| 时间 | 英文 | 中文 |
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| [00:09] | Hey, Sweet. | |
| [00:10] | It’s me… again. | |
| [00:13] | I decided to play hooky from work. | |
| [00:16] | Make it a long weekend. | |
| [00:18] | Drove up early from the city to surprise you. | |
| [00:21] | Where are you? | |
| [00:24] | Looks like you finished the book. | |
| [00:27] | Congratulations. | |
| [00:29] | Just shoot me a call or a text when you can. | |
| [00:33] | Let me know you’re all right. | |
| [00:55] | Evening, Mr. Raynor. | |
| [00:56] | Hi. Um… | |
| [00:57] | Chris. | Chris. Right. |
| [00:59] | Sorry. It’s a long week. | |
| [01:02] | Haven’t seen you in a while. | |
| [01:03] | Three months, I think. | |
| [01:05] | Since the premiere of the last Springersmovie. | |
| [01:08] | Mm-hmm. | |
| [01:09] | Is Mrs. Raynor ready to go? | |
| [01:11] | I’m sorry. Go where? | |
| [01:14] | FantasyCon. In the city. | |
| [01:17] | I’m here to drive her in, keep the fans at bay. | |
| [01:20] | You sure you have the right date? | |
| [01:22] | She cleared it with her publishers last week. | |
| [01:28] | Ava’s not here. | |
| [01:30] | What do you mean? | |
| [01:31] | Uh, she’s been up here finishing her book. | |
| [01:34] | But I don’t know where she is. | |
| [01:37] | Okay. Um… | |
| [01:41] | So when was the last time you spoke with Mrs. Raynor? | |
| [01:45] | Well, uh, I left her messages. | |
| [01:48] | But, uh, we haven’t actually spoken in, uh… a couple days. | |
| [01:52] | Monday. | |
| [01:54] | So… | |
| [01:56] | You haven’t heard from your wife in three days? | |
| [02:01] | So you know Ava Lewis Raynor? | |
| [02:02] | I don’t know her. | |
| [02:03] | My friend’s married to her. | |
| [02:05] | I think we’ve all had dinner twice in 20 years. | |
| [02:08] | Eh, I read her books to my godson. | |
| [02:10] | Took him to see the movies. | |
| [02:13] | Said the second he reported Ava missing, | |
| [02:14] | it was obvious the cops thought he was a suspect. | |
| [02:17] | Well, there’s a reason for that. | |
| [02:19] | All my years in the D.A.’s office, | |
| [02:21] | every time a wife disappeared, | |
| [02:22] | it was almost always the husband. | |
| [02:28] | How long she been gone? | |
| [02:29] | Four days now. | |
| [02:31] | That’s a long time. | |
| [02:33] | You know what they say about the first 48 hours. | |
| [02:35] | Yeah. I watch cable TV. | |
| [02:37] | Mr. Raynor, | |
| [02:39] | the fact that you didn’t report | |
| [02:41] | your wife missing for three days… | |
| [02:42] | I didn’t know she was missing. | |
| [02:44] | She was finishing a novel. She was on a deadline. | |
| [02:46] | She’s done it before. I didn’t think much of it. | |
| [02:50] | When she did it before, | |
| [02:51] | did she not return your calls for days at a time? | |
| [02:54] | No… Yes. | |
| [02:58] | Sometimes. | |
| [03:01] | Never this long. | |
| [03:03] | That’s why I drove up yesterday. | |
| [03:05] | Make sure she was all right. | |
| [03:06] | Yeah, but when you drove up and she wasn’t here, | |
| [03:09] | why did you wait six hours before you called the police? | |
| [03:13] | Look, I married an artist. | |
| [03:17] | And I learned a long time ago | |
| [03:19] | that if I wanted to stay married to her, | |
| [03:22] | that I had to respect her space, | |
| [03:24] | her privacy, her moods. | |
| [03:26] | Sometimes she just needed some alone time. | |
| [03:28] | She’d turn her phone off, she’d go to a spa | |
| [03:31] | or a B and B to regroup. | |
| [03:33] | I have to tell you, Mr. Raynor. | |
| [03:36] | Your story? To an outside observer? | |
| [03:39] | You have to know, it sounds very convenient, | |
| [03:42] | very suspicious. | |
| [03:45] | I know our marriage isn’t the most conventional, but it works. | |
| [03:49] | For us. | |
| [03:52] | Ava once told me she was like a ship… | |
| [03:56] | and I was the dock. | |
| [03:58] | And she just had to venture out sometimes… | |
| [04:02] | alone, but she would always come back, | |
| [04:03] | that I could count on that. | |
| [04:05] | And I do. | |
| [04:07] | That’s why I know we have to find her. | |
| [04:09] | She’s out there. | |
| [04:12] | You familiar with luminol? | |
| [04:14] | Of course. Luminol spray reacts when it makes contact | |
| [04:16] | with iron and hemoglobin. | |
| [04:18] | Glows fluorescent under black light. | |
| [04:26] | The killer thought he was pretty smart. | |
| [04:28] | Bleached the whole floor | |
| [04:30] | so none of this would be visible to the naked eye. | |
| [04:33] | But the chemicals don’t lie. | |
| [04:35] | A lot of blood was shed here. | |
| [04:39] | Oh, Nate. | |
| [04:42] | Oh, man. | |
| [04:54] | You’re very fortunate to have the means | |
| [04:56] | to make bail on a murder charge, | |
| [04:58] | but you need to understand that the terms | |
| [05:00] | of home confinement are strict. | |
| [05:03] | You can’t leave your New York apartment | |
| [05:05] | except to go to court in Westchester | |
| [05:07] | or consult with us at our offices. | |
| [05:09] | Thank you. | |
| [05:11] | Thank you both for getting me out. | |
| [05:14] | Thanks for the ride into the city. | |
| [05:16] | I know the… lake house | |
| [05:18] | is close to the court, but… | |
| [05:21] | I just can’t go back in there. | |
| [05:26] | I can’t believe I was just walking around where… | |
| [05:32] | You guys know… right? | |
| [05:39] | It’s not her blood. | |
| [05:45] | It can’t be. | |
| [05:48] | There was so much blood revealed | |
| [05:50] | by the luminol, that the D.A.’s actually willing to go | |
| [05:53] | to trial even though no body was found. | |
| [05:57] | Did they test the blood? | |
| [05:59] | Is… is it hers? | |
| [06:02] | They tested the blood. | |
| [06:05] | It turns out the bleach degraded the DNA so much | |
| [06:08] | they can’t actually make an identification, but… | |
| [06:11] | I told you. Sh-She’s still out there. | |
| [06:13] | There’s more, Nate. | |
| [06:16] | They dredged the lake. | |
| [06:18] | They found a butcher’s knife from your kitchen. | |
| [06:22] | The water washed away any fingerprints, but… | |
| [06:25] | your wife’s DNA, your DNA, | |
| [06:28] | they found both embedded in the handle. | |
| [06:30] | Okay. It’s a knife from our kitchen. | |
| [06:33] | Of course our DNA is on it. | |
| [06:35] | But nobody else’s was. | |
| [06:37] | And there was no signs of forced entry. | |
| [06:41] | And, apparently, you weren’t in your office that Monday, | |
| [06:45] | the last day anyone heard from your wife. | |
| [06:46] | I-I wasn’t feeling great. | |
| [06:51] | I worked from the apartment. | |
| [06:53] | I’m sure that’s all true. | |
| [06:57] | The A.D.A. is gonna say | |
| [07:00] | you weren’t working at home, | |
| [07:02] | you were stabbing your wife to death | |
| [07:04] | in the kitchen of your lake house. | |
| [07:07] | You threw the knife in the water, | |
| [07:08] | you dumped the body somewhere, | |
| [07:09] | and you drove back into the city | |
| [07:11] | and waited for the trail to go cold. | |
| [07:12] | You don’t believe that. | |
| [07:16] | That’s crazy. | |
| [07:18] | I love my wife. | |
| [07:19] | You talk to anybody | |
| [07:21] | while you were working at home that Monday? | |
| [07:23] | E-mail? Ordered some food to be delivered? | |
| [07:26] | Sent out some laundry? | |
| [07:28] | Anything that we could use to substantiate your alibi? | |
| [07:34] | I slept. | |
| [07:39] | Nathan? I’m done. | |
| [07:41] | I can’t do this anymore. | |
| [07:43] | I can’t stomach the idea of you doing it anymore. | |
| [07:47] | Talk about wreckage. | |
| [07:50] | It’s kind of all that’s left of this marriage, isn’t it? | |
| [07:52] | Wreckage. | |
| [07:54] | I think we need to get together and figure out | |
| [07:57] | an exit strategy… for both of us. | |
| [08:02] | The police got it off your cell phone. | |
| [08:04] | You’ve heard it before? | |
| [08:07] | Your wife left it for you Sunday night. | |
| [08:09] | That’s motive. | |
| [08:10] | How? | |
| [08:12] | It sounds like your wife is leaving you | |
| [08:14] | and that’s why you killed her. | |
| [08:15] | Well, it may sound that way, but that is not what… | |
| [08:18] | But what?! | |
| [08:19] | What is the truth here, Nate? | |
| [08:23] | I’m your friend. I want to help you. | |
| [08:25] | But that message along with everything else, | |
| [08:27] | none of this looks good, | |
| [08:29] | at all! | |
| [08:32] | You married? | |
| [08:35] | No. | |
| [08:37] | You I know about. | |
| [08:38] | Well… | |
| [08:40] | Marriage is a tricky deal. | |
| [08:43] | You make a promise about the future… | |
| [08:46] | but you make it at a moment in time | |
| [08:48] | where you don’t really have any idea | |
| [08:50] | of what the future is gonna bring. | |
| [08:52] | I was a hungry junior investment banker. | |
| [08:55] | She was writing fiction no one was reading. | |
| [08:58] | Five years later, | |
| [08:59] | I was controlling $3 billion in assets, | |
| [09:01] | and she was the most read writer on the planet. | |
| [09:07] | People change. | |
| [09:09] | Circumstances change. | |
| [09:12] | Needs change. | |
| [09:17] | I spoke to my wife after she left that message. | |
| [09:22] | She didn’t want to be done with the marriage. | |
| [09:25] | She wanted to be done with our… understanding. | |
| [09:30] | What understanding? | |
| [09:36] | She and I spent a lot of time apart. | |
| [09:41] | Her up at the lake. | |
| [09:43] | Me here in the city. | |
| [09:46] | We both made mistakes. | |
| [09:52] | At a certain point, we made a set of rules. | |
| [09:55] | When we were together, it was just the two of us. | |
| [09:59] | But when we were apart, it was… | |
| [10:02] | we were not together. | |
| [10:06] | Sorry. This is not the sort of thing | |
| [10:07] | you share with college buddies. | |
| [10:14] | The point is, the last time I spoke to her, she… | |
| [10:18] | she said the whole thing had just gotten exhausting. | |
| [10:21] | You know, emotionally. | |
| [10:25] | She just wanted to end it with her friend. | |
| [10:30] | She just wanted it… | |
| [10:31] | She wanted it to be just us again. | |
| [10:34] | And how’d you feel about that? | |
| [10:36] | I thought she was being melodramatic. | |
| [10:50] | I didn’t have the heart to do it, but… | |
| [10:53] | tomorrow I need to ask him the names | |
| [10:55] | of anyone he consorted with. | |
| [10:56] | And obviously… her, too– | |
| [10:59] | anyone she was… You’re really shocked, aren’t you? | |
| [11:03] | He’s my friend. | |
| [11:08] | It was one of those marriages. | |
| [11:11] | Even when I was married to your sister… | |
| [11:14] | when our marriage started to fall apart… | |
| [11:18] | I held on to hope, because this friend of mine, | |
| [11:21] | this guy that I admired, | |
| [11:23] | who was married to this really accomplished woman, | |
| [11:26] | he was somehow making it work. | |
| [11:28] | Sorry. | |
| [11:30] | Doesn’t make sense to me. | |
| [11:33] | Why bother staying married if you can’t be faithful? | |
| [11:36] | Maybe you don’t want to lose someone, so you… | |
| [11:39] | start making compromises with yourself. | |
| [11:42] | I don’t understand it. | |
| [11:44] | And by the way, neither will a jury. | |
| [11:47] | I don’t know how to sell this to a jury. | |
| [11:50] | Well, then let’s not sell it. | |
| [11:52] | Yeah, but… we have to present a case. | |
| [11:55] | You heard Nate– he believes his wife isn’t actually dead. | |
| [11:59] | So maybe our defense is: she isn’t. | |
| [12:01] | Jury-wise, | |
| [12:03] | I’m guessing we’ll be looking to get rid | |
| [12:05] | of any potential Ava Lewis Raynor superfans. | |
| [12:07] | They’re gonna be looking for someone to blame, | |
| [12:09] | and Nathan will be sitting right there. | |
| [12:11] | I don’t know, I’m still kind of hoping they’ll be | |
| [12:14] | the most desperate to believe Ava is still with us, you know? | |
| [12:17] | It’s like the people who think Tupac faked his own death | |
| [12:20] | or Elvis never left the building. | |
| [12:22] | I need a jury who will go for our | |
| [12:25] | “no body, no death” narrative. | |
| [12:26] | I need people for whom seeing is believing. | |
| [12:30] | Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. | |
| [12:32] | Anybody here believe in ghosts? | |
| [12:40] | Your Honor, we’d like to thank | |
| [12:42] | and excuse these three jurors. | |
| [12:44] | I’m confused. Isn’t he supposed to ask them a question? | |
| [12:46] | Somebody said they believe in ghosts. | |
| [12:49] | Well… if they’re willing to believe in ghosts, | |
| [12:52] | they might be willing to believe someone was killed | |
| [12:54] | without anybody being able to find a body, | |
| [12:55] | and those are not the kind of jurors we need. | |
| [12:59] | But we also need to be wary of jurors with a propensity | |
| [13:02] | to blame the husband. | |
| [13:03] | That is a very real and a very powerful bias. | |
| [13:06] | Anyone who feels wronged or slighted | |
| [13:08] | by a current or former partner might be more likely | |
| [13:11] | to hold Nathan responsible regardless of the facts. | |
| [13:14] | So we need to weed out anyone with an ax to grind. | |
| [13:18] | Good morning. | |
| [13:20] | Now, I couldn’t help but notice your beautiful wedding ring. | |
| [13:23] | How long have you been married? | |
| [13:25] | Almost nine months. Nine months. | |
| [13:26] | Wow. You’re practically a newlywed. | |
| [13:29] | Congratulations. | |
| [13:30] | And how is it going so far, if I may ask? | |
| [13:34] | Hmm. I keep pinching myself. My husband’s a dream. | |
| [13:37] | I’m the luckiest girl in the world. | |
| [13:39] | Marissa, is there a reason not to? | |
| [13:42] | Yeah, I know she presents well, Bull, | |
| [13:44] | but juror number two is on husband number three. | |
| [13:46] | And she was so vindictive toward her last ex | |
| [13:49] | that she papered his Yelp page with bad reviews | |
| [13:52] | until his business closed down. | |
| [13:54] | Oh, my. | |
| [13:57] | We’d like to thank | |
| [13:58] | and excuse this juror, Your Honor. | |
| [13:59] | Juror number two, you’re excused. | |
| [14:02] | What about you, Ms. Nelson? | |
| [14:05] | Are you married? | |
| [14:07] | Nope. Single as single could be. | |
| [14:09] | Ah. And how do you feel about that? | |
| [14:11] | Feeling good. | |
| [14:12] | I like dating. | |
| [14:14] | I’ve met lots of great guys. | |
| [14:16] | I just… always find a reason to break it off. | |
| [14:18] | I think I’m just one of those people | |
| [14:20] | that doesn’t want to be tied down. | |
| [14:22] | I think I’ve found “the one.” | |
| [14:25] | Free spirit. Doesn’t hold a grudge. | |
| [14:27] | Please don’t tell me she’s a serial killer | |
| [14:29] | with men buried under her house. | |
| [14:32] | All sunshine and rainbows on my end, Bull. | |
| [14:33] | She doesn’t spend a lot of time on social media, | |
| [14:36] | but when she does, she’s usually trying to debunk | |
| [14:38] | her aunt’s conspiracy theories. | |
| [14:40] | She likes facts. | |
| [14:41] | So we like her. | |
| [14:45] | This juror’s acceptable | |
| [14:46] | to the defense, Your Honor. | |
| [14:48] | Then, ladies and gentlemen, | |
| [14:50] | we have our jury. | |
| [14:54] | Clara? | |
| [14:55] | Yes. | |
| [14:56] | Are you Danny? | |
| [14:59] | Thanks for coming down. | |
| [15:01] | I have a desk at Ava’s publisher’s office, | |
| [15:04] | but this was her favorite spot in the city. | |
| [15:07] | How long have you been her assistant? | |
| [15:09] | Seven years. | |
| [15:11] | So you must really like the job. | |
| [15:13] | Well, if you love books, | |
| [15:15] | if you love writing, it’s… | |
| [15:16] | it’s kind of like winning the lottery. | |
| [15:18] | Ava let me edit her drafts. | |
| [15:20] | She helped me with my own writing. | |
| [15:22] | Even offered to pass along my work to her publisher. | |
| [15:26] | I mean, there was | |
| [15:27] | the normal stuff, too: | |
| [15:29] | pick up her dry cleaning, run her dog to the vet. | |
| [15:32] | But that notwithstanding, it was… | |
| [15:34] | kind of like a dream job. | |
| [15:37] | Well, she sounds like a very nice person to work for. | |
| [15:40] | I know that these last few days | |
| [15:42] | have had to be difficult. | |
| [15:44] | And I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me. | |
| [15:47] | I’m told that you were involved in almost… | |
| [15:49] | every aspect of Ava’s life. | |
| [15:52] | I guess. And we know that Ava | |
| [15:55] | sometimes kept company with people other than her husband. | |
| [15:58] | It would be incredibly helpful | |
| [16:01] | for Nathan and his defense | |
| [16:02] | if you could provide me with some of those names. | |
| [16:04] | I don’t know where you’re getting your information, | |
| [16:07] | but Ava loved her husband. | |
| [16:09] | Ava adored her husband. | |
| [16:12] | I don’t doubt that. And I appreciate | |
| [16:13] | that you’re trying to protect Ava’s legacy. | |
| [16:15] | But we know she was seeing someone else | |
| [16:17] | and wanted to call it off. | |
| [16:19] | We just don’t know who. | |
| [16:23] | Look… | |
| [16:25] | I don’t know anything for sure, | |
| [16:27] | but after the last Springersmovie premiere, | |
| [16:30] | Ava left a necklace in her hotel room. | |
| [16:33] | I… went over the next day | |
| [16:35] | to get it… | |
| [16:37] | and I also found a man’s watch. | |
| [16:41] | It wasn’t Nathan’s. | |
| [16:43] | Do you know whose it was? | |
| [16:45] | Not for sure. | |
| [16:47] | But Chris wore one just like it. | |
| [16:51] | Who’s Chris? | |
| [16:53] | Her driver. | |
| [16:54] | Her bodyguard. | |
| [16:59] | Your Honor, in light of the ubiquitous media coverage | |
| [17:02] | surrounding this case, the People move | |
| [17:04] | to sequester the jury. | |
| [17:06] | Your Honor, please. | |
| [17:07] | Jury sequestration is | |
| [17:09] | an extraordinary and unwarranted step. | |
| [17:12] | That’s why it’s rarely used | |
| [17:14] | in the state of New York. | |
| [17:15] | It costs the taxpayers | |
| [17:17] | an exorbitant amount of money and puts an undue burden | |
| [17:19] | on jurors by taking them away from their homes | |
| [17:22] | and their families. | |
| [17:24] | Furthermore, this jury was not selected | |
| [17:26] | based on who could bear the burden of sequestration. | |
| [17:30] | There could be, uh, medical issues, | |
| [17:32] | childcare considerations… Your Honor, the People realize | |
| [17:35] | this is an extreme ask, | |
| [17:37] | but if ever a case warranted it… | |
| [17:39] | Though your argument | |
| [17:41] | is well-taken, Mr. Colón, given the extraordinary attention | |
| [17:44] | this case has received, the People’s motion is granted. | |
| [17:48] | I order the jury sequestered. | |
| [17:51] | I don’t understand. | |
| [17:52] | Why is a sequestered jury so bad for us? | |
| [17:55] | This jury’s gonna be cut off from the outside world. | |
| [17:58] | They will be angry and want someone to blame. | |
| [18:01] | And in their minds, you’re the reason they’re here, | |
| [18:03] | so that someone will be you. | |
| [18:12] | A background check on the bodyguard, Chris, turned up | |
| [18:14] | a couple of misdemeanor assault charges in his past, | |
| [18:17] | all domestic, all dismissed. | |
| [18:18] | Which is why the security firm was able to hire him, but… | |
| [18:22] | he’s a strong guy with a quick temper and no alibi. | |
| [18:25] | Claims he was home alone when the cops think Ava was murdered. | |
| [18:28] | Well, that sounds promising. | |
| [18:30] | – Keep digging. – Okay, uh, | |
| [18:32] | how are we gonna deal with the sequestration problem? | |
| [18:35] | I still don’t get why it’s a problem. | |
| [18:37] | I mean, is it just me, or doesn’t a hotel stay | |
| [18:40] | with someone else footing the bill sound like heaven? | |
| [18:42] | Mm. I mean, who cares | |
| [18:43] | if the jury doesn’t get to watch the news? | |
| [18:46] | They aren’t supposed to anyway. | |
| [18:47] | It’s not just the news. | |
| [18:49] | All the computers and televisions are removed from their rooms. | |
| [18:52] | Their only entertainment will be group viewings | |
| [18:55] | of preapproved DVDs. | |
| [18:58] | They also handed over their cell phones. | |
| [19:01] | Any calls with family have to be on speaker | |
| [19:04] | from a court officer’s phone with him or her listening. | |
| [19:06] | Big Brother, anyone? | |
| [19:08] | Hey! | |
| [19:09] | It’s not like they’re in some 4-Diamond property | |
| [19:12] | with a spa and day trips to the local museum. | |
| [19:16] | They’ll have takeout from the same three restaurants | |
| [19:18] | every day. | |
| [19:19] | Hmm. Point of information. | |
| [19:21] | Wehave takeout from the same three restaurants every day. | |
| [19:23] | But we don’t spend 24/7 | |
| [19:24] | with only each other to talk to. | |
| [19:26] | A sequestered jury does, | |
| [19:28] | and that creates a groupthink mentality. | |
| [19:30] | Okay, uh, not to pour salt on the wound, | |
| [19:33] | but we go second, right? | |
| [19:34] | We are the defense. | |
| [19:36] | By the time we get to make our case, | |
| [19:38] | won’t they just be… sick of the whole thing? | |
| [19:40] | Yep. | |
| [19:42] | Unless they aren’t. | |
| [19:46] | Well, the A.D.A. is smart. To Chunk’s point, | |
| [19:48] | she’ll want to slow-play her hand | |
| [19:51] | so that the jury is | |
| [19:53] | out of patience by the time it’s our turn. | |
| [19:55] | We can’t let that happen. We got to keep things moving. | |
| [19:58] | We need to show those jurors | |
| [19:59] | that we’re on their side– we want this thing | |
| [20:01] | to be over with as quickly as they do. | |
| [20:03] | So, is it fair to say | |
| [20:05] | – that the knife was the murder weapon? – Objection! | |
| [20:07] | Asked and answered. | |
| [20:08] | The jury has already heard Mr. Richards say | |
| [20:11] | – it was the knife. – Sustained. | |
| [20:14] | Isn’t it true, Mr. Richards, that DNA was discovered | |
| [20:16] | from both the defendant and the deceased | |
| [20:19] | on the handle of the knife? Your Honor, | |
| [20:22] | we just keep going over the same ground again and again. | |
| [20:25] | The defense will happily stipulate | |
| [20:27] | to the evidence at the scene. | |
| [20:29] | Anything to keep these proceedings moving. | |
| [20:32] | Marissa, can you break out some numbers for me | |
| [20:34] | on how the jury’s feeling towards the A.D.A.? | |
| [20:38] | Wow, show’s you what Iknow. | |
| [20:40] | I wasn’t sure your strategy would actually work, | |
| [20:42] | but the jury seems annoyed with her. | |
| [20:44] | Even better, they’re starting to view Benny as their champion, | |
| [20:47] | and some of that goodwill is starting to flow Nathan’s way. | |
| [20:51] | In light of this stipulation, | |
| [20:52] | do you have any more questions, Ms. Truman? | |
| [20:54] | If not, I’m gonna turn this witness over to Mr. Colón. | |
| [20:57] | As a matter of fact, I do. | |
| [20:59] | In addition to the weapon, | |
| [21:02] | what, if anything, | |
| [21:03] | do these spatter patterns tell us about the crime itself? | |
| [21:07] | About who might have done it and why? | |
| [21:09] | Well, there are two types | |
| [21:11] | of violent crimes: | |
| [21:13] | what we call instrumental crimes and expressive crimes. | |
| [21:16] | An instrumental crime is likely to occur between strangers | |
| [21:19] | and is usually a means to an end. | |
| [21:21] | How do you mean? | |
| [21:23] | Someone kills a guy in a convenience store | |
| [21:25] | to get the money in the cash register. | |
| [21:27] | What you’ll usually see | |
| [21:28] | is just enough violence to get the job done. | |
| [21:30] | But that’s not what happened here? No. | |
| [21:33] | In this case, we’re looking at multiple stab wounds | |
| [21:35] | when one or two would have been enough | |
| [21:37] | to end the victim’s life. | |
| [21:38] | That’s why we call it expressive. | |
| [21:40] | It usually happens when emotion runs high. | |
| [21:43] | It suggests an intimate relationship | |
| [21:45] | between the victim and the killer. | |
| [21:48] | An intimate relationship. | |
| [21:50] | Like a husband and wife? | |
| [21:53] | Like a husband and wife. | |
| [21:54] | So, | |
| [21:56] | if I were to surmise that Nathan Raynor | |
| [21:58] | flew into a murderous rage | |
| [22:00] | at the news his wife was leaving him | |
| [22:02] | and stabbed her multiple times… | |
| [22:05] | Objection! | |
| [22:06] | Sustained. You’re pushing it, Ms. Truman. | |
| [22:09] | Apologies, Your Honor. | |
| [22:11] | I’ll withdraw. | |
| [22:13] | No further questions. | |
| [22:16] | Remember what I said about goodwill towards Nathan? | |
| [22:18] | I do. | |
| [22:19] | I think I may have spoken too soon. | |
| [22:21] | Forensic Specialist | |
| [22:23] | Joaquin Richards. | |
| [22:24] | Let’s talk about expressive violence. | |
| [22:27] | Violence committed by an intimate. | |
| [22:29] | Now, that intimate | |
| [22:31] | wouldn’t have to be a husband, would it? | |
| [22:34] | What do you mean? | |
| [22:36] | Well, couldn’t it just as easily be… a lover? | |
| [22:42] | I suppose. | |
| [22:43] | But I’m not aware of any evidence | |
| [22:45] | indicating that to have been the case. | |
| [22:47] | Ah, evidence. | |
| [22:50] | You know, I-I must be missing something, | |
| [22:52] | but it looks to me like all of this evidence | |
| [22:56] | that everyone’s been discussing | |
| [22:57] | is very much open to interpretation. | |
| [22:59] | Now, here’s an example. | |
| [23:02] | Can you say without a doubt | |
| [23:05] | how many times | |
| [23:07] | the victim was actually stabbed in that kitchen? | |
| [23:10] | Well, the patterns suggest… It’s a yes or no question, | |
| [23:12] | Mr. Richards. | |
| [23:15] | No. I cannot. | |
| [23:18] | Hmm, I didn’t think so. | |
| [23:19] | And can you remind the jury, please? | |
| [23:22] | Is there any non-circumstantial evidence that proves my client, | |
| [23:27] | Nathan Raynor, was the one | |
| [23:29] | who committed whatever violence occurred in that kitchen? | |
| [23:32] | Well, no. But… | |
| [23:35] | No! Of course not. | |
| [23:36] | And is there any real proof, | |
| [23:38] | any scientific proof | |
| [23:39] | that the blood found in that kitchen | |
| [23:42] | is that of my client’s wife, Ava Lewis Raynor? | |
| [23:48] | Mr. Richards? | |
| [23:50] | No. The bleach degraded the blood. | |
| [23:53] | But we did get enough DNA in our sample | |
| [23:56] | to indicate a likely match to Ava Lewis Raynor. | |
| [23:59] | Ah. Likely, but not certainly? | |
| [24:02] | Not certainly. | |
| [24:05] | So you have | |
| [24:06] | neither conclusive proof that Ava is actually dead | |
| [24:10] | or that Nathan killed her. | |
| [24:11] | Objection! Compound. | |
| [24:14] | Overruled. The witness will answer the question. | |
| [24:16] | No. | |
| [24:17] | I cannot prove that Ava Lewis Raynor is dead | |
| [24:19] | or that her husband killed her. | |
| [24:22] | Thank you. | |
| [24:23] | No further questions, Your Honor. | |
| [24:25] | Well, that worked out quite nicely. | |
| [24:30] | Where did Nathan say he was gonna meet us? | |
| [24:32] | Sooner we can round him up and head into the city, the better. | |
| [24:35] | Traffic heading into town is gonna be horrible at this hour. | |
| [24:43] | I got this. Okay. | |
| [24:48] | Nate, you coming? | |
| [24:50] | We really need to head back into town. | |
| [24:53] | All that stuff your lawyer said in court today… | |
| [24:59] | Neither of you guys really believe that. | |
| [25:01] | Do you? | |
| [25:04] | I believe you’re my friend. | |
| [25:06] | I believe you love your wife. | |
| [25:08] | And I believe it’s my job to do everything I can | |
| [25:11] | to keep you out of prison. | |
| [25:12] | That’s very well said. | |
| [25:16] | You’re a clever man, Jason. You always were. | |
| [25:22] | Attorney-client privilege apply to lifelong friends | |
| [25:26] | even though you’re not a real attorney? | |
| [25:32] | I’m part of your legal team. | |
| [25:34] | You can say anything you want. | |
| [25:37] | And even if I weren’t… I did it. | |
| [25:40] | I did this. | |
| [25:44] | I didn’t kill her. | |
| [25:46] | But I… | |
| [25:48] | but I caused it. | |
| [25:50] | I was the one. | |
| [25:52] | I cheated first. I… | |
| [25:54] | I broke us. | |
| [25:58] | I was this wildly successful finance guy, | |
| [26:01] | and she was my adoring wife. | |
| [26:06] | Then the first Springersbook hit, | |
| [26:08] | and suddenly she belonged to the whole world. | |
| [26:11] | Not just to me. | |
| [26:16] | I couldn’t handle it. | |
| [26:18] | My ego couldn’t handle it. | |
| [26:20] | I don’t know why I let her success do that to me. | |
| [26:24] | Makes no sense, but… | |
| [26:26] | then I needed… | |
| [26:30] | Then I needed a shoulder to cry on. | |
| [26:35] | So I went out and found one. | |
| [26:38] | And then another. | |
| [26:40] | And another. | |
| [26:45] | And then she found shoulders of her own. | |
| [26:55] | So if some angry lover killed Ava… | |
| [27:00] | …it was my fault. | |
| [27:02] | I set the whole thing in motion. | |
| [27:06] | I did it. | |
| [27:22] | I’ll be right back. | |
| [27:27] | Sorry to pull you away, but we have a problem. | |
| [27:30] | The A.D.A. just called. | |
| [27:33] | A hunter and his dog just found a corpse in the forest | |
| [27:36] | 27 miles north of here. | |
| [27:39] | They found the body. | |
| [27:42] | They found Ava. | |
| [27:51] | Look at these jurors. They’re all red, | |
| [27:53] | and they’re all miserable. | |
| [27:55] | They haven’t even had the thrill | |
| [27:56] | of being in court for the last two days | |
| [27:58] | while they wait for the medical examiner | |
| [28:00] | to finish examining the body. | |
| [28:01] | They miss their families. | |
| [28:02] | They miss their own beds. | |
| [28:03] | They miss food that doesn’t come out of a box. | |
| [28:05] | I don’t think it can get any worse. | |
| [28:07] | Oh, it can. | |
| [28:09] | And it will. | |
| [28:10] | We chose a “seeing is believing” jury, | |
| [28:13] | and as soon as the forensic testing is done | |
| [28:15] | and court resumes, | |
| [28:18] | they are going to actually see that there actually is a body. | |
| [28:20] | A body that was stabbed 12 times. | |
| [28:23] | By a kitchen knife. | |
| [28:24] | Most likely by an intimate. | |
| [28:26] | Everything the A.D.A. asserted. | |
| [28:28] | Sounds like it’s time for a plan B. | |
| [28:32] | What if we put the driver/bodyguard on the stand? | |
| [28:36] | Chris? | |
| [28:38] | Ask him about the watch he left behind at the hotel. | |
| [28:40] | Let the jurors pick up on the inference. | |
| [28:43] | Maybe rile the guy up a bit. | |
| [28:45] | Show the jurors his temper. | |
| [28:46] | Let them see that he could just as easily have been Ava’s killer | |
| [28:49] | – as Nathan. – Not bad. | |
| [28:51] | More reasonable doubt. | |
| [28:53] | I don’t think you want to go there. | |
| [28:55] | I’ve been going back over the medical examiner’s report, | |
| [28:58] | and there’s a lot of postmortem bruising on Ava’s corpse. | |
| [29:01] | That points to somebody really manhandling the body. | |
| [29:03] | Struggling with it. | |
| [29:05] | Having a hard time moving it, burying it. | |
| [29:08] | Ava weighs 106 pounds. | |
| [29:11] | Her bodyguard could bench-press that in his sleep. | |
| [29:13] | Yeah, but we don’t need to prove that Chris did it. | |
| [29:15] | Just that he could have. | |
| [29:17] | Well, I don’t think he could have. | |
| [29:19] | Dr. Bull. | |
| [29:21] | Oh, what do we have here? | |
| [29:24] | “Further investigation revealed | |
| [29:26] | “that the vast majority of the wounds | |
| [29:28] | were on the left side of the victim’s body.” | |
| [29:30] | And she was stabbed from the front, | |
| [29:31] | which means the killer was right-handed. | |
| [29:33] | Chris is left-handed. | |
| [29:36] | So, what’s our play? | |
| [29:38] | The only one we have. | |
| [29:40] | We put Nathan on the stand. | |
| [29:42] | Let him tell the truth and… | |
| [29:44] | hope to God the jury believes him. | |
| [29:46] | Did you kill your wife, Mr. Raynor? | |
| [29:50] | No. | |
| [29:52] | We made mistakes. | |
| [29:53] | Imade mistakes. | |
| [29:55] | But there wasn’t a moment | |
| [29:57] | from the time we met | |
| [30:00] | that we weren’t together here. | |
| [30:02] | Here. | |
| [30:04] | Thank you. | |
| [30:06] | No further questions, Your Honor. | |
| [30:11] | No real movement here. | |
| [30:13] | Well, that’s better than the alternative. | |
| [30:15] | Let’s brace for impact. | |
| [30:18] | Mr. Raynor, | |
| [30:19] | do you, by any chance, wear reading glasses? | |
| [30:25] | Yes. I wear reading glasses. | |
| [30:27] | Could you describe those glasses for me? | |
| [30:30] | Uh, well, I have quite a few. | |
| [30:33] | Um, they’re inexpensive. | |
| [30:35] | Usually get them at the drug store. | |
| [30:37] | Usually buy black. 2.0. | |
| [30:39] | Marissa, why are we talking | |
| [30:41] | about reading glasses? I don’t know, | |
| [30:43] | and I don’t like that I don’t know. | |
| [30:44] | I’m sorry, Bull. I-I’m not seeing anything | |
| [30:46] | in discovery about reading glasses. | |
| [30:48] | Nothing in the reports. | |
| [30:51] | Are these your glasses, Mr. Raynor? | |
| [30:56] | I don’t know. | |
| [30:57] | They look like they could be. | |
| [30:59] | Your Honor, the People would like to enter into evidence | |
| [31:02] | this pair of reading glasses found in a forest preserve | |
| [31:05] | five yards from Ava Lewis Raynor’s corpse | |
| [31:08] | and this report | |
| [31:10] | stating that several of Nathan Raynor’s cells | |
| [31:12] | were found on these glasses. | |
| [31:19] | I don’t really have any great answers | |
| [31:21] | for you. Ava would borrow | |
| [31:23] | my glasses sometimes. | |
| [31:25] | That’s all I can think of. | |
| [31:34] | The problem is, | |
| [31:35] | our “seeing is believing” jury | |
| [31:37] | is now convinced that, when they’re looking at you, | |
| [31:39] | they’re looking at your wife’s killer. | |
| [31:43] | Are they right? | |
| [31:49] | I’m not a killer, Jason. | |
| [31:52] | You know that. | |
| [31:54] | You know me. | |
| [31:56] | Yeah, well, | |
| [31:58] | I thought I did. | |
| [32:00] | What, you mean my-my marriage? | |
| [32:03] | What do you want me to say? | |
| [32:06] | It’s not something you share with friends. | |
| [32:08] | It’s not something I’m terribly proud of. | |
| [32:11] | It does not make me a killer. | |
| [32:14] | I know. | |
| [32:17] | And I know this sounds ridiculous, but… | |
| [32:20] | I thought you guys were it. | |
| [32:23] | Nobody’s “it.” | |
| [32:26] | We’re all just people, | |
| [32:29] | living our lives. | |
| [32:39] | Yeah. | |
| [32:41] | We were all thinking of getting out of here. | |
| [32:43] | Do you need anything before I go? | |
| [32:48] | I think my friend | |
| [32:51] | is gonna spend the rest of his life in prison. | |
| [32:54] | And I think I failed him. | |
| [32:56] | And I’m embarrassed to say that, | |
| [32:58] | at one point today, | |
| [32:59] | I actually made the conversation | |
| [33:01] | about how he might have failed me. | |
| [33:09] | Bull, come on. | |
| [33:10] | You haven’t failed anybody. | |
| [33:13] | This thing isn’t over yet. | |
| [33:16] | They just want to know if they can go. | |
| [33:17] | It’s okay! Go ahead! I’ll be leaving in a minute. | |
| [33:20] | Can I show you something I was just finally able to decrypt? | |
| [33:22] | Do you mind if I turn on the light? | |
| [33:28] | What am I looking at? | |
| [33:30] | Text messages. Every number Ava texted | |
| [33:33] | during the last week of her life. | |
| [33:34] | There are only four. | |
| [33:35] | Nathan, Chris, her assistant, | |
| [33:37] | and her publisher. | |
| [33:39] | And where do I start? | |
| [33:42] | “I want to spare you the soul-crushing pain | |
| [33:44] | of reading Clara’s attempt at a book.” | |
| [33:48] | And who is she texting, her publisher? | |
| [33:51] | Hmm. | |
| [33:52] | “Her novel is excruciating. Unpublishable. | |
| [33:55] | “I’m just gonna tell her | |
| [33:56] | “you passed and let her down gently. | |
| [34:00] | I’m just giving you a heads-up in case she asks about it.” | |
| [34:04] | And this Clara…? | |
| [34:06] | She’s Ava’s assistant. | |
| [34:07] | She told me that she was writing a book | |
| [34:09] | and that Ava promised to help get it to the right people. | |
| [34:11] | And that proves…? | |
| [34:13] | I mean, | |
| [34:15] | if this Clara was angry that her publisher rejected her, | |
| [34:18] | why would she go after Ava? | |
| [34:20] | What if she saw Ava’s phone, saw the text, | |
| [34:22] | found out Ava never even sent the manuscript? | |
| [34:24] | Mm. Well, the problem is, it’s just a theory, | |
| [34:27] | and the jury needs proof | |
| [34:29] | if they are going to acquit Nathan. | |
| [34:31] | What about | |
| [34:31] | the postmortem bruising? | |
| [34:32] | I mean, it makes sense that a female killer | |
| [34:34] | would have a much harder time moving Ava’s body | |
| [34:36] | than some big burly guy. | |
| [34:37] | A female killer. | |
| [34:39] | We were scouring for sightings of a man. | |
| [34:42] | A supposed lover, not a woman. | |
| [34:44] | Let me go back through the database, | |
| [34:45] | see if there are any statements that mention | |
| [34:47] | a woman fitting Clara’s description. | |
| [34:49] | And I’ll try and trace where she was the day Ava died. | |
| [34:51] | Maybe there’s traffic cameras near the lake house? | |
| [34:58] | I’m sorry, | |
| [35:00] | you were saying something about failing someone? | |
| [35:03] | Did I even say “come in”? | |
| [35:05] | Can’t a man wallow in self-pity | |
| [35:07] | without his employees barging in and pelting him with hope? | |
| [35:10] | People take all the fun out of feeling bad. | |
| [35:23] | Good morning, Ms. Larson. | |
| [35:24] | Really appreciate | |
| [35:25] | you being here. | |
| [35:27] | I know you must still be reeling from Mrs. Raynor’s death. | |
| [35:30] | I’m not sure I’ll ever stop reeling. | |
| [35:32] | Ah. | |
| [35:34] | Can you please explain to the jury | |
| [35:37] | exactly who you were to the late Ava Lewis Raynor? | |
| [35:42] | I was her personal assistant. | |
| [35:45] | Mm. In fact, | |
| [35:46] | she called you her other, | |
| [35:48] | didn’t she? Mm. | |
| [35:50] | I’m sorry, I’m gonna need you to speak your answers. | |
| [35:53] | Uh, yes. | |
| [35:54] | That’s what she called me. Ah. | |
| [35:56] | And just to help the jury paint a picture here, | |
| [35:58] | you were Ava’s personal assistant for over seven years. | |
| [36:02] | Isn’t that correct? | |
| [36:04] | Yes. Seven years-plus. | |
| [36:06] | And what does being a personal assistant | |
| [36:09] | for a famous novelist entail? | |
| [36:12] | Well, in the beginning, it was mostly mundane things. | |
| [36:15] | Um, pick up her cleaning, | |
| [36:17] | take her to doctors’ appointments. | |
| [36:18] | But, over the years, | |
| [36:20] | it got much more… | |
| [36:22] | creative, much more intimate. | |
| [36:24] | Copy edit her early drafts, discuss | |
| [36:26] | plot points, function as a sounding board. | |
| [36:29] | Wow. | |
| [36:30] | So you really had a front row seat. | |
| [36:33] | I-I’m guessing you weren’t just… | |
| [36:35] | intimately involved in her creative life. | |
| [36:38] | You must have been | |
| [36:40] | very aware of what was happening in her personal life. | |
| [36:43] | Well… | |
| [36:45] | to an extent. | |
| [36:46] | Um, we were really close. | |
| [36:49] | Which, I suppose, was to be expected. Mm. | |
| [36:52] | And how were you compensated for your work, Ms. Larson? | |
| [36:55] | Compensated? | |
| [36:56] | You mean paid? | |
| [36:57] | Mm. | |
| [36:58] | I got a salary. | |
| [36:59] | Every week. | |
| [37:00] | Anything else? | |
| [37:02] | Any… perks? | |
| [37:04] | I mean, you wanted to be a writer, right? | |
| [37:07] | Did she offer any tips? | |
| [37:10] | Uh, promise to open up some doors for you or…? | |
| [37:13] | Objection. Where are we going? | |
| [37:15] | What are we doing? Relevance? | |
| [37:16] | I can assure the court that the relationship | |
| [37:18] | between Ms. Larson and the deceased | |
| [37:21] | is extremely relevant to my client’s defense. | |
| [37:24] | Overruled. | |
| [37:26] | Thank you. | |
| [37:30] | Didn’t Mrs. Raynor | |
| [37:32] | offer to show your work to her publisher? | |
| [37:35] | Yes. | |
| [37:36] | Yes, she did. | |
| [37:38] | And I’d bet you’d be pretty upset if she didn’t. | |
| [37:42] | Huh? | |
| [37:43] | After all of these years of doing everything for her, | |
| [37:47] | if she went back on her word… | |
| [37:49] | Objection. Counsel is testifying. | |
| [37:52] | Sustained. | |
| [37:57] | Now, you mentioned | |
| [37:59] | dropping Mrs. Raynor off at appointments. | |
| [38:02] | You own a car, Ms. Larson? | |
| [38:04] | I do. | |
| [38:06] | A gray sedan? | |
| [38:07] | Is that correct? Yes. | |
| [38:09] | And where were you on Monday the 28th, | |
| [38:12] | the night the police believe | |
| [38:15] | Ava Lewis Raynor was murdered? | |
| [38:17] | I was at home. | |
| [38:18] | By myself. | |
| [38:20] | Ah. Really? | |
| [38:22] | That’s… | |
| [38:24] | that’s interesting. | |
| [38:27] | Because a young lady with blonde hair, about… | |
| [38:30] | your height, your weight, | |
| [38:32] | your age was seen | |
| [38:34] | driving a sedan | |
| [38:35] | on the very night in question. | |
| [38:38] | Here it comes. | |
| [38:39] | Wait for it. | |
| [38:40] | A few days ago, | |
| [38:41] | after Ava’s body was found in the forest, | |
| [38:45] | the owner of a nearby hardware store | |
| [38:47] | had reported that he’d sold a shovel | |
| [38:50] | to a young blonde woman | |
| [38:52] | on the night we now know Ava was murdered. | |
| [38:55] | Yeah, he said that she was | |
| [38:57] | pretty anxious, | |
| [38:58] | even shaking a little. | |
| [39:01] | And after we reviewed the in-store video, | |
| [39:04] | ooh, he was absolutely right. | |
| [39:07] | She sure was anxious. | |
| [39:09] | She was shaking. | |
| [39:12] | See, | |
| [39:14] | that’s the thing about crimes of passion. | |
| [39:17] | They’re very difficult to plan for. | |
| [39:20] | Someone’s always forgetting a shovel. | |
| [39:27] | Come on, | |
| [39:29] | was that worth the wait or what? | |
| [39:31] | You sure you weren’t shovel shopping that night, Ms. Larson? | |
| [39:36] | Order! | |
| [39:39] | The witness will answer the question. | |
| [39:41] | Ooh, that’s okay. That’s all right. | |
| [39:43] | She doesn’t need to answer. | |
| [39:45] | See, the store owner got a partial license plate, | |
| [39:48] | and my office handed it over to the FBI this morning. | |
| [39:52] | Th-They’re actually searching your car as we speak. | |
| [39:55] | I’m sure their findings | |
| [39:56] | will make the answer abundantly clear. | |
| [39:59] | Thank you. | |
| [40:01] | No further questions, Your Honor. | |
| [40:15] | Still can’t bring myself to go inside the house. | |
| [40:17] | I should probably just sell it. | |
| [40:20] | But the lake… | |
| [40:22] | the lake reminds me of Ava. | |
| [40:26] | When I’m here, it’s like she’s… | |
| [40:30] | still with me, you know? | |
| [40:36] | Nathan, | |
| [40:39] | I’m sorry. | |
| [40:43] | I owe you an apology. | |
| [40:45] | Are you kidding me? | |
| [40:47] | You kept me out of prison. | |
| [40:48] | I owe you. | |
| [40:51] | I said some things. | |
| [40:52] | I made some judgments. | |
| [40:56] | I wasn’t there. | |
| [40:57] | I wasn’t inside your marriage. | |
| [41:01] | I’m sorry. | |
| [41:04] | It’s okay. | |
| [41:06] | You’re just a guy who loved his wife the best he could. | |
| [41:10] | Nothing else really matters. | |
| [41:13] | I just hope Ava knew. | |
| [41:17] | I’m pretty sure she did. | |
| [41:23] | Her last manuscript. | |
| [41:26] | Read the dedication. | |
| [41:30] | “Nathan… the dock to my boat, | |
| [41:33] | “my lighthouse in the storm, | |
| [41:35] | “you are my whole heart. | |
| [41:39] | Always.” |