1 00:00:00,810 --> 00:00:03,382 In New York City's war on crime, 2 00:00:03,382 --> 00:00:08,446 the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. 3 00:00:08,446 --> 00:00:10,188 These are their stories. 4 00:00:13,176 --> 00:00:16,306 It's not anywhere. We can't bury Mom without it. 5 00:00:16,306 --> 00:00:19,313 Uh, Danielle, I told you. She's not being buried. 6 00:00:19,564 --> 00:00:21,308 Come on, Lawrence. 7 00:00:25,999 --> 00:00:28,374 Pauline looked so peaceful when she passed. 8 00:00:28,374 --> 00:00:30,740 I only wish I could've gotten to her sooner. 9 00:00:30,740 --> 00:00:32,982 Some things are still out of our hands, Doctor. 10 00:00:32,982 --> 00:00:35,865 - Apparently. - Here you are, Doctor. 11 00:00:37,803 --> 00:00:39,728 This is Lawrence, my fiance. 12 00:00:39,728 --> 00:00:41,001 How are you doing, Doctor? 13 00:00:41,001 --> 00:00:43,221 Janette's told me all about you. 14 00:00:43,491 --> 00:00:45,825 I didn't say they were thieves, 15 00:00:45,825 --> 00:00:49,308 but maybe they saw it when they picked my mother up. 16 00:00:49,308 --> 00:00:51,784 I just wanna talk to them. 17 00:00:51,912 --> 00:00:54,190 Please. She can't be buried without that ring. 18 00:00:54,190 --> 00:00:56,336 I will talk with my employees. 19 00:00:56,336 --> 00:00:57,652 And as far as a burial? 20 00:00:57,652 --> 00:00:59,373 That's not what we have down for your mother. 21 00:00:59,373 --> 00:01:01,136 I don't care what you have down. 22 00:01:01,136 --> 00:01:03,410 She's getting a burial. 23 00:01:04,825 --> 00:01:06,359 I'm not accusing Janette. 24 00:01:06,359 --> 00:01:08,905 - But her fiance... - Right. Lawrence... 25 00:01:08,905 --> 00:01:11,319 the one with the criminal record. 26 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,045 Now, this local number for you, it's good until when? 27 00:01:15,045 --> 00:01:18,819 Maybe a week. Then I'm goin' back to Baltimore. 28 00:01:18,931 --> 00:01:21,061 This ring was very important to my mother. 29 00:01:21,061 --> 00:01:22,714 I'll look into it. 30 00:01:22,876 --> 00:01:25,603 Now, if it should turn up in the meantime, Miss Pearce, 31 00:01:25,603 --> 00:01:28,112 you be sure to call me. 32 00:01:28,461 --> 00:01:30,341 If you could talk to her, Doctor. 33 00:01:30,341 --> 00:01:31,997 I don't want to cause her trouble. 34 00:01:31,997 --> 00:01:33,708 Danielle, you went to the police. 35 00:01:33,708 --> 00:01:36,003 Wouldn't you call that causing her trouble? 36 00:01:36,003 --> 00:01:39,004 Doctor, will you talk to my sister about the ring? 37 00:01:39,004 --> 00:01:41,567 Please, she'll listen to you. 38 00:01:42,484 --> 00:01:44,800 I'll do what I can. 39 00:01:45,624 --> 00:01:48,062 Larry, you got a personal call. 40 00:01:48,953 --> 00:01:51,184 Said he's a detective. 41 00:01:53,131 --> 00:01:55,559 This is Larry Belling. 42 00:01:55,835 --> 00:01:59,538 Hello? Hello. 43 00:02:19,845 --> 00:02:21,602 Hey, watch out! 44 00:02:33,385 --> 00:02:37,594 Call 911! They ran her over! Three of'em! I saw 'em! 45 00:02:37,594 --> 00:02:39,417 - What happened? - They killed her. 46 00:02:41,509 --> 00:02:44,523 ÀÚ¸·Á¦ÀÛ - NSC ÀÚ¸·ÆÀ (http://club.nate.com/tsm) 47 00:02:50,186 --> 00:02:52,474 ºó¼¾Æ® µµ³ëÇÁ¸®¿À (·Î¹öÆ® °í·» Çü»ç æµ) 48 00:02:57,067 --> 00:02:59,237 ij¾²¸° ¾îºê (¾Ë·º»êµå♪ó ÀÓÁî Çü»ç æµ) 49 00:03:03,294 --> 00:03:05,650 Á¦ÀÌ¹Ì ½¦¸®´ø (Á¦ÀÓ½º µðŲ½º °æ°¨ æµ) 50 00:03:08,588 --> 00:03:10,679 ÄÚÆ®´Ï B. ¹ê½º (·Ð Ä«¹ö °Ë»çº¸ æµ) 51 00:03:11,025 --> 00:03:12,808 ÀÚ¸·ÆíÁý/½ÌÅ© ¼Û¹ÌÇý(smh8119@nate.com) 52 00:03:13,137 --> 00:03:14,720 Çѱ۹ø¿ª (http://club.nate.com/tsm) 53 00:03:15,890 --> 00:03:19,826 Law & Order CI 3x20. D.A.W 54 00:03:20,188 --> 00:03:22,686 ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON NBC: 2004/05/16 55 00:03:29,759 --> 00:03:32,131 One victim: Three hit-and-runs. Has to be a record. 56 00:03:32,131 --> 00:03:34,348 That's why we're here. Anybody get the license plates? 57 00:03:34,348 --> 00:03:39,324 No. First car tried to avoid her, but the other two swerved into her lane. 58 00:03:39,679 --> 00:03:42,571 Witness said they were goin' around a car in the intersection. 59 00:03:42,571 --> 00:03:46,043 There's vomit in her shirt. Probably happened before the impact. 60 00:03:46,043 --> 00:03:50,363 Train ticket: Baltimore-New York, four days ago. 61 00:03:51,234 --> 00:03:53,499 We got needle marks. 62 00:03:54,506 --> 00:03:56,878 They're healed... scarred over. 63 00:03:56,878 --> 00:03:59,979 - She hasn't used in a long time. - Until tonight. 64 00:03:59,979 --> 00:04:03,328 The vomit, the foaming... she overdosed? 65 00:04:03,328 --> 00:04:06,406 Fingernails on her right hand are broken off. 66 00:04:06,406 --> 00:04:09,944 The car that blocked the intersection... it came from the underpass? 67 00:04:11,594 --> 00:04:13,706 Fresh vomit here. 68 00:04:14,283 --> 00:04:16,495 It's a broken fingernail. 69 00:04:20,481 --> 00:04:23,851 The vomit, it-it fell in her shirt. 70 00:04:25,469 --> 00:04:31,568 She might've been sitting in a car on the passenger side when she was overdosing. 71 00:04:32,804 --> 00:04:35,305 She tried to get out. 72 00:04:36,230 --> 00:04:39,765 She broke her nails grabbing at the door latch. 73 00:04:39,765 --> 00:04:44,170 She gets out, throws up, wanders into the street. 74 00:04:44,170 --> 00:04:46,250 If she was in a car, 75 00:04:47,528 --> 00:04:49,933 it could be the same one in the intersection. 76 00:04:49,933 --> 00:04:51,590 Detectives. 77 00:04:51,712 --> 00:04:55,003 One of the hit-and-run drivers turned himself in. 78 00:04:55,580 --> 00:05:01,042 I thought I had run over an animal or a garbage bag. 79 00:05:01,042 --> 00:05:04,966 I just... The guy in front of me had already run over it. 80 00:05:04,966 --> 00:05:07,595 And in that neighborhood, l... 81 00:05:07,748 --> 00:05:09,318 You didn't wanna stop and check. 82 00:05:09,318 --> 00:05:11,680 Well, no. I didn't. 83 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:17,163 So you swerved into the right lane to avoid hitting a car in the intersection. 84 00:05:17,163 --> 00:05:18,495 Yes. 85 00:05:18,495 --> 00:05:19,962 Was this car moving? 86 00:05:19,962 --> 00:05:22,116 No. I saw it from a distance. 87 00:05:22,116 --> 00:05:23,945 It was a dark-colored car, 88 00:05:23,945 --> 00:05:27,028 and it had nosed into the left lane... 89 00:05:27,028 --> 00:05:29,057 and just stopped for no reason. 90 00:05:29,057 --> 00:05:32,551 It just stopped... for no reason. 91 00:05:32,551 --> 00:05:34,422 Yes. 92 00:05:35,539 --> 00:05:38,487 And then, I had to go around it. 93 00:05:41,106 --> 00:05:44,003 All right, Mr. Lafond. We're done with you. 94 00:05:44,003 --> 00:05:48,320 The Accident Investigation Unit will want to talk to you. 95 00:05:55,969 --> 00:05:58,389 The first impact, uh, 96 00:05:58,910 --> 00:06:01,996 it didn't... kill her. 97 00:06:03,820 --> 00:06:07,736 The other cars... might have avoided her... 98 00:06:07,736 --> 00:06:11,586 if this car hadn't blocked the left lane. 99 00:06:12,197 --> 00:06:14,322 But it just sat there... 100 00:06:15,944 --> 00:06:19,614 to make sure that she got hit. 101 00:06:21,206 --> 00:06:24,888 The M.E. Found a fresh needle mark on the left side of her abdomen, 102 00:06:24,888 --> 00:06:28,027 not the obvious place for a junkie to shoot up. 103 00:06:28,027 --> 00:06:32,395 But somebody sitting next to her, they might have put the needle into her. 104 00:06:34,268 --> 00:06:37,787 Maybe they tried to kill her with an overdose. 105 00:06:37,953 --> 00:06:42,448 She got away, and they made sure the traffic got her. 106 00:06:43,116 --> 00:06:45,511 Baltimore P.D. Got a hit on the prints. 107 00:06:45,511 --> 00:06:48,904 Danielle Pearce, 32, part-time schoolteacher. 108 00:06:48,904 --> 00:06:51,747 She had a drug beef two years ago. Her mother lives uptown. 109 00:06:51,747 --> 00:06:53,210 Detective. 110 00:06:54,133 --> 00:06:56,280 It's the tox report. 111 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:58,688 Positive for heroin. 112 00:07:00,761 --> 00:07:02,964 APARTMENT OF JANETTE PEARCE 157 WEST 133RD STREET THURSDAY, APRIL 8 113 00:07:02,964 --> 00:07:04,688 They had the wake three days ago. 114 00:07:04,688 --> 00:07:05,927 They were supposed to have everything... 115 00:07:05,927 --> 00:07:08,506 packed up and cleared out by the end of next week. 116 00:07:08,506 --> 00:07:11,212 You pretty much see everything that goes on around here. 117 00:07:11,212 --> 00:07:12,506 Yes, I do. 118 00:07:12,506 --> 00:07:14,129 Did you see the younger daughter yesterday? 119 00:07:14,129 --> 00:07:17,847 Yes. Her and her sister, out on the landing. 120 00:07:17,847 --> 00:07:19,544 Pretty much hear everything too, huh? 121 00:07:19,544 --> 00:07:24,640 Well, the younger girl was making trouble forJanette's fiance. 122 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,573 I don't know what. 123 00:07:26,573 --> 00:07:31,014 Mrs. Pearce ever say anything about this fiance? 124 00:07:31,710 --> 00:07:34,705 Well, she didn't think Lawrence was much of a catch. 125 00:07:34,705 --> 00:07:38,777 I mean, he's a car jockey in a parking garage. 126 00:07:39,041 --> 00:07:40,492 Thank you, Mr. Hawks. 127 00:07:40,492 --> 00:07:43,070 We'll check in with you before we leave. 128 00:07:44,317 --> 00:07:47,279 Looks like there was more searching than packing going on. 129 00:07:47,279 --> 00:07:50,572 That stack over there looks like Mom's jewelry... 130 00:07:50,572 --> 00:07:54,801 gold ring, pearls, the rest looks like paste. 131 00:07:58,152 --> 00:08:00,465 "Suzanne Belperron." 132 00:08:00,822 --> 00:08:03,688 She was a jewelry designer in the 1930s. 133 00:08:03,688 --> 00:08:05,775 This stuff is very valuable. 134 00:08:05,775 --> 00:08:08,126 This doesn't look like one of her pieces. 135 00:08:17,743 --> 00:08:19,871 But this does. 136 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:23,412 Somebody switched the rings in the box. 137 00:08:23,794 --> 00:08:27,468 Danielle, my sweet baby. 138 00:08:28,775 --> 00:08:31,967 Somebody must've done somethin' to her. 139 00:08:32,971 --> 00:08:34,775 She wouldn't get high. She was clean. 140 00:08:34,775 --> 00:08:36,809 She had been in a program... 141 00:08:36,809 --> 00:08:38,816 since last year. 142 00:08:40,039 --> 00:08:42,991 The super at your mother's apartment... 143 00:08:42,991 --> 00:08:47,074 said he heard you and Danielle talking yesterday. 144 00:08:47,074 --> 00:08:52,388 We had an argument over my mother's things. It's silly. 145 00:08:52,388 --> 00:08:55,331 The argument between you and your sister... 146 00:08:55,331 --> 00:08:58,112 was about a specific thing. 147 00:08:58,112 --> 00:09:01,795 A ring. We couldn't find it. 148 00:09:02,128 --> 00:09:03,819 Is this the one? 149 00:09:05,661 --> 00:09:07,219 Yes. 150 00:09:07,858 --> 00:09:11,731 It was my great-grandmother's 25th anniversary ring. 151 00:09:11,731 --> 00:09:13,638 The ring isn't worth much, 152 00:09:13,638 --> 00:09:15,837 just sentimental. 153 00:09:16,303 --> 00:09:20,484 All those... emeralds and rubies... 154 00:09:20,484 --> 00:09:23,028 it is very valuable. 155 00:09:23,028 --> 00:09:26,863 It was made by a well-known French designer. 156 00:09:27,115 --> 00:09:32,611 The super said that he overheard you say that Danielle was making trouble for Lawrence. 157 00:09:32,611 --> 00:09:36,221 She accused him of taking the ring. She's wrong. 158 00:09:36,221 --> 00:09:38,506 But she had a detective call him at work. 159 00:09:38,506 --> 00:09:40,386 And what did you say to the detective? 160 00:09:40,386 --> 00:09:41,858 Nothin; By the time I got to the phone, 161 00:09:41,858 --> 00:09:44,713 he had already hung up, and he didn't leave a name or a number. 162 00:09:44,713 --> 00:09:48,133 Uh, I'm sorry. How-How did you know he was a detective? 163 00:09:48,133 --> 00:09:51,414 He told my boss when he answered. 164 00:09:53,210 --> 00:09:55,428 Did Danielle say she went to the police? 165 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:58,447 Yes, to a precinct on Broadway. 166 00:09:59,557 --> 00:10:02,040 31ST POLICE PRECINCT 80 EAST 131ST STREET FRIDAY, APRIL 9 167 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,058 He had a pretty common name... no birth date, no social. 168 00:10:06,058 --> 00:10:09,310 I had his complaint on my desk this morning if you just give me a minute. 169 00:10:09,310 --> 00:10:12,314 Did you send a description of the ring to the N.C.I.C.? 170 00:10:12,314 --> 00:10:15,098 I was gonna get to that today. 171 00:10:17,728 --> 00:10:21,572 Maybe it was because you saw the tracks on her arm? 172 00:10:23,273 --> 00:10:26,444 You didn't actually write it up, did you? 173 00:10:27,466 --> 00:10:29,708 I thought the ring would just show up. 174 00:10:29,708 --> 00:10:33,261 - A $200 ring. - Try 30,000. 175 00:10:34,541 --> 00:10:37,035 That's a lot of money to put in the ground. 176 00:10:37,035 --> 00:10:38,257 Well, what do you mean, "put in the ground"? 177 00:10:38,257 --> 00:10:42,085 Well, she wanted to bury her mother with it. That was the most important thing to her. 178 00:10:42,085 --> 00:10:43,820 Maybe you thought you'd call Lawrence at work, 179 00:10:43,820 --> 00:10:46,175 shake him up, he'd cough up the ring? 180 00:10:46,175 --> 00:10:48,713 Young lady didn't even know where he worked. 181 00:10:48,713 --> 00:10:51,344 If somebody called him, it wasn't me. 182 00:10:55,095 --> 00:10:58,400 Well, the best thing about Sharm-el-Sheik is the wall diving. 183 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,018 Oh, and the fan coral's spectacular. 184 00:11:00,018 --> 00:11:02,641 There's tons of it in Belize. 185 00:11:02,844 --> 00:11:05,323 Have you thought of switching to nitrox. 186 00:11:05,323 --> 00:11:07,296 As a physician, I'd recommend it. 187 00:11:07,296 --> 00:11:09,001 I'll read up on it. 188 00:11:09,001 --> 00:11:11,116 How long have you been diving, Doctor? 189 00:11:11,116 --> 00:11:14,076 I got certified last year. 190 00:11:14,213 --> 00:11:17,100 Will you excuse me? I need to freshen up. 191 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:20,170 - Isabel? - Oh, yes. Excuse us. 192 00:11:22,945 --> 00:11:26,729 Well, it's been three months. You seem to be getting along well. 193 00:11:26,729 --> 00:11:31,244 Claudia, I'm so glad you introduced us. He is so smart. 194 00:11:31,244 --> 00:11:36,237 He's so selfless. You should see how much his patients appreciate him. 195 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,514 All these years, my wife's been your patient. 196 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:42,337 Glad we finally had the chance to meet, Doctor. 197 00:11:42,337 --> 00:11:44,807 Claudia's a terrific young woman. 198 00:11:45,230 --> 00:11:47,185 Yeah. I'm a lucky guy. 199 00:11:47,185 --> 00:11:50,534 But you should have seen her when she was 24. 200 00:11:54,608 --> 00:11:56,370 What was Lawrence's alibi at the time of the murder? 201 00:11:56,370 --> 00:11:58,945 He was at home... canoodling with his bride-to-be. 202 00:11:58,945 --> 00:12:01,349 As an alibi, it's not terrific. 203 00:12:01,349 --> 00:12:05,016 Let's go with it for now, and let's assume Danielle wasn't behind that call. 204 00:12:05,016 --> 00:12:08,074 Who was? Somebody who wanted to throw suspicion on Lawrence? 205 00:12:08,074 --> 00:12:09,659 It worked, far as it went. 206 00:12:09,659 --> 00:12:12,636 Maybe the ring isn't the reason why Danielle was killed. 207 00:12:12,636 --> 00:12:15,644 I found this in Mrs. Pearce's personal papers. 208 00:12:15,644 --> 00:12:17,766 It's a receipt from the funeral home... 209 00:12:17,766 --> 00:12:19,483 for a prepaid cremation. 210 00:12:19,483 --> 00:12:21,478 The old gal was planning ahead. 211 00:12:21,478 --> 00:12:22,752 She was on Medicaid. 212 00:12:22,752 --> 00:12:25,723 To qualify, she had to spend down her assets. 213 00:12:25,723 --> 00:12:27,866 That's what my mother had to do. 214 00:12:28,262 --> 00:12:31,352 One way is to prepay funeral expenses. 215 00:12:31,352 --> 00:12:35,879 Now, Danielle told the detective her mother was going to be buried. 216 00:12:35,879 --> 00:12:38,276 That's why she needed the ring. 217 00:12:38,276 --> 00:12:41,315 Cremation... she was in the way. 218 00:12:41,911 --> 00:12:44,766 Now, the name of the funeral home is right on that receipt. 219 00:12:44,766 --> 00:12:48,086 It's the Hemmerick Brothers on Clayton Powell. 220 00:12:49,148 --> 00:12:53,661 My secretary gave me the message that you wanted to inspect Mrs. Pearce's remains. 221 00:12:53,661 --> 00:12:55,452 They're right over here. 222 00:12:55,682 --> 00:12:58,622 They came from the crematorium just this morning. 223 00:13:02,072 --> 00:13:04,928 Can I ask what you're hopin' to find? 224 00:13:04,928 --> 00:13:07,412 Evidence of another murder. 225 00:13:12,292 --> 00:13:15,225 Here's a copy of Mrs. Pearce's death certificate. 226 00:13:15,225 --> 00:13:17,538 The cause of death was a stroke. 227 00:13:17,755 --> 00:13:21,080 One of the daughters was insisting on a burial, is that right? 228 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,976 Was anybody in particular pushing for a cremation? 229 00:13:23,976 --> 00:13:28,540 Mrs. Pearce had made her wishes known by purchasing the cremation contract. 230 00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:31,581 The doctor who signed the death certificate... 231 00:13:31,581 --> 00:13:33,994 Dr. Lindgard. Do you know who he is? 232 00:13:33,994 --> 00:13:36,097 I believe he's Mrs. Pearce's doctor. 233 00:13:36,097 --> 00:13:38,323 He was called to her home. 234 00:13:38,511 --> 00:13:41,911 Yeah. Since he determined... that she died of natural causes, 235 00:13:41,911 --> 00:13:46,668 the M.E. Would've signed off on the cremation... 236 00:13:47,033 --> 00:13:48,884 without an autopsy. 237 00:13:48,884 --> 00:13:51,591 If you want to avoid an autopsy, don't call 911. 238 00:13:51,591 --> 00:13:53,980 Call the family doctor. 239 00:13:54,905 --> 00:13:57,291 OFFICE OF DR. LINDGARD MANHATTAN HOSPITAL 361 EAST 66TH STREET TUESDAY, APRIL 12 240 00:13:57,950 --> 00:14:02,073 I saw her earlier that day. She complained of fatigue. 241 00:14:02,073 --> 00:14:04,627 I decided to change her medication. 242 00:14:04,627 --> 00:14:06,825 I told her I'd come back and sample her. 243 00:14:06,825 --> 00:14:08,415 "Sample her"...What does that mean? 244 00:14:08,415 --> 00:14:11,036 I brought her drug samples from my office. 245 00:14:11,036 --> 00:14:13,475 So, I called to say I was on my way, 246 00:14:13,475 --> 00:14:16,143 and when she didn't answer, I got concerned. 247 00:14:16,143 --> 00:14:17,747 I called for an ambulance. 248 00:14:17,747 --> 00:14:19,754 And then you found Mrs. Pearce dead? 249 00:14:19,754 --> 00:14:21,566 Her home care attendant was there. 250 00:14:21,566 --> 00:14:25,285 She'd been knocking on the door for 15 minutes or so she said. 251 00:14:25,285 --> 00:14:27,549 The super finally let us in. 252 00:14:28,703 --> 00:14:30,226 You diagnosed a stroke. 253 00:14:30,226 --> 00:14:33,866 How much of an examination did you perform? 254 00:14:34,050 --> 00:14:35,995 I didn't cut her open right there on the living room floor. 255 00:14:35,995 --> 00:14:39,764 I relied on 30 years of medical practice to make my determination. 256 00:14:39,764 --> 00:14:41,382 Any chance you missed something? 257 00:14:41,382 --> 00:14:44,024 No. It all made sense. 258 00:14:44,253 --> 00:14:47,704 - Because? - For the obvious reason. 259 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,682 Oh, I'll have a... a guess. 260 00:14:52,682 --> 00:14:54,429 Uh, she had a preexisting condition. 261 00:14:54,429 --> 00:14:56,584 Atrial fibrillation. 262 00:14:56,584 --> 00:14:59,458 Do you want me to explain what that is? 263 00:15:01,846 --> 00:15:05,078 It's an arrythmia. 264 00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:07,384 Isn't it? 265 00:15:08,002 --> 00:15:09,551 And the home care attendant, 266 00:15:09,551 --> 00:15:12,358 you didn't believe her story about knocking for 15 minutes. 267 00:15:12,358 --> 00:15:14,900 Who knocks on the door for 15 minutes? 268 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:17,990 Right. Who does? You have her name? 269 00:15:17,990 --> 00:15:21,196 Oh, it's probably in Mrs. Pearce's file. 270 00:15:23,669 --> 00:15:27,876 So, Detective, 10 rounds or 15? 271 00:15:28,387 --> 00:15:30,170 Your sidearm. 272 00:15:30,170 --> 00:15:31,577 Ten. 273 00:15:32,573 --> 00:15:33,923 Mm. Fifteen's too heavy. 274 00:15:33,923 --> 00:15:37,584 Hard to maintain proper control of your weapon. 275 00:15:37,584 --> 00:15:39,233 You're a gun enthusiast, Doctor? 276 00:15:39,233 --> 00:15:41,699 I find target shooting very relaxing. 277 00:15:41,699 --> 00:15:45,579 Really? Firing a weapon never has that effect on me. 278 00:15:45,704 --> 00:15:48,633 I'm surprised you have time for hobbies, Doctor. 279 00:15:48,633 --> 00:15:51,266 You have such a busy practice here at the hospital. 280 00:15:51,266 --> 00:15:52,927 And your house calls. 281 00:15:52,927 --> 00:15:55,787 I'll bet not many of your colleagues still do house calls. 282 00:15:55,787 --> 00:15:59,040 I devote two days a week to visiting my elderly patients. 283 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,479 I'm surprised your office isn't wall-to-wall plaques and awards. 284 00:16:03,479 --> 00:16:06,043 That's not what I'm about. 285 00:16:06,938 --> 00:16:09,320 Well, you're a dying breed, Doctor. 286 00:16:09,646 --> 00:16:11,333 Thank you. 287 00:16:13,271 --> 00:16:15,687 Well, of course I knocked for 15 minutes. 288 00:16:15,687 --> 00:16:17,559 Mrs. Pearce was hard of hearing, 289 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:19,483 and if she was in the bathroom... 290 00:16:19,483 --> 00:16:22,383 And once you entered the apartment, 291 00:16:22,585 --> 00:16:23,990 Dr. Lindgard, what did he do? 292 00:16:23,990 --> 00:16:27,204 Dr. Lindgard checked Mrs. Pearce for a pulse. 293 00:16:27,204 --> 00:16:31,124 I was about to call 911, but he said, "Don't bother." 294 00:16:31,124 --> 00:16:32,790 Did he call anybody? 295 00:16:32,790 --> 00:16:36,228 He got on the phone with Jonas Memorial Hospital. 296 00:16:36,228 --> 00:16:38,615 He kept telling me to wait. 297 00:16:38,615 --> 00:16:39,991 For what? 298 00:16:39,991 --> 00:16:44,564 He told the hospital he was canceling an ambulance he ordered. 299 00:16:45,866 --> 00:16:47,698 And that's why he wanted you to wait? 300 00:16:47,698 --> 00:16:49,104 It must have been. 301 00:16:49,104 --> 00:16:53,349 Because then he just sat down and started fillin' out forms. 302 00:16:54,645 --> 00:16:56,674 Jonas Memorial has a record of a call... 303 00:16:56,674 --> 00:17:00,019 canceling an ambulance run to Mrs. Pearce's address. 304 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:04,886 But no record of any ambulance being ordered in the first place. 305 00:17:06,955 --> 00:17:12,753 Well, the call to cancel was all for show... 306 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,276 to cover the fact that he never ordered an ambulance. 307 00:17:15,276 --> 00:17:18,068 Probably because Mrs. Pearce was already dead from the first time he saw her, 308 00:17:18,068 --> 00:17:20,400 maybe from malpractice. 309 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,755 A blowhard like him wouldn't want to admit he was incompetent. 310 00:17:23,755 --> 00:17:26,839 He might try to cover it up with a cremation. 311 00:17:28,655 --> 00:17:32,307 Mrs. Pearce's Medicaid records are consistent with what he told us. 312 00:17:32,307 --> 00:17:36,587 He diagnosed her with atrial fibrillation four months ago. 313 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:41,936 And then, there's the ring. 314 00:17:41,936 --> 00:17:46,982 He stole it. Probably to distract us from malpractice. 315 00:18:07,248 --> 00:18:09,177 Eames, look at this. 316 00:18:09,513 --> 00:18:12,716 The photograph was printed January 15. 317 00:18:12,716 --> 00:18:17,040 On the 23rd, Lindgard diagnosed her with atrial fibrillation. 318 00:18:17,836 --> 00:18:21,617 February 1, she signed up for prepaid cremation. 319 00:18:21,770 --> 00:18:24,740 He sees the ring. He lays the groundwork for a cause of death. 320 00:18:24,740 --> 00:18:27,070 And a means of disposing of the body. 321 00:18:27,070 --> 00:18:29,212 And I thought he was just incompetent. 322 00:18:29,212 --> 00:18:31,739 The certificate was notarized. 323 00:18:33,199 --> 00:18:35,743 Look at the notary's address. 324 00:18:35,743 --> 00:18:38,449 Lindgard's hospital. 325 00:18:38,633 --> 00:18:41,320 ACCOUNTS OFFICE MANHATTAN HOSPITAL 361 EAST 66TH STREET TUESDAY, APRIL 13 326 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:45,085 Oh, yes. That's me. I notarize all sorts of documents. 327 00:18:45,085 --> 00:18:49,047 Thanks to my notary's license, I meet so many nice people. 328 00:18:49,047 --> 00:18:51,068 Including Mrs. Pearce? 329 00:18:51,068 --> 00:18:53,410 Dr. Lindgard bring her in? 330 00:18:54,029 --> 00:18:57,460 Do you keep a notary book? Can we see her entry? 331 00:18:59,855 --> 00:19:03,367 February 1, here she is. 332 00:19:05,697 --> 00:19:10,355 Oh, uh, is that her thumbprint there? 333 00:19:12,554 --> 00:19:14,158 Yes. 334 00:19:14,158 --> 00:19:18,753 Oh, it doesn't have a scar. Mrs. Pearce had a scar on her thumb. 335 00:19:18,886 --> 00:19:21,296 This, uh, thumbprint has no scar. 336 00:19:21,296 --> 00:19:23,034 Oh, darn. 337 00:19:24,117 --> 00:19:28,559 Dr. Lindgard told me she was too sick to come to the hospital herself. 338 00:19:28,559 --> 00:19:31,310 It-It-It's never been a problem before. 339 00:19:31,310 --> 00:19:33,014 Before? 340 00:19:33,134 --> 00:19:37,321 You've notarized other cremation certificates for Dr. Lindgard? 341 00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:40,351 How many? 342 00:19:41,008 --> 00:19:45,643 Well, I've been here eight years, so... 343 00:19:50,478 --> 00:19:52,674 Claudia said she had fun the other night. 344 00:19:52,674 --> 00:19:54,976 Yeah? Well, her husband's a shrimp. 345 00:19:54,976 --> 00:19:57,565 Oh, Edwin. Don't be mean. 346 00:19:57,565 --> 00:19:59,413 Hope we don't have to wait too long for a cab. 347 00:19:59,413 --> 00:20:01,122 Thought we could walk. 348 00:20:01,122 --> 00:20:03,167 To Lincoln Center? I'm wearing heels. 349 00:20:03,167 --> 00:20:04,532 So, we'll take the subway. 350 00:20:04,532 --> 00:20:07,919 Edwin, you have to spend a little to get a little. 351 00:20:08,467 --> 00:20:10,863 Well, now that you mention it. 352 00:20:11,251 --> 00:20:13,527 I have something for you. 353 00:20:16,443 --> 00:20:19,873 Oh, my! Edwin, that's beautiful. 354 00:20:19,873 --> 00:20:23,159 All those emeralds and rubies! Ooh! 355 00:20:30,637 --> 00:20:32,799 Oh, nobody's ever given me anything like this. 356 00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:35,753 I designed that setting myself. 357 00:20:36,897 --> 00:20:38,618 Thank you. 358 00:20:41,589 --> 00:20:42,734 Isabel? 359 00:20:43,595 --> 00:20:46,233 Let's stay in tonight. 360 00:20:46,702 --> 00:20:50,321 I guarantee you a night to remember. 361 00:20:50,321 --> 00:20:54,383 I explained to you, Edwin. L... I'm just not ready to go that far. 362 00:20:54,638 --> 00:20:56,913 Not yet. / All right. 363 00:20:57,001 --> 00:20:59,073 No intercourse. 364 00:20:59,073 --> 00:21:02,903 Maybe just some oral pleasure. 365 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,832 Let's just go to the concert. 366 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:08,959 Please? 367 00:21:15,263 --> 00:21:20,191 All in, we found 673 prepaid cremations bought over the last 25 years... 368 00:21:20,191 --> 00:21:22,416 by Lindgard's patients with his help. 369 00:21:22,416 --> 00:21:24,469 Of those, a third are still alive, 370 00:21:24,469 --> 00:21:27,131 a third died in accidents or in hospitals... 371 00:21:27,131 --> 00:21:29,352 Then, there's the other third. 372 00:21:29,684 --> 00:21:31,887 All of them died at home. 373 00:21:32,023 --> 00:21:35,416 All of them had their death certificates signed by Lindgard. 374 00:21:35,982 --> 00:21:37,933 How many exactly? 375 00:21:39,373 --> 00:21:41,501 Two hundred and forty-eight. 376 00:21:42,365 --> 00:21:43,749 Has the M.E. Looked at this yet? 377 00:21:43,749 --> 00:21:45,394 No. But with all the victims cremated, 378 00:21:45,394 --> 00:21:48,022 it'll be tough making the true cause of death. 379 00:21:48,022 --> 00:21:51,434 And ifhe has the same M.O. He always has, 380 00:21:51,434 --> 00:21:55,918 he'll make sure there's always a witness to testify... 381 00:21:55,918 --> 00:21:59,500 that he checked the body for a pulse, did all the things a good doctor does... 382 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:02,659 He killed 248 people... 383 00:22:02,858 --> 00:22:05,775 just to pilfer their jewelry boxes? 384 00:22:06,083 --> 00:22:10,599 Or... he kills because he can. 385 00:22:13,486 --> 00:22:16,280 All the deaths were listed as strokes, 386 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,030 and all the victims had been diagnosed with heart conditions. 387 00:22:19,030 --> 00:22:21,563 All diagnosed by Lindgard. 388 00:22:21,726 --> 00:22:25,867 This guy was Johnny-on-the-spot, finding bodies, signing death certificates. 389 00:22:25,867 --> 00:22:27,631 Why didn't he set off alarm bells? 390 00:22:27,631 --> 00:22:30,169 Well, if he'd signed more than... four certificates a month, 391 00:22:30,169 --> 00:22:32,202 our computer would've flagged him. 392 00:22:32,202 --> 00:22:35,611 But ten, 12 a year, with credible diagnoses? 393 00:22:35,773 --> 00:22:38,987 Well, you wouldn't wanna leave any visible signs of violence. 394 00:22:39,262 --> 00:22:42,372 The method of death was probably a poison, 395 00:22:42,797 --> 00:22:44,003 maybe an opiate. 396 00:22:44,003 --> 00:22:47,833 he's a doctor in a hospital. He's got an embarrassment of riches to choose from. 397 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:49,587 Any way to trip this guy up? 398 00:22:49,587 --> 00:22:52,228 What about the Medicaid billings? Any inconsistencies? 399 00:22:52,228 --> 00:22:57,019 Well, one treatment for heart disease is drug therapy. 400 00:22:57,019 --> 00:23:00,539 But there's no record these people ever filled a prescription. 401 00:23:01,146 --> 00:23:04,476 That's in case anyone challenged his findings. 402 00:23:05,435 --> 00:23:09,573 He would have to document his victims' deteriorating heart disease. 403 00:23:09,573 --> 00:23:12,567 He'd have to doctor his patients' records. 404 00:23:13,702 --> 00:23:16,261 Dr. Lindgard wants you to wait until he gets back. 405 00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:17,861 He's a funny doctor. 406 00:23:17,861 --> 00:23:20,981 Is there anything you need to save off the computer before we, 407 00:23:20,981 --> 00:23:23,265 you know, yank the plug? 408 00:23:29,622 --> 00:23:33,456 What's that? Hmm? What, dinner invitations? 409 00:23:33,456 --> 00:23:38,764 A drug company asked Dr. Lindgard to host a dinner for the hospital's chiefs of staff. 410 00:23:38,764 --> 00:23:42,924 Dr. Lindgard is very highly regarded. 411 00:23:43,052 --> 00:23:44,736 Does he ever work on your computer? 412 00:23:44,736 --> 00:23:47,456 Dr. Lindgard knows more about computers than I do. 413 00:23:47,456 --> 00:23:51,356 One day he just sat down and mastered the entire system. 414 00:23:51,356 --> 00:23:53,484 One day? What inspired him to do that? 415 00:23:53,484 --> 00:23:56,568 Our whole system crashed four years ago. 416 00:23:56,568 --> 00:23:58,526 We lost all the patients' records. 417 00:23:58,526 --> 00:24:01,779 I had to reenter all the data by hand. 418 00:24:01,779 --> 00:24:04,013 Four years ago. 419 00:24:04,532 --> 00:24:06,019 Do you remember the month? 420 00:24:06,019 --> 00:24:07,994 Oh, July. 421 00:24:14,442 --> 00:24:18,450 Um, mid-July, after the 12th? 422 00:24:20,267 --> 00:24:22,747 APARTMENT OF ALFRED & VALERIE PERRET QUEENS, NEW YORK THURSDAY, APRIL 15 423 00:24:22,747 --> 00:24:25,225 I called my mom to see how she was gettin'along with the heat, 424 00:24:25,225 --> 00:24:26,582 and she said she was fine. 425 00:24:26,582 --> 00:24:28,314 And then later, we got a call to come over. 426 00:24:28,314 --> 00:24:31,108 Dr. Lindgard was there. He told us her heart gave out. 427 00:24:31,108 --> 00:24:33,750 You had a problem with Dr. Lindgard's diagnosis? 428 00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:35,448 No. With his attitude. 429 00:24:35,448 --> 00:24:38,279 He never actually came out and said she was dead. 430 00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:41,414 He was, uh, playing a little game. He made you guess. 431 00:24:41,414 --> 00:24:43,739 Yeah, that's right. He said something was wrong with my mother, 432 00:24:43,739 --> 00:24:45,603 and then I said, "Shall we call 911?" 433 00:24:45,603 --> 00:24:47,366 And then he said, "No, it's not necessary." 434 00:24:47,366 --> 00:24:50,707 - I asked him why, and he said... - He said, "For the obvious reasons." 435 00:24:50,707 --> 00:24:52,220 Yes. 436 00:24:55,053 --> 00:24:59,858 I see that your mother is wearing a Star of David around her neck. She was religious? 437 00:24:59,858 --> 00:25:01,778 Yes. 438 00:25:02,147 --> 00:25:04,953 - She would've wanted a burial. - Oh, of course. 439 00:25:04,953 --> 00:25:07,889 Our records show she prepaid for a cremation. 440 00:25:07,889 --> 00:25:10,274 Did this cause problems with Dr. Lindgard? 441 00:25:10,274 --> 00:25:12,058 He wanted us to go ahead with the cremation, 442 00:25:12,058 --> 00:25:14,044 but I wouldn't let Alfred do it. 443 00:25:14,044 --> 00:25:17,396 His mother got her religious burial. 444 00:25:17,396 --> 00:25:22,753 - Al, you wanna help me with this. - Sure. Excuse me. 445 00:25:23,742 --> 00:25:28,185 So, Dr. Lindgard was worried that if the body was ever exhumed, 446 00:25:28,185 --> 00:25:29,982 the autopsy would show that the cause of death... 447 00:25:29,982 --> 00:25:32,318 was inconsistent with what he had in her file. 448 00:25:32,318 --> 00:25:34,130 He had to delete her file, 449 00:25:34,130 --> 00:25:37,281 so he crashed his computer to cover it up. 450 00:25:37,281 --> 00:25:38,279 There's still the body. 451 00:25:38,279 --> 00:25:39,668 Which, according toJewish tradition, 452 00:25:39,668 --> 00:25:42,629 would've been buried without embalming in a plain box. 453 00:25:42,629 --> 00:25:47,085 Odds are there's not enough of it left for a tox exam. 454 00:25:48,311 --> 00:25:51,495 You think Lindgard knows the odds? 455 00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:57,626 Hiya, Doc. You goin'to the office or is this one of your Marcus Welby days? 456 00:25:57,626 --> 00:26:00,069 I'd prefer if you call me "doctor," and if you want to talk to me, 457 00:26:00,069 --> 00:26:01,712 call my office for an appointment. 458 00:26:01,712 --> 00:26:05,353 We just have a couple of questions about the patient records we took the other day. 459 00:26:05,353 --> 00:26:09,024 So does my attorney. He'd like to know when I can have them back. 460 00:26:10,204 --> 00:26:15,112 You don't like garages? Not at 600 a month. 461 00:26:15,112 --> 00:26:16,615 So, what are your questions? 462 00:26:16,615 --> 00:26:19,159 We noticed the patients whose death certificates you signed 463 00:26:19,159 --> 00:26:21,791 never billed Medicaid for prescriptions. 464 00:26:21,791 --> 00:26:24,605 That's because I sampled them, just like Mrs. Pearce. 465 00:26:24,605 --> 00:26:28,323 And where my elderly patients live, there aren't many pharmacies or they don't deliver. 466 00:26:28,323 --> 00:26:31,031 Anyway, at that age, it's all about care not cure... 467 00:26:31,031 --> 00:26:34,519 making sure they eat well, getting the right vitamins. 468 00:26:34,654 --> 00:26:36,703 That's how you get results. 469 00:26:39,039 --> 00:26:42,677 Prepaid cremations, is that another part of the Lindgard treatment? 470 00:26:42,677 --> 00:26:45,775 It's all done with the patient's consent. 471 00:26:45,955 --> 00:26:47,787 What's that? 472 00:26:48,220 --> 00:26:53,080 The Hudson Valley Bed and Breakfast Guide. 473 00:26:53,379 --> 00:26:55,082 Are you goin' on a weekend getaway? 474 00:26:55,082 --> 00:26:56,487 Not alone, we hope. 475 00:26:56,487 --> 00:26:58,202 She the one that gave you that tie? 476 00:26:58,202 --> 00:27:00,950 What makes you think anybody bought my tie? 477 00:27:01,418 --> 00:27:05,355 It's silk, right? Hermes? It's probably worth about $200. 478 00:27:05,355 --> 00:27:09,648 You won't even pay for a parking garage for your car. 479 00:27:14,147 --> 00:27:17,456 But you paid to have the car cleaned recently. 480 00:27:17,456 --> 00:27:20,093 Someone have an accident in here, maybe got sick? 481 00:27:20,093 --> 00:27:21,543 No. 482 00:27:21,543 --> 00:27:24,737 I have my car cleaned once a week. 483 00:27:26,438 --> 00:27:29,590 Look, is there anything else? 484 00:27:31,139 --> 00:27:33,264 Just one more thing. 485 00:27:33,264 --> 00:27:37,863 We noticed, uh, one of your patient's files missing from your computer. 486 00:27:38,101 --> 00:27:41,204 Mrs. Ruth Perret, she died four years ago. 487 00:27:41,204 --> 00:27:43,221 Oh, I lost all my files four years ago. 488 00:27:43,221 --> 00:27:46,545 Didn't my assistant tell you, computer meltdown? 489 00:27:46,545 --> 00:27:51,274 We exhumed the body last night. The M.E. Is doing an autopsy today. 490 00:27:51,274 --> 00:27:53,697 As I remember, Ruth Perret was Jewish. 491 00:27:53,697 --> 00:27:55,274 There was no embalming. 492 00:27:55,274 --> 00:27:57,156 Did you know they use a plain pine box... 493 00:27:57,156 --> 00:28:00,923 with holes drilled in the bottom to accelerate the decomposition? 494 00:28:00,923 --> 00:28:05,178 And after four years in the cold, wet soil of the cemetery in Queens, 495 00:28:05,178 --> 00:28:08,245 I can't imagine there'd be anything more than bones to work with, 496 00:28:08,245 --> 00:28:11,791 hardly enough to determine the cause of death. 497 00:28:18,066 --> 00:28:19,393 He called our bluff. 498 00:28:19,393 --> 00:28:22,578 We might as well have invited him to the exhumation. 499 00:28:22,922 --> 00:28:25,475 Maybe there's one base he hasn't covered. 500 00:28:26,451 --> 00:28:31,306 Well, Friday night, Dr. Lindgard and I saw a Moroccan film at Alice Tully Hall. 501 00:28:31,516 --> 00:28:34,516 - Then he walked me home. - What time did he leave here? 502 00:28:34,516 --> 00:28:36,615 Gosh, it was late. 503 00:28:36,615 --> 00:28:38,719 God, I don't remember the time. 504 00:28:39,350 --> 00:28:44,338 Is that the kind of man Dr. Lindgard is, he makes a woman forget the time? 505 00:28:44,926 --> 00:28:48,546 Well, it's obvious how much you like him. That was a beautiful tie that you bought him. 506 00:28:48,546 --> 00:28:50,087 For our three-month anniversary. 507 00:28:50,087 --> 00:28:51,684 What did he get you, somethin' nice? 508 00:28:51,684 --> 00:28:54,198 Jewelry? Maybe a ring? 509 00:28:54,935 --> 00:28:56,256 I don't think I have to tell you that. 510 00:28:56,256 --> 00:28:58,116 Is that because he went the cheap route? 511 00:28:58,116 --> 00:29:00,883 Makes you walk home, doesn't pay for a cab. 512 00:29:00,883 --> 00:29:03,190 He's careful. He has to be. 513 00:29:03,190 --> 00:29:05,637 He still has obligations to his ex-wife. 514 00:29:05,637 --> 00:29:08,802 He's not one of those millionaire doctors with rich patients. 515 00:29:08,802 --> 00:29:10,103 He works with poor people. 516 00:29:10,103 --> 00:29:13,187 Ms. Dawson, we understand your feelings for Dr. Lindgard. 517 00:29:13,187 --> 00:29:14,981 But he's not what he seems. 518 00:29:14,981 --> 00:29:19,089 No, he's kind. He's completely in tune with me. 519 00:29:19,089 --> 00:29:21,986 I don't have to explain myself to him. 520 00:29:21,986 --> 00:29:23,958 Explain yourself? 521 00:29:24,617 --> 00:29:28,064 You mean, that you're a recovering alcoholic? 522 00:29:29,096 --> 00:29:31,169 Twelve-stepper's Prayer. 523 00:29:31,169 --> 00:29:33,398 Dr. Lindgard, is he also A.A.? 524 00:29:33,398 --> 00:29:35,854 He doesn't have a problem with alcohol. 525 00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:37,167 Somethin' else? 526 00:29:37,167 --> 00:29:39,559 I'm sorry. I'm not getting into this. 527 00:29:39,559 --> 00:29:42,147 Now, please leave us alone. 528 00:29:46,358 --> 00:29:49,286 His girlfriend alluded to him having a substance abuse problem. 529 00:29:49,286 --> 00:29:51,197 The only thing we found dates from 30 years ago 530 00:29:51,197 --> 00:29:53,605 when he was working at a clinic up in Hopewell. 531 00:29:53,605 --> 00:29:55,382 He put a car in a ditch? 532 00:29:55,382 --> 00:29:57,126 They do a Breathalyzer or blood test? 533 00:29:57,126 --> 00:29:59,041 Just a Breathalyzer. He passed. 534 00:29:59,041 --> 00:30:01,960 But the following week, he resigned from the clinic. 535 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,178 Thank you. 536 00:30:03,966 --> 00:30:06,984 Pethidine. It's a synthetic opioid. 537 00:30:06,984 --> 00:30:09,764 The clinic in Hopewell said that Lindgard was overprescribing it... 538 00:30:09,764 --> 00:30:11,622 To patients who weren't receiving it. 539 00:30:11,622 --> 00:30:13,629 Let me guess. He was putting it up his veins. 540 00:30:13,629 --> 00:30:15,874 That's what they suspected, but they couldn't prove it. 541 00:30:15,874 --> 00:30:19,775 Call just came in to 911. Possible D.O.A. On 137 th. 542 00:30:19,775 --> 00:30:23,360 The address matches one of Lindgard's patients. 543 00:30:24,071 --> 00:30:26,254 - Where's the patient? - In the kitchen. She's fine. 544 00:30:26,254 --> 00:30:28,070 We got the call she was D.O.A. 545 00:30:28,070 --> 00:30:29,554 Yeah, that's how it came in. 546 00:30:29,554 --> 00:30:32,623 Lucky for her her doctor was in the building visiting another patient. 547 00:30:32,623 --> 00:30:34,785 The guy saved her life. 548 00:30:38,744 --> 00:30:42,586 Well, look who's here. Eames and Goren. Detectives. 549 00:30:42,586 --> 00:30:45,175 They probably thought you needed protection from me. 550 00:30:45,175 --> 00:30:47,759 - Why, that's silly. - Oh, of course, dear. 551 00:30:47,759 --> 00:30:52,603 Just an irregular heartbeat, nothing more serious than that. 552 00:30:54,903 --> 00:30:57,617 Smug bastard got us. 553 00:30:57,617 --> 00:30:59,773 This is better than pethidine. 554 00:30:59,773 --> 00:31:02,333 He's addicted to power now... 555 00:31:02,487 --> 00:31:04,604 over life and death. 556 00:31:08,046 --> 00:31:12,523 My office has received calls from a dozen community leaders... 557 00:31:12,523 --> 00:31:17,071 and public health advocates who think Lindgard is being unfairly targeted. 558 00:31:17,071 --> 00:31:21,595 Of course, if I could show them why their faith in him is... misplaced. 559 00:31:21,595 --> 00:31:24,798 He got rid of any evidence. He tampered with his computer records. 560 00:31:24,798 --> 00:31:27,007 What about the method of death? 561 00:31:28,385 --> 00:31:32,062 Uh, he used, uh, pethidine on himself. He's familiar with narcotics. 562 00:31:32,062 --> 00:31:33,822 It's probably the weapon of his choice. 563 00:31:33,822 --> 00:31:36,805 Where's he getting it... the hospital dispensary? 564 00:31:37,474 --> 00:31:39,544 There's no evidence of that. 565 00:31:40,515 --> 00:31:45,123 Well, then, until you do have evidence, stay away from Dr. Lindgard. 566 00:31:49,719 --> 00:31:51,419 You're not letting up on this guy. 567 00:31:51,419 --> 00:31:53,242 This is, uh, Lindgard's divorce decree. 568 00:31:53,242 --> 00:31:57,437 He's been paying alimony to his ex-wife for 25 years. 569 00:31:57,598 --> 00:32:03,066 But he hasn't, uh, claimed the alimony as a deduction on his taxes. 570 00:32:03,066 --> 00:32:05,969 Which means she doesn't have to pay taxes on it. 571 00:32:06,365 --> 00:32:08,237 Heck of a nice gift. 572 00:32:08,237 --> 00:32:09,597 What did she do to deserve that? 573 00:32:09,597 --> 00:32:12,579 Uh, the fact that, uh, 574 00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:17,209 she's a pharmacist might have something to do with it. 575 00:32:19,314 --> 00:32:21,692 C&B PHARMACY WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 576 00:32:21,692 --> 00:32:24,072 The subpoena's a final boarding call, Ms. Cruthers. 577 00:32:24,072 --> 00:32:28,458 Once we start our search, anybody not on the train'll be left behind. 578 00:32:28,458 --> 00:32:31,664 You were supplying your husband drugs... 579 00:32:32,095 --> 00:32:35,793 in return for a tax break on your alimony. 580 00:32:37,444 --> 00:32:39,650 Oh, God! 581 00:32:40,365 --> 00:32:42,154 How long have you been supplying him? 582 00:32:42,154 --> 00:32:43,516 Twenty years. 583 00:32:43,516 --> 00:32:46,383 Once a month, just enough for his personal use. 584 00:32:46,383 --> 00:32:50,617 "His personal use." He told you that he was an addict? 585 00:32:50,617 --> 00:32:53,275 And admit something's stronger than him? 586 00:32:53,275 --> 00:32:56,270 The great man's incapable of that. 587 00:32:56,410 --> 00:32:58,217 He was shooting up pethidine 30 years ago. 588 00:32:58,217 --> 00:33:00,506 It nearly cost him his life. 589 00:33:00,506 --> 00:33:03,543 Not that he'd admit any of it's his fault. 590 00:33:03,543 --> 00:33:04,375 He blames you? 591 00:33:04,375 --> 00:33:08,574 Me, his dead mother, even her visiting nurse. 592 00:33:09,559 --> 00:33:11,317 Oh, what did she do to him? 593 00:33:11,317 --> 00:33:14,697 When Edwin was a teenager, his mother died of cancer at home. 594 00:33:14,697 --> 00:33:17,282 He said the nurse came and gave her morphine every day... 595 00:33:17,282 --> 00:33:20,634 and taught him to use a syringe. 596 00:33:22,159 --> 00:33:25,269 I was about to give his mother an injection one day, 597 00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:28,572 and Eddie asked me if I'd let him do it. 598 00:33:28,572 --> 00:33:34,271 He was 16, and he really needed to feel that he was helping his mother. 599 00:33:34,271 --> 00:33:36,893 - So, I showed him how. - Her pain was severe. 600 00:33:36,893 --> 00:33:42,896 Oh, yes. Bone marrow cancer. In 1959, 601 00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:45,629 they just sent her home to die. 602 00:33:45,629 --> 00:33:50,008 I came by in the morning, before Eddie went off to school. 603 00:33:50,159 --> 00:33:54,661 He would've been up all night, watching her in her agony. 604 00:33:54,661 --> 00:33:57,256 He hadn't slept. He was afraid. 605 00:33:57,256 --> 00:33:58,760 Oh, I'll bet he was happy to see you. 606 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,266 Oh, yes. He was. 607 00:34:00,266 --> 00:34:04,587 Once, I had given her the injection, and-and she quieted down, 608 00:34:04,587 --> 00:34:08,841 he was able to get a little sleep before he went off to school. 609 00:34:08,841 --> 00:34:12,623 Was Mrs. Lindgard aware of what her son did for her? 610 00:34:12,623 --> 00:34:16,276 Oh, yes. That boy walked with the angels... 611 00:34:16,276 --> 00:34:18,923 as far as she was concerned. 612 00:34:19,066 --> 00:34:21,465 She had high hopes for him. 613 00:34:21,465 --> 00:34:23,522 Thank you, Mrs. Morse. 614 00:34:27,167 --> 00:34:29,043 I can't imagine... 16 years old, 615 00:34:29,043 --> 00:34:32,921 watching his mother suffer through the night for eight months. 616 00:34:33,191 --> 00:34:35,942 And then find relief in the morning. 617 00:34:35,942 --> 00:34:39,239 It's a scene that he can't stop reliving. 618 00:34:39,532 --> 00:34:41,625 His experience was about being powerless. 619 00:34:41,625 --> 00:34:44,095 He had no control over his mother's suffering, over life and death. 620 00:34:44,095 --> 00:34:46,441 Now he does, thanks to a loaded hypodermic needle. 621 00:34:46,441 --> 00:34:49,410 All we can do at this point is take the needle out of his hands. 622 00:34:49,410 --> 00:34:53,089 His ex-wife's testimony is only sufficient to yank his medical license. 623 00:34:53,089 --> 00:34:57,151 So then he goes into rehab and pops up somewhere else with a new license? 624 00:34:57,151 --> 00:34:59,115 No, if we wanna get him, 625 00:34:59,525 --> 00:35:04,125 his loss of power has to be complete... and public. 626 00:35:05,754 --> 00:35:08,882 We need to find a dinner invitation. 627 00:35:10,197 --> 00:35:12,050 Edwin? 628 00:35:13,712 --> 00:35:16,902 Go inside, Isabel. I'll be right with you. 629 00:35:19,864 --> 00:35:21,273 Meryl, what are you doing here? 630 00:35:21,273 --> 00:35:23,190 Your office told me where you'd be. 631 00:35:23,190 --> 00:35:27,514 The police came to the pharmacy to talk to me about you. 632 00:35:27,514 --> 00:35:28,629 What did you tell them? 633 00:35:28,629 --> 00:35:29,773 Nothing. 634 00:35:29,773 --> 00:35:32,371 But I had this at home to send to you. 635 00:35:32,371 --> 00:35:35,181 I don't want it around anymore. 636 00:35:35,181 --> 00:35:39,089 - I don't feel safe. - You're giving this to me here? 637 00:35:39,973 --> 00:35:43,069 This is very inconvenient. 638 00:35:43,201 --> 00:35:45,384 Good-bye, Edwin. 639 00:35:49,182 --> 00:35:53,128 I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge our host tonight, 640 00:35:53,128 --> 00:35:56,784 even though Appian Pharmaceutical is picking up the tab. 641 00:35:58,389 --> 00:36:03,052 Uh, sorry to barge in. We're here for Dr. Lindgard. 642 00:36:03,052 --> 00:36:05,118 Uh, Doctor. 643 00:36:05,896 --> 00:36:09,106 - We wanna see you outside. - You're ordering me? 644 00:36:09,106 --> 00:36:13,692 I'll-I'll talk to you when we have finished with our meal. 645 00:36:13,692 --> 00:36:15,733 All right, then, we'll do it here. 646 00:36:15,733 --> 00:36:18,202 Please stand up and empty your pockets. 647 00:36:18,202 --> 00:36:19,823 You've got no right to search me! 648 00:36:19,823 --> 00:36:21,779 You'd be surprised. 649 00:36:22,058 --> 00:36:23,779 What's that supposed to mean? 650 00:36:23,779 --> 00:36:25,740 Well, you like guessing games. 651 00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:26,828 Try guessin'. 652 00:36:26,828 --> 00:36:30,056 Okay, I'm calling my lawyer. 653 00:36:31,851 --> 00:36:37,413 What? Oh. Thanks. Well, that's not gonna do you any good. 654 00:36:37,669 --> 00:36:41,049 - And why is that? - The obvious reason. 655 00:36:41,049 --> 00:36:43,025 Probable cause, Doc. 656 00:36:43,025 --> 00:36:45,181 We arrested your ex-wife 20 minutes ago. 657 00:36:45,181 --> 00:36:48,059 She told us she gave you something. 658 00:36:52,074 --> 00:36:54,068 Could we continue this outside? 659 00:36:54,068 --> 00:36:57,789 Too late for that. Your pockets? 660 00:37:04,052 --> 00:37:07,040 This is what she gave me. 661 00:37:16,351 --> 00:37:18,862 - Oh, that's morphine. - What? What? 662 00:37:19,317 --> 00:37:21,382 She said she's been feeding your habit for 20 years. 663 00:37:21,382 --> 00:37:22,650 I don't have a habit. 664 00:37:22,650 --> 00:37:24,732 You got hooked on pethidine straight out of med school. 665 00:37:24,732 --> 00:37:25,355 You have no proof of that. 666 00:37:25,355 --> 00:37:27,388 - You kicked that habit and moved on to morphine. - That's slander. 667 00:37:27,388 --> 00:37:30,313 Damn it! I'm not a junkie! 668 00:37:30,313 --> 00:37:35,866 Ask anyone here. Ask Isabel. She knows me. 669 00:37:35,866 --> 00:37:39,379 Oh, Edwin's nothing like a drug addict. I mean, I would know... 670 00:37:39,379 --> 00:37:42,672 if he was. / Actually, if one can maintain their supply, 671 00:37:42,672 --> 00:37:48,386 then a morphine habit is very easy to hide. That's a lovely brooch, 672 00:37:48,386 --> 00:37:51,955 all those rubies and emeralds. 673 00:37:51,955 --> 00:37:53,987 But you say that you're not an addict. 674 00:37:53,987 --> 00:37:57,087 Then what are you gonna do with all this morphine? Where's it goin'? 675 00:37:57,087 --> 00:38:01,305 To my patients. I have elderly patients, 676 00:38:01,305 --> 00:38:03,897 many of whom are longtime heroin addicts. 677 00:38:03,897 --> 00:38:07,022 Quitting is out of the question. The withdrawal alone would kill them. 678 00:38:07,022 --> 00:38:09,819 So rather than see them spend their last dime on drugs, 679 00:38:09,819 --> 00:38:12,800 I decide to give them maintenance doses. 680 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,266 You decide to keep them hooked. 681 00:38:14,266 --> 00:38:16,968 Call it unethical, but it relieves their suffering. 682 00:38:16,968 --> 00:38:20,656 Like the visiting nurse who relieved your mother. 683 00:38:21,696 --> 00:38:25,815 That's where you get your... altruistic zeal... 684 00:38:25,815 --> 00:38:28,029 from watching her. 685 00:38:28,870 --> 00:38:31,501 You think you know me well. 686 00:38:31,973 --> 00:38:38,490 Yes. That's where I learned...what a godsend drugs are to a suffering patient. 687 00:38:38,629 --> 00:38:44,975 You know, we have his... patient list right here. 688 00:38:44,975 --> 00:38:47,451 Why don't you tell us which of your patients... 689 00:38:47,451 --> 00:38:51,676 get this, uh, godsent... morphine. 690 00:38:51,676 --> 00:38:55,804 You are entering an area of doctor-patient confidentiality. 691 00:38:55,804 --> 00:38:58,368 Handing out narcotics without a prescription isn't covered. 692 00:38:58,368 --> 00:39:01,160 Ask your colleagues. 693 00:39:04,190 --> 00:39:06,766 You know, the fact that you thought you could hide... 694 00:39:06,766 --> 00:39:11,283 evidence of your own addiction... when it's right there in the quality of your work... 695 00:39:11,283 --> 00:39:13,189 There's nothing wrong with my work. 696 00:39:13,189 --> 00:39:17,274 Your heart patients keeling over six months after you diagnosed them. 697 00:39:17,274 --> 00:39:21,892 - That's not unusual. - No, really, so many... 248. 698 00:39:21,892 --> 00:39:25,085 They were probably sick for years. You werejust too stoned to catch it. 699 00:39:25,085 --> 00:39:28,479 I told you those drugs were for my patients. 700 00:39:28,479 --> 00:39:30,790 - Drug addicts... - That's what their medical records will say. 701 00:39:30,790 --> 00:39:35,185 If we have a look, it's gonna say that they're drug addicts? 702 00:39:35,185 --> 00:39:38,071 It's back to you, Doc, you and your drug habit. 703 00:39:38,071 --> 00:39:43,544 You know, you fit the profile of a... workin'junkie. 704 00:39:43,544 --> 00:39:48,349 Negligent, incompetent... even steals from his patients. 705 00:39:49,629 --> 00:39:51,696 You know, I can't get over that brooch. 706 00:39:51,696 --> 00:39:56,098 That was the anniversary gift that Dr. Lindgard gave you, isn't it? 707 00:39:56,098 --> 00:39:59,554 - Do you know where he bought it? - He had it made. 708 00:39:59,691 --> 00:40:01,838 You said you designed the setting yourself. 709 00:40:01,838 --> 00:40:06,631 Wow. Healer, gun enthusiast, jewelry designer... 710 00:40:06,631 --> 00:40:10,857 There is nothin' that Dr. Lindgard can't do. 711 00:40:11,179 --> 00:40:15,607 Would you like to see where he got the stones for that brooch? 712 00:40:21,828 --> 00:40:25,798 This ring... four rubies, 713 00:40:26,426 --> 00:40:30,096 four emeralds... just like your brooch. 714 00:40:30,768 --> 00:40:35,885 Now he stole this ring from a woman whose wake you attended. 715 00:40:35,885 --> 00:40:38,924 The woman whose daughter was killed a day after she complained... 716 00:40:38,924 --> 00:40:41,383 about her mother's missing ring. 717 00:40:41,383 --> 00:40:44,002 - Isabel, don't... - You stole her ring. 718 00:40:45,470 --> 00:40:48,274 Then you strutted around her parlor... 719 00:40:48,274 --> 00:40:52,779 to show me how much her family admired you. 720 00:40:57,403 --> 00:41:00,141 You feel it slippin'away from you, Doc? 721 00:41:00,141 --> 00:41:03,777 Feel yourself, you know, losin' control? 722 00:41:04,413 --> 00:41:08,510 The ground shiftin' under you? 723 00:41:09,681 --> 00:41:13,904 It's familiar, isn't it, that panic growin' in your gut? 724 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:15,897 It's the same panic that you... 725 00:41:15,897 --> 00:41:19,519 you felt in the early hours of dawn... 726 00:41:19,765 --> 00:41:22,605 when your mother's pain was at its worst. 727 00:41:25,075 --> 00:41:29,578 Her body shuddering with spasms, and you couldn't stop it. 728 00:41:29,578 --> 00:41:31,955 Her fair-haired boy... 729 00:41:32,219 --> 00:41:35,566 she had all her hopes pinned on you. 730 00:41:36,378 --> 00:41:39,111 You couldn't control her disease. 731 00:41:39,741 --> 00:41:43,631 You couldn't spare her one moment of agony. 732 00:41:44,572 --> 00:41:47,288 Well, you're still that powerless boy. 733 00:41:47,288 --> 00:41:50,218 Your life is controlled by morphine. 734 00:41:50,802 --> 00:41:53,795 You can't even read a pulse. 735 00:41:54,732 --> 00:41:58,705 You're just a fumbling, preening... 736 00:41:58,705 --> 00:42:00,707 - god of medicine. - That's not true! 737 00:42:00,707 --> 00:42:02,763 Oh, come on.! Your patients dying... 738 00:42:02,763 --> 00:42:05,107 because of your carelessness, 739 00:42:05,107 --> 00:42:08,183 and you just stand there, mystified by it all. 740 00:42:08,183 --> 00:42:11,072 You're a victim of your own addiction. 741 00:42:12,326 --> 00:42:14,315 Impotent fool... 742 00:42:15,130 --> 00:42:19,890 people dyin' all around you, no reason why or when... 743 00:42:19,890 --> 00:42:21,971 - I decide when! - It's not up to you! 744 00:42:21,971 --> 00:42:24,897 I'm in control! 745 00:42:25,252 --> 00:42:29,142 I take their lives! I give them their deaths! 746 00:42:29,496 --> 00:42:34,836 I decide. I choose when. 747 00:42:34,979 --> 00:42:38,246 That's what the morphine's for.! 748 00:42:49,597 --> 00:42:53,470 - You don't get off that easily. - You're under arrest, Doc. 749 00:43:11,729 --> 00:43:15,429 He won't be walkin' with the angels anytime soon.