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Transcript: How i Died Post S3 Bonus: Mendez Takes The Stand
This transcript is adapted from the episode’s original script, so the final audio may differ slightly.
INT. COURTROOM – DAY
[Grant paces by the witness stand. Mendez is up now.]
Grant: Please state your name and title for the court.
Mendez: Eric Mendez. Former deputy with the SPD.
Grant: Now Eric, you worked with mister Spacer on a number of occasions. Is that correct?
Mendez: Yeah.
Grant: What did you think of him on crime scenes?
Mendez: He was unorthodox, but good at his job.
Grant: How would you classify your relationship?
Mendez: We were coworkers.
Grant: Not friends?
Mendez: We were friendly. Maybe close, at one point.
Grant: But mister Spacer didn't really let anyone close, did he?
Mendez: Not that I know of.
Grant: His relationship with Amelia Gatz was probably the closest he'd been with anyone in Springfield.
Grant: People reported that you were a close second.
Defense: Objection — conjecture.
Judge: Sustained.
Grant: Regardless, it's safe to say that for someone who kept people at arm's length, he opened up to you. Could you tell us about a time he opened up?
Mendez: He, uh, told me he could speak to the dead. And that's how he solved cases.
Grant: And you obviously didn't believe him. But did that concern you? That statement?
Mendez: It did at first.
Grant: It doesn't now?
Mendez: It… Jon did know certain things that he shouldn't have.
Grant: Eric, we spoke about this. Your affidavit explained your thoughts.
[Grant pulls out a paper and hands it to Mendez.]
Grant: Is that your signature?
Mendez: It is, but I signed it right after- –
Grant: And could you read what you wrote there? The highlighted part.
[Mendez hefts the paper a moment before reading.]
Mendez: Jon Spacer, uh… showed signs of concerning behavior on crime scenes, including talking to himself, erratic behavior and mood swings. At the last scene, he was clearly under dur-is.
Grant: Duress. Right?
Mendez: Duress.
Grant: Now that doesn't sound like you described mister Spacer's behavior as "unorthodox." It seems like you called it… concerning. Isn't that correct?
Mendez: I did. He was scaring me… with the way he was acting. It was like he'd snapped. I just wanted to get him help. Not this.
Grant: I think what we all want is help for mister Spacer.
Mendez: It doesn't seem like it anymore.
Grant: Now, Eric, were you aware that Jonathan Spacer was transporting bodies, and dropping them in the middle of the woods for pickup and mutilation?
Mendez: He was what?
Grant: So you hadn't heard that from your former boss, or anyone in your department?
Mendez: No.
Grant: Which means, I'm assuming, it wasn't a sanctioned attempt to catch anyone in the act, as the defense seems to have suggested.
Mendez: It was not.
Grant: In fact, was there any investigation sanctioned by your department that involved mister Spacer looking into any of this? Again, as the defense has suggested.
Mendez: There wasn't. There was no paper trail…
Grant: Thank you officer Mendez. You've been very helpful.