The Lincoln Lawyer (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - The Magic Bullet Redux - full transcript

How do you bribe a juror
months before there's a jury panel?

I don't know who he is
or anything about him.

All I know is he's bought and paid for.

"Judge Stanton, juror number seven is not
who you think he is or who he says he is."

- No idea who it's from.
- Did we get him when he came in?

Juror number seven
didn't show up this morning.

Maybe juror number seven's dead.

Did you think of that?
Maybe you and I are next.

But Trevor Elliott
had gunshot residue on his hands.

[Mickey] I have a plan.

Call Tony Walsh,
invite him to this fundraiser.



It's the internal audit
from the crime lab,

They copied to my discovery by mistake.

Now, there was a woman, Sonia Patel,
an old friend of Lara Elliott.

- I'll find her.
- [Mickey] I'll take care of that.

Nothing out of the ordinary on his GPS,
except for one place, a casino.

Jerry like to gamble much?

This is the security footage

from outside the casino
that Jerry Vincent kept going to.

[Mickey] Who's the other guy?
What papers did he hand over?

- Tanya plays dumb...
- She's ready to go after Soto.

Good. So am I.

I drove him to a flower shop.

[voice shaking] The next day,
my friend was gone.

Alvin Aquino. BNG ink, on parole for
attempted murder. Guess where he works?



[Maggie] Namayan Flowers.

You had to take that plea
because our star witness went missing.

I really need your help
finding Glory Days again.

- Everything all right?
- [Izzy] It's my ex.

She posted photos partying
with some people we used to tour with,

which means she's using again.

Jerry had something,
which means there's something to have.

And if he can find it,
I can fucking find it.

[bell dings]

[door opens]

[footsteps approaching]

You better make this worth my while.

I don't do mornings.

I'm sorry, I'm still in trial.

It was the only time I had
and please, help yourself.

I found Glory Days.

How?

My extensive surveillance network.

I know a girl, who knows a girl,

runs one of those
Girlfriend Experience operations.

You asked me
what I'd do if I had to lay low?

I'd do that.

That's what Glory is doing. Out of Vegas.

You have an address?

No. No phone number neither,

but I did find out
she comes back to LA every so often,

see some of her regulars.

And?

This is one of her best clients.

When he calls, she comes to town.

- Thanks.
- Pleasure as always.

Now, if we're done here,
girl's gotta get her sleep.

Hey, Cherry,
take care of yourself, all right?

Always.

[opening theme music playing]

[Lorna] Now, back to the right.

No, that's too far.

To the left.

Left.

Everybody's got an opinion, huh?

Yeah.

[cell phone ringing]

You're so smart.

Yeah?

Can you meet me at court in 30 minutes?
I've got something for you.

No problem. You ready for today?

I've got the report Tony Walsh gave me.
That should handle the gunshot residue.

Beyond that…

You find more
about the guy at that casino with Jerry?

Nope.

And LAPD hit a wall, too,

but it's gotta mean something, right?

I don't know.
And I'm out of time to be chasing ghosts.

Good luck.

[judge] Are the People ready to proceed?

[Golantz] The People call Sonia Patel.

- What's going on?
- Nothing we weren't expecting.

Objection. Sidebar, Your Honor?

What's the problem, Counsel?

Problem is that this witness
is not on the prosecution's list.

As Counsel is aware,

the witness recently
came to light via an article in the press.

Mr. Haller spoke with her before I did.
He can't claim to be blindsided.

That's how I know the witness has
no information about the murders.

She had a front-row seat

to the relationship
of the defendant and wife.

Yeah, ten years ago.

Sounds like something
you can bring out on cross.

You can have
a standing objection, Mr. Haller.

If the witness
has nothing of evidentiary value,

I'll strike her testimony
and instruct the jury to disregard.

Call your witness.

[Golantz] Miss Patel,

what was your relationship
with the defendant and his late wife?

Lara and I were friends.
We worked together at Chaos Games.

She and Trevor
were already dating by then.

[Golantz] Did the three of you
spend time together?

Quite a bit. [chuckles]

I was basically
the third wheel for a while.

Then what happened?

Eventually, Trevor cut me off.

He cut everyone off from Lara, one by one.

- Objection, Your Honor.
- [judge] Sustained.

This is a fact witness.

Jury will disregard
anything that's her opinion.

Miss Patel,

did Lara Elliott confide in you
about her relationship with her husband?

Yes. She told me
more than once that she felt like…

Like he had taken over her life.

How so?

Lara was the best coder I ever knew.

She could solve problems
none of the rest of us could crack.

She should've been a superstar.

Instead, Trevor put her
in his shadow and kept her there.

Objection.

[judge] Sustained.

First-hand observations only, Counsel.

[clears throat]

What specifically did you witness
Mr. Elliott do to isolate his wife?

For one, he encouraged her to quit
her job to start Parallax with him.

But in fairness, Parallax has been
very successful, hasn't it?

Yes, but Parallax
has always been all about Trevor.

Lara might have enjoyed
the money, but it was Trevor's baby.

[Golantz] I see.

And did this all
impact your relationship with Lara?

Absolutely.

We were part
of the same circle of friends.

Overnight, she suddenly ghosted all of us.

When did you last hear from her?

A few days before she died.

She…

She reached out to ask me to lunch.

I was surprised,
I hadn't talked to her in years.

We were supposed to meet
the day after she was murdered.

[Golantz] Miss Patel,

do you know
why Lara Elliott reached out to you?

No.

She just said she had something
to tell me and needed to do it in person.

She wanted to meet sooner,
but I had a project to finish up at work.

I've regretted that ever since.

No further questions.

You've got this, right?

Get your hands off me,
Trevor, the jury's watching.

When was the last time
you spoke to my client?

I don't know. It's been years.

Okay. When was
the last time you contacted him?

I don't understand.

Isn't it a fact
that you sent Mr. Elliott an email

just after his wife reached out to you?

Yes, but I never heard back.

In that email,
didn't you propose to have lunch with him?

I threw it out there.
I thought maybe we could bury the hatchet.

Isn't it true
that you've emailed Mr. Elliott

over 20 times in the last five years?

Emails to which he has rarely responded?

I suppose. It's called networking.

So, even though you felt like
Mr. Elliott was controlling Lara's life,

you still tried to use
your relationship for personal gain?

Objection.

I'll rephrase.

You hoped Trevor
could help you in your career?

- No.
- [Mickey] No?

How long has it been
since you were promoted at Chaos Games?

Relevance, Your Honor.

It goes directly to her motivation

for contacting
and testifying against my client.

Overruled.

So?

It's been a few years, I guess.

Six, to be exact.

You were hoping Trevor would give you
a fresh start at Parallax, weren't you?

It wasn't like that.

Everyone's always on the lookout
for the next opportunity, but I...

Trevor never offered you that opportunity?

Not in terms of a job. No.

Well, you must have
resented him terribly for that.

- Objection.
- No further questions.

We knew they'd move to dismiss.
We're just working on a way to counter.

Without your witness, Soto walks.

We believe we've identified
the shooter who killed my witness.

We just need the contents of his phone.
It may link him to Soto.

Maggie, you're out of time.
And frankly, you're too close to this.

He had a little girl, Janelle.

She lost her father
because I pressured him to testify.

You did your job,
it didn't work out. It happens.

Negative attention
that would accompany a loss...

Wait. So this is about press?

This is about
the next iteration of this office.

The old saying. "Before you can
do any good, you gotta get elected first."

Whatever you have,
nail it down this week, otherwise…

So?

End of the week. It'll take a month
to subpoena Alvin's phone carrier.

He's on parole, be easy to get a warrant.

We can't serve him a warrant.
It'll tip Soto off.

Maybe there's a way to get
his phone without tipping anybody off.

Like what?

Give me a day.

I'm Eric Loomis.

I work as a forensic technician
for LA County crime laboratory.

[Golantz] What role were you asked
to play in this investigation?

I was asked
to conduct tests for gunshot residue,

or as we call it, GSR, on the defendant.

And what did you conclude?

That Mr. Elliott had large amounts
of GSR on his hands and clothes.

I see.

Mr. Loomis, are there ever
any false positives for GSR?

There can be,
generally due to transference.

- Transference?
- [Loomis] Yes.

Say, for instance,
you're in a police station.

There might be stray particles
of GSR in an interview room

if a detective had been
at the shooting range, but trace amounts.

Nothing like this.

Mr. Elliott's hands and clothes
were covered in GSR.

So, given the amount of GSR
you found on the defendant,

you were able to dismiss the possibility
this could've been a false positive.

That's correct.

[sighs]

[groans]

Sir, that's a Gervasoni.

You know, I got to admit,
I prefer the Maxalto.

Superior wood working.

Is there something I can help you with?

Maybe.

Does the name Glory Days ring a bell?

I beg your pardon?

She's a, uh…

How can I put it delicately?

…practitioner
of the world's oldest profession.

- Mind you, I make no judgments.
- I have no idea what you're talking about.

- But I have to ask you to leave.
- No problem, Raj.

I'll just head over to your house,
see if your wife knows anything about it

or your mother-in-law.
She lives with you too, right?

It should be enlightening.

[humming]

Three, two, one.

Okay. What do you want? Money?

Relax, Raj.

You keep on fleecing the 1%.
I just need a little bit of your help.

- With what?
- [Cisco] Make a date.

Bring Glory Days back to town,

and your little secret
is between you, me, the Gervasoni.

During your time at the County crime lab,

how many cases
would you say you've handled?

I'd say hundreds.

Was one of those cases
called People vs. Oswaldo Ruiz?

[laughs]

- Yes, but...
- Objection. Relevance?

It goes to the competence
of the witness, Your Honor.

Overruled.

Mr. Loomis, isn't it true
that the judge in the Ruiz case

threw out your entire report?

That was one case.
Like I said, I've worked hundreds.

I'd like to enter
defense exhibit A, Your Honor.

Sidebar, please, Your Honor?

The People haven't been
given this document in discovery.

Newly discovered evidence, Your Honor.
An anonymous whistleblower.

Anonymous? Seriously?
There's no chain of custody.

How do we know it's legitimate?

Gee. I don't know, maybe I'll
ask the witness to verify it.

Okay, stop it.

You both
are throwing elbows with discovery.

My tolerance is not infinite,

but I'll allow Mr. Haller
to show the witness the exhibit.

[Mickey] Thank you, Your Honor.

Is this a copy
of the report you filed in the Ruiz case?

The one that was thrown out by the court?

- Yeah.
- And why was it thrown out?

[Loomis] The defendant
had elements of GSR in his hands,

but I failed to consider
he could've been exposed to them

because of his work
as an industrial engineer.

So, right before this case,
you filed a report that was so flawed,

it was thrown out

and now you want this jury
to accept your expert opinion?

Well, it's not just my opinion.

I'm sorry?

This is professionally humiliating,

but my supervisor, Dr. Tan,

has been double-checking
all of my work since the Ruiz case.

That's why her initials
are at the bottom of my report.

Her initials?

- Approach, Your Honor?
- Now what?

My copy of the witness report
has no initials on it.

It's true.
No initials on the defense's copy.

It's simply a bad photocopy.
See where it's cut off at the bottom.

There's just
the top of the initials there.

Sorry, but we DAs don't have the resources
high-priced defense attorneys have.

Are you representing to me as an officer
of the court, this an honest mistake?

Absolutely, Your Honor.
I didn't know about the Ruiz case,

so I would have no reason
to obscure the supervisor's initials.

My apologies
to the court and to Mr. Haller.

Your Honor, the jury...

Mr. Haller, if you'd taken
the continuance the court had offered,

perhaps you would've had time
to properly examine the document.

The evidence stands.

If you have any further questions
for this witness, ask.

Otherwise, it's almost 4:30.

"Nothing we weren't expecting."

Were you expecting that?

I told you we needed a continuance.

You know full well
why that was impossible.

This is my life, Mickey, and yours.

The GSR is the most damning
evidence they have against you,

you can't explain how it got there.

I don't know.

I reached down to touch my wife's body

to see if there was
any chance she was still alive.

Maybe that's how it got on my hands.

The man said you were covered in it.

It wasn't from firing a gun, Mickey.

We had this case won
and you threw it away.

No, that wasn't me.

Fuck that. Of course, it was.

Now look where we are.

I wish Jerry was still my attorney
'cause at least he had a fucking plan.

[Izzy] Heading home?

The office.

You can leave the car and go.
It's gonna be a long night.

Copy that.

[Mickey] We missed you
last night at the meeting.

You went?

My ex is in town,
doing a show. We had dinner.

Oh, yeah? How did that go?

[Izzy] Amazing.

Awful.

Sometimes both at once.

But honestly, though,
better than I would've thought.

That's good, then, right?

Yeah.

[device beeping]

[dog barking]

Okay, Mr. Geary,
that is enough for tonight.

[Cisco] Hmm.

What's "hmm"?

Mickey told me
he was back working for the Road Saints,

but there's no retainer.

- [Lorna] You're going over the books?
- I'm curious.

It's unlike Mickey
not to get his money in advance.

Maybe they paid in cash
and it just hasn't shown up yet.

Yeah. Maybe.

- Cisco...
- [door opens]

What?

- Nothing.
- Nothing.

[door closes]

Let's not bother him with this
until after the Elliott trial, okay?

Hey.

We're gonna head out.

Unless you need anything.

I left you some food in the refrigerator.

Quinoa salad with beets.

It's brain food, you eat too much meat.

Do I?

I'm missing something, Lorna.

I've been
missing something since I got this case.

Now, I have no time.

Eli Wyms.

What about him?

[Lorna] The guy fires off
an arsenal at a bunch of cops.

And you got him a plea deal
for illegal discharge of a firearm.

That is crazy good.

What are you saying, Lorna?

I am saying

that you are Mickey fucking Haller.

You got this.

Okay?

[door opens]

[door closes]

[sighs]

[Mickey] I think better on the road.

[Izzy] So you've said.

One of the things about this job
is you can't just look at something once.

You keep looking until you understand
every possible thing it could mean.

Being in motion
helps me do that. I don't know why.

To see what's right in front of you
is a constant struggle.

Is that George Orwell?

[Izzy] Mmm-mmm. My grandmother.

Though now that you mention it…

[Mickey] I had this client once,
she was a burglar. Not just any burglar.

She was a safe cracker.
She used to tell me about it.

The rush she got
when she solved the last digit

and the gears started to move.

Finding out
what was inside the safe was secondary.

'Cause the jobs weren't about the money.

They were about that magic moment
when the gears click into place.

I never cracked a safe.

But I know all about that moment.

I found it. Jerry's magic bullet.

I get it now, all of it. I get it.
And I need you two to help me fire it.

Did you sleep here?

Never mind.
The ballistics expert. What's her name?

Dr. Arslanian. I sent her the file.

But nothing she could say
would contradict the State's case.

Don't worry.
Get her to court. I'll deal with it.

Remember the guy from the video?
I know who he is. Bring him, too.

All right, come on, let's go.

Good. Come on.

[Mickey] Mr. Muniz,
what do you do for a living?

I'm a freelance videographer.

Videographer of what?

I monitor the police scanners
for high-profile crimes.

Then I go shoot video
of the crime scenes and sell it to media.

And did you shoot
any video relating to Trevor Elliott?

I did.

The defense would like to mark exhibit B.

I shot for over an hour.

But it's Mr. Elliott sitting
in the back of a patrol car

until homicide detectives arrive.

Was that the only video
you shot in Malibu that day?

Well, that day, yes,
but I was also in Malibu the night before.

- Why was that?
- Objection. What possible relevance?

All will be revealed
in the fullness of time.

Keep the fishing brief.

There was an incident
around 2:00 a.m. up in Topanga State Park.

A guy shot off rounds
at some Sheriff's deputies.

Is that footage on here, too?

Yes, sir.

Objection, Your Honor. Again, relevance?

This other footage
wasn't turned over in discovery.

It was, actually.

The entire contents of the footage
was put into evidence, Your Honor.

It's not my fault
you didn't watch the whole thing.

Get where you going.

Almost there, Judge.

You heard over your scanner
about a shooting in Topanga State Park?

Yes.

Recall the shooter's name?

Uh, I believe it was Eli Wyms.

He was a sniper in the Marines, I heard.

Indeed, he was. Thank you, Mr. Muniz.

No further questions, Your Honor.

[scoffs]

Mr. Muniz, I'm sorry,
but I'm just trying to connect the dots

on how this has anything to do

with the murders
of Lara Elliott and Jan Rilz.

Were any of the same deputies involved
in the arrest of Mr. Wyms and Mr. Elliott?

I don't think so.

The two incidents
took place about 12 hours apart.

So, are you aware

of any connection at all
between these two crimes?

No, sir. I just shot footage of both.

[inhales]

Busy day for Malibu. [exhales]

Oh.

No further questions.

What the hell was that about?

[cell phone buzzes]

[inaudible]

Mr. Aquino, I need you
to step out now so I can search you.

Is there a problem, Officer?

We ran your license,
came back you're on parole.

That gives us the right to search
you and your vehicle for contraband.

Step out of the vehicle.
Put your hands on your head.

This is some bullshit.

Focus on doing
what we tell you to do, sir.

I'm telling you, I didn't do nothing.

[officer] Then you'll be
on your way in no time.

I can only buy you ten minutes.

Cisco's about 15 minutes out.

- All right.
- You sure this is gonna work?

[Mickey] We're about to find out.

All right, just fix that.

[bailiff] All rise.

Be seated.

Mr. Haller, ready with your next witness?

Yeah, actually, Your Honor.
I was just, uh…

- [door opens]
- I, uh…

Can I have just one moment
to confer with a member of my staff?

- Quickly.
- Thank you, Your Honor.

[whispering]

[whispering] Thanks, man.

Thank you, Your Honor.

The defense
calls Dennis Byrne to the stand.

Objection. Sidebar?

This witness
was not on the defense's list.

That's because
I just learned his name a few seconds ago.

Putting on a witness
you've never spoken to?

I know who he is.

This isn't the first time somebody's
put on a witness that wasn't on the list.

I haven't had time to prepare
for questioning this witness.

That makes two of us.
We're in the same boat here.

What's good for the goose, Mr. Golantz.

- But this is it, Mr. Haller.
- Thank you, Your Honor.

Can you please tell the jury
what you do for a living, Mr. Byrne?

I work as a mechanic
for the LA County Sheriff's Office.

- So, you maintain police cars?
- Yes.

[Mickey] Those vehicles
got a lot of mileage.

Must be a busy job.

[Dennis] Some of them
are in use for three shifts a day.

So yeah, keeping 'em
up and running keeps us pretty busy.

[Mickey] Mr. Byrne,
I'd like to draw your attention

back to the early morning
of September 6th.

There was an incident
in Topanga State Park.

A drunk ex-Marine
shot at some Sheriff's deputies,

do you recall any of that?

[Dennis] Yeah, I remember it.

One of the SUVs
had its spotlight shot out.

I brought the records with me.

Objection. Relevance.

Again, nobody is accusing
Trevor Elliott of firing at a police car.

Get to the point, Mr. Haller.

This is Mr. Wyms' arrest.

Is that the same vehicle,
the one brought to you to be repaired?

Yeah. You can see the shot out spotlight.

How much time
did you have to repair that vehicle?

An hour.
We needed to get it back on the street.

I see.

Do you normally
clean the cars that are brought to you?

Exterior? Interior?

Normally, but not this one.
Like I said, we only had an hour.

All we could do
was repair the light and fill it with gas.

Thank you. No further questions.

I have no questions
for this witness. [scoffs]

Witness is excused.

Anyone else, Mr. Haller?

Yes, Your Honor, the defense
calls Dr. Myriam Arslanian to the stand.

[Mickey] Dr. Arslanian,
can you please tell the jury

your area of expertise and credentials?

I am a forensic scientist.

I have a BA from Harvard in engineering
and a master's degree and PhD from MIT.

Wow. Is that it?

[audience laughs]

Actually, while I was at Harvard,

I also got a bachelor's degree
from Berklee College of Music.

- I went to both at the same time.
- You have a music degree, too?

I like to sing.

Ah.

Your focus
in forensic science includes ballistics?

It does.

It's our lucky day

because I have a report
from the County crime lab

asserting that my client, Trevor Elliott,

had a large amount
of gunshot residue on his hands.

- Are you familiar with this?
- Yes, I've reviewed it.

- What is your assessment of it?
- Oh. I agree with it. Absolutely.

So, you agree that my client
had a large amount of gunshot residue

on his hands and his clothes?

A massive amount, actually.

Much more than you'd normally have
from just firing a gun once or twice.

Is there any way that Mr. Elliott

could have gotten
that much gunshot residue on his hands

without actually firing a gun?

Only through what we call transference.

Transference?

I believe
the People's expert mentioned that.

Can you elaborate?

If you're exposed to something,

you can pick it up
on your hands or clothes,

but given
the amount of residue on Mr. Elliott,

he would have to have been exposed
to a truly overwhelming amount of GSR.

Dr. Arslanian,
I'd like you to take a look at this video.

Do you see a man
being loaded into a Sheriff's vehicle?

Yes.

[Mickey] We established
that this man's name is Eli Wyms

and that he fired
over 90 rounds of ammunition that night.

He was then loaded
into the back of this patrol vehicle

and driven to the County jail.

Your Honor, I must object.

I don't think so, Mr. Golantz.

Overruled.

[Mickey] Dr. Arslanian,
in a situation like I just described,

how much gunshot residue

would be transferred
into the backseat of that patrol car?

If someone fired 90 rounds of ammunition,

the amount of gunshot residue
would be off the charts.

Objection. Speculation.

Overruled.

Can you please read the number
on the top of that patrol vehicle,

the one with the spotlight shot out?

Mmm-hmm. It says 112.

112.

This is my client, Trevor Elliott,

being loaded into the back
of a Sheriff's vehicle 12 hours later.

Can you read the number
on the top of that vehicle?

It's 112.

[Mickey] We established
that this vehicle was not cleaned

between the time Mr. Wyms rode in it
and the time Mr. Elliott was placed in it.

So, Dr. Arslanian, in your opinion,
could that account for the gunshot residue

on my client's hands?

In my opinion,
given the staggering amount of GSR,

it's the only thing
that could account for it.

[murmuring]

[Izzy] What's it like, that moment?

[Mickey] What moment?

The moment when you know you've won.

You never really know for sure.

Sometimes,
it's not enough just to create doubt.

If your client is the hero of the story,

sometimes you gotta
give the jury a villain, too.

Let's bring this home.

[Mickey] Hello again, Detective Kinder.

Counsel.

Last time you were here,

I asked you
about a man named Anton Shavar.

Do you recall?

Yes.

[Mickey] I said
there was evidence Mr. Shavar

threatened Jan Rilz
for having an affair with his wife.

You told the court
you knew nothing about this, correct?

That's correct.

You know anything more
as you sit here today?

I know that
no restraining order was ever granted.

But you do know one was filed
by Mr. Rilz against Mr. Shavar.

I'm now aware of that, yes.

Now tell me something, Detective,
if you discover that a murder victim

had filed for a restraining order
because someone threatened to kill him,

wouldn't that be a strong lead
you would normally investigate?

[Kinder] Of course it would.

But as I already testified,
we weren't aware of Mr. Shavar until now.

Does that mean
you still haven't questioned Mr. Shavar?

Correct.

Oh. No further questions.

Did looking into Anton Shavar

change your opinion
as to the defendant's guilt?

No, it did not.

And why is that?

For one thing,
we looked into Mr. Shavar's whereabouts.

Turns out, he was in Miami on business
during the time of the murders.

Thank you. Nothing further.
Your Honor, may we approach?

[judge] Mmm-hmm.

At this rate,

- I should start charging you both rent.
- [audience laughs]

It is obvious where this is going.
Mr. Haller intends to call Mr. Shavar

to paint him as a straw man.

Now you're reading my mind.

If they wanted
to make this third-party culpability,

they should've filed for it,
court would've held a hearing.

They're trying to slip it
through the back door.

If the police
had run a thorough investigation,

I'm sure Jerry Vincent

would've filed
a third-party motion months ago.

People move
to suppress any third-party defense,

both on procedural
and substantive grounds.

I blew up your case.

A case that was built
on exactly the same foundation as this,

a husband scorned.

The core of our entire defense

has always been
that the police got tunnel vision.

They got their man, they stopped looking.

[inhales deeply]

Call your witness.

[Mickey] Please state your name.

Anton Shavar.

[Mickey] What do you do, Mr. Shavar?

I run a private security
and intelligence firm.

That's an interesting job.

How did you get into that?

I have a background
in intelligence in Israel.

So you were in the Mossad?

I did not say that.

But I need you to answer the question.
Were you in the Mossad?

An organization known
to carry out targeted assassinations.

- Objection!
- Your Honor, if I may?

Who are you?

I'm Mr. Shavar's counsel.

Mr. Shavar's past employment in Israel,

whatever it may be,
has no bearing on this case.

It could jeopardize the national security
of one of this country's closest allies.

It's all right. I'll take that as a yes.

Move to strike.

Granted. The jury
will disregard Mr. Haller's last remark.

Very well, let's move on.
What was your relationship with Jan Rilz?

I didn't have one.
We only met that one time.

When you threatened to kill him?

I didn't threaten to kill him.
I told him to stay away from my wife.

Because you learned

that he was having
an affair with your wife?

Now my ex-wife, but yes.

I apologize. Now your ex-wife.

Did learning
about her affair with Mr. Rilz

play any role in your divorce?

- What the hell do you think?
- Mr. Shavar.

Apologies, Your Honor.

This is not a pleasant experience
talking about the worst thing in my life

to a room full of strangers.

Yes. My wife's infidelity
played a role in our divorce.

How did you learn about the affair?

A husband knows.

You had her followed?

- Yes.
- By employees of your company?

I pay them for their time.

And after they confirmed
that your wife was cheating,

you went to confront
Jan Rilz at his yoga studio?

To tell him to stay away.

[Mickey] All you said was "Stay away"?

That's enough to get a man to apply
for a restraining order against you?

I was angry.
I imagine I used some strong language.

But I was in Miami on the day
Mr. Rilz was murdered. You know this.

I also know
your employees trailed your ex-wife.

- Were they in Mossad?
- Objection, Your Honor.

On what basis? Too much relevance?

Sustained. Careful, Mr. Haller.

How many of your employees
are licensed to carry a gun?

All of them, naturally.

We provide high-level security,

but that doesn't make me a violent man.

So you're not a violent man?

No. I'm a careful man.

Right. Your Honor, the defense
would like to enter defense exhibit G.

Funny. I must not have that one.

It's impeachment evidence, Your Honor.

Mr. Shavar
testified that he's not a violent man.

I have a video
that directly impeaches that.

Thank you.

You come near me or my family again,
I'll break you like a toy.

[Cisco] Is that a gun?

[Shavar] You don't wanna find out.

Stay the fuck away from my wife!

So you didn't just confront Mr. Rilz,
you confronted my investigator as well.

I was simply making a point.

- By threatening to kill him?
- Objection!

Withdrawn.
No further questions, Your Honor.

I have two questions for you, Mr. Shavar.

Did you kill Jan Rilz?

Of course not.

Did you instruct any of your staff
or anyone to kill Jan Rilz?

Absolutely not.

Thank you.

[elevator dings]

[sighs]

You know for a fact
I had nothing to do with this.

The things I know for a fact

are things
that happen in front of my face.

I have a reputation, a business.

I have people who work for me,

who rely on my good name
to keep them employed.

Did you think about any of that

before you decided
to drag that name through the mud?

All I did
was ask you some questions, Mr. Shavar.

Lawyers, you're all the fucking same.

[elevator dings]

[Lankford] Good news is,
from the GPS on his phone,

we were able to track down Aquino
to within quarter mile of the murder site

ten minutes before it happened.

But?

At that point, he either turned off
his phone or the battery died.

We don't have a signal after that.

Sounds like a man with something to hide.

It's circumstantial.
But yeah, guy's our shooter.

He's gotta be.

Can I ask you something?
What did they pull him over for?

Busted tail light, I think.

How'd it get busted?

How the hell would I know?

Spent my rookie years in South LA.

Some cops,
they wanna search a gangbanger's car,

they got all kinds of tricks.

You're accusing me of something?

Did politics finally get into you?

No, just need this to be airtight.

Bottom line, it doesn't matter.

There's not enough
on the phone to nail down Aquino.

We gotta go old school,
we gotta get him to turn on Soto.

[chuckles] I don't know how to thank you.

Well, you paid me.
That's a pretty good start.

I'm sorry for what I said,
about wishing Jerry was still my lawyer.

He was a good attorney.

But you…

I appreciate that, Trevor.

And it's okay.
You're under a lot of pressure.

The good news is,
today I think we got to reasonable doubt.

We gave the jury somebody else
to blame. That's all we needed to do.

I agree. Almost all.

What do you mean?

I told you. I need to win
in the court of public opinion, too.

And I told you
that no lawyer can give you that.

Of course, only I can do that.

That's why I need to testify.

Trevor, what are you talking about?

We won.

Your investors
are gonna get what they want.

Yeah, but I won't.
Not if I don't clear my name.

Trevor, listen, don't do this, all right?

- He will...
- [cell phone chimes]

- What are you doing?
- I have to go.

Go? Go where?

We'll discuss this tomorrow.

Terrell?

It's Mickey Haller. I need your help.

[pop music playing]

- My man.
- What up, Terrell?

This is the guy I was telling you about.
He gotta pop backstage for a second.

This is for you.

Damn.

- Come on.
- I owe you one.

We're cool.

I told you, Mickey Haller,
anytime you need me, I'm there.

What happened, Izzy?

She asked me to get high with her.

I came within a millimeter of saying yes.

[sighs]

That's still
on the right side of the line.

Come on, let's go. Come on.

[melancholic song playing]