You wanna take the best lab analyst we have ever had and bury him?
The patterns don't match.
Are you trying to tell us we got the wrong guy?
If he believes he's correct, that's how he'll testify.
I am not gonna let this maniac go free so he can do it again.
Sam, we had him. We had him cold and you let him get away.
That one time he was the meanest dude I knew.
I've changed.
Besides, how could we punish Sam for doing something he believes in?
I never trusted another human being like I trusted you!
Gentlemen, you are about to enter the most fascinating sphere of police work.
The world of forensic medicine.
We're EU bots!
Oh, no!
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah! Ah!
Just what I saw?
Yeah. Let's check him out. He looks dirty as hell to me.
All right, go cover the other end. And call it in.
I don't like the way it feels.
You got it.
Hey! Put your hands against the wall. Spread your feet.
I don't understand what's going on.
Right this second, neither do I.
But whatever it was, he dropped a couple of souvenirs.
It fits right in there.
Okay. This one's a blow-up of the bite wound from the rape victim.
And this one's from the impressions I took of the teeth of the suspect over at the county jail.
Bingo.
Matches perfectly.
Like a three-bar jackpot.
Not exactly the terminology I'd use in my report, but I'd say it's a positive match.
I'll call him on that and tell him to get over here. He'll be happy to hear this.
You know, I want to tell you something. Sometimes you guys take forever.
But when you want to move, you can really come through for us.
Got a compliment or a warning?
Maybe 50-50.
How's the girl? How's she doing?
Cracked it pretty good. She couldn't tell us much about what happened, but she's got a lot of guts.
She wants to prosecute.
Yeah, thank God. You know, Quincy, some of these poor girls can't seem to do it.
Guys that ought to be locked up in cages are being kicked loose every day.
Well, you got no problem in this case.
Hey, say that again. I'll give it to you in alphabetical order.
Number one, we picked him up 50 yards from the scene of the crime.
And number two, he just got out of the slammer hard time.
Rape and aggravated assault. And number three, everything matches his previous M.O.
The bite mark, the way he got in through the balcony, even the ski mask and gloves.
You just gave it to me in numerical order, not alphabetical order.
What's the difference, Quincy? As long as we nail him and we got him cold with a bite mark.
The only alibi this creep has is that he was going to meet some guy in the alley at 11.30 at night.
Some ex-con with a drug problem. Ain't that a touching story?
Looks like you lucked out this time.
Yes, I did.
I'm not so sure, Lieutenant. I've got something in the E.M. lab. All of you should see.
The thing is, I've been running my own tests and doing a lot of experimenting on tooth casts.
You know, microscopic comparisons.
Is that what the gold palladium coating is for?
Yeah, I've been working on it in my spare time.
Now, in cases where you don't have a distinctive pattern of the teeth,
the scanning electron microscope gives me enough surface detail on a single tooth
to compare it with the details of the depression of the skin.
Sam, look, don't get too technical, huh? Just keep it short and simple.
Okay. Now, this is an enlargement of the skin, and these are the bite marks.
See the raised areas where I've circled?
They're the ridges and islands on the edge of the teeth, like here.
On this picture here, the ridges here, island.
They literally form a pattern like the rifling on a bullet.
Now, take a look at the cast of your suspect's teeth.
Notice the difference between this and the victim's bite mark.
Now, how smooth it is. No ridges, islands, nothing.
And this small chip here.
There's no sign of it on the bite mark.
Wait a minute, what are you trying to tell us?
Well, see for yourself, Lieutenant. The patterns don't match.
What are you trying to tell us? We got the wrong guy.
I'm telling you, this man didn't bite your victim.
And I'm telling you, the odontologist said he did.
There was no question about it.
Sorry, Lieutenant. This goes a step beyond the gross comparison.
What are you talking about? Quincy, are you going to stand there with your mouth closed
telling me he was wrong?
From what I heard, I don't think he is.
I don't believe you guys.
Listen, I want to tell you, I got this guy here.
He was there. It was his M.O.
Even your expert said it was a bite mark.
I'll tell you, you or nobody else is going to stop me from putting him away.
Even if it's the wrong man.
You tell that to the district attorney, Mr. Thomas Edison, and see what his response is.
Or better still, why don't you let Aston do it?
That should be the lynching of the week.
Look, Sam, I can understand how you feel.
You have been fooling around in the lab.
You came up with, what, sort of a new theory.
So, hey, I guess in your field, if you've got any ambition, that's the way to go.
It hasn't got anything to do with ambition.
Barry, that's uncalled for.
Believe me, please, I understand.
That's how science progresses.
That's how we got to the moon.
All I'm saying is this.
Is this the right time to try out a new technique that has never been proven by anyone except you?
Why wait when I know it works?
Because you're going to be introducing reasonable doubt, Sam.
Not proof, reasonable doubt.
Based, quite frankly, on the speculation of someone who isn't even considered to be an expert in the field.
Sam, you'll hurt the case.
You could blow it sky high.
How can I live with myself if I didn't report what I've seen?
Sam, listen to me.
The normal method, the old method, the method we have always used, showed that the suspect's teeth matched the wound.
Is that true?
Yes.
Then what are we saying?
That everything that's gone before is meaningless?
Then what do we do about all the people that we've convicted using that method?
The old procedure's still good.
But I'd be a liar if I said it was 100%.
What I'm saying is the electron microscope just makes it more accurate.
Okay, our graduate sounds promising.
It sounds like it's going to be a real help to us in the future.
But give it more time.
Give it more testing.
Let your old ontologist play with it.
Give Dr. Schumann a chance to do some really serious lab research.
He doesn't know as much about the electron microscope as I do.
Robert, will you tell him what he's doing?
For God's sake, tell him what he's doing!
Listen, I wouldn't presume to tell Sam Fu-Jum anything about serious research.
He's way ahead of me.
And his scientific instincts are just excellent.
That's an intangible, Robert.
What I need from this office are cold, hard facts.
Well, Barry, you seem to be most happy when the facts from this office favor conviction.
That's not fair!
You know me better than that.
I've lost cases.
I have bent over backwards when you gave me evidence that I believed.
When I thought somebody was innocent, I fought my superiors even when it hurt my own career.
I think that's terrific.
But I know that Sam Fu-Jum is no different than you are.
If he believes he's correct, that's how he'll testify.
Okay.
Okay, you do your job, and I'll do mine.
Well, that sounds good to me, right, Sam?
Sam, whatever happens, please understand one thing.
I like you.
I always have.
But that's going to have nothing to do with the way I treat you when I go into that courtroom.
When I finish with you, you're going to think that I hate your guts.
And that's the way it goes.
No personal regard.
No sense of mercy.
I have seen the pain of too many rape victims, and I am not going to let this maniac go free so we can do it again.
Sam.
Be right.
All right, Mr. Fujiala.
You are employed by the coroner's office.
You have worked there for six years.
Would you please tell us if you have any degrees in odontology?
No, sir.
Physics?
No, sir.
Well, what about medicine?
No.
I see.
Well, exactly what qualifications do you have?
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
That's it?
Yes.
Just a general level college degree, like thousands and thousands of people who graduate every year?
Yes.
I see.
Now, in developing this so-called technique of yours, was it ever authorized by anyone in your department?
No, sir.
Oh, so you were just fooling around with this on your own time using department facilities?
I wouldn't call it fooling around.
I was trying to help develop forensic odontology in a new area.
Without any degrees that qualify you to do that?
You don't need a degree in odontology.
Mr. Fujiala, please correct me if I am wrong.
This is the first time that you ever tried using your technique in an actual case?
Yes, but I've run tests that have confirmed it.
Oh, really?
Would you please tell us what kind?
I made bite marks on my own arm.
You bit yourself?
Yes.
Yes, then I made casts of my teeth, also bite mark and casts of other lab personnel.
Did you bite them, or did they bite you?
Exception.
Sustained.
And no more grandstanding, Mr. Clark.
I apologize, your honor. I simply couldn't resist.
Mr. Fujiyama, you are a...
What?
A lab analyst.
That's correct.
I see.
Well, then if you were to come up with some new technique, you could get a lot of attention.
Might even get yourself an article in one of the scientific journals.
Yes, I suppose so.
Oh, that'd be pretty impressive, wouldn't it?
Might even get you a promotion or a raise.
Maybe if you were lucky you could get a call to Fujiyama Method.
That's not why I did it.
Oh, no?
Well, have you taken your results to an independent expert for verification or testing?
No, not yet.
Well, then I submit that you are a bit of an opportunist, Mr. Fujiyama.
Objection.
I submit that you have taken an unknown technique into this courtroom to make a name for yourself.
Your honor, objection is more preposterous than scientific.
And before I am finished, Mr. Fujiyama, everyone in this room will know exactly why.
Dr. Winters, stop me if I'm wrong.
You are chairman emeritus of the American Society of Odontology.
You hold MD and DDS degrees.
You teach odontology at Stanford University and still find time to do research for the government.
You make me sound immodest, sir, but yes.
Well, I suspect you are highly qualified to give an opinion as to Mr. Fujiyama's so-called method.
I'll do my best.
How accurate is it?
Well, quite simply, it's not very accurate at all.
Would you please tell us why?
Well, first of all, human skin is not a good enough impression material.
To replicate microscopic details accurately.
Excuse me, doctor, let me understand this.
What you are saying is that in using an electron microscope, the bite details in a bite pattern do not register accurately?
That's correct. But that's not the only problem.
The other cause of trouble is the skin's elasticity.
You see, the skin stretches, the skin contracts.
So when you fill a bite wound with impression material, the skin gets pushed and distorted, changing microscopic details.
I know what he's saying.
Now, for Mr. Fujiyama's sake...
It would mean that two different people with the exact bite pattern would have to be involved in the same case on the same night.
Would you please tell us what the chances of that happening are?
Oh, a million to one.
Just one more thing, doctor.
Using the methods of comparison that have been accepted and proven in courts all over the world, what are your findings in this case?
Well, I've examined the evidence, and in my opinion, the bite wound on the victim's body was made by the suspect's teeth.
You're a witness.
Dr. Winters, let me understand you. Are you saying that there's no possible way Mr. Fujiyama can be correct?
Not in this case.
I'm not talking about this case. I'm talking about his technique.
Are you saying that it doesn't make any scientific sense at all?
Oh, I didn't say that.
Could it work? Possibly sometime in the future?
Yes, possibly.
All right, then let me ask you this. The entire field of bite mark evidence, when was it first introduced in court?
In this date, 1975.
Oh, that recent.
Well, in other states, earlier than that.
So it's a relatively new form of evidence.
Yes.
Was it doubted when it was first introduced?
Well, any new scientific technique is usually doubted.
Dr. Winters, thank you for those candid words.
Dr. Quincy, you've heard Mr. Fujiyama's character assassinated, blatantly and deliberately assassinated right here in this room.
Would you characterize him as an opportunist, seeking self-aggrandizement through these proceedings?
Absolutely not.
As a forensic pathologist, could you give us some idea of his value to you?
He's one of the most dedicated and skillful scientists I've ever known.
Could you tell the jury if there have been any other instances in which Mr. Fujiyama has developed new techniques in forensic science?
Well, as a matter of fact, there were a couple of times when I was ready to throw in the towel in a few cases,
and Sam would come up with some evidence through a new technique he developed, yeah.
Do you believe there's validity in the testimony he gave today?
Yes, I do.
Are you 100% certain?
Well, as a scientist evaluating a new technique, I'd have to admit there's room for doubt.
But would you also say that the new technique offers a reasonable doubt as to whether the defendant's teeth made the bite mark?
Yes, it does.
Thank you very much, Doctor. No further questions.
There are very few absolutes in this world of ours, very few things or ideas that we can point a finger at with total certainty and say,
that's it, that's the way it has to be, but this morning, I'm going to point my finger straight at the most fundamental and absolute cornerstone of our entire system of justice.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the issue of reasonable doubt.
Now, in our free society, when a person goes to trial, he or she is presumed innocent until proven otherwise by a preponderance of evidence to the contrary.
Now, nobody wants to put a murderer or rapist back out on the streets of our city.
But better we do that.
Better we allow a dozen guilty men to go free than base our system on the opposite premise, that all of us are guilty until proven innocent.
So, let us consider that very carefully today in the case of the defendant Robert Denbo.
All evidence presented by the prosecution has been circumstantial, with the exception of one thing, the wound found on the victim.
And now even that has been called into question by the probing eye of a new scientific technique discovered by Mr. Fujiyama.
Now, you mustn't let that word new frighten you.
Dr. Winters, the prosecution's forensic odontologist, tells us that the entire field of bite mark evidence wasn't introduced until only as recently as 1975.
Until only a few years ago, his own testimony would have raised eyebrows.
But don't forget the words of Dr. Quincy, a man who enjoys the respect of every medical examiner in this country.
He tells us that Mr. Fujiyama is one of the most skillful and dedicated scientists he's ever known.
And he also clearly and correctly stated that after seeing all of the evidence presented here, there is an undeniable sense of reasonable doubt.
And as long as even one shred of that exists, you are duty bound to find Robert Denbo not guilty as charged.
Will the defendant please rise?
As to all counts, we found the defendant not guilty as charged.
And it is the verdict of this court that you are not guilty and therefore discharged.
Thank you.
Sam, you should be very proud.
You said the president today.
That's absolutely right.
Sam, we're so proud.
I don't know how to thank you.
I mean, with my record, I didn't think I had a shot.
Believe me, I didn't do it.
I was just doing my job.
Listen, if you ever need anything, you just pick up a telephone and you call me.
Okay, anything.
Sure, Bob. Thanks.
Thank you.
Come on, let's go.
We're so proud.
Congratulations.
It's not clear, Sam.
I'll fix the focus.
There we are.
Here.
What you have to do is pay particular attention to the ridges on the edge of the tooth.
Yeah, I see them.
I made the impression from these ridges I was able to see in the bite mark.
Wow, that's really fantastic.
I bet it is.
Listen, I hate to break up this fascinating seminar, Nancy, but I have to talk to the professor.
Oh, sure, doctor. I'm sorry.
Maybe we can have coffee later, Sam.
I'm dying to hear all the rest of it.
Sure, Nancy.
Aren't you ashamed of yourself using science to impress a young, innocent thing like that?
Oh, come on, Quince.
She's just interested in my technique.
That's what I mean. Maybe I ought to develop one.
My technique?
Hey, hey, hey. You gotta see this.
Sam, you made the cover of lab science.
That's insane. She even got you the smile.
Did you see the story? Except they didn't mention my name.
Why should they? You didn't do anything.
Listen, I hired him. Didn't that have to account for something?
Congratulations.
Here, put this in your scrapbook.
What's that, a telegram?
No, it's a police bulletin.
19-year-old girl just got raped in the apartment building where your friend Denbo lives.
Correction. Did live.
Sam, we had him. We had him cold, and you let him get away.
He's gone? Without a toothbrush.
Did the girl identify him?
How could she? She's dead.
What are you doing here? I've been looking all over for you.
Did you finish the Martinez report yet?
No, I'm still working on it.
In here?
I guess I've been going over some evidence on something else.
Telegram?
Yeah, I've been going over this bite marker a dozen times, and I still get the same results.
I mean, look at this.
Now, this is a micrograph that shows the detail of the suspect's teeth.
This is a bite mark found on the first girl.
This is from Sally Glenn.
Now, both bite marks were made by the same teeth, but neither one matches Denbo's.
I'm pretty sure it's not him.
Sam, I have to tell you how I feel, honestly.
I think it's too much of a coincidence to have happened twice in a row.
Then you don't believe my procedure?
I just don't know yet.
Look, even if I distorted the cast of the bite mark like they said at the trial,
how could both errors be exact? A perfect match?
I'd like you to explain that to me.
Sam, Denbo could have made both bite marks,
but they wouldn't necessarily have to match the impression that you have,
because the impression you have was made on silicone rubber.
That's accurate. His bite marks were made on skin.
It's inaccurate. It stretches. It shrinks back.
Now, maybe, just maybe, Dr. Winter at the trial was correct,
that skin is not a good enough impression material.
If you're right and I'm wrong, Quince, I'm responsible for it.
No, you're not responsible. Now, that's what I want to talk to you about.
Hey, Quincey, the boss wants to see you in his office right away.
Okay. Sam, you're not responsible. I want to talk to you about it.
Well, uh, the Glenn girl's parents are coming down for identification in about an hour.
I thought you might want to handle it, you and yourself.
Yeah. Sam's been through enough already.
Where are you going? You know, you're always walking out on me.
I don't even finish talking about what I have to talk about.
That's what you want. What is it?
You're going out the door, Quincey. You don't make anything easy.
Will you sit down and let me talk?
What?
I'm going to take Sam out of the lab for a while.
Why? Because he's depressed? Give him a little time. He'll be okay.
Not that simple.
The newspapers are having a field day with this department.
I've had orders directly from the board.
Oh, that is terrific.
A little bit of heat and they're already looking for a scapegoat.
Besides, how could we punish Sam for doing something he believes in?
We're not even sure he's wrong.
Listen, this is way beyond right and wrong. And the D.A. has made a point of it.
Yeah, call the sweet smell of revenge.
Now, that's not fair.
He acted according to his beliefs just the way Sam did.
Listen, how do you think Sam's going to feel when every case he touches right now
or looks at or signs his name to is immediately going to be suspect?
Trial lawyers will jump on his results and question them in cases all over this city.
And you know, our reputation for expertise in crime detection is an essential part of law enforcement.
And it's as much a deterrent to crime as the cop on the beat or the helicopter in the sky.
I can't risk that reputation, Quincey.
What are you going to do? You going to give him some winter clothing?
You going to send him to Siberia? What are you going to do?
Six months. This will be ancient history. We'll move him back to the lab.
What about the meantime?
Well, we have some openings in histopathology.
What? Prepping specimen bottles?
Quincey, I had to argue for over an hour just to retain him.
They want to fire him. It's either histopathology or he's out.
You don't want to take the best lab analyst we have ever had and bury him?
You want him to label bottles and cut micros like some kid who doesn't know his ABCs?
No, no, no, no. I just don't see any other way.
Well, you better find one, because Sam's work is his entire life.
Whatever label we put on him, we'll stick with him wherever he goes to work.
And if it's a bad one, it could destroy him.
Sam, what are you doing here?
Sam, you okay? Sam.
Am I responsible for this? Is this what I've done?
No, Sam, not even indirectly. You did what you had to do.
But I was wrong. That's why she's here.
We're not sure of that.
Wasn't it you who talked about coincidence? I let him go.
No. Twelve people on a jury let him go.
Yeah, because they listened to me.
Maybe it was he who... All of us want to be right, don't we?
Only she's the one who paid.
Ed. Yeah, sir?
Get a relief of Ewing, will you, right away?
Oh! Oh! Oh!
That's our daughter.
When they're growing up, you think of this happening almost all the time.
Every time they go out, every time they're more than ten minutes late,
and you think of it with a terror that's worse than anything you can possibly imagine.
Then when it happens, it's not even real.
People are talking, but they're not talking to you.
You hear it, and it just... you just let it go right on by.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Mrs. Glenn? Mr. Glenn? I'm Sam Fujiyama.
I'm sorry. Terribly sorry.
Just tell me why you did it. Can you do that?
Tell me so I can understand. Mr. Glenn...
No, no, no. I was just wondering what made him do what he did.
Please. Why didn't you stop him before he killed our child?
Maybe you can make me understand.
So I won't hate you for the rest of my life.
I'm sorry.
What are you doing here?
Waiting for you. Mr. Fujiyama, I didn't know what else to do.
You're the only one he trusts. You're the only one who ever tried to help him.
Where is he?
He's innocent. He's just as innocent as he was before.
I'm gonna see him.
He needs your help. He hasn't got anybody else.
I'm gonna go to Brighton now.
Okay.
Get in.
Okay.
Tell me, the whole thing's crazy.
I mean, he's been working a steady job, meeting his parole officer,
doing everything he was supposed to do.
Bobby, it's me.
You!
Bobby! What the hell do you think you're doing?
I don't believe you.
Bobby, you're so heavy. Jesus, I thought I was gonna...
What is going on?
Yes, this is an emergency. Connect me with Lieutenant Monahan.
Where's the other one?
What?
The other vacuum tube. I always use two red tops and two lavenders.
Sorry, I only got three tubes. I'll get the other one.
Let's see what we can find.
No signs of heart disease.
No cirrhosis of the arteries.
Muscle looks healthy.
Okay.
Mark, after I do the heart, I always do the esophagus.
Now, I don't need a scalpel. I need a knife.
Look, Doctor, I'm not Sam,
and I'm not used to doing things the way you two do.
I'm sorry, Mark, you're right.
It's gonna take some time, okay?
But don't stand there. Give me the knife.
I know nobody.
Terrific.
What about your flying tackle? What are you gonna do, trial for the Rams?
As a matter of fact, I've been thinking about selling used cars for my uncle.
You can't do that. Your face is too honest.
Maybe something in a private lab.
Because I can't stand much more of this.
Well, it's not gonna be much longer.
Another five or six months?
No. I've been working on Aston every chance I get.
Yeah, that's like working on the rocket Gibraltar with a rubber mallet.
That's not fair, Sam. He's really concerned about you.
You sure got a funny way of showing it.
I got a great idea.
Why don't we change and I'll take you out to lunch.
I'll take you to Italy for some pizza. I'll take you to Mexico for some tacos.
Fine by me. And farther away the better.
Okay. I'm afraid you're gonna have to settle for Danny.
See, I'm broke, so you're gonna give me credit.
Thank you, Charles.
It's really kind of funny.
I always thought that people like us were the last of the die-hard purists
of oppression, of politics,
of every form of temptation.
I always figured if a scientist couldn't stand up in a storm
with a sense of calm and a sense of vision, who the heck could?
I guess it took something like this to make me grow up.
Growing up has nothing to do with giving up your ideals.
That's just growing older.
Maybe I should have done what they wanted me to, kept my mouth shut.
You couldn't have done that if you lived to be 180 years old.
Thank God. Well, look who's here.
What are you guys doing? Drinking on duty?
No, I just strapped in to pick up Danny's protection money.
Two on duties, please.
John, the cops are here. Two ginger ale and a pinch of lime.
Let's see those notes in the case.
What's with the snubbing? What's going on, fellas?
Nothing personal, of course. He just shopped.
I didn't want to bore you. Never stopped you before.
It's a free country, pull up a stool.
What about Sam?
No, not yet. Maybe later.
Why don't you stop sulking? Act like a member of the human race.
Am I supposed to be a member of the human race?
You're not.
You're not?
You're not sulking. Act like a member of the human race.
Am I sulking?
No, but you don't belong in the human race.
You guys are really something.
That man is dying an inch at a time and you're being cute.
Well, give me a little time, okay?
Guy gets hit in the gut. It's kind of hard to start breathing right away.
That's a good analogy, Lieutenant.
I'll remember that the next time we're rushing a tox report for you on a Saturday night.
Well, that reminds me.
We want all that stuff in the Dembeau case.
The photographs, your report, the entire file.
Just call Sam. That's his department.
What's all this about?
I've been gathering the evidence on the Dembeau case.
Oh, the sulking lieutenant finally called.
Well, he had the watch commander do it.
I'm glad he did because I've been going over all this evidence and the whole thing stinks.
Oh, Sam, why don't you turn it all over to my...
Oh, man, don't turn me off.
There's just too many discrepancies in this case and I'm not even talking about my procedure.
Well, Sam, you've got to put it behind you. We've got to go...
No, please, please. Listen, hear me out.
If you still think I'm wrong, I'll never mention it again, okay?
Okay, go ahead.
Okay, for our openers, according to the lab report,
there were no traces of saliva found in the bite wound.
I know that.
Now, in three previous rapes, the ones that sent Dembeau to prison...
Yeah?
There were always traces of saliva when he bit his victims.
Yeah? Well, Sam, maybe he learned from experience.
He wiped away the evidence.
Oh, sure, he goes through all that trouble,
but he's still dumb enough to sign the rape with his bite mark.
But, Sam, that's an act of passion. You're looking for logic.
Well, the only logic here is there is no logic.
In the previous rapes, too many things are different.
Besides the saliva, all the victims were bitten during the act itself,
but Sally Glenn was bitten after she died.
I know. The autopsy brought that up.
Now, here's the clincher. Take a look.
On the first three rape victims,
the bite marks were four to five centimeters in length.
But in Sally Glenn's case, it's seven centimeters in length.
Seven centimeters?
Right.
Now, it's highly unlikely that a mouth that size could open wide enough
to make a seven centimeter bite mark.
You know, you might be on to something, Sam.
There's one sure way to find out, but I've got to have Monahan's permission.
You want me to call him to you?
No, I've got to take him bull by the horn sooner or later.
I'll do it myself.
Yeah, Monahan.
Lieutenant, this is Sam Puggiamma.
Oh, yes, Sam. How's it going?
Would you be interested in some new evidence in the Dembeau case?
No, no, not really.
Well, I'd like your permission to measure his mouth.
I'm pretty sure I could prove that he's innocent.
Oh, you've got another new procedure.
Well, not this time, Lieutenant. Just plain old common sense.
Oh? Well, what's Quincy's feeling?
Well, he's here, and he agrees.
Well, look, Sam, I hate to disappoint you, too,
especially when you're talking common sense,
but the only problem is your pal Dembeau, he's just confessed.
I never trusted another human being like I trusted you!
Okay, then trust me now,
because there's new evidence and I know I can help you.
Just trust me one more time for the both of us.
I'm in this too.
Now, open it, all right?
I can give you back that life that you've suffered for.
You can give me back mine.
Now, come on, open it up wide.
Okay, come on, open it.
Open it wide as you can!
Now, bite into it. That's perfect, beautiful.
Now, let it go. Let it go.
You're innocent by 2.5 centimeters.
Your widest bite is 4.5.
The teeth that bit Sally Glenn open to 7 centimeters.
You'll never prove it.
Not in a million years.
Well, the problem is,
I've treated so many men from prison,
it's a little hard to remember names.
But we'll give it a try.
Dee, dee, Dembeau, Dembeau, Dembeau,
Dinardo, Den... Dembeau?
Bob Dembeau, just where he should be.
All right.
He came in for an abscess.
His mouth was in bad shape and not that extensive bridge work.
You made casts of his upper and lower jaw, didn't you?
Sure, always.
Would you have them here or at the prison?
They're here. I keep them here, it's safer and more convenient.
Could I see them?
Sure, no problem.
Dembeau, Dembeau, Dembeau, let's see now, Dembeau.
I know, I saw it.
Yeah, there it is.
Are you sure? Is there any way you can double-check?
Double-check? Why?
Well, I figured they'd be missing.
Well, they were originally. You see that number two?
That means it's a duplicate set.
The first ones obviously did a disappearing act.
Doctor, if you can explain that,
you don't know what a blessing it'll be.
You'd have to work around here to understand.
Anything that isn't nailed down vanishes into thin air.
Some joker probably had these hanging over his bunk.
Henry Barton, another prisoner,
Dembeau told me he was your assistant.
Yeah, for a prisoner he was very good.
I understand that when he got out he became a dental technician.
Could he have stolen the original cast?
Oh, a hundred people could have done that.
Was he a problem or a troublemaker?
Not around me. Maybe out in the yard?
In the yard? Mr. Fujianan, that's one place I hope never to go.
Thank you, doctor. You're welcome.
You know, you got a lot of guts, I admit that,
and you got the instinct of a bloodhound, I admit that too.
But what you don't have is enough mercy in your soul to give me a break.
I've shown you physical evidence. What more do you want?
Peace and quiet, which means never hearing the words
reasonable doubt for the rest of my life.
Otherwise you're going to see a side of my personality which you'd rather avoid.
Lieutenant, in all the years that I've known you,
I've never asked for a single favor.
We've worked together through a lot of pretty hard and pretty trying times,
and I've always helped you in every way I could.
Now I want you to help me.
Look, if you can't do it out of friendship,
then at least do it out of the debt you owe me and you owe the department.
One favor, one time, and we'll call it even.
You know what your trouble is?
You've been taking lessons from Quincy.
Brill, would you mind gracing us with your presence?
I'm going to need a search warrant.
This kind of intrusion is something we do not need.
Intrusion?
Yes, we happen to have a very quiet and very respectable place.
Never know how much we hope you're right.
See, everything's ship-shipped, neat and tidy.
Now that should tell you something about Mr. Barton's character.
I absolutely agree, sir.
Who else could live in a nice, respectable place like this
but a law-abiding citizen?
My feelings exactly.
Hey, Lieutenant.
Yeah?
Would you say there's anything significant about this?
There's nothing significant about these.
Matches perfectly.
The cast from Barton's apartment matches these micrographs
I made of the bite marks of the last two victims.
Tooth for tooth, ridge for ridge. They're exact.
Well, that's the frame.
Barton used this cast to simulate Dembo's bite.
Yeah, that's why nobody believed my technique.
I was comparing Dembo's teeth the way they are now to the bite wounds.
You mean his teeth are different now?
Sure. After Dr. Forbes made these,
he did bridge work and even some cosmetic grinding on Dembo.
Of course, that didn't alter the position of the teeth,
but it did change a lot of the surface detail.
Yeah, Sam, what you've done is absolutely brilliant,
but I think it's a little early to celebrate.
Now, if we want to be certain about getting this Barton,
we need to have more evidence than just finding the cast.
Lieutenant, if you'll cooperate, I think I have a good idea.
What did you say, Hank?
Bobby.
Long time, baby, a long time.
Why? I've been walking in here.
You almost gave me a heart attack.
Yeah, I guess you probably thought I was still in the slammer.
As a matter of fact, yeah.
I've been watching 11 o'clock news.
You're very big when they start talking about criminal assault.
Hey, I hope you weren't crazy enough to bust out.
You think I'd do that and come here?
Put an old alumni like you in jeopardy?
My old man.
That one time he was the meanest dude I knew.
I've changed.
You know that, Hank.
I'm just as tame as a kitten now.
That's not what the DA said about you,
in front of about 50 different cameras.
He's wrong, baby.
Somebody's been framing me.
I thought maybe you could give me a hand to figure it out.
I never met a guy from the joint who didn't say he was framed,
including me.
Only I'm telling the truth.
I didn't do it.
But through the process of elimination,
it had to be somebody who knew my exact MO.
I knew your MO, Bobby.
You told everybody at group therapy
that you were the deepest and darkest secrets.
Yeah, but the other guys,
they didn't have this stat in the place where they live, Hank.
That's the cast that made the teeth marks on the last two victims.
Now, if you wanted me, Hank,
why didn't you just come and blow me away?
That wouldn't have been half as much fun.
You know, you destroyed two people.
You killed a helpless little teenage girl.
Too bad you weren't there.
From what you told me in prison, you really would have enjoyed it.
No, no, no, I cured my sickness.
And that's the problem, isn't it, Hank?
You've hated my guts ever since.
What was it they used to say in groups, lover boy?
Misery loves company?
No, sickness festers on sickness.
See that, Hank? It's a bug.
Now, everything you've just said is down on tape.
Now, the way I see it, you've got two choices.
You can either walk through that door and give yourself to the man,
or you can try to use that to do what you've always wanted to do.
Okay.
Which is it gonna be?
The second sounds a lot better.
Yeah, it does. Much, much better.
You're gonna get your revenge.
Oh, it's nice to serve you all at the same table for a change.
Oh, thank you.
Sam, look, I'll say it again as many times as you want.
I'm sorry.
Hey, listen, I was beginning to doubt it myself.
I wish you could have been there when Barton confessed.
You know, we got a full confession.
It reads like a textbook on insanity.
Believe me, Mr. Barton will never see the outside world again.
Except through bars. I'm sure glad for Bob Tenble.
I can imagine what it must have been like for him.
Hey, Quincy, where you going?
Oh, look who's here. The Dali Sisters.
Are you kidding with that fair-weather friends?
Oh, listen to this.
You're never gonna let us live it down, are you?
Well, obviously, Sam has.
Maybe next time we develop a new procedure, you won't be so quick to jump.
Oh, we're learning. Give us time.
Yeah, now you know that teeth can talk.
Teeth can talk?
They told us who the murderer was, didn't they?
Yeah, what's the big deal?
I've known a long time ago, since I was a kid, that teeth can talk.
You knew a long...
Your knowledge of science is limited to a pizza recipe.
I will prove $20 says I will prove to you that teeth can talk.
You say you won about $20 that you knew,
and you can prove that teeth talk before this?
Proof isn't the pudding. Put up your money.
I will prove that I have known a long time ago that teeth can talk.
You know what they're saying?
I just won $20.
Yeah!
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That's after Matthew makes Henry proud, but at a price.
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