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Maggie. Maggie, Maggie, Maggie.
Who's the best?

No, that was it.

She just said it. She just said it.

No, you're right. To the biased observer,

one of those random syllables
might have been "dad."

No, no, it was not random. She said it.

Maggie, say "dad" again.

Say "dada." Da... Dada, dada.

I'm gonna miss this.

Don't pretend
you're anything but a lifer.

You love the Corps.

I'm just not sure

how much longer it's gonna love me back.

I'll, uh, I'll send you an e-mail, okay?

I got to go. Love you.

- You think he's drunk, sir?
- I think if he tries

to get over the wire,

he's either gonna get
court-martialed or shot.

Do any of these Humvees work?

Hold fire, Tower. He's one of mine.

Hey!

Morehead, stop!

Get off the wire.

What's wrong with you?

What are you doing?

Get some men to the fence line.
The major went down.

The major is down...

So, who you got?

No one. I got no one, Abe.

I'm gonna focus
on my 40-year-old hamstrings,

if it's all the same to you.

It's not all the same. Due respect to you

as my senior officer, it's not even close

to all the same. We have a tradition.

We size up all the new candidates,

and we bet on who's gonna finish first.

You have a tradition.
I got a guy I run with

who won't shut up.

Come on, Trey, who you got?

Well, I agree he'd look good

on a recruiting poster. The ideal Marine.

Too bad we're lawyers.
We don't pursue ideals,

we pursue outcomes.

Outcomes. Mm-hmm.

Birth control glasses.

If that guy wasn't

on the cross-country team,
I'll eat my hat.

You're not wearing a hat.

- I own a hat.
- Abe!

They operated on him for hours,
but he died on the table.

I thought Jason stopped
going out on patrol.

It didn't happen in combat.

Jason was stabbed by one of his own men.

What?

It was an enlisted guy.

Ian Morehead.

I came to ask you
to handle the case, Abe.

I want you to put this guy away.

It's 0913,

Captain Abraham, we are hard at work

enforcing the Uniform Code
of Military Justice.

I'm aware of both the time
and our mandate, Mr. Ahmadi.

Then you're also aware that the
staff meeting is in progress.

You should say you got pulled
over for running a stop sign.

- Don't worry about it.
- Sir, it's been more than five months

since you pretended
to get a moving violation.

It's the freshest excuse by far.

I guess you could go with
a burst pipe in your apartment.

Pay attention, Rami.

I have a legitimate excuse today.

The clothes.

It's got something to do
with the clothes.

The Article 32 hearing is next week,

but Kearney's on defense,
so it'll probably plea out.

Can we discuss the murder
at Task Force Southwest?

We usually suggest latecomers
catch up by listening,

Captain Abraham.

No one appreciates that policy
more than I do, ma'am.

You've certainly demonstrated
your commitment to tardiness.

Jason Hunt was my C.O. when I got shot.

He personally made sure
I got back on my feet,

and he turned into one of
the best friends I've ever had.

Last night he took a knife wound

on the wire, and he bled out
on the operating table.

- I know. And I'm sorry.
- I'd like to request

that we bring the accused
to Quantico for court-martial.

This is the murder of an officer.

It deserves the varsity.

Furthermore,

I want to handle the prosecution.

- Did you just say "furthermore"?
- I did.

He's serious. He said "furthermore."

I have already detailed

Major Ferry to handle the case.

Colonel, I have

the utmost respect
for Major Ferry's work.

- "Utmost"?
- He's an exceptional lawyer,

and his commitment

to a frugal lifestyle inspires us all.

But in light
of the unique circumstances...

Unique circumstances are the reason why

you're not getting the case.

Major Hunt's next of kin

don't need a buddy in court.
They need a lawyer.

Ma'am, they need me.

They asked for me.

And with due respect
to the talent in this room,

I cannot sit out on Jason's murder trial.

Major Ferry,

are you willing to accept cocounsel?

Now, does anyone object

to us resuming our staff meeting?

Actually, ma'am,

apologies. I got to go.

Where? What's with the clothes?

Jason's coming home.

Carry on.

Captain Dobbins.

I'm sorry about Major Hunt.

Thank you.

What are you doing here, Maya?

The MPs put PFC Ian
Morehead on that transport.

They put him on the same flight as Jason?

It's a big plane, Abe.

I'm waiting to meet my client.

You'rerepresenting PFC Morehead?

I thought you liked cases that
are a little less open-and-shut.

We must have competing understandings

of the phrase "open-and-shut."

Counselor, your client
is getting the big green weenie.

It's just a question of how forcefully

- the government applies it.
- You're filing capital charges?

Bold play.

The military hasn't
executed anyone since 1960.

Could be this is a special case.

Could be my cocounsel and I
are waiting for a reason

to take the death penalty off the table.

You'll know when I'm in bargaining mode

because I'll be bargaining with you.

Your client's pleading not guilty?

Bold play.

He stabbed his commanding officer

in front of six Marine eyewitnesses.

There's a pretrial motion
on its way to you.

Be ready to argue it at the arraignment.

A motion for what? Mercy?

A continuance.

I want some more time to investigate.

All rise.

50 bucks says I can
get Metcalf to mention

his Purple Heart before you can.

Don't keep us in suspense.

This court-martial is convened

by general court-martial
convening order 1-17.

The accused, PFC Ian Morehead,
is charged with Article 118...

murder, Article 128...

assault, and Article 134...
disorderly conduct.

Does the defense have a plea?

Not guilty, Your Honor.

So noted.

Now, as to this motion
for a continuance...

Respectfully, Your Honor, why the need

for a protracted investigation?

The accused stabbed
his commanding officer

in front of six eyewitnesses.

PFC Morehead
doesn't remember the incident.

That's what the witnesses are for.

Your Honor, I refer the
court to page seven

of the pretrial motion.

This picture depicts

an MRI scan of a healthy human brain.

This is an MRI

of PFC Morehead's brain,

taken at my request.

The overall neural mass

is considerably decreased,
and these hardened areas

indicate necrotic tissue.

The defense plans to call experts

who will testify that my client
has clearly suffered

one or more traumatic brain injuries.

Your Honor, this is nothing
more than an attempt

to distract the court from the fact

that PFC Morehead stabbed Major Hunt.

TBIs have been called
the signature wounds

of our conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

They occur when a blast wave
from an explosion,

most typically caused by an IED,

slams a Marine's brain against the inside

of his or her skull
with tremendous force.

We're all Marines. We know
full well what a TBI is.

Is the defense advancing
a legal argument?

TBIs have been difficult to diagnose

because there are few
obvious outward symptoms.

Fortunately, the military has developed

ways to assess and treat these wounds.

The defense intends to demonstrate

that these protocols were not
followed in PFC Morehead's case

and that he was left
untreated and permitted

to remain in a combat zone
while clearly unfit for duty.

Which, if true, is a tragedy, but not one

that impacts on the fact

that PFC Morehead murdered
his commanding officer.

Does it impact on the facts?

Untreated TBIs have dozens
of side effects.

The most serious ones involve

personality changes,
changes that, if left unchecked,

can lead to violent incidents.

Incidents like, say,

the stabbing of Major Hunt.

I'd like to go to PFC Morehead's
base and find out why.

Why is it that a Marine
who should have been

forcibly retired from combat
several times over

remained at his post?

The government
requests dismissal of the motion

so that PFC Morehead's court-martial

can proceed as scheduled.

You'll supervise
the investigation personally?

I'd like to remind the court
that the Uniform Code confers

the same investigative
privileges to both the defense

and the prosecution.

Uniform Code, you say?

I'll have to give that a look-see.

Your Honor, what I'm trying to say is...

if she's going, I'm going, too.

Keep your heads down over there.

We don't need any more Purple
Hearts in this courtroom.

- You owe me 50 bucks.
- No.

Metcalf was ruling on my motion

when he mentioned the Purple Heart.

I was the last one who talked.

Inconclusive. I'm not paying.

Go pack.

We're headed to a war zone.

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What's your name, Marine?

- Guerwicz, sir.
- Private Guerwicz,

can you tell me the months
of the year in reverse?

Start at the end and work your
way back to the beginning.

December, November,

October, September,

August, June...

I-I mean, August, July, June,

May, April...

You're making some kind of a point.

The tools the Corps uses
to diagnose concussions

are a long way from an exact science.

This test... the Military
Acute Concussion Exam?

Private Guerwicz here is a boot.

He's never seen a second of
combat, and he still failed it.

Should we pull him from active duty?

The MACE is a blunt instrument.

But without it, hundreds of
honorably obtained war wounds

would go undiagnosed.

Do you really plan to
argue that's a bad thing?

I got witnesses. You've got...
concentration games.

December, November,

October, September, August, July,

- June, May, April,
- You can stop now.

March, February, January.

We haven't had a mortar
attack for a while,

but if one comes in, just duck...

- they're firing blind.
- Will do, Lieutenant.

It's been quiet, so odds are
good you won't see any action.

Lieutenant Jin, are you aware
that Captain Abraham served

multiple tours at this base when
it was called Camp Leatherneck?

I wasn't briefed on that, ma'am.

He saw combat here,

and he brought a bullet home
for his troubles.

He knows what to do
in the event of mortar fire.

Roger that. I was led to
believe the two of you

- were on opposing sides.
- Oh, we are.

But Captain Dobbins likes
to look out for me,

right up until we get into court.

I concur with your expert.

PFC Morehead has
necrotic tissue in his brain.

It's a fair bet he's suffering from CTE.

Course, there's no way to tell
for sure while he's still alive.

I'm confused, Commander Hewitt.

As battalion surgeon, aren't you

the ranking medical authority
at Task Force Southwest?

- Hmm, I am.
- PFC Morehead survived

seven different explosive
incidents during his tours here,

and... no one ever thought
to give him an MRI.

Well, we can only work
with the assets we're given.

After each incident, we administered

the MACE exam to PFC Morehead.

He passed every time.

There was no sign an MRI was indicated.

I wish the MACE was a perfect tool, I do,

but it works sometimes.

Can you give me some examples of cases

when active-duty Marines at Camp Habibi

have been diagnosed with a TBI
and treated properly?

You're asking me
to describe medical records.

- Those are private.
- That's not necessarily true.

The UCMJ specifies that

under the Military Command Exception,

privacy can be waived
in urgent circumstances,

like, say, when a Marine is
on trial for his life.

Can I, uh, help you find something?

Oh, sorry. Just looking.

Wanted to see if I recognize any names.

Well, look, I appreciate
you both have a job to do,

but I can't invoke the Command Exception.

I'm not the C.O. of Task Force Southwest.

If I'm not mistaken, you just...
tried to help me.

Very un-Abe.

If you're willing to
invoke the Command Exception

to give us access to
your medical records,

you could help clarify the circumstances

surrounding Major Hunt's death.

I wasn't aware the circumstances
needed clarification.

The eyewitness testimony is compelling,

but if you could give us access
to the base's medical records,

we could rule out any uncertainty.

Forgive me, Captain Dobbins,

but I'm not inclined
to share the private records

of Marines who haven't stabbed

their commanding officer in order to come

to the defense of one who has.

At this point, General,
you'd be helping the prosecution

as much as you'd be helping the defense.

The prospect of negligence
will be raised regardless,

so if I can demonstrate
it's not part of a pattern,

my case against PFC Morehead
will be easier to prove.

Easier?

I used to drink with
some judge advocates.

They had a motto back then:
"Marines first, lawyers second."

That still the thinking back at Quantico?

Of course.

Then please tell me how an officer
in the U.S. Marine Corps...

one who's already got a half-dozen
eyewitnesses to a murder...

can stand there in good conscience

and ask me to make his job easier?

Respectfully, General, it's a court case.

Our job is to cross
the T's and dot the I's.

With mutual respect,

skipper...

I suggest you make do
with what you've got.

I want to go over Coburn's head,

appeal to the commander of CENTCOM

and get him to release the records.

Help me turn over some rocks?

You happy with what you just heard?

Lieutenant, we can get out here.

Captain Dobbins and I
need about 15 minutes.

We're headed back to the
battalion aid station.

Yes, sir.

Why are we going back to the hospital?

Because if I'm gonna
help... no offense...

I'd rather do it productively.

There's no point in appealing

to the head of CENTCOM for the records.

He's not gonna undermine
a general in the field.

The people who work for Commander Hewitt

aren't gonna tell tales

outside the chain of command,
so they're a wash.

But if we could talk to some
people who used to work here,

maybe they'd be more candid.

Why would Hewitt give us those names?

He hasn't exactly been a model
of transparency so far.

He doesn't need to give us anything.

Remember that plank I was looking at

back at the battalion aid station?

There's a tradition at this camp:

Marines who are rotating
home carve their names

and dates of service in the
wood they used to build it.

Those are all former battalion aid staff

at Task Force Southwest.

Some of them will still be
in the military,

some not, but find someone
who will talk to you

and ask him if there were
any irregularities

in the enforcement of MACE protocols

while they were stationed at Camp Habibi.

Um, did you get co-opted
by Maya over there?

Because we do prosecution on this floor.

Oh, we're gonna be prosecuting people.

We're just figuring out who.

Last I checked, there was
only one guy holding the knife.

Just look into it for me, okay?

If it's nothing, it's nothing.

Would you care to rephrase that

as a request from a junior
officer to his obvious superior?

Would the major
please assign himself the task

of interviewing the names
from the photograph, sir?

The major will give the request
due consideration.

Thank you, Captain Abraham,
for your ongoing respect

for the sanctity of the chain of command.

I was stationed at Habibi for two years.

I helped to diagnose and treat injuries

when the battalion surgeon was
either busy or unavailable.

Hmm, and as part of those duties,

you administered the Military
Acute Concussion Examination?

Sure. Plenty of times.

Can you recall any irregularities

in how the exam was given
or how it was scored?

Anything unusual at all could he helpful.

Helpful with what?

A Marine stationed at Camp Habibi
murdered his commanding officer.

He had an undiagnosed TBI.

- Toni, we need you in prep.
- I got to go.

If you'd just tell me what you remember.

Good luck.

You know someone on the spectrum?

My son.

You recognize this?

Well, my nephew's in the same boat.

Does your kid have a classroom assistant?

- I'm working on it.
- Hmm. My sister started

a Tumblr account
when her kid didn't get help,

and once she had 10,000
followers, moved things along.

- Thanks.
- Toni?

Abe, it's Trey.

I'm almost through
all these names you gave me.

I haven't found anyone
who's willing to stray

from the party line.
I'm starting to wonder

if the party line might be the truth.

Hey, call me back when you get this.

Everything all right, ma'am?

I'm sorry. Toni.

Major Ferry.

To what do we owe the pleasure?

It was an order, Abe. This guy Hewitt,

he called a meeting with
the entire medical staff.

Gave them explicit
instructions about the MACE.

They were to issue it
as many times as it took

for the person taking it
to get a passing score.

Sorry, doesn't that negate
the whole purpose of the test?

Of course it does.
It wasn't just Ian Morehead

who didn't get the treatment he needed.

No one at Camp Habibi
could fail a MACE exam.

It was official policy.

Our witness says Commander
Hewitt was fielding complaints

from brass about Task Force
Southwest being understaffed

and constantly losing people
to sick bay, so he told his team

to readminister the MACE
as many times as it took.

- What do we do?
- Strictly speaking,

we don't have to do anything...
we have our eyewitnesses.

- The case is strong.
- This is ridiculous.

This changes everything.

You need to make a deal with my client.

Excuse us.

The prosecution is conferring.

So we put Morehead away...
does that feel like justice?

Justice is whatever happens when
the panel reads their verdict.

There was a standing order
at Camp Habibi,

and it led to Jason's death.

Commander Hewitt
should be held accountable.

I don't disagree,
but there's a pucker factor

trying to prove that.

It'll be Toni Poirier's
testimony against the word

of the active-duty personnel.

Huge pucker factor.

Is she credible? How'd you
get this woman talking?

I told her about
my neuro-atypical nephew.

You don't have a nephew.

Be careful not to mention that
in front of the witness.

You need Morehead's testimony.

You're going after Hewitt, right?

We will be with you in a moment.

We have a winner here

if we go after Morehead.

We take on the battalion
surgeon, I wouldn't lay money

- on the outcome.
- Excuse me.

This is from the young woman.

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You want to make a deal with
the Marine who killed Jason?

Morehead's not the only one
responsible for Jason's death.

I want to get this right.

Like exactly right.

What?

Did you know my dad was a Marine?

Commanded a division
in Vietnam and everything.

My grandfather ran the show
in Belgium during World War II.

After I took my bullet, when they told me

I couldn't be infantry anymore,

I wasn't sure I wanted
to keep going with this thing.

I mean, "Every Marine a rifleman," right?

We fight.

If you can't do that, what's the point?

Jason helped me find this.

I'm here because of him.

I'm a lawyer because of him.

I owe him everything.

I want this doctor inside a brig forever.

But...

Morehead's the easy get.

If you tell me to stand down
from the rest, I will.

And this is the right thing?

We could lose.

Do it.

Hey, what's up?

Trey, tell Maya we'll take the deal.

We won't be able to put Hewitt away
without PFC Morehead's testimony.

Good morning, Captain Abraham.

- Is it still morning, Rami?
- Hmm.

I understand from Major Ferry
you're looking to make a case

based on a pattern of malpractice

without access
to the relevant medical records.

And you have an opinion about that?

An opinion? Not even remotely.

I'm just a facilitator here.
But since you asked, sir,

you should be aware that the
commanding general for CENTCOM

works out of MacDill
Air Force Base in Tampa.

- Thanks. I'm aware.
- And said CG is none other

than General Holden Hamilton
"H.H." Carrick IV.

He's the one who could overrule
Coburn and get you the records.

The fourth. I admire his commitment

to the H.H. Carrick lineage.

H.H. Carrick IV is, as you might guess,

the son of H.H. Carrick III,

who, it happens, served honorably

under General Russell Abraham in Saigon

and other South Asian environs.

His dad worked for my dad?

Sounds like a Hail Mary.

Resourceful as always.

But I'm about to depose my star witness.

I don't think we need a...

frankly, desperate appeal to family ties.

Good work, though.

Sorry.

It's in the fog.

When you say "in the fog..."?

I mean I-I don't remember.

Things are...

fuzzy for me sometimes.

PFC Morehead,

when you survived your fifth explosion,

can you tell us
who issued you the MACE exam?

Um...

Sorry. No. That's...

- In the fog.
- In the fog. Would you excuse us?

Due respect: your client doesn't
remember anything helpful.

He doesn't remember anything harmful.

Right. Because "not harmful"
was what we were going for

when we made your guy our star witness.

Who's representing Commander Hewitt?

He opted for private counsel.

A certain retired Marine colonel

named Hermes Papademotropoulos.

Did you think Hewitt was
going to hire a bad lawyer?

We're not upset because he's good.

We're upset because we
have to spell his name.

Rami.

Can you get me an appointment
with H.H. Carrick IV?

Hail Mary time already?

Russ Abraham?

Your old man was up
there with Santa in my house.

Three... that's what we
used to call my father.

My granddad was Two.
I'm Four. You get it.

Three talked about
General Abraham constantly.

It was... it was annoying as all hell.

Did your staff brief you?

You want me to invoke
the Command Exception

so you can look at the records
for Task Force Southwest.

It'd help me get to the bottom
of a complicated situation, sir.

Yeah. I encourage my staff to join me

for mindfulness training
three times a week.

You can sit in.

I've been on planes for three days.

I'll fall asleep if I try to,
you know, meditate.

No, it's not meditation.

It's the practice of mindfulness.

This is the U.S. military.

The way you phrase things
absolutely matters.

So...

you went over Coburn's
head because you thought

my connection to your dad would make me

sentimentally receptive to your request.

Pretty much.

It was a nice try, kid.

You sure you won't join us?

I got to get back to Quantico, sir.

Thanks for hearing me out.

All right.

General Carrick.

Why not invoke the exception and
take a look at the records yourself?

If you did it, it wouldn't be
undermining General Coburn.

You'd be doing your due diligence.

My due diligence?

This is the U.S. military.

The way you phrase things
absolutely matters.

What's up, Trey?

What did you say to General Carrick?

Look, we knew it was a long shot.

Abe, he released the records.

What?

He invoked the Command Exception.

Now, from what I can tell, Toni
Poirier is telling the truth.

No one... and I mean no one...

has been diagnosed with a concussion
since Hewitt took over as surgeon.

That's Maya. I'll call you back.

We got the records.

Everything's moving fast here, Abe.

Two of the medical officers
serving under Hewitt

at Camp Habibi have requested counsel.

What do they need lawyers for?

They changed their statement.

They're both willing to testify
that Hewitt gave an order

to ignore MACE protocols.

The MPs are arresting
Commander Hewitt as we speak.

Congratulations.

Don't touch the dog. I'm serious.

I've got a lot of facts and
figures running through my head.

You sure that's what you want
to add to the mix?

Judge Corpus trains service animals.

Apparently, the worst thing
you can do is pet them.

Breaks down their discipline.
Just don't touch the dog.

All rise.

Easy day, ladies and gentlemen.

Does the government have
any opening statement?

Ladies and gentlemen,

Lieutenant Colonel Corpus and...

- Yeti.
- ...and Yeti. Good morning.

PFC Ian Morehead stabbed
Major Jason Hunt in the stomach

while they were serving in
Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Commander Hewitt, the battalion
surgeon at Task Force Southwest,

issued an order to his
staff concerning the MACE,

the exam designed to diagnose
traumatic brain injuries.

Commander Hewitt, who had

his doubts about
the effectiveness of the test

and who felt that Task Force
Southwest was understaffed,

issued an order that no one,

no one was to fail the MACE
on their watch.

This illegal order set the conditions

for PFC Morehead's crime.

It led directly to the death
of Major Jason Hunt.

Commander Noah Hewitt

shares responsibility for the murder

of an outstanding Marine.

He has to share in the punishment, too.

Mr. Papa...

demo... tropoulos?

Thank you, Your Honor.
Feel free to call me Princess

if it makes things easier.

My drill instructor sure did,

and the name just kind of stuck.

It's been my pleasure
to sit opposite Major Ferry

and Captain Abraham many, many times.

And they are both
just as good as the game.

And you're gonna hear
some well-crafted arguments

from the government.

But ultimately it comes down to this:

it simply can't be proven
that Commander Hewitt

issued an order to ignore
the MACE protocols.

Now, you're gonna hear testimony

from some of his staff that say he did,

and you're gonna hear from
others who say he didn't.

That's "he said, she said" stuff.

I mean, the government is,
quite simply, trying to...

point the finger of blame
where it doesn't belong,

where it can't belong.

Because we know who killed Major Hunt.

And he's right here in
this beautiful courtroom today,

flanked by military police.

And his name is PFC Ian Morehead.

My name is Cameron Naldi.

I'm a lieutenant junior grade

with the Navy Expeditionary
Combat Command,

currently assigned
to Task Force Southwest.

And why is a Navy officer
stationed on a Marine Corps base?

Sir, I'm an MSO,
a-a medical service officer.

The Marines don't staff
medical personnel.

Did your commanding officer,

Dr. Noah Hewitt, call a staff meeting

- on August 4, 2018?
- He did.

And what was the topic?

The MACE exam.

Commander Hewitt told the staff

we were to reissue the questions
as many times as it took

for any injured Marine

to receive a passing score.

And did anyone on the staff
voice concerns about the order?

Lots of us.

And did you follow your C.O.'s orders?

Did you ask the questions on the
MACE as many times as it took?

Of course, sir.

We all did.

Lieutenant Naldi,

how would you describe

your relationship with Commander Hewitt?

He's the battalion surgeon.

He's my boss.

Do you enjoy serving under him?

Objection. Relevance.

Lieutenant Colonel Corpus,
I intend to demonstrate bias

on the part of this witness.

I'll allow the question to stand.

He's my commanding officer.

I do what he tells me to do.

But, son, didn't you go
over his head to request

a transfer out of Task Force Southwest?

I did.

So you don't always do
what he tells you to do.

- Objection.
- Objection. That's argumentative.

Sustained. Don't needle
the witness, Mr. Pa...

Don't needle the witness.

What was the reason
you requested a transfer?

I thought I could serve
more effectively elsewhere.

But your request was denied.

How many fitness reports
did Commander Hewitt

issue rating your performance?

Three.

And in each of those reports,

he describes you as being
barely fit for duty,

your work hampered by
anger management issues.

Did he not?

Son?

- He did.
- And if this

court-martial finds
Commander Hewitt guilty

of murder, would he still
be posted at Camp Habibi?

Of course not. He'd be in jail.

And you would have achieved
your goal of escaping his yoke.

- Objection.
- Objection. The government

is under no obligation

to deliver its objections in stereo.

Sustained.

I will withdraw the last question.

Nothing further.

I'm Antoinette Poirier.

I was a Navy Independent Corpsman

detailed to Task Force Southwest

from May 2017
until November of last year.

Can you describe the staff meeting called

by Commander Hewitt on August 4?

Ms. Poirier?

We had a lot of meetings.

I can't recall at this time.

Ms. Poirier, when we deposed you, you
described the meeting in detail.

I don't remember what happened
on August 4. Not at this time.

Forget the date. Do you recall
a meeting where Commander Hewitt

outlined a new policy
for issuing the MACE exam?

I don't. Not at this time.

Why are you doing this, Toni?

Objection, Your Honor.

- Counsel is leading the witness.
- Sustained.

- Why are you doing this?
- Objection!

Sustained. The witness
will ignore the question,

and counsel will move on
or be held in contempt.

Your Honor, the witness's testimony

runs directly counter to what
she said in her deposition.

The government requests a
recess to assess its case

in light of the change.

Ms. Poirier, you maintain
you can't recall events

you recently described in detail?

Not at this time, Your Honor.

Then the request is granted.

I'll see you all tomorrow.

The witness may step down.

All rise.

Abe, you old-ass leprechaun.

Happy birthday, man.

Um... listen, Alex wants to fix you up

with somebody, so call her, okay?

If you're just gonna sit
there all night, we're gonna

have to start charging you
for electricity.

Colonel.

You look, um...

Yeah, I clean up okay. Sit.

That is if your ass isn't
too sore from court today.

You heard about that?

Your star witness recanted
right in front of the panel.

What happened?

Trey went to go see Toni Poirier
after the recess.

She'll never admit this on the record,

but I guess, when she was overseas,

she had an affair
with one of the other officers

posted to the battalion aid station.

The guy she used to be with
sided with Hewitt.

He came to Toni and told her that...

he'd tell Princess what happened
if she didn't back off.

They'd expose the affair on cross

while her husband was watching.

Sometimes it goes
the way you planned, and...

sometimes it's a goat rope.

I'm sorry it happened
on Major Hunt's case.

Thanks.

So? Is that it, then?

Should I let the CNO know
that it's game over?

The head of the Navy's been calling you?

You've accused one of his officers

of a far-reaching pattern of conspiracy

and malpractice.

I have also heard
from the commandant's office

more than once.

I wish you would've told me.

You needed your space to work.

It's my job to get it for you.

Is it gonna cost you?

If that panel finds
Commander Hewitt innocent,

it's gonna cost us all.

So, this doctor's gonna walk?

Maybe.

We still have the medical records.

We might be able to leverage
that into a little time.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm sorry, Al.

You keep acting like I expect everything

to work out perfectly. I'm not some kid.

I know.

But Jason loved the Corps. He...

- he deserved better.
- Abe...

Jason was a Marine,

but he wasn't an idea.

He was a man.

He knew the world wasn't perfect.

And he damn well knew
the Corps wasn't, either.

And right before he died, he told me

he wasn't even sure
it deserved what he gave it.

What do you mean?

He did love the Marines, like you said,

but right before he died, he...

he told me he wasn't sure

how long the Corps would love him back.

Why?

I'm not sure.

But the way he said it...

I don't know, it was weird.

He said he was gonna write me an e-mail.

Do you have Jason's password?

Sorry, what are you looking for?

Jason used to write me
these incredibly long e-mails.

I'd ask him how he did it, and he told me

that he wrote them over a few sessions.

He'd save the letter in progress
in his drafts file.

I guess I'm curious what his
beef with the Marines was.

"MACE."

Like the exam.

You guys finished yet?

- 'Cause I really need you to be finished.
- Done.

Done. And for the record, Trey,

you are not a faster reader than I am.

- Scoreboard.
- Please.

I was out with my team.
I've had two beers.

So?

So... Jason knew
Noah Hewitt told his staff

to ignore MACE protocols.

- He confronted him about it.
- It's intriguing,

- but I don't see what it changes.
- It changes everything.

Jason was going to expose
Hewitt, and Hewitt knew it.

- "Hewitt knew it.
- "Thank you, Captain.

I'm aware that it rhymes.

Noah Hewitt had motive to kill Jason.

Right, except he didn't kill Jason.

Not literally, anyway.

I think maybe he did.

And it wasn't just neglect,
it was deliberate.

Noah Hewitt murdered Jason,

using Ian Morehead as a weapon.

In the billiard room?

I'm sorry, Abe, I'm just waiting

to hear something
you can actually argue in court.

Jason died the same day
he confronted Hewitt.

On the night of the murder,
Morehead told his bunkmate

he was having terrible headaches.

He left for sick bay at 2115...

except there's no record
of PFC Morehead being treated.

Two hours later,

he is spotted near the fence line

and he murders Jason.

What did Morehead do
with those two hours?

Wandered? It's a big base.

No one saw him, no one saw him

until he was walking toward the wire.

I think maybe he went to sick bay.

But Hewitt never put it in the log,

because he saw an opportunity.

Instead of treating Morehead's symptoms,

he made 'em worse.

Now, there are all kinds of ways to...

agitate someone in a disoriented state.

Oh.

Captain Dobbins sees

the beauty of my theory.

Hewitt whips Morehead into a frenzy

and then drops him in a spot

where he knows
Morehead's commanding officer...

the same guy who is about
to wreck Hewitt's career...

is going to be called in
to bail Morehead out.

Maybe Morehead attacks
Jason, maybe he doesn't,

but what's the harm in giving it a shot?

If it works, you got rid of
two problems, two big problems.

Okay, it's an interesting theory,

but unless you've got footage

of Hewitt taking Morehead
out to the wire,

I don't see how you prove it.

I have no such thing.

Neither of them show up
on the security footage.

We have to seek...

alternative evidence.

Such as?

We're probably

not going to find any.

Either way, we need time to look.

Call Princess.
Tell him you want to negotiate

a plea in the morning.

You can drag your feet
while we dig around.

For how long?

No idea. Can you kill a whole day

if we need you to?

A filibuster?

Honey...

you came to the right gamecock.

You've been out here

for two hours... you got
a counterproposal for me, or not?

There are a ton
of deal points here, Princess.

I am working on it.

So I'll respond one by one.

You like that movie?

This negotiation is over.

How'd it go on your end?

They're all here. How about you?

Please tell me you got something.

I got something.

I think.

All rise.

Abe, we got to fish or cut bait.

Do you have any news for us, Counselors?

Your Honor, may I have a second?

I'm waiting for an e-mail
from Afghanistan.

Someone with the username
Get That Ass 23.

- Tell me when it comes in.
- Our case rides on a guy

- who calls himself Get That Ass 23?
- Just watch the phone.

- Gentlemen.
- I'm gonna buy some time.

Your Honor, the government
and the defendant were unable

to reach a deal.

We call...

Commander Noah Hewitt.

For what I sincerely hope
is the final time,

no, I did not treat PFC Morehead

on the night he murdered Major Hunt.

And I certainly didn't drive him
to the fence line.

I think you did.

I think you used him to kill Jason,

because Jason knew about
all of the Marines who came

to your battalion aid station for help

- but left it as your victims.
- Objection.

Counsel is obliged to offer evidence,

- not his opinion.
- I'm certain

evidence is forthcoming
in the very near future.

Victims like Ian Morehead himself,

a kid from Skowhegan, Maine,

who almost washed out of Parris Island

three different times,
but he stuck it out

because he wanted to serve his country.

A kid who became a Marine,

then woke up from a blackout to
find himself accused of murder.

Victims like Mateo Lopez...

- Objection!
- Sustained.

...a decorated veteran who sleeps

on a park bench
because he can't hold down

- a job anymore.
- Captain Abraham,

you are in contempt of court.

Adrian Sorensen couldn't be here today.

He committed suicide. But his widow

would very much like to
meet you, Commander Hewitt.

Enough! The spectators

are to sit immediately.

Captain Abraham, that outburst earned you

a letter of reprimand. Your next step

is 30 days in the brig.

Do you have any questions

for the witness, or not?

Commander Hewitt, on the night
of Major Hunt's murder,

did your staff treat a Private Lance
Trainor for forehead abrasions?

Possibly.

They did. We have the records. Exhibit I.

One of your Independent Corpsmen

gave him 12 stitches in his forehead.

Would you read from the log
and tell us why

Private Trainor required attention?

It says Private Trainor took a dare.

He, uh...

he intentionally put his head
through the window of a latrine.

And what would you say if I told you

that one of Trainor's
squad mates took a video

of the incident, and in the
background of that video,

we can clearly see you driving
a restrained Ian Morehead

in the direction of the fence line?

I guess I'd say
I'd like to see that video.

Does such evidence
exist, Captain Abraham?

Your Honor, we're waiting for it.

No, the court has already been
more than patient.

- Get That Ass!
- I beg your pardon?

We have the video, Your Honor.
It just came in.

The government would like to introduce it

- as Exhibit J.
- Objection!

It's an e-mail attachment.

We'll be ascertaining
the provenance of the evidence,

but for now the court will take a look.

Your Honor, my
client wishes to revise his plea

and enter a new plea of guilty

on all charges. And in light of this,

I'd like to request a recess

to talk a deal with the government.

Granted.

This court-martial will resume tomorrow.

Mrs. Hunt?

I'm...

...so sorry, ma'am.

With everything that I am and
everything that I'll ever be,

I'm...

sorry for what I did.

God bless you and your children.

Thank you.

Nice work in there.

Am I looking at a new Abe?
What is it you like to say?

"We're lawyers. We don't chase
ideals, we chase outcomes."

I believe I got an outcome, too.

Thanks for the assist.

I'm just sorry we
didn't get to go head-to-head.

Patience, Captain Dobbins.

All good things in time.