Goliath (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Citizens United - full transcript
The trial concludes as former partners and old friends have their final showdown in court.
♫ Oh, my God,
please help me ♫
♫ Knee-deep in the river
trying to get clean ♫
♫ He says wash your hands,
get out the stains ♫
♫ But you best believe, boy,
there's hell to pay ♫
♫ Yeah, you best believe, boy,
there's hell to pay, saying ♫
♫ Oh, my God,
please help me ♫
♫ Neck-deep in the river
screaming for relief ♫
♫ He says, it's mine to give
but it's yours to choose ♫
♫ You're gonna sink or swim,
you're gonna learn the truth ♫
♫ No matter what do,
you're gonna learn
the truth, saying ♫
♫ Ate the bread
that once was stones ♫
♫ Fell from a cliff,
never broke a bone ♫
♫ Bowed down to get
the kings overthrown ♫
♫ And I'm all alone
and the fire grows ♫
♫ And I'm all alone
and the fire grows ♫
Brittany.
Brittany?
Go away.
Billy, go away!
I'm not here! Go away!
Brittany, open the fucking door.
- I can't talk to you.
- Come on.
I can't talk to you.
Just talk to me for a minute.
What the fuck are you doing?
Huh?
You need to leave.
What do you mean,
I need to leave?
You look me in the fucking
eye right now.
God damn you, look me
in the fucking eye.
What did you expect me
to do, Billy?
I don't have a fucking choice.
What do I expect you to do?
I expect you
to be my fucking friend!
You were never my friend!
Really? You got
a short memory, honey!
- Billy!
- You got a really
short fucking memory!
The only reason you hired me
is because I fuck
guys for a living
and you thought that
I'd be handy for you!
That was it!
And you were right
because you're fucking smart!
Because I did it!
I fucked that cop
because you asked me to.
I asked you to do that?
I asked you to find
some shit out for me.
- Okay?
- You asked me to do it.
How much did Callie offer you?
After you watched the video,
you looked at me with
so much fucking shame!
What did Callie... Really?
I never felt like more
of a fucking whore
in my entire life!
I told you I was sorry
about this shit, okay?
What did she offer you?
What did Callie offer you?
She didn't offer me anything.
Really?
She offered you nothing?
This is my only chance...
You're selling me down
the fucking river...
...to not go to fucking
prison for ten years.
I'm supposed to sit
in there and fucking rot
while you go and do
your fucking case?
That's the only thing
you care about!
You don't give a shit
about anyone else!
People have been killed.
Do you know that?
I know that, yeah.
Well, you didn't
save fucking Rachel!
What are you going to do for me?
You're too fucking fancy
for this place!
Get the fuck out of here!
Okay, you sleep well, okay?
I came here to try, all right?
Oh, fuck.
Finally. Are we set?
We just came from a meeting
with the management committee.
There's no way
you can get in that
witness chair, Donald.
I have been summoned.
We can get you out of that.
You are part
of the defense team.
Anything you would say
is shielded
by both privilege
and work product.
That was once true.
It is no longer so.
After Wendell Corey
chose to invoke my name
during his testimony,
legally he waived the privilege
by raising a reliance
on counsel defense.
You know this plays
right into Billy's hands.
He has no case right now.
By you taking the stand,
you risk giving him one.
The fact that his case
rests on me...
what more could we want?
This isn't about you.
It isn't about your ego
or your intelligence
or your Billy grudge.
This is about you
doing what is best
for the client.
Ohh.
And you can't use that
damn thing in court.
Are you saying they might
see me as a monster?
You're damn right.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Letts.
I have been summoned.
I will comply
with the court order,
and I will discharge
my civic duty.
Donald.
Did you puppeteer this?
You told Wendell
to hide behind privilege,
knowing full well
that they would ask you
to the stand.
This is the big day.
We don't want to be late.
The risk you are putting us
through is enormous.
I need to get to court.
What a sight you all are for me.
You may find my appearance odd.
Remember, I am in no pain.
You are my people.
I'm your people.
Do you solemnly swear
to tell the truth,
so help you God?
Yes, I do.
I'm sorry. I didn't hear that.
Yes, I do, I said.
Hmm.
Sir, in a nice loud voice,
please introduce yourself
to the members of our jury.
Donald Cooperman.
And you're an attorney.
Yes.
A well-compensated,
Yale-educated attorney.
Not only Yale, but yes.
You represent the defendant,
Borns Technology?
Yes.
As an experienced attorney,
you're familiar
with something called the
advice of counsel defense.
That's a legal doctrine
involving...
good faith reliance
on an attorney's, uh...
advice.
Let me pose a hypothetical.
If someone like Borns Tech
were to detonate napalm bombs
off the coast of Long Beach,
which is just a few miles
from this courtroom,
that defense could come in
pretty handy, couldn't it?
I don't agree with your premise.
A clever attorney
could invoke that defense
to help his client
avoid responsibility.
It's a...
it's... it's... it's...
it's a legitimate
legal defense...
honored in courts
across the land.
Ever advise Borns Tech
about testing cluster bombs
in the ocean?
I did not.
- Wendell Corey says you did.
- That's not what he said
on the closed circuit
television replay I saw,
but if he did say that
in some other venue,
I would say he was mistaken.
Did you advise
or instruct Ryan Larson
or anyone else at Borns Tech
to design or test cluster bombs?
No. I did not.
Did a man named Karl Stoltz
ever authorize Ryan Larson
to test cluster bombs?
Uh, I've never heard of anyone
by the name of Karl Stoltz.
Are you familiar with
the original plaintiff
in this lawsuit...
Rachel Kennedy?
Only from the pleadings.
Hmm. She had to drop
out of the suit
after she was run over
by a car and killed.
Mm, yeah, I... I know...
I know she had to drop out.
Who's Lucy Kittridge?
How is this remotely relevant?
I was just getting to that.
You and Miss Kittridge had
a personal relationship.
Right?
She worked for the firm.
Are you aware of a conversation
between Miss Kittridge
and a man named Karl Stoltz?
Objection. Hearsay.
Not offering
for the truth, Your Honor.
Are you aware of a conversation?
I don't know anyone
named Stoltz.
Very well.
Are you aware Mr. Stoltz
made threats on your life?
Can we at least get
an offer of proof?
- Where is this going?
- My offer of proof
is that Mr. Stoltz made
threats against this witness,
and then the next day
he wound up dead
in the trunk of a car.
What's the basis
of knowledge here?
It was my car.
There isn't a scrap of evidence
tying our client to a murder.
So if Lucy Kittridge...
there she is
right here... Lucy...
if she gets on the stand
and testifies that you
know Karl Stoltz,
- would she be lying?
- Objection.
Calls for speculation.
Well, Miss Kittridge is going
to be my next witness.
I will take it to bene.
Go ahead.
Miss Kittridge is going to say
that Mr. Stoltz
had a conversation
with you.
You know what I find, uh...
unconscionable?
Yes, please.
A bottom-feeding vulture
picking flesh
off the bones of the dead
at the expense
of a great company,
one that employs thousands
of Americans with good jobs,
all the while protecting
American interests
here and abroad.
And making you
and Wendell Corey rich.
We get paid well because
we do our work well.
The beneficiaries of that work
are not just Borns Tech.
It's everyone.
Even you.
Me?
Yeah. You, sir...
I have...
As a soldier, as a lawyer,
as a citizen,
I have given my life
to this country's...
this nation's fundamental
infrastructures,
its systems of law and security.
It's what allows little men
like you your day in court.
It...
Even when it means letting you
try to commit fraud.
Miss Kittridge
will take the stand
and testify that you
damn well know Karl Stoltz.
Is it still your testimony
that you do not know
Karl Stoltz?
I know what he is.
I know what you are.
This is your last chance
to set the record straight, sir.
I know...
Mr. Cooperman, can you finish
answering the question?
Mr. Cooperman.
Can you answer the question?
- Oh!
- Mr. Cooperman!
Are those new glasses?
Yeah.
Cute, right?
- Hey.
- Billy.
How's it going?
So what's up?
How's he doing?
He had a stroke.
There's some bleeding
on the brain.
He's getting an MRI now
to determine how much.
Was he sick or anything?
Did he show any signs of it?
Well, the doctor just told me
that he had some sort
of a mini-stroke
three months ago,
so maybe that's why
he's been acting crazy.
You know his testimony
now, it's not going to...
Yeah, I know.
I didn't get a chance to...
Seriously.
I didn't get a chance
to cross-examine him, so...
No, I get it.
I can't afford to let it go.
I'm not going to let it go.
Is there any question
as to what we should do?
No. We should go forward.
What?
Well, we're winning, Wendell.
They've put on
a thin case at best.
We're in a good position.
Cooperman actually
seemed sympathetic.
Whoever thought
that was possible?
Leonard?
Your call, Wendell.
M... Leonard,
you've been telling me
to settle this
from the start.
We are winning.
Let's just keep going
and get this shit done already.
He's right.
Is he going to die?
I don't know.
So what happens now?
I guess we'll see tomorrow.
Do you think we should
go for a mistrial?
Why would we do that?
No, I'm... I'm worried
that the stroke is going
to make him seem
human somehow to the jury.
Yeah, I get that.
But the odds of me
getting any of that shit
into evidence at a second trial
are pretty bad.
Yeah.
God, think about
where we started,
Really.
It is pretty cool.
Yeah.
I guess it did seem
kind of impossible
to be this far, didn't it?
While I'm sure we all
wish Mr. Cooperman
a quick recovery,
the case must
necessarily continue,
which means we must proceed
without Mr. Cooperman's
testimony.
Mr. Cooperman's health issue
means the defense was not
given the opportunity
to cross-examine him.
Not giving the defense
their right
to confront
the witness against them
is prohibited by law,
unfair, and unduly prejudicial.
You are therefore instructed
to disregard all
of Mr. Cooperman's testimony.
It is not part
of the trial record.
It is not evidence.
You may not consider it
in any way.
Put it out of your minds.
By law it did not happen.
Is that clear?
Okay.
Mr. McBride.
Anything else?
No, Your Honor.
Very well.
Miss Senate.
Your Honor, we call
Brittany Gold to the stand.
Raise your right hand.
Do you, Brittany Gold,
swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
You'll have to say it
for the record.
Yes.
Please.
Ms. Gold, do you know
Mr. McBride?
- Yes.
- How do you know him?
Um, ahem,
um, we...
he was my attorney
in a criminal matter,
and now he's...
he's my employer.
Um, I...
I do paralegal work.
On this case?
Mm-hmm.
Ms. Gold,
did Mr. McBride ask you
to blackmail anyone
involved in this case?
A police officer.
Um...
Officer Sanders,
the one who arrested
Mr. McBride for DUI.
Bil... Uh, Mr. McBride
asked me to sleep
with the officer
to get information
on Karl Stoltz.
What did you blackmail
the officer with, exactly?
I made, um...
a sex tape.
Just me sleeping
with the officer,
and...
Mr. McBride used it
to blackmail the officer
in order to give us more...
into telling us
who Karl Stoltz was.
No further questions,
Your Honor.
Billy.
Miss Gold,
did the defense
offer you anything
to testify against us?
No.
No?
I've had some...
recent legal problems,
and they told me that they
would help me with...
with those problems if I...
if I came here
and I told the truth
about what I knew.
Miss Gold, did I ask you
to have sex
with a police officer?
You...
Did I say
"Hey, will you go have sex
with this police officer
and make a tape?"
Did I say that?
You told me...
to do anything I had...
anything I had to do
to get information
about Karl Stoltz.
The question is, did I ask you
to have sex
with a police officer?
No.
Thank you.
No further questions.
Redirect, Your Honor.
Ms. Gold, have you
ever been charged
with solicitation?
Um, yes.
And did Mr. McBride
represent you
in these legal troubles?
Yes.
So it's your understanding
that Mr. McBride was aware
that you work as a prostitute.
Yes.
And when he asked you
to blackmail the officer,
was your understanding
that he implied
- that you would use...
- Objection.
...your skills
as a prostitute...
- Objection.
- ...to blackmail him?
No further questions.
You may step down, Miss Gold.
The case is going very well.
We're expecting a good result.
What?
I had a stroke.
I had a stroke.
Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes, you had a stroke.
It was scary, but the doctors
say you're on the mend.
The partners will want to...
replace me.
Shh shh shh shh shh.
Don't worry about that now.
No.
Donald.
Don't worry about that now.
I can't...
I cannot live like this.
I'm, uh...
paralyzed.
Hey. They say
it's only temporary.
Ha ha.
Don't lie to me.
I cannot live like this.
Will you help me?
What do you mean?
You know...
what they do to...
the lead dog...
of a sled team...
when it's time to retire.
Bullet in the brain.
Mm.
It's a kindness.
Ryan Larson committed suicide.
He said so himself
in not one but two
suicide notes.
His priest and his wife
thought so, too,
until Mr. McBride showed up,
trying to make money
off this tragedy.
Mr. McBride
asks you to believe
in a fantasy
that Ryan Larson
was testing weapons
and that Borns Tech blew him up,
based on what evidence?
A toy model buried
on the property by someone,
the ramblings of a mentally ill,
disgruntled ex-employee,
a porn revenge guy,
the testimony
of a drug trafficker
who showed you a video
of the boat blowing up,
a fact that was
never in question.
We all know the boat blew up.
And finally, a prostitute
who blackmailed a police officer
with a sex tape
at Mr. McBride's behest.
People sue deep pocket
corporations all the time,
and for some attorneys
it's a business model...
a hit and run, bleed and plead,
and eke out a settlement.
And why not?
These corporations
have lots of money.
What do they care?
But some of them
also have principles,
and Borns Tech
is one such company.
We are in the business
of making the tools
our troops need
to win the war on terror.
We're in the business
of protecting American soil,
and we're in the business of
protecting American values...
values like truth.
And the sad truth
is that Ryan Larson
was an unhappy man
whose wife was having an affair,
and he took his own life
It's a tragedy.
His wife Gina Larson
accepted it,
and she had somehow
made peace with it,
when Mr. McBride
convinced her
that there was money to be had.
And Mr. McBride
asks you to believe
in this fantasy
because he cannot substantiate
his version of reality
with facts.
I man, consider what they're
asking you to swallow...
that we blew up Ryan Larson
and while we were at it
we ran over his sister,
assaulted her attorney,
got his witnesses convicted
of drug trafficking,
and killed a snitch
and hid it in the trunk
of Mr. McBride's car.
How industrious we are.
And he wants you to believe,
in a feeling of injustice
for the common man
fighting the good fight
against the big bad corporation.
But Mr. McBride
is not a common man.
He is a con man.
And while he may elicit
your feelings of compassion...
feelings are not facts.
Mr. McBride? Rebuttal?
Ahem.
Callie Senate is
an excellent attorney.
I've known her a long time.
And she's just doing her job.
And I'm doing mine.
Does she want to win?
Of course.
Do I? Of course.
That is the job.
So we follow these
rules and regulations,
and sometimes
we can't introduce
things that we want to.
Someone objects.
Or there's a law that...
a rule that the judge says
he can't allow something.
That happens.
But here's the great thing
about the law,
and I love the law.
I wouldn't have gotten
into it if I didn't.
The great thing about the law
is at the end of the day...
it doesn't really matter
what we say or think.
It matters what you think.
That's the beautiful thing.
So here's what I have.
I have a client...
who lost a loved one.
He blew up on a boat
owned by Borns Tech.
He didn't blow up on,
you know, Bill's tuna boat.
He blew up on a boat
owned by Borns Tech.
I can't tell you beyond
a reasonable doubt
what happened on that boat.
Neither can they.
But I don't have to.
I only have to have
51% of your confidence.
Is it more likely than not?
Do I wish I could convict
this company criminally?
Absolutely.
Positively.
But I can't.
You see, these corporations
are not people.
They don't bleed.
They don't cry.
It's a company.
They put one witness
on the stand...
one...
who told you she did not
tell the truth.
Those are the facts.
I can't do anything about that.
You can't, either.
That's true.
When are we going to send
a message to them
to quit telling us what to think
and what we need
to be protected from?
You can use your voice
to say they have done
something wrong.
And if you don't think
your vote counts,
if you don't think
your decision counts,
you're wrong.
There's an old
West African proverb,
and I'm going to be
paraphrasing this,
that says if you think you're
too small to make an impact,
try spending the night in
a room with a few mosquitoes.
Lucy Kittridge.
My protégé. Mm.
- You betrayed me.
- No.
You told Billy about Stoltz.
No.
I loved you.
Oh?
Is that why you ch...
chose to kill me?
You betrayed everything
that I believed in.
The law, the work we do,
us, my brother.
You only care
about money and power.
No.
And what can be
more evil than that?
Not evil.
Not entire... tirely.
I know.
It's what makes this so sad.
How could they have
deliberated for one day?
That makes no sense.
Oh, did you call Gina?
- No, Marva did.
- Okay.
- Oh, do you have your keys?
- Yes.
Yeah.
Ohh, my God.
- No.
- Hey.
No.
- Billy.
- Today?
- Billy, can I just...
- Oh, go away, Brittany.
Can I just talk to you
for a second?
No. Come on.
No, you don't get to talk to him
because you fucked us.
- Patty, let me just talk...
- You understand that?
...for a second, okay?
Yeah, do some good
and walk away.
- Do something good...
- I don't have...
...and walk the fuck
away, Brittany.
Billy, please just talk to me
for five minutes. Please?
Billy, you blocked my number.
Back off, honey,
you're gonna get hurt.
How am I supposed
to talk to you?
Billy, please!
Billy, please, please,
please just talk to me
for five minutes!
Come on!
Oh. Thank you.
They're not looking at us.
Doesn't mean anything.
Okay, then.
Ahem.
Claim 1, question 1.
Was the death of Ryan Larson
caused by the wrongful
actions of Borns Tech?
The jury says yes.
Claim 1, question 2.
Did the defendant establish
an affirmative defense
of advice of counsel,
rendering them
not legally liable
for Ryan Larson's death?
The jury answer...
no.
Having found
in the affirmative
to question 1
and the negative to question 2,
the jury proceeds
to question 3: damages.
Your Honor, I would like
to be heard, please.
You may not be heard,
Miss Senate.
Ahem.
Pain and suffering.
Based on the nature
of Ryan Larson's death,
the likelihood
his death was immediate,
the jury awards damages
in the amount of one dollar.
Number 2, actual damages
based on Ryan Larson's
life expectancy,
the jury awards
the Larson family
$100,000.
Yes.
That's it?
And finally claim 2, question 1.
Did Borns Tech commit fraud
in regards to the cause
of Ryan Larson's death?
yes.
Having found in
the affirmative
to question 1,
the jury proceeds
to determine damages.
The jury awards
the Larson family damages
in the amount of 162...
million dollars.
Your Honor, I would like
to be heard now, please.
You've been heard, Ms. Senate,
and the jury's given you
their answer.
You don't like it,
take it up on appeal.
The jury is thanked and excused.
Can I have a word, please?
Sure.
$25 million paid today.
Waive all appeals,
no claim of responsibility.
Over and done.
- No.
- Was I talking to you?
This verdict is off the charts.
It'll be set aside
by the court of appeals.
We'll take our chances, okay?
Between appeals
and motions of remittitur
and the present-day value,
by the time you get it...
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Uh, are you under the impression
that you won?
Because you did not
at all. You did
the opposite of winning.
Right? I mean...
25 million today in hand.
50 million and
an admission of guilt.
God damn, you just got
a jury verdict.
50 million and a clear admission
of what happened on that
goddamn boat, okay?
That's it.
Could everybody give
Mr. McBride and myself
the room, please?
Bad idea.
I strongly urge
against any kind
of communication...
Jesus Christ, Leonard, please.
- Wendell...
- I... I would like
to have the room
with just Mr. McBride
and myself.
Thank you.
Look, I don't know what happened
on that boat that night, okay?
But it wasn't a suicide.
So you can tell his family that.
That's not good enough.
What?
Of course that's good enough.
What do you think,
I'm gonna sit in here
and sign a goddamn confession?
You just won a trial,
for Christ's sakes.
Let's get...
get this over with.
Mr. Corey...
come on.
He was dumping fuel.
Okay?
He wasn't supposed to.
Fuel for the cluster weapon.
And bombs.
No... There
aren't bomb...
The fuel is the weapon.
Okay? The fuel's what
does all the damage.
You can't test it
because you're not
supposed to have it.
And if you're not
supposed to have it...
you can't get rid of it.
We got worried
there was going to be
a surprise inspection.
Ryan Larson stepped up,
solved the problem for us.
I wonder who had
Rachel Kennedy killed.
It wasn't us.
We don't kill people.
Oh, come on, Mr. Corey.
What do you mean
you don't kill...
Let me make the distinction.
We don't murder people.
We kill enemies of the state.
There's a difference.
We didn't kill your girlfriend.
Girlfriend.
Uh, we're good. Let's go.
What? What happened?
Well, other than some
phone troubles...
What phone troubles?
It's okay. We're good.
We got the 50 million.
- Fuck off.
- Yeah.
Stop.
Holy shit.
- Hi.
- Hey. What's up?
Did you just call me?
What do you need?
Come here a minute.
Uh, I'm not so good
with gadgets.
I was trying to get a video,
but all I got was audio here,
so I was wondering if maybe
you could help me out with it.
Let me see it.
The fuel is the weapon.
Okay? The fuel's what
does all the damage.
You can't test it
because you're not
supposed to have it.
And if you're not
supposed to have it...
you can't get rid of it.
Yeah, that's, uh,
that's a serious phone issue,
but I think I know
someone who can fix it.
You mind if I, uh...
Be my guest.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Huh.
- Sorry about the case.
You can't win them all,
only this was a big one.
Well, Donald figures
he'll be voted out,
so he asked me to collect
some of his personal things.
I wonder who they'll
move in here.
If we'd won,
it could have been me.
That was my plan anyway.
I'm sure it was.
You smell good.
So what are you going to do now?
Why? Am I fired?
I'm sure you already knew that.
So the partners have spoken.
Here I thought
I was being so clever,
helping Wendell
throw Donald to the wolves.
Ç'est la vie.
It should be you.
It should be you in charge now.
I don't want it.
How very Julius Caesar of you.
Is everything
a game to you, Callie?
And you don't play
any games, Michelle?
No.
Hi. You've reached Rachel.
I'm not home right now,
but leave a message,
and I'll get back to you.
Thanks.
Have a great day. Bye.
Hi. You've reached Rachel.
I'm not home right now,
but leave a message,
and I'll get back to you.
Thanks.
Have a great day. Bye.
The doctor adjusted your levels.
Hmm.
You should feel
more comfortable soon.
And your pressure's stable.
Hmm.
Sorry if I'm interrupting.
Can you...
let us have some privacy?
I'd like to
talk to my old friend.
Just a few minutes.
Yes, ma'am.
Thank you.
Hmm.
Hmm.
I hate to see this
happen to you.
Ohh.
Oh, Billy.
Wow. You...
You know me, don't you?
Yeah. I know you.
I sure do.
And that feels good.
To be known.
But... you think you're
the good guy, don't you?
No, Donnie, I don't.
Yes, you do. Ohh.
You... You come down here.
I do think you are the good guy.
That's why...
Look, I know you cannot...
cannot let me suffer like this.
Not even me.
I'm close anyhow.
Help me.
It'll be easy.
You don't give up, do you?
You still trying
to get me put away.
Yeah, I'd help you.
I'd show mercy,
even to you.
But you see...
it's against the law.
It burns you up
to think I beat you.
You want to hear
something worse?
I wasn't even fighting you.
You know your friend
Rachel Kennedy?
Don't start with me.
Don't you fuck with me.
She wasn't the one
we were trying to get.
You were supposed to get it.
She took yours.
Oh, I'd kill you right now
myself if I could,
and I would spit in your face.
It's not going to work.
It's not going to work, sir.
"Sir."
You know, Donnie...
I really do hope it's true
that your life
passes in front of you.
You'll just drift away.
You want some whiskey?
You stinker!
Resynced and corrections
by Dan4Jem, XII.MMXVI
please help me ♫
♫ Knee-deep in the river
trying to get clean ♫
♫ He says wash your hands,
get out the stains ♫
♫ But you best believe, boy,
there's hell to pay ♫
♫ Yeah, you best believe, boy,
there's hell to pay, saying ♫
♫ Oh, my God,
please help me ♫
♫ Neck-deep in the river
screaming for relief ♫
♫ He says, it's mine to give
but it's yours to choose ♫
♫ You're gonna sink or swim,
you're gonna learn the truth ♫
♫ No matter what do,
you're gonna learn
the truth, saying ♫
♫ Ate the bread
that once was stones ♫
♫ Fell from a cliff,
never broke a bone ♫
♫ Bowed down to get
the kings overthrown ♫
♫ And I'm all alone
and the fire grows ♫
♫ And I'm all alone
and the fire grows ♫
Brittany.
Brittany?
Go away.
Billy, go away!
I'm not here! Go away!
Brittany, open the fucking door.
- I can't talk to you.
- Come on.
I can't talk to you.
Just talk to me for a minute.
What the fuck are you doing?
Huh?
You need to leave.
What do you mean,
I need to leave?
You look me in the fucking
eye right now.
God damn you, look me
in the fucking eye.
What did you expect me
to do, Billy?
I don't have a fucking choice.
What do I expect you to do?
I expect you
to be my fucking friend!
You were never my friend!
Really? You got
a short memory, honey!
- Billy!
- You got a really
short fucking memory!
The only reason you hired me
is because I fuck
guys for a living
and you thought that
I'd be handy for you!
That was it!
And you were right
because you're fucking smart!
Because I did it!
I fucked that cop
because you asked me to.
I asked you to do that?
I asked you to find
some shit out for me.
- Okay?
- You asked me to do it.
How much did Callie offer you?
After you watched the video,
you looked at me with
so much fucking shame!
What did Callie... Really?
I never felt like more
of a fucking whore
in my entire life!
I told you I was sorry
about this shit, okay?
What did she offer you?
What did Callie offer you?
She didn't offer me anything.
Really?
She offered you nothing?
This is my only chance...
You're selling me down
the fucking river...
...to not go to fucking
prison for ten years.
I'm supposed to sit
in there and fucking rot
while you go and do
your fucking case?
That's the only thing
you care about!
You don't give a shit
about anyone else!
People have been killed.
Do you know that?
I know that, yeah.
Well, you didn't
save fucking Rachel!
What are you going to do for me?
You're too fucking fancy
for this place!
Get the fuck out of here!
Okay, you sleep well, okay?
I came here to try, all right?
Oh, fuck.
Finally. Are we set?
We just came from a meeting
with the management committee.
There's no way
you can get in that
witness chair, Donald.
I have been summoned.
We can get you out of that.
You are part
of the defense team.
Anything you would say
is shielded
by both privilege
and work product.
That was once true.
It is no longer so.
After Wendell Corey
chose to invoke my name
during his testimony,
legally he waived the privilege
by raising a reliance
on counsel defense.
You know this plays
right into Billy's hands.
He has no case right now.
By you taking the stand,
you risk giving him one.
The fact that his case
rests on me...
what more could we want?
This isn't about you.
It isn't about your ego
or your intelligence
or your Billy grudge.
This is about you
doing what is best
for the client.
Ohh.
And you can't use that
damn thing in court.
Are you saying they might
see me as a monster?
You're damn right.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Letts.
I have been summoned.
I will comply
with the court order,
and I will discharge
my civic duty.
Donald.
Did you puppeteer this?
You told Wendell
to hide behind privilege,
knowing full well
that they would ask you
to the stand.
This is the big day.
We don't want to be late.
The risk you are putting us
through is enormous.
I need to get to court.
What a sight you all are for me.
You may find my appearance odd.
Remember, I am in no pain.
You are my people.
I'm your people.
Do you solemnly swear
to tell the truth,
so help you God?
Yes, I do.
I'm sorry. I didn't hear that.
Yes, I do, I said.
Hmm.
Sir, in a nice loud voice,
please introduce yourself
to the members of our jury.
Donald Cooperman.
And you're an attorney.
Yes.
A well-compensated,
Yale-educated attorney.
Not only Yale, but yes.
You represent the defendant,
Borns Technology?
Yes.
As an experienced attorney,
you're familiar
with something called the
advice of counsel defense.
That's a legal doctrine
involving...
good faith reliance
on an attorney's, uh...
advice.
Let me pose a hypothetical.
If someone like Borns Tech
were to detonate napalm bombs
off the coast of Long Beach,
which is just a few miles
from this courtroom,
that defense could come in
pretty handy, couldn't it?
I don't agree with your premise.
A clever attorney
could invoke that defense
to help his client
avoid responsibility.
It's a...
it's... it's... it's...
it's a legitimate
legal defense...
honored in courts
across the land.
Ever advise Borns Tech
about testing cluster bombs
in the ocean?
I did not.
- Wendell Corey says you did.
- That's not what he said
on the closed circuit
television replay I saw,
but if he did say that
in some other venue,
I would say he was mistaken.
Did you advise
or instruct Ryan Larson
or anyone else at Borns Tech
to design or test cluster bombs?
No. I did not.
Did a man named Karl Stoltz
ever authorize Ryan Larson
to test cluster bombs?
Uh, I've never heard of anyone
by the name of Karl Stoltz.
Are you familiar with
the original plaintiff
in this lawsuit...
Rachel Kennedy?
Only from the pleadings.
Hmm. She had to drop
out of the suit
after she was run over
by a car and killed.
Mm, yeah, I... I know...
I know she had to drop out.
Who's Lucy Kittridge?
How is this remotely relevant?
I was just getting to that.
You and Miss Kittridge had
a personal relationship.
Right?
She worked for the firm.
Are you aware of a conversation
between Miss Kittridge
and a man named Karl Stoltz?
Objection. Hearsay.
Not offering
for the truth, Your Honor.
Are you aware of a conversation?
I don't know anyone
named Stoltz.
Very well.
Are you aware Mr. Stoltz
made threats on your life?
Can we at least get
an offer of proof?
- Where is this going?
- My offer of proof
is that Mr. Stoltz made
threats against this witness,
and then the next day
he wound up dead
in the trunk of a car.
What's the basis
of knowledge here?
It was my car.
There isn't a scrap of evidence
tying our client to a murder.
So if Lucy Kittridge...
there she is
right here... Lucy...
if she gets on the stand
and testifies that you
know Karl Stoltz,
- would she be lying?
- Objection.
Calls for speculation.
Well, Miss Kittridge is going
to be my next witness.
I will take it to bene.
Go ahead.
Miss Kittridge is going to say
that Mr. Stoltz
had a conversation
with you.
You know what I find, uh...
unconscionable?
Yes, please.
A bottom-feeding vulture
picking flesh
off the bones of the dead
at the expense
of a great company,
one that employs thousands
of Americans with good jobs,
all the while protecting
American interests
here and abroad.
And making you
and Wendell Corey rich.
We get paid well because
we do our work well.
The beneficiaries of that work
are not just Borns Tech.
It's everyone.
Even you.
Me?
Yeah. You, sir...
I have...
As a soldier, as a lawyer,
as a citizen,
I have given my life
to this country's...
this nation's fundamental
infrastructures,
its systems of law and security.
It's what allows little men
like you your day in court.
It...
Even when it means letting you
try to commit fraud.
Miss Kittridge
will take the stand
and testify that you
damn well know Karl Stoltz.
Is it still your testimony
that you do not know
Karl Stoltz?
I know what he is.
I know what you are.
This is your last chance
to set the record straight, sir.
I know...
Mr. Cooperman, can you finish
answering the question?
Mr. Cooperman.
Can you answer the question?
- Oh!
- Mr. Cooperman!
Are those new glasses?
Yeah.
Cute, right?
- Hey.
- Billy.
How's it going?
So what's up?
How's he doing?
He had a stroke.
There's some bleeding
on the brain.
He's getting an MRI now
to determine how much.
Was he sick or anything?
Did he show any signs of it?
Well, the doctor just told me
that he had some sort
of a mini-stroke
three months ago,
so maybe that's why
he's been acting crazy.
You know his testimony
now, it's not going to...
Yeah, I know.
I didn't get a chance to...
Seriously.
I didn't get a chance
to cross-examine him, so...
No, I get it.
I can't afford to let it go.
I'm not going to let it go.
Is there any question
as to what we should do?
No. We should go forward.
What?
Well, we're winning, Wendell.
They've put on
a thin case at best.
We're in a good position.
Cooperman actually
seemed sympathetic.
Whoever thought
that was possible?
Leonard?
Your call, Wendell.
M... Leonard,
you've been telling me
to settle this
from the start.
We are winning.
Let's just keep going
and get this shit done already.
He's right.
Is he going to die?
I don't know.
So what happens now?
I guess we'll see tomorrow.
Do you think we should
go for a mistrial?
Why would we do that?
No, I'm... I'm worried
that the stroke is going
to make him seem
human somehow to the jury.
Yeah, I get that.
But the odds of me
getting any of that shit
into evidence at a second trial
are pretty bad.
Yeah.
God, think about
where we started,
Really.
It is pretty cool.
Yeah.
I guess it did seem
kind of impossible
to be this far, didn't it?
While I'm sure we all
wish Mr. Cooperman
a quick recovery,
the case must
necessarily continue,
which means we must proceed
without Mr. Cooperman's
testimony.
Mr. Cooperman's health issue
means the defense was not
given the opportunity
to cross-examine him.
Not giving the defense
their right
to confront
the witness against them
is prohibited by law,
unfair, and unduly prejudicial.
You are therefore instructed
to disregard all
of Mr. Cooperman's testimony.
It is not part
of the trial record.
It is not evidence.
You may not consider it
in any way.
Put it out of your minds.
By law it did not happen.
Is that clear?
Okay.
Mr. McBride.
Anything else?
No, Your Honor.
Very well.
Miss Senate.
Your Honor, we call
Brittany Gold to the stand.
Raise your right hand.
Do you, Brittany Gold,
swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
You'll have to say it
for the record.
Yes.
Please.
Ms. Gold, do you know
Mr. McBride?
- Yes.
- How do you know him?
Um, ahem,
um, we...
he was my attorney
in a criminal matter,
and now he's...
he's my employer.
Um, I...
I do paralegal work.
On this case?
Mm-hmm.
Ms. Gold,
did Mr. McBride ask you
to blackmail anyone
involved in this case?
A police officer.
Um...
Officer Sanders,
the one who arrested
Mr. McBride for DUI.
Bil... Uh, Mr. McBride
asked me to sleep
with the officer
to get information
on Karl Stoltz.
What did you blackmail
the officer with, exactly?
I made, um...
a sex tape.
Just me sleeping
with the officer,
and...
Mr. McBride used it
to blackmail the officer
in order to give us more...
into telling us
who Karl Stoltz was.
No further questions,
Your Honor.
Billy.
Miss Gold,
did the defense
offer you anything
to testify against us?
No.
No?
I've had some...
recent legal problems,
and they told me that they
would help me with...
with those problems if I...
if I came here
and I told the truth
about what I knew.
Miss Gold, did I ask you
to have sex
with a police officer?
You...
Did I say
"Hey, will you go have sex
with this police officer
and make a tape?"
Did I say that?
You told me...
to do anything I had...
anything I had to do
to get information
about Karl Stoltz.
The question is, did I ask you
to have sex
with a police officer?
No.
Thank you.
No further questions.
Redirect, Your Honor.
Ms. Gold, have you
ever been charged
with solicitation?
Um, yes.
And did Mr. McBride
represent you
in these legal troubles?
Yes.
So it's your understanding
that Mr. McBride was aware
that you work as a prostitute.
Yes.
And when he asked you
to blackmail the officer,
was your understanding
that he implied
- that you would use...
- Objection.
...your skills
as a prostitute...
- Objection.
- ...to blackmail him?
No further questions.
You may step down, Miss Gold.
The case is going very well.
We're expecting a good result.
What?
I had a stroke.
I had a stroke.
Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes, you had a stroke.
It was scary, but the doctors
say you're on the mend.
The partners will want to...
replace me.
Shh shh shh shh shh.
Don't worry about that now.
No.
Donald.
Don't worry about that now.
I can't...
I cannot live like this.
I'm, uh...
paralyzed.
Hey. They say
it's only temporary.
Ha ha.
Don't lie to me.
I cannot live like this.
Will you help me?
What do you mean?
You know...
what they do to...
the lead dog...
of a sled team...
when it's time to retire.
Bullet in the brain.
Mm.
It's a kindness.
Ryan Larson committed suicide.
He said so himself
in not one but two
suicide notes.
His priest and his wife
thought so, too,
until Mr. McBride showed up,
trying to make money
off this tragedy.
Mr. McBride
asks you to believe
in a fantasy
that Ryan Larson
was testing weapons
and that Borns Tech blew him up,
based on what evidence?
A toy model buried
on the property by someone,
the ramblings of a mentally ill,
disgruntled ex-employee,
a porn revenge guy,
the testimony
of a drug trafficker
who showed you a video
of the boat blowing up,
a fact that was
never in question.
We all know the boat blew up.
And finally, a prostitute
who blackmailed a police officer
with a sex tape
at Mr. McBride's behest.
People sue deep pocket
corporations all the time,
and for some attorneys
it's a business model...
a hit and run, bleed and plead,
and eke out a settlement.
And why not?
These corporations
have lots of money.
What do they care?
But some of them
also have principles,
and Borns Tech
is one such company.
We are in the business
of making the tools
our troops need
to win the war on terror.
We're in the business
of protecting American soil,
and we're in the business of
protecting American values...
values like truth.
And the sad truth
is that Ryan Larson
was an unhappy man
whose wife was having an affair,
and he took his own life
It's a tragedy.
His wife Gina Larson
accepted it,
and she had somehow
made peace with it,
when Mr. McBride
convinced her
that there was money to be had.
And Mr. McBride
asks you to believe
in this fantasy
because he cannot substantiate
his version of reality
with facts.
I man, consider what they're
asking you to swallow...
that we blew up Ryan Larson
and while we were at it
we ran over his sister,
assaulted her attorney,
got his witnesses convicted
of drug trafficking,
and killed a snitch
and hid it in the trunk
of Mr. McBride's car.
How industrious we are.
And he wants you to believe,
in a feeling of injustice
for the common man
fighting the good fight
against the big bad corporation.
But Mr. McBride
is not a common man.
He is a con man.
And while he may elicit
your feelings of compassion...
feelings are not facts.
Mr. McBride? Rebuttal?
Ahem.
Callie Senate is
an excellent attorney.
I've known her a long time.
And she's just doing her job.
And I'm doing mine.
Does she want to win?
Of course.
Do I? Of course.
That is the job.
So we follow these
rules and regulations,
and sometimes
we can't introduce
things that we want to.
Someone objects.
Or there's a law that...
a rule that the judge says
he can't allow something.
That happens.
But here's the great thing
about the law,
and I love the law.
I wouldn't have gotten
into it if I didn't.
The great thing about the law
is at the end of the day...
it doesn't really matter
what we say or think.
It matters what you think.
That's the beautiful thing.
So here's what I have.
I have a client...
who lost a loved one.
He blew up on a boat
owned by Borns Tech.
He didn't blow up on,
you know, Bill's tuna boat.
He blew up on a boat
owned by Borns Tech.
I can't tell you beyond
a reasonable doubt
what happened on that boat.
Neither can they.
But I don't have to.
I only have to have
51% of your confidence.
Is it more likely than not?
Do I wish I could convict
this company criminally?
Absolutely.
Positively.
But I can't.
You see, these corporations
are not people.
They don't bleed.
They don't cry.
It's a company.
They put one witness
on the stand...
one...
who told you she did not
tell the truth.
Those are the facts.
I can't do anything about that.
You can't, either.
That's true.
When are we going to send
a message to them
to quit telling us what to think
and what we need
to be protected from?
You can use your voice
to say they have done
something wrong.
And if you don't think
your vote counts,
if you don't think
your decision counts,
you're wrong.
There's an old
West African proverb,
and I'm going to be
paraphrasing this,
that says if you think you're
too small to make an impact,
try spending the night in
a room with a few mosquitoes.
Lucy Kittridge.
My protégé. Mm.
- You betrayed me.
- No.
You told Billy about Stoltz.
No.
I loved you.
Oh?
Is that why you ch...
chose to kill me?
You betrayed everything
that I believed in.
The law, the work we do,
us, my brother.
You only care
about money and power.
No.
And what can be
more evil than that?
Not evil.
Not entire... tirely.
I know.
It's what makes this so sad.
How could they have
deliberated for one day?
That makes no sense.
Oh, did you call Gina?
- No, Marva did.
- Okay.
- Oh, do you have your keys?
- Yes.
Yeah.
Ohh, my God.
- No.
- Hey.
No.
- Billy.
- Today?
- Billy, can I just...
- Oh, go away, Brittany.
Can I just talk to you
for a second?
No. Come on.
No, you don't get to talk to him
because you fucked us.
- Patty, let me just talk...
- You understand that?
...for a second, okay?
Yeah, do some good
and walk away.
- Do something good...
- I don't have...
...and walk the fuck
away, Brittany.
Billy, please just talk to me
for five minutes. Please?
Billy, you blocked my number.
Back off, honey,
you're gonna get hurt.
How am I supposed
to talk to you?
Billy, please!
Billy, please, please,
please just talk to me
for five minutes!
Come on!
Oh. Thank you.
They're not looking at us.
Doesn't mean anything.
Okay, then.
Ahem.
Claim 1, question 1.
Was the death of Ryan Larson
caused by the wrongful
actions of Borns Tech?
The jury says yes.
Claim 1, question 2.
Did the defendant establish
an affirmative defense
of advice of counsel,
rendering them
not legally liable
for Ryan Larson's death?
The jury answer...
no.
Having found
in the affirmative
to question 1
and the negative to question 2,
the jury proceeds
to question 3: damages.
Your Honor, I would like
to be heard, please.
You may not be heard,
Miss Senate.
Ahem.
Pain and suffering.
Based on the nature
of Ryan Larson's death,
the likelihood
his death was immediate,
the jury awards damages
in the amount of one dollar.
Number 2, actual damages
based on Ryan Larson's
life expectancy,
the jury awards
the Larson family
$100,000.
Yes.
That's it?
And finally claim 2, question 1.
Did Borns Tech commit fraud
in regards to the cause
of Ryan Larson's death?
yes.
Having found in
the affirmative
to question 1,
the jury proceeds
to determine damages.
The jury awards
the Larson family damages
in the amount of 162...
million dollars.
Your Honor, I would like
to be heard now, please.
You've been heard, Ms. Senate,
and the jury's given you
their answer.
You don't like it,
take it up on appeal.
The jury is thanked and excused.
Can I have a word, please?
Sure.
$25 million paid today.
Waive all appeals,
no claim of responsibility.
Over and done.
- No.
- Was I talking to you?
This verdict is off the charts.
It'll be set aside
by the court of appeals.
We'll take our chances, okay?
Between appeals
and motions of remittitur
and the present-day value,
by the time you get it...
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Uh, are you under the impression
that you won?
Because you did not
at all. You did
the opposite of winning.
Right? I mean...
25 million today in hand.
50 million and
an admission of guilt.
God damn, you just got
a jury verdict.
50 million and a clear admission
of what happened on that
goddamn boat, okay?
That's it.
Could everybody give
Mr. McBride and myself
the room, please?
Bad idea.
I strongly urge
against any kind
of communication...
Jesus Christ, Leonard, please.
- Wendell...
- I... I would like
to have the room
with just Mr. McBride
and myself.
Thank you.
Look, I don't know what happened
on that boat that night, okay?
But it wasn't a suicide.
So you can tell his family that.
That's not good enough.
What?
Of course that's good enough.
What do you think,
I'm gonna sit in here
and sign a goddamn confession?
You just won a trial,
for Christ's sakes.
Let's get...
get this over with.
Mr. Corey...
come on.
He was dumping fuel.
Okay?
He wasn't supposed to.
Fuel for the cluster weapon.
And bombs.
No... There
aren't bomb...
The fuel is the weapon.
Okay? The fuel's what
does all the damage.
You can't test it
because you're not
supposed to have it.
And if you're not
supposed to have it...
you can't get rid of it.
We got worried
there was going to be
a surprise inspection.
Ryan Larson stepped up,
solved the problem for us.
I wonder who had
Rachel Kennedy killed.
It wasn't us.
We don't kill people.
Oh, come on, Mr. Corey.
What do you mean
you don't kill...
Let me make the distinction.
We don't murder people.
We kill enemies of the state.
There's a difference.
We didn't kill your girlfriend.
Girlfriend.
Uh, we're good. Let's go.
What? What happened?
Well, other than some
phone troubles...
What phone troubles?
It's okay. We're good.
We got the 50 million.
- Fuck off.
- Yeah.
Stop.
Holy shit.
- Hi.
- Hey. What's up?
Did you just call me?
What do you need?
Come here a minute.
Uh, I'm not so good
with gadgets.
I was trying to get a video,
but all I got was audio here,
so I was wondering if maybe
you could help me out with it.
Let me see it.
The fuel is the weapon.
Okay? The fuel's what
does all the damage.
You can't test it
because you're not
supposed to have it.
And if you're not
supposed to have it...
you can't get rid of it.
Yeah, that's, uh,
that's a serious phone issue,
but I think I know
someone who can fix it.
You mind if I, uh...
Be my guest.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Huh.
- Sorry about the case.
You can't win them all,
only this was a big one.
Well, Donald figures
he'll be voted out,
so he asked me to collect
some of his personal things.
I wonder who they'll
move in here.
If we'd won,
it could have been me.
That was my plan anyway.
I'm sure it was.
You smell good.
So what are you going to do now?
Why? Am I fired?
I'm sure you already knew that.
So the partners have spoken.
Here I thought
I was being so clever,
helping Wendell
throw Donald to the wolves.
Ç'est la vie.
It should be you.
It should be you in charge now.
I don't want it.
How very Julius Caesar of you.
Is everything
a game to you, Callie?
And you don't play
any games, Michelle?
No.
Hi. You've reached Rachel.
I'm not home right now,
but leave a message,
and I'll get back to you.
Thanks.
Have a great day. Bye.
Hi. You've reached Rachel.
I'm not home right now,
but leave a message,
and I'll get back to you.
Thanks.
Have a great day. Bye.
The doctor adjusted your levels.
Hmm.
You should feel
more comfortable soon.
And your pressure's stable.
Hmm.
Sorry if I'm interrupting.
Can you...
let us have some privacy?
I'd like to
talk to my old friend.
Just a few minutes.
Yes, ma'am.
Thank you.
Hmm.
Hmm.
I hate to see this
happen to you.
Ohh.
Oh, Billy.
Wow. You...
You know me, don't you?
Yeah. I know you.
I sure do.
And that feels good.
To be known.
But... you think you're
the good guy, don't you?
No, Donnie, I don't.
Yes, you do. Ohh.
You... You come down here.
I do think you are the good guy.
That's why...
Look, I know you cannot...
cannot let me suffer like this.
Not even me.
I'm close anyhow.
Help me.
It'll be easy.
You don't give up, do you?
You still trying
to get me put away.
Yeah, I'd help you.
I'd show mercy,
even to you.
But you see...
it's against the law.
It burns you up
to think I beat you.
You want to hear
something worse?
I wasn't even fighting you.
You know your friend
Rachel Kennedy?
Don't start with me.
Don't you fuck with me.
She wasn't the one
we were trying to get.
You were supposed to get it.
She took yours.
Oh, I'd kill you right now
myself if I could,
and I would spit in your face.
It's not going to work.
It's not going to work, sir.
"Sir."
You know, Donnie...
I really do hope it's true
that your life
passes in front of you.
You'll just drift away.
You want some whiskey?
You stinker!
Resynced and corrections
by Dan4Jem, XII.MMXVI