Doubt (2017) s01e13 Episode Script
The Return
1 Turn out the lights Hey.
We're due in court in T minus 50 minutes, so any coffee or whatever, it's gonna have to be a to-go situation, okay? Billy? Hey.
You believe this? In the O.
R.
, nobody had a steadier hand than me.
(CHUCKLES) It's gonna be okay.
You are gonna be okay.
And not guilty.
You sure about that? I have absolutely no doubt.
TIFFANY: Sadie thinks there's a real chance they come back with a guilty verdict, so an emergency motion for bail, pending appeal, - kind of goes without - Well, it goes without saying, right.
Right.
Speaking of verdicts, any word from Character and Fitness? Not yet; Also not yet, sleeping.
Not until I get my results.
Nick, it's fine.
The guy at the interview, he loved you.
Yeah, âloved,â as in past tense, as in before he asked me about Johnny Lozito coming up was the perfect chance for you to show your integrity.
Most people would've lied, but you told the truth.
You know why? - 'Cause I'm an idiot? - Because you are honorable.
You went into Character and Fitness and-and displayed actual character and, and - Fitness? - Yes.
And for that reason, and a dozen more, you are you are top-notch.
The top-est notch.
Really, my money is on you passing with flying colors.
Nick.
I'm heading over for the Brennan verdict.
You're good on Erin Rush's sentencing? Yeah, we already agreed on the terms of the plea deal.
I'll get her squared away, and meet you at the verdict.
Just be careful with Judge Souza.
She acts nice.
Don't fall for it.
She's a monster.
Cam, is Albert really leaving? Until his plants are in a cardboard box and he's out the door, don't bet on it.
(REPORTERS CLAMORING) Dr.
Brennan! (REPORTERS SHOUTING QUESTIONS) NICK: Your Honor, my client has authorized me to enter a plea of guilty to an âAâ misdemeanor for the possession of marijuana with an aggregate weight of more than two ounces, with the understanding that she'll receive a 90-day jail term.
Okay, Ms.
Rush, 90 days means, with good time, you have 60 days to do.
You've been in for a month, so you've got about 30 days left.
I understand, Your Honor.
My wife and I are expecting our first child soon.
I want to be there for the birth, so I just plan on keeping my head down.
Girl or boy? We don't know yet.
The ultrasound where we find out is tomorrow.
Would you like to be there for that? I could release you until tomorrow night, but you still have to come back and finish out your jail term.
Oh, actually, we're good, Your Honor.
We'll just finish out her sentence.
It would be amazing to be at the appointment.
ERIN JUDGE SOUZA: Okay, great.
I am releasing you until 5:00 p.
m.
tomorrow.
But I warn you, if you don't come back, or you're late, I'm tripling your sentence.
Oh, can you do that? Can she do that? She can and she will.
Just don't be late and we're good.
Fine with the People, Your Honor.
Then we're adjourned.
Okay, what's next? That was a trap.
You know what she knows? That people are always late to turn themselves in.
You know why? Because you take five extra minutes in the shower, and, right before you leave, your partner starts crying and you have to console them.
- I'm not gonna be late.
- That's right.
Because I'm gonna be at your apartment at 3:30 to personally escort you back here - with an hour to spare.
- (CHUCKLES) - Got it? - Yeah.
(SOFTLY): Hey.
(SOFTLY): Oh, my gosh.
If this verdict goes the other way, she's gonna need you more now than ever.
- Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
- Albert.
It'd help me to hear it.
I'll be there for her.
I promise.
All rise.
Ladies and gentlemen, the jury is about to enter.
I will not tolerate outbursts.
When the jury renders its verdict, I expect silence.
Mr.
Foreman, have you reached a verdict? We have, Your Honor.
In the matter of The People v.
William Brennan, on the charge of murder in the first degree, we the jury find the defendant not guilty.
(QUIET MURMURING, BILLY SIGHS) (SIGHS) Oh.
JUDGE MENDOZA: Dr.
Brennan, having been found not guilty, your case is concluded.
You are free to go.
Thank you.
(CHUCKLES) - (CORK POPS) - Won't you Won't you take my side - (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS, CROWD CHEERING) - Hey! Should I say something? - Yes.
- Of course.
Uh, everyone has been asking me how I feel.
I think the short answer is good, I feel good.
- I feel really good.
- (LAUGHTER) And I think the not short answer is changed.
I feel profoundly changed by this experience.
And I think that one of the things you learn when you're fighting for your life is who's in the fight with you.
I look around, and everyone, everyone here in small ways and big, saved my life.
I will never be able to thank you, but a thousand times, thank you.
- Cheers.
- ALL: Cheers.
Well, I've been known, on occasion, even without the assistance of extremely expensive champagne, - (LAUGHTER) - to speak lyrically about this little place we call home.
And about the collective struggle we share, the long slog toward justice.
Can we just cut to part about why we do what we do? I've got it that memorized.
(LIGHT LAUGHTER) Be my guest.
There's a reason why days like this, moments like this, feel so good.
And it's because most days and nights end with us feeling so bad.
We fight and claw tooth and nail for justice.
Sometimes we even fight each other.
Call it friendly fire or collateral damage.
But no matter how low we get, when the sun comes out, we are right back here where we belong, because we are a family.
So let's raise our glass.
To today.
And tomorrow.
And the ones after that.
- (CHEERING, WHOOPS, APPLAUSE) - Cheers.
CAMERON: I want this moment.
What do you mean? This moment, this end zone celebration, I want this for Carolyn.
You looked away when I call out Didn't wanna meet my eye Billy? Isaiah.
Freedom is a gift.
Don't waste a minute of it.
I won't.
Good.
You said there's no way you can thank us.
Maybe there is.
Why won't you call Albert, your glass has way too much air in it.
We did it.
Let's be real, Sadie, you did it.
Everything you see here, the champagne and everyone, (CHUCKLES) it's here 'cause you took the risk.
- You made the call.
- What? Volunteering the blood? Let's be real, if we're gonna be real.
That was him.
- Pain in the ass.
- (CHUCKLES) He is a pain in the ass.
That family bit, in your little speech, that was to make me feel bad.
To keep me from leaving.
How'd I do? I guess it made me stop and consider.
- This place does feel like home.
- Mm.
I don't know.
You don't have to know right now.
Eventually your gut will tell you the right thing to do.
Yeah.
Which is to stay by the way.
- The Molly tapes? - The Molly tapes! We found the evidence on those tapes.
And the Windsong thing? (CHUCKLES) The Windsong thing, you made that connection.
I mean, d we were part of the team that exonerated William Brennan! (LAUGHS) I know.
I mean, seriously, there are books that are gonna be written about this case.
- They're being written, like, right now.
- Yeah, I mean, we-we're And you and I, we're gonna be - We're gonna be in those books.
- Mm-hmm.
We'll flip to the index and check.
(BOTH CHUCKLE) God.
What? I want to tell you something.
I want to tell you that I flew solo today at the sentencing, and all I could think was I wanted to tell someone.
Oh, okay, what? (CHUCKLES) No, not that.
I wanted to tell you.
I wanted to tell you that I felt powerful, and intentional, and like this weight had been lifted off my shoulders, and I was finally hitting my stride, and that's due, in no small part In no small part, Tiff to you.
There's still love So, for those reasons and a dozen more Say we're not done you are top-notch.
Why won't you just say The top-est notch.
We're still one Love cannot wait Call me yours Take it or leave it (KNOCKING ON GLASS) Did you two find the champagne? You guys.
We keep it in the fridge.
Duh.
We should probably get back.
- Get back out there.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
Mm.
The gift.
We forgot about the gift.
Oh, my God, the gift.
We were gonna open it if we won.
And we won, Billy.
We won.
I heard something about that.
(LAUGHS) Ooh.
Thank you.
Like you used to do 'Cause there's still love Oh.
In life Oh, this is that thing you told me about that belonged to your great-great great you know, whatever.
It's amazing, your ear for detail.
(LAUGHS) I can't accept this.
It goes back generations.
It should really stay in your family.
Yeah, you're right.
It should stay in the family.
(SIGHS) What are you doing? I'm not wasting a minute.
No, this is just This is just excitement, you're just getting swept up - in the moment - If it had gone the other way, I would be begging you to forget about me right now.
But it didn't go the other way.
So I get to ask you, Sadie Ellis will you marry me? Call me yours Yes.
Yes! Take it or lose me now Do you like it? Oh, my God I didn't get you anything.
Just my life.
Our life.
(LAUGHS) Take it or leave it.
You saw nothing last night.
Oh, I saw something.
The Notebook It was so, so good.
Then I saw the movie about the ghost busters? - Ghostbusters? - Yes! And she also saw you and Nick kiss in the breakroom, - so there's that.
- Lucy.
Come on, you can't, you can't go around telling everyone.
I don't see what's the big deal.
It was just a little champagne kiss.
Unless it wasn't.
No, I-I No, I don't know.
Maybe.
It's like Lucy said Someone shoot me for saying that It's no big deal, you're both adults.
NICK: Tanya? Or maybe not.
What's up? D.
A.
just called, something about Erin's case.
If anybody asks, that's where I am.
Hey.
Either of you guys seen Tiffany? No.
I have.
She's under the desk.
Ow.
Hey, I just wanted to congratulate Are you shredding the Brennan discovery? Calm down, everything's digitized.
(MECHANICAL WHIRRING) God, that feels good.
I just wanted to say, I really am sorry.
Not telling you about your mom, that wasn't easy.
And I hope one day, you'll be able to forgive me.
I'm engaged.
What? We're not going public with it yet.
I still have to figure out how to tell Albert.
And I know we have to wait a while before Six months.
before we tell people, but I just had to tell someone.
I'm engaged.
It really is beautiful.
I still can't believe it.
I mean, everyone I have ever dated, I've hated, because they were either annoying or stupid or had ferrets.
I dated this guy with a ferret.
But Billy is he's kind and smart and - Doesn't have ferrets.
- It's a miracle.
You want to hear another miracle? It's not a ring, but guess what I got? A drawer.
A big drawer, all my own, in Peter's apartment.
And a phone charger.
Phone charger is big.
I know it wasn't easy, not to tell me.
It's just that everything reminds me that my mom will never come home.
Even this.
I'm engaged and my mom won't be at my wedding.
I'm so sorry.
I know.
So, I'm gonna go back to working through my anger at you.
Okay.
Thanks.
(SHREDDER BEEPS, WHIRRING) (SQUEAKING) Hey, Sean.
(CLEARS THROAT) Nick, this is A.
D.
A.
Vincent Todd.
Nice to meet you.
Uh, what's going on, guys? Erin's all set to turn herself in at 5:00, unless you got yourself a big heart and want to give her community service.
She just e-mailed me the ultrasound pictures a few minutes ago.
Guys, it's it's a boy.
Actually, this has nothing to do with Erin's case.
Vincent wants to talk to you, so I'll get out of your way.
Vincent.
What's going on? An attorney named Anthony Kellem contacted us yesterday about something that came up in your Character and Fitness review.
Okay.
He said you might know some stuff about a death that occurred at the Otisville Prison infirmary, about three years ago? It was previously thought to be a heart attack, but according to a present Otisville inmate who contacted him, it was a murder.
Do you know Art Camston? Yeah.
Here's what Mr.
Camston told us.
There was a murder committed by, let's call him Inmate A.
But Inmate A didn't have access to the prison infirmary.
But he got access from a guy we'll call Inmate B.
Which, as you know, constitutes the crime of criminal facilitation.
You following? I went to law school, yeah.
Indeed you did.
Anyway, we were just wondering, curious, if Inmate B felt like helping us out in our investigation.
What makes you think I'm Inmate B? You know how this goes.
You help us out, and we can be very generous, but if you choose to be adversarial Nick, look.
I'm sure there's an explanation for all of this.
Just come clean now, and we'll work something out.
Cool? I'm not saying a word until I speak to my lawyer.
Suit yourself.
(DOOR OPENS) Billy, your friends and family have supported you all through this.
You can't very well deny them the chance to celebrate you, now that you've been cleared.
Anyway, it'll be a small, intimate affair.
- Define your terms.
- Small.
Intimate.
That's repeating your terms.
75 people.
Maybe.
A hundred, tops.
150? I'd be as surprised as anyone.
And their plus-ones, of course.
I just want to put this behind me.
How do you think I feel? Sweetheart, I want to shout to the world that you're innocent.
That my boy And maybe to atone for ever having doubted you, even for a moment.
Honestly, I would do anything if it would help you to forgive me.
Even cancel this party.
But don't make me cancel the party.
There is one thing you could do.
Anything.
NICK: Anyway, I didn't say a word, but obviously I need a lawyer.
Every resource of this firm is at your disposal, Nick.
Thanks.
We'll find out where they are in their investigation, whether a grand jury has been impaneled.
Albert, I know you're planning on leaving us, but for the time being Oh, I'm taking this case.
I'm gonna call the D.
A.
's office right now.
4:30? I still got a half hour.
4:30? Oh God, Erin.
Wait! Stop! - Stop! - Where were you? Your Honor, I This it's my fault.
I waited for you! I called you 20 times! I'm so sorry, I'm gonna fix this.
Your Honor? Judge Souza.
Pl What just happened? Sorry, man, I don't know what to tell you.
Your client was ten minutes late.
That was it.
She upped her sentence to two years.
If they tried to get Nick to talk, they're gonna try to indict.
So let's serve cross 190.
50 notice now.
Tell them Nick wants to testify before the grand jury.
It tips our hand.
Only if we really let him testify.
If it comes to it, we changed our minds.
But the notice forces them to tell us before they vote - an indictment.
- TIFFANY: Nick.
Hey.
We're just trying to figure this all out.
That's great, and I'm grateful, but, uh I really need your help right now.
Uh, my client, Erin Rush, is gonna spend two years in jail because of me.
So I need you all to stop thinking about me and start thinking about her.
Please.
I need to fix this.
While we completely understand your position on these matters.
We're asking you to reconsider the sentence enhancement since in this particular case, the fault lies entirely with our office.
I don't agree.
Mr.
Brady instructed Erin to wait for him, and then he failed to show up.
She called him repeatedly.
We have an affidavit and time coded cell phone records.
Mr.
Brady wasn't the defendant.
Mr.
Brady didn't give me his word.
I'm punishing your client because she failed to live up to her obligations to this court.
But a two year sentence, Your Honor.
Which is authorized for the counts Ms.
Rush pled to.
Which means she'll lose her job, her health insurance.
She's the sole breadwinner in her family.
Please, Your Honor, consider the impact on her wife, her unborn child.
Yes, it's very sad.
But I have made my decision and I'm sticking to it.
Your Honor, may I be heard? Do I have a choice, Mr.
Roth? Really, does anyone ever have a choice with you? Eugenia Don't start that whole, âWe go way backâ".
But we do.
Jonah Williams? You'd been on the bench two days.
And I'd rule against you all over again.
Do the right thing here.
We've been walking in different directions a long time, Isaiah.
You used to care.
You know, I cried the first time I sentenced someone.
It was only 30 days, but the reality of putting another human being in a cell? It was a heavier burden than I ever imagined.
I'm sure.
I've borne that burden for the last three decades.
LET ME GUESS: It gets easier? After 30 years of an American public demanding mass incarceration, you know what I've come to care about? Stats.
Moving cases along.
- Efficiency.
- You're not warming my heart.
I'm a functionary.
The only thing I have left is respect for the court, for my court.
This wasn't her fault.
You see, that right there is where the problem starts.
A lack of personal responsibility.
Arrive on time.
It's not that hard.
Just once, I wish someone would walk into my courtroom and say, âYeah, I did it.
Punish me.
â If anyone had any faith in your compassion Oh, please.
Before you go all righteous on me, I just signed an arrest warrant for Nick Brady That's the same guy that screwed this case up so if I were you, I'd save my favors for him.
Uh-oh.
You're in my office.
You never come to someone's office to deliver good news.
You couldn't get Erin's sentence back to 90 days.
No, I couldn't.
(SIGHS) There's a warrant out for your arrest.
You need to turn yourself in to the police.
Stay ahead of this.
I arranged a voluntary surrender.
We'll go do it now and have you out in less than 24 hours.
I'd rather go alone.
Nick I can't let you see me like that.
It'll make you lose respect for me and that'll make me lose respect for me.
Don't be ridiculous.
I'm coming with you.
I'm not asking you, I'm telling you.
You're not coming with me.
- There you are.
- Not now, Cameron.
- I just got an e-mail.
- Nick is in trouble.
I don't see how he fights back from this.
How the Character and Fitness Committee - approves him.
- I know, but Whatever it is, can you take care of it? No, sir, I can't.
Read it.
Sadie She's not here.
I wanted to call her, but I figured I'd let you.
You may not want Isaiah here, but there's no way we were gonna let you do this alone.
I was just, uh, telling a client how hard it is to turn herself in.
Turns out, I wasn't kidding.
Piece of cake.
We'll have you out in no time.
Oh, and here I'm scared.
I'm sorry, is it weird that I just admitted that to you? It'd be weird to me if you didn't.
All the ghosts I'm glad you're here.
You ready? Ready as I'll ever be.
Float around us (KEYS JINGLE) How they turned GUARD: Hey, Rice.
Get your stuff.
You're being moved.
To the infirmary? Why? I feel fine.
Just come with me.
This ain't your mother But, darling, there was no Spark left for us We wonder part, too But lost I was And now I know that Here Here I am Oh, and here Here I am Oh, hard to believe It's said and done Good luck.
Hard to believe Thank you.
It's not dead and gone I want to believe All is well that ends well Oh How-how did this happen? But I just can't convince myself Can't touch the stars I'm free? Or make them shine Sadie? Is this real? It's real.
Until the day we die It's real.
Can't touch the stars Can't make them shine It's over.
It's all over.
But you know I'll try - For you, I'll try.
- (CAROLYN SOBS) Nick's arrainment is set for this afternoon.
The State's case isn't very strong, but there's no guarantee - that we can get him out on bail.
- He's already made friends with the guards.
They're letting him use the phone as much as he wants.
He's already called me six times, but not about his case.
About Erin.
I'm working on it.
Since Souza was a dead end, I went over her head and filed an Article 78 petition.
Isn't that like suing the judge? Yeah, and they hate you forever for it, but it gets heard right away.
Hearing's in an hour.
- Yay.
- Not yay yet.
The only time I've seen an Article 78 work is when it went unopposed by the D.
A.
's office.
Hey.
- I heard about Nick.
- Yeah.
- Sorry.
- Thanks.
And to make matters worse, he got Souza'd.
I heard about that, too.
Erin Rush was growing six pot plants.
In eight other states, that'd make her an entrepreneur.
- She should move.
- Maybe she will, in two years, when she gets out of prison.
Souza's a known hard-ass and I agree, two years is excessive, - but it - I filed an Article 78 and I thought it would be amazeballs if Trenegan didn't oppose our petition.
Amazeballs? Trying to keep this light and breezy.
You know what's not amazeballs? Is asking me to influence the judgment of a colleague.
Because that would be completely unethical.
I'm trying to right an outrageous wrong and thought Trenegan might respect your opinion.
He would, because I'm his superior and he'd feel obligated to do what I asked.
And then, I'd feel dirty.
And I don't like feeling dirty.
Except sometimes.
In bed.
Peter Not happening, Cam.
You must be exhausted.
Or hungry? What I want is for you two to stop staring at me.
It's like you're both afraid to blink in case I disappear.
You've been checking your cell phone obsessively for the last hour.
If you have something important to deal with at work, go.
Do it.
And you could go out and get me a few things to wear.
You know, jeans and T-shirts until I'm ready to face Macy's again.
Macy's still exists, right? Yes.
And then when you two come home, we'll root around in the fridge for food, and when we don't find anything Well, then, we'll order Chinese.
Sound good? So good.
(QUIETLY): Perfect.
You're still staring at me.
Go.
(QUIETLY): Okay.
Um, I'll be on my cell phone.
Go.
(INHALES DEEPLY) (SNIFFLES) (INHALES) I read the Article 78 petition to get Ms.
Rush's sentence reset to 90 days.
It's well-argued and concise.
Do the People oppose the appeal? The People were satisfied with the originally negotiated sentence and therefore will not oppose the petition.
I find Judge Souza's ruling to be irrational and needlessly punitive and hereby vacate the two-year sentence - and reinstate the 90 days.
- (SIGHS) (GAVEL BANGS) Remember how I said I hated Peter? (CHUCKLES): Now I love him.
(SIGHS) How's it feel being a free man? - Pretty good.
- I'll bet.
How's it feel having your mom back? - Amazing.
- (CHUCKLES) Thank you so much for asking your mom to call the governor.
- You're welcome.
- What did she I mean, how did she do it? Well, my dad gave him his first job as an intern.
Think we've always sort of felt like there was a favor to cash in - at some point.
- Hmm.
Must be nice being a Brennan.
Yeah, it has its upsides.
Good tables at restaurants.
Actually, that's the only upside.
The rest is reading lies about yourself in the tabloids.
- Well, I can't wait.
- (CHUCKLES) Hey, uh, put your ring on, will you? Come on, just for a few minutes.
I'll keep a good lookout.
(CHUCKLES) That is just Looks good on you.
- That's a good ring.
- (CHUCKLES) This is what we wanted.
Just be two people walking down the street on a Tuesday.
Yeah.
Did Erin's petition work? Yes.
Cam just called.
Thank you.
Thank Cam.
I please, let her know OFFICER: Docket ending 992, Nicholas Brady, charged with murder in the second degree, - and conspiracy to commit murder.
- Hold on.
We were told that Mr.
Brady was being charged with criminal facilitation.
The D.
A.
changed her mind.
Maybe if Mr.
Brady had cooperated ALBERT: Mr.
Brady had nothing to do with the murder of Johnny Lozito.
He didn't see the fight in the yard, and he wasn't present when Mr.
Lozito died, he simply Acted in concert with other inmates to cause the death of Mr.
Lozito, who suffocated in the prison infirmary.
- Come on.
- Your Honor, given the defendant's substantial criminal history and seriousness of the charges, the People are asking for remand.
They want to hold me without bail? This is absurd.
The D.
A.
is angry about our office publicly calling her out on her abuse of power.
I agree.
Holding the defendant without bail is overreaching, but I also agree that Mr.
Brady's history makes him a flight risk.
I'm gonna revoke his passport and set bail at the amount of $5 million.
ISAIAH: Nick Brady is innocent of these charges and I will stake my name, my reputation and my firm on his integrity and his exoneration.
You're gonna gamble your firm on this man? ISAIAH: Yes.
If you post his bail, you can't represent him.
I'm representing Mr.
Brady.
You're a member of the firm that's posting his bond.
It's not allowed.
No, I'm not.
As of right now, I resign from Isaiah Roth & Associates and hereby sever all ties.
Okay.
Bail is set at $5 million, to be secured by a deed to the assets of Isaiah Roth & Associates.
Mr.
Brady, you're free to go.
I'd say I'd pay you back, but it's $5 million.
Don't look at me, I just started my own firm.
- I don't have any money.
- Well, neither do I, so I guess we better win this.
Nick should just testify in the grand jury.
That's a terrible idea.
No, it's not.
He'd make a great witness, and if it's him against a current inmate, maybe they'll decide there's not enough to indict, and the whole thing - could be over in a week.
- They'll indict a ham sandwich and you know that.
So, we just sit around and do nothing while a huge cloud hangs over Nick and the firm? You can't imagine how much I love seeing the two of you argue.
Well, good.
You're gonna be seeing a lot of it.
Maybe I'll just text Albert.
See if he can force them to do a preliminary hearing instead.
Don't text him, tell him at the party.
I'm not going to the party.
My mom is home.
I'm gonna sit here and stare at her.
- No, you're not.
- Yes, I am.
And he's not the only one I can argue with.
You bought a dress.
I want to see you in it.
Seriously, Mom, it's not a big deal.
It is to me.
I-I-I didn't get to see you go to the prom.
G-Give this to me now.
Please.
Fine.
I'll go for an hour, but let me clean up dinner first.
No, no, I'll-I'll clean up.
You go shower.
Fine.
(WHISPERING): You know, she didn't go to the prom.
Sure she did.
She told me.
She went with Andy Hart.
They-They had a great time.
She lied.
Did she boycott it? Too antiquated? Too patriarchal? No one asked her? She's prickly.
(KNOCKS) Peter.
(SIGHS) Thank you so much for helping with Erin.
When Trenegan didn't oppose the motion, I just assumed You assumed that since we're all jerks, the only way any of us could do the decent thing is if we were ordered to.
D.
A.
s aren't your enemy, Cam, but we're also not your coconspirators.
- I'm sorry.
- You should be.
- It won't happen again.
- Good.
- Fine.
- Fine.
(SIGHS) Do you understand how inappropriate it was to ask me? (QUIETLY): I do.
You can't come to me with that sort of thing, just like I can't come to you.
This is why you're gonna make a great D.
A.
You're so ethical, it's annoying.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah, well I didn't get it.
I just found out.
Who did? I don't know.
Someone who doesn't have a black, trans, defense attorney girlfriend who makes them unelectable.
It's insane.
People don't care about that.
People just want to live in a safe city.
They want a D.
A.
who can't be bought.
So run.
Fine, you didn't get interim D.
A.
Run in the general election.
Show them who's electable.
It could be brutal.
Bring it on.
You serious? I think it would be a conflict of interest for you to accompany me to the Billy Brennan victory party.
How about we go home, I put on my fancy dress and you take it off.
Now, that is a party I want to go to.
We want to thank you for all your love and support.
Your e-mails and calls these last few months have been lifesaving.
And I'd also like to thank everybody at Isaiah Roth & Associates.
If any of you ever needs a lawyer, and I hope to God you don't (SCATTERED CHUCKLES) Sadie Ellis and Albert Cobb are two of the finest people I've ever known.
And I'd like to thank my dear friend, Isaiah Roth, who couldn't be here tonight because he has a date that has been on the books, literally for decades.
(MOUTHS): Thank you.
So, now, eat, drink, and for God's sakes, enjoy yourselves.
- WOMAN: Cheers.
- Cheers.
Cheers.
Ah, thank you.
I'm gonna steal these.
Here's to you, Mr.
Sole Practitioner.
Thanks.
You'll be back.
Doubt it.
You're gonna miss me too much.
Billy's not the only one who feels free.
I do not like you.
You love me.
I was gonna yell and make you stay, but I didn't, and I decided to be a grown-up and let you be a grown-up.
I'm proud of you.
I think it was a mistake.
We're gonna be fine.
Okay, this room is full of the richest, most successful women in New York.
Let's go get you a girlfriend.
Bring your bourbon.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Just need to get my laptop.
Until this is settled, Albert and I think it's best if I don't do any law.
It puts the clients at risk.
Oh.
Good news is, I finally get to watch Stranger Things.
So maybe you could walk me to my car Aren't you supposed to be at the party? I didn't really feel like going.
Me neither.
Oh, oh Want to go get hammered? (CHUCKLES) More than you can possibly imagine.
(LAUGHS) But I'm the defendant in a murder case.
You should probably distance yourself.
That is the last thing I'm gonna do.
And it breaks my heart just to see us there Hand in hand, standing on the corner in a hologram And I reach, but we disappear Get your laptop.
Let's go.
All my loneliness is the only thing to find here CAROLYN: For the first time in forever, I just want time to stop.
"I don't want to cross this day off with an âXâ" like I did all the other ones before it.
Yeah.
Me, too.
Always stay the same.
- You having fun? - Yes.
- Are you lying? - Yes.
- Do you want to leave? - Oh, yes.
Okay.
Oh, I got to say hi to one more family member.
I will make it quick and I'll sneak out the front door.
- I'll meet you in ten.
- Okay.
- (CHUCKLES) - Excuse me.
I think someone has a crush on my cousin.
No, um, he and I I'm his we Oh, God, is it that obvious? I thought I was doing a better job of acting professional.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you're a terrible actress.
(CHUCKLES) Max Brennan, Billy's favorite cousin.
- Sadie Ellis.
- I know who you are.
You're a superstar.
And the reason I came over from London.
Congratulations.
He's a good guy.
He is.
Well, it was nice to meet you, Max.
You, too, Sadie.
Take care of him.
Keep him away from bananas.
Why? We're allergic.
I'm the donor.
- Of what? - You're his lawyer, you know everything about him, but he failed to tell you about his bout with leukemia ten years ago? See, that's the difference between him and me.
If I'd almost died, I'd-I'd use it as a pick-up line, try to gain sympathy, but not my cousin, Billy.
No, he's too prideful.
He almost died? He needed a bone marrow transplant.
Luckily, I was a good match.
So, he came to London, moved in with me, took my blood, introduced me to my wife.
He what? We were at a bar.
Occasionally, I'm shy, so Billy, he walked up No, I'm sorry.
What do you mean, he took your blood? My marrow in Billy's body produces my blood.
That's why he's allergic to bananas now when he wasn't before 'cause I am.
I don't understand.
Well, he doesn't have his own blood anymore.
He has mine.
Don't get me wrong, it's great blood, first rate, but BILLY: I'd like to submit my blood.
I'm trying to prove my innocence.
SADIE: You don't have to.
With you offering them your blood and spit on a silver platter, who the hell knows what they're gonna find? If someone else's blood were on the scepter, wouldn't that be powerful evidence of Billy Brennan's innocence? SADIE: Volunteering the blood? Let's be real if we're gonna be real, that was him.
MAX: Bananas are a more recent development.
I'm sorry.
Please excuse me.
Sadie.
Sadie.
- Sadie.
- (GASPS) What's going on? He had a bone marrow transplant.
He doesn't have the same blood as he did back in 1991.
He volunteered his blood because he knew it wouldn't match.
Oh, I believed him.
Oh, my God, what have I done? What are you talking about? He did it, Albert.
Billy killed Amy, and we helped him get away with it.
We're due in court in T minus 50 minutes, so any coffee or whatever, it's gonna have to be a to-go situation, okay? Billy? Hey.
You believe this? In the O.
R.
, nobody had a steadier hand than me.
(CHUCKLES) It's gonna be okay.
You are gonna be okay.
And not guilty.
You sure about that? I have absolutely no doubt.
TIFFANY: Sadie thinks there's a real chance they come back with a guilty verdict, so an emergency motion for bail, pending appeal, - kind of goes without - Well, it goes without saying, right.
Right.
Speaking of verdicts, any word from Character and Fitness? Not yet; Also not yet, sleeping.
Not until I get my results.
Nick, it's fine.
The guy at the interview, he loved you.
Yeah, âloved,â as in past tense, as in before he asked me about Johnny Lozito coming up was the perfect chance for you to show your integrity.
Most people would've lied, but you told the truth.
You know why? - 'Cause I'm an idiot? - Because you are honorable.
You went into Character and Fitness and-and displayed actual character and, and - Fitness? - Yes.
And for that reason, and a dozen more, you are you are top-notch.
The top-est notch.
Really, my money is on you passing with flying colors.
Nick.
I'm heading over for the Brennan verdict.
You're good on Erin Rush's sentencing? Yeah, we already agreed on the terms of the plea deal.
I'll get her squared away, and meet you at the verdict.
Just be careful with Judge Souza.
She acts nice.
Don't fall for it.
She's a monster.
Cam, is Albert really leaving? Until his plants are in a cardboard box and he's out the door, don't bet on it.
(REPORTERS CLAMORING) Dr.
Brennan! (REPORTERS SHOUTING QUESTIONS) NICK: Your Honor, my client has authorized me to enter a plea of guilty to an âAâ misdemeanor for the possession of marijuana with an aggregate weight of more than two ounces, with the understanding that she'll receive a 90-day jail term.
Okay, Ms.
Rush, 90 days means, with good time, you have 60 days to do.
You've been in for a month, so you've got about 30 days left.
I understand, Your Honor.
My wife and I are expecting our first child soon.
I want to be there for the birth, so I just plan on keeping my head down.
Girl or boy? We don't know yet.
The ultrasound where we find out is tomorrow.
Would you like to be there for that? I could release you until tomorrow night, but you still have to come back and finish out your jail term.
Oh, actually, we're good, Your Honor.
We'll just finish out her sentence.
It would be amazing to be at the appointment.
ERIN JUDGE SOUZA: Okay, great.
I am releasing you until 5:00 p.
m.
tomorrow.
But I warn you, if you don't come back, or you're late, I'm tripling your sentence.
Oh, can you do that? Can she do that? She can and she will.
Just don't be late and we're good.
Fine with the People, Your Honor.
Then we're adjourned.
Okay, what's next? That was a trap.
You know what she knows? That people are always late to turn themselves in.
You know why? Because you take five extra minutes in the shower, and, right before you leave, your partner starts crying and you have to console them.
- I'm not gonna be late.
- That's right.
Because I'm gonna be at your apartment at 3:30 to personally escort you back here - with an hour to spare.
- (CHUCKLES) - Got it? - Yeah.
(SOFTLY): Hey.
(SOFTLY): Oh, my gosh.
If this verdict goes the other way, she's gonna need you more now than ever.
- Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
- Albert.
It'd help me to hear it.
I'll be there for her.
I promise.
All rise.
Ladies and gentlemen, the jury is about to enter.
I will not tolerate outbursts.
When the jury renders its verdict, I expect silence.
Mr.
Foreman, have you reached a verdict? We have, Your Honor.
In the matter of The People v.
William Brennan, on the charge of murder in the first degree, we the jury find the defendant not guilty.
(QUIET MURMURING, BILLY SIGHS) (SIGHS) Oh.
JUDGE MENDOZA: Dr.
Brennan, having been found not guilty, your case is concluded.
You are free to go.
Thank you.
(CHUCKLES) - (CORK POPS) - Won't you Won't you take my side - (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS, CROWD CHEERING) - Hey! Should I say something? - Yes.
- Of course.
Uh, everyone has been asking me how I feel.
I think the short answer is good, I feel good.
- I feel really good.
- (LAUGHTER) And I think the not short answer is changed.
I feel profoundly changed by this experience.
And I think that one of the things you learn when you're fighting for your life is who's in the fight with you.
I look around, and everyone, everyone here in small ways and big, saved my life.
I will never be able to thank you, but a thousand times, thank you.
- Cheers.
- ALL: Cheers.
Well, I've been known, on occasion, even without the assistance of extremely expensive champagne, - (LAUGHTER) - to speak lyrically about this little place we call home.
And about the collective struggle we share, the long slog toward justice.
Can we just cut to part about why we do what we do? I've got it that memorized.
(LIGHT LAUGHTER) Be my guest.
There's a reason why days like this, moments like this, feel so good.
And it's because most days and nights end with us feeling so bad.
We fight and claw tooth and nail for justice.
Sometimes we even fight each other.
Call it friendly fire or collateral damage.
But no matter how low we get, when the sun comes out, we are right back here where we belong, because we are a family.
So let's raise our glass.
To today.
And tomorrow.
And the ones after that.
- (CHEERING, WHOOPS, APPLAUSE) - Cheers.
CAMERON: I want this moment.
What do you mean? This moment, this end zone celebration, I want this for Carolyn.
You looked away when I call out Didn't wanna meet my eye Billy? Isaiah.
Freedom is a gift.
Don't waste a minute of it.
I won't.
Good.
You said there's no way you can thank us.
Maybe there is.
Why won't you call Albert, your glass has way too much air in it.
We did it.
Let's be real, Sadie, you did it.
Everything you see here, the champagne and everyone, (CHUCKLES) it's here 'cause you took the risk.
- You made the call.
- What? Volunteering the blood? Let's be real, if we're gonna be real.
That was him.
- Pain in the ass.
- (CHUCKLES) He is a pain in the ass.
That family bit, in your little speech, that was to make me feel bad.
To keep me from leaving.
How'd I do? I guess it made me stop and consider.
- This place does feel like home.
- Mm.
I don't know.
You don't have to know right now.
Eventually your gut will tell you the right thing to do.
Yeah.
Which is to stay by the way.
- The Molly tapes? - The Molly tapes! We found the evidence on those tapes.
And the Windsong thing? (CHUCKLES) The Windsong thing, you made that connection.
I mean, d we were part of the team that exonerated William Brennan! (LAUGHS) I know.
I mean, seriously, there are books that are gonna be written about this case.
- They're being written, like, right now.
- Yeah, I mean, we-we're And you and I, we're gonna be - We're gonna be in those books.
- Mm-hmm.
We'll flip to the index and check.
(BOTH CHUCKLE) God.
What? I want to tell you something.
I want to tell you that I flew solo today at the sentencing, and all I could think was I wanted to tell someone.
Oh, okay, what? (CHUCKLES) No, not that.
I wanted to tell you.
I wanted to tell you that I felt powerful, and intentional, and like this weight had been lifted off my shoulders, and I was finally hitting my stride, and that's due, in no small part In no small part, Tiff to you.
There's still love So, for those reasons and a dozen more Say we're not done you are top-notch.
Why won't you just say The top-est notch.
We're still one Love cannot wait Call me yours Take it or leave it (KNOCKING ON GLASS) Did you two find the champagne? You guys.
We keep it in the fridge.
Duh.
We should probably get back.
- Get back out there.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
Mm.
The gift.
We forgot about the gift.
Oh, my God, the gift.
We were gonna open it if we won.
And we won, Billy.
We won.
I heard something about that.
(LAUGHS) Ooh.
Thank you.
Like you used to do 'Cause there's still love Oh.
In life Oh, this is that thing you told me about that belonged to your great-great great you know, whatever.
It's amazing, your ear for detail.
(LAUGHS) I can't accept this.
It goes back generations.
It should really stay in your family.
Yeah, you're right.
It should stay in the family.
(SIGHS) What are you doing? I'm not wasting a minute.
No, this is just This is just excitement, you're just getting swept up - in the moment - If it had gone the other way, I would be begging you to forget about me right now.
But it didn't go the other way.
So I get to ask you, Sadie Ellis will you marry me? Call me yours Yes.
Yes! Take it or lose me now Do you like it? Oh, my God I didn't get you anything.
Just my life.
Our life.
(LAUGHS) Take it or leave it.
You saw nothing last night.
Oh, I saw something.
The Notebook It was so, so good.
Then I saw the movie about the ghost busters? - Ghostbusters? - Yes! And she also saw you and Nick kiss in the breakroom, - so there's that.
- Lucy.
Come on, you can't, you can't go around telling everyone.
I don't see what's the big deal.
It was just a little champagne kiss.
Unless it wasn't.
No, I-I No, I don't know.
Maybe.
It's like Lucy said Someone shoot me for saying that It's no big deal, you're both adults.
NICK: Tanya? Or maybe not.
What's up? D.
A.
just called, something about Erin's case.
If anybody asks, that's where I am.
Hey.
Either of you guys seen Tiffany? No.
I have.
She's under the desk.
Ow.
Hey, I just wanted to congratulate Are you shredding the Brennan discovery? Calm down, everything's digitized.
(MECHANICAL WHIRRING) God, that feels good.
I just wanted to say, I really am sorry.
Not telling you about your mom, that wasn't easy.
And I hope one day, you'll be able to forgive me.
I'm engaged.
What? We're not going public with it yet.
I still have to figure out how to tell Albert.
And I know we have to wait a while before Six months.
before we tell people, but I just had to tell someone.
I'm engaged.
It really is beautiful.
I still can't believe it.
I mean, everyone I have ever dated, I've hated, because they were either annoying or stupid or had ferrets.
I dated this guy with a ferret.
But Billy is he's kind and smart and - Doesn't have ferrets.
- It's a miracle.
You want to hear another miracle? It's not a ring, but guess what I got? A drawer.
A big drawer, all my own, in Peter's apartment.
And a phone charger.
Phone charger is big.
I know it wasn't easy, not to tell me.
It's just that everything reminds me that my mom will never come home.
Even this.
I'm engaged and my mom won't be at my wedding.
I'm so sorry.
I know.
So, I'm gonna go back to working through my anger at you.
Okay.
Thanks.
(SHREDDER BEEPS, WHIRRING) (SQUEAKING) Hey, Sean.
(CLEARS THROAT) Nick, this is A.
D.
A.
Vincent Todd.
Nice to meet you.
Uh, what's going on, guys? Erin's all set to turn herself in at 5:00, unless you got yourself a big heart and want to give her community service.
She just e-mailed me the ultrasound pictures a few minutes ago.
Guys, it's it's a boy.
Actually, this has nothing to do with Erin's case.
Vincent wants to talk to you, so I'll get out of your way.
Vincent.
What's going on? An attorney named Anthony Kellem contacted us yesterday about something that came up in your Character and Fitness review.
Okay.
He said you might know some stuff about a death that occurred at the Otisville Prison infirmary, about three years ago? It was previously thought to be a heart attack, but according to a present Otisville inmate who contacted him, it was a murder.
Do you know Art Camston? Yeah.
Here's what Mr.
Camston told us.
There was a murder committed by, let's call him Inmate A.
But Inmate A didn't have access to the prison infirmary.
But he got access from a guy we'll call Inmate B.
Which, as you know, constitutes the crime of criminal facilitation.
You following? I went to law school, yeah.
Indeed you did.
Anyway, we were just wondering, curious, if Inmate B felt like helping us out in our investigation.
What makes you think I'm Inmate B? You know how this goes.
You help us out, and we can be very generous, but if you choose to be adversarial Nick, look.
I'm sure there's an explanation for all of this.
Just come clean now, and we'll work something out.
Cool? I'm not saying a word until I speak to my lawyer.
Suit yourself.
(DOOR OPENS) Billy, your friends and family have supported you all through this.
You can't very well deny them the chance to celebrate you, now that you've been cleared.
Anyway, it'll be a small, intimate affair.
- Define your terms.
- Small.
Intimate.
That's repeating your terms.
75 people.
Maybe.
A hundred, tops.
150? I'd be as surprised as anyone.
And their plus-ones, of course.
I just want to put this behind me.
How do you think I feel? Sweetheart, I want to shout to the world that you're innocent.
That my boy And maybe to atone for ever having doubted you, even for a moment.
Honestly, I would do anything if it would help you to forgive me.
Even cancel this party.
But don't make me cancel the party.
There is one thing you could do.
Anything.
NICK: Anyway, I didn't say a word, but obviously I need a lawyer.
Every resource of this firm is at your disposal, Nick.
Thanks.
We'll find out where they are in their investigation, whether a grand jury has been impaneled.
Albert, I know you're planning on leaving us, but for the time being Oh, I'm taking this case.
I'm gonna call the D.
A.
's office right now.
4:30? I still got a half hour.
4:30? Oh God, Erin.
Wait! Stop! - Stop! - Where were you? Your Honor, I This it's my fault.
I waited for you! I called you 20 times! I'm so sorry, I'm gonna fix this.
Your Honor? Judge Souza.
Pl What just happened? Sorry, man, I don't know what to tell you.
Your client was ten minutes late.
That was it.
She upped her sentence to two years.
If they tried to get Nick to talk, they're gonna try to indict.
So let's serve cross 190.
50 notice now.
Tell them Nick wants to testify before the grand jury.
It tips our hand.
Only if we really let him testify.
If it comes to it, we changed our minds.
But the notice forces them to tell us before they vote - an indictment.
- TIFFANY: Nick.
Hey.
We're just trying to figure this all out.
That's great, and I'm grateful, but, uh I really need your help right now.
Uh, my client, Erin Rush, is gonna spend two years in jail because of me.
So I need you all to stop thinking about me and start thinking about her.
Please.
I need to fix this.
While we completely understand your position on these matters.
We're asking you to reconsider the sentence enhancement since in this particular case, the fault lies entirely with our office.
I don't agree.
Mr.
Brady instructed Erin to wait for him, and then he failed to show up.
She called him repeatedly.
We have an affidavit and time coded cell phone records.
Mr.
Brady wasn't the defendant.
Mr.
Brady didn't give me his word.
I'm punishing your client because she failed to live up to her obligations to this court.
But a two year sentence, Your Honor.
Which is authorized for the counts Ms.
Rush pled to.
Which means she'll lose her job, her health insurance.
She's the sole breadwinner in her family.
Please, Your Honor, consider the impact on her wife, her unborn child.
Yes, it's very sad.
But I have made my decision and I'm sticking to it.
Your Honor, may I be heard? Do I have a choice, Mr.
Roth? Really, does anyone ever have a choice with you? Eugenia Don't start that whole, âWe go way backâ".
But we do.
Jonah Williams? You'd been on the bench two days.
And I'd rule against you all over again.
Do the right thing here.
We've been walking in different directions a long time, Isaiah.
You used to care.
You know, I cried the first time I sentenced someone.
It was only 30 days, but the reality of putting another human being in a cell? It was a heavier burden than I ever imagined.
I'm sure.
I've borne that burden for the last three decades.
LET ME GUESS: It gets easier? After 30 years of an American public demanding mass incarceration, you know what I've come to care about? Stats.
Moving cases along.
- Efficiency.
- You're not warming my heart.
I'm a functionary.
The only thing I have left is respect for the court, for my court.
This wasn't her fault.
You see, that right there is where the problem starts.
A lack of personal responsibility.
Arrive on time.
It's not that hard.
Just once, I wish someone would walk into my courtroom and say, âYeah, I did it.
Punish me.
â If anyone had any faith in your compassion Oh, please.
Before you go all righteous on me, I just signed an arrest warrant for Nick Brady That's the same guy that screwed this case up so if I were you, I'd save my favors for him.
Uh-oh.
You're in my office.
You never come to someone's office to deliver good news.
You couldn't get Erin's sentence back to 90 days.
No, I couldn't.
(SIGHS) There's a warrant out for your arrest.
You need to turn yourself in to the police.
Stay ahead of this.
I arranged a voluntary surrender.
We'll go do it now and have you out in less than 24 hours.
I'd rather go alone.
Nick I can't let you see me like that.
It'll make you lose respect for me and that'll make me lose respect for me.
Don't be ridiculous.
I'm coming with you.
I'm not asking you, I'm telling you.
You're not coming with me.
- There you are.
- Not now, Cameron.
- I just got an e-mail.
- Nick is in trouble.
I don't see how he fights back from this.
How the Character and Fitness Committee - approves him.
- I know, but Whatever it is, can you take care of it? No, sir, I can't.
Read it.
Sadie She's not here.
I wanted to call her, but I figured I'd let you.
You may not want Isaiah here, but there's no way we were gonna let you do this alone.
I was just, uh, telling a client how hard it is to turn herself in.
Turns out, I wasn't kidding.
Piece of cake.
We'll have you out in no time.
Oh, and here I'm scared.
I'm sorry, is it weird that I just admitted that to you? It'd be weird to me if you didn't.
All the ghosts I'm glad you're here.
You ready? Ready as I'll ever be.
Float around us (KEYS JINGLE) How they turned GUARD: Hey, Rice.
Get your stuff.
You're being moved.
To the infirmary? Why? I feel fine.
Just come with me.
This ain't your mother But, darling, there was no Spark left for us We wonder part, too But lost I was And now I know that Here Here I am Oh, and here Here I am Oh, hard to believe It's said and done Good luck.
Hard to believe Thank you.
It's not dead and gone I want to believe All is well that ends well Oh How-how did this happen? But I just can't convince myself Can't touch the stars I'm free? Or make them shine Sadie? Is this real? It's real.
Until the day we die It's real.
Can't touch the stars Can't make them shine It's over.
It's all over.
But you know I'll try - For you, I'll try.
- (CAROLYN SOBS) Nick's arrainment is set for this afternoon.
The State's case isn't very strong, but there's no guarantee - that we can get him out on bail.
- He's already made friends with the guards.
They're letting him use the phone as much as he wants.
He's already called me six times, but not about his case.
About Erin.
I'm working on it.
Since Souza was a dead end, I went over her head and filed an Article 78 petition.
Isn't that like suing the judge? Yeah, and they hate you forever for it, but it gets heard right away.
Hearing's in an hour.
- Yay.
- Not yay yet.
The only time I've seen an Article 78 work is when it went unopposed by the D.
A.
's office.
Hey.
- I heard about Nick.
- Yeah.
- Sorry.
- Thanks.
And to make matters worse, he got Souza'd.
I heard about that, too.
Erin Rush was growing six pot plants.
In eight other states, that'd make her an entrepreneur.
- She should move.
- Maybe she will, in two years, when she gets out of prison.
Souza's a known hard-ass and I agree, two years is excessive, - but it - I filed an Article 78 and I thought it would be amazeballs if Trenegan didn't oppose our petition.
Amazeballs? Trying to keep this light and breezy.
You know what's not amazeballs? Is asking me to influence the judgment of a colleague.
Because that would be completely unethical.
I'm trying to right an outrageous wrong and thought Trenegan might respect your opinion.
He would, because I'm his superior and he'd feel obligated to do what I asked.
And then, I'd feel dirty.
And I don't like feeling dirty.
Except sometimes.
In bed.
Peter Not happening, Cam.
You must be exhausted.
Or hungry? What I want is for you two to stop staring at me.
It's like you're both afraid to blink in case I disappear.
You've been checking your cell phone obsessively for the last hour.
If you have something important to deal with at work, go.
Do it.
And you could go out and get me a few things to wear.
You know, jeans and T-shirts until I'm ready to face Macy's again.
Macy's still exists, right? Yes.
And then when you two come home, we'll root around in the fridge for food, and when we don't find anything Well, then, we'll order Chinese.
Sound good? So good.
(QUIETLY): Perfect.
You're still staring at me.
Go.
(QUIETLY): Okay.
Um, I'll be on my cell phone.
Go.
(INHALES DEEPLY) (SNIFFLES) (INHALES) I read the Article 78 petition to get Ms.
Rush's sentence reset to 90 days.
It's well-argued and concise.
Do the People oppose the appeal? The People were satisfied with the originally negotiated sentence and therefore will not oppose the petition.
I find Judge Souza's ruling to be irrational and needlessly punitive and hereby vacate the two-year sentence - and reinstate the 90 days.
- (SIGHS) (GAVEL BANGS) Remember how I said I hated Peter? (CHUCKLES): Now I love him.
(SIGHS) How's it feel being a free man? - Pretty good.
- I'll bet.
How's it feel having your mom back? - Amazing.
- (CHUCKLES) Thank you so much for asking your mom to call the governor.
- You're welcome.
- What did she I mean, how did she do it? Well, my dad gave him his first job as an intern.
Think we've always sort of felt like there was a favor to cash in - at some point.
- Hmm.
Must be nice being a Brennan.
Yeah, it has its upsides.
Good tables at restaurants.
Actually, that's the only upside.
The rest is reading lies about yourself in the tabloids.
- Well, I can't wait.
- (CHUCKLES) Hey, uh, put your ring on, will you? Come on, just for a few minutes.
I'll keep a good lookout.
(CHUCKLES) That is just Looks good on you.
- That's a good ring.
- (CHUCKLES) This is what we wanted.
Just be two people walking down the street on a Tuesday.
Yeah.
Did Erin's petition work? Yes.
Cam just called.
Thank you.
Thank Cam.
I please, let her know OFFICER: Docket ending 992, Nicholas Brady, charged with murder in the second degree, - and conspiracy to commit murder.
- Hold on.
We were told that Mr.
Brady was being charged with criminal facilitation.
The D.
A.
changed her mind.
Maybe if Mr.
Brady had cooperated ALBERT: Mr.
Brady had nothing to do with the murder of Johnny Lozito.
He didn't see the fight in the yard, and he wasn't present when Mr.
Lozito died, he simply Acted in concert with other inmates to cause the death of Mr.
Lozito, who suffocated in the prison infirmary.
- Come on.
- Your Honor, given the defendant's substantial criminal history and seriousness of the charges, the People are asking for remand.
They want to hold me without bail? This is absurd.
The D.
A.
is angry about our office publicly calling her out on her abuse of power.
I agree.
Holding the defendant without bail is overreaching, but I also agree that Mr.
Brady's history makes him a flight risk.
I'm gonna revoke his passport and set bail at the amount of $5 million.
ISAIAH: Nick Brady is innocent of these charges and I will stake my name, my reputation and my firm on his integrity and his exoneration.
You're gonna gamble your firm on this man? ISAIAH: Yes.
If you post his bail, you can't represent him.
I'm representing Mr.
Brady.
You're a member of the firm that's posting his bond.
It's not allowed.
No, I'm not.
As of right now, I resign from Isaiah Roth & Associates and hereby sever all ties.
Okay.
Bail is set at $5 million, to be secured by a deed to the assets of Isaiah Roth & Associates.
Mr.
Brady, you're free to go.
I'd say I'd pay you back, but it's $5 million.
Don't look at me, I just started my own firm.
- I don't have any money.
- Well, neither do I, so I guess we better win this.
Nick should just testify in the grand jury.
That's a terrible idea.
No, it's not.
He'd make a great witness, and if it's him against a current inmate, maybe they'll decide there's not enough to indict, and the whole thing - could be over in a week.
- They'll indict a ham sandwich and you know that.
So, we just sit around and do nothing while a huge cloud hangs over Nick and the firm? You can't imagine how much I love seeing the two of you argue.
Well, good.
You're gonna be seeing a lot of it.
Maybe I'll just text Albert.
See if he can force them to do a preliminary hearing instead.
Don't text him, tell him at the party.
I'm not going to the party.
My mom is home.
I'm gonna sit here and stare at her.
- No, you're not.
- Yes, I am.
And he's not the only one I can argue with.
You bought a dress.
I want to see you in it.
Seriously, Mom, it's not a big deal.
It is to me.
I-I-I didn't get to see you go to the prom.
G-Give this to me now.
Please.
Fine.
I'll go for an hour, but let me clean up dinner first.
No, no, I'll-I'll clean up.
You go shower.
Fine.
(WHISPERING): You know, she didn't go to the prom.
Sure she did.
She told me.
She went with Andy Hart.
They-They had a great time.
She lied.
Did she boycott it? Too antiquated? Too patriarchal? No one asked her? She's prickly.
(KNOCKS) Peter.
(SIGHS) Thank you so much for helping with Erin.
When Trenegan didn't oppose the motion, I just assumed You assumed that since we're all jerks, the only way any of us could do the decent thing is if we were ordered to.
D.
A.
s aren't your enemy, Cam, but we're also not your coconspirators.
- I'm sorry.
- You should be.
- It won't happen again.
- Good.
- Fine.
- Fine.
(SIGHS) Do you understand how inappropriate it was to ask me? (QUIETLY): I do.
You can't come to me with that sort of thing, just like I can't come to you.
This is why you're gonna make a great D.
A.
You're so ethical, it's annoying.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah, well I didn't get it.
I just found out.
Who did? I don't know.
Someone who doesn't have a black, trans, defense attorney girlfriend who makes them unelectable.
It's insane.
People don't care about that.
People just want to live in a safe city.
They want a D.
A.
who can't be bought.
So run.
Fine, you didn't get interim D.
A.
Run in the general election.
Show them who's electable.
It could be brutal.
Bring it on.
You serious? I think it would be a conflict of interest for you to accompany me to the Billy Brennan victory party.
How about we go home, I put on my fancy dress and you take it off.
Now, that is a party I want to go to.
We want to thank you for all your love and support.
Your e-mails and calls these last few months have been lifesaving.
And I'd also like to thank everybody at Isaiah Roth & Associates.
If any of you ever needs a lawyer, and I hope to God you don't (SCATTERED CHUCKLES) Sadie Ellis and Albert Cobb are two of the finest people I've ever known.
And I'd like to thank my dear friend, Isaiah Roth, who couldn't be here tonight because he has a date that has been on the books, literally for decades.
(MOUTHS): Thank you.
So, now, eat, drink, and for God's sakes, enjoy yourselves.
- WOMAN: Cheers.
- Cheers.
Cheers.
Ah, thank you.
I'm gonna steal these.
Here's to you, Mr.
Sole Practitioner.
Thanks.
You'll be back.
Doubt it.
You're gonna miss me too much.
Billy's not the only one who feels free.
I do not like you.
You love me.
I was gonna yell and make you stay, but I didn't, and I decided to be a grown-up and let you be a grown-up.
I'm proud of you.
I think it was a mistake.
We're gonna be fine.
Okay, this room is full of the richest, most successful women in New York.
Let's go get you a girlfriend.
Bring your bourbon.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Just need to get my laptop.
Until this is settled, Albert and I think it's best if I don't do any law.
It puts the clients at risk.
Oh.
Good news is, I finally get to watch Stranger Things.
So maybe you could walk me to my car Aren't you supposed to be at the party? I didn't really feel like going.
Me neither.
Oh, oh Want to go get hammered? (CHUCKLES) More than you can possibly imagine.
(LAUGHS) But I'm the defendant in a murder case.
You should probably distance yourself.
That is the last thing I'm gonna do.
And it breaks my heart just to see us there Hand in hand, standing on the corner in a hologram And I reach, but we disappear Get your laptop.
Let's go.
All my loneliness is the only thing to find here CAROLYN: For the first time in forever, I just want time to stop.
"I don't want to cross this day off with an âXâ" like I did all the other ones before it.
Yeah.
Me, too.
Always stay the same.
- You having fun? - Yes.
- Are you lying? - Yes.
- Do you want to leave? - Oh, yes.
Okay.
Oh, I got to say hi to one more family member.
I will make it quick and I'll sneak out the front door.
- I'll meet you in ten.
- Okay.
- (CHUCKLES) - Excuse me.
I think someone has a crush on my cousin.
No, um, he and I I'm his we Oh, God, is it that obvious? I thought I was doing a better job of acting professional.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you're a terrible actress.
(CHUCKLES) Max Brennan, Billy's favorite cousin.
- Sadie Ellis.
- I know who you are.
You're a superstar.
And the reason I came over from London.
Congratulations.
He's a good guy.
He is.
Well, it was nice to meet you, Max.
You, too, Sadie.
Take care of him.
Keep him away from bananas.
Why? We're allergic.
I'm the donor.
- Of what? - You're his lawyer, you know everything about him, but he failed to tell you about his bout with leukemia ten years ago? See, that's the difference between him and me.
If I'd almost died, I'd-I'd use it as a pick-up line, try to gain sympathy, but not my cousin, Billy.
No, he's too prideful.
He almost died? He needed a bone marrow transplant.
Luckily, I was a good match.
So, he came to London, moved in with me, took my blood, introduced me to my wife.
He what? We were at a bar.
Occasionally, I'm shy, so Billy, he walked up No, I'm sorry.
What do you mean, he took your blood? My marrow in Billy's body produces my blood.
That's why he's allergic to bananas now when he wasn't before 'cause I am.
I don't understand.
Well, he doesn't have his own blood anymore.
He has mine.
Don't get me wrong, it's great blood, first rate, but BILLY: I'd like to submit my blood.
I'm trying to prove my innocence.
SADIE: You don't have to.
With you offering them your blood and spit on a silver platter, who the hell knows what they're gonna find? If someone else's blood were on the scepter, wouldn't that be powerful evidence of Billy Brennan's innocence? SADIE: Volunteering the blood? Let's be real if we're gonna be real, that was him.
MAX: Bananas are a more recent development.
I'm sorry.
Please excuse me.
Sadie.
Sadie.
- Sadie.
- (GASPS) What's going on? He had a bone marrow transplant.
He doesn't have the same blood as he did back in 1991.
He volunteered his blood because he knew it wouldn't match.
Oh, I believed him.
Oh, my God, what have I done? What are you talking about? He did it, Albert.
Billy killed Amy, and we helped him get away with it.