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ROOMS OF EXPERIENCE - Act 1 · Table Read

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  Speaker 1: Tailor rooms. I experience.
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  Speaker 2: Here we go taory rooms.
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  Speaker 3: I experience.
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  Speaker 4: Rooms of experience by Stephanie Summers. Fade in exterior Children's
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  Speaker 4: Hospital day flashback eight years prior. People stride in and
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  Speaker 4: out through the automatic doors of the brightly colored building
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  Speaker 4: on a sunny spring day.
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  Speaker 1: Graceful willows line the walk.
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  Speaker 4: Dana, thirty, attractive long hair tied back in a loose,
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  Speaker 4: messy braid, dressed simply in jeans and a T shirt,
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  Speaker 4: walks a few feet out of the doors, stops midstep,
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  Speaker 4: her face tight with stress. People stream past her around her.
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  Speaker 4: A nurse pushes a wheelchair with a woman and her
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  Speaker 4: newborn towards a car waiting at the curb. A man
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  Speaker 4: beams alongside. As they passed Dana, a tiny pink and
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  Speaker 4: blue hat falls on the ground in front of her.
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  Speaker 4: Her gaze lands on the hat. She breathes heavy, something
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  Speaker 4: weighs on her, then walks faster toward the parking lot.
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  Speaker 4: The hat left abandoned on the cement. Exterior parking lot day.
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  Speaker 4: Dana reaches her car, grabs the door handle. A sob
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  Speaker 4: almost escapes her lips, but she fights it back, wrenches
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  Speaker 4: the door open, gets in the driver's seat, fade to interior.
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  Speaker 4: Dana's car moving present. Day Dana, impeccably dressed, expertly made
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  Speaker 4: up hair and a tight bun, drives down a crowded
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  Speaker 4: city street. Wiper blades thumb away rain from her windshield,
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  Speaker 4: turns into a parking garage, deathly parks in her spot,
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  Speaker 4: exits the car, a chirp of the alarm, her heels
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  Speaker 4: click on a cement. Her actions smooth and controlled. Interior
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  Speaker 4: Office of the District Attorney. Day Dana enters from the street,
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  Speaker 4: drops a wet umbrella and a stand by the door,
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  Speaker 4: heads down the hall Interior Dana's office. Day Dana opens
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  Speaker 4: the door, which reads Dana Jeffrey's Assistant District Attorney Homicide.
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  Speaker 4: Hangs her purse on a coat rack in the corner,
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  Speaker 4: takes a seat at her desk, grabs mail from her inbox,
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  Speaker 4: stifts through the mail, gets to a baby blue envelope, stops,
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  Speaker 4: stares at it, runs her finger over the handwriting on
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  Speaker 4: the front contemplates the letter opener on her desk. Her
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  Speaker 4: desk phone rings startles her. She opens a bottomed desk drawer,
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  Speaker 4: throws the envelope on top of several other envelopes in
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  Speaker 4: the same color with the same handwriting. Reaches for the phone.
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  Speaker 4: Exterior Ada's backyard night. Ada, elderly, close to ninety, put
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  Speaker 4: trim and well put together, stands on the lawn in
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  Speaker 4: the dark, eliminated by a small shaft of light from
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  Speaker 4: a bulb above the sliding glass door to the house.
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  Speaker 4: She holds a yellow balloon gently.
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  Speaker 1: To her chest.
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  Speaker 4: There is the rumble of thunder in the distance. She
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  Speaker 4: closes her eyes and opens her arms, lets the balloon
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  Speaker 4: float up into the night sky, opens her eyes and
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  Speaker 4: looks up, watches the balloon disappear, and turns and goes inside.
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  Speaker 4: Drops of rain fall on the cement. Exterior residential street night.
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  Speaker 4: Drops of rain beat against the asphalt, reflect the street lights.
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  Speaker 1: The click of a phone being answered nine one one operator,
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  Speaker 1: Where is your emergency? Silence?
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  Speaker 2: Hello, nine one one, Is anyone there?
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  Speaker 1: I I.
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  Speaker 5: My sun is dead.
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  Speaker 4: The wail of a siren heard in the distance. Exterior
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  Speaker 4: Ata's house night. A coroner's van approaches, stops in front.
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  Speaker 4: An ambulance and two police cars, lights flashing, are already
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  Speaker 4: on the scene. This is a well kept, but older,
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  Speaker 4: middle class suburban neighborhood. All of the homes appear to
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  Speaker 4: have been renovated or upgraded, except for this one. It
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  Speaker 4: appears frozen in time. The door is open, lights ablaze
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  Speaker 4: against the night sky. Officers move about, Neighbors peer out
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  Speaker 4: their windows, Some step out on porches to see what's
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  Speaker 4: going on. Interior Ada's House, Bedroom night. The body of
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  Speaker 4: a man teddy sixties, dressed in pajamas lies dead on
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  Speaker 4: the bed in a sparsely furnished room. Nothing in the
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  Speaker 4: room looks out of order or unusual, except that every
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  Speaker 4: inch of wall space is tacked with abstract drawings. There's
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  Speaker 4: a folded cloth and a length of plastic tubing on
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  Speaker 4: a nightstand. A tank of helium stands next to it.
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  Speaker 4: CSI one takes pictures while CSI two, catalog's evidence Detective
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  Speaker 4: Curtis fifties pokes his head in looks at the drawings.
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  Speaker 6: Quite the art collection. How's it going?
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  Speaker 2: Just finishing up?
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  Speaker 4: The detective nods. Interior Ada's living room night. All the
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  Speaker 4: furniture is fifty or sixty years old, with the exception
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  Speaker 4: of a laptop computer on a small desk in the corner.
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  Speaker 4: The walls are covered in shelves filled with hundreds of
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  Speaker 4: neatly arranged books. Detective Curtis enters from the hall, surveys
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  Speaker 4: the room, steps over to the books, wills out a title,
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  Speaker 4: Yoga for Healthy Aging and Longevity. Scoffs places it back
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  Speaker 4: on the shelf, notices an upright piano crosses to it,
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  Speaker 4: tinkles a few keys. Walks into the kitchen interior Ada's
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  Speaker 4: kitchen night. Ada sits at the table with a uniformed officer.
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  Speaker 4: Another officer stands in the background. Ada still wears daytime clothes.
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  Speaker 4: Her hands are folded in her lap. She stares straight ahead.
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  Speaker 4: Detective Curtis takes a seat next to her. There is
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  Speaker 4: mail on the table. He picks up an envelope, looks
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  Speaker 4: at the name.
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  Speaker 7: Uh, missus Wells. Yes, are you the owner of this home?
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  Speaker 7: She nods, missus Wells? Can you tell me who else
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  Speaker 7: lives here with you?
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  Speaker 1: Just my son?
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  Speaker 6: And is that your son in the bed?
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  Speaker 7: Has anyone else been in your home this evening that
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  Speaker 7: you're aware of? No, Missus Wells, there's a tank of
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  Speaker 7: helium in your son's bedroom. Do you know anything about that?
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  Speaker 1: She still does not look at the detective.
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  Speaker 8: We have it for the balloons.
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  Speaker 5: Teddy likes to Teddy likes to let them go outside.
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  Speaker 5: The yellow ones are is favored. He thinks it's like
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  Speaker 5: the sunrise.
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  Speaker 4: Detective Curtis and the seated officer exchange glances.
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  Speaker 7: Missus wells, do you have any family in the area?
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  Speaker 7: Is there anyone we could call for you?
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  Speaker 4: She finally looks straight at him, takes in his face
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  Speaker 4: for a moment before she answers.
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  Speaker 8: They're gone.
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  Speaker 5: Everyone is gone. It's just Teddy and me, has been
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  Speaker 5: for years, for as long as I can remember.
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  Speaker 6: Really, excuse me for a moment.
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  Speaker 3: Man.
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  Speaker 4: He stands up, motions to the standing officer. They walk
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  Speaker 4: out of the kitchen into the hallway interior atis front
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  Speaker 4: hallway continuous. Detective Curtis and the officers stand by the
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  Speaker 4: open front door, pulls on it.
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  Speaker 6: Possibly, what do we know about the sun?
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  Speaker 4: The csis enter from the bedroom. CSI one exits out
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  Speaker 4: the front door.
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  Speaker 3: We're done. You could sit in the wagon.
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  Speaker 6: Suicide probably those sides of a struggle.
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  Speaker 3: The tank of helium popular with the final exit crowd.
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  Speaker 7: The artwork is a bit curious, though. A mental illness.
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  Speaker 7: Maybe Mom appears to have dementia, could run in the family.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe taking care of her was just too much of
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  Speaker 2: a burden. Surprised it wasn't murder's suicide.
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  Speaker 1: CSI two shrugs, steps aside for the corner to enter.
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  Speaker 6: Ready for me, Yeah, make this way.
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  Speaker 1: The officer leads the coroner away.
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  Speaker 4: Detective Curtis pulls a piece of gum from his pocket,
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  Speaker 4: steps out the front door exterior ATI's house continuous. Detective
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  Speaker 4: Curtis notices some commotion as Gina fifties hurries up the walk.
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  Speaker 4: She has obviously been woken up in the middle of
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  Speaker 4: the night. Officer too is close behind her as she
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  Speaker 4: heads towards Detective Curtis.
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  Speaker 9: Ma'am, ma'am, you cannot be here. This is a potential
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  Speaker 9: crime scene. I'm going to have to ask you to
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  Speaker 9: leave immediately.
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  Speaker 1: She looks back at.
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  Speaker 10: The officer crime scene. Oh my god, what happened?
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  Speaker 8: Are Aida and Teddy?
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  Speaker 2: All right?
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  Speaker 1: He indicates to the officer he will handle this, pulls
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  Speaker 1: out his notepad.
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  Speaker 6: A Detective Curtis, ma'am, are you family?
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  Speaker 10: No, I'm their neighbor.
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  Speaker 6: And what is your name? Please?
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  Speaker 10: Gina? Gina Gordon? Where's Ada?
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  Speaker 6: Ada?
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  Speaker 7: That's missus wells, the elderly female occupant.
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  Speaker 6: Of this residence.
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  Speaker 10: Yes, Is she all right?
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  Speaker 6: She is all right, she's inside.
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  Speaker 1: Gina calm somewhat, is more willing to talk.
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  Speaker 10: What did the officer mean by crime scene?
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  Speaker 11: Then?
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  Speaker 6: How long have you known, missus Wells?
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  Speaker 10: Since I was a little girl. I grew up in
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  Speaker 10: the house across the street.
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  Speaker 6: And where do you live now?
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  Speaker 8: Still there?
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  Speaker 11: I mean I left, and then I moved back after
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  Speaker 11: my divorce to take care of my parents before they died.
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  Speaker 10: My mother used to check in on her, and now
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  Speaker 10: I do so.
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  Speaker 6: Missus Welsh has been ill for some time ill.
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  Speaker 10: What do you mean Ada's not ill?
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  Speaker 2: Then?
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  Speaker 6: Why was her son taking care of her?
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  Speaker 5: What?
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  Speaker 10: No, Teddy's not taking care of Ada. Ada takes care
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  Speaker 10: of him. She has his whole life. He has autism.
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  Speaker 7: The drawings right, autism? Do you think that would have
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  Speaker 7: led him to commit suicide?
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  Speaker 11: No, Teddy wouldn't commit suicide.
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  Speaker 10: He can't even talk.
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  Speaker 8: Oh my god, where's Ada?
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  Speaker 4: Pushes past him, runs into the house. Ada interior, Ada's
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  Speaker 4: kitchen night. Gina rushes in, sees Ada at the table,
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  Speaker 4: kneels down in front of her, takes her hands. Detective
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  Speaker 4: Curtis follows, stands in the doorway.
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  Speaker 10: Ye, Ada, honey, what happened? Are you all right? What
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  Speaker 10: happened to Teddy?
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  Speaker 6: We're gonna need to take missus Wells to the station.
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  Speaker 1: Gina stands up as if to shield her.
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  Speaker 8: Now in the middle of the night. What is wrong
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  Speaker 8: with you? She's eighty nine years old.
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  Speaker 4: The corner wheels the body passed the kitchen towards the
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  Speaker 4: front door. Ada does not react. There's complete silence except
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  Speaker 4: for the wheels of the gurney squeaking on the floor.
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  Speaker 7: He it looks like we have a few more questions
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  Speaker 7: for missus Wells.
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  Speaker 4: Exterior Ada's house night Detective Curtis escorts Ada down the
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  Speaker 4: walkway towards an unmarked car. Gina, close behind, punches buttons
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  Speaker 4: on a cell phone.
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  Speaker 11: Ada, it's going to be okay. I'm calling a friend
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  Speaker 11: of mine. She's a lawyer. We'll meet you at the station.
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  Speaker 11: Do not answer any more questions until we get there.
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  Speaker 4: The detective assists Ada into the back seat of the car,
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  Speaker 4: shuts the door. Gina yells at him, phone pressed to
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  Speaker 4: her ear.
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  Speaker 8: You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
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  Speaker 6: I'm just doing my job, ma'am.
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  Speaker 4: He gets into the driver's seat, shuts the door. Interior
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  Speaker 4: Police station interview room night. Ada sits at a table
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  Speaker 4: coughs into a handkerchief. Detective Curtis stands nearby.
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  Speaker 6: Do you like some water, missus wells?
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  Speaker 1: She nods. He pours a glass of water from a pitcher,
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  Speaker 1: hands it to her.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 6: You're welcome. You've taken care of your son for a
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  Speaker 6: long time, haven't you.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, it must have been very difficult for you alone
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  Speaker 7: like that.
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  Speaker 1: She opens her mouth to respond, then remembers.
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  Speaker 5: Gina said I should wait until the lawyer gets here.
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  Speaker 1: He takes a seat next to her.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, sure, sure, but you don't have to say anything.
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  Speaker 7: You're not under arrest. We're just trying to understand what
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  Speaker 7: happened tonight. The sooner we can sort it out, the
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  Speaker 7: sooner we.
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  Speaker 6: Can all go home.
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  Speaker 1: She speaks plainly, almost monotone, still in shock. I'm not senile.
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  Speaker 4: He casually reaches up a hand indicates to start recording.
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  Speaker 6: No, of course not. No one thinks that I didn't.
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  Speaker 8: Lose my mind.
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  Speaker 5: I knew what I was doing.
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  Speaker 6: You mean, when you killed your son.
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  Speaker 5: I wanted his last day to be with me at home, peaceful.
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  Speaker 6: Anyone would want that. Where did you get the helium?
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  Speaker 5: The party store delivers it. We get a tank every
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  Speaker 5: other week or so. Teddy loves his balloons.
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  Speaker 6: And how did you know to use helium to kill
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  Speaker 6: your son?
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  Speaker 5: I read about it on the internet. It said it
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  Speaker 5: would be fast and painless. I didn't want him to suffer.
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  Speaker 6: And were you trying to make it look like suicide?
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  Speaker 1: A knock on the door.
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  Speaker 4: Detective Curtis rises to answer it. Steps halfway out into
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  Speaker 4: the hallway. A uniformed officer whispers something to him. Detective
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  Speaker 4: Curtis leans back.
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  Speaker 6: In excuse me for a moment, ma'am.
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  Speaker 1: The door clicks behind him.
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  Speaker 4: Interior Detective Curtis's cubicle night Alexis early fifties, A force
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  Speaker 4: to be reckoned with energy radiates from her even at
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  Speaker 4: this hour, stands next to Gina. Detective Curtis approaches, smiles
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  Speaker 4: when he sees Alexis.
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  Speaker 7: Ah Alexis Martinez, counsel for missus.
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  Speaker 1: Wells, I presume does she need representation?
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  Speaker 6: Well, she did just confess.
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  Speaker 12: In that case, I'd like to know why my client
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  Speaker 12: was being questioned without me.
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  Speaker 7: Well, she wasn't under arrest. We were just having a
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  Speaker 7: friendly chat at.
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  Speaker 1: Four o'clock in the morning. I'm taking her home.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, I'm afraid I can't let you do that. Why not?
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  Speaker 1: I thought you said she wasn't under arrest.
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  Speaker 7: She wasn't when we were talking, But now that she's
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  Speaker 7: confessed to murder, I simply can't let her walk out
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  Speaker 7: of here.
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  Speaker 12: Yes, Heaven forbid, an eighty nine year old woman with
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  Speaker 12: no passport and no car, who's barely stepped foot outside
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  Speaker 12: of her home in six decades should be.
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  Speaker 1: Out roaming the streets.
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  Speaker 12: Thank god, you boys are keeping us safe from the
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  Speaker 12: likes of Ada Wells.
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  Speaker 4: She looks around several cops mill about not doing much
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  Speaker 4: of anything except eating and drinking coffee.
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  Speaker 12: I would have confessed too, to get the hell out
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  Speaker 12: of here. I'm taking her home. She's not a danger
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  Speaker 12: to you or anyone else. We'll be back in the morning.
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  Speaker 7: Nine am eleven. She can't go home. It's an active
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  Speaker 7: crime scene.
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  Speaker 1: Gina steps forward.
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  Speaker 10: She can stay with me.
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  Speaker 1: See there, all.
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  Speaker 7: Settled and I am holding you responsible, Miss Martinez.
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  Speaker 12: I think I can handle it. Now, Please release my client.
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  Speaker 1: He walks away, smiles as he hears Alexis call out
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  Speaker 1: friendly chat my ass.
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  Speaker 4: Exterior Gena's house night. Gina's car pulls into the driveway.
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  Speaker 4: She exits helps Ada. Ada looks across the street at
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  Speaker 4: her own house until Gina gently ushers her inside. Interior
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  Speaker 4: Gena's dining room, day, Alexis and Ada sit at the table.
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  Speaker 4: Gina sets out mugs horse coffee.
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  Speaker 12: Gina told me a little of your story on the
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  Speaker 12: way to the station last night, taking care of your
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  Speaker 12: son by yourself and barely leaving the house for all
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  Speaker 12: those years. I can't even imagine that kind of isolation,
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  Speaker 12: the effects on the psyche.
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  Speaker 1: You're an incredible woman, Ada, She takes a drink. Thanks.
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  Speaker 12: I'm not certain which way the d is going to
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  Speaker 12: go with this, but based on your please forgive me
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  Speaker 12: advanced age and the circumstances, I really can't see them
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  Speaker 12: pushing to prosecute this.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll talk to the nice officers.
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  Speaker 12: And get you released on your own recognizance until we
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  Speaker 12: can get the charges dismissed. I don't want you to worry.
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  Speaker 12: Everything will be taken care of.
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  Speaker 1: I want to have a trial. Why would you want
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  Speaker 1: to do that?
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  Speaker 5: Kitty was smart and beautiful and gifted, but he couldn't
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  Speaker 5: take care of himself. I didn't want anyone to think after.
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  Speaker 6: All those years.
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  Speaker 5: I finally just snapped, that's not what happened. It's important
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  Speaker 5: to me that people know he was my son.
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  Speaker 8: And I loved to.
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  Speaker 1: Alexis tries to think of an argument.
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  Speaker 12: Okay, Ada, I promise you'll get to tell your story,
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  Speaker 12: but you should know this is the kind of case
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  Speaker 12: people like to use as a soapbox.
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  Speaker 1: If we go to trial, it could be very difficult
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  Speaker 1: for you.
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  Speaker 5: I'm not worried about difficult.
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  Speaker 4: Alexis knots, gives Ada's hand to squeeze. Interior Dana's office day.
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  Speaker 4: Dana types on her laptop at her desk. Her assistant
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  Speaker 4: pokes her head in.
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  Speaker 10: Harvey is asking for you.
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  Speaker 4: Dana pulls out a compact from the top drawer of
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  Speaker 4: her desk, unnecessarily checks her appearance. Not a hair is
• 16:34
  Speaker 4: out of place. Interior District Attorney Harvey Davis's office day.
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  Speaker 4: The inner door is open. Dana knocks lightly. You wanted
• 16:44
  Speaker 4: to see me, Sir Harvey mid sixties. All business exudes authority,
• 16:49
  Speaker 4: weighs Dana in.
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  Speaker 2: Dana, come in, have a seat, she.
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  Speaker 1: Purchased lightly on the edge of the chair across from him.
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  Speaker 2: How's homicide treating you?
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  Speaker 8: Whoa it's very well. I enjoy the challenge.
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  Speaker 2: Good good.
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: He Ap peers intently at her. She shifts slightly in
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  Speaker 4: her seat.
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: Nice job on the Hansome case.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you, sir, I appreciate that.
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  Speaker 2: Two for two in this department. Not bad. You're already
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: earning a formidable reputation.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Think you're ready for something a little more high profile.
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  Speaker 1: She sits up even straighter, if that's possible.
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  Speaker 8: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 4: He pulls out a file from a desk drawer, drops
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  Speaker 4: it with a thud on the desk in front of her.
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  Speaker 2: Glad to hear that, because I'm giving you the Wells case.
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  Speaker 2: Carter will second chair.
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  Speaker 8: The Wells case. I thought that was going through elder abuse.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: Not anymore. The case is gaining ground since a disability
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  Speaker 2: rights group got wind of it.
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: She flips through the file, takes out a picture of Ada,
• 17:54
  Speaker 4: holds it up, studies it disability right.
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: How so.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: The sun had autism? So they're calling it open season
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: on the disabled, the accusing society and the justice system
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: of devaluing people who are differently abled. It's looking to
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: get political. Too many photo ops not.
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: To turns his computer screen for Dana to see close
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: on screen article headline reads disability rights forefront of murder case.
• 18:28
  Speaker 13: It's only my third homicide, and I don't have any
• 18:31
  Speaker 13: political aspirations.
• 18:34
  Speaker 8: With all due respects, sir, why would you choose me?
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: A female prosecutor sits better on this one. The defendant's
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: eighty nine years old. We don't want to look completely heartless.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: We're already up against this sympathy vote. Kendri's tied up
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: with the Corruther's case, and Lauren's about to go out
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: on maternity leave. That leaves you. You look good, You
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: speak well, just be sure to brush up on your
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: sound bites.
• 19:06
  Speaker 13: So I'm getting the case by default, not because I'm
• 19:10
  Speaker 13: the most qualified.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: He shrugs as an admission.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: There's always a chance it won't be a win for you,
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: but relax, it'll be fine. At least you have a confession.
• 19:22
  Speaker 4: Alexis breezes in, waves a document in the air. Speaking
• 19:25
  Speaker 4: of confessions, Harvey throws his hands off.
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: Counselor do come in.
• 19:30
  Speaker 4: Alexis brushes imaginary lint off his jacket. He tolerates it.
• 19:34
  Speaker 12: Harvey, always a pleasure. I can hardly believe I left
• 19:37
  Speaker 12: all this behind.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: Dana Meet Alexis Martinez opposing counsel and former Ada. Sadly,
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: she defected long before you arrived.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: Not fast enough, pleasure.
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: She offers her hand to Dana. They shake, then she
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: immediately hands Dana the document.
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: Motion to suppress your confession.
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: Harvey and Dana speak simultaneously on what grounds Alexis signores.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Dana speaks directly.
• 20:06
  Speaker 12: To Harvey, a frail, elderly lady who wasn't properly mirandized
• 20:10
  Speaker 12: being questioned without a lawyer in the middle of the night.
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Come on, she wasn't under arrest at the time, as
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: I understand it.
• 20:17
  Speaker 12: Seriously, I can't believe you even filed us in the
• 20:20
  Speaker 12: first place a murder charge, and to place her in custody.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: I knew you were ruthless, but this is over the top,
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: even for you.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: We represent the people, Alexis. You know that they talk.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: We have to listen. Murder is murder, no matter who
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: commits it.
• 20:37
  Speaker 12: Oh, please save it for the reporters. That's not true, and.
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: You know it. She whirls around to Dana. At any rate,
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: there's something I'd like you to see. Are you free
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: for a bit? Dana looks at Harvey, who shrugs.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: To Spike out what appearances she's relatively harmless.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: Nice to see you too, Harvey.
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: She strives out, does not want for Dana, who grabs
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: the file off the desk, scrambles after her. Exterior ATIS
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: House Day, Alexis and Dana pull up in separate cars.
• 21:09
  Speaker 4: Yellow crime scene tape hangs limply from one side of
• 21:11
  Speaker 4: the front door frame. Alexis strides up the walk without
• 21:15
  Speaker 4: looking back at Dana. Pulls out a key, unlocks the door, enters.
• 21:20
  Speaker 4: Dana follows Interior ATI's front hallway day. The house is dark.
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: Alexis moves towards the living room. This way interior living
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: room continuous. An old movie projector sits on a small
• 21:34
  Speaker 4: table between two upholstered chairs. A screen is pulled down
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: over the fireplace. Alexis crosses to the sliding glass door,
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: flings open the curtains.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: Light floods in. Dana blinks to adjust her eyes.
• 21:46
  Speaker 8: Alexis, is that you sorry? I locked the door behind me.
• 21:52
  Speaker 11: I wasn't sure how long I'd be and there were
• 21:54
  Speaker 11: reporters nosing around here this morning.
• 21:57
  Speaker 4: She emerges from the bedroom hallway with a stack of clothing.
• 22:00
  Speaker 4: AA spins around, excuse me, who are you Dana.
• 22:04
  Speaker 12: Gina, Gina, this is the prosecutor who's trying to convict
• 22:07
  Speaker 12: Ada of murder.
• 22:08
  Speaker 4: Gina narrows her eyes, takes a step towards Dana.
• 22:10
  Speaker 8: This is a crime scene. You can't be in here.
• 22:14
  Speaker 10: So I've heard.
• 22:16
  Speaker 11: I came over to grab a few of Ada's things
• 22:19
  Speaker 11: for when she's released tomorrow.
• 22:22
  Speaker 12: Okay, I'll see you at the courthouse in the morning.
• 22:26
  Speaker 10: Okay.
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: She leaves with a parting glance at Dana. Alexis crosses
• 22:31
  Speaker 4: to one of the bookshelves, pulls out several volumes.
• 22:35
  Speaker 12: Doctor Atkins aged Ying diet, how to live longer and
• 22:38
  Speaker 12: feel better, neuroendocrine theory of aging, Life extension. Meditation is
• 22:44
  Speaker 12: medicine reversing human aging.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: She steps up to Dana dumps the books in her arms.
• 22:50
  Speaker 8: Okay, what is all of this?
• 22:52
  Speaker 4: She struggles to keep the books from slipping, looks around
• 22:55
  Speaker 4: for somewhere to put them down, then gives up, sets
• 22:57
  Speaker 4: them on the floor just before they fall.
• 23:00
  Speaker 12: Ada Well's attempt to outlive her son. The kitchen is
• 23:03
  Speaker 12: full of supplements dha koq ten resveratrolt stuff I can't
• 23:08
  Speaker 12: even pronounce. She's not a murderer, Dana look around this house, books, vitamins,
• 23:15
  Speaker 12: exercise equipment. She did everything she could to make sure
• 23:18
  Speaker 12: she would always be here to take care of him.
• 23:21
  Speaker 12: Teddy lived his whole life here. This is all he
• 23:23
  Speaker 12: ever knew.
• 23:25
  Speaker 4: She closes the curtains part way, turns on the projector.
• 23:28
  Speaker 4: Black scratchy lines snake across the screen. The film is
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: very old. Home movies of Teddy as a child appear.
• 23:36
  Speaker 12: She recorded some of this because she thought it might
• 23:38
  Speaker 12: be useful One day. She hoped there would finally be
• 23:41
  Speaker 12: a doctor who could properly diagnose Teddy and help him.
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: Insert granny footage shows five year old Teddy in various
• 23:48
  Speaker 4: stages of distress, hitting his head against the wall, screaming uncontrollably,
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: lining up objects, flapping his arms, hitting his ears. A
• 23:58
  Speaker 4: young Ada is seen in some of the shots. Through
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: it all, she remains calm, does her best to soothe
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: her son. Back to scene, Alexis stays silent for a
• 24:08
  Speaker 4: moment while Dana watches the film.
• 24:11
  Speaker 12: Can you imagine trying to cope with this all alone,
• 24:15
  Speaker 12: all but cut off from the rest of society, Trying
• 24:18
  Speaker 12: desperately to help your child when no one else could
• 24:20
  Speaker 12: tell you what was wrong? With him, telling you instead
• 24:23
  Speaker 12: that your best hope was to just lock him away.
• 24:26
  Speaker 12: After all those years on her own, how would she
• 24:28
  Speaker 12: know who to call or where to go for help.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: Dana remains fixed on the screen.
• 24:33
  Speaker 12: She barely even recognizes the outside world anymore. Do you
• 24:37
  Speaker 12: have any idea of the unrelenting stress she must have
• 24:40
  Speaker 12: experienced every single day of her life?
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: Close on movie screen, young Ada holds little Teddy, tightly
• 24:45
  Speaker 4: rocks him as silent tears streamed down her face.
• 24:48
  Speaker 12: Drop the charges. She's been through enough. Prosecuting this woman
• 24:53
  Speaker 12: does not serve anyone.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: Dana's eyes don't leave the screen.
• 24:57
  Speaker 8: The media is already all over this. People, will justice justice?
• 25:01
  Speaker 12: Put yourself where she's been for even a moment. Imagine
• 25:04
  Speaker 12: this was your life. Imagine he was your child. Think
• 25:08
  Speaker 12: of all the heartbreak, the struggling, the guilt she must
• 25:10
  Speaker 12: have felt. Where's the justice in that? Dana flips off
• 25:13
  Speaker 12: the projector faces her.
• 25:15
  Speaker 13: We're not in court, missus Martinez. Save your argument for
• 25:19
  Speaker 13: the jury. She could have walked away. She didn't have
• 25:23
  Speaker 13: to kill him.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: Then make a deal.
• 25:24
  Speaker 8: No no deals. She had a choice. There's always a choice.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: You're not a mother, are you? Turns the projector back on.
• 25:33
  Speaker 12: Why don't you watch a little longer and then tell
• 25:35
  Speaker 12: me what her choice was.
• 25:37
  Speaker 4: I'll be expecting your call. Her heels click on the
• 25:40
  Speaker 4: way out. Dana watches the screen, then looks around the house,
• 25:44
  Speaker 4: takes it all in, fumbles to turn off the projector,
• 25:47
  Speaker 4: rushes out of the house. Exterior Ata's House, continuous. Dana
• 25:53
  Speaker 4: stumbles down the front steps, blinks in the bright sun,
• 25:56
  Speaker 4: takes deep breaths of air. Directly across the street, holds
• 26:00
  Speaker 4: a garden hose waters her front lawn. Dana sees her
• 26:03
  Speaker 4: immediately collects herself walks quickly to her car. She grabs
• 26:07
  Speaker 4: her door handle, pulls her hand back. The car drips
• 26:09
  Speaker 4: with water. She looks over at Gina, who shrugs slightly
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: and turns away. Interior Dana's house, foyer day. Dana enters
• 26:19
  Speaker 4: through the front door, hangs her purse and keys on
• 26:21
  Speaker 4: a wall hook. Her cell buzzes with an incoming call.
• 26:24
  Speaker 4: She looks at the screen. It reads Mom's cell. She
• 26:28
  Speaker 4: disconnects the call. Let's odd a d B exile. Interior
• 26:32
  Speaker 4: Dana's living room, continuous. Dana's boyfriend, ethan mid thirties, looks
• 26:36
  Speaker 4: like he would immediately be your best friend. As relaxed
• 26:39
  Speaker 4: and easy going as Dana is. Controlled watches ESPN on
• 26:42
  Speaker 4: a split screen TV, a laptop opened next to him.
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: He looks up as Dana comes in.
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: Hey babe, you're home early. What a nice surprise.
• 26:52
  Speaker 8: Looks like you're in the middle of an article. Don't
• 26:54
  Speaker 8: let me interrupt.
• 26:55
  Speaker 4: Gives him a quick kiss, ready to head off, but
• 26:57
  Speaker 4: he grabs her, pulls her in his lap.
• 27:00
  Speaker 3: A very welcome interruption, kisses.
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: Her longer slower. They break apart. She looks as though
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: she wants to say something.
• 27:09
  Speaker 7: Everything okay, yeah, yeah, fine, I just got some case
• 27:15
  Speaker 7: stuff in my head and I need to work it out.
• 27:18
  Speaker 8: I'm gonna go change for a run.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: She disappears down the hallway towards the bedroom.
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: Do you want to go out after or I can
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: order in and would be better Chinese?
• 27:29
  Speaker 6: Oh?
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: Maybe Greek? There's that new place that opened up downtown.
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: I grabbed the menu the other day and should be
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: around here somewhere.
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: He rummages, throw a basket under the coffee table.
• 27:39
  Speaker 13: Uh you decide or would you rather do sushi unless
• 27:44
  Speaker 13: you had it for lunch.
• 27:46
  Speaker 4: Dana emerges from the hallway and running clothes, jim shoes
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: in hand.
• 27:49
  Speaker 8: Anything is fine. I'll be back later. I just go
• 27:52
  Speaker 8: ahead and order.
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: If you get hungry, I'll wait for you. It tastes
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: better when you're here.
• 27:58
  Speaker 4: It gives a little laugh, shakes her head, moves towards
• 28:01
  Speaker 4: the front door. Halfway there, she stops, turns back around.
• 28:06
  Speaker 8: You're probably better than I deserve.
• 28:08
  Speaker 6: You know, I'll love you too.
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: Have a good run, She blows mi kiss.
• 28:16
  Speaker 4: Exterior city street Moving day, Dana runs, drenched in sweat
• 28:20
  Speaker 4: and near exhaustion. Rounding a corner, she enters a crowded park,
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: turns on the speed, gives it everything she has. A
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: soccer ball rolls into her path. She swerves to avoid it, missteps,
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: falls to the dirt. A boy ten as a prosthetic
• 28:35
  Speaker 4: leg runs over to claim the ball.
• 28:37
  Speaker 8: Sorry, lady, are you okay?
• 28:39
  Speaker 4: She nods, hands the boy the ball, watches him run off.
• 28:43
  Speaker 4: His prosthesis doesn't hinder him at all. Interior Dana's home office.
• 28:47
  Speaker 5: Night.
• 28:49
  Speaker 4: DNA sits at her desk with a glass of wine.
• 28:51
  Speaker 4: Types on a laptop close on Dana's screen. As she
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: types in autism, the screen instantly fills with thousands of results.
• 28:59
  Speaker 4: She clears it and types in down syndrome. The top
• 29:02
  Speaker 4: bar of the results shows pictures of children and adults
• 29:04
  Speaker 4: with a disorder. Diana stares at the screen, absently choose
• 29:08
  Speaker 4: a fingernail. Sound of footsteps in the hall.
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: Hey maab do you want to watch something?
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: She looks towards the door, her hand hovering to close
• 29:17
  Speaker 4: the laptop if necessary, calls out.
• 29:19
  Speaker 8: Yeah, that sounds nice. I'll be there right there.
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: Ethan sticks his head in. She keeps her hand over
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: the screen.
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: Do you want some popcorn?
• 29:28
  Speaker 11: Uh?
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: Sure, two minutes. Don't maybe come back and get you.
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: You worked long enough today.
• 29:34
  Speaker 8: I promise.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: He leaves.
• 29:38
  Speaker 4: She looks back at the screen, clicks it off, finishes
• 29:40
  Speaker 4: her wine. Interior, courtroom, day, Ada, dressed in jailhouse clothes,
• 29:46
  Speaker 4: stands with Alexis at the defense table, Dana across from them.
• 29:50
  Speaker 4: The judge at the bench. Ada looks drawn, coughs intermittently.
• 29:55
  Speaker 4: Jana sits behind the defense table.
• 29:57
  Speaker 9: The court has recorded the defendant's plea of not guilty.
• 30:00
  Speaker 9: I assume miss Jeffries, you have feelings about bail well.
• 30:03
  Speaker 8: The state requests remand your honor.
• 30:05
  Speaker 12: Your honor, as Miss Wells is neither a danger to
• 30:07
  Speaker 12: herself nor to society and has limited means. We ask
• 30:11
  Speaker 12: that to be released on her own recognisance. Remand is
• 30:13
  Speaker 12: completely unwarranted, not to mention punitive on the part of
• 30:16
  Speaker 12: the state, Your.
• 30:17
  Speaker 13: Honor, the defendant did take the life of her own child.
• 30:21
  Speaker 13: The people are concerned missus Wells may be suicidal and
• 30:24
  Speaker 13: requests remand for her own safety.
• 30:28
  Speaker 9: While your concern is touching, Counselor, I'm not certain we
• 30:31
  Speaker 9: need to keep missus Wells locked up at this point?
• 30:34
  Speaker 9: Is there a third party willing to take custody?
• 30:36
  Speaker 12: Yes, your honor, A longtime neighbor and friend, Gina Gordon,
• 30:40
  Speaker 12: is missus Gordon present?
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: Yes, your honor, She's right here. She turns around to
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: indicate Gina, who stands up?
• 30:47
  Speaker 8: Miss Gordon?
• 30:49
  Speaker 9: Do you promise to return the defendant to court when
• 30:51
  Speaker 9: necessary and assure compliance with any other condition set?
• 30:56
  Speaker 8: Yes, your honor, very well.
• 30:58
  Speaker 3: Defendant is released to the cut Steve ms Gordon.
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: The judge consults her court calendar.
• 31:03
  Speaker 9: Preliminary hearing is set for Monday, May eleventh, nine am.
• 31:07
  Speaker 8: Court is adjourned.
• 31:08
  Speaker 4: The judge wraps the gavel. Gina comes around to the
• 31:10
  Speaker 4: defense table gives ada a hug. Exterior Ada's house. Day
• 31:16
  Speaker 4: Ada stands in her driveway, wears a black dress, very dated,
• 31:19
  Speaker 4: gazes at her front door. Insert flashback nineteen sixty. Young
• 31:25
  Speaker 4: Ada walks up the porch steps Carrie's Teddy as a newborn.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: Are you ready to see your new home?
• 31:30
  Speaker 5: Teddy?
• 31:32
  Speaker 4: Back to scene. Gina crosses the street from her house,
• 31:35
  Speaker 4: comes up behind Ada, touches her gently on the.
• 31:37
  Speaker 10: Arm, Ada, are you ready?
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: Ada turns to her. He was a good boy.
• 31:47
  Speaker 5: I love you more than anything I know.
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: She leads her to the car.
• 31:56
  Speaker 4: Exterior cemetery, day Ada looks down at Teddy's grave. Next
• 32:02
  Speaker 4: to it, a tombstone bears Ada's name and birthdate. Gina
• 32:05
  Speaker 4: and Alexis stand a few feet behind. A pastor speaks
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: briefly with Ada, then walks away. She turns to Alexis
• 32:12
  Speaker 4: and Gina, would.
• 32:14
  Speaker 5: You mind terribly if I took a moment alone?
• 32:18
  Speaker 10: Of course not.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: She gives Ada a hug.
• 32:20
  Speaker 10: Take all the time you need. We'll be in the car.
• 32:24
  Speaker 6: Thank you.
• 32:27
  Speaker 5: I don't know what I would have done without you.
• 32:31
  Speaker 8: Both of you.
• 32:32
  Speaker 5: You've been so kind.
• 32:34
  Speaker 4: Gina and Alexis walked towards the car.
• 32:38
  Speaker 11: I'm worried about her, Alexis. She seems so lost and
• 32:43
  Speaker 11: she's so thin now. She was always slight, but I
• 32:47
  Speaker 11: think she's dropped ten pounds in the last couple of weeks.
• 32:51
  Speaker 11: She hardly eats a thing without Teddy to take care of.
• 32:55
  Speaker 11: She hardly knows what to do with herself. Thank you
• 32:59
  Speaker 11: for taking her case?
• 33:01
  Speaker 12: Are you kidding? I would have taken it even if
• 33:03
  Speaker 12: we weren't friends. You really care about her, don't you.
• 33:09
  Speaker 11: My mom used to always talk about Ada, how much
• 33:12
  Speaker 11: she admired her for keeping Teddy at home. My uncle
• 33:16
  Speaker 11: had cerebral palsy and my grandparents placed him in an institution,
• 33:21
  Speaker 11: so I think that really struck a court with Mom.
• 33:24
  Speaker 11: The attitude towards people with disabilities was so different back then.
• 33:29
  Speaker 10: Ada was kind of a pioneer.
• 33:31
  Speaker 11: I guess what's going to happen to her, Alexis.
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 33:39
  Speaker 12: I find it hard to imagine a jury would put
• 33:41
  Speaker 12: an eighty nine year old woman in prison given her circumstances,
• 33:45
  Speaker 12: But you never can tell. This case has a lot
• 33:48
  Speaker 12: of potential to stir up a lot of emotion. Prosecution
• 33:51
  Speaker 12: certainly seemed to be gunning for her for some reason. Thankfully,
• 33:55
  Speaker 12: her house has been cleared, so at least she can
• 33:57
  Speaker 12: go back home.
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: Without warning, Ada crumple's to the ground.
• 34:00
  Speaker 11: Aida.
• 34:02
  Speaker 4: They run to Ada, kneel down on the ground next
• 34:04
  Speaker 4: to her. Alexis checks for a pulse.
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: Ada, can you hear me? Gina call nine one one.
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: Ada opens her eyes, reaches out of hand.
• 34:12
  Speaker 5: No, I'm all right, that the heat just got to me.
• 34:17
  Speaker 5: I just need to lie down for a while. Please, please,
• 34:22
  Speaker 5: I'm fine, I just I want to go home.
• 34:26
  Speaker 4: Alexis helps her sit up, checks her pulse again. Gina
• 34:30
  Speaker 4: runs to the car, dashes back with a bottle of water,
• 34:32
  Speaker 4: hands it to Alexis.
• 34:33
  Speaker 10: Here.
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: Alexis helps Ada take a sip of water better. Aida nods, okay,
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: let's get you two feet slowly now.
• 34:43
  Speaker 4: They hoist Ada to her feet, walk her to the car,
• 34:45
  Speaker 4: help her into the back seat. Gina shuts the door,
• 34:48
  Speaker 4: turns to Alexis with a worried look.
• 34:50
  Speaker 11: Alexis, you have got to get the prosecutor to make
• 34:53
  Speaker 11: a deal.
• 34:54
  Speaker 8: AIDA's knocked up for this.
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: I'll talk to her again.
• 34:58
  Speaker 4: Interior Dana's office day. Dana holds her desk phone to
• 35:02
  Speaker 4: her ear. A mail clerk enters, sets mail down in
• 35:04
  Speaker 4: front of her. A familiar blue envelope is on top.
• 35:08
  Speaker 4: Dana sees the envelope in tenses, nods a kurt thank
• 35:11
  Speaker 4: you to the mail clerk.
• 35:12
  Speaker 13: Yes, thank you for your comments. I understand just you know,
• 35:17
  Speaker 13: thank you, thank.
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: You very much. She hangs up. The phone rings again.
• 35:21
  Speaker 4: Almost immediately, she groans, let's it go to her voicemail,
• 35:25
  Speaker 4: throws the envelope in the desk drawer with all the others.
• 35:28
  Speaker 4: She flips open the file in front of her, extracts
• 35:30
  Speaker 4: a picture of Ada, studies it. Alexis appears in the doorway.
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: Good afternoon, mind if I come in.
• 35:37
  Speaker 4: Dana places the picture face down on her desktop, indicates
• 35:40
  Speaker 4: the chair across from her. Alexis takes a seat on
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: the corner of the desk.
• 35:44
  Speaker 12: I'd like to ask you to reconsider a deal. My
• 35:47
  Speaker 12: client collapsed today at her son's funeral. She's in no
• 35:49
  Speaker 12: shape for a trial.
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: Dana's phone rings. She ignores it.
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  Speaker 13: I'm sorry to hear that she complete guilty. Avoid a
• 35:58
  Speaker 13: trial that way.
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: Alexi just looks at her.
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  Speaker 8: Okay, then are you asking for a postponement?
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: No, Dana, I'm asking for a little compassion. The phone
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: rings again? Do you need to answer that?
• 36:12
  Speaker 4: Dana picks up the receiver, sets it down with more
• 36:14
  Speaker 4: force than necessary.
• 36:15
  Speaker 8: Compassion, the same compassion she showed her son.
• 36:19
  Speaker 13: Sure, sure, let me just figure out how I'm going
• 36:21
  Speaker 13: to square that away with dozens of disability rights groups
• 36:24
  Speaker 13: who won't leave me alone.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: Ah.
• 36:27
  Speaker 4: She studies Dana, who automatically smooths her hair even though
• 36:30
  Speaker 4: it's perfect.
• 36:33
  Speaker 8: Was there something else?
• 36:34
  Speaker 12: It goes deeper than just winning this case, doesn't it?
• 36:37
  Speaker 12: I recognize it, that need for approval.
• 36:40
  Speaker 8: I'm sorry, what does that mean?
• 36:42
  Speaker 4: Alexis picks up a framed photo from Dana's desk, looks
• 36:45
  Speaker 4: at it, sets it back down.
• 36:46
  Speaker 12: This office won't help with that. Harvey has a way
• 36:49
  Speaker 12: of making you feel like you're not quite measuring up,
• 36:51
  Speaker 12: and before you know it, you've become someone you didn't
• 36:54
  Speaker 12: want to be.
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: I remember when this was my office. I was a
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: lot like you. Then Dana straightens the photo to our liking.
• 37:03
  Speaker 13: Not to be rude, but I don't think you know
• 37:05
  Speaker 13: me well enough to make that comparison.
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: Alexis walks around the office, inspects Dana's degree.
• 37:12
  Speaker 12: I was the only one in my family who went
• 37:13
  Speaker 12: to college. Let alone law school. My friends from the
• 37:17
  Speaker 12: neighborhood accused me of thinking I was better than them
• 37:20
  Speaker 12: when I changed my name from Alejandra. They said I'd
• 37:22
  Speaker 12: always be from the bodyo no matter what turns to face. Dana,
• 37:27
  Speaker 12: I was the only Mexican girl in my graduating class. Me,
• 37:31
  Speaker 12: a scrappy, foul mouth kid from the streets of East LA,
• 37:34
  Speaker 12: graduating summa cum loud.
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: From Stanford Law.
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  Speaker 12: I had a lot of doubts of where I fit in,
• 37:40
  Speaker 12: but I always knew what I wanted to do and.
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: What was that Alexa steps closer to her escape my past.
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: I poured myself into my work.
• 37:51
  Speaker 12: I thought if I could only work hard enough, long enough,
• 37:54
  Speaker 12: sixteen eighteen hour days, win every case, then I'd be
• 37:58
  Speaker 12: good enough, worthy off. My past wouldn't matter. But I
• 38:03
  Speaker 12: learned the past always matters, Dana. You can't really go
• 38:08
  Speaker 12: forward until you take a look back in law and
• 38:11
  Speaker 12: in life.
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: Dana's phone rings, I'll be sure to remember that.
• 38:16
  Speaker 8: Thanks for the advice.
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: Alexis moves to the door, turns back around.
• 38:21
  Speaker 12: Oh, by the way, we'll be arguing substantial capacity. Under
• 38:24
  Speaker 12: the circumstances. Ada couldn't appreciate the consequences of her actions.
• 38:28
  Speaker 12: After the jury hears her tragic story. I'm sure they'll agree.
• 38:32
  Speaker 12: Nice chatting with you, Dana. Don't let this office or
• 38:36
  Speaker 12: Harvey eat you up.
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: She leaves.
• 38:40
  Speaker 4: Dana choose a nail, stares out the door. Harvey strolls in.
• 38:44
  Speaker 4: Dana quickly pulls her hand away from her mouth.
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: Was that Alexis Martinez I saw leaving? Yes, and she
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: didn't say hello. I'm hurt. What did the esteem Miss
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: Martinez want.
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: To rattle me?
• 39:03
  Speaker 8: Harvey?
• 39:03
  Speaker 13: I'm concerned about the strength of this case. The confession
• 39:07
  Speaker 13: is out and as of now we only.
• 39:09
  Speaker 8: Have two witnesses.
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: Do they both say she's guilty?
• 39:13
  Speaker 13: Yes, and I'm still waiting to hear back from the
• 39:16
  Speaker 13: medical examiner and the psychiatrist.
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: Then that's all you need. Don't let the lexus get
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: to you. She's a sharp lawyer. I should know. I
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: taught her that this case will likely be open and shut.
• 39:31
  Speaker 8: Well, she's arguing capacity. Maybe we should offer a deal.
• 39:36
  Speaker 4: He removes a cigar from a suit jacket pocket, goes
• 39:39
  Speaker 4: through the process of cutting and lighting it as he speaks.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: Dana, do you know why I promoted you?
• 39:45
  Speaker 13: I assumed it was because I'm a hard worker who
• 39:48
  Speaker 13: does a good tub.
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: Because you're black or white, there's no middle ground with you,
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: no shades of gray. Someone's either right or they're wrong.
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: Guilty or innocent. Dana, that's what they call you.
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: Did you know that puffs on a cigar to light it.
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: You don't allow yourself to feel any empathy for the criminal.
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: And that's what makes you a great prosecutor. You have
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: the absolute courage of your convictions. You never waver, so
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: the jury never does. It's why you're sitting in this office,
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: and it's why you're trying this case. Don't go getting
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: soft on me now, Dana. I'd hate to find out
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: I was wrong about you.
• 40:30
  Speaker 4: He blows a puff of smoke, exits. Dana retrieves a
• 40:34
  Speaker 4: bottle from a desk door, sprays a room freshener in
• 40:36
  Speaker 4: the air, then leans back in her chair stares at
• 40:38
  Speaker 4: the ceiling.
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: The phone rings again. Dana exhils loudly and to fact one.
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: So let's take ten oh in that room, right, and
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: then we'll reprevent you too. Cu Wait, this is fantastic
• 40:52
  Speaker 2: you have Yeah, I mean