Raising the Bar (2008) s01e02 Episode Script

The most important thing to remember is physical evidence we will show you.
With help from the NYPD forensic unit and county medical examiner that show [coughs.]
shows how the defendant, Edgar Rodriguez, used a knife to violently and repeatedly stab Antonio Loaiza, and proves, beyond any reasonable doubt, that he is guilty of murder.
Thank you.
Mr.
Kellerman.
Pedro Morales.
Pedro Morales is the name you didn't hear from the prosecution.
Pedro Morales is the name they don't want you to know.
Because Pedro Morales was the only guy who actually saw the fight between Edgar Rodriguez and Antonio Loaiza.
And he was the only witness close enough to see that Edgar Rodriguez acted in self-defense.
Now, the prosecution will tell you [Michelle.]
I want this case, Nick.
Couldn't even wait until the wake.
God rest Tommy Sheridan's soul.
But we still have to do the job.
Second chairs don't get murder cases.
Get a continuance.
But you won't find anyone that knows this case like me.
- I've been carrying Tommy's load.
- If you say so.
I know I can win.
Just give me the chance.
What do you got on the witness? There is no witness.
The witness, blondie.
Morales.
He doesn't exist.
He's supposed to fly up from Guatemala, but I found a warrant on him from '93.
- What's the warrant for? - Misdemeanor possession.
I promise you, he won't make it past customs.
So do I get it? Yeah.
Don't let your nuts get too big for your skirt.
- That's disgusting.
- I'm serious.
Thank you.
Surprised you're going through with this.
- Doing my job.
Do yours.
- If we were doing our jobs, we'd be in juvie.
He's a good student, his dad's never been around Felony assault.
I don't care if the kid invented Velcro.
- Lighten up.
- Would your client like to cop - to something in this court? - No.
Then stop talking to me.
[sighs.]
I was playing ball with my friends after lunch like we always do That's when Fletcher came up on us.
Did he approach in a threatening way? Yeah.
I mean, he was staring me down like he was angry.
He said he wanted to talk, so I took him at his word.
- Did you have a conversation? - I don't know about "conversation.
" I asked what he wanted, he started yelling and pointing in my face.
- Remember what he said? - I better leave Heather alone - or he was gonna make me sorry.
- That's a total lie.
- We'll have our turn.
- Who is Heather? Heather Dreeben, my girlfriend.
He was trying to date her.
After he threatened you, what did you say? I said I didn't want to talk anymore and I walked away.
- Remember what happened next? - Yeah, pavement happened next.
He coldcocked me, then started kicking me in the ribs.
- Did you ever throw a punch? - Never had a chance.
Did you push Mr.
Fletcher? Spit on him, something like that? How could I? My back was turned.
Nothing further.
Mr.
Woolsley? You said Mr.
Fletcher was trying to date your ex-girlfriend.
- Not ex-girlfriend.
Girlfriend.
- Right, she's your girlfriend.
At the incident, you were broken up? - No.
She didn't break up with you after you cheated? No.
We worked through it.
We never broke up.
You said Mr.
Fletcher was trying to date her.
What did you mean? He wanted to be her boyfriend, I guess.
But she didn't want to.
But she had sex with Mr.
Fletcher.
- [laughing.]
That was the rumor, but it wasn't true.
After you heard, is that when you confronted Mr.
Fletcher - outside class? - I didn't confront him.
You didn't tell him he ruined Heather and he was gonna pay? - I never said that.
- You never told him he'd get hurt? - No.
- Never said you and friends - would sexually assault his mother? - No.
When did you and your friends start referring to yourselves as the "Lynch Mob"? - Never.
The guy beat me down, OK? Nobody had a beef with him.
Everybody knew the rumor was a joke.
- You did.
- Yeah.
Heather would never get with him.
What makes you say that? - I know Heather.
- What makes Mr.
Fletcher such an unsuitable partner? He's not her type.
- Because he's black? - Because he's not me.
Got it.
Nothing further.
Thirty-minute recess.
- Ernhardt.
- Kellerman.
Thought you were, uh, coming over last night.
- I got busy.
- Not with me you didn't.
Come here.
Listen, Jerry, this is my first murder.
It's a big deal.
- I know.
Drinks on me after you lose.
[exhales.]
I was thinking during the trial, you and I should take a break from - you and I.
- Take a break? A break.
Just during the trial.
- You wanna press pause? - Exactly.
Press pause.
- Why? - Because I don't want our personal relationship to affect our ability to do our jobs.
We've gone nose-to-nose.
Never been a problem before.
It's never been a murder before.
The stakes are higher.
[sighs.]
OK, you're right.
Never done a murder trial before, but, I mean, it doesn't mean things have to change because it's still you and I in there and you and I work.
- Right? - Right.
Unless you're planning on growing horns.
You aren't growing horns? Hmm? Don't touch the hair.
- So do you think we can handle this? - Yeah.
- OK.
I'll go first.
- Great.
Cedric, hurry up! My shift is over! Excuse me.
Oh, my God.
I'm in blanco heaven.
What do you want, angel? [laughs.]
How about a decaf latte? You think I order something less boring? Well, I know you don't need your beauty sleep, sweetie, but you get what you want.
It's just I have to work tomorrow.
What do you think I should have? - OK, Rafael.
What's he having? - Me, gordito.
- Go away.
- [scoffs.]
- Here's your new home.
- Nice stack.
None go to trial for a couple of weeks and we'll schedule an arraignment shift for you so you can get your court legs.
Don't ease me into the action.
Manhattan's a different borough with different courts and judges.
- You'll see.
Are you late? - Bennett called from the Van Wyck.
- He had a blowout.
- Remember Bobbi Gilardi? - She's making the jump from Brooklyn.
- What? - You tore me apart in the interview.
- People v.
Bostwick.
- Nobody meets Morales at the airport.
- His flight? Noon.
I told Bennett his tires were bald.
People v.
Bostwick.
Thank you.
I'll go to the airport.
Witness needs a hand to hold, right? Bobbi from Brooklyn.
Nice to meet you! So they ran down the steps here and ended up here.
- Where Loaiza's body was found.
- [man.]
Yes.
- The knife? Where did you find that? - On the subway tracks.
The same knife that, according to Officer Kilpatrick's testimony, - had Mr.
Rodriguez's prints.
- Yes.
Nothing further.
- And this knife is how long? - Five and three quarter inches.
So it punctured Mr.
Loaiza's mesenteric artery with room to spare.
Actually, no.
Because the stab wounds were angled upward, the blade had to travel almost six inches to hit the artery.
Wow.
And this indicates exactly what? That there was a great deal of force involved.
Nothing further.
You can't tell whether those wounds were offensive or defensive.
I said there was significant force.
The wounds tell you nothing about whether the knife was used - offensively or defensively.
- No, they don't.
Every single word of your report would support that Mr.
Rodriguez - acted in self-defense, right? - Yes.
Nothing further.
You have your witness this afternoon? No.
We'll be wrapping up by tomorrow at the latest.
Fine.
We're adjourned until 9am tomorrow.
[whispers.]
Come see me in my office.
- Yo, Big Vince.
Grab a hot dog? - Gotta watch my nitrites.
Listen, though, remember I told you about my girlfriend? - Works in the warrant room.
- Chantal.
She OK? She's fine.
Last night I was talking to her on this case and she starts tripping.
Tells me just a couple of days ago, there were people looking for some paper on your boy.
Papers that go way back, like 15 years.
On Rodriguez? - Nah.
Your witness, Pedro Morales.
Thought you should know.
[Michelle.]
That's what I was saying before.
Can I have a word? Excuse me.
- Yeah, I'll see you guys later.
- Bye.
- What's up? - Two days ago, a couple of suits went to Brooklyn looking for warrants on Pedro Morales.
So? - So he's flying in from Guatemala to testify and someone's trying keep him off the stand.
Know anything about it? This is exactly why I wanted to take a break.
- What?! - It's a murder trial.
Balco's down my neck.
I have pressure without you leaning on me.
I'm not leaning.
Someone's trying to screw my client out of a fair trial.
Either you know something or you don't.
- OK.
It was Sheridan.
- You knew about this? He made the call the morning he died.
I didn't know if they found anything.
Thanks for the heads up.
[Marcus.]
Did you see the defendant approach the basketball court? Yes.
- Did you notice anything unusual? Terrence, the defendant, looked really angry.
- He was staring Justin down.
- What did Justin do? - He walked over to him.
- And then? Terrence got in his face.
Justin walked away and that's when Terrence went after him.
- Did Justin fight back, defend himself? - He didn't have a chance.
Terrence hit him when his back was turned.
Thank you.
Nothing further.
Mr.
Grader testified he cheated on you once, but you worked through it.
Yes.
- Around the time of the incident.
- Couple of weeks before.
- You had sex with Terrence around then.
- No.
No, I didn't.
- But you told some of your friends at school that you did.
Like Amy Baccaro? I told some of my friends at school.
So you did have sex with Terrence.
No.
- But you told your friends you did.
- Yes.
- I see.
You and Terrence having sex, then, that was a lie? - Yes.
It was a lie.
- And that's something you do often? Make up stories and and lie? - No.
Then why concoct such a story involving Mr.
Fletcher? - It was a joke.
- A joke? On Justin? - Yeah.
- You told your friends that you had sex with Mr.
Fletcher, knowing it would get back to Mr.
Grader? - Yes.
- And you expected Mr.
Grader - to find it funny? - I expected him to feel jealous.
- Because he cheated on you? - Yes.
- And was Mr.
Grader jealous? - No.
He laughed.
- He thought it was funny.
- Because, as he said, you would never have sex with Mr.
Fletcher, right? Right.
- You could've used any number of guys to make Mr.
Grader jealous, but you chose Terrence Fletcher.
- Yes - And that's because you believed the best way to make Mr.
Grader jealous was by making him think you had sex - with an African-American? - I didn't.
What I did was stupid, but it wasn't racial.
Nothing further.
Dorothea Morales.
[speaking Spanish.]
But if she comes into the groceria, uh, can you, uh [speaking Spanish.]
Jerry Kellerman.
[speaking Spanish.]
I'm sure he wrote that down.
- Any way you could've missed him? - I don't see how.
The warrant is for misdemeanor possession from '93.
It's active.
See, they grabbed him at the gate.
He's locked up in Brooklyn.
Roz, I'm screwed.
- No defense without him? - Pedro Morales is my defense.
- What I promised the jury.
- I know people in Brooklyn - so to speak.
- She knows people.
I don't know what your timeline is.
My timeline is basically yesterday.
- How about two hours from now? - That'll work.
Let's go.
Considering Morales' responsibility to the court and his spotless record, we move for a dismissal under 17056.
For a 15-year-old marijuana warrant, I should think so.
- Thank God.
- I thought you were out of our hair.
- I missed you, Your Honor.
- Of course you did.
- Defendant is released.
- Excuse me, Judge, - there's a hold on the blue card.
- OK.
Take Mr.
Morales back to see what that's about and he can be on his way.
It's just a formality.
Ten minutes.
We'll meet you downstairs.
This way, sir.
Follow me.
[phone ringing.]
- Michelle Ernhardt.
- Brooklyn corrections.
I got a note here on a Pedro Morales.
It says call before releasing him.
Releasing him? - Warrant's dropped.
Can't hold him.
What happened? The paper says " call before releasing.
" - Give me five minutes? - Sure.
Remember the guy you picked up at the airport for me? - [woman.]
Guatemalan guy? - Right.
- What? - He didn't list the warrant - on his tourist app, did he? - Lemme check.
- No, there's nothing here.
- So that would be a violation, right? Yes, it would be.
What'd they do? Forget about this guy? Wouldn't be the first time.
Wanna go back and find him? Yeah.
This is ridiculous.
Yo! - What do you mean he's gone? - He was pulled back.
- By who? - By Immigration.
- Immigration's nothing to do with this.
- This is a joke.
I don't joke about Homeland Security.
Homeland Pedro just got deported.
Both lying through their teeth.
Comes down to how believable Terrence is.
- Jury knows the truth.
- What I told him.
So you're fine.
No need to talk to me.
Maybe I like talking to you.
- Jerry, you look fantastic.
- Pedro Morales got deported last night.
- What happened? - Don't ask.
I need him up here.
Do we have funds for another ticket? - Not on hand.
- I got no defense without the guy.
I'm not a miracle worker.
It'll take a couple of days.
Which Kessler will be more than happy to give.
- Can you try? - Do I have a choice? - Not a chance, Mr.
Kellerman.
- Judge, the only reason Pedro Morales isn't here is because of the prosecution's questionable ethics.
They have gone out of their way to make it impossible for this case's only eyewitness to testify.
All I'm asking for - is two days of recess - And I said I will not grant it.
Point fingers all you want.
The reason your witness isn't here is because you failed to do due diligence.
You gotta be kidding.
The guy was stopped for three joints and a roach clip.
A fact Ms.
Ernhardt managed to find before you.
Don't dump problems in my lap.
My only problem is Edgar Rodriguez and his family.
He's the sole earner, facing life in prison.
He cannot get a fair trial.
You were a public defender.
All I'm asking for is an ounce of compassion from a system that discriminates against my clients.
What you are asking for is a special exception, which, if granted, would arguably make this an unfair trial.
For the third time, your request is denied.
I've got arraignments.
Proceed with the defense.
Unbelievable.
Good day.
[sighs.]
- Admirable restraint.
- That Kellerman is so myopic.
- I think you have to be to do his job.
- That's why I quit that job.
The way you affect the system is changing policy.
That's something you can prove to them when you're DA.
When I am DA I'm taking you with me, unless you covet my seat here.
I covet all of you.
Not just your seat.
[laughs.]
You're just exploding with potential, aren't you, Charlie? Some people you know 'cause you say hi in the hallways, but Heather and I, we would talk, too.
- What would you talk about? - Teachers we liked, classes, people.
- Sometimes about her boyfriend.
- About Mr.
Grader? Yes.
Usually when she was upset.
When did your relationship change? Right after the holidays.
She invited me over to her house.
- Had she ever done that before? - No.
Didn't understand geometry and needed help.
- You understood geometry proofs? - Mostly, yeah.
[chuckles.]
OK.
So, what happened when you went to her house? As soon as we get there, she grabs a bottle of vodka and starts drinking.
I asked her what she was doing.
- She broke up with her boyfriend.
- Did she say why they broke up? He cheated on her over Christmas and she was having a hard time getting over it.
- No friends supported her.
- [Richard.]
Did you? I told her it would take time, but, you know, she'd get over it.
- And it would make her stronger.
- Wise words.
What did she say? She said she chose the wrong guy.
And she kissed me.
- What'd you do? - I kissed her back.
Did you and Miss Dreeben have sexual intercourse that day? [swallows.]
Yes.
Um I thought she liked me.
I thought that's what she was saying.
- We had been friends for a while.
- OK.
So you went home that night thinking maybe you and Miss Dreeben were gonna be boyfriend/girlfriend.
What happened the next day? I get to school and it seems like everybody knew what Heather and me did.
People I didn't even know were coming up to me saying some messed-up things.
- What kind of things? - Personal stuff.
- Calling me names.
- What sort of names? - Do I have to say them in public? - No.
No, of course not.
Let's move on.
Were there other reactions from kids at school? - Threats.
- Who threatened you? Justin Grader.
I came out of shop class and he got all up in my face.
He said Heather was pure till I messed her up.
I would pay for what I did.
- What did that mean? - He would jump me.
- Were there any other threats? - Yeah, his friends, too.
They would yell stuff at me.
Tell me to watch my back.
They started calling themselves the Lynch Mob.
- Were you scared? - Yeah, I was scared.
I'm just trying to go about my business and I got six guys telling me they're gonna hurt me.
And the thing is, it - What is it, Terrence? - Heath Heather had already gone back to him.
You know, they were together.
- It should've been over.
- But it wasn't.
No.
So I decided to go talk to Justin about it.
The conversation that took place on the basketball court? - Yeah.
- What did you say to him? I said he had got his girl back.
They had their fun and now it was over.
Tell his friends to back off a bit.
What was Mr.
Grader's response? He said it wasn't over until either he and his friends jumped me or went to the projects and raped my mama.
Is that when you went after Mr.
Grader? He walked away, you know? I told him to turn around and come back, but he wouldn't.
I had to do something.
OK, Terrence.
Thank you.
Nothing further.
[clears throat.]
- You OK, Terrence? - [exhales.]
I'm OK.
Good.
Did Justin Grader ever try to hit you? No.
- Ever try to push you? Or trip you? - Spit on you? - No.
What about his friends? They ever try anything like that? No, but they said they would.
So, throughout this whole thing, no one ever laid a hand on you until the security guards were pulling you off Justin Grader? Did anyone lay a hand on you, Terrence? No.
Until Justin Grader was curled up on the ground and you were kicking him.
Is that correct? Yes.
That's all I got.
[man.]
People v.
Douglass Rennard.
Trespassing third degree.
- Pleading guilty? - Yes.
Time served.
Surcharges imposed.
Next.
Docket ending 6328, People v.
Rafael De La Cruz.
Disorderly conduct.
People recommend three days jail.
Mexican or Thai? - What? - For dinner tonight.
- Thai? - I agree.
Dismissed.
Next.
Docket ending 4596, People v.
Jason Haddad Somebody has got to keep it real here.
"He talked about my mama" is a weak-ass defense.
I'm sorry.
Not that simple.
He lived in a climate of fear [Marcus.]
What do you think the projects are? Wanna give all black folks in the city a free pass now? I got into fights in high school every couple of weeks.
At worst case you get a couple days detention.
What's it for this kid? - Felony assault.
- Perfect.
Bone him for life.
- Different world now.
- What's the weapon? - Tell 'em.
- Boots.
- Boots? - Defendant kicked him with boots.
People v.
Cardozo.
Know your case law, you want to sit in the big chair.
[laughs.]
Speaking of killer boots, Ms.
Ernhardt.
Should be permits to wear my boots.
Who needs? I am buying.
The lovely and generous Ms.
Ernhardt.
- Jerry? No, but you could rustle me up my witness you've been dicking around.
Can we try and keep it social? Social? No, I'm done with social.
Never was Sheridan.
You were the one who lifted the warrant on Morales.
- You called ICE to get him deported.
- Time and place, Jerry.
Being a good prosecutor.
You got nothing to be ashamed of.
I followed the letter of the law.
Kessler said so herself Don't talk about the law.
My client's going to jail for his life and his family's in the cold 'cause you'd rather win than find truth.
You could care less about the law.
I am not listening to another rant.
I'm not gonna shut up or leave so you make your choice.
- Come on, boys and girls - No, Charlie, I'll make my choice.
This is Terrence's most recent report card.
B in English, B-plus in history, B-minus in social studies and A-minus in chemistry and geometry.
Now, where Terrence doesn't grade out so well, and it isn't on this paper, is imagination.
He never imagined that when his friend, Heather, said she needed help on her homework, she wanted to get drunk and have sex.
He never imagined that the school would be abuzz the next morning with clichéd, racist rumors about his sexuality.
What Terrence couldn't have imagined was it was all a ruse by Miss Dreeben to make her cheating ex-boyfriend, Justin Grader, jealous.
A ruse so effective that Terrence became the target of a systematic campaign of threats and emotional abuse, courtesy of Mr.
Grader and his charming group of friends who called themselves the Lynch Mob.
Terrence tried ignoring Mr.
Grader and the Lynch Mob.
When that didn't work, he imagined crying uncle might make them stop.
Instead, Mr.
Grader threatened to harm Terrence's mother in the worst possible way.
Now, at some point, ladies and gentlemen, enough is enough.
At some point, when you know an attack is coming, the best way to survive it is by taking the fight to the other side.
Pushed to the limit by an angry mob of kids, that's exactly what Terrence Fletcher did.
A lot of words were thrown around in this case.
Some of them, more than a few, were offensive to you, and most everybody else in this courtroom.
My colleague, Mr.
Woolsley, would like you to believe that these words complicate this case.
They don't.
Your burden, in fact, it's the burden on all of us, is to not let words, or alleged words, cloud our vision of the facts.
Here are the facts in this case: No one laid a hand on Terrence Fletcher.
He made the choice to get violent.
And Terrence Fletcher had options.
He could've gone to the police.
He could've gone back to the authorities at school.
Instead, he chose violence.
He chose to go after Justin Grader, punch him when he wasn't looking, then kick him when he was down.
That's it.
When you look at the facts, it's simple, because there is only one word to describe the facts.
That word, ladies and gentlemen, is assault.
- Has the jury reached a verdict? - We have, Your Honor.
[Terrence exhales.]
What say you? In the matter of the People v.
Terrence Fletcher, on the charge of second degree assault, we find the defendant guilty.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, thank you.
You are discharged.
We'll revisit the bail status after lunch.
There's still things I can do.
I'm gonna fight for you as hard as I can.
[man.]
Sir? You made your case.
Sentence him as a youthful offender.
So his record gets wiped at 18.
He's got a chance to do something.
No.
You want a break, I'll recommend probation, - but assault stands.
- Probation's not a break.
With felony on his record, Terrence is screwed.
College, jobs Hey.
You said he's a good kid, right? He'll find a way to overcome his mistakes.
The road ain't easy, Rich.
[sighs.]
Terrence did a great job up there.
I don't know what's wrong with people.
They got a good boy sitting in front of them, plain as day.
He won't serve time.
I'm sorry I couldn't do more for him.
Oh, you did your best, Mr.
Woolsley.
Thank you.
- I want to do more.
- Me and the Lord, we gonna cover that.
Take care.
[sighs.]
[phone buzzes.]
Hey.
What's the word? You saw Pedro Morales on the day of August 23rd? Yes.
- Did you have a conversation that day? - Yes, we did.
- What did the two of you talk about? He told me he saw a murder the night before.
- Objection.
This is hearsay.
- Sustained.
Counsels approach.
- Judge, I - Please tell me you did not pull some guy to recite your witness' testimony.
Pedro Morales told this man what he saw that night.
- Hearsay.
- Give me latitude, he'll admit to trolling for prostitutes when Morales told him the story.
A statement against interest, which waives the rule against hearsay.
Congratulations on knowing exceptions.
However, this example is the biggest load of muck I've ever heard.
Thank you, Mr.
Lopez.
You are excused.
Proceed with your closing argument.
If you'll please just give me one more day There are no more days.
Did we not discuss this? My patience is running dangerously thin, Mr.
Kellerman.
Your summation.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, a few days ago, I stood here and told you what you would hear in this trial.
I told you there was an eyewitness to the fight between Edgar Rodriguez and the decedent.
I told you the eyewitness would describe in detail how Edgar Rodriguez acted in self-defense.
That's what I said, but - Mr.
Kellerman? - Check this out.
- I'd like a 15-minute recess.
- You're kidding.
A 15-minute recess and then I'm gonna call Pedro Morales to the stand.
What? - How? - Partner in my father's firm was in Guatemala taking a deposition from an oil buffoon, so I had him fly Pedro back on the company jet.
Love you, deeply.
- Big-money firms don't have heart? - Glad they have jets.
- You got it.
- Ready? Had you met Edgar Rodriguez before? - No.
- Had you ever met Antonio Loaiza? - No.
That was the first time I seen either one of them.
Can you tell me what you saw that night? - I went into the subway - E train uptown? Yes.
- Was anyone else on the platform? Not at first, but 20 seconds after I go through the turnstile, I hear yelling.
Two men go run past me.
Was one man chasing the other? Do you recognize Mr.
Rodriguez as one of the men? Yes.
Was Mr.
Rodriguez chasing or being chased? No, no.
He was being chased.
So Mr.
Rodriguez was being chased down the platform.
What happened next? They run to the end of the platform.
They stopped, kind of square off.
That's when the other man, he pull his knife.
- The decedent pulled out a knife? - Yes.
- What did Mr.
Rodriguez do? - He was yelling [Pedro speaks Spanish.]
You know, "I'm sorry! I said I was sorry! Let it go!" And did Mr.
Loaiza say anything? [speaking Spanish.]
- "You're a dead man.
" - What did Mr.
Loaiza do? He had Mr.
Rodriguez against the wall.
He tried to cut him.
Four, five time he lunge at him, but Rodriguez was dodging, yelling.
Then he dove at the man, tackled him by his knees.
Is that when Mr.
Loaiza dropped the knife? Yes.
They both went for it, but Mr.
Rodriguez, he got to it first.
What did Mr.
Rodriguez do then? [Pedro.]
Uh, he held the knife up, you know? Tried to back away, but the other man came after him.
Even though Mr.
Rodriguez had the knife, Mr.
Loaiza continued to attack him? That's right.
Mr.
Loaiza came after Mr.
Rodriguez hard, you know? - Like he don't even care.
- So Mr.
Rodriguez used the knife - to protect himself.
- Yes.
He had to.
Nothing further.
- Man one, five flat.
- I'm sorry, what? That's my offer.
- Amend it.
Pedro just hit a grand slam.
I have a grieving family out there.
You have a bad case you tried to make good.
We'll take man two and a year.
- Give me ten minutes.
- Jury comes back with acquittal.
- Man two, two-to-six.
- No.
He gets paroled today, time served.
You crossed the line, Michelle.
How amazing is the world right now? - What do you want? - I wanna give you a big sloppy beso.
But don't worry, I won't.
I know you gotta act straight in here.
- You should not have come back here.
- I had to thank you.
[exhales.]
You don't have anything to thank me for.
I didn't do what they said I did.
Pigs grab the first queer they find, that's how it works.
I'm not a dirtbag.
I'm a designer, you know? I'm gonna be a star.
I don't care.
We just can't act like we know each other, because we don't.
Oh, but we do.
People come into each other's lives for a reason, blanco.
You came into mine the other night and I'm not gonna let you go.
[ Elliot Smith: Pitseleh .]
I'll tell you why I Don't want to know where you are I got a joke I been Dying to tell you A silent kid is looking - Drink? - About six drinks.
To make the noise that I Keep so quiet [rapping on glass.]
I kept it from you, Pitseleh I'll catch up with you.
- You botched it.
- I should have worked a plea earlier.
A plea was never on your radar.
You had to get the win.
Know the problem with women lawyers? No.
- The problem is, they're women.
You all got this chip on your shoulders about playing with the boys.
- It makes you dumb.
- Wait a minute, Nick.
You were anxious to prove you could get a guilty verdict, you forgot how to be a lawyer.
You forgot to be prudent.
All you proved to me is that you're not ready.
Go.
But no one deserves it - Yo.
Bobbi from Brooklyn.
- You closing the place? [chuckles.]
Last to show up, last to leave.
What time'd you get here? - Seven.
- Interview's over, you know.
- You got the job.
- It's not like that.
- I just want to get up to speed.
- You'll be fine.
Oh, uh, by the way, Rodriguez walked.
Thanks.
- No problem.
You feel good? - I'm glad he's outta the cage.
I hear you.
I don't know where you're headed, but we got this place.
Oh, yeah, that's, uh No.
My husband's shift at St.
Vincent's is over in 20 minutes.
I gotta pick him up.
- Doctor? - Resident.
- Nice.
- Yeah.
You have a good night.
You, too.
Just because I never meant to hurt you [sighs.]
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