American Crime Story (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Manna from Heaven - full transcript

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ANNOUNCER: FX presents
The People v. O.J. Simpson.

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HOST:
Today, in Trial O.J....

lawyers argued over whether
the former Heisman winner

is an arthritic cripple
incapable of murder.

He has bad knees,
arthritis and limited mobility.

He may look like Tarzan,

but he moves like
Tarzan's grandfather.

HOST:
After that, the jury got a peek

at an exercise video
Simpson taped

just two weeks
before the murders.

Aw, break it all the way down!

Feel it in the knees!
(phone ringing)

Yeah. Love that intensity!

And if you're working out
with your wife...
Hello.

McKENNA (on phone):
Is this Laura Hart McKinny?

Yes. How may I help you?

The Laura Hart McKinny
who used to live in Los Angeles,

who has tapes of
LAPD Officer Mark Fuhrman?

How did you find me?

I'm an investigator
working for O.J. Simpson.

We believe our client
is innocent

and your tapes
could really help him.

Well, I don't want to help him.

Look, I was just
writing a screenplay

about the LAPD.

I met Mark,

and I interviewed him
for research.

So there are tapes.

What does he say?

How inflammatory is it?

I never asked to be
a part of this.

(line goes dead)

CHRIS: So, on the night of the
murders, you were in an alleyway

behind Bundy Drive
and you heard a commotion

near Nicole Brown Simpson's
condominium?

(French accent):
Yes. I-I heard two men arguing.

The first man said,
"Hey, hey, hey!"

and the second man
yelled at him.

Uh, he was hard to understand.

CHRIS:
And did the second voice

sound as if it was older,
more mature than the first?

Calls for speculation,
Your Honor.

Sustained. Foundational.

All right, then.

The second voice

that you heard,
it sounded like

the voice of a black man,
is that correct?

Object to, Your Honor! I object!
Sustained.

JOHNNIE:
This is ridiculous!

Sustained. Mr. Darden,
where are you going with this?

CHRIS:
Your Honor,

I was asking in good faith.

We know that
the witness told a friend

that he heard the angry
yell of an older man

who sounded black.

I resent that statement,
Your Honor!

You cannot tell by somebody's
voice whether they are black.

That is a racist statement

and entirely
inappropriate.

Your Honor, yeah, I am
offended that in America,

in 1995, that we
have to endure

this kind of thinking.

All right,
I didn't make the statement.

The witness did.

Oh, please, Mr. Darden!

I... if this is
the witness' statement,

then he is the racist, not me.

But that is what
you're suggesting.

JOHNNIE:
Hey, hey, hey!
I suggest nothing!

Oh, yes, you did!
I did not.

Yes, you did.
Don't put words in my mouth!

And that has created
a lot of problems

for myself and for my family.

You continually
make statements

about me and race,
Mr. Cochran...

Wait. Wait, all right,
stop it, both of you!

This is all improper. And I'm
so mad at both of you guys

right now, I'm about to hold
the two of you in contempt.

Let's take a recess
so you can cool off.

We will resume in 15.

(gallery murmurs quietly)

What was that?

He is so cynical.

I mean, of course there's such
a thing as a "black voice."

There are accents,
speech patterns...
I know that.

But look what happened.

His witness was failing,

so Johnnie threw
a racial stink bomb

to deflect attention.

That guy saw a Bronco
near Bundy.

He heard two men arguing
outside the condo.

But now the jury has
completely forgotten that.

Is it true?

Yeah. Tapes exist.

I think they're
really ugly.

They have phrases like, uh...

(clears throat)

Stuff like...
"Get **n-word censored**."
"Frame **n-word censored**."

"Plant evidence."

SHAPIRO:
Jesus Christ.

Can we confirm the authenticity?
McKENNA:
I've asked around.

Her lawyers have shopped
the tapes to London papers,

TV tabloids...
They've heard snippets.

Supposedly there's
an offer on the table

for 250 grand.

Hmm. Why doesn't she sell?

KARDASHIAN:
Well, that's the strange part.

She doesn't actually
care about the money.

She'd rather sell
her screenplay.

She's a screenwriter.

Or, well, a wannabe
screenwriter.

She was living
in L.A.

She couldn't make a living,

so she moved to North Carolina
to teach screenwriting.

I don't understand.

How can you teach
screenwriting

if you can't
sell a script?

Oh, Barry, Barry...
(overlapping chatter)

Gentlemen,
you are missing the point.

I don't care who she
is or what she does.

What matters are these tapes.

We must get them.

"Get **n-word censored**"?

"Frame **n-word censored**"?
That takes my breath away.

These tapes will allow
Mr. Simpson to walk free.

Well, let's not get...
too cocky.

I mean, we haven't
heard them.

Look, lucky breaks
don't just fall from the sky.

Oh, yes, they do, Mr. Scheck.

God brought us these tapes.

There is something much larger
at play here.

This is manna from heaven.

What is the defense doing?

They got Ito to sign
a subpoena for what?

13 hours of tape
in North Carolina.

I don't follow.

Who is this woman?

It just makes no sense

why Fuhrman would blab to
an unemployed screenwriter.

Why would Fuhrman
do anything?

I'm not gonna pretend
like I'm surprised.

Whatever's on these
tapes scares me.

Well, maybe
it's meritless.

Fiction. Just Fuhrman and
this writer playacting.

The defense has
been obsessed

with creating stories
for the jury,

and lawyers resort to stories
to distract from the facts...

You know, Marcia,
people like stories.

It helps them make
sense of things.

Shit.

Now who can deny there isn't
a higher power watching over us?

(cheering)

I spent my life
fighting for a cause

and then, in the biggest
case of all time,

with the whole world watching,

a magical piece
of paper appears.

Well, we still need
to get a judge

in North Carolina

to enforce
the subpoena.

A small technicality.

I will venture forth
to secure our bounty.

SHAPIRO: Well, obviously,
I will accompany you.

I mean, I discovered Fuhrman,
for God's sake.

I mean, I invented him.

Hang on, Bob. I won
every Fuhrman motion.

Gentlemen, we still have
a case here in L.A.

I don't understand.

Why do more than two people

have to get on the plane?

Then it should be me.

I have a winning record
in that jurisdiction.

I tried over 200 cases there.

JOHNNIE:
200?

Really? When?

Seems like yesterday.

But understand this:

things change really slowly
down South.

And I know the Carolinas

like I know the caramel color
in a single-barrel

apple brandy,

sipped over the blush
of the morning sunrise.

Oh, come on. Really?

I hired all of you.

You know, whatever.

I don't grovel.

Just make sure you put my name
on the brief.

Thank you, Bob.

(birds singing)

This is it.

All right,
let's go.

(sighs)

Here are the transcripts.

The judge will see
you gentlemen shortly.

Thank you.
Thank you, sir.

My friend, I can
taste victory.

Yes. Yes.

Shall we?
Yes.

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It's unbelievable.

It's horrible.

Horrible we can sell.

Look, the bastard is nailed.
Dead.

He directly contradicts
the trap I laid

when he testified.
Lee...

it's more than that.

It's evil.

But this is what black people
have always known.

And now

it's right here.
(taps on binders)

For everyone to hear.

(Bailey sighs)

Your Honor, it would
be a travesty

if these tapes were not allowed
into the O.J. Simpson trial.

These tapes are
tangible evidence

of the Los Angeles
Police Department's racism.

They are a revelation of truth.

May I approach the bench,
Your Honor?

No, you cannot.

(man in gallery chuckles)

(chuckles)

Your Honor,
with all due respect,

we ask you to enforce
this subpoena

and compel Ms. McKinny

to turn over the tapes.

It is important,
it is imperative,

it is... indispensible

that we return them
to California.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Mr. Cochran, there are no
TV cameras in my courtroom.

There's no need for...
gratuitous alliteration.

Your request
is denied.

These tapes are not
material to your case.

Who is that man

to say that
they are not relevant?!

Johnnie...
Those tapes are proof

of the systematic
civil rights violations.

What black people
have always known.

And what white people
have never understood.

Johnnie, calm down.

We'll just file an
emergency appeal.

And this time let
me do the talking.

What?

Mr. Cochran, take a good
look where you're standing.

We're in the South.

Haven't you
noticed the smell

of mint julep and
condescension in the air?

Right behind you,
there's a statue

of a Confederate soldier
holding a rifle.

With all due respect,

I don't know if you
play as well in Dixie.

(sighs)

BAILEY:
Your Honors,

may I state first of all
what a pleasure it is

to be practicing law once again

in the great state
of North Carolina.

My heart gladdens
with the promise of justice

when I stand in one
of the original 13 colonies.

From the great Smokey Mountains
to the Pamlico Sound,

I know that fair consideration
will be offered

to all who set foot
in a Tar Heel tribunal.

As the Bible tells us,
"Seek, and ye shall find,"

and I thank the Lord
for helping us to find

these terribly troubling tapes.

The court has received
the tapes and transcripts.

I will arrange for my clerk
to make you copies.

I presume it'll take
a good amount of time

for all of you to wade
through the materials

and decide how much, if any,
you want to introduce.

Oh, we'll want to introduce
plenty, Your Honor.

Maybe all of them.
Your Honor,
we will fight that.

Mark Fuhrman consulting
on a screenplay

has no bearing
on a murder trial.

This is just more
of the defense throwing

conspiracy mud at the wall
and seeing what sticks.
JOHNNIE: Oh, it'll stick.

It'll stick with the jury,
it'll stick with the public.

"The public."

What do they have
to do with this?

The truth, Marcia,
they have a right to know.

This isn't a smoking gun
in the Simpson case.

This is a smoking gun
for the United States.

Your Honor,
I anticipate this will be

just a pro forma request.

Actually, Mr. Cochran,

I wouldn't jump
to any conclusions.

I need to review precedent
and make a determination.

Until then, you and your
assistants may review the tapes.

But other than that,
they are to remain sealed.

You understand? Sealed.

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FUHRMAN: See, if you did it like
they teach you in the Academy,

you'd never get
a dumning thing done.

If the suspect doesn't talk,

you give him a shot
in the stomach with your stick,

and you say, "Listen, boy,
I'm talking to you."

Or you just grab 'em by the hair
and you keep punching 'em

until they go down.

See, people don't want
**n-word censored** in their town.

People don't want Mexicans.

They don't want anybody
but good people,

and any way you can do to get
them out, that's fine.

We have no **n-word censored**
where I grew up.

LAURA:
Do you still use the choke hold?

FUHRMAN:
No, we had to eliminate it,

because a bunch of **n-word censored** down
in the south of L.A. complained.

Now, these **n-word censored** started
a bunch of organizations,

because all the **n-word censored**
got choked out and killed.

The longer this trial goes,
the lower your numbers drop.

I know. If we get
to the March primary

and people are still talking
about O.J. Simpson,

there's something seriously
wrong with this world.

(chuckles)

(tapping on window)

Oh, God, think my numbers
are about to fall even lower.

Excuse me for a second.

All right. What?

Has Ito ruled
on the tapes?

Not yet.

And we're fighting
to keep them out.

But while we were
reviewing them,

we heard something...
unexpected.

You should sit.

This is bad.

No, I know, he hates Mexicans,
he uses the "N" word,

he's a sexist pig.

He utters every
racial slur known to man.

MARCIA:
Yes, that is all true,

but there's sort of
an O. Henry twist.

Somebody he hates that
none of us saw coming.

(scoffs)
Okay.

FUHRMAN:
I hate this woman,
you know the type--

dyed blonde, one-inch roots,
slumped shoulders,

a pouch big enough
to hide cats in.

She's the only marsupial
on the police force.

Peggy barely worked
in the field.
Wait, whoa.

(Laura talking indistinctly)
Peggy?

Is he talking about
Peggy York, Ito's wife?!

FUHRMAN:
It sickens me
that she's a captain.

I refuse to take
orders from her.

She's as far from
a policeman as I've seen.

Damn, she's as far
from a woman as I've seen.

She just sucked and f...

What did he just say?

CHRIS: He says
that she sucked...

GIL:
Is he saying that-that...

Oh, I... cannot believe this!

Jesus! Our star witness
insulting the judge's wife!

Yep, not only does Fuhrman hate
blacks, he hates Peggy York,

the highest ranking
woman in the LAPD.

Didn't she sign the affidavits?
MARCIA: Sure, when Ito
was assigned to the case,

Peggy claimed she had no memory
of any dealings with Fuhrman.

Which seems hard to believe
since we learned

she reprimanded him
for writing "KKK"

on a Martin Luther King poster.

Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.

So, which means she can be
called as a material witness,

in which case, Ito has
to disqualify himself,

which means we're
looking at a mistrial.

That's $6 million
of taxpayer money.

One year of work.

We're looking at a mistrial?

Damn, the constituents
will freak out.

This screams gross incompetence.

Marcia, let's take
a deep breath here.

Do we want a mistrial?

Start over.

Learn from
our mistakes.

Do it without Fuhrman.

We are in perilous waters.

The prosecution can
manipulate this situation.

Marcia and Chris are in trouble,
their case is dying.

Suddenly, they get thrown
a life preserver, Peggy on tape.

So they game it, Ito gets
tossed for the conflict,

they get a new trial.

Jesus, a complete do-over.

W-Wait a minute,
try the case again?

We-we can't, we can't live
through this again.

And they could move the trial
back to Santa Monica,

get a white jury.
BAILEY: And this time
they don't call Fuhrman,

the LAPD doesn't get tarnished,
and the tapes never get played.

The scenario is unthinkable.

We are this close
to them being admitted.

Does Ito even know yet?

My wife is mentioned
on these tapes?

MARCIA:
Yes, Your Honor.

And it's quite
derogatory.

Terrible things.

SHAPIRO: Uh, it's a delicate
situation for all of us.

Delicate how?

The interactions
Fuhrman described,

given their explosive
vocabulary,

would seem to make it hard
for Peggy to forget him.

So the implication
is that Peggy lied

so that I could be on this case.

(Ito sighs)

This whole situation is toxic.

(clears throat)

All right, I don't want
there to be any insinuation

that we tried to keep
this contained,

so this conversation should
continue in open court.

Thank you. If you'll excuse me.

Your Honor.

(door opens, closes)

A concern has been raised

regarding the court's ability
to be fair and impartial.

It could be argued that
the court would not want

the court's wife
to be embarrassed.

And what's unfortunate

is that things are said
about people all the time,

things that are not accurate,

not kind, disparaging.

I love my wife dearly

and I am... wounded

by criticism of her,
as any spouse would be.

And, uh...

...I think that
it would be reasonable

to assume that...
that could have some impact.

Women who work in
male-dominated professions,

I think, are tougher than most.

And if they are successful,
they are almost always...

targets for this kind
of treatment.

There is also an argument
that this court, in ruling,

might be motivated to punish
Detective Fuhrman

for making these statements
about his wife.

So it cuts both ways.

This may be a conflict for me,
which could trigger a mistrial,

so... I think that another
judge has to determine

whether or not this case
can remain before this court.

(gallery exclaiming)

This is insane.

You couldn't get away
with this plot twist

in an airport
paperback.

CHRIS:
So... what should we do?

Chris, I've been thinking
about this constantly.

The problem is,
it's too risky.

If it's perceived
that we pushed for mistrial,

it would trigger
double jeopardy,

and in that version, O.J. walks.

Can you imagine
the public reaction?

What, you think
I wouldn't want a do-over?

I would love to do over
all of my mistakes.

Do over my life,

do over my marriage.

We have to plow forward.

Oh...

Your Honor, we don't want
to leave our court.

We fought to get the tapes.

They are hard evidence.

The district attorney's
star witness

was caught lying under oath.

He committed perjury.

Now, the part that relates
to the judge's wife

is very, very small.

And because we don't
want a mistrial,

we propose that the tapes
be given to Judge Ito

with that part redacted.

Well... I'm going
to require time

to review this constellation

of tapes and transcripts
and records.

Only after I have
a comprehensive understanding

can I make a decision.

(gallery murmuring)

(elevator bell dings)

Gotta wait for this judge to get
a "comprehensive understanding."

How long?
Things cannot be left to whim.

Cochran, you have
to trust the system.

We need to turn up the pressure.
Pressure?!

You want to turn up
the pressure?!

This city is about
to explode!

We have enough pressure!

Mmm...

I told you not to use Fuhrman!

Now, how many times
did I say it?

"He's damaged goods." I mean,
I said it and I said it,

but you just didn't
take me seriously.

You know,
you put me on this trial

because you wanted a black face,
but the truth is,

you never wanted a black voice.

(exhales)

JOHNNIE:
Good afternoon.

I'd like to introduce
members of our coalition.

Miss Geraldine Washington,

president of the local NAACP,

Mr. John Mack,
head of the Urban League,

Mr. Danny Bakewell
of the Brotherhood Crusade,

and the esteemed
Reverend Frank Higgins

of the Baptist Ministers
Conference.

Can we give them all
a round of applause

as our speaker of the hour
comes to the podium?

(applause, whoops)

We demand an immediate

federal and state investigation
of these tapes.

Right!
Yeah!
Yeah!

We demand full disclosure
to calm a community

unsettled by the reports
of their content.

Right.
Yeah!

It goes way beyond O.J.
Yeah!

People are angry

that these tapes confirm
what we've always known.

Yeah!
Yeah.

Racist officers
unjustly imprison,

beat and kill African-Americans

and other people of color.

(whooping)
My God, this is terrible.

I tried to stop him.

I want our leaders to listen

and to listen very carefully.

Release these tapes.

(cheering)

Because this community
is a powder keg

capable of repeating
the actions of 1992.

Release the tapes.
Release the tapes!

(chanting):
Release the tapes!
Release the tapes!

Jesus. Johnnie's threatening
another riot.

LEADER:
Release the tapes!

ALL:
Release the tapes!

Release the tapes!
Release the tapes!

LEADER: Release the tapes!
Release the tapes!

(chanting)

REPORTER:
In the O.J. Simpson trial,

the court handed down
a decision that Judge Ito

will be able to rule
on the Mark Fuhrman tapes.

A hearing is scheduled
for today

and a ruling is expected soon

on the highly controversial
and incendiary tapes.

Your Honor,

this issue can be decided
with dispatch.

We will present portions
of that transcript

that are relevant
to the credibility

of Detective Fuhrman.

30 occasions

in which he uses the word

"**n-word censored**" in a racially
offensive context

and which directly contradict

the testimony he presented
under oath.

And we will also present

an additional 17 extracts

where Detective Fuhrman speaks,
with personal experience,

about police misconduct,

planting of evidence,

commission of perjury,

and the presentation
of cover-ups

and false testimony

in court proceedings.

This is the hardest thing I've
ever had to do as a prosecutor.

I don't want to be
in the position

of defending Mark Fuhrman.

My job is to defend
Ron and Nicole.

The victims.

But the bottom line

is not Fuhrman.

It's the concrete evidence.

The defense just wants
to inflame the jury

so they forget about the facts
and vote emotionally.

I hope this very cynical view
will be proven wrong

and the jury will rise
to the occasion and say, "No.

We are going to look
at the evidence."

Because the rest of this stuff
is irrelevant.

I submit these cases--

numerous cases--

where racial epithets
were deemed immaterial.

I beg of you, Your Honor,

act on precedent.

Do not let the jurors
hear these tapes.

I am begging you from my soul.

♪ ♪

(one set of footsteps echoes)

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FUHRMAN:
Any **n-word censored** driving a Porsche
who doesn't have

a $300 suit on,
you can always stop...

Anything out
of a **n-word censored**'s mouth,

the first five
sentences is a lie.

People don't want Mexicans.
They don't want anybody

but good people.
LARRY KING: Doesn't Ito have

an impossible decision
on his hands?

EXPERT:
The judge has no choice.

He has to play the tapes.
They exist.

LARRY KING:
I don't envy the guy.

I mean, pardon my French,

but he-he's screwed either way.

All rise.

Department 103
is now in session,

the Honorable Lance A. Ito
presiding.

Good morning.

Over the recess,
I've had the opportunity

to contemplate
the issues at hand.

Now, I have not yet decided

what tape excerpts
are appropriate

for the jury to hear.

However, I think that there is

an overriding public interest

in the defense's offer.

And I don't want there to be
any impression

that the court would ever
suppress any information.

These tapes

have become a matter
of national concern.

Many entities

have asked
that they become public.

So what I'm going to suggest...

...is that the defense

play its presentation
to the court in its entirety.

(congregation clamoring)

"National concern"?
This is a double homicide,

Your Honor, not Iran-Contra!
JOHNNIE:
Ms. Clark?

The court in its wisdom
has made a determination.

Why do we have
to broadcast this?

Truth, Ms. Clark, the truth.

The court hides nothing
from the people.

The truth?
Nothing.

You've presented

a defense that is based
completely on lies

and deceptions!

Just teasing the public,

the media by throwing them

bits of the tapes.

Inflaming the public's passions
in an attempt

to exert political pressure
over His Honor.

In an attempt to pressure
the court into admitting

in the Fuhrman tapes.
Mr. Darden!

This case is a circus!

And the defense
has made it into a circus.

And the court has allowed them
to walk all over...

Mr. Darden, you are close
to being held in contempt!

Well, I should be held
in contempt!

(defense team laughing)

There is nothing funny here!

Mr. Darden.

Chris, calm down.

Don't.

ITO:
Mr. Darden!

Mr. Darden!

I am warning you.

A good piece of advice--

take three deep breaths,
then contemplate

what you are about to say next.

I would like counsel,
Your Honor.

All right, Mr. Darden,
you can have counsel.

Do you wish to call your counsel
at this time, Mr. Darden?

I would like to be heard
on behalf of Mr. Darden,

Your Honor.

Ms. Clark, do you represent

Mr. Darden in
this matter?

I don't know if I'm
legally entitled to.

But I would like
to be heard.

Mr. Darden is simply responding

to the unfair events that have
occurred in this courtroom today

and other days.

The court has been exploited

by counsel
for cross-purposes.

Ms. Clark,
I think perhaps

you need to take ten deep
breaths, for you also

are about to be held
in contempt.

Shall I take off
my watch and jewelry?

Your Honor?

Perhaps some of my comments
may have been, um,

uh, somewhat inappropriate.

I apologize to the court.

I meant no disrespect.

All right, Mr. Darden,
I accept your apology.

I apologize to you
for my reaction as well.

You and I have known each other
for a number of years,

and I know that your response
was out of character,

so thank you.

Thank you, Your Honor.

PROTESTORS:
No justice!

No peace!
No justice! No peace!

No justice!
No peace!

No justice! No peace!

No justice!
No peace!

No justice! No peace!

No justice!
No peace...

Yeah, yeah.

Let's go, after you.

No justice! No peace!

No justice!
No peace...

Thank you for coming.

Yes, no justice, no peace.

No justice,
no peace.

FUHRMAN: I had 66 allegations
of brutality.

Like, two of my buddies
were shot and ambushed.

I was first unit on the scene.

Four suspects ran into
an apartment in the projects.

We kicked the door down,
I grabbed a girl

that lived there,
grabbed her by the hair

and stuck a gun to her head,
and used her as a barricade.

I walked up and I said,
"I've got this girl.

"I'll blow
her dumning brains out

if you come out with a gun."

I held her, then I threw
she's down the stairs.

LAURA:
Can we use that in the story?

FUHRMAN (chuckles):
It hasn't been seven years.

Statute of limitations.

I have 300-something pages

of internal affairs
investigation

just on that one incident.

We basically tortured
those guys.

We broke their bones
until their faces were mush.

There was blood all the way
to the ceiling and finger marks,

like they were
trying to crawl out.

It was unbelievable--
there was blood everywhere.

How do you intellectualize

when you punch
the hell out of a **n-word censored**?

He either deserves it
or he doesn't.

Falsifying a report?
Whatever.

That's putting
a criminal in jail.

That's being a policeman.

Does that police station
have the smell of **n-word censored**?

They've been beaten and killed
in there for 30 years.

Immediately
after we beat those guys,

we found a garden hose
in the back.

We had blood all over us.

With a dark blue uniform,
you don't see it.

But we had to wash our hands.

It looked like red paint.

We cleaned our badges.

We cleaned our faces.

Then we went out
to direct traffic.

FRED (on TV):
What happened in there?

This is now the Fuhrman trial.

This is not a trial

about the man

that murdered my son!

We came to this court

months ago...

You know, I just
realized something.

What's that?

Mark Fuhrman's
initials are MF.

I guess that's funny.

But I don't feel like laughing.

(deep breath)

It seems like...

like it's all over.

Ito could save our asses.

He could decide
it's all irrelevant

and not let the
jurors hear anything.

Come on, Marcia.

They'll hear.

A couple conjugal visits
is all it takes.

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN (on TV):
...number of instances in which

he seems to be bragging about
the worst police misconduct.

He seems to be bragging
about the fact

that he is a bad police officer.

I'm so sorry
I didn't listen to you.

You deserved better.

I know I'm too stubborn.

I always refuse to back down.

It's a problem.

(both laugh)

I shouldn't have bet on Fuhrman.

Well...

if we're apologizing...

...then I'm sorry as
damn about those gloves.

Guess we should've
listened to each other.

I got some work to do.

JOHNNIE:
These tapes

expose the ugly reality
of the LAPD.

It can never again be denied.

And we only hope and pray
that Chief Williams

(knocking)

follows through
on his promise of change.

Eh, I trust that's
enough for your story.

And thank you.
What?

Ito is releasing
the decision.

(chuckles)
Yes.

Come on, come on, come on.

No, Give me.
Give me.

Give me.
No.

No.
No.

No, it's a nightmare.

Ito shafted us.

He's disallowing
all the beatings,

all the manufacture
of evidence.

My God, he's only
allowing in two sentences.

"We have no **n-word censored**
where I grew up.

And that's where
the **n-word censored** live."

All Ito cares about
is the perjury!
The perjury, yes!

Fuhrman testified
that he didn't say the word.

So two sentences
prove otherwise.

What about the other 13 hours?!

Uh, "The-The-Their value

"is overwhelmingly outweighed

by the danger
of undue prejudice."

"Prejudice"--
that's a damn of a word to use.

Bring the whole team down here

and call up every network!

Shawn, dry them tears, girl.
Let's go!

13 hours of tapes
down to two sentences.

In the history of
American jurisprudence, never...

Johnnie, stop!

You're turning this
into a referendum.

Now, granted,
it's a mixed decision,

but Ito's given us
enough to work with.

Bob, you're blind.

He's knocked out
the manufacturing of evidence.

That's what gets us
to the planted glove.

Now, look,
I appreciate your passion.

But we've been hired
to defend a client,

not to burn down a city.

Now, I'm sorry that
you're disappointed,
and I understand...

No, you don't!
That's impossible.

There is no way
you can understand

what this is like, Bob.

It's one of the cruelest,

unfairest decisions
ever rendered.

It lends credence
to all those who say

the criminal justice system
is corrupt.

Now, Judge Ito
is misleading this jury.

Now, all the world knows
who Mark Fuhrman really is,

except our jury.

Our jury will be left
in the dark.

O.J. Simpson has been
wrongly accused

and framed,
and the cover-up continues.

Now, I know that many people

share in our anger,

but the citizens of Los Angeles

should remain calm.

(footsteps approach,
ice cubes clink)

Here, baby.

Thank you.

I'm still trembling.

I'd...

I'd hoped to accomplish so much.

Johnnie... you have.

Johnnie,
you have.

Those two lines
say plenty.

I feel like I failed.

All those hours of tape

and the jury
will only hear 12 words.

But the world...

they heard the whole truth.

The damn with
O.J. Simpson.

He is an imperfect vessel,

but you... you...
got your message out there.

I'm proud of you, Johnnie.

(men and women shouting
indistinctly)

Boo!

(shouting)

We call Detective Mark Fuhrman

to resume the witness stand.

(camera shutters clicking)

(footsteps echoing)

♪ ♪

It's hard to be hated
by both sides.

It takes a man of
certain character.

ITO:
All right.
Good afternoon, Detective.

Good afternoon, Your Honor.

You are reminded, Detective,
that you are still under oath.

Mr. Cochran, you may proceed.
Thank you, Your Honor.

Detective Fuhrman,

was the testimony you gave

at the preliminary hearing
in this case

completely truthful?

I wish to assert
my Fifth Amendment privilege.

Detective Fuhrman, have you ever

falsified a police report?

I wish to assert
my Fifth Amendment privilege.

Detective Fuhrman,
is it your intention

to assert
your Fifth Amendment privilege

with respect to all questions
I may ask?

Yes.

Your Honor, may I have a moment?
Of course.

Thank you.

(whispering)

Your Honor,

can we curtail
this performance piece?

The witness
has already made clear

that he will not answer
any further questions.

Actually, Your Honor,

may I ask just
one last question?

Thank you.
Oh.

Detective Fuhrman...

did you plant or manufacture
any evidence in this case?

I assert
my Fifth Amendment privilege.

(gallery murmuring)

(clears throat quietly)

No further questions,
Your Honor.

Thank you.

(chuckles)

Johnnie is a genius!

Did you see
what happened in there?

(laughing):
Oh, man!

Fuhrman framed me!

He framed me!

That was something, huh?

That was a real success
for the defense.

Well, I won't be wearing these
much longer.

(laughing)

Oh, man,
that was magical!

Johnnie's got charisma, man.

Whoo!

Oh. That was something!

Oh!

(chuckling)

Bobby, have a good night, huh?

Wow...

Wow.

(cuffs clicking)

ASSISTANT:
Marcia!

I've been looking for you.

The ruling just came in.

The ruling?

What did Ito do now?

Ito? No.

The ruling on
your divorce.

I got primary custody.

So you got everything.

You want to make this
a black thing.

Well, I'm not black.
I'm O.J.!

ANNOUNCER:
The People v. O.J. Simpson.

All new,
Tuesdays at 10:00 on FX.

(shutter clicks)

I guess you never really
know a person, do you?

ANNOUNCER:
The Americans.

All new,
Wednesdays at 10:00 on FX.

ANNOUNCER: Thursdays.

How awesome is it
to be back doing
what we're best at?

(yawns)

MAN:
Archer!

-Aaah!
-Mmm.

Why the damn
are you naked?

It's after Labor Day.

Mr. Archer? Mr. Archer.

Boop. Sorry.
Had to take that.

ANNOUNCER: Archer.

Why does a divorce lawyer
have grenades?

'Cause they're
terrible people.
Whoo-hoo!

ANNOUNCER:
All new, Thursdays at 10:00.

On FX.

(crowd cheering)

MAN:
♪ Yeah ♪

♪ *** and drugs
and rock and roll, all right♪

♪ All right ♪