The Good Fight (2017–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - First Week - full transcript

Bitch.

Fucking bitch.

I know where you live.

I know where your family...

This is for Maia Rindell.

I'm gonna rape you
and your dyke girl...

Hi. Good morning.

And fuck you.
You stole my money.

I just want you
to hurt like I do.

Hi, it's my first day here.

And, uh, I'm not too
sure where to g...



Maia Rindell?

Yes!

You okay?

Yes!

Just, um...

Hi.

Julius Cain.

I'm the managing partner here.

Let me show you to your desk.

We have 55 associates
and 40 work stations,

so we employ a hot desk system.

Occupy any empty chair
in the communal area,

but keep your laptop with you
because you might be returning

to a different space
when you come back.



Go ahead.

Good.

At 10:00, I'm gonna need you
at the SWSMU offices,

so meet me at reception
in 20 minutes.

The what?

SWSMU.

One of our union contracts.

Once a month, we offer
their members pro Bono service

as part of our retainer.

20 minutes.

Did you hear that, Diane?

I... yes.
I just can't believe it.

They're withholding
my capital contribution?

They say they have
to review your tenure.

What tenure?!
I was a name partner.

I created that firm.

It's my money.

I'm sorry, Diane.

Do I have any reserves?

If you sell your apartment.

I can't do that.

Well, you can always
talk to your new partners,

and see if they'll
offer you a loan.

Ah, we tried to call you
at home.

Because?

We're moving you down the hall.

There's a new partner.

We have to make room.

Diane?

Yep.

See, it's not so bad.

Home sweet home.

Oh, and I'm gonna need you
at the SWSMU this morning.

Why?

I did it last month.

Yes, and you were
so good at it, too.

Good morning.

Sharise.

Come on, come get this.
Come get this.

Come get this!

How that college search coming?

Ah, all-consuming.
Twins, you know.

Yeah, I hear you.

Any word on the Kendall offer?

They called this morning.

Who? David Lee?

Yes, sir.

We're getting our six mill.

Diane here yet?

Yeah, she's in with Barbara.

She is, huh?

I heard you speak at an ABA
conference a few years ago.

Oh, yes. On racial hiring?

That's right.

Oh, well, I hope I didn't
embarrass myself too much.

Hmm, not too much.

Diane Lockhart.

I feel like we acquired

our very own Jimmy Butler
right here.

Adrian, how are you?

Good, good.

A little gift for you.

Spring Arbor Lake Wine,

my very own label, 2006. Mwah.

You have a winery?

Ah, just a row of vines,
that's all. Sit, sit.

So how's everything going
with you two?

Barbara give you the rundown?

She did.

Are you two playing nice?

We are, Adrian.
Good.

Oh, by the way,
just a housekeeping matter,

but we'll need
your capital contribution

by next week.

Oh, yes, of course. Um,

just so you know, my old firm

is being a bit intransigent.

Yeah, David Lee.
Wonderful guy.

So, um, if you don't mind being

a bit patient.

Of course.

But listen, I'll need you

in the 11:00 a.m. meeting
to pitch cases

to our litigation financiers.

Right. Well, good.
I'll see you there.

You will.

Diane.

Welcome.
Thank you.

Hmm.

And how patient

are we to be?

Let's give her two weeks.

Hello?

Just plugging in your computer.

Are you from Lockhart, Deckler?

Lee, Lyman, Deckler, Gussman...

Well, that didn't
take them very long.

I know.
Bunch of assholes.

Marissa?

Yeah, hey.

Want me to set up anything else?

No, I can do it.
No, let me.

If I get back too quick,

they'll just send me out
on another errand.

Here, I'll hang these.

When Alicia hired me,
I was supposed to be involved

in cases and everything,

but it's been all moving
boxes since she left.

Still want this?

Definitely.

And, uh,
where do you want these?

What are those?
African masks.

Well, I can see that.
Where are they from?

Your office.

No.

David Lee. Very funny.

By the way,

I know you still need
an assistant, Diane.

Hello.

Uh, this is Marissa,

from my old firm.

Hi. Just dropping stuff off.

Well, I have a few people
coming in today

for possible assistants.

I'll send them by.

Thank you.

Okay, I don't want
to sound self-serving here,

but I think it's a smart move
for you to hire me.

Oh, good to know.

Thank you.
No, seriously.
You need an assistant.

I can do whatever
you want around here,

and I'm not that expensive.
What are you paying?

Why don't you just leave
your résumé, Marissa?

I don't have one.

I'm much better
in person, anyway.

Look, just hire me for one day,

just until you get
someone better.

And I promise you won't
get someone better.

You limit your
pro Bono consultations

to 20 minutes each.

If their legal issues require
more time, go to Lucca.

She will sign off on more time.

Remember, you're only here

to offer legal advice,
not legal work.

Don't get tied down.
Move people on into other

legal resources when you can:

Prairie State
or Legal Assistance.

You're the "door close"
button in the elevator.

Comforting, but not
necessarily effective.

Here we go.

Okay, members,
listen up, listen up.

Remember these lawyers are here

as union advocates,
so please limit your questions

to workplace matters.

Only workplace matters.

Okay, who is here on their work
break, please raise your hand.

Oh, come on.

Donny, I know it's your day off.

Get your hand down.

Only people on
their lunch break.

Come on,
you're only screwing over

your union brother and sister.

Good. Those on lunch break,
come on up to the stage.

Line up for each desk.
Let's go.

You're seriously telling me
I have to go to someone else

on my lunch break?

The thing is, ma'am,
we're not really here

to help with family law issues,
but, uh, I can refer you to...

He's not paying child support!

How am I supposed
to make ends meet

if he won't pay child support?

I know, I'm sorry.

It's just...

Well, I'm not really
supposed to help with...

Then why are you here?

If you can't help,
why are you here?

I need help.

Hello.

Oh, come on.

I'm gonna help you out here.

Thank you.

Sir, would you like
to come to my desk?

No, I'm good here.

I'm a third-year associate.

She just passed the bar.

That's okay.

I'm sticking.

Next?

I, I just can't survive
on $400 a week.

I can't pay for my rent.

I can't pay for my ex-wife.

And they're not adjusting
it for after taxes.

They're just taking it
right off the top.

I-I'm sorry,
I don't understand.

You're... you're being paid
$400 a week?

Yeah. Wait, no.

And my rent is twice that.

Okay? Do you need to get that?

No.

Uh, no.
It does that.

Yeah, mine, too.

You know, I used to
get some good news,

but now I feel like
it's all bad.

I don't even like
answering it nowadays.

So, um, I'm sorry,
I'm, I'm not too sure

how they were able
to lower your salary.

Not lower.

Garnish.

They're saying that I stole
400 running shoes.

What? 400 running shoes?
Yeah.

And they say that's $70,000,
but that's retail,

and they don't pay retail.

They just pay wholesale,
so it should be half that.

Wait, I'm sorry.
Could-could you start again?

Okay, BMI...

Mm-hmm.

...my store says that I stole

400 running shoes.
And did you?

No, I've never stolen
anything in my entire life.

But they're garnishing my wages
for the retail amount,

and it should be the
wholesale amount.

That's double what I should pay!

But if you didn't
steal anything,

why are you letting them
garnish your wages at all?

Because I signed a confession.

I don't understand.
Why did he confess?

They pressured him to.

They threatened to fire him
if he didn't.

He just wants them to charge him

the wholesale amount
and not the retail amount.

And he wants to go
to arbitration for that?

Well, his contract requires
that he go to arbitration.

But he wants me
to represent him.

I just need you to sign me off

on two more hours work.

You know this is just pro Bono?

Right? It's a
goodwill gesture.

We're not here to right a wrong.

No, I know,

but it's only two hours work.

I want to do it.

When's the arbitration?

This afternoon.

Okay.

Good luck.

Everything good with you?

Yeah.

Yeah, for the first time
in a while... yes.

It's good when you can focus
on someone else's problem.

First place I've been
I wasn't recognized.

This is
our highest priority case.

It's a hanging
in a jail cell... Holly Orlin.

You'll find a Chicago Tribune
article on top there.

This is the worst
Cook County jail abuse

I have seen in years.

So, we're suing for $12 million,

but we do expect settlement
before trial.

Any videotape?
No.

But we have
a very sympathetic family

and a grieving widower.

So, all we need of your
financing is $300 thousand.

Mm-mm.
No. Thanks, though.

Our algorithm is going
cool on police suits.

You sure about that?

Mm-hmm.
What else?

Well, I think that, uh, Diane,

our newest partner...
she just joined us

from Lockhart,
Deckler & Gussman...

can speak to a new case.

Uh, we've been looking
into parole abuses.

Some parolees have been rejected
for, uh, punitive reasons.

Hmm. I think my partner worries
there's no money there.

That depends on how
vulnerable the State feels.

No. It depends
on the trend.

The trend is against you.

Look, now we understand you have
your little algebraic spells,

but we understand the system.

And you'll get ten percent

of our earnings.

Why don't you let us help you
make some money?

What else have you got?

Malpractice?
Mm-hmm.

It's a malpractice suit.

Uh, excuse me.
Yeah.

Second page.
What's wrong?

Someone here to see you.

Lenore Rindell.

Where?

In your office.

You want me to get rid of her?

What do you need, Lenore?

I-I came to see Maia.

She's out.

She's not talking to me,
she's not answering my calls.

My guess is her lawyer
told her not to.

Can you talk to her, Diane?
Please.

No.

Why?

I don't know what bubble
you're living in, Lenore,

but you do see my office here?

You do see
that I am not retired,

that I am still working.

This wasn't us.
This was Jax.

This is his Ponzi scheme,
not ours...

You want to have an honest
conversation here,

then let's have it.
I came to you last week

for my money back so that
I could buy my dream house,

and what did you say?
We didn't...

No, I want to hear you say it.
What did you say?

This wasn't us.

You said keep it
in your account,

and borrow on it.

I could've had my money back.

I...

I think it's a good
idea that you go.

Diane,

look at me.

I'm innocent.

Henry's innocent.

You are a defense lawyer.

Why can't you extend us
the same courtesy

you do your other clients?

We are wrongly accused.

Just because the Feds say it

doesn't make it true.

I'll tell Maia
that you dropped by.

I know I shouldn't ask this,
but Henry needs your help.

He's in jail
and no one will visit him.

His lawyer's advising him
to plead guilty,

but I don't think he should.

He's your oldest friend, Diane.

Will you talk to him?

So it's like a trial?

Yes, just answer honestly.

That's all you have to do.

And if I lose?

Well, there's no appeal,
so if you lose, you lose.

Frank Gwinn.

Here.

Go ahead.
You're the lawyer?

Uh, yes, from Reddick,
Boseman & Kolstad...

Good, I'm the arbiter.

Let's hear it.

And this is Benji Diyardian

from BMI's
loss-prevention department.

He questioned me.

Let's hear it.

I...

Good afternoon.

Frank's employer, BMI,

a sporting good store
with $12 billion in assets

and franchises
throughout the country...

Yeah, I-I don't need that.

Right. Um...

They have accused my client
of stealing

400 running shoes
from their back-stock.

417.
Objection.

Okay, um,

and he didn't do it, right?

Uh, that is correct, sir.

He did not do it.

What do you need, ma'am?

I'm here as an observer
for the union.

Why?

We just want to make sure
everything's fair.

Okay, keep going, miss.

My client
did not steal any shoes.

He has no record
and yet the company, BMI,

have chosen to garnish
his salary by almost 40%.

We didn't garnish
anything, he confessed.

No, excuse me, sir,
you'll have your chance.

Um, this is a massive,

$12 billion company

stealing half my client's pay.

Stealing, really? We have
his confession on the record.

No, he was forced to confess.

He was told
if he did not confess...

He was not told anything.

If he did not confess,
then he would be fired.

Frank, how long

did this man
question you?
Seven hours.

Without break. He was told
he could not leave the room.

Only because he's an employee
and he was on the clock.

Let me see the confession.

Would the union rep
like to see it, too?

Uh, I would, thank you.

Mr. Arbiter, as you read that,
please remember

that he was forced
to sign that confession.

I never forced anyone.
This is the Friedman method.

I never diverged once
from it at all.

The what?

The Friedman method,

it's a process of questioning

I was trained and certified in.

Sir, is this your signature?

Yes.

Then in exercise of powers
conferred under Clause 25

of the agreement entered
into between the parties,

judgment is made in favor
of the respondent.

Wait, w-what?
What, that's it?

Thank you, I'll see
the next arbitration.

But he didn't do it!

I'll see the next arbitration.

False imprisonment.

Mr. Arbiter, we ask that
the arbitration be reopened

based on the matter
of false imprisonment.

Oh, come on...

My client was held

against his will
for seven hours,

in direct contravention of...
everything.

The issue of false
imprisonment is irrelevant.

Judgment is again made
in favor of the respondent.

That's not your decision
to make, sir.

Excuse me?

The arbitration agreement

with Ms. Rindell's client
does not cover tort claims.

And false imprisonment
is a tort claim.

Then we are stalemated.

No, we're not.

And why is that?

Because we'll see you in court.

Henry.

How are you?

Rupert tells me I should
accept a guilty plea.

20 years.

What do you think?

I think this is bad, Hank.

Yeah, you and I, Diane,

we always told each
other the truth.

No matter where...
in college, after,

before Lenore.

And I'm telling
you the truth now.

I did not do this.

Hank, what am I supposed
to do with that?

I am bankrupted, completely.

Two months ago, I hired
a forensics accountant

to look into Jax's trades.

There was $83 million missing.

The accountant found Jax
had moved the money

into his private account.

I tried to confront him,
but before I could,

Jax went to the Feds
to turn me in.

You should be telling this
to your lawyer, not to me.

I did, but Rupert said
it doesn't matter.

There are too many bad facts.

Okay.

Let me look into another lawyer.

Why not you?
No.

You need someone objective.

How's Maia?

She's doing well.
Good.

She's on a case.

She's gonna blow us all away.

Did she see her mom?

No.

I think it's best
that she stay away

until all this
gets straightened out.

But that could be years.

I know.

Lenore didn't tell you?

Tell me what?

She doesn't have years.

Her breast cancer, it's back.

Spread to her lymph nodes.

Maybe I should go see her.

I'd talk to your lawyer first.

You don't think
I should go see her?

No, it's just...

I think you should be careful.

She misunderstood my intent,

or she ignored it, but we just
don't have time for this.

and we raise expectations
for what our firm can do!

Ah, Lucca.

It seems we picked up
a new case this morning.

I told you we didn't want
to get tangled up

in small-ball litigation.

This is not small-ball.

BMI has $12 billion in assets...

Yes, and there won't be
any punitive damages here.

But we don't know that.
We do know that.

This is one union member,

and we're about to put in
40 billable hours,

to get him what,
$20,000 in back pay?

Is this about you losing
your office to a partner?

No.

This is about a good case.

Hey, do you know what
the Friedman Method is?

The Friedman Method?

Yeah, it's a way
to interrogate a suspect... why?

It's a case I'm on.

How do I find out more about it?

Easily, they have seminars.

Just look them up online.

You pay the money, and you, too,

can learn how to be a cop.

Good to know.

Oh, okay.
I got to go, bye.

We're being shut down.

What?

They're worried
the case is too small.

You're kidding.

I was just about to sign up
for a Friedman seminar

to find out more.

You know what, do it anyway.

It's on our time.

Why not?

Okay.

People lie.

And when people lie,

they want to confess...
it's human nature.

Your job...
you and you and you...

is to enable that process.

You are a crucial step
to their cleansing.

What you will learn
over the next four sessions

is the Friedman method.

A way to determine guilt...

...and obtain a confession.

One of these four people
is lying.

They all deny taking money
from a cash register,

but one of them did.

The first step
in the Friedman Method is

ascertain guilt.

Find out who is lying.

Look, I didn't do it.

I wasn't even there.
That's the truth.

Pretty convincing, huh?

But ignore the words.
They're irrelevant.

Everybody swears
they're innocent,

but no one can hide their face.

No one can hide
their expressions.

The most important thing
is to get the suspect

to look right at you
and repeat the statement

over and over.

Let's watch it again.

I'm going to slow down
the image.

Look, I didn't do it.

I wasn't even there...
I wasn't even there.

That's the truth...
There!

Right there. See?
Under his lip?

The risorius muscle.

It's part of the expression
of fear.

When we are
experiencing anxiety,

the risorius muscle
will become tense.

Look for it.

I wasn't even there.

That's the truth.
See?

Clenched muscle.

Good. Another telltale
sign of anxiety, the forehead.

When there is a burst
of anxiety,

these muscles will tighten up,

the eyebrows will rise upward,
only for a second... see?

The liar wants to force
his expressions to look relaxed,

in control.

Therefore, the expression
you're looking for

is fleeting, momentary.

Do you think that's true,
the way to discover a liar?

No, it's bad psychology.

How do you mean?

"Ignore the words"?
Seriously?

How does someone prove
their innocence

without explaining
why they're innocent?

And he says it's all about
detecting anxiety.

Well, I don't care
how innocent you are,

if a cop calls you in
for questioning,

you're gonna be anxious.

So what does anxiety prove?

What if there is no cop?

What if there is no
reason to be anxious?

I don't know.
Everybody's different.

Everybody's got their tell.
I don't...

What?

This isn't a small thing.

This is a massive class action.

Every multi-billion dollar
nationwide retailer

is sending
middle-management

to these seminars...
East Wing Running Shoes,

Widespread Tech, B&X...

I thought these seminars
were about training cops.

That's how they were intended,

but retail stores are
using the same techniques

against their own employees,

and it's just as likely
to result in a false positive.

Barbara, what do you think?

It's good.

Go certify a class.

We should put Bobby
on it with her.

It's a big thing now.

Who's on it with her right now?

The new associate, Maia.
I'd keep her on it.

Maia's good.

And she's motivated.

That Rindell kid?
Yes.

Sure.

Everybody hates her.

Great way to mold a fighter.

All right.

There may not even be
a job here.

I just want to warn you.

Uh, you're here for the
assistant position?

Come on in...
Daniela?

Have a seat.

This is still your case, Frank,

but it's also now
a class action.

So I don't pay anything?

Right, and it's more likely

that you'll get
a larger settlement,

because these big companies

will want to avoid
the embarrassment.

Is this going
to move quickly now,

because I'm having trouble
paying rent.

We think the companies will try
to win this motion to dismiss.

And if not, they'll
negotiate a settlement.

All right, do I have
to sign something?
Yes.

And, actually,
you can help us, Frank.

We're looking for other workers

who have had their wages
garnished, just like you.

So, if you...
What is this case again?

We're gathering a class
of retail workers

who were wrongly accused
of stealing from their stores.

Okay, got it.

So are you coming back to work?

Everybody misses you.

No, I got another job.

In fact, can you
help me out with it?

You know everybody around here.

Is there anybody in the mall
who had their wages cut?

We're bringing a lawsuit against
all these big asshole companies,

and I know you know
all the people here

and how they complain.

So is anybody bitching
about their paychecks?

It's about people being
forced to confess

that they stole clothing
or shoes or computers.

So if you hear anything
from anybody, here's my card.

Tell them to call me.

What the hell are
you doing, Barbara?

What am I doing?
I'm having a sandwich.

You're dragging my
members into a class action.

If this is about the salary
garnishing, we're not drag...

You're pissing off management!

We're on the eve of a
contract negotiation,

and you're pissing
off management.

It was a union-member
complaint.

We are merely...
No, no, no, no.

You convinced him

to pursue a class action,

because you wanted the money.

You came into our offices
and asked for our help

to collect a class...

Those two did.

Your contract
is with us.
Yes.

And you employed us
to help your members and...

As a gesture, merely.

Uh, maybe your members
would like to know that.

Seriously?

That's how little
our contract means to you?

You're threatening me?
God,

if that's considered
a threat, friend,

I would love to live
in your world.

We won't pay a cent
for this class action,

and we won't help in any way.

So drop it.

What are you gonna do?

We're gonna find
another benefactor.

So what do you have?

A new suit.
Very last-minute.

Class action against
12 nationwide retailers.

I'll need financing
on, say, 140...

How many in the class?

We're gathering that
as we speak,

but we think 20, maybe more.

Sympathetic,
working-class families,

all retail workers.

Who's the test case?

Top of page three.

Frank Gwinn, 32 years old.

Divorced father.

Good witness.
College-educated.

Worked at BMI selling shoes.

No litigation in his
background, and no priors.

Uh, he's delinquent on a loan.
It's a student loan.

2012. He's making
payments again.

Your proposal?

You finance 600 billable hours

for an initial
payment of $300,000.

You'll have two exit ramps.
One,

after the motion to dismiss.

Two, six months into trial,

if we even go that long.

You share 40% of the award,

up to $8 million.

No.

Why?

You can't get better.

Your motion to dismiss is in
front of Judge Kevin Drago?

We've won in front
of him before.

Our algorithm doesn't like him.

Not for this case.

Your algorithm's
not taking into account

that I'm a fucking good lawyer.

Don't swear, okay?

It bugs out Jer.

I'm sorry.

Does your algorithm
even like this case?

It does.

Good optics,
good potential pay-out.

It's just this judge.

It's okay,
I will get you a new judge.

How you gonna do that?

I'm a good lawyer.

We're going to court.

Fuck the union, we will
finance this thing ourselves.

You, I want you in court.

Uh, uh, what is your name again?

Maia.
Maia. Great.

Second chair.
I... Well, thank you, sir.

Unfortunately we've run
into a snag, Adrian.

What?

The class.
Without the union's help,

we're having a little
trouble locating employees

with garnished wages.

Check crime reports.

Any business missing back-stock

they'd report it, right?
No. They tried that.

Let's post fliers.
Let's check Reddit.

Let's get creative.
I've told our financial partners

that we would have 20 members in
the class, so let's get to it,

all right?
Here's 23 employees
who were accused of theft

by their employer and had
their wages garnished.

And I have feelers out
to a dozen more.

And there are two more people
here to be interviewed.

Who is that?

My new assistant.

You want me to recuse myself?

Yes, Your Honor.

Regretfully.

You don't like me, Counselor?

No, I love you.

At our firm, we speak
very highly of you

all the time, Your Honor.

But unfortunately,
in this instance,

there is a conflict of interest.

We're good here, Your Honor.

No problem.

Isn't this just
a motion to dismiss?

I'm not sure how I can
be conflicted out.

I've shopped at BMI,
but that's about it.

And you, sir?

Do I know you?

No, Your Honor.

Nice try, Mr. Boseman,

but I reject your motion
to recuse me.

We can start with
your first witness.

Actually, Your Honor,

there's one more thing.

You're trying my patience, sir.

Recently you lost over a million
dollars in an investment.

Am I correct?

That's none of your business.

And that loss has nothing
to do with the matter here.

Now sit down.

But unfortunately,
our second chair here...

Uh, Maia, would you stand up
and state your full name please?

Maia Rindell.

As you can see, Your Honor,

since you've lost
most of your savings

to the Rindell Ponzi scheme,

you cannot fairly
judge this case.

So here we all are on this
lovely Wednesday afternoon.

And unfortunately,
I have misplaced

my prescription glasses.

So I will try to make do with
these prescription sunglasses,

if you don't mind me looking
a little bit like a movie star.

Very becoming, Your Honor.

Well, I wouldn't go that far.

Coming from L.A.,
I'm used to it.

Ah, Los Angeles.

How is your drought?

Uh, improving.

Good. I love the way your state

emphasizes green energy.

Yes, I have a Tesla myself.

It's such a wonderful car.

Your Honor,
the motion to dismiss.

Yes, thank you, Lucca.

The simple fact is the
plaintiff is attempting to use

the theft of 400 running shoes
from my client's...

Not the theft.
There is no theft here.

If I could finish?
Thank you.

To sue 15 respected companies.

In other words,
this is a Trojan Horse...

Actually, the metaphor
I would use, Your Honor,

is a reverse Robin Hood.
Seriously?

Well, this is getting heated.

My client makes $40,000 a year.

Ms. Stevens' client
makes $13 billion.

And yet every payday, they take
40% of his take home pay.

Okay, well, battle lines drawn.

Ms. Stevens, your,
your first witness.

We had a lot of theft
from the store-room,

almost $600,000 this year.

So I was asked to question
the employees.

And why did you zero in
on the plaintiff?

He showed signs of deception
per the Friedman method.

This is a
method utilized by the police

to question suspects?
Yes.

And the plaintiff signed
this confession?

Yes.

He told us exactly how

he slipped the crates
into his car, took them down

to Maxwell Street Market,
and sold them to a vendor

- for $10,000.
- Thank you, Mr. Diyardian.

He gave me that information.
Nothing more here,
Your Honor.

Mike, could you angle
that screen some more?

These sunglasses are polarized.

Yeah, keep coming,
keep coming. Ah.

Keep coming, keep coming.

Oh, well...

Uh, continue, please.

Uh, just a few questions, Benji.

Why didn't you tell
the police about the theft?

Excuse me?

Well, if it were me and I had

$70,000 stolen, I
would go to the police.

Well, the company would rather
settle these things internally.

And I'd rather you call me
"Mr. Diyardian."

Oh, my apologies.

And Mr. Gwinn stole
this $70,000,

according to your interrogation?

My interview.

Right, your interview.

To your mind, Frank Gwinn
is a thief, right?

Well, he stole, yes.
Then why didn't the
company fire him?

Your Honor, I-I think
it's a little odd that BMI

is being censured for doing
the humanitarian thing.

Oh, I don't think plaintiff
is censuring them.

I think she just finds it odd
that they kept the thief

on staff, as do I.

Well, the company just wanted
an opportunity to claw back

its losses, didn't it?
Right, it did.

So the company wanted
to keep Frank employed

so they could take
from his paycheck?

Is that right?
Well, that's not how I'd put it.

How would you put it, Benji?
Please take your time.

You're suggesting
bad motives here.

But BMI thinks all its employees

should be allowed
to make things right.

And so, even though, Frank,
supposedly stole $70,000,

he was still allowed
to work alone

and unsupervised
in the backroom?

Objection.
Asked and answered.

Uh, actually, no, I'd like
to hear the answer.

We trust our employees.
And that's why

you questioned him
for seven hours?
Objection. Argumentative.

I'll rephrase. How many hours
did you question my client?

I don't know.
I didn't keep track.

Well, uh...

uh, it says seven hours here.

Oh, hello, Lucca.
Good to see you're still at it.

And it's um... Mai... I'm sorry,

Mia.
Maia.

Maia, thank you. Hi.
Hi.

I'm Andrea.

I'm so terribly sorry
about your family.

Must be hard on you.

It's manageable.

Manageable.

Good.

Women are taking over the world,
piece by piece.

Um, I'm wondering if you and
I could talk sometime, Lucca.

We can talk right now.

Well, I-I just

hate doing it here
in a public place, but...

So, what's the offer?

Offer?

No, I-I just wanted to know
where you got your hair cut.

I just, I love
the bangs so much.

A friend of mine.

She cuts hair out
of her apartment.

Really?

Could you maybe
get me her number?

Sure.

Thank you.

Gosh. Mm.
I love this, by the way.

It would look great on you.

Do you want to buy it?

No.

I'd sooner buy the
smile off the Mona Lisa.

See you tomorrow.

Bye, Mia.

It was just was a scare.

Dr. Trotter found another lump.

But he thinks it's nothing.

Good.
Is that why you called?

Oh, yes, I mean,
I was told the cancer

had spread to your lymph nodes.

Well, that's the fear.

It's good to see you, Maia.

You look older.

Look at me, Mom.

Why?

I just want to ask you
a few questions.

Oh, Maia, I spent the last two
weeks answering more questions

than I have in my whole life.

Yes. And I am your daughter.

And I just want to ask you
a few more.

Look at me.

Okay, I'm looking at you.

Was there really a cancer scare?

Yes, baby,

there was a cancer scare.

And you're not lying to me?

I'm your mother.

Is Dad guilty?

You know he's not.

Are you guilty?

No, Maia, I'm not guilty.

Uncle Jax is guilty.

You just need to trust me, baby.

We're family.

I don't know
if she's lying or not.

About the cancer?

No, about the fund.

Do you think your dad did it?

I don't know.

We were always
the boring family.

I mean,

all my friends, their...

their parents were divorcing

or having affairs and...

I used to lie about
Mom and Dad fighting,

so that I wouldn't
seem so weird.

And now...

it's like we're paying for
all those years of happiness.

That's your parents.

Doesn't have to be you.

You can be as happy as you want.

And we're back.

Now, here's the thing,
young man.

No, you can all sit down.

I have a question for you.

What is supination?

I was buying
running shoes yesterday

and they told me
my feet supinate?

Yeah, uh, supination

is when your feet roll outward
when you run.

Oh, and that's a bad thing?
Yes, it can be a bad thing.

But that's why you need shoes
with a firmer outer sole.

Ah. Shoes like these?

Uh, Your Honor, um,

we do have a witness,
but if you're feeling biased

towards the plaintiff,
we ask that we be heard

on a recusal.

No, no. No, counselor.

I'm just getting some advice.

My apologies.

I will work hard toward
neither supinating

nor pronating
toward one side or the other.

Your next witness.

The interviewer
merely tries to ease the way

for a liar to admit
the truth, that's all.

So you tend
to minimize the crime?

Yes.

According to Mr. Diyardian's
own testimony,

he made it clear to the suspect

that the theft
was not a big matter.

They just wanted to solve it.

In fact, he could understand
why someone would be tempted.

He was even tempted.

And the plaintiff has suggested

that Mr. Diyardian
handed all the details

of the flea market sale
to Mr. Gwinn?

Yes, but that's
just part of our method.

Making it clear to the suspect
you know all the particulars

of his crime helps him
feel there is no way

to avoid detection.

And this is the same method
used by police

to catch criminals?

Yes, definitely.
It is tried and tested.

All done here, Your Honor.

Do you want to do it?

Well, if you don't want to.

No. No, I want to.

Mr. Le Frenais.

La Frenais.

La Frenais.

Is it part of your method

that you can lie to the suspect?

Sorry, Counselor.
You, uh... Can you speak up?

I think that Lisa is having
problems hearing you.

Yes.
Of course.

Is it part
of your Friedman method, sir,

that you can lie to the suspect
being questioned?

Whoa. Much better, thank you.

It's not part of my method.

It's part of the Supreme Court
decision, Frazier vs. Cupp.

Police officers
can lie to suspects.

And so in step number five
of your method,

the interviewer is to present
evidence of culpability

to the suspect,
whether it's true or not?

Well, it's better if
the evidence is true, of course.

But it doesn't have to be?

No.

So when Benji presented Frank

with a DVD recording
of him stealing

the $70,000 in running shoes...

a DVD that was completely blank,

by the way...

that was A-okay with you?

Yes, if it helps
find a crook, yes.

But doesn't your method result

in false confessions?

Very few.

In fact, hasn't your method

been banned by police

in Canada and England?

I wouldn't call it banned.
They've chosen not to use it.

Oh, because it resulted
in too many false confessions?

I don't think that's fair.

But is it true, sir?

I'll leave
that analysis to others.

Analysis. What...

"The Friedman Method

"is a banned coercive technique
of interrogation

"that results
in too many false confessions.

It is therefore banned
within our jurisdiction."

Do you mean analysis like that?

Who wrote that?

Melissa Starr.

London Metropolitan Police.
Scotland Yard.

Okay.

Uh...

Anything further?

Nothing here, Your Honor.

Thank you.

Hi. This is Diane Lockhart's
office,

and I'm her assistant, Marissa.
How may I help you?

It's Dr. Ainsworth
at Harbor Hospital.

- Do you want to call him back?
- Please.

Diane. You didn't like
any of the applicants?

Oh, for the assistant's job?

Uh, no, I did.
It's just that I know Marissa,

and she's on the
ball. She's good.

You'll see.

Okay. This is our offer.

$500,000 to Frank Gwinn.

No class action.

If the firm pursues
a class action,

our offer goes away
and Frank gets nothing.

Lot of money
for a guy pulling in

40 grand a year.

Mm-hmm.

What do you think of that, Maia?

I think we'll have
to get back to you.

Okay.

In the next, uh, two hours,

or we go back to court,
and destroy you.

Ms. Stevens.

Yeah.
I have an answer
for you now.

Oh. Great.

My hair stylist's number.

Well?

We got a decision to make.

No. It's not enough money
for us to take.

It's not your decision.
It's the client's.

No. It's a decision
for the whole class:

all 24 clients.

The algorithm says we stay in.

This is crazy.

You can't have them
decide what we do.

They're paying the bills, Lucca.

Yes, but Frank needs the money.

If we pass on this,
he could get nothing.

Or he could get
a whole lot more.

Let's just wait and see.

I just have one last
question for you, Frank.

Why did you confess?

If you didn't do it,
then why would you confess?

He made it seem
like it was the only way out.

He he had a DVD of me doing it.

And if you knew there
was nothing on that DVD,

then why would you confess?

I felt helpless.

I was exhausted.

He had me convinced that
I just repressed the memory.

He said he had
a witness who swore

that I was down at a flea
market, selling the shoes.

Were you?
No. But he said
he was gonna give

all this to the cops if I didn't
come clean to the company.

Come clean, meaning?

Sign this statement
that he wrote up.

And so you signed it?
Yes. He said
that I could keep my job,

he said that the questioning
would be over.

He said that I would still be
on management track.

Did you know
that Benji gets a bonus

for every employee
he gets to confess?

Objection. No foundation.

Uh, that is definitely
sustained.

Okay, um, I think

I'm ready to rule
on this motion.

Uh, Your Honor,

I'd like to cross-examine.

This is not a full trial.

This is merely
a motion to dismiss.

Yeah, I know, but this
information just came

into our hands. We were hoping
to use it at trial,

but we think we can save the
court a lot of time and money

if we could ask it now.

I... am enticed.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Mr. Gwinn,
where did you work before BMI?

Various places.
I worked as a temp.

And was one these places
Tolleson Accounting?

Yes.
You had a clerical job there?

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh...
I'll take that as a yes.

And were you asked to leave?

I didn't do it.

Yeah. I think you know
what's coming, Frank.

There was a petty cash
situation,

several hundred dollars?

And were you accused
of taking it?

I told them I didn't take it.

But you agreed to leave

if they didn't call the cops?

Objection,
there is no record of this.

Our investigators
questioned this business.

Yes, because the manager
at the time

talked only to our investigator,

and signed this affidavit.

I didn't do it.
In it, he swears
that Frank took the money,

then when he was caught,
promised to return it

if they kept the theft secret.

That's a lie!

That's a complete and total lie.

Okay. That is information

I will take into consideration.

Does the defendant have
any more questions?

Nothing more, Your Honor.

Unless the plaintiff
has anything more,

I will rule on this motion.

I hate losing.

It was a good effort.

Does this impact the class?

Yes, unfortunately.

The litigation financiers
dropped out.

I thought he was telling
the truth.

Well, maybe he was.

About the running shoes.

You know, people can lie
and still be telling the truth.

Nobody's a hundred percent
of any one thing.

My mom lied about her cancer.

It was a scare.

It wasn't real.

She just wanted to see me.

She's lonely.

People get desperate
when they're lonely.

You should go see her.

Mom?

Mom?

Maia, what are you doing?

I wanted to see how you were.

Good.

I was just going to bed.

What's wrong?

Why don't we have breakfast
tomorrow?

Whose car is that outside?

Just the painters were here
yesterday. They left one.

Where's the tea, Lenore?

It's not a good time.

Hi, Uncle Jax.

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