- What about the impact...? - I can't talk right now.
My office will call you, right? OK, bye.
- Thanks. - See you.
Bye.
What the fuck happened in there?
I guess that 8 was a B after all.
You think this is funny? We're losing this case.
What happened? How could you've missed that?
There are 50 of them, plus the entire Chicago PD.
How was I to know he had a reading room in the basement?
- It's your job. - You want my job?!
- No, I want you to do your job! - Marty, come on.
I'm working on a third-man defence. Figured that out yet?
I don't have a third man. Why? Because you can't fucking find him!
- Is it that hard to find one indigent kid? - Maybe we already got the kid.
We have to at least consider the possibility that he did it.
The evidence points towards him, and you refuse to look at it.
I'm not refusing to look at anything! I don't think he did it!
We're up there in a couple of days, and we got dick!
- Do your fucking jobs! - Fuck!
It must have been hard to come to Chicago. You didn't know anybody.
Nobody.
Did you have any money?
No, nothing.
I wanna talk more about your girlfriend, Linda. Can we, Aaron?
- No. - Why not?
Aaron.
Oh, I'm sorry.
D-d-do you think we can do this later?
- No, I wanna stay with this a while. - I'm just a li-li-little tired.
I know. Why does talking about Linda Forbes upset you?
It d-d... It doesn't.
I just don't want to talk about it right now.
- Why not? Are you all right? - No, my head hurts.
OK, I'm sorry. Let me just fix this.
- You know what I can do with this? - No, how the fuck should I know?
Jesus Christ.
Aaron?
What? What were you saying?
What do you want? I'll kill you!
I don't think so, Alex. Drop it.
Drop it.
- Remember me, huh?! - My name is Martin Vail.
I don't give a fuck! You have no right!
Every fucking right! I'm Aaron Stampler's attorney, you little shit!
Now! What do you know about the Archbishop's murder?
- Nothing. - Where do you think you're going?
Bullshit! Don't fuck with us.
I swear I know nothing.
What were you doing at Aaron's house? What were you looking for?
- A tape. - A tape? A videotape?
- Yeah. - Of what?
- Sex stuff. - Sex stuff?
Do I have to draw a picture for you?
Who?
Who?!
Me, Linda.
- And Aaron? - He shot it, too, for the Archbishop.
Are you telling...
Are you telling me that Archbishop Rushman is involved with sex stuff?
Yeah, he called it "purging the devil".
He'd say a sermon for ten minutes, and then he would tell us what to do.
I don't give a fuck what you believe!
Hey, hey, hey. What were you going to do with the tape?
Trash it. I was gonna throw it away.
One. Just one tape.
One tape. He'd keep recording over and over.
- Why did you think Aaron had this? - I don't know.
I thought he got it, and he went back and killed him.
- He did kill him, right? - No, he didn't.
Where's this girl? Where's Linda?
She freaked out! She panicked. She split.
And I'm not expecting any postcards.
Look at me.
Get him out of here, Tommy.
- Where to? - A warm bunk and three meals a day.
- You can't arrest me! You're no cop! - I used to be. Does that work for you?
- Look who's here. - Finish it. It's a good article.
You know the rules. Don't disturb anything,
don't remove anything or it's my ass.
Yeah, mine too. I won't touch anything.
Excuse me.
...preach the gospel to every...
Hello.
- What are you watching? - Wait a minute.
Go to her.
Good. Now help her.
That's it, Aaron. Good.
Linda, help out.
Good. Take offher blouse, Aaron.
That's it. Now help him, Linda.
Isn't that sweet, Linda? Good.
That's it. Now, take him in your mouth.
Here's motive.
Take her from behind.
- Aaron, take her from behind. - Jesus Christ.
Thanks.
- I wanna talk to you alone. - We should discuss...
I need to be alone with my client.
Do you trust me?
Yes, yes, of course I do.
Good. Because I don't trust you.
I'll lay it all out for you.
I'm losing this case because my fucking client is lying to me.
- I never, never lied... - Bullshit!
No more bullshit. No more games.
Everybody thinks you did this, everybody.
Only I believe you, and I'm that close.
So I want it all out. Right now, right here.
Did you underline that book?
Hey, hey, look at me. Did you underline that book?
- N-n-no, I didn't. - I don't believe you.
- That's bullshit. - I told...
I don't believe you! I saw the tape!
I saw the tape. I know what he did to you. I wanna hear it from you.
No! No!
Don't do this. I want you to tell me the truth.
- You fucking killed him! You did it! - No!
You're so full of shit! You did it! Tell me the truth. Don't lie.
You little fuck! You killed him!
- You son of a bitch! You killed him! - No!
What do you want from me now?
Quit crying! I can't understand a word you're saying.
You little sissy! You make me sick!
- Look here. Who the fuck are you? - Who the fuck are you?
This is my cell! Who the fuck are you?
I got you now. You're the lawyer.
You're a lawyer, ain't you? With your fancy suit. I heard about you.
My, my, you sure fucked this one up, counsellor.
Sounds like they're gonna shoot Aaron so full of poison it'll come out his eyes!
- Where is Aaron? - He's crying in a corner somewhere.
You scared him off! You got to deal with me now, boy.
I ought to give you a beating on principle. Look at me.
You pull that tough-guy shit on Aaron again, I'll kick your ass to Sunday!
- Do you understand me? - I understand you.
Aaron gets in trouble, he calls you. You're the man.
Aaron couldn't kick his own ass.
You seen him with the "da-da-da".
Yeah.
Jesus Christ, he can't handle anything.
He sure couldn't handle all that preacher's blood.
If he'd done like I told him, we wouldn't be in this mess.
But he got scared and "da".
Ran off and got himself caught, the stupid little shit.
So Aaron did kill Rushman.
Hell no! Jesus Christ, where did they find you?
Haven't you listened to me? Aaron doesn't have guts to do nothing.
It was me, boy.
- It was you. - Yes, it was.
He came crying to me like always, stuttering and whining.
"I ca-can't take it no more, Roy. You g-got to help me."
"Please, please, Roy."
I said, "Shut your mouth! Grow up. Be a man. Take care of yourself."
So your name is Roy?
Oh, Jesus, I'm sorry. Yeah. What is it? Marty?
Marty, I'm dying for a smoke. Do you have a cigarette?
- No, I quit. - Fuck that.
Can't live without them. Got to be a butt here.
Roy.
Roy, tell me about Linda.
Linda? Who the fuck cares about Linda?
I care about Linda. I'd like to know about her.
That little tramp. Everybody had a piece of her, you know.
She had Aaron wrapped up so tight, he thought she was his girlfriend.
She broke his heart.
So that's why you had to kill Rushman. Because of the sex stuff.
You've seen the tape.
Answer me, you son of a bitch!
Do you think I'm playing with you? I will break your fucking neck!
- I'll ask again. Have you seen it? - Of course I saw the tape.
Dammit, I told him, "Get that tape. It's motive, you asshole!"
This'll fuck everýthing up. Don't you show that to anyone!
- Do you understand me?! - Yeah.
- Aaron. - Damn!
Mist...
Mister Vail?
Yeah, I'm right here, Aaron.
He did it. The little fuck did it.
How could I have missed that?
- Am I gonna need stitches? - No.
He didn't do it. Aaron has no idea what just happened in there.
I kept seeing the signs. The big ones.
Abusive background, these repeated blackouts, the ellipses in thought.
He's ambidextrous. I tried to tell you.
You may be thrilled by all this, but I'm fucked. I don't have a case.
Textbook multiple personality disorder. Put me on the stand. I'll testify.
He's insane.
I can't. I can't change plea in the middle of a trial.
The judge would never allow it. Insanity is the hardest thing to prove.
OK.
My professional opinion.
This is not a criminal we're dealing with. He's a sick kid.
He's sitting in a cell, and that's not where he belongs.
You got an aspirin?
Come on, Connerman, ask it.
Ask what?
The question you wanted to ask me before.
I don't understand, Mr Vail.
"How can you defend someone if you know they did it?"
"How can you defend these fucking scumbags?" Isn't that it?
All those fucking coy questions, all that bullshit.
Bottom line is: "How can you do what you do?"
You think it's the money, don't you?
The money's nice. The money's very, very nice, Jack.
The first thing I ask a new client is:
"You been saving up for a rainy day?"
"Guess what? It's raining."
You think it's because I want to see my face on magazine covers?
My 15 seconds on TV? I love it. I fucking love that shit. I really do.
But guess what?
It's not it.
- You go to Las Vegas? - Yeah.
I don't go to Vegas. Why don't I go to Vegas?
Marty, it's late. I think we should just get up and...
Why gamble with money when you can gamble with people's lives?
That was a joke.
All right, I'll tell you.
I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty.
I believe in that notion because I choose to believe
in the basic goodness of people.
I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people.
And I try to understand
that some very good people do some very bad things.
You know when I was working for Shaughnessy,
I did something very, very bad.
Illegal. I was a prosecutor then.
This thing I did. I was very upset by it and decided to leave.
So I left. I became a defending attorney.
The irony being that everyone assumed I was lying anyhow.
I made myself this little promise that...
...I would reserve my lies for other than my public life.
You print any of this, I'll sue your fucking ass.
- All right, so I made a little mistake. - No shit.
What do you want? A new suit? I'll buy you a new suit.
You made a mistake? You told us the third man did it.
You got your third man. And a fourth man and a fifth man...
What are you going to do, Marty?
I don't know. I really fucked up here.
You were right.
- So how are you gonna get him off? - I don't know.
What I know is that Aaron did not commit first-degree murder.
- He stabbed him a billion times... - Not Aaron.
To convict someone of a capital crime the State must prove intent.
- Roy had intent, Aaron didn't. - Then you have to plead insanity...
...which we can't do mid-trial, unless you plan a career change.
I could've been mistaken, but I wasn't wrong.
Aaron is innocent. It's Roy who is guilty.
He doesn't need a lawyer, he needs an exorcist.
You're full of shit. You weren't there. You didn't see it.
He's one sick boy who's been fucked around by his father, by his priest.
It's our job to make sure the jury believes he doesn't deserve to die.
- OK. - OK. How do we do it?
By somehow introducing this whole abuse thing.
- The tape. - That's crazy. That gives him motive.
No, it looks like that, but it's...
No, actually, it turns this whole thing around.
It gives concrete documentation of what Rushman did to this kid.
But we can't put it in. You know that.
But we're not going to.
Oh, fuck!
- OK. - Good.
What the hell are you doing? You know damn well who it is.
- Barleycorn's, Marty. Now. - Janet?
Cute porno. Part of your collection?
Hey.
Where did you get it? Steal it?
- From the crime scene? - I don't know anything...
- You are such a liar. - Think about it.
If it contains that, I wouldn't give it to you. It's motive.
You had to give it to me.
If you introduced it, the jury'd despise you for dishonouring the bishop.
If you get me to show it, motive or no motive, I'm the one who looks bad,
and you gain sympathy for your poor, little, abused boy.
- You think so? - I hate you.
Don't use it.
I have no intention of using it.
- The usual, Stu. - You got it.
- You're up to even more than that. - I'm not up to anything.
You're opening a door for me with a tiger on the other end, and I don't...
You know who you'd really upset? Shaughnessy.
- Fuck him. - Fuck him?
Fuck you.
Thanks a lot.
- If this is not your motive, what is? - I have motive.
Yeah, what is it?
I'm really gonna tell you.
Better tell the jury soon. Time's running out.
Here you go.
You think you've got me, huh?
You think because you know me as well as you do, you know how I think.
Well, I know how you think.
You know what I'm thinking?
What happened to your face?
I... I bumped it in a medicine cabinet.
No, that was a girl on her way out.
- We should come back here later. - They close in ten minutes.
No, after.
After the trial.
When we got nothing to lose.
How can your timing be so good in a courtroom
and so bad in real life?
I'll think about it later. I hate you too much right now.
You got a visitor.
Here she comes.
Talk to you later.
Janet.
Morning.
So where's the tape?
There's some pretty ugly stuff on that tape.
- Yes, there is. - Who would've thought?
- Where did it come from? - Landed on my front door. No note.
- Vail? - Who else?
Clever prick.
What do you think he's up to?
- I honestly don't know. - Cut the crap.
You know him well. You were balling him.
- Where is it? - At home.
I have some advice for you.
If you have aspirations beyond this particular office,
pick up your handbag, go home and destroy this tape
you should've destroyed, like I did.
You don't think Vail has a copy?
You don't think there's an original?
Stampler is on trial, not the Catholic church.
If you haven't found another motive to hang him on, God help you.
All rise.
Please, sit down.
Madame Prosecutor.
Miss Venable.
The State calls Thomas Goodman.
Objection, Your Honour.
Prosecution knows Mr Goodman is my investigator in this case,
and under the Work Product Rule he can't be compelled to testify.
- Permission to approach the bench? - Granted.
I have important evidence which the witness can authenticate.
That's Mr Vail's privilege. If he doesn't want Goodman to testify, he won't.
Make a decision, Mr Vail.
- You ever been to my apartment? - No.
- By that I mean my apartment building. - Allegedly.
I'm sorry. You have or you haven't. "Allegedly" doesn't figure into it.
I have... been there, yes.
- Why did you go there? - I was delivering something.
For whom?
Martin Vail.
Mr Vail sent you to deliver something to me.
- Yes. - What was it?
A video tape.
Could this be the tape you delivered for Mr Vail?
I have a feeling it is, yes.
The People place this video tape in evidence.
So ordered. Please index.
Where did Mr Vail get this tape, if it is the same one?
He took it from the closet of Archbishop Rushman.
- Stole it. - Borrowed it.
Once I made the transfer for him, I returned it.
Can you describe what's on the tape?
There was a sermon by Archbishop Rushman, a rehearsal,
followed by...
- ...a kind of home movie. - A home movie? Of what?
- Some altar boys. - And?
- A girl. - Doing what?
An altar boy lesson of some kind?
Having sex.
Quiet.
A porno movie.
- Mm, yes. - Yes. Now.
How is it that this tape, this porno tape,
was in the Archbishop's closet in order for Vail to find it there?
- He was the... director. - Who was?
- Archbishop Rushman. - Quiet!
And was the defendant one of the altar boys performing in the movie?
- Yes, he was. - Was his girlfriend, Linda Forbes?
Yes, she was.
Did it appear to you that the defendant was enjoying
performing in this film with his girlfriend?
No, he does not.
I will not ask you if you think we've uncovered motive here.
We will decide that for ourselves once we've all seen the video tape.
No further questions.
Does Defence wish to cross?
- No, Your Honour. - Court's in recess.
Bailiff, please set up for the tape. Mr Goodman, you're excused.
Thanks for the advice.
- Mr Vail said she was your girlfriend. - Yes, she was.
- How did you meet? - We were both at the Savior House.
I was an altar boy,
and she was working for Bishop Rushman.
Doing what?
Were you sleeping with anyone else at the time?
- No, no. - Was she?
N-n-no.
Has she been to see you, Aaron?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm still here.
What?
Mr Vail, are you prepared to proceed with your first witness?
Yes, Your Honour. The Defence calls John Shaughnessy.
The People object. Mr Shaughnessy has never been identified as...
- Your Honour, may I approach? - Yes, you may.
My client is on trial for his life. He maintains there was a third person.
Can Mr Shaughnessy confirm that?
The US Constitution takes precedence here,
permitting calling any witness to prove innocence.
That's stated in the Sixth Amendment and profound in Brady vs. Maryland.
Mr Shaughnessy, you sit on the board of the Rushman Foundation?
I am an honorary board member.
Explain the nature and purpose of this foundation.
It was founded by the late Archbishop.
Its purpose is to invest in projects for the greater good of the community.
The greater good of the community, OK.
Would that be true in the case of the now bankrupt...
- ...South River Housing Development? - Yes.
Could you tell the court why the South River project was abandoned?
There was a difference of opinion as to the costs.
Wasn't there also a difference of opinion
between the investors and the late Archbishop?
- I don't recall. - You don't...
What kind of money are we talking about?
How much money was invested in this failed South River enterprise?
- 60 million dollars. - Quiet.
60 million dollars!
Wow, that's a lot of money.
You and the Archbishop have been friends for 20 years?
- You knew each other well. - That's right.
- Did that tape's content surprise you? - Yes, of course.
You've never heard any allegations against the Archbishop?
Not that I recall, no.
Especially since you were State's Attorney for the last 15 years,
you've supervised all prosecutions in Cook County during that time,
especially the prosecutions of prominent figures.
I also have a staff of a thousand of the best prosecutors...
As State's Attorney it was up to you, ultimately, to decide...
- ...who would be indicted. - Yes.
Let me just take you back now.
Let's go back to June 1985.
Do you recall any allegations of sexual misconduct...
- ...against the Archbishop then? - I don't recall that, no.
Do you recall a young man by the name of Michael O'Donnell
who came to the felony review unit at your office?
I have no idea what you're talking about.
That's confusing because a document from the Chicago Metropolitan Police
says that Michael O'Donnell spoke to the supervisor for two weeks,
explaining sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of Archbishop Rushman.
Isn't it also true, Mr State's Attorney, that you then decided that your friend
was not going to stand trial for any of it?
He owed you big time, John.
You must have been pissed off when he pulled out of South River.
He just said, "I can't take it any more"? He said, "No!"
You and your investors had 60 million reasons to kill him!
- You little cocksucker! - That's it. Witness dismissed.
- Vail, in my chambers now. - That's for Joey Pinero, shithead.
Start looking for a job.
You think you can use my courtroom to wage vendettas and settle old scores,
you are sorely mistaken.
I'm striking Shaughnessy's testimony from the record as irrelevant,
and I'm holding you in contempt to the tune of 10,000 dollars.
You're saying that I can't get a fair trial in your courtroom?
Be very careful, Mr Vail. You're on dangerous ground.
You want the cheque made out to you?
You want me to take you off this case?
You're making a mockery of my courtroom, and I won't allow it.
I suggest you start representing your client and stop representing yourself.
- Can we do this later? - No, I want to stay with this.
- I'm feeling very, very tired. - Yeah, I know.
Why does talking about Linda Forbes upset you?
It doesn't. Ijust...
- OK. - I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- You know what I can do with this? - How the fuck should I know!
Dr Arrington, how much time have you spent with Aaron Stampler?
- Around 60 hours. - What did you find in your evaluation?
Mr Stampler suffers from an acute disassociative condition.
- Multiple personality disorder. - Objection, Your Honour.
She's only stating what she's personally observed.
- Your Honour. - Counsellors.
- I know what you're doing. - Excuse us for a minute?
If he wants to question his client's sanity...
I'm trying to establish a medical basis for amnesia.
That's not what he's doing. He's saying he's crazy.
- Are you? - No, I am not.
I'll allow you to proceed with this witness if you're very careful.
Absolutely. Yes.
Write down that he said that.
All right, where were we?
Now, could Aaron Stampler
have been present during the murder of Archbishop Rushman...
- ...and not remember it? - Yes, he could.
Could you explain that, please?
Stampler's state was such that his body could be present at a homicide,
and yet his mind would be unable to recall it.
- How would this be possible? - This neurological mechanism...
...began with the early abuse suffered at the hands of his father.
In defence Aaron's psyche splintered into two separate personalities.
- Your Honour. - I didn't say it. I did not say it...
You've been warned twice. You wanna pursue this?
And I suggest you think long and hard before answering.
Your Honour, just one last question.
All right, Dr Arrington...
...in your opinion is Aaron Stampler capable of murder?
No, he's far too traumatised to express normal anger and frustration.
He keeps his emotions repressed,
which is why he created Roy, who is capable...
- Objection. - That's enough, Mr Vail.
The jury will disregard this witness' last statement, as will the court.
- Prosecutor, do you wish to cross? - You bet I do.
Since you brought it up, against the instructions of the court,
is multiple personality disorder your primary area of expertise?
It's not my primary field, no.
Is forensic psychiatry your primary area of expertise?
- No, I'm a neuropsychologist. - I see.
So you have no forensic experience and you're more of an academic?
Then you will forgive this rather academic question.
I'm driving, somebody cuts me off.
I feel like killing this guy, but I don't. Now do I?
- I would hope not. - That's right.
Things happen to us. People wrong us.
But we don't all invent psychopaths to do our dirty work for us, doctor?
I'm not suggesting you have multiple personalities.
- I'm saying Mr Stampler does. - Yes, I know. We heard.
You have also testified that you have met this... What was his name again?
- Roy. - Roy what?
- He didn't give a last name. - I see.
Did this Roy tell you that he had murdered the Archbishop?
Mr Vail was with him, I was outside,
but soon after I was in the room and saw both Roy
and his transformation back to Aaron.
Did you happen to tape this appearance of Aaron...?
Oh, I'm sorry. I just cannot get used to this name.
- Roy. - Did you?
- No, the tape was off. - Off?
So you have no record whatsoever of his appearance.
- No. - No.
- Does Aaron know right from wrong? - Yes, he does.
- If Aaron butchered the Archbishop... - Objection.
...would he know if Aaron murdered the Archbishop?
- Would he know he'd broken the law? - Yes, he would. But it wasn't Aaron...
Oh, yes, I know, doctor. It was Roy.
That's all. No further questions, Your Honour.
Witness may step down.
If you'd like to re-open your case and call the State's psychiatrist...
- ... I will certainly agree to it. - No, I...
I don't think that's necessary. I think we all get the picture here.
Mr Vail, are you ready to proceed?
Would you like a recess?
Roy?
Aaron.
Could you tell us a little about your relationship with the Archbishop?
Well, he was like a father to me. I loved him very much.
Why did you love him?
- Why? - Aha.
Well, he... he s-saved my life.
He was the only person who ever treated me like I was worth anything.
Stop your whining, little girl. Be a man.
We've all seen that tape that you were in, Aaron.
How did that make you feel? Did it change your feelings about Rushman?
No.
He was a wonderful man.
So you didn't feel anger towards him for forcing you to perform in that tape?
No, he did everýthing for me.
There was nothing else I could do for him, and he needed it.
Do you know someone named Roy?
No, I don't.
You heard Dr Arrington's testimony about what she and I saw at the jail.
There are strange things going on. Do you remember?
I heard what she said, but I don't remember any of that.
Did you kill Archbishop Rushman?
No, sir, I did not.
Thank you.
Your witness.
Mr Stampler, would you like some water?
- N-no, ma'am. - You sure?
Ye-yes, ma'am.
Mr Stampler, did you believe that the Archbishop wore masks?
I'm sorry, what did you say?
Do you think he acted one way in public and another way in private?
N-no, I don't think that.
Isn't that why you underlined the Hawthorne passage?
Mr Stampler?
No, I did not underline that book.
- You didn't underline it? - No, ma'am.
And you didn't carve the numbers of that passage into his chest?
No, ma'am, I did not. I told you I...
You loved him.
You loved him like a father.
Even though he made you and your girlfriend
perform demeaning sexual acts for his own gratification.
No, you don't understand. He...
There was no other way for him to cast out his demons. He...
He needed to get off, Aaron. That's what he was doing.
That's what he needed you for. To perform like a circus animal.
- That was your function in his life. - N-no.
Oh, Mr Stampler, I'm gonna ask you straight because I am tired.
I've had enough of this sordidness, and I wanna go home.
And I wanna wash my hands, and I wanna forget all about you
and Archbishop Rushman.
Did the Archbishop force you and your girlfriend and others
to perform sexual acts while he watched? Yes or no?
- Yes, he did, but... - Yes. Yes, he forced you.
He forced you using a threat of expulsion from Savior House
and a life on the street with no heat and no water and no food.
He put you in front of a camera! He made you take off your clothes!
And you don't think that's another side?
Another face of a man that we all thought...
- No! No. - Someone did that to me, I'd kill him.
I would stab him 78 times with a butcher knife!
I would chop off his fingers! I would slash his throat open!
I would carve numbers into his chest! I would gouge out his eyes! I swear.
But that's me.
- No further questions. - Where the hell are you going?
Look at me when I'm talking to you, bitch!
Fuck you, lady! Come here!
Order! Bailiff! Order!
Let's play rough! Come on. Back off!
- Roy! - Keep coming, and I'll break her neck!
- Come here and talk. - Fuck you, Marty! I'm walking out!
No! No! Don't you...!
You OK?
Don't even think of lighting that cigarette, Miss Venable.
- How's your neck? - I'll live.
I could call a doctor.
Mr Shaughnessy just called to inform me there will be no mistrial.
- As if that was his right. - I can't believe...
...that scumbag has the balls to call.
No thanks.
What matters to me is what you have to say. Your case has been damaged.
In fairness to the Prosecution I would declare a mistrial,
regardless of what Shaughnessy and Vail think, if that's what you want.
The Prosecution doesn't wanna try this case again even if it could.
Which it can't. At least not by me.
I think I can guarantee you there's no one
in the DA's office who will. So... it's up to you.
I'm gonna dismiss the jury in favour of a bench trial
and a blind plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Yes?
The defendant will be remanded to Elgin for a 30-day evaluation period.
Let them decide the term of his commitment.
- Do you have a problem with that? - He'll be out in a month.
Take it up with the Legislature, Miss Venable.
I'm going home.
- Your Honour. - No, I won't refund your contempt fine.
Next time you wanna get a client off on insanity, you plead that way,
or I'll have you disbarred.
- You OK? - Am I OK? Do I seem OK?
I get attacked by this sick twist, I've lost the case, I'm out of a job.
No, I'm not OK. But hey, you won, justice was done. Who cares, right?
Congratulations.
You knew, didn't you?
You knew if I went after him, he'd wig out.
I knew he'd come out if he was threatened.
Who better to do that than me?
You used me.
Yeah, I did. I had no choice.
What did I use that was so terrible?
I knew you'd do your job. I knew you'd stand up to Shaughnessy.
I knew you'd try to win the case. What's wrong with that?
- I lost my fucking job! - Good, you should've left years ago.
- You always say what's right for me. - I'm arrogant.
I'm very...
...very arrogant.
- You wanna dance? - No.
- Sure? - Yeah.
All you have to do is turn around.
No.
I have to see my client.
- I'd like a minute alone with him. - You sure?
You OK?
My head hurts.
You don't remember what just happened?
No?
I lo-lost time again.
Well, I got some good news.
They've agreed to stop the trial.
They'll be sending you to a hospital... to get the help you need.
There's a very good chance you can get out someday soon.
Yeah.
I c-can't believe it.
- I d-don't know what to say, Mr Vail. - That's all right.
I knew the minute you came into my cell that everýthing would be OK.
You s-saved my life.
I got to go.
- When will I see you again? - That's up to the courts now.
I don't want you to worry. I'm gonna stay on top of this, OK?
Thank you.
- Give me a call if you need to. - I will.
- Mr Vail? - Yeah.
Will you t-tell Miss Venable I'm sorry?
Tell her I hope her neck is OK.
Yeah.
- What did you just say? - What?
You told me you don't remember. You black out.
So how do you know about her neck?
Well, good for you, Marty.
I was gonna let it go.
You were looking so happy just now. I was thinking...
To tell you the truth, I'm glad you figured it.
'Cause I have been dying to tell you.
I just didn't know who you'd wanna hear it from.
Aaron or Roy, Roy or Aaron.
Well, I'll let you in on a client- attorney-privilege type of secret.
It don't matter who you hear it from. It's the same story.
I j-j-just...
had to kill Linda, Mr Vail.
That cunt just got what she deserved.
But...cutting up that son of a bitch Rushman...
...that was just a fucking work of art.
You're good. You are really good.
Yeah, I did get caught, though, didn't I?
So there never... there never was a Roy?
Jesus Christ, Marty. If that's what you think, I'm disappointed in you.
There never was an Aaron, counsellor.
Come on, I thought you had it figured there at the end.
The way you put me on the stand like that, that was brilliant.
The whole "act-like-a-man" thing. I knew what you wanted.
It was like we were dancing, Marty!
- Guard. - Don't be like that, Marty.
We did it, man. We fucking did it. We're a great team, you and me.
You think I could've done this without you?
You're feeling angry because you started to care about old Aaron, but...
...love hurts, Marty. What can I say?
I'mjust kidding, bud! I didn't mean to hurt your feelings!
What else was I supposed to do?!
You'll thank me down the road, 'cause this'll toughen you up, Martin Vail!
You hear me? That's a promise!