Doubt (2017) s01e09 Episode Script

1 Previously on Doubt Albert, tell me that's not Russo.
Yup, and her press puppy dogs.
Dr.
William Brennan, just because your father was a senator doesn't mean you can get away with murder.
[knocks.]
- I have cancer.
- You have to tell them.
- They need to know.
- Get me out.
Get me some time with the people I love.
Given the nature and severity of the offense - Oh, God.
- parole is hereby denied.
[heart beating.]
FOREMAN: On the charge of murder in the first degree, we the jury, find the defendant, William Brennan guilty.
What?! No.
That can't be right.
- Sadie.
- What do you mean, guilty? - You! - Me? Yes.
How could you find him guilty? Don't look at them.
- I'm asking you! - Is this normal? - Maybe we should take a little - Just answer the question! The cat scratch? Multiple witnesses, including a forensic analyst, corroborated Billy's explanation.
Maybe you just weren't listening.
Okay.
That's enough.
You can't talk to them like that.
I'm allowed to ask questions.
That's what a mock jury's for.
I'll ask the questions in my follow-up interviews.
Let me do my job.
It just doesn't make any sense.
BONNIE: The verdict was disappointing, yes, but that's why we do this So that we don't make the same mistakes - in the real trial.
- We didn't make any mistakes.
We dismantled their case, and when you do that, you should win, period.
We might have been too aggressive in our summation.
You mean me.
I gave the summation.
Sadie.
SADIE: This is a waste of time.
We have voir dire tomorrow.
We have real work to do.
Got to say, I'm used to Sadie's passion We all are but even for her, that outburst was passionate.
I'll do the exit interviews and get you the results tomorrow morning.
Thanks, Bonnie.
You okay? How would you feel if you were me? I'd probably be a little Freaked out? Yeah, I'm a little freaked out.
I just got convicted of murder, Albert.
Guilty verdicts are not uncommon in mock trials.
Like Bonnie said, it's why we do this.
Whatever happened, we'll fix it.
SADIE: I don't hate Bonnie.
She hates me.
She doesn't hate you.
She hates the way I dress.
Every time we bring her in to consult, she tells me what shoes I can or cannot wear.
"Pumps are really more relatable" "than wedges, Sadie.
" Really? Really, are they, Bonnie? Because I relate better to wedges.
- She's just doing her job.
- Yeah, well, it doesn't - make it any less annoying.
- Hey.
What's really going on? - I've never seen you blow up like that.
- Yes, you have.
- Never at a jury.
- It was a fake jury.
Look, we're all under a lot of stress right now, and on top of that, you're obviously dealing with your mom, and This has nothing to do with my mother.
You haven't said a word about her since her parole was denied.
Yeah.
What is there to say? We just got a guilty verdict, Albert.
I'm allowed to be a little upset.
Need a drumroll? - Guilty.
- Oh - TIFFANY: What happened?! - We'll get Bonnie's analysis tomorrow.
It probably has something to do with my earrings.
Still no Isaiah? That's four days in a row.
- Should we be concerned? - SADIE: No.
He does this every time my mother doesn't make parole.
But he always pulls himself out.
Cam you did a great job.
The only reason my mother isn't out is because she is impossible and stubborn.
- It's not your fault, okay? - Okay.
Say it like you mean it.
Give me a couple more days.
How's the research coming on the Brennan jury pool? Oh, you mean my online stalking project? Pretty good so far.
The pool has been narrowed down to 70 potential jurors.
People definitely share a lot more on social media than they do on court questionnaires.
Any land mines we should be aware of? Juror Number Eight looks great for us on paper, but he just posted that it's the two-year anniversary of the death of his daughter.
She died in a car accident when she was 16.
Same age as Amy Meyers when she was murdered.
Very good work.
Keep digging.
Cam, Nick, Faye Davies is here.
The Cannibalarian? The what? Cannibal librarian? You get it? Anyone else have any tasteless jokes about our client they need to get off their chest? What do you get when you're late to Faye's house for dinner? The cold shoulder.
You just stole my punch line.
I'm sorry, but that's a vintage Dahmer joke.
- I hope Faye eats you.
- CAMERON: Just because Faye Davies expressed cannibalistic fantasies online doesn't mean she actually would have eaten someone.
The government is playing "Thought Police", and I don't think there's anything funny about that.
I'd eat Nick.
[laughter.]
I know you warned me, but this has been a nightmare.
I'm a shy person, and suddenly, I'm all over the news.
I can't go anywhere without being recognized.
I went to the movies, and the guy selling tickets asked me if people taste like chicken.
How am I supposed to know? I hate chicken.
That's a joke.
Right.
The jokes.
It's funny.
I can't even believe this is happening.
I'd never actually eat anyone.
Well, maybe my neighbor.
She's really annoying.
Joke? Sorry.
It happens more when I'm nervous.
And the idea of going to jail for 25 years makes me really nervous.
The deal we discussed is still on the table.
Two years.
You'd be eligible for parole in 18 months.
Wait.
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech.
It does, and I think we can win this.
In order to prove conspiracy to commit murder, they need an overt act.
There is no overt act.
Well, I did bring those brownies in to fatten up my co-workers.
Joke.
And that's why we're not putting you on the stand.
[horn honking in distance.]
[clears throat.]
He's gonna move his pawn from E2 to E4.
You'll counter by moving your pawn to F3.
Then he'll move his queen to F5, hoping you'll move your pawn - to G5.
- I won't.
- You will.
- No, I won't.
This isn't my first rodeo, buddy.
You will.
You'll move Mr.
G7 to G5, then he'll move his queen to H5, and that, my friend, will be checkmate.
You lose.
Save yourself the embarrassment and just bow out now.
I bought some yummy cookies from Magnolia Bakery.
Here.
Have a yummy cookie and give us a minute.
[man sighs.]
You're ruining my fun.
Good.
Fun time is over.
Come back to work.
I may not come back this time.
You always say that.
Well, I've been thinking about buying some land upstate and growing kale.
Everyone's eating kale these days.
I hate kale, and you're not leaving the city.
You can't exist anywhere else.
I really thought we'd get your mom out this time.
I did, too.
Yummy cookie? I heard you lost the mock trial.
Snapping at juries? That's not like you, Sadie.
You're taking this case too personally.
Is there something you want to tell me? No.
I'm fine.
Come back soon.
How well do you know Faye Davies? Uh, not well.
We work together at the research division of the New York Public Library.
We work at the same station, - share a computer.
- GATES: Can you tell the court what happened when you sat down to that shared computer on July 6, 2016? It was the beginning of my shift.
I went to go log into my computer when I realized that Faye had not yet logged off.
- The Web site was still up.
- What Web site? It's called Cannibal Fetish Connections.
It's a Web site for people who fantasize about eating other people.
Is this the Web site? That's the one.
GATES: What did you do? Well, it all seemed like a joke, so I started digging around, looking for the punch line.
That's when I found the message board.
It caught my eye because my name was on it, along with some of the other workers at the library.
We all had ratings and descriptions.
GATES: Can you tell the court how you were described? She said that I was deliciously plump.
And that since my skin had not seen much sun recently, I would crisp nicely.
I was considered a main course.
[quietly.]
: He wishes he was a main course.
[horns honking.]
SADIE: Smells amazing in here.
Speaking of amazing Cherry pie from the farmers' market.
Look at that crust.
It's perfection.
I had no choice.
[food sizzling in pan.]
I know today sucked, but I'm really not worried about it.
Mock juries are stupid.
Bonnie went to an outlet mall in New Jersey and picked 12 random people who had nothing better to do.
That's what juries are, Sadie.
- They're 12 random people, right? - Really, you shouldn't be worrying about this.
It's gonna be fine.
Obviously, reasonable doubt isn't working.
We'll talk to Bonnie tomorrow and get the feedback, but I feel good.
Seriously, it's gonna be fine.
Stop saying it's gonna be fine! It's not gonna be fine.
I might spend the rest of my life in jail! I'm sorry.
I'll clean it up.
Uh I'm scared.
I'm really scared.
Okay.
I love you.
So much.
I love you, too.
- Condescending? - BONNIE: Yes.
The jurors found me condescending? Some of them.
Which ones? That doesn't matter.
The point is, you are so convinced of Billy's innocence, you seem arrogant.
I didn't realize that believing my client is innocent was such a bad thing.
That was a little condescending.
- What did the jurors say about me? - Albert, the jurors thought you were kind, thoughtful and - relatable.
- Oh.
That's nice.
Thank you.
Are you sure? 'Cause I find him to be smug and unbearable.
Bonnie, she's being condescending.
Make her stop.
I think the best thing you two can do is play up your friendship.
Oh, should we wear matching lockets? I'm just saying, if Albert likes you, the jury will like you.
And if they like the two of you, they'll like Billy.
The jury wants to like Billy.
We need to play up his kindness.
The most common question the mock jurors asked was: Why would the prosecution charge Billy if he were innocent? I think we've been going about this all wrong defending him against the prosecution's narrative instead of coming up with one of our own.
You think we should play offense? I think Grace Russo wants to use a big, flashy conviction to further her political ambitions, and we need to say that - loud and clear.
- Vilifying the D.
A.
- will not work.
- In the 26 years since Amy Meyers' death, there have been three separate D.
A.
s - who didn't prosecute Billy.
- Why? There have been multiple instances where any other D.
A.
would have dropped the charges.
But Russo always came up with a reason to continue.
Why? She did travel all the way to Korea to dig up Billy's estranged sister.
Exactly.
It's political.
We all know it.
But not saying it is making us look weak, and apparently making me look condescending.
The truth is, I'm angry.
I'm angry Russo is using Billy this way, - and I think anger is relatable.
- Anger's risky.
Think it's time we started taking some risks.
You realize we have no evidence to support a government corruption case.
Yet we just did the safe version and Billy got convicted of murder.
When we started monitoring Ms.
Davies' Internet usage, we observed she was sharing something called The Feast with other CFC users.
What's The Feast? It's basically a menu for a dinner party, featuring the flesh - of eight library employees.
- What else did you discover? A guest list.
She invited six people she met on the Web site, then she ordered a large set of butchering knives, and posted: "Ready to Carve.
" The overt act.
Objection.
Calls for conclusion.
Sustained.
What did you find when you searched Ms.
Davies' apartment? The butchering knives and the bone saw.
Most of the time we find those items after a crime has occurred.
This was much more efficient.
Your Honor Nothing further.
Agent Wright, are you aware that Ms.
Davies was enrolled in a hog butchering class in Williamsburg? Part of the whole farm-to-table thing.
- It's very trendy.
- If you say so.
I do say so.
Here's the class materials list the instructor sent out.
Can you read that for the court? WRIGHT: "Huntsman Wild Game" "Butchering Knives, set of seven.
Reed & Sons 12-inch bone saw.
" Those are the exact items you found in Ms.
Davies apartment, isn't that right? Yeah.
So did you arrest anyone else enrolled in the hog butchering class? No.
But if they'd gone on cannibal message boards and posted about eating human beings, we would have.
- You walked right into that one.
- I know.
I'm sorry.
That's why we prep.
We make a list of questions, and we don't go off script But you just had to show off.
You're right.
I'm sorry.
You think "I'm sorry" is gonna make it better? We have no margin for error.
They want to find her guilty because she scares them, not because of the law.
It won't happen again I'll stick to the script for the forensic psychiatrist.
You're not doing that direct anymore.
I am.
Can I still argue the motion on the photographs? What do you think? No? Bingo.
TIFFANY: So, we sorted all the potential jurors into Yes, No and Maybe piles.
These piles will switch around as we do the interviews.
But we obviously want to fill the jury with as many yeses and maybes as possible.
So we get to pick who we want.
- It's like kickball at recess.
- No.
You don't get to choose your team.
You can only control who you eliminate.
And who do we want to eliminate? Anyone who might have a bias or a prejudice against you.
Well, that narrows it down to about everyone in New York.
Now that we're arguing the trial is politically motivated, anybody who is pro-government - automatically goes in the No pile.
- TIFFANY: Yes.
For example, Juror Number 43, David Moss.
He's an ex-marine.
We assume that anyone associated with the military tends to side with the government.
I thought we all agreed that Sandra Wilkins was a No.
- The religious mother of four.
- TIFFANY: She was.
I put her into the Maybe pile, because she posted a link to her cousin's blog that led me to his GoFundMe campaign.
Apparently, he was wrongfully accused of a carjacking and spent thousands of dollars in legal fees before being acquitted.
She might be sympathetic to the idea that the government makes mistakes.
Any other surprises? Yes, unfortunately.
Our biochemist, Jeremy Richardson.
- He was a definite Yes for us.
- Not anymore.
I know we thought he'd take the DNA findings very seriously, but he belongs to a group called Down with the One Percent, which might as well be called Down with the Brennans.
You didn't tell us the biochemist looked exactly like your ex-fiancé.
Sorry.
That's Brandon's new profile picture.
I took a break from stalking the jurors To stalk your ex? To check in on him, to see if he was doing okay.
And clearly, he is Shirtless.
Happy.
And single.
Okay, well, let us know if, uh, there's anything else that comes up.
[exhales.]
Yeah, if he starts, like, dating someone else or Okay, you-you meant with potential jurors.
Yep.
Got it.
Okay, cool.
Gonna take this.
Good meeting.
That's good GATES: We'd like to submit into evidence People's exhibits nine through 20 Photos taken from the cannibal fetish Web site.
These photos have no relevance whatsoever to the case.
[With mouth full.]
: Is this what I think it is? If you think it's a human butt dressed up like an Easter ham, then yeah.
And this? Male hand Parmesan.
Your Honor, those pictures are clearly Photoshopped.
Our client didn't take them, she's not the one who posted them There's no evidence she's even seen them.
If they're presented to the jury, they'll just assume The title of the thread she started was - "Make My Mouth Water!" - Okay.
I'm gonna agree.
[speaking unintelligibly.]
I'm-I'm sorry, can you repeat that, Your Honor? - I think he said he agrees with us.
- [muffled talking.]
- inflammatory.
- So, okay, so you agree with me.
We can wait.
- Let's just wait.
- [slurps.]
[exhales.]
Counselor you know full well these images have the potential to mislead.
They're inflammatory.
And, uh, if I'm being candid, thus far I've seen zero evidence of wrongdoing.
I'm not sure I'm following.
Well, then let me shine a light.
I'm still waiting for your case to start.
And it's not gonna start with these.
I mean, honestly, I'm trying to eat here.
A word? I'm late to court.
Sadie's already there.
Walk with me? It's about Sadie.
And we should talk here I don't want to be overheard.
I've seen Sadie run a lot of mock trials over the years.
Something about this one is different, more important, more personal.
Am I alone in seeing that? She's Sadie.
- You know what she's like.
- Exactly.
That's my point I know her, and this is different.
What are you saying? Your tie is a little bit crooked.
If you were my husband, I would straighten it.
But it would be really weird, wouldn't it, if I walked over into your personal space and straightened it for you? She straightened Billy's tie? That's what you're saying? She does it a lot.
Or picks lint off his sweater.
Small, intimate gestures that I didn't really think anything about until her outburst yesterday.
Bonnie, I really need to get to court.
This is what I do for a living.
I am paid really well to read people.
She is taking this case so personally, and I didn't know why, and then I was on my way home and I had this aha moment.
I think they're sleeping together.
You just exhaled, and your chest sank a little.
You're having your own aha moment, aren't you? [speaking indistinctly.]
Hey.
Where were you? I was getting worried.
Security line.
Bonnie said I should smile a lot.
Any advice on how to smile when you feel like you're gonna throw up? Wish I knew.
If you figure it out, let me know.
We're good.
We're ready.
This is what we do.
BURRIS: Thank you for your time.
We hope to make this selection process as painless and as quick as possible.
Counsel for the defendant, Ms.
Ellis? Sadie Ellis for the defense.
However quick and painless the People hopes this is, I have to tell you, it's not going to be easy.
Answering our questions, feeling judged and evaluated.
That's what we have to do.
But you'll be judging us lawyers, too, if that's any comfort.
I will be as tactful as I can be with my questions In return, please, try not to notice this spot on my lapel I just saw five minutes ago.
Now, I've been doing this a while, and I have to warn you, I come on strong.
This is a crucial step, so I persist, I dig, and you may not like me when I'm finished.
Hell, I may not like me when I'm finished.
So if I offend you And I probably will, based on the number of second dates I don't get Please know it is unintentional.
The good news is, my co-counsel is Albert Cobb, and he is a gentleman and a friend, and I trust him more than I trust myself So you are in very good hands.
[chuckles.]
Oops.
I think he's trying to tell me that I am taking up too much of your time.
[laughter.]
Thank you.
Thank you, Counsel.
Shall we proceed? MAN: The MMPI 2 is a psychological test designed to place subjects within predetermined diagnostic areas.
For example, individuals who demonstrate psychosis or homicidal behavior tend to have consistent results.
Did Faye's test results place her in either of those categories? No.
Ms.
Davies' results showed no propensity towards violence.
CAMERON: So if her test indicated that she had no violent impulses, why does she have such violent thoughts? I believe her cannibalistic fantasies stem from feelings of powerlessness that began in her childhood.
She grew up in an abusive home where she had no control.
The paraphilia of cannibalism allows her to imagine absolute power and control over another person.
Dr.
Tice, in your professional opinion, is Faye Davies capable of murder? No.
Doctor, is it possible for someone to outsmart the MMPI 2? Not easily.
Not unless someone has extensive knowledge of all 567 questions on the exam.
I see.
Now, I wonder who could gather that kind of information.
I mean, you'd have to be, like, a researcher at the New York Public Library.
We're going to have to put you - on the stand.
- What?! What? Oh, I'm terrible in front of people.
You said putting me on the stand was a really bad idea.
- I know, but - I'm gonna be weird a-and off-putting.
And-and weird.
I'm weird.
Tell her.
- She's weird.
- I know you're weird.
But the prosecution's making you out to be a monster.
The jury's scared of you.
It's okay to be weird, Faye.
A weirdo is better than a monster.
[exhales.]
- How are you? - Hey.
Good.
Um, when Sadie checks in, can you transfer her to me? Thanks.
Do you want to talk about it? Uh, no, I'll just talk to Sadie when she checks in.
I saw Brandon's new profile pic.
- What? Where? - We're friends.
- Lucy - I liked it.
Is that weird? You liked it or you like it? Both.
Okay, Lucy, I'm-I'm really busy here.
What are you gonna do? - Nothing.
Nothing.
- But your profile pic still has Brandon in it.
That must be so embarrassing.
I will change it.
It better be a good one.
Wait, what do you mean? Well, Brandon's gonna see it, and he just posted a super hot photo of himself.
So you really have to bring it.
This will pretty much be the most important profile pic you'll ever post.
[camera shutter clicks.]
When I was 12, my friend accused me of stealing his basketball.
There was nothing I could do to convince him I didn't do it.
Has anything like that ever happened to you? I'm the youngest of seven.
I got blamed for everything.
Acceptable to the defense.
Move to strike.
MENDOZA: You're excused.
Do you think that people should be held accountable for their actions? Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
Acceptable to the People.
- Strike.
- If you get arrested, you must've done something wrong.
Acceptable.
Strike.
To err is human.
- Acceptable.
- Strike.
Do you think there's corruption in the government? I'm not one of those conspiracy theorists, if that's what you're asking.
- Acceptable.
- Acceptable.
Bingo.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first juror.
Has anyone in your family been convicted of a felony? SADIE: Do you believe in the presumption of innocence? BURRIS: Have you ever had a negative experience with the police? ALBERT: Have you heard anything in the news about this case that would affect your ability to be fair and impartial? - BURRIS: Strike.
- SADIE: Acceptable.
- BURRIS: Acceptable.
- Acceptable.
- Strike.
- BURRIS: Strike.
- Acceptable.
- ALBERT: Acceptable.
- Acceptable.
- I think this is a good time to break for lunch.
We've impaneled nine jurors.
Let's see if we can make it an even dozen before the end of the day.
Uh, a middle school student was reading Alive for school.
It's the story of the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes in 1972.
The 16 people who didn't die in the crash survived by eating the people who had.
So this student wanted to know how long five people could survive on one corpse.
And I was like, "Gee, I don't know", let me do some research.
" And that's how I found the CFC Web site.
When did you start participating on CFC? For the first month or so, I just visited.
I thought it was kind of weird.
I mean, I get it.
It's not normal to wonder what someone would taste like.
But I've never been normal, and it seems like the people on the Web site are kind of like me.
You know, loners.
So one day this guy posted, he was like, "Anybody out there want to eat me?" And I was feeling kind of lonely, so I said, "I will.
" And he was like, "Cool.
How?" And that's how it started.
I mean, it was like, in a matter of weeks, I had a bunch of friends.
Why did you fantasize about real people, coworkers like Casper and others from the library? I guess it made me feel better.
I mean, like if Casper left our workstation dirty, rather than report it to our supervisor and, like, nothing would happen, I would go online and be like, "There's this jerk I work with, and he needs to be eaten.
Who's in?" But I never would've actually done it.
It was just something to do at work to make the time go by.
I'd do it while I ate my lunch.
Which was usually a salad.
I love salad.
[horn honking in distance.]
[indistinct chatter.]
It's going pretty well, right? - I like the jurors we have.
- Yeah, me, too.
Burris scares me.
She's a bulldog.
She's not gonna like our new defense strategy.
Not blaming her.
Not really.
Just her boss.
It's Russo we'll point the finger at.
You don't want ketchup? What? You poured the ketchup, but you're not using it.
No, I'm a purist.
That's for Sadie.
It's like her only vegetable.
Hey, I ordered a salad.
Yeah, for the bacon bits and the cheese and the dressing.
Some lettuce does get in there.
Albert, defend me.
I know Sadie likes ketchup, but it wouldn't even occur to me to pour it for her.
What's going on? I don't know, Sadie.
I was gonna ask you the same thing.
BURRIS: Really hammering the government corruption thing in there, huh? Defense must be pretty weak if you're going for such low-hanging fruit.
Better get back.
Nobody asked but I like ketchup, too.
Do you know Mark Schwartz? No.
How about MeatMash77? Yeah, I know that name.
MeatMash77 is the CFC username of Mark Schwartz.
He was on the guest list for "The Feast," isn't that right? - Yeah.
- The FBI has continued to monitor your CFC account.
And while news of your arrest has scared most of the guests away, Mark has continued his correspondence.
In fact, just yesterday he sent you a very interesting message.
Would you read that? Objection.
We haven't seen this.
GATES: Your Honor, we just received this information ourselves.
There was no time to share it with the defense.
Overruled.
Read it, Ms.
Davies.
"Bought my plane ticket for The Feast.
" And here it is.
Sacramento to New York.
Now, you-you say The Feast was imaginary, and yet Mr.
Schwartz actually bought a plane ticket so he could attend.
- Objection.
- Sustained.
No, The Feast was real.
You were actually gonna go through with it.
No, it was a fantasy.
Why would he buy this ticket if The Feast wasn't real? Objection.
Because the realer it seems, - the better it feels.
- Faye Like if I was gonna say I'm gonna eat someone, why would I make someone up, when there are all these people here and I could just be like, "That lady right there, I'm gonna eat her.
" Ms.
Davies, please, refrain from addressing the jury directly.
- She thinks I'm this sick weirdo - CAMERON: Faye.
and she has this ultimate power over me.
- Ms.
Wirth.
- Faye, please.
But the whole time she's been sitting there judging me, - I've been judging her.
- Stop! And it makes this whole thing easier to deal with.
- Stop talking! - And maybe it's sick and weird, but I'm never gonna eat her.
- Stop talking! - I'm never gonna eat anyone.
What were you thinking? - What? When? - We saw - your new profile pic.
- Bad move.
Oh, come on.
It's not that bad.
Maybe for a driver's license photo.
Fine.
If it was such a disaster, then just take another one.
Oh, dear.
What? This is how I smile.
This profile pic needs heat.
You're competing against a shirtless ex-fiancé, and, right now, you're losing.
Now, tilt your head.
More.
Too much.
Little more.
And sexy eyes.
[Purrs.]
Oh.
Those are the opposite of sexy eyes.
Will you please just take the photo? - I can't work like this.
- We're just trying to help you get back at Brandon.
He didn't do anything wrong.
You don't think the shirtless profile pic was meant for you? No.
I don't know.
You know what, I-I don't care.
Brandon is just trying to do whatever he needs to do to move on.
This breakup has not been easy for either of us.
Intensity, flared nostrils.
Sexy but still profesh.
I think we got a winner.
[singsongy.]
: I like it.
Get out.
I'll e-mail it to you.
What's the deal on Juror 43? He's the former marine.
We're striking him.
We have two definite nos, the marine and the biochemist.
I think we use our final strike on the biochemist, - because I think the marine is a maybe.
- Based on what? I just saw him reading a book Isaiah gave me on my 18th birthday.
Tell me you're not serious.
It's Chomsky.
I think he might question the system.
Or at the very least, he's a free thinker.
I read Mein Kampf in college.
- Doesn't make me a Nazi.
- No, but it does make you someone who's curious about the power a government has over its people.
You'd be great on the jury.
So would Juror 43.
He's a marine.
We're striking him.
I'd rather have him on the jury than the biochemist.
You have got to trust me on this.
Casper McTell called 911 because he thought his life was in danger.
And it was.
This is not a case about the Thought Police or Big Brother.
It's about Faye Davies, a woman who had the means, the opportunity, and the intent to commit a horrifying murder.
Now, the defense says it's all a fantasy.
But remember, it's all a fantasy until it's not.
Time to get back on the horse.
What do you mean? You know this closing as well as I do.
Tell them why this is important.
[chair scrapes.]
In order to be convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, there has to be an overt act.
Something you do.
It's not someone you chatted with online.
Sure, what Faye Davies wrote about, the pictures she looked at, the online conversations she had, the things going on in her mind were graphic.
And, frankly, scary.
But you know what scares me more? A government that starts regulating what people think.
What's in your browser history? Anything weird? Different? Anything embarrassing? You okay with the police taking a peek? What makes this country great is that we are free.
Because written into our Constitution is the freedom for us to think what we want and say what we want, not what's popular, not what's nice, but whatever we want.
Faye Davies was exercising that freedom.
If you convict her, the next time the police break down a door, it could be yours.
32 years old.
Retired Marine Corps.
Currently unemployed.
I live in Murray Hill.
Juror 43 is acceptable to the People.
- [whispering.]
: Is he really okay? - Yeah.
The defense would like to use our last strike to thank and excuse Juror 43.
You're excused.
What the hell was that? The marine was the perfect dark horse.
Burris would never have guessed he leaned to the left.
Albert, I'm talking to you.
You can't just ignore me.
I don't know what's going on with you.
Are you sleeping with Billy? You are.
We're talking about the biochemist right now, - and the fact that he puts our case - We are not talking about him.
We stopped having that conversation, Sadie.
We are now talking about you sleeping with our client.
That's what puts our case in jeopardy.
- You put our case in jeopardy.
- Albert.
I saw it and I didn't want to believe it.
It was right in front of my face.
You let him call the shots, give his DNA.
- I can explain.
- If you lie to me, so help me God I will never speak to you again.
How long has this been going on? A while.
- At least a month.
- And you're sleeping with him? - Yes.
- Sadie Does anyone else know? Isaiah suspects.
I told Cam.
So it's just me, your so-called best friend, who's in the dark.
Your partner, your co-counsel.
I'm here, Sadie, and what I think matters.
- I matter.
- Albert.
What is it? His money? His big blue eyes? You turned on by guys who need you, is that it? I'm looking for a reason, Sadie, and I hope you have one, because this is bad.
I love him.
You love him? Then you save him.
I'm off the case.
It's all yours.
There you are.
You and Albert just disappeared.
What's wrong? He knows.
Oh, God.
Madam Forewoman, have you reached a verdict? We have, Your Honor.
On the count of conspiracy to commit murder we find the defendant Faye Davies guilty.
[inhales sharply.]
Your Honor, this is outrageous.
- The state did not prove intent.
- Ms.
Wirth My client is being punished for something she didn't do.
Ms.
Wirth! Sit down.
I agree with you.
What? Are you kidding me? You heard my instructions.
I explained to you in very clear terms what the burden of proof for this charge was.
And still Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, it is in my bones to trust our system of jurisprudence.
Sometimes, however, the system fails, juries screw up, and when that happens I believe it is up to the sitting judge to correct it.
So I am setting aside the verdict and issuing a finding of not guilty.
Ms.
Davies, you're free to go.
You got a minute? Sure.
I know I'm the last person you want to see right now.
Yeah.
Let's stipulate to that.
I want to take the blame for this, but that'd be like saying Sadie was easily led.
And we both know that's not true.
What's more honest is that it just happened.
We didn't go looking for it, we just fell in love.
So you speak for the both of you now? No.
She wouldn't like that, so I'll speak for myself.
I fell in love and I tried not to, but I did.
And you might hear something different from her, that it was casual or meaningless, but I don't think so.
Is that it? You feel better telling me you're a good guy? Putting everything we worked for at risk It just happened? Not your fault? I didn't come here to feel better.
I came to ask you to stay on the case.
I need you.
I need your mind and your voice.
And I even need the part of you that never liked me, because there are people on this jury that feel that way.
Okay.
Understood.
I'm useful to you.
Well, you could prove useful to me, too.
We lawyers like to tell ourselves that we can defend anyone, regardless of what they've done, regardless of how we feel about them as people.
That's the kind of lawyer I think I am.
And it might be that you help me prove that to myself.
But it might also be that you've shown me my own limits.
I don't think you'll drop me, Albert, even if you woke up this morning believing that I killed Amy.
And I didn't.
But I did fall in love with your best friend.
I hope to God that's not where you draw the line.
Let me know how the jury comes back on this, will you? Would you give us a minute? Have a seat.
I'm not staying.
Neither are you.
Cam I want to petition the governor to commute Carolyn's sentence.
Hypothetically speaking, if my client had an illness and it was serious, could that make it more likely? Cam, what are you saying? I can't break privilege, Isaiah.
I'm only speaking in hypotheticals.
How serious? Stop playing chess.
This is important.
Time is important.
And my heart can soothe her She And the hope Congratulations.
Thanks.
I heard the judge really chewed out the jury.
Really? More cannibal puns? [chuckles.]
How long did it take you to think of that one? I don't know.
It's better than picking out a new profile picture.
Brandon updated his, so apparently mine has to be absolutely perfect.
- You okay? - I guess.
I haven't been single since high school, so I don't really know how you do it.
It's easy.
You just don't date.
Oh.
Okay.
And what about you? Do you, do you date? No.
I'm still getting over someone.
I'm sorry.
How recent? It was pre-incarceration, actually.
Her name was Cara.
She was cool.
Smartest person in the room.
So funny.
We were living together when I was arrested.
She was my phone call.
The hardest part was, she had no idea what I'd been doing.
She didn't believe me at first.
She thought it was a joke.
What happened? She didn't wait for me.
We could always just, like, stalk her online.
Actually, I think it'd be best for both of us if we just walk away from the computer right now.
Totally.
How come no one told me That I never really fully Have control? Control, control, control Burdened by the weight Of all the things That I am trying to hold In control, control Here's how this could go.
- If we lose - We won't.
If we lose, he goes to prison, and he's not made for that.
He's not hard.
Not his fault.
When you grow up like he did, you're used to things going your way, and when they don't, you're used to doing something about it.
Making a phone call, throwing money at the problem.
It's who he is, Sadie, and when he's been in jail for a year, two years, that's what he will do.
The love will be gone and he'll be angry and bitter and your little Saturday visits aren't gonna do it for him.
He'll hire a new lawyer and he'll say that he was in a sexual relationship with his lawyer.
- He won't.
- And he'll say that your judgment was impaired, and he'll demand a new trial, and he'll get it and you'll be disbarred.
- Okay, listen to me.
- And you should be disbarred.
You should be.
I should call the board and report you myself.
That's what I should do.
And it's taking restraint not to do it, but - Listen.
If you would just - Stop talking.
There are no words you can use to make this better, so just listen.
The only way out of this mess is for us to win, so that's what we're gonna do.
I'm taking over.
You sit second chair.
I'd throw you off this case if I could, but like I said, we need to win, and if you're gone, it's a story.
There can be no story other than we are strong and united.
He told me he loves you, but I don't think he knows what it means to love someone.
I do.
You're my best friend and I love you.
Even though I hate what you did, I hate that you lied to me.
I love you and I'm gonna save you from yourself.
I'm gonna make it so that you can be with the man you love and then I'm gonna walk away.
From you.
From this firm.
I don't know what I'm gonna do, but whatever it is, I can't do it until this trial is won.
- Albert - Please don't talk.
I don't want to hear anything you have to say.
How come no one told me That I never really fully Have control? Control, control, control.