01x10 - Finally

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Previously on Doubt...

I might sleep with you
and then hate you,

and then I'll have to see you in court,

- and it'll be really awkward.
- PETER: You might.

BILLY: Molly's here.

She's a witness for the prosecution.

What are you going to tell them?

I'm gonna say what I saw, Mother!

These are her psychiatric
records, tapes of her sessions.

Save my boy, Sadie.

- Are you sleeping with Billy?
- Yes.

The only way out of this
mess is for us to win,

so that's what we're gonna do.

And then I'm gonna walk away.

(knocking on door)

Yeah, yeah.

- Sadie, what?
- Can you for just one minute

forget what a disappointment I am?

You're not.

And just be my dad, okay?

And not my boss.

Because I'm gonna tell you something,

and you're not gonna like it,

and you're gonna want to yell,
and I'm telling you right now

I can't handle it.

Go ahead.

It's bad.

Well, tear the Band-Aid.

I'm sleeping with Billy,
and Albert found out.

ISAIAH: Five days.

I'm gone five days, and
my firm is falling apart.

I told him everything. Sorry.

Your secrets and lies

put this entire firm at risk.

Everything I spent my life building.

ALBERT: Do I really need to be here?

Being that I'm the only one here

who hasn't been keeping secrets.

What secrets have I kept from you?

You knew about Billy.

- That's a big deal.
- So is quitting the firm.

- CAMERON: What?
- You told him?

- Was it a secret?
- You're leaving?

I was gonna tell him myself.

And I was gonna tell you about Billy.

Don't do that.

Don't make it like this
is the same thing.

Okay, you're right. I'm sorry.

Albert, you're leaving the firm?

- Yes.
- Because of Sadie?

- She lied to me.
- So you're gonna quit?

Doesn't that strike you as overreacting?

Says the person nobody lied to.

TIFFANY: Oh, my God, what is going on?

This is serious.

You know what else is serious?

Sadie asking me to look into D.A. Russo

to find the smoking g*n of corruption

that they're pinning the
whole Brennan case on.

Russo's squeaky clean, no scandals.

- Oh, no.
- What?

TIFFANY: You know that
thing that Isaiah does

with his right hand
when he's really angry?

- NICK: Yeah.
- Now he's doing it

with both hands.

Oh, man, Sadie and Albert
have been acting super weird

around each other recently.

Do you think that maybe they were dating

and then they broke up?

You got all that from
Isaiah's hand gestures?

TIFFANY: (sighs) And Cam
is there because...

She's in love with
Albert, Sadie found out,

thus the breakup.

- Oh, my God, do you think that's it?
- No.

The graffiti kid's parents
are here for you and Cam,

but I'm afraid to interrupt.

TIFFANY: What do you
think is going on here?

Well, Billy Brennan's
trial starts today.

Maybe it's a pep talk.

Can we please just put this aside

until after the trial?
ALBERT: No, we can't.

You are sleeping with our client,

which means that your judgment is bad.

So you don't get to be
his lawyer anymore.

You're gonna sit at the
defense table and not speak.

You're a potted plant.

What did you just call me?

Enough! This is not who we are.

We don't fight each other.
We fight them, out there.

So no more secrets. Is that clear?

- Yes.
- Yes.

I'm sleeping with a prosecutor.

He said no more secrets.

SADIE: I know the case.

I've been preparing for weeks.

Just let me do the open,
then I'll be a plant.

I'm opening. What are you gonna say?

I'm gonna talk about how
great your boyfriend is.

You'll love it. There they are.

I told them to leave the limo at home,

at least try to seem relatable.

Never again. He drove like a maniac.

REPORTER: There he is!

(reporters clamoring)

REPORTER: Mr. Brennan, how do you feel?

I feel... He feels happy to
finally have his day in court.

Now if you'll let us through.

Don't talk. Just smile, look good.

All right, make sure you
get everything now.

All right, here he comes...
Here he comes.

(siren wailing)

Please don't sh**t! Please don't sh**t!

That's my son! He's my son!

- Dad?
- We're unarmed!

- Dad!
- All right, he's unarmed.

- He's...
- Turn around. Get your hands up.

- OFFICER: Show me your hands!
- It's all right!

- Don't sh**t, please!
- Down on the ground, now.

We're surrendering, we're surrendering!

All right, get your hands up.

- Down on the ground! Get on the ground!
- Mom! Mom!

- Hands where I can see them!
- Don't sh**t!

Do not sh**t! Their hands are up!

Their hands are... Don't sh**t my child!

Get that phone out of my face!

IRIS (sobbing): Don't sh**t,
don't sh**t, don't sh**t.

So, what, they-they just

drag our son away, and
now we can't see him?

They're transporting
Heyward to family court.

We'll be waiting for him
when he gets there.

Can you at least tell us
what he's been charged with?

Well, he was caught tagging,

so that's a misdemeanor
called making graffiti.

CAMERON: And the police pursuit
was all over the news.

I'd expect additional charges:
Resisting, obstructing...

No, that-that's on me. I
told him to come home.

TIFFANY: Well, the good
news is that he's under ,

so the maximum sentence

they can give him is two years
in a juvenile facility.

Good news?

No, no. My son has a . average.

He is going to college.

You know, if Heyward were
white, I don't think you'd be

talking to me like two years
in juvie was good news.

Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't,
I didn't mean to imply...

No, it's not about what you're implying.

It's about white kids and black kids

- don't get treated the same.
- ERIC: Hey.

They're trying to help us.

Did you bring us his transcripts?

His grades, his honors,
certificates of merit.

I mean, it's-it's all there.

But what those papers don't
show is how good he is.

Make them see

who he is, Ms. Wirth.

Please.

BURRIS: This is Amy Meyers

as her mother liked to remember her.

Kind...

warm...

alive.

This is ,

before Billy Brennan cut her life short

by smashing her head with such force

that shards of her skull came to rest

inside the gray matter of her brain.

Over the coming days,

we will prove beyond a reasonable doubt

that Billy Brennan had the
motive and the opportunity

to k*ll Amy Meyers.

We have an eyewitness putting
him at the scene of the crime,

standing over Amy's dead body.

His own sister says he did it.

She said it years ago,
and she was silenced.

She now finally gets the opportunity

to tell the truth:
That Billy k*lled Amy.

Pure and simple.

Guilty.

ALBERT: Billy Brennan

saves lives, he doesn't take them.

The man they want to call a m*rder*r

is actually a brilliant
pediatric surgeon.

The best of the best.

During this trial,

you'll hear a lot about the Brennans,

about their power, their sense
of being above the law.

But that is not,

and has never been, Billy.

The evidence will show you

that Billy is good, generous, kind,

and most of all, honorable.

A man falsely accused by
an overzealous prosecutor,

based on tainted, even
fabricated evidence.

A man who deserves not
our scorn and suspicion,

but our praise and respect.

Time tatters evidence
and fades memories,

but character endures.

Billy Brennan is the best of the best.

(quietly): So are you.

The best of the best.

Thanks.

Mom, Dad?

Heyward.

I'm so sorry about this.

Okay. Okay, baby.

It's okay, it's okay. We are here.
It'll be okay.

(scoffs) Look at what
the cat dragged in.

Peter.

What an ass. I'm so glad you
didn't go out with him.

Remember when I thought he was
hot for, like, one second?

Before he opened his mouth.

PETER: Cameron.

What are you doing here? This
is family court. A.D.A.s...

When a car chase makes the
news, Russo tends to send in

a handsome rising star just to
make sure the charges stick.

So, voilà.

CAMERON: These charges are absurd.

They're piling on just to make a point.

It's called prosecutorial discretion.

We're allowed to bring whatever
charges we think are appropriate.

And it's his job to
dismiss the stupid ones.

JUDGE ROUTBORT: Easy, Ms. Wirth.

Let's keep the name calling in check.

CAMERON: People v. Brown

makes clear that flight from the police,

as a general rule, is not a crime.

He can't be charged with obstructing.

- And yet he is.
- Which is utterly unsupported

by statute or precedent.

Like I said, stupid.

Running from the police

made it harder to get arrested.

So, obstruction, resisting...

Without an authorized arrest,
running can't be resisting.

Which is why we're also
charging him with escape

and unlawfully fleeing a police
officer in a motor vehicle.

CAMERON: He can't be charged with escape

if he was never in custody
in the first place.

Would've been in custody
if he hadn't fled.

Enough, you two. It's just me here.

I want evidence, not argument.

All right, Mr. Garrett, make your case.

We'll see where the chips fall.

And for now, Ms. Wirth,
your motions are denied.

Amy was always so good, so responsible.

It's why, that night...

The night she didn't come home.

...I wasn't worried right away.

I knew she'd gone to a
party with Billy Brennan.

So I waited.

And waited.

BURRIS: Around : a.m., what happened?

I started calling.

First I called the Brennans.
Margaret answered.

She told me that

Billy was in bed and
didn't know where Amy was.

I can still hear her,

"Don't worry, Gail.
I'm sure she's fine."

BURRIS: And when did you realize

that she wasn't fine?

About : a.m.

The police knocked on my door.

They told me that

a body had been found in the park.

She was just lying there.

There was blood everywhere.

And then I saw him.

- Billy Brennan?
- GAIL: Yes.

When I looked at him,

he turned away.

Couldn't face me.

I knew then.

He m*rder*d my daughter.

ALBERT: Before you found Amy dead,

you spent a fair amount of
time with Billy Brennan?

Regrettably.

In fact, you let him into your home,

spent weekends and holidays with him.

Well, he came from a
very chaotic family.

ALBERT: You did those things
because you trusted him,

because you never even
saw a hint of v*olence

before you say he k*lled her.

Obviously, I misjudged him.

Is this your signature?

It appears so.

Could you tell us, precisely,
what is that document?

It's a letter of recommendation.

It's a letter to the headmaster

of one of the most prominent
schools in Manhattan?

Yes.

Can you read the last sentence

of the third paragraph?

"Billy Brennan is a young
man of supreme integrity

and the highest moral character."

Like he's the best of the best?

- I think I found something.
- What's this?

Grace Russo's victory party
from a year and a half ago.

Look who's there... Gail Meyers.

This was just weeks before Billy
was charged with Amy's m*rder.

Grace Russo and Gail
Meyers were friends.

So?

You don't find that unusual?

That a wealthy socialite
is at a victory party

with an ambitious politician?

- So that's a no?
- Mm.

The worst thing I've found
out about Russo is that

she quit her a cappella
group in college.

- I hate a cappella.
- Exactly.

So quitting actually
speaks to her character.

Keep digging.

Is everything okay around here?

I certainly hope so.

Gail...

I want you to know how
sorry I am for your pain.

I'm glad it came through.
I wasn't sure it would.

Excuse me?

I was afraid that the sheer joy

of finally being able to
testify against your son

would impede my grieving mother act.

I'm glad it didn't.

You want to know when I was in pain?

The day I realized that
there was no death penalty

in New York, and Billy
wouldn't die in the chair.

I cried that day.

I've dealt with my grief, Maggie.

What I want now is revenge.

There was a time when
we were friends, Gail.

And I really do mourn the loss of Amy.

But if you think I'm
going to let you use

your misguided vendetta to
destroy my son's life...

(elevator bell dings)

...well, then,

you don't know me quite as
well as you think you do.

OFFICER DIXON: I observed the
defendant spray-painting

a concrete pillar.

I approached, I ordered him to stop.

- And did he comply?
- He stopped tagging,

but he ran to his car and took off,

which made everything more dangerous.

How so?

First off, kids in cars are scary.

They can be reckless, you know?

But then, does he have a g*n?

Is he under the influence
of dr*gs or alcohol?

- Is he mentally unstable?
- You pursued him?

Sure, but I took it slow, I
gave him room to maneuver,

I didn't want to escalate.

And what would the procedure have been

if the defendant had simply

obeyed your instructions?

I would've confiscated the
spray paint, issued a citation

and contacted his parents.

He's here today because
of his choices, not mine.

What's the number on the bottom right?
The .

That's miles per hour.

Heyward ever exceed the speed limit?

No.

Did he run a stop sign?

- Blow through any red lights?
- No, ma'am.

- Use his turn signals?
- Yes.

Yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk?

He did.

In fact, during the
entire -minute pursuit,

did he commit a single
traffic infraction?

Other than disobeying repeated
requests to pull over, no.

And as soon as he reached his residence,

did he surrender peaceably?

Yes.

But the first thing that you did

was jump out of your cruiser,
with your g*ns drawn.

Because he could have been a thr*at.

A -year-old who uses his turn signals?

Look, I know you wanna make this
a black thing, but it's not.

Statistically, it is a black thing.

Unarmed black Americans are five
times more likely to be sh*t

and k*lled by a police officer

than unarmed white Americans.

You can shout racism all
day long, if you want,

but I have black and brown
brothers on the force,

and we put our lives
on the line every day,

go out in a world that is dangerous

and is armed to the teeth.

You want us to holster our g*ns?
Be social workers?

TIFFANY: Where was the danger here?

From Heyward?

You saw his hands.

From his dad?

He had his hands in the air

and was begging you not to sh**t.

Did you take this picture
of Billy Brennan

- on November , ?
- Yes, ma'am.

And did Mr. Brennan tell you
how he got the scratch?

His cat.

Did he say how his cat
managed to scratch him

with only one claw, in
a way that looks like,

I don't know, a... a fingernail scratch?

- Objection.
- Sustained.

Fair enough.

ALBERT: Are you aware that

when they scraped Amy's fingernails,

Billy's DNA was not under them?

I heard that, yeah.

So is this exactly what

- Billy's face looked like?
- Yes.

Because if you're gonna
use it as evidence,

it should fairly and accurately

- depict the scratch.
- Sure.

This is from a photographic analyst.

Any chance that you asked the photo unit

to use a red filter to make
the scratch more visible?

I asked them to highlight the scratch

to make it clearer.

You mean fresher, right?

Because scratches tend
to get duller over time.

I-I don't know.

Okay, so how about we take a look

at the original negative
from the picture?

The People concede that the
negative was lost or misplaced.

BOTH: Your Honor, I'd ask
that you instruct the jury...

ALBERT: Your Honor, I'd ask
you to instruct the jury

that they can consider the possibility

that this evidence has been
intentionally destroyed.

No, we never said it was destroyed.

ALBERT: But it's not here,
and a misleading fake is.

Therefore, the jury should
be allowed to conclude

that this evidence was tampered with

on the orders of Grace Russo

- and the D.A.'s office.
- Your Honor...

Save your breath, Ms. Burris.

I'm instructing the jury that,

given the absence of the negative,

they may disregard any evidence

concerning a scratch on Mr.
Brennan's face.

Sorry I jumped up. Instinct.

To be honest, I'm amazed
you held it in that long.

I have speeches planned, you know.

Long speeches, where I tell you

how sorry I am and convince
you to forgive me.

They're pretty good. I
compliment you a lot.

Let's just finish this trial, okay?

Want some?

Look, I know after the past few days

it seems like the whole world knows,

but really, this is just me
offering you a candy bar.

I would never use you as my
get out of jail free card...

You know that.

Yeah, I know.

I was at work when Heyward called.

He was totally panicked.

CAMERON: What did he tell you?

He said he was in his car
being chased by the cops.

I told him to keep his hands
where they could see them,

drive safely, and to come home.

Why did you tell him to come home?

All I could think about was Tamir Rice,

the young boy they sh*t
down in Cleveland,

and I felt that, if he was home,

maybe I could control the situation...

protect my child.

And I just started praying,

please, God, don't let 'em k*ll my son.

CAMERON: While you were praying,

what did you do?

ERIC: I kept talking to Heyward,

trying to keep him calm.

Make sure he didn't do
anything to make things worse.

And I was at work,

so I asked my colleague

to call my wife and tell her

to meet me in front of the
house with her phone.

If something went wrong, I
wanted the world to see.

Do you hate the police, Mr. Taylor?

No. My uncle's a cop.

I-I know it's not easy. I know that.

But watching your son walk out each day,

wondering if he's gonna be all right,

that's not easy either.

Did you ever have "the
talk" with your son?

If you're asking if I talked to Heyward

about the realities of growing up

as a young black man in America... yes.

Did you tell him to
listen to the police?

Of course.

That the most important
thing was to comply,

and always show your hands?

Yes.

And that lesson goes against
everything I want my son to be.

I want to raise a strong,
independent young man.

But instead, I have to teach my child

that every time he sees
blue, he has to submit.

Lay down on the ground...

like a dog.

To be clear, you did
teach him to submit,

and your son knew what
he was supposed to do,

he just didn't do it.

WOMAN: Amy d*ed as a result of
blunt force trauma to the head.

A portion of Amy's skull
was actually crushed,

causing a large subdural hematoma...

Bleeding inside the brain.

Do you recognize this?

- Yes, that's the m*rder w*apon.
- How do you know?

The contour is a match
for the indentation

on the side of Amy's head.

And what is this?

MAYA: It's a latent print

lifted from the m*rder w*apon...

- Billy Brennan's.
- Were there any other prints

- on the w*apon?
- Yes, quite a few.

Amy's, other kids at the party.

The w*apon was passed around.

Anything different about
Billy Brennan's prints?

Yes. Dr. Brennan's prints
were lifted from two loci...

A thumbprint, at the
base of the scepter,

and an index finger, just below

and at degrees to the thumbprint.

Dr. Reyez, what do you
conclude about the position

of the two prints?

Well, unlike the rest of the prints,

which appear at various
locations on the scepter,

Dr. Brennan appears to have
gripped it at the base,

which is consistent with using it

to inflict the lethal blow.

Did you run a DNA analysis
of the blood on the scepter?

MAYA: Yes. It was Amy's.

BURRIS: Was there any other blood?

MAYA: A minute trace, almost invisible.

Was it Billy Brennan's?

It was not.

Oh, before the defense makes
a big deal out of that...

(chuckles) ...did this
finding surprise you?

No. Given how small the quantity was,

I just assumed it was the result
of transitory crime scene

or laboratory contamination.

If someone else's blood
were on the scepter,

wouldn't that be powerful evidence

of Billy Brennan's innocence?

Well, that depends...

Let's put it a different way.
If the DNA matched,

wouldn't you be here claiming

that was powerful evidence
of Billy's guilt?

- Possibly.
- But since that other blood sample

would point to his innocence,

you've chosen instead to suggest

it was contamination.

It has all the hallmarks

of contamination.

From the lab, probably.

ALBERT: And if a lab is contaminated,

you can't trust the results
of any tests they perform?

It would certainly prove more difficult.

The last four times you testified,

when you wanted to nail
someone with DNA evidence,

you insisted that, quote,

"Contamination is a
virtual impossibility."

MAYA: Yes.

So when the prosecution
wants the DNA to match,

contamination is "a
virtual impossibility;"

when they don't like the results,

they see contamination everywhere.

It's heads I win, tails you lose,

except the winner is always
Grace Russo, and the loser

is always the person she's prosecuting.

SADIE: Albert's k*lling it.

- That's great.
- Yeah.

It really is.

Except...

I mean, is he ever gonna forgive me?

You just have to give him time.

God, I really messed things up.

Yeah.

I invited you to drinks to cheer me up.

How's Billy?

I don't know, it's weird.

It's like we got caught making
out under the bleachers,

and now we can't look at
each other in the hallway.

Peter's the D.A. on my graffiti case

and he's trying to put
my client in jail.

Ouch.

I know. I listen to him argue,

and I actually... I hate him.

But then we get outside the courtroom

and he smiles and asks to
come over and I just say yes.

He's a good guy in a bad job.

Doesn't that just make him a bad guy?

You're asking the person
sleeping with the guy

on trial for m*rder.

Who are we? (Laughs)

You know you have to disclose
your relationship, right?

To who?

Your clients, the judge.

We're not letting it interfere.

Yeah. That's what I said.

Now look at me.

(sighs)

♪ Baby, I can't breathe. ♪

Look who I found in the break room

searching for snacks.

I'm gonna be here all night prepping

for Molly's testimony, so I brought him.

- Need any help?
- I got it.

Scott Davis, tell Albert
if he needs help, I'll be

in the other room, and I'm an
expert on Molly's testimony.

Scott Davis, tell Sadie she
can go home because I'm fine.

Tell him that I literally have
the tapes committed to memory.

I'm really fine.

Let's let Scott Davis decide, shall we?

I'll put him in the middle of the room.

Whoever he goes to does Molly's cross.

I'm doing the cross.

(gasps)

He's such a smart little guy.

I'm doing the cross.

Okay. If you have any questions at all,

I'll be in my office.

Sadie, go home.

You just have to get an opening
to introduce the tapes.

I know.

And if there's any contradiction
to anything on the tapes,

it's not hearsay anymore, you
can use it to impeach her.

I know.

She's gonna be totally blindsided,

so you have to att*ck right then.

I know.

I know you know.

(sighs)

I'm just a little bit sad,

and a little bit drunk,

and I don't want to miss
the moment when you decide

to let go of your totally
justifiable anger

and forgive me.

(exhales)

Hey, buddy.

You don't think I'm a
potted plant, do you?

(inhales, exhales)

WOMAN (on TV): Hey, why do you
even bother coming in to work?

Hey, you are putting the kid
on the stand tomorrow, right?

We shouldn't be talking

about the case, that's a conflict.

I'm not asking anything specific.

You're trying to put my
-year-old client in jail.

- I'm not gonna help.
- Sorry.

You're working on your
cross of my client

while you're watching TV with me?

When was I supposed to prepare?

See? That's the problem right there.

What's going on?

I think we should
disclose our relationship

to my clients and to the court.

Really?

It's the right thing to do.

Yeah.

Yeah, it probably is.

You know that means that
everyone will know we're dating.

Are you ready for that?

Are you ready?

Yes.

Okay.

Get up.

What?

Where...

Get dressed and have some coffee.

I'm gonna drop Scott Davis at daycare

and meet you at court.

I was up all night prepping
for Molly's cross.

Then I realized I was
letting my feelings

get in the way of my job.

Our client deserves the best
defense, and the fact is,

you know Molly's tapes better than I do,

so you'll be doing the cross.

Also, you snore.

Oh, God, thank you.

You're not making a mistake.
I won't let you down.

I mean, I know that I have
already let you down,

I'm just saying I won't again.

You get it.

Okay.

Sorry, we're not there yet.

You can't be thinking about
Billy's feelings up there.

- We need to destroy her.
- I will.

I mean I won't. I mean,

won't think, will destroy.

I'm gonna get dressed.

- Good.
- I don't snore.

I don't snore.

Hey, Tiff.

So I need to tell you something.

I'm in a relationship.

- With Albert.
- What?

Oh, I knew it. I have to tell Nick.

I'm not in a relationship
with Albert. I...

What's A.D.A. Lowman doing here?

Where's Mr. Garrett?

A.D.A. Garrett's home sick,

so I'll be taking over the case.

Meet the new jerk, same as the old jerk.

So, who are you in a relationship with?

No one.

(wand chirping)

You nervous?

Yeah, I didn't sleep
very well last night.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

- Good morning, Isaiah.
- Uh, Sadie, give us a minute.

Yesterday, you asked
me to be your father.

I'm obliging.

I promised her mother

I'd take care of her.

I take that job very seriously.

- I know you do.
- Sadie loves you.

And if we win this trial,

I will welcome you into
my family with open arms.

Thank you for that.

But we both know that might not happen.

She won't give up on you,

so you have to be the one to let her go.

Am I being clear?

Everyone at school was tagging
and Instagramming pictures,

so I hit this place in the
Bronx, and I'm doing it.

And then this cop walks up,

and I just... panic.

And when he said "Stop,"
it was like instinct,

I just took off.

I wasn't thinking straight.

I thought I was gonna die.

What made you think that?

'Cause I see it.

YouTube, the news,

people who look like me getting sh*t

and, and choked out.

And then I thought, maybe
the cop would see,

see that I have a mom

and a dad and this nice house.

See that I'm, I'm somebody, you know?

And then, I-I see my dad, on the lawn.

I saw his face.

And I knew it didn't matter.

Why?

'Cause they came at us

with their g*ns,

like we're nothing,

like my dad is nothing.

And then my dad's grabbing me,

and my mom's screaming...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm so... I'm so sorry.

Amy and I were friends.

Really good friends.

So, she confided in you?

Yes.

She told me all kinds of things,

personal things,

about life and school, and Billy.

She was gonna break up
with him that night.

Do you know why?

He was awful.

Abusive, controlling.

Abusive?

He'd make fun of the way she dressed,

or if she said something stupid.

He slept with her best friend

while she was away at camp.

And he didn't even try to hide it.

So the night of the m*rder...

I was on my way to the
party to check on her,

and I walked past the park.

BURRIS: What did you see?

Billy...

standing over Amy.

Over her body.

And he had this look.

BURRIS: Ms. Han.

What did you do when
you saw the defendant

standing over Amy's dead body?

I freaked out.

I ran home, I told my mom...

"I think Billy did something to Amy."

And how did your mother
respond when you said that?

She told me she'd take care of it.

And a few weeks later, she did.

She put me on a plane back to Korea.

She told me my birth mother

sued to get me back.

And I never saw her or Billy again.

When we're asked to apply laws to facts,

context matters.

So let's talk about the context

of this case.

About Mike Brown, Eric Garner

and young Tamir Rice.

We've all seen the videos.

Black men, black children,

some with their hands up,

gunned down by the police.

People are scared.

Parents, cops.

So when your child calls you, terrified

and being chased by the police,

you can't be surprised when a
black father tells his only son,

not to pull over, but
to drive carefully,

obey the laws,

keep your hands where they can see them,

and to come home now.

The prosecution

wants you to convict this
young man, for what?

Escape?

He never tried to get away.

For obstructing?

He didn't obstruct anyone.

Heyward wasn't trying to avoid arrest.

He was just trying to make
sure he didn't wind up dead.

years of never telling
this to the police or anyone,

but then Grace Russo's office
tracks you down in Korea,

and suddenly you remember all of it?

I always remembered, just never told.

And we should believe you now?

I'm not lying, if that's
what you're asking.

SADIE: You just testified
that the night of the m*rder

you were on your way to the
party to check on Amy.

- That's right.
- The Halloween party

- that you were invited to?
- Yes.

- And you're sure about that?
- I'm sure.

SADIE: As sure as you are about
the rest of your testimony?

- What you claim you saw that night?
- MOLLY: Yes.

YOUNG MOLLY: I don't know.

Amy's spending all her time with Billy,

- and it just all sucks.
- Wait.

They didn't even invite me
to the Halloween party.

- What was that?
- I'm gonna ask you again.

Objection, I have no
idea what that tape is.

They are Ms. Han's therapy tapes,

and I am allowed to use
them to impeach her.

Not without a foundation.

Those are private.

You gave them to her?

JUDGE MENDOZA: Sounds to me like
she just laid the foundation.

Sorry, Ms. Burris.

SADIE: Ms. Han,

were you invited to the
Halloween party or not?

Because if you weren't invited,

I find it hard to believe that
you went, and if you didn't,

then why would you have been
in the park that night?

You gave those to them?

Tapes to my therapy sessions?

To my therapy sessions?

That's enough. Tell her to stop.

If you want to win, shut up.

SADIE: Were you really
in the park that night?

MOLLY: No.

No, I'm not gonna let you do this to me.

Sit down.

Ms. Han.

Please.

They can't do this to me,

- I'm not on trial here.
- Please, Ms. Brennan.

I am not a Brennan!

I never was!

Don't...

Don't you see what they're doing?

They're evil.

He k*lled her.

You k*lled her!

I know it!

- I saw it!
- JUDGE MENDOZA: Ms. Han.

Please.

Ms. Ellis.

There's something else I'd
like you to listen to.

Please, it's not fair.

It's not fair.

YOUNG MOLLY: I got the
pills, and I just...

I just thought, anything's
better than this.

Just two weeks before
you claim you saw Billy

standing over Amy's body,

you tried to k*ll yourself.

You people are sick.

You know that?

(crying)

Trying to destroy me

to protect him.

I understand why you would say that now.

After years of choking on anger

and alienation.

I have just one more thing.

A statement from the same session.

YOUNG MOLLY: I'm so messed up.

I don't even know what's
real or what's true anymore.

Nothing further.

(sniffling)

JUDGE ROUTBORT: On the counts
charging escape, obstructing,

resisting, and unlawful
flight in a motor vehicle,

I find the respondent not guilty.

As to the charge of making graffiti,

I am entering a finding

of guilty against the respondent.

Your Honor, the People would like
to be heard as to sentencing.

On a misdemeanor?

Under the Family Court Act,

you are obligated to consider

not merely the nature and
circumstances of the offense,

- but also the character of the child.
- Honor roll, student council.

This is a young man who doesn't listen.

The People are asking
you to send a message

that ignoring law enforcement

will not be tolerated.

We request a term of one
year in juvenile detention.

Literally nothing will be gained

- by incarcerating this kid.
- Actually, Ms. Wirth,

incarceration is a powerful tool,

and, unfortunately, my job

requires me to consider whether
subjecting a decent young man

to time in a penal institution is just.

But that does require context
and it also requires me

to acknowledge that we
all have a problem.

We're living in a world
where kids fear cops,

and cops fear kids.

And the sad thing is, I
only have jurisdiction over

one part of that problem.

And that's the children

that I am required to judge.

So... no,

I will not be sending you to jail.

But I will be sentencing you

to up to hours of community service,

to be attended by Officer Dixon.

So if he doesn't commit, you get off.

But if he invests, then you

are required to attend.

And maybe...

...maybe, at the end of all this,

you'll finally be able
to see each other.

That-That's all.

Thank you, sir.

(gavel bangs)

(sighs)

BILLY: I've asked you here because

I believe there's some confusion

about my relationship with Sadie,

and to this firm.

I've been told that I am using Sadie

as a get out of jail free card.

I have also been warned that,

should I go to prison, I
should break up with Sadie

because, apparently, she's
helpless in the face of love.

Now I'm paraphrasing, but
that's basically it,

- right, Isaiah?
- You got the gist.

What?

BILLY: And I've noticed how
you look at me lately.

Like you're wondering if they're right.

They're not.

I was furious

and I felt misunderstood.

But after I got over myself,

it occurred to me

that they're only doing
it to protect you.

And I think that's good.

See, I failed my sister.

She came here

fragile, and... after Amy's death...

(voice breaking): Something
broke inside of her.

And I failed Amy, I left her
alone in the park that night.

But I am not gonna fail you.

I had the family attorney
draft an affidavit

which waives any past and
future conflicts of interest,

knowingly and voluntarily
surrenders any claims

that I might have against Sadie,

Albert or this firm

in any appellate proceeding.

Now, you want to be angry, be angry.

You want to feel betrayed, I get it.

But it's like you said in
your opening statement,

I am an honorable man.

I just love your friend.

Your daughter.

There you go.

I just threw away my get
out of jail free card.

Now you better win.

♪ Footsteps echo ♪

♪ On the flagstone ♪

♪ You can let go... ♪

How are you feeling?

Good.

Really? That's not what I heard.

I brought you some chicken soup.

♪♪

I can explain.

No, I can explain.

You're okay with dating me,

but this morning it hit you, you
could actually be in a room

full of people staring at you,
judging you, because of me.

Suddenly things got real, you panicked,

so you called in sick.

Okay.

Yeah.

Something like that, but,
look, I just needed a day...

You just need some time to
figure things out, right?

You'll get there.

This is all just so new to you, Peter?

Well, it's feeling very familiar to me.

I thought I was ready, Cam.

And I thought you were different.

And the old me would
have given you a day,

a week, a year.

But you know what I decided?

I'm never gonna be
someone's secret again.

And not that you care,

but Heyward got community service.

Enjoy your soup.

Windsong. Nick just earned his bonus.

What?

Two weeks before the election,

Grace Russo was down three points.

Then all of a sudden she
gets a huge donation.

$ , from a super PAC.

- That money traces back to...
- Windsong?

On the therapy tapes,

back when Molly would go
to Amy's summer home,

Gail and her husband would let
the girls sleep on the sailboat.

- I'll give you one guess.
- No way.

Windsong is the name of
the Meyers' sailboat.

The sole owner of the Windsong group?

Gail Meyers.

This whole time we've been
looking at Grace Russo,

she's just a part of it.

So you're saying Billy
Brennan's prosecution

was bought and paid for
by Amy Meyers' mom?

Do you know what this means?

It means we have a real
chance of winning.

(chuckles)

Sadie just gave Albert a really big hug.

- What do you think happened?
- She told him she loves him,

now they're getting married. Really?

No.

They're just having a good five minutes.

Which I think is all you can ask for,

a good five minutes.

This could get really bad, really fast.

Oh, I know.

Found some dirt on Russo.

We're having pizza to celebrate.

(gasps) My kid got to go home.

We're having a good five minutes, too.

(chuckles)

♪ Take a little step to the east ♪

♪ For freedom and for peace ♪

♪ Take a big step to the west ♪

♪ For flavor and for passion ♪

♪ Take a big leap down south ♪

♪ For fashion of the season ♪

♪ Take a tall hop up north ♪

♪ No fear, just cross the bridge ♪

♪ It's all right to flip your lid... ♪