Bull (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - The Illusion of Control - full transcript

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

ANNOUNCER: And now, receiving
her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,

two-time Oscar
winner Amaya Andrews.

- Are you ready, Miss Andrews?
- Almost.

Sweetheart, do you
wanna help him?

OK, we're ready now.

[CHEERING, APPLAUSE]

MAN: Security!

Please, stop! You don't
understand. I'm not trying to hurt him!

No, wait. He's my
son. He's my son.

He's my son.



Ugh. Come on.

Mm.

She's here, and I cleared
'em to come upstairs.

- Everybody knows how to behave?
- We are gonna be so nonchalant.

It's gonna be completely
chalantless out there.

You're gonna be starving for
chalant by the time this meeting's over.

[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]

[♪ DAVID BOWIE: FAME]

Thank you.

- Miss Andrews.
- Dr. Bull.

Thank you so much for
agreeing to meet with us.

It means more than I can say.

This is Kellan
King, my attorney,

whose idea it was to
call you in the first place.



Mr. King. Miss Andrews.

And you must be Mr. Andrews?

I'm Alexander. I'm her son.

Oh, of course. Well,
it's very nice to meet you.

You like candy, you like
cookies, things like that?

It's OK, she's not listening.
It's just between us guys.

We don't have any
of that stuff here.

- Marissa?
- Yes?

Would you please take
Alexander to the kitchen

and show him that we don't
have any of that stuff here.

Maybe get him a root vegetable,
a small kale salad with radishes.

- Whatever you say, Dr. Bull.
- Very good.

My marriage was over.
There were fertility challenges.

I was burnt out from work. I
just felt stuck inside myself and...

[SIGHS]

Sounds like real movie
star problems, right?

Sounds like people problems.

I just wanted to go somewhere
I'd never been before,

somewhere where no
one would know it was me.

A friend of mine had gone
to Ethiopia the year before

on a humanitarian mission,

and I just thought, "That's
what I'm going to do."

Well, that's very admirable.

It's not. I was looking
for a place to hide.

And then one day I walked
into... I... I didn't know what it was,

a nursery school,
day care center,

and there was this
sound of kids laughing,

children laughing.

It's just one of
those great sounds.

Turns out it was the New Life
Orphanage in Addis Ababa.

And this little three-year-old
walks over to me

and starts wrapping
his arms around my legs,

and... that was that.

So I'm guessing we're all
here because of that fellow

who jumped out of the
crowd in LA last month

claiming he was
Alexander's father?

[SIGHS] He is Alex's father.

He volunteered some DNA.
Tests came back over the weekend.

Obviously I had no idea. I was
told that Alex was an orphan.

According to Alexander's father,
the boy's mother had malaria.

While he was caring for
her, he dropped the boy off.

At an orphanage?

In many developing countries,
orphanages don't work like they do here.

Families sometimes use
them to fill gaps in childcare

when they're
having a tough time.

They drop their kids off
fully expecting to pick them up

when their situations improve.

Point is... he is the father.
We're not disputing that.

Amaya has her paperwork,

but the paperwork on the Ethiopian
end is apparently incomplete

and the orphanage
no longer exists,

which is why I suggested
we come to see you.

I get it. And I won't
lie... I'm flattered.

But I think it would
be a mistake.

- So you won't help us?
- Oh, no, I'll help you.

But I don't think you
should go to court.

- CHUNK: Where are you going?
- BENNY: Get him, Chunk.

I just think it's an
enormous mistake

to take this very private,
very sensitive matter

and put it out there
for public consumption,

and if you go to family court,
it's what's gonna happen.

MARISSA: Amaya, you're a
gigantic celebrity all over the world.

This is gonna be big news.

Trust me, at some point
things will be said about you,

about your child, that you don't
like, and I don't think you want that.

Not for yourself
and not for your son.

So what do you folks suggest?

Well, I suggest you sit down
with Alexander's father privately,

see what you can work out.

Would it be such a bad thing

if every year he spent the month
of July in Ethiopia with his father,

or every other Christmas?

Given your resources, maybe you
can offer some sort of financial help,

give Dad the wherewithal
to come and visit his son,

have a better life
back in Ethiopia,

so that when Alexander visits,
it's a nicer, safer environment.

The thing about common
sense, it's not really very common.

So when you hear it, when
someone shares it with you,

you can't help but
be very grateful.

- She's taller in person.
- Shorter.

- Prettier.
- I didn't think so.

I don't think that's
her natural hair color.

I can't wait to tell my mama.

[SIREN WAILS]

Excuse me, miss?

Amaya.

My son is gone.

Gone?

Gone. We're guessing
he's somewhere in Ethiopia.

That man, Abel, he
never brought him back.

Oh, my... I'm so sorry. Have
you called the State Department?

I've called everyone.
Everyone is doing their best.

But apparently we don't have
an extradition treaty with Ethiopia,

so their best is useless.

I have an excellent investigator.
I can have her there...

I didn't come here
for your help, Dr. Bull.

I came here to
look you in the eye

and to tell you that my son
is gone and that it's your fault.

Miss Andrews, I'm not
sure what you mean.

I had a family,

and then I took your advice
and now I don't have a family.

I am going to sue you, Dr. Bull.

I'm going to take every
single thing that you have.

I am going to make you feel
what it's like to lose everything,

everything that matters to you.

And then maybe you'll start to
understand a sliver of what I'm feeling.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ON TV]

I just want you to know, Amaya,
that our hearts go out to you.

- Oh...
- [APPLAUSE]

Oh, well, Nicole, I knew I
needed to get the courts involved.

- Right.
- But then I met someone.

One of those people who puts it out
there that he's smarter than everyone else.

Yeah, we know the type.

- OK.
- And he said to me,

"No, you don't want to do that."

- Is there any way we can shut this off?
- "Let's not involve the courts."

"Just deal directly
with the boy's father."

Hey. There's gotta be
a way to shut this off.

You'd think with a name like
Bull, I would have known better.

Hey!

Mr. Getman? Ronald Getman?
Attorney at law? I'm Dr. Jason Bull.

The trial whisperer guy.

Hmm. I've been waiting for you.
Hope it's OK I started eating. Yeah.

No worries. Sorry I'm late. I,
uh... I thought this address...

Well, I didn't realize
it was for a deli.

I thought we were
meeting at your office.

This is my office.
What can I do for you?

You know, when I was
in college, I studied you.

Hmm. What'd you
learn? Anything I can use?

That video of you cross-examining
that Crip. He was a killer.

You made him cry on the stand.

That was a couple of
decades and many wives ago.

You have any idea
how good you are?

I followed you the way
guys follow baseball players.

If you were a stock, I would have
put every penny I had into you.

What are you doing
in an outer borough?

What are you doing in a deli?

There something I
can do for you, Dr. Bull?

[RINGING TONE]

[PHONE RINGS]

[CHUCKLES]

- DANNY: Harrison, hey.
- You made it.

That's one way of putting it.

And your boss actually expects
you to come back with this little boy?

Talk about naiveté.

You know, he's here on an American
passport. The law's on our side.

American law.
You're in Ethiopia.

Is that why I can't
read any of the signs?

So were you able to get me
that appointment at the embassy?

He's waiting for you. Jeff Hill.

And this is our mock courtroom.

Wow. If you squint,
it almost looks real.

Marissa, Chunk, Benny, this
is the legendary Ron Getman.

He's going to be representing
me in our dispute with Amaya.

- It's so nice to meet you.
- Yeah.

- It's an honor, sir.
- Well, you gotta get out more.

I'm sorry. What's
your name again?

- Getman. Ronald Getman.
- Ah. Colón. Benjamin Colón.

- Colón. That's a pretty-smelling name.
- Oh.

I always wanted a pretty-smelling
name, huh? Who knows? Maybe next life.

So what do these do?

Can I talk to you for
a second, please?

BULL: Be right back.

- What are you doing?
- What do you mean?

That guy? That's who you
want representing you in court?

Yeah, absolutely. That guy,
Ron Getman, he's a shark.

- Ron Getman is a killer.
- Ah, yeah.

Well, your killer looks
like a shoe salesman,

and not a terribly
successful one.

Look, I know you're disappointed,
I know you wanted to do this,

but I'm telling you, we need
someone from the outside,

someone who, amidst all the
Hollywood glamour that is Amaya,

strikes the jury as authentic,

and people don't get any more
authentic than Ron Getman.

I don't know, Bull. I've
never heard of this guy.

You know, my
future's on the line too.

You lose the
business, I lose my job.

I just wish he
looked more... kempt.

BULL: Don't let that fool you.

That man understands the music of the
courtroom better than anyone I've seen.

Yeah, he's got a reputation for
being not all that user-friendly.

Maybe that's why
you've never heard of him.

But I'm not looking for a friend, I'm
looking for someone to save my life,

and I'm telling you,
he's the guy to do it.

GETMAN: Amaya
Andrews is a lot of things.

She's talented, beautiful, rich,

and, between you and
me, she's also a spoiled brat.

She's a pampered celebrity who's
used to getting everything she wants.

Now, Dr. Jason Bull,
he's got three PhDs

and 25 years of experience
doing what he does.

He sat down this lady and
he gave her great advice,

advice that she was
free to take or leave.

Now, at the time, Amaya, her attorney
and the father all made an agreement.

Tragically, the father didn't
abide by that agreement.

So spoiled Amaya got mad.

Not at the father who
didn't keep his word,

not at the attorney who
went over the terms of the deal

and told her to proceed,

but at Dr. Bull, who wasn't even in
the room when everyone shook hands.

Now, Dr. Bull, he's
a lot of things too.

He's a brilliant man,
he's a good human being,

but, guess what, he's
not a fortune teller.

So Amaya is suing him for what?

For not being able to tell the
future? For not being God?

Kind of absurd, wouldn't you say,
ladies and gentlemen of the jury?

I think you would.

Now, that's just
the gist of it all.

It kind of popped into my head

when I was coming over
from Brooklyn to here.

That was... very impressive.

Thank you. So, Dr. Genius, how
come there's no bodies in the chairs?

How are we supposed to run a
mock trial without mock jurors?

Well, unfortunately, in
cases involving celebrities,

mock juries tend to
be fairly unreliable.

Without the presence
of the celebrity herself,

it's virtually impossible to
create the dynamics of the trial.

The data's almost
always worthless.

OK, so what I was
hoping we could do

is kind of come up with
a plan of action, strategy.

Maybe a media
campaign of our own, right?

I mean, as you said,
she's a spoiled brat.

I was thinking we just
turn my team loose.

You haven't met Cable yet, but
give her 48 hours on the dark web

and she will find dirt on Little Miss
Wonderful that'll make your hair curl.

Now, once all that
stuff is out there,

she is gonna be
running from the media

instead of booking
herself on every show

that has the words "the"
and "show" in the title.

Actually, we don't have
to look for anything.

Let's just make something up,
because that's basically what she's done.

We're not in a court of law.
Nobody's putting their hand on a Bible.

So we just have to work together

and find the nastiest,
darkest stuff that's out there.

- It has to be plausible in the world...
- OK. Hold on. What do you mean, we?

Me, you, us, the team.

No, I'm sorry. We don't
have to do anything.

Are you listening to yourself?

You're so angry right now
that you're borderline certifiable.

Now, I'm... I'm happy
to work with your team.

I could tell that
they're lovely people.

But I'm the lawyer,
you're the client.

In the courtroom, there's
only gonna be one quarterback,

and since you're
the one being sued...

- OK, hold on a second.
- No, you hold on a second.

Have you ever heard the expression
"doctors make the worst patients"?

You're gonna do more harm than
good if you try to manage this case.

Your judgment is
skewed, Dr. Bull.

Let me help you.
Let us help you.

With all due respect... my
reputation, my livelihood,

the livelihood of everyone
here depends on this.

And lest we forget, I'm
actually kind of great at this.

I read people better than anyone.
I read juries better than anyone.

You need me to win this case.

I beg to differ, Doc,

and, frankly, what I don't need is
you acting like the rash egomaniac

that the prosecution is
gonna paint you to be,

and that's exactly what
you're doing right now.

You wanna win?

Sit back, trust your
team and do what I say,

or else fire me and God bless.

It's up to you.

He's right, Bull.
You're too close to it.

I think we need Mr. Getman
here to call the plays.

Let us do this for you, Bull.

Unfortunately, there's
not a lot we can do.

By breaking the terms of
his settlement with Amaya,

the boy's father broke US law,
but he hasn't broken Ethiopian law.

- You've been talking to Harrison.
- [CHUCKLES]

I get it. Ethiopia is
a sovereign nation.

State Department
has no jurisdiction.

You can't force the
father to do anything.

Only Ethiopian law
enforcement can do that.

OK, well, maybe you can help
me with the adoption paperwork?

There's virtually nothing
from the Ethiopian side.

I'll make some calls, but...

OK, so what's the next step?

There's gotta be an arm you
can twist, a back you can scratch.

Look, I can give you Abel's last
known address, but beyond that...

It's basically musical chairs.

Benny, you will be riding shotgun
with Mr. Getman at the defense table.

I'll be behind you in the courtroom
with the earwig and transmitter.

Does that mean you're gonna
wear the Bull signature glasses too?

Chunk will man the monitors,
referencing questionnaires and profiles,

while Cable keeps deep-diving
on the web and social media.

That's me. Deep-diving, shallow
living, making my mother proud.

Yeah, that all sounds peachy.

So what kind of jurors
are we looking for?

Well, as you so
beautifully explained

in your opening statement
to our empty chairs,

our narrative is
that Bull is human.

His job isn't to see the future.

It's to give the best advice possible
with the information he's given.

Now, for that to work, we need jurors
who can separate certainty from chance,

people who understand that
there are limits to foreseeability,

that choices and outcomes
don't always correlate.

We wanna focus on individuals
who judge circumstances

only on the factors
that they can control.

I'm sorry. Was
that English? I just...

I don't know what the
hell she's talking about.

Think of, uh, texting
and driving, right?

It's illegal, but
we've all done it.

Now, you got two people
driving on the same road.

First person finishes their
text, puts their phone away,

keeps on driving,
no one's the wiser.

But as the other
person is hitting "send,"

a kid chases a
ball onto the street.

The car hits the kid.

Is the second person more culpable
than the first because a kid jumped out?

OK, so what we need is people

that understand that
sometimes stuff just happens.

Exactly.

Why didn't you say
that in the first place?

- [GAVEL BANGS]
- MAN: There she is.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

- Look at this.
- Oh, brother.

You guys ready? 'Cause this
is gonna be an uphill battle.

[GAVEL BANGS]

How are you? So, are you
a fan of Miss Andrews' films?

I mean, I've seen them. Who hasn't?
Some of them are better than others.

GETMAN: Uh-huh.

Restricting her arm and leg
movement. Not telling the truth.

- Stop it.
- She's unnaturally still.

Is she lying about her
feelings towards Amaya?

It looks like we got a
superfan on our hands.

The defense moves
to strike, Your Honor.

Good girl.

How are you?

Can't help but notice you
got, what is that, a wrist brace?

Did you have an accident or you're
trying to make a fashion statement?

- Yeah.
- Hand steepling.

Secure and confident.
He's gonna tell the truth.

I'm a carpenter. Another guy I work
with dropped his hammer on my hand.

No kidding, huh? So
you gonna file a claim?

No, not my deal.

Could be me dropping
the hammer the next time.

Understands that outside forces
sometimes shape outcomes.

I like him. Anything
else I should know?

CABLE: Not a strong
social media presence.

Follows a couple of sports
blogs, but no red flags.

Acceptable to the
defense, Your Honor.

Let me ask you a question.

Do you believe in fate?

- I certainly do.
- Yes.

Look at her. Designer sunglasses,
designer handbag. She is into names.

She's Team Amaya all the
way. We need to strike her.

- You need to cut it out.
- We need to get her out of here.

Oh, my goodness,
I love this juror.

[WHISPERS] No. No.

No. No.

- [WHISPERS] Yes.
- No.

[BULL WHISPERS] No.

- No. No.
- Stop it.

Your Honor, we find
the juror acceptable.

No. No, we don't.
No. No, you don't.

We move to strike,
Your Honor. Thank you.

Who moves to strike this juror? You
are the defendant, not the attorney.

Sit back down.

Sit down.

- What are you doing?
- My job.

Dr. Bull, again,
you are out of line.

Your attorney has accepted this
juror and that acceptance stands.

And the next time you
interrupt these proceedings,

I will find you in contempt.

Do you understand me?

Yes, Your Honor.

Salaam. Excuse me.
Hi. Do you speak English?

- What can I help you with?
- Oh, good.

Is this Abel Bekele's apartment?

I was supposed to meet
him, but nobody's here.

Sorry, I haven't seen
Abel in about a week.

Maybe he and his son
went to the countryside.

Of course. Thank you.

Hey. How goes it? So what am I
looking at? What did you just send me?

Um, not sure, exactly.

Abel and Alexander aren't here
and I don't have much to go on.

But I found this photo by the
bed. It's clearly been handled a lot.

Makes me think it
has sentimental value.

I'm guessing that's the
mom there with them.

Can you help me figure
out where it was taken?

Let me see if image
recognition pulls anything up.

You think that this is where
they went based on one photo?

- It seems like kind of a stretch.
- Hey, it's all I got.

- It's a mosque in Awash.
- Awash?

A market town about
200 kilometers east.

All right, well, I guess if Bull asks,
tell him that's where I'm headed.

Oh, and I sent some photos
to Harrison to be translated.

So just follow up with him in
case I lose cell service, yeah?

OK.

Marissa Morgan?

- Who's asking?
- I'm Marissa Morgan.

You've been served, ma'am.

I'm being subpoenaed as a
witness. A witness for the opposition.

So, why you? What's their play?

Maybe it's just a
simple strategy.

They wanna question
Marissa about the business,

suss out how much TAC is worth.

I don't know.

You were in the room with Amaya,
King and me when I gave 'em that advice.

What do they think you know?

Maybe it's as simple as this.

This subpoena says that
I'm sequestered as a witness,

which means I can't help
you with this case anymore.

I'm not even supposed
to be here right now.

See you boys in court.

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

I don't think I've ever done a
case for TAC without Marissa.

Neither do I.

We... are going to be fine.

Between me and
the Jolly Gray Giant,

we've got your back.

KING: And how long have you and
Dr. Bull been working together at TAC?

A little over six years.

Before that, you worked as a
situations analyst for Homeland Security.

Yes, sir.

In fact, he hired you away
from Homeland Security.

Yes, sir.

So it's fair to say he
values your opinion.

You'd have to ask Dr. Bull.

Well, I think you're being modest,
but I'll withdraw the question.

Weren't you in the room when Dr. Bull
offered his advice to Amaya that day?

- I certainly was.
- And what did you think of that advice?

I thought it reeked of common
sense and basic humanity.

And I was glad that he offered it and
proud that I worked for him. With him.

I'd like to submit the following
electronic mail into evidence.

Do you recognize that email?

Did you send that
to your boss, Dr. Bull,

that evening after meeting
with me and Amaya?

I did.

- Please read that to the jury.
- Objection.

Can someone please tell the defense
where that mystery email came from?

It's listed in discovery, along
with all the other emails and reports

related to this case that
Dr. Bull's company surrendered.

- Overruled.
- Well, I mean, it's nothing.

- It was a thought I had.
- Will you please read it?

"Dear Bull. Thought
you were amazing today."

"Two things worth noting."

"Ethiopia isn't party to the
Hague Adoption Convention."

"Not sure of the
implication of that,

but I guess that's what
her lawyers are for."

"Also I would be
remiss if I didn't tell you

that birth parents in these
situations are notoriously unreliable."

[MURMURING]

So, not withstanding your
abundant pride in your boss,

you felt compelled to warn him.

I wasn't warning. I was
sharing some concerns.

I thought Dr. Bull's advice was
extremely sound for a domestic case.

I just... I was... worried,

given this was an arrangement
with a developing nation, that's all.

Worried that, say, if Mr. Bekele
didn't abide by this arrangement,

Miss Andrews might
have little recourse?

Well, as I said in my email, she
has lawyers to perform due diligence.

My firm isn't on
trial here. Yours is.

And my firm didn't give her
this advice, set her on this path...

- Objection. Who's testifying here?
- JUDGE: Sustained.

Jury, you will ignore Mr. King's
comments. Please continue, Mr. King.

Now, Mr. Getman has gone on
and on about how Dr. Bull isn't liable

because nobody
can see the future.

And yet it appears you did just that
and warned Dr. Bull about it to boot.

Seems like maybe the
only folks you didn't warn

were the people who would
actually be affected by it, like Amaya.

Objection.

Is the attorney asking a question or
is he beginning his closing argument?

Withdrawn. No more
questions, Your Honor.

JUDGE: Defense, your witness.

Um, we would like to request
a brief recess, Your Honor.

JUDGE: So granted.

[JUDGE BANGS GAVEL]

- Now, tell me about this email.
- What about it? She just read it.

- And you didn't heed it?
- There was nothing to heed.

She mentioned the
convention, but, like she said,

that's what Amaya's
lawyers are for.

- And what about the other?
- The other?

Where she said that birth parents
in these situations can be unreliable.

Was she citing a study?
Where did that come from?

- Help me here.
- No, she wasn't citing a study.

It was really just
a personal opinion

and I didn't think it was
relevant to the case.

Wait a second, she
has a personal opinion

about the reliability
of birth parents

in adoptions involving
Third World countries?

No, she has a personal opinion

about the reliability
of birth parents, period,

and it is informed by
personal experience.

- And...?
- And it's not my story to tell.

You wanna save your company?

Do you wanna save
his job, Marissa's job?

The man is trying
to help you, Bull.

Marissa was adopted
from foster care,

but before the
adoption was finalized,

her biological mother came
back into the picture, just like here.

In Marissa's case, she was returned
to her biological mother's custody.

Unfortunately, her
mom was a drug addict.

It was not an idyllic childhood.

Ding, ding, ding, ding.
We have a winner.

Marissa's judgment was
shaped by her personal history

and not the fact that any
reasonable professional

could have foreseen
what happened.

Thank you, Marissa.
This is perfect.

You can't use it.

I won't let you.

Excuse me? Why not?

First of all, it's effective,
and it happens to be true.

Like I said, it's
not my story to tell.

It was shared with me
in confidence years ago.

And it's not like we're in a
position to ask permission.

Bull, do you wanna win? Hmm?

Because her testimony out
there was a knife in the gut.

And if we're gonna survive,
I gotta stop the bleeding.

And frankly... I don't
need your permission.

GETMAN: Miss Morgan,
you said in your email

that birth parents are
notoriously unreliable.

That knowledge came from where?

I'm sorry, I don't
understand the question.

When you brought up the
notorious unreliability of birth parents,

I'm curious, how did you
become an expert on that?

Have you read studies?
Have you written papers?

What qualifies you to offer a
professional opinion on this?

- It wasn't a professional opinion.
- Oh, it wasn't a professional opinion?

So that means it
was a personal one.

Yes, and in hindsight I
had no business offering it.

It was completely irrelevant.

Irrelevant, because it had nothing
to do with Amaya and her adoption

but everything to
do with you, correct?

Is it true, Miss Morgan, that
you grew up in foster care?

That just about the time
you were going to be adopted,

your biological mother
appeared and put the kibosh on it

- and you ended up living with her...
- Objection! This man's out of order!

That's what you get when you
hire a guy who works out of a deli.

- What are you doing?
- Dr. Bull, take your seat.

It is you that is
out of order. You.

I have told you once, you
have no standing in this court.

You cannot object.
You cannot speak.

- Defense has no more questions.
- Sit down, Jason.

You leave me no choice, Dr. Bull.
I declare you in contempt of court.

Officer, please remove him.

CABLE: Naomi?

- Who's asking?
- My name is Cable McCrory.

I'm a friend of Harrison's.

Actually, a friend of
a friend of Harrison's.

- And where is Harrison?
- I don't know.

He texted and asked
me to meet with you.

No offense, but
I don't know you.

I agreed to do a favor
for a former colleague,

not for some girl
I've never met.

Please. My friend in Ethiopia really
needs to know what those papers say.

There's a little
boy gone missing.

And my boss could
lose everything.

A lot of this is just boring
bureaucratic boilerplate.

But based on what Harrison
told me about the situation,

I think this might be
what you're looking for.

A relinquishment
agreement. What is that?

A signed relinquishment
agreement.

This guy Abel said he thought
his son was coming back, right?

This paper gives up all parental
rights to his child in perpetuity.

He knew his son was
never coming back.

This document is enforceable
in any Ethiopian court.

- So he lied.
- He certainly did.

Now all you have to do
is find him and find the boy

and call the police...
half a world away.

[SIGHS]

Morning. I don't have to worry
about Amaya taking the business.

- I put it up for bail.
- Very funny. How's Marissa?

A little rattled, a little embarrassed,
very concerned, but she'll be fine.

Now ask me if I've
got any good news.

Oh. Do you have any good news?

Ooh, as a matter of fact, we booked
out of that courtroom so fast yesterday

that no one checked in with TAC.

Turns out that Getman delivered
a spectacular closing argument.

Better than the opener he
gave to our empty chairs.

If the mirror jurors are to be
believed, then our jury is split.

Hmm. Nice.

Has the jury
arrived at a verdict?

FOREMAN: Yes,
we have, Your Honor.

The jury finds in favor of
the defendant, Dr. Jason Bull,

and his company Trial
Analysis Corporation.

Well, just goes to show you,
the older I get, the dumber I get.

I was right about you in college.
You are a force of nature, sir.

And you're really great at what
you do. I owe you a million thanks.

And a million apologies.

Truthfully the only thing
you owe me is money.

I'm happy for you, Jason. You've
built something you can be proud of.

And people shouldn't be
allowed to take it away from you

just because things didn't
work out the way they wanted.

Why doesn't this feel better?

I thought victory was
supposed to make you feel good.

You're the doctor. You tell me.

ABEL: Alexander.

[ABEL LAUGHS]

Good job!

[SPEAKS AMHARIC]

Police?

[SPEAKS AMHARIC]

Do you speak English?

Nice to see you both again.

Have a seat.

Sorry we're late. I thought we
were meeting at Mr. Getman's office.

This is my office.

Hmm. Well, if this is about
filing suit to recover court costs...

BULL: It isn't.

We wanted to meet with you face to face
to give you a heads-up about something.

You will be receiving a call
shortly from the State Department

with some flight information.

Flight information? For whom?

- Oh, Alex? You mean he's...?
- He's coming back.

- How? How did you...?
- I didn't. He did.

I'll explain everything,
but I need you to listen.

- I'm listening.
- Your son is on his way home.

And his father is
awaiting trial in Ethiopia.

OK.

You know how much it hurt
you to be away from your son.

That's how much it hurt his
father for the past five years.

You can make this right. Let Abel
come to the States. Don't press charges.

Let him be a part of
Alexander's life in some way.

GETMAN: And you know
what? Here's another thought.

Maybe consider
starting a foundation.

You're good at getting
the media's attention.

It might be nice to focus on something
other than yourself for a change.

Excuse me?

Ignore the presentation.
Focus on the message.

It's why he works in
the outer boroughs.

Did I say something wrong?

Though this has been a
difficult experience for all of us,

my eyes have been opened

to both the profound
benefits and potential pitfalls

to international adoption.

That is why it is the mission
of the Bekele Foundation

to make sure that every
child brought to America

is done so ethically
and with transparency.

And now there's someone
very special I would like to thank.

- Dr. Jason Bull.
- [APPLAUSE]

Because of you, my son has
both a mother and a father.

Because of you,
we are all a family.

And I thank you from
the bottom of my heart.

Don't you find this to
be a bit hypocritical?

- She was suing us three weeks ago.
- I guess.

- I like her hair.
- I love her clothes.

Notwithstanding the legal thing,
I think she's a really nice person.

[♪ DAVID BOWIE: FAME]