Murder One

Season One - Chapter Seventeen

U.S. air date: March 11, 1996

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"Previously on MURDER ONE"

THE VICTIM - Video clips of Jessica Costello's dead body, mostly in black
in white.

Chris: "Murder in Hollywood last night, you could be interested in."

Ted: "Why?"

Clips of the murder scene in b&w with Chris' voice over: "15-year-old
blonde named Jessica Costello."

Polson: "All the evidence points to a single perpetrator who knew the
victim and had rough sex with her prior to the murder." More clips of
Jessica.

THE SUSPECT - Clip of the press surrounding Neil Avedon, after his arrest.
With narrator's voice-over: "The suspect: drug-addicted movie star, Neil
Avedon."

Grasso: "We arrested Neil on some semen in Jessica Costello and his
inconsistent statements to the police."

Clip of Neil, in jail with Ted Hoffman.

Ted: "Looks like your hip-deep in a rape-homicide."

Neil, crying:  "I swear to God I didn't kill her."

THE TRIAL - Clips of Neil and his defense team arriving at the court house.
Press and fans mob them as a confident Neil displays a thumbs-up to the
crowd.

Inside, Neil, shaken and afraid: "I don't think I can get through this."

Ted, reassuring him: "You can get through it, Neil. This is what I do, Neil.
This is what I'm good at. Now you're  going to depend on me and you're going
to put your faith in me and you will come out on the other side. I promise."

ERROR IN JUDGMENT - Narrator's voice-over: "The defense makes an error in
judgment." Clips are shown of Arnold and Julie before and after making love
at the firm.

Julie: "Make love to me Arnold."

Arnold: "I've never had a night like this... (clears his throat) in my
entire life."

As Julie's dressing to leave: "I don't want to get you in trouble."

BURYING THE DEFENSE - Narrator's voice-over: "The victim's sister buries
the defense." Clips of the trial with Julie on the stand and Ted questioning
her about Richard Cross.

Ted: "Are you acquainted with an individual named Richard Cross?"

Julie, asks the judge: "But isn't there some law about testifying against
your husband?"

Ted: "Excuse me?"

Julie, voice-over on television as Arnold and Justine watch from the
conference room at the firm: "Richard and I were married night before
last in Reno."

NEW CLIENT - Voice-over: "Richard brings Teddy a new client." Clips of
Eduardo Portalegre and of Richard Cross with Ted.

Cross: "The boy's a student at USC. A co-ed has made an accusation of
date-rape. May I send him to you?" Ted nods.

Scene with Lisa, the Portalegres (Roberto, father and Eduardo, son) and
Ted in his office.

Lisa: "Eduardo will be booked, printed and bailed out, tonight."

Roberto, to Ted: "And will you be there to make sure everything goes as
planned?"

Ted: "Ms. Gillespie is more than capable. You can place your full faith and
confidence in her."

Clip of later scene with Eduardo and Lisa.

Eduardo: "You have a boyfriend?"

Lisa: "Excuse me?"

Eduardo: "I see. You don't want to talk about it. Is that because of your
attraction to me?"

Lisa: "My what?"

Eduardo: "I assure you, it's mutual." He grabs her and kisses her hard as
she resists and pushes away from him.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY - Voice-over: "Teddy goes for the District Attorney."
Clips of Garfield both in and out of the courtroom.

Ted: "While Mr. Cross was still the suspect in this case, did you receive
phone calls from prominent third-parties, urging you to release him?"

Garfield: "I did not."

Clip of Polson's previous testimony on the stand: "The District Attorney's
office told me the charges against Mr. Cross were being dropped."

Ted: "Who?"

Polson: "Roger Garfield."

NIGHT NURSE: Voice-over: "The night nurse at Zephyr House." Scene with Ted
interviewing Susan Dominick and Dr. Graham Lester and in Lester's office at
Zephyr House.

Nurse: "He [Polson] told me the police had a record of Mr. Avedon calling
the clinic the night of that girl's murder. He made it seem like I'd just
be confirming what he already knew."

Ted to Lester, after the nurse had left the office: "Whatever you're paying
that girl, it's not enough. You're using her to undermine Neil."

DESTROYING CREDIBILITY - Voice-over: "The defense destroys the doctor's
credibility."

Scenes of Julie in the hospital as she recounts her "dreams" of Lester's
rape to Ted.

Ted: "Who was that in your dream?"

Julie: "Graham. Lester."

Scenes of another rape victim of Lester's. Voice-over of Ray Velacek
telling Ted about her: "A Stephanie Lambert. She told one of the
investigating officers Lester had drugged and raped her on numerous
occasions."

Lambert, trying to convince Julie that she'd experienced the same "dream"
of being rape by Lester and that it was not a dream.

Lambert: "And that sick ceremony wasn't just some bad dream, a normal part
of therapy, like he kept saying it was. Watching me, touching me, forcing
himself on me. I wasn't crazy. But I knew exactly what was happening. Just
like you did."

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Scene opens with Eduardo Portalegre waiting in a police interrogation room
for Ted Hoffman and Lisa Gillespie to arrive.

Eduardo: "Thank God you're here."

Ted: "Take it easy, Eduardo. Sit down."

Eduardo: "Mr. Hoffman, I did not rape this girl. We had sex but it was not
rape."

Ted: "Have you said anything to the police?"

Eduardo: "Only that I wanted my lawyer."

Ted: "Tell us what happened."

Eduardo: "Her name is Mindy Segal. We had dinner, one thing led to another,
nature took its course. But I did not rape her."

Lisa: "Police report said she was battered."

Eduardo: "I never laid a hand on her. She got banged up when she jumped
out of my car!"

Ted: "She jumped out of your car?"

Eduardo: "We got in an argument, not even an argument. I was taking her
home because I had to get up early and she's all `Oh, you got what you
were after so now you're done with me.' She wanted to get out and walk.
Like I'm going to let her off in Hollywood at 2 a.m.? No! So she got out
of the car when it was still moving."

Ted: "Was there anybody on the street who might have seen it happen?"

Eduardo: "I don't know. I slammed on the brakes. I went back for her. She
was bleeding. I tried to get her to the hospital but she wouldn't get in."

Ted: "So you left."

Eduardo: "She started yelling rape. I didn't know what else to do. She's
nuts."

Lisa: "Is there anything else we should know?"

Eduardo: "That's it. Can you get me out of here?"

Ted: "Not until the arraignment which is in the morning. We'll try and get
bail then."

Eduardo: "Can we do this without involving my father?"

Lisa: "I don't see how. This is your second arrest for rape. Your bail's
going to be pretty high."

Eduardo: "He's staying at the Bonaventure."

Polson knocks on the door and enters as Lisa opens it for him: "Evening,
Ms. Gillespie. Counselor, can I have a word?"

Ted rises to join him outside the interrogation room as Polson asks an
officer to stay with Lisa and the suspect.

Ted: "You're burning the midnight oil, detective."

Polson: "I got called down here to interview your client's victim after
she gave her statement."

Ted: "Really, why is that?"

Polson: "This Mindy Segal said she never should have gone out with Eduardo
because she knew a girl who claimed he'd raped her. The girl was Jessica
Costello. Supposed to have happened two months before she died but she
never reported it. Mindy said she thought Jessica was exaggerating because
Eduardo seemed like `such a nice guy'. Till tonight."

Ted: "Are you looking at Eduardo for Jessica's murder?"

Polson: "We are."

Ted: "And you're letting me in on all this because... ?"

Polson: "Because you could have a conflict of interest here, counselor."

Ted: "Appreciate the courtesy, detective."

Polson: "Don't mention it."

[Music and main titles roll]

Daniel Benzali as Theodore Hoffman
Mary McCormack as Justine Appleton
Michael Hayden as Christopher Dochnovich
Grace Phillips as Lisa Gillespie
J.C. MacKenzie as Arnold Spivak
Stanley Tucci as Richard Cross
Dylan Baker as Detective Arthur Polson
Vanessa Williams as Lila Marquette
John Fleck as Louis Heinsbergen
Barbara Bosson as Miriam Grasso
Patricia Clarkson as Annie Hoffman
Jason Gedrick as Neil Avedon

Created by Steven Bochco & Charles H. Eglee & Channing Gibson
Executive Producer: Steven Bochco

[Episode credits roll]

Guest starring:
Joe Spano as Raymond Velacek
Miguel Sandoval as Roberto Portalegre
Bobbie Phillips as Julie Costello
Jason Kristofer as Jonathan Kimball
Linda Carlson as Judge Beth Bornstein
Stanley Kamel as Dr. Graham Lester
Charlotte Ross as Stephanie Lambert
Gregory Itzin as DA Roger Garfield
Nick Corri as Eduardo Portalegre
Jane Lanier as Susan Dominick
Markus Redmond as Mark Washington
Jenna Elfman as Angela Scalese

Music by Mike Post
Casting by Junie Lowry Johnson, C.S.A.
Producers: Geoffrey Neigher, Marc Buckland
Supervising Producers: Ann Donahue, Joe Ann Fogle
Creative Consultant: David Milch
Co-Executive Producer: Michael Fresco
Executive Producers: William M. Finkelstein, Charles H. Eglee
Teleplay by Ann Donahue & Charles D. Holland
Story by Charles H. Eglee
Directed by Joe Ann Fogle
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Opening scene during the morning staff meeting.

Ted: "Morning, people. As of last night the Portalegres are no longer
clients of this firm. Police are investigating Eduardo as a possible
suspect in Jessica's murder which obviously conflicts us out."

Justine: "Yeah, I guess."

Chris: "Who's taking over the case?"

Ted: "Dave Bloomington. He'll be at Eduardo's arraignment this morning."

Justine: "You think we should drop a dime to the press? Get it out there
that a viable alternative exists to Neil?"

Ted: "I don't think so. After Holly Gerges we could get hurt if another
suspect doesn't pan out. Let the police follow up on this one. See if
there's anything real there."

Lisa: "Why would they want to do anything that undercuts their theory that
Neil's the killer?"

Ted: "Arthur Polson can't help it. He's too good a cop to just sit on his
hands. If there's something on Portalegre, he'll find it."

Chris: "You want to bring Neil into the loop on this?"

Ted: "Let's not get his hopes up needlessly. Let's just stay the course
and let the police do their job. Arnold, have you spoken to Julie about
testifying against Lester?"

Arnold: "She's coming in this morning."

Justine: "Want me to take that Arnold?"

Arnold: "No thanks."

Louis pokes in his head to say: "The Portalegres are in reception."

Ted: "Put them in my office. Anything else? We're done."

Next scene in Ted's office: Lisa, Ted and the Portalegres, father and son.

Roberto: "Murder. My son is being charged with murder."

Ted: "He is being investigated."

Roberto: "That's preposterous."

Ted: "Whether it is or not, I can't properly represent your son if he's
implicated in the same crime as Neil Avedon."

Eduardo: "Hey, Mr. Hoffman. I knew Jessica Costello. We went out. I slept
with her a few times, I admit that. But I never forced myself on her and I
had nothing to do with this murder. So your helping me wouldn't be disloyal
or whatever to Neil Avedon."

Ted: "I'm sorry but my hands are tied. If Dave Bloomington proves
unsatisfactory I can suggest several other very fine attorneys."

Eduardo: "In other words you want some more money to fix this, huh? What's
your price, counselor?"

Roberto Portalegre slaps his son's face, backhanded as he shouts: "Shut up!"
More composed, he continues: "You dishonor your family's name with your
conduct and now you insult Mr. Hoffman." To Ted: "I sincerely apologize.
Please take no offense. I have other matters to attend to. Thank you for
your time. Ms. Gillespie." And they leave the office.

Lisa, turning to Ted: "Well, that was different."

Next scene, Julie arrives to discuss her testimony on Lester with Arnold.

Arnold: "Julie, thanks for coming."

Julie: "How are you, Arnold?"

Arnold: "Good, good." After an awkward pause he leads her into the library
for their discussion. "Let's go in here. I really appreciate you rearranging
your schedule."

Julie: "No problem."

Arnold: "After Graham Lester's testimony we're on full-on damage control
around here and we need your help."

Julie: "Listen, Arnold. You have every reason to be upset with me."

Arnold: "I'm not upset with you."

Julie: "What I did, or at least the way I did it, had to hurt. I know that."

Arnold: "Look, I'm fine. No need to concern yourself. Please. Now, as you
know, Lester basically dropped a 12-ton hammer on us with this story about
Neil's so-called confession."

Julie: "Arnold. First I think we need to talk about what we're not talking
about."

Arnold: "Julie, I'm an adult. So are you. We make decisions in our lives,
hopefully well-reasoned. You chose to marry Richard Cross. It's not for me
to second-guess your decision and you don't need to justify it. You and I
had a moment, the moment's gone. What I really need to talk to you  about
now is Graham Lester."

Julie: "Fine."

Arnold: "When you were at Zephyr House, Graham Lester used his influence
he enjoyed as your psychiatrist to drug you and sexually abuse you,
correct?"

Julie: "What does that have to do with Neil?"

Arnold: "Goes to credibility. If we can demonstrate to the jury that
Graham Lester is someone who cannot be trusted, that he manipulates and
exploits people, it'll go a long way to debunking his story."

Julie: "You're proposing that I get up there in court, with the whole
world watching, and describe the things Graham Lester did to me?"

Arnold: "You won't be the only one. Stephanie Lambert and three other
women have also agreed to testify."

Julie: "So you don't really need me then."

Arnold: "We do need you. You're the victim's sister. Anything you say will
weigh heavily with the jury. More so than the other women."

Julie: "I'm not sure I want to talk about those things in open court."

Arnold: "Julie, either we impeach Lester's rendition of the events or Neil
is done. Life in prison. Over and out. I'm asking you for your help."

Julie reaches over to touch Arnold's arm: "Okay."

Arnold: "Thank you." Looks down at the ring on her finger, "That's a nice
rock." Julie pulls her hand away and they get back to work.

Next scene, Ray and Ted in the firm's lobby as they walk towards the
conference room.

Ray: "Glad I caught you. Got a minute?"

Ted: "What's up?"

Ray: "Remember the looney from Arizona with the theory about Richard Cross
having AIDS and snuffing Jessica for giving it to him?"

Ted: "Donald Lozey."

Ray: "For the hell of it I put a guy outside the private aviation terminal
at Phoenix Airport."

Ted: "What did he get?"

Ray: "Take a look." Shows Ted several photographs. "Here's Richard Cross'
plane. Limo there waiting to pick up this kid... who they put in a wheel-
chair and take to... the Freedman Clinic. Kid's there three days, got back
on the plane."

Ted, picks up the final photo of the kid and asks: "Who is he?"

Ray: "His name is Jonathan Kimball. He's Susan Dominick's brother.

Ted: "The night nurse from Lester's rehab clinic."

Ray: "Her maiden name is Kimball."

Ted: "What's Susan Domnick's brother doing at the Freedman Clinic?"

Ray: "He's got AIDS. They have this experimental treatment program that's
been getting results."
                                                                  
Ted: "So Susan Dominick lies about Neil's phone call to Lester the night
of the murder and in return Cross throws her brother a lifeline of medical
treatment."

Ray: "Tough to say no."

Ted: "Serve them both with subpoenas."

Next scene in Judge Beth Bornstein's chambers. The prosecution team of
Grasso and her second, Washington and the defense team of Hoffman and his
second, Docknovitch are in debate over Hoffman's desire to put District
Attorney Roger Garfield on the stand.

Grasso: "Calling Mr. Garfield as a witness for the Defense is patently
absurd. It's a cheap trick by the Defense to embarrass the District
Attorney's office."

Ted: "I've never known the prosecutor's office to need outside help in
that regard." Bornstein shakes her head at the remark. "Your honor, it's
essential that the jury be allowed to hear why Mr. Garfield dropped charges
against the initial suspect in this case, Richard Cross, who happens to be
a rich and powerful friend of the DA's."

Grasso: "Not only is counsel abusing the subpoena power but compelling
the District Attorney of this city to appear as a defense witness would
destroy the People's work product privilege."

Bornstein: "Ms. Grasso, I'm going to rely on Mr. Hoffman to strictly limit
his questioning to third-party influences. No "When did you stop framing
defendants" type questions. Are we clear on that?"

Ted: "Absolutely."

Grasso: "But your honor... "

Bornstein: "I've made my ruling, Ms. Grasso."

Later, as Ted walks down the hallway in the court building, Garfield catches
up with him: "Teddy. Forcing me to testify is a mistake you do not want to
make."

Ted: "Why is that, Roger?"

Garfield: "There's nothing to be gained for you and I'll be dragged through
the mud."

Ted: "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to lose."

Garfield: "However short-sighted you may be, rest assured, I am not. I see
a long way. All the way to Sacramento. In spite of what you're trying to do
to me here, I don't forget. Ever!"

Ted: "Good. I like that in a witness." As Ted walks away, leaving him
standing there.

Next scene is in court. Garfield is on the stand with Ted asking the
questions.

Ted: "For the record, Mr. Garfield, what office do you hold?"

Garfield: "I'm the District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles."

Ted: "I direct your attention to the large photograph marked Defense Exhibit
`S' on the video monitor. Mr. Garfield, can you describe the circumstances
depicted in this photograph which appeared in the Los Angeles Times two
years ago?"

Garfield: "That was taken at my campaign headquarters after my acceptance
speech in the last election."

Ted: "Can you identify the individuals standing on either side of you with
whom you are linking arms?"

Garfield: "On my left is my wife and that's Richard Cross on the right."

Ted: "Did you receive campaign contributions from Richard Cross for that
election?"

Garfield: "He contributed funds for our campaign, yes. As did hundreds of
other people. He also hosted a fund-raiser."

Ted: "How much did that event generate?"

Garfield: "Somewhere in the neighborhood of five hundred thousand dollars."

Ted: "So would it be accurate to say that Richard Cross is one of the
largest single contributors to your campaign?"

Garfield: "Mr. Cross was among my strongest supporters, yes."

Ted: "Mr. Garfield, are you considering running for governor of this state?"

Grasso: "Objection. Irrelevant."

Ted: "With this court's indulgence I will demonstrate relevance to Mr.
Garfield's bias towards substituting Mr. Avedon for Mr. Cross as a defendant
in this case."

Bornstein: "You've got a little rope, counsel. But get to your point. Mr.
Garfield?"

Garfield: "I've been approached from certain quarters and I haven't ruled
anything out yet."

Ted: "Under our current system you'd need a war chest of at least twenty
million dollars to become governor, wouldn't you?"

Garfield: "Theoretically, yes."

Ted: "You've begun some tentative fund-raising, haven't you, Mr. Garfield?"

Garfield: "No. I am not a candidate."

Ted: "But at this point you've received pledges of money, haven't you?"

Garfield: "In keeping with election rules."

Ted: "According to the League of Women Voters, the Pacific Bridge Political
Action Committee has pledged twelve million dollars towards your campaign
for governor. Is that in fact true?"

Garfield: "I don't know the exact sum. I recall it was generous."

Ted: "And isn't it a fact that Richard Cross is the founder and director of
the Pacific Bridge Political Action Committee?"

Garfield: "I couldn't say how they're organized."

Ted: "I can. He is."

Grasso: "Objection. Supplying his own testimony."

Ted: "Withdrawn. Would it be fair to say that without the twelve million
dollars from Richard Cross' Political Action Committee you won't have
enough to run for governor?"

Grasso: "Objection. Calls for speculation."

Bornstein: "Overruled. I want to hear this."

Garfield: "If I ran for governor and if the Pacific Bridge funds were
unavailable I would simply find support elsewhere."

Ted: "But if support elsewhere were not available, you couldn't run for
governor, could you?"

Garfield: "No."

Ted: "When Mr. Cross was charged with the murder of Jessica Costello, did
you personally drop the charges against him?"

Garfield: "Yes I did."

Ted: "Did you personally order his release from jail?"

Garfield: "One generally follows the other, as you well know, Mr. Hoffman."

Ted: "Did you or did you not?"

Garfield: "I did. Yes."

Ted: "I have no further questions for this witness."

Grasso: "Sir, when you dropped the charges against Richard Cross, did you
do so because of any campaign contributions from Mr. Cross?"

Garfield: "No. For someone to even suggest that I'd do something like that
is ludicrous."

Grasso: "And why is that?"

Garfield: "As District Attorney I weigh the merits of the case thoroughly
before I make a decision to prosecute. The merits. And nothing else."

Grasso: "And did you find any merit in the State's case against Mr. Cross?"

Garfield: "No."

Grasso: "Would you please tell the court why not?"

Garfield: "A witness came forward, uh, providing Mr. Cross with an alibi
the night of Jessica Costello's murder. There was no longer reasonable
suspicion he had committed the crime. It became incumbent upon me to drop
the charges."

Grasso: "And just so we're clear, you weren't influenced at all by the fact
that Mr. Cross had supported you in the past and may support you in the
future?"

Garfield: "No. Not remotely."

Grasso: "Thank you. Nothing further."

Outside the courtroom, Garfield is surrounded by the press. He's asked if
he tried to get out of testifying earlier that same day.

Garfield: "I was virtually gratified to speak under oath and clear up any
implication or misconception that justice is for sale in Los Angeles. I'll
take questions briefly." Ted looks on and listens from a distance.

Reporter #1: "Would Neil Avedon be on trial if he contributed as much to
your campaign as Richard Cross?"

Garfield: "I answered that on the stand. The answer is yes. No one is
above the law in this city. I don't care who they are."

Reporter #2: "Is there any truth to the rumor that you are considering
running for governor?"

Garfield: "At this point I'm putting my energies into fulfilling my
responsibilities to the people of Los Angeles who elected me their district
attorney."

Reporter #1: "Then you're not ruling it out?"

Garfield laughs as he walks away from the press and enters the elevator:
"Guys, guys, I can't comment any further on this. Thank you."

Following scene occurs in the men's room of the courthouse. Chris has
gone in to freshen up when he's followed by Dr. Graham Lester.

Lester: "So, Mr. Dochnovich. Do we have a fun-filled afternoon in store
for us?"

Chris: "Fun wouldn't be the first word that comes to mind."

Lester: "What would be? Truth? I don't think so."

Chris: "Dr. Lester, this really isn't something you and I need to settle
in here, is it?"

Lester: "Absolutely not. Far be it for me to deprive you of the opportunity
to parade through the courtroom a series of manifestly unreliable and
unstable witnesses. I realize half the joy of being a lawyer comes from
the comforting license to commit slander with impunity."

Chris: "Excuse me." He tries to leave but Lester blocks his way.

Lester: "Tell you boss the girls he'll be putting on the stand were on
drugs while I was treating them. In all likelihood they're on drugs now.
He knows that. The jury will know that. And when this is done I'm going
to bring him up on charges before the State Bar."

Chris: "I said excuse me." Lester moves to let Chris pass.

Back in the courtroom...

Bornstein: "Mr. Hoffman, are you prepared to call your next witness?"

Ted: " Yes, your honor. However the Defense requests that Dr. Graham Lester
be excluded from these proceedings, inasmuch as his presence could have an
intimidating effect on the witnesses."

Lester's attorney: "Your honor, Mark Smith, counsel for Dr. Graham Lester.
May I be heard on this?"

Bornstein: "You can speak from there."

Smith: "Dr. Lester objects to the Defense's request that he be excluded.
He has no intent or interest in intimidating anyone and has every right to
remain and hear testimony that impact upon him."

Bornstein: "That's what transcripts are for, Mr. Smith. Dr. Lester, please
step outside."

Smith: "Thank you, your honor." And they both leave the courtroom.

Julie Costello is now on the stand and Ted is at the podium.

Ted: "Ms. Costello, what is your relationship to Graham Lester?"

Julie: "We no longer have one. But when we did, he was my therapist."

Ted: "Did you go to him for a specific problem?"

Julie: "Yes."

Ted: "What problem was that?"

Julie: "I was addicted to cocaine."

Ted: "Did Graham Lester suggest to you a course of action?"

Julie: "Yes."

Ted: "What was that?"

Julie: "Admitting myself to his drug rehab facility at Zephyr House. He
said if I followed his advice I could get clean."

Ted: "Ms. Costello, after having been his patient, do you consider Graham
Lester to be a trustworthy man?"

Grasso: "Objection. No foundation."

Ted: "It will tie in to Graham Lester's credibility, your honor."

Grasso: "Graham Lester's not on trial here."

Ted: "Your honor, Graham Lester sat on the witness stand and testified that
Neil Avedon confessed to killing Jessica Costello. We believe that to be
patently false and we need to show that Graham Lester has a history of lying
and malfeasance where his patients are concerned. Ms. Costello and my client
were both patients of Graham Lester."

Bornstein: "I'll allow it but no fishing. If you have fact-based incidents,
get to them."

Ted: "Thank you. To repeat, Ms. Costello, did you find Graham Lester to be
a trustworthy man?"

Julie: "Yes."

Ted: "Did he do something to you that changed that perception?"

Julie: "Not that I can remember, no."

Ted: "Would you like a moment to reconsider your answer?"

Julie: "No."

Ted: "Ms. Costello, or is it Mrs. Cross now?"

Julie: "I still go by Costello."

Ted: "Ms. Costello, you and I had a conversation about Graham Lester's
trustworthiness. Would you like me to refresh your memory?"

Grasso: "Objection. Counsel's trying to supply the witness with testimony."

Bornstein. "Sustained. Not in my courtroom, Mr. Hoffman." Neil asks Chris
what Julie is doing as there is some grumbling in the audience over the
proceedings.

Ted: "During your stay at Zephyr House did Graham Lester put you on a
nightly dose of a strong sedative called Triazolam?"

Julie: "Yes. I was coming off cocaine and I needed to rest."

Ted: "Did you in fact become addicted to the sedative?"

Julie: "Yes, for a while."

Ted: "Please tell the court, Ms. Costello, on certain nights while you at
Lester's rehab facility, once you were under the influence of the sedative,
did Graham Lester enter your private room?"

Julie: "Not that I can remember. No."

Ted: "Your honor, request permission to treat this witness as a hostile
witness based on prior inconsistent statements made to me and my
associates."

Grasso: "Objection, your honor. We are in receipt of no such witness
statements."

Ted: "The basis is my word as an officer of the court and notes of our
interviews which are already in the prosecution's custody."

Bornstein: "I'll allow it but don't get carried away counsel."

Ted: "Didn't you tell me in my office that Graham Lester entered your
private room while you were sedated and raped you?"

Julie: "No."

Ted: "Didn't you tell me that these rapes occurred on three different
occasions?"

Julie: "No."

Ted: "Didn't you tell me that you were too sedated to fight him off?"

Julie: "No."

Ted: "Didn't these and related events in fact lead you to attempt suicide?"

Julie: "No."

Ted: "Not long after you got out of Zephyr House did you take a drug
overdose in an attempted suicide?"

Julie: "Yes."

Ted: "Did you tell me then that that suicide attempt was in part related
to the fact that Graham Lester had abused you, lied to you, and utterly
betrayed you?"

Julie: "No."

Ted: "Remembering that there are records of our meetings and that you are
under oath, would you like to change your answer?"

Julie: "No. I've told the truth."

Ted just stares at Julie.

Bornstein: "Mr. Hoffman? Anything further?"

Ted: "No. Thank you."

Bornstein: "Ms. Grasso."

Grasso: "Ms. Costello, is it your testimony that Dr. Graham Lester in no
way abused you while you were under his care?"

Julie: "That's correct."

Grasso: "Do you consider him to be a good and trustworthy man?"

Julie: "Yes."

Grasso: "Was your suicide attempt a result of your sadness over your
sister's death?"

Julie: "Very much so. Jessie's death was very difficult." Some of the
jurors are eyeing Julie, not quite believing her.

Grasso: "Ms. Costello, did Dr. Lester oversee your convalescence from
your suicide attempt?"

Julie: "He did."

Grasso: "And are you off drugs today, just as Dr. Lester promised?"

Julie: "Yes."

Grasso: "Thank you. Nothing further."

Bornstein: "You may step down." Julie and Neil lock glances with one
another.

Outside the courtroom, Ted runs into Julie.

Julie: "Ted, I'm sorry."

Ted: "Is this your specialty: sandbagging us on the stand?" Cross arrives.

Cross: "Julie, I'm late, forgive me." 

Julie: "Richard."

Cross: "Teddy. So how'd it go?"

Ted: "I think you know exactly how it went."

Cross: "Julie, would you excuse us for a moment? Please?"

Julie: "I'll wait in the car. Ted?" Cross cuts her off.

Cross: "Honey? I'll handle this, it's okay." She leaves. "Ted, Julie's
my wife now and I did not want her on the stand testifying to a litany
of sordid episodes that best be forgotten."

Ted: "And when did you decide this?"

Cross: "We discussed it this morning. But I left it up to Julie to be the
final arbitor. I know she had no idea what she was going to say until she
got up on that stand. I'm sure her decision was made easier knowing that
you have several women who could testify to Graham Lester's predilections.
I am not your enemy, Ted. And someday you'll know this." Ted just walks away
from Cross.

Back in the courtroom.

Bornstein: "Why do you need to call this witness now, Ms. Grasso?"

Grasso: "Necessity, brought on by the witnesses the Defense intends to call
today. Each and every one of whom will testify to events that occurred while
they were under the influence of drugs. As a pharmacologist, Dr. Cooper's
essential to place these witnesses' accounts in context."

Ted: "That's what cross-examination is for, your honor."

Bornstein: "As long as we can do it expeditiously I'd rather have the jury
educated on what they're going to hear. Dr. Cooper may testify. Bring the
jury in."

Grasso: "What is your field of expertise, doctor?"

Cooper: "Pharmacology."

Grasso: "Are you familiar with the drug, by the generic name of Triazolam?"

Cooper: "Yes I am."

Grasso: "Would you tell the court if vivid even hallucinatory dreams are
a common side effect of Triazolam?"

Cooper: "Yes they are. Triazolam acts on the brain's limbic system and it
is quite common for users of the drug to have dreams and develop mental
images of imaginary events that never in fact took place."

Grasso: "Have you ever known these dreams to be sexual in nature?"

Cooper: "Dreams like these are usually sexual in nature."

Grasso: "No further questions."

Ted: "How common is it, doctor, for a group of women, women of different
ages and backgrounds, all to have the same exact dream?"

Cooper: "Hmm, that would not be particularly common."

Then begins a montage of clips offering the testimony of the women who
are testifying against Lester. The idea is that each of the women are
asked the same questions. The first is Stephanie Lambert.

Ted: "Do you know Graham Lester?"

Lambert: "Yeah. I know him."

Ted: "In what capacity do you know him?"

Lambert: "He was my therapist."

Ted: "Is it fair to say that as your therapist you trusted him?"

Lambert: "Absolutely."

Second witness: "Yeah. I trusted him."

Third witness [Moon Zappa]: "I trusted him with my life."

Ted: "Do you trust him now?"

Third witness: "No."

Ted: "What, if anything, happened that caused your attitude toward Dr.
Lester to change?"

Third witness: "He came into my room on several occasions, I don't know
how many, and he raped me."

Lambert: "He had me on Triazolam. He had all of us on it. When I managed
to stay awake I'd hear him making his rounds, checking to see who was
comatose enough for him to do it to."

Second witness: "A couple of times I had such a strong sense he'd been in
my room that I asked him."

Lambert: "`Of course I wasn't in your room, Stepanie. You had a dream.'"

Second witness: "`You had a dream.'"

Third witness, crying: "`Sweetheart, you had a bad dream.'"

Grasso: "Did you report any of these alleged rapes to the police?"

Third witness, still crying: "No. I was in pretty bad shape at the time
and I didn't think anyone would believe me."

Second witness: "Frankly, with all the medication, I wasn't sure of much."

Final witness against Lester is called.

Ted: "The Defense calls Angela Scalese."

Angela: "Two things I know about are drugs and shrinks. I've been rehabbed
and detoxed by the best. I can cry at will in group therapy and I can tell
my therapist just enough so he actually thinks he's getting somewhere. I
watched this one therapist congratulate himself on a breakthrough at every
other session."

Ted: "Did you ever have sexual relations with Dr. Lester?"

Grasso: "Your honor, I'm going to object once again to the litany of
irrelevant and specious accusations that Dr. Lester, as well as the
rest of us, have been subjected to."

Ted: "And once again I would insist upon the fundamental right of the
accused to confront witnesses who have testified against him. Dr. Lester
took the stand against my client. We're entitled to produce witnesses
for the purpose of impeaching his credibility."

Bornstein: "The objection is overruled."

Ted: "Ms. Scalese?"

Angela: "Yes I did have sexual relations with Dr. Lester. I did not have
sexual relations with him voluntarily."

Ted: "Would you describe the circumstances surrounding them?"

Angela: "Well as part of my therapy Dr. Lester had me on Triazolam, also
Clonidine, also Xanax, also Nembutal. All of which were fine with me,
except for the dreams."

Ted: "Would you describe those dreams?"

Angela: "Well, I would see Dr. Lester's face. It was huge, like a float
in a Thanksgiving Day parade. And it would get closer and closer until
it blocked out the sky. And then I would realize that I was naked. And
then I would feel him having sex with me. And then it would be over."

Ted: "Was it a dream, Ms. Scalese?"

Angela: "No."

Ted: "Given the medication you were taking and what we've heard of the side
effects of that medication, how do you know it wasn't a dream?"

Angela: "Because I stopped taking my medication. See I would hide it in my
mouth and then when no one was looking I'd spit it out. And then one night
the door opened, someone got in bed with me and I opened my eyes and it was
Dr. Lester."

Ted: "What did you do?"

Angela, smiling: "I kicked him in the balls as hard as I could."

Ted: "Is there any doubt in your mind that this actually took place rather
than that you dreamt it or imagined it?"

Angela: "No. There is no doubt in my mind."

Ted: "Did you ever confront Dr. Lester about it?"

Angela: "Yeah, um, the very next day. And he denied getting into my bed.
He denied coming into my room. Just as calm as he could be, he looked at
me and he lied. His face didn't move. His eyes didn't blink. Just looked
right at me and lied. If there is any justice in this world he will pay
for what he did because one day someone will pull him off his throne and
he will pay."

Bornstein: "Ms. Scalese."

Ted: "I have no further questions."

Leaving the courtroom, Ted is accosted by reporters and tv cameras.

Reporter #1: "Say, how'd it go today, Ted?"

Ted: "Exceedingly well."

Reporter #2: "How successful do you think you were in undermining Graham
Lester's credibility?"

Ted: "As far as I'm concerned Graham Lester never had that much credibility
to begin with. What there was of it, is gone."

Reporter #3: "If Graham Lester was lying, why was he lying?"

Ted: "I won't speculate on motivation, Cynthia. All I'll say is that we
did what we set out to do. Thank you." Ted and Chris enter the elevator
to leave the building and return to the firm. They greet Lila Marquette,
at reception.

Ted: "Hi Lila."

Lila: "Hi. How'd it go today?"

Ted: "For the first time in weeks I've left court feeling better than
when I arrived."

Louis: "Excuse me, your wife is in your office. Something about a missed
doctor's appointment." Ted heads for his office, good mood quickly
disappears.

Ted: "Annie, I'm sorry. I forgot." Level of their conversation grows heated
as it progresses.

Annie: "It's okay, Ted. You're not being there told me more than anything
you could have said."

Ted: "All it should have told is that I'm in the middle of a murder trial
and sometimes things get away from me."

Annie: "Yeah, well I guess I'm tired of always being one of those things."

Ted: "Please let's not start with the `always,' Annie. Let's not start
generalizing from one incident to the entirety of our lives."

Annie, very angry and upset: "But, Ted, this is the entirety of my life!
The entirety of my life is being there for you! Taking care of our home.
Raising our daughter. Being unconditionally and permanently on call for
whatever type support or comfort you need!"

Ted, visibly hurt and angry: "That what we're onto now? How difficult
your life in Brentwood is?"

Annie: "Don't start telling me how lucky I am."

Ted: "All I'm telling you is that I'm not the only one who derives any
benefit from what I do."

Annie: "I'm not saying I don't derive any benefit. I'm saying that what
I've been getting isn't enough."

Ted: "It's not enough? Then find someone who'll give you more. Find
someone who'll minister to your every need."

Annie: "I can't. As of now I'm still married to you." And she storms out
of the office.

Back in court again. Susan Dominick is on the stand. Chris is asking the
questions.

Chris: "Ms. Dominick, previously you testified for the prosecution that
you received a call at Zephyr House at 1:45, the morning of September 21st.
Correct?"

Dominick: "Yes."

Chris: "In that testimony you identified the caller as Neil Avedon. Didn't
you?"

Dominick: "That's right."

Chris: "Is that still your testimony?"

Dominick: "Yes it is."

Chris: "It was also your testimony that you rewrote the page in the phone
log at Zephyr House which documented a call supposedly made by Mr. Avedon
at one-forty-five. Is that correct?"

Dominick: "That's right."

Chris: "Did you rewrite that page at Graham Lester's instructions?"

Dominick: "No. As I'd said I recopied the page because I'd spilled coffee
on it."

Chris: "So you did. Ms. Dominick, do you know Richard Cross?"

Dominick: "I know who he is."

Chris: "In what connection do you know Mr. Cross?"

Dominick: "I've seen him at Zephyr House a few times. He's a friend of Dr.
Lester's."

Chris: "Ever had a conversation wtih him?"

Dominick: "We might have made small talk once or twice."

Chris: "So he never confided any details of his personal life to you or
anything like that?"

Dominick: "No. I'm  just a nurse behind a desk at reception."

Chris: "Have you ever received anything of value from Richard Cross?"

Dominick: "No."

Chris: "You certain? Not even indirectly perhaps?"

Washington: "Objection. Counsel is badgering the witness."

Bornstein: "Overruled."

Dominick: "I'm not even sure Richard Cross knows my last name and he's
never given me anything."

Chris: "No further questions."

Washington: "The People has no questions for this witness, your honor."

Bornstein: "You may step down, Ms. Dominick."

Chris: "Your honor, the Defense calls Jonathan Kimball to the stand."
Catching Susan Dominick by surprise.

Grasso: "Your honor, this is the first time we've heard anything about this
witness. Clearly this is a blatant discovery violation. And the court should
impose sanctions."

Chris: "We're calling Mr. Kimball for impeachment purposes only." As Susan
Dominick leaves the courtroom, her brother, Jonathan Kimball is escorted in
by Ted Hoffman. "We had no intention of calling him during our case in chief
but in light of Ms. Dominick's testimony it's imperative we be allowed to
examine him at this time."

Bornstein: "Mr. Dochnovitch, I'm going to take your word that you have
legitimate impeachment evidence here. Swear in the witness."

Chris: "Mr. Kimball, what is your relationship to Susan Dominick?"

Kimball: "She's my older sister."

Chris: "Sir, do you currently have a life-threatening disease?"

Kimball: "Yes. I have AIDS."

Chris: "Are you currently undergoing an experimental treatment for your
disease?"

Kimball: "Well pretty much all treatment for AIDS is experimental, isn't
it?"

Chris: "I'm going to have to ask you to answer the question, sir."

Kimball: "Well the answer's yes."

Chris: "Is your medical treatment covered by your insurance?"

Kimball: "I lost my medical coverage when I became too ill to work."

Chris: "Do you know how much your experimental treatment costs?"

Kimball: "Not exactly. No, I don't."

Chris: "Would you be surprised if I told you our research estimates the
cost to be roughly three hundred thousand dollars a year?"

Kimball: "No."

Chris: "Do you have sufficient means to pay for your experimental treatment
yourself?"

Kimball: "Not unless I win the lottery, I don't think so."

Chris: "Who pays for your treatment?"

Kimball: "A man here in Los Angeles."

Chris: "Do you know his name?"

Kimball: "Well I think who he is is a whole lot less important than what
he's trying to do to help me."

Chris: "Again sir, do you know the name of your benefactor?"

Kimball: "It's Richard Cross."

Chris: "Were you ever transported to the Arizona clinic on Mr. Cross'
private jet?"

Kimball: "Yes."

Chris: "I assume you must be a close friend of Mr. Cross'?"

Kimball: "I've probably met him twice."

Chris: "How is it that someone you hardly know is funding these experimental
medical procedures and offering you the use of his private jet?"

Kimball: "Well it's my understanding that he heard of my situation and
offered to help."

Chris: "This understanding, it comes from where?"

Kimball: "I'm not sure specifically how it all came to pass."

Chris: "Did your sister, Susan Dominick, intercede on your behalf with
Richard Cross to cover the cost of these treatments?" Kimball stumbles
for an answer. "Do you need me to repeat the question, sir?"

Kimball: "No, um, you know what, I, I don't, I don't really care how or
why it is I'm getting these treatments I'm just glad that I am."

Chris: "Move to strike as unresponsive. Ask that the witness be asked to
answer the question."

Bornstein: "Mr. Kimball, did your sister make the arrangements for Richard
Cross to pay for these treatments?"

Kimball: "I have no idea."

Chris: "Thank you. Nothing further." Susan Dominick is now back on the
stand. "Your brother's testimony contradicts what you said in here a little
while ago, that you'd never received anything of value from Richard Cross.
Doesn't it?"

Dominick: "Mr. Cross is doing this to help my brother, not me."

Chris: "But when I asked you if you'd ever received anything of value from
Mr. Cross, directly or indirectly, you said you hadn't. Now that's not a
true statement, is it?"

Dominick: "My brother would be dead if it wasn't for Richard Cross."

Chris: "That's not the question, Ms. Dominick. I'm asking you whether you
were telling the truth earlier?"

Dominick: "My intention was to protect my brother's privacy. Not to be
misleading."

Chris: "So in your mind, in certain circumstances, it's okay to lie."

Washington: "Objection. Counsel is supplying his own testimony."

Bornstein: "Sustained."

Chris: "You were also lying when you said you barely knew Richard Cross,
weren't you?"

Dominick: "No. I don't know Richard Cross that well."

Chris: "He pays medical expenses in excess of three hundred thousand
dollars a year for a member of your family. Now that suggests a bit more
than a nodding acquaintance, doesn't it, Ms. Dominick?"

Dominick: "Dr. Lester was the one who told Richard about Jonathan's
situation. Then he came to me to offer help. What was I supposed to do?
Say no and let my brother die?"

Chris: "The conversation in which Richard offered to prolong your brother's
life, is that one of the incidences of small talk you described earlier?"

Dominick: "No."

Chris: "When Richard Cross offered to pay for these expenses, did he ask
you for anything in return?"

Dominick: "No."

Chris: "And on subsequent occasions, did he ever ask you to do or say
anything in return for his financial help?"

Dominick: "His generosity towards Jonathan has always been unconditional."

Chris: "So he didn't ask you to lie on the witness stand and say it was
Neil Avedon's voice you heard on the phone on the morning of September
21st?"

Dominick: "No."

Chris: "He didn't ask you to recopy the phone log so the call from Neil
Avedon would appear to have been written chronologically?"

Dominick: "No."

Chris: "Ms. Dominick, since clearly you are someone who doesn't have a
problem distorting the truth, depending on the circumstances, how can the
jury know if you're not lying right now?"

Washington: "Objection."

Chris: "Withdrawn. Nothing further."

Washington: "To your knowledge, does your brother receive other assistance
besides what Mr. Cross is providing?"

Dominick: "Yes. From the United Way, APLA, and he receives in-home nursing
care paid for by a private foundation."

Washington: "Did you provide anything in return to these institutions for
helping your brother?"

Dominick: "No."

Washington: "You love your brother very much, don't you?"

Dominick: "Very much."

Washington: "And you would share any information you came across that would
help him, wouldn't you?"

Dominick: "Absolutely."

Washington: "Does that include accepting support from a known philanthropist
who'd heard of your family's plight?"

Dominick: "Yes."

Washington: "Does that include telling a lie that would put an innocent
man behind bars for the rest of his life?"

Dominick: "No."

Washington: "No further questions."

As Ted, Chris and Neil exit the courtroom, Detective Polson approaches
Ted.

Polson: "Moment of your time, counselor?"

Ted, to Chris: "I'll see you back at the office." To Polson, "What's up,
detective?"

Polson: "The DA's office has decided not to go forward with the rape
charge against Eduardo Portalegre. Thought you'd be interested."

Ted: "That's twice. Did they buy her off like the first one?"

Polson: "The papers will be going in the morning with a story that says the
girl is a full-on nutball, hence completely unreliable as a witness."

Ted: "This girl's personality profile comes from where?"

Polson: "She was brought up on assault two years ago. Apparently tore some
record executive's beach house apart. Her attorney got the charges reduced
by making her out to be damaged goods with a history of psychiatric
problems."

Ted: "Two years ago she would have been a minor and the court records on
the case would have been sealed. How did the press pick up the story, I
wonder."

Polson: "Kind of stuff that happens when you tread on toes in the DA's
office. Particularly the big toe."

Ted: "Can I assume that whatever interest there was in Eduardo Portalegre
for Jessica's murder has cooled?"

Polson: "Hard to muster a lot of enthusiasm for the idea at this point.
Made more difficult by the fact that Eduardo was sent home to Brazil this
morning."

Ted: "Let me ask you something. Do your twenty years as a homicide
detective give you a strong sense that Eduardo Portalegre could be
responsible for Jessica's death?"

Polson: "Without an opportunity to really sweat the kid, it's hard to say.
But if you're asking me if I think he's capable of a rape-murder, the
answer's yes." Polson walks away.

Back at the Hoffman home, Ted returns home from dinner with Lizzie.

Lizzie: "Hi mom."

Annie: "How was dinner?"

Lizzie: "Great. Dad took me to a Mexican restaurant and afterwards we went
out for ice cream."

Annie: "Sounds like fun. Listen, uh, it's almost 8:30 and you still have
homework to do."

Lizzie: "Noooo."

Annie: "Noooo."

Ted: "Listen to your mother, please."

Lizzie: "Okay. Will you give me a kiss before you go?"

Ted: "Count on it." To Annie, "I'm sorry for keeping her out so late."

Annie: "It's important for her to spend time with you."

Ted: "She seems to be bearing up pretty well."

Annie: "Ted, I've been thinking about our conversation yesterday."

Ted: "Things got, uh, away from me. I'm sorry."

Annie: "Don't apologize. It clarified our situation. Ted, it's not so much
that I want to be with someone else who's willing to give me more of what
I need, whether it's affection or love... "

Ted: "Annie, you know it's not a question of my not loving you."

Annie: "Please, hear me out. I don't want to be with anyone else. But I
also don't envision a sea change in our life together. Do you?"

Ted: "If you mean am I going to give up my career? No."

Annie: "I made an appointment for next Monday with an attorney in Maynard
Dickson's firm."

Ted: "Do you have to do this now?"

Annie: "I can't be in a marriage that takes a backseat to your career.
Whether it's because my expectations or your priorities changed isn't
important. You've made it very clear what your position is. This is who
you are and this is the life you want for yourself. I respect that and
I'm ready to move on."

Ted: "I'd better say good night to Lizzie."

[End titles]

Steven Bochco Productions
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Story Editors: Doug Palau, Charles D. Holland
Supervising Associate Producer: Gigi Coello-Bannon
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Co-Starring:
Moon Zappa as Chris
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Michael Prokopuk as Reporter #1
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