Bull (2016) s06e02 Episode Script
Espionage
1
Previously on Bull
Where's Astrid?
[SOBBING.]
: He took her! He had a gun! [DISTORTED.]
: If you ever want to see your daughter again, you'll pay $1 million.
If you call police, she's dead.
You need to find out everything that you can about this woman.
SHERYL: We'll see how sorry you are.
This is for Simon.
Drop your weapon! Put your hands in the air! MCDONNELL: But the good news is, our group got a grant to help survey water systems upstate - and look for lead pipe.
- Is there a lot? It feels like there would be a lot.
Actually seven percent of water systems nationwide are leaded.
This is not working.
What's the matter? The video said it was supposed to thicken while it cooked, and it's not.
- Mm.
- This is inedible.
Yeah.
[LAUGHS.]
We have to pull the pizza rip cord.
No problem.
You know me No veggies, lots of meat.
[POUNDING ON DOOR.]
MAN: Jerry McDonnell! This is the FBI! We have a warrant to search the premises! Open the door! Jerry McDonnell? Are you Jerry McDonnell? - AGENT: Check the bedroom.
- Yes.
This authorizes us to search for and remove items from these premises.
If you interfere or obstruct us, you will be arrested.
What is this about? That's all the information I'm required to provide.
Kelsey.
We should get out of here.
Really, let's just go.
Jerry, my name is Anna Steadman.
I'm a special agent with the FBI.
You're FBI? Yes, I am.
[PANTING.]
: Oh, my God.
- I think I'm gonna be sick.
- Jerry, I'm not supposed to tell you this, but you're about to get arrested.
Don't try to run or fight.
You'll just, you'll make it worse.
You're in a lot of trouble.
More than you understand.
You need a lawyer.
A good one.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE.]
[PASSING SIREN WAILING.]
[SNORTS.]
[SNIFFLING.]
[PANTING.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[WHISPERS.]
: Good morning.
[GRUNTS.]
Couldn't sleep.
Tried and I couldn't do it, so I came in here.
Good idea.
It just felt better to be close to her.
Call me crazy.
Our daughter was just kidnapped, and we almost didn't get her back.
I'd say you were crazy if you did anything else.
Flatterer.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]
I think I'm just gonna stay in today and just be with Astrid.
Good idea.
I think I'm gonna go into the office.
Already? Yeah.
Just want to see how things are going.
But I thought we were gonna take some time to rest and recover.
We did.
Two days.
Rested.
Recovered.
[SIGHS.]
I'm gonna go get dressed.
[SIGHS.]
[BELL DINGS.]
I thought you were gonna stay home for a while.
I stayed.
I'm back.
Okay.
How's Izzy doing? Why, she's excellent.
Thank you for asking.
She is at home with Astrid.
Sounds like a good idea given what she went through.
What you all went through.
That PhD after your name says you know something about post-traumatic stressMm.
And how to deal with it.
There's no need for you to hurry back.
Everything is under control.
- You don't have to be here.
- Sure I do.
My name's on the door.
Actually, it isn't.
Well, it's a good thing I'm here, then.
We can do something about it.
Hey.
Where are you going? - See a new client.
- Okay, we did not take him on without consulting you.
The Federal Defenders Office assigned him to Chunk.
Oh.
And who is this lucky person? Name's Jerry McDonnell.
The FBI hit him - with a quick-knock raid.
- What's the charge? Spying.
Ooh.
Espionage.
That could be interesting.
Let's see what he has to say.
Wasn't he supposed to be staying home for a little while? BULL: Government says McDonnell distributed classified information about nuclear weapons? There's a government facility in Kentucky that stores radioactive material from decommissioned warheads.
They've had accidents.
The locals claim they've released radioactive gas.
McDonnell got his hands on some documents describing these accidents and put them on the Internet.
Well, apparently, the place has a website.
It's not exactly a secret lab.
No, but they have a lot of secrets.
These documents talk about the moving and storage of nuclear material.
The government thinks that's national defense information, and they've charged him with 12 counts under the Espionage Act.
[SIGHS.]
: Espionage Act.
Does he know what that's about? I'm guessing he does not.
Ah.
So we're giving him the bad news.
Great.
[CELL DOOR CLOSING.]
I work for a nonprofit that advocates for clean water.
So how'd you go from clean water to nuclear secrets? I grew up near the facility.
I still have family in the area.
It's a serious concern, for people down there.
Everyone's heard rumors about leaks fires that spread radioactive ash.
There's been a lot of unexplained illness.
Cancer clusters and such.
So when I I obtained the documents, I had to make them public, because they show that there were leaks of radioactive material.
Poison's been spread a half mile from where my mother and father live, which the facility has denied up and down.
So, you knew that you could get in trouble? I posted them under a fake handle.
I thought that would keep me anonymous; Not so much, I guess.
You said you "obtained" these documents.
Who gave them to you? Jerry, you need to tell us.
It could be our only bargaining chip.
I don't see how.
He's dead.
He was a friend from high school.
He had leukemia.
Which he thought he got from the facility.
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't.
But doesn't his family have the right to know what he'd been exposed to? This has zero to do with national security.
I put out those documents so people would know what was in their air, and water.
They have a right to know that.
I agree.
And we should tell the jury that.
But we can't.
- Why not? - Because you're being charged under the Espionage Act, and that is kryptonite for a defense.
We cannot discuss your motives or the consequences of your actions.
The reasons, whatever you hoped to accomplish, none of it is admissible in court.
Most people in your position plead guilty.
What would happen if I did that? Well, the charges call for a 30-year sentence, but with a plea deal, we'd be looking at less.
I was trying to help people.
They want to put me in prison for 30 years? We're gonna talk to the AUSA and see what he's thinking.
Jerry.
It's gonna be okay.
How? Thanks, Marissa.
Appreciate it.
What's she got on AUSA Carto? CHUNK: Been in office about six years.
- Some kind of cop before that.
- Anything else? He wins.
A lot.
The famous Dr.
Bull.
Ha! Famous, huh? Walt Carto.
Chester Palmer.
Chief counsel for TAC.
Good for you.
So, Jerry McDonnell.
What are we doing? Talking a deal? 12 counts and 30 years seems unacceptable and abusive.
Yeah, well, I like to come in strong, but I can go down to four counts and 20.
CHUNK: You want to put this man away for 20 years for trying to protect his community? No, I want to put him away for 30, but I'll take the haircut if it'll save the cost of a trial.
[CHUCKLES.]
You believe McDonnell deserves that kind of punishment? The material this facility processes is the actual payload from a nuclear warhead.
You want to make a dirty bomb, a suitcase nuke, Aw, come on.
This is the place you target.
McDonnell drew the bad guys a map.
CHUNK: No.
What he did was try to inform his friends and family about the toxins they were breathing in.
Okay, look, I don't care why he did it.
The government decides what's secret, okay? Can't tolerate people thinking what McDonnell did is anything less than deadly serious.
20 years or no deal.
But, I mean, if you want to keep it coming, keep it coming, 'cause I do enjoy the back-and-forth.
Who hit you, Walt, Mom or Dad? What are you talking about? Most bullies were physically abused as children.
I'm sorry, you're saying I'm a bully now for doing my job? Not for doing your job.
Just, it's this.
It's what they call a Duchenne smile.
It's a sign of genuine pleasure.
Now, you may think putting Jerry McDonnell away is necessary, even important but you can't say it's fun, Walt.
Not unless you're a bully.
You have my offer.
Talk to your client.
That escalated quickly.
I mean, 20 years is a long time, but it's still less - than 30.
- A bad deal's a bad deal.
You sure you want to fight this out in court, Bull? We're gonna take that smug bastard to trial and it's gonna be fun.
It's still so early.
- You don't have to leave.
- Shh! You'll wake Mauricio.
Erik, how much effort have we put into making our son okay with the divorce? Let's not confuse things by adding, "But every now and then Mommy and Daddy hook up.
"Come by sometime.
You can watch.
" Now you're just being perverse.
- Have you seen my shoes? - Yeah, they're where you always put them.
Mm.
[SIGHS.]
You are leaving because of Mauricio? Not because you want to get out of here as fast as you can? Amazingly, no.
I'd like to stay.
If our son's bedroom wasn't 20 feet away.
Well if you prefer the sneaky approach, my company does keep a hotel room at the St.
Blair.
We could meet there for lunch or you know.
Lunch at TAC lasts just long enough for a handful of Cheez-Its, but thanks for the invitation.
[EXHALES.]
: Mm This is not a place I expected to be again.
Me, neither.
But I like it.
[LAUGHS.]
Mm-mm.
[LAUGHS.]
BULL: And that's the thing about this case We've lost before we start.
Our client obtained documents he did not have clearance to possess, and he gave them to others who also lacked clearance.
And those are the elements of the crime, and we cannot contest them.
DANNY: Why did we take this case, exactly? Our job is to make the jury see it differently.
Jerry McDonnell was a concerned citizen, and he was revealing important information to a threatened community.
It all comes down to the press, Danny.
I want every report, every rumor you can find on this facility.
'Cause when those jurors walk into the court and they hear the words "nuclear facility," I want them to think "environmental catastrophe.
" I'll see what I can dig up.
Juries have to be independent thinkers, people who instinctively distrust everything the government tells them.
Who doesn't do that? Just saying.
We need the real deal: True disbelievers.
Exactly how big a tinfoil hat are we looking for? [SIGHS.]
How big you got? Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
This case is about government secrets.
Nuclear weapons.
National security.
So what I would like to speak to you about is canned goods.
You, sir.
How many cans would you say are in your cabinets right now? Uh I don't know.
Uh a half dozen? CHUNK: All right.
And, uh, what about you, ma'am? Uh, not many.
I like fresh ingredients.
Okay.
And, you.
I keep a six-month supply of canned and dry goods, which I rotate by expiration date.
- Hello.
- CHUNK: And anything else in that well-stocked pantry - of yours? - Propane stove.
Supply of fuel.
Plus two 50-gallon drums of distilled water.
I think I like her.
When civilization as we know it collapses, I intend to survive.
Bingo.
We have a prepper.
Your Honor, this juror is acceptable to the defense.
It says here that you refused to join a family tree website.
- Why? - They wanted a sample of my DNA.
You know they're going straight to the government, and with the cloning they're doing, they could produce a whole army of me.
What's that gonna be like? That's a good question.
Your Honor, this juror is acceptable to the defense.
We have one pick left Between 14 and nine.
MARISSA: 14.
Bonnie Kaplow.
Votes independent.
I checked her social media feed.
It's government-skeptical.
Let's go with 14.
She's detail-orientated, educated The kind of leader the other jurors are gonna follow.
Carto's all over us, and he still has one peremptory challenge left.
So you think if we show interest, he'll kick her? I'm sure of it.
Mm.
I'm gonna head-fake him.
- He's gonna head-fake him? - What does that even mean? Ma'am, you mentioned that you have a relative in the military.
Correct? A cousin.
Why? Your Honor, I move to dismiss this juror for cause.
Her connection to the military prejudices her - in favor of the government.
- Your Honor, the defense has tried to manipulate this voir dire from the start.
The challenge is ridiculous and so is the motion.
Won't fly, Counsel.
Motion denied.
And as far as the government is concerned, juror number 14 is acceptable.
JUDGE: We have a jury.
Hello.
IZZY: We're in the kitchen.
What's going on in here? This is ADA Mary O'Neill.
She's prosecuting the kidnapping.
We spoke when the police took your statement.
So what's happening? Is something wrong? No, no, nothing's wrong.
I was just telling your wife that both the mother and the son who abducted your daughter have decided to plead guilty.
- So no trial, - Jason.
- Isn't that great? - What's the sentence? We're still hammering out the details, but they will be substantial.
I just wanted you to know, because I know sometimes victims get anxious about the prospect of court proceedings.
We're not anxious.
I was.
[IZZY SIGHS.]
Thank you for telling us.
It's no problem.
Uh, also, I wanted to give you this.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
[DISTORTED.]
: Hi, baby girl.
It's Daddy.
You're okay.
Shut up! O'NEILL: car when he was arrested.
We've been holding it for evidence.
I thought your daughter might want it back.
Thank you.
She's been missing it.
I'll bring it to her.
I'm pretty sure she's sleeping.
I'll just put it in her crib.
[SIGHING.]
[TAKES DEEP BREATH.]
THOMAS: It's hell when someone takes your child from you, isn't it? IZZY: Hey.
You've been in here awhile.
Is everything okay? Yeah.
Well, O'Neill left.
She said to say goodbye.
Jason, is everything all right? For real.
[WHISPERS.]
: Absolutely.
[CHUCKLES.]
: Aw, come on.
I'm fine.
[SIGHS.]
Don't get comfortable.
- What? - Just heard from the judge's clerk.
We got trouble.
The AUSA has brought to my attention some social media posts of a significantly antigovernment nature which Mr.
Carto believes were written by this juror, Ms.
Kaplow.
Ma'am, did you post these? I remind you you're under oath.
Yes.
I did.
CARTO: Well, then I believe we have a problem.
BULL: Your Honor, we've examined the posts, and yes, they are passionate and strongly worded "Dismantle the FBI and the whole" I won't read the next word, but it rhymes with "trucking" "Justice Department, destroy them and salt the earth around them.
" You're telling me she's impartial? Ms.
Kaplow, you're dismissed.
- Thank you for your brief service.
- CHUNK: Your Honor, we object to this in the strongest possible terms.
Of course you do.
Anything else? Uh, you know, that was an okay stunt you pulled in voir dire.
Crossed me up a minute, and then I realized 14 was your keystone juror.
[CHUCKLES.]
See, that's the thing about bullies.
We win.
[CHUCKLES.]
Duchenne smile? Right? Now I know what it is.
BULL: How did Carto get those posts and we didn't? They were on an obscure site.
She used a screen handle - she didn't use anywhere else.
- You didn't answer my question! Carto found them.
Why didn't we? He has the entire Justice Department behind him.
He can get a hundred people to do his search.
I'm one person.
It's not a fair fight.
Is that what I'm supposed to tell Jerry McDonnell when he serves 30 years in prison? Sorry, but Taylor said it wasn't a fair fight.
I did what you asked.
You wanted jurors who were skeptical of the government.
- I found them.
- Well, they're useless if we can't keep them on the jury.
No more mistakes.
He's just wound up.
I'm going to lunch.
It's 10:15.
Hey, got some stuff on the nuclear facility.
An IG's report and some locals who will talk to reporters.
Good.
Now I need something else.
- What? - Everything you can get on the AUSA, Walter Carto.
Background.
Weaknesses.
Skeletons.
Well, I've got more leads I wanted to track down on the nuclear stuff.
Can it wait a day? No, it cannot.
I need everything you can give me.
Now.
[LINE RINGING.]
ERIK: Hey.
How soon can you be at the St.
Blair? [BELL DINGS.]
It's not about being sensitive to criticism You know I can take that But criticize me for something real, not, "What do you mean you didn't search the entire Internet?" I have done so much for that man, but what he notices is the one time I get beaten by the U.
S.
government, using digital tools I can only dream of.
And now I'm gonna stop talking, because I don't think you've said anything since we came in.
- Sorry.
- It's okay.
Look, you have every reason to be mad at Bull He was a jerk But it sounds like you're angry partly because you're worried he was right, a little.
Maybe you should have caught it.
How is it, after being divorced this long, you still know me better than anyone else? Thanks for listening.
I'm sure this wasn't what you had in mind when I said, "Let's meet at the hotel.
" [LAUGHS.]
: What? A bitch session with my ex-wife about her boss? Don't be ridiculous.
It's a classic nooner.
I'm glad you called.
Do it anytime.
Thanks.
Mm, I have to get back to work.
I'm sorry.
I'm an awful person.
Just, um, let me say one thing before you go, okay? What's that? Uh, when we first connected I was with Rachel, which was a problem.
I never asked you to break up I know.
I know.
I didn't break up with her because of anything you did.
But it was partly because of the way I found myself feeling about you.
Something real is happening between us.
Like, we're finding our way back to a real relationship.
I don't know, Erik.
I think [SIGHS.]
: Maybe this works because it's nothing like a real relationship.
It's different, but that's okay.
We're not the people we were when we got divorced.
We can be different.
I need to know you think this is going somewhere, because I feel like it is.
Let's see.
STEADMAN: I was part of a team that surveilled Mr.
McDonnell for about nine weeks.
CARTO: And what were you looking for? STEADMAN: We were trying to determine if he had possession of classified national defense information that had been published on the Internet.
- Did he? - Yes.
I saw the documents on his computer myself.
And their presence was confirmed by forensic examination of the computer after Mr.
McDonnell was arrested.
Why were these documents significant? The facility described in the documents stores what are known as canned subassemblies.
They hold enriched uranium and other materials that detonate a nuclear warhead.
Any terrorist would be extremely motivated - to get his hands on them.
- And these documents describe where they're stored, how they're transported, correct? - Mm-hmm.
- Highly, highly valuable information.
That's right.
No further questions.
He's a winker.
[SIGHS.]
: Bad news.
The jury likes her.
That testimony killed.
Give us a chance.
CHUNK: Ms.
Steadman, how did you come to see the documents on my client's computer? It's not the sort of thing he would readily share, correct? I was working undercover and had gained his trust.
"Gained his trust"? That's an interesting phrase.
In fact, your job was to insert yourself into Mr.
McDonnell's life by pretending to be romantically interested in him and then spy on him.
You lied about the most personal things imaginable.
Did you ever kiss this man to gain his trust? Uh, we kissed a few times.
- Yes.
- Hmm.
Quite an accomplishment, isn't it? To get him to show you these documents.
Took a lot of trust, isn't that right? I guess.
What did he talk about when he showed you these documents? Objection, Your Honor.
Relevance.
This is the wedge.
Let's see if she lets us in.
I'm willing to see where this goes.
Overruled.
- Good.
- STEADMAN: He talked about what was in the documents.
Anything else? Agent? He talked about the region around the facility.
Did he talk about the people there as well? - I guess.
- You were surveilling him.
You had to have known what he did or did not say.
Yes, he talked about the people.
Did he happen to mention his concern for their health? - Your Honor - That they were being poisoned I object in the strongest terms possible.
By leaks from this facility? Counsel is way outside the scope of this proceeding.
I was hoping you wouldn't go there, Mr.
Palmer.
- Damn it.
- Sustained.
Move on.
You mentioned terrorists.
You found no evidence of any connection between Mr.
McDonnell and any individual or terror groups, did you? - That's right.
- Did he ever express any interest in any anti-American or terror group? No.
No further questions, Your Honor.
Redirect, Your Honor? You mentioned forensic analysis of the computer.
And it showed Mr.
McDonnell posted the documents on several Internet sites, correct? - That's right.
- Effectively making them available to every terrorist in the world.
Isn't that right? - Yes.
- No further questions.
MARISSA: You scored some points.
Jury's got more questions about the government's case, but it's not enough to acquit.
BULL: Yeah.
We need more than skepticism.
We need an excuse.
Jurors need to understand there's a justification for what he did.
No kidding.
But how are we gonna get it in? We tried the frontal assault.
- You saw how that went.
- MARISSA: Sorry to bring it up, but is it time for a second talk with the other side - about a deal? - Carto is not gonna discuss anything now.
Why should he? He's winning.
DANNY: Hey.
Sorry to break up the party.
I learned some things - about Carto.
- What? Well, he was a sheriff's deputy upstate for a few years, and then FBI before he got his law degree.
Married, divorced.
In the FBI, he was a wiretap specialist on RICO cases, [SCOFFS.]
but something went wrong, and he was disciplined.
- Disciplined for what? - No one can tell me.
I'd have to look in his personnel file.
And why haven't you done that? Well, 'cause it's not like I can just walk into the FBI and ask to see it.
Well, then you find another way to do it! Or are you quitting? Do you quit?! CHUNK: Bull.
That's a little harsh.
I'm not quitting.
Then why are we talking? Do it! I'll talk to him.
Not sure if I agree with your motivational technique.
- With Danny or Taylor.
- Oh, I'm sorry, did I hurt someone's feelings? Heavens.
Let me sit down and pen an apology.
I just, I have to Look, if you're gonna ask if I'm okay, Marissa, I'm gonna throw something.
All right, I won't do that.
Thank you.
Look, everyone is frustrated.
It's worse than that.
I feel like we've strapped Jerry McDonnell to the front of a car and we're gonna drive him off a cliff.
We knew what defending against the Espionage Act would be like.
It's brutal.
That's why most people confess and plea out.
That's an idea.
Plea out? Chunk said - No, that's not what I mean.
- Then what did you Okay.
Hi.
Don't drink too much coffee.
We got to meet McDonnell first thing in the morning.
- Why? - So we can convince him to confess.
I don't understand.
If I confess, doesn't that mean I'll go to prison for sure? We're hoping it'll keep you out of prison.
We're not contesting the elements of the crime.
You'll just be saying what we've admitted.
- Okay.
I guess.
- We'll also need you to name the person who gave you the documents.
I told you, he's dead.
What's the point of saying his name? We want you to say more than that.
CHUNK: Just to be clear, the documents in question, - you had them? - I did.
And you put them on the Internet? Yes.
How did you get them in the first place? I got a call from a friend from high school.
His name was Lane Burrell.
He said he was sick dying And he wanted to see me, so I went.
And how did he appear to you? He was in the late stages of myeloid leukemia.
He'd lost about a third of his weight.
He was having trouble breathing.
H-He was my friend.
[CHOKED UP.]
: It was hard to see him like that.
When did he die? Three days later.
CHUNK: I'm sorry.
MARISSA: It's working.
This jury is totally engaged.
This could change their thinking about the case.
If he can get the testimony in.
Carto sees something coming.
What did your friend tell you? Objection.
Hearsay.
CHUNK: Your Honor, Mr.
Burrell passed shortly after giving these statements.
Under the dying declaration exemption, his statements are admissible.
Agreed.
Go ahead.
Lane was an administrator at the facility.
He said he'd taken some documents he thought I'd know how to get them out so people could see them.
And why did he want people to see them? He said they showed there had been accidents at the facility that released radioactive material - into the atmosphere - Objection, Your Honor! Outside the scope of the trial.
CHUNK: We're not discussing the defendant's motives, Your Honor.
We're discussing the defendant's source, Mr.
Burrell.
Since he's not charged, we're free to talk about him.
It's an interesting point.
- I'll allow it.
- Your Honor Done, Mr.
Carto.
Let's move along.
CHUNK: Lane Burrell believed that the facility had released radioactive materials into the atmosphere.
Was that all? He said there was evidence of contaminated water as well.
Your Honor, again, irrelevant.
JUDGE: I ruled on this.
Continue.
Did Mr.
Burrell think that the facility was the cause of his illness? Yeah.
He thought he contracted it from being exposed Your Honor, now the witness Is this guy for real? - CARTO: I have to object.
- Easy.
Can I be allowed to question my witness? No, not when your questions mock the court and the rules of evidence that have been established Come on! What are you afraid of? Some truth's gonna come out? Let our client speak! - JUDGE: Dr.
Bull! - [SIGHS.]
Please leave my courtroom, or I'll have you removed.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
I had Carto on the ropes.
The story would have gotten out.
But the jury's not gonna remember any of that now, because someone stood up in court and shouted! I know you have been through a lot, brother, and I feel for you, I do.
But you're off your game.
Best you get it back.
[BULL SIGHS.]
- What are you doing home? - Remember when I told you that I was gonna go to the office because everything was fine? Mm-hmm.
[SIGHS.]
: Well [CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]
I might not have been telling the truth.
You don't say.
What happened? [SIGHS HEAVILY.]
I blew up in court.
I might have blown up the whole case.
Come here.
[SIGHS.]
: Huh What's going on? [GROANS.]
[HISSING INHALE.]
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry all the time.
They came into our lives, Izzy, and they threatened us, they threatened our daughter.
My daughter.
[EXHALES.]
I mean they nearly took everything from us, didn't they? How can that happen? How could I let that happen? [SNIFFLES.]
Maybe because you don't control the world.
Maybe.
[SNIFFLES.]
Anyway I'm sorry, I - [SIGHS.]
- I've been mean to people.
Mean to people at work, and This AUSA, he just he got me so angry.
I just said I'm gonna take him to court, and I'm gonna show him.
[SCOFFS.]
And now he's winning.
You know what the real question is.
What are you gonna do about it? I don't know.
[PASSING HORN HONKING.]
Heavy head on a motel bed I'm waiting there for you What can I get you? I'm celebrating.
Got any champagne? Not that kind of place.
How about some good tequila? I got tequila in a good bottle.
[CHUCKLES.]
That'll do.
Independence Day? Signed the papers this morning.
Best damn day of my life.
Mm.
I know that feeling.
- You're divorced? - Nine wonderful years.
- Ooh.
- So welcome to the sisterhood.
That round's on the house.
Thanks.
[EXHALES.]
I'll have another.
- Buy you one? - Sure.
So, uh, my ex is a dumb-dick cop.
So stupid.
Yours? FBI when we were together.
Not so stupid, actually.
He's a lawyer for the government now.
Good news, though.
Alimony paid for this place.
The government, that's that's the worst.
Isn't it, though? You know the difference between a snake and a U.
S.
attorney? No.
[WHISPERS.]
: Me, neither.
[CHUCKLES.]
I hear you.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
MAN: Hey, Clara.
Another round.
[SCOFFS SOFTLY.]
Be right back.
I'm here.
[CLATTERING IN DISTANCE.]
- Ah.
- Oh.
I hope that isn't expensive.
It is.
Sorry.
[CHUCKLES.]
: Are you okay? I'm fine.
I found Carto's ex-wife.
- Oh.
Where? - Oh, this little bar she owns in Queens.
Tequila's not great, but there's plenty of it.
Did she give you - anything we can use? - Turns out Carto got in trouble 'cause he started running wiretaps on the side when he couldn't get a warrant.
He's got this buddy who's a P.
I.
, does electronic surveillance.
So whenever he wants to drop a private tap, he hires his friend.
How does she know this? 'Cause he tried to do it to her when they got a divorce.
Big mistake.
Cost him a lot.
She thinks that he's been doing this in the AUSA's office.
That's why he wins so much.
[SNAPS FINGERS.]
Mm.
Danny that's great.
- Thank you.
- You said do it.
I did.
Yeah.
Listen, I know I I haven't been my best around the office lately, and, uh, I'm sorry about that.
Yeah, well it's all right.
We all know you're pretty messed up.
Yeah, I guess I am.
Listen, I need, uh you to do something for me again.
What? The one thing that might save Jerry McDonnell.
Come on, we got to get inside.
I need you to do something for me.
Yeah, deliver a closing in about ten minutes.
I need you to ask for a continuance just for a day.
Why? We have a report there's been a Brady violation.
Now, a source told us, confidentially, of course, that the FBI collected exculpatory evidence from McDonnell's apartment but did not turn it over.
We're awaiting a call at noon today from our source.
What source? What Brady violation? - What are you talking about? - Ask for a continuance.
Not until you tell me what's going on.
As an officer of the court, you can't lie to the judge, but you can go in there and relay to her the information I have just told you, and you would not be lying.
I know it's been a hard couple of days, and I I've been a little out of it.
I'm sorry about that.
But trust me, on this, Chunk.
Okay? [DOOR OPENS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[SIGHS.]
: Okay.
Gentlemen, any business before I call the jury in? Your Honor.
I have a request.
Obviously, there is no Brady violation.
- Nope.
- So why did I just tell the court that there is one? MARISSA: So Carto will go to the FBI and demand to know if one exists they will say no, because it doesn't.
But Carto will not believe them, because he is a suspicious, cheating worm who thinks everyone is like him.
BULL: I'm guessing he won't be able to stand the possibility of his precious victory collapsing, so he's gonna have his friend tap our phones to intercept - the report from our source.
- I've got a digital watchdog on our phone system.
Anyone tries to get in, I'll know.
Can't the FBI get past that? Well, the FBI could.
Carto's working with some private numbnut.
Can't beat Taylor.
CHUNK: And what happens if Carto - doesn't fall for it? - BULL: You go in tomorrow, tell the judge we were wrong about the Brady violation, give a beautiful closing argument, and we lose.
Okay, I don't care if I am an officer of the court, I'm either gonna be in on the play or there won't be no play.
[COMPUTER BEEPS.]
Ooh.
11:54.
Is that Carto? It's definitely somebody trying to get in.
I just can't tell who or where they are.
MARISSA: So we don't know, for sure if it's Carto.
Is that enough? Yeah.
If you're here to ask for another deal, you could save it.
I like my chances with the jury.
I am here about a deal, but it's not for Jerry McDonnell.
- Who, then? - We know you tried to place illegal surveillance equipment on our office today.
And we know you've done it before, as a U.
S.
attorney and with the FBI.
Cool, cool.
Where's your proof? Right now we're preparing a subpoena for your little wiretapping buddy.
And you know how this story goes, don't you, Walt? He's gonna flip on you, and then you're gonna be in prison before the end of the year.
And that'll be the end of your career.
No.
What do you mean, no? If you were gonna do that, you would have already done it; We wouldn't be standing here.
I'd be in a room with a dozen lawyers.
No, no, no, no.
See, you don't want me arrested.
You're right.
- I don't want you arrested.
- No.
- You know what I want? - Hmm? I want you to give Jerry a plea agreement, and that agreement is going to state very clearly that he does no jail time.
And then we will sit on what we know about you, and you can have your career, your reputation and your freedom.
And Jerry gets his freedom, and that is gonna be the deal.
I can't do it.
I answer to people, and they take what McDonnell did very seriously.
You have an hour to think about it.
Get it done.
[CHUCKLES.]
See? That's the Duchenne smile.
[SIGHS.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[LOCK BUZZES.]
- No prison time? - None.
They're requiring long probation seven years And you can't go on the Internet for 22 months, and there's some community service and a few other things, but [LAUGHS.]
: But no prison time.
Nope.
- None.
- [LAUGHING.]
[SUPPRESSED SOB.]
I [LAUGHS.]
I can't Thank you.
Thank you so much.
You got it.
How did you and Dr.
Bull pull this off? Well that's a long story.
[LAUGHS.]
Hey.
Hey.
Is the little guy ready to go? Yeah, he'll be here in a minute.
There was a small problem.
- What? - The other night when you were here and didn't want him to know It turns out he knew.
He came into the bedroom and saw us while we were asleep.
I just found out today.
But it's okay.
I took care of it.
What do you mean, you took care of it? It's fine.
He's a little cranky, but he'll get over it.
[LAUGHS.]
: Hey, buddy.
It's been a blast.
A hug? Okay.
Mauricio! Hey! Stop! What's going on? Come on, tell me.
Dad lied to me.
He told me I didn't see you, but I did.
He kept saying you weren't there, it was a dream, but it wasn't.
I know I saw you.
You're right, buddy, you did.
So why did Dad lie to me? He did that to help me.
He thought that's what I wanted.
I'm so sorry.
We didn't mean to get you caught up in this.
It just happened.
But you still shouldn't lie, right? No.
You shouldn't.
You should always tell the truth.
Wait here a minute, okay? Will you watch my bag? Hey.
Everything okay? You're such a good kisser.
That time you kissed me in my apartment that started all this, it felt so good.
Exciting.
I needed that.
And you know me so well.
That felt good, too.
Easy.
[TAKES DEEP BREATH.]
You said maybe we're different people now, but I'm not.
And I can't keep lying to myself that I am.
We could keep this up for a while, but eventually it'll fall apart, and we'll both just be hurt again, and our son will be confused and upset.
It stops now.
Taylor I'll see you next week for drop-off.
[SIGHS.]
Let's go home.
[DOOR OPENS.]
How was the first voyage outdoors? Good.
Turns out I like being outside.
Might do it again tomorrow.
Who knows, could become a habit.
I'm glad to hear it.
So, how are you doing she asked the angry man with the big knife.
Still angry.
But I'm working on it.
That's good.
So, my plan for this evening - Mm-hmm.
- Is to take this delicious watermelon and, uh, share it with our delightful daughter Astrid while we watch Wonder Pets! Mm.
Well, that sounds like excellent therapy.
Well, I do have that psychology degree.
Hey.
It's gonna be okay.
I know.
Thank you.
[CALLS.]
: Astrid? Mama's home.
[EXHALES.]
Okay, here it comes, kiddo!
: He took her! He had a gun! [DISTORTED.]
: If you ever want to see your daughter again, you'll pay $1 million.
If you call police, she's dead.
You need to find out everything that you can about this woman.
SHERYL: We'll see how sorry you are.
This is for Simon.
Drop your weapon! Put your hands in the air! MCDONNELL: But the good news is, our group got a grant to help survey water systems upstate - and look for lead pipe.
- Is there a lot? It feels like there would be a lot.
Actually seven percent of water systems nationwide are leaded.
This is not working.
What's the matter? The video said it was supposed to thicken while it cooked, and it's not.
- Mm.
- This is inedible.
Yeah.
[LAUGHS.]
We have to pull the pizza rip cord.
No problem.
You know me No veggies, lots of meat.
[POUNDING ON DOOR.]
MAN: Jerry McDonnell! This is the FBI! We have a warrant to search the premises! Open the door! Jerry McDonnell? Are you Jerry McDonnell? - AGENT: Check the bedroom.
- Yes.
This authorizes us to search for and remove items from these premises.
If you interfere or obstruct us, you will be arrested.
What is this about? That's all the information I'm required to provide.
Kelsey.
We should get out of here.
Really, let's just go.
Jerry, my name is Anna Steadman.
I'm a special agent with the FBI.
You're FBI? Yes, I am.
[PANTING.]
: Oh, my God.
- I think I'm gonna be sick.
- Jerry, I'm not supposed to tell you this, but you're about to get arrested.
Don't try to run or fight.
You'll just, you'll make it worse.
You're in a lot of trouble.
More than you understand.
You need a lawyer.
A good one.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE.]
[PASSING SIREN WAILING.]
[SNORTS.]
[SNIFFLING.]
[PANTING.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[WHISPERS.]
: Good morning.
[GRUNTS.]
Couldn't sleep.
Tried and I couldn't do it, so I came in here.
Good idea.
It just felt better to be close to her.
Call me crazy.
Our daughter was just kidnapped, and we almost didn't get her back.
I'd say you were crazy if you did anything else.
Flatterer.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]
I think I'm just gonna stay in today and just be with Astrid.
Good idea.
I think I'm gonna go into the office.
Already? Yeah.
Just want to see how things are going.
But I thought we were gonna take some time to rest and recover.
We did.
Two days.
Rested.
Recovered.
[SIGHS.]
I'm gonna go get dressed.
[SIGHS.]
[BELL DINGS.]
I thought you were gonna stay home for a while.
I stayed.
I'm back.
Okay.
How's Izzy doing? Why, she's excellent.
Thank you for asking.
She is at home with Astrid.
Sounds like a good idea given what she went through.
What you all went through.
That PhD after your name says you know something about post-traumatic stressMm.
And how to deal with it.
There's no need for you to hurry back.
Everything is under control.
- You don't have to be here.
- Sure I do.
My name's on the door.
Actually, it isn't.
Well, it's a good thing I'm here, then.
We can do something about it.
Hey.
Where are you going? - See a new client.
- Okay, we did not take him on without consulting you.
The Federal Defenders Office assigned him to Chunk.
Oh.
And who is this lucky person? Name's Jerry McDonnell.
The FBI hit him - with a quick-knock raid.
- What's the charge? Spying.
Ooh.
Espionage.
That could be interesting.
Let's see what he has to say.
Wasn't he supposed to be staying home for a little while? BULL: Government says McDonnell distributed classified information about nuclear weapons? There's a government facility in Kentucky that stores radioactive material from decommissioned warheads.
They've had accidents.
The locals claim they've released radioactive gas.
McDonnell got his hands on some documents describing these accidents and put them on the Internet.
Well, apparently, the place has a website.
It's not exactly a secret lab.
No, but they have a lot of secrets.
These documents talk about the moving and storage of nuclear material.
The government thinks that's national defense information, and they've charged him with 12 counts under the Espionage Act.
[SIGHS.]
: Espionage Act.
Does he know what that's about? I'm guessing he does not.
Ah.
So we're giving him the bad news.
Great.
[CELL DOOR CLOSING.]
I work for a nonprofit that advocates for clean water.
So how'd you go from clean water to nuclear secrets? I grew up near the facility.
I still have family in the area.
It's a serious concern, for people down there.
Everyone's heard rumors about leaks fires that spread radioactive ash.
There's been a lot of unexplained illness.
Cancer clusters and such.
So when I I obtained the documents, I had to make them public, because they show that there were leaks of radioactive material.
Poison's been spread a half mile from where my mother and father live, which the facility has denied up and down.
So, you knew that you could get in trouble? I posted them under a fake handle.
I thought that would keep me anonymous; Not so much, I guess.
You said you "obtained" these documents.
Who gave them to you? Jerry, you need to tell us.
It could be our only bargaining chip.
I don't see how.
He's dead.
He was a friend from high school.
He had leukemia.
Which he thought he got from the facility.
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't.
But doesn't his family have the right to know what he'd been exposed to? This has zero to do with national security.
I put out those documents so people would know what was in their air, and water.
They have a right to know that.
I agree.
And we should tell the jury that.
But we can't.
- Why not? - Because you're being charged under the Espionage Act, and that is kryptonite for a defense.
We cannot discuss your motives or the consequences of your actions.
The reasons, whatever you hoped to accomplish, none of it is admissible in court.
Most people in your position plead guilty.
What would happen if I did that? Well, the charges call for a 30-year sentence, but with a plea deal, we'd be looking at less.
I was trying to help people.
They want to put me in prison for 30 years? We're gonna talk to the AUSA and see what he's thinking.
Jerry.
It's gonna be okay.
How? Thanks, Marissa.
Appreciate it.
What's she got on AUSA Carto? CHUNK: Been in office about six years.
- Some kind of cop before that.
- Anything else? He wins.
A lot.
The famous Dr.
Bull.
Ha! Famous, huh? Walt Carto.
Chester Palmer.
Chief counsel for TAC.
Good for you.
So, Jerry McDonnell.
What are we doing? Talking a deal? 12 counts and 30 years seems unacceptable and abusive.
Yeah, well, I like to come in strong, but I can go down to four counts and 20.
CHUNK: You want to put this man away for 20 years for trying to protect his community? No, I want to put him away for 30, but I'll take the haircut if it'll save the cost of a trial.
[CHUCKLES.]
You believe McDonnell deserves that kind of punishment? The material this facility processes is the actual payload from a nuclear warhead.
You want to make a dirty bomb, a suitcase nuke, Aw, come on.
This is the place you target.
McDonnell drew the bad guys a map.
CHUNK: No.
What he did was try to inform his friends and family about the toxins they were breathing in.
Okay, look, I don't care why he did it.
The government decides what's secret, okay? Can't tolerate people thinking what McDonnell did is anything less than deadly serious.
20 years or no deal.
But, I mean, if you want to keep it coming, keep it coming, 'cause I do enjoy the back-and-forth.
Who hit you, Walt, Mom or Dad? What are you talking about? Most bullies were physically abused as children.
I'm sorry, you're saying I'm a bully now for doing my job? Not for doing your job.
Just, it's this.
It's what they call a Duchenne smile.
It's a sign of genuine pleasure.
Now, you may think putting Jerry McDonnell away is necessary, even important but you can't say it's fun, Walt.
Not unless you're a bully.
You have my offer.
Talk to your client.
That escalated quickly.
I mean, 20 years is a long time, but it's still less - than 30.
- A bad deal's a bad deal.
You sure you want to fight this out in court, Bull? We're gonna take that smug bastard to trial and it's gonna be fun.
It's still so early.
- You don't have to leave.
- Shh! You'll wake Mauricio.
Erik, how much effort have we put into making our son okay with the divorce? Let's not confuse things by adding, "But every now and then Mommy and Daddy hook up.
"Come by sometime.
You can watch.
" Now you're just being perverse.
- Have you seen my shoes? - Yeah, they're where you always put them.
Mm.
[SIGHS.]
You are leaving because of Mauricio? Not because you want to get out of here as fast as you can? Amazingly, no.
I'd like to stay.
If our son's bedroom wasn't 20 feet away.
Well if you prefer the sneaky approach, my company does keep a hotel room at the St.
Blair.
We could meet there for lunch or you know.
Lunch at TAC lasts just long enough for a handful of Cheez-Its, but thanks for the invitation.
[EXHALES.]
: Mm This is not a place I expected to be again.
Me, neither.
But I like it.
[LAUGHS.]
Mm-mm.
[LAUGHS.]
BULL: And that's the thing about this case We've lost before we start.
Our client obtained documents he did not have clearance to possess, and he gave them to others who also lacked clearance.
And those are the elements of the crime, and we cannot contest them.
DANNY: Why did we take this case, exactly? Our job is to make the jury see it differently.
Jerry McDonnell was a concerned citizen, and he was revealing important information to a threatened community.
It all comes down to the press, Danny.
I want every report, every rumor you can find on this facility.
'Cause when those jurors walk into the court and they hear the words "nuclear facility," I want them to think "environmental catastrophe.
" I'll see what I can dig up.
Juries have to be independent thinkers, people who instinctively distrust everything the government tells them.
Who doesn't do that? Just saying.
We need the real deal: True disbelievers.
Exactly how big a tinfoil hat are we looking for? [SIGHS.]
How big you got? Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
This case is about government secrets.
Nuclear weapons.
National security.
So what I would like to speak to you about is canned goods.
You, sir.
How many cans would you say are in your cabinets right now? Uh I don't know.
Uh a half dozen? CHUNK: All right.
And, uh, what about you, ma'am? Uh, not many.
I like fresh ingredients.
Okay.
And, you.
I keep a six-month supply of canned and dry goods, which I rotate by expiration date.
- Hello.
- CHUNK: And anything else in that well-stocked pantry - of yours? - Propane stove.
Supply of fuel.
Plus two 50-gallon drums of distilled water.
I think I like her.
When civilization as we know it collapses, I intend to survive.
Bingo.
We have a prepper.
Your Honor, this juror is acceptable to the defense.
It says here that you refused to join a family tree website.
- Why? - They wanted a sample of my DNA.
You know they're going straight to the government, and with the cloning they're doing, they could produce a whole army of me.
What's that gonna be like? That's a good question.
Your Honor, this juror is acceptable to the defense.
We have one pick left Between 14 and nine.
MARISSA: 14.
Bonnie Kaplow.
Votes independent.
I checked her social media feed.
It's government-skeptical.
Let's go with 14.
She's detail-orientated, educated The kind of leader the other jurors are gonna follow.
Carto's all over us, and he still has one peremptory challenge left.
So you think if we show interest, he'll kick her? I'm sure of it.
Mm.
I'm gonna head-fake him.
- He's gonna head-fake him? - What does that even mean? Ma'am, you mentioned that you have a relative in the military.
Correct? A cousin.
Why? Your Honor, I move to dismiss this juror for cause.
Her connection to the military prejudices her - in favor of the government.
- Your Honor, the defense has tried to manipulate this voir dire from the start.
The challenge is ridiculous and so is the motion.
Won't fly, Counsel.
Motion denied.
And as far as the government is concerned, juror number 14 is acceptable.
JUDGE: We have a jury.
Hello.
IZZY: We're in the kitchen.
What's going on in here? This is ADA Mary O'Neill.
She's prosecuting the kidnapping.
We spoke when the police took your statement.
So what's happening? Is something wrong? No, no, nothing's wrong.
I was just telling your wife that both the mother and the son who abducted your daughter have decided to plead guilty.
- So no trial, - Jason.
- Isn't that great? - What's the sentence? We're still hammering out the details, but they will be substantial.
I just wanted you to know, because I know sometimes victims get anxious about the prospect of court proceedings.
We're not anxious.
I was.
[IZZY SIGHS.]
Thank you for telling us.
It's no problem.
Uh, also, I wanted to give you this.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
[DISTORTED.]
: Hi, baby girl.
It's Daddy.
You're okay.
Shut up! O'NEILL: car when he was arrested.
We've been holding it for evidence.
I thought your daughter might want it back.
Thank you.
She's been missing it.
I'll bring it to her.
I'm pretty sure she's sleeping.
I'll just put it in her crib.
[SIGHING.]
[TAKES DEEP BREATH.]
THOMAS: It's hell when someone takes your child from you, isn't it? IZZY: Hey.
You've been in here awhile.
Is everything okay? Yeah.
Well, O'Neill left.
She said to say goodbye.
Jason, is everything all right? For real.
[WHISPERS.]
: Absolutely.
[CHUCKLES.]
: Aw, come on.
I'm fine.
[SIGHS.]
Don't get comfortable.
- What? - Just heard from the judge's clerk.
We got trouble.
The AUSA has brought to my attention some social media posts of a significantly antigovernment nature which Mr.
Carto believes were written by this juror, Ms.
Kaplow.
Ma'am, did you post these? I remind you you're under oath.
Yes.
I did.
CARTO: Well, then I believe we have a problem.
BULL: Your Honor, we've examined the posts, and yes, they are passionate and strongly worded "Dismantle the FBI and the whole" I won't read the next word, but it rhymes with "trucking" "Justice Department, destroy them and salt the earth around them.
" You're telling me she's impartial? Ms.
Kaplow, you're dismissed.
- Thank you for your brief service.
- CHUNK: Your Honor, we object to this in the strongest possible terms.
Of course you do.
Anything else? Uh, you know, that was an okay stunt you pulled in voir dire.
Crossed me up a minute, and then I realized 14 was your keystone juror.
[CHUCKLES.]
See, that's the thing about bullies.
We win.
[CHUCKLES.]
Duchenne smile? Right? Now I know what it is.
BULL: How did Carto get those posts and we didn't? They were on an obscure site.
She used a screen handle - she didn't use anywhere else.
- You didn't answer my question! Carto found them.
Why didn't we? He has the entire Justice Department behind him.
He can get a hundred people to do his search.
I'm one person.
It's not a fair fight.
Is that what I'm supposed to tell Jerry McDonnell when he serves 30 years in prison? Sorry, but Taylor said it wasn't a fair fight.
I did what you asked.
You wanted jurors who were skeptical of the government.
- I found them.
- Well, they're useless if we can't keep them on the jury.
No more mistakes.
He's just wound up.
I'm going to lunch.
It's 10:15.
Hey, got some stuff on the nuclear facility.
An IG's report and some locals who will talk to reporters.
Good.
Now I need something else.
- What? - Everything you can get on the AUSA, Walter Carto.
Background.
Weaknesses.
Skeletons.
Well, I've got more leads I wanted to track down on the nuclear stuff.
Can it wait a day? No, it cannot.
I need everything you can give me.
Now.
[LINE RINGING.]
ERIK: Hey.
How soon can you be at the St.
Blair? [BELL DINGS.]
It's not about being sensitive to criticism You know I can take that But criticize me for something real, not, "What do you mean you didn't search the entire Internet?" I have done so much for that man, but what he notices is the one time I get beaten by the U.
S.
government, using digital tools I can only dream of.
And now I'm gonna stop talking, because I don't think you've said anything since we came in.
- Sorry.
- It's okay.
Look, you have every reason to be mad at Bull He was a jerk But it sounds like you're angry partly because you're worried he was right, a little.
Maybe you should have caught it.
How is it, after being divorced this long, you still know me better than anyone else? Thanks for listening.
I'm sure this wasn't what you had in mind when I said, "Let's meet at the hotel.
" [LAUGHS.]
: What? A bitch session with my ex-wife about her boss? Don't be ridiculous.
It's a classic nooner.
I'm glad you called.
Do it anytime.
Thanks.
Mm, I have to get back to work.
I'm sorry.
I'm an awful person.
Just, um, let me say one thing before you go, okay? What's that? Uh, when we first connected I was with Rachel, which was a problem.
I never asked you to break up I know.
I know.
I didn't break up with her because of anything you did.
But it was partly because of the way I found myself feeling about you.
Something real is happening between us.
Like, we're finding our way back to a real relationship.
I don't know, Erik.
I think [SIGHS.]
: Maybe this works because it's nothing like a real relationship.
It's different, but that's okay.
We're not the people we were when we got divorced.
We can be different.
I need to know you think this is going somewhere, because I feel like it is.
Let's see.
STEADMAN: I was part of a team that surveilled Mr.
McDonnell for about nine weeks.
CARTO: And what were you looking for? STEADMAN: We were trying to determine if he had possession of classified national defense information that had been published on the Internet.
- Did he? - Yes.
I saw the documents on his computer myself.
And their presence was confirmed by forensic examination of the computer after Mr.
McDonnell was arrested.
Why were these documents significant? The facility described in the documents stores what are known as canned subassemblies.
They hold enriched uranium and other materials that detonate a nuclear warhead.
Any terrorist would be extremely motivated - to get his hands on them.
- And these documents describe where they're stored, how they're transported, correct? - Mm-hmm.
- Highly, highly valuable information.
That's right.
No further questions.
He's a winker.
[SIGHS.]
: Bad news.
The jury likes her.
That testimony killed.
Give us a chance.
CHUNK: Ms.
Steadman, how did you come to see the documents on my client's computer? It's not the sort of thing he would readily share, correct? I was working undercover and had gained his trust.
"Gained his trust"? That's an interesting phrase.
In fact, your job was to insert yourself into Mr.
McDonnell's life by pretending to be romantically interested in him and then spy on him.
You lied about the most personal things imaginable.
Did you ever kiss this man to gain his trust? Uh, we kissed a few times.
- Yes.
- Hmm.
Quite an accomplishment, isn't it? To get him to show you these documents.
Took a lot of trust, isn't that right? I guess.
What did he talk about when he showed you these documents? Objection, Your Honor.
Relevance.
This is the wedge.
Let's see if she lets us in.
I'm willing to see where this goes.
Overruled.
- Good.
- STEADMAN: He talked about what was in the documents.
Anything else? Agent? He talked about the region around the facility.
Did he talk about the people there as well? - I guess.
- You were surveilling him.
You had to have known what he did or did not say.
Yes, he talked about the people.
Did he happen to mention his concern for their health? - Your Honor - That they were being poisoned I object in the strongest terms possible.
By leaks from this facility? Counsel is way outside the scope of this proceeding.
I was hoping you wouldn't go there, Mr.
Palmer.
- Damn it.
- Sustained.
Move on.
You mentioned terrorists.
You found no evidence of any connection between Mr.
McDonnell and any individual or terror groups, did you? - That's right.
- Did he ever express any interest in any anti-American or terror group? No.
No further questions, Your Honor.
Redirect, Your Honor? You mentioned forensic analysis of the computer.
And it showed Mr.
McDonnell posted the documents on several Internet sites, correct? - That's right.
- Effectively making them available to every terrorist in the world.
Isn't that right? - Yes.
- No further questions.
MARISSA: You scored some points.
Jury's got more questions about the government's case, but it's not enough to acquit.
BULL: Yeah.
We need more than skepticism.
We need an excuse.
Jurors need to understand there's a justification for what he did.
No kidding.
But how are we gonna get it in? We tried the frontal assault.
- You saw how that went.
- MARISSA: Sorry to bring it up, but is it time for a second talk with the other side - about a deal? - Carto is not gonna discuss anything now.
Why should he? He's winning.
DANNY: Hey.
Sorry to break up the party.
I learned some things - about Carto.
- What? Well, he was a sheriff's deputy upstate for a few years, and then FBI before he got his law degree.
Married, divorced.
In the FBI, he was a wiretap specialist on RICO cases, [SCOFFS.]
but something went wrong, and he was disciplined.
- Disciplined for what? - No one can tell me.
I'd have to look in his personnel file.
And why haven't you done that? Well, 'cause it's not like I can just walk into the FBI and ask to see it.
Well, then you find another way to do it! Or are you quitting? Do you quit?! CHUNK: Bull.
That's a little harsh.
I'm not quitting.
Then why are we talking? Do it! I'll talk to him.
Not sure if I agree with your motivational technique.
- With Danny or Taylor.
- Oh, I'm sorry, did I hurt someone's feelings? Heavens.
Let me sit down and pen an apology.
I just, I have to Look, if you're gonna ask if I'm okay, Marissa, I'm gonna throw something.
All right, I won't do that.
Thank you.
Look, everyone is frustrated.
It's worse than that.
I feel like we've strapped Jerry McDonnell to the front of a car and we're gonna drive him off a cliff.
We knew what defending against the Espionage Act would be like.
It's brutal.
That's why most people confess and plea out.
That's an idea.
Plea out? Chunk said - No, that's not what I mean.
- Then what did you Okay.
Hi.
Don't drink too much coffee.
We got to meet McDonnell first thing in the morning.
- Why? - So we can convince him to confess.
I don't understand.
If I confess, doesn't that mean I'll go to prison for sure? We're hoping it'll keep you out of prison.
We're not contesting the elements of the crime.
You'll just be saying what we've admitted.
- Okay.
I guess.
- We'll also need you to name the person who gave you the documents.
I told you, he's dead.
What's the point of saying his name? We want you to say more than that.
CHUNK: Just to be clear, the documents in question, - you had them? - I did.
And you put them on the Internet? Yes.
How did you get them in the first place? I got a call from a friend from high school.
His name was Lane Burrell.
He said he was sick dying And he wanted to see me, so I went.
And how did he appear to you? He was in the late stages of myeloid leukemia.
He'd lost about a third of his weight.
He was having trouble breathing.
H-He was my friend.
[CHOKED UP.]
: It was hard to see him like that.
When did he die? Three days later.
CHUNK: I'm sorry.
MARISSA: It's working.
This jury is totally engaged.
This could change their thinking about the case.
If he can get the testimony in.
Carto sees something coming.
What did your friend tell you? Objection.
Hearsay.
CHUNK: Your Honor, Mr.
Burrell passed shortly after giving these statements.
Under the dying declaration exemption, his statements are admissible.
Agreed.
Go ahead.
Lane was an administrator at the facility.
He said he'd taken some documents he thought I'd know how to get them out so people could see them.
And why did he want people to see them? He said they showed there had been accidents at the facility that released radioactive material - into the atmosphere - Objection, Your Honor! Outside the scope of the trial.
CHUNK: We're not discussing the defendant's motives, Your Honor.
We're discussing the defendant's source, Mr.
Burrell.
Since he's not charged, we're free to talk about him.
It's an interesting point.
- I'll allow it.
- Your Honor Done, Mr.
Carto.
Let's move along.
CHUNK: Lane Burrell believed that the facility had released radioactive materials into the atmosphere.
Was that all? He said there was evidence of contaminated water as well.
Your Honor, again, irrelevant.
JUDGE: I ruled on this.
Continue.
Did Mr.
Burrell think that the facility was the cause of his illness? Yeah.
He thought he contracted it from being exposed Your Honor, now the witness Is this guy for real? - CARTO: I have to object.
- Easy.
Can I be allowed to question my witness? No, not when your questions mock the court and the rules of evidence that have been established Come on! What are you afraid of? Some truth's gonna come out? Let our client speak! - JUDGE: Dr.
Bull! - [SIGHS.]
Please leave my courtroom, or I'll have you removed.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
I had Carto on the ropes.
The story would have gotten out.
But the jury's not gonna remember any of that now, because someone stood up in court and shouted! I know you have been through a lot, brother, and I feel for you, I do.
But you're off your game.
Best you get it back.
[BULL SIGHS.]
- What are you doing home? - Remember when I told you that I was gonna go to the office because everything was fine? Mm-hmm.
[SIGHS.]
: Well [CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]
I might not have been telling the truth.
You don't say.
What happened? [SIGHS HEAVILY.]
I blew up in court.
I might have blown up the whole case.
Come here.
[SIGHS.]
: Huh What's going on? [GROANS.]
[HISSING INHALE.]
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry all the time.
They came into our lives, Izzy, and they threatened us, they threatened our daughter.
My daughter.
[EXHALES.]
I mean they nearly took everything from us, didn't they? How can that happen? How could I let that happen? [SNIFFLES.]
Maybe because you don't control the world.
Maybe.
[SNIFFLES.]
Anyway I'm sorry, I - [SIGHS.]
- I've been mean to people.
Mean to people at work, and This AUSA, he just he got me so angry.
I just said I'm gonna take him to court, and I'm gonna show him.
[SCOFFS.]
And now he's winning.
You know what the real question is.
What are you gonna do about it? I don't know.
[PASSING HORN HONKING.]
Heavy head on a motel bed I'm waiting there for you What can I get you? I'm celebrating.
Got any champagne? Not that kind of place.
How about some good tequila? I got tequila in a good bottle.
[CHUCKLES.]
That'll do.
Independence Day? Signed the papers this morning.
Best damn day of my life.
Mm.
I know that feeling.
- You're divorced? - Nine wonderful years.
- Ooh.
- So welcome to the sisterhood.
That round's on the house.
Thanks.
[EXHALES.]
I'll have another.
- Buy you one? - Sure.
So, uh, my ex is a dumb-dick cop.
So stupid.
Yours? FBI when we were together.
Not so stupid, actually.
He's a lawyer for the government now.
Good news, though.
Alimony paid for this place.
The government, that's that's the worst.
Isn't it, though? You know the difference between a snake and a U.
S.
attorney? No.
[WHISPERS.]
: Me, neither.
[CHUCKLES.]
I hear you.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
MAN: Hey, Clara.
Another round.
[SCOFFS SOFTLY.]
Be right back.
I'm here.
[CLATTERING IN DISTANCE.]
- Ah.
- Oh.
I hope that isn't expensive.
It is.
Sorry.
[CHUCKLES.]
: Are you okay? I'm fine.
I found Carto's ex-wife.
- Oh.
Where? - Oh, this little bar she owns in Queens.
Tequila's not great, but there's plenty of it.
Did she give you - anything we can use? - Turns out Carto got in trouble 'cause he started running wiretaps on the side when he couldn't get a warrant.
He's got this buddy who's a P.
I.
, does electronic surveillance.
So whenever he wants to drop a private tap, he hires his friend.
How does she know this? 'Cause he tried to do it to her when they got a divorce.
Big mistake.
Cost him a lot.
She thinks that he's been doing this in the AUSA's office.
That's why he wins so much.
[SNAPS FINGERS.]
Mm.
Danny that's great.
- Thank you.
- You said do it.
I did.
Yeah.
Listen, I know I I haven't been my best around the office lately, and, uh, I'm sorry about that.
Yeah, well it's all right.
We all know you're pretty messed up.
Yeah, I guess I am.
Listen, I need, uh you to do something for me again.
What? The one thing that might save Jerry McDonnell.
Come on, we got to get inside.
I need you to do something for me.
Yeah, deliver a closing in about ten minutes.
I need you to ask for a continuance just for a day.
Why? We have a report there's been a Brady violation.
Now, a source told us, confidentially, of course, that the FBI collected exculpatory evidence from McDonnell's apartment but did not turn it over.
We're awaiting a call at noon today from our source.
What source? What Brady violation? - What are you talking about? - Ask for a continuance.
Not until you tell me what's going on.
As an officer of the court, you can't lie to the judge, but you can go in there and relay to her the information I have just told you, and you would not be lying.
I know it's been a hard couple of days, and I I've been a little out of it.
I'm sorry about that.
But trust me, on this, Chunk.
Okay? [DOOR OPENS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[SIGHS.]
: Okay.
Gentlemen, any business before I call the jury in? Your Honor.
I have a request.
Obviously, there is no Brady violation.
- Nope.
- So why did I just tell the court that there is one? MARISSA: So Carto will go to the FBI and demand to know if one exists they will say no, because it doesn't.
But Carto will not believe them, because he is a suspicious, cheating worm who thinks everyone is like him.
BULL: I'm guessing he won't be able to stand the possibility of his precious victory collapsing, so he's gonna have his friend tap our phones to intercept - the report from our source.
- I've got a digital watchdog on our phone system.
Anyone tries to get in, I'll know.
Can't the FBI get past that? Well, the FBI could.
Carto's working with some private numbnut.
Can't beat Taylor.
CHUNK: And what happens if Carto - doesn't fall for it? - BULL: You go in tomorrow, tell the judge we were wrong about the Brady violation, give a beautiful closing argument, and we lose.
Okay, I don't care if I am an officer of the court, I'm either gonna be in on the play or there won't be no play.
[COMPUTER BEEPS.]
Ooh.
11:54.
Is that Carto? It's definitely somebody trying to get in.
I just can't tell who or where they are.
MARISSA: So we don't know, for sure if it's Carto.
Is that enough? Yeah.
If you're here to ask for another deal, you could save it.
I like my chances with the jury.
I am here about a deal, but it's not for Jerry McDonnell.
- Who, then? - We know you tried to place illegal surveillance equipment on our office today.
And we know you've done it before, as a U.
S.
attorney and with the FBI.
Cool, cool.
Where's your proof? Right now we're preparing a subpoena for your little wiretapping buddy.
And you know how this story goes, don't you, Walt? He's gonna flip on you, and then you're gonna be in prison before the end of the year.
And that'll be the end of your career.
No.
What do you mean, no? If you were gonna do that, you would have already done it; We wouldn't be standing here.
I'd be in a room with a dozen lawyers.
No, no, no, no.
See, you don't want me arrested.
You're right.
- I don't want you arrested.
- No.
- You know what I want? - Hmm? I want you to give Jerry a plea agreement, and that agreement is going to state very clearly that he does no jail time.
And then we will sit on what we know about you, and you can have your career, your reputation and your freedom.
And Jerry gets his freedom, and that is gonna be the deal.
I can't do it.
I answer to people, and they take what McDonnell did very seriously.
You have an hour to think about it.
Get it done.
[CHUCKLES.]
See? That's the Duchenne smile.
[SIGHS.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[LOCK BUZZES.]
- No prison time? - None.
They're requiring long probation seven years And you can't go on the Internet for 22 months, and there's some community service and a few other things, but [LAUGHS.]
: But no prison time.
Nope.
- None.
- [LAUGHING.]
[SUPPRESSED SOB.]
I [LAUGHS.]
I can't Thank you.
Thank you so much.
You got it.
How did you and Dr.
Bull pull this off? Well that's a long story.
[LAUGHS.]
Hey.
Hey.
Is the little guy ready to go? Yeah, he'll be here in a minute.
There was a small problem.
- What? - The other night when you were here and didn't want him to know It turns out he knew.
He came into the bedroom and saw us while we were asleep.
I just found out today.
But it's okay.
I took care of it.
What do you mean, you took care of it? It's fine.
He's a little cranky, but he'll get over it.
[LAUGHS.]
: Hey, buddy.
It's been a blast.
A hug? Okay.
Mauricio! Hey! Stop! What's going on? Come on, tell me.
Dad lied to me.
He told me I didn't see you, but I did.
He kept saying you weren't there, it was a dream, but it wasn't.
I know I saw you.
You're right, buddy, you did.
So why did Dad lie to me? He did that to help me.
He thought that's what I wanted.
I'm so sorry.
We didn't mean to get you caught up in this.
It just happened.
But you still shouldn't lie, right? No.
You shouldn't.
You should always tell the truth.
Wait here a minute, okay? Will you watch my bag? Hey.
Everything okay? You're such a good kisser.
That time you kissed me in my apartment that started all this, it felt so good.
Exciting.
I needed that.
And you know me so well.
That felt good, too.
Easy.
[TAKES DEEP BREATH.]
You said maybe we're different people now, but I'm not.
And I can't keep lying to myself that I am.
We could keep this up for a while, but eventually it'll fall apart, and we'll both just be hurt again, and our son will be confused and upset.
It stops now.
Taylor I'll see you next week for drop-off.
[SIGHS.]
Let's go home.
[DOOR OPENS.]
How was the first voyage outdoors? Good.
Turns out I like being outside.
Might do it again tomorrow.
Who knows, could become a habit.
I'm glad to hear it.
So, how are you doing she asked the angry man with the big knife.
Still angry.
But I'm working on it.
That's good.
So, my plan for this evening - Mm-hmm.
- Is to take this delicious watermelon and, uh, share it with our delightful daughter Astrid while we watch Wonder Pets! Mm.
Well, that sounds like excellent therapy.
Well, I do have that psychology degree.
Hey.
It's gonna be okay.
I know.
Thank you.
[CALLS.]
: Astrid? Mama's home.
[EXHALES.]
Okay, here it comes, kiddo!