Episode Report Card Deborah: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Maternal Instincts
By Deborah | Season 1 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.23.2003
Will and Daghlian have managed to convince the accused in the Bonner case to come in for further discussion of the case. He's got his lawyer with him, and he seems like a smarmy creep. He says he already told them everything: he took her home from the party, made out, and she had a few "creative ideas" and he went with them: "I should have said no but I didn't." His lawyer reminds them that they're cooperating as a goodwill gesture, and her client has no obligation to speak with them anymore. Daghlian says that the new police chief is a perfectionist, and he likes to make sure they have all their facts straight before going to trial. The lawyer says she hears it isn't going to get that far. Will admits that's the most likely scenario, but he needs to be prepared for any possible action on her client's part in the future, such as suing the department for wrongful arrest. Will unfolds a piece of paper and asks, "Do you know who Amy McFadden is?" His lawyer quickly tells him not to answer that. Will says it's a yes or no question. Smarmy Creep says he doesn't know Amy McWhatzit. Will says, "Reeeaaallly..." He just lets that hang there. While his lawyer suddenly falls into a coma or something, Smarmy Creep lets it rip: "There are some real psychos out there, okay? It's not even safe to talk to a woman anymore. It's like an epidemic, you know, with all of them yelling 'rape' this, 'assault' that. Look at Kobe and Tyson." Yeah, bring them up. Excellent move. He continues: "It's everywhere! You know, women --" His lawyer suddenly regains consciousness and asks the cops for a minute. Will agrees, and they leave. Through the window, we can see her tearing a strip off Smarmy Creep. Daghlian asks, "What's that about?" Will says, "Oh, she's explaining that a civil trial would open up the case so he should forget that, and she's asking him who Amy McFadden is." Daghlian asks who she is. Will: "My girlfriend from the seventh grade." He adds, "I just needed to know for myself. He's guilty as hell."
Kevin wheels up to a co-worker in the newsroom and asks if he's seen Rebecca. Indifferently, the guy tells him to check the break room. He wheels over there, but from outside the room he overhears another co-worker, a fashionista with an English accent, complaining to Rebecca about him: "The boy doesn't know a hoodie from a poncho. He asked me the other day if Miu Miu was a Chinese food. I said, 'Oh sure...you get it from a restaurant run by Jimmy Choo.' He believed me." Rebecca: "I don't get that joke." Fashionista says, "Yeah, well, you're not fact-checking my articles, are you? Look, he may be cuter than Tickle Me Elmo, but he's on your team, so I get no benefits from browsing." She says that's not why she hired him. Fashionista sneers, "Oh, please, Rebecca! I know you. You make Dick Cheney look apolitical! You hired him for the gimp points." She says it's not true. He makes a sound of disbelief. She admits it's partly true: "We get a break from the government on him, and I figure, where else are we going to find a young, smart guy who is cheap and willing to sit at a desk all day?" Kevin, having heard more than enough, starts to wheel away, but not before he hears Fashionista say, "All of which would make perfect sense if he could only spell his name."