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ANNOUNCER: Previously on All Rise...

LOLA: You were working for my campaign.

It looked like you were trying to buy votes.

- Oh. - "Oh" is right.

LUKE: Emily Lopez, working for the biggest pro bono

- law firm in the world? - No pressure. None.

EMILY: The Southland Women's Reentry Center.

Many women live there with their children.

- Louise and Harry Collins? - EMILY: What's happening?

You must be Charlotte Collins.

Excuse me, you can't just take them.

Please, you've got to help me fix this.

I will, I will, I will, I will.

Ah, peekaboo.

Peekaboo. Oh, what you got there?

What you got there?

[indistinct baby talk]

Yeah.

Oh, what did your daddy do?

Okay.

[sighing]

Okay.

[upbeat instrumental playing]

Yep.

Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. It's okay.

You do know that babies tend

to stop wearing diapers before the age of four, right?

You've got enough pampers in there

to last Bailey until her senior prom.

Very funny.

[laughing] Robin Taylor,

you have got our home looking like a wholesale warehouse

with all these coupons.

So, would you prefer I not pay lower

than low-low prices?

All right. Start talking.

Who's your supplier.

[laughing] I get my coupons from Nancy.

Nancy Adler?

From your little mommy social club?

Nancy's got you all hopped up?

On deals and discounts, yes.

You're welcome.

Wait a minute.

Mmm. I think I know what's going on here.

You think I'm jealous?

[chuckling] Oh, no, no.

I've got to get to work.

Anything new on the Sherri assistant drama?

Oh, Sherri kept her word.

She transferred to Delgado's courtroom.

But I have already decided

that she ain't going out like that.

All right. Handle your business.

- Good day, sir. - Okay.

- EMILY: Bye, Bailey. - ROBIN: Oh, wait, wait.

I got you a value sausage biscuit

for your car ride.

I don't want your little discount biscuit.

- Thank you. - Okay, well I'll eat it.

LOLA: Bye!

[rock music playing]

♪ 'Cause it hurts my mind

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah

Damn, did that just happen?

Did Mark Callan just outrun Luke Watkins? Dude.

[laughing] Dude.

Did Mark Callan just refer to us in third person?

Because Watkins really hates that.

So, what's your excuse?

What, you got a pebble in your shoe?

Didn't get enough sleep last night? What's up?

Well, that and I just haven't worked out in a while.

- How about you? - Yeah,

I've had my share of sleepless nights.

It's not every day you go up against your buddy

in a murder trial.

Let's make a pact.

We keep up our weekly jogs as usual.

No matter who wins?

No matter who loses.

Deal.

Like the saying goes, "Bros before..."

Litigation?

Bros before litigation.

Hey, no fair, man. You're getting a head start.

ZACHARY: I've got a new trick,

guaranteed to knock your Barbie socks off.

Zachary, I am not in the mood.

You know, I'm good with the 101 tricks

you showed me over the weekend.

Oh, girl, real quick.

Now, do you have a quarter?

No? Okay, look, I have one right here.

[laughing] Okay, so what I'm going to do,

I'm going to take this quarter,

and magically put it inside of this balloon.

When it happens, it's going to instantaneously

turn into a bunch of dollars, yeah?

So, you're going to be my assistant.

You hold this. There you go.

[balloon squeaking]

- [balloon popping] - ZACHARY: Woah! Oh, my God.

Zachary, what the hell?

ZACHARY: I'm so sorry.

You know, it appears that I purchased

the confetti bomb version by mistake.

Okay, do you have one of those

cute little vacuum things

- that we can just clean up-- - You get away.

Oh, fine, fine.

[Sara whispering] Oh, my God. What?

Where'd the quarter go?

[elevator dinging]

[whispering] Hey, Wilson.

[upbeat instrumental playing]

LOLA: All right, Kansky. This is how it's going down.

You're coming back to my court

at least for the week

and if you want to leave after that, then fine,

but for right now it's you and me,

so snatch up your hot tea,

gather your little meditation crystals,

and be at my courtroom

before they start calling morning calendar. Got it?

Good.

[sighing] Fine.

But I'm bringing this chair with me.

What's happening today is evidentiary hearing.

The judge is going to rule on the motion

that I filed to throw out the statements

- you gave to police. - Look,

I know the strongest evidence

the DA got against me is about DNA

so I've been reading up.

They say one to four percent

all DNA matches are false.

- Carl, listen to me-- - You need to tell the jury

about all of that.

There is this legal thing

called the presumption of innocence.

Yeah, I know, innocent until proven guilty.

Right, it exists in theory, but I promise you,

from the moment that you step in front of those jurors,

they're already pegging you as a cold-blooded murderer

who shot a woman in the head

and dumped her body in the trash bin.

But I can persuade them

that their preconceived notions are wrong,

but I need you to stop fighting me.

Do you believe I'm innocent Mr. Watkins?

It doesn't matter what I think.

Nah, nah, nah.

I need you to answer my question.

[clearing throat]

My job is to show how weak

the prosecution's case is against you.

That's the only thing that matters.

[Carl sighing]

Yeah, I was going to represent myself.

My sister said no.

She told me it'd be stupid

not to ask for a-- a public defender.

[chuckling]

[sighs]

Please.

I don't want to be one of those guys

that gets old in prison

before someone finally proves they're innocent.

Please. Please, Mr. Watkins.

I'm putting my life in your hands.

[dramatic music playing]

SHERRI: Today's calendar, Your Honor.

Thank you, Sherri.

This case is already working my last nerve.

It feels like it's been 100 years

and we haven't even started the trial yet.

I just hate the thought of seeing Mark and Luke

go at each other's throats in court.

I would posit that if the trial had gone

to someone like Lasky, the punisher would be

eating Luke Watkins alive right about now.

[chuckling] Lasky does have an appetite

for new public defenders, that's for sure.

But I see your point.

See, that's why we work well together.

You're the Yin to my Yang.

- Ping to my pong. - If you say so, Your Honor.

Aw, that sneaky husband of mine.

He snuck my favorite shea butter into my briefcase.

It's the little things.

Wait a minute.

Looks like the only reason he got me

this hand cream is 'cause he had a coupon.

Does this man not think I'm worth full price?

[upbeat instrumental playing]

AMY: Emily?

EMILY: Amy, hey.

Hi...

- what are you doing here? - What?

I mean, not that I mind the surprise visit.

Oh, well, that's-- Okay.

Okay, so I ran into Ness in court

and I mentioned that there's still

no desk available for me at Free Council Initiative.

And Ness offered you Rachel's office

until she gets back.

EMILY: Obviously without your knowledge.

I am so sorry.

I can-- I can find someplace else, honestly--

No, absolutely not. Her instincts are spot on.

I would've invited you myself.

I really, really appreciate it.

So, what case are you working on?

EMILY: Charlotte Collins.

Single mom in the country on a green card.

She caught a mayhem case and I got it reduced

to felony, false imprisonment,

so she is set up

at the reentry center on probation,

but DCFS still took her two kids.

[sighing] When's the hearing?

EMILY: In a couple days.

I dropped the ball.

Like, I should have been in front of this.

You were focused on keeping Charlotte out of custody

and in the country, and you did exactly that.

And you will get her kids back, too.

In the meantime, make yourself at home.

Thank you so much.

AMY: You're welcome.

♪

All right.

Olani Broadnax, am I pronouncing that

- correctly? - Yes.

You are a stenographer at Elite Deposition Solutions,

Riverside County Superior Court.

Oh, goodness.

- Excuse me? - It's strong.

Very, very strong.

My boss gave--

It is a little strong, isn't it?

No, dear. Your energy is strong.

I feel it emanating from your aura.

You see, I'm a psychic.

I'm looking for this job

as a court reporter to supplement my income.

Oh. I sense someone well above your pay grade

seeking your forgiveness.

- Oh. - Someone very close to you.

Well, you are not going to win me over that easily.

What's that, dear?

Miss Olani Broadnax.

Welcome to courtroom 802.

Of course.

Did you know that was coming?

I saw that, too.

[exhaling abruptly]

Hi, Darius?

Hi, I-- I'm Sara Castillo,

I'm the victim's advocate assigned to this case.

Uh, right. Right. Hi-- hi, Miss Castillo.

Oh, no, please. Call me Sara.

I'll-- Sorry, you'll have to

excuse me appearance.

Anyway I'm here to offer any support I can.

I-- I also want to offer my condolences.

You know, I know it must be tough

just sitting through this trial

and hearing all the details--

All due respect, Miss Castillo,

my mom was the victim.

Not me.

So, I'm going to head in there now.

Oh, yeah. Yes. Please.

♪

[groaning]

OFFICER: Did you pick up Brenda Fletcher

from the bar she worked at?

[Carl sighing]

CARL: You know, maybe I--

maybe I should get a lawyer.

I keep telling you I didn't kill nobody.

OFFICER: We found your DNA

on her dead body, Carl.

It's like your signature is all over her corpse.

LUKE: Thank you, Judge.

Very well, Mr. Watkins.

I will hear you one last time before I rule in the evidence.

Your Honor, detectives relentlessly

interrogated Carl Brewer for 21 continuous hours.

He was not in his right state of mind.

Even more outrageous,

his statements were made involuntarily.

He continuously asked the detectives for an attorney

and they denied him.

MARK: Your Honor, the techniques

used by the detectives during the interrogation

were not coercive, and for Mr. Watkins

to suggest otherwise is--

Look, I'll borrow

one of his own dramatic terms, here, "outrageous."

Mr. Brewer clearly stated that he understood

he had a right to retain appointed council,

and yet he never definitely asked for an attorney.

- He waived his Miranda rights. - He absolutely did not.

LOLA: Stop.

I'm ready to rule.

Mr. Watkins, as to your motion

to suppress Mr. Brewer's statements,

I believe detectives had an affirmative duty

to confirm whether Mr. Brewer was exercising his right

against self-incrimination.

MARK: With all due respect, Your Honor,

the law says the officers do not have to clarify--

It is good police practice to do so.

I believe the detectives should have asked

further questions to clarify.

I'm granting the defense's motion to suppress.

Now, as for the people's 402 motion,

relevance regarding

the defendant's medical condition.

Mr. Callan, it is your position

that the jury should not hear

Mr. Brewer's suffers from acute myeloid leukemia,

- correct? - MARK: Yes, Your Honor.

It's clear that the defense is only trying

to gain the jury's sympathy by mentioning that--

Mr. Brewer has suffered from leukemia his entire adult life,

he would not have the physical ability,

nor the energy, to commit such a murder.

Well, it doesn't take much vim and vigor

- to pull a trigger, Your Honor. - The victim wasn't just shot.

Her hair was ripped out, her wrists bound,

he body dumped like trash. That takes energy.

Energy that Mr. Brewer does not have.

Mr. Watkins. Take a breath.

[uptight music playing]

I find that the defense as a proponent of the evidence

regarding your client's current medical condition

has not met its burden.

Your Honor, you cannot be serious,

- the jury needs to hear-- - LOLA: The probative value

of your client's medical condition is outweighed

by the risk of undue prejudice.

I agree with the people that this evidence would elicit

more sympathy than it would tend

to disprove identity.

My client has an absolute constitutional right

to present a--

But not with inadmissible evidence.

I have excluded the evidence on 352 grounds,

and do not interrupt me again.

I apologize, Your Honor.

The trial will begin in a couple days.

[hammer hitting gavel]

[uptight music playing]

[sighing]

Good morning, Your Honor.

LOLA: I'm hoping it will be.

Tea for you, two for me.

[groaning] I might need to triple up on the caffeine.

I did so much tossing and turning last night.

- Is it the trial? - If the evidentiary hearing

is any indication, it's about to get

- brutal out there. - This must be an immense amount

of pressure for Luke, I can't think of any new PD

who got a murder case so soon.

He has come a long way

in a short amount of time, Your Honor.

Sherri.

How are you and I doing?

Are we making any bit of progress here?

Your Honor, I will be returning

to Judge Delgado's court on Monday.

[footsteps leaving]

I want to see my kids.

- Now! - Ma'am, calm down.

- Don't tell me to calm down! - Ma'am--

Charlotte, hey, I have been looking

- all over the town for you. - Louise is sick.

They say she's in the hospital but they won't tell me where!

- Charlotte-- - Where is my daughter?

You need to get her out of here.

EMILY: I got it. Thank you.

Charlotte, look at me. Your daughter is fine.

No, I spoke to the doctor

after the reentry center called me.

She is fine, she had an ear infection.

She's okay. She's okay.

I need to see my children.

I understand, but right now

we need to get you back to the center

- because you cannot afford to-- - Oh, God.

Officers, hi, we had a young lady

who was distraught, but it's fine.

- I'm her attorney. - We need to talk to her.

Okay, look, she found out her kid was sick

and she panicked, all right?

We are on our way out right now, I promise.

The murder trial of 56-year-old Carl Brewer

begins in about an hour.

The forklift operator is accused

of shooting a woman to death.

This morning, the victim's 20-year-old son,

- Darius Fletcher... - DARIUS: I join you

with someone today who is concerned

about the dangerous effects

of under-policing in our communities.

So many women in the past three decades

have gone missing or been murdered,

the cases unsolved.

So, in the spirit of calling for justice

for my mom, and other women,

I ask that you join me in saying their names.

[crowd shouting indistinctly]

- Sheila James. - CROWD: Sheila James!

- Harriet Boyd. - CROWD: Harriet Boyd!

- Martina Sanchez. - CROWD: Martina Sanchez!

I'm not saying I disagree, I just wonder if the push

for more policing doesn't get lost

behind the argument for defunding the police.

Police reform can walk the fine line

between maintaining public safety

and decreasing police brutality.

This murder trial I'm handling right now

has me thinking about all of it.

Clearly, black and brown communities

are suffering the worst of it.

The problem is either aggressive policing

or not enough policing.

Or both, you know, it's a complex issue,

and one which probably isn't going to be solved

over coffee and fruit in the judge's lounge.

- Oh, here we go. - JUDGE THOMAS: I'll say this.

Most police officers in this country...

are selfless, patriotic citizens.

No one is disputing that.

Yes, we must curtail

the authority for police officers

to use deadly force, but not to the extent

that their actions are frozen

when confronting violent crime.

Since you chimed in with the pitch of the problem,

why don't you hit us with a solution?

JUDGE THOMAS: I'll hit you with several.

De-escalation training.

The tearing down of the blue wall of silence

which protects abusive policing,

more effective training for police officers

dealing with crisis intervention.

I want to bring this back around to the dangers

of under-policing.

Grassroots organizations have long offered up

solutions to these issues.

Real progress would be city and police leaders

- sitting down with them. - Not just every other quarter.

And that's something on which we all agree.

I'm not bad.

We should have this chat every week.

We'll be here.

[reporter talking over TV]

SECURITY GUARD: [indistinct] Mr. Slimms.

- Jimmy Slimms. - That's me.

Luke Watkins, we consulted on the Brewer case

over the phone, I was supposed

- to meet you here. - Oh, yes. Forgive me.

Most days, I don't know if I'm coming or going.

But right now I am going.

I'm sorry. I've got to get to trial.

I-- I just need two seconds.

- [Jimmy sighing] - Have you found

any discrepancies on how the police

collected the evidence?

Compromised DNA? Contamination testing issues?

I haven't spotted any inconsistencies,

and we may not find any, Mr. Watkins.

That's just the reality.

Trust me, I've seen DNA specimen techniques

as messed up as a Hogan's goat.

[chuckling] But not here.

If you could just take another look

at the case file I sent you.

I'll try and grab some time

- over the next couple days. - Great.

- I will call you. - I will call you.

DETECTIVE BLAIR: There were rope burns

on the victim's wrists.

And we could see that a lock of her hair

had been ripped from the scalp.

MARK: And where did you apprehend the suspect?

DETECTIVE BLAIR: In the backyard of his home.

He never asked why he was being arrested,

which I found odd.

Yo, can he even say that?

You should object.

MARK: ...you found in the alley,

what kind of bullet was it?

The casing we found was from a silver colored

nine-millimeter bullet,

it's a very particular piece of ammo.

MARK: And what more did you find?

DETECTIVE BLAIR: Using the automated firearm system

we were able to find out that Mr. Brewer

- owns a nine-millimeter. - He's lying.

I'm telling you to object.

And I'm telling you to be cool.

DETECTIVE BLAIR: ...from the shell casing

found at the scene, we determine that Mr. Brewer

owns the same type of gun used to murder the victim.

Thank you, detective Blair.

LOLA: Mr. Watkins.

You led a search of Mr. Brewer's home,

- correct? - DETECTIVE BLAIR: Correct.

LUKE: But you didn't find any firearms

in the house, correct?

As I already stated, we knew Mr. Brewer had

the same type of gun.

- Is that a yes, or no? - No. We didn't find a gun.

In fact, Mr. Brewer filed a report

years ago that a nine-millimeter gun

that he owned was stolen,

- isn't that right? - Correct.

It's funny, I didn't hear you tell

- the prosecution that. - Objection.

Withdrawn.

Did you find any of Mr. Brewer's DNA

in the alley where you believe

Mrs. Fletcher was shot to death?

Just Mr. Brewer's DNA on her body.

LUKE: And you testified earlier that you didn't find

any scratches, bruises or cuts on Mr. Brewer,

- correct? - DETECTIVE BLAIR: Correct.

LUKE: Yet, you found,

or you say you found his DNA

under the victim's fingernails?

DETECTIVE BLAIR: Right, again, I stated that I personally

didn't observe any injuries on your client.

That doesn't mean he didn't have any.

That's all, Your Honor.

- LOLA: Redirect, Mr. Callan? - No, Your Honor.

Your Honor, I'd like to address the court.

I'd like to fire my lawyer.

- Carl. - LOLA: Excuse me?

Bailiff, remove this man from my courtroom.

CARL: Mr. Watkins is not following any of my directions.

I demand new council.

Members of the jury, we will take a break.

Disregard Mr. Brewer's statement.

- I demand new council. - Mr. Watkins,

you need to control your client.

- Bailiff. - Mr. Watkins is not adequate

for my defense.

My sixth amendment right...

[Carl shouting indistinctly from behind the door]

[uptight instrumental music fades]

You showed a lack of respect for this court,

for council, and most significantly,

for the jury.

Any more outbursts like that

and I will have you removed for the rest of trial.

- Am I clear? - Yes, Your Honor.

I will say, I considered your request for new council,

and since you did not make this request

before trial began, and we are already

deep into testimony, I am denying your request

for a Marsden hearing.

I know Mr. Watkins well,

and he is an excellent attorney.

It would behoove you to trust him

in representing you.

We will pick up again tomorrow morning. Bailiff?

Thank you, Your Honor.

♪

I miss my kids.

I know you do.

But you get to see the judge tomorrow.

I'll be right there with you.

I'm a screwup.

And the judge is going to know that.

Well, then you must be screwup number two

because I hold the title.

Oh no.

You should have seen me when I was a teenager.

You could not tell me anything.

I had all the answers, I knew it all.

If there was a rule, I just broke it, you know?

I spent time in juvey.

- You were in juvey? - EMILY: Mm-hmm.

And then I just--

I turned things around for myself.

Look at you now. A lawyer.

EMILY: And look at you.

A fearless mom who has raised

two beautiful, amazing kids on her own.

That doesn't look like a screwup to me.

[sighing]

[sentimental instrumental playing]

Can I tell you something?

Yeah.

They tried to take away my kids

before I came to the States.

LOLA: Sherri?

Oh, what are we smiling at?

It looks like our new stenographer slash psychic

has earned her keep.

She predicted that an admirer

would give me a gift and here it is.

A gift card to Cycle City.

Someone just left it on my desk.

[chuckling] Sherri,

Robin actually got me that gift card.

It must have fallen out of my bag

and someone accidentally placed it on your desk,

but, no, no, no, no, no, Sherri, you-- you keep it.

No, thank you. It's yours.

Come on, Sherri.

When would I even have the time?

[sighs] I suggest you make the time, Your Honor.

♪

Mr. Watkins. I'm sorry to disturb you.

I'm Carl's sister, Mildred.

I met you when you first took on his case.

Yes. I-- I remember.

I'm so sorry about my brother's outburst

today in court.

That should not have happened.

LUKE: Please, have a seat.

He has had challenges his whole life.

When we were kids, Carl got into a lot of trouble.

I've been trying my whole life

to restore him to Christ.

It may be true he's trapped in sin,

but my brother is not a murderer.

[sentimental instrumental playing]

You said that your grandparents raised you two?

- What happened to your parents? - Momma, well...

she had a hard time.

- And I didn't mean to-- - No. No, it's fine.

I think about how sick my brother was

with leukemia and everything.

I was his only caretaker

after our grandparents passed.

I've seen that cancer come and go

and come back again,

but because of God's grace and mercy,

my brother is still here.

DARIUS: I went to Howard University.

Mom helped me enroll using some outrageous money.

She sounds like a wonderful lady.

When I was a kid...

my mom, she got this tattoo

on her arm of her favorite bible verse,

and I'm not such a religious guy myself,

but I want to do something special

to remember her by so I actually ended up

getting the same tattoo.

"Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth."

That's a beautiful verse

and a great tribute to your mom.

Thank you.

["Keep Rising" by Bodytalkr Feat. JSSYKA]

♪ We just got To rise up, hoo ♪

♪ Rise up, hoo

♪ Rise up

TRAINER: Come on, believe in yourself!

You can do anything you put your mind to!

If you see it, you can achieve it.

- Let's go! - Excuse me.

- Lola Carmichael? - Yeah.

I'm officer Bernard. My partner, officer Cohen.

We'd like to talk about the gift card

you used for this class.

Would you come with us, please?

Yeah.

♪

Tomorrow the prosecution will call more witnesses,

including the criminalists that worked with investigators

- on your case-- - CARL: Let me guess,

you grew up in an upper-middle class home,

went to one of them

highfalutin private schools, hmm?

Probably only dated rich white women, huh?

Your mommy and daddy spoil you rotten, I can tell.

Look.

Carl, I get it.

I get that you had it rough growing up.

Your sister, she told me about your--

the troubles you faced.

It's a lot.

Your father's untimely death...

your mom leaving you with your grandparents--

Don't talk about my mother, you understand?

Don't ever talk about her.

It's okay, deputy.

Just give us a minute, please.

I don't know if my sister told you...

but after our mother left,

she came back, years later,

when she found out about my cancer.

She was a match

and she wanted to donate her bone marrow.

[chuckling] Yeah, and I was so happy.

My momma came back to save me.

Then she took off again.

Right before my surgery.

I never knew why.

All I knew was my momma had left me a second time.

She left me.

That bitch left me to die.

[sentimental music playing]

[bar music playing]

MARK: Thanks.

And thanks for showing up.

- You think I wouldn't? - MARK: I wasn't-- I'm not--

[sighing]

LUKE: Can I ask you a question?

You ever worry about charging

the wrong guy with murder?

Just curious.

I tend to worry about the guilty guy

getting away with it.

Look, I've been doing this long enough to know

that restorative justice doesn't work for everybody.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

I can't tell you everything,

but we are learning new information--

- New information like... - MARK: I can't tell you.

Are you planning to drop a bombshell in trial?

This has nothing to do with trial, Luke.

And maybe I shouldn't have said anything,

- but I am your-- - But you sure as hell did.

I'm giving you a heads up that there is something

coming down the pike, okay?

And there might be more to Carl Brewer

than you think.

You know what I think, Callan?

I think this is you trying to get into my head

and knock me off my game

because your case is getting weaker

by the minute and you cannot handle

the thought of losing to a public defender

in his first murder trial.

MARK: Are you serious right now?

Your ass can't handle it, Callan.

Wow, man. Okay.

LUKE: I'll see you in court.

[bar music playing]

[sighing]

[clearing throat]

- Bailey's down. - Mhm.

Thank you, husband.

You're welcome, wife.

Rough day, huh babe?

Well, at least they didn't throw you in the clink.

You should've let me come down to help you.

No, it was fine

once I explained everything to the officers.

The point is I got embarrassed

in front of my entire spin class

because of your little girlfriend, Nancy.

I can't believe that gift card she gave you was counterfeit.

[Robin sighing] Nancy.

A wanted scammer.

- I didn't see that one coming. - LOLA: Yeah.

I'm as surprised as you are, Mr. F.B.I. agent.

Guess this puts a huge dent in me and Nancy's relationship.

It's too soon, Robin.

- Too soon. - [Robin chuckling]

- I'm sorry, baby. - [Lola moans softly]

I guess I've got some making up to do.

Mhm, but this prime rib feast

is a good start.

It looks delicious.

Mm.

[kiss smacks]

Wait.

[intriguing music]

Did you buy this dinner with one of Nancy's coupons?

I plead the fifth, Your Honor.

[both laughing]

[doorbell ringing]

- Appreciate you coming. - Are you kidding?

I live with my brother in his very crowded home.

Of course I was coming.

LUKE: Congrats on the new place, Em,

- I'm happy for you. - Oh, thank you.

[both laughing]

I mean... [chuckling]

...I move in a week or so,

and I-- I just, I cannot wait.

I look forward to my invitation to the housewarming.

Well, I look forward to having you.

So, what's up with this new adventure of yours

- they call Holistic Law? - Yeah.

I-- I told you about the case I'm working.

Single mom trying to get her kids back.

She's young, you know?

And she's had a really tough life.

She-- she shared some stuff with me...

about something she experienced that was extremely difficult.

Then you share that with the judge,

and if the judge is empathetic...

- It's Judge Taylor. - LUKE: Judge Needum Taylor?

I appeared before him before he was transferred

over to juvenile court.

I'm not going to lie, he was tough.

- Great. - LUKE: Maybe think about

holding your most compelling argument

to the very end right before he rules.

- That worked for me. - Duly noted.

- So, Luke Watkins... - Mm.

What's up with this new adventure of yours

- they call public defense? - [Luke chuckling]

I'm not going to lie.

It's been tough.

The trial... Callan.

My client, he shared something

very painful with me today about his mother.

[doleful music playing]

I could feel...

the misery...

that he was living with.

How haunted he was, it was-- [sighing]

♪

It was almost like I could feel that misery, too.

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LUKE: Mr. Slimms, thanks for getting back.

Did you have a chance to look at the case file again?

Bottom line, the prosecution is saying Carl Brewer's DNA,

and only his DNA,

was found on this woman's body.

A lot of it. Like, too much to ignore.

You're going to argue something else.

The DNA is solid.

Hey, listen, I wanted to ask you again

about my client's, uh, transplant from 35 years ago.

I thought you weren't allowed to mention that in trial.

I'm not allowed to talk about

my client's current medical condition,

but no one said I can't refer to his medical history.

SIMMS: Well, you're the lawyer.

Wait a minute.

What kind of transplant did you say your client had?

[uptight music playing]

I've heard all that I'm going to hear, Miss Lopez.

I would just like to say one more thing

on behalf of Miss Collins.

She recently shared with me something

that she experienced that was very tough for her to handle

back in British Columbia, Canada, where she's from.

There was a certain practice called a birth alert.

It allowed social workers to flag an expecting parent,

without their consent,

as being unfit to care for their child.

Tell me how this relates to the case

- before me? - Yes, Your Honor.

These birth alerts were often issued

without regulation,

disproportionately against indigenous women,

but also low-income women like Charlotte.

In fact, she received them during both of her pregnancies.

She spent years on the run for fear

that her children were going to be taken from her.

Judge Taylor, please do not add to the trauma

that Charlotte has had to endure.

She is a loving... a loving mother.

And she deserves to have her children back.

[heartfelt instrumental]

[elevator dinging]

[sighing]

[determined music playing]

[sighing]

♪

[groaning] Sherri, you are a lifesaver.

Very welcome, Your Honor.

[sighing]

It was a look.

This incredulous look

you gave me at the Public Integrity hearing.

The same look you give to guilty defendants

before you sentence them.

And in that moment, it hit me.

The woman that I have come to respect.

Idolize, even.

And care for.

Would think that I would steal

half a million dollars from her campaign.

And though I did nothing wrong I carry tremendous guilt,

as though I had somehow betrayed you.

And for that I am angry.

It really hurt.

Sherri.

The look I gave you wasn't a look of scorn;

it was one of concern.

For the first time, something nefarious

had happened in my backyard,

and while I never for one second

believed that you had stolen that money,

someone in my camp did,

and I was worried sick about it.

So, for what seemed like an accusatory glance

that I gave you, I am truly sorry.

But this look?

This look right here

that I'm giving you right now

is a look of...

admiration and appreciation

and of respect.

It is a look of love and of apology.

[emotional instrumental]

Thank you.

♪

Miss Collins, you've missed court-mandated

therapy sessions, you've missed A.A. meetings,

you're someone who does not obey rules.

That is a problem.

Having said all that, I strongly believe

in a concerted effort to strengthen the relationship

between parents involved in the system and their children.

Miss Lopez is right, you've been through a lot

and I'm convinced you never put your children in harm's way.

I'm ruling that your children be returned to you

while you serve out the terms of your plea agreement.

- [hammer gavel thuds] - Thank you.

[sobbing] Thank you so much.

[sentimental piano instrumental]

MISS REED: We sent the blood for processing

and we found that the genetic profile

generated from the blood found on the victim's body

was consistent with Carl Brewer's DNA profile.

Thank you.

LOLA: Mr. Watkins.

Miss Reed. [clear his throat]

Just to be clear, you told this Jury

that the DNA from the victim and the DNA from my client

matched to a certainty of, what was it,

- one in 19 billion? - Correct. Right.

LUKE: 19 billion, that's a big number.

Three times the total population

of humans on the planet.

Even with that certainty, wouldn't you say that

there are circumstances in which DNA can change?

Change? Uh.

It's possible, but extraordinarily rare.

LUKE: I want to show you something.

Know what this is, Miss Reed?

[sighing]

It's a Chimera.

LUKE: A Chimera.

Comes from Greek mythology,

- right? - MISS REED: Yes.

LUKE: A fire-breathing monster.

A hybrid creature made up of three different

animal parts: A lion, the body of a goat,

and a snake's head for a tail.

- Beautiful, actually. - Your Honor, relevance.

Overruled, I want to see where this is going.

But we're not talking about Greek mythology,

are we Mrs. Reed.

Tell us how this beautiful creature

connects to the medical definition.

In medicine,

Chimera refers to a hybrid human.

Someone who could be carrying two totally different

sets of DNA inside their body.

LUKE: So, let's say if someone received a procedure

like, say, a bone marrow transplant,

that person could be a Chimera, yes?

They could be carrying two distinct sets of DNA,

one of the recipient and one of the donor, right?

Sorry, I didn't hear you, Miss Reed.

- Human Chimerism is rare. - Rare, yes,

but it is possible under these circumstances.

Objection, relevance. 352 in foundation.

Overruled. Continue, Mr. Watkins.

Miss Reed, if you learned that Mr. Brewer

had a bone marrow transplant, would that change your opinion

regarding the probability of the DNA evidence.

- [sighing] - Your Honor,

marking defense exhibit W.

Carl Brewer's medical records from 1987 showing he received

a bone marrow transplant

from the California Cancer Organization.

Your Honor, objection on prior grounds.

The defense just violated the court's rulings to prohibit

the mention of the defendant's medical record.

The court didn't tell me not to present evidence from

a medical procedure that my client received 35 years ago.

- MARK: You serious, Watkins? - Bailiff, remove the jury.

I ask that the evidence be excluded and that the jurors--

- be instructed to disregard it. - LUKE: Those records include

recurrent medical records as well as the fact that

Mr. Brewer received a bone marrow transplant.

Watkins, are you serious right now?

I complied with the court's discovery rules

as well as the court's 402 rulings.

Council, you are both out of order.

I want to see you in my chambers.

Now.

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