Murder One (1995–1997): Season 2, Episode 7 - Chapter Seven, Year Two - full transcript

THE NEW CASE.

POLICE HAVE ARRESTED
BASKETBALL GREAT RICKEY LATRELL.

- GET ME OUT OF HERE.
- WE ENTER A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY. ON THE ISSUE OF BAIL,

MY CLIENT IS EAGER TO
DEMONSTRATE HIS INNOCENCE.

WE CAN ASSURE THE COURT THAT HE
WILL BE READY AND AVAILABLE FOR TRIAL.

BAIL IS DENIED.

THE SHARON ROONEY CASE.

- TOM VAN ALLAN WAS KICKING
YOUR BUTT, WASN'T HE?
- I WAS BEHIND IN SOME POLLS.

- YOU WERE DESPERATE,
WEREN'T YOU?
- READ THE HIGHLIGHTED PASSAGE.

"AT THIS POINT, GARFIELD
BECAME AGITATED AND SAID,

'THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT VAN
ALLAN'S ELECTION IS TO HAVE HIM KILLED.'"



DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT SAY IT?

THE MILLIONAIRE.

YOU'D LIKE THIS TRIAL TO
GO AWAY TOO, WOULDN'T YOU?

I DON'T HAVE ANY FEELINGS
ABOUT IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THEN YOU DIDN'T COME INTO MY OFFICE
LAST WEEK TO DISCUSS A PLEA BARGAIN...

OFFERED BY MR. GARFIELD
FOR MY CLIENT?

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BENEFIT EVERYONE INVOLVED.

SO MUCH SO THAT YOU ATTEMPTED
TO BLACKMAIL ME INTO ACCEPTING IT.

- THAT'S LUDICROUS.
- SO IF I ASKED YOU TO PULL THAT
VIDEOTAPE OUT OF YOUR POCKET,

IT WOULD SHOW US
DISCUSSING THE WEATHER.

THE NEW GOVERNOR.

IN ONE OF THE CLOSEST RACES
IN MODERN CALIFORNIA HISTORY,

LOS ANGELES DISTRICT ATTORNEY ROGER
GARFIELD HAS WON A RAZOR-THIN VICTORY.

"I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE DAYS
AHEAD TO MAKE CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN STATE."



THE VICTIM'S BOYFRIEND.

ONE DAY SHE CAME HOME
AND SAID SHE WAS MOVIN' OUT.

WELL, TWO DAYS AFTER,
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU.

THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR, AND
THESE TWO GUYS JUST PUSHED THEIR WAY IN.

- WHAT KIND OF GUYS?
- MUSCLE. TOLD ME I SHOULD
STAY AWAY FROM MARLEE...

SHE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE'S NOW. THEY
BROKE MY LEG AND FRACTURED MY CHEEK.

- THEY TELL YOU WHAT'D HAPPEN
IF YOU TRIED TO SEE HER AGAIN?
- THEY'D KILL ME.

THE VICTIM'S WIFE.

I WILL NEVER BELIEVE THAT MY
SISTER HAD AN AFFAIR WITH TOM.

YOU ARE LYING, AREN'T YOU? YOU
KNEW ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND'S AFFAIR.

YOU WERE NOT ONLY ANGRY, BUT
YOU WERE FIT TO KILL, WEREN'T YOU?

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? BECAUSE,
MRS. VAN ALLAN, I CAN'T SAVE YOUR SISTER,

BUT I CAN SAVE HER.

THE ACCUSED TESTIFIES.

- BUT YOU WERE
AT THE BEACH HOUSE?
- YES.

AND YOU WERE IN THE ROOM
WITH THE BLOODY BODIES?

- YES.
- THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER YOU PULLED THE TRIGGER.

- I DIDN'T.
- DO YOU CARE IF THIS JURY
CONVICTS YOU?

I DON'T WANT THEM TO CONVICT
ME. IF THEY DO AND I GET EXECUTED,

AT LEAST I'LL BE WITH MY BABY.

IT'S BEEN A LONG HAUL,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

AND I'M SURE THERE'VE BEEN
TIMES WHEN YOU'VE FELT...

AS IF YOU WERE
RUNNING A MARATHON.

I KNOW I HAVE. AND BECAUSE
THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH PUBLICITY...

AND SENSATIONALISM
SURROUNDING THIS TRIAL,

IT'S EASY TO LOSE SIGHT OF
THE REAL REASON WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THE
DEFENDANT, SHARON ROONEY,

DID THIS TO TWO HUMAN BEINGS
ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 19.

NOW, YOU CAN EXPECT
MR. WYLER TO MAKE A BIG TO-DO...

OVER THE FACT THAT THE CASE
AGAINST HIS CLIENT IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL.

NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT
NO ONE ACTUALLY SAW HER PULL THE TRIGGER.

BUT OFFICER BEIDEN SAW HER FLEEING
DEAN LANCASTER'S BEACH HOUSE.

STRANDS OF HER BLONDE HAIR WERE
FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE BEDROOM...

WHERE THE MURDERS TOOK PLACE.

CARPET FIBERS FROM
SHARON'S APARTMENT...

WERE FOUND AT THE FOOT OF
THE BED WHERE THE VICTIMS DIED.

THE MURDER WEAPON BELONGED TO
SHARON'S ROOMMATE, SALLY VAUGHN,

AND SHE REPORTED IT MISSING
JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MURDERS.

ALL CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE,
BUT ALL OF THE PIECES GO TOGETHER.

ALL THE PIECES FIT, FORMING A
PICTURE OF MURDER TIMES TWO,

COMMITTED BY THAT WOMAN.

NOW, MR. WYLER WANTS YOU
TO IGNORE YOUR COMMON SENSE.

HE WANTS YOU TO IGNORE THE FACT
THAT SHARON WAS A JEALOUS WOMAN,

THAT SHE WAS A SPURNED LOVER WHO TOM
VAN ALLAN HAD FORCED TO HAVE AN ABORTION...

AGAINST HER WILL AND THEN
JILTED HER FOR MARLEE DONOVAN.

HE'S GONNA ASK YOU TO BELIEVE THAT
SOMEBODY ELSE COMMITTED THESE MURDERS,

AND, IN FACT, HE'S GOING TO TELL
YOU THAT THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY...

AGAINST HIS CLIENT.

HE'LL TROT OUT
CAROLINE VAN ALLAN AGAIN,

BUT CAROLINE VAN ALLAN WAS 400 MILES
AWAY WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS MURDERED.

AND THEN THERE'S GOVERNOR-ELECT ROGER
GARFIELD. MR. WYLER WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE...

THAT MR. GARFIELD IS A
MODERN-DAY MACBETH,

THAT SOMEHOW HE HAD THE TIME
DURING A GRUELING POLITICAL CAMPAIGN...

TO CONCEIVE OF AND CARRY OUT
A COMPLEX AND BYZANTINE PLOT...

TO MURDER HIS OPPONENT.

SHARON'S HUSBAND,
MALCOLM DIETRICH,

OFFICER BEIDEN,
FACELESS MOB FIGURES.

MR. WYLER WOULD HAVE PUT THE
CAT IN THE HAT ON THE WITNESS STAND...

IF HE THOUGHT IT COULD GET
YOU TO OVERLOOK THE FACT...

THAT SHARON ROONEY TOLD
US VIRTUALLY THE WHOLE STORY.

SHE SAT RIGHT THERE
AND SAID THAT SHE WENT...

TO DEAN LANCASTER'S
BEACH HOUSE THAT EVENING.

THE ONLY PART SHE LEFT OUT WAS ABOUT
PULLING THE TRIGGER. SHE LIED ABOUT THAT.

BUT SHE TOLD ADRIENNE ORDUNO THE
TRUTH. SHE TOLD ADRIENNE ORDUNO...

THAT SHE KILLED TOM VAN ALLAN
AND MARLEE DONOVAN IN COLD BLOOD...

AND THEN HID THE GUN BEHIND A
WALL ON THE P.C.H., NEAR BIG ROCK.

AND WHEN THE POLICE
WENT TO FIND THE GUN,

IT WAS RIGHT WHERE
SHARON SAID IT WOULD BE.

YES, THIS IS A
CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE,

BECAUSE THE TWO PEOPLE WHO IN
ALL PROBABILITY WITNESSED THE CRIME...

CAN'T TESTIFY.

TOM VAN ALLAN AND MARLEE DONOVAN
MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS...

COMING UP THE STAIRS,

AND THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD THE
DOOR TO THE BEDROOM SLIDING OPEN,

BUT THEY HEARD THE GUNSHOTS.

AND IN THAT FINAL MOMENT, WHEN THE
BULLETS FROM SALLY VAUGHN'S GUN...

RIPPED THROUGH THEIR BODIES,

THEY TURNED TO SEE
THE FACE OF THEIR KILLER.

THEY TURNED TO SEE THE FACE...

OF THE DEFENDANT, SHARON ROONEY.

I KNOW YOU GOT OTHER THINGS
ON YOUR MIND AT THE MOMENT,

BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A
NEW PAYING CUSTOMER IF YOU WANT.

CARMINE D'NARDIS.
HE'S IN CUSTODY.

HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.

I THOUGHT VIC FOSSA WAS THE
CONSIGLIERE FOR HOOKED-UP GUYS.

YOU KNOW ALL THE TIMES YOU
TRIED TO PUT CARMINE AWAY,

MAYBE HE FIGURES YOU
TWO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.

WHAT'S THE CHARGE? HOMICIDE.

THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME.

WHACKED A NUMBERS GUY
SKIMMIN' FROM THE IMPERATO FAMILY.

WHAT'S WEIRD IS SOMEONE
DROPPED A DIME ON HIM.

TELL HIM I GOTTA GET THROUGH THIS FIRST
BEFORE I CAN TAKE ON ANY NEW BUSINESS.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

BESIDES, BEING THE
MOUTHPIECE FOR D'NARDIS...

WASN'T EXACTLY THE CAREER
PATH I HAD ENVISIONED.

UH. JUST THOUGHT
I'D PASS IT ALONG.

THANKS. GOOD LUCK TODAY.

YEAH. I'M GONNA NEED IT.

- MORNING, EVERYONE.
- MORNING.

BIG DAY AHEAD. MIRIAM DID A GREAT JOB
YESTERDAY, SO WE'VE GOT OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US.

NOW, HAS EVERYBODY LOOKED
AT MY CLOSING STATEMENT?

- IT'S FIRST-RATE, JIMMY.
- I THINK YOU COVERED
ALL YOUR POINTS...

COGENTLY AND CONCISELY,
WITH BOTH POWER AND ELEGANCE.

- TWO THUMBS UP.
- LET'S HOPE THE JURY THINKS SO.

WHERE ARE WE WITH THE RICKEY LATRELL
CASE? TAKING ANOTHER RUN AT BAIL.

WE'RE CALENDARED
FOR THURSDAY. YEAH.

WE'VE PETITIONED THE COURT TO LET A
PHYSICAL THERAPIST TAKE A LOOK AT HIM.

HE'S BEEN HAVING BACK SPASMS.

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S GRUMBLING
ABOUT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.

MEANWHILE, THE GUARDS ARE
LINED UP SIX DEEP FOR AUTOGRAPHS.

WELL, KEEP ME POSTED. ANYTHING
ELSE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT?

LET'S GET TO IT.

REASONABLE DOUBT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

REASONABLE DOUBT.

TWO WORDS THAT COMPEL
YOU TO ACQUIT SHARON ROONEY.

THE PROSECUTION HAS ACCUSED
SHARON OF KILLING TWO PEOPLE,

YET NOBODY ACTUALLY SAW
WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME.

THEY'VE ACCUSED HER OF USING A
HANDGUN, YET THE ALLEGED MURDER WEAPON...

BEARS NOT ONE INDICATION
THAT SHE EVER TOUCHED IT.

THEY'VE ACCUSED HER OF
COMMITTING THESE BLOODY CRIMES,

YET THERE WASN'T A SINGLE
SPECK OF BLOOD FOUND ON HER.

NOW, THE GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS HAVE
ARGUED, THEY'VE CLAIMED, THEY'VE ALLEGED,

BUT THEY HAVE PROVEN NOTHING.

DID ANYONE ELSE STAND TO GAIN
FROM TOM VAN ALLAN'S DEATH?

THE PROSECUTION NEVER
ASKED THAT QUESTION...

BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE ANSWERS WOULD
FURTHER WEAKEN AN ALREADY FLIMSY CASE.

WHY DID THEY IGNORE
CAROLINE VAN ALLAN,

A WOMAN WHO TOLERATED HER
HUSBAND'S CHRONIC WOMANIZING,

BUT HATED HIM FOR COMMITTING
ADULTERY WITH HER SISTER...

HER SISTER...

WHO THEN KILLED HERSELF BECAUSE
SHE WAS DUMPED BY THE GOVERNOR.

MRS. VAN ALLAN CERTAINLY HAD MOTIVE.
WHY DID THEY IGNORE MICHAEL BEIDEN,

WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO THE
GOVERNOR'S SECURITY DETAIL THAT NIGHT?

A VIOLENT AND EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE
MAN WHO DESPISED THE GOVERNOR...

AND HAD HIS OWN AFFAIR
WITH CAROLINE VAN ALLAN.

HE HAD A MOTIVE, AS DID SHARON'S
HUSBAND, WHO STILL LOVED HER...

AND HAD, ON AN EARLIER OCCASION,
ATTEMPTED TO ACCOST THE GOVERNOR.

WHY DID THEY IGNORE ROGER GARFIELD,
THE GOVERNOR'S BITTER POLITICAL OPPONENT,

WHO, AT ONE POINT, WHEN HE WAS
TRAILING TERRIBLY IN THE POLLS,

COMMENTED THAT THE ONLY WAY HE COULD
STOP TOM VAN ALLAN FROM BEING ELECTED...

WAS TO HAVE HIM KILLED.

WHY DID THEY IGNORE MALCOLM
DIETRICH, A WEALTHY MANIPULATOR...

WHO HAD A GRUDGE AGAINST TOM VAN
ALLAN AND WHO IS THE POWER BEHIND GARFIELD.

THE PROSECUTION CHOSE TO IGNORE
THE TESTIMONY OF DONNY McKEE,

WHO SWORE THAT MARLEE DONOVAN...

WAS THE PROPERTY OF
JEALOUS MOB FIGURES...

WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING TO
CONTROL HER, INCLUDING MURDER.

BUT THE PROSECUTION DIDN'T
IGNORE SHARON ROONEY. WHY?

BECAUSE SHE WAS AN EASY MARK.

A VULNERABLE YOUNG WOMAN WHOSE AFFAIR WITH
THE GOVERNOR WAS KNOWN TO A CAMPAIGN STAFF...

THAT WAS RIDDLED WITH SPIES, SOMEONE
WHOSE MISTREATMENT BY THE GOVERNOR...

RENDERED HER
SUSCEPTIBLE TO A FRAME-UP.

NOW, MS. GRASSO CLAIMS THAT SHARON
CONFESSED TO ADRIENNE ORDUNO,

BUT ADRIENNE ORDUNO HAD EVERY
REASON TO FABRICATE A CONFESSION.

HELP IS ALWAYS ON THE WAY FROM A
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GRATEFUL TO A PRISONER...

FOR FAVORS DONE.

I KNOW. I WAS A
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE
SO-CALLED OTHER CONFESSION,

A PLAINTIVE CRY HEARD IN COURT
FROM A YOUNG WOMAN IN DESPAIR?

SHARON SAID, "I'M THE
ONE WHO'S GUILTY."

GUILTY OF WHAT?

THE ABORTION OF
HER UNBORN CHILD.

THAT GUILT THAT SHARON FELT,

THE VIOLATION OF HER DEEPLY
FELT RELIGIOUS CONVICTION...

AND WHAT SHE SAW AS THE BETRAYAL OF HER
HUSBAND WERE WHAT CAUSED THAT OUTBURST.

SHE WAS BLAMING HERSELF
FOR WHAT SHE'D DONE TO THEM,

NOT FOR WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAD DONE
TO TOM VAN ALLAN AND MARLEE DONOVAN.

REASONABLE DOUBT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...

THAT IS THE STANDARD OF PROOF THAT
YOU MUST APPLY TO THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE,

AND IF YOU DO, YOU WILL CONCLUDE THAT
THE PROSECUTION HAS FLUNKED THE TEST.

THE PROSECUTION HAS SAID NOTHING
AND DONE NOTHING TO ERASE YOUR DOUBT,

YOUR VERY REASONABLE DOUBT, THAT SHARON ROONEY
IS ON TRIAL FOR A CRIME THAT SHE DID NOT COMMIT.

AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER
THOSE DOUBTS, AS YOU MUST,

YOU WILL COME BACK WITH
A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY,

KNOWING IN YOUR HEART, AS I DO,
THAT SHARON ROONEY IS INNOCENT.

JIMMY, I CAN'T STAND THIS.
THIS WAIT IS DRIVING ME CRAZY.

SHARON, YOU JUST
GOTTA TRY AND STAY CALM.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE AT ALL
OF ME GETTING ACQUITTED?

AN EXCELLENT CHANCE. JIMMY DID
A TERRIFIC JOB IN THERE YESTERDAY.

I DON'T WANNA LET MYSELF THINK
ABOUT WALKIN' OUT THAT DOOR...

AND GOIN' BACK TO A NORMAL LIFE.

- I DON'T THINK
THAT CAN EVER HAPPEN.
- OF COURSE IT CAN.

HOW? ESPECIALLY... I'M GETTING
LETTERS LIKE THIS IN THE MAIL...

FROM MY LANDLORD.

HE HAD THE TENANTS IN
THE BUILDING SIGN A PETITION.

THEY SAY IF I'M ACQUITTED, THEY
DON'T WANT ME BACK IN THE BUILDING.

THEY DON'T WANT
SOMEONE LIKE ME AROUND.

WE'LL FIND YOU SOMEWHERE
ELSE TO LIVE. TO HELL WITH THEM.

IT'S A BIG WORLD, SHARON.

HMM. I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S BIG ENOUGH.

HAVE YOU PREPARED AN APPEAL
IN CASE IT'S A GUILTY VERDICT?

ANY PREDICTIONS? I'LL LEAVE
PREDICTIONS TO THE ASTROLOGERS.

- HOW'S SHARON DOING?
- SHE'S CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.

SHARON TRUSTS THAT THE JURY
WILL BE ABLE TO DISCERN THE TRUTH.

YOU'VE GOTTEN 43 CONVICTIONS AS A PROSECUTOR.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE?

MY RECORD OF CONVICTIONS IS
GONNA STOP AT 43. THANK YOU.

JIMMY, CARMINE D'NARDIS
CALLED. HE NEEDS TO SEE YOU.

HE'S GONNA HAVE TO WAIT. HE SAID
IT'S URGENT. HE'S GOT INFORMATION...

YOU'RE GONNA WANNA HEAR, BUT HE'S AFRAID
HE MIGHT NOT LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO TELL IT.

I WANNA GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION,
AND I WANT YOU TO GET ME OUT OF HERE.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
VIC FOSSA IS REPRESENTING YOU.

VIC DOESN'T KNOW ME ANYMORE.

YOU'RE A LAWYER I CAN TRUST.

EVEN THE IMPERATOS CUT ME LOOSE. I'M
IN HERE WITH THE YOMS. IT'S OPEN SEASON.

THERE'S AN OPEN
CONTRACT OUT ON YOU? YEAH.

WHY? I DON'T KNOW
WHERE IT'S COMIN' FROM.

TAKE OUT 40 OR 50 PEOPLE IN
A CAREER, YOU MAKE ENEMIES.

WHAT KIND OF FACTS YOU GONNA GIVE
ME TO BARGAIN WITH? WHAT DO YOU NEED?

I DO WORK FOR A LOT OF O.C. GUYS. I
COULD GIVE UP A DOZEN HITS IN L.A. ALONE,

INCLUDING THAT ONE YOU TRIED
TO GET ME ON A COUPLE YEARS BACK.

I NEED SPECIFICS. HOW 'BOUT WE START
WITH THE JOBS I DID FOR LOU IMPERATO?

WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME, CARMINE? YOU
GET ME IMMUNITY AND RELOCATION.

I'LL GIVE YOU WHO KILLED
THE GOVERNOR AND THAT GIRL.

JIMMY, DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE TO SEE
LEE MICHAELSON? OF COURSE. SEND HIM IN.

THANKS FOR SEEIN' ME.

SIT DOWN.

MAYBE I'M GETTIN' TOO FAR
OUT IN FRONT OF THINGS,

BUT I WAS LYING IN BED AT
4:30 THIS MORNING THINKING,

"IF I WAS RICKEY'S LAWYER,
HOW WOULD I GET HIM OFF?"

AND WHAT I CAME UP WITH WAS
GENERATING ALTERNATE SUSPECTS.

YOU KNOW WHO THE
FRONT-RUNNER WAS? ME.

YOU ARE GETTING TOO FAR
OUT IN FRONT OF THINGS.

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW YOUR BEST SHOT HERE IS
TO FIND ANOTHER DONKEY TO PIN THIS MURDER ON.

THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE
HAPPY TO ATTEND SANDY FORTAS'S FUNERAL.

IT'S NO SECRET. I
HATED THE MAN'S GUTS.

THIS DEAL OF RICKEY'S? WE WEREN'T
NEGOTIATING. WE WERE AT WAR.

THAT'S YOUR JOB. AND
IT'S GONNA BE YOUR JOB...

TO PUT A SMOKING GUN IN MY
HAND IF THAT MEANS RICKEY WALKS.

I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL
HOW THIS THING IS GONNA GO DOWN.

YEAH, WELL,

IT'S TAKEN ME 20 YEARS TO GET
WHERE I AM, AND IF YOU PLAY THIS CARD...

LEE, WE HAVE BEEN
FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME.

NOT FOR A MINUTE DO I THINK
YOU MURDERED SANDY FORTAS.

SINCE WHEN DOES A LAWYER HAVE
TO BELIEVE HIS CASE TO MAKE IT?

OUR GAME PLAN IS NOT TO DESTROY
THE LIVES OF INNOCENT PEOPLE,

ESPECIALLY FRIENDS.

BUT IF IT'S WHAT YOU GOTTA DO...

LOOK, I LEARNED A LONG TIME
AGO THAT IN A MURDER TRIAL,

YOU CAN NEVER SAY NEVER,
BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME,

I WOULDN'T LOSE
ANY SLEEP OVER IT.

OKAY.

BUT IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND...

YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW.

WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF REQUESTS
FOR INTERVIEWS. WHAT'S THE POLICY?

WE SHOULD BE TALKING TO EVERYBODY. THE
JURY COMES BACK WITH A NOT GUILTY VERDICT,

WE'RE GONNA GET AN
AVALANCHE OF FREE PUBLICITY.

IF THE VERDICT GOES AGAINST US, THEN
WE START THE SPADEWORK ON THE APPEAL.

- HOW'S SHARON HOLDIN' UP?
- PRETTY WELL
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

- JUSTINE'S DOWN
AT SYBIL BRAND BABYSITTING.
- IS THIS A GOOD TIME...

TO TALK ABOUT CARMINE D'NARDIS, BECAUSE I GOT
A PROBLEM WITH US REPRESENTIN' THIS SPECIMEN.

I'M WITH AARON. WE'RE SOLVENT. WE'VE ALL WORKED
HARD TO GET A GOOD REP OFF ROONEY AND LATRELL.

WE GOT NO REASON TO GO INTO
BUSINESS WITH ORGANIZED CRIME.

EXCEPT FOR ONE. IN EXCHANGE
FOR BLANKET IMMUNITY,

D'NARDIS HAS AGREED TO GIVE US
THE NAME OF TOM VAN ALLAN'S KILLER.

- WHOA.
- JIMMY, YOU REALLY THINK
THIS GUY IS ON THE LEVEL?

WELL, IF HE ISN'T, WE'LL KNOW
SOON ENOUGH, BUT IF HE IS,

DEPENDING ON THE VERDICT, IT'S
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PLAY OUT.

THEY WANT YOU IN COURT. THE JURY
HAS ASKED TO REVIEW SOME EVIDENCE.

WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD
IN THE ROONEY MATTER.

AS INDICATED, THE JURY HAS
SUBMITTED A QUESTION TO ME,

COPIES OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED
TO COUNSEL, WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS:

"WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE JURY, WANT TO
HEAR ALL OF OFFICER BEIDEN'S ANSWERS...

TO MS. GRASSO'S QUESTIONS
WHEN SHE CALLED HIM AS A WITNESS."

YOUR HONOR, IN ORDER TO REVIEW SUCH DIRECT
TESTIMONY IN A FAIR AND REASONED MANNER,

WE INSIST THAT OFFICER BEIDEN'S
CROSS-EXAMINATION ALSO BE READ BACK.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE JURY ASKED FOR,
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES.

OUT OF FAIRNESS TO MS. ROONEY, JUSTICE REQUIRES
THE TESTIMONY BE READ IN ITS PROPER CONTEXT.

JUSTICE ISN'T THE ISSUE HERE. MR. WYLER'S
SCARED SILLY BECAUSE THE JURY WANTS TO HEAR...

THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF HIS CLIENT
FLEEING THE SCENE OF THE MURDERS.

IT'S A PLOY, THE SOLE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS
TO OBFUSCATE OFFICER BEIDEN'S TESTIMONY.

WHICH DIDN'T HOLD UP
UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION.

COUNSEL, THIS IS A
STRAIGHTFORWARD ISSUE.

THE JURY HAS THE RIGHT TO REQUEST
THE TESTIMONY THEY WANNA HEAR.

NOW, I WANNA SAVE A LOT OF SHOE
LEATHER AND ASK BOTH SIDES TO STIPULATE...

TO THE COURT REPORTER GOING BACK
THERE AND READING WHAT WAS ASKED FOR...

AND ONLY THAT.

ALL OF THOSE WITNESSES AND ALL OF THAT TESTIMONY,
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE WANNA HEAR ABOUT...

IS ME RUNNIN' DOWN
THE BEACH THAT NIGHT?

- I'M GONNA GET CONVICTED.
- LET'S NOT READ THE TEA LEAVES,
SHARON.

- THEY'RE NOT GONNA
TELL US ANYTHING.
- WHY? EVERYBODY ELSE IS.

THE GUARDS, THE GIRLS IN MY
CELL BLOCK, THE PEOPLE ON TV.

LOOK, IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY PUNDIT
THAT CALLED A CASE WRONG, I'D BE RICH.

THE JURORS WON'T EVEN LOOK
AT ME. WHAT COULD THAT MEAN?

THEY'RE GONNA FIND ME GUILTY.
SHARON, WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

THERE ARE 12 PEOPLE ON A JURY. IT TAKES
ONE DISSENTING VOICE TO HANG THE VOTE.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, SHARON, IS THAT WE WILL
NOT ABANDON YOU, NOT NOW, NOT DOWN THE ROAD.

- YOU'VE GOTTA BELIEVE THAT.
- I JUST DON'T WANNA TALK
ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

I JUST WANT IT TO END.

I JUST WANT IT TO END.

JIMMY, GOOD CLOSING ARGUMENT.

A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT, IF
YOU WANT MY OPINION, BUT AS USUAL,

YOU'RE GOOD ON YOUR FEET.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR
YA? I HAVE A PROPOSAL.

REGARDING? CARMINE D'NARDIS.

GUYS, GIVE US A MINUTE.

YOU MUST NOT BE VERY CONFIDENT
ABOUT WINNIN' THE ROONEY CASE...

IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO
TAKE ON A SLUG LIKE D'NARDIS.

I HAVE A BUSINESS TO RUN. I'M
JUST COVERING MY DOWNSIDE.

YOU WANNA BE CAREFUL, BUDDY BOY. THAT TYPE
OF CLIENT HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES.

SIT.

- D'NARDIS KNOWS THAT
HE'S FACING DEATH ROW.
- HE CAN COUNT ON IT.

AND IN AN EFFORT TO PRECLUDE THAT
EVENTUALITY, HE'S WILLING TO TALK.

WHY WOULD I WANNA LISTEN? HE
CAN CLOSE THE BOOKS ON 12 HITS...

AND GIVE UP HIS EMPLOYERS,
WHOSE NAMES YOU MAY RECOGNIZE.

AND THE PRICE OF
MR. D'NARDIS'S COOPERATION?

IMMUNITY... AND
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.

WHAT'S MY INCENTIVE TO DEAL?

WELL, LET'S SAY THAT YOU
LOSE THE ROONEY CASE.

FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT.
OR YOU GET A HUNG JURY.

DO YOU WANT THAT TO BE THE
LEGACY OF YOUR TENURE AS D.A.?

- I CAN PROTECT YOUR DOWNSIDE.
- IMMUNITY IS A TALL ORDER
FOR A STONE-COLD KILLER.

AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
POLITICAL UPSIDE FOR YOU.

YEAH?

TELL HER I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

I GOTTA TAKE THIS. THE WIFE'S PICKIN' OUT A
NEW CHINA PATTERN FOR THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

ON THIS D'NARDIS THING, I'M NOT THERE
YET. I'M GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.

YEAH, WELL, DON'T
THINK ABOUT IT TOO LONG.

D'NARDIS'S HEALTH COULD
SUDDENLY DETERIORATE.

HEY, JIMMY.

HEY. WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

HOW YOU DOIN'? I'D FEEL A LOT BETTER
IF I KNEW WHAT THE JURY WAS THINKING.

I SAW YOUR CLOSING. IF IT WERE UP TO
ME, SHARON ROONEY WOULD BE HOME NOW.

THANKS FOR YOUR
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.

I'VE BEEN OFFERED A JOB AT
FIRST BAY BANK IN SAN FRANCISCO.

EXECUTIVE V.P. GOOD FOR YOU.

I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE IT.

IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T STILL HAVE
FEELINGS FOR YOU, JIMMY. I DO.

BUT. I'M NOT SURE
WHAT THE "BUT" IS.

MAYBE IT'S THE JOB, OR MAYBE
THIS TIME WE'VE HAD APART...

HAS GIVEN ME A CHANCE TO THINK.

I'VE SEEN YOU GO FROM A
ROOKIE DEFENSE ATTORNEY...

EXAMINING YOUR INSECURITIES IN THE MIRROR
TO THIS GUY STANDING UP THERE YESTERDAY.

WHAT? YOU'D PREFER
THAT I WAS INSECURE?

MAYBE I'D PREFER YOU
NEEDING ME A LITTLE MORE.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT I
DON'T? CAROLINE VAN ALLAN, FOR ONE.

THAT'S OVER.

SO ARE WE.

AS MUCH AS I'VE RESISTED
SAYING IT, IT'S THE TRUTH.

AND I'M MORE THAN A
LITTLE SAD THAT IT IS.

ME TOO.

GOOD-BYE, JIMMY.

CUP OF JOE? LIKE I'M NOT A
BUNDLE OF NERVES ALREADY.

IT NEVER GETS ANY EASIER,
DOES IT? IT'S LIKE ROULETTE.

YOU'RE COMPLETELY FRANTIC, BUT THERE'S
NOTHING TO DO EXCEPT SIT THERE AND WAIT...

FOR THE WHEELS TO STOP SPINNING.

MY MOTHER CALLED. THEY DID A
STRAW POLL AT HER BRIDGE CLUB.

AND? YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW.

THE JURY'S BEEN OUT THREE DAYS.
TELL ME THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN.

IT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN. IT'S NOT
A BAD SIGN. IT'S... THREE DAYS.

THEY'VE REACHED A VERDICT.

WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD
IN THE PEOPLE VERSUS ROONEY.

MADAM FOREPERSON, HAVE
YOU REACHED A VERDICT?

- YES, WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.
- PLEASE HAND THE VERDICT FORMS
TO THE BAILIFF.

IS THIS A TRUE AND
CORRECT VERDICT?

YES, YOUR HONOR.

WILL THE DEFENDANT PLEASE RISE?

- HOW SAY YOU?
- "ON COUNT ONE, A VIOLATION
OF SECTION 187-A...

"OF THE PENAL CODE OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TO WIT,

"THE CHARGE OF MURDER
IN THE FIRST DEGREE...

"FOR THE PREMEDITATED AND DELIBERATE
TAKING OF THE LIFE OF THOMAS VAN ALLAN,

"WE THE JURY, IN THE ABOVE-ENTITLED
ACTION, FIND THE DEFENDANT,

SHARON ROONEY, NOT GUILTY."

"ON COUNT TWO, A
VIOLATION OF SECTION 187-A...

"OF THE PENAL CODE OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TO WIT,

"THE CHARGE OF MURDER IN THE
FIRST DEGREE FOR THE PREMEDITATED...

"AND DELIBERATE TAKING OF THE
LIFE OF MARLEE ALICE DONOVAN,

"WE THE JURY, IN THE ABOVE-ENTITLED
ACTION, FIND THE DEFENDANT,

SHARON ROONEY, NOT GUILTY."

MS. GRASSO, MR. WYLER, DO YOU
WISH TO HAVE THE JURY POLLED?

- NO, THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
- NO. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

MS. ROONEY, YOU WILL BE
OUT-PROCESSED WITH THE UTMOST DISPATCH.

I WISH YOU WELL. MEMBERS OF THE JURY, I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PATIENCE.

- HOW DO YOU FEEL, SHARON?
- YOU GOT AWAY SCOT-FREE.

- OUT OF OUR WAY.
- MS. ROONEY DID NOT GET AWAY
WITH ANYTHING.

THE MURDERERS OF GOVERNOR VAN
ALLAN AND MARLEE DONOVAN GOT AWAY.

HOW WILL YOU DEAL WITH YOUR MENTAL
PROBLEMS? ARE YOU GONNA GET TREATMENT?

A JURY HAS EXAMINED THE CASE AGAINST
HER AND HAVE FOUND IT WHOLLY WITHOUT MERIT.

SHARON ROONEY IS INNOCENT. I HOPE YOU'LL
REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR STORIES.

THANK YOU.

ROT IN HELL, YOU
MURDERING BITCH!

WHY DID SHE JUST SPIT IN MY FACE?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WOMAN.

THE WORLD'S FULL OF NUTS, SHARON.
YOU HAVE TO TRY NOT TO LET IT BOTHER YOU.

AM I SUPPOSED TO LET PEOPLE
SPIT IN MY FACE, CALL ME NAMES?

LOOK, THERE ARE PEOPLE
OUT THERE THAT THINK THAT...

CHARLES MANSON IS A POLITICAL PRISONER,
THAT THE NIGHT STALKER IS A GOOD CATCH.

DON'T LET THEM RENT A
ROOM IN YOUR HEAD, OKAY?

GOOD EVENING. I'M FELICIA
NORELL, AND MY GUESTS TONIGHT...

ARE SHARON ROONEY AND
TRIAL ATTORNEY JAMES WYLER.

WHAT WERE YOU FEELING WHEN
YOU HEARD THE WORDS "NOT GUILTY"?

WELL, RELIEF, SURPRISE,

BUT MOST OF ALL, I WAS
FEELING MUCH GRATITUDE TO GOD.

DID YOU THINK YOU WERE
GOING TO WIN THIS CASE?

WELL, YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHAT A JURY'S
GONNA DO, 'CAUSE EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT.

I THINK WE PRESENTED A GOOD
CASE, BUT TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING,

I DON'T THINK THE JURY BOUGHT
THE PROSECUTION'S THEORY,

WHICH IS NOT A REFLECTION ON MIRIAM
GRASSO, WHO DID A REALLY CREDIBLE JOB...

WITH A VERY SHAKY CASE THAT WAS
BASED PURELY ON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

SHARON, DID YOU EVER ASK YOURSELF
WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING TO YOU?

YES. EVERY DAY.

I WOULD WAKE UP IN MY
CELL AND SEE THOSE BARS...

AND REMEMBER WHERE I WAS,

AND IT REALLY
STARTED TO SCARE ME.

BUT THEN I WOULD REMIND MYSELF THAT
THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING FOR A REASON,

THAT THIS WAS GOD'S PLAN FOR ME,

THAT HE NEEDED ME TO
HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE.

AS SOME KIND OF PUNISHMENT?

AND TO REDEEM ME, WHICH I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND AT FIRST, BUT NOW I DO.

EVEN THOUGH YOU CONVINCED
A JURY OF SHARON'S INNOCENCE,

YOU FAILED TO CONVINCE A
MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WHO,

ACCORDING TO A TELEPHONE
SURVEY WE CONDUCTED,

BELIEVE BY A MARGIN OF TWO TO ONE
THAT YOUR CLIENT GOT AWAY WITH MURDER.

WAS THERE EVER ANY DOUBT ON YOUR
PART THAT SHARON COMMITTED THESE CRIMES?

NO. I ALWAYS BELIEVED
IN SHARON'S INNOCENCE.

I'M JUST GLAD NOW THAT IT'S
A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.

DOES IT MAKE YOU ANGRY THAT
THERE'S THE NAGGING FEELING...

OUT THERE THAT YOU GOT AWAY WITH
SOMETHING, THAT JUSTICE HASN'T BEEN SERVED?

WELL, NO.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA THINK WHAT THEY THINK,
AND I JUST HAVE TO TRY TO LEARN TO ACCEPT THAT.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I HAVE
TO PRAY FOR GOD'S LOVE,

BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENT IS
REALLY ALL THAT MATTERS.

I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT YOUR POLL
INDICATES, THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE...

WHO THINK SHARON WAS ON TRIAL
FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN MURDER.

THE ABORTION? AN ADULTEROUS AFFAIR
WITH A PROMINENT PUBLIC OFFICIAL?

EVEN IF SHE WASN'T GUILTY, SHE'D DONE A LOT
OF THINGS THAT HAD OFFENDED A LOT OF PEOPLE,

AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THEY JUST WANTED
TO SEE HER PUNISHED FOR SOMETHING.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH
THOSE PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS?

I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, A JURY SAID THAT SHARON
DIDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER. THEN WHO?

MICHAEL BEIDEN? CAROLINE
VAN ALLAN? THE MOB?

I REALLY CAN'T SPECULATE
ON THAT. THAT'S NOT MY JOB.

THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
L.A.P.D. AND THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE,

WHO I HOPE WILL VIGOROUSLY
PURSUE THIS LINE OF INVESTIGATION...

AND BRING WHOEVER COMMITTED
THIS HEINOUS CRIME TO JUSTICE.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU? YOU
MUST BE READY FOR A VACATION.

WELL, I AM GOING TO SLEEP IN, WHICH IS
SOMETHING I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR A WHILE.

A WELL-DESERVED REST. JAMES
WYLER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

- SHARON, GOOD LUCK.
- THANK YOU.

WE'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT.

WHOA!

HEY, HEY!

- THAT'S GREAT.
- HERE THEY COME.

OH, LOOK WHO'S HERE. HI.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS.

- JUSTINE, CONGRATULATIONS.
- GOOD JOB, BUDDY.

YOU GIRLS HAVIN' A GOOD
TIME? WE'RE HAVIN' A GREAT TIME.

THIS IS A PRIVATE PARTY,
SIR. JIMMY, WE GOTTA TALK.

ABOUT WHAT? ABOUT OUR DEAL.

HE'S OKAY.

THANKS. HEY, CONGRATULATIONS,
YOU KNOW, ON A JOB VERY WELL DONE.

WHAT DEAL ARE WE TALKIN' ABOUT? MY
PAPER'S EXCLUSIVE WITH YOUR CLIENT, JIMMY.

THAT DEAL. FELICIA NORELL MAY HAVE
GOTTEN THERE FIRST WITH ELECTRONIC MEDIA,

BUT I WANT FIRST CRACK ON THE PRINT
SIDE JUST LIKE YOU PROMISED, JIMMY.

I'M A MAN OF MY WORD. YOU'LL GET
YOUR INTERVIEW. BUT NOT TONIGHT.

COME ON, JIMMY. CALL MY OFFICE IN
THE MORNING. WE'LL SET SOMETHING UP.

ONE QUOTE FROM
SHARON, JUST ONE? NO. NO.

JIMMY, COME HERE. THERE'S
SOMEBODY I WANT YOU TO MEET. NO.

- AND THE BUILDING...
- SHARON, LES BOSTIC,
NATIONAL INQUISITOR.

MAY I? AND DON'T WORRY. JIMMY'S
GIVEN ME STRICT INSTRUCTIONS.

I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO
ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS,

BUT I DO HAVE A PROPOSITION
I'D LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT.

YOU SEE, MY PAPER ALSO HAS A TAPE
DIVISION. WE ARE VERY INTERESTED...

IN PUTTING TOGETHER A TAPE OF
YOU TELLING YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY.

- SHE'S NOT INTERESTED.
- BEFORE YOU START JUMPING
TO CONCLUSIONS...

AND SAYING NO,
JUST LET ME FINISH.

SEE, I SEE THIS AS VERY
HIGH-END... OKAY. THAT'S IT.

VERY TASTEFUL.

SEE, WE CAN START OUT BY SHOOTING
YOU AT THE ACTUAL CRIME SCENE,

THEN THE WOMEN'S CLINIC, WHERE YOU
CAN TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT WAS REALLY...

GOING THROUGH YOUR
HEAD DURING THAT ABORTION.

I TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK TO HER.

NO QUESTIONS, NO QUOTES, NO
NOTHING. YOU ARE DONE FOR THE EVENING.

WOULD YOU DEPOSIT THIS GENTLEMAN AT
HIS CAR? I'M JUST HAVIN' A CONVERSATION.

OR UNDERNEATH IT.

I'M SORRY ABOUT
THAT. ARE YOU OKAY?

I GUESS I'LL JUST BE A MAGNET
FOR CREEPS FROM NOW ON, HUH?

ALL THIS IS GONNA BLOW OVER.

CAN I GET YOU SOMETHING? WOULD
YOU LIKE A DRINK OF WINE OR...

NO, THANKS, BUT, JIMMY,

I REALLY DID WANNA TELL
YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN
EVER THANK YOU ENOUGH.

SURE YOU CAN. BY PUTTING THIS ALL BEHIND
YOU AND LIVING THE GREAT LIFE YOU DESERVE.

I HOPE YOU WON'T FORGET ME.

COME HERE.

THANK YOU.

AARON? NO, THANKS,
MAN. I'M DRIVING.

I'M NOT.

THANK YOU.

TELL THAT MAN OFF.
MRS. WYLER? CHAMPAGNE?

NO, THANKS. I'LL
STICK TO SCOTCH.

AT MY AGE, I HAVE
ENOUGH GAS IN MY SYSTEM.

YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT. IT'S
A GREAT VINTAGE, TRUST ME.

TRUST YOU? I DON'T
EVEN KNOW YOU.

ARNOLD SPIVAK. NICE TO MEET YOU.

DO YOU HAVE A LIGHT? YEP.

MY SON HAS SPOKEN OF YOU.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
BE GOOD AT SOMETHING.

RESEARCH AND LEGAL BRIEF PREPARATION IS
PROBABLY HOW HE CHARACTERIZED MY CONTRIBUTION.

I ALSO HANDLE COMPLEX LITIGATION
MOTION, BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL.

WHO UNDERSTANDS THE COMMON-LAW ORIGINS
OF THE CONCEPT, I'M NOT ADVERSE TO...

TO VICTORY. CIN-CIN.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANKS.

SAY, YOU WANNA... YOU
WANNA GET SOME DINNER,

YOU KNOW, SOMEPLACE QUIET, AND
MAYBE CATCH A MOVIE OR WHATEVER?

CHRIS, ARE YOU HITTING ON ME?

I DON'T KNOW. AM I?

GET OFF IT, CHRIS. MONDAY MORNING, WE
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER.

RIGHT. UH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT ARNOLD SPIVAK
IS A HORSE'S ASS.

WELL, ACTUALLY, I FIND HIM KIND OF
ENDEARING, AND HE'S A DAMN FINE LAWYER.

WELL, I'D THINK ABOUT CUTTING HIM
LOOSE IF I WERE YOU. WELL, YOU'RE NOT.

DON'T I EVEN GET, LIKE, A PAT ON THE HEAD
OR AN "ATTABOY" FOR WINNING THE CASE?

- YOU ONLY DID HALF YOUR JOB.
- MOM, I HATE MALCOLM DIETRICH
AS MUCH AS YOU DO,

BUT I AM NOT GONNA DIGNIFY THE
MAN BY MAKING HIM MY LIFE'S WORK.

AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU.

THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS
ME GOING IS TO BRING HIM DOWN.

AND WHAT KIND OF LIFE IS THAT, SITTING
AROUND PLOTTING REVENGE AND NURSING ANGER?

HE TOOK MY HUSBAND FROM ME.

MY ANGER IS THE ONLY THING
THAT KEEPS ME WARM AT NIGHT,

THAT AND MY SCOTCH.

EXCUSE ME. JIMMY, WE'VE GOT
A PROBLEM. YOU'VE GOTTA COME.

SHARON, OPEN UP.

SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS GOING TO THE
LADIES' ROOM OVER HALF AN HOUR AGO.

SHARON?

SHARON!

CALL 911.

CALL 911!

SORRY, JIMMY.

TURNED ON THE NEWS WHEN I GOT
HOME FROM THE PARTY AND HEARD.

I DIDN'T WANT TO
BOTHER YOU AT HOME.

HOW ARE WE COMING ALONG WITH THE
OPENING STATEMENT FOR THE LATRELL CASE?

OKAY. JOB ONE IS TO GET THE JURY
THINKIN' ABOUT ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS.

WHICH WOULD BE WHAT? THAT
LEE MICHAELSON DID THE MURDER.

BASED ON WHAT EVIDENCE? HE WAS
THE ONLY OTHER PERSON BESIDES RICKEY...

WHO WAS IN SANDY FORTAS'S
OFFICE; PLUS, HE FOUND THE BODY.

YEAH, I FIGURE IF WE CAN HAMMER ON THE ANIMUS
BETWEEN FORTAS AND MICHAELSON, WE HAVE A SHOT.

AT WHAT? RUINING AN
INNOCENT MAN'S LIFE?

NO. AT GETTING OUR CLIENT OFF, WHICH WAS
MY JOB DESCRIPTION THE LAST TIME I LOOKED.

HOW 'BOUT YOU KNOCK OFF
THE SMART-ASS REMARKS?

WELL, HOW 'BOUT YOU
LET ME RUN MY OWN CASE?

COME ON, GUYS. WHY DON'T WE JUST TABLE
THIS CONVERSATION FOR A DAY OR TWO, OKAY?

UNTIL THINGS SETTLE DOWN. WHETHER WE
TALK ABOUT THIS IN A DAY OR TWO OR NOT,

I AM NOT HANGING LEE
MICHAELSON OUT TO DRY.

I KNOW YOU TWO GO A LONG WAY BACK,
BUT ISN'T THERE SOME PRECEDENT HERE?

I MEAN, YOU AND JUSTINE RIPPED
YOUR CRIMINALIST FRIEND APART...

FOR HAVING ATTENTION DEFICIT
DISORDER, AND IT HELPED YOUR CASE.

- NOW, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT?
- WE WERE RAISING QUESTIONS
ABOUT HARRY GANDOLPHI'S...

CREDIBILITY AS AN EXPERT WITNESS, WHICH
IS A FAR CRY FROM ACCUSING HIM OF MURDER.

POINT TAKEN. BUT CAROLINE VAN
ALLAN, MICHAEL BEIDEN, KYLE ROONEY...

I MEAN, WE WENT AFTER THEM HAMMER
AND TONG, AND THEY PULLED THROUGH.

YEAH, BUT THIS IS NOT A SHOTGUN
DEFENSE WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT,

WHERE WE LINE UP A HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT
SUSPECTS AND CREATE REASONABLE DOUBT.

YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT USING A RIFLE. YOU'RE
TALKIN' ABOUT PUTTING LEE MICHAELSON...

IN THE CROSSHAIRS AND
PULLING THE TRIGGER.

WHAT I AM ASKING YOU GUYS, WHICH I THINK I'M
ENTITLED TO ASK, IS DO YOU THINK HE'S GUILTY?

- I DON'T HAVE TO.
- THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU AND I
PART WAYS.

JIMMY, ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT
LETTING YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS...

AFFECT THE WAY WE
REPRESENT A CLIENT?

THIS IS NOT ABOUT
PERSONAL FEELINGS.

THIS IS ABOUT VIGOROUSLY
REPRESENTING OUR CLIENT...

IN A FAIR, RESPONSIBLE
AND ETHICAL WAY.

NOW, IF THAT'S ASKING TOO MUCH OF YOU GUYS,
THEN YOU SHOULD MOVE OVER AND LET ME HANDLE IT.

I'M GONNA MAKE A STATEMENT TO
THE PRESS. YOU WANNA COME WITH ME?

- CAN I PASS?
- NOT A PROBLEM.

I WAS WITH THAT GIRL
EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS.

I COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING.

I SHOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO
STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

- COULD'VE, WOULD'VE,
SHOULD'VE, RIGHT?
- DON'T BE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF.

WE GOT THIS GIRL OUT
FROM UNDER A MURDER RAP.

THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
SAYS THAT THIS IS A GOOD THING.

SO THAT LETS US OFF THE HOOK?
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING...

TO CONVINCE MYSELF, BUT
WITHOUT MUCH SUCCESS.

THE IRONY IS, IF WE'D LOST,
AT LEAST SHE'D STILL BE ALIVE.

SO, WHAT? YOU THINK WE
SHOULD'VE THROWN THE CASE? NO.

- IT'S JUST THAT
THIS REALLY SUCKS.
- YEAH, IT DOES.

THIS WILL BE MY ONLY STATEMENT,
AND I WON'T BE TAKING ANY QUESTIONS.

IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS,

SHARON HAD BEEN STRUGGLING
VALIANTLY TO OVERCOME LOSS:

THE LOSS OF HER CHILD, THE LOSS OF HER
HUSBAND AND THE LOSS OF HER REPUTATION.

BUT EVEN IN HER DARKEST MOMENTS,

SHARON NEVER LOST HER
COURAGE OR HER DIGNITY.

AND NOW THAT SHARON HAS LOST
HER LIFE, WE WOULD ALL DO WELL...

TO REMEMBER SHARON FOR
THE PERSON SHE REALLY WAS:

A SWEET, CARING YOUNG WOMAN WHO BECAME
THE THIRD VICTIM IN A TERRIBLE CRIME...

THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF TOM
VAN ALLAN AND MARLEE DONOVAN.

SHARON ROONEY WILL BE DEEPLY
MISSED. GOD REST HER SOUL.

JIMMY, WHY DID SHE KILL
HERSELF IF SHE WASN'T GUILTY?

MY SYMPATHIES ON YOUR CLIENT. EVEN
THOUGH I'M CONVINCED OF HER GUILT,

I GET NO SATISFACTION
FROM THIS CONCLUSION.

YOU ARE NOTHING IF NOT
A GREAT HUMANITARIAN.

I'VE BEEN THINKIN' ABOUT YOUR
OFFER, AND AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME...

TO PROVIDE COMFORT FOR A MAN OF CARMINE
D'NARDIS'S CHARACTER, I'M PREPARED TO DEAL.

WE'RE NOT DEALING HERE. IT'S
BLANKET IMMUNITY OR NOTHING.

OUT OF THE QUESTION.
YOU NEED THIS, ROGER.

YOU RAN FOR OFFICE ON AN ANTI-CRIME PLATFORM.
YOU MANAGED TO LOSE THE ROONEY CASE.

HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
TO CATCH UP ON SOME LOST GROUND.

YOU'RE OVERLOOKIN' ONE THING,
BUDDY BOY. I WON THE ELECTION.

I DON'T SEE THAT I HAVE ANY
INCENTIVE TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.

EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT YOU STARTED RUNNING
FOR REELECTION THE MINUTE YOU WERE ELECTED.

NOW D'NARDIS CAN GIVE US IMPERATO,
PLUS 11 OTHER HITS IN THIS TOWN.

HE DID JOBS IN SAN
FRANCISCO, SAN DIEGO, FRESNO,

AND YOUR FACE WILL BE ON THE
COVER OF EVERY NEWSPAPER...

IN THIS STATE FOR
THE NEXT THREE YEARS,

BY WHICH TIME I ASSUME YOU'LL BE ANNOUNCING
YOUR CANDIDACY FOR THE U.S. SENATE.

- LIMITED IMMUNITY FOR
THE CRIMES D'NARDIS GIVES UP.
- UNACCEPTABLE.

HOW DO I EVEN KNOW THIS GUY'S ON
THE LEVEL? PULL UP THE RAY BASCOM FILE.

D'NARDIS DID HIM WITH A .22.
SECOND SHOT WAS TO THE TEMPLE.

FIRST SHOT WAS TO HIS MANHOOD. ONLY THE
SHOT TO THE HEAD WAS GIVEN TO THE PAPERS.

- HE CAN TIE LOU IMPERATO
TO THE BASCOM MURDER?
- WITH A PRETTY LITTLE BOW.

- OKAY.
- OKAY WHAT, ROGER? THE TRAIN
IS LEAVING THE STATION.

BLANKET IMMUNITY, PROVIDED HIS INFORMATION
CHECKS AND HE DELIVERS LOU IMPERATO.

PUT THAT IN WRITING,
AND WE'VE GOT A DEAL.

HE'LL DO A CONTRACT KILLING ON A HANDSHAKE,
BUT HE WANTS A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH ME?

GO FIGURE.

RAY BASCOM. GUY
GETS LOADED ONE NIGHT,

BANGS FRANKIE
IMPERATO'S DAUGHTER.

FRANKIE FINDS OUT, GETS
ED BELLO TO PUT OUT THE HIT.

- WHAT DID BELLO PAY YOU?
- FIVE UP FRONT,
20 ON THE BACK.

IN CASH? WHAT DO YOU
THINK? I TAKE GREEN STAMPS?

AND THE SHOT TO THE
GROIN, THAT WAS A MESSAGE?

FRANKIE BELIEVED HIS
DAUGHTER WAS A VIRGIN.

MY INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO GIVE
RAY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT...

BEFORE I FINISHED HIM OFF.

I THINK HE UNDERSTOOD
HE MADE A MISTAKE.

- I WAS PROMISED LOU IMPERATO.
- I GAVE YOU BELLO.

I WOULDN'T FIX A PARKING
TICKET FOR ED BELLO.

I WANT LOU AND I WANT FRANKIE,
OR I'M GOING BACK TO THE D.A.'s.

COME ON, CARMINE. IT
WAS PART OF OUR DEAL.

I PICKED UP THE 20 ON THE BACK END
AT SOME STEAK JOINT IN SANTA MONICA.

ED WAS THERE WITH LOU AND
FRANKIE. THEY THANKED ME PERSONALLY.

- AND YOU'LL TESTIFY TO THAT.
- YEAH.

OKAY. A MOMENT, COUNSELOR?

JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CLIENT HERE
UNDERSTANDS THERE IS NO BACKING OUT.

HE UNDERSTANDS THAT.

I'LL BE BACK WITH A VIDEO
GUY TO GET HIS STATEMENT.

OOF.

GIVIN' UP LOU... I
HATED TO DO THAT.

YEAH. I CAN APPRECIATE
YOUR MORAL DILEMMA.

NOW TELL ME WHO KILLED GOVERNOR
VAN ALLAN AND MARLEE DONOVAN.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
ANYWAY? YOU GOT YOUR GIRL OFF.

YEAH. SHE WENT
AND KILLED HERSELF.

THE LEAST I CAN DO IS CLEAR
HER NAME. COME ON, CARMINE.

WHO KILLED 'EM?

YOU'RE LOOKIN' AT
HIM, COUNSELOR.

IT WAS ME. I DID.