88 Minutes

Look at me.

Look at the kite.

Jack...

Oh, I've seen that outfit before.

I can't remember when.

- Last night. - Last night!

These things do return.

God, my head is still pounding like a drum.

You party hard.

Yeah, well, you don't look worse than I am.

I didn't drink as much as you.

History of my life, Sara.

Psychiatrist by day, party animal by night.

I thought you've told me you were a lawyer.

I'm not, yet.

Excuse me.

- Yeah. - Hey, Jack. It's Shelly.

- I've been calling all morning. You OK? - I'm Ok. What's up?

I was worried.

You worry too much, Shelly. What's going on?

Frank Parks is been calling. He needs to speak with you immediately.

Pass him through.

I had fun last night, Miss. Pollard.

Me too.

Thanks for the wine tasting, Dr. Gramn.

Jack.

Hey, Jack, I have Frank Parks. Go ahead.

- Hey, Frank. - Jack.

We got another one.

Oh, no. The same?

Every detail.

Right down to the lateral laceration.

It's the Seattle slayer again.

- Where are you now? - Look, Jack.

There's a tape.

You gonna wanna see it.

Jack, are you still there?

Yeah.

Meet me at my office, okay?

Sure, Jack.

Where to?

114 Western, please. Quickly.

Welcome back, Seattle.

We're continuing our interview with John Forster...

who was convicted for the death of Janie Kay, nine years ago...

based on the eyewitness testimony of her twin sister, Janie Kay.

John Forster was dated to die at midnight, at Walla Walla Penitentiary.

- Do you mind changing it? - John Forster.

What's your reaction to the State...

Thank you.

Idiot!

Congratulations!

For what?

I was referring to the hottie that you left with the party last night.

She was a quite piece of ass.

- Remember her name? - Yes, I do.

Sara Pollard.

Is that a cut on your nose? You didn't have that before I left.

I fell out of the bed. FBI hit here yet?

- Yeah, 2 minutes in the conference room. - Okay.

Any calls?

New York Times, Washington times, Newsweek.

They all wanna know if you have a quote about Forster's execution.

- What else is new? - Kim Cummings called twice.

- She was worried about you too. - Kim knows this procedure.

Apparently not. She's in your office.

Jack Gramn Associates.

I put those case reports you wanna me to look at on your desk.

I thought Lauren and Leeza showed real insight and ability.

The others were pretty much working the math.

Yeah.

Don't you have Federal Agents waiting for you?

Yeah.

I' see you in class.

I'll take them trough today's work if you run late.

Thanks.

- Thank you, Kim. - Bye.

Janie Keith came by to give you a present.

Dr. Gramn.

I'm sorry. I don't know if this is appropriate...

I just wanted to...

I just wanted to mark the day.

Thank you, Janie.

I'm glad that my sister Janie hasn't been forgotten. Thank you.

For everything. You went out of your way.

You are busy, so I'm just... I'm gonna get out of here.

We did good, Janie. We did good.

All right.

Thanks.

Can I help you?

You are one of my students?

Hi.

- Jack. - Yeah.

I'd like to introduce you to Jeremy Goober, with attorney general office.

Jeremy is in charge of the Seattle slayer task force.

Dr. Gramn, it's so good to meet you. This is a really big honor for me.

Sorry about the...

Oh, this is such a beautiful conference room too.

And this special agent MacTire from the FBI.

Dr. Gramn.

Pleasure. Have a seat.

Hey, big fellow?

Yes.

Jeremy.

Seattle slayer task force.

Well, okay. I'm sure you have a lot of questions.

I'll do the best I can to answer them, but first I...

No. First I think we should all have a cookie.

These are from Janie Kay, whose sister, Janie was murdered by John Forster.

- Jeremy? - Sure, thank you.

- Frank? - No, thanks, Jack.

No?

Mr. MacTire?

You are a good sport, Jeremy.

A little milk maybe, what do you think?

Shelley, we got milk, don't we? Bring in three glasses.

Nothing for me, Jack.

All right, make that two.

No, make it three.

Maybe you have a change of heart.

So, let's see...

I can assume...

that last night crime scene...

was very much like Forster's previous crime scene, right?

- They totally match, yeah. - What totally matches?

I have in here...

- Halothane on the breath. - Subdued by Halothane.

- Rape. - Yeah.

The body was hung up side down.

Yes.

And...

slashed throat.

- And where this takes us? - Looks like a copy cat.

- It could be. Maybe - Could be? Maybe?

- Maybe. - It's a stage scene. Maybe what?

Maybe, and this might be far-fetched...

but what if the perp worked with Forster...

and these stage scenes were intended to throw some doubts on his guilty verdict?

- Go with it. - Possibly providing him...

with a stay of execution or even a new trial.

Goal star, Jeremy. Big goal star.

I mean, that's exactly what I think is happening here.

No, I'm sticking with copy cat.

Of course there is another possibility.

- Yeah? - Forster is innocent.

- Wrongly convicted. - No!

The task force is aware...

that your expert opinion was critical in convicting Forster.

But then why he walked his first trial?

Procedural error.

Why is he never been tried in any of the other five pending murderers...

that you've attributed to him?

You realize that it is the dude of my office to ensure that an innocent man...

is not executed tonight. You do understand that?

Look, Jack. If you have any reconsideration of testimony...

or anything new you wanna lay on the table...

now it would be the time.

Would you say it was fair to characterize...

your attitude towards John Forster...

- as a personal vendetta? - Lf we're been fair, yeah, sure.

It's a personal vendetta. I have a personal vendetta against Ted Bundy...

and Gacy and about 10 or 15 other serial murders...

- that are on the streets right now. - Jack, please.

That's helpful.

There is one other issue that we need to address.

Milk maid.

What's going on here?

Do you know a woman named Dale Morris?

Yes.

How?

- She's a student of mine. - She's just a student of yours?

Dr. Gramn, we're federal agency here. You don't wanna be lying here.

- We had a relationship. - You've been very cryptic right now?

He had a professional relationship, not a sexual relationship.

About a year ago her father died. She was very troubled.

I treated her as psychiatrist.

I don't sleep with my students, Mr. Goober.

Neither I sleep with my patients.

Now what does this have to do with anything? Anyway.

Jack.

Dale Morris was murdered last night.

She's the third and latest victim.

When was the last time you saw Dale?

Well...

I saw...

I saw her last night.

To our impossibly difficult professor.

We say thank you...

for making our lives miserable.

The pleasure is all mine.

We're celebrating.

You're celebrating Forster's pending execution?

No, we're celebrating his conviction, not his execution.

It was an overturn so we're happy about that. We worked hard on this case.

We have a tape that was left on the crime scene.

We gonna play for you now.

This message is for Dr. Jack Gramn.

You got the wrong man.

Forster is innocent.

Please, don't hurt me anymore.