[leaves gently rustling]
[muffled shouting]
Ronnie.
Ronnie, don't do this.
Ronnie! You're making the biggest mistake of your life!
[panting]
Ronnie, I see you! Don't make me shoot!
[panting, grunting]
[grunts]
What are you doing still standing there?
Go get her.
[panting]
Can you see her?!
I'm close.
I can hear her breathing.
I'm close!
I think she's right up in front of me.
[high-pitched scream]
Darius!
Hey, Darius, get on your radio, call an ambulance.
I think I got her.
Darius.
Darius!
[knock on door]
Hey, I'm sorry to burst in, but I need your help.
So back in law school,
I was doing some work
with the legal aid clinic, and I was handling
some prisoner's rights issues,
and this woman Ronnie was one of my first clients.
What was she in for? Why was she in prison?
Armed robbery of a jewelry store.
But that was before my time.
I didn't have anything to do with that.
So the thing is, is that while she was
incarcerated, she got diagnosed with
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
So I went to court to help her get permission
to go off-site to the local hospital
and receive chemotherapy.
It says here on my phone she was being transported
to her final chemo session when she made a break for it
and escaped, and that was four days ago.
And now she's hiding out at her aunt's house in Queens
having an armed standoff with the police.
That's what she told me.
Ah. So explain to me how one female prisoner
overpowered two armed guards.
It says here the surviving guard claimed
she faked a seizure.
When he went to check on her, she attacked him,
stole his gun and ran.
No, that's not the Ronnie I know, and I've spent
a lot of time with this woman.
The thing is is that while she's been in prison,
not one behavioral issue, not one.
And as far as the armed robbery, she owns up to it.
She freely admits the reason she did it
was 'cause she needed money for drugs.
And as far as I know, last time I spoke with her,
she's been clean for over three years.
You understand that none of this adds up, right?
Look, I'm telling you what I know.
And I know that this woman doesn't have
a violent bone in her body.
Chunk, she's holding the police at bay at her aunt's house,
and she was convicted of armedrobbery.
But she was the driver. She drove the getaway car.
She never set foot in that store.
And as far as I know, before today
she's never touched a gun in her life.
[siren chirps]
[indistinct police radio chatter]
[sirens approaching]
Can I help you gentlemen?
My name is Chester Palmer.
I'm Ronnie Vincent's attorney.Nice to meet you.
This is Mr. Benjamin Colón and Dr. Jason Bull.
They're associates of mine.
As you can see, your client's barricaded herself in there
and claims to be heavily armed.
You think you can talk her out?
We sure would like to try. RONNIE: Lock the door.
Mr. Palmer. Who are these guys?
They work with me. They're here to help.
But before we can do anything, I need you to hand me your gun.
There is no gun. I don't have a gun.
I said that so they wouldn't bust in here and shoot me.
We were on our way to the hospital
when the guard who was driving said the car was overheating.
So they pulled off the freeway
and onto the road at that beach.
I knew something was up 'cause next thing I know
we're driving through the sand and into the tall grass,
and they shut the motor off.
Like two minutes later, the guard that isn't driving
comes around back and gets in with me.
Starts unbuckling his belt, unzipping his pants.
So how did you manage to get away?
[helicopter blades whirring]
Once he had his pants off, I convinced him
I wasn't opposed to what he wanted to do.
That we'd have a lot better time if I could use my hands.
Spread my legs a little.
He laughed and took off my restraints.
Is that when you got his gun?
I never got his gun.
I just waited for him to get close.
Started unbuttoning my shirt, and took my palm
right up his nose and just ran.
OFFICER [over bullhorn]: Is everybody still safe in there?
If one of the attorneys could give us a call out here.
Ronnie, if we're gonna bring this to a peaceful conclusion,
we're gonna need to show a sign of good faith.
What do you mean?
You're gonna have to surrender to the police.
They're gonna kill me in prison.
And you can't protect me in there.
As soon as we're out of here, I am going to contact
Every news agency in the state.
TV, print, online, we're gonna shine a light on that prison.
No one's gonna even think about touching you.
You can't stay in here forever, Ronnie.
♪
[elevator bell chimes]So tell me something good.
Tell me you searched those vans and found us
something we can use.
I got the results back last night.
It turns out there wasn't any DNA evidence
that suggests that guard,
or anyone else, for that matter,
engaged in sexual activity
in any one of those prison vans.
Here's an amazing and unexpected coincidence.
All New York State prisoner transport vans
are equipped with interior security cameras.
That doesn't surprise me.
No, here's the coincidence part.
The cameras in the van Ronnie escaped from
were out of service and waiting to be repaired.
Had been for seven weeks.
Well, that's the van I'd want
if I was planning to rape someone.
What about the other inmates?
Ronnie said that a bunch of them had warned her
about the transport guards before she started her chemo.
Couldn't get anyone to talk.
They're too scared of retaliation. They're prisoners;
they have to deal with these guards every day.
What about a murder weapon? Is there a murder weapon?
The guard claims that Ronnie stole his gun.
She swears it didn't happen, that heshot his partner.
Probably shot him by accident.
So, no.
There's no gun.
There's no nothing.
But I don't understand.
It's been over a year since I filed for this divorce.
The courts are finally open again,
so are we or are we not on the court calendar?
We are not. Marissa,this isn't about you.
Family court is stillbacked up with cases
they started beforethe pandemic,
And going forward, theyrefuse to set hearing dates
for any futuredivorce trials
until both partieshave completed their
discovery obligations.
And I know this won'tsurprise you,
but Greg still hasn'tcompleted his.
You are kidding.Nope.
I just checked againthis morning.
He's yet to submit the forensic accounting
for the restaurant.
Okay, well, can't we just, I don't know, stipulate
that we don't care about the restaurant?
That it's his. That he can have my share.
Honestly, I don't care about the restaurant.
I just want a divorce.
You say that but you don't mean it.
Listen carefully. I don't care about the restaurant.
Well, I do. Your name's on it. You own half of it.
And we need it so I can protect the things you do care about,
like your co-op.
Which, unfortunately has Greg's name on it.
God, you just think I'm such an idiot,
adding his name to my lease.
Marrying him a second time.
Not my job to judge, but it is my job to make sure
you walk away from this marriage
as financially whole as possible.
Good morning.
Morning.You look defeated,
and we've yet to even begin.
You might want to do something about that
before we get you in front of the jury pool.
It's that obvious?
Only to people who can see.
So what's the latest and greatest?
Danny, Taylor, anyone having any luck?
No. Everyone's coming up empty.
All we have is Ronnie's word against the guard's,
and she's a convicted felon.
So, hey, can we just talk voir dire, please?
No, because without knowing your trial strategy,
it's impossible for me to know what kind of jurors you'd want.
Chunk, you do have a trial strategy?
The thing is, I keep waiting for evidence.
You believe she's innocent?
I do.Why?
Because for her, plotting an escape makes no sense.
The girl's got six months left on her sentence.
She's already served seven years,
and-and why escape?
Why risk addingto her time behind bars
when in 26 weeks she'll be out of there?
No, the only reason she ran from that van
is because she had to.
Thank you, Counselor.
That sounds like the beginning of a trial strategy to me.
It's simply not rational for Ronnie
to have plotted an escape, not rational.
Not in her own self-interest.
Now, we need jurors who are gonna look at this
the same way you do.
Level-headed people who will come to
the same sensible conclusion.
Rational people who believe that other people
make decisions rationally, too.
And just as importantly,
we need to eliminate impulsive people.
People who make decisions on the fly
and probably believe everyone else thinks
the same way they do.
Juror 26,
let's pretend that you are a contestant on a game show,
and good news, you've just won $500,000.
But now it's time for the next question,
and that question is worth $10 million.
So what I want to know is,do you go for it?
And bear in mind, if you get it wrong, you lose everything,
including that half mil that you just won.
I'm pretty sure I'd take the money.
Pass on the question.
There's just no wayI'd risk losing all that.
I mean, half a million dollars?
I could pay off my house, my kid's college fund.
This juror is acceptable, Your Honor.
Juror 18, you've won your half a million dollars,
you're going home a happy man.
I am. So,
I come to you and I say, "Listen,
"you can walk away with your half a mil today,
"or if you let me and my imaginary game show
"pay you in installments, we'll give you $10,000 a month
for the rest of your life no matter how long you live."
Hmm.
I mean, that's a really good salary.
Except you don't have to show up for work to get it.
It's pretty tempting.That's $120,000 a year.
You live five years, well, you've already made a profit
based around what you would have made
if you had just taken your half mil
and walked away today.Uh-huh. I hear you.
You live 50 years, and you're walking away
with six million dollars.
And you've never had to worry a day in your life
where your next paycheck was coming from.
Yeah, but you can't buy a Ferrari
if all you're making is ten grand a month, right?
This is true.Probably couldn't afford
to rent a nice house in L.A., either.
Well, I'd have to take your word for it.
Yeah, you can't fly first-class,
can't get a good hair transplant.
Not unless you save up for it.
So I'm guessing you want
your half a mil and walk.
Yeah. [chuckles]
Well, here's a man who's coming to the same conclusion
as our last pick, but I sense he's coming at it
from the exact opposite point of view.
Taylor,
tell me what makes him tick.
You're never gonna guess what this guy does for a living.
Dreams of L.A., so I'm guessing actor?
Improvisational actor.
Ah. A man who literally flies by the seat of his pants
for a living.
If he assumes Ronnie is as impulsive as he is,
we're in trouble.
We'd like to thank and excuse this juror.
CHUNK: Juror 32...MARISSA: Thanks for covering for me.
So, how we doing? We have a jury?
Almost. We've got one spot left.
Let's all welcome juror 32, Mr. David Whitney,
a cost accountant.
Specializes in profitability analysis and budget preparation.
What a rational career choice. What a rational-sounding man.
Uh, wait a second. You have a place of birth?
Mm, Jackson, Mississippi.
Oh, my God. I know him.
I-I mean, not anymore, not in years,
but we went to high school together.
You're kidding.I need to tell Bull.
This could be a conflict for us. Hey, uh, Bull, it's Marissa.
Hey, I remember you.
Listen, that potential juror
that Chunk is grilling right now--
Dave Whitney-- I went to high school with him.
And we're having this discussion why?
Didn't you go to school way back
when blackboards were actually black?
Admittedly, it was several moons ago.
Okay. Are you two still in touch?
No. Not at all. Not even on social media.
All right.
So let's talk about something important.
What do you think of him?
As a juror on the case, I mean.
Actually, I think he's kind of perfect.
I remember he used to put every paycheck he made as a bag boy
straight into the bank, 'cause he said compound interest
was better than immediate gratification.
All right, well, if we pass on Richie Cunningham,
we'll have to seat the next juror.
Tell me about her.
Well, she's active on a number of online gambling sites.
So we know she's impetuous.
And she doesn't work, but her husband is active military.
Hmm. People in military families
generally have an authority bias,
which means she's more likely to believe a prison guard
than a convicted criminal.
Yeah. She looks fairly toxic for us.
DAVE:Basically, you're asking me to make a bet
that I'm gonna live longer than four years and two months,
and that seems like a pretty good bet to me.
And of course, the longer I live, the more I win.
Well, seems to me there's no other choice.
Looks like we got a jury.[gavel bangs]
It's still, like, a rock.
A really solid rock.
Why don't we just throw it in the microwave? Nuke it?
No, no, no, we can't do that.
Can't put it in the microwave.
That's cheating. Plus, it rearranges the molecules.
It's not even ice cream anymore.
Say, you guys hear about District Attorney Sherman today?
He was forced to resign for taking bribes.
[exhales] No. Seriously?
Yeah.I love it.
You know what Mark Twain used to say about politicians
and diapers?
They should both be changed often,
and for the exact same reason.
So anyway, here's the weird part.
Some people have asked me if I'd be interested in running.
For district attorney?
Why are you so against my brother running for D.A.?
I raise my voice any higher and that baby's gonna wake up,
and if she does, you're the one spending the night
walking the hall with her, trying to get her back to sleep.
What makes you think I'm againstyour brother running for D.A.?
[sighs]
He'd be great at the job, and you know it.
And do you have any idea what this would mean?
The city of New York with a Puerto Rican district attorney?
I mean, how can you stand in the way of that?
I am not standing in the way of anything.
I am lying here with you.
And before he can be great at the job,
he's got to get the job.
I'm sorry, but your brother is no politician.
In fact, it-it's one of the reasons I like him so much.
He's a good, honest man.
Campaigning is a dirty, underhanded business.
Why would you want to put him through all that?
Oh, come on. This isn't about Benny.
It's about you. You don't want to lose him.
And that is also true.
I'm in the middle of this case with Chunk right now,
and Chunk is a very smart guy
and one day he's gonna be a hell of an attorney, but...
[exhales]
...I'm sitting there and I can't help but think,
"What would Benny do?"
"How would Benny phrase the question?"
"How would Benny respond to the judge?"
My brother wants your support.
My brother deserves your support.
He's been there for you through thick and thicker,
so it's time you suck it up, stop being so selfish
and tell him you're behind him on this.
You got to be kidding me.
What?
A.D.A. Rios just added a new witness to her list.
The detective who busted Ronnie
for armed robbery eight years ago.
Hmm. You surprised?
She wants the jury to see Ronnie as a criminal,
someone who can't be trusted.
It's actually a pretty good piece of strategy.
Come on. What Ronnie did eight years ago is beside the point.
She fled for her life
because the guard was trying to rape her.
Not to mention the fact that we've already stipulated...
...to the fact that Ronnie was convicted of a crime.
The A.D.A. is trying to belabor that point
by inviting this witness,
which is unduly prejudicial to my client.
RIOS: Your Honor, Detective Stallard
isn't being called to testify to the defendant's past crimes.
The fact is, he has information that is highly relevant
to this crime.
[gavel bangs]
$700,000.
That's the estimated total value of the stolen jewelry
from the robbery that day?
Yes, the stolen jewelry was valued at just over $700,000.
And Detective Stallard, in the aftermath of the robbery,
were you able to recover all of that stolen jewelry?
No, ma'am. Over $300,000's worth
was never recovered.
Now, Ms. Vincent didn't rob
this jewelry store by herself, did she?
No, she did not.
Her partner was a woman named Krystle Hughes.
And do we know when Ms. Hughes is due
to be released from prison?
In about eight weeks, actually.
And when is Ms. Vincent due to be released?
In March of next year.
So Ms. Vincent wasn't going to be released from prison
until three months after her accomplice.
Do you think it's likely that Ms. Vincent attempted
to escape from prison in order to beat her cohort
to the $300,000 stash of jewelry?
Objection. Speculation.
Sustained.
The jury will disregard that last question.
Not likely.
I have no idea where that jewelry is, I swear.
I didn't even know the police didn't get it all.
[sighs]
I wonder if Ronnie knew.
I'm sorry, knew what?
Knew that there was still over $300,000
of unclaimed jewelry out there.
It's like you said, I mean, it makes the idea of escape
seem a lot more logical.
It's not like we've found any evidence
to back up her claim of the attempted rape.
You're starting to doubt your client's story, huh?
I'm starting to doubt why I believed it so easily, yeah.
No words of wisdom?
Not really. No.
Sometimes your clients lie to you.
Sometimes you believe the lie.
Even highly-esteemed experts in human behavior
get taken once in a while.
But if you're asking my opinion...
I believe Ronnie.
And whether or not she lied to you, it changes nothing.
She's your client, she's not your friend.
You have a responsibility to defend her
to the best of your abilities,
no matter what doubts you might have.
[exhales] Okay.
This is me.
I will see you in the morning, Mr. Palmer.
See you in the morning.
[car door closes]
Excuse me, uh, instead of going to Brooklyn,
could you take me back to the office?DRIVER: You got it.
Oh, my God. I had such a crush on him.
Pretty sure he had no idea.
I had one of those, too.
He was two years ahead of me.
And my mother paid him to drive me to school every day.
I sat in the back and he sat in the front, driving, but...
I would pretend we were on a date.
And his car was always warm and toasty in the winter
when he picked me up.
But he only lived two blocks away.
I knew he always parked it on the street,
so I realized he must have gotten up extra early
in the morning to start his car and warm it up for me.
It sounds like love.
Yeah, I don't know. I think he just liked
the money my mom paid him.
Hey, you two, didn't you get the memo?
It's nighttime-- go home.
TAYLOR: Actually...
I was just about to call you.
Guess who found video footage
of that prison van stopping out at the beach that day?
Video?
What video? They were out in the middle of nowhere.
Turns out it's an aquatic life preserve.
And one of the local universities is doing
a research project on sea turtles.
And they've got seven cameras
mounted discreetly throughout the area.
And I think one of them captured something you can use.
So just to be clear,
did you, at any time,
make sexual advances towards the defendant?
No. Absolutely not.
I would never
force myself on any woman,
let alone someone in my care.
So the defendant's claim that you attempted to rape her?
It's a complete lie.
RIOS: Thank you, Mr. Terrell.
It's okay. Let's give Chunk a chance to do his job.
I have no further questions
for this witness, Your Honor.JUDGE: Your witness, Mr. Palmer.
Your Honor,
we'd like to bring some equipment into the courtroom,
so we can introduce some footage
of a research camera that was located near
the scene of the incident.
Objection, Your Honor. I haven't seen any video.
This could not have been authenticated
without my knowledge.
Your Honor, this witness is the subject of the video,
and he can verify its authenticity.
Very well, I'll allow it.
CHUNK: Mr. Terrell...
do you recognize this location?
Yes. That's-that's where we pulled over.
And is that you getting out of the van?
Yes it is.
What were you doing?
Going to check on the prisoner, like I said.
You sure?
Because if I thought that someone was having a seizure,
I'd might want to put a little more hustle
in my step, but look at you.
You seem to be strolling along,
like you don't have a care in the world.
Objection.
Is the attorney simply going to narrate
or is he gonna ask a question?
My apologies, Your Honor.
I'll rephrase.
So why were you taking your sweet time
when you believed your prisoner was in distress?
Well, I know it looks bad,
but you have to understand.
A lot of these inmates will fake a heart attack
or a stroke or all kinds of things during transport.
Anything to get you to undo their restraints.
So, yeah, I don't always hurry
when one of them has an emergency.
That's...
that's interesting, because
we've checked your records.
And unless I'm just not reading this right,
you've never reported a-a single prisoner
faking distress during one of your transports.
If it happens all the time, why wouldn't you report it?
Well, I don't like to write an inmate up
for violations unless it's absolutely necessary.
It just makes trouble for everyone,
but that doesn't mean stuff doesn't happen.
I mean, these are convicted felons.
Huh.
Now according to the prison van GPS records,
you have over 20 unauthorized stops
over the past year when you're transporting
female prisoners.
That's a lot of fake emergencies to let slide, isn't it?
Most of those stops don't have anything to do
with the prisoners.
We make a lot of stops
because the prison vans are old and they break down.
Okay. And did you report any of these breakdowns?
Truthfully, I don't get paid enough
to stick around and fill out stacks of paperwork
every time a van breaks down.
Hmm.
How much paperwork do you have to fill out
when you rape one of your prisoners?
Objection! Inflammatory!
I'll withdraw the question, Your Honor.
♪ Don't go chasing waterfalls
♪ Please stick to the rivers
♪ And the lakes that you're used to ♪
♪ I know that you're gonna have it your way ♪
♪ Or nothing at all
♪ But I think you're moving too fast ♪
♪
♪ Don't go chasing waterfalls, please... ♪
[phone buzzing]
[phone chimes]
Oh, no.
No, oh, no, no.
I'm so sorry.
I-I truly had no idea that that website
would automatically notify my classmates that I joined.
I mean, I-I should have anticipated it, but I didn't.
I know that's no excuse.
Why didn't you just tell Dr. Bull
or me he was someone you went to school with
when we were questioning him in court?
Well, I wasn't actually here when you began.
I sort of walked into it in progress and...
No, come on, this is on me.
Marissa did tell me about it in time for me to put a stop to it,
but, frankly, I didn't think the fact that she went
to high school with someone
posed a genuine ethical conflict.
And I still don't.
Or at least I didn't until they started communicating.
I haven't communicated. I didn't answer him.
I wouldn'tanswer him.
I think I got to go tell the judge.
There is... another issue to consider here.
The other reason that I didn't put the brakes on this guy.
Our only other choice for that last spot on the jury
was a woman who was absolutely
never gonna see things our way.
Still...Do you mind if I play devil's advocate just for a second?
As far as we know,
Dave has no idea
that I work for either party to the case.
Well, I'm sorry, but that doesn't work for me.
Then we're truly playing with fire.
Because if he does suddenly put it together that you work
for the folks that are defending the accused
and it gets out, the other side is gonna pounce.
Then we'll be accused of jury tampering.
I mean...
I'm the attorney of record,
and I'm telling you, I've got to go notify Judge Dalton.
Yeah.
You do.
DAVE: There really wasn't any communication.
Not from her, at least.
I noticed Marissa was on
the Classmate Connect site, so I sent her a few messages.
But she never responded.
So Ms. Morgan never contacted you directly?
No.
Well, Mr. Whitney, now that you know Ms. Morgan
works for the defense, do you think it will color
your thinking as a juror?
No.
I mean, I'd like to think I'm capable of being impartial.
The only thing is...
the Marissa Morgan I knew
was an exceptionally honest person.
Mr. Whitney, I'm not sure I understand your point.
Well, I guess I would be inclined to assume
that the party she was working with...
that they were being honest, too.
That they're the ones telling the truth.
It makes sense if you know Marissa.
Or at least the Marissa I knew.
BENNY: Okay, all right.
That was Bull.
Dave Whitney was just excused from the jury.
Oh, no.
It'll be fine.
That alternate juror, she's just...
god-awful, Benny.
Well, she's just one out of 12.
This is all my fault.
If Ronnie goes to prison for the rest
of her life, it's because of me.
Marissa...
[footsteps departing]
So the prosecution has rested.
You ready to present your case?
[laughs] No.
Who are you gonna call as your first witness?
Only one person to call-- Ronnie.
And what is it you are hoping to have her say?
I don't know.
The only evidence that we have that she was assaulted
is her testimony, so...
I guess I'll have her go up there and say it... again.
You know, I still kind of like your original trial strategy.
How do you mean?
Well, you said it in your opening statement.
It's not logical that someone
who spent seven years in prison would blow it all
six months before they got out.
[laughs] I'm sorry, did you miss the part
where her partner in crime got out three months before she did
and that there's still $300,000 of loot
from their heist that the authorities haven't found?
Okay, but that's just an assumption from the other side.
A presumption-- an idea they got out there
before you got your idea out there.
They can't prove that's what was in her head.
What was in her heart.
And now it's your turn.
So what is your assertion?
What's your assumption?
CHUNK: Ronnie, what are we looking at there?
It's my cell. And those are pictures of my family.
My mom, my sister, my nephew Elliot.
He's nine-- he likes to send me drawings.
And why are these drawings, these pictures, important?
Well, they've helped me make it through my sentence.
Every day I wake up I'm not looking at grey cinder block.
I'm looking at the faces of the people I love.
Every time I have a bad day, they give me the strength
to get through it.
So that, someday, I can be with them again, in person.
Ronnie, you're in prison for robbing a jewelry store,
isn't that right?
Yes.
And we heard Detective Stallard say
that most of that jewelry had never been recovered.
So let me just ask you straight out,
did you try to escape so you could get to that jewelry
before your accomplice?
No. God, no.
I don't want to live my life on the run.
I want to hug my mom again.
I want to watch TV with my sister again.
I want to go to my nephew's tae kwon do matches.
I have missed so much already, I don't want to miss any more.
When I robbed that store,
I wasn't thinking about my family that much.
But then you're in jail...
and I got cancer.
Your thinking changes.
MARISSA: Tell me that got to our new juror.
That she looks moved.
That she looks like she cares?
I'm sorry. I can't tell you that.
Hmm...
[footsteps approaching]
Hey.
What are you still doing here?
Uh, the case is circling the drain, thanks to me.
Well, you didn't answer my question.
What are you still doing here at ten to 10:00 at night?
Well, thanks to me, we're stuck with a new juror
who is inclined to trust people in authority.
So I figured the key would be to find some evidence
that proves to her that that guard--
that that authority figure-- is a liar.
Okay. What are all these papers?
Court transcripts. The guard's testimony.
There's got to be a lie in here.
One provable lie.
I don't think finding a single provable lie
is gonna get it done.
Don't we have to disprove the one lie that matters most?
Don't we have to prove that Ronnie never once said
that she was having a seizure?
Don't we have to prove he was trying to rape her?
Will you please wipe that self-pitying,
"Oh, woe is me" look off your face?
What I'm trying to say is,
I don't think it's you who failed here.
I think it might have been me.
[buzzes sounds]
Ah, well.
Look who it is.
[buzzer sounds, lock clicks]
Nice to see you again.
Did you not get enough last time?
Crawling through every prison vehicle we have,
looking for baby batter?
I promise you, I had enough. Ugh.
I'm just in one of those moments where, you know, you go back
and you turn over every rock a second time
'cause there's kind of no other choice.
Sorry. No new rocks here.
[sighs] Well, I-I'm not sure if you're aware of it,
but your friend, Mr. Terrell,
he testified...N-Not my friend. I told you,
I think the guy's dirtier than a gas station toilet.
He testified in court
that he had to make multiple stops
while transporting prisoners 'cause the vans
that you assigned him kept breaking down.
Is that true? I mean...
doesn't reflect terribly well on you or this office.
I would love to deny it.
But the truth is, all our vehicles have seen better days.
Hell, I had to decommission another van just last month.
So, wait, are you saying there's another van out there?
One I never took a look at?
[gavel bangs]
Court is in session.
Mr. Palmer, call your first witness.
The defense would like to recall
prison guard Roland Terrell to the stand.
Mr. Terrell,
you testified the other day that you would never
force yourself on a woman, let alone one under your care.
Do you recall saying that?
Of course I do.
So, let me ask, since you've ruled out
sex without consent,
have you ever had consensual sex with an inmate?
Mr. Terrell?
[chuckles]: No.
Of course not. You know, uh... No.
T-There is no such thing as consensual
when it comes to a prisoner.
So, help me understand.
If you've never had sex with an inmate
under any circumstances, how is it
that a crime scene technician found your semen
in the prisoner compartment of a decommissioned prison van?
Objection, Your Honor! Admits facts without evidence.
CHUNK:My office received these results just this morning.
I would like to introduce into evidence a signed affidavit
as to the chain of custody of DNA evidence,
as well the lab report
verifying that the DNA
belongs to Mr. Terrell.
So entered.
So, Mr. Terrell, I'm gonna ask you one more time.
How do you account for the fact that your semen
was found in that van if you've never had sex
with an inmate in there?
I honestly have no idea.
"Honestly"?
MARISSA: Bull, come on. Tell me what you see.
Did that do it?
Is our new juror convinced?
BULL: It's tough to tell.
She might as well be a sphinx.
The witness will answer the question.
That's all right, Your Honor.
I believe that the jury can hear
the witness's silence loud and clear.
The defense rests.
Has the jury reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
We find the defendant, Ronnie Vincent,
not guilty of all charges.
[exhales]
DALTON: Thank you for your service.
You are dismissed.
This court is adjourned.
[gavel bangs]Thank you.
Thank you, both.
Well, I'm just a cheerleader.
He's the quarterback.
So, what happens now?
I still have to go back there now, don't I?
Maybe. Maybe not for long.
I'd like to file a suit against the city
and the prison, for your assault.
I don't understand.
I've still got six months left in there.
Don't you think I should probably just,
like, keep my head down?
Actually, we think the more light
we keep on you and your case, the safer you'll be.
If we bring enough pressure to bear, who knows?
Maybe you won't have to serve those last six months at all.
CHUNK: With your permission,
we'd like to go to the Department of Justice,
demand an investigation into the prison's practices.
And our hope is is that, with all of that federal scrutiny,
the state may very well just decide to let you go,
with time served.
Do we have your blessing?
[knocking on glass]
He left hours ago.
Hey. You got a sec?
For you? Many seconds.
Uh, thing is, I'm grabbing a drink
about the, uh, D.A. thing.
I thought you had breakfast with him this morning.
I did.
And, um,
they want an answer.
Tonight.
[exhales]: Huh.
So what are you gonna tell him?
I mean, that depends.
I would never dream about doing this if it upset you,
if it upset us, this thing we've been building.
I'm not sure if you're aware, but this place means
almost as much to me as I know it must mean to you.
I know.
Hand to my heart, my only hesitation is
how do I replace you?
Because you are irreplaceable, you know.
Oh, for crying out loud, Bull.
I still need to say yes, I still need to campaign
and then I need to win.
I'm not going anyplace for a while.
Maybe never.
Well, if you're not going anyplace,
then you absolutely have my blessing.
And even if you don't promise not to go anyplace,
you still have my blessing and my vote.
As long as I get a bumper sticker.
You get the first one out of the box.
Okay.
Now get out of here. Go sell your soul.
Remember to get a receipt.
And don't forget who your real friends are, Mr. Big Stuff.
Done and done.
[elevator bell chimes]
DAVE: Dear Marissa,
What a strange way to cross paths again.
Certain people in your life, no matter how long it's been
since you've seen them, you never forget.
I'm not embarrassed to admit, you're one of those for me.
Not sure if you remember me driving you to school,
but those drives meant the world to me.
Maybe one of these days we'll find a way
to grab a cup of coffee.
All my best, Dave.
P.S. Looked you up on the Internet
and see that you're married.
Tell your husband I'm jealous.
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