The Defenders (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 18 - Morelli v. Kaczmarek - full transcript

Okay, so ivory or maroon?

Ivory is classic.

Maroon gives you that spot of color;
it's a little hipper.

I don't know, I think we
should stay with classic

- all the way down the line.
- No, no, no, Nick.

We got to be hip, okay?

This is the Las Vegas Legal Fund
that we're hosting, okay?

- Think young crowd...
- So? So?

You know what,
I will make it work.

How about menu?

Asian fusion.



- Italian!
- Italian?

The hell with fusion.

- Again, Italian?
- Whoa, whoa.

Italian with you, all the time.

We will make it work. It's so easy.

We'll make it totally work.

Passed hors d'oeuvres or buffet?

Buffet.

- Tacky, Nick.
- Buffet.

It's got a carving station.

- Tacky, tacky, tacky, tacky.
- People want food.

Guys!

Come on, is there anything

that you don't argue about?



How about the music act?

- Frank Sinatra Jr.
- Frank Sinatra Jr.

Great, and while we're at it,

why don't we get Elvis?

- Oh, come on.
- Be realistic.

I'm looking at
local jazz ensembles, okay?

- Okay, we get it.
- All right, great.

Great.

Carly Donovan is really
hitting on my cell phone here.

Blake Donovan's calling me.

What the hell's so urgent?

Jess, thank you so much
for helping us.

Yeah, thank you.
I realize this must be awkward

now that you guys are divorced...

Separated!

- Thanks, guys.
- Carly, hey, it's Pete.

- Nick Morelli.
- What?

- Blake, calm down, calm down.
- Slow down, Carly.

- Hold on, hold on.
- Yeah, just slow down.

All right, don't say anything.

Sit tight.

Dead body.

In their yoga studio?

Hey, Mark.

Hey, Nick. Hey, Pete.

- Here?
- Yeah, go ahead.

Who is he?

Dustin Copley,
our master yoga teacher.

Looks like he's only
been dead for a few hours.

Where were you guys this morning?

- At home.
- At our house.

We were home together.

We both got a late start.

You find him?

No, our manager Kurt Faber
found him and called us.

Kurt? Is that him

blabbing to the
detective over there?

Yeah.

Look, I didn't do this.

We didn't do this.

Who said that you did?

No one.

But they, uh,

sure act like they think we did.

All right, let me handle this.

- Hey, Nick... Pete.
- Detective.

Our clients were both
home together this morning.

Yeah, that's exactly
what they told me.

But I'd like to ask
Mr. and Mrs. Donovan

if either of them
recognize the voice

on this message we just found
on the deceased's phone.

Hey, Russell, listen.

I thought about your proposal
on the drive home,

and I just wanted to say,
you can go straight to hell.

You try something like this,
we will bury you.

Think I'm joking?

- try me.
- All right, look,

my clients are not
answering any questions now.

Okay, here's the problem.

That's your cell number,
Mr. Donovan,

there's someone's
blood in your sink,

and we found these
in your office.

Two plane tickets to India
with no return date.

You two running off
for some reason?

- Don't answer that.
- It's a research trip!

Okay. Blake, Carly Donovan,

you're under arrest for

the murder of Russell Copley.

What? Oh, come on.

You have the right
to remain silent.

You have the right to an attorney.

We are their attorneys!

Hey, easy on those cuffs!

Pretty tense for a yoga studio, huh?

The Defenders 1x18 Morelli v. Kaczmarek
Original airdate March 11, 2011

That phone message
was out of context.

And our trip was for research.

We-we planned it months ago.

All right, we'll circle
back to all that.

Help us fill in
some of the blanks here.

We helped you incorporate,
what, two years ago?

Uh, almost three.

And our business took off.

Slowly at first, but then

we made a great hire.

Russell Copley.

The dead guy?

Look,

the yoga industry has become

all about the personality
of the leader,

and we found a really
good one with Russell.

We do three times the business
of our nearest competitor.

Well, why the angry messages?

We've done such great
business over the past year

that we started looking
into franchising

around Russell's
name and technique.

Which we developed with him.

We told him about our
plans two months ago,

made him a very fair offer,

and he said no.

Said he wanted a
full partnership

or he was leaving.

You were fighting
over business.

Yes, but when
I said we'd "bury him",

I meant legally.

How do you think
Russell's blood

got into your private
bathroom at the studio?

I-I don't know.

I don't know.

But it wasn't all that private.

He-he had access to
that bathroom himself.

We're in real trouble here,
aren't we?

Well, Blake...

prosecution's going to say that
you two killed Russell over

a business dispute and then were
going to hightail it to India.

That's not true.!

Look, let's get you bailed out,

and we'll take it from there,
all right?

Come on. Look at this idiot.

Move!

- Move!
- Move!

What else they got on them?

Their fingerprints are everywhere.

Well, it's Carly and
Blake's freaking business.

They belong everywhere.

- Weapon?
- Nope.

.38 slug in the yoga studio wall though.

Shot in the chest,

passed through his heart
and out his back.

Russell was dead before
he hit the floor.

Check this out.
In a statement from Kurt Faber...

he's the yoga studio manager
who found the body...

"The moment I saw Russell lying
there, I thought Oh, my God,

"Carly and Blake killed him.

"They had so many reasons to."

Talk about throwing
them under the bus.

Wait a minute.

- That's the manager, right?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, he had just
as much access

as Blake and Carly.

We should have
Tony check him out,

see if there's a motive.

Oh, let me do it.

- No, it's my car. My car!
- Shh.

Hey, Zoey.

Hey, Judge Owens'
office just called.

Wants to see you
both in chambers.

What? Now?
What for?

His assistant wouldn't say,
but she did say, "ASAP."

All right, we're on our way.

Oh, Nick, are you about to...

Okay, here we go! Wow!

All right.

Sorry, ma'am!

Next time, I'm driving.

You don't have a car.

Right.

Hey, Nick.

Good evening, Judge.

- Hey, Pete. Come on in.
- So what's up?

Nick, I wanted to talk to you

about your intentions to represent

Carly and Blake Donovan.

ADAs Cole and Nicholson

- are concerned.
- The State objects to the firm

of Morelli and Kaczmarek
representing both defendants.

- What?
- Of course you do.

I mean, we've been beating
them consistently.

This isn't about

winning or losing, it's about
a conflict of interest.

Carly and Blake Donovan signed
waivers of conflict, Your Honor.

- They want a united defense.
- Absolutely.

Well, we think that's going
to change, big-time.

We've obtained multiple
witness statements

and evidence from

the deceased's home that
establishes unequivocally

Russell Copley had a year-long
affair with Carly Donovan.

Whoa... We don't
acknowledge any affair.

Even if that were true,
Your Honor,

that does not take
away my clients'

Sixth Amendment right to
representation of their choice.

Cristalli and Saggese made
law on this very point

- in Titus, Your Honor.
- Titus.

Completely different case, Kaczmarek.

The court should avoid

even the appearance of a conflict.

Gentlemen, there are plenty of

fine defense attorneys in
the city of Las Vegas.

Like you give a rat's ass!

Hold it.

I'm inclined to agree with the
State on this, counselors.

Now, your firm may represent

one defendant, but not both.

I want you to decide
which one so that

we can keep this on schedule.
All right?

We'll reconvene in, what?
15 minutes?

Just one.

Don't slam the door, Nick.

Sons of bitches.

Look at them.

- Clowns.
- They're scared of us.

That's what this is about.

Yeah.

Look, Pete, uh,
I've represented Blake

longer than we've
even known each other.

I got to go with Blake.

Well, I can't drop Carly;
she needs me.

I know, but Blake is the one
they're going to try to say

killed him out of jealousy,
so we got to go with him.

They're going to paint
Carly as the jilted lover.

I know, I know, but listen,
you got to find a way

to talk to Carly, you know?
Just tell her she's out,

that's all.

I don't have to do anything.

- Yeah, you do...
- No, I don't.

Nick, I-I realize you're
older, and you're bigger,

but I'm 50% of this equation,

and sometimes I think you
forget this is a partnership.

Well, it's just paperwork. Really.

I mean, look, if you really
want to represent Carly,

why don't we just tear it up?

You know, just for a while.

I mean, that's what
you really want?

Yeah. Okay.

Good idea. Let's do it.

Really?

Really. I think
it's a good strategy.

As you say,
it's just paperwork.

Yeah.

Uh, Your Honor...

I would like to
continue representing

Carly Donovan.

And I would like to continue
representing Blake Donovan.

Now, listen to me

very carefully.

If you break up your partnership,

then you must do it, not just
in name, but in practice.

You will not share offices,
assistants, resources.

You will build your own defenses.

Hmm?

I'm not threatening.
I'm promising.

I will be monitoring.

Am I making myself clear?

Yes, Your Honor.

Morelli-Kaczmarek is no more.

I want you both to understand
that this is not forever.

Pete and I

have both made a decision

to make a strategic move

so Pete can represent Carly

and I can represent Blake.

Yeah, but why do
we have to split up

because of Carly's stupid affair?

Very good question, Zoey.

The judge believes it's
a conflict of interest.

Just remember...
no matter what happens,

we care about you
both equally and value

what each of you bring
to this operation.

And that being said,

Lisa, you come with me.

Whoa, whoa...
What, you don't like Zoey?

This has nothing to
do with liking Zoey.

I thought you said
that Zoey was ready

- to take on more responsibility.
- No,

I said she has to start
acting more responsibly.

Don't play dumb with me.

Look at her.

Poor Zoey.

Fine. Okay, I pick Zoey.
You're on my team.

Yes, yes! Thank you,
thank you, thank you.

I won't let you down.
I won't let you down.

Oh, does this mean we're
going to get new offices?

Please say yes.

- Yes, you do.
- No, we don't.

Nick and Lisa are going to
be the ones who are moving.

Never!
This was your idea.

- It was your idea.
- Oh, yeah, but you jumped at it

like a drag queen at
a free pair of nylons.

Because you backed
me into a corner.

- I didn't back you inin a corner.
- Oh, yes, you did.

Okay, okay, come on, is
this really necessary?

There's plenty of room for
all of us in this office.

No, we got to play
this one by the book.

Pete's right, you know,
the judge was adamant.

All right, Pete, flip?

- Let's do it.
- You call it.

- Tails.
- Heads.

- Oh, come on!
- What, you gonna question my integrity

in front of my new team?

You're a tyrant.
You should work on that.

Come on, Zoey.

Zoey, come on.

All right, Lisa,
you get Pete's office.

Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah man!

How'd you find this?

Craigslist.

This place is depressing.

Can I go run some
errands or something?

No. You got to get the
phone company in here,

Internet, gas, electric.
I want this to be

a fully functioning
office by 5:00 today.

Then I want you to go
back to our old offices.

When Nick isn't looking,

grab as many supplies as you
can carry out of there.

Are you going to be
a tyrant like Nick?

Hey, don't call him that;
it's disrespectful.

- You did!
- Yeah, but

- it's different.
- Oh, yeah, how?

Just don't call him that, okay?

Okay. Geez.

Tyrant.

Ha.

Good instincts, Nick, on
that yoga studio manager.

That guy had plenty of motive

to want to kill Russell himself.

Yeah?

Kurt Faber was such a slimeball,

he was actually trying
to steal Russell away

to start his own yoga studio.

Behind Carly and Blake's back?

Mm-hmm, and when Russell
backed out,

he lost a lot of money.

And Faber was the one who
"found" Russell's body,

is that right? Yeah.

- Great job, Tony.
- Another thing.

I looked through
the discovery,

and cops talked to
five neighbors

the D.A. didn't put
on their witness list.

- I talked to all of 'em.
- And?

Three of 'em didn't
see or hear anything.

The fourth said she
thought she heard a shot,

but on the wrong day.

And then there's
Gordon Gardner.

He lives above the pharmacy
across the street.

Saw someone entering
the yoga studio

just before the murder took place.

You'll see why the D.A.

didn't put him on
the witness list.

"I happened to look down the block

"And noticed someone
entering the studio.

"I couldn't tell if it
was a man or a woman;

"I saw them from behind.

"About five-eight with...

"distinctively red hair"?

That's great!

- Right? - We got a reliable
witness who says

the killer had
"distinctively red hair"

and our clients don't!

Hey, Pete, get in here!

Uh, Nick,

you want me to take
it over to Pete's?

Uh, yeah, yeah.

Oh, a-a-and ask him if he wants

to meet me at the yoga studio

in an hour, you know, just to...

you know, go through things.

You got it, boss.

Thank you, Lisa.

No problem, Nick.

Law offices of Nicholas Morelli.

I hope you're having
a terrific Tuesday.

Slut.

This is Honey Bean.
How can I help you?

I'll transfer... thank you.

Hi!

I'm Honey Bean.
Hope you're having a terrific Tuesday.

Can I help you?

Sure, give me my pen and the
keys to the supply room.

No need to get up.
I know my way around.

Think you're missing a
button, little sister.

Hi. This is Honey Bean.

Hey, look at you.

Wow, when'd you pick this up?

Got it this morning.
What do you think?

Well, it's... it's a beauty.

What, come... are you kidding me?
You don't like it?

- Come on, Nick, this thing is cherry.
- No, no, no,

I think it's great.
I think it's great.

I just thought you wanted me

to help you pick one out,
that's all.

I... Oh, hey, man, I-I
didn't want to bug you.

Thank you so much
for sending Tony over.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- This is going to be big.

- Yeah.
- Morelli and Kaczmarek.

I thought I heard an ambulance.

Hey, guys, just to clarify,

the judge needed
you two to stay

you know, apart,
like not near each other.

- Say "Cheese" For the judge, guys.
Big smile. - Get in. Get in.

Come on. There it is.

Perfect. Look, we just ran into
each other, you big snitches.

Yeah, I'm on my way
to a yoga class.

And me,
I'm going to the, uh,

Vegan Rainbow Restaurant.

For the sprouts or their...
you know, their hummus?

No, their baby ghanoush.
Look, we're allowed to meet

- as cocounsel, you dumbasses.
- Yeah.

Question is, what are you
two jokers doing here?

- Search warrant.
- What, in case you missed something

- the first three times?
- Well, I wouldn't put it past them.

- They missed the redhead.
- What?

Yeah, eyewitness statement
from your own discovery

says the killer had "red hair."

"Distinctively red hair."

And my client...

okay, what does he have, like,
brownish hair almost, right?

- My client's a blonde.
- Yeah.

Why don't you get
your facts straight

- before you start indicting
innocent people? - Yeah.

Uh-huh. Siegfried and Roy.

How's your veggie-slush?

What's in it again?

Mmm,

it is all organically
grown spinach, tomatoes,

celery, eggplant

and natural prairie grass.

"Natural prairie grass" means

there's cows and buffalo
that walk and pee on it.

Not working for you?

No, I-I just never really
got the vegan thing.

I was always brought up
thinking that the world

was set up around one species
eating another species.

Well,

we like to look at it like this:

we are the sentient
beings on this planet,

so we can make choices that
other animals can't make,

like getting our
protein from soy

or getting our iron from
beets or getting our shoes

from synthetics.

You don't wear leather, either?

No.

But you know what?
I am not judging.

- Hey, me, either.
- Hey,

at least you're curious.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

So what brings you in today?

Oh, I'm actually waiting to
talk to somebody next door.

I'm the attorney
for Blake Donovan.

Oh, God, that's so
terrible what happened.

I know, I know.

Well, you know 'em,
obviously; you're next door.

Yeah, Blake is...
he's a wonderful guy.

Driven, but very, very caring.

And Carly?

Okay, she can be violent,
out of control even.

I mean, she even
attacked me one day.

Thank God Kurt was there
to pull her off of me.

Kurt?

That's their manager.

Why would she attack you?

Nick!

Get in here.

Okay.

Uh, thank you so much.

- Uh...
- To go?

To go... away.

Thanks for the heads-up on the
eyewitness who saw the redhead.

Otherwise, we would have
been real confused,

finding something like this
in your clients' pipes.

So listen, we want the truth now.

Whichever of your clients
steps forward gets immunity.

The other...
well, that'll be on you.

Yeah, that's what they're
offering, Blake.

All right.

That's right.

Carly says no deal.

- No hesitation?
- None.

We're not taking it.

How about Blake?

No deal.

He said this guy couldn't
break 'em up in life,

can't do it in death.

All right, well, then, we're
still on the same team.

Look, the only reason
they offered this deal

is 'cause this case is
completely circumstantial.

We hit hard that this
Kurt Faber guy had access

and he lost his life savings

when Russell backed out
of their business deal.

Yeah, we throw suspicion his
way, create enough doubt,

jury acquits both
Carly and Blake.

Yeah, but we have no idea

what this guy's going to
say when he gets up there.

I've done my homework.

You need to do yours.

Why? What'd you find out?

You know I can't answer that.

Look, we go after the manager
really hard together,

and if it works and we're
successful, God bless.

But if not...

Okay.

You do what you got to do,

I'm gonna do what I got to do.

Why don't you get this one?

The victim's blood was
found in the defendants' sink,

an extramarital affair

and a bitter business
dispute provide motive,

and then there's this...

worn by the killer as
a disguise, then flushed

down a toilet.

Where was it?

In the plumbing pipes
beneath the studio

owned by the defendants.

Detective,

your police report describes

the blood evidence you
found as "Trace evidence."

What... what...
what does that mean?

Trace evidence is
evidence which occurs

when two materials come in
contact with each other.

Okay, like, uh, blood
and a porcelain sink.

- Exactly.
- Great.

I have a definition here
of "Trace" that says

"An extremely small amount."

Does that also apply here?

Uh, yeah, it was a small amount,

but it was the victim's blood.

A small amount from...
let's say... a paper cut

that one might have gotten
mishandling freshly printed

yoga class schedules?

Well, that's possible, but...

Okay, or maybe a small
amount from a sliver

after teaching yoga all
day on a hardwood floor?

- Yeah, possibly. - Thank you so much.
Nothing further.

Mr. Morelli?

No questions, Your Honor.

Mr. Gardner, you testified

that you observed an
individual with red hair

enter the studio,

but that you couldn't
tell this redhead's

ethnicity or gender.
Is that correct?

I saw them from behind.

Them? Them?

- Was there more than one?
- No. Um...

I meant the person that
I saw, the individual.

Right, right, right,
the person you saw,

who you can't
otherwise narrow down

in even the broadest of terms.

Male, female...

Black, white, green, red...

Are you for certain that this
was, in fact, even a human?

Objection! Your Honor,

he's mocking the witness.

Sustained. Mr. Morelli...

Sorry. In any event,

you have no ability to claim

that this red-wigged,
red-haired person

was my client or his wife.

- No.
- Could have been somebody else

who frequents
the yoga studio, right?

A student, maybe a manager?

- Yeah, I guess.
- No further questions. Thank you.

Mr. Kaczmarek?

Mr. Morelli said it all.

No questions.

The State calls
Kurt Faber to the stand.

Do you solemnly swear
to tell the truth,

the whole truth and
nothing but the truth?

I do.

Mr. Faber, you're the
manager at the yoga studio

owned by the defendants,
is that right?

For the last two years. Yes.

And you have keys

that could have given you
access and opportunity

to kill Russell Copley?

Excuse me?

Let's be frank,

Mr. Faber.
It's no secret

that you and Russell Copley
disliked each other,

and if I were
a defense attorney,

looking to throw suspicion

at somebody other
than my client,

I might ask you

if you were angry
with Russell Copley.

Were you angry
at Russell Copley?

Yes. He screwed me.

I-I'm sorry.

He backed out of a deal to
open our own yoga studio.

Cost me my life savings.

But yet, here you are.

You're not a suspect in this case.

No charges have been filed.

What is your understanding
as to why that is?

I guess because I didn't do it.

Or because I was at
St. Luke's that morning.

My sister's on the cancer ward.

I'm sure we all
wish her well, Mr. Faber.

So you have an alibi?

Yes.

Okay. Now that we've got
that out of the way...

In your witness statement,
you told police,

"The moment I saw
Russell lying there,

"I thought Carly
and Blake killed him.

"They had so many reasons to."

- What reasons are those?
- Objection, Your Honor.

- Foundation.
- Calls for speculation.

Sustained.

All right, let's try it this way.

Based on what you observed,
what led you specifically

to believe that Carly Donovan

had animosity towards
Russell Copley?

Just Carly?

Yes, I'm just asking about Carly.

They were arguing
over the business

- and their affair.
- Their affair?

Yes. Carly didn't seem
too happy when it ended.

I heard her say twice
with my own ears,

- "I wish you were dead".
- She got what she wished for, didn't she?

- Objection.
- Nothing further. Your witness.

Deal's still on the table, guys.

Whoever wants to step forward.

Mr. Faber,

did you have an
opportunity to observe

Blake Donovan's
response at learning

that his wife was
having an affair?

Yes, I did.

Can you describe that response?

It was pure rage.

Pure rage?

Mr. Faber, after everything
that you saw and heard

at the yoga studio,
if you were to step

into the decedent's shoes,

hypothetically,
of the two defendants,

which one would you say
is more dangerous?

- Blake.
- Objection, Your Honor.

I ask that the jury be instructed

- to disregard.
- Sustained.

It's an admissible hypothetical,

Your Honor, based
purely on what he...

I have ruled!

The jury will disregard
the question and answer.

Move on, counsel.

Pure rage.

I have nothing further,
Your Honor.

Mr. Faber, did you
witness a fight

between Carly Donovan
and the owner

of the Vegan Rainbow Restaurant,

Ms. Amanda Purnell?

Yes, I did.

Would you describe what happened?

I was the last customer there.

Carly came in, screaming, and
grabbed Amanda by the neck.

- I-I had to pull her off.
- Carly came in,

grabbed Amanda around the
neck and was screaming?

- What was she screaming?
- Objection. Hearsay.

Exception to the
hearsay rule, Your Honor.

Excited utterance.

Carly made statements spontaneously

while she was strangling Amanda.

Bull. In no way does this meet...

Objection overruled.

Witness will answer the question.

She screamed Amanda
was a lying whore,

and that she had found
something of Amanda's

in Russell's bedroom.

The bedroom of the man
that she was supposedly

no longer committing adultery with.

- Is that correct?
- Objection!

- Sustained.
- Have you ever had to pull Blake

off of anyone to save their life?

- No, I did not.
- Of course not.

Thank you.

I mean, if I were on the
jury, I'd think I did it.

Well, the testimony about
you attacking Amanda

does not help.

But it's nothing
we can't get past.

I just don't know what to
believe anymore, Nick.

I mean, she clearly
was lying to me.

You know, I've been thinking
about what you said

about Carly being the
most likely suspect.

I saw her apron and a pair of
"Do-me" Boots at Russell's,

and I just lost it.

I want there in a weak moment.
It was wrong.

But I didn't kill him.

And if I didn't do it,

then who did?

Okay. Hold on.

Look, what I argued in court
was a tactic. Pure tactic.

I have to create reasonable doubt.
So does Nick.

I don't know what
to believe anymore.

'Cause, Nick,

there's something
I need to tell you.

What?

Our alibi.

It's a lie.

What are you saying?

What part isn't true?

That we were together.

Truth is, I was out jogging,

and she was... she says...

I was asleep.

I don't know where Blake was.

We lied because we needed an alibi...

and because we believed each other,

and I just don't...

know what to believe anymore, Pete.

All right, Carly.

Listen up.

This case is based completely
on circumstantial evidence.

We just stick to our defense,
and I will bet you...

Ten to one odds that the
jury will clear both of you.

But what if they
only clear one of us?

I didn't kill anyone.

I'm not going to prison

for something I didn't do.

I'll testify.

She lied.

I'm taking the deal.

I want the deal.

Hey.

Hey.

- Neutral ground, huh?
- Yeah. Neutral ground.

Listen, we're breaking all
kinds of ethical rules here,

so let me just get to it.

Nick, I wanted to
give you a warning

before I throw you under the bus.

Carly's going to
take the deal.

It's what she wants.

Well, I appreciate
the heads-up,

but you can't take the deal,

because I'm taking the deal.

That's what Blake wants.

What...

You weren't even
going to tell me?

I sent you five messages.

- You sent me five messages?
- Yeah.

Why didn't you call?

Because I didn't want to
hear your damn voice.

That's why.
Because you pissed me off!

- I pissed you off?
- Yeah!

You turned on me
in open court,

for crying out loud.

Well, you gave me no choice.
You did the same thing to me!

Well, that's because
you kicked my ass

with that cheap shot
hypothetical crap.

You blindsided me with
the vegan lady fight.

Pete, I had no choice!

Come on, I got to
protect my client.

Carly's taking the deal.

Oh, yeah?

Not if I get to Cole first.

Hello?

Hey, Nick. It's me.

I just called you.

Hello?

It's me again, Nick.
I did it again.

How do you do that?

- Hello?!
- Really, Nick?

- Three times?
- Cut it out!

- You have caller I.D.
- Screw you! Screw...

Hey. Back off.

Oh, geez! That was my...

That's a brand-new phone.

What are we doing?

I'll tell you what we're doing.

We're doing Cole's work for him.

That's what we're doing.

That's exactly where he wants us.

Right here.

We let a case get between us.

Dump Carly?

She was my client.
You tried to railroad me.

But Blake was my friend.

I'm your friend.

I'm your friend.

Nick.

I'm your partner.

You are?

Come here.

Come on. I hate to hug!

Come on. Show affection, Nicky.

All right. Here. Here.
That's the best I can do.

Well, all right.

All right. All right.

All right!

Good.

Now we got to figure out a
way to fix this damn thing.

My place is closer.

I bet I could beat your
Pontiac in my Cadillac.

I don't want to...

Go, go, go!

Welcome to the Law offices
of Pete Kaczmarek.

Esquire.

Wow.

Hi, Zoey.

Good evening, Mr. Arnold.

Mr. What?

What did you call me?

What did she just call me?

Uh, Mr. Arnold.

As in Benedict Arnold.

Come on.

You hire someone to replace her?

Well, I-I need someone

to answer the damn phones.

Well, she'll get over it.

Zoey, come on.
Get over it. Will you?

All right, what do we do?

Where do we start with this?

Okay.

I was trying to figure out...

What the...

Ah, crap.

Yeah. Sorry about that.
You get what you pay for,

and this place is a dump.

No kidding.

- Where's the can?
- In the back.

This is an expensive suit, Pete.

All right.

What I think is that
their case is still

entirely circumstantial.

The only problem is, is
that red wig, you know?

Pete. Pete.

That's the smoking gun.
We got to find a way

- to take care of that.
- Nick! Nick!

- Don't go in!
- Pete!

Your bathroom floor is flooded!

These are new calfskins!

Yeah, sorry, buddy.

The, uh, AC ducts, toilets,

phone lines... everything's connected

in a very unhealthy
way in this building.

It's like living in a commune
where at anytime anyone else...

What?

No. This building.

This, uh... this commune.

Suddenly I love it.
I think you're going to love it, too.

What?

Zoey, call Carly, call Blake.

We're going to need blueprints
of their yoga studio.

It's all about connections.

Bingo! The pipes from the yoga studio

- and the vegan restaurant are connected.
- Yeah, look.

They form a "Y" leading to the
main pipe out of the building.

- So it was found here in the cleanout?
- Yeah.

So, the wig could have come

from here, the yoga studio,

or here, the vegan restaurant.

And since the restaurant

has a public bathroom,

it opens up a pool
of potential suspects

who could have dumped the wig.

You're good.

I got to them right before closing.
Last pair.

And cashmere socks.

Zoey, I've missed you every
second that you've been gone.

Oh, yeah?
What about Honey Bean?

Uh, hello.

I'm not in the office today
because I've been fired.

You're the best.

All right, uh, question is

whether or not we argue that

it could have been anyone
who dumped the wig

in the restaurant bathroom.

A yoga student, someone
off the street...

Or we set our sights
directly on Amanda.

Amanda?
The little vegan girl?

Carly thought she was
sleeping with Russell.

She told me that she found

Amanda's Vegan Rainbow
apron there

and a pair of "Do-me" Boots
in Russell's bedroom.

That's why she confronted her.

Uh, "Do-me" Boots?

You know, uh, "Do-me" Boots?

Knee-high, leather jobs,

meant to turn guys on,
"Do-me" Boots.

Leather?

Yeah. Usually.
Right, ladies?

- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.

Huh.

Amanda's vegan.

She doesn't wear leather.

She gave me a bunch of
grief for my calfskins.

Wait. I just bought you shoes
made out of baby cows?

So maybe the apron she found
at Russell's was Amanda's,

but the boots
were somebody else's.

So there's a third girl here?
A mystery girl?

Yeah, so Carly confronts
Amanda about the boots,

and that tips Amanda off

that Russell's actually
having an affair on her

with a girl number three.

Yeah, a leather-boot-wearing
animal killer!

Yeah.

These yoga guys
make out like bandits.

Till they end up dead.

Yeah. Well, we've got motive.

- Opportunity.
- Access.

Damn. We're good together.

- Thomas Cole.
- Hey, Tommy.

Morelli. Deal time?

Yeah, Cole, I wanted to
talk to you about plumbing.

Plumbing? What?

Wait. Hang on a second.

Thomas Cole.

Hey, buddy. Got some intel for you

about Blake and Carly's
neighbor, Amanda Purnell.

Vegan lady, loves rainbows,
wouldn't hurt a fly?

Get to it, all right?
Morelli's waiting.

Well, it turns out that that
fight that Amanda and Carly had

was because Amanda was also
sleeping with Russell.

That fight damages you.

Russell banging the
entire New Age community

doesn't mean jack...

Hang on.

Yeah, about the plumbing...

All right, Morelli, listen,
if you want this to...

- ♪ The vegan pipe's connected to
the yoga pipe ♪ - Morelli? Morelli?

♪ The yoga pipe's connected
to the vegan pipe... ♪

Nick, Nick, you're really
trying my patience.

Hang on!

What do you want?

You remember our crack
investigator Tony?

Well, guess what charge you will find

on Amanda's credit card statement.

You're going to find that
Amanda Purnell purchased

a wig and a gun the day before
she killed Russell Copley.

Nick and I are preparing a motion

to dismiss all charges
against both of our clients

based on prosecutorial misconduct,

ignoring exculpatory evidence

and vindictive prosecution.

Unless, of course, you want
to save us the trouble

and just do the right thing.

Lisa, get your crap
out of my office now.

I know it's still in there.

Already on it.

- Geez, nice to have you back.
- Are you kidding me?

You want me back. Alone with Nick?

Not pretty. Believe me, I know.

- I heard that.
- Good. I meant it.

Screw you, Mr. Kaczmarek.

Screw you, Mr. Morelli.
Where's my damn tux?

On your damn chair!

- Can you help mee with my tie?
- Hey, do it yourself.

- I don't know how to do it!
- Hey, you.

- I got your dress!
- Thank you.

- What are these?
- Oh, those are honey beans.

You got to try one.
They're delicious.

Morelli-Kaczmarek.

Oh, it is. Thank you.

All right, hurry up, guys!

The car's almost here!

♪ Stop ♪
♪ Stop ♪

♪ Look and listen, baby ♪

♪ That's my philosophy ♪

♪ Yes, it is now... ♪

Jess, I don't know.
I just don't know.

God knows, we didn't help,
we didn't do a thing.

And you...
you just did it.

Hmm. It's perfect.

It's a little bit of Pete,
it's a little bit of me.

It's... Oh, Jess,
thank you so much.

Oh, you're welcome.

No. No, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Great. It's gonna be a surprise
for both of you tonight.

Hi. Hey.

So that's the new boyfriend.

It's not a boyfriend. I don't know.

They look like a couple to me.
They're not a couple.

That's... he's a gay guy at work

she... she goes to
these functions with.

Oh, hey, Nicky, check it out!

- What is... what's this?
- It's tuna tartar.

Come on, you can have your
meatballs later. Fish?

- Try some of this. Yeah.
- No, I don't want any fish.

I want a Scotch!
Give me a Scotch, Zoey.

- Will you?
- Hey, get it yourself.

- What the...
- Drink later. Eat now.

- Come on, try this. You're gonna love it.
- I'm not gonna love it.

Trust me, Nicky.
For once, will you trust me?

I don't like that kind of raw fish.

- Have a bite. Eat the tuna tartar.
- Morelli. Kaczmarek.

- Mr. Sinatra.
- Mr. Sinatra!

That was my grandfather's name.
Call me Frank.

Frank.

I read in the Sun and the RJ

that you guys are fighting.

Well, um, listen, Frank...

He was a total jerk in the
courtroom the other day

- and almost...
- You fantastic idiots.

You have the finest,

most successful law practice

in the whole state of Nevada,

and you want to blow it.

You wanna destroy it.

Don't you guys realize you two
make each other possible?

I'm gonna go up and sing a song.

Want to have some fun?
Come on up and sing with me.

Um... I don't...

I'd trade the two of you for
a good Girl Scout. Come on!

Ladies and Gentlemen...

Join me in welcoming
Frank Sinatra Jr.

Come on!

♪ That face, that face ♪

♪ That wonderful face ♪

♪ It shines, it glows ♪

♪ All over the place ♪

♪ And never will these eyes behold ♪

♪ A sight that could replace ♪

♪ That face ♪
♪ That face ♪

♪ That face ♪
♪ That face ♪

♪ That face ♪
♪ That face ♪

♪ Such grace ♪
♪ Such grace ♪

♪ Your place ♪
♪ Your place ♪

- ♪ My place ♪
- I don't know about that.

♪ That face. ♪

- Who loves you, Nicky?
- I love you, Petey.

- Love you, baby.
- Oh, that face.

Yeah, baby!
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