Dee and Dum tell Ellen to back off and leave it alone for awhile. "We'll be in touch," Dee says. I've heard that one before, Ellen, and I wouldn't sit around waiting for his call, girl. He's just not that into you. Move on, there's other fish in the sea! Ones who will provide you with even bigger wire taps! Swim, girl, swim!!
You're breaking up with me? What am I supposed to do now, be an actual lawyer??
Chill, baby, chill. I'll text you.
Tommy walks into an office and finds Purcell injecting himself with a needle because he's diabetic. It's pretty...well, gross. But a clue? Perhaps.... Tommy is briefing Purcell before his meeting with Detective Huntley (Skeletor). He tells him that Christine's autopsy report revealed signs of a struggle. Purcell asks if there was any evidence found from the murderer, and Tommy says no.
Ellen tracks down Patty in the hall and asks to sit in on the meeting between Purcell and Skeletor. She thinks it would be valuable to gain some experience with criminal law. Plus, all the other lawyers are making fun of her in the lunch room again and she has no one to sit with. Patty turns. "I don't think Mr. Purcell would be comfortable with you there. And I'm not running a law school." Burn! I love when Patty shuts Ellen down for absolutely no reason.
Skeletor grills Purcell. He brings up the police report Purcell filed before Christine's murder when someone broke into his house. He asks if anything was stolen, and Purcell says no. I'm going to start a drinking game - take a shot for every time Purcell tells a lie. I'm literally getting out the tequila now (it's leftover from my Lost-garita party last night), so this recap could get interesting.
Skeletor asks if the second intruder, the one who killed Christine, stole anything. "Not to my knowledge, no," Purcell says. Skeletor asks if it was the same man on both occasions, and Purcell says it could have been. Skeletor nearly giggles - he needs to work on his bad cop routine - and asks why someone would break into a house twice and not steal anything. "There wasn't enough time to steal anything. There was barely enough time to kill her," Purcell says.
Skeletor lays out some photos of the crime scene. They're pretty graphic. Purcell starts to cry when he sees the photos. Skeletor asks if there's anything out of the ordinary. Purcell says no, then gets a concerned look on his face. "Her ring," he says. She always wore a ruby ring on her right hand, and it's missing in the photos. "So they stole the ruby, and not the diamond?" Skeletor asks. Skeletor is being kiiiiind of a dick.
"This is a very important development, Mr. Purcell," Skeletor says. "I made a note." He points the note out to Purcell. Hehe. "Listen, asshole," Purcell says (way to demonstrate you don't have an anger management issue, guy). "You find that ring and you find my wife's killer." Patty tells Purcell to calm down. He respectfully declines the suggestion. By going apeshit.
Skeletor gets up to go, but gets in a parting shot. "One last question. Did you ever lay hands on your wife?" Purcell says no. SHOT! Mmmm, that's the stuff, Jose.
Then Skeletor pulls out his ace in the hole - documents proving that Christine Purcell placed a restraining order against her husband three years ago. The documents include a picture of a bruised-up Christine. Purcell takes this opportunity to go double apeshit. The documents were apparently sealed under court order. Patty basically tells Purcell to shut up before he blows his whole defense.
"Don't manage me," Purcell tells Patty. "I'm not a goddamn child." Even though he throws more tantrums than my 9-year-old sister on a sugar high.
"This is the amount of testicles you will have if you don't don't exactly as I say, comprende?"
Later, Patty lays into Tommy for not knowing about the restraining order. "I swear to God, he's acting like he wants to get arrested," she says. "He looks like he's lying about everything." That's probably because he IS. Tommy suggests turning Purcell over to a criminal defense attorney and going after Ultima National themselves. "Ultima National is bulletproof," Patty says. She needs a man on the inside. She knows Purcell knows more than he's telling. God I hope so, because so far he's told jack.
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