The Fix (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Revenge - full transcript
Maya and Matthew search Sevvy's house for anything that might lead to an arrest as they face mounting pressure from Wiest to build a case quickly; Ezra tries to clean up Sevvy's image.
Eight years ago,
I was lead prosecutor
on a murder trial
that divided the country.
When the jury found movie star
Sevvy Johnson
not guilty of double homicide,
I was devastated.
You did everything
you could, Maya.
I walked out of the courtroom
and left that life
and everyone in it behind.
But then the unthinkable
happened.
He killed again.
You have to come back, Maya.
This time, we're gonna get him.
I can't go back to jail.
You won't.
The police know
who the killer is...
Ben Mitchell.
Being back is complicated.
You're supposed to be
ride or die.
I didn't even know
where you'd gone.
Nothing and no one
is the same...
You got married.
Yeah.
Including me.
She's been through a lot.
So have you,
but you stayed when she ran.
The evidence is there.
We just need to find it.
He did it again.
He gave me this.
I am lead on this case.
Maya's staying.
I'm making her
the lead prosecutor.
I just heard from my guy
on the inside.
They got a search warrant.
I owe you one.
But I need you
to get rid of this now.
This time,
he's not gonna get away with it.
I'm gonna get justice.
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Yes, sir.
Anything in the pool house?
Possible traces of blood,
but not a lot.
I told forensics
to put a rush on it.
He looks older.
He'd probably tell you
the last eight years
have been tough on him.
No more starring roles,
living off foreign endorsements.
He killed two women
and got away with it...
And he still gets to live
in this place.
I need to make it right.
If he killed Jessica,
we're gonna put him away
this time... for good.
You're damn right we are.
♪♪
Your retainer just cleared.
$1.5 million's a hell
of a lot more than a retainer.
The heads-up about
the search... that was for free.
I didn't need a heads-up...
Mmhmm.
And I have nothing to hide.
So, uh... we're good?
Yeah, we're good.
Cops ain't gonna find anything.
Fantastic.
Stay put.
I'm gonna go earn the big bucks.
Hey, hey, hey!
I want to see everything
that leaves this house.
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Hey.
I can't talk to you
without your attorney present.
Hey.
Why you doing this, huh?
You lost, so what now?
You want revenge?
You hate me for not
suffering enough?
Is that it?
'Cause, believe me, I have.
This isn't personal,
Mr. Johnson.
It never has been.
Right now the only thing
I care about is,
did you kill Jessica Meyer?
I... did... not.
Then the evidence
will bear you out.
Evidence doesn't lie.
People do.
Hey!
Hey, your investigator found
something in the little girl's room.
What the hell you doing in Sunny's room?
Hey, relax, buddy.
- Get your hands... She's a kid!
- Hey! Relax!
Can you explain to your client
how a search warrant works?
Keep her out of my daughter's room, man!
He's okay. He's okay. It's okay.
I heard you found something
in the dollhouse attic.
You need a light?
I got one.
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Nice work, CJ.
Cash, key, burner phone.
Go Bag.
Sevvy's ready to run.
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Okay.
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If he put the Go Bag together
before the murder,
that would show premeditation.
Well, my team is tracking
the cash and the car key,
and LAPD's working
on the burner phone.
You're back!
We've been waiting
with bated breath.
We have enough
to make an arrest?
No one benefits
from dragging this out.
But you benefit from getting it
over with quickly, right?
You know what? As the D.A.,
I have to think about voters.
That's a reality.
I think we learned
eight years ago
that a three-ring circus
isn't great for anyone.
It'll take weeks to examine
what we found at the house.
The Go Bag is incriminating,
but we're under a microscope.
Even with the Jessica tapes,
it's not enough
to make an arrest.
Meanwhile, Ezra Wolf is selling
the public a B.S. story
about Ben Mitchell,
Jessica's personal-training
client, being the murderer.
Bad luck for him
that he found her body.
We need to counterattack.
I'm gonna hold a press
conference,
get it out there
that Sevvy was planning to flee.
And then Wolf will twist
that into more B.S.
about how the D.A.'s office
has a vendetta against Johnson.
I'm not gonna sink
to Wolf's level.
I try my case in court,
not the press.
Our job is to follow
the evidence.
So, you think we should
just sit back
and let the public believe
Wolf's made-up story?
The only story that matters
to us is Jessica's...
What happened and why
and the proof of who did it.
We only get one chance
to tell this story.
We have to get it right.
I understand all of that, but...
Maya's the lead on this.
Isn't that what you decided,
Collier?
- Right.
- Great.
Then let her lead.
I heard your car pull in.
I was worried.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
♪♪
I just wish all this
wasn't happening.
Me, too.
And the bag?
I took care of it.
Good boy.
Did you look inside?
I didn't... didn't
think that I should.
♪♪
Listen, Wolf wants to plan
something for tomorrow,
wants me to take you guys out
for brunch,
show the public
that we're a happy family,
that my children believe in me.
Whatever you need,
I'll be there.
♪♪
Hey, Dad.
It's gonna be okay.
I should be the one
telling you that.
♪♪
- You asked for me?
- Yeah.
I'm gonna need you to be
the liaison with forensics.
We can't wait six weeks to get
the DNA from the Johnson house.
I hope you don't mind that
I disagreed with you earlier.
Not at all.
We're a team.
You should speak your mind.
You mean that?
Yeah.
Okay.
I should be lead on this case.
The only thing you bring
that I don't is baggage.
Anything else?
Yes.
Since you like stories, here's
the one Wolf is going to tell...
Vengeful white lady
comes back to town
to persecute innocent black man.
If Matthew didn't have a crush
on you, he'd see that.
This should be my case,
not just because
I'm a person of color
and it's 2019 and optics matter
but because I'm
a better lawyer than you
and I know we can't beat
Ezra Wolf from the high road.
Thanks for sharing.
Is she right?
She's not a better lawyer
than you.
♪♪
What you got for me?
Reuben.
Double sauce.
My man.
I got your back, my friend.
You got time to chitchat,
or are you cutting straight to the chase?
Straight to the chase.
I know you didn't call me here
for a picnic.
Spent the day tailing
Ben Mitchell, like you asked me.
And this is where he landed?
Not quite.
Edify me.
Well, why tell when I can show?
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The car key from the Go Bag
is a 2013 Lexus IS.
Can you tie it to Johnson?
That's what I'm working on.
You need to see this.
Thank you all for coming out.
This will be fast.
While the D.A.'s office was on
a search-and-destroy mission
at the house of an innocent man,
they let the real killer,
Ben Mitchell,
dispose of evidence.
But my investigator
was here to see it.
♪♪
This is what Ben Mitchell
wanted to hide...
A necklace belonging
to his victim,
Jessica Meyer.
It's in that Dumpster right now.
That's right.
I'm doing your job for you,
Maya.
If you won't look
for the real killer,
then I will.
♪♪
Wanna know where
I just came from?
Cher's house.
She was about to sing "Believe."
I love that song.
But I had to leave
'cause you all screwed up.
Alan... What the
ever-loving hell happened?!
Wolf had a tail on Ben Mitchell.
I got that.
Why didn't we have a tail
on him?
Detectives interviewed
Mitchell three times.
They didn't think he was
a factor in the case,
and neither did we.
What about this beauty?
Ben and Jessica partying it up?
Our office is being
out-investigated by Ezra Wolf.
He's killing us in the press.
He's winning right now.
Do you know how bad
this looks for me?
Where are you going?!
I'm gonna talk to Ben Mitchell
before the press does,
which I would have done already
if we didn't have to wait
for you to get back from Cher's.
What she said.
Loni, would you shut the door
on your way out?
Collier.
You know who else
was at the party?
Elton John?
Talar Petrossian.
She said you had lunch with her.
She's an old friend.
She's a big-league fundraiser.
I think I'm starting to see
your sudden hankering
for press conferences.
You want the exposure
'cause you want my job.
Talar reached out to me.
I'm just keeping
my options open.
Just to be clear,
if there's any face
in front of a camera,
it's me.
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So far, Ben Mitchell has not...
Oh, there's
Ms. Travis right now.
- Maya! -Real quick, please.
- One second, please. Maya!
Are you ready to press charges yet?
Is Ben Mitchell a suspect?
Ben Mitchell's a witness,
nothing more.
Maya, are you here
to make an arrest?
- No comment.
- Is Sevvy Johnson innocent?
- No comment.
- Were Ben and Jessica lovers?
- No comment.
- Why did he do it?
Respect his privacy, please,
and back up!
Excuse me.
Mr. Mitchell, I'm Maya... Just come in.
Just come in.
I didn't kill Jessica.
Ezra Wolf is a liar.
Would you like some water?
We're not in a rush.
He keeps saying I killed her.
I can't even go to the office.
The way people
are looking at me...
Mr. Mitchell, we do have
to ask you about the necklace.
Would you like to sit down?
Was the necklace Jessica's?
Um...
A couple weeks ago, a-after
one of our training sessions,
I noticed it on the ground.
It must've fallen off,
so I took it home.
I was gonna return it to her,
and then...
that day, I...
The day you found her body?
When I, um...
When I found her... like that,
I, uh...
You already spoke to the police
on the scene.
Why didn't you tell them
about the necklace?
Well, I...
I d... I didn't think about it
until Ezra Wolf told the world
I'm a murderer.
I just... I-I-I panicked.
I remembered it was
in my gym bag,
and all I could think was,
"Get rid of it."
I know it makes me look bad,
but I-I...
I didn't kill her.
I should tell you, I...
I deleted a photo of me and Jess
from my Instagram account.
We're aware of the photo.
Did you and Jessica
hang out a lot?
No.
Only that once.
I knew the press was gonna be
all over anything about her,
and I'm a private person.
I didn't want
to be hounded by them.
And now I-I-I... I can't even go
to the grocery store.
I feel like the whole world
hates me.
Will it ever end?
If can clear you
of Jessica's murder,
this will fade.
People will move on
to someone else.
But how long will that take?
I don't know.
But you'll get through this.
You will.
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Ding dong.
It's Uncle Ezra...
a.k.a.
your personal chauffeur.
It's time for brunch
with your dad.
I told Ares I wasn't going
to the brunch today.
Oh, right.
Yeah, he did mention that.
You look tired.
You haven't been sleeping well?
I don't think anyone
in my family is sleeping much.
Mm.
But maybe... just maybe...
You have a guilty conscience.
I read the search warrant.
Maya Travis got probable cause
to search your dad's house
from a storage locker
belonging to an "unnamed CI."
Yeah. I put
the pieces together.
Are you gonna tell my dad?
Nah.
I know how
the prosecution works.
They'll say anything
to get what they want.
Me?
I'm on your side.
Okay.
I've known you since you were
13 years old.
I know you wouldn't abandon
your dad
when he needs you the most.
Right?
- Yeah.
- Okay, then.
Now, as long as you play
your part,
you smile for the camera,
we'll keep this
our little secret.
♪♪
Come on. Everybody's
getting ready at your dad's.
Ares has picked out
a nice dress for you.
Something yellow, I think.
You'll look like sunshine.
We create reality, okay?
People don't know what to
believe, so we tell them, okay?
We all know what a close-knit,
deeply loving family you are,
but we need the public
to know that, too.
So, to that end, I have chosen
your brunch spot carefully
to maximize exposure.
All you need to do
is be yourselves
and let social-media nature
take its course.
Needless to say,
it is imperative
that you be the absolute best
versions of yourselves, okay?
Do smile.
Do touch each other
affectionately.
Do not talk to reporters
or let yourselves
be provoked by paparazzi.
♪ Girl, I see you ♪
- Deal.
- Gotcha.
That? The pacing
and the hunched body language?
Screams guilty.
Yeah, I need relaxed bodies,
soft shoulders.
You're an actor.
You can manage that, right?
Yeah.
I can manage that.
Star! You're here.
Let's get you dressed.
Hello, darling.
What's going on
with Ben Mitchell?
The prosecution talked
to him last night,
so now we just sit tight
and wait for him
to make his next dumb move.
So we can cancel
this stupid photo op.
We don't need to do it
if Mitchell's gonna be arrested,
do we? Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, pardner.
You're getting way ahead
of yourself.
He just threw away a necklace.
That's all.
No.
You said he killed her.
I say a lot of things.
I mean, you can't afford
to buy into my hype.
You have to keep your eye
on the ball.
You still think I did it.
It doesn't matter what I think.
Just play the game.
Enjoy the eggs Benedict.
♪♪
Ben Mitchell said Jessica
was already dead
when he arrived
for his training session.
Did the responding officers
sense anything off with him?
No.
And they tested his hands
and his clothes?
No blood spatter,
no fingerprints on the murder weapon.
Everything says Ben Mitchell
didn't kill her,
but why do I feel like I have
to save him from Ezra Wolf?
Hero complex?
Here's what I don't get.
Okay, this is a popular beach,
even at that time
of the morning.
Nobody saw anything?
Cops interviewed all the
beach bums and surfer dudes,
fitness freaks.
So far, no luck.
I got to take this.
Hi.
I promise.
No.
You're gonna be fine.
Mm-hmm.
I love you.
There was a bonfire
down the beach.
Maybe there was a party
the night before
Jessica was killed.
Those things can go late.
Do you have any friends
that work in Malibu
private security?
One or two.
They might tell me something
that they won't tell the cops.
So...
was that your boyfriend
on the phone?
Husband?
Do you have a husband now? No, Maya.
I have an ex-husband...
Soon-to-be...
And I have a daughter, Maya.
She's 6.
Oh, my God.
I didn't know.
Well, it's been
eight years, Maya.
There's a lot you don't know.
No phone calls, no texts,
not even a Christmas card.
I don't know you anymore, Maya,
and you sure as hell don't know me.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean...
Well, of course
you didn't mean it.
You were just thinking about you
and your feelings, but...
you know that thing
that Maya Angelou says...
When someone shows you
who they are, believe them?
When the going gets rough,
you are someone who leaves.
You have no idea
what it felt like to be me
eight years ago.
Okay.
Was your face on the news
all day, every day?
Was your entire life
dissected...
Your hair, your clothes,
every single decision,
every mistake?
Nobody knows your name.
Nobody blames you for letting
a murderer walk.
You know what? You're right.
We're not friends anymore.
We just work together.
What the hell?
The car key we found
in Sunny Johnson's bedroom.
The registration came back
to Ben Mitchell?
We thought the Go Bag
was Sevvy's.
What if it was Jessica's?
She was the one
who was planning to run.
And Ben Mitchell
was helping her leave.
He lied to us.
♪ You already know it's us ♪
♪ Always got more,
I could never get enough ♪
♪ Life's short, oh, well... it,
I'ma live it up ♪
♪ Fast car, NASCAR ♪
How are you?
♪ Hop in, then I fell in love ♪
♪ Jaguar, Aston, you know
I'ma buy me one ♪
♪ Rock star lifestyle,
yeah, I live the lifestyle ♪
♪ Monster, monster when
all of the lights out ♪
Coming?
♪ Yellow bone, red bone,
Binyah Binyah polliwog ♪
This just feels so wrong.
Jessica's dead,
and we're doing a photo op?
I get that you're upset.
We're all upset.
But he's our dad,
and he needs us.
You've always idolized him,
even when you were a kid,
but, Gabe, it's time to grow up.
He's always been there for me,
even when I had no one.
Yeah.
Well...
he's not as great
as you think he is.
How are you feeling about all of this?
Why'd you lawyer up?
Is the D.A.
going to charge you?
Were you Jessica's lover?
Did you kill Jessica?
Ben Mitchell didn't kill anyone.
- No further comment.
- Did you kill her?
What was the nature
of your relationship?
Mitchell's on his way up.
You ready?
Let him stew.
- You want me in the interview?
- No, thanks.
I asked Detective North to join.
♪♪
The customers are getting
in the game.
I've got three tweets,
four Instagram posts,
and the table on the right
just started a live video feed.
We are on the way
to critical mass.
- Excellent.
- Got you your favorite...
Chocolate chip with banana.
Thanks, Daddy.
There you go, darling.
Junior,
you speak to your brother?
Mm-hmm.
How was his trip back to school?
Oh, he's good.
Flight was on time.
He scored an aisle seat.
Hey, did you catch that game
last night?
No, I missed it.
We've got another live feed.
How 'bout you, son?
You working this weekend?
Tell Star to scoot left.
Bring Sunny down for a quick lesson.
Hear that, Sunny? Hmm?
Scoot to your left.
The table behind you
is live-streaming.
♪♪
Star, it's been a while since
you've been over the house.
Sunny was hoping you could
come over and have a swim.
Oh, not today.
I'm sorry, Sunny.
It's okay.
Maybe time, huh?
Yeah.
I feel sick.
I'm gonna take a car home.
- Where is she going?
- No, Star.
Star!
Star, what are you doing here?
What's the story with your father?
My daughter is grieving
her friend.
She has a right
to do that in peace.
This was Jessica's
favorite restaurant.
We came here today to
honor her memory... Oh, no.
- No.
- No.
As a family.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I would appreciate
if you could respect it.
The LAPD served a search warrant
on your house yesterday.
Any comment?
No comment.
Don... You have no comment.
♪♪
I want the police to find
the monster that killed Jessica.
And if searching the home that
we shared helps them do that,
then I'm all for it.
They know that they have
my complete cooperation
and that I will do
whatever it takes
to get justice for Jessica.
♪♪
Oh, he's good.
Yeah.
He's good.
Why didn't you tell us
you bought Jessica a car?
Or that you emptied your savings
account to give her $50,000?
I should have, I wanted to,
but I was scared.
I thought if I just kept quiet,
it would all go away.
That's a lot of money
to give somebody
who's just your trainer.
I had to help her
get away from him.
- From Sevvy Johnson?
- He hurt her.
I saw the bruises.
You need to check this out.
♪♪
What the hell is that?
No idea.
♪♪
- "I'm worried about you.
- You need to leave him."
"Why won't you answer my calls?
He's no good for you."
Sound familiar?
"You're a liar and a user!
I'm not going to let you
do this to me."
These are the texts we found
on Jessica's burner phone.
They're all from you.
And here's the last one you sent
the night before
she was murdered...
"You took me for all I had.
You played me this whole time.
You deserve what you get,
you bitch!"
That's it.
We're done here.
She could've been with me.
I did everything for her,
and she still chose him!
This whole thing is her fault!
Stop!
Next time you want to see him,
you better have
an arrest warrant.
Don't leave town!
♪♪
It can't be Ben Mitchell.
I know.
It wasn't supposed
to go this way.
I don't want it to be him.
From the moment
I saw you on my porch,
I could see the story
in my head,
and it always ended
with Sevvy Johnson behind bars.
That's why I brought you here...
So we could finally bring him
to justice together.
He killed two women.
He abused Jessica.
We know that.
How can it be Ben Mitchell?!
♪♪
I want revenge.
I do.
I want to see Sevvy Johnson rot.
This was my one chance
to make it right
and it's gone.
♪♪
Well, there she is...
The prosecutress
with the mostess.
I was beginning to think
you didn't like me.
I just walked up
10 flights in heels.
What do you want?
The whole smorgasbord.
What you found in Sevvy's house,
what's going on
with Ben Mitchell... all of it.
No.
No?
I am done talking to you.
It was a mistake.
What's with the sudden attack
of conscience?
I was pissed off that Maya took my
case, and I wanted to hurt her.
Uh-huh.
I can do stupid, impulsive things
when I'm pissed off.
And now you want backsies.
This is not fourth grade.
It's not the way it works.
I call, you jump,
and you tell me
what I want to know.
Or my next call will be
to the D.A., Alan Wiest,
and then you can
kiss your job and your bar card
and your career
as a lawyer goodbye.
It was worth a shot.
Mm-hmm.
I thought maybe you had
a shred of decency.
Surprise!
We found a Go Bag.
Mm-hmm.
Cash, car keys, cellphone.
We thought it was Sevvy's.
It wasn't.
Let's just say things
don't look good for Mitchell.
Oh.
Thank you.
And try wedges.
My ex-wives say
they're kinder to the feet.
♪♪
Hey.
Hey.
You okay?
I was worried.
I'm fine.
Wolf called.
Yeah.
Looks like they're gonna
arrest Ben Mitchell,
maybe by tonight.
Yeah.
That'll be a relief
to Jessica's parents.
I'll give them a call
and see how they're doing.
Dad.
I need...
you to believe in me, Star.
You said yourself
they're gonna arrest that guy...
Star.
Talk to me.
♪♪
I know you used to hit Mom.
I remember.
♪♪
I made a lot of mistakes
in my life, baby.
And for many reasons,
I was an angry man back then,
but that's not who I am
anymore, darling.
Did you ever hurt Jessica?
♪♪
Never.
♪♪
I believe you.
I believe you.
I believe you, Dad.
♪♪
♪♪
I had an "aha" moment.
The reason
you were so determined
to bring Maya
back for this case.
You're covering your ass.
You want her to take the hit if
this thing turns into a crapshow,
which it is rapidly doing.
I would never throw one of my
lawyers under the bus.
Right.
Right. Right.
I figured it out.
How long 'til Maya
figures it out, too?
♪♪
Murder suspect Ben Mitchell,
a former I.T. consultant
for Horizon Platform Solutions,
is reportedly holed up here
in his Woodland Hills home.
Mitchell was a personal-training
client of Jessica Meyer,
who was murdered
approximately a week ago.
While the prosecution
has declined to comment,
there is speculation
that Mitchell was obsessed
with the victim.
Sources close to the case
say an arrest is imminent.
Wolf and his defense team
had been tracking
Ben Mitchell early on
after it was revealed
he discovered
Jessica Meyer's body.
Stylist Lindsay Berg,
who briefly dated Mitchell
after they met
on a popular dating app.
We had coffee.
He was super awkward.
He kind of had that
serial-killer vibe, you know?
Movie star Sevvy Johnson,
who had been considered...
We may have a witness.
Who is it?
This kid who was at
the bonfire party
the night
before Jessica was killed.
My guy at Malibu Home Security
said most of the kids signed out
of the gated community
by the beach around 3:00 a.m.,
but this kid, Max Shen,
he didn't sign out
until 6:30.
So he was in the vicinity around
the time Jessica was murdered.
I tracked the family down to
a campground in Santa Paula.
They're driving back now.
His mom has agreed
to let him talk to us.
Well, to you.
She's a fan.
♪♪
♪♪
We're trying to figure out
who killed Jessica Meyer.
My mom says you're famous.
I-I was.
You were at Malibu Beach
the night
before Jessica was killed.
Do you have any information
about her death?
- Answer her.
- It's okay.
You're not in trouble.
I promise.
Did you see Jessica?
Yes.
Yes, I saw her.
♪♪
Max, I need you to tell me
everything you remember.
I was... pretty wasted.
Then I guess I passed out,
and then something woke me up
right before the sun was rising.
And that's when I saw her.
Jessica?
She was covered in blood.
She was dead.
My name is Ben.
I need to confess.
What about this man?
Have you seen him?
Maya, you need to see this.
We're in the middle of something...
Now!
I've done a lot of bad things
in my life.
Tha... That's the guy!
That's the guy that was at the beach!
I've hurt myself and others...
- What's going on?
- People I love.
Ben Mitchell's confessing
his sins.
What?
I didn't stick up
for my little brother
when he was getting beat up.
I hit a dog when I was
driving home one night.
I didn't stop.
I should've stopped.
Get to the part
where you killed a woman.
I should've been a better son.
I'm sorry, Mom.
There are no excuses.
He's losing it.
Max, t-tell me what you saw.
I was about to call 911,
but then that guy
pulled up next to the beach.
He started walking towards
the dead girl,
and when he saw her,
he freaked out.
Wait, Ben Mitchell arrived
after Jessica was already dead?
For sure.
So I got the hell out of there.
I-I figured he'd call the cops,
leave me out of it.
We need to call Ben,
tell him he's in the clear.
My only hope
is that you'll forgive me
for all the things I've done.
I wanted to be better.
There are so many ways
I could've been a better man.
But I did not kill
Jessica Meyer.
What?
I was trying to help her
to get away from him.
He's not answering. This guy's in trouble.
Now I have nothing.
I need to get an APB
on Ben Mitchell.
I'm just...
so tired.
You win.
What is he doing?
No.
♪♪
Oh, my God.
No.
Geez.
♪♪
Wasn't your fault.
I know that's what
you're thinking.
I should have gone easier
on him today or...
tried harder to keep his name
out of the press.
Ezra Wolf...
He put Ben on blast.
Destroyed that man.
Not you.
♪♪
I've been such a bitch.
We're not supposed to use
that word anymore.
I don't hear you disagreeing.
You were hurt.
I get it.
You know, I...
I saw... what you went
through back then.
But I never...
I never felt it,
not until today...
not until I saw
what happened to Ben.
The world wrecked him.
And you did what you had
to do to survive.
And I don't get to be
angry about it.
You forgive me?
Come here.
There's nothin' to forgive.
Ezra Wolf is gonna obliterate
everything in his path
to get Sevvy off.
And he'll succeed
if we don't stop him.
So, what do you want to do
about it?
It's already in motion.
I'm gonna out-wolf the Wolf.
Ezra Wolf killed Ben Mitchell.
Wolf likes to say
that we at the D.A.'s office
rush to judgment,
when he is the one
who publicly called
for Ben Mitchell's head.
It's the same crap
he pulled eight years ago.
Don't let him get away with it.
It's too late to save Ben,
but I am not gonna let the lives
of any more innocent people
be destroyed by Ezra Wolf.
I will not let him
twist the truth
or play the race card.
This case is not about race.
It's about domestic violence.
Sevvy Johnson killed
Jessica Meyer,
and we are going to prove that.
But you've heard enough
from Ezra Wolf and from me.
It's time to let Jessica speak.
He did it again.
He gave me this when I said
I wasn't ready to leave
Ray's dinner party last night.
He gave me this
when we got home.
I laughed too hard
when Gabe made fun of Sevvy's
crappy golf swing.
I'm such an idiot.
My dad tried to warn me,
and I should have listened.
Dad?!
Dad, are you seeing this?!
I am not gonna wait around
for him to change
and end up like her.
Dad!
I'm taking these videos
to the police.
Maya, is this enough
to arrest Sevvy?
One at a time, please.
I will answer
everybody's questions.
I'm not going anywhere.
I promise.
Do you feel the D.A.'s office
has enough to indict Sevvy?
Sevvy Johnson killed Je...
We can spin this.
I don't know how yet, but I'll
figure it out. We can spin anything.
Am I a terrible person?
We're people of our time.
And it's a terrible time.
Hmm.
♪♪
♪♪
This good?
Yeah.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Baby!
Oh, my God, it's been so long.
Oh, my God.
Did you do it?!
Did you kill Jessica?!
Answer me!
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
I was lead prosecutor
on a murder trial
that divided the country.
When the jury found movie star
Sevvy Johnson
not guilty of double homicide,
I was devastated.
You did everything
you could, Maya.
I walked out of the courtroom
and left that life
and everyone in it behind.
But then the unthinkable
happened.
He killed again.
You have to come back, Maya.
This time, we're gonna get him.
I can't go back to jail.
You won't.
The police know
who the killer is...
Ben Mitchell.
Being back is complicated.
You're supposed to be
ride or die.
I didn't even know
where you'd gone.
Nothing and no one
is the same...
You got married.
Yeah.
Including me.
She's been through a lot.
So have you,
but you stayed when she ran.
The evidence is there.
We just need to find it.
He did it again.
He gave me this.
I am lead on this case.
Maya's staying.
I'm making her
the lead prosecutor.
I just heard from my guy
on the inside.
They got a search warrant.
I owe you one.
But I need you
to get rid of this now.
This time,
he's not gonna get away with it.
I'm gonna get justice.
♪♪
♪♪
Yes, sir.
Anything in the pool house?
Possible traces of blood,
but not a lot.
I told forensics
to put a rush on it.
He looks older.
He'd probably tell you
the last eight years
have been tough on him.
No more starring roles,
living off foreign endorsements.
He killed two women
and got away with it...
And he still gets to live
in this place.
I need to make it right.
If he killed Jessica,
we're gonna put him away
this time... for good.
You're damn right we are.
♪♪
Your retainer just cleared.
$1.5 million's a hell
of a lot more than a retainer.
The heads-up about
the search... that was for free.
I didn't need a heads-up...
Mmhmm.
And I have nothing to hide.
So, uh... we're good?
Yeah, we're good.
Cops ain't gonna find anything.
Fantastic.
Stay put.
I'm gonna go earn the big bucks.
Hey, hey, hey!
I want to see everything
that leaves this house.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Hey.
I can't talk to you
without your attorney present.
Hey.
Why you doing this, huh?
You lost, so what now?
You want revenge?
You hate me for not
suffering enough?
Is that it?
'Cause, believe me, I have.
This isn't personal,
Mr. Johnson.
It never has been.
Right now the only thing
I care about is,
did you kill Jessica Meyer?
I... did... not.
Then the evidence
will bear you out.
Evidence doesn't lie.
People do.
Hey!
Hey, your investigator found
something in the little girl's room.
What the hell you doing in Sunny's room?
Hey, relax, buddy.
- Get your hands... She's a kid!
- Hey! Relax!
Can you explain to your client
how a search warrant works?
Keep her out of my daughter's room, man!
He's okay. He's okay. It's okay.
I heard you found something
in the dollhouse attic.
You need a light?
I got one.
♪♪
♪♪
Nice work, CJ.
Cash, key, burner phone.
Go Bag.
Sevvy's ready to run.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Okay.
♪♪
♪♪
If he put the Go Bag together
before the murder,
that would show premeditation.
Well, my team is tracking
the cash and the car key,
and LAPD's working
on the burner phone.
You're back!
We've been waiting
with bated breath.
We have enough
to make an arrest?
No one benefits
from dragging this out.
But you benefit from getting it
over with quickly, right?
You know what? As the D.A.,
I have to think about voters.
That's a reality.
I think we learned
eight years ago
that a three-ring circus
isn't great for anyone.
It'll take weeks to examine
what we found at the house.
The Go Bag is incriminating,
but we're under a microscope.
Even with the Jessica tapes,
it's not enough
to make an arrest.
Meanwhile, Ezra Wolf is selling
the public a B.S. story
about Ben Mitchell,
Jessica's personal-training
client, being the murderer.
Bad luck for him
that he found her body.
We need to counterattack.
I'm gonna hold a press
conference,
get it out there
that Sevvy was planning to flee.
And then Wolf will twist
that into more B.S.
about how the D.A.'s office
has a vendetta against Johnson.
I'm not gonna sink
to Wolf's level.
I try my case in court,
not the press.
Our job is to follow
the evidence.
So, you think we should
just sit back
and let the public believe
Wolf's made-up story?
The only story that matters
to us is Jessica's...
What happened and why
and the proof of who did it.
We only get one chance
to tell this story.
We have to get it right.
I understand all of that, but...
Maya's the lead on this.
Isn't that what you decided,
Collier?
- Right.
- Great.
Then let her lead.
I heard your car pull in.
I was worried.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
♪♪
I just wish all this
wasn't happening.
Me, too.
And the bag?
I took care of it.
Good boy.
Did you look inside?
I didn't... didn't
think that I should.
♪♪
Listen, Wolf wants to plan
something for tomorrow,
wants me to take you guys out
for brunch,
show the public
that we're a happy family,
that my children believe in me.
Whatever you need,
I'll be there.
♪♪
Hey, Dad.
It's gonna be okay.
I should be the one
telling you that.
♪♪
- You asked for me?
- Yeah.
I'm gonna need you to be
the liaison with forensics.
We can't wait six weeks to get
the DNA from the Johnson house.
I hope you don't mind that
I disagreed with you earlier.
Not at all.
We're a team.
You should speak your mind.
You mean that?
Yeah.
Okay.
I should be lead on this case.
The only thing you bring
that I don't is baggage.
Anything else?
Yes.
Since you like stories, here's
the one Wolf is going to tell...
Vengeful white lady
comes back to town
to persecute innocent black man.
If Matthew didn't have a crush
on you, he'd see that.
This should be my case,
not just because
I'm a person of color
and it's 2019 and optics matter
but because I'm
a better lawyer than you
and I know we can't beat
Ezra Wolf from the high road.
Thanks for sharing.
Is she right?
She's not a better lawyer
than you.
♪♪
What you got for me?
Reuben.
Double sauce.
My man.
I got your back, my friend.
You got time to chitchat,
or are you cutting straight to the chase?
Straight to the chase.
I know you didn't call me here
for a picnic.
Spent the day tailing
Ben Mitchell, like you asked me.
And this is where he landed?
Not quite.
Edify me.
Well, why tell when I can show?
♪♪
♪♪
The car key from the Go Bag
is a 2013 Lexus IS.
Can you tie it to Johnson?
That's what I'm working on.
You need to see this.
Thank you all for coming out.
This will be fast.
While the D.A.'s office was on
a search-and-destroy mission
at the house of an innocent man,
they let the real killer,
Ben Mitchell,
dispose of evidence.
But my investigator
was here to see it.
♪♪
This is what Ben Mitchell
wanted to hide...
A necklace belonging
to his victim,
Jessica Meyer.
It's in that Dumpster right now.
That's right.
I'm doing your job for you,
Maya.
If you won't look
for the real killer,
then I will.
♪♪
Wanna know where
I just came from?
Cher's house.
She was about to sing "Believe."
I love that song.
But I had to leave
'cause you all screwed up.
Alan... What the
ever-loving hell happened?!
Wolf had a tail on Ben Mitchell.
I got that.
Why didn't we have a tail
on him?
Detectives interviewed
Mitchell three times.
They didn't think he was
a factor in the case,
and neither did we.
What about this beauty?
Ben and Jessica partying it up?
Our office is being
out-investigated by Ezra Wolf.
He's killing us in the press.
He's winning right now.
Do you know how bad
this looks for me?
Where are you going?!
I'm gonna talk to Ben Mitchell
before the press does,
which I would have done already
if we didn't have to wait
for you to get back from Cher's.
What she said.
Loni, would you shut the door
on your way out?
Collier.
You know who else
was at the party?
Elton John?
Talar Petrossian.
She said you had lunch with her.
She's an old friend.
She's a big-league fundraiser.
I think I'm starting to see
your sudden hankering
for press conferences.
You want the exposure
'cause you want my job.
Talar reached out to me.
I'm just keeping
my options open.
Just to be clear,
if there's any face
in front of a camera,
it's me.
♪♪
♪♪
So far, Ben Mitchell has not...
Oh, there's
Ms. Travis right now.
- Maya! -Real quick, please.
- One second, please. Maya!
Are you ready to press charges yet?
Is Ben Mitchell a suspect?
Ben Mitchell's a witness,
nothing more.
Maya, are you here
to make an arrest?
- No comment.
- Is Sevvy Johnson innocent?
- No comment.
- Were Ben and Jessica lovers?
- No comment.
- Why did he do it?
Respect his privacy, please,
and back up!
Excuse me.
Mr. Mitchell, I'm Maya... Just come in.
Just come in.
I didn't kill Jessica.
Ezra Wolf is a liar.
Would you like some water?
We're not in a rush.
He keeps saying I killed her.
I can't even go to the office.
The way people
are looking at me...
Mr. Mitchell, we do have
to ask you about the necklace.
Would you like to sit down?
Was the necklace Jessica's?
Um...
A couple weeks ago, a-after
one of our training sessions,
I noticed it on the ground.
It must've fallen off,
so I took it home.
I was gonna return it to her,
and then...
that day, I...
The day you found her body?
When I, um...
When I found her... like that,
I, uh...
You already spoke to the police
on the scene.
Why didn't you tell them
about the necklace?
Well, I...
I d... I didn't think about it
until Ezra Wolf told the world
I'm a murderer.
I just... I-I-I panicked.
I remembered it was
in my gym bag,
and all I could think was,
"Get rid of it."
I know it makes me look bad,
but I-I...
I didn't kill her.
I should tell you, I...
I deleted a photo of me and Jess
from my Instagram account.
We're aware of the photo.
Did you and Jessica
hang out a lot?
No.
Only that once.
I knew the press was gonna be
all over anything about her,
and I'm a private person.
I didn't want
to be hounded by them.
And now I-I-I... I can't even go
to the grocery store.
I feel like the whole world
hates me.
Will it ever end?
If can clear you
of Jessica's murder,
this will fade.
People will move on
to someone else.
But how long will that take?
I don't know.
But you'll get through this.
You will.
♪♪
♪♪
Ding dong.
It's Uncle Ezra...
a.k.a.
your personal chauffeur.
It's time for brunch
with your dad.
I told Ares I wasn't going
to the brunch today.
Oh, right.
Yeah, he did mention that.
You look tired.
You haven't been sleeping well?
I don't think anyone
in my family is sleeping much.
Mm.
But maybe... just maybe...
You have a guilty conscience.
I read the search warrant.
Maya Travis got probable cause
to search your dad's house
from a storage locker
belonging to an "unnamed CI."
Yeah. I put
the pieces together.
Are you gonna tell my dad?
Nah.
I know how
the prosecution works.
They'll say anything
to get what they want.
Me?
I'm on your side.
Okay.
I've known you since you were
13 years old.
I know you wouldn't abandon
your dad
when he needs you the most.
Right?
- Yeah.
- Okay, then.
Now, as long as you play
your part,
you smile for the camera,
we'll keep this
our little secret.
♪♪
Come on. Everybody's
getting ready at your dad's.
Ares has picked out
a nice dress for you.
Something yellow, I think.
You'll look like sunshine.
We create reality, okay?
People don't know what to
believe, so we tell them, okay?
We all know what a close-knit,
deeply loving family you are,
but we need the public
to know that, too.
So, to that end, I have chosen
your brunch spot carefully
to maximize exposure.
All you need to do
is be yourselves
and let social-media nature
take its course.
Needless to say,
it is imperative
that you be the absolute best
versions of yourselves, okay?
Do smile.
Do touch each other
affectionately.
Do not talk to reporters
or let yourselves
be provoked by paparazzi.
♪ Girl, I see you ♪
- Deal.
- Gotcha.
That? The pacing
and the hunched body language?
Screams guilty.
Yeah, I need relaxed bodies,
soft shoulders.
You're an actor.
You can manage that, right?
Yeah.
I can manage that.
Star! You're here.
Let's get you dressed.
Hello, darling.
What's going on
with Ben Mitchell?
The prosecution talked
to him last night,
so now we just sit tight
and wait for him
to make his next dumb move.
So we can cancel
this stupid photo op.
We don't need to do it
if Mitchell's gonna be arrested,
do we? Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, pardner.
You're getting way ahead
of yourself.
He just threw away a necklace.
That's all.
No.
You said he killed her.
I say a lot of things.
I mean, you can't afford
to buy into my hype.
You have to keep your eye
on the ball.
You still think I did it.
It doesn't matter what I think.
Just play the game.
Enjoy the eggs Benedict.
♪♪
Ben Mitchell said Jessica
was already dead
when he arrived
for his training session.
Did the responding officers
sense anything off with him?
No.
And they tested his hands
and his clothes?
No blood spatter,
no fingerprints on the murder weapon.
Everything says Ben Mitchell
didn't kill her,
but why do I feel like I have
to save him from Ezra Wolf?
Hero complex?
Here's what I don't get.
Okay, this is a popular beach,
even at that time
of the morning.
Nobody saw anything?
Cops interviewed all the
beach bums and surfer dudes,
fitness freaks.
So far, no luck.
I got to take this.
Hi.
I promise.
No.
You're gonna be fine.
Mm-hmm.
I love you.
There was a bonfire
down the beach.
Maybe there was a party
the night before
Jessica was killed.
Those things can go late.
Do you have any friends
that work in Malibu
private security?
One or two.
They might tell me something
that they won't tell the cops.
So...
was that your boyfriend
on the phone?
Husband?
Do you have a husband now? No, Maya.
I have an ex-husband...
Soon-to-be...
And I have a daughter, Maya.
She's 6.
Oh, my God.
I didn't know.
Well, it's been
eight years, Maya.
There's a lot you don't know.
No phone calls, no texts,
not even a Christmas card.
I don't know you anymore, Maya,
and you sure as hell don't know me.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean...
Well, of course
you didn't mean it.
You were just thinking about you
and your feelings, but...
you know that thing
that Maya Angelou says...
When someone shows you
who they are, believe them?
When the going gets rough,
you are someone who leaves.
You have no idea
what it felt like to be me
eight years ago.
Okay.
Was your face on the news
all day, every day?
Was your entire life
dissected...
Your hair, your clothes,
every single decision,
every mistake?
Nobody knows your name.
Nobody blames you for letting
a murderer walk.
You know what? You're right.
We're not friends anymore.
We just work together.
What the hell?
The car key we found
in Sunny Johnson's bedroom.
The registration came back
to Ben Mitchell?
We thought the Go Bag
was Sevvy's.
What if it was Jessica's?
She was the one
who was planning to run.
And Ben Mitchell
was helping her leave.
He lied to us.
♪ You already know it's us ♪
♪ Always got more,
I could never get enough ♪
♪ Life's short, oh, well... it,
I'ma live it up ♪
♪ Fast car, NASCAR ♪
How are you?
♪ Hop in, then I fell in love ♪
♪ Jaguar, Aston, you know
I'ma buy me one ♪
♪ Rock star lifestyle,
yeah, I live the lifestyle ♪
♪ Monster, monster when
all of the lights out ♪
Coming?
♪ Yellow bone, red bone,
Binyah Binyah polliwog ♪
This just feels so wrong.
Jessica's dead,
and we're doing a photo op?
I get that you're upset.
We're all upset.
But he's our dad,
and he needs us.
You've always idolized him,
even when you were a kid,
but, Gabe, it's time to grow up.
He's always been there for me,
even when I had no one.
Yeah.
Well...
he's not as great
as you think he is.
How are you feeling about all of this?
Why'd you lawyer up?
Is the D.A.
going to charge you?
Were you Jessica's lover?
Did you kill Jessica?
Ben Mitchell didn't kill anyone.
- No further comment.
- Did you kill her?
What was the nature
of your relationship?
Mitchell's on his way up.
You ready?
Let him stew.
- You want me in the interview?
- No, thanks.
I asked Detective North to join.
♪♪
The customers are getting
in the game.
I've got three tweets,
four Instagram posts,
and the table on the right
just started a live video feed.
We are on the way
to critical mass.
- Excellent.
- Got you your favorite...
Chocolate chip with banana.
Thanks, Daddy.
There you go, darling.
Junior,
you speak to your brother?
Mm-hmm.
How was his trip back to school?
Oh, he's good.
Flight was on time.
He scored an aisle seat.
Hey, did you catch that game
last night?
No, I missed it.
We've got another live feed.
How 'bout you, son?
You working this weekend?
Tell Star to scoot left.
Bring Sunny down for a quick lesson.
Hear that, Sunny? Hmm?
Scoot to your left.
The table behind you
is live-streaming.
♪♪
Star, it's been a while since
you've been over the house.
Sunny was hoping you could
come over and have a swim.
Oh, not today.
I'm sorry, Sunny.
It's okay.
Maybe time, huh?
Yeah.
I feel sick.
I'm gonna take a car home.
- Where is she going?
- No, Star.
Star!
Star, what are you doing here?
What's the story with your father?
My daughter is grieving
her friend.
She has a right
to do that in peace.
This was Jessica's
favorite restaurant.
We came here today to
honor her memory... Oh, no.
- No.
- No.
As a family.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I would appreciate
if you could respect it.
The LAPD served a search warrant
on your house yesterday.
Any comment?
No comment.
Don... You have no comment.
♪♪
I want the police to find
the monster that killed Jessica.
And if searching the home that
we shared helps them do that,
then I'm all for it.
They know that they have
my complete cooperation
and that I will do
whatever it takes
to get justice for Jessica.
♪♪
Oh, he's good.
Yeah.
He's good.
Why didn't you tell us
you bought Jessica a car?
Or that you emptied your savings
account to give her $50,000?
I should have, I wanted to,
but I was scared.
I thought if I just kept quiet,
it would all go away.
That's a lot of money
to give somebody
who's just your trainer.
I had to help her
get away from him.
- From Sevvy Johnson?
- He hurt her.
I saw the bruises.
You need to check this out.
♪♪
What the hell is that?
No idea.
♪♪
- "I'm worried about you.
- You need to leave him."
"Why won't you answer my calls?
He's no good for you."
Sound familiar?
"You're a liar and a user!
I'm not going to let you
do this to me."
These are the texts we found
on Jessica's burner phone.
They're all from you.
And here's the last one you sent
the night before
she was murdered...
"You took me for all I had.
You played me this whole time.
You deserve what you get,
you bitch!"
That's it.
We're done here.
She could've been with me.
I did everything for her,
and she still chose him!
This whole thing is her fault!
Stop!
Next time you want to see him,
you better have
an arrest warrant.
Don't leave town!
♪♪
It can't be Ben Mitchell.
I know.
It wasn't supposed
to go this way.
I don't want it to be him.
From the moment
I saw you on my porch,
I could see the story
in my head,
and it always ended
with Sevvy Johnson behind bars.
That's why I brought you here...
So we could finally bring him
to justice together.
He killed two women.
He abused Jessica.
We know that.
How can it be Ben Mitchell?!
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I want revenge.
I do.
I want to see Sevvy Johnson rot.
This was my one chance
to make it right
and it's gone.
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Well, there she is...
The prosecutress
with the mostess.
I was beginning to think
you didn't like me.
I just walked up
10 flights in heels.
What do you want?
The whole smorgasbord.
What you found in Sevvy's house,
what's going on
with Ben Mitchell... all of it.
No.
No?
I am done talking to you.
It was a mistake.
What's with the sudden attack
of conscience?
I was pissed off that Maya took my
case, and I wanted to hurt her.
Uh-huh.
I can do stupid, impulsive things
when I'm pissed off.
And now you want backsies.
This is not fourth grade.
It's not the way it works.
I call, you jump,
and you tell me
what I want to know.
Or my next call will be
to the D.A., Alan Wiest,
and then you can
kiss your job and your bar card
and your career
as a lawyer goodbye.
It was worth a shot.
Mm-hmm.
I thought maybe you had
a shred of decency.
Surprise!
We found a Go Bag.
Mm-hmm.
Cash, car keys, cellphone.
We thought it was Sevvy's.
It wasn't.
Let's just say things
don't look good for Mitchell.
Oh.
Thank you.
And try wedges.
My ex-wives say
they're kinder to the feet.
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Hey.
Hey.
You okay?
I was worried.
I'm fine.
Wolf called.
Yeah.
Looks like they're gonna
arrest Ben Mitchell,
maybe by tonight.
Yeah.
That'll be a relief
to Jessica's parents.
I'll give them a call
and see how they're doing.
Dad.
I need...
you to believe in me, Star.
You said yourself
they're gonna arrest that guy...
Star.
Talk to me.
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I know you used to hit Mom.
I remember.
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I made a lot of mistakes
in my life, baby.
And for many reasons,
I was an angry man back then,
but that's not who I am
anymore, darling.
Did you ever hurt Jessica?
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Never.
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I believe you.
I believe you.
I believe you, Dad.
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I had an "aha" moment.
The reason
you were so determined
to bring Maya
back for this case.
You're covering your ass.
You want her to take the hit if
this thing turns into a crapshow,
which it is rapidly doing.
I would never throw one of my
lawyers under the bus.
Right.
Right. Right.
I figured it out.
How long 'til Maya
figures it out, too?
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Murder suspect Ben Mitchell,
a former I.T. consultant
for Horizon Platform Solutions,
is reportedly holed up here
in his Woodland Hills home.
Mitchell was a personal-training
client of Jessica Meyer,
who was murdered
approximately a week ago.
While the prosecution
has declined to comment,
there is speculation
that Mitchell was obsessed
with the victim.
Sources close to the case
say an arrest is imminent.
Wolf and his defense team
had been tracking
Ben Mitchell early on
after it was revealed
he discovered
Jessica Meyer's body.
Stylist Lindsay Berg,
who briefly dated Mitchell
after they met
on a popular dating app.
We had coffee.
He was super awkward.
He kind of had that
serial-killer vibe, you know?
Movie star Sevvy Johnson,
who had been considered...
We may have a witness.
Who is it?
This kid who was at
the bonfire party
the night
before Jessica was killed.
My guy at Malibu Home Security
said most of the kids signed out
of the gated community
by the beach around 3:00 a.m.,
but this kid, Max Shen,
he didn't sign out
until 6:30.
So he was in the vicinity around
the time Jessica was murdered.
I tracked the family down to
a campground in Santa Paula.
They're driving back now.
His mom has agreed
to let him talk to us.
Well, to you.
She's a fan.
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We're trying to figure out
who killed Jessica Meyer.
My mom says you're famous.
I-I was.
You were at Malibu Beach
the night
before Jessica was killed.
Do you have any information
about her death?
- Answer her.
- It's okay.
You're not in trouble.
I promise.
Did you see Jessica?
Yes.
Yes, I saw her.
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Max, I need you to tell me
everything you remember.
I was... pretty wasted.
Then I guess I passed out,
and then something woke me up
right before the sun was rising.
And that's when I saw her.
Jessica?
She was covered in blood.
She was dead.
My name is Ben.
I need to confess.
What about this man?
Have you seen him?
Maya, you need to see this.
We're in the middle of something...
Now!
I've done a lot of bad things
in my life.
Tha... That's the guy!
That's the guy that was at the beach!
I've hurt myself and others...
- What's going on?
- People I love.
Ben Mitchell's confessing
his sins.
What?
I didn't stick up
for my little brother
when he was getting beat up.
I hit a dog when I was
driving home one night.
I didn't stop.
I should've stopped.
Get to the part
where you killed a woman.
I should've been a better son.
I'm sorry, Mom.
There are no excuses.
He's losing it.
Max, t-tell me what you saw.
I was about to call 911,
but then that guy
pulled up next to the beach.
He started walking towards
the dead girl,
and when he saw her,
he freaked out.
Wait, Ben Mitchell arrived
after Jessica was already dead?
For sure.
So I got the hell out of there.
I-I figured he'd call the cops,
leave me out of it.
We need to call Ben,
tell him he's in the clear.
My only hope
is that you'll forgive me
for all the things I've done.
I wanted to be better.
There are so many ways
I could've been a better man.
But I did not kill
Jessica Meyer.
What?
I was trying to help her
to get away from him.
He's not answering. This guy's in trouble.
Now I have nothing.
I need to get an APB
on Ben Mitchell.
I'm just...
so tired.
You win.
What is he doing?
No.
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Oh, my God.
No.
Geez.
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Wasn't your fault.
I know that's what
you're thinking.
I should have gone easier
on him today or...
tried harder to keep his name
out of the press.
Ezra Wolf...
He put Ben on blast.
Destroyed that man.
Not you.
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I've been such a bitch.
We're not supposed to use
that word anymore.
I don't hear you disagreeing.
You were hurt.
I get it.
You know, I...
I saw... what you went
through back then.
But I never...
I never felt it,
not until today...
not until I saw
what happened to Ben.
The world wrecked him.
And you did what you had
to do to survive.
And I don't get to be
angry about it.
You forgive me?
Come here.
There's nothin' to forgive.
Ezra Wolf is gonna obliterate
everything in his path
to get Sevvy off.
And he'll succeed
if we don't stop him.
So, what do you want to do
about it?
It's already in motion.
I'm gonna out-wolf the Wolf.
Ezra Wolf killed Ben Mitchell.
Wolf likes to say
that we at the D.A.'s office
rush to judgment,
when he is the one
who publicly called
for Ben Mitchell's head.
It's the same crap
he pulled eight years ago.
Don't let him get away with it.
It's too late to save Ben,
but I am not gonna let the lives
of any more innocent people
be destroyed by Ezra Wolf.
I will not let him
twist the truth
or play the race card.
This case is not about race.
It's about domestic violence.
Sevvy Johnson killed
Jessica Meyer,
and we are going to prove that.
But you've heard enough
from Ezra Wolf and from me.
It's time to let Jessica speak.
He did it again.
He gave me this when I said
I wasn't ready to leave
Ray's dinner party last night.
He gave me this
when we got home.
I laughed too hard
when Gabe made fun of Sevvy's
crappy golf swing.
I'm such an idiot.
My dad tried to warn me,
and I should have listened.
Dad?!
Dad, are you seeing this?!
I am not gonna wait around
for him to change
and end up like her.
Dad!
I'm taking these videos
to the police.
Maya, is this enough
to arrest Sevvy?
One at a time, please.
I will answer
everybody's questions.
I'm not going anywhere.
I promise.
Do you feel the D.A.'s office
has enough to indict Sevvy?
Sevvy Johnson killed Je...
We can spin this.
I don't know how yet, but I'll
figure it out. We can spin anything.
Am I a terrible person?
We're people of our time.
And it's a terrible time.
Hmm.
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This good?
Yeah.
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Baby!
Oh, my God, it's been so long.
Oh, my God.
Did you do it?!
Did you kill Jessica?!
Answer me!
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