1 00:00:06,195 --> 00:00:10,351 Seven, six, five, four, 2 00:00:10,515 --> 00:00:13,187 three, two, one. 3 00:00:13,275 --> 00:00:16,015 - Hey, bartender lady! - Happy New Year! 4 00:00:19,556 --> 00:00:20,726 Hey. 5 00:00:20,814 --> 00:00:22,325 I know it's New Year's Eve and all, 6 00:00:22,413 --> 00:00:25,327 but... don't you think maybe you've had enough? 7 00:00:25,851 --> 00:00:27,218 How about some food? 8 00:00:27,312 --> 00:00:29,507 Fish and chips? Tater Tots? 9 00:00:29,991 --> 00:00:32,200 Something with some absorption? 10 00:00:32,288 --> 00:00:35,171 ♪ And auld lang syne? ♪ 11 00:00:35,259 --> 00:00:38,099 ♪ For auld lang syne... ♪ 12 00:00:38,460 --> 00:00:39,734 Give me a minute. 13 00:00:39,921 --> 00:00:42,882 ♪ For auld lang syne... 14 00:00:43,062 --> 00:00:45,257 I think we need to cut this guy off. 15 00:00:45,740 --> 00:00:48,536 No, don't cut him off. Offer him some food. 16 00:00:48,624 --> 00:00:50,903 - Did that. - Come on. 17 00:00:50,991 --> 00:00:53,060 It's a holiday crowd. I don't want any trouble. 18 00:00:53,148 --> 00:00:54,538 I don't want to start anything. 19 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:58,290 Give him another and maybe he'll pass out. 20 00:00:58,601 --> 00:01:00,031 Maybe he'll leave. 21 00:01:01,424 --> 00:01:04,470 So, let me be the first. 22 00:01:05,710 --> 00:01:07,560 Happy New Year. 23 00:01:08,287 --> 00:01:09,843 If you say so. 24 00:01:11,241 --> 00:01:13,030 So, you have any big plans? 25 00:01:13,171 --> 00:01:14,958 You make any resolutions? 26 00:01:15,046 --> 00:01:18,609 Nope. I'm done with the future. 27 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,234 ♪ I don't know if there'll be snow ♪ 28 00:01:23,329 --> 00:01:25,549 ♪ But have a cup of cheer ♪ 29 00:01:26,952 --> 00:01:29,944 ♪ Have a holly jolly Christmas ♪ 30 00:01:30,234 --> 00:01:33,693 ♪ And when you walk down the street ♪ 31 00:01:34,174 --> 00:01:37,311 ♪ Say hello to friends you know ♪ 32 00:01:37,459 --> 00:01:41,045 ♪ And everyone you meet ♪ 33 00:01:41,148 --> 00:01:43,676 ♪ Oh, ho, the mistletoe ♪ 34 00:01:43,764 --> 00:01:47,710 ♪ Hung where you can see ♪ 35 00:01:47,951 --> 00:01:51,202 ♪ Somebody waits for you ♪ 36 00:01:51,421 --> 00:01:54,433 ♪ Kiss her once for me... ♪ 37 00:01:54,694 --> 00:01:58,708 That guy, the one I wanted to cut off, he just left. 38 00:01:59,286 --> 00:02:00,419 Problem solved. 39 00:02:00,521 --> 00:02:02,552 No. He's getting in a car. 40 00:02:03,786 --> 00:02:06,302 - His own car. - Where are you going? 41 00:02:06,390 --> 00:02:08,745 He's driving and he's blind drunk. I-I... to follow him. 42 00:02:08,833 --> 00:02:10,417 If I can get a cab. 43 00:02:10,505 --> 00:02:12,451 What are you talking about? You can't leave. 44 00:02:12,538 --> 00:02:15,685 - Hey, taxi! - It's New Year's Eve! 45 00:02:16,637 --> 00:02:20,356 Yes, I-I want to report what looks like an impaired driver. 46 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:23,528 His license plate? Sure. 47 00:02:23,616 --> 00:02:27,231 It's CX... oh, wait a second, he's turning. 48 00:02:28,114 --> 00:02:30,643 Uh... slow down? 49 00:02:32,595 --> 00:02:35,119 Looks like he's turning into a driveway. 50 00:02:36,606 --> 00:02:38,521 ♪ Sing with me, sing for the years... ♪ 51 00:02:38,647 --> 00:02:40,663 Looks like he's done for the night. 52 00:02:41,659 --> 00:02:43,231 Sorry to have bothered you. 53 00:02:43,347 --> 00:02:44,517 ♪ Sing with me ♪ 54 00:02:44,661 --> 00:02:46,920 ♪ Just for today, maybe tomorrow ♪ 55 00:02:47,007 --> 00:02:49,999 ♪ The good Lord will take you away... ♪ 56 00:02:58,641 --> 00:03:01,296 Can you take me back to where you got me? 57 00:03:15,340 --> 00:03:16,428 No, no. 58 00:03:22,695 --> 00:03:25,176 ♪ Sing with me, just for today. ♪ 59 00:03:56,860 --> 00:03:58,632 Oh, Bull. 60 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,940 It's unanimous. 61 00:04:01,168 --> 00:04:02,671 Not yet it isn't. 62 00:04:03,083 --> 00:04:04,650 All I need is one juror. 63 00:04:04,824 --> 00:04:06,492 One green juror. 64 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,249 A great closing argument could turn this whole thing around. 65 00:04:10,578 --> 00:04:12,734 We're ready to hear closing arguments. 66 00:04:17,324 --> 00:04:20,765 Oh, man, talk about pressure. I would not want to be that guy. 67 00:04:24,257 --> 00:04:26,156 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... 68 00:04:28,376 --> 00:04:31,476 I mean, what is there to say? 69 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:36,328 Thank you for your attention. 70 00:04:40,070 --> 00:04:41,187 Wow. 71 00:04:41,289 --> 00:04:43,209 I-I don't know if this is just an optical illusion, 72 00:04:43,296 --> 00:04:46,140 but I'd almost swear all the jurors just got redder. 73 00:04:47,390 --> 00:04:49,421 - I miss Benny. - I miss Benny. 74 00:04:51,699 --> 00:04:54,101 All right, it'll be right out. 75 00:04:54,189 --> 00:04:55,669 Danny. 76 00:04:55,832 --> 00:04:58,734 Thanks for coming. Thanks for doing this. 77 00:04:58,822 --> 00:05:00,084 You were right. 78 00:05:00,172 --> 00:05:01,869 It's all in there. He's a repeat offender. 79 00:05:01,957 --> 00:05:04,525 This guy's as slippery as a fish covered in Vaseline. 80 00:05:04,884 --> 00:05:06,187 Mm-hmm. 81 00:05:06,367 --> 00:05:09,046 He's your client, isn't he? 82 00:05:09,585 --> 00:05:10,818 Hey. 83 00:05:10,906 --> 00:05:13,161 The slippery deserve as vigorous a defense 84 00:05:13,249 --> 00:05:14,609 as those of us with traction. 85 00:05:14,697 --> 00:05:16,635 Oh, Benny. 86 00:05:16,765 --> 00:05:18,591 What did we say? 300 bucks? 87 00:05:18,679 --> 00:05:20,073 I don't want your money. 88 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,080 Benny, why don't you give Bull a call? 89 00:05:22,233 --> 00:05:24,992 Eh, what are you talking about? We're good. 90 00:05:25,523 --> 00:05:27,698 Really? The two of you have spoken? 91 00:05:29,613 --> 00:05:30,992 Benny, you're a great lawyer. 92 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,374 But look at the people you're representing. 93 00:05:34,054 --> 00:05:35,562 Yeah, well, I've never been good 94 00:05:35,656 --> 00:05:37,013 at the getting the clients part. 95 00:05:37,101 --> 00:05:38,943 Well, you know, Bull isn't as good 96 00:05:39,031 --> 00:05:41,023 at the winning cases part without you. 97 00:05:41,111 --> 00:05:43,331 He'll be fine. We'll be fine. 98 00:05:43,754 --> 00:05:45,132 Thanks for this. 99 00:05:46,504 --> 00:05:48,062 Either of you a father? 100 00:05:48,197 --> 00:05:49,374 Well, my wife... 101 00:05:49,462 --> 00:05:51,539 My ex-wife... it's a long story... 102 00:05:51,627 --> 00:05:52,868 We're expecting in four months. 103 00:05:52,955 --> 00:05:54,499 I have a 19-year-old 104 00:05:54,586 --> 00:05:56,936 who's finishing her second year of college. 105 00:05:57,148 --> 00:05:58,976 My daughter's 22. 106 00:05:59,843 --> 00:06:02,367 Worked as a bartender to put herself through school. 107 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:06,859 You remember hearing about the Crosley Street killings 108 00:06:06,992 --> 00:06:08,208 in Brooklyn last year? 109 00:06:08,295 --> 00:06:09,384 Yeah. 110 00:06:09,471 --> 00:06:10,863 Guy walks into his ex-wife's house 111 00:06:10,950 --> 00:06:13,866 on New Year's Eve with a .357 Magnum. 112 00:06:14,242 --> 00:06:16,593 Massacres her and her four guests. 113 00:06:16,681 --> 00:06:18,422 Shoots them all at point-blank range. 114 00:06:18,553 --> 00:06:20,945 Then the police came and shot and killed the shooter. 115 00:06:21,140 --> 00:06:23,117 His name was Eugene Hobbs. 116 00:06:24,356 --> 00:06:28,007 My daughter Patricia served Mr. Hobbs six shots of tequila 117 00:06:28,141 --> 00:06:29,984 in the two hours preceding the shooting. 118 00:06:32,703 --> 00:06:35,654 Yesterday, not quite two years after the crime was committed, 119 00:06:35,742 --> 00:06:38,044 Patricia was arrested for involuntary manslaughter 120 00:06:38,132 --> 00:06:39,805 in the deaths of those five people. 121 00:06:40,837 --> 00:06:44,450 I will pay anything if you can successfully defend her. 122 00:06:44,912 --> 00:06:46,174 So, 123 00:06:46,347 --> 00:06:47,671 who are you gonna get? 124 00:06:47,812 --> 00:06:49,424 City's filled with great lawyers. 125 00:06:49,511 --> 00:06:50,773 I'll find one. 126 00:06:51,730 --> 00:06:53,617 You know it's not that simple. 127 00:06:54,849 --> 00:06:56,421 It's not just about being great. 128 00:06:56,509 --> 00:07:00,968 It's about finding someone who knows when to listen to you 129 00:07:01,184 --> 00:07:04,275 and, with all due respect, when to ignore you. 130 00:07:04,455 --> 00:07:06,679 And that does not happen overnight. 131 00:07:07,112 --> 00:07:10,203 And what do you suggest I do, Mr. Palmer? 132 00:07:10,432 --> 00:07:15,437 I suggest that you go to Benny and you beg him to come back. 133 00:07:16,335 --> 00:07:17,684 I need your brother. 134 00:07:19,487 --> 00:07:21,015 What's the matter? 135 00:07:21,673 --> 00:07:23,367 Am I not enough for you? 136 00:07:24,948 --> 00:07:26,507 Have you tried the phone? 137 00:07:26,850 --> 00:07:29,234 Yep. He won't return my calls. 138 00:07:30,674 --> 00:07:32,320 Write him an e-mail. 139 00:07:32,487 --> 00:07:33,898 Invite him to dinner. 140 00:07:33,994 --> 00:07:36,281 I did that. He didn't respond. 141 00:07:39,648 --> 00:07:41,554 Well, just talk to the court clerk and find out 142 00:07:41,642 --> 00:07:44,156 when he's going to trial and plant yourself there. 143 00:07:44,391 --> 00:07:45,796 And beg him. 144 00:07:47,343 --> 00:07:49,687 You're the second person to use that word today. 145 00:07:49,955 --> 00:07:51,174 I am not gonna beg him. 146 00:07:51,363 --> 00:07:53,531 He assaulted me in front of four people. 147 00:07:53,804 --> 00:07:55,195 I'm not gonna beg him. 148 00:07:57,031 --> 00:07:59,492 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... 149 00:08:01,477 --> 00:08:05,833 ...people do not get out of bed in the morning 150 00:08:05,928 --> 00:08:09,203 and think to themselves, "Maybe I'll take a fall today. 151 00:08:10,300 --> 00:08:13,968 "Maybe I'll slip on the subway stairs, 152 00:08:14,155 --> 00:08:18,617 "wrench my back, sprain my neck, break a rib, 153 00:08:18,705 --> 00:08:22,437 "and spend a month in the hospital in extraordinary pain 154 00:08:22,540 --> 00:08:25,851 so that I can sue the city of New York for a million dollars." 155 00:08:26,319 --> 00:08:28,312 People do not do that. 156 00:08:28,669 --> 00:08:32,953 People do, however, sometimes lose their balance. 157 00:08:33,092 --> 00:08:37,161 Particularly on a rainy day, when the steps are wet 158 00:08:37,249 --> 00:08:41,046 and the city does nothing to control the number of people 159 00:08:41,134 --> 00:08:42,875 at a given subway station 160 00:08:43,002 --> 00:08:45,695 and folks are pushing and shoving and... 161 00:08:47,814 --> 00:08:53,617 Now the defense has not allowed a single minute to go by 162 00:08:53,711 --> 00:08:55,496 without reminding you that my client 163 00:08:55,584 --> 00:08:57,835 has fallen several times before. 164 00:08:58,515 --> 00:09:00,132 We don't deny that. 165 00:09:00,251 --> 00:09:02,775 But as the expert witness pointed out, 166 00:09:02,878 --> 00:09:05,794 it is not unusual for a man of Mr. Condron's 167 00:09:05,882 --> 00:09:08,128 size and age to have some challenges 168 00:09:08,301 --> 00:09:10,917 with regard to equilibrium and mobility. 169 00:09:11,065 --> 00:09:12,581 But we are not here to adjudicate 170 00:09:12,669 --> 00:09:14,761 Mr. Condron's physical limitations. 171 00:09:14,849 --> 00:09:17,591 We are here to decide whether the city bears 172 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,534 any responsibility in what happened. 173 00:09:20,918 --> 00:09:23,651 And I think the answer is pretty doggone clear. 174 00:09:24,708 --> 00:09:26,057 Mr. Colón. 175 00:09:26,145 --> 00:09:27,878 Mr. Colón. 176 00:09:28,646 --> 00:09:30,641 - I just want to say thank you. - Hmm. 177 00:09:30,729 --> 00:09:32,144 I think you did a hell of a job in there. 178 00:09:32,231 --> 00:09:34,651 Ah. Sorry I wasn't able to do better by you. 179 00:09:34,763 --> 00:09:35,894 Hey, come on. 180 00:09:35,981 --> 00:09:38,073 The city's paying for my hospital bills, 181 00:09:38,184 --> 00:09:39,807 my lawyer bills. 182 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,081 There's no crime in breaking even, right? 183 00:09:42,169 --> 00:09:44,215 Who knows? 184 00:09:46,438 --> 00:09:48,313 Maybe we'll do this again sometime, huh? 185 00:09:50,754 --> 00:09:52,571 God, I hope not. 186 00:09:52,755 --> 00:09:55,932 Didn't I see that guy on the cover of Slip and Suemagazine? 187 00:09:57,919 --> 00:09:59,486 What are you doing? 188 00:09:59,869 --> 00:10:02,088 Earning a living. What are you doing? 189 00:10:02,229 --> 00:10:04,391 Seeing what it would take to get you back. 190 00:10:06,341 --> 00:10:07,922 Truthfully, 191 00:10:08,523 --> 00:10:11,172 I don't think you're capable of doing what it would take. 192 00:10:12,110 --> 00:10:13,460 I'll do anything. 193 00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:15,977 No. You're not hearing me. 194 00:10:16,188 --> 00:10:18,539 I didn't say you wouldn't want to. 195 00:10:18,843 --> 00:10:21,188 I said I didn't think you could. 196 00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:23,774 Name it. 197 00:10:24,151 --> 00:10:27,664 Respect me. Show me some respect. 198 00:10:28,039 --> 00:10:29,249 Done. 199 00:10:30,125 --> 00:10:32,733 You know, i-if you really understood what respect was, 200 00:10:32,821 --> 00:10:33,666 you wouldn't have answered that 201 00:10:33,754 --> 00:10:35,033 so quickly. 202 00:10:35,313 --> 00:10:36,374 What are you talking about? 203 00:10:36,461 --> 00:10:38,079 I've always respected you, Benny. 204 00:10:38,265 --> 00:10:39,617 Really? 205 00:10:39,705 --> 00:10:42,485 Accepting cases without consulting me? 206 00:10:42,938 --> 00:10:44,321 It's my company, Benny. 207 00:10:44,409 --> 00:10:46,063 All these years in court together, 208 00:10:46,218 --> 00:10:47,922 have you ever once asked my opinion? 209 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:49,569 My point of view? 210 00:10:49,656 --> 00:10:50,918 This is ridiculous. 211 00:10:51,005 --> 00:10:53,899 Ah, unless we forget what you did to my sister 212 00:10:54,313 --> 00:10:56,272 at my father's funeral. 213 00:10:57,530 --> 00:10:59,000 We're having a baby. 214 00:10:59,243 --> 00:11:00,555 We're very happy, 215 00:11:00,981 --> 00:11:03,828 and the only thing we're missing... is you. 216 00:11:03,938 --> 00:11:07,451 Oh, don't you worry, gonna be there for the baby 217 00:11:07,539 --> 00:11:09,813 and I'm always there for my sister. 218 00:11:10,444 --> 00:11:12,088 I know you're hurt. 219 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:14,114 I know you're looking for someone to blame, 220 00:11:14,202 --> 00:11:16,656 someone to unload the hurt on, 221 00:11:16,744 --> 00:11:20,397 but... sometimes things just happen. 222 00:11:20,485 --> 00:11:21,601 They just do. 223 00:11:21,828 --> 00:11:25,039 Words of wisdom coming from a man who fornicates at funerals. 224 00:11:25,127 --> 00:11:26,836 Come on. You know and I know 225 00:11:26,924 --> 00:11:29,031 why you're here. You need me. 226 00:11:29,234 --> 00:11:31,781 Yes. I do. 227 00:11:31,869 --> 00:11:33,914 Well, you can start with an apology. 228 00:11:35,078 --> 00:11:37,735 I am sorry. 229 00:11:37,823 --> 00:11:39,303 Unprompted. 230 00:11:39,391 --> 00:11:41,258 Like you actually meant it. 231 00:11:41,469 --> 00:11:44,624 Well, let's not forget you punched me. 232 00:11:44,711 --> 00:11:46,017 Where's my apology? 233 00:11:46,312 --> 00:11:48,821 You should check the weather in hell, my friend. 234 00:11:49,386 --> 00:11:51,171 Where are you going? 235 00:11:51,835 --> 00:11:54,297 Oh, yeah, the trial's over. 236 00:11:54,594 --> 00:11:55,750 You gonna hit the streets, 237 00:11:55,838 --> 00:11:57,840 see if you can find a new ambulance to chase? 238 00:11:59,569 --> 00:12:01,141 Did you just give me the finger? 239 00:12:01,714 --> 00:12:04,359 *BULL (2016)* Season 04 Episode 01 240 00:12:04,572 --> 00:12:06,572 *BULL (2016)* Episode Title :"Labor Days" 241 00:12:10,078 --> 00:12:11,680 So I went to the owner. 242 00:12:11,816 --> 00:12:13,391 It just seemed really clear to me 243 00:12:13,479 --> 00:12:14,998 that we needed to cut the guy off. 244 00:12:15,086 --> 00:12:17,235 But not because you thought he might do harm to someone? 245 00:12:17,322 --> 00:12:20,412 No, no. Uh, I had no way of knowing that. 246 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:23,492 Just because he seemed so out of it. 247 00:12:23,625 --> 00:12:25,355 But the owner disagreed? 248 00:12:26,328 --> 00:12:28,414 He was worried the guy would make a scene. 249 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:31,013 The place was packed. He didn't want an incident. 250 00:12:31,163 --> 00:12:32,883 So you gave him another drink? 251 00:12:34,055 --> 00:12:36,235 I didn't feel I had a choice. 252 00:12:36,649 --> 00:12:38,195 I needed my job. 253 00:12:38,455 --> 00:12:40,239 Pretty good witness, wouldn't you say? 254 00:12:40,326 --> 00:12:42,662 I mean, she was so concerned for the man's safety, 255 00:12:42,750 --> 00:12:44,504 she followed him home. 256 00:12:44,733 --> 00:12:46,912 By the way, we are still on the hunt 257 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,350 for the cabbie who drove her. 258 00:12:48,438 --> 00:12:50,554 I think he could be a, an important witness. 259 00:12:50,641 --> 00:12:53,731 Whatever you say, but I don't want to go to trial. 260 00:12:54,563 --> 00:12:55,686 I don't follow. 261 00:12:55,774 --> 00:12:58,823 Well, let's look at the endgame here. 262 00:12:59,024 --> 00:13:00,436 The man who killed all those people, 263 00:13:00,524 --> 00:13:02,392 he was shot dead by the police. 264 00:13:02,479 --> 00:13:04,350 The bar itself has gone out of business, 265 00:13:04,437 --> 00:13:06,078 and the owner's nowhere to be found. 266 00:13:06,486 --> 00:13:07,804 And the victim's family are looking 267 00:13:07,891 --> 00:13:08,774 for their pound of flesh, 268 00:13:08,862 --> 00:13:11,508 and the only flesh they can find is your client, 269 00:13:11,854 --> 00:13:13,880 who, by the way, happens to be the daughter 270 00:13:13,968 --> 00:13:15,281 of a very wealthy man. 271 00:13:15,906 --> 00:13:16,667 You lost me. 272 00:13:16,754 --> 00:13:18,969 What does this have to do with us not going to trial? 273 00:13:19,057 --> 00:13:20,780 Let me finish. Managing situations like this, 274 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:22,209 it's what I do for a living. 275 00:13:22,297 --> 00:13:24,623 Tomorrow morning I'm gonna go down to the D.A., 276 00:13:24,711 --> 00:13:26,766 see if I can get this pled down to a misdemeanor. 277 00:13:26,883 --> 00:13:28,649 She would still have a record, 278 00:13:28,802 --> 00:13:31,781 and given the hysteria in the media, 279 00:13:31,899 --> 00:13:34,102 she would almost certainly do jail time. 280 00:13:34,190 --> 00:13:35,713 Yeah, but not 20 years. 281 00:13:35,801 --> 00:13:37,964 And we avoid a criminal trial altogether 282 00:13:38,075 --> 00:13:39,719 and get right to the main event. 283 00:13:39,813 --> 00:13:41,162 Which is? 284 00:13:41,281 --> 00:13:43,085 The civil trial. 285 00:13:43,851 --> 00:13:45,008 I mean, bottom line, 286 00:13:45,096 --> 00:13:46,461 they may not know it yet, 287 00:13:46,645 --> 00:13:49,133 but what all these victims' families are really looking for 288 00:13:49,221 --> 00:13:51,180 is settlement money from your client. 289 00:13:51,930 --> 00:13:53,053 And then, 290 00:13:53,141 --> 00:13:54,971 once everybody's got their "feel better" money, 291 00:13:55,058 --> 00:13:57,277 it'll be easy to get our girl early release. 292 00:13:57,365 --> 00:13:59,237 On the other hand, we could go to court, 293 00:13:59,331 --> 00:14:01,666 make our case, convince a jury, 294 00:14:01,754 --> 00:14:03,984 and then there would be no jail time, 295 00:14:04,072 --> 00:14:06,549 there would be no civil trial, there would be no settlements, 296 00:14:06,637 --> 00:14:09,016 and, I don't know, that kind of makes sense to me 297 00:14:09,111 --> 00:14:11,416 because she didn't do anything. 298 00:14:11,504 --> 00:14:14,072 You're not hearing me, Dr. Bull. I'm not going to trial. 299 00:14:14,196 --> 00:14:17,425 Mr. Perry, keep in mind, I hired you. 300 00:14:18,199 --> 00:14:19,599 Dr. Bull, you came to me 301 00:14:19,686 --> 00:14:21,253 because you needed somebody to ride shotgun 302 00:14:21,340 --> 00:14:22,472 with you on this thing. 303 00:14:22,559 --> 00:14:24,474 Now, you don't come to a firm like mine 304 00:14:24,561 --> 00:14:25,918 because you want to go to trial. 305 00:14:26,084 --> 00:14:28,910 You come to a firm like mine to avoid trial. 306 00:14:29,463 --> 00:14:31,347 Trials are crapshoots. 307 00:14:31,512 --> 00:14:35,933 Juries are crapshoots. Deals and pleas are not. 308 00:14:36,878 --> 00:14:39,444 Now, I know court's where you live 309 00:14:39,668 --> 00:14:42,318 and juries are what made you who you are, 310 00:14:42,405 --> 00:14:43,909 so I understand you'd have an exaggerated 311 00:14:43,996 --> 00:14:45,707 sense of comfort there, but... 312 00:14:45,795 --> 00:14:47,589 We're going to trial. 313 00:14:51,492 --> 00:14:53,546 I haven't been inside a courtroom in seven years, 314 00:14:53,633 --> 00:14:54,945 and I'm damn proud of it. 315 00:14:55,090 --> 00:14:57,245 It's a slow and irritating process 316 00:14:57,333 --> 00:14:59,539 and a terrible use of people's time. 317 00:15:00,305 --> 00:15:02,180 My time, anyway. 318 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,266 I'm guessing your regular guy is in-in the hospital? 319 00:15:07,430 --> 00:15:09,693 On vacation? Otherwise indisposed? 320 00:15:09,781 --> 00:15:10,906 Something like that. 321 00:15:10,994 --> 00:15:12,430 Okay, I'm gonna do you a favor. 322 00:15:12,518 --> 00:15:15,297 I know you're not a lawyer, so I'm gonna ask the court 323 00:15:15,385 --> 00:15:17,083 for a one-month continuance on your behalf. 324 00:15:17,452 --> 00:15:20,013 You know, take the month, wait for your guy. 325 00:15:21,966 --> 00:15:23,446 Month will get it done, right? 326 00:15:23,533 --> 00:15:24,555 No. 327 00:15:25,257 --> 00:15:28,031 It's not your problem. I appreciate the offer. 328 00:15:28,625 --> 00:15:29,820 I'll be fine. 329 00:15:37,874 --> 00:15:40,086 Steve. Steven! 330 00:15:41,219 --> 00:15:42,461 Hey. 331 00:15:42,862 --> 00:15:44,461 You know what? 332 00:15:45,508 --> 00:15:46,805 I think you're right. 333 00:15:47,348 --> 00:15:49,563 Let's do everything we can to avoid a trial. 334 00:15:50,258 --> 00:15:51,648 Wait, so... 335 00:15:52,136 --> 00:15:54,750 so now you're saying you, you want to do this thing? 336 00:15:57,340 --> 00:15:59,313 I get a good feeling from you, 337 00:15:59,535 --> 00:16:02,866 and I think we'd work well together. 338 00:16:03,344 --> 00:16:04,526 Huh. 339 00:16:04,614 --> 00:16:05,702 Yeah, me, too. 340 00:16:06,102 --> 00:16:08,285 - Thanks for lunch. - Yeah. 341 00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:19,308 Mr. Valerian, good afternoon. 342 00:16:19,396 --> 00:16:21,697 - You here by yourself? - Indeed I am. 343 00:16:21,801 --> 00:16:23,222 No Marissa, 344 00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:26,546 not this time. I wanted a word with you privately. 345 00:16:27,223 --> 00:16:29,168 Okay. How can I help you? 346 00:16:29,386 --> 00:16:33,426 I know... you know my wife had a change of heart 347 00:16:33,536 --> 00:16:36,184 with regards to our plans for starting a family, 348 00:16:36,606 --> 00:16:40,078 but I wanted to talk with you, kind of off the record, 349 00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:43,298 about a couple of things. First, 350 00:16:43,598 --> 00:16:46,629 I would hope you haven't disposed of her eggs just yet. 351 00:16:46,786 --> 00:16:48,869 No, I don't believe so, not quite yet. 352 00:16:48,956 --> 00:16:50,697 Well, what I was wondering was, 353 00:16:50,784 --> 00:16:54,606 is there a way I could pay you to keep them in storage 354 00:16:54,747 --> 00:16:57,051 without my wife knowing about it? 355 00:16:58,825 --> 00:17:01,278 Why don't you tell me the second thing? 356 00:17:02,749 --> 00:17:06,492 Surprise, surprise. I want to freeze my sperm. 357 00:17:07,340 --> 00:17:08,758 I just... 358 00:17:08,845 --> 00:17:11,239 I want to make sure we have everything we need 359 00:17:11,326 --> 00:17:14,957 in case she changes her mind again. 360 00:17:15,192 --> 00:17:16,668 Mr. Valerian, 361 00:17:17,244 --> 00:17:20,887 now I need to talk to you "off the record." 362 00:17:21,112 --> 00:17:24,239 So we'll save the taxpayers money and the courts time, 363 00:17:24,356 --> 00:17:25,786 and our client'll come in, 364 00:17:25,874 --> 00:17:27,887 plead guilty to a misdemeanor, and we'll just 365 00:17:27,975 --> 00:17:30,200 shuffle this off to the civil courts where it belongs. 366 00:17:30,885 --> 00:17:32,020 Misdemeanor? 367 00:17:32,115 --> 00:17:33,943 Yeah, I was thinking, uh, reckless endangerment, 368 00:17:34,030 --> 00:17:35,442 but we're totally open to anything 369 00:17:35,530 --> 00:17:37,418 the district attorney's office wants to suggest. 370 00:17:37,536 --> 00:17:39,465 And how do you feel about this, Dr. Bull? 371 00:17:41,457 --> 00:17:44,825 Uh, not sure my feelings really matter. 372 00:17:45,012 --> 00:17:47,145 Mr. Perry is the lead attorney on this case. 373 00:17:47,239 --> 00:17:48,661 So you think she's guilty? 374 00:17:49,223 --> 00:17:50,911 Because this feels like the kind of strategy 375 00:17:50,999 --> 00:17:53,629 one would employ for a guilty client. 376 00:17:57,329 --> 00:17:59,551 In my opinion, no, I don't think she's guilty. 377 00:17:59,684 --> 00:18:01,855 She served the man some drinks, she didn't 378 00:18:01,997 --> 00:18:04,510 buy the bullets, she didn't load the gun. 379 00:18:04,597 --> 00:18:05,973 Then what are you doing here? 380 00:18:06,163 --> 00:18:08,253 Uh, he's here because I'm here. 381 00:18:08,418 --> 00:18:09,903 Because I genuinely believe 382 00:18:09,991 --> 00:18:12,924 this is the most prudent course of action. 383 00:18:13,012 --> 00:18:14,864 The girl doesn't deny she served the man, 384 00:18:14,952 --> 00:18:16,747 so let's cut to the chase. 385 00:18:16,855 --> 00:18:19,176 We all know that this is gonna end up 386 00:18:19,264 --> 00:18:20,770 in the insurance company's lap. 387 00:18:20,858 --> 00:18:24,153 It's gonna be about money. I say let's get to it. 388 00:18:26,183 --> 00:18:28,793 Where is that lawyer you used to work with? 389 00:18:29,653 --> 00:18:31,018 I always sensed 390 00:18:31,106 --> 00:18:32,643 that fellow had a conscience. 391 00:18:32,731 --> 00:18:34,144 - Hey. - Let me lay my cards 392 00:18:34,231 --> 00:18:35,403 on the table. 393 00:18:35,491 --> 00:18:37,457 I have six dead bodies to answer for, 394 00:18:37,545 --> 00:18:39,575 four grieving families to answer to, 395 00:18:39,663 --> 00:18:41,262 and I don't think "misdemeanor" 396 00:18:41,372 --> 00:18:43,070 is the answer they're looking for. 397 00:18:43,158 --> 00:18:44,298 And I don't think money 398 00:18:44,386 --> 00:18:46,017 is what's on their minds. 399 00:18:46,562 --> 00:18:47,947 Not yet. 400 00:18:48,275 --> 00:18:51,959 So I'm gonna see this thing through in a court of law. 401 00:18:52,507 --> 00:18:54,978 The charge is still manslaughter, gentlemen. 402 00:18:57,173 --> 00:18:58,728 Thank you for dropping by. 403 00:19:05,499 --> 00:19:08,589 Huh. Well, who'd have guessed it? 404 00:19:08,677 --> 00:19:12,585 A.D.A. is a true believer, a holy roller. 405 00:19:12,708 --> 00:19:14,357 Well, you win some, you lose some. 406 00:19:14,445 --> 00:19:15,837 I'll tell you what, I'm gonna send 407 00:19:15,925 --> 00:19:18,296 an associate of mine over to sit with you in court. 408 00:19:18,577 --> 00:19:21,459 Yeah, like I told you before, musty old wooden rooms 409 00:19:21,554 --> 00:19:25,035 and... men and women in robes banging hammers on tables, 410 00:19:25,148 --> 00:19:26,562 it's not my thing. 411 00:19:26,733 --> 00:19:28,907 And mark my words, you're just gonna end up in the same place, 412 00:19:28,994 --> 00:19:31,736 sitting around a big conference room table talking about money. 413 00:19:31,824 --> 00:19:33,257 You're fired. 414 00:19:33,365 --> 00:19:34,797 Beg your pardon? 415 00:19:34,885 --> 00:19:36,327 You're fired. 416 00:19:49,495 --> 00:19:51,453 When are you coming home, Daddy? 417 00:19:51,540 --> 00:19:53,226 When I solve this problem. 418 00:19:53,337 --> 00:19:54,430 Jason... 419 00:19:55,186 --> 00:19:57,666 Why don't you just let me call my brother? 420 00:19:57,894 --> 00:20:00,898 He'll understand. You need a continuance. 421 00:20:00,986 --> 00:20:02,671 Enough time to find another lawyer. 422 00:20:02,759 --> 00:20:05,588 I'm sure he'd be willing to call the judge and get that for you. 423 00:20:05,736 --> 00:20:07,900 No, please don't. 424 00:20:08,462 --> 00:20:10,993 Well, then why don't youcall him? 425 00:20:11,089 --> 00:20:12,394 And say what? 426 00:20:12,964 --> 00:20:14,376 Hold on a sec. 427 00:20:14,955 --> 00:20:18,524 I have called every lawyer we have ever worked with. 428 00:20:18,813 --> 00:20:21,004 It's 20 after 9:00. Nobody's picking up. 429 00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:23,665 Hmm. I got to figure this out. 430 00:20:23,753 --> 00:20:28,024 Okay. I'll just find some other guy to rub my feet. 431 00:20:28,328 --> 00:20:29,884 You do that. 432 00:20:31,009 --> 00:20:32,190 What are you gonna do? 433 00:20:34,310 --> 00:20:36,704 I'm gonna show up in court tomorrow like a man, 434 00:20:36,803 --> 00:20:38,587 and when the judge asks where my lawyer is, 435 00:20:38,674 --> 00:20:39,704 I'm gonna cry like a baby 436 00:20:39,792 --> 00:20:42,273 and hope she and my client take pity on me. 437 00:20:45,868 --> 00:20:50,149 Now, out of my way. I got some feet to rub. 438 00:20:59,206 --> 00:21:00,887 Hello, you've reached Benjamin Colón. 439 00:21:00,974 --> 00:21:02,722 Please leave a message. 440 00:21:05,217 --> 00:21:06,691 I'm sorry. 441 00:21:08,363 --> 00:21:11,597 I'm so damn sorry, you have no idea. 442 00:21:20,342 --> 00:21:21,560 Hey, sorry I'm late. 443 00:21:21,648 --> 00:21:23,694 There was an accident on West Street. 444 00:21:23,796 --> 00:21:25,097 All rise. 445 00:21:25,185 --> 00:21:27,404 Uh, the thing is, 446 00:21:27,492 --> 00:21:29,407 the attorneys and I last night had a... 447 00:21:29,614 --> 00:21:31,355 a difference of opinion, and we, uh... 448 00:21:31,443 --> 00:21:32,769 Good morning, counsel. 449 00:21:32,857 --> 00:21:35,605 Are we ready to proceed with voir dire? 450 00:21:35,731 --> 00:21:37,037 We certainly are, Your Honor. 451 00:21:37,124 --> 00:21:38,776 And counsel for the defense? 452 00:21:38,864 --> 00:21:40,258 We certainly are, Your Honor. 453 00:21:40,345 --> 00:21:46,726 ♪ Ooh... 454 00:21:47,219 --> 00:21:53,812 ♪ Oh... 455 00:21:54,228 --> 00:22:00,374 ♪ Ah... 456 00:22:08,755 --> 00:22:10,036 Thank you. 457 00:22:11,371 --> 00:22:12,762 For what? 458 00:22:12,989 --> 00:22:14,817 For getting through voir dire? 459 00:22:15,364 --> 00:22:17,950 You wrote the questions, I just asked them. 460 00:22:18,983 --> 00:22:20,840 How do you feel about the jury? 461 00:22:23,218 --> 00:22:25,903 I think we did the best we could. 462 00:22:26,286 --> 00:22:29,627 All we can do is appeal to their sense 463 00:22:29,715 --> 00:22:31,090 - of fair play. - Mm. 464 00:22:31,178 --> 00:22:32,895 I mean, we wouldn't even be here if... 465 00:22:33,098 --> 00:22:36,239 that bar hadn't burned down and the owner hadn't fled town. 466 00:22:36,327 --> 00:22:38,096 If there were somebody else to go after. 467 00:22:38,184 --> 00:22:40,590 If the police hadn't shot the killer. 468 00:22:41,364 --> 00:22:43,840 Not much to hang a defense on. 469 00:22:44,533 --> 00:22:46,315 So, I've lined up the cab driver. 470 00:22:46,403 --> 00:22:48,112 He's all set to talk about how Patricia 471 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,057 followed her customer home and wouldn't leave 472 00:22:50,145 --> 00:22:51,175 till he was safely in the house. 473 00:22:51,262 --> 00:22:52,449 Yeah, he's scheduled to come in tomorrow 474 00:22:52,536 --> 00:22:53,894 so he and I can go over his testimony. 475 00:22:53,981 --> 00:22:55,479 Excellent. Thanks, Chunk. 476 00:22:55,567 --> 00:22:58,252 And by going back and combing through the newspaper, 477 00:22:58,340 --> 00:23:00,401 television, and Web coverage of the shooting, 478 00:23:00,489 --> 00:23:02,651 I was able to track down witnesses from the bar 479 00:23:02,739 --> 00:23:05,877 who overheard the conversation between Patricia and the owner. 480 00:23:05,965 --> 00:23:07,604 How she made it very clear 481 00:23:07,692 --> 00:23:09,396 she didn't want to serve any more drinks to Hobbs, 482 00:23:09,483 --> 00:23:11,627 but he pretty much ordered her to do it. 483 00:23:11,715 --> 00:23:14,137 Well, there you go. Jurors have to respond to that. 484 00:23:14,225 --> 00:23:15,932 - We can only hope. - You know, 485 00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:17,698 I've actually been thinking about 486 00:23:17,786 --> 00:23:19,371 another way to come at this thing. 487 00:23:21,139 --> 00:23:22,358 What are you talking about? 488 00:23:22,453 --> 00:23:25,036 Well, respectfully... 489 00:23:25,803 --> 00:23:28,012 I've been thinking about it all day, 490 00:23:28,598 --> 00:23:30,887 and I have an idea for a narrative. 491 00:23:31,339 --> 00:23:33,527 A thought on a way to present this case. 492 00:23:33,956 --> 00:23:35,453 From a legal standpoint. 493 00:23:36,817 --> 00:23:39,684 Oh... you do? 494 00:23:40,557 --> 00:23:42,036 Yeah. 495 00:23:42,340 --> 00:23:44,590 Why are you acting so surprised? 496 00:23:45,521 --> 00:23:47,653 Am I acting surprised? 497 00:23:48,729 --> 00:23:50,715 I guess I am. Okay. 498 00:23:50,933 --> 00:23:53,450 I am. It's just normally you leave the... 499 00:23:53,681 --> 00:23:56,887 narrative strategy to me. 500 00:23:57,965 --> 00:24:00,549 Well, to be honest, a lot of the times, 501 00:24:00,637 --> 00:24:01,969 I have ideas of my own. 502 00:24:02,056 --> 00:24:04,363 I just don't present 'em to you. 503 00:24:04,629 --> 00:24:05,848 And why is that? 504 00:24:06,684 --> 00:24:08,112 I guess I sort of get the sense 505 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:09,911 like they might not be welcome. 506 00:24:10,075 --> 00:24:13,114 Well, respectfully back, 507 00:24:13,395 --> 00:24:14,776 that is ridiculous. 508 00:24:14,864 --> 00:24:17,543 - Really? - Yeah. Absolutely. 509 00:24:17,684 --> 00:24:18,725 What is your idea? 510 00:24:18,812 --> 00:24:20,566 What is your narrative? What's your strategy? 511 00:24:20,654 --> 00:24:21,972 Causation. 512 00:24:22,426 --> 00:24:24,688 - Causation. - Causation. 513 00:24:25,107 --> 00:24:27,342 Personally, I don't like going into a trial 514 00:24:27,429 --> 00:24:29,436 where I have to count on the possibility 515 00:24:29,545 --> 00:24:31,390 that the jurors might realize 516 00:24:31,477 --> 00:24:33,218 it's not fair to blame our client. 517 00:24:33,607 --> 00:24:35,498 I'd prefer to prove 518 00:24:35,592 --> 00:24:37,160 that one thing had nothing to do with the other. 519 00:24:37,248 --> 00:24:39,240 That the killer drinking those drinks 520 00:24:39,328 --> 00:24:42,097 did not cause him to bust into that house 521 00:24:42,185 --> 00:24:43,371 and kill his estranged wife 522 00:24:43,459 --> 00:24:45,012 and all those people, that there was... 523 00:24:45,169 --> 00:24:46,448 no causation. 524 00:24:46,748 --> 00:24:48,855 And therefore, our client bears no responsibility. 525 00:24:48,943 --> 00:24:50,506 You think you can prove that? 526 00:24:50,801 --> 00:24:52,280 Respectfully, I do. 527 00:24:52,515 --> 00:24:54,866 With the team's help, of course. 528 00:24:56,370 --> 00:24:58,693 You just don't understand juries. 529 00:25:00,071 --> 00:25:01,464 Oh? 530 00:25:02,623 --> 00:25:03,761 I don't understand 531 00:25:03,849 --> 00:25:05,920 - juries, huh? - I see. 532 00:25:06,294 --> 00:25:08,471 Spent my whole adult life in court, 533 00:25:08,558 --> 00:25:10,081 but that counts for nothing, 534 00:25:10,387 --> 00:25:11,777 - says the jury whisperer. - Okay, 535 00:25:11,865 --> 00:25:14,177 I promise you every single person in that jury box 536 00:25:14,265 --> 00:25:16,347 at some point in their lives has had a run-in 537 00:25:16,435 --> 00:25:17,816 with someone who drank too much, 538 00:25:17,904 --> 00:25:19,714 and I guarantee you they felt threatened. 539 00:25:19,802 --> 00:25:22,589 I don't deny that, but did they blame the person 540 00:25:22,677 --> 00:25:25,313 who poured the drink or the person who drank it? 541 00:25:26,511 --> 00:25:28,333 I-I know it might not 542 00:25:28,428 --> 00:25:32,417 be my place to say... but I think Benny 543 00:25:32,505 --> 00:25:33,721 is onto something. 544 00:25:33,809 --> 00:25:34,974 You're right, it's not your place. 545 00:25:35,061 --> 00:25:37,261 Well, if she's out of line, then I'm definitely looking for work, 546 00:25:37,348 --> 00:25:39,938 because what he's talking about sounds like... 547 00:25:40,352 --> 00:25:42,614 a real defense. 548 00:25:43,261 --> 00:25:44,673 And what I said? 549 00:25:46,186 --> 00:25:49,287 It sounds like a point of view. 550 00:25:49,529 --> 00:25:51,873 An-And, look, you may be right, 551 00:25:52,036 --> 00:25:54,303 but when the smoke clears, 552 00:25:54,474 --> 00:25:56,412 no matter where this thing ends up, 553 00:25:56,654 --> 00:26:00,725 we all want to feel like we actually defended our client, 554 00:26:01,154 --> 00:26:03,090 and not stand around and let 555 00:26:03,178 --> 00:26:07,217 whatever you're convinced is gonna happen just... happen. 556 00:26:07,475 --> 00:26:09,084 Hmm. 557 00:26:15,678 --> 00:26:17,326 Causation. 558 00:26:18,704 --> 00:26:22,882 Rhymes with "exoneration." 559 00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:24,764 Let's hope it works. 560 00:26:29,443 --> 00:26:32,700 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 561 00:26:32,795 --> 00:26:35,771 the law is very clear and straightforward 562 00:26:35,888 --> 00:26:37,778 about situations like these. 563 00:26:37,866 --> 00:26:40,943 It is virtually irrefutable that the defendant, 564 00:26:41,145 --> 00:26:43,552 through her actions, through her willingness 565 00:26:43,656 --> 00:26:46,441 to serve an apparently already inebriated man 566 00:26:46,529 --> 00:26:49,576 more alcohol, set in motion a series of events 567 00:26:49,664 --> 00:26:53,739 that led to all this bloodshed and heartache. 568 00:26:55,137 --> 00:26:57,919 And the law has a name for that. 569 00:26:58,583 --> 00:27:01,599 Involuntary manslaughter. 570 00:27:02,256 --> 00:27:05,677 So, even though someone doesn't actually pull the trigger, 571 00:27:05,765 --> 00:27:08,855 she must still be held responsible 572 00:27:08,965 --> 00:27:11,060 for all that she did that contributed 573 00:27:11,148 --> 00:27:13,122 to this horrific tragedy. 574 00:27:13,517 --> 00:27:15,146 On New Year's Eve, 575 00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:18,890 the day of these unforgivable killings, 576 00:27:19,639 --> 00:27:23,164 Eugene Hobbs had breakfast at the Crosstown Diner. 577 00:27:25,066 --> 00:27:28,293 Had they not served him, isn't it possible 578 00:27:28,381 --> 00:27:30,726 that... he might not have had the energy 579 00:27:30,813 --> 00:27:33,491 to commit his monstrous crime later that day? 580 00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:36,305 And yet, where's the waiter that brought him 581 00:27:36,393 --> 00:27:37,851 his bacon and eggs? 582 00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:40,084 Why isn't he here... 583 00:27:40,793 --> 00:27:42,272 sitting beside my client, 584 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:44,493 shouldering his portion of the responsibility? 585 00:27:44,618 --> 00:27:48,600 Or the gas station that sold him the gas 586 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:50,876 that made it possible for him to drive 587 00:27:50,963 --> 00:27:52,889 to his estranged wife's home. 588 00:27:53,575 --> 00:27:56,991 Or the company that sold him the winter coat he was wearing 589 00:27:57,394 --> 00:28:00,717 that made it bearable for him to go out in the cold 590 00:28:00,896 --> 00:28:02,569 to do what he did. 591 00:28:04,627 --> 00:28:07,920 I mention all this because the prosecution, 592 00:28:08,141 --> 00:28:09,938 in explaining his case against my client, 593 00:28:10,026 --> 00:28:11,723 left out one vital element. 594 00:28:12,201 --> 00:28:13,772 That's causation. 595 00:28:14,545 --> 00:28:15,558 It's causation. 596 00:28:15,646 --> 00:28:17,920 Th-That's really the question here. 597 00:28:18,395 --> 00:28:22,413 Did what my client do actually cause these killings? 598 00:28:23,006 --> 00:28:24,319 Let me put it another way. 599 00:28:24,407 --> 00:28:26,483 Had my client not served Mr. Hobbs, 600 00:28:26,703 --> 00:28:29,706 is it reasonable to suppose that he would not have gone 601 00:28:29,794 --> 00:28:32,579 to his estranged wife's home and done what he did? 602 00:28:33,932 --> 00:28:35,862 Ladies and gentlemen, as I will demonstrate 603 00:28:35,950 --> 00:28:39,542 during this trial, the facts do not support that. 604 00:28:39,738 --> 00:28:41,827 One did not cause the other. 605 00:28:41,915 --> 00:28:43,624 And, folks, if I can prove to you 606 00:28:43,712 --> 00:28:45,365 that one did not cause the other, 607 00:28:45,452 --> 00:28:49,805 then you have no choice but to find my client not guilty. 608 00:28:50,610 --> 00:28:52,481 Thank you. 609 00:28:54,646 --> 00:28:55,966 Tell me what you see. 610 00:28:56,054 --> 00:28:58,012 I'll tell you what I don't see. 611 00:28:58,099 --> 00:29:00,546 I don't see any takers. 612 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,600 Well, he's telling them there may not be a bogeyman. 613 00:29:03,823 --> 00:29:05,272 Or woman. 614 00:29:05,562 --> 00:29:08,605 That there may not be a living and breathing human being 615 00:29:08,693 --> 00:29:11,653 left to punish, that they may not have someone 616 00:29:11,740 --> 00:29:13,568 that's still alive left to blame. 617 00:29:13,749 --> 00:29:17,092 And that's not fun to hear, so let's give it some time. 618 00:29:17,718 --> 00:29:20,545 So, as a city medical examiner, Dr. Ferrel, 619 00:29:20,749 --> 00:29:23,429 you performed autopsies not just on the five victims 620 00:29:23,517 --> 00:29:25,649 but on the shooter as well. I did. 621 00:29:25,737 --> 00:29:28,174 And can you tell us about the shooter's blood alcohol level? 622 00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:30,452 He was pretty close to a .23. 623 00:29:30,540 --> 00:29:31,628 And the legal limit is? 624 00:29:31,802 --> 00:29:33,061 .08. 625 00:29:33,638 --> 00:29:36,381 So, almost three times 626 00:29:36,471 --> 00:29:37,820 the legal limit. 627 00:29:38,142 --> 00:29:39,827 That is correct. 628 00:29:40,257 --> 00:29:42,683 I have nothing further for this witness 629 00:29:42,771 --> 00:29:44,585 at this time. 630 00:29:45,649 --> 00:29:49,951 Dr. Ferrel, you supervised all of the autopsies 631 00:29:50,039 --> 00:29:53,249 for all the victims, as well as the shooter? 632 00:29:53,337 --> 00:29:54,424 I did. 633 00:29:54,512 --> 00:29:57,685 And how many shots were actually fired by the shooter? 634 00:29:57,773 --> 00:29:58,840 Five. 635 00:29:58,928 --> 00:30:00,225 And there were how many victims? 636 00:30:00,334 --> 00:30:01,630 Not including the gunman himself. 637 00:30:01,718 --> 00:30:02,950 Five. 638 00:30:03,038 --> 00:30:07,038 Wow. The shooter didn't waste a single shot. 639 00:30:07,647 --> 00:30:10,272 Doesn't sound like he was all that impaired to me. 640 00:30:10,390 --> 00:30:12,739 Maybe just drunk enough to actually go through with it. 641 00:30:12,827 --> 00:30:15,412 Ah, I see, I see. 642 00:30:15,749 --> 00:30:19,108 So you are suggesting that perhaps the alcohol 643 00:30:19,295 --> 00:30:22,137 gave him the courage to commit these terrible crimes? 644 00:30:22,225 --> 00:30:23,481 Okay, and-and 645 00:30:23,569 --> 00:30:26,311 what in your autopsy findings led you to that? 646 00:30:26,460 --> 00:30:28,827 Nothing. It's just a hunch. 647 00:30:29,456 --> 00:30:31,108 Just a hunch. 648 00:30:32,413 --> 00:30:35,374 Okay, let's talk science. 649 00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:36,895 Let's talk statistics. 650 00:30:36,983 --> 00:30:38,616 Would it surprise you to know 651 00:30:38,733 --> 00:30:40,942 that the Center for Disease Control 652 00:30:41,030 --> 00:30:42,630 did a study of mass shootings in America? 653 00:30:42,718 --> 00:30:45,325 Mass shootings being any shooting in a single place 654 00:30:45,639 --> 00:30:49,019 in which four or more people are shot dead at the same time. 655 00:30:49,171 --> 00:30:51,405 And they discovered, unlike domestic, 656 00:30:51,546 --> 00:30:53,363 single-victim shootings, which tend to be 657 00:30:53,450 --> 00:30:56,163 spontaneous acts of passion, 658 00:30:56,343 --> 00:31:01,577 mass shootings almost never involve alcohol or drugs. 659 00:31:01,765 --> 00:31:03,413 And they found this puzzling, 660 00:31:03,608 --> 00:31:04,810 so they interviewed the shooters, 661 00:31:04,897 --> 00:31:06,405 and you know what they discovered? 662 00:31:06,514 --> 00:31:08,624 Shooting a lot of people is hard. 663 00:31:08,804 --> 00:31:11,343 It takes planning, it takes focus, 664 00:31:11,468 --> 00:31:14,382 and apparently that's why, by and large, 665 00:31:14,530 --> 00:31:18,708 no alcohol or drugs figured into these shootings. 666 00:31:18,796 --> 00:31:20,093 And when they did, 667 00:31:20,180 --> 00:31:23,020 it had nothing to do with the killings themselves. 668 00:31:23,108 --> 00:31:26,051 It was usually because the shooter had been drinking 669 00:31:26,139 --> 00:31:29,843 to celebrate an anniversary or birthday. 670 00:31:30,264 --> 00:31:31,905 Or maybe even the New Year. 671 00:31:32,096 --> 00:31:34,171 Objection. Is Mr. Colón testifying, 672 00:31:34,273 --> 00:31:36,122 or is he gonna ask the witness a question? 673 00:31:36,210 --> 00:31:37,819 I'm sorry, Your Honor. 674 00:31:37,959 --> 00:31:40,639 Sometimes I get excited and I just start talking. 675 00:31:40,858 --> 00:31:42,184 Objection sustained. 676 00:31:42,272 --> 00:31:44,850 The jury will disregard counsel's comment. 677 00:31:46,416 --> 00:31:50,538 Well, maybe they will, maybe they won't. 678 00:31:52,718 --> 00:31:55,991 Your brother was a real superstar today. 679 00:31:56,342 --> 00:32:00,624 Prosecution put on a full-court press. 680 00:32:02,671 --> 00:32:06,686 Of course, tomorrow we put on our case. 681 00:32:07,335 --> 00:32:08,981 And don't tell Benny, but I for one 682 00:32:09,069 --> 00:32:11,310 am gonna bring an extra pair of underwear. 683 00:32:11,397 --> 00:32:13,639 I have a feeling it's gonna get ugly. 684 00:32:15,184 --> 00:32:17,577 You don't sound optimistic. 685 00:32:19,522 --> 00:32:21,460 I didn't say I wasn't rooting for your brother. 686 00:32:21,561 --> 00:32:23,932 It's just... 687 00:32:24,295 --> 00:32:26,064 People need someone to pay, 688 00:32:26,670 --> 00:32:29,217 even if it's just Mrs. O'Leary's cow. 689 00:32:32,303 --> 00:32:34,332 Is it just juries that you've lost faith in, 690 00:32:34,420 --> 00:32:38,207 or... all of humanity? 691 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:41,061 It's everyone. Pretty much the whole species. 692 00:32:42,873 --> 00:32:44,490 Then... 693 00:32:45,678 --> 00:32:47,848 why are we having this baby? 694 00:32:47,936 --> 00:32:50,404 Well, it's like I told your brother, 695 00:32:50,951 --> 00:32:52,482 sometimes things happen. 696 00:32:52,780 --> 00:32:54,086 They just do. 697 00:32:55,357 --> 00:32:57,313 I didn't ask you how, 698 00:32:57,646 --> 00:32:59,178 I asked you why. 699 00:33:00,459 --> 00:33:02,803 Maybe, way down deep... 700 00:33:03,826 --> 00:33:05,495 I'm hoping I'm wrong. 701 00:33:06,575 --> 00:33:08,294 So, how long did you know the shooter? 702 00:33:08,381 --> 00:33:10,182 How long were you friends with the shooter? 703 00:33:10,270 --> 00:33:11,527 Since high school. 704 00:33:11,615 --> 00:33:14,551 So y-you were around when he met his estranged wife? 705 00:33:14,639 --> 00:33:17,537 When they started dating? When they got engaged? 706 00:33:17,771 --> 00:33:20,951 Yup. He couldn't believe it. He thought he'd won the lotto. 707 00:33:21,039 --> 00:33:22,896 So they were young and in love? 708 00:33:23,506 --> 00:33:26,821 Until they weren't. I remember him telling me, 709 00:33:27,092 --> 00:33:29,951 he said that one day everything just changed, 710 00:33:30,186 --> 00:33:31,695 that she wouldn't hold his hand, 711 00:33:31,782 --> 00:33:34,176 she wouldn't let him kiss her, wouldn't let him touch her, 712 00:33:34,515 --> 00:33:36,576 didn't want to listen to anything he had to say. 713 00:33:36,664 --> 00:33:38,617 And how did he react to that? 714 00:33:38,953 --> 00:33:40,051 Not well. 715 00:33:40,250 --> 00:33:44,133 For a while he was just depressed, and then he got mad. 716 00:33:44,358 --> 00:33:46,953 And did he ever discuss seeking some kind of revenge? 717 00:33:47,133 --> 00:33:48,482 Yes. 718 00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:50,593 And did this revenge involve guns? 719 00:33:50,883 --> 00:33:52,115 Yes. 720 00:33:52,304 --> 00:33:54,422 And when did these conversations start? 721 00:33:54,789 --> 00:33:57,709 About three months before the killings. 722 00:33:57,797 --> 00:33:59,679 Three months. 723 00:33:59,983 --> 00:34:01,115 Thank you. 724 00:34:01,203 --> 00:34:02,813 No further questions, Your Honor. 725 00:34:05,767 --> 00:34:07,180 So your testimony is, 726 00:34:07,268 --> 00:34:09,951 your best friend tells you he wants to shoot his wife, 727 00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:11,557 and you didn't call the police? 728 00:34:11,645 --> 00:34:13,395 You didn't call his wife? 729 00:34:14,187 --> 00:34:15,319 No. 730 00:34:15,422 --> 00:34:16,815 May I ask why not? 731 00:34:18,424 --> 00:34:19,961 Honestly? 732 00:34:20,448 --> 00:34:22,505 I thought he was just trying to blow off some steam. 733 00:34:22,593 --> 00:34:24,699 I mean, come on. 734 00:34:25,001 --> 00:34:26,618 Who kills their wife? 735 00:34:27,541 --> 00:34:29,221 Your best friend did. 736 00:34:31,112 --> 00:34:32,791 Your best friend did. 737 00:34:36,538 --> 00:34:37,757 So, is that the gun 738 00:34:37,845 --> 00:34:39,238 you sold the shooter? 739 00:34:39,587 --> 00:34:41,000 Certainly the same make and model. 740 00:34:41,088 --> 00:34:42,418 And when did the sale take place? 741 00:34:42,505 --> 00:34:45,024 Uh... right around Thanksgiving. 742 00:34:45,112 --> 00:34:46,944 About five weeks before the killings? 743 00:34:47,031 --> 00:34:48,534 Yes, sir. 744 00:34:50,018 --> 00:34:52,819 Do you have any knowledge regarding whether the shooter 745 00:34:52,906 --> 00:34:55,940 had ever fired a gun prior to the shootings? 746 00:34:56,104 --> 00:34:58,782 He mentioned to me that he hadn't. 747 00:34:59,112 --> 00:35:01,180 Wanted to know if I could point him towards a range 748 00:35:01,268 --> 00:35:03,617 where he could practice, get comfortable with it. 749 00:35:03,705 --> 00:35:07,008 And how often would the shooter bring his gun to your range? 750 00:35:07,095 --> 00:35:08,226 Three or four times a week. 751 00:35:08,313 --> 00:35:10,272 Three or four times a week. 752 00:35:10,494 --> 00:35:12,839 Every week in the weeks leading up to the shooting? 753 00:35:12,987 --> 00:35:15,151 Uh-huh. Even Christmas. 754 00:35:15,283 --> 00:35:18,049 We got him signing in and we've got him on video. 755 00:35:19,293 --> 00:35:20,955 Now, your sister and her husband died 756 00:35:21,043 --> 00:35:22,197 on the night of the massacre. 757 00:35:22,285 --> 00:35:24,463 Yes. They were all great friends. 758 00:35:24,596 --> 00:35:27,724 My sister and her husband, another friend and her husband, 759 00:35:27,811 --> 00:35:28,838 and of course... 760 00:35:28,940 --> 00:35:30,627 The shooter's estranged wife. 761 00:35:31,954 --> 00:35:34,002 Now, this New Year's Eve party, 762 00:35:34,418 --> 00:35:36,539 this is something they did every year? 763 00:35:36,627 --> 00:35:38,474 Every year since the end of high school. 764 00:35:38,561 --> 00:35:40,128 It was just the three couples, 765 00:35:40,215 --> 00:35:42,086 except this year it was two and a half. 766 00:35:42,173 --> 00:35:44,237 Because the shooter wasn't invited. No. 767 00:35:44,377 --> 00:35:45,649 But he knew about it. 768 00:35:45,737 --> 00:35:48,565 Like I said, it happened every year. 769 00:35:49,291 --> 00:35:52,314 And I'm sure it hurt his feelings, 770 00:35:52,487 --> 00:35:54,359 along with everything else that was going on. 771 00:35:54,446 --> 00:35:57,617 So you don't think it was an accident 772 00:35:57,705 --> 00:35:59,190 that he chose this particular night 773 00:35:59,277 --> 00:36:01,453 to go back home with a firearm? 774 00:36:01,540 --> 00:36:04,407 No. He knew exactly what to expect 775 00:36:04,495 --> 00:36:05,979 when he walked through the door. 776 00:36:07,377 --> 00:36:09,292 Thank you, Ms. Parker. 777 00:36:09,754 --> 00:36:12,682 Oh, uh, one last question. 778 00:36:13,651 --> 00:36:15,424 How well did you know the shooter? 779 00:36:15,511 --> 00:36:16,635 Pretty well. 780 00:36:16,723 --> 00:36:19,932 Since the end of high school, like the rest of them. Why? 781 00:36:21,393 --> 00:36:22,953 And... 782 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:24,868 did you know him to be a drinker? 783 00:36:24,955 --> 00:36:28,010 Yeah. Sure. Gene could drink with the best of them. 784 00:36:28,098 --> 00:36:31,046 So the idea that he would have to drink 785 00:36:31,134 --> 00:36:33,528 to summon up the courage to do something...? 786 00:36:33,616 --> 00:36:35,385 Based on my experience? 787 00:36:35,618 --> 00:36:38,322 Gene would drink to drink. 788 00:36:43,382 --> 00:36:45,297 Thanks again, Ms. Parker. 789 00:36:45,689 --> 00:36:47,094 Marissa? 790 00:36:47,189 --> 00:36:49,971 I've only got two little sprouts on my end. 791 00:36:50,059 --> 00:36:52,104 Okay, that's a beginning. 792 00:36:53,330 --> 00:36:55,955 Let's see what closing arguments bring. 793 00:36:56,055 --> 00:36:59,581 So he came up with the plan three months before it happened, 794 00:37:00,498 --> 00:37:03,751 bought the gun about six weeks before it happened, 795 00:37:03,839 --> 00:37:07,388 started practicing five weeks before the big day, 796 00:37:07,476 --> 00:37:11,084 and drank every time he had the money and the time. 797 00:37:12,068 --> 00:37:14,483 So how does my client fit into all this? 798 00:37:15,457 --> 00:37:17,938 From everything I can tell, she doesn't. 799 00:37:19,654 --> 00:37:23,144 Now, uh, a guy I work with, 800 00:37:23,231 --> 00:37:26,826 a guy I really, um, respect... 801 00:37:27,931 --> 00:37:30,151 ..we got into this thing at work. 802 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,676 I was in the middle of a tough time. 803 00:37:33,852 --> 00:37:37,672 My dad had just died, my sister's marriage fell apart, 804 00:37:38,195 --> 00:37:39,457 bunch of other things. 805 00:37:39,545 --> 00:37:41,063 Some had to do with him, some didn't. 806 00:37:41,151 --> 00:37:42,719 Anyway, 807 00:37:43,189 --> 00:37:47,071 I got really angry with this guy. 808 00:37:48,376 --> 00:37:50,780 And somewhere deep down inside, 809 00:37:50,867 --> 00:37:53,739 without really thinking about it, 810 00:37:53,852 --> 00:37:55,828 I decided to blame it all on him. 811 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,093 Now, eventually, we-we patched it up, 812 00:38:00,181 --> 00:38:02,985 and I remember at one point him saying to me, 813 00:38:03,376 --> 00:38:05,032 "I know you're hurt. 814 00:38:05,454 --> 00:38:07,362 "I know you're looking for someone to blame, 815 00:38:07,449 --> 00:38:09,973 "someone to unload all that hurt on, 816 00:38:10,266 --> 00:38:13,199 "but, you know, sometimes 817 00:38:13,302 --> 00:38:16,436 things just happen. They just do." 818 00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:20,113 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 819 00:38:20,201 --> 00:38:24,286 I think Eugene Hobbs made a decision to do something, 820 00:38:24,987 --> 00:38:27,859 and whether or not my client served him those drinks, 821 00:38:27,947 --> 00:38:29,762 he was going to do it. 822 00:38:30,264 --> 00:38:33,920 Because, you know, sometimes 823 00:38:34,116 --> 00:38:35,841 things just happen. 824 00:38:36,567 --> 00:38:38,306 They just do. 825 00:38:40,453 --> 00:38:41,951 So, where does that leave us? 826 00:38:42,038 --> 00:38:45,349 I am staring at a perfect mix of red and green. 827 00:38:45,437 --> 00:38:47,583 - Six and six. - Mm. 828 00:38:48,989 --> 00:38:50,411 What did she say? 829 00:38:51,934 --> 00:38:53,255 Six, six. 830 00:38:53,442 --> 00:38:55,183 Split right down the middle. 831 00:38:55,614 --> 00:38:58,021 Well, that sounds pretty good, right? 832 00:38:59,505 --> 00:39:02,112 Yes and no. 833 00:39:03,543 --> 00:39:06,270 Either side needs a unanimous verdict to prevail. 834 00:39:06,441 --> 00:39:08,857 And what happens if it's just a standoff? 835 00:39:09,567 --> 00:39:11,559 We get to do this all over again, 836 00:39:11,701 --> 00:39:15,098 and your life stays on hold for another year or so. 837 00:39:26,775 --> 00:39:27,863 Anything? 838 00:39:28,434 --> 00:39:30,091 A call or text? 839 00:39:30,179 --> 00:39:31,645 Anything from the courthouse? 840 00:39:31,733 --> 00:39:34,778 I'm afraid the silence has been deafening. 841 00:39:43,983 --> 00:39:45,684 Entrez vous. 842 00:39:46,434 --> 00:39:47,622 Hey. 843 00:39:48,201 --> 00:39:49,594 What do you hear? 844 00:39:49,973 --> 00:39:51,059 Nothing. 845 00:39:51,192 --> 00:39:53,194 Oh, Patricia. 846 00:39:55,168 --> 00:39:56,497 That poor girl. 847 00:39:56,848 --> 00:39:58,950 She must be going out of her mind. 848 00:40:02,152 --> 00:40:03,676 I'm sorry, Bull. 849 00:40:06,544 --> 00:40:08,018 Sorry I got you into this thing. 850 00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:10,637 I'm sorry I didn't get it past the goal line. 851 00:40:10,772 --> 00:40:12,887 I'm sorry I didn't bring it home. 852 00:40:15,629 --> 00:40:16,966 Maybe you're right. 853 00:40:17,906 --> 00:40:21,583 Maybe I just don't understand juries. 854 00:40:24,605 --> 00:40:26,296 Oh, Benny. 855 00:40:27,098 --> 00:40:28,880 I... was wrong. 856 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,591 I've been wrong about everything. 857 00:40:33,150 --> 00:40:36,285 Watching you in court, I turned green. 858 00:40:39,594 --> 00:40:40,740 People are my business. 859 00:40:40,828 --> 00:40:42,185 I'm supposed to know what they think 860 00:40:42,272 --> 00:40:43,973 before they even think it. 861 00:40:45,553 --> 00:40:48,114 And I got to tell you, most of the time lately... 862 00:40:49,277 --> 00:40:51,184 the world seems so crazy. 863 00:40:51,537 --> 00:40:53,780 People seem so crazy to me. 864 00:40:56,025 --> 00:40:58,295 Makes me terrified for the world 865 00:40:59,303 --> 00:41:01,584 my kid is gonna grow up in. 866 00:41:04,445 --> 00:41:06,663 How long you think they're gonna make us wait? 867 00:41:07,299 --> 00:41:08,600 The jury? 868 00:41:09,725 --> 00:41:12,663 As long as it takes, I'm afraid. 869 00:41:16,288 --> 00:41:18,725 So, wait, that's your big New Year's Eve story? 870 00:41:18,865 --> 00:41:22,347 That's how it ends? It can't end like that. 871 00:41:22,435 --> 00:41:25,170 I mean, did the jury finally come back with a verdict? 872 00:41:25,428 --> 00:41:26,864 Not really. 873 00:41:26,952 --> 00:41:30,194 After 13 days, they just kind of gave up. 874 00:41:30,329 --> 00:41:32,766 Told the court they were hopelessly deadlocked. 875 00:41:33,116 --> 00:41:35,385 And then they had to do it all over again? 876 00:41:35,473 --> 00:41:36,530 No. 877 00:41:36,618 --> 00:41:38,820 The district attorney dropped the charges. 878 00:41:38,908 --> 00:41:42,209 Well, wait a second, why would he do that? 879 00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:46,584 Well, the way my dad and my uncle explained it to me, 880 00:41:46,672 --> 00:41:48,772 he said back to them the same thing 881 00:41:48,860 --> 00:41:50,537 they kept saying to each other: 882 00:41:50,820 --> 00:41:53,545 "I guess sometimes things just happen. 883 00:41:53,785 --> 00:41:56,048 Sometimes they just do." 884 00:41:58,558 --> 00:42:00,475 Yeah, I get that. 885 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,405 But I don't think that could happen today. 886 00:42:03,493 --> 00:42:05,014 I kind of think the world must've been 887 00:42:05,102 --> 00:42:06,694 much simpler back then. 888 00:42:11,866 --> 00:42:13,631 Come on, you two, get in here. 889 00:42:13,763 --> 00:42:15,225 It's almost next year. 890 00:42:15,898 --> 00:42:18,162 Hey, time's a-wasting. 891 00:42:18,250 --> 00:42:19,803 Ball's about to drop. 892 00:42:20,381 --> 00:42:23,483 Okay, Dad. Okay, Uncle Benny. 893 00:42:23,673 --> 00:42:25,170 We'll be right in. 894 00:42:30,152 --> 00:42:32,152 Captioning sponsored by CBS. 895 00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:35,156 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 896 00:42:35,266 --> 00:42:37,959 Sync corrections by srjanapala