The Practice (1997–2004): Season 7, Episode 20 - Heroes and Villains - full transcript
DOLE: Previously
on "The Practice"...
I never thought
I'd have an affair.
We're having dinner.
Like you say, innocent.
This is getting more
dangerous than I want it to.
I agree.
It's best we stop now
before it does get
too dangerous.
Bye.
DOLE: You're the father
of my child.
You're my husband.
Beyond that,
I don't trust you.
I've taken Bobby Jr.
to my parents.
What are you talking about?
I'm leaving you.
I was date-raped once,
four years ago.
I didn't report it.
Well, did you go to
counseling for this or--
I'm past it now,
but thank you.
This is something
you need to deal with.
I did deal with it.
I moved on.
Tell me why I shouldn't
report you for stalking.
I just couldn't leave
on bad terms.
You saved my life.
I would do anything
to either repay you or--
DOLE: See this woman?
She's my best friend.
And this man is on the loose,
a threat to her life.
You came into my life
because I'm a criminal
defense lawyer doing my job.
We wanna do our jobs
and then be left alone.
(doorbell rings)
Can I help you?
Special delivery for...
Russell Bakey.
What have you heard?
Only that, that they split.
You hear anything more?
No. He's not talking.
What a switch.
Listen to you gossipmongers.
You just can't get enough,
can you?
It's hardly gossip,
Rebecca. It--
Yes, it is. You're huddled
like a pack of rats,
whispering like
it's something delicious.
You know, why don't we just
throw a big party?
"Lindsay and Bobby are split.
Wheel in the floats.
Isn't it rich?"
HATCHER: Can I help you?
I'm looking
for Jamie Stringer.
That's me.
I am here under
the heading of...
"It's an extremely
small world."
I guess that's
abstract enough.
You created some buzz
in my office
a couple of weeks ago
when you established
rape victims
as a class in employment
discrimination.
It was a motion to dismiss.
I hardly established--
Even so, you potentially
took the law
to a new place.
You're to be saluted.
Something tells me
you're not here to salute.
No.
I'm a district attorney.
I'm prosecuting a man
named Randall Pyne
for date rape.
Does that name ring a bell?
The buzz you created
stirred a memory
with one of my assistants.
Our investigation previously
unearthed your name
in connection with Mr. Pyne.
It never really went
anywhere,
just rumors that
you had a history
with this man.
Is that true?
I may have.
His trial starts tomorrow,
and, simply put...
if this man raped you,
I need you.
The victim in my case
was drugged.
Her memory--
You can't introduce prior--
In this case I can,
to show pattern.
I already beat a motion
in limine on another witness,
another woman he date-raped,
a witness who just fell out.
I need you, Ms. Stringer.
First of all, my memory
would be just as shaky as--
I can deal with that.
And second...
I'm listening.
Look, I just don't want
to do it, okay?
And second?
See this suit, Ms. Atkins?
Eighteen hundred dollars.
Way more than I can afford.
I bought it anyway
because my image
is very important to me.
What becomes of that image
if I take the stand
to declare I was date-raped,
to have the defense
attorney pick through
my past like, uh--
I'm not a nun.
Trust me.
That's a beautiful suit
but I'm not going to get him
without your help.
Now, I haven't
even gotten to the
"It's a really small
world" part.
The rapist...
his defense attorney
is Eugene Young.
(music playing)
Jamie, you can't do this.
I already agreed.
You'll all get the amend--
I'm the man's attorney.
And I am a witness.
You should probably
recuse yourself.
On the day of trial?
You got to be kidding.
HATCHER: Eugene...
Don't start with your
stuff now, okay?
My stuff?
Your testimony wouldn't
even be admissible--
What stuff do I have?
All right.
It goes to pattern (indistinct)
It is so prejudicial--
Leave her alone, Eugene.
Hey, you think
I want to do this?
Then why do it if you
don't wanna do it?
Because your client
is a rapist.
Our client, Jamie,
you're a member of this firm.
He's our client.
And I was one of his victims.
HATCHER: He is not her client,
and if you want to recuse
yourself, do it.
But she already said yes,
and what you're doing
now comes close
to intimidating a witness.
If there's anything I can do
or help with your son--
I appreciate that.
So you--you're living
with your parents for now?
Until I find
my own place, yes.
So you're looking
for a place?
Yes, Claire.
It's that serious.
I'm looking for my own place.
STANLEY: Hi, Lindsay.
Hello, Claire.
DOLE: Stanley,
what are you doing here?
It's not bad news, I promise.
In fact, it's wonderful news.
I think I've turned
my life around.
Really? How?
This is for you.
What is it?
A check for services rendered.
I got a job.
I'm leading
a normal life, Lindsay.
I owe it all to you.
A job? Wow.
What do you do?
I'm a substitute
high-school teacher,
and I love it.
You're teaching high school?
It'll take me a year
to get certified,
but I can teach
in the meantime.
Don't they do background checks?
I mean, uh...
DOLE: Stanley, uh,
I don't know about this.
I'm happy.
And I have both of you to thank.
Even so--
STANLEY: It's wonderful.
How's your friend,
by the way?
Is she better now?
What friend?
The one in the newspaper.
Remember, you showed me
her picture.
She was being terrorized
by that awful man, Mr. Bakey.
Is she feeling better?
Why?
I'm just curious.
You seemed so concerned.
I was hoping things got better.
(music playing)
What do you mean
you're getting out?
I have to. She's a witness
and member of my firm.
May--maybe that's why
they're calling her,
to conflict you out.
I thought of that.
The problem
is I can't prove it, so--
It's the day of trial.
I'm sorry.
I don't know what else
to tell you.
You're trying this case.
Your Honor--
KITTLESON:
If you were coming in here
with the client's consent,
that would be one thing,
but without it--
Your Honor,
this witness is--
It's conflict.
I get it.
But it's not prohibitive.
I'm telling you, it is.
This is a rape case.
I will have--I mean--
Eugene, you get my sympathy,
but that is all
you are getting.
Will you be able to do
your job?
I mean, you're not gonna
hold back now, are you?
Let's talk about
Jamie Stringer.
It was consensual.
Was she drugged?
We both took ludes
and drank some wine,
(chuckles)
but we were both into it.
I know that.
You're sure?
I mean, this happened
four years ago.
You're positive?
I remember Jamie Stringer
very well.
She was very aggressive, Eugene.
It's one of the reasons
I took the lude.
She intimidated me a little.
I--look, uh,
I thought you said prior rapes
couldn't be admitted.
Well, date rapes can.
They go to pattern.
The good, old-fashioned
rape by force,
they're suppressed.
Unless I testify.
Which you won't
in this lifetime.
Jamie Stringer was into it,
trust me.
Trust you?
Are you going to hold back?
Yes. Uh, thank you very much.
Unbelievable.
What?
I just got off with
the human resources division
of the Boston School District.
Not only do they not
do investigations
of new teachers,
but get this,
an arrest for murder
wouldn't preclude
employment.
Only convictions
disqualify applicants.
Uh, Lindsay...
that man is teaching
high-school girls.
He befriends high-school girls.
Do they know
he was arrested for murder?
I doubt it, but I didn't
give anything away.
I think it's time to give
some things away.
We can't.
The arrest is public record.
It isn't privileged
or confidential.
Find out where he teaches.
I remember drinking
the wine
in a bar
then feeling groggy.
The next thing,
I'm in his apartment,
and he's on top of me,
inside of me.
And when I woke up
a few hours later...
I knew.
ATKINS: Okay.
After you woke up,
what did you do then?
I left his apartment,
and I went to a hospital
to get checked out.
They did the rape kit.
Do you know what
conclusions they reached?
That I'd been raped.
They also
did a blood test and--
What did the blood test reveal?
They found traces of GHB.
GHB?
Gamma hydroxybutyric acid,
the date-rape drug.
Actually,
the medical conclusion
was only that you'd
had sexual intercourse.
There was bruising,
and I was--
YOUNG: The doctor's conclusion
was that you had intercourse.
Based on your claim
that it was nonconsensual,
the assumption was then made
that you'd been raped,
isn't that correct?
Yes.
And according
to your own statement,
you don't even remember
when the intercourse began,
isn't that correct?
Yes.
In fact,
you don't remember
a large chunk
of that night, do you?
Because he drugged me.
You have a memory
of him drugging you?
I have a memory
of drinking the wine.
Well, initially,
you told the police
you didn't remember
what you had to drink
or how much.
That was your statement,
wasn't it?
I eventually remembered
drinking the wine,
which he--
You eventually remembered?
It was a first date.
I would have never
had sex with him.
You don't remember what you
had to drink or how much,
true or false, Ms. Wilson?
I know I drank wine.
I don't know how much.
Thank you.
Nothing further.
The Commonwealth calls
Jamie Stringer.
YOUNG: Your Honor,
Ms. Stringer
was just added to the list
this morning.
We'd like to take
some time to prepare.
How much time?
We'd like to take the day.
We'll break
until tomorrow morning
and reconvene
with Ms. Stringer.
Adjourned.
(gavel bangs)
You got me fired.
You went to the school
and you told them
privileged information.
It wasn't privileged,
Stanley.
I told them
that you'd been arrested
and what the arrests were for.
That was all public record.
Why?
Why did you do this to me?
Because you kill young women,
and I wasn't about
to sit quietly
while you teach high school.
You hurt me.
I had a good job.
Now, it's gone.
You hurt me, Lindsay.
Stanley--
We're friends.
It was you...
who made me believe
in goodness again
and...
you're all I have.
And now--
Listen to me.
Until you get mental help,
you have no business
teaching in a school.
You hurt me very badly.
I don't like his current
frame of mind.
STRINGER: No, I really
appreciate the call, I do.
Thank you.
What's wrong?
You got a PI contacting
my friends,
people I went to school with?
You're investigating me?
Jamie, you're a witness
for the prosecution.
I don't know
what your plan is,
but there
are rape shield laws.
If you think you're going
to tear me up--
Rape shield laws
protect victims,
not witnesses.
For the purpose of this trial,
you're a witness,
and fair game.
I'm begging you
not to take that stand.
I say that as
Randall Pyne's attorney,
but I also say it
because I care about you,
and I don't wanna go
after you.
But I have an ethical duty
to do everything I can.
Please, Jamie...
don't get in that chair.
Busy?
No.
Come on in.
How are you?
Oh, uh, I'm fine.
No, you're not.
How could you be?
How's Bobby Jr.?
It's, um--it's gonna
take some time.
We'll be okay.
You need to hold on
to that thought.
Anyway, uh, I just came
by to say hi
and, um...
hey, that Bakey guy,
has he stopped bothering you?
Yes. Thank God.
Have you seen him,
or heard from him, or--
No. Why?
Just wondering.
Will you do me a favor
and check to see if...
he's still alive?
I beg your pardon?
I know this is gonna
sound crazy.
I have a client with,
uh, a violent past,
and, uh,
I mentioned to him
that Bakey
was harassing you.
Yesterday, this client
suggested something like,
uh, I don't know, uh,
the problem
was taken care of.
You think your client
did something
to Russell Bakey?
He's dead all right.
No kidding.
I'll never get used
to that smell.
OFFICER: Detective, up here.
(water trickling)
Lindsay Dole has quite
the client roster.
(music playing)
He's dead?
They found him
in the bathtub.
I just heard it
on the news.
How did you know?
The way Stanley said it,
I just had a feeling.
He did it for you
because Helen
was your friend.
I mean, that's--
Thank you, Claire.
That makes me feel
so much better.
WYATT: I'm just saying
I think he's totally
in love with you.
You're like his angel.
(door opens)
I need a name.
Forget it.
GAMBLE: Lindsay,
you've already led us
to evidence
implicating him.
I won't give you his name.
For you to come to me
offering anything,
you must feel this man
is very dangerous.
If this man killed Bakey
because you mentioned me
being threatened by him,
Lindsay, it's not much
of a motive,
which tells me this man
is probably crazy,
which, again, I suspect
is the reason you
came to me.
If you want me
to do something,
give me his name.
Stanley Deeks.
Lindsay!
He killed the Burns girl.
Lindsay!
Here's the file.
Help yourself.
This you don't want me
to have.
I did give it to you, Helen.
GAMBLE: You don't wanna do--
I did, Helen.
Are you sure?
This will bite you.
I gave you the file.
Great.
Your career just ended.
What's this?
Another little
intimidation ploy?
Shall I wave my leaflet?
Sit, please.
Steven O'Connell,
Sawyer Heinz,
Kevin Schultz, three men
whom you had sex
with on a first date.
Todd Markham,
a former boyfriend,
with whom you willingly
and knowingly took
the drug GHB.
Oh, come on.
It was one recreational--
You're a person
with a history
of taking
the drug willingly.
I didn't take it willingly
here, and if your plan--
On my unofficial count,
you've had 15 sexual partners.
You've been busy.
Michael Paris.
You might not remember him.
You knew him for less than
half an hour.
You were standing in line
at the amusement park
waiting for the Ferris wheel.
You had sex with him
on that Ferris wheel.
I had just taken
the bar exam.
A bunch of us went
to an amusement park,
tired and, uh,
a little drunk.
You had sex with a man
you just met
on a Ferris wheel.
Jamie,
rape shield laws
do not apply
to witnesses.
I have a duty
to tear you up.
So I'll ask you again,
do not get in that chair.
(music playing)
Why can't he sleep over?
Because, Bobby,
you're taking him to dinner.
That was the deal.
He's my son.
The plan...
Don't, okay?
We can't just change
the plan on him like that.
Lindsay, you changed the plan
when you walked out.
You changed the plan
on him.
That is not fair.
We'll talk about this later.
Lindsay...
I need to get to court.
Well, I won't force you.
Do you still even
want to call me?
How much credibility
will I have if...
It's a problem,
I admit.
But, Jamie,
I've got nothing to lose
except this case
if I don't call you.
But even if I do
testify,
you'll probably
still lose,
and I will be...
destroyed in the process.
Like I said,
I won't force you,
but, Jamie,
I still need you.
Okay.
Are you sure?
Of course not.
Let's go.
REPORTER: Taken into custody
an hour ago,
Mr. Deeks is scheduled
to be arraigned any second.
You recall Ms. Burns
was first reported missing
seven weeks ago
before turning up
wrapped in a package.
Ms. Dole. Ms. Dole,
can I talk to you?
No comment.
Thank you.
WALLACE:
All the evidence is a result
of a breach of
attorney/client privilege.
It's inadmissible.
Lindsay Dole
is a private citizen.
So what?
She was his attorney.
GAMBLE: Yes, and if your client
would like to sue her, fine.
But she wasn't acting
for the government.
You cannot suppress
our evidence.
Did all of this information
come from Ms. Dole?
She revealed her
client's involvement
with Cindy Burns' death.
What about Bakey?
She only said
we should check
to make sure he's alive,
and we haven't
formally charged
Mr. Deeks on Bakey.
WALLACE:
Your Honor, technically,
Ms. Dole's conduct
might not be state action.
But we have
an enormous public policy
concerning the sanctity
of attorney/client privilege.
Your Honor,
he's a nut case.
He's killed before.
He was acting erratically.
Ms. Dole became convinced
he would kill again,
and if he had...
You can't break privilege
because of
a generalized danger.
If it's not specific...
Even if you are right,
that goes to your remedy
against Lindsay Dole,
not the Commonwealth.
All right.
Ms. Gamble is correct,
Mr. Wallace.
This isn't state action.
But, Ms. Gamble,
public policy
is in play here.
I'm gonna take a few minutes
to think about this.
We will reconvene at 3:00.
Until then.
(indistinct chatter)
(music playing)
STRINGER:
It had been a fun date.
Uh, we were watching television
at his place after,
and he brought me
a glass of wine.
Did you drink it?
Yes.
And then what happened?
We kissed a little.
Then I began
to feel groggy.
And I said, "I need
to lie down a little,"
which I did on his couch.
The next thing I remember,
he was...
on top of me.
On top of you?
Having intercourse.
ATKINS: Do you have any memory
of consenting
to this intercourse?
No,
and I never would have.
I hardly knew him,
uh, and I wasn't
that interested.
In fact, I remember
during the date
wishing I were more
physically attracted to him
because he was funny.
So you never gave him
any indication
that you wanted
to have sex?
Absolutely not.
Thank you.
Did you report this
to the police?
No,
because I didn't think
I could prove it.
And I was afraid
of the stigma.
YOUNG: Didn't you tell me
that you don't remember
exactly
what you said yes to?
I never said yes...
to sex.
Did you take Quaaludes
the night you had sex
with my client?
No,
and I did not have sex.
He raped me.
Nothing further.
(music playing)
WILCOX: Okay.
I understand no civil rights
have been violated here
by the state,
which would mandate
either a dismissal
or a suppression
of the evidence.
But the public policy
grounds are so,
so paramount here.
The idea of an attorney
incriminating her own client.
Ms. Dole,
I can understand your concern.
The man does present a danger.
But the danger is general.
It has to be specific
for you to be allowed
to break privilege.
I am, therefore,
suppressing all of the evidence
provided by you
to the district
attorney's office
as well as the fruits
of that evidence,
which, in this case,
amount to everything.
I hate to do this,
but, as I said,
the principle of privilege
is paramount
and must remain so.
Mr. Deeks,
you need serious help.
You're sick.
You're perverted.
But, for now, you're free.
The case is dismissed,
and we are adjourned.
(gavel bangs)
(indistinct chatter)
If you think I'm feeling
happy now, Lindsay,
you're very wrong.
You're the only friend
I have,
and you have betrayed me.
Stanley,
get yourself checked
into a hospital.
I was just beginning
to believe
in goodness again.
I had a job.
I even had hope.
And you undid it all.
You undid it all.
I am not at all happy!
Bobby, why are you here?
I don't know,
to be honest.
To be honest, you do.
Maybe I need--
I don't know,
company.
I guess I showed up here
to find it.
Is that so outrageous?
Seeing this
particular company
is what caused your wife
to leave you, yes.
Look...
Do you even want her back?
Of course
I want my family back.
Good answer.
I asked specifically
about her.
Do you want Lindsay back?
She left me, Sarah.
She's the one who will
probably file for a divorce.
On what grounds,
evasiveness?
You really don't like
to answer questions, do you?
I think you need to get
yourself into a taxi
and get yourself
to your therapist.
Does he have an ER?
I'm not here
to discuss my feelings.
Then why are you here?
To talk about yours.
I miss you.
There, I said it.
Bad husband,
horrible human being,
off with his
cheating head.
I miss you.
(music playing)
He's in there.
Who?
Stanley.
Should I call the police?
What does he want?
He wants to talk to you.
What's his demeanor?
It seems okay.
Stanley,
you can't keep
coming here.
If you continue
to come here,
I'll have to file
a complaint for stalking.
I have no intention
of continuing to come here.
I only want to say
what I came to say,
and then I will never
come here again.
Okay.
As you know,
I've never denied
being ill.
I've never denied
being evil.
One of the reasons
I came to you, initially,
I saw you
as my guardian
out of evil.
And you, in fact,
became that, Lindsay.
I was beginning to turn
my life around.
As I said,
I had rediscovered
both hope...
and goodness,
and I credit much of it
to your influence.
But...
by turning against me...
Stanley...
You made your position clear.
I'd like to make mine.
You walked away from me
last night
like I was some crazy,
which I am on many levels.
But my feelings for you,
I came here today
because I wanted
you to know
my friendship for you
was sane,
and real,
and legitimate,
and good.
You represented
the part of me
that wasn't ill or evil.
It was good.
(music playing)
Same pattern,
first or second date,
glass of wine.
Woman becomes groggy.
Next thing,
she's semiconscious,
and he is on top of her.
It happened with Judy Wilson,
just like it happened
before her
with Jamie Stringer.
You want physical evidence?
Physical bruising
around the victim's genitalia.
Traces of GHB,
the date-rape drug,
found in Judy's blood.
This drug...
is a sexual predator's
prized weapon.
It's the prosecutor's nightmare
because proof is so difficult.
But think,
just think,
of the nightmare it is
for the victims,
a growing number of victims.
In the past year,
there has been a 50% increase
in GHB-related rapes.
All we can do to stop it
is raise awareness
and hope to God
that the victims
have the courage
to come forward.
Judy Wilson
had that courage.
Jamie Stringer
eventually
found that courage.
You think it was easy
for those women
to sit in that chair?
But they did it
because it had to be told,
Randall Pyne...
is a rapist.
Judy Wilson
couldn't remember
taking GHB.
Some people do take it
recreationally.
It can be an aphrodisiac.
Maybe Judy Wilson didn't.
Maybe somebody
slipped it to her.
Maybe she consented to sex.
Maybe she didn't.
Maybe Jamie Stringer
consented to sex.
Maybe she didn't.
We don't know
because they
don't have clear memories.
Now, I agree
with the district attorney,
GHB is out there.
It's a problem.
We got to deal with that.
But this is a criminal case.
They're seeking
to take away a man's freedom.
To do that,
you must prove this case
beyond all reasonable doubt.
Now, if the victim isn't sure,
how can you be?
Her own words on the stand,
"I can't be sure."
How can you be?
Was that your best work,
Eugene?
My client didn't complain.
Problem is
the district attorney did.
Excuse me?
She's an officer
of the court.
If she has knowledge
of a defense attorney
tanking a case...
I didn't tank it.
You could have discredited
Jamie Stringer.
You pulled back.
That, to me...
I was afraid
of alienating myself
and my client
from the jury,
so I made
a strategic decision
not to attack
Ms. Stringer.
See, I might believe that
if I hadn't seen you
in action before.
I have witnessed you
going after rape victims.
Here, the rape shield
didn't even apply.
I made
a strategic decision
not to attack the witness.
I certainly have discretion
to make strategic decisions,
don't I, Your Honor?
Only you...
know what was in your mind,
counsel.
There you go.
I'm disappointed, Eugene.
That's all.
(door closes)
We didn't know
who else to call.
What's the cause
of death?
Gunshot to the chest,
self-inflicted.
God.
He did it in front
of the police station.
You sure
you're okay to do this?
Yes.
It's him.
McGUIRE: You're sure?
It's him.
McGUIRE: Okay.
We can go.
What happens to him?
Sorry?
He has no family.
What will they do
with him?
Public welfare will just
bury him somewhere.
I want him
to get a funeral.
Lindsay,
the guy is indigent.
He doesn't have...
He had me.
Excuse me?
He had me.
I want him
to get a funeral.
(music playing)
KITTLESON: Members of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
What say you?
In the matter
of the Commonwealth
versus Randall Pyne
on the charge of rape,
we find the defendant,
Randall Pyne...
guilty.
(indistinct chatter)
We appeal.
KITTLESON: So noted.
Members of the jury,
this concludes your service.
You are dismissed
with the thanks
of the court.
We're adjourned.
I know you didn't
have to do this.
Actually,
I did.
Well,
thank you again.
(music playing)
(door opens)
(sighs)
Thank you.
I held back because I thought
it would help my client,
not you.
I just wanna say...
Please,
don't thank me.
Now, if you'll excuse me...
(door opens and closes)
(music playing)
PRIEST: If we are to believe
that there is a good
and powerful God,
it follows that
we must also believe
that there is a life
after this one.
But what of the departed
in this world?
Are they gone
from this world?
Do they exist on Earth?
I would say to you
they do.
Stanley Deeks
will continue
to live among us
through the memories
of his loved ones.
He will be kept alive
by those who knew him,
those who cherished
his gentle spirit,
those who saw his life
as we see all lives
as sacred,
as children of God.
To look on Stanley Deeks'
time on Earth,
to consider his victims,
we must know
there to be an afterlife.
Otherwise,
life on Earth
is all there is,
and it can't be that.
It simply can't be that.
(music playing)
(music playing)
WOMAN: You stinker!
(music playing)
on "The Practice"...
I never thought
I'd have an affair.
We're having dinner.
Like you say, innocent.
This is getting more
dangerous than I want it to.
I agree.
It's best we stop now
before it does get
too dangerous.
Bye.
DOLE: You're the father
of my child.
You're my husband.
Beyond that,
I don't trust you.
I've taken Bobby Jr.
to my parents.
What are you talking about?
I'm leaving you.
I was date-raped once,
four years ago.
I didn't report it.
Well, did you go to
counseling for this or--
I'm past it now,
but thank you.
This is something
you need to deal with.
I did deal with it.
I moved on.
Tell me why I shouldn't
report you for stalking.
I just couldn't leave
on bad terms.
You saved my life.
I would do anything
to either repay you or--
DOLE: See this woman?
She's my best friend.
And this man is on the loose,
a threat to her life.
You came into my life
because I'm a criminal
defense lawyer doing my job.
We wanna do our jobs
and then be left alone.
(doorbell rings)
Can I help you?
Special delivery for...
Russell Bakey.
What have you heard?
Only that, that they split.
You hear anything more?
No. He's not talking.
What a switch.
Listen to you gossipmongers.
You just can't get enough,
can you?
It's hardly gossip,
Rebecca. It--
Yes, it is. You're huddled
like a pack of rats,
whispering like
it's something delicious.
You know, why don't we just
throw a big party?
"Lindsay and Bobby are split.
Wheel in the floats.
Isn't it rich?"
HATCHER: Can I help you?
I'm looking
for Jamie Stringer.
That's me.
I am here under
the heading of...
"It's an extremely
small world."
I guess that's
abstract enough.
You created some buzz
in my office
a couple of weeks ago
when you established
rape victims
as a class in employment
discrimination.
It was a motion to dismiss.
I hardly established--
Even so, you potentially
took the law
to a new place.
You're to be saluted.
Something tells me
you're not here to salute.
No.
I'm a district attorney.
I'm prosecuting a man
named Randall Pyne
for date rape.
Does that name ring a bell?
The buzz you created
stirred a memory
with one of my assistants.
Our investigation previously
unearthed your name
in connection with Mr. Pyne.
It never really went
anywhere,
just rumors that
you had a history
with this man.
Is that true?
I may have.
His trial starts tomorrow,
and, simply put...
if this man raped you,
I need you.
The victim in my case
was drugged.
Her memory--
You can't introduce prior--
In this case I can,
to show pattern.
I already beat a motion
in limine on another witness,
another woman he date-raped,
a witness who just fell out.
I need you, Ms. Stringer.
First of all, my memory
would be just as shaky as--
I can deal with that.
And second...
I'm listening.
Look, I just don't want
to do it, okay?
And second?
See this suit, Ms. Atkins?
Eighteen hundred dollars.
Way more than I can afford.
I bought it anyway
because my image
is very important to me.
What becomes of that image
if I take the stand
to declare I was date-raped,
to have the defense
attorney pick through
my past like, uh--
I'm not a nun.
Trust me.
That's a beautiful suit
but I'm not going to get him
without your help.
Now, I haven't
even gotten to the
"It's a really small
world" part.
The rapist...
his defense attorney
is Eugene Young.
(music playing)
Jamie, you can't do this.
I already agreed.
You'll all get the amend--
I'm the man's attorney.
And I am a witness.
You should probably
recuse yourself.
On the day of trial?
You got to be kidding.
HATCHER: Eugene...
Don't start with your
stuff now, okay?
My stuff?
Your testimony wouldn't
even be admissible--
What stuff do I have?
All right.
It goes to pattern (indistinct)
It is so prejudicial--
Leave her alone, Eugene.
Hey, you think
I want to do this?
Then why do it if you
don't wanna do it?
Because your client
is a rapist.
Our client, Jamie,
you're a member of this firm.
He's our client.
And I was one of his victims.
HATCHER: He is not her client,
and if you want to recuse
yourself, do it.
But she already said yes,
and what you're doing
now comes close
to intimidating a witness.
If there's anything I can do
or help with your son--
I appreciate that.
So you--you're living
with your parents for now?
Until I find
my own place, yes.
So you're looking
for a place?
Yes, Claire.
It's that serious.
I'm looking for my own place.
STANLEY: Hi, Lindsay.
Hello, Claire.
DOLE: Stanley,
what are you doing here?
It's not bad news, I promise.
In fact, it's wonderful news.
I think I've turned
my life around.
Really? How?
This is for you.
What is it?
A check for services rendered.
I got a job.
I'm leading
a normal life, Lindsay.
I owe it all to you.
A job? Wow.
What do you do?
I'm a substitute
high-school teacher,
and I love it.
You're teaching high school?
It'll take me a year
to get certified,
but I can teach
in the meantime.
Don't they do background checks?
I mean, uh...
DOLE: Stanley, uh,
I don't know about this.
I'm happy.
And I have both of you to thank.
Even so--
STANLEY: It's wonderful.
How's your friend,
by the way?
Is she better now?
What friend?
The one in the newspaper.
Remember, you showed me
her picture.
She was being terrorized
by that awful man, Mr. Bakey.
Is she feeling better?
Why?
I'm just curious.
You seemed so concerned.
I was hoping things got better.
(music playing)
What do you mean
you're getting out?
I have to. She's a witness
and member of my firm.
May--maybe that's why
they're calling her,
to conflict you out.
I thought of that.
The problem
is I can't prove it, so--
It's the day of trial.
I'm sorry.
I don't know what else
to tell you.
You're trying this case.
Your Honor--
KITTLESON:
If you were coming in here
with the client's consent,
that would be one thing,
but without it--
Your Honor,
this witness is--
It's conflict.
I get it.
But it's not prohibitive.
I'm telling you, it is.
This is a rape case.
I will have--I mean--
Eugene, you get my sympathy,
but that is all
you are getting.
Will you be able to do
your job?
I mean, you're not gonna
hold back now, are you?
Let's talk about
Jamie Stringer.
It was consensual.
Was she drugged?
We both took ludes
and drank some wine,
(chuckles)
but we were both into it.
I know that.
You're sure?
I mean, this happened
four years ago.
You're positive?
I remember Jamie Stringer
very well.
She was very aggressive, Eugene.
It's one of the reasons
I took the lude.
She intimidated me a little.
I--look, uh,
I thought you said prior rapes
couldn't be admitted.
Well, date rapes can.
They go to pattern.
The good, old-fashioned
rape by force,
they're suppressed.
Unless I testify.
Which you won't
in this lifetime.
Jamie Stringer was into it,
trust me.
Trust you?
Are you going to hold back?
Yes. Uh, thank you very much.
Unbelievable.
What?
I just got off with
the human resources division
of the Boston School District.
Not only do they not
do investigations
of new teachers,
but get this,
an arrest for murder
wouldn't preclude
employment.
Only convictions
disqualify applicants.
Uh, Lindsay...
that man is teaching
high-school girls.
He befriends high-school girls.
Do they know
he was arrested for murder?
I doubt it, but I didn't
give anything away.
I think it's time to give
some things away.
We can't.
The arrest is public record.
It isn't privileged
or confidential.
Find out where he teaches.
I remember drinking
the wine
in a bar
then feeling groggy.
The next thing,
I'm in his apartment,
and he's on top of me,
inside of me.
And when I woke up
a few hours later...
I knew.
ATKINS: Okay.
After you woke up,
what did you do then?
I left his apartment,
and I went to a hospital
to get checked out.
They did the rape kit.
Do you know what
conclusions they reached?
That I'd been raped.
They also
did a blood test and--
What did the blood test reveal?
They found traces of GHB.
GHB?
Gamma hydroxybutyric acid,
the date-rape drug.
Actually,
the medical conclusion
was only that you'd
had sexual intercourse.
There was bruising,
and I was--
YOUNG: The doctor's conclusion
was that you had intercourse.
Based on your claim
that it was nonconsensual,
the assumption was then made
that you'd been raped,
isn't that correct?
Yes.
And according
to your own statement,
you don't even remember
when the intercourse began,
isn't that correct?
Yes.
In fact,
you don't remember
a large chunk
of that night, do you?
Because he drugged me.
You have a memory
of him drugging you?
I have a memory
of drinking the wine.
Well, initially,
you told the police
you didn't remember
what you had to drink
or how much.
That was your statement,
wasn't it?
I eventually remembered
drinking the wine,
which he--
You eventually remembered?
It was a first date.
I would have never
had sex with him.
You don't remember what you
had to drink or how much,
true or false, Ms. Wilson?
I know I drank wine.
I don't know how much.
Thank you.
Nothing further.
The Commonwealth calls
Jamie Stringer.
YOUNG: Your Honor,
Ms. Stringer
was just added to the list
this morning.
We'd like to take
some time to prepare.
How much time?
We'd like to take the day.
We'll break
until tomorrow morning
and reconvene
with Ms. Stringer.
Adjourned.
(gavel bangs)
You got me fired.
You went to the school
and you told them
privileged information.
It wasn't privileged,
Stanley.
I told them
that you'd been arrested
and what the arrests were for.
That was all public record.
Why?
Why did you do this to me?
Because you kill young women,
and I wasn't about
to sit quietly
while you teach high school.
You hurt me.
I had a good job.
Now, it's gone.
You hurt me, Lindsay.
Stanley--
We're friends.
It was you...
who made me believe
in goodness again
and...
you're all I have.
And now--
Listen to me.
Until you get mental help,
you have no business
teaching in a school.
You hurt me very badly.
I don't like his current
frame of mind.
STRINGER: No, I really
appreciate the call, I do.
Thank you.
What's wrong?
You got a PI contacting
my friends,
people I went to school with?
You're investigating me?
Jamie, you're a witness
for the prosecution.
I don't know
what your plan is,
but there
are rape shield laws.
If you think you're going
to tear me up--
Rape shield laws
protect victims,
not witnesses.
For the purpose of this trial,
you're a witness,
and fair game.
I'm begging you
not to take that stand.
I say that as
Randall Pyne's attorney,
but I also say it
because I care about you,
and I don't wanna go
after you.
But I have an ethical duty
to do everything I can.
Please, Jamie...
don't get in that chair.
Busy?
No.
Come on in.
How are you?
Oh, uh, I'm fine.
No, you're not.
How could you be?
How's Bobby Jr.?
It's, um--it's gonna
take some time.
We'll be okay.
You need to hold on
to that thought.
Anyway, uh, I just came
by to say hi
and, um...
hey, that Bakey guy,
has he stopped bothering you?
Yes. Thank God.
Have you seen him,
or heard from him, or--
No. Why?
Just wondering.
Will you do me a favor
and check to see if...
he's still alive?
I beg your pardon?
I know this is gonna
sound crazy.
I have a client with,
uh, a violent past,
and, uh,
I mentioned to him
that Bakey
was harassing you.
Yesterday, this client
suggested something like,
uh, I don't know, uh,
the problem
was taken care of.
You think your client
did something
to Russell Bakey?
He's dead all right.
No kidding.
I'll never get used
to that smell.
OFFICER: Detective, up here.
(water trickling)
Lindsay Dole has quite
the client roster.
(music playing)
He's dead?
They found him
in the bathtub.
I just heard it
on the news.
How did you know?
The way Stanley said it,
I just had a feeling.
He did it for you
because Helen
was your friend.
I mean, that's--
Thank you, Claire.
That makes me feel
so much better.
WYATT: I'm just saying
I think he's totally
in love with you.
You're like his angel.
(door opens)
I need a name.
Forget it.
GAMBLE: Lindsay,
you've already led us
to evidence
implicating him.
I won't give you his name.
For you to come to me
offering anything,
you must feel this man
is very dangerous.
If this man killed Bakey
because you mentioned me
being threatened by him,
Lindsay, it's not much
of a motive,
which tells me this man
is probably crazy,
which, again, I suspect
is the reason you
came to me.
If you want me
to do something,
give me his name.
Stanley Deeks.
Lindsay!
He killed the Burns girl.
Lindsay!
Here's the file.
Help yourself.
This you don't want me
to have.
I did give it to you, Helen.
GAMBLE: You don't wanna do--
I did, Helen.
Are you sure?
This will bite you.
I gave you the file.
Great.
Your career just ended.
What's this?
Another little
intimidation ploy?
Shall I wave my leaflet?
Sit, please.
Steven O'Connell,
Sawyer Heinz,
Kevin Schultz, three men
whom you had sex
with on a first date.
Todd Markham,
a former boyfriend,
with whom you willingly
and knowingly took
the drug GHB.
Oh, come on.
It was one recreational--
You're a person
with a history
of taking
the drug willingly.
I didn't take it willingly
here, and if your plan--
On my unofficial count,
you've had 15 sexual partners.
You've been busy.
Michael Paris.
You might not remember him.
You knew him for less than
half an hour.
You were standing in line
at the amusement park
waiting for the Ferris wheel.
You had sex with him
on that Ferris wheel.
I had just taken
the bar exam.
A bunch of us went
to an amusement park,
tired and, uh,
a little drunk.
You had sex with a man
you just met
on a Ferris wheel.
Jamie,
rape shield laws
do not apply
to witnesses.
I have a duty
to tear you up.
So I'll ask you again,
do not get in that chair.
(music playing)
Why can't he sleep over?
Because, Bobby,
you're taking him to dinner.
That was the deal.
He's my son.
The plan...
Don't, okay?
We can't just change
the plan on him like that.
Lindsay, you changed the plan
when you walked out.
You changed the plan
on him.
That is not fair.
We'll talk about this later.
Lindsay...
I need to get to court.
Well, I won't force you.
Do you still even
want to call me?
How much credibility
will I have if...
It's a problem,
I admit.
But, Jamie,
I've got nothing to lose
except this case
if I don't call you.
But even if I do
testify,
you'll probably
still lose,
and I will be...
destroyed in the process.
Like I said,
I won't force you,
but, Jamie,
I still need you.
Okay.
Are you sure?
Of course not.
Let's go.
REPORTER: Taken into custody
an hour ago,
Mr. Deeks is scheduled
to be arraigned any second.
You recall Ms. Burns
was first reported missing
seven weeks ago
before turning up
wrapped in a package.
Ms. Dole. Ms. Dole,
can I talk to you?
No comment.
Thank you.
WALLACE:
All the evidence is a result
of a breach of
attorney/client privilege.
It's inadmissible.
Lindsay Dole
is a private citizen.
So what?
She was his attorney.
GAMBLE: Yes, and if your client
would like to sue her, fine.
But she wasn't acting
for the government.
You cannot suppress
our evidence.
Did all of this information
come from Ms. Dole?
She revealed her
client's involvement
with Cindy Burns' death.
What about Bakey?
She only said
we should check
to make sure he's alive,
and we haven't
formally charged
Mr. Deeks on Bakey.
WALLACE:
Your Honor, technically,
Ms. Dole's conduct
might not be state action.
But we have
an enormous public policy
concerning the sanctity
of attorney/client privilege.
Your Honor,
he's a nut case.
He's killed before.
He was acting erratically.
Ms. Dole became convinced
he would kill again,
and if he had...
You can't break privilege
because of
a generalized danger.
If it's not specific...
Even if you are right,
that goes to your remedy
against Lindsay Dole,
not the Commonwealth.
All right.
Ms. Gamble is correct,
Mr. Wallace.
This isn't state action.
But, Ms. Gamble,
public policy
is in play here.
I'm gonna take a few minutes
to think about this.
We will reconvene at 3:00.
Until then.
(indistinct chatter)
(music playing)
STRINGER:
It had been a fun date.
Uh, we were watching television
at his place after,
and he brought me
a glass of wine.
Did you drink it?
Yes.
And then what happened?
We kissed a little.
Then I began
to feel groggy.
And I said, "I need
to lie down a little,"
which I did on his couch.
The next thing I remember,
he was...
on top of me.
On top of you?
Having intercourse.
ATKINS: Do you have any memory
of consenting
to this intercourse?
No,
and I never would have.
I hardly knew him,
uh, and I wasn't
that interested.
In fact, I remember
during the date
wishing I were more
physically attracted to him
because he was funny.
So you never gave him
any indication
that you wanted
to have sex?
Absolutely not.
Thank you.
Did you report this
to the police?
No,
because I didn't think
I could prove it.
And I was afraid
of the stigma.
YOUNG: Didn't you tell me
that you don't remember
exactly
what you said yes to?
I never said yes...
to sex.
Did you take Quaaludes
the night you had sex
with my client?
No,
and I did not have sex.
He raped me.
Nothing further.
(music playing)
WILCOX: Okay.
I understand no civil rights
have been violated here
by the state,
which would mandate
either a dismissal
or a suppression
of the evidence.
But the public policy
grounds are so,
so paramount here.
The idea of an attorney
incriminating her own client.
Ms. Dole,
I can understand your concern.
The man does present a danger.
But the danger is general.
It has to be specific
for you to be allowed
to break privilege.
I am, therefore,
suppressing all of the evidence
provided by you
to the district
attorney's office
as well as the fruits
of that evidence,
which, in this case,
amount to everything.
I hate to do this,
but, as I said,
the principle of privilege
is paramount
and must remain so.
Mr. Deeks,
you need serious help.
You're sick.
You're perverted.
But, for now, you're free.
The case is dismissed,
and we are adjourned.
(gavel bangs)
(indistinct chatter)
If you think I'm feeling
happy now, Lindsay,
you're very wrong.
You're the only friend
I have,
and you have betrayed me.
Stanley,
get yourself checked
into a hospital.
I was just beginning
to believe
in goodness again.
I had a job.
I even had hope.
And you undid it all.
You undid it all.
I am not at all happy!
Bobby, why are you here?
I don't know,
to be honest.
To be honest, you do.
Maybe I need--
I don't know,
company.
I guess I showed up here
to find it.
Is that so outrageous?
Seeing this
particular company
is what caused your wife
to leave you, yes.
Look...
Do you even want her back?
Of course
I want my family back.
Good answer.
I asked specifically
about her.
Do you want Lindsay back?
She left me, Sarah.
She's the one who will
probably file for a divorce.
On what grounds,
evasiveness?
You really don't like
to answer questions, do you?
I think you need to get
yourself into a taxi
and get yourself
to your therapist.
Does he have an ER?
I'm not here
to discuss my feelings.
Then why are you here?
To talk about yours.
I miss you.
There, I said it.
Bad husband,
horrible human being,
off with his
cheating head.
I miss you.
(music playing)
He's in there.
Who?
Stanley.
Should I call the police?
What does he want?
He wants to talk to you.
What's his demeanor?
It seems okay.
Stanley,
you can't keep
coming here.
If you continue
to come here,
I'll have to file
a complaint for stalking.
I have no intention
of continuing to come here.
I only want to say
what I came to say,
and then I will never
come here again.
Okay.
As you know,
I've never denied
being ill.
I've never denied
being evil.
One of the reasons
I came to you, initially,
I saw you
as my guardian
out of evil.
And you, in fact,
became that, Lindsay.
I was beginning to turn
my life around.
As I said,
I had rediscovered
both hope...
and goodness,
and I credit much of it
to your influence.
But...
by turning against me...
Stanley...
You made your position clear.
I'd like to make mine.
You walked away from me
last night
like I was some crazy,
which I am on many levels.
But my feelings for you,
I came here today
because I wanted
you to know
my friendship for you
was sane,
and real,
and legitimate,
and good.
You represented
the part of me
that wasn't ill or evil.
It was good.
(music playing)
Same pattern,
first or second date,
glass of wine.
Woman becomes groggy.
Next thing,
she's semiconscious,
and he is on top of her.
It happened with Judy Wilson,
just like it happened
before her
with Jamie Stringer.
You want physical evidence?
Physical bruising
around the victim's genitalia.
Traces of GHB,
the date-rape drug,
found in Judy's blood.
This drug...
is a sexual predator's
prized weapon.
It's the prosecutor's nightmare
because proof is so difficult.
But think,
just think,
of the nightmare it is
for the victims,
a growing number of victims.
In the past year,
there has been a 50% increase
in GHB-related rapes.
All we can do to stop it
is raise awareness
and hope to God
that the victims
have the courage
to come forward.
Judy Wilson
had that courage.
Jamie Stringer
eventually
found that courage.
You think it was easy
for those women
to sit in that chair?
But they did it
because it had to be told,
Randall Pyne...
is a rapist.
Judy Wilson
couldn't remember
taking GHB.
Some people do take it
recreationally.
It can be an aphrodisiac.
Maybe Judy Wilson didn't.
Maybe somebody
slipped it to her.
Maybe she consented to sex.
Maybe she didn't.
Maybe Jamie Stringer
consented to sex.
Maybe she didn't.
We don't know
because they
don't have clear memories.
Now, I agree
with the district attorney,
GHB is out there.
It's a problem.
We got to deal with that.
But this is a criminal case.
They're seeking
to take away a man's freedom.
To do that,
you must prove this case
beyond all reasonable doubt.
Now, if the victim isn't sure,
how can you be?
Her own words on the stand,
"I can't be sure."
How can you be?
Was that your best work,
Eugene?
My client didn't complain.
Problem is
the district attorney did.
Excuse me?
She's an officer
of the court.
If she has knowledge
of a defense attorney
tanking a case...
I didn't tank it.
You could have discredited
Jamie Stringer.
You pulled back.
That, to me...
I was afraid
of alienating myself
and my client
from the jury,
so I made
a strategic decision
not to attack
Ms. Stringer.
See, I might believe that
if I hadn't seen you
in action before.
I have witnessed you
going after rape victims.
Here, the rape shield
didn't even apply.
I made
a strategic decision
not to attack the witness.
I certainly have discretion
to make strategic decisions,
don't I, Your Honor?
Only you...
know what was in your mind,
counsel.
There you go.
I'm disappointed, Eugene.
That's all.
(door closes)
We didn't know
who else to call.
What's the cause
of death?
Gunshot to the chest,
self-inflicted.
God.
He did it in front
of the police station.
You sure
you're okay to do this?
Yes.
It's him.
McGUIRE: You're sure?
It's him.
McGUIRE: Okay.
We can go.
What happens to him?
Sorry?
He has no family.
What will they do
with him?
Public welfare will just
bury him somewhere.
I want him
to get a funeral.
Lindsay,
the guy is indigent.
He doesn't have...
He had me.
Excuse me?
He had me.
I want him
to get a funeral.
(music playing)
KITTLESON: Members of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
What say you?
In the matter
of the Commonwealth
versus Randall Pyne
on the charge of rape,
we find the defendant,
Randall Pyne...
guilty.
(indistinct chatter)
We appeal.
KITTLESON: So noted.
Members of the jury,
this concludes your service.
You are dismissed
with the thanks
of the court.
We're adjourned.
I know you didn't
have to do this.
Actually,
I did.
Well,
thank you again.
(music playing)
(door opens)
(sighs)
Thank you.
I held back because I thought
it would help my client,
not you.
I just wanna say...
Please,
don't thank me.
Now, if you'll excuse me...
(door opens and closes)
(music playing)
PRIEST: If we are to believe
that there is a good
and powerful God,
it follows that
we must also believe
that there is a life
after this one.
But what of the departed
in this world?
Are they gone
from this world?
Do they exist on Earth?
I would say to you
they do.
Stanley Deeks
will continue
to live among us
through the memories
of his loved ones.
He will be kept alive
by those who knew him,
those who cherished
his gentle spirit,
those who saw his life
as we see all lives
as sacred,
as children of God.
To look on Stanley Deeks'
time on Earth,
to consider his victims,
we must know
there to be an afterlife.
Otherwise,
life on Earth
is all there is,
and it can't be that.
It simply can't be that.
(music playing)
(music playing)
WOMAN: You stinker!
(music playing)