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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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TERRY: Trade you straight up,
the adults for the kids.
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You can't just change your mind
at the last minute, Terry.
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It screws up the whole schedule.
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Little snots can't even
grip their little racquets.
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Puny serves and their teeny,
tiny attention spans.
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C'mon, man, I'm begging you.
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Put me out of my misery. No.
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Switch with me, or
I'll take to drinking
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and end up like this dude, sleeping
it off on some park bench.
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It's a woman.
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Look at her hair, that's blood.
I don't know CPR.
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Doesn't matter.
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The back of her head's bashed in.
Skull's fractured.
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Looks like multiple blows.
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Somebody was mad at this lady.
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Any sign of a murder weapon?
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Yeah. Found a blood-drenched
cane under the bench.
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BRISCOE: Nice walking stick.
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It's a rabbit.
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Yeah. With green eyes.
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My guess? You're looking
for a killer with a limp.
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Hey, Cantor, you
focus on the bodies,
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we'll solve the crimes, all right?
No problem.
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You got a time of death?
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Judging from lividity, body temp, air
temp, insect activity, dew point,
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and because
I'm very good at my job.
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I'd say somewhere between
8:00 and 10:00 last night.
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Any ID?
No.
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No purse.
Maybe she was mugged.
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Hey, what did I say before?
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Leave the theorizing to you.
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For your book of memories.
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Cause of death was intracranial
bleeding from blunt force trauma.
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Yeah. We found a walking stick at
the scene, covered with blood.
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The weapon?
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Forensics is working it up now.
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No, it must have been hers.
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Yeah. See that?
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Titanium.
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She'd had a hip replacement,
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probably within
the last year or so.
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Damn. She got beat to death
with her own cane. That's cold.
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She'd also had an oophorectomy.
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She had her oophers removed?
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Her ovaries.
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By the way, I don't know
how CSU missed this.
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But we found her keys and her
cell phone in an inside pocket.
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These crime scene guys
are highly over-rated.
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Problem is, they all
think they're cops.
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What are you doing?
Checking her menu.
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Oh, if you're ordering coffee, I'll
take one dark with two sugars.
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GREEN: Here we go, work.
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Hello to you, too. Can you
tell me where you're located?
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Okay. Thank you.
Where are we going?
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The Knowles School,
East 87th Street.
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BRISCOE: Tots in town cars,
nannies of all nations.
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Just like my grade school.
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GREEN: I can see you now,
a juvenile delinquent.
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Black leather jacket,
greasy Vaseline hairdo.
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Oh, Brylcreem.
"A little dab will do ya."
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GREEN: The phone company said that this
cell phone was billed to this school.
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We issue them to our staff.
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Thanks for returning it.
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This number belongs
to Dr. Landon.
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Where'd you find it?
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In the park.
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Is this Dr. Landon?
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My Lord, what happened to her?
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She was murdered.
Sometime last night.
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Oh, my God.
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GREEN: Was she a teacher here?
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Director of Admissions.
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We need to contact
her next of kin.
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Perhaps you'd better speak to Mr.
Scofield, the headmaster.
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Debra taught kindergarten
here for 10 years.
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She was a fantastic teacher.
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She made it look easy.
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Well, all the good ones do.
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I thought she was
the Director of Admissions?
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She had an accident
on her summer break.
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She was hit by a motorbike
and shattered her hip.
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When she came back last fall we
offered her the admissions job.
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We thought it would
be easier, but...
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It wasn't?
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Admissions makes
teaching kindergarten
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look like a day at the beach.
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The parents can be
rather zealous,
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shall we say,
in pursuit of their goal.
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It sounds stressful.
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She handled it with aplomb,
like everything else she did.
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She was an amazing woman.
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She'll be missed. Sounds like
you knew her pretty well?
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Well, not socially, if
that's what you're implying.
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BRISCOE: We have to ask.
Strictly colleagues.
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Is there anything you can tell
us about her family or friends?
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Well, her parents were deceased.
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As far as I know she had
no other immediate family.
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So there's nobody we can call?
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We were her family.
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I don't know anything
about her private life.
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So that's it?
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At Knowles, we eschew gossip.
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And place a premium on privacy.
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What about her address?
Or is that confidential, too?
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Of course not. When Debra
became admissions director,
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she moved into the carriage
house on the grounds.
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I saw her on the street
last night,
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heading toward Fifth
Avenue and the park.
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GREEN: What time was that?
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8:30, quarter of 9:00.
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She always leaves the radio on?
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No, sir.
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Here's her purse.
Wallet.
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Cash is still here.
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Looks like she might have
gone out to meet somebody
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and expected to come right back.
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She ever have any visitors?
BOLGER: Here?
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Never saw any suitors.
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No, sir, if that's
what you mean.
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Lived here like
it was a nunnery.
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Not that I'm suggesting she
was a nun, you understand.
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What are you suggesting?
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She had great respect
for the school, sir.
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She wouldn't have entertained
gentlemen callers
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on the premises.
If you get my drift?
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Yeah. We do.
Thank you very much.
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Take your time. Hope you catch
the bastard who did it.
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Oh, palm pilot by
the answering machine.
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She was an opera lover.
La Boheme.
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Oh, you don't have to love
opera to love La Boheme.
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It's a Broadway play, bro.
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At 100 bucks a pop?
On a teacher's pay?
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Maybe it wasn't her hundred.
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Well, let's see if we
can trace the ticket.
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Oh, here's something
I recognize.
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A maintenance check.
Hmm?
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That's a euphemism for alimony.
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Oh, who knew?
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Yeah, you're lucky.
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I guess that gets
the ex off the hook.
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Speaking of lucky.
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Some people are born lucky.
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Some people make their own luck.
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Am I happy to stop paying alimony?
Sure. Who wouldn't be?
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Did I kill my ex
to make that happen?
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Do I look like that
big a schmuck?
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Besides, I only owed her
for another 18 months.
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Yeah. Still, that's
a big chunk of change.
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You strapped for cash, Doc?
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Money's not my problem, time is.
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You know what a Botox-petrified
garden this ZIP code has become?
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I got these rich gals
lined up around the block.
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They'd rather look like the
Sphinx than get a wrinkle.
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Like people can't tell
how old they are anyway.
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Why'd you two split up?
Kids.
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Well, we were told that
she couldn't have any.
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She wanted to adopt. I didn't want a
stranger running around my house.
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She spent enough time
with other people's kids.
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That make you jealous, did it?
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We grew apart.
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Maybe I screwed up.
Who knows?
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So, other than by alimony
check, you guys keep in touch?
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Saw her in the hospital
after her hip surgery.
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So you wouldn't know
if she was seeing anybody?
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Her physical therapist,
three times a week.
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Other than that, I couldn't say.
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You know his name?
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Mr. Magic Fingers?
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You know, come to think of
it, when you add it up,
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she probably spent more time with
him naked on the massage table,
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than she did with me
our whole marriage.
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I had a girlfriend who
had to get a nose job
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courtesy of a Bermuda scooter.
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Debra wasn't on a scooter,
she was trying to avoid one.
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How often did you see her?
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Three times a week, for the
last six months or so.
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I can't believe this.
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Was your relationship, more
than just professional?
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Excuse me?
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I don't know, with all
that touching going on.
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I touch my clients for
therapeutic purposes only.
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And Debra's therapy wasn't
pleasant, it was painful.
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She had a lot of guts
to stick it out.
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She was a very dedicated person.
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Still, all that time
on the table.
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I mean, she must have
confided in you.
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She ever mention she
was seeing somebody?
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She did. One.
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Thing is, he's married.
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I heard it on the car radio
coming in this morning.
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Breaking News.
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How'd you two meet?
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I became Debra's
nutritionist post-op.
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She was in pretty good
shape, but pounds add up
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when you can't work out.
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So you provided an alternative
exercise regimen?
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What is that supposed to mean?
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Dr. Freeman, you take all
your patients to the theater?
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Taking a friend to the
theater not a criminal act.
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Well, it could lead to one
if your wife found out.
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So, just for our records, where
were you on Sunday night?
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Where I always am
on Sunday nights.
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In Greenwich, dining with
another happily married couple.
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Ah, life in the suburbs, Ed.
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See what we're missing?
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My wife doesn't care about my
extracurricular activities
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as long as they don't interfere
with her weekend plans.
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Maybe Debra was in a vulnerable
state after her accident.
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Maybe I took advantage of that,
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but we both knew it
wasn't going anywhere.
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And Debra didn't want any
more out of the relationship?
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She never pushed.
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Her life was that school.
She was devoted to it.
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In fact, I hadn't really
seen her in weeks.
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She was all wrapped up in
this admissions thing.
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Consumed by it. It was
kind of flipping her out.
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Flipping her out how?
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It's harder to get into
Knowles than Harvard.
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Some of these parents can get
pretty aggressive. Abusive, even.
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It got to the point... She
wouldn't answer the phone.
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Ah, there wasn't anything
on her answering machine
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or on her office voice mail.
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But these are from
her cell phone.
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MAN: Dr. Landon,
you know who this is.
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You're holding my child's
future in your hands.
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You say you're committed
to doing the right thing.
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I hope you are, I really do.
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For your sake.
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No name. LUDs show it
was from a pay phone
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near the MTA Headquarters.
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And now for pissed-off
parent number two.
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Miss Landon, this is
Clarissa Wagner. Again.
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I don't think you understand
the gravity of this situation.
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Let me just say that Chloe
has to attend Knowles
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and I'll do anything
to make sure that happens.
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And I won't take no for an answer.
Do you understand me?
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Hell hath no fury
like a mother scorned.
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CLARISSA: I wish I were
the violent type.
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That woman has ruined our lives.
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For months we worked like maniacs
to get Chloe into Knowles.
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Extra tutors, the
interviews, the tests.
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Sounds like a lot of stress.
Valium helps.
248
00:10:41,136 --> 00:10:42,502
Not on you, on your daughter.
249
00:10:43,005 --> 00:10:44,974
Well, you're never too young
to learn how to cope.
250
00:10:46,109 --> 00:10:47,543
It's only kindergarten.
251
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It's not just kindergarten,
252
00:10:48,981 --> 00:10:49,981
it's the rest of her life.
253
00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:52,712
The right prep school
leads to the right college,
254
00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:54,914
the right job, the right
career, the right husband.
255
00:10:55,256 --> 00:10:56,849
It's a carefully
calibrated ladder.
256
00:10:57,059 --> 00:10:58,527
And if you miss a step...
257
00:10:58,661 --> 00:11:00,742
Oh, excuse me. That's the
caterer, I'll be right back.
258
00:11:02,701 --> 00:11:04,693
Sounds like
a vicious circle to me.
259
00:11:04,770 --> 00:11:07,001
If I had a momma like that,
I'd run away with the circus.
260
00:11:07,474 --> 00:11:09,067
So, what tricks
are you gonna do?
261
00:11:09,310 --> 00:11:11,336
Oh, we're not here
for your party, honey.
262
00:11:11,413 --> 00:11:12,744
I know. You're
here to entertain.
263
00:11:12,815 --> 00:11:15,650
Daddy told me he got lots
of people to entertain.
264
00:11:16,220 --> 00:11:18,689
Do we look like clowns?
Eh, don't answer that.
265
00:11:19,291 --> 00:11:20,772
Sweetie, we don't
work for your daddy.
266
00:11:21,060 --> 00:11:23,621
Everybody works for my daddy.
And does what he says.
267
00:11:28,270 --> 00:11:29,533
I see you've met Chloe.
268
00:11:29,606 --> 00:11:31,734
Mmm-hmm. Mrs. Wagner,
we need to know
269
00:11:31,843 --> 00:11:33,744
where you were on Sunday night.
270
00:11:34,413 --> 00:11:36,974
My husband and I were looking
for a house in Greenwich.
271
00:11:38,352 --> 00:11:40,412
Well, no point in staying
in the city, humiliated.
272
00:11:40,856 --> 00:11:41,857
Humiliated?
273
00:11:41,991 --> 00:11:43,951
Everybody knows that Chloe
didn't get into Knowles.
274
00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,056
So we have to go someplace
else and start over.
275
00:11:47,599 --> 00:11:49,397
It's a shame because we just
276
00:11:49,468 --> 00:11:52,438
finished putting Botticelli's
Primavera on her bedroom ceiling.
277
00:11:53,574 --> 00:11:56,544
Botticelli? Who did the
baseboards and the trim?
278
00:12:03,021 --> 00:12:05,456
MAN: I hope you are,
I really do.
279
00:12:07,561 --> 00:12:09,359
I'm sorry, I don't
recognize that voice.
280
00:12:09,497 --> 00:12:11,489
But then I wouldn't.
I retired last spring.
281
00:12:11,701 --> 00:12:12,896
And Debra replaced you.
282
00:12:13,036 --> 00:12:14,526
I recommended Debra for the job.
283
00:12:15,173 --> 00:12:18,337
To tell you the truth, I don't
think she was entirely happy.
284
00:12:18,410 --> 00:12:19,469
She missed teaching.
285
00:12:19,546 --> 00:12:21,947
GREEN: Not to mention all the disgruntled
parents she had to deal with.
286
00:12:22,083 --> 00:12:24,712
Which is why I'm back, holding
down the fort, temporarily.
287
00:12:24,853 --> 00:12:27,049
I thought the admissions
letters went out last week?
288
00:12:27,356 --> 00:12:28,797
Well, there's still
the waiting list.
289
00:12:28,892 --> 00:12:30,827
And some very desperate parents.
290
00:12:30,962 --> 00:12:34,296
They threaten, they cajole,
they try to bribe you.
291
00:12:34,567 --> 00:12:36,035
Were you ever tempted?
292
00:12:36,103 --> 00:12:38,868
There's not a lot money
can't buy in Manhattan.
293
00:12:39,675 --> 00:12:42,543
An apartment in an exclusive
co-op building is one.
294
00:12:42,645 --> 00:12:44,511
Admission to private
school is another.
295
00:12:44,882 --> 00:12:47,647
So, you're saying nobody
can buy their way in here?
296
00:12:47,786 --> 00:12:50,382
Absolutely not.
Other than legacies.
297
00:12:50,758 --> 00:12:51,816
Legacies?
298
00:12:51,892 --> 00:12:54,886
Children of alumni,
siblings of current students.
299
00:12:54,964 --> 00:12:57,058
Otherwise admission
is strictly by merit.
300
00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,102
We'd still like to see a list of
the kids who didn't make the cut.
301
00:13:02,708 --> 00:13:05,143
Legacies. I wish
I had a legacy.
302
00:13:05,211 --> 00:13:06,577
That's like affirmative
action for white folks.
303
00:13:06,647 --> 00:13:08,309
Ain't that how
George W. Got into Yale?
304
00:13:08,383 --> 00:13:09,680
Because his daddy went there?
305
00:13:09,885 --> 00:13:11,646
Yeah. Come to think of
it, I do have a legacy.
306
00:13:11,687 --> 00:13:14,418
My old man went to
PS 21 and so did I.
307
00:13:14,558 --> 00:13:16,823
There's a kid on the waiting list
who lives out of the district.
308
00:13:16,929 --> 00:13:18,760
Cassie Waters, 135th Street.
309
00:13:19,232 --> 00:13:21,063
Harlem? Could be
our mystery caller.
310
00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,570
Well, you never know these days.
Harlem's totally gentrified.
311
00:13:26,743 --> 00:13:29,178
I was frustrated. That's
why I left that message.
312
00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:30,641
But I didn't kill her.
313
00:13:30,749 --> 00:13:32,775
BRISCOE: You were pissed
off Cassie didn't get in.
314
00:13:33,052 --> 00:13:36,454
Look, that school claims to take
the best, regardless of finances.
315
00:13:36,757 --> 00:13:38,589
They say they got
scholarship slots,
316
00:13:38,660 --> 00:13:41,495
they're committed to diversity.
All that bull.
317
00:13:42,065 --> 00:13:43,946
And you thought Cassie
should have been accepted.
318
00:13:44,202 --> 00:13:46,603
Dr. Landon kept saying that
Cassie was gonna make the list.
319
00:13:47,339 --> 00:13:48,705
And then we got the letter.
320
00:13:49,642 --> 00:13:51,008
Here, Daddy.
Cookies.
321
00:13:51,912 --> 00:13:55,111
Oh, thanks, sweetie. Why
don't you go play now, okay?
322
00:13:55,551 --> 00:13:57,213
Can I watch Sponge Bob? Okay.
323
00:13:59,557 --> 00:14:01,287
She reads at
a second grade level,
324
00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:02,725
she's learning
to play the piano,
325
00:14:02,795 --> 00:14:04,525
scored off the charts
on her ERBs.
326
00:14:04,598 --> 00:14:07,466
And I didn't have any 4
grand to pay for a coach.
327
00:14:07,736 --> 00:14:10,331
Parents hire a coach to get
their kids into kindergarten?
328
00:14:10,607 --> 00:14:11,869
Anything for an edge.
329
00:14:12,409 --> 00:14:13,967
So where were you
on Sunday night?
330
00:14:14,178 --> 00:14:17,172
Here, with Cassie. I'm a
single father, it's all on me.
331
00:14:17,984 --> 00:14:19,748
She's in bed and
lights out by 8:00.
332
00:14:19,887 --> 00:14:21,480
And you were in all night long?
333
00:14:21,556 --> 00:14:23,080
I wouldn't leave Cassie alone.
334
00:14:23,157 --> 00:14:24,489
BRISCOE: Maybe
you hired a sitter.
335
00:14:24,693 --> 00:14:26,093
No, man. I was here.
336
00:14:26,563 --> 00:14:28,764
Well, it would help if you had
somebody to vouch for you.
337
00:14:28,866 --> 00:14:30,266
I don't know what to tell you.
338
00:14:30,502 --> 00:14:33,131
I wasn't mad at Dr. Landon,
she was on our side.
339
00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:36,272
I liked the lady. She kept
telling us to hang in there.
340
00:14:37,445 --> 00:14:39,004
I thought she had
the juice, but...
341
00:14:39,282 --> 00:14:42,150
I guess when the chips are down,
money is all that counts.
342
00:14:42,819 --> 00:14:43,820
Ever.
343
00:14:45,391 --> 00:14:46,688
BRISCOE: Got it, thanks.
344
00:14:47,326 --> 00:14:48,726
Forensics are in,
345
00:14:48,795 --> 00:14:52,289
they found powder blue, cashmere
fibers embedded in the cane.
346
00:14:52,668 --> 00:14:54,534
"Superfine,"
whatever that means.
347
00:14:54,804 --> 00:14:57,069
As in twice as expensive
as ordinary.
348
00:14:57,441 --> 00:14:59,000
Whatever happened to mohair?
349
00:14:59,177 --> 00:15:01,544
No prints or blood at the scene
other than the victim's.
350
00:15:01,614 --> 00:15:04,641
But get this, they got a hit
from Debra Landon's apartment.
351
00:15:04,818 --> 00:15:07,880
A partial. And guess what,
he's in the system.
352
00:15:08,590 --> 00:15:09,922
The dude's got a record?
353
00:15:10,126 --> 00:15:12,687
Only for being Bus
Dispatcher of the Month.
354
00:15:12,897 --> 00:15:14,593
Our man Marvin Waters.
355
00:15:16,268 --> 00:15:18,704
She invited us over
to talk about the situation.
356
00:15:18,772 --> 00:15:21,867
She was as frustrated as I was
about Cassie not getting in.
357
00:15:22,077 --> 00:15:23,875
Did she say why Cassie
wasn't getting in?
358
00:15:24,180 --> 00:15:25,181
She wouldn't.
359
00:15:25,949 --> 00:15:28,851
Only that the headmaster
pulled rank at the last minute
360
00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,616
and bumped Cassie to the waiting
list for some other kid.
361
00:15:33,460 --> 00:15:34,758
Let me tell you something.
362
00:15:34,962 --> 00:15:37,898
If I was gonna kill anybody,
it would have been him.
363
00:15:38,668 --> 00:15:40,533
Condescending bastard.
364
00:15:42,639 --> 00:15:45,405
I remember Mr. Waters well.
A very angry man.
365
00:15:45,711 --> 00:15:46,973
Angry enough to kill?
366
00:15:47,046 --> 00:15:48,480
I wouldn't know.
But I do know that
367
00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:50,517
he couldn't reconcile himself
to the fact that his daughter
368
00:15:50,585 --> 00:15:52,146
just didn't have what
it takes to be part
369
00:15:52,254 --> 00:15:53,516
of the Knowles School community.
370
00:15:53,589 --> 00:15:55,148
Mr. Scofield.
Oh, thank you.
371
00:15:55,225 --> 00:15:57,217
What is that,
the right complexion?
372
00:15:57,294 --> 00:15:59,490
We have a number of minority
students, Detective.
373
00:15:59,898 --> 00:16:01,196
We're committed to diversity,
374
00:16:01,801 --> 00:16:03,292
if the students are qualified.
375
00:16:04,104 --> 00:16:06,505
You know, that's the trouble
with affirmative action.
376
00:16:06,641 --> 00:16:08,473
It paints them all with
the same brush. Them?
377
00:16:08,911 --> 00:16:11,176
Minority students.
It stigmatizes them.
378
00:16:11,849 --> 00:16:12,975
No one takes them seriously.
379
00:16:13,051 --> 00:16:14,212
"Oh, she got in
because she was black.
380
00:16:14,286 --> 00:16:16,949
"Or Latino.
Or... Whatever."
381
00:16:17,390 --> 00:16:20,725
I told Mr. Waters that Cassie would
be better off not going to Knowles.
382
00:16:20,962 --> 00:16:23,295
Debra Landon thought that
Cassie Waters deserved a spot.
383
00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:24,932
Well, and I overruled her.
384
00:16:25,202 --> 00:16:26,567
It was her job to recommend
385
00:16:26,637 --> 00:16:28,629
and mine to decide.
And I did.
386
00:16:29,207 --> 00:16:31,199
Where were you Sunday evening, Mr.
Scofield?
387
00:16:31,444 --> 00:16:32,445
At home.
388
00:16:32,612 --> 00:16:33,636
Alone?
389
00:16:33,714 --> 00:16:36,115
Just me and Dante.
Dante?
390
00:16:36,318 --> 00:16:37,649
Alighieri.
391
00:16:38,521 --> 00:16:39,613
Purgatorio?
392
00:16:39,689 --> 00:16:41,521
Isn't that a strip
club in Queens?
393
00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:43,318
I get to spend all day with him.
394
00:16:43,395 --> 00:16:45,864
Lennie, let's let Mr.
Scofield get back to work.
395
00:16:45,932 --> 00:16:48,697
Were you home all evening, Mr.
Scofield?
396
00:16:49,002 --> 00:16:51,529
Except for my constitutional,
which I take every evening,
397
00:16:51,607 --> 00:16:52,904
religiously, at 8:00.
398
00:16:53,743 --> 00:16:55,108
Your constitutional?
399
00:16:55,512 --> 00:16:57,447
You should watch more
Masterpiece Theater, Ed.
400
00:16:58,784 --> 00:17:01,652
Where do you usually go?
It varies.
401
00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:04,920
Wherever my mood takes me.
Am I a suspect?
402
00:17:05,060 --> 00:17:07,621
Just a couple more
questions for our report.
403
00:17:07,697 --> 00:17:10,599
So, where did your mood
take you Sunday evening?
404
00:17:10,868 --> 00:17:12,598
Well, let's see.
Over to Madison,
405
00:17:12,704 --> 00:17:15,435
up to 96, across to Fifth,
and then back home.
406
00:17:16,209 --> 00:17:18,644
You go into the park?
Not after dark.
407
00:17:19,013 --> 00:17:20,105
Anybody see you?
408
00:17:20,282 --> 00:17:22,717
Thousands of my fellow citizens.
But no one I know.
409
00:17:23,353 --> 00:17:24,912
How long were you out?
410
00:17:24,989 --> 00:17:26,354
Forty-five minutes.
Exactly.
411
00:17:28,126 --> 00:17:29,321
Thanks.
412
00:17:29,996 --> 00:17:31,225
Powder blue cashmere.
413
00:17:31,298 --> 00:17:33,494
Yeah. Looked
superfine to me.
414
00:17:33,568 --> 00:17:36,197
You know, if he is the guy, it's pretty
arrogant of him to be wearing it.
415
00:17:36,272 --> 00:17:37,272
Or pretty stupid.
416
00:17:37,373 --> 00:17:40,811
And Waters was right. He is a condescending
bastard. I wanted to kill him myself.
417
00:17:46,586 --> 00:17:47,787
DOORMAN: What can
I do for you?
418
00:17:47,788 --> 00:17:49,950
Hey, were you on the
door Sunday night?
419
00:17:50,025 --> 00:17:51,288
Swing shift,
2:00 to 10:00.
420
00:17:51,761 --> 00:17:53,662
And did you notice
Mr. Scofield go out?
421
00:17:53,797 --> 00:17:55,196
You could set your watch by him.
422
00:17:55,265 --> 00:17:56,665
Every night at 8:00.
423
00:17:56,734 --> 00:17:59,568
Man's an urban legend,
the all-weather walker.
424
00:17:59,872 --> 00:18:02,308
Neither snow, nor sleet,
nor etcetera
425
00:18:02,376 --> 00:18:04,641
can keep him from his
"evening constitutional."
426
00:18:04,713 --> 00:18:06,203
And back at 8:45?
427
00:18:06,348 --> 00:18:08,146
Like I said.
Man's a machine.
428
00:18:08,284 --> 00:18:11,813
So, last Sunday night you saw
him come back in at 8:45?
429
00:18:11,990 --> 00:18:15,188
On the dot. I mean, I must have.
He always does.
430
00:18:15,796 --> 00:18:17,320
GREEN: Well,
did you or didn't you?
431
00:18:17,397 --> 00:18:19,919
Well, tell you the truth, I might
have slipped down to the corner
432
00:18:19,935 --> 00:18:21,368
for a pack of smokes about then.
433
00:18:21,437 --> 00:18:22,496
Just for something to do.
434
00:18:22,572 --> 00:18:25,406
So you didn't actually see
him come back Sunday night?
435
00:18:26,712 --> 00:18:29,375
Come to think of it, no. Thanks.
436
00:18:31,852 --> 00:18:33,980
Okay. Thanks, Frank.
I owe you one.
437
00:18:34,055 --> 00:18:36,786
Hey, the doorman on the graveyard
shift said that Scofield
438
00:18:36,859 --> 00:18:39,055
went out again at
11:30, didn't come back
439
00:18:39,129 --> 00:18:40,688
till almost 1:00
Monday morning.
440
00:18:40,932 --> 00:18:44,233
That's funny, he didn't mention a
midnight constitutional to us.
441
00:18:44,404 --> 00:18:47,533
And, you know, I wonder if his
phones were out that day?
442
00:18:47,608 --> 00:18:48,633
Huh?
443
00:18:48,710 --> 00:18:50,701
The LUDs on
Debra Landon's phone.
444
00:18:51,014 --> 00:18:54,143
8:14 Sunday night, she got
a call from a pay phone
445
00:18:54,218 --> 00:18:55,880
at 92nd and Fifth.
446
00:18:55,954 --> 00:18:56,921
That's across from the park.
447
00:18:56,988 --> 00:18:59,116
And it's two blocks
from Scofield's apartment.
448
00:18:59,191 --> 00:19:00,921
So what you think?
You think he called her,
449
00:19:00,994 --> 00:19:02,428
said let's take a walk,
talk things over?
450
00:19:02,497 --> 00:19:05,831
Maybe she saw it as a last chance
to make a pitch for Cassie Waters.
451
00:19:07,270 --> 00:19:08,499
Yeah?
452
00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,965
Oh, all right.
We'll be right there.
453
00:19:11,610 --> 00:19:14,808
It was Myra Camp. She got something
off of Debra's office computer.
454
00:19:17,752 --> 00:19:19,880
She washed her e-mail Sunday night.
What time?
455
00:19:19,955 --> 00:19:23,016
Logged on at 11:42 signed off
at eight minutes past midnight.
456
00:19:23,093 --> 00:19:24,425
No, she didn't.
457
00:19:24,495 --> 00:19:27,932
No. We were told she was killed
sometime between 8:00 and 10:00.
458
00:19:28,568 --> 00:19:29,660
Oh.
459
00:19:29,769 --> 00:19:31,032
BRISCOE: Can you get it back?
460
00:19:31,439 --> 00:19:34,307
Detective, you know I never met
a hard drive I can't lick.
461
00:19:35,578 --> 00:19:37,240
This is one I retrieved
from the server.
462
00:19:37,448 --> 00:19:39,449
Landon sent it to Scofield
the week before she died.
463
00:19:39,818 --> 00:19:41,217
GREEN: "Re: Cassie Waters,
464
00:19:41,286 --> 00:19:44,155
"I can't disagree more strongly.
You're making a huge mistake.
465
00:19:44,224 --> 00:19:46,716
"You'd compromise the integrity
of the admissions process."
466
00:19:47,028 --> 00:19:50,362
We already know she and Scofield
disagreed about Cassie Waters.
467
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,801
I don't suppose you could tell
us who deleted the e-mail?
468
00:19:53,137 --> 00:19:55,299
I can't give you a name.
But it had to be someone
469
00:19:55,374 --> 00:19:57,639
with a master override password.
BRISCOE: Meaning?
470
00:19:57,877 --> 00:20:00,438
Meaning they could get onto any
computer on the school's network.
471
00:20:00,647 --> 00:20:03,742
Now how many people in the school
would have a master password?
472
00:20:05,254 --> 00:20:06,449
Thanks.
473
00:20:07,257 --> 00:20:08,953
SCOFIELD: Well done, Avery,
you're a gentleman.
474
00:20:09,093 --> 00:20:12,690
I have $7,000 from Avery Herman!
Do I hear 7,500?
475
00:20:13,366 --> 00:20:16,734
I do not. Well, then we have
$7,000 from Avery Herman.
476
00:20:16,804 --> 00:20:19,934
I have $7,000,
$7,000 going once.
477
00:20:20,042 --> 00:20:24,276
$7,000 going twice.
478
00:20:24,349 --> 00:20:26,716
Sold to the man in
the silver bracelets.
479
00:20:26,852 --> 00:20:29,515
Wyatt Scofield, you're under arrest
for the murder of Debra Landon.
480
00:20:29,823 --> 00:20:31,864
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say
481
00:20:31,926 --> 00:20:33,485
can be used against you
in a court of law.
482
00:20:33,562 --> 00:20:34,996
You have the right
to an attorney.
483
00:20:35,131 --> 00:20:38,124
If you cannot afford one,
one will be provided for you.
484
00:20:40,705 --> 00:20:42,139
COURT CLERK: "Docket ending 724
485
00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:45,372
"People v. Wyatt Scofield. One count
of Murder in the Second Degree."
486
00:20:45,679 --> 00:20:47,841
Norman Rothenberg for the
Defense, Your Honor.
487
00:20:48,017 --> 00:20:49,882
The honor is mine,
Mr. Rothenberg.
488
00:20:50,787 --> 00:20:52,756
Ready to enter a plea,
Mr. Scofield?
489
00:20:53,090 --> 00:20:54,580
Not guilty, Your Honor.
490
00:20:54,660 --> 00:20:57,824
Excellent choice. I love
a good society murder.
491
00:20:58,264 --> 00:21:00,392
Perhaps we'll all get famous.
Ms. Southerlyn?
492
00:21:00,501 --> 00:21:03,232
People request bail in the
amount of $1 million.
493
00:21:03,438 --> 00:21:07,103
Your Honor, the defendant has
limited financial resources.
494
00:21:07,177 --> 00:21:09,669
You're not working pro bono, are you, Mr.
Rothenberg?
495
00:21:09,814 --> 00:21:11,214
Mr. Scofield's friends
496
00:21:11,283 --> 00:21:13,047
have raised funds
for his defense.
497
00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,280
JUDGE: Then he's not without
financial recourse, is he?
498
00:21:15,423 --> 00:21:18,120
The defendant has deep roots
within the community.
499
00:21:18,627 --> 00:21:20,858
We ask that he be released
on his own recognizance.
500
00:21:21,130 --> 00:21:23,131
Mr. Scofield might have deep
roots in the community,
501
00:21:23,167 --> 00:21:24,795
but his friends
have deep pockets.
502
00:21:25,170 --> 00:21:26,934
We think he's
a definite flight risk.
503
00:21:27,139 --> 00:21:28,801
The defendant will
surrender his passport,
504
00:21:28,876 --> 00:21:31,641
bail is set at $500,000
cash or bond. Next.
505
00:21:33,315 --> 00:21:34,783
ROTHENBERG: Judge Torledsky
is right.
506
00:21:34,885 --> 00:21:37,582
We are looking at this
year's Skakel-fest.
507
00:21:38,122 --> 00:21:40,591
Maybe you enjoy the limelight,
508
00:21:40,893 --> 00:21:42,919
but personally,
I find it carcinogenic.
509
00:21:43,430 --> 00:21:46,594
I'd be glad to avoid the media
feeding frenzy of a trial.
510
00:21:46,668 --> 00:21:49,467
If Mr. Scofield can convince
us that his actions weren't
511
00:21:49,605 --> 00:21:51,506
premeditated with
malice or forethought,
512
00:21:51,575 --> 00:21:53,476
I might entertain a lesser plea.
513
00:21:53,711 --> 00:21:56,773
I'll tell you what. Why don't we
just dismiss the charges outright?
514
00:21:57,017 --> 00:21:58,017
Not a chance.
515
00:21:58,051 --> 00:21:59,332
SCOFIELD: Why would
I kill Debra?
516
00:21:59,353 --> 00:22:00,718
We were colleagues,
nothing more.
517
00:22:01,523 --> 00:22:02,581
I barely knew the woman.
518
00:22:02,658 --> 00:22:05,561
Her e-mail indicates
that she was threatening
519
00:22:05,629 --> 00:22:07,825
to go to your board
about something you did.
520
00:22:07,899 --> 00:22:09,764
You thought your job
was in jeopardy.
521
00:22:09,835 --> 00:22:12,430
She was upset I overruled one
of her admission decisions.
522
00:22:12,806 --> 00:22:15,241
I've been at the Knowles
School for 25 years.
523
00:22:16,210 --> 00:22:18,942
Dr. Landon taught kindergarten
before she was promoted.
524
00:22:19,149 --> 00:22:21,641
Whose expertise do you think
the board values more?
525
00:22:21,852 --> 00:22:24,378
Then why did you erase her e-mail?
I did no such thing.
526
00:22:24,690 --> 00:22:27,923
You've lied to the police.
Fibers from your sweater.
527
00:22:27,995 --> 00:22:30,123
This is absurd!
Wyatt, please.
528
00:22:30,599 --> 00:22:31,759
If I may?
529
00:22:35,706 --> 00:22:37,707
Look, you can have all the
sugar in the world, Jack.
530
00:22:37,809 --> 00:22:39,937
You can have all the chocolate.
You can have all the icing.
531
00:22:40,045 --> 00:22:42,674
But if you don't have the
yeast, you ain't baking a cake.
532
00:22:42,882 --> 00:22:44,350
Meaning?
Motive.
533
00:22:44,852 --> 00:22:47,014
Even if what you're
hypothesizing is true,
534
00:22:47,423 --> 00:22:49,220
my client didn't
have to kill Dr. Landon.
535
00:22:49,292 --> 00:22:50,760
He could merely have fired her.
536
00:22:52,697 --> 00:22:54,632
Well, it won't be the first
time I've tried a case
537
00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:56,669
on circumstantial
evidence alone.
538
00:22:56,937 --> 00:22:59,873
Sure. That works great
for drug dealers and pimps.
539
00:23:00,508 --> 00:23:02,429
We're talking about the
landed gentry here, folks.
540
00:23:02,678 --> 00:23:03,976
Motive goes a long way.
541
00:23:04,047 --> 00:23:06,812
Well, we know Debra Landon was threatening
to go to the board about something.
542
00:23:06,951 --> 00:23:08,886
The problem is, we don't
know what it was.
543
00:23:09,254 --> 00:23:12,225
Her e-mail said he was compromising
the integrity of the process.
544
00:23:13,260 --> 00:23:14,701
From my experience,
for these people,
545
00:23:14,763 --> 00:23:16,925
"integrity" is usually
a euphemism for money.
546
00:23:17,767 --> 00:23:20,259
You think Scofield had to be
taking money under the table?
547
00:23:20,872 --> 00:23:22,635
Well, we know Cassie
Waters didn't get in.
548
00:23:22,707 --> 00:23:23,970
I'll find out who took her spot.
549
00:23:25,078 --> 00:23:26,739
There are 50 kids
on the waiting list.
550
00:23:27,147 --> 00:23:30,482
All ready, willing and able to
pay $20,000 for kindergarten.
551
00:23:30,619 --> 00:23:33,088
It goes up to $26,000
for first grade.
552
00:23:33,156 --> 00:23:34,886
We do have scholarship students.
553
00:23:35,526 --> 00:23:38,052
Out of the 50, how many
were ultimately accepted?
554
00:23:38,163 --> 00:23:40,793
Ten. Although three had
already accepted Horace Mann.
555
00:23:40,867 --> 00:23:42,232
Three accepted Riverdale.
556
00:23:42,302 --> 00:23:45,501
Were any accepted after Mr.
Scofield rejected Cassie Waters?
557
00:23:47,277 --> 00:23:50,679
The last child accepted
was Jared Anchin.
558
00:23:51,983 --> 00:23:54,475
His letter went out the
same day as Cassie Waters'.
559
00:23:54,887 --> 00:23:57,550
Anchin, I know that name.
I wouldn't be proud of it.
560
00:23:57,925 --> 00:23:59,518
Jared's Dad is Harvey Anchin.
561
00:24:00,896 --> 00:24:02,090
You mean...
That's right.
562
00:24:02,465 --> 00:24:03,899
The Prince of Porn.
563
00:24:03,967 --> 00:24:06,436
I guess Mr. Scofield didn't think
that we should hold the sins
564
00:24:06,504 --> 00:24:07,904
of the father against the son.
565
00:24:11,846 --> 00:24:14,509
I said 2%.
This is half and half.
566
00:24:14,583 --> 00:24:16,108
What are you trying
to do, kill me?
567
00:24:16,853 --> 00:24:19,322
You know what this stuff is?
Liquid coronary.
568
00:24:19,389 --> 00:24:21,483
You're really working for
John Ashcroft, aren't you?
569
00:24:21,559 --> 00:24:22,880
(STUTTERING)
I'll get you another.
570
00:24:23,763 --> 00:24:24,924
Mr. Anchin?
571
00:24:25,298 --> 00:24:27,358
If you're here for the screening,
see the girl at the door.
572
00:24:27,435 --> 00:24:28,697
Actually, I'm not.
573
00:24:29,304 --> 00:24:31,739
Serena Southerlyn,
District Attorney's office.
574
00:24:32,175 --> 00:24:34,440
I have all my licenses.
I have my financials
575
00:24:34,645 --> 00:24:37,444
filed with the Secretary of State.
And most important,
576
00:24:37,716 --> 00:24:39,912
I know the First Amendment
backwards and forwards.
577
00:24:40,287 --> 00:24:42,084
I'd like to talk to you
about Debra Landon.
578
00:24:42,222 --> 00:24:43,520
Uh, never heard of her.
579
00:24:43,725 --> 00:24:45,990
She was the admissions director
of the Knowles School.
580
00:24:46,762 --> 00:24:49,130
Oh God, yeah.
That's right.
581
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,432
I had my girl send her flowers
and her office sent them back.
582
00:24:52,938 --> 00:24:54,600
That could be because
she was murdered.
583
00:24:54,908 --> 00:24:57,275
Oh, sure!
Why not?
584
00:24:57,878 --> 00:25:00,678
I sell dirty pictures. I make dirty movies.
I must kill people, too.
585
00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:05,553
Listen, do you know that pornography
is an $8 billion a year industry?
586
00:25:05,623 --> 00:25:08,491
It always amazes me
that nobody watches it.
587
00:25:08,561 --> 00:25:10,325
Nobody thinks you killed her.
588
00:25:10,497 --> 00:25:12,898
We were just wondering if
you made a contribution.
589
00:25:13,034 --> 00:25:15,060
I mean, I tried. But those
tight-asses didn't think
590
00:25:15,137 --> 00:25:16,537
my money was good enough.
591
00:25:17,140 --> 00:25:18,733
Lucky my kid has brains.
592
00:25:19,009 --> 00:25:20,307
Yeah. Look at that.
593
00:25:21,446 --> 00:25:23,608
You know who that is?
That's Jack Mayberry.
594
00:25:24,016 --> 00:25:26,417
He's the CEO of Oxford Electric.
595
00:25:26,486 --> 00:25:28,648
And that fat guy,
that's Boyd Carson.
596
00:25:28,723 --> 00:25:31,125
He's on the board of
MacArthur International.
597
00:25:31,528 --> 00:25:34,362
And the good looking gentleman,
that's Freddy Scarpio,
598
00:25:34,432 --> 00:25:36,799
of Scarpio Cement and Plumbing.
599
00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:38,636
They all invested in my movie.
600
00:25:38,705 --> 00:25:41,072
Their "clean" money
goes into my bank accounts
601
00:25:41,141 --> 00:25:43,736
and suddenly it's
untouchable by decent folk.
602
00:25:44,112 --> 00:25:46,138
Actually, I was wondering
if Wyatt Scofield
603
00:25:46,282 --> 00:25:47,773
felt the same way
about your money?
604
00:25:48,485 --> 00:25:49,486
Who?
605
00:25:49,554 --> 00:25:50,714
Look...
606
00:25:51,390 --> 00:25:54,258
I got hands to shake,
so I'm gonna...
607
00:25:54,995 --> 00:25:55,996
Great.
608
00:26:00,637 --> 00:26:03,266
Are you sure Scofield doesn't have
another bank account somewhere?
609
00:26:03,540 --> 00:26:05,168
Not in this state anyway.
610
00:26:06,244 --> 00:26:09,682
Well, from what I've got here, the only
money he deposits are his paychecks.
611
00:26:11,819 --> 00:26:13,447
Maybe Anchin
paid him off in trade.
612
00:26:14,056 --> 00:26:17,458
Get my kid into your school, I'll give
you a life time supply of skin flicks?
613
00:26:18,329 --> 00:26:19,820
It's easier to get cable.
614
00:26:22,936 --> 00:26:24,495
Look at this.
615
00:26:25,539 --> 00:26:26,905
Every month, like clockwork,
616
00:26:27,842 --> 00:26:31,473
Scofield paid $2,300 to
the Fitzgerald Company.
617
00:26:31,882 --> 00:26:33,714
He lives at the Fitzgerald.
It must be rent.
618
00:26:35,587 --> 00:26:36,986
Last month it stopped.
619
00:26:37,624 --> 00:26:39,114
You think Anchin
is paying his rent?
620
00:26:41,028 --> 00:26:42,656
From what I hear,
he could afford it.
621
00:26:47,137 --> 00:26:48,605
RUSH: Do you know
how many buildings I own?
622
00:26:48,673 --> 00:26:50,801
I'm supposed to remember if one
tenant missed a rent payment?
623
00:26:50,876 --> 00:26:53,004
If you could just
check your records, sir.
624
00:26:53,213 --> 00:26:55,574
Why don't you talk to my managing agent?
He's on 14th Street.
625
00:26:55,583 --> 00:26:56,607
He'd be happy to help you.
626
00:26:56,684 --> 00:26:59,245
And I'd be happy to talk to him.
But I'm already here.
627
00:27:01,024 --> 00:27:02,225
What building we talking about?
628
00:27:02,893 --> 00:27:05,254
The Fitzgerald. You should have
said that in the first place.
629
00:27:05,397 --> 00:27:06,729
I'm taking that
building co-op,
630
00:27:06,799 --> 00:27:09,160
putting in a new lobby, a fitness
center, a pool on the roof,
631
00:27:09,203 --> 00:27:10,295
a courtyard in the back.
632
00:27:10,371 --> 00:27:12,397
So, if Mr. Scofield
purchased his apartment...
633
00:27:12,808 --> 00:27:14,168
He's not paying
rent to me anymore.
634
00:27:14,210 --> 00:27:15,891
His hard earned money
is going to his bank.
635
00:27:16,046 --> 00:27:18,675
Hey. I've still got some great
units left if you're interested.
636
00:27:20,085 --> 00:27:21,678
I read about it in the paper.
637
00:27:21,755 --> 00:27:25,214
I can't believe Mr. Scofield
would be involved in a murder.
638
00:27:25,326 --> 00:27:26,385
Did you know him well?
639
00:27:26,495 --> 00:27:30,364
Oh, he'd come in to get cash.
The ATM scared him.
640
00:27:30,868 --> 00:27:34,236
From what I understand, Mr. Scofield
recently purchased his apartment.
641
00:27:34,305 --> 00:27:35,432
I should be so lucky.
642
00:27:35,608 --> 00:27:37,489
A building goes co-op
while you're living there,
643
00:27:37,811 --> 00:27:40,178
it's the next best thing
to winning the Lotto.
644
00:27:40,348 --> 00:27:44,013
I think he said the outsider price
for his unit was a million three.
645
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,685
He got it for 700.
646
00:27:45,755 --> 00:27:47,451
The thing is, I reviewed
his bank records
647
00:27:47,525 --> 00:27:49,460
but I didn't see
any mortgage payments.
648
00:27:49,761 --> 00:27:52,526
I wouldn't know. He never
applied for a loan with us.
649
00:27:53,934 --> 00:27:56,301
I pulled the financials for
the Fitzgerald conversion
650
00:27:56,371 --> 00:27:57,999
from the Secretary of State.
651
00:27:58,074 --> 00:27:59,906
Bud Rush, the owner
of the building
652
00:27:59,976 --> 00:28:04,347
gave Scofield an apartment
worth almost $1.5 million.
653
00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:07,048
It's nice to have
friends in high places.
654
00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:09,254
Management could lower
prices because the cost
655
00:28:09,356 --> 00:28:11,723
of the cement for the
renovations also dropped.
656
00:28:11,893 --> 00:28:14,624
Rush bought his cement from
Scarpio Cement and Plumbing.
657
00:28:15,365 --> 00:28:16,993
When I talked to Harvey
Anchin, he told me that
658
00:28:17,135 --> 00:28:19,434
Freddy Scarpio
invested in his movies.
659
00:28:19,738 --> 00:28:22,936
I met Harvey Anchin, he wouldn't
have Scarpio do a favor for Rush,
660
00:28:23,009 --> 00:28:24,671
unless there was
something in it for him.
661
00:28:25,146 --> 00:28:27,342
Like getting his son
into the Knowles School.
662
00:28:27,583 --> 00:28:29,108
Anchin scratches Rush's back.
663
00:28:29,652 --> 00:28:32,144
Rush scratches Scofield's.
And around and around we go.
664
00:28:32,491 --> 00:28:35,017
Until Debra Landon found out
where all the itches were.
665
00:28:36,395 --> 00:28:39,195
Only problem is, how could she
possibly find out about all this?
666
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,163
She didn't have to. All she
had to do was go public
667
00:28:41,236 --> 00:28:42,864
about Cassie Waters' rejection.
668
00:28:43,339 --> 00:28:45,069
A lot of questions
would be asked.
669
00:28:45,843 --> 00:28:47,743
Which would lead to
a lot of answers.
670
00:28:52,353 --> 00:28:55,983
BECK: Microscopic examination revealed the
presence of high-grade cashmere fibers.
671
00:28:57,260 --> 00:28:58,318
Have you seen this
sweater before?
672
00:28:58,394 --> 00:29:00,693
People's 12,
belonging to the defendant?
673
00:29:01,232 --> 00:29:03,097
Ah, we subjected it
to a series of tests,
674
00:29:03,168 --> 00:29:05,661
comparing the material to the
fibers found on the murder weapon
675
00:29:05,972 --> 00:29:08,737
and the thickness, color and
chemical composition are identical.
676
00:29:08,910 --> 00:29:12,609
Were you able to ascertain when
the fibers came to be lodged
677
00:29:12,682 --> 00:29:14,172
on the head
of the victim's cane?
678
00:29:14,485 --> 00:29:16,316
Well, since they were
embedded in her blood,
679
00:29:16,420 --> 00:29:17,621
along with strands of her hair,
680
00:29:17,656 --> 00:29:18,988
they had to have been
deposited there
681
00:29:19,058 --> 00:29:20,858
at the time when she was
struck with her cane.
682
00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:22,294
In other words,
when she was killed.
683
00:29:22,362 --> 00:29:23,660
At the time of her murder? Yes.
684
00:29:24,199 --> 00:29:26,691
And how would they have
come to be embedded there?
685
00:29:27,036 --> 00:29:28,766
The victim must have tried
to fend off her assailant
686
00:29:28,872 --> 00:29:30,932
using her cane and the head
of it hit his sweater.
687
00:29:31,776 --> 00:29:34,906
And then he must have
taken the cane from her
688
00:29:35,715 --> 00:29:36,956
and beaten her to death with it.
689
00:29:37,418 --> 00:29:38,859
I think that's exactly
what happened.
690
00:29:43,927 --> 00:29:45,987
Identical, you say?
That's right.
691
00:29:46,598 --> 00:29:49,067
Does that mean that the
fibers found on the cane
692
00:29:49,235 --> 00:29:51,329
definitely came from
Mr. Scofield's sweater?
693
00:29:51,605 --> 00:29:54,303
Not necessarily. But the
likelihood is high.
694
00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:57,145
There are other expensive blue
cashmere sweaters in the world,
695
00:29:57,213 --> 00:29:58,578
besides Mr. Scofield's?
696
00:29:59,316 --> 00:30:02,809
Same manufacturer,
same dye lot, same wool?
697
00:30:02,887 --> 00:30:04,719
BECK: It's possible,
I suppose.
698
00:30:05,592 --> 00:30:07,833
Or maybe somebody else was wearing Mr.
Scofield's sweater.
699
00:30:08,763 --> 00:30:09,856
Your Honor?
700
00:30:09,932 --> 00:30:11,331
Restrain yourself, Mr. Beck.
701
00:30:12,002 --> 00:30:13,367
Sorry, Your Honor.
702
00:30:14,305 --> 00:30:17,275
Fibers comparison isn't
an exact science, is it?
703
00:30:17,843 --> 00:30:19,812
I mean, not like DNA.
704
00:30:21,115 --> 00:30:22,115
No.
705
00:30:22,316 --> 00:30:23,648
Or even fingerprints.
706
00:30:23,852 --> 00:30:26,617
As a matter of fact, there
were no fingerprints or DNA
707
00:30:26,689 --> 00:30:29,010
other than the victim's found
on the cane, isn't that right?
708
00:30:29,526 --> 00:30:30,527
That's correct.
709
00:30:31,362 --> 00:30:32,557
Just some fibers
710
00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:34,826
which may or may not
711
00:30:35,402 --> 00:30:37,030
have come from
Mr. Scofield's sweater.
712
00:30:39,908 --> 00:30:40,909
Is that a question?
713
00:30:43,447 --> 00:30:45,473
No. I think you've
already answered it.
714
00:30:52,460 --> 00:30:54,122
I only graduated
from high school.
715
00:30:54,663 --> 00:30:56,495
I had to work
to help out my family.
716
00:30:56,966 --> 00:30:58,594
I swore my daughter
would have it better.
717
00:30:59,236 --> 00:31:01,717
JACK: That's why you wanted Cassie
to attend the Knowles School?
718
00:31:02,140 --> 00:31:04,075
She earned it.
She deserved it.
719
00:31:05,079 --> 00:31:07,947
Dr. Landon said that Knowles would
give her the best education
720
00:31:08,016 --> 00:31:09,416
the city had to offer.
721
00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:11,849
It costs $20,000
a year, Mr. Waters.
722
00:31:11,922 --> 00:31:13,202
How were you going
to pay for it?
723
00:31:13,256 --> 00:31:15,589
Dr. Landon said that Cassie
would have a scholarship.
724
00:31:16,261 --> 00:31:19,095
She said they wanted children
like Cassie for diversity.
725
00:31:19,566 --> 00:31:22,559
That she would be doing the
school a favor by going there.
726
00:31:22,938 --> 00:31:26,739
It sounds like Dr. Landon assured
you that Cassie would be admitted.
727
00:31:27,043 --> 00:31:30,481
She said with Cassie's test score
and her verbal and reading ability,
728
00:31:31,316 --> 00:31:32,477
she was going to get in.
729
00:31:34,388 --> 00:31:35,947
So it must have come
as quite a shock
730
00:31:36,958 --> 00:31:38,221
when Cassie was turned down?
731
00:31:38,394 --> 00:31:41,523
Yeah, I was shocked. I was
damn angry, is what I was.
732
00:31:41,664 --> 00:31:43,758
Did you express that
anger to Dr. Landon?
733
00:31:43,834 --> 00:31:45,735
You bet I did.
And how did she respond?
734
00:31:46,271 --> 00:31:48,672
She told me that he was
furious at the whole thing.
735
00:31:48,841 --> 00:31:50,002
She said it made her sick.
736
00:31:50,477 --> 00:31:53,345
That the school pretended
to have such high ideals
737
00:31:53,415 --> 00:31:56,909
but when it came down to it, they
would rather take a rich, white kid
738
00:31:57,154 --> 00:31:58,588
than a smart black kid.
739
00:31:59,123 --> 00:32:01,324
JACK: What, if anything, did
she say she was going to do?
740
00:32:01,727 --> 00:32:03,992
She said she was going to
talk to this Mr. Scofield.
741
00:32:04,899 --> 00:32:07,596
She said he was the one
that turned Cassie down.
742
00:32:08,136 --> 00:32:11,129
And if that didn't work, she was going
to go to the board and raise a stink.
743
00:32:11,575 --> 00:32:12,769
If that didn't work,
744
00:32:13,444 --> 00:32:15,140
she said she was going
to go to the papers.
745
00:32:15,848 --> 00:32:17,179
One more thing,
Mr. Waters.
746
00:32:17,817 --> 00:32:19,683
What school is Cassie
going to attend now?
747
00:32:22,491 --> 00:32:23,685
PS 197.
748
00:32:25,528 --> 00:32:27,588
She's going to have to walk
through metal detectors.
749
00:32:27,865 --> 00:32:29,731
She's going to have
40 kids in her class.
750
00:32:30,168 --> 00:32:32,160
Not enough reading
textbooks to go around.
751
00:32:35,242 --> 00:32:36,437
They have to share.
752
00:32:42,487 --> 00:32:44,148
A black child
753
00:32:44,723 --> 00:32:47,784
doesn't get into
a prestigious institution,
754
00:32:48,795 --> 00:32:50,889
it has to be something
underhanded that kept her out?
755
00:32:51,766 --> 00:32:53,097
In this case, yes.
756
00:32:53,369 --> 00:32:56,464
Because she's entitled to
this expensive education?
757
00:32:56,907 --> 00:32:58,500
As much as anyone else.
758
00:32:58,643 --> 00:32:59,701
Really?
759
00:32:59,844 --> 00:33:02,576
Well then, what about
the white kid
760
00:33:02,983 --> 00:33:05,144
who would be turned down if
your daughter were accepted?
761
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:06,983
He was less qualified.
762
00:33:07,789 --> 00:33:10,452
Besides, it's not my concern.
No, of course it isn't.
763
00:33:11,595 --> 00:33:13,496
You only want
what's owed to you.
764
00:33:14,533 --> 00:33:17,094
Not me! My child!
765
00:33:19,806 --> 00:33:21,767
That's quite a temper you've
got there, Mr. Waters.
766
00:33:33,894 --> 00:33:37,422
I feel sad for that girl, but,
uh, that's the way it goes.
767
00:33:37,767 --> 00:33:39,132
The rich get richer.
768
00:33:39,735 --> 00:33:42,797
My kid did fine on that test they gave him.
Why shouldn't he get in?
769
00:33:43,107 --> 00:33:46,305
Because the admissions director
thought there was a better candidate.
770
00:33:46,913 --> 00:33:49,405
Isn't it about time we stopped
bending over backwards for...
771
00:33:50,351 --> 00:33:52,616
You're referring
to minority candidates.
772
00:33:53,021 --> 00:33:55,149
Look, I know
all about prejudice.
773
00:33:55,459 --> 00:33:56,983
My job, my line of work,
774
00:33:58,063 --> 00:34:00,897
let's just say I'm not
accepted in certain circles.
775
00:34:01,534 --> 00:34:03,059
I want better than
that for my son.
776
00:34:03,136 --> 00:34:07,131
Your son didn't score as well as
Cassie Waters on the entrance exam.
777
00:34:07,209 --> 00:34:08,369
That doesn't bother you?
778
00:34:08,444 --> 00:34:11,313
Hey, it wasn't me who told
them who to turn down.
779
00:34:11,749 --> 00:34:13,877
I just wanted them
to accept Jared.
780
00:34:14,319 --> 00:34:17,722
So how did you feel when they
put him on the waiting list?
781
00:34:18,592 --> 00:34:19,593
I wasn't thrilled.
782
00:34:20,095 --> 00:34:21,289
So what did you do?
783
00:34:21,363 --> 00:34:23,889
I called that Debra Landon.
784
00:34:23,966 --> 00:34:27,665
She said, "I'm sorry, it looks like
we have more qualified applicants."
785
00:34:27,772 --> 00:34:30,139
You know, those kids
are 5 years old.
786
00:34:30,209 --> 00:34:31,802
How the hell does she know that?
787
00:34:32,112 --> 00:34:33,410
So I asked her, I said,
788
00:34:33,481 --> 00:34:34,880
"Is there anything I can do?"
789
00:34:35,083 --> 00:34:37,416
She laughed at me and said,
"This is Knowles School,
790
00:34:37,487 --> 00:34:41,083
"not some auction where a spot
goes to the highest the bidder."
791
00:34:43,261 --> 00:34:44,262
What did you do?
792
00:34:44,597 --> 00:34:47,533
I had a business associate who
knew someone at the school.
793
00:34:47,701 --> 00:34:49,670
And he said he could
push a few buttons.
794
00:34:50,004 --> 00:34:51,996
Who was this business associate?
795
00:34:52,876 --> 00:34:53,876
Bud Rush.
796
00:34:54,310 --> 00:34:56,336
And whose buttons was
he supposed to push?
797
00:34:57,014 --> 00:34:59,678
Oh, the headmaster.
Wyatt Scofield.
798
00:35:07,563 --> 00:35:11,968
Was Mr. Rush going to help you out
of the kindness of his heart?
799
00:35:12,303 --> 00:35:14,272
He was paying
top dollar for cement
800
00:35:14,339 --> 00:35:16,934
and I was able to get him
a more reasonable price.
801
00:35:17,244 --> 00:35:19,338
Because you knew his
supplier, Frank Scarpio.
802
00:35:19,481 --> 00:35:20,641
Yeah. That's right.
803
00:35:20,716 --> 00:35:24,654
Are you aware that Mr. Scarpio was
indicted several times for price gouging?
804
00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:28,846
It seems to me I might have
heard something about that.
805
00:35:29,295 --> 00:35:31,696
And are you aware that he is
currently under investigation,
806
00:35:31,765 --> 00:35:34,166
along with members of
the Masucci crime family,
807
00:35:34,635 --> 00:35:36,763
for violating federal
RICO statutes?
808
00:35:37,974 --> 00:35:38,998
Maybe.
809
00:35:39,075 --> 00:35:42,843
So, it certainly would not have been
helpful to Mr. Scarpio's legal position
810
00:35:43,248 --> 00:35:46,014
if Debra Landon
had gone to the press
811
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,580
and told them about
your little agreement
812
00:35:48,656 --> 00:35:51,057
with respect to the pricing
of Mr. Rush's cement, huh?
813
00:36:02,343 --> 00:36:03,904
RUSH: First of all
I was being bled dry.
814
00:36:03,945 --> 00:36:07,143
I promised my investors I'd bring
the renovations in at $27 million,
815
00:36:07,717 --> 00:36:10,084
and between the cost of cement
and the delays in delivery
816
00:36:10,154 --> 00:36:11,315
it would have cost twice that.
817
00:36:11,956 --> 00:36:14,482
And you would do anything
to rectify the situation?
818
00:36:14,795 --> 00:36:16,422
If I wanted to show
a profit, yes.
819
00:36:16,998 --> 00:36:19,524
That's when Harvey Anchin came
to me with a proposition.
820
00:36:19,735 --> 00:36:23,069
Help his kid get into school and my
construction problems would disappear.
821
00:36:24,008 --> 00:36:25,339
How could I say no?
822
00:36:25,442 --> 00:36:26,910
So what did you do?
823
00:36:27,012 --> 00:36:29,481
It turned out the headmaster of this school
lived in one of the buildings I own.
824
00:36:29,615 --> 00:36:30,776
It was going co-op,
he wanted to buy.
825
00:36:30,951 --> 00:36:32,647
I don't understand,
Mr. Rush.
826
00:36:33,054 --> 00:36:35,114
As an insider,
Mr. Scofield
827
00:36:35,524 --> 00:36:39,155
is entitled by law to purchase his
own apartment, isn't that true?
828
00:36:39,430 --> 00:36:41,057
Of course.
If he could afford it.
829
00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:42,995
But he couldn't?
That's what he said.
830
00:36:43,503 --> 00:36:44,731
So you gave it to him?
831
00:36:44,804 --> 00:36:46,445
I paid for it from
the construction costs.
832
00:36:46,774 --> 00:36:47,969
Part of doing business.
833
00:36:48,043 --> 00:36:51,343
JACK: What would this particular
apartment go for on the open market?
834
00:36:51,848 --> 00:36:53,180
A million three.
835
00:36:55,386 --> 00:36:57,719
So, in exchange
for this apartment,
836
00:36:58,490 --> 00:37:02,519
Mr. Scofield arranged
for Harvey Anchin's son
837
00:37:02,930 --> 00:37:04,831
to be admitted to
the Knowles School.
838
00:37:05,167 --> 00:37:07,295
Look, this is the way
the world works.
839
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:09,901
Maybe it's not right.
Maybe it's not fair.
840
00:37:10,008 --> 00:37:11,448
But there's nothing
illegal about it.
841
00:37:19,421 --> 00:37:22,949
My mom shoved a box of Crayolas
in my pocket... Thanks.
842
00:37:23,995 --> 00:37:26,692
A peanut butter and jelly
sandwich in my lunch box
843
00:37:27,466 --> 00:37:29,025
and sent me on my way.
844
00:37:29,102 --> 00:37:31,663
I wonder how much of this has to
do with their kids' educations
845
00:37:31,739 --> 00:37:33,935
and how much with the
stroking of their own egos.
846
00:37:34,075 --> 00:37:36,169
I can't imagine the private
school worth killing for.
847
00:37:36,245 --> 00:37:37,304
Or the apartment.
848
00:37:41,754 --> 00:37:44,986
We're about to find out. Scofield's
taking the stand in his own defense.
849
00:37:47,696 --> 00:37:50,063
Debra was a wonderful
admissions director.
850
00:37:50,133 --> 00:37:54,196
She cared passionately about her
job, the school, the students.
851
00:37:54,339 --> 00:37:55,397
ROTHENBERG: But?
852
00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:57,908
Well, she'd held that position
for less than a year.
853
00:37:58,344 --> 00:37:59,505
And you felt that Jared Anchin
854
00:37:59,546 --> 00:38:01,708
was a better candidate
than Cassie Waters?
855
00:38:01,849 --> 00:38:03,147
Yes I do.
856
00:38:03,519 --> 00:38:05,954
All admissions are
ultimately at my discretion
857
00:38:07,758 --> 00:38:09,350
I know what Mr. McCoy
is trying to do here.
858
00:38:09,427 --> 00:38:11,920
He's trying to paint a picture
of some great conspiracy,
859
00:38:11,998 --> 00:38:13,118
but it just wasn't like that.
860
00:38:13,166 --> 00:38:15,829
I accepted a student
who in my best judgment
861
00:38:16,504 --> 00:38:18,803
was more than qualified
to attend Knowles.
862
00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:21,468
Did you kill Debra Landon?
863
00:38:22,212 --> 00:38:23,213
Why would I?
864
00:38:23,748 --> 00:38:26,582
Even if the board thought I'd
received some peripheral benefit
865
00:38:26,652 --> 00:38:28,052
from admitting Jared Anchin,
866
00:38:28,355 --> 00:38:30,984
clearly my 25 years of
loyal service at the school
867
00:38:31,625 --> 00:38:33,617
would have outweighed any
missteps I may have made.
868
00:38:34,464 --> 00:38:35,464
ROTHENBERG: Thank you.
869
00:38:38,370 --> 00:38:41,431
A million dollar apartment is
just a "peripheral benefit"?
870
00:38:42,141 --> 00:38:44,235
SCOFIELD: Well,
in our world it is.
871
00:38:44,311 --> 00:38:45,574
I'll tell you what,
872
00:38:46,114 --> 00:38:47,548
in my world,
it's called a bribe.
873
00:38:48,083 --> 00:38:49,209
In ours it is a gift.
874
00:38:49,753 --> 00:38:52,848
A gift is given without
consideration, Mr. Scofield.
875
00:38:53,157 --> 00:38:54,819
There is no quid pro quo.
876
00:38:55,327 --> 00:38:57,159
But you received an apartment
877
00:38:57,630 --> 00:39:01,398
in exchange for admitting Jared
Anchin to the Knowles School.
878
00:39:01,503 --> 00:39:02,503
Isn't that correct?
879
00:39:02,805 --> 00:39:05,172
I received nothing
from Mr. Anchin.
880
00:39:05,609 --> 00:39:08,511
Do you honestly think the board
would see that distinction?
881
00:39:08,846 --> 00:39:11,447
Anyone who thinks that the world
doesn't work with a nod and a wink
882
00:39:11,918 --> 00:39:13,579
and a handshake between
friends of friends
883
00:39:14,755 --> 00:39:15,813
is plainly naive.
884
00:39:15,991 --> 00:39:18,654
I guess that includes
Mr. Waters and his daughter.
885
00:39:19,195 --> 00:39:20,527
Well, I wouldn't know.
886
00:39:20,964 --> 00:39:22,261
And Debra Landon?
887
00:39:22,366 --> 00:39:23,527
Well, yes.
888
00:39:23,601 --> 00:39:27,266
That's why she accused you of
compromising the integrity
889
00:39:27,441 --> 00:39:28,931
of the admissions process?
890
00:39:29,243 --> 00:39:32,077
Well, Debra tended
to be overly dramatic.
891
00:39:32,381 --> 00:39:33,644
JACK: Still...
892
00:39:34,017 --> 00:39:35,849
Being accused by
one of your peers.
893
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,217
She was not a peer.
894
00:39:38,123 --> 00:39:40,388
She was not part of your world.
That's right.
895
00:39:40,460 --> 00:39:41,791
She worked for you?
Yes.
896
00:39:42,463 --> 00:39:43,943
Still it must have been
disconcerting?
897
00:39:44,298 --> 00:39:46,499
To be honest with you, I didn't
give it a second thought.
898
00:39:46,568 --> 00:39:48,093
And I'm sure the board
wouldn't either.
899
00:39:48,337 --> 00:39:50,431
Because of your years
of loyal service? Yes.
900
00:39:51,041 --> 00:39:54,535
And how much is that loyalty
worth on a yearly basis?
901
00:39:57,917 --> 00:40:00,547
Please, Mr. Scofield,
answer the question.
902
00:40:00,789 --> 00:40:02,724
What is your annual salary?
903
00:40:04,595 --> 00:40:05,595
$60,000.
904
00:40:05,996 --> 00:40:09,263
Roughly the equivalent of
three kindergarten tuitions.
905
00:40:10,970 --> 00:40:13,702
Sounds like you weren't really
part of their world either.
906
00:40:16,211 --> 00:40:20,115
All those impressionable, young minds
that you molded over the years,
907
00:40:20,351 --> 00:40:23,344
minds that went on to
Princeton, Harvard, Yale,
908
00:40:23,755 --> 00:40:26,885
then law school, medical
School or Wall Street,
909
00:40:27,294 --> 00:40:30,992
where they got to pay
$20,000 a year
910
00:40:31,267 --> 00:40:33,862
to send their kids
to kindergarten.
911
00:40:36,073 --> 00:40:37,153
Don't you think it's ironic,
912
00:40:37,943 --> 00:40:40,970
that they owe it all to a man
who couldn't even afford
913
00:40:41,114 --> 00:40:42,912
to purchase his own apartment?
914
00:40:45,420 --> 00:40:48,322
Maybe they were just too
busy winking and nodding
915
00:40:48,591 --> 00:40:50,116
and shaking the hands
of friends of friends
916
00:40:50,227 --> 00:40:53,289
to worry about
the man behind the men.
917
00:40:53,599 --> 00:40:55,328
Or, on the other hand,
918
00:40:56,002 --> 00:40:58,528
perhaps they just looked at you
919
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,133
as someone who worked for them.
920
00:41:04,047 --> 00:41:06,016
Sort of the way
you looked at Debra Landon.
921
00:41:09,455 --> 00:41:13,689
That school would be
nothing without me.
922
00:41:15,764 --> 00:41:17,356
And they owe you?
923
00:41:19,169 --> 00:41:20,262
Yes!
924
00:41:25,812 --> 00:41:26,813
Yes.
925
00:41:43,471 --> 00:41:45,565
Have you reached a verdict? JURY
FOREMAN: We have, Your Honor.
926
00:41:45,707 --> 00:41:46,970
How say you?
927
00:41:47,043 --> 00:41:49,069
On the count of Murder
in the Second Degree,
928
00:41:49,380 --> 00:41:51,178
we find the defendant guilty.
929
00:41:52,083 --> 00:41:54,848
JUDGE: Counsels to pick a date for
sentencing four to six weeks hence.
930
00:42:08,775 --> 00:42:11,768
Scofield has been standing over
the oven for twenty-five years.
931
00:42:11,879 --> 00:42:14,000
He thought it was about time
he got a taste of the pie.
932
00:42:14,349 --> 00:42:16,375
Now Scofield's out
and Anchin's in.
933
00:42:16,485 --> 00:42:19,353
That's gonna be a hard pill for the
parents at the Knowles School to swallow.
934
00:42:19,456 --> 00:42:20,822
Oh, they'll get over it.
935
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:24,093
Once they forget about
where his money came from.
936
00:42:24,264 --> 00:42:25,788
JACK: It's the
American way.
937
00:42:25,865 --> 00:42:28,461
Yesterday's robber baron
is tomorrows philanthropist.
938
00:42:28,870 --> 00:42:31,772
What you're really trying to say
is cash trumps merit every time.
939
00:42:32,308 --> 00:42:34,106
And twice on Sundays.