美劇聽力13|Flight risk

美劇聽力13|Flight risk

美劇聽力13|Flight risk?

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I am almost done, Cary.The lattes on your desk.

Thank you.

Hi, Mrs.Florrick.

Looks like we share an assistant, so tell me when Im hogging her, okay And let the best man win.

Excuse me?

Uh, let the... Nothing.Its nothing.I.. .Its nothing

Oops.

Dont worry.Its yours.

Oh.

Kalinda Sharma.Im the in-house.

Oh, the investigator.

Youre Peter Florricks wife.

Thats right.

I worked with him at the States Attorneys office three years.He fired me.

Okay.

So, what do you know?

The client is a second- grade school teacher.Jennifer Lewis.

She was arrested for killing her ex-husband.

Making it look like a botched carjacking.Gunshot residue was found on Jennifers face and hands.Thats why the cops started to think it was a murder disguised as a carjacking.According to them,Jennifer shot her ex-husband and wiped down the gun.

And the motive?

He remarried and wanted custody of the three-year-old.Witnesses saw them arguing a week before the murder.

Hey, mom.Pick up the phone.

Hey, mom.Pick up the phone.

Sorry.Thats my daughter.

Hey, mom.Pick up

Hi, Grace.

Hey, Mom.I want to ask you a question, but I dont want you to freak out, okay?

Uh-oh.

Forget it.Ill ask Zach.

No, no, no.What?

All right, well, some girl said dad slept with a hooker my age.And I just What?

Maam, youll have to turn that off.

They were playing the tape in the computer lab.And some girl said her dads a cop and he said one of the hookers was a teenager.

Okay, first of all, they were all over 20 and second, wheres the teacher?

Its no big deal, mom.Look, Ive got homework.Ill talk to you later.

What?

Last time I was in court was 13 years ago.

Wow.I was 12.

Thanks.

The judge reaches into his pocket,pulls out a check,handing it to the plaintiff."Im returning five grand and were going to decide this."

Thats Florricks wife.Alicia?My God.Matan, remember?From the department Christmas party.Youre at Stern, Lockhart & Gardner?

Yeah.First day.

Wow.Oh.This is Sandra Pai.Shes new.Since Peter.Hows he doing,by the way?

Peter? Fine.

Say hello for me, will you? Look at all this.Youre going to bury us.I dont know how you do it,Alicia.Id be huddled up in a ball somewhere.Well, back to work.Good luck.

Wheres Diane?

Diane asked me to step in for her.Jennifer,Im Alicia Florrick.Im one of the other lawyers with the firm.

Step in? For how long?

For the retrial.

Oh, my God.

All rise.Maam.

The Criminal Court of Cook County is now in session,the Honorable Judge Richard Cuesta presiding.

Be seated.Okay, lets hear it.

Your Honor, I just...

Your Honor,just to refresh your memory, the accused was deemed a flight risk due to an earlier custody hearing in which she threatened to run off with her daughter.

And yet just last week a jury deadlocked on these murder charges six to six,

Mr.Brody.Now I know our new states attorney wants to look tough, but why are you fighting this?

Your Honor, I just wanted to The people are prepared to retry this case right now, Your Honor.If Mrs.Florrick is so intent on getting her client out, why doesnt she agree to a speedy trial?

Mrs.Florrick?

Yes, Your Honor.

The wife of the esteemed Peter Florrick? Your husband and I never quite saw eye to eye, maam.

Your Honor

Mrs.Florrick,dont talk.But if the prosecution thinks that this will in some way prejudice me against your client, he is sorely mistaken.Nice try,Matan.So Ms.Lewis is granted pretrial release with electronic monitoring.She is restricted to temporary housing, attorneys offices, and transit in between.And given that this is a rerun, Ill set the trial date for the 25th.Now, are we all happy? Good.

Thank you.

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