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The Good Wife Season 1 Episode 1

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00:30Good morning.
00:48An hour ago, I resigned as state's attorney of Cook County.
00:53I did this with a heavy heart and a deep commitment to fight these scurrilous charges.
00:57I want to be clear. I have never abused my office.
01:02I have never traded lighter sentences for financial or sexual favors.
01:07At the same time, I need to atone for my personal failings with my wife, Alicia, and our two children.
01:14The money used in these transactions was mine, and mine alone.
01:18No public funds were ever utilized.
01:22But I do admit to a failure of judgment on my private dealings with these women.
01:32Alicia and I ask that the press please respect our privacy.
01:39It is time to heal.
01:40With the love of God, forgiveness of my family, I know I can rebuild their trust.
01:47I want to thank the good people of Chicago.
01:49It has been an honor to serve you.
01:51And I pray that one day I may serve you again.
01:57Sir, are you still involved with prostitutes, sir?
01:59We have interviews set up with the Tribune in Channel 4.
02:10Absolutely not. I'm not doing any more interviews.
02:11I want you to cancel all of them. That's it.
02:13I'll tell Channel 2 we don't have a comment at the present time,
02:15but we emphatically question the authenticity of the statement.
02:25Hey.
02:26You all right?
02:27You all right?
02:57Oh, excuse me.
03:18Isn't the staff meeting at 9.30?
03:19You're in the wrong conference room.
03:21It's up one floor.
03:22This is a major class action.
03:36A case that could propel us to the top rank of full-service firms,
03:40and I don't think I need to remind you what that'll do to your year-end bonuses.
03:44Anyway, Shipper and Marks fired their last firm because they took their eye off the ball.
03:48So, until further notice, your personal lives have been canceled.
03:53So we'll need some of you to help out with the lower-profile client work to free up our top litigators.
03:57Ed, you take the witness prep on highway redistribution.
04:00Don, you take the Brighton criminal.
04:02And Alicia will take the pro bono.
04:04Everyone else, your task is to show Shipper and Marks our A game.
04:08Okay?
04:09Let's do this.
04:16Will.
04:19Alicia.
04:19Hey.
04:21I'm sorry I didn't introduce you in there.
04:22Everything's moving real fast with this class action.
04:25Well, I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity.
04:27It's a real lifesaver.
04:28Well, glad you could come aboard.
04:30Hope you're all right with this pro bono.
04:32How'd it sound?
04:32Interesting.
04:34Good.
04:35Don't be nervous.
04:36You worried about the gunshot residue?
04:38Yeah.
04:39Oh, God.
04:40Nice ringtone.
04:41Who gets that?
04:42Oh, my mother-in-law.
04:43My daughter programmed it.
04:45And what's yours?
04:46I don't want to know.
04:48So, the gun residue.
04:50Diane, you're briefing Alicia, right?
04:52Good.
04:53You're in good hands.
04:53So let's catch up.
04:54Have dinner.
04:56So, Will speaks highly of you.
04:58He says you graduated top of your class at Georgetown.
05:01When was this?
05:02Fifteen years ago.
05:03Uh-huh.
05:03And you spent two years at Crozier, Abrams, and Abbott.
05:06Good for him.
05:08Will says you clocked the highest billable hours there.
05:10Why'd you leave?
05:12Well, the kids and Peter's career.
05:17Brian, can you get Mrs. Florek the files?
05:19Uh-huh.
05:20Sure.
05:22I want you to think of me as a mentor, Alicia.
05:25It's the closest thing we have to an old boys' network in this town.
05:28Women helping women, okay?
05:30Okay.
05:31When I was starting out, I got one great piece of advice.
05:34Men can be lazy.
05:35Women can't.
05:36And I think that goes double for you.
05:38Not only are you coming back to the workplace fairly late, but you have some very prominent
05:42baggage.
05:43But hey, if she can do it, so can you.
05:46Thanks, Brian.
05:47Like many law firms, we donate 5% of billable hours to pro bono.
05:52Sadly, I'm long past my quote on this one.
05:54Jennifer Lewis, 26 years old, taught second grade, accused of killing her ex-husband.
06:01Prosecution thought it was a slam dunk 45 years, but the jury came back last week deadlocked.
06:06Six jurors voted to convict, six not.
06:08Well, I'm not even sure why the state attorney is retrying, except he wants justice.
06:12He wants to prove himself.
06:15So stick with my strategy from the first trial.
06:18The police focused on Jennifer so early in the investigation, they never even looked for
06:22the carjacker.
06:23Deadlock a jury a second time.
06:25They'll never retry a third, okay?
06:27Okay.
06:27Our investigator can get you up to speed for the bail hearing at 3.
06:30Cormac, I'm ready.
06:31The hearing's today?
06:33Well, we could delay, but that would leave Jennifer incarcerated for another month.
06:37Don't worry.
06:37You'll be fine.
06:37The ASA's not going to argue against a recognizance release.
06:41Let's go.
06:42Meetings are 10-30.
06:47Thanks.
06:49I do admit to the failure of my judgment and my private dealings on these women.
06:55Money used in these transactions are mine and mine alone.
06:59No private funds, wherever you live.
07:02The recent news again.
07:04Oh, hey.
07:05Let me help you that.
07:05No, I'm fine.
07:06No, no, I'm in that way anyway.
07:07I'm Carrie, the other new associate.
07:09Oh, right, Alicia.
07:10Yeah, look, I know we should be at each other's throats, but I just want to say I really respect
07:14what you're doing here, raising a family and then jumping right back into this.
07:18My mom, she's thinking of doing the same thing.
07:20Great.
07:21Yeah, so you're on the pro bono, right?
07:23Mm-hmm.
07:23Yeah, that's great.
07:24I interned last summer at the Innocence Project.
07:26My dad's best friend is Barry Sheck, and it was just amazing.
07:29Helping people.
07:30Here, they got me out of Schiffering Marks.
07:32I'm sure it'll be challenging, but at the end of the day, what have you really done?
07:34Save the corporation a few billion dollars?
07:36You want to trade?
07:39I would, but I guess they have other plans, so...
07:41I'm almost done, Carrie.
07:43The latte's on your desk.
07:44How do you do this, Flick?
07:47Looks like we share an assistant, so tell me when I'm hogging her, okay?
07:50And let the best man win.
07:52Excuse me?
07:53Uh, let the...
07:55Nothing.
07:57It's nothing.
07:57I...
07:58It's nothing.
07:58It's nothing.
07:58Oops.
08:03Oops.
08:04Don't worry.
08:05It's yours.
08:07Oh.
08:08Kalinda Sharma.
08:09I'm the in-house.
08:10Oh, the investigator.
08:11You're Peter Florek's wife.
08:13That's right.
08:13I worked with him at the state's attorney's office three years.
08:16He fired me.
08:18Okay.
08:20So, what do you know?
08:22The client is a second grade school teacher.
08:25Jennifer...
08:26Louis.
08:26She was arrested for killing her ex-husband.
08:29Making it look like a botched carjacking.
08:31Gunshot residue was found on Jennifer's face and hands.
08:34That's why the cops started to think it was a murder disguised as a carjacking.
08:38According to them, Jennifer shot her ex-husband and wiped down the gun.
08:41And the motive?
08:42He remarried one in custody of the three-year-old.
08:45Witnesses saw them arguing a week before the murder.
08:47Mom, pick up the phone.
08:48I'm sorry.
08:49That's my daughter.
08:50Hey, Mom, pick up...
08:52Hi, Grace.
08:53Hey, Mom.
08:53I want to ask you a question, but I don't want you to freak out, okay?
08:56Uh-oh.
08:57Forget it.
08:58I'll ask Zach.
08:59No, no, no.
08:59What?
09:00All right, well, some girls said Dad's up with a hooker my age, and I just...
09:03What?
09:04I think you'll have to turn that off.
09:05Well, they were playing the tape in the computer lab.
09:07And some girl said her dad's a cop, and he said one of the hookers was a teenager.
09:11Okay, first of all, they were all over 20.
09:13And second, where's the teacher?
09:14It's no big deal, Mom.
09:15Look, I've got homework.
09:16I'll talk to you later.
09:25What?
09:27Last time I was in court was 13 years ago.
09:30Wow.
09:31I was 12.
09:34Thanks.
09:37This is a defendant of $10,000.
09:43The judge reaches out of his pocket.
09:45He pulls out a check handing it to the plane.
09:47So I'm returning $5,000, and we're going to decide this one.
09:50Yes.
09:56It's Florex's wife.
09:57Alicia?
10:01My God.
10:03Matan, remember?
10:04From the department Christmas party.
10:05You're a Stern-Locarton gardener?
10:07Yeah.
10:07First day.
10:08Wow.
10:09Oh, this is Sandra Pei.
10:11She's new.
10:12Since Peter.
10:14How's he doing, by the way?
10:16Peter?
10:17Fine.
10:17Say hello for me, will you?
10:19Look at all this.
10:21You're going to bury us.
10:23I don't know how you'd do it, Alicia.
10:24I'd be huddled up in a ball somewhere.
10:28Well, back to work.
10:31Good luck.
10:35Where's Diane?
10:37Diane asked me to step in for her.
10:40Jennifer, I'm Alicia Florek.
10:42I'm one of the other lawyers with the firm.
10:44Step in.
10:45For how long?
10:45For the retrial.
10:48Oh, my God.
10:49All rise.
10:50Man.
10:51The criminal court of Cook County is now in session.
10:54The Honorable Judge Richard Cuesta presiding.
10:56Be seated.
10:58Okay, let's hear it.
11:03Your Honor, I just...
11:04Your Honor, just to refresh your memory,
11:05the accused was deemed a flight risk
11:07due to an earlier custody hearing
11:08when she threatened to run off with her daughter.
11:10And yet, just last week,
11:11a jury deadlocked on these murder charges
11:14six to six, Mr. Brody.
11:15Now, I know our new state's attorney
11:17wants to look tough,
11:18but why are you fighting this?
11:19Your Honor, I just wanted to...
11:21People are prepared to retry this case right now,
11:22Your Honor.
11:23If Mrs. Florek is so intent on getting her client out,
11:26why doesn't she agree to a speedy trial?
11:28Mrs. Florek?
11:31Yes, Your Honor.
11:32The wife of the esteemed Peter Florek?
11:34Your husband and I never quite saw eye to eye, ma'am.
11:37Your Honor...
11:38Mrs. Florek, don't talk.
11:40But if the prosecution thinks
11:41that this will in some way prejudice me
11:42against your client, he is sorely mistaken.
11:45Nice try, Maton.
11:46So, Ms. Lewis is granted pre-trial release
11:48with electronic monitoring.
11:50She is restricted to temporary housing,
11:52attorney's offices, and transit in between.
11:55And given that this is a rerun,
11:56I'll set the trial date for the 25th.
11:58Now, are we all happy?
12:00Good.
12:06We had a nice time.
12:30Michael talked about missing his daughter,
12:34the life we had together.
12:37We were driving home, and...
12:40We got a flat.
12:47He was getting out to fix it,
12:50and I saw...
12:52a red pickup truck.
12:55a man came up to Michael.
13:01I didn't see the gun...
13:03until...
13:05Michael!
13:06Michael!
13:08And I saw Michael's face.
13:10It was, um...
13:12Do you need to take a break?
13:18Uh, no.
13:19Just if...
13:20if there was some water.
13:21Sure.
13:24Sonia, we need some water in here.
13:26It's gonna be about five minutes,
13:27but then I've gotta do his depot upstairs.
13:29You're not gonna handle it that way.
13:32Okay.
13:33Uh, tell me when you're done.
13:34You say this man ran to a red pickup truck here
13:37and took off in this direction
13:39across the parking lot.
13:40There's a surveillance camera here.
13:43And the prosecution played it
13:44to make you look like a liar.
13:46I'm not lying.
13:47But there's no truck on the tape.
13:49And that's why you're facing a retrial now
13:51and not an acquittal.
13:53I think what Clinda is trying to say, Jennifer,
13:57is...
13:59is it possible that you were mistaken
14:01and that the car went this way?
14:05Not that way.
14:11Is that your daughter?
14:13They won't let me see her.
14:16Michael's parents have custody.
14:19What am I gonna do?
14:21You're gonna take it one day at a time.
14:24We got you housing.
14:26You're gonna go there,
14:27take a shower, take a nap.
14:28Don't turn on the TV.
14:30You like reading?
14:31I'm gonna get you some books.
14:33Fiction is best.
14:34You won't feel like it,
14:36but put on nice clothes and makeup.
14:38Force yourself to.
14:39not for court.
14:41For you.
14:43It's the superficial things
14:45that matter most right now.
14:47Does it ever get easier?
14:49No.
14:53But you do get better at it.
14:54No.
14:55You identify with too many clients,
15:07you'll burn out.
15:09Why don't you tell me
15:09when I do something right?
15:11Okay?
15:12Sure.
15:13You go and interview the jurors,
15:15and I'll try to figure out
15:16how a surveillance camera can lie.
15:17That's right.
15:20I was the jury foreman.
15:21And you don't mind
15:21answering a few questions for us, doctor?
15:23It'll help us refine the case
15:24for the retrial.
15:25No problem.
15:26I don't think you'll need much refining.
15:28Your case is very strong,
15:29very logical.
15:30In fact, I'm not even sure
15:31why the other side went to trial.
15:33I voted for conviction
15:34right from the start.
15:35Good.
15:36You mean acquittal?
15:38No, conviction.
15:39But I'm with the defense.
15:41Oh.
15:43She was lying about the pickup truck.
15:46She had the gunshot residue on her hands.
15:48Can I ask you how many voted
15:51for conviction from the start, sir?
15:52Eleven.
15:53What?
15:54There was only one holdout.
15:56Juror number nine.
15:58We argued with her for three days.
16:00But the judge pulled the jury,
16:02and they deadlocked six to six.
16:04Yes, well, the judge would only
16:05declare us deadlocked
16:06if we were evenly split.
16:08So some of us agreed
16:09to change our vote to not guilty
16:11just to get out of there.
16:12If it hadn't been for juror number nine,
16:14we would have convicted.
16:16She didn't convince us.
16:18She exhausted us.
16:24No tea for me, Mrs. Dretsky.
16:27Suit yourself.
16:28So the other juror said
16:29you were a holdout.
16:30Is that correct?
16:31Mm-hmm.
16:32They all thought they were
16:33so much smarter than me.
16:35My vote counted just as much as theirs.
16:37Uh-huh.
16:38Hmm.
16:38What exactly in the defense's case
16:42convinced you?
16:44Well, the whole thing, really.
16:45I tend to look at a person
16:46and size them up pretty quickly.
16:48That lady.
16:50I liked her.
16:51The defendant, Jennifer?
16:52No, that lawyer lady.
16:53She never put on airs.
16:55I liked that.
16:56Just so I'm clear,
16:57the defense expert argued
16:59that the gunshot residue
17:01on Jennifer's hands
17:02came from the struggle.
17:03Sweet.
17:04Is that why you held out?
17:06Oh, I don't know about that.
17:07I just tend to get a feeling.
17:10Delamize Iris.
17:26Hi, Jackie.
17:27What's wrong?
17:28Nothing's wrong.
17:30I was going through the laundry
17:32and I think some of Grace's school clothes
17:34you would find inappropriate.
17:36We just moved away.
17:37Grace has left all her friends.
17:38I need you to go easier on her.
17:40All I said was
17:41I could take her shopping
17:42and help her find pants
17:43that would make her look slimmer.
17:44She's at a perfectly healthy weight.
17:46I don't want her to have body image issues.
17:48She'll only have body image issues
17:50if she keeps gaining weight.
17:56Alicia.
17:57Um, we'll talk about this
17:59when I get home later, okay?
18:00All right.
18:00Bye.
18:00You know the new associate, Carrie?
18:04The one in the Brioni?
18:06What?
18:06I'm observant.
18:07Yes, the one in the Brioni.
18:09He said to me,
18:10may the best man win.
18:12What exactly does he mean by that?
18:15What he means is something
18:16I thought we weren't making public.
18:18What?
18:20Look, we only have
18:21one associate position open.
18:23So we agreed to hire two applicants
18:24and in six months
18:25decide which one to retain.
18:27So this is a contest
18:28between me and Carrie?
18:29It was either that
18:30or a cage match.
18:34I'm just happy
18:35your pro bono's going well.
18:45Visiting hours are almost open.
18:47They said a visitor.
19:07I thought mom.
19:08I've been busy.
19:09It's good to see you.
19:11I need you to sign some things.
19:20Okay.
19:21We didn't get everything
19:22we wanted on the house.
19:24It's a bad market to sell.
19:27I see that.
19:28We'll use most of it
19:29for your court costs.
19:31The rent will come out of my salary
19:32and the kids are going to have
19:33to stay in public school.
19:34How are they?
19:35Mother says that she's
19:37helping out around the house.
19:38They're good.
19:39Grace argues over clothes
19:40with your mother
19:41and Zach is using you
19:43to make friends at school
19:44which I don't know
19:44if that's a healthy thing
19:45or something worse.
19:47Using me?
19:48Funny or Die
19:49has a skit about you.
19:51It's cool I guess.
19:54Oh.
19:55Here.
19:56Alicia.
20:07I know this has been hard on you
20:08but you have to believe me
20:10I'm innocent.
20:11Of the abuse of office charges.
20:13You think I give a damn
20:14about that Peter?
20:16They're playing a tape
20:17in Grace's computer lab
20:18of you sucking the toes
20:19of a hooker.
20:20You think I care about
20:21the small print
20:22in your employment contract?
20:23Come on I was set up.
20:24Oh come on Peter.
20:25I don't want to talk.
20:26I'm not going to fight.
20:28I didn't come here.
20:29Mom says you're on a case.
20:31Congratulations.
20:32The fake carjacking.
20:34Right?
20:35Who's the judge?
20:37Richard Cuesta.
20:38You're kidding.
20:40He hates me.
20:42I know.
20:43Visiting hours are now over.
20:45Visiting hours are now over.
20:47You know there was something
20:48weird about that case
20:49don't you?
20:50The Lewis case?
20:52There was a rumor
20:53going around
20:53that something got buried
20:55and pitted.
20:57What?
20:58Evidence
20:59or testimony.
21:03I should go.
21:04Hey listen
21:04thanks for playing
21:06the breadwinner for a while.
21:07It's not going to last forever.
21:09Lawyers think
21:09the appellate court
21:10is going to hear my case.
21:12If they overturn it
21:13everything goes back to normal.
21:15It's time.
21:16Peter
21:17it's never going back
21:19to normal.
21:32As soon as the cops
21:33found gunshot residue
21:34on Jennifer's hands
21:36they had their suspect.
21:37So what if they pitted
21:38everything else?
21:40And what if they didn't?
21:41Arguments are cheap.
21:45What's that?
21:46Page one
21:46of the crime lab summary
21:47I was digging through discovery
21:48look at the top corner.
21:50Looks like a staple.
21:51It is a staple.
21:52And that's odd because?
21:54There's no page two.
21:55Why do they need a staple
21:56if there's no page two?
21:59You think the cops
21:59kept something out
22:00of the discovery
22:01that pointed to another suspect?
22:03Well I think either they did
22:04or it would be helpful
22:05in court to imply
22:06that they did.
22:07Two days away from trial
22:08and you're thinking
22:08of dropping the old strategy?
22:10Diane barely convinced
22:11a cat lady to acquit.
22:12So, a pickup truck
22:16is seen racing
22:16through a well-lit
22:17empty parking lot.
22:18How is a truck missed
22:19by that surveillance camera?
22:23Miss Mark surveillance tape?
22:25Yeah.
22:30What are you doing?
22:32Working.
22:33These
22:33are better than subpoenas.
22:35We just need to see
22:40how the surveillance system works
22:42and we'll be out of your hair
22:43in five minutes.
22:44Five minutes?
22:45Uh-huh.
22:46Okay, down here.
22:48Why did my husband fire you?
22:50He accused me
22:51of working two jobs.
22:52Were you?
22:54Oh yeah.
22:55See, the computer
22:56automatically records
22:57the surveillance,
22:58marks it with date and time.
23:00Is that the night
23:01of the murder?
23:02Yeah.
23:02I mean, even if the computer
23:03did mis-mark it,
23:04I make an hourly tour
23:05of the lot
23:06and I didn't see
23:06no pickup truck.
23:08Look, that's me.
23:1011-03, just before the murder.
23:13Uh, can we get copies of these?
23:16Sure.
23:18Laney!
23:20Laney!
23:23What?
23:24Give me some discs.
23:25All right.
23:26All right.
23:26Your machine spit out
23:37an extra one.
23:38Would you like it?
23:39Oh, two kids,
23:40two grandkids.
23:41Hey, Laney!
23:42How about those discs?
23:44Is he always so charming?
23:45Oh, he's just a lazy mall cop.
23:48He spends half the day
23:49surfing porn
23:50and with night shift,
23:51he can't get his skinny ass
23:52out of his chair.
23:53I'm always waking him up
23:54in the morning.
23:55Oh, men.
23:59I talked to Peter.
24:02He said you'd drop by.
24:04I did.
24:05I'm glad.
24:07He's hurting in there.
24:08He's very brave,
24:09but he's hurting.
24:10He needs you to forgive him,
24:11Alicia.
24:12Jackie,
24:14I spent 15 years
24:15doing his laundry,
24:16cleaning his house,
24:17never asking a single question
24:18because I didn't think
24:20I had to.
24:20And he took everything
24:21I thought we had
24:22and he just put it out there
24:23for everyone.
24:24He didn't want that.
24:26The press was...
24:27Oh, Jackie,
24:28stop it, please.
24:29Peter wasn't thinking
24:30of us.
24:32It takes time, Alicia.
24:34Give it time.
24:36Any time I have right now
24:37is for them.
24:37I want her dead.
24:49Me too.
24:50Just not quite yet.
24:51So why can't Zach
24:53and I just watch ourselves?
24:54Honey,
24:54she's only here
24:55a couple of hours a day.
24:56A couple of very damaging hours.
24:59You'll heal.
25:02And change her ringtone.
25:04Please state your name.
25:05Cindy Lewis.
25:06And you were married
25:07to the victim
25:08for how long,
25:08Mrs. Lewis?
25:09Two years until...
25:17And how would you describe
25:18your husband's relationship
25:19with his first wife?
25:20Well, most of the time
25:21it was fine.
25:22Friendly, even.
25:23But after the last custody hearing,
25:25Michael was pretty worried
25:25about Jennifer.
25:26Objection, Your Honor?
25:27On what grounds?
25:29Hearsay.
25:30Nice try, Mrs. Florek.
25:31I'll allow...
25:31Go ahead, Mrs. Lewis.
25:33He was worried
25:34Jennifer was intent
25:35on getting sole custody.
25:37Thank you, Mrs. Lewis.
25:39Your witness?
25:40Now, Mrs. Lewis,
25:41you stated that
25:42Michael was worried
25:43about Jennifer,
25:45yet in the week following...
25:46Objection, Your Honor.
25:47Sustained.
25:48In your testimony,
25:50Mrs. Lewis,
25:51you claim that Jennifer
25:52wanted sole custody.
25:53But isn't it true...
25:54Objection.
25:54Sustained.
25:55Keep trying,
25:56Mrs. Florek.
25:57You'll hit on it.
25:58Mrs. Lewis,
26:02whose idea was it
26:04to have dinner?
26:07Jennifer's or Michael's?
26:08Michael's.
26:09So wouldn't that suggest
26:10that his attitude
26:11had changed towards...
26:12Objection.
26:14Sustained.
26:20Now, Detective Briggs,
26:38the defense has referred
26:39to three unsolved carjackings
26:41in the neighborhood
26:42at that time.
26:43Are you aware of this?
26:44I am.
26:45So why didn't you consider
26:46this incident to be another
26:47in that series of carjackings?
26:49First of all,
26:49they were all luxury cars,
26:50one Lexus and two BMWs.
26:52The victim in this crime
26:53was driving a 2001 Honda
26:54and there was no clip
26:56on the fuel line.
26:56This is what the carjackers
26:58did to force the luxury cars over.
27:00That's right.
27:01But in the case of the Honda,
27:02the victim pulled over
27:03because he had a flat.
27:04Yes, ma'am.
27:05There was a nail driven
27:05into the front driver tire.
27:07I see.
27:07Now, why is this something
27:09a carjacker would never do,
27:10Detective?
27:10It would defeat the purpose.
27:12I mean, how do you steal
27:12a car with a flat?
27:16Your witness.
27:17It's not going well, is it?
27:19It's early.
27:21Mrs. Flark?
27:23Detective Briggs,
27:24what is the pit?
27:26Excuse me?
27:28In police circles,
27:29what is the pit?
27:29Objection, Your Honor?
27:30On what grounds?
27:31On the grounds that
27:32relevance.
27:33Well, let us see
27:34how relevant this becomes,
27:36shall we?
27:37Detective?
27:38The pit?
27:40The pit is police slang
27:41for evidence thought
27:43irrelevant in a crime scene.
27:44So, when an officer
27:45is referring to
27:46dropping something in the pit
27:47or pitting it,
27:48he refers to what?
27:50Excluding it from
27:50the crime scene narrative.
27:52But that only applies
27:53to irrelevant details.
27:54We wouldn't exclude
27:55pertinent evidence.
27:57Was anything pitted
27:58from the Lewis crime scene?
27:59Your Honor, objection!
28:01Evidence is logged in
28:02all the time
28:02that proves irrelevant
28:03to the discovery.
28:04It's not an intent
28:04to deceive.
28:05It's an intent
28:06to decipher facts.
28:06We don't even know
28:06if it is anything.
28:07And to blame the prosecution
28:08for not coming up
28:09with every single possible detail.
28:10Okay, okay, Mrs. Florek,
28:13none of this
28:13was in the first trial.
28:15Is it your intention
28:15to pursue a new defense?
28:17Yes, Your Honor.
28:22Counsel's trying
28:23to mislead the jury.
28:24She's implying
28:24there was police corruption.
28:25Oh, shut up, Matan.
28:26Is she right?
28:27That's the question.
28:28Did you bury something?
28:29We all know
28:30what's going on here.
28:31Peter Florek
28:32was a corrupt
28:32and convicted state's attorney.
28:34If evidence was buried,
28:35he buried it.
28:36And now,
28:37she's benefiting
28:37from his knowledge.
28:38Which still leaves you
28:39with some pages missing here.
28:41I'll give you till Monday
28:42to produce them,
28:44along with any evidence
28:45they reference.
28:46Then, I'll rule
28:47on admissibility.
28:48And you, Mrs. Florek,
28:50I'm not sure
28:50if you're being fed this stuff
28:52or you're doing it
28:52on your own,
28:53but if it's the former,
28:55you're walking
28:55a very narrow,
28:56ethical line here.
28:57You understand that?
28:59Yes, Your Honor.
29:04The directive was simple.
29:06Follow the strategy
29:07of the first trial.
29:08Instead, you're pushing
29:09for evidence
29:09that might not even
29:10help your case.
29:11I interviewed the first jury
29:12and they voted 11 to 1
29:14to convict.
29:14Excuse me,
29:14that's not true.
29:15It was evenly split.
29:16No.
29:17Half the jurors
29:17switched their votes
29:18when they couldn't get
29:19a troubled juror
29:20to deliberate.
29:21So,
29:21I used my judgment
29:23to change strategies.
29:26And was it your judgment
29:28not to update us?
29:29She's a junior associate
29:38who doesn't think
29:39she's a junior associate.
29:41Her husband was
29:41the state's attorney.
29:42She lived in Highland Park.
29:44It's not just teaching
29:45an old dog new tricks.
29:46It's teaching
29:46an entitled dog new tricks.
29:48Oh, come on, Diane.
29:49The problem is
29:49she's catching evidence
29:50that you overlooked.
29:52I've seen you mentor
29:53these women
29:54until they start competing
29:55with you and then you...
29:56Excuse me?
29:58I say we reprimand Alicia
30:00and put Carrie
30:01in his first chair.
30:14That's her, isn't it?
30:17Sonia, can you...
30:24Alicia Florek's office.
30:26One moment, please.
30:34Jennifer, pick up.
30:39Hello?
30:40Hi, baby.
30:43Alicia.
30:46It's dog hair.
30:47The pitted evidence.
30:49I talked to a friend
30:50at the crime lab.
30:51Gave me a preview
30:51of the evidence.
30:53A preview?
30:53It's dog hair
30:54found on the victim's clothes.
30:56Cops pitted it
30:57because they found dog hair
30:58at Michael's residence
30:59and thought it was the same.
31:01But it's not?
31:01It's from an Italian greyhound.
31:03Neither Michael nor Jennifer
31:04had greyhounds.
31:06It's also a chemical
31:07on the hair,
31:08alco-ectolin,
31:10a lotion for a muscle
31:11and joint pain.
31:12That's the chemical number?
31:13No, his cell number.
31:15I agreed to drink this.
31:16Oh.
31:16So we're looking for
31:19an arthritic greyhound owner.
31:22Oui.
31:23I hear you're being bumped
31:24to second chair.
31:26When?
31:27End of tomorrow.
31:29Carrie's being transitioned in
31:30and he'll go back
31:31to the first trial strategy.
31:34Wow.
31:34He's got a good year for him.
31:36The all-star point guard
31:37is currently suing
31:38his ex-girlfriend for damages,
31:40hoping the judge
31:41can finally determine
31:42whether this case
31:43was fact or fantasy.
31:45You know her simply
31:46as Amber,
31:47the young woman
31:47who brought down
31:48bad boy Chicago State's
31:49attorney Peter Floric.
31:51Though she says
31:52she wants to leave
31:52the scandal far behind,
31:54celebrity call girl
31:55Amber Madison
31:56has decided to write
31:57a memoir
31:58about her time with Floric.
31:59In this exclusive interview
32:01with Inside Edition,
32:02Ms. Manny...
32:02You really have to work?
32:04Yeah, ten more minutes.
32:05Zach, I need your computer.
32:07Mom, I just raised
32:08my wanted level.
32:08Yeah, I'm happy for you, honey.
32:10When Peter's father
32:11was on the Illinois court,
32:12he never brought
32:13a single case home.
32:15Not once.
32:16He was a judge, Jackie.
32:17I'm a junior associate.
32:18Zach!
32:19I need you to play
32:20these two computer discs
32:21side by side.
32:22Can you set up
32:22my computer next to yours?
32:25Hey, how's your sister?
32:27She's still fighting
32:27with Grandma.
32:28Heh.
32:34What is it?
32:37It's video of the night
32:38of the murder.
32:38Like faces of death?
32:40Mm-hmm.
32:42Mom, I've seen worse.
32:47You're adorable.
32:48I'm not.
32:49Yes, you are.
32:52Zach, freeze it.
32:55What?
32:56What is it?
32:58It's proof.
32:59This is at 1103,
33:03the night of the murder,
33:04Mr. Northen.
33:05And that's you
33:07making your hourly
33:08circuit of the lot, correct?
33:10Yes, that's correct.
33:12And you saw
33:12no pickup truck,
33:13no carjacker
33:15racing past,
33:16nothing the defendant
33:17claimed she saw.
33:18That's correct.
33:21Nothing further, Your Honor?
33:23Mrs. Flark.
33:25Can I have the monitors
33:26in, please?
33:32State's attorney's here.
33:34Now, Mr. North.
33:36They're worried
33:36she's getting this stuff
33:37from her husband.
33:38There are three images.
33:39The middle is the image
33:41of the surveillance
33:42from the 15th,
33:43the night of the murder.
33:44And the one over there
33:46on the left
33:46is the image
33:46from the 14th,
33:47the night before the murder.
33:48And the one on the right
33:49is from the 16th,
33:51the night after the murder.
33:52Can you see the dates
33:53on those?
33:54Uh, I guess I can.
33:55So, as you said
33:56before,
33:57there you are
33:57the night of the murder
33:58at 11.03,
34:01making your circuit
34:01of the lot.
34:02And there you are
34:04the night before the murder
34:05and the night after
34:07doing the same thing.
34:09It must get old.
34:10Um, no, ma'am.
34:11My job doesn't pay
34:12as much as yours,
34:13but I still love it.
34:14Okay.
34:15Good.
34:15Now, Mr. North,
34:18let's fast forward,
34:19shall we?
34:2045 minutes,
34:21the night of the murder,
34:23and there.
34:24What do you see?
34:27Nothing?
34:28No?
34:28It's right there.
34:29Maybe you need
34:29to move in a little closer?
34:32Oh, it's a shopping bag.
34:33It looks like a shopping bag.
34:34Actually, it is.
34:35It's a plastic shopping bag.
34:36It was a very windy night
34:38that night,
34:38and it blew across the lot
34:40at 11.40.
34:41You're on an objection.
34:42What does this have
34:42to do with anything?
34:43Beats me,
34:44but I'm interested,
34:45aren't you, Mr. Brody?
34:46Overruled.
34:47Okay.
34:48So, let's fast forward
34:49the other two monitors,
34:51the night before the murder
34:52and the night after the murder,
34:53to the same time code.
34:55Here's the 14th
34:56and the 16th.
34:59What do you see?
35:02Um, I don't know.
35:04I think you do know, sir.
35:05Either you have a plastic bag
35:07that blows across your lot
35:08every night at 11.48,
35:10or these are duplicates
35:11of the same tape.
35:27No, it's not what it looks like.
35:30I understand, sir.
35:32You didn't willfully
35:33mislead the police.
35:34Yeah, that's correct.
35:35No, it's just that
35:36it gets cold out there,
35:37and sometimes you don't
35:39make the circuit of the lot.
35:41Yes.
35:42So, on the nights
35:43that you don't go out,
35:44you don't record
35:45the actual surveillance image.
35:47You set your computer up
35:48to duplicate the night before,
35:50just in case your manager
35:51checks it.
35:51Is that correct?
35:54Yes.
35:55Just so I'm clear,
35:56there is no recording
35:58the night of the murder,
35:59and you were never there
36:01to see or not see
36:02the pickup truck,
36:03or the carjacker.
36:06I'm sorry.
36:08Uh, yes.
36:13No further questions.
36:14So, you're wondering
36:31whether demolishing
36:33the key prosecution witness
36:35didn't just save your ass
36:36as first chair.
36:37Nice work, by the way.
36:39Thanks.
36:40But was enough
36:40for reasonable doubt.
36:41You know what hurts you?
36:44Nail in the tire.
36:45Yep.
36:46And the old Honda.
36:49Just doesn't feel
36:50like a carjacking.
36:51Feels like a murder
36:52made to look like
36:53a carjacking.
36:55What if I don't fight it?
36:57What, agree that
36:58it was just a murder?
37:00And the jury needs a suspect.
37:05It's late.
37:06It's like old times, huh?
37:08Evidentiary procedure.
37:12The mock trial.
37:13You remember that?
37:14How could I forget?
37:16Did we lose that one?
37:17Yeah.
37:22Hi.
37:22Hi.
37:24Um, Mrs. Flark,
37:25I just wanted to say
37:25congratulations.
37:26I heard you did
37:27while in court.
37:30Thanks, Sonia.
37:32Sonia.
37:32Heading out?
37:37Yeah.
37:38I got a breakfast
37:39meeting with clients.
37:41What?
37:45Something just
37:46doesn't seem right.
37:47Michael has dinner
37:48with his first wife.
37:49Right.
37:50He tells Jennifer
37:51he misses her,
37:51misses their old life together.
37:53Right.
37:55What does Cindy
37:56think about it?
37:57The second wife?
37:59Cindy thinks
37:59some unhappy thoughts.
38:00Jerry liked her.
38:05Get him not to.
38:12What did you get
38:13on Cindy's brother?
38:14These are his
38:15employment records.
38:16Good.
38:17What about the lab report?
38:18Here.
38:18But they're gonna
38:19object the whole way.
38:20You'll need to just
38:21string together
38:21some implications.
38:22Mrs. Flark.
38:24You have a moment?
38:30I don't think
38:33we've ever met before.
38:34I'm Glenn Childs.
38:36We've met.
38:37You know he's
38:38using you, don't you?
38:40Peter blames me
38:40for his downfall.
38:42He's using you
38:43to get to me.
38:44How do you figure?
38:47Mrs. Flark, please.
38:49He told you about
38:50the pitted trace evidence.
38:52Don't make yourself
38:53collateral damage here
38:54for your own sake.
38:55Mr. Childs,
38:57the day you leaked
38:58that sex tape
38:58to the press
38:59and forced me
39:00to shield my children
39:01from every cable
39:02news station
39:03that played it
39:03in a 24-hour rotation,
39:05that was the day
39:06I became collateral damage.
39:12You're worried
39:12about my husband,
39:13Mr. Childs.
39:15You've obviously
39:16never made a woman
39:17angry before.
39:19But good luck in court.
39:20Mrs. Lewis,
39:28did you and the deceased
39:29sign a prenuptial agreement?
39:32Uh, yes,
39:33for tax purposes.
39:34So,
39:35if the deceased
39:36were to divorce you,
39:37let's say,
39:37in order to reunite
39:38with his first wife...
39:39Objection.
39:40Sustained.
39:42If the deceased
39:43were to divorce you,
39:44you would be cut off
39:45from his premarital savings.
39:46Is that correct?
39:47Objection.
39:48Relevance.
39:48Sustained.
39:49Move it along,
39:49Mrs. Florek.
39:50Mrs. Lewis,
39:54you stated in your testimony
39:55that you were in Miami
39:56at the time of the shooting,
39:58visiting family,
39:59so the police
40:00never suspected
40:00or questioned you?
40:01Of the murder?
40:02No, of course not.
40:03What about your brother?
40:04Objection, Your Honor.
40:05Come on,
40:05this whole line of questioning
40:06is a smoke screen.
40:07Mr. Brody,
40:08why don't we wait
40:09for a whiff of smoke
40:10before we call it a screen,
40:11please?
40:12I'll allow.
40:14The police never
40:15questioned your brother,
40:16isn't that correct,
40:17Mrs. Lewis?
40:17Oh, they had no reason to.
40:19Because he lived in Miami?
40:20Because Danny had nothing
40:21to do with this.
40:24Mrs. Lewis,
40:25the judge has admitted
40:27into evidence
40:28the buried...
40:29Strike that.
40:30The previously unreleased
40:32trace evidence.
40:33He has also admitted
40:34into evidence
40:35the crime lab's finding
40:37that these greyhound hairs
40:39were covered in a chemical compound
40:40called alcoectolin.
40:42Have you heard of this?
40:43Sorry, the chemical?
40:44No.
40:45No, neither had I.
40:45It is a lotion.
40:47It is a lotion
40:48that is used
40:49at dog racing tracks
40:51to ease...
40:51Objection,
40:51not an evidence.
40:52Sustained.
40:53And you might want
40:54to stay standing,
40:55Mr. Brody.
40:56I have a feeling
40:56we're nearing
40:57your smoke screen.
40:59Mrs. Lewis,
41:01isn't it a fact
41:02that a year ago
41:03at the time of the murder,
41:04your brother worked
41:05at a dog track?
41:07Objection!
41:08Sustained.
41:09No further questions.
41:10You're not just
41:20making this up.
41:21Come on,
41:22it's a stern law cop tradition.
41:24Your first jury trial,
41:25shot of tequila.
41:26Let's go.
41:28Okay.
41:32Yeah,
41:33I just made that up.
41:37Sounded good, though,
41:38didn't it?
41:40How long do you think
41:42they'll stay out?
41:43Oh, I stopped guessing
41:44about juries a while ago.
41:46How long were they out
41:47with your husband?
41:51Six hours.
41:53Yeah?
41:55You know what I don't get?
41:57Why you stood by him.
41:59I would have stuck
42:00a knife in his heart.
42:01I always thought
42:02I would, too,
42:04when I heard about
42:04those other scandals,
42:05the other wives.
42:08I thought,
42:08how can you allow
42:10yourself to be used
42:11like that?
42:14And then it happened,
42:15and I was
42:16unprepared.
42:29Hello?
42:31Yes.
42:31Thanks.
42:34Jury's in.
42:43Well,
42:43Mrs. Florek,
42:45Chicago Homicide
42:46has decided
42:46to reopen
42:47its investigation
42:48into the murder
42:48of Michael Lewis.
42:50Detective Briggs,
42:51doing an admirable
42:52amount of due diligence,
42:54has confirmed
42:54that Cindy Lewis'
42:55brother Danny
42:56had access
42:56to his employer's
42:57pickup truck
42:58the week of the murder.
42:59And the dog hairs
43:01admitted into evidence
43:02match those found
43:03at his workplace.
43:05So our state's attorney,
43:07in his radiant wisdom,
43:09has decided
43:10to withdraw the charges
43:11against your client
43:12and pursue a case
43:13against Mrs. Lewis'
43:15brother.
43:16Isn't that right,
43:16Mr. Brody?
43:17All I need
43:18is a yes or no.
43:20Yes.
43:21Good.
43:22then we're done here.
43:34Thank you so much.
43:47Hi, Jackie.
43:48No,
43:49it just went a little late,
43:49that's all.
43:50I made a pot roast
43:51and I was wondering
43:52if you were coming
43:52home for dinner.
43:55What?
43:56What did I say?
43:57Nothing.
43:58It's just,
43:58that's what I always
43:59used to say to Peter.
44:04Are you there?
44:05Yeah, yeah.
44:06I just need to pick up
44:06a few things
44:07and I'll be home soon.
44:08All right.
44:10Jackie,
44:10I don't know
44:10if I've said this,
44:11but thank you
44:12for stepping up.
44:14Of course I would.
44:15Why wouldn't I?
44:17I'll see you soon.
44:18All right, then.
44:18Goodbye.
44:21Oh, hey, sorry.
44:43I didn't know you were here.
44:44Hi.
44:45It's a little office token.
44:46You did great.
44:49Thanks.
44:51I did, didn't I?
44:53Oh, one more thing.
44:55Yes, sir.
44:56You've been made
44:57my second chair
44:58in the civil case.
45:00I'll see you tomorrow
45:01at 9.30,
45:02staff meeting.
45:04I'll be there.
45:05I'll be there.
45:05Hey, it's me.
45:21I'm sorry.
45:22You must be in bed,
45:23but I just wanted
45:24to tell you
45:24the appellate court
45:26agreed to hear my case.
45:28I still can't believe it.
45:30The lawyers think
45:31we have a really good shot
45:32at overturning this
45:33and they're going
45:33to make an official
45:34statement tomorrow,
45:35but I just wanted
45:37to tell you first.
45:39I'll see you soon.
45:42I love you.
45:42I love you.
45:59I love you.