Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) s08e04 Episode Script
In Treatment
male announcer: IN NEW YORK CITY'S WAR ON CRIME, THE WORST CRIMINAL OFFENDERS ARE PURSUED BY THE DETECTIVES OF THE MAJOR CASE SQUAD.
THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.
I JUST WANT TO TALK TO ONE OF THE GUESTS.
THEN I SUGGEST YOU CALL HIM.
I'M NOT GONNA EAT ANYONE'S SHRIMP COCKTAIL.
THIS IS A PRIVATE EVENT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN INVITATION, YOU CAN'T-- THEY'RE A BUNCH OF CROOKS.
YOU DO REALIZE THAT, DON'T YOU? OH, I'M SURE THEY ARE.
BUT YOU STILL CAN'T GO IN.
THE DEBT'S TRIPLE-A RATED.
SOLID GOLD.
POOR BASTARD'S PEEING HIS PANTS JUST BECAUSE THEY LAID OFF HALF THE STATE.
LIKE THE ONE THING'S CONNECTED TO THE OTHER, RIGHT? SO HE'S ASKING FIFTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR.
AND YOU GOT IT FOR WHAT, 25.
AND HE THREW IN THE HEADQUARTERS AT HARTFORD.
THAT KID'S A PRICK.
I KNOW.
WE SHOULD HIRE HIM.
HONEY, THERE YOU ARE.
RON WANTED TO HAVE A WORD.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME INTO YOUR FUND.
I KNOW YOU'RE OVERSUBSCRIBED.
YOU KNOW MY ASSOCIATE, FRANK HATCHER? NO, I DON'T.
PLEASURE.
GOOD TO MEET YOU.
HE'S OUR NUMBERS GUY.
HE KNOWS THE INHERENT VALUE ON THE DIFFERENT-- OKAY, IF YOU'RE ALL FINISHED GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS, LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
IT IS TIME FOR OUR SPEAKER, ARCHIE BEULISS.
OH, THAT'S ME.
QUICK, HIDE ME.
CALL YOU TOMORROW? ANYTIME.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
GOOD TO MEET YOU.
ELAINE.
HMM.
SO HOW MUCH DID HE INVEST? ONLY A BILLION.
1.
13 BILLION.
[chuckles.]
DO WE GET THE GULFSTREAM? HIS AND HERS.
YOU WANT PINK? WE WELCOME TONIGHT A MAN WHO'S NEVER HEARD THE WORDS "NO" AND "DEAL" IN THE SAME SENTENCE UNLESS THEY CAME FROM HIS LIPS.
[laughter.]
A MAN WHO HAS PROVEN THAT THE BUSINESS CYCLES, UPS AND DOWNS, ARE JUST A MATTER OF WHICH WAY YOU HOLD THE CHART.
[laughter.]
A MAN WHOSE COMPANY, BEULISS SECURITIES, IS LEADING A RESURGENCE IN THE REPUTATION AND THE PROFITABILITY OF THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT SECTOR.
A MAN WHO I HOPE WILL BE BACK IN A MINUTE.
BLOOMBERG AND DOW JONES.
"BEULISS SECURITIES UNDER INVESTIGATION.
SOURCES REPORT--" IT'S TOMORROW IN JAPAN.
WE HAVE 2 BILLION IN REDEMPTION ORDERS.
"BECAUSE OF THIS MARKET MANIPULATION SELF-DEALINGFRAUD--" WHERE THE HELL IS THIS COMING FROM? DAMN IT, MORE REDEMPTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TO STALL.
WE HAVE TO PUT ON A GOOD FACE.
WE ARE NOT THAT LIQUID.
NOBODY'S THAT DAMN LIQUID.
OH, NO! NOT OUR CARIBBEAN COMPANIES.
SON OF A BITCH! HOW THE HELL DID THEY FIND OUT ABOUT THIS? [cell phones beeping.]
WE ALL KNOW THAT NOTHING CREATES OPPORTUNITY LIKE ADVERSITY.
AND I FOR ONE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ARCHIE BEULISS.
WHAT? WHAT? YOU WANT TO SEE A SHOW? HUH? YOU WANT TO SEE A SHOW? THERE! THERE! THERE'S YOUR DAMN SHOW! GAH! I GOTTA GO TO THE BATHROOM.
[water running.]
[cell phones beeping.]
AND HERE IS THE MAN WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR FROM.
THANK YOU.
FEAR.
HOPE.
GREED.
THEY ARE UNIVERSAL HUMAN EMOTIONS THAT HAVE DESTROYED INVESTORS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BUT FOR US IN THIS ROOM THEY DO NOT EXIST.
AT LEAST NOT IN OUR BUSINESS LIVES.
BECAUSE WHEN OTHERS PANIC, WE ARE STEADY.
WE UNDERSTAND THE TEMPORARY MARKET DISTRACTIONS ARE AT WORST MEANINGLESS, AT BEST OUR FRIENDS.
[applause.]
THANK YOU.
HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE WITH BEULISS? CRAP.
I WANT YOU THERE WHEN THE DOORS OPEN.
BUT WAIT.
CAN WE POST THE REDEMPTION IN SINGAPORE? I MEAN NOW.
WHAT TIME IS IT OVER THERE? UH.
UHN.
GOD! [water running.]
IF YOU SAY SOMETHING AND YOU'RE WRONG, SHE'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU.
COME ON.
DON'T YOU THINK IT'S OBVIOUS? I THOUGHT IT WAS OBVIOUS WITH MY COUSIN RITA.
FOR 14 YEARS SHE'S GIVEN ME CAT TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS.
WHAT? NOTHING.
UMHOW'S THE, UH, HOW'S THE BODY? DEAD.
KNIFE IN THE CHEST.
IT'S A HOTEL STEAK KNIFE.
THERE WAS A BANQUET OVER THERE.
BIG SHOTS FROM WALL STREET.
THE VIC WAS ONE OF THEM.
FRANK HATCHER.
CFO OF BEULISS SECURITIES.
ARCHIE BEULISS IS THE GUEST OF HONOR.
AND SOMEBODY STOLE THE SILVERWARE? HIGH CLASS CROWD LIKE THAT.
SPUR OF THE MOMENT MURDER? LOOKS LIKE.
PREMEDITATION YOU BRING YOUR OWN CUTLERY.
HALF THE PEOPLE AT THAT BANQUET HAD MEANS, OPPORTUNITY, AND DEFINITELY MOTIVE.
THEY WERE GOING BROKE BETWEEN DESSERT COURSE AND COFFEE SERVICE.
IT'S SO HO--HOT IN HERE.
YOU WANNA TAKE OFF YOUR, UH, YOUR COAT? NO.
THEY ALL INVESTED IN BEULISS SECURITIES.
ENOUGH OF THEM.
IT WAS A FUND OF FUNDS.
PEOPLE COLLECTED MONEY FROM THEIR CLIENTS THEN FUNNELED IT TO BEULISS.
YEAH, UNTIL LAST NIGHT HE WAS NETTING CONSISTENTLY WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE.
SO SOMEONE GETS THE BAD NEWS, POPS A VEIN, GRABS A STEAK KNIFE, AND SHAFTS BEULISS' NUMBER TWO.
WHY FRANK HATCHER? SENDING A MESSAGE? TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY? TRYING TO INTIMIDATE NUMBER ONE? OR SOMEBODY DIDN'T LIKE FRANK HATCHER.
GO SEE THE GUEST OF HONOR.
MAYBE HE HAS AN IDEA.
IT'S JUST TERRIBLE.
MUST'VE BEEN SOME LUNATIC.
SOME LUNATIC? REALLY? WHAT, THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE PASSING BY THE, UH, MEN'S ROOM CONTAINING YOUR RIGHT-HAND MAN AT THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN WORD WAS SPREAD THAT YOUR COMPANY WAS COLLAPSING? WELL I--I DON'T SEE COLLAPSING, DETECTIVE.
DO YOU? NO, WHAT I SEE IS AN EMOTIONAL OVERREACTION TO A SPECULATIVE NEWS REPORT ABOUT AN UNCONFIRMED INVESTIGATION.
THE SEC CONFIRMED IT THIS MORNING.
I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE SEC VIRTUALLY NONSTOP SINCE 1996.
I'VE GIVEN SO MANY DEPOSITIONS I SWEAR TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH WHEN I ORDER DINNER AT A RESTAURANT.
BEULISS SECURITIES IS SOUND.
SOUND? YOU HAVE FROZEN REDEMPTIONS, DON'T YOU? TEMPORARILY.
LOOK, OUR CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND, OR THEY SHOULD, THAT THIS COMPANY IS NOT A PIGGY BANK THAT THEY CAN BREAK OPEN WHENEVER THEY GET A FUNNY LITTLE FEELING IN THEIR TUMMIES.
THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT I STAY CALM, I CONVINCE THEM TO DO LIKEWISE.
AND IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT SOMEONE WORRIED ABOUT HIS OR HER INVESTMENTS IN BEULISS SECURITIES MURDERED FRANK HATCHER, PERHAPS YOU CAN TELL ME WHY.
MAYBE BECAUSE THEY LOST ALL THEIR MONEY.
JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
HMM.
AND KILLING FRANK HATCHER WAS GONNA GET THEIR MONEY BACK HOW? MR.
BEULISS? YOU WANTED TO BE INFORMED WHEN DR.
ERNST CALLED.
YES.
PLEASE RESCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT.
TELL HIM I'LL MEET HIM AT THE SOUTH HAMPTON HOUSE.
BOOK HIM THE CAR AND SEND HIM THE HELICOPTER.
THANK YOU.
DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO MIGHT'VE HAD A GRUDGE AGAINST MR.
HATCHER? YES.
A FEW MONTHS AGO ONE OF OUR STAFF ACCOUNTANTS CAME IN WITH SOME WILD ACCUSATIONS AGAINST FRANK.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME SO I FIRED HIM.
HE DIDN'T TAKE IT WELL.
SOMEONE AT BEULISS SECURITIES ISN'T PLAYING FAIR.
MM-HMM.
WHENEVER THE COMPANY IS ABOUT TO MAKE A MAJOR PURCHASE WITH ITS INVESTORS' MONEY, SOME OTHER LITTLE COMPANY IN BARBADOS OR ANTIGUA POPS UP, BUYS THE ASSET FIRST, AND THEN SELLS IT BACK TO BEULISS AT A PROFIT, THEN VANISHES.
THESE LITTLE COMPANIES ALWAYS SOMEHOW UH, KNOW WHAT BEULISS IS GONNA BUY? YEAH.
SOMEHOW.
SO ILLEGAL.
YEAH.
SOMEONE INSIDE BEULISS SECURITIES IS GETTING AHEAD OF THE TRADES, MAKING A GUARANTEED PROFIT ON EVERY ONE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS HATCHER SO I TOLD BEULISS BUT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
SO AFTER HE FIRED ME I WENT TO THE SEC.
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE PROOF.
WHEN DID YOU GO TO THE SEC? MONTHS AGO.
NOTHING HAPPENED EXCEPT NOW BEULISS IS BUST, I CAN'T GET A JOB, AND MY LIFE SAVINGS IS TIED UP IN THE COMPANY'S FUND.
SO THE MAN WHO RUINED YOUR LIFE WAS AT THAT PARTY AND YOU DECIDED TO CRASH THAT PARTY.
NOT TO KILL HIM.
TO BEG FOR MY JOB BACK.
TO SURRENDER.
BUT THEY WOULDN'T LET ME IN.
NOBODY'S GONNA GIVE THAT GUY ANY JOB BACK.
HE FINDS HATCHER IN THE BATHROOM.
HATCHER TELLS HIM TO GET LOST.
YEAH, BUT WHERE DOES HE GET THE HOTEL STEAK KNIFE? THEY NEVER EVEN LET HIM INTO THE BALLROOM.
WELL, HE COULD'VE PICKED IT OFF THE TRAY.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS OUR GUY, THE JURY MIGHT WANT TO GIVE HIM A MEDAL INSTEAD OF A PRISON SENTENCE.
HATCHER WORKED FOR A FUND THAT PROFITS OFF EVERYONE ELSE'S MISERY.
AND TO TOP THAT OFF, WAS STEALING FROM HIS INVESTORS.
WHICH BY YOUR LOGIC WOULD BE A GOOD THING SINCE THEY WERE DOING A BAD THING? SINCE WHEN DID YOU BECOME SUCH AN EXPERT IN VULTURE FUNDS ANYWAY? SINCE I LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE VULTURES.
NO, IT'S--THE PSYCHOLOGY TO ME IS JUST INTERESTING.
FOR THESE GUYS, GOOD NEWS IS BAD.
BAD NEWS IS GOOD.
YOU GOTTA FEEL THAT YOUR RIGHT.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS WRONG.
SO DON'T TELL ME YOU ADMIRE THESE PEOPLE.
LISTEN.
KRAMER WENT TO THE SEC BUT THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE PROOF.
BUT NOW THE SEC IS PURSUING AN INVESTIGATION.
SOMEBODY WENT TO THEM WITH PROOF.
SOMEBODY FROM THE INSIDE.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW I CAN'T COMMENT ON AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.
BADGE.
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
S--SAME TEAM.
NICE MEETING YOU.
THE SEC SAID IT WAS REFERRING POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ASPECTS OF THE BEULISS CASE TO THE U.
S.
ATTORNEY FOR YOU OFFICE TO PURSUE.
[sighs.]
IT DID.
WE ARE.
YEAH, BUT IF FRANK HATCHER WAS THE TARGET OF THE INVESTIGATION BUT NOW HE'S DEAD, IT, UH, WOULDN'T BE ACTIVE ANYMORE, RIGHT? BUT SHE SAID IT WAS ACTIVE.
DIDN'T SHE SAY? SHE SAID IT WAS ACTIVE.
SO HATCHER WASN'T THE TARGET.
OH.
BEULISS WAS THE TARGET.
SWINDLING HIS OWN INVESTORS, MAYBE WITH HATCHER'S HELP.
IF WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE BLINK YOUR LEFT EYE.
THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN HAMPERED, BUT IT IS ONGOING.
HAMPERED BY HATCHER'S DEATH.
OH.
HATCHER WAS THE SNITCH.
RATTING OUT BEULISS TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN.
I DON'T THINK ARCHIE WOULD HAVE LIKED THAT.
THEY LEFT THAT DINNER TOGETHER.
AND ONLY ONE OF THEM CAME BACK.
UH, THANK YOU.
WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? YOUR CARDS ARE STILL GOOD.
YEAH? THE PLATINUM PEOPLE ALREADY CALLED.
JUST POLITE.
EXPRESSING CONCERN.
TALKING ABOUT A LIMIT.
I KNOW THERE'S CASH IN YOUR NAME, ELAINE.
YOU MADE SURE OF THAT.
FOR A RAINY DAY, MARTIN.
HOW HARD IS IT RAINING? UH, HELLO.
THIS IS DETECTIVE WHEELER.
I'M DETECTIVE NICHOLS.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR ARCHIE BEULISS.
I'M MR.
BEULISS' ATTORNEY.
THIS IS MRS.
BEULISS.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
IS YOUR HUSBAND HERE? WE JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
I'M AFRAID MR.
BEULISS IS NOT AVAILABLE.
OH, NO, WE--WE SAW HIM THIS MORNING.
HE SAID DROP BACK ANY TIME.
HE'S BEEN ADMITTED TO AN INPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY.
IS HE SICK? BECAUSE HE LOOKED FINE THIS MORNING.
IT'S A PSYCHIATRIC CONDITION.
MM-HMM.
WE'LL PAY HIM A VISIT.
THANK YOU.
HIS THERAPY REQUIRES A TOTAL BREAK WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
DOCTOR'S ORDERS.
MY BAGS ARE IN THE TRUNK.
IS THERE A MASSAGE ROOM? LET'S START WITH A MASSAGE.
[trunk shuts.]
ARCHIE BEULISS IS IN REHAB? MM-HMM.
A PLACE CALLED PLEDGES ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE.
I ASSUME IT DOESN'T TREAT HEROIN ADDICTS FROM SPANISH HARLEM.
NOT UNLESS THEY GOT AND PASS THE SOCIAL SCREENING.
RIFF RAFF DISEASES NEED NOT APPLY.
AND WHAT IS MR.
BEULISS' ALLEGED AFFLICTION? I'M GUESSING IT'S A BAD CASE OF "THE SEC IS UP MY ASS FOR FRAUD AND I'M PREPARING A PSYCHIATRIC DEFENSE-ITIS.
" YEAH, HE COULDN'T HELP HIMSELF.
IT'S A FINANCIAL TWINKIE DEFENSE.
HE JUST HAS TO SELL IT TO A COUPLE JURORS.
REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN YOU'D BREAK A WINDOW AND YOU'D KNOCK ON MRS.
SMITH'S DOOR AND SAY, "MRS.
SMITH, I'M SORRY.
I BROKE YOUR WINDOW.
" NOW THERE'S PROBABLY SOME KIND MUSCLE TWITCH DISORDER YOU CAN BLAME.
YOU WANT TO TALK TO THIS GUY ABOUT THE MURDER, RIGHT? YEAH, BUT THE REHAB HAS A STRICT NO-CONTACT POLICY.
YEAH, FREE THE PATIENTS FROM CONTACT WITH THE WORLD THAT CREATED THE PROBLEMS.
PSYCHIC DISENTANGLEMENT.
FIND A WAY TO ENTANGLE.
ASK BEULISS IF HE KNEW FRANK HATCHER WAS SCREWING HIM AND HOW HE FELT ABOUT IT.
I'M AFRAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.
YOU'RE MR.
BEULISS' PSYCHIATRIST, DR.
ERNST.
YOU ADMITTED HIM TO PLEDGES SO WE THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD GET US A FEW MINUTES WITH HIM.
[seethes.]
THAT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION.
WELL, WE SAW HIM A FEW HOURS AGO AND HE SEEMED FINE.
WITH HIS WORLD COLLAPSING AROUND HIM YOU THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE REACTION? AH.
SO IF HE'D BEEN HEALTHY, HE WOULD'VE BEEN FREAKING OUT.
BUT HE SEEMED CALM, SO THAT MEANS HE'S SICK? WELL, THAT'S A SIMPLE WAY OF PUTTING IT, YEAH.
WHAT'S HIS CONDITION, DOCTOR? HA.
YOU KNOW I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.
OKAY.
LET ME TAKE A CRACK AT IT.
HE GETS A BIG THRILL OUT OF TAKING EXTRAORDINARY RISKS.
MALADAPTIVE GAMBLING BEHAVIOR.
AND HE'S PREOCCUPIED WITH POWER.
HE USES OTHERS TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS AND HAS A GRANDIOSE SENSE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE.
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
YOU LEARN THAT AT THE POLICE ACADEMY? NO.
I THINK I SAW THAT ON A TV SHOW.
[laughs.]
ANYWAY, PUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER AND YOU GOT THE IDEAL FINANCIAL CEO OR A SICK MAN IN NEED OF REHAB DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE SEC IS AFTER YOU, I GUESS.
HMM.
UMARE YOU ALWAYS THIS HOSTILE? SORT OF COMES WITH THE JOB.
YEAH.
YOU'RE AN AUTHORITY FIGURE, BUT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AUTHORITY.
YOU MASK IT IN BUFFOONERY BUT IT'S REBELLION.
HOW DOES HE BEHAVE WITH HIS SUPERIORS IN THE POLICE STATION? HMM, YOUR INSISTENCE ON PUTTING EVERYTHING IN YOUR OWN TERMS, YOUR NEED TO KNOW MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO'S CLEARLY AN EXPERT, YOUR TWISTING CONVERSATIONS TO CONTROL THEM.
IN A CHILD THAT WOULD BE DIAGNOSED AS OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER.
AND IN SOME SENSE YOU STILL ARE A CHILD.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT SEEKING PROFESSIONAL HELP? IS THAT YOUR SPEECH TO RECRUIT NEW PATIENTS? VERY GOOD.
UH, I DON'T ACCEPT UNION HEALTH INSURANCE, SO I'M AFRAID YOU COULDN'T AFFORD ME.
YOU'RE NOT CRAZY ABOUT THAT GUY.
ACTUALLY, I THINK I HATE HIM.
THE CAPTAIN SAID YOUR FATHER IS A SHRINK.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
SO ALL THAT PSYCHOBABBLE? YEAH, I USED TO GET THAT EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAS A KID WITH CORNFLAKES.
BUT NOT LATELY? I HAVEN'T SEEN MY FATHER FOR A WHILE.
COUPLE OF WEEKS? OR DECADES.
BECAUSE HE LIVES IN TIBET? OR WEST 64TH.
WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA GET TOGETHER WITH DR.
ERNST AND DO A JOINT DIAGNOSIS? NO, I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING ABOUT FATHERS LATELY.
YOU'RE PREGNANT, AREN'T YOU? YEAH.
AND THE FATHER? LIED TO ME.
MADE ME A FOOL.
IS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR 12 YEARS.
OTHERWISE, PERFECT.
COME ON, LET'S GO! HEY, ARCHIE.
HOW YOU DOING? FOOD'S NOT BAD.
TELL YOU WHAT THOUGH.
I COULD USE A COCKTAIL.
DON'T YOU HAVE A BAR HERE FOR THE NON-ALCOHOLICS? YOU KNOW YOU COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEING HERE.
PLEDGES IS A FINE REHAB FACILITY.
COME ON, DOCTOR.
I THOUGHT I WAS HERE FOR JUST A LITTLE BREAK.
WELL, YOU HAVE ISSUES, ARCHIE.
INTIMACY, FRUSTRATION, CONTROL.
ISSUES, ISSUES, ISSUES.
YES, I KNOW I HAVE ISSUES.
BUT MY MAIN ISSUE RIGHT NOW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY HEAD.
THE SEC INVESTIGATION? FRANK'S MURDER.
I JUST FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS COMING DOWN ON ME RIGHT NOW.
THE SEC COULD DESTROY EVERYTHING.
IT'S A LIQUIDITY PROBLEM, RIGHT? WHAT ISN'T A LIQUIDITY PROBLEM? YOU HAVE ENOUGH CASH, THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS.
HMM.
YOU HAVE LOYAL INVESTORS.
LOYALTY IS NOT SUCH A BIG WORD OUT ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW, DOCTOR, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED.
WELL, MAYBE THEY JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH.
THANKS, DOC.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
IF ONLY THEY WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO INVEST.
[laughs.]
YES, THAT WOULD BE NICE, WOULDN'T IT? HOW'D THINGS GO WITH THE SHRINK? I'M PREGNANT.
THAT WELL? CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU KNEW.
WE ARE DETECTIVES, MY DEAR.
YEAH, MALE DETECTIVES.
A FEMALE WOULD'VE FIGURED IT OUT WEEKS AGO.
SO HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU FEELING? I'M FINE.
IT'S NOT A DISEASE.
AND, UH, I WILL BE ABLE TO PERFORM MY DUTIES, SO.
AREN'T THERE ANY MURDERS WE CAN TALK ABOUT? YES, WE GOT THE LAB REPORT ON THE STEAK KNIFE IN HATCHER'S CHEST.
SOME OF THE BLOOD ON IT WAS NOT HATCHER'S.
WAS IT THE COW'S? NO.
HUMAN.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET A DNA SAMPLE FROM ARCHIE BEULISS.
WE CAN'T EVEN GET AN INTERVIEW.
THE SHRINK WOULDN'T HELP? WELL, HE GAVE NICHOLS A FREE DIAGNOSIS.
ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
APPARENTLY, HE NEEDS THERAPY.
YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE I DO.
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, WELL WHICH EVERYTHING, ELAINE? ARCHIE STILL HAS MONEY.
YOUR INVESTMENT IS SAFE.
REDEMPTIONS ARE FROZEN.
I CAN'T EVEN TALK TO ARCHIE EXCEPT FOR HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OUR MOTHERS.
YOU JUST NEED TO BE PATIENT.
IT'S GONNA BE FINE.
ELAINE.
I'M LEAVING.
AND YOU SHOULD GROW UP.
I'VE BEEN ABSTINENT FOR 11 DAYS.
THAT'S GOOD, CHARLIE.
GOOD.
THANKS.
BUT I DO HAVE SOME-- SOME CONFUSION ABOUT ONE THING.
UM, I TOLD MY FATHER WHAT YOU SAID AND HE DOESN'T WANT ME TO GIVE UP SEX ALL TOGETHER.
HE WANTS ME TO FIND A WIFE.
I DON'T THINK DR.
ERNST WAS SUGGESTING THAT YOU ABSTAIN FROM SEX COMPLETELY, CHARLES.
HE JUST MEANS ABSTINENCE FROM HAVING SEX ONLY WITH YOURSELF.
THANK YOU, CAROLINE.
YOU'RE COMMUNICATING VERY CLEARLY TODAY.
AND HOW ARE YOU FEELING? WELL-- EXCUSE ME, EVERYBODY.
IS THIS, UM, ROOM 18? WE'RE IN A THERAPY SESSION NOW.
OH, NO, I KNOW.
UM, ADULT OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER.
FUNNY.
LEAVE.
GO.
COME ON, PLEASE.
OKAY.
[mumbles.]
SEE, OH.
IF ANY OF YOU ARE OUTPATIENTS THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS WAITING OUTSIDE TO TAKE YOUR NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT A MURDER INVESTIGATION.
POLICE? WHAT MURDER? I--I SHOULD CALL MY FATHER.
HE IS BLACKMAILING US.
NN-NN.
YOUR FATHER IS DR.
WP NICHOLS.
WHAT DID YOU DO, LOOK THAT UP? NO, I STUDIED WITH HIM AT COLUMBIA.
HE'S ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT PSYCHIATRISTS OF HIS GENERATION.
AND HE HAD A SON WHO WAS ADMITTED TO MEDICAL SCHOOL BUT DROPPED OUT TO JOIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FOR THE PENSION PLAN.
IT'S GREAT.
OH, YOU REBEL AGAINST YOUR FATHER, YOU GIVE UP A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY, AND YOU SPEND YOUR DAYS AS A CIVIL SERVANT.
NO, IT'S NOT FOR THE PENSION PLAN.
UH, IT'S, UH-- IT'S FASCINATING.
SOME DAYS IT IS.
NO DOUBT.
LOOK, YOU CALL OFF YOUR TROOPS.
AND I'LL LET YOU TALK WITH US, IF--IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
UH, EVERYONE, THIS IS ZACHARY.
HI, ZACHARY.
OH.
SO SIT DOWN.
GOOD.
EXCUSE ME.
I'M SO SORRY.
HELLO.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US HOW YOU THINK THIS WILL HELP YOU? WELL I FEEL A, UH, COMPULSION TO JUDGE PEOPLE IN SITUATIONS, TO SOLVE PUZZLES, TO ASSIGN BLAME.
I THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THE TRUTH BUT OTHER PEOPLE THINK I'M BEING HOSTILE.
WOW, IT RUINED MY MARRIAGE.
HOW WAS THE SEX? NO CROSS TALK, CHARLES.
> I THINK IT'S ADMIRABLE THAT YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT I CAN'T TRUST.
IT'S JUST THE WORST.
WHEN YOU GET BETRAYED BY SOMEBODY.
SOMEBODY CLOSE TO YOU.
OH, MY HUSBAND BETRAYED ME.
OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.
IT'S AN EPIDEMIC.
I'M TELLING YOU.
ASK ANYBODY HERE.
ARCHIE, WERE YOU BETRAYED? I ASK THE QUESTIONS.
WAS IT SOMEBODY CLOSE TO YOU? SOMEBODY, UH, MAYBE AT YOUR BUSINESS? DETECTIVE, THIS IS NOT ALLOWED.
HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL? WHAT DID IT MAKE YOU WANT TO DO? STOP.
JUST STOP NOW--STOP.
BUT DOCTOR, I THINK WE'RE ON TO SOMETHING.
THIS IS FERTILE TERRITORY.
HEY, I WAS BETRAYED! I TRUSTED SOMEONE.
AND IT WAS ALL A LIE.
RON, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE ALLOWED.
I FEEL LIKE I WAS ATTACKED.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
I LOST SOMETHING HERE.
AND YOU LOST SOMETHING TOO, DIDN'T YOU? SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU DIED.
ALL RIGHT, RON-- HOW DID YOU LIKE IT? ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH! NOW ARCHIE, YOU JUST GO TO YOUR ROOM.
AND RON, YOU'RE GONNA COME WITH ME.
ALL RIGHT, I'M SORRY.
BUT THIS THERAPY SESSION IS OVER.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW, OKAY? IT'S OKAY.
UM.
WELL.
[clears throat.]
I FEEL BETTER ALREADY.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR NEXT SESSION.
[laughs.]
BEULISS' DNA ON THAT COFFEE MUG YOU PICKED UP DOESN'T MATCH THE BLOOD ON THE KNIFE.
NO.
HE WAS LAST NIGHT VERY PASSIVE.
DR.
ERNST HANDLED EVERYTHING.
HE'S THE KIND OF GUY WHO'S USED TO HAVING OTHER PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF HIM.
SO HE'D HIRE A KILLER.
OH WHAT, LIKE GET HIS SECRETARY? SAY TO HER "GO GET ME A FRAPPUCCINO AND WHILE YOU'RE OUT STAB THE CFO.
" SO NOW WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US? RON HEMMINGS LAST NIGHT AT GROUP HAD A VERY STRANGE AND INTERESTING OUTBURST TOWARD ARCHIE BEULISS.
TURNS OUT THE HEMMINGS RUNS AN INVESTMENT COMPANY.
MOSTLY WITH HIS FAMILY'S MONEY.
A WEEK AGO, HE PARKS MOST OF THAT MONEY WITH ARCHIE BEULISS.
JUST IN TIME TO LOSE IT ALL.
WAS HE AT THE BANQUET? YEP.
GO SEE HOW HE ENJOYED IT.
OR IS HE OFF LIMITS TOO? NO.
HE'S A, UH-- HE'S AN OUTPATIENT.
LIKE ME.
WELL, THAT WAS THE THERAPY SESSION.
SEE, THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN AT THERAPY SESSIONS.
THINGS LIKE, UH, LOSING A BILLION DOLLARS? NOTHING'S LOST YET.
BEULISS SECURITIES IS STILL IN BUSINESS.
BUT YOU READ THE PAPERS, MR.
HEMMINGS.
YOU KNOW IT'S IN TROUBLE.
WELL MA'AM, THERE'S MORE GOING ON THAN WHAT YOU READ IN THE PAPERS.
BUT EVEN IF IT IS ALL TRUE, WELL THEN, I MADE A MISTAKE.
AND I HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
YEAH, BUT LAST NIGHT YOU SEEMED TO BE PUTTING THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON ARCHIE BEULISS.
HE DID NOT MAKE ME INVEST WITH HIM.
I MADE THAT DECISION.
YOU SEE, THINGS DON'T ALWAYS TURN OUT THE WAY WE WANT.
BUT FAILURE CAN BE A PART OF SUCCESS.
IS THIS HOW YOUR FAMILY FEELS? 'CAUSE THIS IS YOUR FAMILY'S MONEY, RIGHT? MOSTLY, YES.
MY FAMILY'S IN TEXAS.
I'LL BE FLYING HOME THIS WEEKEND TO EXPLAIN.
THAT'S GONNA BE SOME FAMILY REUNION.
"I'M SORRY, BUT Y'ALL HAVE TO SELL YOUR HOUSES NOW AND MOVE IN TO AUNT LUANNE'S RUMPUS ROOM.
" YOU SAID THIS GUY WAS EXCITED LAST NIGHT? YEAH.
IT SEEMS LIKE HE TOOK A CRASH COURSE IN ZEN AND THE ART OF LOSING EVERY PENNY YOU HAVE.
YEAH, OR DR.
ERNST HAD HIM ON THE COUCH FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
OR SOMEBODY HAD HIM ON THE COUCH.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU DIDN'T SMELL IT? LILACS AND CYPRESS.
IT'S A FRAGRANCE CALLED "FATALITY.
" $400 AN OUNCE.
ELAINE BEULISS WAS WEARING IT THE OTHER DAY.
HUH.
PREGNANCY? YEAH, HEIGHTENED SENSE OF SMELL.
ONE OF THE FRINGE BENEFITS OF BEING PREGNANT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE THROWING UP AT 4:00 A.
M.
REALLY? NO.
NO? SURE, I'VE BEEN TO RON HEMMINGS' OFFICE.
HE'S A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE OF MY HUSBAND.
UH-HUH.
DO YOU VISIT ALL THE, UH, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES OF YOUR HUSBAND? NO.
ONLY THE ONES I'M SCREWING.
WELL.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE, ISN'T IT? I ASSUME RON TOLD YOU.
NOT EXACTLY.
HE'S BEING SUCH A BABY.
PLEASE.
I MEAN, MY HUSBAND WAS BUSY ALL DAY EVERY DAY BEING THE KING OF WALL STREET.
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TIME A GIRL CAN SPEND SHOPPING.
SO YOU PICKED RON HEMMINGS.
HE HAS A WIFE AND KIDS OUT OF TOWN, BUT HE'S GOT A WIFE AND KIDS SO NO MUSS, NO FUSS.
NOW ARCHIE NEEDS ME, SO I TELL RON "THANKS, IT WAS FUN.
" HE GOES ALL ROMEO AND JULIET ON ME.
MM-HMM.
AND SO IF HEMMINGS IS TELLING PEOPLE THAT HE'S BEEN BETRAYED, IT'S NOT ABOUT HIS INVESTMENTS IN YOUR HUSBAND'S COMPANY? IT'S ABOUT SWEET LITTLE ME AND OUR SUPPOSEDLY UNDYING LOVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH MEN TODAY.
THEY USED TO HANDLE BREAK-UPS SO MUCH BETTER.
ACTUALLY, HEMMINGS DIDN'T MENTION YOU TO US AT ALL.
THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE? WE THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS UPSET ABOUT THE MONEY, BUT MAYBE HE-- KILLED FRANK HATCHER? RON? [laughs.]
ARE YOU SURE HE DIDN'T? HE WAS WITH ME.
WHEN ARCHIE AND FRANK LEFT THAT BANQUET HALL HE WAS AT MY TABLE LIKE A SHOT, BEGGING FOR ANOTHER CHANCE.
NEVER GIVE A MAN ANOTHER CHANCE, HONEY.
I TALKED TO RON AND I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY ABOUT HIS MONEY.
THEN THE POLICE CAME AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT ME AND RON.
ABOUT THE AFFAIR? ABOUT RON'S ANGER? YES.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY BELIEVED ME ABOUT THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF RON BELIEVED ME ABOUT THE MONEY.
I MEAN, I MEANT EVERYTHING THAT I SAID.
WHY DOESN'T ANYONE TAKE ME SERIOUSLY? WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME? WELL, ARE YOU SURE THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU, ELAINE? YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOUR SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR OBJECTIVITY.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THEY JUST-- THEY ALL SEEMED SO SKEPTICAL, AND THEY KEPT ASKING ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
IS IT THE WAY I TALK? THE PLASTIC SURGERY? WHY DO I ALWAYS END UP FEELING LIKE SUCH A FRAUD? OH, I DON'T KNOW, ELAINE.
BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON.
HMM? YEAH.
ELAINE IANUCCI.
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF '98.
CHEERLEADING, TOLERANCE CLUB.
VOTED MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED? HOW'D YOU GUESS? HER FAVORITE QUOTE.
"NEVER EVER EVER LET ANYONE STOP YOU FROM GETTING WHAT YOU WANT.
" YES, THE DALAI LAMA SAID THAT, I BELIEVE.
DID IT ALSO SAY THAT WHAT SHE WANTED WAS TO MARRY A WALL STREET BILLIONAIRE? YOU KNOW, IF SHE FIGURED OUT THAT FRANK HATCHER WAS KILLING HER GOLDEN GOOSE "NEVER, EVER LET ANYONE STOP YOU FROM GETTING WHAT YOU WANT.
" YOU LEFT OUT ONE OF THE EVERS.
HEY, YOU KNOW SHE GAVE HEMMINGS A, UH, AN ALIBI FOR THE TIME OF THE MURDER, BUT MAYBE SHE WAS REALLY GIVING HERSELF ONE.
LET'S SEE IF HEMMINGS BACKS IT UP.
WHAT'S GOING ON? STIFF ON A SKIFF.
A SUICIDE IN A BATHTUB.
WHAT APARTMENT? 12 B.
THAT'S HEMMINGS.
WOULD IT BE CALLOUS OF ME TO HOPE THAT HE HAS A ROOMMATE? APARTMENT DOOR WAS LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE.
FIREMEN BROKE IT DOWN AFTER THE DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR COMPLAINED OF FLOODING.
THIS WATER'S ICE COLD.
WHEN WAS THAT? ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
DOORMAN SAW HEMMINGS COME IN JUST BEFORE.
SAID HE LOOKED UPSET.
THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF THERAPY GONE TO WASTE.
AND IT, UH, LOOKS LIKE HE KEPT THE DRUG COMPANIES IN BUSINESS.
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
CAN WE INVENTORY ALL THAT? HANG ON, HANG ON.
WHAT IS THIS? HUH.
TAKE THIS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WRIST CUTTERS LIKE WARM WATER.
KEEPS THE BLOOD FLOWING.
THE DIRECTION AND DEPTH OF THE CUTS ON HIS ARMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH SUICIDE.
DID YOU RUN HIS BLOOD AGAINST THE FRANK HATCHER MURDER WEAPON? YEP.
NO MATCH.
IF THIS GUY FELT GUILTY ABOUT SOMETHING, IT WASN'T ABOUT KILLING HATCHER.
WELL, IT COULD'VE BEEN ABOUT LOSING HIS ENTIRE FAMILY FORTUNE.
WELL, I GUESS THAT'D DO IT.
I FELT TERRIBLE ABOUT LOSING MY CELL PHONE ON THE SUBWAY.
ANY CHANCE HE WAS HELPED TO SUICIDE? THERE'S NO SIGN OF OTHER TRAUMA.
NO BUMPS ON THE HEAD.
THE CUTS ARE NEAT.
HE WASN'T STRUGGLING.
TOX SCAN? IT'S IN THE WORKS.
YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW.
A FEW HOURS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED HE SEEMED TOTALLY AT PEACE WITH THINGS.
WELL, MAYBE BECAUSE HE'D ALREADY MADE UP HIS MIND.
I DON'T THINK SO.
SOMETHING HAPPENED.
WHAT? [scoffs.]
DID HE EVER PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS? I DON'T THINK HE'S EVEN FULLY AWARE WE'RE HERE.
THAT'S THE MYTHOLOGY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY THAT PATIENTS ARE EAGER TO TELL ALL THEIR SECRETS.
WOW, SO YOU'RE SURPRISED THAT RON HEMMINGS COMMITTED SUICIDE.
I'M A PSYCHIATRIST, NOT A PSYCHIC.
I KNEW HE WAS DISTRAUGHT.
YOU SAW HIM AT THAT THERAPY SESSION.
I THOUGHT I HAD HIM CALMED DOWN.
WE SAW HIM YESTERDAY.
HE SEEMED PRETTY CALM.
MM, YEAH.
THAT'S REPRESSION OF THE CHAOS WITHIN IN HINDSIGHT.
WHAT YOUR FATHER WOULD CALL "HELL IN A SKIN SUIT.
" YES, YES.
HE WAS ALWAYS VERY GOOD AT PUTTING LABELS ON THINGS.
AS FOR RON HEMMINGS, I FOUND THAT WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS TEND TO FIND THEIR IDENTITIES IN THEIR FINANCIAL SUCCESS.
SO WHEN THEIR PORTFOLIOS COLLAPSE, SO DO THEY.
YEAH, THAT'S YOUR SPECIALTY, ISN'T IT, DOCTOR? THE WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS.
IT'S A NICHE.
NOT ALL PSYCHIATRISTS WOULD BE COMFORTABLE.
YEAH, THE FIVE-FIGURE RETAINERS.
THE HELICOPTER RIDES TO THERAPY SESSIONS IN SOUTH HAMPTON.
I CAN IMAGINE THAT COULD BE GRUELING.
THE SUPER RICH HAVE DIFFERENT FRUSTRATIONS THAN PEOPLE OF MORE MODEST MEANS.
BECAUSE THEY USUALLY GET THEIR WAY.
NO, THEY'RE MORE RESISTANT TO OPENING UP.
TO SHOWING VULNERABILITY OF ANY KIND.
IT REQUIRES SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THEIR WORLD TO HELP THEM.
AND YET THEY'LL OPEN UP TO AND RECEIVE HELP AND ADVICE FROM A RELATIVE PAUPER LIKE YOURSELF? WELL, THEY'RE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW AND THEY'RE WILLING TO LISTEN TO AN EXPERT TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.
RIGHT.
WELL, THEY HIRE GARDENERS AND TENNIS INSTRUCTORS, PSYCHOTHERAPISTS, PEDICURISTS.
I DARE SAY EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT I'M IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
STAFF.
ONE OF YOU PUSHES DOWN THE CUTICLES.
SOMEBODY PUTS IN THE GAZEBO.
YOU DO WHAT? YOU--YOU HELP THEM KEEP THEIR TEMPERS IN CHECK WITH THE THIRD WIFE? NO, I HELP THEM HAVE SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS, BE HAPPY AND FULFILLED, ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS, MAKE ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS.
OOH.
MAKE A BILLION DOLLARS.
AND HAPPINESS.
THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
NO? [sighs.]
HE SEEMS MORE INTERESTED IN THE SHRINK THAN THE MURDER.
SOMETHING ABOUT HIS FATHER.
YEAH, DON'T GO THERE.
I ALREADY DID.
I'M AFRAID I HAVE A LITTLE FATHER ISSUE OF MY OWN GOING ON.
HAVE YOU TOLD THE EX-FIANCE? SOMEHOW I FEEL LIKE IT'S NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.
RIGHT.
LOOK, IF YOU EVER NEED A HAND YOU MEAN, LIKE, CHANGE DIAPERS? WHATEVER.
THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.
HEY, I'VE BEEN GOING OVER DR.
ERNST'S PATIENT LIST.
WHICH YOU OBTAINED HOW? UM, THE PATIENTS THREW HIM A BIRTHDAY PARTY A YEAR AGO AT PER SE.
MADE THE SOCIETY PAGE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE THE LIST OF BEULISS SECURITIES INVESTORS? MM-HMM.
I'LL GET IT FOR YOU.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE TOX REPORT ON RON HEMMINGS JUST CAME IN.
GUY WAS A WALKING PHARMACY.
MM-HMM.
MM-HMM.
ANTI-DEPRESSANTS.
OOH, SERTRALINE AND MOCLOBEMIDE? WHAT? WELL, THAT COMBINATION IS DEFINITELY CONTRAINDICATED.
CAN CAUSE SEIZURES.
UH, DELIRIUM.
HEART RATE THROUGH THE ROOF.
THANKS.
AND RAISED BODY TEMPERATURE.
THE COLD WATER BATH.
MM-HMM.
SUICIDE? EVIDENTLY.
BUT IF HE PUT HIMSELF IN COLD WATER, HE WAS TRYING TO RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS.
WELL, MAYBE THE DELIRIUM HIT AFTER THE HOT FLASHES.
CSU FOUND SERTRALINE IN HEMMINGS' APARTMENT PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR FROM HOUSTON.
THAT'S WHERE HEMMINGS WAS FROM.
BUT NO BOTTLE LABELED MOCLOBEMIDE.
NO PRESCRIPTION.
SOMEBODY GAVE IT TO HIM.
SOMEBODY WHO SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER.
OR WHO DID KNOW BETTER.
SO HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY, CAROLINE? OH, UM I'M STILL GUILTY ABOUT THE SPENDING.
YEAH.
BUT MY HUSBAND KEEPS PUTTING MY CREDIT CARD BILLS ON MY PILLOW.
I THINK THAT'S VERY HOSTILE.
I MEAN, I THINK HE SHOULD BE HERE TOO.
NO, NOT THIS CHARADE AGAIN, DETECTIVE.
IT'S NOT A CHARADE.
I'M HERE IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
FINE.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, CAN WE DO THIS AFTER THE SESSION? OKAY, FIRST I NEED TO ASK EVERYBODY HERE A QUESTION.
HOW MANY OF YOU INVESTED MONEY IN BEULISS SECURITIES? UM MY DAD AND I INVESTED I--I PUT IN MY WHOLE TRUST ACCOUNT.
INTERESTING COINCIDENCE.
AND I WONDER WHO GAVE YOU THE ADVICE TO INVEST THERE.
THE DOCTOR.
MM-HMM, MM-HMM.
THE DOCTOR.
THE DOCTOR.
AH.
IS IT FUNNY? PSYCHOTHERAPY AND INVESTMENT TIPS.
ONE-STOP SHOPPING.
TOO BAD THE INVESTMENT TIP SUCKED.
ESPECIALLY FOR RON HEMMINGS.
HE PUT IN A BILLION.
I WANTED TO PULL OUT MY MONEY.
YOU SAID THAT THAT WOULD BE REPEATING OLD BEHAVIORS.
THAT I SHOULD STAY THE COURSE AND NOT RUN AWAY.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO DISCUSS YOUR PROBLEMS, CHARLES.
COME ON.
ACTUALLY IT IS, DOCTOR.
'CAUSE YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.
ARCHIE, YOUR PSYCHIATRIST WAS ONE HELL OF A FUND RAISER, WASN'T HE? AND YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY HIM COMMISSION.
I HAD NO IDEA.
I WAS RUNNING A BUSINESS.
THE MONEY CAME IN.
REALLY? NEVER BEING AWARE THAT DR.
ERNST HAD TAKEN AN UNHEALTHY INTEREST IN YOUR AFFAIRS-- OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT BUSINESS IN MY SESSIONS.
IT WAS WHAT WAS ON MY MIND.
THOSE THERAPY SESSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE FLIGHT TO SOUTH HAMPTON, ON THE YACHT.
WHEREVER.
SO DOCTOR, WHAT WAS THIS EXACTLY? POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THERAPY? GETTING YOUR OTHER PATIENTS TO INVEST IN ARCHIE'S FAILING COMPANY? WHO SAID IT WAS FAILING? THE BUSINESS WAS SOUND.
REALLY? ARCHIE.
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, DID YOU HAPPEN TO MENTION TO DR.
ERNST THE PROBLEMS THE BUSINESS WAS FACING? IT--IT WAS A TEMPORARY SITUATION.
WE JUST NEEDED NEW CAPITAL.
"WE"? "WE"? THERE'S NO WE, DOCTOR.
YOU'RE HIS THERAPIST.
OR DID YOU START TO ACTUALLY THINK THAT YOU BELONGED ON THAT YACHT? [laughs.]
ARE YOU TRYING TO DO THERAPY ON ME, DETECTIVE? RON HEMMINGS WAS RELUCTANT TO INVEST WITH ARCHIE BEULISS SOLELY ON THE ADVICE OF A SHRINK.
SO YOU SENT OVER A A CONVINCER.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
LADIES.
ELAINE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I'M SORRY, ARCHIE.
I HAD AN AFFAIR WITH RON HEMMINGS.
I JUST WASN'T GETTING THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT I NEEDED FROM YOU.
DR.
ERNST MADE ME REALIZE THAT I OWED IT TO MYSELF TO ACTUALIZE MY FEELINGS.
AND FROM HIS SESSIONS WITH RON HEMMINGS, HE KNEW THAT HEMMINGS LIKED YOUR WIFE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT DR.
ERNST PIMPED HER OUT TO GET HEMMINGS' INVESTMENT? OF COURSE NOT.
I'M SHOCKED.
HE SENT HER BACK AGAIN AFTER THINGS WENT BUST TO CALM HEMMINGS DOWN AND TO CONVINCE US THE ONLY THING HE WAS UPSET ABOUT WAS THEIR LOVE AFFAIR.
SHE WASN'T SURE IT HAD WORKED.
I TOLD YOU THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
AND YOU DIDN'T WANT HIM TALKING ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN BEULISS SECURITIES BECAUSE THAT MIGHT LEAD US TO START ASKING SOME QUESTIONS.
SO YOU MADE SURE HE'D KEEP QUIET WITH THIS.
THIS IS INSANE.
THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING WE FOUND IN RON HEMMINGS' BATHROOM WASTE CAN WITH TRACES OF MOCLOBEMIDE AND YOUR FINGERPRINTS.
YEAH, IF ANYONE NEEDED ANTI-DEPRESSANT MEDICATION, IT WAS HEMMINGS.
HE WAS ALREADY ON ONE ANTI-DEPRESSANT THAT'S COMMONLY KNOWN TO MIX VERY BADLY WITH THIS ONE.
I'M SURE THAT WE'LL FIND OUT THAT YOU KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN ON SERTRALINE WHEN WE GET THE WARRANT FOR HIS PATIENT FILE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
HERE'S THAT WARRANT RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S SUCH A THING AS PATIENT-DOCTOR PRIVILEGE.
AND IT BELONGS TO THE PATIENT.
RON HEMMINGS HEIRS WILL BE HAPPY TO WAIVE IT.
WHICH BRINGS US TO FRANK HATCHER.
ALSO A PATIENT, YEAH? SO DOCTOR, WHEN HE WAS ON YOUR COUCH, DID HE TELL YOU THAT HE WAS GOING TO THE SEC SO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN WHICH WOULD BRING DOWN ARCHIE'S COMPANY, A COMPANY WHICH AT THAT POINT, YOU HAD COME TO THINK OF AS YOUR OWN COMPANY? FRANK.
HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
HE WASN'T YOUR FRIEND, ARCHIE.
HE WAS GONNA BRING US DOWN.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP SAYING "US"? OH, PLEASE.
I CERTAINLY HELPED GUIDE SOME DECISION-MAKING.
YOU WHAT? YOUR BUSINESS WAS IN TROUBLE.
YOU WERE IN TROUBLE.
I JUST HELPED YOU CLARIFY SOME THINGS.
YOU THINK I ACTUALLY TOOK THE ADVICE THAT YOU GAVE ME? I HAD PERSPECTIVE.
YOU WERE DISTRACTED.
I HUMORED YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE BRINGING IN MONEY FROM THESE PEOPLE.
IF MY DOG-WALKER HAD TOLD ME TO INVEST OTHER DOGS, I WOULD'VE DROPPED YOU IN A SECOND AND GOTTEN A REAL PSYCHIATRIST.
YOUR DOG-WALKER? YEAH, HE WAS A BETTER THERAPIST THAN YOU WERE TOO.
YOU KNOW WHY? HE GOT PRINCESS TO STOP PISSING IN THE SUN ROOM.
YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT.
YOUR BUSINESS WAS COLLAPSING, A BUSINESS THAT I HELPED YOU BUILD, AND ALL YOU COULD TALK ABOUT, ALL YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WAS YOUR STUPID DOG OR THE NEW AIRPLANE THAT YOU COULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO PAY FOR BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
SOMEBODY HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
HE WAS GONNA DESTROY US.
YOU KILLED FRANK.
HE WAS GIVING EVERYTHING TO THE GOVERNMENT.
HE WAS THERE THAT NIGHT.
HE SAID HE CAME TO THE BANQUET TO BUCK ME UP BEFORE MY BIG SPEECH AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE HIM FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
WE'LL NEED A SAMPLE OF YOUR DNA, DOCTOR, TO SEE IF IT MATCHES THE MURDERER'S BLOOD ON THE KNIFE.
FINE, AND THEN I'LL TELL THE SEC EVERYTHING THAT HATCHER TOLD ME AND THAT HE TOLD ME ABOUT HOW THEY SWINDLED ALL THEIR INVESTORS.
I'M SURE THAT'LL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
MAYBE THE TWO OF YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR THERAPY SESSIONS IN PRISON.
I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE.
NOT A WORD.
I FORBID IT.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
ALL OF YOU.
I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.
THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.
I JUST WANT TO TALK TO ONE OF THE GUESTS.
THEN I SUGGEST YOU CALL HIM.
I'M NOT GONNA EAT ANYONE'S SHRIMP COCKTAIL.
THIS IS A PRIVATE EVENT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN INVITATION, YOU CAN'T-- THEY'RE A BUNCH OF CROOKS.
YOU DO REALIZE THAT, DON'T YOU? OH, I'M SURE THEY ARE.
BUT YOU STILL CAN'T GO IN.
THE DEBT'S TRIPLE-A RATED.
SOLID GOLD.
POOR BASTARD'S PEEING HIS PANTS JUST BECAUSE THEY LAID OFF HALF THE STATE.
LIKE THE ONE THING'S CONNECTED TO THE OTHER, RIGHT? SO HE'S ASKING FIFTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR.
AND YOU GOT IT FOR WHAT, 25.
AND HE THREW IN THE HEADQUARTERS AT HARTFORD.
THAT KID'S A PRICK.
I KNOW.
WE SHOULD HIRE HIM.
HONEY, THERE YOU ARE.
RON WANTED TO HAVE A WORD.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME INTO YOUR FUND.
I KNOW YOU'RE OVERSUBSCRIBED.
YOU KNOW MY ASSOCIATE, FRANK HATCHER? NO, I DON'T.
PLEASURE.
GOOD TO MEET YOU.
HE'S OUR NUMBERS GUY.
HE KNOWS THE INHERENT VALUE ON THE DIFFERENT-- OKAY, IF YOU'RE ALL FINISHED GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS, LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
IT IS TIME FOR OUR SPEAKER, ARCHIE BEULISS.
OH, THAT'S ME.
QUICK, HIDE ME.
CALL YOU TOMORROW? ANYTIME.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
GOOD TO MEET YOU.
ELAINE.
HMM.
SO HOW MUCH DID HE INVEST? ONLY A BILLION.
1.
13 BILLION.
[chuckles.]
DO WE GET THE GULFSTREAM? HIS AND HERS.
YOU WANT PINK? WE WELCOME TONIGHT A MAN WHO'S NEVER HEARD THE WORDS "NO" AND "DEAL" IN THE SAME SENTENCE UNLESS THEY CAME FROM HIS LIPS.
[laughter.]
A MAN WHO HAS PROVEN THAT THE BUSINESS CYCLES, UPS AND DOWNS, ARE JUST A MATTER OF WHICH WAY YOU HOLD THE CHART.
[laughter.]
A MAN WHOSE COMPANY, BEULISS SECURITIES, IS LEADING A RESURGENCE IN THE REPUTATION AND THE PROFITABILITY OF THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT SECTOR.
A MAN WHO I HOPE WILL BE BACK IN A MINUTE.
BLOOMBERG AND DOW JONES.
"BEULISS SECURITIES UNDER INVESTIGATION.
SOURCES REPORT--" IT'S TOMORROW IN JAPAN.
WE HAVE 2 BILLION IN REDEMPTION ORDERS.
"BECAUSE OF THIS MARKET MANIPULATION SELF-DEALINGFRAUD--" WHERE THE HELL IS THIS COMING FROM? DAMN IT, MORE REDEMPTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TO STALL.
WE HAVE TO PUT ON A GOOD FACE.
WE ARE NOT THAT LIQUID.
NOBODY'S THAT DAMN LIQUID.
OH, NO! NOT OUR CARIBBEAN COMPANIES.
SON OF A BITCH! HOW THE HELL DID THEY FIND OUT ABOUT THIS? [cell phones beeping.]
WE ALL KNOW THAT NOTHING CREATES OPPORTUNITY LIKE ADVERSITY.
AND I FOR ONE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ARCHIE BEULISS.
WHAT? WHAT? YOU WANT TO SEE A SHOW? HUH? YOU WANT TO SEE A SHOW? THERE! THERE! THERE'S YOUR DAMN SHOW! GAH! I GOTTA GO TO THE BATHROOM.
[water running.]
[cell phones beeping.]
AND HERE IS THE MAN WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR FROM.
THANK YOU.
FEAR.
HOPE.
GREED.
THEY ARE UNIVERSAL HUMAN EMOTIONS THAT HAVE DESTROYED INVESTORS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BUT FOR US IN THIS ROOM THEY DO NOT EXIST.
AT LEAST NOT IN OUR BUSINESS LIVES.
BECAUSE WHEN OTHERS PANIC, WE ARE STEADY.
WE UNDERSTAND THE TEMPORARY MARKET DISTRACTIONS ARE AT WORST MEANINGLESS, AT BEST OUR FRIENDS.
[applause.]
THANK YOU.
HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE WITH BEULISS? CRAP.
I WANT YOU THERE WHEN THE DOORS OPEN.
BUT WAIT.
CAN WE POST THE REDEMPTION IN SINGAPORE? I MEAN NOW.
WHAT TIME IS IT OVER THERE? UH.
UHN.
GOD! [water running.]
IF YOU SAY SOMETHING AND YOU'RE WRONG, SHE'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU.
COME ON.
DON'T YOU THINK IT'S OBVIOUS? I THOUGHT IT WAS OBVIOUS WITH MY COUSIN RITA.
FOR 14 YEARS SHE'S GIVEN ME CAT TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS.
WHAT? NOTHING.
UMHOW'S THE, UH, HOW'S THE BODY? DEAD.
KNIFE IN THE CHEST.
IT'S A HOTEL STEAK KNIFE.
THERE WAS A BANQUET OVER THERE.
BIG SHOTS FROM WALL STREET.
THE VIC WAS ONE OF THEM.
FRANK HATCHER.
CFO OF BEULISS SECURITIES.
ARCHIE BEULISS IS THE GUEST OF HONOR.
AND SOMEBODY STOLE THE SILVERWARE? HIGH CLASS CROWD LIKE THAT.
SPUR OF THE MOMENT MURDER? LOOKS LIKE.
PREMEDITATION YOU BRING YOUR OWN CUTLERY.
HALF THE PEOPLE AT THAT BANQUET HAD MEANS, OPPORTUNITY, AND DEFINITELY MOTIVE.
THEY WERE GOING BROKE BETWEEN DESSERT COURSE AND COFFEE SERVICE.
IT'S SO HO--HOT IN HERE.
YOU WANNA TAKE OFF YOUR, UH, YOUR COAT? NO.
THEY ALL INVESTED IN BEULISS SECURITIES.
ENOUGH OF THEM.
IT WAS A FUND OF FUNDS.
PEOPLE COLLECTED MONEY FROM THEIR CLIENTS THEN FUNNELED IT TO BEULISS.
YEAH, UNTIL LAST NIGHT HE WAS NETTING CONSISTENTLY WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE.
SO SOMEONE GETS THE BAD NEWS, POPS A VEIN, GRABS A STEAK KNIFE, AND SHAFTS BEULISS' NUMBER TWO.
WHY FRANK HATCHER? SENDING A MESSAGE? TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY? TRYING TO INTIMIDATE NUMBER ONE? OR SOMEBODY DIDN'T LIKE FRANK HATCHER.
GO SEE THE GUEST OF HONOR.
MAYBE HE HAS AN IDEA.
IT'S JUST TERRIBLE.
MUST'VE BEEN SOME LUNATIC.
SOME LUNATIC? REALLY? WHAT, THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE PASSING BY THE, UH, MEN'S ROOM CONTAINING YOUR RIGHT-HAND MAN AT THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN WORD WAS SPREAD THAT YOUR COMPANY WAS COLLAPSING? WELL I--I DON'T SEE COLLAPSING, DETECTIVE.
DO YOU? NO, WHAT I SEE IS AN EMOTIONAL OVERREACTION TO A SPECULATIVE NEWS REPORT ABOUT AN UNCONFIRMED INVESTIGATION.
THE SEC CONFIRMED IT THIS MORNING.
I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE SEC VIRTUALLY NONSTOP SINCE 1996.
I'VE GIVEN SO MANY DEPOSITIONS I SWEAR TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH WHEN I ORDER DINNER AT A RESTAURANT.
BEULISS SECURITIES IS SOUND.
SOUND? YOU HAVE FROZEN REDEMPTIONS, DON'T YOU? TEMPORARILY.
LOOK, OUR CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND, OR THEY SHOULD, THAT THIS COMPANY IS NOT A PIGGY BANK THAT THEY CAN BREAK OPEN WHENEVER THEY GET A FUNNY LITTLE FEELING IN THEIR TUMMIES.
THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT I STAY CALM, I CONVINCE THEM TO DO LIKEWISE.
AND IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT SOMEONE WORRIED ABOUT HIS OR HER INVESTMENTS IN BEULISS SECURITIES MURDERED FRANK HATCHER, PERHAPS YOU CAN TELL ME WHY.
MAYBE BECAUSE THEY LOST ALL THEIR MONEY.
JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
HMM.
AND KILLING FRANK HATCHER WAS GONNA GET THEIR MONEY BACK HOW? MR.
BEULISS? YOU WANTED TO BE INFORMED WHEN DR.
ERNST CALLED.
YES.
PLEASE RESCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT.
TELL HIM I'LL MEET HIM AT THE SOUTH HAMPTON HOUSE.
BOOK HIM THE CAR AND SEND HIM THE HELICOPTER.
THANK YOU.
DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO MIGHT'VE HAD A GRUDGE AGAINST MR.
HATCHER? YES.
A FEW MONTHS AGO ONE OF OUR STAFF ACCOUNTANTS CAME IN WITH SOME WILD ACCUSATIONS AGAINST FRANK.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME SO I FIRED HIM.
HE DIDN'T TAKE IT WELL.
SOMEONE AT BEULISS SECURITIES ISN'T PLAYING FAIR.
MM-HMM.
WHENEVER THE COMPANY IS ABOUT TO MAKE A MAJOR PURCHASE WITH ITS INVESTORS' MONEY, SOME OTHER LITTLE COMPANY IN BARBADOS OR ANTIGUA POPS UP, BUYS THE ASSET FIRST, AND THEN SELLS IT BACK TO BEULISS AT A PROFIT, THEN VANISHES.
THESE LITTLE COMPANIES ALWAYS SOMEHOW UH, KNOW WHAT BEULISS IS GONNA BUY? YEAH.
SOMEHOW.
SO ILLEGAL.
YEAH.
SOMEONE INSIDE BEULISS SECURITIES IS GETTING AHEAD OF THE TRADES, MAKING A GUARANTEED PROFIT ON EVERY ONE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS HATCHER SO I TOLD BEULISS BUT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
SO AFTER HE FIRED ME I WENT TO THE SEC.
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE PROOF.
WHEN DID YOU GO TO THE SEC? MONTHS AGO.
NOTHING HAPPENED EXCEPT NOW BEULISS IS BUST, I CAN'T GET A JOB, AND MY LIFE SAVINGS IS TIED UP IN THE COMPANY'S FUND.
SO THE MAN WHO RUINED YOUR LIFE WAS AT THAT PARTY AND YOU DECIDED TO CRASH THAT PARTY.
NOT TO KILL HIM.
TO BEG FOR MY JOB BACK.
TO SURRENDER.
BUT THEY WOULDN'T LET ME IN.
NOBODY'S GONNA GIVE THAT GUY ANY JOB BACK.
HE FINDS HATCHER IN THE BATHROOM.
HATCHER TELLS HIM TO GET LOST.
YEAH, BUT WHERE DOES HE GET THE HOTEL STEAK KNIFE? THEY NEVER EVEN LET HIM INTO THE BALLROOM.
WELL, HE COULD'VE PICKED IT OFF THE TRAY.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS OUR GUY, THE JURY MIGHT WANT TO GIVE HIM A MEDAL INSTEAD OF A PRISON SENTENCE.
HATCHER WORKED FOR A FUND THAT PROFITS OFF EVERYONE ELSE'S MISERY.
AND TO TOP THAT OFF, WAS STEALING FROM HIS INVESTORS.
WHICH BY YOUR LOGIC WOULD BE A GOOD THING SINCE THEY WERE DOING A BAD THING? SINCE WHEN DID YOU BECOME SUCH AN EXPERT IN VULTURE FUNDS ANYWAY? SINCE I LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE VULTURES.
NO, IT'S--THE PSYCHOLOGY TO ME IS JUST INTERESTING.
FOR THESE GUYS, GOOD NEWS IS BAD.
BAD NEWS IS GOOD.
YOU GOTTA FEEL THAT YOUR RIGHT.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS WRONG.
SO DON'T TELL ME YOU ADMIRE THESE PEOPLE.
LISTEN.
KRAMER WENT TO THE SEC BUT THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE PROOF.
BUT NOW THE SEC IS PURSUING AN INVESTIGATION.
SOMEBODY WENT TO THEM WITH PROOF.
SOMEBODY FROM THE INSIDE.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW I CAN'T COMMENT ON AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.
BADGE.
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
S--SAME TEAM.
NICE MEETING YOU.
THE SEC SAID IT WAS REFERRING POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ASPECTS OF THE BEULISS CASE TO THE U.
S.
ATTORNEY FOR YOU OFFICE TO PURSUE.
[sighs.]
IT DID.
WE ARE.
YEAH, BUT IF FRANK HATCHER WAS THE TARGET OF THE INVESTIGATION BUT NOW HE'S DEAD, IT, UH, WOULDN'T BE ACTIVE ANYMORE, RIGHT? BUT SHE SAID IT WAS ACTIVE.
DIDN'T SHE SAY? SHE SAID IT WAS ACTIVE.
SO HATCHER WASN'T THE TARGET.
OH.
BEULISS WAS THE TARGET.
SWINDLING HIS OWN INVESTORS, MAYBE WITH HATCHER'S HELP.
IF WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE BLINK YOUR LEFT EYE.
THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN HAMPERED, BUT IT IS ONGOING.
HAMPERED BY HATCHER'S DEATH.
OH.
HATCHER WAS THE SNITCH.
RATTING OUT BEULISS TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN.
I DON'T THINK ARCHIE WOULD HAVE LIKED THAT.
THEY LEFT THAT DINNER TOGETHER.
AND ONLY ONE OF THEM CAME BACK.
UH, THANK YOU.
WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? YOUR CARDS ARE STILL GOOD.
YEAH? THE PLATINUM PEOPLE ALREADY CALLED.
JUST POLITE.
EXPRESSING CONCERN.
TALKING ABOUT A LIMIT.
I KNOW THERE'S CASH IN YOUR NAME, ELAINE.
YOU MADE SURE OF THAT.
FOR A RAINY DAY, MARTIN.
HOW HARD IS IT RAINING? UH, HELLO.
THIS IS DETECTIVE WHEELER.
I'M DETECTIVE NICHOLS.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR ARCHIE BEULISS.
I'M MR.
BEULISS' ATTORNEY.
THIS IS MRS.
BEULISS.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
IS YOUR HUSBAND HERE? WE JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
I'M AFRAID MR.
BEULISS IS NOT AVAILABLE.
OH, NO, WE--WE SAW HIM THIS MORNING.
HE SAID DROP BACK ANY TIME.
HE'S BEEN ADMITTED TO AN INPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY.
IS HE SICK? BECAUSE HE LOOKED FINE THIS MORNING.
IT'S A PSYCHIATRIC CONDITION.
MM-HMM.
WE'LL PAY HIM A VISIT.
THANK YOU.
HIS THERAPY REQUIRES A TOTAL BREAK WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
DOCTOR'S ORDERS.
MY BAGS ARE IN THE TRUNK.
IS THERE A MASSAGE ROOM? LET'S START WITH A MASSAGE.
[trunk shuts.]
ARCHIE BEULISS IS IN REHAB? MM-HMM.
A PLACE CALLED PLEDGES ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE.
I ASSUME IT DOESN'T TREAT HEROIN ADDICTS FROM SPANISH HARLEM.
NOT UNLESS THEY GOT AND PASS THE SOCIAL SCREENING.
RIFF RAFF DISEASES NEED NOT APPLY.
AND WHAT IS MR.
BEULISS' ALLEGED AFFLICTION? I'M GUESSING IT'S A BAD CASE OF "THE SEC IS UP MY ASS FOR FRAUD AND I'M PREPARING A PSYCHIATRIC DEFENSE-ITIS.
" YEAH, HE COULDN'T HELP HIMSELF.
IT'S A FINANCIAL TWINKIE DEFENSE.
HE JUST HAS TO SELL IT TO A COUPLE JURORS.
REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN YOU'D BREAK A WINDOW AND YOU'D KNOCK ON MRS.
SMITH'S DOOR AND SAY, "MRS.
SMITH, I'M SORRY.
I BROKE YOUR WINDOW.
" NOW THERE'S PROBABLY SOME KIND MUSCLE TWITCH DISORDER YOU CAN BLAME.
YOU WANT TO TALK TO THIS GUY ABOUT THE MURDER, RIGHT? YEAH, BUT THE REHAB HAS A STRICT NO-CONTACT POLICY.
YEAH, FREE THE PATIENTS FROM CONTACT WITH THE WORLD THAT CREATED THE PROBLEMS.
PSYCHIC DISENTANGLEMENT.
FIND A WAY TO ENTANGLE.
ASK BEULISS IF HE KNEW FRANK HATCHER WAS SCREWING HIM AND HOW HE FELT ABOUT IT.
I'M AFRAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.
YOU'RE MR.
BEULISS' PSYCHIATRIST, DR.
ERNST.
YOU ADMITTED HIM TO PLEDGES SO WE THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD GET US A FEW MINUTES WITH HIM.
[seethes.]
THAT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION.
WELL, WE SAW HIM A FEW HOURS AGO AND HE SEEMED FINE.
WITH HIS WORLD COLLAPSING AROUND HIM YOU THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE REACTION? AH.
SO IF HE'D BEEN HEALTHY, HE WOULD'VE BEEN FREAKING OUT.
BUT HE SEEMED CALM, SO THAT MEANS HE'S SICK? WELL, THAT'S A SIMPLE WAY OF PUTTING IT, YEAH.
WHAT'S HIS CONDITION, DOCTOR? HA.
YOU KNOW I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.
OKAY.
LET ME TAKE A CRACK AT IT.
HE GETS A BIG THRILL OUT OF TAKING EXTRAORDINARY RISKS.
MALADAPTIVE GAMBLING BEHAVIOR.
AND HE'S PREOCCUPIED WITH POWER.
HE USES OTHERS TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS AND HAS A GRANDIOSE SENSE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE.
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
YOU LEARN THAT AT THE POLICE ACADEMY? NO.
I THINK I SAW THAT ON A TV SHOW.
[laughs.]
ANYWAY, PUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER AND YOU GOT THE IDEAL FINANCIAL CEO OR A SICK MAN IN NEED OF REHAB DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE SEC IS AFTER YOU, I GUESS.
HMM.
UMARE YOU ALWAYS THIS HOSTILE? SORT OF COMES WITH THE JOB.
YEAH.
YOU'RE AN AUTHORITY FIGURE, BUT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AUTHORITY.
YOU MASK IT IN BUFFOONERY BUT IT'S REBELLION.
HOW DOES HE BEHAVE WITH HIS SUPERIORS IN THE POLICE STATION? HMM, YOUR INSISTENCE ON PUTTING EVERYTHING IN YOUR OWN TERMS, YOUR NEED TO KNOW MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO'S CLEARLY AN EXPERT, YOUR TWISTING CONVERSATIONS TO CONTROL THEM.
IN A CHILD THAT WOULD BE DIAGNOSED AS OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER.
AND IN SOME SENSE YOU STILL ARE A CHILD.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT SEEKING PROFESSIONAL HELP? IS THAT YOUR SPEECH TO RECRUIT NEW PATIENTS? VERY GOOD.
UH, I DON'T ACCEPT UNION HEALTH INSURANCE, SO I'M AFRAID YOU COULDN'T AFFORD ME.
YOU'RE NOT CRAZY ABOUT THAT GUY.
ACTUALLY, I THINK I HATE HIM.
THE CAPTAIN SAID YOUR FATHER IS A SHRINK.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
SO ALL THAT PSYCHOBABBLE? YEAH, I USED TO GET THAT EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAS A KID WITH CORNFLAKES.
BUT NOT LATELY? I HAVEN'T SEEN MY FATHER FOR A WHILE.
COUPLE OF WEEKS? OR DECADES.
BECAUSE HE LIVES IN TIBET? OR WEST 64TH.
WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA GET TOGETHER WITH DR.
ERNST AND DO A JOINT DIAGNOSIS? NO, I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING ABOUT FATHERS LATELY.
YOU'RE PREGNANT, AREN'T YOU? YEAH.
AND THE FATHER? LIED TO ME.
MADE ME A FOOL.
IS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR 12 YEARS.
OTHERWISE, PERFECT.
COME ON, LET'S GO! HEY, ARCHIE.
HOW YOU DOING? FOOD'S NOT BAD.
TELL YOU WHAT THOUGH.
I COULD USE A COCKTAIL.
DON'T YOU HAVE A BAR HERE FOR THE NON-ALCOHOLICS? YOU KNOW YOU COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEING HERE.
PLEDGES IS A FINE REHAB FACILITY.
COME ON, DOCTOR.
I THOUGHT I WAS HERE FOR JUST A LITTLE BREAK.
WELL, YOU HAVE ISSUES, ARCHIE.
INTIMACY, FRUSTRATION, CONTROL.
ISSUES, ISSUES, ISSUES.
YES, I KNOW I HAVE ISSUES.
BUT MY MAIN ISSUE RIGHT NOW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY HEAD.
THE SEC INVESTIGATION? FRANK'S MURDER.
I JUST FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS COMING DOWN ON ME RIGHT NOW.
THE SEC COULD DESTROY EVERYTHING.
IT'S A LIQUIDITY PROBLEM, RIGHT? WHAT ISN'T A LIQUIDITY PROBLEM? YOU HAVE ENOUGH CASH, THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS.
HMM.
YOU HAVE LOYAL INVESTORS.
LOYALTY IS NOT SUCH A BIG WORD OUT ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW, DOCTOR, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED.
WELL, MAYBE THEY JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH.
THANKS, DOC.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
IF ONLY THEY WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO INVEST.
[laughs.]
YES, THAT WOULD BE NICE, WOULDN'T IT? HOW'D THINGS GO WITH THE SHRINK? I'M PREGNANT.
THAT WELL? CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU KNEW.
WE ARE DETECTIVES, MY DEAR.
YEAH, MALE DETECTIVES.
A FEMALE WOULD'VE FIGURED IT OUT WEEKS AGO.
SO HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU FEELING? I'M FINE.
IT'S NOT A DISEASE.
AND, UH, I WILL BE ABLE TO PERFORM MY DUTIES, SO.
AREN'T THERE ANY MURDERS WE CAN TALK ABOUT? YES, WE GOT THE LAB REPORT ON THE STEAK KNIFE IN HATCHER'S CHEST.
SOME OF THE BLOOD ON IT WAS NOT HATCHER'S.
WAS IT THE COW'S? NO.
HUMAN.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET A DNA SAMPLE FROM ARCHIE BEULISS.
WE CAN'T EVEN GET AN INTERVIEW.
THE SHRINK WOULDN'T HELP? WELL, HE GAVE NICHOLS A FREE DIAGNOSIS.
ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
APPARENTLY, HE NEEDS THERAPY.
YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE I DO.
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, WELL WHICH EVERYTHING, ELAINE? ARCHIE STILL HAS MONEY.
YOUR INVESTMENT IS SAFE.
REDEMPTIONS ARE FROZEN.
I CAN'T EVEN TALK TO ARCHIE EXCEPT FOR HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OUR MOTHERS.
YOU JUST NEED TO BE PATIENT.
IT'S GONNA BE FINE.
ELAINE.
I'M LEAVING.
AND YOU SHOULD GROW UP.
I'VE BEEN ABSTINENT FOR 11 DAYS.
THAT'S GOOD, CHARLIE.
GOOD.
THANKS.
BUT I DO HAVE SOME-- SOME CONFUSION ABOUT ONE THING.
UM, I TOLD MY FATHER WHAT YOU SAID AND HE DOESN'T WANT ME TO GIVE UP SEX ALL TOGETHER.
HE WANTS ME TO FIND A WIFE.
I DON'T THINK DR.
ERNST WAS SUGGESTING THAT YOU ABSTAIN FROM SEX COMPLETELY, CHARLES.
HE JUST MEANS ABSTINENCE FROM HAVING SEX ONLY WITH YOURSELF.
THANK YOU, CAROLINE.
YOU'RE COMMUNICATING VERY CLEARLY TODAY.
AND HOW ARE YOU FEELING? WELL-- EXCUSE ME, EVERYBODY.
IS THIS, UM, ROOM 18? WE'RE IN A THERAPY SESSION NOW.
OH, NO, I KNOW.
UM, ADULT OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER.
FUNNY.
LEAVE.
GO.
COME ON, PLEASE.
OKAY.
[mumbles.]
SEE, OH.
IF ANY OF YOU ARE OUTPATIENTS THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS WAITING OUTSIDE TO TAKE YOUR NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT A MURDER INVESTIGATION.
POLICE? WHAT MURDER? I--I SHOULD CALL MY FATHER.
HE IS BLACKMAILING US.
NN-NN.
YOUR FATHER IS DR.
WP NICHOLS.
WHAT DID YOU DO, LOOK THAT UP? NO, I STUDIED WITH HIM AT COLUMBIA.
HE'S ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT PSYCHIATRISTS OF HIS GENERATION.
AND HE HAD A SON WHO WAS ADMITTED TO MEDICAL SCHOOL BUT DROPPED OUT TO JOIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FOR THE PENSION PLAN.
IT'S GREAT.
OH, YOU REBEL AGAINST YOUR FATHER, YOU GIVE UP A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY, AND YOU SPEND YOUR DAYS AS A CIVIL SERVANT.
NO, IT'S NOT FOR THE PENSION PLAN.
UH, IT'S, UH-- IT'S FASCINATING.
SOME DAYS IT IS.
NO DOUBT.
LOOK, YOU CALL OFF YOUR TROOPS.
AND I'LL LET YOU TALK WITH US, IF--IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
UH, EVERYONE, THIS IS ZACHARY.
HI, ZACHARY.
OH.
SO SIT DOWN.
GOOD.
EXCUSE ME.
I'M SO SORRY.
HELLO.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US HOW YOU THINK THIS WILL HELP YOU? WELL I FEEL A, UH, COMPULSION TO JUDGE PEOPLE IN SITUATIONS, TO SOLVE PUZZLES, TO ASSIGN BLAME.
I THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THE TRUTH BUT OTHER PEOPLE THINK I'M BEING HOSTILE.
WOW, IT RUINED MY MARRIAGE.
HOW WAS THE SEX? NO CROSS TALK, CHARLES.
> I THINK IT'S ADMIRABLE THAT YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT I CAN'T TRUST.
IT'S JUST THE WORST.
WHEN YOU GET BETRAYED BY SOMEBODY.
SOMEBODY CLOSE TO YOU.
OH, MY HUSBAND BETRAYED ME.
OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.
IT'S AN EPIDEMIC.
I'M TELLING YOU.
ASK ANYBODY HERE.
ARCHIE, WERE YOU BETRAYED? I ASK THE QUESTIONS.
WAS IT SOMEBODY CLOSE TO YOU? SOMEBODY, UH, MAYBE AT YOUR BUSINESS? DETECTIVE, THIS IS NOT ALLOWED.
HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL? WHAT DID IT MAKE YOU WANT TO DO? STOP.
JUST STOP NOW--STOP.
BUT DOCTOR, I THINK WE'RE ON TO SOMETHING.
THIS IS FERTILE TERRITORY.
HEY, I WAS BETRAYED! I TRUSTED SOMEONE.
AND IT WAS ALL A LIE.
RON, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE ALLOWED.
I FEEL LIKE I WAS ATTACKED.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
I LOST SOMETHING HERE.
AND YOU LOST SOMETHING TOO, DIDN'T YOU? SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU DIED.
ALL RIGHT, RON-- HOW DID YOU LIKE IT? ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH! NOW ARCHIE, YOU JUST GO TO YOUR ROOM.
AND RON, YOU'RE GONNA COME WITH ME.
ALL RIGHT, I'M SORRY.
BUT THIS THERAPY SESSION IS OVER.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW, OKAY? IT'S OKAY.
UM.
WELL.
[clears throat.]
I FEEL BETTER ALREADY.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR NEXT SESSION.
[laughs.]
BEULISS' DNA ON THAT COFFEE MUG YOU PICKED UP DOESN'T MATCH THE BLOOD ON THE KNIFE.
NO.
HE WAS LAST NIGHT VERY PASSIVE.
DR.
ERNST HANDLED EVERYTHING.
HE'S THE KIND OF GUY WHO'S USED TO HAVING OTHER PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF HIM.
SO HE'D HIRE A KILLER.
OH WHAT, LIKE GET HIS SECRETARY? SAY TO HER "GO GET ME A FRAPPUCCINO AND WHILE YOU'RE OUT STAB THE CFO.
" SO NOW WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US? RON HEMMINGS LAST NIGHT AT GROUP HAD A VERY STRANGE AND INTERESTING OUTBURST TOWARD ARCHIE BEULISS.
TURNS OUT THE HEMMINGS RUNS AN INVESTMENT COMPANY.
MOSTLY WITH HIS FAMILY'S MONEY.
A WEEK AGO, HE PARKS MOST OF THAT MONEY WITH ARCHIE BEULISS.
JUST IN TIME TO LOSE IT ALL.
WAS HE AT THE BANQUET? YEP.
GO SEE HOW HE ENJOYED IT.
OR IS HE OFF LIMITS TOO? NO.
HE'S A, UH-- HE'S AN OUTPATIENT.
LIKE ME.
WELL, THAT WAS THE THERAPY SESSION.
SEE, THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN AT THERAPY SESSIONS.
THINGS LIKE, UH, LOSING A BILLION DOLLARS? NOTHING'S LOST YET.
BEULISS SECURITIES IS STILL IN BUSINESS.
BUT YOU READ THE PAPERS, MR.
HEMMINGS.
YOU KNOW IT'S IN TROUBLE.
WELL MA'AM, THERE'S MORE GOING ON THAN WHAT YOU READ IN THE PAPERS.
BUT EVEN IF IT IS ALL TRUE, WELL THEN, I MADE A MISTAKE.
AND I HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
YEAH, BUT LAST NIGHT YOU SEEMED TO BE PUTTING THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON ARCHIE BEULISS.
HE DID NOT MAKE ME INVEST WITH HIM.
I MADE THAT DECISION.
YOU SEE, THINGS DON'T ALWAYS TURN OUT THE WAY WE WANT.
BUT FAILURE CAN BE A PART OF SUCCESS.
IS THIS HOW YOUR FAMILY FEELS? 'CAUSE THIS IS YOUR FAMILY'S MONEY, RIGHT? MOSTLY, YES.
MY FAMILY'S IN TEXAS.
I'LL BE FLYING HOME THIS WEEKEND TO EXPLAIN.
THAT'S GONNA BE SOME FAMILY REUNION.
"I'M SORRY, BUT Y'ALL HAVE TO SELL YOUR HOUSES NOW AND MOVE IN TO AUNT LUANNE'S RUMPUS ROOM.
" YOU SAID THIS GUY WAS EXCITED LAST NIGHT? YEAH.
IT SEEMS LIKE HE TOOK A CRASH COURSE IN ZEN AND THE ART OF LOSING EVERY PENNY YOU HAVE.
YEAH, OR DR.
ERNST HAD HIM ON THE COUCH FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
OR SOMEBODY HAD HIM ON THE COUCH.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU DIDN'T SMELL IT? LILACS AND CYPRESS.
IT'S A FRAGRANCE CALLED "FATALITY.
" $400 AN OUNCE.
ELAINE BEULISS WAS WEARING IT THE OTHER DAY.
HUH.
PREGNANCY? YEAH, HEIGHTENED SENSE OF SMELL.
ONE OF THE FRINGE BENEFITS OF BEING PREGNANT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE THROWING UP AT 4:00 A.
M.
REALLY? NO.
NO? SURE, I'VE BEEN TO RON HEMMINGS' OFFICE.
HE'S A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE OF MY HUSBAND.
UH-HUH.
DO YOU VISIT ALL THE, UH, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES OF YOUR HUSBAND? NO.
ONLY THE ONES I'M SCREWING.
WELL.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE, ISN'T IT? I ASSUME RON TOLD YOU.
NOT EXACTLY.
HE'S BEING SUCH A BABY.
PLEASE.
I MEAN, MY HUSBAND WAS BUSY ALL DAY EVERY DAY BEING THE KING OF WALL STREET.
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TIME A GIRL CAN SPEND SHOPPING.
SO YOU PICKED RON HEMMINGS.
HE HAS A WIFE AND KIDS OUT OF TOWN, BUT HE'S GOT A WIFE AND KIDS SO NO MUSS, NO FUSS.
NOW ARCHIE NEEDS ME, SO I TELL RON "THANKS, IT WAS FUN.
" HE GOES ALL ROMEO AND JULIET ON ME.
MM-HMM.
AND SO IF HEMMINGS IS TELLING PEOPLE THAT HE'S BEEN BETRAYED, IT'S NOT ABOUT HIS INVESTMENTS IN YOUR HUSBAND'S COMPANY? IT'S ABOUT SWEET LITTLE ME AND OUR SUPPOSEDLY UNDYING LOVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH MEN TODAY.
THEY USED TO HANDLE BREAK-UPS SO MUCH BETTER.
ACTUALLY, HEMMINGS DIDN'T MENTION YOU TO US AT ALL.
THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE? WE THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS UPSET ABOUT THE MONEY, BUT MAYBE HE-- KILLED FRANK HATCHER? RON? [laughs.]
ARE YOU SURE HE DIDN'T? HE WAS WITH ME.
WHEN ARCHIE AND FRANK LEFT THAT BANQUET HALL HE WAS AT MY TABLE LIKE A SHOT, BEGGING FOR ANOTHER CHANCE.
NEVER GIVE A MAN ANOTHER CHANCE, HONEY.
I TALKED TO RON AND I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY ABOUT HIS MONEY.
THEN THE POLICE CAME AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT ME AND RON.
ABOUT THE AFFAIR? ABOUT RON'S ANGER? YES.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY BELIEVED ME ABOUT THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF RON BELIEVED ME ABOUT THE MONEY.
I MEAN, I MEANT EVERYTHING THAT I SAID.
WHY DOESN'T ANYONE TAKE ME SERIOUSLY? WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME? WELL, ARE YOU SURE THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU, ELAINE? YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOUR SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR OBJECTIVITY.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THEY JUST-- THEY ALL SEEMED SO SKEPTICAL, AND THEY KEPT ASKING ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
IS IT THE WAY I TALK? THE PLASTIC SURGERY? WHY DO I ALWAYS END UP FEELING LIKE SUCH A FRAUD? OH, I DON'T KNOW, ELAINE.
BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON.
HMM? YEAH.
ELAINE IANUCCI.
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF '98.
CHEERLEADING, TOLERANCE CLUB.
VOTED MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED? HOW'D YOU GUESS? HER FAVORITE QUOTE.
"NEVER EVER EVER LET ANYONE STOP YOU FROM GETTING WHAT YOU WANT.
" YES, THE DALAI LAMA SAID THAT, I BELIEVE.
DID IT ALSO SAY THAT WHAT SHE WANTED WAS TO MARRY A WALL STREET BILLIONAIRE? YOU KNOW, IF SHE FIGURED OUT THAT FRANK HATCHER WAS KILLING HER GOLDEN GOOSE "NEVER, EVER LET ANYONE STOP YOU FROM GETTING WHAT YOU WANT.
" YOU LEFT OUT ONE OF THE EVERS.
HEY, YOU KNOW SHE GAVE HEMMINGS A, UH, AN ALIBI FOR THE TIME OF THE MURDER, BUT MAYBE SHE WAS REALLY GIVING HERSELF ONE.
LET'S SEE IF HEMMINGS BACKS IT UP.
WHAT'S GOING ON? STIFF ON A SKIFF.
A SUICIDE IN A BATHTUB.
WHAT APARTMENT? 12 B.
THAT'S HEMMINGS.
WOULD IT BE CALLOUS OF ME TO HOPE THAT HE HAS A ROOMMATE? APARTMENT DOOR WAS LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE.
FIREMEN BROKE IT DOWN AFTER THE DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR COMPLAINED OF FLOODING.
THIS WATER'S ICE COLD.
WHEN WAS THAT? ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
DOORMAN SAW HEMMINGS COME IN JUST BEFORE.
SAID HE LOOKED UPSET.
THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF THERAPY GONE TO WASTE.
AND IT, UH, LOOKS LIKE HE KEPT THE DRUG COMPANIES IN BUSINESS.
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
CAN WE INVENTORY ALL THAT? HANG ON, HANG ON.
WHAT IS THIS? HUH.
TAKE THIS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WRIST CUTTERS LIKE WARM WATER.
KEEPS THE BLOOD FLOWING.
THE DIRECTION AND DEPTH OF THE CUTS ON HIS ARMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH SUICIDE.
DID YOU RUN HIS BLOOD AGAINST THE FRANK HATCHER MURDER WEAPON? YEP.
NO MATCH.
IF THIS GUY FELT GUILTY ABOUT SOMETHING, IT WASN'T ABOUT KILLING HATCHER.
WELL, IT COULD'VE BEEN ABOUT LOSING HIS ENTIRE FAMILY FORTUNE.
WELL, I GUESS THAT'D DO IT.
I FELT TERRIBLE ABOUT LOSING MY CELL PHONE ON THE SUBWAY.
ANY CHANCE HE WAS HELPED TO SUICIDE? THERE'S NO SIGN OF OTHER TRAUMA.
NO BUMPS ON THE HEAD.
THE CUTS ARE NEAT.
HE WASN'T STRUGGLING.
TOX SCAN? IT'S IN THE WORKS.
YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW.
A FEW HOURS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED HE SEEMED TOTALLY AT PEACE WITH THINGS.
WELL, MAYBE BECAUSE HE'D ALREADY MADE UP HIS MIND.
I DON'T THINK SO.
SOMETHING HAPPENED.
WHAT? [scoffs.]
DID HE EVER PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS? I DON'T THINK HE'S EVEN FULLY AWARE WE'RE HERE.
THAT'S THE MYTHOLOGY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY THAT PATIENTS ARE EAGER TO TELL ALL THEIR SECRETS.
WOW, SO YOU'RE SURPRISED THAT RON HEMMINGS COMMITTED SUICIDE.
I'M A PSYCHIATRIST, NOT A PSYCHIC.
I KNEW HE WAS DISTRAUGHT.
YOU SAW HIM AT THAT THERAPY SESSION.
I THOUGHT I HAD HIM CALMED DOWN.
WE SAW HIM YESTERDAY.
HE SEEMED PRETTY CALM.
MM, YEAH.
THAT'S REPRESSION OF THE CHAOS WITHIN IN HINDSIGHT.
WHAT YOUR FATHER WOULD CALL "HELL IN A SKIN SUIT.
" YES, YES.
HE WAS ALWAYS VERY GOOD AT PUTTING LABELS ON THINGS.
AS FOR RON HEMMINGS, I FOUND THAT WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS TEND TO FIND THEIR IDENTITIES IN THEIR FINANCIAL SUCCESS.
SO WHEN THEIR PORTFOLIOS COLLAPSE, SO DO THEY.
YEAH, THAT'S YOUR SPECIALTY, ISN'T IT, DOCTOR? THE WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS.
IT'S A NICHE.
NOT ALL PSYCHIATRISTS WOULD BE COMFORTABLE.
YEAH, THE FIVE-FIGURE RETAINERS.
THE HELICOPTER RIDES TO THERAPY SESSIONS IN SOUTH HAMPTON.
I CAN IMAGINE THAT COULD BE GRUELING.
THE SUPER RICH HAVE DIFFERENT FRUSTRATIONS THAN PEOPLE OF MORE MODEST MEANS.
BECAUSE THEY USUALLY GET THEIR WAY.
NO, THEY'RE MORE RESISTANT TO OPENING UP.
TO SHOWING VULNERABILITY OF ANY KIND.
IT REQUIRES SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THEIR WORLD TO HELP THEM.
AND YET THEY'LL OPEN UP TO AND RECEIVE HELP AND ADVICE FROM A RELATIVE PAUPER LIKE YOURSELF? WELL, THEY'RE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW AND THEY'RE WILLING TO LISTEN TO AN EXPERT TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.
RIGHT.
WELL, THEY HIRE GARDENERS AND TENNIS INSTRUCTORS, PSYCHOTHERAPISTS, PEDICURISTS.
I DARE SAY EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT I'M IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
STAFF.
ONE OF YOU PUSHES DOWN THE CUTICLES.
SOMEBODY PUTS IN THE GAZEBO.
YOU DO WHAT? YOU--YOU HELP THEM KEEP THEIR TEMPERS IN CHECK WITH THE THIRD WIFE? NO, I HELP THEM HAVE SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS, BE HAPPY AND FULFILLED, ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS, MAKE ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS.
OOH.
MAKE A BILLION DOLLARS.
AND HAPPINESS.
THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
NO? [sighs.]
HE SEEMS MORE INTERESTED IN THE SHRINK THAN THE MURDER.
SOMETHING ABOUT HIS FATHER.
YEAH, DON'T GO THERE.
I ALREADY DID.
I'M AFRAID I HAVE A LITTLE FATHER ISSUE OF MY OWN GOING ON.
HAVE YOU TOLD THE EX-FIANCE? SOMEHOW I FEEL LIKE IT'S NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.
RIGHT.
LOOK, IF YOU EVER NEED A HAND YOU MEAN, LIKE, CHANGE DIAPERS? WHATEVER.
THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.
HEY, I'VE BEEN GOING OVER DR.
ERNST'S PATIENT LIST.
WHICH YOU OBTAINED HOW? UM, THE PATIENTS THREW HIM A BIRTHDAY PARTY A YEAR AGO AT PER SE.
MADE THE SOCIETY PAGE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE THE LIST OF BEULISS SECURITIES INVESTORS? MM-HMM.
I'LL GET IT FOR YOU.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE TOX REPORT ON RON HEMMINGS JUST CAME IN.
GUY WAS A WALKING PHARMACY.
MM-HMM.
MM-HMM.
ANTI-DEPRESSANTS.
OOH, SERTRALINE AND MOCLOBEMIDE? WHAT? WELL, THAT COMBINATION IS DEFINITELY CONTRAINDICATED.
CAN CAUSE SEIZURES.
UH, DELIRIUM.
HEART RATE THROUGH THE ROOF.
THANKS.
AND RAISED BODY TEMPERATURE.
THE COLD WATER BATH.
MM-HMM.
SUICIDE? EVIDENTLY.
BUT IF HE PUT HIMSELF IN COLD WATER, HE WAS TRYING TO RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS.
WELL, MAYBE THE DELIRIUM HIT AFTER THE HOT FLASHES.
CSU FOUND SERTRALINE IN HEMMINGS' APARTMENT PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR FROM HOUSTON.
THAT'S WHERE HEMMINGS WAS FROM.
BUT NO BOTTLE LABELED MOCLOBEMIDE.
NO PRESCRIPTION.
SOMEBODY GAVE IT TO HIM.
SOMEBODY WHO SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER.
OR WHO DID KNOW BETTER.
SO HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY, CAROLINE? OH, UM I'M STILL GUILTY ABOUT THE SPENDING.
YEAH.
BUT MY HUSBAND KEEPS PUTTING MY CREDIT CARD BILLS ON MY PILLOW.
I THINK THAT'S VERY HOSTILE.
I MEAN, I THINK HE SHOULD BE HERE TOO.
NO, NOT THIS CHARADE AGAIN, DETECTIVE.
IT'S NOT A CHARADE.
I'M HERE IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
FINE.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, CAN WE DO THIS AFTER THE SESSION? OKAY, FIRST I NEED TO ASK EVERYBODY HERE A QUESTION.
HOW MANY OF YOU INVESTED MONEY IN BEULISS SECURITIES? UM MY DAD AND I INVESTED I--I PUT IN MY WHOLE TRUST ACCOUNT.
INTERESTING COINCIDENCE.
AND I WONDER WHO GAVE YOU THE ADVICE TO INVEST THERE.
THE DOCTOR.
MM-HMM, MM-HMM.
THE DOCTOR.
THE DOCTOR.
AH.
IS IT FUNNY? PSYCHOTHERAPY AND INVESTMENT TIPS.
ONE-STOP SHOPPING.
TOO BAD THE INVESTMENT TIP SUCKED.
ESPECIALLY FOR RON HEMMINGS.
HE PUT IN A BILLION.
I WANTED TO PULL OUT MY MONEY.
YOU SAID THAT THAT WOULD BE REPEATING OLD BEHAVIORS.
THAT I SHOULD STAY THE COURSE AND NOT RUN AWAY.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO DISCUSS YOUR PROBLEMS, CHARLES.
COME ON.
ACTUALLY IT IS, DOCTOR.
'CAUSE YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.
ARCHIE, YOUR PSYCHIATRIST WAS ONE HELL OF A FUND RAISER, WASN'T HE? AND YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY HIM COMMISSION.
I HAD NO IDEA.
I WAS RUNNING A BUSINESS.
THE MONEY CAME IN.
REALLY? NEVER BEING AWARE THAT DR.
ERNST HAD TAKEN AN UNHEALTHY INTEREST IN YOUR AFFAIRS-- OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT BUSINESS IN MY SESSIONS.
IT WAS WHAT WAS ON MY MIND.
THOSE THERAPY SESSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE FLIGHT TO SOUTH HAMPTON, ON THE YACHT.
WHEREVER.
SO DOCTOR, WHAT WAS THIS EXACTLY? POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THERAPY? GETTING YOUR OTHER PATIENTS TO INVEST IN ARCHIE'S FAILING COMPANY? WHO SAID IT WAS FAILING? THE BUSINESS WAS SOUND.
REALLY? ARCHIE.
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, DID YOU HAPPEN TO MENTION TO DR.
ERNST THE PROBLEMS THE BUSINESS WAS FACING? IT--IT WAS A TEMPORARY SITUATION.
WE JUST NEEDED NEW CAPITAL.
"WE"? "WE"? THERE'S NO WE, DOCTOR.
YOU'RE HIS THERAPIST.
OR DID YOU START TO ACTUALLY THINK THAT YOU BELONGED ON THAT YACHT? [laughs.]
ARE YOU TRYING TO DO THERAPY ON ME, DETECTIVE? RON HEMMINGS WAS RELUCTANT TO INVEST WITH ARCHIE BEULISS SOLELY ON THE ADVICE OF A SHRINK.
SO YOU SENT OVER A A CONVINCER.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
LADIES.
ELAINE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I'M SORRY, ARCHIE.
I HAD AN AFFAIR WITH RON HEMMINGS.
I JUST WASN'T GETTING THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT I NEEDED FROM YOU.
DR.
ERNST MADE ME REALIZE THAT I OWED IT TO MYSELF TO ACTUALIZE MY FEELINGS.
AND FROM HIS SESSIONS WITH RON HEMMINGS, HE KNEW THAT HEMMINGS LIKED YOUR WIFE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT DR.
ERNST PIMPED HER OUT TO GET HEMMINGS' INVESTMENT? OF COURSE NOT.
I'M SHOCKED.
HE SENT HER BACK AGAIN AFTER THINGS WENT BUST TO CALM HEMMINGS DOWN AND TO CONVINCE US THE ONLY THING HE WAS UPSET ABOUT WAS THEIR LOVE AFFAIR.
SHE WASN'T SURE IT HAD WORKED.
I TOLD YOU THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
AND YOU DIDN'T WANT HIM TALKING ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN BEULISS SECURITIES BECAUSE THAT MIGHT LEAD US TO START ASKING SOME QUESTIONS.
SO YOU MADE SURE HE'D KEEP QUIET WITH THIS.
THIS IS INSANE.
THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING WE FOUND IN RON HEMMINGS' BATHROOM WASTE CAN WITH TRACES OF MOCLOBEMIDE AND YOUR FINGERPRINTS.
YEAH, IF ANYONE NEEDED ANTI-DEPRESSANT MEDICATION, IT WAS HEMMINGS.
HE WAS ALREADY ON ONE ANTI-DEPRESSANT THAT'S COMMONLY KNOWN TO MIX VERY BADLY WITH THIS ONE.
I'M SURE THAT WE'LL FIND OUT THAT YOU KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN ON SERTRALINE WHEN WE GET THE WARRANT FOR HIS PATIENT FILE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
HERE'S THAT WARRANT RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S SUCH A THING AS PATIENT-DOCTOR PRIVILEGE.
AND IT BELONGS TO THE PATIENT.
RON HEMMINGS HEIRS WILL BE HAPPY TO WAIVE IT.
WHICH BRINGS US TO FRANK HATCHER.
ALSO A PATIENT, YEAH? SO DOCTOR, WHEN HE WAS ON YOUR COUCH, DID HE TELL YOU THAT HE WAS GOING TO THE SEC SO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN WHICH WOULD BRING DOWN ARCHIE'S COMPANY, A COMPANY WHICH AT THAT POINT, YOU HAD COME TO THINK OF AS YOUR OWN COMPANY? FRANK.
HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
HE WASN'T YOUR FRIEND, ARCHIE.
HE WAS GONNA BRING US DOWN.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP SAYING "US"? OH, PLEASE.
I CERTAINLY HELPED GUIDE SOME DECISION-MAKING.
YOU WHAT? YOUR BUSINESS WAS IN TROUBLE.
YOU WERE IN TROUBLE.
I JUST HELPED YOU CLARIFY SOME THINGS.
YOU THINK I ACTUALLY TOOK THE ADVICE THAT YOU GAVE ME? I HAD PERSPECTIVE.
YOU WERE DISTRACTED.
I HUMORED YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE BRINGING IN MONEY FROM THESE PEOPLE.
IF MY DOG-WALKER HAD TOLD ME TO INVEST OTHER DOGS, I WOULD'VE DROPPED YOU IN A SECOND AND GOTTEN A REAL PSYCHIATRIST.
YOUR DOG-WALKER? YEAH, HE WAS A BETTER THERAPIST THAN YOU WERE TOO.
YOU KNOW WHY? HE GOT PRINCESS TO STOP PISSING IN THE SUN ROOM.
YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT.
YOUR BUSINESS WAS COLLAPSING, A BUSINESS THAT I HELPED YOU BUILD, AND ALL YOU COULD TALK ABOUT, ALL YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WAS YOUR STUPID DOG OR THE NEW AIRPLANE THAT YOU COULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO PAY FOR BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
SOMEBODY HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
HE WAS GONNA DESTROY US.
YOU KILLED FRANK.
HE WAS GIVING EVERYTHING TO THE GOVERNMENT.
HE WAS THERE THAT NIGHT.
HE SAID HE CAME TO THE BANQUET TO BUCK ME UP BEFORE MY BIG SPEECH AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE HIM FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
WE'LL NEED A SAMPLE OF YOUR DNA, DOCTOR, TO SEE IF IT MATCHES THE MURDERER'S BLOOD ON THE KNIFE.
FINE, AND THEN I'LL TELL THE SEC EVERYTHING THAT HATCHER TOLD ME AND THAT HE TOLD ME ABOUT HOW THEY SWINDLED ALL THEIR INVESTORS.
I'M SURE THAT'LL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
MAYBE THE TWO OF YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR THERAPY SESSIONS IN PRISON.
I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE.
NOT A WORD.
I FORBID IT.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
ALL OF YOU.
I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.