Lie to Me (2009–2011): Season 1, Episode 2 - Moral Waiver - full transcript

...try to reschedule for later on.

Dr. Lightman, the guys from
Homeland Security are here.

They want your assessment
of the new handheld polygraph.

I'll be right there.

Do you work at the Department
of Homeland Security?

Yes.

Yeah.

Do you have black hair?

Yes.

See, the handheld measures cardio
and galvanic skin response.

It's the only polygraph ever developed
with this kind of portability.



- No, not quite.
- Cal, you know Secretary Miller from Homeland Security.

- Good to see you.
- And this is Tom Whitmore, the new T.S.A. deputy.

- Uh, what the hell is this?
- It's a lie detector.

West Africans used them first.

When you were on trial,
you held the egg in your hands.

And if it broke, it was a sign of anxiety.
You were found guilty.

Well, I'd say our handheld's
a little more advanced.

Well, unfortunately, both devices
suffer from the same problem.

Uh, Ms. Cooper,
would you mind?

May I?

Could you ask
the control questions again, please?

What are you doing?

Hi.

Do you work at the Department
of Homeland Security?



Uh, yes.

Uh-oh.

- Do you have black hair?
- Yes.

Whoops.

The problem with all polygraph
tests is false positives.

Innocent people can fail if they
feel an increase in any emotion-

anger, fear, sexual arousal-
not just guilt.

Your polygraph is no better
than the egg...

at telling us which emotion
it's responding to.

- No.
- Whoa!

Oh! I've been wanting
to try that for years.

See, you would've
been found guilty.

But you were just angry.

You should be spending your
money studying the face. Look.

Forty-three muscles combine to produce
the possibility of 10,000 expressions.

Now, if you learn them all,
you don't need a polygraph.

How much did we spend
on this damn project anyway?

Uh, not much.

I'm sure we can recoup
most of our costs.

- Oh, that was lovely.
- What?

- Gestural retreat.
- What's that?

He stepped backwards. It means he
doesn't believe a word he just said.

He's lying.

Well, I'm not a crook.

I've earned
everything I've got.

Everything I've got.
Everything I've got.

♪ Dream, send me a sign ♪

♪ Turn back the clock ♪

♪ Give me
some time ♪

♪ I need to break out ♪

♪ Make a new name ♪

♪ Let's open our eyes ♪

♪ To the brand-new day ♪ ♪

What do you see?

I see a skeptical,
emotionally distant scientist...

obsessing over
facial twitches.

Why are you doing
microexpression training?

I got it set at triple speed.

You know when you try
and hide your emotions,

they leak out
at a fifth of a second.

Well, this is testing me
at a 15th of a second.

Impressive. You know who else
is impressive on that thing?

Is this another attempt to get me
to take Ms. Torres under my wing?

- You need somebody to back you on the military case.
- I got you for that.

I'll be courtside
with Earl White.

He's a freshman shooting guard-
hottest NBA prospect in the country.

College Athletic Association
wants us to find out...

if he took a bribe
to play for GWCU.

We got a meeting at Fort Meade
in half an hour.

Look, I'll meet you there
later, okay?

But let's get Torres involved.

She's a natural.
She's got phenomenal instincts.

Doesn't mean
she knows her science.

Dr. Foster said
you wanted to see me.

What do you see?

Anger.

Fear.

Sadness.

Let's go.

Specialist Sheila Lake...

has served with the 23 rd Mountain Division
for three years,

two of those in Afghanistan.

Lake is asserting that she was
raped by her platoon leader-

Staff Sergeant Russell Scott.

We'd like you to find out
if the allegation's true.

Cease fire! Lake!

Lake!

Grab your gear and report
to Staff Judge Advocate.

Fire your weapons now!

Is Sergeant Scott
being court-martialed?

We're not there yet.

Sergeant Scott's leadership is crucial
to the tribal intelligence missions...

we're running
on the Pakistani border.

We start a court-martial proceeding,
he'll be off the line for six months.

- Then I'm afraid we can't help you.
- Excuse me?

Hire us
when you want the truth.

Why waste taxpayers' money
if that's not what you're after?

Dr. Lightman, my first concern is the
safety of every woman in that platoon.

That's why we're investigating.

But Sergeant Scott
passed the polygraph.

I bet his grandmother didn't think he did it either.
That's equally reliable.

Look, Sergeant Scott's set
to redeploy in three days.

He's the only commander who can
recognize hostiles on that border.

Without him, the mission's more dangerous
for every soldier in the 23rd.

I certainly can't have a rapist in
charge of the females in that platoon.

But if I'm going to pull
Sergeant Scott off the line,

I need to know this woman's
telling the truth.

6'5 "- moves like he's 5'1".

Could dunk at 12.
Won the state championship at 14.

National high school player of
the year the last three years.

I would not have pegged you
for a hoops geek.

You know the fifth-grade boy
with the vintage Dr. J poster...

and the instant recall
of his career stats?

I was that boy.
Dr. Foster?

I'm Jeremy Levine with the Athletic Association.
Thanks for coming down.

Who doesn't enjoy a day watching
Earl White do his thing?

Howard Taft certainly does.

He's the alumni booster who allegedly paid
Earl $50,000 to come and play for Carver.

We'd like
to investigate this quietly.

Earl's a good kid.

He lost his mom last year.
He's raising his brother on his own.

Plus, he's gonna
go pro this spring,

and you don't want any more bad
press for the "one and done" rule.

Making kids go to college for a
year before they turn pro...

forces them to take high
school more seriously.

It also forces young superstars
to play a year of college ball,

jacking up ratings
and revenues.

Loker here has a hard time
with half-truths.

Let's go!

- Got it? Huh?
- Yeah.

Earl White, Dr. Gillian Foster
and her associate, Eli Loker.

Oh, you folks
are the lie guys, right?

More the truth guys,
but it depends on the case.

Do you have some time
to chat?

I have to take
my little brother home.

And I got an econ midterm tomorrow.
Need to get with the books, you know?

But hit my cell later. Anything
I can do to clear my name.

- Appreciate it.
- Oh, let's see what you got, man.

Come on. Come on.

- Any quick reads?
- His speech was hurried...

and he brought that basketball to his
chest, creating a barrier between us.

Those are both
signs of anxiety.

That's something any college athlete might feel
when he's being accused of taking a bribe.

We're not magicians.
We're scientists.

We'll need to talk to Earl and the booster
to spot any conclusive signs of lying.

I'm not naive, okay?

When you sign up to be one of four
women in a platoon of 30 guys-

guys who aren't gonna see
another woman for six months-

well, like they say
in Girl Scouts,

"Be prepared."

So you were harassed.

Porn in the latrines.

Jody calls.

Jody calls?

I taught that bitch
her left, then right,

nailed her ass,
then left last night.

- Got it.
- Yeah.

Did Staff Sergeant Scott
participate in any of this?

He didn't make jokes
or anything, but-

Oh, his hands
were everywhere.

He liked to walk in on us
while we were changing,

if we were
in the showers.

Tell us about the attack.

I was, uh-

I was on my way
back from workout...

and ran into him
behind the mess.

And he ordered me to strip.

He grabbed me,

he pinned me down,

and he assaulted me.

I was sexually assaulted.

- What's up with the mime act?
- You ask the questions. I observe.

Dr. Lightman finds asking questions distracting.
He prefers to watch.

You finish the psych profile
on the guy she's accused?

Nice to see you too.

What's his problem?

"Friendly fire."
"Collateral damage."

You can start with
the lies in the language.

Mmm, bet they're not
gonna end there.

Last Tuesday?

I went to dinner.

I had a few drinks at the N.C.O. club, stopped
by the P.X., then headed back to the barracks.

Tell me again.
Start with drinks.

Drinks, P.X., barracks.

Toothpaste and deodorant.
I have the receipt.

- You weren't anywhere near the mess hall?
- I just said I wasn't.

And you're telling me you
didn't attack Specialist Lake?

- That's exactly what I'm saying.
- And while we're on the subject- Okay.

That's good.
Thanks for your time.

Hey, you know-
Whoa.

Quite a bicep
you have there.

You must really love
the weight room, huh?

Now I don't normally mix
business with pleasure, but-

Wow.

And I was wondering, you fancy
grabbing a drink later or-

Uh, I'm not gay.

And isn't this
a little inappropriate?

Absolutely.
Sorry.

Right. Excuse me.

What the hell was that?

I love a man in uniform,
you know?

The rape was unplanned, one time,
with no additional violence.

That suggests
a power-assertive rapist-

somebody who's obsessed
with masculinity,

who needs others
to see him as a man.

If Sergeant Scott
fit the profile,

he would've reacted to my overture
with one emotion-disgust.

There was no disgust,
just surprise.

Correct.
Eyebrows up, jaw down.

Okay. But the guy
was totally amped up.

Yeah, but he showed no deception leakage, right?
There was no sign of lying.

He looked like he wanted
to throw me across the room.

A man charged with rape is even more
likely to be angry if he's innocent.

- Well, they can't both be telling the truth.
- They're not.

Sheila Lake made
two mouth shrugs...

when she was describing
the rape.

That's a classic gestural slip. It means
she has no confidence in her words.

The woman was lying.

I was sexually assaulted.

You really think a woman
would lie about rape?

Unpleasant truths-human
mortality, mustache on a woman.

Three things we'd all
prefer to ignore.

F.B.I. crime reports have found that eight
percent of rape allegations are false.

Okay. but the army vets
I worked with at T.S.A...

said that sexual assault
was a big problem.

It doesn't explain
the gestural slip.

Lake's also not exhibiting
any of the emotions...

a rape victim typically displays
when recounting her story.

No shame, no fear.

We should be seeing a lot of
activity in her forehead.

But there isn't any.

Maybe she's got
posttraumatic stress.

Emotional numbing might explain her
inability to express her feelings.

But not the mouth shrug.

I'm telling you, there's something
off about Sergeant Scott.

You know, I once had actors play out
the testimony from a rape case...

in front of 30 federal judges.

You know the biggest predictor of whether
they believed the man or the woman?

The gender of the judge.

You think I'm saying he's guilty
'cause I'm a woman?

Me, Darwin, 2,000 years
of evolutionary biology.

I think what Dr. Lightman is trying
to say is that it's important...

not to let what you bring in the room
affect what you see in the room.

Dr. Lightman.
What is it?

Harassment report. The platoon's Equal
Opportunity rep just sent it over.

Looks like it was filed
anonymously last fall.

It alleges Sergeant Scott
surprised women in the showers...

and entered their barracks
unannounced.

Hmm. Backs up Lake's story.

You know, generally it's not a good idea
to call your boss an idiot.

- I didn't say you were an idiot.
- But your buccinator did.

That's not-

That's a pretty impressive
combination of contempt and disgust.

I'm- I'm so-

I-
Apology accepted.

Head back to Fort Meade and check into the
personnel files of the woman and the sergeant.

And hang in there.

You should consider
going a little easier on Torres.

Why? She's all false positives.

See, that's the trouble
with naturals.

They don't see what's missing.
They're all instinct, no science.

- I'll have a falafel sandwich, please.
- An Italian ice, grape.

You wash your hands today?

Uh, yeah.
Of course.

Do you have any kind of pain
in your neck?

Uh, no. Why?

People touch it when they lie.
It's a classic manipulator.

You been to the bathroom today?
Cal.

Uh, no.

Oh, great. Anybody else
want a side of feces?

Anybody?
Side of feces?

If an alum took me here, I would
want to play hoops for Carver.

I bet it made an impression
on Earl White.

Why is it guys named White
are always black...

and guys named Black
are always white?

Am I gonna be sorry you're here?
Barry White, Jack Black.

Does your radical honesty pledge mean
you have to say everything you think?

It's the only way
to be truly honest.

Let's turn it off
while we're working, shall we?

Now what do we know
about the booster?

Uh, Howard Taft, 45. Made his
money on Internet job boards.

Led the funding campaign
for Carver's new athletic center.

Apparently,
he likes giving back.

Mr. Taft, thanks for
agreeing to talk with us.

Always a pleasure
to talk Carver basketball, Dr. Foster.

Hey. Oh, championship ring.
Sweet.

Must've cost
a fortune online.

Actually, I, uh-
I earned it...

riding the pine
for the '86 team.

What's that?

It's a, uh,
voice-stress analyzer.

It measures pitch
and gauges anxiety.

We find it's less about what
you say than how you say it.

Now tell us about your
relationship with Earl White.

He ordered me to strip.
He grabbed me.

Oh, sorry.

These are Specialist Lake's
platoon mates.

Hi. Thanks for coming in.

I want to conduct
individual interviews.

If you could come with me.
You two stay here.

Thanks, Heidi.

...pinned me down,
and he assaulted me.

I was sexually assaulted.

You finish the vocal-stress
analysis on Taft?

Yeah. Check it out.

Hey.
Oh, championship ring. Sweet.

Must have cost
a fortune online.

Actually, I-
I earned it...

riding the pine
for the '86 team.

Typical vocal stress
on a typical question.

That's Taft's vocal-stress baseline.

And given how irritating most people find
you-It's a high-tolerance baseline.

He'd have to be extremely anxious
for his pitch to spike above it.

So, applying the baseline.

You can see from the spikes that Taft
had three moments of extreme anxiety.

Let me guess. That's when he denied
bribing our basketball phenom.

Yep. Indistinguishable
to the ear, but-

And no, I didn't bribe
Earl White.

Really, I didn't
give Earl a penny.

A bribe?
I barely know the kid.

And thanks to the technology, we can
see the stress in Taft's voice.

The data suggests young Mr. White
just came into a lot of money.

But we've seen no uptick
in Earl's spending habits.

I talked to his friends.
The guy's got no bling.

He lives in a walk-up with his brother.
He takes the bus.

Earl's got a big payday coming
as soon as he turns pro.

Why take Taft's money
if he's not gonna spend it?

Psychology's inconsistent. We
need to get inside Earl's head.

You want me to pull
recent interview footage,

see if he leaks anything when he
talks about playing for Carver?

Yeah.

What's that last sound wave?

Always a pleasure
to talk Carver basketball, Dr. Foster.

That is when Taft met you. See how
the graph is all scrunched up?

It indicates arousal.

Apparently the pine was not the only
thing our aging jock wanted to ride.

- Hey, can I-
- Please.

Staff Sergeant Scott
has a past.

He has a criminal record?
A long one.

I thought you couldn't get
into the army with a record.

You can't, unless they grant you
what's called a "moral waiver."

It used to be
just for misdemeanors.

But the army's so stretched for recruits,
they're using them to let felons in.

"Moral waiver." The army
really has a way with words.

Sergeant Scott was arrested for
possession, arson, assault and battery-

- He has an arson conviction?
- He was 16. But the assault's more recent.

No. It's the arson
that's significant.

Arson and rape have
an unusually high correlation.

They're both crimes
about the assertion of power.

So with the arson
conviction-Yeah.

It makes the rape
a lot more likely.

We're seeing promising indicators
in the Pentium chip market.

Techspring earnings should be
strong as ever.

Hey, boss.

Call my broker. Have him dump
all my holdings in Techspring.

Okay. And, uh, I just spoke
with Major Harris's office.

I told 'em
you were on your way.

Look at that hand shrug.

It's not a good time to be
investing in Techspring.

We need to talk
about Sergeant Scott.

Oh. This is classified.

How'd you get it? The
same way you would have.

Given the correlation
between arson and rape-

Well, it's interesting, but
it's irrelevant, I'm afraid.

Turns out Lake's platoon mates
had rather a lot to say.

Heidi said they wouldn't
talk about the rape.

I didn't bring them in
to hear them talk.

I brought them in
to watch them listen.

They turned the video
back on, huh?

Yep. It's human nature.

They always flip the switch.

Hey, Natural.
What do you see?

Nothing.
I don't see anything.

- Exactly.
- I don't understand.

Well, look.

The absence of emotion...

is just as important...

as the presence of emotion.

Now you,
you need to learn that.

When women listen to
a rape victim they believe,

they reflect certain emotions.

They blush, avert their eyes,
hunch their shoulders.

These women
exhibit none of that.

They're not showing
any reflectors.

So they don't believe it.
That doesn't prove anything.

Lake lived with those women
for three years.

And neither one of them
is reacting.

They know this rape
never happened.

You made a false accusation
against your sergeant.

That's a crime.

And then there's
the other women in your platoon.

We have M.P.'s standing by.

If your friends
helped you plan this,

they're as guilty
as you are, right?

They know you're lying,
don't they?

Hmm?

Thought so.

Have the M.P.'s arrest
her platoon mates.

They're all in on it.

No! Look, they had noth-
They had nothing to do with it.

It was my idea.

Sergeant Scott
didn't rape you?

No, he didn't.

Take Specialist Lake
into custody.

How could you do this? You know how
hard it is for women in the military.

The army's just started
to take these claims seriously.

There are victims out there
who need help, a lot of them.

- You should be ashamed of yourself.
- Ashamed?

I may have lied, but I was
doing the right thing.

Okay? I was trying
to protect my platoon.

I was doing the right thing.
I was doing the right thing!

Ladies, if you could
wait in there.

I will be taking you in
one at a time.

Playing out your favorite
fantasies, Loker?

Studying the psychological influence
of uniforms on credibility.

Lightman wanted to see how they
affect people's ability to spot lies.

Women in uniforms?

I do love my work.

- How's it going with Lightman?
- Uh, he's not my biggest fan.

- Well, that's just 'cause you're uneducated.
- Excuse me?

Well, you're a natural.

The few naturals Lightman's come
across have one thing in common-

no college degree.

You haven't been asked to focus on verbal
skills, so you focus on body language.

You're saying I can't
learn the science?

I'm saying
you didn't have to.

It's gotta be irritating
for a guy...

who's spent two decades trying to
see what you were born seeing.

Thanks.

That's very "un-Loker" of you.

I've never been
with a Latina woman.

Don't push it.

How's it going
with the ballplayer?

Ballplayers play baseball.
Chicken dumpling?

Oh, no. Never eat meat
I can't see.

No. Really. No. You have
no idea what's in that.

Take a look at this.

Earl White just took state
for the third time.

The kid's on the list of every
NBA scout in the country.

But when asked about
playing pro ball-

Chin thrust. He's angry. Very.

Earl White should be on top of the world.
Why is he secretly angry?

I spot the liars.
You're the feelings department.

Follow me.

I got something for you.

Okay, would you lie
to right a wrong?

Depends. Why?

Lake lied, but then said she
was protecting her platoon.

I was doing the right thing!

She said it with conviction
and with no deception leakage.

How does accusing your commander of rape
protect a platoon? That's what I asked myself.

Okay, these are the individual
interviews with her platoon mates.

Watch what happens when they
discuss Sergeant Scott.

Sergeant Scott
is a strong leader.

I'm glad Sergeant Scott's
in command.

Concealed disgust.

Yep. Looks the same
every time.

They know he didn't
rape Sheila Lake,

but they feel
intense disgust for him.

Made me think. What if Sheila
Lake didn't lie about everything?

What if she lied about the
victim, but not the crime?

So you think Sergeant Scott raped
someone else in the platoon?

The harassment report,
arson conviction-

both consistent with the
profile of a rapist, right?

What if the real victim is
too scared to come forward?

So Lake accuses Sergeant Scott
to right a past wrong...

and to protect the other
women in the platoon.

Do you think Scott
raped one of them? No.

None of them
is exhibiting any fear.

It could've been someone who was
transferred or-or killed in combat.

Hey. I thought we were
done with this case.

No. It's possible Sergeant Scott raped
someone who used to be in the platoon.

Ah, your buccinator's
playing up again.

It's not-
I didn't say-

Oh. Oh, look. Now you're embarrassed.
You have every reason to be.

You did get it wrong, didn't you?
Sergeant Scott didn't rape Sheila Lake.

- Cal.
- What? She's the one making snide remarks.

- Look at her face.
- How do people work here?

Sergeant Scott redeploys
within 24 hours.

I want you to get ahold
of Military Personnel.

I want the historic roster
for the platoon right away.

Got it.

What?

Now you're starting on me?

Don't say something you'll regret.
And I saw that.

Can I have a muffin?
Mm-hmm.

No, no, no. You don't want the muffins here.
They're terrible.

They taste like sofa cushions
covered with the moldy nuts...

your grandmother used to keep in
a little jar under-Okay. Okay.

Between you and Lightman,
a girl could starve.

Do you have something for me?
Yeah, um-

I've been watching tape of Earl, trying
to understand what's behind the anger.

Uh, nothing so far. But I did
come up with this expression.

I've been through
the facial coding book,

and there's elements
of A.U. 4 and A.U. 5.

But it's not anger.

No, it's not.

Can we pull up full stats for
Earl over the year? Sure.

- What emotion is it?
- It's not an emotion.

And earlier, C.E.O. Robert Rosiello
tried to calm investors...

after Techspring shares plummeted in the
wake of a subpar Q1 earnings report.

This is entirely unexpected.

I'm sure we'll rebound
in the second quarter.

You know, for a C.E.O.,
this guy's a terrible liar.

You talk to Personnel
at Fort Meade?

None of the women in the 23 rd died in
combat, but there's one who went AWOL.

Rebecca Metz- was on the 23rd's
roster in Afghanistan.

Went AWOL four months ago, shortly
after her transfer request was denied.

She try to transfer out of her platoon?
Mmm. That's not all.

Here's a copy of the anonymous
harassment report on Sergeant Scott.

Handwriting's the same.

Do they have any idea
where she is?

No. But the number of AWOL soldiers
has doubled since we invaded Iraq.

I doubt they've got the manpower
to play that much hide-and-seek.

She's got relatives in
Baltimore, right? Yeah.

Hate to miss
a family reunion.

Hello.

What can I do
for you?

We're looking for your
granddaughter-Rebecca Metz.

She's not here.

Sounds good. You mind
if I borrow this?

What-
Where are you going?

Help!

Help! Aah!

Grandpa? Gran-

Help.

Sheila admitted she was lying,

but she said she was trying
to protect the platoon.

I don't know what this
has to do with me.

Sheila didn't make everything up.
We know why you went AWOL.

We're not here for the army. We
just want to know what happened.

I... never had a problem with
Sergeant Scott in the States.

He wasn't loud or gross
like the other guys, but-

But on our first day
in Afghanistan,

after curfew,
he came in my tent-

He raped you?

The sergeant's
in charge.

He's supposed
to have your back.

My job is to say "Yes"-
"Yes, sir."

It happened more than once?

Almost every night
over there, for months.

I couldn't take it anymore.
When I got back, I just-

You ran.

You need to come with us.

Your platoon redeploys tomorrow.

You can't let the army send those women
back to Afghanistan with Sergeant Scott.

- I can't go back.
- What about Sheila? She lied for you.

- I- I can't. No, I-
- Rebecca-

Okay. Okay then.

Sorry to barge in.
What are you doing?

- I'm going back to the base.
- But-

Okay.

How did-
Did they follow us here?

Oh, no.
I called them.

- Leave me alone.
- Rebecca.

- I know you called the M.P.'s.
- I had hoped you'd talk.

But, yeah, I had 'em standing by.
If you explain to us-

Don't you get it? Do you have any idea what
it's like to be a woman in the military?

You're either a bitch
or a whore.

And they're just waiting for you to
fail, to admit you can't hack it.

Well, then go to jail.
That'll show 'em.

"Be all you can be."

You're scared.

You are still scared
of Sergeant Scott.

- I'm not afraid of him.
- You're afraid of something.

I'm afraid
they won't believe me.

Ah, it doesn't matter
if they believe you.

They'll believe me.

- Here you go, yo.
- We'll catch you later, okay.

Hey, Earl. Thanks for taking the time.
By the way, I'm a big fan.

Would you mind?
Oh, no problem.

Bet this'll be worth a lot someday.
Oh, yeah.

Autographs, shoes, bobbleheads.
Pro ball is big business.

See the chin thrust?
Yeah.

- What?
- You thrust your chin out. That's a sign of anger.

You do it whenever you talk
about your pro career.

I think it's 'cause you're angry
you're not gonna have one.

Hey, Earl. Catch.

We've seen that
before too.

You make that face almost every
time you catch a pass these days.

- That's intensity.
- No, actually. It's pain.

Doctors call it
the "primal face" of pain.

It's universal.

So what is it, Earl-
carpal tunnel?

Arthritis?

Look, you know how many hours
I've spent shooting free throws?

I've busted my ass on the court
since I was nine.

I'm raising my brother,
trying to pay the rent.

A big pro contract
was gonna change all that.

But you know who drafts someone
with erosive arthritis?

- Nobody.
- So you took the bribe.

Look, I could've gone pro
outta high school.

But the Athletic Association
needs its big tournament.

So I gotta spend my last good year
playing college ball for nothing.

Look, Mr. Taft's check was the
only payday I was gonna get.

Now, are you telling me you
wouldn't have taken that money?

I told the post commander
this matter was settled.

Sergeant Scott
is vital to our efforts.

He's supposed to be on
a plane at 0100 hours.

I guess if the army's gonna
jeopardize the safety of women,

it should be done
on time, right?

Private Metz was AWOL
for five months.

Are you sure her allegation
has merit?

I'm telling you
she's not lying.

Sergeant Scott, I'm convening an Article
32 court-martial hearing next week.

Unpack your gear, son.

Major Harris, my client would like
to avoid any unnecessary delay.

He wants to plead out?

Our mission on the Pakistani border is
critical to our safety here at home.

And I have a responsibility
to my platoon.

- So, yes, I'm ready to plead guilty to fraternization.
- Fraternization?

Sergeant Scott had a consensual
relationship with Private Metz.

Becky was my girlfriend, sir.

This photo was taken during the period when
my client was allegedly raping Private Metz.

You have others like this?

We have several, Major.

You still want to tell me
she's not lying?

Isolate Rebecca Metz.

There's something not right about her smile.
She doesn't look happy.

Push in on her eyes.

Brows up,
pulled together.

She's scared.
Hi.

Yeah, it's a masking smile.

She's smiling, but her eyes say
she's afraid, very afraid.

- Will you pull up the masking smiles?
- - Yeah.

Miss South Carolina
can't show fear to the judges.

Sarah Palin has
the same problem with the press.

- Rebecca Metz with her platoon leader.
- Right.

She doesn't want to be
involved with Sergeant Scott.

But he's her commander.
She's gotta do what he says.

He wants sex, right?

She feels forced
to give it to him.

She can't say no. It's not consensual.
It's rape.

Army psychologists have reported
several recent cases like this.

They're calling it
"command rape."

It's comparable to sexual
harassment, but much more extreme.

When your boss makes advances,
you're scared of losing your job.

But if it's your platoon leader,
you're scared of losing your life.

Sergeant Scott redeploys tonight.
We have to get back to Fort Meade.

They won't believe
it was rape.

Sergeant Scott
never raised a hand.

It doesn't matter that he
didn't attack you physically.

- You were coerced.
- No one's gonna see it that way.

I never actually said no.

He was responsible
for your safety.

You had to feel threatened.
I was terrified.

Everyone knew if you crossed
him, he'd make you drive lead.

- Drive lead?
- Lead truck in the convoy.

It's the most vulnerable
to a roadside bomb.

I had a friend die that way.

I knew from the first time he came
in my tent that if I said no,

I'd be driving lead
for a month.

So you just took it.
You never said no?

Well, that's what
you'll tell Major Harris.

He'll never believe me.
Sure he will.

We'll put you on a polygraph.
They love 'em over there.

- Oi!
- They'll never see it that way.

Sergeant Scott never made me drive lead,
and he'll never admit he would have.

She's right. We still don't have any proof
that he was tying her safety to sex.

The truth isn't good enough
for these people.

Who said anything
about the truth?

- Is your name Rebecca Metz?
- Yes.

And are you
a private first class...

with the 23rd
Mountain Division?

Yes.

Did you have a relationship with
Staff Sergeant Russell Scott?

No.

Private Metz,
let me rephrase.

Were you physically involved
with Staff Sergeant Scott...

when you were serving
in Afghanistan?

Yes. He forced me
to have sex with him.

We had a relationship!

He ordered you
to have sex with him?

No, but he was my commanding officer.
I didn't have a choice.

Did you ever refuse to have
sex with Sergeant Scott?

Yes. Once.

- He forced me to drive lead convoy for a week.
- That's a lie.

If she's lying, it graphs
above the red bar here?

- That's right.

- The machine says it's true.
- Well, it's not true.

- The polygraph says it is.
- I don't care what the machine says.

She's making it up!
I never made her drive lead!

- You never made her drive lead?
- No.

I thought that duty rotates.
You never made her drive lead?

I never made her drive lead!
It's a lie!

Sergeant, you don't
have to respond.

So as long as she was in a relationship
with you, she never had to drive lead.

- Is that right?
- Sergeant Scott.

- Is that right, Sergeant Scott?
- Sergeant Scott, don't.

- Is that right, Sergeant Scott?
- Sergeant Scott, you don't have to respond.

Yeah! Yeah, that's right.

What? What?

Well, her safety was in your charge.
You traded her safety for sex.

- Major Harris, my client doesn't understand the full-
- Yes, he does.

And what he did wasn't fraternization.
It was rape.

- Arrest him under Article 120.
- Yes, sir.

- Hands behind your back.
- You don't know what the hell you're talking about.

- Let's go, Sergeant.
- I'm a decorated soldier! I didn't do anything wrong!

Yeah. Well, sounds good.

What do you want, huh?
I'm already suspended.

They're taking away my scholarship.
You hung me out.

You're the one
who took the bribe.

Look, the system's
broken, Earl.

What am I supposed to do? How am I
supposed to take care of my brother?

- I heard you did pretty well on your econ midterm.
- So?

You want a degree.

So I convinced Dr. Lightman
to put our fee into a trust.

Probably not enough
for four years at Carver,

but it'll get you
through Maryland.

What if I don't want
your money?

Then throw it away.
It's your call.

How did she do it?

We both know Metz was lying
about driving lead convoy.

How did she beat
the polygraph?

Valium?
Yeah.

Takes the edge off.

Mutes the emotional response.

You-You drugged her
so she could lie?

Never let the facts
get in the way of the truth.

You know, I wanted to,
uh- Yeah, I know.

Thanks.
What?

You had a slight
gratitude smile.

What, you're surprised?
Really?

You know, just because I don't know your
science doesn't mean I don't know things.

You know, when you don't
know the science,

you don't see
the whole picture.

People can get hurt.

What was that?
What happened?

What?
Shame.

When you said people get
hurt, you showed shame.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

You're lying.

Get used to it.