Trial & Error (2017–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - A Wrench in the Case - full transcript
Josh and his team find another man's DNA, but Larry seems to lack any emotion about the murder.
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Do I like the term "accused murderer"?
[Sighs]
If I'm being honest, I do not.
I did not kill my wife.
I mean, back in the day, I
was known as a "lady killer."
[Laughs]
But I'm out on bail, I
have a great legal team,
and the support of my
friends and neighbors.
And now, if you'll excuse me,
heart disease is the real killer.
♪ Don't rock the boat,
baby. Rock the boat ♪
Morning, Mrs. Kratt.
Hope you die, wife killer!
Do I think Larry did it?
Absolutely not.
I mean, sure, there have
been some surprises...
like he was having an
affair... with a man.
No judgment.
And his previous wife died
exactly the same way
as his current wife.
Little judgment, but
I still believe in him.
And thankfully, I have a great team.
Those are Larry's rollerskating
tracks through her blood.
[Laughs]
Sometimes I react inappropriately
when something awful happens.
A good team.
We need to veer away from the goose.
I have a team.
Okay.
Today is the preliminary hearing.
That's where the prosecution's
gonna lay out their case
as to how they think
Larry murdered Margaret.
Our job...
Is to say how we
think he killed her.
[Clears throat] No.
We need to come up
with a plausible theory
that doesn't involve
Larry killing anybody.
Oh, well, that's harder.
It is.
Anne, can you erase the board, please?
Okay.
Can I just say how excited
I am to have this job.
I promise, I'm going
to do my best for you.
Thank you.
[Clicks tongue]
- Can you erase the board?
- Of course.
It's just that nobody's ever given me
an opportunity like this.
I remember when I was a
little girl, they told me,
"You'll never work in an office."
Well, how you like me
now, Pastor Bronson?
How you like me now?
Why don't I erase the board?
Okay, why don't we write
down everything we know
about the case, right?
I'm gonna make two columns...
"good facts" and "bad facts."
Start with the bad facts.
I got one... childhood obesity.
My nephew's 6 years old
and weighs 200 pounds.
That kid barely fits on a tractor.
That is a random awful fact.
- Let's stick to the case.
- Okay.
Larry Henderson's a gay murderer.
- Bad fact.
- No.
- Good fact.
- No.
The gay part is irrelevant
and the murderer part is not a fact.
I'll go. Good fact...
we found a bloody handprint
on the wall at Larry's house!
If we can find out who that belongs to,
that puts someone else
there at the crime scene.
Bad fact... if we can't,
Larry Henderson may die.
[Laughs]
Wow.
This is my first time in court
without my boss backing me up.
You don't need your boss.
You've got the dream team.
- [Chuckles]
- We won't let you down, Josh.
Thanks, Anne.
[Gasps]
Oh, my God!
Oh... Dwayne, what happened?
She's dead!
[Screams]
Thank you for asking.
I suffer from something
called Stendhal's syndrome.
Whenever I see something
beautiful, like a piece of art,
I get so overwhelmed I pass out.
It's a real thing. You can look it up.
[Metal detector beeps]
- Hey now, Dwayne.
- Hey now, Clarence.
- Hey now, Anne.
- Hey now, Clarence.
[Metal detector beeping]
Hello.
[Metal detector whines]
Oops. You know what that is?
- It's my lip balm.
- That's a bomb?
No, not a bomb, a balm.
Like an emollient, a moisturizer.
I'm a lawyer. My lips get dry
when I talk a lot, like now.
- [Metal detector beeps]
- Excuse me.
I'm late for a preliminary hearing.
- Hi, Clarence.
- Hey now, Carol Anne.
You know what, Clarence,
we're actually going
to the same hearing.
Whoa!
What do we have here?
This is a real beaut.
Thank you. My niece got it for me.
.38 kept jamming.
I told you, you got to keep it clean.
- I know.
- Good luck at trial.
Thank you.
I can't let you through with this.
♪♪
Well, security took away
my rollerskate wrench.
First I lose Margaret, now my wrench.
[Sighs]
These things come in threes.
I wonder what's next.
Larry, when you say things like that,
it makes people who don't get you
think that you're not really
upset about what happened.
Oh, no, I'm devastated.
That wrench came from Germany.
It's irreplaceable.
Hey, Dad. Hi.
I got a really good feeling about today.
You brought a bomb to court?
Not a bomb, a balm for my lips.
She has a gun.
Yeah, half the people in here have guns.
Are you sure you're up for this?
Trust me, I got this.
I trust you.
Thank you so much for believing in me.
My mother always told me
that the eyes don't lie.
When I look into Larry's eyes,
I have all the evidence I need.
Bailiff: All rise!
[Gavel bangs]
Josh.
See if you can get my skate wrench back.
Oh, my God.
Well, I would just soak it in Clorox
and wait for the swelling to go down.
Hey now.
"Hey now"?
May I remind you you are addressing
an officer of the court?
Oh, no, no. I'm sorry.
It was just, like, Clarence
was doing this thing outside...
He's not from around here, Your Honor.
- He's a Northeasterner.
- Oh.
I have the ultimate
respect for the court,
Judge Horsedick... ...ch.
It's pronounced "Hi-sen-dike."
Really?
The "N" is silent.
The "N" is invisible.
Is there a problem, Mr. Seagull?
Not at all. We're good.
[Gavel bangs]
If both parties are ready to proceed
to the preliminary
hearing, the prosecution
may present its case.
Hold on.
I was supposed to be taking
notes, but my computer froze.
Uh, would anyone happen to have a pen?
No?
I will just remember everything.
Carol Anne: Your Honor, the People
will argue that the defendant
was engaged in a
homosexual relationship,
and when his wife
threatened to expose him,
he flew into a rage and he threw her
through a plate-glass
window, killing her.
- Larry: Can I say something?
- I wouldn't.
Okay.
I don't have a violent bone in my body.
And if making love to a
man makes me a homosexual,
then I am guilty as charged.
"Guilty as charged." It's working.
[Gavel bangs]
The People would like
to submit into evidence
the police video from
the night in question.
Now, I would like to warn the court,
this video is extremely
graphic in nature.
Oh, thank you so much for coming.
Uh, come on in.
The situation's right through here.
Forgive the mess.
Margaret is usually the
one who cleans up,
but as you can see...
Objection! Prejudicial.
Overruled.
The People intend to
disprove the defendant's alibi
that he was outside at the time
of the murder, rollerskating.
Objection! Rollercising.
Sustained.
We got one.
And finally, the People would
like to submit into evidence
the death certificate of Larry's
first wife, Adelaide Henderson.
She I definitely did not kill.
Adelaide did too many
mushrooms and ran full speed
through a window at a poetry rave.
What a wordsmith, though.
Adelaide Henderson's death was
never investigated as a murder.
It's what everyone is thinking.
It is what I was thinking.
Objection! He's on my team.
Dwayne.
Your Honor...
there was never an autopsy done
on Adelaide Henderson.
Well, it's my speculation
an autopsy would reveal
she was murdered.
Objection. Speculation.
Overruled.
But... But she did...
she said "speculation."
Your Honor, the People have
more than enough evidence
to warrant a trial.
Would the defense like to make a motion?
Yes. The defense would.
Josh.
Skate wrench.
We would like to submit into
evidence this bloody handprint.
We believe that this handprint
proves that someone else
was there the night of the murder...
someone we believe
was the actual killer.
The defense requests a continuance
so that we have time
for further discovery.
How much time would the defense like?
The defense would like two weeks.
Fine. Two days it is, and I
suggest you don't waste it.
I'm impartial, but damn, man.
Okay, so, we've got 48 hours,
three things to accomplish.
First, we've got to figure out
who this bloody handprint belongs to.
Dwayne, do you have a
good forensic pathologist?
That's the one thing I don't have.
That and a dentist.
- Anne: Oh, I know someone.
- Great!
Anne, you're gonna come with
me to Larry's house, then,
because the second thing we
need to do is test his alibi.
And Dwayne, how do you feel about
taking care of Larry's first wife?
I feel like Larry beat me to it.
I want you to retrieve
Adelaide Henderson's body
from Virginia to get a proper autopsy.
We are going to prove
that she wasn't murdered.
- I'm on it.
- Great.
So, Anne, how do you know
this forensic pathologist?
He's in my OCD group.
You also have OCD?
No.
Oh, my God, can you imagine?
I volunteer there.
There's some people
out there with issues.
Josh, Larry, this is Thom Hinkle.
He's the best DNA guy in town.
Oh, well, she's just saying
that because it's true.
[Laughs]
But seriously, I have been working
in state and federal labs for 20 years,
including a stint with the
CIA, which I cannot talk about
because they wiped my brain clean.
[Chuckles]
They didn't really.
But they could.
Wow. That is a really
impressive résumé, Thom.
All I can say is, welcome to the team.
- I'll gear up!
- All right.
He seems great.
Yeah. Why is he available?
What type of OCD does he have?
I don't know.
I compulsively self-stimulate.
It's a physiological
response that I have
to highly stressful situations.
- Thom.
- Yeah.
- Look at this print.
- Hmm.
We believe that this
belongs to someone else
who was in the house the
night Margaret was killed.
Hmm.
Please find out who it
belongs to or he could die.
Oh, boy.
[Sighs]
Larry, we need a suspect,
which means I need to ask
you some tough questions.
I know that this is hard, but...
is there any chance that
she was having an affair?
Of course not.
Margaret and I were happy.
We had the perfect relationship.
Well, you were having an affair.
I was having sex outside the marriage.
I'd hardly call that an affair.
An affair implies secrecy.
Wait, so Margaret knew about this?
Of course.
She knew everything about me.
We were best friends.
We only had one fight
our entire marriage.
She wanted to put in a door here.
I said window.
I guess the lesson is:
"Careful what you wish for."
[Chuckles]
[Radio whines]
Hello?
The night Margaret died,
you said you didn't hear her scream
because you were wearing headphones.
We're gonna recreate that scenario.
Is this where you were standing?
No, I wasn't standing,
I was rollercising.
Of course I could show you
if I had my skate wrench,
but the police took it away from me.
Larry, we really need to focus here.
So, Anne, why don't you start screaming.
We will see if we can hear you.
Copy that.
Help, help!
My husband is pushing
me through the glass!
Larry, you're killing me!
[Screams]
All righty, Anne, why don't
you scream something else?
Oh, my bad.
And be one with the sidewalk.
And crab walk into toe jab.
And hip it into iceberg.
And snake walk.
Right on home.
Hold on!
I can't hear Anne screaming.
Your story checks out.
Finally, some good news.
Anne.
Anne?
Anne? Oh, my gosh, Anne!
Oh.
Oh, no, not another one.
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So, slight hiccup.
Seems here in Virginia,
they use footstones
instead of headstones, so
we unearthed the wrong body.
No biggie.
Luckily, I found a local to
help us right the situation.
All he wanted was 20
boxes of antihistamine.
Now... Oh.
[Clears throat]
Slighter hiccup...
Josh: The prosecution
has requested a meeting.
Turns out they don't want
this to go to trial, either.
So, now, they'll offer some plea.
You know, it's all part of the dance.
And lucky for me, I
got seven years of tap.
Actually, can you just
edit that last part out?
Death by electrocution.
[Chuckles] Death by electrocution.
That is your offer?
It's the most compassionate
means of execution.
What's the least compassionate?
Well, technically, death by bear
is still in the books in this county.
Where the hell am I?
A long way from home, counselor.
Why are you so desperate to kill Larry?
It's nothing personal.
I'm running for D.A., and as a woman,
I need to be twice as
qualified as any man,
which means I need a
death-penalty conviction.
I had my chance when I was younger,
but let's just say I was
not as refined as I am today.
You heard the defendant threaten
to hand the victim's head to him?
I don't recall.
You don't recall?
[Bleep] you little [bleep].
[Bleep] damn it, he's lying!
Mother[bleep]. Mother[bleep].
[Bleep]
I will not let this one get away.
Well, right now all you
have is circumstantial.
I know Larry didn't do it,
and I will have the
evidence to prove it.
I don't think either
of those things is true.
You have what we call
in the south a "turd,"
and I'm afraid this case
is unwinnable for you.
We'll let the jury decide.
And how do you think the
jury will react to a man
who loves his skate key
more than he loves his wife?
It's a custom-made German
skate wrench,
and I hate that I know that.
But I do believe in
my client and my case,
so no deal on the plea.
If you want to make D.A.,
find someone else to kill.
Well, if you change your
mind, here's my number.
Call me if you ever want to
come over and see the honey pot.
How do you even sleep at night?
Over the sheets, white cotton briefs,
men's dress shirt
unbuttoned down to here.
[Sighs]
You're weird.
Hey.
Dwayne, tell me some good news.
Well, I found Adelaide Henderson,
and I quit smoking.
Fantastic! Where's the body?
Well, it was a routine gas stop.
So, long story short, she was cremated.
Good fact... if Larry did kill her,
nobody will ever know.
Thank you, Dwayne.
- Thom.
- Yes.
I need news on that print.
From what I can gather,
it's from a left hand.
Okay, can you pull fingerprints?
No, that's the thing...
there are none.
I mean, if you can find
someone with no prints
on their left hand, that's your killer.
He still hasn't regained
feeling in his left hand.
Okay, who likes them bloody?
No, Larry. No!
Fine.
I'll put it back on again.
People's case hasn't changed.
We intend to argue the
defendant, Larry Henderson,
murdered his wife, Margaret Henderson,
in an act of rage, by throwing her
through a plate-glass window.
Counselor.
[Clears throat] And
we intend to argue...
he did not.
You needed 48 hours
to come up with that?
We are still formulating our case
and reserve the right to more discovery.
I don't know how it
works up in New York,
but down here in East
Peck, we value our time.
I find there is sufficient
cause to charge the defendant,
Larry Henderson, with
first-degree murder.
The court will set a trial date.
And Ms. Keane,
I will see you at the
Rotary Club bake sale.
- [Gavel bangs]
- Bailiff: All rise!
I don't know a lot about law,
but that did not seem to go well.
No. It didn't, Larry,
and you want to know why?
Because the bloody handprint
had no fingerprints,
just like you.
Well, I don't know what you're implying,
but I would never touch
a wall with a bloody hand.
Margaret was a neat freak.
I once got a bunch of
chocolate on the wainscoting
and never heard the end of it...
well, until now.
See you later, Larry.
Can I ask just one question?
Not if it's about the skate wrench.
Where'd you get those pants?
And did you get my skate wrench?
Summer: Hey, Josh.
What happened with you and my dad?
He's really upset.
I didn't know he was
capable of showing emotion.
What are you talking about?
Have you ever seen your dad cry?
Yes, of course.
About Margaret?
No, "Les Mis."
The play, not the movie.
See, that doesn't make any sense.
Well, he hates Anne Hathaway.
[Knock on door]
Good news.
Now, I don't want to over-sell this,
but I think it more than makes up
for me incinerating
Larry's first wife's corpse.
What is that?
- Larry's skate wrench.
- Right.
I talked to my brother-cousin
over at the police department,
got it out of impound.
Sorry, I tried to get your
lip balm, but they blew it up.
It wasn't a real bomb.
Oh, they know that.
They just like blowing stuff up.
- You know, my dad loves this wrench.
- I know he does.
That, a jury would believe.
What they won't believe is
a guy who has no evidence
that supports him and
who cares more about
losing a skate wrench than his wife.
I should've just bought
him a stupid skate wrench
and been done with it.
You can't buy one like that.
No, you can't.
[Doorbell rings]
Josh: People express
emotion in different ways.
This is a surprise.
Yeah, come on in.
My mom told me,
"Never judge someone until you
walk a mile in their shoes."
Or in this case, skates.
I'm so happy to have this back.
Read the inscription.
"To L, my best friend."
Uh...
Larry, Larry, I got this. I got this.
[Crying]
"To L, my best friend.
I'll love you forever.
M."
M is Margaret.
L is Larry.
- [Crying]
- I know.
[Both crying]
So, after you called me,
I went back to the house to
look for other DNA evidence.
If you turn to page two,
you will see a color-coded
chart that I've put together.
Wow.
Look at the pinks and the blues.
Thom, this is beautif...
- Oh! Is she...
- No, she's fine.
So, what do we got here, Thom?
You'll notice that I found
samples of semen in the bedroom.
Male semen?
- Is he...
- He's fine.
It looks like you found two
different specimens here.
Well, one of those is mine.
Uh, my dad's been going through
some health stuff lately,
and it's been pretty stressful, so...
Anyway, that leaves one
unmatched DNA sample in the bed.
Which we assume is Larry's.
Here's the thing... It's not.
So, you're saying there was
someone else in Margaret's bed?
Mm-hmm.
Whoa, that means she
was having an affair.
But with who?
That's what we have to find out.
That's our alternate theory.
So, is that a good fact?
No, Anne, that's a great fact.
Oh!
We're back in business!
- Yes!
- Yeah!
Uh...
Oh.
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Do I like the term "accused murderer"?
[Sighs]
If I'm being honest, I do not.
I did not kill my wife.
I mean, back in the day, I
was known as a "lady killer."
[Laughs]
But I'm out on bail, I
have a great legal team,
and the support of my
friends and neighbors.
And now, if you'll excuse me,
heart disease is the real killer.
♪ Don't rock the boat,
baby. Rock the boat ♪
Morning, Mrs. Kratt.
Hope you die, wife killer!
Do I think Larry did it?
Absolutely not.
I mean, sure, there have
been some surprises...
like he was having an
affair... with a man.
No judgment.
And his previous wife died
exactly the same way
as his current wife.
Little judgment, but
I still believe in him.
And thankfully, I have a great team.
Those are Larry's rollerskating
tracks through her blood.
[Laughs]
Sometimes I react inappropriately
when something awful happens.
A good team.
We need to veer away from the goose.
I have a team.
Okay.
Today is the preliminary hearing.
That's where the prosecution's
gonna lay out their case
as to how they think
Larry murdered Margaret.
Our job...
Is to say how we
think he killed her.
[Clears throat] No.
We need to come up
with a plausible theory
that doesn't involve
Larry killing anybody.
Oh, well, that's harder.
It is.
Anne, can you erase the board, please?
Okay.
Can I just say how excited
I am to have this job.
I promise, I'm going
to do my best for you.
Thank you.
[Clicks tongue]
- Can you erase the board?
- Of course.
It's just that nobody's ever given me
an opportunity like this.
I remember when I was a
little girl, they told me,
"You'll never work in an office."
Well, how you like me
now, Pastor Bronson?
How you like me now?
Why don't I erase the board?
Okay, why don't we write
down everything we know
about the case, right?
I'm gonna make two columns...
"good facts" and "bad facts."
Start with the bad facts.
I got one... childhood obesity.
My nephew's 6 years old
and weighs 200 pounds.
That kid barely fits on a tractor.
That is a random awful fact.
- Let's stick to the case.
- Okay.
Larry Henderson's a gay murderer.
- Bad fact.
- No.
- Good fact.
- No.
The gay part is irrelevant
and the murderer part is not a fact.
I'll go. Good fact...
we found a bloody handprint
on the wall at Larry's house!
If we can find out who that belongs to,
that puts someone else
there at the crime scene.
Bad fact... if we can't,
Larry Henderson may die.
[Laughs]
Wow.
This is my first time in court
without my boss backing me up.
You don't need your boss.
You've got the dream team.
- [Chuckles]
- We won't let you down, Josh.
Thanks, Anne.
[Gasps]
Oh, my God!
Oh... Dwayne, what happened?
She's dead!
[Screams]
Thank you for asking.
I suffer from something
called Stendhal's syndrome.
Whenever I see something
beautiful, like a piece of art,
I get so overwhelmed I pass out.
It's a real thing. You can look it up.
[Metal detector beeps]
- Hey now, Dwayne.
- Hey now, Clarence.
- Hey now, Anne.
- Hey now, Clarence.
[Metal detector beeping]
Hello.
[Metal detector whines]
Oops. You know what that is?
- It's my lip balm.
- That's a bomb?
No, not a bomb, a balm.
Like an emollient, a moisturizer.
I'm a lawyer. My lips get dry
when I talk a lot, like now.
- [Metal detector beeps]
- Excuse me.
I'm late for a preliminary hearing.
- Hi, Clarence.
- Hey now, Carol Anne.
You know what, Clarence,
we're actually going
to the same hearing.
Whoa!
What do we have here?
This is a real beaut.
Thank you. My niece got it for me.
.38 kept jamming.
I told you, you got to keep it clean.
- I know.
- Good luck at trial.
Thank you.
I can't let you through with this.
♪♪
Well, security took away
my rollerskate wrench.
First I lose Margaret, now my wrench.
[Sighs]
These things come in threes.
I wonder what's next.
Larry, when you say things like that,
it makes people who don't get you
think that you're not really
upset about what happened.
Oh, no, I'm devastated.
That wrench came from Germany.
It's irreplaceable.
Hey, Dad. Hi.
I got a really good feeling about today.
You brought a bomb to court?
Not a bomb, a balm for my lips.
She has a gun.
Yeah, half the people in here have guns.
Are you sure you're up for this?
Trust me, I got this.
I trust you.
Thank you so much for believing in me.
My mother always told me
that the eyes don't lie.
When I look into Larry's eyes,
I have all the evidence I need.
Bailiff: All rise!
[Gavel bangs]
Josh.
See if you can get my skate wrench back.
Oh, my God.
Well, I would just soak it in Clorox
and wait for the swelling to go down.
Hey now.
"Hey now"?
May I remind you you are addressing
an officer of the court?
Oh, no, no. I'm sorry.
It was just, like, Clarence
was doing this thing outside...
He's not from around here, Your Honor.
- He's a Northeasterner.
- Oh.
I have the ultimate
respect for the court,
Judge Horsedick... ...ch.
It's pronounced "Hi-sen-dike."
Really?
The "N" is silent.
The "N" is invisible.
Is there a problem, Mr. Seagull?
Not at all. We're good.
[Gavel bangs]
If both parties are ready to proceed
to the preliminary
hearing, the prosecution
may present its case.
Hold on.
I was supposed to be taking
notes, but my computer froze.
Uh, would anyone happen to have a pen?
No?
I will just remember everything.
Carol Anne: Your Honor, the People
will argue that the defendant
was engaged in a
homosexual relationship,
and when his wife
threatened to expose him,
he flew into a rage and he threw her
through a plate-glass
window, killing her.
- Larry: Can I say something?
- I wouldn't.
Okay.
I don't have a violent bone in my body.
And if making love to a
man makes me a homosexual,
then I am guilty as charged.
"Guilty as charged." It's working.
[Gavel bangs]
The People would like
to submit into evidence
the police video from
the night in question.
Now, I would like to warn the court,
this video is extremely
graphic in nature.
Oh, thank you so much for coming.
Uh, come on in.
The situation's right through here.
Forgive the mess.
Margaret is usually the
one who cleans up,
but as you can see...
Objection! Prejudicial.
Overruled.
The People intend to
disprove the defendant's alibi
that he was outside at the time
of the murder, rollerskating.
Objection! Rollercising.
Sustained.
We got one.
And finally, the People would
like to submit into evidence
the death certificate of Larry's
first wife, Adelaide Henderson.
She I definitely did not kill.
Adelaide did too many
mushrooms and ran full speed
through a window at a poetry rave.
What a wordsmith, though.
Adelaide Henderson's death was
never investigated as a murder.
It's what everyone is thinking.
It is what I was thinking.
Objection! He's on my team.
Dwayne.
Your Honor...
there was never an autopsy done
on Adelaide Henderson.
Well, it's my speculation
an autopsy would reveal
she was murdered.
Objection. Speculation.
Overruled.
But... But she did...
she said "speculation."
Your Honor, the People have
more than enough evidence
to warrant a trial.
Would the defense like to make a motion?
Yes. The defense would.
Josh.
Skate wrench.
We would like to submit into
evidence this bloody handprint.
We believe that this handprint
proves that someone else
was there the night of the murder...
someone we believe
was the actual killer.
The defense requests a continuance
so that we have time
for further discovery.
How much time would the defense like?
The defense would like two weeks.
Fine. Two days it is, and I
suggest you don't waste it.
I'm impartial, but damn, man.
Okay, so, we've got 48 hours,
three things to accomplish.
First, we've got to figure out
who this bloody handprint belongs to.
Dwayne, do you have a
good forensic pathologist?
That's the one thing I don't have.
That and a dentist.
- Anne: Oh, I know someone.
- Great!
Anne, you're gonna come with
me to Larry's house, then,
because the second thing we
need to do is test his alibi.
And Dwayne, how do you feel about
taking care of Larry's first wife?
I feel like Larry beat me to it.
I want you to retrieve
Adelaide Henderson's body
from Virginia to get a proper autopsy.
We are going to prove
that she wasn't murdered.
- I'm on it.
- Great.
So, Anne, how do you know
this forensic pathologist?
He's in my OCD group.
You also have OCD?
No.
Oh, my God, can you imagine?
I volunteer there.
There's some people
out there with issues.
Josh, Larry, this is Thom Hinkle.
He's the best DNA guy in town.
Oh, well, she's just saying
that because it's true.
[Laughs]
But seriously, I have been working
in state and federal labs for 20 years,
including a stint with the
CIA, which I cannot talk about
because they wiped my brain clean.
[Chuckles]
They didn't really.
But they could.
Wow. That is a really
impressive résumé, Thom.
All I can say is, welcome to the team.
- I'll gear up!
- All right.
He seems great.
Yeah. Why is he available?
What type of OCD does he have?
I don't know.
I compulsively self-stimulate.
It's a physiological
response that I have
to highly stressful situations.
- Thom.
- Yeah.
- Look at this print.
- Hmm.
We believe that this
belongs to someone else
who was in the house the
night Margaret was killed.
Hmm.
Please find out who it
belongs to or he could die.
Oh, boy.
[Sighs]
Larry, we need a suspect,
which means I need to ask
you some tough questions.
I know that this is hard, but...
is there any chance that
she was having an affair?
Of course not.
Margaret and I were happy.
We had the perfect relationship.
Well, you were having an affair.
I was having sex outside the marriage.
I'd hardly call that an affair.
An affair implies secrecy.
Wait, so Margaret knew about this?
Of course.
She knew everything about me.
We were best friends.
We only had one fight
our entire marriage.
She wanted to put in a door here.
I said window.
I guess the lesson is:
"Careful what you wish for."
[Chuckles]
[Radio whines]
Hello?
The night Margaret died,
you said you didn't hear her scream
because you were wearing headphones.
We're gonna recreate that scenario.
Is this where you were standing?
No, I wasn't standing,
I was rollercising.
Of course I could show you
if I had my skate wrench,
but the police took it away from me.
Larry, we really need to focus here.
So, Anne, why don't you start screaming.
We will see if we can hear you.
Copy that.
Help, help!
My husband is pushing
me through the glass!
Larry, you're killing me!
[Screams]
All righty, Anne, why don't
you scream something else?
Oh, my bad.
And be one with the sidewalk.
And crab walk into toe jab.
And hip it into iceberg.
And snake walk.
Right on home.
Hold on!
I can't hear Anne screaming.
Your story checks out.
Finally, some good news.
Anne.
Anne?
Anne? Oh, my gosh, Anne!
Oh.
Oh, no, not another one.
_
So, slight hiccup.
Seems here in Virginia,
they use footstones
instead of headstones, so
we unearthed the wrong body.
No biggie.
Luckily, I found a local to
help us right the situation.
All he wanted was 20
boxes of antihistamine.
Now... Oh.
[Clears throat]
Slighter hiccup...
Josh: The prosecution
has requested a meeting.
Turns out they don't want
this to go to trial, either.
So, now, they'll offer some plea.
You know, it's all part of the dance.
And lucky for me, I
got seven years of tap.
Actually, can you just
edit that last part out?
Death by electrocution.
[Chuckles] Death by electrocution.
That is your offer?
It's the most compassionate
means of execution.
What's the least compassionate?
Well, technically, death by bear
is still in the books in this county.
Where the hell am I?
A long way from home, counselor.
Why are you so desperate to kill Larry?
It's nothing personal.
I'm running for D.A., and as a woman,
I need to be twice as
qualified as any man,
which means I need a
death-penalty conviction.
I had my chance when I was younger,
but let's just say I was
not as refined as I am today.
You heard the defendant threaten
to hand the victim's head to him?
I don't recall.
You don't recall?
[Bleep] you little [bleep].
[Bleep] damn it, he's lying!
Mother[bleep]. Mother[bleep].
[Bleep]
I will not let this one get away.
Well, right now all you
have is circumstantial.
I know Larry didn't do it,
and I will have the
evidence to prove it.
I don't think either
of those things is true.
You have what we call
in the south a "turd,"
and I'm afraid this case
is unwinnable for you.
We'll let the jury decide.
And how do you think the
jury will react to a man
who loves his skate key
more than he loves his wife?
It's a custom-made German
skate wrench,
and I hate that I know that.
But I do believe in
my client and my case,
so no deal on the plea.
If you want to make D.A.,
find someone else to kill.
Well, if you change your
mind, here's my number.
Call me if you ever want to
come over and see the honey pot.
How do you even sleep at night?
Over the sheets, white cotton briefs,
men's dress shirt
unbuttoned down to here.
[Sighs]
You're weird.
Hey.
Dwayne, tell me some good news.
Well, I found Adelaide Henderson,
and I quit smoking.
Fantastic! Where's the body?
Well, it was a routine gas stop.
So, long story short, she was cremated.
Good fact... if Larry did kill her,
nobody will ever know.
Thank you, Dwayne.
- Thom.
- Yes.
I need news on that print.
From what I can gather,
it's from a left hand.
Okay, can you pull fingerprints?
No, that's the thing...
there are none.
I mean, if you can find
someone with no prints
on their left hand, that's your killer.
He still hasn't regained
feeling in his left hand.
Okay, who likes them bloody?
No, Larry. No!
Fine.
I'll put it back on again.
People's case hasn't changed.
We intend to argue the
defendant, Larry Henderson,
murdered his wife, Margaret Henderson,
in an act of rage, by throwing her
through a plate-glass window.
Counselor.
[Clears throat] And
we intend to argue...
he did not.
You needed 48 hours
to come up with that?
We are still formulating our case
and reserve the right to more discovery.
I don't know how it
works up in New York,
but down here in East
Peck, we value our time.
I find there is sufficient
cause to charge the defendant,
Larry Henderson, with
first-degree murder.
The court will set a trial date.
And Ms. Keane,
I will see you at the
Rotary Club bake sale.
- [Gavel bangs]
- Bailiff: All rise!
I don't know a lot about law,
but that did not seem to go well.
No. It didn't, Larry,
and you want to know why?
Because the bloody handprint
had no fingerprints,
just like you.
Well, I don't know what you're implying,
but I would never touch
a wall with a bloody hand.
Margaret was a neat freak.
I once got a bunch of
chocolate on the wainscoting
and never heard the end of it...
well, until now.
See you later, Larry.
Can I ask just one question?
Not if it's about the skate wrench.
Where'd you get those pants?
And did you get my skate wrench?
Summer: Hey, Josh.
What happened with you and my dad?
He's really upset.
I didn't know he was
capable of showing emotion.
What are you talking about?
Have you ever seen your dad cry?
Yes, of course.
About Margaret?
No, "Les Mis."
The play, not the movie.
See, that doesn't make any sense.
Well, he hates Anne Hathaway.
[Knock on door]
Good news.
Now, I don't want to over-sell this,
but I think it more than makes up
for me incinerating
Larry's first wife's corpse.
What is that?
- Larry's skate wrench.
- Right.
I talked to my brother-cousin
over at the police department,
got it out of impound.
Sorry, I tried to get your
lip balm, but they blew it up.
It wasn't a real bomb.
Oh, they know that.
They just like blowing stuff up.
- You know, my dad loves this wrench.
- I know he does.
That, a jury would believe.
What they won't believe is
a guy who has no evidence
that supports him and
who cares more about
losing a skate wrench than his wife.
I should've just bought
him a stupid skate wrench
and been done with it.
You can't buy one like that.
No, you can't.
[Doorbell rings]
Josh: People express
emotion in different ways.
This is a surprise.
Yeah, come on in.
My mom told me,
"Never judge someone until you
walk a mile in their shoes."
Or in this case, skates.
I'm so happy to have this back.
Read the inscription.
"To L, my best friend."
Uh...
Larry, Larry, I got this. I got this.
[Crying]
"To L, my best friend.
I'll love you forever.
M."
M is Margaret.
L is Larry.
- [Crying]
- I know.
[Both crying]
So, after you called me,
I went back to the house to
look for other DNA evidence.
If you turn to page two,
you will see a color-coded
chart that I've put together.
Wow.
Look at the pinks and the blues.
Thom, this is beautif...
- Oh! Is she...
- No, she's fine.
So, what do we got here, Thom?
You'll notice that I found
samples of semen in the bedroom.
Male semen?
- Is he...
- He's fine.
It looks like you found two
different specimens here.
Well, one of those is mine.
Uh, my dad's been going through
some health stuff lately,
and it's been pretty stressful, so...
Anyway, that leaves one
unmatched DNA sample in the bed.
Which we assume is Larry's.
Here's the thing... It's not.
So, you're saying there was
someone else in Margaret's bed?
Mm-hmm.
Whoa, that means she
was having an affair.
But with who?
That's what we have to find out.
That's our alternate theory.
So, is that a good fact?
No, Anne, that's a great fact.
Oh!
We're back in business!
- Yes!
- Yeah!
Uh...
Oh.