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Okay, okay, please, please,
take your seats.
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Leave your booklets closed
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and your pencils down
until I tell you to begin.
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(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
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Principal MacDonald?
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Yeah, come on in.
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These are the exams from first period.
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Thanks, Lacey. Uh, any irregularities?
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What?
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Tyler Young.
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I got him admission and a scholarship
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up at Hudson College next year.
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It's contingent upon these scores, and...
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if he fails...
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Is there any way
I could look at his test?
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By law... I have to certify
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that I've locked these tests in a safe
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no later than ten minutes
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after the conclusion of the exam.
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No one can see them
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or touch them
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until the courier
from the testing service
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picks them up in the morning.
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But what happens
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after I leave for the day...
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well, I wouldn't know about that.
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♪ ♪
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Can I help you?
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No.
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Yeah, um...
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I need one test.
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Tyler Young.
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BULL: I must say, Marissa,
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you look absolutely beautiful.
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But I'm sure Kyle's
already told you that.
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Yes. He told me I looked
beautiful in the shower.
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Told me I looked beautiful
in my underwear.
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And then he told me
I looked beautiful in my dress.
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I couldn't help but notice his
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sense of conviction diminishing
the more clothes I put on.
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Hmm, men. What's our problem?
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Bull. Dr. Jason Bull.
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Why are we here again?
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I thought you swore last year
you were never coming back.
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And I meant it. Oh, wait a second.
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Is this the mayor's annual
"You Scratch My Back,
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I Have No Idea Who You Are
Fundraising Gala"?
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Don't you think you've had enough?
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- Astonishingly, no.
- EMCEE: Come on, folks.
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- I can still hear this guy's voice.
- ...into our kids' college funds.
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Now here's a truly New York experience:
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a private carriage ride
through Central Park
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- with Mayor Hopkins herself.
- (APPLAUSE)
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What do you say we kick this one off
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at $2,000?
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$2,000, anyone?
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Oh, God.
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Hey, what are you doing?
Someone's got to have $2,000.
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It's worth two grand to shut this guy up.
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It's practically a steal.
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$2,000, from the gentleman
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- in the glasses. Now do I see three?
- Ta-da.
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- Auction over.
- $3,000?
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$3,000, in the back.
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Now do I hear four?
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Do I hear four? Do I hear four?
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- Hey, what are you doing?
- I know when
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to bow out, I'm just
gonna run the price up.
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$4,000, from the man in the glasses.
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- (SCOFFS)
- I can't believe this.
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$5,000 in the back, now. Do I hear six?
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We've got six.
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Thank you, Clark Kent.
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Is there a seven to be had?
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Do I hear seven?
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Seven. Do I hear eight? $8,000?
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- Bull, stop.
- Trust me, I know when to get out.
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- This is my last bid.
- Eight, anyone? $8,000!
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Can I get nine? In the back.
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$9,000. $9,000 once,
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$9,000 twice, sold to the man in the back
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for $9,000.
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- See?
- (APPLAUSE)
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Do I know what I know
or do I know what I know?
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I don't know.
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EMCEE: Ladies and gentlemen,
Your Honor the mayor
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was so moved by this
outpouring of generosity
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that she has agreed to take time for two
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carriage rides.
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One to the man in the back for $9,000,
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and to the gentleman
in the glasses for eight.
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(CHUCKLING): Oh, yeah...
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MAN: Dr. Bull.
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Dr. Jason Bull? (CHUCKLES)
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Dr. Bull?
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John Powers. Chief of staff
for Mayor Hopkins.
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Thanks so much for jumping in out there.
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Page Six would've had
a field day if we couldn't
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sell a stroll through the park
with Her Honor.
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(CHUCKLES)
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Happy to do it. In fact,
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nothing gives me greater
pleasure than writing a check
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for something I really don't need.
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(LAUGHS)
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Truth is, I was wondering
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if I could impose on you for, uh,
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one more thing? You've heard about
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the cheating scandal in the Bronx?
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Oh, yeah, last summer...
the teachers fixing tests?
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The, uh, teachers union
is representing the only teacher
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who's been charged so far.
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She's a passionate young
educator, who, in our opinion,
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is being railroaded by the
district attorney's office.
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Any way I could entice you
to take a meeting
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with the teacher and her lawyer?
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The mayor would be extremely
grateful for your help.
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I'm sure she would.
There are far more teachers
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who vote in elections
than district attorneys.
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(LAUGHS)
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Just e-mail me where to go
and when to be there.
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Um, and say hi to the mayor for me.
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Even though she probably
couldn't tell me from Adam.
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Uh, just say yes, Bull.
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Yes, Bull.
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Dr. Jason Bull?
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So, what can I do
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for you, Dr. Bull? Mayor's office said
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you'd be stopping by.
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You know who I am?
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I read The New York Times.
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You're a trial scientist.
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It's hard to tell...
the way you said that...
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just how you feel about it.
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Does the expression "third teat"
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clear it up for you?
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- Mmm.
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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It's open.
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Hi. Um... am I interrupting something?
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I was told to just knock.
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No, no. You're fine.
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Lacey Adams, Dr. Jason Bull.
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Doctor.
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Ms. Adams. It's nice to meet you.
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I'm a trial scientist.
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I assist lawyers and legal teams
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with challenging cases.
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The mayor's office wanted me to come by
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and meet you and your lawyer,
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see if I could be of any help.
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- He can't.
- (PHONE RINGS)
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Gwen here.
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Mm-hmm.
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GWEN: Mm-hmm. Sure.
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So...
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what'd they tell you
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- about me?
- Nothing.
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I just know what I've read...
you and five other teachers
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are accused of altering more
than 800 standardized tests.
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I changed one answer...
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on one test.
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One.
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For one kid.
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Wow. That must be one special kid.
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He's one of those kids everyone says
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is a lost cause.
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Terrible grades,
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attendance issues,
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no dad.
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And I think the mother
has a heroin problem.
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But in class?
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I can see the gears turning.
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I spent three years working with him...
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before school,
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after school... I brought him up
from a D to a B-plus.
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I even talked the admissions
counselor at Hudson College
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into accepting him.
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All he had to do was
get a 65 on his test.
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And it shouldn't have
been a problem, but...
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So let me get this straight...
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they could place all six of you
at the scene,
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and all of you were arrested, but...
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you are the only one being charged.
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- Mm-hmm.
- Why?
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Because I confessed.
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That was the district attorney's office.
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They're offering a deal.
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They certainly are. You plead guilty,
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testify against the other five teachers,
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the ADA will give you probation.
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You'll serve no time.
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But she'll still have
a felony on her record.
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Which means they'll take away
your teaching license.
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What's the alternative?
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- You go to jail.
- The alternative
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is we go to court.
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We explain to a jury why you did
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what you did, and maybe, just maybe,
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you walk away from this, doing what
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you're meant to do.
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Which is obviously teach.
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And you'll be there?
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Part of the team?
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Absolutely.
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Can't have too many teats.
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Can you, Gwen?
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- What?
- Nothing.
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MARISSA: Lacey Adams, age 27.
Graduated from Yale,
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did a one-year stint
with Teach for America.
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She has been at Woodrow
High School, in the Bronx,
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for the last three years.
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Went to Yale and works in a public school
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in the Bronx; that's commitment.
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Oh, it gets better. She works
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11-hour days, nets less than $700 a week,
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and buys school supplies
with her own money.
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I need to leave now so I can go
home and rethink my entire life.
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BENNY: A group of teachers
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changes thousands of answers
on hundreds of tests.
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And supposedly this girl
only did it once.
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MARISSA: That's what she says.
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BENNY: Uh-huh.
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- And we believe her?
- Bull believes her.
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He thinks she's a good teacher.
He thinks she's a good person.
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And he hates that she's
facing a decade in prison.
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He said,
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"In Lacey's mind, what
she did was justified.
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We just have to get the jurors
to accept that justification."
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Well, that's all, huh?
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You grew up around here?
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Uh, I grew up in Switzerland.
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Ah, I was close.
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My father works in international finance.
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Uh, they live in Massachusetts now.
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I mean, I am American.
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I was born here.
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But it wasn't until I went to Yale
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that I fell in love with the place.
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What about teaching?
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Did you get the notice?
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There's no money in it, Lacey.
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(CHUCKLES) Yeah, I know.
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But, um, some of the most
important people in my life,
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growing up, were teachers.
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I remember when we moved to Europe.
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I was five years old.
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They speak four languages in Switzerland.
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None of them English.
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So the only person who understood me
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and the only person I could talk to,
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other than my mom and dad,
was my teacher.
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My fate was sealed.
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I'm in a lot of trouble,
aren't I, Dr. Bull?
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Yes.
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- And no.
- (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
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I mean, you did do something
that was wrong.
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But it seems fairly obvious
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you did it for a very good reason.
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In fact, it seems pretty clear
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00:10:59,284 --> 00:11:01,227
you did it to help someone else.
263
00:11:08,593 --> 00:11:11,394
God, I miss it.
264
00:11:11,396 --> 00:11:13,296
(CHUCKLES)
265
00:11:13,298 --> 00:11:15,533
God, I miss them.
266
00:11:18,770 --> 00:11:20,121
I know.
267
00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:22,639
BULL: Knock, knock.
268
00:11:23,458 --> 00:11:25,241
How do you feel about necessity?
269
00:11:26,169 --> 00:11:27,710
I feel very strongly
270
00:11:27,712 --> 00:11:30,013
that it's the mother of invention.
271
00:11:30,015 --> 00:11:33,082
Ah. I mean as a trial strategy.
272
00:11:33,084 --> 00:11:34,917
I just spent the morning
with our mutual client
273
00:11:34,919 --> 00:11:36,753
and I think necessity
gives us what we need.
274
00:11:36,755 --> 00:11:40,223
You want to present a necessity defense?
275
00:11:40,225 --> 00:11:41,518
I do.
276
00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:43,603
Think about it.
277
00:11:43,928 --> 00:11:46,195
We're stuck with Lacey's confession.
278
00:11:46,197 --> 00:11:48,898
I mean, we can't claim she's not guilty.
279
00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:53,102
But we can turn a weakness
into a strength.
280
00:11:53,104 --> 00:11:57,006
We can demonstrate that Lacey's
cheating was a necessity.
281
00:11:57,008 --> 00:11:58,374
She did it to prevent Tyler's life
282
00:11:58,376 --> 00:12:01,010
from becoming a greater tragedy
than it already was.
283
00:12:01,012 --> 00:12:02,178
Okay.
284
00:12:02,180 --> 00:12:04,180
Dr. Bull, I know you're not a lawyer,
285
00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:06,883
but the necessity defense is intended
286
00:12:06,885 --> 00:12:09,018
for people trying to save lives.
287
00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:10,119
That's what Lacey was doing.
288
00:12:10,121 --> 00:12:11,321
An intruder breaks into your home
289
00:12:11,323 --> 00:12:13,222
and tries to kidnap your child,
290
00:12:13,224 --> 00:12:14,657
so you shoot him.
291
00:12:14,659 --> 00:12:16,059
That's necessity.
292
00:12:16,061 --> 00:12:19,362
That's why people mount
a necessity defense.
293
00:12:19,364 --> 00:12:22,832
It's not used to defend against
an allegation of fraud.
294
00:12:22,834 --> 00:12:24,434
And there's no precedent.
295
00:12:24,436 --> 00:12:26,035
Then let's make some precedent.
296
00:12:26,037 --> 00:12:27,904
- You're serious.
- Mmm.
297
00:12:27,906 --> 00:12:30,473
Well, that's all well and good,
298
00:12:30,475 --> 00:12:32,442
but I've already decided.
299
00:12:32,444 --> 00:12:34,977
We're going to argue that
standardized testing
300
00:12:34,979 --> 00:12:37,547
without regard to
socioeconomic inequality
301
00:12:37,549 --> 00:12:39,716
is just bad public policy.
302
00:12:39,718 --> 00:12:41,050
That's our defense.
303
00:12:41,052 --> 00:12:42,819
I want to put the entire notion
304
00:12:42,821 --> 00:12:44,220
of standardized testing
305
00:12:44,222 --> 00:12:45,755
on trial.
306
00:12:45,757 --> 00:12:47,690
- You do?
- Damn right.
307
00:12:48,251 --> 00:12:49,692
You ever get out of here?
308
00:12:49,694 --> 00:12:52,505
From under this mountain of paperwork?
309
00:12:53,756 --> 00:12:55,098
Why don't you come by my office?
310
00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:56,799
I'll show you what we do,
311
00:12:56,801 --> 00:13:00,236
and why I think our defense
is such a winner.
312
00:13:00,238 --> 00:13:02,405
The jurors we should be looking for
313
00:13:02,407 --> 00:13:03,682
are those who understand
314
00:13:03,684 --> 00:13:06,843
it's sometimes acceptable
to do something wrong
315
00:13:06,845 --> 00:13:08,811
in pursuit of something right.
316
00:13:08,813 --> 00:13:11,180
You're talking about Machiavellianism,
317
00:13:11,182 --> 00:13:13,483
as in Niccolo Machiavelli?
318
00:13:13,485 --> 00:13:14,717
BULL: Exactly.
319
00:13:14,719 --> 00:13:17,019
Machiavelli, 15th century
320
00:13:17,021 --> 00:13:19,856
politician and philosopher,
who believed it was absolutely
321
00:13:19,858 --> 00:13:23,726
fine to do the wrong thing, if
it was for the right reasons.
322
00:13:26,164 --> 00:13:29,332
Our task is to identify the jurors
323
00:13:29,334 --> 00:13:31,768
with the most Machiavellian tendencies
324
00:13:32,212 --> 00:13:34,504
and get them seated on that jury.
325
00:13:34,506 --> 00:13:36,572
Our task is to prove Lacey
326
00:13:36,574 --> 00:13:38,741
was put in an impossible situation
327
00:13:38,743 --> 00:13:40,910
by forces beyond her control,
328
00:13:40,912 --> 00:13:43,012
and did her best to navigate it.
329
00:13:43,014 --> 00:13:44,847
The rest of this is...
330
00:13:44,849 --> 00:13:47,350
Wait a minute. Is this a test?
331
00:13:48,420 --> 00:13:52,221
It's the Mach IV test
for Machiavellianism.
332
00:13:52,223 --> 00:13:54,590
Question number one: "Agree or disagree?
333
00:13:54,592 --> 00:13:57,794
Honesty is the best policy in all cases."
334
00:13:57,796 --> 00:13:59,595
Mmm, I certainly agree with that.
335
00:13:59,597 --> 00:14:00,830
I don't.
336
00:14:00,832 --> 00:14:02,198
I don't believe you do either.
337
00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,749
MARISSA: Kids, no fighting at the table.
338
00:14:03,751 --> 00:14:05,401
We have a guest.
339
00:14:19,784 --> 00:14:22,552
(BENNY SIGHS)
340
00:14:28,793 --> 00:14:30,560
BULL: Everybody ready to share?
341
00:14:30,562 --> 00:14:35,998
Remember, the higher the score,
the more Machiavellian you are.
342
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,067
Well, I got a 44.
343
00:14:38,069 --> 00:14:39,569
Confirms what we already know.
344
00:14:39,571 --> 00:14:43,272
Save for your perverse talent
for violating people's privacy,
345
00:14:43,274 --> 00:14:45,174
and reading their most secret
346
00:14:45,176 --> 00:14:47,777
and intimate documents online,
you're fundamentally
347
00:14:47,779 --> 00:14:48,978
trustworthy and ethical.
348
00:14:48,980 --> 00:14:51,547
I hate that. Sounds so boring.
349
00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:55,486
- I got a 66.
- BULL: Spoken like a true Machiavellian.
350
00:14:55,488 --> 00:14:57,954
And right up there with my 72.
351
00:14:57,956 --> 00:14:59,889
- What'd you get?
- Uh, 62.
352
00:14:59,891 --> 00:15:02,725
- I guess we are a den of thieves.
- BULL: Hmm.
353
00:15:03,428 --> 00:15:06,629
And Mr. "Honesty is the best policy"?
354
00:15:06,631 --> 00:15:10,500
77. I'm not sure I even trust this test.
355
00:15:10,502 --> 00:15:12,869
38. And I trust it completely.
356
00:15:12,871 --> 00:15:14,070
Ms. Kinsey?
357
00:15:14,072 --> 00:15:17,507
34. Not that it matters.
358
00:15:18,776 --> 00:15:20,320
Well done, group.
359
00:15:20,812 --> 00:15:22,912
Is anyone else hungry?
360
00:15:22,914 --> 00:15:24,240
Yeah.
361
00:15:41,266 --> 00:15:43,009
(CLEARS THROAT)
362
00:15:43,868 --> 00:15:47,470
Here are the questions I'd love
you to ask potential jurors.
363
00:15:47,472 --> 00:15:49,438
In addition, it's extremely important
364
00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:50,973
that you weave the word "necessity"
365
00:15:50,975 --> 00:15:53,543
into the conversation. I want the jurors
366
00:15:53,545 --> 00:15:55,211
to become very comfortable with that word
367
00:15:55,213 --> 00:15:57,079
and to start understanding
that that's what they need
368
00:15:57,081 --> 00:15:58,848
to measure Lacey's behavior against.
369
00:15:58,850 --> 00:16:00,249
(GAVEL BANGS)
370
00:16:00,251 --> 00:16:02,184
Do me a favor and raise your hand
371
00:16:02,186 --> 00:16:04,353
if you agree with the following:
372
00:16:04,355 --> 00:16:07,823
"Most people are basically
good and kind."
373
00:16:12,497 --> 00:16:16,866
The defense would like to excuse
and thank jurors two and nine.
374
00:16:16,868 --> 00:16:19,235
"The best way to handle people
375
00:16:19,237 --> 00:16:20,937
is to tell them what they want to hear."
376
00:16:24,976 --> 00:16:28,277
Juror number five is acceptable
to the defense, Your Honor.
377
00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:30,613
(WHISPERS): Necessity.
378
00:16:31,516 --> 00:16:34,450
Again, raise your hand if you agree.
379
00:16:34,452 --> 00:16:37,053
"Generally speaking,
most people won't work hard
380
00:16:37,055 --> 00:16:39,655
unless it's an absolute necessity."
381
00:16:41,926 --> 00:16:45,695
Juror 12 is acceptable
to the defense, Your Honor.
382
00:16:46,155 --> 00:16:48,264
Raise your hand if you believe
383
00:16:48,266 --> 00:16:51,467
there should be uniform
educational standards
384
00:16:51,469 --> 00:16:53,469
whether you live in Alaska or Wyoming,
385
00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:55,972
whether your child is rich or poor.
386
00:16:56,674 --> 00:16:58,374
She's going off script.
387
00:16:58,376 --> 00:17:00,409
GWEN: So, then, I take it
you believe standardized tests
388
00:17:00,411 --> 00:17:02,945
are a necessary part of the curriculum?
389
00:17:02,947 --> 00:17:04,246
I do.
390
00:17:04,248 --> 00:17:06,015
Defense would like to thank
and excuse this juror.
391
00:17:06,017 --> 00:17:07,416
(SIGHS)
392
00:17:07,418 --> 00:17:09,185
So ordered. And let me remind the defense
393
00:17:09,187 --> 00:17:11,420
that you have now exhausted
all your challenges.
394
00:17:12,924 --> 00:17:15,992
(SIGHS)
395
00:17:17,328 --> 00:17:18,628
Mm.
396
00:17:18,630 --> 00:17:21,497
What? I said the word "necessity."
397
00:17:21,499 --> 00:17:23,065
You're not happy?
398
00:17:23,067 --> 00:17:24,667
I thought we had a plan.
399
00:17:24,669 --> 00:17:26,535
I thought we were working together.
400
00:17:26,537 --> 00:17:27,970
No.
401
00:17:27,972 --> 00:17:29,405
You had a plan.
402
00:17:29,407 --> 00:17:31,741
And you thought I was working for you.
403
00:17:31,743 --> 00:17:33,828
And now you know better.
404
00:17:37,582 --> 00:17:40,583
Rather Machiavellian, wouldn't you say?
405
00:18:06,221 --> 00:18:08,789
(PAPERS RUSTLING)
406
00:18:10,426 --> 00:18:14,161
Tell me you are not going
through my personal papers.
407
00:18:16,932 --> 00:18:18,565
Sorry, can't do that.
408
00:18:18,567 --> 00:18:19,753
That's exactly what I'm doing.
409
00:18:19,755 --> 00:18:21,568
Okay, I need you to stop right now.
410
00:18:21,570 --> 00:18:23,737
I need you to get up,
get your clothes and leave.
411
00:18:23,739 --> 00:18:25,939
Are you mad at me?
412
00:18:25,941 --> 00:18:27,474
I am going to count to three,
413
00:18:27,476 --> 00:18:29,376
and if you are not out of that chair
414
00:18:29,378 --> 00:18:31,244
and getting your clothes,
I'm calling the police.
415
00:18:31,677 --> 00:18:33,596
Out of the chair.
416
00:18:34,383 --> 00:18:36,516
But I was just looking through this stuff
417
00:18:36,518 --> 00:18:38,518
because I'm worried about you.
418
00:18:38,854 --> 00:18:41,121
Marissa... I'm a money guy.
419
00:18:41,123 --> 00:18:42,956
That's what I do.
420
00:18:42,958 --> 00:18:45,158
And, uh, you won't let
me take care of you.
421
00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,095
Half the time, you won't let me
pay for dinner, and I get it.
422
00:18:48,097 --> 00:18:49,496
That's what works for you,
423
00:18:49,498 --> 00:18:52,933
but I am who I am and I need
to know you're okay.
424
00:18:52,935 --> 00:18:55,936
That you're set for the future,
and you're not.
425
00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:57,912
That's my business.
426
00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,040
You're halfway through your working life
427
00:19:00,042 --> 00:19:01,958
and you have nothing put away.
428
00:19:02,277 --> 00:19:03,876
Less than a hundred grand.
429
00:19:04,446 --> 00:19:07,114
And I know, I see, that you're
paying for your mom
430
00:19:07,116 --> 00:19:10,350
to live in that nice place
in Massachusetts.
431
00:19:10,352 --> 00:19:12,385
You've got this great apartment.
432
00:19:12,387 --> 00:19:14,054
You're running some credit card debt.
433
00:19:14,056 --> 00:19:15,125
I need you to leave.
434
00:19:15,127 --> 00:19:16,824
I will leave in two minutes.
435
00:19:16,826 --> 00:19:19,475
I just, I want you to know...
436
00:19:20,062 --> 00:19:23,597
I can make room for you
in my Queens project.
437
00:19:23,599 --> 00:19:27,264
Push some of the Chinese money
aside and make room for you.
438
00:19:27,264 --> 00:19:30,498
Take your 75 grand and turn
it into 350 in 18 months.
439
00:19:31,279 --> 00:19:33,184
And it would give me
440
00:19:33,186 --> 00:19:35,491
enormous pleasure to do that, it would.
441
00:19:37,076 --> 00:19:39,274
'Cause I care about you.
442
00:19:51,388 --> 00:19:52,721
Wow.
443
00:19:53,634 --> 00:19:55,924
This is impressive.
444
00:19:55,926 --> 00:19:58,693
I didn't know something
like this even existed.
445
00:19:58,695 --> 00:20:01,726
I'm very proud of this.
446
00:20:02,602 --> 00:20:06,701
By the way, we finally
made contact with Tyler.
447
00:20:07,398 --> 00:20:08,770
Turns out he is the prosecution's
448
00:20:08,772 --> 00:20:10,739
first witness tomorrow.
449
00:20:10,741 --> 00:20:12,140
He's coming in tonight to get prepped.
450
00:20:12,142 --> 00:20:14,075
That's great.
451
00:20:14,077 --> 00:20:16,544
Um, how is he?
452
00:20:17,033 --> 00:20:17,879
Um, is he okay?
453
00:20:17,881 --> 00:20:19,381
Did he get some kind of job?
454
00:20:19,383 --> 00:20:20,782
I mean, I feel terrible
455
00:20:20,784 --> 00:20:23,051
that I'm putting him
through all this trouble.
456
00:20:23,053 --> 00:20:24,819
That's funny. He was worried about you.
457
00:20:25,875 --> 00:20:28,023
He said if he, uh, had done better
458
00:20:28,025 --> 00:20:30,458
on the test, none of this
would have happened.
459
00:20:30,460 --> 00:20:31,993
So...
460
00:20:31,995 --> 00:20:33,762
you mind if I ask you a question?
461
00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:36,932
You can ask me any question
you'd like, Dr. Bull.
462
00:20:37,386 --> 00:20:38,867
You come from money.
463
00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:41,803
Is that a question or an accusation?
464
00:20:41,805 --> 00:20:43,705
Just a fact.
465
00:20:44,518 --> 00:20:46,474
It makes your choice of
profession even more laudable,
466
00:20:46,476 --> 00:20:49,044
but it does beg the question...
467
00:20:49,315 --> 00:20:51,579
why do you have a union lawyer?
468
00:20:51,817 --> 00:20:53,915
Hmm? Why aren't you being represented
469
00:20:53,917 --> 00:20:55,884
by some high-priced firm
470
00:20:55,886 --> 00:20:58,720
that has the DA's
private cell phone number
471
00:20:58,722 --> 00:21:01,723
and can maybe make this
whole thing go away?
472
00:21:03,387 --> 00:21:05,287
Are your parents unwilling to help you?
473
00:21:05,665 --> 00:21:08,123
Do they understand...
do you understand...
474
00:21:08,542 --> 00:21:10,458
you could go to prison for ten years?
475
00:21:10,460 --> 00:21:12,761
The ADA is looking to make
an example out of you
476
00:21:12,763 --> 00:21:15,263
and those five other teachers.
477
00:21:15,265 --> 00:21:17,799
He is not fooling around.
478
00:21:19,637 --> 00:21:21,269
My parents didn't walk into that room
479
00:21:21,271 --> 00:21:23,171
and change the test question.
480
00:21:23,591 --> 00:21:24,639
I did.
481
00:21:24,641 --> 00:21:25,974
And I'm sure you won't
be surprised to hear
482
00:21:25,976 --> 00:21:27,242
that they were not too thrilled
483
00:21:27,244 --> 00:21:29,978
at the idea of me becoming a teacher.
484
00:21:30,439 --> 00:21:31,947
A public school teacher...
485
00:21:31,949 --> 00:21:34,883
in New York, in the Bronx.
486
00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:38,620
I'm an adult, Dr. Bull.
487
00:21:38,622 --> 00:21:41,022
I make my own choices, I pay my own way,
488
00:21:41,024 --> 00:21:43,285
and I'm willing to pay
for the consequences.
489
00:21:44,203 --> 00:21:45,560
I meant what I said
490
00:21:45,562 --> 00:21:47,957
when I told you I was
grateful for your help.
491
00:21:48,632 --> 00:21:53,468
But I understand if you feel
that this is a fool's errand.
492
00:21:53,470 --> 00:21:55,089
Not at all.
493
00:21:56,132 --> 00:21:57,205
I'm just trying to figure out
494
00:21:57,207 --> 00:21:59,574
if you're a saint or
a misbegotten martyr.
495
00:22:05,148 --> 00:22:06,848
CHUNK: Mr. Young.
496
00:22:06,850 --> 00:22:08,750
What did you offer to do in return
497
00:22:08,752 --> 00:22:11,188
for Ms. Adams changing your test grade?
498
00:22:11,955 --> 00:22:13,221
I didn't offer to do anything.
499
00:22:13,223 --> 00:22:14,856
I didn't even know she was gonna do it.
500
00:22:14,858 --> 00:22:17,125
She didn't even tell me she
was gonna change that answer.
501
00:22:17,611 --> 00:22:19,628
I didn't even find out
until she got arrested
502
00:22:19,630 --> 00:22:21,696
and the school called to tell me
my scholarship was no good,
503
00:22:21,698 --> 00:22:23,732
and that I couldn't go there anymore.
504
00:22:23,734 --> 00:22:26,067
And when that happened, were you mad?
505
00:22:26,069 --> 00:22:27,235
I was really...
506
00:22:27,237 --> 00:22:28,603
confused.
507
00:22:29,123 --> 00:22:31,206
Never mad. Sad.
508
00:22:31,625 --> 00:22:33,708
'Cause I had it all in my
head, going to college.
509
00:22:33,710 --> 00:22:35,377
No one in my family's
ever been to college.
510
00:22:35,379 --> 00:22:36,578
I don't even think I know anybody
511
00:22:36,580 --> 00:22:37,612
who's ever been to college.
512
00:22:37,614 --> 00:22:39,347
So I was really sad, but also worried.
513
00:22:39,349 --> 00:22:42,284
Because I thought Ms. Adams
got in a lot of trouble,
514
00:22:42,286 --> 00:22:43,652
and I keep kind of thinking
it's my fault...
515
00:22:43,654 --> 00:22:46,788
That's a lot of words, Tyler.
Remember what I said before?
516
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:48,790
Right.
517
00:22:49,477 --> 00:22:50,825
Just answer the question.
518
00:22:50,827 --> 00:22:52,093
Right.
519
00:22:52,438 --> 00:22:53,862
So try it again.
520
00:22:54,231 --> 00:22:57,432
When you found out what
she had done, were you mad?
521
00:22:57,434 --> 00:22:59,234
No, sir, I wasn't mad.
522
00:23:00,404 --> 00:23:01,803
You like Ms. Adams, don't you?
523
00:23:03,407 --> 00:23:05,373
(SCOFFS) I think
she's a really good teacher.
524
00:23:05,375 --> 00:23:06,875
Nice answer.
525
00:23:06,877 --> 00:23:09,644
Do you think she... liked you?
526
00:23:10,664 --> 00:23:12,447
I think you'd have to ask her that.
527
00:23:13,283 --> 00:23:14,949
Good answer.
528
00:23:14,951 --> 00:23:18,520
Do you think the reason
why she did what she did for you
529
00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:19,721
and the reason you weren't mad
530
00:23:19,723 --> 00:23:22,290
is because the two of you
liked each other?
531
00:23:24,178 --> 00:23:25,593
No. Don't just stare at me.
532
00:23:25,595 --> 00:23:28,396
That-that looks like a yes to the jury.
533
00:23:28,398 --> 00:23:30,131
- But it's not.
- So,
534
00:23:30,133 --> 00:23:31,933
what do you say?
535
00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:36,805
Sir, I'm happy to answer
any questions you have
536
00:23:36,807 --> 00:23:38,606
about the facts of the case.
537
00:23:39,193 --> 00:23:40,909
But now you're just making stuff up.
538
00:23:41,278 --> 00:23:42,477
I don't have to answer any questions
539
00:23:42,479 --> 00:23:44,579
about things you make up.
540
00:23:45,866 --> 00:23:47,849
Nice answer.
541
00:23:47,851 --> 00:23:50,318
I think you're gonna do great.
542
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,420
NEWHALL: Tyler, when
you started tenth grade,
543
00:23:52,422 --> 00:23:54,189
what was your letter grade average?
544
00:23:54,191 --> 00:23:55,757
A "C" or a "D," I think.
545
00:23:55,759 --> 00:23:58,526
According to your school
records, it was a C-minus.
546
00:23:59,046 --> 00:24:02,430
But by your senior year,
your average soared to a B-plus.
547
00:24:03,050 --> 00:24:05,567
Any idea what happened in
those three years to make
548
00:24:05,569 --> 00:24:08,470
such a dramatic difference
in your grades?
549
00:24:08,764 --> 00:24:11,787
Well, I think a big part of it
was Ms. Adams.
550
00:24:11,789 --> 00:24:13,808
She spent a lot of time tutoring me.
551
00:24:14,478 --> 00:24:15,577
Simple as that, huh?
552
00:24:15,579 --> 00:24:17,245
Just spend some time with your teacher
553
00:24:17,247 --> 00:24:19,314
and you get right on the honor roll.
554
00:24:19,316 --> 00:24:20,949
Objection. Argumentative.
555
00:24:20,951 --> 00:24:23,017
- Ask a question, Mr. Newhall.
- Sure.
556
00:24:23,019 --> 00:24:25,765
Here's a question.
How do we know the defendant
557
00:24:25,767 --> 00:24:27,055
wasn't changing your test scores
558
00:24:27,057 --> 00:24:28,990
starting all the way
back in the tenth grade?
559
00:24:28,992 --> 00:24:32,127
How do we know she hasn't been
cheating for you all along?
560
00:24:32,129 --> 00:24:34,129
Objection. Calls for speculation.
561
00:24:34,131 --> 00:24:36,331
Assumes facts not in evidence.
562
00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:37,999
- Sustained.
- NEWHALL: Okay.
563
00:24:38,001 --> 00:24:40,535
Let me ask it another way.
564
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,604
Are you certain your teacher
565
00:24:42,606 --> 00:24:44,639
hasn't been cheating for you
566
00:24:44,641 --> 00:24:46,039
these last three years?
567
00:24:46,041 --> 00:24:47,709
- Yes.
- Really?
568
00:24:47,711 --> 00:24:48,810
How can you be so sure?
569
00:24:48,812 --> 00:24:50,178
I mean, it's possible,
570
00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:51,413
- isn't it?
- GWEN: Objection!
571
00:24:51,415 --> 00:24:53,515
- Anything is possible!
- NEWHALL: Exactly!
572
00:24:53,517 --> 00:24:54,682
So how many tests
573
00:24:54,684 --> 00:24:57,085
did she really help you with? Ten?
574
00:24:57,087 --> 00:24:58,720
(QUIETLY): I don't have to
answer questions about things
575
00:24:58,722 --> 00:24:59,651
you make up. I don't have
576
00:24:59,676 --> 00:25:00,608
- 20?
- to answer questions...
577
00:25:00,610 --> 00:25:01,556
- ...about things you make up.
- 30?
578
00:25:01,558 --> 00:25:04,058
- I don't have to answer questions...
- I told you, one.
579
00:25:04,060 --> 00:25:06,528
NEWHALL: One? Really? (CHUCKLES)
580
00:25:06,530 --> 00:25:08,062
How can you be so sure?
581
00:25:08,064 --> 00:25:10,131
GWEN: Objection! He's
badgering the witness. Please.
582
00:25:10,133 --> 00:25:11,433
NEWHALL: The truth is, you can't,
583
00:25:11,435 --> 00:25:13,067
can you? You don't know.
584
00:25:13,069 --> 00:25:14,736
You have no idea.
585
00:25:14,738 --> 00:25:16,738
You're right.
586
00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:18,873
I have no idea. I don't know.
587
00:25:18,875 --> 00:25:21,276
I don't. I don't know.
What do you want me to say?
588
00:25:21,278 --> 00:25:22,410
Just stop talking. I don't.
589
00:25:22,412 --> 00:25:23,845
- CONWAY: Don't say anything.
- I don't know.
590
00:25:23,847 --> 00:25:24,846
CONWAY: Objection is sustained.
591
00:25:24,848 --> 00:25:26,147
CHUNK: I'm sorry, Bull.
592
00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:27,849
I really did try to prep him.
593
00:25:30,287 --> 00:25:31,816
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
594
00:25:34,322 --> 00:25:36,458
BULL: That drink better be for me.
595
00:25:37,603 --> 00:25:39,427
Sorry, this one's spoken for.
596
00:25:39,429 --> 00:25:41,663
You upset about the trial?
597
00:25:41,982 --> 00:25:44,532
No, it's only just begun.
598
00:25:49,990 --> 00:25:51,806
That was a serious swallow.
599
00:25:52,660 --> 00:25:55,143
Want to tell your Uncle Bull
all about it?
600
00:25:57,498 --> 00:25:58,813
What is it about what we do
601
00:25:58,815 --> 00:26:01,583
- that makes it so hard to trust people?
- Oh.
602
00:26:01,585 --> 00:26:02,750
Hmm.
603
00:26:02,752 --> 00:26:04,586
We're gonna have that conversation?
604
00:26:05,547 --> 00:26:07,989
Marissa, give yourself a break.
605
00:26:07,991 --> 00:26:10,325
We spend the whole day figuring out
606
00:26:10,327 --> 00:26:12,293
if people are lying to us or not.
607
00:26:12,295 --> 00:26:14,796
And when we're not doing that,
we're figuring out
608
00:26:14,798 --> 00:26:16,464
how to convince 12 strangers
609
00:26:16,466 --> 00:26:18,978
that our clients are telling the truth.
610
00:26:19,728 --> 00:26:22,337
Of course we don't trust anybody.
611
00:26:24,358 --> 00:26:27,442
Kyle offered to do something
for me the other night.
612
00:26:27,778 --> 00:26:29,310
Something really nice.
613
00:26:29,312 --> 00:26:30,311
Really thoughtful.
614
00:26:30,313 --> 00:26:31,513
And what did you do?
615
00:26:32,366 --> 00:26:34,115
I threatened to have him arrested.
616
00:26:34,117 --> 00:26:35,483
(CHUCKLES)
617
00:26:35,485 --> 00:26:37,519
Ain't love grand?
618
00:26:39,957 --> 00:26:42,326
I think I'm gonna go home
and call him and apologize.
619
00:26:42,328 --> 00:26:43,358
Oh.
620
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:45,894
Well, I'm glad
I could help you work through
621
00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:47,495
this little crisis of the heart.
622
00:26:47,497 --> 00:26:50,465
Don't hesitate to call me
if you need any more ad...
623
00:26:55,431 --> 00:26:56,640
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
624
00:26:58,201 --> 00:26:59,118
You're welcome.
625
00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:00,193
(GAVEL BANGS)
626
00:27:00,195 --> 00:27:02,043
At the request
of the State Board of Education,
627
00:27:02,045 --> 00:27:03,745
I reviewed the tests.
628
00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:05,013
And what did you find?
629
00:27:05,015 --> 00:27:08,016
They all shared a similar
pattern of eraser marks.
630
00:27:08,018 --> 00:27:10,100
- GWEN: How do you mean?
- The vast majority
631
00:27:10,102 --> 00:27:14,355
were in the history section,
between questions 20 and 35.
632
00:27:14,658 --> 00:27:17,225
This is a copy of Tyler Young's test.
633
00:27:17,536 --> 00:27:18,993
There are three erasure marks,
634
00:27:18,995 --> 00:27:21,829
one of which Ms. Adams admits to making.
635
00:27:21,831 --> 00:27:24,666
They are all wrong
to right answer changes.
636
00:27:24,668 --> 00:27:26,167
What number questions are those?
637
00:27:26,169 --> 00:27:29,504
11, 48, and 73.
638
00:27:29,506 --> 00:27:30,872
None are in the history section.
639
00:27:30,874 --> 00:27:31,991
- Correct.
- And none are
640
00:27:31,993 --> 00:27:33,207
in the question 20
641
00:27:33,209 --> 00:27:34,842
to question 35 range.
642
00:27:34,844 --> 00:27:35,810
Correct.
643
00:27:35,812 --> 00:27:37,045
Sounds like Tyler's test
644
00:27:37,047 --> 00:27:38,580
is very different from the others.
645
00:27:38,582 --> 00:27:40,348
Objection. Leading.
646
00:27:40,350 --> 00:27:41,482
Sustained.
647
00:27:41,484 --> 00:27:42,684
I'll put it another way.
648
00:27:42,686 --> 00:27:45,420
The test Lacey admits to changing
649
00:27:45,422 --> 00:27:48,256
is different
from all the other 800 tests.
650
00:27:48,258 --> 00:27:50,658
It doesn't fit the pattern, right?
651
00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:51,593
Right.
652
00:27:52,529 --> 00:27:54,228
Nothing further.
653
00:27:55,165 --> 00:27:57,098
Talk to me, Marissa. Well, yesterday was
654
00:27:57,100 --> 00:27:58,967
a train wreck. No green
on the screens anywhere.
655
00:27:58,969 --> 00:28:00,969
But today we have seven greens back,
656
00:28:00,971 --> 00:28:02,637
three yellows, and two reds.
657
00:28:02,639 --> 00:28:04,439
So even though the two of you
hate each other,
658
00:28:04,441 --> 00:28:06,941
it seems like you're making progress.
659
00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:09,210
Hmm.
660
00:28:09,671 --> 00:28:10,878
Hey, can I talk to you?
661
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,281
Talk fast. I got a car waiting.
What are you offering?
662
00:28:13,283 --> 00:28:15,016
What makes you think
I'm offering anything?
663
00:28:15,511 --> 00:28:17,652
'Cause it's my job to know
whether I'm winning or losing
664
00:28:17,654 --> 00:28:18,753
and by how much.
665
00:28:18,755 --> 00:28:20,888
And right now, I'm winning. By a lot.
666
00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:23,287
I'll drop the charges against Lacey.
667
00:28:23,289 --> 00:28:25,415
I'll even make sure she gets
her teaching credentials back.
668
00:28:25,417 --> 00:28:26,828
And my boss will call
the dean of students
669
00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:28,396
at Tyler's college, get him reinstated.
670
00:28:28,398 --> 00:28:30,365
In exchange for...?
671
00:28:30,859 --> 00:28:32,533
I need those five other teachers.
672
00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:35,970
I get it. Your client's
a nice lady who did
673
00:28:35,972 --> 00:28:37,605
a bad thing for a good reason.
674
00:28:37,950 --> 00:28:39,140
But those other five...
675
00:28:39,142 --> 00:28:42,610
Come on. You're asking her
to decide between her colleagues
676
00:28:42,612 --> 00:28:44,812
- and her student.
- Her student
677
00:28:44,814 --> 00:28:46,080
and her career.
678
00:28:46,082 --> 00:28:49,350
Tyler can quit his dead-end job
and go to college.
679
00:28:49,795 --> 00:28:52,453
And Lacey can get back in the classroom.
680
00:29:09,553 --> 00:29:10,886
Wow.
681
00:29:10,888 --> 00:29:15,757
So, is, um, this why
you wanted me here early?
682
00:29:16,147 --> 00:29:18,114
So you could triple-team me?
683
00:29:18,116 --> 00:29:19,382
GWEN: It's a good deal,
684
00:29:19,384 --> 00:29:20,716
Lacey.
685
00:29:20,718 --> 00:29:23,052
I'd go so far as to say
it's a great deal.
686
00:29:23,054 --> 00:29:24,520
And I am not in the business
687
00:29:24,522 --> 00:29:26,722
of throwing other teachers to the wolves.
688
00:29:26,724 --> 00:29:29,759
But I will be here for them,
just as I was for you.
689
00:29:30,502 --> 00:29:32,728
It sounds like you've
already made up your mind.
690
00:29:32,730 --> 00:29:35,164
You heard what I thought
when I called you last night.
691
00:29:35,166 --> 00:29:36,866
Gets you everything you want.
692
00:29:36,868 --> 00:29:39,635
Tyler gets to go to college.
You get to continue teaching.
693
00:29:39,637 --> 00:29:41,637
And as for the other teachers,
694
00:29:41,639 --> 00:29:43,773
they get their day in
court, just like you did.
695
00:29:43,775 --> 00:29:45,474
BENNY: My two cents... I worked
696
00:29:45,476 --> 00:29:47,476
in the DA's office a long time.
697
00:29:47,478 --> 00:29:49,812
Deals don't get much better than this.
698
00:29:51,683 --> 00:29:53,233
So it's unanimous.
699
00:29:53,651 --> 00:29:55,770
You want me to sell out
the people I work with.
700
00:29:55,772 --> 00:29:57,586
I wouldn't call it a sellout.
701
00:29:57,588 --> 00:29:59,955
The ADA already knows who they are.
702
00:29:59,957 --> 00:30:01,891
He already knows what they did.
703
00:30:01,893 --> 00:30:03,257
But he can't prove it without me.
704
00:30:03,259 --> 00:30:04,527
Today.
705
00:30:04,529 --> 00:30:06,295
But maybe tomorrow he can.
706
00:30:06,297 --> 00:30:09,065
And maybe tomorrow,
one of the five goes to him
707
00:30:09,067 --> 00:30:10,299
and cuts a deal.
708
00:30:10,301 --> 00:30:13,302
And then you have nothing.
709
00:30:13,304 --> 00:30:15,371
Nothing but jail time.
710
00:30:15,714 --> 00:30:17,740
BULL: It's your decision, Lacey.
711
00:30:17,742 --> 00:30:19,575
We just want you to
understand what's at stake.
712
00:30:19,577 --> 00:30:22,712
But whatever you decide,
we'll go along with it.
713
00:30:26,451 --> 00:30:28,784
I want Tyler to go back to school.
714
00:30:28,786 --> 00:30:32,655
And... I want to keep my job.
715
00:30:34,192 --> 00:30:36,258
But I couldn't live with myself knowing
716
00:30:36,260 --> 00:30:38,820
I destroyed the lives of others
to make it happen.
717
00:30:40,631 --> 00:30:42,164
You called it.
718
00:30:42,166 --> 00:30:44,117
How did you describe her?
719
00:30:44,535 --> 00:30:47,269
- The architect of her own destiny.
- Mm.
720
00:30:47,271 --> 00:30:48,622
(BULL CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
721
00:30:49,413 --> 00:30:51,380
We are all here for you, Lacey.
722
00:30:51,576 --> 00:30:54,506
Now, I will call the ADA's office,
723
00:30:54,508 --> 00:30:56,612
let 'em know that you
have made your decision,
724
00:30:56,614 --> 00:30:59,915
and... we can plot our next move.
725
00:30:59,917 --> 00:31:01,385
You know what,
726
00:31:01,853 --> 00:31:04,387
I just plotted my next move.
727
00:31:04,389 --> 00:31:06,856
I'm withdrawing from the case.
728
00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:08,893
Wait, you're what?
729
00:31:08,895 --> 00:31:12,328
GWEN: Our union is happy to come
to the aid of our members
730
00:31:12,330 --> 00:31:15,064
when they've been
wrongly accused of a crime.
731
00:31:15,066 --> 00:31:18,401
We're even happy to help when
they've admitted to a crime,
732
00:31:18,403 --> 00:31:21,237
when we think there are
extenuating circumstances
733
00:31:21,239 --> 00:31:24,240
that will impact the lives
of working teachers.
734
00:31:24,242 --> 00:31:26,108
But I am not about
735
00:31:26,110 --> 00:31:28,778
to spend our very limited time
and resources
736
00:31:28,780 --> 00:31:31,999
on what I now realize
is a suicide mission.
737
00:31:32,884 --> 00:31:35,684
I'm sure Dr. Bull
can help you find someone
738
00:31:35,686 --> 00:31:38,255
to get you through the remainder
of the trial.
739
00:31:43,135 --> 00:31:45,387
I did not see that coming.
740
00:31:46,597 --> 00:31:48,531
Did I just make a huge mistake?
741
00:31:48,533 --> 00:31:51,100
(CHUCKLES) I actually
think you traded up.
742
00:31:52,403 --> 00:31:54,570
Oh. Yeah.
743
00:31:54,572 --> 00:31:57,106
I bet you say that to all
the second-string lawyers.
744
00:31:57,108 --> 00:31:58,641
(CHUCKLES)
745
00:31:58,643 --> 00:32:00,943
What's the game plan, Doc?
746
00:32:00,945 --> 00:32:03,679
Well, we have a little less than an hour
747
00:32:03,681 --> 00:32:06,081
to get young Ms. Adams ready.
748
00:32:06,083 --> 00:32:08,017
For what?
749
00:32:08,019 --> 00:32:09,786
We're putting you on the stand.
750
00:32:13,825 --> 00:32:16,659
Lacey, you already testified
751
00:32:16,661 --> 00:32:20,095
that the second you saw Tyler
the morning of the exam
752
00:32:20,422 --> 00:32:22,264
you knew that he was going to struggle.
753
00:32:22,266 --> 00:32:23,732
What was that based on?
754
00:32:23,734 --> 00:32:26,635
Well, to begin with,
he was already a half hour late.
755
00:32:26,637 --> 00:32:30,318
But more than that, I know
how complicated his life is.
756
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,318
How do you mean?
757
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:32,641
Well, first of all,
758
00:32:32,643 --> 00:32:34,410
he's got a little brother
he's got to feed
759
00:32:34,412 --> 00:32:36,229
and get off to school every morning.
760
00:32:37,014 --> 00:32:41,250
Plus, his mother, um, has a drug problem,
761
00:32:41,252 --> 00:32:44,253
and sometimes she brings men
to the apartment
762
00:32:44,255 --> 00:32:47,790
in the middle of the night
to, uh, support her drug habit.
763
00:32:47,792 --> 00:32:51,495
On these nights, I-I know
Tyler doesn't get any sleep.
764
00:32:52,163 --> 00:32:55,328
I'm fairly certain that's what
happened the day of the test.
765
00:32:55,330 --> 00:32:57,633
Objection. Hearsay.
766
00:32:57,635 --> 00:32:58,634
Right on cue.
767
00:32:58,636 --> 00:33:00,402
It's not hearsay.
768
00:33:00,404 --> 00:33:02,638
During school vacations,
I would go to his apartment
769
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,741
and tutor him in the morning
and then again in the evening.
770
00:33:05,743 --> 00:33:07,910
I know what I'm talking about.
771
00:33:07,912 --> 00:33:09,002
I'm going to allow it.
772
00:33:09,004 --> 00:33:10,346
Thank you, Your Honor.
773
00:33:10,847 --> 00:33:12,643
So let me ask you a question.
774
00:33:15,686 --> 00:33:17,120
Was this your plan?
775
00:33:17,955 --> 00:33:19,588
Tyler takes the test.
776
00:33:19,590 --> 00:33:21,023
If he doesn't make the grade,
777
00:33:21,025 --> 00:33:23,325
you figure out a way
to doctor his answers?
778
00:33:23,327 --> 00:33:26,279
No. It didn't even cross my mind.
779
00:33:26,764 --> 00:33:28,721
Tyler is a solid "B" student.
780
00:33:28,723 --> 00:33:31,560
But that morning, you knew
he wasn't getting a "B."
781
00:33:31,562 --> 00:33:32,828
I didn't know...
782
00:33:33,804 --> 00:33:35,938
but-but I sensed.
783
00:33:35,940 --> 00:33:39,167
I just wanted to look at it, the test.
784
00:33:39,577 --> 00:33:41,110
That's all I really wanted to do,
785
00:33:41,112 --> 00:33:43,946
is just put my mind at ease
that he had passed,
786
00:33:43,948 --> 00:33:45,814
and that he'd be going to college.
787
00:33:46,049 --> 00:33:47,182
But then I walked in,
788
00:33:47,184 --> 00:33:49,666
and I realized that all I had
to do was change one question,
789
00:33:49,668 --> 00:33:51,548
and he could have a future.
790
00:33:51,550 --> 00:33:53,556
You and Tyler prepped for the exam,
791
00:33:53,558 --> 00:33:54,757
is that correct?
792
00:33:55,142 --> 00:33:56,926
You gave him practice tests?
793
00:33:56,928 --> 00:33:58,327
Yes, three times.
794
00:33:58,329 --> 00:33:59,421
And how did he do?
795
00:33:59,423 --> 00:34:02,141
80s. Low 80s, every time.
796
00:34:02,143 --> 00:34:04,466
That's how I know him failing
is an anomaly.
797
00:34:04,468 --> 00:34:05,788
One last question.
798
00:34:05,790 --> 00:34:08,637
If you could do anything
you wanted to in life...
799
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:12,641
okay, a-a-anything at all,
money's no object...
800
00:34:12,643 --> 00:34:14,076
what would that be?
801
00:34:14,078 --> 00:34:15,711
Objection. Relevance.
802
00:34:15,713 --> 00:34:17,122
Overruled.
803
00:34:21,272 --> 00:34:22,419
This.
804
00:34:23,007 --> 00:34:26,339
Uh, teaching, not testifying.
805
00:34:27,111 --> 00:34:30,078
Showing people who think they
know where their boundaries are
806
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,638
that there's so much more.
807
00:34:35,223 --> 00:34:38,220
No further questions, Your Honor.
808
00:34:41,125 --> 00:34:42,491
Cross-examination.
809
00:34:43,190 --> 00:34:44,733
One question.
810
00:34:45,663 --> 00:34:48,664
Did you or did you not change an answer
811
00:34:48,666 --> 00:34:50,432
on Tyler Young's exam?
812
00:34:50,434 --> 00:34:51,900
BENNY: Objection.
813
00:34:51,902 --> 00:34:53,735
Asked and answered, Your Honor.
814
00:34:54,075 --> 00:34:55,404
Overruled.
815
00:34:55,406 --> 00:34:57,537
Yes or no? I need to hear.
816
00:34:57,970 --> 00:35:00,609
Did you alter, in any way,
Tyler Young's exam
817
00:35:00,611 --> 00:35:02,544
after it was completed?
818
00:35:02,546 --> 00:35:06,248
Making you guilty of tampering
with a government record.
819
00:35:07,751 --> 00:35:09,341
As well as perjury,
820
00:35:10,258 --> 00:35:13,255
since you warranted the results
by virtue of your role
821
00:35:13,257 --> 00:35:15,290
as the official proctor of record.
822
00:35:16,994 --> 00:35:18,475
And fraud...
823
00:35:19,196 --> 00:35:21,797
since your intent was to deceive.
824
00:35:24,814 --> 00:35:26,368
Yes or no.
825
00:35:27,738 --> 00:35:29,027
Yes.
826
00:35:29,940 --> 00:35:31,240
Uh, yes, I did.
827
00:35:32,405 --> 00:35:34,243
No more questions.
828
00:35:34,245 --> 00:35:36,144
(NECK CRACKS)
829
00:35:47,438 --> 00:35:50,163
Okay. How we doing
with closing arguments?
830
00:35:50,251 --> 00:35:52,121
- MARISSA: Uh...
- BENNY: Not good.
831
00:35:52,123 --> 00:35:54,253
We've already run six different versions.
832
00:35:54,255 --> 00:35:56,355
Yeah, I just let the
last group of mock jurors go.
833
00:35:56,357 --> 00:35:58,324
We were just throwing away
good money after bad.
834
00:35:58,326 --> 00:36:00,276
I don't understand. What's the problem?
835
00:36:00,276 --> 00:36:02,142
The problem is she did it, Bull.
836
00:36:02,144 --> 00:36:03,544
That's always been a problem.
837
00:36:03,546 --> 00:36:05,813
They're just not buying
the necessity defense.
838
00:36:05,815 --> 00:36:07,881
They want more evidence
to support Lacey's choice.
839
00:36:07,883 --> 00:36:10,117
If you want to win an acquittal,
840
00:36:10,119 --> 00:36:11,361
we need something tangible,
841
00:36:11,987 --> 00:36:14,755
something definitive,
something objective.
842
00:36:15,699 --> 00:36:17,357
Then that's what we'll give them.
843
00:36:17,359 --> 00:36:19,693
You want the boy to take the test again?
844
00:36:19,695 --> 00:36:21,406
Here? Today?
845
00:36:21,408 --> 00:36:22,996
I have the testing service standing by
846
00:36:22,998 --> 00:36:24,431
with a fresh version of the exam.
847
00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:26,166
And I am happy to have Your Honor,
848
00:36:26,168 --> 00:36:28,569
and the ADA here, proctor it,
849
00:36:28,571 --> 00:36:30,237
so everyone can be sure
850
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:31,805
that there's no funny business going on.
851
00:36:31,807 --> 00:36:33,407
Give him the test and two hours later,
852
00:36:33,409 --> 00:36:34,742
we will know where we stand.
853
00:36:34,744 --> 00:36:35,769
NEWHALL: Your Honor,
854
00:36:35,771 --> 00:36:38,212
this is completely irrelevant
and unduly prejudicial,
855
00:36:38,214 --> 00:36:39,713
not to mention an obfuscation.
856
00:36:39,715 --> 00:36:42,316
(SCOFFS) Judge Conway, I disagree.
857
00:36:42,318 --> 00:36:44,952
Our client has never denied what she did.
858
00:36:44,954 --> 00:36:47,654
What's relevant here is why she did it.
859
00:36:47,656 --> 00:36:50,292
(CLOCK TICKING)
860
00:36:50,294 --> 00:36:53,160
It's unorthodox,
but I agree it's relevant.
861
00:36:53,162 --> 00:36:54,862
And I'm going to allow it.
862
00:36:54,864 --> 00:36:57,131
♪ ♪
863
00:37:02,738 --> 00:37:05,172
♪ ♪
864
00:37:23,225 --> 00:37:25,492
♪ ♪
865
00:37:35,028 --> 00:37:37,437
In the 82nd percentile,
866
00:37:37,439 --> 00:37:38,782
ladies and gentlemen.
867
00:37:39,708 --> 00:37:41,975
That's what Tyler Young scored
868
00:37:41,977 --> 00:37:44,378
when he retook his
college placement exam.
869
00:37:44,746 --> 00:37:46,414
82%.
870
00:37:46,916 --> 00:37:48,186
Now, why does that matter?
871
00:37:48,188 --> 00:37:50,484
Well, because it proves why Lacey felt
872
00:37:50,486 --> 00:37:52,152
what she did was necessary.
873
00:37:52,154 --> 00:37:54,188
Against the rules,
874
00:37:54,190 --> 00:37:55,382
but necessary.
875
00:37:56,659 --> 00:38:00,060
She knew what her student was capable of,
876
00:38:00,062 --> 00:38:02,963
and didn't want that student's
future compromised
877
00:38:02,965 --> 00:38:05,642
because of circumstances
that were beyond his control.
878
00:38:07,102 --> 00:38:09,503
Lacey Adams confessed
879
00:38:09,505 --> 00:38:12,816
to changing a single answer,
880
00:38:13,409 --> 00:38:17,578
bringing Tyler's test
to the 65th percentile,
881
00:38:17,580 --> 00:38:21,048
allowing him to attend a local college,
882
00:38:21,050 --> 00:38:24,160
where he hoped to study architecture,
883
00:38:24,420 --> 00:38:27,154
and perhaps be the first person
in his family
884
00:38:27,156 --> 00:38:29,122
to earn a college degree.
885
00:38:29,290 --> 00:38:31,458
Is changing answers wrong?
886
00:38:31,460 --> 00:38:34,129
Yes, absolutely.
887
00:38:34,663 --> 00:38:37,006
But is it, is it worse than...
888
00:38:37,799 --> 00:38:41,635
taking away a bright young man's
opportunity to better himself,
889
00:38:41,970 --> 00:38:43,555
change his future?
890
00:38:44,597 --> 00:38:46,975
Well, I guess that's why you're here.
891
00:38:47,676 --> 00:38:51,945
I guess that's why we'll leave
it up to you to decide.
892
00:38:53,064 --> 00:38:54,481
Thank you for listening.
893
00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:01,781
CONWAY: Madam Foreman,
have you reached a verdict?
894
00:39:02,057 --> 00:39:03,825
JURY FOREMAN: Yes we have, Your Honor.
895
00:39:04,993 --> 00:39:06,994
We, the jury,
896
00:39:06,996 --> 00:39:10,597
find the defendant, Lacey Adams, guilty
897
00:39:10,599 --> 00:39:14,201
on one count of tampering
with a government record,
898
00:39:14,203 --> 00:39:16,342
one count of perjury,
899
00:39:16,344 --> 00:39:18,705
and one count of fraud.
900
00:39:18,707 --> 00:39:20,008
(GAVEL BANGS)
901
00:39:20,542 --> 00:39:22,542
I'm sorry. I'm, uh...
902
00:39:22,544 --> 00:39:24,444
No. I did it.
903
00:39:24,804 --> 00:39:26,179
I did.
904
00:39:26,181 --> 00:39:27,481
MARISSA: Bull?
905
00:39:27,724 --> 00:39:29,267
Is she okay?
906
00:39:29,652 --> 00:39:31,019
Are-are you okay?
907
00:39:32,270 --> 00:39:35,455
I am so, so sorry.
908
00:39:35,457 --> 00:39:38,091
I'll fix this, I will.
909
00:39:38,093 --> 00:39:41,321
Somehow, I promise.
910
00:39:47,535 --> 00:39:49,245
Okay.
911
00:39:55,168 --> 00:39:56,795
MAN: You're here.
912
00:39:57,146 --> 00:39:59,012
You actually showed up.
913
00:39:59,014 --> 00:40:01,882
Hey. You're not the mayor.
914
00:40:01,884 --> 00:40:03,092
(GRUNTS)
915
00:40:04,153 --> 00:40:06,620
(GRUNTS) She sends her regrets.
916
00:40:06,622 --> 00:40:08,622
She really wanted to be here tonight.
917
00:40:08,768 --> 00:40:09,799
(CHUCKLES)
918
00:40:09,801 --> 00:40:11,525
No, she didn't.
919
00:40:11,527 --> 00:40:13,160
I was surprised when you
called to schedule it.
920
00:40:13,162 --> 00:40:16,648
I mean, most people
just give the money and...
921
00:40:17,199 --> 00:40:19,466
let the carriage ride go.
922
00:40:19,468 --> 00:40:22,235
Well, the truth is, I need a favor.
923
00:40:22,237 --> 00:40:24,838
And I was hoping I could
ask the mayor directly.
924
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,107
Happy to carry your water, Dr. Bull.
925
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:28,709
You remember the case you asked
926
00:40:28,711 --> 00:40:30,610
for my help on about a month ago?
927
00:40:30,612 --> 00:40:31,955
I do.
928
00:40:32,648 --> 00:40:33,915
We lost.
929
00:40:34,483 --> 00:40:37,050
I'm aware, but... it all worked out.
930
00:40:37,052 --> 00:40:39,353
The judge liked her;
gave her no jail time.
931
00:40:39,355 --> 00:40:40,797
Not the worst ending.
932
00:40:41,590 --> 00:40:44,157
But she's got a felony on her record,
933
00:40:44,159 --> 00:40:47,828
and, uh, now she can't teach.
934
00:40:47,830 --> 00:40:50,697
I just... (SIGHS)
935
00:40:50,699 --> 00:40:52,532
I think we lost one of the good ones,
936
00:40:52,534 --> 00:40:55,702
maybe even one of the great ones.
937
00:40:55,704 --> 00:40:58,773
Thing about teaching is,
if you're meant to do it,
938
00:40:59,899 --> 00:41:01,375
you're gonna do it.
939
00:41:01,377 --> 00:41:02,876
Maybe not in a classroom.
940
00:41:02,878 --> 00:41:05,154
Maybe not in the
State of New York, but...
941
00:41:06,242 --> 00:41:08,843
I just have a feeling
she's gonna be fine.
942
00:41:08,868 --> 00:41:12,269
Probably end up in
a private school somewhere.
943
00:41:12,579 --> 00:41:14,521
Massachusetts, maybe.
944
00:41:14,523 --> 00:41:16,666
You seem to know an awful lot about her.
945
00:41:17,659 --> 00:41:19,960
I'll let you in on a little secret.
946
00:41:19,962 --> 00:41:21,962
The reason I sought you out that night?
947
00:41:21,964 --> 00:41:24,197
Her father is a bigwig in the party.
948
00:41:24,199 --> 00:41:26,400
Major contributor,
especially in New England.
949
00:41:26,402 --> 00:41:29,403
He knew his daughter would never
accept any help from him,
950
00:41:29,405 --> 00:41:32,272
so he asked our office to intervene.
951
00:41:32,274 --> 00:41:34,107
(LAUGHING): He called the mayor himself.
952
00:41:34,109 --> 00:41:36,977
- (LAUGHS)
- (HORSE SNORTS)
953
00:41:36,979 --> 00:41:38,879
In any event,
954
00:41:38,881 --> 00:41:40,514
your client's gonna be fine.
955
00:41:40,516 --> 00:41:42,249
Was that your favor?
956
00:41:43,919 --> 00:41:45,452
What is it about what we do
957
00:41:45,454 --> 00:41:47,822
that makes it so hard to trust people?
958
00:41:48,791 --> 00:41:50,090
Excuse me?
959
00:41:50,092 --> 00:41:51,792
Agree or disagree:
960
00:41:51,794 --> 00:41:55,695
Honesty is the best policy in all cases.
961
00:41:55,697 --> 00:41:58,333
I don't think I understand.
962
00:41:58,934 --> 00:42:00,967
I'm sure you don't.
963
00:42:02,805 --> 00:42:05,472
I need the mayor, or someone
from the mayor's office,
964
00:42:05,474 --> 00:42:08,308
to get on the phone and find a place
965
00:42:08,310 --> 00:42:11,711
for Tyler Young to go to a city college.
966
00:42:12,221 --> 00:42:14,981
That would be highly irregular
967
00:42:14,983 --> 00:42:17,517
for the mayor to use her influence
968
00:42:17,519 --> 00:42:21,455
to gain admission for any individual...
969
00:42:21,457 --> 00:42:23,590
It could even be construed as unethical.
970
00:42:23,592 --> 00:42:25,759
Like the way the mayor twisted my arm
971
00:42:25,761 --> 00:42:28,295
to get me to work for free
so she could curry favor
972
00:42:28,297 --> 00:42:30,156
with a party bigwig?
973
00:42:31,074 --> 00:42:32,999
You ever heard of Machiavelli?
974
00:42:33,001 --> 00:42:35,745
Very successful politician.
975
00:42:36,238 --> 00:42:39,940
I think he and the mayor would
have gotten along really well.
976
00:42:41,043 --> 00:42:44,744
Get the Tyler Young
college thing done for me.
977
00:42:47,349 --> 00:42:49,342
Shouldn't be a problem.
978
00:42:49,885 --> 00:42:51,135
Great.
979
00:42:52,387 --> 00:42:54,754
Driver, I'm gonna hop off.
980
00:42:54,756 --> 00:42:56,890
I got what I came for.
981
00:42:56,892 --> 00:42:58,643
Thanks for the ride.
982
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:02,162
♪ ♪
983
00:43:06,568 --> 00:43:09,035
♪ You feelin' all right ♪
984
00:43:09,037 --> 00:43:10,837
♪ Uh-huh ♪
985
00:43:10,839 --> 00:43:12,539
♪ Ah ♪
986
00:43:12,541 --> 00:43:14,107
♪ Feelin' all right ♪
987
00:43:14,109 --> 00:43:16,309
♪ Whoa... ♪
988
00:43:17,428 --> 00:43:25,822
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