"Dad, I don't need a $2000 dress." "Well, 1700." "And "need" is a relative term." "Okay, it's a party for the end of the track and field season." "People are gonna wear sneakers and jeans." "Yeah, but you look so cute and..." "Okay, fine." "How did I end up with the only kid in L. A who will not let her father spoil her?" "Just so you know I plan on skipping rehab too." " Heh!" "So things with Eddie are?" " Really good." " Oh." "Good." "By really good, you mean?" " Something you wanna know?" " Something you wanna tell me?" "Just hold on." "Sweetie, I gotta go." "I'm sorry." " We'll talk later." "You gonna be okay?" " Yeah." "Sure." "Isaac, what do we got?" "Male and female vic." "Shot through the windshield at close range." " Robbery?" " Cash and jewelry weren't touched." "IDs?" "Uniforms are under orders not to talk to anyone." "I hired you because you used to be a cop." "Remember?" " Well, something's up." " Run the plates." "Thanks for the tip." "Figures to be her car." "She's behind the wheel." "Judging by his suit, Beemer's out of his league." " What have we got?" " Plot thickens." "Since when does a DA show up at the crime scene?" "You may not wanna mention I hired you as my investigator." "When were you planning on telling her?" "It's all about timing." " You don't usually make house calls." " He's one of ours." "Deputy District Attorney Dean Gorman." "Wife and a 2-year-old son." "Wild guess." "That's not the wife." "I hired him right out of law school." "Ambitious, hard-working." "I assume you'll be handling the legwork on this one?" "Uh..." " Yeah." "Yes, ma'am." " Jess, actually, I meant to mention..." "No, you didn't." "But trust me, if I didn't approve, you'd know it." "Remember how it felt to lose your partner?" " Yeah." " That's how I feel now." "Whoever did this, I want their head on a stick." "I can't believe Dean's dead." "How well did you know him?" "My first assignment here was in the Domestic Violence Unit." "And worked a spousal abuse case together." " Was he a straight-up guy?" " Yeah." "Was kind of quiet." " But he worked his butt off." " That could have been any one of us." "Lot of pissed-off husbands in his line of work." "Think this came off one of his cases?" "My friend Andy has a desk next to his at DVU." " They were tight." " You and Martin talk to him." "And pull everything Gorman handled in the past 18 months." "The female victim was Allison Adams, 26, single." "Moved to L.A. five years ago from Omaha." "Worked as a lingerie model, then an exotic dancer." "No current employment." "but wasn't hurting for money." " Hooker." " Judging from her car and these photos, very high-end." "Oh, man." "The prosecutor and the prostitute." "It's not a pretty headline." "ME found no evidence of recent sexual activity." "Shooter saw to that." "But they didn't go up there to talk politics." "You two go see Gorman's widow." "You tag along." "See what you can find in the house." "What should we say about his companion?" "Nothing." "If we get very lucky, we nail the shooter we make a deal, the wife never has to know anything." "Trial is war." "They just killed one of our own." "Somebody's gotta pay." "The entire office extends its condolences, Mrs. Gorman." " Chloe." " If there's anything you need." "Everyone's been really kind." " DA Devlin stopped by." " How's your son?" "My mom took him so I can make the arrangements." "We're going to find the person who did this." "I assume you wanna know where I was last night." "I'm a prosecutor's wife." "I know the drill." "Um, my sister and I were shopping in Century City until around 9:30." "My mom was with the baby." "Police told me there was a woman in the car with Dean." " Who was she?" " We really don't know yet." "I loved my husband, but if he was having an affair, I wanna know." "We'll keep you posted on everything we find out." "Did Dean tell you where he was going last night?" "He said he might have to work late on a case." " Was that unusual?" " Not since he started his project." "What exactly is this?" "I'm not sure." "Dean's been working on it for months." "Whenever he was home, he'd be in here making lists, making calls." "Carlo Acompora." "This guy's a heavy-duty drug trafficker." "Well, that makes sense." " It does?" " Dean loved being a DA." "But he got tired of prosecuting domestic violence." "All he cared about was getting into the Narcotics Unit." " Did he ever apply?" " He was turned down twice." "They said he wasn't suited for that kind of work, it was dangerous." "He had a family." "But he just couldn't let it go, you know?" "It was like he had to prove himself." "I got a line on the dead girl's former roommate." "Well, that sounds great." "Veronica Dell?" "Monica didn't say anything about a couple." " Monica who?" " My mistake." "We're from DA's office." "We have a few questions." "And I have an appointment." "Does management know you're working the bar?" "I don't work the bar." "And if I did, you couldn't afford me." "Well, you must work for Monica Tanner." " It's high-end hookers." " It's an escort service." "Did Allison Adams work for Monica too?" "Yeah, I heard what happened." "She ever talk about a guy named Dean Gorman?" "Monica doesn't like us talking to the cops." " I'm a lawyer." " Even worse." "This is a murder investigation." "So answer the question." "Dean Gorman." "I don't know." "There were a lot of guys." "Do you know anyone who would hurt Allison?" "Even rich johns can be twisted." "It's part of the business." " You ever consider changing jobs?" " I like my BMW." "Yeah, so did Allison Adams." "This definitely beats chemistry." "You sure your dad's not coming home?" "JULIE:" "He's on a big case." "You know how?" "You know how we talked about?" " You know." " Yeah?" "I think I'm ready." "Really?" "Because it totally doesn't matter to me if we wait." "I mean, it matters, obviously." "You know I want to, but..." "You're freaked out because it's my first time." "Well, yeah." "I just don't want you to feel pressured." "I don't." "I mean, I know we've only been dating for a little while." "But we've been friends for a really long time." "I trust you." "And when we find the right time and place I want you to be the one." "Sources close to the investigation say the death of D A Dean Gorman indicated a connection to a high-profile madam." "Okay, I can do it right away." " Howdy, stranger." " How's tricks, Monica?" "Clever." "Heard you're working for the good guys now." " Times change." " I guess we're done sharing clients?" "Luckily for you, I don't prosecute vice cases." "You're saying you wouldn't give an old friend a break?" "I'm here about Allison Adams." "I understand she worked for you." "Who's asking?" "You or the DA?" "You know me." "I don't have a problem with the way you make a living." "Have a seat." " So?" "Allison Adams." " What happened was horrible." " Allison was a wonderful girl." " Was DDA Gorman a customer?" "Not unless she was giving him a discount." "We dumped Allison's cell phone." "And there were a number of calls to a Freddy Hopper." "Turns out he's a local drug dealer." " Ring a bell?" " Yeah." "He and Allison got together sometimes, off the clock." "I wanted her to be careful, but she liked to live on the edge." "Thank you." "I'm gonna need to talk to every one of Allison's clients for the past week." " Good luck with that." " I'm not looking to bust anyone." " One of them may know something." " You know my clientele." "Athletes, producers, politicians, actors." "Successful, upstanding men like yourself who rely on my discretion." "A DA was executed." "One of your girls was sitting next to him when he died." "We can do it easy, or we can do it hard." "You want my BlackBerry?" "Get a subpoena." "You and I don't need to have a problem." "Good." "Because if my client list goes public a lot of very powerful people are going to be really upset." "Keep your BlackBerry." "But I need that list of names." "The city is outraged by the brutal slaying of Deputy District Attorney Gorman." "Every law enforcement agency is working to apprehend his killer." "We extend our condolences to his wife, Chloe and to the Gorman family." " Thank you." " Where are we?" "The wife's alibi is solid." "She's good people, by the way." "It's not looking like Gorman's domestic violence defendants." "Which leaves us where?" "In the world of hookers and drug dealers." "I don't want his name dragged through the mud." "No choice." "Turns out Gorman and Adams did have a relationship." " Sexual?" " Legal." "He was working arraignment court when she was arrested." " I thought she had no record." " She doesn't." " He dropped the charges." " Maybe they had no case." "According to the arresting officer, they had her cold." "DELGADO:" "What's the bottom line?" "Okay." "Gorman was willing to sell his soul for a transfer to Narcotics." "Allison was tight with Freddy Hopper who works for drug kingpin Carlo Acompora." "Are you implying there was a quid pro quo here?" "Let's see." "Gorman lets Allison walk." "He begins building a drug case against Acompora." "He was talking to Allison every day." "Where do you think he was getting information?" "Gorman figures if he gets to indict a major dealer, he gets his transfer." "Instead, Freddy, he finds out, kills them both." " What's the game plan?" " Under normal circumstances we'd build a case and I'd nail Freddy Hopper to the cross." "But I'm telling you, Manny we open those floodgates, everything comes out." "A DDA consorting with call girls and drug dealers, everyone looks bad." "What's our alternative?" "It all goes away." "Dean Gorman's death becomes another unsolved L.A. murder." "James Ellroy writes another book." "We move on." "It's your call, Jessica." "This could get awfully messy." "DEVLIN:" "Let's get Freddy Hopper." "That's Freddy." "We'll need this for evidence, Freddy." " You got him?" " Got him." "We're bringing him in." "Nice work." "It's done." "Something tells me it's just getting started." "In the charge of murder in the first degree how does the defendant plead?" " Not guilty." " Matter's set for trial." "Motions?" "Uh, yes, Your Honor." "In light of the sensational nature of this trial the people move to exclude all media from the courtroom." " Any objection?" " None, Your Honor." "Media is hereby excluded and both sides ordered not to discuss this case outside the courtroom." " Yes, Your Honor, thank you." " Great." "Stark, what's this all about?" "Sorry, guys." "Sorry, sorry." "Stark shunning the press." "You never have a camera when you need one." "The least we can do for Gorman's family." "But the fact that Allison Adams is a call girl is gonna get out." "We need to go after Monica's black book." "Heidi Fleiss was last millennium, Jess." "It's a BlackBerry." "And bringing it in is a huge mistake." "It can establish meetings between them." "He wasn't a paying customer." "You're taking the word of a high-priced pimp?" "Because Monica Tanner is a cooperating witness." "Go after her clients, and she'll shut down." "Plus, the defense will turn every one of Allison's customers into a suspect." " Want that?" " Worth the risk." "Look, here's an idea." "Why don't you just trust me on this?" "Because Dean Gorman died on my watch." "We need that BlackBerry." "Freddy Hopper found out that his girlfriend, Allison Adams was feeding information to Dean Gorman." "He killed them both." "Cell phone records link both men to Allison." "What about Freddy's gun?" "Slugs from the scene are a solid match." "Anything off Gorman's crime board?" "Tracked Freddy's movements in detail." "There are several gaps before the murder." "We're almost home." "Isaac, help Martin track every lead off that board." "See if your pals at L.A.P.D. Narcotics can help." "You three, Freddy Hopper's a cowboy." "Okay?" "He must've shot his mouth off about these murders all over town." "Start with Monica's girls." "Find me a witness." "Pretty flexible." "I'm DDA Raina Troy." "Got your number off of Allison Adam's phone." "So?" "Did she say anything to you about Freddy Hopper?" "I know they went out sometimes." "That's it." "You were friends." "She must've said something." "Allison and I weren't friends." "We had a business relationship." " Don't you work for Monica Tanner?" " Not anymore." "Allison offered a few of the girls a better deal." "What kind of deal?" "She took less off the top than Monica." "And if we ever got busted, she had a friend in the DA's office." "I can't believe you got Pink's Hot Dogs." "You're evil." " I thought they were your favorite." " They are." "They're also, like, a million calories apiece." "I think you can squeeze one in, fatty." "You know this is where I brought your mom on our first date." "A little vino, a little Manilow." "I kid not." " Was that your big move?" " Yeah, it worked every time." "Even with Mom?" "No, no." "Your mom saw through all that stuff." "She was too smart for me even then." "So she made you wait?" "Yeah." "And if we hadn't waited I never would have fallen in love with her got married had a stinky kid to eat hot dogs with." " This is about Eddie and me." " I'm sorry?" "The sex thing is freaking you out." " Have you talked to your mom?" " No." " And don't call her." " I would never do that." "Look, you're gonna do what you want." "But I just wanted to tell you that the one time I waited even though it didn't last forever, was the only time I ever got it right." " You're not wearing a wire, right?" " You're welcome to pat me down." " Well, that's definitely not a wire." " I hate to interrupt." "Sorry you had to rent the room, but if Monica found out I was talking to you, she'd freak." " Do you know Freddy Hopper?" " Sure." "We all know Freddy." " He keeps the party going." " Drugs?" "X, coke, Viagra." "Whatever you need to keep the clients happy." "I thought he was a decent guy until I heard about Allison." "And Monica was okay with the drugs?" "Everything's available for a price." "Freddy was part of that." "Wait." "Freddy worked for Monica?" "Well, he never exactly filled out an l-9, but, yeah." "Monica was his best customer." "So Freddy took good care of her." "Look, I've gotta run." "And if you see Monica, don't tell her you talked to me." "Monica Tanner told Stark she hardly knew Freddy Hopper." "According to Raina, Allison Adams was running her own business on the side using Monica's girls." "Stark's gonna wanna hear about this." "I think Raina can fill him in." "Seems like a shame to waste a perfectly good hotel room." "In the middle of a case?" "All right." "You're right." "Let's go." " It's gotta be fast." " That's never been a problem for you." " Thanks for the freebie." " What are you talking about?" "Thought a guy had to pay big bucks to get screwed." "Word is you and Freddy Hopper are old friends." "Told me you barely knew him." "Why'd you lie?" "If you knew Freddy, you wouldn't ask." "The guy's crazy." "He does as many drugs as he sells which makes him paranoid and violent." "He killed two people." "I didn't wanna be next." "I assume he told you that Adams was starting her own call girl operation." "That's no big deal." "Allison was ambitious but she could never compete with me." "So you were cool with her using your girls?" "What people do on their time is their business." "I'm sick of you playing games with me." "Tell me everything you know about Allison Adams' death." "Now." "Freddy thought Allison was selling him out to that DA she was with." " He told you that?" " I believe his exact words were:" ""That bitch doesn't know who she's messing with."" "In other words, Freddy's boss, Carlo Acompora tends to eliminate people who mess with his drug business." "Why didn't you just call a cop?" "The L.A.P.D.'s not exactly on my speed dial." "So Acompora hired Freddy to kill Allison and Gorman?" "I have no idea." "Why don't you ask Freddy?" "Trust me, I will." "Monica gave you up, Freddy." "Said you killed Allison and Gorman for threatening your operation." "Monica wouldn't say that." "Watch her say that in open court when she testifies." " What's your point?" " Here's my point." "And when they stick it in your arm it's "Goodnight, sweet Prince."" " Well, you gotta convict me first." " Attention, all brain cells." "The entire legal system of Los Angeles is waiting to watch you burn." "And I'm the guy holding the match." " I wanna make a deal." " Hold on, Freddy." "It's my ass on the line." "What if I confess?" "The needle comes off the table." "Okay, but if I'm going down I'm taking Monica with me." "Monica Tanner helped you plan the murders?" "Are you kidding?" "She paid me to do it." "STARK:" "I'm listening." "Monica found out Allison was planning to go on her own with some of Monica's best girls." "Paid me 75 large to take her out." "What about Dean Gorman?" "I never heard of the guy." "Allison was supposed to be alone that night." "I couldn't see inside the car when I shot." "Gorman was investigating you." "You expect me to believe that you killed him by accident?" "I just copped to killing two people." "Why the hell would I lie about that?" "Two madams go to war and a 30-year-old lawyer gets killed." "If I'd just given him that transfer, none of this would've happened." "Why didn't you?" "I didn't want him to get hurt." "Murder for hire." "Monica Tanner hired her friendly drug dealer to kill the competition." "DDA Gorman was in the wrong place at the wrong time." "The defense will bring up Gorman's relationship with Allison." "Letting her walk was a judgment call." "None of the girls got busted, no pattern." "Gorman is a dedicated prosecutor killed in the line of duty." "Dean's crime board will help with that." "Parade this puppy into court, Gorman looks like Eliot Ness." " Or the guy from A Beautiful Mind." " Monica's payoff?" "Wire transfers from Monica to Freddy Hopper." " Three payments totaling 75 grand." " Nice." "Check out Monica's staff." "If Monica and Freddy made the deal at her place, one heard something." "Anything off the crime board?" "Mostly dead ends." "Freddy's clienteles, daily routines, places to score drugs." "There's a D. Meigert mentioned, but we can't get a line on him." " No local arrests or convictions." " DEA's never heard of him." "Stay on it." "Raina, Madeleine." "Round up and prep the girls who worked for Monica and Allison." "Especially the one that Monica fired." "Prosecuting Monica Tanner is a whole new ball game." "Her attorney is Gloria Dent, who makes me look shy." "And until this jury is impaneled and sequestered we avoid any and all pretrial publicity." "That may not be easy." "On the heels of Hollywood madam Monica Tanner's arrest on murder charges a document has surfaced, a comprehensive list of Miss Tanner's high-powered clientele." " Did Monica leak this?" " What would she stand to gain?" "Including one sure to set off shockwaves in the D A 's office." "Sebastian Stark, head of the High Profile Crime Unit set to prosecute Monica Tanner, is listed among the entries." "The defense moves for Mr. Stark's disqualification from this case." " There is no basis for that." " I'm sorry." "The fact that you utilized the services of my client's escort service isn't a small conflict of interest?" " It's certainly cause for concern." "I was not a customer of Miss Tanner." "What was the nature of your contact with the defendant?" "I'm bound by the attorney-client privilege." "Your Honor, at the very least there's a glaring appearance of impropriety here." "I have to agree." " May I offer an opinion, Your Honor?" " Please." "Mr. Stark assured me his dealings with Miss Tanner offer no conflict of interest." "He has my full confidence in this matter." "Very well, in view of the district attorney's representation I will table Miss Dent's motion to disqualify you, Mr. Stark." "But if it comes out you patronized Miss Tanner's business I will personally advocate for your disbarment." "Thank you, Your Honor." " Hell of a mess." " Tell me about it." "I've gotten 30 calls from the community screaming about being named clients of Monica Tanner." "Not a bad day to be a divorce lawyer." "How'd you explain being on the list?" "I told the truth, I said I was working for a client." "End of story." "Okay, fine, you're pissed." "You have every right to be." "Look, I knew my name might come up." "So I wasn't exactly eager to subpoena Monica's client list." "And I still think it would have been the wrong move." "So are you gonna speak at some point or not?" "You're an arrogant, duplicitous bastard." "I actually like the silent treatment better." " Disgusting." " I never had sex with Monica's girls." "Think I care if you have sex with prostitutes?" "By withholding your history with Monica Tanner you endangered this case." "If I'd let you get disqualified back there, we'd never recover." "I'm not about to let Gorman's killers go free because of your bad judgment." "You damn well better win." "Dean Gorman was a prosecutor." "His job was to punish the criminals who prey on innocent people like you." "No, there are eight women on this jury, Einstein." "The guy prosecuted domestic violence." "Think." "Child abusers, wife beaters." "Dean Gorman prosecuted these people to protect you, your children." "What?" "What about "put them in jail"?" "You know, instead of "prosecuted them." It's stronger." "That's a good idea." "Put them in jail." "Good, good." "JULIE:" "I saw your picture on The Insider." "Pat O'Brien called you "the Frisky DA."" "Oh, he should talk." "I think we need to have a discussion about this." "Not really." "My name is being dragged through the tabloids." "Sleeping with prostitutes, and what?" " You're fine with that?" " No." "It's just not the first negative press you've gotten." "Your friends making a lot of bad jokes?" "Actually, most of their jokes are pretty good." "I promise you this, Jules." "I was working on a case when I first met with this Monica Tanner." "And I never had... with any of her girls." " Okay." "I believe you." " Good." "I'd just rather not go over the whole thing." "Fine." "Okay." "Good." "By the way, Eddie's dad has a place up in Santa Barbara." "And we're gonna go up for the day, okay?" "Santa Barbara?" "I guess that's fine." "Just for the day." "Of course." " Home by midnight, right?" " Absolutely." "Our legal system defines certain crimes as so vicious and amoral that they belong in a separate category called special circumstances." "Murder for hire is such a crime." "So is the killing of a district attorney." "Now, Monica Tanner is a businesswoman." "The nature of her business is irrelevant to this case." "And all businesses face competition." "Miss Tanner decided the best way to beat the competition was to eliminate it with a gun." "Now, the people will present conclusive evidence that the defendant paid an associate to murder Allison Adams in cold blood and in the process, a second person." "Deputy District Attorney Dean Gorman a father and a husband, was also killed." "And you will hear testimony from the ultimate eyewitness the killer himself." "Now, there is a powerful and compelling reason why murder for hire is punishable by death in the state of California." "By ordering the killing of Allison Adams Miss Tanner took it upon herself to place a dollar value on a human life." "Monica Tanner murdered for profit." "And it is your job to make sure she pays for it." "Murder for hire is a despicable act." "The problem is Mr. Stark put the wrong person on trial." "The paid killer, Frederick Hopper, is a known drug dealer." "And what Mr. Stark failed to mention was that at the time of his death DDA Gorman was investigating Mr. Hopper and the violent criminals he worked for." "Not a bad motive for murder." "The prosecution made a deal with Mr. Hopper to identify my client as the person who hired him." "This is a false theory." "And we will show that Mr. Hopper drove to Mulholland Drive to kill Mr. Gorman, not Miss Adams." "And he did so, not at the behest of Monica Tanner but of the drug lord who was so angered by DDA Gorman's investigation of him." "My client is a businesswoman." "But she's no murderer." " Don't you ever stop?" " I'm going over prep scripts." "I want our working girls ready for the cross tomorrow." "Think Dent will ask about their juvenile records?" "If she has a freak working for her." " You're pushing the type-A thing." " Yeah, well, I owe it to Dean." " You two didn't?" " God, no." "It doesn't matter." "It obviously matters to you." "After DVU, I transferred to Narcotics and I won my first few cases." " I was climbing the ladder." " I'm shocked." "You know what?" "Forget it." "Hey, look, I'm sorry." "Tell me what happened." "He asked me to put a good word in for him with the head of the unit and I blew him off." "You were right not to put yourself on the line." "No, that's the thing." "He wouldn't have made the best lawyer in the unit." " He wouldn't have been the worst." " So why not recommend him?" "All the reasons you hate my guts." "I'm a self-centered, hyper-competitive, narcissistic..." "Yeah, well, that's part of your charm." "What happened, it wasn't your fault." "Were you aware of the power struggle between Monica and Allison?" "Yeah." "Everyone was." "I mean, it got pretty ugly." "Monica hated Allison." "She wanted to get rid of her." "Isn't it true you were convicted of credit card fraud three years ago?" " That was a misunderstanding." " Did Monica Tanner ever threaten you?" "She threatened everybody." "You didn't wanna cross Monica." "She would definitely make you pay." "Miss Tanner fired you for stealing cash from your clients." "Trust me, they could afford it." "You witnessed Miss Tanner and Allison nearly come to blows this year?" "Monica found out Allison was stealing her clients." "I thought they'd kill each other." "How many times have you checked into rehab for substance abuse?" "Uh, six, I think." "Maybe seven." "I don't know." "My short-term memory is shot." " Monica's girls didn't help us." " They were discredited." "Excuse me." "They had no credibility to begin with." "But Dent ripping them apart hurt Monica in the eyes of the jury." "Guilty by association." "Only a criminal hires criminals." "Exactly." "We established a turf war between madams that led to murder." " That's our theory." " That's slick." "Those girls weren't gonna get us a conviction." "That's up to Freddy the hit man." " We're here to see Freddy Hopper." " Remember this:" "Whatever else happens in this trial, if the jury believes Freddy, we win." "You better come with me." " When the hell did this happen?" " Two hours ago." "Got shanked." "Some dude in on drug charges." " You're supposed to protect him." " What can I tell you?" "Jail's a dangerous place." "I can fix this." "Just as soon as I figure out how to raise the dead." "Without Freddy's testimony, this case is unwinnable." "We have his statement Monica Tanner ordered the hit." "Not enough." "We needed Freddy to earn the jury's trust." "The killer, alive and in person." "The alive part's gonna be tough to pull off." "I checked out the hit man." "A low-level dealer named Deacon Car." "He works for Carlo Acompora." "Same guy Freddy got his stuff from." "Carlo wasn't thrilled at being used as a fall guy by Monica Tanner." "Dent's theory could be right." "Maybe it was Acompora who ordered the hit." "Or Freddy talked to one of his drug connections about it." "Even if you got someone to talk, their credibility would be sketchy." "I'd have to say we're screwed." "This guy picked a real inconvenient time to die." "You are definitely right about that." "RAINA:" "Oh, God, here we go." "I need Monica and her lawyer in an interview room in one hour." "You're looking good." "Blue's your color." " Go to hell." " I have a condo there." "This better be good, Stark." "It's bad manners to bite the hand that feeds you, Gloria." " I just ate." " You'll purge when you hear this deal." " Manslaughter, 15 years." " For double murder?" " We're old friends." " Hate how you treat your enemies." "Either you're going soft, or your case is in the crapper." "You think this is from me?" "Straight from the DA herself." "Gorman's widow's in the ER." "Her blood pressure's off the charts." "Afraid you'll leak that her husband consorts with hookers and dealers." " That would be unethical." " You mean like leaking Monica's client list to get me disqualified?" "Not to mention smearing my reputation?" "Yeah, right." "There goes your sainthood." "You're guilty." "You know it, I know it, the jury knows it." "And after Freddy Hopper testifies tomorrow, well let's just say you're gonna be the hottest babe on death row." "Six years, minimum security." "Whatever you're smoking, count me in." "Twelve, take it or leave it." "And I mean, take it or leave it." " You've got yourself a deal." " You bet I do." "And I took the liberty of drawing up the papers." " I'll send copies to your office." " No." "You sign now or the deal's off." " Yes?" " Honey, sign on the dotted line." "Right there." "Here you go." " You sleazy son of a bitch." " Let me get this straight." "You attempted to elicit a plea from the defendant based on the testimony of a witness you knew to be dead?" "I had no knowledge of Mr. Hopper's demise." " Good luck proving that." " You sound like me." "There are video cameras at Men's Central Jail, Mr. Stark as well as log books and sheriff's deputies with 20/20 vision." "Your point being, Your Honor?" "If I find out that you knew Mr. Hopper was dead you'll not just be disbarred, you go to jail." "Sounds fair." " Got the security video?" " Warden let me into the office." "And the deputy sheriff you talked to is on board." "I hope they keep their mouths shut." "The system closes ranks when a DA gets killed." " I'm not paying you enough." " You got that right." "How do we win without Freddy?" "We could bribe the jury." "You wanna do that before they're sequestered." "How about the payoff?" "We can't conclusively tie the money Monica paid Freddy to the hit." "Your colleagues are drowning here." "Care to hop in the pool?" "Gorman put months into this case." "Everything's here to bust Freddy except for certain critical omissions." "Maybe he was just a lousy lawyer." "No way." "No, the gaps are surgical." "He intentionally took out the important parts." " Put them where?" " Where do people hide their secrets?" " A journal?" " Professional secrets." " In a safe?" " "D. Meigert, 886-749-9016."" "The dementia's definitely getting worse." "It's not a phone number." "It's a safety deposit box." "This is Mr. Gorman's box." "Thank you, Mr. Meigert." "All right." "Passport." "Birth certificate." "Computer memory stick." "It's always the little guys." "I'll make sure the cops know that you and Acompora keep the entire west side high." "Do this for me, Freddy, or it's your ass." "Note to self." "Don't piss off Monica Tanner." "Did I miss the part about killing Allison?" "She's right." "There's no specific reference to the homicides at issue." "Betting I can sell it to a jury." "A killer's voice from the grave." "They love that stuff." "Only problem is they'll never hear it." "No way Gorman had authorization for that wire tap." "Which means it's illegal, hence inadmissible." "So where are we?" "Your eyewitness was killed." "You're threatening me with a tape you can't use." "What happened to that old Stark magic?" "Ever see me saw a woman in half?" "A list of johns isn't the only thing that can be leaked." "Not still pissed about that?" "Not half as pissed as Carlo Acompora when he hears you threatening to rat him out to the L.A.P.D." "They'll be finding pieces of you all over town." "You can't do that." "You're a prosecutor." "So was Dean Gorman." "Carlo knows I would never turn on him." "Really?" "Because, see, in my experience hardcore drug lords tend to have major trust issues." "But if you're willing to bet your life, I'm happy to call my bookie." "So, what's it gonna be?" " Manslaughter." " Murder one, 20 to 40." "Forget it." "I hear Acompora does this clever little thing with a lit cigarette and a pair of pliers." "It is an ugly way to die." " Take the deal." " Wise choice." " Screw you." " Maybe when you get out." "I have a thing for older women." "I spoke to Chloe Gorman." "She wanted me to say thanks." "Is she gonna be okay?" "She has a son, family." "It'll take some time." "Maybe it'll help if she knows Dean finally scored a major narcotics bust." "Lowlife that killed Freddy Hopper Isaac just got him to roll over on Carlo Acompora for ordering the hit." "Nice." "It's too bad Dean didn't live to see it." "Yes, it is." "You know, I guess this one got a little messy." "You say that like it's something new and different." "Listen, you defended this office." " You defended the system." " Keep it down, will you?" "I got a reputation to protect." "That's an understatement." "I didn't know she was a prostitute." "So you said." "It was all good until she tried to blackmail me." "That'll make a great campaign slogan when you run for governor." "I never thought this would come back and bite you in the ass." "I was your lawyer, you had a problem I took care of it." "Boy, I wish she hadn't written down my appointment." "I won't forget this." "You took a bullet for me." "Well, next time I'm gonna duck." "Mr. Stark, it's Tommy." "I'll be up tomorrow to detail the cars." "Hey, Dad, it's me." "You're not gonna believe this." "Eddie's car is making a really funky noise." "He thinks it's probably the transmission." "Anyway, we can 't get it fixed until tomorrow." "So we gotta stay up here at his dad's place." "I'll try to call you later but the reception 's pretty bad up here." "I'll see you tomorrow." "Love you."