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 MATT: HEY.
HI, HONEY, I'M HOME.
OH.
 LILA: HOW WAS THE CONVENTION?
 MATT: OH, IT WAS GOOD.
HOW ARE THINGS AROUND HERE?
 LILA: SAME OLD SAME OLD.
I FOUND THE DIVORCE PAPERS
SHOVED IN THE BACK OF
THE DRAWER.
 MATT: WHAT DRAFT IS THIS?
 LILA: THE FINAL DRAFT
OF OUR DIVORCE PAPERS.
COME ON, MATT.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST SIGN IT NOW.
 MATT: WELL, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE THE LAWYER HAS TO EXPLAIN
A FEW MORE THINGS TO ME.
 LILA: NO, MATT.
YOU ARE STALLING,
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY.

 CASS: HEY.
 VICKY: HEY.
 CASS: I'M SORRY I'M EARLY,
BUT I WANTED TO CATCH YOU BEFORE
THEY HAUL YOU BACK IN.
 VICKY: THAT'S OK.
 CASS: JAKE.
THE KIDS AROUND?
 VICKY: UH, NO.
MOM DECIDED TO TAKE THEM AWAY
BEFORE WE GOT HOME.
 CASS: SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE
A CHANCE TO TELL THEM YET?
 JAKE: THEY'LL BE BACK THIS
MORNING.
 VICKY: I STILL HAVE PLENTY
OF TIME TO TELL THEM THE FUN
NEWS, I THINK.
 CASS: THE D.A. MADE
A STATEMENT THIS MORNING.
YOU'RE BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER
IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
 VICKY: WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST
GO FOR IT, HUH?
CHARGE ME WITH MURDER ONE.
 CASS: WELL, IT WASN'T
PREMEDITATED.
 JAKE: LOOK, CASS, WE HAVE
TO FIND GRANT'S P.I. -- THIS
FREEMAN GUY.
NOW, HE KNEW THAT GRANT WAS
PLANNING ON TAKING KIRKLAND.
IF WE ESTABLISH THAT VICKY WAS
JUST TRYING TO STOP HIM --
 CASS: HOLD ON, JAKE.
 JAKE: COME ON, CASS.
THAT'S GOT TO BE A BIG THING,
RIGHT?
 CASS: WE HAVE A CHOICE HERE.
 JAKE: WHAT CHOICE?
 CASS: JUNE REINER'S OFFICE
COULD BE OPEN TO DOING A DEAL.
 JAKE: WHAT KIND OF DEAL,
CASS?
 CASS: VICKY PLEADS GUILTY
TO A LESSER CHARGE --
MANSLAUGHTER ONE, MAYBE EVEN
MAN TWO.
 VICKY: HOW MUCH TIME WOULD
I SERVE?
 CASS: TWO TO SIX, PROBABLY.
 JAKE: YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT.
 VICKY: I KILLED HIM.
 CASS: HE'S DEAD THROUGH
YOUR ACTIONS -- MAYBE.
 JAKE: RIGHT.
IF SHE PLEADS NOT GUILTY
TO MURDER TWO, CAN YOU GET
HER OFF?
 CASS: I MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO
THAT, BUT I CAN'T KEEP FLYING
BLIND.
THE TWO OF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO SIT DOWN AND TELL ME
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN
YOU AND GRANT, RIGHT
FROM THE BEGINNING.
DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING OUT.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T COME UP
WITH SOMETHING, YOU'RE NOT
COMING HOME AGAIN FOR A VERY
LONG TIME.
 JOE: YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR
THE 1-9 HASN'T CHANGED SINCE
I LEFT.
THAT CAPTAIN STILL BUSTING
YOUR HUMP, ABE, OR WHAT?
I KNOW YOU DON'T.
YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO TALK TO YOU,
TOO.
WHAT, I CAN'T JUST CALL?
JEEZ, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE
SOMEBODY'S MOTHER, YOU KNOW
THAT?
NO.
ACTUALLY, THERE IS.
UM --
LISTEN, ABE, WE CAUGHT A MURDER
DOWN HERE.
NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE DEATH
BY A BLOW TO THE HEAD, RIGHT?
BUT THE M.E. COMES IN AND SAYS
DEATH BY ASPHYXIATION AFTER
THE BLOW.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT
IS HOW MUCH TIME COULD HAVE
PASSED BETWEEN THE BLOW
TO THE HEAD AND THE TIME THE GUY
WAS SUFFOCATED?
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ASK
ANYBODY AROUND HERE, THAT'S WHY.

 CASS: YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD
TRICK GRANT INTO BELIEVING THAT
YOU WANTED HIM?
VICKY, THAT'S NUTS.
 VICKY: I KNOW, I KNOW.
I WAS NUTS.
 JAKE: NO, IT DIDN'T SEEM
SO CRAZY AT FIRST.
OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED
HER.
 VICKY: NO, HE KNEW IT WAS
GOING TOO FAR.
HE BEGGED ME TO BACK OFF.
 JAKE: AND GRANT WASN'T FOOLED
AT ALL.
HE WAS JUST USING VICKY.
 VICKY: IT'S JUST I COULDN'T
LET IT GO.
I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO COME
AFTER ME AGAIN.
 CASS: DID HE EVER OVERTLY
THREATEN YOU?
ANYTHING CONCRETE OR DOCUMENTED
IN ANY WAY?
 VICKY: OH, COME ON.
THAT ISN'T THE WAY --
THAT WASN'T THE WAY GRANT WORKS.
HE STAYED BEHIND THE SCENES.
HE PULLED THE STRINGS.
 CASS: WHAT STRINGS?
 VICKY: WELL, FOR INSTANCE,
HE KNEW MARLEY WAS HOLDING ME.
HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
HE JUST USED THAT TIME TO GET
CLOSER TO KIRKLAND.
 CASS: THAT'S HARD TO PROVE.
 VICKY: I KNOW -- EXACTLY.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS
GETTING SO DESPERATE.
I KNEW IF I DIDN'T GET SOMETHING
ON HIM, IF I DIDN'T GET HIM
TO CONFESS, THAT HE WAS JUST
GOING TO SLIP AWAY AND REGROUP
AND COME AFTER US AGAIN.
 CASS: HOW DID YOU EXPECT THAT
YOU'D GET ANYTHING THAT WOULD
STICK?
 VICKY: I DON'T KNOW.
HE HAD BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
LEAVING TOWN, AND I THOUGHT
MAYBE HE WOULD JUST GET CARELESS
ABOUT WHAT HE SAID.
 CASS: BUT HOW WERE YOU GOING
TO PROVE ANYTHING?
 VICKY: I HAD BEEN CARRYING
A TAPE RECORDER IN MY PURSE,
YOU SEE, AND I --
 JAKE: OH, THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S GREAT, VICKY.
 CASS: YOU HAD A TAPE?
 JAKE: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
IF HE HAD FOUND OUT?
 VICKY: BUT HE DIDN'T.
 JAKE: NO, THIS IS WHAT WAS
DRIVING ME CRAZY.
 CASS: YOU HAD A TAPE RECORDER
WHEN YOU CONFRONTED GRANT?
YOU MADE A TAPE OF THAT?
 VICKY: OH, MY GOD.
I PROBABLY --
 CASS: "PROBABLY"?
WHERE IS IT?
 VICKY: I -- I SET IT UP.
I JUST DIDN'T --
GOD.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS
SO CRAZY THAT NIGHT, I HAVEN'T
EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
BUT IT'S GONE ALL THE WAY
TO THE END, WHICH MEANS IT MUST
HAVE RECORDED SOMETHING.
 JAKE: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR
THIS.
 CASS: IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S
ON THERE.
 JAKE: I DON'T --
 CASS: WHAT IT SAYS.
IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.
 VICKY: I GUESS WE'RE ABOUT
TO FIND OUT.

 GRANT'S VOICE: DON'T BOTHER
WITH A STORY.
THEY'RE AS PATHETIC AS THOSE
FIGHTS YOU STAGED WITH JAKE.
YOU THINK I DIDN'T SEE THROUGH
YOU?
 VICKY'S VOICE: YOU WERE JUST
PLAYING ALONG, HUH?
NEVER REALLY WANTED ME.
 GRANT'S VOICE: WELL, NO.
TO BE FAIR, I CERTAINLY WOULD'VE
TAKEN YOU TO BED, BUT THE REST
OF IT --
 VICKY'S VOICE: IT'S ALL ABOUT
KIRKLAND, ISN'T IT?
THE WHOLE TIME.
 GRANT'S VOICE: I WOULD NEVER
LEAVE MY SON BEHIND.
YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW
THAT.
TIME TO LEAVE.
WHICH MEANS THAT KIRKLAND
AND I ARE GOING TO BE
INCOMMUNICADO FOR A WHILE.
 VICKY'S VOICE: FOR A WHILE?
FOREVER?
YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE KIRKLAND
AWAY FROM ME FOREVER?
 GRANT'S VOICE: WELL --
HEY, LISTEN.
IF YOU WANT TO DEFINE TERMS,
YES.
KIRKLAND AND I ARE GOING AWAY
FOREVER.
 VICKY'S VOICE: I'M NOT GOING
TO LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THIS.
 GRANT'S VOICE: I'M GOING
TO --
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TIE YOU UP
FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
[VICKY AND GRANT FIGHTING]
 GRANT'S VOICE: WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
COME ON.
IT'S THE LAW OF PHYSICS.
DON'T FIGHT IT.
MIGHT MEETS RIGHT, YOU
UNDERSTAND?
 VICKY: I AGREE.
 GRANT'S VOICE: YOU GOING
TO BEHAVE?
GOOD.
[FIGHTING]
[CASS STOPS TAPE]
 VICKY: THAT'S --
THAT'S WHEN I DID IT.
THAT'S WHEN I HIT HIM.
 JAKE: I MEAN, CASS, COME ON.
HE WAS TRYING TO TIE HER UP
SO THAT HE COULD KIDNAP HER SON.
 CASS: KIRKLAND WAS HIS SON,
TOO.
AND VICKY WASN'T IN DANGER.
HE NEVER ONCE THREATENED HER.
ANYONE ELSE KNOW ABOUT THE TAPE?
 VICKY: NO.
I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT.
I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY ELSE.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER GOING BACK
TO MOM'S OFFICE TO GET IT.
 JAKE: YOU DIDN'T. I DID.
I WENT BACK TO GET HER PURSE
BEFORE THE POLICE CLOSED DOWN
THE SCENE.
 CASS: YOU REMOVED THINGS
FROM A CRIME SCENE?
DO THE COPS KNOW THIS?
 JAKE: NOT YET.
 CASS: THEN I DIDN'T HEAR IT.
AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT TAPE,
EITHER.
 JAKE: WHAT?
 CASS: YOU GOT TO PUT
YOUR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS AWAY
BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS CURIOUS.
BECAUSE WHAT I JUST DIDN'T HEAR
COULD BE A PROSECUTOR'S DREAM.
 JAKE: YEAH.
 CASS: NOW, WE KNOW THAT VICKY
DID THIS TO STOP HIM,
NOT TO KILL HIM.
BUT THIS TAPE DEMONSTRATES THAT
IT WAS CLEARLY NOT SELF-DEFENSE.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE
THE D.A. ANY MORE AMMUNITION
THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE.
YOU HAVE AN ARRAIGNMENT TODAY
AT 1:00.
YOU HAVE TO ENTER A PLEA, VICK.
 JAKE: YOU ARE NOT PLEADING
GUILTY TO MURDER.
 VICKY: WOULD YOU JUST GIVE ME
A LITTLE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT?
A LITTLE TIME TO TALK
TO THE BOYS?
 CASS: SURE.
SURE.
I'LL BE AT THE OFFICE.
 VICKY: THANKS, CASS.
 CASS: YEAH.
 VICKY: OH.
OH, I'M IN TROUBLE.

 JOE: YEAH, ABE.
JUST WHATEVER YOUR LAB GUYS
COULD FIND OUT, OK?
THANKS, BUDDY.
 PAULINA: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
 JOE: JUST CHECKING
THE ANGLES.
WHAT'S UP?
 PAULINA: EVERYBODY'S CHECKING
THE ANGLES ON GRANT'S MURDER.
 JOE: WHAT?
 PAULINA: CHRIS MADISON WAS
IN THE RESTAURANT LAST NIGHT
POKING AROUND, ASKING WHY GRANT
WAS THREATENING US,
TALKING ABOUT HOW IT SEEMED
SO MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO KILL
GRANT.
WHAT IS HE UP TO?
 JOE: IT'S GOT TO BE A BIG
STORY.
 PAULINA: RIGHT.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO STEER CLEAR
OF HIM.
 JOE: IT'S TONI'S CASE.
 PAULINA: ALL RIGHT, SO WHY
ARE YOU CHECKING THE ANGLES?
 JOE: WHAT WAS THAT?
 PAULINA: JOE, YOU SAID YOU'RE
CHECKING DIFFERENT ANGLES
ON THE CASE, BUT VICKY
CONFESSED.
THAT'S IT, RIGHT?
 JOE: THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT
OF LOOSE ENDS TO TIE UP,
YOU KNOW?
 PAULINA: AND YOU'RE GOING
TO DO IT, EVEN THOUGH
THE D.A. PULLED YOU OFF
THE CASE?
 JOE: I'M FREELANCING A LITTLE
BIT.
 PAULINA: WELL, DOES TONI
KNOW?
 JOE: I WILL BRING TONI UP
TO SPEED AS SOON AS I GET
THE CHANCE, ALL RIGHT?
 PAULINA: JOE, YOU'VE GOT
TO BE CAREFUL.
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING YOU.
 JOE: I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING
WRONG, PAULINA.
IT'S STILL MY PRECINCT.
 PAULINA: WELL, MAYBE
MS. REINER AND THE JUDGE WON'T
SEE IT THAT WAY.
I JUST WISH YOU'D STAY OUT
OF IT.
 JOE: IF I STAY OUT OF IT,
I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT
HAPPENS.
 PAULINA: JOE, YOU'RE PLAYING
WITH FIRE.
PLEASE, DROP IT.
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
 JOE: I CAN'T DO THAT.

 MATT: YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS
LITTLE THING THAT I GOT
FOR JASMINE.
ISN'T THAT CUTE?
YOU HANG IT IN THE CRIB, AND IT
GOES AROUND.
I THINK IT EVEN --
 LILA: MATT.
 MATT: WHAT?
 LILA: AM I MISSING SOMETHING
HERE?
I MEAN, WHAT?
WHAT IS IT?
DON'T YOU LIKE THE TERMS
OF THE DIVORCE?
 MATT: NO, IT'S FINE.
IT'S FINE.
I JUST NEED TO HAVE MY LAWYER
CHECK IT OVER.
THAT'S ALL.
 LILA: WHAT'S TO EXPLAIN?
WHAT'S TO CHECK OVER?
I MEAN, I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY
MORE MONEY THAN YOU OFFERED.
YOU'VE GOT SHARED CUSTODY,
ALL THE VISITATION YOU WANT.
SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
 MATT: THERE IS NO PROBLEM.
YEAH, THERE IS.
 LILA: YOU WANT TO TELL ME
ABOUT IT?
 MATT: WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN.
 MATT: YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT THIS THE WHOLE
TIME IN NEW YORK.
BEFORE THAT, REALLY.
I MEAN, I -- I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT THIS EVER SINCE YOU WANTED
A DIVORCE.
YOU KNOW, I LOOK, AND I SEE HOW
HARD I'M WORKING AT CORY
PUBLISHING, AND I ASK MYSELF
WHY.
FOR WHAT?
WHERE DO I WANT TO BE IN FIVE
OR 10 YEARS?
AND THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES IT
SEEM WORTHWHILE IS US.
WHERE DO I WANT TO BE IN FIVE
OR 10 YEARS?
I WANT TO BE HOME HERE
WITH YOU AND OUR DAUGHTER.
 LILA: WHAT?
 MATT: I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY,
BUT I LIKE BEING MARRIED TO YOU.
 LILA: YOU --
YOU LIKE BEING MARRIED TO ME?
OH, MATT, I MEAN, I'VE DONE
NOTHING BUT LIE AND SCHEME.
 MATT: LISTEN, I KNOW IT'S NOT
EXACTLY LOVE, BUT I LIKE
YOU A LOT.
I -- YOU KNOW, I LIKE YOU LIVING
HERE.
WE'RE GETTING ALONG WELL.
YOU'RE GETTING ALONG
WITH MY MOTHER.
WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR BABY.
WE'RE RAISING HER TOGETHER.
I KNOW IT'S NOT HEARTS
AND FLOWERS, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
MATTERS.
WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT WE HAVE
HERE, RIGHT NOW.
IT'S COMFORTABLE, FUN.
YOU MAKE ME LAUGH.
YOU'RE THE GREATEST MOTHER
IN THE WORLD TO JASMINE.
 LILA: WHOA, WHOA.
WAIT A MINUTE.
MATT, IT'S ME.
I MEAN, COMFORTABLE, FUN LILA
THAT HAD YOU BRAINWASHED HERE.
 MATT: YEAH, I KNOW.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MARRIED
YOU IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT.
 LILA: OH, MATT, YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE EVEN BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM
WITH ME IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT.
HEY.
IT WAS A MISTAKE.
 MATT: NO, IT WASN'T.
 LILA: IT WAS.
 MATT: IT WASN'T A MISTAKE.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
IF WE DIDN'T GET MARRIED,
I WOULD'VE MISSED OUT.
OUR DAUGHTER WOULD'VE MISSED
OUT.
WE COULD HAVE THE BEST
OF EVERYTHING.
I'LL HAVE MY WORK.
YOU CAN HAVE WHATEVER WORK
YOU LIKE.
YOU CAN BE A FULL-TIME MOTHER
IF YOU WANT TO.
BUT JASMINE WILL HAVE BOTH OF US
HERE.
 LILA: JASMINE WILL ALWAYS
HAVE BOTH OF US.
I PROMISE YOU THAT NO MATTER
WHAT, MATT.
 MATT: IT'S NOT THE SAME.
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME.
I DON'T WANT JASMINE GROWING UP
IN A BROKEN HOME, WONDERING
IF IT WAS HER FAULT THAT WE GOT
DIVORCED.
 LILA: MATT, YOU SAID THAT
I COULD DO WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
ARE YOU CHANGING YOUR MIND NOW?
 MATT: ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT
MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T BE SO QUICK
TO THROW THIS MARRIAGE OUT.
PLEASE.
THINK ABOUT GIVING US A CHANCE.

 LILA: THANK YOU.
 MATT: FOR WHAT?
 LILA: FOR WANTING ME TO STAY,
FOR THINKING THAT I'M
A GOOD MOM.
 MATT: YOU ARE A GOOD MOM.
 LILA: YEAH, WELL, THERE ARE
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T
HAVE BET ON THAT, HUH?
 MATT: WELL, THEY WERE WRONG.
 LILA: YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
IT MEANS TO ME TO HEAR YOU SAY
THOSE THINGS.
 MATT: WAIT A MINUTE.
I THINK I HEAR A "BUT"
AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE.
 LILA: BUT HOW CAN YOU SETTLE
FOR HALF A LIFE, MATT?
 MATT: I DON'T THINK IT'S HALF
A LIFE.
 LILA: STAYING WITH THAT
A WOMAN THAT YOU DON'T LOVE?
I MEAN, I SEE YOU --
I SEE YOU TRYING TO LIVE LIKE
THAT, AND I THINK, "MY GOD,
WHAT A WASTE."
I HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT
SETTLING DOWN AND PEACE
AND QUIET.
AND I THINK, "MY GOD, WHAT HAVE
I DONE?
HAVE I AGED YOU?"
I MEAN, MATT, YOU SHOULD NEVER
SETTLE, YOU KNOW, NOT FOR JUST
ENOUGH, YOU KNOW?
 MATT: WHAT IF I DON'T THINK
I'M SETTLING?
 LILA: THEN I BETTER GET OUT
OF HERE PRETTY DARN QUICK
SO YOU WILL COME BACK
TO YOUR SENSES.
 MATT: WAIT A MINUTE --
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT
SOMEDAY I'M GOING TO MEET A NICE
GIRL --
 LILA: NO.
I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY
THAT -- I MEAN, NOT ALOUD,
ANYWAY.
I MEAN, IT'S TOO CORNY.
 MATT: BUT YOU'RE THINKING IT.
 LILA: I'M WISHING IT.
I'M PRAYING FOR IT, MATT.
I MEAN, I FEEL SO RESPONSIBLE
FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED,
YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, YOU LEFT THE WOMAN
YOU LOVED TO MARRY ONE THAT
YOU DON'T, AND IT WASN'T EVEN
YOUR IDEA.
AND I DON'T EVEN BLAME
YOU FOR THINKING THAT REAL LOVE
ISN'T EVEN OUT THERE.
BUT IT IS.
OH, IT IS.
AND IT'S WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT
IT, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND
WOULD FALL IN LOVE WITH CASS
WINTHROP, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD
A CHOICE ABOUT IT?
 MATT: SOUNDS LIKE A BAD IDEA
TO ME.
 LILA: BUT IT'S NOT.
AND HE'S NOT WHAT I PLANNED,
BUT I BELONG TO HIM, MATT.
 MATT: I'LL MISS YOU.
 LILA: I'LL MISS YOU, TOO.
BUT JASMINE NEVER WILL
BECAUSE YOU ARE A WONDERFUL
FATHER, AND I WOULD NEVER,
NEVER STAND IN THE WAY OF THAT.
 MATT: I HAD TO GIVE IT
A SHOT.
 MATT: GOOD LUCK.

 ANNE: HEY.
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
DURING OFFICE HOURS.
 CASS: YOU WORKING
DURING THE DAY NOW?
 ANNE: NO, I'M NOT HERE
TO CLEAN.
YOU GET TO LIVE IN YOUR OWN MESS
UNTIL AFTER DARK.
BUT I READ ABOUT YOUR CASE
IN THIS MORNING'S "HERALD."
 CASS: WHAT'S THIS?
 ANNE: I GOT THIS BRIEF
FROM A LAWYER I USED TO WORK
WITH.
I THINK IT COULD HELP.
 CASS: IT'S RIGHT
ON THE MONEY.
 ANNE: REALLY?
 CASS: LUCKY GUESS, WAS IT?
COME ON, YOU ARE NOT REALLY
A CLEANING PERSON, ARE YOU?
 ANNE: OH, SURE I AM.
DREAMED ABOUT IT MY WHOLE LIFE.
 CASS: YEAH?
WHEN DID YOU START IN
THE PROFESSION?
 ANNE: WHY DO YOU CARE?
 CASS: COME ON.
I COULD CALL YOUR AGENCY AND GET
IT OFF THEM.
 ANNE: OK. OK.
I JUST TOOK THIS JOB TO GET AWAY
FROM SOMETHING ELSE.
 CASS: WHAT?
WHAT HAPPENED?
 ANNE: WELL, THAT IS OUTSIDE
THE BOUNDS OF CLEANING LADY-SLOB
RELATIONS.
OH, LISTEN.
I'M SORRY IF I CAUSED ANY
TROUBLE BETWEEN YOU
AND THE FIANCEE LAST NIGHT.
I HOPE SHE DIDN'T CATCH ON.
 CASS: CATCH ON TO WHAT?
WHAT IS THERE TO CATCH ON TO?
 ANNE: WELL, WHAT WAS WITH ALL
THE BODY LANGUAGE WHEN
I WALKED IN?
YOU WERE TRYING TO KEEP ME OUT
OF HERE.
 CASS: I WANTED MY PRIVACY,
THAT'S ALL.
YOU DON'T GET TO STICK YOUR NOSE
IN MY LIFE, EITHER, YOU KNOW?
 ANNE: FINE. I WON'T.
NUT CASE.

 VICKY: JAKE, GO MAKE SURE MOM
AND THE BOYS AREN'T
ON THEIR WAY IN.
 JAKE: WHY?
 VICKY: I WANT TO LISTEN
TO THIS TAPE AGAIN.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON IT THAT'S
TROUBLE FOR ANYBODY, I'M GOING
TO TEAR IT UP.
 JAKE: OK.
YOU GOT A POINT.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
 VICKY: IT'S PAULINA.
 VICKY: HI.
 PAULINA: HEY.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW
YOU WERE DOING, HOW IT WENT
WITH KIRKLAND.
 VICKY: I DON'T KNOW.
MY MOTHER DECIDED TO BE HELPFUL
AND TOOK THEM AWAY BEFORE WE GOT
BACK.
 PAULINA: YOU MUST BE OUT
OF YOUR MIND.
 VICKY: I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M ACTUALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY GET HOME.
 PAULINA: BUT YOU FOUGHT
SO HARD TO COME HOME.
I MEAN, ARE YOU EVEN GOING
TO GET THE CHANCE TO TELL THEM?
 VICKY: I DON'T KNOW.
THE ARRAIGNMENT'S BEEN
SCHEDULED.
 PAULINA: WELL, CASS WILL DO
SOMETHING.
HE'S A GOOD LAWYER.
 VICKY: I'M NOT SURE I'M SUCH
A GREAT CLIENT.
 PAULINA: VICKY, EVERYONE
IN THIS TOWN KNOWS WHAT A GOOD
PERSON YOU ARE.
NO JURY WILL LET THEM RAILROAD
YOU.
 VICKY: THANKS FOR THAT,
AND THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DID
WITH THE D.A., TOO.
YOU WERE GREAT.
 PAULINA: THAT WOMAN'S A TRIP.
 VICKY: YEAH.
 PAULINA: DON'T WORRY.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS.
AFTER WHAT GRANT DID
TO YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE,
ANY JURY WOULD GIVE YOU A MEDAL
INSTEAD OF JAIL TIME.
THEY HAVE TO.
 VICKY: HONEY, ARE YOU OK?
YOU SEEM MORE UPSET ABOUT THIS
THAN I AM.
IS IT JOE?
DID JOE TELL YOU SOMETHING?
 PAULINA: NO. NO.
I JUST --
I JUST KNOW THERE'S GOT TO BE
SOME JUSTICE IN ALL THIS,
YOU KNOW?
HEY, COME HERE.
PROMISE ME YOU WON'T WORRY.
NO MATTER HOW BAD IT LOOKS,
YOU DON'T WORRY, OK?
 VICKY: OK.
HONEY ?

 FELICIA: CAN WE CALL A TRUCE?
I BROUGHT A PEACE OFFERING.
WHAT?
 CASS: DID YOU BRING YOUR BOY
WITH YOU?
 FELICIA: NO.
 CASS: OH, LEFT HIM HOME
WITH THE BABYSITTER, HUH?
 FELICIA: OH, I'M ABOUT
TO TAKE BACK MY APOLOGY.
 CASS: I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY THAT
SERGEI NEEDED A BABYSITTER.
 FELICIA: OK.
 CASS: HE NEEDS A KEEPER.
HE SHOULD BE DATING
A BABYSITTER.
 FELICIA: OOH.
SUCH NASTY FORM, HUH?
 CASS: NASTY, BUT ACCURATE.
 FELICIA: TODAY --
DO YOU ALWAYS KEEP THIS OUT?
 CASS: NO, ACTUALLY,
NOT ANYMORE.
THE NEW CLEANING LADY MUST HAVE
LEFT IT OUT WHILE SHE WAS
DUSTING.
 FELICIA: HMM.
SO I HEAR YOU'RE DEFENDING
VICKY?
 CASS: YEAH.
THE ARRAIGNMENT'S THIS
AFTERNOON.
THEY'RE CHARGING HER WITH MURDER
IN THE SECOND.
 FELICIA: HOW'S IT LOOK?
 CASS: NOT VERY GOOD.
 FELICIA: WELL, THAT MUST BE
WHY YOU'RE SO EDGY.
IS THAT IT?
 CASS: IT'S NOT JUST THE CASE.
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T
TOLD YOU.
IN FACT, I HAVEN'T TOLD
ANYONE -- NOT LILA OR CHARLIE.
 FELICIA: HONEY, ARE YOU ALL
RIGHT?
 CASS: REMEMBER I TOLD
YOU I THOUGHT I'D SEEN FRANKIE,
AND YOU CHALKED IT UP
TO MY MISGIVINGS ABOUT MAKING
A COMMITMENT TO LILA?
 FELICIA: AND?
 CASS: YOU WERE WRONG.
 FELICIA: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
 CASS: SHE'S NOT FRANKIE,
BUT SHE LOOKS ENOUGH LIKE
HER TO BE HER.
 FELICIA: WOULD YOU STOP THAT?
WHAT, ARE YOU SEEING THAT WOMAN
AGAIN?
 CASS: REGULARLY.
SHE'S THE NEW CLEANING LADY.
 FELICIA: OH, CASS!
 CASS: WHAT?
 FELICIA: "WHAT?"
THE FRANKIE CLONE IS NOW
CLEANING YOUR OFFICE.
 CASS: YOU THINK I'M CRAZY,
DON'T YOU?
 FELICIA: WELL, I DO THINK
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MAYBE YOU'RE
MANUFACTURING THIS KIND
OF DISTRACTION SO YOU CAN GET
AWAY FROM LILA, YEAH.
 CASS: YOU'RE IN FOR A BIG
SURPRISE.
 FELICIA: AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE.
IF IT WERE ME, I'D CERTAINLY BE
DOING ANYTHING TO GET AWAY
FROM LILA.
 ANNE: LOOK, MR. WINTHROP,
I'M SORRY.
I REALLY NEED THIS JOB --
 CASS: HONEY --

 JOE'S VOICE: MARLEY, LISTEN.
WHY DON'T WE GET YOU OUT OF THIS
ROOM.
WE'LL HAVE YOU WAIT SOMEWHERE
ELSE, OK?
 JAKE: THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE
ARRESTING MARLEY.
 MARLEY'S VOICE: YEAH,
THAT WOULD -- THAT WOULD BE --
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
 JOE'S VOICE: ALL RIGHT, TONI.
THERE'S A BANQUET HALL DOWN
THE HALL.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE MARLEY DOWN
THERE, HAVE HER WAIT THERE, OK?
 TONI'S VOICE: YEAH.
SHOULDN'T WE SEAL UP THE CRIME
SCENE?
 JOE'S VOICE: YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LET'S GET MARLEY SETTLED FIRST,
AND I'LL COME BACK HERE AND TAKE
CARE OF THAT.
 TONI'S VOICE: OK. COME ON.
 JAKE: WHAT DID PAULINA WANT?
 VICKY: MORAL SUPPORT,
I GUESS.
IT'S KIND OF WEIRD, ACTUALLY.
 JAKE: WHY?
 VICKY: I DON'T KNOW.
SHE SEEMED AS UPSET AS I AM.
 JAKE: SHE'S YOUR BEST FRIEND.
SHE CARES ABOUT YOU.
 VICKY: NO.
NO, IT WAS DIFFERENT.
DIDN'T YOU THINK SHE SEEMED SORT
OF UNSTRUNG YESTERDAY?
 JAKE: I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW HOW PAULINA GETS.
LISTEN, WHY DON'T WE --
WHY DON'T WE GET --
 GRANT'S VOICE: OHH.
 VICKY: SHH.
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
[SOUND OF DOOR OPENING]
 GRANT'S VOICE: HELP ME.
[TAPE REWINDS]
 JAKE: THAT SOUNDED LIKE --
 GRANT'S VOICE: OHH.
OHH.
OHH.
[SOUND OF DOOR OPENING]
 GRANT'S VOICE: HELP ME.
 JAKE: DEAD MEN DON'T TALK.
 VICKY: JAKE.
GRANT WAS STILL ALIVE.
I DIDN'T KILL HIM.

 FELICIA: YOU --
 ANNE: OH, BOY.
 FELICIA: I MEAN, THIS IS
UNREAL.
 CASS: SLIGHT RESEMBLANCE,
HUH?
 ANNE: I'M GETTING REALLY
TIRED OF THIS.
 FELICIA: OH, I'M SORRY.
I REALLY DON'T MEAN TO STARE.
 ANNE: LOOK, IT'S OK.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
IT'S JUST THAT THIS IS REALLY
WEIRD FOR ME.
LOOK, I'M SORRY.
I WON'T COME AROUND
DURING OFFICE HOURS ANYMORE.
 FELICIA: NO, NO, WAIT!
DON'T GO, PLEASE.
I HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT
I WANT TO ASK YOU.
 ANNE: BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY
ANSWERS.
THAT'S THE POINT.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
 CASS: HELLO.
 LILA: YOU HAD BETTER GET
YOURSELF OVER HERE RIGHT NOW.
MAJOR SURPRISE.
 CASS: I DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF TIME, HONEY.
 LILA: WELL, YOU BETTER MAKE
TIME.
I PROMISE IT'LL BE WORTH IT.
 CASS: COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT
THIS IS ABOUT?
 LILA: NO.
NO CLUES.
YOU JUST GET OVER HERE RIGHT
NOW.
 CASS: HEY, WHAT --
UM --
WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO.
ANNE, COULD YOU LOCK UP WHEN
YOU'RE DONE?
 ANNE: YOU MEAN I STILL HAVE
A JOB?
 CASS: I NEVER COULD FIRE
ANYONE.
IT'S ONE OF MY WEAK POINTS.
 ANNE: OH, ARE YOU SURE
YOU JUST DON'T LOVE MY DUSTING?
 CASS: THAT, TOO.
I'LL, UM --
I'LL WAIT UNTIL LATER TO SAY
"I TOLD YOU SO."
EXCUSE ME.
 FELICIA: I GET THIS.
 ANNE: WHAT?
 FELICIA: CASS, AND WHY HE'S
SO FLIPPED OUT ABOUT YOU.
YOU LOOK EXACTLY LIKE FRANKIE.
I MEAN, THE WAY YOU TALK EVEN --
IT'S THE SAME.
WHEN I LOOK AT YOU,
 I SEE FRANKIE.
 ANNE: AND WHO EXACTLY ARE
YOU?
 FELICIA: OH, I'M SORRY.
I'M FELICIA GALANT.
I'M HIS BEST FRIEND.
 ANNE: OH, REALLY?
TELL ME ABOUT HIM.

 TONI'S VOICE: WE --
SHOULDN'T WE SEAL UP
THE CRIME SCENE?
 JOE'S VOICE: YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT -- LET'S GET
MARLEY SETTLED FIRST.
AND I'LL COME BACK HERE AND TAKE
CARE OF THAT.
 TONI'S VOICE: OK.
COME ON.
 JAKE: ALL RIGHT.
NOW, THIS IS WHEN EVERYONE
LEAVES, AND THE DOOR CLOSES.
 TONI: OK.
 JAKE: WAIT.
 GRANT'S VOICE: OHH.
OHH.
OHH.
[SOUND OF DOOR OPENING]
 TONI: IS THAT --
 VICKY: SHH, SHH, SHH.
 GRANT'S VOICE: HELP ME.
 VICKY: THAT'S IT.
THAT'S WHEN THE TAPE SHUTS OFF.
 JAKE: THAT'S GRANT RIGHT
THERE.
GRANT WAS ALIVE WHEN EVERYONE
LEFT.
IT'S ON THE TAPE.
 TONI: I DON'T WANT TO BRING
YOU GUYS DOWN, BUT --
 VICKY: WHAT?
 TONI: WELL, AUDIO TAPES ARE
OFTEN NOT ADMISSIBLE
BECAUSE THEY'RE SO EASY TO EDIT.
 JAKE: OH, COME ON, TONI.
 TONI: I JUST HAVE TO MAKE
SURE IT'S GENUINE, THAT'S ALL.
 VICKY: WHAT, YOU DON'T
BELIEVE ME?
 TONI: IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T
BELIEVE YOU, IT'S JUST WE GOT
TO DO THIS BY THE BOOK.
NOW, ASSUMING IT ALL CHECKS OUT,
THEN, YEAH, THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT GRANT WAS ALIVE AFTER
YOU HIT HIM.
 VICKY: AND YOU HEARD SOMEONE
ELSE COME IN.
IT WAS RIGHT ON THE TAPE.
I MEAN, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN WHO
KILLED HIM.
 JAKE: RIGHT, WHICH GETS VICKY
OFF THE HOOK.
 TONI: IF SHE HAS AN ALIBI
FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING.
LISTEN, VICKY.
IT HAS TO DO WITH CAUSE
OF DEATH, OK?
NOW, GRANT STILL COULD HAVE DIED
FROM THE HEAD WOUND -- MAYBE NOT
AS QUICKLY AS WE THOUGHT,
BUT IF HE DIED BECAUSE
OF THE BLOW TO THE HEAD,
THEN IT'S STILL YOUR CRIME.
THE AUTOPSY WAS YESTERDAY.
I STILL DON'T HAVE THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S REPORT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HOLDING IT
UP, BUT AS SOON AS WE KNOW THAT,
WE'LL KNOW THE CAUSE OF DEATH,
OK?
 JAKE: SHE'S BEING ARRAIGNED
THIS AFTERNOON.
THE CHARGE IS MURDER.
 TONI: I KNOW, I KNOW.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE M.E.'S
OFFICE RIGHT NOW.
WHY DON'T YOU TWO GO HOME,
SIT TIGHT, AND I'LL CALL
YOU WHEN I KNOW SOMETHING.
 VICKY: THANKS, TONI.
 TONI: YEAH.
 JOE: HEY, GUYS.
 VICKY: JOE.
 JOE: GOOD NEWS, HUH?
 TONI: YEAH, MIKEY,
WHERE'S THE AUTOPSY REPORT
ON MAYOR HAR--
 JOE: DON'T BOTHER.
I'VE GOT IT.

 TONI: WHERE'D YOU GET
THE M.E.'S REPORT?
 JOE: HE BROUGHT IT UP.
 TONI: WHEN?
 JOE: LAST NIGHT.
 TONI: THANKS FOR SHARING,
JOE.
 JOE: I WANTED TO DO A LITTLE
CHECKING BEFORE I WENT OVER IT
WITH YOU.
 TONI: "CAUSE OF DEATH --
ASPHYXIATION"?
 JOE: YEP.
 TONI: AND YOU KNEW THIS LAST
NIGHT?
 JOE: TOLD YOU, I WANTED TO DO
A LITTLE CHECKING ON MY OWN.
 TONI: THIS IS MY
INVESTIGATION, JOE.
 JOE: AND I AM STILL
THE CAPTAIN OF THIS PRECINCT.
I HAD SOME QUESTIONS,
SO I CALLED A FRIEND OF MINE
AT THE NYPD.
 TONI: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS
INFORMATION IS TO MY
INVESTIGATION.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, HOLDING IT
BACK LIKE THAT?
 JOE: I WASN'T HOLDING IT,
TONI.
I WAS TRYING TO GET MORE
FOR YOU.
JUST BECAUSE SOME JUDGE PUTS
YOU IN CHARGE OF THE
INVESTIGATION DOESN'T MEAN I SIT
AROUND HERE AND DO NOTHING.
 TONI: NO, APPARENTLY NOT.
I SEE THAT YOU'RE VERY BUSY.
 JOE: TONI, WHAT DO YOU WANT
ME TO DO?
SIT AROUND AND PUSH PAPER?
 TONI: NO, JOE, I DON'T.
BUT I AM THE INVESTIGATING
OFFICER, AND I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
THIS LAST NIGHT.
 JOE: OK. YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
ABOUT VICKY?
 TONI: I'M GOING TO SEND
THE TAPE TO THE LAB AND SEE
IF IT WAS DOCTORED.
 JOE: SHE WOULDN'T DO THAT.
LISTEN, CALL THE D.A'S OFFICE.
THEY SHOULD HAVE THIS REPORT
BY NOW.
IF VICKY CAN ACCOUNT
FOR HER WHEREABOUTS AT THE TIME
OF DEATH --
 TONI: YOU KNOW, SHE COULD
HAVE GONE BACK TO GET HER TAPE
AND FOUND THAT GRANT WASN'T DEAD
AND FINISHED THE JOB.
THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
 JOE: IT'S POSSIBLE, YES.
 TONI: YEAH, IT IS.
EVERYTHING'S A POSSIBILITY.
THE CASE IS WIDE OPEN NOW.

 FELICIA: I DON'T KNOW WHO
YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU WANT OR WHY
YOU SHOWED UP RIGHT NOW,
BUT -- BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT
CASS WINTHROP IS MY VERY BEST
FRIEND IN ALL THE WORLD.
 ANNE: OK.
 FELICIA: WELL, I JUST --
I WANT YOU TO KNOW HE'S A VERY
COMPLICATED KIND OF GUY.
 ANNE: THAT PART I GOT.
 FELICIA: WHEN YOU'VE SEEN
HIM, DID HE JUST BOUNCE OFF
THE WALLS?
 ANNE: KIND OF.
 FELICIA: YEAH, OF COURSE,
BECAUSE THE THING THAT HE HATES
MOST IS HIS REAL FEELINGS,
UNLESS, OF COURSE, IT'S ABOUT
TALKING ABOUT HIS REAL FEELINGS.
HE'D MUCH RATHER JUST GO THROUGH
THE LINES.
 ANNE: A LADY'S MAN.
 FELICIA: YEAH.
 ANNE: BUT YOU'RE HIS FRIEND.
 FELICIA: WELL, YES.
I MEAN, HE'S -- HE'S WONDERFUL
TO HANG OUT WITH.
I MEAN, THAT GOES WITHOUT
SAYING.
BUT IT TOOK HIM A LONG TIME TO,
YOU KNOW, SORT OF FILL OUT
EMOTIONALLY.
SHE ACTUALLY DID THAT.
 ANNE: FRANKIE.
 FELICIA: YEAH.
CASS' LIFE BEFORE FRANKIE WAS
NOTHING MORE THAN JUST WHAT
THE NEXT MOVE WAS GOING TO BE.
 ANNE: SHE MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING.
 FELICIA: OH, YES, SHE WAS.
SHE WAS VERY SPECIAL.
VERY SPECIAL.
DID YOU EVER KNOW ANYBODY
IN YOUR LIFE THAT WAS JUST GOOD
THROUGH AND THROUGH?
 ANNE: I DON'T USUALLY TRUST
THAT.
 FELICIA: YEAH, I KNOW.
BUT FRANKIE ALWAYS SEEMED TO DO
THE RIGHT THING, NO MATTER WHAT
IT WAS, NO MATTER WHAT
THE REASON.
AND SHE WAS NEVER SWARMY ABOUT
IT, YOU KNOW, OR TOO GOOD.
SHE COULD -- SHE COULD SAY
THINGS THAT WOULD BE OFF
THE WALL IF OTHER PEOPLE SAID
THEM -- LIKE AURAS OR WACKY
SPIRITUAL STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT JUST NEVER SOUNDED PHONY
COMING FROM HER.
IT'S BECAUSE SHE WAS REAL.
EVERYTHING ABOUT HER WAS REAL.
AND SHE CERTAINLY KNEW WHO
SHE WAS, AND SHE KNEW WHO
HE WAS.
 ANNE: HE'S --
HE'S NEVER TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED
TO HER.
 FELICIA: HE DOESN'T LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SHE WAS MURDERED.
SHE WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED.
 ANNE: WHY?
 FELICIA: I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE AWFUL,
VIOLENT, RANDOM THINGS.
I REALLY THOUGHT THAT CASS WAS
GOING TO FOLLOW HER FOR A LONG
TIME.
I THINK THE ONLY REASON
HE DIDN'T WAS BECAUSE
OF THEIR DAUGHTER, CHARLIE.
 ANNE: SO EVERY TIME
MR. WINTHROP SEES ME --
 FELICIA: EXACTLY.
 ANNE: THANK YOU, MISS --
 FELICIA: FELICIA, PLEASE.
 ANNE: FELICIA.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT
TO ME.
SORRY.
 FELICIA: YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKEN
CASS A LONG TIME TO COME BACK,
AND IT REALLY IS ONLY RECENT
WHEN HE FOUND LILA TO GET
HIS FOOTINGS AGAIN.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
 ANNE: YOU THINK I'M HURTING
HIM?
 FELICIA: I --
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE DOING IT
ON PURPOSE.
BUT YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE EVERY
TIME HE SEES YOU WHAT THAT DOES.
IT MUST PUT A KNIFE THROUGH
HIS HEART, DON'T YOU THINK?
 ANNE: I CAN'T HELP WHAT
I LOOK LIKE.
 FELICIA: OF COURSE YOU CAN'T,
AND THIS IS NOT PERSONAL.
PLEASE, I HOPE YOU DON'T TAKE IT
THAT WAY.
BUT COULDN'T YOU FIND SOMEWHERE
ELSE TO CLEAN?
COULDN'T YOU LEAVE THE POOR GUY
ALONE?
 ANNE: YOU'RE RIGHT.
CONSIDER IT DONE.

 CASS: COME ON, LILA.
ONLY A FOOL WOULD KEEP HIS EYES
CLOSED FOR VERY LONG IN THE CORY
HOUSE.
 LILA: HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE.
 CASS: DID I MENTION THAT I --
I'M NOT TOO CRAZY ABOUT
SURPRISES THAT CAUSE PHYSICAL
PAIN?
 LILA: OH, DON'T WORRY.
I'LL BE GENTLE WITH YOU.
 CASS: YEAH?
 LILA: OPEN YOUR EYES.
 CASS: OH, MY GOD, HE SIGNED.
 LILA: UH-HUH.
 CASS: YOU GOT HIM TO SIGN?
 LILA: IT TOOK A LITTLE PUSH
AND A LITTLE TALK, BUT,
YES, HE SIGNED.
 CASS: JUST A LITTLE PUSH?
 LILA: YES.
 CASS: WELL, YOU'RE A GENIUS
IN YOUR OWN PUSHY LITTLE WAY.
COME HERE, YOU.
YOU DID IT.
YOU DID IT.
I'M GOING TO GO GET THESE PAPERS
FILED.
I'LL DO IT RIGHT AFTER VICKY'S
ARRAIGNMENT.
 MATT: TAKE CARE OF HER.
 CASS: WELL, I WILL.
 MATT: YEAH.
OR ELSE YOU'LL HAVE TO ANSWER
TO ME, DIVORCE OR NO DIVORCE.
 CASS: WELL, THERE WILL BE
A DIVORCE.
 MATT: YEAH.
WHAT -- WHAT'S NEXT?
 CASS: WELL, I FILE
THE PAPERS, AND THEN WE SHOULD
GET OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
OF THE FINAL DECREE.
THAT'S IT.
 MATT: GREAT.
I -- HAVE SOME CALLS TO RETURN
IN THE STUDY.
 LILA: PRETTY SOON IT'S GOING
TO BE JUST THE TWO OF US,
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BELONG
TO ANYBODY ELSE.

 VICKY: COME ON, TONI.
CALL BEFORE THE BOYS GET HOME.
 JAKE: SHE WILL.
 VICKY: YOU KNOW WHAT THIS
MEANS?
IT MEANS I DIDN'T DO IT.
I DIDN'T KILL GRANT.
IT MEANS I DON'T HAVE TO TELL
KIRKLAND THAT I KILLED
HIS FATHER.
 JAKE: EVEN IF SHE DOESN'T
CALL FOR A WHILE, YOU DON'T SAY
ANYTHING TO HIM, ALL RIGHT?
YOU DON'T CONFESS TO ANYTHING
BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU DIDN'T
DO IT.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
 VICKY: HELLO?
 TONI: HEY, VICKY, IT'S TONI.
I JUST TALKED TO THE D.A.
 VICKY: IT'S TONI.
SHE TALKED TO THE D.A.
 TONI: AND SHE KNOWS
SHE DOESN'T HAVE A CASE
AGAINST YOU.
 VICKY: SHE DOESN'T?
 TONI: NO.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT
JUST CAME BACK, AND IT CONFIRMED
THAT GRANT DIED OF ASPHYXIATION.
SO YOUR ARRAIGNMENT'S BEEN
CANCELED, AND THE D.A.'S GOING
TO DROP THE MURDER CHARGES.
 VICKY: I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
 TONI: WELL, SHE'S STILL GOT
SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, SO DON'T
LEAVE TOWN, OK?
 VICKY: OK.
OK, I WON'T.
I WON'T.
THANKS, TONI.
THANKS.
THANKS, THANKS, THANKS.
THAT'S IT.
I'M OFF.
THEY DROPPED THE CHARGES!
 JAKE: ALL RIGHT.
 VICKY: I DIDN'T DO IT, JAKE.
I DIDN'T DO IT.
I DIDN'T KILL GRANT.
I --
 JAKE: WHAT?
 VICKY: I DIDN'T KILL GRANT.
BUT THAT MEANS SOMEBODY ELSE
DID.
 CHRIS: HEY.
THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE FACE
OF THE LADY THAT JUST GAVE VICKY
GOOD NEWS.
 TONI: I'M HAPPY FOR VICKY.
MY GUT SAYS SHE DID EXACTLY WHAT
SHE SAYS SHE DID.
I DON'T THINK SHE KILLED HIM.
 CHRIS: SO WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?
 TONI: JOE.
AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, HE HAD THE M.E.'S
REPORT LAST NIGHT AND DIDN'T
GIVE IT TO ME UNTIL I CALLED
THE M.E. FOR IT TODAY.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
DOES HE HAVE THAT MUCH TROUBLE
NOT BEING IN CHARGE?
 CHRIS: OR MAYBE --
 TONI: I DON'T WANT TO THINK
ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVES.
THEY GIVE ME A SICK FEELING.
 CHRIS: TALK TO ME.
 TONI: THIS ISN'T THE JOE
CARLINO I KNOW.
HE'S FLYING OFF THE HANDLE.
HE'S SECRETIVE.
 CHRIS: WELL, GRANT DID SAY
SOME PRETTY BAD STUFF ABOUT HIM.
 TONI: NO, IT STARTED BEFORE
THAT.
BUT IT GOT WORSE THAT NIGHT.
EVER SINCE HARRISON'S MURDER,
IT'S LIKE HE'S ACTING --
 CHRIS: GUILTY?

 JOE: HI, BLUE.
 PAULINA: DO I KNOW YOU?
 JOE: GOOD NEWS.
THEY DROPPED THE CHARGES AGAINST
VICKY.
 PAULINA: FOR REAL?
 JOE: MM-HMM.
FOR NOW, AND PROBABLY FOR GOOD.
 PAULINA: SHE MUST BE
SO HAPPY.
I'M SO HAPPY.
WHAT HAPPENED?
 JOE: WELL, VICKY DID
EVERYTHING SHE CONFESSED TO,
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT KILLED
GRANT.
 PAULINA: OH.
DOES TONI HAVE ANY IDEA WHO
DID IT?
 JOE: NOT YET.
BUT AT LEAST VICKY'S OUT
OF TROUBLE.
 PAULINA: I JUST WISH NOBODY
HAD TO BE IN TROUBLE.

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