"Yeah, bad news travels fast in this neighborhood." "Movie stars don't like bodies washing up on their private beach." "At these prices, you wouldn't like it either." "What do we got?" "Early 20s." "Not much decomp, but based on that and the lividity," "I'd say she's been in the water about 12 hours." "Dead no more than 24." "Strangled?" "Yeah, I found these fibers embedded in her neck." "Plus, she was weighted down around her legs." "Whoever killed her didn't want her to be found." "But the knot slipped." "Killer's obviously not a Boy Scout." "Anything else?" "Yeah, her hair's dyed." "Red's not her natural color... and you see these scars here?" "Breast enhancement." "It's a new procedure." "They go in through the belly button instead of the armpit." "I read it in Cosmo." "I'd say this girl's had a lot of work done." "Cheek implants, maybe her nose." "It's pretty recent, too." "I'll know for sure once I get inside, but I'd say she spent a bundle to look like this." "The price of beauty." "Something tells me the bill was a lot steeper than she thought." "Capture:" "FRM@AiHua Sync:" "FRS@ǳ" "How'd the cops I.D. Our victim?" "Caught a break on her prints." "In high school, she did an internship at her congressman's office, so they were in a federal database." "Her name's Melissa Kovak." "Her father's flying in from Ohio." "Said she came here two years ago to be an actress." "Ended up waiting tables." "Does anyone ever come here to be a waitress and end up a movie star?" "Detectives checked out her apartment." "Apparently, it's pretty bleak." "Now, according to her checkbook, she could barely afford that." "Anything we can use?" "A headshot photographer named Garrett Blake." "Melissa had an appointment with him the day she was killed." "The cops are talking to him." "You and Madeleine talk to him again as soon as they're done." "So how does a struggling actress with no money afford all this plastic surgery?" "That's got to be 30 grand worth of work easy." "Sugar daddy." "Maybe she was making money on the side." "Find out who her doctor is." "Maybe they can shed a little light on the subject." "Why would you let someone cut you up just to look hot?" "Why are you asking me?" "I'm going to go find the doctor." "You do that." "We really should do this more often." "It might be more pleasant if you stopped being mad at me." "Try disappointed." "Look, you did everything you could to keep me from going to New York, and now you're sorry that I didn't stay there." "Jules, I'm thrilled you're back." "It's why you're back that worries me." "Don't tell me that the girl I raised to think for herself is making huge choices based on some stud she met last week." "Hm." "The girl you raised..." "Fine, okay, yeah, it doesn't change the fact that you are making a big, fat mistake." "Dad, you don't even know Trevor." "I don't care if he's the love child of Gandhi and Mother Teresa." "You're 17." "You shouldn't be changing your life, you know, based on some boy whose name you won't remember in a couple of months." "Dad, I'm sorry that I lied to you." "But I'm not sorry about the choice I made to come back." "Or why I made it." "I love Trevor." "And you're just going to have to accept that." "Hey, I need a favor." "Talk to me." "I need some recon on a kid named Trevor Boyd." "See if he's got a record, you know, anything in his past." "This on that girl they found in Malibu?" "Not exactly." "All right, so who is he?" "Julie's new boyfriend." "Oh, hell no." "No, no." " Come on, Isaac." " No, look, you want to snoop around behind Julie's back, that's on you, okay?" "Last time I got between you two," "I almostled in the crossfire." "Hey, she followed this guy across the country." "I don't know the first thing about him." "I can find a dozen guys who'll run this down for you." "Yeah, but you're the only guy that I would trust with something like this." "No way." "I'm safer working undercover." "Please." "All right, but this is the last time, okay?" "Absolutely." "You know, until something else comes up." "Like I told the cops," "Melissa was a real sweetheart." "Here we go." "Melissa Kovak." "Fore she had her surgery?" "Most of these girls are beautiful when they walk in." "But it's tough out there." "These girls, they have managers and agents just pushing them, telling them that if they're just a little bit better looking they can have everything." "Anyway, I don't get paid to give career advice." "I just point and shoot." "Mr. Blake, according to your statement," "Melissa never showed for her last appointment." "Called her cell, got her voice mail." "I figured it was the boyfriend again." "She had a boyfriend?" "Rick sethi." "I told the police about him." "Weight lifter type, tattoos, bad attitude." "He showed up during a session one time, dragged her out." "When she called to reschedule," "I told her I couldn't work that way." "But she came back?" "Melissa knew what she wanted." "She dumped the guy." "I never saw him again." "Thank you for your time." "Hey, if you ladies ever want to try modeling..." "Yeah, thanks, anyway." "But our job's degrading enough." "I been through this already." "Melissa dumped me three months ago." "And how'd you take that?" "She was in to all this Hollywood crap." "I guess I wasn't good enough for her." "You've got quite a record here, Rick." "A couple of assault charges..." "I have a temper, so what?" "I see." "Another ex filed a restraining order against you." "That chick was crazy." "Or maybe you've got some anger management issues." "Got pissed off when Melissa Kovak dumped you for a rich guy, figured you'd teach her a lesson." "You got the wrong guy." "Yeah?" "Do you own a boat?" "Do I look like the kind of guy who owns a boat?" "Look, I pulled double shifts all week." "After that I was with my new girlfriend, Angela." "She'll back me up." "She better." "I was mad at Melissa, okay?" "But I swear to God, I didn't kill her." "You need to see this." "I had the cops try to track down the victim's plastic surgeon." "Bank statements, credit cards, none of her financials link up to any doctors, so I got creative." "Misdemeanor or felony?" "What does every breast implant have in common?" "Besides a man drooling over it?" "A serial number." "The M.E.'s office recorded the serial numbers on Melissa's implants." "The manufacturer says they were sold to a Dr. Neil Fuller in Beverly Hills." "Nice work." "And I had you figured for more of an ass man." "I don't play favorites." "This place is incredible." "Is this a doctor's office or a high-end spa?" "I don't know, but I am buying whatever they sell." "Dr. Fuller can see you now." "As you know, I can't discuss confidential information about my patients." "Of course, but this is a murder investigation, Dr. Fuller, so if we have to come back with uniforms and a court order, that's going to alter the tone of the conversation." "What is it that you want to know?" "How did Melissa Kovak pay for her surgery?" "I don't handle patient billing myself." "Well, the reason we ask is that there's no record of her ever paying you a dime." "Well, some of my patients pay cash." "Oh, really?" "Like, say if a guy is shelling out for his girlfriend's new rack, but doesn't want his wife to find the check stub?" "Well, that's not unprecedented." "The point is it's unclear where Melissa Kovak came up with that much money." "Honestly, that's beyond the scope of my practice." "I'm focused on providing safe, effective care." "I assume you keep records of all of your cash transactions." "Of course, yeah." "Feel free to contact my accountant." "That's a nice boat." " How many feet?" " Thirty-two." " It's a great way to relax." " Yeah, I bet." "Are we almost done here?" "I have some patients waiting." "We appreciate your time, Doctor." "Monique will show you out." "Sometimes big organized crime cases take years..." "Isn't that dangerous?" "Well, yeah, but it comes with the job." "Monique, could we ask you a few questions?" "I'm not really supposed to..." "It would really help us out." "Did you know Melissa Kovak?" "She was sweet." "Would you happen to know if she paid cash for the work she had done?" "Well, I'm a nurse, I don't deal with the billing." "Listen, Monique," "I know this is your job." "But someone killed Melissa and if you know something, we need you to tell us." "Girls come in and out of here all the time." "A lot of them aren't on the appointment book, if you know what I mean." "Go on." "Melissa came in last week, really upset, demanded to see Dr. Fuller." "They went into his office." "We could hear them arguing through the wall." "What were they fighting about?" "I'm not sure." "She stormed out of here and that was the last time I saw her." "Well, thank you." "Monique, you've been very helpful." "Thank you." "Thanks." "So were you flirting with her so she would talk or so she'd give you her number?" "Yes." "Mr. Kovak?" "I'm Sebastian Stark." "My office said you'd be out here." "I'm so sorry about your daughter." "I'm supposed to go in there and identify her." "I can have someone go in with you, if you'd like." "No." "You have, uh, do you have kids, Mr. Stark?" "A daughter." "You know, if there's anything you can tell me about Melissa's life here in Los Angeles..." "We didn't talk as much as I would have liked." "I mean, we used to be close, but when her mother passed..." "Sometimes tragedy brings people closer together." "That wasn't the case for Melissa and me." "I didn't even know she wanted to be an actress." "When she quit her job at the bank to come out here," "I was totally shocked." "Kids and their secrets." "Did you know she had plastic surgery?" "It's not uncommon for young women trying to break into the entertainment business." "I sell insurance in Ohio, Mr. Stark." "All I know about Hollywood is what I don't read in the magazines." "What I do know is that Melissa was a good girl and I loved her" "just the way she was." "So please... please... find the son of a bitch who did this." "Give me something I can use." "Talked to a couple more of Dr. Fuller's patients." "Same story as Melissa Kovak." "Lots of surgery, no money to pay for it and no sugar daddy footing the bill." "Assuming he's not the charitable type," "I got to figure Fuller's getting something in return for his surgery skills." "Hmm, let's see... what could beautiful young women have that a middle-aged man might want?" "Sex for surgery and just like that, mankind sinks to a new low." "Are these girls willing to go on record?" "Not exactly the kind of publicity a young actress is looking for." "So Dr. Lookgood's banging his patients for boob jobs." "Still, doesn't make him a killer." "Way ahead of you." "I checked out his boat, which he keeps down in the Marina." "Security guard says he took it out the night Melissa Kovak died." "How long was he out?" "90 minutes, which is more than enough time for him to dump her body and get back." "Getting warmer." "Looking into the doc's finances, this guy's got more dummy corporations than Donald Trump." "Keeps it sweet in the Metro Hotel in Beverly Hills." "Where the elite meet to sleep around." "Okay, so the guy's a scumbag." "He may even have been having an affair with our victim." "What's the motive for murder?" "Maybe Melissa wanted to get serious." "Threatened to tell Fuller's wife about the affair." "Murder's preferable to alimony." "Can't say the thought never crossed my mind." "Okay, I want the doctor's records on Melissa Kovak and the other girls." "How do you figure we're going to get those?" "Yeah, we ask Fuller, he's just going to lawyer up." "We don't have enough for a search warrant." "Not yet we don't." "What?" "Oh." "I'm so sorry." "It's okay, it's my fault." "No, no, no." "Please, let me buy you another." "Bellini." "My pleasure." "I, uh, am Neil Fuller." "Madeleine Poe." "Hello, Madeleine Poe." "Excuse me." "Neurotic patients." "I don't get much of a chance to rest." "You're that Neil Fuller." "Oh, I had no idea my reputation preceded me." "People magazine just did a story about you." ""Plastic surgeon to the stars."" "There were other doctors profiled." "I know, but..." "Gabriella Cory says you're fantastic." "Gabriella Cory." "She went from an A to a double D." "Oh, sure, sure." "I remember Gabriella." "How's she doing?" "Very happy with the work you did." "I guess every girl thinks about that sometimes;" "adding a little more up top." "It's nothing to be ashamed of." "But honestly, you don't need it." "You know, it doesn't matter." "With my salary, I couldn't afford it." "Look, Madeleine if this is something you're serious about, maybe we could figure something out." "Really?" "Such as?" "Well, I keep a suite here for consultations." "Why don't you come up?" "Spend some time together, and we'll discuss your options." "And if I did that?" "You would help me with my, uh..." "You take care of me and I'll take care of you." "Actually, you know what?" "I think I'll pass." "The people at work would have a field day." "DA's Office is a real snake pit." "Oh, and by the way, you're under arrest for solicitation." "Thanks for the Bellini." "This?" "Entrapment, Your Honor." "My client's conduct never approached the level of solicitation." "Dr. Fuller was clearly trying to elicit sexual favors in return for plastic surgery." "No promise of payment was ever made, either in cash or services." "I have to agree, Ms. Devlin." "This is questionable." "They're just getting warmed up." "A search warrant was executed at my client's office last night, using this bogus arrest for cause." "We acted in good faith, Your Honor." "We have reason to believe Dr. Fuller is engaged in a criminal..." "Stop." "Problem?" "The search warrant is voided." "Anything you found in Dr. Fuller's office is fruit of the poisonous tree, and hence, inadmissible." "Your Honor..." "In the mood for a fine today, Ms. Devlin?" "Just leaving." "How'd it go?" "Oh, I'll tell you as soon as I pull Judge Fudimora's foot out of my ass." "We lost the warrant, too?" "Are you kidding?" "Our entire search is one step away from reaking and entering." "So what was the point of jamming me into that mini dress last night?" "I guess a little joy in my life, not to mention your little cameo got us access to every document in Fuller's files." "Files which need to find their way back to the good doctor's office before Dan Lauter gets me disbarred, thank you very much." "These are copies." "Originals, copies, what's the difference?" "It's all inadmissible." "Hey, if you can't deduce the crime from the evidence..." "Produce the evidence from the crime." "Welcome to Stark's College of Legal Knowledge." "Anything yet?" "Yep, notice from the state medical board." "They're investigating Fuller for unethical conduct." "And guess who their star witness was going to be?" "Melissa Kovak." "This was no lover's spat, sports fans." "Melissa Kovak was going to blow the whistle on Fuller's entire barter operation." "He'd lose his medical license." "Hey, motive." "Fuller killed Melissa Kovak to keep her collagen-injected lips sealed." "You really think you can make the rent on this place?" "Uh-huh." "My grandfather left me some money and I had to get out of my parent's place." "And speaking of parents..." "Don't you think it's a little bit weird that you've met my folks and I haven't met yours?" "Well, you met my mom in New York." "Yeah, but what about the infamous Sebastian Stark?" "Well, he's infamous for a reason." "He's in the middle of a big case right now." "Did you tell him I dropped out of school?" "I said you we taking a break." "How'd that go over?" "Don't ask." "I'm going to have to meet him sometime, right?" "Why?" "Because I love you." "And you shouldn't have to run around behind your dad's back." "Trust me, it's better." "Look, you don't understand." "My dad tears people apart for a living and he really likes it." "I didn't break any laws." "You're dating me, which is a major felony in his book." "Okay, I promise." "Once this case is over, I'll set something up." "If he wins, he'll be in a good mood." "And if n, we'll... reschedule." "All right, well, check this out." "Fuller wasn't just trading sex for surgery, he was getting paid." "Phony insurance claims from medically necessary procedures." "No wonder he was afraid of a medical board investigation." "He gets sanctioned for unethical conduct, but you go to jail for insurance fraud." "I traced the checks from one of Fuller's bogus holding companies." "Guess who he was paying off for client referrals?" "Garrett Blake." "The photographer that took Melissa's headshots." "So he chats up the girls when they come in for headshots, and then points them to his pal, Dr. Fuller, who can make all their dreams come true." "Fuller nails them, cuts them up, then submits a phony insurance claim." "He and Blake split the cash." "Think its time our good doctor went under the knife." "My client has an ain'tight alibi." "Just because he didn't kill Melissa Kovak, doesn't mean he didn't hire someone else to do it." "I didn't know you wrote fiction." "I had nothing to do with Melissa's death." "I cared about her." "The same way you cared about all the other girls that you surgically altered for sexual favors?" "We came here in good faith." "Tell us about your deal with Garrett Blake, the phony insurance claims." "No, no, we're not getting in to that." "Wake up, Dan." "We got this guy on so much insurance fraud he'll be doing ass tucks up in Lompac for the next 20 years." "You got anybody willing to testify?" "You want to find out?" "Because if you don't cooperate, my friend," "I am going to make it my mission to put you away." "I-I-I... made some mistakes." "But I could never kill anyone." "I spent my career helping people." "Yeah, having sex with your patients is a truly selfless act." "So how about that medical board investigation?" "Melissa's carrier questioned the claims." "They were threatening to revoke her coverage." "She was pretty upset." "So is this the argument your nurse overheard?" "Melissa said she was going to testify." "I panicked." "Went to see Garrett Blake" "I was hoping he could calm her down." "Let me guess:" "He was sleeping with her, too?" "No, Garrett wasn't into that." "He's a control freak." "He gets off on micromanaging everything." "He'd tell the girls exactly what they needed to do to get famous." "Bigger breasts, perkier noses, right down to the millimeter." "He'd send them to me with exact instructions." "What did you do when you heard Melissa was dead?" "Well, I confronted Blake." "I asked him what he'd done." "He said one way or the other, the problem is solved." "I..." "I know I should have come forward." "I was scared." "But I did not kill Melissa." "Here's the deal." "If this all checks out, he pleads guilty to insurance fraud, testifies against Blake." "What about the murder?" "I don't charge him as a coconspirator." "But you're done practicing medicine." "Oh, try not to furrow your brow, it adds ten years." "Trouble is, if we put the doc on the stand and he knocks it out of the park, we still don't have enough to prove that Garrett Blake killed her." "He had motive." "All the money he was making from referrals?" "Melissa was gonna cut into his cash flow in a big way." "Motive absent opportunity doesn't cut it." "I have Melissa Kovak's father on the line for you." "He probably just wants an update." "And I'm supposed to tell him what, that our case is being held together with Elmer's glue and good intentions?" "Take a message." "Ah, just the man I was looking for." "How would you like me to hand you your case on a silver platter?" "Is this a trick question?" "I went out with the cops to check the boatyards north of Malibu." "And guess who rented a speedboat the night of the murder?" "Our favorite photographer, Garrett Blake." "Can we make this stick?" "Blake was smart enough to use an alias, but the manager I.D.'d him." "And he's a solid citizen." "Motive, meet opportunity." "Beautiful, beautiful..." "okay, hold it right there." "Beautiful." "Elena, what I want you to do is" "I want you to go real Bride of Frankenstein..." "you're dead." "Really need to see the speed, okay, so bring it in." "Squeeze her tight around the waist." "Beautiful." "Cora, what I need you to do is" "I need..." "Trick or treat." "Hey, it's the beautiful D.A." "Did you change your mind about the photo shoot?" "I don't do latex, but something tells me the cops are gonna want to take some pictures of you." "You're under arrest for the murder of Melissa Kovak." "I hope you're ready for your closeup." "?" "?" "I said a word to anyone." "He'd make it look like I killed Melissa." "But you didn't kill her, did you, Doctor?" "No, no." "I acted badly." "I took advantage of her, but..." "I had nothing to do with Melissa's death." "Thank you, Dr. Fuller." "Smoke 'em if you got 'em." "Dr. Fuller?" "Do you and your wife have a prenuptial agreement?" "Objection, relevance." "Goes to motive." "Overruled." "No, we don't have a pre-nup." "So... if Melissa Kovak were to testify against you at that medical board hearing, revealing your affair, you faced not only the loss of your medical license and criminal charges, but a potentially ruinous divorce." "I suppose so." "Yes or no?" "Yes." "And you cut a deal with the DA on those criminal charges, right?" "Objection, Your Honor." "We've already covered this." "Your Honor, I think the jury needs to understand this point." "Make it fast, Ms. Kirbo." "In return for your testimony today, the DA's Office has agreed not to seek prison time on the insurance fraud charges." "Isn't that so?" "Yes." "So you are an admitted liar and thief who gets off scot-free for testifying against my client." "Your Honor, she's badgering the witness." "Sustained." "One final question, Dr. Fuller." "You had all the motivation in the world, to make sure that Melissa Kovak kept her mouth shut." "Yet you expect us to believe that it was Mr. Blake who killed her?" "It's the truth." "I see." "And we all know what an expert you are on that subject." "Nothing further." "That stuff will kill you." "Not after the beating our key witness just took." "Death would be a step up." "Thanks, Gino." "What do you got?" "Looks like you were right about Julia's boyfriend." "Trevor Boyd got busted two years ago, possession of cocaine." "I'm gonna need another dog." "Oh, no, no, wait a minute, wait a minute... now look, look, he was a juvenile." "He got off with probation and a stint in rehab." "Who knew that dropping out of high school was gonna be the good news on this kid?" "Ah, he's 16." "Kids do dumb things." "I seem to remember another kid who screwed up, got a DUI." "That was completely different." "Yeah?" "How?" "You know what?" "Talk to me when you have your own daughter, okay?" "Julie's a smart girl." "You should let her figure it out." "Yeah, right." "Or I could rip this kid's head off and tear his heart out through his neck." "That's the other way to go." "Is the man who rented the boat from you in the courtroom, Mr. Gibbons?" "Yes, that's him over there." "Let the record show that Mr. Gibbons indicated the defendant, Garrett Blake." "Nothing further." "Do you drink, Mr. Gibbons?" "Objection." "Relevance?" "Overruled." "Answer the question." "Sometimes." "On the day my client allegedly did business with you- what about that time?" "I might have had a few beers." "And isn't it true that you were coming to the end of a 16-hour shift when you rented this boat?" "Yeah, but..." "So, after 16 hours on your feet, with an undetermined number of cocktails... are you still confident that the man you rented that boat to is Mr. Blake?" "It sure looks like him." "It looks like him, or it is him?" "I'm pretty sure." "This man is on trial for murder, Mr. Gibbons." "He came in right before closing, rented the fastest boat I got." "I mean, I might not have been paying that much attention, but..." "But yet you testified that it was Mr. Blake." "Why?" "The DA, Mr. Reyes... did he tell you how important your testimony would be?" " Yeah." " Because according to one of your coworkers," "Mr. Reyes told you that he could direct the county to shut down your business if you didn't cooperate." "He might have said something like that." "So, you agreed to testify that it was Garrett Blake who rented a boat from you, when the truth is, you really don't know who rented the boat, do you?" "Very eloquent, Mr. Gibbons." "Nothing further." "We got a circumstantial case to begin with, and you blow it by trying to intimidate a witness?" "The guy saw Blake." "He wasn't up for testifying, so I pushed a lile." "You would have done the same thing." "But the difference is I would've gotten it right." "Of course you would have, because you never make a wrong move." "Not when there's money on the table, never." "Look, I made a call, okay?" "It blew up." "But if I had to do it over, I'd do the same damn thing." "The clinical definition of insanity." "You, my friend, are a loose cannon with a bad attitude." "I can live with that." "But if you can't back up the talk, Danny, you're out of here." "I wonder if Kirbo put on a case." "Why should she?" "We've already dug our own grave." "Ms. Kirbo?" "Does the defense wish to present any evidence?" "Yes, Your Honor." "The defense calls Garrett Blake." "Why the hell is he testifying?" "Maybe God's throwing us a bone." "Mr. Blake, please tell the jury how you met Melissa Kovak." "She came to me for headshots about a year and a half ago." "And is this what she looked like when she came in?" "No, that picture was taken after her surgery." "How about this?" "Yes." "That was before she'd had her work done." "Did you refer Melissa to Dr. Fuller for plastic surgery?" "Yes." "He did excellent work, and he paid me five percent for all referrals." "Did you know that that money came from fraudulent insurance claims?" "No." "Dr. Fuller seemed so honest." "Were you aware that Dr. Fuller was receiving sex from many of these young women in lieu of payment?" "No." "And it makes me sick." "Were you sleeping with Melissa Kovak?" "Absolutely not." "I would never exploit my relationship with these women." "They trust me." "And I would never violate that trust." "When did you learn what Dr. Fuller was really up to?" "When Melissa agreed to testify in front of the medical board," "Dr. Fuller told me about the sex and the insurance fraud." "He told me he'd take care of Melissa." "Why didn't you go to the police?" "I wanted to, but he threatened to implicate me." "He told me I'd go to jail." "They're buying this guy hook, line and sinker." "I thought he was just going to reason with her." "I never thought he would kill her." "If only I'd made that call," "Melissa would still be alive today." "I'll never forgive myself." "Thank you." "Mr. Stark." "Your Honor, in light of the defendant's unexpected testimony," "I request a recess." "Denied." "Speak now, or forever hold your peace." "No questions, Your Honor." "The defense rests, Your Honor." "Knocking Blake off his story was your only shot." "He has the jury eating out of the palm of his hand, Jess." "I go after him, it makes him more sympathetic." "I still can't figure out why he chose to testify." "It's like Fuller said, the guy's a control freak." "You saw him reading his own lawyer the riot act in there." "He has to run the show." "Sounds familiar." "All that crap about respecting women." "He convinced these girls to mutilate their bodies, and then fed them to a sexual predator for money" "We still have to prove it." "Let's go back over every woman this guy ever photographed." "A bottle of 18-year-old single malt says he's got something to hide." "Make it Bordeaux." " Done." " Mr. Stark you said you'd get the guy who did this." "The trial's not over, Mr. Kovak." "First it's a doctor, then it's a photographer." "Did Blake kill my daughter?" "Yes, I'm certain of it." "Then why can't you prove it?" "A murder case is complicated..." "Complicated?" "My daughter is dead." "I thought you understood what that meant." "Mr. Kovak?" "This guy has photographed over 300 women." "Then we better order in again, because nobody is leaving this room until we find something we can use." "Oh, nice of you to join us." "I was going to go drinking, but I figured I'd pull our asses out of the fire instead." "Going over a list of Blake's clients," "I recognized a name... ndy Hanson." "Missing person, couple years back." "They thought it was gang-related, but it didn't pan out." "I called the detective who caught it and had him run some names." "Hey, will you cut to the chase?" "I got court in 12 hours." "Turns out, two of Blake's clients have gone missing in the last six years." "Two more are dead." "Were the cases ever solved?" "One car accident." "That leaves one unsolved murder and two missing persons." "Three red flags?" "There's no way that's a coincidence." "Oh, and the dead girl... struggled" "M.E. Found yellow silk fibers on her neck." "Are you trying to tell me Garrett Blake is some kind of serial killer?" "Whatever he is, he's smart as hell." "Girls all went missing from different jurisdictions." "He dumped the one body they found up in King's County." "That way, no one puts it together." "Let me see these girls." "They could be sisters." "Forget separated at birth." "Try separated by death." "Cross reference these names with Dr. Frankenstein's files." "Doesn't this point to Fler?" "He's the one who did the surgery, not Blake." "But Blake provided the road map." "And it always ended up in the same place." "Yeah." "The problem is there's no way these photos come in." "They're irrelevant, not to mention prejudicial." "So, we ask for a continuance, and we find some evidence to tie them in." "We'll never get a continuance, and opardy attaches if we dismiss." "We need to get this guy right here, right now." "You better have the closing of your life tomorrow." "Hope you all brought your PJs, kids, because we need to examine Blake's past... girlfriends, clients, teachers." "I don't care if you have to wake them up." "Get me inside this guy's twisted head." "Garrett Blake is killing the same girl over and over and over again." "We find out why, we got him." "Mr. Stark, closing argument?" "Your Honor, the People request leave to present a rebuttal witness." "Sidebar, Your Honor." "Judge, we've been given no notice of any witnesses." "Well, that's the definition of rebuttal, isn't it, Your Honor?" "You don't know about it until, hey, there's something to rebut." "Pretty late in the game, Mr. Stark." "Well, I play all nine innings, Judge." "They opened the door." "Mr. Blake swore that he'd never hurt a woman." "I found someone who has a slightly different point of view." "I'll give you some rope," "Mr. Stark; try not to hang yourself." "Actually, I'll be the guy wearing the black hood." "The People call Amanda Sellers." "Ms. Sellers, can you please tell the jury how you came to know the defendant, Garrett Blake?" "We dated in college, UCSB." "People's exhibit F," "Your Honor." "This is you and the defendant?" "Yes." "How long were you together?" "A year and a half." "Garrett was really sweet in the beginning." "He said I was the first real girlfriend he ever had." "Did he propose marriage?" "Yes." "What did you say?" "I said, "Yes."" "But once we got engaged everything changed." "Objection." "Relevance?" "Goes to motive, Your Honor." "Get there fast, Mr. Stark." "Ms. Sellers, what happened after you got engaged?" "Garrett became very possessive." "He tried to control my whole life." "Was he jealous?" "Extremely." "He'd get really angry if I even talked to other guys at school." "He said I belonged to him." "What did you do?" "I tried to talk to him about it." "But he got so angry." "Finally I realized it wasn't going to work out." "You broke off the engagement?" "Yes." "What happened then?" "He flew into a rage." "Shoved me into the wall, started choking me from behind." "Sidebar, Your Honor." "Denied." "Continue, Ms. Sellers." "I fought back." "I... was afraid he was going to kill me." "After a minute or so, he just stopped and he started crying." "He begged me to forgive him and told me that he loved me." "I just ran out of there." "And have you had any contact with Mr. Blake since?" "I couldn't get away from him." "He stalked me." "He followed me around campus, put pictures of me on my windshield." "I'd get dozens of phone calls late at night." "I knew it was Garrett." "What finally happened?" "I graduated and moved back to Orange County, and I didn't hear his name again until now." "Ms. Sellers, what are you wearing in this picture?" "It's a silk scarf." "Garrett gave it to me for my birthday." "A yellow silk scarf." "Which, according to the Medical Examiner's testimony" ", is exactly what was used to strangle Melissa Kovak." "Objection, counsel is testifying." "Withdrawn." "Oh, Ms. Sellers, one last question." "What was the last thing" "Garrett Blake ever said to you?" "The day we graduated, he told me that he'd always love me." "And that meant he could never hurt me." "But that if it took him the rest of his life, he'd figure out a way to get back at me." "Garrett Blake is a wounded man." "He felt betrayed by the only woman he ever truly loved." "And swore he would get revenge." "But he finds he can't bring himself to hurt her." "So what does he do?" "He seeks out the company of young women." "Young women he can befriend, control, mold..." "And then, he meets Melissa Kovak." "Now, does Melissa Kovak look like his ex-fiance" "Amanda Sellers?" "Pretty close." "The hair is the wrong color." "The nose isn't quite right." "The cheeks, a little too round." "So he convinces her to get some work done." "Tells her that this is the only way that she'll ever become a star, and sends her to his friend, Dr. Fuller." "Now, we all know what Dr. Fuller got out of this." "But what did Garrett Blake get?" "The swer is frighteningly simple." "He got back the woman of his dreams." "Only this time, she wouldn't break his heart." "This time, things would be different." "Melissa Kovak came to Los Angeles to pursue her dream and yet she was repeatedly victimized by people she thought she could trust." "A father's child was brutally murdered and it is up to all of us to deliver justice." "Garrett Blake had the motive..." "Amanda Sellers made that clear... opportunity, and a long-standing predilection for yellow silk scarves... the murder weapon." "Of course, witnesses aren't perfect, they never are." "But we have heard testimony from source after source that leads to one inescapable conclusion." "Garrett Blake turned Melissa Kovak from this into this." "He turned Melissa into Amanda and then delivered on his promise." "He paid her back." "And now it's his turn to pay." "Never get used to the waiting." "Nope." "You know, I remember my first jury trial." "I was up against a pretty decent defense attorney." "Kind of pompous and arrogant, but he knew how nervous I was." "So he called me while the jury was out." "Probably wanted to hit on you." "Actually, I think that's the one time you didn't hit on me." "You told me that, at the end of the day, you put your best cards on the table, then you put it in the jury's hands and you let it go" "If I remember correctly, you lost that case." "Not the point." "This guy's a bona fide psycho, Jess." "And if we don't get him today, then we open up every one of these other cases and we find a way to get him tomorrow." "And how many more girls die in the meantime?" "I promised her father." "She was all he had." "You did everything you could." "Uh, the jury's back." "In the matter of The People v. Garrett Michael Blake, has the jury reached a verdict?" "Yes, Your Honor." "On the charge of first degree murder with special circumstances, we find the defendant guilty as charged." "Nice work, counselor." "At best, we dodged a bullet." "Speaking of which..." "So, I heard the good guys won." " We need to talk." " Forget about it, it was a big case, you were stressed out." "Is he kidding?" "Are you kidding?" "No, I don't need an apology." "Good, because I was going to say that if you ever threaten a witness without my okay again, you're history." "You have a short memory, buddy." "I'm the guy who got the evidence to put us over the top." "Who went out, found Amanda Sellers down in San Clemente in the middle of the night." "Well, don't pull a muscle patting yourself on the back, pal, because that's what you're paid for." "And the next time you cut a corner and it blows up in my face, you are off the payroll." "¿Comprende?" " He's good." " Outstanding." "Mr. Kovak." "I, uh, I wanted to apologize for what I said." "And also, I want to thank you." "I wish I could do more." "It's weird being a parent." "You do the best you can." "You, uh..." "You try to raise them right, give them roots." "Next thing you know, they're all grown up and they've got their own ideas and their own lives." "And you realize you can't protect them anymore." "Anyway, I've got a plane to catch." "Hi, sweetie." "Hi, Dad, um... there's, uh, there's somebody I want you to meet." "Hi." "Trevor Boyd." "Nice to meet you, sir." "Trevor." "Well, this is a surprise." "He was just dropping me off but he wanted to say hi." "Well, hi." "Dad, I heard you won your case." "Uh-huh." "I know that you're a little worried about Julie being in a serious relationship, especially with someone who dropped out of school and, uh..." "I really don't blame you." "You know, I'd be worried about her, too." "Good." "Glad we see eye-to-eye on that." "Dad." "Truth is, I've... screwed up a few times and got mixed up in some things that I shouldn't have." "But I love your daughter very much and I'd never do anything to hurt her." "So if there's anything you want to know about me," "I'll tell you the truth." "All you've got to do is ask." "As a matter of fact, I do have a question for you." "Do you like Greek food?" "Yeah." "Good, 'cause they have a mean souvlaki here." "Bring your girlfriend." "Hey, Tony, let's make it for three, okay?" "Dad" "Just when I think I've got you figured out." "I'm an enigma." "But I still reserve the right to kill him at any time." "Sounds fair."