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[Jack] Previously on Emperor of Ocean Park...

How did I end up with you as a daughter?

For me?

It's so cute.

Yeah, not as cute as you.

This is John Edwards.

[laughs]

[Abby] I want to hang out with my friends.

Can I go?

When I say no, I mean no.

[somber music plays]

[muffled chatter]

Nobody saw us!

[wheezing]

[dramatic tones]

[muffled singing]

♪ ♪

[Abby] I want to hang out with my friends.

Can I go?

[Oliver] When I say no, I mean no.

[voice echoing]

And take that damn thing with you!

[inaudible]

[Freeman Brown] And to say a final few words,

Abby's father, the Honorable Judge Oliver Garland.

[wind whistling]

[echoing] This is a truly difficult day.

We must remember the joy of this beautiful woman.

[indistinct whispering]

[Oliver] How did I end up with you as a daughter?

[Abby] Karmic punishment for all your evildoing,

obviously.

[both laugh]

This is really good, Dad.

[Oliver] Soon to be a college student

My little girl is a senior.

Coming here was all a ploy

to be hanging out with your friends.

[Abby] You're a fucking asshole.

[intense clattering]

[gulping]

[exhales]

[groans]

[groans]

[intense music plays]

[exhales]

[retches]

[Claire] Oliver?

Oh.

Oliver?

Oliver?

Abigail?

[sighs]

[soft dramatic music plays]

[echoing] I don't want this to get out of control, Oliver.

You're going to hurt yourself.

Please.

[somber music plays]

[Oliver] Surely by now,

you must have some leads, Detective.

[detective] Sir, this is an extremely difficult--

Yes, I understand the difficulty.

Maybe I could come up there for a face-to-face.

That won't be necessary. We have all of our top--

Yes, but local police already told me that.

I understand this must be frustrating for you.

First it was the local police, then it's the sheriff,

now this--

the case has been given to the state police.

Sir, as we continue...

I feel like I'm getting the runaround.

[detective speaking indistinctly]

♪ ♪

No, I understand.

[detective speaking indistinctly]

Just call me, day or night.

Just call me if you hear anything.

I'll be sure to keep you abreast

if any relevant information arises.

[Claire] Where are you going?

To work.

Don't you think it's a little soon?

We're hearing the arguments on the Tuttle case today.

It's important that I render my opinion.

No one would blame you if you stayed away

for a few more weeks.

[sighs]

I'm fine.

[soft dramatic music plays]

I'm worried about you.

I'm fine.

♪ ♪

Your Honors, in the case of Virginia versus Hahnemann,

we have clearly established precedent.

In that case, plaintiff was able to clearly establish

that that level of evidentiary information

was not necessary to file a claim,

provided the supporting claims met the threshold.

And furthermore, that that lack of information

is not grounds for an appeal.

So we humbly ask this court to dismiss

this appeal on the simple grounds

that it has no business being here.

Let us not waste the court's valuable time

with this type of frivolous legal maneuvering.

[lawyer] Even if you call it precedent,

precedent can obfuscate existing laws.

And remind us, what legislation

do you believe this suit obfuscates?

North Carolina House Statute 2487, subsection 4

clearly states that in the case of--

Judge Garland?

[indistinct whispering]

[whispering] Christ.

Let's recess.

[gavel pounds]

♪ ♪

The more time that passes, the harder it is gonna be

to find the man, the driver that killed my daughter.

[detective] Mr. Garland, we are fully aware of the--

What about the interviews with her friends?

There must be something there.

Sir, I assure you,

our investigation is incredibly thorough.

What I need is answers, damn it!

[dial tone]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

[knock at door]

Come in.

[door clicks]

Thank you.

[Wainwright] You okay?

Sorry about all that.

[scoffs] How embarrassing.

I've been under the weather lately.

I thought I could power through.

You left this at the dais.

When I lost my Elizabeth,

I took a month and a half.

Twenty-nine years of marriage.

I can't imagine what it would be like if it were my child.

I can't let a case this important

be adjudicated without me.

It's only been two weeks, Oliver.

You need to mourn.

I need to work!

Thank you for your concern.

If you plan to stick around, we have to do--

I know.

I know.

[door clicks]

[cheers and applause on TV]

[John Edwards] Thank you.

[crowd chanting indistinctly]

Thank you. Thank you.

I grew up with America's dream.

I owe everything I have

to the America that I grew up in.

This is where I learned

that a job is about more than a paycheck.

Are you coming to bed?

[John] It's about dignity, self-respect...

- Later. - Self-worth.

It's late, Oliver.

This is where I learned

that credibility is the currency of good people.

This is where I learned

that the simple promise of America...

Jesus, Claire, I can't see the TV.

Listen to me.

You're not the only one hurting here, okay?

I am too.

Don't make me lose two people.

And so this is where...

Get yourself together.

...to make opportunity the birthright

of every single American, I declare myself a candidate

for President of the United States.

[cheers and applause]

[laughs]

[mutters]

[exhales]

[computer chimes]

God damn it.

[line trills]

[Tal] Hello?

Talcott, it's your father.

What's going on?

I'm trying to digitize this video of Abby and John Edwards.

I got it hooked up to this damn thing you showed me,

but I can't get the footage to show up on the screen.

Abby met John Edwards, the senator?

The bear.

The bear, not the man. [chuckles]

The what?

The teddy bear.

Abby named her teddy bear John Edwards

the last time that we were together.

On the vineyard?

She won it or something, I don't know.

I don't know.

Now John Edwards is running for president.

Abby. [laughing tearfully]

She named that fucking bear to provoke me, you know?

It didn't work, but you know how she was.

Dad, are you okay?

Abby's dead, Tal.

Did you check the connection

on both the camera and the laptop?

They're fully plugged in?

Yes.

You probably haven't selected the right port,

or it's not reading the camera.

Just go to Import, then scroll down

and you should see the camera name there.

[soft dramatic music plays]

[Oliver mutters] Okay.

♪ ♪

There it is.

- I try to be a humble man. - [Tal] Dad.

[Oliver] But I don't think a better-looking...

[Tal] If you need anything, feel free to call--

[Oliver] You are watching perfection.

Dinner's ready!

We have a third dinner guest?

Yes, this is John Edwards.

He'll need his own table setting,

thank you very much.

[laughs]

[Oliver] You want me to serve John Edwards?

- [Abby] Yeah. - [Oliver] I don't think so.

[sighs]

Turner.

I mean--I mean, Turnbull.

Detective Turnbull, God damn it.

[operator] And what is this regarding?

Abigail Garland, she's my daughter.

[indistinct speech]

Homicide.

Somebody killed my daughter.

Let me talk to Detective Turnbull.

He hasn't done anything for--

that sonofabitch hasn't done nothing at all for weeks.

You're no goddamn help.

[operator] Mr. Garland, we will not tolerate...

[indistinct speech]

♪ ♪

How can I help you, officer?

Looks like you might be the one in need of some help, sir.

[Mal] My folks over at CPD

can make that DUI thing go away.

That's easy.

That's great.

Thank you.

Uh, but there's another matter.

It's more difficult.

We need to discuss your recent behavior

on the bench.

Behavior? What behavior?

Well, you slur your words.

Your questions and comments are barely coherent.

Whiff of liquor on your breath.

That's not true. That's just not true.

Oliver wouldn't do that.

That you fell asleep during arguments.

Oliver.

If you don't pull yourself together and soon,

this will end your career.

We were talking about pursuing

the Supreme Court. What happened?

[scoffs]

I'm sorry, that--

[laughs]

That was insensitive of me.

Ah.

You know I loved Abby

like she was one of my own kids.

[scoffs]

I just don't want to see you

throw it all away, Oliver.

You got to stop this

before you lose everything.

♪ ♪

Claire, you look as beautiful as you did the day I met you.

Oh, you're too kind, Jack.

If by kind, you mean truthful, then that I am.

I'm so sorry.

For the two of you.

For the whole family.

I'm sorry I missed the service. I was in the Middle East.

This War on Terror is a Super Bowl

for defense contractors.

Still on the hunt for those weapons of mass destruction,

are we?

I don't think we're gonna find 'em.

Yeah.

[Claire] I'll let you gentlemen catch up.

Lovely to see you, Claire.

How are you holding up?

I'm not.

It's the grief.

Eating me up inside every single day,

little by little.

That's to be expected, my friend.

It would be odd if you didn't fall apart a little bit.

I just need this to end.

[Jack] And the police?

[Oliver] Incompetent.

They still have no idea who murdered my daughter.

[Jack] It wasn't an accident?

[Oliver] They killed her and they drove away.

They're murderers.

[Jack] How can I help?

I want justice for Abby.

Justice has many meanings.

Revenge.

I want revenge.

[tense music]

I don't work with drunks.

I stopped.

I was going through a rough patch, and then I--

Don't insult my intelligence.

If we're gonna work together to find Abby's killer,

you have to be sober.

Understood?

Mm.

Revenge it is, then.

Yeah.

♪ ♪

Thanks for stopping, officer.

I thought I was gonna have to call AAA.

Out of gas, or it just cut out on you?

I think I just need a jump.

I got you.

♪ ♪

Go ahead and have a seat inside and get ready to start it up.

- [electricity crackles] - [groans]

[suspenseful music plays]

[grunts]

[lock beeps]

[indistinct chatter]

♪ ♪

Whoa. Gotta sign in, tough guy.

You know the deal.

Of course. Sorry.

Gonna need to see your ID too.

Detective Monroe.

Down from Boston.

My apologies. Every place is different.

Uh, how long can I sign out evidence?

Two hours.

But that's a different form.

♪ ♪

We can't keep eating this shit.

You'll have a heart attack.

Me? [chuckles]

What about you?

[laughs] Won't be my arteries that get me.

It'll be my enemies.

Congress just opened a soft inquiry into my firm.

This is how it starts.

"Thank you for the meal, Oliver,"

would have been sufficient.

I said that. You were too busy

looking at the waitress's ass.

What waitress?

"What waitress?" he says.

The one that bore a striking resemblance...

- Oh, here we go. - ...to Marjorie Sampson.

- Let it out. Let it out. - You stole her from me.

I didn't steal her from you.

[Jack] You got her into bed.

You had no regard for the fact that

I was trying to sleep six feet away.

It was your fault. All the women were

in our dorm room for you in the first place.

God damn, the things I heard,

They came for the drugs, Jack, and you were the pharmacist.

It was the '70s. [laughs]

This guy, he's ex-military?

I know him from CIA, field officer.

Got in a little trouble in Afghanistan,

ran afoul of your girlfriend, the law, needed a friend.

Now he's mine.

There were two people in the car that killed Abby.

Did you know that?

No.

Neighbor who lives near the accident site

heard two people arguing shortly after the crash.

Possibly a man and a woman. She's not sure.

Two people. That's something.

They also have tire tracks,

plastic debris from a shattered headlight.

Okay.

That narrows it down to two dozen car types

and several thousand registered drivers

in the region.

That's assuming the car is from New England.

It could be from anywhere.

A needle in a goddamn haystack.

Well, that's all I have from my back channels

at state police.

My guy will have more.

It's the entire case file.

Installed spyware that allows me

to download files remotely.

Anything new that comes up, I'll get that too.

You're the lawyer. There's bound to be

something they're missing.

Find it. We'll take it from there.

Yes.

These are all the recordings of the people

that were with Abby that night and some physical evidence--

headlight fragments, paint chips.

Put those in Oliver's car.

There's pictures in here.

Crime scene photos. Avoid them.

[melancholy music plays]

And there's this son of a bitch.

Didn't like the look of him at all.

[Freddie] I seen her a few times throughout the night,

but I didn't really see her leave, no.

[cop] So you didn't see if she left with anyone that night?

[Freddie] No, sir.

I know she was with that kid Marcus a lot,

but I don't know if they left together.

See?

You hear that, right?

Now watch, watch, watch.

I'm telling you, Claire, somebody here knows something.

At the arcade.

But I-I didn't know her before that.

I mean, I knew of her, you know, uh, through people.

Um, I knew the Garlands.

But that was my first time meeting Abby.

[cop] So you went to the party with her after the arcade?

Nah.

I met her there.

We, uh, hung out, danced.

[cop] Did you drink?

Yeah, a little.

Uh, she wasn't wasted or anything.

She wasn't like that.

[cop] So you hung out and danced.

Is there anything else?

Were you intimate?

We kissed.

It was nice.

He's hiding something.

And he says he didn't leave with her,

but he was with her all night.

Who knows what they got into.

Maybe they had some kind of fight.

I think she had a kiss, Oliver.

What a nice thing.

He liked her. She must have liked him too.

How wonderful.

I beg to differ.

Um, would you go back to the young white girl,

the--the blonde one?

I hardly remember a blonde white woman.

Her.

[Oliver] Oh.

Claire, this one's like a minute long.

She says nothing.

[cop] So you saw Abigail at the arcade?

Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Actually, I didn't really know her very well.

Um, but my, uh-- my boyfriend did.

Or he--he does.

I'm sorry, did she die?

[cop] Yes.

Was that the only time you saw her, at the arcade?

Yeah.

I don't see anything.

Well, she's nervous.

She was pretty shaken up for someone who didn't know Abby.

No one else was like that.

Are you sure you're not just picking

on one of the two white girls?

Who's her boyfriend?

I don't know. They didn't ask her.

Was she on the island with her family?

Do we know where they come from?

All the people that gave statements

filled out a form-- lists their local address.

What?

8804 Wingate.

[tense music plays]

The Trellises?

♪ ♪

Boyfriend must be Jovan.

[Jack] You talked to them?

Talked to Jovan's father, Curly.

The son of a bitch stuttered and stammered

for all of the ten minutes that he could spare me.

And the girl?

She's the daughter of a congressman,

Paul Derry, Wisconsin five.

She and Jovan went to college together.

They're a couple...

or they were.

Curly said that they broke up that weekend.

She left school. Never saw her again.

Never heard from her again.

Jovan brings a girl to meet his parents,

then breaks up a day later?

Maybe something happened.

Kids break up.

The police said a witness heard two voices arguing.

Maybe Jovan and Bethany are the two.

Maybe they killed a girl, argued about it,

and that's why they broke up.

[announcer] And they're off. Start out of the gate...

Can you look into it?

See if the Trellises own the kind of cars

that we're looking for?

[announcer speaking indistinctly]

[announcer] ...running strong in second,

and down the back stretch they go.

And Brownfield Bomber is still in front...

You got money on this?

Brownfield Bomber...

Little bit, on the six.

Look at number six flying down the outside...

Never knew you to be a gambler.

Brownfield Bomber...

I'm not.

...neck and neck.

Six on the outside, and yes.

The photo shows the winner is six by a head.

I prefer to know the outcome.

Brownfield Bomber second,

Moss Phantom takes third.

What a finish, ladies and gentlemen.

I'll look into it.

Number six, Sea Breeze Storm,

takes it by a head.

The final results, number six...

Give it to me.

Give you what?

[tense music plays]

Oh.

Must have been the bathroom breaks, right?

Your prostate's not that bad.

[glass shatters]

This is gonna get harder, Oliver.

The sooner you accept that, the easier it'll get.

[train rumbling]

[McDermott] Curly Trellis owns two vehicles

that have the type of headlights we're looking for.

Okay.

None of those vehicles show any sign of accident or damage.

How do you know that?

Because I went to the three houses they own

and looked.

There's also no record of repair.

But there's another vehicle, a wagon, that showed up

on the ferry logs that weekend, then seems to have vanished.

So how do we find it?

Mr. Trellis opened an account

for a storage unit in Philadelphia

the morning after your daughter died.

Open up that unit,

I'm guessing you're gonna find a wagon.

[suspenseful music plays]

I used to be up like that all the time.

Now I sleep like a baby.

[Oliver] I never understood why people say that.

Babies don't sleep.

You ever wake up in the middle of the night

screaming for food?

You ever tried melanin?

Melanin? Yes.

[chuckles] I have plenty of it.

Doesn't help me sleep.

In fact, it adds to the stress.

I think you're talking about melatonin.

[both laugh]

New age health supplements aren't exactly my thing.

So why'd you suggest it then?

Heard it was good.

So, how do you sleep like a proverbial baby?

I forgive myself.

Every single night before I go to bed.

14B. Here it is.

♪ ♪

[metal clangs]

What do you want to do if we find the wagon in there?

I want their parents to have to bury a child

just like I did.

♪ ♪

Oliver.

And you expect that provision to allow you

to argue for a reduced sentence?

[lawyer] Yes, Your Honor.

We believe our client wasn't afforded due process.

Judge Garland, anything to add?

No.

No questions at this time.

I prefer to hear out counsel.

♪ ♪

[Jack] Sorry to keep you waiting.

Just wanted to make sure I had everything in order.

Where are we?

Inside is an investigative report

I had my firm prepare.

All the evidence points to Bethany Derry

and Jovan Trellis.

There's information how they likely covered it up

with Curly Trellis's help,

possibly Congressman Derry's as well.

Why do we need this?

I can take this to the police.

I know the best people to place it with.

They take it from there.

Or?

One in a month or two.

The other one six, eight months after that,

so it doesn't look like a pattern.

Oliver, you need to think about it.

Because once we go down this road,

there's no turning back.

This is forever.

♪ ♪

[Jovan] But for real, I got a connect.

I spent 70 bucks on the whole thing.

You know what I'm saying?

That's crazy.

Jovan.

[Jovan] Mr. Garland, I didn't see you.

I'll--I'll catch up with you.

How you doing, sir?

I'm just fine.

I'm visiting one of my colleagues on campus.

But more importantly, how are you, Jovan?

How is your life?

Good.

I'm graduating next year.

So looking for a good internship for the summer.

Something that can land a job, you know,

financial firms, mainly.

Yeah, my dad's gonna help me.

Oh, I'm sure he will.

Hey, I'm really sorry about Abby, sir.

We weren't super close, but...

they ever find out who did it?

No.

But I think we're getting close.

You be safe out here.

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ ♪

[scanner beeping]

Is this it?

That's it.

It's gonna be $10.06.

[somber music plays]

Take care, young lady.

♪ ♪

I'm telling you, Claire, she was the complete opposite.

She was sad.

Maybe Jack was right.

Perhaps we should go to the authorities

with the report

and let justice take its course.

No.

No, they-- they had every opportunity.

They were never gonna tell anyone what happened.

I don't give a shit how sad or depressed she seems.

She had months to go to the police,

and she did nothing.

Nothing!

So no, Oliver. No.

We do not go back to the same people

that couldn't solve her murder to begin with

and ask them to heal our wounds.

[sobbing] We would be fools.

They left our daughter to die in the street.

Left her to die.

[Jack] Hello, Oliver.

I'm ready to move forward.

[phone beeps]

[suspenseful music plays]

[tires screeching]

[engine revving]

[crash echoes]

[engine revving]

[crash echoes]

It's done.

[somber music plays]

[sobbing]

[Paul] And it's with this same sense of optimism and joy

that I know Bethany would want us to leave here today.

Her death is a tragedy. A horrible tragedy, no doubt.

But her life and having her with us

was a miracle.

[indistinct whispering]

♪ ♪

Judge Garland.

I thought that was you.

Hey, thank you so much for coming.

I--I'm at a loss for words.

I heard the news.

I wanted to show my support.

My wife sends her condolences.

That means a lot to me,

given what your family has gone through.

Hearing of your daughter's passing

was a very complicated moment for us.

I had to be here.

I'm pretty sure you're gonna be laughing

and joking all the same

with the angels up in heaven.

- [chuckles] - [attendee] Right.

[attendee] Right.

We love you, Jovan.

[person coughs]

♪ ♪

Would anybody else from the bereaved side

like to say any words?

Yes, I would.

[whispers indistinctly]

♪ ♪

First, I'd like to give honor to God

and to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

through which all is possible.

[crowd] Amen.

All is possible.

I've been thinking about that a lot lately.

When we're children, all is possible.

[crowd] Yes.

[Oliver] That's why my grandmother used to say

that children ain't but a whisper away from God.

[crowd] Amen.

When my daughter Abby was small,

she used to think she could drive a car

or cook the family dinner.

She even thought that she could fly.

Because why not?

All things are possible.

She even rubbed some of that off on me.

We could end poverty, she would say.

[crowd mutters agreement]

Racism, global warming,

even this war on terror.

[crowd mutters agreement]

I wasn't so sure I believed her all the time,

but she made me think,

as your kids do, don't they?

They challenge you to see the world like they do,

like you used to when you were like them.

[crowd mutters agreement]

- She was full of hope. - [sobbing softly]

[Oliver] Of innocence.

[person] Yes.

[person] Take your time. Take your time.

- [person] Take your time. - [person] Take your time.

[scattered cheers and applause]

She was full of light...

[person] Yes, sir.

...and love.

And I miss her every day.

[crowd mutters agreement]

I know that pain of losing a child.

[crowd mutters agreement]

And I know, Curly and Kay,

that you feel the same way about your son Jovan.

See, the sad truth of living in this world

is that the innocence of youth often runs

into the cold, hard reality of evil.

[crowd mutters agreement]

But don't you worry, because God has got you.

- [person] Yes! - [crowd mutters agreement]

[applause]

That evil has no match for God.

[crowd mutters agreement]

Romans 12:19, "It is mine to avenge,

I will repay, says the Lord."

[crowd mutters agreement]

I know you are sad, but I don't want you to be sad.

I know you're angry,

but you need not be angry.

[person] Come on.

I know you have vengeance in your heart,

but vengeance has already been meted out.

See, with God on your side, your anger...

[person] Say it.

...your sadness, your vengeance

has already been taken care of.

[person] Say it again!

[Oliver] The bereaved family, Curly and Kay,

I want you to sleep well tonight,

knowing that as hard and difficult and tragic

as all this surely is,

that all is exactly as it's supposed to be.

[crowd] Amen.

[Oliver] And it's in God's hands now.

[crowd] Amen!

Excelsior, Excelsior.

May all God's people say Amen.

[crowd] Amen!

[cheers and applause]

[soft dramatic music plays]

[somber music plays]

I want to make it neat

but keep her room the way it is.

Not too clean, though.

Wouldn't feel like her.

[chuckles]

♪ ♪

[Mal] Every law review in the country

has been praising your recent gun ammunition dissent,

calling it a blueprint for the movement.

You've been on fire lately, judge.

Thank you again, Mal.

The last few months--

hell, nearly a year-- have been very trying for me.

But lately, it's just been great.

I appreciate all your help with the DUI and all that.

I got a call this morning from the Federalist Society.

Seems you're on the short list for the Supreme Court.

- You're kidding. - [Mal] No.

In fact, word on the street says

they're not the only ones pushing your name.

[Oliver chuckles] I gotta run, Mal.

Let's talk about this soon.

Mr. Ziegler, I'd offer you a drink,

but there's nothing here to offer, as you well know.

I won't be long.

How are you?

I feel better than I've felt in a very long time.

I really can't thank you enough.

That's part of why I'm here.

I could use your help.

I've got this friend, Simon Atterman.

He's CEO of a tech company called MKD Global.

He's in some legal trouble.

I'm happy to talk to him.

It's been a while since I've given counsel to anyone.

Not that kind of help.

He's got an intellectual property case

pending against his company.

The appeal is working its way through the courts.

If he loses, it threatens not only his business,

but thousands of jobs across two continents.

MKD Global versus Manolo.

That case is on our docket next month.

Yes, it is.

[tense music plays]

And how can I help?

Brilliant jurist like you...

I'm sure you already know the answer.

♪ ♪

Lovely to see you, Claire.

[door clicks]

[exhales]

♪ ♪