1 00:00:01,683 --> 00:00:03,424 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:03,485 --> 00:00:07,365 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:07,422 --> 00:00:09,231 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:09,291 --> 00:00:12,101 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:13,867 These are their stories. 6 00:00:17,699 --> 00:00:19,645 She'll call us in when she's ready. 7 00:00:19,701 --> 00:00:22,944 We're already paying 30 bucks for a 50-minute hour. 8 00:00:23,004 --> 00:00:24,847 You just don't want to be here. 9 00:00:24,906 --> 00:00:26,476 How'd you figure that out? 10 00:00:26,541 --> 00:00:28,919 You're supposed to be doing this for yourself. 11 00:00:28,977 --> 00:00:31,753 What, so some shrink can tell me I'm a pig? 12 00:00:31,813 --> 00:00:34,589 I know I'm a pig, like most guys. 13 00:00:34,649 --> 00:00:37,255 Look, women want everything from one guy. 14 00:00:37,319 --> 00:00:39,424 Guys want one thing from a lot of women. 15 00:00:39,487 --> 00:00:41,160 It's human nature. 16 00:00:43,124 --> 00:00:45,730 You're right. We're wasting our time. 17 00:00:48,963 --> 00:00:50,237 Dr. Burk? 18 00:00:56,671 --> 00:00:59,015 Dr. Burk? 19 00:00:59,074 --> 00:01:02,544 Eric! Eric! 20 00:01:04,512 --> 00:01:07,254 She's got scratches on her arm, a bruise on her neck. 21 00:01:07,315 --> 00:01:09,818 She went a couple of rounds before she was counted out. 22 00:01:09,884 --> 00:01:10,988 What time was that? 23 00:01:11,052 --> 00:01:14,033 Eight to 12 hours ago. Single stab wound to the chest. 24 00:01:14,089 --> 00:01:16,194 We're still looking for the weapon. 25 00:01:16,257 --> 00:01:17,600 I don't see a purse. 26 00:01:17,659 --> 00:01:19,900 It's in the desk drawer along with her wallet, 27 00:01:19,961 --> 00:01:22,874 78 bucks and a half-dozen credit cards. 28 00:01:24,065 --> 00:01:25,510 Make sure she gets a rape kit. 29 00:01:25,567 --> 00:01:26,944 MAN: Right. 30 00:01:27,035 --> 00:01:29,345 Cleaning crew comes through here around 8:00. 31 00:01:29,404 --> 00:01:31,179 How often do your people patrol this area? 32 00:01:31,239 --> 00:01:32,912 Every hour. What about vagrants? 33 00:01:32,974 --> 00:01:34,044 Any problems there? 34 00:01:34,109 --> 00:01:35,383 We don't let them become a problem. 35 00:01:35,443 --> 00:01:37,923 Okay, I'd like to see your security logs for last night, all right? 36 00:01:37,979 --> 00:01:40,050 Sure. I'll bring them up. 37 00:01:40,115 --> 00:01:41,219 All right, the receptionist said 38 00:01:41,282 --> 00:01:44,195 that Dr. Burk's last appointment was yesterday at 7:00 p.m. 39 00:01:44,252 --> 00:01:46,129 Allison and Dennis Hall. 40 00:01:46,187 --> 00:01:47,962 Must've been some counseling session. 41 00:01:48,022 --> 00:01:49,399 Please, my name is George Burk. 42 00:01:49,457 --> 00:01:51,368 The hospital called me. They told me my wife had been hurt. 43 00:01:51,426 --> 00:01:52,769 Okay, let's just go sit over here, all right? 44 00:01:52,827 --> 00:01:55,706 Can't I see her? I've been looking for her all night. 45 00:01:57,332 --> 00:01:59,073 Oh, God. Is that her? 46 00:01:59,134 --> 00:02:00,169 Take it easy. 47 00:02:00,235 --> 00:02:04,741 Linda! Linda! Let me go! 48 00:02:04,806 --> 00:02:06,149 BRISCOE: All right, there's nothing to see here. 49 00:02:06,207 --> 00:02:07,481 Show's over. Take a hike. Come on. 50 00:02:56,524 --> 00:02:58,970 I spoke to her just before 9:00. 51 00:02:59,027 --> 00:03:01,371 She said she was leaving in a few minutes. 52 00:03:01,429 --> 00:03:03,636 Coming right home? Yes. 53 00:03:03,698 --> 00:03:06,736 She usually takes a cab out front. 54 00:03:06,801 --> 00:03:09,407 By 10:00, I started to worry. 55 00:03:09,470 --> 00:03:13,043 I called her back. She didn't answer. 56 00:03:13,107 --> 00:03:15,587 You waited an hour? 57 00:03:15,643 --> 00:03:19,955 I thought maybe she stopped to pick up dinner. 58 00:03:20,014 --> 00:03:22,153 I waited another half hour, 59 00:03:22,217 --> 00:03:25,255 and then I phoned the hospital security. 60 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,095 Who'd you talk to? 61 00:03:28,223 --> 00:03:29,793 I don't remember. 62 00:03:31,025 --> 00:03:34,768 He said that he was gonna send someone to check her office. 63 00:03:36,297 --> 00:03:38,607 He called back 15 minutes later. 64 00:03:38,666 --> 00:03:40,577 He said that she wasn't there. 65 00:03:42,203 --> 00:03:46,652 Then I started calling the hospitals and the police. 66 00:03:47,075 --> 00:03:48,884 Did she mention if any of her clients 67 00:03:48,943 --> 00:03:50,047 had been giving her trouble? 68 00:03:50,979 --> 00:03:52,117 No. 69 00:03:52,180 --> 00:03:53,853 CURTIS: She always work this late? 70 00:03:53,915 --> 00:03:56,020 Yes. 71 00:03:56,084 --> 00:03:58,121 Besides the people she sees at the hospital, 72 00:03:58,786 --> 00:04:00,663 she has private clients. 73 00:04:01,489 --> 00:04:04,060 And she consults for the Archdiocese. 74 00:04:05,693 --> 00:04:07,639 Right. I talked to him. 75 00:04:07,695 --> 00:04:10,471 He called here about 10:30, all upset about his wife. 76 00:04:10,532 --> 00:04:12,170 So, you sent somebody to check on her. 77 00:04:12,233 --> 00:04:14,736 Uh-huh. Checked out. No problem. 78 00:04:14,802 --> 00:04:16,804 Except her door wasn't locked. 79 00:04:16,871 --> 00:04:18,578 Who'd you send? 80 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,018 Let me think. Rollins. 81 00:04:23,211 --> 00:04:27,091 According to your logs, Rollins was in the north wing at 10:40. 82 00:04:27,148 --> 00:04:30,425 Isn't that all the way on the other side of the hospital? 83 00:04:30,485 --> 00:04:32,692 Then it must've been Jarrett. 84 00:04:33,288 --> 00:04:34,528 Jarrett? 85 00:04:35,990 --> 00:04:39,301 It says here that Jarrett was handling a disturbance in the ICU. 86 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,362 A homeless woman caught stealing syringes. 87 00:04:41,429 --> 00:04:43,136 Look, the fact is, you didn't send anyone up 88 00:04:43,197 --> 00:04:44,540 to Dr. Burk's office, did you? 89 00:04:44,599 --> 00:04:46,579 Hey, she's five minutes late getting home. 90 00:04:46,634 --> 00:04:48,545 I can't screw up my entire rotation. 91 00:04:48,870 --> 00:04:50,474 So instead, you lied to her husband. 92 00:04:50,538 --> 00:04:52,245 I got two people out with the flu. 93 00:04:52,307 --> 00:04:53,445 And how'd this homeless woman 94 00:04:53,508 --> 00:04:56,011 make it all the way up to the ICU without being detected? 95 00:04:56,077 --> 00:04:59,024 She was caught. I call that being detected. 96 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,286 Well, you're gonna give us your records 97 00:05:00,348 --> 00:05:03,886 of all the other homeless people you detected in the last six months. 98 00:05:07,655 --> 00:05:08,895 CURTIS: This place had some month. 99 00:05:08,957 --> 00:05:11,563 Theft of drugs, trespassing, indecent exposure, 100 00:05:11,626 --> 00:05:14,766 defecating in a public area, theft of patient meals. 101 00:05:14,829 --> 00:05:16,604 That's a crime? Autopsy came in. 102 00:05:16,664 --> 00:05:18,166 No sign of sexual assault. 103 00:05:18,232 --> 00:05:21,975 M.E. thinks the murder weapon was a pair of scissors. 104 00:05:22,036 --> 00:05:24,983 Rey, those photos from her office? 105 00:05:25,039 --> 00:05:27,076 There's one skell they caught last month stealing linen. 106 00:05:27,141 --> 00:05:28,381 "Subject was male Caucasian." 107 00:05:28,443 --> 00:05:31,549 "Identified himself as Pope Adrian VI of Utrecht." 108 00:05:31,613 --> 00:05:33,320 "Subject was ejected from the premises." 109 00:05:33,381 --> 00:05:34,416 "Subject was wearing" 110 00:05:34,482 --> 00:05:38,055 "green raincoat and red baseball cap from a dry cleaning store." 111 00:05:38,119 --> 00:05:39,598 All decked out for Christmas, huh? 112 00:05:39,654 --> 00:05:41,964 There it is, next to her desk. 113 00:05:44,158 --> 00:05:46,434 "Stain's Dry Cleaning." 114 00:05:47,095 --> 00:05:49,541 No good deed goes unpunished. 115 00:05:49,597 --> 00:05:52,840 My wife talked me into letting her brother do the hats. 116 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:55,779 Stan's Dry Cleaning. This is what he came back with. 117 00:05:55,837 --> 00:05:57,475 "Stains." He thought it was cute. 118 00:05:57,538 --> 00:05:58,642 How many hats did you get? 119 00:05:58,706 --> 00:05:59,741 Like this? 120 00:05:59,807 --> 00:06:02,151 Just the one. I had him fix it before I ordered the others. 121 00:06:02,210 --> 00:06:03,587 And you tossed this one? 122 00:06:03,645 --> 00:06:06,524 I put it in with the clothes people leave past 60 days, 123 00:06:06,581 --> 00:06:09,118 then I took them over to St. Remy's on 30th Street. 124 00:06:09,183 --> 00:06:10,491 BRISCOE: Thanks. 125 00:06:10,685 --> 00:06:12,892 Sorry, I don't pay attention to their hats. 126 00:06:12,954 --> 00:06:15,764 This guy thinks he's Pope Adrian VI. 127 00:06:15,823 --> 00:06:17,063 Leonard. 128 00:06:17,125 --> 00:06:18,763 I don't know his last name. What's he done? 129 00:06:18,826 --> 00:06:21,238 Well, it's in connection with a murder at St. Anne's Hospital. 130 00:06:21,295 --> 00:06:23,468 Murder? Doesn't sound like Leonard. 131 00:06:23,531 --> 00:06:24,771 Once you start thinking you're the Pope, 132 00:06:24,832 --> 00:06:26,971 it's not much of a stretch to killing people. 133 00:06:27,035 --> 00:06:28,036 Does he sleep here? 134 00:06:28,102 --> 00:06:29,740 No. He doesn't like the noise. 135 00:06:29,804 --> 00:06:30,976 Well, it's better than freezing. 136 00:06:31,039 --> 00:06:32,712 Oh, he's in good health. 137 00:06:32,774 --> 00:06:35,550 I'm sure he's found a way to keep warm at night. 138 00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:36,850 When was the last time you saw him? 139 00:06:36,911 --> 00:06:39,050 Last week. He came in for supper. 140 00:06:39,113 --> 00:06:42,560 I noticed he was wearing hospital scrubs under his coat. 141 00:06:42,617 --> 00:06:44,722 Thanks for your help. 142 00:06:44,786 --> 00:06:46,823 Scrubs? He'd blend in. 143 00:06:46,888 --> 00:06:49,664 Yeah, and make himself at home. 144 00:06:52,994 --> 00:06:54,974 CURTIS: You people never checked up here? 145 00:06:55,029 --> 00:06:57,236 McGIVEN: Not since they closed down the floors. 146 00:06:57,298 --> 00:06:59,505 What's the point? There's nothing to steal up here anyway. 147 00:06:59,567 --> 00:07:04,038 I smell a big, fat lawsuit, McGiven, with you as Exhibit A. 148 00:07:04,105 --> 00:07:05,948 MAN: Here we are. 149 00:07:08,376 --> 00:07:09,411 (BRISCOE SIGHING) 150 00:07:09,477 --> 00:07:13,220 And here it is, Rey. The Holy See. 151 00:07:13,281 --> 00:07:14,589 McGIVEN: Give us a day. 152 00:07:14,649 --> 00:07:16,322 This guy shows up, we'll catch him. 153 00:07:16,384 --> 00:07:17,556 Yeah, right. 154 00:07:17,618 --> 00:07:18,892 If we hadn't had the hospital searched, 155 00:07:18,953 --> 00:07:21,058 this guy would've started holding Sunday services 156 00:07:21,122 --> 00:07:23,033 right here under your nose. 157 00:07:23,091 --> 00:07:24,661 MAN ON RADIO: Unit One, this is Unit Two. 158 00:07:24,726 --> 00:07:25,796 Yeah, go ahead. 159 00:07:25,860 --> 00:07:28,136 There's a male Caucasian matching the suspect 160 00:07:28,196 --> 00:07:30,176 in the second floor waiting area. 161 00:07:33,968 --> 00:07:35,174 He's in there. 162 00:07:47,148 --> 00:07:48,149 Hey, how's it going? 163 00:07:48,216 --> 00:07:49,718 The nurse at the desk wanted me to tell you 164 00:07:49,784 --> 00:07:52,390 she has free toys for your kids. 165 00:07:52,887 --> 00:07:55,197 She said just go ahead and bring them right over. 166 00:08:00,795 --> 00:08:02,468 Hey, stop! 167 00:08:05,333 --> 00:08:07,244 All right, take it easy, Your Holiness. 168 00:08:07,301 --> 00:08:08,507 Help us! It's all right, buddy. 169 00:08:08,569 --> 00:08:11,550 Save us from these Lutheran blasphemers! 170 00:08:12,173 --> 00:08:13,550 I know this place. 171 00:08:13,608 --> 00:08:16,020 First there's the tears, then the blood. 172 00:08:16,077 --> 00:08:18,114 So you've been here before, huh? 173 00:08:18,179 --> 00:08:20,523 They wanted me to renounce transubstantiation. 174 00:08:20,581 --> 00:08:22,686 To deny the Eucharist. 175 00:08:22,750 --> 00:08:25,856 I'm gonna be sorry I asked, but who's "they"? 176 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,400 The Princes of Germany. 177 00:08:28,456 --> 00:08:30,367 What about Dr. Burk? 178 00:08:30,858 --> 00:08:32,997 Did she ever do anything to you? 179 00:08:33,594 --> 00:08:36,165 She's not a doctor. She's a nun. 180 00:08:36,998 --> 00:08:39,342 Her baptismal name is Katherina von Bora. 181 00:08:39,901 --> 00:08:43,371 Oh, that's a secret. She's hiding from him. 182 00:08:43,437 --> 00:08:44,472 Him? 183 00:08:44,539 --> 00:08:46,610 The Antichrist. The Devil of Wittenberg. 184 00:08:46,674 --> 00:08:47,812 You mean Martin Luther? 185 00:08:48,509 --> 00:08:50,113 Yes. Yes. 186 00:08:50,178 --> 00:08:53,352 Now, Dr. Burk, she a pal of yours? 187 00:08:54,215 --> 00:08:55,455 I took a vow of poverty. 188 00:08:55,516 --> 00:08:57,553 She bought me boots. See? Yeah, fine. 189 00:08:57,618 --> 00:08:59,291 WOMAN: Lieutenant. 190 00:08:59,353 --> 00:09:02,766 So you've been up to her office, then, on the third floor? 191 00:09:02,824 --> 00:09:05,600 I don't go to women's rooms. 192 00:09:05,660 --> 00:09:06,661 Your hat does. 193 00:09:08,629 --> 00:09:10,870 My miter. I gave it to her. 194 00:09:11,599 --> 00:09:13,943 When? Days ago. 195 00:09:14,001 --> 00:09:17,414 To let her enemies know she was protected by the power of the Holy See, 196 00:09:17,471 --> 00:09:21,078 by the authority of the Vatican, and the infallibility of the Pope. 197 00:09:21,142 --> 00:09:23,418 Her enemies being Martin Luther? 198 00:09:23,477 --> 00:09:25,252 And his minions. 199 00:09:26,180 --> 00:09:29,354 A blasphemous whore with a crown of fire. 200 00:09:29,417 --> 00:09:32,762 She was screaming at her, one-two-three-four-five days ago, 201 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:34,629 defying the authority of the Bishop, 202 00:09:34,689 --> 00:09:36,396 of Canon Law, and the Council of Trent. 203 00:09:36,457 --> 00:09:37,492 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 204 00:09:37,558 --> 00:09:38,559 Come in. 205 00:09:38,626 --> 00:09:41,038 That's for us. You can wait here. 206 00:09:44,799 --> 00:09:47,609 His prints are in the system. Leonard Gardner. 207 00:09:47,668 --> 00:09:51,013 Multiples for trespassing, vagrancy, petty theft. 208 00:09:51,072 --> 00:09:54,610 He spent the night of the murder in the 16 for urinating on a public street. 209 00:09:54,675 --> 00:09:55,949 Was released the next day. 210 00:09:56,010 --> 00:09:57,216 The times check out? 211 00:09:57,278 --> 00:09:59,849 I called over. He was grabbed up at 7:30. 212 00:09:59,914 --> 00:10:01,621 So he goes back to tending his flock, 213 00:10:01,682 --> 00:10:04,253 and we go back to scratching our heads. 214 00:10:04,318 --> 00:10:06,559 He said Dr. Burk had an argument with someone 215 00:10:06,621 --> 00:10:08,965 over the authority of the Bishop. 216 00:10:09,023 --> 00:10:12,027 Didn't she do some work for the Archdiocese? 217 00:10:13,060 --> 00:10:15,199 (BELL TOLLING) MARINO: This is a terrible loss. 218 00:10:15,263 --> 00:10:17,106 Linda Burk was very highly regarded. 219 00:10:17,164 --> 00:10:18,700 What did she do for the Archdiocese? 220 00:10:18,766 --> 00:10:20,575 Mostly prenuptial counseling. 221 00:10:20,635 --> 00:10:21,773 No fireworks there. 222 00:10:21,836 --> 00:10:24,442 She also handled the less pleasant end. Annulments. 223 00:10:24,505 --> 00:10:27,247 Ah, the catholic divorce after the real divorce. 224 00:10:27,308 --> 00:10:31,017 As far as we're concerned, the annulment is the real divorce. 225 00:10:31,078 --> 00:10:32,182 Linda would meet with the parties 226 00:10:32,246 --> 00:10:35,386 and give our tribunal an evaluation of the marriage. 227 00:10:35,449 --> 00:10:37,520 Her word carry a lot of weight? 228 00:10:37,585 --> 00:10:39,929 Our tribunal usually followed her recommendations. 229 00:10:39,987 --> 00:10:42,024 The annulments ever get contested? 230 00:10:42,089 --> 00:10:45,662 Father O'Brien would know more about that. 231 00:10:45,726 --> 00:10:46,932 Well, if a former Mr. and Mrs. 232 00:10:46,994 --> 00:10:48,268 are still raw from the divorce, 233 00:10:48,329 --> 00:10:49,330 it can get messy. 234 00:10:49,397 --> 00:10:51,673 And someone like Dr. Burk gets caught in the middle. 235 00:10:51,732 --> 00:10:54,406 Was she having any problems with her current cases? 236 00:10:54,468 --> 00:10:56,243 You think? 237 00:10:56,304 --> 00:10:57,715 Well, she mentioned the Kilpatricks. 238 00:10:57,772 --> 00:10:59,183 She didn't go into specifics. 239 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,311 She was still preparing her evaluation. 240 00:11:01,375 --> 00:11:03,616 Would you happen to have their file handy? 241 00:11:03,678 --> 00:11:05,658 Oh, they had a lousy divorce last year. 242 00:11:05,713 --> 00:11:07,624 This didn't improve their mood. 243 00:11:07,915 --> 00:11:09,223 Which way was the annulment going? 244 00:11:09,283 --> 00:11:10,853 Well, we're waiting for Linda's input. 245 00:11:10,918 --> 00:11:13,660 Unless her report turns up, we're back to square one. 246 00:11:13,721 --> 00:11:15,723 Well, whose idea was the annulment? 247 00:11:15,790 --> 00:11:17,736 The husband, Mr. Kilpatrick. He filed the petition. 248 00:11:17,792 --> 00:11:19,965 I understand he wants to get remarried in the church. 249 00:11:20,394 --> 00:11:21,566 Hmm. 250 00:11:21,629 --> 00:11:22,972 Look at this. Love letters. 251 00:11:23,030 --> 00:11:26,068 "Dear Molly," signed Gary. Dated 16 years ago. 252 00:11:26,133 --> 00:11:28,170 We look at their state of mind when they got married. 253 00:11:28,235 --> 00:11:30,772 If they lacked due discretion of judgment. 254 00:11:30,838 --> 00:11:31,976 Meaning what? 255 00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:35,418 Well, if the bride or groom had a screw loose or their fingers crossed 256 00:11:35,476 --> 00:11:37,513 when they said their I dos, it's grounds for annulment. 257 00:11:37,578 --> 00:11:40,491 Dr. Burk was supposed to have read their minds 16 years back? 258 00:11:40,548 --> 00:11:44,826 Rey, the Kilpatricks in happier times. 259 00:11:44,885 --> 00:11:46,091 Pretty hair, huh. 260 00:11:47,388 --> 00:11:49,163 Pretty fire-red hair. 261 00:11:49,223 --> 00:11:53,296 Say hello to the blasphemous whore with the crown of fire. 262 00:11:55,296 --> 00:11:59,711 I saw Dr. Burk Monday evening at her office. 263 00:11:59,767 --> 00:12:02,805 I had some concerns about the annulment evaluation. 264 00:12:02,870 --> 00:12:04,042 Concerns? 265 00:12:04,105 --> 00:12:05,584 Questions. Why? 266 00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:08,586 She was murdered Tuesday night in her office. 267 00:12:11,912 --> 00:12:13,289 Do you think I killed her? 268 00:12:13,347 --> 00:12:15,793 We're talking to everybody who had business with her. 269 00:12:15,850 --> 00:12:17,852 Where were you Tuesday night? 270 00:12:17,952 --> 00:12:22,594 Here, with my son, Billy. (MICROWAVE BEEPS) 271 00:12:22,656 --> 00:12:24,795 And the argument you had with Dr. Burk? 272 00:12:24,859 --> 00:12:26,805 No, it wasn't an argument. 273 00:12:26,861 --> 00:12:29,341 BRISCOE: But you were upset about the annulment. 274 00:12:29,397 --> 00:12:31,001 I was upset at my husband. 275 00:12:31,065 --> 00:12:36,014 He wants the church to wave a wand and pretend our marriage never happened. 276 00:12:36,070 --> 00:12:37,743 To turn our son into a bastard. 277 00:12:37,805 --> 00:12:40,547 He wanted you to roll over so he could remarry? 278 00:12:40,608 --> 00:12:41,814 Mmm-hmm. 279 00:12:41,876 --> 00:12:44,482 And if Dr. Burk said so, he'd get his annulment, wouldn't he? 280 00:12:46,814 --> 00:12:49,158 BRISCOE: Mrs. Kilpatrick, did Dr. Burk tell you 281 00:12:49,216 --> 00:12:51,253 what she was going to recommend? 282 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,501 I think I've said everything I want to say. 283 00:12:55,556 --> 00:12:57,035 I'd like you to leave, please. 284 00:12:58,793 --> 00:13:00,670 I don't know what she told my ex-wife. 285 00:13:00,728 --> 00:13:02,401 I spoke to Dr. Burk on Monday. 286 00:13:02,463 --> 00:13:05,501 I got the impression things were going our way. 287 00:13:05,566 --> 00:13:08,479 Was Burk going to recommend for the annulment? 288 00:13:08,536 --> 00:13:10,379 She didn't come right out and say so, 289 00:13:10,438 --> 00:13:13,419 but as Gary's attorney, I was reasonably optimistic. 290 00:13:13,474 --> 00:13:16,580 BRISCOE: And did you share your optimism with Mrs. Kilpatrick? 291 00:13:16,644 --> 00:13:19,022 I may have mentioned it to her attorney. 292 00:13:19,079 --> 00:13:21,582 By the way, did you find the evaluation? 293 00:13:21,649 --> 00:13:23,629 The Archdiocese said she was still working on it. 294 00:13:24,085 --> 00:13:25,291 (SCOFFS) 295 00:13:26,854 --> 00:13:28,959 You in a hurry to take another walk down the aisle? 296 00:13:29,757 --> 00:13:31,634 My fiancée is a devout catholic. 297 00:13:31,692 --> 00:13:34,002 I don't want this thing to drag out. 298 00:13:34,695 --> 00:13:39,075 Mental unfitness is grounds for annulment. Mrs. Kilpatrick fits the bill. 299 00:13:39,133 --> 00:13:41,010 You're not in divorce court now, Counselor. 300 00:13:41,068 --> 00:13:43,480 I'm not speculating. She has to be medicated. 301 00:13:43,537 --> 00:13:46,450 She even took a swing at me a year ago, during a deposition. 302 00:13:46,507 --> 00:13:48,043 Can't imagine why. 303 00:13:48,109 --> 00:13:49,645 Sheila Atkins is her lawyer. 304 00:13:49,710 --> 00:13:51,917 She provoked it. They're both a piece of work. 305 00:13:51,979 --> 00:13:53,083 They lost the divorce. 306 00:13:53,147 --> 00:13:56,822 I don't think Molly Kilpatrick could stand losing again. 307 00:13:56,884 --> 00:13:58,488 Have a nice day. 308 00:14:00,621 --> 00:14:03,966 Divorce lawyers. God's way of telling you to stay single. 309 00:14:04,024 --> 00:14:05,128 Or married. 310 00:14:05,192 --> 00:14:07,468 Let's find out which way Burk was leaning. 311 00:14:09,096 --> 00:14:10,473 As far as I can tell, 312 00:14:10,531 --> 00:14:14,343 these are just notes taken during her interviews with the Kilpatricks. 313 00:14:14,401 --> 00:14:17,041 Summaries. Copy of the petition. 314 00:14:17,104 --> 00:14:19,914 Nothing that looks like the evaluation you want. 315 00:14:19,974 --> 00:14:21,612 Well, no luck here either. 316 00:14:21,675 --> 00:14:23,382 I found drafts of three other evaluations, 317 00:14:23,444 --> 00:14:25,355 but nothing on the Kilpatricks. 318 00:14:25,412 --> 00:14:26,516 Did you check her home? 319 00:14:26,580 --> 00:14:28,924 Yeah. Any place else it might be? 320 00:14:28,983 --> 00:14:30,826 Mmm. Afraid not. 321 00:14:30,918 --> 00:14:34,229 Lennie, the computer when they found her, it was on, right? 322 00:14:34,288 --> 00:14:36,097 Yeah. 323 00:14:36,724 --> 00:14:39,204 I searched her computer's memory. Your hunch was right. 324 00:14:39,260 --> 00:14:40,762 The Kilpatrick file was deleted. 325 00:14:40,828 --> 00:14:41,898 Well, I assumed so. 326 00:14:41,962 --> 00:14:44,203 And then, just to make sure that we couldn't recover it, 327 00:14:44,265 --> 00:14:45,539 they optimized the hard drive. 328 00:14:45,599 --> 00:14:48,808 That I know they did at 9:28 Tuesday night, 329 00:14:48,869 --> 00:14:50,871 according to the computer's internal clock. 330 00:14:50,938 --> 00:14:52,849 About the same time Burk was bleeding out. 331 00:14:52,907 --> 00:14:54,215 What'd they do again? 332 00:14:54,275 --> 00:14:56,812 They reorganized all the data in the memory. 333 00:14:56,877 --> 00:14:58,982 Anything that was erased, it's gone for good. 334 00:14:59,046 --> 00:15:01,219 Well, except as electronic flotsam 335 00:15:01,282 --> 00:15:04,229 and jetsam bobbing on a pool of silicon. 336 00:15:04,285 --> 00:15:06,492 Now, if you're smart enough, you can skim the surface. 337 00:15:06,554 --> 00:15:08,591 And you're smart enough? Oh, yeah. 338 00:15:08,656 --> 00:15:11,830 "Mrs. Kilpatrick has demonstrated mental instabilities." 339 00:15:11,892 --> 00:15:13,269 "Her immaturity raises doubts" 340 00:15:13,327 --> 00:15:15,329 "as to whether the Kilpatricks truly formed" 341 00:15:15,396 --> 00:15:18,104 "the requisite marital bond which..." 342 00:15:18,165 --> 00:15:19,337 That's it? 343 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,845 Everything with Kilpatrick in the text. 344 00:15:20,901 --> 00:15:23,643 Sounds like Burk was recommending annulment. 345 00:15:23,871 --> 00:15:27,580 You have to be some kind of computer whiz to do this erasing trick? 346 00:15:27,641 --> 00:15:29,120 Well, your suspect would have to know 347 00:15:29,176 --> 00:15:31,952 more than just how to turn the machine on. 348 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,388 Molly Kilpatrick is a terrific employee. 349 00:15:35,449 --> 00:15:37,656 I don't want her to think I'm talking behind her back. 350 00:15:37,718 --> 00:15:39,664 Does she work with computers? 351 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,563 Of course. Like all bookkeepers. 352 00:15:41,622 --> 00:15:43,693 We're a long way from Bob Cratchit. 353 00:15:43,757 --> 00:15:47,034 Well, does she hunt and peck, or is she good at it? 354 00:15:47,094 --> 00:15:48,539 She knows all of the software. 355 00:15:48,596 --> 00:15:49,973 She even helps train our recruits. 356 00:15:50,030 --> 00:15:52,442 So she's familiar with disk optimizing programs? 357 00:15:52,499 --> 00:15:53,978 Absolutely. 358 00:15:54,034 --> 00:15:55,377 What kind of trouble is she in? 359 00:15:55,436 --> 00:15:56,540 Who said she's in trouble. 360 00:15:57,204 --> 00:16:00,083 Last Tuesday evening, you remember what time she left? 361 00:16:00,140 --> 00:16:02,142 Early. Just before 6:30. 362 00:16:02,209 --> 00:16:03,313 That's early? 363 00:16:03,377 --> 00:16:04,788 She's here till 8:00, usually. 364 00:16:05,012 --> 00:16:06,047 She had to see her lawyer. 365 00:16:06,113 --> 00:16:07,888 She say if she had any plans later? 366 00:16:07,948 --> 00:16:11,691 No. I guess it was the usual. Dinner at home and a video. 367 00:16:11,752 --> 00:16:12,787 BRISCOE: With her son? 368 00:16:12,853 --> 00:16:14,764 Not Tuesday nights. He's with his father. 369 00:16:15,122 --> 00:16:16,760 You sure of that? Are you kidding? 370 00:16:16,824 --> 00:16:19,361 It took them eight months to work out the custody arrangement. 371 00:16:19,426 --> 00:16:21,599 They even had me give a deposition. 372 00:16:24,598 --> 00:16:26,600 That's right, she was here. 373 00:16:26,667 --> 00:16:29,477 Any more than that, like the color of her blouse, I can't tell you. 374 00:16:29,536 --> 00:16:31,482 BRISCOE: What about what time she left, Ms. Atkins? 375 00:16:31,538 --> 00:16:32,573 That's not privileged. 376 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,143 And you know this because you're an attorney? 377 00:16:35,209 --> 00:16:38,156 Molly told me that you're trying to implicate her in Dr. Burk's murder. 378 00:16:38,212 --> 00:16:40,453 Well, she wasn't too thrilled about the annulment. 379 00:16:41,215 --> 00:16:43,161 Who told you that, Mr. Kilpatrick? 380 00:16:43,217 --> 00:16:44,696 He's the one who needs the annulment. 381 00:16:44,752 --> 00:16:47,289 Because of his devoutly catholic fiancée. 382 00:16:47,354 --> 00:16:49,425 Not his fiancée, her parents. 383 00:16:49,490 --> 00:16:51,731 They are rich devout catholics. 384 00:16:51,792 --> 00:16:56,104 Kilpatrick is looking for some relief. We soaked him pretty good. 385 00:16:56,497 --> 00:16:59,205 Really? Well, his lawyer seems to think it was the other way around. 386 00:17:00,134 --> 00:17:02,307 Paul Redfield would like to believe that. 387 00:17:02,369 --> 00:17:03,370 But at the end of the day, 388 00:17:03,437 --> 00:17:06,281 he's not the one putting all those zeroes on the alimony checks. 389 00:17:06,340 --> 00:17:09,583 And as to what time your client left and where she was going? 390 00:17:09,943 --> 00:17:12,719 I'm not saying anything about that. 391 00:17:12,780 --> 00:17:14,453 That's too bad, Ms. Atkins, 392 00:17:14,515 --> 00:17:17,086 'cause right about now, she could use some help with her alibi. 393 00:17:18,218 --> 00:17:21,722 Yeah, she told us she was home alone with her son that night. 394 00:17:21,789 --> 00:17:24,030 Turns out the kid spends Tuesdays with his dad. 395 00:17:24,158 --> 00:17:25,296 Oh. 396 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,272 You're just a fountain of misinformation. 397 00:17:28,329 --> 00:17:29,603 Billy has dinner with his father, 398 00:17:29,663 --> 00:17:31,870 who then drives him to hockey practice at 8:00. 399 00:17:31,932 --> 00:17:37,280 Molly picks him up and takes him home. Happy? 400 00:17:38,205 --> 00:17:39,479 Ecstatic. 401 00:17:41,342 --> 00:17:45,347 She showed up, all right. At around 8:30, with bells on. 402 00:17:45,412 --> 00:17:47,619 Eighty-proof bells, or something else? 403 00:17:47,681 --> 00:17:49,126 She's a pill head. 404 00:17:49,183 --> 00:17:51,185 She tried to pull her kid out of practice. 405 00:17:51,251 --> 00:17:54,130 Poor kid was embarrassed. I finally got her out the door. 406 00:17:54,188 --> 00:17:55,724 Her ex told me how to handle her. 407 00:17:55,789 --> 00:17:57,769 So this wasn't the first time? 408 00:17:57,825 --> 00:18:00,328 No, she came to a game about two months ago. 409 00:18:00,394 --> 00:18:03,000 Mr. Kilpatrick shows up with his girlfriend, 410 00:18:03,063 --> 00:18:04,974 Mrs. Kilpatrick goes nuts. 411 00:18:05,032 --> 00:18:08,206 And I thought the players were the only ones allowed to fight. 412 00:18:08,268 --> 00:18:10,248 The next day, their lawyers got into it. 413 00:18:10,304 --> 00:18:11,942 I had to submit a game schedule, 414 00:18:12,005 --> 00:18:13,882 and they negotiated who could come when. 415 00:18:13,941 --> 00:18:16,717 Last Tuesday evening, what time did practice end? 416 00:18:16,777 --> 00:18:18,120 9:30, same as always. 417 00:18:18,178 --> 00:18:19,953 She pick him up? 418 00:18:20,013 --> 00:18:23,085 No. Billy said she told him to take a cab home. 419 00:18:24,018 --> 00:18:25,224 Thanks. 420 00:18:26,754 --> 00:18:29,166 I was home sleeping. 421 00:18:29,223 --> 00:18:32,397 Did you talk to anyone? Maybe on the phone? 422 00:18:32,459 --> 00:18:34,029 No, I don't think so. 423 00:18:34,094 --> 00:18:37,405 Well, you're not really clear about that night, are you? 424 00:18:37,464 --> 00:18:39,671 Is that because of the pills? 425 00:18:41,035 --> 00:18:42,776 Come on, Molly. We asked around. 426 00:18:42,836 --> 00:18:45,180 You were taking Prozac and Valium. 427 00:18:46,607 --> 00:18:47,608 Can I have a cup of coffee? 428 00:18:48,108 --> 00:18:50,588 They're just making a fresh pot. Rough night? 429 00:18:52,446 --> 00:18:53,550 Am I going to be here long? 430 00:18:53,614 --> 00:18:55,116 Hey, if you want to leave, go ahead. 431 00:18:55,182 --> 00:18:56,490 But we have to warn you, 432 00:18:56,550 --> 00:19:00,362 the District Attorney can use that as a reason to arrest you. 433 00:19:02,156 --> 00:19:04,659 So how many Valium you take every night? 434 00:19:04,725 --> 00:19:06,398 One. 435 00:19:06,460 --> 00:19:07,495 Sometimes two. 436 00:19:07,561 --> 00:19:08,801 CURTIS: But some days it's more, yeah? 437 00:19:08,862 --> 00:19:10,273 I don't keep a running count. 438 00:19:10,330 --> 00:19:11,707 How about that Tuesday? 439 00:19:11,765 --> 00:19:13,767 Was it three or four? I don't know. 440 00:19:13,834 --> 00:19:15,871 Well, it was enough that you went home and passed out. 441 00:19:15,936 --> 00:19:16,971 I was very tired. 442 00:19:17,037 --> 00:19:19,347 You remember what time that was? 443 00:19:19,406 --> 00:19:21,147 No. 444 00:19:21,208 --> 00:19:22,516 Well, how long after you left the rink? 445 00:19:22,576 --> 00:19:23,714 Half an hour? An hour? What? 446 00:19:23,944 --> 00:19:26,720 (STUTTERING) I'm not exactly sure. 447 00:19:26,780 --> 00:19:27,986 It couldn't have been an hour. 448 00:19:28,048 --> 00:19:30,426 BRISCOE: You remember what happened at the rink? 449 00:19:30,484 --> 00:19:31,588 I went to see my son. 450 00:19:31,652 --> 00:19:34,132 Yeah, you tried to yank him off the ice, right? 451 00:19:34,188 --> 00:19:36,168 You were hysterical. I don't think so. 452 00:19:36,223 --> 00:19:37,793 You were yelling at his coach, Molly. 453 00:19:37,858 --> 00:19:38,893 People saw you. 454 00:19:38,959 --> 00:19:41,735 Now, maybe you just don't remember it because of the pills you took. 455 00:19:42,896 --> 00:19:44,375 I don't know. It's no big deal. 456 00:19:44,431 --> 00:19:46,035 I mean, you let off some steam at his coach, 457 00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:47,807 and you just don't remember it, right? 458 00:19:48,736 --> 00:19:50,340 Right? Yeah. 459 00:19:50,404 --> 00:19:52,077 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 460 00:19:53,607 --> 00:19:55,314 Her divorce lawyer's outside. 461 00:19:55,375 --> 00:19:57,685 Mrs. Kilpatrick's son told her she was here. 462 00:19:57,745 --> 00:19:59,088 This lady's starting to slip. 463 00:19:59,146 --> 00:20:02,355 We don't have all day. Her lawyer's chewing through the leash. 464 00:20:04,818 --> 00:20:07,162 Pot's almost ready. 465 00:20:07,221 --> 00:20:09,827 So, Molly, I read up on annulments. 466 00:20:09,890 --> 00:20:11,597 Ninety percent of them are granted, 467 00:20:11,658 --> 00:20:13,831 whether they're contested or not. 468 00:20:14,094 --> 00:20:15,869 Now, to me, that sounds like a rigged game. 469 00:20:15,929 --> 00:20:18,603 And I say that being a practicing catholic. 470 00:20:18,665 --> 00:20:20,076 Same as you, yeah? 471 00:20:20,133 --> 00:20:21,168 Yes. 472 00:20:21,235 --> 00:20:24,842 It's like the church is saying all these marriages never existed. 473 00:20:24,905 --> 00:20:27,647 Now, when you took your vows in the church before God, 474 00:20:27,708 --> 00:20:29,710 you meant them, yeah? Yes. 475 00:20:30,077 --> 00:20:31,647 And so did your husband. 476 00:20:31,712 --> 00:20:33,555 Yeah, I read the letters he sent you. 477 00:20:33,847 --> 00:20:35,224 He really loved you. 478 00:20:36,149 --> 00:20:38,186 And now, what, 16 years later, 479 00:20:38,252 --> 00:20:41,062 he wants the church to, how did you put it, 480 00:20:41,121 --> 00:20:44,295 "Wave a wand and say it never happened"? 481 00:20:44,358 --> 00:20:45,359 Yes. 482 00:20:45,425 --> 00:20:46,802 He expected you to go along with that? 483 00:20:46,860 --> 00:20:49,136 To lie before God? 484 00:20:49,196 --> 00:20:50,573 I wouldn't do it. 485 00:20:50,631 --> 00:20:52,702 Is that what you told Dr. Burk on Monday, 486 00:20:52,766 --> 00:20:54,336 when you had those concerns? 487 00:20:54,401 --> 00:20:55,539 She didn't care! 488 00:20:55,602 --> 00:20:57,445 She knew he was lying about the marriage. 489 00:20:57,504 --> 00:21:00,383 About me. About the money, even. 490 00:21:00,441 --> 00:21:03,547 BRISCOE: So you went back on Tuesday, after you left the rink? 491 00:21:03,610 --> 00:21:04,987 No, I went home. 492 00:21:05,579 --> 00:21:08,321 Wait a minute. Wait. You just said that you blanked out at the rink. 493 00:21:08,382 --> 00:21:10,362 Next thing you remembered, you were passed out in your bed. 494 00:21:10,417 --> 00:21:12,055 BRISCOE: That leaves a big gap, Molly. 495 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,497 Hey, if you were on drugs, Molly, you're not responsible. 496 00:21:14,555 --> 00:21:16,432 If it was an accident or self-defense, 497 00:21:16,490 --> 00:21:18,561 the D.A. has to take that into consideration. 498 00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:20,605 Nothing'll happen to you. What are you saying? 499 00:21:20,661 --> 00:21:22,368 We're giving you a chance to help yourself. 500 00:21:22,429 --> 00:21:24,932 Hey, look, you had every right to be angry at her. 501 00:21:24,998 --> 00:21:27,205 Things just got out of control, right? Isn't that what happened? 502 00:21:27,267 --> 00:21:28,541 BRISCOE: Maybe she did something to you. 503 00:21:28,602 --> 00:21:29,876 She pushed you, you grabbed the scissors. 504 00:21:29,937 --> 00:21:31,041 That's self-defense. 505 00:21:31,104 --> 00:21:32,344 Yeah, I bet you didn't even mean to hurt her. 506 00:21:32,406 --> 00:21:34,511 I mean, you just swung the scissors, and it was bad luck. 507 00:21:34,575 --> 00:21:35,610 It was an accident, right? 508 00:21:35,676 --> 00:21:38,020 Molly, you tell us it was an accident, you can walk out of here. 509 00:21:38,078 --> 00:21:39,489 Go ahead, Molly. 510 00:21:39,546 --> 00:21:42,186 You took all those pills and you accidentally killed her, right? 511 00:21:42,249 --> 00:21:43,284 (DOOR OPENS) 512 00:21:43,350 --> 00:21:46,058 What the hell do you think you're doing? 513 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:47,325 Molly, not another word. 514 00:21:47,387 --> 00:21:49,526 BRISCOE: You can say anything you want, Molly. 515 00:21:50,324 --> 00:21:52,133 I'm taking you home. 516 00:21:58,532 --> 00:22:01,513 BRISCOE: Her lawyer'd gotten stuck in traffic, we'd have a confession. 517 00:22:01,568 --> 00:22:02,774 Has anyone talked to her son? 518 00:22:03,604 --> 00:22:04,674 Parents won't make him available. 519 00:22:04,738 --> 00:22:07,378 There's gotta be something in what she said to jump start a search warrant. 520 00:22:07,441 --> 00:22:10,081 I wouldn't go near a judge with that crap. 521 00:22:10,143 --> 00:22:12,214 You told her we could arrest her if she tried to leave? 522 00:22:12,279 --> 00:22:13,280 Who told you that? 523 00:22:13,347 --> 00:22:15,623 JACK: Besides the fact that you lied to her, 524 00:22:15,682 --> 00:22:18,663 it takes it pretty damn close to a custodial interrogation. 525 00:22:18,719 --> 00:22:21,893 We also told her she could leave any time she wanted to. 526 00:22:21,955 --> 00:22:26,370 Please. This is not some dumb gangbanger with a Legal Aid lawyer. 527 00:22:26,426 --> 00:22:28,337 Nice to see where you draw the line. 528 00:22:28,395 --> 00:22:29,772 Hey. Forget it, Rey. 529 00:22:29,830 --> 00:22:31,741 CURTIS: Hey, look, she shoved a pair of scissors 530 00:22:31,798 --> 00:22:32,936 into this woman's chest. 531 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,106 You want us to serve her tea cakes while she makes up her mind to give it up? 532 00:22:36,169 --> 00:22:37,170 She was this close. 533 00:22:37,237 --> 00:22:39,308 Better she didn't confess. 534 00:22:39,373 --> 00:22:41,785 Saves us all from looking like idiots when it gets tossed. 535 00:22:41,842 --> 00:22:43,515 Come on, Rey, if she had given it up, 536 00:22:43,577 --> 00:22:46,148 he'd throw his shoulder out trying to pat himself on the back. 537 00:22:46,213 --> 00:22:47,419 (DOOR OPENS) 538 00:22:48,982 --> 00:22:50,086 (DOOR CLOSES) 539 00:22:52,319 --> 00:22:54,299 It wasn't all a waste of time. 540 00:22:54,354 --> 00:22:55,628 She said something about Burk knowing 541 00:22:55,689 --> 00:22:58,363 her husband was lying about his money. 542 00:22:58,425 --> 00:23:01,099 Ex-wives always think their husbands lie about money. 543 00:23:01,161 --> 00:23:03,971 And they're probably right. 544 00:23:04,031 --> 00:23:06,978 If he really had something to hide, and somehow Burk knew, 545 00:23:07,267 --> 00:23:09,372 it pumps up Molly Kilpatrick's motive. 546 00:23:10,170 --> 00:23:14,346 Or her husband's. Take a look at his finances. 547 00:23:14,408 --> 00:23:16,615 We don't have enough to subpoena them. 548 00:23:16,677 --> 00:23:20,147 Maybe this Sheila Atkins can save you the trouble. 549 00:23:20,213 --> 00:23:23,387 I have 23 boxes full of his financial records. 550 00:23:23,450 --> 00:23:24,758 Why should I give them to you? 551 00:23:24,818 --> 00:23:26,627 So you can use them against my client? 552 00:23:26,687 --> 00:23:28,394 They might clear your client. 553 00:23:28,455 --> 00:23:30,765 We suspect Mr. Kilpatrick might have killed Dr. Burk 554 00:23:30,891 --> 00:23:34,168 because she knew something about his finances. 555 00:23:34,227 --> 00:23:36,036 Knew how? 556 00:23:36,096 --> 00:23:38,702 Your client seems to think he told her. 557 00:23:38,765 --> 00:23:40,369 Maybe Mr. Kilpatrick let his guard down 558 00:23:40,467 --> 00:23:43,243 during one of his sessions with Dr. Burk. 559 00:23:43,303 --> 00:23:46,341 Ms. Ross, I think we can work together on this. 560 00:23:47,474 --> 00:23:48,544 It's in your client's interests. 561 00:23:48,609 --> 00:23:50,088 My client's interests lie in proving 562 00:23:50,143 --> 00:23:52,680 that her husband and his lawyer conspired to defraud her. 563 00:23:52,746 --> 00:23:54,316 Go on. He's been hiding assets 564 00:23:54,381 --> 00:23:55,883 at the direction of Mr. Redfield. 565 00:23:55,949 --> 00:23:56,984 You know this for a fact? 566 00:23:57,050 --> 00:24:00,827 I can't prove it to a judge for a fact. Yet. 567 00:24:04,124 --> 00:24:06,263 Molly told me it was possible that Dr. Burk knew. 568 00:24:06,326 --> 00:24:09,034 I wanted Dr. Burk to go on the record. 569 00:24:11,164 --> 00:24:14,737 I'll have those files delivered to your office by tomorrow morning. 570 00:24:16,002 --> 00:24:18,915 The forensic accountants think Kilpatrick undervalued his company. 571 00:24:18,972 --> 00:24:21,418 He told the Family Court it was worth a million-two. 572 00:24:21,475 --> 00:24:23,682 Atkins puts the number closer to four. 573 00:24:23,744 --> 00:24:24,882 Wishful thinking? 574 00:24:24,945 --> 00:24:26,947 Our accountants feel Atkins has a decent case. 575 00:24:27,013 --> 00:24:28,583 She's hoping we can help her prove it. 576 00:24:28,649 --> 00:24:31,425 Oh, no. We're not getting dragged into their divorce. 577 00:24:31,485 --> 00:24:34,694 Did the police happen to ask Mr. Kilpatrick 578 00:24:34,755 --> 00:24:37,167 where he was the night of the murder? 579 00:24:37,224 --> 00:24:39,101 No. They didn't consider him a suspect. 580 00:24:39,159 --> 00:24:41,605 Well, we do. 581 00:24:43,897 --> 00:24:45,968 You want an alibi from him? 582 00:24:46,033 --> 00:24:47,137 If he has one. 583 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,680 I don't like your tone. Why is he a suspect? 584 00:24:49,736 --> 00:24:53,616 Sheila Atkins was going to depose Dr. Burk about his finances. 585 00:24:53,673 --> 00:24:56,313 Our accountants went through your records, Mr. Kilpatrick. 586 00:24:56,376 --> 00:24:58,481 I turned my books inside-out for Molly. 587 00:24:58,545 --> 00:25:00,582 I haven't denied her anything that's rightfully hers. 588 00:25:00,647 --> 00:25:03,287 This is another Sheila Atkins fishing expedition. 589 00:25:03,350 --> 00:25:06,160 They're stalling the annulment in order to extort money from him. 590 00:25:06,219 --> 00:25:10,531 Atkins telling her client there's a pot of gold, when there's nothing. 591 00:25:10,590 --> 00:25:14,128 Mr. Kilpatrick, if you could just answer my question. 592 00:25:16,063 --> 00:25:19,601 After I dropped my son off, I went home to change, 593 00:25:19,666 --> 00:25:21,646 and then I met a friend for drinks. 594 00:25:21,768 --> 00:25:22,838 About 9:30. 595 00:25:22,903 --> 00:25:24,473 I'll need your friend's name and number. 596 00:25:24,538 --> 00:25:26,347 David Harrigan. Sure. 597 00:25:26,406 --> 00:25:28,579 I've seen Sheila Atkins at work for 10 years. 598 00:25:28,642 --> 00:25:31,020 The woman ought to have her license pulled. 599 00:25:31,077 --> 00:25:34,854 She has nice things to say about you, too. Thank you. 600 00:25:36,883 --> 00:25:38,328 HARRIGAN: I had a crisis with a Korean bank, 601 00:25:38,385 --> 00:25:43,664 so I got to the bar maybe 9:45. Gary had started without me. 602 00:25:43,724 --> 00:25:45,567 How long had he been there? 603 00:25:45,625 --> 00:25:47,400 He was into his third Chivas. 604 00:25:47,461 --> 00:25:48,940 He wasn't wasting any time. 605 00:25:48,995 --> 00:25:51,999 Well, since the split-up... 606 00:25:52,065 --> 00:25:54,545 He says you're investigating him about this murder. 607 00:25:54,601 --> 00:25:55,773 He called you? 608 00:25:55,836 --> 00:25:57,941 To give me a heads up, yeah. 609 00:25:58,004 --> 00:26:01,816 Don't worry, he didn't ask me to lie. He knows me better than that. 610 00:26:01,875 --> 00:26:04,412 You don't sound convinced he didn't do it. 611 00:26:04,878 --> 00:26:06,687 I believe he's innocent. 612 00:26:06,746 --> 00:26:08,487 That's not a ringing endorsement. 613 00:26:08,982 --> 00:26:10,290 What about Molly? 614 00:26:11,952 --> 00:26:13,454 I've known them since college. 615 00:26:13,553 --> 00:26:14,588 I mean, their son and mine 616 00:26:14,654 --> 00:26:16,600 practically grew up together. 617 00:26:16,656 --> 00:26:19,068 Gary and Molly were decent people. 618 00:26:19,125 --> 00:26:21,298 Even the divorce started out friendly. 619 00:26:21,928 --> 00:26:23,965 Then the lawyers got hold of them. 620 00:26:25,031 --> 00:26:27,534 Hyenas have better manners. 621 00:26:27,601 --> 00:26:30,207 I just worry what it's done to their son, Billy. 622 00:26:30,270 --> 00:26:31,476 Do you talk to him? 623 00:26:31,538 --> 00:26:33,381 Well, he's been staying with us since a few days ago. 624 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:34,851 Why is that? 625 00:26:34,908 --> 00:26:37,514 Something to do with his mother. I don't know what. 626 00:26:37,577 --> 00:26:39,682 He just needs a time-out. 627 00:26:39,746 --> 00:26:41,953 Do you mind if I talk to him? 628 00:26:43,583 --> 00:26:46,757 You don't have to answer if you don't want to, Billy. 629 00:26:47,654 --> 00:26:48,758 (SIGHS) 630 00:26:48,822 --> 00:26:51,200 It's just the stuff at home. 631 00:26:51,258 --> 00:26:52,999 With my mother. 632 00:26:53,660 --> 00:26:55,537 With her pills and all that. 633 00:26:56,296 --> 00:26:57,639 She cries a lot. 634 00:26:58,532 --> 00:27:00,671 ROSS: She's not in good shape. 635 00:27:01,601 --> 00:27:04,377 Like the night she tried to take you out of practice. 636 00:27:06,172 --> 00:27:07,344 What happened when you got home? 637 00:27:07,407 --> 00:27:10,479 I'm sick of everybody asking me that. 638 00:27:10,544 --> 00:27:11,852 Who else asked? 639 00:27:11,912 --> 00:27:14,119 Dad's lawyer, and Mom's. 640 00:27:14,180 --> 00:27:16,421 She told me not to talk about it with anybody. 641 00:27:16,483 --> 00:27:18,724 Ms. Atkins? Do you trust her? 642 00:27:22,455 --> 00:27:25,459 Billy, did your mom tell you to take a cab home from practice that night? 643 00:27:27,661 --> 00:27:30,267 HARRIGAN: You should tell her the truth, Billy. 644 00:27:31,831 --> 00:27:35,472 (SIGHS) She was supposed to pick me up. 645 00:27:36,136 --> 00:27:38,241 I called her. She didn't answer. 646 00:27:38,305 --> 00:27:40,615 ROSS: Was she there when you got home? 647 00:27:40,674 --> 00:27:42,381 Her door was closed. She was sleeping. 648 00:27:42,842 --> 00:27:44,219 Did you see her or hear her? 649 00:27:46,346 --> 00:27:47,848 Did you knock on the door? BILLY: No. 650 00:27:47,914 --> 00:27:49,757 I went to my room and watched videos. 651 00:27:50,417 --> 00:27:52,192 So, she still could have been asleep. 652 00:27:53,053 --> 00:27:58,230 Uncle David, I don't think she was there. 653 00:27:59,392 --> 00:28:01,372 I heard her phone ring in her room. 654 00:28:01,761 --> 00:28:03,365 She never answered it. 655 00:28:06,333 --> 00:28:08,870 Her own son isn't supporting her alibi. 656 00:28:08,935 --> 00:28:10,471 She was halfway to a confession a week ago. 657 00:28:10,537 --> 00:28:13,211 She's popping pills, crying herself to sleep at night? 658 00:28:13,273 --> 00:28:17,153 Arresting her might push her the rest of the way. 659 00:28:17,210 --> 00:28:20,555 Pick her up. Get warrants for her home and office. 660 00:28:20,613 --> 00:28:22,957 Better put her on suicide watch. 661 00:28:26,386 --> 00:28:29,299 Half a million dollars bail? It's utterly punitive. 662 00:28:29,356 --> 00:28:31,802 If it keeps her where she can't hurt herself or others. 663 00:28:31,858 --> 00:28:33,462 You know, that's a very benign view 664 00:28:33,526 --> 00:28:35,062 of imprisonment before conviction. 665 00:28:35,128 --> 00:28:37,267 I don't see a strong case here. 666 00:28:37,330 --> 00:28:38,707 I don't see a case here at all. 667 00:28:38,765 --> 00:28:40,836 Nothing specifically contradicts her alibi, 668 00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:42,971 and nothing directly connects her to the crime. 669 00:28:43,036 --> 00:28:46,381 So far, carpet fibers from the victim's office have turned up at her house 670 00:28:46,439 --> 00:28:48,385 and hair matching hers was found at the crime scene. 671 00:28:48,441 --> 00:28:51,081 BEHRENS: All of which can be explained innocently. 672 00:28:51,144 --> 00:28:53,317 All we need is a speck of blood where it doesn't belong. 673 00:28:53,380 --> 00:28:56,657 I didn't kill her. Why don't you believe me? 674 00:28:56,716 --> 00:28:58,423 Molly, please let me handle this. 675 00:28:58,485 --> 00:29:01,159 Are you putting Mr. Kilpatrick under the same microscope? 676 00:29:01,221 --> 00:29:03,132 His alibi can be corroborated. 677 00:29:03,189 --> 00:29:04,896 By David Harrigan? 678 00:29:04,958 --> 00:29:06,904 Before you take his testimony at face value, 679 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,462 look at his banking practices. 680 00:29:08,528 --> 00:29:10,007 Yeah, well, look, we're not going to settle this today. 681 00:29:10,063 --> 00:29:12,065 Let's talk about chopping this bail in half. 682 00:29:12,132 --> 00:29:14,510 Out of the question. Now, if you want to talk about a plea. 683 00:29:14,567 --> 00:29:16,240 BEHRENS: With what you've got? 684 00:29:16,303 --> 00:29:19,750 Given her state of mind, we're willing to go to man one. 685 00:29:19,806 --> 00:29:22,309 That's a minimum of eight years in prison, 686 00:29:22,375 --> 00:29:24,981 Mrs. Kilpatrick, instead of 25, 687 00:29:25,278 --> 00:29:27,087 if you're convicted of second-degree murder. 688 00:29:27,147 --> 00:29:29,787 You'll get laughed out of the grand jury first. 689 00:29:29,849 --> 00:29:31,851 We're done here. Come on. 690 00:29:34,287 --> 00:29:36,062 And I used to think my divorce was rough. 691 00:29:36,122 --> 00:29:37,567 Look where you could have ended up. 692 00:29:37,624 --> 00:29:40,104 My murder fantasies don't include getting caught. 693 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,868 Ms. Ross, Mr. McCoy, 694 00:29:42,929 --> 00:29:45,739 between you and me, Mr. Behrens blew it. 695 00:29:45,799 --> 00:29:47,005 Only if your client's guilty. 696 00:29:47,067 --> 00:29:48,205 I'm not conceding anything. 697 00:29:48,268 --> 00:29:52,011 But I don't see things looking up for Molly anytime soon. 698 00:29:52,072 --> 00:29:53,676 What are you proposing? 699 00:29:53,740 --> 00:29:55,447 Whatever's best for her. 700 00:29:55,508 --> 00:29:58,455 Does your offer of man one come with a sentence recommendation? 701 00:29:58,511 --> 00:29:59,717 Give me a number. 702 00:30:00,246 --> 00:30:02,487 (SIGHS) Molly listens to me. 703 00:30:02,549 --> 00:30:04,688 I'll get back to you in a few days. 704 00:30:04,751 --> 00:30:06,196 (DOOR BUZZING OPEN) 705 00:30:09,122 --> 00:30:11,966 Yeah, I'll let him know. Okay. Thanks. Bye. 706 00:30:15,795 --> 00:30:20,073 Atkins. She had her halfway there, until Behrens got wind of it. 707 00:30:20,133 --> 00:30:21,976 Nice try. She'll take another run at it 708 00:30:22,035 --> 00:30:23,343 once we get an indictment. 709 00:30:23,403 --> 00:30:25,474 All our adversaries should be this accommodating. 710 00:30:25,538 --> 00:30:27,609 Or pragmatic. 711 00:30:27,674 --> 00:30:30,211 Addressed to me, belongs to you. 712 00:30:32,812 --> 00:30:35,122 From the Bar Association Ethics Committee. 713 00:30:35,181 --> 00:30:37,457 Dues check bounced? 714 00:30:37,517 --> 00:30:40,930 They're requesting copies of all non-confidential documents 715 00:30:40,987 --> 00:30:42,728 held by the District Attorney's Office 716 00:30:42,789 --> 00:30:45,235 in People v. Molly Kilpatrick. 717 00:30:49,362 --> 00:30:51,171 This case hasn't even gone to the grand jury yet 718 00:30:51,231 --> 00:30:52,869 and already there's an ethics problem? 719 00:30:52,932 --> 00:30:55,435 Jamie, I'm not supposed to discuss pending matters. 720 00:30:55,502 --> 00:30:57,345 Don't send me back to Jack McCoy empty-handed. 721 00:30:57,404 --> 00:30:58,747 You know what a hard ass he is. 722 00:30:58,805 --> 00:31:01,547 Yeah. He seeing anybody? 723 00:31:01,608 --> 00:31:02,848 You want an introduction? 724 00:31:02,909 --> 00:31:04,388 Sure. 725 00:31:04,444 --> 00:31:06,424 Tell you what else you can do for me. 726 00:31:06,479 --> 00:31:07,651 Give up a Saturday to work 727 00:31:07,714 --> 00:31:10,627 with my high school mock trial team at St. Joseph's. 728 00:31:10,683 --> 00:31:13,323 Sure. I'll teach them to spell quid pro quo. 729 00:31:13,386 --> 00:31:14,490 (CHUCKLES) 730 00:31:15,889 --> 00:31:17,527 Sheila Atkins came to the committee 731 00:31:17,590 --> 00:31:20,093 for an advisory opinion on a privilege issue. 732 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:21,969 That's all I can say. 733 00:31:23,930 --> 00:31:26,103 It's got to be about something Molly Kilpatrick told her. 734 00:31:26,165 --> 00:31:28,577 An incriminating statement that might not be privileged. 735 00:31:28,635 --> 00:31:32,310 That explains why Ms. Atkins was pushing for a plea. 736 00:31:32,372 --> 00:31:36,047 If it's not privileged, she has a duty to come forward. 737 00:31:36,109 --> 00:31:37,520 She's obviously struggling with it. 738 00:31:37,577 --> 00:31:39,056 Why else go to the Ethics Committee? 739 00:31:39,112 --> 00:31:40,989 Whatever they tell her, she's not bound by their decision. 740 00:31:41,047 --> 00:31:42,253 It has no force of law. 741 00:31:42,315 --> 00:31:45,125 Any new evidence against Mrs. Kilpatrick? 742 00:31:45,185 --> 00:31:47,028 Nothing new from Forensics. 743 00:31:47,087 --> 00:31:49,966 Yeah, well, then it's up to Ms. Atkins. 744 00:31:50,023 --> 00:31:55,097 If she can't bring herself to do the right thing, we got a problem. 745 00:31:55,161 --> 00:31:58,301 Exactly what ethical dilemma am I struggling with? 746 00:31:58,364 --> 00:32:00,708 An issue of privilege regarding Molly Kilpatrick. 747 00:32:00,767 --> 00:32:03,008 We know you went to the Ethics Committee. 748 00:32:03,069 --> 00:32:04,912 Somebody has a big mouth. 749 00:32:04,971 --> 00:32:07,383 Would you mind getting out of my way? They can't see me. 750 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,420 The Committee asked us for documentation. 751 00:32:09,476 --> 00:32:11,080 This can't come as a surprise to you. 752 00:32:11,144 --> 00:32:13,647 We appreciate you take the canons of ethics seriously. 753 00:32:13,713 --> 00:32:15,215 We hope we don't have to compel you 754 00:32:15,281 --> 00:32:16,954 to disclose what your client told you. 755 00:32:17,016 --> 00:32:19,553 I don't have anything to say to you. 756 00:32:20,587 --> 00:32:24,967 You have until tomorrow morning, or we go to the judge. 757 00:32:25,024 --> 00:32:27,834 Don't wait up for me. And thank you. 758 00:32:33,066 --> 00:32:34,409 This motion's an egregious attempt 759 00:32:34,467 --> 00:32:36,378 to intrude on the attorney-client relationship. 760 00:32:36,436 --> 00:32:37,779 And for all Mr. McCoy knows, 761 00:32:37,837 --> 00:32:41,080 the information he's trying to wring out of Ms. Atkins is irrelevant. 762 00:32:41,140 --> 00:32:43,347 Mr. McCoy, you have any idea what you're after? 763 00:32:43,710 --> 00:32:44,848 I can only speculate. 764 00:32:44,911 --> 00:32:46,322 Speculate out loud. 765 00:32:47,914 --> 00:32:50,588 Solicitation by a client for help in a cover-up. 766 00:32:51,684 --> 00:32:54,824 A statement by a client that he or she intends to commit a crime, 767 00:32:55,054 --> 00:32:56,829 or offer perjured testimony. 768 00:32:56,890 --> 00:32:58,369 Is he in the ballpark, Ms. Atkins? 769 00:32:58,424 --> 00:33:00,426 I'm not conceding that my client said anything. 770 00:33:00,493 --> 00:33:02,473 You didn't call the Ethics Committee for cooking tips. 771 00:33:02,529 --> 00:33:03,735 That's between her and the Committee. 772 00:33:03,796 --> 00:33:04,797 JACK: And this court. 773 00:33:05,064 --> 00:33:07,271 Your Honor, you have the authority to compel her to talk. 774 00:33:07,333 --> 00:33:08,641 Thank you, Mr. McCoy. 775 00:33:09,802 --> 00:33:12,043 Ms. Atkins, you and I are going to have a chat in camera. 776 00:33:12,438 --> 00:33:14,611 The rest of you can wait outside. 777 00:33:17,911 --> 00:33:20,391 Divorce lawyers wrestling with their conscience. 778 00:33:20,446 --> 00:33:23,859 What's next? Plumbers who don't pad their bills? 779 00:33:23,917 --> 00:33:26,796 If my gut's right, you might start thinking about a plea. 780 00:33:28,554 --> 00:33:30,693 The Judge wants you back in. 781 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:35,798 Back on the record. 782 00:33:35,862 --> 00:33:40,277 Ms. Atkins has informed me of Mrs. Kilpatrick's statements. 783 00:33:40,333 --> 00:33:43,837 In light of the canons of ethics and the relevant case law, 784 00:33:43,903 --> 00:33:45,541 the statements are not protected 785 00:33:45,605 --> 00:33:48,586 by the client-attorney privilege. 786 00:33:48,641 --> 00:33:52,020 Ms. Atkins has a duty to divulge them to the District Attorney. 787 00:33:52,078 --> 00:33:55,491 The People's motions to compel are granted. 788 00:33:55,548 --> 00:33:56,720 Let's hear it, Ms. Atkins. 789 00:33:56,783 --> 00:33:59,559 Not until you and I reach an agreement. 790 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:01,755 Your Honor? 791 00:34:01,821 --> 00:34:03,459 Ms. Atkins, you can be held in contempt. 792 00:34:03,523 --> 00:34:04,797 With all due respect, Your Honor, 793 00:34:04,857 --> 00:34:06,359 Molly Kilpatrick is still my client, 794 00:34:06,426 --> 00:34:08,633 and I still represent her interests. 795 00:34:08,695 --> 00:34:11,403 First, they agree to a minimum sentence on a plea of man one. 796 00:34:11,464 --> 00:34:12,499 Three-to-six? 797 00:34:12,565 --> 00:34:13,669 Then they issue subpoenas 798 00:34:13,733 --> 00:34:16,145 for accounts held by Paul Redfield in the Virgin Islands. 799 00:34:16,202 --> 00:34:18,409 I don't understand. Who's Mr. Redfield? 800 00:34:18,471 --> 00:34:20,109 He represents my client's ex-husband. 801 00:34:20,173 --> 00:34:24,246 I intend to prove that he and Mr. Kilpatrick conspired to hide assets from her. 802 00:34:24,310 --> 00:34:26,813 You don't need our help. You can get your own subpoenas. 803 00:34:26,879 --> 00:34:27,949 Family Court turned me down. 804 00:34:28,014 --> 00:34:29,186 This is a civil matter. 805 00:34:29,249 --> 00:34:31,092 Even if we wanted to, we don't have the authority. 806 00:34:31,150 --> 00:34:34,154 You can if you open a tax fraud investigation into Mr. Kilpatrick. 807 00:34:34,787 --> 00:34:37,461 Sooner or later, my client will be out of jail, 808 00:34:37,523 --> 00:34:39,696 and I'm committed to seeing that she's provided for. 809 00:34:39,759 --> 00:34:41,705 That she gets every last dime she's entitled to. 810 00:34:41,761 --> 00:34:43,968 DERRICK: That's all fine and good, Ms. Atkins. 811 00:34:44,030 --> 00:34:47,534 But you have 48 hours to answer Mr. McCoy, 812 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:48,943 or I'll hold you in contempt. 813 00:34:53,306 --> 00:34:54,512 Heck of a lawyer. 814 00:34:54,574 --> 00:34:57,612 She's using us to grind Redfield's face into the ground. 815 00:34:57,677 --> 00:35:00,783 If he committed fraud, it wouldn't be a waste of our time. 816 00:35:00,847 --> 00:35:02,224 I don't like to be manipulated. 817 00:35:02,281 --> 00:35:06,161 All of a sudden you don't need Ms. Atkins' testimony to convict her client? 818 00:35:06,219 --> 00:35:08,995 Six months in Rikers for contempt will compel her testimony. 819 00:35:09,289 --> 00:35:10,324 You hope. 820 00:35:10,390 --> 00:35:12,199 Her client is guilty of murder. 821 00:35:12,258 --> 00:35:14,363 We're supposed to let her off with three years 822 00:35:14,427 --> 00:35:16,668 and help her gouge her husband for alimony? 823 00:35:16,763 --> 00:35:18,709 You'll get over it. 824 00:35:19,699 --> 00:35:23,408 We've decided to accept Ms. Atkins' terms. 825 00:35:23,469 --> 00:35:25,005 We've opened an investigation 826 00:35:25,071 --> 00:35:27,881 into Messrs. Redfield and Kilpatrick, 827 00:35:27,940 --> 00:35:30,614 and we'll make a sentence recommendation for Mrs. Kilpatrick. 828 00:35:30,676 --> 00:35:33,054 I don't understand what's going on here. 829 00:35:33,112 --> 00:35:34,557 ROSS: Didn't Mr. Behrens explain it to you? 830 00:35:34,614 --> 00:35:36,787 Yes, but I didn't kill Dr. Burk. 831 00:35:36,849 --> 00:35:40,058 Molly, it's best we just listen for now. 832 00:35:43,256 --> 00:35:45,361 You're up, Ms. Atkins. 833 00:35:45,425 --> 00:35:48,531 I'm sorry, Molly. They're forcing me to do this. 834 00:35:52,398 --> 00:35:56,039 You have to understand that Molly was driven to it by her husband. 835 00:35:56,102 --> 00:35:59,572 By his lawyer's unconscionable tactics. 836 00:35:59,639 --> 00:36:02,677 If it weren't for them, she wouldn't be on medication. 837 00:36:02,742 --> 00:36:04,722 She wouldn't be here. 838 00:36:06,245 --> 00:36:09,488 When she came to my office on Tuesday, she was beside herself. 839 00:36:09,549 --> 00:36:12,689 She was fixated on the annulment. 840 00:36:12,752 --> 00:36:15,699 She felt that the church and Dr. Burk, in particular, 841 00:36:15,755 --> 00:36:18,167 were aligned against her. 842 00:36:19,158 --> 00:36:24,972 She said, "I'll kill her, if that's what it takes to change her mind." 843 00:36:25,064 --> 00:36:27,271 No, Sheila! Why are you telling them this? 844 00:36:27,333 --> 00:36:28,641 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 845 00:36:28,701 --> 00:36:29,873 No, I didn't say that. 846 00:36:29,936 --> 00:36:31,244 I couldn't. You'd taken a lot of pills. 847 00:36:31,304 --> 00:36:33,409 You didn't know what you were saying. 848 00:36:33,473 --> 00:36:34,747 I never thought you'd go through with it. 849 00:36:34,807 --> 00:36:36,787 MOLLY: (SOBBING) No. 850 00:36:37,443 --> 00:36:39,855 It can't be true. 851 00:36:42,915 --> 00:36:45,691 Please. Oh, God. 852 00:36:46,919 --> 00:36:48,057 Three-to-six, is that right? 853 00:36:49,889 --> 00:36:52,870 Contingent on a psychiatric evaluation? 854 00:36:54,393 --> 00:36:56,395 Come on, Molly. Come on. 855 00:37:05,605 --> 00:37:08,176 Grand jury subpoenas? Bank examiners? 856 00:37:08,241 --> 00:37:09,914 I can't believe she talked you into this. 857 00:37:10,510 --> 00:37:12,285 If you have nothing to hide, why jump all over us? 858 00:37:12,345 --> 00:37:14,484 Because I don't think that the District Attorney's office 859 00:37:14,547 --> 00:37:16,527 should be a patsy for Sheila Atkins' 860 00:37:16,582 --> 00:37:18,323 malicious campaign of harassment. 861 00:37:18,384 --> 00:37:19,385 Don't be paranoid. 862 00:37:19,452 --> 00:37:22,399 She simply alleged what our forensic accountants already suspected. 863 00:37:22,455 --> 00:37:25,834 Paranoid? This is what I've received from her 864 00:37:25,892 --> 00:37:27,701 just within the past three months. 865 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:33,142 Interrogatories, motions for legal fees, frivolous criminal complaints. 866 00:37:33,199 --> 00:37:35,736 I've got a whole room in my office filled with her crap. 867 00:37:35,802 --> 00:37:38,339 It's attrition, not litigation. 868 00:37:38,404 --> 00:37:42,352 You take a look at that, and then you tell me if I'm paranoid. 869 00:37:44,811 --> 00:37:45,983 (DOOR OPENS) 870 00:37:46,145 --> 00:37:47,419 Sore loser. 871 00:37:48,448 --> 00:37:50,985 The divorce was finalized four months ago. 872 00:37:51,050 --> 00:37:52,529 What's she hope to gain from this? 873 00:37:52,785 --> 00:37:54,230 It does seem like overkill. 874 00:37:54,287 --> 00:37:56,699 I'm surprised nobody's reined her in. 875 00:37:58,091 --> 00:38:01,004 Go back to the Ethics Committee. Check her out. 876 00:38:01,060 --> 00:38:03,062 She's our star witness against Molly Kilpatrick. 877 00:38:03,129 --> 00:38:05,075 I'd like to know what we're dealing with. 878 00:38:07,967 --> 00:38:09,275 Hey. 879 00:38:10,036 --> 00:38:12,607 I'm thinking of buying it. It's an antique. 880 00:38:12,672 --> 00:38:15,676 Aren't motorcycles supposed to have wheels and an engine? 881 00:38:16,509 --> 00:38:19,456 Atkins' rap sheet from the Ethics Committee. 882 00:38:21,247 --> 00:38:22,920 Allegations of conflict of interest, 883 00:38:22,982 --> 00:38:25,986 comingling funds, courtroom misconduct. 884 00:38:26,052 --> 00:38:29,556 Looks like she never met an ethical violation she didn't like. 885 00:38:29,622 --> 00:38:32,193 Most of the complaints were filed by Paul Redfield. 886 00:38:32,258 --> 00:38:35,330 Which is only fair, since she filed an equal number of complaints against him. 887 00:38:36,329 --> 00:38:37,967 What's the matter with those two? 888 00:38:38,030 --> 00:38:42,103 It's the adversarial system on steroids. It gets stranger. 889 00:38:42,168 --> 00:38:44,273 I looked through the papers Redfield left behind. 890 00:38:44,337 --> 00:38:47,409 It's a notice of a petition for a preliminary injunction. 891 00:38:47,473 --> 00:38:49,714 Atkins wanted to enjoin the Archdiocese 892 00:38:49,776 --> 00:38:51,517 from proceeding with the annulment. 893 00:38:51,577 --> 00:38:54,649 Enjoin the Archdiocese? Who's she kidding? 894 00:38:55,414 --> 00:38:56,950 She had a hearing scheduled with Judge Kaufer 895 00:38:57,016 --> 00:38:58,461 the Friday after Linda Burk's death. 896 00:38:59,018 --> 00:39:00,326 And? I don't know. 897 00:39:00,386 --> 00:39:02,923 I've got a call in to Kaufer's clerk. 898 00:39:03,823 --> 00:39:05,632 Enjoining the Catholic church. 899 00:39:05,691 --> 00:39:07,136 I thought it was a non-starter. 900 00:39:07,193 --> 00:39:09,002 First Amendment, separation of church and state. 901 00:39:09,061 --> 00:39:11,234 I'm surprised Judge Kaufer even scheduled a hearing. 902 00:39:11,297 --> 00:39:12,537 You'll be more surprised to learn 903 00:39:12,598 --> 00:39:15,204 there's actual case law on this. 904 00:39:15,268 --> 00:39:17,373 Ms. Atkins wasn't completely out in left field. 905 00:39:17,436 --> 00:39:18,779 Her petition had merit? 906 00:39:19,038 --> 00:39:22,850 Her brief argued the annulment had civil repercussions. 907 00:39:22,908 --> 00:39:25,650 Namely, the illegitimacy of Mrs. Kilpatrick's son, 908 00:39:25,711 --> 00:39:28,487 which can be held to be defaming and injurious to someone 909 00:39:28,548 --> 00:39:32,052 who's not a party to the ecclesiastic proceedings. 910 00:39:32,118 --> 00:39:34,029 She even quoted Blackstone. 911 00:39:34,086 --> 00:39:35,622 JACK: How did Judge Kaufer rule? 912 00:39:36,022 --> 00:39:38,798 If Ms. Atkins hadn't withdrawn her petition, I could tell you. 913 00:39:39,759 --> 00:39:40,999 When did she do that? 914 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:42,839 The day before the hearing. 915 00:39:46,532 --> 00:39:48,705 All right, Ms. Jones. Thank you. 916 00:39:57,043 --> 00:39:58,488 (DOOR CLOSES) 917 00:39:59,111 --> 00:40:00,954 Son of a bitch. 918 00:40:03,549 --> 00:40:08,020 She withdrew her petition right after the murder because it was moot. 919 00:40:08,087 --> 00:40:10,089 Because she knew Burk's evaluation 920 00:40:10,156 --> 00:40:12,762 had been destroyed, because she did it. 921 00:40:13,726 --> 00:40:15,865 She knew the annulment would be stalled. 922 00:40:15,928 --> 00:40:18,306 Maybe she knew because Molly Kilpatrick told her. 923 00:40:18,364 --> 00:40:20,605 Then why didn't Atkins tell us? 924 00:40:22,201 --> 00:40:23,874 She killed Burk, Jamie. 925 00:40:24,236 --> 00:40:27,012 That whole business with the Ethics Committee. 926 00:40:27,073 --> 00:40:30,418 We were conned. She framed her own client. 927 00:40:30,476 --> 00:40:32,387 She withdrew a petition two days after a killing. 928 00:40:32,445 --> 00:40:35,221 It's not much to hang a murder charge on. 929 00:40:35,281 --> 00:40:38,728 She talked an innocent woman into three years in jail. 930 00:40:41,020 --> 00:40:44,194 Maybe she'll talk herself into 25-to-life. 931 00:40:44,891 --> 00:40:46,871 Call her friend, Paul Redfield. 932 00:40:50,630 --> 00:40:53,577 I took the liberty of sketching out an agreement. 933 00:40:53,633 --> 00:40:56,204 You'll see that it covers what we discussed on the phone, 934 00:40:56,268 --> 00:40:58,475 Kilpatrick puts a million-five on the table, 935 00:40:58,537 --> 00:41:00,244 my client signs off on the annulment. 936 00:41:00,306 --> 00:41:01,410 She's agreed? 937 00:41:01,474 --> 00:41:03,351 My clients listen to me, Paul. 938 00:41:03,409 --> 00:41:06,185 And I'll tell McCoy that we're withdrawing the fraud complaint. 939 00:41:06,779 --> 00:41:10,090 REDFIELD: That might not be enough to get him off my back 940 00:41:10,149 --> 00:41:12,129 Molly and I don't testify, he doesn't have a case. 941 00:41:12,184 --> 00:41:13,788 The little twerp can pound his desk all he wants. 942 00:41:14,086 --> 00:41:15,224 It doesn't matter. 943 00:41:15,288 --> 00:41:16,892 You must have gone back for seconds 944 00:41:16,956 --> 00:41:19,402 when they handed out the brass ones, Sheila. 945 00:41:19,458 --> 00:41:20,937 Mmm. 946 00:41:20,993 --> 00:41:22,973 It took you two-and-a-half years to cry uncle, Paul. 947 00:41:23,028 --> 00:41:24,029 I never thought I'd hear it. 948 00:41:24,096 --> 00:41:27,202 Your client's going to prison, and you're doing a victory dance. 949 00:41:27,266 --> 00:41:28,267 Why shouldn't I? 950 00:41:28,467 --> 00:41:32,210 I earn my fees in divorce court. Criminal law is not my bag. 951 00:41:33,172 --> 00:41:34,276 So, do we have a deal? 952 00:41:34,340 --> 00:41:35,375 I tell you what, Sheila. 953 00:41:35,441 --> 00:41:38,786 I like everything about it except the million-five. 954 00:41:38,844 --> 00:41:41,688 Let me propose another figure. Zero. 955 00:41:42,348 --> 00:41:43,884 What the hell are you talking about? 956 00:41:45,584 --> 00:41:47,586 I found this in my file. 957 00:41:49,121 --> 00:41:52,534 Your petition for an injunction against the Archdiocese. 958 00:41:53,059 --> 00:41:54,834 It looked so promising. 959 00:41:54,894 --> 00:41:58,034 I called Judge Kaufer's clerk to find out what happened to it. 960 00:41:58,097 --> 00:41:59,838 Imagine my surprise 961 00:41:59,899 --> 00:42:03,938 when I was told that you withdrew it two days after Burk was killed. 962 00:42:04,837 --> 00:42:06,214 Of course. Without her report, 963 00:42:06,272 --> 00:42:07,842 the annulment is dead in its tracks. 964 00:42:07,907 --> 00:42:10,148 REDFIELD: Nobody knew the report was erased 965 00:42:10,209 --> 00:42:13,213 except the person who erased it. 966 00:42:13,279 --> 00:42:14,849 That would be you, Sheila. 967 00:42:16,182 --> 00:42:17,752 (EXCLAIMS) 968 00:42:19,352 --> 00:42:21,491 Did somebody put drugs in your protein shake? 969 00:42:21,554 --> 00:42:24,160 Fine. I'll just walk this over to One Hogan Place, 970 00:42:24,223 --> 00:42:26,965 and see what McCoy makes out of it. 971 00:42:27,026 --> 00:42:31,065 Or you get your client to consent to the annulment for no money, 972 00:42:31,130 --> 00:42:33,269 and you withdraw the fraud complaint. 973 00:42:33,332 --> 00:42:34,902 You bastard. I had you beat. 974 00:42:34,967 --> 00:42:36,469 In your dreams. 975 00:42:36,535 --> 00:42:38,913 I beat you on child support, on visitations. 976 00:42:38,971 --> 00:42:40,211 One extra dinner a month. 977 00:42:40,272 --> 00:42:41,945 Kilpatrick had to double her clothing allowance. 978 00:42:42,008 --> 00:42:43,510 He was planning to do that anyway. 979 00:42:43,576 --> 00:42:45,385 You just can't stand to lose. 980 00:42:45,444 --> 00:42:46,684 ATKINS: And you know exactly how to lose. 981 00:42:46,745 --> 00:42:47,780 You're an expert at it. 982 00:42:47,847 --> 00:42:48,882 They're worse than my kids. 983 00:42:48,948 --> 00:42:51,053 You're gonna get a crash course in losing, 984 00:42:51,116 --> 00:42:53,323 'cause you're going to prison for murder. 985 00:42:53,385 --> 00:42:56,423 I'm taking this to McCoy. 986 00:42:56,489 --> 00:42:58,730 Paul, all right, you win. 987 00:42:58,791 --> 00:43:00,202 You'll have her consent tomorrow. 988 00:43:00,259 --> 00:43:01,636 Just don't do anything stupid. 989 00:43:02,161 --> 00:43:03,367 Please. 990 00:43:14,206 --> 00:43:15,344 Ms. Atkins. 991 00:43:15,408 --> 00:43:16,512 What is this? 992 00:43:16,575 --> 00:43:17,645 Turn around, please. What are you doing? 993 00:43:17,710 --> 00:43:19,246 You're under arrest for murder. 994 00:43:19,311 --> 00:43:22,588 Better start making criminal law your bag, Ms. Atkins. 995 00:43:22,648 --> 00:43:23,854 CURTIS: You have the right to remain silent. 996 00:43:23,916 --> 00:43:26,624 Anything you say can and will be used... 997 00:43:32,024 --> 00:43:34,732 ATKINS: I'm convinced that he was hiding money from my client, 998 00:43:34,793 --> 00:43:37,740 and the annulment was the only leverage I had left. 999 00:43:37,796 --> 00:43:40,572 I practically begged Dr. Burk to reconsider her evaluation, 1000 00:43:40,633 --> 00:43:44,547 even just to delay it for a few weeks, and she refused. 1001 00:43:47,172 --> 00:43:48,947 I was furious. 1002 00:43:49,008 --> 00:43:52,478 After two-and-a-half years, to think that I could lose. 1003 00:43:53,412 --> 00:43:58,987 And we struggled, and I stabbed her with a pair of scissors, 1004 00:43:59,051 --> 00:44:02,589 and then I erased the report from her computer. 1005 00:44:04,156 --> 00:44:09,003 And your statements to the District Attorney regarding Mrs. Kilpatrick? 1006 00:44:11,030 --> 00:44:12,031 I lied. 1007 00:44:13,833 --> 00:44:15,574 And I apologize to her. 1008 00:44:16,869 --> 00:44:18,109 She trusted me with everything. 1009 00:44:18,170 --> 00:44:21,344 She gave me a free hand in how I handled her divorce. 1010 00:44:21,407 --> 00:44:24,388 I tried to defend her rights as... 1011 00:44:25,678 --> 00:44:27,555 (SIGHS) I'm sorry. 1012 00:44:28,013 --> 00:44:31,654 You killed my wife to win a divorce case, and you're sorry! 1013 00:44:31,717 --> 00:44:32,752 (GAVEL POUNDS) 1014 00:44:32,818 --> 00:44:34,092 GANCE: Order in the court. 1015 00:44:34,153 --> 00:44:35,632 (PEOPLE MURMURING) 1016 00:44:40,559 --> 00:44:43,972 GANCE: Mr. McCoy, are the People satisfied? 1017 00:44:49,401 --> 00:44:50,436 We are, Your Honor. 1018 00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,709 Sheila Atkins, pursuant to your plea 1019 00:44:56,776 --> 00:44:58,778 of Murder in the Second Degree 1020 00:44:59,144 --> 00:45:02,182 and the recommendation of the District Attorney's Office, 1021 00:45:02,248 --> 00:45:07,129 you are hereby sentenced to a term of no less than 15 years 1022 00:45:07,186 --> 00:45:10,360 and no more than the term of your natural life 1023 00:45:10,422 --> 00:45:12,333 in a facility to be determined 1024 00:45:12,391 --> 00:45:14,337 by the Department of Correction. 1025 00:45:15,761 --> 00:45:17,365 We're adjourned. (GAVEL POUNDS) 1026 00:45:28,908 --> 00:45:32,014 Redfield agreed to full restitution of the missing assets, 1027 00:45:32,077 --> 00:45:34,717 and he gets off with having his license pulled for three years. 1028 00:45:34,780 --> 00:45:36,657 He'll probably count this as a win. 1029 00:45:36,715 --> 00:45:40,754 He can drive up to Bedford and crow to Atkins about it. 1030 00:45:40,819 --> 00:45:43,561 Where on earth did these people learn their ethics? 1031 00:45:43,622 --> 00:45:44,657 Law school. 1032 00:45:44,723 --> 00:45:45,724 ADAM: Of course.