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Who's that?
He looks familiar.

That is Armie Hammer.

- He starred in Lone Ranger.
- How old is he?

No, not the old one.

This was a remake
just a few years ago.

What was his issue?
Cannibalism, allegedly.

Bite play, stuff like that.

So how was he canceled?

He got dropped from
movies, from the stage.

- His agents dropped him.
- What are we talking about?

- You're late.
- Sorry. I had paperwork.

Well, you just have to listen
and catch up, won't you?

God, are you in a bad mood?

Nope, I just know you're
gonna disagree with me.

Oh, no. Are you serious?
What?

You're gonna clear these guys?

No, they're-they're
not all just guys.

Really? Where are the women?

I got one right here.

I spotted one... Yep,
Henrietta Michaels,

former Professor
at Northwestern.

She was fired for using a word

which was misunderstood
by her students.

She wants to defend
herself on TV

so she can get her job back.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That sounds like good TV.

So four dozen guys accused
of rape and harassment,

- and one woman.
- Oh, come on, Marissa.

People are getting
canceled without a trial,

no evidence presented
against them.

- Because they did it.
- Maybe they did,

maybe they didn't.

Or maybe it's more nuanced.

Oh, my God, you sound
like that Canadian guy.

The one who wrote the
book about that thing.

If I knew what that meant,
maybe I'd be offended.

You want to play
cancel-culture cop.

No. I want to play judge.

- Oh, my God.
- Think about it.

There are lots of reasons these
accusations never go to trial.

The victims finally get
to accuse the victimizer

face to face.

- What if they don't want to?
- That's their choice.

And the victimizer gets
the court to himself?

To say whatever
bullshit he wants.

This is a bad joke.

- You're undercutting MeToo.
- No, no,

- no, we're giving MeToo teeth.
That's right.

If it relies on mob rule,
it'll exhaust itself.

Okay. All right.
Mom, Dad, please.

I hate when you fight.
Let's get back to work.

Who's up first?

- Who's this guy?
- Oh, uh. Joey Battle.

- Stand-up.
- Oh, God, you mean Louis C.K. Two.

- What'd he do?
He masturbated

in front of two women
in a green room.

To be fair, he did ask
for permission first.

Seriously? If he did, he
didn't wait for a "yes."

But he did not assault anyone.

Oh. Are we really
setting the bar that low?

Let's compromise. We'll do both.

- Both?
- Yeah, this guy and, uh, Marissa's idea.

The academic, uh,
Henrietta what's-her-name.

Henrietta Michaels.
- That wasn't my idea.

- When can we start?
You really think

- there's time to do both?
We'll make the time.

- Let's just schedule it.

That's my time, guys.

Thank you very much.

June, you were great.

The drinks are watered down,
so I know you're not drunk.

No. You're funny.

It's just this club sucks.

Is this about Joey Battle?

How'd you know?

Reporters are the only ones
who approach me nowadays.

I'm not a reporter.

The last time I spoke
out about Joey Battle,

this happened to me.

I mean, I was on my way
to a serious career,

and that scumbag derailed me.

Not just off the tracks,
like buried under them.

By testifying, you'd
get the truth out.

Did you say "truth"?

I thought we were talking
about a reality TV show.

Millions of people could see it.

I mean, I don't even
know the whole truth.

When the story about
Joey was about to break,

he reached out to
me on Facebook.

And you know what he said?

He said, "I'm sorry for
shoving you into a closet."

He shoved you into a closet?

No, with me, he just
jacked off into a plant.

I can't help but think, though,
"who did he shove into a closet

and what happened to her?"

So you should
testify against him.

- Bring that out.
- This is just another way for Battle

to get his career back. I'm
not participating in that.

What if it wasn't?

What if he was actually
confronted with his crime?

It'll never happen.

People like Battle win.

People like me lose.

But, you know what? This
is my consolation prize.

His Wikipedia page.

He's no longer the
comedian saint.

Now he's Mr. Masturbater
in the greenroom.

Who's defending Battle?

The comedian? David is.

David Cord. Why?

He's a lawyer.

My guess is he wants to make
an issue of cancel culture.

Then I want to prosecute him.

- Really?
- Yeah.

I'm gonna rip him a new one.

- David or the comedian?
- Both.

Oh, that's the spirit.

What about the other case...
The, uh, academic lady?

That's different. She
shouldn't have been fired.

No, you want to prosecute one,
you have to prosecute the other.

- Why?
- Because I'm unpredictable.

Haven't you heard?

It's about cancel culture.

- Have to explore all sides.
- I don't want to explore all sides.

Well, this isn't
about what you want.

Let's go into court.

Nobody move! Get down!
Get down on the ground!

Get down! This
party is a violation

of COVID quarantine rules!

Turn that fucking music off!

Did you see that?

Is something funny here?

What the hell's so funny?

Nobody said anything.
- Come here!

Ms. Farrow,
where was this taken?

At a friend's house party.

It was a great day until
somebody called the cops.

And the cop that
arrived was, uh,

Officer McFinley, yes?

Yes.

Get down.
Get down over here!

Ow! Hey, let me go.

- I didn't do anything wrong!
- Get down!

- Ow! Let me go.
- Get the fuck down!

- Ow! Ow, you're hurting me.
- Stay down!

- Ow!
- Get down! Stop resisting.

- Stop!

No...

What happened next?

I ran to her.

She wasn't breathing.

When the paramedics arrived,

she was dead.

You know that Antoinette's
family is suing the Chicago PD

for five million dollars?

Yes.

If it were up to me,
it'd be ten times that.

Thank you, Miss Farrow.

Miss Farrow,
I'm-I'm so sorry

for the loss of your friend.

You were good
friends, weren't you?

We were.

So you knew she had a heart
condition? Tachycardia.

- Can you tell us...
- Objection, Your Honor. That has.

- Objection. Under the eggsh...
- nothing to do with what we're...

Wait, wait, wait, wait. You're
on the same side, you two.

Your Honor, under the eggshell
doctrine, it is irrelevant

whether Antoinette
had a heart condition.

What does matter is that the
defendant caused the injury.

Your Honor, we would
argue that the stun gun

wasn't the true cause of
death. Her heart condition was.

Okay, well, good for you two.

You both got your
statements out to the jury.

Overruled. The defense
may argue causation.

- Please continue.
- Ms. Farrow,

did Antoinette's heart condition

mean she was supposed
to avoid overexertion?

She had a heart arrhythmia,
but she was careful.

That cop put 50,000
volts through her.

Right, that cop.

Let's talk about that cop.

Ms. Farrow, this is your
Instagram profile, isn't it?

- Object-Obj...
- Objection.

Okay. Give me a
hint, Counselors.

- Relevance. - This is inflammatory.
- Okay, okay.

So, what is going on over there?
Do you need separate tables?

- No, Your Honor. - Just objection.
- You must know what's coming,

because I don't. Overruled.

On Instagram, you
quote these rap lyrics,

"Fuck the cops like porn stars,

keeping us caged behind bars."

Objection, Your Honor.

It speaks to the witness' bias.

To quote rap lyrics? No.

No. That shows the
counselor's racism.

Oh, that's right, everything
you don't like is racist.

The Supreme Court ruled
that rap lyrics can be

- considered criminal evidence.
- No, they merely declined to reverse.

And you're going
one step further

to damn someone who
quotes the lyrics.

- I'm not damning.
- Okay, I'm-I'm gonna talk now.

I don't like this like this
line of reasoning, Counselor.

I have quoted Johnny Cash's song
about shooting a man in Reno.

Does that go to my
character? I hope not.

Sustained. Let's move on.

Professors expect
students to be respectful.

I don't think it's
too much to expect

that our teachers be
respectful in return.

Okay, got it.

And that irritated you?

It more than irritated me.

I-I found the word offensive.

So you decided to call Professor
Henrietta Michaels out?

Well, I just reported it.

I mean, the word is
self-explanatory.

- It's a triggering word.
- Here's the text of your tweet.

Can you read it for His Honor?

"How does Professor Michaels
think it's okay in 2021

to use a word so
similar to the N-word?"

So, at this point, I think we
need to talk about the word

itself and how we're gonna
continue to refer to it.

Our handy graphics
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Has put the word on our display.

That's the word.

I feel like a little
duck should come down.

"You say the magic word,
you collect a $100."

Sorry, millennials, you
can look that one up.

Anyway, from now on,

I think we should
refer to the word as

um...

I don't know. Thoughts?

N-word-ly?

- Inelegant, but sure.
Uh, Your Honor,

defense feels that any
euphemism for the word

in question, uh, biases
the court against

my client's honest
use of said word.

"Said word?" Seriously?

- It's powdered-wig time, my friend.
- Oh, no. Your Honor, really?

No obtuse use of
language or Latin.

You know the penalty.

Thank you, Dean.

Very becoming. Since I am

the court, I will swear to you,

I will not be
biased by said word.

"N-word-ly" it is.

Go ahead, Prosecutor.

And you found her
use of that word...

- Notice I didn't say "said word."
- Always in awe, Counselor.

You found it offensive?

Yes.

Good. I think that's it.

No more questions.

- De lege lata. That was a joke.
- I don't care.

- That's why we have two. Dean.
- No, no, no,

- that was a joke, I... No.
- Come on, Marissa.

Now, Camille, you
are aware the word...

- What is it?
- N-word-ly.

N-word-ly... you are aware
that it simply means "stingy"?

- Right?
Yes.

And that it comes from
an Old Norse word,

"nigla," meaning "poor"

- and it has the same root as the word "niggle"?
- Yes.

So, if Professor Michaels
had said the word "niggle"

- would you have felt offended?
- No.

- Why not?
- It wouldn't sound like

- the "N-word."
- So it doesn't matter

that the word in question

has no racial
connotations whatsoever?

Given how it
sounds, the word definitely

has racial connotations,

whether you're prepared to
acknowledge that or not.

But the etymology of
the word is non-racial.

I'm not an expert in etymology,

but I do know something about
people using the N-word.

Camille, before you tweeted
about Professor Michaels'

use of N-word-ly,

wasn't there something else
she did that upset you?

I'm not sure what you're talking about.
Well, you asked her twice

for an extension
on your term paper.

Yeah-huh.

And she said no.

And when you did turn
in the term paper late

anyway, what grade did you get?

- She gave me a C.
And isn't that

really the reason that you
wanted to get her fired?

No.

Can't you object or something?

- This has nothing to do with it.
- Even if she did object,

you'd still have to
answer the question.

This court is bullshit.

You want to clear her so
she can get her job back,

but she knew what she was
doing using that word.

- No, I didn't.
- Come on.

You think college is meant
to be a warm, cuddly place

- where you're not challenged.
- No,

I just don't want to spend
my day being offended.

These are the words that
make up the English language.

They exist.

They don't mean what
you think they mean.

- And that is education.
- No.

An education is living in
now, not in the 16th century.

Okay, good.
That was illuminating.

You can step down now.
Thank you, my dear.

Fuck you. You're
not even trying.

The optics matter.

Racially.

I agree.

Some of the jurors
may react to a woman

interrogating a man, period.

Well, we're both women.

That... that can't be helped.

Some of the jurors may
feel more comfortable

if, um

if I question the cop.

'Cause you're white?

Yes. I'm just speaking
pragmatically.

They may not think I have
as big a dog in the fight.

And, on the other hand,
some jurors might appreciate

that I dohave a
dog in the fight.

Okay. Well, I could
be more dispassionate.

Do we want dispassionate?

Liz, you're shoving me out
of my name partner position

- because of my race.
- I am doing nothing.

You are the one who
got our racist clients

to whine to STR Laurie about us.

Those clients bring in
a great deal of money,

and they are not racists.

Oh, are you fucking kidding me?

They have been my
clients for 15 years.

That's what it was about.

Are you saying that-that
if you were being replaced

by another white partner they
would have the same objection?

I'm saying... maybe they
worry about racial grudges.

- Oh, my God.
- I mean, what do you call

pushing me out of a-a...
of a name partnership

- that I worked for?
- That you felt entitled to.

Excuse me?

Really?

That's what you think?

Yeah.

I think that Barbara
Kolstad was shoved out

because you felt
entitled to her position.

Fine. Let's finish this case,
because here's the problem:

We can't work together
if you don't respect me.

No, we can't work together
if you use race cynically.

Oh, fine.

You cross-examine him,
because this is bullshit.

This is motherfucking bullshit.

You want to come after
me, you come after me

with an honest argument
about my lack of competence,

- my lack of worth.
- Your unworthiness...

Which you don't seem to
want to acknowledge...

Is you can't be the top
dog in a Black firm.

Wake up.

Ever shoot anybody?

No, ma'am.

Not in 11 years of service.

Other than on the occasion of
Antoinette Lacey's passing,

had you ever used your stun gun?

Never, and...

I hope to God I never do again.

Did anyone tell you

that Antoinette Lacey
had a heart condition?

No. No one did.

I just...

So, other than killing
an unarmed girl,

Object to "killed."
- you never used your stun gun?

- Yeah, Counselor, rephrase.
So, other than using

lethal force on an unarmed girl,

you only faced
disciplinary action

for violent behavior once?

I'm not sure what
you're referring to.

In February, 2019,

did Chicago PD
respond to a report

of a domestic dispute
at your house?

Objection. Your Honor,
Officer McFinley

isn't on trial for
his personal life.

No, he's on trial for
being a violent cop.

Overruled. The
witness may answer.

It wasn't...

It was an argument.

My wife...

My ex-wife...

We had a fight,

not a physical one, verbal.

- So it was just a noise disturbance?
- Yes.

- Your Honor...
- Uh, Your... Your Honor,

we would like to call
our next witness,

Officer McFinley's ex-wife,

- Vanessa McFinley.
Your Honor,

Ms. McFinley was not
on the witness list.

She doesn't need
to be. She's being used

to rebut Officer
McFinley's testimony.

- The testimony he just swore to.
- I'm sorry, just a moment,

- Ms. McFinley.
Your Honor, I know that

with your politics you lean

- to the worldview of BLM...
- No, no,

Counselor, please
don't try that.

Then we ask for a recess
to review with our client.

They can review all they want.

It's not gonna change what's
been said on the stand.

Well, still, Ms. Reddick, um

let's adjourn to
tomorrow morning.

Well, it was a good try
to get her in today.

Yeah, well, whether
we get her in today

or tomorrow, it doesn't
matter. She's a slam dunk.

Nicholas Dupont.

I represent comedians.

I want to help anyone
who's serious about comedy

and his career.

- His career but not her career?
- I... Uh, no, that's-that's not

- what I was trying to say.
- One for

- the prosecution, Dean.
No, no, wait. Now, she didn't

- let me finish my statement.
- Yes, she did, sir.

And you revealed your mindset
with a spontaneous utterance.

Continue, Madame Prosecutor.

- Miss Prosecutor.
- Miss, my apologies.

Your clients include Joey Battle.
That's right.

He's a very talented man.

One of the funniest men alive.

Did doing your best
for Joey mean silencing

June Barrow after
he victimized her?

Uh, objection to victimized.

You only get three objections
per day in my court, Mr. Cord.

You sure you want to use it now?

Uh...

Objection withdrawn.

I never silenced anyone.

I have here an affidavit from
Steve Brant at the Laugh Farm

saying you explicitly told him

to cancel June's
upcoming booking.

Eh, he hates me.
Uh-huh. And you

- apparently hate him.
- Look,

I might have called
her a loose cannon.

That's a possibilit...

Look, uh

at the time, I had no
idea there was any truth

- to the allegations about Joey.
- You didn't notice

that June's story had
uncanny similarities

to stories told by
other female comedians?

I heard a rumor that Joey
might have had an affair or two

that went sour, but...

I-I didn't understand
the allegations, exactly.

You never heard
that he had a habit

of inviting women to
his dressing room,

blocking the door,
and then masturbating

- into a potted ficus?
- Absolutely not.

So it's just a coincidence
that at your 2015 holiday party

you made a joke that
people should keep Joey

away from the Christmas tree?

I think this deserves
two slashes, Dean.

Marissa.

Use me however you want. I'm in.

- Really?
- Yes.

Oh! Thank you.

Hey.

Where was that passion
in the N-word case?

Oh, I guess I feel like
it's not the N-word.

It is.

It always is.

Witnesses heard the shooter
yell, "That's for Antoinette,"

- an apparent reference to the ongoing.
- Oh, my God.

- Civil suit against the officer.
- Diane, turn on the news.

In what is turning
into a season of...

Before two shots were
fired at close range.

The assailant is unknown
and still at large.

Many wonder whether the
ongoing brutality lawsuit

against the city had
something to do with

the patrol officer's murder.

Oh, fuck.

Jesse McFinley was a father
of four and a 15-year veteran

of the Chicago
Police Department.

Do you
guys have a minute?

Sure.

Remember how you told
me how much you hate

being Blackopedia
for white people,

explaining what is
or isn't offensive?

Yeah.

I really need to ask you if
something is or isn't offensive.

We love playing this
game with white allies.

You can ask me about
Jews any time you want.

Just go.

I'm prosecuting someone
in Wackner's court

who lost their professorship
for saying a word.

What word?

Niggardly?

As in "stingy"?

Exactly. Is the word offensive?

- No. It means stingy.
- Wait...

It's a medieval word

that no one uses in
casual conversation.

- You really think it's offensive?
- I think it's a microaggression.

And microaggressions
are like Pringles.

You never have just one.
If you mean "stingy"...

But don't you undercut
the English language

when you reduce the number
of words we can use?

Then create new ones!

That's how language develops.

- Why not do both?
- Okay.

- African Americans aren't monolithic. I get it.

- No, Carmen is just weird.
- No.

I just don't have the same
thin skin that you do.

Really? Thin? Uh-huh.

Not a Black person on earth
would ever let that word slide.

Thank you for supporting
the monolithic argument,

but I think it has
nothing to do with that.

Although I've asked
you to ignore the news,

you've probably heard by
now that Officer McFinley

- was killed last night.

Our deepest sympathies
go out to his family.

Nevertheless, uh, this
case is not against him,

it is against the Chicago PD.

We must do our best
to set aside emotions

and look only at the facts.

But first

a moment of silence

feels appropriate.

We're fucked.

Thank you for answering
our questions, Ms. McFinley.

Can you tell us about
your ex-husband's violence

and the domestic abuse call?

: He was a good man.

When he got stressed out,

it was only 'cause he
was working too hard.

He put his life on the
line every single day.

But he-he, he did hit you?

I'm so sorry, Jess.

I'm so sorry. Oh, my God.

You didn't deserve it.

Mr. McFinley's death, in
the middle of this case,

has clearly
prejudiced this jury.

Why would you think that?

Oh, come on.

Not a great argument, Counselor.

I'm going to need something
more than "Come on."

We're worried that the jury

won't base their
decision on fact.

They're gonna base it on
McFinley being violently killed.

You were never basing
this on the facts.

You were basing
this on the emotions

for that poor Black girl.

- Okay, thank you.

I'm-I'm just gonna keep
talking until somebody listens.

So, I'm just talking,
talking. Words, words, words.

I'm calling a voir dire de novo.

I know. I know.

I've never done this before.

A voir dire, mid-trial,

you can re-question
the jury in chambers.

You can ask them if
they're watching the news

and find out how
they're impacted.

And if they are impacted,
you will declare a mistrial?

I don't know what I'll do.

You can solve this,
though. You know?

You three can come up with some
kind of negotiated settlement.

That's my recommendation.

But what do I know?

Joey invited comedians to
his dressing room for drinks

after shows sometimes.

Hey, Joey.

I was excited when
he invited me.

I thought, finally, I'm
in the inner circle.

I didn't realize it would
just be me and Joey.

Can you tell us
what happened next?

He asked if he could...

Jerk off in front of me.

I thought it was a
joke, so I laughed.

But then he did it.

I just stood there.

Like it was some kind
of an initiation.

Did you tell anyone
what happened?

I told everyone,

and they all blamed me.

The men especially.

They just looked at me
like I compelled Joey

to quick masturbate.

My manager told me
to shut my mouth,

- or it would ruin my career.
- And did it?

The first gig I had as a
headliner got canceled.

Things went south after that.

Has your career ever rebounded?

Fuck no. Hmm-mm.

I'm sorry, June.

Nothing further.

Ms. Barrow,

you had a headliner gig
canceled on July 11, 2019?

- Is that right?
- Uh-huh.

I'd like to read a review
from a prior gig on July 10th.

"While June Barrow has been
described as a rising star,

"she proved tonight how
easy it is to mistake

a low-flying satellite
for a distant sun."

Ms. Barrow, your headliner gig

was canceled because
of bad reviews.

- Wasn't it?
- Comics get bad reviews all the time.

Have you read Joey Battle's?

Well, why don't you
show us your act then?

Let the court see just
how funny you are.

- Objection.

: That
sounds like a good idea.

It's irrelevant, Your Honor.

This is the wrong
venue, the wrong crowd.

You-You've gotten tons
of laughs in here.

They were spontaneous.
This is different.

Marissa, you're flailing.

You know what you
get when you flail.

I... Your Honor,
I am not flailing.

Put it on, Marissa.

Come on.

Okay, be seated.

Okay, let's hear it.
Tell us some jokes.

- I'm not really a joke comedian.
- What other kind is there?

I tell stories about the
frailty of being human.

Oh, okay. Do that.

Uh...

Ah, okay, uh...

Uh, who came up with
the term "rape fantasy"?

I mean, what was that woman
thinking? She should aim higher.

One day I'm gonna win an
Oscar and cure cancer,

- and then...

I love being a millennial.

I can wake up late and blame
everyone else for everything.

Okay, Dean.

Have a seat in the,
uh, witness box,

Juror Number Two.

So, uh, the attorneys are
gonna ask you some questions

about recent events to see
how you've been affected.

Is that okay?

You posted on Facebook
after the McFinley killing.

- Didn't you?
- I guess.

I talk to my
grandkids every day.

Mm-hmm. You wrote,

"People need to have
respect for what cops do.

A hero was gunned down."

I just think he deserves
a little respect.

The man died.

- Your Honor, we move to strike for cause.
- Objection.

This is all racial.

It is not. She wrote
in support of McFinley.

Yeah. Yeah, I'll give it to
you. Uh, juror dismissed.

Let's get the next one in here.

Thank you. Thank you.

Didn't three Black
students approach you

about not repeating
the word "N-word-ly"?

Oh, they objected to many
of the ways I taught.

And, despite that, you
used the word again,

even though you were told
it made them uncomfortable?

Objection. Unduly argumentative.

She didn't commit murder.

True, but I love a good
Socratic argument. Go for it.

You used "N-word-ly" again,
didn't you, Professor?

I took it as a teaching moment.

I-I explained
what the word meant,

and, uh, I had to use the
word in order to explain it.

Even though you
were asked to stop?

I'm an educator.

Challenging students
is my responsibility.

So you're trying to offend?

No, but I am trying
to prepare my students

for a world that won't kowtow
to their sensitivities.

So you deliberately say
things to trigger students?

School is not a place
to be comforted.

It's a place to be challenged.

Where do you draw the
line between challenged

and triggered?

I don't.

A-a-a class
shouldn't be governed

by the most fragile sensibility,

or, or it would shy away
from every difficult subject.

A history class
has to discuss rape

when talking about war crimes.

But it doesn't have
to describe it in detail.

It does if it wants the
students to sympathize,

to understand a
victim's account.

The only way to honor a victim

might be to relate
to her full account.

Okay, I get that.

But why not use
the word "stingy"

or "miserly" instead
of "N-word-ly"?

Because I like
clarity in language.

I like variety in language.

And, and-and, yes, maybe
I am pushing back a bit.

Then why not use the N-word?

Could we have one
questioner at a time?

No, answer the question.

If you want to push back, why
not use the actual N-word?

Because I'm not teaching the
Civil War or Huckleberry Finn.

And if you
were, you might?

Yes.

Juror 14.

Identifies as mixed race.

Works at a food bank.

Probably won't be
able to knock him off.

We're out of options.

We need one more juror
bumped to get our mistrial.

- I've checked. We don't have anything else.

You need to see this.

Oh, good God. What now?

We're on the news.

On? What does that mean?

Systemic racism.
White privilege.

We hear it from academics
and Hollywood celebrities

and basketball players.

By the way, how many houses
does LeBron James have?

Now add to the list Marxist
slip-and-fall lawyers

from "Raddick" /Lockhart.

You need to hear what one
of these lawyers had to say

about martyred
Chicago police officer

Jesse Patrick McFinley.

Cops have not been held
accountable for far too long,

and now the bill is due.

I made that statement
before McFinley was killed.

A cop gunned down in cold blood.

And to lawyer Diane Lockhart,

- Oh...
- "The bill's come due."

Was that not her
finger on the trigger

as much as whatever
thug held the gun?

I'm asking the question

because that's what we do here.

Maybe we could use this.

With the judge?

He hates Fox News.

Maybe we could start over
again with the jurors.

Well, I'm glad you find
something positive here.

He just called you
two co-assassins.

We need to get you security.

So one more juror.

And we have our mistrial.

That's doable.

Stay close.

All rise.

May we approach, Your Honor?

Uh, sure. Yeah. Let's go ahead.

You may be seated. Thank you.

Your Honor, last night Ted
Willoughby on Fox News...

Yes, I-I know who he is.

He accused the two of
us of being complicit

in the murder of
Officer McFinley...

Was this the first time
someone on Fox was mean to you?

We're concerned about his
influence on the jury.

We'd like to ask
the jurors about it.

Your Honor, we already
went through the jurors.

You ruled no mistrial.

This is new influence.

They just want another
bite at the apple.

They want to get one
more juror bumped.

We want an unbiased
jury just like you do.

Just like His Honor does.

And we don't want the
influence of Fox News.

They're playing on
your bias against Fox.

Okay, uh, voir dire
de novo et doctuse.

That's Latin for "the sequel."

Do you know who
Ted Willoughby is?

I do.

And have you watched his show?

Not has she watched his show,

but has she watched
his show last night?

Okay, I'll ask.

Have you watched the
Ted Willoughby show

in the last two days?

Uh, no, I don't watch it.

Some people from my church have,

but I don't like it.

And has anyone from
your church told you

that Ted Willoughby
said that the two of us

are responsible
for the murder...

She just said she didn't see it.

Don't try to fill her
in and create some bias

where there is none.

We take exception to that
characterization, Your Honor.

No, no, no, no, no, no.
Come here. All of you.

Uh, no, sorry. Not
you. Uh, sorry, stay.

Um, Counselors, you
two are pushing it.

You get to ask these
jurors one question.

Have they seen this
reporter? And that's it.

And whether they're intimidated
by the presence of cops

- in the courtroom.
- Your Honor...

No, that's a
reasonable question.

And if we get noes from
the jurors, we move on.

- Understood?
Yes.

That didn't go well.

Okay. What now?

Prepare for trial.

I'll see if the jurors'
answers check out.

This is odd. The
case I didn't care about

is going well, and the one I
do care about is cratering.

- Did you see that guy?
- No.

- What?
- It was Joey Battle.

What was Joey Battle doing here?

He met with David Lee.

He's negotiating a
contract with Del Cooper.

Del Cooper to the stand.

I'm sorry, you want...

Del Cooper.

I know he can hear me,
he's in the control room.

Ah. See? Here he comes.

Hey, Hal, uh, Your Honor,

look, I'm really needed in
the control room right now.

If this is a TV show, yes.

But if this is a court, no.

Step up here, Del.

If I take the stand, then
I'm breaking the fourth wall,

and we don't want to do that.

Nobody's breaking any walls.

Sit down in the chair, and let
her ask whatever she wants.

Mr. Cooper, you
had a conversation

with Judge Wackner prior
to this trial, didn't you?

- Objection.
- You were part of that conversation, Mr. Cord.

So were you.

Exactly. So we all
have to be honest here.

Mr. Cooper, you
encouraged Judge Wackner

to take this Joey
Battle case, didn't you?

I have to object, Your Honor.

This court is entitled to
adjudicate any dispute...

Where are you going
with this, Marissa?

Mr. Cooper, you
hoped to rehabilitate

Joey Battle's career,
isn't that right?

So you could put him back
on your streaming site

for a stand-up you're recording
in St. Louis in 14 days?

No.

I thought it would be
good for this show.

This show?

This show, meaning
Wackner's court?

- This is a mistake, Marissa.
- Is it?

Aren't we just here to
discover the truth, Your Honor?

You have something to
say to me, just say it.

Have you prejudged this case?

Are you questioning
my integrity?

I'm asking if you pre...

No, goddamn it!

You will answer my question
before you ask me yours.

If you've already decided
how this case will end,

Your Honor, if we're here
to give Del the ending

he wants for his TV show and
to make you rich and famous,

- then, yes, I am questioning your integrity.
- Put the cameras on.

You pack up your things and
you get the fuck out of here.

The women who have trusted this
court deserve representation.

Well, you should've
thought of that

before you ran off
your fucking mouth.

Now, you get the hell
out of my courtroom!

Wow.

Oh, my God.

It happened last night.

Security doesn't
know how they got in.

Of course they don't.

They suggest we call the cops.

We're gonna have to paint.

I called building maintenance.

- They say we may have to wait.
- What? Why?

'Cause we're cop killers.

Liz, Diane...

I think you might want to see

what Ted Willoughby's
been saying lately.

I think we get the idea, Julius.

No, this is something else.

The man who gave his life to
protect his fellow citizens

is dead, but that's not
enough for the two lawyers

spitting on his grave.

The militant Elizabeth Reddick,

daughter of a disgraced
civil rights leader,

and liberal looney
tune Diane Lockhart.

If the name Diane Lockhart
sounds familiar to you,

that may be because
of my colleague

Duke Roscoe's discovery.

He outed her 11 years ago
as a closeted lesbian.

Diane Lockhart is
technically married,

but to a man we rarely
see. Why is that?

Could it be that she has
something more in common

with someone else?

Someone she works with?

She and Liz Reddick
appear to be inseparable.

Is Liz Reddick Diane
Lockhart's new lover?

I'm just asking questions.
There's no way to know for sure,

because Diane Lockhart and
Liz Reddick won't tell us.

These two lipstick
lawyers want the jury to

believe their eyes when they
look at fuzzy cell phone videos.

Why don't they want
us to believe our eyes

when we look at them?

So...

When do I get to meet your son?

I don't know.

Are we that serious?

I don't know. You tell me.

How's Diane?

Mm-hmm.

So, you're telling me, I
have nothing to worry about?

Okay, Diane and I,

- we go a long way back.
- Mm-hmm.

All right? We didn't
become lovers until after.

Trump was elected. It was
a very experimental thing.

Yeah, so, uh... This
is a bit, right?

- Yeah, you'll never know.
- Mm-hmm.

I have ways of making you talk.

Shit.

Yeah, it's me.

No.

No, no, no. You tell him "no."

I-I don't care if
it's contractual.

All right? I'm coming
down right now.

Who was that?

That is my secret lover.

- Huh?
- My, uh, latest reality star.

- Yeah.
- Come here.

Mm.

Are you
questioning my integrity?

- I'm asking if you've pre...
- No, goddamn it!

You will answer my question
before you ask me yours.

If you've
already decided

how this case will
end, Your Honor,

if we're here to give
Del the ending he wants

for his TV show, and to
make you rich and famous,

then yes, I am questioning
your integrity.

You pack up your things,
and you get the...

Hey, hey, hey, man.

- Judge.
- Hmm?

Look

you lost your temper. Okay?

It's no big deal.

I'm Pol Pot.

- I'm Ceausescu.
- No. No.

Man, look.

One of the biggest moments
in reality TV history

was Tyra Banks losing her
shit on America's Top Model.

She had a meltdown.
Meltdowns are good TV.

Pick up, Marissa. Pick up.

Come on. Come on.

Pick up.

I'm here.

Hey...

I want you to come
back to court.

I want you to finish your cases.

Why?

Because I made a mistake.

I was an asshole.

You were right.

Do you want me to apologize?

I will.

Yeah, actually, I do.

I'm sorry.

I was biased.

I won't be when you come back.

I'm taking this
seriously, Your Honor.

I know you are.

That's why I want you back.

You got to finish it.

Thank you. Come in.

Uh, hey. Thank you
for stopping by.

Um...

I...

I've been worried that
I was insensitive,

and I wanted to get a gut
check from both of you.

Sure, Your Honor. What is it?

I've been watching the two
of you throughout the case,

and I realized, after
what I heard last night,

that, uh, your discomfort

made sense to me.

If my wife and I
ever tried to work together,

our relationship wouldn't last

: Ten minutes.

So, yeah, more power to you.

I just... I'm a great
friend of the LGBTQ,

uh, plus, you know, community.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Yeah, um...

Yeah, actually, you know what?

Your Honor, there is, there
is something that you could

could settle for us.

Oh, great. Certainly. Yeah.

One of the jurors, uh,
the one from the church?

Uh, I think she's noticed
how close we are together.

And, uh...

: I-I hope you
don't mind me saying this.

No, it's been on my
mind as well. She did...

She did see us
out in the hall...

Yeah.
- Together.

Yeah, and, uh, uh,
we're just worried

that our relationship may
have played into her bias.

It would just be
good to be certain.

Don't you think, darling?

So, you go ahead and
ask your questions.

Show what a terrible
person I am.

I guarantee you, I already
know, so does everyone else.

Yeah, that's sort
of your schtick,

saying how awful you are.

My schtick? No, it's the,
the voices in my head.

No. Oof.

- I'm an asshole. Good one.

Seems like you feel
pretty sorry for yourself.

I do? I'm sorry.

But you don't feel sorry for
how you treat other people.

Is that a question?

You want to make it in
this business? Be ruthless.

The only thing that
matters is your material.

Other people, they're not real.

You can't worry
about their feelings.

The minute you care

comedy dies.

"Other people are not real."

That was four years ago.
I'm a different person.

Two nights ago, you
did a set at 2:00 a.m.

at The Side Room downtown.

I-I was testing
out some material.

Trying some stuff out.

So there's all these
stupid women out there

who are going around saying,
"Oh, he did awful things to me."

Which just makes it harder,
in this day and age,

for me to convince other women
to let me do awful things

to them, which I
want to do because

- I'm a male human being!

You'd think people would
understand that by now,

but they seem to be completely
hung up on the whole

"doing awful things" aspect.

Is that the new you?

No.

That is... Look.

Comedy, it's, um...

I do bits.

It's a mercurial, kind of...

They're not real. It's
not, you know, it's...

What you got to look at is
they're just a whatchamacall...

Like a... Ah.

The time has come.

I am ready to rule.

Henrietta, you were born free,

and I return you to
your natural state.

What does that mean?

It means you may go.

What you did falls
under the category

of "awful but lawful."

And we here at the
Circuit Court of 9 3/4

are not in the business
of regulating manners.

So, goodbye.

Your Honor, that's
actually not what I want.

It isn't?

What does that mean?

It would help me get my job back

if the school knew I
was being punished.

You want
to be punished?

Yes, please.

It's the only way I
can be uncanceled.

If they know the
canceling was satisfied.

I have only one word for that...

Oy.

But sure. I penalize you to, um

cleaning the school
bathrooms for a week.

- Thank you, Your Honor.
- Anytime.

- Good luck.

And now Joey Battle.

Yes, Your Honor. Yes.

Joey, as you can see, the score
really isn't in your favor.

I understand you want
your career back.

You are a funny man.

It takes hard work to get funny.

Maybe you think that's enough.

But you haven't done anything
for the women you hurt.

You haven't made amends.

Your Honor, I...

I brought my checkbook.

You're a rich man, Joey.
I think everyone here

knows the minute
you go back to work,

you'll earn back
your fine in no time.

Your Honor, everybody
deserves a second chance.

You know the expression,
"doing your time"?

Your Honor, I haven't worked
a major venue in over a year.

How much time do
you want me to take?

Doing time means more
than taking time.

It means serving your sentence.

Going to prison.

You want to come back? Okay.

First, you got to do your time.

Three-week sentence.

June.

- Yes?
- Please.

Come. Here you go.

Go ahead. Cuff him.

Is this some kind of a
metaphor or something?

- Like an adult time-out?
- Yes, Joey.

That's exactly what prison
is, an adult time-out.

You keep saying pri... Uh,
this is a joke, though, right?

June. I said cuff him.

Now.

Your Honor, you can't
just send him...

W-What prison are
you talking about?

There is no prison.

Oh, boy, there is.

This court's benefactor owns
a private prison company.

He's offered us a wing in one
of his bankrupted institutions.

Lucky you, Joey.

You're the first person
I'm sending there.

Oh, my God.

June, he harmed you.

Go ahead. Cuff him.

You're going to escort
him to his cell.

In this court, you get to see

the person you're
sending away, eye to eye.

Hey, Your Honor.

Let's, uh... let's make
it two weeks, okay?

I know. You have your
stand-up in St. Louis.

Three weeks.

- Recess,

then we have the
Exxon Mobile case.

This is really
happening, isn't it?

It sure looks like it.

Turn around.

June...

I'm sorry.

You're forgiven.

Good afternoon, ladies.

Thanks for coming
in on short notice.

I hear there's been a lot
of tension between you two.

No, everything's fine.

Oh, good to know.

Well, Human Resources needs
you two to sign these.

A love contract?

Yes.

When employees embark
on a relationship,

it's policy for us to
confirm, in writing,

that the relationship
is consensual.

We in H.R. just want to
avoid problems later.

Sometimes romances
don't work out.

Good.

Good. I hope you
two patch things up.

This is the first step.

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