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00:05in the criminal justice system sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous
00:10in new york city the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are
00:15members of an elite squad known as the special victims unit these are their stories
00:22so this what being an svu detective is transporting bodily fluids
00:27we're not just picking up any bodily fluid that's what i'm saying i mean what we're getting is
00:32evidence yeah sure but it's also would you have a problem holding blood no you know i would saliva
00:41this ain't gonna be blood for saliva i don't think you appreciate the top-notch detective work that's
00:47gone into this field trip griffin a rape suspect donated his sperm three years ago we have a
00:53warrant to take possession of said donation if we get a dna match to the rape kit
00:59one less sicko on the street so throw up and imagine it's the tiny scales of justice you're
01:05holding in here okay fine why am i the one that's got to carry some suspect's crotch milk
01:11because you're the new guy
01:181066 we have an explosion at 129 west 18th send everybody two svu portables go in
01:47the damage was confined to the back part of the clinic luckily that part was clear when it happened but
01:54wait
01:54let me understand why did svu respond oh we were already on the premises and we were trying to
01:59collect a sample to match dna from a rape kit what's your suspect's name ted simons you think
02:04he's good for a bomb be a first for him but never say never i thought it was another earthquake
02:12like
02:12that one we had this summer and uh the patients were helping me up and smoke was pouring from the
02:19back and what what's located in the back uh doctor's offices in the lab uh that would be where they
02:25store the donor sperm yeah why excuse me what happened i need to get past this is my clinic
02:32uh that's dr mugerji she owns this place it's her whole life please can someone help me please let me
02:37go officer let her through please i'm captain benson thank you thank you so much oh my god did anyone
02:44get hurt no no nobody is seriously hurt her now this is your clinic yes i can't believe someone
02:49would do this what's going on what happened the fbi is uh working with the possibility that somebody
02:54may have mistook your practice for an abortion clinic no that's never been what we've done here
02:59no we help people get pregnant it's strictly fertility treatment yeah okay so i'm gonna put you together
03:05with the fbi here and then when you're done with them i'd like to ask you a few questions about
03:09sperm donor okay all clear how's it looking up there single ordinance home made any chance we
03:15could take a peek see if our evidence is intact oh it's not how do you know are you guys
03:19looking to
03:19collect ash and dust so my entire lab fire got everything it's 10 000 embryos
03:32i'm so sorry dr mugerji i was going to do a procedure in an hour she'd been trying for five
03:38years
03:39we just got viable embryos what am i supposed to tell her i'm so sorry why don't we why don't
03:45we step
03:46over here i'm so sorry well you got your wish griff and take it all back
04:19so
04:27so
04:54The FBI says the IED was in a bathroom
04:56next to the clinic's lab.
04:58A combination of potassium perchlorate
05:01and aluminum flash powder
05:02shoved in a cardboard tube.
05:04Shotgun shells for fragmentation.
05:05Fourth of July in a toilet roll.
05:07Well, Ted Simon sure is good
05:08at keeping his DNA under wraps.
05:10No matter what we do,
05:11we can't seem to get it.
05:12Okay, so how long have we had eyes on his trash?
05:14Months.
05:15Guy must bleach his takeout containers.
05:17Haven't even gotten a hint of saliva.
05:19He does know the judge is being a stickler
05:21for the DNA swab,
05:22so if he figured out
05:23that we're trying to get his DNA from the clinic...
05:25But planting a bomb?
05:26That's a huge change in his behavior.
05:28So is going to prison.
05:31Okay.
05:32I think it's time to bring Mr. Simons in for a chat.
05:41Give me a break.
05:42Mama!
05:43Yo!
05:46What did I do?
05:47Transporting an extra piece of trash in the back.
05:49Come on, it's my workplace.
05:51I just thought I'd have some new questions for you.
05:53I talked to you three times now,
05:55giving you a statement.
05:55Can we just move on?
05:56I didn't know the girl.
05:58And this, okay, is harassment.
06:03Juan, what the heck?
06:04Oh, shoot.
06:05That was a very nice Juan.
06:06Hey, do you need a ride?
06:12This guy is a twerp.
06:15We press him.
06:16I bet he folds in two minutes.
06:18You remind me of someone.
06:21Mr. Simons!
06:24Simons!
06:25I'm Captain Curry.
06:26This is Detective Velasco.
06:28Water?
06:31Where's Detective Bruno?
06:33I can see you two bonded, but this isn't his case.
06:36Do you prefer coffee or a soda?
06:39Please.
06:40You sure you don't want any water?
06:44We all know the second I take a drink,
06:46one of you is going to swipe the bottle
06:47and run him back there to test my DNA.
06:50And what's so bad about that?
06:52You cops frame people every day of the week.
06:54I'm not guilty, and I'm not stupid, okay?
06:57Ask Detective Bruno.
06:59Again, this isn't his case.
07:01We're not here to talk about Katie Wilkins' rape.
07:05You're not?
07:06No.
07:07Detective Bruno's closing that case.
07:09He's already got your DNA.
07:10No, he doesn't.
07:11Oh, yes, he does.
07:13From the fertility clinic.
07:14Roosevelt Women's Health.
07:15You had a romantic affair with a plastic cup, 2022?
07:21You don't have my permission for that.
07:23It turns out we don't need your permission.
07:25Yeah, because we have a warrant.
07:27Detective Bruno's already testing that sample as we speak,
07:30so we don't need to talk about that case.
07:33We're here about the bomb you set.
07:36What bomb?
07:37The one you made and set off this morning.
07:39I don't know what you're talking about.
07:42You were trying to destroy evidence.
07:43You went from a small rape charge to, what is it, arson?
07:47No, no, no.
07:48You're going to be charged federally now.
07:49But I didn't do anything.
07:51Delicious use of explosives, use of a weapon of mass destruction, domestic terrorism.
07:55You're looking at multiple life sentences.
07:58Oh, my God.
07:59Oh, my.
08:00Okay, okay.
08:01Please, please, listen.
08:05I swear.
08:06I swear.
08:07I don't know what you're talking about.
08:10How am I going to explain that to the feds?
08:13Particularly when your sample comes back and matched to the DNA that was found inside Katie Wilkins.
08:18Hey, feds.
08:18I know he lied about the rape.
08:20But, yeah, let's trust him about the bomb.
08:25Okay.
08:26Okay.
08:26Fine.
08:27Fine.
08:28Maybe I did sleep with the girl.
08:32Maybe.
08:33Maybe not.
08:34I was drunk.
08:35And you know what?
08:36She was coming on to me.
08:37Hard.
08:38Whoa, whoa, whoa.
08:39He has always said he never met her.
08:40Until now.
08:41Let's see if they can get him all the way.
08:43But I did not bomb anything.
08:46All right?
08:49Are there people who can account for your whereabouts yesterday and today?
08:53Yes.
08:53Yes.
08:54Whoa, whoa, whoa.
08:55I do not believe in this guy.
08:56You should.
08:57Believe me, please.
08:59I'll talk to the DA.
09:01Come on.
09:02But you got to help me help you.
09:04Write down every minute, every second of your past 48.
09:08And put down the names and the contact info for anyone who can vouch for you.
09:12Okay?
09:13Okay.
09:13Of course.
09:15Um.
09:16Hi.
09:16Uh.
09:20Uh.
09:24Hey.
09:32Wait.
09:33Wait.
09:33Wait, wait, wait, wait.
09:34You can't take that.
09:35You can't take that.
09:36Give it back.
09:37Give it back.
09:38Hey.
09:39I doubt that this weasel has the balls to bomb anything.
09:43I'll call Agent Bradstreet.
09:45But if the FBI wants to look into him for the bombing, they can find him at Rikers.
09:50Captain, a call from Detective Gallagher.
09:52Homicide?
09:53There's a body.
09:54They think it belongs to us.
10:00Whole building's vacant.
10:02Businesses moved out.
10:03Never came back.
10:04Work from home.
10:05Video conferencing.
10:06Now everyone says AI's next.
10:09It's getting to be the only time people will meet face to face is to commit murder.
10:13What a world.
10:15Heard you're on the fertility clinic bombing.
10:17Yeah.
10:22Real estate agent found her.
10:24ID said Mukherjee.
10:26The bomb was meant for her.
10:35All right, so Dr. Mukherjee was 44 years old.
10:40She was married and owned and operated Roosevelt Women's Health.
10:44So I guess Ted Simons really is off the hook for the bombing.
10:46Yeah, and we're on the hook for it.
10:48The IED was in the bathroom next to the lab.
10:51We assumed the lab was the target, but on the other side was Dr. Mukherjee's office.
10:55Right, but the ME thinks that she was killed someplace else and then dumped.
10:59Now, the ligature marks on her neck indicate asphyxiation.
11:03There was no murder weapon found.
11:05But the bruising and the lacerations on her neck, there's this particular spiral pattern.
11:11Maybe exercise equipment with springs?
11:14Maybe.
11:15So her phone was found on her.
11:16Anything?
11:17Sorry, we were still working on it.
11:19Okay.
11:19So the husband.
11:21Husband is Chris Clemente.
11:23He's 44 years old.
11:24They have no kids.
11:25He has been a master plumber for the last 15 years.
11:28They've been married for 12.
11:30Here's a wrinkle.
11:31Mukherjee filed a summons with notice for divorce three months ago,
11:34and Clemente moved to a studio apartment in Astoria last year.
11:39Well, divorce means lawyer, and she may be dead,
11:42but maybe we can still get her side of the story.
11:48Anything you can tell us would be useful, Mr. Olson.
11:52I can't believe she's dead.
11:54Was divorce contentious?
11:56You know death does not free me from attorney-client privilege.
12:00Can you tell us anything that doesn't violate privilege?
12:02Yeah.
12:03My client wanted to settle.
12:04I wanted to settle.
12:05The husband's attorney wanted to settle.
12:08But the loser of a husband, Chris Clemente.
12:11Why did he refuse his settlement?
12:13Because he's a jealous, drunken leech who wanted all of her money,
12:18making up these outlandish claims about her fidelity.
12:21Was she having an affair?
12:22Come on.
12:23How do you know?
12:24Because I'm her divorce lawyer.
12:26I've seen every credit card bill, every bank statement,
12:29every dollar that was spent and earned.
12:32Trust me, all Mukherjee did was work.
12:33All Clemente did was drink.
12:35You know he tried to choke out a guy after a bar fight, right?
12:40She had to bail him out, even then, when they were separated.
12:43When was that?
12:44It's past January.
12:47A plumber, about to earn a doctor's inheritance.
12:55Mr. Clemente!
13:00Assuming this ain't about a clogged sink?
13:01Your wife, Dr. Ayala Mukherjee?
13:04Is she accusing me of something?
13:06She's dead.
13:09She's...
13:10What?
13:14You know anything about that?
13:16How?
13:17What happened?
13:18Sorry for your loss, but...
13:21Where were you yesterday?
13:23I was on a job site all day.
13:25When was the last time you spoke to or saw Dr. Mukherjee?
13:29The last court appearance?
13:30Okay, you two didn't really get along, did you?
13:33Is a divorce amicable?
13:35I've known her since college.
13:37It's hard.
13:38It's hard?
13:38Why?
13:39Why?
13:39Because she was cheating on you?
13:41No.
13:42I don't know.
13:43What?
13:43Didn't you want more on alimony?
13:45I mean...
13:46We used all my savings to open up her clinic.
13:49I at least wanted to at least...
13:50She cupped you.
13:51You should get the lion's share, right?
13:54Right?
13:55I didn't say that.
13:57Do I need a lawyer?
13:58If you won't want that, then you're right.
14:00But for right now, we're just trying to get your side of the story.
14:04I loved her.
14:07And fine.
14:07Yeah, we might have been having a really hard time.
14:10But I would never, ever hurt her.
14:12You have one of those tools that you use to unclog a drain?
14:16You know, it's made of metal.
14:17You pull it out.
14:18It's in the shape of a spiral.
14:19An auger?
14:20Yeah.
14:21Can we look at it?
14:23What do you mean?
14:25Why?
14:26Because if you want us to think that you're being cooperative, cooperate.
14:31Let me find it.
14:32Don't touch anything.
14:33We need to take photos of it in place.
14:35Gloves and bag are in the trunk.
14:42Hey, what about those death threats she was getting?
14:45Did anyone look into them?
14:47She was getting death threats?
14:50Life is a death sentence.
14:52Your life ends with you.
14:53You were born without your consent.
14:55Suicide is a gift.
14:56This is messed up.
14:56Mukherjee's clinic received these four months ago.
14:59They started showing up at a residence the past month.
15:01Never a return address.
15:02I saw the snake and sword outside Mukherjee's office.
15:05Yeah, it's a broken Ouroboros.
15:06The symbol of the antinatalism.
15:08Yeah, so I've heard of that.
15:09And they believe that procreation is unethical.
15:14All of it?
15:14Well, they think life is suffering, and coming into existence only causes harm.
15:19Well, how do you even, like, what, what, so the endgame is just letting the human race
15:23go extinct?
15:23Sounds like a death cult.
15:25Death cult with a discord, which says that they're having protests tomorrow at Astor Place,
15:30and captained an antinatalist, bombed a fertility clinic in Palm Springs last May.
15:35Okay, where are we with the husband's auger?
15:37In the lab, waiting on results.
15:39All right, so hit this protest, and see if you can get anyone to talk.
15:42Okay.
15:49What's up?
15:51Chief of Deez wants to see me.
15:53Okay.
15:53Should you say why?
15:55I think it's pretty obvious.
15:56You probably heard about the service I did for the DA, or her dog, Griffin, maybe saw something.
16:01I don't know what.
16:03Maybe.
16:04But you're supposed to report to her, and you didn't.
16:09What, am I supposed to rat you out now?
16:11I'm not a rat.
16:12Okay.
16:12I'm just going to tell her.
16:13You're going to tell her the truth, and not a word otherwise.
16:18I-
16:19Velasco, you were by the book.
16:22You did what you did.
16:23I did what I did.
16:25I can handle myself.
16:27Okay?
16:29Okay.
16:35Excuse me, ladies.
16:36Life is a death sentence.
16:37It's not too late for you.
16:39Ladies, consider condom next time.
16:41Just a thought.
16:42Hi.
16:43Put an end to pain.
16:44Help us.
16:44Sir, have you considered having kids, and can I convince you otherwise?
16:48Help us put an end to pain.
16:50Hi.
16:51Help us put an end to pain.
16:52I'd love to.
16:53Can I ask you some questions?
16:55Come on.
16:57We got a runner.
16:59We got a runner!
17:00We got a runner.
17:13You're under arrest.
17:21Look, Adrian.
17:23I'm just trying to understand what you do.
17:26Your group hands out flyers in places of business.
17:29Like, say, a fertility clinic.
17:32Is handing out flyers illegal?
17:34No, but it is illegal to bomb a fertility clinic.
17:38Well, I didn't do that.
17:39But I am glad that it happened.
17:41Are you?
17:42The unborn get to stay unborn.
17:45Nobody asked me if I wanted to exist.
17:47Using up all of Earth's resources while grinding my ass off to survive.
17:52I wouldn't wish life on anybody.
17:55What about death?
17:57Would you wish death on Dr. Mukherjee?
17:59Who's that?
18:00She owned a clinic you guys seem real interested in.
18:03Graffiti, flyers.
18:05Okay, so?
18:05Maybe this will jog your memory.
18:08That's what she looked like.
18:10Jeez.
18:11Dude.
18:13Damn.
18:15Was she killed?
18:19You really don't know anything about him.
18:21I'm not saying a thing until I know that Kirk is okay.
18:24Okay.
18:25Kirk is here in the station.
18:27He's fine.
18:28He might have a concussion.
18:30Has a medical professional looked after him?
18:32Because barreling him over was completely uncalled for.
18:35Well, clearly you care a lot about Kirk, huh?
18:40So?
18:41So nothing.
18:42It's just nice to see.
18:44Are you two in a relationship?
18:48I don't care how old he is.
18:50There's nothing wrong with him being older.
18:51I didn't say that there was.
18:53He's not like guys my age.
18:55He's kind and compassionate and super smart,
18:58and he really believes in our cause.
19:00So how did you two meet?
19:04Read it.
19:05He wanted to learn more about antinatalism,
19:07and he just went all in.
19:09I mean, now he believes in it more than anyone else I know.
19:13Enough to murder someone?
19:18Because that's why we're here.
19:20We're investigating a murder.
19:24You know he's in the Triple Nine Society?
19:27That's better than Mensa.
19:29Wow, that is smart.
19:31And he ran track in high school.
19:32He set the record for the 400 that still stands today.
19:38Well, then it's kind of amazing that he...
19:42couldn't outrun my detectives.
19:50Okay, one of these things is not like the other.
19:54What's a 53-year-old man doing
19:55hanging out with a bunch of 20-year-olds?
19:57Do you really need to ask?
19:58Nope.
19:59Mr. Kirk Young has a record of 10 disorderly conducts
20:02over a span of 20 years.
20:08Okay.
20:09You, and with me,
20:11go get Loudon.
20:17Your rap sheet, Mr. Young.
20:22Okay.
20:23So we have...
20:252003, in front of City Hall,
20:27part of a group of heteros for marriage equality.
20:312014, now the West Side Highway for Black Lives Matter.
20:35And then in 2019, we're back at City Hall for prison abolition.
20:39Well, you certainly get around, don't you?
20:42Look, I know I've got one outstanding disorderly conduct fine.
20:46I'll happily pay it.
20:47Yeah, that's 2024, right?
20:50Google headquarters.
20:53The movement for technological minimalism?
20:56Well, I live out of a Winnebago,
20:58so I don't get to check my P.O. box that often.
21:01Right, right.
21:02So all these other times,
21:04I see that you were taken into custody without incident,
21:07but this time you ran.
21:09Why is that?
21:10I didn't realize you were cops.
21:12But Captain Curry identified herself.
21:14Try again?
21:14Yeah, I just thought it was a false flag operation.
21:17False flag operation?
21:20Okay.
21:21All right, Mr. Young, uh...
21:24Do you want to know what I think?
21:26I don't think that you care about activism.
21:29I don't think that you care about change or progress.
21:33I think that you like them young.
21:37I think that you're in it not for the cause,
21:40but you're in it for the girls.
21:44But the good news for you
21:48is that it's not a crime.
21:51So, um,
21:52as soon as Mr. Young pays his outstanding disorderly,
21:56he's free to go.
21:58All right.
22:02All right.
22:03I hope this over.
22:04Sign on the mark spots.
22:11So, I, uh, I just...
22:12I gotta ask you.
22:14Is it true?
22:15She's a cute girl?
22:17She's your girlfriend?
22:18Laudan?
22:19Yeah.
22:20Yeah.
22:21I know her.
22:22Wow.
22:23Seriously, man.
22:24Seriously, congratulations.
22:27Thanks.
22:27Yeah.
22:28She's hot.
22:30Yeah, I mean, you know,
22:32I enlisted with the Academy
22:34for the dress blues,
22:35the gun, the badge, the status,
22:37but you, man,
22:39you got the game figured out.
22:41You know what?
22:41You have to initial these pages, too.
22:43Yeah.
22:44Well, let's just say that, uh,
22:47social activism
22:49attracts a youthful passion.
22:52Sure.
22:52Yeah.
22:54I bet he's, uh,
22:56he's like rebellious type girls,
22:59but they're super spirited in and out of their say.
23:02You'd be surprised.
23:05My advice?
23:06Yeah.
23:07You need to check out
23:07a Blue Lives Matter protest.
23:10Tons of badge bonnies.
23:11They'll be lining up
23:12to lick your nightstick.
23:15Who?
23:16Yeah.
23:17Which cause has the hottest girls?
23:19You know,
23:20that's a very good question.
23:22I want to say
23:22it's a toss-up
23:24between pro-choice
23:25and pro-life.
23:32He did it.
23:34He killed Autumn.
23:37Sorry, what?
23:38Who?
23:39Who is Autumn?
23:41Autumn was the purest person I ever knew.
23:45She was my TA in college.
23:47She introduced me to antinatalism.
23:50She dedicated her life
23:51to not hurting a soul.
23:52She was vegan.
23:53She would literally sweep her walkways
23:55so that you wouldn't step on the ants.
23:57So why did Kirk kill her?
23:59Because she wanted him to.
24:01Did she tell you that?
24:03No.
24:04Kirk did.
24:05They used to talk for hours,
24:07all night.
24:08Kirk said he was like a therapist for her.
24:10Mm-hmm.
24:12Autumn had anxiety and depression,
24:14which makes sense.
24:16There's no other rational way
24:17to react to this world.
24:20Kirk said that she asked him
24:21to help her end her suffering.
24:23Okay, so what exactly did Kirk do?
24:28Shot her in the head
24:29while she was asleep.
24:30Were you present when he shot her?
24:33He said I couldn't handle it.
24:36But he said it was peaceful,
24:37that she didn't even know.
24:39Am I in trouble?
24:41What did he do with the body?
24:43He left it in a park in the Bronx.
24:48Loudon, have you ever considered
24:49the possibility that he...
24:52that he made up this story?
24:54And maybe he killed her
24:56for his own reasons?
25:02One thing bugged me.
25:04What?
25:07If you knew someone
25:08was coming to kill you,
25:11how could you ever fall asleep?
25:12And maybe...
25:24Oh.
25:25What?
25:28Oh.
25:51Got some frozen treat.
26:01Kirk Young, get up.
26:02What?
26:03You're under arrest for the murder of Autumn D.S.
26:05What are you talking about?
26:06Well, we found your gun.
26:07We also found a Jane Doe in the morgue matching Autumn's description.
26:13Oh, look. Autumn wanted to die. I was helping her out. She wrote me a letter.
26:19I don't need to see the letter because I saw the autopsy report. Autumn was pregnant.
26:25But I'm sure that you knew that. I mean, how can you date a new young antinatalist girlfriend
26:31when your current one is about to have your baby?
26:38Let's go.
26:41That's one murder solved.
26:42Just not the one we're looking for. His alibi checks out.
26:46He and Laudan were up in Beacon the day Mukherjee was killed.
26:56Yeah?
26:59Detective Velasco, thanks for joining us.
27:01I believe you know DEA agents Hill and Pruna already?
27:04Yo, Joe. Seeing you.
27:07Make yourself comfortable. Can you close the door behind you?
27:11Listen, Chief. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't know what they told you, but...
27:17Detective Velasco, there's nothing for you to worry about. We're just gonna have a chat.
27:22Share our feelings. See if we have the same goals and desires. Easy peasy.
27:28I have to be honest. This is one of the best parts of my job.
27:32Helping everyone achieve their mutual goals.
27:36So thank you. You've actually made by day.
27:40The door?
27:53Hey. Any word on Mukherjee's ex-husband?
27:55Chris Clemente's plumbing auger was completely clean. No blood, skin, no trace of any chemical that would have been used
28:01to clean.
28:02Plus the spiral pattern doesn't quite match the one on Dr. Mukherjee's throat.
28:05Taru unlocked Mukherjee's phone. Anything?
28:08Well, there's certainly an oddity in her calendar. She was scheduled to meet her divorce lawyer the same day that
28:13she was killed.
28:13What's weird about that?
28:14Well, it wasn't Mark Olsen. Someone named Lindsey Kruger.
28:18She has a second divorce lawyer?
28:23I had a preliminary phone call with Dr. Mukherjee. When Shino showed our meeting, I assumed she just had a
28:29change of heart.
28:30About what?
28:31Hiring me.
28:33Were you aware she was already working with another lawyer?
28:36Very much so, but Dr. Mukherjee was ready to settle and move on with her life.
28:40Well, couldn't Mark Olsen do that?
28:42Do you know what banging in a building is?
28:45Yeah, when a lawyer drags out a case to bill more hours.
28:48And in a divorce, the way to do that is to advocate an extremely adversarial approach to keep the meter
28:53running.
28:54So you're saying Olsen was the one refusing to settle?
29:03Who the hell are you?
29:06Alec Henry.
29:08The Henry and Stafford Spitz Henry. And yourselves?
29:11You want to explain why Mark Olsen was in your office the other day?
29:15Oh, yeah. I let Mark use the space from time to time. Professional courtesy.
29:20He doesn't have an office?
29:22Honestly, his new digs are a hellhole.
29:27So the guy's office...
29:29The real one.
29:29...is a literal block from where Mukherjee's body was found.
29:32Financial records show multiple unpaid credit cards and a townhouse in Park Slope that was foreclosed on.
29:39So we're really aiming at a lawyer for the murder of his own client?
29:42Look, at the very least, he had no problems misleading the detectives who were looking into his client's death.
29:48We need a background on him and we don't want to reason any alarms, you know?
29:52Yeah, I know.
29:53Look, just because he's a lawyer doesn't make him as morally outstanding as you are.
29:58Let me do some digging and see what I can find out.
30:04Olsen used to be the boogeyman in these halls.
30:06Nowadays, half the time, he doesn't even show up.
30:09What happened to him?
30:10His nose got redder.
30:12It's just a theory, but I think he fell off the wagon and took every bottle of McKellen with him
30:17on the way down.
30:19Thanks for meeting me, Judge. What can you tell me about the Mukherjee case?
30:22Delay after delay.
30:23And all because of Olsen.
30:25Talk about incompetence.
30:27I told him I was on the verge of sanctioning him.
30:30Plus, I suggested that poor woman find someone else to represent her.
30:34And to think five years ago, I used Olsen for my own divorce.
30:39Thanks, Judge.
30:39What's the matter? What did Olsen do?
30:41I can't tell you that.
30:46This guy's credibility is in the toilet, but it gets so much worse than that.
30:49He put a $100,000 lien on Mukherjee's property for bogus unpaid legal bills.
30:53And when her estate is sold?
30:55Gets a six-figure payday.
30:56Okay. I think it's time for a warrant.
30:58I hate to see it.
31:00Captain, can I have a word?
31:03Yeah.
31:10All right. Out with it.
31:13The DEA asked the Chief of Dees if they can have me.
31:17Okay. To do more undercover work.
31:20Yeah.
31:22But in San Diego.
31:24In San Diego.
31:28Chief thinks it's a good idea.
31:30What do you think?
31:32Me?
31:32Yeah. You.
31:36I mean, I don't like the way they went over our heads.
31:38What?
31:42This guy they're after is a bad dude.
31:45He runs packs in Tijuana.
31:46He just murdered a witness that was going to testify against him,
31:49along with her husband and her kids.
31:54Well, that sounds like somebody needs to take him down.
31:57I know.
31:58I know.
32:01With Finn out.
32:04I don't want to be the one who leaves you in the end.
32:08Velasco, I haven't stayed with SVU out of loyalty.
32:12I would never expect anyone to do that.
32:16I'm here because I think that it's the place that I can do the most good.
32:23You need to be where you can do the most good.
32:34I gotta tell you, this last job I did for them, I didn't sleep for four nights.
32:40I...
32:42I was up.
32:43And I wasn't scared.
32:44It was just like...
32:45I was buzzed.
32:47You know, I was excited.
32:52Well, then you better get some rest.
32:55Because I don't think you're going to get a whole lot of it on the West Coast.
32:58I'm scared.
33:26Mark Olson, we have a warrant to search your office.
33:29Boys, what is this?
33:31All right.
33:31Come on, boys.
33:33Is this necessary?
33:50Bingo.
33:53Bruno.
33:58I bet this particular spiral pattern is a match.
34:03All right, boys, let's talk.
34:05Sure.
34:06Well, you know, you have the right to remain silent.
34:08And anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
34:19A lawyer killing his own client.
34:23Just when I think that I've seen everything, the world proves me wrong.
34:30You okay?
34:32How do you feel when you have to take down a dirty cap?
34:35It's the worst.
34:37Bust your ass to get through law school, pass the bar.
34:41Do all this work, so you, what, you can take advantage of somebody?
34:46Initial tests came back.
34:47The auger we found in the office was cleaned with bleach.
34:50So we can't prove it's the actual murder weapon.
34:52Okay.
34:52But spiral pattern lines up with the bruising on Mukherjee's throat.
34:56Okay.
34:57Got it.
34:57Are you going to play this interrogation?
34:59Not an interrogation.
35:01It's a trial.
35:08Sonny.
35:09You know I used to work for the, uh, Staten Island DA's office, yeah?
35:13Jimmy Silverberg's a good friend of mine.
35:15Oh, yeah?
35:16And you're certain you don't want a lawyer?
35:21Want a lawyer.
35:22I, I am a lawyer.
35:23Good.
35:24Yeah, sit down.
35:25Cause, uh, I need some advice.
35:28Lawyer to lawyer.
35:30I'm gonna present my case to you, and I want you to tell me if you think I got a
35:34shot at a conviction.
35:36You're gonna show me your evidence?
35:39Okay, sure.
35:40I'll play along.
35:41All right.
35:43So, the defendant, uh, this guy used to be a star in his field, but, uh, he caught some bad
35:49breaks at work, went through a divorce, and fell on hard times.
35:53So he's human, aren't we all?
35:55Yeah.
35:56So he turns to drugs.
35:58We found cocaine in his office and his apartment, which, which we just searched.
36:03Come on.
36:04It's New York City.
36:05You find traces of powder literally anywhere.
36:08Drugs for this guy, they just make his work suffer even more.
36:11So, that's catch 22, because now he needs more money to pay for the, the drugs.
36:15So, what he does is he starts delaying cases.
36:19Either because he's too busy getting high, or because he needs to get as much money as he can from
36:23his clients.
36:25I'd heard such big things about you, Sonny.
36:29But what you're doing right now is performative slander.
36:32I don't see relevance.
36:33I don't see substance.
36:34The victim.
36:37The victim.
36:37The victim who, who trusted the defendant.
36:41Her lawyer.
36:43She wanted to settle the divorce.
36:47But that was a big problem for the defendant.
36:51Because he needed her money.
36:53And even worse, if she would've switched to another lawyer, then his malfeasance would be uncovered.
36:58And he was gonna lose his license, and the defendant, he couldn't let that happen.
37:01So, you know what he does?
37:03He sees a protest outside the victim's fertility clinic.
37:06He goes, there.
37:07There's some suckers to frame.
37:10And he Googles.
37:12Googles.
37:13How to make a bomb.
37:15But this guy, I'm telling you, nothing ever goes this guy's way.
37:18When that doesn't work out, he goes to plan B.
37:22Frame the jealous husband.
37:25Establishing method.
37:26Motive.
37:28Fair enough.
37:29Sonny, a good story is not the same as a good case.
37:33We retrieved the murder weapon from your office.
37:35And it matches the bruises on the victim's neck.
37:39You're referring to a common household tool?
37:43You know, let me pose some questions of my own.
37:45Yeah?
37:47You mind?
37:49Isn't it true that your detectives first looked into a Chris Clemente?
37:52Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
37:54The husband who was trying to get more money out of the victim.
37:56Why exactly was he ruled out?
37:59And then did they interrogate a group of French extremists who actually did threaten the victim?
38:05Well, your honor, I think what we have here is a fishing expedition by a department who is clearly trying
38:12to keep their stats up, is what I would say.
38:17Easy to understand and honest.
38:20But, you know, what do I know?
38:31What you got?
38:35Come on, don't do, don't do this dog and pony show with me.
38:55You messed up.
38:58You cleaned the auger.
38:59You even cleaned the couch in your office.
39:02But as in court, such in life, you got no follow through.
39:06We found stains inside the couch cushions.
39:12And those stains just tested positive from RKG's blood.
39:18You washed the sleep covers, but you didn't bother about the cushions.
39:22And that, that fits every story that I've heard about you like a glove.
39:26Too lazy to do the job in full.
39:31Sound about right, counselor?
39:35Sound about nothing.
39:36Sound about nothing.
39:48Okay.
39:49Okay, lawyer to lawyer.
39:51Let's cut a deal.
39:58Telephone everybody's locked down on the back of a seat brighter night.
40:01Street stehen-car Is。
40:02It doesn't seem asap-key if their woman gets a hero of Stock Administration.
40:05to the violent watch party.
40:09How's PT going?
40:11But you came here to nurse me.
40:13At least my last girl was clean-shaven.
40:22You know, I was thinking about that time that we talked,
40:26about how you and I both did, like, bad things,
40:29and we tried to balance out the scales.
40:32Mm-hmm.
40:35Well, I realized something.
40:39I realized that when I'm in here, when I'm doing the job,
40:44I don't think about the scale anymore.
40:47Like, I don't think about myself at all.
40:51You going somewhere?
40:56I just want to say thank you for everything.
41:00Velasco, you don't have to say a word.
41:03I already know.
41:31I already know.
41:55I aw killed her.
41:59Thank you so much.
42:01You're rumors.
42:02I've decided.
42:02I'm not too tired.
42:02Oh, god.
42:02I didn't have to say anything at all.
42:02About three fucking hours during ajust CESTS-
42:02Well, I thought I was trying to figure you some more times now.
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