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JAX:
Previously on Reasonable Doubt...

- How are you and Jacqueline?

LEWIS:
You know, working it out.

[Jax moans]

- Fix your marriage before it's unfixable.

- Will.

Take care.

- Call me.
JAX: Alright. Buh-bye.

- Can we just start over?

- You're the one who left.

BRAYDEN:
There's an issue

with a former employee of mine,
Kaleesha Moore.

She's claiming I sexually assaulted her.

JAX:
Can you look into a woman

named Kaleesha Moore?

She works at Brayden Miller's company.

- Kaleesha's dead.
- What?

- Do you have any idea
who would wanna harm Kaleesha?

- Did you know he was there
the night of the murder?

- He said he could get her
to sign the NDA.

- What the fuck do you want?
- I miss you, babe.

- Mr. Miller came here
to assist the police,

but it's clear the police
have their own agenda.

Because at the end of the day,

our legal system is based on
the presumption of innocence, not guilt.

[Jax groaning]

[cocks]
No.

[gunshot]

♪

MIKE: I have updates
on the homicide investigation
of Kaleesha Moore.

Given the evidence,
we have landed on a suspect,

Brayden James Miller.

He's presently being taken into custody.

Today is a step toward justice,

but it is not the end
of our investigative journey.

Mrs. Moore
was a successful business executive

who was committed to her family
and her community.

And her murder marks a great loss
for the citizens of this county.

Our department is dedicated to ensuring

that Mrs. Moore's untimely death
will not be forgotten.

♪

No matter who you are
or how much money you make,

no one is above the law.

And I can personally assure you

that justice for Kaleesha Moore

will be served.

♪

[panting]

♪

♪ theme music playing ♪

♪

♪ From La Brea to Slauson
It’s all us ♪

♪ The Sun, Central Ave Jazz ♪

♪ It’s all us
♪ Where we at? ♪

♪ Hit the Maverick Flats ♪

♪ Leimert and right back ♪

♪ To the ark
It’s all us ♪

♪

♪ We coastin' on the west
Between sets and wealth ♪

♪ We toast the sunset in the dons ♪

♪ Take flight into the night
Under Cali stars ♪

♪ In a world on wheels
It’s all us ♪

♪

♪ It's the world we feel
It's all us ♪

♪ From the hills to Hollywood
It's all us ♪

♪

♪ No doubt
We all we got ♪

♪ Hold it down
Black and brown ♪

♪ In a city of dreams
It's all us ♪

♪

JAX:
Wow, Lewis, really? You're late.

- Good morning to you too, Jax.

- Sorry. Good morning.

- We're gonna talk about what happened?

It's been a few weeks now.

- Look, I know, Lewis,
but work has been insane.

And with this new case,
I just haven't had time.

- Alright. Well, when's a good time
for a husband to talk to his wife?

- Kids, come on, we gotta get going.
We're gonna be late.

- 'Sup, Dad?

JAX:
Okay, sweetheart, here's your lunch, okay?

Hey, and, you know, Spenser has
basketball practice after school.

- Thank you.
- Yeah, I know, Jax.

- Mom, my stomach's hurting really bad.

- Oh, baby, it is probably just gas.
Let me see. Uh--

- You know, I can keep the kids tomorrow
if you're overwhelmed.

- Hell, yeah, we staying at Dad's tonight.

- Hey! Uh-uh. Language. No.

And, no, I just need you
to take them to school.

Thank you.
- And pick them up.

- Yes, right, and pick them up.

And then we can talk after.

Okay?

I love you, baby.

Have a good day.

Have a good day!

- Alright, y'all know what time it is.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Get your things and let's get it.

♪

RICH:
Damn! Brayden Miller be making that money.

[doorbell dings]

♪

- Hi. Sarah?
- Uh-huh.

- I'm Jax Stewart, your husband's lawyer.

This is my co-counsel Rich Reed
and my investigator Daniel Kim.

- Great to finally meet you.

Please come in.

- Thank you.
SARAH: Mm-hmm.

JAX: Nice.
SARAH: Thank you.

- I apologize for being late.

I had to rinse the smell
of wrongful incarceration off me.

[Brayden chuckles]

Hey.
SARAH: Hey.

- Uh, don't you have
that charity thing you had to go to?

- Oh, um, please let me know
if you all need anything.

- So, let me guess.

Sarah does not know about your affair.

- I told her
whatever's out there is just rumors.

- So you do realize
that every single thing

is going to come out in court?

it's better she hear from you
than have it come out at trial.

Are we clear?
BRAYDEN: Yeah.

- We need to establish your alibi.

- Do you have anything with timestamps
from that night?

- Sarah and I celebrated
our anniversary with dinner

at Alla Famiglia
in Santa Monica that night.

I have the receipt for that.

Then I told her I was gonna go
get some ice cream, but, uh--

- You went over to Kaleesha's?

Oh, no-no judgments. Just need the facts.

- I did get the ice cream, though.

Here.
JAX: This is good.

So then the next step
is the preliminary hearing.

BRAYDEN:
And what happens at that?

- It's just like a mini trial,

but your guilt or innocence
is not at play.

It's simply a procedure
to determine whether or not

the prosecution has enough
to move the case forward.

If they do, then that's when
we go to the official trial.

- If they don't,
then it's all over, right?

- I mean, it would be nice
if they'd drop the charges altogether,

but that's highly unlikely at this point.

- Damn. Spoiler alert.

[softly] I'm sorry.

- Anyway, um, of course,
we are going to try to show

that they do not have
enough evidence to go to trial,

but that's not really the point.

The preliminary hearing
is our opportunity to discover

how strong or weak
the prosecution's case is.

The more they reveal,

the more we can make our case airtight
once we're in trial.

So don't be alarmed
if you hear things they might have on you.

♪ Like I Want You by Giveon playing ♪

♪

[cell phone chimes]

♪

♪

♪ Sometimes I wish you knew ♪

[sighs]
[cell phone buzzing]

♪ I say I'm happy
but I'm still stuck on us, mmm, mmm ♪

- Hey.
- Hey. What you doing?

LEWIS:
Just got done watching the Sixers lose.

- You mean the Lakers win?

You know you should have
made that switch, Philly boy.

- Never.

- So I know you wanted
to talk about the other day,

but can we just do a rain check on that?

- So you, uh, you-you called to say
that you don't wanna talk?

JAX:
Ha, ha.

I actually-- [clears throat]

I wanted to know if you wanted
to keep the kids for a few days for me.

- Yeah. Is-is everything good?

JAX:
Yeah. Yeah, I just, I--

[sighs]

You were right.

I am a bit overwhelmed right now

with this Brayden Miller
preliminary hearing and--

- Yeah, yeah, I saw that on the news. Um--

Do I need to call the security company
and have them put someone on the--

- No, no. Lewis, please.

I have ADT patrol on speed dial.
[Jax chuckles]

And plus,
Kanika's grandfather is nosy as hell.

He called me
when Will was outside talking about,

"Who that nigga in the beard
standing outside your house?"

- Yeah, yeah.
Niggas at the Dons stay nosy.

JAX:
Ain't that the truth.

But, you know, at least
they're looking out, so it's a blessing.

LEWIS:
Look at God.

♪

JAX: Well, you know,
I guess I should get going.

Even with this Brayden Miller mess,

I still have to get together
with the girls

because Shanelle's
going through it with JT.

And I'm trying to be a good friend

in addition to being a good mother
and a good lawyer.

Clearly I'm not being a good wife, so--

- Hey, just-just stop.

You can't be all the things all the time.

- Says the one with the penis.

LEWIS:
Yeah, I'm serious.

And I'm-I'm happy to keep the kids
for a few days.

You'll just owe me next month
when my new game launches.

- I got you.

Yeah, I appreciate this.

Let me say good night to the kids.

LEWIS: You know,
Naima's in her bedroom, but, uh--

Hey, Spense, it's Mom,
she wants to say hi.

- 'Sup?

LEWIS:
Spense?

- [sighs] You know what?
It's-it's, it's fine, really.

Just kiss Naima good night from me.

♪

[sighs deeply]

SALLY:
Almost like bam, bam, hit me in the head,

and I was like, "Uh-uh, this
is why I don't go to strip clubs anymore."

[overlapping chatter]

- We went from the safari
to the dog house--

[overlapping chatter]

- What?
- Yes!

SALLY: That's wild, yo.
- Jax, you babysitting that drink, girl.

- [sighs deeply] Girl, I'm sorry. I just--

My mind is wrapped around
this Brayden Miller case.

- Look, they're always trying
to tear a Black man down.

SALLY:
No, no, no, no, no, no.

He is skinfolk, not kinfolk.

That girl was his
only Black department head,

and now she's dead?

Uh-uh. I do not believe you,
you need more people.

- Well, that don't mean he killed her.

Lowkey, I think
she could've taken his ass.

Oh, 'cause if a nigga come for me,
he definitely getting shanked.

- The crime is murder,
not infidelity, okay?

And it's a court of law, not of morality.

- Well said, counselor.

- Excuse me.
- And the truth of the matter is,

I don't believe
there's enough evidence to convict.

- High-profile men like Brayden
are rare commodities.

I mean, Jamarion is always telling me
how women just throw themselves at him.

Well, they don't get a trophy
for all the no's,

but the one time they're weak--

- This nigga write that speech for you?

I mean, damn, I didn't know
the dick was that good.

That shit must be fire!

[Jax laughing]

What?

Okay, Shanelle, you know
I'm just messing with you.

- Nah, it's cool.
- Okay.

Okay. Who's getting the next round?

I mean--

[laughter and overlapping chatter]

What we should do is
talk to Brayden's staff.

FALLON:
So much for protecting Black women.

DANIEL:
Oh, shit.

JAX:
Fallon, what are you doing here?

- Fallon, can I help you?

- Hey, it's-it's okay. It's okay, Rich.
You guys can go ahead.

- You lied to me.

You explicitly said
that you were not his lawyer.

- I wasn't.
- But now you are.

- I don't believe Brayden
should be convicted of this crime.

- He cheated on his wife with her.

That's why he wanted her to sign
some shit to keep her silent.

But when she didn't--
- Oh, but she did.

Are you free tonight?

We can meet at 7:30 at Sandbar and talk.

It's in Beverly Hills.

- I know where that shit is.

And you better be paying.

♪ The Story of O.J. by Jay-Z playing ♪

♪ Skin is, skin ♪

♪

- Fuck.
- What the hell is going on?

SARAH:
They want everybody outside.

They have a search warrant.

DETECTIVE CHARLES:
Mr. Miller.

Long time no see.

♪ Black, my skin is Black ♪

- Showed you proof of employment,
checked in on time,

did all the drug testing.

You good? Is there anything else?

- Your last drug test
came back inconclusive.

- Yo, I never did drugs in my life, man.

- Oh, sure.

Thought you could drink some drink
and clear your piss out, huh?

Come on. Where are the drugs?

[glass shatters]

BRAYDEN:
That is an antique!

Instruct them not to break my things.

- Ugh.

♪ Light nigga, dark nigga,
faux nigga, real nigga ♪

♪ Rich nigga, poor nigga,
house nigga, field nigga ♪

- What the fuck?
Come on, where is this shit?

- No matter how much you hide
behind your fancy lawyers,

I know you did this.

And I cannot wait to see you
rot behind bars.

- You're gonna be waiting
a long time then.

♪ Okay ♪

OFFICER TIM:
I know it's here somewhere.

- Yo, you can't just do that
with my shit, man.

[gun cocks]

♪ Go play the quarters
where the butlers be ♪

- Charles, Martin has a question.

♪ I told him, please don't die
over the neighborhood ♪

♪ That your mama rentin' ♪

♪

♪ Take your drug money
and buy the neighborhood ♪

- Look, he just needs a reason, alright?

Don't give him one.

♪ Light nigga, dark nigga,
faux nigga, real nigga ♪

♪ Rich nigga, poor nigga,
house nigga, field nigga ♪

♪ Still nigga ♪

♪ My skin is Black ♪

♪ Still nigga ♪

♪ My-- ♪

♪

♪ Light nigga, dark nigga,
faux nigga, real nigga ♪

- Krystal.
KRYSTAL: Yeah.

- I need a reservation tonight
for Fallon and myself.

That girl
is an emotional ticking time bomb.

[cell phone buzzing]
I gotta figure out

if I need to diffuse her or ignite her.

- Okay. Got it.

- Brayden, hi.

What? Today?

[cell phone chimes]
Ugh.

♪

Oh, fucking Miguel.
I told him to give me an hour's notice.

I'm on my way.

♪

[line ringing]

Hey, why did you take Naima out of school?

- Uh, how'd you know--

JAX:
She texted me.

- Her stomach was still hurting,
so I gave her some Pepto and--

- Hold on one second.

Rich, I'm on my way to Brayden's.

- Great. Theo called me.

The police are at the office.

I'm almost there, and I'll update you.

- Okay.

WOMAN: Hi.
- Hey, girl.

- Wh-- What?

- Sorry, it's a lot going on.
LEWIS: Clearly.

- Um, is Naima okay?
Does she have a fever?

- No, she doesn't have a fever,
it's just a stomach ache.

- When's the last time
she had a bowel movement?

LEWIS:
I don't-- I don't know.

- Well, Lewis, you should know.

If she has too much dairy,

then I usually have
to give her a fiber gummy.

[line beeping]

Hold-- Hold on.

Damn it.

- Jax, it's Damon.
Um, look, um--

My PO's talking about
an inconclusive drug test.

He fucked up all my shit.

I need help.

- Okay. It's okay. Um--

I'm in the middle
of a huge case right now,

but I can meet tomorrow.

- Okay. I'll be at the auto shop,

and, uh, I appreciate you.

- It's gonna be okay. I got you.

♪

Lewis, listen, first ask
if she's constipated.

If so, give her the fiber gummy.

I keep them in her backpack.
Alright? I gotta go.

- But you called me!

- Fallon. It's good to see you.

- I'm not staying long, so speak.

- How's Emily, by the way?

- I fired her.

I don't trust you or your people.

- You know,
it's innocent until proven guilty.

- Whatever you coons need
to sleep at night.

- Oh, I'm a coon now?

- Money might have your nose
so far up Brayden's ass

that you could smell his shit, but not me.

I know who he is.

♪

- You know, Kaleesha signed that NDA.

Does that make her a coon too?

Or just your
typical run-of-the-mill gold digger?

Or maybe both.

- How dare you?
- When she signed that NDA,

Brayden had no motive to kill her.

So, like I said, he's innocent.

You'll see.

But, you know, in the meantime,
I wish you healing, sis.

And as a matter of fact,
why don't you do me a favor?

Have a drink on me.

[Jax chuckles]

♪

DETECTIVE CHARLES: [on TV]
Police Department is taking

this case very seriously,
and we will leave no stone unturned.

- They keep playing the same shit
over and over again.

- Yep.

- I got the police report.

JAX:
Ugh.

-...but I cannot comment further--

JAX:
Hmm. Here, let me see 'em.

DANIEL:
Alright. Don't touch it.

No!

I told you, don't touch it.
- Hey, wait, it's a nice--

You know what, Daniel, you got it.

- Okay.
JAX: Okay. There it is.

Okay, now, look, this timeline is off.

So they're saying the murder happened
around 11:30 p.m., right?

- The receipt that Brayden gave us
from Alla Famiglia is marked 9:00 p.m.

The other 12:03 a.m.
from Romans Organic Market by his house.

- So leaving the Italian restaurant
in Santa Monica around 9:00 p.m.,

committing the crime
in Studio City at 11:30,

and then making a pit stop
at Romans close to his house

in the Palisades by midnight?

Could Brayden
have done all that in one night?

- Possible. It's highly improbable.

- The timeline would be tight,

like an IG model's cinched waist.

You guys don't use Instagram?

- Alright, we gotta keep digging.

Rich, we'll talk to Theo.

Find out anything you can

about what Kaleesha
was gonna whistleblow.

- On it.
- Yeah, I already know.

Do my own investigation and see
if anyone had a motive to kill her.

Now, how confident do you think
the prosecution is about this case?

- We're gonna find out at this prelim.

Bring me anything they might have missed.

- I got your back.

Like a chiropractor.

Yeah, I'm gonna go.

[knock on door]

- Miss Stephens, you wanted to talk to me?

Please take a seat.

Okay.

How can I help you?

- Y'all need to do more
to get Kaleesha's story out there.

The attention for this case
is all on Brayden.

- All attention focused on Brayden or not

is actually good attention.

- When the focus is more
on the murderer than the murdered,

we have a problem.

- Miss Stephens, the DA's office
is very much invested in this case.

- Like you were invested with Ebony Hill

or Rachel Caldwell

or Tanya Morris.

- Those cases are still open
because we were unable to find a suspect.

That is not the case here.

You have to trust me.

- I've been Black long enough to know
you can't trust an unjust system.

But you do you, Imma do me.

- Uh, I don't know what that means,
but we have to be strategic.

Let our media relations office
do their job.

Kaleesha's story will be out there.

Okay?

Alright, here.

Here's their number in case you need them.

♪

- Kaleesha always wore these red glasses.

They represented everything about her.

Her boldness, her intelligence, her heart.

And they remind me to always do
what's right for Kaleesha.

♪

You have a good day, Mr. Ortiz.

♪

♪

DANIEL:
Hi.

[grunts]

Um, well, I do professional cleaning.

Do you need anything cleaned?

- The, uh... the Blacks?

[man chuckles]

Boom.

- Oh.

Break-in?

- Yep. Uh, happened about a month ago.

Kaleesha claimed an ex-assistant
who used to work for her

broke into her car.

Just so you know, I had to be
very racist to get this information.

The things I do for you.

Anyways, it's, uh,
Kaleesha's shady cousin Morgan Stephens.

Apparently, she was causing
problems with her HOA.

- How shady?

- Well, shady enough to get kicked out.

So I pulled her rap sheet
and it is long AF.

- Anything violent?

- No, just a series of petty thefts,
but it doesn't rule her out as a suspect.

JAX:
Hmm.

This evidence list says
the police took a company laptop.

But I don't see any personal electronics
for Kaleesha here

besides a phone.

That's weird.

You wouldn't keep damaging secrets
on a work computer, right?

- No, no, everything is traceable.

Im mean, no one needs to know
about my love for BBWs.

- And neither did I.

- Blink twice if you need me to stay.

[chuckles]

JAX:
You know what?

Daniel, look into this cousin.

- You think the cousin might help us?

- Well, either the police didn't log
any personal electronics,

which is highly unlikely,

or Kaleesha's shady cousin took something
she wasn't supposed to.

Hard drive, iPad, laptops.

You know, if she was
causing problems for Kaleesha,

her theft might have been part of it.

- You know what,
I'm gonna hit up some local pawnshops.

You know, pawnshops are like
a petty thief's Kryptonite?

I said that to Cynthia and she laughed.

- Oh.

Well, did you finally ask her out
so I can stop hearing about this?

- You know, she was very busy, so--

- So, no?
- Yeah, no.

- Maybe find the courage
to ask the woman out

while you're at it, huh?

- It's not that.
I keep getting lost in her eyes.

JAX:
Do it, Daniel.

[whirring]

- Hello, hello. How can I service you?

- Uh-- Well, I'm looking for--

- CJ, you remember Jax, right?

She was my lawyer from way back.

- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You were his PD.

- Yes, I was. Good to see you, CJ.

- Yeah, you too.

You like fufu?

Ethiopian?

Alright, nigga, go do something.
- What?

- Come on.
CJ: Alright.

I get off at 8:00.

[chuckles]
[Jax clears throat]

- Sorry. Um-- So, uh--

So my PO lied.

He said I failed my drug test

and that I must be hiding the drugs,

then he fucked up my room.

When he ain't find nothing, he gonna say,

"Oh, yeah, you know,
must have been a mistake."

This shit can't be legal, right?

- Well, it definitely sounds like
your PO was abusing his authority.

I'll make a few calls,
see if I can get you a new PO.

You got his info?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And thanks, for real.

- Of course. I'll take care of this.

Call you later.

- Okay.

♪

♪

- Jacqueline, what are you doing?
You almost scared me half to death.

JAX: Well, Ma, I thought
you went to bridge.

And since you said
Paul was up north, I just--

MAMA LU:
I know. I changed my mind.

My allergies are acting up.

Well, why are you
looking through your old stuff?

- Well, I needed some notes from a case
back in my public defender days.

- For the billionaire case?
Because I got a theory.

- Oh.
[Mama Lu chuckles]

- They always go for the love interest,

but I don't think Mr. Big Shot did it.

There's no reason to, what, for bad press?

If he was that rich,
he'd have paid that girl off.

- So who did it then?

- Well, she was high up
in the liquor company,

and you gotta step on
some toes to get to that level.

Now, I can't see her
being a stranger to pissing people off.

She had enemies out there.

And believe me,
haters gonna hate and sometimes kill.

- That is a very interesting theory, Ma.

- Well, you know,
I was a legal secretary...

BOTH: For 23 years.

MAMA LU: Yes. Hmm. You know?
- I know, I know it.

[cell phone buzzing]
[Jax chuckles]

Carson, what do you got for me today?

- Heads up.

A video of Brayden and Kaleesha
kissing in an elevator

is dropping in ten minutes.
- Wait. What?

- Yeah, I just found out.
I would have told you earlier.

- [sighs] I gotta go, Ma.

- Okay, well, now, you know,
if you need me to read anything

or look at anything, I'm here.

- I appreciate it, Mom, I know.

I love you.
- I love you too.

- Oh, there's already
enough press outside his gate.

I'm not sure if they're aware
of the video yet.

Look, I'm here now, Rich,
I'll call you after.

SARAH:
You humiliated me in front of everybody.

My friends keep sending me this shit!

I'm so fucking done!

- Where are you going?

- I don't know,

but I can't even look at you right now.

- Sarah, wait!

- Just need a minute.

I'm fine. [sniffles]

Fine.

- Listen, Sarah, this is a lot.
It's-it's okay to not be okay.

- Honestly--

[scoffs]

I-I don't know what I feel.

- I think you should feel like
he's an asshole... because he is.

- Do you know
I had a career before Brayden?

I had a life.

Friends, money.

Yeah, I've always had money.

It's never about that for me.

Do you know
I was downstairs the night of the video?

Schmoozing his coworkers,
playing the good wife

while he was upstairs with her. I--

How-how-how do you
expect me to stand by him

after all of the lies? I--

- You have every right to be angry.

But if you walk out that door,

you are telling
the entire world and the court

that you agree he's a murderer.

You know him better than anyone.

Do you think that he killed Kaleesha?

♪

- No.

- Then standing beside him
during this trial wouldn't be a lie.

What you do with your marriage
after this is your business.

But right now,
I beg of you to grin and bear it.

If you can't do it for Brayden,
do it for your children

who do not want their father
to spend the rest of his life in prison.

♪

SARAH: [softly]
Hmm.

♪

Fine.

Yeah, fine. I'll stay.

♪

But he can stay
in the fucking guest house.

♪

- What are you drinking?

Too early?

- Just on the job.

So, did you know about the affair?

- Not until recently.

Seriously, they hid it well.

It wasn't until Kaleesha
was no longer happy in their arrangement

that she made it clear
that they had been involved.

- And the NDA?
THEO: Same.

When Brayden began playing defense
is when I was informed.

- I thought you two were close.

- Very.

But I think he had
a reason not to tell me.

- And what was that?

- Well, he knew
I would've told him to stop,

and I guess he didn't wanna hear it.

I get that.

Look.

She could have fucked the entire office
for all I cared.

It wasn't until the mismanaging of funds.

- Mismanaging the funds?

On top of the possible
whistleblowing and affair?

Damn. You all had
a lot going on in that company.

- Tell me about it.

- So what happened
with the mismanaging of funds?

- Well, Kaleesha began to overdo it
cutting herself into deals.

There was only
but so much I could overlook.

And on top of that,
the brand was beginning to change.

Brayden seemed completely behind it.
Obsessed, almost.

- And that was a bad thing?

- Look, Brayden is a good guy.
Smart and aggressive.

But Kaleesha presented a world
he wanted access to and didn't have.

RICH:
Oh, come on.

- Owning a vodka seems like
having pretty big balls to me.

- No amount of money
can erase your upbringing,

your history.

He never felt accepted by his own.

- What do you mean?

- Well, it was Kaleesha who introduced us
to the urban market.

Increased visibility, sales, status.

Look, I want to be profitable,

but not on the whim of Black trends.

What do they call it, Black girl magic?

And I've seen how Jax operates.

Everyone wrapped around her finger.

- Brayden retained us

when he wanted to address
contractual matters with Kaleesha.

Jax is only lead
because she handles criminal cases,

which this is.

Had the situation not changed,

I'd be lead.

- Right. Right. Of course.

Look for what it's worth,

I don't think Brayden killed Kaleesha,

so he shouldn't go to prison.

I'm just glad you're on this.

- You know what? Maybe it's not too early.

I'll have that scotch.

♪ Represent Dat G.C. by Kurupt
playing over car stereo ♪

- Ooh-hoo-hoo-ooh.

♪ On radio station
motherfuckin' 187.4, bitch ♪

♪ W Ballz part two, huh? ♪

[cell phone chimes]

SHANELLE: [over phone]
Hey, girl, your joke at the bar

the other night about Jamarion
didn't sit well with me.

Can we talk?
- Ugh.

♪

Siri, reply, "Okay. Call you tonight."

♪ Paws scrap up the cement then bend ♪

♪ I never love me a ho ♪

♪ Just to remind y'all bitches
in case you didn't know ♪

♪ I breaks fool all niggas,
way cool all niggas ♪

♪ Fuck all y'all niggas,
sawed off y'all niggas ♪

♪ And I'm quick to pull out ♪

Hey!

NAIMA:
Daddy, I need help.

LEWIS:
Okay, I'm coming, honey.

Hey, did you run out of toilet paper?

NAIMA:
Oh, Daddy, I'm bleeding.

- Oh, no. Sweetie, do you need a Band-Aid?

NAIMA: It's down there.
- Oh.

Oh, oh.

Are-- Are-- Are you in pain?
Uh, do-- Do you have chills?

You're sweaty, nauseous,
anything like that?

NAIMA:
I don't feel good. My stomach.

- [stammering]
Okay. Okay. I'm-I'm-- I'm gonna--

Okay, so-so put this, put this

in the area

and everything is gonna be--
Stay calm.

Everything's gonna be great.
I'm gonna call your mommy, okay?

NAIMA: Okay.
- Okay.

♪

[cell phone chimes]

RICH:
Got a bad feeling about this.

- I baited Fallon to act emotionally,

and she did,
telling the press about the NDA,

which only helps sell Brayden's innocence.

- Why not just bring it up in court?

- Well, in criminal law,
you gotta play in court and out of it.

Until this trial starts,
everyone is a potential juror.

So the more doubt, the better.

♪

Corporate litigation is your thing,
this is mine.

Follow the leader. Okay?

♪

LEWIS:
Yeah. Yeah.

Um, we'll be there shortly.

♪

Okay, sweetie,
we're gonna go see the doctor.

- I don't want to. I want Mommy.

- We-we're just gonna get you checked out.

We're gonna have
Mommy meet us there, okay?

Okay?

- Okay.
- Come on.

♪

Alright.

♪

[line ringing]

[buzzing]

MIKE:
Detective Charles, could you tell us

what you found at the scene?

- We found a cell phone,
a used condom from the bathroom

that was sent to the lab for testing.

Now, it takes a little bit of time
for a DNA report to come back,

so those results are still pending.

- What else did you find?

DETECTIVE CHARLES:
A broken wine glass,

the stem of which
is the suspected murder weapon.

It was laying next to the body
and covered in blood.

- Did you speak with
LAPD criminalist Leanard Bates?

- Yes.

- Did he indicate that he conducted
a fingerprint analysis

of the wine glass and its stem?

DETECTIVE CHARLES:
Yes.

MIKE:
Was he able to determine

who the fingerprints belonged to?

- Yes.

- And who did they belong to?

- Brayden Miller.

MIKE:
No further questions, Your Honor.

- Detective Charles,

you consider yourself
a professional, correct?

- Been on this force for 12 years.

- Wow, 12 years.

So you know if you make mistakes
in your line of work,

the consequences
can be quite grave, correct?

- Yes.
JAX: So we can agree

that as a professional on the job
for 12 years,

you know that you have a duty
to leave no stone unturned

to avoid
a miscarriage of justice, correct?

- That is correct.

- So were you aware that a month ago,

Kaleesha Moore filed a police report

about a disgruntled ex-assistant
breaking into her car?

- I was.
JAX: Did you question

this disgruntled ex-assistant
in this case?

- No.

Mrs. Moore was no longer
desirous of prosecution.

- Well, I mean, I understand that,

but your role as a homicide detective

is to investigate criminal cases

and leave no stone unturned, correct?

- Yes, but that was damage
to personal property, not homicide.

- Motivation could have been
the same, correct?

- Objection. Speculation.

- Your Honor, asking whether
someone was questioned

who had a contentious relationship
with the deceased

is not speculation.

- Objection overruled.

- Yes.

- No further questions.

- It's gonna be okay.

Okay?
- Okay.

- Hi, Naima. Not feeling too well?

It's okay. We're just gonna check
you out to make sure, alright?

Would you mind
putting this robe on for me?

Would you prefer
if I had your dad step outside?

- Sorry, Daddy.

- No, hey, it's okay, it's okay.
It's alright.

I'll be outside, okay?

- The people have established
probable cause

that there was a crime committed

and that the defendant
committed that crime.

Mr. Miller, I am holding you
to answer to the charge

of Penal Code Section 187,
Murder in the Second Degree.

This matter is now transferred
to Department 114 for trial.

Court's adjourned.

- Now what happens?

Jax?

What kinda time am I looking at?

- Anything from 15 years to life,

but do not get worked up, okay?

I promise to do everything I can for you.

I got you. Alright?

Trust me.

♪

[cell phone chimes]

- Ugh.

ALL:
We are all Kaleesha!

We are all Kaleesha!

We are all Kaleesha!

We are all Kaleesha!

We are all Kaleesha!

We are all Kaleesha!

We are all Kaleesha!
We are all Kaleesha!

- What is this?

- I told you, Imma do me.

ALL:
We are all Kaleesha!

We are all Kaleesha!

We are all Kaleesha!

We are all Kaleesha!
- Kaleesha!

- Hey. What happened?

I don't know.
Where were you?

I was calling you nonstop.

- I was in court, Lewis.
I came as soon as I could.

- I'm sorry.

You did say that.

Look, Jax, I panicked.

Naima said she was bleeding down there.

- Like her period?

- Maybe, but it can't be, right?
I mean, she's just a kid.

- Mr. and Mrs. Stewart?

- Yes. Is Naima okay?

- Yes. She's with the nurse
getting feminine products to take home.

- So it was her period.

I mean, isn't she too young for that?

- It's becoming more and more common.

The hormones in our food,
kids being overstimulated.

It's a variety of reasons,

but still within normal range.

- Ten though? And a young ten at that.
I mean--

I don't know.

- If you don't think she's ready,
there are options.

♪

[alarm beeping]

JAX:
Oh. [sighs]

[keypad beeps, chimes]

You alright, baby?

- No.
- That's okay.

That's okay.

♪

Come on.
- Let's go, baby girl.

♪

♪

[Jax sighs]

- Do you know what's going on
with your body, baby?

Yeah.

Well, you know, every month,

a woman's body prepares for a baby.

And if there is no baby,
then our bodies have to,

they have to get rid
of what a baby might need.

And that's essentially
why we have our period every month.

And, you know,
sometimes it's uncomfortable,

sometimes it's painful,
but it's all normal, okay?

And I know it may not sound like it,

but it's also exciting

because it means
you're becoming a young woman

just like Mommy and Mama Lu

and every other woman in our family.

- So... Spenser won't get a period?

JAX:
No, he won't.

- That's not fair.

- Girl, I know. Trust me.

- And, baby, if this is something
you're not ready for,

it can wait.

The doctor can give you things
so it happens later.

- Can I think about it?

- Absolutely, baby.
- Of course.

- Does this mean I can get pregnant?

If so, how?

[exhales]

LEWIS:
Yeah. Yeah.

I, uh, I had no idea

I was gonna have to explain sex
to a 10-year-old.

- Oh, God.

I swear when you, when you started talking
about the penis going into the vagina,

I-I couldn't even look at you.

I swear I thought
you were gonna throw up.

- Oh, I did, definitely.
Definitely a little.

[sighs] Our little baby is growing up.

- Oh, God.

I don't like it, not one bit.
Make it stop.

- Yeah. I so wish I could.

- You wanna stay
and watch the Clippers game?

I mean, that's a team
we can both root against.

- Uh, I, you know,
I think I need to be alone and just--

It has been a long day.

But it's good to see you.

Despite, you know, everything with Naima.

- Yeah.

You too.

You're a good dad.

- And you are a great mom.

They're gonna lose, you know this.

Alright, you have a good night.
- You too.

October 15th, 2007.

The jury is out on Damon's case.

And I keep thinking about this quote
by Nelson Mandela.

"I don't lose, I either win or I learn."

But what if your learning
comes at the expense of someone

having to spend
the rest of their life behind bars?

If they lose, did you really win?

[line ringing]

- Hello.
- I found you a new PO.

You should be hearing from her soon.

- See? That's why you the GOAT.

That's why you the GOAT.

Oh, no, seriously, thank you.

Thank you.
I mean, I-I--

I appreciate you.

More than you know.

- Of course.

DAMON:
You know, it's so hard out here, Jax.

You're out here trying to do right
then having motherfuckers like that.

I just got me asking, you know,

what the fuck
should I be doing right for?

- You know, I went
to my mom's this weekend

to find the journal I kept
when I was back at the PD's office.

I don't know. I wanted to remember
who I was back then, you know.

Why I became a lawyer
in the first place.

Why I failed you.

- No, no. No. Jax, you didn't fail me.

JAX:
But I did.

I mean, you lost 16 years of your life
because my fight wasn't enough.

And for that, I'm sorry.

I was young, you know, I--

I didn't have the experience
that I have now.

- No. No, stop.

Stop. You did the best you could
with what you had.

That's all that matters to me.

- Thank you for being kind

despite everything that's happened.

DAMON:
Yeah. Look, I'm out now.

I got hella years ahead of me.

You know what would be dope, right?

If we could be friends.

I ain't talking about, like,
them fake friends either.

I'm talking about, like,
I'm talking about being real ones.

- I'd like that.

DAMON:
Cool. I'll talk to you later.

♪ Bad Blood by NAO playing ♪

- Baby, how is all of this
ending up on the floor?

♪

[gasps]

Uh--

Sweetie?

Hey, I just saw your panties.

How long has this been going on?

♪

Hey, why didn't you tell me,

especially if you weren't feeling good?

- You've been really busy, Mommy.

And I know this case is important to you.

I just didn't wanna bother you.

♪

- Listen to me.
I am never too busy for you.

Never, okay?

♪

Oh.

♪

Oh!

♪

♪ Do you remember? ♪

♪ The holiday slipped away ♪

♪ Time and place ♪

♪ I definitely remember ♪

♪ Lying on my back
and seeing clouds and rays ♪

♪ We're dreaming ♪

♪ The feelings rule ♪

♪ I'm thinking it's the,
know that it's the ♪

♪ I'm thinking it's the bad, bad blood ♪

♪ I'm thinking it's the,
know that it's the ♪

♪ I'm thinking it's the bad, bad ♪

[sighs deeply]

[inaudible dialogue]

[metal scraping]

DAMON:
What the hell was that?

- I thought you didn't want me
in your business,

but now you're all up in mine?
Come on, man.

- Nigga, do that shit somewhere else.

I just went through some shit
with my old PO.

I can't have nothing to happen
with this new one.

I ain't going back to fucking prison
over some bullshit

that ain't even mine.
- Some bullshit?

My bullshit is what kept
the lights on this motherfucker

when your ass was locked up.

Man, we eating.

So, nigga, why the fuck is you tripping?

I'm taking these chances.

You know what, nigga?

Don't forget to lock up
when you head back to the halfway house.

♪

[indistinct conversation]

♪

♪

[line ringing]

DANIEL: [over phone]
Hey, I found shady Cousin Morgan

and possibly her boyfriend
at the pawn shop.

Told you, Kryptonite.

- Well, does she have anything?

- Uh, yeah, a laptop maybe.

I'm tailing them now.

- Just make sure that you wait

until they actually sell it
so you can buy it back.

DANIEL: Copy.
[door opens]

They're coming out now.

♪

Alright, I'm heading in. Hold on.

♪

- Yo, why you following me, huh?
DANIEL: Whoa, whoa.

I'm-- I'm not following you.

MORGAN:
Nah, you heard me.

Tell me or we gonna
beat your fucking face in.

DANIEL:
Hey, chill, calm down.

I'm not following you.
JAX: Is that Morgan?

Daniel! Daniel!

- Just hold up.
[groans]

- Stay the fuck away from me.

[Daniel coughs]

♪

- Daniel, can you hear me?

- Daniel, say some--

[Daniel screams]
[gasps]

Daniel! Daniel!

Oh, my God.

♪ theme music playing ♪

♪