05x13 - Law of the Jungle

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(PEOPLE CRYING)

- (g*nsh*t)
- (PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(g*nsh*t)

BULL (ECHOES): Ms. Kerrigan?

Ms. Kerrigan, can you hear me?

Ms. Kerrigan, we need
you to wake up and focus.

You're gonna have some visitors soon.

We need to talk before that happens.

You tried to k*ll yourself.

And before that,

you k*lled a man named Roger Navarre

in front of a lot of people.

Do you remember that?

BENNY: You're in New
York Sacred Heart Hospital.

You've also been charged
with first-degree m*rder.

Guards are posted outside the door,

and, well, they're gonna keep you here

until they're reasonably certain
that you won't harm yourself,

and then transfer you to a prison.

And who are the two of you?

My name's Dr. Jason Bull,
I'm a psychologist.

This is Benjamin Colón,
and he is an attorney.

The Women's Coalition
of Manhattan asked us

to come and meet you,
see if you were interested

in having us represent you.

They have a fund for this kind of thing.

Is that okay with you?

(SIGHS)

The D.A. and a judge
are on their way over.

They're gonna hold an arraignment
here in your hospital room.

I don't know what that is.
I don't know what that means.

Well, an arraignment
is a kind of court proceeding.

It's where you'll formally be advised

of the charges against you,

which, we mentioned,
are first-degree m*rder.

They'll also ask you to enter a plea.

Well, that's easy. I'm guilty.

We didn't ask if you were guilty,

we asked what your plea would be.

The only answer to that
question is: "Not guilty."

Otherwise there is no point
in going through this exercise.

Well, that's fine with me.

Let's not go through the exercise.

I did it. Okay? I'm absolutely guilty.

Hang me, give me the electric
chair, give me the needle.

Whatever it is that they do,
I don't care.

I just want them to do it to me.
Quickly as possible, please.

Did you know the man?

Of course.

BENNY: Forgive me,

but why did you choose
to do it at a funeral?

Did you know the girl?

No, but he did.

Roger Navarre? The hedge fund king?

The philanthropist? The man you k*lled?

You are aware of how
the girl d*ed, aren't you?

That she k*lled herself?

I'm very aware. And jealous.

Okay. Let's start at the beginning.

How did you and Roger Navarre even meet?

♪

When I was , my dance school
in Ohio had auditions,

and I won a spot
at the Manhattan Ballet Academy.

But unfortunately, my family

didn't have the money to send me.

I was about to give up hope
of ever going

when Roger Navarre called.

He said he had seen my tape,
he'd seen me dance,

and he wanted to bring me to New York.

To pay my tuition and find
a place for me to live.

The first year and a half was magical.

I loved New York, I loved the school.

The night before I went back home

for Christmas break, Roger called.

He said he wanted to take me to dinner

and celebrate my success
at the institute.

It was an amazing restaurant.

Amazing food, an amazing night.

Oh, boy.

I messed up. I have a holiday party

I'm supposed to have been at
a half hour ago.

Wait. You don't mean
you have to leave, do you?

Yeah, I kind of do.

It's a Broadway thing.

I invest in a lot of shows.
It's important that I say hi.

I'd invite you to come along, but...

Are they proofing people at the door?

You know, I'm not as young as I look.

The closer we got to the party,
the more nervous I became.

I started to have this feeling

that maybe I had made the wrong choice.

Maybe he was right,

maybe this wasn't the type
of party I should go to.

You all right? You don't have to go.

Oh, I...

No, I-I guess I'm just a little anxious.

♪

(LAUGHS SOFTLY)

What are you doing?

Why are you taking that?

You're not nervous, are you?

Actually, I am.

I'm with you.

(LAUGHS): What are you talking about?

You ever looked in the mirror?

♪

HOLLY: It was the best night of my life.

The next day, I went back
to Ohio for Christmas break,

but all I could think about
was New York.

All I could think about was Roger.

I was in love.

BENNY: But the man was twice your age,
wasn't he?

Yeah. I guess.

Or I was half of his.

I don't know.

That's not what it was about.

So, you went home for Christmas.

We talked every day on the phone.

And the second I got back to New York,

I went straight to his apartment
instead of mine.

I stayed there for two days.

Would it be fair to say, at
that point, you were a couple?

I certainly thought so.

He would take me to the ballet.

He taught me about wine,
bought me beautiful gifts.

He even got me a passport
and flew me to Paris.

And that pill you took.
Were there more of those?

All the time.

I know it seems like
I should have known better,

but he was just so charming,

and I was living the life
I always dreamed of living.

♪

What's that?

Don't worry about that.

He knew just what to do.

Had it all figured out.

(TAKES DEEP BREATH)

He walked me to my appointment.

Everyone said it would be
over pretty quickly

and then it wasn't.

They told me I would have to

rest in bed for three to four weeks,
which meant I couldn't dance.

It was the end of the school year,

when they have
all the performances, and...

I couldn't dance.

So, of course the school calls

and tells me I'm not invited
back next year.

It was heartbreaking.

Everything I had worked for,
dreamed for,

all of it was being taken away.

So what'd you do?

I went to Roger for help.

But he said his hands were tied.

The school wasn't his, there
wasn't anything he could do.

So I packed my bags, went back to Ohio.

Went back to high school.

I drank a lot, drugged a lot.

Got a job as a hostess in Cincinnati

and I never heard from him again.

But here you are, back in New York.

But here I am... back in New York.

About a year ago
I started having pain...

down there.

Turns out it was a complication
from the procedure, um,

scar tissue.

Something called Asherman's syndrome.

It's very expensive to fix.

So I called the doctor; He told
me to come back to New York,

let him have a look at it,
see if he could correct it.

I got on a bus, stayed at a hotel.

And the morning
of my doctor's appointment,

I go to the office.

And I'm about to give
the receptionist my name

when I see something.

Behind her, I suddenly realized

that I can see into this
private office space.

And at first I think I'm seeing things.

Beyond her through
the open door, there's Roger.

Just sitting there,
looking like a nervous puppy

and I'm thinking to myself,

what's he doing
at a women's health practice?

And after my appointment,
I waited across the street

for him to leave so I could
get a better look

and I saw he was with her.

I'm sorry. He was with who?

Emily. The girl who k*lled herself.

Ah.

So were you jealous? Is that
what this was all about?

No, I was enraged.

I knew exactly why he brought her there.

I could see the shame
written all over her face.

It was history repeating itself.

I realized we were in a cycle.

He used us both,
he was done with us both,

and this is how he cleaned up his mess.

So, on the bus back to Ohio,

I did something
I hadn't done in four years.

I looked him up online.

I never wanted to know
if he had replaced me

with someone else, but...

suddenly I was obsessed.

And it turns out I was only one girl.

It was at least four other girls,

all the same pattern, all with
him for six months to a year.

And then the girls,
the ones he would sponsor,

would suddenly drop out of school,

never to be heard of again, just...

another girl who tried to make
it in New York and couldn't.

Another sweet young thing
who hit her "sell by" date.

Then I, um, read that

Emily k*lled herself.

And I knew he would go to the funeral.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

MAN: It's the district
attorney and Judge Hopkins.

May we come in?

So, here we go, Holly.

When they ask the question, you
know what you have to answer.

I'm guilty as hell.

And proud of it.

MARISSA: This is Rachel Carter.

She is two years older than Holly,

but she pretty much had
the same experience.

Here on scholarships

sponsored by Navarre.

Began a consensual affair, though it was

technically illegal
in the eyes of the law

because she was just .

- He get her pregnant?
- MARISSA: Certainly did.

Rachel explained
he wasn't a fan of protection,

and he was adamant
that the pill was poison.

TAYLOR: How incredibly selfless of him.

What a guy.

Is she willing to talk to us?

And does she know any other girls

he was involved with?

Yes and yes.

BENNY: Marissa said
you wanted to see us?

Yeah. Hey, guys.

I think I may have come up
with a defense.

Hmm.

Defense of others.

Oh.

Okay.

I can't, for the life of me,
see how that applies here.

Uh, I second that.

Well, there were other girls.

We march them through the courtroom

and we let them tell their stories.

She did it for all of them.

In defense of others.

Oh, come on, Bull. You know that's not

what defense of others means.

We have no one to defend here.

And that other victim was dead,
lying in a coffin.

Yeah, and the other girls
that you're speaking about,

they were presumably no
longer involved with him.

There was no need to defend them.

Ha. You call yourselves lawyers.

The reason there are judges,
the reason there are courts,

is because the law, to be effective,

must be a living thing.

Each case is its own creature.

And that is why

it has to be interpreted,

not simply referenced and then applied.

Now, I want to file a motion in limine

and ask that judge for permission

to put those other girls on the stand.

Your Honor, in the matter
of The People v. Holly Kerrigan,

we contend that Holly Kerrigan
k*lled Roger Navarre

to prevent greater harm.

We believe, in fact, that she was acting

in defense of others.

Now,

in order for us to support this claim,

we are asking for the court's
permission to call

several of Roger Navarre's
scholarship students.

Now, they will testify
that the late Mr. Navarre

was involved in
a systematic pattern of seducing

and in many cases impregnating
young women he sponsored

at a variety of art institutions
here in New York.

-year-olds, -year-olds

upending their lives
and destroying their futures.

Doing irreparable harm

to their physical and mental health.

JUDGE: A.D.A. Conway, your thoughts?

Your Honor.

The People don't dispute the fact

that Roger Navarre
may have been a predator.

But that alone does not
give Ms. Kerrigan license

to g*n him down
in a church full of mourners.

These women's experiences

are irrelevant to the crime

Ms. Kerrigan is accused of.

In fact, we strongly doubt
that Ms. Kerrigan

has ever even met these women before.

And that is why the People
strongly urge the court

to deny the defendant's motion.

Before I make my ruling,

I'd like to hear from at least
one of these women.

BENNY: Would you please
tell the court your name?

My name is Rachel Carter.

And what is your connection
to Roger Navarre?

Well, I had a number
of connections to Mr. Navarre.

I first met him when I applied

to the Manhattan Institute of Ballet.

He saw a tape of my audition,

heard I'd been accepted,
and then reached out to me

and offered to help with expenses.

I was very grateful.

And then, over time,

the relationship became more personal.

Romantic?

I believed so at the time.

Looking back,
from Roger's point of view,

I'm sure it was fundamentally sexual.

Now, let's start from the beginning.

When Roger Navarre first
reached out, you were how old?

I was years old.

Okay, and then you moved to New York,

and about how long before the nature

of the relationship changed?

About a year and a half. (LAUGHS SOFTLY)

He called me one night, asked
if I'd ever been to an opera.

I, of course, had not.

Not many operas pass through
Chaney, Texas, where I'm from.

And opera tickets here
in New York are very pricey.

And you went to Lincoln Center
and saw what?

Flew on his private jet to San
Francisco to see La bohème.

Wow.

So, did the relationship
change that night?

I wanted it to.

I was so consumed by all of it. By him.

But no. He really took his time.

Really won my trust.

I think he wanted me to believe
it was all my idea.

I had never been with anyone
at that point in my life.

Anyway, it was about two months later.

We were on a boat,

a sailboat that belonged
to a friend of his,

out in the middle of the ocean.

I had never done anything like that.

Everywhere you looked,
you only saw water.

No land.

I found it very freeing.

I'll let you figure out the rest.

And was there alcohol involved?

Yes.

- And dr*gs?
- Yes.

And you were how old at this point?

.

And when the two of you had sex,
did he use protection?

He didn't like that.

BENNY: So, what happened?

How did it end?

(SIGHS)

Little less than a year later,
I got pregnant.

He said he'd take care
of the whole thing,

be with me the whole time.

Truth is...

Truth was

I didn't want it to be taken care of.

I had this crazy teenaged idea

that we'd get married
and travel the world.

Just keep doing what we were doing,

except I wouldn't be in school,
and we'd have this baby.

Made perfect sense to me.

Really freaked him out.

He said no.

It had to be taken care of.

Two weeks later, I...

get a letter

explaining that his "assistance"
had run its course.

That I was free to apply
to other benefactors

should I so choose

but that his assistance
was no longer available to me.

So what did you do?

I withdrew from school.
Got a place of my own.

Got a job dancing.

Dancing?

I lied about my age, got a job dancing.

Topless. Then nude.

Now I do photography and modeling.

Adult modeling.

BENNY: I see. Thank you.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Here comes the moment of truth.

Thank you, Ms. Carter,

for telling the court your story.

Your Honor,

we're all sorry
for what happened to Ms. Carter.

And I understand that the defense

has lined up additional witnesses

with similar accounts.

But the fact remains
that none of this is relevant.

Moreover, its probative value

is far outweighed
by the prejudicial effect

it would have on the jury.

This kind of evidence,

these kinds of witnesses
need to be excluded.

Your Honor, with all due respect...

JUDGE: While I am not
unsympathetic to the facts,

I have to make my ruling
based on the law.

And the law agrees with A.D.A. Conway.

We're not here to judge whether

the late Mr. Navarre
was an honorable man

or not. We are here

to decide whether Ms. Kerrigan
acted in defense of others.

And there is nothing
in the testimony that I heard

that suggests that is the case.

And for that reason,
your motion in limine is denied.

(BENNY SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

It's not really all that bad.

Yeah, it is.

- Yeah, it is.
- Okay.

I asked

Marissa to reach out to all the women

who were involved with Roger Navarre,

see if they would be available
to sit in court

once the trial begins.

But it's COVID. No public allowed.

Yes. I know. And I am gonna go
to the judge,

and I'm gonna make a special plea.

Since these women
were not allowed to testify,

they should at least be allowed
to witness the trial.

The trial of a woman who suffered

at the hands of the same man they did.

And I will argue it will help
their mental well-being.

That's awfully nice of you.

Going to bat with the judge
to make that happen.

There's nothing nice about it.

I want them sitting in that gallery.

I want the jury wondering about them.

And I want you to find a moment

to point them out, to indicate

that they went through
the same version of hell

that Holly went through.

Agent Sturgeon, when did Ms. Kerrigan

come to the FBI offices
to meet with you?

Holly Kerrigan first came to meet me

a little over a year ago.

And what was the purpose of that visit?

She alleged that Roger Navarre

had committed statutory r*pe
on her person

and, additionally,
had provided illegal substances

to a minor... her...

Over a period of about months.

CONWAY: And what did
you do with that information?

STURGEON: Well, I opened

a case file, started
looking into Mr. Navarre.

Tried to determine
if there was any truth

to what Ms. Kerrigan alleged.

And opening up a case file,

looking into someone like Roger Navarre,

can you tell us what that entails?

Let me be clear.

We didn't take
these allegations lightly.

But investigations like this

can go on for months, sometimes years.

You have to make sure you have
all of your ducks in a row

before you start indicting people,

particularly people as well-connected

as Roger Navarre.

CONWAY: And did the defendant

continue to communicate with you?

Yes, we spoke on a number of occasions.

She would call and email from Ohio.

And what was the purpose
of these calls and emails?

Did she have additional
information to offer

about Roger Navarre?

It's-it's my understanding that,

at that point, they were
no longer communicating.

Not for years.

No, the purpose
of these calls and emails

was primarily to express her impatience

with the investigation.

Her frustration with the process.

And, I suppose, her frustration with me.

So were you surprised

when she took matters
into her own hands?

No. Not entirely.

Thank you, Agent Sturgeon.

No further questions.

(BULL CLEARS THROAT)

BENNY: Good morning, Agent Sturgeon.

Good morning.

Now, point in fact,

my client Holly Kerrigan
wasn't the only person

that came to see you
about Roger Navarre, was she?

I believe it's time for an objection.

CONWAY: Objection, Your Honor!

Relevance?

BENNY: Your Honor,

it's the A.D.A. who called the witness

and opened the door
to the fact that the FBI

opened up an investigation
on Roger Navarre.

Objection overruled.

The witness will answer the question.

I'm sorry, what was the question?

Well, let me refresh your memory.

I was asking
if my client, Holly Kerrigan,

was the only person
who came to the Bureau

about Roger Navarre?

No, she was not.

BENNY: No, in fact,
a number of other women

came to see you personally to file

similar complaints against Mr. Navarre.

Isn't that correct?

Yes, that's correct.

And I know they are wearing masks,

but perhaps you can point out, uh,

the ones that you have spoken
to in the past?

CONWAY: Again, Your Honor,
what is the relevance

of this line of questioning?

It sounds to me like
the defense is intentionally

making a mockery of your earlier order

not to hear testimony from
anyone who may have been

involved with the late Mr. Navarre.

My goodness, A.D.A. Conway

has quite a temper.

Objection sustained.

The jury will disregard any
remarks regarding the women

seated in the gallery.

And I'm putting the defense on notice.

Any further shenanigans of this type,

and I will rescind

my invitation to these observers.

Am I clear?

Very clear, Your Honor.

Any more questions for the witness?

No, Your Honor.

I believe we covered it all.

Yes, I believe we have.

She's all dressed.

Holly, I meant to ask you this morning,

how was your first night in prison?

It was fine.

They had me all by myself
and there's cameras.

Nobody wants me to k*ll myself
when they're not looking.

Holly, there's something I want
you to think about tonight.

You're very good at telling people that,

without Roger Navarre,

you never would have
come to New York City,

you never would have learned to dance.

But did it ever occur to you
that, without Roger Navarre...

...you never would have picked up a g*n?

You never would have sh*t someone.

You never would have spent
a single night in prison.

If Roger Navarre had not come

into your life, if he had
not done the things that he did,

your life would be very different.

And don't you think that's a
point worth making to this jury?

Don't you think your own life
is worth fighting for?

(KNOCKING)

GUARD: Prison van's here.

I'll see you in the morning.

See you in the morning, Holly.

(EXHALES)

(PHONE RINGING AND BUZZING)

(CLICKS TONGUE)

Ah.

It's my favorite fiancée.

Hello, my dear.

I'm on my way home.
Your brother says hi.

What do you mean,
your "favorite" fiancée?

You win.

You're not my favorite.

Now I feel bad. You sound
like you're in a good mood.

Why? What's going on?

I take it
that you haven't seen the news?

I DVR'd something I thought
you'd want to know about.

And in legal news, turns out

that Holly Kerrigan,
the young woman who sh*t

and k*lled billionaire
hedge fund manager Roger Navarre

in front of -odd witnesses

at the funeral of a friend,

has a complicated mental health history.

Investigators for the Manhattan
Daily Journal discovered

that she spent time in no less
than three Ohio mental health

and drug rehabilitation facilities

prior to her th birthday.

Did you get all that?

Yeah. We got it.

All right, I'll see you in a little bit?

See you in a bit. (EXHALES)

Well...

they didn't waste any time.

You think the D.A.'s office
put that out there?

Please, it's right from the playbook.

The second we get a little traction

by having those five previous
victims in the courtroom...

(SIGHS)

Okay. I think, at this point,
it's safe to assume

the jury knows that you
have spent some time in rehab,

as well as some other institutions,

because of your mental health issues.

The depression
and the suicidal thoughts.

Okay. But isn't that just more evidence,

more proof that what happened
to me actually happened to me?

Okay, I promise you,
I never would have needed to go

to those places
if I hadn't met Roger Navarre.

BENNY: Sadly, almost certainly,

the jury isn't gonna
look at it that way.

That's why I want to discuss
a different strategy with you.

(INHALES)

We would like you to consider

allowing us to pursue
an insanity defense.

But I'm not insane.

Okay, k*lling Roger wasn't
just some crazy, impetuous act.

In some ways, it was
the single most rational thing

I've ever done in my life.

And I don't want to spend the
rest of my life in an asylum.

Or in a prison, for that matter.

Well, that's good to hear, Holly.

That sounds like progress.

Sounds like someone
who's starting to care

about what happens to them
the day after the trial is over.

BENNY: Holly,

choosing to mount an insanity defense

does not mean that you're insane.

It only means that you weren't
capable of rational thought,

of understanding the difference
between right and wrong

when you chose to k*ll Roger Navarre.

And if the jury decides
to accept our defense

when they deliberate,

it often means,

after a proper examination

and you are found to be of sound mind,

that you will be free
to live the rest of your life

as a free woman.

BULL: What do you think?

I really think this is the move here.

Now that the prosecution
has rested their case

and the defense is about
to begin presenting theirs,

I've been informed that Ms. Kerrigan

would like to change her plea

to "not guilty by reason of insanity."

(MURMURING)

I need the jury to understand

that this is simply an added
option when it comes time

to making a decision.

You can still find the defendant guilty,

find the defendant innocent,

or, if you feel she meets
the threshold requirements...

Which we will discuss
during deliberations...

Not guilty by reason of insanity.

All right, then.

Mr. Colón,

you may call your first witness.

Dr. Diposo,

would you please tell the jury
what it is you do for a living?

I'm what they call
a forensic psychiatrist.

I deal primarily in the assessment

and treatment of people in prisons,

people in psychiatric hospitals,

and occasionally individuals
among the general public

who have mental health issues.

BENNY: And are you
familiar with Holly Kerrigan?

Yes, I am.

In fact, I met with her
personally this morning.

In addition, I've studied the records

of the crime of which she's accused.

Transcripts, police reports,

evidence files.

And have you come to any opinion

regarding Ms. Kerrigan's mental health

in the hours, days or even weeks
surrounding the k*lling?

I have.

Based on everything that I've reviewed,

it seems fairly obvious to me

that, prior to the k*lling,

she was suffering
from a profound case of PTSD

stemming from both her
relationship with Mr. Navarre

and its aftermath.

And in the days and weeks leading up to

and including the k*lling,

I believe her behavior fits the
legal definition of insanity.

BENNY: Right. I-It... You
hear about PTSD all the time.

Seems like it's everywhere.

Is it even real?

Does such a thing actually exist?

Oh, it absolutely exists.

In fact, it's been recognized

for over a century
under different names.

In World w*r I,
they called it "shellshock."

In World w*r II,

they referred to it as "battle fatigue."

It's all the same thing.

And it doesn't just happen
to soldiers in combat.

Anyone who's party to

or witnesses a traumatic event

is a candidate for it.

And does PTSD make you insane?

No, it does not.

And yet you began your testimony
by stating unequivocally

that Holly Kerrigan was legally insane.

Or at least she was in the days or hours

prior to Roger Navarre's death.

I do.

I think a simple review of the facts

makes that abundantly clear.

How do you mean?

Put aside whether you believe

the act of m*rder is the
undertaking of a sane person.

Making a choice to k*ll a person

in front of so many witnesses is not.

Add to that that,

once she pulled the trigger,

she made absolutely no attempt to flee.

Add to that,

then she tried to k*ll herself.

That human being,

in that moment,

is not sane.

I see.

Thank you very much.

I have no further questions, Your Honor.

CONWAY: Dr. Diposo,

you testified
that you met with the accused

for the first time this morning.

That's correct.

And what time
did that meeting take place?

We started around : a.m.

And how long did you go?

Little over two hours.

Okay. So,
it's a little after : now...

minutes for lunch...
W... wouldn't you say

that you arrived at your
conclusions rather quickly?

Again, the accused's behavior,
in that moment,

says it all.

No matter how much time
I might have to contemplate,

it wouldn't change my conclusions.

John Wilkes Booth.

Insane?

Excuse me?

John Wilkes Booth, the man
who sh*t Abraham Lincoln.

Did it in a theater full of people.

By your definition,
wouldn't he be insane?

I'm not prepared to render
a decision on that.

I've never met with Mr. Booth.

Of course not.
And he did try to flee, so...

never mind.

Objection, Your Honor.

Counsel is badgering the witness.

CONWAY: My apologies, Your Honor.

I'll withdraw the question, Your Honor.

How about Sirhan Sirhan?

sh*t Bobby Kennedy in
a room full of people

in a hotel in Los Angeles... Insane?

- Your Honor...
- Ms. Conway!

How about all the t*rrorists

in all the planes that att*cked
this country on / ?

Insane? Or impassioned?

Crazy? Or determined to
do something and willing

- to get it done at any cost?
- Your Honor,

counsel isn't even
addressing the witness.

She is testifying directly to the jury.

JUDGE: Ms. Conway, if you do not stop

and allow the witness to answer,

I will find you in contempt of court.

That's all right, Your Honor.

My apologies, Your Honor.

I'll just withdraw the question.

And I have no more questions.

♪

Well, that's a terrific
closing argument, Benny.

It's beautiful, actually.

So you think it'll make
a damn bit of difference?

No, I don't.

(SIGHS)

I am absolutely certain

we don't have anywhere near
a dozen "not guilty" votes,

much less "not guilty
by reason of insanity."

And I'm reasonably sure
the A.D.A. doesn't have

a dozen jurors who want
to send Holly to prison

for the rest of her life, either.

So you think we're
looking at a hung jury?

I'm afraid so.

Mr. Colón. Dr. Bull.

Rachel. Ladies.

None of us has a good feeling
about any of this.

Well, I'd love to disabuse you
of that feeling, but...

I can't.

We ought to head inside.

BENNY: Let me remind you

of the funeral in which this all began.

The funeral of a young dancer.

years old.

Took her own life.

One can only imagine the pain

that must have been inflicted
upon this young woman,

to choose death by her own hand.

I mean, how do we make sense of that?

Seems...

beyond comprehension.

But one person understood.

My client understood.

When she saw the young ballerina

and her old boyfriend on the street

making their way
out of a woman's clinic,

she knew instantly what was happening.

You know why?
Because it happened to her.

And she knew at that exact moment

that it was gonna keep happening
to other young women

unless she put a stop to it.

And that's exactly what she did.

Now, ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

I know some of you may think
my client is a criminal.

Well...

I know some people
who think she's a hero.

And whatever side
of that question you land on,

one thing's undeniable,

and that is, my client's life
has been irreparably destroyed.

And there's no reason to think
that incarceration

for the rest of her life
will do anything other than make

whatever's already been damaged
even more so.

So, please...

...let's give
this young woman a chance...

...at finding the professional
help that she needs.

And at helping her forge
a future for herself.

Thank you for listening.

Ladies and gentlemen,
you may think she's a criminal.

That's what the attorney
for the accused just said.

Well, let me clear that up for you.

She is a criminal.

People who sh**t people
in the back of the head,

in our society, are criminals.

(CHUCKLES): And thank
goodness that's the case.

Look, no one's saying that Roger Navarre

was a model citizen.

Clearly, he had a lot of girlfriends,

many of them far younger than he.

But only one of them saw fit
to end his life.

Only one of them saw fit
to sneak up behind him...

I was with Roger Navarre
for a year and a half,

and I drove Holly from Ohio to New York

so she could sh**t that monster.
Convict me.

Order! We're in the middle
of closing arguments.

The court officer will
remove this woman...

I was with Roger Navarre
for seven months,

and I bought the g*n.

- Convict me.
- (GAVEL BANGING)

Order! I need this court
to come to order!

I was with Roger Navarre
for almost a year.

- (GAVEL BANGING)
- I paid for the b*ll*ts.

Convict me.

And I was with Roger Navarre
for ten months.

I told Holly all about the funeral.

Where it was. When it was.

We're all as responsible as she is.

- (GAVEL BANGING)
- If you convict Holly,

you should convict us, too.

JUDGE: I need these women to
be escorted from the courtroom

and held in contempt.

I need the accused
to be returned to holding.

And I need the jury to be led back

to the jury room so that I
can have a private conversation

with counsel from both sides.

I need this court to come to order!

So, what's your pleasure, Ms. Conway?

The jury is tainted.

Are the People moving for a mistrial?

I need a little time.
I need to call the D.A.

May I have minutes?

Take an hour. I'll be in my chambers.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I'll be in the conference room
if anyone needs me.

Well, you called it.

Looks like it's gonna be a mistrial.

Maybe.

Maybe not.

(KNOCKING)

This room is being used.

(DOOR OPENS)

BULL: So, what's the verdict?

Take a guess. I'm-I'm trying
to write the press release now.

Ah, yes, so, the D.A.
wants a mistrial, right?

Eh, why not?

Another year, who's gonna complain

that an accused k*ller
is staying behind bars

even though there's been
no verdict rendered?

Is there anything else?
'Cause I'm really busy.

Yeah, actually, there's one more thing.

And I only mention this
because you're really good.

You're very impressive.

I've watched you work twice now,

and you've got what it takes.

Okay.

(QUIETLY): Nobody knows your name.

You didn't come all this way
for a mistrial.

I know you're ambitious.

I know you've got big plans.

Maybe city attorney. Maybe mayor.

Where are you going
with this conversation?

Every challenge is a hidden opportunity.

Okay, you know, I-I hear you selling,

but I have no freaking idea
what the product is.

Four women stood up in court
today and said, "I did it, too."

How long you think
that's gonna stay secret?

Well, the truth is that
only one woman is responsible

for the death of Roger Navarre.

The truth.

The truth is,
Roger Navarre ruined lives,

and he was poised to ruin many more.

He was a very bad man,

and there are a lot of men
out there just like him.

Women know the truth.
You know the truth.

You're the prosecuting attorney,

and you've just been handed a do-over.

Don't you think,
knowing what you know...

this would be a good time
to listen to your heart

instead of your boss?

Do the right thing.

And, as an added benefit,

you make a little noise for yourself.

Due to a series of outbursts
in the courtroom today,

a mistrial has been declared
in the matter

of The People v. Holly Kerrigan.

I want you to know that,
as the prosecuting attorney,

I've elected not to retry
this case at this time,

and have agreed to allow Ms. Kerrigan,

subject to psychiatric evaluation

and a willingness
to enter pretrial probation,

to serve no jail time.

This will spare the People
both the cost of a new trial

and the expense
of Ms. Kerrigan's incarceration

until such time as that trial begins.

To be clear,

while I do not condone
Ms. Kerrigan's actions...

...it became apparent
over the course of the trial

that her victim, Mr. Navarre,

was, in fact,
an extremely dangerous predator.

The kind of man who takes pleasure

in laying waste to
young women's lives and futures.

And while that does not excuse
what happened here,

it does provide context
for Ms. Kerrigan's actions

that we were heretofore unaware of.

And for those of you

who have never met
a man like Roger Navarre...

just ask your wives...

your daughters...

your mothers...

your girlfriends.

I'm reasonably certain that they have.

I'm Assistant District Attorney
Whitney Conway.

Thanks for your attention.