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Previously onThe Code...Uh, peanut butter.

Oh, those cookies I like.

The ones with the fudge
on one side.

That's not fudge, that's a petri
dish full of preservatives.

[knocks]Fighting a war over here, Mom.

I'll clean up my diet
when I get home.Got to go, kid. Be safe.

Sorry, I try to catch up with
Adam before he goes on patrol.

RUBEN: Who are those men?TREY: CACO officers.

They bring the news
you never want to hear.

Let's go. Let's go.

Stay close.

[low, indistinct chatter]

[indistinct shouting]

[whistle blows]MAN: Hold fire.

Hold your fire!

Train fair, Baxter.
He got you.

Okay, platoon,
looks like Baxter has

a punctured lung and a wound
in his right quadricep.

What are you gonna do
about it?

♪ Since a young kid,
view the world as my own ♪

♪ I'm coming to the top
until the world is my throne ♪

♪ Slept on the kid
and I bet that they regret it ♪

♪ Check the roster, homie

♪ Got it locked here and they
dread it, they don't get it ♪

♪ On the road
to be labeled the greatest ♪

♪ Waste time trying to sleep
on that legion... ♪

[whistle blows]

Damn, Lieutenant,

someone's been doing
their dead lifts.

How else am I supposed to
scoop your fat ass off the deck?

Not bad, Marines.

Pack it up and we'll hotwash
back at the house.

♪ History, legacy,
that's established directions. ♪

Lieutenant Sloan.

We did good, Sergeant.

Maybe lose the frown
for a minute.

Ma'am... it leaked.

"Woman Makes Captain."

I don't see where
it's a story.

This is different.

This is infantry.
This is combat.

The commandant
of the Marine Corps himself

told us to keep your
promotion under wraps

till the company deploys.

Now, you think
he just weighs in

every single time some
first lieutenant makes O-3?

I never met the man,
but with all due respect,

if you ask a couple
hundred people

to keep a secret, one of
them's gonna let you down.

Well, he didn't ask.

He ordered.

And he did it for your safety.

There's plenty of people
who don't think that combat

should be a co-ed sport.

Inside the Corps. Out.

You love me, though.

I've seen OCS puke up worse than
the likes of you, Lieutenant.

Wet-down at Conlee's tonight.

I'm gonna stand the boys
the first round.

Nah, you have one for me.

[loud chatter inside]

Lieutenant Sloan.
Sure you got to go?

We owe you a round and all.

Wouldn't they just love to
hit me with fraternizing charges

right before I get promoted."They"?

Good night, Sergeant Baxter.

Make sure everyone drinks water

before they hit the rack.

♪

Damn it.

Good morning,
Captain Abraham.

You have opening arguments
in the Kirk Corker court-martial

later this morning.

Do me a favor, say
"Kirk Corker court-martial"

six times in a row.

Release that oxygen,
Mr. Ahmadi.

It wasn't an actual request.

Are you sure, sir? It's not
much of a tongue twister.

There's not even
a sibilant sound...

Give me an hour on this.

I have a staff meeting
to be late for.

Actually, Colonel Turnbull
needs extra time this morning.

The colonel delayed
a meeting?

It looks like she may be
getting an update on
the status of her son.

Finally. His patrol went
missing, what, a week ago?Nine days.

ABE:
At least Adam's not KIA.

They make you sit down before
they tell you someone's dead.

Mr. Ahmadi,

tell everyone I'll be ready
in five minutes.

As you were.

Yesterday, a reporter
named Christine Vickerman

broke the news
that Lieutenant Emma Sloan

is about to become
the first woman

to hold the rank of captain
in a Marine infantry unit.

Last night, Lieutenant Sloan
was attacked while on leave.

Major Ferry.Yes, ma'am?

No one is following me.
That is not

typically an issue
with this team.

TREY:
No, ma'am.

We saw you with
the CACO officer.

I guess we were
expecting an update.

Expecting?

Hoping for.

Adam and three other Marines
never reported back

from their last patrol.

Our best intel is

that an Afghani
factory worker

may have seen him
in a location,

possibly near Ghazni,

where he might have been...

forced at gunpoint to get into
the back of a truck.

That is what I know today.
That is what I knew yesterday.

That is what I've known
for the past nine days.

When I have some information
to share, I will share it.

Until then, you are all ordered
to stop with the fussing...

and the concerned looks.

I am at my post.

Understood?ALL: Yes, ma'am.

Multiple attackers
left Lieutenant Sloan

unconscious in a parking lot
near Camp Lejeune.

She's still in surgery.

Do we have a motive?

What?

Lieutenant Li, you have been
with the Judge Advocate's office

for how long?

Nine months, ma'am.

Would you please use

your vast experience

and educate Captain Abraham
on how the world works?

The motive is she's a woman.

The motive is she's
about to become a captain

and lead an infantry company.

The Corps has come a long way
with that stuff.

Yeah, we used to be
eight percent of the Marines.

Now we're nine.

Save your breath, Harper.

The bartender saw a car

speeding from the scene,

and gave the license plate
to the local PD.

That led them to one
Lance Corporal Jackson Devore.

Major Ferry,
Lieutenant Li...

Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am.The police think

that Jackson Devore
is one of the attackers.

Fly down there.

If they are right,

bring him back here,

along with the
other assailants,

and we will treat them to
a fair and speedy... conviction.

Yes, ma'am.Yes, ma'am.

Hey, Alex, uh,
everything all right?

Mind if we talk outside?

ALEX: They gave me an extra
two weeks to move off base.

So far, the hospital's
been great about time off.

Did you get, uh,
you know, the money?

Jason's death benefit
came in last week.

Thanks for your
help with that.

[sighs]
With everything.

When you marry a Marine,

sometimes you think
about losing him.

It can be part of the deal.

No one tells you about
the big list of chores.

I can do more.

A lawyer called me.
His name is Dennis Swillce.

I don't think you would
like him very much.

And I know Jason wouldn't have,

but I do think he's good
at what he does.

Dennis Swillce sues people,
and he does it a lot.

He wins more than he loses.

He thinks I can win
a wrongful death suit.

Against who?

Ian Morehead only killed Jason
because the battalion surgeon

ignored at least
six concussions.Which we proved in court.

He intentionally
misdiagnosed his patients

for years, and no one
noticed him doing it?

No one even asked questions?

This was an
institutional failure.

This guy wants
to sue the Corps?

I wanted you to hear it from me
before you get a subpoena.

Why would I get a subpoena?

If it goes to trial,

my lawyer's going to
ask you to testify.

You won the case
against Commander Hewitt.

He thinks a jury might want
to hear what you have to say.

[sighs]

I-I'm not here to
ask you to do it.

Say yes, say no.

Tell me you never want
to see me again.

The man responsible
for Jason's death

is in jail for life
because of you.

I'll never be anything
but grateful.

I just wanted you
to know what's coming.

HARPER:
Lance Corporal Jackson Devore

has three NJPs for
alcohol-related incidents.

His pay has been docked twice
for fighting with platoon-mates.

This morning, Onslow County
sheriffs found him passed out

in his vehicle with bruises
on his face

and distinctive stains
caked onto his knuckles.

This guy is a drunk,
violent,

and we literally caught him
with blood on his hands.

Please tell me we're not
making any kind of deal, sir.

We're not making a deal.

Why do you think we took
the first hop down?

We take a crack at him before
his defense counsel gets here,

maybe he gives up
the other attacker

before we put anything
on the table.

That is an excellent plan.
My compliments.

Unfortunately, I conferred
with my client an hour ago.

Captain Dobbins.
Lance Corporal Devore

was fortunate to land such
an outstanding advocate.

[sighs]

The government
respectfully requests

an audience with
your client.

Take all the time you need.

That's not the answer
we expected.

MAYA:
Fair warning, though.

I don't think you're gonna like
what he has to say.

I can't remember a single
thing about last night.

TREY:
It's all just gone?

Just bits and pieces.

We started doing chugs
at maybe 1930.

After that?

There's a reason they say
"blackout," you know?

That's unfortunate,
Lance Corporal.

The only bargaining chip
you've got is the name

of your fellow attacker.

I know how bad this looks.

Do you have any issues
taking orders from a woman?

At first, yeah, I kind of did.

It's not what you picture
when you sign up, you know?

But I got used to it.
Lieutenant Sloan's okay.

She knows what
she's doing mostly.[phone vibrating]

According to your base
commander, she's out of surgery.

Doctors say she'll
wake up soon,

and when she does, we'll get
the story straight from her.

Anything you want to say
before that happens?

Lance Corporal Devore
told you what he remembers.

Stay close,
Captain Dobbins.

We'll be back
to apprehend your client.

TREY:
I'm Major Ferry.

This is my colleague,
Lieutenant Li.

We are very sorry
to bother you

right after you
woke up, Lieutenant.

Your doctors told us you'll
be laid up for a while.

Yeah, three fractured ribs,
a shattered shoulder blade,

and a wrecked knee
will do that for you.

I'm gonna miss my deployment.

I'm sorry.

You earned the right

to lead that company.We will punish

the Marines who did this to you.

We already have
one suspect in custody.

If you'll just
describe the others...

Did you say Marines?

Lance Corporal Jackson Devore
is waiting for us

to transport
him back to Quantico.

Jackson didn't do this.

The sheriffs picked him up
with blood all over his hands.

That's from helping me.

Lance Corporal Devore
and one of the corpsmen,

they came out of the bar
in the middle of it all.

They jumped in.

I'd probably be dead
if it weren't

for Lance
Corporal Devore.

The guys who came after me,
they're not in my platoon.

I never saw either of them
before last night.

The sheriffs are holding
an innocent man.

♪

I couldn't really describe
either of them.

Not in a way you can use.

It was dark.
It happened fast.

I'm sorry.

You're the victim of a vicious
attack, Lieutenant Sloan.

You have nothing
to apologize for.

How about you call me Emma?

I could use a break
from ranks right now.

Sure.

I'm Harper.

Harper Li?

Like the book?

Did your parents do that
on purpose?

HARPER:
We're...

Li, "L-I."

They say it never
occurred to them.

Oh, she likes you.

Usually, Harper gets annoyed
when people ask about that.

Well, it gets old.

I mean, it's not even
that good. [chuckles]

It's not.Agree to disagree.

But also agree that you
just forfeited any hope

of promotion
under my command.

Do you have any idea why Lance
Corporal Devore fled the scene?

He was helping you.

One more alcohol-related offense
and Devore goes to the brig.

Whipple's underage.

I didn't even know he was at
Conlee's, but same deal for him.

Anything you can tell us
about the attack?

Even small details can help.

I mean, I'm an officer
in the Marines.

I'm trained in close quarters.

If you attack me,
I'm gonna fight back.

But it's a blur.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

We'll be back in touch
if I have more questions.

HARPER:
Who are you calling?

The emergency room
of this hospital.

If they don't give me
the answer I want,

I'm gonna call every
ER within 90 miles

until someone does.

What parts of the body
are we trained to target

in a close quarters scrap?

Eyes, neck, groin.

My guess is someone wound up
in the ER with an injury

to their eyes, their neck,
or their groin,

and a big old lie
about how it happened.

TREY:
That guy, Edwin Munns,

he checked into an ER
near Camp Lejeune

saying he got hurt in
a "household accident."

Very specific.

It got less convincing
from there.

Local cops found traces
of Lieutenant Sloan's blood

in his car.

He gave up the other
attacker right after.

What exactly is their issue
with women in the infantry?

I'd call it more of an issue
with women in general.

They both washed out
of the Corps,

spent the next few months
mainlining toxic hoo-ha

off the Internet.

They learned Lieutenant
Sloan was at Conlee's

from an Instagram post
by a grunt Edwin Munns

went to boot camp with,
and here we are.

Sir?

That's my best stab
at listing everyone who knew

that Emma was
getting promoted.

Someone here leaked her name
to Christine Vickerman,

in violation of an order

from the commandant himself.TREY: You want
to chase the leak?

Of course.
No leak, no attack.

Whoever did this has to answer

for what happened to Emma.

Did you have a different plan?

You two work this out.
I'm having lunch

with a lawyer
who's suing the Marines.

He thinks he can file
a wrongful death suit

on behalf of Jason Hunt's widow.

Except he can't. Jason
Hunt died on active duty.

The Feres Doctrine
blocks any civil claim.

Exactly why I have questions.

I've chased leaks.

It's weeks on
a hamster wheel.

When they opened combat
to women,

the first 35 who enrolled

in the Infantry Officer
Course failed out.

A lot of people thought
a woman would never pass.

Emma did.

You can't understand

what that meant
to the rest of us.

I know it's hard
to run down a leak.

We have to do it anyway.

[sighs]

You can cross off 95%
of these names.

The article said
Lieutenant Sloan

was headed for the
Horn of Africa.

Now, hot-zone deployments
are kept secret

until the last minute.

Not even Emma Sloan would've
known where she was headed.

We're looking for someone
up the chain of command.

Captain Abraham.

Thanks for driving
down. Dennis Swillce.

You're military?

What? No.

Sorry. I got confused
when you addressed me by rank.

How should I
address you?

Abe's fine,

but I'm not sure I'm gonna
be here long enough

for you to use my name again.

Jason Hunt was in
a combat zone when he died.

I'm aware.He was an officer
in a combat zone.

That meant, legally,
he was always on duty,

24 hours a day.Of course.

You're wearing that suit
and there's a dish

named after you on the menu,

so I assume you're good
at what you do.

But in the military, Dennis,
we have something called

the Feres Doctrine.

I'm familiar with Feres.

The Feres Doctrine says that you
can't file a civil suit

for something that happened
on active duty.

Sounds to me like you might be
trying to talk Alex Hunt

into a lawsuit she can't
possibly win.

That iswhat I'm doing.

Due respect, Dennis,

Alex has a few things
on her plate right now.

Feres...

Feres is the law
of the land.

Any suit we bring
will certainly fail

in the first venue
where it's contested.

And the venue after
that, and so on.

In time, we will reach a
venue that has the power

to examine whether Feres should
in fact be the law of the land.

You mean the Supreme Court.

You're not going
after damages

for Alex, you're
going after Feres.

I'm doing both.

The Feres Doctrine is
the law, until it isn't.

And then everyone and their
uncle would sue the military.

We'd drown in lawsuits.

And you want meto testify?

Why would I help you do that?

Because what happened
to Jason Hunt was wrong.

And the only
thing I'm asking

you to do... is to
tell the truth about it.

HARPER:
I've made a working list

for people who knew
that Sloan's company

was deploying to
Africa, and another

for people who knew that
Sloan was getting promoted.

Both of which we spent
all day compiling,

but they're still just
our best guesses as to

who knew what.We just have to review
all the names

that appear on both lists.

I see ten Marines there,
colonel and up.

You want to just ask each one
if they leaked the story?

Obviously not.

I don't know what we do next.

To Kill a Mockingbird
carried a message of empathy

to generations
of readers.

Trying to think.

Are you getting hungry?

[knocking]Sorry to interrupt.

I took the liberty of sending
the admins out for dinner.

TREY:
Thanks, Rami.

Looks like we'll be here
for a while.

What if we looked at
their social media?

Maybe there's
an obvious misogynist?

Mm.

Something you'd like to say?

Oh, it's a good
idea, Major.

Very good.
I do wonder...

Get to the point
or I convene a firing squad.

Reporters typically cultivate

long-term relationships
with their sources.

Christine Vickerman has
written about the Marines

at least a dozen times
in her career.

I realize that she'll
never name her source,

but if you look at the
articles she's written,

then figure out which one of
those names would have been

best positioned to offer her
background information
on those topics...

Then you'll have the name
of the leaker.

Enjoy your food.

Good morning,
Colonel Turnbull.

Can I request a moment
of your time?

All my scheduling goes
through Glen, Major Ferry.

Absolutely.
Is that ever confusing,

having an adjutant with
the same first name as you?

I spell my name with two Ns.
Glen spells his with one.

Hard to see where that
could lead to foul-ups.

Glen says you're
unavailable this morning.

So you went around him.
Per usual.

You asked us to
treat you normally.

This is me, treating
you normally.

Five minutes, Major.

HARPER:
Ma'am, we have an update

in the search for the Marine who
leaked Lieutenant Sloan's name.

There is a search for the Marine

who leaked
Lieutenant Sloan's name?

Christine Vickerman has
written 14 major pieces

about the Corps
in the past 20 years.

She cites an anonymous source
in each and every one,

and when you look at the
subjects of those articles,

and when they were written,

there was a single Marine
who was positioned

to offer insight
into each topic.

When Christine Vickerman wrote
about Operation Secure Tomorrow

in 2004, this Marine was
deployed to Haiti.

In 2008,

Vickerman wrote an
exposé about hazing

in the barracks
at Parris Island.

And your mystery Marine
was stationed there at the time?

We found the leaker, ma'am.

Brigadier General
Ann Marie Daley.

C.O. of the Embassy
Security Group.

I knowAnn Marie Daley.

[scoffs]
She's hardly old Corps.

She's the current head
of the Committee

for Women's Advancement
in the Armed Services.

She pushed for gender
integration

in boot camp.
By any measure,

General Daley is one of
the leading advocates

for women in the military.

She's the reason Emma
Sloan was attacked.

General Daley
spent years advocating

to make women
eligible for IOC.

She would've known
Emma Sloan was about to
get a combat billet.

It was a vindication
of everything she worked for.

General Daley wanted Lieutenant
Sloan's story out there.

The leak was supposed
to celebrate the accomplishment.

Why are you telling me this?

We want to question
General Daley.

See if we can get access
to her phone records.

No. It's compelling,

but it's not evidence.

If word gets out
that we think

that Ann Marie Daley
has been leaking

secrets for over a decade,

that is the end of her career.

Understood.
Thank you, Colonel.

GLENN:
Lieutenant Li.

This is a tolerable
work environment,

wouldn't you say?Ma'am?

Your commanding officer
is a woman who sees to it

that your work is valued,

that you're treated
with respect.Yes, ma'am.

So you don't have to worry about
a negative performance report

because your direct supervisor
hit on you,

even though you rejected him

as politely as you could.

Nobody asks you
to make copies

even though you're a lawyer,
and nobody puts their hand

on your ass while
you are doing it.

You have all of
that because of

Ann Marie Daley,
and women like her.

If you're going for her...

...be right.

HARPER:
Major Ferry?

Is it okay if I fly down
to North Carolina today?

I have an idea.

But it won't work without
Lieutenant Sloan.

Something I can help with?

I would hate to take you away
from your caseload

and I did make
a connection with Emma.

Maybe a one-on-one
conversation...Lieutenant.

If you don't want me to come,
just go on and say so.

I don't want
you to come.

Hmm.

EMMA: You think
General Daley leaked my name?

That doesn't make
any sense.

We think she wanted
your promotion out there.

She wanted to draw
attention to what you did.

General Daley chairs
the Committee for

Women's Advancement
in the Armed Services.

She must've charted your
progress through IOC.

Of course.

We talked on the phone
at least once a week.

She made a mistake, Emma.

General Daley
wanted the world

to celebrate
your promotion.

We can prove it was her.

ABE:
It's called a test case.

Swillce wants to overturn a law
that makes it impossible

for active duty personnel
to file civil suits

against the military.

That's the only reason
he's taking this on.

Is that realistic?

Swillce isn't a dumb guy.

He picked your case
for a reason.

Attractive widow
struggling to make it

as a single mom...Who's struggling? We're fine.

Trust me, when he
describes you to the jury,

you'll be struggling.
I'll be a...

combat-decorated Marine
stoically mourning the loss

of my best friend.Jason was a guy.
He didn't have a best friend.

In Swillce's world, he did.

[sighs]

Does that mean
you're gonna testify?

The only way this succeeds

is if it makes it
to the Supreme Court.

Danny will be in college
and you'll still be testifying

about what happened
to her father a decade ago.

Danny, turn off the
TV, brush your teeth.

I love that I have
to decide this right now.

You really need to get
this room packed tonight?

When else am I gonna do it?

I have to be out of here
in 20 days.

[TV playing indistinctly]Danny, turn off the TV.

Go put her to bed.

I'll take over in here
for a while.

Thank you.

Abe?

You never answered
my question.

About what you're gonna do.

HARPER:
General Daley's the leak.

We got her.
TREY:
I don't follow.

That article says they were
making Lieutenant Sloan

sweat her promotion.Well, Emma's fine.

We just made General Daley think
the promotion was in danger.

You wanted proof

that General Daley is leaking
to Christine Vickerman.

Yesterday, Emma called
the general and told her

that she had
heard her company commander

was putting
the promotion on hold,

pending an investigation.

An investigation into what?

Apparently there was
a Marine at Conlee's the night

that Emma was attacked
that was underage.

They hid him in the bathroom
while she was there,

but he was still
in the building.

General Daley obviously
didn't like what Emma told her.

She wanted to put
pressure on the Corps;

that article showed up
this morning.

In other words,
you manufactured fake news?

I manufactured evidence.

General Daley did this, Colonel.

She's the leak.

[exhales]

Replacing our current
bulletproof acrylic

with the Navy's spinel...Brigadier General
Ann Marie Daley.

We're apprehending you for
failing to obey an order,

criminal negligence
and disclosing

classified information.

We need you to
come with us, ma'am.

This is a recording
of the first field test

of Lieutenant Adam Turnbull's
new deployment-grade footwear.

As you can see, they blend
stylishly with the uniform.

Fit and finish appear top-notch.

Thanks for the boots, Mom.

[knocking]Let's see how they stand up
to a stroll.

MAYA:
You wanted to see me, Colonel?

Major Talley tried
to put you on

Ann Marie Daley's defense,
you begged off.

It's...

I-I can't fit it into

my caseload
at the moment, ma'am.

It's not something
I'm dying to take on.

There's a reason the commandant
issued an order

to keep Emma Sloan's
identity secret.

We do not cherry-pick

assignments here,
Captain Dobbins.

General Daley
has served her country

for over 25 years,
she's entitled

to the best defense
we can mount.

Mount it.

Yes, ma'am.The general

is bringing in somebody
from the private sector.

You will be paired
with outside counsel.

Have you worked with

Hermes Papademotropoulos
before?

Retired Colonel Foghorn Leghorn?

Yes, I'm familiar
with his work.

He does lay on the folksy
with a trough.

However, he commanded
the Judge Advocate Corps.

Play nice.

I'm not calling him Princess.

Dismissed.

Ma'am.

I wish...

We all wish...

There's nothing
that we can do for you?

[exhales softly]

You can remind me
how these work.

I'm not a particularly
religious person, ma'am.

Will you say a prayer
for us anyway?

Yes.

[door opens]

The last article
is obviously a problem.

If we take this
to court-martial,

it's going to tie you
to Christine Vickerman

in the eyes of the panel.Do you have everything
you need, General?

I-I can send Molly for
an egg salad sandwich,

if you like.
I'm fine.

As I was saying
before Herm made his

appetizing offer,
I-I think...

Yeah, you can call me Princess,
Captain Dobbins.

I mean, it was good enough
for my drill instructor.Drill instructor, yes, I know.

If we go to court-martial...

Why wouldn't we go
to court-martial?

I mean, do you know
another way

of getting the general
the absolution

she deserves?

Absolution may be
an ambitious target

under the circumstances.

That article doesn't
do us any favors,

but from where I sit,
it's hardly the Matterhorn.

Look, the only way
the government

can get that story
into evidence

is by calling
Lieutenant Sloan

as a witness.

I mean, they need her
to describe

how she called up and told
the general the tall tale.

It's only a credible story

if Lieutenant Sloan
is a credible witness.

Emma Sloan
is an outstanding Marine.

She leads from the front.

There's one perfect person
I'm aware of.

And they nailed him to a cross.

You gonna be here long?

Colonel.

Uh... [chuckles]

I hope not; just catching up
on some stuff.

Catch up in the morning.

I could use a glass of wine.

♪

When the top plaintiff's
attorney in D.C.

starts calling Quantico,
people notice.

Obviously sniffing around

the Jason Hunt
court-martial.

I've had some calls.

People want to know if
he's gotten in touch with you.

Calls, multiple?

From the base commander
on down.

[scoffs]

Of course he's gotten
in touch with you.

I would.

He wants to take
my deposition.

Put me on the stand
if it comes to it.

[clicks tongue]

[inhales sharply]

You earned those medals

that you brought back
from Helmand.

I saw the after-action report.

It was a legit bad day.

It was.

You have a story to sell, Abe.

You're third generation Corps,

impressive run
on the Judge Advocate.

If you want this thing,

you're not even close
to hitting a ceiling.

I appreciate
the confidence, ma'am.

[chuckles softly]

You'll have an easier time
than I did.

[exhales]

That's just the way
it is, even now.

One thing...

I learned coming up is:
never give them an excuse

not to promote you.

They will take it.

You might not see it

from the sunny side
of the street right now,

but they will.

You don't think
I should testify.

I think you should know
what's gonna happen if you do.

I appreciate the
warning, ma'am, but...

Jason Hunt was my friend.I know.

And you risked your ass
in court for him

and you came out on top.

If you go ahead with this...

there is no win.

You are tainted the moment
you give a deposition.

Princess just submitted

five new documents
into evidence.

Two fitness reports,
Emma's application

to IOC school.
It's just
white noise.

He's trying to throw
you off your game.[sighs]

BAILIFF:
All rise.

You're arguing to the
panel and to Judge Soldier.

That is your world.

HARPER: His name is Soldier
and he became a Marine.

Yeah, don't
bring that up.

Colonel Soldier has
an underdeveloped
sense of irony.

[gavel bangs]Good morning, one and all.

Let's hear from
the government first,

shall we?

HARPER:
In 2014,

the Marine Corps implemented

the Force Integration Plan,

which opened combat billets
to women.

You may believe
that this was long overdue.

You may have... questions.

There are physiological

differences between
men and women.

No order can legislate
those out of existence.

You might even think
the Corps did just fine

at Derna...

at Iwo Jima...

at the Chosin Reservoir...

all without women in the fight.

Wherever you stand,
the government

isn't asking you
to change your mind.

But the fact is,

Lieutenant Emma Sloan
qualified

for a combat billet.

She didn't ask
anyone to lower

the IOC standards
because she's a woman.

She rose to meet them
and right now,

this morning,
there's a platoon of Marines

that would follow Emma Sloan
into the mouth of hell

if she asked them to.

Instead,
she's here in court.

Robbed by
General Ann Marie Daley's

reckless decision
to leak her name.

General Daley disobeyed
an order.

And a Marine was beaten

to the brink of a coma
because of it.

We have to hold her
accountable.

MAYA:
It is a tragedy

that Lieutenant Sloan
is going to miss her deployment.

As with any tragedy,
it's tempting to assign blame.

The government is going

to whip you
into a frenzy

of righteous anger about
what happened to Emma Sloan,

but what they're not
going to do,

what they can't do, is prove

that General Daley
leaked the article

that provoked the assault.

They're going
to demonstrate a connection

between General Daley
and the reporter

Christine Vickerman
based on lies

they themselves
fed to the general.

They're gonna drop a bunch
of guesswork into your lap,

and they're gonna ask you
to convict a decorated officer,

a general who's spent 25 years
fighting on behalf of women.

Don't do it.

Don't compound the tragedy
by convicting an innocent woman.

Would the government like
to call its first witness?

We call First Lieutenant
Emma Sloan.

HARPER:
After the assault,

did you give anyone else
reason to believe

your promotion was in jeopardy?

No, ma'am.

Only General Daley.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

Lieutenant Sloan, when
did you first decide

to apply to Officer
Candidate School?

Objection. Relevance.

The government's case
rests on the assumption

that Lieutenant Sloan
is a credible witness.

[chuckles]: And I intend
to call that into question.

SOLDIER:
You can answer that,
Lieutenant.

Right after college.

Your Honor,
I'd like to submit Exhibit J

to the court.

Lieutenant,
can you identify this document?

It's the Rough Application
I filled out

for Officer
Candidate School.

And that highlighted section
at the bottom,

what is that?

We were asked to write
a 100-word essay

about why we wanted to be
a Marine Corps officer.Objection.

Relevance.The prosecution spent
a good long while discussing

Lieutenant Sloan's
excellent record in OCS.

Well, we're just investigating
how she got there.

Overruled.

PRINCESS:
Yeah, you,

you wrote in this essay
about the summer of 2011,

which you spent volunteering
with troubled teens,

accompanying them on hikes
along the Appalachian Trail.

Now, Lieutenant, would you,
would you read

those last
few sentences for us?

"One afternoon, the trail
was struck by an earthquake.

"Rubble obstructed the path,
and I didn't know what to do.

"But a group leader,
a former Marine,

"used the land navigation skills
he'd learned in boot camp

"to guide us back to safety.

"That was the moment
I decided I, too,

wanted to become a Marine."

PRINCESS: That is
an incredible story.

A-And it checks out, too.

No, there was an earthquake
on the Eastern seaboard

during the summer
of 2011.

It was on August 2nd,
to be exact.

But you weren't on
the Appalachian Trail

that day, were you?

It took five minutes
with a search engine to learn

that you were on a cruise ship

for the first week in August
in 2011, Lieutenant Sloan.

A cruise to the Bahamas.

Objection, Your Honor.
This is unduly prejudicial.

PRINCESS:
Goes to credibility.

Overruled. Although I'm not
so sure why we needed the photo.

It's illegal to lie on
your OCS application.

Your Honor, may I have a moment
to confer with my witness?

What the hell are you doing?

You told me those documents
were white noise.

I want you to keep your
eye on the ball, Captain.

Lieutenant, were you, in fact,

on a cruise
to the Bahamas

instead of where
you claimed to be,

helping children
survive an earthquake

on the Appalachian
Trail?

On the advice of my attorney, I
invoke my Fifth Amendment right

against self-incrimination.

[footsteps approaching]

Not good, huh?

Our case hinged
on your testimony.

With the inconsistent statement
in evidence,

we are not confident that the
panel will rule in our favor.

We were just discussing a deal
with General Daley's lawyers.

What kind of a deal?

If she accepts it,
General Daley agrees

to plead no contest to the
charge of disobeying an order.

Her pay will be docked
and her rank

will be reduced, but all other
charges will be dropped.

And she stays in the Marines?

That won't be up to us.

Emma...

...you need to enlist
a defense attorney.

That essay was on an
official application.

It could be considered
fraudulent enlistment.

You may have to face
a court-martial yourself.

We never should have done this.

I should have stayed
in North Carolina,

drowned out the noise,
same as I always do.

PRINCESS:
That, ma'am,

is as close to free and clear
as you could possibly get.

And Lieutenant Sloan?
She could be court-martialed.

Well, that's up to her C.O.

I mean, this morning, you were
facing a dishonorable discharge.

Tonight, the prosecution's gonna
type up a deal that lets you

walk out of here and head
right back to your post.

Go home.

Enjoy the beverage
of your choice.

We won.

General Daley.

Congratulations.

I heard you were in the
Judge Advocate Corps now.

Congratulations to you.

I heard about your son.

I'm sorry.

I'll pray for him.

Thank you.

You, uh, wanted
to be a grunt, didn't you?

When you joined up?

Sure. Of course.

Couldn't happen
back then, obviously.

Who knows if I could have
passed the course?

Emma Sloan doesn't
have to wonder.

She finished ahead
of almost a third of the men.

She's the embodiment
of everything you worked for,

and now she's gonna
lose her command

and maybe even
her commission.

All because of a stupid lie.

You think I'm happy
about this, Glenn?

I think you hate it.

I don't know you very well.

But we keep an eye
on each other, don't we?

The women who manage to squeeze
through the door?

You may not realize it
tonight, General,

but what happened today?

It's going to haunt you.

What am I supposed to do?

It's over.

There's no deal
until we bring one to the judge.

I've dealt with
Lieutenant Sloan's C.O.

He will want to refer charges
against her,

but I think

I might be able
to put my thumb on the scale.

Thank you.

I will need something from you

in return.

For the charges against her
to go away,

the ones against you
need to stick.

Ann Marie,

it's time,

for Emma and people like her
to lead the way.

Those injuries.

I don't think Sloan will ever
get her command back.

She deserves the chance to try.

Got a draft of the deal yet?

It's close. I, uh,

I just can't really finish
the last paragraph.

Okay. E-mail me
when you're done.

I thought about warning you,

when you started
calling her Emma.

This gig can burn you up
if you get too close.

Now, if only there was a book
I could recommend.

Maybe something
about a lawyer

who gets too wrapped up
in his latest case.

This again?

I've already ordered a copy,

and it's supposed
to arrive tomorrow.

All right, then.

I'm impressed by your open mind.

Let me know if another read

shows you the
error of your ways.

Actually, I, um...
I only saw the movie.

You went to Stanford,
undergrad and law school.

You read novels
in your downtime,

and you don't do it on
one of those e-things...

Not the same as a real book....your name
is Harper Li,

and you never read
To Kill a Mockingbird?

My advice? Avoid the sequel.

Maya. We'll have a draft
of the deal soon.

You may want
to stop writing.

Turns out there are some
deal points left on the table.

I keep thinking
about the court-martial.

I put Noah Hewitt away.
It's public record.

Why can't Swillce
just use that?

Why does he need me
on the stand?

Abe, it's okay.
You don't owe us anything.

I'm testifying.

It's not for me to decide
where this all goes.

The only thing I can control
is whether I'm willing

to tell the truth about
what happened to my friend.

It's gonna cost you.

My C.O. says it
could end my career.

I'll go with you.

[elevator chimes]

[indistinct chatter]

Good morning, Herm.

We got you a coffee.

Uh, thanks.
I-I'm due in court.

Actually, your services
aren't required here today.

How do you figure that?General Daly

has opted to retain
Captain Dobbins

as solo counsel.Since when?

Since right around
the time you cracked a
bourbon bottle last night.

HARPER:
General Daley
couldn't live

with the prospect of Emma Sloan

losing her career
to a court-martial.

The Judge Advocate's office
was happy to extend

our best assurances that no such
proceeding will happen.

In exchange for what?

A guilty plea.

We had her off scot-free.

And now she's going
to lose her career.

On the other hand, she will be
able to live with herself.

HARPER:
Excuse us, Counselor.

[gavel bangs]

SOLDIER:
I understand we have
a new arrangement

to discuss.

TREY:
We do, your honor.

Captain Abraham,

if you would raise
your right hand.

Do you swear to tell the
truth, the whole truth

and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?

I do.

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