Suffering County Courthouse. Jimmy is cross-examining Mrs. Potter. He asks, "At the time of your husband's death, you testified these were not happy times. In fact, he was being treated for depression, right?" For every ten words of Jimmy's, Mrs. Potter has one: Yes. "And you also spoke of his guilt for both the affair and the accident." Mrs. Potter: Yes. "What is, or was, your favourite hobby?" Mrs. Potter: Walking. Of course it was. Because anyone who lands in a wheelchair on a DEK show must love physical activity above all others, or else where would the tragedy be. Could he be any more contrived? Make sure you put a Chandler inflection on the word "be" in that sentence. It works much better that way. Okay. Jimmy: "I'm told you would often drive into the city and walk for hours." Blah she wrote short stories, blah she used her walks as inspiration, blah walking blah. "And you also loved it?" Mrs. Potter: Yes. Jimmy asks if Mr. Potter once said he wished he'd been killed in the accident. Mrs. "I Love Walking" Potter explains that he'd rather have lost his life than her lose her legs, but she never took it to mean that her husband was suicidal. Ah, but Jimmy's made his point, blah Mr. Potter wished he'd been killed blah. Mrs. Potter has no answer; she just simply looks down at her useless legs and wonders. Yawn.
Cop Shop. Sybil, accompanied by Detective Mike, Helen, and the ever-present Lucy, shuffles into the viewing side of the two-way mirror in preparation for taking a look at the line-up of possible rapists. Helen gives her patented "if you feel this is too much" speech. Sybil nods. Mike tells the other side to bring the men into the room. Sybil steps closer to the glass. A group of surly-looking guys files in and stands facing the two-way mirror. Mike asks number one to step forward. No. Step back. Number two is told to step forward. No. Step back. Number three. Uh! Wait. Sybil pauses. The music tells us it's him. She takes a deep breath. Helen prompts her to say something. But Sybil refuses to identify him. Then she freaks out a little and leaves the room. Detective Mike says he'll go and check on the poor woman. Helen: "She recognized him, Lucy." Lucy: "She must still be in trauma. It was probably too soon to do this." Honestly, Helen doesn't care. Blah the rape kit turned up nothing, blah the rapist was wearing a condom, and blah their case is going down the tubes blah. They need Sybil's identification to put the bad guy away. Lucy: "You didn't find any forensic evidence at all?"









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