1 00:00:08,251 --> 00:00:11,153 There is nothing more cruel than having 2 00:00:11,177 --> 00:00:12,954 the most beautiful woman in New York 3 00:00:12,978 --> 00:00:14,489 sitting at one of your tables, 4 00:00:14,513 --> 00:00:17,425 and not being able to sit down and eat with her. 5 00:00:17,449 --> 00:00:19,895 Well, don't let me keep you. 6 00:00:19,919 --> 00:00:21,196 Ha ha. 7 00:00:25,891 --> 00:00:27,623 Dinner? 8 00:00:27,647 --> 00:00:29,337 Absurd, divine. 9 00:00:29,361 --> 00:00:32,107 Did you ask Chef Johnny to do that? 10 00:00:32,131 --> 00:00:34,609 - Do what? - Make the agnolotti. 11 00:00:34,633 --> 00:00:35,870 From our wedding. 12 00:00:35,894 --> 00:00:38,246 It was so good, I got a little teary. 13 00:00:38,270 --> 00:00:40,916 Took me right back to that night. 14 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:43,351 That perfect night. 15 00:00:43,375 --> 00:00:44,619 Thank Chef for me? 16 00:00:45,737 --> 00:00:47,689 I got a better idea. 17 00:00:47,713 --> 00:00:50,492 - I need three bluefins fired, now. - Yes, Chef! 18 00:00:50,516 --> 00:00:51,927 Looking good; 19 00:00:51,952 --> 00:00:53,161 - Where are we at on that sauce? - Working, Chef! 20 00:00:53,185 --> 00:00:55,063 - Danny, where are we at on that sauce? - Working, Chef. 21 00:00:55,087 --> 00:00:57,602 All right. Looking good, Tom. 22 00:00:57,626 --> 00:00:58,876 Johnny. 23 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:01,770 You guys good? 24 00:01:01,794 --> 00:01:04,168 We got about 300 more on the books before 1000. 25 00:01:04,192 --> 00:01:06,301 We're rocking and rolling, jamming it out. 26 00:01:06,325 --> 00:01:09,411 I just wanted to say thank you for such a beautiful dinner. 27 00:01:09,435 --> 00:01:12,314 I don't know how you had the time to make that pasta 28 00:01:12,338 --> 00:01:14,249 with all this going on. 29 00:01:14,273 --> 00:01:17,018 You kidding? I love making that dish. 30 00:01:17,042 --> 00:01:18,520 I don't want to keep you. 31 00:01:18,544 --> 00:01:20,956 I just wanted to say how appreciative I am. 32 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:22,457 My pleasure. 33 00:01:22,481 --> 00:01:25,327 Ooh, that smells good! Let's keep going! 34 00:01:25,351 --> 00:01:27,262 You sure you don't want dessert? 35 00:01:27,286 --> 00:01:28,597 A nightcap, maybe. 36 00:01:28,621 --> 00:01:31,733 If I consume anything else, I will quite literally explode. 37 00:01:31,757 --> 00:01:33,969 I'm in desperate need of an elastic waistband 38 00:01:33,993 --> 00:01:35,926 and the couch. 39 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:40,942 See you at home. 40 00:01:40,966 --> 00:01:42,777 How'd I get so lucky? 41 00:01:42,801 --> 00:01:46,047 Must've done something right? 42 00:01:46,071 --> 00:01:47,616 I love you. I love you, too. 43 00:01:54,713 --> 00:01:55,812 Everything all right? 44 00:02:33,252 --> 00:02:34,963 Babe. 45 00:02:34,987 --> 00:02:36,393 Hey, babe. 46 00:02:36,417 --> 00:02:38,099 Happy Sunday. 47 00:02:38,123 --> 00:02:40,902 It's after 1100 in the morning; Why didn't you wake me up 48 00:02:40,926 --> 00:02:43,243 and kiss me when you got home last night? 49 00:02:43,267 --> 00:02:45,173 I just couldn't. 50 00:02:45,197 --> 00:02:47,842 I couldn't do it; You were too adorable. 51 00:02:47,866 --> 00:02:51,012 All curled up around your pillow like a little koala. 52 00:02:51,036 --> 00:02:52,614 Wait. 53 00:02:52,638 --> 00:02:54,749 Do koalas drool? 54 00:02:54,773 --> 00:02:57,786 You have to wake me up and kiss me. 55 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:00,789 Drool or no drool, cute or not cute. 56 00:03:00,813 --> 00:03:02,123 We had a deal. 57 00:03:02,147 --> 00:03:04,668 Aye, aye, Captain Morgan. 58 00:03:05,877 --> 00:03:07,462 I won't let it happen again. 59 00:03:08,153 --> 00:03:11,588 Mea culpa. Mea culpa. 60 00:03:20,897 --> 00:03:22,699 Is that the door? 61 00:03:26,982 --> 00:03:28,249 Is this the Valerian residence? 62 00:03:28,273 --> 00:03:30,218 We're looking for a Mr. Greg Valerian. 63 00:03:30,242 --> 00:03:32,620 W-Would you mind telling me just what this is about? 64 00:03:33,492 --> 00:03:35,679 Does Mr. Valerian live here? We need to speak with him. 65 00:03:37,716 --> 00:03:40,762 Greg? Is everything all right? 66 00:03:40,786 --> 00:03:43,031 - What's going...? - Greg Valerian? 67 00:03:43,598 --> 00:03:45,333 Yes, why? 68 00:03:45,357 --> 00:03:47,635 You're the owner of the Briarcrest Room restaurant? 69 00:03:48,337 --> 00:03:50,605 I am. Is everything all right? 70 00:03:50,629 --> 00:03:52,707 We'd like you to come down to the station with us, sir. 71 00:03:52,731 --> 00:03:53,908 There's been a fire. 72 00:03:53,932 --> 00:03:56,099 A fire? When? 73 00:04:08,247 --> 00:04:10,285 Happy Sunday. 74 00:04:10,309 --> 00:04:13,395 - Hi. How did you...? - Benny called me. 75 00:04:13,419 --> 00:04:15,463 Told me about the fire, said it was turning into 76 00:04:15,487 --> 00:04:17,766 an all-day event. 77 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:19,034 What's the latest? 78 00:04:19,691 --> 00:04:20,869 I don't know. 79 00:04:20,893 --> 00:04:22,570 It seems like Greg's been back there 80 00:04:22,594 --> 00:04:25,106 with the detectives for hours. 81 00:04:25,130 --> 00:04:27,041 Last I heard, the fire was out, 82 00:04:27,065 --> 00:04:29,577 and the fire inspectors were going through the place. 83 00:04:29,601 --> 00:04:32,113 Apparently, there's not much left. 84 00:04:32,137 --> 00:04:34,771 It was Greg's first restaurant, his whole... 85 00:04:36,775 --> 00:04:37,852 What? 86 00:04:37,876 --> 00:04:39,763 What-what is it? What's happened? 87 00:04:40,889 --> 00:04:42,323 They found a body. 88 00:04:42,933 --> 00:04:44,893 The night janitor was in the restaurant 89 00:04:44,917 --> 00:04:46,394 when the fire broke out. 90 00:04:47,646 --> 00:04:48,663 He's dead. 91 00:04:48,687 --> 00:04:50,064 God. 92 00:04:50,088 --> 00:04:52,600 - That's awful. I have to see Greg... - No, no, no. 93 00:04:52,624 --> 00:04:53,735 You can't do that right now, Marissa. 94 00:04:53,759 --> 00:04:55,870 What? Why not? 95 00:04:55,894 --> 00:04:57,894 Greg's been arrested. 96 00:04:59,398 --> 00:05:01,976 He's being booked at the moment. 97 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,446 You'll be able to see him as soon as we post bail. 98 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:06,514 What's the charge? 99 00:05:07,207 --> 00:05:09,016 Involuntary manslaughter. 100 00:05:10,342 --> 00:05:12,921 That's... that's... 101 00:05:12,945 --> 00:05:14,544 15 years. 102 00:05:22,671 --> 00:05:24,416 I don't know if you have a criminal attorney or not, 103 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,940 but if you do, please let them know that. 104 00:05:28,811 --> 00:05:30,997 TAC would like to offer our services. 105 00:05:32,164 --> 00:05:33,706 And if you don't have an attorney, 106 00:05:33,707 --> 00:05:35,986 I stand ready to represent you, Greg. 107 00:05:36,010 --> 00:05:39,311 No, I don't have a criminal attorney. 108 00:05:45,419 --> 00:05:48,865 Thank you. Thank you all. 109 00:05:49,738 --> 00:05:51,468 Tell us about the man who died. 110 00:05:52,252 --> 00:05:56,806 He was a really nice man. 111 00:05:57,479 --> 00:05:59,148 Didn't speak a lot of English. 112 00:05:59,342 --> 00:06:02,301 Loved to show pictures of his... 113 00:06:04,371 --> 00:06:06,057 grandkids. 114 00:06:07,174 --> 00:06:10,520 His poor wife. I have to, I have to talk to her. 115 00:06:10,544 --> 00:06:11,955 Pay my respects. 116 00:06:11,979 --> 00:06:14,858 As your attorney, I would strongly advise against that. 117 00:06:15,567 --> 00:06:18,628 Even offering condolences can be spun 118 00:06:18,652 --> 00:06:21,197 by the prosecutor as an admission of guilt. 119 00:06:21,221 --> 00:06:22,732 But that's-that's crazy. 120 00:06:22,756 --> 00:06:23,934 - I have to do something. - Hey... 121 00:06:23,958 --> 00:06:25,268 Pay for the, 122 00:06:25,292 --> 00:06:28,371 funeral, set up some kind of fund for the family. 123 00:06:28,395 --> 00:06:30,765 - Something. - I can do all of those things. 124 00:06:31,799 --> 00:06:33,932 I can make arrangements through TAC. 125 00:06:37,671 --> 00:06:39,416 All right, well, let's talk about 126 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:40,917 the fire inspector's report for a second. 127 00:06:40,941 --> 00:06:43,420 He's saying that a grease buildup in the exhaust ducts 128 00:06:43,444 --> 00:06:44,955 above the kitchen caught fire, 129 00:06:44,979 --> 00:06:46,823 creating an enormous heat in the duct system. 130 00:06:46,847 --> 00:06:50,060 And when the flames grew powerful enough, 131 00:06:50,084 --> 00:06:53,521 apparently they burst through a loose vent... 132 00:06:54,021 --> 00:06:56,592 and came in contact with improperly stored 133 00:06:56,616 --> 00:07:00,070 cleaning materials, which caused an explosion. 134 00:07:00,094 --> 00:07:02,339 That sounds like bad luck. 135 00:07:02,363 --> 00:07:04,230 An accident, not a crime. 136 00:07:04,254 --> 00:07:05,859 Well, you're the only one who's gonna see it 137 00:07:05,883 --> 00:07:07,410 that way, I'm afraid. 138 00:07:07,434 --> 00:07:09,045 The first thing they teach you 139 00:07:09,069 --> 00:07:11,548 when you go to work in a restaurant kitchen 140 00:07:11,572 --> 00:07:13,583 is that two out of three restaurant fires 141 00:07:13,607 --> 00:07:15,685 are caused by grease buildup. 142 00:07:15,709 --> 00:07:16,987 There's even a law. 143 00:07:17,011 --> 00:07:19,322 In New York, you have to have your exhaust systems 144 00:07:19,346 --> 00:07:21,157 professionally cleaned and inspected 145 00:07:21,181 --> 00:07:24,260 every three months, which I do. 146 00:07:24,284 --> 00:07:27,681 Those ducts were clean, like, seven weeks ago. 147 00:07:28,789 --> 00:07:31,101 The report indicates at least five months worth 148 00:07:31,125 --> 00:07:34,274 of buildup would have been required to start that fire. 149 00:07:34,298 --> 00:07:35,939 Well, that's-that's impossible. 150 00:07:35,963 --> 00:07:37,507 That must be some mistake. 151 00:07:37,531 --> 00:07:39,843 Those ducts were cleaned and inspected. 152 00:07:39,867 --> 00:07:42,045 We'll look into it, but, Greg, 153 00:07:42,069 --> 00:07:43,346 that's not your only problem. 154 00:07:43,370 --> 00:07:45,849 See, the prosecution is going to say that you 155 00:07:45,873 --> 00:07:49,185 repeatedly disregarded city and state regulations. 156 00:07:49,911 --> 00:07:51,654 They're gonna point to 157 00:07:51,678 --> 00:07:53,957 a lack of oversight and lax management. 158 00:07:53,981 --> 00:07:55,392 What are they talking about? 159 00:07:55,416 --> 00:07:58,995 The Briarcrest Room was served with a fire code violation 160 00:07:59,019 --> 00:08:01,664 six months ago and an OSHA citation 161 00:08:01,688 --> 00:08:03,550 just 12 weeks ago. 162 00:08:04,224 --> 00:08:07,504 Well, the fire code violation was nothing. 163 00:08:07,528 --> 00:08:09,906 One of the managers added a few extra tables 164 00:08:09,930 --> 00:08:11,307 over a holiday weekend. 165 00:08:11,331 --> 00:08:13,043 And the OSHA citation? 166 00:08:13,476 --> 00:08:16,079 Some of the guys got a little lazy with the cleaning supplies. 167 00:08:16,631 --> 00:08:18,538 Not storing them properly. 168 00:08:18,562 --> 00:08:20,057 As soon as I found out, 169 00:08:20,081 --> 00:08:22,485 I made the whole staff do safety training, 170 00:08:22,509 --> 00:08:25,155 and I beefed up the closing procedures. 171 00:08:25,179 --> 00:08:27,323 It never happened again. 172 00:08:27,615 --> 00:08:29,034 Till last night. 173 00:08:32,252 --> 00:08:34,030 What's your tummy tell you? 174 00:08:34,054 --> 00:08:36,533 Not much. Not yet. 175 00:08:36,557 --> 00:08:38,101 Same here. 176 00:08:38,125 --> 00:08:39,469 Not that it matters. 177 00:08:39,493 --> 00:08:43,673 I mean, at the end of the day, we're in it for Marissa. 178 00:08:43,697 --> 00:08:46,042 Whether he's guilty or not, the job's the same. 179 00:08:46,066 --> 00:08:48,778 We need to convince a jury that this fire 180 00:08:48,802 --> 00:08:51,047 was not foreseeable, not his fault. 181 00:08:51,071 --> 00:08:54,005 Good luck to us. 182 00:08:56,076 --> 00:08:57,937 What if we're wrong? 183 00:08:58,912 --> 00:09:01,274 What if it's exactly what he says it is? 184 00:09:01,748 --> 00:09:05,278 A collision of unfortunate miscalculations. 185 00:09:05,719 --> 00:09:07,530 A perfect storm. 186 00:09:07,554 --> 00:09:10,719 Like some kind of gigantic systems failure? 187 00:09:10,743 --> 00:09:13,903 A fluke rather than a pattern of behavior. 188 00:09:13,927 --> 00:09:16,539 So, what kind of jurors are we looking for? 189 00:09:16,563 --> 00:09:19,379 Fellow business owners who will sympathize? 190 00:09:19,403 --> 00:09:21,344 People who understand complex systems? 191 00:09:21,368 --> 00:09:24,936 Post hoc, ergo, propter hoc. 192 00:09:26,006 --> 00:09:28,518 Post hoc, ergo, propter hoc? 193 00:09:28,542 --> 00:09:31,554 After this, therefore, because of this. 194 00:09:31,578 --> 00:09:33,089 That's the prosecution's theory. 195 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,492 The fire and JC's subsequent death 196 00:09:35,516 --> 00:09:37,760 happened after a series of negligent behaviors. 197 00:09:37,784 --> 00:09:39,696 The fire code violation, 198 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:41,652 the OSHA citation, the grease buildup. 199 00:09:41,676 --> 00:09:43,299 I would argue the same thing. 200 00:09:43,323 --> 00:09:46,169 But post hoc is actually a logical fallacy. 201 00:09:46,193 --> 00:09:49,339 It basically means that correlation equals causation, 202 00:09:49,363 --> 00:09:50,707 which it doesn't. 203 00:09:50,731 --> 00:09:52,208 Just because there's a relationship 204 00:09:52,232 --> 00:09:54,757 between two events doesn't mean one event caused the other. 205 00:09:55,345 --> 00:09:57,247 So, to answer your question, 206 00:09:57,271 --> 00:09:59,149 we need people who understand that. 207 00:09:59,173 --> 00:10:02,352 We need people who see that correlation 208 00:10:02,376 --> 00:10:03,953 doesn't always equal causation. 209 00:10:03,977 --> 00:10:05,777 And how do I go about that? 210 00:10:07,247 --> 00:10:08,424 Good morning. 211 00:10:08,448 --> 00:10:11,060 So it says here on your jury questionnaire 212 00:10:11,084 --> 00:10:12,729 that you played semipro football. 213 00:10:12,753 --> 00:10:14,731 Up until about a year ago. 214 00:10:14,755 --> 00:10:16,324 You drink a lot of sports drinks? 215 00:10:16,348 --> 00:10:19,135 - Sure. Got to stay hydrated. - What if I told you 216 00:10:19,159 --> 00:10:20,897 that there is a direct correlation 217 00:10:20,921 --> 00:10:23,406 between the number of sports drinks a person consumes 218 00:10:23,430 --> 00:10:25,408 and the increased likelihood 219 00:10:25,432 --> 00:10:27,443 of that person getting a knee injury? 220 00:10:27,467 --> 00:10:30,046 I would say your logic is faulty, 221 00:10:30,070 --> 00:10:32,015 but your conclusion is sound. 222 00:10:32,039 --> 00:10:33,583 - How so? - I mean, 223 00:10:33,607 --> 00:10:35,051 it makes sense. 224 00:10:35,075 --> 00:10:36,686 People who drink a lot of sports drinks 225 00:10:36,710 --> 00:10:38,655 are more likely to be athletes. 226 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,823 Athletes are more likely to get injured. 227 00:10:40,847 --> 00:10:44,002 But sports drinks don't cause knee injuries. 228 00:10:46,420 --> 00:10:49,299 This juror is acceptable to the defense, Your Honor. 229 00:10:49,823 --> 00:10:53,036 Mr. Watson. You are a high school history teacher. 230 00:10:53,060 --> 00:10:55,305 - That's correct. - So let me ask you a question. 231 00:10:55,329 --> 00:10:58,474 Are you aware that in World War I, 232 00:10:58,498 --> 00:11:00,910 the British wore steel helmets for the first time? 233 00:11:00,934 --> 00:11:02,779 I'm vaguely aware of that. 234 00:11:02,803 --> 00:11:06,182 So would it surprise you to hear that the rate of head injuries 235 00:11:06,206 --> 00:11:09,052 went up, not down? 236 00:11:09,076 --> 00:11:11,321 Do you have any explanation for that? 237 00:11:11,821 --> 00:11:13,990 I can offer an educated guess. 238 00:11:14,532 --> 00:11:16,292 I mean, it makes sense, having all that metal 239 00:11:16,316 --> 00:11:17,794 clanking around on your head, 240 00:11:17,818 --> 00:11:19,462 it's bound to bang you up. 241 00:11:19,486 --> 00:11:20,964 Interesting theory. 242 00:11:20,988 --> 00:11:23,533 But wrong. The steel helmets actually kept more men alive 243 00:11:23,557 --> 00:11:25,034 that otherwise would have died. 244 00:11:25,058 --> 00:11:27,070 True, they had head injuries, but at least 245 00:11:27,094 --> 00:11:29,305 they were still breathing. 246 00:11:29,329 --> 00:11:31,941 Taylor, give me a reason to keep this guy. 247 00:11:31,965 --> 00:11:33,565 I don't think there is one. 248 00:11:36,103 --> 00:11:38,381 We'd like to thank and excuse this juror, Your Honor. 249 00:11:38,405 --> 00:11:40,583 Then the defense is out of challenges. 250 00:11:41,309 --> 00:11:44,187 Is this panel acceptable to the prosecution? 251 00:11:44,211 --> 00:11:45,888 It is, Your Honor. 252 00:11:45,912 --> 00:11:48,391 Then we have our jury. 253 00:11:48,415 --> 00:11:51,060 I was hoping for a stronger start, Bull. 254 00:11:51,084 --> 00:11:52,929 By my count, at least eight of these jurors 255 00:11:52,953 --> 00:11:54,864 are susceptible to logical fallacies. 256 00:11:54,888 --> 00:11:56,199 That means a third aren't. 257 00:11:56,223 --> 00:11:59,157 That's not bad. We can work with a third. 258 00:12:11,638 --> 00:12:13,283 - Got a sec? - Sorry. 259 00:12:13,816 --> 00:12:16,352 You scared me. Um, you heading home? 260 00:12:16,376 --> 00:12:18,012 Yeah, in a minute. 261 00:12:18,378 --> 00:12:20,823 While you were in court, Taylor and I went through 262 00:12:20,847 --> 00:12:23,693 all the paperwork for all of Greg's restaurants, 263 00:12:23,717 --> 00:12:27,230 and we found something I wanted you to see. 264 00:12:28,088 --> 00:12:30,033 What exactly am I looking at? 265 00:12:31,359 --> 00:12:33,803 Did you know that Greg only had six weeks 266 00:12:33,827 --> 00:12:36,272 to pay his investors $2 million 267 00:12:36,296 --> 00:12:39,898 or he'd lose the controlling stake in his restaurant group? 268 00:12:46,340 --> 00:12:48,473 Mind if I join? 269 00:12:53,423 --> 00:12:55,358 I think my husband owes millions of dollars 270 00:12:55,382 --> 00:12:57,282 he's never told me about. 271 00:13:04,726 --> 00:13:06,436 You know, 272 00:13:06,927 --> 00:13:08,980 debt's a funny word. 273 00:13:10,130 --> 00:13:12,608 One man's debt is another man's working capital. 274 00:13:12,632 --> 00:13:14,143 You know what I mean? 275 00:13:14,167 --> 00:13:16,145 I just know what I read. 276 00:13:16,169 --> 00:13:17,880 Danny showed me some promissory notes. 277 00:13:17,904 --> 00:13:21,250 Apparently, he is two weeks away from losing everything. 278 00:13:21,274 --> 00:13:23,586 If he doesn't pay, 279 00:13:23,610 --> 00:13:26,164 which the promissory note wouldn't have shown you. 280 00:13:28,875 --> 00:13:30,560 Are we having a conversation about Greg, 281 00:13:30,584 --> 00:13:32,929 or the last great love of your life, Kyle? 282 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:36,332 I sure can pick them, can't I? 283 00:13:37,592 --> 00:13:39,736 Listen, I don't mean to crash your pity party, 284 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,139 but I think you might be rushing to judgment here. 285 00:13:43,681 --> 00:13:46,175 But why wouldn't he tell me? 286 00:13:46,199 --> 00:13:48,895 I have no idea. 287 00:13:50,904 --> 00:13:54,139 Ask him. 288 00:13:56,109 --> 00:13:57,876 Taxi! 289 00:14:01,908 --> 00:14:03,681 He's not Kyle. 290 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:14,932 Based on our investigation, 291 00:14:14,957 --> 00:14:16,935 this fire and the subsequent explosion 292 00:14:16,959 --> 00:14:19,738 were the result of a grease buildup, a faulty vent 293 00:14:19,762 --> 00:14:23,242 and the haphazard storage of cleaning products and solvents. 294 00:14:23,266 --> 00:14:25,844 Correct me if I'm wrong, Fire Marshal Anderson, 295 00:14:25,868 --> 00:14:27,679 but isn't all of that preventable? 296 00:14:27,703 --> 00:14:30,215 Yes. The City of New York has rules and regulations 297 00:14:30,239 --> 00:14:32,851 to prevent incidents like this from happening. 298 00:14:32,875 --> 00:14:35,487 So is it fair to say that JC Morales's death 299 00:14:35,511 --> 00:14:37,589 is a direct result of the defendant 300 00:14:37,613 --> 00:14:39,324 disregarding those regulations? 301 00:14:39,695 --> 00:14:41,460 You could say that, yes. 302 00:14:41,484 --> 00:14:44,151 Thank you. No further questions. 303 00:14:46,035 --> 00:14:47,399 Good morning, 304 00:14:47,423 --> 00:14:49,034 Fire Marshal Anderson. 305 00:14:49,058 --> 00:14:50,669 Really appreciate your testimony. 306 00:14:50,693 --> 00:14:52,905 The thing is... 307 00:14:52,929 --> 00:14:55,140 I've been through your report a dozen times, 308 00:14:55,164 --> 00:14:57,442 and there's something that's been bothering me. 309 00:14:58,256 --> 00:15:01,947 I see no mention of what actually ignited the grease 310 00:15:01,971 --> 00:15:04,349 and started the fire in the first place. 311 00:15:04,373 --> 00:15:06,084 Well, given the severity 312 00:15:06,108 --> 00:15:08,186 of the damage, that's impossible to determine. 313 00:15:08,210 --> 00:15:11,089 Yes, but given your 35 years of experience, 314 00:15:11,113 --> 00:15:12,925 I imagine you have a theory. 315 00:15:12,949 --> 00:15:14,726 Objection. Calls for speculation. 316 00:15:14,750 --> 00:15:16,061 A professional opinion 317 00:15:16,085 --> 00:15:18,530 is not the same as speculation, Ms. Drake. 318 00:15:18,554 --> 00:15:20,736 You may answer the question. 319 00:15:21,891 --> 00:15:24,903 Most likely, some kind of particulate matter got in 320 00:15:24,927 --> 00:15:28,540 through the vent and heated over time to the point of ignition. 321 00:15:28,564 --> 00:15:30,042 That's interesting. 322 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:33,712 Now, when you say "particulate matter," 323 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:37,649 you're basically saying anything that burns and is small enough 324 00:15:37,673 --> 00:15:41,219 to have gotten up into that vent, right? 325 00:15:41,243 --> 00:15:43,622 I mean, it could be a small piece of paper, 326 00:15:43,646 --> 00:15:46,992 an onion skin, the lint from somebody's pocket, 327 00:15:47,638 --> 00:15:49,428 a cigarette ash? 328 00:15:49,452 --> 00:15:52,064 It's certainly possible, though there's no evidence to suggest 329 00:15:52,088 --> 00:15:54,166 any of those items were involved. 330 00:15:54,190 --> 00:15:58,403 What if I told you that the deceased Mr. Morales 331 00:15:58,427 --> 00:16:02,107 had a history of smoking inside the restaurant after hours? 332 00:16:02,131 --> 00:16:04,443 Objection. No foundation. 333 00:16:04,467 --> 00:16:06,278 Your Honor, we'd like to enter into evidence 334 00:16:06,302 --> 00:16:10,315 a report from JC Morales's personnel file. 335 00:16:10,828 --> 00:16:12,816 An opening manager had 336 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,687 written him up after finding cigarette butts he had left 337 00:16:15,711 --> 00:16:17,644 when cleaning the night before. 338 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,361 So... 339 00:16:23,257 --> 00:16:26,298 if Mr. Morales had been smoking inside 340 00:16:26,322 --> 00:16:28,500 the night of the fire, 341 00:16:28,524 --> 00:16:30,135 wouldn't you say it would've 342 00:16:30,159 --> 00:16:33,939 been possible for him to have inadvertently started the fire? 343 00:16:34,435 --> 00:16:37,409 Yes. If that was the case, it's certainly possible 344 00:16:37,433 --> 00:16:39,945 he may have started the ignition. 345 00:16:39,969 --> 00:16:41,980 Thank you. 346 00:16:42,004 --> 00:16:43,470 No further questions, Your Honor. 347 00:16:46,342 --> 00:16:47,719 Good news for our team. 348 00:16:47,743 --> 00:16:49,700 Starting to see a little burst of green. 349 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,791 We'd like to redirect, Your Honor. 350 00:16:52,815 --> 00:16:54,226 Go ahead. 351 00:16:54,250 --> 00:16:56,528 So, Fire Marshal Anderson, 352 00:16:57,124 --> 00:16:59,598 regardless if the fire was ignited by a cigarette 353 00:16:59,622 --> 00:17:00,932 or any number of other things 354 00:17:00,956 --> 00:17:02,434 that could have gotten through that faulty vent, 355 00:17:02,458 --> 00:17:04,236 were it not for the grease buildup 356 00:17:04,260 --> 00:17:05,804 and the improperly stored chemicals, 357 00:17:05,828 --> 00:17:08,095 wouldn't Mr. Morales still be alive? 358 00:17:09,498 --> 00:17:11,643 No accelerant, no explosion. 359 00:17:11,667 --> 00:17:13,545 So yes, I believe he would. 360 00:17:15,838 --> 00:17:17,938 Thank you. No further questions. 361 00:17:26,615 --> 00:17:28,293 You Michael Davis? 362 00:17:28,317 --> 00:17:31,096 Cesar Caputo. Who wants to know? 363 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:32,464 My name is Danny James. 364 00:17:32,488 --> 00:17:34,766 I'm working on Greg Valerian's defense team. 365 00:17:34,790 --> 00:17:37,502 Investigating the Briarcrest Room fire? 366 00:17:37,526 --> 00:17:40,005 I have an inspection report here saying 367 00:17:40,029 --> 00:17:41,673 that the restaurant's exhaust vents were cleaned 368 00:17:41,697 --> 00:17:43,475 by this company two months ago. 369 00:17:43,499 --> 00:17:45,544 I'm looking for the guy that signed it, Michael Davis. 370 00:17:45,568 --> 00:17:47,612 Yeah, well... 371 00:17:47,636 --> 00:17:49,748 if you find him, tell him I want my tools back. 372 00:17:49,772 --> 00:17:52,250 - He's not here? - He's not here. He's not anywhere. 373 00:17:52,274 --> 00:17:53,885 Hey. 374 00:17:55,141 --> 00:17:57,956 This is your company, right, Mr. Caputo? 375 00:17:57,980 --> 00:17:59,491 Can you explain to me how there could have been 376 00:17:59,515 --> 00:18:01,326 five months of grease in those vents, 377 00:18:01,350 --> 00:18:03,395 if this guy Davis did what he said he did? 378 00:18:03,419 --> 00:18:06,565 Well, I think you just answered your own question, didn't you? 379 00:18:07,028 --> 00:18:09,301 Look, 80% of our guys 380 00:18:09,325 --> 00:18:11,503 have been here since they graduated high school. 381 00:18:11,527 --> 00:18:13,305 They're grateful for the job, 382 00:18:13,329 --> 00:18:16,241 and they take the responsibility seriously. 383 00:18:16,265 --> 00:18:20,078 But the other 20? It's like a revolving door. 384 00:18:20,102 --> 00:18:22,080 Nobody dreams of crawling through 385 00:18:22,104 --> 00:18:24,082 greasy ducts for a living, 386 00:18:24,106 --> 00:18:27,085 spending all day breathing in solvents. 387 00:18:27,757 --> 00:18:29,921 It doesn't matter how much you pay them. 388 00:18:29,945 --> 00:18:33,658 'Cause sometimes they can make more for not doing the job. 389 00:18:34,055 --> 00:18:35,760 All right? Guy owns a restaurant, 390 00:18:35,784 --> 00:18:38,263 he needs the kitchen that morning for a catering job, 391 00:18:38,287 --> 00:18:40,265 or simply can't be bothered 392 00:18:40,289 --> 00:18:41,933 having somebody that'll let us in. 393 00:18:41,957 --> 00:18:44,803 Now, mind you, I have no idea what happened. 394 00:18:44,827 --> 00:18:47,439 Davis is long gone, I can't find him. 395 00:18:47,777 --> 00:18:50,193 For all I know, he did what he was supposed to do 396 00:18:50,217 --> 00:18:52,244 and that's why he signed the paper. 397 00:18:53,032 --> 00:18:55,113 And by the way, 398 00:18:55,137 --> 00:18:58,416 you call me into court, that's what I'm gonna say. 399 00:18:59,538 --> 00:19:01,720 He claims he doesn't know anything. 400 00:19:01,744 --> 00:19:03,321 But he did strongly imply 401 00:19:03,345 --> 00:19:04,789 that if those ducts weren't clean, 402 00:19:04,813 --> 00:19:07,114 it's because Greg didn't want them cleaned. 403 00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:11,209 Sorry I'm late. 404 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,187 Didn't realize we were having a meeting. 405 00:19:14,990 --> 00:19:17,969 Nothing important. Just the usual postmortem. 406 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:21,106 You really don't need to be here. 407 00:19:21,519 --> 00:19:24,776 In fact, aren't there other places, 408 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,413 other people, it would make more sense for you 409 00:19:28,437 --> 00:19:30,282 to be spending time with? 410 00:19:30,986 --> 00:19:34,107 I think that's for me to decide. 411 00:19:37,243 --> 00:19:39,958 Don't forget, I actually have two dogs in this fight. 412 00:19:40,788 --> 00:19:43,290 My husband, and TAC. 413 00:19:43,852 --> 00:19:46,420 I may lose one. I am not gonna lose both. 414 00:19:48,324 --> 00:19:51,036 Now why wouldn't Greg want those ducts cleaned? 415 00:19:51,674 --> 00:19:53,071 Nobody knows anything. 416 00:19:53,095 --> 00:19:55,974 These are just theories. Marissa... 417 00:19:55,998 --> 00:19:57,064 I might know. 418 00:19:59,223 --> 00:20:02,047 Greg's fire insurance policy. 419 00:20:03,269 --> 00:20:06,685 It would have given him more than enough to cover his debts. 420 00:20:07,982 --> 00:20:10,443 Marissa, we all know how hard this is for you. 421 00:20:11,735 --> 00:20:14,893 How tempting it is to get ahead of it, 422 00:20:14,917 --> 00:20:17,095 assume the worst. 423 00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:19,097 That way, the world won't let you down. 424 00:20:19,121 --> 00:20:23,068 That way, the ones you love won't wound you 425 00:20:23,092 --> 00:20:24,436 because you've already wounded yourself, 426 00:20:24,460 --> 00:20:27,861 and there's no blood left to bleed. 427 00:20:29,865 --> 00:20:31,964 But the simple truth is, 428 00:20:33,757 --> 00:20:36,514 there is absolutely no evidence that this fire was intentional. 429 00:20:36,538 --> 00:20:40,252 Not even the prosecutor is claiming it was arson. 430 00:20:41,056 --> 00:20:43,601 Okay. You're right. 431 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:46,680 But there's something else. 432 00:20:49,148 --> 00:20:52,097 Something else I haven't shared with any of you. 433 00:20:52,902 --> 00:20:54,521 Okay. 434 00:20:57,493 --> 00:20:59,337 Greg and I have this thing. 435 00:20:59,361 --> 00:21:00,805 It's a ritual. 436 00:21:00,829 --> 00:21:03,808 Sort of a promise we made to each other. 437 00:21:03,832 --> 00:21:06,478 If I'm asleep when he gets home from work, 438 00:21:06,502 --> 00:21:08,346 he wakes me up and kisses me. 439 00:21:08,370 --> 00:21:09,948 And if he's asleep when I get home... 440 00:21:09,972 --> 00:21:11,549 you get the idea. 441 00:21:11,573 --> 00:21:13,184 And you're mentioning it because...? 442 00:21:13,208 --> 00:21:14,552 Because we've been doing it every night 443 00:21:14,576 --> 00:21:16,254 since we got back together. 444 00:21:16,278 --> 00:21:19,136 Every night, one of us gets home later than the other. 445 00:21:19,948 --> 00:21:24,058 Every night, except the night of the fire. 446 00:21:24,753 --> 00:21:27,599 The night of the fire, he didn't wake me up. 447 00:21:28,312 --> 00:21:29,901 It's the only time 448 00:21:29,925 --> 00:21:31,703 and I cannot help but wonder, 449 00:21:31,727 --> 00:21:34,610 is it because he wasn't at home when he should've been? 450 00:21:35,297 --> 00:21:39,281 And if he wasn't, where was he? 451 00:21:42,471 --> 00:21:43,815 Thanks, Benny. 452 00:21:43,839 --> 00:21:44,995 Danny. 453 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,915 See you in court. 454 00:21:49,078 --> 00:21:50,709 You know where to find me. 455 00:21:55,506 --> 00:21:57,329 I apologize if I seem dramatic. 456 00:21:58,676 --> 00:22:00,265 Just... 457 00:22:00,289 --> 00:22:02,888 a man lost his life. 458 00:22:04,159 --> 00:22:06,371 I'm hoping it's a terrible accident, 459 00:22:06,395 --> 00:22:09,019 but it's possible it wasn't. 460 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:13,274 And I need to know. 461 00:22:15,371 --> 00:22:17,695 I need to know who I married. 462 00:22:23,412 --> 00:22:25,119 Want to share a cab? 463 00:22:30,319 --> 00:22:34,299 Look, the fire science can be subjective. 464 00:22:34,323 --> 00:22:36,714 There's always room for interpretation. 465 00:22:37,526 --> 00:22:41,139 I know someone, an arson expert with top-of-the-line equipment. 466 00:22:42,428 --> 00:22:44,542 Like me to give her a call? 467 00:22:44,566 --> 00:22:46,311 Might put your mind at ease. 468 00:22:46,335 --> 00:22:48,769 I wouldn't mind having a second opinion. 469 00:22:54,710 --> 00:22:56,810 I'm a terrible wife. 470 00:22:59,782 --> 00:23:02,948 I should just trust, right? 471 00:23:06,755 --> 00:23:08,967 You're asking the Helen Keller of marriage 472 00:23:08,991 --> 00:23:11,069 whether or not he likes the color of your dress. 473 00:23:16,198 --> 00:23:18,005 You are who you are. 474 00:23:19,168 --> 00:23:21,301 You can only do what you can do. 475 00:23:23,405 --> 00:23:25,429 You can only be who you can be. 476 00:23:27,723 --> 00:23:30,522 Dr. Bull, Chef Hansen. 477 00:23:30,546 --> 00:23:31,756 Just finished a little witness prep 478 00:23:31,780 --> 00:23:33,024 and I believe he's good to go. 479 00:23:33,048 --> 00:23:34,626 Thanks for doing this, Chef. 480 00:23:34,650 --> 00:23:37,095 Happy to. Greg's my boy. Anything I can do to help. 481 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:38,430 Well, not much to it. 482 00:23:38,454 --> 00:23:41,199 Just need you to testify to Greg's safety policies 483 00:23:41,223 --> 00:23:42,960 and character as a business owner. 484 00:23:42,984 --> 00:23:44,097 No problem. 485 00:23:44,121 --> 00:23:46,738 Do you think I have a little time before you guys need me? 486 00:23:46,762 --> 00:23:49,340 I'd love to go outside and maybe walk a mile or so. 487 00:23:49,364 --> 00:23:50,857 Trying to get my steps in. 488 00:23:50,881 --> 00:23:52,607 The girlfriend worries about my love affair 489 00:23:52,631 --> 00:23:55,780 with butter and sugar and cream. Checks the count every night. 490 00:23:55,804 --> 00:23:58,349 Yeah. No girlfriend, 491 00:23:58,373 --> 00:24:01,578 but, I count steps now, too. 492 00:24:01,602 --> 00:24:03,822 Steps are gonna have to wait. Benny says it's go time. 493 00:24:03,846 --> 00:24:05,052 Let's do it. 494 00:24:05,150 --> 00:24:07,725 Now the prosecution has been trying to paint Greg 495 00:24:07,749 --> 00:24:10,295 as a negligent boss. 496 00:24:10,319 --> 00:24:12,764 A guy who doesn't like to follow the rules. 497 00:24:12,788 --> 00:24:15,900 Now, you worked for him for eight years. 498 00:24:15,924 --> 00:24:17,368 Now what's your impression of him? 499 00:24:17,392 --> 00:24:18,857 My impression? 500 00:24:20,362 --> 00:24:22,607 The Briarcrest Room is the best place I've ever worked. 501 00:24:23,779 --> 00:24:26,490 Probably the best place I ever will work. 502 00:24:27,202 --> 00:24:28,246 Why is that? 503 00:24:30,205 --> 00:24:31,883 A lot of restaurant owners in this city 504 00:24:31,907 --> 00:24:34,164 only care about status and their bottom line. 505 00:24:34,877 --> 00:24:36,154 Greg is not that guy. 506 00:24:36,542 --> 00:24:38,523 He understands the business. 507 00:24:38,547 --> 00:24:41,159 He cares about his product and his customers. 508 00:24:41,183 --> 00:24:44,362 He cares about his employees and their futures, their lives. 509 00:24:44,758 --> 00:24:46,097 He made me business partner 510 00:24:46,121 --> 00:24:47,780 after six years of working together. 511 00:24:47,804 --> 00:24:50,264 Told me I was such a valuable member of the team, 512 00:24:50,993 --> 00:24:53,471 he couldn't bear the thought of me 513 00:24:53,495 --> 00:24:55,773 not profiting from my hard work. 514 00:24:55,797 --> 00:24:59,711 I mean, come on, that's pretty special. 515 00:24:59,735 --> 00:25:01,191 It is indeed. 516 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,319 No further questions, Your Honor. 517 00:25:07,543 --> 00:25:10,188 Just one question for you, Chef Hansen. 518 00:25:10,868 --> 00:25:13,391 If Greg Valerian was such an amazing boss 519 00:25:13,415 --> 00:25:16,628 and you were so lucky to be there, 520 00:25:16,652 --> 00:25:18,630 then why were you looking for another job? 521 00:25:18,654 --> 00:25:19,864 Wait. 522 00:25:19,888 --> 00:25:22,467 No, no, no, no, no. That's not exactly true. 523 00:25:22,491 --> 00:25:24,185 So you weren't interviewing 524 00:25:24,209 --> 00:25:25,539 with other investors and restaurants? 525 00:25:25,563 --> 00:25:26,471 No. 526 00:25:26,495 --> 00:25:28,773 Is that your sworn testimony under oath? 527 00:25:30,220 --> 00:25:33,144 Okay, I had started to look around a little. 528 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:35,547 Sometimes you just got to change it up. 529 00:25:35,571 --> 00:25:37,091 I'm sorry. I don't understand. 530 00:25:37,115 --> 00:25:38,314 A minute and a half ago, 531 00:25:38,338 --> 00:25:39,717 you were talking about what a special place 532 00:25:39,741 --> 00:25:42,654 the Briarcrest Room was and how grateful you were to your boss, 533 00:25:42,678 --> 00:25:44,918 and now you're saying you were looking to "change it up"? 534 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:48,030 Greg had gotten busy. 535 00:25:48,650 --> 00:25:50,616 Building a new place in Brooklyn. 536 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,064 It was getting harder to get his attention, 537 00:25:53,088 --> 00:25:54,532 to get the answers I needed 538 00:25:54,556 --> 00:25:56,367 to keep the kitchen what it needed to be. 539 00:25:56,747 --> 00:25:58,770 It sounds worse than it was. 540 00:25:58,794 --> 00:26:01,172 You take some meetings. You do some interviews. 541 00:26:01,196 --> 00:26:02,373 Doesn't mean anything. 542 00:26:02,397 --> 00:26:04,296 I beg to differ. 543 00:26:04,766 --> 00:26:07,679 Now go back to where you said it was "hard to get his attention." 544 00:26:07,703 --> 00:26:09,747 Would you say that Greg had been neglecting his duties 545 00:26:09,771 --> 00:26:11,683 - at the Briarcrest Room? - Objection! 546 00:26:11,707 --> 00:26:14,341 I'll withdraw. No further questions. 547 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:18,523 We're starting to think 548 00:26:18,547 --> 00:26:22,360 that the only way forward is to put you on the stand, Greg. 549 00:26:22,384 --> 00:26:24,017 Let you speak for yourself. 550 00:26:26,235 --> 00:26:28,821 You guys go ahead. I need a minute. 551 00:26:35,497 --> 00:26:37,609 I just finished with the arson expert. 552 00:26:37,633 --> 00:26:38,872 And? 553 00:26:38,896 --> 00:26:41,179 She said the fire inspector's methodology was sound, 554 00:26:41,203 --> 00:26:43,381 but she reran the chemical samples through a system 555 00:26:43,405 --> 00:26:46,918 using chromatography and spectrographic analysis, 556 00:26:46,942 --> 00:26:49,461 something the FDNY didn't have access to on this case. 557 00:26:49,485 --> 00:26:51,389 That was quite a drumroll. 558 00:26:51,885 --> 00:26:53,725 She found traces of gasoline. 559 00:26:54,513 --> 00:26:56,427 Gasoline's not commonly found 560 00:26:56,451 --> 00:26:58,129 among restaurant cleaning products? 561 00:26:58,153 --> 00:27:01,388 No, it is not. The fire was arson. 562 00:27:05,860 --> 00:27:08,318 He moved out of state. 563 00:27:11,838 --> 00:27:13,148 You talk to Marissa yet? 564 00:27:13,782 --> 00:27:17,553 No, and I'm not going to and neither are you. 565 00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:21,724 Dr. Bull, it was arson. 566 00:27:21,748 --> 00:27:24,026 She has to know. We have to tell her. 567 00:27:24,050 --> 00:27:25,561 I mean, this is her life. 568 00:27:25,585 --> 00:27:27,796 She was the one who had misgivings in the first place. 569 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:28,998 I know it's her life, 570 00:27:29,022 --> 00:27:31,133 which is why no one is going to say anything 571 00:27:31,157 --> 00:27:33,936 unless and until we have proof. 572 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,304 We have proof. 573 00:27:35,328 --> 00:27:37,940 Proof the fire was arson, not that Greg did it. 574 00:27:38,265 --> 00:27:39,641 If we tell Marissa 575 00:27:39,665 --> 00:27:41,343 that her husband is criminally responsible 576 00:27:41,367 --> 00:27:43,679 for the death of a man, her marriage is over. 577 00:27:43,703 --> 00:27:46,815 That is a bell we cannot un-ring. 578 00:27:47,190 --> 00:27:48,851 So... 579 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:51,720 before we go around broadcasting something we suspect, 580 00:27:51,744 --> 00:27:54,757 we need to find out if our suspicions are true, 581 00:27:54,781 --> 00:27:58,029 or, even better, if they're not. 582 00:29:00,046 --> 00:29:01,857 Direct is the easy part. 583 00:29:01,881 --> 00:29:04,893 That's when Benny will run you through a series of questions 584 00:29:04,917 --> 00:29:06,462 about how you run your business. 585 00:29:06,486 --> 00:29:07,930 Every chance you get, 586 00:29:07,954 --> 00:29:10,632 stress why you love your restaurants, 587 00:29:10,656 --> 00:29:14,369 and if you're honest and open, the jury will feel that, 588 00:29:14,393 --> 00:29:16,870 and they'll be more inclined to believe what you say. 589 00:29:16,894 --> 00:29:18,340 Simple as that? 590 00:29:18,364 --> 00:29:20,309 It's as simple as that. 591 00:29:20,333 --> 00:29:24,947 Now, cross-examination is where we can run into trouble. 592 00:29:24,971 --> 00:29:26,815 Pardon the interruption. 593 00:29:26,839 --> 00:29:28,250 Greg. 594 00:29:29,751 --> 00:29:31,375 You mind if I do the honors? 595 00:29:33,463 --> 00:29:35,710 You want to prep Greg yourself? 596 00:29:35,734 --> 00:29:37,226 Yeah, I just feel like keeping my hand in. 597 00:29:37,250 --> 00:29:40,829 Don't want to get rusty, and Greg's kind of like family. 598 00:29:41,430 --> 00:29:43,265 Whatever you say. 599 00:29:45,324 --> 00:29:46,969 Thank you, Dr. Bull. 600 00:29:46,993 --> 00:29:48,570 Taking the time. 601 00:29:48,594 --> 00:29:50,694 - Jason. - Jason. 602 00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:54,076 So why didn't you wake your wife with a kiss 603 00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:55,820 when you came home on the night of the fire? 604 00:30:01,274 --> 00:30:03,018 I really need to know. 605 00:30:03,042 --> 00:30:06,021 Was it because you were later than usual or...? 606 00:30:06,045 --> 00:30:07,990 From what I understand, you normally get home 607 00:30:08,014 --> 00:30:10,159 between midnight and 100. 608 00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:12,210 Of course, the fire was at 300. 609 00:30:13,795 --> 00:30:16,965 I'm sorry, could you speak up? I'm having trouble hearing you. 610 00:30:18,133 --> 00:30:20,802 This is like... practice, right? 611 00:30:20,826 --> 00:30:22,604 You're pretending to be the woman 612 00:30:22,628 --> 00:30:24,222 from the district attorney's office? 613 00:30:25,831 --> 00:30:27,543 Right? 614 00:30:27,567 --> 00:30:29,478 They're just questions. 615 00:30:30,069 --> 00:30:32,681 The answers shouldn't change 616 00:30:32,705 --> 00:30:35,250 no matter who's doing the asking. 617 00:30:36,026 --> 00:30:38,954 Did Marissa say something to you? 618 00:30:38,978 --> 00:30:41,657 New subject, just curious. How much do you stand to gain 619 00:30:41,681 --> 00:30:43,909 from the fire insurance policy on the restaurant? 620 00:30:45,702 --> 00:30:49,131 What do you mean, gain? The restaurant's gone. 621 00:30:49,155 --> 00:30:51,698 JC is dead. No one gains anything. 622 00:30:51,722 --> 00:30:54,294 Except for insurance money. 623 00:30:54,794 --> 00:30:56,638 How much is it? How much do you get? 624 00:30:57,991 --> 00:30:59,015 A lot. 625 00:30:59,899 --> 00:31:02,177 But none of it's mine. None of it's liquid. 626 00:31:02,201 --> 00:31:05,647 All that money is committed to rebuilding the restaurant. 627 00:31:05,671 --> 00:31:09,985 Really? You weren't planning on using it to repay investors 628 00:31:10,009 --> 00:31:13,589 so you could keep control of the company? 629 00:31:13,613 --> 00:31:15,791 That's not how the contract is written. 630 00:31:15,815 --> 00:31:18,760 I have to use the money to rebuild the restaurant. 631 00:31:18,784 --> 00:31:21,613 The insurance company won't give it to me otherwise. 632 00:31:22,906 --> 00:31:24,666 Happy to show you the policy. 633 00:31:25,325 --> 00:31:27,135 Excellent answer. 634 00:31:27,159 --> 00:31:29,705 Now, what if someone said, 635 00:31:29,729 --> 00:31:32,415 "Turns out it was actually arson"? 636 00:31:33,699 --> 00:31:35,444 What was actually arson? 637 00:31:35,468 --> 00:31:37,079 And who is "someone"? 638 00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:38,747 I'm saying it. 639 00:31:38,771 --> 00:31:40,582 I hired the best expert there is, 640 00:31:41,007 --> 00:31:42,284 and she says it's arson. 641 00:31:42,308 --> 00:31:45,120 So what I need to know from you is 642 00:31:45,144 --> 00:31:46,555 Were you in on it? 643 00:31:46,579 --> 00:31:48,223 Are you the one that set the fire, 644 00:31:48,247 --> 00:31:51,048 or did you just pay to make it happen? 645 00:31:56,455 --> 00:31:58,622 Do you believe in redemption? 646 00:32:01,294 --> 00:32:04,128 I would need to know about your transgressions first. 647 00:32:06,532 --> 00:32:10,401 I am the reason my marriage didn't work the first time. 648 00:32:13,739 --> 00:32:17,019 My wife Marissa was away a lot, 649 00:32:17,043 --> 00:32:18,820 and I felt that gave me permission 650 00:32:18,844 --> 00:32:20,222 to feel sorry for myself. 651 00:32:20,246 --> 00:32:24,048 And feeling sorry for yourself is no fun alone. 652 00:32:26,085 --> 00:32:27,429 Getting her back 653 00:32:28,005 --> 00:32:29,848 a second time... 654 00:32:32,825 --> 00:32:36,694 is as close to a miracle as I am ever likely to experience. 655 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:41,543 The night you're asking about, 656 00:32:41,567 --> 00:32:45,314 I got home at the regular time, but I was exhausted. 657 00:32:45,338 --> 00:32:48,317 Like, sleep-in-your-clothes exhausted. 658 00:32:48,341 --> 00:32:52,854 And she looked so... content. 659 00:32:52,878 --> 00:32:56,583 So... beautiful... 660 00:32:57,483 --> 00:32:59,983 lying there, asleep. 661 00:33:03,256 --> 00:33:07,135 So I thought, okay. We've gotten there. 662 00:33:08,094 --> 00:33:10,238 I'm not gonna wake her up. I don't have to. 663 00:33:10,262 --> 00:33:12,432 She doesn't need me to do that. 664 00:33:12,865 --> 00:33:14,601 She knows I love her. 665 00:33:15,067 --> 00:33:16,967 I can see it on her face. 666 00:33:21,674 --> 00:33:23,607 Guess I was wrong. 667 00:33:26,412 --> 00:33:27,489 Okay. 668 00:33:29,491 --> 00:33:31,115 But did you set the fire? 669 00:33:34,820 --> 00:33:36,431 My other transgressions, 670 00:33:36,455 --> 00:33:38,934 my lifetime of transgressions 671 00:33:39,793 --> 00:33:43,905 ceased to matter the day I broke ground on that restaurant. 672 00:33:43,929 --> 00:33:46,475 I was determined, despite all the bad choices 673 00:33:46,499 --> 00:33:47,909 I might have made in my past, 674 00:33:47,933 --> 00:33:49,277 despite having always been told 675 00:33:49,301 --> 00:33:51,747 that I would never amount to anything... 676 00:33:51,771 --> 00:33:54,549 To build a beautiful thing, 677 00:33:55,016 --> 00:33:59,588 an enchanted place where people could have magical experiences. 678 00:33:59,612 --> 00:34:04,226 Where I would employ people and train people, 679 00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:07,963 serve fabulous food and intoxicating drinks. 680 00:34:07,987 --> 00:34:09,864 But the best part... 681 00:34:12,409 --> 00:34:14,436 was after all the people had left, 682 00:34:14,460 --> 00:34:16,671 after all the chairs were on the table. 683 00:34:16,695 --> 00:34:19,408 I would sit there alone, 684 00:34:19,432 --> 00:34:20,850 thinking... 685 00:34:23,631 --> 00:34:25,547 look at what I did. 686 00:34:25,571 --> 00:34:27,783 Look what I built. 687 00:34:28,842 --> 00:34:31,153 None of this would exist 688 00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:33,221 if it wasn't for me. 689 00:34:35,098 --> 00:34:37,392 I would no more put a match to that place 690 00:34:37,416 --> 00:34:39,728 than I would betray my wife. 691 00:34:39,752 --> 00:34:44,822 They are... my redemption. 692 00:34:48,527 --> 00:34:50,661 They are my salvation. 693 00:34:58,938 --> 00:35:01,516 Well, for what it's worth, 694 00:35:01,540 --> 00:35:04,308 I think you'll make an excellent witness. 695 00:35:06,612 --> 00:35:10,492 Now we just have to figure out who did set that fire. 696 00:35:10,516 --> 00:35:14,251 Preferably within the next 18 hours. 697 00:35:16,986 --> 00:35:18,352 I checked out the insurance policy, 698 00:35:18,376 --> 00:35:19,684 and Greg was telling the truth. 699 00:35:19,993 --> 00:35:21,442 He has no access to the payout. 700 00:35:21,467 --> 00:35:23,512 It has to be spent to rebuild the restaurant. 701 00:35:23,536 --> 00:35:25,514 And if for some reason they elect not to rebuild, 702 00:35:25,538 --> 00:35:27,249 the only people who get any money at all 703 00:35:27,273 --> 00:35:28,416 are the original investors, 704 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,080 and they only get enough to be made whole. 705 00:35:30,570 --> 00:35:33,022 So, no one stood to profit from the fire? 706 00:35:33,046 --> 00:35:35,691 Well, one person did. 707 00:35:35,715 --> 00:35:38,327 Six years after the restaurant was opened, 708 00:35:38,351 --> 00:35:40,262 Chef Hansen was made a partner. 709 00:35:40,286 --> 00:35:41,997 Not because he invested any capital, 710 00:35:42,021 --> 00:35:44,667 but as an inducement to keep him from ever leaving. 711 00:35:44,691 --> 00:35:47,169 So, as it happens, he would be the only one 712 00:35:47,193 --> 00:35:49,271 to walk away from this with fresh cash. 713 00:35:49,295 --> 00:35:51,006 And he needs cash. 714 00:35:51,382 --> 00:35:53,375 Hansen wasn't looking for a new job. 715 00:35:53,399 --> 00:35:56,178 He was looking for partners for his own restaurant. 716 00:35:56,202 --> 00:35:58,714 He made an offer for a place in the Bowery. 717 00:35:58,738 --> 00:36:00,983 He just needed money for the down payment. 718 00:36:01,007 --> 00:36:03,352 Sounds like Hansen might be our arsonist. 719 00:36:03,376 --> 00:36:05,154 Yeah. And if we're gonna introduce arson in court, 720 00:36:05,178 --> 00:36:06,288 we need something solid... 721 00:36:06,312 --> 00:36:07,489 real proof that it wasn't our client. 722 00:36:07,513 --> 00:36:09,859 And we have to do it in the next... 723 00:36:14,864 --> 00:36:16,632 You all right, boss? 724 00:36:17,788 --> 00:36:19,857 Taylor, you have your laptop with you? 725 00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:23,906 Great. We have work to do. 726 00:36:23,930 --> 00:36:25,407 Chef Hansen... 727 00:36:25,833 --> 00:36:27,676 thank you for agreeing 728 00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:29,678 to take the stand one more time. 729 00:36:29,702 --> 00:36:30,846 Happy to do it. 730 00:36:30,870 --> 00:36:33,082 Just for the record, what time did you 731 00:36:33,106 --> 00:36:35,317 close the restaurant on the night of the fire? 732 00:36:35,341 --> 00:36:37,419 I think I locked up around 100 a.m. 733 00:36:37,443 --> 00:36:39,054 And then what did you do? 734 00:36:39,556 --> 00:36:42,358 Grabbed a drink with Kim, my sous chef. 735 00:36:42,382 --> 00:36:45,394 At the Rosemead Pub, is that right? 736 00:36:46,813 --> 00:36:49,020 Yes. That's right. 737 00:36:49,044 --> 00:36:51,754 And when did you leave the pub, would you say? 738 00:36:51,778 --> 00:36:53,936 Objection! Your Honor, relevance? 739 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,106 As riveting as the minutia of Mr. Hansen's evening is, 740 00:36:57,130 --> 00:36:58,352 I don't see what it has to do with the case. 741 00:36:58,376 --> 00:37:00,743 Your Honor, I guarantee you will see the relevance 742 00:37:00,767 --> 00:37:02,444 if you'll allow me to continue. 743 00:37:02,468 --> 00:37:04,368 Get to the point, Mr. Colón. 744 00:37:04,392 --> 00:37:05,495 Quickly. 745 00:37:05,519 --> 00:37:08,050 So what time did you leave the pub? 746 00:37:08,074 --> 00:37:13,288 I hopped a cab home around 230, I think. 747 00:37:13,312 --> 00:37:15,457 And you went straight home? 748 00:37:15,481 --> 00:37:17,092 You didn't stop anywhere first? 749 00:37:17,116 --> 00:37:20,763 No. I was tired. I just went home. 750 00:37:23,229 --> 00:37:26,857 Your Honor, we'd like to enter into evidence 751 00:37:27,539 --> 00:37:31,586 the GPS data from Chef Hansen's smartwatch 752 00:37:31,611 --> 00:37:33,656 - on the night of the fire. - Objection! 753 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,312 The smartwatch app is open-source. 754 00:37:37,336 --> 00:37:41,250 The A.D.A. had the same access to this information as we did. 755 00:37:41,274 --> 00:37:42,551 I'll allow it. 756 00:37:42,575 --> 00:37:44,032 Thank you, Your Honor. Thank you. 757 00:37:44,056 --> 00:37:47,990 Chef Hansen, were you wearing your smartwatch 758 00:37:48,014 --> 00:37:49,458 on the night of the fire? 759 00:37:50,251 --> 00:37:53,395 It certainly looks like you were. 760 00:37:53,419 --> 00:37:56,498 It-it corroborates your testimony. 761 00:37:56,522 --> 00:37:58,434 You-you left the restaurant at 100 a.m., 762 00:37:58,458 --> 00:37:59,835 then on to the Rosemead. 763 00:38:00,219 --> 00:38:04,873 The only thing is... it doesn't have you going straight home 764 00:38:04,897 --> 00:38:06,608 after you left the bar. 765 00:38:06,976 --> 00:38:09,111 Your smartwatch app has you going back 766 00:38:09,135 --> 00:38:10,746 to the Briarcrest Room. 767 00:38:10,770 --> 00:38:13,449 As a matter of fact, the GPS data has you 768 00:38:13,473 --> 00:38:17,319 in the restaurant from 252 to 307 a.m. 769 00:38:20,613 --> 00:38:25,027 Actually... I forgot my knife roll. 770 00:38:25,411 --> 00:38:27,096 Keep my knives in it. 771 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,299 I've had it for 20 years. I had to go back and get it. 772 00:38:30,323 --> 00:38:35,871 So, what, you just forgot about that when I asked you? 773 00:38:35,895 --> 00:38:40,542 I mean... it wasn't a big deal. 774 00:38:40,566 --> 00:38:43,212 But on this night, there was a fire. 775 00:38:43,236 --> 00:38:45,147 Right around the time your watch says 776 00:38:45,171 --> 00:38:46,648 you went back to the restaurant. 777 00:38:46,672 --> 00:38:49,218 You sure you didn't start a fire 778 00:38:49,242 --> 00:38:51,487 so that you could use your cut of the insurance money 779 00:38:51,511 --> 00:38:54,389 to put a down payment on your own place? 780 00:38:58,451 --> 00:39:01,785 Never mind. No further questions, Your Honor. 781 00:39:06,225 --> 00:39:07,787 Man... 782 00:39:15,128 --> 00:39:18,337 We the jury find the defendant, Greg Valerian, 783 00:39:18,928 --> 00:39:20,282 not guilty. 784 00:39:20,306 --> 00:39:22,039 My... 785 00:39:30,783 --> 00:39:32,261 Thank you. 786 00:39:32,285 --> 00:39:34,451 You're welcome. 787 00:39:41,894 --> 00:39:44,449 I am really, really happy. 788 00:39:45,498 --> 00:39:49,111 Aren't you really, really happy? 789 00:39:49,135 --> 00:39:50,580 Honestly, I'm... 790 00:39:51,437 --> 00:39:53,332 kind of confused. 791 00:39:54,473 --> 00:39:58,004 You told your boss about our kiss thing? 792 00:39:59,045 --> 00:40:03,692 You made an issue out of not getting a kiss that night? 793 00:40:04,302 --> 00:40:05,761 Because you thought it meant 794 00:40:05,785 --> 00:40:08,096 I must have been out late setting a fire. 795 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:09,464 No. Of course not. 796 00:40:09,488 --> 00:40:10,832 I just... 797 00:40:10,856 --> 00:40:12,367 You just. I know. 798 00:40:12,391 --> 00:40:15,772 You just can't help yourself. 799 00:40:19,532 --> 00:40:22,177 You are the sum of your experiences, 800 00:40:22,201 --> 00:40:24,780 as you love to remind me. 801 00:40:24,804 --> 00:40:27,605 And so many of your experiences have been... 802 00:40:29,041 --> 00:40:30,328 not great. 803 00:40:30,353 --> 00:40:34,522 Your first experience with me... not great. 804 00:40:35,374 --> 00:40:37,251 So I get it. 805 00:40:38,117 --> 00:40:41,418 But I don't know if I can accept it. 806 00:40:44,050 --> 00:40:46,260 I wanted you beside me. 807 00:40:47,426 --> 00:40:49,305 Behind me. 808 00:40:50,997 --> 00:40:52,930 Believing in me. 809 00:40:56,708 --> 00:40:59,315 Never really felt you were there. 810 00:41:13,919 --> 00:41:15,786 Um... 811 00:41:19,171 --> 00:41:22,046 I don't disagree with anything you said. 812 00:41:24,529 --> 00:41:26,342 I'm not proud of it. 813 00:41:29,141 --> 00:41:31,741 I wanted to be there for you. 814 00:41:34,259 --> 00:41:36,519 But I am who I am. 815 00:41:38,577 --> 00:41:41,211 I can only do what I can do. 816 00:41:43,249 --> 00:41:45,916 And I can only be who I can be. 817 00:41:49,198 --> 00:41:51,325 Please give me time. 818 00:41:52,785 --> 00:41:56,293 Please give me a chance to learn. 819 00:42:02,868 --> 00:42:04,680 What was that? 820 00:42:05,381 --> 00:42:08,172 I just wanted to let you know I was home. 821 00:42:12,178 --> 00:42:13,889 Come on. 822 00:42:13,913 --> 00:42:15,433 Let's go to bed. 823 00:42:22,748 --> 00:42:29,455 Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com. 824 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,947 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org