1 00:00:01,402 --> 00:00:03,404 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,437 --> 00:00:06,707 sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. 3 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:09,577 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 4 00:00:09,610 --> 00:00:11,812 who investigate these vicious felonies are members 5 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:14,682 of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. 6 00:00:14,715 --> 00:00:16,784 These are their stories. 7 00:00:18,686 --> 00:00:21,089 Took longer than I thought. 8 00:00:21,122 --> 00:00:25,193 Yeah, I had a little problem I had to straighten out. 9 00:00:25,226 --> 00:00:28,396 I'm on Broome and Wooster. You got anything close? 10 00:00:28,429 --> 00:00:31,065 All right, but hurry up, because I'm absolutely freezing. 11 00:00:31,099 --> 00:00:32,166 [tires screech] 12 00:00:33,201 --> 00:00:34,668 Unh! 13 00:00:34,702 --> 00:00:35,736 [thud] 14 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:36,770 [groans] 15 00:00:36,804 --> 00:00:39,640 (man on cell phone) Hello? Melody? 16 00:00:39,673 --> 00:00:41,109 [moaning] 17 00:00:41,142 --> 00:00:42,243 [car door opening and closing] 18 00:00:42,276 --> 00:00:43,711 Melody? 19 00:00:43,744 --> 00:00:46,780 [approaching footsteps] 20 00:00:46,814 --> 00:00:49,117 What do we got? 21 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:51,752 Female, late 20s, no ID, no purse, 22 00:00:51,785 --> 00:00:53,221 and not a whole lot of clothes. 23 00:00:53,254 --> 00:00:55,189 Night desk said she was run over? 24 00:00:55,223 --> 00:00:57,625 This is the first hit-and-run rape I've ever seen. 25 00:00:57,658 --> 00:01:00,194 Car drives up onto the sidewalk. 26 00:01:00,228 --> 00:01:02,596 She's standing right here when she gets hit. 27 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:05,266 Impact smashes her right knee, knocks her down. 28 00:01:05,299 --> 00:01:06,334 She falls off to the side. 29 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:08,602 She left a trail of blood. 30 00:01:08,636 --> 00:01:10,371 Some of the spots have been smeared. 31 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:12,173 Looks like she tried to crawl. 32 00:01:12,206 --> 00:01:15,809 He only lets her get this far. 33 00:01:15,843 --> 00:01:17,245 Perp came after her? 34 00:01:17,278 --> 00:01:19,713 Car skids to a stop, perp gets out, 35 00:01:19,747 --> 00:01:22,082 rips off her clothes, and takes her purse. 36 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:26,387 Wow. 37 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:28,456 He rape her here or somewhere else? 38 00:01:28,489 --> 00:01:29,390 I don't know. 39 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:31,459 But this is where he beat her to death. 40 00:01:31,492 --> 00:01:34,695 And no one to hear her cry for help. 41 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:35,696 Who called it in? 42 00:01:35,729 --> 00:01:38,132 911. Anonymous. 43 00:01:38,166 --> 00:01:39,533 Latifah took the call. 44 00:01:39,567 --> 00:01:42,403 It came from a payphone uptown, quarter after midnight. 45 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:44,405 Okay, here's what I got. 46 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:46,207 (Latifah on phone) Police dispatch, what is your emergency? 47 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,642 (man on phone) There's been an accident. Corner of Broome and Wooster. 48 00:01:48,676 --> 00:01:49,977 Pedestrian struck. 49 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:51,245 (Latifah) Where are you calling from, sir? 50 00:01:51,279 --> 00:01:54,182 (man) I think she's hurt. Send a bus. 51 00:01:54,215 --> 00:01:55,316 (Latifah) And that's it. 52 00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:57,185 Payphone's at nine-seven and Lexington. 53 00:01:57,218 --> 00:01:58,286 Thanks, Doll. 54 00:01:58,319 --> 00:02:01,455 "Pedestrian struck. Send a bus." 55 00:02:01,489 --> 00:02:02,490 Sounds like cop talk. 56 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:04,258 How does a cop on the Upper East Side 57 00:02:04,292 --> 00:02:05,726 know about an accident downtown? 58 00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:07,561 Unless he's the one who ran her over. 59 00:02:55,976 --> 00:02:58,312 That's our Jane Doe. Rape exam found fluids. 60 00:02:58,346 --> 00:02:59,580 M.E.'s running the DNA. 61 00:02:59,613 --> 00:03:01,382 Anything off the canvass? 62 00:03:01,415 --> 00:03:03,684 No, that area's pretty isolated at night. 63 00:03:03,717 --> 00:03:04,918 She was hit below the knee, 64 00:03:04,952 --> 00:03:06,587 so we figure it was a sports car. 65 00:03:06,620 --> 00:03:07,755 Any forensics? 66 00:03:07,788 --> 00:03:09,957 Black paint fragments. Lab's analyzing. 67 00:03:09,990 --> 00:03:11,759 So... 68 00:03:11,792 --> 00:03:13,761 here is our crime scene. 69 00:03:13,794 --> 00:03:15,963 And here's the payphone where the 911 call was made. 70 00:03:15,996 --> 00:03:17,731 Now, the 2-7 is the closest precinct, 71 00:03:17,765 --> 00:03:19,600 but they had no mobile or foot patrols 72 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:21,602 anywhere near that phone. CSU's dusting for prints. 73 00:03:21,635 --> 00:03:23,304 Maybe our guy was off duty. 74 00:03:23,337 --> 00:03:24,738 I'll check with personnel for a list of cops 75 00:03:24,772 --> 00:03:25,639 with black sports cars. 76 00:03:25,673 --> 00:03:27,841 The body is covered with deep bruises 77 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:29,076 and puncture wounds. 78 00:03:29,109 --> 00:03:31,745 He beats the crap out of her and then stabs her 79 00:03:31,779 --> 00:03:32,646 with something like a screwdriver. 80 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,716 Either he was on PCP, or this is personal. 81 00:03:35,749 --> 00:03:36,984 Stabler. 82 00:03:37,017 --> 00:03:38,686 You want to go public, Captain? 83 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:41,555 If nothing pans out, we may have to. 84 00:03:41,589 --> 00:03:42,690 When does your homicide course start? 85 00:03:44,558 --> 00:03:45,593 Ah, two hours ago. 86 00:03:45,626 --> 00:03:47,395 Get going. 87 00:03:47,428 --> 00:03:49,397 Fin, you run this with Eliot. 88 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:50,631 Captain? 89 00:03:50,664 --> 00:03:52,800 Crime lab's got something on the payphone. 90 00:03:55,703 --> 00:03:57,671 (O'Halloran) Hundreds of prints all over the phone box. 91 00:03:57,705 --> 00:03:58,839 Normally takes days to check, 92 00:03:58,872 --> 00:04:00,908 but our caller made the job easier. 93 00:04:00,941 --> 00:04:02,510 Handset's been wiped clean. 94 00:04:02,543 --> 00:04:03,811 Fits our theory the guy's a cop. 95 00:04:03,844 --> 00:04:04,912 He tried to get rid of the evidence. 96 00:04:04,945 --> 00:04:06,447 Except he screwed up. 97 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:07,548 He cleaned the phone, 98 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:08,882 but he left a perfect index print 99 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:10,451 on the disconnect button. 100 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:13,721 Which gave us a ten-point match 101 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:16,624 to a member of the NYPD. 102 00:04:16,657 --> 00:04:18,759 Tony Nasreddin, NYPD. 103 00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:22,863 Temporarily assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. 104 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:24,465 Her guy knows what happened last night, 105 00:04:24,498 --> 00:04:25,766 but Lieutenant Moore's hiding him behind 106 00:04:25,799 --> 00:04:27,401 some national security crap. 107 00:04:27,435 --> 00:04:28,636 My guy doesn't know anything. 108 00:04:28,669 --> 00:04:30,304 He made the 911 call. 109 00:04:30,338 --> 00:04:31,705 He broke cover and every rule in the book 110 00:04:31,739 --> 00:04:33,040 to make that call. 111 00:04:33,073 --> 00:04:35,443 The Feds find out, and they'll have his detail. 112 00:04:35,476 --> 00:04:37,978 (Kragen) You said he broke cover. 113 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:39,647 You were doing surveillance. 114 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:40,648 I can't say. 115 00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:41,749 But he saw what happened? 116 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:43,851 He didn't see anything. 117 00:04:43,884 --> 00:04:46,654 So he must've heard something. 118 00:04:46,687 --> 00:04:48,088 Believe me, I'm sorry about your victim, 119 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:49,957 but I've gotta look at the big picture. 120 00:04:49,990 --> 00:04:51,459 Take a look at ours. 121 00:04:51,492 --> 00:04:53,661 That woman was run over, raped, beaten. 122 00:04:53,694 --> 00:04:56,830 Please, just let us talk to Nasreddin. 123 00:04:58,131 --> 00:05:00,568 [sighs] He's all we've got. 124 00:05:03,404 --> 00:05:05,439 All right, I'll help you. 125 00:05:05,473 --> 00:05:09,810 But this cannot go public or be used at trial. Agreed? 126 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,548 Agreed. 127 00:05:16,717 --> 00:05:18,786 (Moore) We're running surveillance 128 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:21,422 on a crooked Filipino businessman who wires funds 129 00:05:21,455 --> 00:05:23,424 to charities in the Far East who are known 130 00:05:23,457 --> 00:05:25,893 to support terrorist groups. 131 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:31,899 Tony Nasreddin, Lori Anglin: Detectives Stabler and Tutuola. 132 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:33,967 What's this Filipino guy got to do with our case? 133 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,670 We've tapped all his phones. 134 00:05:36,704 --> 00:05:37,871 Caught him having a conversation 135 00:05:37,905 --> 00:05:40,107 with one of his... employees. 136 00:05:42,810 --> 00:05:44,678 (man's voice) Hey, where've you been? 137 00:05:44,712 --> 00:05:45,879 (Melody) Took longer than I thought. 138 00:05:45,913 --> 00:05:48,882 I had a little problem I had to straighten out. 139 00:05:48,916 --> 00:05:51,151 I'm on Broome and Wooster. You got anything close? 140 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,487 (man) Client in Chelsea. Want the address? 141 00:05:53,521 --> 00:05:56,390 (Melody) All right, but hurry up, 'cause I'm absolutely freezing. 142 00:05:56,424 --> 00:05:57,691 She's a hooker. 143 00:05:57,725 --> 00:06:00,093 Our perp must have taken her cell phone too. 144 00:06:00,127 --> 00:06:02,696 (man) Melody? It's 374 21st Street-- 145 00:06:02,730 --> 00:06:03,764 [crash] 146 00:06:03,797 --> 00:06:07,501 (man) Hello? Melody? Melody? 147 00:06:07,535 --> 00:06:08,802 [door creaking open] 148 00:06:08,836 --> 00:06:11,772 (perp) That's a pretty name. Like music. 149 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:13,841 (man) Who's this? Where is she? 150 00:06:13,874 --> 00:06:15,609 (perp) She can't come to the phone right now. 151 00:06:15,643 --> 00:06:17,711 Now she wants to play with us. 152 00:06:17,745 --> 00:06:20,080 [dial tone] That's it. 153 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:21,782 I knew something had gone bad. 154 00:06:21,815 --> 00:06:23,484 I had to call it in. 155 00:06:23,517 --> 00:06:24,885 Whoa, her pimp's cold. 156 00:06:24,918 --> 00:06:26,119 Hears one of his girls get taken out 157 00:06:26,153 --> 00:06:26,987 and doesn't do squat. 158 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:29,389 We want his name and a copy of that tape. 159 00:06:31,625 --> 00:06:33,994 His name's Eddie Shaw. 160 00:06:35,696 --> 00:06:38,031 (Eddie) Hold on! 161 00:06:38,065 --> 00:06:40,067 I am busy. Come back later. 162 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:41,034 What the hell you doing? 163 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:43,537 We want to talk to you about one of your girls. 164 00:06:43,571 --> 00:06:45,739 I don't have girls. Import/export only. 165 00:06:45,773 --> 00:06:47,608 You running a prostitution service. 166 00:06:47,641 --> 00:06:49,209 No. Companionship only. 167 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:51,645 My ladies are very intelligent, very respectable. 168 00:06:51,679 --> 00:06:53,113 This lady's dead. Who is she? 169 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:54,181 Never seen her before. 170 00:06:54,214 --> 00:06:55,783 Okay. 171 00:06:55,816 --> 00:06:57,951 What do you say I call Vice, the IRS, and Immigration, 172 00:06:57,985 --> 00:06:59,653 they come down here and beat up on your ass? 173 00:06:59,687 --> 00:07:01,955 Okay, okay, I'll tell you. She's Melody Quinn. 174 00:07:01,989 --> 00:07:05,225 She was Melody Quinn. She working last night? 175 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:06,660 Escort only. No sexual services. 176 00:07:06,694 --> 00:07:08,061 We need a client list. 177 00:07:08,095 --> 00:07:09,129 That's confidential. 178 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:10,531 Okay, you know? Fine. 179 00:07:10,564 --> 00:07:11,865 You're gonna rot in jail until you remember. 180 00:07:11,899 --> 00:07:13,767 Okay. 181 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:17,838 She have a boyfriend? 182 00:07:17,871 --> 00:07:19,640 No. She was studying. 183 00:07:19,673 --> 00:07:21,875 Uh, wanted to be a broker in Wall Street. 184 00:07:24,111 --> 00:07:29,216 Here. 8:30 p.m. First client was Mr. Prasad. 185 00:07:29,249 --> 00:07:31,519 Mr. Prasad! 186 00:07:31,552 --> 00:07:34,488 Were you screwing this woman last night? 187 00:07:34,522 --> 00:07:35,823 She visited my apartment. 188 00:07:35,856 --> 00:07:37,958 We need you to provide a DNA sample. 189 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:39,527 As long as you don't tell my wife. 190 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:40,894 She was out of town last night, 191 00:07:40,928 --> 00:07:43,697 and I gave in to temptation just once. 192 00:07:43,731 --> 00:07:44,998 Really? The agency says you were 193 00:07:45,032 --> 00:07:45,999 one of Melody's regulars. 194 00:07:46,033 --> 00:07:47,668 You got a car? 195 00:07:47,701 --> 00:07:48,702 (man) I don't have to answer that. 196 00:07:48,736 --> 00:07:50,904 I hired Melody for a dinner date. 197 00:07:50,938 --> 00:07:52,172 We didn't have sex. 198 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:53,874 You know, I didn't break the law. 199 00:07:53,907 --> 00:07:55,776 And you can't prove that I did. 200 00:07:58,245 --> 00:08:00,080 She's dead. 201 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:01,682 You were the last man with her, 202 00:08:01,715 --> 00:08:03,951 so your DNA's gonna be all over her. 203 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:05,753 It might even prove you murdered her. 204 00:08:07,788 --> 00:08:11,892 Okay, okay. We had sex. 205 00:08:11,925 --> 00:08:14,595 But she was alive when she left, I swear. 206 00:08:17,064 --> 00:08:18,966 What kind of car you drive? 207 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:21,034 Lincoln Navigator. 208 00:08:21,068 --> 00:08:24,037 None of Melody's clients had access to a black sports car. 209 00:08:24,071 --> 00:08:25,105 The fact that she's a hooker 210 00:08:25,138 --> 00:08:26,974 explains the fluids in the rape kit. 211 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:28,008 You think she wasn't raped? 212 00:08:28,041 --> 00:08:29,543 Hard to prove either way. 213 00:08:29,577 --> 00:08:31,579 Cast the net wider, all her Johns. 214 00:08:31,612 --> 00:08:33,847 Her parents are coming in from Detroit to ID the body. 215 00:08:33,881 --> 00:08:35,082 Talk to them too. 216 00:08:35,115 --> 00:08:36,550 What about the JTTF tape? 217 00:08:36,584 --> 00:08:38,552 (Fin) TARU's still working on it. 218 00:08:38,586 --> 00:08:40,988 Oh, Kathy dropped him off about five minutes ago. 219 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:41,922 Said she couldn't wait. 220 00:08:41,955 --> 00:08:43,691 Dickie's staying with me for a few nights. 221 00:08:43,724 --> 00:08:46,093 Say, kiddo! Stop looking at that stuff. 222 00:08:46,126 --> 00:08:47,928 Is that woman dead? 223 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:48,996 Yes, she is. 224 00:08:49,029 --> 00:08:51,231 How'd she die? 225 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:53,634 She was hit by a car. 226 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:55,335 An accident? No. 227 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:57,905 The car drove up on the sidewalk. 228 00:08:57,938 --> 00:09:00,941 Did they take her money? 229 00:09:00,974 --> 00:09:03,977 Yeah, they did. Let's get something to eat. 230 00:09:04,011 --> 00:09:05,813 I bet they beat her up too. 231 00:09:08,081 --> 00:09:08,816 Why would you say that? 232 00:09:08,849 --> 00:09:11,885 It's just like the game, isn't it? 233 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:13,120 What game? 234 00:09:13,153 --> 00:09:15,355 NtenCity. 235 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:19,159 Cap, Fin, have you ever heard of a game called NtenCity? 236 00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:22,095 I'm driving along, okay? 237 00:09:22,129 --> 00:09:24,732 I see a woman, so... I run her over. 238 00:09:27,701 --> 00:09:29,102 Where did you learn this? 239 00:09:29,136 --> 00:09:30,704 Everyone plays it. 240 00:09:34,041 --> 00:09:35,175 I get out of the car. 241 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:38,211 (game character) Hey, baby, where you goin'? 242 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:40,648 Now, to get her money, I have to knock her out. 243 00:09:40,681 --> 00:09:42,149 Make sure she can't fight back. 244 00:09:42,182 --> 00:09:44,918 (game character) Where do you think you're goin', bitch? 245 00:09:44,952 --> 00:09:46,153 Unh! 246 00:09:46,186 --> 00:09:48,889 Got her. Now I gotta get the purse. 247 00:09:51,124 --> 00:09:52,726 (game character) I said stay down! 248 00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:55,328 Yeah. Gimme that! 249 00:09:55,362 --> 00:09:57,064 Got me some more cheddar. 250 00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:59,166 Look, my money supply just went up. 251 00:10:01,368 --> 00:10:03,203 [turns off game] 252 00:10:03,236 --> 00:10:04,972 They got the idea from the game. 253 00:10:05,005 --> 00:10:06,740 Remember the voice on the tape? 254 00:10:06,774 --> 00:10:08,175 "She can't come to the phone right now. 255 00:10:08,208 --> 00:10:09,643 She wants to play with us." 256 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:13,013 Somebody's playing for real. 257 00:10:19,119 --> 00:10:21,288 A lot of psychologists think there's a correlation 258 00:10:21,321 --> 00:10:23,323 between violent crimes and media violence, 259 00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:24,692 especially games. 260 00:10:24,725 --> 00:10:25,793 Do you believe that? 261 00:10:25,826 --> 00:10:27,928 I can think of a dozen murders in which computer games 262 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:29,963 were alleged to have influenced the killers. 263 00:10:29,997 --> 00:10:31,431 Columbine's the obvious example. 264 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:32,900 Do you have any suspects? 265 00:10:32,933 --> 00:10:34,902 No, we checked out family, friends, and clients. 266 00:10:34,935 --> 00:10:35,736 Everybody has alibis. 267 00:10:35,769 --> 00:10:37,738 So she could have been a random target. 268 00:10:37,771 --> 00:10:39,039 That's an awful lot of rage to take out 269 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:40,040 on someone you don't know. 270 00:10:40,073 --> 00:10:42,375 Unless the computer game contributed to the rage. 271 00:10:42,409 --> 00:10:45,979 You got any pointers to help us find our player? 272 00:10:46,013 --> 00:10:47,080 Your average gamer's probably male, 273 00:10:47,114 --> 00:10:48,916 anywhere from 10 to 50 years old. 274 00:10:48,949 --> 00:10:51,051 Thanks, Doc. 275 00:10:51,084 --> 00:10:51,985 And if he's an NtenCit junkie, 276 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:53,921 he might want to brag about what he's done. 277 00:10:53,954 --> 00:10:56,023 Who makes this crap? 278 00:10:58,191 --> 00:11:00,928 (man) Yeah, I designed NtenCity. What's up? 279 00:11:00,961 --> 00:11:02,462 Someone went out and imitated it. 280 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:03,964 Not again. 281 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,033 We got lawsuits coming out of our asses. 282 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:08,769 Every month some moron blames us for some crime 283 00:11:08,802 --> 00:11:10,003 some other moron committed. 284 00:11:10,037 --> 00:11:11,972 You don't seem too concerned. 285 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:15,175 Our games are cartoons. They're fun. 286 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:17,010 If a couple of idiots take them too far, 287 00:11:17,044 --> 00:11:18,178 that's not our problem. 288 00:11:18,211 --> 00:11:19,847 Well, it is now. 289 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,348 This woman was run down two nights ago 290 00:11:21,381 --> 00:11:24,017 and beaten to death, just like in the game. 291 00:11:24,051 --> 00:11:27,387 Jeez, lighten up, will ya? 292 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:29,389 That sequence was an Easter Egg. 293 00:11:29,422 --> 00:11:30,257 A what? 294 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:31,959 That's a hidden treat players can access 295 00:11:31,992 --> 00:11:33,794 for extra fun. 296 00:11:33,827 --> 00:11:35,028 You're not as old as you look. 297 00:11:35,062 --> 00:11:37,230 Come here. 298 00:11:37,264 --> 00:11:40,400 So you're playing the game, okay? 299 00:11:40,433 --> 00:11:41,935 And you see something anomalous. 300 00:11:41,969 --> 00:11:45,072 Maybe a glow on the wall, a doorway. 301 00:11:45,105 --> 00:11:47,841 You go through and you get something extra. 302 00:11:47,875 --> 00:11:50,377 A weapon, money, maybe another cool sequence. 303 00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:51,812 Who knows about the Easter Eggs? 304 00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:52,846 Everybody. 305 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,748 You go online and the fan sites will tell you 306 00:11:54,782 --> 00:11:55,949 where the Easter Eggs are hidden. 307 00:11:55,983 --> 00:11:58,085 On these fan sites, 308 00:11:58,118 --> 00:12:00,087 anybody talking about a woman being attacked? 309 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,755 We're about to launch NtenCity 2. 310 00:12:01,789 --> 00:12:04,024 I don't have time to go trolling on fan sites. 311 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:06,393 I do. Move over. 312 00:12:06,426 --> 00:12:08,728 That was Stabler. You stay and play. All right. 313 00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:14,167 Cause of death was a subdural hematoma, 314 00:12:14,201 --> 00:12:16,136 but she suffered before she died. 315 00:12:16,169 --> 00:12:18,038 There were 42 points of impact 316 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:20,040 on her chest, back, arms, and head. 317 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:22,776 Guy's fists must be chopped meat. 318 00:12:22,810 --> 00:12:24,311 I doubt it. 319 00:12:24,344 --> 00:12:26,013 These bruises were caused by a man's shoe, 320 00:12:26,046 --> 00:12:27,547 kicking and stomping. 321 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,149 Probably a size nine. 322 00:12:29,182 --> 00:12:30,550 What about the puncture wounds? 323 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,219 They were a puzzle. 324 00:12:32,252 --> 00:12:36,189 I had to cut the wounds out so I could dissect them. 325 00:12:37,457 --> 00:12:39,292 This is your weapon. 326 00:12:39,326 --> 00:12:41,194 Not my normal work gear, 327 00:12:41,228 --> 00:12:43,130 but it's the annual M.E.'s dinner tonight. 328 00:12:43,163 --> 00:12:46,199 Stiletto heels? 329 00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:48,268 A woman stomped Melody? 330 00:12:48,301 --> 00:12:51,071 Was there another woman's voice on that task force tape? 331 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:53,106 (perp) She can't come to the phone right now. 332 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:54,207 Now she wants to play with us. 333 00:12:54,241 --> 00:12:57,010 That's a guy's voice. 334 00:12:57,044 --> 00:12:58,478 But if I filter the background noise 335 00:12:58,511 --> 00:12:59,913 and EQ the vocal spectrum, 336 00:12:59,947 --> 00:13:02,149 we get this. 337 00:13:02,182 --> 00:13:03,350 (perp) She wants to play with us. 338 00:13:03,383 --> 00:13:05,152 (woman) Her jacket. 339 00:13:05,185 --> 00:13:07,054 [rewinding tape] 340 00:13:09,156 --> 00:13:10,490 (woman muffled) Dig her jacket. 341 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:11,859 Dig her jacket. 342 00:13:11,892 --> 00:13:13,226 That's a female's voice. 343 00:13:13,260 --> 00:13:15,095 And they killed her for her clothes? 344 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:16,897 No, they were playing a game. 345 00:13:16,930 --> 00:13:18,165 Munch has got something. 346 00:13:18,198 --> 00:13:20,800 All right. Thanks. 347 00:13:22,169 --> 00:13:23,503 Some geek wrote a new scene in the game 348 00:13:23,536 --> 00:13:25,038 you can download off the net. 349 00:13:25,072 --> 00:13:26,373 It first appeared late last night. 350 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:27,374 Here it is. 351 00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:28,441 Okay, same old same old. 352 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:29,709 You run her over, 353 00:13:29,742 --> 00:13:32,980 get out, kick her a couple of times, and then... 354 00:13:33,013 --> 00:13:36,116 Watch this. Here's the new scene. 355 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:37,150 He tears her blouse off. 356 00:13:37,184 --> 00:13:38,618 Cool, huh? 357 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,387 The detail about ripping her clothes off 358 00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:41,821 was never released. 359 00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:46,059 (Munch) Son of a bitch knew exactly what happened. 360 00:13:46,093 --> 00:13:48,028 So, which one of you guys made this? 361 00:13:48,061 --> 00:13:51,031 It can only be one person, a programmer named Stu Davis. 362 00:13:51,064 --> 00:13:52,532 Why only him? 363 00:13:52,565 --> 00:13:53,967 Well, Stu used to work here. 364 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:55,102 I had to fire him 365 00:13:55,135 --> 00:13:56,169 'cause he snuck copulating bunny rabbits 366 00:13:56,203 --> 00:13:58,238 into a children's game we make. 367 00:13:58,271 --> 00:13:59,506 But we kept him on as a tester. 368 00:13:59,539 --> 00:14:01,141 So he knows how to modify the game? 369 00:14:01,174 --> 00:14:02,475 Oh, yeah. 370 00:14:02,509 --> 00:14:04,978 Where's Stu live? 371 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:09,382 (Stu) Sorry, I don't know any murdered women. 372 00:14:09,416 --> 00:14:11,184 Somebody dropped a little sequence about her 373 00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:13,286 into NtenCity. Wasn't me. 374 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,088 We hear you're the only guy that could do it. 375 00:14:15,122 --> 00:14:16,423 Well, you heard wrong. 376 00:14:16,456 --> 00:14:18,091 Stuart Davis, this is a warrant 377 00:14:18,125 --> 00:14:20,227 to search your apartment and computers. 378 00:14:20,260 --> 00:14:21,194 Ow! Damn! 379 00:14:21,228 --> 00:14:22,963 Out of my way. 380 00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:28,235 You know, if you guys just tell me 381 00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:29,536 what you're looking for, I'll help. 382 00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:30,971 Yeah, help erase it. 383 00:14:31,004 --> 00:14:31,771 Uh, here's something. 384 00:14:31,804 --> 00:14:34,007 Email sent yesterday morning. 385 00:14:34,041 --> 00:14:35,375 Hey, you know what? That's my private stuff! 386 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:36,376 You're not supposed to look-- 387 00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:38,311 Shut up! 388 00:14:38,345 --> 00:14:40,147 "Spielmeister, 389 00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:42,182 "wanna make NtenCity real Ntense? 390 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:45,118 Check out The Ledger page seven." 391 00:14:45,152 --> 00:14:46,954 Will ya look at this? 392 00:14:46,987 --> 00:14:48,421 And it's turned right to page seven. 393 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:51,291 "Mystery Woman Killed in Hit and Run." 394 00:14:51,324 --> 00:14:52,292 Listen to this. 395 00:14:52,325 --> 00:14:53,360 "Cops held back 396 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:54,361 "chick was half naked. 397 00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:56,930 How about a game update." 398 00:14:56,964 --> 00:14:58,131 L-M-A-O. 399 00:14:58,165 --> 00:14:59,132 L-M-A-O? 400 00:14:59,166 --> 00:15:02,102 Shorthand: Laughing My Ass Off. 401 00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:03,270 That's funny. 402 00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:04,471 Who sent you the email? 403 00:15:04,504 --> 00:15:05,405 I have no idea, okay? 404 00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:07,307 I get requests from goofballs every day. 405 00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:09,709 You always do what goofballs ask? 406 00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:12,212 If they pay well enough, yeah. 407 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:13,213 Got an email address? 408 00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:14,481 Just a screen name: Lewddude. 409 00:15:14,514 --> 00:15:16,249 Can you track it? 410 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:22,589 Larry Tauber, Police! 411 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:28,195 (Fin) Nobody's here. 412 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:32,565 Here's a picture of Lewddude. 413 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,337 All right. Get that out there. 414 00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:41,174 El, maybe the guy couldn't stop playing. 415 00:15:41,208 --> 00:15:42,642 Yeah, or partying. 416 00:15:46,179 --> 00:15:47,714 A woman's purse. 417 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:52,685 It's Melody Quinn's driver's license. 418 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:54,454 Genius really knows how to cover his tracks. 419 00:15:55,688 --> 00:15:57,324 He didn't go too far. 420 00:15:57,357 --> 00:15:58,625 Genius forgot his car keys. 421 00:16:00,327 --> 00:16:01,461 Little black sports car. 422 00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:03,196 Registered to Larry Tauber. 423 00:16:03,230 --> 00:16:04,097 Blood and skin. We'll test it. 424 00:16:04,131 --> 00:16:05,465 (radio) Unit six? O'Halloran. 425 00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:07,234 SVU there? Yeah, they're here. 426 00:16:07,267 --> 00:16:09,002 Tell them we got their guy. Spring and ten. 427 00:16:09,036 --> 00:16:10,603 They found your guy. Ten blocks away. 428 00:16:12,539 --> 00:16:15,342 Heard the call go out. It's your guy. 429 00:16:15,375 --> 00:16:17,210 ID was in his pocket. 430 00:16:17,244 --> 00:16:19,446 Looks like he was run over, then beaten to death. 431 00:16:21,581 --> 00:16:24,217 Larry Tauber. 432 00:16:24,251 --> 00:16:27,287 Someone's playing the game again. 433 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:31,391 Cause of death was massive head trauma 434 00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:32,459 and multiple fractures, 435 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:34,427 but Larry Tauber wasn't murdered. 436 00:16:34,461 --> 00:16:36,163 Suicide. 437 00:16:36,196 --> 00:16:37,397 He sustained one blow to the head 438 00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:38,598 from a sharp metal object. 439 00:16:38,631 --> 00:16:41,468 CSU found blood and brain matter on the edge of the dumpster. 440 00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:42,569 Remember that scaffolding? 441 00:16:42,602 --> 00:16:45,638 He must've jumped off of it and hit the dumpster. 442 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:47,040 Any evidence he was pushed? 443 00:16:47,074 --> 00:16:48,608 Not from the trajectory of the fall, 444 00:16:48,641 --> 00:16:51,511 and there were no defensive wounds or torn clothes. 445 00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:54,547 But his blood alcohol level was four times the legal limit. 446 00:16:54,581 --> 00:16:56,416 Killed himself out of drunken remorse. 447 00:16:56,449 --> 00:17:00,187 What he did to that girl, I'm not shedding any tears. 448 00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:02,489 DNA proves his car ran her down, 449 00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:04,157 but I don't think he killed her. 450 00:17:04,191 --> 00:17:05,758 His feet are size 11. 451 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:09,329 Shoes that kicked Melody to death were size 9. 452 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:11,264 So he goes ten blocks to kill himself. 453 00:17:11,298 --> 00:17:13,466 What's wrong with his own roof? 454 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,435 I can't answer that, but I can tell you 455 00:17:15,468 --> 00:17:18,605 what he was doing before he jumped. 456 00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:20,440 See the glitter on his pants? 457 00:17:20,473 --> 00:17:23,476 Known in the trade as booty dust. 458 00:17:23,510 --> 00:17:25,278 Larry had himself one last lap dance 459 00:17:25,312 --> 00:17:28,081 before he took the plunge. [sighs] 460 00:17:28,115 --> 00:17:29,516 Well the only strip clubs around that alley 461 00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:32,285 are by the West Side Highway. 462 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:33,553 Yeah, I know. Can you believe it? 463 00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:37,124 Police. Ladies, can we get a minute? 464 00:17:37,157 --> 00:17:38,425 That all you need, honey? 465 00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:40,693 Either one of you recognize him? 466 00:17:40,727 --> 00:17:43,463 Yeah, I do. He was here last night. 467 00:17:43,496 --> 00:17:45,565 Remember the sad dude? 468 00:17:45,598 --> 00:17:47,134 He was literally crying in his beer. 469 00:17:47,167 --> 00:17:48,468 His friend tried to cheer him up 470 00:17:48,501 --> 00:17:50,103 with a couple bottles of Dom. 471 00:17:50,137 --> 00:17:51,438 His friend? 472 00:17:51,471 --> 00:17:52,572 Good-looking kid. 473 00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:55,542 Too young to be at the club, but guess his ID was okay. 474 00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:57,177 You got security cameras? 475 00:17:57,210 --> 00:17:58,245 Yeah, but they're like the plumbing, 476 00:17:58,278 --> 00:17:59,312 don't work. 477 00:17:59,346 --> 00:18:01,314 Did you hear anything these guys were talking about? 478 00:18:01,348 --> 00:18:02,549 Not really. 479 00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:05,252 Younger one even paid for me to give sad eyes a lap dance, 480 00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:06,753 but it was like raising the dead, 481 00:18:06,786 --> 00:18:08,421 if you know what I mean? 482 00:18:08,455 --> 00:18:10,223 Okay, we're gonna need you ladies to come down 483 00:18:10,257 --> 00:18:12,859 to the precinct and talk to a sketch artist. 484 00:18:12,892 --> 00:18:15,195 How many people do you put at the crime scene? 485 00:18:15,228 --> 00:18:16,329 Maybe three. 486 00:18:16,363 --> 00:18:17,797 Unidentified male, unidentified female, 487 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,566 and Larry Tauber. 488 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:21,334 Now, we got two possibilities. 489 00:18:21,368 --> 00:18:23,370 Either Tauber made the kids take part-- 490 00:18:23,403 --> 00:18:24,771 Why do you say they're kids? 491 00:18:24,804 --> 00:18:25,772 The voices sounded young. 492 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:27,807 18, 19. 493 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,242 Tauber's nearly 30. 494 00:18:29,276 --> 00:18:30,877 So he led them into the crime, 495 00:18:30,910 --> 00:18:32,479 and then killed himself out of guilt. 496 00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:35,282 Or, he's the patsy. Kids used him. 497 00:18:35,315 --> 00:18:37,484 His apartment, his computer, his car. 498 00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:40,420 Maybe used him to buy drugs, alcohol. 499 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:43,256 Can you prove any of that? 500 00:18:43,290 --> 00:18:45,658 Look, Tauber left Melody's purse in plain sight. 501 00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:47,527 He didn't even bother to fix his car? 502 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,928 It's like he wanted to get caught. 503 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:51,631 But he's dead, so he can't tell us. 504 00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:52,599 (Fin) But the car can. 505 00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:55,568 The crime lab ran tests on it. 506 00:18:55,602 --> 00:18:57,937 The driver's side door gives off a weird metallic creak 507 00:18:57,970 --> 00:19:00,540 that's audible on the task force tape. 508 00:19:00,573 --> 00:19:03,310 They tracked each set of footsteps. 509 00:19:03,343 --> 00:19:07,580 They're 95% certain that the guy that got out the driver's door 510 00:19:07,614 --> 00:19:09,416 is the same one that picked up Melody's phone 511 00:19:09,449 --> 00:19:10,683 and talked on the tape. 512 00:19:10,717 --> 00:19:12,752 His voice wasn't Tauber's. 513 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:14,554 They're also pretty sure that only two people 514 00:19:14,587 --> 00:19:17,424 got out of that car. 515 00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:19,426 And the second one was wearing high heels. 516 00:19:19,459 --> 00:19:21,294 So Tauber just stayed in his car? 517 00:19:21,328 --> 00:19:22,595 And did nothing while a helpless woman 518 00:19:22,629 --> 00:19:26,233 was brutally murdered. 519 00:19:26,266 --> 00:19:28,968 I'm sorry, but "95% certain" and "pretty sure" 520 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:30,570 don't add up to beyond a reasonable doubt. 521 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,605 (Stabler) Look. If these kids were using Tauber, 522 00:19:32,639 --> 00:19:34,441 somebody must have seen them together. 523 00:19:35,708 --> 00:19:37,677 As soon as the pole dancers are done, 524 00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:39,212 canvass Tauber's neighbors. 525 00:19:39,246 --> 00:19:40,213 Try this first. 526 00:19:40,247 --> 00:19:42,549 Day after the murder, Tauber received 12 calls 527 00:19:42,582 --> 00:19:46,586 from a cell phone belonging to one Louise Karnaki. 528 00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:50,557 17 years old. 529 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:51,858 Larry's a loser. 530 00:19:51,891 --> 00:19:53,693 I don't hang with him anymore. 531 00:19:53,726 --> 00:19:55,762 (Fin) Then why call him so often? 532 00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:58,431 Dunno. See how he's doing? 533 00:19:58,465 --> 00:19:59,832 Not too good. He's dead. 534 00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:03,536 Oh, my God... 535 00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:04,904 poor Larry. 536 00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:07,240 Where were you three nights ago? 537 00:20:07,274 --> 00:20:08,741 At home. Can you prove it? 538 00:20:08,775 --> 00:20:09,942 Why should she? 539 00:20:09,976 --> 00:20:13,613 Hey, Louise. I'm Elliot. 540 00:20:13,646 --> 00:20:15,782 Nice boots. Very sharp. 541 00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:17,884 They're mine. How'd you get 'em? 542 00:20:17,917 --> 00:20:19,719 Something called a search warrant. 543 00:20:19,752 --> 00:20:21,688 What is this? Turn on the lights. 544 00:20:21,721 --> 00:20:22,755 Let me do my magic trick. 545 00:20:22,789 --> 00:20:25,792 Now, Louise, this is a lumalight. 546 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:29,462 What it does is show up blood and skin fragments, 547 00:20:29,496 --> 00:20:31,964 like, for example, if there just happened 548 00:20:31,998 --> 00:20:33,800 to be some on your boot here. 549 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:35,602 Will you look at that? 550 00:20:35,635 --> 00:20:36,769 I don't know what that is. 551 00:20:36,803 --> 00:20:38,871 (Stabler) It's blood. 552 00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:41,308 There's some on the toe also. 553 00:20:41,341 --> 00:20:44,944 Now what we're gonna do is compare the DNA on this boot 554 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:47,314 to that woman's DNA. 555 00:20:47,347 --> 00:20:50,817 And when they match, which they will, 556 00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:52,952 we'll be charging you with murder. 557 00:20:57,324 --> 00:20:58,691 You gotta help me. 558 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,295 I wanna talk to the ADA. 559 00:21:04,731 --> 00:21:06,566 Mr. Delroy? 560 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,000 If my client cooperates, what are you offering? 561 00:21:08,034 --> 00:21:10,870 Nothing. She's a murderer. 562 00:21:10,903 --> 00:21:12,572 Now if she tells us what happened, 563 00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:13,773 I might ask the judge to take it into account 564 00:21:13,806 --> 00:21:14,774 during sentencing. 565 00:21:14,807 --> 00:21:16,909 Did you attack that woman? 566 00:21:22,849 --> 00:21:24,651 Yes. 567 00:21:24,684 --> 00:21:26,486 Who else was there with you? 568 00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:30,022 Larry Tauber. 569 00:21:30,056 --> 00:21:31,358 And who else? 570 00:21:31,391 --> 00:21:32,392 Nobody. 571 00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:35,728 Not even him? 572 00:21:45,838 --> 00:21:48,074 Give us a name. 573 00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:56,783 Please don't tell him I told you. 574 00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:58,585 Name. 575 00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:04,857 Garrett Perle. 576 00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:07,994 Police! 577 00:22:08,027 --> 00:22:09,028 It's open. 578 00:22:10,029 --> 00:22:10,997 Hey, guys, what's going on? 579 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:11,998 Police. Stand up. 580 00:22:12,031 --> 00:22:14,033 Sure, just a sec. 581 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,835 Bastards deleting files! 582 00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:17,370 Temper, temper. 583 00:22:17,404 --> 00:22:18,871 Garret Perle, you're under arrest for murder. 584 00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:20,239 Get that computer. 585 00:22:20,272 --> 00:22:22,375 (Garrett) Be my guest, there's nothing on it. 586 00:22:22,409 --> 00:22:23,910 Anyway, whom am I meant to have murdered? 587 00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:25,912 Melody Quinn. Doesn't ring a bell. 588 00:22:25,945 --> 00:22:27,380 You have the right to remain silent. 589 00:22:27,414 --> 00:22:28,415 You give up that right. Stop! 590 00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:34,821 He's got a degaussing loop. 591 00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:36,889 What the hell is that? 592 00:22:36,923 --> 00:22:38,525 Powerful magnetic strips. 593 00:22:38,558 --> 00:22:43,129 We just wiped his hard drive. 594 00:22:43,162 --> 00:22:46,666 This is Melody Quinn. Remember her now? 595 00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:49,869 I'm sorry, but I don't. 596 00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:51,938 First you ran her down, then you kicked her. 597 00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:53,139 42 times. 598 00:22:53,172 --> 00:22:55,675 [scoffs] 599 00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:58,911 Awful. 600 00:22:58,945 --> 00:23:01,981 That's a Marine tattoo, isn't it? 601 00:23:02,014 --> 00:23:03,516 Have you ever killed anyone? 602 00:23:06,953 --> 00:23:08,655 You have, I can tell. 603 00:23:08,688 --> 00:23:09,922 You too. 604 00:23:09,956 --> 00:23:11,691 Were you a gang banger before you became a cop? 605 00:23:15,662 --> 00:23:16,963 I've often wondered what it would be like 606 00:23:16,996 --> 00:23:18,164 to kill someone. 607 00:23:18,197 --> 00:23:21,468 So how was it? 608 00:23:21,501 --> 00:23:23,903 I've murdered people in games, hundreds of them. 609 00:23:23,936 --> 00:23:26,205 I've blown their heads off, eviscerated them. 610 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:31,110 I've even used a little kitty cat as a silencer. 611 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:32,545 But it's not real, you know? 612 00:23:32,579 --> 00:23:36,549 You don't get the bam! 613 00:23:36,583 --> 00:23:39,619 The kick, the juice. 614 00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:41,954 But you guys, you know. 615 00:23:41,988 --> 00:23:44,824 You know. 616 00:23:44,857 --> 00:23:46,025 And you don't? 617 00:23:48,561 --> 00:23:50,162 You don't. 618 00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:54,967 Because you're gutless. 619 00:23:58,705 --> 00:23:59,939 You couldn't even face her, could you? 620 00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:02,809 You had to use a car 621 00:24:02,842 --> 00:24:05,545 to knock down a woman? 622 00:24:05,578 --> 00:24:06,946 Even then, you couldn't face her. 623 00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:09,181 You had to sneak up behind her as she was crawling away, 624 00:24:09,215 --> 00:24:10,917 and then you kicked her? 625 00:24:15,555 --> 00:24:16,956 You're nothing but a scared little punk. 626 00:24:21,027 --> 00:24:24,697 You wanna know what it's like to kill someone, huh? 627 00:24:24,731 --> 00:24:26,499 And you gotta stare 'em right in the eye 628 00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:27,934 so you can smell their fear. 629 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:30,737 Leave me alone, okay? Stop it. 630 00:24:36,643 --> 00:24:38,711 We don't even need this little freak. 631 00:24:38,745 --> 00:24:39,712 We've got our witness. 632 00:24:39,746 --> 00:24:40,947 She's lying. 633 00:24:42,649 --> 00:24:43,683 How do you know that? 634 00:24:45,752 --> 00:24:47,186 It was Larry Tauber. 635 00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:48,788 Doesn't sound like Tauber. 636 00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:50,289 (Eddie on tape) Melody? 637 00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:52,892 (Garrett on tape) That's a pretty name. Like music. 638 00:24:52,925 --> 00:24:54,894 (Eddie) Who's this? Where is she? 639 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:57,196 (Garrett) She can't come to the phone right now. 640 00:24:57,229 --> 00:24:59,799 Now she wants to play with us. 641 00:25:01,668 --> 00:25:02,902 Where did you get that? 642 00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:07,239 That's enough for a positive voice ID. 643 00:25:07,273 --> 00:25:10,076 You're done, Garrett. 644 00:25:11,678 --> 00:25:13,980 But it's Larry's fault. He made me do it. 645 00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:16,849 Out you go, gentlemen. 646 00:25:16,883 --> 00:25:20,653 I'd like to speak to my client alone. 647 00:25:22,889 --> 00:25:24,991 With Louise's eye-witness testimony, 648 00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:27,026 Gates will try and cut a deal. 649 00:25:27,059 --> 00:25:27,894 So what are you gonna do? 650 00:25:27,927 --> 00:25:29,662 I may offer Louise Man-one to make sure 651 00:25:29,696 --> 00:25:31,030 she gives us this creep. 652 00:25:33,099 --> 00:25:35,034 Oliver, how will you be earning your fee this time? 653 00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:36,736 Easily. 654 00:25:36,769 --> 00:25:38,571 Not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. 655 00:25:38,605 --> 00:25:41,608 You gotta be kidding me. 656 00:25:41,641 --> 00:25:43,142 Garrett was enthralled with an older man, Larry Tauber, 657 00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:45,011 who plied him with alcohol, got him to play 658 00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:47,279 violent video games for hours on end. 659 00:25:47,313 --> 00:25:49,015 And then took him on a joyride 660 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:50,950 and made him play the game for real. 661 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:51,951 So Garrett admits 662 00:25:51,984 --> 00:25:53,085 he killed Melody. 663 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,622 No, he admits that he had no idea what he was doing, 664 00:25:55,655 --> 00:25:58,958 whether it was wrong or right, fantasy or reality. 665 00:25:58,991 --> 00:26:01,160 See you at the arraignment. 666 00:26:04,130 --> 00:26:06,666 Gates thinks this defense will fly? 667 00:26:06,699 --> 00:26:08,868 Computer game violence is a hot issue. 668 00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:10,770 If Gates can deflect blame onto the game makers, 669 00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:11,838 his job's half done. 670 00:26:11,871 --> 00:26:13,039 Make a deal with Louise Karnaki. 671 00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:14,273 Don't get your hopes up. 672 00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:16,876 Her family just fired her public defender, 673 00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:18,144 got a lawyer from Henshall and Langan. 674 00:26:18,177 --> 00:26:20,012 How can they afford that? 675 00:26:20,046 --> 00:26:22,014 They can't, but Garrett's family can. 676 00:26:22,048 --> 00:26:23,683 They'll pin the crime on the game 677 00:26:23,716 --> 00:26:24,951 and the dead man, Larry Tauber. 678 00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:26,786 Cap, it's the lab for you. 679 00:26:26,819 --> 00:26:28,855 What about the surveillance tape? 680 00:26:28,888 --> 00:26:29,656 What surveillance tape? 681 00:26:29,689 --> 00:26:31,190 The Joint Terrorism Task Force 682 00:26:31,223 --> 00:26:33,726 was running a covert op on Melody's boss. 683 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,895 They caught the start of the murder on audio tape. 684 00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:38,130 Including Garrett and Louise's voices. 685 00:26:38,164 --> 00:26:40,099 And they sure weren't confusing fantasy with reality. 686 00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:43,102 I need to hear that Task Force tape. 687 00:26:43,135 --> 00:26:46,939 We got it on condition we wouldn't use it at trial. 688 00:26:46,973 --> 00:26:47,940 You agreed to that? 689 00:26:47,974 --> 00:26:49,709 I didn't have a choice. 690 00:26:49,742 --> 00:26:51,177 Well, neither do I if it's my only evidence 691 00:26:51,210 --> 00:26:53,212 of Garrett's state of mind, so where is it? 692 00:26:53,245 --> 00:26:54,881 Somebody from the U.S. Attorney's Office 693 00:26:54,914 --> 00:26:57,049 removed it from the lab 20 minutes ago. 694 00:27:02,388 --> 00:27:03,890 (man) You can't have it. 695 00:27:03,923 --> 00:27:05,157 As soon as that tape appears in discovery, 696 00:27:05,191 --> 00:27:07,026 the defense will want to know context, provenance, everything. 697 00:27:07,059 --> 00:27:10,029 It won't affect any ongoing operation. 698 00:27:10,062 --> 00:27:11,163 I can't risk surveillance of a vital target 699 00:27:11,197 --> 00:27:13,099 and the war against terror becoming front page news. 700 00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:14,000 That's more important 701 00:27:14,033 --> 00:27:15,868 than letting two psychopaths walk free? 702 00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:17,670 Frankly, yes. 703 00:27:17,704 --> 00:27:18,671 If this tape's your only evidence, 704 00:27:18,705 --> 00:27:20,072 you should ask the NYPD to get off their asses 705 00:27:20,106 --> 00:27:21,107 and find you some more. 706 00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:24,110 I met your vital target. 707 00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:26,045 This guy's no terrorist, he's a sleazy joke. 708 00:27:26,078 --> 00:27:28,114 I need the tape, Raul. 709 00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:30,817 I said you can't have the tape because there is no tape. 710 00:27:35,822 --> 00:27:37,924 We've got no tape and no deal with Louise. 711 00:27:37,957 --> 00:27:39,391 I'm gonna be fighting this with my arms 712 00:27:39,425 --> 00:27:40,760 tied behind my back. 713 00:27:40,793 --> 00:27:42,895 Forensics prove Garrett and Louise 714 00:27:42,929 --> 00:27:44,230 kicked a woman to death. 715 00:27:44,263 --> 00:27:45,965 They can't wiggle out of that. 716 00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:47,133 Gates is running a psych defense. 717 00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:49,368 He's gonna blame everything on the game and Larry Tauber. 718 00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:50,870 And the only way to beat it is to prove they knew 719 00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:51,670 what they were doing. 720 00:27:51,704 --> 00:27:52,972 One way to beat a psych defense 721 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:54,807 is with a psych offense. 722 00:27:54,841 --> 00:27:56,075 Let me find out if Garrett and Louise 723 00:27:56,108 --> 00:28:00,312 are innocent pawns or cold-blooded liars. 724 00:28:00,346 --> 00:28:02,414 How many hours a day do you play games? 725 00:28:02,448 --> 00:28:05,885 Five or six. 726 00:28:05,918 --> 00:28:08,788 What's the longest that you've ever played? 727 00:28:08,821 --> 00:28:09,856 Eighteen hours. 728 00:28:09,889 --> 00:28:12,358 You get tired? 729 00:28:12,391 --> 00:28:15,361 I never noticed. 730 00:28:15,394 --> 00:28:18,464 Do you stop to eat or drink? 731 00:28:18,497 --> 00:28:20,499 Don't feel the need. 732 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,034 How do you feel after you're finished playing? 733 00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:24,871 Like I'm King of the World. 734 00:28:24,904 --> 00:28:27,273 Then what do you do? 735 00:28:27,306 --> 00:28:29,175 Play again. What else? 736 00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:31,811 Larry mind you hanging around so much? 737 00:28:31,844 --> 00:28:33,880 Mind? 738 00:28:33,913 --> 00:28:36,248 We were the best thing that ever happened to him. 739 00:28:36,282 --> 00:28:38,918 Larry like to watch her beat up women. 740 00:28:38,951 --> 00:28:40,920 In the game or on the street? 741 00:28:40,953 --> 00:28:44,223 Wherever. Turned him on. 742 00:28:44,256 --> 00:28:47,426 It was the nearest he got to screwing her. 743 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:51,030 Louise got off on it too. 744 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:52,865 Garrett made me tease him. 745 00:28:52,899 --> 00:28:54,934 You didn't like that? 746 00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:58,805 I wasn't interested in Larry. 747 00:28:58,838 --> 00:29:00,372 You and Garrett have sex? 748 00:29:00,406 --> 00:29:03,776 Yes. He's crazy about me. 749 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:05,277 Yeah, but the game is better. 750 00:29:05,311 --> 00:29:07,847 Better than sex. 751 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,549 And the rush is more intense. 752 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:16,222 See, I control the world, pull everyone's strings. 753 00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:17,456 In the game, of course. 754 00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:20,226 When else do you feel the rush? 755 00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:21,994 Driving fast. 756 00:29:22,028 --> 00:29:23,996 How fast? 757 00:29:24,030 --> 00:29:26,899 120 miles an hour on the BQE at 2:00 in the morning. 758 00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:29,001 That's pretty dangerous. 759 00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:30,502 That's why it's a rush. 760 00:29:30,536 --> 00:29:31,938 What about the other drivers? 761 00:29:31,971 --> 00:29:35,107 They get out of the way. 762 00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:37,509 What if they can't? 763 00:29:37,543 --> 00:29:40,880 Oops. 764 00:29:43,249 --> 00:29:45,517 He's a manipulative little prick. 765 00:29:45,551 --> 00:29:47,920 He took Larry Tauber to that club, he got him drunk, 766 00:29:47,954 --> 00:29:49,155 and manipulated him right off that roof. 767 00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:50,556 I wouldn't put it past him. 768 00:29:50,589 --> 00:29:52,859 Garrett's an adrenaline junkie and a narcissist. 769 00:29:52,892 --> 00:29:53,860 He knows right from wrong. 770 00:29:53,893 --> 00:29:54,927 He just doesn't give a damn. 771 00:29:54,961 --> 00:29:57,263 And Louise? 772 00:29:57,296 --> 00:29:58,397 She's in love with him. 773 00:29:58,430 --> 00:30:00,132 She'll do whatever he wants. 774 00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:01,367 Do you think these computer games 775 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:02,902 influenced his behavior? 776 00:30:02,935 --> 00:30:05,571 Kids like Garrett are so numb 777 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:07,139 that they need constant stimulation. 778 00:30:07,173 --> 00:30:08,174 Computer games fill that void. 779 00:30:08,207 --> 00:30:10,877 If they're susceptible to violence, 780 00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:12,511 then this could exacerbate that, 781 00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:15,381 but I don't believe a game ever made anyone commit murder. 782 00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:18,050 So Garrett's psych defense is a crock. 783 00:30:18,084 --> 00:30:21,220 Yes. His mind is clear as a bell. 784 00:30:21,253 --> 00:30:23,489 Hah, thought I'd find you in here, Casey. 785 00:30:23,522 --> 00:30:27,927 Motion to submit Garrett for a neuropsych examination. 786 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,462 Garrett has volunteered to undergo a PET scan 787 00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:34,000 while he plays the computer game NtenCity. 788 00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:35,034 An experiment with a single subject 789 00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:35,935 is meaningless. 790 00:30:35,968 --> 00:30:37,336 We'll repeat an experiment 791 00:30:37,369 --> 00:30:39,338 conducted by doctors in London that showed 792 00:30:39,371 --> 00:30:42,074 that game play flooded the brain with dopamine. 793 00:30:42,108 --> 00:30:44,176 What's that supposed to prove? 794 00:30:44,210 --> 00:30:45,344 That dopamine intoxication 795 00:30:45,377 --> 00:30:48,247 caused by addictive game playing 796 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,949 changed Garrett's brain, and therefore, 797 00:30:49,982 --> 00:30:51,483 he wasn't responsible for his actions. 798 00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:54,921 Are you worried about objectivity, Casey? 799 00:30:54,954 --> 00:30:59,258 Because Dr. Huang is welcome to conduct the test. 800 00:31:03,996 --> 00:31:06,999 The computer relays the game into these 3D goggles 801 00:31:07,033 --> 00:31:08,200 so that Mr. Perle can play the game 802 00:31:08,234 --> 00:31:09,535 while he's in the scanner. 803 00:31:09,568 --> 00:31:12,972 Cool. Can I get a pair of these? 804 00:31:13,005 --> 00:31:15,074 His head's immobilized so that head movement 805 00:31:15,107 --> 00:31:16,575 doesn't distort the scan. 806 00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:19,411 We'll inject him with carbon 11 raclopride 807 00:31:19,445 --> 00:31:21,613 to tag the dopamine receptors. 808 00:31:21,647 --> 00:31:23,249 And then we'll draw blood throughout the scan 809 00:31:23,282 --> 00:31:24,383 to measure how game play affects 810 00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:26,018 the dopamine release in his brain. 811 00:31:26,052 --> 00:31:27,954 You can start. 812 00:31:27,987 --> 00:31:31,623 Garrett plays these games up to 40 hours a week. 813 00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:33,993 It's amazing he found the time to commit murder. 814 00:31:34,026 --> 00:31:36,028 Let me know when you have the results. 815 00:31:38,497 --> 00:31:42,334 [game sounds] 816 00:32:03,722 --> 00:32:05,157 (Huang) No question. 817 00:32:05,191 --> 00:32:06,358 Garrett's dopamine level increased 818 00:32:06,392 --> 00:32:08,260 while he played the game. 819 00:32:08,294 --> 00:32:10,629 What effect did that have on him? 820 00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:13,365 He felt high, euphoric, as if he'd just 821 00:32:13,399 --> 00:32:15,734 taken a small dose of speed. 822 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:18,537 So the PET scan does prove game play made Garrett Perle 823 00:32:18,570 --> 00:32:20,672 less able to control his actions? 824 00:32:20,706 --> 00:32:23,642 On the contrary, almost any enjoyable activity 825 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:26,045 would show the same increase in dopamine. 826 00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:27,046 Driving a fast car, 827 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:31,083 playing sports, even playing chess. 828 00:32:31,117 --> 00:32:32,618 Thank you, Doctor. 829 00:32:32,651 --> 00:32:34,120 Isn't the release of dopamine 830 00:32:34,153 --> 00:32:37,156 what makes a drug like cocaine so addictive? 831 00:32:37,189 --> 00:32:38,157 Partly. 832 00:32:38,190 --> 00:32:39,225 And heroin so addictive? 833 00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:42,061 Dopamine contributes to addictive behavior, but-- 834 00:32:42,094 --> 00:32:43,595 And doesn't the PET scan show 835 00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:46,198 that computer games are just as addictive? 836 00:32:46,232 --> 00:32:48,200 As addictive as heroin or cocaine? 837 00:32:48,234 --> 00:32:50,202 No. 838 00:32:50,236 --> 00:32:53,205 But they are addictive. 839 00:32:53,239 --> 00:32:56,342 Do you believe that violent video games are dangerous? 840 00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:58,044 (Huang) Not in themselves, no. 841 00:32:58,077 --> 00:33:00,179 But didn't a Dr. David Grossman compare violent games 842 00:33:00,212 --> 00:33:02,648 to military battlefield simulators, 843 00:33:02,681 --> 00:33:05,184 where they train real soldiers to kill? 844 00:33:05,217 --> 00:33:06,685 It's much more complicated than that. 845 00:33:06,718 --> 00:33:07,753 Why? 846 00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:10,022 A violent video game 847 00:33:10,056 --> 00:33:11,723 teaches its players to kill automatically. 848 00:33:11,757 --> 00:33:12,758 Yes or no? 849 00:33:12,791 --> 00:33:14,660 Yes. 850 00:33:14,693 --> 00:33:16,262 Thank you. But there's an enormous difference 851 00:33:16,295 --> 00:33:18,697 between the cartoon violence of video games 852 00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,266 and violence in real life. 853 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,502 So do you think that Garrett and Louise 854 00:33:23,535 --> 00:33:26,638 would have gone out joyriding that night 855 00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:28,207 if they hadn't have played the game? 856 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:29,641 (Huang) There are other factors-- 857 00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:32,344 Did the game give them the idea to get in the car? 858 00:33:32,378 --> 00:33:33,312 Yes, but-- 859 00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:35,581 Did the game give them the idea to run over 860 00:33:35,614 --> 00:33:37,716 Melody Quinn and beat her to death, yes or no? 861 00:33:37,749 --> 00:33:39,685 Yes, but having-- 862 00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:42,188 Thank you, Dr. Huang. Nothing further. 863 00:33:46,725 --> 00:33:50,062 Do you regret what you've done? 864 00:33:50,096 --> 00:33:54,766 Yes. I'll never forgive myself. 865 00:33:58,837 --> 00:34:00,772 [sniffles] 866 00:34:06,612 --> 00:34:09,648 Do you want to take a break, Mr. Perle? 867 00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:13,219 No, I can manage, thank you. 868 00:34:13,252 --> 00:34:16,188 You've testified that you and Louise ran over Melody Quinn 869 00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:18,524 because you thought you were still playing a game. 870 00:34:19,758 --> 00:34:23,495 Yes. Nothing seemed real. 871 00:34:23,529 --> 00:34:27,466 So even when Melody was screaming 872 00:34:27,499 --> 00:34:29,701 and crying for mercy, 873 00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:31,537 you thought it was part of the game? 874 00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:33,505 They scream in the game too. 875 00:34:33,539 --> 00:34:35,141 But you kicked her to death. 876 00:34:35,174 --> 00:34:36,808 You expect the jury to believe that you didn't know 877 00:34:36,842 --> 00:34:40,546 a real woman was bleeding and dying under your feet? 878 00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:43,715 I swear to you, I didn't. 879 00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:46,852 How could you not know? 880 00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:49,321 Because I didn't know where I was. 881 00:34:49,355 --> 00:34:52,291 The streets we were driving down were streets from the game. 882 00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:54,226 The people were characters from the game. 883 00:34:56,328 --> 00:34:57,863 I saw this woman on the sidewalk, 884 00:34:57,896 --> 00:34:59,631 and she had a short skirt. 885 00:34:59,665 --> 00:35:08,140 Larry said, "Get her. Get the hooker." 886 00:35:08,174 --> 00:35:10,442 It was like I was still in his apartment. 887 00:35:10,476 --> 00:35:12,811 And he's breathing down my neck, shouting at me, 888 00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:15,247 "Go on, hit her! Hit her, do it! 889 00:35:15,281 --> 00:35:17,316 "She's getting away! She's still moving! 890 00:35:17,349 --> 00:35:18,750 Stomp on her! Do it! Do it!" 891 00:35:18,784 --> 00:35:19,751 (Judge) Mr. Perle. 892 00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:22,788 Mr. Perle, control yourself. 893 00:35:26,358 --> 00:35:29,328 So you always do whatever Larry says? 894 00:35:29,361 --> 00:35:35,334 I wish I was brave enough to stand up to him, but I wasn't. 895 00:35:35,367 --> 00:35:38,370 I'm sorry. 896 00:35:46,378 --> 00:35:48,914 (Judge) Do you want to continue with this witness, 897 00:35:48,947 --> 00:35:52,284 Miss Novak? 898 00:35:52,318 --> 00:35:54,753 I do, your honor. 899 00:35:54,786 --> 00:35:56,455 It's late. 900 00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:57,923 You can resume tomorrow. 901 00:35:57,956 --> 00:35:59,157 This court is adjourned. 902 00:36:01,393 --> 00:36:03,462 I hope you've got something. I'm getting killed here. 903 00:36:03,495 --> 00:36:06,298 We got a connection between Garrett and Tauber's death 904 00:36:06,332 --> 00:36:07,233 on Tauber's computer. 905 00:36:07,266 --> 00:36:08,900 TARU found a big chunk of encrypted code 906 00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:10,402 on his hard drive, 907 00:36:10,436 --> 00:36:12,238 sent to him two hours before he killed himself. 908 00:36:12,271 --> 00:36:13,939 Who sent it? 909 00:36:13,972 --> 00:36:15,841 Same creep that added the naked victim sequence 910 00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:17,309 to the game, Stu Davis. 911 00:36:17,343 --> 00:36:19,645 We're holding him in the crime lab. 912 00:36:19,678 --> 00:36:24,316 Now, Stu, you sent Larry Tauber a self-deleting email. 913 00:36:24,350 --> 00:36:25,417 We found it on his computer. 914 00:36:25,451 --> 00:36:28,354 He opened it, he read it once, 915 00:36:28,387 --> 00:36:30,222 and, poof, it disappeared. 916 00:36:30,256 --> 00:36:31,290 But only as far as his hard drive. 917 00:36:31,323 --> 00:36:33,659 So you're gonna tell us what it says. 918 00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:35,961 Listen, all right, I've got nothing to do with this. 919 00:36:35,994 --> 00:36:37,028 Yeah, you do. 920 00:36:37,062 --> 00:36:39,698 Because the guy you sent the email to is now dead. 921 00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:41,700 Eventually he'll break the encryption, 922 00:36:41,733 --> 00:36:43,335 and when he does, I will arrest you 923 00:36:43,369 --> 00:36:44,636 for conspiracy to murder. 924 00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:47,406 Stu, start decrypting. 925 00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:52,411 Start! 926 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:56,615 God, he said it was just a joke. 927 00:36:56,648 --> 00:36:58,784 This is ridiculous, man, I'm a programmer, 928 00:36:58,817 --> 00:36:59,985 not a killer. 929 00:37:00,018 --> 00:37:00,919 I swear to God, 930 00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:03,855 I never knew anyone was gonna get hurt. 931 00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:06,792 (computer game voice) You killed her, Larry. 932 00:37:06,825 --> 00:37:09,728 You kicked that poor woman to death. 933 00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:11,597 Cops are coming for you, Larry. 934 00:37:11,630 --> 00:37:14,800 You can run, Larry Tauber, 935 00:37:14,833 --> 00:37:17,503 but you can't hide. [laughter] 936 00:37:19,338 --> 00:37:21,440 (Novak) Lights, please. 937 00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:28,480 So whose face is that on the screen? 938 00:37:28,514 --> 00:37:30,749 Larry Tauber's. 939 00:37:30,782 --> 00:37:32,718 People's exhibit 11. 940 00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:35,354 A check for $1,000 made out to... 941 00:37:35,387 --> 00:37:36,254 Stuart Davis. 942 00:37:36,288 --> 00:37:38,390 And whose signature is that? 943 00:37:38,424 --> 00:37:40,359 Mine. 944 00:37:40,392 --> 00:37:42,728 You paid Mr. Davis $1,000 945 00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:45,797 to send that email to Larry Tauber. Why? 946 00:37:45,831 --> 00:37:48,367 I don't know. 947 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,369 You don't know? 948 00:37:51,803 --> 00:37:54,940 No. 949 00:37:54,973 --> 00:37:57,376 Larry got that email two hours before he killed himself. 950 00:37:57,409 --> 00:37:58,944 Did you want to push him over the edge? 951 00:37:58,977 --> 00:38:00,646 No. 952 00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:02,414 Then why would you send it, huh? 953 00:38:02,448 --> 00:38:04,416 Did the game make you do that too? 954 00:38:04,450 --> 00:38:05,951 No. 955 00:38:05,984 --> 00:38:08,987 Then why? 956 00:38:09,020 --> 00:38:10,589 It was a joke. 957 00:38:10,622 --> 00:38:12,924 First you say kicking a woman to death is a game, 958 00:38:12,958 --> 00:38:14,493 and now this is a joke? 959 00:38:14,526 --> 00:38:16,094 Do you think this is funny? 960 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:17,963 You're confusing me. 961 00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:19,931 You weren't confused. 962 00:38:19,965 --> 00:38:21,800 You knew exactly what you were doing. 963 00:38:21,833 --> 00:38:23,435 You were afraid Larry was going to turn you in 964 00:38:23,469 --> 00:38:24,370 to the Police. 965 00:38:24,403 --> 00:38:27,105 So you preyed on him until he killed himself. 966 00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:30,509 Larry Tauber, murderer. LMAO. 967 00:38:30,542 --> 00:38:32,778 What does that mean, LMAO? Why don't you tell us? 968 00:38:36,448 --> 00:38:37,449 Laughing my ass off. 969 00:38:37,483 --> 00:38:39,751 What--I'm sorry, I can't hear you. 970 00:38:39,785 --> 00:38:41,520 Laughing my ass off. 971 00:38:41,553 --> 00:38:42,354 Larry's dead, Melody's dead, 972 00:38:42,388 --> 00:38:44,523 and you're laughing your ass off? 973 00:38:44,556 --> 00:38:46,425 Yeah, you bet I am. 974 00:38:46,458 --> 00:38:47,459 'Cause you are a joke. 975 00:38:47,493 --> 00:38:49,695 This whole damn thing is a joke. 976 00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:57,736 Nothing further. 977 00:39:03,509 --> 00:39:06,712 "Video game violence has a horrifying potential 978 00:39:06,745 --> 00:39:09,515 "to promote acts of violence against real victims 979 00:39:09,548 --> 00:39:15,454 and desensitize children to the real thing." 980 00:39:15,487 --> 00:39:17,456 That's what the American Medical Association 981 00:39:17,489 --> 00:39:21,727 had to say in their testimony to Congress. 982 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,530 Now, does the games industry care? 983 00:39:24,563 --> 00:39:27,666 Listen to them describe their latest hit. 984 00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:29,034 "You can still beat up the hookers 985 00:39:29,067 --> 00:39:30,902 "and steal their money. 986 00:39:30,936 --> 00:39:32,804 "You can run over cops and shoot and kill 987 00:39:32,838 --> 00:39:34,172 "the ambulance drivers 988 00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:37,175 as they come in to pick up the dead." 989 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:39,411 Now, you take that attitude and that product 990 00:39:39,445 --> 00:39:41,547 and you put it in the hands of a young man 991 00:39:41,580 --> 00:39:44,816 who has a history of addictive and risk-taking behavior, 992 00:39:44,850 --> 00:39:47,185 and you are going to create a tragedy. 993 00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:49,588 And that is what happened here. 994 00:39:49,621 --> 00:39:53,459 The game NtenCity transported two teenagers 995 00:39:53,492 --> 00:39:55,527 to a fantasy land. 996 00:39:55,561 --> 00:39:57,463 It made them high. 997 00:39:57,496 --> 00:40:00,566 It fed them a vile idea, 998 00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:04,770 and then it taught them how to execute it. 999 00:40:04,803 --> 00:40:08,840 They were not in control of their actions. 1000 00:40:08,874 --> 00:40:12,844 And, therefore, they're not guilty. 1001 00:40:17,516 --> 00:40:20,952 Did Garrett and Louise get the idea from a game? 1002 00:40:20,986 --> 00:40:23,221 Yes. 1003 00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:25,190 But we get ideas all the time. 1004 00:40:25,223 --> 00:40:28,860 From books, from TV, from friends. 1005 00:40:28,894 --> 00:40:31,663 From life, from everywhere. 1006 00:40:31,697 --> 00:40:34,165 We don't act on them. 1007 00:40:34,199 --> 00:40:39,471 We know that the idea doesn't justify the deed. 1008 00:40:39,505 --> 00:40:41,540 Don't let Mr. Gates blind you to the facts. 1009 00:40:41,573 --> 00:40:45,076 Real people ran over a real person. 1010 00:40:45,110 --> 00:40:47,112 And then they beat her to death. 1011 00:40:47,145 --> 00:40:49,648 Melody Quinn felt real pain. 1012 00:40:49,681 --> 00:40:51,917 She bled real blood. 1013 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:55,186 And she died a horrible and lonely death. 1014 00:40:55,220 --> 00:40:56,888 It was not a game. 1015 00:40:56,922 --> 00:41:00,592 Now, did Melody's killers 1016 00:41:00,626 --> 00:41:01,426 know what they were doing? 1017 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:03,161 Well, their taunting of Larry Tauber, 1018 00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:05,130 the one member of their trio with the humanity 1019 00:41:05,163 --> 00:41:06,131 to feel regret, 1020 00:41:06,164 --> 00:41:08,600 proves that they did. 1021 00:41:08,634 --> 00:41:10,602 Garret Perle said it himself, it was a joke. 1022 00:41:10,636 --> 00:41:11,603 Well, you know what? 1023 00:41:11,637 --> 00:41:15,240 Murder is no joke. 1024 00:41:15,273 --> 00:41:18,510 So don't let them use a game as an excuse 1025 00:41:18,544 --> 00:41:23,014 for their cruel and callous actions. 1026 00:41:33,859 --> 00:41:35,260 As to the defendant Garret Perle, 1027 00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:36,695 the charge of murder in the second degree, 1028 00:41:36,728 --> 00:41:37,829 how do you find? 1029 00:41:40,632 --> 00:41:42,100 We find the defendant guilty. 1030 00:41:44,603 --> 00:41:46,738 As to the defendant Louise Karnaki on the charge 1031 00:41:46,772 --> 00:41:47,606 of murder in the second degree, 1032 00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:48,707 how do you find? 1033 00:41:50,008 --> 00:41:51,743 We find the defendant guilty. 1034 00:41:52,811 --> 00:41:54,913 Defendants are remanded until sentencing. 1035 00:41:54,946 --> 00:41:56,615 This court is adjourned. 1036 00:41:56,648 --> 00:41:57,749 [bangs gavel] 1037 00:41:57,783 --> 00:41:58,917 Aw, shut up. 1038 00:42:01,953 --> 00:42:03,789 Bang bang, you're dead. 1039 00:42:03,822 --> 00:42:05,557 (judge) Get him out of here. 1040 00:42:09,795 --> 00:42:12,964 Game's over. You won. 1041 00:42:19,337 --> 00:42:23,141 We won the case today. 1042 00:42:23,174 --> 00:42:24,142 Two guilty verdicts. 1043 00:42:24,175 --> 00:42:27,613 That's good. 1044 00:42:27,646 --> 00:42:28,647 What are you playing? 1045 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:29,948 Hockey. 1046 00:42:29,981 --> 00:42:31,850 Got him. What a hit! 1047 00:42:31,883 --> 00:42:34,119 Do you have to play that all the time? 1048 00:42:34,152 --> 00:42:35,153 Why not? 1049 00:42:35,186 --> 00:42:36,421 I like it. 1050 00:42:36,454 --> 00:42:40,792 I know, but maybe we can play something together, you know? 1051 00:42:42,694 --> 00:42:43,895 Like what? 1052 00:42:43,929 --> 00:42:46,264 I don't know, um... 1053 00:42:46,297 --> 00:42:49,067 cards, Scrabble? 1054 00:42:53,805 --> 00:42:55,106 Or maybe we can just talk. 1055 00:42:59,044 --> 00:43:00,846 Okay. Talk.