Bull (2016) s06e06 Episode Script

1 - Previously on Bull - AGENT: Dr.
Jason Bull, you're under arrest for the crime of jury tampering.
- What if he isn't innocent? - How could you even think that? TAYLOR: Sometimes good people make bad choices when they're in a tight spot.
Somebody rigged the game, somebody put their thumb on the scales, but it wasn't me.
I'll see you tomorrow.
9:00 a.
m.
, sharp.
We got a big fight ahead of us.
CHILD: Ready or not, here I come.
Softly and tenderly - Jesus is calling - [CHICKENS CLUCKING.]
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING.]
Calling for you and for me See on the portals - He's waiting and watching - [CHILDREN LAUGHING.]
Watching for you and for me [ROOSTER CROWING.]
Come home, come home Come home Ye who are weary Come home [ENGINE REVS.]
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling Calling, oh, sinner [WOMAN WAILING.]
Come home MAGGIE: Two minutes between contractions.
Okay.
Getting close.
- I can't do this.
- You're doing great, Delilah.
Baby number six is almost here.
Look into my eyes, listen to my voice.
That's good.
Just focus on me These peepers right here and breathe.
In [INHALES.]
and out.
[EXHALES.]
In [INHALES.]
and out.
[EXHALES.]
Tiger's breath.
There you go.
Baby's coming.
Like, right now.
[SCREAMING.]
[BABY CRYING.]
Calling, oh, sinner Come home.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Morning, Bertram.
Maggie.
You know our new district attorney, Ms.
Stowe? I haven't had the pleasure.
I have to ask.
Did you deliver a child in that house just now? I did.
Six-pound, seven-ounce baby girl.
She's a sight to melt even your cold heart, Bertram.
Or yours, Ms.
Stowe.
And if you're here to give me another lecture about why I shouldn't do that, get it over with.
I still got a day ahead of me.
STOWE: I'm afraid the time, for lectures is over, Mrs.
Haldane.
Bert? Sorry, Mags.
DEPUTY: Maggie Haldane, you're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say may be used against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford [ENGINE STARTS, CAR DOOR OPENS.]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES.]
BULL: I know this may come as an unwelcome surprise, but with my trial starting soon, we need to expand the scope of prep, so Olivia will need to ask each of you questions over this weekend.
Since you all worked the case that led to the bribery charge Dr.
Bull is facing, I need to hear from you about your involvement.
What involvement? I wasn't involved in anything.
I mean, not anything illegal.
BULL: No one is saying you were.
This is just to help fill in the picture.
Of course.
Whatever you need.
CHUNK: What does "hear from us" mean, exactly? Are You want to have a conversation? You want to question us? - A conversation, of course.
- Questioning, absolutely.
[STAMMERS.]
Questions.
There will, of course, be questions, but she's not going to interrogate you.
Yes, I will.
If it's necessary.
Look, the case against Dr.
Bull is substantial.
The fact pattern alone does 95% of the government's job for them.
If he's convicted, he faces a decade in prison.
I do look good in orange.
To build an effective defense, I need to know everything you did and saw.
I don't care if it's embarrassing, humiliating, illegal.
No secrets.
You hold back, you could send Dr.
Bull to prison.
Not to mention face your own perjury and obstruction of justice charges.
I hope that clarifies things.
See you tomorrow.
Excuse me.
Well, guess I'll see you guys this weekend.
There's-there's no way we could actually be charged with obstruction, is there? Well, it's not impossible.
My advice? Tell the truth.
It's easier to remember.
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
You always this much fun at parties? I am fabulous at parties.
Well, you're not gonna win any motivational speaker awards, that's for sure.
You could try a little projected confidence.
I don't need to motivate your people, Jason.
Just need to get them to talk to me.
It sounded like you needed to scare them.
If that's what it takes to get them to cooperate.
I need to know what they're made of.
Who might break under a tough cross.
Who's hiding something.
Nobody's hiding anything.
Randall Hughes said that I bribed him.
Obviously, that is a lie.
Yes, I went to his house the night before the verdict, to see what he was up to, from afar.
And that is a standard trial science tactic.
Maybe your team will tell me that, maybe not.
Case like this breeds a lot of stress.
It's hard to predict how people are gonna react.
What about you, Jason? Feeling nervous under that projected confidence? - Not even a little.
- Really? The only thing you're facing is the loss of your career, your reputation, your freedom.
That's why I hired the best.
Then why are you standing there taking up my time instead of letting me do my job? Because I can be of help.
- I know I can't be in the room - No Uh-uh, I can't when you're talking to these people, but I know them - and won't.
Uh-uh - better than anybody else.
- I can help you see what you - You know what? I have an idea.
Here's how you can help: leave.
Scram.
Get out.
Vamoose.
Go do whatever it is you do and let me do my job.
Go.
[DOOR OPENS.]
MAGGIE: Just let me talk to him.
MARISSA: I'm sorry, we can't That nonprofit, the one named after Dr.
Bull's sister? - MARISSA: The Jennifer Bull Foundation.
- MAGGIE: Yeah.
Their website says you take a special interest in women's issues.
Well, I'm a woman, and I have issues.
I can see that, but I'm afraid we are just too busy to Don't give me that.
In 1979, I chained myself to a giant redwood to keep it from being logged.
Don't think I won't do it again.
BULL: Are you threatening to chain yourself to our lobby? Sure, if it'll get me to talk with someone other than Lipstick here.
Her name's Marissa Morgan.
I'm Jason Bull.
- Maggie Haldane.
- What's the problem? Mrs.
Haldane has been charged with professional fraud and practicing medicine without a license in Tioga County.
They want to lock me away for delivering babies.
Tioga County? It's a little out of our jurisdiction.
The D.
A.
asked for a change of venue, got the trial moved to Manhattan.
Probably thought you'd get a sympathetic jury at home.
Smart.
Yeah, my first lawyer said that.
Told me we'd lose in New York City, I should take a deal.
So I fired the weasel.
That's when I found your name.
MARISSA: Her trial starts on Monday, and as I've been trying to explain, we have a very full weekend.
We do, but I can spare five minutes.
Coffee? Hell yeah.
BULL: How long have you been a midwife? MAGGIE: 40 years.
Pregnancy, labor, postnatal.
The full nine yards.
With that kind of résumé, how can they charge you with fraud? I was licensed in California, where my late husband and I used to live.
Plus, 34 other states.
Not New York.
Why not get licensed in New York? State requires a master's degree, and the-the closest program is three hours from where I live.
Not to mention they want 30,000 bucks.
[SCOFFS.]
Do I look like I have 30,000 bucks? Why not practice where you're legal? What What keeps you in Tioga County? I work with Old Order Mennonites.
That particular community is especially traditional.
They don't see regular doctors, let alone step inside a hospital for an ultrasound.
I've spent years building trust in that community.
Without me, their pregnant women won't get any medical care at all.
It's a disaster.
Our sheriff [CHUCKLES.]
used to look the other way.
He understood that I'm all they've got.
And then this new D.
A.
gets the job.
She's a real little stickler.
- Mm.
- I know three law firms that would be really well-suited to help you in No.
I need you.
You're the jury guy.
A New York City jury is not gonna get what I do.
I wish I could help you, Maggie, but like my colleague told you, I am stretched very thin right now.
I Look, if this is about money I've got 200 in savings.
Plus, uh Here.
My truck's got 186,000 miles on the odometer, but I'm careful with her and she runs like a top.
Yours if you take my case.
I can't go to jail, Dr.
Bull.
Those women need me.
Thank you for taking care of that.
Actually, I asked her to come back tomorrow morning at 9:00.
You took the case? Eh, she gave me her 45-year-old pickup.
How could I refuse? Her trial starts Monday.
72 hours from now.
Well, even less.
We got to run mock trials all weekend.
No, Bull, we can't.
Okay, come here.
Now I built this we built all of this, to use it.
And we will lose it if you get convicted.
We can walk and chew gum at the same time.
Come on, Bull.
This is serious.
Her life is bringing medical care to these women who can't get it.
I get it.
You're Maggie.
You don't know who you are without your work.
I am just trying to ensure that you can keep doing it.
Well, this may be my last chance, so get some sleep.
We got a lot of work to do this weekend.
CHUNK: Oh, hold it, please.
Thank you, thank you.
No problem.
You and I aren't meeting till this afternoon.
Why in so early? Oh, uh, we found out last night that we have a new case, so whole gang's working this weekend.
Hmm.
Double duty.
That happen a lot at TAC? Unexpected assignments, your time not your own? I see what you're doing.
Stir the pot till something bubbles up.
Sorry.
Just taking the temperature.
No, it's fine.
It's what I'd do.
You know, for what it's worth, I read the transcripts of the Smokestack trial.
Your closing argument was emotional, incisive.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
Flawless.
Thank you.
I appreciate that.
But no one's gonna remember it now, are they? [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS.]
What's your point? Just that guilt by association is real.
You mean my association with Bull.
It's not fair, but there it is.
You lawyered the hell out of that case, but all people will think of when that trial comes up is bribery.
You want to keep your career going, you might want to put a scandal like that in the rearview mirror.
Are you asking me if I'm quitting? I'm trying to assess who is on the team and who's on the way out.
If you're leaving, I'd like to know.
I think you owe it to your colleagues.
Talk to you later.
CHUNK: Margaret Haldane is not the selfless health care provider she would like you to believe.
Her reckless violation of New York state law all but assured newborn fatalities.
- That's not true.
- [SHUSHES.]
Her disregard for safety regulations disqualifies her - from practicing as a midwife.
- I don't disregard CHUNK: If she'll cut corners on certification - Can he just say that? - Maggie.
- [SHUSHES.]
- how do we know she's not cutting corners on medical protocols? How can we trust her with something as sacred as a newborn baby? MAGGIE: Are you flipping kidding me? - BULL: Maggie.
- I'm supposed to just - take this crap? - Hey.
I thought this was gonna be boring, but not so much.
Now, look, you're the star of this thing.
You're onstage, they're the audience.
If you are moaning and groaning and complaining, they are not going to like you, and that is bad.
We need them to see you as nurturing and professional, so they'll feel good about putting you back out into the world and you can deliver more babies.
I amnurturing and professional.
- Well - But where I come from, you don't just take a punch in the mouth like a chump.
[PHONE RINGING.]
Don't answer that.
It's a patient.
This is Maggie.
Yeah, hey, just over here trying to keep you out of prison.
Babies don't care about your plans.
- Tell me.
- [SIGHS.]
[DEVICE BEEPS.]
So, these are the reports you prepared on TAC's financial position during the Smokestack Labs case, correct? Yes, that's right.
They show TAC in a deep financial hole that would have been impossible to escape if you hadn't won the case.
Right? We were certainly concerned.
Well, given these numbers, isn't it true that this is the case that Dr.
Bull simply could not afford to lose? I wouldn't put it that way.
The prosecution will.
And they will use your numbers to back it up.
Smokestack was a huge class action.
Those always involve financial risk.
And what you're saying about Bull could be said about any firm handling that kind of suit.
I understand how some of the evidence looks, but I know I know Bull didn't bribe that juror.
- There's no doubt in your mind? - No.
Other people may have doubts.
Not me.
Who has doubts? Uh, I I don't What? You said other people have doubts.
Who? Is Maggie off the phone yet? She's still talking a client through false labor.
But the D.
A.
who's prosecuting the case is here.
- Cecily Stowe.
- What? Why? - I invited her.
- Because? - Because I'm lead counsel.
- And? And I think that we need to see if there's still a deal - to be made.
- Oh, no, no, no.
There is no deal to be made.
It's too soon.
- We'd lose leverage.
- Too soon? Bull, we're in court on Monday.
Our client is downstairs violating the condition - of her bail as we speak.
- This is about leverage, Chunk.
Any leverage we got, we got now! CHUNK: Thank you for coming in, Ms.
Stowe.
No, it's my pleasure.
I'm an admirer of your work, Dr.
Bull.
- Ah.
- You know our work? Sure.
Trial science is cool.
After all, algorithms don't lie.
Unlike defendants.
[LAUGHS.]
: That's That's a good one.
So, w-we wanted to talk to you about the Maggie Haldane case.
To talk a deal? I am absolutely ready to do that.
Makes sense, since you guys have no hope of winning this.
Well, I wouldn't say that.
You would if you were being realistic.
Mm-hmm.
How long have you been in your job? Five months.
When the old D.
A.
's liver gave out, I put up my hand and got appointed by the county.
And at what point did you discover your calling was putting midwives in jail? [LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
Look, I'm not against home births or midwives or Mennonites.
But numbers say that delivering a baby in a hospital is safer.
And an unlicensed maverick attending pregnancies is a threat to public health.
I know there aren't a lot of murders to prosecute up in Tioga County, but come on, this is ridiculous.
CHUNK: We know that you are just trying to enforce the law, but the idea of putting Maggie in prison for eight to ten years, you have to admit that's excessive.
I'd entertain cutting the sentence to five.
- Five years? - Okay, that's a start.
- No, it's not.
- Bull.
No plea.
- No deal, no jail time.
- Bull.
We'll see you in court.
You had to fly the plane into the ground, didn't you? She was wasting our time.
We have less than 48 hours.
We have less than 48 hours because you took this case without consulting any of the rest of us, Bull.
A case, by the way, we're probably gonna lose.
Are you worried about being embarrassed? Maybe I am.
Maybe I don't like walking into a Manhattan courtroom and making a fool of myself.
Well, it doesn't matter how we look.
We're here for the client.
You [LAUGHS.]
This isn't about the client.
This is about you, Bull.
And scratching some itch you got.
That's not true.
God forbid that your bribery trial goes south, do you know what happens to everyone else here? We're all out of work.
You get that, right? We're all out on the street.
And, yeah, I would prefer that the last two lines on my résumé weren't a case I won that was tainted by a jury tampering charge, and a case I lost because you didn't give me enough time to prepare for it! I'm gonna take a walk and clear my head.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS.]
Is the person you're talking to giving birth at this moment? No.
Then hang up, or I'm gonna throw your phone out the window.
- I have to go.
- Give it to me.
Maggie, everybody is in this room because they are trying to help you with your defense, so it would be nice if you got on board.
I hear you.
Okay.
What we have to do is find character witnesses.
People who can testify to your excellence as a midwife.
Do you have any names? - Sure, but - Okay.
Now, I know that it is gonna be trouble getting people to travel down here Travel is not the only problem.
In this community, - the women don't speak out - Taylor! in public, in any forum, let alone at a trial.
Well, we are gonna need to try.
Hi, Taylor.
Can you go through Maggie's phone, contact her patients and convince one of them to testify as a character witness on her behalf? Do Mennonites have phones? Well, Maggie's been talking to them on one, so apparently, yes.
You won't get anyone without my help.
Well, we'll see about that.
But you are staying here with me, and I am gonna teach you how to testify.
[EXHALES.]
We good? I'm here.
All right.
Let's get to work.
Why is it hard for a Mennonite who needs health care in Tioga County? Well, it's rural.
The closest hospital is usually at least an hour away by car.
But the majority of Mennonites don't use cars and they're strongly resistant to modern medicine and most of its technology.
Then how can a Mennonite woman get help delivering her baby? Well, the old practice of the doctor who makes house calls and knows everybody's name would work, but that's gone.
So instead, you go.
Correct? Yes.
I have been visiting patients in that community for seven years.
BULL: But you are not licensed in this state, so why would you risk your freedom to help these Mennonite women? These women are facing the most profound moment of their lives, moments of joy or heartbreaking tragedy.
The difference between one outcome and the other is having a medical professional at their side.
Knowing that, how could I turn my back on them? Good.
The jury is connecting with you.
That's what we want.
Now, Chester Palmer's gonna come up here and he's gonna give you a very hard time.
Do not let him trigger you.
CHUNK: How many children have died during birth under your supervision? Stillbirths are a fact of nature.
They have nothing to do How many dead infants? Not many.
But too many.
Did you know that the infant mortality rate is higher for home births under midwives than it is in American hospitals? Not true.
Are you disputing the findings of the American Medical Association? No.
It's misleading, what you're Yes or no, Mrs.
Haldane? Stay cool.
CHUNK: Are you aware of the higher risk for deaths under home births? Are you aware that maternal death rates after birth are higher in hospitals than at home? That's not what I asked.
But no one blames obstetricians.
CHUNK: Knowing how risky home births can be, why did you refuse to comply with the state-sanctioned requirements meant to ensure safety standards? They have nothing to do with safety and everything to do with greedy hospitals who want the money that all these home births cost them.
You have no evidence of that, - do you? - I have eyes.
I can see.
The hospital-industrial complex put pressure on the D.
A.
to lock up a little old lady who catches babies all so they could make a buck.
They're a bunch of money-grubbing bastards.
MARISSA: I mean, the jurors just don't like her.
They don't think that Maggie is nurturing and professional.
They find her defensive and volatile.
Even you can't change someone's entire personality - in 36 hours.
- Yeah.
Well, she might get a little better, but she's never gonna convince a jury to acquit, not by herself.
We need a character witness.
How's Taylor coming with that? It's a bust.
She left messages, but nobody's called back.
She even managed to find a community landline, but no one's answering.
Well, given how they feel about strangers, I'm not surprised.
Hmm.
She was right.
We need Maggie to bring someone in.
You seem nervous, Ms.
Rentzel.
TAYLOR: Staring down the barrel of going to prison will do that to a girl.
So you think you did something illegal? No, absolutely not.
It's just any time the teacher says someone cheated on a test, you think it might be you, even though you know you didn't.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
Okay.
So, at Dr.
Bull's direction, you investigated the finances of Randall Hughes, the juror who alleges Dr.
Bull bribed him.
Um, yes, but evaluating jurors' finances is typical for a trial science company.
Statistically, people who owe money often grant bigger settlement payouts.
And what did Dr.
Bull learn about Hughes's financial situation? Hughes had pretty substantial medical debt.
He had to refinance his house.
So you see the problem for us? Nothing I did was wrong.
All my research was legal.
But the prosecution will say you drew Dr.
Bull a map to the juror most susceptible to bribery.
That wasn't what I was doing.
Dr.
Bull says he went to Randall Hughes's house the night before jury deliberations to rummage through the trash.
Has he ever done that before? I don't remember.
I mean, we've had a lot of cases.
Do you doubt Dr.
Bull's innocence, Ms.
Rentzel? No, I don't.
I was told that you do.
Doubts about lines being crossed.
About "good people doing the wrong things for the right reasons.
" You said that, yes? - Yes.
- So let's revisit my questions about Dr.
Bull's dumpster dive.
And from here on in, I want the truth.
Why did you tell that woman what I said about Bull? - Uh, Taylor - Why would you do that? BULL: Hey.
You guys.
I need the two of you to go with Maggie upstate.
Upstate? Why? [HORSE NEIGHING.]
If anyone is gonna consider making a trek to Manhattan for a trial, it's Sybil and Niels Knudsen.
I delivered their last three kids.
They have a car.
Good sign.
Sounds good.
Let's go see what they have to say.
Uh, let me talk to them first.
Meantime, uh, you two are gonna need to make some adjustments.
Mennonites prefer modest dress.
Button up your top button, roll down your sleeves.
Listen, you're strangers, so their antenna is already gonna be sky-high.
Your point? The tension between you two in the car was so thick you needed a Weedwacker to cut through it.
Whatever's going on, end it, or at least hide it better.
How dare you tell Olivia I had doubts about Bull.
You do have doubts.
You told me.
That's right.
I told you and no one else.
We're supposed to be transparent with Olivia.
You can be as transparent as you want about yourself.
Leave me out of it.
She pressed me.
I didn't exactly have a choice.
TAYLOR: Now she thinks I'm a liar.
And she squeezed out a bunch of things about Bull I didn't want her to know.
All because you had to run your mouth.
I think you're overreacting.
TAYLOR: I thought I could trust you.
I thought you of all people would have my back.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Big surprise.
The Knudsens don't want to have anything to do with you.
Why not? What part of "Mennonites don't like conflict" did you not understand? [KNOCKS ON DOOR.]
Burning the midnight oil? [DOOR CLOSES.]
Jason Bull.
That special snowflake who thinks, of all the criminal defendants in the world, he can't possibly be sent to jail.
I'm guessing the day didn't go well.
Taylor will testify that, before Randall Hughes, you'd never staked out a juror's home, never foraged through the garbage.
Moreover, you didn't tell anyone about the Hughes visit until after the arrest.
Others will corroborate.
I needed to think.
- Take the measure of the man.
- Great.
So all I have to do is explain your perfectly innocent, secret, unprecedented trip to dig through a juror's trash.
You say it like it's a problem.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
This Mr.
Glib routine I don't think it's fooling you, and it sure as hell ain't fooling me.
I never denied I was there or the reasons why.
All we have to do is explain them.
When you're explaining, you're losing.
And right now, you're losing.
I got to hand it to her, the woman knows how to stir the pot.
Taylor is so mad at me I've taken refuge in the car.
Wow.
Well, maybe Olivia is stirring up more than she bargained for.
Well, what's she got you wrestling with? Smokestack was supposed to be the case that made my name in this town.
And Olivia said it.
She's right.
Having your name attached to a jury tampering charge is not an auspicious way to begin a law career.
[SIGHS.]
Am I crazy for not considering a plan B? Maybe.
I've been offered a job.
Whoa.
I didn't see that coming.
W-With who? What? Remember when I pitched the idea of licensing my algorithm and biotech to some outside firms? To help shore up TAC's finances? Yeah, and Bull shut it down.
- It's hard to forget.
- MARISSA: Well one of the firms circled back and asked me if I would work for them in-house.
And what did you say? "Need to think about it.
" That's what I'm doing, Chunk.
In the middle of all this mayhem, I am considering a plan B.
[MOANS.]
Ah, good morning.
Short stack? Somebody said they'd be working all weekend.
To what do I owe this surprise? My client, she's technically guilty but spiritually innocent.
Marissa and Taylor [GROANS.]
are up trying to find a character witness.
So in the meantime, I make pancakes.
Lots of pancakes.
What have you done with my husband? [LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
What's this? Oh, just some, uh 3:00 a.
m.
musings.
The location of your will.
[CHUCKLES.]
The contact info for your money manager.
Passwords to your accounts? Well, I figured it was time to put some of that stuff down on paper.
Why? In case.
In case of what? In case my case, it's not going so well.
How not so well? Well, bad enough where I thought I ought to get my affairs in order.
I see.
Uh, okay.
Okay, uh Okay, hey.
Well, it's never bad to be prepared.
That's what I thought.
It's just [LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
I mean, some of these passwords.
Baby, come on.
I-I mean, for a smart guy, I mean, you really [LAUGHS.]
: are bad at digital security.
You got the plumber's number in here? Well Do you really think I don't know how to find a plumber? You could pretend that you are gonna miss me just a little.
Mm.
Can't lie.
I could really use the closet space.
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING.]
[CHILDREN LAUGHING.]
MARISSA: Thank you for your time.
I've gotten plenty of prayers and love for Maggie, but no one's willing to testify.
[SIGHS.]
Last couple I talked to was actually considering it, but between running a farm and raising eight children, it's just not possible to get away.
[SIGHS.]
My mother used to tell me it's okay to get mad, not to stay mad.
So now you're calling me a child? I am saying the last thing I would ever want to do is betray your trust.
I have Mauricio.
The idea that I could even be in the vicinity - of an obstruction charge is - I know, but Olivia pressed me, and I convinced myself that the more I talked, the more - Okay.
I'll be right there - it would be helpful for Bull's case.
I was just trying to protect him.
Like always.
Come on, I got to see a patient.
No.
Did I sound like I was asking? This is great.
First, we fail to find a witness, now we're parties to a state crime.
John.
How's Neleah? The headaches are torturing her.
TAYLOR: When I was pregnant, my blood pressure was so high, they thought I might have preeclampsia.
Drew blood, did blood work.
Took three days to get the results back.
Far as I can tell, Maggie's figuring it out in five minutes in a living room.
I want to protect Bull, too.
Here's my problem: in my heart, I absolutely believe Bull did not bribe that juror.
- [WHISPERING.]
: Me, too.
- But I have doubts, because I just can't make sense of what he did that night.
Because it doesn't make sense.
And that scares me.
Me, too.
There is a laptop on that table there, next to the telephone.
Guess they don't reject all technology.
You thinking what I'm thinking? Neleah is negative, for preeclampsia.
The baby's okay, and as soon as the aspirin kicks in, she's gonna be fit as a fiddle.
Great, because there's something we want to ask her.
They have any luck up there? Okay, I'll see you then.
Yep.
They are on their way back with a pregnant witness.
She is 25, and Maggie delivered their first baby.
- Nice.
- There's a problem.
Her husband died recently, and she's living under her father's roof, who strictly forbids her from talking about intimate matters in front of any men.
Like pregnancy and childbirth? Yeah, I think that qualifies.
So no males can be present during her testimony.
Well, even if I clear the entire courtroom of all spectators Easy I got a female lawyer to do all of the questioning Done.
there's no way that I can work voir dire to seat an all-female jury.
Actually, I think there's a way we can.
My son Noah wasn't due for five more weeks, but, um, he had other plans.
My husband Silas, God rest his soul, reached out to Maggie, not expecting her to come, mind you, just to let her know my water had broken.
At that time, when did you expect Maggie to arrive? We didn't expect her at all.
At least, not until after the blizzard passed.
It was impossible.
Ferocious winds, buckets of snow.
MARISSA: So you thought you were on your own? But Maggie set off.
Her truck got stuck on the fire road and she had to trek in snowshoes the rest of the way, which was a godsend, considering Considering what? All the things that went wrong.
And at any time, did you or your late husband consider calling 911? Even if we had chosen to give birth in a hospital, there's no way an ambulance could've made it in time.
MARISSA [OVER VIDEO.]
: So then, what happened? The birth was difficult.
Baby was kind of breech, you know, so it-it took some doing to get him out.
And then, the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck.
- Take as much time as you need.
- [SNIFFLES.]
Noah's face was blue, and and his tiny mouth opened and no sound came out, just this terrible silence.
And Maggie's hands took hold, she she unknotted the cord and-and cleared his airway and and I heard my baby cry.
It was the most beautiful sound in the world.
MARISSA: One last question.
Do you believe that Maggie Haldane saved your son's life that night? Maggie's hands were God's instruments.
With him working through her, she did save my son's life.
Thank you.
You were right.
I did take this case because I needed it.
With Olivia digging up every speck of dirt she could find, figuring out if she could defend me or not, I think I think I just had to have something to do.
I know.
Olivia asked me if I was quitting.
She did? - As good as.
- And? If you lose your case, it'll no doubt leave a stain on me.
A good reason to bail sooner rather than later.
Maybe, but here's the thing.
You didn't throw in the towel on Maggie.
You don't give up on a client.
You don't quit.
We don't quit.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
STOWE: Gentlemen.
Can we talk? Pretty powerful stuff, wouldn't you say? 400 hours community service, $2,500 fine, ten years probation.
And and this is not negotiable, Maggie Haldane has delivered her last baby.
BULL: No prison time.
That's a win.
No.
It's not, if I can't continue my practice.
Those women need me.
Yes, Maggie, they need someone to help find state-licensed midwives.
You can take all that passion and grit that you have and use it to help train these midwives to respect the culture the way you do.
And be the leader you clearly are.
But then, I? Yes, you're not riding to the rescue anymore.
You're not going to be the deliverer of joy anymore.
[CRIES SOFTLY.]
Now, I know that's hard.
It's kind of addictive, being the hero.
Sounds like you're speaking from personal experience.
Well, I did learn something relatively recently.
You do a lot more good as the leader of a pack than you do as a lone wolf.
Now One chapter ends, and a new one is born.
[SNIFFLES.]
[EXHALES.]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
So? How bad is it? Taken in aggregate, the facts overwhelmingly point to your guilt.
[SIGHS.]
So, that's it, huh? Not quite.
None of the people who work here and I pretty much talked to all of them Thinks you did it.
Even the ones who have doubts they simply can't believe it.
Well, they think you're capable of other things.
Arrogance, ego fits.
Narcissism.
You're making me blush.
I'm sorry.
Continue.
But not bribery.
No one thinks you'd be satisfied with a win like that.
For the record, I agree with them.
So what does that mean? It means, my friend, that you are screwed.
You're an innocent man with not much case to make.
Jason, whoever put this together the anonymous tip, the surveillance, the payment, getting Randall Hughes to lie That person worked very, very hard to destroy you.
To destroy my company, my reputation, my freedom.
All of it.
Yeah.
Luckily for you, that really pisses me off.
This isn't gonna be a court case.
It's going to be a battle.
Are you ready to go to war? Oh, yeah.