In Contempt (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - BLM, Part One - full transcript

Tracy, Franklin's here.

I'll take care of it.

Tell Gwen I need to see her.

Nut job.

Stop the madness.

Holy shit. Tessa Campanelli?

I know you're sleeping
with my husband,

and frankly he's done better.

So you think you can
just end this, like that?

I just did.

Bennet and I are
sort of moving in together.



Wow, Bennet, this is great.

Derek, Gwen. Gwen, Derek.

Do you wanna get
some dinner tonight?

Not really.

You need to take me off
this trial.

Gwen calls me like five times
a night, and she might actually

be the undead, because
I swear she never sleeps.

Do we have a problem?

We are supposed
to be fighting for justice.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

Our job is to fight like hell
for every single client.

A white cop killed
by a young black man,

the witnesses say he shot
the officer in self-defense.

The black community... no,
the whole city needs to know



this kid is going
to get a fair trial.

I can't think of
a better attorney than you,

Miss Sullivan.

[crowd chanting]
I'm not resisting!

Jackson Allen Whitmore,
of Washington Heights,

is accused of shooting
officer Jacob Lockman.

He is currently in custody
here at Hollow Brook Hospital,

being treated
for a crushed windpipe.

Could you give us a moment?

I'm not allowed
to leave this room.

You're also not allowed
to interfere

with attorney-client privilege.

You really think
he's gonna make a run for it?

I'll be just outside.

Jackson,
my name is Gwen Sullivan.

I'm gonna be your attorney.

Can you tell me what happened?

Yeah.

What are they charging him with?
Police won't tell us anything.

We haven't seen
the actual complaint yet.

Since there's a cop dead,

pretty sure it's going
to be first degree murder.

My son has a crushed windpipe,
that cop tried to kill him.

And that's exactly
what we're going to argue.

Self-defense.

News is already
calling him a cop killer.

Dawg, my son never been
in trouble a day in his life.

Saves every single
stray he meets.

His vision is to open
his own veterinary hospital

when he grows up because
there ain't one in miles.

That's what they do, okay,

but we will make sure everybody
knows who Jackson really is.

This will not be easy.

We're going to need
some photos of Jackson

and we're going need you

to talk to the press
about your son.

I don't think you want me
to do that, Mr. Riggs, 'cause,

see, I can't play the part of
the grieving mother right now.

Maybe when I'm sure
that Jackson isn't gonna die,

but right now
I'm filled with such an anger,

and rage that I wanna do like
Michael Brown's step father,

and tell everybody,
burn shit to the ground.

So, so no. No, I'm sorry.

You don't want me
talking to the press right now.

If you can excuse me.

The people
have no notices, your honor.

We ask for remand.

- Your honor...
- Don't bother, counselor.

It's murder one.
You know he's gonna be remanded.

Well, I understand the deceased
officer was wearing a body cam.

I want that footage.

That's gonna take
some time for us to get...

Produce it, E.J. Posthaste.

Now, let's proceed.

Jackson Allen Whitmore,

you are charged
with violating Penal Law

Section 125.27.
Murder in the first degree.

How say you?

[music playing]

[intro music]

Hey!

Hey, hey!

All right,
gimme that skateboard.

What?

I said, gimme the skateboard.

What?

- Oh.
- Can you hear me now?

This a joke.
Back up off me, man.

Hey! Don't disrespect me!

The footage
speaks for itself, doesn't it?

The kid mouths off,

then he obviously
gets violent with the officer.

Yeah, to think a good cop
would be killed by some punk,

it's just unconscionable.

Unconscionable.

Jackson Whitmore
is a 20-year-old

community college Junior.

He was skateboarding
in Washington Heights Plaza

when officer Jacob Lockman

told him to
get off his skateboard.

Now, technically skateboarding
in the Plaza is illegal,

but so is spitting
on the sidewalk.

Dashay just turned over
the body cam footage.

Here it is again.

- Back up off me, man.
- Hey, don't disrespect me!

Cuts off right there.

The cop shut it off?

We don't know,
but the two started scuffling,

Jackson ends up
face down on the pavement,

cop on his back,
he's got him in a choke hold.

Geez. Just like Eric Garner.

Exactly.

This is a bystander video.

Now, the bystander
started recording

when he heard Jackson scream.

Jackson, thinking
that he's about to be choked

to death, reaches his hand back,

gets his hand on the officer's
gun, gets off two shots.

[gun shots]

Now, unfortunately the bystander
dropped his camera.

Not only don't
we have the crucial moments

of how and why
the chokehold started,

we don't have tape
of the actual shooting.

- What about his partner?
- He missed the whole thing.

He was across the street
at a bodega getting coffee.

So we're looking
at self-defense.

Except the justification statute
says you can't claim

self-defense if you were
resisting arrest.

But go with me here.

What if we argue that
there wasn't an actual arrest?

Oh Honey, that's good.

And even if there was an arrest,
the guy's trachea is crushed.

What does the statute say

about excessive force
in an arrest?

The statute doesn't address it.

Let's do some research.
There must be case law on it.

Well the prosecution's already
painting Jackson as a thug,

and the cop as a fallen hero.

We need to create
a different narrative.

Well the phone's
been ringing off the hook.

MSNBC, CNN,
they all want Gwen to appear.

And we need to find witnesses.

The initial burden is on us
to present some facts to support

self-defense before we can
even take that claim to a jury.

We need to own
the story of what happened

in those missing pieces
of tape before they do.

Wait, where's Vanessa?

She quit last night?

Look at that,
you burnt out the rookie.

Shut up Charlie, she was just...

Way too fancy for this work.

Told you the little one wasn't
ready to roll Sullivan style.

Don't put this on Gwen,

I'm the boss here and I didn't
clock she was struggling.

We should have never
pulled her in on that homicide.

- Or your orbit of crazy.
- This isn't funny.

I liked her, she had
a good heart, she was learning.

And yet she left,
with no notice.

I thought you were
starting to like her too.

Yeah, maybe,
but the no notice thing?

Uh-huh, Bye-bye Bambi.
Good riddance.

♪ I've never been religious ♪

♪ Instead my mamma
Showered me in kisses ♪

♪ Thirteen with a big dream
Daddy said I could be anything ♪

You okay?

You really ready
for this fame, infamy?

I don't know.

I mean, I've tried big cases
before but nothing like this.

You know you're gonna
be the target

of every ignorant racist
bastard with internet access?

You got thick enough skin?

Oh please, you saw how much
lotion I brought to that spa?

Look, I'm worried about you.

When you take on a case,
you don't eat well

you don't sleep, and you're
addicted to that shit.

Bennet, I know you mean well,
and it's really sweet,

but I don't need you
to take care of me. I'm fine.

Taking care of each other
is the point, Gwen.

Don't get mad,
I made you an appointment

with that nutritionist.

Bennet, I don't
have time for that right now.

Maybe you should make time.
I work long hours too,

and when I take care
of my body well I write better.

I hear you. I do.

It's just that I don't
have time for that right now.

Okay, Miss thick skin.

You just remember, you go
out there, and you get it.

Thanks.

♪ I've had stars
In my eyes for ♪

♪ Many years while
I was showed how ♪

♪ I was grown into
The woman that I am now ♪

♪ Think of me
As a blank sheet of paper ♪

♪ My life is mine
I am the creator ♪

♪ You don't own me
You're not my commentator ♪

♪ Oh child see
I once had an idol ♪

♪ I got her voice on the phone ♪

I know you didn't eat breakfast.

Try to force a muffin down.

Or those.

What's this?

You got a letter
from a payday loan place.

I opened it by mistake.

I swear.

Honey, it says you're way
overdue with your payment.

Just leave it, okay?

They sent two letters?

Oh, no, I got my own version
of U.S. Mail delivery hell.

The disciplinary committee?

They're investigating you?

Who filed a complaint, Dodson?

No, he'd be the last person.
If I go down, so does he.

How many judges
have you slept with?

Counting state and federal?
Seven.

Tracy, this is not a joke.

I wasn't joking.

Oh.

Well look,
this is your livelihood.

If you get disbarred
you're done,

so we gotta make
an enemies list.

♪ Find table spaces
Say your social graces ♪

♪ Bow your head
They're pious here ♪

♪ But you and I
We're pioneers ♪

Judge Fortman and Judge Myers?

Gwen, no judging.

Okay, sorry.

Okay look, I would start
with this one,

and then there's that.

Who's that?

The person in your blind spot,
the one you can't see coming.

Don't tell me
you got a letter too?

Prosecution is moving
to preclude self-defense.

♪ We'll leave the empty chairs
To those who say we can't sit ♪

♪ We're fine
All by ourselves ♪

[crowd chanting]
All lives matter!

[crowd chanting]
I'm not resisting!

Officer Jacob Lockman

was a hard-working
veteran police officer,

and now his family is left
without a father and a husband.

[crowd chanting]
All lives matter!

Miss Sullivan, Miss Sullivan,
what's your strategy?

How is your client doing?

My son is a good kid.
He's a college student.

He went out to skateboard.
To skateboard.

And he ended up in the hospital

with a crushed windpipe,
unable to breathe.

Now how does that happen?

I will tell you how it happens,

it happens because
a racist New York City cop

thought that my son
on a skateboard was a threat.

Like so many other
black men in this country,

Jackson was aggressively
confronted by a police officer.

He was about to be killed,
and he acted in self-defense.

We are confident
that a jury will agree with us,

no further comments.

[crowd chanting]
All lives matter!

[crowd chanting]
I'm not resisting!

Chains? Jesus, really?

It's a show of force for the
brothers and sisters in blue.

'Eff me then.

Hey.

Take your bandage off
and sit up straight.

All rise.

Be seated.

I required an escort

to part the Red Sea
of reporters this morning,

and I get the feeling fisticuffs

might break out at any minute.

It's interesting you should
bring that up, Your Honor...

Shouldn't you be sitting
at the other table, counselor?

Ms. Hastings recently
joined our office, Your Honor.

- That's interesting.
- And a conflict of interest.

Your Honor, while I was
recently employed

at the defender association,
I had no exposure to this case,

so there is no conflict.

Oh there's a conflict.

I see no reason
to disqualify counsel.

Now, do People have a motion?

Yes, Your Honor.

Penal Law Section 35.27,

if the force used
in self-defense during...

During an arrest.
Yes, we know,

but the encounter was not
an arrest, it was an assault.

- By whom?
- The officer.

He's the one who actually
committed the crime here,

and if excessive force was used,

then Mr. Whitmore
was within his rights

to act in self-defense.

People V. Stevenson,
People V. Sanses.

She's right Mr. Dashay,

but Miss Sullivan,
do you have any evidence

to support your position?

We've just begun
our investigation, Your Honor...

So then that's a no,

and with self-defense
you have the initial burden.

Now he's right, Miss Sullivan.
You need to make out

a prima facie case
for self-defense,

- otherwise I will preclude it.
- Judge, if you do that...

The whole city
is watching, counselor.

I know it's difficult,
but try to respect the robe.

- Did you just see that?
- See what?

Sleeping with the enemy.

Judas.

Did I ever tell you
how much I hate canvassing?

Yep, just about
every time we do it.

Anyone look like a key witness
to a police shooting?

The policeman asked the kid to
get off the skateboard nicely,

and then a few seconds later
he reached in his pocket

like he was gonna
pull out a gun.

Look, I remember seeing
the cop and a black guy,

they started, they started
shoving each other, you know?

And then the cop,
he pulled out his gun.

Yeah, yeah, I was there.
White boy took out his baton,

and commenced to giving him
a beat down.

And when the kid said what,

the cop said,
can you hear me now?

And the kid just laughed,

and then the cop
became like a crazy person.

He lunged at the kid
like he was in a bar fight,

put him right in a chokehold.
I thought he was gonna kill him.

Did the cop ever say
the kid was under arrest?

I don't think so, no.

Why?

We got lucky,
a carpool mom saw everything.

Says the cop just lost his cool
and went for Jackson.

Will she testify?

Eat.

Says it's her civic duty.

Talk about a unicorn.

Okay this is good, because
maybe it'll establish

that this wasn't an arrest.

Maybe the cop
was the first aggressor.

But we need more.

What about Lockman's
civilian review panel file?

Any issue of him
shutting off his body cam?

Two complaints,
nothing about the cam,

and both were deemed unfounded.

The judge will never
let them in.

If what Janine says is true,
the guy has an anger problem,

and then if that's true

he's gotta have a paper trail
of being an asshole,

or there's somebody out there
with a story to tell about him.

Tracy's right.

We cast a wider net.

Maybe he's clean as a cop,

but there's no way
he's clean as a dude.

Meaning?

Meaning forget
about officer Lockman.

How much do you
know about Jacob Lockman?

I don't like to say
anything bad, okay,

but this guy,
he has some problems.

Yeah yeah,
he always wanted to be a cop.

He liked the power,
I think anyways.

We dated for like, a year.
Nice guy.

This man in a Mustang was
waiting for a parking space.

He honked at me,
so I decide to slow down.

Anyway, I pulled out,
but then our cars touched.

It was a small scratch,
no big deal, nothing happened.

So this guy gets out of his car

and just hits me on the chin.
So we fought.

Did you file a police report?

Yes, but nothing happened.

And no big surprise,
'cause you know why?

Even though he was an asshole,
he was a cop.

Dashay's gotta know
about the fender bender issue.

Well, if there was
a criminal investigation

he absolutely knows.

So how do we get
the police reports?

We request them
in our omnibus motion,

wait for him to trip
on his own shoelaces.

- Excuse me, who are you?
- Are you Gwendolyn?

I'm Glenmore. Bennet, uh,

he scheduled us
for a 2PM consultation.

I'm sorry, I thought you knew.

Lisa was MIA,
and reception was crowded,

so I stuck him in here.

Did you tell her
about the needles yet?

This should be amusing.

Will somebody please fill me in?

Bennet asked me
to prepare 10 meals per week,

lunch and dinner,
all delivered to the office.

Why do I get the feeling
this is not gonna end well?

Where's the food?

Oh, I have a book, and it's
called The Blood Type Diet.

I won't bore you
with all of the science,

but my diets are tailored
to your blood type,

so I just need a blood sample
before I prepare all the meals.

Okay, that's a good one guys.
Seriously?

Serious.

It's not a joke.

Nope, serious.

Get Dracula out of here.

No, I know it
sounds a bit out there, but...

Glenmore, I appreciate
you coming, I really do,

but if you don't get up
out of my office right now...

Honey, honey, no.

Gwen.

Advance America Payday Loans.

Girl they have
called you four times.

Thanks Lisa.

Yeah.

Hey!

How's it feel
to be on a winning team?

Still adjusting,
it feels a little like whiplash.

Won't take long. A few weeks
of putting the bad guys away

and you'll come to loathe
the defense as much as I do.

Speaking of which,

the defense wants officer
Lockman's disciplinary records,

and internal affairs reports.

He's got an incident,

someone pressed charges
against him.

A fight over a parking space.

- And did it move forward?
- No.

Then it never happened.

E.J., they moved for this stuff,
we have to hand it over.

The last time I did that,
a witness wound up dead.

You were there, remember?

That was different.

This is Brady material,
it's exculpatory.

How is it exculpatory?

If the officer
was the initial aggressor...

It was investigated,
and it never went anywhere.

But they should be able
to talk to the guy themselves.

Why?

We have no indication
that this is a bad cop.

He has a couple
civilian complaints,

so does everyone else that's
been on the force for 20 years.

He has no disciplinary record
to speak of.

E.J., I'm good with getting
the bad guys,

but we have to play fair.

You know what's fair?

Not giving a defense attorney

the ammunition to walk
a cop killer out the door.

Judge, we want to ensure
that the prosecution

has turned over
all discovery to the defense.

The defense has
all pertinent discovery.

Pertinent?

The People have
turned over any and all

discovery to the defense.

Well, that's interesting,
because we've uncovered

a gentleman who is willing
to testify

as to the officer's
history of violence.

Specifically, an incident
over a parking space.

There was
a criminal investigation.

I'm unaware of any
arrest record, Your Honor.

As Mr. Dashay well knows,

we didn't just request
the arrest records

for the officer, we requested
his disciplinary records,

including any internal affairs
investigation reports.

Mr. Dashay,

I'd strongly recommend
that you don't withhold any...

Your Honor...

I uncovered, uhm, discovered
the file just this morning.

I should've let my lead counsel
know that I had it.

Your Honor, I request

that sanctions
be levied against Ms. Hastings.

It was an honest mistake...

She just sat through
that whole back and forth

and didn't say anything.

I'm sorry Your Honor,

I... It's just, I'm new,

and I am honestly
afraid of Mr. Dashay.

Everyone is allowed
a rookie mistake, Ms. Hastings,

but only one.

Except she's not
a rookie, judge.

She worked for us,
and she knows what discovery is.

Ms. Hastings,
you've just used your one.

We understand each other?

Loud and clear, Your Honor.

Don't ever contradict me
in court again.

I just saved
your ass back there.

You could've been caught lying

to a judge
in front of the press.

I told you that file
was not exculpatory.

Try explaining that to the media
or the general public.

It wasn't your call.

I know the law, E.J., and no
matter what side of it I'm on,

I try really hard to follow it.

I'm sorry you're mad, but
I can't just lie to a judge.

Also, I know Gwen's moves.

She was setting you up,
so you're welcome.

We need to talk.

And it just keeps getting worse.

Go away E.J., this has
nothing to do with you.

What do you want?

I'm gonna ask you one question,
and I want one answer,

and it better be the truth.

Did you report me
to the State Bar?

Wow.

You play Russian roulette
long enough...

Was it you?

Tracy, I don't care enough
about you or the trolls

you sleep with to spend my time
trying to hurt you.

Just tell me.

It wasn't me.

I forgot to ask you,
did you see Glenmore today?

Yeah, about that.

I wasn't gonna say anything,
because frankly

I have to finish my open,
but really?

Pick a diet for your blood type?

The guy wanted to draw
my blood on the spot.

He's lucky
I didn't draw his, or yours.

What's going on with you?

The spa, blood type diets,

that stuff isn't the guy I knew
eight years ago.

Well, maybe I changed a little.
Just trying to help.

Bennet, I don't need help.

And I don't need fixing.

I'm not trying to fix you,

but you do need sleep,
and you can't argue with that.

I've never been able to sleep
before the first day of a trial.

Oh really?

Well, if you are looking
to sleep,

there's a really
good way to sleep.

The mattress
is for sleeping, too.

♪ Trying to move but I lost
My place didn'’t you know ♪

♪ Baby while we're young ♪

♪ I think we should
Do something crazy ♪

I was just thinking about

when I saw you
at Nula's that first night,

- I must have been staring.
- I remember thinking,

why is Miss America
on the defense's side?

You did not.

Gwen told me to stop
fraternizing with the enemy.

Yeah that sounds like her.

So, why did you decide
to become a prosecutor

instead of a defense attorney?

I wanted the trial experience,

and connections, you know.

- You want to run for office?
- Maybe.

Why so defensive?

You know how many times
people imply that I'm a bad guy

because I put bad guys
away that look like me?

How many times
I get called a sellout?

Does that ever give you pause,

to prosecute
so many black people?

Of course it gives me pause,

but they committed crimes,
Vanessa.

If they hadn't,
I wouldn't prosecute them.

And most of my cases,

black people are
the ones being victimized.

I mean, shouldn't they
have a prosecutor like me

to pursue justice for them?

Yes, but do you
have to be so hard-core?

Well you are.

♪ I'll go
Everywhere you go ♪

My uncle was a cop.

You know, he used to say that
white folks didn't have to carry

the burden of the race
on their shoulder.

They could pursue a career,

get by as best they can.

And prosecutors don't get ahead
by being soft on crime.

I know what Gwen
would say about that.

And I really don't care
what Gwen would say.

You know, you might like her
if you got to know her.

She has a million
funny little quirks.

Oh, yeah?

What's your favorite?

Well, when she has a big trial,

she starts her opening with,
when I was a kid,

I believed
in magic and miracles.

I never noticed that.

♪ Perfect day
Wanna lay beside ya ♪

Come on, we have a trial soon.

♪ Spend my life
With ya alright ♪

Damn, that's today?

♪ You know I'’m down to ride
You know I am down to ride ♪

[crowd chanting]
I'm not resisting!

[crowd chanting]
All lives matter!

Open your eyes!

It's the criminal justice system
that's the criminal,

and it's destroying us,
my brothers and sisters...

Franklin, are you okay?

I'm just telling them
it's the system.

- Okay, are you on your meds?
- I'm fine.

I am fine.
I know exactly what I'm doing.

I am not resisting.

Those are the words of a man
being choked by the system!

I can't talk right now.

It's on the thumb drive, okay?

Thanks Akeem.

Nice move in court yesterday.

Reminded me that despite
your recent shitty behavior

you actually do have principles.

It wasn't personal, you know.

That's funny, because
quitting without telling me

and then showing up
on this case,

that feels pretty personal,
Vanessa.

- I didn't plan that.
- Yet here you are.

Gwen, I'm sorry.

I'll see you in court.

All parties prepared to proceed?

- Yes, Your Honor.
- Yes, Your Honor.

When I was a child, I believed
in magic and miracles,

but as a adult
I must put childish things aside

and look at life
the way it really is.

My partner was a straight up
professional.

His arrests were textbook.

If Jake laid hands on anyone,

he always told them
they were under arrest.

- Objection!
- Objection!

One at a time,
for heaven's sake.

Your Honor, the People
can't possibly think

it's appropriate to offer
completely speculative testimony

regarding the crucial
timeframe in this encounter.

It's habit evidence, Judge.

Overruled.

Would he read them their rights?

Always,
even when he didn't have to.

What about use of force?

We get a lot of training
on the use of force.

We're only allowed to use
the minimum amount of force

necessary to protect ourselves,

and bring the suspect
into police custody.

Jake followed
that rule to the letter.

He had strong feelings
about not being excessive.

He's so full of shit.

Yet your partner
doesn't appear to back off

when the defendant said,
I'm not resisting.

Again, causal speculation.

I shall allow it.

Defendants always say
they aren't resisting,

even when they are.

I once had a guy
slamming me into a wall,

yelling, I'm not resisting.

And what about the defendant's
crushed trachea?

If Jake crushed
the guy's trachea,

I would say it was
because he was fighting back

against an enormous
amount of physical force.

- Objection!
- Objection!

Sustained.

That's a bridge
too far, Mr. Dashay.

The jury shall
disregard that last answer.

Thank you, officer Alpern.

We are adjourned,
we'll continue tomorrow.

All rise.

♪ What you can do today
Today today today today ♪

♪ Why wait for tomorrow
What you can do today ♪

♪ Today today ♪

Hello again Audrey.

Oh, are you kidding me?

You've got a lot
of nerve coming to my home.

- I need to talk to you.
- I don't think so.

Please, Audrey?

I just need to know if you made

an ethics complaint
against me to the State Bar.

Oh, so it finally
caught up with you.

If I'm disbarred Audrey,
I have nothing left.

That's not my problem.

Look, I know that
I've done you wrong,

and I am...

I'm sorry if I caused you
or your marriage any pain, I...

An if-pology is not an apology.

Okay, you want me to grovel?
Fall at your feet?

I was wrong to have slept
with your husband,

he is a good man, but...

He is a good man,
but he is your man.

I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry.

You know, I used
to be furious with you,

but now I just pity you.

Audrey, the chicken's done.

I'll be right there.

Listen, if your career goes down

then so does
my soon-to-be ex-husband's,

and I stand
to lose a lot of alimony.

Sorry sweetheart,
but you're just not worth it.

[Bennet] Yes, yes yes
I got the lead character,

yeah, I feel free, I'm loose,
and it's just flowing.

It's flowing, man.

Ronnie, listen to me man,
this is gonna be it.

Promise you. I promise,
I'll have that draft to you

by the end of the week.

I gotta go. All right, bye.

Welcome home, dear.

This looks wonderful, but...

Lesson learned,
it's buffet style.

Grab your food,
retreat to your corner,

and get the work done.

What's wrong? You okay?

No, I'm not.
Dashay stole my opening,

the dead cop's partner
is lying through his teeth,

and my guy is facing
life in prison

having just recovered
from having his trachea crushed,

so... no.

What happened to my food?

The fake food
police came in here.

I fought them off,
but they had a warrant, so...

No seriously,
where are my Flame bolts?

I threw them out.
We had a deal, remember?

After your last trial,

- we said that would be it.
- What is wrong with you?

Why are you so obsessed with
what I eat and what I drink?

- Now you're mad.
- You're damn right I'm mad.

Stop treating me like a child.

Then don't live like one.

News flash,
you're not my parent.

Someone has to be brave enough
to stand up to you

and tell you
when you're in trouble.

The only trouble I have
right now is trying to do

what I need to do
without my Flame bolt...

You know what, I'm gonna
stay down here tonight.

Be easier for me
to work and to think.

Do that.

I'm gonna go for a walk.

- Fine.
- Fine.

Officer Alpern,
let's talk about minimum force.

Isn't it true that...

Oh...

Officer, isn't it...

[strained breathing]

Charlie.

There's no way Adler's
gonna give us an adjournment.

What if I faked a coma?

He'd never believe it.

Oh it's okay, he can stay.

Good news and bad news,
Miss Sullivan.

Good news first?

The good news is
you didn't have a heart attack.

The bad news is
you do have a small arrhythmia.

Your blood pressure was through
the roof when you came in.

So let me try
to be as clear as I can,

you need to start taking
much better care of yourself.

Okay?

Yeah, okay.
I hear ya, thanks.

Okay.

Hey, he's serious.

I know.

Look, don't go getting
all squishy on me Riggs.

You scared the hell out of me.

Nothing like getting
a 3 AM call from your friend

thinking she's
having a heart attack.

I know.

Thanks.

Now look who's
getting all squishy.

You know what,
next time call the ambulance.

I'll meet you here.

I didn't wanna seem stupid.

Where was Bennet?

- We had a fight.
- And?

And things are fine.

They're fine. Really.

But I'm glad it was you.

[music playing]

I was looking for you.

I figured you went out for
bacon egg and cheese, and um...

Bennet, look, I'm sorry...

I wanted to say,
I'm so sorry about last night.

- I should have listened to you.
- And I'm telling you,

from here on out,
this place is gonna be stocked

to the ceiling with Flame bolts.

Actually, you were right.

Had a little episode last night,
it's a heart palpitation thing.

Not a big deal, but I went
to the ER, and they fitted me...

You went to
the hospital last night?

Why didn't you call me?

Because I was mad,
and embarrassed.

Gwen, I don't want you
to ever have to go through

something like this alone
because you're embarrassed.

You okay?

I'm fine. Turned out
to be almost nothing,

it's a small arrhythmia.

Are you sure? Really?

I promise. Just a scare.

Point made.

Awh, I hate the idea

that you went through
something like this alone.

So, what did you do?

Did you haul yourself
downstairs and hail a cab?

I called an Uber.

Just to be clear, you did not
see the altercation, did you?

That's correct,

I was across the park
getting coffee at a bodega.

I ran over
after I heard the shots.

So you never heard
your partner say anything

about being under arrest?

No.

And surely you'd agree
that not every encounter

with a civilian
leads to an arrest, right?

Of course not.

And when you do
decide to arrest someone,

you always use the
minimum force necessary right?

Yes.

So it is your testimony

that this is
the minimum force necessary?

Hey man!

Stay down.

Stop resisting!
Stop resist...

Hold still.

Stop resisting!

Under the circumstances.

So this child
riding his skateboard

required officer Lockman
to do this?

Under the circumstances, yes.

Now these same police procedures
in your department,

did they also justify
the fatal point-blank shooting

of Warren Henning last year?

Objection Your Honor, this
is outrageous and offensive.

The officer says
the use of force

depends on the circumstances.

I'm allowed
to investigate what he means.

Be aware, you're very
close to the line Miss Sullivan.

You bet.

That was entirely reasonable
under the circumstances.

And what about this,
the beating of Isaiah Marin?

Objection.

Again, yes.

We live in a dangerous world,
some people pose a threat.

And how about
this officer in Cincinnati,

the one who shot Damien Carmore
in the back as he ran away?

We don't know what happened
before that photo was taken...

He was 20 feet away
from the cop, running away.

Is there a question there?

Withdrawn.
In this case, officer,

who had the gun, Jackson
Whitmore or your partner?

- My partner.
- Who had the nightstick?

Who had the taser,
who had backup,

who had martial arts
and combat training?

Objection.

One question
at a time, Miss Sullivan.

Of course.

Officer,
in your 16 years on the force,

have you ever seen
a case of police brutality

that you
did not think was justified?

No? That's what I thought.

No further questions.

♪ Every time I breathe ♪

♪ Every time
I'm dreaming in my bed ♪

♪ Seven days a week ♪

♪ Thinking of the words
that I once said to you ♪

♪ I still wake up wishing
I could just move on ♪

You should just close
your twitter account.

It gives me insight.

It's like the
unfiltered id of the city.

So, bed?

I'm not going to bed, Bennet.

Hey, what's with the tone?

I have a tone because I feel
like we keep having

the same conversation,
and I don't understand why.

All I did was ask you
if you were coming to bed.

No you were pushing me.

Gwen, I'm trying to help you.

No, you're trying to control me.

You're trying to make me
into somebody I'm not.

How did this go from
me asking you to come to bed

to me trying to control you?

All you ever do is tell me
what's wrong with me.

I don't get enough sleep,

I don't eat right,
I'm short tempered,

I'm obsessed with work.
But you know what Bennet?

That's who I am.

That's me.

I'm crazy, I'm complicated,
I'm messed up.

God, I really want
for this to work out, but...

Then stop thinking
that this is all about me.

This is a two-way street,
and I'm doing what I do.

And that's
to take care of people.

And why is that such a big deal

for you to let me do that?

I am letting you do that.

You don't even know how much.

I just left everyone
at the office working

to come back here
and be with you,

and it makes me
wanna jump out of my skin.

Thanks a lot.

This is who I am, Bennet.

My work comes first.

I'm not predicable
or perfect, I'm not sweet.

I am not sweet.

And maybe you can change
who you are for a woman,

and pretend to like vegan food
because that makes you happy,

but that's not me.
I'm not gonna drop everything

and go on a book signing
tour with you,

and learn how to
hand make native foods.

And if you can't deal with that,

if you can't just
accept me for who I am, then...

So how did you really
get to the hospital last night?

Charlie.

I called Charlie.

You love him?

I trust him.

So that's it.

I think it is.

I'll come by later
to get my things.

♪ Like a river
Like a river sh- ♪

♪ Like a river
Like a river sh- ♪

♪ Like a river
Like a river sh- ♪

♪ Shut your mouth
And run me like a river ♪

♪ How do we fall in love? ♪

♪ Harder than
a bullet could hit ya ♪

New evidence
has come to light today

in the Jackson Whitmore trial.

A rap video made by the youth...

There you are,
I've been trying to reach you.

I just broke up with Bennet.

Oh, honey.

It seriously
undermines the defendant's...

Then this is really
gonna make you feel terrible.

[rapping]
I don't mess with cops.

Shoot till they body drop.
Shoot till they beg to stop.

Yeah it's going down, they
don't like no black or brown.

Kill them all,
don't make a sound.

Sad I know, why they wanna
fuck up everywhere I go

Line 'em all up,
put 'em on death row,

making me feel
like there's no hope.

Shoot till their body drop.
Shoot till they beg to stop.

Yeah it's going down...

♪ Shut your mouth baby
stand and deliver ♪

♪ Holy hands ooh
they make me a sinner ♪

Next time, on In Contempt.

You wanna know
if I tampered with a witness

- and committed a felony?
- You're damn right I do.

That stain kind of looks like
Michael Jackson.

This is an
adversarial process, Vanessa,

not a truth seeking one.

I cannot lose this case, Tom.

I slept with Dods
and tampered with the jury,

and somebody reported me
to the Bar Association.

You're my hero.

You gotta win this,
Miss Sullivan.

I'm not giving them my son.

I know who you are.

We're gonna leave now.

That's why I went to jail!

I am deeply,
deeply in love with you.