The Practice (1997–2004): Season 2, Episode 1 - Reasonable Doubts - full transcript

[ Shutter Clicking ]

[ Clamoring ]

[ Man ]
Come on. This way.

[ Clamoring Continues ]

I can't take this
much longer.
It's almost over, Vicky.

- How we doing?
- It's close.

[ Sighs ]
You'll have to testify.

We knew that going in,
didn't we?

We assumed it,
but there was always the chance
they couldn't make their case.

And you think they have?

Not motive, but--
But what?



If you had shot him just once,
I would rest right now.

But the other four shots,
you got to get up there
and explain that.

[ Sighs ]

Don't buckle now, Vicky.
You've made it this far.

Maybe I should stop watching
the news. The things that
they are saying about me--

People have been talking
since this whole thing began.

They'll talk
long after it's over.

It's a juicy, sexy murder trial.
We're almost done.
Yeah.

Psychiatrist testifies,
then you, then you're done.

Okay.

We'll make it.

- [ Door Closes ]
- What the hell is this?

[ Line Ringing ]

[ Cell Door Opens, Closes ]



[ Sirens Wailing ]

- What are you thinking?
- It's none of your business,
Eugene.

None of my business?
I'm second chair in this trial.
She's my responsibility.

It's a personal thing.
It's got nothing
to do with you.

This is a murder trial.

She's charged with murder
in the first degree,

and you got a personal thing
going on with the client,
who's also my client,

- my business.
- I knew it.

Get out.
No, I won't get out.

I knew it, I smelled it,
but I didn't want to
believe it.

Believe what?
Him and Victoria Keenan.

- Get out!
- Are you insane?

Look, I'm not an idiot.
I-- I know how it looks.

I know the potential
danger here, so just--
just spare me the lectures.

It's-It's not affecting me
as a lawyer.

- Everybody, get out, now.
I need to talk to him.
- I forget. Who runs this place?

Right now, me.
Everybody, get out.
No, no, no.

You got something to say,
say it in front of them.
Go ahead.

Okay, fine. First, as a lawyer,
I don't even need to tell you
that part, Bobby.

Second, as Bobby,
she did it.

She's a killer. How could you
possibly get involved
with somebody like that?

- She's not a killer.
- Bobby, she pumped
five bullets into the man.

You're blinded
by her beauty, man.
She's a killer.

If that gets me fired,
then fine.

We all agree with Rebecca?

Lindsay?

Well, I would definitely agree
that she's, you know, pretty...
and a good shot.

- But I think it could
have been self-defense.
- You lie!

You can't read my mind,
Rebecca.

And I guess I shouldn't
trust my ears when you said
she was innocent.

I said it looks that way.

[ All Shouting ]
She's not a killer!

I defend murderers all the time,
and I know them when I see 'em.

Victoria Keenan is innocent.

Helen?

What's the look on Keenan?
End of the week,
we should be finished.

I feel, uh, pretty good.
Why?

Well, press coverage
is heating up.

Look, not to, uh, put pressure
on you, but I thought I'd just--
Put pressure on me.

Sorry.
We need this one.

[ Bobby ]
You treated the victim
for how long, Dr. Gale?

Just under six years.

And during the course
of your therapy sessions
with Mr. Adler,

did he ever talk
about my client?

He just said that she was
a neighbor who lived on
the same apartment floor...

and that he and his wife
would frequently visit with her.

[ Bobby ]
So you've heard
the prosecutor's suggestion...

that the victim was perhaps
having a sexual affair
with my client?

[ Gale ]
My response would be
that it's ridiculous.

I knew almost every detail
of Robert Adler's life.
There was no such affair.

Well, is it possible that--
that he would have
kept this from you?

Frankly, no. Bob Adler would
pour out his deepest intimacies
in my office.

If he were having an affair
with somebody, I would have
known about it.

On this you're positive?
Very.

The only relationship he had
with your client was that of
a... neighborly friendship.

- What were you treating
Mr. Adler for?
- Very mild depression.

And do you remember
how he first came to you?
Anybody refer him?

Yes.
Do you remember who?

- His wife, Mary.
- And how did Mary Adler
know of you?

She's been my patient
for nine years.

I see. So you would have
kind of a trusting relationship
with Mary Adler then?

Yes.

In fact, nine years,
I'd imagine you two have
built up quite a trust.

We have.
And given that trust,

if you knew somebody to be
betraying Mary Adler,

wouldn't you feel some sort
of obligation to tell her?

I didn't know of any--
Please listen
to the question, sir.

If you knew of someone
to be betraying Mary Adler,

a client you'd established
a nine-year trust with,
would you tell her?

It's not so easy.

If I learned it
from another client,

-there'd be tremendous conflicts
of interest, counsel.
-It's not so easy, you say.

So there would be some
pull on you to tell her,
wouldn't there?

I mean,
Mary Adler trusts you.

If you were to find out
she were being betrayed,

there would be some pull on you
to tell her, whether you'd
end up doing it or not, right?

- Obviously.
- Obviously.

And this would be obvious
to Robert Adler too,
wouldn't it?

Perhaps.
Perhaps?

So couldn't it be Robert Adler
thought it best...

not to tell you he was sleeping
with Victoria Keenan?

- Objection!
- Overruled.

Isn't it at least possible,
given your conflicts
of interest,

your fiduciary relationship
with his wife,

that Robert Adler chose not
to tell you he was committing
adultery with that woman?

- I don't think that
that was the case.
- Is it your testimony, Doctor,

that such a scenario
is impossible?

No, I am not saying
it's impossible.

Thank you, Doctor.
The truth isn't so painful
after all, is it?

This is why
I hate psychiatric experts.
In the end, they always wobble.

It's not exactly
a black-and-white science.

Look, they still haven't
proven any affair.

All they have are witnesses
who saw him go into
her apartment a lot.

Yeah. But I was just
holding out the hope that
she wouldn't have to testify.

[ Clears Throat ]
Excuse me?

I just hate to subject her to it
all unless it's absolutely--
You hate to subject her to it?

Are you seeing straight on this?

Excuse me?

If you're even wondering whether
or not she takes the stand,
you're not seeing straight.

In all the time you have known
me, have you ever seen me get
involved with a client before?

No. Previously, you've
been too smart for that.

If I thought that it
compromised my objectivity...

or ability even slightly,
I would be off.

And I don't appreciate
having to convince you of that.

And what about her? I mean,
this could be like a patient
falling for her shrink.

The deck isn't level for her.
That isn't happening.

And let's just keep
this discussion about the case.

Fine.

If you're even wondering
whether or not
she takes the stand,

you're not seeing straight.

I suppose if it were him
in this situation, you'd be
giving him the same speech.

Yeah, maybe.
But he's been with me
long enough to know...

I don't go running around
getting involved
with my clients.

And if I thought
for one second that--

He did say one thing that--

- That what?
- Nothing.

Bobby.

Your feelings for me.

They could have
something to do with,

you know,
like I'm your protector
in all this...

and that can make you
more prone to--
Well, that is a possibility.

I know that's not
what you want to hear, but--

Let's face it.
My life is basically
in your hands.

So it's possible that--
And once the trial is over,

you think
you'll feel different?

Of course not.

But we have to admit we are
in the middle of something that
we've never been in before.

[ Sighs ]
Maybe-- Maybe we should just...

pull back until
the trial is over.

Okay.

[ Woman ]
Mr. Donnell, please. Mr. Young,
do you have a comment?

Hey! Hey, hey, hey.
You want a comment?
Yes, we do.

The next one of you to push me,
I'm gonna push back.
That's my comment.

[ Elevator Bell Dings ]
[ Man ]
There she is!

What's your comment,
Helen?

I never have any comment.
Why would I have one today?

[ Man #2 ]
Ms. Gamble, how do you think
she was capable of five shots?

I don't.
I think it was suicide.
He shot himself five times.

I'm just prosecuting her
'cause I don't like her outfit.

[ Bobby ]
Don't rush with your answers.

And no matter how hard
she comes at you, stay calm.

Gamble likes to play
the nervous schoolgirl.

And as soon as you think
she's harmless, she gets you.

How long will it take?
It won't be quick, Vicky.
This could be a long day.

Okay.
Just tell them
what happened.

You're gonna do great.

Well, he had come over
like he had so many
other times before.

And what did you and Mr. Adler
do on these visits?

Well, for most of them,
Mary, his wife,
she would come too.

Sometimes we'd watch TV
or play cards or--
or just talk.

Yes, but on this occasion,
Mr. Adler came alone...

and at 11:00 at night.
Yes.

He said that he was troubled
about something and he asked
if he could come in.

And you said yes?
Like I said,
we were friends.

- And then what happened?
- Well, we had a nightcap.
And then, out of nowhere,

he told me
that I was beautiful,

but not in
a conversational way.

It was more of a,
well, seductive tone.

[ Bobby ]
And what did you do?

Well, I was
thinking to myself...

how do I get out
of this with the least
amount of embarrassment?

I-- I figured he must
have been drinking
before he came over.

I don't know, I-I--

I guess I was trying to
save him from himself
a little bit.

Well, how'd you do that?
Well, by laughing it off,

pretending not to be
as uncomfortable as I was.

Then he said, um, that
when he was with Mary...

that he would often
think of me.
And what did you say to that?

Have you been drinking?

That's why you think
I'm saying these things,
because of alcohol?

I don't know why you're
saying them. It's just--

I'm saying these things
because I'm in love with you.
You know this.

Robert, look.
We're-- We're friends.
I'm friends with Mary.

You know what? This is making me
really uncomfortable.
I think you should go.

[ Bobby ]
And did he go?

No.

I think you're in love with me.
[ Victoria ]
What?

I know that your friendship
with Mary makes it
kind of prohibitive, but--

Look, Robert, please leave.
I'm not leaving, Victoria.
Come on.

Come on.
Robert, let go of my hands.

Hey, come on.
Let's-- Let's stop
pretending, all right?

Robert, please,
let go of me.

Is this part of a game, huh?
This denial? Is this what
arouses you?

Robert, look, I'll ask you
one more time to let go of me
and then I scream.

But he wouldn't.

He wouldn't let go.

Maybe I should just take you,
huh? Then we could both
have each other.

You'd be spared the
morning-after remorse, huh?

Come on! Come on!
No!

[ Screams ]
Come on!

No!
[ Screams ]

No!

I don't really remember
the other shots.

I remember
pulling the trigger.

But not how many times.

Your story seems so traumatic,
Ms. Keenan.

- I'm a little struck
by how poised you tell it.
- Objection!

- Overruled.
- You talk about
an attempted rape,

then shooting a man repeatedly
to his death.

And you seem so
unaffected by it all.

- Objection.
- Sustained.

It's your testimony the victim
came over to your apartment
alone on many occasions.

Yes.
Sometimes late at night.

- Yes.
- And it's your testimony...

- that there was nothing
sexual between you two.
- That's correct.

In the last, say,
oh, five years,

have you had a romantic
relationship with anybody?

As a matter of fact,
no, I-I haven't.

Gee. Such an attractive,
affluent woman,

you would think
there'd have to be somebody.

- Objection!
- Ms. Gamble.

You testified that
you screamed that night.

Anybody hear those screams
to your knowledge?

- No, not to my knowledge.
- Oh.

- The walls of my apartment
are very thick.
- You would know this?

- Objection!
- Overruled.

Have you ever screamed
in the company of the victim
before and not been detected?

- Objection!
- Sustained. Stop it.

Did Mr. Adler keep pursuing you
after you shot him
the first time?

I-- I don't really remember.

I recall
squeezing the trigger...

and then seeing him
lying on the floor.

- You don't remember
seeing him fall?
- I was in shock, Ms. Gamble.

I don't remember a lot of
what happened that night.
I was shaking.

Do you remember dialing 911?
When?
Yes.

- Right after.
- Right after.
Seconds after? Minutes?

Immediately after. I saw him
lying on the floor. I picked up
the phone and called.

- While you were
still shaking?
- Yes.

At this time, Your Honor,
I'd like to play the recording
of the 911 call.

[ Man ]
Say that again, please.

[ Victoria ]
A man just tried to rape me.

I shot him in self-defense,
and I think he might be dead.

[ Man ]
Where are you
calling from, ma'am?

[ Victoria ] I'm at
the Devonshire Place, apartment
14-C. It's my residence.

[ Player Stops ]
That's the sound
of your voice in shock?

I don't know
what I sound like.

I do know
I was in shock, yes.
I see.

So while in shock, you had
the presence to assert your
legal claim of self-defense?

- Objection.
- Overruled.

Shall I play the tape again,
Ms. Keenan?

I said self-defense
as a descriptive way.

I wasn't asserting
any legal claim, Ms. Gamble.
It just came out that way.

It just came out that way.

I think you did great.
I really do.

You heard that tape.

I did sound calm, Bobby.
I did.

You sounded shut down.
That's normal under
the circumstances.

I think we had
a very good day, Vicky.

I wouldn't say so
if I thought otherwise.

What?

I remember pulling the trigger
on the first shot, but--

but maybe the reason I can't
remember the other four shots
is because I blocked it out.

Maybe they were deliberate,
and that's why
I blocked them out.

Don't start going
down that path.

Look, I don't know anymore.
When I was testifying,
I could see the image--

Maybe those last four shots,
maybe they were revenge.

Listen to me.
The man tried to rape you.

He might have killed you.

The first shot was fear,
I think.

The other four were rage.

Least she's honest.

[ Chuckles ]
Yeah.

Bobby, either way,
it wasn't premeditated.
So what it's rage?

What woman
under those circumstances
wouldn't just start shooting?

Yeah.

This ain't bothering you
'cause it's a client.
You love this woman?

Ah, come on.
It's too soon.

Do you think that
I should let Eugene take over?

No. That sends a message
to the jury.

Besides, Eugene says
you're doing good in there.

He thinks you're winning.

You're worried.

[ Sighs ]
I don't know, Jimmy.
I don't know.

Wh-What is it about her?

I mean,
I know she's attractive,

but your valve in this area
has been kind of shut off.

Exactly.

I don't have a clue
as to what makes her different.

It's not like I'm in--
in love with her, Jimmy.

But it could go that way.

Maybe I should have
Eugene take over.

All right, this is how I see it.
He promised her
he'd leave the wife,

and when he doesn't,
she shoots him.

See, she was in love with him.
Don't you think she'd have
a plan slightly better...

than gunning him down
in her own apartment?

What do you mean?
It's a great plan.
No witnesses, reasonable doubt.

Jimmy thinks she's innocent.
I do.

See? It's a great plan.
See, she did it.

I knew you were there
the whole time.

[ Door Opens ]
Does anybody
have work to do?

[ Door Closes ]

Excuse me.
Mr. Donnell?

I know you're Bobby Donnell.
I recognize you
from the papers.

Yeah, well,
how can I help you?

Actually,
I am here to help you.

I live in the apartment
across from Victoria Keenan,

and I have some information
on that night.

Okay, I won't waste your time,
because I know that you must be
running at a premium here.

Here is the thing.
I am a security nut.

I, um, live alone, and I have
a recurrent nightmare...

that someone gets into my house
and gives me a tracheotomy.

So I got into this high-tech
security stuff, right,

including mini cameras
and so forth.

And I got to thinking,
I wonder if it picked
something up that night?

And sure enough--

You want to take
a little look at this?

You got a tape of the night
of the shooting?

It-It's just hallway,
but it may be helpful.

[ Man ]
There's your deceased Mr. Adler.

[ Eugene ]
And that's her apartment.

It goes by quick,
if you want to rewind it.

How long have you
had this tape?

[ Man ]
Since the night of,
I told you.

And you never thought
to go to the police with it?

I couldn't think
of much else.

But I couldn't see
much good in it.

At least, not much
good in it for me.

And then this morning-- ding.
Timing is everything,
don't you think?

I am willing to sell this
to your client for 100,000.

You came here to extort us?

Hey, you know,
that's a legal term,
and I am not a lawyer.

I am more like
a Fuller Brush man.

I'm just hoping
that you're gonna buy
what I have to sell.

Well, you came
to the wrong place.

Because this office
doesn't participate
in blackmail or extortion!

Okay, again,
I'm no legal expert.

But you do have some duty to
take this offer to your client.

The tape is yours.
It's a copy.

Oh, you know what?

Since you say it's illegal,
maybe I should just go
to the D.A.

But you should probably think
that if the district attorney
springs that in court tomorrow,

you'll be hard-pressed
to claim unfair surprise...

since I came to you first.

Mr. Walters, you had to know
about this tape the night
of the shooting,

otherwise you wouldn't
have known to save it.

So?
So the police
questioned you.

I got the reports.
You withheld evidence.

That's obstruction
of justice, Mr. Walters.
You could go to jail.

Gee. Maybe I should just
turn myself in now.

[ Tape Rewinding ]

What do you want me to say?
How about the truth?

Okay.

We were having an affair.

But I had just shot the man.
I panicked.

I lied. I told them
that we were friends.

Why didn't you tell me?
I was going to, but you
basically told me not to.

What?
Our very first meeting,
I remember your words exactly.

You said that
whatever I told you,
you were stuck with it.

You couldn't get me on
the witness stand and say things
that you knew weren't true.

That didn't mean lie.
Bobby, don't deny it.

You're the one that steered me
to stick with the version
I gave the police.

I never told you to lie.
Because we both know
you're not allowed to.

But you sure as hell warned me
against the truth.

His shrink took the stand,
for God's sakes. How could you
be so sure he wouldn't know?

Because Robert told me
that he never told him.

He was afraid
for anybody to know.

The D.A. was exactly right.

Robert didn't tell
his psychiatrist because
he didn't want him telling Mary.

So you just murdered this guy?
No, of course
I didn't murder him!

Tell me what happened.

[ Sighs ]

A week before,
Robert came by here...

and said that he wanted to
leave Mary and marry me.

I had no interest
in marrying him.

So I turned him down.

Then that night he came back,
he proposed again.

I said no again,
and then he went into this rage.

And the rest is exactly
as I told you before.

He tried to rape me,
I went for the gun
and I shot him.

That's the truth, Bobby.

If you choose not to believe me,
I-- [ Sighs ]

I guess I wouldn't blame you.

Take a lie detector.

Excuse me?
A polygraph.

I-I thought
it was inadmissible.

In court.

For you.
Take a polygraph for you.

I'm a better lawyer
when I believe in my client.

So it's in your interest,
if what you're telling me now
is the truth.

Fine.

Set up your polygraph.
Forget about what
you read, Vicky.

They're deadly accurate.

Set up your polygraph, Bobby.

You have got to be kidding.
Yeah, that's why I set it up,
to kid you.

But he's giving her
a polygraph?
Yes.

Well, what's the point?
He can't use it.

Exactly. It doesn't
make any sense.

Eugene, what the hell
is going on?

I wish I knew.

[ Man ]
He was trying to rape you?

Yes.

Is your hair black?
No.

[ Typing ]

Were you afraid Robert Adler
was about to kill you
when you shot him?

Yes.

Were you in love with him?
No.

[ Typing ]
In love with anybody?

Maybe.

- Him?
- Stay on the path, Johnny.

Did you plan
to shoot Robert Adler
before he attacked you?

[ Victoria ]
No.

Well, I guess congratulations
are in order.

You have a client that
not only seems to love you,

she's telling the truth.

So where are we now?
I don't know.

I guess everything depends
on that Walters guy
and that stupid tape.

Bobby, Probation pulled
his sheet for me.

He's got a prior
on some insurance fraud.
Walters?

Mm-hmm. He was also indicted
in some travel agency scam, but
that hasn't gone anywhere yet.

Oh, no.

Why is that bad?

It gives him motive he can go
to the police with. He can use
that tape to make a deal.

Lindsay, you're friends with
Helen Gamble. Try to sniff
out whether she knows.

Jimmy, drop whatever
you're doing and research
unfair surprise.

- I need to know if that
tape gets introduced--
- If you heard about it first--

- I want to know, damn it!
I want the research!
- Fine.

- And suppose it isn't
unfair surprise?
- Then we're in trouble.

- Maybe we should just buy
the tape from this guy.
- That's illegal.

Look, my money says
Walters isn't going to the D.A.
There's too much risk for him.

Eugene, check into this guy.
I don't care if you are up
all night.

- I need to be ready
to discredit him if--
- The video speaks for itself.

Why is everything a fight
with you? If I ask you to do
something, why can't you do it?

Bobby, lay off. We're all
on the same side here.

Don't feed me that.
You're having a great time
with this.

It's just one big hoot
to everybody.
Bobby.

And don't you lecture me.
If that video gets put in
tomorrow, we are dead.

So let's all
just do our work.

It's fun, actually.
I-I don't mean murder
should be fun,

but this is the kind of trial
we used to dream of
in law school, remember?

Hello. You dreamed of mergers
and acquisitions, Helen.

Yeah, well, maybe so.

Uh, you know, rumor has it
that, um, Bobby and this woman
got something going.

Yeah. I started it.
I know how gossip distracts you.

You still like him, Lindsay?

Just eat your sandwich, Helen.
You should ask him out,
for his sake.

This woman's trouble.
Or maybe I'll ask him out.

Go for it.

You gonna rest
your case tomorrow?

Why do you ask?
I'm just curious.

Yeah.
What?

Ah, I just feel like maybe
we're going on a little
fishing expedition here.

I can't have dinner
with a friend?
Uh-huh.

Well, I'll-I'll probably
rest tomorrow.

Then again,

I might not.

[ All Shouting ]
[ Man ]
Stay back! Step back!

Mr.-- Mr. Donnell--
A little cooperation here.

You didn't get my messages?
What's the matter?

Do we know anything?
Is that videotape coming in?
The D.A. would have to tell me.

Unless it happens like
the Walters guy said.

If we claim unfair surprise,
she'll say she knew about it.

Well, we'll just have to
wait and see, Eugene. Right?

And from her symptoms,
I concluded that she was
in a mild state of shock.

Now, you found
signs of trauma.
Absolutely.

Doctor, is it possible
a person could feign
these symptoms?

No. No, this was real.

You examined the defendant
how long after the shooting?

Mmm, I think
a couple of hours.

Can you really diagnose shock
to a medical certainty?

It's a judgment thing.
And I made that call, yes.

I see.
And would it be possible
for someone...

to go into shock after
committing a heinous crime as
well as being the victim of one?

Yes.
So it's possible, Doctor,

that the symptoms you saw
in Victoria Keenan...

could have been triggered
by her committing murder,
right?

Well, it's conceivable,
yes, but--
Conceivable?

Yes.

Thank you, Doctor.

Counsel?

The defense rests,
Your Honor.

Ms. Gamble?

The prosecution rests,
Your Honor.

Closing arguments at 2:00.
Adjourned.
[ Gavel Raps ]

You knew.
What?

Don't play dumb with me, Vicky!
I saw your face. You knew
Walters wasn't coming forward,

and you weren't
the least bit surprised
when the prosecution rested.

You bought that tape.

How much do you
want to know, Bobby?

Tell me everything.
Everything!

I bought the tape.
How could I not?

If it comes into evidence,
my life is over.

It's obstruction of justice.
It's illegal!

For you to be involved, maybe.
There's nothing illegal
about it for me.

People snap your photograph
in a restaurant, ask if you
want to buy it. People do.

The same thing here. I-- I
liked the tape, I bought it. It
doesn't mean I committed murder.

I shot him in self-defense.

You're a liar.

I-- I feel sick.

[ Door Opens ]

Could she have fooled
that test?
It is so unlikely.

I'm not looking
for an apology, John.
I just want the information.

- Could she have
beaten that thing?
- It's like one in a million.

Does she fall into that category
of the kind of person
who could do it?

Maybe.

She seemed pretty cool
in there, Bobby.

Whether she's that pathological,
it's anybody's guess.

Okay, you can go.

[ Door Closes ]

She is that pathological,
isn't she?

We don't know that.

[ Sighs ]
I'm-- I'm not sure
I can get up there, Eugene.

I beg your pardon?
I don't know if I can...

stand on my feet
and do the closing.

Well, you don't have a choice.
I mean, the judge isn't gonna
let you out, not at this point.

[ Sighs ]

I can't do it.

What do you mean
you can't do it?
We do it every day.

The client is always guilty.
We always do it. What do you
mean you can't do it?

I can't do this one.

The first thing they teach you
in law school is never ever
fall in love with the client.

- They don't teach you that.
- Well, they should.

Bobby. Maybe
you're crazy about her.

I don't know.
I don't really care.

What I do know is
when the judge says,
"I'll hear from the defense,"

you better get up.

He said he loved her?
No, no, Eugene said love,

but I couldn't make out
the end of the sentence...

because big head over here
started up with the copying
machine.

Don't make fun of my head.
That's rude.
How could he love her?

Why? Do you like him?
What?

I don't know. You just
seem a little defensive.
I'm not defensive.

You sound it.
Thank you, big head.

That's rude.

You see how big this is?

You don't just fire off
five shots in a reflex.

This thing has kick.

You have to aim,
to steady.

It isn't simple.

She says she only remembers
pulling the trigger once.

Right?

Five shots,
ladies and gentlemen.

Boom, boom,

boom, boom, boom.

And she's asking you to
swallow self-defense.

We'll now hear
from the defense.

Bobby.

Bobby Donnell
said to me last night, uh,

"Eugene, you've basically
been sitting here
listening like a juror.

What's your take on all this?"

And when I told him,
he thought that maybe
I should be the one to tell you.

But if you've been listening to
all the witnesses, like I have,
weighing all the evidence,

I don't have to
tell you anything, do I?

I mean, we all have
the same question.

Why?
Why would Victoria Keenan
murder Robert Adler?

There is no evidence
of any motive.

Oh, they suggest that there
must have been some affair.

But they have to suggest that,
otherwise they're stumped.

But where's the proof?
Uh, did you hear any proof?

Maybe I missed something.
Did, uh, you hear any testimony
establishing an affair?

You?

Even Robert Adler's
own psychiatrist,

he got up here
and he told you--

he told you there
was no such affair,
the idea was ridiculous.

And the lady over there,
I suspect she knows
it's ridiculous,

but she has to suggest it
anyway because she's stuck.

She's stuck for a motive.

Did the prosecution put up
a single witness to contradict
what Victoria Keenan told you?

Anybody?

They have wasted your time.

Their whole case is
boom, boom, boom, boom and boom.

And they expect you to convict
off of a bunch of booms.

Now, you have testimony...

that Robert Adler
tried to rape her.

Evidence that
she defended herself.

No evidence.
None to the contrary
other than five booms...

and a big gun with a trigger
that's hard to squeeze.

Reasonable doubt?

I don't think I have to
tell you anything.

[ Whispering ]
Thank you.

[ Judge ]
Ms. Gamble.

What you saw on that stand...

was a cold, ice-cold killer...

who figured the perfect crime
was to invite the victim
into her home,

shoot him...

and claim self-defense.

No witnesses. Perfect.

But no screams, either.
No bruises on her body.

Just shock.

[ Victoria ]
A man just tried to rape me.

I shot him in self-defense,
and I think he might be dead.

[ Player Stops ]
Word perfect.

When she's good,
she's good.

When she's bad,

she's a murderer.

Has the jury
reached its verdict?
We have, Your Honor.

The defendant
will please rise.

What say you, Mr. Foreman?

In the matter of Commonwealth
versus Victoria Keenan...

on the charge of murder
in the first degree,

we find the defendant...
not guilty.

[ Spectators Murmuring ]

[ Judge ] Members of the jury,
the court thanks you for your
service which is now concluded.

This matter is adjourned.
The defendant is free to go.

Nice job, Bobby.

Good job, Eugene.
Thank you.

Ms. Keenan,
what was your first thought now
that you were found not guilty?

[ Reporters Clamoring ]

Front door was open.

[ TV Clicks Off ]
Come in. Come in.

It's been such a--
such a whirlwind, I--

I haven't had time
to settle yet.

Why didn't you get up
to do the closing?

Well, I just figured
that Eugene could offer
a better perspective, and--

We're not gonna see any more
of each other, are we?

I don't know quite
what to believe, Vicky.

That's too bad.

Well, uh, thanks.

Thanks again for
getting me acquitted.

Yeah.

Vicky?

Was it self-defense?

[ Woman ]
You stinker!