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Previously on "The Rainmaker"...

We'd like to call Jackie Lemancyzk to the stand.

Leo! What the hell?

I have evidence of 15 murders.

Evidence illegally obtained is inadmissible.

That's our whole case. [gavel bangs]

The NarPense files, they prove everything.

Machine erases itself every 90 days.

Says who? Leo? Put Jackie back on the stand.

How long does the machine keep its data before it erases it?

It never erases it.

Ms. Lemancyzk, weren't you, in fact,

fired for stealing data

and violating patient confidentiality?

That's what they say.

Ms. Lemancyzk, it seems you have

- a problem with honesty. - Objection! Argumentative.

Withdrawn. I'm done.

Turn around and walk away.

Do you realize what you've done?

If you had just turned Melvin in,

Rudy could've won this thing by now.

I'm promoting you to second chair.

You don't wanna sideline me like this.

I know where the bodies are buried, remember?

- What bodies? - Jane and Ethan, Pritcher, Lemancyzk.

I didn't pay Prince and Lyman. That was you.

Listen, I need you to come down to the bar.

I got something for you. It's important.

Call it a going-away present.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Hey. - Hey.

Thanks for coming.

Yeah. You said it was urgent.

Yeah, I really need your help.

- Well, you're doing great. - Bruiser...

But now that my father's gone, I'd be happy to sit second chair.

- You'd sit second chair to me? - It's your case.

That's actually not why I called you.

Why'd you call?

I don't really know how to tell you this.

♪ ♪

Holy shit.

Bruiser, meet Melvin Pritcher.

Hello.

What did you idiots do?

Deck, call Portillo.

Wait, Portillo? What are you talking about?

He's not a puppy. We can't keep him.

We need to get him to testify.

Not while he's tied up in the basement

and you're looking at a kidnapping charge.

Yeah, but we didn't kidnap him.

We have him now. She's right.

- Call Portillo. Make a trade. - Whoa. What kind of trade?

You offer him the case of a lifetime,

and he gives you 30 minutes with a serial killer.

- Who are you calling? - Nunley. We'll need him too.

They're putting Keeley on the stand Monday.

I was thinking I could handle the cross.

He feels a connection to me.

You did a good job dismantling the nurse. That's why you're here.

But I'll handle Keeley's cross.

So Rudy is gonna come to you.

He's gonna tell you that you work for monsters,

that this isn't for you.

What do you want me to say?

- Depends. - On what?

On whether you agree with him.

You have a question you want to ask, ask it.

The jury heard that Pritcher may have killed 15 patients,

that the hospital was aware of it,

and someone deleted the NarPense data to cover it up.

What'd I tell you about truth your first day?

The truth is not our client.

Our client is Great Benefit and its CEO, Wilfred Keeley.

We have one job: to provide a vigorous defense

for that client.

- You have a problem with that? - No.

[dramatic rock music]

♪ ♪

- Shut up. - We're done talking.

It's okay. I'm his lawyer. Where is he?

He's here. He's here. Nunley?

- Where is he? - He's in the basement.

- Just... we have a deal. - Nobody talks to him without me.

Hey. Listen to me.

There is evidence that your client

has killed a whole lot of people.

What evidence?

15 patients that we know of, including Donny Ray Black.

Oh, Melvin, not a word to anyone.

Another woman, Roberta Karakas, and there are probably others.

- No, this is insane. - This is real.

This is happening.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

We believe J. Lyman Stone and Prince Thomas were involved

in her murder and that they were working at the direction

of someone at Tinley Britt.

Cooperate with us.

We might be able to get you immunity.

Why would you think I know anything about this?

We think it might be part of a larger pattern.

We know, periodically, Drummond likes to pick

a young associate to groom.

Mentor.

What's the difference?

From what we've learned,

you were once that charmed associate.

And look at you now.

He made you second chair on the Great Benefit case.

- Not anymore. I got demoted. - We heard.

Is that why you're here, you think I'm disgruntled? Because I'm not.

You know a woman who goes by the name of Jane Allen?

- We're looking for her. - No.

Does she have something to do with this Rosalie Sutton situation?

We don't believe so.

But like I said, we're looking at the larger pattern.

Well, I don't know her.

[suspenseful music]

So she came to Tinley Britt.

We have hundreds of lawyers.

But you're the only one who visited her in the hospital

after she was stabbed.

The Justice Department is looking through the scope

at Tinley Britt.

You need to decide which side of the crosshairs you want to be on.

♪ ♪

You're about to get everything you need.

You know that, right?

Time's almost up.

Rudy can be very convincing.

Hey, when you get out of those handcuffs, give me a call.

Couple extra in there for your friends.

Rudy's a giant pain in the ass.

He came to you with this weeks ago,

but you didn't believe him.

Remember?

We'll just keep that our little secret.

[scoffs] Are you insane?

- You want him to confess? - Testify.

Melvin, it's the only way to get what you really want.

We also have the NarPense data.

What the hell is that?

Melvin knows.

Don't you, Melvin?

What do I want?

- What are you talking about? - He said...

...this is the only way that I can get what I really want.

What do I want?

[tense music]

Here are the possible outcomes as I see them.

One is the death penalty.

Two is life in prison, no parole.

Three...

we're back in court tomorrow,

where you get to help bring down the people

who killed your mom.

♪ ♪

It's the reason you've been staring at me like that, right?

You're trying to figure out if I'm being straight with you.

So am I...

being straight with you?

Time's up.

♪ ♪

[engine rumbling]

Dr. Mulvaney, in your expert opinion,

what was the cause of Donny Ray Black's death?

As I stated earlier, the cause of death

was influenza, complicated by a drug overdose.

Thank you, Doctor.

No further questions.

Your Honor, as a rebuttal witness,

we call Melvin Pritcher to the stand.

[people murmuring]

[gavel banging]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

Mr. Pritcher,

was Donny Ray Black's death the result

of a heroin overdose?

No.

And you have personal knowledge to that effect?

I killed him.

[people gasp]

It was 500 milligrams morphine straight into the IV line.

He coded less than a minute later.

Your Honor, we call for an immediate recess.

Motion denied. Proceed.

Mr. Pritcher, you were still in the room when Donny Ray coded.

Weren't you afraid of getting caught?

I... I never got caught all the other times, so...

♪ ♪

I'd like to introduce into evidence a plea agreement

between the witness and the DA's office

in which Mr. Pritcher confesses to the murder of 15 patients

while employed as a nurse at Great Benefit,

along with the subsequent murders

of Roberta Karakas, Ethan Cook,

and the assault and battery of Amber Sturm.

Your Honor,

there is a serious danger of unfair prejudice here.

Far outweighed by probative value, Mr. Drummond.

Overruled.

Mr. Pritcher, is it true that you're also the suspect in an arson

which resulted in the death of your mother, Evalene?

Yes.

Why didn't you confess to that crime as part of your plea deal?

Because I didn't do it.

I'd never hurt my mother.

Objection, this is the very definition

of frolic and detour.

Even if any of this were true,

which we're not remotely stipulating,

what does it have to do with my client?

It goes to our assertion that his client conspired

to cover up Mr. Pritcher's crimes

by setting his house on fire in an attempt to murder him.

That statement is outrageous. We move to strike.

Denied.

Plaintiff's Exhibit 9, Your Honor.

Mr. Pritcher, do you recognize the woman in this picture?

Yeah.

Yeah, that lady and her partner tried to kill me.

Yeah, would it surprise you to learn that they worked for Tinley Britt?

Objection, is counsel testifying? Are you denying that she works for you?

She may or may not. I have no idea.

I have 300 lawyers working for me.

More to the point, where's any evidence

that she ever worked on this case?

Furthermore, where is any evidence in this entire circus?

Wild claims by a clearly disturbed individual

that he's some kind of prolific serial killer...

- Now who's testifying, Your Honor? - Who now claims that someone

is trying to assassinate him.

- I mean, what's next, aliens? - That's enough, Mr. Drummond.

Mr. Baylor, do you have any more questions for this witness?

No, Your Honor.

♪ ♪

Mr. Pritcher, where were you born?

Clearview Penitentiary.

And your mother was addicted to heroin at the time.

Isn't that also correct?

Yeah, but...

Objection, Your Honor, relevance.

You had your turn, Mr. Baylor.

Overruled.

She got sober.

How many times did she get sober?

She turned her life around.

Uh-huh. She got sober at least seven times,

if I'm not mistaken.

Basically your whole childhood,

with you in and out of foster care all those years.

Objection, Your Honor, badgering.

Sustained.

Let the witness answer, Mr. Drummond.

She... yeah, she struggled with addiction.

That must have been devastating,

watching her make the same awful choice,

putting you second just so she could get high

over and over and over and over and...

- over and over and over. - Objection, Your Honor, is there a question?

Yeah, there's a question.

Did that make you angry?

[breathes deeply]

- You don't know anything about me. - Sure, I do.

I just had to read a two-inch-thick file

about you and your mother.

Paging Dr. Freud.

- Objection. - Is there a question?

Yeah. [laughs]

You hated her so much that you wanted her dead.

Isn't that right?

♪ ♪

- No. - Come on, Melvin.

Didn't murdering your own mother make you feel heard...

- Your Honor, objection. - Sustained.

Or are you such a human tragedy

that you had to get up here

- and pretend... - That's enough, Mr. Drummond.

To be some kind of spooky serial killer

just to finally get a little attention?

[gavel banging]

I didn't kill my mother, okay?

Because you did.

[screams]

[grunting]

♪ ♪

Excuse me.

[breathing heavily]

- Hey. - No. No.

- We're not doing this right now. - It's not too late.

Too late for what?

I'm sorry, did you not see what happened down there?

The only thing I saw was, a psychopath attacked Leo

- right in front of the jury. - You can still walk away.

You've not done anything illegal yet.

Come on.

Please?

♪ ♪

Now you're here to save me.

Well, guess what.

I don't need to be saved by you, Rudy.

- Bruiser was right. - Right about what?

You're not who I thought you were.

You're the one who taught me to never back away from a fight.

You missed the point.

This is not about the fight

but who you fight for.

♪ ♪

You okay?

I finally heard the truth, Rudy.

[sighs]

[pensive music]

And thank you for that.

Oh.

♪ ♪

Heard it was a real scene in there today.

I have to be back in court. What do you need?

The FBI came to see me.

Have the car brought around.

Do you need some legal advice?

They've got us by the balls, Leo.

The only way we get through this is if we're on the same page.

Here's the page I'm on.

You wanted to make partner,

so you started painting outside the lines.

And now you got caught.

And you're trying to bring me down with you.

What are you talking about? I've killed myself for you.

Is that so?

[grunts]

Huh.

Well, now you've killed yourself.

[tense music]

[water dripping]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

So what's it gonna be?

[knock at door]

Guys, the judge is about to enter.

♪ ♪

What's going on?

I can't do this. I can't do this.

You told me I wouldn't have to testify.

We can't let the accusation of a psychopath

be the last thing the jury remembers.

I want to plead the Fifth.

This is a civil trial.

If you plead the Fifth, the jury

is allowed to infer that you're hiding something.

You do realize that if I go down, you go down with me?

That's not gonna happen.

Stick to the prep. They don't have anything concrete.

♪ ♪

You are Wilfred R. Keeley,

a captain of industry, a leader in your field.

He is a first-year attorney.

You are also very likeable, Wilfred.

The jury will see what I see.

♪ ♪

I want her to handle the cross.

All right.

We'll wait in the hall.

♪ ♪

Now that you're really on the inside,

Brad's been talking to the FBI.

Perfect.

What do you mean?

Someone's blood has to end up on the floor, right?

♪ ♪

What was the nature of this urgent meeting

that Bernie Manfred asked for?

I do not recall.

According to Jackie Lemancyzk,

she brought her concerns to Manfred,

and minutes later, he set a meeting with you.

Was Jackie Lemancyzk the subject of this meeting?

I do not recall.

I'd like to move on to the NarPense medication dispensers.

The machine manual, already introduced into evidence,

says that a 12-digit alphanumeric master code

is required in order to reprogram its settings.

- Is that correct? - If that's what the manual says.

And the settings were reprogrammed

September 3rd to wipe its logs after just 90 days.

Is that correct?

That's certainly possible.

Do you know who reprogrammed the machines?

Any number of senior executives.

Any number? How many of your executives had the master code?

I really couldn't be sure.

[door creaks open]

Your Honor, a moment to confer with my colleague.

Where's the NarPense guy?

He won't talk without a subpoena, so...

- So Butch is the NarPense guy? - Good idea, right?

- You want me to lie? - Bluff.

He has a terrible poker face.

I know that's the truth, but what I'm worried...

- Guys, I'm right here. - Mr. Baylor?

So your testimony is that any number of executives

could have had the NarPense code?

Correct.

And when I call a NarPense executive

- as a rebuttal witness, he'll say the same thing? - Objection,

it's improper to discuss the testimony

of a subsequent witness.

Sustained.

Are you okay, Mr. Keeley?

You know you can still amend your testimony

while under oath, right?

I'm remembering now.

With the NarPense account,

it is possible that only I had the code.

♪ ♪

Let me get this straight.

September 3rd, the day after your meeting

with Bernie Manfred, a meeting that he scheduled

mere moments after Jackie Lemancyzk

brought her concerns about Melvin Pritcher,

the NarPense dispensers were reprogrammed

to delete the records.

And you and only you had the master code.

Objection, argumentative.

Is there a question, Mr. Baylor?

I guess not, Your Honor.

♪ ♪

Mr. Keeley, how long has Great Benefit Hospital Systems

been represented by Tinley Britt?

We've been with, uh, Tinley Britt

since I met Leo Drummond at a golf tournament 30 years ago.

And Leo Drummond must have been a senior associate at the time?

Yes.

And since Leo became managing partner,

do you deal with him on a day-to-day matters?

I wish.

I can't afford his billable hours.

When the new NarPense machines were installed

four years ago,

would you have shared all regulatory paperwork

with your legal counsel?

Of course.

And that would have included the master code

to the machines, correct?

Yes.

And, Mr. Keeley, who's the person at Tinley Britt

who has been managing the day-to-day on your account

the last four years?

♪ ♪

Brad Noonan.

♪ ♪

So Brad Noonan would have also had

the master code to the NarPense dispenser machines?

Yes.

Yes.

Brad definitely had the code as well.

When Mr. Baylor was badgering you,

you understandably seemed a bit confused.

Now that you have a bit more clarity,

I'd like to repeat the question.

Did you erase the NarPense machine history?

No, I did not.

Nothing further.

♪ ♪

We should rest our case.

We still have Melvin's testimony, Jackie's testimony.

I want to put Leo on the stand.

All right, is this about winning or about nailing Leo?

- Or beating Sarah? - Are you serious?

Can you even do that?

Can you call opposing counsel to testify?

Technically, you can, but that doesn't mean you should.

Putting Leo on the stand is grabbing a wolf by its ears.

You lose your grip, he's gonna eat you alive.

Yeah, I got that.

I'm first chair, right?

♪ ♪

Your case, your call.

I'm putting Leo on the stand.

♪ ♪

Do you swear to tell the whole truth

and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

I do.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

It's gawkers.

Whole place is buzzing 'cause Leo's on the stand.

♪ ♪

Mr. Drummond...

what is your position at Tinley Britt?

I'm the managing partner.

You're the boss?

I am.

Are there any big decisions made at the firm

without your approval?

Now and then, it happens.

Can you give me an example of a decision that was made

that you weren't aware of?

The hiring of Rudy Baylor.

Yeah.

I worked at Tinley Britt for two hours,

and even in that time, it was obvious to me

nothing happens without your say-so.

Objection, the court has already

warned Mr. Baylor about testifying.

Your Honor, Mr. Drummond is opposing counsel.

Rule 607 allows us to treat the witness as hostile.

Oh, you may treat the witness as hostile,

but the objection is sustained.

Mr. Baylor, I need a question.

Mr. Drummond, on my one day working at Tinley Britt,

you said the truth is not your client.

You remember that?

No, I don't.

Do you believe a courtroom is a place to find the truth?

Objection, relevance.

- Is the truth not relevant? - Sustained.

Mr. Baylor, we're not in law school.

Get to your point.

I'm happy to answer the question.

In my opinion, the biggest challenge in a courtroom is not the truth.

The biggest challenge is a shared truth.

Otherwise, we wouldn't need a trial.

We'd just go to lunch.

[light laughter]

What exactly is a... shared truth?

Well, for example, your truth is

that you got fired for having the temerity

to argue with your new boss.

Mine is that I fired you

because you did not exhibit the required restraint

to be a good lawyer.

The shared truth is probably somewhere in between.

Do you believe there is a shared truth

when it comes to murder?

We can both agree that the death of Mrs. Black's son is a terrible tragedy.

Where we can't agree is on the veracity of the rantings

of an accused murderer.

Do you know the name Rosalie Sutton?

Objection, relevance.

Establishing a pattern of conduct, Your Honor.

A man went to prison in a case of Mr. Drummond's

seven years ago for witness tampering.

- Ms. Sutton was the witness. - Move to strike.

These cases are not sufficiently related in time

or character under Rule 404.

Sustained.

The jury will disregard Mr. Baylor's statement.

Relax.

You're doing great.

♪ ♪

Mr. Drummond, has Jane Allen ever worked for Tinley Britt?

As I said before, I wouldn't know.

I thought no decisions were made without your knowledge.

No, you said big decisions.

Who gets hired as an investigator

is not a decision I would typically be involved with.

I'd like to introduce into evidence as Exhibit 11

a map of the Charleston metro area.

Also introducing into evidence Exhibit 12,

which is a list of GPS waypoints provided

by the Charleston Police Department

and taken from a '22 Mercedes registered to Jane Allen.

And the numbers on the screen

correspond to the numbers on the list.

Will you please read the first one?

1325 Grove Avenue,

12/14.

But the records show 1325 Grove

is the address of Evalene Pritcher.

12/14 is the date of the fire that destroyed her home.

Can you read the second one, please?

Your Honor, Mr. Baylor is making assertions

that have not been introduced in evidence.

Happy to stipulate, Your Honor.

I trust Mr. Baylor did his homework.

What's next?

- Second highlighted portion. - What's he up to?

He's laying a trap.

Diamond Point State Park, January 3rd.

The location where the body of Jane's associate,

Ethan Cook, was found shot three times.

- Next one. - Wambaw Motel, January 3rd.

The motel Melvin Pritcher was staying at

the night he confessed to have stolen Jane Allen's Mercedes.

Oak Tree Road,

February 5th.

The place where Jackie Lemancyzk's car

was found abandoned.

- Next one. - Rainbow View Summer Camp, February 5th.

This is where Jackie testified Melvin took her

in the trunk of Jane Allen's Mercedes.

- Next one, please. - 201 Dellwood Road, February 14th.

The house of Charlie and Amber Sturm,

the night Amber was attacked.

Next one's Loggerhead Storage.

This is where Jackie testified

she was freed by Jane Allen.

Read the last one, please, Mr. Drummond.

The offices of Tinley, Britt, Mize, and St. John.

Mr. Drummond, can you explain what this car was doing

at each of these events and also at your offices?

A hypophora if ever I've heard one.

Excuse me?

The question is a hypophora. It's a cheap lawyer trick.

He asks the question that he believes has an obvious answer.

It's called a hypophora.

Do you think it's a coincidence, Mr. Drummond,

- that this car... - Another hypophora.

Get the idea?

Here are a few more hypophoras.

Is there any evidence that this woman

ever came to see me personally? No.

Any evidence that I ordered her to commit a crime?

- No. - Objection, Your Honor, nonresponsive.

I'm answering you.

I'm just doing it in the form of your original question.

Objection overruled.

Here are a few more hypophoras.

Am I on trial here? No.

Is this a criminal trial? No.

Is it a civil case between your client and Great Benefit? Yes.

Is your client relying on you to focus on that?

Yes, she most certainly is.

Anything else?

Your Honor, may I have a moment

to confer with my colleague?

Unless there's a pending question,

we're overdue for lunch break anyway.

I'm starving, but I'm happy to keep going.

Lunch is fine, Your Honor.

Witness is dismissed.

Court is adjourned until after lunch.

[gavel bangs]

♪ ♪

What was that?

- That was a master at work. - He's good.

He's really good.

I can... [clears throat]

- I can get this back on track. - Rudy, making this about him

allowed him to turn it around and make it about you.

She's right, pal.

And I'm telling you right now, we can still win this thing.

- By letting him off the hook? - Yes.

Rudy, you're a fighter, okay?

You never surrender.

It's what got us this far.

But it can also sink us.

Flip side of my best quality.

Rudy, I'm your friend.

I'm telling you, let it go.

[tense music]

Mr. Baylor, you may proceed.

♪ ♪

Mr. Baylor?

No further questions, Your Honor.

Plaintiff rests.

Miss Plankmore, your cross.

No questions, Your Honor.

The witness is excused.

♪ ♪

Mr. Drummond,

I would like to remind you

of Professional Conduct Rule 3.7.

Now that you've been a witness,

you are disqualified from serving

as Great Benefit's counsel in this case.

I would like to request an exception

regarding the closing argument.

This would impose an undue hardship on my client.

Denied.

You have an able second chair right over there,

as she has so amply demonstrated.

Liza, she's barely out of law school.

It's the law.

♪ ♪

Sorry, in the gallery.

♪ ♪

[somber music]

♪ ♪

I've spent a lot of time with mothers of sons,

and I've learned a few things.

A mother knows the real trouble for a boy

often doesn't come from the world out there

but from the turbulent world in here.

Boys don't share their feelings easily.

Mother may think that her son's just off to school.

He feels he's off to war.

Mom might think her boy is angry or indifferent.

♪ ♪

He may have just had his heart broken.

A mom is sure her boy will eventually

do the right thing only after he's tried every other thing.

[light laughter]

When a mother finally lets go of that hand,

it is a form of surrender...

surrender to fate, to God,

and to a world of strangers she prays

will help him when he needs it.

Donny Ray was brought into the emergency room

at North City Hospital with a bad case of the flu.

While he was there, a nurse,

Melvin Pritcher, murdered him.

When his mother asked what happened to her boy,

the hospital lied and told her he died of a drug overdose.

They killed her son and then blamed him for it.

Jackie Lemancyzk testified she saw Melvin Pritcher

leaving Donny Ray's room just after he coded.

She found out he'd accessed the NarPense dispenser

minutes earlier.

She later found 14 additional cases

where Melvin had similar access immediately followed

by the overdose of a patient.

And within days, both Jackie and Melvin were fired,

and the machines were wiped.

Wilfred Keeley admitted on the stand

that he was the only hospital executive

with the NarPense codes to delete the data.

And just weeks later, a car belonging

to Tinley Britt's hired investigator on this case

was located at the scene of an arson

that almost killed Pritcher but instead killed his mother.

Why did Great Benefit go to all this trouble?

Because Wilfred Keeley is more concerned about lawsuits

and his stock price than in telling the truth

and protecting the public from a serial killer.

Dot Black, like so many mothers,

let go of her son's hand, watched him walk out the door.

♪ ♪

Dot prayed to God that the strangers out there

would be kind to her boy

and that he would be kind to himself.

He wasn't.

And they weren't.

Not at North City Hospital.

♪ ♪

Miss Plankmore?

[clears throat]

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

as Mr. Drummond said,

we can all agree that the loss of Mrs. Black's son

is a horrible tragedy.

Anyone who has experienced loss...

and who here hasn't... can empathize with a mother

grieving for her son.

Mr. Baylor suffered his own tragedy once.

He lost his beloved brother in a terrible car accident,

and Rudy did what we all do when we lose someone.

The first three words we say are, "It's not fair."

How could God take someone like this from us,

someone so special?

And you see, grief is so powerful

that it will make us blame anyone and everyone, even God.

Now, you heard a lot of testimony in this case,

but ask yourself this.

Which testimony best supports Mr. Baylor's claim,

a grieving mother who admitted

she couldn't be sure her son wasn't still using drugs,

a nurse who was fired for stealing patient records

when she wasn't out stalking her ex-boyfriend,

or a clearly disturbed colleague of hers

who is currently on trial for the murder

of his own mother?

♪ ♪

Donny Ray Black was a known drug user

who, according to his doctor, came in

suffering from the flu, exacerbated

by a drug overdose that would sadly, sadly end his life.

And the understandable grief of his mother

was exacerbated by a young, inexperienced,

overzealous lawyer

who couldn't help but take this case so personally.

And it's not fair.

That's what we say because it's true.

It is not fair that Donny Ray Black is gone.

It's not fair that Mr. Baylor's brother is gone.

But when we are done saying it's not fair

and when we are done blaming everyone else

and when we are done blaming God,

we begin to heal.

And at some point, we have to believe what's true,

that God had other plans.

And that realization... is called faith.

But in this room, in a courtroom,

faith isn't enough.

Mm-mm.

In here, we require proof.

♪ ♪

[somber music]

♪ ♪

♪ Blanket on the grass ♪

[indistinct chatter]

It's a trick question.

He wants you to think it's about breach of duty,

but really, it's about proximate cause because...

Because the damage wasn't a foreseeable act.

- How did you even... - I'm in your class.

Two rows back.

♪ Light as a feather ♪

♪ And just like a dream ♪

[phone buzzing]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

have you reached a verdict?

Yes, Your Honor, we have.

♪ ♪

- You can do this. - No, I can't.

He wasn't better.

He wasn't smarter.

If it was easy, I wouldn't need you.

Are you out of your mind? She doesn't have a case.

I wonder if the man who bought that suit

would approve of your behavior.

He was John Baylor, and you're Rudy Baylor.

And you're... you're a fighter, okay?

You never surrender.

It's what got us this far.

Should've settled when you had the chance.

No deal.

But sometimes the truth matters.

Sometimes it's all that matters.

What are we here to do today?

Leave his blood on the floor.

I trust you.

♪ ♪

You may read the verdict.

We, the jury, find the defendant,

Great Benefit Hospital Systems, liable for conspiracy

to knowingly and fraudulently conceal

the murder of Donny Ray Black

by a North City Hospital employee.

We award the plaintiff, Marvarine "Dot" Black,

$1.5 million in compensatory damages

and punitive damages in the amount of $80.5 million.

[people gasping]

[light music]

♪ They would say you were ♪

$82 million.

Mwah. You did it, kid.

Whoo-hoo!

You are now dismissed.

♪ How they loved you ♪

♪ They adored you ♪

♪ But you would sing with a pain ♪

[laughter]

♪ They never knew ♪

♪ ♪

I told you.

Fire in the belly.

♪ All the madness was never familiar ♪

♪ And their affection was much too peculiar ♪

Mr. Drummond, we'd like to ask you a few questions.

Same.

♪ That fill the sky ♪

♪ They burn out before our eyes ♪

John would be so proud of you.

♪ ♪

♪ Before our eyes ♪

♪ ♪

Well, we lost the case,

but you got everything you want.

Funny how that worked out.

- I learned from the master. - Hmm.

Keeley hired Ralston and Cook for his criminal defense.

We just lost our tenth client.

And I am on my way to another interview with the FBI.

Some master.

Can I do anything?

Enjoy the view.

[breathes deeply]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

Oh, this is incredible.

Deck, they spelled your name right.

Yeah, it's 50/50 when your name is Deck.

A little lady from Charleston did all this.

It's incredible.

Uh, ha.

This is a $3,000 bottle of bourbon.

Did you know that?

I don't think Prince is coming back for it.

- Do you? - No.

He's not coming back. Let's open that up, yes?

Yeah, crack it open. [knock at door]

Oh, here we go.

- There's my guy. - Whoo!

Two pizzas?

- I told you to get one. - Yeah.

One's for you guys. One's for me.

So, Dot, what are you gonna do with all this money, huh?

Giving a big pile to the treatment center

that helped Donny Ray

and some to the place I got Daisy and her new sister.

No, you didn't. You got a new dog?

- Come on. What kind? - A little mutt troublemaker.

Named her Bruiser.

[gasps] Oh, I'm touched.

[laughter]

Now I got to figure out what I'ma do with all my free time.

Mm. Yogi's needs a good cook.

Stop, the bank sold this place already? That's impossible.

They had a motivated buyer.

You?

- Oh, come on. - Aw.

We're gonna be a little busy for you to be running a bar.

Rudy, you're the hottest lawyer in Charleston right now.

You're the hottest lawyer on the East Coast.

I'm not running it.

Butch is.

Job's yours if you want it.

Depends.

What's the pay?

[laughter]

♪ To the cost of love ♪

What's going on?

So I'm, uh...

thinking about taking the bar again.

I don't know, I thought maybe you'd give me some pointers or something.

You don't need pointers.

You just got to manage your nerves.

Yeah.

I think I have something to help you there.

No, buddy, I can't take that.

Buddy, that's...

that's your brother's coin. I cannot take that.

It's yours now.

♪ ♪

♪ And when we say goodbye ♪

You're a great lawyer, Deck.

♪ In the blue light of dawn ♪

♪ You can rest here tonight ♪

Kid.

♪ For the price of a song ♪

♪ Stay for a while ♪

[glasses clink] all: Cheers.

♪ You have come so far ♪

[buzzer blares]

♪ Hey, good-lookin' ♪

♪ What you got cookin' ♪

♪ How's about cookin' somethin' up with me ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

[upbeat twangy country music]

♪ Baby, I been on this plot too long ♪

♪ Hey, shorty, what you got for me ♪

♪ Eastbound and down, I'm flying on I-40 ♪

♪ On my way for a taste of that apple pie ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Sweet biscuits, handle your business ♪

♪ This man can stand the heat in your kitchen ♪

♪ Work all day, and we be slow-cookin' all night ♪

♪ ♪

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♪ Little somethin' sweet after dinner ♪

♪ This the type of love ♪

♪ That's better when you take your time ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Hey, shorty, what you got for me? ♪

♪ Eastbound and down, I'm flyin' on I-40 ♪

♪ Work all day, and we be slow-cookin' all night ♪