1 00:00:01,186 --> 00:00:02,927 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,988 --> 00:00:06,868 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,925 --> 00:00:08,802 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,861 --> 00:00:11,636 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,696 --> 00:00:13,403 These are their stories. 6 00:00:13,965 --> 00:00:17,037 That's too easy. That was Henri Richard, The Pocket Rocket. 7 00:00:17,101 --> 00:00:18,444 Come on, you can do better than that. 8 00:00:18,503 --> 00:00:20,710 Okay. First game, first goal, Bobby Orr. 9 00:00:20,772 --> 00:00:21,807 Who'd he get by? 10 00:00:21,873 --> 00:00:25,980 Uh... Gump Worsley. Again. But harder. Ask me anything. 11 00:00:26,043 --> 00:00:28,785 Okay. First Russia NHL series. Who was the one... 12 00:00:28,846 --> 00:00:30,586 Mr. Moore! Syd, get a cab. 13 00:00:30,647 --> 00:00:31,717 What happened? 14 00:00:31,782 --> 00:00:33,193 Just get a damn cab! 15 00:00:33,250 --> 00:00:34,524 Yes, sir. 16 00:00:37,354 --> 00:00:39,265 He told the doctors he found her unconscious on the floor. 17 00:00:39,322 --> 00:00:40,926 He told me he found her on the bed. 18 00:00:40,991 --> 00:00:42,197 He brought her here in a cab? 19 00:00:42,259 --> 00:00:44,102 Said he didn't want to wait for the paramedics. 20 00:00:44,161 --> 00:00:45,697 Anybody else in the apartment? 21 00:00:45,762 --> 00:00:50,039 No. Just him and his wife. The help left at 7:00. 22 00:00:50,099 --> 00:00:52,272 That's the doctor you want to talk to. Dr. Murphy. 23 00:00:52,334 --> 00:00:53,608 BRISCOE: Thanks. 24 00:00:53,669 --> 00:00:56,115 Dr. Murphy, we're here about Joan Moore. 25 00:00:56,172 --> 00:00:57,344 She's still in a coma. 26 00:00:57,406 --> 00:00:59,079 From what? We're still running tests. 27 00:00:59,141 --> 00:01:00,279 But so far... 28 00:01:00,342 --> 00:01:03,551 She arrived fully comatose. Pupils fixed, dilated. 29 00:01:03,612 --> 00:01:04,716 ED: Physical trauma? 30 00:01:04,780 --> 00:01:05,850 No signs of any. 31 00:01:05,915 --> 00:01:08,554 We drew bloods, ran an IV of sugar, then switched to naltrexone 32 00:01:08,616 --> 00:01:10,152 for possible opiate OD. 33 00:01:10,218 --> 00:01:12,255 Normally, it's one or the other. They pop back. 34 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:14,459 But she didn't. She have any preexisting conditions? 35 00:01:14,522 --> 00:01:15,899 Not according to the husband. 36 00:01:15,957 --> 00:01:17,129 Said the last time she'd seen a doctor 37 00:01:17,192 --> 00:01:20,071 was eight months ago for a routine physical. 38 00:01:20,128 --> 00:01:21,436 BRISCOE: Well, what do you suspect? 39 00:01:21,496 --> 00:01:24,272 She was poisoned. By her own hand or someone else's. 40 00:01:24,499 --> 00:01:26,035 And you know this how? 41 00:01:26,334 --> 00:01:28,074 A fresh needle mark in her left buttock. 42 00:01:28,135 --> 00:01:30,115 No kidding. If you find anything dodgy 43 00:01:30,170 --> 00:01:31,240 in her blood test, let us know. 44 00:01:31,305 --> 00:01:33,512 If I find anything. Excuse me. 45 00:01:37,010 --> 00:01:39,354 (EXHALES) A little jab will do ya. 46 00:02:29,059 --> 00:02:32,529 I was downstairs in the gym until around 9:00. 47 00:02:32,596 --> 00:02:36,305 When I came home, I found Joan lying on the bed. 48 00:02:36,367 --> 00:02:37,778 Couldn't get her to wake up. 49 00:02:37,835 --> 00:02:40,475 The doc said you told him she was on the floor. 50 00:02:41,405 --> 00:02:43,316 Well, the bed. He's mistaken. 51 00:02:43,707 --> 00:02:45,515 Why didn't you call 911? 52 00:02:45,575 --> 00:02:47,987 What, and wait 45 minutes for them to get there? 53 00:02:48,044 --> 00:02:50,115 I just picked Joan up and ran. 54 00:02:50,213 --> 00:02:51,556 Thought she'd had a heart attack. 55 00:02:51,614 --> 00:02:52,991 ED: Does she have heart problems? 56 00:02:53,116 --> 00:02:54,186 No. 57 00:02:54,250 --> 00:02:55,786 But you thought she had a heart attack? 58 00:02:55,852 --> 00:02:58,355 What would you think? She was unconscious. 59 00:02:58,421 --> 00:03:00,924 They found a fresh needle mark in her backside. 60 00:03:00,990 --> 00:03:02,264 Any idea how it got there? 61 00:03:03,259 --> 00:03:04,397 I don't know. 62 00:03:04,460 --> 00:03:05,995 Was she injecting drugs? 63 00:03:06,061 --> 00:03:08,701 You mean illegal drugs? It's not possible. 64 00:03:08,764 --> 00:03:10,744 Mr. Moore, they're testing your wife's blood. 65 00:03:10,799 --> 00:03:12,506 Whatever she might have taken, they'll find, 66 00:03:12,567 --> 00:03:13,602 so there's no sense in protecting... 67 00:03:13,669 --> 00:03:15,478 Joan is not a drug addict. 68 00:03:15,537 --> 00:03:18,040 These questions are ridiculous. 69 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,220 She's simply very sick. Now, if you will excuse me, 70 00:03:20,275 --> 00:03:22,516 I have to call my stepdaughter. 71 00:03:24,879 --> 00:03:27,826 Last time I saw Mr. Moore down in the gym was about 9:00. 72 00:03:27,882 --> 00:03:30,522 Must've been 9:45, he runs out the elevator 73 00:03:30,584 --> 00:03:32,530 with his wife half-dead. She gonna be okay? 74 00:03:32,586 --> 00:03:35,192 We don't know. Uh, these two, they get along all right? 75 00:03:35,256 --> 00:03:37,167 Yeah, sure. Better than the first husband. 76 00:03:37,258 --> 00:03:39,761 Mr. Mason? What a pain that guy was. 77 00:03:40,394 --> 00:03:41,532 Yeah, what happened to him? 78 00:03:41,595 --> 00:03:43,541 She kicked him out about 10 years ago. 79 00:03:43,597 --> 00:03:44,631 BRISCOE: But she kept the co-op? 80 00:03:44,698 --> 00:03:47,577 Why not? She paid for it Whole floor, park and river view. 81 00:03:47,634 --> 00:03:48,840 Family money, you know. 82 00:03:48,902 --> 00:03:50,313 What does Mr. Moore bring to the table? 83 00:03:50,370 --> 00:03:51,713 SYD: Lot of good manners. 84 00:03:51,771 --> 00:03:55,275 He sits on the board of this, the board of that. Banking, that sort of thing. 85 00:03:55,342 --> 00:03:56,878 ED: They have any visitors that evening? 86 00:03:56,943 --> 00:03:58,718 No. Night before, though, they had 87 00:03:58,778 --> 00:04:01,224 a small dinner party. Their regular crowd. 88 00:04:01,281 --> 00:04:04,489 Mrs. Moore, she have any bad habits? Drugs, things like that? 89 00:04:04,550 --> 00:04:07,258 Mrs. Moore? She probably starches her undies, you know? 90 00:04:07,319 --> 00:04:10,493 What he means is, she's a decent lady. Very quiet. 91 00:04:10,622 --> 00:04:13,125 BRISCOE: All right. Thanks for your time. 92 00:04:13,192 --> 00:04:17,140 Well, I don't see much here. Guy finds his wife in a coma, 93 00:04:17,196 --> 00:04:18,675 he gets the details confused. 94 00:04:18,731 --> 00:04:19,869 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 95 00:04:19,932 --> 00:04:21,605 Green. Yeah. 96 00:04:23,001 --> 00:04:24,446 We'll be right over. 97 00:04:24,502 --> 00:04:26,709 It's the doctor from the E.R. 98 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:29,716 What we have is severe hypoglycemic shock. 99 00:04:29,774 --> 00:04:30,946 Low blood sugar? 100 00:04:31,009 --> 00:04:33,353 Her blood came back positive for massive amounts of insulin. 101 00:04:33,411 --> 00:04:35,516 That's what lowered her glucose and put her into shock. 102 00:04:35,580 --> 00:04:37,651 Insulin. So that explains the needle mark. 103 00:04:37,715 --> 00:04:40,195 Yeah, we had the insulin tested. It's synthetic insulin. 104 00:04:40,251 --> 00:04:41,696 Used to treat diabetes. 105 00:04:41,753 --> 00:04:44,130 Okay, so she's diabetic, she makes a mistake... 106 00:04:44,187 --> 00:04:45,530 No, I don't think she's diabetic. 107 00:04:45,589 --> 00:04:47,159 There's no evidence of daily injections, 108 00:04:47,224 --> 00:04:49,864 no telltale finger pricks, no MedicAlert bracelet. 109 00:04:49,926 --> 00:04:51,599 You ask Mr. Moore? Yes. 110 00:04:51,661 --> 00:04:53,766 He said she isn't diabetic. 111 00:04:53,864 --> 00:04:56,970 Thanks, Doc. So we're back to the needle mark. 112 00:04:57,034 --> 00:04:58,638 And enough insulin to kill her. 113 00:04:58,702 --> 00:05:01,773 What say we ask Carmichael for a search warrant? 114 00:05:02,671 --> 00:05:05,049 A syringe? My God, no. 115 00:05:05,374 --> 00:05:06,978 Who emptied the trash? I did. 116 00:05:07,410 --> 00:05:10,050 You find any medicine bottles, insulin, anything like that? 117 00:05:10,112 --> 00:05:11,113 No. 118 00:05:11,614 --> 00:05:12,991 How long you work for the Moores? 119 00:05:13,049 --> 00:05:15,393 Since before there was Mr. Moore. 120 00:05:15,451 --> 00:05:18,330 I've been with Miss Joan since before her first husband. 121 00:05:18,387 --> 00:05:20,628 Yeah, my first wife's got a poodle like that. 122 00:05:20,689 --> 00:05:21,996 (LAUGHS HUMORLESSLY) 123 00:05:22,057 --> 00:05:23,536 Uh, these Miss Joan's? 124 00:05:24,726 --> 00:05:26,137 She wanted to make her life better. 125 00:05:26,494 --> 00:05:27,666 What was wrong with it? 126 00:05:27,729 --> 00:05:31,336 Nothing was wrong with it. She might have been a little tired, that's all. 127 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:32,571 ED: Depressed? 128 00:05:32,634 --> 00:05:35,342 No, no. She just lied in bed, looking at the ceiling, 129 00:05:35,403 --> 00:05:37,144 like she was stuck. 130 00:05:37,305 --> 00:05:38,909 I think she was wondering about things. 131 00:05:38,973 --> 00:05:40,542 Wondering about her husband? 132 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:44,077 Higher things than that. Maybe you wouldn't understand. 133 00:05:44,278 --> 00:05:48,920 Yeah, we probably wouldn't. So, uh, how was her life with Mr. Moore? 134 00:05:48,982 --> 00:05:51,087 Normal, like a husband and wife. 135 00:05:51,852 --> 00:05:55,664 Yeah, now, we heard that Mrs. Moore had a lot of family money. 136 00:05:56,290 --> 00:05:58,361 How was Mr. Moore fixed before he met her? 137 00:05:58,425 --> 00:06:00,461 He had to work for a living. 138 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:03,803 Not so much now. Miss Joan takes care of everything. 139 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:05,669 No wonder she was tired. 140 00:06:05,731 --> 00:06:08,541 It's not a time for joking. Now, may I go? 141 00:06:08,668 --> 00:06:10,204 Who is Mrs. Moore's doctor? 142 00:06:10,269 --> 00:06:13,512 It used to be Dr. Hobart for 25 years. 143 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,112 But Mr. Moore didn't want her seeing him anymore. 144 00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:18,246 Why not? 145 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:21,951 I don't know such things. Maybe Miss Joan's daughter knows. 146 00:06:25,650 --> 00:06:27,391 The way Mom explained it, 147 00:06:27,452 --> 00:06:30,228 David thought that Dr. Hobart was completely out of touch. 148 00:06:30,288 --> 00:06:32,928 So she just chucked him after 25 years 149 00:06:32,991 --> 00:06:35,096 on your stepfather's say-so? 150 00:06:35,427 --> 00:06:37,429 David's very controlling. 151 00:06:37,929 --> 00:06:40,272 But my mom will come out of this. 152 00:06:41,599 --> 00:06:44,637 Jerry, could you take these photos to the printer? 153 00:06:44,802 --> 00:06:45,906 Sure. 154 00:06:47,204 --> 00:06:48,808 I'm sorry. I'm trying to get out of here 155 00:06:48,873 --> 00:06:50,079 so I can get back to the hospital. 156 00:06:50,508 --> 00:06:52,317 Which doctor did she switch to? 157 00:06:53,310 --> 00:06:56,018 Well, I don't think she'd gone to anybody. 158 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:57,957 There was nothing wrong with her. 159 00:06:58,015 --> 00:06:59,789 I don't understand why the police are involved. 160 00:07:00,316 --> 00:07:01,818 Well, it was an insulin overdose, 161 00:07:01,885 --> 00:07:04,422 and nobody can explain why she had the insulin in her system. 162 00:07:05,188 --> 00:07:07,065 I'm sure the hospital made a mistake. 163 00:07:07,123 --> 00:07:09,763 BRISCOE: There's no mistaking the insulin was injected. 164 00:07:09,859 --> 00:07:11,634 That's crazy. My mother would never take something 165 00:07:11,694 --> 00:07:12,695 she wasn't supposed to. 166 00:07:13,496 --> 00:07:16,340 Yeah, well, that brings us to the other possibility. 167 00:07:16,466 --> 00:07:19,309 Your stepfather was the only one alone with your mother. 168 00:07:19,368 --> 00:07:21,405 My mother and David have a great relationship. 169 00:07:21,470 --> 00:07:22,574 They seemed happy. 170 00:07:22,638 --> 00:07:24,879 ED: She was reading self-help books, inspirational books. 171 00:07:24,940 --> 00:07:26,715 What does that mean? 172 00:07:27,009 --> 00:07:28,283 David would never hurt my mother. 173 00:07:28,343 --> 00:07:30,880 He'd do anything for her, and she'd do anything to make him happy. 174 00:07:30,946 --> 00:07:32,983 What you're suggesting is cruel. 175 00:07:33,048 --> 00:07:35,255 Now, if you don't mind, I have to go. 176 00:07:36,185 --> 00:07:38,425 That's us, a couple of meanies. 177 00:07:40,821 --> 00:07:41,993 The insulin didn't fall out of the sky. 178 00:07:42,056 --> 00:07:43,399 Moore had to get it from somewhere. 179 00:07:43,457 --> 00:07:44,527 You check with his doctor? 180 00:07:44,592 --> 00:07:47,198 It took a little arm-twisting, but he violated his privilege enough 181 00:07:47,261 --> 00:07:48,763 to tell us he never prescribed it. 182 00:07:48,829 --> 00:07:50,308 You look like you're having fun. 183 00:07:50,364 --> 00:07:51,707 Oh, by the pound. 184 00:07:51,766 --> 00:07:54,838 I got the Moore's credit card bills, check stubs, 185 00:07:54,902 --> 00:07:56,472 medical insurance forms. 186 00:07:56,536 --> 00:07:58,311 You should see the plan these people have. 187 00:07:58,371 --> 00:08:00,851 Prescription drugs, 8 bucks a pop. 188 00:08:00,907 --> 00:08:02,545 I gotta talk to the union about this. 189 00:08:02,609 --> 00:08:03,781 In the meantime... 190 00:08:03,843 --> 00:08:07,552 Oh, in the meantime, he's getting his Lipitor once a month. 191 00:08:07,614 --> 00:08:08,957 She's taking birth control pills... 192 00:08:09,015 --> 00:08:10,289 Good for her. 193 00:08:10,350 --> 00:08:13,456 At her age, it's probably for the estrogen boost. 194 00:08:14,421 --> 00:08:16,491 What's this one here? 195 00:08:16,555 --> 00:08:19,195 A credit card charge for $112 196 00:08:19,258 --> 00:08:21,465 at Jaros Drugs six weeks ago. 197 00:08:23,062 --> 00:08:25,542 That charge wasn't sent to the medical insurance. 198 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:28,043 Probably 'cause it wasn't for drugs. Maybe toiletries. 199 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:30,171 They live on the East Side, right? 200 00:08:30,236 --> 00:08:32,648 This pharmacy is all the way over in the West 90s. 201 00:08:32,705 --> 00:08:35,776 That's a long haul for 100 bucks worth of toothpaste. 202 00:08:38,109 --> 00:08:39,588 Moore? Was that a refill? 203 00:08:39,711 --> 00:08:41,122 You tell us. 204 00:08:41,246 --> 00:08:43,726 I don't see anything for a David Moore. 205 00:08:43,781 --> 00:08:45,920 Can I see that charge again? 206 00:08:47,051 --> 00:08:49,691 $112, no co-pay. 207 00:08:50,788 --> 00:08:53,769 Here we go. $112 for Joan Moore. 208 00:08:54,425 --> 00:08:56,961 First time prescription for selegiline. 209 00:08:57,027 --> 00:08:58,438 What's that for? 210 00:08:58,495 --> 00:09:00,236 Depression, among other things. 211 00:09:00,297 --> 00:09:03,574 You'd have to ask her doctor, Dr. Richard Shipman. 212 00:09:03,934 --> 00:09:06,073 Right around the corner on 93rd. 213 00:09:06,203 --> 00:09:09,480 You can't tell us why you might have prescribed selegiline for her? 214 00:09:09,539 --> 00:09:11,951 I'm not even going to confirm whether or not she's a patient. 215 00:09:12,009 --> 00:09:14,818 I wish I could. I'm sorry, doctor-patient privilege. 216 00:09:14,877 --> 00:09:17,380 Well, her privileges have been suspended, Doc. 217 00:09:17,446 --> 00:09:19,926 She's lying in a coma at Stein Memorial. 218 00:09:19,982 --> 00:09:21,859 What? How did that happen? 219 00:09:21,918 --> 00:09:23,158 Oh, so she is a patient? 220 00:09:23,219 --> 00:09:25,426 She got an insulin overdose from an injection. 221 00:09:26,856 --> 00:09:28,130 (SOFTLY) Oh, my God. 222 00:09:28,190 --> 00:09:31,296 ED: This drug you were giving her, was it for depression? 223 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,568 That's it, we're done. I have patients who need me. 224 00:09:34,663 --> 00:09:37,200 Don't forget about the one in a coma. 225 00:09:37,632 --> 00:09:39,612 This is going very well. 226 00:09:40,935 --> 00:09:42,778 If there was nothing physically wrong with her, 227 00:09:42,837 --> 00:09:45,044 the selegiline had to be for depression. 228 00:09:45,106 --> 00:09:49,020 Shipman's a neurologist. You go to a neurologist for depression? 229 00:09:49,277 --> 00:09:51,780 All right, take me through this again. 230 00:09:51,846 --> 00:09:54,451 The husband say anything about her condition prior to the coma? 231 00:09:54,515 --> 00:09:56,552 No, he hardly had time to say boo to us. 232 00:09:56,617 --> 00:09:58,688 Their help said that she seemed worn out lately. 233 00:09:58,752 --> 00:10:02,199 She'd just lie in bed, like she was stuck there, staring at the ceiling. 234 00:10:02,256 --> 00:10:05,465 Sounds like akinesia. Difficulty initiating movement. 235 00:10:05,526 --> 00:10:07,005 That explains the neurologist. 236 00:10:07,061 --> 00:10:08,631 That explains a lot. 237 00:10:08,696 --> 00:10:10,733 The selegiline was for Parkinson's. 238 00:10:10,798 --> 00:10:12,300 If she was already getting akinesia 239 00:10:12,366 --> 00:10:14,038 within six weeks, it's progressing fast. 240 00:10:14,334 --> 00:10:15,745 What would her prospects be like? 241 00:10:15,868 --> 00:10:17,142 Well, there's no cure. 242 00:10:17,203 --> 00:10:19,911 You treat the symptoms, but the brain cells keep degenerating. 243 00:10:19,972 --> 00:10:21,144 At the rate she seemed to be going, 244 00:10:21,207 --> 00:10:23,118 it would have become devastating in short order. 245 00:10:23,176 --> 00:10:24,780 Hard thing for a husband to watch. 246 00:10:24,844 --> 00:10:26,380 There's nothing he could do. 247 00:10:26,446 --> 00:10:28,483 Except maybe help her die. 248 00:10:30,616 --> 00:10:32,754 I had nothing to do with it. 249 00:10:33,018 --> 00:10:35,521 I told you, I found her unconscious. 250 00:10:35,654 --> 00:10:38,498 ED: Mr. Moore, we know she had Parkinson's. 251 00:10:38,557 --> 00:10:40,969 Well, that's not true. Who told you that? 252 00:10:41,026 --> 00:10:43,165 She was seeing a neurologist. 253 00:10:43,595 --> 00:10:46,201 She was taking medication for Parkinson's. 254 00:10:47,799 --> 00:10:50,973 I didn't know anything about it. She never told me. 255 00:10:51,036 --> 00:10:52,241 Come on, Mr. Moore. 256 00:10:52,303 --> 00:10:54,840 Even your houseboy noticed she was having problems. 257 00:10:54,972 --> 00:10:56,610 We can imagine how hard it must have been 258 00:10:56,674 --> 00:10:58,312 for you to see her like that. 259 00:10:58,376 --> 00:11:00,617 You were just trying to do the humane thing. 260 00:11:00,678 --> 00:11:01,782 No, you're wrong. 261 00:11:01,846 --> 00:11:04,690 She ask you to do it? Is that what happened? 262 00:11:04,749 --> 00:11:08,128 She just couldn't face it, the pain, the debilitation. 263 00:11:08,219 --> 00:11:10,062 It was an act of kindness on your part. 264 00:11:10,121 --> 00:11:12,157 My client denies any involvement. 265 00:11:12,222 --> 00:11:15,692 He can deny all he wants. We're trying to give him a break. 266 00:11:15,759 --> 00:11:17,670 He can either cop to a suicide assist, 267 00:11:17,727 --> 00:11:19,866 or he's tangling with attempted murder. 268 00:11:20,196 --> 00:11:22,073 His choice. But I... 269 00:11:22,132 --> 00:11:24,134 David. A minute. 270 00:11:30,639 --> 00:11:31,640 (WHISPERING) 271 00:11:38,781 --> 00:11:41,455 In return for probation, Mr. Moore'd consider pleading 272 00:11:41,517 --> 00:11:43,519 to promoting a suicide attempt. 273 00:11:43,585 --> 00:11:45,292 Does he wanna tell us how it went down? 274 00:11:45,354 --> 00:11:47,027 Once the deal's in place, 275 00:11:47,089 --> 00:11:49,330 he'll give you all the details. 276 00:11:50,625 --> 00:11:52,730 Do we just take his word the suicide was his wife's idea? 277 00:11:52,794 --> 00:11:54,705 Did she leave a note? A videotape? 278 00:11:54,762 --> 00:11:57,868 I guess they didn't read Euthanasia for Dummies. 279 00:11:57,932 --> 00:11:59,502 Have you even confirmed she has Parkinson's? 280 00:11:59,567 --> 00:12:01,911 M.E. says there's no way to do it while she's in a coma. 281 00:12:01,969 --> 00:12:03,971 You can't test for it unless the person's conscious. 282 00:12:04,038 --> 00:12:06,541 Or dead, so they can slice her open. 283 00:12:06,674 --> 00:12:08,551 We're being asked to take a lot on faith. 284 00:12:08,609 --> 00:12:11,919 I'll get you a court order so you can talk to the neurologist. 285 00:12:12,546 --> 00:12:14,787 When she came in four months ago, the tremors were pronounced. 286 00:12:14,848 --> 00:12:16,156 You were sure it was Parkinson's? 287 00:12:16,216 --> 00:12:17,524 There wasn't any doubt. 288 00:12:17,584 --> 00:12:19,086 When's the last time you saw her? 289 00:12:19,152 --> 00:12:22,690 Couple of weeks ago. The disease was progressing quickly. 290 00:12:23,323 --> 00:12:25,098 Did she ever talk about suicide? 291 00:12:25,158 --> 00:12:26,193 No. 292 00:12:26,259 --> 00:12:28,398 I won't say she was particularly courageous. 293 00:12:28,461 --> 00:12:30,497 I think suicide went against her beliefs. 294 00:12:30,563 --> 00:12:31,564 Was she depressed? 295 00:12:31,630 --> 00:12:34,474 Well, she had mood swings. Good days and bad days. 296 00:12:34,533 --> 00:12:37,139 Mostly she was concerned with preserving her dignity. 297 00:12:37,203 --> 00:12:39,809 She didn't want anybody to know she had Parkinson's. 298 00:12:39,905 --> 00:12:42,749 She kept asking for more powerful drugs to hide the symptoms. 299 00:12:42,808 --> 00:12:43,946 Hide from who? 300 00:12:44,009 --> 00:12:45,716 Her family. Her friends. 301 00:12:45,778 --> 00:12:47,780 I told her there'd come a point where no amount of drugs 302 00:12:47,847 --> 00:12:51,020 would be able to keep the symptoms under control. 303 00:12:51,082 --> 00:12:53,926 Maybe it was that knowledge that tipped it. 304 00:12:56,855 --> 00:13:00,200 I'll agree to promoting a suicide, but he has to do six months. 305 00:13:00,258 --> 00:13:02,295 I know what you're going to say, but we don't hand out 306 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,432 brownie points for helping people kill themselves. 307 00:13:05,497 --> 00:13:08,033 Even if he acted out of love and concern? 308 00:13:08,098 --> 00:13:09,668 Spare me the violins. 309 00:13:09,733 --> 00:13:12,145 I can just as easily believe he couldn't bear the burden 310 00:13:12,202 --> 00:13:13,579 of caring for his sick wife. 311 00:13:13,637 --> 00:13:16,948 Please. This was not a selfish act. 312 00:13:19,543 --> 00:13:22,422 Let's hear your story first. Then we'll talk about sentencing you. 313 00:13:24,314 --> 00:13:29,626 I only became aware of Joan's condition about a month ago. 314 00:13:29,685 --> 00:13:33,895 Of course I'd noticed before that, but she'd make excuses. 315 00:13:34,490 --> 00:13:38,199 Then one night, she fell in the den. She couldn't get up. 316 00:13:38,995 --> 00:13:42,841 She must have laid there an hour till I got back from my walk. 317 00:13:43,633 --> 00:13:46,909 She was terrified. She knew it would only get worse. 318 00:13:49,137 --> 00:13:51,549 She asked me to help her end it. 319 00:13:52,173 --> 00:13:53,345 What did you say? 320 00:13:53,408 --> 00:13:55,820 I refused. I said we'd find other doctors, 321 00:13:55,877 --> 00:13:58,619 but she wouldn't even consider it. 322 00:13:59,648 --> 00:14:02,322 And so finally, last week, 323 00:14:04,552 --> 00:14:06,690 I injected her with insulin. 324 00:14:07,087 --> 00:14:10,296 She became unconscious. I panicked. 325 00:14:11,025 --> 00:14:16,134 I realized what I was doing That's when I brought her to the hospital. 326 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:19,837 Did she leave a note or any kind of document stating her intentions? 327 00:14:20,501 --> 00:14:22,242 Uh, no, not that I know of. 328 00:14:23,170 --> 00:14:24,547 Where'd you get the insulin? 329 00:14:25,738 --> 00:14:27,911 A friend who's diabetic. 330 00:14:28,775 --> 00:14:30,220 ED: We'll need his name. 331 00:14:30,276 --> 00:14:31,277 What does the name matter? 332 00:14:31,344 --> 00:14:32,948 You have everything you need. 333 00:14:33,012 --> 00:14:34,355 So do we have a deal? 334 00:14:34,414 --> 00:14:35,654 We'll have to let you know. 335 00:14:36,449 --> 00:14:39,396 You better not be playing us, Miss Carmichael. 336 00:14:41,554 --> 00:14:43,056 (DOOR OPENS) 337 00:14:44,324 --> 00:14:45,358 (DOOR CLOSES) 338 00:14:45,424 --> 00:14:47,461 Find this diabetic friend. 339 00:14:51,663 --> 00:14:52,801 I know their close friends, 340 00:14:52,864 --> 00:14:54,810 but I haven't heard if any of them are diabetic. 341 00:14:54,866 --> 00:14:57,142 Well, if you can give us their names, we can ask them. 342 00:14:57,202 --> 00:15:00,911 Mom turned 50 last January, and I organized the party at Le Cirque for her. 343 00:15:00,973 --> 00:15:03,385 I might still have the guest list. 344 00:15:04,976 --> 00:15:07,047 I'm having a really hard time with this. 345 00:15:07,111 --> 00:15:09,148 I... I never knew anything was wrong with my mom. 346 00:15:09,213 --> 00:15:11,284 (STAMMERING) I can't believe she didn't tell me. 347 00:15:11,349 --> 00:15:14,193 Can you believe she'd want to kill herself? 348 00:15:14,652 --> 00:15:18,259 No, no. She'd been investing in my book business. 349 00:15:18,322 --> 00:15:20,131 She'd been looking forward to my success. 350 00:15:20,191 --> 00:15:22,865 I... I don't understand David doing what he did. 351 00:15:22,927 --> 00:15:25,372 None of this makes any sense to me. 352 00:15:25,595 --> 00:15:28,974 Here. Their closest friends. Maybe they know. 353 00:15:31,501 --> 00:15:34,072 We cross-referenced the names with the Diabetes Association 354 00:15:34,137 --> 00:15:36,242 and the National Institute of Diabetes. 355 00:15:36,306 --> 00:15:38,752 None of these people are listed as diabetics. 356 00:15:38,808 --> 00:15:41,220 I guess the next step is we start calling them up. 357 00:15:41,277 --> 00:15:43,222 Not these people. Look at these names. 358 00:15:43,278 --> 00:15:44,848 It's the Concorde Frequent Flyer Club. 359 00:15:45,514 --> 00:15:47,619 So what do we do, slip a Twinkie in their salad 360 00:15:47,683 --> 00:15:49,321 and see if they go into sugar shock? 361 00:15:49,385 --> 00:15:51,922 Start calling the pharmacies in their neighborhood. 362 00:15:51,987 --> 00:15:55,867 Hey, there were three doctors on the list. I ran them by the licensing board. 363 00:15:55,924 --> 00:15:57,835 Two of them are chairmen of biotech firms. 364 00:15:57,893 --> 00:16:00,396 Haven't practiced in 10 years, haven't written any scrips. 365 00:16:00,462 --> 00:16:03,271 The third one's a shrink, Dr. Bertram Stokes. Look at this. 366 00:16:03,331 --> 00:16:04,674 He got stopped at customs last winter, 367 00:16:04,732 --> 00:16:07,406 coming back from Spain with 20 vials of insulin. 368 00:16:07,468 --> 00:16:08,469 No prescription. 369 00:16:08,536 --> 00:16:10,413 And he's not diabetic. 370 00:16:11,272 --> 00:16:12,842 I paid a fine. That's all there was to it. 371 00:16:12,907 --> 00:16:15,410 What were you going to do with all that insulin? 372 00:16:15,476 --> 00:16:17,786 Maybe I should call my attorney. 373 00:16:18,046 --> 00:16:20,617 Hey, you can call the sugar plum fairy for all we care. 374 00:16:20,681 --> 00:16:22,751 She can meet you down at our house. 375 00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:26,025 One of your friends is in a coma from an overdose of insulin, 376 00:16:26,086 --> 00:16:29,329 and we like you as the guy who supplied the insulin to her husband. 377 00:16:29,389 --> 00:16:30,493 Are you crazy? 378 00:16:30,557 --> 00:16:32,264 You're the shrink. You tell me. 379 00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:35,238 I did not give David Moore any insulin. 380 00:16:36,029 --> 00:16:38,009 ED: Back to my question. 381 00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:40,438 Now I am calling my attorney. 382 00:16:41,034 --> 00:16:42,603 What did you think he was going to do with the insulin, 383 00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:43,669 put it on his cereal? 384 00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:46,740 I don't know, but somebody might. The guy had on a wedding ring. 385 00:16:46,806 --> 00:16:48,149 Excuse me. 386 00:16:48,441 --> 00:16:50,352 We're looking for Dr. Stokes' wife. 387 00:16:50,409 --> 00:16:51,945 Uh, you know when she'll be back? 388 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:54,252 Good question. She hasn't been here since last week. 389 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:56,554 Any idea where we can find her? 390 00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:59,054 Don't be cute. It's a murder investigation. 391 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:01,256 (SIGHS) She's at The Christophe. 392 00:17:01,386 --> 00:17:03,229 Since last week? What happened? 393 00:17:03,288 --> 00:17:05,768 I don't know. She just left here on Tuesday. 394 00:17:05,824 --> 00:17:07,030 BRISCOE: Thanks. 395 00:17:08,293 --> 00:17:11,365 The day after Joan Moore landed in the hospital. 396 00:17:11,996 --> 00:17:14,738 I'm just needing some time away from Bert. 397 00:17:14,799 --> 00:17:16,244 Nothing to do with Joan. 398 00:17:16,301 --> 00:17:17,803 Just a coincidence, huh? 399 00:17:17,869 --> 00:17:21,372 Yes. Of course, it's awful what's happened to Joan. 400 00:17:21,805 --> 00:17:24,251 Well, what do you think did happen? 401 00:17:24,575 --> 00:17:26,282 She had a stroke. Isn't that it? 402 00:17:26,343 --> 00:17:29,051 A stroke of insulin, administered by her husband. 403 00:17:29,113 --> 00:17:32,356 What he calls a suicide attempt on account of her Parkinson's. 404 00:17:32,416 --> 00:17:35,022 Except from what we hear, Mrs. Moore wasn't suicidal, 405 00:17:35,085 --> 00:17:37,122 so we may be looking at attempted murder. 406 00:17:37,187 --> 00:17:39,826 Murder? I can't imagine it. 407 00:17:41,524 --> 00:17:43,162 Why are you talking to Bert and me? 408 00:17:43,393 --> 00:17:45,373 Your husband smuggles insulin from overseas. 409 00:17:45,428 --> 00:17:48,602 He's been caught once, but he's taken the trip seven times since then. 410 00:17:48,664 --> 00:17:50,541 If he supplied any of it to Mr. Moore, 411 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,409 that makes him an accessory to murder. 412 00:17:52,668 --> 00:17:53,908 (SIGHS) 413 00:17:54,170 --> 00:17:56,377 No. It isn't murder. 414 00:17:57,006 --> 00:17:58,610 Then what is it? 415 00:17:59,941 --> 00:18:02,581 It's a game. A control game. 416 00:18:03,478 --> 00:18:05,617 You're gonna have to explain that. 417 00:18:06,581 --> 00:18:08,117 Our husbands... 418 00:18:10,285 --> 00:18:12,629 Joan would do anything for David. 419 00:18:12,687 --> 00:18:14,860 Anything not to be left alone. 420 00:18:15,357 --> 00:18:16,563 What's the game? 421 00:18:17,893 --> 00:18:21,704 I feel stupid trying to explain how I let Bert do this to me. 422 00:18:22,530 --> 00:18:23,873 How Joan let David... 423 00:18:23,931 --> 00:18:27,401 Try us. We've been around the block a few hundred times. 424 00:18:39,579 --> 00:18:42,583 I doubt that you've been in this neighborhood. 425 00:18:52,725 --> 00:18:54,830 This was taped a month ago. 426 00:19:06,438 --> 00:19:07,508 CARMICHAEL: What's he doing? 427 00:19:07,973 --> 00:19:09,714 Hang on to your popcorn. 428 00:19:44,508 --> 00:19:45,851 Oh, gross. 429 00:19:48,745 --> 00:19:50,656 JACK: Now I've seen everything. 430 00:19:50,714 --> 00:19:53,320 When he's done, he brings her out of the insulin shock 431 00:19:53,383 --> 00:19:54,828 with a shot of sucrose. 432 00:19:54,885 --> 00:19:56,921 What was Jeannie Stokes doing with this tape? 433 00:19:56,986 --> 00:19:59,899 They were all into it. Five couples. Bert Stokes got them started. 434 00:19:59,955 --> 00:20:01,866 They swapped wives, swapped tapes. 435 00:20:01,924 --> 00:20:03,369 What do you call this? 436 00:20:03,425 --> 00:20:05,029 Besides a bunch of crazy rich white people 437 00:20:05,094 --> 00:20:06,471 with too much time on their hands? 438 00:20:06,529 --> 00:20:10,443 The best Skoda could come up with was necrophilia without tears. 439 00:20:10,699 --> 00:20:12,906 Some kind of domination fetish. 440 00:20:12,968 --> 00:20:14,709 You put your wife into an insulin shock, 441 00:20:14,770 --> 00:20:18,478 and then you have your way with her every which way you can. 442 00:20:18,540 --> 00:20:20,986 Until you make a mistake and she ends up in a coma. 443 00:20:21,142 --> 00:20:22,621 How long had they been doing this? 444 00:20:23,178 --> 00:20:25,283 At least 10 months, every couple of weeks. 445 00:20:25,346 --> 00:20:27,292 So he knew exactly how much insulin to give, 446 00:20:27,348 --> 00:20:29,350 how long to let her remain unconscious. 447 00:20:29,417 --> 00:20:31,624 To the second, according to Jeannie Stokes. 448 00:20:33,421 --> 00:20:37,027 Arrest David Moore for attempted murder. 449 00:20:38,125 --> 00:20:40,537 You have to deal with the nurses 450 00:20:40,594 --> 00:20:43,040 and none of them are trained... Mr. Moore. 451 00:20:43,096 --> 00:20:44,131 Would you get up? 452 00:20:44,197 --> 00:20:45,198 What? 453 00:20:45,265 --> 00:20:47,541 You're under arrest for the attempted murder of your wife. 454 00:20:47,601 --> 00:20:50,514 From now on, it's baloney sandwiches for you. 455 00:20:50,604 --> 00:20:52,174 You have the right to remain silent... 456 00:20:52,239 --> 00:20:54,343 Down. We might just be back. 457 00:20:59,812 --> 00:21:02,918 $2 million bail, you yank his passport, 458 00:21:03,316 --> 00:21:06,195 all because he likes to play naughty games with his wife. 459 00:21:06,719 --> 00:21:10,462 All of that and lying to us. Oh, and did I mention trying to murder her? 460 00:21:10,523 --> 00:21:13,060 There was no such attempt. No such intent. 461 00:21:13,125 --> 00:21:14,797 It was just a horrible accident. 462 00:21:14,859 --> 00:21:18,136 The only accident here is that he failed to kill her. 463 00:21:18,196 --> 00:21:20,039 His wife was damaged goods. 464 00:21:20,098 --> 00:21:21,839 That's just insane. 465 00:21:22,634 --> 00:21:26,707 I swear to you, I had no idea that Joan had Parkinson's. 466 00:21:26,972 --> 00:21:28,451 You know, Mr. Moore, I liked you better 467 00:21:28,506 --> 00:21:30,645 when you were helping your wife commit suicide. 468 00:21:30,709 --> 00:21:32,780 He admits it, that was a lie. 469 00:21:32,844 --> 00:21:37,053 I wanted to spare Joan and myself the embarrassment 470 00:21:37,181 --> 00:21:41,391 of exposing our intimate life to public ridicule. 471 00:21:41,452 --> 00:21:43,090 Oh, come on. She's in a coma. 472 00:21:43,153 --> 00:21:45,861 And when she comes out of it, I do not want her humiliated 473 00:21:45,923 --> 00:21:48,403 for something that she did strictly to humor me. 474 00:21:48,459 --> 00:21:49,597 BERNER: David, you don't have to tell... 475 00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:51,901 No, I want them to understand. 476 00:21:52,296 --> 00:21:56,710 It is my idiocy that did this to her. 477 00:21:57,233 --> 00:22:01,045 Along with your greed. Maybe you couldn't wait to inherit her fortune. 478 00:22:01,104 --> 00:22:04,574 Upon her death, her money goes into a trust for her daughter. 479 00:22:04,674 --> 00:22:06,381 Mr. Moore signed a pre-nup. 480 00:22:06,442 --> 00:22:08,115 At most, he'd get $1 million. 481 00:22:08,177 --> 00:22:10,783 Hardly a financial motive in this day and age. 482 00:22:11,214 --> 00:22:14,683 You barely have a case here for criminal negligence let alone murder. 483 00:22:14,750 --> 00:22:17,822 The tape proves Mrs. Moore was a willing participant. 484 00:22:17,986 --> 00:22:21,559 Any overdose could only have been willfully administered. 485 00:22:22,090 --> 00:22:23,592 He pleads to attempt murder two, 486 00:22:23,659 --> 00:22:25,138 I'll consider a reduced sentence. 487 00:22:25,193 --> 00:22:27,434 Criminal negligence, probation. 488 00:22:28,096 --> 00:22:30,770 You push it, Mr. McCoy, we're ready for you. 489 00:22:30,832 --> 00:22:32,401 Mr. Holden has already documented 490 00:22:32,466 --> 00:22:34,810 a number of drug-related issues in the case. 491 00:22:34,869 --> 00:22:38,510 Mr. Friedburgh has worked up the psychological dimensions. 492 00:22:38,739 --> 00:22:40,548 You'll have briefs coming out of your ass. 493 00:22:41,842 --> 00:22:43,321 (DOOR CLOSES) 494 00:22:43,944 --> 00:22:45,617 It's a suicide. It's an accident. 495 00:22:45,679 --> 00:22:48,785 It's a breath mint. This guy gives me a headache. 496 00:22:49,283 --> 00:22:51,523 Idle rich and their idle hands. 497 00:22:52,252 --> 00:22:54,289 Well, he wasn't lying about the trust. 498 00:22:54,354 --> 00:22:56,732 The daughter gets all the money minus some pocket change. 499 00:22:56,790 --> 00:22:58,326 ADAM: So what's his motive again? 500 00:22:58,391 --> 00:23:00,701 Right motive, maybe wrong crime. 501 00:23:01,127 --> 00:23:04,040 According to these papers, if she's incapacitated for any reason, 502 00:23:04,097 --> 00:23:05,633 he gets power of attorney. 503 00:23:05,699 --> 00:23:08,805 Which means as long as she's alive, he has access to her money. 504 00:23:08,868 --> 00:23:11,905 Gave her just enough insulin to put her in a coma. 505 00:23:11,970 --> 00:23:13,643 Talk about threading a needle. 506 00:23:13,706 --> 00:23:15,481 JACK: He had 10 months to practice. 507 00:23:15,541 --> 00:23:16,918 Gonna be tough to prove. 508 00:23:16,975 --> 00:23:18,352 CARMICHAEL: And expensive. 509 00:23:18,644 --> 00:23:21,523 He can spend every last one of her dimes on his defense. 510 00:23:21,580 --> 00:23:22,991 There's nothing we can do about it. 511 00:23:24,616 --> 00:23:26,152 Maybe we can't. 512 00:23:30,421 --> 00:23:33,197 We're asking the court to rescind Mr. Moore's power of attorney 513 00:23:33,257 --> 00:23:36,932 and appoint Miss Mason guardian of her mother under Article 81. 514 00:23:36,994 --> 00:23:39,702 This is against Mrs. Moore's own wishes. 515 00:23:40,298 --> 00:23:44,508 According to documents signed at the time of their wedding and renewed every year since, 516 00:23:44,569 --> 00:23:47,072 she gave Mr. Moore durable power of attorney 517 00:23:47,138 --> 00:23:49,378 in the event of any incapacitation. 518 00:23:49,439 --> 00:23:51,282 She couldn't possibly have contemplated 519 00:23:51,341 --> 00:23:54,220 being incapacitated by her husband's own criminal act. 520 00:23:54,277 --> 00:23:55,620 BERNER: What criminal act? 521 00:23:55,679 --> 00:23:57,852 WALSH: The District Attorney's Office has informed us... 522 00:23:57,914 --> 00:23:59,120 BERNER: There you have it, Your Honor. 523 00:23:59,182 --> 00:24:01,025 Mr. McCoy put Miss Mason up to this. 524 00:24:01,084 --> 00:24:02,893 It's a ploy to strip my client 525 00:24:02,953 --> 00:24:06,594 of the means to defend himself against baseless charges. 526 00:24:06,656 --> 00:24:08,033 What about that, Mr. McCoy? 527 00:24:09,225 --> 00:24:11,466 It's our position Mr. Moore put his wife in a coma 528 00:24:11,527 --> 00:24:15,100 for the express purpose of gaining free access to her accounts. 529 00:24:15,164 --> 00:24:16,336 You have proof? 530 00:24:16,398 --> 00:24:19,277 Mr. Moore admitted injecting his wife with insulin. 531 00:24:19,335 --> 00:24:20,871 We have videotape of him doing so. 532 00:24:20,936 --> 00:24:25,112 The tape shows Mrs. Moore was a willing participant in a sexual game. 533 00:24:25,741 --> 00:24:26,776 A sex game? 534 00:24:26,842 --> 00:24:30,254 Mrs. Moore allowed herself to be put into insulin shock 535 00:24:30,311 --> 00:24:32,917 for their mutual sexual gratification. 536 00:24:34,282 --> 00:24:35,693 It's complicated. 537 00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:37,024 I'll say. 538 00:24:37,152 --> 00:24:39,393 BERNER: The coma is an unfortunate accident. 539 00:24:39,454 --> 00:24:41,434 Your Honor, may I speak? 540 00:24:41,489 --> 00:24:42,559 Yes. 541 00:24:43,525 --> 00:24:45,630 Mr. McCoy showed me the videotape. 542 00:24:45,693 --> 00:24:49,162 I... I don't pretend to understand what I saw. It was 543 00:24:50,631 --> 00:24:52,406 very disturbing to me. 544 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,379 At the very least, my stepfather has a lot to explain. 545 00:24:57,171 --> 00:25:01,278 I have been with my mother in the hospital every day, 546 00:25:02,543 --> 00:25:05,820 and it doesn't seem fair that he can continue to live in her house 547 00:25:05,879 --> 00:25:08,188 and spend her money while she 548 00:25:09,081 --> 00:25:10,992 lies there in that bed. 549 00:25:12,552 --> 00:25:14,896 I can't believe that's what she would want. 550 00:25:15,721 --> 00:25:16,995 JUDGE: Thank you, Miss Mason. 551 00:25:17,056 --> 00:25:18,262 May we rebut, Your Honor? 552 00:25:18,491 --> 00:25:19,834 You may not. 553 00:25:24,297 --> 00:25:27,072 I'm appointing Miss Mason guardian of her mother's estate. 554 00:25:27,532 --> 00:25:30,979 The $2 million bail is recouped to Mrs. Moore's estate, 555 00:25:31,036 --> 00:25:35,143 along with the $250,000 retainer paid to Mr. Moore's lawyers. 556 00:25:35,206 --> 00:25:36,708 (GAVEL BANGS) 557 00:25:37,142 --> 00:25:40,612 He's on his way back to Rikers till he can raise more bail, 558 00:25:40,679 --> 00:25:42,522 and his dream team's down to one lawyer. 559 00:25:42,581 --> 00:25:44,618 Lucky that judge had a heart of marshmallow. 560 00:25:44,683 --> 00:25:46,525 I'll take them any way I can. 561 00:25:46,584 --> 00:25:48,393 You might want to give this one back. 562 00:25:48,452 --> 00:25:50,898 In turning over guardianship, Mrs. Moore's estate 563 00:25:50,955 --> 00:25:53,799 included a profit and loss statement for the last year. 564 00:25:53,858 --> 00:25:55,667 The money Debbie told the cops her mother 565 00:25:55,726 --> 00:25:57,467 had been investing in her business? 566 00:25:57,528 --> 00:25:59,667 Mom turned off the tap nine months ago. 567 00:25:59,730 --> 00:26:02,074 Well, it's back on, thanks to us. 568 00:26:05,368 --> 00:26:08,611 We were supposed to publish limited edition coffee table books. 569 00:26:08,671 --> 00:26:11,311 One a month. That was the business plan. 570 00:26:11,374 --> 00:26:13,513 That turned into one a year. 571 00:26:13,810 --> 00:26:16,051 Debbie just didn't have the contacts. 572 00:26:16,112 --> 00:26:18,422 What did Debbie say she was going to do about the money problem? 573 00:26:18,481 --> 00:26:21,894 She said her mother had these mood swings and she was hard to talk to. 574 00:26:21,951 --> 00:26:24,056 But I knew Debbie was jerking me around. 575 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:26,497 She was desperate to make this thing work. 576 00:26:26,555 --> 00:26:28,466 And desperate people... 577 00:26:28,824 --> 00:26:30,167 Do desperate things. 578 00:26:30,225 --> 00:26:31,761 She put all her eggs in this. 579 00:26:31,827 --> 00:26:34,967 Her father's remarried, has a new family, lives in Europe. 580 00:26:35,030 --> 00:26:37,874 All she has is her mother and her business. 581 00:26:37,966 --> 00:26:39,570 Both in need of life support. 582 00:26:40,135 --> 00:26:43,082 She tried to raise money at a venture capital conference. 583 00:26:43,138 --> 00:26:46,016 The Draven-Kessler Group. No go. 584 00:26:46,073 --> 00:26:48,917 After she cut off the funds, how did Debbie pay the phone bill? 585 00:26:48,976 --> 00:26:51,923 Her step-dad. She said he felt sorry for her. 586 00:26:52,146 --> 00:26:55,059 He chipped in some bucks. Not nearly enough. 587 00:26:55,316 --> 00:26:57,660 I thought I was going to have to get a real job. 588 00:26:57,718 --> 00:27:00,858 But as of yesterday, we're back in the black. 589 00:27:02,323 --> 00:27:05,303 She denied knowing her mom had Parkinson's. She lied about the money. 590 00:27:05,358 --> 00:27:06,894 She's 0-for-2 and counting. 591 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,032 Getting her paws on that money is a pretty good motive for a murder. 592 00:27:10,096 --> 00:27:13,168 Except it's her step-dad who pulled the trigger. 593 00:27:16,002 --> 00:27:18,846 Well, what a cozy little family this is turning out to be. 594 00:27:18,905 --> 00:27:22,478 Once you're into necrophilia, incest doesn't seem so bad. 595 00:27:22,941 --> 00:27:25,217 Moore must be feeling pretty stupid sitting in Rikers 596 00:27:25,277 --> 00:27:26,756 while Debbie's out spending up a storm. 597 00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:28,348 He might be in a mood to deal. 598 00:27:28,414 --> 00:27:29,654 I'm not. 599 00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:32,527 Get a search warrant for her office and home. 600 00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:36,031 We find evidence they had an affair, they can both rot. 601 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:41,298 Please, if you'd just tell me what you're looking for. 602 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:42,736 I've got nothing to hide. 603 00:27:42,794 --> 00:27:45,434 Maybe a mash note from your stepfather? 604 00:27:45,563 --> 00:27:47,099 Don't be disgusting. 605 00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:49,441 CARMICHAEL: Oh, we've already been down that road. 606 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:52,481 You people have fantastic imaginations. I've done nothing wrong. 607 00:27:52,537 --> 00:27:53,880 Lennie. 608 00:27:58,009 --> 00:27:59,010 What's this? 609 00:27:59,310 --> 00:28:01,221 BRISCOE: I'm betting it ain't Sweet'N Low. 610 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:02,949 Well? You gonna tell us? 611 00:28:04,281 --> 00:28:06,591 I don't know what it is. It's nothing. 612 00:28:07,017 --> 00:28:08,690 Really? Have some. 613 00:28:11,555 --> 00:28:13,796 Figures. Bag it. 614 00:28:18,028 --> 00:28:21,770 It's methyl-phenyl-tetrahydro-pyridine. MPTP for short. 615 00:28:21,831 --> 00:28:24,072 It's a compound once used in herbicides. 616 00:28:24,133 --> 00:28:27,774 About 10 years ago, it was found in a batch of designer heroin. 617 00:28:27,837 --> 00:28:30,374 A number of addicts had severe reactions. 618 00:28:30,439 --> 00:28:31,975 What kind of reactions? 619 00:28:32,742 --> 00:28:36,485 Loss of motor control, rigidity in the limbs, tremors... 620 00:28:37,079 --> 00:28:39,081 Same kind of symptoms as in Parkinson's? 621 00:28:39,148 --> 00:28:42,321 Some of the addicts ended up in a coma-like state. 622 00:28:42,384 --> 00:28:45,388 The M.E. ran a mass spectrometry on a blood sample from Joan Moore. 623 00:28:46,321 --> 00:28:48,460 She found the same chemical compound in her blood. 624 00:28:48,523 --> 00:28:50,867 So that's what put her in a coma, not the insulin. 625 00:28:50,925 --> 00:28:52,996 Apparently, a single large dose 626 00:28:53,061 --> 00:28:55,507 can cause severe, irreversible Parkinson's. 627 00:28:55,597 --> 00:28:58,510 Didn't Joan Moore start having symptoms months ago? 628 00:28:58,767 --> 00:29:02,236 At lower dosage, MPTP can induce less severe symptoms. 629 00:29:02,503 --> 00:29:04,608 This girl poisoned her mother how? 630 00:29:04,672 --> 00:29:07,676 My best guess, she knew about her parents little hobby 631 00:29:07,741 --> 00:29:09,812 and contaminated their stash of insulin. 632 00:29:09,877 --> 00:29:12,289 It built up in her mother's system until the last dose 633 00:29:12,346 --> 00:29:14,155 of poisoned insulin pushed her over the edge. 634 00:29:14,214 --> 00:29:17,252 So that makes David Moore just an innocent player. 635 00:29:17,351 --> 00:29:18,887 Innocent, yeah. 636 00:29:19,886 --> 00:29:21,194 You arrested his girl? 637 00:29:21,254 --> 00:29:22,324 Not yet. 638 00:29:22,388 --> 00:29:24,629 You waiting for an invitation? 639 00:29:25,925 --> 00:29:27,233 (DOOR OPENS) 640 00:29:27,293 --> 00:29:28,328 DEBBIE: What are you doing here? 641 00:29:28,394 --> 00:29:29,771 Debbie Mason, you're under arrest 642 00:29:29,829 --> 00:29:31,240 for the attempted murder of your mother. 643 00:29:31,297 --> 00:29:32,640 No, this is a mistake. Don't fight me. 644 00:29:32,698 --> 00:29:34,609 No, you can't do this. You have the right to remain silent. 645 00:29:34,667 --> 00:29:36,340 No. No, please... Anything you do say 646 00:29:36,402 --> 00:29:39,007 can and will be used against you in a court of law. 647 00:29:39,070 --> 00:29:40,310 You have the right to an attorney. 648 00:29:40,372 --> 00:29:42,249 If you cannot afford one, one will be... 649 00:29:45,243 --> 00:29:47,780 The charges against David Moore have been set aside. 650 00:29:47,846 --> 00:29:49,621 We might have to do the same thing with Debbie Mason 651 00:29:49,681 --> 00:29:51,991 unless we can prove the MPTP is hers. 652 00:29:52,050 --> 00:29:56,055 I don't see any record of purchases from pharmaceutical companies. 653 00:29:56,254 --> 00:29:58,995 No gardening supplies, no doctors visits. 654 00:29:59,056 --> 00:30:02,060 You check for wire transfers overseas? This stuff's easier to get there. 655 00:30:02,126 --> 00:30:04,732 I've checked. No transfers. 656 00:30:06,030 --> 00:30:10,479 Did you ask David Moore if his stepdaughter was aware of their insulin kick? 657 00:30:10,768 --> 00:30:12,770 Yeah. As far as he knew, she wasn't. 658 00:30:12,837 --> 00:30:16,216 This job gets easier every minute. What are you doing? 659 00:30:16,307 --> 00:30:18,081 I'm going to where anyone who wants to 660 00:30:18,141 --> 00:30:20,621 poison their neighbor goes to first these days. 661 00:30:20,677 --> 00:30:21,678 The Internet. 662 00:30:22,145 --> 00:30:24,682 MPTP, Parkinson's... 663 00:30:25,115 --> 00:30:27,254 If there are any relevant articles, maybe we can find out 664 00:30:27,317 --> 00:30:29,160 if Debbie Mason downloaded them. 665 00:30:29,219 --> 00:30:31,665 How To Poison Dear Old Mom dot com. 666 00:30:31,988 --> 00:30:34,366 Yeah, most of these are at least five years old. 667 00:30:35,258 --> 00:30:37,999 Joan Moore's neurologist. Can you check his name? 668 00:30:38,794 --> 00:30:40,637 Dr. Shipman? 669 00:30:43,999 --> 00:30:45,535 Dr. Richard Shipman. 670 00:30:45,601 --> 00:30:49,606 There's an article here by a J.R. Shipman and a K.M. Molo. 671 00:30:49,671 --> 00:30:53,312 "MPTP-Induced Dopamine Reductions in the Striatum." 672 00:30:54,042 --> 00:30:56,648 1997, Hamilton James College. 673 00:31:00,148 --> 00:31:02,059 There wasn't anybody working on Parkinson's 674 00:31:02,116 --> 00:31:04,926 who didn't leap on MPTP when the news came out. 675 00:31:04,986 --> 00:31:08,263 I mean, freak accident. Somebody mixes a bad batch of designer drugs, 676 00:31:08,322 --> 00:31:09,699 comes up with something that produces 677 00:31:09,757 --> 00:31:11,600 the same effects as Parkinson's. 678 00:31:11,659 --> 00:31:14,640 And Dr. Shipman leapt along with everybody else? 679 00:31:14,695 --> 00:31:17,231 Richard hasn't done anything wrong, has he? 680 00:31:17,297 --> 00:31:19,573 Well, not as far as we know. 681 00:31:19,633 --> 00:31:21,840 But a friend of his might have poisoned someone. 682 00:31:23,136 --> 00:31:24,410 Oh, gosh. 683 00:31:24,738 --> 00:31:26,274 A female friend? 684 00:31:26,339 --> 00:31:27,613 Yes. Why? 685 00:31:27,874 --> 00:31:31,014 He had a bit of a reputation around here with the young research assistants. 686 00:31:31,077 --> 00:31:34,058 What about Richard and MPTP? Had that love affair ended? 687 00:31:34,114 --> 00:31:37,925 We spent eight years examining every atom of MPTP 688 00:31:37,983 --> 00:31:41,055 to find out how it acted on the nervous system. 689 00:31:41,387 --> 00:31:44,994 It proved to be a dead end. Richard left research. He had to make a living. 690 00:31:45,057 --> 00:31:47,435 Did he ever mention knowing a Debbie Mason? 691 00:31:47,493 --> 00:31:51,839 No. Uh, everyone Richard knows is in research. Well, was. 692 00:31:51,897 --> 00:31:54,707 Most of them are in biotech start-ups, making millions. 693 00:31:54,934 --> 00:31:56,003 Except Richard. 694 00:31:56,301 --> 00:32:00,443 I think Richard feels he missed the train. He called me last winter. 695 00:32:00,538 --> 00:32:02,575 He said he had an idea for a genome start-up. 696 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,553 He said he was going to the Left Coast to a venture capital conference 697 00:32:05,610 --> 00:32:07,089 and was I interested. 698 00:32:07,145 --> 00:32:09,751 Do you remember the name of the group holding the conference? 699 00:32:09,814 --> 00:32:12,385 Uh, Davon... Draven. 700 00:32:12,450 --> 00:32:13,656 Draven-Kessler? 701 00:32:13,718 --> 00:32:14,787 Yes. 702 00:32:15,853 --> 00:32:18,561 CARMICHAEL: You and Dr. Shipman were at the conference together. 703 00:32:18,622 --> 00:32:20,624 You stayed in the same hotel. 704 00:32:20,691 --> 00:32:22,602 You were seen together. 705 00:32:22,726 --> 00:32:25,935 A call was made to your office from his hotel room. 706 00:32:26,230 --> 00:32:28,267 The implication's obvious. 707 00:32:29,133 --> 00:32:31,113 You both coveted your mother's money. 708 00:32:31,168 --> 00:32:33,114 You concocted a scheme to kill her. 709 00:32:33,170 --> 00:32:34,876 No, no. That's not true. 710 00:32:34,937 --> 00:32:36,780 I'm going to say this once, Miss Mason. 711 00:32:36,839 --> 00:32:38,841 We've got you dead to rights now. 712 00:32:39,108 --> 00:32:42,487 You can cooperate or you can stand trial. Your choice. 713 00:32:43,312 --> 00:32:46,759 If you say no, I'll make the same offer to Dr. Shipman. 714 00:32:49,685 --> 00:32:50,755 (WHISPERING) 715 00:32:51,787 --> 00:32:52,822 (SIGHS) 716 00:32:56,124 --> 00:32:57,296 Assault one, six years. 717 00:32:57,359 --> 00:32:58,463 Ten years. 718 00:32:58,526 --> 00:33:01,700 And we won't refile for murder if Mrs. Moore dies. 719 00:33:06,368 --> 00:33:08,609 I didn't want my mother to die. 720 00:33:09,304 --> 00:33:10,374 I didn't want her in a coma. 721 00:33:11,239 --> 00:33:13,343 You spiked your mother's insulin by accident? 722 00:33:13,407 --> 00:33:14,408 No. 723 00:33:16,277 --> 00:33:18,917 I was furious when she took away the funding, 724 00:33:18,979 --> 00:33:20,652 but it was Richard's idea. 725 00:33:20,714 --> 00:33:23,957 You met a man at a conference, and before you can say boo, 726 00:33:24,018 --> 00:33:25,520 he's talked you into killing your mother? 727 00:33:27,021 --> 00:33:28,762 Oh, God, I'm sorry. 728 00:33:28,989 --> 00:33:31,697 You wanted her money. You both wanted her money? 729 00:33:31,759 --> 00:33:35,399 Yes. But then I... I saw what the drug was doing to her, 730 00:33:35,461 --> 00:33:36,963 how much she was suffering, and I... 731 00:33:37,030 --> 00:33:39,533 I couldn't go through with it. I wanted it to stop. 732 00:33:39,599 --> 00:33:41,203 Even after she went into a coma, 733 00:33:41,267 --> 00:33:42,871 you wanted control of her money. 734 00:33:42,935 --> 00:33:45,848 No... No, that... That was your idea. 735 00:33:46,639 --> 00:33:47,947 To get it away from my stepfather. 736 00:33:51,777 --> 00:33:55,281 She looked so frail and defenseless. 737 00:33:57,015 --> 00:33:59,461 I got rid of the contaminated insulin, 738 00:33:59,518 --> 00:34:02,556 and then I told Richard he had to give her something that would 739 00:34:03,355 --> 00:34:05,392 make it stop, and he said he would. 740 00:34:06,558 --> 00:34:08,231 He did? When? 741 00:34:09,394 --> 00:34:11,634 The day she went into the coma. 742 00:34:13,798 --> 00:34:16,836 He had my mother come to his office in the early evening. 743 00:34:16,901 --> 00:34:19,973 He said he was going to give her Sinemet. 744 00:34:20,037 --> 00:34:23,246 That was supposed to stop the effects of the MPTP. 745 00:34:25,109 --> 00:34:28,022 Instead, two hours later, she was in a coma. 746 00:34:30,047 --> 00:34:31,957 He must have given her something that made it worse. 747 00:34:36,453 --> 00:34:37,557 Do we have a deal? 748 00:34:38,755 --> 00:34:40,757 Give me a couple of days. 749 00:34:45,362 --> 00:34:49,401 I did not conspire with Miss Mason. I did not give her any MPTP. 750 00:34:49,466 --> 00:34:51,001 I did not help make her mother sick. 751 00:34:51,066 --> 00:34:53,774 But you know Debbie. You admit that much, right, Doc? 752 00:34:53,836 --> 00:34:55,782 I mean, we have the hotel bills, the phone calls, 753 00:34:55,838 --> 00:34:57,078 all that good stuff. 754 00:34:57,139 --> 00:35:00,780 Yes, I know her. We met in San Francisco, yes. 755 00:35:00,909 --> 00:35:03,082 We've seen each other on and off. 756 00:35:03,145 --> 00:35:04,385 So what? 757 00:35:04,647 --> 00:35:06,991 You keep any MPTP in the office or around the house? 758 00:35:07,983 --> 00:35:10,462 I kept some around the office for research purposes. 759 00:35:10,518 --> 00:35:12,054 Debbie ever ask you about it? 760 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,428 No. 761 00:35:13,488 --> 00:35:16,128 I don't know. I mean, she knew about my research. 762 00:35:16,524 --> 00:35:18,526 How did her mother become your patient? 763 00:35:18,893 --> 00:35:21,169 Debbie called me, told me her mother was having tremors, 764 00:35:21,229 --> 00:35:23,800 difficulty getting out of bed, would I see her. That's it. 765 00:35:23,865 --> 00:35:25,970 Why didn't you tell us all this way back when? 766 00:35:26,034 --> 00:35:28,810 It was privileged and we didn't think it was relevant. 767 00:35:28,935 --> 00:35:32,508 Look, Debbie was at my office a few times late at night. 768 00:35:33,607 --> 00:35:35,712 She'd come visit when I had reports to do. 769 00:35:35,776 --> 00:35:37,312 For what? A midnight snack? 770 00:35:37,377 --> 00:35:38,947 Something like that. 771 00:35:39,112 --> 00:35:42,025 She may have taken the MPTP then without my knowledge. 772 00:35:42,082 --> 00:35:44,688 All I'm saying is it's possible that's what she did. 773 00:35:44,751 --> 00:35:46,594 Or she got it from another source. I don't know. 774 00:35:46,653 --> 00:35:48,359 All I know is, I am innocent. 775 00:35:48,921 --> 00:35:50,798 The last time you saw Mrs. Moore? 776 00:35:51,757 --> 00:35:54,601 I told the police. Two weeks before she went into a coma. 777 00:35:55,027 --> 00:35:56,404 You're sure about that? 778 00:35:56,462 --> 00:35:57,839 Yes. Yes. 779 00:35:59,265 --> 00:36:03,111 I didn't do anything wrong All I did was treat the poor woman. 780 00:36:04,136 --> 00:36:06,275 We haven't found any place Debbie Mason 781 00:36:06,338 --> 00:36:09,341 could have gotten this drug except from Shipman's office. 782 00:36:09,407 --> 00:36:11,614 That's not the same as proving she got it from him. 783 00:36:11,676 --> 00:36:13,349 Well, that's the good news. 784 00:36:13,411 --> 00:36:17,223 No one saw Mrs. Moore in Shipman's office the day she went into a coma. 785 00:36:17,282 --> 00:36:19,319 If she was there, it was after hours, 786 00:36:19,384 --> 00:36:21,364 and the receptionist and nurses had gone home. 787 00:36:21,419 --> 00:36:23,592 David Moore didn't notice his wife was out? 788 00:36:23,655 --> 00:36:25,157 He didn't get home until 8:00, 789 00:36:25,223 --> 00:36:27,600 and the doormen don't remember seeing Mrs. Moore. 790 00:36:27,925 --> 00:36:30,531 So who do we believe, Shipman or Debbie Mason? 791 00:36:30,594 --> 00:36:32,540 I've never liked doctors. 792 00:36:32,596 --> 00:36:34,598 I don't like people who pick on their mothers. 793 00:36:34,665 --> 00:36:36,770 I don't like people we can't make a case against. 794 00:36:36,834 --> 00:36:38,370 (PHONE RINGING) 795 00:36:39,636 --> 00:36:40,706 Yes? 796 00:36:42,639 --> 00:36:43,982 Thank you. 797 00:36:44,508 --> 00:36:47,215 It's the M.E. Something that can't wait. 798 00:36:48,077 --> 00:36:52,526 I've been consulting with Johns Hopkins and UCLA about MPTP-induced comas. 799 00:36:52,949 --> 00:36:55,896 What they told me makes my hair stand on end. 800 00:36:55,952 --> 00:36:59,263 First of all, Joan Moore may not be in a coma, after all. 801 00:36:59,322 --> 00:37:02,394 At least not what we normally understand to be a coma. 802 00:37:02,458 --> 00:37:04,563 The term the UCLA people used is frozen. 803 00:37:05,161 --> 00:37:06,537 Frozen how? 804 00:37:06,595 --> 00:37:10,133 The heroin addicts who took MPTP by mistake 10 years ago? 805 00:37:10,398 --> 00:37:12,605 Several of them ended up completely conscious, 806 00:37:12,667 --> 00:37:16,308 but trapped inside a rigid body over which they had no control. 807 00:37:16,371 --> 00:37:18,749 They could hear, see and feel everything around them, 808 00:37:18,807 --> 00:37:21,287 but they couldn't move or communicate in any way whatsoever. 809 00:37:21,476 --> 00:37:23,820 So Joan Moore's just lying there like a zombie, 810 00:37:23,879 --> 00:37:25,687 aware of everything that's going on? 811 00:37:25,746 --> 00:37:28,920 If, in fact, we're looking at an overdose of MPTP. 812 00:37:29,083 --> 00:37:30,426 Could she be brought out of it? 813 00:37:30,484 --> 00:37:32,589 Well, they've had some success with L-dopa. 814 00:37:32,653 --> 00:37:35,259 CARMICHAEL: What does that mean, some success? 815 00:37:35,322 --> 00:37:37,666 There's a risk the L-dopa might make her psychotic. 816 00:37:37,725 --> 00:37:38,897 There's a small risk of death. 817 00:37:39,894 --> 00:37:41,373 Assume the best. 818 00:37:41,429 --> 00:37:42,703 Would she be able to talk? 819 00:37:42,763 --> 00:37:43,833 Yes. 820 00:37:43,964 --> 00:37:46,773 The effect of the L-dopa is almost instantaneous. 821 00:37:46,833 --> 00:37:48,938 She'd be able to move within minutes. 822 00:37:52,238 --> 00:37:53,842 They do not know for a certainty 823 00:37:53,907 --> 00:37:56,387 what put Mrs. Moore in her present condition. 824 00:37:56,443 --> 00:37:59,652 If they're wrong, administering L-dopa could be fatal. 825 00:37:59,712 --> 00:38:02,158 Her own doctors feel she has very little to lose. 826 00:38:02,215 --> 00:38:04,785 They don't expect her to recover from her condition on her own. 827 00:38:05,317 --> 00:38:07,263 Since the charges against him were dropped, 828 00:38:07,453 --> 00:38:10,662 Mr. Moore has regained guardianship of Mrs. Moore. 829 00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:13,133 It's up to him to decide what she has to lose. 830 00:38:13,192 --> 00:38:16,071 Mrs. Moore could be an important witness, Your Honor. 831 00:38:16,128 --> 00:38:18,472 She could implicate the person who put her in this state. 832 00:38:18,530 --> 00:38:21,443 That's Mr. McCoy's interest, not Mrs. Moore's. 833 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:23,377 She's just a piece of evidence to him. 834 00:38:23,435 --> 00:38:25,641 He has no regard for her welfare. 835 00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:28,343 The only person who cares what happens to her here 836 00:38:28,406 --> 00:38:30,408 is her husband, David Moore. 837 00:38:30,474 --> 00:38:32,954 That's not true. Please get my mother out of this hell. 838 00:38:33,010 --> 00:38:34,956 Come off it, Debbie You put her there. 839 00:38:35,012 --> 00:38:37,356 You're the one who made her do all those perverse things. 840 00:38:37,415 --> 00:38:38,519 You don't care about her. 841 00:38:38,583 --> 00:38:40,392 JUDGE: Please, that's enough. 842 00:38:40,451 --> 00:38:44,421 I look at all of you fighting over this woman like hyenas over a corpse. 843 00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:47,298 Mr. McCoy, I don't care what the State's interest is here. 844 00:38:47,357 --> 00:38:50,395 Nor do I see much merit in your position, Mr. Moore. 845 00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:53,498 I can only be guided by Joan Moore's welfare here. 846 00:38:53,563 --> 00:38:55,565 If her doctors think this procedure is appropriate, 847 00:38:55,632 --> 00:38:57,976 then I have to go along with their assessment. 848 00:38:58,034 --> 00:39:00,640 I'm dismissing your motion, Mr. Moore. 849 00:39:02,405 --> 00:39:03,644 We heard about the judge's decision. 850 00:39:03,706 --> 00:39:05,185 My sources at the hospital tell me 851 00:39:05,241 --> 00:39:06,652 the procedure's scheduled for today. 852 00:39:06,742 --> 00:39:08,278 That's right, as soon as we get to the hospital, 853 00:39:08,344 --> 00:39:09,846 so let's make this quick. 854 00:39:09,912 --> 00:39:11,983 My client wants to talk about a plea bargain. 855 00:39:12,047 --> 00:39:13,151 JACK: Plea to what? 856 00:39:13,215 --> 00:39:15,559 Assault two. A term of one-to-three years. 857 00:39:15,885 --> 00:39:18,593 I'm not going to play this game with you, Mr. Streim. 858 00:39:19,054 --> 00:39:22,296 I'll have all the evidence I need against your client within the hour. 859 00:39:22,357 --> 00:39:24,564 All right, assault one, three-to-nine. 860 00:39:24,626 --> 00:39:26,606 You're wasting our time. 861 00:39:26,661 --> 00:39:29,005 SHIPMAN: You think L-dopa's some kind of magic bullet? 862 00:39:29,063 --> 00:39:30,269 I've done the research, Mr. McCoy. 863 00:39:30,331 --> 00:39:32,777 I know the odds on Joan Moore coming out of the deep freeze. 864 00:39:34,903 --> 00:39:37,349 What about the odds of her dying, Doctor? 865 00:39:37,405 --> 00:39:39,976 Maybe not today, maybe not this month, 866 00:39:40,041 --> 00:39:41,145 but she will. And when she does, 867 00:39:41,209 --> 00:39:43,711 I'll be coming back at you with a murder charge. No pleas, no deals. 868 00:39:45,145 --> 00:39:47,091 And what if she ends up psychotic? 869 00:39:47,147 --> 00:39:48,455 What kind of witness will she make? 870 00:39:48,515 --> 00:39:49,516 Doctor... 871 00:39:49,583 --> 00:39:52,427 You haven't seen the addicts who were treated with L-dopa. I have. 872 00:39:52,486 --> 00:39:54,466 They don't show very well. 873 00:39:56,523 --> 00:39:59,060 I've seen just about every shade of grotesque behavior 874 00:39:59,126 --> 00:40:02,402 in this case, Dr. Shipman, but yours takes the cake. 875 00:40:03,596 --> 00:40:07,169 Attempt murder two, eight-and-a-third-to-25 or we're out of here. 876 00:40:13,072 --> 00:40:14,278 (WHISPERING) 877 00:40:17,276 --> 00:40:18,380 STREIM: Wait. 878 00:40:19,545 --> 00:40:21,046 We'll take it. 879 00:40:25,483 --> 00:40:26,587 Done. 880 00:40:27,686 --> 00:40:29,324 Now, Dr. Shipman, 881 00:40:30,322 --> 00:40:33,633 did Joan Moore come to see you the night she went into a coma? 882 00:40:34,826 --> 00:40:36,305 Mmm-hmm.Yes. 883 00:40:37,429 --> 00:40:38,999 What did you do to her? 884 00:40:41,098 --> 00:40:42,236 (SIGHS) 885 00:40:42,299 --> 00:40:44,279 Debbie was backing down. 886 00:40:45,402 --> 00:40:46,779 All of a sudden, she'd developed some 887 00:40:46,837 --> 00:40:49,044 filial devotion to her mother. 888 00:40:49,106 --> 00:40:50,983 But we had an agreement, 889 00:40:51,041 --> 00:40:54,113 and I intended to make sure she lived up to it. 890 00:40:56,213 --> 00:40:58,386 I told Debbie I was going to give her mother 891 00:40:58,449 --> 00:41:00,894 a shot of Sinemet to stabilize her. 892 00:41:03,319 --> 00:41:06,061 Instead, I gave her an oral dose of MPTP. 893 00:41:19,067 --> 00:41:23,015 DR. MORSE: Mrs. Moore, I'm giving you a shot of L-dopa. 894 00:41:53,801 --> 00:41:55,178 She's not responding. 895 00:41:57,904 --> 00:41:59,315 It hasn't been long enough. 896 00:41:59,372 --> 00:42:02,615 If there was going to be an effect, it would be immediate. 897 00:42:02,676 --> 00:42:04,656 Maybe in combination with the insulin, 898 00:42:04,711 --> 00:42:07,658 the MPTP had an effect we hadn't anticipated. 899 00:42:08,081 --> 00:42:09,082 Please, try again. 900 00:42:09,149 --> 00:42:10,924 I'm sorry, we can't risk another dose. 901 00:42:20,359 --> 00:42:22,498 Mom, I'm so sorry. 902 00:42:24,897 --> 00:42:26,501 I didn't mean... 903 00:42:45,817 --> 00:42:48,957 She pled to assault one. She'll do at least three years. 904 00:42:49,020 --> 00:42:51,728 Good for us. Not so good for Joan Moore. 905 00:42:52,390 --> 00:42:54,666 Considering what her life was like with David Moore... 906 00:42:54,725 --> 00:42:57,227 She slipped from one nightmare into another. 907 00:42:57,294 --> 00:43:01,800 It's cases like this that make me take a long hard look at my pension plan.