Shark s02e07 Episode Script

So, where the hell is he? He'll be here.
(guns cock) I thought you said this guy was your friend.
It's been a while.
Go on out, Hannah.
WOMAN: We love you, Hannah! Congratulations, Hannah.
You leaving? Be right back.
(train clattering) (shrieks) I may have had three glasses of cab with dinner, but I definitely know I didn't call you guys.
We were already here.
The fashion show was in honor of the victim.
Tonight was the launch of a new clothing line.
With the finale being what, a swan dive in front of a train? Tres hip.
Well, actually, she was stabbed on the platform.
All right, who is this? It's Hannah Hartnell.
She was one of my closest friends.
Raina, I'm sorry.
I had no way Hey, if you need a few days off No, I'm working this case.
That's not such a great idea.
I'm working it.
Okay.
Tell me what happened.
I don't know.
I saw something during the party.
Hannah was arguing with some guy and she looked upset.
Did you recognize the guy? RAINA: No, no.
And I never got a chance to ask her about it.
Look, fashion shows mean photographers backstage shooting models for continuity.
How do you know about that? I've been to my fair share of these things, my off-the-rack friend.
And P.
S.
, there's more to life than the long-sleeve T-shirt.
So if we're lucky, the guy you saw hung around long enough to be on somebody's digital.
So we need to talk to the victim Hannah's friends, business associates.
Start with the people at the party first, okay? We need to find who did this.
Raina we will.
20th CENTURY FOX TELEVISION and CBS @Q? Hannah Hartnell's clothes are fantastic.
Anything on her personal life? Yeah, she was single.
She grew up in L.
A.
, worked for Calvin Klein till 2002, then went off on her own.
Yeah, her business is small, but her sales are huge.
She's in every major store in New York, L.
A.
and Palm Beach.
The ME confirmed that the wound on Hannah's neck was caused by a knife.
Where are we? Well, with the knife wound, we know we're looking at a homicide.
We're tracking the crime scene evidence and any arrest made in the vicinity.
The city square and subway station are known for heavy drug activity.
Hey, this is the guy that Hannah was arguing with at the show.
I got the photo from a Times photographer.
The problem is I can't ID him.
Maybe a boyfriend? As far as I know, she wasn't seeing anybody and this guy's definitely not her type.
I'll run it through the databases and show it to her family.
It's just her mom.
Hannah's dad passed away a few years ago.
She and Hannah were best friends.
She's devastated.
We still need to ID our suspect.
Hey, I'll go over there.
No.
I've known Olivia for 12 years.
I don't want a stranger knocking on her door with a picture of Hannah's killer.
Hey, are you sure you're up for this? Feels like she's still here.
Why would someone do this, Raina? I don't know.
Was anything bothering her lately? After her father died, Hannah stopped telling me her problems.
She didn't want to burden me.
She worked so hard on her new col nction.
Celebrities were lining up to book dresses for the Oscars.
With Hannah, it was just a matter of time before she hit it big.
I remember when she was eight.
She cut up my favorite long dress, cinched the waist with her jump rope.
I was so mad.
I had to admit it looked better.
(sobbing) You and Hannah founded the company.
Hannah was the genius.
I handled the business side.
And you are? Eli Weber, one of the principal investors.
My wife and I were at the show.
I've never seen Hannah happier.
Did Hannah have any problems you were aware? Drugs, alcohol? Hannah? No way.
Was there any change in her personal life? Hannah didn't have a personal life.
None of us do.
It was all about work.
Was she dating anyone? Not that I know of.
Do you recognize this guy? Louis Menashi.
He's one of our textile suppliers.
Kind of a lowlife, but he gets amazing fabric really cheap.
He supplied all the design elements for the show.
She was seen arguing with him the night she died.
Any idea why? Hannah was a perfectionist.
She wasn't afraid to tell you when you screwed up.
Let's talk to this guy Menashi.
I still can't believe anyone could hurt Hannah.
Mr.
Menashi, I understand the two of you had an argument at the party.
A lot of designers use my fabric for their lines.
They love it, but they always try to get out of paying.
They say it tears easily or doesn't hang right.
That what you two were fighting about? Hannah didn't have the balance of my fee.
Can you account for your whereabouts at 1:00 A.
M? Well, yes, but it's personal.
This is a murder investigation.
I was with someone.
Where? an alley.
We're gonna need a name.
He didn't tell me his name.
Look, I had a lot to drink, okay? All I know for sure is he has blonde hair and a tattoo of a purple lizard on his bicep.
If you were so drunk, how do you know it was 1:00? When I came back to the party, I went to the bar.
It was last call.
1:00 A.
M.
sharp.
Sit tight.
We'll be back.
Cops busted a possible witness a few blocks from the subway station.
Don Davis.
He's a known drug dealer.
Maybe he saw something.
As for motive, Western National Bank recently filed a civil suit against Louis Menashi alleging fraud.
Hannah Hartnell agreed to testify against Menashi.
So now we got a public fight and a clear-cut motive.
Still may not be enough for an arrest.
So we'll just have to find some more.
Okay, look, I know a girl was murdered that night, buit wasn't me.
I wasn't doing anything wrong.
You were busted with 30 grams of H, Don.
I was sharing with somebody.
Generous guy.
You telling me you weren't planning to sell to the fashionistas at that party? No way.
You know, I can help you, pal, but you got to help me first.
Okay, okay, look.
Okay, maybe seeing as how I happened to be in the square, I sold to a couple of rich kids.
And? I-I saw somebody get stabbed on the platform.
You saw this guy's face, right? Yeah.
You could pick him out of a lineup, right? Get me out of here, I'll give you whatever you need.
Nice doing biness with you, Don.
Can you see them all, Mr.
Davis? Yeah.
STARK: Do you recognize anyone? They all kind of look alike.
This is your eyewitness? Take your time, Don.
Take a good look.
Number two.
You sure? Yeah, that's the guy.
ISAACISSAC: Where do you recognize him from? He was the guy that stabbed that lady on the platform.
Number two: Louis Menashi.
Book him, murder one.
Thank you, Mr.
Davis.
You gave him that.
We need an eyewitness.
You got a problem with that? Problem with what? The people call Donald Davis, Your Honor.
Your Honor, defense challenges the lineup in which my client was identified by Mr.
Davis.
You'll have the opportunity to impeach the witness on cross.
It goes beyond that.
According to an arrest report filed last week, Mr.
Davis suffers from extreme myopia.
Yeah, and I have flat feet.
What's the point? Several of Mr.
Davis' customers have signed statements that he was not wearing his glasses the night Hannah Hartnell was killed.
STARK: Your Honor Nor does Mr.
Davis own contact lenses.
In addition to his poor vision, Mr.
Davis was compensated for his ID by the prosecution.
Mr.
Stark, did you offer legal consideration in exchange for witness cooperation? The witness came forward with valuable information, Your Honor, and the recent charges have been dropped, yes, but So you've got a visually impaired ex-con looking to make a deal.
Well, sounds bad when you put it that way.
Mr.
Davis identified the defendant.
I'm going to allow the jury to decide the value of the testimony.
But I do suggest you shore up your case, Mr.
Stark, or it's going to be a very short proceeding.
Thank you.
Just saying, it would have been nice to know that our eyewitness is legally blind.
The guy's a drug dealer who looks like he uses more than he sells.
Besides, you prepped him.
Hey, check your job description.
Right there next to "tedious grunt work," that's your picture, stud.
Hey, how'd we do? Great.
Don Davis had to be sworn in in Braille.
Where are we on other leads? I went through the backstage photos and found the guy that Menashi was foot-tapping with in the alley.
He's friends with one of the models.
His name is Joshua Bruce and he backed up Menashi's story.
So to speak.
So for those of you keeping score at home, folks, at the time of the murder, our defendant was playing dally in the alley with a Ken doll.
I think we finally hit bottom.
That was the ME.
They found no trace evidence on her body.
Apparently, that was a false bottom.
Good news about this: Hannah Hartnell was pregnant.
That's good news? What the hell is the matter with you? Come on.
I'm sorry It's good news in that we are now one giant step closer to finding out who murdered your friend.
The pregnancy points to a personal motive.
Right.
Okay, find Hannah's doctor.
Pinpoint the date of conception and then track down every male that she was in contact with on those dates.
Now, release Menashi, but get a DNA sample first.
Hey, he may like girls, too.
Release him? Are you sure? When a woman dies violently, you look at the boyfriend or spouse.
When a pregnant woman dies violently, we're looking for the dad.
DEVLIN: And you had no idea Hannah was pregnant? No.
This is Hannah's online calendar.
So far, all the entries are work-related.
RAINA: Why are those dates blocked out? Fashion week.
Hannah was in Miami.
Anyone go with her? We all did.
Huge PR event.
We do a ton of business there.
What about this weekend right after? Hannah was at a spa in Laguna.
Fashion week's pretty intense.
Shows, parties, interviews.
She took a few days off to chill.
Alone? As far as I know.
DEVLIN: According to the ME, there's a good chance Hannah conceived during that period.
We all had strict instructions: no phone calls, no e-mails no contact.
Obviously, she had contact with someone.
Hey.
You're going nonstop.
I'm fine.
You haven't slept since Hannah died.
I'll sleep when the bastard who killed her is rotting in prison.
I know you think you should have done something.
She was upset.
If I had just taken the time to Look.
Look at me.
It wasn't your fault.
How did you get the hotel to release the surveillance videos? I asked nicely.
And when that didn't work, I threatened them with subpoenas and health inspectors.
And maybe I flirted with the female concierge a little.
Slut.
It's a dirty job.
Okay, we've been at this for hours.
Maybe Hannah really was alone.
Wait a minute.
What's this? Hey, we talked to that guy at Hannah's studio.
What's his name? Eli Weber.
That's right.
Big-time investor.
Remember him? Yeah, I think he said he was married.
That's right.
And when there's a wife, there's a possible motive for murder.
I went to see Hannah's doctor to see if he could give us any more.
Mm-hmm.
He said Hannah planned to keep the baby even though the father didn't want to step up, but he never got the guy's name.
I think we just did.
Looks like we're going to pay a little visit to the Webers.
Did you know Hannah Hartnell, Mrs.
Weber? Uh, yes.
Eli's taken me to a few of their business functions.
Did you attend the launch party with your husband? Yeah, we got there around 8:00.
Grabbed a drink, schmoozed around a little.
There was a short fashion show and we left right after that.
Were you with your husband the whole time, Mrs.
Weber? Yes.
Hey, honey, these guys would like some coffee.
Of course.
I'll help.
Your wife is lovely.
Thank you.
She know you're sleeping with Hannah Hartnell? I was Hannah's colleague.
Her investor.
Was that what you were doing in Hannah's room at the Laguna Hills Resort, cutting her a check? You have a beautiful home.
Thank you.
I was curious.
During the party, you and your husband didn't split up at all to go grab a drink or talk other people? I have social anxiety.
So when I allow Eli to drive me to these things, um our deal is that he can't leave my side.
Your husband sounds like a very understanding guy.
We have you on tape at the hotel.
I was there.
Hannah and I had a quick drink to celebrate our success in Miami, and then I went home.
A guy steps out on his wife, who am I to judge? Trust me.
But a young woman was murdered.
Along with her unborn child.
Did Hannah say anything to you at the party about being upset or worried? I'm sorry? Well, you talked to her, right? You and Eli? Oh, right.
Um, no.
She seemed fine.
Happy.
Yeah, we, uh, slept together.
But it was casual.
Hannah understood that I love Nina.
I was never going to leave her.
What guys tell their mistresses and what their mistresses hear: two very different things.
What about the pregnancy? I swear to God, I had no idea.
Now, please, Mr.
Stark, I don't want Nina to have to suffer in all of this.
If we can eliminate you as a suspect, there's no reason she should ever know.
So if you were to give us a DNA sample you could just put all of this behind you.
Everything okay? Fine.
Whatever you need.
Good.
My client hasn't been arrested for this crime, so compelling him to supply a DNA sample is outrageous.
Not when your client agreed to it.
Prior to retaining counsel.
There is no trace evidence on the victim, so there's nothing to compare my client's DNA to.
Except the victim's unborn child.
What about that, Ms.
March? Comparing my client's DNA to the fetus may prove paternity, but it is not relevant to felony murder.
It goes to motive, Your Honor.
According to Hannah Hartnell's doctor, she was continuing her pregnancy over the strenuous objections of the father.
Mr.
Weber didn't want her to have the baby and ruin his marriage, and he made sure she didn't.
Well, perhaps, but Ms.
March is right.
Even if Mr.
Weber was the father, you have nothing solid to link him to the homicide; ergo, paternal DNA is irrelevant at this point.
Your Honor I'm sorry, Mr.
Stark.
If you want the DNA, you need to build your criminal case.
The motion for a sample is denied.
So Hannah Hartnell gets pregnant, puts the screws to Eli Weber, who doesn't want to blow his marriage to the lovely Nina.
Yeah, not to mention his reputation in the fashion community.
Right, but Hannah insists on having the baby, so Weber goes to the launch party All right, who ate my glass noodles? Hey, there's no "mine" in family style.
So Eli lures Hannah into the closed subway station, stabs her, then finds his wife and gets the hell out.
Yeah, the question is, did Mrs.
Weber know? He would have had the knife.
Well, that's easy enough to hide.
You know, according to forensics, given the area of the stab wound, there'd have to be blood spatter on his clothes.
Blood spatter can be practically invisible.
Especially at night.
Look, Weber's clothes may still be in the house.
We're just waiting for the search warrant.
He's too smart for that.
Anyone who's ever watched CSI knows the first thing you do is dump the knife and the clothes.
Maybe he tossed them in the subway tunnel.
LASD crime lab was working the scene.
Within a limited radius.
Eli could have tossed them further down the line or maybe one of the other trains carried them to a different part of the tunnel.
We should search the entire route.
Hey, good idea.
That's only what, ten stops between here and there? Not to mention every cop and tech in the crime lab.
I know this is personal for you, but Yeah, it is.
DEVLIN: All right, guys.
ISAAC: But it's worth a shot.
I say we just wait for the search warrant and re-canvas Weber's neighborhood.
Fine.
You tell Hannah's mother that it's too much trouble to track down her daughter's killer.
All right, enough.
Guys, it's late; we're all tired.
Let's just focus.
Okay? All right, the train going east only runs three more stops.
We're probably only looking at what, three, four miles of track, tops? That's all we got.
Start a search.
And you, get me some more glass noodles while you're out there.
We got something.
That's blood.
That looks exactly like the coat Weber was wearing at the opening.
Now, all we have to do is prove this is Weber's jacket.
And Anna's blood.
In light of newly discovered evidence, Mr.
Weber has been charged with the murder of Hannah Hartnell.
Bond has been posted, Your Honor.
We ask that the defendant be compelled to provide a DNA sample.
The court's already ruled on this.
Based on previous facts.
We now have the defendant's bloody clothing.
There's no evidence the garment in question belongs to my client.
Mr.
Weber was seen wearing a-- oh-- a similar jacket the night of the murder, Your Honor, and we have now confirmed that the blood on the jacket belonged to the victim, Hannah Hartnell.
We also found unidentified DNA.
The people have a right to know if that DNA belongs to Mr.
Weber, don't they? Defense requests time to have its own blood expert examine the evidence.
You take all the time that you want.
In the meantime, I order your client to supply a swab sample during the lunch break.
We're in front of a jury at 1:00.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Huh? Did the lab get Weber's DNA sample or not? According to the tech, he never showed up.
My apologies to the court, but I've been unable to reach my client, Your Honor, and I haven't been in contact with him since court recess.
Let me guess.
A funny thing happened on the way to the DNA lab.
I'm continuing to try to contact him.
personally guaranteed that her client would be safely returned to this court.
No, Your Honor, he went to the restroom and never returned.
He mentioned not feeling well.
STARK: Your Honor, it is clear that Mr.
Weber has fled.
The people request a fugitive warrant immediately.
So ordered.
Court is adjourned until 10:00 a.
m.
tomorrow, at which time I expect to see your client at the defense table.