1 00:00:01,102 --> 00:00:01,202 . 2 00:00:04,272 --> 00:00:07,208 [phone buzzing] 3 00:00:14,082 --> 00:00:17,051 [dramatic music] 4 00:00:17,085 --> 00:00:18,786 * 5 00:00:18,819 --> 00:00:21,555 [engine turns over] 6 00:00:21,589 --> 00:00:25,293 [tires squealing] 7 00:00:25,326 --> 00:00:27,561 - I need for you to stay back, ma'am, 8 00:00:27,595 --> 00:00:30,331 for your own safety. 9 00:00:30,364 --> 00:00:31,532 - Evan! - Stay back! 10 00:00:31,565 --> 00:00:33,401 Ma'am, stop! 11 00:00:33,434 --> 00:00:40,474 * 12 00:00:43,377 --> 00:00:46,347 [indistinct chatter] 13 00:00:46,380 --> 00:00:49,350 [sirens wailing] 14 00:00:49,383 --> 00:00:56,424 * 15 00:01:01,129 --> 00:01:04,232 [indistinct radio chatter] 16 00:01:04,265 --> 00:01:05,233 - No, he's my husband! - Stay here. 17 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:06,300 Ma'am. Ma'am, I-- 18 00:01:06,334 --> 00:01:08,669 * 19 00:01:08,702 --> 00:01:10,338 - What the hell happened? 20 00:01:10,371 --> 00:01:12,206 - The crane was lifting an I-beam, 21 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,442 and boom, the jib arm smacked into the building, 22 00:01:14,475 --> 00:01:17,278 takes out six floors just like that. 23 00:01:17,311 --> 00:01:19,413 Poor bastard, sitting in the car. 24 00:01:19,447 --> 00:01:20,448 That was all she wrote. 25 00:01:20,481 --> 00:01:22,850 [machine whirring] 26 00:01:22,883 --> 00:01:24,852 - Anyone else? - We're still looking. 27 00:01:24,885 --> 00:01:26,654 - Ma'am, for your own safety-- - He wasn't supposed to be here. 28 00:01:26,687 --> 00:01:28,456 - I need you stay back! - No, you're not-- 29 00:01:28,489 --> 00:01:29,857 - Ma'am. - Evan, stay with me. 30 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:31,659 - Officer! - [sobbing] 31 00:01:31,692 --> 00:01:34,495 * 32 00:01:34,528 --> 00:01:36,530 - Here's the crane operator. 33 00:01:36,564 --> 00:01:38,699 He just transferred to this job two days ago. 34 00:01:38,732 --> 00:01:41,302 - He's my husband! Evan! 35 00:01:41,335 --> 00:01:42,603 Help him! 36 00:01:42,636 --> 00:01:44,338 - I got it on the citywide. 37 00:01:44,372 --> 00:01:46,207 - When I heard a building went down, I just... 38 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:47,641 - I went to the same place. How bad? 39 00:01:47,675 --> 00:01:49,377 - There's four injured, 40 00:01:49,410 --> 00:01:51,679 and this guy, Evan Wheeler. 41 00:01:53,281 --> 00:01:54,482 - She's lucky she got out of the car. 42 00:01:54,515 --> 00:01:56,217 - She's lucky she never got in it. 43 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:57,918 She was at home on the phone with him when she... 44 00:01:57,951 --> 00:01:59,620 - Ah, damn. - [exhales sharply] 45 00:01:59,653 --> 00:02:01,389 - [crying] Evan! 46 00:02:01,422 --> 00:02:03,291 * 47 00:02:03,324 --> 00:02:05,726 Oh, my God, Evan! 48 00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:08,262 * 49 00:02:08,296 --> 00:02:10,198 - She's Frank Linden's daughter. 50 00:02:10,231 --> 00:02:12,300 - The Frank Linden? - Yeah, this is his project. 51 00:02:12,333 --> 00:02:14,168 Evan was running it for him. 52 00:02:14,202 --> 00:02:15,503 [siren wailing] 53 00:02:15,536 --> 00:02:17,671 - [sobbing] 54 00:02:32,420 --> 00:02:32,753 . 55 00:02:32,786 --> 00:02:33,921 - Mr. Benzinger, we're from the state's attorney's office. 56 00:02:35,823 --> 00:02:37,358 - Can't this wait? 57 00:02:37,391 --> 00:02:39,260 He's got two broken ribs and a collapsed lung. 58 00:02:39,293 --> 00:02:42,230 - Sorry, we'll be quick. - It's okay, Kyra. 59 00:02:42,263 --> 00:02:45,299 - Can you tell us what happened? - I'm not sure myself. 60 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:48,336 21 years operating a crane, nothing like this ever happened. 61 00:02:48,369 --> 00:02:51,439 - It's not your fault, John. - I never said it was. 62 00:02:51,472 --> 00:02:53,741 - If you could tell us what happened. 63 00:02:53,774 --> 00:02:55,776 - I get to the site around 7:00 a.m., 64 00:02:55,809 --> 00:02:58,746 check the paper, uh, drink some coffee. 65 00:02:58,779 --> 00:03:01,882 - When did you get on the rig? - 7:30 on the nose. 66 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:03,784 Next thing I know, I'm upside down, 67 00:03:03,817 --> 00:03:06,487 concrete, metal flying all around me. 68 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,256 Thought it was all over. 69 00:03:08,289 --> 00:03:09,723 - How much did you have to drink last night? 70 00:03:09,757 --> 00:03:10,991 - You're kidding, right? - [groans] 71 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:12,260 - John, you don't have to answer that. 72 00:03:12,293 --> 00:03:14,262 - It's all right. 73 00:03:14,295 --> 00:03:17,398 One beer after shift, and another when I got home. 74 00:03:17,431 --> 00:03:19,867 - So two beers? That's it? - That's what he said. 75 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:21,735 And I don't like what you're implying. 76 00:03:21,769 --> 00:03:23,271 - What about drugs? 77 00:03:23,304 --> 00:03:25,373 - See? They're going to pin this on you. 78 00:03:25,406 --> 00:03:27,975 - I never even smoked weed in high school. 79 00:03:28,008 --> 00:03:29,810 Sure as hell not gonna start now. 80 00:03:29,843 --> 00:03:32,480 - Look, my husband needs his rest. 81 00:03:32,513 --> 00:03:34,948 You wanna know anything else, you can talk to his union rep. 82 00:03:34,982 --> 00:03:37,285 - Why did you get transferred to Riverfront? 83 00:03:37,318 --> 00:03:38,452 - Good-bye. 84 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:46,527 - Sorry. 85 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,896 I was at a new project in Havana. 86 00:03:48,929 --> 00:03:50,764 I came as soon as I heard. 87 00:03:51,965 --> 00:03:54,001 - How's Sarah? - In shock, you know. 88 00:03:54,034 --> 00:03:55,703 We're all in shock. 89 00:03:55,736 --> 00:03:57,438 Oh, God. 90 00:03:57,471 --> 00:03:59,440 What's the point, Mark, you know? 91 00:03:59,473 --> 00:04:02,343 What--what good is any of it if we can't protect our kids? 92 00:04:02,376 --> 00:04:03,811 I mean, you were at their wedding. 93 00:04:03,844 --> 00:04:05,379 - I'm really sorry, Frank. 94 00:04:05,413 --> 00:04:08,015 - I appreciate that. Thank you. 95 00:04:08,048 --> 00:04:09,983 - What can we do to help? - Well, we heard 96 00:04:10,017 --> 00:04:12,286 the crane operator tested positive for cocaine, 97 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:13,887 and that he was written up three years ago 98 00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:16,357 for being drunk on the job. 99 00:04:16,390 --> 00:04:18,459 - Where did you hear that? - I apologize for my son. 100 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:20,528 He's a brilliant attorney, but apparently 101 00:04:20,561 --> 00:04:23,364 they don't teach discretion at law school... 102 00:04:23,397 --> 00:04:26,033 - How--how did you-- - So I'm just gonna let it go. 103 00:04:26,066 --> 00:04:27,468 Evan and Brett, they were very close. 104 00:04:27,501 --> 00:04:28,969 They were like brothers. 105 00:04:29,002 --> 00:04:31,004 - We went to school together. 106 00:04:31,038 --> 00:04:35,343 - And Evan graduated, what, third in your class? 107 00:04:35,376 --> 00:04:37,511 - Yes. - Yeah, such a good kid. 108 00:04:37,545 --> 00:04:39,447 Great family from Philly. 109 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,983 He was like a son, you know. He was a son to me. 110 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:44,485 [exhales sharply] 111 00:04:44,518 --> 00:04:49,022 Oh, I gotta go look after Sarah. 112 00:04:49,056 --> 00:04:50,858 Get to the bottom of this, will ya? 113 00:04:50,891 --> 00:04:52,493 - Mm-hmm. - And anything I can do, 114 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:54,795 you just let me know. 115 00:04:54,828 --> 00:04:56,997 Thank you. - Thank you. 116 00:05:03,471 --> 00:05:04,938 He didn't answer my question. 117 00:05:04,972 --> 00:05:06,574 - When you're worth several billion dollars, 118 00:05:06,607 --> 00:05:09,377 people take your calls. 119 00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:10,478 - There's a word for that. 120 00:05:10,511 --> 00:05:13,514 - Yes, it's called loyalty. 121 00:05:13,547 --> 00:05:15,048 I want you running point on this. 122 00:05:20,554 --> 00:05:23,491 - I swear, Annaleigh can make a mess while she's sleeping. 123 00:05:23,524 --> 00:05:25,393 [chuckles] Do you have kids? 124 00:05:25,426 --> 00:05:26,927 - I don't. 125 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,030 - The best of times, the-- the worst of times. 126 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:32,433 - I'm sorry, Mrs. Wheeler. This won't take long. 127 00:05:32,466 --> 00:05:35,369 - No, I'm okay. 128 00:05:35,403 --> 00:05:36,937 - Why was Evan at the site? 129 00:05:36,970 --> 00:05:38,639 - I have no idea. 130 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:41,942 - Did he ever mention any problems at the site? 131 00:05:41,975 --> 00:05:43,911 Trouble between any of the workers? 132 00:05:43,944 --> 00:05:45,913 - No. 133 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:47,415 Do you think someone who worked for us drugged Benzinger? 134 00:05:47,448 --> 00:05:49,417 - Honestly, we don't know what happened. 135 00:05:50,984 --> 00:05:52,953 You, uh--you work for your dad too, don't you? 136 00:05:52,986 --> 00:05:54,422 - Oh, haven't you heard? 137 00:05:54,455 --> 00:05:56,990 I'm Frank Linden's financial brain. 138 00:05:57,024 --> 00:06:00,561 Everything associated with Frank has to be the best. 139 00:06:00,594 --> 00:06:02,095 - Including his kids. 140 00:06:02,129 --> 00:06:03,964 - Mm. 141 00:06:03,997 --> 00:06:06,133 But Evan-- 142 00:06:06,166 --> 00:06:08,869 Evan really was brilliant... 143 00:06:08,902 --> 00:06:10,671 and kind... 144 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:12,873 and good at what he does. 145 00:06:14,141 --> 00:06:17,110 - You told my investigators that you were on the phone 146 00:06:17,144 --> 00:06:20,681 with your husband just before the collapse. 147 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:24,151 Is there anything else you can remember about that? 148 00:06:24,184 --> 00:06:26,119 - Uh, we had a bad connection. 149 00:06:26,153 --> 00:06:27,988 I just... 150 00:06:28,021 --> 00:06:32,192 heard this explosion. 151 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:35,596 I tried to call him back, but I-- 152 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:38,666 he didn't pick up. 153 00:06:38,699 --> 00:06:41,101 I turned on Channel 5, heard about the accident, 154 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:44,204 and I got to the site as quickly as I could. 155 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,906 - Mommy! Mommy! 156 00:06:45,939 --> 00:06:48,008 - Annaleigh, sweetie. 157 00:06:48,041 --> 00:06:49,610 Mommy's talking to the nice man. 158 00:06:49,643 --> 00:06:52,680 - How old are you? Nine? Ten? 159 00:06:52,713 --> 00:06:55,616 - No, four. - Oh, four? 160 00:06:55,649 --> 00:06:56,684 - Come here. 161 00:06:56,717 --> 00:06:58,919 Give us a minute, okay? 162 00:07:02,690 --> 00:07:06,159 I still haven't told her yet. 163 00:07:06,193 --> 00:07:07,661 I mean, how do you tell a four-year-old 164 00:07:07,695 --> 00:07:10,464 her daddy's never coming home? 165 00:07:10,498 --> 00:07:15,936 * 166 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:18,171 - The crane snapped in six different places. 167 00:07:18,205 --> 00:07:20,474 We were lucky that only one person got hit. 168 00:07:20,508 --> 00:07:22,976 - That time in the morning, smart money's on a pillow. 169 00:07:23,010 --> 00:07:24,578 Preferably one's own. 170 00:07:24,612 --> 00:07:27,515 - This is where the main boom pins should be. 171 00:07:27,548 --> 00:07:30,083 After they snapped, the tonnage and the jib 172 00:07:30,117 --> 00:07:32,152 cut through the construction project. 173 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:35,122 The boom cracked, pieces went flying in different directions. 174 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:36,490 - One landing on Mr. Wheeler's car. 175 00:07:36,524 --> 00:07:38,158 - Right. 176 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:39,660 - And you don't think this could've been caused 177 00:07:39,693 --> 00:07:41,529 by the operator being high on cocaine? 178 00:07:41,562 --> 00:07:44,064 - Contributing factor, maybe, 179 00:07:44,097 --> 00:07:46,066 but the boom pins being connected to the jib 180 00:07:46,099 --> 00:07:47,535 would've acted like a kill switch. 181 00:07:47,568 --> 00:07:49,202 - Hey, Chief! 182 00:07:49,236 --> 00:07:51,071 Looks like we found one. 183 00:07:51,104 --> 00:07:52,573 - Thanks. 184 00:07:54,074 --> 00:07:56,209 - What's that? 185 00:07:56,243 --> 00:07:58,245 - This is a boom pin. 186 00:07:58,278 --> 00:08:00,080 See this? - What? 187 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:03,250 - Well, you can barely see it, but those veins. 188 00:08:03,283 --> 00:08:06,053 That is where the boom pin... 189 00:08:07,588 --> 00:08:09,690 Broke. - Whoa. 190 00:08:09,723 --> 00:08:12,159 - This has been treated with difluoroethane. 191 00:08:12,192 --> 00:08:13,226 - Which is? 192 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:14,528 - It can freeze metal 193 00:08:14,562 --> 00:08:16,997 to minus 167 degrees. 194 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:19,600 Makes it brittle enough to break. 195 00:08:19,633 --> 00:08:21,635 - So all this because of that? 196 00:08:21,669 --> 00:08:24,071 - Someone wanted that crane to collapse. 197 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:30,043 . 198 00:08:30,077 --> 00:08:30,811 - So the crane operator was a patsy? 199 00:08:32,646 --> 00:08:34,548 - Looks like. They tested his thermos. 200 00:08:34,582 --> 00:08:36,116 - Let me guess, positive for cocaine? 201 00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:37,651 - Not only positive. Pure. 202 00:08:37,685 --> 00:08:39,119 There's no way a guy like Benzinger 203 00:08:39,152 --> 00:08:41,021 gets that on the streets of Chicago. 204 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:43,223 Someone drugged his thermos, knowing his work history. 205 00:08:43,256 --> 00:08:44,858 - And maybe somehow transferred him 206 00:08:44,892 --> 00:08:46,594 to Riverfront two days before the crash. 207 00:08:46,627 --> 00:08:48,562 - We'll hit the union tomorrow. - Don't bother. 208 00:08:48,596 --> 00:08:50,197 The site foreman referred me to the shop steward, 209 00:08:50,230 --> 00:08:51,999 who referred me to their labor lawyer. 210 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:53,901 - Who claimed privilege. 211 00:08:53,934 --> 00:08:56,203 This would be an easier gig, if not for the lawyers. 212 00:08:56,236 --> 00:08:58,305 - [chuckles] Thanks. 213 00:09:00,173 --> 00:09:02,876 Hi, guys. - We may have something. 214 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:05,012 We know that the crane was still working properly 215 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:06,680 when the site closed at 8:00. 216 00:09:06,714 --> 00:09:08,682 Then night security was there until 6:00 a.m. 217 00:09:08,716 --> 00:09:12,686 This is from the parking lot right next to the site. 218 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,722 Benzinger said that he showed at 7:00, 219 00:09:14,755 --> 00:09:17,324 so we figured that gives us an hour gap, 220 00:09:17,357 --> 00:09:21,094 during which time somebody could've frozen the boom pin. 221 00:09:21,128 --> 00:09:23,664 I'm thinking this guy might be our saboteur. 222 00:09:23,697 --> 00:09:26,033 - Those are nice wheels. - Yeah, but that's it. 223 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:28,035 Unfortunately, I can't pick up any plates. 224 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:29,670 - It's more than we had an hour ago. 225 00:09:29,703 --> 00:09:31,004 Can you print out stills of the car? 226 00:09:31,038 --> 00:09:32,906 - Yeah, sure can. 227 00:09:32,940 --> 00:09:34,307 - Show these to the security guard working the site. 228 00:09:34,341 --> 00:09:36,576 I'll talk to Linden, see if he can recognize it. 229 00:09:40,180 --> 00:09:43,250 - Beautiful, isn't it? 28 West Washington. 230 00:09:43,283 --> 00:09:46,954 Not even built, yet I've already made a 400% profit. 231 00:09:46,987 --> 00:09:49,356 - That's impressive. - Ah, anybody can make money. 232 00:09:49,389 --> 00:09:51,659 You know what's impressive? What's truly impressive? 233 00:09:51,692 --> 00:09:53,193 You fly into O'Hare 234 00:09:53,226 --> 00:09:54,361 and you see something you've built 235 00:09:54,394 --> 00:09:56,063 prick up into the clouds. 236 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:58,098 That's impressive. 237 00:09:58,131 --> 00:10:00,968 But you know, everybody talks about legacy, legacy, legacy. 238 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:03,937 You change a skyline. That's legacy. 239 00:10:03,971 --> 00:10:05,405 - I'm sure Ms. Valdez is very busy. 240 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:09,209 - Well, Ms. Valdez is absolutely right. 241 00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:11,679 You don't leave a legacy pushing paper. 242 00:10:11,712 --> 00:10:13,681 Am I right? 243 00:10:13,714 --> 00:10:15,949 So the crane operator, we are charging him with murder. 244 00:10:15,983 --> 00:10:18,218 - I don't think so. 245 00:10:18,251 --> 00:10:20,187 - You don't think so? 246 00:10:20,220 --> 00:10:22,022 He killed my son-in-law. 247 00:10:22,055 --> 00:10:23,791 - Actually, he may-- - I'll call Bledsoe. 248 00:10:23,824 --> 00:10:26,994 The best private detective agency in the country. 249 00:10:27,027 --> 00:10:29,229 They'll get something done. - Frank... 250 00:10:29,262 --> 00:10:31,198 - No disrespect, I'm sure you're a very smart girl. 251 00:10:31,231 --> 00:10:33,233 - You can pat me on the head if you like. 252 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,436 - Whoops. 253 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:38,138 [both chuckle] 254 00:10:38,171 --> 00:10:40,273 - PC felony. I'm sorry. 255 00:10:40,307 --> 00:10:42,309 I confess, you got me. Here, take me away. 256 00:10:42,342 --> 00:10:43,811 I apologize. 257 00:10:43,844 --> 00:10:46,313 You're not a girl. You're a lady. 258 00:10:46,346 --> 00:10:49,416 - I'm an assistant state's attorney, Mr. Linden. 259 00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:51,719 [door opens] 260 00:10:51,752 --> 00:10:53,253 - Well, very good for you. 261 00:10:53,286 --> 00:10:54,755 You know what, we'd all be a lot better off 262 00:10:54,788 --> 00:10:57,190 if we could actually say what we think. 263 00:10:57,224 --> 00:10:59,426 - Uh, Ms. Valdez wanted to know about our enemies? 264 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:02,329 - [sighs] - If you recognize this car. 265 00:11:05,332 --> 00:11:07,134 - No. 266 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:09,336 But in my business, if we didn't have enemies, 267 00:11:09,369 --> 00:11:11,404 we wouldn't be winning. Excuse me. 268 00:11:11,438 --> 00:11:15,743 - Anyone lose recently? Or particularly badly? 269 00:11:15,776 --> 00:11:19,012 - Yes, Jim Florence. That son of a bitch. 270 00:11:19,046 --> 00:11:20,714 Brett'll give you whatever you need. 271 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:24,051 - [scoffs] 272 00:11:27,454 --> 00:11:29,757 Your father's an interesting man. 273 00:11:29,790 --> 00:11:32,325 - His massage therapist. He has a bad back. 274 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:33,794 It's the price he paid for hauling gravel 275 00:11:33,827 --> 00:11:35,362 at Thornton Quarry in high school. 276 00:11:35,395 --> 00:11:37,230 - Frank Linden actually worked construction? 277 00:11:37,264 --> 00:11:38,431 - He sure did, 278 00:11:38,465 --> 00:11:40,233 so my sister and I won't have to. 279 00:11:40,267 --> 00:11:43,136 He's a great man. 280 00:11:43,170 --> 00:11:46,239 - Tell me about Jim Florence. - An electrical subcontractor. 281 00:11:46,273 --> 00:11:48,408 Got into a beef with my father. - Over what? 282 00:11:48,441 --> 00:11:51,044 - [chuckles] What do you think? Money. 283 00:11:51,078 --> 00:11:53,180 Contractors perpetually overbill. 284 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:55,082 It started with threatening voicemails, 285 00:11:55,115 --> 00:11:56,817 and then two days ago, he showed up at our building. 286 00:11:56,850 --> 00:11:59,452 Tried to get in, carrying a 9-millimeter. 287 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:03,056 - Oh, screw Frank Linden. 288 00:12:03,090 --> 00:12:04,324 - Someone did. 289 00:12:04,357 --> 00:12:07,127 - Look, I'm a small businessman, okay. 290 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,129 I'm used to getting screwed over by the big shots. 291 00:12:09,162 --> 00:12:10,330 But Linden? 292 00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:12,232 He takes it to a whole new level. 293 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:14,334 - His lawyer said you overbilled. 294 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:16,103 - Let me tell you about Frank. 295 00:12:16,136 --> 00:12:17,871 He always gets his end. 296 00:12:17,905 --> 00:12:20,440 But before he pays you, he finds your weak spot, 297 00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:22,475 hits it, and offers pennies on the dollar. 298 00:12:22,509 --> 00:12:24,778 - What's your weak spot, Mr. Florence? 299 00:12:26,313 --> 00:12:28,181 - Off the record? - Sure. 300 00:12:28,215 --> 00:12:29,883 - Most of my workers are, uh, 301 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:33,821 strictly speaking, undocumented. 302 00:12:33,854 --> 00:12:35,823 Linden knows that's how I make the lowest bid. 303 00:12:35,856 --> 00:12:37,825 - So he renegotiated after the fact? 304 00:12:37,858 --> 00:12:41,895 - Offered me $90,000 on a $2 million job. 305 00:12:41,929 --> 00:12:44,297 I decided, "Screw it, I'm gonna fight back for once." 306 00:12:44,331 --> 00:12:47,134 - With a 9-mil? - I've got a permit. 307 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:52,239 Look, the crane deal, it wasn't me. 308 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:55,175 All right, the sad truth-- I need Linden. 309 00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,544 He's the only one still building in Chicago. 310 00:12:57,577 --> 00:13:00,547 But I'll bet you 10 bucks, when Riverfront fell, 311 00:13:00,580 --> 00:13:02,883 Linden came out ahead. 312 00:13:02,916 --> 00:13:05,185 He always does. 313 00:13:09,422 --> 00:13:11,424 - Got a minute? 314 00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:13,393 I looked into Linden's business practices, like you wanted. 315 00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:15,896 He declared bankruptcy five times. 316 00:13:15,929 --> 00:13:17,397 - They've gotten rid of debtors' prison, Anna. 317 00:13:17,430 --> 00:13:18,832 It's in the Constitution somewhere. 318 00:13:18,866 --> 00:13:20,267 Keep looking. 319 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:21,835 - Each time, he made out like a bandit, 320 00:13:21,869 --> 00:13:23,503 while everyone else got completely wiped out. 321 00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:26,406 Exactly. 322 00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:27,841 Then I did a search on Riverfront 323 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:29,309 to see how much it was insured for. 324 00:13:29,342 --> 00:13:31,278 - Did you find a policy? - Eventually. 325 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:33,480 He filed a certificate of insurance with the state, 326 00:13:33,513 --> 00:13:35,883 a company called Alcorine Insurance. 327 00:13:35,916 --> 00:13:38,886 - So what am I looking for? - The CCs. 328 00:13:38,919 --> 00:13:42,222 The ones to Linden run through a server called darcolo.net. 329 00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:44,591 I ran darcolo through every program I had. 330 00:13:44,624 --> 00:13:46,593 No public server with that name. 331 00:13:46,626 --> 00:13:49,196 - So Linden's got a private server? 332 00:13:49,229 --> 00:13:51,198 - Our request for a warrant. 333 00:13:52,933 --> 00:13:55,435 - I've got a prelim starting back up in five minutes. 334 00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:57,437 You can have two of them. - Thank you, Judge. 335 00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,172 We need you to sign off on a warrant 336 00:13:59,206 --> 00:14:01,909 to gain access to Frank Linden's private server. 337 00:14:01,942 --> 00:14:03,944 - I know it's Tuesday, but as of last night, 338 00:14:03,977 --> 00:14:06,313 you still need a good old-fashioned probable cause 339 00:14:06,346 --> 00:14:07,981 for a warrant. 340 00:14:08,015 --> 00:14:10,017 - We think Linden took out an insurance policy 341 00:14:10,050 --> 00:14:12,485 on his own construction site two months before it came down. 342 00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:14,187 - You think? - That's right. 343 00:14:14,221 --> 00:14:15,488 - And I think you'll need a lot more 344 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:17,190 before I give you a warrant. 345 00:14:17,224 --> 00:14:19,960 Here's where we say good-bye. - [sighs] 346 00:14:23,063 --> 00:14:25,332 [elevator bell dings] 347 00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:27,935 - You're not smiling. - Nothing to smile about. 348 00:14:27,968 --> 00:14:30,037 - You know, I know a woman who could probably hack into-- 349 00:14:30,070 --> 00:14:31,404 - No. - Whoa, whoa. 350 00:14:31,438 --> 00:14:32,472 What do you mean no? 351 00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:34,507 Borrelli was my friend too. 352 00:14:35,642 --> 00:14:38,045 - Who? 353 00:14:38,078 --> 00:14:39,579 - I said no. 354 00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:44,884 - Who? 355 00:14:45,685 --> 00:14:47,955 Linden put his whole life online. 356 00:14:47,988 --> 00:14:49,622 Yearbooks, college homework, 357 00:14:49,656 --> 00:14:52,025 report cards, Little League stats. 358 00:14:52,059 --> 00:14:53,961 Should I ask how you got this? 359 00:14:53,994 --> 00:14:56,463 - No. - Then tell me about Borrelli. 360 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:58,665 Why--you and Stone knew-- 361 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:00,467 - Look, if you don't wanna help... 362 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:01,668 - That's not what I said. 363 00:15:01,701 --> 00:15:05,538 But this feels, at best, sketchy. 364 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:08,041 - [sighs] 365 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:12,279 Danny Borrelli was with Engine Sixty Seven. 366 00:15:12,312 --> 00:15:13,646 He was a good guy. 367 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,449 He was married-- a couple of girls. 368 00:15:16,483 --> 00:15:18,451 He and Stone used to box in my gym. 369 00:15:18,485 --> 00:15:20,553 They'd drink together, and get into trouble once or twice. 370 00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:23,590 - [chuckles] Hard to imagine Stone getting into trouble. 371 00:15:23,623 --> 00:15:25,392 - One day, Danny turned out. 372 00:15:25,425 --> 00:15:27,394 It was a building collapse 373 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:30,530 at an office complex in the West Loop. 374 00:15:30,563 --> 00:15:32,299 [sighs] 375 00:15:32,332 --> 00:15:34,467 It was a death trap. 376 00:15:34,501 --> 00:15:37,704 Safety violations, permits that had been bought off. 377 00:15:37,737 --> 00:15:40,573 Danny never made it out. 378 00:15:40,607 --> 00:15:42,442 - Linden owned the building. 379 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:47,680 And he skated. - He always skates. 380 00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:49,016 Not this time. 381 00:15:49,049 --> 00:15:56,056 * 382 00:15:57,357 --> 00:15:58,625 You ever heard of Henry Tomczak? 383 00:15:58,658 --> 00:16:00,527 - Yeah, uh, head of the Local 409. 384 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,695 Mob ties. - That's the guy. 385 00:16:02,729 --> 00:16:05,398 Frank Linden reached out to him six times in the last 30 days. 386 00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:08,101 "Tomczak, we need to talk now." Look. 387 00:16:09,636 --> 00:16:13,440 - "Tomczak, meet me at 10:00, Scappy's Bar." 388 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:15,408 That's four days before the crane went down. 389 00:16:15,442 --> 00:16:17,044 - A CI of mine tends bar at Scappy's. 390 00:16:17,077 --> 00:16:18,311 You wanna get a real drink? 391 00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:19,346 - It's 1:00 in the afternoon, 392 00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:21,048 but if you're buying... 393 00:16:24,584 --> 00:16:26,553 - I wish you wouldn't come here. 394 00:16:26,586 --> 00:16:29,456 - Did you see Frank Linden here or not? 395 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:31,391 - He came in at 10:00, 396 00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:33,093 then Tomczak joins him. 397 00:16:33,126 --> 00:16:34,627 I don't wanna get involved, you know, 398 00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:36,463 but when I bring drinks, I hear Tomczak say 399 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:38,665 something about Riverfront. - What'd they say? 400 00:16:38,698 --> 00:16:41,068 - [sighs] I don't know. 401 00:16:41,101 --> 00:16:43,570 But a little later, this lady comes in, joins him. 402 00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:45,338 Rich. 403 00:16:45,372 --> 00:16:47,474 Definitely stood out in a place like this. 404 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:49,409 Seemed real, I don't know, agitated. 405 00:16:49,442 --> 00:16:51,344 Good-looking. Maybe 30, brunette. 406 00:16:51,378 --> 00:16:53,646 Nice ass. - That's nice, Eddie. 407 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,516 - How's that? - Yeah, that's her. 408 00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:00,019 I said, "Cash only, dude." 409 00:17:01,788 --> 00:17:04,191 - Sarah Wheeler, Linden's daughter. 410 00:17:04,224 --> 00:17:05,792 - The grieving widow. 411 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:12,099 - You sure it was her? - Yeah, he recognized her photo. 412 00:17:12,132 --> 00:17:13,700 - With Linden? - And Tomczak from the Local. 413 00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:15,535 - Yeah, I know who he is. 414 00:17:15,568 --> 00:17:16,636 And you found out about this information how? 415 00:17:16,669 --> 00:17:18,371 - I told you, a CI-- 416 00:17:18,405 --> 00:17:19,739 - Because I don't wanna go down this road 417 00:17:19,772 --> 00:17:21,374 just to have it thrown out of court 418 00:17:21,408 --> 00:17:22,809 because of someone's personal agenda. 419 00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:24,711 - You don't wanna use it, don't use it. 420 00:17:24,744 --> 00:17:26,113 - I don't see the problem. We're investigators. 421 00:17:26,146 --> 00:17:27,680 We investigate. 422 00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:31,118 One of my CIs reached out to me out of the blue. 423 00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:32,819 We checked it out. 424 00:17:35,855 --> 00:17:37,757 - Good work. 425 00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:44,464 - Peter, you should see this. 426 00:17:45,765 --> 00:17:49,102 This is the newscast the wife said she saw. 427 00:17:49,136 --> 00:17:52,505 - The fire is not yet contained. And we have breaking news-- 428 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:53,740 - There. Look at the time. 429 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:55,708 7:33. 430 00:17:55,742 --> 00:18:00,513 According to CPD, Sarah Wheeler arrived at the site at 7:29. 431 00:18:00,547 --> 00:18:02,515 She told you she saw the report on the news, 432 00:18:02,549 --> 00:18:04,684 and then left her apartment. 433 00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:09,689 - When you showed up at the site, 434 00:18:09,722 --> 00:18:11,824 you told the police that he wasn't supposed to be here. 435 00:18:11,858 --> 00:18:13,660 What did you mean? 436 00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:16,463 - I don't remember. I wasn't thinking. 437 00:18:16,496 --> 00:18:18,898 - Or you felt guilty. 438 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:21,268 You said you saw it on Channel 5 before you went to the site, 439 00:18:21,301 --> 00:18:25,205 but they didn't report it until four minutes after you arrived. 440 00:18:25,238 --> 00:18:27,274 - What are you suggesting? 441 00:18:27,307 --> 00:18:28,775 - If your father started something you couldn't stop 442 00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:30,210 just to make money, 443 00:18:30,243 --> 00:18:32,545 now is the time to get ahead of it. 444 00:18:32,579 --> 00:18:34,714 - We know you and your father met with Henry Tomczak 445 00:18:34,747 --> 00:18:37,184 at Scappy's Bar four nights before 446 00:18:37,217 --> 00:18:40,253 your husband was murdered. 447 00:18:40,287 --> 00:18:42,189 - Murdered? - Bringing down a crane 448 00:18:42,222 --> 00:18:43,723 in the middle of downtown Chicago? 449 00:18:43,756 --> 00:18:45,692 That constitutes a strong probability 450 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:47,194 of death or great bodily harm, 451 00:18:47,227 --> 00:18:49,596 which makes it first-degree murder, Sarah. 452 00:18:51,731 --> 00:18:54,567 - I can't help you. - Then maybe your brother can. 453 00:18:54,601 --> 00:18:57,904 - Good luck with that. Brett worships Frank. 454 00:18:57,937 --> 00:19:01,641 Frank would never do anything to convince him otherwise. 455 00:19:01,674 --> 00:19:06,313 I respect your enthusiasm, but you can't beat Frank. 456 00:19:06,346 --> 00:19:09,316 No one can. 457 00:19:09,349 --> 00:19:11,651 - I can have you arrested, Mrs. Wheeler... 458 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:14,221 Right now. 459 00:19:17,290 --> 00:19:20,893 The train leaves the station in five, four... 460 00:19:20,927 --> 00:19:22,762 - Annaleigh. - She'll be placed with 461 00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:24,764 the Department of Children and Family Services. 462 00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:26,799 And I promise, I will do everything I can 463 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:29,669 to make sure she stays there until she can vote. 464 00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:32,239 - Please. - Three, two... 465 00:19:32,272 --> 00:19:33,773 - Stop! 466 00:19:33,806 --> 00:19:35,908 Fine. 467 00:19:35,942 --> 00:19:37,910 Whatever you want. 468 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:40,713 - You knew the crane was going to collapse. 469 00:19:51,658 --> 00:19:51,824 . 470 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:52,325 - Cuffs and a perp walk? 471 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:55,562 This is Frank Linden, not some-- 472 00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:56,996 - Be grateful the judge granted him bail. 473 00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:59,266 - Relax, Brett, it'll only increase the damages 474 00:19:59,299 --> 00:20:02,602 I'll collect when I sue for malicious prosecution. 475 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:03,803 - Yeah, that's one way to look at it. 476 00:20:03,836 --> 00:20:05,672 The other is to cut your losses 477 00:20:05,705 --> 00:20:07,574 and plead guilty to the murder of Evan Wheeler. 478 00:20:07,607 --> 00:20:09,709 - Okay, yeah, I'll do that. Where's Mark Jefferies? 479 00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:11,611 There's no way he signed off on this. 480 00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:13,746 - Have you spoken with your daughter recently, Frank? 481 00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:16,549 - She told us everything. - She's scared of you, Frank, 482 00:20:16,583 --> 00:20:18,285 but not scared enough to go to prison. 483 00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:19,852 - Why don't you just give us a moment-- 484 00:20:19,886 --> 00:20:21,321 - Shut up, Brett. 485 00:20:25,325 --> 00:20:28,928 Wow, that's a good try. That's a really good try. 486 00:20:28,961 --> 00:20:30,697 I've sat across the table 487 00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:32,865 from the best negotiators in the world, 488 00:20:32,899 --> 00:20:36,736 men of ineffable wealth and actual power and acumen, 489 00:20:36,769 --> 00:20:38,805 who try to make me fold my trip jacks 490 00:20:38,838 --> 00:20:41,574 with their--with their measly pair of trays. 491 00:20:41,608 --> 00:20:43,343 And you wanna know something? 492 00:20:43,376 --> 00:20:45,612 They learned what you're about to learn, the hard way. 493 00:20:45,645 --> 00:20:49,582 Frank Linden doesn't fold on a bluff. 494 00:20:49,616 --> 00:20:53,853 There's no way Sarah ever testifies against me. 495 00:21:01,027 --> 00:21:02,929 - He may not be wrong about Sarah. 496 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:04,831 - How are we doing with Tomczak? 497 00:21:04,864 --> 00:21:06,966 - I'll call Dawson and Nagel. 498 00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:11,003 - I run the Local. 499 00:21:11,037 --> 00:21:13,306 I had drinks with the biggest builder in the city. 500 00:21:13,340 --> 00:21:16,008 I'm sorry, but that's not gonna make the 5:00 news. 501 00:21:16,042 --> 00:21:18,345 - It might, considering it was four nights before 502 00:21:18,378 --> 00:21:21,814 the builder's crane collapsed. - Which put my guys out of work. 503 00:21:21,848 --> 00:21:23,783 - We could continue this conversation 504 00:21:23,816 --> 00:21:25,352 in front of a grand jury, if you don't wanna talk here. 505 00:21:25,385 --> 00:21:26,953 - If you could've, you would've. 506 00:21:26,986 --> 00:21:29,021 Besides, I don't know anything about Riverfront. 507 00:21:29,055 --> 00:21:30,757 - Your people worked it. 508 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:32,925 - I have 12,000 people to worry about. 509 00:21:32,959 --> 00:21:35,328 - Is this an Atlantic sailfish? 510 00:21:35,362 --> 00:21:37,997 That's gotta be 6 feet. Where'd you catch it? 511 00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:40,700 - Florida Keys in Boca Chica, 512 00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:42,835 and it's 7 feet. - [whistles] 513 00:21:42,869 --> 00:21:45,905 My dad used to take me fishing at Hawks Cay. 514 00:21:45,938 --> 00:21:47,740 You gotta let me take a picture to send him. 515 00:21:47,774 --> 00:21:49,942 I--this would kill him. 516 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:51,778 - If it'll get you out of here. 517 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:53,846 - Oh, thank you. 518 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,081 [camera shutter clicks] 519 00:21:56,849 --> 00:21:58,351 - And here I never even considered 520 00:21:58,385 --> 00:21:59,852 the deep-sea fishing angle of the case. 521 00:21:59,886 --> 00:22:01,788 That should crack things wide open. 522 00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,122 - That isn't what I wanted a picture of. 523 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:04,924 I just know that men love to brag about 524 00:22:04,957 --> 00:22:06,959 the size of their fish. - Ha. 525 00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:10,697 - I wanted a picture of the photo next to his fish. 526 00:22:13,533 --> 00:22:15,134 2008 Dodge Challenger, 527 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,003 the same car that was photographed 528 00:22:17,036 --> 00:22:19,906 leaving Waterfront the morning of the crash. 529 00:22:19,939 --> 00:22:21,941 - Very good, Nagel. Very good. 530 00:22:21,974 --> 00:22:24,411 Now run the plates, see if we can ID our car buff. 531 00:22:24,444 --> 00:22:26,746 - Very good, Dawson. Very good. 532 00:22:28,815 --> 00:22:30,783 - I told you, I haven't seen Tommy in three days. 533 00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:32,785 He just took off. - To where? 534 00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:35,087 - The Caribbean. Left all of a sudden. 535 00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:36,956 Said he wants to learn to scuba dive. 536 00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:38,858 Can't get him to take me to Twin Lakes. 537 00:22:38,891 --> 00:22:40,993 All of a sudden, he's gotta dive. 538 00:22:41,027 --> 00:22:43,162 - You remember where Tommy was the morning before he left? 539 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:46,165 - No, but he's been keeping weird hours lately. 540 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:48,167 Probably got himself another girl. 541 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,003 Bet she scuba dives. 542 00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:52,872 - Check it out. 543 00:22:55,508 --> 00:22:57,076 Difluoroethane, 544 00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:59,912 same thing he used to freeze the boom pins. 545 00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:01,448 - It's empty. 546 00:23:01,481 --> 00:23:03,750 Looks like we found our Riverfront saboteur. 547 00:23:10,990 --> 00:23:12,859 - Do you know Linden wrote a book? 548 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,994 It's been out of print for ten years. 549 00:23:15,027 --> 00:23:16,863 We ID'd the guy who sabotaged the crane, 550 00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,030 and with the daughter's testimony-- 551 00:23:18,064 --> 00:23:19,966 - I just made a deal with Linden. 552 00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:24,036 I could hear half the city council cheering 553 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:26,005 when I signed it. 554 00:23:26,038 --> 00:23:29,509 - I've got him, Mark. - It's done. 555 00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:31,778 - No jail time? Are you kidding? 556 00:23:31,811 --> 00:23:34,781 - Some battles aren't worth the losses, Peter. 557 00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:36,949 - This isn't some OSHA violation. 558 00:23:36,983 --> 00:23:39,151 Linden didn't just skimp on the grade of cement. 559 00:23:39,185 --> 00:23:43,155 This was an intentional act that resulted in murder. 560 00:23:43,189 --> 00:23:46,559 - Perhaps, but I'm not convinced you can prove it. 561 00:23:46,593 --> 00:23:52,031 * 562 00:23:52,064 --> 00:23:53,132 - Mr. Stone, I understand you've reached 563 00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:54,867 a settlement in the case. 564 00:23:54,901 --> 00:23:56,536 - Yes, Your Honor, we've provided the court 565 00:23:56,569 --> 00:23:58,471 with an executed plea agreement with Linden Corp. 566 00:23:58,505 --> 00:23:59,872 - That's agreeable with the defense? 567 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:01,508 - It is, Your Honor. - Okay. 568 00:24:01,541 --> 00:24:03,209 Unless there's any other business-- 569 00:24:03,242 --> 00:24:04,611 - Actually, the People have a request, Your Honor. 570 00:24:04,644 --> 00:24:06,045 - Go ahead. 571 00:24:06,078 --> 00:24:07,614 - The indictment against Linden Corp 572 00:24:07,647 --> 00:24:09,081 was satisfied with a $500,000 fine. 573 00:24:09,115 --> 00:24:10,517 - Court's aware of that. 574 00:24:10,550 --> 00:24:12,084 - But the grand jury also handed down 575 00:24:12,118 --> 00:24:15,021 a murder indictment for Frank Linden personally. 576 00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:18,991 I request that Mr. Linden be taken into custody now. 577 00:24:19,025 --> 00:24:21,528 - Big mistake, Mr. Stone. 578 00:24:21,561 --> 00:24:24,531 [crowd murmuring] 579 00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:27,534 [camera shutters clicking] 580 00:24:27,567 --> 00:24:30,537 [dramatic music] 581 00:24:30,570 --> 00:24:33,606 * 582 00:24:37,577 --> 00:24:39,111 Well, well, well, 583 00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:42,649 you certainly are a creature of habit, Mark. 584 00:24:44,283 --> 00:24:45,952 - It's gotten me this far. 585 00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:47,654 - You knew I'd be out in 20 minutes. 586 00:24:47,687 --> 00:24:49,956 - We shouldn't be talking. 587 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:51,858 - A crane collapsed, 588 00:24:51,891 --> 00:24:53,593 destroyed my building. 589 00:24:53,626 --> 00:24:56,128 It doesn't have to destroy 30 years of friendship. 590 00:24:56,162 --> 00:24:58,064 - A friend wouldn't put me in this position. 591 00:24:58,097 --> 00:25:00,567 - A friend would look me in the eye, 592 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,101 and ask me to my face, 593 00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:05,171 am I responsible for my son-in-law's death. 594 00:25:05,204 --> 00:25:07,306 - Are you? - Ah... 595 00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:09,942 [inhales, exhales sharply] 596 00:25:09,976 --> 00:25:12,044 When I completed my first project, 597 00:25:12,078 --> 00:25:16,148 7333 North Sheridan, 22 stories residential, 598 00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:17,650 I went up to the roof, 599 00:25:17,684 --> 00:25:20,019 and man, I was on top of the world. 600 00:25:20,052 --> 00:25:22,589 I was on top of the world. 601 00:25:22,622 --> 00:25:24,190 And then I looked south, 602 00:25:24,223 --> 00:25:27,059 and Fowler's throwing up 45 on Lake Shore Drive, 603 00:25:27,093 --> 00:25:28,995 45 stories of glass and steel. 604 00:25:29,028 --> 00:25:30,697 And it tore a hole in my heart. 605 00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:33,600 It tore a hole in my heart that's still there. 606 00:25:33,633 --> 00:25:35,602 So I threw up 50 on North Wabash, 607 00:25:35,635 --> 00:25:38,671 and then I see Flemming throwing up 65. 608 00:25:38,705 --> 00:25:40,607 - That's why man invented tape measurers. 609 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,610 - No, no, no, no, no, it's not about pumping my chest. 610 00:25:43,643 --> 00:25:45,277 - Really? - No. 611 00:25:45,311 --> 00:25:47,947 It's about going up to the top, 612 00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:50,049 and looking around, 613 00:25:50,082 --> 00:25:52,151 and knowing that nobody-- 614 00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:54,654 nobody is closer to God than me. 615 00:25:54,687 --> 00:25:56,623 I am not responsible for Evan's death, 616 00:25:56,656 --> 00:25:58,157 for crying out loud. 617 00:25:58,190 --> 00:26:00,159 And the more your people hassle my people, 618 00:26:00,192 --> 00:26:02,028 and you know who I'm talking about, 619 00:26:02,061 --> 00:26:05,632 the harder it is for me to do my business. 620 00:26:05,665 --> 00:26:07,634 - I took an oath, Frank, 621 00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:10,036 to protect and serve all the people in the county, 622 00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:13,940 not only those whose numbers are in my iPhone. 623 00:26:14,974 --> 00:26:17,576 - 30 years of friendship doesn't count for anything? 624 00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:23,983 Okay. 625 00:26:24,016 --> 00:26:26,719 Okay. [chuckles] 626 00:26:26,753 --> 00:26:28,387 I see what you're doing, Mark. 627 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,322 You're putting up your own building, huh? 628 00:26:30,356 --> 00:26:33,092 Your own structure? I mean, not 45 stories of brick 629 00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:37,063 and mortar and glass and steel, but I see it, story by story. 630 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:39,198 And you wanna know something? 631 00:26:39,231 --> 00:26:41,668 You know I'm the only one 632 00:26:41,701 --> 00:26:44,771 who can stop you from getting to your rooftop. 633 00:27:00,052 --> 00:27:00,186 . 634 00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:00,820 - I'm the CFO of Linden Corp. 635 00:27:02,221 --> 00:27:03,289 - And you deal with banks, 636 00:27:03,322 --> 00:27:04,423 mortgage companies, lenders, 637 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:06,025 things like that? - Yes. 638 00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:07,226 - How is the Riverfront project doing? 639 00:27:07,259 --> 00:27:10,162 - Objection. - Withdrawn. 640 00:27:10,196 --> 00:27:12,098 What was the construction loan on Riverfront? 641 00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:13,900 - $200 million. 642 00:27:13,933 --> 00:27:15,434 - How much a month do you pay in interest? 643 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:17,737 - About $700,000 per month. 644 00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:20,272 - And is the project continuing ahead on schedule? 645 00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:22,108 - Not now. - I'm sorry, I meant 646 00:27:22,141 --> 00:27:24,210 before the recent crane accident. 647 00:27:24,243 --> 00:27:26,278 - We were several months behind schedule. 648 00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:29,181 - How many, exactly? - Ten. 649 00:27:29,215 --> 00:27:32,184 - Well, that's--that's $7 million in interest payments. 650 00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:33,953 - Approximately. 651 00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:35,454 - If construction continued at that pace, 652 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:36,956 then the company stood to lose how much money? 653 00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:38,124 - Well, that's hard to say. 654 00:27:38,157 --> 00:27:39,759 - Why is that? 655 00:27:39,792 --> 00:27:41,327 - Because we're insured against accidents 656 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,063 that cause us to stop construction completely. 657 00:27:44,096 --> 00:27:46,032 - Like a crane collapsing? 658 00:27:46,065 --> 00:27:48,200 - That's right. - How much are you insured for? 659 00:27:48,234 --> 00:27:50,302 - The projected fair market value of the building. 660 00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:54,140 - Which is? - $570 million. 661 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:55,474 - It sounds like the crane accident 662 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:57,243 was actually a blessing in disguise. 663 00:27:57,276 --> 00:27:59,145 - Objection. Is there a question? 664 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:00,713 - It wasn't an accident at all that the crane collapsed, 665 00:28:00,747 --> 00:28:02,414 was it, Mrs. Wheeler? 666 00:28:04,383 --> 00:28:06,085 In fact, you knew in advance 667 00:28:06,118 --> 00:28:08,254 the crane was going to collapse, didn't you? 668 00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:11,724 Mrs. Wheeler... 669 00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:16,362 Who decided to sabotage the boom pins on the crane? 670 00:28:16,395 --> 00:28:19,365 [dramatic music] 671 00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:21,467 We stood in your apartment, and you told me-- 672 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:24,236 - I want to, uh-- - What, Mrs. Wheeler? 673 00:28:29,408 --> 00:28:31,377 - I want to take the Fifth. 674 00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:38,450 * 675 00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:59,138 - I told you you couldn't beat Frank. 676 00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:00,439 - Actually, you never did say that. 677 00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:02,208 You just told me what a great man he was. 678 00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:04,276 - Nothing's changed. 679 00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:06,212 - You do realize that he killed Evan-- 680 00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:07,479 - Oh, Jesus. 681 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,850 Sometimes, you have to do whatever it takes 682 00:29:10,883 --> 00:29:13,085 to get the job done. 683 00:29:17,389 --> 00:29:19,291 - You knew? 684 00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:21,527 Sarah said Frank would never let you in on his dirty secrets. 685 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,063 Oh, my God, she was protecting you. 686 00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:26,298 - I have to go. - She was protecting you, 687 00:29:26,332 --> 00:29:28,234 and you're gonna let her go to prison. 688 00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:30,536 - The world looks very different to me... 689 00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:31,570 [elevator bell dings] 690 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:33,172 * 691 00:29:33,205 --> 00:29:35,341 And I'd like to keep it that way. 692 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:39,245 - Thank you. - Peter? 693 00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:41,280 - Excuse me. 694 00:29:41,313 --> 00:29:43,315 I took the deal you told me to take. 695 00:29:43,349 --> 00:29:45,051 - I heard what you did. 696 00:29:45,084 --> 00:29:46,585 - Half a million is a pimple on Linden's ass. 697 00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:49,321 He needs to hear the jail door slam behind him. 698 00:29:49,355 --> 00:29:51,290 - I agree. 699 00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:52,591 - You do? - Yeah. 700 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:55,094 Friendship only goes so far. 701 00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:57,229 But the daughter taking the hit hurts. 702 00:29:57,263 --> 00:29:59,131 - We still have the difluoroethane 703 00:29:59,165 --> 00:30:01,901 and the insurance policy. - No, you have nothing yet. 704 00:30:01,934 --> 00:30:03,535 But you never know what'll come out 705 00:30:03,569 --> 00:30:07,139 when a malignant narcissist opens his mouth. 706 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:09,575 - Helen Coren, his new lawyer-- 707 00:30:09,608 --> 00:30:11,610 she'll never put him on the stand. 708 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:14,246 - Sometimes a lawyer doesn't have a choice. 709 00:30:16,916 --> 00:30:20,352 - The Opera Benefit? - I hope you have a tux. 710 00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:31,230 - [clears throat] 711 00:30:31,263 --> 00:30:34,233 [jazzy music] 712 00:30:34,266 --> 00:30:36,869 * 713 00:30:36,903 --> 00:30:39,571 Frank! - Mr. Stone... 714 00:30:39,605 --> 00:30:42,441 I wouldn't have taken you for a patron of the arts. 715 00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:44,376 - And I wouldn't have taken you for a killer, 716 00:30:44,410 --> 00:30:47,213 but life's full of surprises. 717 00:30:47,246 --> 00:30:48,614 - You know what, this isn't the appropriate place 718 00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:50,182 to have this conversation. 719 00:30:50,216 --> 00:30:51,417 I wouldn't know. I'm not a lawyer. 720 00:30:51,450 --> 00:30:53,219 - [laughs] Well, you practically are. 721 00:30:53,252 --> 00:30:54,954 I mean, all the time you spent in bankruptcy court. 722 00:30:54,987 --> 00:30:57,123 - I am so sorry. 723 00:30:57,156 --> 00:31:00,492 I apologize. We have a very sore loser here. 724 00:31:00,526 --> 00:31:02,528 Everybody come on upstairs, enjoy yourselves. 725 00:31:02,561 --> 00:31:04,363 I'm gonna go have a chat with my friends. 726 00:31:04,396 --> 00:31:06,398 - Who are you kidding, Frank? 727 00:31:06,432 --> 00:31:07,533 You're just a kid from Back of the Yards, 728 00:31:07,566 --> 00:31:09,902 the son of a bricklayer. 729 00:31:09,936 --> 00:31:13,172 Now, your old man, he helped build big buildings, 730 00:31:13,205 --> 00:31:15,207 but he could never afford to live in 'em. 731 00:31:15,241 --> 00:31:18,244 Even if he could, they wouldn't want his type. 732 00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:20,146 Truth is, nothing's changed. 733 00:31:20,179 --> 00:31:23,515 If you didn't own the buildings, your friends-- 734 00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:25,584 they wouldn't let you near 'em. 735 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:27,286 - I am asking you nicely. 736 00:31:27,319 --> 00:31:28,988 - How many lives did you destroy 737 00:31:29,021 --> 00:31:30,990 to be able to live in that penthouse of yours, Frank? 738 00:31:31,023 --> 00:31:32,591 You know what my old man told me? 739 00:31:32,624 --> 00:31:35,494 He said, "The true measure of a man's wealth 740 00:31:35,527 --> 00:31:38,530 is how much he'd be worth if he lost all his money." 741 00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:41,400 Now, truth be told, you're pretty worthless, Frank. 742 00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:43,235 You know it, and I know it, 743 00:31:43,269 --> 00:31:45,271 and everybody here knows it. 744 00:31:45,304 --> 00:31:46,939 The great Frank Linden 745 00:31:46,973 --> 00:31:49,008 picked himself up by his bootstraps 746 00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:51,310 and dumped himself in the sewer. 747 00:31:51,343 --> 00:31:53,980 [dramatic music] 748 00:31:54,013 --> 00:31:56,615 You think this is over? 749 00:31:56,648 --> 00:31:58,384 I'm just getting started. 750 00:31:58,417 --> 00:32:01,387 * 751 00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:04,023 - Get him out of here. 752 00:32:04,056 --> 00:32:06,525 - You don't create, Frank. You destroy. 753 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:10,562 Good night, Frank! 754 00:32:18,004 --> 00:32:18,170 . 755 00:32:18,204 --> 00:32:19,471 - All rise. 756 00:32:23,242 --> 00:32:26,245 - Please be seated. [clears throat] 757 00:32:26,278 --> 00:32:28,480 Call your next witness, Mr. Stone. 758 00:32:28,514 --> 00:32:32,018 - The People rest, and await Mr. Linden's vigorous defense. 759 00:32:32,051 --> 00:32:34,486 - "The People rest" will suffice. 760 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,522 Ms. Coren? 761 00:32:36,555 --> 00:32:40,126 - The defense likewise rests, Your Honor. 762 00:32:42,328 --> 00:32:44,063 - One second, Your Honor. 763 00:32:46,598 --> 00:32:48,200 [whispering] I wanna testify. 764 00:32:48,234 --> 00:32:51,003 [whispering] 765 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:57,143 - The defense calls Frank Linden. 766 00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:07,086 - This whole thing is nothing more than a circus. 767 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:08,587 It's a--it's a-- 768 00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:11,623 it's a showcase trial for Mr. Stone, 769 00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:14,193 a small man who will do whatever he can 770 00:33:14,226 --> 00:33:16,628 to bring down a... 771 00:33:16,662 --> 00:33:18,130 - Please finish that thought, Mr. Linden. 772 00:33:18,164 --> 00:33:19,598 - Well, I'm not one to boast. 773 00:33:19,631 --> 00:33:20,799 - Well, let me. 774 00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:22,634 You were gonna say a great man. 775 00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:25,771 - Well, look, I employ thousands of people. 776 00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:28,240 I have hundreds of commercial tenants, 777 00:33:28,274 --> 00:33:31,310 corporate offices of some of the best companies in the world. 778 00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:33,779 I have thousands of residential tenants, 779 00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:35,081 good people, by the way. 780 00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:37,216 Good upstanding people. 781 00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:40,519 I fund the--the Linden Center for Cancer Research 782 00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:42,254 at St. Vincent's. 783 00:33:42,288 --> 00:33:44,790 The opera wouldn't be able to finish its season 784 00:33:44,823 --> 00:33:46,658 if I didn't cover its shortfall. 785 00:33:46,692 --> 00:33:49,161 I mean, I can go on and on and on and on. 786 00:33:49,195 --> 00:33:51,130 - [chuckles] I--I think we get the picture. 787 00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:52,798 - The fact that Mr. Stone, 788 00:33:52,831 --> 00:33:55,267 because of some personal vendetta, 789 00:33:55,301 --> 00:33:57,703 or--or impotent ambition, 790 00:33:57,736 --> 00:33:59,338 or whatever it is that gets him up in the morning, 791 00:33:59,371 --> 00:34:04,710 chooses to accuse me of killing my son-in-law, 792 00:34:04,743 --> 00:34:07,613 my son, as far as I'm concerned, 793 00:34:07,646 --> 00:34:09,748 it's a clear example of-- of the pettiness 794 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:12,684 and the deterioration of a legal system-- 795 00:34:12,718 --> 00:34:16,122 excuse me--that we are supposed to be relying on. 796 00:34:16,155 --> 00:34:18,190 - Did you have anything whatsoever to do 797 00:34:18,224 --> 00:34:20,292 with sabotaging the Riverfront site? 798 00:34:20,326 --> 00:34:22,594 - Absolutely nothing. 799 00:34:22,628 --> 00:34:24,630 - Thank you, Mr. Linden. 800 00:34:29,701 --> 00:34:31,770 - [clears throat] 801 00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:33,739 You received your MBA from Columbia, didn't you? 802 00:34:33,772 --> 00:34:35,641 - I did. 803 00:34:35,674 --> 00:34:38,210 - Do you remember the subject of your master's thesis? 804 00:34:38,244 --> 00:34:40,712 - Well, it was 30 years ago. No, I don't. 805 00:34:40,746 --> 00:34:42,814 - It's a good thing I have a copy. 806 00:34:42,848 --> 00:34:44,650 It's called "In Defense of Pinto." 807 00:34:44,683 --> 00:34:47,753 - Objection, relevance. - Overruled. 808 00:34:47,786 --> 00:34:49,388 - Where--where did you get that? [chuckles] 809 00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:51,223 - It's my job to ask the questions, sir, 810 00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:52,858 but since your memory seems to be failing-- 811 00:34:52,891 --> 00:34:54,760 - Objection. - Withdrawn. 812 00:34:54,793 --> 00:34:57,396 I'd be more than happy to refresh your recollection. 813 00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:59,431 It seems you published it 20 years ago 814 00:34:59,465 --> 00:35:02,401 in a journal called the "Real Estate Investor's Quarterly." 815 00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:05,671 Do you remember who owned the journal at that time? 816 00:35:05,704 --> 00:35:07,173 - I owned it. 817 00:35:07,206 --> 00:35:09,208 - So you thought you'd share your wisdom 818 00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:11,877 with the rest of the industry? - It was a legitimate treatise. 819 00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:13,745 - Has it ever been cited? 820 00:35:13,779 --> 00:35:15,347 - I don't know. I wouldn't know. 821 00:35:15,381 --> 00:35:17,883 - I would. 822 00:35:17,916 --> 00:35:20,852 According to LexisNexis, the only time it was ever cited 823 00:35:20,886 --> 00:35:22,888 was in a book called "Negotiate Up." 824 00:35:22,921 --> 00:35:25,891 Do you know who wrote that book? 825 00:35:25,924 --> 00:35:27,359 - Yes, I did. 826 00:35:27,393 --> 00:35:28,794 I can sign it for you, if you like. 827 00:35:28,827 --> 00:35:30,262 - Looks like you might be the only one 828 00:35:30,296 --> 00:35:31,897 to consider this treatise legitimate. 829 00:35:31,930 --> 00:35:33,232 - Object-- - Don't bother, counsel. 830 00:35:33,265 --> 00:35:35,234 I withdraw the comment. 831 00:35:35,267 --> 00:35:37,403 Would you mind explaining for us the subject of your thesis, 832 00:35:37,436 --> 00:35:41,207 that is, the Pinto case, to the jury? 833 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:42,641 - Sure. [grunts] 834 00:35:42,674 --> 00:35:45,911 Pinto was a 1981 lawsuit, 835 00:35:45,944 --> 00:35:49,248 in which Ford Motor Company was determined to have used 836 00:35:49,281 --> 00:35:54,286 a cost-benefit analysis, weighing the risk of human life 837 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,355 against corporate profit. 838 00:35:56,388 --> 00:35:59,691 - And in your thesis, you agreed with Ford. 839 00:35:59,725 --> 00:36:01,727 You argued it was appropriate for a company 840 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,263 to value profits over human life. 841 00:36:04,296 --> 00:36:06,298 - Theoretically, yes. - Not practically? 842 00:36:06,332 --> 00:36:08,200 - Well, uh, no. I wouldn't know. 843 00:36:08,234 --> 00:36:10,769 - But theoretically, sabotaging a particular project, 844 00:36:10,802 --> 00:36:13,672 if it boosted profits, would be an acceptable business practice. 845 00:36:13,705 --> 00:36:14,840 That's--that's what you wrote, isn't it? 846 00:36:14,873 --> 00:36:16,708 - [stammering] 847 00:36:16,742 --> 00:36:20,279 The point of business is to create profit, okay? 848 00:36:20,312 --> 00:36:22,814 - So if a company could earn an extra $10 million, 849 00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:24,883 it would be okay if, say, one person 850 00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:27,953 became collateral damage? - In theory. 851 00:36:27,986 --> 00:36:30,356 - Your paper says that corporations have a duty 852 00:36:30,389 --> 00:36:32,891 to weigh risk to human life against profits. 853 00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:34,993 I question the validity of that theory, 854 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:37,829 and you said it was a legitimate treatise. 855 00:36:37,863 --> 00:36:39,831 Are you changing your answer? - No, I'm not. 856 00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:41,767 - Of course not, 857 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,304 because it was cited by at least one noted scholar. 858 00:36:45,337 --> 00:36:47,005 Tell me, sir, under your theory, 859 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:49,375 how many people have to be put at risk of bodily harm 860 00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:50,842 before the corporation says, 861 00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:53,712 "Stop, we have made enough money"? 862 00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:58,016 * 863 00:36:58,049 --> 00:36:59,851 - [chuckles, snorts] 864 00:36:59,885 --> 00:37:01,553 There's no way to answer that question. 865 00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:03,722 It's theory. - Well, sure there is. 866 00:37:03,755 --> 00:37:05,991 It's right here in your treatise. 867 00:37:06,024 --> 00:37:07,793 "When the cost of defending lawsuits 868 00:37:07,826 --> 00:37:10,362 exceeds the company's expected profit margins." 869 00:37:10,396 --> 00:37:11,930 That's what you wrote, isn't it? 870 00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:14,766 - If you say so. - It's your words, not mine. 871 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,468 And the insurance policy on Riverfront 872 00:37:16,502 --> 00:37:18,870 would've netted you over half a billion dollars. 873 00:37:18,904 --> 00:37:20,038 - Objection. - That's a lot more, I suspect, 874 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:21,873 than it would cost to defend 875 00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:23,475 one of those pain-in-the-ass wrongful death lawsuits. 876 00:37:23,509 --> 00:37:25,344 - Objection. - Overruled. 877 00:37:25,377 --> 00:37:27,479 - I employ thousands of people, okay? 878 00:37:27,513 --> 00:37:29,348 I have hundreds-- - It's profits. 879 00:37:29,381 --> 00:37:30,949 It's all about profits. 880 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:33,819 - You're goddamn right it is! 881 00:37:33,852 --> 00:37:38,757 * 882 00:37:38,790 --> 00:37:41,893 - Even when the wrongful death was that of your son-in-law? 883 00:37:43,929 --> 00:37:46,465 What if it was your son? 884 00:37:46,498 --> 00:37:50,969 * 885 00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:52,338 Your daughter? 886 00:37:52,371 --> 00:37:55,073 * 887 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:59,378 - I employ thousands of people, okay? 888 00:37:59,411 --> 00:38:01,613 I have hundreds of commercial tenants-- 889 00:38:01,647 --> 00:38:03,915 - That's all. 890 00:38:03,949 --> 00:38:05,917 - [exhales] 891 00:38:05,951 --> 00:38:12,991 * 892 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:15,961 - Let's talk. 893 00:38:33,612 --> 00:38:36,948 - I agreed to talk...alone. 894 00:38:36,982 --> 00:38:40,352 - My house, my rules, Mr. Linden. 895 00:38:40,386 --> 00:38:41,520 You called this meeting, Helen. 896 00:38:41,553 --> 00:38:42,654 - Without admitting any guilt, 897 00:38:42,688 --> 00:38:44,089 my client is open to a plea. 898 00:38:44,122 --> 00:38:45,090 - I'm listening. 899 00:38:45,123 --> 00:38:46,392 - Reckless endangerment. 900 00:38:46,425 --> 00:38:48,026 Two years probation. 901 00:38:51,397 --> 00:38:53,665 - He killed your husband. What do you think, Sarah? 902 00:38:53,699 --> 00:38:55,133 I'll tell you what I think. 903 00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:58,103 I think manslaughter. He does 15. 904 00:38:58,136 --> 00:38:59,438 - I'll give you Tomczak. 905 00:38:59,471 --> 00:39:01,006 - I'll take him. 12. 906 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:02,674 - Okay, you know what, screw this. 907 00:39:02,708 --> 00:39:05,444 I'll just--I'll just take my chances with the jury. 908 00:39:05,477 --> 00:39:07,913 - It was her idea to get the insurance. 909 00:39:10,982 --> 00:39:14,052 She's the one who convinced Tomczak to freeze the boom pins. 910 00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:18,590 - You see that? You see that? 911 00:39:18,624 --> 00:39:21,693 I had nothing to do with this! 912 00:39:21,727 --> 00:39:23,595 - Don't let him do this to us, Brett-- 913 00:39:23,629 --> 00:39:26,898 - Not now, Sarah. - He killed Evan. 914 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,403 He left Annaleigh without a father. 915 00:39:31,437 --> 00:39:33,071 He'd gladly leave her without a mother. 916 00:39:33,104 --> 00:39:35,173 - Who's going to build things, Sarah? 917 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,943 You? Me? 918 00:39:37,976 --> 00:39:39,478 Annaleigh? 919 00:39:39,511 --> 00:39:42,481 Don't you see? We need him. 920 00:39:42,514 --> 00:39:43,682 We all do. 921 00:39:45,684 --> 00:39:47,486 - Well, I don't. 922 00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:49,020 There's no deal on the table for any of you. 923 00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:50,155 You can tell that to your buddy Tomczak 924 00:39:50,188 --> 00:39:51,623 and his errand boy Westin. 925 00:39:51,657 --> 00:39:53,959 I'm coming after all of you. 926 00:39:53,992 --> 00:40:01,032 * 927 00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:07,172 - In the case of the People of the State of Illinois 928 00:40:07,205 --> 00:40:09,040 versus Frank Linden, 929 00:40:09,074 --> 00:40:11,710 as to the sole count of the indictment, murder, 930 00:40:11,743 --> 00:40:14,145 we find the defendant guilty. 931 00:40:14,179 --> 00:40:15,514 * 932 00:40:15,547 --> 00:40:18,517 [crowd murmuring] 933 00:40:18,550 --> 00:40:25,591 * 934 00:40:48,146 --> 00:40:50,549 - Linden's already looking to reduce his sentence. 935 00:40:50,582 --> 00:40:52,551 - Oh, that doesn't surprise me. 936 00:40:52,584 --> 00:40:55,120 He's got a laundry list of dirty secrets to trade. 937 00:40:55,153 --> 00:40:57,122 - Yeah, starting with his son. 938 00:40:57,155 --> 00:40:59,725 - That family's like five of his businesses. 939 00:40:59,758 --> 00:41:02,227 Bankrupt. - Strategically bankrupt. 940 00:41:02,260 --> 00:41:04,229 - [chuckles] 941 00:41:04,262 --> 00:41:06,565 You two should have another drink. 942 00:41:06,598 --> 00:41:08,534 If I'm correct, 943 00:41:08,567 --> 00:41:10,636 you won't be coming back here for awhile. 944 00:41:12,604 --> 00:41:15,240 That dirty laundry I was talking about, 945 00:41:15,273 --> 00:41:18,744 most of it belongs to our esteemed membership.