01x11 - I'm in if You Are

[bunniefuu]

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We start with Billy, his
initial interrogation.

The jury gets to see he was cooperative,

he had nothing to hide.

Then we get the cop to
tee up the conspiracy.

By talking about the once-a-year thing.

Then we recall Gail Meyers.

Confront her, the Windsong stuff.

She'll be all, "This means
nothing," but we'll be like...

"Really? 'Cause we disagree."

And that's when we say, "The
defense would like to call..."

Grace Russo."

And Burris lights herself on fire.

- It's good.
- It's so good.

When do I get to testify?

You didn't tell him?

I thought you should tell him.

You just didn't want
to see his sad face.

I'm right here.

You're not testifying.

There it is. The sad face.

- I know we said you were gonna testify.
- But we changed our mind.

We destroy Russo, then we rest.

If we put you on the stand,
who knows what'll happen?

Well, I'll get to tell
my side of the story.

Dr. Brennan, isn't it
true that you were angry

with Amy Meyers so you k*lled her?

- She's being Burris.
- Yeah, got it, thanks.

- Just answer the question, Dr. Brennan.
- I didn't k*ll Amy Meyers.

Then why did you tell
Michael Slater you did

- when you were at reform school?
- I didn't.

Why did your own sister say she saw you

- standing over Amy's body?
- I don't know. She's lying.

Oh, so everyone's lying except you?

Isn't it more likely that
everyone's telling the truth,

- except you?
- No. I'm telling you...

And I'm asking you,

isn't it true that no other

viable suspect has come forward

in years because you

are the only person with motive

and opportunity?

Blah, blah, blah, she goes
on, but you get the point.

You get on the stand and deny stuff,

she gets the last word.

You don't testify; We don't need it.

We do our jobs right, we have
this thing won by tomorrow.

CAMERON: Carolyn signed
the clemency papers.

I'm filing them today.

ISAIAH: I called the governor
for a meeting. We'll see.

How is she?

She feeling okay?

She started chemo; It's been rough.

She doesn't want to tell
Sadie till after the trial,

but I was hoping she'd tell you.

Oh, we speak on the phone every night.

But the cancer doesn't come up.

What do you talk about?

We read to each other.

Right now it's the Greeks.

She's never been able to
get through the Iliad.

Isn't that the one where...?

Everyone dies.

Terrible, gruesome deaths.

It's all about the impermanence of life.

Maybe she finds it comforting,
but I get off the phone,

and I'm weeping.

I'm so sorry.

Troy's going to fall, and
I'm a hapless Hector

doing my best to win the w*r.

You got more flowers.

- Keep 'em.
- He's says he's sorry.

Please forgive him.

You read the card?

Oh. Oops.

Pretty flowers. Who are they for?

Cam. They're from Peter Garrett.

Why did Peter Garrett send you flowers?

I don't want to talk about it.

You said you were in a
relationship with someone.

- Are you with Peter Garrett?
- NICK: Remember the time

she said she didn't
want to talk about it?

I said terrible things about him.

And you just let me go on and on.

It's okay, you were right.

I said that he smelled like beef jerky.

NICK: Come on. If anyone calls, we're
at Otisville meeting a client.

Isn't that where you...?

I served my time? Yeah.

Talk about guys who
smell like beef jerky.

Peter doesn't smell like beef jerky.

Then take his flowers and forgive him.

I'm adopting a teacup pig, and
the breeder wants to make sure

I'm a responsible pig owner,

so I gave a bunch of you as references.

Pretty flowers.

Billy, for the record, your
parents know you're here?

They're outside in the waiting room.

My dad told me to answer
all your questions.

SARANOV: Do you have
any questions for me?

BILLY: Yeah. What happened?

How did Amy die?

Detective Saranov, that's you
in the video, is that right?

A lifetime ago, but yeah.

And you were the original
investigator on the case?

That's right.

Billy Brennan was a
teenager at the time.

Yet his parents allowed
you to interrogate him,

alone, without counsel, for four hours.

I was surprised,

but Senator Brennan said his
family was an open book.

In those four hours of interrogation,

this teenage boy gave you
his version of the events

that happened that night.

That he and Amy went to the park,

that she broke up with him,

and that he left her there alive.

That version of events that
you questioned him about,

how many times did Billy's story change?

SARANOV: None, not one.

He was rock solid.

- And you stayed with the case?
- Until this year,

when we arrested Dr. Brennan.

ALBERT: So this was an active
investigation for over years?

It was active for a
year after the m*rder.

And then I'd revisit it every
year around Halloween,

which was the anniversary
of Amy's death.

Was the revisiting your choice?

No, Gail...

Mrs. Meyers, was really vigilant about

not letting it go; She'd
call me every year

on the anniversary for an update.

Every year?

Did she call you this year?

NICK: His name is Art Camston.

He's serving nine years for
second-degree burglary.

I appealed based on a
question of definition

of the word "dwelling." (chuckles)

Dwelling is where you dwell.

Define "dwell."

Where you sleep at night.

Define "night." (chuckles): Oh.

This is gonna be a super geeky appeal.
I can't wait.

- Seriously, thanks for supervising.
- Of course.

MAN: Hey, I know you.

You did a bid here.

- Right?
- Yeah.

Nick is a lawyer now.

We're here to see our client.

(wand beeps)

SADIE: Detective Saranov testified

that you called the police every year

on the anniversary of
your daughter's death.

Yes. I want justice for my daughter.

But last year, for the
first time in years,

you didn't make that call.

Objection. What's the point of this?

Let's find out.

Amy had a sailboat.

(chuckles) This is her
getting to the point?

If she would let me ask my
question, she will see my point.

Overruled.

Yes, Amy loved sailing.

And what was the name of that sailboat?

Windsong.

Are you familiar with a corporate entity

by the name of the Windsong Group?

Yes. Who's the sole shareholder?

I am.

On October th last year,
days before the election,

the Windsong Group

funneled a substantial donation

to Grace Russo's campaign
for district attorney,

and then,

for the first time in years,

you didn't call October
st to check on the status

of your daughter's m*rder investigation.

- Objection.
- Now she sees my point.

JUDGE MENDOZA: Overruled.

Let's see where this goes.

You didn't call because
you didn't have to.

In exchange for your contribution,

Grace Russo promised to
arrest Billy Brennan,

which she did

one month after assuming office.

If you're implying...

I'm not implying anything, I am saying

that Gail Meyers bought herself

- a prosecution.
- BURRIS: Objection!

- Move to strike.
- SADIE: And I move to call Grace Russo

as my next witness.

You're kidding me.

- Is that an objection?
- You bet it is.

You need to have a good faith basis

for calling her.

JUDGE MENDOZA: Well,
she's right about that.

What's your offer of proof?

Here are the federal election

commission filings from
Russo's campaign for D.A.

Line is pretty interesting.

- SADIE: It's a contribution
- ALBERT: A big one.

$ , .

From Supported Justice NYC.

The sole contributor to
Supported Justice NYC

was the Windsong Group.

- Sound familiar?
- Amy's sailboat.

Despite her trying to hide it,

we can show that the Windsong money

came entirely from Gail Meyers

who wanted Billy arrested.

So our good faith offer
of proof is this.

SADIE: Unimpeachable documents

that show Gail Meyers

paid Grace Russo to
prosecute Billy Brennan.

You have to admit, it's not nothing.

People contribute to political
campaigns all the time.

I hate it to break it to you, but
I have a suspicious timeline

and a damning paper trail.

I'm ordering the D.A. to take the stand.

Looks like half the
D.A.'s office is here

to see Russo testify.

(reporters clamoring)

You know Gail Meyers, right?

RUSSO: Of course.

She is a friend, a
pillar of our community,

and a substantial
contributor to my campaign

for district attorney.

An office you won

just over a year ago.

Yes.

- Was a tight race.
- It was.

A few weeks before the
election, you received

a huge infusion of cash.

$ ,

from the Windsong Group,

which is wholly owned by...

Gail Meyers.

First let me say,

if it were up to me,

public officials wouldn't
have to go grubbing for money

- to get elected.
- But you do.

You do have to go grubbing
for money, and you did.

From Gail Meyers.

There were ,

individual contributions to my campaign.

People give me money because
they know I cannot be bought.

My entire campaign was built

on a lifelong reputation for integrity.

On October th, the polls
have you down by three points.

Then on the th, Mrs.
Meyers gave you that money,

which you used to purchase

a substantial ad buy, and
then on November th,

you won the election.

Yes, I did.

And I was very grateful.

Grateful for the chance to be a voice

for the victims of New
York City's criminals.

And only a month into assuming office,

you had Billy Brennan

arrested for the m*rder

of Amy Meyers.

RUSSO: Ms. Ellis, I believe that

everyone deserves a vigorous defense,

and I'm thrilled that
you're providing one.

I'm even happy to be here testifying.

I was asking about the
timing of the prosecution.

No.

You were implying that
there was a quid pro quo

between me and Gail Meyers.

There was no such thing.

But you admit that you
received the donation...

And after I assumed office,

to avoid even the appearance

of impropriety,

an independent senior prosecutor

was assigned to make a recommendation

about whether or not to prosecute Dr.
Brennan.

I simply followed his recommendation.

- SADIE: Calvin Ferretti.
- Yes.

SADIE: An A.D.A. who was

suspended from practicing the law

when it was discovered that he had been

tampering with evidence.

RUSSO: That's right.

And let me be clear here.

I had the highest expectations

of professionalism and
integrity in my office.

The day that I found out
about his illegal behavior,

I terminated his employment

- immediately.
- But you admit

that the person you handpicked
to examine the case,

the man who recommended
Billy Brennan be prosecuted

was corrupt.

RUSSO: I hate to throw cold water

on your carefully crafted
conspiracy theory...

...but A.D.A. Ferretti was
selected for this investigation

by the head of Major Crimes.

I had nothing to do with it.

As I said,

I kept myself out of this

precisely so you couldn't

come in here and peddle

your outlandish fantasies.

Now, is there anything else?

Cross-examination, Ms. Burris?

I think the district
attorney has done just fine.

Look at you, huh? All legit.

I feel like a proud papa.

You know what they called him in here?

I can't wait to find out.

- Art, you don't have to get into...
- "Gotcha Man."

As in, you need anything...

Smokes, phones, whatever
you got to score...

We actually don't have a ton of time.

He would just say, "Gotcha," and
you'd have it, just like that.

So, your case.

Oh, yeah. Well, let's, uh,
get down to it, Counselor.

So, the brief we filed
is based on case law

that's over a hundred years old.

Yeah, but it still works.

That's the plan... The hope, anyway.

The argument we're making is that

you should've been convicted of burglary

in the third degree, which carries

a minimum of three years.

You've already served
three and a half...

I get it knocked down to third degree,

I get out, get to see my kids.

Eat a decent meal.

You're eating like a king, huh?

(chuckles) Yeah, I eat all right.

You got a comfortable mattress?

Yeah, it's good.

Know what I miss the most,
on the outside, I mean?

Hanging out in the yard with the kids,

green grass under my feet.

Then let's go to court tomorrow,

get you that grass under your feet.

TANYA: You know I'm sober?

years now.

I made a mess of my life.

Even ruined my brother's wedding.

Got drunk and created a scene...

Yelling that I hated his
wife, she was an idiot.

They even threw in that I
thought she had a dog face.

Because she does have a dog face.

But still, not nice.

With time, my brother got over it,

but you know the real miracle?

Dog Face forgave me.

Sorry.

None of my beeswax.

I'm just a sucker for forgiveness.

Alan?

Alan. Alan!

Thanks for meeting me.

Why am I meeting you
in a parking garage?

I feel like I'm in All
the President's Men.

I didn't want anyone to see us.

What the hell, Alan?

Russo's holier-than-thou
act made me want to puke.

She's craven and political,

and worst of all, she perjured herself

on how Ferretti caught the case.

She personally ordered
the re-investigation

- of the Brennan case.
- How do you know that?

Because I was assigned to do it.

I made a confidential recommendation

that they not present the
case to the grand jury.

Next thing I know, I'm back
on the simple-felony b*at,

and Ferretti has the Brennan case.

You didn't think there was
enough evidence to move forward?

Look, I don't know if Brennan did it,

but I do know that there
is plenty of evidence

suggesting that Russo decided
that's the narrative.

And anything that doesn't
fit that narrative

needs to be suppressed.

Like what?

It's a police report

from the initial investigation.

We had an alternate suspect,

a guy that the cops questioned
way back when: Eli Wagener.

He was a kid from another
school in the neighborhood,

low-level drug dealer.

He claims that he and Amy were friends.

You remember the boxes of
discovery we sent over?

Calvin left that out.

Are you saying Russo told him to?

I'm saying that it seems Russo
didn't want you to know

there was an alternate suspect
you could use as a plan "B."

Yeah, I'd like a large pizza, please.

Half plain, half pepperoni.

Um, I'd...

I got to call you back, thanks.

I was looking for

my brown boots in the back
of the closet, and...

Yeah, that's... You're not
supposed to find that now.

That's...

If I lose, that's when
you're supposed to see that.

- You're not gonna lose.
- I know.

I know, I just...

I wanted you to have
some reminders of me.

I don't need reminders. I'll have you.

- Sadie, I...
- (intercom buzzes)

(sighs)

- Yeah?
- ALBERT: It's me.

(intercom buzzes)

I am gonna open that, but
I'm gonna open it with you

the night we win.

- Okay?
- Okay.

- (door opens)
- Hey.

You got any tequila?

What's going on?

What's going on is I need tequila,

- and so do you.
- Now you're scaring me.

Drink it.

(sighs)

I think I know who k*lled Amy.

We can't call Eli Wagener without
knowing what he's gonna say.

He's gonna say what's
in the police report.

What about what's not
in the police report?

He could say anything, and
you've got no comeback.

So don't call him?

I'm saying make sure
you think it through.

November , . Riddick
Bowe, Evander Holyfield.

Oh, please don't throw
boxing back in my face.

How many times have I told you?

BOTH: When you're ahead on points,
you don't go for the knockout.

Yeah, but if you lose,

and you didn't put everything out there,

can you live with that?

- So put him on the stand?
- No.

Just come to an agreement.

An nation divided cannot stand.

He does reinforce our corrupt D.A.
narrative.

Seven years for as*ault.

He was supposed to meet Amy in the park.

Call him as a hostile witness.

- Give the jury a bad guy.
- SADIE: Another bad guy.

Russo's the baddest of the bad.

Talk, act normal, like we're
talking about a case.

We are talking about a case.

Good. Keep doing it.
I'll act fascinated.

- What's going on?
- LUCY: Cam?

Don't look now, but Peter
Garrett's here to see you.

Oh.

I said don't look now.

(whispers): I'm busy.

Cam, you have to go talk to him.

I don't want to, and I thought
I made that abundantly clear

by avoiding his calls and texts.

Cameron, get the A.D.A.

out of my waiting room.

It's bad for business.

Tell him to wait in my office.

Is now a bad time to say "I told you so"

about dating a prosecutor?

NICK: Section .
defines burglary as...

I think we can all read the statute.

Okay, well, in ,

Quinn v. People...

?

We're seriously doing this?

NICK: ...defines a dwelling

as a place occupied at night.

It defines night, believe
it or not, as...

I'm going with "not."

...as the period of time between
minutes after sunset

and minutes before sunrise.

In this case, the complainant
worked the graveyard shift

- at a pickle factory.
- A pickle factory?

Possibly my favorite part.

Artisanal pickles, yes. It's a thing.

Anyway,

for years,

the complainant never spent the night,

as defined by the statute,

in this so-called dwelling even once.

You're seriously arguing
that it's not a dwelling

because the victim
worked the night shift?

It wasn't a dwelling, so Mr.
Camston can only be

convicted of burglary
in the third degree.

Where did you even come up
with this ridiculous argument?

Prison, actually.

I had a...

I had a lot of downtime to read.

It's where I met Mr. Camston.

Mr. Camston, by the way,

acknowledges that he stole the
TV and he shouldn't have.

But that only makes him guilty

of burglary in the third
degree, not second.

So the court should release
him with time served.

Okay, well,

I'll take all of this under advisement

and get my ruling back to you ASAP.

Pickle factory,

by the way,

(laughs) amazing!

The D.A. willfully withheld
exculpatory information.

BURRIS: Look, I don't know

anything about Eli Wagener
or the police report

or the hiding of the report.

I literally don't know anything.

Well, you said it, not us.

This is a Brady violation
of the worst kind,

and there's only one remedy:
Dismissal with prejudice.

Yeah, I'm not gonna do that.

Then the D.A. should be sanctioned

and admonished in front of the jury.

JUDGE MENDOZA: Ladies and gentlemen,

the prosecution willfully
withheld information

about this witness from the defense.

This is against the rules,
and you may consider that

in your deliberations.

ALBERT: Mr. Wagener,

you knew Amy Meyers.

Yes.

You planned to see her October
, , didn't you?

- Yep.
- You were going to sell her dr*gs.

Objection. No foundation.

ALBERT: It's a reasonable inference,

given that the witness has
three prior convictions

for distribution of
marijuana and cocaine.

I was gonna give her some pot.

She was an attractive young woman,

- popular, rich.
- Yep.

- She was out of your league.
- Whatever.

Fact is we were hooking up.

Really?

She never mentioned you to anyone.

Not her friends or family.

Amy was afraid of Billy.

He had a temper.

She was gonna break up with him;
Thought he might get violent.

I was gonna see her afterwards,

be sure she was okay.

You were concerned with her welfare?

Believe it or not.

You're serving a seven-year
sentence for g*ng as*ault

- in the first degree.
- It's on my rap sheet.

Was the victim in that
case a man or a woman?

- A woman.
- So you've even got a

history of v*olence against women.

- Objection.
- To what?

I'm just stating the facts.

Mr. Wagener,

did you k*ll Amy Meyers?

No.

Did you go to Gramercy Park that night?

Yeah.

I waited an hour. She never showed.

So you didn't tell anyone you did it,

you didn't have a scratch on
your face the next morning,

and there's no eyewitness

that saw you standing over the body.

So there's nothing to connect
you to Amy's m*rder?

Because I didn't k*ll her.

CAMERON: Peter, I...

PETER: Just hear me out, please.

This is nothing you don't already know,

but there are certain things

that you just don't
do as a straight guy.

Someone sees you crying
when you're a little kid,

they laugh at you, tell
you boys don't cry.

That list of rules gets
longer the older you get.

Don't wear pink.

Don't cook, unless you're grilling meat.

And definitely don't date a trans woman.

Somehow, doing those
things makes you gay.

Peter, seriously, talk
to your therapist.

I did. Been talking to her once a week

since we started dating, but I just...

I just need to say this out loud.

If I were gay, I would
dive in head first

and be awesome at it.

But I'm not gay.

Oh, my God, can we not do this?

Cam, you have had a long time
to think about trans stuff.

Can you just give me a
quick "who am I" moment?

Okay, fine.

Thank you.

Somehow, dating a trans woman

is supposed to make you less of a man.

But that doesn't make sense,
because when I'm with you,

I feel like more of a man.

More myself.

Better.

It wasn't really adding up for me,

and I've never had to question

any of those rules about
being a man before.

I mean, first thing I did
when I got to New York

was drag a grill out on my fire escape.

You love that grill.

Yeah.

Cam, when it was just
the two of us, I could,

I could push all of
those questions aside.

But when I thought about the
people in that courtroom...

Judge, the court officer,
the stenographer...

I knew exactly what they would think

if we told them we were dating.

Because six months ago,
I would have thought

the same cruel things.

That there is something wrong with me.

Some... failure of masculinity.

And I run a courtroom.

The idea of being judged
and found lacking there,

of all places...

I couldn't get out of bed.

So you called in sick
and didn't text me.

Because I was ashamed.

I was being a coward.

Cam,

I know I shouldn't care about what

some stenographer thinks about me,

but you can't just, one
day, decide to throw out

all of those things that
have been hardwired

into you since recess.

I freaked out.

Then you came over to my
place and you kicked my ass.

And I realized that I was
gonna have to either learn

to live without those rules,
or learn to live without you.

Turns out, none of this
is actually complicated.

At all.

If you'll have me, I want to side

with you.

No matter what.

No matter where, and no matter who.

There's a victim's rights
fundraiser tonight.

Most of my office is gonna be there.

Be my date.

Meet my people.

No.

Uh, just...

just no?

The thought of telling people
we're dating was so bad,

you couldn't get out of bed, Peter?

That doesn't make me feel great.

And we could have talked about that

the night before you called in sick,

or that morning,

but you disappeared.

I'm just supposed to trust
that that won't happen again?

No.

(sighs)

I was never violent with Amy.
She wasn't scared of me.

He's lying.

Of course he's lying. The jury knows it.

And we'll double down
on that in our closing.

- So, we rest.
- We rest.

In closings, we make it all about Russo.

Gail Meyers wanted Billy in jail.

Russo wanted money for a campaign.

- We have reasonable doubt.
- Totally.

I want to testify. I
want to tell the jury

that I didn't k*ll Amy, and I think
they need to hear it from me.

- No.
- Sadie, listen to me.

- No, it won't work.
- (Sighs)

You'll smile too much. Or not enough.

You'll look down, and a juror
will see that as guilt.

It's too risky.

I know it's your decision,

and your right and your life.

But it's my life, too.

ALBERT: I understand the impulse, Billy.

I do. But when you're ahead on points,

you don't go for the knockout.

When I'm in the O.R., I
have to rely on instinct.

If a kid starts bleeding
in the middle of surgery,

I have a split second to decide
what to do; It's life and death.

But so is this.

And every instinct in me is
screaming to take the stand

and talk to the jury.

But I'm not a lawyer; I've
never done this before.

So...

fine.

I won't take the stand. We rest.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you.

Hey, you know what's weird?

Where were Art's kids and his family?

Well, his girlfriend got married,

and she hardly ever
brings the kids around.

Even if he does get out, he's
not gonna get his dream.

What was your dream? What did
you want when you got out?

This. Doing this.

You know, helping the guys
who are still in there.

And root beer floats.

(laughs)

Did you get the call?

From the pig people? No.

Pig people? No.

The governor. He wants to meet.

It's exciting.

What's exciting?

Um, Lucy is getting a teacup pig.

Yeah, whatever.

What did Peter want?

You won't believe what he said to me.

That he'll never smirk
again and it's wrong

to keep human beings in cages?

He had this elaborate apology,

talking about his feelings
and his childhood.

Wow. That is messed up.

Then he invited me to
some benefit tonight.

You gonna go?

My boyfriend may be going to
jail for the rest of his life.

You, on the other hand,
have a guy who, you know,

he's kind of smug and
he is a prosecutor,

but at his core, he's a good person.

And he wants to be with you.

But he just ghosted me.

Can't judge a person by their worst act.

Isn't that what we always say in court?

I know, but do we mean it?

I think we do.

(phone vibrating)

- Pig people?
- Pig people.

CAMERON: Sadie says I'm an idiot.

(sighs)

I'm the idiot.

I was still mad. I had my guard up.

- Cam...
- I have to admit,

as far as "I messed up" speeches go,

yours was pretty darn good.

Well...

I meant every word.

I know.

And that's why if the
offer still stands,

I'd love to be your plus one

to this stupid thing tonight.

The offer still stands.

(sniffs)

Uh, wh-what are you doing?

You smell nothing like beef jerky.

Thanks for noticing.

I understand that the evidence is in

and both sides plan to rest.

- Is that correct?
- It is, Your Honor.

Yes. The defense is prepared to rest.

So, you don't intend to call
your client to testify?

No, we don't.

Dr. Brennan, do you understand

that under the Sixth and
Fourteenth Amendments

to the United States Constitution,

you have the right to
testify on your own behalf?

- Yes, I do.
- Conversely,

the Fifth Amendment grants you
the right to remain silent.

You don't have to say a word.

You don't have to prove your innocence.

The burden of proof rests
solely on the prosecution.

BILLY: I understand.

Have you discussed these
rights with your lawyers?

- I have.
- Mr. Cobb?

We've gone over the issues of waiver.

Dr. Brennan is aware of his rights.

Dr. Brennan, ultimately, the
decision is yours and yours alone.

Do you agree with Mr. Cobb?

Or do you intend to testify
on your own behalf?

No, I don't agree.

I'd like to take the stand.
I want to testify.

Flowers, that's a nice surprise.
Or cake, who doesn't love cake?

But deciding at the last minute

to testify at your own m*rder trial,

that is not my kind of surprise.

How are you surprised?

He's done this before, taken
over his own defense.

We rested, he panicked.

He's going to prison.

Maybe you should do the direct.

No way. He's not just our client.

You love him. You trust him.

We need to make the jury
feel that way, too.

If anybody can make that happen,

it's you.

CONWAY: Sorry to make you wait.

Crazy day. I'm Jack
Conway, chief of staff.

I thought we were meeting
with the governor.

Like I said, it's been a crazy day.

The governor sends his apologies.

But you've got me for

a few minutes, so let's talk

- about Carolyn Rice.
- She's been a model prisoner.

- Mm-hmm.
- And she's helped improve the lives

of hundreds of inmates
through literacy programs,

the Family Center,

even training service dogs.

Governor loves dogs.

Mr. Conway, please, uh, look up

from your... that,

and let us know if the governor

is inclined to grant clemency.

He's sympathetic.

And as I'm sure you know,

prison reform is important
to the governor.

But clemency for a cop k*ller,

he can't take the heat
for that right now.

I'm sorry. Maybe in
months, we revisit,

when he's on his way out of office

and the political fallout is limited.

She may not have months.

I'm sorry.

What just happened?

Troy just fell.

JUDGE THOMPSON: Mr. Brady,

I've heard of you.

Getting your law degree
in prison and all.

So, when your brief came across my desk,

naturally, my interest was piqued.

Your argument was compelling.

Congratulations on turning
your life around.

Thank you, Your Honor.

That said, the justices

of couldn't have possibly

foreseen the realities of today.

The victim lived there. He
paid rent and utilities.

The fact that he worked the night shift

doesn't make it any less of a dwelling.

Therefore,

your motion is denied.

The verdict stands.

The court is in recess.

Whoa! Are you kidding me?

- Nick, what are we gonna do now?
- I'm sorry, Art.

There's not much more we can do.

- Oh, so that's it? That's...
- I wish I had more options.

Ah, now that you're out, it's
easy to just walk away, huh?

Forget about the rest
of us on the inside.

TIFFANY: Art, he did
everything he could do.

ART: He needs to do more.
He's the Gotcha Man.

He needs to figure something

the hell out now!

I'll say hi to Johnny Lozito for you.

(handcuffs clicking)

He misses you, pal.

- What was that about?
- Nothing.

Well, the first four
times I asked Amy out,

she said no.

So, when she finally
said yes, I was nervous.

I-I wanted it to be perfect.

But of course, it wasn't.

It went terribly. I forgot my wallet.

And...

Amy had to pay for our
tokens to Coney Island.

And the moment we got off the N-train,

it started pouring rain.

But Amy, she was so...

positive about everything.

So we jumped back on
the subway, laughing,

for the next six hours.

And, uh, I think I fell in
love with her that day.

Tell us about the night of Amy's death.

Well, things were going badly.

I was drinking and doing dr*gs.

And I was treating her...

poorly.

And so,

that night at the party,

Amy finally put her foot
down, as she should've,

and she broke up with me in the park.

And... (chuckles softly)

I didn't want her to see me
cry, so I left her there.

When was the next time that you saw her?

The next morning, I
came out of my house,

and Gramercy Park was a mob scene.

I, uh, I looked through the fence,

and I saw Amy on the ground.

Did you k*ll Amy Meyers?

No. No, I loved her. I would never.

Billy, why did you
choose to testify today?

BILLY: This thing has
been hanging over me

for years.

Friends and family members

thinking I was capable
of something like this,

of taking a life.

It's made me closed off.

It's hard for me to trust
or to be vulnerable.

I think that's why I like being
in the O.R.; I wear a mask.

And so I'm not me,

I'm...

my brains, my hands, my skill, my heart.

But I'm not Billy Brennan.

That name carries so much baggage.

I want to get my name back.

I want to get my life back.

So I welcome the chance to be here today

to tell all of you that I did not

k*ll Amy Meyers.

I did not.

I... did not.

I think what might be fun
is, once I get the pig,

we have a contest here
to name it, right?

Another home run idea.

You're thinking of a funny
name right now, aren't you?

Not for the pig.

Did the pig people call you guys?

I gave them your cells.

Lucy, do you know why they
call them teacup pigs?

Because if they called
them bathtub pigs,

which is the size they actually get to,

no one would buy them.

And do you know how
much pig manure you get

from a bathtub-sized pig?

And to make all that manure,
it's gonna have to eat.

And the food's not cheap,

but don't worry, because it's gonna eat

your furniture, your
books, your clothes,

and when you get evicted,
'cause I'm pretty sure

your apartment building has a

"no farm animals" clause
'cause they're not idiots,

you and your huge, smelly, hungry pig

are gonna be out on the street.

And no, they didn't call.

Wow. What was that?

We lost. He lost.

I'm sorry. He's acting weird.

(phone ringing)

It's the pig people. What do I do?

I don't want a fat,
smelly, hungry animal

that'll take all my money.

That was my last two boyfriends.

(imitating Lucy): Hi.
This is Lucy Alexander.

I did?

Oh, my God, that is so great.

I love pigs.

Well, I love pork. Same thing.

Listen,

how many chops can you
get from a teacup pig?

And do they come with recipes?

Hello? Hello?

I don't think you're getting a pig.

(knocking on door)

NICK: I apologized to Lucy for the pig.

I was just, uh...

Rough day.

Yeah.

Anyway, want to go get
a root beer float?

Sure. Why not?

Hey, Nick.

Who was Johnny Lozito?

Oh, just a guy I was in prison with.

Really? 'Cause it seemed
like it was more than that.

(sighs) Don't let Art get in your head.

After Amy Meyers was k*lled,
you went to boarding school.

Yes. Riverhill Academy.

And while you were there,

you threatened a science teacher.

He was so afraid of you that he
locked himself in the classroom

and called .

I was a teenager and my girlfriend

had just been m*rder*d.

He dropped the charges.

BURRIS: At Hampshire
College, two years later,

you coldcocked a pizza delivery guy

because your pizza arrived late.

That was a misunderstanding.

I'm sure.

Where did you do your
surgical residency?

The Cleveland Clinic.

There was an incident there, as
well, and you were disciplined.

Is that another misunderstanding?

There was a patient that d*ed

on the operating table, a young woman.
It was tragic.

After she was pronounced,
you had an outburst.

You punched

the wall so hard that your
fist went through the plaster.

If you're asking me if Amy's
death traumatized me,

then I'm guilty as charged.

The girl who d*ed, she...

she looked just like Amy.

And I saw her on the table...

Seeing her face was one
of the hardest things

that I've ever been through in my life.

Why?

Because her face, it reminded me of...

Amy's face, after she'd been k*lled.

The medical board disciplined you.

Yes, they did, and
they had the right to.

Wait, what did you say?

Objection. Asked and answered.

You said you saw Amy's face
after she was m*rder*d.

No, I-I... That's not what I meant.

BURRIS: Well, you testified
on direct examination

that after leaving her in the park,

the next time you saw Amy

was when you were looking
through the fence

at her lying on the ground.

That's-that's a distance of
at least, what, feet?

You couldn't possibly
have seen her face.

I must've misspoke. I didn't mean I s...

I actually saw her face.

Your sister Molly testified
that she saw you

standing over Amy, holding a w*apon,
looking directly in her face.

- Objection.
- No more questions.

Redirect.

You knew Amy since you were .
You knew her face intimately.

When you referred to the moment

that you saw her face,

after the m*rder,

you meant through the fence.

You meant you could imagine
her face, this face

you knew so intimately
for so many years.

Yes.

That's all.

JUDGE MENDOZA: The witness is excused.

Does the defense rest?

We do, Your Honor.

Isaiah.

You came.

I wanted to read with you in person.

You weren't supposed
to see me like this.

I-I didn't want... uh, Cameron
wasn't supposed to tell you.

Well, she kept your secret
better than anyone else could.

I didn't want to be a burden.

You and Sadie have wasted so much time,

all of your lives coming up here.

This is our life.

You, here...

it's not the circumstance
that we would want,

but you play the cards
that you're dealt.

Does Sadie know?

No, and you need to tell her.

After the trial. After the trial.

Soon.

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I'm a long, long way... ♪

I thought I would hate it.

Having you see me like this.

But I'm...

I'm so grateful.

♪ Ooh, I'll be back someday ♪

♪ I'm a long, long way... ♪

I just...

wanted so badly just for
you to hold my hand.

(panting softly)

I'm still gonna m*rder Cam, though.

Oh, well, m*rder her

after the cancer is in remission
and we can get you out of here.

What did she tell you?

A-About the governor and the pardon?

♪ Lonesome roads... ♪

Oh.

The cards we're dealt.

"She made weariless fire
blaze from his shield

"and helmet, like that
star of the waning summer,

who beyond all stars,
rises, bathed in the..."

Isaiah.

We read that passage last week.

But I want to read it again, with you.

"She made weariless fire blaze
from his shield and helmet,"

"like that star of the waning summer,"

"who beyond all stars, rises,
bathed in the ocean stream"

"to glitter in brilliance."

"Such was the fire she
made blaze from his head,

and his shoulders, and
urged him into the..."

♪ Ooh, I'm a long, long way ♪

♪ I'm a long, long way... ♪

So if either of us starts
to feel uncomfortable

for any reason, we can
use the code word...

"Teacup pig."

You know, before we walk
into the lions' den,

I, uh, actually have
some pretty big news.

Is it an excuse not to go?

You wish. (Laughs)

No.

With all these things
coming out about Russo

and the Brennan trial,

she's under pressure to resign.

Wait, it gets better.

Word around the office is

they're tapping someone in
this car for acting D.A.

Already started the vetting process.

Oh, my God, Peter, amazing.

Yeah.

Congratulations.

♪ Home ♪

(chuckles softly)

Although that means any
hope of this being

a low-key, meet-the-colleagues
type of event just evaporated.

Tonight just became a way bigger deal.

People congratulating
me, buying us drinks,

getting wasted and asking
inappropriate questions

to the woman on the arm
of the man of the hour.

Should we postpone?

Do the big introductions
literally any other night?

We could.

But I was serious before.

I mean, if you are.

Even if the headline tomorrow
around the watercooler

isn't "Cute A.D.A. becomes acting D.A."

Now it's "Acting D.A. has
transgender girlfriend"?

Yeah.

♪ The thought of losing you ♪

♪ Is all too much... ♪

Okay. I'm in.

♪ Home. ♪