JAX: Previously on Reasonable Doubt...
- How are you and Jacqueline?
LEWIS: You know, working it out.
[Jax moans]
- Fix your marriage before it's unfixable.
- Will.
Take care.
- Call me. JAX: Alright. Buh-bye.
- Can we just start over?
- You're the one who left.
BRAYDEN: There's an issue
with a former employee of mine, Kaleesha Moore.
She's claiming I sexually assaulted her.
JAX: Can you look into a woman
named Kaleesha Moore?
She works at Brayden Miller's company.
- Kaleesha's dead. - What?
- Do you have any idea who would wanna harm Kaleesha?
- Did you know he was there the night of the murder?
- He said he could get her to sign the NDA.
- What the fuck do you want? - I miss you, babe.
- Mr. Miller came here to assist the police,
but it's clear the police have their own agenda.
Because at the end of the day,
our legal system is based on the presumption of innocence, not guilt.
[Jax groaning]
[cocks] No.
[gunshot]
♪
MIKE: I have updates on the homicide investigation of Kaleesha Moore.
Given the evidence, we have landed on a suspect,
Brayden James Miller.
He's presently being taken into custody.
Today is a step toward justice,
but it is not the end of our investigative journey.
Mrs. Moore was a successful business executive
who was committed to her family and her community.
And her murder marks a great loss for the citizens of this county.
Our department is dedicated to ensuring
that Mrs. Moore's untimely death will not be forgotten.
♪
No matter who you are or how much money you make,
no one is above the law.
And I can personally assure you
that justice for Kaleesha Moore
will be served.
♪
[panting]
♪
♪ theme music playing ♪
♪
♪ From La Brea to Slauson It’s all us ♪
♪ The Sun, Central Ave Jazz ♪
♪ It’s all us ♪ Where we at? ♪
♪ Hit the Maverick Flats ♪
♪ Leimert and right back ♪
♪ To the ark It’s all us ♪
♪
♪ We coastin' on the west Between sets and wealth ♪
♪ We toast the sunset in the dons ♪
♪ Take flight into the night Under Cali stars ♪
♪ In a world on wheels It’s all us ♪
♪
♪ It's the world we feel It's all us ♪
♪ From the hills to Hollywood It's all us ♪
♪
♪ No doubt We all we got ♪
♪ Hold it down Black and brown ♪
♪ In a city of dreams It's all us ♪
♪
JAX: Wow, Lewis, really? You're late.
- Good morning to you too, Jax.
- Sorry. Good morning.
- We're gonna talk about what happened?
It's been a few weeks now.
- Look, I know, Lewis, but work has been insane.
And with this new case, I just haven't had time.
- Alright. Well, when's a good time for a husband to talk to his wife?
- Kids, come on, we gotta get going. We're gonna be late.
- 'Sup, Dad?
JAX: Okay, sweetheart, here's your lunch, okay?
Hey, and, you know, Spenser has basketball practice after school.
- Thank you. - Yeah, I know, Jax.
- Mom, my stomach's hurting really bad.
- Oh, baby, it is probably just gas. Let me see. Uh--
- You know, I can keep the kids tomorrow if you're overwhelmed.
- Hell, yeah, we staying at Dad's tonight.
- Hey! Uh-uh. Language. No.
And, no, I just need you to take them to school.
Thank you. - And pick them up.
- Yes, right, and pick them up.
And then we can talk after.
Okay?
I love you, baby.
Have a good day.
Have a good day!
- Alright, y'all know what time it is.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Get your things and let's get it.
♪
RICH: Damn! Brayden Miller be making that money.
[doorbell dings]
♪
- Hi. Sarah? - Uh-huh.
- I'm Jax Stewart, your husband's lawyer.
This is my co-counsel Rich Reed and my investigator Daniel Kim.
- Great to finally meet you.
Please come in.
- Thank you. SARAH: Mm-hmm.
JAX: Nice. SARAH: Thank you.
- I apologize for being late.
I had to rinse the smell of wrongful incarceration off me.
[Brayden chuckles]
Hey. SARAH: Hey.
- Uh, don't you have that charity thing you had to go to?
- Oh, um, please let me know if you all need anything.
- So, let me guess.
Sarah does not know about your affair.
- I told her whatever's out there is just rumors.
- So you do realize that every single thing
is going to come out in court?
it's better she hear from you than have it come out at trial.
Are we clear? BRAYDEN: Yeah.
- We need to establish your alibi.
- Do you have anything with timestamps from that night?
- Sarah and I celebrated our anniversary with dinner
at Alla Famiglia in Santa Monica that night.
I have the receipt for that.
Then I told her I was gonna go get some ice cream, but, uh--
- You went over to Kaleesha's?
Oh, no-no judgments. Just need the facts.
- I did get the ice cream, though.
Here. JAX: This is good.
So then the next step is the preliminary hearing.
BRAYDEN: And what happens at that?
- It's just like a mini trial,
but your guilt or innocence is not at play.
It's simply a procedure to determine whether or not
the prosecution has enough to move the case forward.
If they do, then that's when we go to the official trial.
- If they don't, then it's all over, right?
- I mean, it would be nice if they'd drop the charges altogether,
but that's highly unlikely at this point.
- Damn. Spoiler alert.
[softly] I'm sorry.
- Anyway, um, of course, we are going to try to show
that they do not have enough evidence to go to trial,
but that's not really the point.
The preliminary hearing is our opportunity to discover
how strong or weak the prosecution's case is.
The more they reveal,
the more we can make our case airtight once we're in trial.
So don't be alarmed if you hear things they might have on you.
♪ Like I Want You by Giveon playing ♪
♪
[cell phone chimes]
♪
♪ Sometimes I wish you knew ♪
[sighs] [cell phone buzzing]
♪ I say I'm happy but I'm still stuck on us, mmm, mmm ♪
- Hey. - Hey. What you doing?
LEWIS: Just got done watching the Sixers lose.
- You mean the Lakers win?
You know you should have made that switch, Philly boy.
- Never.
- So I know you wanted to talk about the other day,
but can we just do a rain check on that?
- So you, uh, you-you called to say that you don't wanna talk?
JAX: Ha, ha.
I actually-- [clears throat]
I wanted to know if you wanted to keep the kids for a few days for me.
- Yeah. Is-is everything good?
JAX: Yeah. Yeah, I just, I--
[sighs]
You were right.
I am a bit overwhelmed right now
with this Brayden Miller preliminary hearing and--
- Yeah, yeah, I saw that on the news. Um--
Do I need to call the security company and have them put someone on the--
- No, no. Lewis, please.
I have ADT patrol on speed dial. [Jax chuckles]
And plus, Kanika's grandfather is nosy as hell.
He called me when Will was outside talking about,
"Who that nigga in the beard standing outside your house?"
- Yeah, yeah. Niggas at the Dons stay nosy.
JAX: Ain't that the truth.
But, you know, at least they're looking out, so it's a blessing.
LEWIS: Look at God.
♪
JAX: Well, you know, I guess I should get going.
Even with this Brayden Miller mess,
I still have to get together with the girls
because Shanelle's going through it with JT.
And I'm trying to be a good friend
in addition to being a good mother and a good lawyer.
Clearly I'm not being a good wife, so--
- Hey, just-just stop.
You can't be all the things all the time.
- Says the one with the penis.
LEWIS: Yeah, I'm serious.
And I'm-I'm happy to keep the kids for a few days.
You'll just owe me next month when my new game launches.
- I got you.
Yeah, I appreciate this.
Let me say good night to the kids.
LEWIS: You know, Naima's in her bedroom, but, uh--
Hey, Spense, it's Mom, she wants to say hi.
- 'Sup?
LEWIS: Spense?
- [sighs] You know what? It's-it's, it's fine, really.
Just kiss Naima good night from me.
♪
[sighs deeply]
SALLY: Almost like bam, bam, hit me in the head,
and I was like, "Uh-uh, this is why I don't go to strip clubs anymore."
[overlapping chatter]
- We went from the safari to the dog house--
[overlapping chatter]
- What? - Yes!
SALLY: That's wild, yo. - Jax, you babysitting that drink, girl.
- [sighs deeply] Girl, I'm sorry. I just--
My mind is wrapped around this Brayden Miller case.
- Look, they're always trying to tear a Black man down.
SALLY: No, no, no, no, no, no.
He is skinfolk, not kinfolk.
That girl was his only Black department head,
and now she's dead?
Uh-uh. I do not believe you, you need more people.
- Well, that don't mean he killed her.
Lowkey, I think she could've taken his ass.
Oh, 'cause if a nigga come for me, he definitely getting shanked.
- The crime is murder, not infidelity, okay?
And it's a court of law, not of morality.
- Well said, counselor.
- Excuse me. - And the truth of the matter is,
I don't believe there's enough evidence to convict.
- High-profile men like Brayden are rare commodities.
I mean, Jamarion is always telling me how women just throw themselves at him.
Well, they don't get a trophy for all the no's,
but the one time they're weak--
- This nigga write that speech for you?
I mean, damn, I didn't know the dick was that good.
That shit must be fire!
[Jax laughing]
What?
Okay, Shanelle, you know I'm just messing with you.
- Nah, it's cool. - Okay.
Okay. Who's getting the next round?
I mean--
[laughter and overlapping chatter]
What we should do is talk to Brayden's staff.
FALLON: So much for protecting Black women.
DANIEL: Oh, shit.
JAX: Fallon, what are you doing here?
- Fallon, can I help you?
- Hey, it's-it's okay. It's okay, Rich. You guys can go ahead.
- You lied to me.
You explicitly said that you were not his lawyer.
- I wasn't. - But now you are.
- I don't believe Brayden should be convicted of this crime.
- He cheated on his wife with her.
That's why he wanted her to sign some shit to keep her silent.
But when she didn't-- - Oh, but she did.
Are you free tonight?
We can meet at 7:30 at Sandbar and talk.
It's in Beverly Hills.
- I know where that shit is.
And you better be paying.
♪ The Story of O.J. by Jay-Z playing ♪
♪ Skin is, skin ♪
♪
- Fuck. - What the hell is going on?
SARAH: They want everybody outside.
They have a search warrant.
DETECTIVE CHARLES: Mr. Miller.
Long time no see.
♪ Black, my skin is Black ♪
- Showed you proof of employment, checked in on time,
did all the drug testing.
You good? Is there anything else?
- Your last drug test came back inconclusive.
- Yo, I never did drugs in my life, man.
- Oh, sure.
Thought you could drink some drink and clear your piss out, huh?
Come on. Where are the drugs?
[glass shatters]
BRAYDEN: That is an antique!
Instruct them not to break my things.
- Ugh.
♪ Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga ♪
♪ Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga ♪
- What the fuck? Come on, where is this shit?
- No matter how much you hide behind your fancy lawyers,
I know you did this.
And I cannot wait to see you rot behind bars.
- You're gonna be waiting a long time then.
♪ Okay ♪
OFFICER TIM: I know it's here somewhere.
- Yo, you can't just do that with my shit, man.
[gun cocks]
♪ Go play the quarters where the butlers be ♪
- Charles, Martin has a question.
♪ I told him, please don't die over the neighborhood ♪
♪ That your mama rentin' ♪
♪
♪ Take your drug money and buy the neighborhood ♪
- Look, he just needs a reason, alright?
Don't give him one.
♪ Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga ♪
♪ Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga ♪
♪ Still nigga ♪
♪ My skin is Black ♪
♪ Still nigga ♪
♪ My-- ♪
♪
♪ Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga ♪
- Krystal. KRYSTAL: Yeah.
- I need a reservation tonight for Fallon and myself.
That girl is an emotional ticking time bomb.
[cell phone buzzing] I gotta figure out
if I need to diffuse her or ignite her.
- Okay. Got it.
- Brayden, hi.
What? Today?
[cell phone chimes] Ugh.
♪
Oh, fucking Miguel. I told him to give me an hour's notice.
I'm on my way.
♪
[line ringing]
Hey, why did you take Naima out of school?
- Uh, how'd you know--
JAX: She texted me.
- Her stomach was still hurting, so I gave her some Pepto and--
- Hold on one second.
Rich, I'm on my way to Brayden's.
- Great. Theo called me.
The police are at the office.
I'm almost there, and I'll update you.
- Okay.
WOMAN: Hi. - Hey, girl.
- Wh-- What?
- Sorry, it's a lot going on. LEWIS: Clearly.
- Um, is Naima okay? Does she have a fever?
- No, she doesn't have a fever, it's just a stomach ache.
- When's the last time she had a bowel movement?
LEWIS: I don't-- I don't know.
- Well, Lewis, you should know.
If she has too much dairy,
then I usually have to give her a fiber gummy.
[line beeping]
Hold-- Hold on.
Damn it.
- Jax, it's Damon. Um, look, um--
My PO's talking about an inconclusive drug test.
He fucked up all my shit.
I need help.
- Okay. It's okay. Um--
I'm in the middle of a huge case right now,
but I can meet tomorrow.
- Okay. I'll be at the auto shop,
and, uh, I appreciate you.
- It's gonna be okay. I got you.
♪
Lewis, listen, first ask if she's constipated.
If so, give her the fiber gummy.
I keep them in her backpack. Alright? I gotta go.
- But you called me!
- Fallon. It's good to see you.
- I'm not staying long, so speak.
- How's Emily, by the way?
- I fired her.
I don't trust you or your people.
- You know, it's innocent until proven guilty.
- Whatever you coons need to sleep at night.
- Oh, I'm a coon now?
- Money might have your nose so far up Brayden's ass
that you could smell his shit, but not me.
I know who he is.
♪
- You know, Kaleesha signed that NDA.
Does that make her a coon too?
Or just your typical run-of-the-mill gold digger?
Or maybe both.
- How dare you? - When she signed that NDA,
Brayden had no motive to kill her.
So, like I said, he's innocent.
You'll see.
But, you know, in the meantime, I wish you healing, sis.
And as a matter of fact, why don't you do me a favor?
Have a drink on me.
[Jax chuckles]
♪
DETECTIVE CHARLES: [on TV] Police Department is taking
this case very seriously, and we will leave no stone unturned.
- They keep playing the same shit over and over again.
- Yep.
- I got the police report.
JAX: Ugh.
-...but I cannot comment further--
JAX: Hmm. Here, let me see 'em.
DANIEL: Alright. Don't touch it.
No!
I told you, don't touch it. - Hey, wait, it's a nice--
You know what, Daniel, you got it.
- Okay. JAX: Okay. There it is.
Okay, now, look, this timeline is off.
So they're saying the murder happened around 11:30 p.m., right?
- The receipt that Brayden gave us from Alla Famiglia is marked 9:00 p.m.
The other 12:03 a.m. from Romans Organic Market by his house.
- So leaving the Italian restaurant in Santa Monica around 9:00 p.m.,
committing the crime in Studio City at 11:30,
and then making a pit stop at Romans close to his house
in the Palisades by midnight?
Could Brayden have done all that in one night?
- Possible. It's highly improbable.
- The timeline would be tight,
like an IG model's cinched waist.
You guys don't use Instagram?
- Alright, we gotta keep digging.
Rich, we'll talk to Theo.
Find out anything you can
about what Kaleesha was gonna whistleblow.
- On it. - Yeah, I already know.
Do my own investigation and see if anyone had a motive to kill her.
Now, how confident do you think the prosecution is about this case?
- We're gonna find out at this prelim.
Bring me anything they might have missed.
- I got your back.
Like a chiropractor.
Yeah, I'm gonna go.
[knock on door]
- Miss Stephens, you wanted to talk to me?
Please take a seat.
Okay.
How can I help you?
- Y'all need to do more to get Kaleesha's story out there.
The attention for this case is all on Brayden.
- All attention focused on Brayden or not
is actually good attention.
- When the focus is more on the murderer than the murdered,
we have a problem.
- Miss Stephens, the DA's office is very much invested in this case.
- Like you were invested with Ebony Hill
or Rachel Caldwell
or Tanya Morris.
- Those cases are still open because we were unable to find a suspect.
That is not the case here.
You have to trust me.
- I've been Black long enough to know you can't trust an unjust system.
But you do you, Imma do me.
- Uh, I don't know what that means, but we have to be strategic.
Let our media relations office do their job.
Kaleesha's story will be out there.
Okay?
Alright, here.
Here's their number in case you need them.
♪
- Kaleesha always wore these red glasses.
They represented everything about her.
Her boldness, her intelligence, her heart.
And they remind me to always do what's right for Kaleesha.
♪
You have a good day, Mr. Ortiz.
♪
DANIEL: Hi.
[grunts]
Um, well, I do professional cleaning.
Do you need anything cleaned?
- The, uh... the Blacks?
[man chuckles]
Boom.
- Oh.
Break-in?
- Yep. Uh, happened about a month ago.
Kaleesha claimed an ex-assistant who used to work for her
broke into her car.
Just so you know, I had to be very racist to get this information.
The things I do for you.
Anyways, it's, uh, Kaleesha's shady cousin Morgan Stephens.
Apparently, she was causing problems with her HOA.
- How shady?
- Well, shady enough to get kicked out.
So I pulled her rap sheet and it is long AF.
- Anything violent?
- No, just a series of petty thefts, but it doesn't rule her out as a suspect.
JAX: Hmm.
This evidence list says the police took a company laptop.
But I don't see any personal electronics for Kaleesha here
besides a phone.
That's weird.
You wouldn't keep damaging secrets on a work computer, right?
- No, no, everything is traceable.
Im mean, no one needs to know about my love for BBWs.
- And neither did I.
- Blink twice if you need me to stay.
[chuckles]
JAX: You know what?
Daniel, look into this cousin.
- You think the cousin might help us?
- Well, either the police didn't log any personal electronics,
which is highly unlikely,
or Kaleesha's shady cousin took something she wasn't supposed to.
Hard drive, iPad, laptops.
You know, if she was causing problems for Kaleesha,
her theft might have been part of it.
- You know what, I'm gonna hit up some local pawnshops.
You know, pawnshops are like a petty thief's Kryptonite?
I said that to Cynthia and she laughed.
- Oh.
Well, did you finally ask her out so I can stop hearing about this?
- You know, she was very busy, so--
- So, no? - Yeah, no.
- Maybe find the courage to ask the woman out
while you're at it, huh?
- It's not that. I keep getting lost in her eyes.
JAX: Do it, Daniel.
[whirring]
- Hello, hello. How can I service you?
- Uh-- Well, I'm looking for--
- CJ, you remember Jax, right?
She was my lawyer from way back.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You were his PD.
- Yes, I was. Good to see you, CJ.
- Yeah, you too.
You like fufu?
Ethiopian?
Alright, nigga, go do something. - What?
- Come on. CJ: Alright.
I get off at 8:00.
[chuckles] [Jax clears throat]
- Sorry. Um-- So, uh--
So my PO lied.
He said I failed my drug test
and that I must be hiding the drugs,
then he fucked up my room.
When he ain't find nothing, he gonna say,
"Oh, yeah, you know, must have been a mistake."
This shit can't be legal, right?
- Well, it definitely sounds like your PO was abusing his authority.
I'll make a few calls, see if I can get you a new PO.
You got his info?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And thanks, for real.
- Of course. I'll take care of this.
Call you later.
- Okay.
♪
- Jacqueline, what are you doing? You almost scared me half to death.
JAX: Well, Ma, I thought you went to bridge.
And since you said Paul was up north, I just--
MAMA LU: I know. I changed my mind.
My allergies are acting up.
Well, why are you looking through your old stuff?
- Well, I needed some notes from a case back in my public defender days.
- For the billionaire case? Because I got a theory.
- Oh. [Mama Lu chuckles]
- They always go for the love interest,
but I don't think Mr. Big Shot did it.
There's no reason to, what, for bad press?
If he was that rich, he'd have paid that girl off.
- So who did it then?
- Well, she was high up in the liquor company,
and you gotta step on some toes to get to that level.
Now, I can't see her being a stranger to pissing people off.
She had enemies out there.
And believe me, haters gonna hate and sometimes kill.
- That is a very interesting theory, Ma.
- Well, you know, I was a legal secretary...
BOTH: For 23 years.
MAMA LU: Yes. Hmm. You know? - I know, I know it.
[cell phone buzzing] [Jax chuckles]
Carson, what do you got for me today?
- Heads up.
A video of Brayden and Kaleesha kissing in an elevator
is dropping in ten minutes. - Wait. What?
- Yeah, I just found out. I would have told you earlier.
- [sighs] I gotta go, Ma.
- Okay, well, now, you know, if you need me to read anything
or look at anything, I'm here.
- I appreciate it, Mom, I know.
I love you. - I love you too.
- Oh, there's already enough press outside his gate.
I'm not sure if they're aware of the video yet.
Look, I'm here now, Rich, I'll call you after.
SARAH: You humiliated me in front of everybody.
My friends keep sending me this shit!
I'm so fucking done!
- Where are you going?
- I don't know,
but I can't even look at you right now.
- Sarah, wait!
- Just need a minute.
I'm fine. [sniffles]
Fine.
- Listen, Sarah, this is a lot. It's-it's okay to not be okay.
- Honestly--
[scoffs]
I-I don't know what I feel.
- I think you should feel like he's an asshole... because he is.
- Do you know I had a career before Brayden?
I had a life.
Friends, money.
Yeah, I've always had money.
It's never about that for me.
Do you know I was downstairs the night of the video?
Schmoozing his coworkers, playing the good wife
while he was upstairs with her. I--
How-how-how do you expect me to stand by him
after all of the lies? I--
- You have every right to be angry.
But if you walk out that door,
you are telling the entire world and the court
that you agree he's a murderer.
You know him better than anyone.
Do you think that he killed Kaleesha?
♪
- No.
- Then standing beside him during this trial wouldn't be a lie.
What you do with your marriage after this is your business.
But right now, I beg of you to grin and bear it.
If you can't do it for Brayden, do it for your children
who do not want their father to spend the rest of his life in prison.
♪
SARAH: [softly] Hmm.
♪
Fine.
Yeah, fine. I'll stay.
♪
But he can stay in the fucking guest house.
♪
- What are you drinking?
Too early?
- Just on the job.
So, did you know about the affair?
- Not until recently.
Seriously, they hid it well.
It wasn't until Kaleesha was no longer happy in their arrangement
that she made it clear that they had been involved.
- And the NDA? THEO: Same.
When Brayden began playing defense is when I was informed.
- I thought you two were close.
- Very.
But I think he had a reason not to tell me.
- And what was that?
- Well, he knew I would've told him to stop,
and I guess he didn't wanna hear it.
I get that.
Look.
She could have fucked the entire office for all I cared.
It wasn't until the mismanaging of funds.
- Mismanaging the funds?
On top of the possible whistleblowing and affair?
Damn. You all had a lot going on in that company.
- Tell me about it.
- So what happened with the mismanaging of funds?
- Well, Kaleesha began to overdo it cutting herself into deals.
There was only but so much I could overlook.
And on top of that, the brand was beginning to change.
Brayden seemed completely behind it. Obsessed, almost.
- And that was a bad thing?
- Look, Brayden is a good guy. Smart and aggressive.
But Kaleesha presented a world he wanted access to and didn't have.
RICH: Oh, come on.
- Owning a vodka seems like having pretty big balls to me.
- No amount of money can erase your upbringing,
your history.
He never felt accepted by his own.
- What do you mean?
- Well, it was Kaleesha who introduced us to the urban market.
Increased visibility, sales, status.
Look, I want to be profitable,
but not on the whim of Black trends.
What do they call it, Black girl magic?
And I've seen how Jax operates.
Everyone wrapped around her finger.
- Brayden retained us
when he wanted to address contractual matters with Kaleesha.
Jax is only lead because she handles criminal cases,
which this is.
Had the situation not changed,
I'd be lead.
- Right. Right. Of course.
Look for what it's worth,
I don't think Brayden killed Kaleesha,
so he shouldn't go to prison.
I'm just glad you're on this.
- You know what? Maybe it's not too early.
I'll have that scotch.
♪ Represent Dat G.C. by Kurupt playing over car stereo ♪
- Ooh-hoo-hoo-ooh.
♪ On radio station motherfuckin' 187.4, bitch ♪
♪ W Ballz part two, huh? ♪
[cell phone chimes]
SHANELLE: [over phone] Hey, girl, your joke at the bar
the other night about Jamarion didn't sit well with me.
Can we talk? - Ugh.
♪
Siri, reply, "Okay. Call you tonight."
♪ Paws scrap up the cement then bend ♪
♪ I never love me a ho ♪
♪ Just to remind y'all bitches in case you didn't know ♪
♪ I breaks fool all niggas, way cool all niggas ♪
♪ Fuck all y'all niggas, sawed off y'all niggas ♪
♪ And I'm quick to pull out ♪
Hey!
NAIMA: Daddy, I need help.
LEWIS: Okay, I'm coming, honey.
Hey, did you run out of toilet paper?
NAIMA: Oh, Daddy, I'm bleeding.
- Oh, no. Sweetie, do you need a Band-Aid?
NAIMA: It's down there. - Oh.
Oh, oh.
Are-- Are-- Are you in pain? Uh, do-- Do you have chills?
You're sweaty, nauseous, anything like that?
NAIMA: I don't feel good. My stomach.
- [stammering] Okay. Okay. I'm-I'm-- I'm gonna--
Okay, so-so put this, put this
in the area
and everything is gonna be-- Stay calm.
Everything's gonna be great. I'm gonna call your mommy, okay?
NAIMA: Okay. - Okay.
♪
[cell phone chimes]
RICH: Got a bad feeling about this.
- I baited Fallon to act emotionally,
and she did, telling the press about the NDA,
which only helps sell Brayden's innocence.
- Why not just bring it up in court?
- Well, in criminal law, you gotta play in court and out of it.
Until this trial starts, everyone is a potential juror.
So the more doubt, the better.
♪
Corporate litigation is your thing, this is mine.
Follow the leader. Okay?
♪
LEWIS: Yeah. Yeah.
Um, we'll be there shortly.
♪
Okay, sweetie, we're gonna go see the doctor.
- I don't want to. I want Mommy.
- We-we're just gonna get you checked out.
We're gonna have Mommy meet us there, okay?
Okay?
- Okay. - Come on.
♪
Alright.
♪
[line ringing]
[buzzing]
MIKE: Detective Charles, could you tell us
what you found at the scene?
- We found a cell phone, a used condom from the bathroom
that was sent to the lab for testing.
Now, it takes a little bit of time for a DNA report to come back,
so those results are still pending.
- What else did you find?
DETECTIVE CHARLES: A broken wine glass,
the stem of which is the suspected murder weapon.
It was laying next to the body and covered in blood.
- Did you speak with LAPD criminalist Leanard Bates?
- Yes.
- Did he indicate that he conducted a fingerprint analysis
of the wine glass and its stem?
DETECTIVE CHARLES: Yes.
MIKE: Was he able to determine
who the fingerprints belonged to?
- Yes.
- And who did they belong to?
- Brayden Miller.
MIKE: No further questions, Your Honor.
- Detective Charles,
you consider yourself a professional, correct?
- Been on this force for 12 years.
- Wow, 12 years.
So you know if you make mistakes in your line of work,
the consequences can be quite grave, correct?
- Yes. JAX: So we can agree
that as a professional on the job for 12 years,
you know that you have a duty to leave no stone unturned
to avoid a miscarriage of justice, correct?
- That is correct.
- So were you aware that a month ago,
Kaleesha Moore filed a police report
about a disgruntled ex-assistant breaking into her car?
- I was. JAX: Did you question
this disgruntled ex-assistant in this case?
- No.
Mrs. Moore was no longer desirous of prosecution.
- Well, I mean, I understand that,
but your role as a homicide detective
is to investigate criminal cases
and leave no stone unturned, correct?
- Yes, but that was damage to personal property, not homicide.
- Motivation could have been the same, correct?
- Objection. Speculation.
- Your Honor, asking whether someone was questioned
who had a contentious relationship with the deceased
is not speculation.
- Objection overruled.
- Yes.
- No further questions.
- It's gonna be okay.
Okay? - Okay.
- Hi, Naima. Not feeling too well?
It's okay. We're just gonna check you out to make sure, alright?
Would you mind putting this robe on for me?
Would you prefer if I had your dad step outside?
- Sorry, Daddy.
- No, hey, it's okay, it's okay. It's alright.
I'll be outside, okay?
- The people have established probable cause
that there was a crime committed
and that the defendant committed that crime.
Mr. Miller, I am holding you to answer to the charge
of Penal Code Section 187, Murder in the Second Degree.
This matter is now transferred to Department 114 for trial.
Court's adjourned.
- Now what happens?
Jax?
What kinda time am I looking at?
- Anything from 15 years to life,
but do not get worked up, okay?
I promise to do everything I can for you.
I got you. Alright?
Trust me.
♪
[cell phone chimes]
- Ugh.
ALL: We are all Kaleesha!
We are all Kaleesha!
- What is this?
- I told you, Imma do me.
ALL: We are all Kaleesha!
- Kaleesha!
- Hey. What happened?
I don't know. Where were you?
I was calling you nonstop.
- I was in court, Lewis. I came as soon as I could.
- I'm sorry.
You did say that.
Look, Jax, I panicked.
Naima said she was bleeding down there.
- Like her period?
- Maybe, but it can't be, right? I mean, she's just a kid.
- Mr. and Mrs. Stewart?
- Yes. Is Naima okay?
- Yes. She's with the nurse getting feminine products to take home.
- So it was her period.
I mean, isn't she too young for that?
- It's becoming more and more common.
The hormones in our food, kids being overstimulated.
It's a variety of reasons,
but still within normal range.
- Ten though? And a young ten at that. I mean--
I don't know.
- If you don't think she's ready, there are options.
♪
[alarm beeping]
JAX: Oh. [sighs]
[keypad beeps, chimes]
You alright, baby?
- No. - That's okay.
That's okay.
♪
Come on. - Let's go, baby girl.
♪
[Jax sighs]
- Do you know what's going on with your body, baby?
Yeah.
Well, you know, every month,
a woman's body prepares for a baby.
And if there is no baby, then our bodies have to,
they have to get rid of what a baby might need.
And that's essentially why we have our period every month.
And, you know, sometimes it's uncomfortable,
sometimes it's painful, but it's all normal, okay?
And I know it may not sound like it,
but it's also exciting
because it means you're becoming a young woman
just like Mommy and Mama Lu
and every other woman in our family.
- So... Spenser won't get a period?
JAX: No, he won't.
- That's not fair.
- Girl, I know. Trust me.
- And, baby, if this is something you're not ready for,
it can wait.
The doctor can give you things so it happens later.
- Can I think about it?
- Absolutely, baby. - Of course.
- Does this mean I can get pregnant?
If so, how?
[exhales]
LEWIS: Yeah. Yeah.
I, uh, I had no idea
I was gonna have to explain sex to a 10-year-old.
- Oh, God.
I swear when you, when you started talking about the penis going into the vagina,
I-I couldn't even look at you.
I swear I thought you were gonna throw up.
- Oh, I did, definitely. Definitely a little.
[sighs] Our little baby is growing up.
- Oh, God.
I don't like it, not one bit. Make it stop.
- Yeah. I so wish I could.
- You wanna stay and watch the Clippers game?
I mean, that's a team we can both root against.
- Uh, I, you know, I think I need to be alone and just--
It has been a long day.
But it's good to see you.
Despite, you know, everything with Naima.
- Yeah.
You too.
You're a good dad.
- And you are a great mom.
They're gonna lose, you know this.
Alright, you have a good night. - You too.
October 15th, 2007.
The jury is out on Damon's case.
And I keep thinking about this quote by Nelson Mandela.
"I don't lose, I either win or I learn."
But what if your learning comes at the expense of someone
having to spend the rest of their life behind bars?
If they lose, did you really win?
[line ringing]
- Hello. - I found you a new PO.
You should be hearing from her soon.
- See? That's why you the GOAT.
That's why you the GOAT.
Oh, no, seriously, thank you.
Thank you. I mean, I-I--
I appreciate you.
More than you know.
- Of course.
DAMON: You know, it's so hard out here, Jax.
You're out here trying to do right then having motherfuckers like that.
I just got me asking, you know,
what the fuck should I be doing right for?
- You know, I went to my mom's this weekend
to find the journal I kept when I was back at the PD's office.
I don't know. I wanted to remember who I was back then, you know.
Why I became a lawyer in the first place.
Why I failed you.
- No, no. No. Jax, you didn't fail me.
JAX: But I did.
I mean, you lost 16 years of your life because my fight wasn't enough.
And for that, I'm sorry.
I was young, you know, I--
I didn't have the experience that I have now.
- No. No, stop.
Stop. You did the best you could with what you had.
That's all that matters to me.
- Thank you for being kind
despite everything that's happened.
DAMON: Yeah. Look, I'm out now.
I got hella years ahead of me.
You know what would be dope, right?
If we could be friends.
I ain't talking about, like, them fake friends either.
I'm talking about, like, I'm talking about being real ones.
- I'd like that.
DAMON: Cool. I'll talk to you later.
♪ Bad Blood by NAO playing ♪
- Baby, how is all of this ending up on the floor?
♪
[gasps]
Uh--
Sweetie?
Hey, I just saw your panties.
How long has this been going on?
♪
Hey, why didn't you tell me,
especially if you weren't feeling good?
- You've been really busy, Mommy.
And I know this case is important to you.
I just didn't wanna bother you.
♪
- Listen to me. I am never too busy for you.
Never, okay?
♪
Oh.
♪
Oh!
♪
♪ Do you remember? ♪
♪ The holiday slipped away ♪
♪ Time and place ♪
♪ I definitely remember ♪
♪ Lying on my back and seeing clouds and rays ♪
♪ We're dreaming ♪
♪ The feelings rule ♪
♪ I'm thinking it's the, know that it's the ♪
♪ I'm thinking it's the bad, bad blood ♪
♪ I'm thinking it's the, know that it's the ♪
♪ I'm thinking it's the bad, bad ♪
[sighs deeply]
[inaudible dialogue]
[metal scraping]
DAMON: What the hell was that?
- I thought you didn't want me in your business,
but now you're all up in mine? Come on, man.
- Nigga, do that shit somewhere else.
I just went through some shit with my old PO.
I can't have nothing to happen with this new one.
I ain't going back to fucking prison over some bullshit
that ain't even mine. - Some bullshit?
My bullshit is what kept the lights on this motherfucker
when your ass was locked up.
Man, we eating.
So, nigga, why the fuck is you tripping?
I'm taking these chances.
You know what, nigga?
Don't forget to lock up when you head back to the halfway house.
♪
[indistinct conversation]
♪
[line ringing]
DANIEL: [over phone] Hey, I found shady Cousin Morgan
and possibly her boyfriend at the pawn shop.
Told you, Kryptonite.
- Well, does she have anything?
- Uh, yeah, a laptop maybe.
I'm tailing them now.
- Just make sure that you wait
until they actually sell it so you can buy it back.
DANIEL: Copy. [door opens]
They're coming out now.
♪
Alright, I'm heading in. Hold on.
♪
- Yo, why you following me, huh? DANIEL: Whoa, whoa.
I'm-- I'm not following you.
MORGAN: Nah, you heard me.
Tell me or we gonna beat your fucking face in.
DANIEL: Hey, chill, calm down.
I'm not following you. JAX: Is that Morgan?
Daniel! Daniel!
- Just hold up. [groans]
- Stay the fuck away from me.
[Daniel coughs]
♪
- Daniel, can you hear me?
- Daniel, say some--
[Daniel screams] [gasps]
Daniel! Daniel!
Oh, my God.
♪ theme music playing ♪
♪