

Then do the right thing.

Tell me the truth.

We...We had a row.

He stormed outside.

I make the call.
Throw the phone.

I burn the number.

I go back to the cottage,
and she's cross.

I'm so pumped up, you wouldn't believe

because for once, I'm in control.

And he was gone for about...

20 minutes.

We get to London,

and now I want to stop it but...

I-I haven't got his number!

So I make a wrong turning.
Pretend we're lost.

He kept getting lost

because he was deciding
whether or not to...

To...

And she says, 'can't you
do anything right?'

I'd brought the mirror.

I got out.

It still wasn't real

till the concierge talked about her...

And I thought...
I thought,

we're not so bad, me and Rachel.

Funny thing is,

now that she needs you, you
can't be there for her.

Now that you've admitted it...

There's no need for you to die.

Yes, there is.

I want the court of
protection to declare

that I have the necessary capacity

to terminate my treatment,

and I want you to talk to them.

Rachel...

George, it is not
irrational to want to die

when you've been ultimately betrayed

by the person you love.

Right, I understand, thank you.

Is everything okay?

The court has decided
to revoke its decision.

Rachel's treatment
has been terminated.

It won't be long.

Who's with her?

She wants her husband there.