In Contempt (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Confessions - full transcript

Previously on In Contempt.

Ladies...

Oh my lord!
You slept with him last night!

Charlie doesn't like
anyone but himself.

No.

But if we cheat, we only bring
ourselves down to their level.

What are you doing here exactly?

You just slumped it
for a few months?

I don'’t think this is
the right place for me.

- What?
- Just imagining

what it'’s gonna be like
to have you call me "boss".



Cute! I call you
a lot of things, Charlie.

Trust me, "boss"
ain't never gonna be one them.

You rammed a guilty plea down
my client's throat yesterday.

It makes me not want
to have sex with you.

Dinner, a nice glass of red.

Have I ever said no
to a nice glass of red?

And he will be shadowing us
for the next few weeks

for his latest project.

Here's to old friends
reconnecting.

I'll drink to that.

Such a nice picture
for such a bad day.

You sold your book,
it was a beautiful day.

Yeah, I didn'’t get a chance

to celebrate
the way I wanted to.



Bit of champagne,

but in a perfect world.

I would have done this.

Gwen, Gwen...

Wake up!

Oh my God.

Was I drooling?

Yes, you were.
And you were calling my name.

I'’m just kidding.

It sounded like you were having
a really good dream, though.

I dreamed I paid off Sally Mae.

Meeting time, Sugar.
Oh, hello, hotty professor.

You coming to the staff meeting?

I need to make
a few phone calls first.

Splendid.
We will see you in there.

Hey, you need to tell him.

You need to give
my business back.

Listen up, listen up!

Kitson quit this morning.

- What?
- Oh...

All right, everybody,
let'’s have a moment of silence

for another fallen brother.

And so Lord,
we pray for the repose

of public defender Raymond
Kitson who was struck down

in his prime by the evils
of judicial indifference,

institutional racism,

and prosecutorial jackassery.

Amen!

Now you guys gotta
split up his felonies.

- Oh...
- Oh...

Is this chair broken?

Gwen, Tracy.

Kitson had a murder
on trial for today.

- Gwen will take it.
- Tracy can take it.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, Halleluiah.

Don'’t celebrate.
You're second chairing.

Oh, great!

A crack head
with a history of assault

who is accused of knifing
his mother to death over money?

Oh, look,
and there's a confession.

Those are what we call
bad facts.

This case is uglier
than homemade sin.

No wonder Kitson quit.

Let'’s just pray Judge Hernandez
will grant you a continuance.

- Nice to see you.
- Oh my God, he's here.

I still can'’t believe
that you know Bennet Thompson.

I mean, Chance the Rapper

was totes talking
about him on IG yesterday.

Guys, this is Bennet Thompson.

He is gonna shadow Gwen'’s case.

And Vanessa,
you're with Charlie,

catching an AP5 this week.

Don'’t worry. I'’m totes sure
he didn'’t notice.

- Kyle Jablonsky.
- Yeah? Where's Mr. Kitson?

He's not
with our office anymore.

We'll be representing you.

Oh, come on!

Damn it! I thought
we were starting today!

OK, we have to get
an adjournment

but it'll give us a chance
to get up to speed.

Mr. Kitson did tell you
I didn'’t do it, right?

We didn'’t have a chance
to talk to him.

Sorry, guys, gotta go.

I have an alibi.

OK, we're still
reviewing everything.

Mr. Kitson
just up and quit, Judge.

I'’m asking for
a two week continuance.

Your Honor, The People object.

We're ready, our witnesses
are here just like last time.

Oh, come on, Noreen,
you're gonna object?

We just met the guy.

Like you wouldn'’t do the same.

I would consent to
two weeks if you'd just

- gotten the case this morning...
- You would never consent...

Ladies, enough.

We all know neither of you
would consent to anything.

Your request for
for a continuance is denied.

Hearing's this afternoon.

We'’ll pick the Jury
tomorrow morning.

Judge, we literally met
our client two minutes ago!

This is an old case.

The officer is here
and Mr. Kitson jerked us around

trying to work speedy trial.

But judge,
we're new to this case...

The longer you argue with me,
the less time you will have.

Let'’s keep this moving.

We all want to get out of here
at a decent hour.

- She means happy hour.
- Excuse me?

- Nothing, Your Honor.
- Nothing.

What just happened?

"Hang 'em high
Hernandez" happened.

She used to be
a public defender.

But now she's got her head
permanently stuck

up the DA'’s ass.

Judges are elected
and nobody gets re-elected

by being pro-defendant.

I'’m gonna go back to the office
and look at the tape.

We'll grab lunch.
What do you want?

- I'’m not hungry.
- Chicken salad sandwich it is.

She doesn'’t eat
real food during trial.

If I don'’t force feed her,

she might actually starve
to death.

AP5 is where
the misdemeanors live.

It'’s like 125th Street
in Harlem back in the day.

You gotta wheel and deal.

It'’s all about speed.

Catching means covering cases

for other lawyers
that can'’t be here.

It'’s all about negotiation.
Do not beg.

Remember, you have something
that the prosecutor wants.

A guilty plea. If a guy is out,
he stays out, no jail time.

It's community service,
at worst probation.

Shoplifts are two days
community service.

Hopping a turn style is a fine.
You getting all this?

Eh... Almost. Can you just
start from the beginning?

You got guys in holding cells
and guys who are out.

Look at the docket
when your case is in order

and stay ahead of the call.

Just watch.

Hey, Gale,
our No. 33, we're gonna do a CD

and one day
of Community Service.

Our 72 is an ACD and a fine.
You pick the price.

And 21 has no
supporting deposition,

- so he's going home today.
- I don'’t know about 21.

I'm offering you two pleas
and your hands are tied on 21.

OK.

Boom! That'’s how we do it.

Harkin! Yareve! Foley!

Remember, don'’t beg, negotiate

- Wait! I'm...
- You got this!

- Hey, boss!
- Hey.

To what do we owe the pleasure?

I'm watching, listening.

Call it a performance review.

- She'll do great.
- Not her... You.

Then prepare to watch
the MJ of your team ball out.

I'’m waiting.

The People vs. Erin Koru.

- What is this place?
- Our clothes closet.

We keep a collection
of dresses and suits

for clients who go to trial.

It makes a better impression
than their baggy sweats

and wife beaters.

It is also Gwen'’s
fight the power work space.

What'’s the smell? Smells like...

Dirty socks,
pumpkin spice candles

- and potato chips.
- Oh...

This interrogation is so foul.

The sneaker prints, Kyle!

The ones by the broken window,
where the killer broke in.

The treads match
your sneakers exactly!

Now, that'’s lie number one,
the sneaker prints don'’t match.

You're allowed
to lie to the suspect.

Yeah, but just watch.

We'’ve got the results
of your polygraph.

The spike here
says you're lying.

No. It can'’t be.

Lie number two, the lie
detector test was inconclusive.

You were high, OK?

You broke into your
mother'’s house to steal money,

which you had done before, Kyle.

OK, you got into
an argument with her.

And that'’s when you stabbed her.

No! I swear to God,
I was with Alana.

Here comes lie number three.

'Cause we spoke with Alana,
she said you weren't with her.

- I was!
- That's a lie.

This went on for 19 hours.

So what's your next move?

Alana, she's
a delightful stripper friend

and probably a drug buddy.

The cops picked her up
but she refused to talk.

Kitson never talked to her?

Kitson was never the same after

that second avenue murder trial.

Surprised he didn't
check out earlier.

I didn't kill my mother.

Please...

I thought it was just
another annoying guilty client

proclaiming his innocence
but now I'm thinking

that he actually
might be innocent.

Please... I didn'’t kill her.

- Alana?
- Who wants to know?

I'm Gwen Sullivan, I'’m
a public defender and this is...

You work at
the Wild Rhino Club, right?

Can we come in?

Ma, it's friends from work.

Can you watch your judge
shows in the back?

My mom never knew
I stripped, either.

Pink stiletto and panties.

- You stripped?
- Paid for law school.

Pinks, huh?

Who worked the door?

Fat Irish dude with ear hair.

- Called him "“The Choker" ”.
- Choker?

He always beat the shit out of
anyone copping a feel.

Oh yeah.

Well, The Good Book says
don'’t get drunk off wine,

but it says nothing
about liquor, so bottoms up.

Look, Alana,

Kyle's in serious trouble

and we need to know
if he was with you

the day his mother was killed.

I don'’t know nothing, sorry.

How long has your man
been in prison?

Four years.

How'd you know?

His says "“together" ”, right?

I have a brother in the system.

Robbery.

I don'’t get to see him often
and I really miss him a lot.

Kyle and me were partying.

He'’s always got
the good stuff, you know?

Was he with you
the whole afternoon?

Yeah.

I remember 'cause
I had to go to work at five,

he left with me.

Are you willing to testify?

And how do you know Choker
with the ear hair?

I really was a stripper.

A client! I visited her
a couple of times at work.

And good on you
for noticing her tab.

You're a class A liar yourself.

Your brother's not in prison
for robbery.

Well, burglary didn't sound
glamorous enough.

- I don'’t think he did it.
- Doesn'’t seem so.

But how are we even
gonna get her on the stand?

Kitson didn't serve
the alibi notice.

You'’ll think of something, Gwen.

You always do,
just take a breath.

Honey, this isn'’t gonna be
another Lockhart, OK?

I hope not.

'Cause I don'’t think
I can take it.

I need an expert
to explain to the Jury

how false confessions happen.

Juries understands
the concept of coercion.

You don'’t need an expert.

They understand being
beaten or tortured.

They don'’t understand
psychological coercion.

Judge, the detectives
used something

called the "“Re-technique" ”
to interrogate Jablonsky.

Most police department's use it.

It'’s a very specific
three-step process.

First, the police
break someone down.

They interrogate him
for hours and hours

and make him believe
that nothing he says

Then they make him
feel hopeless.

Here they told Mr. Jablonsky
he failed the polygraph.

And then they threatened him
with him death penalty.

And then they offer him
a way out... A confession.

An expert is going to give
her expert opinion

that the confession was coerced.

She is going to take
the issue from the Jury...

No, she's not.
She just gonna explain

the psychologically
of how it could happen.

We're just asking
for a Frye hearing, Judge.

OK, enough.

Jurors are
completely able to draw

on their own life experiences
in determining...

Judge, everyone believes
they would never confess

to something that
they didn't do.

And you are free to question
the detectives...

But the detectives don'’t think
they did anything wrong.

And you are free to argue
the coercion issue...

You know that's not
as effective...

Why do you keep interrupting me?

Now, is there anything else?

Yes, the Prosecution has
turned over a witness list.

I'’d like a proffer of
the witness testimony.

I don'’t owe the defense
a road map to my case.

You don'’t owe me a road map.

But you do have to
demonstrate relevance.

But she doesn'’t have to do it
before the witness testifies.

We're moving on,
bring in the Jury.

If I tell you. Will you stop?

Kyle, just admit what you did,
that'’s all we're asking,

just admit it!

You're not leaving here, Kyle,
till you tell us what you did!

Fine, fine.

I killed her.

I broke in...

She wouldn'’t
give me the money, so I...

I stabbed her.

Just like you said.

After the defendant confessed,

did you uncover
any additional evidence?

I found out he had a combative
relationship with his mother.

And I found out
he was a drug addict

who stole money
from her in the past.

What about forensic evidence?

The defendant'’s fingerprints
were on the knife.

The bloody shoe prints
were the same size and shape

as the defendant'’s shoes.

And of course, the victim'’s
blood was on his clothes.

All of which confirmed
his confession.

Let'’s put it in this way,

I have no doubt in my mind
we'’ve got the right guy.

Detective, someone who came
upon the crime scene

and tried to help
could have touched the knife

- and tracked the blood around.
- Yes.

Fair to say, most people who
have difficult relationships

with their mothers
don'’t kill them.

He confessed.

You interrogated him
for 19 hours.

You lied to him
about failing the polygraph.

You lied to him
about the sneaker prints

being an exact match.

Counselor, would you confess
to killing your mother

if you really hadn'’t?

Would any of you?

- What are you doing?
- Motion-free AP5.

We don'’t do motions in AP5.

You don'’t do motions in AP5.

I'’m a graduate
of Yale Law School

and a Caldwell fellow,
I do motions in AP5.

OK.

What is she doing?

It'’s her process.

- Is that healthy?
- Nope.

But try taking them
away from her,

- you might pull back a nub.
- I can hear you, you know.

Judge Hernandez was pretty
angry with you over the expert,

why bring out
the witness list now?

Better to ask for forgiveness
than permission.

- We can hear you.
- Hey!

- I have a master plan.
- What?

I don'’t know,
but I'’m on the verge.

Well, you're gonna have to
convince a jury

how somebody
can falsely confess, right?

That is the dilemma.

I got it!

Sugar, I live with her.

We can'’t play the full

19-hour interrogation tape
with no breaks.

Your Honor,
I didn'’t say with no breaks.

I said under
simulated conditions.

We need to put them through
what Mr. Jubonsky went through.

It'’s a ridiculous proposal.

Judge, the detective asked the
Jurors if they would confess

to killing their mother
if they hadn'’t.

Nobody thinks they would.

The fact remains
that it happens all the time,

this is the only way
for us to show them how.

Are you sure about this?

The jury might end up hating you

or they won't get it
and you'll just confirm

- the prosecutions argument.
- What other choice do we have?

Your Honor, you can'’t
possibly be considering this.

I'’m going to allow it.

How could you allow
something so ridiculous...

It'’s either this
or the expert, Miss Nasser.

Which do you prefer?

I'’m tired,
can we just take a break?

We'll take a break
when you start

telling us the truth, Kyle.

- I am telling you...
- No, you're not!

What do you want me to say?
I'’ve already told you.

Kyle, just tell us the truth,
man, please.

I did, I'm with Alana,
we get high,

I... I go back
to her place and then...

I don'’t know, we passed out.

I wake up,
I go to my mom'’s and...

She's just lying there...

My B.S. meter
is off the scale with you.

Do you think this is a game
or something?

I don'’t know
how else to tell you.

Listen,
you're not going anywhere

until you tell us
what we want to hear.

So you might just start going.

Yeah, just talk.

We'’re not going anywhere, Kyle.

Listen, OK, if you confess,

the Judge will take your
cooperation into account.

That way, the death penalty
will be off the table, Kyle.

Please, please stop.

God, I can'’t take this anymore!

- Mr. Grennan, sit down.
- This is ridiculous...

You'd have said anything to get
out of here, wouldn't you?

- Objection!
- Would you make up a lie?

Yes, I would,
as a matter of fact!

Objection! Your Honor!

- Miss Sullivan.
- Your Honor!

Clear the courtroom now!

Counselors approach.

Are you out of your mind?

Judge, I'm sorry, I was tired,
probably as tired as he was.

Everybody, shut up!

Here's what going to happen.

I'’m going to dismiss
Juror number 5

and seat a replacement.

Any objection?

We're adjourned for the night.

Whatever you do,
don'’t call her Gale.

I got this.

Hey, Gale.

Miss Hunter.

Um... About number 28,
Toby Boyd,

- Which one is 28?
- The public nudity.

How about 250 dollar fine,
no community service?

Do I look
like Santa Clause to you?

No, but...

It's ten days community service,
take it or leave it.

- How about...
- How about you go away now?

Bye bye.

Your rookie
is crashing and burning.

I don'’t believe
in helicopter parenting, Tom.

She'’s gonna learn
coming to me with questions.

Tough love.

I'’m telling you,
they are not gonna reverse.

I'’m on solid ground.

I have half a mind to...

Jesus!

Excuse me, I forgot something
in my office.

The defense calls
Alana Martin to the stand.

Alana Martin!

Your Honor, may we approach?

I'’d like a proffer as to
this witness testimony.

Oh, Miss Nasser
stated yesterday,

and I quote "“I don'’t owe
you a road map to my case"”.

You then ruled that she
didn't need to demonstrate

relevance before
the witness testified.

She'’s got you there,
Miss Nasser.

You may proceed, Miss Sullivan.

Miss Martin, how do you
know Mr. Jablonsky?

We're friends.

- You do drugs together?
- Yes.

Can you tell me about
the afternoon of May 5th?

- Kyle was with me...
- Objection!

- We were doing drugs together...
- Are you kidding me?

Miss Martin, stop talking!

Approach!

Your Honor, the defense
has sandbagged this court.

We served 250.20 notice.
They had eight days to respond.

You'’d better have
a good excuse for this.

The police already knew
Mr. Jablonsky said

he was with Miss Martin.
They had notice.

Then why set me up
with the witness list?

- Judge, I want sanctions.
- I'’m going to instruct the Jury

to disregard
Miss Martin'’s testimony.

I'’m also going to instruct them

that Mr. Jablonsky, in fact,
does not have an alibi.

You can'’t give that instruction.

That'’s like telling
the Jury to convict.

- Oh, but I can.
- This is a murder trial.

You are letting technicalities
get in the way of the truth.

These technicalities,
Miss Sullivan, are the law.

Ladies and gentleman
of the Jury,

I am instructing you to ignore
the testimony you just heard.

I am further instructing you

that any consideration
of an alibi defense

would be unsupported
by the evidence.

What?
I was with her, Your Honor.

Mr. Jablonsky, that'’s enough.
We'’ll take a recess.

What is our move?

Jesus, we're getting screwed
at every turn.

We have no move,
what is our move?

It was a bad confession,
he's got his own alibi.

The burden's on us now.

We need to point the finger.
We needed a suspect.

We need another suspect,
OK, wait.

Kyle, we need you to think.
Is there anyone else

who could have done this
to your mother?

Yeah, Ryan Hooper.

I kept telling that
to Mr. Kitson.

- Ryan Hooper, I know that name.
- Yes, he's another tweaker.

My mother'’s friend told me
that he came by the house

asking to borrow money
the day before she was killed.

The cops interviewed him
and said he had

- no motive and no record.
- That'’s bullshit.

We were arrested together
a few times.

He's in prison
right now for a robbery

he did a month
after my mom was killed.

OK, I'll get
an investigator on it.

You find out
what prison he's in.

Kyle, you stay strong, OK?

You guys OK?

- Not really.
- This is a disaster.

- Maybe not, juror number five.
- Could have been a one off,

we have no idea what the other
Jurors thought about the tape.

What'’s that?

Just a delicious,

refreshing, healthier option
than a flambeau.

Oh, you're serious.

You need to relax.

You know what, you're right.

But not like that.

- Not too bad.
- I know, you're not either.

Form's a little stiff but with
a little practice, you know,

we'll work on that.

Oh, you know what's stiff?
You in the court room,

that's what's stiff, yeah.

Thought you was
better than that?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, OK!

Yeah, maybe I was too optimistic

about you getting better,
you know.

Ooh, OK!

- How's that feel?
- That feels good.

You make sure
you keep those hands up,

keep those elbows
on those front ribs.

Gwen, I think I know
a little bit about boxing.

Oh, do you?

I'm sorry about your jaw.

I barely felt it.

Hey, you still with me?

Yeah, I was just thinking
about Floyd Lockhart.

That'’s a client?

Yeah, he was Golden Gloves
champion at 19.

The guy didn't have much
going on in his life, but...

God, he loved that diamond belt.

He was convicted
of a robbery/homicide

outside of a gentleman's club
and all the evidence

pointed to a BS case.

It was a shady line up,
withheld evidence,

jailhouse informant.

Case should have been
open and shut and I...

I dunno how I lost it.

He got 25 years for a crime
I know he didn'’t commit.

And I kept thinking
that I see him in the street.

I see a taxi driver
or a bike messenger

that looks like him.

I think, "“Oh my God!"”

Floyd somehow won his appeal.

He would always say,

"“People have no idea how long
15 rounds truly are...

Till they're in the ring."

Floyd was a fighter.

So are you.

Let'’s go one more round.

Dark and white chocolate.

Well, someone must have
ordered us to go,

'cause we're the flavors
that get to go home tonight.

Now that that's out of the way,
we're Kyle Jublonksy's lawyers.

You just started
a ten year sentence

for assault and robbery,

you stabbed someone
with a knife.

Maybe I did, maybe I didn'’t.

Lupita Jablonsky, Kyle'’s mom,

was that a robbery
gone wrong, too?

Sorry, no se habla
assault and robbery.

You really want to play
the asshole right now?

I will play whatever you want.

I bet you are a wild
African beast in bed.

Actually, I'’m not the beast.
She is.

I'’m from Queens, so I know half
of the guards in this prison.

And as a favor
to a neighborhood girl

they'’ll be happy
to look the other way

when another inmate
makes you his bitch.

OK, so where were you at the
time of Mrs. Jablonsky'’s death?

I was in a bar.

You know what, forget about it,
we're outta here.

OK, wait, wait, alright.

I was at Shambleys, OK,

I got there around 1,
I left around 3:30.

So there ain't no way I could
have killed that old lady.

That is a pretty specific
time frame

and I never told you
what time she was killed.

Miss Sullivan, in order to
argue third party culpability,

you have to show
this Ryan Hooper

had a motive and opportunity.

In addition to
harassing the victim

the day before her murder,

he has a long history
of assault and robbery.

- No, actually, he doesn'’t.
- Yes, actually, he does.

Judge, the detectives
released him as a suspect

partly because his rap sheet
said he had no priors

but, they ran wrong birth date.

They ran 5/17/89,
he was born on 6/17/89.

Having a sheet
doesn'’t make him a murderer.

And we checked out
his alleged alibi.

The cameras
at the bar he said he was

don'’t show him coming or going.

Your Honor, the law is clear.

They have to demonstrate
a legitimate tendency

that Ryan Hooper
committed the crime.

Otherwise
they can present 100 people

- with the slightest motive.
- Counselor, she's right.

All you've done
is raise a bare suspicion.

Judge,
this is getting to be absurd.

I mean, first you made us
try this case with no prep,

then you hamstrung us
on the expert,

then you hammered us
on the alibi.

- You hammered yourself.
- Shut up, Noreen.

Miss Sullivan,
when I was a public defender,

I would flout
the rules like you do.

But I can'’t do that anymore,
I have to protect the process.

Even it means
convicting an innocent man?

You think he is innocent.
They don'’t.

I'’ve made my ruling.

I'm so stupid,

I thought 'cause I'm innocent
everything would be OK.

Who would believe that I
actually killed my own mother?

My mother!

If I hadn't been an addict,
I could have been there

for that day,
she'd still be alive.

Kyle, do not do that
to yourself.

I'm gonna spend
the rest of my life in prison.

Seriously?

You're as broke as a baby
racking up credit card debt

and you're late with the bills,
you have go to stop this.

We're losing.

Shit! I'’m sorry, honey.

Look...

We drew a bad hand,
it's not your fault.

I just, I hate this feeling.

It feels like Floyd.

Oh, baby!

That wasn'’t your fault, either.

Bullshit!

You gotta learn to embrace
that C-world. OK?

Compartmentalize.

We need a rabbit.

We sure do.

I promise I will pay it
tomorrow.

Cases up for motions.

The defense'’s motion to dismiss
for facial insufficiency

is denied.

Your Honor, to make out
a claim of harassment,

the prosecution has to allege
repeated instances of conduct,

they've only alleged one.

The motion is denied.

Your Honor,
it is a 20-page motion.

Perhaps you need
a little more time to read it?

- An adjournment...
- Counselor, I said denied.

Deferentially, Your Honor,
and with all due respect...

And not so deferentially,

it's either a disposition
or a trial.

Oh my God!

Does anyone care about
the law around here?

Miss Hastings, you're right.

Sometimes, it'’s easy for us
to forget what our job is

and I want to let you know
I do care about the law.

That'’s wonderful, Your Honor.

Now, if you don'’t step back,

you'’ll be spending
the night in jail.

And that is why we don'’t bother
with motions with AP5.

Alright.

Hey!

Are you getting lunch, too?

- What do you say I join you?
- Huh?

Just could use some
a sounding board,

catching has been rough.

I mean, I know we don'’t
always get along but It's OK.

I'’m just looking
for a good seat.

So our case looks like
a losing battle,

which is unfortunate
since our client is innocent.

You know he turned
down a two-year plea bargain?

Yeah and he had an alibi,
but the Judge excluded it.

And then there was
the convicted criminal

who went to see the victim
the day before she was killed.

He lied about where he was
at the time of the murder.

Oh my God!

I know, I just...
I know this guy did it.

This sounds
really difficult for you.

OK, I'll see you later.

This case comes down
to whether or not

you believe an innocent person

would confess to killing
his own mother.

But you experienced
that interrogation.

Remember how exhausted you were?

Hour after hour
continuously being worn down.

One of you even
pulled the ripcord.

Now imagine yourself
in that interrogation room,

with those detectives
in your face for 19 hours.

Making you feel that they will
not let up until you confess.

Wouldn't you pull
the ripcord, too

and try and fix it all later?

All the physical evidences
explained away

by Mr. Jablonsky
finding the body.

There is no evidence
proving motive.

There's only the confession.

If you don'’t trust it,

if you have doubts about it,

you must find
Mr. Jablonsky not guilty.

Fingerprints on the knife,

sneaker prints in blood.

A meth head who has stolen
from his mother before.

No alibi,

and the confession.

Now, was the interrogation long?
Yes.

Did they lie?

They're are allowed to.

But he confessed...

To killing his mother.

I don'’t care how long
you badger me,

I'’m not confessing to that.

When I watched
that tape, I was tired.

If it were me,
I'd probably be worried

but the one thing
I wouldn'’t do...

Is confess.

And you have to ask yourselves

whether you would, either.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the Jury,

I understand you have a verdict.

Supreme Court New York County.

The case of
The People vs. Kyle Jablonsky

on the charge of murder
in the second degree.

We, the Jury,
find the defendant...

not guilty.

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Oh, thank you so much!

- Congratulations!
- Thank you.

But I do have one comment

on your courtroom
performance, though.

Oh, really? And how many years
of trial experience

do you have? Oh wait,
I'm sorry, none.

Ah! But my comment is this:

You were amazing!

Thank you.

Have dinner with me tonight.

There is something
I want to ask you.

- 8 PM, at Margot.
- OK, yeah.

I felt this way
since we first met.

I can'’t stop
thinking about you.

You're the only man
who gives me butterflies

and I want to be with you.

I just hope
you feel the same way.

OK, that'’s pretty good.

I don'’t know, maybe just like,
a little bit sexier.

You know, like,
you start like this.

Oh, please stop,
I am not doing that, Tracy!

Your boy is there,
now the party can start!

- Give me a hit.
- Sure, help yourself, Tom.

What'’s going on?

It's that after-work flow,
you know,

work hard, play harder, repeat.

It doesn'’t matter
if you smoke pot, get drunk,

do yoga, meditate,
you gotta do something

to take the edge off
or you'll be Kitson,

quitting suddenly
and joining an ashram.

I heard he moved to Vermont
to do some wood working.

No, Colorado, ski instructor.

Anyway, he was a good lawyer,
you know.

I'’m not really a smoker, so...

Pass the jay.

Oh, come on, little rookie, you
can'’t be that shocked by pot.

OK, I covered a menacing
harassment case today.

I did a motion.

- I'’m sorry, you did a motion?
- Uh-ha!

- In AP5?
- Can I tweak that, please?

Oh my God! OK, OK, look,
sweetie, here, just one hit.

Lord, what are you doing?

Why, your Honor, I do declare
you are working too hard.

How'd you do in court today?

- Very well.
- Mhmm.

Thanks for asking.

No, don't kiss me.

OK.

We don'’t have to kiss.

You sure made a miracle happen.

I can make a lot
of miracles happen.

Shall I show you?

Since when are you rough?

Hey girl.

Careful, Judge.

One hole or the other.
You think you can keep up?

I can do more than keep up.

Judge Dodson!

Oh, your Honor, God!

What'’s up?

No, I was just...
She called me, and I...

OK.

- You look nice.
- You look great.

So, then he turns to me
and he says,

"“I'll take plea
if you feed my cat."”

I was like, "“what?"”

And the question is,
what did you do?

I fed his cat.

I chased that mean ass cat
around in my four inch heels.

What'’s this?

For letting me get
my hands dirty

and help with your case.

Whoa, wait, whoa,
this says first edition.

You know Zora Neale Hurston
is my spirit animal, right?

Your super soul melanin Queen

is what I remember
you calling her.

Their eyes were watching God.

Made you into who you are today.

Exactly.

Janie chose her own path

regardless of what
people thought.

She wasn't supposed to have
big dreams as a black woman

but she did
and she didn't give a damn.

Like you don'’t.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

So, you said you had something
to tell me tonight?

Well...

I want to base
my lead character on you.

- You OK with that?
- Ah...

Well, it depends, what would
this character will be like?

Well, she'’d be fearless,
clever, rebellious.

Fueled by some inner outrage,
like Janie.

There ain't nothing
more important to her

than doing right by her clients.

She'’ll find the most
clever, unexpected angle

to sway the Jury.

Like making them watch 19 hours
of interrogation video.

She'll be
fearlessly independent,

convinced that
she doesn't need anyone

but the truth is,
she desperately wants

to need someone.
Someone who knows her.

Someone who knows that
underneath that iron exterior,

there's this sensitive woman.

A woman who finally wants to
let herself be vulnerable.

I mean, why does
she have to be vulnerable?

Listen, I have something
I want to tell you, too.

- Hi, baby.
- Hey!

My event finished early

and I remember
you said you'’d be here.

You must be Gwen.

Finally, I get to put
the face to the name.

Alison, this is Gwen.

Gwen, this is
Alison, my fiancée.

Next time on In Contempt...

They think you
tampered with the Jury.

Until that gets resolved,
you're kryptonite.

Clearly, I misread
the situation.

He is not into me at all.

Here's a thought,
go for him anyway.

It'’s wrong
on so many levels, Trace.

Oh, wait. You are not trying
The Stash and Cash, are you?

That'’s what my client wants.

No, that'’s not a winnable case.

It's all about your client,
he may look like a creep...

He is a creep.
He's a subway robber.

They're going to this
restaurant tonight.

I was thinking about
showing up, is that stalkery?

Hey, Bennet, my word!