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01:09Oh, the sandbass are jumping right in the boat, Dad.
01:12You should have come with me.
01:14No, that's what those patches are for, so you don't get seasick.
01:21What are you complaining about?
01:23Usually take half my catch anyway.
01:24Yeah.
01:26Well, look, I'm going to stay out in the boat tonight, get in a couple more hours at sunrise.
01:30Hey, don't panic.
01:32I'll be there on time.
01:34All right.
01:36I'll see you then. Bye.
01:38Bye.
01:48You know what time it is?
01:50Doesn't matter. I'm covered for the whole night.
01:52It's after midnight.
01:54It's my birthday. I'm 18.
02:01Happy birthday.
02:04That means I'm a woman.
02:06Oh.
02:08Listen, you've been a woman for a long time.
02:12That's nice.
02:14What I mean is I'm an adult, publicly and legally, which means we can be too.
02:23Allison.
02:24You always said someday.
02:26This is the perfect someday.
02:29Listen.
02:32The reasons for keeping quiet haven't changed.
02:36They have after tonight.
02:39We have every right to stand up together for the whole world to see.
02:43Can you imagine what they'll say?
02:46I'll drop out of stupid Princeton and we can be together all the time.
02:49It's not like you're married or anything.
02:52Ow. Ow.
02:54That hurts.
02:55Sorry.
02:59Be the perfect hostess for all your dinner parties.
03:02All those balls.
03:03All those fancy clothes.
03:06People will be green with envy of what a perfect couple will make.
03:19What are you doing?
03:23How do you do?
03:25How do you do?
03:39How do you do?
03:40It's my distinct pleasure and honor
04:10to be here today.
04:12For nothing could please me more
04:13as I retire from the bench
04:14than to see my son take my place
04:17and carry on the McReynolds family tradition.
04:21To fight for dignity and honor.
04:24To protect our country from lawlessness.
04:28To uphold the constitutions of the United States
04:31and the state of California.
04:33And I'm grateful to my fellow justices
04:35for allowing me to administer the oath of office
04:38for the state supreme court
04:40to my eldest son, David.
04:43APPLAUSE
04:44And I'll see you next time.
04:47And I'll see you next time.
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06:00I found water in the girl's lungs, along with ammonium hydroxide,
06:04acetyl alcohol, sodium bicarbonate, mineral oil, dimethyl...
06:08Okay, hair dye and bubble bath.
06:10And it's definitely a homicide?
06:12Absolutely. The bruising on her shoulders indicates the killer held her down something like this.
06:17I get it.
06:18Is she really Jeffrey Porter's daughter?
06:20Oh, yeah. Teenage daughter of media mogul dies in no-name motel.
06:24These are the ones I live for.
06:27Nice to know your life's so fulfilling.
06:29Hmm.
06:30Inflation therapists to CCU.
06:33Inflation therapists report to CCU.
06:35Here's the station.
06:36Hmm.
06:37Oh, my God.
06:39Cool.
06:44Wow.
06:45Hey, Dad.
07:15Where are you going?
07:18Well, my body's headed for ER.
07:20I don't know where the rest of me is going.
07:22Stayed up late watching Red Tide.
07:23Oh, you should have seen it.
07:25It looked like every wave was lit up from the inside.
07:28I don't know why you were so enamored of something that kills fish.
07:31It's a natural phenomenon. Helps balance the ecosystem.
07:34Well, if the ecosystem's in that much trouble,
07:36I got a rod and reel at home in the closet.
07:43What do you got?
07:44I got a male, late 40s, known heroin user,
07:47hypertensive tachycardia from probable drug overdose.
07:51BP is 180 over 100, pulse 130.
07:54I tell you, it looks like somebody cut his new supply with PCP or cocaine.
07:57All right, let's get some restraints on him.
07:59Let's get a tox screen, blood alcohol, CBC, lice, blood glucose,
08:03and a chest x-ray in case he's aspirated anything,
08:06and start him on lactated ringers.
08:07Yes, Doctor.
08:08Anybody find his works?
08:10Otis, can you hear me?
08:12Where is your works, Otis?
08:14We can't help you if you don't tell us.
08:18There you go.
08:18Bucket.
08:19All right.
08:20Great.
08:21Love digging through packets.
08:23Be careful.
08:26Sir, calm down.
08:27What do we have here?
08:31What do we have here?
08:31Oh, my God.
08:32No, I don't think so, Otis.
08:35Look at this.
08:39I don't believe it.
08:40I don't either.
08:41He could have bought enough junk for a year with this stuff.
08:43Why did you still have it on him?
08:44Because it was too hot to unload.
08:47This is a custom-made Brutalecci-matched set belonging to Allison Porter.
08:51You have good taste.
08:53Stolen from the motel room where she was found murdered yesterday morning.
08:56Uh-oh.
08:57The place was clean.
08:58We hardly found any trace evidence.
08:59Just some random fingerprints and a single earring.
09:02Part of the set.
09:03Congratulations, Dad.
09:05Every cop in L.A. has been looking for this guy.
09:07Well, hang on a minute.
09:08Until he's stabilized, he's not going anywhere.
09:11Well, at least we got him.
09:12Maybe the DAO quit paging me every 30 minutes.
09:21Detective Sloan.
09:22Good to see you.
09:23Mr. District Attorney?
09:25I wanted to congratulate you personally on behalf of my friends, the porters, for your fine work.
09:30Well, I didn't really...
09:31This is Judge David McReynolds.
09:33Who feels the same way.
09:35I know I speak for Helen and Jeffrey when I say how much we appreciate you putting the scum that killed Allison behind bars.
09:42Well, actually, I still have a couple of questions.
09:45Like, um, why your daughter flew out here from Princeton with not even telling you she was coming?
09:51It was her birthday the day she was killed, her 18th.
09:54Oh, I didn't realize.
09:56She was obviously trying to surprise her parents, spend the day with them.
10:00Although I fail to see the relevance.
10:01This case is open and shut, isn't it?
10:04We're just trying to be thorough, Your Honor.
10:06I understand that.
10:07But you will allow that this is very important to me, both personally and professionally.
10:12I've known Allison Porter since the day she was born.
10:15She did not deserve to die like that.
10:17No, sir.
10:17Now, what the junkie deserves, on the other hand, is to find out how swiftly our system of justice can deal with someone like him.
10:24The sooner he's on death row, the better off our society will be.
10:29This will go smoothly, won't it, Detective?
10:30I don't see any reason why it wouldn't.
10:35Yeah, I stole that stuff.
10:37It's what I do.
10:39But she was dead when I got there.
10:44But who's going to believe a junkie, even when he's telling the truth?
10:47Otis, they might if you gave him a good reason, but I haven't heard one yet.
10:50Have you met this girl's parents?
10:57No.
10:58I can tell you how they are.
11:01Lost, angry, blaming everybody, including each other.
11:10I, uh, I had a daughter.
11:17She was 14.
11:20What happened?
11:22Yeah.
11:23I drunk.
11:27She and her, uh, mother were driving back from the movie.
11:34They didn't even...
11:35They didn't even get to the hospital.
11:41Otis, I'm sorry.
11:43No parents should have to go through that.
11:47Allison Porter's parents are going through it right now, Otis.
11:50That's what I'm saying.
11:52I saw him on TV.
11:54Kill the junkie, he said.
11:56Scum like that deserved to die.
11:58He's angry.
11:58He should be.
12:00But not at me.
12:02His eyes, his eyes were like mine before I found the way to forget for a little while.
12:19You shouldn't forget, Otis.
12:22Otis, remembering keeps him alive.
12:26I know.
12:30I do remember.
12:33Just like he does.
12:35Dad, what are you doing here?
12:41Otis called me.
12:43Oh, well, there's a good reason.
12:44He's helping me.
12:46You were going to haul me off to jail when I was sick, but he said no.
12:51First person to care about me in years.
12:53Was sick, what they're calling it these days?
12:55I didn't kill her!
12:58Tell me something I didn't expect to hear.
13:07I am not so sure Otis did it.
13:10What are you getting at, Dad?
13:11Look, if you're sitting in a tub and somebody walks right in on you, you're going to jump up and try to fight him off.
13:16Allison's body should have been bruised, and it's not. Just her shoulders.
13:19So the killer was behind her, which means it was someone she knew and trusted.
13:25I kept wondering why she checked into a motel like that anyway.
13:29It seems like Jeffrey Porter's daughter would have enough money or credit cards to hide out in the Ritz.
13:33Unless she was meeting someone she didn't want her parents to know about.
13:37And why did she have all the fancy clothing and custom-made jewelry with her?
13:41And why was she coloring her hair?
13:43I'll admit, it does raise a few questions.
13:46It also raises a few reasonable doubts.
13:49Her father's been all over the TV like a one-man lynch mob.
13:52He's going to make it very difficult to impanel an unbiased jury.
13:55You know, that's a good point.
13:57I think I'll call Judge McGrentles Sr.
13:59Maybe he can get his son to ask Porter to ease up a little bit, just for the sake of a fair trial.
14:04Well, there goes my open and shut case.
14:14Dr. Sloan, over here.
14:16Judge McGrentles, sorry I'm a little late.
14:17Don't worry, we've got some sandbass left.
14:20David?
14:21Oh, he caught him fresh Sunday night.
14:24Well, I don't want to deprive you gentlemen of me.
14:26That's all right.
14:27My ulcer and I have had our limit.
14:28By the way, I'm late for a meeting.
14:31I better get these guys home.
14:33Perhaps next time our schedules won't be so crowded.
14:35I'd like that, Judge.
14:37Why?
14:38You're not required to eat them, Dr. Sloan.
14:40Good.
14:43Is that a tushler you've got on?
14:45Yes, it is.
14:46I'm impressed you recognize them.
14:47Oh, I love fine watches.
14:50The precision and craftsmanship and those.
14:52You know, that's the best thing money can buy.
14:53Yeah, one of my few indulgences.
14:55Oh, I wish it was one of mine.
14:56But, you know, working around a hospital, they tend to get even more stained than that.
15:01Damn, I hadn't noticed.
15:02Yeah, that's a shame.
15:03How'd that happen?
15:04Probably refinishing the deck last week.
15:06That teak stain is tough to get out.
15:08Oh, man.
15:09Oh, boy.
15:10That is a beautiful boat, I must say.
15:14Your other indulgence?
15:16No, it's a necessity.
15:18Take a look around, doctor.
15:21Well, it's pretty nice here.
15:22Yeah, I know the casual observer, perhaps, but take a closer look.
15:26There's an armed guard in the parking lot.
15:27We've got a security gate at the dock.
15:29We didn't need either one 20 years ago.
15:31Oh, it's sure a more complicated world these days.
15:34And a lot less civilized.
15:36We've bent the laws so much that common decencies become an endangered species.
15:41That's why I like going out on the ocean.
15:44Still obeys the natural laws in a way that man has ceased to do.
15:47So that's why the boatswain necessity.
15:49Well, I don't go out to forget about armed guards and security gates as much as I do to regain the strength I need to deal with people who force us to live like this.
15:58You know something?
16:00You sound just exactly like your dad.
16:03Pretty good model.
16:03I'd say.
16:04He tells me you're a little concerned with Jeffrey Porter's behavior.
16:08Yeah.
16:09It isn't that I don't understand how he feels.
16:11He's losing a daughter like that.
16:13But he is getting a little carried away.
16:14I agree.
16:15Just a little.
16:16I'll talk to him.
16:17His being so vocal about this trial could be detrimental.
16:20And he doesn't need that because thankfully this is open and shut.
16:23Good.
16:24Good.
16:30So you didn't find anything, right?
16:32A lot of dead fish.
16:33Good.
16:34And a lot more questions.
16:36Not good.
16:38David McReynolds is hiding something and I don't know what.
16:42But I know one thing for certain.
16:43Otis didn't kill Allison Porter.
16:45Mrs. Porter, I just want to ask you a few questions.
16:58Why would the medical examiner want to know about Allison?
17:02I'm just trying to help the police get a better picture of what happened to your daughter.
17:05We know what happened.
17:07We think we know what happened.
17:10She was lovely.
17:12You must have been very proud of her.
17:15Sometimes.
17:17It's just, well, you know how children can be.
17:22Willful and headstrong.
17:26Don't always know what's best for them.
17:31I think she was afraid to leave home.
17:36Princeton was too far away.
17:38But fortunately, David McReynolds convinced her it would be a wonderful opportunity.
17:43David's been a very good friend for a long time.
17:48She wasn't coming out here to surprise you for her birthday, was she?
17:52Of course she was.
17:53That was just like her.
17:56No, it wasn't.
17:58You know perfectly well she was seeing somebody she didn't want you to know about.
18:02She didn't open up to me much once she got older.
18:09Not ever, really.
18:12I don't know why.
18:13But, you know, she called me last week from school.
18:20She told me there was somebody special, somebody her father wouldn't approve of.
18:25And she wanted me to know that she was happy.
18:32And she told me she would, she would tell me all about it very soon, she said.
18:37She said, you know, I just never thought of it.
18:46Is this a cop?
18:48Judge McReynolds, hi.
18:50Hey, Dr. Sloan.
18:51You startled me.
18:51Oh, I'm sorry.
18:53I'm loading up, I see, huh?
18:54Yeah.
18:55Going for Albacore.
18:56I understand they're running pretty far offshore.
18:57No, actually, I'm going out for more sand baths.
18:59Oh, let me help you.
19:01Thanks.
19:01Not that I'm not pleased to see you, but is there a reason for this visit?
19:07Yeah, actually, there is.
19:08I was a little worried that you and your dad might have gotten sick from that sand baths the other day.
19:14Whatever for?
19:16Well, there was a red tide running on Sunday night.
19:19And, you know, they say...
19:20It, uh, it locks automatically.
19:25I've got to re-enter my code to get it open.
19:27Sorry, I didn't know.
19:28All right, just put your bags down.
19:30I'll take the rest of the stuff down myself.
19:32Okay.
19:35So, anyway, you know, fish caught during a red tide can be a little bit toxic.
19:39And I thought I'd better check.
19:41Good system.
19:42Oh, I should have left that open.
19:43It's all right.
19:46So, neither one of you got sick, I understand, huh?
19:49No, no reason we should have.
19:50I was fishing out beyond the red tide.
19:53Oh, of course.
19:54Yeah.
19:55Yeah, anyone who fishes the bag knows to be careful about that.
19:57My son says I worry about people too much.
20:00Occupational hazard, I guess.
20:02No problem.
20:09You know, that teak stain has so many harsh chemicals in it,
20:12it can do damage to skin as well as a watch bag.
20:14You don't have to worry there either.
20:16Turpentine cleaned up the skin.
20:17I got a whole new watch bag.
20:18Oh, that's great.
20:19A beautiful watch like that.
20:21You know, I...
20:22You know, that could get annoying.
20:25No kidding.
20:29You were wondering?
20:31Oh, yeah.
20:31I was wondering about the toy shell.
20:34Where?
20:35You know, your band probably cost more than my watch.
20:38Of course, those $20 issues that I use last forever.
20:42But frankly, if I had a toy shell, I think I'd be worried about it.
20:44Well, that's about it for the supplies.
20:46I really appreciate your help, doctor.
20:48Look at that.
20:50Car vacuum cord, right?
20:52Certainly does look like it.
20:54I love these.
20:54You know, I have one of these.
20:55Works on a battery or the cord.
20:58It plugs right into the cigarette lighter there.
21:00It's very handy.
21:01You know what I love about these is when you're out on the road,
21:04because you'll never know who's been in a motel room before you.
21:08Unfortunately, that's all that's left of my car vacuum.
21:10The rest of it disappeared years ago.
21:12Things so frayed, it's probably dangerous.
21:15Well, you're right, bitter, safe and sorry, I guess.
21:17I couldn't agree with you more.
21:19Thanks for your help, doctor.
21:21Right.
21:22Bye-bye now.
21:23Bye.
21:28No, Mom, when CJ says pain, he means plain, not owie.
21:33No, those are two different concepts, I think.
21:35No, I'm sure that he was just excited about spending last weekend with his dad.
21:39That's all.
21:40No, I'm glad you called, Mom.
21:41It's no, no, it's no bother.
21:43I love you, too.
21:45Okay, give him a big hug for me.
21:47Right.
21:47Love you.
21:48Bye.
21:49Wow.
21:50So how's the divorce treating you?
21:51Was I married?
21:53I swear the left side of my bed has always been devoted to kids and dogs.
21:56Well, at least you got your mom to help you out now.
21:58Yeah, but she and CJ and the dog stay up all night watching Letterman.
22:02I don't get any sleep.
22:03The dog watches Letterman?
22:05Yes.
22:05Hey, guys.
22:07Hey.
22:07All right.
22:08Dad, your hunch was right.
22:10The security system at the marina keeps a log of every passcode that's entered at the gate
22:14and the time it's entered.
22:16What about David McReynolds?
22:17According to the records, he punched out at 6.04 Monday morning, six hours after Allison
22:22Porter was killed.
22:23What time did he punch in to go to the boat?
22:25He didn't.
22:26Maybe somebody let him in as they were leaving, so he didn't have to.
22:29No way.
22:29McReynolds' office says he called him his car phone about 9 p.m., said he was almost
22:33at the marina, but there are no codes entered at all after 8.30.
22:38I'll bet he jumped the fence.
22:40That's the only other way to get in there.
22:41So people would think he was on the water all night while someone killed Allison.
22:45He didn't catch any fish that night.
22:46How do you know?
22:48Well, when I met him and his dad at the marina, they were grilling some sandbass,
22:52which he claimed to have caught the night of the murder, but there was a red tide running
22:57that night.
22:57Did you talk to McReynolds about it?
22:59Yeah.
23:00He said they were fishing out beyond the tide.
23:02That doesn't make sense, because sandbass hugged the shore.
23:06I got this cousin Rodney owns a bait shop.
23:09Why would David McReynolds want to kill Allison Porter?
23:12You know, Helen said that Allison was very excited about someone and that she was going
23:16to tell her all about it very soon.
23:18What if she was meeting David McReynolds at that motel that night?
23:22You know, that Monday, Allison turned 18, and that same day, McReynolds was being sworn
23:27into office.
23:28They'd be legal.
23:29Or she'd be legal.
23:30And that's why she brought all her fancy stuff.
23:32Yeah, so she could attend the swearing-in ceremony and make their relationship public.
23:37And destroy McReynolds' career.
23:41Don't tell me something else is bothering you, Dad.
23:43Well, the other day, I noticed he had a dark stain on his watchman.
23:48He said he got it from refinishing the teak on his boat, but I looked.
23:51The trim on that teak was light.
23:53You said the stain was dark.
23:55About the same color Allison was doing her hair.
23:58Well, he could have gotten the stain when he pushed her under the water.
24:00And then he cleaned up that motel room in the car vacuum.
24:05What car vacuum?
24:06I found a car vacuum cord in the trunk.
24:09Of course, it's probably in the bottom of the bay now, along with the car vacuum and
24:12the watchman.
24:14There's enough to bring him in for questioning.
24:16This is going to get ugly.
24:17Judge McReynolds?
24:36Judge McReynolds, it's Detective Steve Sloan.
24:39Are you here?
24:47Terrific.
25:17I don't believe this.
25:22This man has been a state supreme court justice less than a week.
25:26This is a tragedy.
25:28We needed more judges like him.
25:29Consistent, forthright, honest.
25:32Yeah, right.
25:33In fact, there's a kind of like the guy.
25:36Just wish he'd gotten himself killed in Sacramento.
25:40Okay, so what have we got?
25:43Gunshot wound with the base of the skull.
25:45Typical execution-style shooting.
25:47And we can assume that .38 is the Myrtle weapon?
25:50Probably.
25:52McReynolds has got guns all over the house.
25:54My guess is the killer knew that.
25:56He picked one, shot him, and wiped the prints.
25:59Then left it here, knowing this is the only place we could trace it back to.
26:02Just as effective as pitching it in the ocean.
26:05And there's no sign of a break-in?
26:07Either he didn't hear his killer walk up behind him,
26:10or he didn't think he had anything to fear.
26:12My guess would be the dinner guest.
26:14So he knew his killer.
26:16I'll have the M.E. run the stomach contents,
26:19and get the lab to run tests on all the tableware and leftover food.
26:22Sir, no one's allowed to...
26:23Cush Peter McReynolds, let me through.
26:28Oh, God, no!
26:31Your Honor, you shouldn't be here.
26:33That's my son. Get out of there.
26:34Sir, please, there's nothing you can take.
26:36They called, I came.
26:38I didn't say why.
26:40I didn't say why.
26:42They found prints all over the place, but they're not doing as much good.
26:56What, no ID of any kind?
26:58No, it was McReynolds, his housekeeper, his cook.
27:03Well, those are the ones you'd expect anyway.
27:05Yeah, well, we did get a couple of others.
27:08It was Judge McReynolds Sr. and a couple of family friends,
27:11including Allison Porter's father.
27:13Hey, well, that could be something.
27:14Well, I doubt it.
27:15You know, those prints could have been there for weeks.
27:18Great housekeeping.
27:19We're running the arrest through NCIC,
27:21but I'm not too optimistic.
27:22And David McReynolds was a criminal court judge.
27:25He'd be very careful about who he let into his home.
27:27Wasn't thirsty anyway.
27:29What about Allison's personal effects?
27:31I talked to her dean at Princeton.
27:32They've already sent her things back to her parents.
27:35But I did get this inventory list from the school.
27:39What are you looking for?
27:40I'm looking to see if she has a...
27:42There it is, a diary.
27:43You know, she's like most young girls.
27:45She told it everything.
27:47Including who she met at the motel.
27:49When did you say that her personal effects got to her parents' house?
27:52I didn't.
27:53It was yesterday morning around 10 a.m.
27:56That would be less than 12 hours before McReynolds was shot to death.
28:00I think it would be a good idea if we got this diary.
28:04I'll take Amanda along with me.
28:05She seemed to connect with the mother.
28:07She might be able to get it more easily than I can.
28:11Sorry.
28:12Oh, that's just perfect.
28:14This diary is private property.
28:16We believe the motive for Allison's murder is in that diary.
28:19The final entry, Saturday night.
28:32Go ahead.
28:34I'm so ready for this.
28:36I knew so little when I was 15.
28:39But David taught me things I only told you.
28:43And now, carpe diem.
28:44I go home tomorrow to seize my destiny at David's side.
28:50Where I belong.
28:52Started three years ago.
28:56How long have you known?
29:00Since yesterday, when I read the diary.
29:04Helen was right.
29:05I didn't know my daughter.
29:08I wanted to know how she thought about things.
29:10So when you found out it was McReynolds, you went to his house?
29:14As any father would.
29:17Oh, tell them the truth.
29:20You were worried about yourself, not about Allison.
29:23That's all you've ever worried about.
29:26Whether we would embarrass you.
29:29Whether David would embarrass you.
29:35What happened at McReynolds' house?
29:38We had a private conversation.
29:40The man had been sexually molesting your daughter for years.
29:44I know I'd want to kill him.
29:46You don't get to my position by indulging personal desires.
29:52No matter how deeply felt.
29:58So McReynolds survived your private conversation.
30:01Then what?
30:04I did what I always do when I'm angry.
30:07Drove along Pacific Coast Highway for a few hours.
30:10Alone.
30:11Anyone see you?
30:13If they did, I'm sure you'll find them.
30:16We will.
30:19I checked on McReynolds' phone records the day he was killed.
30:22It was his office, two state Supreme Court justices, and his car repair.
30:27Last call he made was to his father three hours before he was killed.
30:30You know, I'm beginning to wonder if we're maybe not climbing up the wrong tree.
30:35Is it barking?
30:35Barking at the wrong tree.
30:37It could be that this doesn't have anything to do with Allison Porter at all.
30:42Hey, guys.
30:42Amanda wanted me to bring you David McReynolds' autopsy report.
30:45So where is she?
30:47Hacking some guy in the little pieces.
30:50Did she tell you if she found anything?
30:51Nah, nothing remarkable.
30:53Although she did find pancrealipase in his gastric system.
30:55Synthetic pancreatic enzyme.
30:59Yeah, she talked to his doctor.
31:00Turns out that he's had pancreatic insufficiency his entire life.
31:04Well, what do you know?
31:07Hey, you also got a call from Otis' public defender.
31:09She says that Porter has gone ballistic again.
31:12Says that he's pressuring the DA into pressuring her into pressuring Otis into copping a plea.
31:16Shh.
31:17Forgotten about poor Otis.
31:19You know, he practically got lost in this whole thing.
31:21Seems to be the way his luck runs.
31:25You know, we may just be able to change that.
31:31Your Honor, your son's phone records show that you were the last person he called.
31:36Did he say anything about who he was having dinner with that night?
31:39I don't believe he did.
31:40No, I'm sure he didn't.
31:42What did you talk about?
31:43Not much.
31:44A case that was under review.
31:47He didn't talk for long.
31:50Certainly not long enough.
31:53Did he have enemies who might have wanted him dead?
31:57Any jurist of quality has enemies.
31:59Ones he let into his home and turned his back on?
32:02You found fingerprints?
32:04You have a suspect?
32:05No.
32:06Nothing yet.
32:06I'm sorry, Your Honor.
32:07We're still checking.
32:10There's one other thing, Your Honor.
32:11It's about the Allison Porter case.
32:15Didn't you arrest someone for that?
32:18Yes, but I've got pretty compelling evidence that Otis didn't do it.
32:21For heaven's sakes, let him out and arrest the one who did.
32:24Wish it was that easy.
32:26The truth is, I think your son killed Allison Porter.
32:36What?
32:37We know he'd been having a sexual relationship with her since she was 15.
32:42Oh, my God.
32:46We also know he lied about where he was that night.
32:49We think she wanted to go public with the relationship, and he killed her to save his reputation and his career.
32:56I trust you have proof of these allegations.
33:01It's all in there.
33:03It's mostly hearsay, but in a normal case, it'd be enough to clear Otis, the man we arrested.
33:09But this isn't a normal case.
33:11No, it's not.
33:13And since it involves Jeffrey Porter's daughter, I'm afraid it's going to take someone with a little more influence than a police detective to convince the D.A.
33:22Someone like me.
33:24That's what Dad and I were hoping.
33:26All right, I got it. Thanks.
33:37I hope you turned up something, because I'll tell you, I don't know where to go next.
33:40Well, you're going to love this.
33:42The gun we thought was the murder weapon was the murder weapon.
33:45Well, you'd think David McGrettles was killed with his own gun.
33:48But it didn't belong to him.
33:50It's registered to Helen Porter.
33:53Allinson's mother?
33:54I didn't do anything.
34:05Then why was the gun that killed David McGrettles registered to you?
34:09I don't know.
34:10Maybe your husband took it.
34:11Stop it.
34:12Or maybe you took it.
34:14Maybe you're the one that killed your daughter's molester.
34:16I didn't.
34:18You don't understand.
34:20I couldn't.
34:22What do you mean you couldn't?
34:24Because you and McGrettles were lovers.
34:26No.
34:29But you had been.
34:37It came and went 20 years ago.
34:43David always did like his women young.
34:45But you never suspected that your own daughter would be one of them.
34:48No.
34:51David and Jeffrey had been friends since college.
34:54David introduced us.
34:57It was his way of ending our relationship.
35:03No.
35:03I never suspected anything.
35:06But you did go to his home intending to kill him, didn't you?
35:09Yes, I did.
35:11But I couldn't do it.
35:14After all he did,
35:16I still couldn't pull the trigger.
35:19He took the gun out of my hand.
35:24And he looked me in the eye.
35:27And he told me he loved her.
35:32Oh, bastard.
35:37What time did you leave McReynolds?
35:41About five o'clock.
35:45I was at Mallory's Coffee in Brentwood.
35:49Until they closed at 11.
35:53If I killed him,
35:55why would I leave behind my own gun?
35:59You might have if you were proud of what you'd done.
36:04Maybe I would have been.
36:08God knows I'm ashamed of my cowardice.
36:15How did you know she and David McReynolds were lovers?
36:17It was the way she said his name the first time we were here.
36:22Actually, I didn't know.
36:23Good guess, though.
36:24You get more like Dad every day.
36:27But now don't you give up.
36:28We haven't.
36:30All right.
36:32That was Otis.
36:33The public defender says he's got 24 hours to take involuntary manslaughter,
36:37or the D.A. is going to go for the death penalty.
36:38So Jeffrey Porter's at it again, huh?
36:40Oh, that man likes to get his own way.
36:42Well, he can't get his daughter back.
36:44He's taken all his grief out on Otis.
36:45But we still don't know that he didn't take his grief out on David McReynolds, too.
36:49Guys, I just got the report back on the silverware and the leftover food from McReynolds' dining room.
36:53Find anything?
36:53Yeah, they found some kind of a gelatin and powder mixed together with spilt wine on his tablecloth.
36:58And get this.
36:59It was enteric pancreolipase.
37:01You sure?
37:02Take a look for yourself.
37:04Why is that surprising?
37:05I mean, people who have pancreatitis usually line up their capsules on a table, or am I wrong?
37:10No, you're absolutely right.
37:11They have to take the missing pancreatic enzyme while they're eating
37:13so their bodies can absorb the nutrients from their food.
37:16So some wine spilled on one and melted it.
37:19But this is an enteric formula.
37:22What Amanda found in McReynolds' stomach had much less amylase.
37:25That's two different medications for two very different people.
37:28You wouldn't mix them.
37:29So then what are the odds of two people with pancreatic insufficiency having dinner together?
37:33Not so good.
37:34You know what this means, don't you?
37:36I know exactly what it means.
37:43You ought me to convince the world that my son was a monster.
37:47You ask too much.
37:49This isn't for me.
37:51This is for Otis.
37:52Oh, yes, yes.
37:53The innocent junkie.
37:55Your Honor, your entire judicial career has been dedicated to upholding the law.
37:59No matter how painful it is sometimes.
38:02Your point, doctor.
38:05Judge, someone's going to go to prison for something they didn't do.
38:08I don't think you're the kind of judge or the kind of man who's going to allow that to happen.
38:12With all due respect, Your Honor, Otis's fingerprints were found at the scene, and the victim's jewelry was found in his pocket.
38:25I admit the evidence is damaging, but I believe you've allowed yourself to become involved with the emotions surrounding the death of a young girl.
38:34I'm just having trouble believing your son could commit a murder.
38:38That's not a question of belief, Ferris, but of facts.
38:43My son was a disgrace to his judicial robes.
38:45He committed murder and perpetrated the injustice of keeping it a secret.
38:53That's not what the McReynolds family has stood for.
38:56I refuse to accept that legacy.
38:58My children and I can live with the truth, but we cannot live with the knowledge that an innocent has been made to suffer.
39:07Otis is hardly an innocent.
39:09I made that argument myself.
39:11Of being a thief and an addict, which he admits he is, does not mean he's a killer.
39:16That unfortunate distinction belongs to my son.
39:19This evidence only corroborates what he confessed to me on the phone the night he was killed.
39:27Release this man, Mr. Ferris, in the name of justice.
39:35All right, Your Honor.
39:46Dr. Sloan, come in.
39:49Your Honor, I'm sorry to bother you, but I did want to drop by and thank you for what you did for Otis.
39:54No thanks are necessary.
39:56It was a wrong that had to be righted.
39:57I'm glad you brought it to my attention.
39:59You know, I felt a little bit foolish.
40:02I mean, I came in here with all that evidence and this big impassioned plea, and you knew the truth all along.
40:09I apologize for a bit of deception, but I'm sure you understand how hard it was for me to accept the fact that David killed that girl, much less admit it to anyone else.
40:19About as hard as it is for me to accept the fact that you murdered your own son.
40:22Why would you think a thing like that?
40:27A genetic defect, Judge.
40:30The medical examiner found enteric pancrolipase residue on the tablecloth in your son's dining room.
40:36But a different formulation showed up in his stomach on the autopsy.
40:40He had pancreatic insufficiency.
40:42Mm-hmm.
40:42And so do you.
40:43But you have a gastric ulcer, which is why your medication is different than his.
40:48I see.
40:49Pancreatic insufficiency is so rare that in this instance it indicates only one thing, a familial pancreatitis.
40:57You and your son shared more than a moral code.
40:59All right.
41:05I had dinner with David that night.
41:08Why does that mean I killed him?
41:11Because he broke that code.
41:14Allison Porter's mother was going to expose him.
41:17He called you for advice.
41:19And you were appalled by what you heard.
41:22So when you went into the study to get another capsule from your coat, you saw that gun on the desk.
41:30You decided to end the whole nightmare right then and there.
41:33What I did was administer justice.
41:35By murdering your own son?
41:39I had the Bible in my hand, and I swore him into office.
41:43I gave him the power of the law, and he abused it.
41:48Every day he wore those robes would be a mockery of the court of justice.
41:52Only I could undo what I had wrought.
41:59What makes you better than your son?
42:01I have a conscience.
42:04You have to go to the authorities.
42:06I am the authorities.
42:09And you have no proof of any of this.
42:11All you have is supposition.
42:13No one's going to believe you over me.
42:18Good day, Dr. Sloan.
42:22But I didn't kill him.
42:27I already told you what happened.
42:29You wish to give up the right to have an attorney present during...
42:32She most assuredly does not wish to give up that right.
42:34Don't say any more, Helen.
42:36She doesn't need to, Porter.
42:37She's already given us enough for a conviction.
42:40What do you have?
42:40Well, for one thing, she admits to going to your son's house that night.
42:44Well, it doesn't mean anything.
42:45I went there, too.
42:46But she took a gun, and it was registered in her name.
42:50The murder weapon belongs to Helen?
42:53Yes, sir.
42:54But I wasn't there when he was killed.
42:56I was at Mallory's Coffee.
42:58We checked that out.
43:00They had a fire in the kitchen.
43:02They were closed that night.
43:03I was scared.
43:10I couldn't think of what to tell them.
43:13I'm in there all the time.
43:14I was sure someone would think they saw me.
43:19I didn't do it.
43:24Please believe me.
43:26You haven't got anything, Ferris.
43:28It's all circumstantial.
43:30I've gotten convictions with less.
43:32She had as much right to be angry at McReynolds as I was.
43:36More.
43:38They were lovers.
43:42It was over years ago.
43:46It didn't matter anymore.
43:48We think it did.
43:50McReynolds betrayed you once when he gave you to him.
43:53And he betrayed you again with your own daughter.
43:56I can't think of a better motive to commit murder.
44:01Please help me, Jeffrey, for once.
44:04Please.
44:07No jury on earth will convict a mother for killing a piece of filth like David McReynolds.
44:13But I didn't do it.
44:15Oh, they'll convict her, all right.
44:17Maybe not for murder one, but she will spend time in prison.
44:21Take her down for processing.
44:23No.
44:25No.
44:26I killed David.
44:30What?
44:32I said I killed David.
44:34Your Honor.
44:40I'm sorry, Helen.
44:41I thought the gun belonged to David.
44:44I would never hurt you.
44:46You've been through enough already.
44:47You can release her now.
44:56If he could go to your office in private, if he'd be so kind.
44:59Certainly, Your Honor.
45:00A very neat trick, doctor.
45:13They did have enough evidence to charge her, just as they did with Otis.
45:18I knew that McReynolds' code of honor would never let her suffer for something she didn't do.
45:23Any more than what Otis.
45:24That's something you can still be very proud of, Peter.
45:27Thank you for that.
45:29Thank you for that.
45:30Okay.
45:32Jesse's cousin says we're gonna be hauling an albacore all night with these new jigs.
45:37Well, if we're off the dock, say in an hour, we'll be out there by mid-afternoon.
45:43Perfect timing.
45:45Sun, breeze, no phones, no pagers.
45:50You turned yours off, didn't you?
45:52Absolutely.
45:54Okay.
45:57You know, Jesse's cousin says they're also gonna take some live sardines.
46:04Maybe we better stop and get some.
46:06You know, I don't like using live bait. It's smelly.
46:10Yeah? Doesn't go too good with sunscreen lotion.
46:12Yeah.
46:14Yeah, it makes you sick of your stomach.
46:16Yeah. Especially if the swells are bad.
46:19You know what else nauseates me? Sunburn.
46:22Yeah. Especially on salt water.
46:25Yeah. Makes you sick.
46:27You know, football's on at noon.
46:29I think there's a couple of root beers in the fridge.
46:32We got time to run down to the Sea Island Inn for some ahi sandwiches.
46:35Good. I like ahi better than albacore anyway.
46:38Good.
46:39Yeah, it's like aンダー.
46:40Good.
46:41Kay.
46:42Come on.
46:43There's no way.
46:45Right.
46:48Yeah, that's fine.
46:53Good.
46:54You're welcome.
46:56Yeah, that's fine.
46:57This is a good one.
47:02Viacom
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