1 00:00:04,830 --> 00:00:06,876 ♪ 2 00:00:26,069 --> 00:00:28,289 ♪ 3 00:00:39,387 --> 00:00:41,650 [church bell rings] 4 00:00:43,478 --> 00:00:45,567 WACKNER: Who's that? He looks familiar. 5 00:00:45,610 --> 00:00:47,047 That is Armie Hammer. 6 00:00:47,090 --> 00:00:49,005 -He starred in Lone Ranger. -How old is he? 7 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:50,267 No, not the old one. 8 00:00:50,311 --> 00:00:52,095 This was a remake just a few years ago. 9 00:00:52,139 --> 00:00:55,185 -WACKNER: What was his issue? -CORD: Cannibalism, allegedly. 10 00:00:55,229 --> 00:00:57,144 Bite play, stuff like that. 11 00:00:57,187 --> 00:00:58,623 So how was he canceled? 12 00:00:58,667 --> 00:01:01,583 He got dropped from movies, from the stage. 13 00:01:01,626 --> 00:01:03,411 -His agents dropped him. -What are we talking about? 14 00:01:03,454 --> 00:01:05,195 -You're late. -Sorry. I had paperwork. 15 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:08,111 Well, you just have to listen and catch up, won't you? 16 00:01:08,155 --> 00:01:09,547 God, are you in a bad mood? 17 00:01:09,591 --> 00:01:11,332 Nope, I just know you're gonna disagree with me. 18 00:01:12,159 --> 00:01:14,204 -MARISSA: Oh, no. Are you serious? -DEL: What? 19 00:01:14,248 --> 00:01:15,553 You're gonna clear these guys? 20 00:01:15,597 --> 00:01:17,555 No, they're-they're not all just guys. 21 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:18,643 Really? Where are the women? 22 00:01:18,687 --> 00:01:20,384 I got one right here. 23 00:01:20,428 --> 00:01:22,821 I spotted one... Yep, Henrietta Michaels, 24 00:01:22,865 --> 00:01:25,302 former Professor at Northwestern. 25 00:01:25,346 --> 00:01:27,130 She was fired for using a word 26 00:01:27,174 --> 00:01:29,828 which was misunderstood by her students. 27 00:01:29,872 --> 00:01:33,093 She wants to defend herself on TV 28 00:01:33,136 --> 00:01:34,529 so she can get her job back. 29 00:01:34,572 --> 00:01:36,966 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That sounds like good TV. 30 00:01:37,009 --> 00:01:39,534 So four dozen guys accused of rape and harassment, 31 00:01:39,577 --> 00:01:41,666 -and one woman. -Oh, come on, Marissa. 32 00:01:41,710 --> 00:01:42,972 People are getting canceled without a trial, 33 00:01:43,015 --> 00:01:44,408 no evidence presented against them. 34 00:01:44,452 --> 00:01:45,496 -Because they did it. -Maybe they did, 35 00:01:45,540 --> 00:01:46,671 maybe they didn't. 36 00:01:46,715 --> 00:01:48,151 or maybe it's more nuanced. 37 00:01:48,195 --> 00:01:50,414 Oh, my God, you sound like that Canadian guy. 38 00:01:50,458 --> 00:01:51,937 The one who wrote the book about that thing. 39 00:01:51,981 --> 00:01:53,548 If I knew what that meant, maybe I'd be offended. 40 00:01:53,591 --> 00:01:55,245 You want to play cancel-culture cop. 41 00:01:55,289 --> 00:01:57,508 No. I want to play judge. 42 00:01:57,552 --> 00:01:59,249 -[laughs] Oh, my God. -Think about it. 43 00:01:59,293 --> 00:02:01,991 There are lots of reasons these accusations never go to trial. 44 00:02:02,034 --> 00:02:04,298 The victims finally get to accuse the victimizer 45 00:02:04,341 --> 00:02:05,864 face to face. 46 00:02:05,908 --> 00:02:07,866 -What if they don't want to? -That's their choice. 47 00:02:07,910 --> 00:02:09,999 And the victimizer gets the court to himself? 48 00:02:10,042 --> 00:02:12,044 To say whatever bullshit he wants. 49 00:02:12,088 --> 00:02:13,481 This is a bad joke. 50 00:02:13,524 --> 00:02:15,047 -You're undercutting MeToo. -No, no, 51 00:02:15,091 --> 00:02:17,615 -no, we're giving MeToo teeth. -CORD: That's right. 52 00:02:17,659 --> 00:02:20,357 If it relies on mob rule, it'll exhaust itself. 53 00:02:20,401 --> 00:02:22,185 Okay. All right. Mom, Dad, please. 54 00:02:22,229 --> 00:02:24,622 I hate when you fight. Let's get back to work 55 00:02:24,666 --> 00:02:26,146 Who's up first? 56 00:02:26,189 --> 00:02:29,279 -Who's this guy? -Oh, uh. Joey Battle. 57 00:02:29,323 --> 00:02:31,760 -Stand-up. -Oh, God, you mean Louis C.K. Two. 58 00:02:31,803 --> 00:02:33,065 -What'd he do? -CORD: He masturbated 59 00:02:33,109 --> 00:02:36,112 in front of two women in a green room. 60 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:38,027 To be fair, he did ask for permission first. 61 00:02:38,070 --> 00:02:40,247 Seriously? If he did, he didn't wait for a "yes." 62 00:02:40,290 --> 00:02:41,813 But he did not assault anyone. 63 00:02:41,857 --> 00:02:44,729 Oh. Are we really setting the bar that low? 64 00:02:44,773 --> 00:02:46,340 Let's compromise. We'll do both. 65 00:02:46,383 --> 00:02:49,734 -Both? -Yeah, this guy and, uh, Marissa's idea. 66 00:02:49,778 --> 00:02:52,084 The academic, uh, Henrietta what's-her-name. 67 00:02:52,128 --> 00:02:54,174 -CORD: Henrietta Michaels. -That wasn't my idea. 68 00:02:54,217 --> 00:02:55,914 -When can we start? -DEL: You really think 69 00:02:55,958 --> 00:02:57,655 -there's time to do both? -WACKNER: We'll make the time. 70 00:02:57,699 --> 00:02:59,527 -Let's just schedule it. -[indistinct chatter] 71 00:02:59,570 --> 00:03:00,745 WOMAN: That's my time, guys. 72 00:03:00,789 --> 00:03:02,791 Thank you very much. 73 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:08,884 June, you were great. 74 00:03:08,927 --> 00:03:11,582 The drinks are watered down, so I know you're not drunk. 75 00:03:11,626 --> 00:03:13,236 No. You're funny. 76 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,933 It's just this club sucks. 77 00:03:15,717 --> 00:03:17,109 Is this about Joey Battle? 78 00:03:17,153 --> 00:03:18,850 How'd you know? 79 00:03:18,894 --> 00:03:21,244 Reporters are the only ones who approach me nowadays. 80 00:03:21,288 --> 00:03:22,811 I'm not a reporter. 81 00:03:23,638 --> 00:03:26,075 The last time I spoke out about Joey Battle, 82 00:03:26,118 --> 00:03:27,381 this happened to me. 83 00:03:27,424 --> 00:03:29,426 I mean, I was on my way to a serious career, 84 00:03:29,470 --> 00:03:31,036 and that scumbag derailed me. 85 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,865 Not just off the tracks, like buried under them. 86 00:03:33,909 --> 00:03:36,259 By testifying, you'd get the truth out. 87 00:03:36,303 --> 00:03:37,695 Did you say "truth"? 88 00:03:37,739 --> 00:03:40,437 I thought we were talking about a reality TV show. 89 00:03:40,481 --> 00:03:42,831 Millions of people could see it. 90 00:03:42,874 --> 00:03:45,094 I mean, I don't even know the whole truth. 91 00:03:45,137 --> 00:03:47,531 When the story about Joey was about to break, 92 00:03:47,575 --> 00:03:48,793 he reached out to me on Facebook. 93 00:03:48,837 --> 00:03:50,360 And you know what he said? 94 00:03:50,404 --> 00:03:52,623 He said, "I'm sorry for shoving you into a closet." 95 00:03:52,667 --> 00:03:54,016 He shoved you into a closet? 96 00:03:54,059 --> 00:03:56,148 No, with me, he just jacked off into a plant. 97 00:03:56,192 --> 00:03:58,847 I can't help but think, though, "who did he shove into a closet 98 00:03:58,890 --> 00:04:00,152 and what happened to her?" 99 00:04:00,196 --> 00:04:02,807 So you should testify against him. 100 00:04:02,851 --> 00:04:05,027 -Bring that out. -This is just another way for Battle 101 00:04:05,070 --> 00:04:07,116 to get his career back. I'm not participating in that. 102 00:04:07,159 --> 00:04:08,552 What if it wasn't? 103 00:04:08,596 --> 00:04:11,251 What if he was actually confronted with his crime? 104 00:04:11,294 --> 00:04:12,469 It'll never happen. 105 00:04:12,513 --> 00:04:14,558 People like Battle win. 106 00:04:14,602 --> 00:04:16,212 People like me lose. 107 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:19,171 But, you know what? This is my consolation prize. 108 00:04:19,215 --> 00:04:21,043 His Wikipedia page. 109 00:04:21,086 --> 00:04:23,524 He's no longer the comedian saint. 110 00:04:23,567 --> 00:04:26,614 Now he's Mr. Masturbater in the greenroom. 111 00:04:29,965 --> 00:04:31,401 [sighs] 112 00:04:31,445 --> 00:04:33,185 [chuckles] 113 00:04:36,232 --> 00:04:37,581 Who's defending Battle? 114 00:04:37,625 --> 00:04:39,888 The comedian? David is. 115 00:04:39,931 --> 00:04:41,716 David Cord. Why? 116 00:04:41,759 --> 00:04:43,326 He's a lawyer. 117 00:04:43,370 --> 00:04:45,937 My guess is he wants to make an issue of cancel culture. 118 00:04:45,981 --> 00:04:48,200 Then I want to prosecute him. 119 00:04:48,244 --> 00:04:49,419 -Really? -Yeah. 120 00:04:49,463 --> 00:04:51,029 I'm gonna rip him a new one. 121 00:04:51,073 --> 00:04:53,467 -David or the comedian? -Both. 122 00:04:53,510 --> 00:04:55,207 Oh, that's the spirit. 123 00:04:55,251 --> 00:04:57,732 What about the other case-- the, uh, academic lady? 124 00:04:57,775 --> 00:05:00,212 That's different. She shouldn't have been fired. 125 00:05:00,256 --> 00:05:02,606 No, you want to prosecute one, you have to prosecute the other. 126 00:05:02,650 --> 00:05:05,392 -Why? -Because I'm unpredictable. 127 00:05:05,435 --> 00:05:06,436 Haven't you heard? 128 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,264 It's about cancel culture. 129 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:11,267 -Have to explore all sides. -I don't want to explore all sides. 130 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:12,921 Well, this isn't about what you want. 131 00:05:12,964 --> 00:05:14,749 Let's go into court. 132 00:05:15,576 --> 00:05:18,796 MAN: Nobody move! Get down! Get down on the ground! 133 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:21,408 Get down! This party is a violation 134 00:05:21,451 --> 00:05:23,497 of COVID quarantine rules! 135 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:24,933 Turn that fucking music off! 136 00:05:25,977 --> 00:05:27,631 [laughs] Did you see that? 137 00:05:27,675 --> 00:05:29,894 MAN: Is something funny here? 138 00:05:29,938 --> 00:05:31,505 What the hell's so funny? 139 00:05:31,548 --> 00:05:33,985 -WOMAN: Nobody said anything. -Come here! 140 00:05:34,029 --> 00:05:36,727 LIZ: Ms. Farrow, where was this taken? 141 00:05:36,771 --> 00:05:38,250 At a friend's house party. 142 00:05:38,294 --> 00:05:41,123 It was a great day until somebody called the cops. 143 00:05:41,166 --> 00:05:43,778 And the cop that arrived was, uh, 144 00:05:43,821 --> 00:05:45,432 Officer McFinley, yes? 145 00:05:45,475 --> 00:05:47,390 Yes. 146 00:05:47,434 --> 00:05:49,087 McFINLEY: Get down. Get down over here! 147 00:05:49,131 --> 00:05:51,742 WOMAN: Ow! Hey, let me go. 148 00:05:51,786 --> 00:05:54,049 -I didn't do anything wrong! -Get down! 149 00:05:54,092 --> 00:05:56,225 -Ow! Let me go. -Get the fuck down! 150 00:05:56,268 --> 00:05:58,183 -Ow! Ow, you're hurting me. -Stay down! 151 00:05:58,227 --> 00:06:01,230 -Ow! -Get down! Stop resisting. 152 00:06:01,273 --> 00:06:03,058 -[grunting] Stop! -[screaming, whimpering] 153 00:06:03,101 --> 00:06:05,800 -[taser crackles] -[people exclaiming] 154 00:06:05,843 --> 00:06:07,236 McFINLEY: No... 155 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:11,936 What happened next? 156 00:06:13,285 --> 00:06:14,983 I ran to her. 157 00:06:16,898 --> 00:06:18,378 She wasn't breathing. 158 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,816 When the paramedics arrived, 159 00:06:21,859 --> 00:06:23,383 she was dead. 160 00:06:24,471 --> 00:06:27,778 You know that Antoinette's family is suing the Chicago PD 161 00:06:27,822 --> 00:06:29,214 for five million dollars? 162 00:06:29,258 --> 00:06:30,520 Yes. 163 00:06:30,564 --> 00:06:34,089 If it were up to me, it'd be ten times that. 164 00:06:40,443 --> 00:06:41,575 Thank you, Miss Farrow. 165 00:06:41,618 --> 00:06:43,228 [sniffles] 166 00:06:45,013 --> 00:06:46,710 AMY ANN: Miss Farrow, I'm-I'm so sorry 167 00:06:46,754 --> 00:06:49,017 for the loss of your friend. 168 00:06:49,931 --> 00:06:51,498 You were good friends, weren't you? 169 00:06:51,541 --> 00:06:53,108 We were. 170 00:06:53,151 --> 00:06:55,458 So you knew she had a heart condition? Tachycardia. 171 00:06:55,502 --> 00:06:57,547 -Can you tell us... -Objection, Your Honor. That has 172 00:06:57,591 --> 00:06:59,419 -Objection. Under the eggsh... -nothing to do with what we're... 173 00:06:59,462 --> 00:07:01,899 Wait, wait, wait, wait. You're on the same side, you two. 174 00:07:03,510 --> 00:07:06,991 Your Honor, under the eggshell doctrine, it is irrelevant 175 00:07:07,035 --> 00:07:08,645 whether Antoinette had a heart condition. 176 00:07:08,689 --> 00:07:12,432 What does matter is that the defendant caused the injury. 177 00:07:12,475 --> 00:07:14,346 Your Honor, we would argue that the stun gun 178 00:07:14,390 --> 00:07:16,218 wasn't the true cause of death. Her heart condition was. 179 00:07:16,261 --> 00:07:18,307 Okay, well, good for you two. 180 00:07:18,350 --> 00:07:20,396 You both got your statements out to the jury. 181 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,094 Overruled. The defense may argue causation. 182 00:07:23,138 --> 00:07:25,183 -Please continue. -Ms. Farrow, 183 00:07:25,227 --> 00:07:26,576 did Antoinette's heart condition 184 00:07:26,620 --> 00:07:29,187 mean she was supposed to avoid overexertion? 185 00:07:29,231 --> 00:07:32,060 She had a heart arrhythmia, but she was careful. 186 00:07:32,103 --> 00:07:35,542 That cop put 50,000 volts through her. 187 00:07:35,585 --> 00:07:36,717 Right, that cop. 188 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,327 Let's talk about that cop. 189 00:07:38,370 --> 00:07:40,677 Ms. Farrow, this is your Instagram profile, isn't it? 190 00:07:40,721 --> 00:07:41,983 -Object-Obj... -Objection. 191 00:07:42,026 --> 00:07:43,550 Okay. Give me a hint, Counselors. 192 00:07:43,593 --> 00:07:45,421 -Relevance. -This is inflammatory. -Okay, okay. 193 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:47,510 So, what is going on over there? Do you need separate tables? 194 00:07:47,554 --> 00:07:49,599 -No, Your Honor. -Just objection. -You must know what's coming, 195 00:07:49,643 --> 00:07:52,123 because I don't. Overruled. 196 00:07:52,167 --> 00:07:55,518 On Instagram, you quote these rap lyrics, 197 00:07:55,562 --> 00:07:58,042 "Fuck the cops like porn stars, 198 00:07:58,086 --> 00:08:00,044 keeping us caged behind bars." 199 00:08:00,088 --> 00:08:01,655 Objection, Your Honor. 200 00:08:01,698 --> 00:08:02,873 It speaks to the witness' bias. 201 00:08:02,917 --> 00:08:04,222 To quote rap lyrics? No. 202 00:08:04,266 --> 00:08:06,529 No. That shows the counselor's racism. 203 00:08:06,573 --> 00:08:09,010 Oh, that's right, everything you don't like is racist. 204 00:08:09,053 --> 00:08:11,360 The Supreme Court ruled that rap lyrics can be 205 00:08:11,403 --> 00:08:14,058 -considered criminal evidence. -No, they merely declined to reverse. 206 00:08:14,102 --> 00:08:15,799 And you're going one step further 207 00:08:15,843 --> 00:08:17,366 to damn someone who quotes the lyrics. 208 00:08:17,409 --> 00:08:20,064 -I'm not damning. -Okay, I'm-I'm gonna talk now. 209 00:08:20,108 --> 00:08:22,632 I don't like this like this line of reasoning, Counselor. 210 00:08:22,676 --> 00:08:26,506 I have quoted Johnny Cash's song about shooting a man in Reno. 211 00:08:26,549 --> 00:08:28,769 Does that go to my character? I hope not. 212 00:08:28,812 --> 00:08:32,033 Sustained. Let's move on. 213 00:08:32,860 --> 00:08:35,558 Professors expect students to be respectful. 214 00:08:35,602 --> 00:08:37,299 I don't think it's too much to expect 215 00:08:37,342 --> 00:08:39,997 that our teachers be respectful in return. 216 00:08:40,781 --> 00:08:42,434 Okay, got it. 217 00:08:42,478 --> 00:08:44,045 And that irritated you? 218 00:08:44,088 --> 00:08:45,699 It more than irritated me. 219 00:08:45,742 --> 00:08:47,265 I-I found the word offensive. 220 00:08:47,309 --> 00:08:50,486 So you decided to call Professor Henrietta Michaels out? 221 00:08:50,530 --> 00:08:52,749 Well, I just reported it. 222 00:08:52,793 --> 00:08:54,316 I mean, the word is self-explanatory. 223 00:08:54,359 --> 00:08:57,188 -It's a triggering word. -Here's the text of your tweet. 224 00:08:57,232 --> 00:08:59,103 Can you read it for His Honor? 225 00:08:59,147 --> 00:09:02,411 "How does Professor Michaels think it's okay in 2021 226 00:09:02,454 --> 00:09:04,761 to use a word so similar to the N-word?" 227 00:09:04,805 --> 00:09:07,372 So, at this point, I think we need to talk about the word 228 00:09:07,416 --> 00:09:09,549 itself and how we're gonna continue to refer to it. 229 00:09:09,592 --> 00:09:12,029 Our handy graphics team at Copy Coop-- 230 00:09:12,073 --> 00:09:14,858 20% off on all large orders until Friday-- 231 00:09:14,902 --> 00:09:17,557 has put the word on our display. 232 00:09:18,601 --> 00:09:19,820 That's the word. 233 00:09:19,863 --> 00:09:21,473 I feel like a little duck should come down. 234 00:09:21,517 --> 00:09:22,866 "You say the magic word, you collect a $100." 235 00:09:22,910 --> 00:09:24,433 [gallery laughs] 236 00:09:24,476 --> 00:09:26,870 Sorry, millennials, you can look that one up. 237 00:09:26,914 --> 00:09:29,307 Anyway, from now on, 238 00:09:29,351 --> 00:09:33,398 I think we should refer to the word as... 239 00:09:33,442 --> 00:09:35,226 um... 240 00:09:35,270 --> 00:09:36,880 I don't know. Thoughts? 241 00:09:36,924 --> 00:09:39,056 N-word-ly? 242 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:40,971 -Inelegant, but sure. -CORD: Uh, Your Honor, 243 00:09:41,015 --> 00:09:44,801 defense feels that any euphemism for the word 244 00:09:44,845 --> 00:09:47,195 in question, uh, biases the court against 245 00:09:47,238 --> 00:09:50,677 my client's honest use of said word. 246 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,593 "Said word?" Seriously? 247 00:09:53,636 --> 00:09:57,161 -It's powdered-wig time, my friend. -Oh, no. Your Honor, really? 248 00:09:57,205 --> 00:10:00,034 No obtuse use of language or Latin. 249 00:10:00,077 --> 00:10:02,036 You know the penalty. 250 00:10:02,863 --> 00:10:04,299 Thank you, Dean. 251 00:10:04,342 --> 00:10:06,301 Very becoming. Since I am 252 00:10:06,344 --> 00:10:09,043 the court, I will swear to you, 253 00:10:09,086 --> 00:10:11,175 I will not be biased by said word. 254 00:10:11,219 --> 00:10:13,700 "N-word-ly" it is. 255 00:10:13,743 --> 00:10:15,484 Go ahead, Prosecutor. 256 00:10:15,527 --> 00:10:17,965 And you found her use of that word-- 257 00:10:18,008 --> 00:10:21,664 -notice I didn't say "said word." -Always in awe, Counselor. 258 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:22,883 You found it offensive? 259 00:10:22,926 --> 00:10:24,798 Yes. 260 00:10:24,841 --> 00:10:26,887 Good. I think that's it. 261 00:10:26,930 --> 00:10:28,366 No more questions. 262 00:10:28,410 --> 00:10:30,673 -De lege lata.That was a joke. -I don't care. 263 00:10:30,717 --> 00:10:32,283 -That's why we have two. Dean. -No, no, no, 264 00:10:32,327 --> 00:10:35,069 -that was a joke, I... No. -Come on, Marissa. 265 00:10:35,112 --> 00:10:37,201 CORD: Now, Camille, you are aware the word-- 266 00:10:37,245 --> 00:10:38,855 -what is it? -N-word-ly. 267 00:10:38,899 --> 00:10:42,380 N-word-ly-- you are aware that it simply means "stingy"? 268 00:10:42,424 --> 00:10:44,034 -Right? -CAMILLE: Yes. 269 00:10:44,078 --> 00:10:45,862 And that it comes from an Old Norse word, 270 00:10:45,906 --> 00:10:47,951 "nigla," meaning "poor" 271 00:10:47,995 --> 00:10:52,173 -and it has the same root as the word "niggle"? -Yes. 272 00:10:52,216 --> 00:10:54,915 So, if Professor Michaels had said the word "niggle" 273 00:10:54,958 --> 00:10:57,395 -would you have felt offended? -No. 274 00:10:57,439 --> 00:10:59,484 -Why not? -It wouldn't sound like 275 00:10:59,528 --> 00:11:01,704 -the "N-word." -So it doesn't matter 276 00:11:01,748 --> 00:11:03,445 that the word in question 277 00:11:03,488 --> 00:11:05,577 has no racial connotations whatsoever? 278 00:11:05,621 --> 00:11:07,884 CAMILLE: Given how it sounds, the word definitely 279 00:11:07,928 --> 00:11:09,494 has racial connotations, 280 00:11:09,538 --> 00:11:11,105 whether you're prepared to acknowledge that or not. 281 00:11:11,148 --> 00:11:14,195 But the etymology of the word is non-racial. 282 00:11:14,238 --> 00:11:16,371 I'm not an expert in etymology, 283 00:11:16,414 --> 00:11:19,722 but I do know something about people using the N-word. 284 00:11:20,854 --> 00:11:24,509 Camille, before you tweeted about Professor Michaels' 285 00:11:24,553 --> 00:11:26,598 use of N-word-ly, 286 00:11:26,642 --> 00:11:29,253 wasn't there something else she did that upset you? 287 00:11:29,297 --> 00:11:32,256 -CAMILLE: I'm not sure what you're talking about. -CORD: Well, you asked her twice 288 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:34,302 for an extension on your term paper. 289 00:11:37,784 --> 00:11:38,915 Yeah-huh. 290 00:11:38,959 --> 00:11:40,264 And she said no. 291 00:11:40,308 --> 00:11:43,485 And when you did turn in the term paper late 292 00:11:43,528 --> 00:11:46,227 anyway, what grade did you get? 293 00:11:46,270 --> 00:11:47,750 -She gave me a C. -CORD: And isn't that 294 00:11:47,794 --> 00:11:50,884 really the reason that you wanted to get her fired? 295 00:11:50,927 --> 00:11:52,276 No. 296 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:53,756 Can't you object or something? 297 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,716 -This has nothing to do with it. -Even if she did object, 298 00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:58,195 you'd still have to answer the question. 299 00:11:58,239 --> 00:11:59,762 This court is bullshit. 300 00:11:59,806 --> 00:12:02,243 You want to clear her so she can get her job back, 301 00:12:02,286 --> 00:12:04,201 but she knew what she was doing using that word. 302 00:12:04,245 --> 00:12:06,508 -No, I didn't. -Come on. 303 00:12:06,551 --> 00:12:09,206 You think college is meant to be a warm, cuddly place 304 00:12:09,250 --> 00:12:10,730 -where you're not challenged. -No, 305 00:12:10,773 --> 00:12:13,558 I just don't want to spend my day being offended. 306 00:12:13,602 --> 00:12:15,778 These are the words that make up the English language. 307 00:12:15,822 --> 00:12:17,519 They exist. 308 00:12:17,562 --> 00:12:19,869 They don't mean what you think they mean. 309 00:12:19,913 --> 00:12:21,784 -And that is education. -No. 310 00:12:21,828 --> 00:12:25,788 An education is living in now, not in the 16th century. 311 00:12:25,832 --> 00:12:28,486 WACKNER: Okay, good. That was illuminating. 312 00:12:28,530 --> 00:12:30,706 You can step down now. Thank you, my dear. 313 00:12:36,407 --> 00:12:38,670 Fuck you. You're not even trying. 314 00:12:47,070 --> 00:12:49,116 The optics matter. 315 00:12:49,159 --> 00:12:50,813 Racially. 316 00:12:50,857 --> 00:12:53,163 I agree. 317 00:12:53,207 --> 00:12:55,949 Some of the jurors may react to a woman 318 00:12:55,992 --> 00:12:58,212 interrogating a man, period. 319 00:12:58,255 --> 00:13:00,214 Well, we're both women. 320 00:13:00,257 --> 00:13:01,781 That... that can't be helped. 321 00:13:01,824 --> 00:13:04,522 Some of the jurors may feel more comfortable 322 00:13:04,566 --> 00:13:06,002 if, um... 323 00:13:06,046 --> 00:13:08,265 if I question the cop. 324 00:13:09,745 --> 00:13:10,833 'Cause you're white? 325 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:13,749 Yes. I'm just speaking pragmatically. 326 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:16,665 They may not think I have as big a dog in the fight. 327 00:13:17,927 --> 00:13:20,625 And, on the other hand, some jurors might appreciate 328 00:13:20,669 --> 00:13:23,280 that I dohave a dog in the fight. 329 00:13:23,324 --> 00:13:26,066 Okay. Well, I could be more dispassionate. 330 00:13:26,109 --> 00:13:28,198 Do we want dispassionate? 331 00:13:30,940 --> 00:13:34,465 Liz, you're shoving me out of my name partner position 332 00:13:34,509 --> 00:13:36,903 -because of my race. -I am doing nothing. 333 00:13:36,946 --> 00:13:40,080 You are the one who got our racist clients 334 00:13:40,123 --> 00:13:41,559 to whine to STR Laurie about us. 335 00:13:41,603 --> 00:13:43,300 Those clients bring in a great deal of money, 336 00:13:43,344 --> 00:13:44,388 and they are not racists. 337 00:13:44,432 --> 00:13:46,303 Oh, are you fucking kidding me? 338 00:13:46,347 --> 00:13:47,827 They have been my clients for 15 years. 339 00:13:47,870 --> 00:13:49,263 That's what it was about. 340 00:13:49,306 --> 00:13:51,091 Are you saying that-that if you were being replaced 341 00:13:51,134 --> 00:13:53,571 by another white partner they would have the same objection? 342 00:13:53,615 --> 00:13:56,226 I'm saying... maybe they worry about racial grudges. 343 00:13:56,270 --> 00:13:58,359 -Oh, my God. -I mean, what do you call 344 00:13:58,402 --> 00:14:00,535 pushing me out of a-a... of a name partnership 345 00:14:00,578 --> 00:14:03,799 -that I worked for? -That you felt entitled to. 346 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:05,670 Excuse me? 347 00:14:05,714 --> 00:14:06,846 Really? 348 00:14:06,889 --> 00:14:07,977 That's what you think? 349 00:14:08,021 --> 00:14:09,718 Yeah. 350 00:14:09,761 --> 00:14:12,764 I think that Barbara Kolstad was shoved out 351 00:14:12,808 --> 00:14:14,854 because you felt entitled to her position. 352 00:14:15,724 --> 00:14:19,467 Fine. Let's finish this case, because here's the problem: 353 00:14:19,510 --> 00:14:22,383 We can't work together if you don't respect me. 354 00:14:22,426 --> 00:14:25,734 No, we can't work together if you use race cynically. 355 00:14:25,777 --> 00:14:27,083 Oh, fine. 356 00:14:27,127 --> 00:14:30,043 You cross-examine him, because this is bullshit. 357 00:14:30,086 --> 00:14:31,435 This is motherfucking bullshit. 358 00:14:31,479 --> 00:14:33,916 You want to come after me, you come after me 359 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,615 with an honest argument about my lack of competence, 360 00:14:37,659 --> 00:14:40,401 -my lack of worth. -Your unworthiness-- 361 00:14:40,444 --> 00:14:42,925 which you don't seem to want to acknowledge-- 362 00:14:42,969 --> 00:14:46,842 is you can't be the top dog in a Black firm. 363 00:14:50,193 --> 00:14:52,239 Wake up. 364 00:14:57,679 --> 00:14:59,942 AMY ANN: Ever shoot anybody? 365 00:14:59,986 --> 00:15:01,291 No, ma'am. 366 00:15:01,335 --> 00:15:02,989 Not in 11 years of service. 367 00:15:03,032 --> 00:15:05,905 Other than on the occasion of Antoinette Lacey's passing, 368 00:15:05,948 --> 00:15:07,297 had you ever used your stun gun? 369 00:15:07,341 --> 00:15:09,560 Never, and... 370 00:15:09,604 --> 00:15:11,693 I hope to God I never do again. 371 00:15:11,736 --> 00:15:13,651 AMY ANN: Did anyone tell you 372 00:15:13,695 --> 00:15:15,523 that Antoinette Lacey had a heart condition? 373 00:15:15,566 --> 00:15:19,135 McFINLEY: No. No one did. 374 00:15:19,179 --> 00:15:21,181 I just... 375 00:15:30,190 --> 00:15:32,148 So, other than killing an unarmed girl, 376 00:15:32,192 --> 00:15:34,977 -AMY ANN: Object to "killed." -you never used your stun gun? 377 00:15:35,021 --> 00:15:37,458 -Yeah, Counselor, rephrase. -LIZ: So, other than using 378 00:15:37,501 --> 00:15:39,764 lethal force on an unarmed girl, 379 00:15:39,808 --> 00:15:42,158 you only faced disciplinary action 380 00:15:42,202 --> 00:15:43,638 for violent behavior once? 381 00:15:43,681 --> 00:15:45,248 I'm not sure what you're referring to. 382 00:15:45,292 --> 00:15:47,947 In February, 2019, 383 00:15:47,990 --> 00:15:50,862 did Chicago PD respond to a report 384 00:15:50,906 --> 00:15:52,560 of a domestic dispute at your house? 385 00:15:52,603 --> 00:15:54,344 Objection. Your Honor, Officer McFinley 386 00:15:54,388 --> 00:15:55,955 isn't on trial for his personal life. 387 00:15:55,998 --> 00:15:58,392 No, he's on trial for being a violent cop. 388 00:15:58,435 --> 00:16:00,524 Overruled. The witness may answer. 389 00:16:01,395 --> 00:16:03,136 [scoffs] It wasn't... 390 00:16:03,179 --> 00:16:04,702 It was an argument. 391 00:16:04,746 --> 00:16:05,965 My wife... 392 00:16:06,008 --> 00:16:07,009 My ex-wife... 393 00:16:07,053 --> 00:16:08,706 We had a fight, 394 00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:10,404 not a physical one, verbal. 395 00:16:10,447 --> 00:16:13,276 -So it was just a noise disturbance? -Yes. 396 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,887 -Your Honor... -Uh, Your... Your Honor, 397 00:16:15,931 --> 00:16:18,020 we would like to call our next witness, 398 00:16:18,064 --> 00:16:19,456 Officer McFinley's ex-wife, 399 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:20,849 -Vanessa McFinley. -AMY ANN: Your Honor, 400 00:16:20,892 --> 00:16:22,590 Ms. McFinley was not on the witness list. 401 00:16:22,633 --> 00:16:24,505 DIANE: She doesn't need to be. She's being used 402 00:16:24,548 --> 00:16:26,898 to rebut Officer McFinley's testimony. 403 00:16:26,942 --> 00:16:29,205 -The testimony he just swore to. -I'm sorry, just a moment, 404 00:16:29,249 --> 00:16:31,425 -Ms. McFinley. -AMY ANN: Your Honor, I know that 405 00:16:31,468 --> 00:16:32,904 with your politics you lean 406 00:16:32,948 --> 00:16:34,819 -to the worldview of BLM... -No, no, 407 00:16:34,863 --> 00:16:36,473 Counselor, please don't try that. 408 00:16:36,517 --> 00:16:38,649 Then we ask for a recess to review with our client. 409 00:16:38,693 --> 00:16:40,216 They can review all they want. 410 00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:42,784 It's not gonna change what's been said on the stand. 411 00:16:42,827 --> 00:16:45,004 Well, still, Ms. Reddick, um... 412 00:16:45,047 --> 00:16:47,528 let's adjourn to tomorrow morning. 413 00:16:47,571 --> 00:16:49,530 [strikes gavel] 414 00:16:49,573 --> 00:16:52,315 Well, it was a good try to get her in today. 415 00:16:52,359 --> 00:16:53,882 Yeah, well, whether we get her in today 416 00:16:53,925 --> 00:16:57,320 or tomorrow, it doesn't matter. She's a slam dunk. 417 00:17:02,847 --> 00:17:04,197 Nicholas Dupont. 418 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:05,807 I represent comedians. 419 00:17:06,634 --> 00:17:09,332 I want to help anyone who's serious about comedy 420 00:17:09,376 --> 00:17:10,638 and his career. 421 00:17:12,379 --> 00:17:14,946 -His career but not her career? -I... Uh, no, that's-that's not 422 00:17:14,990 --> 00:17:16,948 -what I was trying to say. -One for 423 00:17:16,992 --> 00:17:19,168 the prosecution, Dean. -NICHOLAS: No, no, wait. Now, she didn't 424 00:17:19,212 --> 00:17:21,779 -let me finish my statement. -Yes, she did, sir. 425 00:17:21,823 --> 00:17:24,739 And you revealed your mindset with a spontaneous utterance. 426 00:17:24,782 --> 00:17:26,393 Continue, Madame Prosecutor. 427 00:17:26,436 --> 00:17:28,960 -Miss Prosecutor. -Miss, my apologies. 428 00:17:29,004 --> 00:17:31,398 -MARISSA: Your clients include Joey Battle. -NICHOLAS: That's right. 429 00:17:31,441 --> 00:17:32,790 He's a very talented man. 430 00:17:32,834 --> 00:17:35,315 One of the funniest men alive. 431 00:17:36,142 --> 00:17:38,753 Did doing your best for Joey mean silencing 432 00:17:38,796 --> 00:17:40,494 June Barrow after he victimized her? 433 00:17:40,537 --> 00:17:42,365 Uh, objection to victimized. 434 00:17:42,409 --> 00:17:44,802 You only get three objections per day in my court, Mr. Cord. 435 00:17:44,846 --> 00:17:46,195 You sure you want to use it now? 436 00:17:46,239 --> 00:17:47,544 Uh... 437 00:17:47,588 --> 00:17:49,285 Objection withdrawn. 438 00:17:49,329 --> 00:17:51,331 I never silenced anyone. 439 00:17:51,374 --> 00:17:55,552 I have here an affidavit from Steve Brant at the Laugh Farm 440 00:17:55,596 --> 00:17:57,380 saying you explicitly told him 441 00:17:57,424 --> 00:17:59,252 to cancel June's upcoming booking. 442 00:17:59,295 --> 00:18:01,384 -NICHOLAS: Eh, he hates me. -MARISSA: Uh-huh. And you 443 00:18:01,428 --> 00:18:02,907 -apparently hate him. -Look, 444 00:18:02,951 --> 00:18:04,648 I might have called her a loose cannon. 445 00:18:04,692 --> 00:18:06,520 That's a possibilit... 446 00:18:06,563 --> 00:18:08,652 Look, uh... 447 00:18:08,696 --> 00:18:11,655 at the time, I had no idea there was any truth 448 00:18:11,699 --> 00:18:13,570 -to the allegations about Joey. -You didn't notice 449 00:18:13,614 --> 00:18:15,572 that June's story had uncanny similarities 450 00:18:15,616 --> 00:18:17,922 to stories told by other female comedians? 451 00:18:17,966 --> 00:18:20,099 I heard a rumor that Joey might have had an affair or two 452 00:18:20,142 --> 00:18:21,665 that went sour, but... 453 00:18:21,709 --> 00:18:25,582 I-I didn't understand the allegations, exactly. 454 00:18:25,626 --> 00:18:27,106 You never heard that he had a habit 455 00:18:27,149 --> 00:18:29,064 of inviting women to his dressing room, 456 00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:31,110 blocking the door, and then masturbating 457 00:18:31,153 --> 00:18:33,416 -into a potted ficus? -Absolutely not. 458 00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:36,158 So it's just a coincidence that at your 2015 holiday party 459 00:18:36,202 --> 00:18:37,855 you made a joke that people should keep Joey 460 00:18:37,899 --> 00:18:40,075 away from the Christmas tree? 461 00:18:41,685 --> 00:18:43,600 -[soft chuckle] -[ding] 462 00:18:43,644 --> 00:18:47,691 I think this deserves two slashes, Dean. 463 00:18:49,084 --> 00:18:50,651 Marissa. 464 00:18:50,694 --> 00:18:53,001 Use me however you want. I'm in. 465 00:18:53,044 --> 00:18:54,176 -Really? -Yes. 466 00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:56,787 Oh! Thank you. 467 00:18:56,831 --> 00:18:58,180 Hey. 468 00:18:58,224 --> 00:19:00,617 Where was that passion in the N-word case? 469 00:19:01,749 --> 00:19:04,969 Oh, I guess I feel like it's not the N-word. 470 00:19:05,013 --> 00:19:06,319 It is. 471 00:19:06,362 --> 00:19:08,451 It always is. 472 00:19:13,891 --> 00:19:15,415 [elevator bell dings] 473 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:30,169 ♪ 474 00:19:38,786 --> 00:19:41,484 NEWSMAN: Witnesses heard the shooter yell, "That's for Antoinette," 475 00:19:41,528 --> 00:19:44,226 -an apparent reference to the ongoing -Oh, my God. 476 00:19:44,270 --> 00:19:45,836 -civil suit against the officer. -Diane, turn on the news. 477 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,534 In what is turning into a season of... 478 00:19:47,577 --> 00:19:49,362 ♪ 479 00:19:49,405 --> 00:19:53,192 Before two shots were fired at close range. 480 00:19:53,235 --> 00:19:55,150 The assailant is unknown and still at large. 481 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:57,587 Many wonder whether the ongoing brutality lawsuit 482 00:19:57,631 --> 00:19:59,589 against the city had something to do with 483 00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:02,113 the patrol officer's murder. 484 00:20:02,157 --> 00:20:03,941 Oh, fuck. 485 00:20:03,985 --> 00:20:06,944 Jesse McFinley was a father of four and a 15-year veteran 486 00:20:06,988 --> 00:20:09,643 of the Chicago Police Department. 487 00:20:14,169 --> 00:20:17,172 ♪ 488 00:20:44,982 --> 00:20:47,028 ♪ 489 00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:19,974 ♪ 490 00:21:37,557 --> 00:21:39,820 ♪ 491 00:21:55,096 --> 00:21:56,619 MARISSA: Do you guys have a minute? 492 00:21:56,663 --> 00:21:57,925 Sure. 493 00:22:00,275 --> 00:22:02,059 Remember how you told me how much you hate 494 00:22:02,103 --> 00:22:03,409 being Blackopedia for white people, 495 00:22:03,452 --> 00:22:04,975 explaining what is or isn't offensive? 496 00:22:05,019 --> 00:22:06,586 Yeah. 497 00:22:06,629 --> 00:22:09,806 I really need to ask you if something is or isn't offensive. 498 00:22:11,808 --> 00:22:13,723 We love playing this game with white allies. 499 00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:15,377 You can ask me about Jews any time you want. 500 00:22:15,421 --> 00:22:16,596 Just go. 501 00:22:16,639 --> 00:22:18,032 [exhales sharply] 502 00:22:18,075 --> 00:22:19,816 I'm prosecuting someone in Wackner's court 503 00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:21,731 who lost their professorship for saying a word. 504 00:22:21,775 --> 00:22:24,038 What word? 505 00:22:28,521 --> 00:22:29,652 Niggardly? 506 00:22:29,696 --> 00:22:30,784 As in "stingy"? 507 00:22:30,827 --> 00:22:32,960 Exactly. Is the word offensive? 508 00:22:33,003 --> 00:22:35,615 -No. It means stingy. -Wait... 509 00:22:35,658 --> 00:22:36,920 It's a medieval word 510 00:22:36,964 --> 00:22:38,879 that no one uses in casual conversation. 511 00:22:38,922 --> 00:22:41,403 -You really think it's offensive? -I think it's a microaggression. 512 00:22:41,447 --> 00:22:43,100 And microaggressions are like Pringles. 513 00:22:43,144 --> 00:22:45,320 You never have just one. If you mean "stingy"... 514 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:47,148 But don't you undercut the English language 515 00:22:47,191 --> 00:22:49,150 when you reduce the number of words we can use? 516 00:22:49,193 --> 00:22:50,281 Then create new ones! 517 00:22:50,325 --> 00:22:51,587 That's how language develops. 518 00:22:51,631 --> 00:22:53,894 -Why not do both? -Okay. 519 00:22:53,937 --> 00:22:56,287 -African Americans aren't monolithic. I get it. -[overlapping arguing] 520 00:22:56,331 --> 00:22:58,072 -No, Carmen is just weird. -No. 521 00:22:58,115 --> 00:23:00,988 I just don't have the same thin skin that you do. 522 00:23:01,031 --> 00:23:02,859 -Really? Thin? Uh-huh. 523 00:23:02,903 --> 00:23:04,905 Not a Black person on earth would ever let that word slide. 524 00:23:04,948 --> 00:23:07,168 Thank you for supporting the monolithic argument, 525 00:23:07,211 --> 00:23:09,388 but I think it has nothing to do with that. 526 00:23:10,214 --> 00:23:13,479 Although I've asked you to ignore the news, 527 00:23:13,522 --> 00:23:18,005 you've probably heard by now that Officer McFinley 528 00:23:18,048 --> 00:23:20,442 -was killed last night. -[gasping] 529 00:23:20,486 --> 00:23:23,358 Our deepest sympathies go out to his family. 530 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:27,144 Nevertheless, uh, this case is not against him, 531 00:23:27,188 --> 00:23:29,930 it is against the Chicago PD. 532 00:23:29,973 --> 00:23:34,021 We must do our best to set aside emotions 533 00:23:34,064 --> 00:23:36,415 and look only at the facts. 534 00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:37,764 But first... 535 00:23:37,807 --> 00:23:40,114 a moment of silence 536 00:23:40,157 --> 00:23:43,465 feels appropriate. 537 00:23:54,824 --> 00:23:57,174 We're fucked. 538 00:23:58,088 --> 00:24:01,309 LIZ: Thank you for answering our questions, Ms. McFinley. 539 00:24:02,092 --> 00:24:05,182 Can you tell us about your ex-husband's violence 540 00:24:05,226 --> 00:24:07,576 and the domestic abuse call? 541 00:24:08,751 --> 00:24:10,971 [sobbing]: He was a good man. 542 00:24:11,014 --> 00:24:12,625 [sniffling] 543 00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:14,061 When he got stressed out, 544 00:24:14,104 --> 00:24:16,498 it was only 'cause he was working too hard. 545 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:20,328 He put his life on the line every single day. 546 00:24:20,371 --> 00:24:23,113 But he-he, he did hit you? 547 00:24:23,157 --> 00:24:25,725 I'm so sorry, Jess. 548 00:24:25,768 --> 00:24:27,988 I'm so sorry. Oh, my God. 549 00:24:28,031 --> 00:24:29,511 You didn't deserve it. 550 00:24:30,686 --> 00:24:32,514 [murmuring] 551 00:24:32,558 --> 00:24:34,603 [sobbing] 552 00:24:37,171 --> 00:24:39,913 Mr. McFinley's death, in the middle of this case, 553 00:24:39,956 --> 00:24:41,741 has clearly prejudiced this jury. 554 00:24:41,784 --> 00:24:43,003 Why would you think that? 555 00:24:43,046 --> 00:24:44,265 Oh, come on. 556 00:24:44,308 --> 00:24:45,745 Not a great argument, Counselor. 557 00:24:45,788 --> 00:24:47,703 I'm going to need something more than "Come on." 558 00:24:47,747 --> 00:24:48,835 We're worried that the jury 559 00:24:48,878 --> 00:24:50,358 won't base their decision on fact. 560 00:24:50,401 --> 00:24:51,925 They're gonna base it on McFinley being violently killed. 561 00:24:51,968 --> 00:24:53,535 You were never basing this on the facts. 562 00:24:53,579 --> 00:24:54,928 You were basing this on the emotions 563 00:24:54,971 --> 00:24:56,233 for that poor Black girl. 564 00:24:56,277 --> 00:24:57,844 -[overlapping chatter] -Okay, thank you. 565 00:24:57,887 --> 00:24:59,715 I'm-I'm just gonna keep talking until somebody listens. 566 00:24:59,759 --> 00:25:02,239 So, I'm just talking, talking. Words, words, words. 567 00:25:02,283 --> 00:25:04,154 I'm calling a voir dire de novo. 568 00:25:04,198 --> 00:25:05,808 I know. I know. 569 00:25:05,852 --> 00:25:07,331 I've never done this before. 570 00:25:07,375 --> 00:25:09,072 A voir dire, mid-trial, 571 00:25:09,116 --> 00:25:10,987 you can re-question the jury in chambers. 572 00:25:11,031 --> 00:25:12,902 You can ask them if they're watching the news 573 00:25:12,946 --> 00:25:14,600 and find out how they're impacted. 574 00:25:14,643 --> 00:25:17,298 And if they are impacted, you will declare a mistrial? 575 00:25:17,341 --> 00:25:18,560 I don't know what I'll do. 576 00:25:18,604 --> 00:25:20,606 You can solve this, though. You know? 577 00:25:20,649 --> 00:25:25,219 You three can come up with some kind of negotiated settlement. 578 00:25:25,262 --> 00:25:26,263 That's my recommendation. 579 00:25:26,307 --> 00:25:28,570 But what do I know? 580 00:25:28,614 --> 00:25:32,052 Joey invited comedians to his dressing room for drinks 581 00:25:32,095 --> 00:25:33,793 after shows sometimes. 582 00:25:33,836 --> 00:25:35,055 Hey, Joey. 583 00:25:35,098 --> 00:25:36,970 I was excited when he invited me. 584 00:25:37,013 --> 00:25:39,233 I thought, finally, I'm in the inner circle. 585 00:25:39,276 --> 00:25:41,931 I didn't realize it would just be me and Joey. 586 00:25:41,975 --> 00:25:43,324 Can you tell us what happened next? 587 00:25:43,367 --> 00:25:46,066 He asked if he could... 588 00:25:46,109 --> 00:25:47,894 [sighs] 589 00:25:47,937 --> 00:25:49,504 jerk off in front of me. 590 00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:51,898 I thought it was a joke, so I laughed. 591 00:25:51,941 --> 00:25:53,073 But then he did it. 592 00:25:53,116 --> 00:25:54,553 I just stood there. 593 00:25:54,596 --> 00:25:56,903 Like it was some kind of an initiation. 594 00:25:56,946 --> 00:25:58,600 Did you tell anyone what happened? 595 00:25:58,644 --> 00:25:59,601 I told everyone, 596 00:25:59,645 --> 00:26:02,038 and they all blamed me. 597 00:26:02,082 --> 00:26:03,562 The men especially. 598 00:26:03,605 --> 00:26:04,998 They just looked at me like I compelled Joey 599 00:26:05,041 --> 00:26:06,347 to quick masturbate. 600 00:26:06,390 --> 00:26:08,741 My manager told me to shut my mouth, 601 00:26:08,784 --> 00:26:10,438 -or it would ruin my career. -And did it? 602 00:26:10,481 --> 00:26:13,310 The first gig I had as a headliner got canceled. 603 00:26:14,268 --> 00:26:16,052 Things went south after that. 604 00:26:16,096 --> 00:26:18,141 Has your career ever rebounded? 605 00:26:18,185 --> 00:26:19,882 Fuck no. Hmm-mm. 606 00:26:19,926 --> 00:26:21,754 I'm sorry, June. 607 00:26:21,797 --> 00:26:24,104 Nothing further. 608 00:26:28,935 --> 00:26:30,458 Ms. Barrow, 609 00:26:30,501 --> 00:26:35,289 you had a headliner gig canceled on July 11, 2019? 610 00:26:35,332 --> 00:26:37,639 -Is that right? -Uh-huh. 611 00:26:37,683 --> 00:26:40,860 I'd like to read a review from a prior gig on July 10th. 612 00:26:40,903 --> 00:26:44,385 "While June Barrow has been described as a rising star, 613 00:26:44,428 --> 00:26:47,431 "she proved tonight how easy it is to mistake 614 00:26:47,475 --> 00:26:49,433 a low-flying satellite for a distant sun." 615 00:26:49,477 --> 00:26:51,653 Ms. Barrow, your headliner gig 616 00:26:51,697 --> 00:26:53,524 was canceled because of bad reviews. 617 00:26:53,568 --> 00:26:55,352 -Wasn't it? -Comics get bad reviews all the time. 618 00:26:55,396 --> 00:26:56,745 Have you read Joey Battle's? 619 00:26:56,789 --> 00:26:58,617 Well, why don't you show us your act then? 620 00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:00,053 Let the court see just how funny you are. 621 00:27:00,096 --> 00:27:01,489 -Objection. -[Wackner murmurs] 622 00:27:01,532 --> 00:27:03,273 [chuckling]: That sounds like a good idea. 623 00:27:03,317 --> 00:27:04,492 It's irrelevant, Your Honor. 624 00:27:04,535 --> 00:27:06,450 This is the wrong venue, the wrong crowd. 625 00:27:06,494 --> 00:27:08,322 You-You've gotten tons of laughs in here. 626 00:27:08,365 --> 00:27:10,106 They were spontaneous. This is different. 627 00:27:10,150 --> 00:27:12,674 Marissa, you're flailing. 628 00:27:12,718 --> 00:27:14,545 You know what you get when you flail. 629 00:27:14,589 --> 00:27:15,982 I... Your Honor, I am not flailing. 630 00:27:16,025 --> 00:27:17,810 Put it on, Marissa. 631 00:27:17,853 --> 00:27:19,594 Come on. 632 00:27:20,943 --> 00:27:23,685 Okay, be seated. 633 00:27:23,729 --> 00:27:26,470 Okay, let's hear it. Tell us some jokes. 634 00:27:26,514 --> 00:27:29,386 -I'm not really a joke comedian. -What other kind is there? 635 00:27:29,430 --> 00:27:32,694 I tell stories about the frailty of being human. 636 00:27:32,738 --> 00:27:34,304 Oh, okay. Do that. 637 00:27:35,088 --> 00:27:37,220 [stammers] Uh... 638 00:27:38,308 --> 00:27:40,789 Ah, okay, uh... 639 00:27:40,833 --> 00:27:44,706 Uh, who came up with the term "rape fantasy"? 640 00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:48,362 I mean, what was that woman thinking? She should aim higher. 641 00:27:48,405 --> 00:27:50,190 One day I'm gonna win an Oscar and cure cancer, 642 00:27:50,233 --> 00:27:52,540 -and then... -[reserved chuckling] 643 00:27:52,583 --> 00:27:54,934 I love being a millennial. 644 00:27:54,977 --> 00:27:58,546 I can wake up late and blame everyone else for everything. 645 00:28:03,812 --> 00:28:05,074 Okay, Dean. 646 00:28:08,469 --> 00:28:11,080 Have a seat in the, uh, witness box, 647 00:28:11,124 --> 00:28:13,517 Juror Number Two. 648 00:28:13,561 --> 00:28:16,564 So, uh, the attorneys are gonna ask you some questions 649 00:28:16,607 --> 00:28:19,306 about recent events to see how you've been affected. 650 00:28:19,349 --> 00:28:20,829 Is that okay? 651 00:28:20,873 --> 00:28:24,485 You posted on Facebook after the McFinley killing. 652 00:28:24,528 --> 00:28:25,747 -Didn't you? -I guess. 653 00:28:25,791 --> 00:28:27,836 I talk to my grandkids every day. 654 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,229 Mm-hmm. You wrote, 655 00:28:29,272 --> 00:28:32,188 "People need to have respect for what cops do. 656 00:28:32,232 --> 00:28:34,103 A hero was gunned down." 657 00:28:34,147 --> 00:28:35,757 I just think he deserves a little respect. 658 00:28:35,801 --> 00:28:37,324 The man died. 659 00:28:37,367 --> 00:28:39,282 -Your Honor, we move to strike for cause. -Objection. 660 00:28:39,326 --> 00:28:40,762 This is all racial. 661 00:28:40,806 --> 00:28:43,678 It is not. She wrote in support of McFinley. 662 00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:46,333 Yeah. Yeah, I'll give it to you. Uh, juror dismissed. 663 00:28:46,376 --> 00:28:47,900 Let's get the next one in here. 664 00:28:47,943 --> 00:28:49,510 Thank you. Thank you. 665 00:28:51,251 --> 00:28:53,688 Didn't three Black students approach you 666 00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:55,734 about not repeating the word "N-word-ly"? 667 00:28:55,777 --> 00:28:59,259 Oh, they objected to many of the ways I taught. 668 00:28:59,302 --> 00:29:02,349 And, despite that, you used the word again, 669 00:29:02,392 --> 00:29:04,351 even though you were told it made them uncomfortable? 670 00:29:04,394 --> 00:29:06,788 Objection. Unduly argumentative. 671 00:29:06,832 --> 00:29:08,529 She didn't commit murder. 672 00:29:08,572 --> 00:29:11,445 True, but I love a good Socratic argument. Go for it. 673 00:29:11,488 --> 00:29:13,403 You used "N-word-ly" again, didn't you, Professor? 674 00:29:15,666 --> 00:29:18,408 I took it as a teaching moment. 675 00:29:18,452 --> 00:29:21,150 [stammering] I-I explained what the word meant, 676 00:29:21,194 --> 00:29:24,284 and, uh, I had to use the word in order to explain it. 677 00:29:24,327 --> 00:29:25,328 Even though you were asked to stop? 678 00:29:25,372 --> 00:29:26,765 I'm an educator. 679 00:29:26,808 --> 00:29:28,941 Challenging students is my responsibility. 680 00:29:28,984 --> 00:29:30,377 So you're trying to offend? 681 00:29:30,420 --> 00:29:33,075 No, but I am trying to prepare my students 682 00:29:33,119 --> 00:29:36,122 for a world that won't kowtow to their sensitivities. 683 00:29:36,165 --> 00:29:39,778 So you deliberately say things to trigger students? 684 00:29:39,821 --> 00:29:42,563 School is not a place to be comforted. 685 00:29:42,606 --> 00:29:43,956 It's a place to be challenged. 686 00:29:43,999 --> 00:29:46,915 Where do you draw the line between challenged 687 00:29:46,959 --> 00:29:48,177 and triggered? 688 00:29:48,221 --> 00:29:49,352 I don't. 689 00:29:49,396 --> 00:29:50,963 A-a-a class shouldn't be governed 690 00:29:51,006 --> 00:29:52,878 by the most fragile sensibility, 691 00:29:52,921 --> 00:29:56,882 or, or it would shy away from every difficult subject. 692 00:29:56,925 --> 00:29:59,928 A history class has to discuss rape 693 00:29:59,972 --> 00:30:01,669 when talking about war crimes. 694 00:30:01,712 --> 00:30:03,584 MARISSA: But it doesn't have to describe it in detail. 695 00:30:03,627 --> 00:30:06,674 It does if it wants the students to sympathize, 696 00:30:06,717 --> 00:30:09,285 to understand a victim's account. 697 00:30:09,329 --> 00:30:11,984 The only way to honor a victim 698 00:30:12,027 --> 00:30:14,638 might be to relate to her full account. 699 00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:17,598 Okay, I get that. 700 00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:20,557 But why not use the word "stingy" 701 00:30:20,601 --> 00:30:24,692 or "miserly" instead of "N-word-ly"? 702 00:30:24,735 --> 00:30:27,608 Because I like clarity in language. 703 00:30:27,651 --> 00:30:29,436 I like variety in language. 704 00:30:29,479 --> 00:30:33,527 And, and-and, yes, maybe I am pushing back a bit. 705 00:30:33,570 --> 00:30:34,876 Then why not use the N-word? 706 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,400 Could we have one questioner at a time? 707 00:30:37,444 --> 00:30:38,967 No, answer the question. 708 00:30:39,011 --> 00:30:41,404 If you want to push back, why not use the actual N-word? 709 00:30:42,231 --> 00:30:46,670 Because I'm not teaching the Civil War or Huckleberry Finn. 710 00:30:46,714 --> 00:30:48,934 MARISSA: And if you were, you might? 711 00:30:50,761 --> 00:30:52,328 Yes. 712 00:30:53,895 --> 00:30:55,114 Juror 14. 713 00:30:55,157 --> 00:30:57,594 Identifies as mixed race. 714 00:30:57,638 --> 00:30:59,205 Works at a food bank. 715 00:30:59,248 --> 00:31:00,946 Probably won't be able to knock him off. 716 00:31:00,989 --> 00:31:02,512 We're out of options. 717 00:31:02,556 --> 00:31:05,037 We need one more juror bumped to get our mistrial. 718 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,387 -I've checked. We don't have anything else. -[Diane groans] 719 00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:09,476 JULIUS: You need to see this. 720 00:31:09,519 --> 00:31:10,912 Oh, good God. What now? 721 00:31:10,956 --> 00:31:12,218 We're on the news. 722 00:31:12,261 --> 00:31:14,046 On? What does that mean? 723 00:31:14,089 --> 00:31:16,396 TED: Systemic racism. White privilege. 724 00:31:16,439 --> 00:31:20,226 We hear it from academics and Hollywood celebrities 725 00:31:20,269 --> 00:31:21,923 and basketball players. 726 00:31:21,967 --> 00:31:24,012 By the way, how many houses does LeBron James have? 727 00:31:24,056 --> 00:31:27,581 Now add to the list Marxist slip-and-fall lawyers 728 00:31:27,624 --> 00:31:29,931 from "Raddick"/Lockhart. 729 00:31:29,975 --> 00:31:32,629 You need to hear what one of these lawyers had to say 730 00:31:32,673 --> 00:31:34,631 about martyred Chicago police officer 731 00:31:34,675 --> 00:31:36,590 Jesse Patrick McFinley. 732 00:31:36,633 --> 00:31:39,419 Cops have not been held accountable for far too long, 733 00:31:39,462 --> 00:31:41,508 and now the bill is due. 734 00:31:41,551 --> 00:31:44,337 I made that statement before McFinley was killed. 735 00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:46,774 A cop gunned down in cold blood. 736 00:31:46,817 --> 00:31:48,776 And to lawyer Diane Lockhart, 737 00:31:48,819 --> 00:31:51,387 -Oh... -"The bill's come due." 738 00:31:51,431 --> 00:31:53,433 Was that not her finger on the trigger 739 00:31:53,476 --> 00:31:57,089 as much as whatever thug held the gun? 740 00:31:57,132 --> 00:31:58,612 I'm asking the question 741 00:31:58,655 --> 00:32:01,397 because that's what we do here. 742 00:32:01,441 --> 00:32:03,399 [Diane sighs] 743 00:32:03,443 --> 00:32:04,966 Maybe we could use this. 744 00:32:08,013 --> 00:32:09,275 With the judge? 745 00:32:09,318 --> 00:32:11,146 He hates Fox News. 746 00:32:11,190 --> 00:32:13,061 Maybe we could start over again with the jurors. 747 00:32:13,105 --> 00:32:16,586 Well, I'm glad you find something positive here. 748 00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:19,328 He just called you two co-assassins. 749 00:32:19,372 --> 00:32:21,765 We need to get you security. 750 00:32:30,383 --> 00:32:32,167 So one more juror. 751 00:32:32,211 --> 00:32:34,126 And we have our mistrial. 752 00:32:34,169 --> 00:32:35,605 That's doable. 753 00:32:36,345 --> 00:32:37,694 [elevator bell dings] 754 00:32:37,738 --> 00:32:39,696 [indistinct chatter] 755 00:32:39,740 --> 00:32:42,395 Stay close. [clears throat] 756 00:33:12,381 --> 00:33:13,948 BAILIFF: All rise. 757 00:33:17,778 --> 00:33:19,649 May we approach, Your Honor? 758 00:33:20,563 --> 00:33:22,652 Uh, sure. Yeah. Let's go ahead. 759 00:33:22,696 --> 00:33:25,394 You may be seated. Thank you. 760 00:33:28,354 --> 00:33:31,444 Your Honor, last night Ted Willoughby on Fox News... 761 00:33:31,487 --> 00:33:33,011 Yes, I-I know who he is. 762 00:33:33,054 --> 00:33:34,838 He accused the two of us of being complicit 763 00:33:34,882 --> 00:33:36,884 in the murder of Officer McFinley... 764 00:33:36,927 --> 00:33:38,799 Was this the first time someone on Fox was mean to you? 765 00:33:38,842 --> 00:33:41,802 We're concerned about his influence on the jury. 766 00:33:41,845 --> 00:33:43,586 We'd like to ask the jurors about it. 767 00:33:43,630 --> 00:33:45,545 Your Honor, we already went through the jurors. 768 00:33:45,588 --> 00:33:47,590 You ruled no mistrial. 769 00:33:47,634 --> 00:33:49,201 This is new influence. 770 00:33:49,244 --> 00:33:50,941 They just want another bite at the apple. 771 00:33:50,985 --> 00:33:52,508 They want to get one more juror bumped. 772 00:33:52,552 --> 00:33:55,076 We want an unbiased jury just like you do. 773 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,556 Just like His Honor does. 774 00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:58,993 And we don't want the influence of Fox News. 775 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,647 They're playing on your bias against Fox. 776 00:34:00,690 --> 00:34:05,565 Okay, uh, voir dire de novo et doctuse. 777 00:34:05,608 --> 00:34:08,002 That's Latin for "the sequel." 778 00:34:09,786 --> 00:34:12,050 Do you know who Ted Willoughby is? 779 00:34:12,093 --> 00:34:12,963 I do. 780 00:34:13,007 --> 00:34:14,182 And have you watched his show? 781 00:34:14,226 --> 00:34:15,749 Not has she watched his show, 782 00:34:15,792 --> 00:34:17,707 but has she watched his show last night? 783 00:34:17,751 --> 00:34:19,100 Okay, I'll ask. 784 00:34:19,144 --> 00:34:20,449 Have you watched the Ted Willoughby show 785 00:34:20,493 --> 00:34:21,450 in the last two days? 786 00:34:21,494 --> 00:34:22,582 Uh, no, I don't watch it. 787 00:34:22,625 --> 00:34:24,584 Some people from my church have, 788 00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:25,933 but I don't like it. 789 00:34:25,976 --> 00:34:27,587 And has anyone from your church told you 790 00:34:27,630 --> 00:34:29,110 that Ted Willoughby said that the two of us 791 00:34:29,154 --> 00:34:30,503 are responsible for the murder... 792 00:34:30,546 --> 00:34:31,895 She just said she didn't see it. 793 00:34:31,939 --> 00:34:33,114 Don't try to fill her in and create some bias 794 00:34:33,158 --> 00:34:34,724 where there is none. 795 00:34:34,768 --> 00:34:36,248 We take exception to that characterization, Your Honor. 796 00:34:36,291 --> 00:34:37,945 No, no, no, no, no, no. Come here. All of you. 797 00:34:37,988 --> 00:34:40,817 Uh, no, sorry. Not you. Uh, sorry, stay. 798 00:34:40,861 --> 00:34:43,124 Um, Counselors, you two are pushing it. 799 00:34:43,168 --> 00:34:45,083 You get to ask these jurors one question. 800 00:34:45,126 --> 00:34:47,085 Have they seen this reporter? And that's it. 801 00:34:47,128 --> 00:34:49,130 And whether they're intimidated by the presence of cops 802 00:34:49,174 --> 00:34:50,653 -in the courtroom. -Your Honor... 803 00:34:50,697 --> 00:34:52,133 No, that's a reasonable question. 804 00:34:52,177 --> 00:34:54,657 And if we get noes from the jurors, we move on. 805 00:34:54,701 --> 00:34:56,964 -Understood? -DIANE AND LIZ: Yes. 806 00:34:57,007 --> 00:34:59,140 -[elevator bell dings] -LIZ: That didn't go well. 807 00:34:59,184 --> 00:35:00,620 Okay. What now? 808 00:35:00,663 --> 00:35:02,187 Prepare for trial. 809 00:35:02,230 --> 00:35:03,971 I'll see if the jurors' answers check out. 810 00:35:04,014 --> 00:35:06,147 -[elevator bell dings] -[indistinct chatter] 811 00:35:06,191 --> 00:35:08,584 [sighs] This is odd. The case I didn't care about 812 00:35:08,628 --> 00:35:11,413 is going well, and the one I do care about is cratering. 813 00:35:11,457 --> 00:35:12,893 -Did you see that guy? -No. 814 00:35:12,936 --> 00:35:15,548 -What? -It was Joey Battle. 815 00:35:19,682 --> 00:35:21,423 What was Joey Battle doing here? 816 00:35:21,467 --> 00:35:22,859 He met with David Lee. 817 00:35:22,903 --> 00:35:25,166 He's negotiating a contract with Del Cooper. 818 00:35:27,864 --> 00:35:29,866 Del Cooper to the stand. 819 00:35:29,910 --> 00:35:31,651 I'm sorry, you want... 820 00:35:31,694 --> 00:35:33,174 Del Cooper. 821 00:35:33,218 --> 00:35:36,134 I know he can hear me, he's in the control room. 822 00:35:37,396 --> 00:35:38,832 Ah. See? Here he comes. 823 00:35:38,875 --> 00:35:40,442 Hey, Hal, uh, Your Honor, 824 00:35:40,486 --> 00:35:42,618 look, I'm really needed in the control room right now. 825 00:35:42,662 --> 00:35:44,490 If this is a TV show, yes. 826 00:35:44,533 --> 00:35:46,187 But if this is a court, no. 827 00:35:47,580 --> 00:35:49,016 Step up here, Del. 828 00:35:51,366 --> 00:35:53,194 [sighs] 829 00:35:55,065 --> 00:35:57,764 If I take the stand, then I'm breaking the fourth wall, 830 00:35:57,807 --> 00:35:59,244 and we don't want to do that. 831 00:35:59,287 --> 00:36:00,984 Nobody's breaking any walls. 832 00:36:01,028 --> 00:36:03,944 Sit down in the chair, and let her ask whatever she wants. 833 00:36:06,251 --> 00:36:08,209 Mr. Cooper, you had a conversation 834 00:36:08,253 --> 00:36:10,342 with Judge Wackner prior to this trial, didn't you? 835 00:36:10,385 --> 00:36:12,648 -Objection. -You were part of that conversation, Mr. Cord. 836 00:36:12,692 --> 00:36:14,041 So were you. 837 00:36:14,084 --> 00:36:15,999 Exactly. So we all have to be honest here. 838 00:36:16,043 --> 00:36:19,307 Mr. Cooper, you encouraged Judge Wackner 839 00:36:19,351 --> 00:36:21,353 to take this Joey Battle case, didn't you? 840 00:36:21,396 --> 00:36:22,919 I have to object, Your Honor. 841 00:36:22,963 --> 00:36:24,225 This court is entitled to adjudicate any dispute... 842 00:36:24,269 --> 00:36:25,879 Where are you going with this, Marissa? 843 00:36:25,922 --> 00:36:27,533 Mr. Cooper, you hoped to rehabilitate 844 00:36:27,576 --> 00:36:29,883 Joey Battle's career, isn't that right? 845 00:36:29,926 --> 00:36:32,320 So you could put him back on your streaming site 846 00:36:32,364 --> 00:36:35,193 for a stand-up you're recording in St. Louis in 14 days? 847 00:36:36,237 --> 00:36:37,412 No. 848 00:36:37,456 --> 00:36:39,371 I thought it would be good for this show. 849 00:36:39,414 --> 00:36:41,068 This show? 850 00:36:41,111 --> 00:36:43,723 This show, meaning Wackner's court? 851 00:36:43,766 --> 00:36:45,420 -This is a mistake, Marissa. -Is it? 852 00:36:45,464 --> 00:36:47,901 Aren't we just here to discover the truth, Your Honor? 853 00:36:47,944 --> 00:36:50,120 You have something to say to me, just say it. 854 00:36:50,164 --> 00:36:52,775 Have you prejudged this case? 855 00:36:54,299 --> 00:36:56,649 Are you questioning my integrity? 856 00:36:56,692 --> 00:36:57,867 I'm asking if you pre... 857 00:36:57,911 --> 00:36:59,782 No, goddamn it! 858 00:36:59,826 --> 00:37:04,613 You will answer my question before you ask me yours. 859 00:37:04,657 --> 00:37:07,094 If you've already decided how this case will end, 860 00:37:07,137 --> 00:37:09,183 Your Honor, if we're here to give Del the ending 861 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:11,359 he wants for his TV show and to make you rich and famous, 862 00:37:11,403 --> 00:37:13,579 -then, yes, I am questioning your integrity. -Put the cameras on. 863 00:37:13,622 --> 00:37:16,495 You pack up your things and you get the fuck out of here. 864 00:37:16,538 --> 00:37:21,282 The women who have trusted this court deserve representation. 865 00:37:21,326 --> 00:37:22,849 Well, you should've thought of that 866 00:37:22,892 --> 00:37:24,285 before you ran off your fucking mouth. 867 00:37:24,329 --> 00:37:26,374 Now, you get the hell out of my courtroom! 868 00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:31,161 Wow. 869 00:37:44,827 --> 00:37:47,830 [elevator clatters] 870 00:38:06,588 --> 00:38:08,982 [elevator bell dings] 871 00:38:09,025 --> 00:38:10,244 [Diane grunts softly] 872 00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:17,033 Oh, my God. 873 00:38:19,514 --> 00:38:20,776 It happened last night. 874 00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:22,648 Security doesn't know how they got in. 875 00:38:22,691 --> 00:38:23,823 Of course they don't. 876 00:38:23,866 --> 00:38:25,564 They suggest we call the cops. 877 00:38:25,607 --> 00:38:27,653 We're gonna have to paint. 878 00:38:27,696 --> 00:38:29,176 I called building maintenance. 879 00:38:29,219 --> 00:38:31,352 -They say we may have to wait. -What? Why? 880 00:38:31,396 --> 00:38:33,093 'Cause we're cop killers. 881 00:38:33,876 --> 00:38:35,008 Liz, Diane... 882 00:38:35,051 --> 00:38:37,184 I think you might want to see 883 00:38:37,227 --> 00:38:38,664 what Ted Willoughby's been saying lately. 884 00:38:38,707 --> 00:38:40,796 I think we get the idea, Julius. 885 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,451 No, this is something else. 886 00:38:43,495 --> 00:38:47,063 The man who gave his life to protect his fellow citizens 887 00:38:47,107 --> 00:38:50,458 is dead, but that's not enough for the two lawyers 888 00:38:50,502 --> 00:38:52,199 spitting on his grave. 889 00:38:52,242 --> 00:38:54,375 The militant Elizabeth Reddick, 890 00:38:54,419 --> 00:38:57,073 daughter of a disgraced civil rights leader, 891 00:38:57,117 --> 00:39:00,033 and liberal looney tune Diane Lockhart. 892 00:39:00,076 --> 00:39:03,036 If the name Diane Lockhart sounds familiar to you, 893 00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:04,994 that may be because of my colleague 894 00:39:05,038 --> 00:39:07,040 Duke Roscoe's discovery. 895 00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:11,218 He outed her 11 years ago as a closeted lesbian. 896 00:39:11,261 --> 00:39:14,439 Diane Lockhart is technically married, 897 00:39:14,482 --> 00:39:17,616 but to a man we rarely see. Why is that? 898 00:39:17,659 --> 00:39:20,140 Could it be that she has something more in common 899 00:39:20,183 --> 00:39:22,534 with someone else? 900 00:39:22,577 --> 00:39:24,144 Someone she works with? 901 00:39:24,187 --> 00:39:27,539 She and Liz Reddick appear to be inseparable. 902 00:39:27,582 --> 00:39:29,758 Is Liz Reddick Diane Lockhart's new lover? 903 00:39:29,802 --> 00:39:31,412 [laughing] 904 00:39:31,456 --> 00:39:33,371 I'm just asking questions. There's no way to know for sure, 905 00:39:33,414 --> 00:39:37,026 because Diane Lockhart and Liz Reddick won't tell us. 906 00:39:37,070 --> 00:39:38,463 [laughing hysterically] 907 00:39:38,506 --> 00:39:40,421 These two lipstick lawyers want the jury to 908 00:39:40,465 --> 00:39:44,120 believe their eyes when they look at fuzzy cell phone videos. 909 00:39:44,164 --> 00:39:46,688 Why don't they want us to believe our eyes 910 00:39:46,732 --> 00:39:48,429 when we look at them? 911 00:39:59,701 --> 00:40:00,876 So... 912 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,313 When do I get to meet your son? 913 00:40:05,490 --> 00:40:06,578 I don't know. 914 00:40:06,621 --> 00:40:07,666 Are we that serious? 915 00:40:07,709 --> 00:40:10,495 I don't know. You tell me. 916 00:40:10,538 --> 00:40:11,931 How's Diane? 917 00:40:11,974 --> 00:40:13,585 Mm-hmm. 918 00:40:13,628 --> 00:40:16,588 So, you're telling me, I have nothing to worry about? 919 00:40:16,631 --> 00:40:17,763 Okay, Diane and I, 920 00:40:17,806 --> 00:40:19,242 -we go a long way back. -Mm-hmm. 921 00:40:19,286 --> 00:40:21,244 All right? We didn't become lovers until after 922 00:40:21,288 --> 00:40:24,247 Trump was elected. It was a very experimental thing. 923 00:40:24,291 --> 00:40:25,423 [laughing] 924 00:40:25,466 --> 00:40:27,773 Yeah, so, uh... This is a bit, right? 925 00:40:27,816 --> 00:40:30,253 -Yeah, you'll never know. -Mm-hmm. 926 00:40:30,297 --> 00:40:31,646 I have ways of making you talk. 927 00:40:31,690 --> 00:40:34,344 -[chuckling] -[phone ringing] 928 00:40:35,128 --> 00:40:37,826 -[Del groans] -[phone continues ringing] 929 00:40:37,870 --> 00:40:40,350 Shit. 930 00:40:40,394 --> 00:40:42,309 Yeah, it's me. 931 00:40:42,352 --> 00:40:43,789 No. 932 00:40:43,832 --> 00:40:45,878 No, no, no. You tell him "no." 933 00:40:45,921 --> 00:40:47,619 I-I don't care if it's contractual. 934 00:40:47,662 --> 00:40:50,622 All right? I'm coming down right now. [laughs] 935 00:40:50,665 --> 00:40:51,797 Who was that? 936 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,929 That is my secret lover. 937 00:40:53,973 --> 00:40:56,889 -Huh? -My, uh, latest reality star. 938 00:40:56,932 --> 00:40:59,152 -Yeah. -Come here. 939 00:41:00,501 --> 00:41:02,242 Mm. [chuckles] 940 00:41:02,285 --> 00:41:05,680 WACKNER: Are you questioning my integrity? 941 00:41:05,724 --> 00:41:08,509 -I'm asking if you've pre... -No, goddamn it! 942 00:41:08,553 --> 00:41:12,644 You will answer my question before you ask me yours. 943 00:41:12,687 --> 00:41:14,472 MARISSA: If you've already decided 944 00:41:14,515 --> 00:41:16,430 how this case will end, Your Honor, 945 00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:18,519 if we're here to give Del the ending he wants 946 00:41:18,563 --> 00:41:20,521 for his TV show, and to make you rich and famous, 947 00:41:20,565 --> 00:41:23,481 then yes, I am questioning your integrity. 948 00:41:23,524 --> 00:41:25,657 You pack up your things, and you get the... 949 00:41:25,700 --> 00:41:27,963 Hey, hey, hey, man. 950 00:41:28,007 --> 00:41:29,399 -Judge. -Hmm? 951 00:41:29,443 --> 00:41:30,531 Look... 952 00:41:30,575 --> 00:41:32,751 you lost your temper. Okay? 953 00:41:32,794 --> 00:41:34,796 It's no big deal. 954 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,537 I'm Pol Pot. 955 00:41:36,581 --> 00:41:38,844 -I'm Ceausescu. -[scoffs] No. No. 956 00:41:38,887 --> 00:41:40,454 Man, look. 957 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:43,457 One of the biggest moments in reality TV history 958 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:47,983 was Tyra Banks losing her shit on America's Top Model. 959 00:41:48,027 --> 00:41:50,464 She had a meltdown. Meltdowns are good TV. 960 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:52,161 [line ringing] 961 00:41:52,205 --> 00:41:54,381 Pick up, Marissa. Pick up. 962 00:41:54,424 --> 00:41:56,514 Come on. Come on. 963 00:41:56,557 --> 00:41:58,037 Pick up. 964 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,300 [ringing] 965 00:42:05,435 --> 00:42:06,741 [sighs] I'm here. 966 00:42:06,785 --> 00:42:09,048 Hey... 967 00:42:09,091 --> 00:42:11,006 I want you to come back to court. 968 00:42:11,050 --> 00:42:12,399 I want you to finish your cases. 969 00:42:12,442 --> 00:42:13,661 Why? 970 00:42:13,705 --> 00:42:15,881 Because I made a mistake. 971 00:42:15,924 --> 00:42:17,578 I was an asshole. 972 00:42:17,622 --> 00:42:18,710 You were right. 973 00:42:18,753 --> 00:42:20,581 Do you want me to apologize? 974 00:42:20,625 --> 00:42:21,843 I will. 975 00:42:21,887 --> 00:42:23,584 Yeah, actually, I do. 976 00:42:23,628 --> 00:42:26,065 I'm sorry. 977 00:42:26,108 --> 00:42:28,023 I was biased. 978 00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:31,200 I won't be when you come back. 979 00:42:31,244 --> 00:42:33,638 I'm taking this seriously, Your Honor. 980 00:42:33,681 --> 00:42:35,204 I know you are. 981 00:42:35,248 --> 00:42:37,206 That's why I want you back. 982 00:42:37,250 --> 00:42:39,469 You got to finish it. 983 00:42:42,734 --> 00:42:44,605 [sighs] 984 00:42:44,649 --> 00:42:45,911 Thank you. Come in. 985 00:42:45,954 --> 00:42:50,655 Uh, hey. Thank you for stopping by. 986 00:42:50,698 --> 00:42:52,613 Um... 987 00:42:52,657 --> 00:42:54,528 I... 988 00:42:54,572 --> 00:42:57,575 I've been worried that I was insensitive, 989 00:42:57,618 --> 00:43:00,186 and I wanted to get a gut check from both of you. 990 00:43:00,229 --> 00:43:02,318 Sure, Your Honor. What is it? 991 00:43:02,362 --> 00:43:04,190 I've been watching the two of you throughout the case, 992 00:43:04,233 --> 00:43:06,366 and I realized, after what I heard last night, 993 00:43:06,409 --> 00:43:09,108 that, uh, your discomfort... 994 00:43:09,151 --> 00:43:11,806 made sense to me. 995 00:43:12,677 --> 00:43:17,290 [sighs] If my wife and I ever tried to work together, 996 00:43:17,333 --> 00:43:18,987 our relationship wouldn't last 997 00:43:19,031 --> 00:43:21,468 [chuckling]: ten minutes. 998 00:43:21,511 --> 00:43:24,384 So, yeah, more power to you. 999 00:43:24,427 --> 00:43:27,300 I just... I'm a great friend of the LGBTQ, 1000 00:43:27,343 --> 00:43:30,695 uh, plus, you know, community. 1001 00:43:30,738 --> 00:43:33,175 Thank you, Your Honor. 1002 00:43:34,829 --> 00:43:36,831 Yeah, um... 1003 00:43:36,875 --> 00:43:38,528 Yeah, actually, you know what? 1004 00:43:38,572 --> 00:43:40,792 Your Honor, there is, there is something that you could... 1005 00:43:40,835 --> 00:43:42,750 could settle for us. 1006 00:43:42,794 --> 00:43:44,317 Oh, great. Certainly. Yeah. 1007 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:46,798 One of the jurors, uh, the one from the church? 1008 00:43:47,712 --> 00:43:50,497 Uh, I think she's noticed how close we are together. 1009 00:43:50,540 --> 00:43:51,977 And, uh... 1010 00:43:52,020 --> 00:43:53,500 [whispering]: I-I hope you don't mind me saying this. 1011 00:43:53,543 --> 00:43:55,981 No, it's been on my mind as well. She did... 1012 00:43:56,024 --> 00:43:58,070 She did see us out in the hall... 1013 00:43:58,113 --> 00:43:59,506 -LIZ: Yeah. -...together. 1014 00:43:59,549 --> 00:44:01,987 Yeah, and, uh, uh, we're just worried 1015 00:44:02,030 --> 00:44:05,164 that our relationship may have played into her bias. 1016 00:44:05,207 --> 00:44:07,906 It would just be good to be certain. 1017 00:44:07,949 --> 00:44:10,125 Don't you think, darling? 1018 00:44:13,259 --> 00:44:14,521 [laughter] 1019 00:44:14,564 --> 00:44:16,001 So, you go ahead and ask your questions. 1020 00:44:16,044 --> 00:44:17,567 Show what a terrible person I am. 1021 00:44:17,611 --> 00:44:21,049 I guarantee you, I already know, so does everyone else. 1022 00:44:21,093 --> 00:44:23,356 Yeah, that's sort of your schtick, 1023 00:44:23,399 --> 00:44:25,184 saying how awful you are. 1024 00:44:25,227 --> 00:44:27,708 My schtick? No, it's the, the voices in my head. 1025 00:44:27,752 --> 00:44:29,405 No. Oof. 1026 00:44:29,449 --> 00:44:31,407 -I'm an asshole. Good one. -[laughter] 1027 00:44:31,451 --> 00:44:33,758 Seems like you feel pretty sorry for yourself. 1028 00:44:33,801 --> 00:44:35,411 I do? I'm sorry. 1029 00:44:35,455 --> 00:44:39,024 But you don't feel sorry for how you treat other people. 1030 00:44:39,067 --> 00:44:40,852 Is that a question? 1031 00:44:40,895 --> 00:44:43,463 You want to make it in this business? Be ruthless. 1032 00:44:43,506 --> 00:44:45,508 The only thing that matters is your material. 1033 00:44:45,552 --> 00:44:47,859 Other people, they're not real. 1034 00:44:47,902 --> 00:44:50,949 You can't worry about their feelings. 1035 00:44:50,992 --> 00:44:52,298 The minute you care... 1036 00:44:52,341 --> 00:44:54,387 comedy dies. 1037 00:44:54,430 --> 00:44:56,519 "Other people are not real." 1038 00:44:56,563 --> 00:44:59,435 That was four years ago. I'm a different person. 1039 00:44:59,479 --> 00:45:02,134 Two nights ago, you did a set at 2:00 a.m. 1040 00:45:02,177 --> 00:45:03,613 at The Side Room downtown. 1041 00:45:03,657 --> 00:45:06,268 I-I was testing out some material. 1042 00:45:06,312 --> 00:45:08,488 Trying some stuff out. 1043 00:45:08,531 --> 00:45:10,185 So there's all these stupid women out there 1044 00:45:10,229 --> 00:45:14,407 who are going around saying, "Oh, he did awful things to me." 1045 00:45:14,450 --> 00:45:17,323 Which just makes it harder, in this day and age, 1046 00:45:17,366 --> 00:45:20,413 for me to convince other women to let me do awful things 1047 00:45:20,456 --> 00:45:21,762 to them, which I want to do because 1048 00:45:21,806 --> 00:45:23,982 -I'm a male human being! -[laughter] 1049 00:45:24,025 --> 00:45:25,853 You'd think people would understand that by now, 1050 00:45:25,897 --> 00:45:28,595 but they seem to be completely hung up on the whole... 1051 00:45:28,638 --> 00:45:31,250 "doing awful things" aspect. 1052 00:45:31,293 --> 00:45:32,817 Is that the new you? 1053 00:45:32,860 --> 00:45:34,079 No. 1054 00:45:34,122 --> 00:45:35,428 That is... Look. 1055 00:45:35,471 --> 00:45:37,647 Comedy, it's, um... 1056 00:45:37,691 --> 00:45:38,910 I do bits. 1057 00:45:38,953 --> 00:45:40,781 It's a mercurial, kind of... 1058 00:45:40,825 --> 00:45:42,827 They're not real. It's not, you know, it's... 1059 00:45:42,870 --> 00:45:46,178 What you got to look at is they're just a whatchamacall-- 1060 00:45:46,221 --> 00:45:47,875 Like a-- Ah. 1061 00:45:53,446 --> 00:45:54,926 The time has come. 1062 00:45:54,969 --> 00:45:56,275 I am ready to rule. 1063 00:45:57,232 --> 00:45:59,321 Henrietta, you were born free, 1064 00:45:59,365 --> 00:46:01,628 and I return you to your natural state. 1065 00:46:02,977 --> 00:46:04,065 What does that mean? 1066 00:46:04,109 --> 00:46:05,284 It means you may go. 1067 00:46:05,327 --> 00:46:07,286 What you did falls under the category 1068 00:46:07,329 --> 00:46:08,940 of "awful but lawful." 1069 00:46:08,983 --> 00:46:11,638 And we here at the Circuit Court of 9 3/4 1070 00:46:11,681 --> 00:46:14,684 are not in the business of regulating manners. 1071 00:46:14,728 --> 00:46:15,947 So, goodbye. 1072 00:46:15,990 --> 00:46:18,819 Your Honor, that's actually not what I want. 1073 00:46:18,863 --> 00:46:20,386 It isn't? 1074 00:46:20,429 --> 00:46:21,648 What does that mean? 1075 00:46:21,691 --> 00:46:24,216 It would help me get my job back 1076 00:46:24,259 --> 00:46:26,218 if the school knew I was being punished. 1077 00:46:26,261 --> 00:46:27,959 WACKNER: You want to be punished? 1078 00:46:28,002 --> 00:46:29,351 HENRIETTA: Yes, please. 1079 00:46:29,395 --> 00:46:32,311 It's the only way I can be uncanceled. 1080 00:46:32,354 --> 00:46:35,096 If they know the canceling was satisfied. 1081 00:46:35,140 --> 00:46:38,056 I have only one word for that... 1082 00:46:38,099 --> 00:46:39,448 Oy. 1083 00:46:39,492 --> 00:46:43,496 But sure. I penalize you to, um... 1084 00:46:43,539 --> 00:46:45,541 cleaning the school bathrooms for a week. 1085 00:46:46,368 --> 00:46:48,022 -Thank you, Your Honor. -Anytime. 1086 00:46:48,066 --> 00:46:50,285 -[bell rings] -Good luck. 1087 00:46:50,329 --> 00:46:51,373 And now Joey Battle. 1088 00:46:51,417 --> 00:46:53,071 Yes, Your Honor. Yes. 1089 00:46:53,114 --> 00:46:56,465 Joey, as you can see, the score really isn't in your favor. 1090 00:46:56,509 --> 00:46:58,206 I understand you want your career back. 1091 00:46:58,250 --> 00:47:00,556 You are a funny man. 1092 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,210 It takes hard work to get funny. 1093 00:47:02,254 --> 00:47:03,864 Maybe you think that's enough. 1094 00:47:03,908 --> 00:47:07,085 But you haven't done anything for the women you hurt. 1095 00:47:07,128 --> 00:47:08,347 You haven't made amends. 1096 00:47:08,390 --> 00:47:10,088 Your Honor, I... 1097 00:47:10,131 --> 00:47:11,829 I brought my checkbook. 1098 00:47:11,872 --> 00:47:13,482 You're a rich man, Joey. I think everyone here 1099 00:47:13,526 --> 00:47:15,006 knows the minute you go back to work, 1100 00:47:15,049 --> 00:47:16,834 you'll earn back your fine in no time. 1101 00:47:16,877 --> 00:47:19,619 Your Honor, everybody deserves a second chance. 1102 00:47:19,662 --> 00:47:21,708 You know the expression, "doing your time"? 1103 00:47:21,751 --> 00:47:24,711 Your Honor, I haven't worked a major venue in over a year. 1104 00:47:24,754 --> 00:47:27,235 How much time do you want me to take? 1105 00:47:27,279 --> 00:47:31,544 Doing time means more than taking time. 1106 00:47:31,587 --> 00:47:33,851 It means serving your sentence. 1107 00:47:33,894 --> 00:47:35,200 Going to prison. 1108 00:47:35,243 --> 00:47:37,506 You want to come back? Okay. 1109 00:47:37,550 --> 00:47:39,944 First, you got to do your time. 1110 00:47:39,987 --> 00:47:42,033 Three-week sentence. 1111 00:47:42,076 --> 00:47:43,382 June. 1112 00:47:43,425 --> 00:47:45,036 -Yes? -Please. 1113 00:47:45,079 --> 00:47:47,560 Come. Here you go. 1114 00:47:47,603 --> 00:47:49,040 Go ahead. Cuff him. 1115 00:47:49,083 --> 00:47:51,303 Is this some kind of a metaphor or something? 1116 00:47:51,346 --> 00:47:53,044 -Like an adult time-out? -Yes, Joey. 1117 00:47:53,087 --> 00:47:55,655 That's exactly what prison is, an adult time-out. 1118 00:47:55,698 --> 00:47:58,049 You keep saying pri-- Uh, this is a joke, though, right? 1119 00:47:58,092 --> 00:48:01,226 June. I said cuff him. 1120 00:48:01,269 --> 00:48:02,575 Now. 1121 00:48:02,618 --> 00:48:04,925 Your Honor, you can't just send him... 1122 00:48:04,969 --> 00:48:07,362 W-What prison are you talking about? 1123 00:48:07,406 --> 00:48:08,537 There is no prison. 1124 00:48:08,581 --> 00:48:10,104 Oh, boy, there is. 1125 00:48:10,148 --> 00:48:12,933 This court's benefactor owns a private prison company. 1126 00:48:12,977 --> 00:48:16,763 He's offered us a wing in one of his bankrupted institutions. 1127 00:48:16,806 --> 00:48:18,591 Lucky you, Joey. 1128 00:48:18,634 --> 00:48:19,940 You're the first person I'm sending there. 1129 00:48:19,984 --> 00:48:21,594 Oh, my God. 1130 00:48:21,637 --> 00:48:23,422 WACKNER: June, he harmed you. 1131 00:48:23,465 --> 00:48:25,815 Go ahead. Cuff him. 1132 00:48:29,036 --> 00:48:31,430 You're going to escort him to his cell. 1133 00:48:31,473 --> 00:48:32,910 In this court, you get to see 1134 00:48:32,953 --> 00:48:34,999 the person you're sending away, eye to eye. 1135 00:48:35,042 --> 00:48:36,435 Hey, Your Honor. 1136 00:48:36,478 --> 00:48:38,785 Let's, uh... let's make it two weeks, okay? 1137 00:48:38,828 --> 00:48:42,180 I know. You have your stand-up in St. Louis. 1138 00:48:42,223 --> 00:48:43,790 Three weeks. 1139 00:48:43,833 --> 00:48:45,313 -[bell rings] -Recess, 1140 00:48:45,357 --> 00:48:48,316 then we have the Exxon Mobile case. 1141 00:48:50,623 --> 00:48:52,842 [door closes] 1142 00:49:00,241 --> 00:49:02,504 [gate buzzing] 1143 00:49:08,597 --> 00:49:10,295 This is really happening, isn't it? 1144 00:49:10,338 --> 00:49:11,992 It sure looks like it. 1145 00:49:15,996 --> 00:49:17,998 [door buzzing] 1146 00:49:27,529 --> 00:49:29,575 Turn around. 1147 00:49:37,365 --> 00:49:40,281 June... 1148 00:49:40,325 --> 00:49:41,891 I'm sorry. 1149 00:49:44,068 --> 00:49:45,460 You're forgiven. 1150 00:49:53,512 --> 00:49:55,427 [gate buzzing] 1151 00:50:04,697 --> 00:50:06,960 -[footsteps approaching] -WOMAN: Good afternoon, ladies. 1152 00:50:07,004 --> 00:50:09,441 Thanks for coming in on short notice. 1153 00:50:10,311 --> 00:50:12,052 [clears throat] 1154 00:50:12,096 --> 00:50:15,969 I hear there's been a lot of tension between you two. 1155 00:50:16,752 --> 00:50:18,711 No, everything's fine. 1156 00:50:18,754 --> 00:50:21,192 Oh, good to know. [chuckles] 1157 00:50:21,235 --> 00:50:26,762 Well, Human Resources needs you two to sign these. 1158 00:50:32,464 --> 00:50:34,074 A love contract? 1159 00:50:34,118 --> 00:50:35,249 Yes. 1160 00:50:35,293 --> 00:50:37,773 When employees embark on a relationship, 1161 00:50:37,817 --> 00:50:39,993 it's policy for us to confirm, in writing, 1162 00:50:40,037 --> 00:50:42,561 that the relationship is consensual. 1163 00:50:43,823 --> 00:50:46,869 We in H.R. just want to avoid problems later. 1164 00:50:46,913 --> 00:50:50,656 Sometimes romances don't work out. 1165 00:51:03,364 --> 00:51:04,931 Good. [chuckling] 1166 00:51:04,974 --> 00:51:07,412 Good. I hope you two patch things up. 1167 00:51:07,455 --> 00:51:10,371 This is the first step. 1168 00:51:10,415 --> 00:51:12,330 Captioning sponsored by CBS 1169 00:51:12,373 --> 00:51:14,332 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org