Sara [to Nick]: I bet you really liked high school.
Yeah, playin' football, chasin' girls, books when I wanted to learn somethin', what's not to like?
This is Darcy, my wife Tina's niece.
Hey, Darcy. [Darcy kinda waves]
Yeah, you were right she's about Hannah's size.
Stop talkin' about me. [Warrick pulls an earbud out of her ear] Hey, that was the best part!
That's what the pause button is for. It's time to work, it's child labor day.
(Sara laughs)
[to Marlon] You moved the body, you buried it.
MWMarlon West
I know I did; I was there. What's the problem?
Well, the problem is what happened in the locker room. I mean, you're not the kind of guy who puts sodium in a showerhead to get back at somebody. You just trip them in the hallway.
So you think I'm too stupid to have done it. Great, join the club.
I don't think you're stupid, Marlon; I didn't say you were stupid. But this is Hannah's game. The whole way.
The evidence says either one of them could have done it, but I think they were in it together.
DJA.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair
Okay, I'll proceed against Marlon for the murder and bring charges against Hannah for conspiracy.
Another trial? You sure you want to go through all this again?
DJA.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair
Hannah's parents and the community will have my ass if I don't.
Well, then maybe this is good news. I was just going over Sofia's notes from the original investigation. The night of the murder, Hannah and Marlon's parents had left them alone in the house. A pizza was delivered to the residence around 9:00 PM.
That's right around Stacy's TOD.
DJA.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair
So, did anybody talk to the delivery guy?
Yes, and at the point that Sofia did, a month had passed. Now, the delivery guy's at the house all the time. He recognized photos of both kids, but he could not be sure which one answered the door that night.
But one of them did answer the door. [Sara nods] So that means they were not together at the time Stacy was killed.
Yeah. So much for conspiracy. We're right back where we started.
DJA.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair
Where we are is in the crapper. Look, I have to disclose the cart. Defense is going to eat me alive.
Marlon's your guy. He's your guy, just because Hannah wasn't there doesn't mean she didn't help plan this.
DJA.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair
Well, I sure hope it's Marlon, because he's the one we have on trial.
I stand by the case we filed.
I agree. The girl's just trying to protect him.
DJA.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair
Sara?
This was more about brains than brawn. I think Hannah did it.
DJA.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair
In my world, that's called an acquittal.
Hannah, with your gifts you could have done anything you could have wanted and you picked murder, you can't take that back.
HWHannah West
You're worried how I'm gonna turn out?
Of course I am. I know it seems like a really long time, but in five years, the Stacy's of the world would have been behind you.
HWHannah West
Let me guess? You were a smart kid in school, maybe you feel that we're a little bit alike?
There aren't many people like you.
HWHannah West
That's what my parents always say too. The last four months all they cared about was the effect of the trial on me not Marlon. It's been that way ever since I was 14 months old and started spelling words with plastic letters. It's so unfair and nobody ever sees it. He doesn't deserve to go to jail. If I get convicted, what's the worst case scenario? I mean, I'll be out in five years with an undergraduate degree. There's no Son of Sam law in Nevada. That was ruled unconstitutional, so I'm free to write a book about all of this. The story will be worth millions. Freaks are always good box office.
HWHannah West
When was the last time you had to sit down to be eye level with a murder suspect who was standing up?
Hannah West you are smart.
HWHannah West
So I've been told.
But you are not smart enough to get away with murder.
HWHannah West
I think I am. A lot of people are smart enough to get away with murder. You probably are too, but you have to be really smart to get people to think that something happened that never did.
What do you mean... exactly?
HWHannah West
Please don't worry about me, I'm gonna be fine. [whispering in Sara's ear] I didn't kill Stacy. Marlon did.
[A gangbanger is threatening Stokes and Brown]
GGangbanger
Yo think you're cops, y'all ain't cops!
[Stokes jumps out of the truck and levels his gun at him]
That's right, we're not cops we're mad scientists, back away from the vehicle, let me see your hands now.
Let me see if I understand this correctly. You let one of the members of your team drive his personal vehicle to a crime scene investigation, and even though there was a perfectly good crime scene vehicle there that personal car was crammed with every bit of evidence collected at a major murder investigation because two of you were maxed out on overtime. (Sara smirks and looks towards Greg who looks at the ground) And then the driver of said car, instead of securing that evidence in the lab, gave priority to his need for runny eggs, and the aforementioned vehicle was stolen from the parking lot filled with police cars. (Brass raises his eyebrows) Is there anything I missed?
Just this: Even if we recover the vehicle, the chain of custody has been broken, so all the evidence has been compromised. No judge will allow any of it to be admitted into court. Oh, and also, we released the crime scene, so it too has been compromised, leaving us nothing to go back for.
Thank you for clearing up the situation. (leaves)
It could have been worse. (shows Undersheriff McKeen leaving in his car, knocking down all the construction cones and speeding off)
Undersheriff McKeen (talking to Brass about the case): It's gonna look like the CSI's were paid off, no one's gonna believe it was an unfortunate series of coincidences. So my choices are we're idiots or we're dirty. So which are we?
Nick (going through his flashback; walking under the arch): "You'd think she'd know better than to wear white on the bride's big day." The perfume of American Beauties was everywhere, though a rose by any other name would have smelled just as sweet with that much love in the air.
Anyone interested in the wedding DVD?
GNGreg, Nick & Sara
Yeah.
Courtsey of Frank Rosetti. Owner of Cupid's Kiss. [(puts the DVD in)] All right, where do you wanna start?
GNGreg, Nick & Sara
The toast.
[Catherine puts on the toast, and they watch]
Dianne Chase [On DVD]: Everyone, everyone, I wanna thank you for coming. You know, the Bible says love is strong as death and as mother of the groom a wedding is bitter sweet. You are giving up as much as you are gaining. In some cases you are giving up much more. [loses her speech as she starts to get tipsy] To hell with it, I'll wing it. My Adam. He studied at Oxford, he went to Harvard school of business and of all the intelligent, wonderful, beautiful women he met along the way he ended up with Jill, plain little Jill. There's nothing wrong with her, but what's right with her, haha, even her name is boring. [turns to Adam] It's all right to take a lover, you just don't have to end up marrying her.. I mean, do you really wanna shallow our gene pool like this? [Adam tries to get her to leave] I wanna thank you all so much for coming, oh I love you Adam. [Catherine pauses the DVD after the toast is done]