Previously onBull...
TAYLOR: Sometimes good people
make bad choices
when they're in a tight spot.
HUGHES: We the jury find the defendant,
Smokestack Labs, negligent.
[murmuring]
I'm already working up an appeal.
I would expect nothing less.
HOPKINS: One of the jurors, Randall Hughes,
said that he'd been bribed.
BULL: By who?HOPKINS: By you.
BULL: I need to find a great attorney.
OLIVIA: Whoever put this together
worked very, very hard
to destroy you.
Are you ready to go to war?
Oh, yeah.
BULL: People are fascinating.
You can learn a lot about a person
from the smallest things.
Like, for instance, what do they throw away?
Do they like frozen pizza?
Do they like fish, and fresh fruit?
What are they reading?
Do they even read at all?
Ultimately, we are what we consume.
Now, it may seem extreme to go through someone's trash,
but it is legal.
And it happens more often than you think,
especially when there's millions of dollars at stake.
OLIVIA: So, that was the only reason
you went to Randall Hughes' house?
To look through his trash?
Absolutely.
It was the night before closing arguments
in the Smokestack case,
and it was our last chance.
We really needed insight into who this man was,
and...
I needed to find a way to get him on our side.
It was our only hope.
But you never offered Mr. Hughes a bribe?
No.
And I never would.
Thank you. No further questions.
Let's take a short break.
[quiet chatter]
MARISSA: What was your impression of Dr. Bull?
Smart.
[chuckles]: Very smart.
He's funnier than you think.
Confident. Articulate.
Someone I'd play squash with.
MARISSA: Do you think he bribed the juror?
♪
Yeah.
Probably.
[scoffs] Definitely.
♪
BULL:We are adjusting our legal strategy.
I'm no longer taking the stand.
That's not an adjustment. That's a one-eighty.
Well, mock jury didn't go the way we thought it would,
which is why we do mock jury.
Get ahead of the problem.
How big of a problem are we talking about?
The mock jury liked Bull.
OLIVIA: Yes, but they thought
he was lying about what happened
at Coach Hughes' house.
Which is half a step from finding him guilty.
BULL: I mean, come on.
We've faced steep odds before.
We've always pulled through.
True.
The way I see it,
there's one surefire way to win this thing.
I'm listening.
TAYLOR: We find the person
who paid the $50,000 to Coach Hughes.
That money came from an offshore account
owned by an anonymous holding company.
It could be anyone.CHUNK: It is the weakest part
of the government's case.
They've never been able to link the money to Bull,
so it's all circumstantial.
TAYLOR: Exactly.
But I found a flaw in the bank security.
With a few well-timed lattes,
I might be able to pull an all-nighter, and...
try to crack it.
Well, I'm on the lattes.
OLIVIA: No, no, hold up.
Would this all-nighter
involve...
admissible, legally-obtained evidence?
No.OLIVIA: No to "admissible"?
Or no to "legally-obtained"?
Both?
Forget it.
Seriously?
We are not breaking the law.
Well, if you're gonna tie Taylor's hands,
at least untie mine.
Let me follow Hughes. There's no way
he's working alone.
He could lead me to his accomplice.
Dr. Bull is already accused of tampering
with a juror. We cannot risk
witness tampering.
Great. Let's just take Bull to jail right now.
No, Olivia's right.
We really are under a microscope right now, and... [sighs]
...we can't cross any lines.
We don't have to prove who bribed Coach Hughes.
Just create
reasonable doubt for Dr. Bull.
With Chunk's help,
I'll chip away at the government's case.
[stammers] Chunk, you said that the AUSA was a lightweight.
I mean, that-that's something, right?
Unfortunately, no.
A new AUSA has been assigned to Bull's case.
A guy from Main Justice
in D.C.
I'll know more when I talk to him later today.
Ooh, I'm coming with you.
You know, usually, my clients don't tag along with me
to pretrial meetings.
Oh, well, usually your clients are not expert psychologists,
so I'll get my coat.
Before you start trying to psychologically assess
our opponent,
I should let you know I plan on offering him
a two-day continuance.
I get that you want to play by the rules, but...
offering our adversary extra time to prepare
sort of feels like you're just handing him the win.
Aren't you the one who's all about projecting confidence?
This offer signals we're not worried.
MAN: Oh, Ms. Powell!
Dr. Bull! [chuckles] Come on.
Ah!
[man chuckles]
[chuckles]: Parker Reilly.
Hello. Thank you for meeting me out here.
Finch is having bladder issues. It's a whole thing.
Ooh, let's grab that table while it's free.
Come on, Finchy-doodle.
[dog barks]
I'm starting to feel more confident by the moment.
Ah, my predecessor didn't exactly leave me
a trial road map.
Mr. Reilly,
since you're new to the case,
we'd like to offer you a two-day continuance.
Really? No catch?OLIVIA: No catch.
It's only fair since you're just getting up to speed.
That's very kind.
Thank you, but...
I don't need a continuance.
I specialize in bribery cases, that's why D.C. sent me.
Well, if I'm gonna be wrongly imprisoned for ten years,
at least it's by the best.REILLY: The max is 15 years,
and that's only a sentencing guideline.
I'd argue for more.
OLIVIA:Your scare tactics won't work,
Mr. Reilly.
Dr. Bull will not spend one minute in prison,
because he's innocent.
[bag zips]
And when it comes right down to it,[toy squeals]
you have a big flaw in your case.
You can't prove Dr. Bull
made that payment to Randall Hughes.
[grunts]
I can prove it. I...
[scoffs]
Bank subpoena records. Just came in.
That account that paid Mr. Hughes
is owned by Isabella Colón, your wife.
♪
MAN: I'm sorry, Ms. Colón,
there's nothing else we can do for you today.
This is unbelievable.
[sighs][phone clicks]
Oh, my God.
This just gets worse and worse.Was that the bank?
What did they say?It was a legitimate transfer.
My account initiated the payment to Randall Hughes.
Was the security breach on their end?
No.
The breach was on our end?
Do you think they hacked my computer?
Or phone or tablet or...
This is insane, Jason.
I haven't even touched that account
since I sold my business.
How do these people even know that I have it?
Why are they setting us up like this?
I wish I knew.
How much prison time can I get?
You're not going to prison.
You didn't make the payment.
Well, you didn't bribe that juror,
and you're about to go to trial for it.
How much time, Jason?
If they charge conspiracy, 15 to 20 years.
[sighs]
We can't both go to prison.
[stammers]
Oh, what about Astrid?
Uh, this... Listen,
you're not going to prison.
Because if I win,
Reilly is not going after you.
Well, that's a big if,
especially now that they can trace the money
back to your wife.
I'm not saying it's gonna be easy.
But I promise you,
I will clear our names.
[sighs]
Someone is coming after Izzy now.
Threatening my wife, I can't let that happen.
What do you need us to do?
These are her devices.
Find out which one of them was used
to make the transfer, and look for anything
that might lead us to the person who did this.
On it.
How is Izzy?
[sighs]
Well, she is trying to figure out
who Astrid should live with if we both go to prison.
Oh, Bull. You don't think it'll come to that.
I promised that I would protect her,
and that I would not let that happen.
Please help me keep my promise.
♪
[siren wailing]
[quiet chatter]
Excuse me a moment.
Carol.
I have been trying to reach you.
Well, I've been busy.
I have a class action to retry, after all.
Well, that's fair.
Not in my book.
Look, I know you're upset about what happened.
But I...Hell yes, I am upset.
Smokestack demanded we cut our fees
in half for the second round.
Said they would refuse to pay us for the first trial
if we didn't accept those terms.
And I'm sorry about that. I am, but...
I'm looking at prison time.
You and I have worked a lot of cases over the years,
and... And?
And I would never bribe a juror, Carol.
I mean, I have my own approach,
and I know I color outside the lines,
but I play fair every time,
and you know that.
You were outside the juror's house alone
in the middle of the night.
That's what I know.
TAYLOR: This one's clean.
For this kind of hack, how much would it set me back?
A pretty penny.
So someone with money is behind this.
You still think this is the Smokestack CEO, don't you?
I know I wasn't here when this all went down,
but I have looked at this case from every angle,
and Arnold Clayton's got the biggest motive.
If the bribery charge hadn't triggered a mistrial,
Clayton would be stuck paying the class action award
against Smokestack.
$145 million award.
Paying Coach Hughes to lie about Bull
is chump change compared to that.
We have nothing to prove it.Yeah, we'll never have anything
if we, uh, keep sitting on our asses.
Hey, I'm working on something here.
Yeah, well, I'm not.
I'm gonna tail him.
Olivia said you couldn't.
Olivia said I couldn't tail Coach Hughes
because he's a witness.
Arnold Clayton's not a witness.
True. Mm-hmm.
If I follow Clayton, maybe I can find a connection
between him and Hughes.
Show that they're in it together.
I don't think Olivia's gonna like this.
I don't work for Olivia.
OLIVIA: Just to be clear,
your role during voir dire is to...
Sit here and look pretty.
Right.
Are we ready to proceed, counselors?
Uh, one small procedural matter, Your Honor.
I need to preserve my right.
He's added Izzy as a potential witness.
CHUNK: We knew that was bound to happen.
If he calls Izzy, he's laying track
to bring charges against her.
OLIVIA: Okay, let's just focus
on one thing at a time.
What kind of work do you do?
Odd jobs,
mostly.
REILLY: Care to elaborate?
No.
And what does being
a civil engineer entail?
MAN: In short,
I make sure buildings don't fall down.
A business owner?
At your age?
I knew from the jump that I wanted to be
in control of my life.
[grunts softly]
And what is it you do for a living?
I'm a pediatric surgeon.
Working with sick children,
you must face some really difficult decisions.
Yes, but you can't let your emotions get
in the way of what needs to be done.
Juror number five is acceptable to the government.
Ms. Powell?
The defense accepts this--[clears throat]
Excuse me, Judge Bergen.
I need to confer with my client.
We agreed.
I run the show today.BULL: And so far,
I've been letting you, but I'm the one
looking at prison time,
and the good doctor is not gonna be good for us.
Being a surgeon is about precision.
He is the perfect juror
to see through the holes in the government's case.
He makes life and death decisions every day.
He's not gonna second-guess himself
when he decides to put me in prison.
Ms. Powell, I'm waiting.
Where's he going?
CHUNK: Sir, could you tell us about
the worst day you've ever had in the operating room?
Her-her name was Claudia.
She was five, um...
Lots of freckles and, unfortunately, a brain tumor.
She was on the table when I started the incision
in the wrong place.
Was just one millimeter off.
Luckily, a nurse caught it in time before I damaged the brain,
but-but I think about Claudia every day
as a way to remind myself to...
always check everything twice to be sure I have it right.
[whispers]: I was wrong.
CHUNK: This juror is acceptable to the defense, Your Honor.
That concludes voir dire.
Counsel, let's meet in my chambers to go over
the trial schedule.
Sorry, Dr. Bull.
Counsel only.
[door opens]
♪
[door closes]
♪
[elevator bell chimes]Hey, break a leg today.
Thanks.
Your gut telling you anything yet?
Well, we'll know more a little later this afternoon,
when Coach Hughes takes the stand.
[phone buzzes][groans] Not now.
Who was that?[stammers]
It's that law firm I told you about.
They want an answer about my job offer.
And the answer is?
I don't have the bandwidth to even consider it.
Not until we get through this mess.
Not till I know Bull is okay.
Okay.
MARISSA: Tell me you have something.
I found signs that someone hacked this tablet.
Great.But nothing yet as to who did it,
and frankly,
nothing to prove that it was hacked
to make that payment to Coach Hughes.
For all we know, Izzy could have been hacked
by someone trying to steal her Netflix password.
I struck out, too.
And you were...
Following Arnold Clayton.
But Olivia said--I was careful.
I followed Clayton from a distance,
and you know with that got me?
Photos of Clayton leaving buildings and getting into cars.
And photos of Clayton getting out of cars
and going into buildings.
Sometimes it got really exciting,
and Clayton's wife would leave a building
and get into a car with him.
I am not surprised that this is all you got.
I mean, even if Clayton and Coach Hughes
are in cahoots on this,
it would be incredibly reckless
for them to start hanging out and drinking beers together.
Yeah, but Danny and I were talking.
We think there's a way to smoke him out.
Smoke him out?
On a scale from one to ten, what's the risk factor here?
Five.Nine?
So, I'm gonna round that up to a ten.
No.
I'm sorry, but we promised to help
protect Bull and Izzy,
not get them in more trouble.
[sighs]
[elevator bell dings]
♪
Sorry. The nanny was late,
and then traffic was brutal, and...
W-Why aren't you inside yet?
Court's gonna start any minute.Yeah.
Uh...[elevator bell chimes]
Wanted to wait for my amazing wife.
What's going on?
I can't seem to make my way in there.
My feet just want to stay here, which is...
wrong, 'cause
usually I love stepping through those doors.
The courtroom is where I feel...
most confident and...
I think yesterday...Hey.
Today is a new day.
[chuckles softly]REILLY: Mr. Hughes,
when you saw Dr. Bull outside your house,
what happened next?
He approached me in the driveway and offered me $50,000
if I would vote to find Smokestack liable.
REILLY: Before this night,
had you ever taken a bribe before?
Never.
I tell my players all the time
integrity's what matters, not winning.
I try to be their moral compass, you know,
which is why I've never felt more ashamed
than when I took Dr. Bull's bribe.
So, why did you take the bribe?Money.
My family's had some medical issues.
My son has a bad kidney.
My wife had a breast cancer scare.
Even with great insurance,
my whole paycheck went to hospital bills.
And then, the paycheck wasn't enough.
The 50,000 Dr. Bull offered me
was gonna get us out of debt.
BULL: Where's the lie?
What do you mean?He's lying, but I should see it.
Downcast eyes, touching his face,
awkward pauses, but he's got none of that.
CHUNK [over earbud]: Marissa, where we at?
I don't want to say, 'cause then it'd be true.
Mr. Hughes,
you don't own a home security system,
is that correct?
No. Those cameras creep me out.
And your neighbor's camera,
it doesn't capture your house or driveway,
does it?No, I guess not.
So there is no proof that Dr. Bull
ever approached you
in your driveway,
is there?
There's my word.[chuckles softly]
But the prosecution stipulated that Dr. Bull
was only in front of your house for approximately seven minutes.
That sounds about right.
Are you telling this jury that Dr. Bull
approached you and convinced you
to upend your entire moral compass--
morals you claim to be known for--
all in a matter of minutes?
No, it was a matter of seconds.
Dr. Bull offered me a golden ticket, and I took it.
I'm not proud of it.
But it's the truth.
You want a jury update?
No.
I can see for myself.
They're buying it.
[elevator bell dings]
[sighs][door closes]
[sighs]
[water running]
Come on.
[toilet flushes][faucet shuts off]
[water running]
[faucet shuts off]
Can you pass me a towel?
[door opens]
[door closes]
[elevator bell dings]
I just ran into Coach Hughes
in the bathroom.
Well, that's heavy.
What do you say to the man who's ruined your life?
OLIVIA: You say nothing.
Jason, tell me you said nothing.
He's a witness.
I asked for a paper towel.
It was Coach Hughes who did the talking.
What?
Body language.
He was so disciplined
on the stand,
and that's how he was able to hide the lie,
but when it was just the two of us...
What you see?
Wouldn't look at me; he just washed his hands,
eyes straight forward,
shoulders hunched.
Signs of deception?
Shame, I think.
He feels terrible about what he did to me.
OLIVIA: Unfortunately,
it only matters what the jury saw, not you.
Well, it matters to me.
I was losing my mind in there.
Thinking that I couldn't see the truth anymore.
[sighs] That was our doorman.
The FBI has a search warrant for my devices.
Don't say a word to the FBI.
We'll handle this.
IZZY: I already told them
they were all at TAC.
I-I panicked.
AGENT: ...collecting evidence now.
Hey! Be careful, that's my computer.
Actually, we're taking it, too.
Did you stipulate that this device also belongs to you?
Asked and answered.
We've been here for over an hour.
This is harassment.
This is being thorough.
We will stipulate
that these are her devices,
but not that she used them to make any alleged payment.
Can we go now?It's okay. It's okay.
Really, it...
I have nothing to hide.
Hmm.
I thought it was good news when they didn't call her
as a witness in your case.
That maybe Reilly was backing off.
It's a Pyrrhic victory.
Instead of putting her on the stand,
they're gonna put her on trial.
This isn't your fault.
Isn't it?
♪
Hey.
I was just...
I know.
[sighs]
I've been thinking about a different approach
to the trial.
What kind of approach?
Olivia and I could put together a proffer
in which I agreed to plead guilty... Proffer?
...to a lesser charge in exchange...Whoa.
Wha......for a reduced sentence.
There's a good chance we could get him down
a few years, which isn't bad.
Martha Stewart did five months.
D-Don't you dare joke about this.She's a tough bird.
Why would you plead guilty for something you didn't do?
We would make it a condition
that Reilly drop any prosecution of you.
You'd be safe.What?
Don't make this about me.
It's not about you.
It's about Astrid.
If we go to prison,
then what?
Child Services takes her?
Benny could take her or someone else in my family.
No, someone else is not gonna raise our child.
Right now this jury is gonna convict me.
I can see it in their eyes, and I'm not gonna sit
in that courtroom and let them steamroll me.
I have to do something.
I know...
that you think that this is a way of saving
Astrid and me, but don't.
I'm not a damsel in distress.
And if our daughter needs saving, we do it together.
You know, I'm terrified
about the way all of this could turn out, too,
but being afraid doesn't mean that you stop fighting.
It means that you fight harder.
Izzy, I'm just trying to be realistic here.
[sighs heavily]
If you want to plead guilty, I can't stop you.
But I won't be in the courtroom when you do it.
♪
[sighs]
We thought you left for the night.
I needed a walk to think.
You realize it's 7:00 p.m.
The plan to smoke Clayton out,
I want to hear it.
What happened to not wanting
to get Bull and Izzy in more trouble?
I don't think things could get any worse.
So, what is this big idea?
Well, we know Coach Hughes isn't perjuring himself for free.
Arnold Clayton must have paid him.
Not the $50,000 from Izzy's account.
That got seized by the FBI.
I mean a real bribe.
And if you get in bed with someone willing to take a bribe,
you shouldn't be surprised if they blackmail you, right?
Let's say Clayton gets an email like this.
"I did what you asked,
"but now I want more money
"or else I tell the prosecutor I lied.
"Meet me at Brooklyn Navy Yard, lot 2, 10:00 p.m.
to discuss terms."
You're pretending to be Hughes.
If Clayton shows up after getting this,
it's as good as a confession.
Or at least something Olivia can throw the jury
to create reasonable doubt.
You're sure they can't track this email back to you?Positive.
I used a burner account.
But do you want to run it by Olivia first?
No. If Olivia has a problem with it,
she can deal with me.
Send the email.
[email sends]
[exhales]
Here we go. Good.
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Lift me, come on
♪ Let's fly today...
How can you eat right now?
What?
We're the middle of an operation.
I know.
I missed this when I was in Florida.
Must've been nice to get to spend that time with your mom.
Hmm. You haven't met my mother.
You know, she would tell the Pope how to do his job
if she could get an audience.
Not to mention the good doctors and nurses
just trying to save her life,
or her own daughter, who put
her entire life on hold just to help her.
I couldn't even fluff a pillow right.
Thank God she got better, 'cause I was ready to kill her.
Chip?
[sighs] Where is he?I don't know.
Maybe we were wrong about Clayton.
[vehicle approaching]
[tires screech softly]
Or not.
[brakes squeal softly]
Gotcha.
[vehicle door opens]
Who brings their attorney to pay off a blackmailer?
[tires screeching][siren wailing]
Oh, my God. More importantly,
who brings the police?
FBI! Get out the car!
Oh, crap, Clayton didn't do this.
And we just stepped in it.
AGENT: Hands in the air!
♪
[elevator bell chimes]Thank you for persuading Clayton
to drop the charges.
I did it for Clayton's sake.
He's a busy man.
He can't be bothered with minor criminal proceedings.
Minor?
Well, if he had brought charges,
we would have tied you up in court for months
[elevator bell chimes]with civil claims.
You never concede, do you?
It's bad for business.
At some point,
you're gonna learn
that you can't talk your way out of everything, Bull.
[elevator bell chiming]Huh.
I was so sure Clayton was behind the bribe.
Me, too.
MARISSA: Maybe he still is.
What do you mean?
Well, maybe he knew you weren't Hughes.
Something in the email could have tipped him off.
Well, if he was guilty,
he wouldn't have brought the cops.What better way
to make yourself look innocent?
The police could've been window dressing.
Read me that email you sent again.
"I did what you asked, but now I want more money
or else I tell the..."You said you want more money.
What if Clayton never paid Hughes money in the first place?
Now, that would have tipped him off.
TAYLOR: If Coach Hughes didn't get money for lying about Bull,
what did he get?
I take full responsibility
for what happened tonight.
I approve the entrapment plan,
so if you are angry with anyone, it should be me.
I'm not angry.
I...
I'm grateful.
Grateful
to have people who believe in me
and would go to such great lengths
to protect me. Thank you.
You would've done the same for us.
I just wish there was more we could do.
I have the same feeling.
I've never been more frustrated.
We know you are telling the truth.
Why can't we get anyone to believe it?
Maybe...
because I haven't...
[phone unlocks, beeps]...told the whole truth.
What do you mean?
Olivia, I want to take the stand.
OLIVIA: What happened that night
at Randall Hughes' house?
I sat in my car,
and I watched Coach Hughes take his trash to the curb.
And you never approached him about a bride?
Never. Not that night.
Not any other time.
Is that it?
That's all you did that night?
No.
I got out of the car.
And why did you get out of your car?
To bribe Randall Hughes.
♪
OLIVIA: I'm sorry, Dr. Bull, I'm confused.
You just said
you didn't offer him a bride.I didn't,
but I thought about it
for a few seconds, and then I thought better of it,
and I got back in my car and I drove home.
But in that time...
[sighs]
We were desperate.
I was fighting on behalf of
so many people in this class action suit,
and we were...
trapped, and I...
...was selfish, and I put my team at risk,
their reputations and their livelihoods.
And I am ashamed of myself for that.
But most of all, my wife
and my child, to bring them into this mess,
that I regret most of all.
OLIVIA: Just to be clear,
you categorically did not offer Randall Hughes a bribe?
I categorically did not.
Thank you.
No further questions, Your Honor.
Mr. Reilly,
your witness.
Very moving testimony, Dr. Bull.
Let me see if I understand it.
You went all the way to Mr. Hughes' house,
got out of your car
with the intention of committing a crime.
And then had a last-minute change of heart.
I know it sounds odd, but it's the truth.
If you didn't bribe Mr. Hughes that night,
how does that explain the $50,000
that went from your wife's bank account
into Mr. Hughes' bank account?
Is your wife
in the habit of giving strangers $50,000?
Objection. Counsel is testifying.
JUDGE: Overruled.
The witness must answer the question.
My wife's account was hacked.
REILLY: Hacked? Oh, boy.
This tale keeps getting wilder.
So, some mysterious boogeyman is out there
trying to frame you for this crime,
a crime you admit
you almost committed.
Who would do that?
Randall Hughes, for one,
and I imagine he's not working alone.
What's in it for Randall Hughes?
Why would he claim that you bribed him?
Why would he upend his whole life
in order to make up a lie about you?
Because somebody paid him.
Or coerced him.
Do you have any proof of that?
[sighs] No.
But I-I can't think of...
I mean, it's the only thing that makes sense.
Other than the version
where you bribed a man
in order to win $145 million?
No further questions.
♪
That was brutal.
Honesty often is.
But the right move, no matter what.
How's the jury looking?
I haven't checked.
Do you want to know?I'm good.
Are you sure?They're in deliberations.
What's done is done.
So should we head back to TAC and wait for the call?No.
I think I want to take a walk with my wife.
[flugelhorn playing nearby]
No matter what the jury decides,
I'm proud of you.
[scoffs]
I can't take all the credit.
This, uh, smart, talented...
kind, beautiful lady,
she once told me to never stop fighting.
You should meet her sometime. She's really something.
Oh, I'll show you fighting.
[flugelhorn playing]
♪
I don't think it was enough.
I'm scared, Izzy.
♪
[phone buzzes]
Is the jury back?
[buzzes]
It's Taylor.
So, I've been looking at ways
Coach Hughes could have been bribed other than money,
and I think I found one.
Hughes doesn't have a social media,
but his 19-year-old son, the one with a bad kidney, does.
BULL: I hope you got something more solid than
"Live, laugh and love."
I found this comment two weeks ago
from his son's friend.
CHUNK:"Heard about the kidney surgery at St. Matthews.
Prayers have been answered."
I wouldn't have noticed if the son hadn't deleted the comment.
Why delete the comment
unless you got something to hide?
TAYLOR: I checked it out.
Coach Hughes' son not only is still
on the list for a kidney,
he's way at the bottom.
OLIVIA: He found a kidney
through a back door.
I checked with St. Matthews, where he had the surgery,
and guess who happens to be on the board?
Melody Clayton, Arnold Clayton's wife?
We have to find her.TAYLOR: According to her social media,
she's out of town.DANNY: Well, I could track her down,
but it'd be quicker to confront Hughes here.
Mm, we can't do that without witness tampering,
which is what I've been trying to avoid
all along.
It's not tampering if both parties are present
for the conversation.
[whimpers]What is that?
What is that crazy Finchy song?
Mmm-hmm.
[chuckles]
[sighs] You really do love that guy, don't you?
Finch and I have been through a lot together.
I bet you would do almost anything for him,
more than some people might think is even sane.
Might have been called "certifiable" a time or two.
[chuckles] Yeah, well, I completely understand.
I'm so crazy,
I almost pled guilty to something I didn't do
just to spare my family.
Are you here to change your plea, Dr. Bull?
Because you really should have your lawyer present.
You asked me earlier today,
why would Randall Hughes upend his whole life
to make up a lie about me?
I know the answer.
He did it for his family.
And I'll ask you again:
Do you have any proof?
I can get it.
And now I want to ask you a question.
What do you want?
You want to win this case?
Or do you want to help get to the truth?
[clamoring]Let's go. Hustle. Nice.
[whoops] Nice!HUGHES: Yes!
That's what I like to see. Good job.
[clamoring]
ASSISTANT COACH: Move that ball around.
[blows whistle]
All right, all right, all right. Let's, uh...
Let's call it for the day.Hit the showers.
Really nice work.
ASSISTANT COACH: See you tomorrow.
[players speaking indistinctly]
HUGHES: I don't understand why you're here.
I already testified.
Mr. Hughes, the nature of your testimony
has come into question.
What do you mean?
You testified that your son has a bad kidney,
So? OLIVIA: But he doesn't have
a bad kidney.
Not anymore.
Does he?
Because two weeks ago,
he received a new one at St. Matthews,
a kidney he wasn't supposed to have.
If that's true,
your son could be charged
for accepting a black market kidney.
That's five years in prison.
I'm willing to overlook that,
but you need to tell the truth.
[sighs]
My son was ill for so long.
He was so low
on the donor list.
It felt hopeless.
Until she approached me after the Smokestack verdict.
She said we could bypass the donor list.
She-she had a connection.
And all I had to do was... to lie.
And say that Dr. Bull bribed me.
♪
I'm sorry for what I did to you.
What you did was perjury.
My son is alive.
That's worth whatever price I have to pay.
You know, I said in court
I made that decision in an instant.
I wasn't lying.
She made it sound easy.
BULL: You're talking about
Arnold Clayton's wife?
Who?
Melody Clayton.
Oh. Of course.
[elevator bell dings]
Hey, Carol.Bull.
Uh, where is everybody?
I'm supposed to start a cross in ten minutes?
Did they switch courtrooms on me and not tell me?
No.
Well, what the hell is going on,
and what are you doing here?
The AUSA dropped the charges.
My case is over.
Dropped the...
Why-why would he do that?
Randall Hughes admitted he lied.
He...He told us everything.
Everything.
[chuckles]: Well, I don't know why the, uh, AUSA
would believe Randall Hughes
if he admits he lied.
Because he's not lying anymore.
Obviously, I knew that
someone had bribed Hughes to say that I bribed him,
but I just couldn't figure out who.
My first candidate was Arnold Clayton.
[scoffs]: Clayton, please.
Right.
It didn't make any sense to me either,
because a guy like Clayton,
they write off litigation all the time.
But... I got to thinking,
Who can't afford to lose a case like that?
And then I realized...
Of course. A lawyer.
Someone significant.
A real rainmaker for her firm, but...
she's lost one too many cases lately.
Dropped some big clients,
and word going around town is that she's being...
eased out the door.
And if she lost a big case like Smokestack, well...
she'd be cooked.
Nobody cares what you've done.
Just what you've done lately.
They were bringing charges against Izzy, Carol.
They were going to arrest her.
Well, if everything that you say about her is true,
then it sounds like what she did was not...
...personal.
Not at all personal.
The FBI is on its way.
You're not as angry as I would expect.
Oh, I'm angry.
But I was there that night.
I could've walked up to that man's door.
I was ready.
I could be that lawyer right now.
But you're not. You're not her.
[footsteps approaching]
Again, I am sorry it took me so long to get back to you.
I promise I'm normally much more responsive.
We have been dealing with a crisis, capital "C,"
but that crisis is now officially in the past.
I would love to talk more about what my future might hold.
BULL: Thanks again
for taking the case.[chuckles]
Oh, you won't be thanking me once you get my bill.
I think it was worth every penny.
Hmm.
But how many pennies would we be talking about here?
Ballpark. Hmm.
[Olivia chuckles]
Do we have any champagne?
Maybe some seltzer?
I mean, I could get some, but that would mean
I'd have to get out of this chair.
DANNY: What says,
"I'm glad you're not a felon"? Cake, flowers?
[laughter]
It's your big win, Bull.
What do you want to do?
Well,
I think it's... our big win.
Couldn't have done it without you all.
Thank you.
But seeing as I am the boss,
I guess I should decide how we celebrate.
I choose to go home, take a shower and go to bed.
[exhales]
That's right.
Oh, thank goodness.
And then, tomorrow morning, wake up,
come here and get back to work.
Thanks.
Good night.
♪
[takes deep breath]