1 00:00:02,386 --> 00:00:04,979 In New York City's war on crime, 2 00:00:04,979 --> 00:00:08,118 the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives 3 00:00:08,118 --> 00:00:10,223 of the Major Case Squad. 4 00:00:10,223 --> 00:00:12,979 These are their stories. 5 00:00:49,282 --> 00:00:51,716 Let's go. 6 00:01:18,992 --> 00:01:20,946 See, I'm an architecture student at Madison, 7 00:01:20,946 --> 00:01:23,566 and I'm doing my thesison Mr. Laurette. 8 00:01:23,566 --> 00:01:24,929 He designed this house back in '76. 9 00:01:24,929 --> 00:01:26,185 I think you have the wrong address. 10 00:01:26,185 --> 00:01:27,632 No, no, this is definitely a Laurette. 11 00:01:27,632 --> 00:01:28,663 If I could just take a quick look... 12 00:01:28,663 --> 00:01:31,200 I don't think so. 13 00:01:32,010 --> 00:01:34,095 Uh, okay. 14 00:01:34,095 --> 00:01:36,426 I didn't mean to creep you out. 15 00:01:36,426 --> 00:01:37,264 This is my number. 16 00:01:37,264 --> 00:01:40,773 You can call me if you change your mind. 17 00:01:46,874 --> 00:01:51,428 This is a great design, Noah. 18 00:01:51,428 --> 00:01:54,578 Your vision's maturing, 19 00:01:54,578 --> 00:01:56,051 but I don't think I can help you. 20 00:01:56,051 --> 00:01:59,994 I just need enough to cover the cost. 21 00:01:59,994 --> 00:02:01,538 I don't have that kind of money. 22 00:02:01,538 --> 00:02:05,897 Yes, you do. I know you do. 23 00:02:05,897 --> 00:02:09,453 You're wrong, Noah. 24 00:02:09,453 --> 00:02:14,239 And I don't feel comfortable with this other complication. 25 00:02:27,947 --> 00:02:30,402 Noah Preston. 26 00:02:30,402 --> 00:02:33,495 Oh, that's great. Uh, when can l... 27 00:02:33,495 --> 00:02:35,374 Sure. Uh, sure, I guess that'd be okay. 28 00:02:35,374 --> 00:02:38,520 Uh, when can I come by? 29 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,843 Okay. Yeah, I'll be there. 30 00:02:57,379 --> 00:03:01,453 Oh, geez. 31 00:03:02,659 --> 00:03:06,631 Hang in there, buddy. Hang in there. 32 00:03:07,371 --> 00:03:10,771 ÀÚ¸·Á¦ÀÛ - NSC ÀÚ¸·ÆÀ (http://club.nate.com/tsm) 33 00:03:15,368 --> 00:03:17,544 ºó¼¾Æ® µµ³ëÇÁ¸®¿À (·Î¹öÆ® °í·» Çü»ç æµ) 34 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:24,211 ij¾²¸° ¾îºê (¾Ë·º»êµå¶ó ÀÓÁî Çü»ç æµ) 35 00:03:28,481 --> 00:03:30,845 Á¦ÀÌ¹Ì ½¦¸®´ø (Á¦ÀÓ½º µðŲ½º °æ°¨ æµ) 36 00:03:33,451 --> 00:03:35,842 ÄÚÆ®´Ï B. ¹ê½º (·Ð Ä«¹ö °Ë»çº¸ æµ) 37 00:03:36,980 --> 00:03:39,022 ÀÚ¸·ÆíÁý/½ÌÅ© ¹Úº´±Ù(dolnaru@nate.com) 38 00:03:39,022 --> 00:03:41,016 Çѱ۹ø¿ª (http://club.nate.com/tsm) 39 00:03:41,485 --> 00:03:45,187 Law & Order CI 3x01 Gemini 40 00:03:47,311 --> 00:03:49,888 ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON NBC: 2003/10/05 41 00:03:54,192 --> 00:03:56,996 He had his arm out like he was pointing to somebody, 42 00:03:56,996 --> 00:03:59,485 and he was trying to say something. 43 00:03:59,485 --> 00:04:01,714 You notice who came in just before him? 44 00:04:01,714 --> 00:04:03,652 Just people, you know, 45 00:04:03,652 --> 00:04:05,658 hurrying to catch trains. 46 00:04:05,658 --> 00:04:06,937 Okay, thanks. 47 00:04:06,937 --> 00:04:10,567 The detective will take your formal statement. 48 00:04:10,567 --> 00:04:12,816 We have Noah Preston, 25. 49 00:04:12,816 --> 00:04:16,548 New York State driver's license, library card... 50 00:04:16,548 --> 00:04:20,074 a man after your own heart. 51 00:04:20,074 --> 00:04:23,844 Eighty bucks, no credit cards. 52 00:04:23,844 --> 00:04:25,401 He traveled light. 53 00:04:25,401 --> 00:04:27,364 Very light. It's raining, 54 00:04:27,364 --> 00:04:30,058 he's not wearing a jacket. 55 00:04:30,058 --> 00:04:31,347 He's hardly wet. 56 00:04:31,347 --> 00:04:32,965 He wasn't outside long. 57 00:04:32,965 --> 00:04:34,803 Maybe a cab just dropped him off. 58 00:04:34,803 --> 00:04:36,279 A cab or his own car. 59 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,400 I didn't find any house keys on him. 60 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,444 They could be with his car keys. 61 00:04:41,444 --> 00:04:42,920 Round puncture wound. 62 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,877 Edges look ragged. No powder burns. 63 00:04:45,877 --> 00:04:47,523 Ink smudges. 64 00:04:47,523 --> 00:04:50,911 Faint. Looks like some kind of numbers or writing. 65 00:04:50,911 --> 00:04:56,029 Patrol found Preston's car half an hour ago over on 37 th. 66 00:04:57,417 --> 00:04:58,341 It was blocking a hydrant, 67 00:04:58,341 --> 00:04:59,897 so we called for a tow. 68 00:04:59,897 --> 00:05:02,019 Then we saw they took all the air bags. 69 00:05:02,019 --> 00:05:05,426 That's where the market is these days. 70 00:05:09,953 --> 00:05:12,571 There's blood drops on the seat. 71 00:05:12,571 --> 00:05:16,279 Looks like Preston was stabbed here. 72 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,260 The killer might have been in the passenger seat. 73 00:05:18,260 --> 00:05:19,437 Maybe Preston picked up 74 00:05:19,437 --> 00:05:22,522 some short-term companionship and got played. 75 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:24,606 They stabbed him and stole his car. 76 00:05:24,606 --> 00:05:26,392 Or there were two crimes 77 00:05:26,392 --> 00:05:28,969 and two unrelated perps. 78 00:05:28,969 --> 00:05:31,792 One stabs Preston. 79 00:05:31,792 --> 00:05:34,416 He follows his assailant into the station. 80 00:05:34,416 --> 00:05:35,892 Someone else 81 00:05:35,892 --> 00:05:41,099 sees the car idling on the curb and steals it. 82 00:05:42,571 --> 00:05:45,471 Well, I told him. 83 00:05:45,471 --> 00:05:46,231 Yeah? What did he say? 84 00:05:46,231 --> 00:05:47,382 He gave me a big hug. 85 00:05:47,382 --> 00:05:49,810 He said it was a great thing I was doing for my sister. 86 00:05:49,810 --> 00:05:52,239 And he said when the time comes, 87 00:05:52,239 --> 00:05:55,363 he'll hook you up with a temporary partner. 88 00:05:55,363 --> 00:05:57,877 Oh, no. I didn't even think of that. 89 00:05:57,877 --> 00:05:58,864 Well, what did you say? 90 00:05:58,864 --> 00:06:00,622 I pity the fool. 91 00:06:00,622 --> 00:06:01,813 How about our gal, huh? 92 00:06:01,813 --> 00:06:04,139 Surrogate mom? 93 00:06:06,689 --> 00:06:08,740 What are those, nightclub stamps? 94 00:06:08,740 --> 00:06:10,073 No. Preston had a habit of 95 00:06:10,073 --> 00:06:13,301 jotting notes on his hand. 96 00:06:13,301 --> 00:06:15,047 Some of these, they look like 97 00:06:15,047 --> 00:06:17,342 they could be calculations. 98 00:06:17,342 --> 00:06:18,711 Any luck finding the murder weapon? 99 00:06:18,711 --> 00:06:23,034 No, but we've got a pretty good idea of what it is. 100 00:06:24,975 --> 00:06:26,896 A Phillips-head screwdriver. 101 00:06:26,896 --> 00:06:28,206 The handyman killer. 102 00:06:28,206 --> 00:06:29,630 "Quoin." 103 00:06:29,630 --> 00:06:33,788 It's an architectural term for a cornerstone. 104 00:06:35,649 --> 00:06:39,563 Then the numbers are probably measurements. 105 00:06:40,425 --> 00:06:44,851 Could be an engineer or architect. 106 00:06:44,851 --> 00:06:48,847 Those guys love joining professional associations. 107 00:06:48,847 --> 00:06:50,824 Adler Architecture 23 Courtlandt Street Monday, March 31 108 00:06:50,824 --> 00:06:52,703 Either of you know what he was doing last night? 109 00:06:52,703 --> 00:06:55,684 I think he just went home on the West Side. 110 00:06:55,684 --> 00:06:56,658 I think he lived with a girlfriend. 111 00:06:56,658 --> 00:06:57,926 A girlfriend? 112 00:06:57,926 --> 00:07:00,184 I thought he was oriented the other way. 113 00:07:00,184 --> 00:07:02,127 I thought he lived in New Jersey with his wife. 114 00:07:02,127 --> 00:07:03,734 Is that his personnel file? 115 00:07:03,734 --> 00:07:06,238 Yes. 116 00:07:06,238 --> 00:07:08,706 Same mailbox address. 117 00:07:08,706 --> 00:07:12,385 No dependents listed on his tax form. 118 00:07:12,385 --> 00:07:13,953 No home or cell phone? 119 00:07:13,953 --> 00:07:15,222 How did you keep in touch with him? 120 00:07:15,222 --> 00:07:17,367 Oh, he carried one of the site phones. 121 00:07:17,367 --> 00:07:20,429 Noah's just a very private person. 122 00:07:20,429 --> 00:07:23,186 When we looked him up on the Architects Forum, 123 00:07:23,186 --> 00:07:26,141 we noticed he didn't have his license. 124 00:07:26,141 --> 00:07:27,575 Was there a problem with his work? 125 00:07:27,575 --> 00:07:29,632 No. He was extremely talented. 126 00:07:29,632 --> 00:07:31,757 He just never sat for the exam. 127 00:07:31,757 --> 00:07:35,082 I don't know why. I encouraged him to. 128 00:07:35,082 --> 00:07:36,150 Well, without his license, 129 00:07:36,150 --> 00:07:40,003 he couldn't strike out on his own. 130 00:07:40,003 --> 00:07:42,137 Did he have a lack of self-confidence? 131 00:07:42,137 --> 00:07:42,978 Uh, I don't think so. 132 00:07:42,978 --> 00:07:44,844 He was always working on his own designs. 133 00:07:44,844 --> 00:07:46,482 Any of them here? 134 00:07:46,482 --> 00:07:48,931 Um... 135 00:07:50,281 --> 00:07:54,711 No. This is just the usual stuff 136 00:07:54,711 --> 00:07:56,305 we do for the firm. 137 00:07:56,305 --> 00:07:59,041 Noah's designs were bold and grand. 138 00:07:59,041 --> 00:08:00,364 What about this? 139 00:08:00,364 --> 00:08:04,481 This isn't the usual stuff. 140 00:08:04,396 --> 00:08:07,336 It's, uh... It's an apartment. 141 00:08:07,336 --> 00:08:10,373 This molding on the door, 142 00:08:10,373 --> 00:08:12,475 l... I think I've seen that before. 143 00:08:12,475 --> 00:08:13,825 It's an Emery Roth building. 144 00:08:13,825 --> 00:08:16,534 Roth, Carrere and Hastings.1925. 145 00:08:16,534 --> 00:08:19,475 The Ritz Tower. 146 00:08:21,009 --> 00:08:22,643 Neat and tidy. 147 00:08:22,643 --> 00:08:26,111 Everything in its place and a place for everything. 148 00:08:26,111 --> 00:08:28,153 The mind of an architect. 149 00:08:28,153 --> 00:08:29,615 Every tool in that closet 150 00:08:29,615 --> 00:08:31,906 except a large Phillips-head. 151 00:08:31,906 --> 00:08:35,438 Our handyman killer was here. 152 00:08:35,438 --> 00:08:36,850 Well, that not be all he took. 153 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:39,241 It's the whole downtown. 154 00:08:41,882 --> 00:08:46,365 Then we have holes in the picture sequence. 155 00:08:46,365 --> 00:08:48,610 The killer might be in 156 00:08:48,610 --> 00:08:52,477 one of these missing photos. 157 00:08:56,888 --> 00:08:58,787 He was a cute kid. 158 00:08:58,787 --> 00:09:02,274 Nice-looking mom. 159 00:09:04,508 --> 00:09:06,142 No pictures of dad. 160 00:09:06,142 --> 00:09:07,732 Maybe this is why. 161 00:09:07,732 --> 00:09:12,056 It's a letter from Noah's professor at Madison. 162 00:09:12,056 --> 00:09:13,582 "Dear Noah,Your father asked me again to 163 00:09:13,582 --> 00:09:17,058 impress upon you the importance of taking your licensing exam. 164 00:09:17,058 --> 00:09:19,876 He's despairing you'll ever achieve anything." 165 00:09:19,876 --> 00:09:21,020 Stage dad. 166 00:09:21,020 --> 00:09:23,404 No wonder he took himself off the radar. 167 00:09:23,404 --> 00:09:26,081 There's also a notation in Noah's handwriting... 168 00:09:26,081 --> 00:09:28,287 "Call." 169 00:09:28,287 --> 00:09:31,410 There's a dollar sign next to it. 170 00:09:31,410 --> 00:09:33,880 He hit up his dad? 171 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:38,009 Or our friendly professor. 172 00:09:38,009 --> 00:09:39,835 This has become the most contentious 173 00:09:39,835 --> 00:09:41,970 piece of real estate in the world. 174 00:09:41,970 --> 00:09:44,498 I know the waters you have to navigate. 175 00:09:44,498 --> 00:09:46,785 You don't need a captain. 176 00:09:46,785 --> 00:09:48,257 You need an admiral. 177 00:09:48,257 --> 00:09:49,414 I can't predict 178 00:09:49,414 --> 00:09:51,521 what our final decision will be. 179 00:09:51,521 --> 00:09:54,787 I know the sentimental favorite is out of the running. 180 00:09:54,787 --> 00:09:55,536 I can't comment. 181 00:09:55,536 --> 00:09:57,010 Abby, the city, the country, 182 00:09:57,010 --> 00:09:58,873 wants a monument for the ages. 183 00:09:58,873 --> 00:10:02,603 I build for the ages! 184 00:10:04,118 --> 00:10:06,447 Jim had high expectations for Noah. 185 00:10:06,447 --> 00:10:08,076 Even after he moved to Miami last year, 186 00:10:08,076 --> 00:10:09,773 he wouldn't stop writing the boy. 187 00:10:09,773 --> 00:10:11,797 How'd you end up the go-between? 188 00:10:11,797 --> 00:10:13,781 By default. I knew Noah's mother. 189 00:10:13,781 --> 00:10:16,824 She was active in historical preservation. 190 00:10:16,824 --> 00:10:18,597 Noah was very close to her. 191 00:10:18,597 --> 00:10:20,764 Did he ask his dad for money recently? 192 00:10:20,764 --> 00:10:23,168 - No. - So it's you he asked? 193 00:10:23,168 --> 00:10:25,334 No. What gave you that idea? 194 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:29,230 Noah did.He made a note about it. 195 00:10:29,230 --> 00:10:32,300 Well, he never got around to asking. 196 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:33,243 Now, if you'll excuse me... 197 00:10:33,243 --> 00:10:34,986 It's kind of surprising 198 00:10:34,986 --> 00:10:37,697 that Noah would think that an associate 199 00:10:37,697 --> 00:10:39,444 professor would have that kind of 200 00:10:39,444 --> 00:10:42,284 spare cash lying around. 201 00:10:42,284 --> 00:10:43,629 What's that supposed to mean? 202 00:10:43,629 --> 00:10:46,131 Well, y-you don't have tenure, 203 00:10:46,131 --> 00:10:49,925 and you're supporting a wife and... 204 00:10:49,925 --> 00:10:53,249 well, I think littleJunior spit up on you this morning. 205 00:10:53,249 --> 00:10:55,578 What is this, creamed corn? 206 00:10:55,578 --> 00:10:56,935 I bet he has a sideline. 207 00:10:56,935 --> 00:10:58,746 I bet he recruits for 208 00:10:58,746 --> 00:11:01,073 prestigious architectural firms. 209 00:11:01,073 --> 00:11:02,134 That's overstating. 210 00:11:02,134 --> 00:11:04,971 Well, you are the man on campus, aren't you? 211 00:11:04,971 --> 00:11:06,728 Now, isn't that a... 212 00:11:06,728 --> 00:11:10,048 a violation of your professorial ethics, 213 00:11:10,048 --> 00:11:12,657 Professor? 214 00:11:12,657 --> 00:11:14,761 Noah had submitted a design 215 00:11:14,761 --> 00:11:16,391 with the downtown reconstruction committee. 216 00:11:16,391 --> 00:11:17,964 A design for a new tower? 217 00:11:17,964 --> 00:11:19,460 Yeah. 218 00:11:19,460 --> 00:11:20,423 He wanted my help 219 00:11:20,423 --> 00:11:23,430 if the design got to the next stage of the competition. 220 00:11:23,430 --> 00:11:25,328 How much help? 221 00:11:25,328 --> 00:11:30,168 For models, studies...about $50,000. 222 00:11:30,168 --> 00:11:32,372 And, what, you didn't like his design or... 223 00:11:32,372 --> 00:11:35,579 No. It was brilliant. 224 00:11:35,579 --> 00:11:38,006 My problem was with Noah. 225 00:11:38,006 --> 00:11:40,233 He said he had a silent partner... 226 00:11:40,233 --> 00:11:42,438 a licensed architect that he wouldn't name. 227 00:11:42,438 --> 00:11:46,190 And you're wondering if this silent partner really existed, 228 00:11:46,190 --> 00:11:48,155 why didn't Noah ask him for the money? 229 00:11:48,155 --> 00:11:49,794 Exactly. 230 00:11:51,047 --> 00:11:53,708 Now can I go? 231 00:11:56,302 --> 00:11:59,884 Maybe Noah didn't ask because he was freezing out his partner. 232 00:11:59,884 --> 00:12:02,518 Yeah, his silent partner... 233 00:12:02,518 --> 00:12:06,107 he didn't go quietly. 234 00:12:08,315 --> 00:12:11,279 The more we looked at the other designs, 235 00:12:11,279 --> 00:12:13,202 the more we came back to Noah's. 236 00:12:13,202 --> 00:12:14,279 But a kid just out of school, 237 00:12:14,279 --> 00:12:16,893 what kind of chance could he really have? 238 00:12:16,893 --> 00:12:19,647 That's the appeal, isn't it? 239 00:12:19,647 --> 00:12:22,951 That an unknown architect... 240 00:12:22,951 --> 00:12:26,961 with a breathtaking and heartbreaking 241 00:12:26,961 --> 00:12:30,660 design...commemorate a... 242 00:12:30,660 --> 00:12:36,121 a breathtaking, heartbreaking national tragedy. 243 00:12:36,121 --> 00:12:37,615 Like the... 244 00:12:37,615 --> 00:12:40,839 the young architect and the Vietnam Memorial. 245 00:12:40,839 --> 00:12:43,495 It's the best of what we're about. 246 00:12:43,495 --> 00:12:46,108 A design chosen on merit, 247 00:12:46,108 --> 00:12:47,428 not pedigree. 248 00:12:47,428 --> 00:12:49,364 We heard Noah had a silent partner. 249 00:12:49,364 --> 00:12:50,224 Yes. 250 00:12:50,224 --> 00:12:52,962 And since we don't know how to contact this person, 251 00:12:52,962 --> 00:12:55,796 we have to eliminate Noah's design. 252 00:12:55,796 --> 00:12:57,106 Can an architect submit 253 00:12:57,106 --> 00:12:59,194 more than one design under his own name? 254 00:12:59,194 --> 00:13:01,234 No. 255 00:13:01,234 --> 00:13:02,501 And you'd have no way of knowing 256 00:13:02,501 --> 00:13:04,721 if this silent partner... 257 00:13:04,721 --> 00:13:07,255 submitted a design under his own name? 258 00:13:07,255 --> 00:13:11,636 No. We wouldn't. 259 00:13:13,944 --> 00:13:15,746 The silent partner might've thought he was doing 260 00:13:15,746 --> 00:13:18,417 Noah a harmless favor until he found out 261 00:13:18,417 --> 00:13:23,225 Noah's design was about to ace out his own. 262 00:13:25,592 --> 00:13:27,426 Twenty designs in the semifinals, 263 00:13:27,426 --> 00:13:30,425 most with teams of architects... 264 00:13:30,425 --> 00:13:33,874 about 40 suspects in all. 265 00:13:34,430 --> 00:13:37,403 So, the killer might have stolen Noah's photos... 266 00:13:37,403 --> 00:13:39,937 because he was in them. 267 00:13:39,937 --> 00:13:42,632 If we could find out when the photos were taken, 268 00:13:42,632 --> 00:13:45,631 we could check for alibis. 269 00:13:45,631 --> 00:13:47,267 The light is... 270 00:13:47,267 --> 00:13:48,798 is coming from the east. 271 00:13:48,798 --> 00:13:51,218 You can see the shadows are short, 272 00:13:51,218 --> 00:13:52,654 so it's probably around noon. 273 00:13:52,654 --> 00:13:55,103 The newspaper boxes are all turned around. 274 00:13:55,103 --> 00:13:56,628 There's a bank on the right. 275 00:13:56,628 --> 00:13:59,098 What is that? 276 00:14:02,186 --> 00:14:04,996 Some guy dressed up like a big nickel? 277 00:14:04,996 --> 00:14:06,469 A bank promotion. 278 00:14:06,469 --> 00:14:07,451 Well, it can't be every day 279 00:14:07,451 --> 00:14:11,021 they have a giant nickel outside their bank. 280 00:14:11,021 --> 00:14:13,381 Office of Ben Laurette, A.I.A. 468 Reade Street Wendesday, April 2 281 00:14:13,381 --> 00:14:15,612 I've been down there a lot surveying the sites, 282 00:14:15,612 --> 00:14:19,341 but I don't remember any accident. 283 00:14:19,341 --> 00:14:21,568 Hit-and-runs happen very fast. 284 00:14:21,568 --> 00:14:23,713 Your secretary said you were taking photos that day. 285 00:14:23,713 --> 00:14:27,018 Maybe you caught something without realizing it. 286 00:14:27,018 --> 00:14:30,260 Anna, bring me the photo set for the second of this month. 287 00:14:30,260 --> 00:14:32,550 This is your design for downtown? 288 00:14:32,550 --> 00:14:34,246 Yes. 289 00:14:34,246 --> 00:14:37,448 Something about it that's familiar. 290 00:14:37,448 --> 00:14:39,843 It's familiar because it references my other buildings. 291 00:14:39,843 --> 00:14:41,061 Whether you like it or not, 292 00:14:41,061 --> 00:14:44,448 my work has entered your subconscious. 293 00:14:44,448 --> 00:14:46,453 Mm. And I thought it was last night's pot stickers. 294 00:14:46,453 --> 00:14:50,978 Lucky for me that I like your work, Mr. Laurette. 295 00:14:50,978 --> 00:14:53,894 This is the Shanghai Hotel. 296 00:14:53,894 --> 00:14:56,285 Yes. Ready for occupancy next summer. 297 00:14:56,285 --> 00:14:57,813 And the Berlin Concert Hall. 298 00:14:57,813 --> 00:15:00,918 A titanium roof in the shape of a violin. 299 00:15:00,918 --> 00:15:02,647 You have so many buildings, 300 00:15:02,647 --> 00:15:05,135 you could have your own city. 301 00:15:07,056 --> 00:15:08,518 The Gradowczyk proposal will be back 302 00:15:08,518 --> 00:15:10,616 from the printer tomorrow morning. 303 00:15:10,616 --> 00:15:13,107 Could you run it up to me in Litchfield? 304 00:15:13,107 --> 00:15:16,001 Yes, Mr. Laurette. 305 00:15:19,816 --> 00:15:22,409 Litchfield is where I live with my wife. 306 00:15:22,409 --> 00:15:24,080 We didn't realize you were married. 307 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:25,921 You don't have any pictures. 308 00:15:25,921 --> 00:15:27,289 I don't need pictures of Sara 309 00:15:27,289 --> 00:15:29,347 to remind me I am married. 310 00:15:29,347 --> 00:15:31,593 But during the week you stay in town? 311 00:15:31,593 --> 00:15:33,182 When I am in town. 312 00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:35,427 Half of the time, I'm on the road. 313 00:15:35,427 --> 00:15:36,887 My wife is a landscape designer. 314 00:15:36,887 --> 00:15:38,690 She prefers staying up there 315 00:15:38,690 --> 00:15:40,635 with her gardens and lawns. 316 00:15:40,987 --> 00:15:45,804 And you stay here with your "garden." 317 00:15:45,804 --> 00:15:47,440 She doesn't mind? 318 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:52,250 Twenty-eight years of marriage have earned me a little trust. 319 00:15:53,214 --> 00:15:54,709 Look. 320 00:15:54,709 --> 00:15:57,769 What, you... you found the hit-and-run? 321 00:15:57,769 --> 00:16:01,216 No. A murder victim. 322 00:16:01,773 --> 00:16:03,094 See this kid with a camera? 323 00:16:03,094 --> 00:16:04,304 That's Noah Preston, 324 00:16:04,304 --> 00:16:07,116 the young architect who died in Penn Station last week. 325 00:16:07,116 --> 00:16:08,618 I didn't even notice him at the site, 326 00:16:08,618 --> 00:16:10,518 not that I would have recognized him. 327 00:16:10,518 --> 00:16:12,112 That's what I couldn't put my finger on. 328 00:16:12,112 --> 00:16:14,991 Your design, it reminds me of Noah's. 329 00:16:14,991 --> 00:16:17,266 I inspire a lot of young architects, 330 00:16:17,266 --> 00:16:20,062 even to the point of plagiarism. 331 00:16:20,270 --> 00:16:23,613 What... What did they tell us?That it was... 332 00:16:23,613 --> 00:16:25,719 Well, his design was the sentimental favorite. 333 00:16:25,719 --> 00:16:27,910 And when the sentiment fades away, 334 00:16:27,910 --> 00:16:31,000 they run to the real thing, 335 00:16:32,962 --> 00:16:35,981 to the powerful vision. 336 00:16:35,981 --> 00:16:40,158 When you're done with the photos, just leave them there. 337 00:16:44,644 --> 00:16:49,983 I guess modesty isn't a required course in architecture school. 338 00:16:49,983 --> 00:16:51,608 I don't think that 339 00:16:51,608 --> 00:16:56,215 Laurette was wrong about Noah copying him. 340 00:16:56,215 --> 00:17:01,809 These last few photos that Noah took, 341 00:17:01,809 --> 00:17:04,954 they are taken from the... 342 00:17:04,954 --> 00:17:09,762 the same spot and from the same angle... 343 00:17:10,175 --> 00:17:12,770 Laurette took his. 344 00:17:16,211 --> 00:17:19,712 He stood in Laurette's footprints. 345 00:17:19,712 --> 00:17:25,172 Yeah. Maybe he did more than just stand. 346 00:17:27,092 --> 00:17:31,059 No record of any calls between Noah's office and Laurette. 347 00:17:31,923 --> 00:17:33,658 Noah was connecting with Laurette 348 00:17:33,658 --> 00:17:36,247 on a whole other level. 349 00:17:36,247 --> 00:17:40,995 That's a museum complex that Laurette designed in Barcelona. 350 00:17:40,995 --> 00:17:43,874 The layout...why does it look familiar? 351 00:17:43,874 --> 00:17:46,140 'Cause you've been there before. 352 00:17:46,140 --> 00:17:51,214 Noah used the same spatial relationships in his apartment. 353 00:17:51,214 --> 00:17:54,478 He was trying to live inside Laurette's head. 354 00:17:54,478 --> 00:17:56,460 Well, if he wanted to get inside Laurette's head, 355 00:17:56,460 --> 00:17:59,673 he needed more blondes in his life. 356 00:18:04,478 --> 00:18:06,332 You know, Laurette 357 00:18:06,332 --> 00:18:11,224 designed three homes in Bergen County. 358 00:18:11,224 --> 00:18:13,724 Noah didn't have any projects in Jersey. 359 00:18:13,724 --> 00:18:15,777 Here. 360 00:18:15,777 --> 00:18:18,130 It's a receipt from the Saddle River Building Department 361 00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:20,267 in Bergen County for blueprints 362 00:18:20,267 --> 00:18:23,719 of the Laurette homes. 363 00:18:25,517 --> 00:18:27,084 Jared will be coming down from Dartmouth 364 00:18:27,084 --> 00:18:29,437 next week with his new girlfriend. 365 00:18:29,437 --> 00:18:30,672 Another one? 366 00:18:30,672 --> 00:18:34,118 I didn't realize accounting majors were so lucky. 367 00:18:34,118 --> 00:18:36,771 He's hoping to spend a day with you in the city. 368 00:18:36,771 --> 00:18:39,687 I can't. I have to be in Chicago. 369 00:18:39,687 --> 00:18:42,506 Hello, Sara! Hello, Ben. 370 00:18:42,506 --> 00:18:43,949 Congratulations. 371 00:18:43,949 --> 00:18:46,646 Howard heard you were a shoo-in for the downtown project. 372 00:18:46,646 --> 00:18:50,008 I'm just happy the old dog's still in the running. 373 00:18:50,008 --> 00:18:52,254 Excuse me. 374 00:18:53,706 --> 00:18:55,324 Laurette here. 375 00:18:55,324 --> 00:18:59,015 Yes, I just got to Chicago an hour ago. 376 00:18:59,015 --> 00:19:02,993 I miss you too.How are you feeling? 377 00:19:02,993 --> 00:19:06,905 Just one more weekend, then I'll be all yours. 378 00:19:06,905 --> 00:19:10,661 Oh. The people I'm meeting just got here. 379 00:19:10,661 --> 00:19:12,644 I love you too. 380 00:19:12,644 --> 00:19:15,461 Bye. 381 00:19:16,892 --> 00:19:18,226 I'm not sure. 382 00:19:18,226 --> 00:19:19,542 People from the county office said 383 00:19:19,542 --> 00:19:22,037 he asked for directions to all the houses. 384 00:19:22,037 --> 00:19:24,163 A lot of people stop by to see the house. 385 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:25,738 Sometimes they wanna look inside. 386 00:19:25,738 --> 00:19:28,575 I hate to say no, but I don't like strangers in the house. 387 00:19:28,575 --> 00:19:30,237 Serves you and your husband right 388 00:19:30,237 --> 00:19:32,157 for buying such a famous house. 389 00:19:32,157 --> 00:19:34,157 I'm not married. 390 00:19:34,157 --> 00:19:36,969 We've seen the other two Laurette homes in the area, 391 00:19:36,969 --> 00:19:37,702 and they're a mess. 392 00:19:37,702 --> 00:19:40,973 This one's in original condition. 393 00:19:42,243 --> 00:19:44,368 What... What do you do for a living? 394 00:19:44,368 --> 00:19:45,961 I'm an archivist. 395 00:19:45,961 --> 00:19:48,346 I work from home. 396 00:19:49,596 --> 00:19:51,382 You must be doing well. 397 00:19:51,382 --> 00:19:52,694 It's a beautiful house. 398 00:19:52,694 --> 00:19:56,035 Can we see the rest of it? 399 00:19:58,018 --> 00:20:01,038 I guess strangers with badges aren't exactly strangers. 400 00:20:01,038 --> 00:20:03,000 This is incredible. 401 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,508 This is the original custom-made furniture, isn't it? 402 00:20:06,508 --> 00:20:08,650 Laurette designed it all. 403 00:20:08,650 --> 00:20:10,123 It came with the house. 404 00:20:10,123 --> 00:20:12,820 You kept Laurette's layout. 405 00:20:12,820 --> 00:20:15,584 The absence of personal effects... 406 00:20:15,584 --> 00:20:17,403 that's another Laurette touch. 407 00:20:17,403 --> 00:20:19,813 I didn't think it needed anything else. 408 00:20:19,813 --> 00:20:22,376 It's the way Laurette would have it... 409 00:20:22,376 --> 00:20:23,829 If Laurette lived here. 410 00:20:23,829 --> 00:20:27,622 That's my taxi. I have a doctor's appointment. 411 00:20:27,622 --> 00:20:30,253 Are you sure that we can't give you a ride? 412 00:20:30,253 --> 00:20:31,300 Oh, that's very kind of you. 413 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:33,832 I have a taxi service practically on retainer. 414 00:20:33,832 --> 00:20:35,351 I was just too nervous driving. 415 00:20:35,351 --> 00:20:38,371 You know how it is. You can never be too careful. 416 00:20:44,422 --> 00:20:46,129 New house, new car, 417 00:20:46,129 --> 00:20:48,842 all on an archivist's salary. 418 00:20:48,842 --> 00:20:52,189 You think Laurette's got himself a pregnant mistress? 419 00:20:53,801 --> 00:20:55,907 At least. 420 00:20:55,907 --> 00:20:58,884 See the window on the far side of the house? 421 00:20:58,884 --> 00:21:01,398 That's the master bedroom. 422 00:21:01,398 --> 00:21:05,147 It's a different design than the original. 423 00:21:05,147 --> 00:21:08,280 See, the sash has been cut out in the shape of a dome 424 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,626 surrounded by laurel leaves... 425 00:21:11,626 --> 00:21:13,732 to evoke the Taj Mahal, 426 00:21:13,732 --> 00:21:16,250 which was built by the maharajah 427 00:21:16,250 --> 00:21:18,376 in honor of his wife. 428 00:21:18,376 --> 00:21:20,123 This is a decorative detail that 429 00:21:20,123 --> 00:21:22,967 Laurette has used before. 430 00:21:22,967 --> 00:21:25,067 He used it... 431 00:21:25,067 --> 00:21:30,606 in the house that he built in Litchfield for his wife, Sara. 432 00:21:32,017 --> 00:21:35,344 "The Taj Mahal is the greatest monument to love ever built. 433 00:21:35,344 --> 00:21:37,318 And it's my way of letting people know 434 00:21:37,318 --> 00:21:39,831 I built this house for my wife." 435 00:21:39,831 --> 00:21:43,577 And he's done the same thing here. 436 00:21:44,439 --> 00:21:47,053 Ms. Breen isn't his mistress. 437 00:21:47,053 --> 00:21:48,825 She's his wife... 438 00:21:48,825 --> 00:21:51,681 his other wife. 439 00:21:54,458 --> 00:21:57,436 Meredith Breen is on the tax rolls as the sole owner. 440 00:21:57,436 --> 00:21:59,132 But we pulled the deed from the county 441 00:21:59,132 --> 00:22:02,132 and found a quitclaim signed by Laurette, 442 00:22:02,132 --> 00:22:06,128 giving up any claim he might have on the house as Meredith's husband. 443 00:22:06,128 --> 00:22:07,382 And the first wife? 444 00:22:07,382 --> 00:22:09,099 Sara. As far as we know, 445 00:22:09,099 --> 00:22:11,719 she's alive and well and living in Litchfield. 446 00:22:11,719 --> 00:22:13,029 Maybe they were divorced. 447 00:22:13,029 --> 00:22:14,622 Not that we could find in the New York 448 00:22:14,622 --> 00:22:16,791 or Connecticut records. 449 00:22:16,791 --> 00:22:20,988 Noah Preston was obsessed with Laurette. 450 00:22:20,988 --> 00:22:23,318 If he knew about his two wives, 451 00:22:23,318 --> 00:22:25,404 he might've tried to blackmail 452 00:22:25,404 --> 00:22:28,029 Laurette into being his silent partner. 453 00:22:28,029 --> 00:22:31,110 Before we condemn Mr. Laurette as a bigamist, 454 00:22:31,110 --> 00:22:35,553 make sure he didn't get a quickie divorce from his first wife. 455 00:22:37,798 --> 00:22:40,371 He might have called under some pretense... 456 00:22:40,371 --> 00:22:42,252 asking about your marriage. 457 00:22:42,252 --> 00:22:45,713 Our marriage? Humph. No secrets there. 458 00:22:45,713 --> 00:22:47,244 Twenty-eight years, two kids. 459 00:22:47,244 --> 00:22:49,815 We muddle through. We still love each other. 460 00:22:49,815 --> 00:22:51,759 That's nice to hear. 461 00:22:51,759 --> 00:22:54,310 His name was Noah Preston. 462 00:22:54,310 --> 00:22:57,328 Preston? He wrote me a letter two months ago. 463 00:22:57,328 --> 00:22:59,453 He said he was a student at Madison. 464 00:22:59,453 --> 00:23:03,225 He wanted to ask me about my influence on Ben's work. 465 00:23:03,225 --> 00:23:04,420 Then you talked to him? 466 00:23:04,420 --> 00:23:05,567 No. 467 00:23:05,567 --> 00:23:10,149 Ben likes to maintain a certain mystique about his process. 468 00:23:10,149 --> 00:23:13,934 The mystique of a solitary genius. 469 00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:16,342 Well, not all that solitary. 470 00:23:16,342 --> 00:23:18,831 He surrounds himself with young, attractive, 471 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:22,797 uh, architects. 472 00:23:23,584 --> 00:23:26,701 You noticed that, didn't you? 473 00:23:26,701 --> 00:23:28,156 It really doesn't bother you? 474 00:23:28,156 --> 00:23:30,464 Those little girls are no threat. 475 00:23:30,464 --> 00:23:34,562 Ben and I have teetered on the brink of disaster many times. 476 00:23:34,562 --> 00:23:35,895 We've survived it all. 477 00:23:35,895 --> 00:23:37,583 What kind of disasters? 478 00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:38,468 You name it. 479 00:23:38,468 --> 00:23:40,836 Architecture is feast or famine, 480 00:23:40,836 --> 00:23:45,153 even for someone with seven world-class buildings to his credit. 481 00:23:45,153 --> 00:23:50,026 Winning the commission for the downtown project will be a godsend. 482 00:23:50,026 --> 00:23:51,968 Oh, just for our information, 483 00:23:51,968 --> 00:23:54,748 was your husband here last Wednesday night? 484 00:23:54,748 --> 00:23:56,969 No. He was in Boston for a few days 485 00:23:56,969 --> 00:23:59,093 meeting with the Civic Planning Council. 486 00:23:59,093 --> 00:24:00,687 He goes every month. 487 00:24:00,687 --> 00:24:04,953 He's had one project or another there the last dozen years. 488 00:24:07,050 --> 00:24:08,691 The Boston Planning Council has nothing 489 00:24:08,691 --> 00:24:10,536 on the books about a meeting with Laurette. 490 00:24:10,536 --> 00:24:12,362 In fact, the last time they discussed a project 491 00:24:12,362 --> 00:24:15,194 with him was eight years ago. 492 00:24:15,194 --> 00:24:19,472 Yeah. Yes.Okay. Thanks. 493 00:24:19,472 --> 00:24:21,290 Credit card company is going to fax over 494 00:24:21,290 --> 00:24:24,516 Laurette's transactions from the last month. 495 00:24:24,516 --> 00:24:27,310 Sara Laurette has no idea who she's married to. 496 00:24:27,310 --> 00:24:28,945 She's right about feast or famine. 497 00:24:28,945 --> 00:24:31,864 He's had three bankruptcies on his record. 498 00:24:31,864 --> 00:24:34,758 I have to pay my bills the day they come. 499 00:24:36,110 --> 00:24:40,430 Well, some people can't function unless they're in a crisis mode. 500 00:24:40,430 --> 00:24:43,649 You know,they need the stimulus. 501 00:24:47,465 --> 00:24:52,111 All these charges are in the city or in Litchfield. 502 00:24:52,111 --> 00:24:54,472 These are for another card in Laurette's name, 503 00:24:54,472 --> 00:24:55,596 with charges in Bergen County. 504 00:24:55,596 --> 00:24:58,656 Must be the card Meredith uses. 505 00:25:02,491 --> 00:25:05,494 Oh, there's a third card under Laurette's name. 506 00:25:05,494 --> 00:25:07,267 All the charges are in Concord, 507 00:25:07,267 --> 00:25:09,405 outside of Boston. 508 00:25:11,509 --> 00:25:13,435 Right. My son had his soccer team over, 509 00:25:13,435 --> 00:25:15,928 and we charged pizzas on the card. 510 00:25:15,928 --> 00:25:18,075 The restaurant just gave you our address like that? 511 00:25:18,075 --> 00:25:19,403 Well, they didn't really have a choice. 512 00:25:19,403 --> 00:25:22,200 Are you a relative of Ben Laurette? 513 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,328 That's a silly question. 514 00:25:23,328 --> 00:25:25,960 I'm Benny's wife, Sydney Laurette. 515 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,410 That's our son, Jason. 516 00:25:28,410 --> 00:25:31,125 Oh. Well, I mean, we knew he was married, 517 00:25:31,125 --> 00:25:33,625 we just pictured someone, 518 00:25:33,625 --> 00:25:37,317 um... older. 519 00:25:37,317 --> 00:25:40,176 Well, you must be thinking of his first wife, Sara. 520 00:25:40,176 --> 00:25:43,031 Benny was already divorced when I met him. 521 00:25:44,260 --> 00:25:45,918 Are you involved in architecture? 522 00:25:45,918 --> 00:25:47,911 No. That's Benny's thing. 523 00:25:47,911 --> 00:25:49,593 That's why we clicked. 524 00:25:49,593 --> 00:25:52,660 He's able to get away from that world when we're together. 525 00:25:52,660 --> 00:25:54,650 We're looking into a stalking incident 526 00:25:54,650 --> 00:25:57,145 last week involving your husband. 527 00:25:57,145 --> 00:25:58,168 Was he here? 528 00:25:58,168 --> 00:25:59,519 Yes. 529 00:25:59,519 --> 00:26:01,743 He drove in from New York Wednesday morning. 530 00:26:01,743 --> 00:26:03,117 And Wednesday night... 531 00:26:03,117 --> 00:26:04,429 did he spend it at home? 532 00:26:04,429 --> 00:26:07,918 He went into Boston to meet with the Planning Council. 533 00:26:07,918 --> 00:26:09,342 Then he had to wait for some blueprints 534 00:26:09,342 --> 00:26:11,710 he was having delivered from his office. 535 00:26:11,710 --> 00:26:14,343 He was home shortly after midnight. 536 00:26:14,343 --> 00:26:16,023 Who's this stalker? 537 00:26:16,023 --> 00:26:18,564 It's an architect. Uh, Noah Preston. 538 00:26:18,564 --> 00:26:22,256 He was passing himself off as a student at Madison University. 539 00:26:22,256 --> 00:26:25,804 Oh. I got a call about him. 540 00:26:25,804 --> 00:26:27,116 A few weeks ago, 541 00:26:27,116 --> 00:26:28,863 someone from that school called... 542 00:26:28,863 --> 00:26:30,136 and said there was a kid 543 00:26:30,136 --> 00:26:31,517 claiming to be a student... 544 00:26:31,517 --> 00:26:33,208 who was contacting people to 545 00:26:33,208 --> 00:26:36,243 get information about Ben. 546 00:26:36,243 --> 00:26:41,446 Oh? And this person from Madison University, 547 00:26:41,446 --> 00:26:42,674 did they leave their name? 548 00:26:42,674 --> 00:26:44,156 No. 549 00:26:44,156 --> 00:26:45,242 But it was a woman. 550 00:26:45,242 --> 00:26:48,998 She said she was in their architecture department. 551 00:26:48,998 --> 00:26:50,900 No? 552 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:53,613 All right. Thank you very much. 553 00:26:53,613 --> 00:26:55,658 No one in the architecture department called her. 554 00:26:55,658 --> 00:26:57,822 They weren't even aware of what Noah was doing. 555 00:26:57,822 --> 00:26:59,806 Well, if Laurette wanted to know 556 00:26:59,806 --> 00:27:03,512 how much Noah knew about his marriages, 557 00:27:03,512 --> 00:27:08,010 then he might've had someone call Sydney...to see 558 00:27:08,010 --> 00:27:10,298 if she had been contacted by Noah. 559 00:27:10,298 --> 00:27:13,355 Who would he have gotten to make that call? 560 00:27:13,355 --> 00:27:17,615 One of his starstruck architecture divas? 561 00:27:17,615 --> 00:27:20,615 Or maybe another wife. 562 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,235 They showed me a photograph of this architect... 563 00:27:24,235 --> 00:27:25,300 Noah something. 564 00:27:25,300 --> 00:27:27,021 He was murdered last week. 565 00:27:27,021 --> 00:27:29,369 They wanted to know if he'd come to the house. 566 00:27:29,369 --> 00:27:32,311 They came by my office too. 567 00:27:32,311 --> 00:27:34,050 But what does he have to do with us? 568 00:27:34,050 --> 00:27:36,477 Did he wanna hurt you? 569 00:27:36,477 --> 00:27:38,937 Meredith, 570 00:27:38,937 --> 00:27:43,302 you know I love you and our baby. 571 00:27:44,797 --> 00:27:48,330 But I haven't always been an altar boy. 572 00:27:49,621 --> 00:27:52,724 Ben, altar boys are boring. 573 00:27:52,724 --> 00:27:55,234 I appreciate you saying that, but... 574 00:27:55,234 --> 00:27:57,786 I was thinking when you go to Boston next week, 575 00:27:57,786 --> 00:27:59,074 I'll go with you, 576 00:27:59,074 --> 00:28:02,288 and when you're done with your meetings, we could go to Nantucket. 577 00:28:02,288 --> 00:28:06,912 I'd feel guilty thinking of you moping around that hotel room. 578 00:28:07,494 --> 00:28:10,732 Well, I don't want you feeling guilty. 579 00:28:10,732 --> 00:28:14,727 We'll just have to make the most of our time here. 580 00:28:22,957 --> 00:28:25,122 We found blood on the driver's seat 581 00:28:25,122 --> 00:28:26,896 and on this part of the center console. 582 00:28:26,896 --> 00:28:29,692 No blood on the passenger seat. 583 00:28:29,692 --> 00:28:31,797 Noah was sitting here. 584 00:28:31,797 --> 00:28:33,186 The wound was here. 585 00:28:33,186 --> 00:28:36,957 If he was facing forward, there'd be blood on the dash. 586 00:28:39,166 --> 00:28:42,691 Maybe Noah's head was turned to the right 587 00:28:42,691 --> 00:28:43,985 when he was stabbed. 588 00:28:43,985 --> 00:28:46,248 There would be blood on the passenger seat. 589 00:28:46,248 --> 00:28:48,834 Yeah, unless... 590 00:28:48,834 --> 00:28:50,608 they had to put the seat back 591 00:28:50,608 --> 00:28:52,972 to get at the air bags. 592 00:28:52,972 --> 00:28:57,641 Maybe the seat was here. 593 00:28:58,481 --> 00:29:01,210 That's why there's no blood on the seat, 594 00:29:02,418 --> 00:29:05,543 but on the floor. 595 00:29:14,214 --> 00:29:16,400 We got blood here. 596 00:29:20,864 --> 00:29:23,496 There's not much room to sit up there. 597 00:29:23,496 --> 00:29:25,477 The killer had to be sitting back here. 598 00:29:25,477 --> 00:29:28,639 Noah was looking towards the killer. 599 00:29:28,639 --> 00:29:31,093 The killer swung the screwdriver, caught him in the neck. 600 00:29:31,093 --> 00:29:33,367 So the killer wasn't sitting in the front seat. 601 00:29:33,367 --> 00:29:35,663 Right. 602 00:29:35,663 --> 00:29:37,192 Because, uh, 603 00:29:37,192 --> 00:29:41,429 air bags are a hazard for pregnant women. 604 00:29:41,429 --> 00:29:46,091 Especially pregnant women who can never be too careful. 605 00:29:48,015 --> 00:29:49,995 If Noah blew the whistle on Laurette, 606 00:29:49,995 --> 00:29:52,284 his marriage to Meredith would be invalidated. 607 00:29:52,284 --> 00:29:54,008 His business would take a financial hit. 608 00:29:54,008 --> 00:29:56,031 She couldn't count on him for child support. 609 00:29:56,031 --> 00:29:57,449 Yeah, but a pregnant killer? 610 00:29:57,449 --> 00:30:00,394 She's the only one who lied about being married to Laurette. 611 00:30:00,394 --> 00:30:03,292 She had no reason to, except to protect his secret. 612 00:30:03,292 --> 00:30:06,066 Well, if Noah told her about the other wives, 613 00:30:06,066 --> 00:30:09,764 she was just trying to salvage what she could. 614 00:30:09,764 --> 00:30:13,228 But if she's known all along... 615 00:30:13,228 --> 00:30:16,574 that's the more intriguing possibility. 616 00:30:16,574 --> 00:30:19,858 Until you nail down her motive, I'm keeping Laurette at the top of my list. 617 00:30:19,858 --> 00:30:21,080 The classic questions. 618 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:25,133 What did Meredith know and when did she know it? 619 00:30:25,133 --> 00:30:27,101 Bergen County Clerk's Office Hackensack, New Jersey Mondya, April 7 620 00:30:27,101 --> 00:30:31,142 The local college invited Mr. Laurette to do a weekend seminar. 621 00:30:31,142 --> 00:30:33,384 They asked us to compile some records, 622 00:30:33,384 --> 00:30:35,724 but since Meredith was the archivist for the county, 623 00:30:35,724 --> 00:30:36,832 she got the assignment. 624 00:30:36,832 --> 00:30:39,505 That's how they met over some dusty papers? 625 00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:42,608 They weren't dusty by the time she got through with them. 626 00:30:42,608 --> 00:30:45,566 She compiled a detailed document... 627 00:30:45,566 --> 00:30:48,529 of all the time that Mr. Laurette spent in Bergen County. 628 00:30:48,529 --> 00:30:50,300 She had the whole thing bound in leather 629 00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:52,140 and then she even made a copy, 630 00:30:52,140 --> 00:30:55,579 which she then presented personally to Mr. Laurette. 631 00:30:55,579 --> 00:30:57,961 She'd done presentations before to local dignitaries, 632 00:30:57,961 --> 00:31:00,395 but never on this scale. 633 00:31:00,395 --> 00:31:02,596 This is the scale that would be needed to get Laurette's attention. 634 00:31:02,596 --> 00:31:07,010 Look, she even included a picture of Laurette and his wife, Sara, 635 00:31:07,010 --> 00:31:09,470 - in 1976. - Meredith always said that Mr. Laurette was a devoted husband, 636 00:31:09,470 --> 00:31:11,634 but I think she knew more about 637 00:31:11,634 --> 00:31:15,546 his personal life than he did. 638 00:31:15,546 --> 00:31:20,335 You know, we're gonna need to borrow this for our investigation. 639 00:31:21,199 --> 00:31:25,136 Uh, I'll just fill out some forms. 640 00:31:26,734 --> 00:31:30,407 The devoted husband with enough devotion for three wives. 641 00:31:30,407 --> 00:31:33,776 Sounds like Meredith went into this marriage with both eyes open. 642 00:31:33,776 --> 00:31:35,920 Best of all for her, 643 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,496 the rat was probably unaware 644 00:31:38,496 --> 00:31:41,627 she was onto his dirty little secrets. 645 00:31:41,627 --> 00:31:44,023 What fun she must have pushing his buttons. 646 00:31:44,023 --> 00:31:46,170 She pushed the biggest one with this. 647 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:47,763 I mean, a man turns 60, 648 00:31:47,763 --> 00:31:51,147 he starts thinking about how he's gonna be remembered. 649 00:31:51,147 --> 00:31:56,265 Who better to preserve his legacy than a trained archivist? 650 00:31:56,265 --> 00:31:58,839 The question is did she act alone or did Ben help her? 651 00:31:58,839 --> 00:32:00,965 He's still unaccounted for that night. 652 00:32:00,965 --> 00:32:04,920 Sydney, the... the wife in Concord, 653 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,940 she said that he was in Boston that night... 654 00:32:07,940 --> 00:32:11,166 waiting for blueprints to be delivered from his office. 655 00:32:11,166 --> 00:32:13,640 Well, maybe he was. 656 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,823 You remember how much Laurette likes personal deliveries. 657 00:32:17,823 --> 00:32:21,391 Right. The blonder the better. 658 00:32:22,110 --> 00:32:24,625 Mr. Laurette needed those plans for the Boston Planning Council. 659 00:32:24,625 --> 00:32:26,147 He couldn't wait for next-day delivery. 660 00:32:26,147 --> 00:32:28,156 No, see, your boss isn't doing any business 661 00:32:28,156 --> 00:32:31,634 with the Boston Planning Council. 662 00:32:31,634 --> 00:32:35,144 We think the business he had was with you. 663 00:32:35,144 --> 00:32:37,399 So what if it was? 664 00:32:37,399 --> 00:32:39,405 Did his wife put you up to this? 665 00:32:39,405 --> 00:32:41,265 Why would you think that? 666 00:32:41,265 --> 00:32:45,690 He's always this close from getting busted. 667 00:32:45,690 --> 00:32:47,308 It's almost like he does it on purpose. 668 00:32:47,308 --> 00:32:51,093 You can be sure that he does it on purpose. 669 00:32:51,093 --> 00:32:53,545 Well, aren't those nights with him 670 00:32:53,545 --> 00:32:56,407 more passionate...in those times 671 00:32:56,407 --> 00:32:58,442 when he nearly gets caught? 672 00:32:58,442 --> 00:33:01,812 Well, you can thank his wife for me. 673 00:33:01,812 --> 00:33:04,611 Because that night in Boston, after she called... 674 00:33:04,611 --> 00:33:06,117 His wife Sara called him? 675 00:33:06,117 --> 00:33:07,751 On his cell. 676 00:33:08,617 --> 00:33:13,044 Sounded like she was on her way up to Boston to surprise him. 677 00:33:13,044 --> 00:33:16,022 You heard his side of the conversation? 678 00:33:16,022 --> 00:33:17,241 Yes. 679 00:33:17,241 --> 00:33:19,572 He was sweatin' big ones to change her mind. 680 00:33:19,572 --> 00:33:23,774 He told her it would be 4:00 in the morning before she got in. 681 00:33:24,841 --> 00:33:26,484 What time was the call? 682 00:33:26,484 --> 00:33:28,260 Just after 10:00. 683 00:33:28,260 --> 00:33:29,561 Thank you, Ms. Spooner. 684 00:33:29,561 --> 00:33:32,602 The officer will show you downstairs. 685 00:33:37,315 --> 00:33:38,661 That alibis Laurette, 686 00:33:38,661 --> 00:33:40,756 but the call had to be Meredith. 687 00:33:40,756 --> 00:33:43,588 Yeah. She probably thought that he was with Sydney, 688 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:45,774 and she was toying with him. 689 00:33:45,774 --> 00:33:47,294 She called around 10:00. 690 00:33:47,294 --> 00:33:49,759 If she was driving, she'd be in Boston around 2:00 a. M, 691 00:33:49,759 --> 00:33:51,178 not 4:00. 692 00:33:51,178 --> 00:33:54,566 She had to be on the 12:00 train. 693 00:33:54,566 --> 00:33:57,692 She probably called from Penn Station. 694 00:33:57,692 --> 00:33:59,347 That puts her at the murder scene. 695 00:33:59,347 --> 00:34:01,128 Laurette will never admit she called him. 696 00:34:01,128 --> 00:34:03,597 He'd have to give up his precious secrets. 697 00:34:03,597 --> 00:34:07,677 Meredith might give them up for him. 698 00:34:09,356 --> 00:34:13,477 She thinks that she's the last stop on Laurette's train. 699 00:34:13,477 --> 00:34:15,778 She could be wrong. 700 00:34:15,778 --> 00:34:20,326 Well, we'd still need Laurette to give her up. 701 00:34:24,977 --> 00:34:27,287 He might... 702 00:34:27,287 --> 00:34:32,200 once he realizes exactly who she killed. 703 00:34:38,747 --> 00:34:40,765 The card worked fine yesterday. 704 00:34:40,765 --> 00:34:42,930 They want to talk to you. 705 00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:46,308 Yes? 706 00:34:46,308 --> 00:34:50,541 Yes, I'm aware Mr. Laurette has two other cards on that account. 707 00:34:50,541 --> 00:34:52,978 But... No, two other cards. 708 00:34:52,978 --> 00:34:55,252 Three total. 709 00:34:55,731 --> 00:34:57,816 What do you mean "a fourth card"? 710 00:34:57,816 --> 00:35:00,264 Where? 711 00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:03,673 Tell the client it's a privilege to live in one of my buildings. 712 00:35:03,673 --> 00:35:05,123 If he... 713 00:35:05,123 --> 00:35:05,925 Meredith? 714 00:35:05,925 --> 00:35:07,728 I'm sorry,Mr. Laurette. 715 00:35:07,728 --> 00:35:09,091 It's all right. Leave us alone. 716 00:35:09,091 --> 00:35:11,459 Richard, I have to call you back. 717 00:35:13,872 --> 00:35:14,902 Meredith. 718 00:35:14,902 --> 00:35:16,212 I was buying clothes for our baby, 719 00:35:16,212 --> 00:35:17,932 and they refused my card. 720 00:35:17,932 --> 00:35:20,239 And I found out why. There's another card on your account. 721 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:20,417 That can't be. 722 00:35:20,417 --> 00:35:23,318 There are a dozen charges all around Mount Kisco. 723 00:35:23,318 --> 00:35:25,722 Charges for lingerie, bed linens. Who is she? 724 00:35:25,722 --> 00:35:27,350 No one. I swear. 725 00:35:27,350 --> 00:35:29,189 Mr. Laurette,I'm sorry to disturb you... 726 00:35:29,189 --> 00:35:33,096 We're sorry to drop in on you like this. 727 00:35:33,096 --> 00:35:35,039 Well, what a surprise. 728 00:35:35,039 --> 00:35:37,144 So you know Mr. Laurette after all? 729 00:35:37,144 --> 00:35:38,246 I never said I didn't. 730 00:35:38,246 --> 00:35:39,456 What is it you want? 731 00:35:39,456 --> 00:35:42,703 Uh, it's in connection with Noah Preston. 732 00:35:42,703 --> 00:35:43,842 We found documents that show 733 00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:45,751 he was looking into some transactions 734 00:35:45,751 --> 00:35:47,673 you made up in Mount Kisco. 735 00:35:47,673 --> 00:35:50,268 I don't have anything to do with Mount Kisco. 736 00:35:50,268 --> 00:35:53,776 Look, we can get into that after Ms. Breen leaves. 737 00:35:53,776 --> 00:35:54,804 I'm not leaving. 738 00:35:54,804 --> 00:35:57,782 Well, this really doesn't concern you. 739 00:35:58,790 --> 00:36:02,360 Whatever concerns my husband concerns me. 740 00:36:03,488 --> 00:36:04,473 She's your wife? 741 00:36:04,473 --> 00:36:06,887 Yes, I'm his wife. 742 00:36:06,887 --> 00:36:08,023 The wife that you told us 743 00:36:08,023 --> 00:36:10,094 you've been living with for 28 years? 744 00:36:10,094 --> 00:36:12,481 If you mean Sara, he was married to her for 26 years. 745 00:36:12,481 --> 00:36:14,302 He divorced her before he married me. 746 00:36:14,302 --> 00:36:16,265 Why didn't you tell us you were married? 747 00:36:16,265 --> 00:36:20,484 Well, Ben is so well-known and I value my privacy. 748 00:36:20,484 --> 00:36:22,407 Now, what about these transactions in Mount Kisco? 749 00:36:22,407 --> 00:36:24,636 You husband bought a house there two months ago. 750 00:36:24,636 --> 00:36:26,146 That's not true. 751 00:36:26,146 --> 00:36:28,579 Uh, now, we had a look at it. 752 00:36:28,579 --> 00:36:30,417 There were new windows installed. 753 00:36:30,417 --> 00:36:32,649 Windows with a, uh, uh... 754 00:36:32,649 --> 00:36:34,090 a personal touch. 755 00:36:34,090 --> 00:36:36,834 The "Laurette touch." 756 00:36:36,834 --> 00:36:38,944 See? The sashes have been cut out. 757 00:36:38,944 --> 00:36:40,508 It... 758 00:36:40,508 --> 00:36:42,614 Well, It... 759 00:36:42,614 --> 00:36:44,932 it looks like the Taj Mahal. 760 00:36:44,932 --> 00:36:47,958 You have windows like these on your house in Litchfield. 761 00:36:47,958 --> 00:36:49,184 Yes. 762 00:36:49,184 --> 00:36:50,978 And come to think of it, 763 00:36:50,978 --> 00:36:54,528 you have windows like these too. 764 00:36:55,149 --> 00:36:58,454 This Taj Mahal design, 765 00:36:58,454 --> 00:37:01,863 uh, do you have any idea what it means? 766 00:37:01,863 --> 00:37:03,211 You son of a bitch! 767 00:37:03,211 --> 00:37:05,296 Meredith, it's not true! 768 00:37:05,296 --> 00:37:06,510 Then who's this? 769 00:37:06,510 --> 00:37:07,639 Why are you marrying her? 770 00:37:07,639 --> 00:37:08,845 Marrying her? How could he? 771 00:37:08,845 --> 00:37:10,457 He's married to you. 772 00:37:11,771 --> 00:37:14,182 Oh, that wouldn't stop him. 773 00:37:14,182 --> 00:37:16,249 He's got two other wives, 774 00:37:16,249 --> 00:37:18,425 Sara and Sydney. 775 00:37:18,425 --> 00:37:21,714 He's still married to them. 776 00:37:21,714 --> 00:37:23,904 You... 777 00:37:23,904 --> 00:37:25,238 You knew? 778 00:37:25,238 --> 00:37:27,041 Yes, I knew. 779 00:37:27,041 --> 00:37:28,702 And I didn't care, 780 00:37:28,702 --> 00:37:31,048 because I was the most important. 781 00:37:31,048 --> 00:37:32,970 Remember what you said? 782 00:37:32,970 --> 00:37:36,460 I was the only one you'd trust to be the guardian of your memory, 783 00:37:36,460 --> 00:37:39,115 of the legend of Benjamin Laurette. 784 00:37:39,115 --> 00:37:41,808 Well, here's your legend! 785 00:37:43,332 --> 00:37:44,335 Meredith! 786 00:37:44,335 --> 00:37:45,992 I'm getting a lawyer and I'm suing! 787 00:37:45,992 --> 00:37:48,161 Hey, hey, y-you can't leave now. 788 00:37:48,161 --> 00:37:51,000 Not when the cat's out of the bag, right, Mr. Laurette? 789 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,903 I don't have to explain myself to you. 790 00:37:52,903 --> 00:37:55,883 It's between me and the people I love. 791 00:37:57,703 --> 00:37:59,185 I couldn't divorce Sara. 792 00:37:59,185 --> 00:38:01,091 It would have broken her heart. 793 00:38:01,091 --> 00:38:02,194 And Sydney... 794 00:38:02,194 --> 00:38:04,557 I just couldn't say no to Sydney.And, 795 00:38:04,557 --> 00:38:09,145 Meredith, you are so devoted to me, to my work. 796 00:38:10,396 --> 00:38:14,782 Uh, we have proof of that devotion. 797 00:38:15,849 --> 00:38:20,088 Every step that you took that summer in 1976, 798 00:38:20,088 --> 00:38:22,968 Meredith documented in this book. 799 00:38:22,968 --> 00:38:26,743 Every meal, every liaison. 800 00:38:27,443 --> 00:38:29,919 And... 801 00:38:29,919 --> 00:38:33,010 this young woman here that you're sitting next to. 802 00:38:33,010 --> 00:38:36,052 She was staying at your hotel. 803 00:38:36,052 --> 00:38:37,308 You remember her name? 804 00:38:37,308 --> 00:38:38,111 Jane Ward? 805 00:38:38,111 --> 00:38:40,705 Yes, Jane. It sounds familiar. 806 00:38:40,705 --> 00:38:42,001 Yeah. You had a fling with her. 807 00:38:42,001 --> 00:38:43,844 I remember. 808 00:38:43,844 --> 00:38:46,680 Well, here she is in Meredith's book. 809 00:38:51,532 --> 00:38:53,358 I mean, how could you not be moved 810 00:38:53,358 --> 00:38:56,154 by Meredith's dedication? 811 00:38:56,154 --> 00:39:00,886 Now, here was someone who loved you. 812 00:39:00,886 --> 00:39:04,191 I mean, not for you... I mean, who needs that? 813 00:39:04,191 --> 00:39:10,398 Meredith loved the legend of you. 814 00:39:11,097 --> 00:39:14,913 The, uh... The master of... 815 00:39:14,913 --> 00:39:19,256 rising steel and glass. 816 00:39:19,256 --> 00:39:21,765 Meredith, 817 00:39:21,765 --> 00:39:24,169 I am sorry. 818 00:39:24,169 --> 00:39:26,152 Oh, don't be sorry for her. 819 00:39:26,152 --> 00:39:28,258 Knowing your secret gave her power. 820 00:39:28,258 --> 00:39:32,744 She was the tail wagging the dog. 821 00:39:33,769 --> 00:39:39,072 She would call you, wouldn't she, when you were at Sara or Sydney's? 822 00:39:39,072 --> 00:39:40,222 She tell you that she was on her way, 823 00:39:40,222 --> 00:39:41,606 she was gonna come see you? 824 00:39:41,606 --> 00:39:42,994 No, no. I never did that. 825 00:39:42,994 --> 00:39:44,448 How about a couple weeks ago... 826 00:39:44,448 --> 00:39:46,449 Penn Station,you were getting a train? 827 00:39:46,449 --> 00:39:49,490 I never called him from Penn Station. 828 00:39:50,251 --> 00:39:52,665 Is that right, Ben? 829 00:39:55,442 --> 00:39:57,769 Huh? 830 00:39:59,874 --> 00:40:01,837 It would've been right after she killed Noah Preston. 831 00:40:01,837 --> 00:40:02,762 What? 832 00:40:02,762 --> 00:40:04,560 After Noah showed up at her door, 833 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,114 she worried he might blow the whistle on you. 834 00:40:07,114 --> 00:40:10,339 So we think she visited him at his home, 835 00:40:10,339 --> 00:40:12,871 and then she asked him to drive her to Penn Station. 836 00:40:12,871 --> 00:40:14,061 She sat in the backseat, 837 00:40:14,061 --> 00:40:16,048 because you can never be too careful. 838 00:40:16,048 --> 00:40:18,093 After she stabbed him, 839 00:40:18,093 --> 00:40:20,113 she ran into the station and called you, 840 00:40:20,113 --> 00:40:21,778 played her little game with you. 841 00:40:21,778 --> 00:40:23,784 Don't listen to them. 842 00:40:23,784 --> 00:40:26,701 She had a right to be worried about Noah. 843 00:40:26,701 --> 00:40:30,068 He was fixated on you. 844 00:40:30,068 --> 00:40:31,898 Even his designs, 845 00:40:31,898 --> 00:40:34,044 they reminded people of your energy. 846 00:40:34,044 --> 00:40:36,882 He was an imitator of no consequence.! 847 00:40:36,882 --> 00:40:41,428 No, he was of every consequence to you. 848 00:40:42,578 --> 00:40:45,295 Jane Ward. 849 00:40:48,967 --> 00:40:53,047 You were her last fling as a single girl. 850 00:40:53,873 --> 00:40:56,258 A month after this photograph was taken, 851 00:40:56,258 --> 00:41:00,761 she married her fiance, James Preston. 852 00:41:00,761 --> 00:41:03,212 A few months later, 853 00:41:03,212 --> 00:41:07,154 she gave birth to a son. 854 00:41:07,154 --> 00:41:09,316 Noah. 855 00:41:12,011 --> 00:41:14,809 Your son, Ben, 856 00:41:15,897 --> 00:41:18,996 your creation, 857 00:41:18,996 --> 00:41:23,771 whose every design reflected you. 858 00:41:26,141 --> 00:41:28,771 Noah would've carried the Laurette style 859 00:41:28,771 --> 00:41:32,791 far into the 21 st century. 860 00:41:34,859 --> 00:41:37,229 Come on, Ben. 861 00:41:37,229 --> 00:41:39,317 Did she call you from Penn Station, Ben? 862 00:41:39,317 --> 00:41:42,051 Ben, don't. 863 00:41:44,786 --> 00:41:48,664 You... 864 00:41:49,182 --> 00:41:51,368 You... bitch! 865 00:41:51,368 --> 00:41:53,393 You killed him... 866 00:41:53,393 --> 00:41:55,090 my future! 867 00:41:55,090 --> 00:41:57,117 I'm carrying your future! 868 00:41:57,117 --> 00:41:59,263 That? 869 00:41:59,263 --> 00:42:02,307 I don't know what that is. 870 00:42:02,307 --> 00:42:05,631 But this was real. He was real. 871 00:42:08,691 --> 00:42:11,792 Yes, she called me from the station. 872 00:42:11,792 --> 00:42:15,406 She said she had a ticket for the 12:00 train to Boston. 873 00:42:15,406 --> 00:42:17,510 You filthy egomaniac.! 874 00:42:17,510 --> 00:42:19,233 Don't you get it? 875 00:42:19,233 --> 00:42:21,153 He would've ruined everything! 876 00:42:21,153 --> 00:42:23,013 You would have lost the commission! 877 00:42:23,013 --> 00:42:24,988 He would have won... 878 00:42:24,988 --> 00:42:26,850 my son! 879 00:42:26,850 --> 00:42:29,770 A Laurette would have won! 880 00:42:29,770 --> 00:42:32,821 Meredith Breen, you're under arrest for murder. 881 00:42:32,821 --> 00:42:34,946 Let's be careful. 882 00:42:40,004 --> 00:42:42,884 Mr. Laurette, 883 00:42:44,178 --> 00:42:47,593 you're gonna have to come downtown and make a statement. 884 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:50,887 Please. 885 00:43:01,279 --> 00:43:02,713 For a guy who likes chaos, 886 00:43:02,713 --> 00:43:05,611 he's about to get it in spades. 887 00:43:06,616 --> 00:43:09,963 Well, buildings may crumble, 888 00:43:09,963 --> 00:43:13,119 but infamy's forever. 889 00:43:14,955 --> 00:43:17,584 ÀÚ¸·Á¦ÀÛ - ³×ÀÌÆ® NSC ÀÚ¸·ÆÀ (http://club.nate.com/tsm)