Bull (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Too Perfect - full transcript
Bull's ex and Benny's sister, a lifestyle maven is being sued when someone took one of her products died. Now the person died from an allergic reaction. Supposedly the thing that she's allergic to, is not in her product so she's being sued for maleficence. Bull offers to help but it's very poignant for him and Benny. Because the siblings have not spoken to each other in years. Bull learns that one of her staff may have cut some corners to meet some standards which is how the product may have been tainted. But he then takes a look at the victim and learns her husband may have reason to want her dead.
[♪ SEASIDE: GET, SET, GO]
♪ Go!
WOMAN: Good morning.
Let's wake up and start the day.
Now, first things first.
Make sure that you're making
healthy decisions for yourself.
And today I'll be
showing you how to make
my favorite morning
wake-up smoothie.
Let's do this.
Now, remember to get
45 minutes of exercise,
and, you know, switch it up
so that you don't get bored.
Think carefully about what
you wanna achieve today.
Then open your arms and
get ready to greet the day.
And after this nutritious
breakfast and that intense workout,
you'll be ready for any
obstacle that comes your way.
[GASPS FOR BREATH]
Time to wake up.
Mmm. Oh, my gosh, it's so good.
♪ Get, set, go!
WOMAN: Bella Colón Brands
would like to express our condolences
to the family of Olivia Brooks.
But I cannot let these
charges against my company...
My name is George
Brooks. And I'm here today
to let you know that Isabella
Colón and her lifestyle company
are 100% culpable for
my wife Olivia's death,
and we'll prove that in court.
Their irresponsible
business practices
killed my wife and put other
people across the country at risk.
ISABELLA: We are absolutely
not culpable for Mrs. Brooks' death.
Mmm.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.
When was the last time you
bought me a $47 glass of Scotch?
- I don't remember.
- Never.
You have never done that.
Especially before meeting a client.
Are you nervous too? I knew it.
It's like you're gearing up to ask
me to take my daughter to the prom.
Well, you don't have a
daughter. You do have a sister.
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no. No way.
Come on, you... You really
wanna represent your ex-wife?
I wanna represent your
sister. Her lawyer called.
And they need us. She's being sued,
for gross negligence, wrongful death.
And the plaintiff's
hired a top firm.
Suing her for 60 million,
punitive damages.
That's gonna bankrupt
Izzy. It'll destroy her.
You know that she hasn't really
spoken to me in three years?
Well, you did turn
down her job offer.
Three years without talking to
someone you were very close to.
Living in the same city means it's
more than just you turning down a job.
Bull, come on, don't... don't do this.
Don't use this trial to try to fix us.
There are ten other firms
out there that she could hire.
None of 'em are as good
as us and you know that.
We're taking this case, Benny.
Relax. Today we're
just meeting the lawyer.
Uh-oh.
♪ Let's get together
♪ Let's turn things around
♪ Make our lives better...
Just the lawyer, huh?
Supposed to be.
Ha-ha. Izzy.
- How are you, sis?
- Benny.
Punctual as always and
full of surprises as always.
- It's been too long, boys.
- Yeah.
So... what happened
to your lawyer?
You really thought I would let
someone else handle our first meeting?
Hell of a situation you've
gotten yourself into.
Thank you for the sympathy, but there's
zero chance it was my company's fault.
We have the strictest
safety standards.
- Nothing gets by me.
- That I believe.
Olivia's death presented
as a heart attack,
so her husband George
didn't suspect any foul play.
But then the autopsy
came back a week later
saying that she'd actually
died of anaphylactic shock
from exposure to bee pollen.
Olivia and George
knew about her allergy.
They avoided anything with that
ingredient. They kept the house clean.
- No traces were found anywhere.
- Except in the Bella Colón smoothie.
There was some left over and it
came back positive for bee pollen.
George's lawyers are arguing
that some of it found its way
into the Bella powder
during its processing.
- And since it's a civil case...
- They don't need reasonable doubt.
They just need five
out of the six jurors
to agree that it's likely the
pollen came from the powder.
- What about the other packets?
- In a landfill somewhere.
We need an alternative theory
about where that pollen came from.
I'll deep-dive into Olivia.
And I will interview our client's
suppliers and employees.
And should I call her Izzy?
OK. Would you all like to ask
the question you are dying to ask?
Isabella Colón,
she's your ex-wife.
We just wanna make sure
that you're OK with this.
- Are you OK?
- She was my wife for two years.
She is now our client.
More importantly,
she's Benny's sister
and they're not exactly
getting along right now,
so we are gonna do everything
in our power to help them.
Get it? Good.
This is professional, OK?
How much of that was genuine and
how much of that was straight-up denial?
I don't think they're
mutually exclusive.
- Yikes.
- Awkward.
BENNY: She's a celebrity,
the one who tells you
making your bed in the morning
will somehow make your day better.
Now, personally, I never
made my bed as a kid.
It's true. He's been waiting
30 years to get that dig in.
It's not a dig, and we
can't ignore your fame.
It is going to have a
significant impact on the jury.
In a good or bad way?
Depends on the juror, and that
is what we're here to find out.
Well, these people
seem to like me.
Oh, here's my team.
Dr. Bull, you know
Christopher Franklin,
lead outside counsel
for Bella Colón Brands
and my attorney in this case.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Oh, this is my brother, Benny.
- Hi.
- He's a lawyer too.
Well, no, actually, he was a lawyer,
and now he's a... a mock lawyer?
OK, Isabella, always the older
sister. Benny's tried hundreds of cases.
How familiar are
you with trial science?
Very. I knew we needed every
tool in the arsenal for this case,
so I advised Isabella to put the
past aside and let me call you up.
Good advice to us all.
WOMAN: Oh, sorry.
Our distributor in Wisconsin was
trying to raise the price per unit
on our line of yoga gear.
- And I bet you didn't let him.
- Mm-mm.
- You remember Alison, my COO?
- Of course. Good to see you.
Hardest working person I'd ever
met, and I see you still hold the title.
You know what we say at
Bella. "Busy with what I love."
We'll be putting you on the stand to
walk the jury through safety protocols,
and as Izzy's friend, you
will be her character witness.
Of course. Franklin says that
this is a "lose the company" case.
Only if the other side wins.
- Oh, boy, what's that smell?
- Eucalyptus.
Cable asked for some
advice for her back pain,
so I set up a few
essential-oil diffusers.
On an unrelated matter,
remind me to fire Cable later.
I can't believe you
still live in your office.
Funny story, I had
a bed and a home,
but two and a half years ago, a bunch
of lawyers came and gave them to you.
Funny story, when we were
married, you often slept in the office.
Only when I had a case.
I'm just saying, I
think it's your choice.
I love what I do, and I love
not having to justify it to anyone.
And can you please stop
with the folding of... because...
It's fine. I'm sorry.
You didn't come here
to fix my office ambience
and certainly
not here to fix me.
I'm here to help you, right?
So... how are you handling this?
- I'm fine.
- You're not fine.
You've been tapping your finger
against your leg like a crazy person.
All right, you see, this is
exactly what I don't need.
I don't need psychoanalysis.
I need trial science.
You know, I may be innocent,
but I've heard you say often enough
that the facts don't matter,
it's how the jurors see you, so...
Um, about that, uh... there's
something you should see.
- Our most recent mock jury.
- Oh, I'm a big fan of Isabella's.
Her lemon cake is my
go-to choice for potlucks.
- It's always a hit.
- And she's so put together.
I wish I could
pull off her look.
She's totally flawless.
What exactly is the problem?
- Liable.
- Liable.
Oh, she's definitely
guilty, I mean liable.
OK, that doesn't make sense.
They're not judging the
case. They're judging you.
But they just said that
they were fans of mine.
They feel like Isabella
sets an impossible standard.
So even while they praise
her products and advice,
they seem to hate her
for being too perfect.
People can't take having
two conflicting feelings.
It's cognitive dissonance.
So they have to settle on one.
If they declare Izzy liable, it
makes her seem less perfect.
Is it like this
across the board?
Think of it like a
love/hate relationship.
You eventually settle on hate
because you can't take feeling so much
affection for someone you can't stand.
- Are we still talking about the jury?
- People love to hate you.
BENNY: Well,
this is a first for me.
I've never seen a jury have a
love/hate relationship with a client.
Well, how do we change
that? What do we have to do?
Give the people what they want.
We're gonna take you down
a notch, so they won't have to.
First physically, with
Chunk. And then emotionally.
We're gonna muddy you
up, show your vulnerability.
ALISON: Isabella's
image is her brand.
It's aspirational. It
inspires a better life.
- If we make her look bad, then...
- Not bad. Just human.
Look, you either trust the strategy
or there's no point in hiring us.
If you want, we
can sit this one out
and help you with the
bankruptcy proceedings.
You'll get the family
discount for that one.
OK. I get it.
But it must be rough, though.
I'm one of six and, sure, we drive
each other crazy, but we're tight.
If I only had one sibling
and we weren't talking...
Aren't we here
to try on clothes?
I'm full service. I can dress
you up, talk family dynamics.
Well, let's just
stick to the clothes.
- Except not those.
- But that's the whole point.
Bull wants you
more approachable.
Would you approach me in this?
Look, I get it. I
read your blog.
I know it sounds frivolous,
but so many people,
they walk around wearing uniforms
and aren't able to express who they are
because they're scared or they
just don't have the confidence.
You give them self-esteem.
- Thank you.
- You still have to try these on.
First look.
What? She'd never wear
that. Who is she trying to be?
Is she, like, mocking
regular people with that outfit?
No. No. No, of course
not. How about this one?
WOMAN: Now,
that's Isabella Colón.
I wonder how much plastic surgery it
would take to make me look like that.
BULL: Chunk!
Guys, excuse me
for just a second, OK?
See if this helps.
- Are you sure about this?
- Give it a try.
Hmm. How about... this one?
- She looks different.
- Well, how do you feel about it?
I like it. I mean, she
looks comfortable.
Yeah. Much more
chill. I'm a fan.
All right.
You look the same.
OK, what did he do?
It's what we didn't do.
Makeup, barely any of it.
Creates the ineffable
feeling of accessibility,
particularly among strangers.
And she's beautiful
enough to carry it off.
BENNY: All right, noted.
No makeup in court for Izzy.
Let's get down to voir dire.
I have a questionnaire prepared.
It's standard for defendants
with a large media presence.
It'll identify who on the jury
likes Isabella and who doesn't.
Well, finding people
who like Izzy isn't enough.
Our whole problem is
with the love/hate dynamic.
People will say they like Izzy,
but then they'll hold her liable.
Who do we target, huh?
For those who've
never heard of her,
we wanna find the people
who aren't quick to blame.
And for those who do know who she
is, we wanna root out the perfectionists.
Like I said, they'll
say they like Izzy...
But they'll secretly resent her
for holding them to a
standard that they can't meet.
- How much are you enjoying this?
- More than I should be.
Of course I know who she is.
I make her gilded fruit
centerpiece every Thanksgiving.
How do Sara's centerpieces look?
MARISSA: Well, she's not
exactly the Da Vinci of tablescaping.
More like the Tower of Pisa.
BULL: So, she can't
meet Izzy's standards.
- Great, so she secretly hates me?
- No, not necessarily.
Depends on the captions.
Uh, #Nailedlt, #LOL,
#MaybeNextTime.
They're hilarious.
- Acceptable, Your Honor.
- Wait. What just happened?
We move fast. Keep up.
BULL: Sara can joke
about her failures.
She's not a perfectionist, so she's
not likely to resent your perfection.
- You've never even heard her name?
- I don't know.
- Has she ever been on ESPN?
- Have you?
Missed opportunity.
You could help linebackers with their
dinner parties during the off-season.
Carlos, have you ever
tried online dating?
Sure. In this city, who hasn't?
- And how did those dates go for you?
- Honestly, not great.
I guess I haven't clicked with anyone
yet. But that's just blind luck, right?
Acceptable to the
defense, Your Honor.
- Boom.
- JUDGE: You may continue, counselor.
I suppose you have an
explanation for that selection.
- Or you wanna date Carlos.
- I could do worse.
He's not a blamer,
so he doesn't hold the dating sites
accountable when he strikes out.
So he'll be less likely to blame
you for Olivia's accidental death.
WOMAN: Don't know her, sorry.
With three kids under ten,
the only celebrity I see regularly
is Dora the Explorer.
Leslie's up. She's
never heard of Izzy.
- She might be right for our last slot.
- OK.
High-school principal,
divorced. Oh, but it was amicable.
The court records indicate
they used mediation.
So she's not inclined to place
blame unnecessarily. That's good.
And yet you two notice
anything funny about her?
- Yeah. Are those my...?
- Peacock feather earrings.
- She followed your step-by-step video.
- She lied about being a fan of mine?
She wanted in on the jury
but thought she'd get struck if
she admitted to knowing you.
Problem is we can't trust her. We
don't know what her motives are.
Yeah.
- Acceptable to the defense.
- No. Franklin...
That should do it. Thank
you, everyone, for your time.
Looks like we've got our jury.
I'm going to read everyone...
What's the issue? She fit
all the criteria you gave me.
- Marissa.
- Right here, Bull.
Have Cable and
Danny focus on Leslie.
The secret fan and possible
perfectionist could be trouble.
Do you have a sec?
Hey.
You know, in the future, we're
gonna have implants in our heads,
so you won't have to hold
that thing up to your ear.
It's usually not this bad. Just
right now our capital is low, so...
Izzy is 24/7, right?
Trust me, I understand.
If you wanna talk
about it, I'm here, OK?
OK.
DANNY: Hey, Bull.
Hey. How are the
company interviews going?
Well, Alison is a tireless
worker, a loyal number two
and would die for Isabella.
Look into her correspondence.
Let's focus on Alison.
You got it.
IZZY: God, that was
rough. I'm really starving.
BENNY: It's downtown. There's plenty
of places you can get something to eat.
What about that Puerto Rican place in
the East Village for dinner, remember?
We can go there and
discuss the jury results.
I should get back to trial prep. I'm
still tweaking the opening remarks.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, thanks for the offer.
Hey. I know this rooftop place.
I haven't been there in a
while, but they serve cheap beer.
♪ When you look in my eyes...
[SIGHS]
Izzy, I forgot how
much I love your roof.
I know.
I was just thinking about...
you remember when Benny
confronted me up here?
If you recall, I
was just chilling.
I had a little cozy
blanket, nice bottle of wine.
Oh, yeah, no, he cracked it open
and he asked you what
your intentions were with me.
And then he finished
the bottle of wine.
You guys were so close. Big sister.
He wanted to follow in your footsteps.
You guys cared so much
about each other, and...
- Must be hard to have lost that.
- Don't.
I'm just saying, I know how
important family is to both of you.
Well, work is my family. I
have Alison and Franklin.
Franklin. Give me a break.
Franklin's nice, but
he's in it for the money.
And Alison is so overworked. I mean,
looks like she hasn't slept in a month.
I think she may be
hiding something too.
OK, stop it. I trust Alison.
She's not just my COO.
She's also my closest friend.
So don't ruin that the way that you
ruined my relationship with Benny.
- So you think I ruined that?
- Hmm!
That's interesting. Why do you
think he didn't accept your job offer?
Because you got in his head
and you convinced him to.
Oh!
You and Benny have a
complicated relationship.
No, we have a
complicated relationship.
So stop trying to pass the
buck to Alison and Benny,
because the truth is that we
just don't work well together.
I mean, this is our
marriage all over again.
You just... You can't stop
digging and analyzing.
You know, when I first met
you, you were so blindly confident
and passionate and opinionated.
I really liked that about you.
Trust me, I've
been wrong before.
- But not about this.
- This is exactly my point.
We clearly cannot work on this
case without it getting personal,
and wasn't it just bad
enough the first time around?
Tomorrow I'm gonna go
and I'm gonna get a new firm,
and I'm sorry, Jason.
Goodbye.
- I'm a high-school principal.
- I'm a high-school principal.
- I'm a drummer in a punk rock band.
- I'm a drummer in a punk band.
- I write freelance articles.
- I write freelance articles.
- Our mirror jury's set.
- Except we don't have a client.
So I'm not sure why we'll
need a jury, mirror or otherwise.
I can't believe
my sister fired you.
- Temporarily.
- She divorce you temporarily too?
We must protect this
client from herself.
[BENNY GROANS]
This is exactly what Izzy wants,
for me to come begging to her,
to take me back, to help her.
Have you ever considered
that you hurt her feelings?
You rejected her, and we
both know she's not used to that.
All right, I'll try to get her
back. Can't promise it'll go well.
Well, it can't go any worse.
How'd you find me?
'Cause this is where you go when you
need quiet, which is ironic, because...
- This place is loud.
- No.
Because when I was
studying for my LSATs,
I sat right over there and you
constantly yelled over my shoulder.
And you got a 180.
- Why are you here?
- Izzy, come on.
This is a really tough case
and I want you to succeed.
I wouldn't even be in
this situation if it wasn't...
- Forget it.
- What?
- No.
- What?
Why are you shaking
your head like that? What?
OK, fine. If you would've come
to work with me in the first place.
Oh, God.
Izzy, come on.
You're still on that?
- I would've been Alison right now.
- What's wrong with Alison?
- Did Bull tell you to say that?
- No. No, I came to my own conclusions.
All right? As I can tell,
working for you is hard as hell.
Would've been damn near
impossible as your little brother.
- No, you don't know that.
- Oh, yeah, I know that.
I've known that ever since
the sixth grade, in San Juan,
when you laid out my
outfits every morning.
I mean, come on. Law
school, the DA's office.
That was all your idea, what
you thought was best for me.
It was just... just time
I went out on my own.
But you didn't.
You ended up working
for him, my ex-husband.
Do you think it was just a
coincidence that he offered you the job
right after we got divorced?
He wanted to win and he
did, because he got you.
I'm not a pawn. He didn't
get me. I didn't choose sides.
You just can't handle that
I was choosing for myself
and for once I wasn't your doting
little brother doing exactly what you said.
Benny, do whatever
you want with your life.
I just... I know you. That's
why I could advise you.
Look, Izzy...
what matters is that I'm
happy now, you know?
I joined TAC because
it's an amazing job.
You know, we help people,
innocent people like you.
If you'd just let us.
- BULL: Did you get our client back?
- Honestly, I have no idea. I tried.
How is the jury we picked?
Well, we got four
jurors in the red,
engaged in love/hate
with Izzy's public persona.
Especially Leslie, who's
our covert perfectionist.
- But there's still two on the fence.
- BULL: Sara and Carlos.
They'll be swayed as long as
we provide a plausible alternative
as to where the
bee pollen originated.
And our dear Cable
may have the answer
in her eucalyptus-inspired
update on Olivia's routine.
Not quite, but behold the
dark side of perfectionism.
Turns out that three
weeks before Olivia's death,
she became pretty obsessive
about following Isabella's advice.
BULL: 6:00 to 6:30,
organize canned goods.
6:30 to 6:45, meditate.
So she started all of this just
three weeks before her death.
BULL: Means something
specific inspired her to start this up.
IZZY: It's time
for court, right?
I should get a raise and be
fired for bringing her back.
Love/hate.
A lab report confirming there
was bee pollen in the smoothie
and Bella's
vitamin-infused powder,
a mixture of ingredients
made in a factory
where cross-contamination
with bee pollen is very possible.
I guess Miss Perfect
actually messed something up.
Isabella seems
nice enough to me.
I like her makeup. Very natural.
Doesn't bee pollen enhance sex?
Now, the defense will say
we couldn't test the packet,
so we can't prove that that's
where the pollen originated.
But when you see snow on the ground,
you know that it came from the sky.
- Well, you were right.
- Good.
I caught Juror Carlos leaving
Juror Sara's apartment at 7am
in yesterday's clothes.
BULL: Oh. Romance
is good for our case.
Sara and Carlos will be in
a better mood, more open,
and they'll vote as a team.
Have we ever had
jurors hook up before?
Oh, yes. It happens
more often than you think.
If two jurors are sleeping
together, it affects the whole jury.
Our job is to create the same
dynamic between our mirror jurors,
otherwise we're flying blind.
- And how is that going, Chunk?
- Feels like a zoo experiment.
I put Mirror Carlos next
to Mirror Sara. Nothing.
Marissa said that their profiles are a
96% match to the real Carlos and Sara.
They should be engaged by now.
BULL: Proximity doesn't
necessarily create sparks.
What was it with you
and Izzy, if I may ask?
Huh.
It was December 3rd, Union
Square, my favorite bakery.
She walked in covered in snow,
dumped most of it on my raspberry Danish,
and we just looked
at each other.
She didn't apologize, but
she did buy me a crescent.
It was delicious. And that was
it, our moment of connection.
And if we can find Sara and
Carlos's moment of connection, boom.
Let's say it was
dusty in the jury box.
Sara sneezes, Carlos hands
her a handkerchief, they lock eyes.
In 1925. Carlos is into punk
rock. I doubt he carries a hankie.
MARISSA: We have
to get them together
or our mirror jury won't
accurately reflect the real one.
We tracked the jurors' entire day.
Not a single moment of connection.
They were chosen in voir dire.
The judge gave the jury instructions.
- They were specifically told...
- Wait. Whoa.
- That's it.
- What?
Their jury instructions.
The judge instructed them not
to fraternize, said it was forbidden.
Let's think about
these profiles.
These two are mischievous
and they enjoy keeping secrets.
The forbidden nature of their
relationship sparked a sense of danger.
But with the mirrors,
we put them together.
It's time to give our mirror
jurors new instructions.
As for our real jurors, we need to
give them an explanation for the pollen.
DANNY: Which I might have.
So I looked into the factory and
all their correspondence with Alison,
like you asked, and got
a flawless safety record.
I'm sensing a "but."
But their factory only puts
out a thousand boxes a week.
So why was there a week when Bella
Colón Brands received 2,000 boxes?
And that was the shipment that
produced Olivia's tainted packet?
- Mm-hm.
- Well...
OK, time to bring in
COO Alison for mock trial.
We always use the same factory
in Wisconsin for the vitamin packets.
Hmm. And you're the one who's
in charge of the supply chain, right?
Yes, but... I try really hard
to make sure that all of our shipments
are, um, coming in time, and...
Alison, it's OK.
I understand how this happened,
how Izzy kind of made this happen.
She holds everyone to
an impossible standard.
She holds herself
to that standard.
That's why she's
so successful, right?
Maybe, but it can't
be easy for you,
'cause you know how
hard you're working,
and you're doing everything you can,
but she keeps pushing and pushing.
Yeah, that's true.
So when she asked
you to double production
and you knew the factory couldn't
handle it, what did you tell her?
I, uh...
I didn't tell her.
I didn't wanna
disappoint her, so...
so I went to another
factory just that one time.
Alison, tell me you didn't.
It was the only way to
keep up with your schedule.
All I knew is I had to
get the shipment in time.
The plaintiff's attorney also
discovered the second factory,
and they've got proof that they process
other products containing bee pollen,
so we might have to settle.
But we don't know there was
cross-contamination for sure.
I think we should consider
the possibility that...
OK, you know, Franklin,
can you just give us a minute?
Thank you.
- Sorry.
- You're not sorry.
You knew about
Alison, so... Forget it.
It's OK to feel guilty.
And it's OK to feel sad.
What if I'm really the
reason that Olivia's dead?
There's no proof of that yet,
and we are gonna find
out what really happened.
But how... how could I not have
seen that Alison was cracking and...?
Was that what I was
like in our marriage?
Did I just push
you away like that?
I think that's on both of us.
OK, look, I know I
have high standards,
but I honestly just
don't get why that's bad.
The problem is you
push people away,
when you demand
more than they can give.
I could really lose
everything here.
We're not gonna let that happen.
You guys doing some
post-marriage marital counseling?
- It's hard to say with her.
- Yeah, no kidding.
You get swept up in what she's saying
and then you think about it later and...
Like what?
She said you only hired me so
that you could win the divorce.
Come on, Benny.
- MARISSA: I already told you once.
- Uh-oh.
Fraternizing among fellow
mirror jurors is not allowed.
This is breaking
a cardinal rule.
You were right. We got the
mirror love birds together.
But it won't matter
once they find out
that Izzy outsourced
to that other factory.
They'll blame her for the
contamination and we'll lose.
Unless someone else is to blame.
Cable, you said you
found something?
So, you told me
to dig into Olivia,
why she got so obsessive
with all that lifestyle advice
three weeks before her death,
and it turns out... she suspected
her husband was cheating.
Meet Katrina.
George had scrubbed their
entire online correspondence, but...
I recovered it.
I think that Olivia was working
so hard to win George back.
Our sympathetic plaintiff just
became a philandering husband
with a possible
motive for murder.
Let's get Katrina in here now.
KATRINA: I'm not
sure how I can help.
Why don't you tell me
a little bit about George?
- Did you know he was married?
- We sparked immediately.
- How did you meet your wife Olivia?
- A wedding.
We were seated next to
each other at the singles table
and just had that
immediate spark.
He said the spark was gone with Olivia.
He complained about her constantly.
She was gaining weight.
Her cooking was awful.
Olivia was perfect.
BULL: And how did he treat you?
Great... at first.
Then he started to pick at my
flaws, just like Olivia, so I broke it off.
But then he called,
said he was leaving her.
- When was that?
- A week before Olivia died.
Interesting. How would you
like to join me in court today?
Olivia and I were so
careful about her allergy.
That pollen came
from Bella's powder.
[DOOR OPENS]
FRANKLIN: Mr. Brooks, given that
your mistress has decided to join us
and is now sitting
in this courtroom,
do you wanna risk
the threat of perjury
or will you answer
the question honestly?
Were you or were you
not having an affair?
MARISSA: Bringing in
George's mistress really helped.
It turned these two for us.
They bought George as a
plausible source of that pollen.
Well, I hate to be rooting for murder,
but it's better than gross negligence.
Actually, we're in the
clear. Danny just called.
That backup factory
that did the extra order
has a perfect
quality-control rating
and the foreman is willing
to testify if we need him.
So Alison's off the
hook for that mistake.
Unfortunately, George
and Olivia's marital drama
has soured the spark
between Sara and Carlos.
They are convinced
that love is imperfect.
Then they look at Izzy
and they see perfect,
which makes them
wanna blame her.
So if we don't put these two back
together, we may lose this case.
We could bounce 'em. If they slept
together, they discussed the case.
That's grounds for dismissal.
No, then the jury would speculate
about who ratted the lovers out.
Who would get blamed?
- ♪ De-de de-de ding!
- BULL: Gold star, Ms. Colón.
So, we've lost Sara and Carlos and
we still don't have perfectionist Leslie,
because she wants to take you
down a peg for being too perfect.
So, we need to make
Isabella seem less perfect
and get Sara and Carlos
back together again.
I don't know if we need
a Shakespearean sonnet
or an episode of The
Young and the Restless.
Maybe a little bit of both. Would
you like to get a drink with me?
♪ Baby, meet me
on the dance floor...
Three olives, never one or two.
It's the aesthetic. It
represents perfect balance.
Ah.
You feel you need to
have that in your martini
'cause you don't
have it in real life?
IZZY: I thought you were gonna
work on less psychoanalyzing.
- Isn't that Isabella Colón?
- Less reactive and controlling.
- Excuse me?
- Oh, my God, it is.
BULL: Izzy, don't start.
IZZY: Don't throw our
sessions back in my face
just because you're
Mr. Three PhDs.
OK, please, inside voice.
Don't you patronize me!
What the hell is this? I thought
Isabella was out discussing the plan.
Uh, this is the plan.
- IZZY: Let's hear them.
- You enjoy controlling order.
Oh. OK, great.
Now it's all my fault.
To have a public
fight with her ex?
This is the last thing
she needs right now.
Actually, given the juror map,
this is exactly what she needs:
public humiliation, a laundry list
of her personal faults all going viral.
- It's the best way to humanize her.
- You're a narcissistic ass-hat.
- You scripted this?
- Right down to the sarcastic clap.
BULL: The name calling is...
He's a little too good at that.
I'm sorry, but I have no desire
to tamper with a jury like this.
We're not. The
jurors aren't there.
But if this happens to go viral,
if certain jurors happen to check
their favorite social media sites,
which we know
they've been doing...
- Then it's on them, not us.
- Has Isabella agreed to all this?
Well, she... agreed in concept.
I don't think that she was aware
that Bull's about to go off-script.
That's why your
relationships always fail
and that's why you're
so unhappy, Izzy.
- What?
- Am I wrong?
And there it is. Surprising her was
the only way to get a real reaction.
The jurors hated
her for being perfect,
but once they see her
vulnerable like this...
The jury won't feel the need to
find her liable and knock her down.
What are you...
What are you doing?
Why are you talking quietly?
Why are you off-script?
I'm being honest.
For once, maybe we
should... both try being honest.
- MARISSA: Wait. They're still talking.
- BENNY: I thought Bull was finished.
FRANKLIN: I can't
hear what they're saying.
I... You pushed me away.
You never really loved me.
You just... You studied me,
like if I was one of your subjects.
I just wanted to
know the real you.
And I think you were afraid that
I would just discover your faults.
But that's what I needed, Izzy.
I needed... all of
you to love you.
And I did love you, Izzy.
The baby, the miscarriage...
I know. That was hard.
I'm sorry about what happened.
I wanted a family too.
FRANKLIN: What
is that all about?
MARISSA: I don't
know. I couldn't hear it.
BENNY: Well, whatever it was, that's
the most vulnerable I've ever seen her.
So... mission accomplished?
♪ People, people
Don't you understand
♪ All I ever wanted
was to be part of your plan
♪ People, people
Thought you all should know
♪ Swallowed all your medicine
♪ Was not up in the plan at all
That's because halfway was
not ever gonna be far enough.
BENNY: Think our
plan may be working.
Danny said Carlos and
Sara met up this morning.
If they're back to happy,
they'll vote as a team
and be less likely
to blame Izzy.
And more open to
your closing argument.
BENNY: Correct.
Good.
I couldn't hear a thing,
but you and Bull looked
pretty upset during your fight.
You OK?
I will be, eventually.
Oh, and you know what?
On that note... you were right.
I was what? Did
I just hear right?
I was what? I was what?
- I know, I'm impossible.
- Can you repeat that, please?
- I couldn't hear you.
- OK, OK. Look.
Growing up, I gave
you advice because...
I just... I saw how high you
could go. You were that talented.
And I don't think I ever
just stopped and asked you
if those were the
plans that you wanted.
'Cause you're my little brother.
And believe me, it... took me a while
to see myself in any other way too.
I'm sorry.
Truth is I... I don't know
where I'd be without you.
- Not a lawyer, not working here.
- No.
- Not that you need my approval.
- Mm-hm.
But you got it.
- As long as you win this case.
- Oh, that's it, huh?
- That's it.
- All right.
BENNY: OK, Franklin, you'll start
the close with one simple word:
imperfection.
We do everything
we can to mask it.
With online profiles that
make our lives seem fantastic.
With beauty routines
that hide our flaws.
And when something goes wrong,
with finding someone else to blame.
OK, at this point,
move in closer to Izzy.
FRANKLIN: Yes, she's made a career
out of creating an image of perfection.
But that doesn't mean
that she's perfect.
If she's guilty of something,
it's that she works too hard.
She tries too hard to help
people achieve more in their lives.
Now, this has helped her to
create an amazing company,
but Isabella will
be the first to admit
it has not made her good at
maintaining personal relationships,
especially with those
she cares about the most.
- I didn't write that.
- Neither did I.
FRANKLIN: Before you
blame her for this tragedy
simply because it feels
good to blame someone,
remember the legal
question before you.
Has the plaintiff produced
a single shred of proof
that Isabella is responsible?
No, which means
you must find her...
REPORTER: not liable, and
that's exciting news for Isabella fans.
She's officially not responsible
for the death of Olivia Brooks,
ending a difficult lawsuit
for the famous lifestyle guru.
Kristin Goodwin
reporting. Back to you.
BULL: Katrina.
Hey. Thanks for meeting me.
You were so integral to this case.
Happy to help. I'm
excited to meet Isabella.
Where is she? I'm a big fan.
Oh, I know. You'd
literally kill to meet her.
George told you that he was
gonna leave his wife and be with you.
That was just a
fairy tale, wasn't it?
So you decided to help things
along by slipping into Olivia's drink
the one thing you knew
she was deathly allergic to.
- This is ridiculous.
- But it got us a warrant.
You said you had keys to their
house for your romantic trysts.
And your boss said you were late
to work the morning of Olivia's death.
I can only wonder what
the police have found.
Traces of bee pollen on a
shirt that, thanks to social media,
they can prove Katrina wore
the day that she was late to work.
Come with me. You have
the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.
[CHUCKLES]
- Hmm.
- That smells nice.
Katrina's been arrested.
[SIGHS]
Well, I'm happy it has
nothing to do with my company,
but... I still feel
awful about Olivia.
Olivia wasn't following your
advice to win George back.
I had Danny and Cable
continue the deep-dive.
She was leaving
George, starting a new life.
And you, with your
advice, inspired her.
Thank you.
For that and for Benny.
We're talking again.
Good. He and I
need to do the same.
Settle a few things.
You remember how we started?
Forbidden love.
- A lot like your jurors.
- Then we were off to Puerto Rico.
To meet your parents
and tell them about us.
Mmm.
And then the end.
I didn't know how to
handle losing our baby.
Forgive me for not
knowing how to help you.
That's the most
powerless I've ever felt.
No...
I know you tried.
I didn't need you to heal me.
I needed you to mourn with me.
It was the only way I knew how.
It still is.
Fatal flaw.
Hey, I thought you said
this was about trial science.
- Yeah, I did say that, didn't I?
- Mm-hm.
But you were right.
It was more than that.
It always is with you.
♪ I don't know who's
gonna kiss you when I'm gone
♪ So I'm gonna love
you now like it's all I have
♪ I know it'll kill
me when it's over
♪ I don't wanna think about
it I want you to love me now
♪ I don't know who's
gonna kiss you when I'm gone
♪ So I'm gonna love
you now like it's all I have...
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Ah, two overpriced
Scotches in one case.
Must have won a big
payday in Izzy's trial, huh?
Well, this isn't about
Izzy. It's about us.
- Rest of the team's not coming.
- Oh. So I'm being fired.
Well, it's a classy
way to go out.
- The answer is no.
- Sorry?
No, I didn't hire you
to win the divorce.
I hired you because you're you
and you're the best at what you do,
and I knew that
after my divorce,
there was one lasting part of
my marriage I wanted to hold onto.
Oh, you thought I
meant our friendship?
- Mm-hm.
- Sorry. That's awkward.
I meant that antique clock in
Izzy's dining room. I want that.
- You want that?
- Yeah.
I hate that damn
clock. It's yours.
♪ Go!
WOMAN: Good morning.
Let's wake up and start the day.
Now, first things first.
Make sure that you're making
healthy decisions for yourself.
And today I'll be
showing you how to make
my favorite morning
wake-up smoothie.
Let's do this.
Now, remember to get
45 minutes of exercise,
and, you know, switch it up
so that you don't get bored.
Think carefully about what
you wanna achieve today.
Then open your arms and
get ready to greet the day.
And after this nutritious
breakfast and that intense workout,
you'll be ready for any
obstacle that comes your way.
[GASPS FOR BREATH]
Time to wake up.
Mmm. Oh, my gosh, it's so good.
♪ Get, set, go!
WOMAN: Bella Colón Brands
would like to express our condolences
to the family of Olivia Brooks.
But I cannot let these
charges against my company...
My name is George
Brooks. And I'm here today
to let you know that Isabella
Colón and her lifestyle company
are 100% culpable for
my wife Olivia's death,
and we'll prove that in court.
Their irresponsible
business practices
killed my wife and put other
people across the country at risk.
ISABELLA: We are absolutely
not culpable for Mrs. Brooks' death.
Mmm.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.
When was the last time you
bought me a $47 glass of Scotch?
- I don't remember.
- Never.
You have never done that.
Especially before meeting a client.
Are you nervous too? I knew it.
It's like you're gearing up to ask
me to take my daughter to the prom.
Well, you don't have a
daughter. You do have a sister.
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no. No way.
Come on, you... You really
wanna represent your ex-wife?
I wanna represent your
sister. Her lawyer called.
And they need us. She's being sued,
for gross negligence, wrongful death.
And the plaintiff's
hired a top firm.
Suing her for 60 million,
punitive damages.
That's gonna bankrupt
Izzy. It'll destroy her.
You know that she hasn't really
spoken to me in three years?
Well, you did turn
down her job offer.
Three years without talking to
someone you were very close to.
Living in the same city means it's
more than just you turning down a job.
Bull, come on, don't... don't do this.
Don't use this trial to try to fix us.
There are ten other firms
out there that she could hire.
None of 'em are as good
as us and you know that.
We're taking this case, Benny.
Relax. Today we're
just meeting the lawyer.
Uh-oh.
♪ Let's get together
♪ Let's turn things around
♪ Make our lives better...
Just the lawyer, huh?
Supposed to be.
Ha-ha. Izzy.
- How are you, sis?
- Benny.
Punctual as always and
full of surprises as always.
- It's been too long, boys.
- Yeah.
So... what happened
to your lawyer?
You really thought I would let
someone else handle our first meeting?
Hell of a situation you've
gotten yourself into.
Thank you for the sympathy, but there's
zero chance it was my company's fault.
We have the strictest
safety standards.
- Nothing gets by me.
- That I believe.
Olivia's death presented
as a heart attack,
so her husband George
didn't suspect any foul play.
But then the autopsy
came back a week later
saying that she'd actually
died of anaphylactic shock
from exposure to bee pollen.
Olivia and George
knew about her allergy.
They avoided anything with that
ingredient. They kept the house clean.
- No traces were found anywhere.
- Except in the Bella Colón smoothie.
There was some left over and it
came back positive for bee pollen.
George's lawyers are arguing
that some of it found its way
into the Bella powder
during its processing.
- And since it's a civil case...
- They don't need reasonable doubt.
They just need five
out of the six jurors
to agree that it's likely the
pollen came from the powder.
- What about the other packets?
- In a landfill somewhere.
We need an alternative theory
about where that pollen came from.
I'll deep-dive into Olivia.
And I will interview our client's
suppliers and employees.
And should I call her Izzy?
OK. Would you all like to ask
the question you are dying to ask?
Isabella Colón,
she's your ex-wife.
We just wanna make sure
that you're OK with this.
- Are you OK?
- She was my wife for two years.
She is now our client.
More importantly,
she's Benny's sister
and they're not exactly
getting along right now,
so we are gonna do everything
in our power to help them.
Get it? Good.
This is professional, OK?
How much of that was genuine and
how much of that was straight-up denial?
I don't think they're
mutually exclusive.
- Yikes.
- Awkward.
BENNY: She's a celebrity,
the one who tells you
making your bed in the morning
will somehow make your day better.
Now, personally, I never
made my bed as a kid.
It's true. He's been waiting
30 years to get that dig in.
It's not a dig, and we
can't ignore your fame.
It is going to have a
significant impact on the jury.
In a good or bad way?
Depends on the juror, and that
is what we're here to find out.
Well, these people
seem to like me.
Oh, here's my team.
Dr. Bull, you know
Christopher Franklin,
lead outside counsel
for Bella Colón Brands
and my attorney in this case.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Oh, this is my brother, Benny.
- Hi.
- He's a lawyer too.
Well, no, actually, he was a lawyer,
and now he's a... a mock lawyer?
OK, Isabella, always the older
sister. Benny's tried hundreds of cases.
How familiar are
you with trial science?
Very. I knew we needed every
tool in the arsenal for this case,
so I advised Isabella to put the
past aside and let me call you up.
Good advice to us all.
WOMAN: Oh, sorry.
Our distributor in Wisconsin was
trying to raise the price per unit
on our line of yoga gear.
- And I bet you didn't let him.
- Mm-mm.
- You remember Alison, my COO?
- Of course. Good to see you.
Hardest working person I'd ever
met, and I see you still hold the title.
You know what we say at
Bella. "Busy with what I love."
We'll be putting you on the stand to
walk the jury through safety protocols,
and as Izzy's friend, you
will be her character witness.
Of course. Franklin says that
this is a "lose the company" case.
Only if the other side wins.
- Oh, boy, what's that smell?
- Eucalyptus.
Cable asked for some
advice for her back pain,
so I set up a few
essential-oil diffusers.
On an unrelated matter,
remind me to fire Cable later.
I can't believe you
still live in your office.
Funny story, I had
a bed and a home,
but two and a half years ago, a bunch
of lawyers came and gave them to you.
Funny story, when we were
married, you often slept in the office.
Only when I had a case.
I'm just saying, I
think it's your choice.
I love what I do, and I love
not having to justify it to anyone.
And can you please stop
with the folding of... because...
It's fine. I'm sorry.
You didn't come here
to fix my office ambience
and certainly
not here to fix me.
I'm here to help you, right?
So... how are you handling this?
- I'm fine.
- You're not fine.
You've been tapping your finger
against your leg like a crazy person.
All right, you see, this is
exactly what I don't need.
I don't need psychoanalysis.
I need trial science.
You know, I may be innocent,
but I've heard you say often enough
that the facts don't matter,
it's how the jurors see you, so...
Um, about that, uh... there's
something you should see.
- Our most recent mock jury.
- Oh, I'm a big fan of Isabella's.
Her lemon cake is my
go-to choice for potlucks.
- It's always a hit.
- And she's so put together.
I wish I could
pull off her look.
She's totally flawless.
What exactly is the problem?
- Liable.
- Liable.
Oh, she's definitely
guilty, I mean liable.
OK, that doesn't make sense.
They're not judging the
case. They're judging you.
But they just said that
they were fans of mine.
They feel like Isabella
sets an impossible standard.
So even while they praise
her products and advice,
they seem to hate her
for being too perfect.
People can't take having
two conflicting feelings.
It's cognitive dissonance.
So they have to settle on one.
If they declare Izzy liable, it
makes her seem less perfect.
Is it like this
across the board?
Think of it like a
love/hate relationship.
You eventually settle on hate
because you can't take feeling so much
affection for someone you can't stand.
- Are we still talking about the jury?
- People love to hate you.
BENNY: Well,
this is a first for me.
I've never seen a jury have a
love/hate relationship with a client.
Well, how do we change
that? What do we have to do?
Give the people what they want.
We're gonna take you down
a notch, so they won't have to.
First physically, with
Chunk. And then emotionally.
We're gonna muddy you
up, show your vulnerability.
ALISON: Isabella's
image is her brand.
It's aspirational. It
inspires a better life.
- If we make her look bad, then...
- Not bad. Just human.
Look, you either trust the strategy
or there's no point in hiring us.
If you want, we
can sit this one out
and help you with the
bankruptcy proceedings.
You'll get the family
discount for that one.
OK. I get it.
But it must be rough, though.
I'm one of six and, sure, we drive
each other crazy, but we're tight.
If I only had one sibling
and we weren't talking...
Aren't we here
to try on clothes?
I'm full service. I can dress
you up, talk family dynamics.
Well, let's just
stick to the clothes.
- Except not those.
- But that's the whole point.
Bull wants you
more approachable.
Would you approach me in this?
Look, I get it. I
read your blog.
I know it sounds frivolous,
but so many people,
they walk around wearing uniforms
and aren't able to express who they are
because they're scared or they
just don't have the confidence.
You give them self-esteem.
- Thank you.
- You still have to try these on.
First look.
What? She'd never wear
that. Who is she trying to be?
Is she, like, mocking
regular people with that outfit?
No. No. No, of course
not. How about this one?
WOMAN: Now,
that's Isabella Colón.
I wonder how much plastic surgery it
would take to make me look like that.
BULL: Chunk!
Guys, excuse me
for just a second, OK?
See if this helps.
- Are you sure about this?
- Give it a try.
Hmm. How about... this one?
- She looks different.
- Well, how do you feel about it?
I like it. I mean, she
looks comfortable.
Yeah. Much more
chill. I'm a fan.
All right.
You look the same.
OK, what did he do?
It's what we didn't do.
Makeup, barely any of it.
Creates the ineffable
feeling of accessibility,
particularly among strangers.
And she's beautiful
enough to carry it off.
BENNY: All right, noted.
No makeup in court for Izzy.
Let's get down to voir dire.
I have a questionnaire prepared.
It's standard for defendants
with a large media presence.
It'll identify who on the jury
likes Isabella and who doesn't.
Well, finding people
who like Izzy isn't enough.
Our whole problem is
with the love/hate dynamic.
People will say they like Izzy,
but then they'll hold her liable.
Who do we target, huh?
For those who've
never heard of her,
we wanna find the people
who aren't quick to blame.
And for those who do know who she
is, we wanna root out the perfectionists.
Like I said, they'll
say they like Izzy...
But they'll secretly resent her
for holding them to a
standard that they can't meet.
- How much are you enjoying this?
- More than I should be.
Of course I know who she is.
I make her gilded fruit
centerpiece every Thanksgiving.
How do Sara's centerpieces look?
MARISSA: Well, she's not
exactly the Da Vinci of tablescaping.
More like the Tower of Pisa.
BULL: So, she can't
meet Izzy's standards.
- Great, so she secretly hates me?
- No, not necessarily.
Depends on the captions.
Uh, #Nailedlt, #LOL,
#MaybeNextTime.
They're hilarious.
- Acceptable, Your Honor.
- Wait. What just happened?
We move fast. Keep up.
BULL: Sara can joke
about her failures.
She's not a perfectionist, so she's
not likely to resent your perfection.
- You've never even heard her name?
- I don't know.
- Has she ever been on ESPN?
- Have you?
Missed opportunity.
You could help linebackers with their
dinner parties during the off-season.
Carlos, have you ever
tried online dating?
Sure. In this city, who hasn't?
- And how did those dates go for you?
- Honestly, not great.
I guess I haven't clicked with anyone
yet. But that's just blind luck, right?
Acceptable to the
defense, Your Honor.
- Boom.
- JUDGE: You may continue, counselor.
I suppose you have an
explanation for that selection.
- Or you wanna date Carlos.
- I could do worse.
He's not a blamer,
so he doesn't hold the dating sites
accountable when he strikes out.
So he'll be less likely to blame
you for Olivia's accidental death.
WOMAN: Don't know her, sorry.
With three kids under ten,
the only celebrity I see regularly
is Dora the Explorer.
Leslie's up. She's
never heard of Izzy.
- She might be right for our last slot.
- OK.
High-school principal,
divorced. Oh, but it was amicable.
The court records indicate
they used mediation.
So she's not inclined to place
blame unnecessarily. That's good.
And yet you two notice
anything funny about her?
- Yeah. Are those my...?
- Peacock feather earrings.
- She followed your step-by-step video.
- She lied about being a fan of mine?
She wanted in on the jury
but thought she'd get struck if
she admitted to knowing you.
Problem is we can't trust her. We
don't know what her motives are.
Yeah.
- Acceptable to the defense.
- No. Franklin...
That should do it. Thank
you, everyone, for your time.
Looks like we've got our jury.
I'm going to read everyone...
What's the issue? She fit
all the criteria you gave me.
- Marissa.
- Right here, Bull.
Have Cable and
Danny focus on Leslie.
The secret fan and possible
perfectionist could be trouble.
Do you have a sec?
Hey.
You know, in the future, we're
gonna have implants in our heads,
so you won't have to hold
that thing up to your ear.
It's usually not this bad. Just
right now our capital is low, so...
Izzy is 24/7, right?
Trust me, I understand.
If you wanna talk
about it, I'm here, OK?
OK.
DANNY: Hey, Bull.
Hey. How are the
company interviews going?
Well, Alison is a tireless
worker, a loyal number two
and would die for Isabella.
Look into her correspondence.
Let's focus on Alison.
You got it.
IZZY: God, that was
rough. I'm really starving.
BENNY: It's downtown. There's plenty
of places you can get something to eat.
What about that Puerto Rican place in
the East Village for dinner, remember?
We can go there and
discuss the jury results.
I should get back to trial prep. I'm
still tweaking the opening remarks.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, thanks for the offer.
Hey. I know this rooftop place.
I haven't been there in a
while, but they serve cheap beer.
♪ When you look in my eyes...
[SIGHS]
Izzy, I forgot how
much I love your roof.
I know.
I was just thinking about...
you remember when Benny
confronted me up here?
If you recall, I
was just chilling.
I had a little cozy
blanket, nice bottle of wine.
Oh, yeah, no, he cracked it open
and he asked you what
your intentions were with me.
And then he finished
the bottle of wine.
You guys were so close. Big sister.
He wanted to follow in your footsteps.
You guys cared so much
about each other, and...
- Must be hard to have lost that.
- Don't.
I'm just saying, I know how
important family is to both of you.
Well, work is my family. I
have Alison and Franklin.
Franklin. Give me a break.
Franklin's nice, but
he's in it for the money.
And Alison is so overworked. I mean,
looks like she hasn't slept in a month.
I think she may be
hiding something too.
OK, stop it. I trust Alison.
She's not just my COO.
She's also my closest friend.
So don't ruin that the way that you
ruined my relationship with Benny.
- So you think I ruined that?
- Hmm!
That's interesting. Why do you
think he didn't accept your job offer?
Because you got in his head
and you convinced him to.
Oh!
You and Benny have a
complicated relationship.
No, we have a
complicated relationship.
So stop trying to pass the
buck to Alison and Benny,
because the truth is that we
just don't work well together.
I mean, this is our
marriage all over again.
You just... You can't stop
digging and analyzing.
You know, when I first met
you, you were so blindly confident
and passionate and opinionated.
I really liked that about you.
Trust me, I've
been wrong before.
- But not about this.
- This is exactly my point.
We clearly cannot work on this
case without it getting personal,
and wasn't it just bad
enough the first time around?
Tomorrow I'm gonna go
and I'm gonna get a new firm,
and I'm sorry, Jason.
Goodbye.
- I'm a high-school principal.
- I'm a high-school principal.
- I'm a drummer in a punk rock band.
- I'm a drummer in a punk band.
- I write freelance articles.
- I write freelance articles.
- Our mirror jury's set.
- Except we don't have a client.
So I'm not sure why we'll
need a jury, mirror or otherwise.
I can't believe
my sister fired you.
- Temporarily.
- She divorce you temporarily too?
We must protect this
client from herself.
[BENNY GROANS]
This is exactly what Izzy wants,
for me to come begging to her,
to take me back, to help her.
Have you ever considered
that you hurt her feelings?
You rejected her, and we
both know she's not used to that.
All right, I'll try to get her
back. Can't promise it'll go well.
Well, it can't go any worse.
How'd you find me?
'Cause this is where you go when you
need quiet, which is ironic, because...
- This place is loud.
- No.
Because when I was
studying for my LSATs,
I sat right over there and you
constantly yelled over my shoulder.
And you got a 180.
- Why are you here?
- Izzy, come on.
This is a really tough case
and I want you to succeed.
I wouldn't even be in
this situation if it wasn't...
- Forget it.
- What?
- No.
- What?
Why are you shaking
your head like that? What?
OK, fine. If you would've come
to work with me in the first place.
Oh, God.
Izzy, come on.
You're still on that?
- I would've been Alison right now.
- What's wrong with Alison?
- Did Bull tell you to say that?
- No. No, I came to my own conclusions.
All right? As I can tell,
working for you is hard as hell.
Would've been damn near
impossible as your little brother.
- No, you don't know that.
- Oh, yeah, I know that.
I've known that ever since
the sixth grade, in San Juan,
when you laid out my
outfits every morning.
I mean, come on. Law
school, the DA's office.
That was all your idea, what
you thought was best for me.
It was just... just time
I went out on my own.
But you didn't.
You ended up working
for him, my ex-husband.
Do you think it was just a
coincidence that he offered you the job
right after we got divorced?
He wanted to win and he
did, because he got you.
I'm not a pawn. He didn't
get me. I didn't choose sides.
You just can't handle that
I was choosing for myself
and for once I wasn't your doting
little brother doing exactly what you said.
Benny, do whatever
you want with your life.
I just... I know you. That's
why I could advise you.
Look, Izzy...
what matters is that I'm
happy now, you know?
I joined TAC because
it's an amazing job.
You know, we help people,
innocent people like you.
If you'd just let us.
- BULL: Did you get our client back?
- Honestly, I have no idea. I tried.
How is the jury we picked?
Well, we got four
jurors in the red,
engaged in love/hate
with Izzy's public persona.
Especially Leslie, who's
our covert perfectionist.
- But there's still two on the fence.
- BULL: Sara and Carlos.
They'll be swayed as long as
we provide a plausible alternative
as to where the
bee pollen originated.
And our dear Cable
may have the answer
in her eucalyptus-inspired
update on Olivia's routine.
Not quite, but behold the
dark side of perfectionism.
Turns out that three
weeks before Olivia's death,
she became pretty obsessive
about following Isabella's advice.
BULL: 6:00 to 6:30,
organize canned goods.
6:30 to 6:45, meditate.
So she started all of this just
three weeks before her death.
BULL: Means something
specific inspired her to start this up.
IZZY: It's time
for court, right?
I should get a raise and be
fired for bringing her back.
Love/hate.
A lab report confirming there
was bee pollen in the smoothie
and Bella's
vitamin-infused powder,
a mixture of ingredients
made in a factory
where cross-contamination
with bee pollen is very possible.
I guess Miss Perfect
actually messed something up.
Isabella seems
nice enough to me.
I like her makeup. Very natural.
Doesn't bee pollen enhance sex?
Now, the defense will say
we couldn't test the packet,
so we can't prove that that's
where the pollen originated.
But when you see snow on the ground,
you know that it came from the sky.
- Well, you were right.
- Good.
I caught Juror Carlos leaving
Juror Sara's apartment at 7am
in yesterday's clothes.
BULL: Oh. Romance
is good for our case.
Sara and Carlos will be in
a better mood, more open,
and they'll vote as a team.
Have we ever had
jurors hook up before?
Oh, yes. It happens
more often than you think.
If two jurors are sleeping
together, it affects the whole jury.
Our job is to create the same
dynamic between our mirror jurors,
otherwise we're flying blind.
- And how is that going, Chunk?
- Feels like a zoo experiment.
I put Mirror Carlos next
to Mirror Sara. Nothing.
Marissa said that their profiles are a
96% match to the real Carlos and Sara.
They should be engaged by now.
BULL: Proximity doesn't
necessarily create sparks.
What was it with you
and Izzy, if I may ask?
Huh.
It was December 3rd, Union
Square, my favorite bakery.
She walked in covered in snow,
dumped most of it on my raspberry Danish,
and we just looked
at each other.
She didn't apologize, but
she did buy me a crescent.
It was delicious. And that was
it, our moment of connection.
And if we can find Sara and
Carlos's moment of connection, boom.
Let's say it was
dusty in the jury box.
Sara sneezes, Carlos hands
her a handkerchief, they lock eyes.
In 1925. Carlos is into punk
rock. I doubt he carries a hankie.
MARISSA: We have
to get them together
or our mirror jury won't
accurately reflect the real one.
We tracked the jurors' entire day.
Not a single moment of connection.
They were chosen in voir dire.
The judge gave the jury instructions.
- They were specifically told...
- Wait. Whoa.
- That's it.
- What?
Their jury instructions.
The judge instructed them not
to fraternize, said it was forbidden.
Let's think about
these profiles.
These two are mischievous
and they enjoy keeping secrets.
The forbidden nature of their
relationship sparked a sense of danger.
But with the mirrors,
we put them together.
It's time to give our mirror
jurors new instructions.
As for our real jurors, we need to
give them an explanation for the pollen.
DANNY: Which I might have.
So I looked into the factory and
all their correspondence with Alison,
like you asked, and got
a flawless safety record.
I'm sensing a "but."
But their factory only puts
out a thousand boxes a week.
So why was there a week when Bella
Colón Brands received 2,000 boxes?
And that was the shipment that
produced Olivia's tainted packet?
- Mm-hm.
- Well...
OK, time to bring in
COO Alison for mock trial.
We always use the same factory
in Wisconsin for the vitamin packets.
Hmm. And you're the one who's
in charge of the supply chain, right?
Yes, but... I try really hard
to make sure that all of our shipments
are, um, coming in time, and...
Alison, it's OK.
I understand how this happened,
how Izzy kind of made this happen.
She holds everyone to
an impossible standard.
She holds herself
to that standard.
That's why she's
so successful, right?
Maybe, but it can't
be easy for you,
'cause you know how
hard you're working,
and you're doing everything you can,
but she keeps pushing and pushing.
Yeah, that's true.
So when she asked
you to double production
and you knew the factory couldn't
handle it, what did you tell her?
I, uh...
I didn't tell her.
I didn't wanna
disappoint her, so...
so I went to another
factory just that one time.
Alison, tell me you didn't.
It was the only way to
keep up with your schedule.
All I knew is I had to
get the shipment in time.
The plaintiff's attorney also
discovered the second factory,
and they've got proof that they process
other products containing bee pollen,
so we might have to settle.
But we don't know there was
cross-contamination for sure.
I think we should consider
the possibility that...
OK, you know, Franklin,
can you just give us a minute?
Thank you.
- Sorry.
- You're not sorry.
You knew about
Alison, so... Forget it.
It's OK to feel guilty.
And it's OK to feel sad.
What if I'm really the
reason that Olivia's dead?
There's no proof of that yet,
and we are gonna find
out what really happened.
But how... how could I not have
seen that Alison was cracking and...?
Was that what I was
like in our marriage?
Did I just push
you away like that?
I think that's on both of us.
OK, look, I know I
have high standards,
but I honestly just
don't get why that's bad.
The problem is you
push people away,
when you demand
more than they can give.
I could really lose
everything here.
We're not gonna let that happen.
You guys doing some
post-marriage marital counseling?
- It's hard to say with her.
- Yeah, no kidding.
You get swept up in what she's saying
and then you think about it later and...
Like what?
She said you only hired me so
that you could win the divorce.
Come on, Benny.
- MARISSA: I already told you once.
- Uh-oh.
Fraternizing among fellow
mirror jurors is not allowed.
This is breaking
a cardinal rule.
You were right. We got the
mirror love birds together.
But it won't matter
once they find out
that Izzy outsourced
to that other factory.
They'll blame her for the
contamination and we'll lose.
Unless someone else is to blame.
Cable, you said you
found something?
So, you told me
to dig into Olivia,
why she got so obsessive
with all that lifestyle advice
three weeks before her death,
and it turns out... she suspected
her husband was cheating.
Meet Katrina.
George had scrubbed their
entire online correspondence, but...
I recovered it.
I think that Olivia was working
so hard to win George back.
Our sympathetic plaintiff just
became a philandering husband
with a possible
motive for murder.
Let's get Katrina in here now.
KATRINA: I'm not
sure how I can help.
Why don't you tell me
a little bit about George?
- Did you know he was married?
- We sparked immediately.
- How did you meet your wife Olivia?
- A wedding.
We were seated next to
each other at the singles table
and just had that
immediate spark.
He said the spark was gone with Olivia.
He complained about her constantly.
She was gaining weight.
Her cooking was awful.
Olivia was perfect.
BULL: And how did he treat you?
Great... at first.
Then he started to pick at my
flaws, just like Olivia, so I broke it off.
But then he called,
said he was leaving her.
- When was that?
- A week before Olivia died.
Interesting. How would you
like to join me in court today?
Olivia and I were so
careful about her allergy.
That pollen came
from Bella's powder.
[DOOR OPENS]
FRANKLIN: Mr. Brooks, given that
your mistress has decided to join us
and is now sitting
in this courtroom,
do you wanna risk
the threat of perjury
or will you answer
the question honestly?
Were you or were you
not having an affair?
MARISSA: Bringing in
George's mistress really helped.
It turned these two for us.
They bought George as a
plausible source of that pollen.
Well, I hate to be rooting for murder,
but it's better than gross negligence.
Actually, we're in the
clear. Danny just called.
That backup factory
that did the extra order
has a perfect
quality-control rating
and the foreman is willing
to testify if we need him.
So Alison's off the
hook for that mistake.
Unfortunately, George
and Olivia's marital drama
has soured the spark
between Sara and Carlos.
They are convinced
that love is imperfect.
Then they look at Izzy
and they see perfect,
which makes them
wanna blame her.
So if we don't put these two back
together, we may lose this case.
We could bounce 'em. If they slept
together, they discussed the case.
That's grounds for dismissal.
No, then the jury would speculate
about who ratted the lovers out.
Who would get blamed?
- ♪ De-de de-de ding!
- BULL: Gold star, Ms. Colón.
So, we've lost Sara and Carlos and
we still don't have perfectionist Leslie,
because she wants to take you
down a peg for being too perfect.
So, we need to make
Isabella seem less perfect
and get Sara and Carlos
back together again.
I don't know if we need
a Shakespearean sonnet
or an episode of The
Young and the Restless.
Maybe a little bit of both. Would
you like to get a drink with me?
♪ Baby, meet me
on the dance floor...
Three olives, never one or two.
It's the aesthetic. It
represents perfect balance.
Ah.
You feel you need to
have that in your martini
'cause you don't
have it in real life?
IZZY: I thought you were gonna
work on less psychoanalyzing.
- Isn't that Isabella Colón?
- Less reactive and controlling.
- Excuse me?
- Oh, my God, it is.
BULL: Izzy, don't start.
IZZY: Don't throw our
sessions back in my face
just because you're
Mr. Three PhDs.
OK, please, inside voice.
Don't you patronize me!
What the hell is this? I thought
Isabella was out discussing the plan.
Uh, this is the plan.
- IZZY: Let's hear them.
- You enjoy controlling order.
Oh. OK, great.
Now it's all my fault.
To have a public
fight with her ex?
This is the last thing
she needs right now.
Actually, given the juror map,
this is exactly what she needs:
public humiliation, a laundry list
of her personal faults all going viral.
- It's the best way to humanize her.
- You're a narcissistic ass-hat.
- You scripted this?
- Right down to the sarcastic clap.
BULL: The name calling is...
He's a little too good at that.
I'm sorry, but I have no desire
to tamper with a jury like this.
We're not. The
jurors aren't there.
But if this happens to go viral,
if certain jurors happen to check
their favorite social media sites,
which we know
they've been doing...
- Then it's on them, not us.
- Has Isabella agreed to all this?
Well, she... agreed in concept.
I don't think that she was aware
that Bull's about to go off-script.
That's why your
relationships always fail
and that's why you're
so unhappy, Izzy.
- What?
- Am I wrong?
And there it is. Surprising her was
the only way to get a real reaction.
The jurors hated
her for being perfect,
but once they see her
vulnerable like this...
The jury won't feel the need to
find her liable and knock her down.
What are you...
What are you doing?
Why are you talking quietly?
Why are you off-script?
I'm being honest.
For once, maybe we
should... both try being honest.
- MARISSA: Wait. They're still talking.
- BENNY: I thought Bull was finished.
FRANKLIN: I can't
hear what they're saying.
I... You pushed me away.
You never really loved me.
You just... You studied me,
like if I was one of your subjects.
I just wanted to
know the real you.
And I think you were afraid that
I would just discover your faults.
But that's what I needed, Izzy.
I needed... all of
you to love you.
And I did love you, Izzy.
The baby, the miscarriage...
I know. That was hard.
I'm sorry about what happened.
I wanted a family too.
FRANKLIN: What
is that all about?
MARISSA: I don't
know. I couldn't hear it.
BENNY: Well, whatever it was, that's
the most vulnerable I've ever seen her.
So... mission accomplished?
♪ People, people
Don't you understand
♪ All I ever wanted
was to be part of your plan
♪ People, people
Thought you all should know
♪ Swallowed all your medicine
♪ Was not up in the plan at all
That's because halfway was
not ever gonna be far enough.
BENNY: Think our
plan may be working.
Danny said Carlos and
Sara met up this morning.
If they're back to happy,
they'll vote as a team
and be less likely
to blame Izzy.
And more open to
your closing argument.
BENNY: Correct.
Good.
I couldn't hear a thing,
but you and Bull looked
pretty upset during your fight.
You OK?
I will be, eventually.
Oh, and you know what?
On that note... you were right.
I was what? Did
I just hear right?
I was what? I was what?
- I know, I'm impossible.
- Can you repeat that, please?
- I couldn't hear you.
- OK, OK. Look.
Growing up, I gave
you advice because...
I just... I saw how high you
could go. You were that talented.
And I don't think I ever
just stopped and asked you
if those were the
plans that you wanted.
'Cause you're my little brother.
And believe me, it... took me a while
to see myself in any other way too.
I'm sorry.
Truth is I... I don't know
where I'd be without you.
- Not a lawyer, not working here.
- No.
- Not that you need my approval.
- Mm-hm.
But you got it.
- As long as you win this case.
- Oh, that's it, huh?
- That's it.
- All right.
BENNY: OK, Franklin, you'll start
the close with one simple word:
imperfection.
We do everything
we can to mask it.
With online profiles that
make our lives seem fantastic.
With beauty routines
that hide our flaws.
And when something goes wrong,
with finding someone else to blame.
OK, at this point,
move in closer to Izzy.
FRANKLIN: Yes, she's made a career
out of creating an image of perfection.
But that doesn't mean
that she's perfect.
If she's guilty of something,
it's that she works too hard.
She tries too hard to help
people achieve more in their lives.
Now, this has helped her to
create an amazing company,
but Isabella will
be the first to admit
it has not made her good at
maintaining personal relationships,
especially with those
she cares about the most.
- I didn't write that.
- Neither did I.
FRANKLIN: Before you
blame her for this tragedy
simply because it feels
good to blame someone,
remember the legal
question before you.
Has the plaintiff produced
a single shred of proof
that Isabella is responsible?
No, which means
you must find her...
REPORTER: not liable, and
that's exciting news for Isabella fans.
She's officially not responsible
for the death of Olivia Brooks,
ending a difficult lawsuit
for the famous lifestyle guru.
Kristin Goodwin
reporting. Back to you.
BULL: Katrina.
Hey. Thanks for meeting me.
You were so integral to this case.
Happy to help. I'm
excited to meet Isabella.
Where is she? I'm a big fan.
Oh, I know. You'd
literally kill to meet her.
George told you that he was
gonna leave his wife and be with you.
That was just a
fairy tale, wasn't it?
So you decided to help things
along by slipping into Olivia's drink
the one thing you knew
she was deathly allergic to.
- This is ridiculous.
- But it got us a warrant.
You said you had keys to their
house for your romantic trysts.
And your boss said you were late
to work the morning of Olivia's death.
I can only wonder what
the police have found.
Traces of bee pollen on a
shirt that, thanks to social media,
they can prove Katrina wore
the day that she was late to work.
Come with me. You have
the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.
[CHUCKLES]
- Hmm.
- That smells nice.
Katrina's been arrested.
[SIGHS]
Well, I'm happy it has
nothing to do with my company,
but... I still feel
awful about Olivia.
Olivia wasn't following your
advice to win George back.
I had Danny and Cable
continue the deep-dive.
She was leaving
George, starting a new life.
And you, with your
advice, inspired her.
Thank you.
For that and for Benny.
We're talking again.
Good. He and I
need to do the same.
Settle a few things.
You remember how we started?
Forbidden love.
- A lot like your jurors.
- Then we were off to Puerto Rico.
To meet your parents
and tell them about us.
Mmm.
And then the end.
I didn't know how to
handle losing our baby.
Forgive me for not
knowing how to help you.
That's the most
powerless I've ever felt.
No...
I know you tried.
I didn't need you to heal me.
I needed you to mourn with me.
It was the only way I knew how.
It still is.
Fatal flaw.
Hey, I thought you said
this was about trial science.
- Yeah, I did say that, didn't I?
- Mm-hm.
But you were right.
It was more than that.
It always is with you.
♪ I don't know who's
gonna kiss you when I'm gone
♪ So I'm gonna love
you now like it's all I have
♪ I know it'll kill
me when it's over
♪ I don't wanna think about
it I want you to love me now
♪ I don't know who's
gonna kiss you when I'm gone
♪ So I'm gonna love
you now like it's all I have...
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Ah, two overpriced
Scotches in one case.
Must have won a big
payday in Izzy's trial, huh?
Well, this isn't about
Izzy. It's about us.
- Rest of the team's not coming.
- Oh. So I'm being fired.
Well, it's a classy
way to go out.
- The answer is no.
- Sorry?
No, I didn't hire you
to win the divorce.
I hired you because you're you
and you're the best at what you do,
and I knew that
after my divorce,
there was one lasting part of
my marriage I wanted to hold onto.
Oh, you thought I
meant our friendship?
- Mm-hm.
- Sorry. That's awkward.
I meant that antique clock in
Izzy's dining room. I want that.
- You want that?
- Yeah.
I hate that damn
clock. It's yours.