♪♪
Fantastic. Where should we meet?
Excuse me. I'm looking for room .
- [GROANING]
- You're okay.
Great. I'll meet you there. Bye.
WOMAN OVER PA: Dr. Katz...
♪ I've just been on my own ♪
♪ Until you came along ♪
[SCOFFS]
♪ Picked me off the ground ♪
- [LAUGHS]
- I don't see anything funny.
Oh, but I do.
You give this white boy
two schooners and an ice rink,
he turns into Tonya Harding.
- Hmm.
- This will take
a couple minutes to fully dry.
This is a soft cast so you can
remove it to shower.
Here's a list of dos and don'ts.
- Make sure your boyfriend...
- Not her boyfriend.
He wishes. He took me
to the Holiday Ice Rink,
wore a dress shirt and spritzed cologne.
- What does that tell you?
- I wouldn't call this a dress shirt.
Anyway, number two is obvious,
but avoid any weight on the wrist,
so that means no figure skating.
I wasn't... figure skating.
[CHUCKLES] No judgment here,
Scott Hamilton.
♪ You've given me up ♪
I think you could use
a little pick-me-up.
What'd you have in mind?
Your dad's old gambling buddy.
Kurt Flannery? What about him?
I'm meeting with him tomorrow
to discuss your dad's m*rder trial.
If I could convince him to testify
that Vic was framed,
the Attorney General's case
- will be dead in the water.
- Vic's gonna walk?
I think... yeah. I think he will.
♪♪
♪ You're what I like ♪
[DOOR BELLS JINGLE]
Thank you. [GASPS] Ooh.
Hi, Lily.
Good morning, Ms. Carmichael.
- Ahem!
- Ha ha! There's my Lo,
with her face all aglow.
[LAUGHS] Hey, Carmichael.
Hey, Judge Carmichael.
I swear, that will never get old.
- Hmm.
- Have a seat. Come on.
Got your favorite...
Glazed doughnut, a coffee,
one creamer, one sugar.
Thank you. How are you, Daddy?
How was your work anniversary?
Good, real good.
Oh. I got you a little somethin'.
Oh!
And you can just open it
when you get home.
years at the legal clinic.
- Yeah.
- Lawyers took me
to this tasty burger joint
in Echo Park, gave me a mug that said
"Paralegals are the real lawyers."
- Hmm.
- [LAUGHS] Funny, huh?
All right, motor mouth. Spill it.
- Spill what?
- Rapid, repetitive speech.
You always forget my order,
and you got a little sweat
- mixed with maple glaze...
- [GROANS]
...on your upper lip.
You know "The L.A. Law Chronicle"?
Yeah, the newspaper.
They were blowing up Sherri's phone
a couple weeks ago to get
a quote for a piece of me.
Judge Lola Carmichael's trailblazing rise
through the Los Angeles judicial system.
Yeah, I know. They called the house, Lo.
- What did Mama say?
- Your mother had the best intentions,
But you see, she didn't have her coffee.
Daddy, what did she say?
Hey. I didn't even hear you
leave the house this morning.
I kind of ran out of there.
Are you ready for the Izzy Ruiz trial?
I'm... ready, yeah. There's something...
What?
Every time I've spoken to Izzy,
I've gotten this weird,
this strange feeling, like...
Like, what, like she's lying to you?
Oh, no, no, I know
she's telling me the truth.
It's just something about her
just kind of... bugs me.
You don't like her?
No. It's just, I don't know.
Have you ever gotten
just this weird, uncomfortable feeling
when you're around someone?
She has been charged with m*rder.
Yeah, but that's not it.
You know,
I don't... I don't know what it is.
Ooh, look at your boo.
He has law clerk interviews this week...
The District Attorney,
the Public Defender,
and a judicial clerkship.
Oh, hey, I heard he applied
to be Judge Benner's clerk
and not Lola's?
- I know.
- I'm gonna start
a courthouse betting pool.
Where will Deputy Luke Watkins clerk?
You wanna place the first bet?
I am not betting on my boyf...
I mean, no, I don't.
[SINGSONGY] Oh!
There's a new word for you.
I didn't actually say it. I didn't say
the whole thing, so...
Uh-huh, uh-huh, I heard it. Too late.
- Great.
- Luke!
- Hey, Sara.
- Come on!
Someone's walking with a little
extra pep in their step.
Interview went well?
There's no way I interview for
the Public Defender's office
and their MVP, Ms. Emily Lopez,
didn't get the scoop.
I did, and you kinda kicked
that interview's ass.
- Really?
- Of course really. You know you did.
I mean, I was ready
for every question they asked.
I was calm but not aloof.
I was confident but not arrogant.
That's great.
Hey, you okay?
Yeah, but your interviews aren't over,
so you know, keep an open mind.
- That's all. [CHUCKLES]
- Em,
do you not want us working
in the same office?
Have a minute, Ms. Lopez?
I will see you later. Okay.
Voluntary manslaughter. years.
Izzy Ruiz has a strike prior
for the armed robbery four years ago.
That doubles her time on the new charge.
- It's a good deal.
- It's not your best.
The max on a vol in her case is years.
- Be reasonable, Lopez.
- A reasonable jury
could find that my client
acted in self-defense.
I have a witness who saw her standing
over Vera Calderon's body
in the prison laundry.
And your witness was
Vera's cellmate of two years.
Are you suggesting she's lying?
I'm suggesting that the jury
will have an opinion
about her credibility.
If Izzy Ruiz was defending herself,
why were there no defensive wounds?
But there were bruises on her forearm
consistent with strangulation.
Circumstantial.
Should that jury return
a "guilty" verdict,
your client is looking at life in prison
at years old.
♪♪
It was self-defense. I was doing laundry,
and Vera came at me with a shank head-on.
I got her in a chokehold,
but she wouldn't stop.
- Well, no shank was found.
- There was one,
and my money's on
Vera's cellmate Lee Anne.
[SIGHS] She found the body,
and she'd have a good reason to hide it.
A w*apon like that is gold on the inside.
Okay, all I can base our case on
is the evidence in front of us.
The jury won't know
the nature of your prior,
but they will know that you
were incarcerated at the time.
Do you think I wanted to k*ll her?
No, Izzy. That's...
That's not what I'm...
I was three days from getting out.
After four years,
why would I risk my freedom
unless I had to protect myself,
but you can't answer that
because you're too busy
seeing the criminal.
That's not true. I'm...
Izzy, my job is to give you
the best defense possible,
and part of that defense is
telling you the raw truth.
Whose truth? Oh, you mean
the one that you cooked up
with another uppity suit while
you're getting your $ lattes?
[SCOFFS]
You don't like me, do you?
That's okay. I don't like me
much these days, either.
But not enough to spend
another day in prison.
The answer is no. I want my trial.
Okay.
- Mom, you said those words.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
Now you need to answer
to the person you said them
about... your daughter. Call me.
"Our criminal justice system
"is a perpetual incarceration machine.
"Black and brown folks are the mechanisms
"that keep it running.
"My daughter has thrown
a wrench in a machine
- that's been failing us for years."
- I know. It...
"Lola Carmichael is only a Band-Aid
on Lady Justice's gushing jugular."
- I am so mortified.
- I am so impressed.
Impressed?
Her prose is equal parts
visceral and vibrant.
- Ooh, with a dash of vitriol.
- Her prose is
a character assassination
of the L.A. judicial system.
Then your mother is Annie Oakley.
Besides, she's praising you.
Sherri, it paints me as biased
against the very same system
that I work for.
Oh, you're just catastrophizing.
That is not even a word.
Irrational, unfounded thoughts
that make a situation worse
than it actually is. Hmm.
I am not being irrational.
Ahem. Remember, you're taking over
the Izzy Ruiz m*rder trial today.
With Judge Este ill, everyone's slammed.
- I know. Sherri filled me in.
- [SIGHS] Of course.
Lisa, have you read the piece about me
- in the "Law Chronicle" this morning?
- I have.
You should know I had no idea.
Okay, whatever, Carmichael.
She is furious.
This is not good. This is bad.
- You don't know that.
- Thanks!
Thank you, Roxy. You've done it again.
♪♪
I got all my marbles.
Why evaluate my mental competence
when I identified the lousy, thieving
son-of-a-bitch in a lineup.
- Bernadine, I'm just trying to...
- It's Bernie.
Bernadine sounds like
I should be baking peach pies
for the Red Hat Society
and knitting baby booties.
Well, I don't like baking
or knitting or...
- Babies?
- Hats. Wise guy.
Based on your medical records,
the defense lawyer has some questions
about your... marbles,
and the judge thought it best
to hold a competency hearing
to determine your ability to recall.
Who does this judge think she is?
The judge. Listen, all you have to do
is testify that you were
visiting your husband's grave
when Joe Collins punched you
and took your purse.
- And my watch.
- Right.
Cripes' sake. Here.
Lift.
How'd you break those things, anyway?
At the rink. It was... hockey.
[LAUGHS]
No, it wasn't, but it's your story.
Without your testimony,
we don't have a case,
so let's just get through this hearing,
and then we can move forward
with the actual trial.
One condition. You get my watch back.
Understand?
I'll... try my best.
Once you were brought into the morgue,
what happened next?
The coroner showed me the body.
Whose body was it?
My daughter's... Vera Calderon.
And what was your reaction to
seeing your daughter like that?
When I saw Vera's body,
I remembered the mornings
I'd go into her room and watch her sleep.
She looked so peaceful.
When was the last time
you spoke with Vera?
Two days before she d*ed.
She told me how she had
become a changed woman.
Objection. Hearsay.
Sustained. Everything after
"she d*ed" is stricken.
Mr. Romero, your next question.
No further questions, Your Honor.
[CELLPHONE BUZZES]
Ms. Calderon, you testified earlier
that the last time you spoke with Vera
was two days before she d*ed.
How long was that call?
A few minutes.
I'd give anything to get that time back.
Your Honor, I have a -page call log
from the Department of Corrections
for inmate Vera Calderon.
May I have that marked as Defense "B"?
- So marked.
- Ms. Calderon, these logs showed
that you and Vera had phone contact
times over the year
prior to her death,
but none of those calls were
longer than seconds.
- Does this track?
- Yes.
According to these logs,
the last call was,
as you testified,
two days before Vera's death,
but that call wasn't
a few minutes, was it?
No. It wasn't.
That's right. It was seconds.
It doesn't sound like you
thought Vera had changed.
- Objection.
- Ms. Lopez.
Withdrawn. Nothing further, Your Honor.
[CRYING]
♪♪
You look so helpless.
You are just getting so much pleasure
out of this, aren't you?
Hey, if you would've played
your cards right last night
and stuck to the rails with me,
both of us would have had
a different post-skate pleasure.
- Your prescription.
- Thank you.
Kurt Flannery agreed to testify.
- How'd you manage that?
- My art of persuasion goes a long way.
- You threatened to subpoena.
- Yeah, that, too.
Now I have an airtight defense for Vic.
Mr. Callan? Ask for tomato soup,
and the bastards gave me potato.
Leave your manners
in your makeup bag, blondie?
I'm sorry. [LOUDLY] My name's Amy.
Bernie.
Gotta run.
You haven't knocked boots
with blondie yet,
so can't be trouble
in paradise. What's wrong?
Let's go over the hearing later today.
To prove that you're competent
to testify at trial,
you need to satisfy a two-part test.
One... you have the capacity
to communicate.
They put too much salt in this.
Part one, check, and two, that you have
personal knowledge of the event.
They put too much salt in this.
Ready to cut a deal, Callan?
We haven't met. I'm Monica Sung,
the other lawyer in your case.
Then we don't need to meet.
- No deal, Monica.
- You'll change your mind.
See you in court.
I know, Bernie. You don't like her.
When you arrived at the cemetery,
what'd you do, Bernie?
The usual. I sat in my lawn chair,
cracked upon a tall one,
and visited with my Manuel.
Manuel's your deceased husband?
- Yes.
- And what'd you do next?
I was about to take
the first sip of my beer
when the son of a bitch came...
Mrs. Morris, language, please.
The... perp grabbed me from behind,
covered my mouth. I fought back
'cause Mother didn't raise no wimp.
Then he sucker-punched me
and stole my purse
and my watch.
Do you see that man
in this courtroom today?
Yes, he's sitting right there.
- Identifying the defendant.
- Nothing further.
Mrs. Morris, what did you eat
for lunch this afternoon?
- Objection. Relevance.
- I'm testing the witness'
- ability to perceive and recount.
- Overruled.
I'll allow some latitude, Ms. Sung.
Mrs. Morris, answer the question.
I didn't eat lunch.
Mr. Callan, will the People stipulate
Mrs. Morris did eat lunch with you
less than an hour ago
at the Hit & Run Café?
Mr. Callan? Do you stipulate?
Yes. The People stipulate
that Mrs. Morris
did eat lunch today.
You can all kiss my ass!
- Mrs. Morris!
- How would you like it if you
were poked and prodded
like a damn lab rat?
And you, Joe Collins!
You give me back my watch!
- Order in the court!
- Now hold on, ma'am. Stop.
- Ow!
- Don't you hurt him!
- [GROANS]
- Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, sweetheart,
are you all right?
Are you okay, sweetheart?
Mark, call me back.
Spoke to your mother.
She wants to stop by today and see you.
No. She has my number. She can use it.
If I may, do you think you're taking
this article too personally?
It's the piece about me
with a direct quote
from my mom, so no, and after my run-in
with the Commission
on Judicial Performance,
I don't need any heat.
I wouldn't label it as heat.
More like harmless attention,
with significant entertainment value.
- Well, you saw Benner this morning.
- She'll get over it.
In the meantime, don't... Catastrophize?
I need some air outside.
People are convinced
Luke's choosing Benner.
- Thanks, Sara.
- Your Honor, I just have to say
your mom is my "shero"!
That quote was awesome.
Luke is choosing who for what?
Sara?
Luke's interviewing for clerkships,
including one with Judge Benner,
so I-I've got a pool going
because pools are fun
and the H.O.J. can use some fun, right?
Deputy Watkins applied to be
Benner's law clerk, not mine.
Ucch!
[SNIFFLES]
Look, if this is about another plea...
It's not. I wanted to...
I wanted to see how you're doing.
How are you doing?
I want to... share something with you.
My parents left Puerto Rico
when they were newlyweds.
They settled in Downey,
started a trucking company.
And it was really good for a while.
But then they... They lost everything,
and it got really bad.
I was . I was partying, and...
and other stuff, stealing.
I... I got arrested.
My parents were already struggling,
and I was just making it worse.
I was on my way to juvie,
and I was just so mad
at, like, everyone.
It got to the point where we...
We didn't speak for, like, a year.
So, Izzy, I know what it's like...
Are you for real right now?
I'm just trying...
Trying to what? Relate to me?
Like how? A short stint
in juvie is a joke
compared to four years in maximum.
And you think you know me 'cause what,
we're both brown women in the system?
'Cause your parents were pissed at you?
I'm talking to you through glass.
- Yeah, I'm not trying...
- You don't know the first thing about me
or about life on the inside,
so stick to what you do know...
Defending criminals like me.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Go back to my cell, please.
♪♪
Thank you for the opportunity,
Judge Benner.
You'll be hearing from my J.A. soon.
Sherri, I didn't hear you.
I have an astoundingly light tread.
Judge Carmichael would like a word
after court adjourns today.
Thank you.
♪♪
I trusted you,
and you let them humiliate me
in that courtroom.
After what happened in that courtr...
After what happened in that courtroom,
the defense lawyer offered
to plea out your case to a misdemeanor.
If I agreed, Joe Collins
would have gotten away scot-free.
I didn't because I believed
your story the first time,
and I still do.
And I'm trying to get back your watch.
Mark! You want in
on the "Where will Luke clerk
in the courthouse" pool?
Oh, my God. What happened?
Chatty Cathy, can't you see
we're having a damn Hallmark moment here?
- That wasn't nice, Bernie.
- Yeah, well, it's in the past.
It literally just happened.
- I'm trying to tell you something.
- [SCOFFS]
That watch was World w*r II-era Elgin
that he got from a pawn shop.
The band was worn.
The case was scratched.
The crown was stuck.
But you see, I love history.
So Manny bought me historical gifts.
What year was Elgin founded?
. Changed its name in .
Manuel set the watch to Eastern time,
promising that we'd be
in Niagara Falls for our th.
We'd always wanted to go.
But he d*ed, and... time ultimately won.
Bernie, I need to re-establish
your competence on that stand.
I have an idea how I'm gonna do that.
- What kind of watch was it?
- Objection. Relevance.
If we travel down
this distorted memory lane,
we'll be here all night.
Overruled. Witness may respond.
It was an Elgin,
-millimeter metal case.
Stainless steel case back.
Rusted white dial.
NATO strap was swapped out for leather.
What is Elgin?
Oh, it was an Illinois-based
watch company founded in .
Before Elgin, all watches were handmade.
They changed the industry
by mass producing watches
with machine-made parts.
Men branded them the working man's watch,
as if women didn't work. Sexist bastards.
- Mrs. Morris.
- Oh, sorry, Judge.
What was the watch company's
logo, Mrs. Morris?
It was the Greek god Chronos
with a scythe in one hand
and a pocket watch in the other.
You know, that watch isn't
worth a wooden nickel,
and, like all of the other
presents Manuel gave me,
I... disregarded it.
But if he were here now,
I would tell him..
[VOICE BREAKING] that watch
means the world to me.
Your Honor, Mrs. Morris may be confused
about recent short-term events,
but her long-term memory is steel-trap.
The defendant robbed her of one
of those priceless memories
one year ago, which any reasonable person
would qualify as long term,
Given the foregoing,
the People respectfully urge
the court to allow Mrs. Morris
to tell her story at trial
in her own words.
Nothing further. Thank you.
I'll render my decision soon.
♪♪
Lee Ann, are you an inmate
at the Central California
Women's Facility?
Yeah, I am.
Did you know the victim Vera Calderon?
We're...
We were cellmates for two years.
And what was your relationship like?
Close. Best friends.
Can you tell us what you saw
on the night in question?
Vera didn't show up
at the mess hall for dinner,
and we never miss a meal together,
so I looked for her,
and that's when I found her
in the prison laundry room.
And what did you find?
Izzy was standing over Vera's body.
She saw me. She ran off.
I went to see if Vera's okay,
but she wasn't breathing.
You k*lled her.
- Objection.
- Ms. Moss.
- You k*lled Vera! You k*lled her!
- Calm down. Relax.
- Hey, sit down.
- Order!
Calm down. Sit down.
Sit down.
I think that's enough for today.
Jurors and all parties
are ordered to return tomorrow
at : a.m. Court is adjourned.
I thought you said you were gon' be cool.
Step out of the box.
Hands behind your back.
Okay.
[HANDCUFFS CLICK]
I got it.
♪♪
Izzy, tell me about that shank again.
Okay, the shank that you described...
When you look at me, do you...
Do you see a m*rder*r?
What you said before,
me not liking you, it's not...
Doesn't matter. You don't need...
Let me finish. Okay?
At the pre-trial hearing,
I noticed that you didn't have any family
sitting in the gallery,
and same with this trial.
What I was trying to say before...
I remember being a kid in custody,
sitting in the courtroom,
feeling really alone.
And when I saw you, I think I'm reminded
of the loneliness and the shame that...
that I felt when I was .
And now?
What do you see?
I see a young woman
who deserves a second chance.
Okay. So... tell me about this shank.
Um...
Mr. Watkins, you have been
on the front line of .
And the experience has been...
You have seen every move
I've made on the bench
since I first put on the robe.
We've established a rapport, right?
Yes, Your Honor.
Then why not apply to be my clerk?
I promise you It's not personal.
If one more person says that today,
it is personal.
If you think my decision
has anything to do
with that article, I promise you,
it absolutely does not.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Mom.
Lo. Let's talk.
♪♪
Mm.
Hey, Dorothy Hamill.
The Attorney General folded.
They're dropping the charges against Vic.
What?
Your dad's gonna be released,
Mark. It's over.
You okay? You want to sit down?
No. No. I...
Thank you.
Going to Twin Towers later
to give Vic the news,
make sure the paperwork is straight.
- Come with me.
- I need to...
I need to find Bernie's watch.
I'll meet you there.
♪♪
Calm down, daughter.
The reporter sought me out.
It wasn't the other way around.
Don't deflect, Mom. You know
this is about what you said.
"Lola Carmichael is a Band-Aid
on Lady Justice's gushing jugular."
If growing up in a household
with me taught you anything,
it's to stand firm in what you believe.
I stand by what I said.
Even at the cost
of hurting your own child.
You know that that was not my intention.
I believe you. I do.
But you were reckless.
The reporter asked
for a statement about me.
You turned this into an indictment
of the L.A. judicial system.
Exactly. A system
that continues to recycle
the same people of color...
People like you and me.
Mom! I am talking about optics,
and you of all people know about optics.
- [SCOFFS]
- And you knew better than to make
a public statement like that.
Why would I not say it in public
if that is what I believe?
The public has always been my domain!
And very clearly,
this institution has become yours.
Yes, it has!
But not in the way that you think, Mom.
With that robe, I have the power
to protect the people who are
being abused by the law
and from the law from being abused.
Why can't you see that?
The last time I came here,
you reminded me
that my little girl became a judge.
I know who I raised then,
and I know who you are now.
But you can't reconcile the two.
I didn't say that.
Mom, you made me...
That fire, that passion
to change the world
one person at a time...
You gave me that.
We are not in opposition.
We are on the same side.
You just have to accept the fact
that my tactics are different than yours.
Maybe they shouldn't be.
Maybe you should be
out there with the people
instead of looking down at them.
Wow.
[CHUCKLES]
You just went there.
- Lo.
- Mama, I got work to do.
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
♪♪
- Ohh!
- Bernie, it's me.
Oh. What the hell's the matter with you,
sneaking up on an -year-old
victim of robbery?
I'm sorry. I came to tell you
the judge is gonna let you
testify at trial.
You did good, Bernie.
Your husband would be proud.
Want a beer?
- [ICE RATTLES]
- Ah, I'm good, but thanks.
Take my word for it. You need a drink.
Manny loved fishing.
Never had the skill or the luck for it,
but he would sit there for hours.
Me, I'm too impatient.
So if you think I'm gonna...
fish for what's wrong with you...
My dad and I, we... we don't, um...
Anyway, he got himself into some trouble,
and I helped him get out
of it because, well...
right now we're right back
to where we started,
I guess I just thought
it would be different.
It's strange. It's the most time
we've spent together in years.
That's not strange. It's life.
I mean, losing time is the worst thing
we can do to ourselves.
[SIGHS]
Seems like you've lost a lot of time.
Let it go.
You'll be just fine without the pain.
[CAN TAB CLICKS]
The Attorney General has agreed
to drop the charges.
So when do I get out of here?
- You waste no time, do you?
- Hey, take a look around.
Excuse me for cutting to the chase, Mark.
- Not even a "thank you"?
- Stop it. We won.
I won. Vic, once the court
processes your paperwork,
the sheriff will make sure
there are no other holds on you.
There won't be. Then you'll be released.
Then my job is done. Questions?
I didn't think so. I'll be outside.
[DOOR BUZZES]
Where to after this?
The Armenians aren't through with me.
Anywhere I go in L.A.,
it's gonna be a hit on my head,
so I think it's time
for a... a little vacation.
You need a ride out of town?
No, I'll find my way. Always do.
So...
I'll see you when I see ya.
Yeah. I'll...
Yeah.
Let me know where you land.
Door, please.
[DOOR BUZZES]
♪♪
Oh! What happened?
- Me and Amy were at the...
- Did you two...
No. No. We were working late last night
and ended up at the Holiday Ice Rink
at Pershing Square, and where's...
The hooch?
I had a few beers, started showing off.
Next thing you know,
voilà... two broken wrists.
The ice rink. You really like her.
So you're working late.
Does she have any updates on Vic's case?
Actually, yes.
Amy's getting the charges
against Vic dropped.
What? Mark, oh, my God.
That's my hours in a nutshell.
- And?
- And the truth hasn't changed.
I can always rely on Vic to be Vic.
I can never rely on him to be a father.
My whole life, I've been
waiting for that to change,
and it... it won't.
You don't know that. You don't.
Talk to Roxy?
Actually, yes. She stopped by
to stand her ground and not apologize.
She could have done that in a text.
She didn't mean to hurt you, Lola.
I know she didn't mean to hurt me, Mark,
but she did, and now I'm left
dealing with the heat.
- What heat?
- I just dodged
a b*llet with the C.J.P. hearings,
and now I am back to having
judges and lawyers
thinking that I am...
Oh, come on, Lola.
Nobody's thinking anything
except that you have a very passionate
and vocal mom who's trying to...
I need to stay out of the spotlight,
and her words just put me
right back in it.
- In a good way.
- Why are you diminishing this?
I'm not diminishing anything.
- You're blowing it up.
- Yes, you are!
You're always trying
to sabotage your relationship
- with your mom.
- I don't always do that, Mark.
Yes, you do. Look at you.
You know what?
[SCOFFS]
I need to be alone.
Okay.
Wow. Okay.
[SIGHS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Ms. Lopez, your witness.
Ms. Moss, how would you
describe the relationship
between Vera and Izzy?
They didn't like each other.
In the days leading up to Izzy's release,
Izzy bragged about getting out,
didn't she?
Yeah. Rubbed it in all our faces.
Did Vera seem like she was
angry at Izzy for bragging?
Objection. Hearsay and speculation.
I am asking the witness
to testify as to her perception
given her close relationship
to the alleged victim.
Overruled. Witness may answer.
I guess you could say Vera was angry.
That's a... lovely necklace
you're wearing.
Where did you get it?
Please answer Ms. Lopez' question.
I, uh, I made it.
You work in the prison
woodshop, don't you?
Will the court please direct the witness
to answer the question?
What she's saying ain't got nothing to do
- with Vera being dead... nothing!
- Please sit down.
Sit down.
Ms. Moss, we are all here
to get to the truth.
I believe you want that, too.
So please, answer Ms. Lopez' question.
Yeah. I work at the prison woodshop.
I use the scraps to make
jewelry that I sell online.
You used these scraps
to help make a shank for Vera.
- Objection!
- Ms. Lopez.
Argumentative and assumes
facts not in evidence.
- Your Honor, I am merely asking...
- Your Honor, the defense is merely
- bullying the People's witness.
- That's enough.
- Your Honor, no shank was recovered.
- That's 'cause I got it!
[VOICE BREAKING] I loved Vera.
And she loved me.
We loved each other, but she was...
She was depressed,
and in prison,
no one cares about that stuff.
Being depressed just means
that... that you're weak
or you're going psych, so Vera
kept real quiet about that.
But when Izzy bragged about getting out,
Vera said she wanted to hurt her,
and I didn't think that was real talk.
And that would always be my fault.
But, uh...
Vera knew I had a shank,
and that night, when I found her,
the shank was right next to her.
And I stashed it
to protect her... and me.
I'm sorry.
♪♪
It's an Elgin, stainless steel,
rusted white dial,
worn leather band.
The watch is crucial to my case,
so please. Thanks.
Wow, that old buzzard really
grew on you, didn't she?
As a matter of fact, she did.
What can I do for you, Monica?
My client's willing to plead
guilty to the robbery charge,
mid-term, three years.
But not without a caveat? Let me guess.
Drop the GBI enhancement?
And Joe Collins
returns Bernie's things...
including the watch.
[SIGHS]
♪♪
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Oh. Hi. Is... Is Bernie home?
My name's Mark Callan. I'm a prosecutor.
I was trying Bernie's...
I'm sorry. Is she here?
I wanted to return something to her.
Bernardine d*ed last night.
What? I... I... just saw her.
She was .
Her diet consisted
pretty much of cheap beer
and TV dinners.
I'm sorry. Who are you?
I'm her son Daniel.
♪♪
Can I get you anything, Izzy?
[CLEARS THROAT] No. Thank you, though.
[SIGHS]
You know, in prison,
time moves so slow...
almost like it stops.
A week feels like a year.
After a while, you forget
that on the outside,
time moves at lightning speed.
People you love get on
with their lives without you.
Every inmate feels alone.
Knowing how depressed Vera was...
Her pain was beyond your control.
I k*lled her. Vera's dead because...
You had to defend yourself.
Can't imagine the guilt Vera's mom feels.
You know, all the times
that she could have wrote
or called her, and she'll
never get that back
- because of me.
- You are not a bad person.
[CELLPHONE BUZZES]
Verdict. I'm gonna get a bailiff.
"People of California
vs. Isabella Ruiz...
"as to the charge in Count ...
m*rder, in violation
"of Penal Code section -A,
"we the jury in the above entitled case
find the defendant not guilty."
LOLA: Members of the jury,
we thank you for your diligence
and your time.
Ms. Ruiz? You are free to go.
Mr. Watkins.
Good luck with the rest
of your interviews.
Wherever you land,
they'll be the lucky ones.
Actually, I accepted a clerkship
at the D.A.'s office.
My old stomping grounds?
That's what I was trying
to explain to you before.
The truth is, Your Honor,
I don't want to clerk for you.
I want to be you.
So I'm gonna start where you started.
♪♪
Judge Carmichael found
an amazing program for you.
You get to live there for free.
They're gonna help you find a job, okay?
Things are happening
in a really good way.
All right?
♪♪
It's okay. It's okay.
LUKE: Celebration is in order.
You restored that woman's freedom
and mine being taken away
with this D.A. clerkship.
You're going to the D.A.'s office?
- Looks like it.
- Whoop!
That's amazing. That's so great.
Before we... pop open the bubbly,
I need to tell you something.
Our lives are gonna get more complicated
as you get closer to becoming a lawyer,
and I worry because
I really care for you.
The truth is... I've been worried, too.
- Oh.
- Today it's a clerkship.
Tomorrow it'll be something else.
- We'll figure it out.
- Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm?
Mm-hmm.
♪♪
Luke chose the D.A. Who knew?
Me.
You? You didn't place any bet.
Oh, but I did. I had a clerk
do it for me under an alias.
Wait. You're... Hemorrhoid... Gran...
Hermione Granger. "Harry Potter"?
Never mind. Pay up, bookie.
[SIGHS] Minus a vig.
That's a big vig.
Well...
♪♪
[LAUGHTER]
You know, for years,
I've been watching my wife
out in the street,
fighting the good fight.
Now I get to watch my daughter in here
fight the same good fight. Ah.
I am so proud of you, Lola.
Okay, Daddy, spill it.
Mom was supposed to tell you
this herself,
But she said those things
in the paper because...
Because her cause
always needs a platform?
Because she was reaching out to you, Lo,
trying to get your attention.
Well, it worked.
[SIGHS] She's taking a leave of absence
from the nonprofit.
It's been hard. She needs a break.
- Since when?
- Since two months ago.
I think she's finally hit a wall
and is feeling lost.
I can't even imagine her
at home, sitting.
She's always out, doing.
Maybe I was catastrophizing.
- Catastro-what?
- Nothing, Daddy.
People can change, Lo.
In the meantime,
let's have dinner tonight.
We both miss you. Okay?
Tonight. Okay?
Okay, Daddy.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Come in.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Okay, I can't apologize
for my mother's actions,
nor should I have to.
Your mother's what? Oh, that article?
[LAUGHS] I don't care about that.
You couldn't have said that two days ago?
Sorry. I haven't been myself lately.
I've been brief and brusque.
- That's two "B" words.
- Don't push it, Carmichael.
I have had to keep this under wraps,
but I wanted you to be the first to know.
I'm running for State Attorney General.
[GASPS]
I appreciate the lift. Glad you called.
No worries. I didn't want
to leave things...
the way we did, so...
Remember when you were a kid
and we would go to the movies
and I would buy us each a ticket?
And then... we'd go in and we'd stay
for two or three flicks? [LAUGHS]
- Three-for-one special.
- [LAUGHS]
Yeah, and you were always so afraid
we were gonna get caught. [GROWLS]
[CHUCKLES]
But I always told you,
"You're gonna be safe
as long as you're with me."
And you believed me.
♪♪
[SIGHING]
♪♪
[CELLPHONE BLIPS]
Already ordered us spring rolls.
Mm. So happy you came.
Is Mark joining us?
I'm not sure. I texted him.
Where is, uh...
Now you know my favorite show
is Ro and Lo going toe to toe.
But tonight let's just eat.
- Fine by me.
- I'm okay with that.
[LAUGHS]
Jazz!
- Hey, Jazz!
- Hi. How are you?
- Carmichael family.
- [LAUGHS]
- What do you have tonight?
- Three flavor fish
with sweet and sour and soul food.
[LAUGHTER]
All right, Jazz, thank you for that.
[LAUGHTER]
[ZAYN'S "TONIGHT" PLAYING]
♪ Don't give me that ♪
♪ Girl, I know you're staying ♪
How are your wrists?
Itchy.
Healing, I think.
I came because I wanted
to say what my dad
didn't or couldn't, which is...
thank you, Amy.
- Without you, I...
- Oh, shut up, Mark.
♪ But love me tonight ♪
♪ Sweet girl of mine ♪
Um...
♪ Take all your time ♪
♪ I know that you're mine ♪
♪ Like there's no time at all ♪
♪ Never gonna come ♪