The Practice (1997–2004): Season 5, Episode 13 - The Thin Line - full transcript

DOLE: Previously
on "The Practice"...

His name is William Hinks.
He's a serial

psycho head-chopper we just
successfully got acquitted.

Now he's obsessed or something
with Lindsay.

I just want you
to scare him.

I'll take care of it, Bobby.

The man you killed was a bit
of a security freak.

He also managed
to activate his phone machine,

which partially recorded
an exchange between you two.

What exactly
do they have on tape?

Me telling Hinks



-that you sent me.
-I never sent you
to kill him.

Look, we're in deep here.

-Bobby Donnell?
-What's going on?

You're under arrest
for the murder of William Hinks.

MARTIN: The reason
for this assemblage --

I do not want this one
slipping away.

Robert Donnell is an enemy
to this department.

They're giving Neel
manslaughter.

In exchange for
his testimony against me.

I'm bringing a motion
to kick a couple of counts,

the most serious
being felony murder.

Whether or not Mr. Donnell
actually did instruct Mr. Neel,

that is a jury question.

The defendant's motion to
dismiss the felony murder count



is therefore denied.

They've offered a plea --

Aiding and abetting
a felonious assault.

2 1/2 years,
one suspended, disbarment.

Right.

If you get convicted
of felony murder,

you get life.

There is no way
I'm pleading guilty.

How did you know
I was here?

You always
used to come here.

Me too, for that matter.

I remember,
what was it--

10, 11 years ago,

you and I sat
in this very room

dreaming of the day we'd argue
before the supreme court.

Listen...

We talked about introducing
character evidence.

I don't think
that's a good idea.

It'll open the door
on the drug bust

where those police officers
got killed.

I'm not missing anything,
am I?

It's my word
against Neel's.

He's a felon.

What's his word?

We got to be able
to make reasonable doubt.

All they have
is a convicted felon

with a huge motive to lie.

The audiotape.
That precedes his motive.

Can we win, Eugene?

An outright acquittal?

I don't know.

The felony murder count --
All they have to prove

is that you sent him there
to break in, Bobby.

That's what scares me.

Their offer
is still on the table.

No.

♪ (theme)

The thing about Toomey --
He stays very neutral.

He doesn't get emotional.

Don't try pushing
any of his buttons.

He hasn't got any.

Don't figure him
to object too much, either.

He doesn't need to preserve
something for appeal,

he stays quiet.

And juries tend to like him
because he seems objective.

Great.

We better get going.

Good luck.

Bags packed?

Packed and ready.

Um, Eugene,
I'm on call

for my rape crisis center
today.

Is that going to be okay?

I thought you were just
in training.

I thought you were
volunteering nights.

I finished training
this weekend

and I am
volunteering nights.

This is a one-time thing.
A counselor got sick.

Lucy, we need you
on call here.

It's this one day only.

I probably
won't even get called.

-Come on, it's 8:30.
-Let's go.

REBECCA: Bobby...

I want to be there,
you know.

So do I.

EUGENE:
We can't have an army.

If we sit in the gallery --

Somebody's
got to earn money.

I appreciate the support.

Let's go.

EUGENE: There's press
on the sixth floor.

We just walk through it.

I'll give you the advice
you give all your clients --

Look humble,
but look like a winner.

Thanks a lot, Mike.

Bobby.

We're friends.

-Bobby --
-I said --

Don't.

You were first approached
by the defendant's wife?

Yes, she came to us saying
she was being stalked

by Mr. Hinks.

-And what did you do?
-We arrested him.

-And those charges
were dismissed?
-That's correct.

Detective,
how many times

did you detain or arrest
William Hinks at the request

of the defendant
or the defendant's wife?

I believe
it was three times.

And for the record,
Detective,

Bobby Donnell
and Lindsay Dole

are friends of yours,
isn't that correct?

We've always been
on friendly terms, yes.

I imagine
it's not easy for you,

sitting here today,
accusing your friend of murder.

-Objection.
-Sustained.

Could you describe
your last conversation

with the defendant
regarding William Hinks?

He was very upset.

He and Lindsay
came to us saying

Mr. Hinks was the driver
of the cab she was in.

Both she and Bobby
were agitated and in fear.

Bobby said something
like, "Get this guy."

What was your response?

I didn't know how to respond,
to be honest.

-I was a little thrown.
-Why is that?

The tenor wasn't
"Arrest him."

It was "Get him."

And by "Get him,"

What did you
understand him to mean?

I really wasn't sure.

I just didn't read it
as "Arrest him."

Thank you, Detective.

-Well, what did you read it as?
-I wasn't sure.

Are you in the business of
roughing people up, Detective?

No.

Killing them?

No.

Arresting them?

I arrest people, yes.

Yes. Well, couldn't
Mr. Donnell possibly
have been saying,

"Do what you do"?

I don't know, Eugene.

Prior to this conversation,
had Mr. Donnell

ever asked you to do
anything illegal, Detective?

-No.
-So, it is possible, sir,

that when he said
"Get this guy,"

He meant "Arrest him."

As I said,
I couldn't tell.

You couldn't tell,
so it's possible.

I suppose.

And you described
Mr. Donnell

as being agitated
when he said this,

is that correct?

-Yes.
-Well, his wife had just
been threatened again

by a serial killer.

He responded
by coming to the police

and saying,
"Get this guy."

Yes.

I don't even know
why they called him.

They called him
to bolster Neel.

McGuire just made him
a little more believable,

made the jury a little more
predisposed to believe him.

And he's next,
right?

He's next.

(vibrating)

Aren't you going
to get that?

That's my rape center pager.

Well, it seems
you have a call, Lucy.

WOMAN (on P. A.): Dr. Davis,
telephone, please.

Dr. Davis,
telephone, please.

Lucy Hatcher?

From the rape crisis center.

I'm Caroline.
Treatment room 3.

Name's Maddie Werner.
22 years old.

Did the police
bring her in?

I think so.

There's trauma
to the face and neck,

defensive wounds
on the hands.

We haven't done
the pelvic yet.

She's in there.

I'll be in with the doc
in a few for the full exam.

WOMAN (on P. A.):
Dr. Jay Hamilton,
Dr. Jay Hamilton.

Hi, Maddie.

My name's Lucy Hatcher.

I'm a counselor
from the rape crisis center.

I'm here
to help you through this.

Is there anybody
that you'd like me to call?

A friend
or a family member?

So, when he gets here,

the doctor's going to do
two things.

First he's going to make sure
that you're okay --

Medically okay --

And -- And then, to help
the police catch this guy,

he'll do
some evidence collection.

You don't have to do
the rape kit

if you don't want to...

But it'll really help
if you ever want to prosecute.

Can I get you anything?

A blanket, maybe?

No! No!

No!

No! (sobbing)

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I've been a client for
about ten years or so.

Though not lately
'cause, you know,

I'd been law abiding.

When did Mr. Donnell
last defend you, Mr. Neel?

About eight years ago.

The charges were?

Double homicide.

-You were acquitted?
-Yes, I was.

Could you describe
for the court

your relationship
with Mr. Donnell?

Well, mainly lawyer-client,

but I was
very indebted to him.

You know, when you
allegedly kill people

and get charged for it,

the man who gives you back
your freedom --

Well, I felt I owed him
my life, basically.

Now, turning your attention
to the day of December 5th,

Did you meet
with Mr. Donnell?

Yes, I got a call
from his assistant

saying there's
a big emergency

and he needed to see me.

-You went to his office.
-I did.

Could you tell the court
what happened there?

Well, he was upset.

Told me he got married
and he had a problem.

I figured he just wanted me
to kill his wife,

but that wasn't it.

He said this psycho
was threatening her,

and that he could harm her,

and he wanted me
to take care of him.

And by "Take care of him,"

What did you interpret that
to mean?

Kill him.

Kill him.

Yes.

Did you and Mr. Donnell
discuss a price?
$50,000.

Did he pay you this money?

Well, no. I figured
he was good for it.

Did he indicate when he
wanted you to kill Mr. Hinks?

Immediately, and he gave me
the guy's address.

So what happened next,
Mr. Neel?

Well, I went
to this Hinks guy's house,

I broke in,
and I waited.

When Hinks got there,
I...

I cut his head off
and I put it in the freezer.

I'd like to play for you
and audio tape

that was recorded from within
William Hinks' house.

NEEL: Bobby Donnell's
a friend of mine.

That your voice, Mr. Neel?

Yes.

It's me and that Hinks
right before I killed him.

I-I didn't know I was
being taped, of course.

That was unfortunate.

Of course.

NEEL: We got kind of
an arrangement going.

I kill people,
he gets me off.

Over the years,
I'm in his debt pretty good,

so when he calls in
a favor --

HINKS:
I have a silent alarm.

The police are on their way
as I speak.

NEEL: Then I'd better not
waste time.

HINKS:
Before you touch me,
you should know --

I have cooties.

NEEL: Oh, you're a funny boy.

HINKS: Please --

(choking)

(beep)

WOMAN: You have
exceeded the time allotted --

Does this tape represent
an accurate account

of the events
as they happened that night?

Pretty much.

Takes
some getting used to.

You should have told me
it was your first.

The doctor's almost ready
for the exam.

You coming back in?

Um...

Look, tell me if I need
to call the crisis center,

get another counselor
down here.

Unh-unh. I'm okay.

I don't mean to be brutal,

but you're not going
to do her any good

if you run
out of the room again.

I'm fine.

How old are you?

Let's go.

You made a deal
with the prosecution

in exchange
for your testimony,

didn't you, Mr. Neel?

We covered that.

Yes. It bears repeating

because in all my years
as a criminal defense attorney,

I've never seen a case
where a man goes to a house,

breaks in, lies in wait,
decapitates his victim,

then gets off
with manslaughter.

Objection.
Sustained.

They have you on videotape
entering Mr. Hinks' house,

is that correct?

It is.

And we heard the audiotape
of you killing him?

Yes.

So, basically they had you.

You were looking at murder,
life with no parole,

weren't you, Mr. Neel?

I know
what you're thinking.

I'm fingering Bobby
to help myself.

Why would I think that?

Look, I'm telling
the truth here.

How many times have you
been convicted of murder, sir?

Convicted once.

Armed robbery?

I'm not sure.

According to your record,
twice. Assault?

Look, I didn't bring
my resumé.

Three times.
Possession of drugs?

I'm telling the truth
what happened that day.

Rape?

I still maintain
my innocence on that.

-Perjury?
-Once, and that --

Murder, rape, armed robbery,
assault, and perjury.

Have we left out anything,
Mr. Neel?

This deal you made
to get manslaughter,

instead of spending
every day

for the rest of your life
in prison,

you're going
to get out again, aren't you?

Look --

I asked you
a question, sir.

Under this deal,

just by coming to court
and accusing Bobby Donnell,

you get out again,
true or false?

True.

Thank you, Mr. Neel.

Nothing further.

Maddie, I need
to do the pelvic exam now,

see if you have
any injuries, okay?

I don't know.

It's really important that we
make sure you're okay.

Try to relax
your muscles.

This won't be
too uncomfortable.

Do you want
to hold my hand?

I'm just going to put
my hand on your knees.

Wait, wait.

I'm sorry.

Maybe we could get
a different doctor.

I-I mean, can we still
get a female doctor?

No. I can do it.

I can do it.

DOCTOR: Okay, I don't see
any signs of tearing.

This is good.

If you want,
I could...

I just need to take
a couple of swabs,

and we're done.

Get... some cream.

Lucy,

go to the nurses' station,

and what you want
to ask them for is sulfa cream.

The sulfa cream,
would you get that for me?

DOCTOR: All right,

Caroline is going
to finish the rape kit,

comb for pubic hairs

and take scrapings
from under your fingernails.

Okay, we have
a decision to make --

Whether or not
you testify.

What are you talking about?
How do I not testify?

Well --

I'm the only one
to refute Neel 's story.

Bobby, if you get up there,
you'll be saying

that you sent Alan Neel
to scare him,

and under
the felony murder rule,

that may be all
the prosecution needs.

If we rest now,

we could just
argue reasonable doubt.

All the prosecution has to show
you sent him there at all

is the word
of a convicted felon

looking to avoid
a life sentence.

The jury will assume
Bobby sent him there.

Why else would they --

An assumption
isn't proof.

But if you say
you sent him...

That is proof.

Look, the question is
where do you stand now?

Was Neel convincing?

He wasn't terrible.

Look, if Bobby
doesn't testify,

how do we explain Neel
going to Hinks' house?

What I'm saying --

We may be handing them
their case.

If Bobby says
he sent him,

we remove reasonable doubt
on that issue.

It could be case over.

And what I'm saying is

we've already lost
on that issue.

Everybody in that courtroom
knows Bobby sent him.

They don't know it,
Lindsay.

Come on, Eugene.
If Bobby doesn't deny

that he sent him there
to kill Hinks,

which is what Neel
just testified to --

Plus, I never said
break and enter,

let's not forget that.

He has to testify.

He has to.

Can I say something?

It seems,
under the felony murder rule,

you lose.

The only way to win is,
basically,

the jury has to want
to let you go.

For that to happen,
you have to take the stand

and say you never
sent the guy there to kill him.

I agree.

So do I.

Okay.

I'm testifying.

Bobby Donnell is scheduled
to take the stand

any second.

He is likely to be
the only defense witness,

which means this could
go to jury

as early as tomorrow.

In other news,
Governor Salucci was --

Talk about
rush to judgment.

Lucy, how did your thing go
at the clinic yesterday?

Fine.

Did you have a client?

I'm not allowed
to talk about that.

Not even
whether you had a client?

No.

Lindsay had become
increasingly scared,

first when he started
showing up at the office...

EUGENE:
William Hinks?

Yes. He showed up
saying things like

he wanted
to appeal his acquittal

for the purpose of continuing
his relationship with Lindsay.

Then he showed up asking

if there was a good place
to walk a dog.

All his victims,
he met them walking a dog.

Did you respond to that?

We called the police
and the district attorney.

We got a restraining order
to keep him 1,000 feet away.

Well, did that work?

No. He showed up
where she gets coffee

saying he didn't know
she'd be there.

Then she hailed a cab.
He was in the cab, driving.

He was stalking her.

Did you tell this
to the police?

They said
they couldn't prove it

and there was nothing
they could do.

What happened next?

Next he murdered
his therapist.

Objection.
There's no evidence.

His therapist was murdered,

who was also a friend
of Lindsay's.

Then he showed up
at the hospital again

to taunt Lindsay.

Again, the police claimed
they couldn't prove it,

so they let him go.
He's out there killing people.

He's obsessed
with my wife --

What did you do?

I called Alan Neel.

Why?

Because...

I needed somebody
who was capable

of scaring Hinks.

Hinks knew the police
were bound by rules and laws

which he could manipulate.

I wanted somebody
who didn't know those bounds,

somebody who could
genuinely scare Hinks.

That's why
I called Alan Neel.

And you met
with Mr. Neel?

I did.

What did you say?

I asked him to put
the fear of God in him.

Did you ask him
to kill him?

No. In fact,
I explicitly told him not to.

Well, did you ask him
to physically hurt him?

Never.

I only asked him
to scare him,

and that's all
he said he would do.

Well, what happened then?

I gave him Hinks' address,

and he said
he would take care of it.

Is it possible
Mr. Neel thought

you wanted him
to kill William Hinks?

No, because
he asked me that,

and I said "I-I'm not
hiring you to kill him,

just scare him."

Isn't that a little risky,
Mr. Donnell,

sending one of your clients
out to scare a serial killer?

We had been to the police.

We had been
to the district attorney.

I had a wife
7 months pregnant.

I didn't know what else --

I got a psycho
obsessed with my wife,

a man who chops off heads,

a man who probably
just murdered his own doctor,

who is now turning
all his attention to Lindsay.

Was it risky
to send a man to confront him?

Yes.

But I was not going
to do nothing.

That's my wife over there,

carrying my child.

I was not going
to do nothing...

But I never, ever asked him
to kill anybody.

Something obviously
didn't go well

yesterday at the clinic.

I can't discuss
cases, Rebecca.

Rape counselor
privilege.

I was talking
about you.

How did it go
for you?

I'm quitting.

Why?

I'm just not cut out
for it.

Oh, and-- And you know this
after your very first day?

I gave the victim
a blanket.

And is that wrong?

The first thing
they teach you,

never approach a victim

without getting
permission first,

and I went at her
with an open blanket.

She panicked.

She totally panicked.

Well, you won't
do that next time.

There's not going to be
a next time.

There are going
to be more victims.

When I saw
what happened to her,

I freaked.

Lucy,
the woman was raped.

So you got emotional.

I would wonder about you
if you didn't.

I ran out of the room,

and then I threw up
in the hall.

Did you go back in?

Yeah.

And?

And I just wanted
to run out again.

I mean, the only reason
I didn't

was because the victim
grabbed my hand

before I could.

Lucy, this was
your very first call.

I think you can
allow yourself --

I'm just not
cut out for it, Rebecca.

I bet you are.

You know, I really
don't have any questions.

As I understand
your testimony,

you were afraid
of this Mr. Hinks.

You called in a client

you once got acquitted
for a double homicide.

After your meeting,

Mr. Neel went
to visit Mr. Hinks,

and Mr. Hinks ended up
with his head in a freezer.

I never sent
Alan Neel to kill him.

He just got that idea
all by himself?

I don't know.

He either did,
or maybe there was a scuffle,

I don't know.

I do know I never
sent him there to kill him.

So all you did

was send a known killer
with instructions

to be sure
not to kill this time.

Yes.

When you were first called

to the scene of William Hinks'
house a month ago

and you saw
his headless body,

did you know
who had killed him?

Yes.

Did you tell your friend
Detective McGuire?

No.

Why not?

There was certainly
no privilege here.

Why didn't you tell the police
who had killed William Hinks?

I was in shock.
I wasn't thinking well.

So you were content to let
this killer stay at large,

this killer who murders people
without being asked?

Objection.

Wasn't your real fear
incriminating yourself?

Mr. Donnell,

when you declined
to tell the police

who had killed
William Hinks,

was it because you didn't want
to incriminate yourself?

Partly, maybe.

Prior to the discovery

of William Hinks'
decapitated body,

had you told anybody

you'd sent Mr. Neel
to visit him?

No.

None of your colleagues?

No.

Not even your wife?

No.

Mr. Donnell,
your wife is terrified.

She's being stalked
by this serial killer.

You didn't think
to tell her

you'd sent somebody
to threaten him?

You didn't try to give her
some peace of mind, Mr. Donnell?

She was on the verge
of miscarrying.

I didn't want her
any further involved.

That's exactly
the case, isn't it?

You didn't want her
any further involved.

You were afraid
that by telling her the truth

about what you'd
sent Alan Neel to do,

you might incriminate her, too.
Isn't that right?

I only sent him there
to threaten him.

Yes.

His ending up dead,

just a big mix-up.

What happened?

It went okay.

Bobby did pretty good
on direct.

He was crossed all right,
but he held up.

It did not
go okay, Eugene.

It was --

They just put
in their case uncontested

while you just
sat on your hands and --

Both of you.

If nothing else, you should
have at least objected --

There was nothing to --

You do it to break up
their momentum, Ellenor.

You don't just sit around

and wait for something
objectionable before --

It was like
you both went to sleep.

I don't want to be
having this baby alone.

I want him
in the room with me, Eugene.

I thought
they were terrible.

There was nothing
they could do, Lindsay.

Toomey had an easy cross
because he had the facts.

The truth hurts me.

Let's face it,

the line between my innocence
and guilt here

is a thin one...

And I probably crossed it.

I would have so loved

to have extended
that look of pain

in their faces,

that look of horror.

It's a thing of beauty --

The look on the face
of a woman

who knows
she's about to die.

FINLEY: You think
you'll kill again?

Oh, yes.

I'll get out of this,

you just watch,

and I'll know the joy
of that look again.

That's what we
were dealing with --

A psychotic man
who cut the heads off women,

who pulled out their fingernails
and kept them as souvenirs,

and the police
couldn't stop him.

Even after they caught him,

he was smart enough
to convince his therapist

that he was a sick
serial-killer wannabe.

She testified to that
at his trial,

the jury bought it,
he got off,

then he killed his therapist.

And then
he turned his attention

to his lawyer,
Lindsay Dole.

Still the police
couldn't stop him.

He'd show up at her office,
where she buys coffee.

He picked her up in a cab.

He gave her a dog,
then he strangled the dog.

They got
a restraining order,

but it didn't stop him.

See, he wasn't threatened
by the courts.

He could fool a jury.
He wasn't scared of the police.

Why should he be?

He killed 10 women,
everybody knew it,

and he was still out there.

I'll tell you
who was scared --

Bobby Donnell.

See, Lindsay Dole,
that's his wife,

pregnant 7 months,
their first child.

You don't think
this man was terrified?

Would you be?

A man who cuts off heads
is after your spouse.

The police shake their heads,
"Nothing we can do."

How would you react?

How he reacted,

he called an old client --

Yes, a goon --

To put the fear of God
in this Hinks

'cause that's all
he could think of,

try to scare the guy,

and that's all
Bobby Donnell did,

ladies and gentlemen,
that's all he did.

He never said,
"Go kill him."

That was a flat-out lie
told by a murderer

with a rap sheet
longer than the Callahan tunnel,

a murderer caught,

a murderer trying
to avoid a life sentence.

Alan Neel
flipped Bobby Donnell

in exchange for manslaughter
and a shot at parole.

The chief prosecutorial witness
is a murderer, a rapist,

with a motive to lie,
and it's on his word alone

that the district attorney
is asking you

to believe Bobby Donnell
ordered a hit.

Alan Neel's word doesn't
satisfy reasonable doubt,

and I think you know that.

Mr. Donnell
was scared.

I don't dispute that.

Who wouldn't be?

The man on that videotape
after somebody you love?

But being scared

doesn't give you the right
to become a vigilante,

it doesn't justify
breaking the law,

and it doesn't
excuse murder,

not for me,
not for you,

and especially
not for Mr. Donnell.

This is an experienced
criminal defense lawyer.

He knows the law.

He uses the law,
when it suits him,

to make money defending people
like William Hinks,

but the minute Mr. Donnell's
family is at risk,

the minute Mr. Donnell
is scared,

forget the law.

He goes out
and hires a killer.

That is not just hypocrisy,
ladies and gentlemen,

that is the most knowing
and intentional criminal act

you can imagine.

Mr. Young says Alan Neel
had a motive to lie

to spare himself
a life sentence.

That might be true
after he was caught,

but Alan Neel

gave the same story
to William Hinks

before he was caught,

before there was
any such motive.

You heard the tape.

The clear inference was
he was sent by Mr. Donnell

to kill Hinks.

There was nothing self-serving
about that statement

at the time it was made.

Of course Mr. Donnell
sent Mr. Neel to kill Hinks.

Why else would Alan Neel
have done so,

for extra credit?

Do we really think,

"Oops, he must
have misunderstood"?

A price of $50,000 was set.

Bobby Donnell
was in that frame of mind

when he asked
Detective McGuire

to "Get this guy."

He was in that same
state of mind

when he dispatched
Alan Neel,

and think about this --

If Mr. Donnell is the innocent
man he claims to be,

why, when the police
found Hinks dead,

did he not tell them
who did it?

Why didn't he tell
his own wife?

Because he knew
he was guilty,

and even if
for some reason,

perhaps out of sympathy,

you are to believe
Mr. Donnell,

that he only sent Alan Neel
to scare Hinks,

under the felony
murder rule,

you still must convict.

If you send a person

to break
into somebody's home,

and a murder results,
whether intended or not,

the felony murder rule applies.

The reason for this rule
is to deter suspects

from doing something
so inherently dangerous

that it could foreseeably
lead to violence,

perhaps murder.

Here, Mr. Donnell
sent a killer

to break into the home
of a psycho.

Think about that.

It is no different

than if he lit
the fuse of a bomb

and threw it at Hinks.

One way or another,
Hinks was going to die...

And that's exactly
what Mr. Donnell wanted.

The judge is
giving instructions.

The jury will have it
within the hour.

Maddie?

Are you Lucy?

Yeah.

I didn't get that clear
a look at you before,

and I know I'm supposed
to wait

to see you
at the clinic, but I --

Without your help...

Thank you.

Sure.

Uh, I'm going to see you
at the clinic, right?

I'll be there.

(knock on door)

Eugene?

No.

We're all lawyers here.

The offer's on the table.

Aiding and abetting
a felonious assault,

2 1/2 years.

Give us a second.

I think
we should take it.

Can I go take it,
Bobby?

No.

I just can't, Lindsay.

Ellenor?

I don't know, Bobby.

I feel good
on murder one and conspiracy,

but on felony murder
I--I just don't know.

(knock on door)

Look, we --
We need another minute.

Well, we haven't got it.
The jury's back.

They have a verdict,

so either you
take the deal now

or we go in there.

We go in there.

Mr. Donnell,
will you please rise?

Mr. Foreman, have you
rendered a unanimous verdict?

We have, your honor.

What say you?

"Commonwealth
vs. Robert Donnell --

"On the count
of murder in the first degree,

"We find the defendant
Robert Donnell

"Not guilty.

"On the count of conspiracy
to commit murder,

"We find the defendant
Robert Donnell

"Not guilty.

"On the count
of felony murder,

"We find the defendant
Robert Donnell...

Not guilty."

JUDGE: The jury is dismissed

with the thanks
of the court.

We're adjourned.

Get me out of here.

Come on.

MAN: Mr. Donnell,
how do you feel?

MAN #2: Did you ever
think you'd lose?

MAN #3: Please, Bobby,
just one question.

Will you continue
to practice law?

Do you have
any comment?

WOMAN: If you had it to do
all over again,

what would you
do differently?

That, uh...

That went well.

Oh, I knew he'd win.
I just had this feeling.

I didn't.

Did they say,
are they coming back here?

Yeah. Oh, gosh.

Well, I guess this means
we're back in business, huh?

Which means you can go about
distributing that mail,

if that's not
too much trouble.

Funny. Oh, yeah, here.

You can have that.

What's this?

Some cheapo recorder,
probably from a cheapo client.

There wasn't a card
or anything.

Huh. There's a cassette.

Really?

HINKS: Hello, Lindsay.

If you're getting this,

it's at the instructions
of my probate attorney,

which means
I must be dead.

That's unfortunate.

I usually like
to have the last laugh.

This is my little
insurance policy on that.

See you soon.

Get out!

-What?
-Go!

♪ (theme)

You stinker!