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[woman]
previously on all rise...

I am going into holistic law.

Ooh! I'm late for my first
day in the da's office.

- Or you could just come back.
- I miss you, too.

Maybe I should sue you
for a wedding date.

Let me just get the
firm back on its feet.

This election exposed your vulnerabilities.
I look forward to illuminating them,

- ms. Carmichael. [chuckles]
- judge carmichael.

[upbeat music playing]

[protestors shouting]

[reporters clamoring]

- I know this is upsetting.
- Hmm.

You know what?
[sighs] maybe, um,

- we should find another entrance.
- No, that's okay.

[cell phone beeps]

hi, my lovelies! Do you see
all those little motherpuckers

in tyler pierce's fan club?

Well, they're hating on me because
I like my kink and my sex rough.

- But, hey! To tell the truth...
- your post could come back to bite you.

No, that psycho went too far. He
put me in a hospital, all right?

I'm gonna sit in that courtroom
every day until the world knows

- I'll have the last laugh.
- Gigi, you are a witness.

So you're only allowed in the
courtroom when you testify.

My client looks forward to refuting
ms. Raymond's outrageous claims.

Which are a desperate
grab for publicity,

more social media
followers for her business,

-and financial gain.
-[gigi] hey, hey. Bring your crew over here.

- [reporter] what is your side of it?
- You want the truth?

I'll give you the truth.
He's a lying sack of sh...

- Gigi!
- [man] you're a liar!

[crowd shouting]

[indistinct shouting]

you look suspiciously
well-rested

with a tinge of melancholy.

What am I, a bottle of wine?

- [chuckles]
- how do you do that?

You told me robin was taking bailey
to visit his parents in detroit.

Oh, it's our first time apart.

When I was two, my mother went to
an ashram in india for six weeks

and I had no hang-ups.

Hmm. Not a one.

Ooh! I have something
to cheer you up.

We have a new, outrageously
qualified stenographer...

[whispers] ...Who can't
hum a tune. I checked.

These came to my chambers.
No card, but I figured

more election victory
flowers for lola.

[lola] they do keep coming.

I'll start a "thank you" card.

There's a card right
here. [chuckles]

they're for me.

I guess we can't always assume
they're for "her honor."

- flip, flip.
- Oh, ho, ho!

I'm off to another
"smash 'n grab" hearing.

- Mmm.
- So...

- Give it up.
- If you must know,

I did some volunteer work
for a voter education group.

It is a lot of posies
for volunteering.

I proved useful.

- Hmm.
- First up, we have a trail readiness hearing for

-a hockey player, tyler...
-tyler pierce. Who could forget?

I hate celebrity cases.

You're either accused of favoritism
or of punishing them for their fame.

- You can't win.
- Hmm.

I've got a almond milk, half-caf
macchiato for kiki rice.

- Hardly. Look alive!
- Ho!

You got skills for
somebody who just started.

- Trying.
- You want some pointers?

I would love some.

- Lebron makes it look so easy.
- That's true.

So...

- What'd you want to talk to me about? Hey!
- Well,

I'm representing this, uh...

This hairdresser

- who's got this thing...
- Okay.

You are so not here to talk
about some hairdresser case.

You know you wanna talk about
you leaving the other night

- with the bailiff. Delilah.
- Ooh.

- "delia." wait, are you jealous?
- Oh, delia.

- Come on.
- I think you might be a little jealous.

You know what? Whatever you got
going on with the hot bailiff,

that's none of my business.

Well, I worried that
it bothered you.

Seriously, we're just friends.

- Start with your free throw.
- Actually...

Just with us two...

For now, just friends.
Okay? 'cause...

Okay.

Okay.

- Okay, baller.
- [laughs]

so how's it going with the whole
holistic lollapalooza, huh?

Uh, I scored a
meeting today with

the edith vasquez who put
holistic law on the map.

And I'm gonna ask her how
to start my own practice.

Up top!

Hey, listen. If there's anyone who can get
clients through the system in one piece,

- it is emily lopez.
- Huh.

Hey, I should, uh...

- I should go, or I'll be late.
- Okay.

Thanks for the macchiato.

Hmm.

- Bye.
- Bye.

[crowd shouting]

yo, callan. It is
a zoo out there.

And you are looking
at the zookeeper.

- You're handling the tyler pierce case?
- This one hurts, man.

I mean, amy might be my fiance
but hockey, hockey is...

No, it's your first love.

Since I was ten years
old. Now look at me.

Going after the guy who single-handedly
put the blades in the play-offs.

On top of that, amy, she's
so wrapped up in the case,

she literally falls asleep
cuddling a legal file.

Man, tyler pierce of all people.

Too bad I'm not
with the da anymore.

- We make a killer team.
- Mmm. Hmm.

- You pick a new head deputy yet?
- [elevator dings]

it's not that easy, man.
And on top of all that,

bravo's sending me some new
guy I'm supposed to break in.

Must be the new guy.

All right, we gotta move.
Give you the rundown.

Defendant traded text with the
victim prior to a one-night stand

- that turned violent.
- Okay. I was just heading...

The defendant has no criminal
record, no violent history,

aside from, you
know, playing hockey.

Defense wants to plead this
down to a slap on the wrist.

You know, misdemeanor, trespass.

- Wait, are we...
- what I'm talking about is that if I were in charge,

I'd go after felony
domestic violence with

a great bodily
injury enhancement.

[cell phone ringing]

huh. Speak of the devil.

Yeah. Callan.

[indistinct
conversation on phone]

are you sure you wanna do this?

Yeah, all right.

Wait. Amy.

Hi.

Da's willing to strike the gbi
and offer a plea to the felony.

Time served, plus
three years' probation.

Just tell me, would I have
to sit out the season?

Tyler, wait for me outside
the courtroom. Okay?

Misdemeanor, simple battery.

No, no. Felony.

Sir, there's no way
I can agree to...

[indistinct chatter on phone]

yeah, well, looks like
you got yourself a deal.

Well, just go in without me, I'll be right
in. Just gonna hammer out some details.

Mark. I'm not
your second chair.

I've been trying to tell
you I was just saying hi.

Then who's bravo's new guy?

I am.

What, are you an intern?

I get that all the time.
Don't worry, I'm up to speed.

I've been following right
behind you the whole time.

The young have
excellent hearing.

Hey, bravo, you messing with me?

Yeah, I just met doogie howser,
j.D. Oh, he's a prodigy?

- Uh-huh.
- I can't believe I'll be working with mark callan.

I've followed your career, convicted
a deputy in people v wane mccarthy,

outfoxed the famous actress
into confessing to murder?

- Speaking of show business...
- I wasn't.

I've got the only indian parents
who wanted their kid to do standup.

I chose the law. My talent for getting
an audience in the palm of my hand...

You know what? I forgot.

Sir, how much breaking in of
this kid do you want me to do?

We've got a trial readiness
hearing and it's about to start.

- Oh, uh, right. I'll go on in to the courtroom now.
- Yeah.

Go in, I need to
finish up with bravo.

- Thanks.
- Thanks.

- Oh, one more thing.
- He's, no, he's pulled out a phone. I don't know...

[camera shutter clicks]

can you please explain
to me what is happening?

[indistinct chatter]

is mr. Callan stuck
in an elevator, mr...

- I don't know you.
- Uh, deputy district attorney tajdar biswas.

Though, I go by teddy at
starbucks, your honor.

Okay, then, mr. Biswas.

Ms. Quinn. While we wait for mr. Callan
to grace us with his presence...

Excuse me.

Is biswas spelled
the french way?

O-I-s?

Or with a w?

As in the "world?"

uh, it's b-I-s-w-a-s.

That is quite the delivery.

What delivery?

Hmm.

Where were we? Are both
sides ready for trial?

Actually, your honor.

Both parties have agreed to plea
of misdemeanor, simple battery.

From the preliminary hearing
transcript, the charge sounds quite low.

- What's the people's reasoning?
- Um...

I think we should wait
for mr. Callan to clarify.

[chuckles] I really hope
the lenience of the offer

is not the result of
special treatment.

Everyone in my courtroom
is treated the same.

Rich, poor or otherwise.

I mean, mr. Callan will enumerate
the reasons for reducing the charge.

But from what I can tell, the
people would have no problem

- securing a conviction.
- What?

No, uh...

- Mr. Callan and I...
- are there any problems with proof?

Uh, not that I can see.

I mean, the victim
is co-operative

and the hospital photos speak
for themselves, your honor.

As mr. Biswas pointed out, these
injuries do appear quite traumatic.

And if it's a crime here, it's
much more serious than the offer.

I'm not inclined
to accept the plea.

We're going to trial.

I didn't do anything wrong.

No, no, no. The people
and I made a deal.

And then that little...
Mr. Biswas, blew it up.

I assume driver took the
u-turn, we're going to trial.

- Not that I'm complaining.
- But I'm complaining.

[lola] attorneys,
in my chambers now.

[crowd clamoring]

[in sing-song voice]
someone's gonna lose a tooth.

Gigi raymond is a self-serving scammer
who engaged in consensual sex play.

A felony charge is outrageous.

The defendant is using a few dirty
texts as a cover for strangling a woman

- to unconsciousness.
- And a domestic abuse charge

requires some semblance
of a relationship.

The texts spanned
several days, your honor.

Oh, if that's a relationship, then
stop griping I'm uncommunicative.

You've been stonewalling me for
weeks about the wedding date, amy.

- Counsel, we are not in your romantic comedy.
- If I may...

It's routine for my generation
and either of the parties involved

to engage in relationships that can
last several years entirely online.

- In fact, in canada...
- Okay, your honor. Must we?

Young mr. Biswas has
a point, ms. Quinn.

Mr. Callan, is your co-counsel's
assessment of the evidence accurate or not?

It is, your honor.

And if the court is ready to move the
case to trial, the people are ready.

Good! Now, to avoid any
appearance of impropriety,

the court recommends that you separate
residences and cease communication

for the duration of the trial.

Not a problem.
I get the house.

Are you serious right now?

Well, then the least
your honor could do,

is let the people stay
in her guest house.

Sorry, that's another
conflict of interest.

-Find a nice hotel. I'll see you both in court.
-Yeah, sure.

Wait, you all hang out together?

[indistinct conversation]

excuse me.

Hello. Uh, ms. Quinn, hi.

I hope... I mean, I
hope there's not any

hard feelings about...
[clears throat]

In there, because in
moot court in law school

people got really, I
mean, really mad at me.

Your fly is open.

Touche.

- That was a cheap trick, quinn.
- It always works on you.

- What happened?
- Bad case of acne.

Never mind. We gotta
get ready for trial.

You'll clerk for me and the
minute you pass the bar,

- you're second chair.
- Ooh, I get the test results back in a few days.

- Warm up my seat.
- Okay.

[emily] so, um,
joaquin told me that

you basically started the holistic
law movement back in brooklyn,

and that is... Amazing.

Well, the goal was to place
clients an alternative to

prison facilities like this one.

So they get actual
rehabilitation.

I come out here to check on
my clients as much as I can.

I never had that kind of
time when I was a p.D.

So let me guess, now
you're ready to do more.

Defendants deserve more.

Well, holistic law is not
just about defending clients.

You represent them in landlord-tenant
disputes, immigration proceedings,

child custody battles,
divorce matters.

Heck, I even make sure
they put food on the table.

Yeah.

That's my client, carla.

She wants to work on a garden
center when she gets out.

Carla. This is emily.

She's interested in
how I represent you.

Wow.

- Bite of lettuce?
- Oh, no, thanks.

- Try it.
- But it's got, um...

Yeah.

[blows]

[crunching]

that's actually nice.

Little dirty, but
you know. Not bad.

[mark] gigi, the jurors need
to see you as the victim.

Weak and vulnerable

at the hands of 200-pound,
six-foot-one trained athlete.

- Okay, so you want me to be this delicate little flower?
- No, that's not...

That's the only way those
12 idiots will believe me?

Like it or not, those idiots

are the only people who
can put pierce behind bars.

I am not gonna change who
I am. Screw all of you.

I need a smoke break.

Move.

She's gonna be a
disastrous witness.

The jurors need to empathize with her,
not wanna strangle her themselves.

Meanwhile, tyler pierce is
mr. God damn congeniality.

Well, I think that facts
should stand on their own.

Teddy, in he-said-she-said cases,
who's more likeable matters.

Gigi raymond has 1.2
million insta followers.

- Someone likes her.
- Let me have some time with her.

[sighs]

alone.

Go.

Is that a lot of followers?

Look, gigi, you are very brave

to be testifying and you have
every right to be angry...

That sexist lawyer callan is
supposed to be on my side.

Look, callan isn't
sexist, he's just...

Frustrated.

[cell phone chimes]

gigi, this is your chance

to face your attacker.

Tell them what he did to you.

How this affected you.

Oh, you're my therapist,
too? [chuckles]

did you ever think that some of your
followers might be victims of violence?

You can speak to them,

help them.

So that their lives aren't
destroyed or... [scoffs] worse,

ended.

Stop just thinking
about yourself.

Okay. Okay, I hear you.

Now leave me alone to post
a pic of my bichon frise.

Question.

How do I get funding to start
a holistic law practice?

You're gonna need
to find a powerful,

well-funded legal organization
and expand their practice.

What about bar panel?

They would take over my clients when
there was a conflict of interest.

No, those private
attorneys are a bunch of...

Yes, but the county funds them.
So they have steady cash flow

and plenty of clients that they're
actually in a unique position to do this.

- [carla] hey.
- Hi.

So, hey, carla, how'd you, um...

How'd you end up here?

My ruby was four months.

I was out of work and
boosted some formula.

- Shoved a security guard.
- She was headed to prison for robbery.

Her daughter would have
gone to foster care.

But edith cut a deal for me to come
here instead. I got to keep my ruby.

- Aw.
- Gave me a reason to go on.

[women arguing]

[edith] no, whoa, whoa!

Whoa! Get off, get
off of her! Get off!

Stop! Hey, hey! Security!

Get off of her!

- Stop!
- [emily] come on!

Get off!

- [straining]
- security!

- [exhales] yeah, yeah.
- Whoa, whoa. Are you okay?

I can take a hit.

Whoo!

So, I guess you've had enough.

What? What, that... I'm gonna
start my own boxing gym.

I mean, no. I'm
still committed to...

Thank you.

I'm still committed
to holistic law.

Give bar panel a shot, but
don't hold your breath.

You know, old dogs, new tricks.

[emily exhales]

[softly] oh, my god...

What happened physically between
you and mr. Pierce that night?

I was working it like a badass.

In control of things.

So you and the defendant were
engaged in sexual activities?

Yeah, yeah. Some spanking, some
dirty talk, I'm not vanilla.

- It was fun.
- Was there a point at which it stopped being fun?

Yeah, isn't that
why we're all here?

Out of nowhere, tyler...

Sorry, I mean, the
defendant, um...

Grabbed me by the hair
and kept punching me

over and over and over again.

And his face, he was like...

He was biting his lip like he wanted
to get the right reaction out of me.

[somber music playing]

[smacks lips]

but I wasn't scared shitless
the way he wanted, I guess.

So he grabbed me by
the throat to, um,

to strangle me and
just snap my neck.

I thought he was gonna kill me.

[sobbing]

I'm sorry.

[keyboard clacking]

you should really go home.

I just read over
today's transcript.

Our new stenographer
is flawless.

- If it weren't for...
- sounding like a movie preview.

- [sighs] - things can
look really good on paper.

Well, speaking of which,

I saw tyler pierce on
the drew barrymore show

making his mother's
mac and cheese recipe.

If we're working here, I thought sweet,
funny guys were sweet, funny guys.

- It will come down to who the jury believes he is.
- [sighs]

oh! I am walking
out now with a w.

As in the world.

- [laughing] good night.
- Good night.

[keyboard clacking]

[sighs wearily]

- may I help you?
- Sherri kansky?

We're here regarding
an investigation into

alleged impropriety in the
election of judge lola carmichael.

There's gotta be some mistake.

[water running]

[doorbell ringing]

[doorbell repeatedly rings]

[groans loudly]

- [doorbell ringing]
- what the hell?

And I am still processing how deputies
from the public integrity unit

wound up peppering me with
questions in my living room.

- Really don't think there's...
- an election impropriety, seriously?

As if trying to hang on to my
seat wasn't difficult enough.

Your honor, I was as
shocked as you were.

Oh, no. I think I was
a bit more shocked.

The first I heard about ms. Kansky's
volunteer work was this morning.

It wasn't an official campaign activity,
but I am sure it was above board.

Those deputies
were not having it.

That community center was
in the crenshaw district.

Which we both know I won

with record turn out, I guess that
looks so bad someone reported it.

I did assure the
deputies it was...

Purely educational
in all partisan.

So many people have doubts around
election integrity nowadays,

I wanted to teach them
how to fill out ballots.

Explain how votes are counted.

- I never...
- Never what?

-Uh...
-Come on, sherri. There must've been something.

No, no! Um...

[sighs] some people
were complaining...

About politicians and the
bureaucracy around covid benefits.

So I told them I'd
make a few calls.

Help them collect what they're owed,
and help get them rental assistance.

Oh...

"oh?"

"oh" is right.

I was trying to be of service.

You were working
for my campaign.

It looked like you were
trying to buy votes.

You should've known better.

- How did they leave it with you?
- Um...

The public integrity unit
said they would determine

if the investigation would
proceed to a hearing.

- You?
- Same.

I cannot believe that
this could escalate.

The election could be nullified.

I could lose my
judgeship, or credibility.

[sherri] I need some air.

- Sherri...
- [door slams]

[dramatic music playing]

[sighs]

"former governess, elizabeth
dimarco of la habra heights,

married her employer, then
dismembered and cooked him for dinner.

1926."

they do not make cases
like they used to.

What do you think
of my new spot?

It's great. If you
got a thing for mold.

Let's keep looking.

So, you are never
gonna believe this.

- Last night, I'm at home...
- Stop, I already heard.

Sherri and the election. My buddy
jerome, he's the night guard.

He let the deputies
off last night.

-Does everyone know?
-Relax, lo, it's just me. Okay?

But I have nagging suspicion it's gonna
be traced back to corrine cuthbert,

a serious case of sour grapes.

How would she even know?

I just don't understand how sherri
could make a mistake like this.

Devil's advocate. Sherri thought she
could give the voters a little push,

she'd do anything for you.

No, mark, I trust sherri.

Ms. Raymond, the
stunts you post,

these keep getting
more outrageous

to keep the million dollars
a year flowing, right?

Yeah, I kick it up a notch and
I call them media spectaculars.

I see.

Was kidnapping the
dog of k-pop star

goldie ku one of your
media spectaculars?

Objection irrelevance.

Sustained on 352 grounds.

I have an eight page document titled
"raymond pierce text exchange"

marked as defense exhibit
e for identification.

- May I approach the witness?
- You may.

Ms. Raymond, do you recognize these
text messages you sent to the defendant

between July 17th and
July 22nd of last year?

Take your time.

Mmm-hmm. I mean, uh, yeah.

Could you please read
the highlighted text?

- Out loud?
- Go ahead.

Um, okay.

[softly] "I'm your
obedient little slut."

oh, speak up so the
jury can hear you.

[indistinct chatter]

[louder] "rough me up until I'm
black and blue so I know I'm yours.

I need to ache from
being used by you.

I want you to choke me
until I cum for you."

[amy] so you asked the
defendant to rough you up,

choke you, bruise you...

- no, I never asked him to...
- no, that's right. Sometimes you begged...

- Objection argumentative.
- Sustained.

Simply followed your instructions to
the letter and yet here we all are.

Players in one of your
super duper spectaculars.

- Objection. Your honor, this is...
- sustained.

No. I just told
that piece of shit

what he wanted to hear to
keep his interest, all right?

Everybody does that online.
You are just a frigid bitch.

Enough, ms. Raymond.

Let's just bring the
temperature down.

The court will be in recess.

[indistinct chatter]

whoa, you really tried her.

Ness, when you pass the bar, you'll have
to give your clients a rigorous defense.

Okay.

After all that prep.

[mimics explosion]
gigi sunk our case.

Um, kind of busy here.

Also, it's not over.

You're right. Our expert
witness is up next.

It's her job to convince those jurors that
their assumptions about gigi are false.

She is the victim, period.

Strong strategy. According to our
demographics, jurors six, seven, nine and 11

are under 35.

Statistically they're woke,
so victim blaming is out.

Hey, I'm over 35.
I'm... I'm woke.

[laughter]

lunch? That's a nice surprise.

[chuckles]

oh, damn. I asked
for roast beef.

Could anything go my way today?

I'm gonna say this is
about more than roast beef.

- Cleared things up with emily?
- Okay, why would you think that I'm talking about...

The sandwich apocalypse.

Surprise lunch.

- Sure you're not here to talk?
- No. Emily and I are just friends, double confirm.

Great.

So you're open to other women.

'cause, uh, you seems
like you're lady catnip.

- [laughter]
- uh-uh.

I'm still proving myself
at the p.D.'s office.

- Okay.
- No distractions.

Suit yourself.

If you don't want them, I
will take on the challenge.

Dr. Cheng, you said you've treated
more than 200 victims of domestic abuse

over the course of your career.

Would you say they always come across
the way we'd expect a victim would?

You mean the stereotype,
frightened, weak and helpless?

- No.
- But isn't that the typical response to injury, trauma?

Quite the contrary.
When women are battered,

they can have atypical behavior.
Anger driven outbursts.

They're often embarrassed and don't
want to admit they're vulnerable.

That they let this
happen to them.

So it's possible for someone to
be battered and still be brash,

- abrasive, um, in your face.
- Absolutely.

A false projection of strength in
the face of shame is consistent

with a ptsd reaction.

Is it also possible for
a domestic abuser to

come across as a nice
guy, even be a role model?

You'd be shocked, who goes home and
beats up the person they supposedly love.

Thank you.

[indistinct chatter]

unfortunately the nice guys can be
villains strategy resonates these days.

I am a nice guy.

This is ruining me.

What I do behind closed
doors shouldn't matter.

But it does. We have to show the jury that
at least you're honest about what you want

unlike, what, half the
married guys on your team?

Any history with women's causes?

I think I signed a hockey stick for
some fundraiser for a breast thing.

Ness, find that charity.

Do you know how many
make a wishes I do?

And what do I get?

People taking advantage of me.

[clears throat] okay, can
I talk to you for a second?

If I bite my tongue any
harder, it is going to bleed.

Now, he is the victim.

By the time we're done
with him, he will be.

Okay.

And as you can see, gentlemen,

recidivism in
california is at 46%.

The los angeles county court system
is the largest in the country.

Defendants get utterly
buried in the bureaucracy.

Look, I'm not here
sprinkling fairy dust.

But I am offering holistic law
services to your clients to help them

solve their problems.

Ms. Lopez, I commend
your enthusiasm.

But I'm afraid the only way
your holistic law could work

is by sprinkling fairy dust.

What you're suggesting is
impractical. It's too far reaching.

And expensive.

L.A. County gives us funding to
defend clients in criminal court.

That's our priority.

You saw my analysis.

Putting one defendant's child
into the foster care system

costs the county far more
than offering these services.

Caring for the whole person is
the future of criminal defense.

If you're interested in social work, you
might wanna consider a career change.

Or go do pro bono work.

Try free council initiative.

The lawyers there take shifts
cleaning the bathrooms.

[all chuckle]

well, I should have
gone there first.

Thank you, gentlemen,
thank you for your time.

And I signed a hockey stick for
the breast cancer foundation.

My aunt irene is a survivor.

You are a very generous man.

Do women ever take
advantage of you?

You know, sometimes all they want
are vacations and cartier watches.

I try not to get jaded
but it gets to you.

I'm a nice guy.

No further questions.

- Mark! Mark! Mark!
- What?

Let me do the cross.

- Sit down and be quiet.
- Mark, I've got this.

This prodigy crap
better be real.

Which way do I go?

- [man whispers] what's wrong with that guy?
- [teddy clears throat]

[clears throat]

mr. Pierce, excuse me.

I... I may not have,
uh, much experience

if any in the boudoir

- and...
- move along your questioning, mr. Biswas.

- Okay, um, orgasms.
- [crowd laugh]

do women usually have, uh,

one of those during sex?

- Mr. Dinsmore?
- I'm so sorry.

First I have
mr. Biswas saying,

"I might not have much experience
or any in the boudoir."

then he says, "orgasms."

- does a woman always have...
- mr. Biswas, repeat your questioning for mr. Dinsmore

but this time, speak up,
so he doesn't have to...

Can you always tell when
a woman has had an orgasm?

With me, it's pretty obvious.

Did ms. Raymond
have one with you?

Oh, yeah. They all do.

So ms. Raymond asked you to choke
her until she had an orgasm,

you said it was perfectly
clear that she had one.

Yeah, so?

And yet you kept on choking
her after she had an orgasm

until she went unconscious.

Was that part of your game or do you get
your kicks sending women to the hospital?

- No no, that's not...
- Objection argumentative.

- Sustained.
- No further questions.

You know, I'm gonna
kill you, you...

- [gavel banging]
- mr. Pierce, sit down.

You know me.

[indistinct chatter]

- it was an accident.
- [gavel banging]

[lola] order! Bailiff,
clear the courtroom.

In my chambers, now.

Chambers!

[continues indistinctly]

I will not have my courtroom
turned into a three ring circus.

Your honor, mr. Biswas' gotcha
grandstanding about the timing of an orgasm

doesn't prove my client
intended to hurt ms. Raymond.

It was a moment of passion that
went too far. An accident. Period!

One bruise is an accident, your
honor. We have all seen the photos.

Okay, your honor,
let's cut to the chase.

The defense asked the court to adjust
the language of the jury instructions.

The jurors must be told
to consider ms. Raymond's

obvious consent to
this s and m game.

The people understand that she agreed
to a point but that only goes so far.

By ms. Quinn's logic, if someone
asks you to push them off a bridge

and you do it, you
bear no responsibility.

The way the standard jury instructions
for domestic violence charge is written,

is flawed. Right now it doesn't mention
consent being a mitigating factor.

- Other battery laws do.
- Your honor,

there are those who would say
adjusting jury instructions

is how activist judges overwrite
laws to influence juries

towards a desired verdict.

It happens all the time. Look
at the kyle rittenhouse...

- Oh! Back off, frodo.
- Enough!

I am not here to override
laws. I'm here to ensure

mr. Pierce receives
a fair trial.

- That will be all.
- Judge carmichael,

as a sworn officer of the court,

it is my moral obligation
to express my belief that

tyler pierce will do this kind of
thing again and again and again.

And I know.

I was bullied by guys like him.

My whole childhood.

I feel for you, mr. Biswas,
and this is a serious matter.

Now I will take the defense's request
to consider consent under advisement.

I will also mull over the
prosecution's position

that the injuries mr. Pierce
inflicted on ms. Raymond

be the only factor
they consider.

Now, good afternoon.

- [sighs]
- [door opens]

[door closes]

jurors, you are to consider the following
instructions in your deliberation.

The defendant is charged in count
one with felony domestic violence.

You must determine
whether mr. Pierce, one,

willfully inflicted physical
injury upon ms. Raymond.

And two, whether that injury
resulted in a traumatic condition.

Have a choco bite. My go to
during jury deliberations.

So, I did not grant the
defense's request for

a pinpoint jury instruction.

I hope I did the right thing.

I think you did. Once
you ask a jury to accept

that ms. Raymond yes to
being choked and punched,

no 12 jurors will agree
if pierce went too far.

But the defense
makes a good point.

The jury instructions for a
felony domestic violence charge

as written is problematic.

Lola, don't second
guess yourself.

Who needs that with judge
marshall watching over you

and the whole election
fiasco on the horizon.

My buddy jerome told me.

Jerome?

[cell phone chimes]

the jury has a verdict.

That was fast.

Listen. Maybe nothing
makes a difference.

That jury might see pierce as
some larger than life superhero

like a tom brady or
a michael jordan.

And heroes can be above the law.

Thanks for the chat.

Now you're used to hashing
things out with benner

but I can be warm and
friendly, too. See?

And take the cookies with you.

Those girls get gary every year.

[solemn music playing]

has the jury reached a verdict?

[foreperson] we
have, your honor.

[lola] foreperson, please hand
the verdict form to the bailiff.

[suspenseful music playing]

will the defendant please stand?

As to count one, in violation of
penal code 273.5, subdivision a,

felony domestic violence, we
the jury find the defendant...

- Not guilty.
- [sighs in relief]

[crowd cheering]

- order!
- [gavel banging]

order!

[indistinct shouting]

does losing always
suck this hard?

Even genius lawyers lose cases.

You put up a good fight.

[crowd cheering]

[reporter] tyler
pierce, what's next?

Well, my client has been
exonerated by a jury of his peers

and now he can get back to
doing what he loves most.

Helping the blades
win a championship.

[all cheering]

I can't believe he got off.

I'm so sorry...

Please, just leave me alone!

Justice for gigi.

Justice for gigi.

[all chanting] justice for
gigi. Justice for gigi.

They're here for me.

I have, like, three times as
many fans than tyler pierce.

Get me out of here.

Tyler, tyler, you are not guilty but
can you comment on the breaking news

that the l.A. Blades are
releasing you from the team

for violating the morals
clause in your contract.

Nope. Let's go.

Yeah, yeah, you
run, motherfucker.

I'm gonna sue your
ass off in court.

[crowd chanting]
justice for gigi.

[gigi] you are
gonna pay for this.

I love you all.

[chanting continues]

thank you so much
for the support.

Seriously.

This needs your signature.

It's verdicts like today's
that make abuse victims

hesitant to come forward.

- Almost makes you lose your faith in humanity.
- Hmm.

- Sherri...
- Judge carmichael...

Judge carmichael.

Not even your honor?

I know I might have made a
mistake during the election.

But you don't have to
make me feel so small.

I am sorry, sherri.

But even you have to admit, that
sometimes you can go a little overboard.

This came for you.

Public integrity unit?

It looks like they are moving
forward and calling a hearing.

We will both have to testify about
your conduct during the election.

Are you sure you can trust me?

I might go overboard.

Whoo. Circus has left town.

Come on. Let's go
back to the office.

That was a three shower trial.

Oof.

Ness, whatever you're
feeling about the verdict,

it was our job to make the
prosecution prove their case.

- They couldn't get there.
- Yay! American justice.

With rachel gone, I couldn't
have done this without you.

I'm just sorry you couldn't
have been second chair.

Oh, I'm okay with
skipping this one.

By the way, any word
on passing the bar?

Any second now.

Oh. Come on. Let's go.

♪ California ♪

♪ two years ago but
I've always kept you ♪

♪ in the forefront
of my mind ♪

♪ california ♪

♪ been burning with
desire since I left you ♪

♪ these new york city
streets don't protect you ♪

♪ from the vortex
of your mind ♪

♪ these hills are
mine, the ocean too ♪

♪ I lose myself
in skies of blue ♪

♪ I come alive,
breathe in your air ♪

♪ my world ain't right
when I'm not there ♪

♪ long as your sun's
shining on me ♪

♪ my heart is home
and I am free ♪

the new kid could lose a couple
of inches, but he do look cute.

[laughs]

what the...

[all cheering]

I know you are still
waiting to hear

but trying to find a night that
fit everyone's schedules was...

No no no. Thank you, guys,
so much for everything.

Congratulations, counsellor.

Soon you will be trying your
own tough cases out there.

Well, I hope I will be ready.

Of course, you will be ready.

I mean, you're already seen
your boss, amy and mr. Callan

ignite a really important
conversation out there.

You're next.

Mmm-hmm.

[r&b music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

so... The bar panel buy in?

[sighs]

am I, um... Am I allowed
to ask for a hug?

Friends hug, right?

Strong work today, ms. Quinn.

Thanks.

[glass clinks]

you are a good man, mark callan.

I'm blessed to have
you in my life.

I got you. I'll
get you a beverage.

[indistinct chatter]

let's propose a toast.

- To ness!
- [all cheering]