1. In the criminal justice system,Copy !req
2. sexually based offensesCopy !req
3. are considered especially heinous.Copy !req
4. In New York City,
the dedicated detectivesCopy !req
5. who investigate these vicious feloniesCopy !req
6. are members of an elite squadCopy !req
7. known as the Special Victims Unit.Copy !req
8. These are their stories.Copy !req
9. Yeah, so...Copy !req
10. And that's all you want to tell me?Copy !req
11. Okay.Copy !req
12. Then we are done here.Copy !req
13. Hello, Annabeth.Copy !req
14. My name is Olivia Benson.Copy !req
15. This is a very simple case.Copy !req
16. The defendant, Annabeth Pearl,Copy !req
17. hosted a dinner party
with her husband, Thomas,Copy !req
18. at their apartment on West 26th street.Copy !req
19. Three people ate New York strip,Copy !req
20. baked potatoes, and creamed spinach.Copy !req
21. Three hours later,
when the guests had leftCopy !req
22. and the dishes were loaded
into the dishwasher,Copy !req
23. Annabeth put on her nightie...Copy !req
24. walked into the den...Copy !req
25. picked up the gun that was
sitting on the coffee table,Copy !req
26. and shot her husband, Thomas,
three timesCopy !req
27. while he was watching TV.Copy !req
28. The detectives assigned to this caseCopy !req
29. will tell you how
they arrested AnnabethCopy !req
30. less than an hour later
at a local eateryCopy !req
31. with the murder weapon
still in her possession.Copy !req
32. They'll tell you how,
without provocation,Copy !req
33. she confessed to the murder.Copy !req
34. Now, the defense will play
on your emotions.Copy !req
35. They'll tell you about a bad marriage,Copy !req
36. an abused wife.Copy !req
37. But what they can't tell youCopy !req
38. is that Thomas ever hit AnnabethCopy !req
39. or that she was ever in imminent fearCopy !req
40. of physical harm.Copy !req
41. This is a very simple case.Copy !req
42. Annabeth Pearl is guilty
of murder in the second degree.Copy !req
43. - How's it going?
- Ah, great.Copy !req
44. - Oof.
- Oh, Jesus.Copy !req
45. Hey, I wouldn't drink thatCopy !req
46. unless your tongue is made of asbestos.Copy !req
47. You... you could have told me thatCopy !req
48. before I burned my fingers.Copy !req
49. Sorry.Copy !req
50. Rollins, SVU.Copy !req
51. Yeah. Bucci, 2-8.Copy !req
52. Whatcha got?Copy !req
53. Uh, husband and wife thing.Copy !req
54. Yeah. Robbery at a bodega.Copy !req
55. Teenage girl ripped off
a case of tamponsCopy !req
56. while her boyfriend
emptied the register.Copy !req
57. Hmm.Copy !req
58. I hate this. Waiting.Copy !req
59. Not me.Copy !req
60. I get to sit here, read the paper.Copy !req
61. Nobody's calling me an SOB,
nobody's shooting at me.Copy !req
62. Life could be worse.Copy !req
63. Detective Bucci.Copy !req
64. - Yeah?
- You're on.Copy !req
65. - Part 21.
- All right.Copy !req
66. - You alone?
- Yep.Copy !req
67. What you got?Copy !req
68. All right.Copy !req
69. Anything but the jellies.Copy !req
70. Ooh, thank you.Copy !req
71. No sign of Liv?Copy !req
72. No, I was hoping you heard something.Copy !req
73. Scruples are a hard thing to live with.Copy !req
74. What if she doesn't show?Copy !req
75. Then she doesn't show.Copy !req
76. Her testimony will be
the nails in Annabeth's coffin.Copy !req
77. Without it, Stone...Copy !req
78. Oh.Copy !req
79. Will be hot as that cup of coffee.Copy !req
80. What Mr. Stone didn't tell youCopy !req
81. was that Thomas took one bite
of his New York strip,Copy !req
82. spit it out,Copy !req
83. and then told Annabeth he was goingCopy !req
84. to give the rest
to the neighbor's beagle.Copy !req
85. What Mr. Stone didn't tell youCopy !req
86. was that that dinner
was the culminationCopy !req
87. of six years of continuous
psychological abuse.Copy !req
88. The straw that crippled
the camel, if you will.Copy !req
89. Criticism, insults, blame...Copy !req
90. all of which servedCopy !req
91. to diminish Annabeth's dignity,Copy !req
92. destroy her self-worth,Copy !req
93. and erase her self-confidence.Copy !req
94. Now, Mr. Stone may callCopy !req
95. what Annabeth did "murder,"Copy !req
96. But I call it self-preservation.Copy !req
97. I'm sure you will, too.Copy !req
98. This room gives me the willies.Copy !req
99. The belly of the beast.Copy !req
100. Yeah, well, my belly feels likeCopy !req
101. the professor's about
to hand out the final exam.Copy !req
102. It's Annabeth that should
be nervous, not you.Copy !req
103. This is wrong.Copy !req
104. Don't go all Liv on us, all right?Copy !req
105. The woman shot her husbandCopy !req
106. because he didn't like her dinner.Copy !req
107. Life should be so easy.Copy !req
108. Come on, not you, too.Copy !req
109. I don't judge.Copy !req
110. Is it hot in here?Copy !req
111. Hell always is.Copy !req
112. Yeah, he is.Copy !req
113. - He's going full Liv.
- Somebody has to.Copy !req
114. Yeah, that's right.Copy !req
115. And that "somebody"
interrogated Annabeth.Copy !req
116. I wonder who that could be?Copy !req
117. What if she doesn't show?Copy !req
118. Look, man, we can only do our job.Copy !req
119. - What, that's all this is to you?
- Yeah.Copy !req
120. I get up in the morning
and I get dressed.Copy !req
121. I come to the office.
After that, I go home.Copy !req
122. At the end of the week, I get
a check and the check clears.Copy !req
123. - That's called a job.
- Okay, you know what?Copy !req
124. It's not all on us, though, Carisi.Copy !req
125. We do our part,Copy !req
126. but the rest is up to a judge and jury.Copy !req
127. All right, so what happens upstairs,Copy !req
128. that doesn't concern you at all?Copy !req
129. The short and sweet is fine with me.Copy !req
130. Oh, please, give me a break.Copy !req
131. This from the guy who flew to CubaCopy !req
132. on his own nickel
to catch a fugitive rapist.Copy !req
133. And you, with that Labott girl...Copy !req
134. Enough.Copy !req
135. Carisi, have a donut.Copy !req
136. Are you telling meCopy !req
137. that you never even think about this?Copy !req
138. I mean, the... the responsibility?Copy !req
139. The... the power that we have?Copy !req
140. I mean, I could get up
on that stand and I could lie.Copy !req
141. I could say, "Yeah, Annabeth told me"Copy !req
142. she planned on killing Thomas
for the past six months."Copy !req
143. Now, I do that, she is done.Copy !req
144. No question.Copy !req
145. Or I could say I don't recall.Copy !req
146. "I don't recall"
to anything that Stone asks me.Copy !req
147. And maybe she gets to live
a nice, peaceful, safe lifeCopy !req
148. - in a Chelsea apartment.
- Or door number three...Copy !req
149. you tell the truth.Copy !req
150. All I'm saying is...Copy !req
151. It's a lot of power.Copy !req
152. And who the hell are we?Copy !req
153. Detective Tutuola.Copy !req
154. - Yo.
- Part 33.Copy !req
155. Carisi, chill out.Copy !req
156. Have some donuts.Copy !req
157. Jerry Griffin.Copy !req
158. He's the bartender at the Tatum.Copy !req
159. He met me outside in the front.Copy !req
160. He told me Annabeth Pearl
was inside with a gun.Copy !req
161. Mr. Griffin knew her personally?Copy !req
162. Ms. Pearl and her husband
lived across the street.Copy !req
163. It was their local joint.Copy !req
164. What, if anything, did you do then?Copy !req
165. I went inside.Copy !req
166. I saw Ms. Pearl sitting aloneCopy !req
167. covered in bloodCopy !req
168. with the gun sitting
in front of her on the table.Copy !req
169. Was there anything else on the table?Copy !req
170. Yeah, what looked like a wedding ring.Copy !req
171. Huh.Copy !req
172. Thank you, Sergeant.Copy !req
173. I knew Tommy, you know?Copy !req
174. - Who?
- Thomas Pearl.Copy !req
175. The deceased.Copy !req
176. I knew him in the Academy.Copy !req
177. Once a prick, always a prick.Copy !req
178. That explains a lot.Copy !req
179. And the son of a bitch
was in this world for himself.Copy !req
180. Not anymore, he's not.Copy !req
181. This guy, he... he never
picked up a tab in his life.Copy !req
182. He never paid off his bets.Copy !req
183. He was this... this macho piece of crapCopy !req
184. who was always bragging aboutCopy !req
185. how he cheated on his girlfriend.Copy !req
186. Thought a woman's place
was behind a desk.Copy !req
187. Yeah, him and how many other cops?Copy !req
188. Come on, it's not like that anymore.Copy !req
189. Oh, yeah? It's not?Copy !req
190. Good to know.Copy !req
191. Wait, somebody's been
screwing with you?Copy !req
192. Oh, forget it, Carisi.Copy !req
193. Look, the guy may have been a dick,Copy !req
194. but if he's gonna
take a bullet it deserves to beCopy !req
195. from some... some yahoo hocking heroinCopy !req
196. or robbing a bank or something.Copy !req
197. - Not from his wife.
- Why?Copy !req
198. Because she promised to honor,
cherish, and obey him?Copy !req
199. Because he's a cop.Copy !req
200. Hey.Copy !req
201. Just... come on, loosen up.Copy !req
202. - All right, all right.
- Right?Copy !req
203. Where the hell is Lieu?Copy !req
204. You should be happy.Copy !req
205. If she doesn't show up,
Annabeth will probably walk.Copy !req
206. Hey, Lieu.Copy !req
207. I, uh, wasn't sure
you were gonna show up.Copy !req
208. - Well, neither was I.
- Yeah.Copy !req
209. So, uh, listen, on... on this one,Copy !req
210. there's... there's ways that you canCopy !req
211. maybe color your testimony.Copy !req
212. I mean, not out and out lie,Copy !req
213. but just maybe you emphasize
certain parts.Copy !req
214. What... what Annabeth told you.Copy !req
215. Other parts, not so much.Copy !req
216. Really, Carisi?Copy !req
217. Well, you're the one
that interrogated Annabeth,Copy !req
218. so people are gonna be pretty interested
in what you have to say.Copy !req
219. - Well, if I say.
- Lieu, I'm sorry.Copy !req
220. I'm not feeling okay
about this case, okay?Copy !req
221. Maybe I feel like SOBs like Tommy PearlCopy !req
222. get exactly what they deserve.Copy !req
223. When a cop gets killed,
it's an itch I can't scratch.Copy !req
224. He's a cop who abused his wife!Copy !req
225. With his words.
Annabeth didn't have to listen.Copy !req
226. Look, guys, stop. Stop.Copy !req
227. And law without empathy...Copy !req
228. doesn't help anyone, Rollins.Copy !req
229. I...Copy !req
230. I'm all about empathy.Copy !req
231. Come on, it's...
it's coming out of my ears.Copy !req
232. For eight years I'm drowning in it.Copy !req
233. What about Tommy's gun, huh?
He just puts it on the table...Copy !req
234. Yeah, he left it out.
Did he ever point it at her?Copy !req
235. - Amanda.
- Did he threaten her?Copy !req
236. This is not freshman English.Copy !req
237. We don't have to read
between the lines.Copy !req
238. - It's not our job.
- Maybe it is.Copy !req
239. Maybe we shouldn't ignore the factCopy !req
240. that Annabeth was a victim.Copy !req
241. Well, that kind of doesn't workCopy !req
242. because it's her husband
who's the one in the casket.Copy !req
243. He was a cop.Copy !req
244. Liv, he wore the same shield as we do.Copy !req
245. My lieutenant was convinced
there was domestic abuse.Copy !req
246. Was there?Copy !req
247. Well, her husband never hit her,Copy !req
248. if that's what you mean.Copy !req
249. Is that the only kind
of abuse contemplatedCopy !req
250. - by the statute?
- Objection,Copy !req
251. the witness is not an attorney.Copy !req
252. Withdrawn.Copy !req
253. How many times
was Mr. Pearl shot, Sergeant?Copy !req
254. Three.Copy !req
255. And where were the wounds?Copy !req
256. Two in the chest and one in the crotch.Copy !req
257. Interesting.Copy !req
258. Nothing further.Copy !req
259. Redirect.Copy !req
260. Sergeant, did the defendant,
Annabeth Pearl,Copy !req
261. ever claim that she was raped
by her husband?Copy !req
262. Not that I'm aware of.Copy !req
263. Thank you.Copy !req
264. Listen, my man, is...Copy !req
265. is there anything you
can do about this heat?Copy !req
266. I'll tell Wally,
but I doubt it's gonna change.Copy !req
267. One thermostat for the whole floor.Copy !req
268. Judge Finkel likes it this way.Copy !req
269. Well, why don't you see
what you can do, okay?Copy !req
270. - Thank you.
- Sure will.Copy !req
271. Well...Copy !req
272. You guys have a nice day.Copy !req
273. You, too.Copy !req
274. Sometimes I wish I had a job
like that guy.Copy !req
275. Oh, so you could listen
to cops bitch all day long?Copy !req
276. Something without consequence.Copy !req
277. Think what you mean to say
is that you wishCopy !req
278. that you weren't cursed
with a conscience.Copy !req
279. Well, it's definitely a burden.Copy !req
280. It also makes us human.Copy !req
281. - Unless you're a sociopath.
- Oh, come on.Copy !req
282. You... you actually think
that Annabeth is a sociopath?Copy !req
283. I think she knew what she was doing,Copy !req
284. and I think she didn't care.Copy !req
285. Or she didn't see another way out.Copy !req
286. Yeah, there we go.Copy !req
287. Well, luckily we don't have
to read her mind.Copy !req
288. But we do, Rollins.Copy !req
289. Eighty grand a year
and we get to determineCopy !req
290. who's spending the rest
of their life in a cageCopy !req
291. and who's gonna eat dinner
at Del Frisco's.Copy !req
292. Worrying about it
is way above our pay grade.Copy !req
293. We do worry about it.Copy !req
294. At least... at least we usually do.Copy !req
295. Yeah? You never wanted
to put a couple of popsCopy !req
296. between some guy's eyes?Copy !req
297. I mean...Copy !req
298. you know,
'cause I've wanted to, and I...Copy !req
299. I would have really enjoyed it.Copy !req
300. - But I didn't.
- Because you knewCopy !req
301. that it was wrong.Copy !req
302. Because I knew the consequencesCopy !req
303. and I chose not to.Copy !req
304. And maybe she didn't have that luxury.Copy !req
305. Annabeth chose it.Copy !req
306. She chose to end that man's life.Copy !req
307. She chose to take someone's life.Copy !req
308. To break the law.Copy !req
309. It's free will.Copy !req
310. I mean, come on, we all learn about itCopy !req
311. - in Sunday school.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.Copy !req
312. We're... we're free, all right.Copy !req
313. We're free to believe
in the guy upstairs or not.Copy !req
314. It's like a perjury trap.Copy !req
315. Okay, all we have to doCopy !req
316. is go up on the stand
and say what happened!Copy !req
317. There's no choices!Copy !req
318. There's no consequences to you!Copy !req
319. They put a crown of thorns on Jesus,Copy !req
320. but that did not make him king.Copy !req
321. What is he talking about?Copy !req
322. And neither does our shield.Copy !req
323. But what we say
in that courtroom, Lieutenant,Copy !req
324. how we say it, this... this game
could be over before it starts.Copy !req
325. You know what, if you want
to commit perjuryCopy !req
326. because Tommy hurt
Annabeth's feelings...Copy !req
327. Damn it, Rollins,
it is more complicatedCopy !req
328. than that and you know it.Copy !req
329. - Okay.
- "Perjury."Copy !req
330. I'm talking about the truth here,
and I'm gonna make sureCopy !req
331. - the jury sees it.
- Yeah?Copy !req
332. And Liv's testimony is gonna
turn them the other way.Copy !req
333. If...Copy !req
334. I tell them exactly, verbatim...Copy !req
335. what Annabeth told me.Copy !req
336. Lieutenant...Copy !req
337. I know the law better
than anybody in this room,Copy !req
338. but I also know
my moral responsibility.Copy !req
339. Killing Tommy
was Annabeth's only option.Copy !req
340. Now, the law says that that's wrong.Copy !req
341. - But morally...
- You're not a priest, Carisi.Copy !req
342. Morally, the result is just.Copy !req
343. You know what, I've got
one question for you:Copy !req
344. Why didn't she walk out the door?Copy !req
345. Why didn't she leave the damn bastard?Copy !req
346. - Are you kidding me, Amanda?
- No!Copy !req
347. For it to be a justifiable homicide,Copy !req
348. there had to be an imminent threatCopy !req
349. of death or... or serious
physical harm, right?Copy !req
350. And was Tommy about to beat Annabeth?Copy !req
351. No. Was he about to rape her?Copy !req
352. No!Copy !req
353. You know how I know that?Copy !req
354. Because that's what she told you.Copy !req
355. When I was in the bag,Copy !req
356. I took a domestic disturbance call.Copy !req
357. All right?Copy !req
358. Craig and Ellen Carter.Copy !req
359. Their neighbor was complaining
because they were screamingCopy !req
360. at each other all night.
They were cursing.Copy !req
361. So I show up.Copy !req
362. I calm everybody downCopy !req
363. and do, you know,
what we're supposed to do.Copy !req
364. And I'm looking at this guy
and I can just see in his eyes.Copy !req
365. And he's got that smirk, you know?Copy !req
366. So I take Ellen outside,
and I say, "Listen.Copy !req
367. Listen, you've gotta
stand up for yourself."Copy !req
368. I told her that she needed
to leave this guy.Copy !req
369. But there's no signs
of physical violenceCopy !req
370. so that's... that's all I can do.Copy !req
371. A month later...Copy !req
372. I get another call.Copy !req
373. The same house, same complaint.Copy !req
374. Only this time...Copy !req
375. Craig is taking her head and bashing itCopy !req
376. against the wall, and she's dead.Copy !req
377. So don't you stand there and sayCopy !req
378. that all she had to do
was walk out the damn door!Copy !req
379. Detective Carisi.Copy !req
380. That's me.Copy !req
381. Part 33.Copy !req
382. Mr. Griffin, the bartender
at the restaurant,Copy !req
383. told me that Annabeth lived
across the street.Copy !req
384. So based on the way
that she was dressed,Copy !req
385. I assumed that she'd just
come from home.Copy !req
386. So I went over there.Copy !req
387. And what did you do once
you arrived at her apartment?Copy !req
388. I rang the bell, I knocked.
There was no answer.Copy !req
389. So I tried the door,
which was unlocked.Copy !req
390. - I went inside.
- Were there signs of a fight?Copy !req
391. Well, it's impossible to tell.Copy !req
392. Excuse me?Copy !req
393. It's impossible to tell.Copy !req
394. The defendant could have
easily straightened upCopy !req
395. before she left the apartment,Copy !req
396. or even before she shot her husband.Copy !req
397. That's not what I asked, Detective.Copy !req
398. Uh, once you were inside the apartment,Copy !req
399. were there signs of a fight?Copy !req
400. No.Copy !req
401. Okay.Copy !req
402. You know, Liv, I love you...Copy !req
403. Okay?Copy !req
404. And I respect you...Copy !req
405. more than anyone
I've ever met in my life.Copy !req
406. Don't take this the wrong way...Copy !req
407. but sometimes...Copy !req
408. you see victimsCopy !req
409. where there aren't any.Copy !req
410. Annabeth Pearl
was abused by her husband.Copy !req
411. Her friends disagree.Copy !req
412. Nobody knows what goes onCopy !req
413. behind closed doors in a marriage.Copy !req
414. Including you.Copy !req
415. All you have is Annabeth's word.Copy !req
416. Amanda, I'm sorry about
what your father didCopy !req
417. to your mother.Copy !req
418. See?Copy !req
419. I mean, that's exactlyCopy !req
420. what I'm talking about.Copy !req
421. My mother didn't have to be a victim.Copy !req
422. I'm not talking about your mother.Copy !req
423. I'm talking about you.Copy !req
424. Do you really think that your fatherCopy !req
425. beating the hell out of your motherCopy !req
426. in front of you...Copy !req
427. didn't...Copy !req
428. color your whole universe?Copy !req
429. Sure it did.Copy !req
430. But not in the way you think.Copy !req
431. 'Cause I remember sitting in my roomCopy !req
432. staring out the window...Copy !req
433. after one of their
knock-down drag-outs,Copy !req
434. and I remember looking out the windowCopy !req
435. and there was a... a streetlamp,
and it was...Copy !req
436. the closest one was on the corner,Copy !req
437. so it was... it was dark, eerie.Copy !req
438. And I sat there...Copy !req
439. looking out, watching and waiting...Copy !req
440. and praying for my daddy to come back.Copy !req
441. Uh, and the son of a bitchCopy !req
442. just beat the snot out of my mother,Copy !req
443. but I wanted him back home.Copy !req
444. Of course you did,Copy !req
445. 'cause all children
want their parents togetherCopy !req
446. no matter what, Amanda.Copy !req
447. Good, bad, indifferent...Copy !req
448. She could have called the sheriff.Copy !req
449. I mean, Christ, we had
a gun locker in the house.Copy !req
450. But she had to be a martyr.Copy !req
451. I mean, I don't think
she'd know what to do with herselfCopy !req
452. if she wasn't suffering or cowering.Copy !req
453. Yes, because he made her like that.Copy !req
454. You don't know!Copy !req
455. There was a weakness in her!Copy !req
456. There was a weakness,Copy !req
457. and it was there
before they ever even met.Copy !req
458. How do you know that?Copy !req
459. Because this is this.Copy !req
460. It's not that.Copy !req
461. But you know, I... I know.Copy !req
462. Believe me, I know,Copy !req
463. because I was the one
staring out that windowCopy !req
464. waiting for my daddy's shadowCopy !req
465. to come out of that street lamp.Copy !req
466. Come up the sidewalk,
up the front walk,Copy !req
467. and back into our house.Copy !req
468. I was the one that was petrifiedCopy !req
469. that I would end up weak like my momCopy !req
470. if he didn't come back!Copy !req
471. Amanda, that's not a reasonCopy !req
472. to hate your mother.Copy !req
473. Maybe it's time...Copy !req
474. for you to come out
from under that shadow.Copy !req
475. There was an EMS team on the scene.Copy !req
476. They determined that she sustainedCopy !req
477. no physical injuries.Copy !req
478. They also said that she was in shock.Copy !req
479. Did the paramedic indicate
how long she was in shock?Copy !req
480. They didn't say anything about that,Copy !req
481. but it's... it's possible
that she was in shockCopy !req
482. before she fired that weapon.Copy !req
483. - Before?
- Yeah, it's not unusual...Copy !req
484. Objection.Copy !req
485. It's your witness, Counselor.Copy !req
486. Overruled.Copy !req
487. It's not uncommonCopy !req
488. for a victim to go into survival modeCopy !req
489. once they've been threatened.Copy !req
490. She may not have known
what she was doing.Copy !req
491. One more thing, Detective.Copy !req
492. This isn't exactly
what the room looked likeCopy !req
493. when you went into it, is it?Copy !req
494. Uh, no.Copy !req
495. The television was on.Copy !req
496. I'm confused.
The apartment's not that big.Copy !req
497. If the TV was on when
you walked in the front door,Copy !req
498. I think you would have heard it.Copy !req
499. Well, the TV was on
but the volume was muted.Copy !req
500. Almost as if Tommy and Annabeth spokeCopy !req
501. before she shot him.Copy !req
502. I wouldn't know about that.Copy !req
503. But they might have, right?Copy !req
504. In fact, it is possible
that Tommy said,Copy !req
505. "I love you, sweetie."Copy !req
506. Yeah, it's possible.Copy !req
507. It's also possible he said,
"You ruined my dinner, bitch.Copy !req
508. Now I'm gonna kill you."Copy !req
509. Your Honor!Copy !req
510. Nothing further.Copy !req
511. Well, on that, we're gonna
break for lunch.Copy !req
512. You look like your witness
just committed treason, Peter.Copy !req
513. Liv.Copy !req
514. What the hell's going on down there?Copy !req
515. Excuse me?Copy !req
516. When I walked into
that courtroom this morning,Copy !req
517. I had a no-lose case.Copy !req
518. Now, two witnesses later,Copy !req
519. I am treading water
and gasping for air.Copy !req
520. - So Carisi got creative.
- He "got creative"?Copy !req
521. He's a cop!Copy !req
522. He's supposed to get on that standCopy !req
523. and tell the truth. That's it.Copy !req
524. - Did he lie?
- Liv, come on.Copy !req
525. You and I both know the truth
comes in many colors.Copy !req
526. So maybe Carisi picked the oneCopy !req
527. that he could live with.Copy !req
528. I knew it.Copy !req
529. I knew you were behind this.Copy !req
530. You wanna do me a favor?Copy !req
531. You keep your bleeding heart
out of my courtroom.Copy !req
532. So what is your dilemma?
Just do what Carisi said.Copy !req
533. Just fudge it. Generalize, minimize.Copy !req
534. And what if I'm wrong?Copy !req
535. Annabeth told meCopy !req
536. that she didn't regret
killing him for a minute.Copy !req
537. Lack of remorse is not
an element of a crime.Copy !req
538. You think a jury gives a damn?Copy !req
539. If I testify truthfully,Copy !req
540. then this becomes a revenge killingCopy !req
541. that is never justified.Copy !req
542. This woman goes to prisonCopy !req
543. for a very long time.Copy !req
544. - Truth's a bitch.
- I know in my gut...Copy !req
545. that she was powerless
to leave her husband.Copy !req
546. I know that.Copy !req
547. But she was strong enough
to pull the trigger.Copy !req
548. That's naive, Amanda, and you know it.Copy !req
549. What about the gun?Copy !req
550. What about it?Copy !req
551. Well, he didn't leave it out
just for show.Copy !req
552. Okay, did Annabeth ever say
that he threatened her with it?Copy !req
553. No, she didn't have to
because he left it out.Copy !req
554. She saw it.Copy !req
555. She saw it when she woke up
in the morning.Copy !req
556. She saw it when she made dinner.
She saw it.Copy !req
557. She saw it last thing
before she went to bed.Copy !req
558. And she read between the lines.Copy !req
559. Amanda.Copy !req
560. Come on.Copy !req
561. You and I both knowCopy !req
562. what he was telling her with that gun.Copy !req
563. He was telling herCopy !req
564. that I could kill you at any minute,Copy !req
565. and I would probably get away with it.Copy !req
566. Tommy is the one that ended upCopy !req
567. - with the bullets in him, though.
- Yeah, and where was he shot?Copy !req
568. Two in the heart and one in the groin.Copy !req
569. And believe you me,
that last one was not a mistake.Copy !req
570. - That was not a miss.
- Did she say that to you?Copy !req
571. She didn't have to.Copy !req
572. You have no idea...Copy !req
573. what utter terror is.Copy !req
574. What pure...Copy !req
575. and utter terror is.Copy !req
576. You know, they say
that your heart beats faster,Copy !req
577. but that's not true. It doesn't.Copy !req
578. It stops. Everything stops.Copy !req
579. You don't breathe because...Copy !req
580. you're scared that it might upset him.Copy !req
581. And if you get a cramp in your foot,Copy !req
582. you tell yourself, "Just let it throb."Copy !req
583. Because you'll live through that pain.Copy !req
584. And that's a hell
of a lot better than what...Copy !req
585. what he'll do to you.Copy !req
586. And the pain is... is so completeCopy !req
587. and it's so... it's so overwhelming.Copy !req
588. You can go without food for...Copy !req
589. For three days...Copy !req
590. and you don't close your eyes
because you...Copy !req
591. because you're scared that...Copy !req
592. you'll never open them again.Copy !req
593. You pray.Copy !req
594. You pray...Copy !req
595. "Please, God...Copy !req
596. "don't let himCopy !req
597. climb on top of me again."Copy !req
598. Okay, Liv.Copy !req
599. I am so sorry.Copy !req
600. Nobody should have to live like that.Copy !req
601. Nobody.Copy !req
602. Tommy Pearl is not William Lewis.Copy !req
603. Annabeth was not held hostage.Copy !req
604. Wasn't she?Copy !req
605. She lived with that fearCopy !req
606. every day for six years.Copy !req
607. But maybe we're all victims.Copy !req
608. Maybe...Copy !req
609. maybe we're...Copy !req
610. we're just all victims of our past.Copy !req
611. But the good news is that I am justCopy !req
612. a rebuttal witness,Copy !req
613. which means I'm only used if needed.Copy !req
614. What are you gonna do
if Stone needs you?Copy !req
615. I don't know.Copy !req
616. But somebody has to stand up
for Annabeth,Copy !req
617. and somebody has to tell her...Copy !req
618. has to tell her that she survivedCopy !req
619. and she's gonna be okay.Copy !req
620. Detective Rollins.Copy !req
621. Part 33.Copy !req
622. I haven't finished my apple pie yet.Copy !req
623. I don't know. They just told me...Copy !req
624. I'm pulling your leg, guy.Copy !req
625. Go.Copy !req
626. You don't want those
to, uh, go to waste.Copy !req
627. The donuts.Copy !req
628. Oh, I'm sorry.Copy !req
629. Yes, of course. Please.Copy !req
630. Charlie.Copy !req
631. I've had a sweet tooth
since I was a kid.Copy !req
632. You mind if I, uh, take home
a cruller to my wife?Copy !req
633. She loves crullers.Copy !req
634. How long you been married?Copy !req
635. 34 years next Tuesday.Copy !req
636. You're a good husband, Charlie.Copy !req
637. Ah, it's easy.Copy !req
638. All it takes is a little love.Copy !req
639. I took the defendant's
initial statementCopy !req
640. when she came in to the squad.Copy !req
641. And what did she say to you?Copy !req
642. She said she'd killed her husband.Copy !req
643. What did you do after that?Copy !req
644. I asked her if she wanted
a lawyer present,Copy !req
645. and she said, "I did it.Copy !req
646. Why would I need a lawyer?"Copy !req
647. Did she tell you whyCopy !req
648. she killed her husband of six years?Copy !req
649. She did.Copy !req
650. She said he didn't like her dinner.Copy !req
651. Thank you, Detective Rollins.Copy !req
652. Do you recognize this, Annabeth?Copy !req
653. Looks like Tommy's gun.Copy !req
654. That's right.Copy !req
655. You've seen it before?Copy !req
656. Every night when he came home
from work,Copy !req
657. he took it out and he cleaned it.Copy !req
658. And then he put it away
in a gun locker.Copy !req
659. No.Copy !req
660. He kept it out where he could
always get to it.Copy !req
661. I asked him I don't know how many timesCopy !req
662. to put the gun away...Copy !req
663. but he refused.Copy !req
664. Did he say why?Copy !req
665. He said he was a cop.Copy !req
666. It was part of him.Copy !req
667. He said seeing it...Copy !req
668. knowing it was there
made him feel strong.Copy !req
669. Like a man?Copy !req
670. That's what he said.Copy !req
671. Objection. Your Honor.Copy !req
672. What's a trial without some
good old fashioned histrionics?Copy !req
673. You've made your point, Counselor.Copy !req
674. How did the gun
make you feel, Annabeth?Copy !req
675. Weak.Copy !req
676. Scared.Copy !req
677. It was always where I could see it.Copy !req
678. It was like a lion showing
its teeth to a zebra.Copy !req
679. "I'm the king."Copy !req
680. "You're less than."Copy !req
681. You are not less than.Copy !req
682. That's a joke.Copy !req
683. My heart pounds when I shop for food.Copy !req
684. Will Tommy like this,
or will he dump it on the floorCopy !req
685. for me to clean up?Copy !req
686. My hand, it shakes
when I answer the phone.Copy !req
687. It'll be Tommy telling me
his friend saw me flirtingCopy !req
688. with someone at the cleaner's.Copy !req
689. I used to take business classes
at Hunter College.Copy !req
690. Tommy told me to quit.
Said I was too stupid.Copy !req
691. It was a waste of money.Copy !req
692. Did you ever tell your family
about how he was treating you?Copy !req
693. How about a friend?Copy !req
694. I used to have friends.Copy !req
695. Lots of them.Copy !req
696. Tommy said they weren't
good enough for us.Copy !req
697. Now all we have are his friends.Copy !req
698. Thank you, Annabeth.Copy !req
699. Did your husband
ever hit you, Mrs. Pearl?Copy !req
700. Did Tommy ever hit you?Copy !req
701. No.Copy !req
702. Did he ever rape you?Copy !req
703. We had sex lots of times
when I didn't want to.Copy !req
704. Did you tell him that?Copy !req
705. No.Copy !req
706. I was too scared.Copy !req
707. So in six years of marriage,
you never once said...Copy !req
708. "I'm not in the mood."Copy !req
709. "I'm too tired,"I have a headache,"Copy !req
710. or "I... I just don't want to"?Copy !req
711. No.Copy !req
712. I'm sorry, Mrs. Pearl...Copy !req
713. but that's not rape.Copy !req
714. - Objection!
- You know better, Mr. Stone.Copy !req
715. That man was raping meCopy !req
716. from the moment I said "I do"!Copy !req
717. Come on, who ate my jellies?Copy !req
718. You okay?Copy !req
719. - Liv.
- Yeah, I'm fine.Copy !req
720. I...Copy !req
721. what's happening upstairs?Copy !req
722. Bloodbath.Copy !req
723. Whose blood?Copy !req
724. Well, you know how they say
you only die once?Copy !req
725. Well, that's a lie...
at least for Tommy Pearl.Copy !req
726. So Stone is gonna call me.Copy !req
727. If he wants any shot
at winning this case, yeah.Copy !req
728. Fin, what am I gonna do?Copy !req
729. Running's not an option?Copy !req
730. I didn't think so.Copy !req
731. I mean, as far as I can see,Copy !req
732. this is just another case to me.Copy !req
733. Listen, your BS doesn't fly with me.Copy !req
734. I should know that by now.Copy !req
735. Fin, I'm...Copy !req
736. I'm asking you...Copy !req
737. Do you think Annabeth
belongs in prison?Copy !req
738. Liv, half the guys
I grew up with are in prison.Copy !req
739. Do they belong there?Copy !req
740. They don't think so.Copy !req
741. But you do?Copy !req
742. It's not my place to judge.Copy !req
743. Oh, my God.Copy !req
744. Again with your BS.Copy !req
745. Look, last Sunday I went fishingCopy !req
746. off of Sheepshead Bay.Copy !req
747. Four hours passed, not a nibble.Copy !req
748. Then right when I'm ready
to pack it up,Copy !req
749. my rod starts jerking.Copy !req
750. So I start reeling. I'm reeling.Copy !req
751. I swear, I've never had
a perp fight that hard.Copy !req
752. And then there it was,Copy !req
753. flopping around
on the deck of the boat,Copy !req
754. a 35-pound bluefish.Copy !req
755. The most beautiful thing
I've ever seen in my life.Copy !req
756. That's... that's great, Fin.Copy !req
757. I threw it back in the bay.Copy !req
758. Anything that's willingCopy !req
759. to fight that hard to stay aliveCopy !req
760. deserves to live.Copy !req
761. Like Annabeth.Copy !req
762. Just saying.Copy !req
763. So you're telling me...Copy !req
764. to lie.Copy !req
765. I'm just saying,Copy !req
766. that blue's not gonna get hooked again.Copy !req
767. But that's just me.Copy !req
768. So I guess you didn't come here to...Copy !req
769. get some donuts.Copy !req
770. Lieutenant Benson.Copy !req
771. Part 33.Copy !req
772. Lieutenant Olivia Benson?Copy !req
773. Yes.Copy !req
774. Do you swear to tell the truth,Copy !req
775. the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth?Copy !req
776. I do.Copy !req
777. Please state your name for the record.Copy !req
778. Lieutenant Olivia Benson.Copy !req
779. Did you have the opportunity
to interrogate the defendantCopy !req
780. after she confessed
to killing her husband?Copy !req
781. I did.Copy !req
782. Did she express remorse
for what she did?Copy !req
783. You have to understand,
under the circumstances...Copy !req
784. Just please, answer the question.Copy !req
785. Taken out of context,Copy !req
786. her words can be misconstrued.Copy !req
787. Lieutenant.Copy !req
788. You just reached out
and put your hand on the BibleCopy !req
789. and swore to tell us the truth.Copy !req
790. Did the defendant, Ms. Annabeth Pearl,Copy !req
791. express remorse...Copy !req
792. for what she did?Copy !req
793. No.Copy !req
794. What, if anything,
did she say in that regard?Copy !req
795. She said that...Copy !req
796. she said that she was gladCopy !req
797. that her husband was dead...Copy !req
798. And that she'd prayed
about it for years.Copy !req