American Crime Story

[In her home, Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark receives a phone call]

Detective Philip Vannatter:
Marcia, Phil Vannatter, you got a sec? I need your opinion on a double homicide.

[In the background, Marcia’s kids call for her]

Marcia Clark:
[to her kids] Boys, please go get your stuff. [to Vannatter] What have you got?

Detective Philip Vannatter:
We’ve got two victims in Brentwood, on Bundy Drive. It’s pretty brutal.

Marcia Clark:
Brentwood? Nobody gets killed in Brentwood.

Detective Philip Vannatter:
Well, one of the victims is the ex-wife of O.J. Simpson.

Marcia Clark:
Who?

Detective Philip Vannatter:
Marcia, O.J. Simpson. You know, the football player.

Marcia Clark:
Yeah, I have no idea who you’re talking about.

Detective Philip Vannatter:
Marcia, O.J… The Juice? He’s a movie star. You know, he’s in The Naked Gun movie. He’s the guy in the, uh, the, uh, Hertz commercial.

Marcia Clark:
Oh yeah, that guy. Huh. Well, will you just tell me what happened, please? [To her kid] Come here. Let me tie your shoe.

Detective Philip Vannatter:
Well, there’s a lot of blood at the murders. And here at O.J.’s house there appears to be blood on one of his vehicles. And we can see drops of blood leading into the house. There are also two bloody gloves, one at each location, that appear to match.

Marcia Clark:
[now giving the phone her full attention] Wow. What were you doing at Simpson’s?

Detective Philip Vannatter:
We were here notifying a family member. We just didn’t realise he turned out to be a suspect.

Marcia Clark:
Well, it sounds like you have enough to arrest him. This is major.

Detective Philip Vannatter:
No, no, no, one step at a time. Right now, I just want a search warrant. Just wanted a prosecutor’s opinion, that’s all.

Marcia Clark:
Well, this prosecutor says “Go get him.” [Hangs up] Boys, in the car, now!