01x06 - Faith

[bunniefuu]

Previously on Doubt...

Every two years,

I go before the same parole board

and tell them how sorry I am.

Obviously, you are not doing it right.

Isaiah is my lawyer, not you.

Mother, do you think that I k*lled Amy?

Yes, but you're my son
and it doesn't matter.

I'm sorry I doubted you.
Can we start fresh?

BILLY: Clean slate.

SADIE: I met with the D.A.

They have a new witness.
Do you know her?

She's my sister.

♪ ♪

(both chuckling)

Told you I'd be grateful if
you went out for bagels.

Well, I can't wait to go out again.

- ♪ Wait out the plastic weather ♪
- (phone vibrating)

- Hmm.
- (sighs)

Isaiah's calling me.

What could he possibly want on a Sunday?

I don't know, typically, I would
answer the phone and find out.

Well, there's nothing
typical going on here.

You're right.

It's Sunday, it's a day of rest.

Yeah, except, let's not rest.

(giggles) You're very...

- Single-minded?
- Yeah.

I know, it's my best quality.

Mm.

♪ You know I talk too much... ♪

(chuckling)

But, maybe I should call him back,

'cause he may have some
information about your sister.

(groans) My sister?

The case?

Could you come up with
a better mood k*ller?

- (chuckles)
- Yeah.

It's bothering me, though.

Why would they fly her all
the way here from Korea?

I mean, what's she gonna say?

I don't know, Sadie,

it's been years
since I've seen Molly.

No letters, no phone calls, nothing.

It's like the adoption
didn't even happen.

She was Amy's friend, though, right?

If they try to sneak
hearsay evidence in... no.

It'll be character stuff,
but we'll head that off.

We were gonna give ourselves a day.

A whole day, just us.

This is us.

The case, your sister, Isaiah
calling me, it's all us.

One of the first things you
learn when you become a surgeon

is how to compartmentalize.

Like, if you were in surgery

and you were thinking about your
tax returns, a kid might die.

Okay, but to be fair,
keeping you out of prison?

It's not the same as tax returns.

Okay, how about this: If so much as a
button is undone or a sock is off,

then we don't talk about the case.

It doesn't exist.

We are alone on a deserted island.

No lawyer, no defendant.

- Just two people.
- Hmm.

(groans)

- Okay.
- (phone vibrates)

We're on a deserted island where
there is no cell reception.

♪ I talk too much ♪

- ♪ Honey come put your
lips on mine... ♪ - At all.

- Buttons are coming undone.
- Uh-oh.

♪ We could blame it all
on human nature... ♪

Hey, good morning.

Peter, what are you doing here?

At my apartment that I didn't
give you the address to.

I come bearing gifts, news:
Kevin Sokas is in the hospital,

recovering from s*ab wounds.

Who, the baseball player?

Pride of New York. Center fielder.

Some woman stabbed him outside
the front of a bar last night.

A big noisy case, lots of publicity.

Thought you might like it.

We can't chase clients, you know that.

You're right, bad idea.

I hear she reached out to the
Sylvia Rivera Law Project.

- They'll hook her up.
- Wait, SRLP?

Is this woman trans?

Oh, yeah, I guess she is.
Does that make a difference?

No. Maybe. Yes.

They know me at SRLP, I
got to get down there.

Hey, nice place.

Thanks. Got to go.

Um, that was...

I was going to leave, you
were in the doorway.

- Reflex.
- Uh-huh.

It's like when you're on a business call

and you go to hang up
and accidentally say

"love you" instead of "good-bye."

Absolutely.

Remind me to call you later.

My son, Eddie, lost his
battle to drug addiction.

years old.

My wife and I, we tried
for years to save him,

but we failed.

Maybe there is such a
thing as tough love.

But one thing I do know:

There is tough guilt.

Hi, I'm, um, Tiffany Simon.

I'm relatively new to the congregation.

Eddie was so great when
I first moved here.

He helped me install my TV,

and he did it for free.

Well, not for free. He
ate all of my cookies.

(both chuckle)

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

I lost a cousin to addiction and...

I'm sorry.

Anyway, um, it was a
really beautiful eulogy.

Thank you.

They said it wasn't an overdose.

They're saying it was su1c1de.

- Connie.
- He would never do that.

Who said it was su1c1de?

The rehab we sent him to.

He OD'd at the rehab facility?

But where did he get the dr*gs?

The rehab pharmacy.

They had a legal obligation to
keep it locked at all times.

He broke in.

Of course he did, he's an addict.

They should have had better
protection in place.

And by saying it's su1c1de,

they're making it his decision,

but this is their responsibility.

They are taking responsibility.

- They're settling.
- $ , .

$ , ?

Yes.

Y-You need to fight this.

♪ ♪

♪ I could feel it in my toes ♪

♪ Drop to the b*at... ♪

Wow, you weren't kidding when
you said you'd be right here.

I was playing basketball.
You said it was important.

You look cute in your
little basketball shorts.

I just left a game that I was
dominating because you said

you had something big
and needed my help.

Please tell me you weren't lying.

(typing)

Her name's Delilah Johnson.

Kevin Sokas att*cked her this morning

and she stabbed him.

Okay.

You weren't lying.

That's big.

He's at St. Daniel's.

Injuries don't appear
to be life-threatening.

And you need my help because...

Delilah's trans. If I represent her,

that's one too many trans
people at the table.

If it comes to trial, the
jury may not trust you.

Like maybe you've got an axe to grind.

I do. My axe is men
shouldn't b*at up women.

That'll be my axe, too.

Good. She's in central
booking, downtown.

I want to be there when
you interview her,

- so she knows she's with family.
- Let's go.

Maybe we should stop by your
place first so you can shower?

ALBERT: Hey.

- What are you doing here?
- Albert, I own the firm.

- I meant on a Sunday.
- Work. Where's Sadie?

Probably home, it's Sun...

Sunday, that's already been established.

She's not answering her phone.

You going to interview Delilah Johnson?

Yeah, we caught the case.
How'd you know?

When are you gonna learn
that I know everything?

(door buzzes open)

Delilah? Cameron Wirth,

Isaiah Roth and Associates,
this is Albert Cobb.

You're my lawyer?

- Actually...
- I'm your lawyer, Ms. Johnson.

But you'll have our firm's
full resources on your case.

So you're just here
to make me feel good?

CAMERON: We happen to
think it's important

that you feel good.

That you trust us.

You a Kevin Sokas fan?

I was.

Why can't you defend me?

This'll be a big case.

It wouldn't be long before I
became part of the story.

A distraction.

Why don't you tell us what happened?

I was coming home.

Picked up a few things
from the drugstore.

It was : a.m.,

when the bars close.

This guy, he's drunk.

And I pass him by and he says something.

"Freak," I think.

So I answer back.

And then he comes at me.

And he's a big guy.

"Says he's gonna see if
I'm "really a woman""

And then he grabs at my breast.

I try to walk away and then
he comes at me and get...

Gets me in a choke hold.

After that, it's all a blur.

Like, I just remember coming to

and there's blood everywhere.

And my Kn*fe's in my hand.

- You had a Kn*fe?
- I always have a Kn*fe.

You got him in his side.

Nicked his liver.

- But it's not life threatening.
- Is that what you care about?

I care about the jury
and how they'd feel

if you ruined their
chances at a pennant.

Are you being kept with the other women?

In with the hookers, where else?

Have your injuries been photographed?

Make sure they show
tomorrow at arraignment.

SADIE: All right, Isaiah,
what is so important?

I got your texts and missed calls.

Where have you been?

My ringer was off.

What's the big news?

You haven't seen the papers?

No, but I heard about Kevin Sokas.

Have you heard about Jacob Ward?

He made parole last Thursday.

The board was unanimous.

The RLF member

who actually held up the
bank teller at gunpoint

gets paroled, while my mother,

who only drove the van,
is still in prison?

There have been changes
on the parole board.

I'm celebrating and so should you.

I never thought this day would come.

I kind of gave up hope.

Well, grab it back,

and hang onto it.

We got a fight on our hands,

but this time, I'm gonna make sure

she comes home.

♪ ♪

I understand there's a new development.

You haven't told her?

Molly's here.

She's a witness for the prosecution.

Have you seen her?

I have, briefly.

ALBERT: Just to get the
chronology straight,

you adopted Molly in ,
when she was... four?

Yes, a year younger than Billy.

They were always close.

He was very good with her.

It was a period in my life
when I needed a new purpose.

My husband was in the
newspapers a lot...

His friendships with his young
female campaign workers.

I got involved with a Korean charity

and toured an orphanage over there.

And there she was. I
couldn't leave without her.

Was she even here when Amy was k*lled?

She went back to Korea the
same year, didn't she?

Her biological mother
showed up at the orphanage,

demanding to see Molly.

I wanted to fight, but the senator...

didn't think it would
play well in the press.

There was all the chaos
over Amy's m*rder.

I began to think that maybe

Molly would be better away from it.

So I gave in.

I should have fought harder.

I don't know that you
would have won, Maggie.

Do you have any idea, either of you,

of why they brought
Molly here to testify?

No idea, there's nothing.

SADIE: Molly has already
refused to talk to me.

I can try again, but they've
got her tucked away somewhere.

ALBERT: I'll refile a discovery motion

to compel them to tell
us what they have.

But that'll take a few days.

Let us know if you think of
anything that could be of help.

- Now I need to get to court.
- Yeah, me too.

- Billy?
- Hmm?

Can we talk?

I'm meeting a friend Uptown.

JUDGE BARR: I understand the
parties have agreed to settle.

SADIE: Actually, your Honor, the
Hollanders have changed their mind

and would like to pursue a
wrongful death claim against

- the New Testament Rehab.
- They can't.

This court has no jurisdiction.

Your Honor, may I approach?

The standard admission form
to New Testament Rehab.

Signed by the plaintiffs.

We don't have a copy of that form.

JUDGE BARR: "All disputes
between parties"

"are to be solved by religious
arbitration as set forth"

"in the attached document."

""Religious arbitration""

Your Honor, we respectfully request

that the case be dismissed
for want of jurisdiction.

- Did you guys sign this?
- SCOTT: That is our signatures,

but I didn't realize what
it was we were signing.

It was his second DUI.

They said it was either this or prison.

They were obviously under duress.

We ask that the court declare
this contract null and void.

Religious arbitration.

A couple of ministers

judging questions of fact and law.

How is that even legal?

If we leave in an hour, gets
us up to Bedford by : ?

Yeah, fine.

Hey, easy with that cheese.

She's upset that our clients signed

a religious arbitration clause
and the judge upheld it.

It's absurd!

What about the establishment clause?

The separation of church and state?

Goes both ways, Sadie.

If two parties willingly agree

to settle their dispute
within the confines

of their chosen religion,

the government has no
right to interfere.

Looks like I'm gonna
be cramming all night.

Black coffee and the Bible. Fun.

"I will strengthen thee; Yea,

"I will help thee; Yea,
I will uphold thee

with the right hand
of my righteousness."

Isaiah : .

Different Isaiah. Similar, though.

- I didn't know you were religious.
- Now you do.

Look at that. Problem solved.

We'll have to prepare quickly,
arbitration's tomorrow.

In Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Oh my God, you guys.

Road trip! Road trip!

Road trip! Road Trip!
(trailing off): Road trip...

Don't chant. Don't ever chant.

(door closes)

Round one goes to us.

You made bail.

Security's coming to escort us out.

So what happens next?

We claim this was self-defense
and put pressure on the D.A.

- to drop the charges.
- Okay.

But in the meantime, go home.

And don't turn on the TV.

The press is gonna dig up every
jackass who ever have had

a bad word to say about you.

You're freaking me out.

I'm trying to.

You ever play that game, who
do I want in my lifeboat?

You need your lifeboat right now.

And only the people you trust get in.

(door opens)

I'm in the lifeboat, Delilah.

I'm gonna help you through this.

Oh, no. (Chuckles)

You wanted to tell me Jacob
got paroled, I already knew.

Can't b*at the prison grapevine.

Unanimous, three-person decision.

Oh.

Can't believe how
good-looking he used to be.

(chuckles) He thought he could sing.

We used to hide the guitar.

He pled guilty, named names,
renounced the Movement.

That's why the victim's family
dropped their opposition

to his release.

Well, we're not gonna
do anything like that.

We-We've already been
through this, Isaiah.

Absolutely. We have a strategy.

No, no, listen, I get not naming
names, but you have to renounce.

ISAIAH: No one is
asking you to renounce.

I am. I'm asking.

It's just words, say the damn words

and you can come home. Don't
you want to come home?

Of course she does.

But we can't ask her to lie.

We target these new board members,

tailor our arguments to their biases.

No! She says what he
said, and she's out.

Sadie's right.

We have to do something
differently, Isaiah.

You're going to renounce the Movement?

I don't know what I'm going to do,

but I think I'm going to need...

new counsel.

- You're f*ring me?
- Well...

Hold on, Mom, I'm not suggesting
that you fire Isaiah,

he knows how this works

much better than I do. I'm just saying

you guys need to be open to new ideas.

You're fired, too.

I'm sorry, what?

You're right.

This year feels different.

Like we really have a sh*t.

You guys are too close.

I can't take that chance.

Find me a new lawyer.

Just be my family.

- The D.A. requested this meeting?
- ALBERT: Yep.

Probably something to do
with the online petition

with , signatures

demanding the charges be dropped.

Yeah, that old interview where
Sokas' ex-wife talks about

his violent temper, I'm
sure that didn't hurt.

Thank you for dropping by.

I know it's late, but, well...
(chuckles)

...this is important.

Classy doing it in person.

Most people would have dropped
the charges over the phone.

We're not dropping charges.

(types on keyboard) Surveillance video

from a store near the
scene of the crime.

On a -hour erase schedule,

they got it just in time.

It's very dark. No sound.

Let me give you a play-by-play.

(types on keyboard)

There's our victim, Mr. Sokas.

Some yelling back and forth,

impossible to say who started it.

There's a little mix-up.

And... there.

Mr. Sokas withdraws, walks
away, (types on keyboard)

conflict over. (Types on keyboard)

And there. She comes
back and att*cks him.

One wound, two.

(taps keyboard) Two stabbings.

After the initial incident is over.

♪ ♪

How's that self-defense
strategy looking now, guys?

♪ ♪

Needless to say,

they won't be dropping the charges.

But it shows him punching me.

It's not the beginning that worries me,

it's after. See?

He's walking away.

Makes it tough to argue self-defense.

Once the attacker disengages,
it's no longer self-defense.

Now you're assaulting him.

I think we have to try
to get a plea offer.

Well, I'll have Nick make a list

of Sokas' corporate sponsors.

I'll start making calls.

- What will that do?
- His corporate sponsors

don't want this thing to drag
on any longer than we do.

It's bad for business.

I don't remember him walking away.

I got to tell you,
Delilah, juries don't love

- "I don't remember."
- It's the truth, though.

When someone comes at me,

I get this surge of adrenaline
and I think, "This?"

I know this, this is bad."

And after,

it's all a blank.

How often has it happened?

Five, six times. Fights.

I don't start them.

It turns to hate pretty quick.

When was the first time?

My dad.

Everything about me was
a slap in his face.

- And he slapped back?
- He wanted me to be a boy.

A real man like him.

It would always start the same way.

Some ugly thing he'd say out of nowhere.

And then...

Yeah,

my dad b*at the hell out of
me, if that's your question.

There you are, Margaret.

Glad you called.

Helen sends her love.

She was over the moon with
your donation to her charity.

It's such a good cause.

I don't know how we can thank you.

Let's put on our thinking
caps, shall we, Judge?

Please.

My daughter... You remember Molly?

Is being held here,

by D.A. Russo.

It's a secret,

even from her own mother.

Are you asking me to find her

and tell you where she is?

There are ethical boundaries.

You're right.

It would be like cheating.

Our system of justice
could never survive that.

It's not flexible enough.
Not like marriage.

That was a long time ago.

People change.

That's true.

(chuckling): My husband hasn't
cheated on me in years.

Mostly because he's dead.

But you're still alive, aren't you?

How is that attractive
chief clerk of yours?

Maybe I should throw a
little dinner party.

Just the four of us:

You, me, Helen, your chief clerk.

Wouldn't that be fun?

- Hey.
- Hi.

You're going to Allentown, Pennsylvania.

You might be gone two whole days.

Needed to say good-bye.

You said good-bye last night.

And then again, this morning.

Yeah, that was some
good-bye this morning.

You are taking my clothes
off with your eyes.

The rental car's downstairs.

Hi, Cameron Wirth. We
haven't officially met yet.

- Billy Brennan.
- Good to meet you. You ready?

Yeah, I'll be right down, I'm
just gonna finish up with Billy.

Okay.

I'm not finished, actually. (Chuckles)

You are dirty.

And I have to go.

ALBERT: Her dad b*at her. She
got b*at up at school, too.

So Kevin Sokas comes at her

and she's teed up for a fight.

I think the jury would find
that reasonable provocation.

What do you think?

I think the jury's gonna see
that the fight was over.

Why do you keep looking at that?

It doesn't get any better.

I'm just wondering if
this is a full-res copy.

Get down to Carmody's office.

There's a deal on the table.

What is that?

Wine. Snacks.

I'm from Iowa. We are
scared of mini-bars.

Do you know how much a teensy-weensy
bag of jelly beans costs?

We did get separate rooms, didn't we?

(car beeps) Yeah, I did, but
they're all connecting!

And I call the middle. (Knocks on door)

I just talked to Albert.

He got a deal for Delilah,
probation, no jail time.

That's great.

Hey, did you know there
was another kid who d*ed

at the rehab, a couple of years ago?

Yeah, I saw that. Apparently,
her parents settled.

And the M.E. report on
Eddie is inconclusive.

(phone vibrating)

I got it. Thanks. Sorry.

Hey.

Yeah, I'm in the hotel.

Well, motel.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

I should, um...

(chuckles)

Um, I should... yeah.

Me, too. Bye.

"Me, too"? "Me, too" what?

I miss you? I love you?

What kind of "me too"
are we talking about,

and can I see his picture?

Stop. It was just a friend.

You don't have friends. You have Albert,

and you don't get all
"me, too" with him.

TIFFANY: Oh, my God.

I can't believe you guys are
sitting on the bedspread.

Do you have a death wish?

I hope you didn't touch the telephone

'cause it's basically a
toilet with a cord on it.

Here. I'm going to wipe everything down.

Will there be any jail time?

No, the sentence is
five years probation.

No jail time.

Not unusual in a second-degree
as*ault charge.

CARMODY: By agreeing to this plea,

the defendant has pled guilty

to assaulting Mr. Sokas,

who's still hospitalized

as a result, so naturally,
a restraining order

will be in effect...

(cell phones vibrate and beep)

He's dead.

Sokas is dead.

What's happening? I'm not too sure.

Sokas was pronounced dead at St.
Daniel's

ten minutes ago. Septi...

Septicemia. Blood poisoning.

One of his wounds became infected.

How did you... You knew about this.

Come with me.

I didn't want to do this
in front of the cameras.

You'd say in court I
poisoned the jury pool.

You already have a warrant, don't you?

You had it filled out when
you offered this plea.

And you took this plea,
and when you did,

your client admitted under oath

to causing the wounds that
eventually k*lled him.

Tell me what's happening.
Delilah, I'm sorry.

They hurried up this deal
so you'd plead guilty

to attacking Sokas before he d*ed.

But the judge said I'm free to go.

CARMODY: Your victim's dead now.
New charges.

You're being arrested for m*rder.

DELILAH: But...

Oh.

Of course you found me.

Everyone owes you something.

You're beautiful, Molly.

Cho Han. Not that other name.

Can I come in?

How's your mother?

She d*ed last year.

Oh. I'm sorry.

I came to Korea three times,

you know, after you.

I could never find her... or you.

She didn't trust you. Why are you here?

To see you. To hear about your life.

I know nothing about you. I
used to know everything.

Are you married?

I'm divorced.

Children?

Two. and eight.

Do you have pictures I...

They're not your grandchildren.

No, just to see them, that's all.

Do you think I owe you that?

Do you think I've forgotten
how you used photos of me?

The little Korean girl in the magazines,

at the edge of every picture

to show the voters what
a big heart you had?

I loved you...

and you loved me,
whatever you think now.

I'm just glad you have them,
a family of your own,

a family that looks like you.

It's what you always wanted, I know.

Oh.

That's Kwan and that's Nari.

(chuckling): They're beautiful.

She's like you, Nari.

(laughing): Oh, you had that look, see?

You're not my mother, you know.

But I was, wasn't I?

Can you at least admit that for
a while I was your mother?

And I really loved you,

and you loved me.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So, Molly... Cho.

Why are you doing this to Billy?

Billy?

I knew it.

It's always been about Billy!

No, this is about both my children.

Please, I need to know.

What are you going to tell them?

I am going to tell them
the truth, Mother!

I'm gonna say what I saw!

SADIE: Did you visit Eddie

once he was admitted to New Testament?

There was a parents' weekend,

but when we arrived,

Mr. Ensler said we couldn't see him.

- He was being punished.
- For what?

He didn't want to attend services.

They treated him like a criminal.

ROGERS: Wasn't he?

Wasn't he at my client's facility

because he committed a crime?

Or should he have stayed with you,

drinking and driving, breaking the law?

I object.

You don't get to belittle
and blame my clients

for the death of their son.

An arbitration doesn't have the
same set of rules as a trial.

It's informal. It's a conversation,

and we want everyone to be
able to share their truth.

The truth is this facility
has lost two kids

in the last three years.

That's a separate case.

It shows a pattern of inadequate care.

The place is understaffed,
unsafe and punitive.

They have their own
methods that have worked.

And for those it doesn't work for?

You just shrug your shoulders,
offer the grieving family

some hush money and walk away?

Ms. Ellis.

Connie, earlier, Mr. Rogers

quoted Hebrews : , which
basically says if you want

God's love you must accept
his punishment, too.

Could I ask you to read this passage?

First Corinthians : .

I don't need to read it.

"Love is patient.

"Love is kind.

"It does not dishonor others.

"It is not easily angered.

"It keeps no records of wrongs.

"It always protects, always trusts,

always hopes, always perseveres."

Did your son receive that kind of love

from New Testament Rehab?

My son is dead, and they
haven't had the decency

to say they're sorry.

Does that sound like love to you?

m*rder two is absurd.

A day ago, this was a misdemeanor.

A day ago, the victim was alive.

ALBERT: You're overcharging.

You know this wasn't a
premeditated att*ck.

Where I come from dead is dead,

and stabbing someone is m*rder.

He d*ed from an infection
contracted in the hospital.

Where he was staying
courtesy of the s*ab wounds

your client admitted under
oath to inflicting.

Because you concealed evidence
of the victim's condition.

True, but it's permitted
under the rules.

And made a low offer to trick
us into pleading guilty

and admitting that my client

att*cked Mr. Sokas.

Yes, I did.

Also permitted.

Which means the plea

was entered under false pretenses,

and this court should vacate it.

Not admirable, Ms. Carmody, but legal.

Mr. Cobb, your motion is denied.

As for bail, it's set

at half a million.

Next.

ALBERT: Look at me, Delilah.

Look at me.

I'm gonna figure something out.

ENSLER: Eddie came to me
the day before he d*ed.

Said he'd been thinking about...

...ending his life.

su1c1de.

He knew he was a
disappointment to his parents.

He wanted it to be over.

You control everything at
the facility, correct?

The locks on the doors,

access to food, bed time, prayer time,

but somehow you let Eddie
get into the pharmacy?

The pharmacy was locked.

He got in despite all our safeguards.

Tell me about all your safeguards.

Did you have a security
guard outside the pharmacy?

- No.
- So, you must've had

- a... an alarm on the door then?
- No.

Was there at least a lock?

- Yes. A padlock.
- A padlock?

Six feet away from the
entrance to the pharmacy,

there's a door that leads to what?

A room of tools and supplies.

Where there's a crowbar?

Yes.

You had a room full of dr*gs,

a six-dollar padlock and
access to a crowbar,

and you still claim you had

appropriate safeguards in place?

It's the position of the
New Testament Rehab

that Eddie Hollander broke into the
pharmacy to take his own life.

It is my position that you
put a party platter of dr*gs

under the noses of kids
you promised to protect,

and basically told them

to help themselves.

(sobbing)

Full-res version of the
surveillance tape.

Here. Look.

They fight.

Sokas turns and walks away...

...and then here.

He turns and yells something

at Delilah before he keeps walking.

He yelled something.

His mouth is moving.

CAMERON: I think we
need to get to Ensler.

Did you see the way he kept
looking at his lawyer?

Yeah, like he's been prepped
within an inch of his life.

He's dying to say more... like you.

Dying to say more about your guy.

Oh, my God, what's wrong with you?

- What are you? ?
- Come on.

We're trapped in Allentown

in a bad motel with bags of chips.

It's just us.

What's the big deal?

Trust me... it's a big deal.

Hmm. Okay. I'll go first.

I kissed Peter Garrett.

- The D.A.?
- It was unintentional,

but I think I want to
kiss him intentionally,

and spare me the lecture
about kissing prosecutors.

I know all about you and Ferretti.

Hmm.

Oh, my God, is it Ferretti?

- Who?
- Your guy?

(laughing): No.

Is it Albert?

No. (Sighs)

It's... it's complicated.

Great. I love complicated. Specialty.

It's Billy Brennan.

Sadie... you can't.

You could be disbarred.

Ugh. See, this is why I
didn't want to tell you.

I'm sorry, I just...

this is a big deal.

You don't think I know that?

Does he make you happy?

(sighs)

The way that I feel when I'm with him...

I never thought I'd
get to feel this way.

How's the sex?

(chuckles)

I'm not telling you. Back to work.

No. You might be used to the fact

that you're sleeping with your client,

but I need some time... and some wine.

(chuckles)

And this transcript, defense exhibit B,

is your interpretation,
as a forensic lip reader,

of what Mr. Sokas is saying
in this surveillance video.

Not an interpretation.
This is what he said.

And the transcript is
because you're unwilling

to say these words out loud in court?

They are too ugly. r*cist, transphobic.

Words like these, you know,
m-much like the "N" word,

can provoke traumatic responses
in people who have been

- the targets of hate and harassment.
- Objection!

This evidence explains
how her perception of

danger is different from
that of most people.

No it's shoe-horning in

psychiatric evidence in
a self-defense case.

They can't have it both ways.

We only want it one way. Self-defense.

But we need to be able
to explain why Delilah

felt her life was in danger,

even though Sokas was walking away.

I'll give you a little room, Mr.
Cobb, but only a little.

Dr. Hamilton, is it your opinion,

as an expert on posttraumatic
stress disorder,

that Delilah Johnson's
response to these words

- is consistent with PTSD?
- Yes.

Can you explain PTSD as
defined by the DSM- ?

PTSD is a mental disorder that
can develop after someone

has been exposed to a traumatic event.

It rewires the nervous system to
be in a constant state of alert.

And in Delilah's case?

Between the childhood
beatings by her father

and the daily jokes, stares, heckling...

With all of that, her
fight-or-flight response was

- really messed up.
- And how did that

messed-up fight-or-flight response

manifest itself on the night
she encountered Mr. Sokas?

Hearing those words, her adrenal glands

would have flooded her
system, so for her,

it would have been just like she was

being att*cked all over again.

Anyone who's been hit, anyone
who's been called a name,

could decide to k*ll someone
and you would say it was PTSD?

- DR. HAMILTON: That's not what I'm saying.
- Objection.

Withdrawn.

CAMERON: Just a few questions left over

from yesterday, Mr. Ensler.

You're a former minister, aren't you?

- Yes.
- I actually had

a conversation with my
minister when I was younger,

very much like the one you
described yesterday with Eddie.

I told him I was having
thoughts about su1c1de.

He wouldn't let me leave his study

until I swore to him I wouldn't
act on those thoughts.

But you didn't do that with Eddie.

Naturally, I counseled him.

I'm going to ask you a question, Mr.
Ensler.

As the Ephesians : states,
"Wherefore putting away lying,

"speak every man truth
with his neighbor:

For we are members of one another."

I'm your neighbor today,
and so are the Hollanders.

And I'm having trouble
believing that you'd let Eddie

leave your office if you really
thought he was suicidal.

Do you believe Eddie
Hollander k*lled himself?

Uh...

(exhales) This is hard.
This has been really hard.

Mr. Ensler has already testified

that the position of the
New Testament Rehab...

No, that's your position.

I talked to Eddie.

We talked for hours.

About his childhood, and his friends,

and what he wanted to do
when he got out of rehab.

He didn't want to end his life,
he wanted to live his life.

- Mr. Ensler...
- See, the... thing is, here,

I-I don't have kids of my own

because... these are my kids.

And they come here and they're
all screwed up, and mad

at their parents and the world,

and then you see them start to open up,

and let down their guard
and share their pain.

And, yeah...

some of them commit su1c1de.

But mostly they OD accidentally.

He didn't k*ll himself.

He wanted to come home.

Why did you say he k*lled himself?

My lawyer told me I'd
lose this whole place

if I lost this case.

I was just scared.

I am so sorry.

You don't remember Mr. Sokas

saying those words to you, do you?

No. It's all a blank.

But you've heard those words before?

All my life.

Why were you on that
street at : a.m.?

I only shop after midnight.

The laughs and the stares,
they wear you out.

Have you ever been assaulted?

Last spring,

I was flirting with this guy in a bar.

And he was flirting back.

And then he...

his face changed.

Like I had done something.

So, he yells over to his friends,

"Check out this..."

I don't want to say what
he said, but slurs,

and he's making a show to them.

And then he puts his hands on me,

all over me,

to see what was there
and what wasn't there,

but... I was there.

A person.

After that, it's all a blank.

I just remember waking up
bloody and on the ground,

like with Mr. Sokas.

Did you want Mr. Sokas to die, Ms.
Johnson?

(sniffles)

No.

He wanted me to die.

And I just wanted him to stop.

Thank you.

That's all.

(door buzzes)

You don't look happy.

Worried the jury will go our way?

They're gonna want someone to
pay for this. They'll convict.

And you're right, I overcharged.

Man two, two to six years.

She'll be out in two, three tops.

Take it. Please.

(door buzzes)

What do you think I should do?

We lose on m*rder two, the
minimum is to life.

Take the two-year deal.

But two years in a male wing...

I don't know if I can survive that.

I want to roll the dice.

Okay.

REV. MULLER: I find New
Testament Rehab Center

responsible for Eddie
Hollander's death...

...and award damages in the amount

of $ , to the Hollanders.

I'm ordering that the facility
be temporarily suspended

from treating patients
until further review.

Is this acceptable to both parties?

- Yes.
- It is.

I forgive you.

JUDGE HAGGERTY: In the case of the
State of New York v. Delilah Johnson

on the charges of m*rder in the
second degree, what is your verdict?

We find the defendant not guilty.

(gasps)

(muffled sobs)

Thank God.

No.

Thank you.

SADIE: Hi.

Forgot to give you this. A
little road trip souvenir.

Ah. Stolen mini-shampoos.

You shouldn't have.

- Seriously. Crime.
- (chuckles)

I haven't told anybody else about...

I have no memory of anything you said.

Thank you.

So, my mother wants us

to find her a new lawyer.

- Oh. I'm sorry.
- I want it to be you.

- Are you sure?
- Well, I don't want to get too sappy,

but these last few days,

you're kind of badass.

Well, I'm flattered.

Is that a yes?

That's a yes.

(phone vibrates)

Oh.

As your badass new friend,
I just have to say,

be careful.

I will.

♪ ♪

You called me this time,

so I'm not stalking.

That unintentional kiss the other day?

Well, I think it might
have been intentional.

Believe me, it wasn't.

♪ You told me to run away ♪

♪ But I sit here anyway... ♪

That was intentional.

Yeah. Uh...

definite difference.

I wonder what it's
like not in a doorway?

No. You're taking me to dinner

and you're going to bore
me with your childhood

and your stamp collection and
your love of incarceration.

What has gotten into you?

I don't know. Courage, maybe.

I think I'm gonna need some of that.

Oh, yeah.

You'll need tons.

(purse slides, jingles)

♪ There's a place where we go ♪

♪ And I know... ♪

Margaret.

I saw my daughter. I've spoken to her.

- I know what she's gonna say.
- What is she gonna say?

She's gonna tell them she
saw Billy that night.

Standing over Amy's
dead body in the park.

But that's not possible. The DNA...

Why would she say that, Margaret?

She hates our family.

This is her way of paying me back

by destroying the thing I love
most in the world... my son.

We'll fight it, of course. I, uh...

I just...

These are her psychiatric records.

Tapes of her sessions

with all the psychiatrists.

Use them.

Save my boy, Sadie.