1 00:00:01,462 --> 00:00:03,225 In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:03,297 --> 00:00:07,199 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:07,268 --> 00:00:09,098 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:09,169 --> 00:00:11,933 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:12,005 --> 00:00:13,495 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,775 --> 00:00:17,505 Third time I've asked you to fix it, Mr. Ramos. 7 00:00:17,577 --> 00:00:21,172 If I fall and break my hip, I swear I'll get my son after you. 8 00:00:21,248 --> 00:00:22,840 He knows people. 9 00:00:23,717 --> 00:00:25,378 Oye, mami, you're late today. 10 00:00:25,452 --> 00:00:27,249 Your watch is always fast, George. 11 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,254 That's right. Like that, my days go quicker. 12 00:00:30,322 --> 00:00:32,483 Maybe when you're done cleaning, we could party. 13 00:00:32,558 --> 00:00:34,082 I don't party with married men. 14 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:35,752 Oh, didn't I tell you? 15 00:00:35,828 --> 00:00:39,958 My wife, pobrecita, she had a heart attack this weekend. 16 00:00:44,203 --> 00:00:47,639 Mr. Wells, it's me, Rosetta. 17 00:00:56,047 --> 00:00:57,446 Mr. Wells? 18 00:01:05,824 --> 00:01:09,418 Elliot Wells, 35. Hat trick in the chest. 19 00:01:09,493 --> 00:01:11,757 Front door was still locked and the windows were closed. 20 00:01:11,829 --> 00:01:13,387 The lucky person who found him? 21 00:01:13,464 --> 00:01:15,432 Cleaning lady, Rosetta Salva. 22 00:01:15,499 --> 00:01:17,797 She comes every Monday. She's got her own key. 23 00:01:17,868 --> 00:01:18,926 You got the time of death? 24 00:01:19,002 --> 00:01:20,526 36 to 48 hours. 25 00:01:20,604 --> 00:01:22,799 Say some time Saturday afternoon or evening. 26 00:01:22,873 --> 00:01:26,434 Mrs. Small next door said she was home till 6:00 on Saturday. 27 00:01:26,510 --> 00:01:27,772 Didn't hear anything. 28 00:01:27,845 --> 00:01:29,505 And then she went to her son's for dinner. 29 00:01:29,579 --> 00:01:32,480 So between 6:00 and 9:00. Hey, did you call CSU? 30 00:01:32,548 --> 00:01:34,914 Yeah, they're hung up on a bodega heist downtown, 31 00:01:34,984 --> 00:01:36,008 will be a couple of hours. 32 00:01:36,085 --> 00:01:38,883 Listen, I found a couple of dresses in the bedroom closet. 33 00:01:38,955 --> 00:01:41,617 Ms. Salva, I'm Detective Curtis. 34 00:01:41,691 --> 00:01:43,454 Did Mr. Wells have a girlfriend? 35 00:01:44,260 --> 00:01:45,852 I don't know. 36 00:01:45,928 --> 00:01:48,396 Her name's Liza, Detectives. 37 00:01:48,464 --> 00:01:49,794 I live next door. 38 00:01:49,865 --> 00:01:53,198 I told the officer that I was having dinner with my son Saturday night. 39 00:01:53,268 --> 00:01:56,726 We have never had a murder in this building before. 40 00:01:56,805 --> 00:01:59,205 Did you happen to catch Liza's last name? 41 00:01:59,274 --> 00:02:02,607 No. She was a brunette, somewhat attractive. 42 00:02:02,677 --> 00:02:04,702 He was a lawyer. I think he could have done better. 43 00:02:04,779 --> 00:02:07,304 Maybe he thought so, too. How were they getting along? 44 00:02:07,382 --> 00:02:10,043 Good, I suppose. He must be some lover. 45 00:02:10,117 --> 00:02:13,143 I mean, he was always getting flowers delivered. 46 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:14,619 Did you see her around here this weekend? 47 00:02:14,688 --> 00:02:15,677 No. 48 00:02:15,756 --> 00:02:17,155 Did he have any other guests? 49 00:02:17,224 --> 00:02:18,691 Not that I was counting. 50 00:02:18,759 --> 00:02:21,853 I'll tell you one thing about Mr. Wells. He was being watched. 51 00:02:21,929 --> 00:02:23,453 Watched? By who? 52 00:02:23,531 --> 00:02:29,435 There was a man in a car across the street. I could see him from my window. 53 00:02:30,203 --> 00:02:33,764 He was following Mr. Wells when he took a taxi in the morning. 54 00:02:35,875 --> 00:02:39,208 I'm not making this up. It went on for a month. 55 00:02:39,279 --> 00:02:41,907 I called the police and then the car disappeared. 56 00:02:41,981 --> 00:02:44,313 Yeah, well, maybe if we had the license plate number... 57 00:02:44,384 --> 00:02:48,411 I got the license plate. I wrote it down. I'll get it for you. 58 00:02:49,955 --> 00:02:51,752 Wow. If she hadn't been away at dinner, 59 00:02:51,823 --> 00:02:54,417 she'd probably come back with the guy who did it. 60 00:03:42,706 --> 00:03:45,607 Ballistics has three. 22 slugs fired at close range. 61 00:03:45,675 --> 00:03:47,700 The burn patterns on the wounds were very tight. 62 00:03:47,777 --> 00:03:52,475 No forced entry, no struggle. Could be friendly fire. He had a girlfriend? 63 00:03:52,548 --> 00:03:55,073 Liza, no last name, and she's not in his little black book. 64 00:03:55,150 --> 00:03:56,640 You ask his next of kin? 65 00:03:56,719 --> 00:03:57,913 They're in Minneapolis. 66 00:03:57,987 --> 00:03:59,887 And there's nothing on his answering machine. 67 00:03:59,955 --> 00:04:01,388 Latent's working on a dozen prints, 68 00:04:01,457 --> 00:04:03,254 all belonging to people who've never been printed. 69 00:04:03,325 --> 00:04:04,690 What about the neighborhood watch? 70 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,194 Could've been shots, could've been the TV. 71 00:04:07,263 --> 00:04:09,958 License plate belongs to Wraytec Security. 72 00:04:10,031 --> 00:04:13,398 They said they were hired by Wells' law firm to watch over him. 73 00:04:13,468 --> 00:04:15,902 I hope they didn't put him down as a reference. 74 00:04:18,873 --> 00:04:21,865 Elliot was a lateral hire from a firm in Chicago. 75 00:04:21,943 --> 00:04:24,639 He'd been with us less than a year. 76 00:04:24,712 --> 00:04:26,077 I can't believe he's dead. 77 00:04:26,147 --> 00:04:27,739 Well, it's not like it's a bolt out of the blue. 78 00:04:27,815 --> 00:04:29,839 You hired bodyguards for him, right? 79 00:04:29,916 --> 00:04:33,545 Oh, yes. Well, that was during the Shuster Consolidated paper case. 80 00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:35,713 Some environmentalists sued to keep Shuster 81 00:04:35,789 --> 00:04:38,485 from harvesting some old-growth forests. 82 00:04:38,558 --> 00:04:41,652 A bunch of bird-watchers file a lawsuit and you call out the Marines? 83 00:04:41,728 --> 00:04:43,958 A case like this attracts the fringe element. 84 00:04:44,031 --> 00:04:46,499 People who spike trees to injure woodcutters. 85 00:04:46,566 --> 00:04:49,091 Elliot was the lead counsel for Shuster. 86 00:04:49,169 --> 00:04:51,329 He got the limelight and the threats that go with it. 87 00:04:51,404 --> 00:04:52,632 Death threats? 88 00:04:52,705 --> 00:04:54,866 Not in so many words, but yes. 89 00:04:54,940 --> 00:04:57,909 They even picketed our offices. They threw fake blood at Elliot. 90 00:04:57,977 --> 00:05:00,707 We had to call the police. Some arrests were made. 91 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:04,443 The security company told us you pulled the plug on them a few weeks ago. 92 00:05:04,517 --> 00:05:08,044 Well, yes, but that was after the judge threw out the lawsuit. 93 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,611 It was Elliot's idea. He was hoping things would cool down. 94 00:05:11,690 --> 00:05:12,816 Did they? 95 00:05:12,891 --> 00:05:14,085 Not for Elliot. 96 00:05:14,726 --> 00:05:17,661 We started getting complaints from some of his clients. 97 00:05:17,729 --> 00:05:20,197 He was making mistakes, not returning phone calls. 98 00:05:20,265 --> 00:05:21,493 What was going on with him? 99 00:05:21,566 --> 00:05:24,057 Battle fatigue. Who knows? 100 00:05:24,135 --> 00:05:28,196 He said he wanted time away from the law. Friday was his last day. 101 00:05:29,174 --> 00:05:33,200 We're all going to miss him terribly around here. Excuse me. 102 00:05:37,114 --> 00:05:40,709 I read where sharks have feelings. Now I know better. 103 00:05:42,953 --> 00:05:46,855 I got clicked for calling a lawyer a seven-letter word. 104 00:05:46,924 --> 00:05:49,825 If I would've used 10, I'd probably still be in jail. 105 00:05:49,893 --> 00:05:52,452 Hey, you also threw blood on his Armani. 106 00:05:52,528 --> 00:05:56,020 Oh, no. Oh, not me, no. I was just there making a bunch of noise. 107 00:05:56,099 --> 00:06:00,729 Now, the rough stuff, that's Larry Philbert, long as there's a TV crew around. 108 00:06:00,803 --> 00:06:02,668 How rough does Larry get off camera? 109 00:06:02,739 --> 00:06:05,230 I don't know. He only calls me for the protest. 110 00:06:05,308 --> 00:06:08,869 He pays me for my car fare. See, it's because of the chair. 111 00:06:08,945 --> 00:06:13,381 See, Larry says that it looks good on TV to have a guy in a wheelchair. 112 00:06:14,449 --> 00:06:18,112 It isn't about hugging trees, Detectives, it's about enlightened self-interest. 113 00:06:18,186 --> 00:06:20,654 You know how many species become extinct every hour? 114 00:06:20,722 --> 00:06:22,656 After they're all gone, we're next. 115 00:06:22,724 --> 00:06:25,693 What about dead lawyers? How do they affect the biosphere? 116 00:06:25,761 --> 00:06:27,592 You mean Elliot Wells? 117 00:06:27,662 --> 00:06:31,893 Thanks to him, Shuster's turning thousand-year-old trees into popsicle sticks. 118 00:06:31,966 --> 00:06:32,955 That's what got him killed? 119 00:06:33,033 --> 00:06:34,057 I wouldn't know. 120 00:06:34,135 --> 00:06:38,128 But, whatever the reason, it was mother nature balancing the scales. 121 00:06:38,205 --> 00:06:40,298 Maybe that's what you thought you were doing. 122 00:06:40,374 --> 00:06:41,739 So now I killed Wells? 123 00:06:41,809 --> 00:06:45,267 Hey, you got arrested last year on the way to a protest at Sterling Forest, 124 00:06:45,346 --> 00:06:46,938 they found a.22 in your car. 125 00:06:47,014 --> 00:06:49,312 Yeah, and now the Rockland County Police have it. 126 00:06:49,383 --> 00:06:50,440 And as for Saturday, 127 00:06:50,517 --> 00:06:54,146 I was chained to a fence outside a toxic waste dump in Patterson. 128 00:06:54,220 --> 00:06:57,121 That was before I got arrested for trespassing. 129 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,819 First thing we did when the law firm hired us, 130 00:07:02,896 --> 00:07:04,591 was get photos of these demonstrators, 131 00:07:04,664 --> 00:07:07,997 but we never saw any of them near the residence. 132 00:07:08,067 --> 00:07:10,534 How about anybody who didn't get their picture taken? 133 00:07:10,602 --> 00:07:12,297 If anyone was staking out the place, 134 00:07:12,371 --> 00:07:14,862 they'd have to be very good to escape detection. 135 00:07:14,940 --> 00:07:16,703 What, you were sitting on Wells 24l7? 136 00:07:16,775 --> 00:07:18,003 Round the clock. 137 00:07:18,076 --> 00:07:20,374 And as far as you noticed, he never had any trouble with anyone? 138 00:07:20,446 --> 00:07:22,676 Well, the girlfriend was a handful. 139 00:07:22,748 --> 00:07:24,511 Brunette? Yeah. 140 00:07:24,583 --> 00:07:26,414 Couple of days before we got pulled off surveillance, 141 00:07:26,485 --> 00:07:28,612 they had a big blow-out in front of the building. 142 00:07:28,687 --> 00:07:30,711 Do you have any idea where we can find her? 143 00:07:30,788 --> 00:07:31,914 Yeah, he picked her up one night 144 00:07:31,989 --> 00:07:35,152 from a building in Clinton, we noted the address. 145 00:07:37,495 --> 00:07:40,157 Watch your step there, Lennie, that tile's coming loose. 146 00:07:40,231 --> 00:07:42,290 You'd think a girl smart enough to go with a lawyer 147 00:07:42,366 --> 00:07:44,459 would live in a building with a working elevator. 148 00:07:44,535 --> 00:07:45,627 Which one first? 149 00:07:45,703 --> 00:07:49,298 Well, last floor we started with the left side. Let's try the right side. 150 00:07:58,014 --> 00:08:01,108 I'm Detective Curtis, this is Detective Briscoe. 151 00:08:01,685 --> 00:08:04,677 We're looking for a young woman named Liza. She's a brunette. 152 00:08:04,754 --> 00:08:07,450 Liza? Why? What's it about? 153 00:08:07,524 --> 00:08:10,186 We'd rather discuss that with her. What's your name, sir? 154 00:08:10,260 --> 00:08:12,489 Tony. Tony Conneca. 155 00:08:14,196 --> 00:08:16,460 It's Elliot Wells, isn't it? 156 00:08:16,532 --> 00:08:18,432 You mind if we come in, Mr. Conneca? 157 00:08:21,904 --> 00:08:24,031 I read about it in The Post. 158 00:08:26,375 --> 00:08:28,343 I want you to know I had absolutely nothing to do with it. 159 00:08:28,410 --> 00:08:32,436 Well, that's good to know. So, what's your relationship with Liza? 160 00:08:32,514 --> 00:08:38,544 I'm Liza. As in Minnelli. See the resemblance? 161 00:08:38,620 --> 00:08:40,110 You're a drag queen. 162 00:08:40,188 --> 00:08:41,678 A female impersonator. 163 00:08:42,357 --> 00:08:44,518 I dress up for work just like you do, Detective. 164 00:08:44,592 --> 00:08:50,053 Yeah, only I don't have to tuck in so much. So, you and Elliot Wells? 165 00:08:51,632 --> 00:08:55,432 He was my boyfriend, up until a couple of weeks ago. 166 00:08:55,502 --> 00:08:56,833 What happened? 167 00:08:56,904 --> 00:08:59,134 I didn't enjoy life in Elliot's closet. 168 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:00,503 He was too low-key for you? 169 00:09:00,574 --> 00:09:03,407 I'm gay. I don't set off sprinklers. 170 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:08,006 Elliot would never go out with me in public. He never came here. 171 00:09:08,081 --> 00:09:11,208 When I went to his place, I had to dress female to fool the neighbors. 172 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:12,308 Even in bed, he would... 173 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:14,444 Yeah, we get the idea. 174 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:16,481 He was so uptight. 175 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:17,648 He wouldn't let me answer his phone, 176 00:09:17,723 --> 00:09:19,714 he wouldn't give me his number at work, it was a charade. 177 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:22,260 When was the last time you saw him? 178 00:09:22,328 --> 00:09:25,195 We haven't talked since I broke up with him. 179 00:09:25,264 --> 00:09:27,494 Where were you Saturday night? 180 00:09:28,668 --> 00:09:31,830 I was working at Max's Cabaret. 181 00:09:32,904 --> 00:09:36,305 Tony was here Saturday night. He went on around 9:30. 182 00:09:36,374 --> 00:09:38,399 What? Belting out New York, New York? 183 00:09:38,476 --> 00:09:41,138 No, we already got two Lizas. 184 00:09:41,212 --> 00:09:45,239 Tony is working on a new act. Audrey Hepburn's greatest hits. 185 00:09:45,317 --> 00:09:48,411 A little Sabrina, a little Breakfast at Tiffany's. 186 00:09:48,486 --> 00:09:50,511 It's a cute idea, if he keeps the weight off. 187 00:09:50,589 --> 00:09:53,648 I can hardly wait to see it. So what time did he get here? 188 00:09:53,724 --> 00:09:56,056 Just after 8:00, to do his makeup. 189 00:09:56,126 --> 00:09:58,526 I talked to him in his dressing room. 190 00:09:58,596 --> 00:10:00,120 How was his mood? 191 00:10:00,197 --> 00:10:01,186 Nervous. 192 00:10:01,265 --> 00:10:04,393 Tony is always nervous before his set. He's a real heave queen. 193 00:10:04,468 --> 00:10:06,299 He ever talk about his boyfriend, the lawyer? 194 00:10:06,370 --> 00:10:09,362 Talk about him? He bragged about him every chance he got. 195 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:10,838 His uptown sugar daddy. 196 00:10:10,907 --> 00:10:12,169 We heard things were going sour. 197 00:10:12,241 --> 00:10:14,835 Because of Tony's active imagination. 198 00:10:14,911 --> 00:10:17,004 He was sure the guy was two-timing him. 199 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,015 Once he gets jealous, Tony could be a real bitch. 200 00:10:20,083 --> 00:10:21,345 How real? 201 00:10:22,885 --> 00:10:27,015 Last year, he found out his squeeze du jour was cheating on him. 202 00:10:27,090 --> 00:10:28,717 The guy wasn't out yet. 203 00:10:28,791 --> 00:10:33,090 So Tony puts on his Liza gear, you know, bowler hat, garter belt 204 00:10:33,161 --> 00:10:35,425 and shows up at the guy's house in Scarsdale, 205 00:10:35,497 --> 00:10:37,795 just as the family's sitting down to dinner. 206 00:10:37,866 --> 00:10:39,925 Sounds like a million laughs. 207 00:10:40,002 --> 00:10:41,128 That's our Tony. 208 00:10:42,304 --> 00:10:44,795 It's a classic case of "he said, he said." 209 00:10:44,873 --> 00:10:47,467 Tony cooks on a hot plate, Wells has an expense account. 210 00:10:47,542 --> 00:10:48,566 Who's going to dump who? 211 00:10:48,644 --> 00:10:50,134 Everybody's got his pride. 212 00:10:50,212 --> 00:10:52,611 Yeah, especially a guy who shaves his chest. 213 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:57,140 Here we go. Three calls from Tony's place to Wells' the week before the murder. 214 00:10:57,218 --> 00:10:59,812 He told us he hadn't talked to Wells since the break-up. 215 00:10:59,887 --> 00:11:01,582 To Wells, not the answering machine. 216 00:11:01,656 --> 00:11:03,715 Each call's less than a minute long. 217 00:11:03,791 --> 00:11:06,760 Lieutenant, Latent pulled Tony's cabaret license. 218 00:11:06,827 --> 00:11:09,022 They matched his prints to what they found in Wells' apartment. 219 00:11:09,096 --> 00:11:12,087 Thanks. Well, they were lovers. 220 00:11:12,165 --> 00:11:14,633 Tony said he hadn't been in the apartment in two weeks. 221 00:11:14,701 --> 00:11:16,293 The cleaning lady comes in once a week. 222 00:11:16,369 --> 00:11:18,530 And scrubs every surface with a toothbrush? 223 00:11:18,605 --> 00:11:21,199 You got a fist full of straw, not much else here. 224 00:11:21,274 --> 00:11:23,742 Well, maybe. But I still like Tony for it. 225 00:11:23,810 --> 00:11:26,005 Would you like him as much if he wore three-piece suits 226 00:11:26,079 --> 00:11:28,138 and crunched numbers for a living? 227 00:11:28,214 --> 00:11:29,875 Hey, what do you make of this? 228 00:11:29,949 --> 00:11:32,314 Saturday morning, Wells made a 30-minute phone call 229 00:11:32,384 --> 00:11:35,012 to the law firm of Markham and Kessler. 230 00:11:35,087 --> 00:11:36,714 So, he was applying for a job. 231 00:11:36,789 --> 00:11:40,054 But his old firm said that he quit to take a break from the bar. 232 00:11:40,125 --> 00:11:43,458 Markham and Kessler specialize in sexual harassment suits. 233 00:11:43,529 --> 00:11:45,019 You got them on retainer? 234 00:11:45,097 --> 00:11:48,464 No, PBA gave me their name last year when I was being hassled. 235 00:11:48,534 --> 00:11:50,764 You got a beef with your boss, these are the people to call. 236 00:11:50,836 --> 00:11:52,063 You had a beef with your boss? 237 00:11:52,136 --> 00:11:53,569 His lady boss. 238 00:11:55,807 --> 00:11:57,775 She was coming on to me. What? 239 00:11:57,842 --> 00:11:59,070 That's why I transferred here. 240 00:11:59,143 --> 00:12:01,077 So, can I transfer there? 241 00:12:06,050 --> 00:12:08,382 Actually, Elliot Wells called me late Friday afternoon. 242 00:12:08,453 --> 00:12:11,979 I was on my way to a deposition, so I told him I'd be in the office Saturday. 243 00:12:12,055 --> 00:12:14,683 We need to know what you discussed. 244 00:12:14,758 --> 00:12:16,350 Mr. Wells was very guarded. 245 00:12:16,426 --> 00:12:18,121 He said he wanted to wait until we met on Monday. 246 00:12:18,195 --> 00:12:22,529 But the gist of it was, he had a gay client who was fired and wanted to sue. 247 00:12:22,599 --> 00:12:24,794 "Oh, Doctor, I have this friend who's got an itch." 248 00:12:24,868 --> 00:12:26,062 Excuse me? 249 00:12:27,838 --> 00:12:30,739 Did Wells tell you that he left his firm on Friday? 250 00:12:30,807 --> 00:12:32,637 No. I had no idea. 251 00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:35,700 They told us he resigned. Job-related stress. 252 00:12:36,645 --> 00:12:39,705 You think they're lying? How long was he there? 253 00:12:40,816 --> 00:12:41,942 A year. 254 00:12:43,786 --> 00:12:45,549 And all of a sudden they fired him? 255 00:12:45,621 --> 00:12:48,590 And all of a sudden they found out he was gay. 256 00:12:48,657 --> 00:12:50,921 Gee, I wonder who told them. 257 00:12:53,695 --> 00:12:55,925 Of course I didn't out Elliot. I didn't even know where he worked. 258 00:12:55,997 --> 00:12:59,592 He was on CNN, he was in all the papers. Where were you? In a cave? 259 00:12:59,667 --> 00:13:04,263 I would never do anything like that to Elliot, never. It's not in my nature. 260 00:13:04,606 --> 00:13:07,404 Showing up in a push-up bra at one of his staff meetings, 261 00:13:07,475 --> 00:13:08,942 that's more your style, right? 262 00:13:09,010 --> 00:13:11,637 Yeah, we heard about that stunt you pulled in Scarsdale. 263 00:13:11,712 --> 00:13:14,977 Okay, that was stupid. But I was pissed. The guy used me for sex. 264 00:13:15,048 --> 00:13:17,676 And you used Wells for a meal ticket. 265 00:13:17,751 --> 00:13:20,743 And you weren't too happy about it when he started chasing a new scent. 266 00:13:20,821 --> 00:13:24,052 Elliot loved me. I'm the one who broke it off. 267 00:13:24,124 --> 00:13:26,991 That's not the way they tell it down at the cabaret, my friend. 268 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:30,427 Hey, come on, Tony, the guy hurt you. We've all been there. 269 00:13:30,497 --> 00:13:34,899 You just didn't want to tell us because of the way it would look, right? 270 00:13:38,671 --> 00:13:41,071 He'd get calls at home. Late. 271 00:13:42,175 --> 00:13:44,166 Take his phone into his room and close the door. 272 00:13:44,243 --> 00:13:46,643 He'd whisper, so I couldn't hear. 273 00:13:47,747 --> 00:13:49,214 And then he'd come out, all red-faced. 274 00:13:49,282 --> 00:13:51,772 He said it was his parents or some other BS, but I knew better. 275 00:13:51,850 --> 00:13:54,182 So you never actually saw him with this other guy? 276 00:13:54,252 --> 00:13:56,015 I didn't dream this up. 277 00:13:56,087 --> 00:13:59,545 There was somebody else. That's the guy you should be looking for. 278 00:13:59,624 --> 00:14:03,583 All right, Tony, we're going to go get some sodas, you want one? 279 00:14:08,900 --> 00:14:11,266 Just what he'd like, us off on a wild goose chase 280 00:14:11,336 --> 00:14:12,768 after this mystery man. 281 00:14:12,837 --> 00:14:15,032 Maybe you're on a wild goose chase right now. 282 00:14:15,105 --> 00:14:18,074 He outed Wells, Wells found out, they got into it on Saturday night, 283 00:14:18,142 --> 00:14:19,234 Wells ended up dead. 284 00:14:19,310 --> 00:14:20,334 Plays for me. 285 00:14:20,411 --> 00:14:22,971 Well, you prove he outed Wells, it'll play for me. 286 00:14:23,047 --> 00:14:24,036 Talk to the law firm. 287 00:14:24,114 --> 00:14:25,513 Hey, we already know the party line. 288 00:14:25,583 --> 00:14:27,073 The clients complained, Wells resigned. 289 00:14:27,151 --> 00:14:28,982 Then start with the clients. 290 00:14:32,422 --> 00:14:35,016 The environmental suit was a can of worms. 291 00:14:35,091 --> 00:14:37,821 If we emerged from it unscathed, it's because of Elliot Wells. 292 00:14:37,894 --> 00:14:40,089 According to his firm, he burned out. 293 00:14:40,163 --> 00:14:41,653 I didn't see any evidence of that. 294 00:14:41,731 --> 00:14:44,632 Well, they said they had complaints from his clients, including your company. 295 00:14:44,701 --> 00:14:46,225 No, not from us. 296 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:50,136 What we got was a call last week from the managing partner, Chuck Hanna. 297 00:14:50,206 --> 00:14:53,231 He said they found some irregularities in Elliot's billing. 298 00:14:53,308 --> 00:14:54,536 You sound skeptical. 299 00:14:54,610 --> 00:14:57,511 Elliot was one of the most honest lawyers I've met. 300 00:14:57,579 --> 00:15:00,980 He once brought a billing error in his firm's favor to our attention. 301 00:15:01,049 --> 00:15:03,108 I wanted him to continue as our outside counsel. 302 00:15:03,185 --> 00:15:04,243 So what did you do? 303 00:15:04,319 --> 00:15:07,311 I called the senior partner, Jerry Dixon, to inquire, 304 00:15:07,389 --> 00:15:09,914 and he told me there were some improprieties. 305 00:15:09,992 --> 00:15:11,755 What kind? 306 00:15:11,826 --> 00:15:13,487 Of a personal nature. 307 00:15:14,929 --> 00:15:16,726 Mr. Nelson, we're not mind readers. 308 00:15:16,797 --> 00:15:19,163 Let's just say Jerry explained that in the present climate, 309 00:15:19,233 --> 00:15:22,669 our legal representation should be above all reproach. 310 00:15:23,804 --> 00:15:25,203 He had a point. 311 00:15:28,042 --> 00:15:29,566 It's a tragedy. 312 00:15:29,644 --> 00:15:31,339 We were just talking about him the night it happened, 313 00:15:31,412 --> 00:15:33,879 at a charity dinner at the University Club. 314 00:15:33,947 --> 00:15:35,812 Elliot was the head of the firm's charities committee, 315 00:15:35,882 --> 00:15:37,076 until he resigned. 316 00:15:37,150 --> 00:15:39,584 Don't you mean until he was fired? 317 00:15:39,653 --> 00:15:40,881 Where'd you get that idea? 318 00:15:40,954 --> 00:15:43,047 From Shuster's general counsel. 319 00:15:43,123 --> 00:15:44,351 And he got it from you. 320 00:15:44,424 --> 00:15:47,587 I mean, he pretty much told us that Wells was kicked because he was gay. 321 00:15:47,661 --> 00:15:48,821 That would be actionable. 322 00:15:48,895 --> 00:15:50,522 Yeah, if he was still around to sue you. 323 00:15:50,597 --> 00:15:51,689 We pulled his phone records. 324 00:15:51,765 --> 00:15:55,291 On Saturday morning, he called the top sexual harassment firm in the city. 325 00:15:55,367 --> 00:15:57,096 His next call was to you, at home. 326 00:15:57,169 --> 00:16:00,502 And we're guessing that he threatened to sue unless he got his job back. 327 00:16:00,572 --> 00:16:02,096 Are we in the ballpark? 328 00:16:03,642 --> 00:16:06,907 Our biggest client distributes baby food in the Midwest. 329 00:16:06,979 --> 00:16:09,277 If for any reason they become uncomfortable with us, 330 00:16:09,348 --> 00:16:11,282 there are plenty of law firms in the phone book. 331 00:16:11,350 --> 00:16:13,408 We understand he was pretty deep in the closet. 332 00:16:13,484 --> 00:16:14,815 Which made him a security risk. 333 00:16:14,886 --> 00:16:17,980 He was privy to our clients' most privileged information. 334 00:16:18,056 --> 00:16:20,354 So in or out of the closet, you didn't want him. 335 00:16:20,425 --> 00:16:22,791 Whatever happened to" don't ask, don't tell"? 336 00:16:22,860 --> 00:16:24,418 We found out, so could anybody. 337 00:16:24,495 --> 00:16:28,625 That's what we'd like to know, Mr. Dixon. Exactly how did you find out? 338 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:29,860 Excuse me. 339 00:16:29,934 --> 00:16:31,868 Jerry, the sitter's here, we're going to be late. 340 00:16:31,936 --> 00:16:33,232 In a minute, hon. 341 00:16:36,773 --> 00:16:41,039 I called Elliot at home last week about a case, it was early in the morning. 342 00:16:41,111 --> 00:16:45,377 A man answered, he had a British accent. He told me Elliot was in the shower. 343 00:16:45,449 --> 00:16:47,383 And then what? He just let it slip? 344 00:16:47,451 --> 00:16:48,543 He didn't have to. 345 00:16:48,618 --> 00:16:52,644 You have male company at 6:00 a.m. , it's probably not your jogging partner. 346 00:16:52,722 --> 00:16:56,749 I was concerned. I confronted Elliot on Friday, he admitted it. 347 00:16:57,626 --> 00:17:02,120 Now, gentlemen, if you'll excuse me, Le Cirque at 8:00 is hard to come by. 348 00:17:05,134 --> 00:17:06,601 A British accent? 349 00:17:06,669 --> 00:17:09,797 Unless he was practicing his Audrey Hepburn, that can't be Tony. 350 00:17:09,872 --> 00:17:13,307 So maybe Tony is not crazy after all. There was another guy. 351 00:17:13,375 --> 00:17:16,538 Yeah, a secret lover of a secret homosexual? 352 00:17:16,611 --> 00:17:19,171 Ought to be as easy as finding a needle in a haystack. 353 00:17:19,247 --> 00:17:22,978 The neighbor said Wells was getting flowers delivered to his apartment. 354 00:17:23,051 --> 00:17:24,848 Right, read the card. 355 00:17:27,088 --> 00:17:30,216 I guess some people really do buy it for the articles. 356 00:17:30,291 --> 00:17:32,724 Yeah, or to keep up appearances. 357 00:17:32,793 --> 00:17:34,727 You know, I had some friends in college who were gay, 358 00:17:34,795 --> 00:17:37,161 most of them hadn't even told their parents. 359 00:17:37,231 --> 00:17:39,665 I mean, I couldn't deal with the lifestyle, but I got to say 360 00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:42,361 I have an appreciation for what it must be like to be gay, 361 00:17:42,436 --> 00:17:43,801 having to hide it all the time. 362 00:17:43,871 --> 00:17:47,568 Yeah, from people who can't deal with the lifestyle. Bingo! 363 00:17:48,108 --> 00:17:54,012 Florist's card from the Village, unsigned, addressed to "mon amour." 364 00:17:55,615 --> 00:17:57,446 "Mon amour." 365 00:17:57,517 --> 00:18:00,816 Our delivery guy thought it meant "Monday morning." 366 00:18:01,054 --> 00:18:03,181 We're looking for the person who sent them. 367 00:18:03,256 --> 00:18:07,420 As long as I'm not violating any florist-client confidentiality. 368 00:18:07,493 --> 00:18:10,951 Monsieur has been ordering from us for a few months now, 369 00:18:11,030 --> 00:18:12,929 spreading joy all over the city. 370 00:18:12,998 --> 00:18:14,761 Among other things. 371 00:18:15,367 --> 00:18:17,335 Here he is. Always pays cash. 372 00:18:17,402 --> 00:18:18,596 Any name? 373 00:18:18,670 --> 00:18:19,694 Stuart. 374 00:18:19,771 --> 00:18:20,795 You got a phone number there? 375 00:18:20,872 --> 00:18:22,396 Just a return address. 376 00:18:27,145 --> 00:18:29,739 Hey! What's going on here? 377 00:18:29,815 --> 00:18:31,715 We're looking for Mr. Stuart. 378 00:18:31,783 --> 00:18:34,216 Who are you? The super. Is Mr. Stuart in trouble? 379 00:18:34,285 --> 00:18:36,981 We're investigating a homicide. We thought maybe he could help us out. 380 00:18:37,054 --> 00:18:39,113 Well, I haven't seen him in nearly a couple of weeks. 381 00:18:39,190 --> 00:18:40,214 But I could let you in. 382 00:18:40,291 --> 00:18:41,315 We can't. We don't have a warrant. 383 00:18:41,392 --> 00:18:44,759 Well, if you wanted to look in and make sure Mr. Stuart's okay, 384 00:18:44,829 --> 00:18:45,921 that would be fine with us. 385 00:18:45,996 --> 00:18:47,691 You think maybe something happened to him? 386 00:18:47,765 --> 00:18:50,632 He could be lying in there, dead of a heart attack, right, Rey? 387 00:18:50,701 --> 00:18:51,690 Whatever you say, Lennie. 388 00:18:51,769 --> 00:18:53,201 Just what I need. 389 00:18:53,269 --> 00:18:56,796 I did him a favor in the first place, subletting to him. 390 00:18:57,107 --> 00:18:58,335 Mr. Stuart? 391 00:18:58,408 --> 00:19:01,969 Maybe you ought to go in and check, just to be sure, huh? 392 00:19:04,814 --> 00:19:07,339 Remember, just what's in plain view. 393 00:19:23,398 --> 00:19:25,958 It's what you don't see, Lennie. Cupboards look empty, 394 00:19:26,034 --> 00:19:28,696 there's a couple of glasses in the sink, that's it. 395 00:19:28,770 --> 00:19:30,237 Guy's not much of a cook. 396 00:19:30,305 --> 00:19:31,636 Oh, he cooks, all right. 397 00:19:31,707 --> 00:19:34,698 There's a family size box of condoms on the nightstand. 398 00:19:34,775 --> 00:19:37,972 Plenty of booze, music, mood lighting. 399 00:19:42,150 --> 00:19:44,618 Hey, which one of these is Mr. Stuart? 400 00:19:44,685 --> 00:19:46,744 That's him in the leather jacket. 401 00:19:46,821 --> 00:19:48,789 Jerold Dixon and friend. 402 00:19:49,724 --> 00:19:53,716 If Wells was in the closet, Dixon's in a box on the top shelf. 403 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:55,351 He was having an affair with Wells. 404 00:19:55,428 --> 00:19:56,486 Or trying to. 405 00:19:56,563 --> 00:19:58,929 If you count all the flowers and the late-night phone calls, 406 00:19:58,999 --> 00:20:00,432 he was dogging Wells pretty hard, 407 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:02,297 and I don't think he was getting with the program. 408 00:20:02,369 --> 00:20:04,462 Maybe Dixon got mad and canned him. 409 00:20:04,538 --> 00:20:07,564 Wells threatens to sue and blow Dixon's cover. 410 00:20:07,641 --> 00:20:09,609 It's a pretty strong motive to shut him up. 411 00:20:09,676 --> 00:20:12,076 Now try it not knowing that Dixon sent the flowers 412 00:20:12,145 --> 00:20:13,702 or even that he was gay. 413 00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:16,407 You had no business being in his apartment without a warrant. 414 00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:19,417 Hey, the super was checking up on a tenant, we just tagged along. 415 00:20:19,485 --> 00:20:21,612 Great, now we can all pile into the little clown car 416 00:20:21,687 --> 00:20:23,416 and go tell it to the judge. 417 00:20:23,489 --> 00:20:25,616 It doesn't pass the laugh test, guys. 418 00:20:25,691 --> 00:20:27,716 Bring me probable cause, then we'll talk. 419 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:29,351 How about a confession? 420 00:20:29,428 --> 00:20:30,986 That would be nice, too. 421 00:20:33,631 --> 00:20:35,531 Elliot told me all about you, Mr. Dixon. 422 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:36,897 I saw the flowers you sent him. 423 00:20:36,968 --> 00:20:39,903 Tell me, you speak French to your wife, too? 424 00:20:40,271 --> 00:20:42,102 Hey, don't get pissy with me, Mr. Dixon. 425 00:20:42,173 --> 00:20:45,040 I saw you leave his building the night he was killed. 426 00:20:45,109 --> 00:20:46,542 I know what you look like. 427 00:20:46,611 --> 00:20:49,637 Elliot showed me a picture from the Christmas party. 428 00:20:49,714 --> 00:20:52,683 What I want is for you to meet me tomorrow at Bryant Park, 429 00:20:52,750 --> 00:20:54,944 and we'll talk. Noonish. 430 00:20:55,919 --> 00:20:58,979 Show up, or I'll go to the police. Bye, lover. 431 00:21:01,959 --> 00:21:03,153 I don't think he bought it. 432 00:21:03,227 --> 00:21:05,718 You had him breathing pretty hard. He bought it. 433 00:21:05,796 --> 00:21:07,889 I have a bad feeling. What if he tries something tomorrow? 434 00:21:07,965 --> 00:21:10,934 We'll be there, eyes and ears, nothing to worry about. 435 00:21:11,001 --> 00:21:12,332 Are you sure this is even legal? 436 00:21:12,402 --> 00:21:14,301 Yes, Tony, it is. 437 00:21:14,770 --> 00:21:18,171 Look, we have two suspects here, Dixon and you. 438 00:21:18,241 --> 00:21:20,766 If we don't get him, we'll take you. 439 00:21:23,879 --> 00:21:27,747 Testing, one, two, three. Hope you can hear me. 440 00:21:29,652 --> 00:21:31,847 Didn't I tell him to keep his hands off the jacket? 441 00:21:31,921 --> 00:21:32,945 Testing, one, two... 442 00:21:33,022 --> 00:21:35,421 Hey, Lennie, here comes Dixon. 443 00:21:38,526 --> 00:21:41,495 Jerry Dixon? I'm Tony. 444 00:21:41,563 --> 00:21:42,894 I don't have all day. 445 00:21:42,964 --> 00:21:45,023 Always in a hurry, just like the other night. 446 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:46,294 You're imagining things. 447 00:21:46,368 --> 00:21:48,268 I'm not imagining you right now. 448 00:21:48,336 --> 00:21:50,702 You are here because you killed Elliot. 449 00:21:50,772 --> 00:21:51,864 That's absolute crap. 450 00:21:51,940 --> 00:21:53,736 Suit yourself, lover. 451 00:21:54,508 --> 00:21:56,476 How come there's never a cop around when you need one? 452 00:21:56,543 --> 00:21:59,376 Knock it off. No one's going to believe a sleazy little drag queen. 453 00:21:59,446 --> 00:22:01,437 At least I don't lie next to my wife at night 454 00:22:01,515 --> 00:22:03,176 and dream of doing the doorman. 455 00:22:03,250 --> 00:22:05,184 Enough with the jacket. 456 00:22:07,354 --> 00:22:08,912 What do you want from me? 457 00:22:08,989 --> 00:22:12,254 A dozen of those roses you're so fond of sending. 458 00:22:12,326 --> 00:22:13,815 And a lot of money. 459 00:22:13,893 --> 00:22:15,554 You're crazy... 460 00:22:15,628 --> 00:22:16,788 Flowers... 461 00:22:18,131 --> 00:22:19,462 I'm going to kill him. 462 00:22:19,532 --> 00:22:20,726 Fix it first. 463 00:22:21,334 --> 00:22:22,358 Gonna cost me? 464 00:22:22,435 --> 00:22:24,164 Ten grand's a nice round number. 465 00:22:24,237 --> 00:22:25,864 Have it tomorrow. 466 00:22:27,073 --> 00:22:30,133 Same time, at Framburg, for lunch. 467 00:22:30,209 --> 00:22:32,006 No. I'll meet you here. 468 00:22:32,078 --> 00:22:33,942 No. Lunch at Framburg. 469 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,379 In front of your lawyer pals. That way I'll be safe. 470 00:22:38,850 --> 00:22:42,149 Besides, I always wanted to try their steak tartare. 471 00:22:43,288 --> 00:22:44,880 Way to go, Tony. 472 00:22:47,926 --> 00:22:49,723 ... gonna cost me? 473 00:22:49,795 --> 00:22:52,696 Ten grand's a nice round number. 474 00:22:52,764 --> 00:22:54,390 Have it tomorrow. 475 00:22:54,799 --> 00:22:56,266 What was said during the static? 476 00:22:56,334 --> 00:22:58,393 According to Tony, they talked about a payoff. 477 00:22:58,469 --> 00:23:01,438 Dixon's a lawyer. He's not dumb enough to fess up to a killing. 478 00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:05,669 He agreed to pay hush money. It sounds like an admission of guilt to me. 479 00:23:05,743 --> 00:23:07,540 If he comes through with the money. 480 00:23:07,611 --> 00:23:09,670 And if he does? 481 00:23:09,747 --> 00:23:11,044 Read him his rights. 482 00:23:23,526 --> 00:23:27,724 It's flannel, do you like it? I borrowed it for the occasion. 483 00:23:28,331 --> 00:23:30,162 What are we drinking? 484 00:23:31,434 --> 00:23:34,925 We aren't drinking anything. Here. 485 00:23:36,171 --> 00:23:38,036 Not even a farewell toast? 486 00:23:40,109 --> 00:23:41,235 What the hell is this? 487 00:23:41,310 --> 00:23:43,107 Well, looks like a payoff to me. 488 00:23:43,178 --> 00:23:45,772 Jerold Dixon, you're under arrest for the murder of Elliot Wells. 489 00:23:45,848 --> 00:23:47,440 I just got here. 490 00:23:47,516 --> 00:23:48,778 And now you're leaving. 491 00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:54,310 He was nowhere near Wells' place that night. 492 00:23:54,389 --> 00:23:56,152 He was at the University Club with his wife. 493 00:23:56,224 --> 00:23:58,590 They have their photo in The Post, for God sakes. 494 00:23:58,659 --> 00:23:59,717 We saw it. 495 00:23:59,794 --> 00:24:03,423 Cocktails were at 7:30, half an hour after Wells was shot. 496 00:24:03,498 --> 00:24:06,058 Innocent people don't pay off witnesses, Peter. 497 00:24:06,134 --> 00:24:08,932 A bogus witness who was extorting my client. 498 00:24:09,003 --> 00:24:10,436 He should have reported it to the police. 499 00:24:10,505 --> 00:24:11,733 It was the police who set him up. 500 00:24:11,806 --> 00:24:14,467 Well, he didn't know that, did he? 501 00:24:14,541 --> 00:24:16,771 Peter, I'm sorry, I have to go home. 502 00:24:16,843 --> 00:24:18,435 Sela needs me around. 503 00:24:18,512 --> 00:24:20,412 Please, just wait for me outside. 504 00:24:23,917 --> 00:24:26,613 He's been on anti-depressants since his arrest. 505 00:24:26,686 --> 00:24:29,018 His doctor thinks he's suicidal. 506 00:24:29,089 --> 00:24:32,058 If it's all the same, I'd rather he stuck around for the trial. 507 00:24:32,125 --> 00:24:34,786 Jack, his wife is going to alibi him. 508 00:24:34,860 --> 00:24:36,725 You have no witnesses, no murder weapon. 509 00:24:36,796 --> 00:24:38,354 What did he do, throw the bullets at Wells? 510 00:24:38,431 --> 00:24:41,832 We found the victim's blood on the carpet of Dixon's apartment in the Village. 511 00:24:41,901 --> 00:24:44,199 So you matched the blood type. Jerry couldn't keep it in his pants. 512 00:24:44,270 --> 00:24:45,328 He brought home a lot of dates. 513 00:24:45,404 --> 00:24:47,065 One of them cuts himself shaving. 514 00:24:47,139 --> 00:24:49,801 Give us his name, we'll check him out. 515 00:24:49,875 --> 00:24:51,137 In due course. 516 00:24:52,611 --> 00:24:56,046 In the meantime, you can keep yourself busy with this. 517 00:24:56,714 --> 00:24:59,979 Omnibus motion to suppress my client's so-called admission of guilt. 518 00:25:00,051 --> 00:25:01,575 He was coerced. 519 00:25:02,086 --> 00:25:05,283 You're in the fudge up to your chin, Jack. Counselor. 520 00:25:09,727 --> 00:25:11,194 Standard defense hype? 521 00:25:11,262 --> 00:25:14,321 Get Detectives Briscoe and Curtis on the phone. 522 00:25:16,066 --> 00:25:18,728 You know what I said. You've got it on tape. 523 00:25:18,802 --> 00:25:21,236 What we got was 12 seconds of static. 524 00:25:21,305 --> 00:25:23,034 I'm not a technical person. 525 00:25:23,106 --> 00:25:24,733 You can read, can't you? 526 00:25:26,810 --> 00:25:28,038 I don't like his tone. 527 00:25:28,111 --> 00:25:30,045 Just look at the transcript, Tony. 528 00:25:30,113 --> 00:25:32,638 Before the glitch, Dixon was getting ready to leave. 529 00:25:32,716 --> 00:25:34,444 After the glitch, he's talking price. 530 00:25:34,517 --> 00:25:37,077 I want to know what changed his mind. 531 00:25:37,153 --> 00:25:39,621 The thought of sharing his cell with Bubba the serial killer? 532 00:25:39,689 --> 00:25:43,284 Mr. Conneca, I have an affidavit from the defendant, 533 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:44,826 spelling out what you told him. 534 00:25:44,894 --> 00:25:48,955 He claims that you threatened to tell his family and his co-workers that he's gay, 535 00:25:49,031 --> 00:25:51,329 and that's why he paid you off. 536 00:25:52,735 --> 00:25:53,929 Well? 537 00:25:54,002 --> 00:25:58,063 Suppose I did mention something like that? I just asked him, " What's worse? 538 00:25:58,139 --> 00:26:01,040 "That people will know he's a fag or a murderer?" 539 00:26:01,109 --> 00:26:03,543 Look, I had to tell him something. 540 00:26:03,612 --> 00:26:06,911 He wasn't going for it, these guys were all over me. 541 00:26:10,385 --> 00:26:11,784 It's the core of the Miranda decision, 542 00:26:11,853 --> 00:26:13,787 any admission of guilt must be voluntary. 543 00:26:13,855 --> 00:26:16,755 It cannot be elicited through coercion, whether overt or implicit. 544 00:26:16,824 --> 00:26:20,351 There was no rubber hose, or even the shadow of one. 545 00:26:20,427 --> 00:26:22,520 If he wasn't at the victim's home, 546 00:26:22,596 --> 00:26:24,791 he had to know the informant couldn't have seen him there. 547 00:26:24,865 --> 00:26:25,991 My client wasn't worried about that, 548 00:26:26,066 --> 00:26:28,432 he was worried about his friends and family finding out he was gay. 549 00:26:28,502 --> 00:26:31,369 Mr. McCoy, do you contest the defendant's affidavit? 550 00:26:31,438 --> 00:26:33,599 The informant made ambiguous statements, 551 00:26:33,674 --> 00:26:37,507 how the defendant interpreted them is for a jury to decide. 552 00:26:37,577 --> 00:26:39,306 The threat of outing him was implicit. 553 00:26:39,379 --> 00:26:41,040 It's no different than holding a gun to his head. 554 00:26:41,114 --> 00:26:45,608 Mr. McCoy, your officers should have kept a tighter leash on their informant. 555 00:26:45,685 --> 00:26:49,382 The defendant clearly was reacting to an improper threat, 556 00:26:49,455 --> 00:26:51,980 and there was no admission of guilt. 557 00:26:52,058 --> 00:26:56,016 Evidence seized is suppressed. Charges are dismissed. 558 00:26:58,063 --> 00:27:01,692 Who the hell is running the police department? Anita Bryant? 559 00:27:01,767 --> 00:27:03,826 Their informant ad-libbed. 560 00:27:03,902 --> 00:27:07,394 If they hadn't threatened him, then he would have stuck to the script. 561 00:27:07,472 --> 00:27:10,032 They sent the wrong man to catch the right one. 562 00:27:10,108 --> 00:27:13,043 The preliminary DNA results on the blood in Dixon's apartment, 563 00:27:13,111 --> 00:27:14,839 it belongs to Wells. 564 00:27:14,912 --> 00:27:17,312 Dixon probably got it on his shoe and tracked it back to his place. 565 00:27:17,381 --> 00:27:19,281 Wonderful, you can use it to train puppies. 566 00:27:19,350 --> 00:27:22,410 Unless we can get it readmitted. We go after his alibi? 567 00:27:22,486 --> 00:27:24,784 The wife, she sticking by him? 568 00:27:24,855 --> 00:27:28,951 Well, she gave a statement to the police, but nobody's leaned on her. 569 00:27:29,026 --> 00:27:30,823 How's your afternoon? 570 00:27:34,431 --> 00:27:38,663 I saw the Dixons around 8:30, just as the entree was being served. 571 00:27:38,735 --> 00:27:39,997 What time did they arrive? 572 00:27:40,070 --> 00:27:41,128 I don't know. 573 00:27:41,204 --> 00:27:45,800 I was on the phone to the Musicians' Union. Our cellist went into labor a month early. 574 00:27:45,875 --> 00:27:47,399 Did you talk to Mr. Dixon? 575 00:27:47,477 --> 00:27:48,967 Yes. He was the after-dinner speaker. 576 00:27:49,045 --> 00:27:50,740 I had to finalize the arrangements with him. 577 00:27:50,814 --> 00:27:51,838 Okay. How was he? 578 00:27:51,915 --> 00:27:52,939 Relaxed. 579 00:27:53,016 --> 00:27:56,212 You couldn't tell he'd just come from killing his gay lover. 580 00:27:56,285 --> 00:27:57,684 You're not waiting for a verdict? 581 00:27:57,753 --> 00:28:00,551 A man like that who leads a double life? 582 00:28:00,623 --> 00:28:04,184 I feel sorry for his wife. Is there anything else? 583 00:28:04,793 --> 00:28:09,127 Well, I'll just need the names of the people that were seated with them. 584 00:28:09,198 --> 00:28:11,166 Jerry Dixon, a switch hitter. 585 00:28:11,233 --> 00:28:15,566 "Caught between duty and desire," as my hairdresser would say. Amazing. 586 00:28:15,803 --> 00:28:18,601 Olivia, dos cafe, por favor. 587 00:28:18,673 --> 00:28:19,697 Cream, sugar? 588 00:28:19,774 --> 00:28:21,332 Black is fine. 589 00:28:21,409 --> 00:28:23,843 You remember what time you saw the Dixons? 590 00:28:23,911 --> 00:28:25,902 Sela showed up just as we were getting seated, 591 00:28:25,980 --> 00:28:27,948 so that'd be about 8:00. 592 00:28:28,016 --> 00:28:30,007 What about Mr. Dixon? 593 00:28:30,084 --> 00:28:31,915 She said he was in the washroom. 594 00:28:31,986 --> 00:28:38,151 He turned up about 15 minutes later with a drink, a double. It had a short life. 595 00:28:38,225 --> 00:28:39,658 He was drinking heavily that night? 596 00:28:39,726 --> 00:28:41,694 Well, wouldn't you if you'd killed someone? 597 00:28:41,762 --> 00:28:43,957 Which everyone I've talked to agrees he did. 598 00:28:44,031 --> 00:28:48,229 Well, you'd have to know Jerry. I feel terrible for Sela. 599 00:28:48,702 --> 00:28:50,727 I mean, after everything she's put up with over the years, 600 00:28:50,804 --> 00:28:54,171 I'm sure she never expected Jerry to get in trouble over a man. 601 00:28:54,241 --> 00:28:56,708 So how was it supposed to play out? 602 00:28:56,776 --> 00:29:00,234 The usual scandal. Jerry Dixon was a philanderer. 603 00:29:00,312 --> 00:29:02,837 Two years ago, he was appointed receiver of Dominion Charities, 604 00:29:02,915 --> 00:29:04,712 they had some financial trouble. 605 00:29:04,784 --> 00:29:09,016 His appointment was for a year. Jerry lasted three months. 606 00:29:10,222 --> 00:29:12,850 He stuck his hand up the wrong skirt. 607 00:29:13,325 --> 00:29:16,225 He's there a month, and he starts in on me. 608 00:29:16,294 --> 00:29:18,228 I'm supposed to be helping him sort out the books, 609 00:29:18,296 --> 00:29:20,787 he's breathing down my blouse. 610 00:29:20,865 --> 00:29:22,196 What did you do? 611 00:29:22,267 --> 00:29:24,258 This guy was appointed by a judge. 612 00:29:24,969 --> 00:29:27,904 I just made sure I was never alone with him. 613 00:29:28,273 --> 00:29:30,173 Then he started with the flowers. 614 00:29:30,241 --> 00:29:32,835 Two dozen long stems every other day. 615 00:29:32,911 --> 00:29:34,105 I would have been furious. 616 00:29:37,414 --> 00:29:39,006 You know, I didn't want to make a stink. 617 00:29:39,083 --> 00:29:43,782 I just told Dixon to back off, but nicely. 618 00:29:44,188 --> 00:29:45,314 Did he get the message? 619 00:29:45,389 --> 00:29:48,916 No. He started leaving gifts on my desk. 620 00:29:48,992 --> 00:29:53,554 He even followed me home one night and rang my doorbell. I was terrified. 621 00:29:53,630 --> 00:29:56,223 The next day, I talked to my superior. 622 00:29:56,299 --> 00:29:57,994 He told me I wasn't the only one. 623 00:29:58,067 --> 00:29:59,967 There were other women? Yes. 624 00:30:00,036 --> 00:30:01,560 The man's sick. 625 00:30:01,637 --> 00:30:03,571 You know, you could have sued him. 626 00:30:03,639 --> 00:30:07,336 I know, I thought about that, but his wife talked me out of it. 627 00:30:07,410 --> 00:30:10,072 Mrs. Dixon? What did she say? 628 00:30:10,780 --> 00:30:14,773 Well, how it would be terrible for his family, you know, his kids. 629 00:30:14,850 --> 00:30:16,579 That convinced you? 630 00:30:17,219 --> 00:30:19,210 That and a check. 631 00:30:21,857 --> 00:30:24,792 She told me to consider it a wedding present. 632 00:30:25,227 --> 00:30:26,216 I told the police. 633 00:30:26,294 --> 00:30:29,457 Jerry and I spent the day together, then we went to the dinner. 634 00:30:29,531 --> 00:30:31,226 Mrs. Dixon, a man was murdered, 635 00:30:31,299 --> 00:30:34,234 you can't make it go away by writing a check. 636 00:30:34,836 --> 00:30:36,234 I know that. 637 00:30:36,303 --> 00:30:39,329 I also know you have no evidence against my husband. 638 00:30:39,406 --> 00:30:42,603 The DNA tests positively identified the blood in his hideaway 639 00:30:42,676 --> 00:30:44,667 as belonging to Elliot Wells. 640 00:30:44,745 --> 00:30:49,614 And a half a dozen expert witnesses later, who knows what a jury will make of it? 641 00:30:49,950 --> 00:30:51,212 If it ever comes to that. 642 00:30:51,285 --> 00:30:52,479 When it comes to that, 643 00:30:52,553 --> 00:30:56,420 your husband will be facing 25-to-life unless he cooperates now. 644 00:30:56,489 --> 00:30:58,286 We're not interested. 645 00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:02,956 Perhaps the two of you should discuss it with his attorney. 646 00:31:03,997 --> 00:31:06,761 There's nothing to discuss. 647 00:31:06,833 --> 00:31:08,801 How can you protect him? 648 00:31:09,035 --> 00:31:11,435 He was having affairs with other women, with men. 649 00:31:11,504 --> 00:31:15,064 That is a damn lie. My husband is not a homosexual. 650 00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:17,199 Mrs. Dixon... MRS. You know where Jerry is now? 651 00:31:17,276 --> 00:31:19,039 He's with a psychiatrist. 652 00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:22,012 He's been abandoned by his colleagues, abandoned by his friends. 653 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,548 He doesn't seem interested in participating in his own defense, 654 00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:28,643 but I will not stand by and allow you to destroy my family. 655 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,017 I understand your reasons. 656 00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:33,819 But if you take the stand and lie, I will prosecute you 657 00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:37,292 for perjury, for obstruction, as an accessory after the fact. 658 00:31:37,361 --> 00:31:41,058 Oh, please. There are so many lawyers in my family, 659 00:31:41,132 --> 00:31:44,932 when I was a little girl I thought Esquire was our last name. 660 00:31:45,336 --> 00:31:48,601 Your threats don't scare me, Mr. McCoy. 661 00:31:51,943 --> 00:31:53,934 Aren't you double parked? 662 00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:56,269 Well, behind every successful felon... 663 00:31:56,346 --> 00:31:58,280 Is someone picking up the pieces. 664 00:31:58,348 --> 00:32:03,012 Yeah, and her husband chases every skirt and three-piece suit in sight. 665 00:32:03,086 --> 00:32:07,045 He commits murder, and she mans the barricades for him. 666 00:32:07,591 --> 00:32:10,617 The love of my life must have skipped that vow. 667 00:32:10,694 --> 00:32:13,492 I'm sure Sela Dixon can rationalize it. 668 00:32:13,563 --> 00:32:16,622 Her husband kills Wells to protect a family secret. 669 00:32:16,699 --> 00:32:18,189 The weekend doorman, 670 00:32:18,267 --> 00:32:20,599 he's on holiday in Gainesville, I just talked to him. 671 00:32:20,669 --> 00:32:23,638 The Dixons left separately just before 7:00, Saturday night. 672 00:32:23,706 --> 00:32:26,903 First, Mrs. Dixon, then Mr. Dixon. 673 00:32:26,976 --> 00:32:28,273 So much for the alibi. 674 00:32:29,278 --> 00:32:31,246 Round two, bring him in. 675 00:32:35,650 --> 00:32:40,610 "Case number 484193, People v. Jerold Dixon. 676 00:32:40,688 --> 00:32:42,383 "Murder in the Second Degree." 677 00:32:42,457 --> 00:32:43,856 What's the plea? 678 00:32:43,925 --> 00:32:45,153 Not guilty. 679 00:32:45,226 --> 00:32:47,319 Your Honor, at a previous arraignment on the same charge, 680 00:32:47,395 --> 00:32:49,056 the bail was set at $1 million. 681 00:32:49,130 --> 00:32:51,598 The People see no reason to ask for any less now. 682 00:32:51,666 --> 00:32:54,794 The fact that they keep arresting my client doesn't make him any more guilty. 683 00:32:54,869 --> 00:32:56,096 We ask for ROR. 684 00:32:56,169 --> 00:33:00,333 He made bail once, he can make it again. $1 million. 685 00:33:00,974 --> 00:33:02,498 Next case. 686 00:33:02,576 --> 00:33:06,672 Jerry, Jerry. You be strong, we'll get you out of this. 687 00:33:08,115 --> 00:33:11,710 Ms. Kincaid, when my husband is exonerated, 688 00:33:11,785 --> 00:33:14,117 I'm coming after the district attorney's office. 689 00:33:14,187 --> 00:33:16,211 And when I'm through with you, 690 00:33:16,289 --> 00:33:19,747 you and Mr. McCoy won't even be prosecuting jaywalkers. 691 00:33:24,196 --> 00:33:26,960 He killed Wells under extreme emotional disturbance, 692 00:33:27,033 --> 00:33:30,628 he pleads man one, he serves 15, and that's as far as I can bend. 693 00:33:30,703 --> 00:33:33,729 I can't sell it, Jack. He said he didn't do it, I happen to believe him. 694 00:33:33,806 --> 00:33:35,500 If I had a dollar for every time 695 00:33:35,573 --> 00:33:37,336 I've heard that... You'd still be chasing the bad guys. 696 00:33:37,409 --> 00:33:40,901 Peter, at the end of the day, Jerold Dixon is going to prison. 697 00:33:40,979 --> 00:33:44,506 For how long is up to him and his advisors. 698 00:33:46,251 --> 00:33:47,878 What if he took a polygraph? 699 00:33:47,953 --> 00:33:48,977 Whose idea is that? 700 00:33:49,054 --> 00:33:50,715 Well, I wouldn't be crazy enough to suggest it. 701 00:33:50,789 --> 00:33:51,983 He knows it's inadmissible? 702 00:33:52,057 --> 00:33:53,581 Yes, I explained the risks. 703 00:33:53,658 --> 00:33:56,956 He figures he's got nothing to lose, neither do you. 704 00:33:57,027 --> 00:33:59,393 Our technician, our questions, 705 00:33:59,463 --> 00:34:02,557 you don't hear them till the examiner asks them. 706 00:34:03,367 --> 00:34:04,698 All right. 707 00:34:05,135 --> 00:34:06,898 Are you 46? 708 00:34:06,971 --> 00:34:08,097 Yes. 709 00:34:09,039 --> 00:34:11,269 Do you live in Australia? 710 00:34:11,342 --> 00:34:12,604 No. 711 00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:15,375 Did you know Elliot Wells? 712 00:34:15,446 --> 00:34:16,537 Yes. 713 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,580 Did you ask him to be your lover? 714 00:34:21,184 --> 00:34:22,242 Yes. 715 00:34:23,419 --> 00:34:25,046 Did he threaten to sue you? 716 00:34:25,121 --> 00:34:26,486 Yes. 717 00:34:26,556 --> 00:34:28,820 Did you shoot him? 718 00:34:28,891 --> 00:34:30,017 No. 719 00:34:31,127 --> 00:34:33,687 Were you with your wife when he was murdered? 720 00:34:33,763 --> 00:34:34,821 Yes. 721 00:34:35,697 --> 00:34:37,824 You're checking his alibi? 722 00:34:37,899 --> 00:34:39,764 Did you think I'd pass up the chance? 723 00:34:40,736 --> 00:34:42,033 Yes. 724 00:34:43,672 --> 00:34:46,971 I don't know what makes him think this would change our minds. 725 00:34:47,042 --> 00:34:50,170 His whole life's based on deceit, he should be good at it. 726 00:34:50,245 --> 00:34:51,735 Wasn't he taking happy pills? 727 00:34:51,813 --> 00:34:53,838 The examiner took that into account. 728 00:34:53,915 --> 00:34:57,350 Even at his worst, Dixon's responses were inconclusive. 729 00:34:57,418 --> 00:35:01,286 He's not sure that he's 46, but he definitely didn't kill Wells. 730 00:35:01,355 --> 00:35:03,585 Or he convinced himself that he didn't. 731 00:35:04,859 --> 00:35:07,327 Look at his answer to the alibi question. 732 00:35:09,997 --> 00:35:12,864 He answered truthfully, at least according to the machine. 733 00:35:12,933 --> 00:35:15,766 Science, Ouija boards. 734 00:35:15,835 --> 00:35:19,236 Or he really was with his wife, at Wells' place. 735 00:35:20,306 --> 00:35:23,070 They both have a lost hour before they got to the dinner. 736 00:35:23,143 --> 00:35:25,805 She was with him when he shot Wells? 737 00:35:25,879 --> 00:35:27,176 Or she shot Wells. 738 00:35:28,248 --> 00:35:31,615 She left their apartment first. Dixon followed her. 739 00:35:33,386 --> 00:35:34,580 I like it. 740 00:35:34,654 --> 00:35:37,247 If I found out my man was cheating on me with another man, 741 00:35:37,322 --> 00:35:38,789 it might push me over the deep end. 742 00:35:38,857 --> 00:35:44,625 Well, before you turn this latest theory into an arrest, convince a grand jury, 743 00:35:44,696 --> 00:35:48,097 because this time nobody moves without an indictment. 744 00:35:49,268 --> 00:35:51,759 Who was at the Dixon's home that weekend? 745 00:35:51,837 --> 00:35:54,067 The children, the babysitter. 746 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,831 I'm going to be late for class. I already talked to the police. 747 00:35:57,909 --> 00:35:59,467 I don't know what else I can tell you. 748 00:35:59,544 --> 00:36:01,739 Ms. Kobata, we just have to clarify your statement. 749 00:36:01,813 --> 00:36:04,213 We'll make this as painless as possible. 750 00:36:04,282 --> 00:36:08,412 I told the police. I took the Dixon kids to a movie Saturday afternoon. 751 00:36:08,486 --> 00:36:11,751 We were home by 8:00, Mr. And Mrs. Dixon had already left. 752 00:36:11,823 --> 00:36:13,848 You watch the kids every weekend? 753 00:36:13,925 --> 00:36:15,586 Well, usually it's just Sundays, 754 00:36:15,660 --> 00:36:18,219 but Mr. Dixon called me that Saturday afternoon, 755 00:36:18,295 --> 00:36:20,229 practically begged me to come over. 756 00:36:20,297 --> 00:36:22,322 What was the emergency? 757 00:36:22,399 --> 00:36:24,026 I'm not really sure. 758 00:36:24,101 --> 00:36:26,501 Well, when I got there, the kids were really upset. 759 00:36:26,570 --> 00:36:28,299 Where was Mrs. Dixon? 760 00:36:28,371 --> 00:36:30,271 I saw her go in her bedroom. 761 00:36:30,774 --> 00:36:32,503 She looked like she'd been crying. 762 00:36:32,576 --> 00:36:34,908 Mr. Dixon told me to take the kids to a movie. 763 00:36:34,978 --> 00:36:37,002 So how were things when you went back Sunday? 764 00:36:37,079 --> 00:36:38,910 It was like stepping into the Brady Bunch. 765 00:36:38,981 --> 00:36:41,472 Mrs. Dixon was all smiles, real chatty. 766 00:36:41,550 --> 00:36:44,644 Mr. Dixon was in his den all day, I hardly saw him. 767 00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:47,814 Look, I really have to get to class. I'm sorry. 768 00:36:51,060 --> 00:36:55,258 What a difference a day makes. Overnight, the Dixon's problems are solved. 769 00:36:55,331 --> 00:36:57,457 That doesn't put the gun in Sela Dixon's hand. 770 00:36:57,532 --> 00:37:00,831 It certainly implies she was upset about Wells before the murder. 771 00:37:00,902 --> 00:37:02,870 The only evidence implicates Mr. Dixon. 772 00:37:02,937 --> 00:37:05,906 If he keeps stonewalling us, she might get away with it. 773 00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:07,999 We know that, she doesn't. 774 00:37:08,943 --> 00:37:10,137 I don't know what to say. 775 00:37:10,211 --> 00:37:12,702 Did this come to you in a dream, Mr. McCoy? 776 00:37:14,382 --> 00:37:17,407 After the polygraph, we gave the evidence another look. 777 00:37:17,484 --> 00:37:21,181 We're no longer convinced your husband killed Elliot Wells. 778 00:37:22,523 --> 00:37:24,218 So you'll be dropping the charges? 779 00:37:24,291 --> 00:37:29,228 Not just yet. The polygraph also indicates that he's protecting the real murderer. 780 00:37:32,332 --> 00:37:34,232 And who would that be? 781 00:37:34,301 --> 00:37:36,166 We don't know, but your husband does. 782 00:37:36,836 --> 00:37:38,599 It's the only possible explanation 783 00:37:38,671 --> 00:37:41,139 for the blood in his apartment and the polygraph results. 784 00:37:41,207 --> 00:37:46,372 Oh, I doubt that. But even assuming that you're right, 785 00:37:46,445 --> 00:37:47,878 don't you think after all you've put him through, 786 00:37:47,947 --> 00:37:50,074 he would've told you by now? 787 00:37:51,817 --> 00:37:56,117 Then we're wrong, but there are still a few inconsistencies to clear up. 788 00:37:56,189 --> 00:37:57,587 Yes, your babysitter mentioned 789 00:37:57,656 --> 00:38:00,921 that you and your husband had an argument Saturday. 790 00:38:01,259 --> 00:38:03,750 Yes, concerning our children. 791 00:38:03,828 --> 00:38:05,352 And she said that you were very upset. 792 00:38:05,430 --> 00:38:09,025 I take my children's welfare to heart. Anything else? 793 00:38:09,100 --> 00:38:13,628 The police need to examine the black dress you wore at the University Club. 794 00:38:13,705 --> 00:38:14,763 What black dress? 795 00:38:14,839 --> 00:38:17,068 The one you were photographed in. 796 00:38:19,977 --> 00:38:22,605 I think that, that is at the cleaners. 797 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,011 Okay. 798 00:38:24,081 --> 00:38:28,484 But let us know as soon as you find it, and thank you for talking to us. 799 00:38:32,790 --> 00:38:36,850 Dixon's lawyer just called back, we're on for tomorrow morning. 800 00:38:36,926 --> 00:38:40,327 Good. Dixon will be in the mood to talk by then. 801 00:38:40,396 --> 00:38:42,421 You counting on his wife to soften him up for you? 802 00:38:42,498 --> 00:38:45,331 We practically told her she was our prime suspect. 803 00:38:45,401 --> 00:38:47,995 She'll come down on him like a ton of bricks to keep his mouth shut. 804 00:38:48,071 --> 00:38:49,902 Unless you're wrong, 805 00:38:49,973 --> 00:38:52,703 she was getting her nails done when Wells was shot. 806 00:38:52,775 --> 00:38:54,766 Then why hasn't she handed over the dress? 807 00:38:54,844 --> 00:38:58,904 'Cause the housekeeper stole it. Who knows? Doesn't prove a thing. 808 00:39:00,449 --> 00:39:02,474 I don't think we're wrong. 809 00:39:03,085 --> 00:39:08,079 You accuse an innocent person of murder, they'll raise holy hell, won't they? 810 00:39:08,156 --> 00:39:09,987 Sela Dixon hardly dropped a stitch. 811 00:39:10,058 --> 00:39:11,457 Why would she? 812 00:39:12,327 --> 00:39:16,388 You told her your whole case consists of a babysitter's observations 813 00:39:16,465 --> 00:39:18,364 and a dress you don't have. 814 00:39:18,432 --> 00:39:20,798 And her husband's testimony. 815 00:39:20,868 --> 00:39:24,736 If he breaks, which is not likely. 816 00:39:26,907 --> 00:39:28,966 Thanks for the vote of confidence. 817 00:39:29,043 --> 00:39:30,340 Don't mention it. 818 00:39:34,815 --> 00:39:39,012 I heard a rumor, Jack. I hope you've called us in to confirm it. 819 00:39:39,085 --> 00:39:41,610 You're going to dismiss the charges against my client? 820 00:39:41,688 --> 00:39:42,916 We might. 821 00:39:43,957 --> 00:39:47,825 We also might charge him as an accessory after the fact. 822 00:39:47,894 --> 00:39:49,156 An accessory to who? 823 00:39:49,229 --> 00:39:51,254 His wife, she killed Wells. 824 00:39:51,331 --> 00:39:53,322 He helped her dispose of the evidence. 825 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:54,765 That's crazy. 826 00:39:54,834 --> 00:39:56,062 What evidence are you talking about? 827 00:39:56,136 --> 00:40:00,071 We asked Mrs. Dixon for this dress, the one she wore to the dinner. 828 00:40:00,172 --> 00:40:02,140 So far, she hasn't turned it over. 829 00:40:02,207 --> 00:40:04,801 That dress is in some landfill, isn't it, Mr. Dixon? 830 00:40:04,877 --> 00:40:06,003 No. You got rid of it, 831 00:40:06,078 --> 00:40:08,308 because it was stained with Elliot Wells' blood. 832 00:40:08,380 --> 00:40:10,109 No, of course not. Then where is it? 833 00:40:10,182 --> 00:40:13,515 Now, down, Jack. My client's here as a courtesy. 834 00:40:13,585 --> 00:40:14,779 I know. 835 00:40:15,554 --> 00:40:18,113 I appreciate it, considering the stress he must be under. 836 00:40:18,189 --> 00:40:20,589 Sure. Now what do you want? 837 00:40:21,926 --> 00:40:24,156 His testimony before the grand jury. 838 00:40:24,228 --> 00:40:27,095 How he supposedly helped his wife avoid prosecution? 839 00:40:27,165 --> 00:40:28,792 He'd take the Fifth. 840 00:40:28,866 --> 00:40:31,027 I'll give him transactional immunity. 841 00:40:31,102 --> 00:40:33,570 I don't care if you give me a presidential pardon. 842 00:40:33,638 --> 00:40:36,766 What went on between me and my wife is protected by spousal privilege. 843 00:40:36,841 --> 00:40:39,308 The privilege covers confidential communication. 844 00:40:39,376 --> 00:40:42,004 Seeing your wife shoot Elliot Wells doesn't qualify. 845 00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:45,105 If the only reason he was in Wells' apartment in the first place, 846 00:40:45,182 --> 00:40:47,446 was because of privileged communication... Come on, Peter. 847 00:40:47,517 --> 00:40:50,918 The privilege isn't made of taffy, it has limits. 848 00:40:52,322 --> 00:40:57,816 Mr. Dixon, with or without you, I'm going to trial against your wife. 849 00:40:58,561 --> 00:41:00,461 As of now, the charge is murder two. 850 00:41:00,529 --> 00:41:02,019 You're bluffing. 851 00:41:02,865 --> 00:41:06,232 Do you really want to wait for a verdict to find out? 852 00:41:08,871 --> 00:41:12,329 Now, if you can make the grand jury understand 853 00:41:12,408 --> 00:41:14,842 what your wife was going through, 854 00:41:15,711 --> 00:41:19,874 I might be able to convince them to drop the charge to manslaughter. 855 00:41:25,787 --> 00:41:28,517 You know the truth is the only way out. 856 00:41:29,758 --> 00:41:31,385 For both of you. 857 00:41:35,230 --> 00:41:38,357 You don't want to live a lie any more, isn't that right? 858 00:41:38,432 --> 00:41:41,367 Why else did you offer to take the polygraph? 859 00:41:49,076 --> 00:41:50,976 Your choice, Mr. Dixon. 860 00:41:59,218 --> 00:42:03,279 She overheard me on the phone one night talking to Elliot. 861 00:42:03,356 --> 00:42:09,226 She was angry, hurt, but she blamed Elliot. 862 00:42:09,295 --> 00:42:11,820 Did she say why? 863 00:42:11,898 --> 00:42:14,025 She accused him of encouraging me. 864 00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:16,432 She wanted to believe that left to my own devices, 865 00:42:16,502 --> 00:42:18,992 I could control my interest in men. 866 00:42:20,071 --> 00:42:21,936 She told me to fire Elliot. 867 00:42:22,007 --> 00:42:23,269 Is that what you did? 868 00:42:23,341 --> 00:42:25,639 Yes. I couldn't deal with Sela. 869 00:42:26,178 --> 00:42:29,409 On Friday, I told Elliot to clean out his desk. 870 00:42:29,481 --> 00:42:31,608 The next day, he called me. 871 00:42:31,683 --> 00:42:34,777 He said he was going to sue me and the law firm. 872 00:42:35,554 --> 00:42:37,215 I was stunned. 873 00:42:37,289 --> 00:42:39,085 Did you try to talk him out of it? 874 00:42:39,156 --> 00:42:43,183 Yes, I offered him his job back, I offered to give him money. 875 00:42:43,260 --> 00:42:45,524 He said he didn't want any of that. 876 00:42:45,596 --> 00:42:49,692 He didn't care if everyone found out he was gay, he was going to punish me. 877 00:42:49,767 --> 00:42:51,735 You told your wife? Yes. 878 00:42:52,837 --> 00:42:54,600 She was hysterical, humiliated. 879 00:42:56,407 --> 00:43:00,433 Our marriage, our family, was everything to her. 880 00:43:02,111 --> 00:43:04,944 She demanded I find a way to stop Elliot. 881 00:43:06,015 --> 00:43:08,210 There was nothing I could do. 882 00:43:09,752 --> 00:43:12,186 Then I had this moment of clarity. 883 00:43:12,622 --> 00:43:13,987 About what? 884 00:43:16,893 --> 00:43:19,417 I thought maybe it was time 885 00:43:20,095 --> 00:43:23,360 to end the lie, to come out of the closet. 886 00:43:23,432 --> 00:43:26,799 If Elliot was prepared to do it, why not me? 887 00:43:27,970 --> 00:43:29,232 What did your wife say? 888 00:43:29,304 --> 00:43:30,771 Sela went crazy. 889 00:43:32,875 --> 00:43:36,436 She said I wasn't man enough to take care of the problem. 890 00:43:37,446 --> 00:43:39,208 What happened then? 891 00:43:42,650 --> 00:43:46,450 I want some consideration for her, for what I put her through. 892 00:43:46,854 --> 00:43:48,754 Yes, I know, Mr. Dixon. 893 00:43:50,791 --> 00:43:53,783 Now would you please just answer the question? 894 00:43:57,664 --> 00:44:02,533 I went to get a drink. When I came back, she was gone. 895 00:44:03,937 --> 00:44:05,962 What else did you notice? 896 00:44:11,511 --> 00:44:14,446 Was the gun you keep locked in the dresser missing? 897 00:44:14,514 --> 00:44:15,811 Yes. 898 00:44:15,882 --> 00:44:17,474 What did you do? 899 00:44:17,883 --> 00:44:20,545 I followed her to Elliot's. 900 00:44:22,221 --> 00:44:24,849 When I got there, he was already dead. 901 00:44:26,492 --> 00:44:28,255 Where was your wife? 902 00:44:30,696 --> 00:44:32,789 Please, I can't... 903 00:44:34,700 --> 00:44:37,759 Was your wife still in Elliot Wells' apartment? 904 00:44:39,504 --> 00:44:40,596 Yes. 905 00:44:41,539 --> 00:44:42,972 Was she holding the gun? 906 00:44:43,041 --> 00:44:44,099 Yes. 907 00:44:44,175 --> 00:44:45,608 What did you do? 908 00:44:46,811 --> 00:44:48,438 I took it from her. 909 00:44:50,415 --> 00:44:53,475 I told her I'd meet up with her at the dinner. 910 00:44:54,285 --> 00:44:57,516 Then I wiped down everything that was in sight. 911 00:44:59,523 --> 00:45:01,320 Where is the gun now? 912 00:45:06,463 --> 00:45:08,954 In the East River, off the seaport. 913 00:45:11,301 --> 00:45:13,929 And you never told anyone about this? 914 00:45:14,404 --> 00:45:15,428 No. 915 00:45:16,139 --> 00:45:20,234 Even when you were charged with this murder, you still protected her? 916 00:45:20,309 --> 00:45:22,903 Yes, of course. I'm her husband. 917 00:45:50,605 --> 00:45:51,663 Rey. 918 00:45:58,646 --> 00:45:59,806 Open it. 919 00:46:29,208 --> 00:46:31,608 Mrs. Dixon, we have a warrant for your arrest. 920 00:46:31,678 --> 00:46:33,703 Would you please stand up? 921 00:46:35,081 --> 00:46:38,174 Sela Dixon, you're under arrest for the murder of Elliot Wells. 922 00:46:38,250 --> 00:46:41,014 You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do say can... 923 00:46:41,086 --> 00:46:42,314 Lennie.