Murder One (1995–1997): Season 2, Episode 4 - Chapter Four, Year Two - full transcript

THE POLITICAL SPY.

WHO WERE YOU WORKING FOR?

NOT WHO, COUNSELOR. THE
CORRECT QUESTION IS WHAT.

ONE MILLION DOLLARS, SITTING IN
A NUMBERED ACCOUNT IN ZURICH.

- WHO PAID YOU?
- DIETRICH OWNS BANKS.

AND WHAT DID MALCOLM
DIETRICH GET FOR HIS MONEY?

- WHATEVER HE WANTED TO KNOW.
- ARE YOU WILLING TO TESTIFY
TO THAT IN COURT?

AND WIND UP LIKE TERRY
PHILBRICK? NO, THANKS.

RIVALS.

YOU SCREWED ME, BUDDY BOY. I JUST
WANTED YOU TO KNOW HOW IT FEELS.

I GET ELECTED GOVERNOR, YOU WON'T
HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ME ANYMORE.



YOU GET ELECTED GOVERNOR, AND
I'LL KISS YOUR ASS IN MACY'S WINDOW.

THE CLIENT'S HUSBAND.

WHEN YOU WERE INFORMED OF YOUR
WIFE'S AFFAIR WITH MR. VAN ALLAN,

WERE YOU UPSET WITH HER?

YES, I WAS ANGRY. WOULDN'T YOU BE?
LOOK, HE WAS STRINGING SHARON ALONG.

ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS
TALK TO HIM. WERE YOU ARMED?

- NO.
- DID YOU THREATEN TO HARM HIM?
- WILL YOU STOP IT?

I WASN'T THREATENING ANYBODY. KYLE
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

I'M THE ONE WHO'S GUILTY!
I SHOULD BE PUNISHED!

THE SECURITY GUARD.

I GENERALLY PROVIDED SECURITY
FOR THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE.

IN ADDITION TO
PROVIDING PROTECTION,

WAS IT ONE OF YOUR DUTIES TO HAVE
A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER?

THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE.



WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO
BANKROLL MY CLIENT'S DEFENSE?

- I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED
SHE MURDERED MY HUSBAND.
- WHAT YOU WANT IS CONTROL.

IN CASE YOU'VE FORGOTTEN,
I'M A VICTIM IN THIS CASE TOO.

- IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A LOAN.
- OF COURSE.

- I'M STILL GONNA GO AFTER YOU
ON THE STAND IF I HAVE TO.
- NATURALLY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INTERESTS
YOU'D LIKE TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO?

THERE'S NOTHING FOR
SALE HERE, MRS. VAN ALLAN.

THEN THIS IS FOR FREE.

HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL'S SO HIGH, HE'S NOT AROUSABLE
ENOUGH TO TELL IF HE HAS A CONCUSSION.

LET'S BRING HIM UPSTAIRS, GET A
C.T. SCAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

- CAN I HELP YOU?
- I NEED A WORD WITH DR. ROONEY.

- YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT
IN THE WAITING ROOM.
- ANITA? THAT'S FINE.

I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS.

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU AFTER
WHAT YOU DID TO ME IN COURT THE OTHER DAY.

YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
WAS NOTHING PERSONAL ON IT.

IS THAT HOW YOU GO TO SLEEP AT
NIGHT? TELL YOURSELF IT'S NOT PERSONAL?

ACTUALLY, I FALL ASLEEP
READING REPORTS FROM MY P.I.

HE'S UNCOVERED SOME INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT YOU. REALLY?

HERE ARE THE X-RAYS FROM THE
PEDESTRIAN VERSUS AUTO IN BED FOUR.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW A
WOMAN NAMED JOANNA GAINES?

YES. SHE'S A NURSE HERE.

WHO YOU WERE STICKIN' YOUR THERMOMETER
TO SINCE YOUR FIRST YEAR OF RESIDENCY.

THAT'S CRAP.

REALLY?

HER NEIGHBORS AT THE BAY GARDEN APARTMENT
COMPLEX SEEM TO KNOW YOU QUITE WELL.

YEAH. WELL, WHAT OF IT? YOUR WIFE
THINKS SHE INVENTED ORIGINAL SIN.

YEAH, FOR GOOD REASON. SHE GOT HERSELF
PREGNANT WITH TOM VAN ALLAN'S CHILD.

YOUR MARRIAGE WAS OVER LONG
BEFORE SHE MET TOM VAN ALLAN.

IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH,

YOU'LL GIVE HER THE CHANCE TO START ACTING
IN HER OWN SELF-INTEREST FOR A CHANGE.

SO YOU'RE A
PSYCHIATRIST NOW TOO?

LET'S NOT FORGET WHO PUT
YOU THROUGH MEDICAL SCHOOL,

SO YOU COULD STAND HERE KNOWING
WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

NOW YOU SOUND LIKE SHARON. WHINE A
LITTLE BIT, AND YOU'LL GET IT JUST RIGHT.

OH, I SEE. IT'S OKAY IF YOU GO
OUT AND GET YOUR END WET.

BUT WHEN YOUR WIFE GOES OUT
LOOKING FOR WHAT YOU WOULDN'T GIVE HER,

YOU DON'T CARE IF
SHE LIVES OR DIES.

LOOK, IF THIS IS YOUR DIAGNOSIS
OF WHAT OUR MARRIAGE IS,

YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO
IDEA WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

HERE'S WHAT I DO KNOW.

YOUR WIFE FEELS SO
GUILT-RIDDEN OVER AN INFIDELITY...

THAT SHE CONFESSED
TO TWO MURDERS,

WHEREAS YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND, CAN'T MUSTER
UP ENOUGH HONESTY TO LET HER OFF THE HOOK.

HERE'S SOMETHING TO ASPIRE TO...

A BACKBONE.

THE SPORTS WORLD IS IN SHOCK
THIS MORNING AT THE NEWS...

THAT COLORFUL NBA
OWNER SANDY FORTAS...

HAS BEEN FOUND SHOT TO
DEATH AT HIS WESTWOOD OFFICE.

SCOTT, WHAT DETAILS CAN
YOU GIVE US? ISN'T THAT AWFUL?

YEAH. VEGAS. COULD'VE
BEEN ORGANIZED CRIME.

THE STORM REACHED THE WESTERN
CONFERENCE FINALS LAST SEASON,

BUT HAVE GOTTEN OFF TO A ROCKY START THIS YEAR
DUE TO AN INJURY TO CENTER LAVON STARLING...

AND A PROLONGED CONTRACT DISPUTE
WITH SUPERSTAR GUARD RICKEY LATRELL.

DO THE POLICE HAVE ANY SUSPECTS?

YEAH, EVERYONE WHO TOOK
POINTS AGAINST PHOENIX LAST YEAR.

FROM ALL INDICATIONS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT
COULD BE SOME TIME BEFORE WE SEE AN ARREST.

YOU THINK WE GOT A SHOT
HERE? BACK TO YOU, LYDIA.

IT WOULD CERTAINLY
SEEM SO. MR. WYLER?

THANKS, ANGELA.

JIMMY. I KNOW WE'RE PROFESSIONALS,
BUT IT'S FOR MY NEPHEW.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AN
AUTOGRAPH, UNLESS IT'S A PROBLEM.

IF IT'S NOT, HIS NAME'S ANDREW.

IS THERE SOMETHING GOING
ON HERE I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?

JUST THAT RICKEY LATRELL AND
HIS AGENT ARE IN YOUR OFFICE.

JIMMY, HOW ARE
YOU? I'M GOOD, LEE.

I APPRECIATE YOU SEEING US LIKE
THIS. YOU KNOW RICKEY LATRELL?

YEAH, I WAS AT THE FORUM THE NIGHT
YOU TOSSED IN 43 AGAINST THE LAKERS.

MY JUMPER WAS POPPIN'
THAT NIGHT, WASN'T IT?

THIS IS MY WIFE, CARLA.
HOW DO YOU DO, MR. WYLER?

PLEASE SIT. SIT. YEAH.

WE NEED TO, UH, TALK
ABOUT SANDY FORTAS. OKAY.

RICKEY AND I WERE IN SANDY'S
OFFICE JUST BEFORE HE GOT KILLED.

WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING AN EXTENSION
TO RICKEY'S CONTRACT WITH THE STORM...

AND NOT GETTING ANYWHERE, SO RICKEY FLEW IN
FROM VEGAS TO MEET WITH FORTAS FACE-TO-FACE.

WHEN DID THE MEETING END? -00.

RICKEY STAYED UNTIL... WHAT?

UH, 4:00, MAYBE?

AND THEN I CAME BACK TO FIND RICKEY,
SEE HOW THINGS WENT. FORTAS WAS DEAD.

YOU FOUND THE BODY? CALLED 911.

- WHERE DID YOU GO?
- I WENT BACK TO VEGAS.

SO HOW DO YOU KNOW THE
COPS ARE LOOKING AT YOU?

THE MAID AT RICKEY'S HOUSE IN BEL-AIR
SAID DETECTIVES CAME BY THIS MORNING.

DID YOU TALK TO THEM? NO,
I WAS FLYIN' IN FROM VEGAS.

JIMMY, I DON'T WANT HIM TALKING
TO THE COPS ALONE. NO, YOU DON'T.

RICKEY DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS,

BUT THE PUBLICITY ALONE IS GOING TO
BE TOUGH ON OUR KIDS, OUR FRIENDS.

- NOT TO MENTION $50 MILLION
IN ENDORSEMENTS.
- I UNDERSTAND.

I'LL MAKE SOME INQUIRIES
DOWN AT PARKER CENTER.

WHAT ABOUT THAT, UH, ROONEY
CASE? IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

THE ROONEY CASE WILL WRAP LONG BEFORE YOURS
COMES UP, ASSUMING YOURS COMES UP AT ALL.

HE'S THE MAN.

HE'S THE MAN.

- ALL RIGHT. YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
- WHAT KIND OF RETAINER
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

LET'S SEE WHERE
THINGS HEAD FIRST.

WHATEVER YOU NEED, YOU GOT IT.

WE'RE GONNA BE ON THE ROAD LIKE ALL
NEXT WEEK. LEE KNOWS THE SCHEDULE.

I'LL STAY IN TOUCH.
MRS. LATRELL.

THANK YOU. LET'S GO, BABE.

HE'S A GOOD KID, JIMMY.

I HOPE TO HELL YOU
CAN MAKE THIS GO AWAY.

- GOOD MORNING.
- GOOD MORNING.

WELL?

IT WASN'T AN APPROPRIATE
SETTING TO ASK FOR AN AUTOGRAPH.

LET'S NOT GET TOO FAR OUT IN FRONT
OF THINGS. THERE MAY BE NOTHING THERE.

WE HAVE A FULL DAY,
SO LET'S GET STARTED.

WHERE ARE WE ON THE
TRIAL PREP FOR LARRY WHITE?

I'M WALKIN' HIM THROUGH HIS
TESTIMONY... MOLES, DIRTY TRICKS.

WHOEVER SAID WE GET THE POLITICIANS WE
DESERVE HAD A PRETTY DIM VIEW OF HUMANITY.

JUST KEEP HIM TALKING. OKAY.

MOVING ON, JUST SO
YOU'RE ALL UP TO SPEED,

OUR ANONYMOUS BENEFACTOR
IS CAROLINE VAN ALLAN.

THE PROSECUTION PUT HER ON
THE WITNESS LIST YESTERDAY, JIMMY.

YOU DON'T FIND THE ETHICS A
LITTLE TROUBLING? YEAH, I DO.

A DAY LATE AND A BUCK SHORT. ARNOLD'S
ALREADY SPENT 26,000 OF THE MONEY.

- WE ALL CASHED OUR PAYCHECKS.
- HOW DOES THAT GET US PAST
THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

IT DOESN'T, WHICH IS WHY
I INSISTED IT BE A LOAN...

AND WHY AFTER SEVERAL
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS...

I CALLED HOWARD BECKMAN, MY
OLD ETHICS PROFESSOR FROM LOYOLA.

HE SAID AS LONG AS WE
DISCLOSE THE LOAN TO THE COURT...

AND DON'T LET IT COMPROMISE OUR
CROSS-EXAMINATION OF CAROLINE VAN ALLAN,

IT'S A MINIMAL CONFLICT.

AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, WE
CAN'T DEFEND SHARON WITHOUT IT.

MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER WAY. MARK WASHINGTON
APPROACHED ME ON A MISSION FROM GARFIELD.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY A
BACK-CHANNEL COMMUNICATION.

THE PLEA BARGAIN
IS BACK ON THE TABLE.

VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER,
FOUR AND A HALF SERVED.

SHARON CAN'T DO FOUR
AND A HALF YEARS, CHRIS.

IF WE LOSE, SHE'LL
GO TO PRISON FOR LIFE.

WE TAKE THE PLEA, WE AVOID THAT
AND ANY APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY.

I'D RATHER RISK MY ETHICS THAN
THE BEST INTERESTS OF MY CLIENT.

BUT I'LL BRING SHARON THE PLEA
AFTER THE MORNING SESSION TODAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? THEN WE'RE DONE.

JIMMY?

UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW,

I'VE BEEN OFFERED A
JOB BY TROY AND GOULD.

THEY'RE A GOOD FIRM.
YOU GONNA TAKE IT?

I DON'T KNOW. WELL, LET
ME KNOW WHAT YOU DECIDE.

BUT IF YOU STICK AROUND, AND
THE LATRELL CASE MAKES, IT'S YOURS.

REALLY?

IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, UH,
WHO DO YOU SEE AS SECOND CHAIR?

YOUR CALL.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
IS THAT A FIREARM IS A MACHINE.

IT'S LIKE A TOASTER
OR A REFRIGERATOR.

IT HAS MANY PARTS, AND
SOME OF THESE PARTS MOVE,

AND OTHER PARTS ARE STATIONARY.

NOW, IN THE CASE OF A SEMIAUTOMATIC
WEAPON SUCH AS PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 34,

EACH GUN LEAVES ITS
OWN INDIVIDUAL MARKINGS...

OR, AS I LIKE TO CALL
THEM, ITS FINGERPRINTS...

ON EVERY BULLET THAT IT FIRES.

WHICH MEANS WHAT, IN
LAY TERMS, MR. CLEARY?

IT MEANS WE CAN USE THESE MARKINGS
TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY TWO BULLETS...

HAVE BEEN FIRED
FROM THE SAME WEAPON.

SIR, IN YOUR CAPACITY AS A
BALLISTICS EXPERT FOR THE L.A.P.D.,

HAVE YOU EXAMINED PEOPLE'S
EXHIBIT 20 THROUGH 27,

THE BULLETS RECOVERED FROM THE BODY
OF TOM VAN ALLAN AND MARLEE DONOVAN?

- I HAVE.
- BASED UPON YOUR EXAMINATION,
WHAT CONCLUSIONS DID YOU REACH?

THAT ALL EIGHT BULLETS WERE
FIRED FROM PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 34.

THE 22-CALIBER
SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL...

REGISTERED TO THE DEFENDANT'S
ROOMMATE, SALLY VAUGHN?

- THE SAME.
- NOW, HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE?

USING AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE, WE CAN
COMPARE THE MARKINGS ON THE BULLETS...

RECOVERED FROM
THE CRIME SCENE...

WITH TEST BULLETS FIRED
FROM THE WEAPON IN QUESTION.

- THE PROCESS IS QUITE
FASCINATING, ACTUALLY...
- UH, THANK YOU, MR. CLEARY.

BUT IS THAT WHAT YOU DID HERE?

YES. THE MARKINGS
MATCHED PERFECTLY.

THANK YOU, SIR. NOTHING
FURTHER. MR. WYLER.

MR. CLEARY, THESE MARKINGS
YOU REFER TO, THESE STRIATIONS...

YOU MATCH THEM UP UNDER A
MICROSCOPE. IS THAT HOW IT WORKS?

THAT'S CORRECT.

IF THE MARKS ON THE TWO BULLETS MATCH UP, THAT
MEANS THEY WERE FIRED FROM THE SAME GUN, RIGHT?

YES. WHAT IF THEY DON'T LINE UP?

THEN THEY WERE FIRED FROM
DIFFERENT WEAPONS. THERE'S NO MATCH.

SIR, LOOKING AT
THE PHOTOGRAPHS...

OF THE TESTS THAT YOU RAN,

I CAN SEE MARKS
THAT DON'T LINE UP.

WHY IS THAT?

WELL, THERE ARE OFTEN SMALL,
INSIGNIFICANT IRREGULARITIES.

INSIGNIFICANT? SIR, THERE IS A
WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR HER LIFE HERE.

WHAT I MEANT WAS INSIGNIFICANT
IN TERMS OF BALLISTICS ANALYSIS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY THAT IF THE MARKINGS
DON'T LINE UP, THERE CAN'T BE A MATCH?

YES, BUT I WASN'T REFERRING TO
THE MARKS YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT.

SO THERE CAN BE A MATCH IF
ALL THE MARKINGS DON'T LINE UP?

IN THAT SENSE, YES.

JUST AS SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE THE
MARKS LINE UP AND NOT HAVE A MATCH?

- NO.
- AM I MISSING SOMETHING? I SWEAR THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.

OBJECTION. COUNSEL'S
BADGERING THE WITNESS.

I WITHDRAW THE
QUESTION, YOUR HONOR.

ISN'T IT A FACT THAT EVEN IF YOU ESTABLISHED THAT
THESE BULLETS WERE FIRED FROM THE SAME WEAPON,

YOU STILL CAN'T TELL
WHO FIRED THAT WEAPON?

OBJECTION. BEYOND THE SCOPE.

I'LL ALLOW IT.

THE TESTS AREN'T DESIGNED
TO DETERMINE THAT, MR. WYLER.

REALLY? SO ALL THE TESTS,
ALL THE LINES AND GROOVES...

DO NOTHING TO ESTABLISH THAT SHARON
ROONEY KILLED THE TWO VICTIMS IN THIS CASE?

NO, THEY DON'T.

I THINK I'M FINALLY BEGINNING
TO UNDERSTAND, MR. CLEARY.

NOTHING FURTHER, YOUR HONOR.

WE'LL RECESS AND
RECONVENE AT 1:45.

I NEED SOME QUALITY TIME WITH
SHARON. I'LL SEE YOU AFTER LUNCH.

SENT OUT FOR
CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD.

I'M NOT HUNGRY. YOU GOTTA
KEEP YOUR STRENGTH UP.

D.A.'s COME BACK TO
US ON THE PLEA BARGAIN.

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO.

YOU OKAY?

KYLE CAME TO SEE ME LAST NIGHT.

TOLD ME HE'S BEEN...

HE'S BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

SOME NURSE AT THE HOSPITAL.

I'M SORRY.

WELL, I SUSPECTED HE MIGHT BE.

I EVEN ASKED HIM STRAIGHT
OUT ONCE. HE... HE DENIED IT.

AT LEAST YOU DON'T HAVE TO BEAT YOURSELF UP
ANYMORE FOR HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH TOM VAN ALLAN.

I JUST WANTED TO
MAKE KYLE JEALOUS.

THE MORE HE IGNORED ME,

THE BETTER IT FELT
BEING WITH TOM.

I LET MYSELF FALL
IN LOVE WITH TOM...

AND GOT MYSELF PREGNANT.

I'VE JUST MADE SUCH
A MESS OF MY LIFE.

AH, SHARON.

WHATEVER MESS YOU'VE MADE, WE
BOTH KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYONE.

NOW, I'M IN THIS WITH YOU,

AND I'M IN THIS TO WIN.

BUT IF YOU DON'T STOP
PUNISHING YOURSELF,

I WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

NOW, I NEED FOR US
TO BE ON THE SAME SIDE.

I NEED FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER.

OKAY.

WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO
WITH THE PLEA BARGAIN?

TELL THEM NO.

THAT-A-GIRL.

SEE YOU IN A WHILE.

ROGER, VERY GOOD ON THAT ONE.

ANOTHER ISSUE STEWART'S GONNA
WANT TO SCORE ON IN THIS DEBATE...

IS EDUCATING THE
CHILDREN OF ILLEGALS.

THIS COUNTRY WAS
FOUNDED BY IMMIGRANTS.

I SUPPORT THOSE WHO WORK
HARD AND PLAY BY THE RULES,

BUT TO THOSE WHO COME HERE
ILLEGALLY, I SAY, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH."

STEWART DOESN'T
STAND A CHANCE, ROGER.

YOU'VE TURNED SPEAKING OUT OF BOTH
SIDES OF YOUR MOUTH INTO AN OLYMPIC SPORT.

CAN I ASSUME THIS VISIT IS IN RESPONSE
TO THE OFFER WE MADE TO YOUR ASSOCIATE?

TO YOUR END-RUN AROUND ME? YEAH.

NOT WITHSTANDING YOUR
BRUISED EGO, WHAT DID YOU DECIDE?

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PLEA AND
STICK IT UP YOUR BREEZEWAY.

THAT'S DISAPPOINTING.

I WAS HOPING YOU WEREN'T
SO CONSUMED BY VENGEANCE...

YOU COULD STILL RECOGNIZE
MUTUAL ADVANTAGE WHEN YOU SAW IT.

IT'S JUST THIS
RADAR I HAVE, ROGER.

TELLS ME WHENEVER YOU'RE READY
TO DEAL, IT'S TIME FOR ME NOT TO.

THIS IS A GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS
SALE, JIMMY.

AFTER NOVEMBER 5, YOU'LL BE KISSING THE
AFOREMENTIONED BREEZEWAY IN MACY'S WINDOW.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, ROGER.

ANYWAY, GOOD LUCK ON THE
DEBATE TONIGHT. BREAK A LEG.

AFTER HE WAS
RENOMINATED IN MARCH,

TOM BEGAN SPENDING MORE
AND MORE TIME IN LOS ANGELES.

HE'D FLY HERE FOR A CAMPAIGN
APPEARANCE OR A FUND-RAISER.

THEN, INSTEAD OF FLYING BACK HOME
TO SACRAMENTO, HE'D SPEND THE NIGHT.

AT SOME POINT, MRS. VAN ALLAN,

DID THIS CHANGE IN SCHEDULE
CAUSE YOU TO SUSPECT...

THAT YOUR HUSBAND MIGHT
HAVE BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR?

YES. I KNEW THE PATTERN.
THERE HAD BEEN OTHERS.

I HIRED A PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR TO BE SURE.

AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID
YOUR INVESTIGATOR TURN UP?

THAT HE WAS SEEING
A YOUNG WOMAN.

IS THAT PERSON IN THIS COURTROOM
TODAY? YES. SHE'S RIGHT OVER THERE.

LET THE RECORD INDICATE THAT
THE WITNESS IS IDENTIFYING...

THE DEFENDANT, SHARON ROONEY.

YOU SAY YOUR HUSBAND
HAD HAD OTHER AFFAIRS?

WHY WAS THIS ANY
DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS?

ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT THIS AFFAIR
SEEMED TO THREATEN TOM'S POLITICAL CAREER.

HE SEEMED TO BE FALLING
IN LOVE WITH THIS WOMAN.

HE WOULD TAKE HER TO
PARTIES WITH MUTUAL FRIENDS.

HE WAS OPENLY
AFFECTIONATE WITH HER.

I FELT THAT IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF
TIME BEFORE IT CAME OUT IN THE PRESS.

AND DID YOU CONFRONT HIM? YES.

I DEMANDED THAT
HE END THE AFFAIR...

OR I WOULD DIVORCE HIM IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMPAIGN.

- AND DID HE BREAK IT OFF?
- TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,
YES.

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MRS. VAN ALLAN.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

NOW, YOU SAY THAT YOU HIRED A
DETECTIVE TO FOLLOW YOUR HUSBAND.

THIS INVESTIGATOR TOOK PHOTOS OF
THE GOVERNOR AND MS. ROONEY, DIDN'T HE?

YES. PERMISSION TO APPROACH
THE WITNESS, YOUR HONOR.

ARE THESE THE PICTURES HE TOOK?

YES, THEY ARE.

NOW, IN THIS FIRST PICTURE WITH MS. ROONEY
TOPLESS ON A SAILBOAT WITH YOUR HUSBAND,

WHERE WAS THAT TAKEN?

APPARENTLY FROM THE BEACH.

WHEN YOU FIRST SAW
THIS PHOTOGRAPH,

HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL?

UPSET, CONCERNED THAT TOM'S
POLITICAL CAREER WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED.

NOT ANGRY? NO, NOT PARTICULARLY.

BUT SUFFICIENTLY UPSET TO NOT ONLY ORDER
YOUR HUSBAND TO END THE AFFAIR WITH SHARON,

BUT TO START AN AFFAIR OF
YOUR OWN WITH MICHAEL BEIDEN,

A MEMBER OF YOUR
SECURITY DETAIL.

MICHAEL WAS A COMFORT
IN A DARK TIME FOR ME.

DID YOU LOVE HIM? NO.

- DID YOU TELL HIM THAT?
- NO.

WHY NOT? I SAW NO POINT IN IT.

HOW 'BOUT YOUR HUSBAND? WHEN HE ASKED
YOU HOW YOUR DAY WENT, WHAT DID YOU SAY?

OH, "I SPENT THE AFTERNOON MAKING
LOVE TO ONE OF MY SECURITY OFFICERS."

- NO.
- SO, YOU CAN CONCEAL THE TRUTH
IF IT SUITS YOUR NEEDS?

- OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE.
- OVERRULED.

I LIED TO MY HUSBAND
ABOUT MICHAEL.

IN THE CONTEXT OF MY MARRIAGE AT
THAT POINT, IT HARDLY SEEMED SIGNIFICANT.

IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS TRIAL,
MRS. VAN ALLAN, IT'S PERJURY.

OBJECTION! WITHDRAWN.
MRS. VAN ALLEN, I'M CURIOUS.

DID YOU KNOW THAT MICHAEL BEIDEN WOULD BE
ASSIGNED TO YOUR HUSBAND'S SECURITY DETAIL...

ON THE NIGHT HE WAS MURDERED?

MICHAEL MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT.

AND DID YOU SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO VENT YOUR RAGE TOWARDS HIM?

I FELT NO RAGE TOWARD TOM.

YOU HIRED A DETECTIVE. YOU
FORCED HIM TO END THE AFFAIR.

YOU TOOK ON A LOVER OF YOUR OWN.

- WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN
YOU ARE FEELING RAGE?
- OBJECTION!

SUSTAINED.

DID YOU RECENTLY COME IN TO
MY OFFICE AND OFFER ME $200,000?

- YES, I DID.
- AND WHAT DID I DO?

- YOU TURNED IT DOWN.
- AND AFTER I TURNED IT DOWN,
WHAT DID YOU DO?

I PLACED THE MONEY IN
YOUR FIRM'S ACCOUNT.

AND YOU DID SO WITHOUT
MY KNOWLEDGE, CORRECT?

TO PAY FOR YOUR
CLIENT'S DEFENSE.

NOT FOR ME TO GO EASY
ON YOU HERE TODAY.

THERE SEEMS VERY
LITTLE DANGER OF THAT.

SO THEN WHY, MRS. VAN ALLAN...

WHY WOULD YOU OFFER TO PAY
ME $200,000 TO DEFEND A PERSON...

THAT MS. GRASSO SAYS
MURDERED YOUR HUSBAND?

I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR CLIENT
MURDERED MY HUSBAND.

- YOUR HONOR...
- REALLY? THEN WHO DO YOU
THINK DID?

- MALCOLM DIETRICH.
- OBJECTION!

CALLS FOR SPECULATION. ASK THAT
THE WITNESS'S RESPONSE BE STRICKEN.

SUSTAINED. THE JURY IS INSTRUCTED TO
DISREGARD MRS. VAN ALLAN'S LAST REMARK.

I'M JUST ABOUT DONE HERE. THERE'S
JUST ONE MORE THING I NEED TO CLEAR UP.

- WHAT'S THIS?
- IT'S A CHECK FOR $200,000,
MRS. VAN ALLAN.

I'M AFRAID I CAN'T
ACCEPT YOUR MONEY.

YOUR HONOR, COUNSEL
IS GRANDSTANDING.

THAT WILL BE ENOUGH, MR. WYLER.

I'M SORRY, YOUR HONOR.
NOTHING FURTHER.

MR. GARFIELD TALKS
TOUGH ON CRIME,

BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO WIN
THE BIG ONES, HE IS MISSING IN ACTION.

PERHAPS GOVERNOR STEWART FORGETS
MY CONVICTION IN THE AVEDON CASE.

YOU CONVICTED AN INNOCENT MAN.

THEN I WOULD POINT
TO THE FERRIS CASE.

WE PUT A MAJOR DRUG LORD OUT
OF COMMISSION WITH THAT ONE.

AND DEPUTY D.A. WYLER, WHO WON IT FOR
YOU, QUIT BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T PROMOTE HIM.

IS THAT HOW YOU REWARD
LOYALTY, MR. GARFIELD?

COULD WE GET BACK TO THE
REAL ISSUES IN THIS ELECTION,

LIKE IMMIGRATION?

OH, I'D LOVE TO TALK
ABOUT IMMIGRATION, MR...

POOR ROGER.

TOM ALWAYS SAID HE WAS A
SECOND-RATE MIND IN A FIRST-RATE SUIT.

MRS. VAN ALLAN, HOW ARE YOU?

I'M FEELING VERY
LIBERATED, ACTUALLY.

HOW SO?

WELL, THANKS TO YOUR RATHER
AGGRESSIVE CROSS-EXAMINATION...

IN THE COURTROOM TODAY,

ALL OF MY DIRTY LAUNDRY
HAS BEEN AIRED IN PUBLIC,

AND THE WORLD
DIDN'T COME TO AN END.

I HAVE NO MORE SECRETS,
AND IT FEELS WONDERFUL.

GLAD TO BE OF SERVICE.

QUITE A PIECE OF THEATRICS,
RETURNING MY CHECK IN THAT COURTROOM.

SEEMED LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
TO SETTLE THE ACCOUNT.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU
SUPPOSE WOULD HAPPEN...

IF I DEPOSITED THAT CHECK?

YOU'RE NOT SAYING IT WOULD BE
RETURNED FOR INSUFFICIENT FUNDS, ARE YOU?

WELL, WHEN I GET AROUND TO
PUTTING IT THROUGH, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

SO, MR. WYLER, NOW
THAT WE'RE SQUARE,

IF I WERE TO ASK YOU
TO JOIN ME FOR A DRINK,

YOU WOULD HAVE NO EXCUSE
FOR SAYING NO, WOULD YOU?

I'M NOT SURE THAT SHARING A DRINK IN
PUBLIC IS A GOOD IDEA, MRS. VAN ALLAN.

WELL, I'D INVITE YOU HOME TO SEE
MY ETCHINGS, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY.

I DO, HOWEVER, HAVE A VERY NICE
BOTTLE OF BORDEAUX I COULD OPEN.

I'M NOT SURE THAT'S
A GOOD IDEA EITHER.

WELL, LET'S SEE.

YOU'VE THOROUGHLY
EXAMINED ME ON THE STAND.

YOU VERY PUBLICLY
RETURNED MY CHECK.

AND IF I'M NOT BEING TOO IMMODEST,
MY TESTIMONY HAS HELPED YOUR CASE.

ALL TRUE.

AM I MISSING
SOMETHING BASIC HERE?

A WIFE OR A GIRLFRIEND?

NONE OF THE ABOVE.

THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL ME
WHERE THE CONFLICT IS, MR. WYLER.

WELL, I GUESS THERE ISN'T ONE.

I WOULDN'T DO
THAT. NO. I WOULDN'T.

HERE HE IS. YOU HANG
TIGHT. I'LL CALL YOU BACK.

THAT WAS RICKEY.

VEGAS POLICE AND SOME L.A.
DETECTIVES PAID HIM A VISIT THIS MORNING.

I GATHER THEY WEREN'T
LOOKING FOR AUTOGRAPHS.

THEY WENT THROUGH HIS HOUSE, SCARED THE HELL
OUT OF HIS KIDS, TOOK STUFF AWAY IN BOXES.

DID THEY HAVE A WARRANT? RICKEY SAID
THEY WAVED SOME PIECE OF PAPER AT HIM.

BUT WAS IT A
WARRANT? I DON'T KNOW.

- IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE
LET THEM IN HIMSELF?
- I DON'T KNOW, JIMMY.

I WAS ON A CELL PHONE. I
DIDN'T WANNA GO INTO IT MUCH.

EVERY TABLOID REPORTER'S GOT A
SCANNER. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S LISTENING.

I'M PUTTING YOU ON RETAINER.

A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS?

IF THE HAMMER COMES DOWN, I
WANT TO KNOW YOU'RE ON THE TEAM.

LEE, THIS COULD BE JUST
ANOTHER STRESS TEST FOR RICKEY.

YOU SAID THAT IF THE TIME
CAME, YOU'D BE THERE FOR US.

THE WAY I SEE IT,
THE TIME'S COME.

WELL, I'M HOPING TO BE
ABLE TO REFUND THIS TO YOU.

I'M AN OPTIMIST, JIMMY,

BUT I GOT A FEELING THIS
IS JUST A DOWN PAYMENT.

LET'S GET STARTED.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MORNING.

RICKEY LATRELL JUST
PUT US ON RETAINER.

ARNOLD, I WANT YOU TO DEPOSIT
THIS CHECK IN OUR ACCOUNT...

AND CALL CAROLINE VAN ALLAN...

TELL HER SHE CAN PUT
THROUGH THAT CHECK I GAVE HER.

YOU MEAN THAT WHOLE THING IN COURT
YESTERDAY, RETURNING THE CHECK...

- JUST DEPOSIT THE CHECK,
OKAY, ARNOLD?
- OKAY.

SO WHAT'S THE WORD ON LATRELL?
I MEAN, THEY GONNA ARREST HIM?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF THEY DO,
I'VE ASKED CHRIS TO HANDLE IT.

THE GOOD NEWS IS IS THAT
WE'RE FINALLY SOLVENT.

AFTER REPAYING CAROLINE VAN ALLEN, WE
HAVE $70,000 LEFT OVER FROM THE RETAINER.

LET THE MINERAL WATER FLOW.

TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO OUR OTHER
CLIENT, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER...

- MIRIAM GRASSO CALLS
HER LAST WITNESS TODAY.
- THE ABORTION COUNSELOR?

WHO'LL TESTIFY SHARON WAS PRIMED TO KILL VAN
ALLAN BECAUSE HE FORCED HER TO HAVE AN ABORTION.

WATCH HOW YOU HANDLE HER. YOU'VE
STILL GOT YOUR NUMBER SIX TO CONTEND WITH.

- I'LL BE CAREFUL.
- WHERE ARE WE ON PREPPING
OUR OWN WITNESSES?

HEADMISTRESS AT THE SCHOOL WHERE
SHARON TAUGHT'S COMING IN TODAY.

- I'LL BE GOING OVER
HER TESTIMONY.
- SHE'S OUR LEAD-OFF HITTER.

BY THE TIME SHE IS DONE, I WANT THAT JURY
NOMINATING SHARON FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

WILL DO. OKAY.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE...

- JIMMY.
- HEY, FRANK.

HEY. HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
GET ANYTHING ON RICKEY LATRELL.

PARKER CENTER'S CLOSED
DOWN LIKE HITLER'S BUNKER,

EVEN FOR A LOVABLE
EX-COP LIKE MYSELF.

WELL, WE NEED YOU TO
JUMP ON A PLANE TO VEGAS.

THE COPS REDECORATED
LATRELL'S HOUSE.

I NEED TO KNOW IF THEY HAD A
WARRANT, OR IF THEY JUST BULLDOZED IN.

ANYTHING ELSE?

YEAH. I NEED TO FIND OUT
EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID TO THEM...

AND WHAT THEY
CARTED OUT OF THERE.

GOT IT.

UH, I'VE BEEN RUNNING A
TAIL ON MICHAEL BEIDEN.

I FOLLOWED HIM TO A VERY
INTERESTING LOCATION LAST NIGHT.

WHERE'S THAT? CAROLINE VAN
ALLAN'S TOWNHOUSE IN SANTA MONICA.

YOU FIGURE HE'S STALKIN' HER?

AND I'LL TELL YOU, JIMMY... HE WASN'T
THE ONLY ONE SURPRISED TO SEE...

WHO GOT OUT OF THE WIDOW'S CAR AND
SPENT THE NIGHT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

LET CAROLINE KNOW SHE MAY
WANT TO INCREASE HER SECURITY.

YOU SURE THERE ISN'T ANYTHING YOU
WANT TO CONFESS TO FATHER FRANK?

I DON'T THINK SO, FATHER.

YOU SAY THREE HAIL MARYS ANYWAY.

MS. VOGEL, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL
THE COURT WHERE YOU'RE EMPLOYED?

AT LIFE CHOICES. IT'S A COUNSELING
CENTER IN WEST LOS ANGELES.

AND WHAT IS IT YOU DO THERE?

I ADVISE YOUNG WOMEN ON
ISSUES RELATED TO ABORTION.

IN THIS CAPACITY, HAVE YOU EVER
MET THE DEFENDANT, SHARON ROONEY?

YES, SHARON CAME IN TO
OUR CENTER IN EARLY JULY.

SHE HAD BEEN REFERRED
BY FATHER LANDIS...

OF THE FIRST PARISH
CHURCH OF WESTWOOD.

AND WHAT SERVICES
DID YOU PROVIDE HER?

WELL, SHARON INFORMED
ME THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT,

AND WE DISCUSSED THE OPTION OF
PUTTING THE CHILD UP FOR ADOPTION.

WAS SHE RECEPTIVE
TO THIS INFORMATION?

SHE SEEMED TO BE, BUT AS WE
DISCUSSED CARRYING THE CHILD TO TERM,

SHE BECAME VERY AGITATED.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HER
AS ANGRY? VERY MUCH SO.

AT ONE POINT, WHEN WE WERE
DISCUSSING HOW AN ABORTION OCCURS,

SHE, UH... WELL, HER
FACE FLUSHED WITH ANGER.

SHE, UH, CRUSHED A CUP
OF WATER I HAD GIVEN HER.

GOT WATER ALL OVER THE DESK.

THIS ANGER THAT SHE DISPLAYED, DID SHE GIVE
YOU ANY SENSE OF WHO IT WAS DIRECTED AT?

OBJECTION. CALLS
FOR SPECULATION.

I'LL ALLOW IT.

I'D SAY AT THE CHILD'S FATHER.

SHE SAID HER ONLY HOPE OF GETTING
HIM BACK WAS TO ABORT HER BABY.

DID SHE SEEM
CONFLICTED ABOUT THIS?

- SHE WAS SO UPSET THAT SHE LEFT BEFORE THE SESSION WAS OVER.
- - NOTHING FURTHER.

- MS. VOGEL, WERE YOU ARRESTED
FOR TRESPASS IN 1993?
- OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT.

GOES TO CREDIBILITY. OVERRULED.

YES, I WAS ARRESTED DURING
A PRO-LIFE DEMONSTRATION...

AT A WOMEN'S
CLINIC IN MAR VISTA.

YOU'RE AN ABORTION COUNSELOR, AND YET YOU
PARTICIPATED IN A PRO-LIFE DEMONSTRATION.

I DON'T CONSIDER THE
TWO INCOMPATIBLE.

DOES ANYONE AT LIFE CHOICES EVER SUGGEST
THAT A WOMAN GO THROUGH WITH AN ABORTION?

NO. WHY'S THAT?

ABORTION IS THE
TAKING OF INNOCENT LIFE.

SO LIFE CHOICES... THAT SHOULD
REALLY BE SINGULAR, SHOULDN'T IT?

THE ONLY CHOICE YOU OFFER IS
GOING THROUGH WITH THE PREGNANCY.

- AS GOD INTENDED.
- IS IT POSSIBLE SHARON ROONEY
WENT TO YOUR CENTER...

NOT UNDERSTANDING JUST WHAT
TYPE OF SERVICES YOU PROVIDED?

SHE WAS REFERRED BY A PRIEST.

BUT IN HER CONFUSION OVER
WHAT TO DO ABOUT HER PREGNANCY,

SHE MAY NOT HAVE ANTICIPATED
GETTING A PRO-LIFE LECTURE,

AND SHE MIGHT HAVE BECOME
UPSET AT THIS, CORRECT?

IT'S POSSIBLE.

YOU DESCRIBED SHARON AS CRUSHING
A CUP OF WATER SHE WAS HOLDING...

WHILE YOU WERE DISCUSSING
HOW ABORTIONS WERE PERFORMED.

- WERE YOU USING
ANY VISUAL AIDS AT THAT POINT?
- I WAS SHOWING HER PHOTOGRAPHS.

OF WHAT? AN ABORTED FETUS.

JUST BEFORE SHE GOT UP AND LEFT THE SESSION IN
TEARS, WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU SAID TO HER?

I TOLD HER THAT IF
SHE ABORTED HER BABY,

THAT GOD WOULD
NEVER FORGIVE HER.

YOU CONSIDER SHARON A MURDERER WHETHER SHE
KILLED THE TWO VICTIMS IN THIS CASE OR NOT.

WELL, IF SHE HAD AN ABORTION,
THEN THAT'S WHAT SHE IS.

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS
OF THIS WITNESS, YOUR HONOR.

MS. GRASSO. REDIRECT?

MS. VOGEL, WHEN THE DEFENDANT
WALKED OUT OF YOUR OFFICE,

WAS IT YOUR IMPRESSION
THAT SHE WAS DEEPLY UPSET...

AT THE PROSPECT OF
HAVING AN ABORTION?

YES. AND WHAT GAVE
YOU THAT IMPRESSION?

WELL, WHEN I WENT OUT IN THE HALL
TO COMFORT HER, SHE WAS SOBBING...

AND SAYING THE ROSARY.

THANK YOU.

- YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE REST.
- MS. VOGEL, YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

YOUR HONOR, PURSUANT TO
11.18, THE DEFENSE MOVES...

TO HAVE THE CASE AGAINST MY CLIENT DISMISSED
ON THE GROUNDS OF INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.

DENIED.

THE DEFENSE MAY BEGIN PRESENTATION
OF ITS CASE AT 9:00 TOMORROW MORNING.

WITH JUSTINE TIED UP ON THE ROONEY CASE,
YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES FOR SECOND CHAIR.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, OKAY?

I ALSO REALIZE THERE ARE COMPELLING
REASONS TO CONSIDER AARON FOR THE JOB.

BUT IF I MAY BE PERMITTED TO MAKE MY
OWN CASE HERE... GOOD AFTERNOON, ANGELA.

HI, CHRIS. ARNOLD. I THINK
YOU'LL SEE, ON THE BALANCE,

LAW OFFICES. I'M THE
MORE QUALIFIED CANDIDATE.

NOT THAT I INTEND THAT AS A
RAP ON AARON, OKAY? I DON'T.

AND LET ME ALSO EMPHASIZE...

THAT I AM IN NO WAY ATTEMPTING TO
TRADE IN ON OUR PAST RELATIONSHIP,

BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO
CONSIDER THE FACT THAT OUR...

IS CAMARADERIE
TOO STRONG A WORD?

DOES OFFER CERTAIN ADVANTAGES IN
TERMS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION...

THE ABILITY TO SHORTHAND...

WHAT MIGHT OTHERWISE REQUIRE
MORE EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION.

NOT THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS A
PARTICULARLY STRONG EXAMPLE OF THAT.

ARNOLD, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF
RICKEY LATRELL IS GOING TO TRIAL YET.

DID I MENTION I'M A
HUGE BASKETBALL FAN?

I WAS THERE THE
NIGHT KAREEM RETIRED.

I INTEND TO GIVE YOU EVERY CONSIDERATION
WHEN IT COMES TIME TO NAME A SECOND CHAIR.

YOU'VE ALREADY DECIDED ON
AARON. IT'S THE RACE CARD, ISN'T IT?

I HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION
YET. THAT CAN BACKFIRE ON YOU.

DON'T DO THIS.
ARNOLD, I PROMISE.

SOON AS I MAKE A DECISION ABOUT SECOND CHAIR
IN THE LATRELL CASE, I WILL LET YOU KNOW.

FINE. NO PRESSURE.

WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

SO, WHEN DO WE GET
STARTED ON RICKEY LATRELL?

- EXCUSE ME?
- LOOK, THE WAY I FIGURE IT,
WE SHOULD WAIVE EXTRADITION.

PUSH FOR AN EARLY TRIAL, WHICH THEN
PUTS THE PROSECUTION BACK ON ITS HEELS.

AARON, IF YOU'RE ASSUMING YOU'RE SECOND
CHAIR ON LATRELL, I HAVEN'T DECIDED THAT YET.

YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS. WE BOTH KNOW CASES
LIKE THIS ARE WHY I WAS HIRED AT THIS FIRM.

THAT'S NEWS TO ME. RIGHT.

BLACK DEFENDANT, IN ALL
LIKELIHOOD A MOSTLY BLACK JURY,

AND YOU'RE GONNA GO WITH ARNOLD,

THE WHITEST HUMAN BEING
SINCE KATHIE LEE GIFFORD.

THIS IS L.A., CHRIS.
EVERYTHING IS BASED ON RACE.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH ME
BECAUSE I'M THE BETTER TRIAL LAWYER,

I WON'T ARGUE THE POINT.

LIKE I SAID, I HAVEN'T DECIDED.

OKAY.

WELL, WHEN YOU DO, I'LL BE THE
TALL, BLACK GUY DOWN THE HALL.

CAROLINE VAN ALLAN'S OUTSIDE.
SAYS SHE HAS TO SEE YOU.

WELL, SEND HER IN.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

MICHAEL CAME AFTER ME. WHAT?

YOUR DETECTIVE CALLED ME.

HE TOLD ME THAT MICHAEL HAD BEEN WATCHING
MY HOUSE, AND I WAS CONCERNED, BUT...

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT
WOULD ESCALATE TO THIS.

ESCALATE TO WHAT?
WHAT DID HE DO?

I WAS DRIVING ALONG
SAN VICENTE TONIGHT.

SUDDENLY, THIS CAR
PULLS IN FRONT OF ME.

IT CUTS ME OFF. I HIT MY BRAKES.

MICHAEL GETS OUT OF THE OTHER CAR, STARTS
SCREAMING AT ME ABOUT MY TESTIMONY, ABOUT YOU.

SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN.

I TOLD HIM HE WAS
BEING RIDICULOUS.

HE EXPLODED AND
PULLED ME OUT OF THE CAR.

HE SAID IF I CONTINUED TO
SEE YOU THAT HE WOULD KILL ME.

I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA KILL
ME RIGHT THERE. OKAY. OKAY.

IN THE MORNING, WE'LL GO TO THE
POLICE AND WE'LL FILE CHARGES.

I DON'T WANT TO DO
THAT, AND I CAN'T GO HOME.

WELL, THEN WE'LL BOOK YOU IN TO THE BEL-AIR
UNTIL WE CAN GET A RESTRAINING ORDER.

I'LL HAVE FRANK POST ONE OF
HIS MEN OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR.

I'D RATHER YOU
WERE POSTED INSIDE.

THEN THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.

THANKS. OKAY.

JIMMY, I RAN MRS. VAN ALLAN
OVER TO SUPERIOR COURT.

THE JUDGE GRANTED A SIX-MONTH
T.R.O. AGAINST BEIDEN. GREAT.

AND I TALKED TO FRANK. HE'S PUTTING A
MAN OUTSIDE HER HOUSE 24 HOURS A DAY.

GOOD WORK. ANYTIME, MAN.

I'M THE HEADMISTRESS
OF BROWNLEE ACADEMY.

IT'S A PRIVATE SCHOOL
FOR GIRLS IN HANCOCK PARK.

AND IN THAT CAPACITY, HAVE YOU
COME TO KNOW SHARON ROONEY?

YES. SHARON TAUGHT AT
BROWNLEE UNTIL JULY OF THIS YEAR.

AND PRIOR TO THAT, HOW LONG
WAS SHE EMPLOYED THERE?

THREE YEARS. SO YOU
KNEW HER QUITE WELL.

I WOULDN'T DESCRIBE
US AS CLOSE FRIENDS,

BUT, YES, I KNOW SHARON AS
WELL AS ANYONE AT BROWNLEE.

GOOD TEACHER? AN
EXCELLENT TEACHER.

HARD WORKER? OH, YES.

HER LESSONS WERE ALWAYS
IMPECCABLY PREPARED.

AND AFTER CLASS, SHE MADE
HERSELF AVAILABLE TO ANY STUDENT...

OR PARENT WHO NEEDED HER.

MS. ANDERSON, THERE HAVE BEEN
ATTEMPTS IN THIS COURTROOM...

TO PORTRAY SHARON ROONEY AS
SOMEONE WHO IS PRONE TO ANGER,

AS SOMEONE WHO IS
CAPABLE OF VIOLENCE.

IS THIS THE SHARON
ROONEY YOU KNEW?

REGRETTABLY, IT IS THE
SHARON I CAME TO KNOW.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

EARLIER THIS YEAR, I
SENSED A CHANGE IN SHARON.

- SHE BECAME
WITHDRAWN AND SULLEN.
- LET ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION.

REQUEST COUNSEL TO ALLOW THE WITNESS
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, YOUR HONOR.

LET HER ANSWER, MR. WYLER.
GO AHEAD, MS. ANDERSON.

AFTER SENSING THIS
CHANGE IN SHARON,

I CALLED HER INTO MY OFFICE.

I SUGGESTED SHE TAKE SOME PERSONAL TIME
TO RESOLVE WHATEVER WAS BOTHERING HER.

SHE BECAME VERBALLY ABUSIVE,

SAID THAT I WOULD REGRET ANY
ATTEMPT TO PLACE HER ON LEAVE,

THAT SHE KNEW WHERE I LIVED.

- IT WAS QUITE DISTURBING.
- THAT'S A LIE. THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

MS. ROONEY, SIT DOWN.

MS. ANDERSON, DID YOU SPEAK TO
ONE OF MY ASSOCIATES YESTERDAY?

YES. AND DURING THAT DISCUSSION,

DID YOU AT ANY TIME MENTION
THIS, UH, INCIDENT YOU NOW ALLEGE?

NO, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I LOVE SHARON, BUT SHE'S
A VERY TROUBLED GIRL.

I WANTED TO SHIELD HER, BUT I REALIZED
I WOULDN'T BE TELLING THE TRUTH.

IS THERE ANOTHER
POSSIBILITY, MA'AM?

THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PAID TO ALTER
YOUR TESTIMONY BEFORE THIS COURT?

ASK THAT COUNSEL BE INSTRUCTED
NOT TO BADGER HIS OWN WITNESS.

COUNSEL, APPROACH.

WHAT'S GOING ON, MR. WYLER?

YOUR HONOR, MS. ANDERSON WAS EXTENSIVELY
QUESTIONED BEFORE SHE TOOK THE STAND.

TO SAY SHE CHANGED HER
STORY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

SEEMS TO ME LIKE SHE'S RECONSIDERED
HER TESTIMONY, YOUR HONOR.

IF MR. WYLER HAS FAILED TO PREPARE HIS
WITNESS FOR TRIAL, THAT'S HIS PROBLEM.

I'LL ALLOW YOU SOME LEEWAY
HERE, MR. WYLER, BUT DON'T ABUSE IT.

NOW, STEP BACK.

MS. ANDERSON, I
ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

- HAVE YOU BEEN PAID
TO CHANGE YOUR TESTIMONY?
- NO, I HAVE NOT.

HAVE YOU BEEN APPROACHED BY
A MEMBER OF THE D.A.'s OFFICE...

- OR DISCUSSED YOUR TESTIMONY
WITH THEM IN ANY WAY?
- NO.

WHAT ABOUT MALCOLM
DIETRICH? EVER MET HIM?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER
QUESTION, MR. WYLER?

NO, YOUR HONOR. I'M
DONE WITH THIS WITNESS.

- MR. WASHINGTON?
- NO QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.

WHY DID VANESSA LIE ABOUT ME?

MY BEST GUESS?
SOMEBODY GOT TO HER.

YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME,
JIMMY. NONE OF THAT HAPPENED.

SHE NEVER CALLED ME IN HER
OFFICE. I NEVER THREATENED HER.

SHE JUST MADE ALL THAT
STUFF UP! I BELIEVE YOU.

I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE OF THIS. WE STILL
HAVE TO PUT ON THE REST OF OUR CASE.

I SEE THE WAY THE
JURY LOOKS AT ME.

THEY'RE READY TO CONVICT ME.

WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT I'D GET
YOU THROUGH THIS, I MEANT IT.

I'M NOT GONNA LIE TO YOU. WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY WAS A SETBACK.

IT'S NOT THE END OF
THE WORLD OR THE CASE.

TRUST ME. YOU'RE
GONNA WALK OUT OF HERE.

OKAY? JUST TRY TO RELAX.

WHO WERE YOU TRYING TO
CONVINCE THERE, HER OR YOURSELF?

A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

YOU SON OF A BITCH.

MR. BEIDEN, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?

THERE MAY BE A T.R.O. AGAINST ME
COMING WITHIN 500 FEET OF CAROLINE,

BUT... THERE'S NO T.R.O.
AGAINST ME BREAKING YOUR JAW.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

YOU THINK I'M... I'M STUPID?

THAT I DON'T KNOW
YOU'RE SCREWING HER?

MR. BEIDEN, I URGE YOU ONCE AGAIN NOT
TO DO ANYTHING YOU'RE GONNA REGRET.

I'M NOT GONNA REGRET THIS, WYLER.
I'M GONNA ENJOY THE HELL OUT OF IT!

ALL THAT CHEST-THUMPING I DID ABOUT
SECOND CHAIR ON THE ROONEY CASE?

I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE
BURDENS OF LEADERSHIP.

WHO'D YOU DECIDE TO GO WITH?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I'VE DONE ALL THE MATH.

ARNOLD'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL,
AARON'S TRIAL EXPERIENCE.

AARON WAS RIGHT. IN THE
END, IT COMES DOWN TO RACE.

WELL, BEING A REALIST, CHRIS,
DOESN'T MAKE YOU A RACIST.

WANT ME TO BREAK
THE NEWS TO ARNOLD?

HE SHOULD HEAR IT FROM ME.

ARNOLD?

ENOUGH SAID.

HELLO. MAY I HELP YOU?

YES. I HAVE A 7:00 DINNER
APPOINTMENT WITH JAMES WYLER.

HE'S ON A CONFERENCE CALL. MAY I
TAKE YOUR NAME? FRANCES WYLER.

OH, MRS. WYLER. HELLO. HOW
DO YOU DO? NICE TO MEET YOU.

THANK YOU. PLEASE, WHY DON'T
YOU MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE?

THANKS.

I'M SORRY. WE DON'T ENCOURAGE
SMOKING IN THE RECEPTION AREA.

WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO WITH IT? THERE'S NO ASHTRAY.

HERE. THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. MALCOLM
DIETRICH TO SEE MR. WYLER.

- DO YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT?
- JUST NEED A MOMENT OF HIS TIME.

YOU HAVE YOUR NERVE,
YOU MISERABLE SNAKE.

- YOU'RE HARRY WYLER'S WIFE.
- WIDOW, THANKS TO YOU.

MRS. WYLER, IN SPITE OF
WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD...

OH, I DON'T NEED
TO HEAR ANYTHING.

I SAW WHAT YOU DID TO MY
HUSBAND WITH MY OWN EYES.

YOU KILLED HIM JUST AS SURELY AS IF
YOU'D PUT HIM IN THE GROUND YOURSELF.

YOUR SON GETS HIS SPUNK
FROM BOTH HIS PARENTS.

THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT
YOU COULD SAY THAT WOULD PLACATE ME,

AND BELIEVE ME, WE WON'T
BE MEETING IN THE NEXT.

TELL MY SON I'LL BE WAITING
FOR HIM IN THE LOBBY.

MALCOLM DIETRICH IS HERE.

AND YOUR MOTHER SAID TO LET YOU KNOW
SHE'D BE WAITING FOR YOU DOWNSTAIRS.

QUITE A WOMAN. WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I UNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST WITNESS
DIDN'T GO AS WELL AS EXPECTED.

I'LL BE EXPECTING THE
BROWNLEE ACADEMY...

TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW MALCOLM
DIETRICH LIBRARY ANY DAY NOW.

I MAKE ALL MY CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS ANONYMOUSLY, MR. WYLER.

I'LL BET.

HOWEVER, I DID SEE YOU MANAGED TO
DRAG MY NAME INTO THE PROCEEDINGS...

THROUGH THE WIDOW VAN ALLAN.

I THOUGHT YOU COULD
USE THE PUBLICITY.

IT SEEMS THAT THE TWO OF YOU
ARE... BECOMING RATHER CLOSE.

IS THERE A POINT TO
THIS, MR. DIETRICH?

ROGER GARFIELD MADE YOU A
GENEROUS PLEA-BARGAIN OFFER.

I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU
RECONSIDER IT. NOT A CHANCE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE.

SEE IF THERE ISN'T ONE.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOU
AND THE GRIEVING WIDOW...

IN FLAGRANTE ON THE PATIO
OF HER HOTEL BUNGALOW,

TAKEN THIS MORNING.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT THOSE LONG
LENSES CAN CAPTURE, ISN'T IT?

YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,

IT WAS CUSTOMARY TO WAIT A
YEAR AFTER A SPOUSE'S DEATH...

BEFORE BECOMING
SOCIALLY ACTIVE AGAIN.

BUT FROM THOSE PHOTOS, I
GATHER THAT MRS. VAN ALLAN...

ISN'T THE TRADITIONAL TYPE.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING,
YOU'RE NOT TOO SUBTLE.

NEITHER IS THE
NATIONAL INQUISITOR.

SHORT OF O.J.'s CONFESSING,

I FIGURE THOSE FOR
THE FRONT PAGE.

I'M SURPRISED. I DIDN'T FIGURE YOU FOR A
MAN WHO'D UNDERESTIMATE AN OPPONENT.

AND HOW HAVE I
UNDERESTIMATED YOU, SIR?

WHEN YOU WENT TO THE
TROUBLE OF BUGGING MY OFFICE,

I WENT TO THE TROUBLE OF
INSTALLING VIDEO CAMERAS.

NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN A DOUBLE-A
BATTERY, BUT A HELL OF A PICTURE.

YOU'RE BLUFFING.

YOU WANT TO RISK AN
EXTORTION CHARGE TO FIND OUT?

WHAT IF I DO?

SMILE. YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA.

HMM.

I HAVE UNDERESTIMATED YOU.

YOU HAVE TO REALIZE YOU'RE NOT
DEALING WITH MY FATHER ANYMORE.

YOU HANG ON TO THE PHOTOS.
I'LL HANG ON TO THE TAPE.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME
FREE ADVICE, MR. WYLER?

CAN I AFFORD IT?

I'LL TOLERATE THE INVECTIVE
OF A HARMLESS OLD WOMAN,

BUT DON'T GET TOO USED TO
PLAYING HARDBALL WITH ME.

IT'S A DANGEROUS GAME.