"Previously on Shark:" " There you are." "This is Sarah." " Hey." " Oh." " That's sweet." " That is so sweet." "Hello?" "Ah, what time is it?" "Wait, wait, where are you?" "All right, all right, calm down." "I'll be right there." "Stark, let's go." "Thanks, Debbie." "I owe you one." "You can take her home, but I can't make a DUI go away." "You all right?" "Aside from the worst headache in the history of the world, yeah." " Thanks for coming." " Where's your dad?" "I was too scared to call him." " He's gonna kill me." " Well, can you blame him?" " Yeah, I know, I messed up." " Yeah, you did." "But lucky for you, I have friends here." "You're released without bail." " What about my car?" " It's impounded." " Costs you 2 grand to get it back." " Oh, man." "Look, Julie, trust me." "The money's the least of it." "And this isn't something you can hide from your father." "Yeah, I know." "I just need to figure out the right time to tell him." "Yeah, well..." "Good luck with that." "I usually sneak out of hotels in the middle of the night." "Man, am I glad to see you." "Wish I could say the same." "It's 4:30 a.m." "I know, I know." "I'm sorry." "Little bit of a cliché, isn't it?" "Must've been a hell of a party." " Thanks for the invite." " I've got a problem." "Oh, God." "Her name's Heather Spaulding." "She's an intern at the firm." "She just..." "I think she OD'd." "Did you know her?" "Personally?" "No, I wasn't sleeping with her." "It was a company party to celebrate the merger with Tessler and Brock." "I was headed home when I realized I forgot my coat." "When I came back, I found her like that." " What are you doing?" " What do you think?" "Calling the cops." "No, you can't." "The scandal will kill us." "I run a business-management firm." "The biggest stars in Hollywood expect me to be watching their money." "Not throwing wild parties where young girls die." "Look, Sebastian, everything that I've worked for is on the line." "You and I go back a long way." " I'm Julie's godfather." " And I'm a DA now, Chris." "Every second I stand in this room and I don't report this crime I'm committing a crime." "You swore, if I ever needed anything, you'd be there for me." " Oh, Chris." " Well, I need you now." "On Julie's life." "Remember?" "Take the stairwell." "Avoid the cameras and anybody that can ID you." "Keep your face hidden." "Go home." "Do not change your routine." " And you never came back for your coat." " Okay, yeah." " What about her?" " Housekeeping will find the body." "You need a lawyer." "You need an alibi." "Look, Sebastian, I'm sorry I dragged you into this." " You're the only person I can trust." " Chris, I was never here." "I'm talking about a cash advance on my credit card." "I'm 16." "Yeah." "No, I understand." " Thank you very much." "Okay, bye." " Who's that?" "Cell-phone company." "I need more minutes." "I don't think it's humanly possible to talk on the phone more than you already do." "So you went out late last night." " Everything okay?" " I certainly hope so." "Hey, Dad, can I borrow the SUV?" "I left my car at Megan's." "Aren't you afraid you'll explode the ozone layer?" "I'll risk it." "Hikers called in about an hour ago." "Looks like a body dump." "The car stopped here." "Cops say the body was tossed over the edge." " Do we have an ID?" " Not yet." "But apparently, her grandfather's some guy named Banyati." " Arthur Banyati?" " Yeah." "Arthur Banyati's a big mob enforcer from the east." "He started in Jersey and came out here." " Think he's gonna want revenge?" " No, he mellowed out 10 years ago." "Five bullets to the brain will do that to you." "Still, a name like Banyati, I'm surprised the vultures aren't circling." "Maybe that's because she doesn't go by Banyati." "She goes by her mother's name, Spaulding." "Heather Spaulding." "Let me see this." "Good morning, La Marsien Hotel." "Yes, I'd like to have a late checkout on the penthouse, please." " And a "do not disturb" on it till then." " Certainly, sir." " Thank you." "Hey." " What's up?" " I need a favor off the books." " Talk to me." "I need you to get invisible, to find somebody you trust work the La Marsien penthouse, full forensics." " I take it this is "need to know"?" " More like I wish I didn't know." "Why didn't we ever get together, Fran?" "I was married to your best friend, remember?" "That could've been embarrassing." "But I'm divorced now." "And I know all the reasons why." " Hey." " Sebastian, what'd you bring us?" "I'm busted." "I thought you'd be in school." "It's travel day." "We never go to school on travel day." " Travel day?" " We're going to Italy." "Wanna come?" " Could you guys give us a minute?" " Hey." "I'll see you at the Piazza Novano." "Ciao." " Kids, let's go outside." " Travel day?" "Sebastian, glad to see you." "It's all over the news." "You figure this is a great time to check out Tuscany?" "I'm doing what you said." "Sticking to my routine." " This trip has been planned for months." " Cancel it." "Yeah, okay." "If you think that's best." " Who moved the body?" " Honestly, I don't know." "Whoever killed Heather must have come back for her." "This is the real thing, Chris." "I need you to level with me." "I swear on the lives of my children, I never touched her." " Don't you believe me?" " Of course I do." "But you're a murder suspect." "And I'm an accessory after the fact." "And if we're not careful we're gonna be sharing a prison cell for the next 30 years." "I'll go to the police." "I'll tell them what I know." " I'll keep your name out of it." " No." "Hopefully, we'll catch whoever did this and keep you out of it." "Hey." " Thanks, man." " You bet." "Don't thank me yet." "What have we got?" "Heather Spaulding, a.k.a. Heather Banyati 25, UCLA business school, intern for Kilpatrick-Chambers money managers to the stars." "Last seen around 1 a.m. at a firm party at Le Marsien." "Her body was spotted by joggers in the L.A. ravine around 7 a.m." "Anything off the autopsy?" "ME puts time of death between 3 and 3:30 a.m." "Fresh semen, ecstasy, enough ketamine to get an elephant in the mood." "Ecstasy and ketamine." "This is date rape." "Cause of death?" "Asphyxiation due to overdose or suffocation." " Damage's identical." " Same affect." " We re-interview witnesses?" " Let the cops." "Focus on the semen and ketamine." "Even money, they're from the same guy." "And that guy is our killer." "Mr. Stafford, you were Heather Spaulding's immediate supervisor?" "I didn't really get a chance to know her." "But she seemed bright, she worked hard." "Can you tell us anything about her personal life?" "I don't think she had a regular boyfriend." " It didn't seem like that at the party." " Yeah, what do you mean?" "Heather was friendly with one client." "We have strict rules about that sort of thing but B's not the kind of guy who takes no for an answer." "Does B have a last name?" "Only if it didn't come from me." " Ben Melvin?" " I'm in the middle of a session." "We're from the DA's office." "It's about Miss Spaulding." " I talked to the cops." " Just take a second." "Or longer if we have to go downtown." "Look, I barely even knew the girl." "So you two weren't dating?" "Dating?" "We met at a party." "She dug the music." "You know how it goes." "So you don't mind submitting a DNA sample?" "Talk to my lawyer." "That's okay." "I got it." "Whoa, you can't do that." "I doubt a judge will have a problem." "Especially if your DNA matches the semen found inside of Heather." "Fine." "Yes." "Me and Heather, we went out a couple of times." "Yes, we hooked up." " But I never hurt her." " Did you hurt Rebecca Knight?" "How about Jill Stampler?" "Carrie Hall?" "Seems they all filed police reports against you for being a little rough." "Yeah?" "Well, those records are sealed." "You don't really like when women say no to you, do you, Ben?" "That's why you slipped Heather a shot of ketamine." " I'm done talking." " We'll see about that." "Let's go." "Whoa." "Ryan places Melvin with Heather at the party at 1:45, making him the last person to see her alive." "Melvin has a history of violence against women." "Exactly." "He pumps her full of Special K, rapes her, she's traumatized, OD's." "That's perfect for People magazine, but with no other evidence of rape..." "The defense can argue she took Special K voluntarily to enhance sex." "Thank you." "This might help." "Checked into complaints against our boy in the last three cities he's toured." "Woman from San Jose, Evelyn Brown, says Melvin slipped her a roofie and raped her." " Jackpot." "Matching m.o. gets us a warrant for Ben Melvin's condo." " Got the results from the hotel sweep." " And?" "Nothing unusual." "Hair fibers, loose items, bunch of mismatched prints." "Mm-hm." "We got something." "Definitely ketamine." " Still want me to run those prints?" " No." "We got our guy." "Thank you so much for helping me, Megan." "No problem." "It gave me an excuse to blow off calculus." "Probably the last time we're gonna hang out for a long time." "When my dad finds out I got arrested, he's gonna ground me till college." " So don't tell him." " I have to go to court, Megan." "My dad knows every lawyer and judge in Los Angeles." " Which one of you is Sebastian Stark?" " That's my dad." " I can only release the car to the owner." " But it's my car." " Not according to the state of California." " Here's the check for $2000." "Can I?" " Please, I just need my car back." " Sorry, rules are rules." "Sir?" "We really need the car." "So, what if you take this 200 and we take the keys?" "It'll be just like my friend's dad was here the whole time." "Sorry, I can't do it." "Chuck." "I think you can." "Drive safe." " You have to let me pay you back." " Forget it." "My mom keeps tons of cash in her dresser drawer." " You steal from your mom?" " Well, it's not like she doesn't know." "I mean, our relationship is based on denial." "She doesn't know what I'm doing, then she doesn't have to deal with it." "Should give it a try." "Dr. Alvarez, compare the ketamine in the defendant's home with the drug in Miss Spaulding's blood." "The chemical makeup is identical." " Both came from the same batch." " Thank you, doctor." "You stated there's a strong chance ketamine didn't kill Miss Spaulding." "Well, ketamine overdose often resembles suffocation." "Which may have been caused by something else?" " Yes, but there's no evide..." " We move for immediate dismissal." "What grounds?" "The defendant smothered or poisoned her." "Either way, she's dead." "The search warrant was based solely on ketamine poisoning." " If the victim was suffocated, there's..." " Nice try, Mr. Hairston." "Overruled." " Permission to call a witness." " This is a preliminary hearing." " I'll be happy to destroy them in trial." " You're pushing it, Mr. Hairston." "She has information directly relevant to this proceeding, Your Honor." "Ma'am, please rise." " State your name." " I'm Britney Forrest." " Your Honor..." " Your objection is noted, Mr. Stark." "Do you have anything pertinent to add to these proceedings?" "I dance at 4Play Gentlemen's Club." "Ben was with me at the club that morning." " Do you have any proof of this?" " Yeah, around 1200 bucks." "In singles." "I was with him from 3 to 6 a.m." "Your Honor, while Britney here is worth every penny her credibility is a matter for the jury to assess." "Agreed." "This case is held over for trial." "We're adjourned." "Did Hairston really think that he could get this dumped at prelim?" "It was worth a shot." "Melvin's got concert dates pending." "Label needs him out of jail." "Fortunately for us, Hairston tipped his strategy." "They'll put Ben somewhere else at the time of the murder." "You get to hear what you've dreamed of." ""I'm sending you to the strip club."" "And you." "You have to admire the athleticism." "Please." "You could never bring Madeleine to a place like this." " You kidding?" "I'd never get her out." " Hey, tell me." "How do you have a relationship and still work together?" "Easy." "We don't have a relationship." "We just have sex." "Britney." " My lawyer told me not to talk." " Did he explain the penalty for perjury?" "I'm familiar with the legal system." "We know you deposited $5000 in your bank account this morning." "So either Ben Melvin is paying you off, or you had a good night." "Now might be a good time to rethink your statement." "You know what?" "I've got a table dance waiting." "I bet you do." " Got a ticket, sir?" " Yeah, right here." "If it is one thing I hate, it is a stubborn stripper." " Hey, does our ticket have a time code?" " Yeah." "Yeah." "The stamped ticket proves Melvin didn't valet his car until 4:12 a.m." "An hour later than Britney the stripper stated." "He left the club at 5:47." "Doorman puts him at home at 6 a.m." "He couldn't have dumped the body after the club." "That also means he had more than enough time between 3 and 4 to dump the body before he went to the club." "You're welcome." "You wanna tell me what's going on?" "I can't." "Are you jammed up?" " I need you to look into something." " Not until I get answers." " Are you involved in Heather's death?" " No." " No?" " No." "Then why did I find your prints in the penthouse?" "You're in the system with multiple contempt citations." " It's not what you think, Isaac." " Yeah." "You know what I think?" "Something went down at that party." "Which means you're withholding evidence in a murder case." "Or worse." "Get everybody over to my place." "I'm only gonna tell this story once." "Ben Melvin couldn't have dumped Heather's body between 3 and 4 a. m because I was with Heather's body in the hotel suite at 4:30 a.m." "I'm sorry." " I was trying to help a friend." " That's your explanation?" " Committed a felony to help a friend?" " A friend who might've killed this girl?" " I know that Chris did not do this." " That's what trials are for." "I admitted it." "I screwed up." "But I owe this guy in ways you can't imagine." " Why are you telling us?" " Because you have a right to know." "If we don't turn you in, we're accessories." " I understand." " If it was one of us you would fire us." "Instead, you're asking us to break the law to keep you out of jail." "No, I'm not." "As of this moment, you are all officially recused from the Spaulding case." "If I go down I go down alone." "Being recused does not let us off the hook." "We're still ethically obligated to report Stark." " Whoa." "Let's think about this." " What is there to think about?" "Are you willing to throw away your career for him?" "Raina's right." "He's putting us in an impossible position." "He went on the line for a friend." " When I did that, Stark had my back." " He broke the damn law." "You're right!" "But every one of us has messed up." "Stark's bailed us out." "No, I would never put him in this position." "None of us would." "He needs our help." "And I say we give it to him." "I'm out." "Hold on." "Now, I don't know if I trust Stark but I respect what he does." "And I don't think he'd let a killer walk." "Either we're all in this, or we're all out." "I'm in." "I could always go to med school." "It's up to you." "So the body was moved sometime after 4:30." "I checked with hotel maintenance." "Elevators were down between 5:50 and 6:45." " You guys don't have to do this." " You're right." "So appreciate it and let's win." "Whoever moved Heather's body did so between 4:30 and 5:50 a.m." "Which brings us back to your pal Chris." "Maybe we missed a link between Chris and the victim." "An affair?" "Drugs?" "No, no." "If Chris is involved, there's only one reason." "Money." "We gotta look at the firm's financial records." " We're never gonna get a warrant." " I don't need a warrant." "I just need a computer." "Are we in?" "I'm using Heather's previous searches to access the database." "But their spyware's really good." "We're in." " I never doubted you." " Prepare to love me." " Girl wants sweet talk first." " I know who moved the body." "Okay, that's pretty sweet." "After we ruled out Melvin I ran the credit cards of everybody at the party." "At 4:43 a.m., a large suitcase was purchased from a 24-hour store one block from the hotel." "It was charged on a credit card belonging to Ryan Stafford." "Heather's boss?" "You guys aren't gonna believe this." "What's up?" "We got access to Heather Spaulding's computer." " Make sure..." " Cut the crap." "Heather found out Stafford was embezzling from your company." " That's why she was killed." " I had no idea..." "Enough." "You are protecting Stafford and you're using me to do it." "Listen to me." "I had no idea what Ryan was up to." "When I found out, I was furious." "I confronted him." "He promised to pay back the money." "So you kept it quiet to keep up appearances?" "Embezzlement isn't a big confidence builder for big-money clients." "Everything would work out till Heather stumbled over Ryan's private account." " I didn't think he would kill her." " You sold me out, Chris." "I was desperate." "I didn't know what else to do." " Here's a novel idea." "Tell the truth." " I wanted to but I poured my life into that firm." "I couldn't watch it crumble." "So you lied to me?" "You put my entire career in jeopardy?" " 30 years of friendship?" " Try to understand." "If this merger falls apart, the whole company goes down." "I've got nothing." "Frannie, the kids." "Should've thought of that before you put a scumbag before your best friend." "Friendship?" "You've forgotten how it felt hitting rock bottom." "It wasn't that long ago, pal." "Messy divorce." "Day trading in Vegas." "I could've gone to jail for backdating those certificates." "But I did it." "What'd you clear, 3, 4 million?" "Just like that, you were square." "Your partners, your family..." "No one ever knew how close you came." " You're here today because of me." " We scammed the system." "We played the angles." "But it stopped right at the water's edge." "You broke the cardinal rule." "The only one that matters:" "Never cross your friends." "When this is over we're even." "And we're done." "Moments ago, the Heather Spaulding murder case took a shocking turn." "Charges were dropped against singer Ben Melvin and filed against Ryan Stafford a junior partner at Kilpatrick and Chambers." "A bad week turned worse for the firm when its big money merger went belly up as senior partner Christian Chambers agreed to testify." " Julie, Megan's here." " Thanks." "You got a package today so I put it on your desk with the mail." " Bye." " In by 10?" " A.m. or p. m?" " Cute." "They were taken on Ryan Stafford's cell phone." "Must've been hiding in the closet when I showed up." "We matched the CD to his computer." "He burned it the day of the murder." "Now would be the appropriate time to throw my ass out of the building." "If I fired you, would Stafford still release these photos?" "Probably." "I always knew you'd bury this office and me along with it." "But I figured it would be jury tampering, maybe falsifying evidence." "I'm sorry, Jess." "I really am." " So why are you here?" " To warn you, in case it blows up..." "No, Sebastian." "Why are you here?" "I mean, God knows you don't need the money or the publicity." " I needed a fresh start." " Oh, please." "You haven't changed." "Still cutting corners." "Playing fast and loose with the law." " Not true." " You didn't come till you were blackmailed, had no other choice." "You just left this office..." "You left me twisting in the wind." "So now I want an answer." "What the hell are you doing here?" "I used to get off on being the best lawyer in town." "I still do." "But it's different now." "Instead of it being about me it's about the work." "When I come home in the evening and I see my daughter I talk about my day and for the first time in my life I am proud of what I do." "All right, you want this job?" "You do whatever it takes to make this go away." "Wanna give us a minute?" "Sebastian Stark." "Chris never stops talking about you." "Why did you do it, Ryan?" "I don't know what you mean." "I'm innocent." "So the blackmail's just for kicks?" " Should I talk into the microphone?" " I'm not wearing one." "Pat me down if you want." "Well, I take it you got my little gift." "Sorry I didn't get your best side." " What do you want?" " Drop the charges." "I walk away with my freedom, my money and my pictures." "Why not call a press conference and announce I'm on the take?" "Might attract less attention." "I'm open to suggestions." "If I do this it's gotta look like you outsmarted us and won." "Fine." "As long as Chris never takes the stand." "In The People v. Ryan Stafford defense motion to exclude evidence obtained from the computer is denied." " Anything else, Miss Preston?" " Yes, Your Honor." "It is our contention that Ben Melvin, not Mr. Stafford, is responsible for the death of Heather Spaulding." "We move to admit Mr. Melvin's acts pertaining to drug-related attacks on women." " Objection." "Not admissible..." " The prosecution has no objection." "You've got to be kidding me." "Is there an objection on the table?" " Yes." " No." "Sorry." "Miss Troy has obviously forgotten the hierarchy." "Objection is withdrawn." "Very well." "Motion to admit Ben Melvin's prior bad acts is granted." "Thank you." "Framing Melvin is Stafford's only shot and Stark left the door wide open." "He's throwing the case after we went to bat for him." "We need to turn Stark in before it's too late for all of us." "So this is funny?" " You are the man." " You know, that's true." "But your performance, sheer brilliance." "I laughed, I cried." " No, I just got it like that." " Your fight in court was a scam?" "We couldn't keep Melvin's prior acts out." "So you stage a fight so that Stafford would think you're throwing the case." " Not bad." " How close were you to selling me out?" " Never doubted you once." " Uh-huh." "Where's Isaac?" "He's checking all the major courier services in L.A." "Stafford used a messenger to deliver the photos." "He'll probably use one to make them public." "Chris will be coming to my house tonight at 7 for prep." "If you put Chris on the stand before we locate those photos..." "We'll nail Ryan Stafford, but we'll all be looking for different line of work." "Did anyone else know that Stafford was stealing from the company?" "No." "No, I wanted to keep it quiet." "I didn't want the scandal." "But Heather Spaulding found out." "Yes." "Ryan tried to buy her silence." "But she threatened to turn him in..." " Yeah?" "...so he killed her." "He had a bruise here when she grabbed his collar, fighting back." " Yeah, thanks." " And when I got there he was standing over Heather." "She was dead." "That's when he asked me for my help." "No more questions." "So how did I do?" "Fine." " Persuasive witness." " At least we'll go out with a win." "Ryan Stafford's going down." "Maybe not." "Just talked to Isaac." "He found the photos." "But the guy at the courier service says it wasn't Ryan who dropped them off." "Sebastian." "I came bearing gifts." "I took the liberty of taking the CD of me at the crime scene out." "How'd you figure it out?" "Courier service ID'd your photo." " You weren't supposed to keep digging." " Actually, I was digging out." "Natural reaction when someone's trying to bury you." " Come on, Sebastian." "You know me." " Yeah, I thought I did, Chris." "I thought I knew you." "Ryan didn't struggle with Heather Spaulding." "It was you, my friend." "Heather noticed something hinky with our cash flow, came to Ryan trying to score points, so we shined her on thinking she'd go away, but she kept digging." "The night of the party, Heather approached Ryan." "She was done with Ben Melvin, but she was still high as a kite and seemed she'd decided to do the right thing." "Blow the whistle." "By the time I got to the suite, Ryan was freaking out." "Heather was talking about notifying the SEC, the AG's office." " I couldn't let that happen." " So you killed her." "I don't suppose you'd look the other way for old time's sake?" "Tell you what." "If you confess, Chris I'll take the death penalty off the table for old time's sake." "It's tempting." "But I think I'll pass." "In the 30 years that we've been friends, I have never met anyone who loves what they do more than you." "Release those photos, you'll never practice law again." "You are a piece of work, pal." "Put me on the stand as your star witness." "All this goes away." "Give Julie a kiss for me." "Stafford go for the deal?" "Turned me down cold." "He has no idea Chambers is setting him up." "No, and I can't tell him." "But I can make one thing right." "If this is cash for the grief you've caused you need a bigger envelope." " My resignation." "I've become a liability." "Become?" "I need you to finish what you started." "Put Chris Chambers on the stand." "Convict Ryan Stafford." "Extortion, embezzlement, conspiracy." "Just convict him for something." " Get Chambers later." " It's not right." "No." "It's as close as we're gonna get." "Mr. Stark, your next witness?" "The state calls Christian Chambers." "In the interest of full disclosure, what is the nature of our relationship?" "We've been friends for 30 years." "I'm godfather to your daughter." "You were my best man, twice." "As senior partner at Kilpatrick-Chambers the defendant reports to you, correct?" " Yes, Ryan was a protégé of mine till I discovered that he was embezzling funds." " Did anyone else know about that?" " Yes." "Heather Spaulding." "She found out, threatened to turn Ryan in." "Mr. Chambers, who killed Heather Spaulding?" "Ryan Stafford." " He suffocated her with a pillow." " How do you know this?" "Because I walked into the room moments after he killed her." "He confessed what he'd done." " Objection." "Hearsay." " Overruled." "We request a recess to confer with the prosecution." "The prosecution has no interest in talking with the defense counsel at this time." "Proceed." "Mr. Chambers after Ryan Stafford confessed to you, what did you do?" "I told him that I couldn't be involved." "And then I left." "I'll ask you again." "After you found Heather Spaulding lying dead in that hotel room what did you do?" "Like I said, I left." "Then how do you explain this?" "Your Honor, these photos were taken of me at the crime scene the night of the murder." "Photos that this witness is using in an attempt to blackmail the prosecutor's office." " I request they be entered as Exhibit J." " Quiet." "Mr. Stark, can you authenticate these photos?" "No, sir." "I cannot, but the defendant can." "Yeah, I took them." "My client can provide proof of authenticity, Your Honor." "Very well." "Proceed, Mr. Stark." "After you found Heather Spaulding dead in that hotel room, what did you do?" "I called you." "And for the record, when I arrived the victim was dead at that time, correct?" "Yes, she was." "But that was..." "You made an attempt to solicit my help to cover your tracks, did you not?" " Yes." " And is it or is it not true that you killed Heather Spaulding, not Mr. Stafford?" "Mr. Chambers, do not answer that question." "Witness has a right to avoid self-incrimination." "With all due respect, let him assert that right." "And I want you to think long and hard before you answer." "Because Ryan Stafford will accept a plea agreement on embezzlement." "And in return, he will testify against you on murder charges." "So I will ask you again, Mr. Chambers, did you kill Heather Spaulding?" "I wanna talk to my lawyer." "We're done." "The people move that murder charges against Ryan Stafford be dismissed and in light of the material evidence that Mr. Chambers be remanded in custody." "So ordered." "One last order of business:" "Mr. Stark, I hereby suspend your right to practice law pending an internal investigation of your actions." "This court stands adjourned." "I can't believe you did that." "I always wanted to commit career suicide in open court." "Hey, you guys really stood by me when the chips were down." "I'm not gonna forget about it." "Failure to report a felony is grounds for immediate disbarment and criminal investigation." "I understand." "I was prepared to pursue this course until Miss Devlin informed me about the ongoing federal fraud investigation." "Investigation?" "I explained how the Treasury Department was unwilling to risk our investigation by allowing you to come forward unless it was absolutely necessary." "You know how those Treasury guys can be." "Because of his involvement in the federal probe Mr. Stark was unable to disclose his presence at the crime scene." "It was when faced with miscarriage of justice that he felt compelled to come forward." " It was the right thing to do." " It doesn't excuse your behavior." "But having worked on undercover narcotics operations as a prosecutor I understand your predicament." " I appreciate that." " You are hereby reinstated." " Thank you, Your Honor." " Thank you." "I'm sorry." "Have we met?" "Well, luckily for you, there is an ongoing federal probe." "I have a friend at Treasury." "I called in a favor." "I can't believe you put yourself on the line." " You like me." "You really like me." " Don't flatter yourself." "I did it to preserve the reputation of this office." "Now I have something to hold over your head." "I know I sound like a broken record, but I am sorry." "I never meant to put you in the crosshairs, Jess." "Don't worry." "You'll have plenty of time to make it up to me." "I like the sound of that." "Did a hell of a job running down Stafford's pictures." "Thanks." "Look, a reporter's been asking about Julie's arrest." " I handled it." "I thought you should know." " Julie who?" "Uh..." " She didn't tell you?" " Tell me what?" " Maybe you should talk to her." " Isaac?" " Julie was arrested for DUI." " What?" "She called me, I got her out." "She promised to tell you." "What were you thinking?" "This is my daughter." " Trying to help." " By going behind my back?" "Hold on." "Julie called me." "Yeah." "Yeah, that's exactly the problem." "Hey." "I saw Uncle Chris on the news." "Why would he do something like that?" "Sometimes people disappoint you." "I'm gonna go to bed." "Thing is if Uncle Chris had just leveled with me I could've helped him." "But he didn't have the guts to admit he screwed up." "I love you." "I love you too."