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[moaning]

It's just a dream, baby.

It should last you about
six months, give or take.

[tire pops, screeches]

What's going on?

[panting]:
N-Nothing, kiddo.

It's just one of the tires.

[wind gusting]

[siren chirps]

Morning, Officer.

Saw you working
on your tire.

Thought maybe
I could help.

Oh.

Wow, that's really nice.

Um, I-I'm already halfway done.

Uh...

You okay?

Uh, yeah.
[chuckles]

Since you have that mini spare
on, mind the wind.

Yeah, uh, will do.

Thanks, Officer.

Ma'am, what is this?

What's in these
little vials?

Uh, it's medicine.

What kind
of medicine?

CONGREGATION:
Lord, hear our prayer.

Let us pray for Nicholas Allen,
who still battles with leukemia.

Lord, hear our prayer.

Let us pray for Mary Sims,

who is still recovering
from a difficult heart surgery.

Lord, hear our prayer.

And for anyone experiencing
any health challenges,

let us pray.

Lord, hear our prayer.

[bell tolls]

TERESA: I was out
to your mother's grave

not two weeks ago.

[chuckles]

I knew it was you.

Mrs. Allen, so good to see you.

I haven't been
in that church in eight years.

After my hip replacement,
I started going to St. Mary's.

It's closer to my apartment.

Oh, makes sense.

I miss your mother so.

Best office manager ever.

Well, she always said you were
the best paralegal ever.

I need a lawyer, Benny.

A really good
criminal lawyer.

Not a real estate attorney like
your mother and I worked for,

not a paper pusher,
a criminal attorney.

Someone like you.

BENNY:
It's an oil.

Made from marijuana.

Mm-hmm...No, no, no.

You can't get high from it.

Doesn't affect
the brain that way.

It's typically used
for pain or nausea.

It's legal in New York, right?

With a prescription.

Mm. So this friend
of yours's daughter,

she lives in Virginia?

[exhales]
Which is why she was arrested.

You have to be
a resident of New York

to get a prescription
to purchase it here.

Right. So how much did she have?

Eh... Couple hundred vials.

Hmm.

Way to bury the lede.

Yeah, I know.

It sounds like a lot.

Well, it sounds like a lot
because it is a lot.

What, was she selling them
out of the trunk of her car

at the local flea market?

[chuckles]

Problem is, your friend's
daughter knew it was illegal,

and she did it anyway,
not for one or two vials.

Well, the way her
mom explains it,

she only buys it twice a year,
so she gets a really big supply.

And you know...
[groans]

The thing is, if she
lived in New York,

we wouldn't even be
having this conversation.

She would get it
monthly, legally.

You know better than I do,
it's completely irrelevant.

If she wants to buy this stuff,
if she needs to buy this stuff,

she should move
to a place where it's legal

so she's not
knowingly breaking the law.

Oh, come on,
it's a Class C felony,

so it's only a year,
minimum sentence.

We've pled out
harsher charges than that.

Bull...
[sighs]

Look.

I don't really ask
for a lot of favors.

She's being held

at the Woodbury
police station jail,

and is being released
in the morning.

I'm gonna run down
there tomorrow,

meet her at the D.A.'s office,
where hopefully,

I can negotiate a deal.

I think it would make a big
difference if you were there.

Uh, wait here, please.

Thank you both, for jumping into
the fray on such short notice.

Your mom, my mom.

Ah.
[chuckles]

This is Dr. Jason Bull,
by the way.

I don't have a mom
in this fight,

but, uh, it's a pleasure
to meet you.

What kind of doctor?

Psychologist.

Dr. Laura Allen.

Primary care physician.

Oh.

So, Doctor, just curious,

what is it, exactly,
you use all this CBD oil for?

Uh, pain management.

Headaches, mostly.

Hmm.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Come on in.

[quietly]:
All right.

BANNER:
Dr. Allen.

I am Assistant United States
Attorney Sylvia Banner.

These two gentlemen
your counsel?

Benjamin Colón, attorney;
Dr. Jason Bull, trial scientist.

I'm sorry.

I-I think there might
be some mistake here.

I was under the impression
that we were meeting

District Attorney
"Morris Frank"?

From the city
of Woodbury?

There was a slight
miscommunication.

D.A. Frank was kind enough
to lend us his office.

This is now a federal matter.

Federal matter?W-Wait, wait.

We're talking about
a couple hundred vials

of non-psychoactive CBD oil

for her personal
use; I mean,

doesn't the federal government
have better things to do?

Actually, we don't.

And it's 1,800 vials.

1,800 vials
that we believe

were intended for sale
to no less than 27 other people

in the state
of Virginia.

And this would not be the first
time that Dr. Allen smuggled

controlled substances
across state lines.

T-They're for my patients.

I sell them to my patients
for exactly what it costs me.

You have the right
to remain silent.Dr. Allen, you are being charged

with 27 counts of possession

of a controlled substance
with intent to distribute

in violation
of federal law.

In addition,
you are being charged

with violating interstate
commerce rules,

which strictly forbid
the transportation

across state lines
of controlled substances

by persons without
license to do so.

Mr. Colón, please,
you have to call my mom.

Don't say another word,
Dr. Allen, and don't worry,

I'll make that call.

♪

She broke the law, folks.

It's the bottom line.

So what we need to do
is get a jury that understands

that it's not something
she chose to do.

She had no choice.

But she did. You know that.

She had a choice.

Did she?

I don't think so.

We are going to argue
that Laura had

a professional responsibility

to give her patients
the best care possible.

Even if it meant
breaking the law.

So what kind of jurors
are we looking for?

What we're looking for are
jurors who are professionals.

Professionals who feel
a sense of duty

to do their absolute best.

Teachers, firefighters,
emergency room doctors.

People who relate to Laura because, in their line of work,

they, too, go above and beyond.

BENNY:
Do we have

any teachers with us today?

All right, and, uh,

what grade do you teach?

I teach ninth grade biology;
I also coach

the girls' basketball team.

She's been at her current school
for almost 20 years.

It's quite a stint.

BENNY:
Let's say

you were offered the same job

at a different school,
but double the pay.

Would you take it?

Would I take it?

I don't think so.

I mean, I would never
leave my girls.

You can't buy what coaching
my team gives me.

This juror is acceptable
to the defense, Your Honor.

What we want are jurors
who posses deontological ethics.

One more time,
for those of us

who don't read
the dictionary for fun.

People who are committed
to doing their absolute best

for the people
who depend on them,

no matter what the consequences.

And what do you do for a living?

I-I'm a county clerk.

Oh, okay.

Uh, do you like your job?

I love my job.

BENNY: And, uh,
how are your hours?LYNN: You mean,

when am I supposed to
be there by,

or when do I actually show up?

Oh, okay.

[laughs]

Let's start with when
you're supposed to be there.

9:00.

And when do you
usually show up?

Between 7:30 and 8:00.

Now, what's that about?

Uh, is the commute easier
if you get an early start?

Uh, no, it's just about making
sure everything's really ready,

so when people come in at 9:00,
I'm prepared to help them,

and they don't have to wait
any longer than necessary.

This juror is acceptable
to the defense, Your Honor.

BENNY [quietly]:
All right.

Do you believe
in the rule of law?

Sure do.

And as a
county clerk,

isn't part of your job
issuing permits?

Among other things.

So if somebody
comes in,

uh, they want a permit,

they want to build a 12-foot
wall in front of their house,

but the code says walls
can only be eight feet.

What do you do?

I'd have to deny the permit.

Because...?

That's the law.

No matter what time
you get into work.

No matter what time
I come into work.

This juror is also acceptable

to the prosecution,

Your Honor.[gavel bangs]

GARRISON:
We have our jury.

Doctor?

So, what's your thesis here?

That people who
love their jobs

will look the other way
when a citizen breaks the law?

Well, as long as you're asking,
what's yourthesis here?

Yes, she broke the law in
Virginia, but not in New York.

And to what end?

So that people in pain
could experience some relief?

Thank goodness you're here
to make sure that evildoers

like Dr. Allen
don't get away with anything.

Excuse me.

What was that all about?

Just wishing each other luck.

NICK:
Mom!

Nick. Uh...

Mom. What are you doing here?

Uh, sorry.
Dr. Bull,

uh, this is my mom.

And this is my son, Nicholas.

So, is it Nicholas,

Nicky, Nick, or... Dude?

Nick.
[coughing]

But I kind of like Dude.

Ah. Then Dude it shall be.

And you can call me Dr. Bull.

I think we had a-a good day.

Great day.

More great
days to come.

Okay. Then we
should get out of here...

Yeah....while the getting's good.

How sick do you
think he is?

Well...

they were praying
for him at church.

Excuse me?

Yeah.

Priest said a prayer
for him during Mass.

I mean, it...
flew right past me,

but.. he said it
was leukemia.

[sighs]
Of course.

That's how she found out
about the CBD oil:

her son's cancer.

Yeah, but why wouldn't she
be honest about that?

Well, I'm guessing she
didn't want us to know

she's using CBD oil
on a minor.

As a Doctor of Pharmacology

at the largest teaching
hospital on the East Coast,

what is your opinion

on CBD oil
as a treatment option?

At this time, the federal
government classifies it

as a Schedule I drug,

which means it has
no medical benefit whatsoever.

I think that
says it all.

BANNER:
So I am curious.

Based on your
medical expertise,

would you recommend
CBD oil as a treatment

for MS?

No.What about Parkinson's disease?

YATES:
No.

BANNER:
And would you recommend it

as a treatment for...

an adult suffering
from leukemia?

YATES:
No, I would not.

BANNER: And based
on your medical expertise,

how would you
characterize the choice

to treat a child's leukemia

with CBD oil?

I would characterize it
as reckless...

unsound, unsafe, dangerous...

and, while I'm not a lawyer,

I would venture to say
almost certainly criminal.

Objection, Your Honor.

The man is guessing.
And he's not a lawyer.

His opinion
as to the criminality

of this hypothetical example
is just that, an opinion.

Objection sustained. Jury will
disregard Dr. Yates's opinion

with regard to criminality.

But they won't, will they?

Not a chance.

BANNER:
I have no more questions,

Your Honor.We'll resume

hearing testimony tomorrow.

This court is adjourned.[gavel bangs]

How red is it over there?

MARISSA:
Uh, you know the Red Sea?

You know that reindeer
Rudolph's nose?

You know when they roll out
the red carpet?

I'm not following you.

Yeah, it's red.
You're a little slow today.

[sighs]

So, what are you
doing after court?

We need to have an
honest conversation.

BULL: You can see where
the other side's going.

They're getting ready
to use your son against you

like a baseball bat.

The fact that
he has leukemia.

The fact that you're
treating him with CBD oil.

That's what's going on,
isn't it?

You're saying that
as if it's a bad thing.Well, that is,

according
to their expert today...Please.

That supposed expert was wrong.

The oil has been
a huge help with every...

It doesn't matter whether
he's wrong about that.

What he's right about,

or at least will be
as far as the jury's concerned,

is that when you're giving
this oil to your adult patients,

they are capable
of making a decision

about whether or not
they want to take it.

But when you're
giving it to a child...

Mychild.

My child.

I'm not a monster.

I know.

And that is why
you're here... today.

We're here to arm you.

The defense calls
Dr. Laura Allen.

My son was diagnosed
with leukemia two years ago.

He immediately started
chemotherapy.

At first the side effects
were tolerable.

A little nausea, some vomiting
once or twice a week.

Then it was every day.

And then it was every day,
three, four times a day.

He lost 20 pounds
that first month.

We tried everything
to alleviate his misery,

but nothing worked.

He was so weak.

If he could...

if he could get out of bed
and make it to the bathroom,

it was a good day.

And there were not
a lot of good days.

Then I walked into his room
one night to check on him,

and he was sitting
on his bed,

holding a plastic bag
over his head.

I don't know where
he got the idea--

he still won't tell me-- but I
knew what he was trying to do.

I stopped the chemo
the next day.

[sniffles]

But... I'm a doctor,

and I knew stopping the
chemo wasn't the answer.

We were gonna have to resume the
treatment again at some point.

I honestly didn't know
what to do.

Then I read
about CBD oil.

So I drove to New York,

wrote myself
a bogus prescription,

and I bought one vial.

I gave Nicholas
one dropper-ful,

and within two hours,
he stopped throwing up.

Over the course of
the next two weeks,

he put on five pounds,
and he was up and out of bed.

He even had some friends
over to play.

My baby was living
his life again

instead of just
waiting to die.

So why not...
move to New York

or another state
where it's legal?

I thought about that.

But after seeing how much
CBD oil helped my son,

it occurred to me it might
also help some of my patients.

And how do you abandon
people at that point?

You show them something
that works, and then...

you just leave?

You just...

you just take it
away from them?

CHUNK:
I know we brought her here

to prepare her to testify...

but I don't know how you
improve on what she just did.

I know you were hoping to avoid
telling this part of the story.

And I know...

it feels private and personal,

and it half belongs to your son,
but I need you...

to make your peace with it...

because when it comes time
to defend you...

it may be
the only option we have.

Think Nick'll still be up
when you get home?

I hope so.

Thanks for the ride.

You're on my way.

No, I'm not.

Benny told me
where you live.

You live downtown.

They have bars
where you live?

Of course.Then you're on my way.

Does somebody
have a problem?

With what?

Drinking?

Nah, I drink fine.

I'll make you a deal.

Come in the house with me,
say hi to my mom--

and Nick, if he's up--

and I'll make both
of us a drink.

Though I'm not sure what
kind of liquor my mom has.

Why would you do that?

'Cause I want to
keep an eye on you.

I need you in court tomorrow,
preferably not hungover.

Hi, Mom!Nick!

Mom, it's the middle
of winter.

I don't know
what to tell you.

First he's cold, then he's hot,
then he's cold, then he's hot.

LAURA:
Get over here.

Come here.

Mom, you're
embarrassing me.

Yeah, well, you were the one
sitting around in your underwear

like some kind of a nudist,
and I'm embarrassing you?

Maybe I should come back
another time.

No.No.

[knocking]

[knocking]

Can I help you?

Dr. Laura Allen?

I'm with New York City
Children's Services,

and we have an order
to remove Nicholas Allen

from this residence.

Remove Nicholas?
What are you talking about?

BULL:
They're taking him

over to Sacred Heart Hospital
for observation.

Put him under a 24-hour hold.

Mom? What's going on?

Stay where you are.

No one's taking
my son anywhere.So, who called you?

Obviously, someone
filed a complaint.

I'm sorry.
I'm forbidden by law to tell you

who initiated this action.It wouldn't happen

to be the assistant United
States attorney, would it?

Fine. No names.

I'm part of Dr. Allen's
legal team.

Can you tell me

what this
anonymous source alleges?All I know

is that a minor
named Nicholas Allen

is supposedly being denied
proper medical care

and that his life
is in imminent danger

and illegal drugs are involved.

This is a nightmare.I'm sorry, but I need
you to surrender him

to this officer, ma'am.

No.

Laura,

we don't have a choice.

You better knock me down.
You better mace me.

You better take me to prison,
because that's the only way

you're getting to my little boy.NICK: No! Mom!

Don't let them take me!

It's okay.Okay, I'm calling for backup.

Don't do that.
Wait a second.

Listen.

We will take him in my car.

We're taking him.

You can follow us
or we'll follow you.

But we're taking him.

His mother and I are
taking him to the hospital.

Right, Dr. Allen?

That's what you want, right?

You want him to go
to the hospital?

Nowhere on this paper does
it say we can't take him there

and you can't stay
with him there.

Mom, pack Nicky a bag.

[sighs]

Dr. Allen,
it's almost 11:00 at night

and we both need
to be in court tomorrow.

[sighs]

I know you want
to be near your son.

But... they're never
gonna let that happen,

not for at least
another 22 hours.

What do you say we
get out of here?

You can go.
I'm just gonna sit here.

You want me
to get someone from my office

to come and sit with you?

I don't want you sitting alone.

I asked the doctor
what if he sees something,

something he doesn't agree with,

something that, in his mind,

indicates that Nick's not
getting the care that he needs?

What happens then?

And?

And he said they'd probably
put him in foster care.

You know I wouldn't
let that happen,

at least not without a fight.

I'm on trial for trying to make
my dying son feel better.

How screwed up is that?

So do I believe
that if they want

to take my son
away from me, they will?

You're damn right I do.

Ugh.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry
for being difficult.

I'm sorry for being dramatic.

You can go.

I'll be fine.

I'll see you in the morning.

I'm happy to call someone.

No. I want to be alone...

with him...

or at least near him.

15, 20 more minutes,
I'll be leaving, too.

Honestly.

Will you call me or text me
when you get home?

No.

I'm a grown-up.

I'll see you in the morning.

[man coughs]

Your Honor.

We have been sitting here
and waiting

for almost an hour
and 15 minutes.

Do we know if the defendant
is planning

on deigning us
with her presence or not?

Gentlemen, what do we know?

Uh, Your Honor,
she is on her way.

[whispering]: Please tell me
she's on her way.

[phone vibrates]

Where the hell are you?

LAURA:
Nicholas is gone.

What?

He ran away.

I came to the hospital
to try to see him

before court this morning and
when I got here, he was gone.

No one even knew he was missing.

I'm in my car.
I'm-I'm looking for him.

Laura, I need you
to listen to me.

I'll get my team
to find Nicholas, okay?

What I need you to do right now
is come to court and testify.

Laura?

Laura.

GARRISON:
Counselor, it's time to move on.

Your Honor, I just
got off the phone

with Dr. Allen. Turns
out her son is missing

from the hospital.

She's out looking for him.
If we could just take...

GARRISON:
No, we can't "just."

You and your client have
exhausted this court's patience.

I'm issuing a warrant
for Dr. Allen's arrest.

Call a witness,
any witness

and stretch out their testimony
as long as you can.

I'll be back.

[phone vibrates]

Yeah?

I'll be there
in 15 minutes.

I heard them talking about chemo
last night and it scared me.

So I waited till the sun
came up, put on my clothes

and just walked out.

I thought I could make it
to the courthouse to find Mom,

but I got so tired.

I picked him up
at a park nearby.

This nice lady let
me use her phone.

[knocking]Sorry to interrupt.

We haven't met.
You the dad?

Um, Dr. Jason Bull.
I'm part of the legal team.

Forgive me.
Dr. Kulkarni.

Want the good news
or you want the good news?

After a full evaluation,
I'm in complete support

of your treatment regimen,
including the CBD oil.

That's great.

Yeah. Honestly, I...

I couldn't have advised a better
treatment plan than yours.

I do want Nicholas to stay
with us one more night, though.

That little trip
to the park

dehydrated you
just a little bit.

Want to give him
some fluids.

Uh, what about
Child Services?

Ah, I'll have my report
in the next hour.

My guess is that
Nicholas will be able

to go home
with you tomorrow.

[chuckles]

Thank you, Doctor.Mm-hmm.

Thank you, Doctor.

Anybody have any questions,
I'll be around.

Forgive me, Doctor.

Uh, if I needed you
to testify about the efficacy

of Dr. Allen's treatment,
would you be willing?

Of course.
Schedule permitting.

Thank you.
Mm-hmm.

We have to handle
one other thing.

What's that?

There is a warrant out
for your arrest.

She felt she had no choice
but to go and find

her son since the people
who were supposed

to be responsible for him
clearly weren't up to the task.

How can you fault a parent

convinced that her
son was in danger

for doing what any parent
would do in this situation?

Dr. Bull, your client
is charged with a serious crime

that could see her spend
20 years in a federal prison.

She was out on bail

and due in court
this morning.

Neither she nor
you made any effort

to communicate
with this court

in any way to seek
its permission

to search for her son.

I'm revoking your bail.

And remanding you

to the jail here in
the federal courthouse

until the completion

of your hearing.
BULL:
But Your Honor...

Your Honor, my son's
in the hospital.

He's waiting for me.

Well, someone will just
have to explain to him

what happens when people
flaunt the law.

See you in court
tomorrow morning.

8:00 a.m., everybody's
here just as you asked.

Car downstairs to take
Benny and me to court?

Last I checked.

Let's do this.

Marissa,

where are we
with the mirror jurors?

Uh, three green and nine red.

Okay. Chunk.

I need you to prep
Dr. Kulkarni. Okay?

Now, he's due to go on the stand
later this afternoon

and he is a busy guy and he
is gonna resist this notion,

but go to the hospital
if you have to.

Do it in the hall between
surgeries. I don't care.

It's a tall order,
but I'm a tall man.

Yes, you are.

Danny.

Let's try and
round up as many

of Laura's 27
patients as we can.

Get them into Manhattan
and I want you to march them

into that courtroom and
force that judge, that jury

and even that tight-ass
federal prosecutor

to see whose quality of life
it is they are monkeying with.

I'll do the best I can.

Cable.

I need you

to really drill down
on that jury,

just check for any sweet spots
we might've missed

because everybody gets sick.

Everybody has a doctor
and there has got to be a way

to reach these people
we're not tapping into.

I'm on it.

BENNY:
Dr. Kulkarni,

how long have you been
a board-certified oncologist?

17 years.

BENNY:
And at the behest

of the City of New York's
Child Services Bureau,

you have thoroughly examined
Dr. Allen's son, Nicholas.

I have.

And how would you characterize

the level of care
he's been receiving?

Outstanding.

BENNY: Even though
that care has included

the administration of CBD oil?

DR. KULKARNI:
Yes, absolutely.

BENNY:
Isn't it true that doctors,

real dedicated doctors,
are often torn

between doing what's required
and doing what they know

to be the best thing
for their patients?

Like, uh, the insurance will say
a doctor can only do "X"

when he or she knows that they
really need to do "Y," too.

Objection.

The defense is asking
the witness to speculate.Sustained.

Okay. Let-let me ask this
differently, Your Honor.

I-I'd like to try
and be of some help here.

May-may I tell you about
something that happened to me?

Your Honor?

Nice move.

Chunk, you really
prepped this guy.

Oh, you ain't seen nothing yet.

DR. KULKARNI:
When I was 20 years old,

my mother fell sick
with esophageal cancer.

It's a particularly painful
cancer of the throat.

For several months, she was
in and out of the hospital.

And finally, they sent her home

because there just wasn't
anything for them to do for her.

This was before med school.

I was going to local colleges,
living at home.

And at night, I'd sit in my room
and I'd hear my mother

either labor for breath

or moan in pain.

I mentioned this to a friend
of mine at school

and as it turned out,
her dad was a doctor.

So, came, saw my mother,
spent some time with her

and he told me he was gonna
give her something for the pain.

That something turned out
to be morphine.

It's a tricky drug.

Given in the right amount,

it can do amazing things,
but, um...

give too much
and the patient dies.

In my mother's case, it did just
what it was supposed to do.

The moaning stopped.

The labored breath became
less and less pronounced.

She slept a lot,

uh, but always with a smile
on her face.

For the first time in two years,

she was experiencing something
like peace.

Two days later,
I walked into her room

to tell her I was going
to school.

She wasn't breathing.

She had died during the night.

Her pain gone.

The smile still there.

Now... was the doctor

at fault?

Did he give her
too much morphine?

We'll never know.

But I think he gave her
what she needed:

mercy.

No one talks about it,

but doctors face
these choices

every day.

But if they truly care
about their patients...

Objection.

Overruled.

MARISSA:
We have seven,

she has five.

BENNY:
Dr. Kulkarni,

you actually prescribe
the same CBD oil

to some of your patients
as Dr. Allen does, don't you?

I do.
So let me ask
you something.

Hypothetically speaking,
how far would you go

if you lived in a state
where your ill patients

couldn't get the CBD oil
they needed

to relieve their suffering?

That youneeded to relieve
your child's suffering?

I would hope that
I would have the courage

to go to hell and back.

Just as Dr. Allen did.

MARISSA:
For those of you keeping score,

we are staring
at eight green and four red.

And how far away
are our surprise guests?

They should be coming through
the door any second now.

[door opens]

[gallery murmuring]

I, uh, apologize for
the disruption, Your Honor.

But these are 13

of the 27 patients
that Dr. Allen

has been treating
with the CBD oil.

They...

came into the city today,

at a moment's notice, in
hopes that we could put them

on the witness list,

and allow them
to tell the jury

how Dr. Allen
has done

nothing but make their
treatments more bearable

and their lives
more livable.

Objection!
Your Honor, this is the first

that the prosecution has heard
about these witnesses.

I would like to
request a recess

for the day...

so that I could
possibly vet the list.

Someone's getting nervous.BENNY: Your Honor,

I can't guarantee
I can get all these people back

if we recess today.

I love a good fight.

If counsel for both sides
will approach the bench.

BULL [quietly]:
This is good.

This is good for us.

Yeah.[speaking softly]

The witness
is dismissed.

This court is adjourned
until tomorrow morning.

[gavel bangs]

I'll catch up with
both of you later.

There's something
I have to do.

[sighs]

Of all the gin joints
in all the world--

within three blocks
of the courthouse--

I walk into yours.

Oh.

Hey. I like the color
of her drink.

I'll have one of those.

I think you and I have
something to talk about.

Oh, really?

You into women's volleyball?

[chuckles]

The jury's swinging my way;
you know it,

and I know it.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

Humor me for a second.

'Cause if I'm right-- and this
is what I do for a living--

the game is
pretty much over.

I mean, maybe you
squeak by with a mistrial,

but is that really
a risk you want to take?

What?I'm-I'm just trying

to figure out
how you got that...

gigantic head of yours
through that teeny-tiny door.

[chuckles]:
Oh...

Wow. She smiles,

she jokes.

She's full of surprises.Hmm.

So, how about this?

You reduce the charges
to straight possession,

my client will plead
guilty to a misdemeanor

and do... four
years probation.

She still has a fighting chance
of keeping her medical license,

and you get the
conviction you want,

and everybody wins.

No.

No?

No.

Even though
you're not gonna win?

Even though
I maynot win.

So, what's your end game here?

You get a kick
out of tearing families apart?

I know it was you
who called Child Services.

I never tried to hide that.

You ever had a child?

[laughs]

Are we... are we going there?

I've-I've never had
a child, so...

I would never be able
to understand

what your client
is going through?

[chuckles]:
Oh... that is simpleminded.

Even for you.

And what-what about you?
How many children

do you have, Dr. Bull?

Only a man
with a name like "Bull"

could equate fertility
with empathy.

One-- but just for an inkling.
A second.

My ex-wife had a miscarriage.

You're right.

I withdraw the question.
Forgive me.

Look...

it is my job to help the courts
adjudicate these cases.

And once they do,
the system takes over.

It's very simple.

It's not personal, Dr. Bull.

It's my job.

It's just my job.

Your job.

Not your agenda?

You think I
have an agenda?

Well, why else would you choose
to take the case?

I chose this case
because nobody else

in my department would take it.

They all sympathize
with your client.

Truth is, so do I.

But...

just like her, I took an oath,

and just like her, I have
a professional responsibility.

Mine is to uphold the law.

And when your beliefs
don't align with the law?

Look...

the reality is...

our beliefs don't matter...

because it's not up to us

to decide what happens
to Dr. Allen.

I do my job.

You do your job.

The system does the rest.

So, what did she say?

She doesn't want to play.

Is there any good news?

Well, we do have eight jurors
on our side--

we just need to move
those other four.

Well, it's gonna be tough.

I did some focus group work
with them tonight,

and they're having
a really difficult time

reconciling the fact that while
they sympathize with Laura,

she knowingly broke the law.

Then our job is to reconcile
those feelings for them.

We need to empower them,
we need to tell them that...

in so many words,
their feelings about this case

matter morethan the law.

That each and...BENNY: That each and...

every one of you... ...every one of you

sitting here in front of me,

your opinion matters.

Your opinion matters.

Your opinion matters,

your opinion matters,

and your opinion matters.

Now, I-I can tell you
my opinion.

I believe Ms. Allen
did the right thing.

She did the most...
responsible,

loving and kind thing

for her patients
and for her son. I mean...

think about it.

How could she
have done any less?

But... you know what?

My opinion doesn't matter.

For that matter,
the prosecution's opinion

doesn't matter.

Now, the prosecution would like
for you to think otherwise.

The prosecution would like
for you to think

that your opinion
doesn't matter at all.

That the law is the law, and
everything else is irrelevant.

But, you know,

let's talk about the law
for a second.

You know, it's different in
New York than it is in Virginia.

And according
to the federal government,

the law in New York
and 41 other states

is in violation
of the law of the land.

So what isthe law of the land

if the states
can't agree with it?

So...
[laughs softly]

clearly, the law is
not as cut-and-dried.

Clearly, that's
why we need your help,

why we need your opinion.

Now, I believe
we've proven

that the only thing
my client did

was do her job to the
absolute best of her ability.

Be a mother to the absolute best
of her ability.

To administer mercy whenever
she saw the opportunity.

Now, if you think
that's a crime,

then you know how to vote.

But if you're like me--

you know,
you think that's something

that should be encouraged
in our society--

I just ask that you do one thing
today, and that's just...

do for Laura
what she would do for you.

Show her the best care possible.

Thank you.

GARRISON:
Has the jury

reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

We the jury find the defendant,

Laura Allen...

not guilty.

♪

Oh...
[laughs]

[laughs]
Yes.

For someone who just lost,
you don't seem terribly upset.

How can I be upset?

The system worked.

It was the outcome
that the people wanted.

At least
all the people here.

And that's how
it's supposed to be.

I did my part,
you did yours.

Justice was served.

Well, she's a tough one.

Oh, yeah.

You could tell
she was out for blood.

You think so?

Without a doubt.Hmm.

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