Good Trouble (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Percussions - full transcript

♪♪

Mariana:
So, who are you gonna choose?

Josh:
I'm sure by now you're
all aware that someone

posted a list of Speckulate
employee salaries.

I did it. I hacked into HR
and I posted the salaries
online.

I did it.

-I did it.
-I did it.

Mariana:
I know we're colleagues, but...

do you mind if I kiss you?

You know, maybe I'll develop
my app on my own.

If you choose to leave,
you can't take your app
with you.



Walker:
Is there anything
in your personnel file

-that you wouldn't want
this jury to know about?
-Objection.

The personnel file
of Officer Griffin
is not in evidence,

you rule to keep it
under seal.

Callie:
Can't leak those files
to Jamal's attorney.

Do not do something impulsive.

I haven't felt this way
about anybody in a long time.

I should have
fought for you.

By the way, I'm not
moving back to Wisconsin.

I flew back because
I wanted to tell you
in person.

I left Lily.

Dennis:
The truth is...

I wish I was the one
who died that day, not Jacob.

Who's Jacob?



-Our son.
-Davia: Hello?

Dennis:
I drove out to this cliff
by the beach.

I was gonna drive off.
One of the voices

that I kept hearing
in my head is yours.

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(feedback whines)

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-(distant sirens wailing)

(text tones chiming)

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(phone vibrates)

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-Marshal: Federal Marshals.
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Are you Callie Adams Foster?

-Yes.
-Will you come with us please?

♪ Pa-pa-pa ♪

♪ Pa-pa-pa,
pa, pa ♪

♪ Pa-pa-pa
pa-pa-pa, pa, pa ♪

♪ And then we'll find
our peace of mind ♪

♪ You and me, Bel ami ♪

♪ Pa-pa-pa, pa, pa ♪

Kate had a family emergency,
had to travel back to Florida.

I'd be happy to step up
in her place, Your Honor.

That won't be necessary.

Jamal Thompson trial
will be in recess while
I consider whether or not

to allow Officer Griffin's
personnel files in.

-But you already ruled,
Your Honor.
-That was on discovery.

Correct. This is evidentiary.

Well, if they were ill-gotten,
that would disqualify them.

Well, the plaintiff claims
that the files were sent
anonymously,

which does not meet
the definition of ill-gotten.

You could exclude the records
based on failure to properly
authenticate them,

under Federal Rule
of Evidence 901.

Thank you, Ben.
I will consider the obvious.

That's all.

Callie, may I have a word?

Close the door please.

♪ ♪

(text tones chiming)

♪ Love, faith ♪

♪ Like a wave ♪

♪ Changing season ♪

♪ Pull on my sleeves and ♪

♪ I got my bourbon ♪

♪ I won't be hurting ♪

♪ I heard you howling
in every room ♪

♪♪

Actor (on computer):
I am Spartacus.

So... they're all
named Spartacus?

No. They're all saying
they're Spartacus

-to cover for
the real Spartacus.
-Oh.

So everyone told us
that they released
the salaries

because...

-that's all I got.
-Because Mariana did it.

-What?
-Just talking
about your app.

Have you picked you team yet?

Yeah, I heard there was,
uh, office space downstairs.

Marketing Department,
bottom floor.

-Alex:
Gonna miss you up here.
-Sam: Yeah.

-I am Raj.
-I am Raj.

Raj:
I am Raj.

Sam:
I don't think he gets it.

So, you think Wilson
suspects you of taking
the files from his office

and giving them to Malika?

I don't know.

The young woman who sits
with Jamal's mother in court,

is she the person
you disclosed,

who lives in your building?

Yes, why?

Just curious.

Callie:
That's all he asked.

Uh, I'm not sure I want
to knowthe answer to this .

Did youtake the files?

No.

No, I didn't take them
from Wilson's office,

but I did receive them,
anonymously.

Someone had them messengered
to me at The Coterie.

I have no idea who.
But in them, Griffin confirmed

that he was present when
the former police chief,
Robert Kelley,

said it's better for
the department to let victims
of police shootings die.

You should have told Wilson.
You should have given them
to him, immediately.

-No one knows I have them.
-The person who sent them
to you does.

They can't prove that
I got them, or that I read them.

Callie! Don't be so naive!

If Wilson finds out
you had those files

before the plaintiff's attorney
presented them in court

you're going to be
the prime suspect.

You could face
criminal charges.

Not to mention, the bar
could refuse to ever give you
a license to practice law.

They jury needs to hear
what's in those files.
It's not fair.

Throwing your career
under the bus

isn't going to change anything.

Reckless behavior, as,
as righteous as you think
it may be,

has real consequences.

This could follow you
for your entire life.

I mean,
don't you get that?

I mean, what am I
going to do with you?

Oh, you don't need
to do anything with me.

Yeah, maybe I'm too
naive and reckless for you
to be bothered with.

♪ ♪

(drum beats)

(beeps)

Where have you been?

Doctor's appointment.

So, Wilson had me
write a bench memo

arguing against allowing
the personnel records in
as evidence.

I knocked it out of the park,
if I do say so myself.

-He let you read them?
-No.

Don't you think
that's unusual?

To ask you to defend
a position on a document
you haven't read?

I really don't care.

Do you care
about anything, Ben?

Except for career
advancement?

You know, my father
took a job as a janitor

in one of the best college
prep-schools in the country,

so he could get a discount
on the tuition for me
to go there.

My mother worked seven days
a week waiting tables.

If I get to be
a Supreme Court clerk,

I'll get a 300K signing bonus
at any law firm of my choosing.

I'm going to use that money
to buy my parents a house. So...

career advancement, sure.

But what motivates me most,
is taking care of the two people

who made all this
possible for me.

You know, Callie,
you could have gone straight
to work at a non-profit,

but don't kid yourself.

You applied for this clerkship
for the same reason we all did.

It's an elite path to success,
and you know it.

Good night.

Yes?

I'd like to offer precedent
that would allow you
to let the personnel files in.

I think that these records
are extremely relevant

to the plaintiff's Monell
claim that the city had
an informal policy

to let suspects die
instead of giving them
critical care.

How do you know
what's inside the files?

The Supreme Court held
in Connick v. Thompson

that plaintiffs could prove
deliberate indifference--

You didn't answer
my question.

Did you... take the files
from this office?

No, sir.

They were sent
to me anonymously.

Why would someone
send you the files?

I don't know why.

But I didn't show them
to anyone.

-I give you my word on that.
-The Monell claim
doesn't apply.

There's no evidence that this
was an actual police policy.

-It's a comment
made by one man.
-The police chief.

This is smoking-gun
evidence of notice

by the policymaker
himself.

You're stretching the precedent
to provide the outcome you want,
not the law supporting it.

With all due respect,
Your Honor,

you may think you're not
an activist judge,

but you have consistently
protected the police
as an institution

regardless of the actions
of individual officers.

There is no such thing
as an impartial judge
on the left or the right.

You choose conservative
precedents,

not because you have to,
because you want to.

Is that all?

Yes, sir.

We'll discuss what to do
about your failure to disclose

that you were in possession
of sealed documents tomorrow.

(drum beating)

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Um, hi, I'm Alice Kwan,

and I'm new to stand-up.

I mean, why do they
even call it stand-up?
You know, 'cause...

the first guy who did it
decided to stand and not sit?

I mean, what if he'd sat?
You know, would it be
called sit-down?

I'm going to do
some sit-down tonight.
(chuckles)

(audience member laughs)

So, I recently came out
to my parents.

♪ My brain's electric,
eccentric, unstoppable... ♪

We read that gay people
like rainbows.

Oh, yeah, they--
We do. Thanks.

But you're not going to cut
your hair short, are you?

Your hair is so pretty,

and you will still
wear dresses?

Sure, yeah.

Of course, no one
in the family can know.

♪ ♪

So, they're fine
with me being gay,

as long as I'm not
"too gay," or... or out.

So, two steps out
of the closet, one step back in.

Kind of caught
in the door jamb.

Help!

(clears throat, gulps)

That was amazing.

It was?

I mean, it was for me.
For sure.

It's just, you know,
sometimes the first time
with someone can be...

not as good as
the second time.

The second time was just
as amazing as the first time.

Wait till the third time.

That's when I really
pull out all the tricks.

Oh, he has tricks.

Come on, the Kamasutra
came from India.

Ooh, maybe we should
make a Kamasutra app.

I'd love to see you
pitch that to Evan.

Actually,
I would not like that.

Don't worry,
I talked to Angela.

Evan didn't come on
to Amanda.

She quit because she got
a better offer somewhere else.

It's not him
I need to worry about,

it's the sexist nerds
that work for him.

Not including you,
by the way.

You know, in fact, I was
kind of hoping that, maybe,

you'd want to join
my team.

Really?

So... what's the plan now?

You know, they have
grief support groups.

I know what I need to do.
I just...

I never really dealt
with it, you know?

I'm going to be fine.

I really don't want
anybody to know

about Jacob, or that
I was in the hospital.

-Okay?
-Yeah.

Of course.

But...

you do need someone
to talk to.

I have someone to talk to.

I have you.

So, um, I do think that
it's important to kind of,

you know, keep this
on the D.L.

Just for optics and all.

Got it.

Uh, can I use the bathroom?

Yeah, go for it.

Uh, yeah, it's just right
through there, right?

Oh, uh, um...

What-- I-- The, the, the
bathroom's just d-down
the hall.

-Down the hall.
Cool. I should, um...
-Yeah, just over there.

I am so sorry that
I looked at your penis--

Jamie! Hi.

Hey.

There were girls
in the bathroom,
so I didn't want--

You, you two
know each other, right?

Yes. Yes, we do.

-From, uh, Davia's birthday.
-Right. Yeah.

-How you doing?
-Great. Good.

I'm sorry, I was just, uh--

Oh, it's fine.
I actually have to go anyway.

So, um, I'll text you later.

Great.

Didn't mean to barge in.
The door was open.

-No worries.
-Uh, is Callie around?

Uh, if she's not in the lounge,
I would try the roof?

Will do.

-It's over there.
-That's right. Thank you.

(cars honking)

Hey.

Hey.

How are you?

Uh, you know, okay
for an amateur artist

whose work is
unprovocative and passé.

You didn't see the review
of the show in The Times?

Whoever wrote that
is an idiot.

Or maybe the person
who bought a piece from me is.

He's not.

-He?
-Or she.

I've never had that much fun
making anything.

Well, don't be discouraged.

You're a brilliant artist.

I believe in you.

You okay?

You want to talk about it?

No.

No, I don't want to talk
or think about anything
right now.

♪ ♪

Callie:
Jamie?

I'm sorry.

Me too.

♪ ♪

Sorry. I'm sorry.

Look, you know I want you,

but I don't want to be
this drug that numbs you out.

Someone that you just
want to get lost in.

Look, when, and if this
is real, let me know.

But please don't use me
because you don't want to deal

with whatever it is
that's bothering you.

It's not fair, Callie.

Jamie:
I know how hard
it was for you

not to slip those personnel
records to Jamal's lawyers,

and you deserve
a lot of credit for that,

and I admire you so much

for wanting to fight
for social justice

and change what is wrong
with the system.

And I, uh...

I realize I came across
as patronizing.

I'm sorry.

I just want to protect you.

♪ ♪

Because I, uh...

I love you.

And please destroy Griffin's
personnel records

and never tell anyone
you had them.

Especially, Judge Wilson.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

(giggling) Yes.

♪ ♪

-(all laughing)
-Sorry, Alice.

Aw, poor, Alice.

Why, "poor Alice"?

Oh, nothing.

What, you don't like it?

I do. I just had
a late lunch.

I'll finish it later,
I promise.

Have you spoken
to your ex?

-Have you spoken to yours?
-No.

But I didn't leave him
a suicidal message
on his voice mail.

I let her know
I'm all right.

She played the message
for me.

What did you mean
when you said

you wanted her
to have everything?

Everything a happy life
has to offer.

Are you still
in love with her?

-Are you still
in love with Jeff?
-No.

-And stop doing that!
-What?

Deflecting.

Did something happen

that made you suddenly
want to kill yourself?

No.

It wasn't that sudden.

So, it's over with Jeff?

Yes.

Will you promise me

that if you ever feel
suicidal again, that you--

you'll just come to me?

Please, at any time,
day or night.

Just tell me before
you do anything?

I promise.

Do it. It's very serious.

(sighs)

(drum beating)

So, um, in certain
communities,

any behavior considered
to be not conforming

with a group value
is frowned upon.

-(text tone chimes)
-Alice:
Like, gayness for example,

and not just the gay person
gets judged,

everyone in their family
does, too.

So, as to not bring shame
on to my fifth cousin, Alfred,

uh, I can be gay,
just in private.

And that's kind of
the biggest problem,

'cause I sort of promised
someone that I'd be out
and proud.

Hey, so I have to
tell you something.

I'm gay. Lesbian.
Into the ladies.

What?
Just kidding, I know.

I've had a feeling
for a while.

-Did we come out
to our parents?
-Yes, we did.

And they also already knew.

So, now that we all know.

I accept us and love us
very much.

Thank you.

-Let's tell the world!
-Let's do it!

I'm gay!

♪ ♪

Hi! Hi there. Hi there.
Uh, I'm, I'm gay!

I'm gay! I'm out
and I'm proud.

I, I just wanted
the world to know!

So, there's this girl named
Joey, oh, I like her a lot,

and now that I'm out
and proud,

I'm hoping she'll give me
another chance.

Joey, don't let
a good thing go.

I'm a, I'm a good thing!

Joey, she's adorable, please
give her another chance.

(speaking Mandarin)

-(chuckling)
-Alice:
So, there you have it.

Uh, I'm out to my parents.

Out to myself.
Out to a number of random
people on the street.

And everyone agrees that you
should give me a third chance.

Hope to hear from you soon.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

(giggling)

Raj:
Hey.

Hey, Hot Raj.

I remember these.

We used to play with them
all the time.

Got them at museums
when I was a kid.

Uh, great sex yesterday.

Yeah.

Hey, Raj!

When you're done
playing with that phallus,
we've got a scrum.

-Come on.
-Come on, boy.
Come on!

See ya.

Evan:
Hello.

I just wanted to say
I'm so pleased you're staying,

and I'm very enthusiastic
about your app.

And I want you to know
that now that Josh is gone,

you can, you can bring
any issues to my attention.

Um... thank you,
but you know,

I don't want to be known
as the Complainer in Chief.

Maybe you should
make yourself accessible

to all of your employees
and their issues.

Good idea.

Oh, I remember these.

Never could get
the hang of that.

♪ ♪

Judge Wilson:
Ms. Walker,

I'm admonishing you
for attempting to blindside
the defense

with your line of questioning
before we recessed.

I find no legal precedent
that compels the court
to allow this new evidence in.

However, I find no precedent
that clearly precludes it.

Therefore, you may enter
Officer Griffin's personnel
files into the record.

Were you present
when Chief Robert Kelly
told a group of officers

that it's better for
the department to let victims
of police shootings die?

Yes.

Did you take his comments
as an order?

-No, I did not.
-Where do you get
your authority from,

-as a police officer?
-From our superiors.

-Like the chief of police?
-I guess.

Did you think Chief Kelly
was giving you the authority
to let Jamal Thompson die?

-Griffin: No, sir.
-So, if he doesn't care about
victims of police brutality,

-why should you?
-Objection.

-Testifying.
-Sustained.

Did you think you would
face any consequences

if you failed to provide
prompt critical care?

We needed to secure
the scene

before we sent E.M.T.'s in

to make sure Mr. Thompson
wasn't a threat.

You shot him seven times.

He collapsed in a pool
of his own blood.

What possible threat
did you perceive?

-Objection. Testifying.
-Sustained.

♪ ♪

You're so hot.
I love your body.

Everything about you.

Thank you.

(panting)

(gasping)

Um, um, you're, you're,
you're hurting me.

Oh, uh, sorry.

You know what?
Uh, we should, we should
just probably get back to work.

Whoa, whoa,
what's going on?

Nothing.
You know, it's just--

I don't know,
this was a bad idea.

You know, we don't have
a lot of time and, and I just,
I got to work on my team--

Am I the first uncircumcised
guy you've been with?

Okay. Look, I felt bad
about the way I looked at it,

and, I don't know,

I-- It-it's just because
I had never seen one before.

Not because I don't like it,
which I do very much.

But I don't know,
I asked my friends what to do.

You told your friends?

Well, Alice left the
conversation early.

I guess what my friends
told me to do was wrong

and I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

It's okay.

Maybe, instead of asking
your friends,

you should ask me
what to do with it.

Okay. So...

what should I do with it?

Oh.

Thanks for giving me
another chance.

Your video was adorable.

How could I resist?

You know, it does feel
really good to be out.

I know.

In fact, there's something
I want to talk to you about.

I'm thinking of changing
my pronouns to "they-them."

Uh, i-is this pending,
or effective immediately?

I have no idea how I'm going
to introduce they to my folks.

I mean, the positive side,
there's no gender pronouns
in Mandarin.

-But on the negative,
Joey doesn't speak Mandarin.
-(clattering)

Oh.

Hey, sorry. I tripped over
this paint can over here.

Oh. What are you
doing down here?

This is where
I smoke my weed.

How long have you
been standing there?

Uh, somewhere around,
"I came out to my parents."

-So, the whole entire time.
-Pretty much.

I, I was just working on, uh,
material for my stand-up.

If I even end up doing it,
which I'm not sure I will.

Yeah. Yeah. But, hey...

if you do, you should have
some actual jokes.

Right.

See ya.

If both sides are ready,
we'll hear closing arguments.

The Supreme Court has ruled
that what matters is whether or
not the officers in question

had reasonable fear
of a threat to their lives,

based on their assessment
alone.

Can you think of any reason

that Jamal would suddenly
stop running, turn around,

and lunge at two police
officers with guns drawn,

armed only with a cell phone?

Based on their experience
on the streets,

it's not unreasonable
to believe

Jamal might have
been armed.

Walker:
Because he was black.

Because they embrace
racist stereotypes,

they assumed he was armed

and gunned him down.

-When faced with
a potential threat--
-Jamal was no threat.

These officers owed it
to their wives and children--

And after they shot him
in the back--

To make sure they came home
from work that night.

They let him bleed to death,

because his life did not
matter to them.

Officers Griffin and Turani
got to go home to their wives
and children that night.

Jamal will never go home
to his mother, Sandra,
and his family.

He'll never be married,
never have a child of his own.

Sandra Thompson
is no longer a mother.

She's lost her only child,
and that is not right.

This must stop.

But they won't stop it.

It's up to us.

It's up to you.

♪ ♪

Could I get a flat white?

Hey.

Have you seen all the
fallout from the spreadsheet?

It's all over the Internet.

No, I've been trying my best
to stay off the Internet,
actually,

with all the bro-holes
harassing me.

Screw them.
We have your back.

Totally, and we got you
something.

Guys!

Thank you.

But, you know, maybe
I'll just use this at home.

And look, we know you can't
choose all of us for your team.

So, don't feel weird
about it.

We're just so excited
for the first all-female team
at Speckulate!

So, if everyone knows
that Mariana released
the salaries online,

and Speckulate is getting
all this crap for it,

how is she still here?
Why didn't she get fired?

Because she's boning the boss.

-Oh.
-That's not true.

Oh, yeah?
How would you know?

-What, cause she's boning you?
-He wishes.

-He's so in the friend zone.
-You can't believe

a girl can be as smart as you,

so you have to say she's
sleeping with the boss
to get ahead.

No wonder the women here
are angry and frustrated.

They have to work with
a bunch of misogynistic morons.

I bet you can't even
spell "misogynistic."

Yeah, what is it?
Like "mas"... M-A-S...

-"Misogyn--" It's like a S-H"?
-Hey, Mariana.

Can you spell
"misogynistic"?

-A-L-E-X?
-(giggling)

Sam:
That's pretty good.

Hey, good morning, Evan.

So, um, I'm taking your advice
on being more accessible.

I'm moving my offices
down here.

Uh, Red Team is moving
upstairs, so you and your team
can have their offices.

Oh, n-no. I, I don't, I don't
need that much space.

I-I'm happy to move
down to Marketing.

-I heard that they have room.
-No. That's not necessary.

I want us to be
on the same floor.

All of us.

I have some ideas about your
app, if you, have a moment.

Mariana:
Sure.

(drum beating)

(phone vibrating)

-Hey.
-Jeff: Hey.

I'm so happy
to hear your voice.

Everything here
is so screwed up.

Lily's calling
everyone we know

and telling them
I was having an affair
and I'm leaving her.

Even my family's pissed at me.

This is so hard.

-I know.
- But it'll all be worth it

when you move home and we
can finally be together.

(sighs) I miss you so much.

-I love you.
-Me too.

(drum beat)

(drum beat)

(drum beat)

(drum beat)

(drum beat)

On the first complaint
of excessive force

in violation of Section 1983,

the jury finds the defendant...

not liable.

(murmuring)

On the second complaint,
of failure to provide
critical care,

the jury finds
the defendants...

(drum rolling)

(drum roll intensifies)

...also not liable.

(drum beating)

Dennis:
That's not what
this is about.

-Jennifer:
Then what is it about?
-Dennis: Me.

Trying to take care of myself.
Trying to stop throwing
my lifeaway.

You spent our entire marriage
taking care of yourself.

Jacob had to get cancer for you
to pay any attention to him.

You were a shitty husband!

And a shitty father!

(drumming)

-Jacob: Daddy?
-(drumming stops)

I can't sleep.

Jacob, go back to bed.

Will you come
lie down with me?

I can't.
I'm working.

Daddy, please?

Dammit, Jacob!
I said go back to bed!

(no audio)

♪ ♪

I'm tired of white juries
and white judges

protecting these officers
who kill us.

Who shoot us
and beat us to death,

without fear of consequences.

A Supreme Court
who uses racism
as its justification.

If they fear us,
if they hate us,

then it's okay to kill us.

Protesters:
Black lives matter!
Black lives matter!

Black lives matter!
Black lives matter!

-Black lives matter!
-I am not the only mother

whose child has been stolen
by law enforcement.

I stand here today
with Geneva Reed-Veal,

Gwen Carr, Lesley McSpadden,

and all the other grieving
mothers fighting for answers

and accountability
where there is none.

Protesters:
Black lives matter!
Black lives matter!

Black lives matter!
Black lives matter!

-Black lives matter!
-Well, they might as well
have shot me today.

I wish they would have.

I wish they would have
put me out of this pain
and this misery.

Officer Lawrence Griffin

and Officer Amir Turani
murdered my baby.

I will never hold him again.

I will never laugh
at his silly jokes again.

Protesters:
Black lives matter!
Black lives matter!

Black lives matter!
Black lives matter!

Black lives matter!
Black lives matter!

-Black lives matter!
-I will never hear him say,
"I love you, Mama," ever again.

Protesters:
Black lives matter!
Black lives matter!

Jamal's life mattered!
Jamal's life mattered!

Jamal's life mattered!
Jamal's life mattered!

Jamal's life mattered!
Jamal's life mattered!

Jamal's life mattered!
Jamal's life mattered!

Jamal's life mattered!
Jamal's life mattered!

(fading):
Jamal's life mattered!
Jamal's life mattered!

Federal Marshals.
Are youCallie Adams Foster?

-Yes.
-Will you come with us please?

What's this about?

Do you have your federal
court security card on you?

♪ Tell me who's that writin'
John the Revelator ♪

♪ Tell me who's that writin'
John the Revelator ♪

♪ Wrote the book
of the seven seals ♪

♪ Tell me who's that writin'
John the Revelator ♪

♪ Tell me who's that writin'
John the Revelator ♪

♪ Tell me who's that writin'
John the Revelator ♪

♪ Wrote the book
of the seven seals ♪

♪ God walked down
in the cool of the day ♪

♪ Called Adam by his name ♪

♪ Adam refused to answer ♪

♪ 'Cause he was naked
and ashamed ♪

♪ Christ had twelve apostles ♪

♪ And three he led away ♪

♪ He said,
watch with me one hour ♪

♪ 'Till I go over yonder
and pray ♪

♪ Tell me who's that writin'
John the Revelator ♪

♪ Wrote the book
of the seven seals ♪