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[elevator bell dings]

[indistinct conversations]

[Gene] Hmm.

You know,
we shouldn't have done it.

-Mid-life crisis.
-Yeah.

Mike, if you'd only
held on to that ball...

What ball?
They always had it.

I feel like I'm ready to take
a trailer down to Florida.

-Hey.
-Hey. [scoffs]

Where do you think you are?
You think you're at home?

They're gonna ask you
the same questions tomorrow
as we went over today.

Here's my card.
We testify at ten o'clock
tomorrow morning.

So don't get yourself busted.

Now, if you do,
call me, all right?

Didn't hear a word I said.

Oh, hey, fellas.
How you feeling?

Whoa, wait up.

Hey. Listen. You know,
the offer still stands.

Let's make a real game
out of it, bureau
against bureau.

-Huh? What do you say?
-Full court.

Five on five?
Put a little money on it?

-Some of us have
to work for a living.
-On Friday nights?

-Wimps. [laughing]
-Man.

-I think we got to play 'em.
-We already played 'em.

-And they killed us.
-What are we trying to prove?

[chicken clucking]

[indistinct conversations]

[Gene] Oh, God!

[Jo Ann] Get him off my files.

Just-- Yeah.

[chicken clucking]

[Jo Ann] Now
you get that thing.

Can you just move?
You can get down now.

Jump down. Whoo!

[clucking continues]

Here a chick, there a chick,

everywhere a chick-chick.
[sneezes].

[squawking]

Can we kill those clowns
or what?

Just ask them to jump down.
Just say, "Jump down.

-Light, meat, or dark?
-[tutting] Jump down.

♪Living in a real world♪

♪We try to rise above♪

♪All we see, searching for
something to believe♪

♪One day you'll find
you can make a life♪

♪That's worth living through♪

♪If you are living
for the truth♪

♪All that we're trying
to win♪

♪Feels like a mountain
to climb♪

♪We can make it over
over time♪

♪Hold on♪

♪Hold on♪

♪We can make it over
over time♪

♪Hold on♪

♪Hold on♪

♪We can make it over
over time♪♪

All right, the guy
burns down a crack house.

He almost kills somebody.
They're claiming self-defense.

They're making a case
for vigilantism.

-The jury's buying into it.
-But that's not gonna work.

Can't ignore the arson.

-You have to establish
the danger.
-Hold it.

-The Ox-Bow Incident.
-That's frightening as hell.

Your argument against
self-defense is solid.

-Let me finish here.
-I am fed up with drugs.

-Let me finish.
-You can't burn down a house.

Exactly. The jury knows that.

-That's your weapon.
-I know.

Uh, I'm sorry. Excuse me.

-I-I'm sorry.
-I got the floor here.

-One minute. We can make...
-I got the floor here.

-What time is the meeting?
-Eleven.

-[Gene] Let's make sure we
have a court reporter there.
-Agreed to.

-And do we know
their position?
-Friday at five.

-Five on five,
and a full court.
-Great. Use your own discretion.

-But I wouldn't give up
anything on this.
-Great.

-You talking about a game?
This is a game?
-Yeah.

What am I, wood here?
I'm getting nailed.

There is a piece of theater
that defense has got going on
in that courtroom.

It's got nothing to do
with the law.

The law is crystal clear
on this.

There's no case
for self-defense.

Self-defense requires
immediate danger.

But she's got me trying
the whole community.

She never even mentions
the defendant.

Nobody is gonna convict
an entire neighborhood
for burning down a crack house.

Nobody wants to deal
with the facts.

-That is your argument.
-Right.

The terror in that neighborhood
is so much for that jury--

-I don't agree.
-You don't agree?

-No.
-Would you let me finish?

-That's the substance
of this case.
-No, it's not.

You have to put
the defendant on the stand.

-The whole neighborhood
is bandied together.
-Don't let me interrupt.

Don't let me interrupt.
I'll just leave.

[overlapping voices continue]

[Briggs] What did you observe
when you got to the house?

[sergeant] We found Hook
and Ladder Company 32
had arrived.

The house was in flames.
Two firemen had to go in.

One went down. The other
threw his body over him.

With what result?

The backs of his legs
and his buttocks
were burned very bad.

He's life scarred.

He's still in a burn unit.

What does the fire marshal's
report indicate, sir?

[sergeant] Due to the burn
pattern, it was apparent

there had been some type
of accelerant used,
probably gasoline.

-Which signifies?
-[sergeant] Arson.

The fire was deliberately set.

You'd been called to this
house before, hadn't you?

People on the block
insisted that

crack dealing had been
going on at the house.

[Briggs] What did you
discover when you
responded to those calls?

Nothing.

We were planning
to further investigate
the situation, however.

Thank you, Sergeant.

[Judge] Miss Lynn?

I'm interested in these
calls that you received

about that crack house,
Sergeant Samuelson.

-How many were there?
-Seven.

Seven calls.
Any you received

-from anyone
in this courtroom?
-Yes, the defendant.

-How many?
-Three of them.

And how many
did you respond to?

We're often tied up
with emergencies.

Does two sound right?

Two, yes.

So when you finally
did come out,

you drove up and did what?

It was an abandoned house.
We saw nothing.

You just drove on?

Every block in that district
has a crack house on it.

They are targeted
for inquiry.

We can't, immediately,
answer every complaint.

[Kerry] But this wasn't just
your usual complaint, was it?

Is it or is it not true
that you were told that

the crack dealers
at this house
were so blatant that

they were offering
curbside service?

-We were told that.
-In the middle of the day,

in front of people outside
with their children.

Your Honor, objection.

She's still in bounds,
Mr. Brigman.

She's testifying.

Answer the question.

We received a call
to that effect.

That even random gunshots
were heard and reported.

That was investigated.

That every vermin
and trash of humankind

came onto that block
because of that house.

-Your Honor?
-Till it was a neighborhood

gone ballistic, under siege,
gripped with fear.

[Judge Holly]
That's the line, Miss Lynn.

No further questions.

[Arnold] I'm gonna fire
that damn photographer.
I'm gonna can the guy.

Look at those posters.

What's he think
I'm running for?

You know, I pay the man
150 bucks an hour,

and I get love,
for God's sake.

Yeah? Why do I feel like
I'm missing the point?

Take a look at this kid
right in front.

"Love" on his T-shirt.

Reminds people of Nixon,
Vietnam, hippies.

Uh-huh. Love's out.
Okay, I gotta remember that.

Yeah, the whole
re-election campaign

is gonna be on television.

People wanna see faces.
They wanna see pores.

Arnold, you said
you wanted a favor.

I've got grand jury
in five minutes.

I want you to carry
a flag for me.

-Excuse me?
-There's a group of young
attorneys on the north side,

and they're in the party,
but they're forming
a splinter group,

breaking off on their own.

It's the age thing.
Anyone over 45, all that crap.

I want you to meet with them.
Take 'em to lunch.

Margaret will make the calls
and set it up.

Just tell 'em
what a nice guy I am

and bring 'em back into line.

-You expecting a fight or what?
-No. No.

Just some young Turks
running around,

but I think they'll
relate to you a lot better
than me.

I want these guys back,
but they need me
more than I need them.

Remember, I only lost
38% of the vote last time.

And I bet you've got the names

-and addresses of everyone,
don't you?
-[laughs]

And get a haircut.

Love.

Full court, five on five,
two 15-minute halves.

Judge Hall is referee
and six subs per team.

I'm sure we'd like
to pick our own referee,
but Hall is out of the question.

-Who do you want?
-Judge Rand.
No substitutions.

-Rand, a liberal?
-He passed on Dukakis.

Shorten the game. We'll agree
to Munson, five subs.

No, the game time is set.
If we shouldn't do it,

we'll take two substitutions.
Rand, the referees.

Take Judge Munson as a referee,
four subs, and close the deal.

-Munson just gave 25 to life.
-So what?
It was capital offense.

He could've given him
the chair.

-Munson and three subs.
-How much on the game?

-200.
-Done.

[indistinct conversations]

[Briggs] How's it going?

Um, lunch, I mean.
Is everything all right?

Oh, it's supposed to be
chicken hash.

-You have an idea?
-Oh, I think that's the one

-that got mangled
in the shredder this morning.
-[laughing]

-I think you better turn around.
-No, that's okay.

I really have seen it before.

They just get a little
carried away with the specials.

[laughing]

Um, is this an invitation
to stay, or should I
go back to my torts?

[laughing] Of course.

Thank you.

Is there something that
you'd like to talk about,
Mr. Brigman?

Uh, yeah. Well, look, as long
as you brought it up, uh...

I don't really care
what happens here, counselor.

You win a case
and you lose a case.

You know as well as I do
that the person who's
rolling the dice is your client.

Arson one is 15 minimum.
Juries hate arson.

You add reckless endangerment,
a burned victim,

I get a conviction.
Your guy's gonna be

marching upstate
for the rest of his life.

Uh, I mean, if he wants
to take his chances,
then God bless him,

but I don't want you
to come moaning to me,

saying that
you could've gotten
a relatively lighter plea.

Such as?

Well, I think,
uh, three to six
is what I'm going for.

Uh, it's not like he burnt down
the police chief's house.

He didn't do it out of avarice,
out of greed.

He was fed up with the system.
You can understand that.

-Jail's a tough nut.
-So's arson.

You're not gonna
win this case, Mr. Brigman.

Not only are you
not going to win this case,

you're gonna look bad
while you do it.

The guy that you're trying
was defending his home,
his family, his neighborhood.

And that jury's gonna say,
"You know what?

I'd have done the same thing."

And what are you gonna do
when that doesn't help?

You're promising me
a good game, Mr. Brigman.

Don't leave early because

you're not gonna
walk out of here
with any options.

I usually don't.

[woman] Oh, sure.

[Gene] So, as it stands now,
there are four parts
to the campaign.

The candidate, the issues,
the organization,
and the money to run it.

Without the organization,
you can forget about
the other three.

Now, I would be stupid
to be anything
but honest with you.

We want you with us.

-Would you bring me
an iced tea, please?
-Uh-huh.

A Manhattan, thank you.

I'll have, uh, diet anything.

Thank you.

We are not going
to be with you, Gene.

You mind telling me why?

We're looking for another man.

-How you doing, Gene?
-Hey, Fred.

-Over Arnold?
-I would, too,
if I were you, Gene.

Okay, let's just stop
right here.

You're only gonna
embarrass yourselves,

and you're gonna
embarrass me, too.

I am with Arnold,
and that's it.

Well, politics, like glaciers,
don't stop on command.

That's a good one.
I hadn't heard that one.

Okay, what is going on?

All right.

It's gonna come up.
It's gonna cost him.

And you, too,
if you're still with him.

He's dirty, Gene.

You gotta be kidding.

When Bach first ran for DA
eight years ago,

he was given substantial
campaign contributions

by a Justin Freid,
a road-building contractor

who was under indictment
by the old administration
for defrauding the city.

There was also a woman,
a Judith Corman,
who introduced Freid to Bach,

and with whom Bach
had an affair.

[Ellis] Bach won the election.

He allowed the indictments
to lapse.

Freid was never tried.

Bach's a memory, Gene.

I just remembered something.

I don't eat lunch on Wednesdays,
unless it's special.

-This is crap.
-Listen. Listen.

Harold Barrett was
the detective on the case.

He's retired. He lives
out in the city. Call him.

Nothing personal.
Our doors are always
open to you, Gene,

and they'll still be
open to you next fall

when you're no longer
in the DA's office.

[indistinct conversations]

-Okay, I'm ready.
-[man] Okay, let's have quiet.

Here we go again, please.

In three, two, one, action.

The latest FBI figures
indicate that Lincoln County

is one of the areas in which
crime under my stewardship...

[sighs] Sorry,
can you keep rolling?

[man] Whenever you're set.

[Arnold sighs]

[Arnold]
The latest FBI figures...

[Arnold clears throat]

The latest FBI figures
indicate that crime in this...

-[sighs] Let's cut, all right?
-All right, cut.

Will you do something
about that light
and cut this thing down

'cause I'm rushing to
get through in 30 seconds.

Thank you.

[indistinct conversations]

Uh, Margaret, could you
excuse us for a couple
of minutes, please?

-Uh-huh.
-Thank you.

Frank, I want to do
the next one standing up.

Okay, Mr. Bach.

Oh, boy, you get me so upset.
I can't put two words together.

You know what this thing
is costing me?

Don't try to
sell me too, Arnold.

What do you expect me to do
with stuff like this?

Gene, that's just typical.
I'm surprised

a man of your intelligence
could believe it.

You tell me.
I'm standing right here.

You tell me that
it didn't happen.

Look, it's like
everything else.

Take a little truth,
spread it around,
it becomes ridiculous.

Fine, give me the small truth.

[sighs] Judith Corman.

Fantastic, Arnold.
That's terrific.

Oh, don't act
so damn righteous.

Come on, we all wear zippers.

Judith Corman was in charge
of some special interest groups.

Justin Freid was
probably one of them.

I didn't take his money.
I didn't need it.

You think I'm crazy?
I don't even think
I met the guy.

And the indictments
were political garbage

handed down from Doolin
and his group when he was DA.

They never went anywhere
'cause there was nowhere to go.

Judith and I tied it on
for about six months.
No regrets.

Revelation, confession,
a little bit imperfect.

Just enough to get me
to buy it, right?

[sighs]

What's the rest of it?

I'll tell you about
those two guys you met.

They're a couple of yuppie punks
who don't want to wait
their turn for power.

I'd throw the two of them
right out that window, except
they might land on a voter.

Gene, sometimes,
you surprise me.

-[sighs deeply]
-[door shuts]

-What about Brill?
He can play guard.
-Brill?

He hasn't broken a sweat
since his wedding night.

Massey and Nadella.

Nadella said he played
ball in college.

-Pinball.
-Listen, I'm knocking it.

In my neighborhood,
that was a character builder.

-Briggs!
-That's desperate.

-No, we need substitutes.
-Uh-uh.

[Jo Ann] Hey, Mike?

You got a minute?

Jo Ann, we're in the middle
of something here.

I've got this case.
I really need some assistance.

The Bureau is jammed.
I went to Misdemeanors.

I've got somebody
I'd like to borrow
if you can get Rogan

-to transfer him here
for three or four days.
-Jo Ann--

He's right here.
Just meet him.
Tell me he's okay.

-Okay.
-Okay?

Okay.

Mr. James, Mr. Searls,
I'd like you to meet
ADA Hill.

Mr. Hill just came
into the office

out of Michigan Law School,
out of Ohio State,

academic, all-American,
and basketball.

[laughing]

Yeah!

Jo Ann, I think I love you.

Mr. Hill.

Any help I can give you
on the case, sir?

Oh, I feel enriched
just having you with us.

It's a pleasure.

[laughing]

Then, one day,
there was children out.

I was out on the lawn
with my child, Michelle,

and a car pulls up
right there,

and it was all these
guns inside,

and they just started
shooting at the crack house
and everybody.

I grabbed Michelle,
and I run inside.

It was after that,
the shooting,
that we called the police.

[Kerry] They said they drove up.

Like rolling through
a stop sign.

Michelle still has
nightmares behind that.

[Kerry] So your pleas
to the drug dealers failed,

and your appeals
to the police failed.

We was afraid to leave home.

We was afraid to be there.

Till what happened?

Alex set fire to the place,

burned it down
to the ground, thank God.

What happened
to the drug dealers?

Never saw 'em again.

[Kerry] What's your
street like today?

Like it was. Peaceful.

Families out
with their kids again.

He's a hero.

Thank you, Mrs. Bolton.

[clears throat]

Mrs. Bolton.

Have you visited Art Thor
in the hospital lately?

No. Who's Art Thor?

Who is Art Thor?

Art Thor is the fireman
that was burned severely
in the fire,

and is still in the burn unit
after five months.

Now, do you still think

that arson is
the appropriate response?

Mister, we was at our wits' end.

That was all we could do.

We? You bought the gasoline?

You supplied the matches?

No, I would never do that--

W-What-- what do you mean?

Really?

You'll have to
forgive my confusion
for a moment there.

I-I thought that
you were on trial.

All I've heard is counsel
defend your actions
and not the accused.

-Your Honor...
-Mr. Brigman...

-We all supported him.
-But you didn't help him.

You didn't stand on the porch
while he did it.

Maybe we didn't
have the courage.

The courage
to burn down a house?

To threaten
an entire neighborhood?

To threaten the lives?
Your life?

The life of a fireman?

I'm sorry about that fireman.

But you would have done it
if you had the courage.

No? Why not?

Why not, Mrs. Bolton?

Because deep down
in your heart,

you knew that it was illegal.

You knew that it was wrong.

Isn't that it?

[somber music playing]

No further questions.

[Gene] So, that's about it.
Juvenile Probation Department.
You will be working cases.

And three o'clock
tomorrow afternoon,

you meet Department Head,
Naomi Clare.

What's she like?

A shark,
if you stir the waters.

But it's her pond.

I like sharks.
Always got along.

Yes, you do.

You did. Remember
the aquarium in Boston?

-Oh, yes. [laughs]
-Jesse.

I pulled a lot of strings
to get you this job,
and you're gonna feel that.

You mean everybody knows
I'm sleeping with the boss?

-Rank envy, darling.
-Everybody is gonna be
watching everything you do.

And even when you do it right,
they are gonna be watching.

Gene, I want this job.

I'll be good at it.

I can do it,
and I want it.

-We gotta go.
-Okay.

Reservation's at seven.

All right, let me
use the bathroom.

What is that smell?
Are you wearing something?

-My cologne.
-Hmm.

-Well, it smells awful.
-What are you talking about?

You love my cologne.
The only time it's ever
bothered you is when you're...

Jess.

What?

You're not...

Oh, God, no. Pregnant?
[laughs] Of course not.

[indistinct conversations]

Oh, I'm sorry.

-I'm sorry I'm late.
-Hi.

Hi. Subpoenaing witnesses...

You know, you answer
or you don't. You tell them.

Look. You can take
the fifth if you like.

We're gonna give you immunity.

We just won't give you
immunity to perjury.

Anyone know what he's like
to come home to?

He arrives at eight,
he leaves at seven.

Nobody knows where he is
on weekends.

-Mike, I need to talk to you.
-Oh, uh, I'm busy.

I think you ought to
hear their offering.

They want to make it five.

Uh, I'm sorry.
Just a moment.

-What's happening?
-It's a plea bargain.

And Mike is the toughest one
when it comes to
this kind of thing.

I want you to watch this.

[speaking indistinctly]

[Linda] Five fingers.
That means five years.

Mike is saying no, ten.
At least ten.

Mm-hm.

[speaking indistinctly]

There was a gun involved,
so he's probably...

Some kind of an
armed robbery or something.

The accused probably
had a gun.

He is willing to take ten.
He will take ten.

Uh, it's probably
a second offense.

Look at this.
They struck a deal.

Well, what did he get?

He's got ten, tops.

He'll probably be out
in six and a half
for good behavior.

-[chuckling]
-[laughing]

-[Linda] Hi.
-Hi.

I was just
explaining to Maggie

-how you were working out
a plea bargain.
-Plea bargain?

Oh! No. No. We've got
a basketball game going on
with the PDs.

-Basketball?
-Yeah, they were
so smug and cocky,

they just had to lay
some money down.

-Ten dollars?
-A thousand. It's bureau
against bureau.

-You never beat
those guys.
-Mike.

This time, I've got a ringer.
He's 6'5", second-team
All-Big Ten,

and he just transferred
from Misdemeanors.

That sounds like
a good feature.

ADAs, winners
in and on the courts.

Mike, I've got to talk to you.

Just a minute.
He will kill those guys.

I don't think so.

I sent him into
Rodriguez's courtroom

because I had motions
in Holman's court.

I told him if anything happens,
ask for a continuance.
Blah, blah.

Rodriguez got up
on the wrong side of bed

and told Reggie, "No,
we're starting this case.
You're picking the jury."

And Reggie said,
"Your Honor, I don't know
how to pick a jury."

-What happened?
-Rodriguez says, "I don't care.
Are you a lawyer?"

And Reggie says,
"Yes, Your Honor.
I was admitted last month."

"Okay," says Rodriguez.
"You're going to pick the jury."

-Blah, blah, blah.
-What happened?

Held in contempt.

He's in jail.

[scoffs]

[indistinct conversations]

Here's to tomorrow.

Yeah.

[laughs]

And after every
reasonable effort

to dissuade the drug dealers

-and repeated calls
to the police...
-Repeated.

You did what?

I got some gasoline.

I poured it around
the front of the house.

Then I set it on fire.

It burned to the ground.

How would you characterize
your actions, Mr. McCaw?

-I was defending my community.
-[Kerry] What was the response

among your neighbors
towards your actions?

[Alex] They said I saved
the neighborhood.

They called me a hero.

Thank you, Mr. McCaw.

Mr. McCaw, are you aware

of the consequences
of arson, sir?
And the danger?

It's second only to murder
as a felony in this state.

Your Honor, I think
it's reasonable to assume

Mr. McCaw's not familiar
with the criminal code.

[Judge Billings] Sustained.

But you're saying
by your testimony

that arson was an appropriate
response in this case.

Isn't that what
you're telling us?

The people have the right
to take matters
into their own hands

when everything else
has failed.

Yes, that's what
I'm telling you.

So you're saying that
you have that right

every time you call up
the police station

and they don't
answer your call

in a manner
that is suitable to you.

Whenever the government
fails the people,
the people have that right.

It's in the Declaration
of Independence.

So, you are the Tom Payne.
You are the Thomas Jefferson
of your community.

And they were claiming
the right to a revolution.

Now, is that what
you aspire to?

That's not what I'm saying.

That's what the Declaration
of Independence calls for.

I am claiming the right
of self-defense.

Good. Now we understand
what we're talking about here.

Now, I want to ask you,
what does self-defense
mean to you?

I am not concerned with
what Miss Lynn has to answer.

She's not on trial here.

I'm much more interested
in what you think.

Wherever there's a cancer,
you cut it out
before it spreads.

It's a very clever
analogy, sir.

But that doesn't
answer my question.

Self-defense.

"Self-defense is the right
to use necessary force

to prevent imminent
bodily harm
from an aggressor."

-This was a drug house.
-But you weren't under

imminent bodily harm from it,
were you, sir?

-We were being ignored.
-So, you took care
of things?

Yes. And you would do
the same thing
in your neighborhood,

if there was a drug house
threatening your children.

Even though this house
was under investigation
by the police,

-you would still do this?
-They weren't protecting us.

Suppose this house
hadn't have burned down?

We have the right
to protect ourselves.

-To take matters
into your own hands.
-Yes.

-To the point of using a gun?
-If I had to.

-And you would have
used that gun?
-As would be my right.

-As was burning down
that house?
-Yes!

You realize what
you've just described, sir?

"An unlawful act
to punish a crime summarily
without due process of law."

That's not self-defense, sir.

That's vigilantism,
and that is a felony,

subject to trial
and punishment.

[suspenseful music playing]

I'm only holding Mr. Hill
in contempt because

he refused to go forward
with the trial.

The minute he says
he's ready, he's out.

Your Honor, I'll voir dire
the jury this afternoon.

Well, Ms. Harris, we know
you're willing to do that.
Chicken soup?

It seems like you have
a recalcitrant member
of your staff

who needs
to be taught a lesson.

Sir, he's only been
dealing with disorderly
persons' offenses.

He's had no jury experience.

He's never seen a jury.

What's he doing
in your bureau, Ms. Harris?

He has particular skills
for particular situations.

This just isn't one of them.

We brought him in
for certain kinds of matters.

Such as?

The low post, sir.

May I hear that again?

The low post.

You know, basketball.

[indistinct conversations]

"Star tricks?"

"Secret lives of the famous?"

Did you know that
rock star, Corey Prosper,

had an affair
with a 14-year-old
Chinese gymnast?

And he claims he's done
all the important Romanians.

Hmm. He seems to be
moving east.

Must be his status symbol.
[chuckles]

Like having gold-plated
faucets in your bathroom.

Uh, well...

Not that I have
an over-inquiring mind.

Waiting at the jury,
it's the only way I know
how to get through.

How about you?

Oh, I, uh, I read old cases.

Upside down?

-Yeah, that's
my-- my point exactly.
-[laughs]

You're very good, you know.

Uh, so-- so are you.

Very... very natural.
Jurors like that.

I'm also a Virgo,
so you better be careful.

-Why?
-Well, according to this,

I am sly and ornery.

-Hmm
-What are you?

Uh, March 7th.

Pisces.

Yeah.

Considerate and caring.

No, that's the wrong planet.

Uh, you know, I was
the only man in ZBT
to be depledged.

What for?

I was clocked going 80
through a sorority house
in my old VW.

[laughs] A contemporary
folk hero.

The birth of a legend.

[phone rings]

Good luck, Mr. Brigman.

Likewise, Miss Lynn.

[Gene] Uh, Detective Barrett?

This is Eugene Rogan with
the District Attorney's Office.

Yes, we did.
Several times, I remember.

Listen, I had lunch yesterday
with two lawyers you may know,

Ellis Bernstein
and Harold Shattuck,

and they recommended
I speak to you

about a certain matter
you may be aware of.

They did call you?

Good.

No, actually, I would
prefer to drive up there,

if that's okay.

Tomorrow, if it's convenient.

Great. At six o'clock
tomorrow is perfect.

Okay, no,
I have the address.

Great, thank you very much.

Okay, see you then.

-Hey.
-Hi.

How'd the interview go?

Great. [sighs]
Start tomorrow.

Jesse, that's terrific.

That's great, honey.

And you're gonna be fine.

I got another job, too.

I saw Dr. Sheldon this morning.

It was positive, Gene.

-But, uh, you said...
-I know. I was wrong.

-[sighs]
-I'm pregnant.

You're pregnant?

[chuckles]

-Hey. Well, look--
-I'm not ready.

[sighs] I'm not ready
to have another baby.

[Gene] Jesse.

And neither are you.
It's on your face.

Oh, God, I... We have
all these plans, Gene.

I'm going to start
my job tomorrow.

But I'll be there for you.
I will help.

No, I know you'll be there.

I'm talking about me
and what's inside me.

I have no choice.
I can't be anything but there.

I'm going to be home.
I'm going to be home again
with this child, Gene.

But you don't have to...

But you can do
whatever you want.

I will support that.

-What does that mean?
-People do it all the time.

Women work and have children.

No, that's not what
you're talking about.

Yes, it is what
I'm talking about.

Your working
doesn't have to change.

No, you're talking
about abortion.

-Is that what you're thinking?
-No. Jesse...

Do you want this child?
Do you want a baby
in our family?

That's not the issue.
The issue is you.
What do you want?

Why are you putting this
back on me?
I hate when you do that.

I don't know what I want.

I don't know.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I don't know what
I'm yelling at you for.

[sighs] One part of me
says yes.

Yes. I'd like the chance
to do it again.

It's been ten years
and I love being a mother.

And the other part?

It's not fair, Gene.

I'm just beginning
to get my legs.
I'm finding my voice.

This is the new me
and I like it.

I don't want to give it up.

I just feel like we've
trapped ourselves here,

like we're going backwards.

[sighs]

Well, we didn't plan it...

and it's a surprise.

[scoffs] Surprise?

But we're older.

And no smarter.

You don't have to give up
anything you don't want
to give up.

I love you.

"On the charge of arson
in the first degree,

we, the jury,
find the defendant
not guilty."

[cheering]

"On the charge of reckless
endangerment to human life,
not guilty."

-[laughs]
-[cheering]

Kerry! Kerry, thanks!

[Judge Billings] The jury
is discharged.

Thank you for your efforts.
Court adjourned.

-Congratulations.
-Thank you.

Oh! Oh! [laughing]

[man] Thank you so much.

Oh, you're welcome.

[indistinct conversations]

[man] So, we'll meet downstairs.

Hell of a fight, counselor.

Congratulations, Miss Lynn.

You damn near pulled it off.

The jury just wanted
to send a message.

Well, the jury was wrong.

There are breaking points,
Mr. Brigman.

-They saw that.
-Ideally, Miss Lynn,

there can be no breaking points
in a civilized society.

This was guns and drugs.
This was a crisis.

You can't burn your way
out of a crisis.

The lawful people can't
become the lawless ones.

Would it have been better
if they moved away?

Come on.
These were their homes.
Why should they?

[laughs] I guess it's not
100% either way.

You know, Miss Lynn,
you are depriving me
of the loser's pitch.

[laughs]

No regrets called for,
Mr. Brigman.

You haven't even heard
my obscenities yet.

Well, you told me
not to leave early.

Well, I have a thousand calls.

Yeah, me too.

Miss Lynn.

Would you like
to go out sometime?

Yeah, I would.

[man] The asphalt,
by specifications,
was to be four inches thick.

It was laid three.

Even less.

You have any idea how much
you can steal from that?
[chuckles]

Improper scales were used
to weigh in materials.

Records falsified.

Bills padded.

Fraudulent bookkeeping.

How did Freid pull this off?

State inspectors had to have
core samples.

Money.

So, the indictments
were legitimate?

Oh, yeah. Knowing the fraud
and corruption was one thing.

Proving Freid was doing it
was another.

That's when I got into it.

Doolin was still the ace,
so we got the indictments.

That was eight years ago.

Was Bach mixed up
in the graft?

No, not the graft.

But Freid did kick in $70,000
to Bach's campaign.

So when Bach got elected,

he just let the indictments
drift away.

Why didn't you come forward
with this at the time?

[laughs] 'Cause I have
an innate sense
of self-preservation.

Then why are you doing it now?

It's a little bit lean
under the detective's pension.

You sold this to these guys?

Yep. Amazing, ain't it?

How a piece of crap like this
can bring a guy more money
than the shield ever did.

[cheering]

-Come on! Come on!
-Did they score?

I got you!

Yeah, put it up!

On the right!
Come on, on the right!

On the right!

[cheering]

[man yelling indistinctly]

Open! Open!

Pass it down!

I got it.

Watch it, man.

Pass it down!

[yelling indistinctly]

Oh, shit.

Come on now, you guys.

Shoot!

All right!

[crowd cheering]

Defense! Defense!

I'll just be a second.

Excuse me.

[man] Come on, Ben!

You could call this
an American ceremony,
huh, Arnold?

You look like you've
been someplace, Gene.

How does Harold Barrett
sound to you?

Old Harold Barrett.

For a cop, he could tell
a hell of a story.

Why don't you come
to the newspapers with me

and tell them what
a great storyteller he is?

Oh, I see. You went up there
and, what, you got some
spiritual advice?

God, you are
full of it, Arnold.

Hey, uh, no one
got rich over this.
There was no graft.

This was simply about
getting elected
or not getting elected.

-Nothing more.
-You don't see a difference?

You got a city of two million
people out there.

Half of them
living like animals,

packed into broken-down homes.

You know what
Doolin said to me

the day I beat his ass
for this job?

"See if you still
care about them
six months from now."

He left crack houses,
junkies, drug dealers,
cop killers, crazies.

I gave that gang
a run for its money,

-which is a lot more
than Doolin ever--
-You took Freid's money.

He was a crook,
and you took his money
for your campaign.

What the hell do you think
politics is?

It is the art of the possible.

-And deals.
-You're damn right, deals.

What about the deal
Doolin made

when he turned his back
on the poor and the minorities

and gave away ADA positions
to a bunch of flat lawyers,
which I swept out?

Or don't you remember
who made you head
of your bureau?

A born politician.
A man of his word.

That's what you always
were to me, Arnold.

A man with nothing to hide.
I believed that.

What am I supposed
to believe now?

You believe what
you've always believed in.

Your own self-preservation.

If I go down, Gene,
you go down.

-You son of a bitch.
-Oh, did I hit a nerve?

Why don't you get off
your big white horse?

You're the same
as anyone else.

You just don't have
the guts to admit it.

[people cheering]

[buzzer buzzing]

Okay, okay, cool it.

No, just wait a minute.

Stop! Hold it!
Wait a minute.

Weissman is out, so Briggs,
that means you're in, okay?

[overlapping conversations]

-How about getting me
a pass?
-Oh, right.

-You and your ring
and the slammer.
-Forget about the ring--

-Mike! Mike!
-Oh, great. Where is he?

I found Judge Rodriguez.
He's in the cafeteria
eating that chicken soup.

The curly noodles
instead of straight ones.

Anyway, I finally
convinced him to let me
voir dire the jury.

I'm gonna go meet him
at the chambers.
Blah, blah, blah--

-What happened?
-I got him out.

-Where is he?
-Right there.

-Yes!
-Oh--

-[cheering]
-[overlapping conversations]

[cheering] I deliver.

What? How did you
get him out?

On bended knees.

[indistinct conversations]

[cheering]

[cheering]

[upbeat music playing]

Over here. Over here.

Stay on my--

[cheering]

[upbeat music continues playing]

[cheering]

[cheering]

[indistinct conversations]

[whistle blowing]

[overlapping conversations]

-Time out.
-Time!

Walk him off the court, guys.

[applause]

Guys, you're making me
proud out there.

Okay, okay, listen up.
Now, listen up, you guys.

This is for the money, okay?
Now, listen. [clears throat]

Billy's down,
so that means Briggs,
you're in, okay?

I'm in the basketball game.

[Mike] This is for the money.
So we need to play.

-This is what we need to do.
-I'll take the ball out.

-Reg, you'll take
the ball out.
-Sounds good.

You set a screen for Searls
and get him open.

I'll set up for Searls. Julie,
Get that thing out of here.

[Reggie] I'll clear out,
go deep right.

Reggie will clear out
and go deep right.

Sounds great.
Sounds good. Very good.

I'll get the ball.
I'll get it to Reggie.

-Reggie will take him
one on one.
-All right.

What am I going to be doing?
What do I do?

-You stay as far away
from the ball as possible.
-Okay, great. Here we go.

[cheering]

-Come on, Mike!
-Oh, my God!

[whistle]

[upbeat music playing]

[indistinct yelling]

Go! Come on.

Over here. Over here.

I'm here. I'm here.

-Shoot!
-Shoot it!

Shoot it!

Shoot, you idiot!

Shoot!

[beeping]

[cheering]

-Yeah!
-[screaming]

[cheering]

[chanting] Briggs!
Briggs! Briggs!

[theme music playing]

[roaring]