JAX: Previously on Reasonable Doubt...
BRAYDEN: There's an issue with a former employee of mine, Kaleesha Moore.
She's claiming I sexually assaulted her.
- Did you rape Kaleesha?
- No. RICH: Kaleesha's dead.
- What kinda time am I looking at?
JAX: Anything from 15 years to life.
- He killed her!
- So when you are ready to be an adult, you let me know.
JAX: We're separated.
- He is an idiot to let you go.
I'm in love with you.
- I don't want to get a divorce.
Yes, I was seeing someone.
[moaning]
That was a mistake. I want you.
LEWIS: I need time.
- If I wanted to be treated badly, I'd have stayed my ass home.
- Get away from the car.
- What the fuck?
KRYSTAL: Y'all think she murdered Kaleesha?
- I'd hate for you to end up like your slut wife.
- I mean, it's one of the white people.
- When was the last time you saw Kaleesha Moore?
- The night before she was found dead.
- You mean the night of her murder?
You ever think about what happened
when I was 16?
I think you were grooming me the entire fucking time.
- If that's your truth, Jackie, that's your truth.
I can respect that, but it's not mine.
[rapid beeping]
JAX: I know who killed Kaleesha.
[Jax groans]
No! [gunshot]
♪
[liquid pouring]
[knock on door]
[door opens]
- What the fuck do you want?
♪
- I've never loved anyone the way that I love you.
- You can't trust Theo.
- Why do you say that? KALEESHA: It doesn't matter.
Because you don't believe anything I say.
- I wanted to believe you, Kaleesha, but you accused me of sexual assault!
- The night that we fought at the hotel,
I said no several times but you kept going.
So eventually I just, I just caved because I did.
So maybe it's not your truth, but it is mine.
♪
- I'm so, so sorry.
- I just want to move on, okay?
Where is it, the NDA?
♪
- Thank you, Kaleesha.
- I can't have the last time between us be what that was.
♪
[car door closes]
♪
[knock on door]
♪
- Excuse you, but I did not invite you into my house.
♪
- Smells like sex and regret.
- Did you follow Brayden here?
- No, he told me that he came to see you.
Because he tells me everything.
- And yet he didn't tell you about he and I until when exactly?
- When you decided to be a little cunt and steal from the company.
- Oh. So is that the story you told?
Because I have proof it was you.
- I find that hard to believe.
- Oh, well, your face says something different.
- You're like an annoying gnat that I keep trying to swat away
but you just won't fucking die.
- I signed the NDA,
so get the fuck out of my house.
♪
- I know this won't be the last headache you'll cause me.
But until then, keep my name outta your mouth.
Understood?
- Bye, Theo.
♪
[pounding on door]
BRAYDEN: What the fuck is this?
- Wow.
You couldn't even wait to make it home back to your wife, huh?
- You think this is funny?
KALEESHA: It's sad, actually.
It's sad that the only power you ever had over me
was in the bedroom.
Because deep down, Brayden,
without your money, without Clout, without me?
You ain't nothin' but a ashy nigga from DC
trying to get his Black card back.
[Kaleesha screams]
[groans]
Don't touch me.
[Kaleesha grunts]
- Fuck! You greedy, ignorant bitch!
You really think you'll take my shit, huh?
That's my shit!
- Get out.
[Kaleesha groans]
♪
[gasping]
♪
[line ringing]
[gasping continues]
♪
[ringing continues]
♪ 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 ♪
♪
KRYSTAL: I told you he did it.
- I know, Krystal. I know.
RICH: Wait, when you called me the other day,
you said you had a feeling he did it.
What makes you so sure now?
- It was something he said.
And then look at these two signatures.
Look, this is a sympathy card from Brayden,
and this is Kaleesha's NDA.
Now, the slant on the "M" in Miller and Moore are the same.
As are the "E's."
- Oh, shit. He guilty.
- As hell. Like I said.
- How did we miss that?
JAX: Well, it's not our job, it was Mike's.
Lucky for us he missed it.
- Yeah, no kidding.
So Brayden's been lying to us this whole time.
- Well, that's the part I'm not sure about.
- What do you mean?
- Well, I can't tell if Brayden's having a dissociative memory about the event
or if he knows he did it and--
- He's a sociopath.
- That part.
- I don't know which is worse. - The lying?
I mean, I took this case because I believed there was no way
Brayden could have killed her because she signed the NDA.
And now, fuck, I have to stand up in front of that jury
and act like I don't know his ass needs to go to prison.
- So what are you gonna do now?
- I'm gonna go bury my stepfather.
[indistinct conversations]
- Are you okay, Mama Lu?
- Yes, baby. Thank you.
- I'm just worried about the kids.
You know, this is the first person they've known to die.
But Lewis and I, we talked to 'em about it last night,
you know, about how Paul is in heaven.
- I'm happy to see Lewis is here.
- Yeah, me too.
- Are you okay, Spense?
- I'm a'ight.
- You know, it's okay if you're not.
Like Mom and I said the other night, it's hard to lose someone.
- Have you ever lost someone close to you?
- Not yet.
SHANELLE: Hey.
- Hey.
Um, look, Shanelle,
I'm sorry about the other night.
You were right. I was wrong.
- That means a lot.
And it's all good.
Girl, how are you feeling, really?
You know, it's okay... to feel not bad.
- Doesn't feel like it.
Lewis keeps waiting for me to be sad.
I think I'm disappointing him.
- Well, maybe it's time you told him about what really happened.
- I don't know.
- Girl, you said you didn't tell him because he would tell you
that you couldn't see him again, right?
Well, now Paul's gone.
It's over, Jax.
You're free.
[door closes] [beeping]
- Thank you, Jacqueline, for letting me sleep over tonight.
I really appreciate it.
It's just so hard being in the house without Paul.
And you know how it is after funerals,
everyone goes back to their lives.
- I know, Mom, that's tough.
- And thank Lewis for me for keeping the kids
so that I could sleep in Naima's room.
Maybe when y'all get back together, you'll buy a bigger house.
- [Jax chuckles] I love you.
MAMA LU: Oh, I love you.
And I know Paul wasn't perfect.
But I'm sorry you lost the only man
who was ever a real father to you.
- Paul was a sick man, Mom, and I'm not talking about his health.
- Jacqueline, I told you many times it was an accident.
Paul was a drunk, and I'd already been down that road
loving someone who was battling addiction,
and I knew I couldn't do it again.
Then, after he got so drunk and ended up in your room,
that was the last straw for me.
- But it was not your last straw, Mom.
MAMA LU: Yes, it was,
until he came back to me a better man.
Or should I say, he came back to me
the man I fell in love with.
- But at my expense.
- What are you saying?
- Mom--
[Jax sighs]
He groomed me
when he was sober and when he was not.
And then you let him back into our lives and I have never felt safe since.
You're my mother.
You're supposed to keep me safe.
- Are you saying that there were other incidents?
- I'm saying it wasn't a mistake.
And I'm tired of pretending like everything was okay, Mom,
when it was not okay.
It's never been okay.
[sighs]
- I loved your father with all my heart.
And one day I came home,
found him slumped against the wall
with a needle hanging from his arm
while you were on the couch watching Sesame Street.
I packed up all his shit
and I dropped them off at Daniel Freeman,
and I told him that he was no longer welcome in my house.
That was about keeping you safe.
So how dare you blame me?
- I'm not blaming you.
♪
I don't blame you. Okay?
To be honest with you, I'm just realizing a lot of this myself.
I'm just asking you to listen to me.
And not make what I'm saying about you.
- I buried my husband, so I'm sorry.
Today it is about me.
♪
[door opens, closes]
♪
- Hey, Jax.
- Damon.
Hi.
- I gave you space like you asked, so--
I've been good, right?
- Yes, you have.
Look, Damon, um--
I've thought a lot about what you said, um,
and everything that's happened between us in these last few months.
And I don't think it's fair for me to continue a relationship with you.
- Not fair to you or to me?
- To either of us.
- So you're going back to Lewis?
- I am--
I-I'm gonna try to save my marriage if I can.
- So that's a yes then.
- Yes.
- Yeah.
Is that it?
- Damon.
- I'll see you around, Fairfax.
♪
- Well, your people tried to silence me, but it didn't work.
♪
Next time a Black woman says she's been raped,
you should show the fuck up.
♪
BRAYDEN: Jax?
- Brayden. Hi.
- I'm sorry to hear about your stepfather again.
Did you get the flowers I sent you?
- I did.
- It's the least I could do.
No matter what happens,
I want you to know how much I value all the things you've done for me.
- You know, you really had me fooled, Brayden.
- What do you mean? - You ain't got to lie to kick it.
I just don't understand why you didn't tell me the truth
about what you did to Kaleesha.
♪
- You ready to go in?
♪
- After you, Brayden.
♪
MIKE: ...and lastly, members of the jury,
the evidence is clear.
The defendant was present the night of the crime.
His fingerprints are on the murder weapon
and his lies have hurt many people,
even the ones he loves.
We have proven to you beyond a reasonable doubt
that the defendant preferred to be a coward
and murder Kaleesha Moore
than face the consequences of his own company's malfeasance.
You can make him pay for that choice.
Return a verdict of guilty.
♪
Thank you for your time.
♪
- Thank you, Mr. Ortiz.
Mrs. Stewart, you may proceed.
♪
♪ I can do it, it's my arena ♪
♪ Tilt my crown like a winner ♪
♪ Jewel cut from the pressure ♪
♪ Warm glow is our essence ♪
♪ I'm at one with my secrets ♪
♪ Bury feelings to kill it ♪
♪ Balance demons then rise ♪
♪ Just to kiss the big picture ♪
♪ Fall back, rewind ♪
♪ Off my melanin shine ♪
♪ Posted after finish line for myself to arrive ♪
♪
- Ladies and gentlemen,
the burden of proof in a criminal case
is the highest burden of proof in our legal system.
It requires--
Actually, it demands
that the prosecution proves beyond a reasonable doubt
the defendant is guilty of the crime
he or she has been accused of.
Mr. Ortiz's case was problematic from the very beginning.
Instead of coming into their investigation with a clear mind,
with careful consideration of every possible suspect,
of every possible motive,
of where else the forensic and scientific evidence
could have led them,
the LAPD decided to focus on one person
and one person only.
Mr. Miller.
And in a murder case,
a rush to judgment can prove disastrous.
Horrific!
Tragic for the person who stands accused.
Mr. Miller, please stand.
♪
Mr. Miller is a successful businessman.
Father.
Husband.
Son.
You heard his own mother testify
that he's not a violent man, but rather an innocent man.
Mr. Ortiz and his team
have failed to meet their high burden of proof.
And as a result,
the law doesn't just ask that you find Mr. Miller not guilty,
it requires that you do.
And if you truly want to fulfill your constitutional obligations
as jurors and citizens,
then you'll do what's right.
What's fair.
What's required.
Thank you.
♪
[Jax coughs, gags]
[door slams]
[toilet flushes]
[doorknob rattles]
- Hard to tell lies in court, huh?
[sighs]
You know, Ryan can't bring himself to come to court anymore
after what you did to him on the stand.
[exhales]
- No matter what happens at the end of all this,
you can't bring Kaleesha back.
She's gone.
- It's all that I have now.
- Doesn't have to be.
FALLON: It is what it is.
Instead of wondering what I got,
maybe you should think about what you're gonna have
at the end of all of this.
[door closes]
[indistinct chatter]
- Yo. Where you been at?
- Walking around.
Jax broke up with me, man.
- I mean--
What, you think I'm surprised?
Yo, you're better off.
- Yeah. CJ: Yeah.
- We'll see.
- Yeah. DAMON: Um--
I, uh...
I can't do this anymore, alright?
- What?
What do you mean?
- This illegal shit with the car parts, I, um--
I just, I just wanna focus on the business and, uh--
I was just, I was just doing that shit for her.
- See, I thought you were doing this shit for me.
But fuck me, right?
- What? CJ, I'm so-- - Nah, nah, nah, it's all good.
You know what? You're fired.
But not from the side business,
not from the illegal shit, from the real business.
Get your ass out of my fucking shop.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. What? You trippin', dawg.
This is, this is, this is my shit.
- No, nigga, this is my shit!
Dad gave me his name for a reason.
Yeah, I'm Cooke Junior,
'cause he always knew I was gonna be stronger than you.
The auto body shop, guess what, it's in my name.
'Cause you were too busy fucking around with that ginger snitch years ago
and got caught up in bullshit.
The same way you got caught up with that fuckin' lawyer bitch.
- Stop.
- Oh...
Are you serious?
That bitch dumped you
and you still can't stand me calling out her fucking name?
Oh, well, look here. No, no, no, look here, look here.
She's a bitch.
You a bitch, and life's a bitch.
So why don't you get the fuck outta my shop?
- CJ, stop! Stop!
♪
Please.
♪
You-you really--
You really gonna fire me?
♪
- We're family.
Fuckin' family.
I'm all you got.
- Nah, I'm all you got.
♪
At least I was.
Now, you got nothing.
♪
Welcome to my world.
Pack up your shit up tonight.
I don't wanna see your ass another minute.
♪
[sighs]
♪
- Hey, Lewis, can we talk tonight?
There's some stuff I need to tell you about. Um--
Anyway, just let me know if you're around.
I prefer to do it in person.
Bye.
- How'd you know?
- So you admit it.
- Attorney-client privilege, right?
- Oh, now you know what that is.
BRAYDEN: Yes.
And, yes.
So how'd you know...
that it was me?
- I was gaslit by a man just like you for many years.
- What happened to him?
- He's dead.
- You must be happy then.
- Happy? No.
Relieved?
Yes. - Then you understand.
- Understand what?
- How good it feels to know that the person who hurt you the most
will never be able to do it again.
- It seems you were the one hurting Kaleesha.
Not the other way around.
But, of course, you figured out a way to make yourself the victim.
It's the story to let you live with what you did to her.
- Isn't that something we all do?
Create narratives in order to survive this shit-show called life?
Some of us are just better at it than others.
Like you and me.
- I am nothing like you.
And I swear to God, if I had any idea
that you were this fucking abusive, lying sociopath that you clearly are,
I would have never taken this case.
- Ah, but you did.
And it's the best decision I ever made.
- Worst decision I ever made.
- I doubt that.
What's going on in that big brain of yours, huh?
- You don't wanna know.
- Remember that story I told you in Darren Grant Park
about a kid with a gun who robbed me when I was a teen?
I said that he died two weeks later, which is true.
And I know that because as he was robbing me, I shot him.
You really think I wasn't gonna be strapped
after some thug took my brother's life like it was nothing?
Try again.
I learned that if it's between me and someone else,
it ain't gonna be me.
So if you're thinking of getting in my way even a little bit,
please stop.
It won't end well for you.
♪ Cup of Trouble by Niia playing ♪
♪
[gasps]
♪ Trouble ♪
[exhales deeply]
♪
♪ Drank another glass of trouble ♪
♪
♪ Tonight ♪
♪
♪ Don't know ♪
♪
♪ If I'll ever learn ♪
[Jax screams]
[heart thumping]
♪ Trouble ♪
[Jax gasps]
♪ Trouble ♪
- Thank you so much for coming.
Mrs. Stewart was supposed to be here over an hour ago.
I'm sorry, I would stay if I could, but I have to get ready for night class.
- Wait, wait, Kanika. You weren't able to get in touch with her at all?
- No, she's not answering her phone.
Maybe she got called into court last minute or something.
I gotta go. Sorry.
[door opens]
[line ringing] [door closes]
JAX: [over phone] Hi. You've reached Jax Stewart.
Please leave a message--
[beeps]
♪
[line ringing]
- Hey, Lu, uh, is it cool if I drop the kids off with you for a bit?
MAMA LU: [over phone] Sure.
Everything okay?
- Yeah. Yeah. Just a last-minute work thing.
Have you, uh, you haven't heard from Jax by any chance, have you?
MAMA LU: No, I haven't. Should I be worried?
- No, no. Just, you know, she probably turned her phone off in court.
You know how she is.
Um, anyway, I'll, uh, I'll see you soon.
Thanks.
[beeps]
♪
What the fuck?
♪
Fuck.
♪
[line ringing]
♪
Daniel, Jax is missing.
DANIEL: [over phone] Wait, what?
- I haven't been able to get a hold of her,
so I went looking for her car and it's completely wrecked
and totally abandoned.
Her phone, keys, purse, everything is still here.
DANIEL: Okay, sit tight, Lewis. I'm on it.
- Okay.
♪
CYNTHIA: Hey, Daniel. - Hey. I need a favor.
Kinda Urgent.
- Sure. Lettuce discuss.
- So I know you have a protocol on missing persons, and--
But wait. Lettuce, let us, lettuce.
Wow, that-that was beautiful.
- Thanks. So who's missing?
- Right. My boss Jax, and I have a feeling that she's in danger.
This could be a big deal.
Her car was hit and left abandoned on the side of the street.
Can you come with me now to go check out the scene?
- Yeah, of course.
SHANELLE: Oh, hey, Lewis. What's up?
- Hey, have you, uh, have you seen or heard from Jax?
SHANELLE: No.
- She was in a car crash, but her car was abandoned on the side of the road.
JT: What? Wait. - She okay?
LEWIS: I'm-I'm trying to find that out.
[sighs] Do you know anything about the guy she's been seeing?
- That--
- Shanelle.
- You know how Jax is. She's private.
And the last time I said something--
- But you are still her friend, and she's in danger.
- And Lewis is my friend and we need to help him right now.
This is not the time to be all secretive and shit, Shanelle.
♪
- His name is Damon.
♪
- Anybody here?
DAMON: Can I help you?
- Are you Damon?
- What do you need?
- I'm looking for Jax Stewart. I'm her husband.
- Congrats.
But I can't help you.
- 'Cause you don't know my wife or 'cause you don't know where she is?
- I don't fuck with married women.
- Look, all that aside,
nobody has been able to contact Jax,
and we think she may be missing.
- Look, man--
Look, man, I ain't seen her, so--
I'm about to head out now.
Anything else?
- If you hear anything.
[line ringing]
- Is the verdict in?
- No. I was calling about Jax.
Have you talked to her at all?
- What about?
- Her husband is looking for her,
and none of us have been able to reach her.
- I haven't spoken to her since we were in the courtroom.
- What about Theo, has he heard from Jax at all?
- Theo and I are no longer on speaking terms,
so I suggest you reach out to him directly.
♪
[Jax breathing shakily]
♪
[exhales]
♪
- [muffled] Damon?
What's going on?
- Calm down.
You're fine.
♪
- No. No. No!
[gasping]
♪
[groans]
[heavy breathing]
- Damon, where the fuck are we?
Why would you do this?
DAMON: Why?
- 'Cause you was the only thing that kept me going.
You was the one thing I had to look forward to when I was locked up.
That's why I lied.
I lied, said I committed a murder
that I ain't commit because of you.
You sat with me on that beach and you listened to me
and you helped me and gave me hope, Jax.
You showed me that holding on to you was a good thing.
That a nigga like me
had a chance with a woman like you.
A chance at another kinda life.
You hear me, Jax? You hear what I'm saying?
- Yes, Damon. I hear you.
I hear you, but I-I just--
DAMON: [screams] No! [gasps]
There are no more buts after that.
You're not hearing me, see, because I've been talking.
I've been trying to tell you how I feel,
what you mean to me,
but you don't fucking hear me!
- Yeah. Okay.
I am listening now, Damon.
I'm listening.
- I bet.
Why'd you make me do this?
Why did you lead me on?
Were you just bored or something?
Was I just some, something to fuckin' do
while you and that other nigga worked your shit out?
Is that what this was?
- No. Of course not.
Every moment that we shared together, Damon,
was completely genuine and sincere.
Meeting you changed my life completely.
- Don't lie, Jax.
- I'm telling you, I wouldn't be the person
I am today if it weren't for you.
Listen to me.
You made me feel seen.
You made me feel understood at a time when no one else did.
- Exactly. I see you.
I always see you.
I know you better than anybody, better than you know yourself.
Better than him! - Yes.
- Yeah. JAX: Yes.
But, Damon, my life has changed since then.
Okay? I'm-I'm married now.
I have kids.
Spenser and Naima.
Would you want to be with someone who could throw all that away, Damon?
Would you?
- Oh, fuck, Jax.
Fuck. Fuck.
You--
You're so good.
That's why I say you the motherfuckin' GOAT.
You got me feeling bad for you.
And you're the one that hurt me.
Hmm?
But this is all your fault.
All of it.
Every thing that happened to me,
and I thought you could make it better, but you didn't.
No, you didn't. You made it worse.
You made me do this.
- I know you, Damon.
I know you too.
This is not you.
- You know what I saw in prison?
I watched people get murdered right in front of my face.
I stepped over dead bodies like they were nothing
but fuckin' change on the street.
And I saw guards kill other prisoners and blame it on other inmates.
Because when you're locked up, you either a killer or a victim.
And I ain't about to be no victim
because a victim ends up in the ground.
[gasps]
- I'm sorry.
I didn't-- I didn't know.
DAMON: No. - Damon, listen to me.
- This is who I am now.
This!
Okay. Oh. Okay.
Okay, okay, okay.
Please, please, please don't--
Don't-don't be scared. Don't be scared.
Don't be. Okay?
All I want, all I want is for you to listen to me.
And I mean really listen to me
and realize that you made a big mistake, okay?
You'll see.
♪
You'll see.
[gasping]
♪
[siren chirps]
LEWIS: [over phone] So, what, you think someone took her?
- Uh, not sure, but likely, yes.
Where are you now?
- Uh, I'm at this guy's autobody shop,
an old client of hers, Damon something.
- Oh, right. Jax had me switch out his PO.
You think it might be him?
- I don't know. This shit just ain't right.
I talked to him and he said he was on his way out,
but it's been a long time,
and I've been watching the exit and he,
and he's still in there.
Do you, do you think you can get the cops out here
to check the premises?
- I got you.
Hi.
Look, I-I know I just asked you for a big favor,
but is there any chance--
- What's the address, Daniel?
- You can't wait to get back to him, can you?
- It's not about him... or you.
- You're right.
It's about you.
It's always about you.
CJ was right.
I should've fuckin' listened to him, instead I just--
Fuck.
I fucked up.
JAX: Listen to me.
Listen to me. I can help you.
Look, you said I'm the best, right?
Let me help you, Damon.
DAMON: It's too late for all that.
I'm a criminal.
- No.
DAMON: But you...
you love criminals, don't you?
Ain't that what you told me?
But you don't love me.
Do you?
Mmm.
You never did.
- Look,
I'm not gonna lie to you.
I... care about you.
A lot.
But like I said, I couldn't throw away my marriage for your...
potential.
♪
- Potential.
♪
Right. - Oh.
♪
[Jax gasping]
♪
[Jax groaning]
[Jax crying]
Damon, listen. Listen to me, please.
This is not a plan.
But you will need a plan and I'll help you--
[screams]
[breathes shakily]
Please!
I swear to God on my life,
I will never say anything to anyone.
Please, I'm telling you.
I will go back to-to my life,
to my job, and I will act like this has never happened.
Please. You gotta believe me.
I-- I won't say anything. Please.
No.
Be strong. Be strong, be strong and courageous.
Do not fear, do not fear or be in dread of them,
for it is the Lord your God who goes with you.
He will not leave you.
[voice breaking] He will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Hey.
♪
The worst part?
I could never hurt you the way you hurt me.
[sirens wailing in distance]
JAX: [crying] I'm sorry.
[sirens continue]
♪
[sirens grow louder]
[Jax breathing heavily]
♪
- It's the fuckin' potential.
♪
- No. No! [screams] [gunshots]
♪
[Jax crying]
[muffled radio chatter]
♪ melancholy music ♪
♪
[gasping]
♪
LEWIS: It's okay. I got you.
♪
[cell phone buzzes]
JAX: [over phone] Hey, Mom.
- Jacqueline, are you okay?
Lewis said that you were in an accident.
- It's okay.
I'm okay.
- Well, do you want me to come over?
I know things have been a little--
- No. No, it's-it's fine.
Lewis is here.
What I really need right now is some sleep.
How are the kids?
- Oh, they're fine.
They're both asleep now.
Well,
I wanna be helpful
so the kids can stay here with me as long as you need.
If you're comfortable with that.
- I am now.
- Okay.
Good.
Bye.
- Good night.
- You mind if I join you?
- Lewis, I need to tell you something.
About Paul.
- Okay.
- [clears throat] When I was younger, he--
Paul made sexual advances towards me.
It started small at first, but it turned--
- Wh-- What do you mean, how young?
- Let me finish, Lewis.
- I was 16,
and there were some weird moments.
But then one day he actually got in bed with me.
And, uh,
it took me some time to really understand what happened,
that what he was doing was intentional
and building up to--
- Jax, how could you keep this from me?
You had this man, like--
Our kids were--
- Lewis, this is exactly why I didn't tell you
because I knew you were gonna get angry.
- Yeah, I'm angry.
- And I knew you wouldn't want my mother around 'em either.
- I'm s-- Does she know?
Because if she did know, she doesn't deserve--
- She didn't know everything.
She only found out some things recently.
- How recent? - After he died.
[sighs]
- I am sorry that happened to you.
And I'm sorry I didn't say that first.
- Thank you.
- But I'm-I'm even sorrier that you felt like
you couldn't trust me with that information.
Jax, it breaks my heart that you held that inside for all this time.
That explains a lot.
- Do you even want to move forward with me?
With us?
- I don't know.
- Do you want to do couples therapy?
Would you be willing to try that now?
- I'm definitely willing to try.
[sighs]
I don't want you to be alone tonight.
So I'm gonna crash on the couch.
- No. You really don't have to do that.
- Okay.
- No. Lewis, the couch.
I mean, I-- Of course, I want you to stay.
I just meant you can sleep in the bed.
- Uh-- I don't want it to--
- Lewis. Just sleep.
[birds chirping]
[gasps]
- Everything okay?
- The jury reached a verdict.
- Good luck today.
- Thank you.
♪
- All rise.
♪
- Everyone can be seated.
And who is our foreperson?
- Me, ma'am.
- Has the jury reached a verdict?
- We have.
- Mr. Miller and counsel, please rise.
♪
- The Superior Court of California, county of Los Angeles,
in the matter of the people of the State of California
versus Brayden Miller,
we the jury in the above entitled action...
[heart thumping]
...find the defendant Brayden Miller...
[thumping continues]
...not guilty.
[murmuring] MAN: That's bullshit, man.
JUDGE GREEN: Court adjourned.
[gavel pounds]
♪
- You really pulled this off.
♪
- So did you.
- Thank you, Jax.
- Fuck you, Brayden.
♪
- Well, Cracker Jax.
I'd be lying if I thought you could beat me.
I seriously was convinced that Brayden did it.
Uh--
I heard about what happened to you.
You're a rock star for being here.
Hope you're alright.
[door opens]
[door closes]
BRAYDEN: Woo-hoo!
Ah, what a relief it is to finally be going home for good.
I don't want to see the inside of another courtroom
unless I'm enforcing a business contract.
Listen, Sarah.
Words can't explain how grateful I am to you.
But I'm gonna make it up to the kids
and to you next week in Bora Bora.
Hmm?
And I'm gonna be the husband and father that you all deserve.
- Too bad you'll be going alone.
- Excuse me?
- From now on, I'll be looking out for my own best interests.
So while you are living it up in Bora Bora,
I'll be divorcing you,
taking the kids,
and taking half.
- Listen, Sarah, you wait a minute.
- Anyway, my Uber is here.
Congratulations again.
Looks like everybody was a winner today.
♪ Alright by Allen Anthony and Freeway playing ♪
♪ State Property ♪
♪ Roc-A-Fella Records ♪
♪ This that feeling music you know ♪
♪ We make that music you can feel ♪
♪ Early ♪
♪ Just blaze ♪
♪ I went from the ghetto to the ghetto ♪
♪ And I'm back again ♪
♪ And we doing it back and forth roll with a gang of thugs ♪
♪ My burner, my hood passport ♪
♪ Fresh from the airport I'm back again ♪
♪ And I clap your men ♪
♪ I'm from a block where niggas might blast your pops ♪
♪ No chance ambulance can't save your kin ♪
♪ Smoke reefer burn, reefer, chill in my spot ♪
♪ Instead of making selat drink liters of gin ♪
♪ I'm drunk again, I'm high again ♪
♪ I just might fly a kite to my niggas upstate knocked off in the pen ♪
[doorbell dings]
♪ They booked in a jail I'm booking a flight ♪
MAILMAN: This is for you.
♪ It's fucked up last year we was all on the block ♪
♪ This can't be life, this can't be love ♪
♪ They roll with a whack, I roll with a snub ♪
♪ We all in a fight ♪
♪ Alright ♪
♪ Whoo ♪
♪ Baby, don't you cry ♪
♪ Alright ♪
♪ Tell 'em everything's gonna be alright ♪
♪ Alright ♪
♪ Whoo ♪
WOMAN: Brayden Miller.
- Yes, can I help you?
- As the CEO, you and Clout are under investigation
for fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.
You might wanna call your attorney.
♪ Alright ♪
♪ Baby, don't you cry ♪
♪ Everything gonna be alright all night ♪
♪ Free is on his job, let the music play ♪
[cell phone chimes]
♪ But if a dude get out of line put him back in tech ♪
♪ And don't you worry about a thing ♪
♪ It ain't a thing I'm bringing 'em things with me scrap ♪
♪ And I take 'em around the globe, travel around the globe ♪
♪ Been to Paris and back again ♪
♪ Freefall back get stacks with a pen ♪
♪ We came a long way from a pack and tech ♪
♪ We got to reach for something better ♪
♪ Alright ♪
♪ vocalizing ♪
♪ Alright ♪
♪ Everything's gonna be alright, baby ♪
[panting]
♪ Alright ♪
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♪ Alright ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Alright ♪
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♪ Alright ♪
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♪ Hey ♪
♪ Alright ♪
♪
[inhales deeply]
♪ Alright ♪
[line ringing]
♪
♪ Alright ♪
- Hey, girl, can I call you back later?
♪
♪ Alright ♪
Oh, fuck.
♪ Alright ♪
♪ Oh, baby ♪
♪ Everything's gonna be alright ♪
♪ Alright ♪
♪
♪ vocalizing ♪
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♪ Yeah ♪
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♪ Yeah ♪
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♪ Whoo ♪
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♪ Whoo, whoo ♪
♪ vocalizing ♪
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