Taggert: You know what, Baldwin? I don't get you. Why don't you want to view the tape?

Scott: For two reasons, Taggert -- Cameron Lewis is not objective, so anything that comes our way is suspect. Second of all, Alexis Davis is as nutty as a fruitcake. I mean, she came after me with a knife! She tried to gut me like a piece of mackerel.

Taggert: Yeah, well, Dr. Lewis thinks that there is plenty here to convince a judge of Alexis' mental instability and save everyone a lot of time and money on another trial.

Scott: Taggert, did you not hear what I just said? He's not objective. Besides, he thinks he's god at that hospital -- who gets tried, who doesn't.

Taggert: (Shaking his finger in Scott's face) Ha, ha, ha, ha!

Scott: He's wrong. I decide that.

Taggert: Oh, ok, so that's what it's all about, right? You trading blows with Dr. Lewis. Well, you know what? Forget it! Fine. (Heads for the VCR behind Scott's desk) Watch it, don't watch it, whatever. I'm watching it.

Taggert puts the tape in the VCR and turns on the TV.

Scott: Taggert, this city wants a trial. They want to clean up this Alcazar mess. They want what women always want -- closure.

Taggert: You want a flashy distraction to make everybody forget about the ugly mess you made of the first trial, right, going after all the wrong people.

Scott: Get out of my office, Taggert.

Taggert: (Points to the TV) Watch the tape!

Scott: There's no point. There's nothing there.

Taggert: (He signs frustrated) You know what? Fine. Forget it.

Taggert goes to turn off the VCR but Scott sees something and stops him.

Scott: Wait -- wait a sec. Get out of the way. Look at that. There is something.

Alexis: Why does this suddenly feel like some kind of interrogation?

Cameron: No, it's just that Ferguson was a pretty high-profile case. I would've thought you'd have heard of it.

Alexis: Sorry.

Cameron: New York vs. Terry Hayden -- does that one ring a bell?

Alexis: I told you three times already now I've -- I've never dealt with a D.I.D. case. It's not in my field of expertise.

Cameron: Never came across one in a law journal or anything?

Alexis: Uh-uh. (Rolls her eyes nervously) No. It's a good thing, don't you think?

Cameron: Want to know what I think? I don't think you're insane. I don't think there's another personality. I think this has all been one colossal snow job.

Alexis: (Getting up out of the bed) You're accusing me of faking this when you're the one who diagnosed it in the first place?

Pours herself some water as Cameron takes the notes from her legal pad out of his coat pocket and holds it up near her. She doesn't look.

Cameron: Recognize these notes on the cases I just named? You should. They're from your files in your handwriting.

Alexis: No, I don't. I've never seen those before. I don't know where they came from.

Cameron: Oh, of course. Kristina must've left them.

Alexis: Maybe she did. You're the one that talks to her. (She grabs the notes and tears them up) You want to talk to her now? Go ahead, talk to her.

Cameron: It's done, Alexis.

Wind chimes jingle and Alexis throws the shredded paper away.

Alexis: (Unconvincingly) Leave her alone.

Cameron: Oh, look --

Alexis: Leave her alone.

Cameron: It's Kristina right on time. (He smiles satisfied)

Alexis: My sister's telling the truth. She didn't do it. (She heads back to the bed) I did it. I wrote the notes because I - (he starts to clap his hands) I was trying to protect her. Stop it.

He keeps clapping and she can't look at him.

Alexis: (Almost whispering) Stop. Cameron, please.

Cameron: It's over, Alexis. I'm not going to be your patsy anymore.

Alexis: (She sighs, closes her eyes and whispers) Please stop it.

Cameron: You're good. I'll admit it. I mean, I should've seen through you weeks ago, but, hell, I was a surgeon a lot longer than I've been a shrink.

Alexis: Please stop it.

Cameron: Ok. Here's the bottom line, "Kristina." Right now I'm the only one who knows the truth. I'm the only one who saw those notes. But that's about to change because I'm going to go to Scott Baldwin and tell him everything.

Alexis: (She finally looks at him) Please don't do that.

Cameron: Oh, but I will, unless you intend to stop me.

She doesn't respond.

Cameron: (He pulls a jack knife out of his pocket) So, we all know that Kristina would never let me go to Scott with information that would put Alexis behind bars, (opens the blade) so come on, Kristina. Do what you do best -- protect your sister.

He holds out the knife.

Cameron: Keep me from going to Scott and blowing the whistle and separating Alexis from her daughter forever.

Scott and Taggert are watching the tape.

Alexis: He knows that I would do anything for my daughter.

Cameron: I think he loves her, too, Alexis.

Chimes play and "Kristina" look up directly into the camera lens.

Alexis: Then we'll just --

Scott: Did you see that? Right there, Taggert.

Taggert: Apparently not.

Scott: All right. Now, watch.

Scott rewinds the tape.

Scott: Now, watch this, watch this, watch this.

He starts to play the tape again.

Scott: See, she's acting like Alexis. She's talking, you know, going on, going on. Now, watch. Watch, watch, watch, watch.

Cameron: The baby is not safe with you.

Alexis looks down and then looks up in the camera as "Kristina".

Scott: Right there. Right -- she looked right in the camera, and then, all of a sudden, huh, now we're going to get loony tunes, we're going to get Kristina.

Taggert: What is your point?

Scott: My point? Taggert, she's faking. This multi-personality thing -- she made it up.

Cameron: (Still holding up the knife in front of her) No, come on, Kristina. Show me what you're made of. Show me how far you're willing to go to protect Alexis. Here, I'll make it easier for you. (He sets the knife down on the table) Pick up the knife.

He turns with his back facing her.

Cameron: Now go ahead and stab me. (Alexis stands silently with her eyes closed) At least wound me.

A tear falls from her eye.

Cameron: Stop me from going out that door. Come on, Kristina, do something. Going once, (he turns and faces her) going twice - (he picks up the knife)

Cameron: Sold to the little lady about to go down the river.

Cameron heads for the door.

Alexis: Don't go.

He turns around.

Cameron: To whom am I speaking?

Alexis: (Tears stream down her face) You know.

Cameron: I want to hear you say it.

Alexis: I'm Alexis. I killed Alcazar, and I was cognizant of it every second.

Scott: (Scott shuts off the VCR) All right, Taggert, I know this is difficult for you to do, but try and keep an open mind instead of an open mouth.

Taggert: Well, you know what? I'm trying to keep an open mind, but there's this little voice in the back of my head that keeps telling me you're grabbing at everything you can to mount another trial.

Scott: All right, well, look, can we agree on one thing -- Alexis Davis, she's like a shark in the courtroom. I mean, she's the best. She does back-flips to represent everybody that we arrest. Now, when did the Kristina personality come out? Right after Skye said she saw a woman that looked like Alexis leaving Alcazar's hotel suite.

Taggert: It's a nice theory, but you're never going to sell it, ok? When you try to turn a respected member of this community who's been through hell for the past couple of months and had a nervous breakdown into a murdering sociopath? Am I getting through to you at all?

Scott: Yeah, you are, Taggert. I got to be very careful how I do this.

Cameron throws his coat down on the table and walks up to Alexis who is sitting in the bed.

Cameron: You want to tell me how it happened? (He sits down next to her)

Alexis cries and wiper her eyes through the entire account.

Alexis: I was watching her, day after day, struggling to catch every breath. And there was nothing I could do. There was nothing I could do but pray. And I couldn't control my mind. I tried to. I couldn't stop thinking about who put her there and who killed my sister and that he was -- he was just walking around.

She starts to sob.

Alexis: There was no justice, and I wanted justice. I wanted peace, and I didn't know what to do. I just felt like I was going crazy, and -- I -- I went to his suite.

(The camera switches to Alexis' memory.)

Alcazar is slams his bloody hand on the balcony railing. His face is strained and he's crying about Brenda. He hears footsteps and turns around to see Alexis.

Alcazar: Now what?

Alexis: My baby's fighting for her life because of you. If she dies, I'll make you pay.

Alcazar: (He heads back into the room) Would you get out of here? I don't have time for this.

Alexis: I'll make your life a living hell. I'm going to put you through --

Alcazar: Will you shut up? I have been threatened -

She slugs him.

Alexis: You shut up!

He immediately grabs her by the arms and she struggles.

Alexis: Let go of me!

He slugs her and she goes flying across the room and lands on the floor by the couch.

Alexis: Oh!

The knife that Brenda dropped is still there. She grabs onto it and stays on the floor.

Alcazar: You are going to be sorry you ever laid a hand on me.

Still on the floor, she looks at him out of the corner of her eye.

Alexis: If you hit me again, I swear to god I'll kill you.

Alcazar: Then I guess you're going to have to kill me.

He walks up to her and grabs her up off the floor. He drags her out onto the balcony.

Alexis: No --

Alcazar: You got two choices -

He drags her out onto the balcony by her neck.

Alexis: No --

Alcazar: Me or the alley!

Alexis: No! No!

He pushes her up to the railing.

Alcazar: Take a look.

Alexis: No, no! Oh, god, no!

Alcazar: Long way down.

Alexis: No, no!

She throws her right arm backward and seems to cut or hurt him in some way. He falls away from her.

Alcazar: Ah!

Alexis: Oh!

Alexis looks down at the knife in her hand just as Alcazar lunges forward and impales himself on the blade.

Alexis gasps and throws Alcazar away from her.

He stumbles and screams as he tumbles over the railing.

Alexis gasps as he falls and she hears him screaming.

(Camera returns to Alexis in her bed)

Alexis: He lunged at me, and the knife went into him. I pulled it out, and he started to stumble, and then he fell over the balcony.

Cameron: Well, you've just outlined a clear case of self-defense. Why didn't you simply go to the police?

Alexis: Because I knew nobody would ever believe me. I had more motive than anyone else to kill Alcazar, and everybody knew that. All I had was my word, and I knew that my word was not good enough. I'm a criminal attorney. This looked like a clear case of attempted murder, and all I could think about was that I was going to lose my baby.

She dissolves into tears.

Alexis: And so I -- I took the knife, I dropped it, and I ran.

Cameron: And that's when Skye saw you?

Alexis: (She gets up from the bed sobbing) I don't know. I guess. I ran into the alley, I saw him, and then I started screaming.

Cameron follows her over to the table.

Cameron: So when things looked bad for Jason and Brenda, you called Baldwin and told him about the wound in Alcazar's stomach because only the real killer would know that.

Alexis: Yes. Yes. Surely you can understand -- I didn't have any other choice. Cameron, please tell me that you understand. Please don't turn me in, because they'll lock me up and I'll never see my daughter again. (She buries her face in her hands and cries) Oh, god -- oh, god - (she looks up) please, please, please, please. For god sake, Cameron, say something.

Cameron: You should've come to me from the beginning.

Alexis: I didn't know you. I barely knew you. I didn't think I could trust anyone. Please don't turn me in.

Cameron: You act as if I have a choice about going to the police.

Alexis: You do. You do. You could tell them that --

Cameron: Tell them what? That Alexis didn't know what she was doing, that it was all Kristina? What's the next part of the plan, Alexis? I navigate poor, shattered Alexis through a maze of psychological counseling and treatment so that she can come out the other end cleared, cured, and free?

He grabs his coat off the table and starts heading for the door.

Alexis: Oh, please, please. I need you.

Cameron: (He walks up to her angrily) Am I not supposed to remember how much I've already obstructed justice by buying this crock?

Alexis: I'm sorry. I'm terribly sorry.

Cameron: You used me, Alexis.

Alexis: It wasn't my intention. You were there. You were there, and you seemed to care about me.

Cameron: And you repaid me with betrayal.

Alexis: (She cries into her hand) No. I didn't mean to.

Cameron: You must know doctor/patient confidentiality doesn't apply in a murder case.

Alexis: I acted in self-defense.

Cameron: You made me an accessory after the fact.

Alexis: Cameron, you were trying to -- to make it so that an innocent baby will grow up with a mother who would do anything to protect her.

Cameron: Even commit murder. She'll find that reassuring later on.

He heads for the door.

Alexis: She's all that I have. I'm all that she has. You know what it's like to lose a baby.

Alexis: Please. If you can't do it for me, do it for my baby.

Cameron: I already know what I have to do.

Cameron heads out the door and Alexis goes after him.

Alexis: God, Cameron, please -- please. Please! (She's stopped at the door by a police officer) Please! Please, I'm begging you! Please! Please!

Scotty is working at his desk when Cameron walks in.

Scott: What's the matter with you? You look like you lost your little schnauzer.

Cameron: I need to talk to you about Alexis.

(Cameron switches to Alexis in her hospital bed just laying there and staring off into space)

Scott: What about her?

Cameron: Did you watch the tape I left?

Scott: Yes, I did. It's a very interesting piece of filmmaking.

(Camera switches back to Scott's office)

Cameron: So you know she's mentally unbalanced?

Scott: So it would seem.

Cameron: So why don't you do the right thing -- take the tape to a judge, cut a deal, and get Alexis the help she needs.

(Camera switches back to Alexis in bed. She starts to whisper a song to herself)

Alexis: Hush, little baby don't say a word

Scott and Cameron's voices are heard over her.

Alexis: Momma's gone buy you a mockingbird.

Scott: You're barking up the wrong tree here. See, I want a trial. I want a big trial because my constituents would settle for nothing less.

Cameron: What's the point, Baldwin? She's clearly deeply disturbed. She's going to plead insanity and win.

Scott: Oh, we'll see about that.