All language subtitles for Law.and.Order.SVU.S19E11.HDTV.x264-KILLERS

In the criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses are
considered especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

This is what three weeks off

with a five-year-old
looks like.

- Noah back at school?
- Yeah, Lucy took him in.

I'm just ready to head
into the office myself.

You could take
a few more weeks, you know.

Thank you, but I think if Noah and I

spent one more day together,

we'd both end up in straightjackets.

How's the little guy doing?

He's great.

He's stayed up past 10:00
every night this week.

And last night, I let him finish

an entire ice cream sundae,
while watching cartoons,

in my bed.

- And you?
- Well...

As long as I don't
close my eyes, I'm good.

After the military, Mike
decides he wants to tend bar

at this dive, Lucky's.
Yeah, in Hell's Kitchen.

Before it was chic.
After he died...

Every night for six months,
I'd go into Lucky's.

And order one too many vodka sodas.

I could tell you not to
beat yourself up over Sheila.

But if there's one thing
I hate, it's a hypocrite.

Thanks, chief.

Good morning from the flight deck.

This is your captain speaking.

Welcome to Flight 42,
New York to Atlanta.

Sit back and enjoy the view.

Just a little speed bump there, folks.

We're expecting a smooth ride
from here on out.

A bunch of liberals just found God.

Tailwind puts us into Atlanta early.

Got us staying at the Continental.

Five-star hotel.

Great.

Holly's talking about
getting together for drinks

when we land; You should come.

Uh, I head back
to New York after this.

Too bad.
Auto pilot is engaged.

I'm going to hit the loo.

Watch out for mountain tops.

You look good.

- Oh!
- Excuse me.

What's going on?
Is everything okay?

Probably just avoiding some bad air.

Sir.

It's okay.

Seatbelts, everyone, now.

Whoa!

Why the change in course?

First officer Sidnana, Captain Carter.

Tara, what the hell are you doing?

I'm not letting you in.

She hit the toggle switch.
We're locked out.

Tara?

Tara.

- What's going on?
- We need to get in there.

Oh, my God, she's going to kill us.

I saw her, she's Arab.

John, we have an issue.

Flight 42, we show you've
deviated from your flight plan.

Flight 42?

Call the FAA.

Again.

Again!

I have control.

Don't touch me, don't touch me.

Let go of me!

Don't touch me!
No!

Let me go!
Don't touch me!

No!

Thank God for flight insurance.

Come on, Fin, don't tell me
you cancelled your trip.

Look, if I have a choice
between fishing and living.

You know, it was bad enough
we had to worry about

passengers, now co-pilots?
I'm with Fin.

Plus this terrorist stuff
happens in threes,

so until the next two pop off,
call me homeboy.

I'm staying home.

We don't even know
that she is a terrorist.

Well, the news outlets are reporting

she's been to Bangalore
twice in the last two months.

Well, I read she was born there, so.

So you must have also read

that there's over 40 Salafi
mosques in Bangalore.

Where Muslim Indians are known
to have become radicalized.

Where'd you get that, Fox News?

- Huffington Post.
- You people work around here?

- Welcome back, Liv.
- Hey, how you doing?

Good.

Rollins.

- Lieutenant.
- I'm really fine, Amanda.

- Uh...
- Oh, sorry, what's up?

So Sandy Sullivan is on the phone.

She's a union rep from Optimum Air.

The airline that almost just crashed?

Yeah.

According to Sullivan,

the co-pilot
is saying she was raped.

Lieutenant Benson.

- sync and corrections by Zac -
www.addic7ed.com -

I always thought airport
jails were an urban myth.

Yeah, you wouldn't believe
how much use they get.

I'm sorry you had
to schlep all the way out here.

- Waste of time.
- You don't believe her?

Eh, terrorists today,
you know they read handbooks

on what to do if their captured.

My guess, the latest edition
added "cry rape."

You must be Lieutenant Benson.

- I am.
- I'm Sandy Sullivan.

Tara's union rep.
Okay, well you did

the right thing by calling us.

- Has Tara been tested...
- Her tests came back negative.

Any history with mental illness?

None.
But pilots and co-pilots

tend not to report that sort of thing.

We have agents
at her apartment right now.

We've dumped her phone, computer.

Performed a deep search of all
her social media accounts.

So far, there's no links to terrorism.

Either she's the best
sleeper agent there is...

Or, she's telling the truth.

They're calling me a terrorist.

You did lock the pilot
out of the cockpit

and take over the plane.

Not to crash it.

I just needed to land back at JFK,

and get the hell out of that plane.

That agent, he wouldn't tell me.

- Tell you what?
- The passengers.

Is everyone okay?
Did anyone get hurt?

I'll never forgive myself if...

- So far, everyone's fine.
- Tara.

You told your union rep
that you had been raped.

So can you tell us about that?

Six months ago, we were on
our way over from Hong Kong.

The crew was put up
at the Hyland Suites.

It was Erin Kay's birthday;
She's a flight attendant.

We were at the bar celebrating,
and I had too much to drink.

Okay, did you tell
a friend or family member?

I called in sick to work.
I drove to my sister's.

She lives in Sunnyside, and...

I know, I should
have filed for a police report.

Or done a rape kit.

- No, you're...
- They promised me.

- Who?
- Optimum Air.

Optimum Air knew that you were raped?

They said if I kept my mouth shut,

they'd fast track me to my wings,

and I'd never have
to fly with him again.

For six months, I didn't.

Until this morning, when they
put me back on that plane.

You, your rapist was on the plane?

Tara, who raped you?

Captain Carter.

The pilot.
The hero.

What a joke.

Excuse me, we need to speak
with Logan Carter.

Well, Captain Carter
was cleared two hours ago.

- What?
- Optimum Air put him on

a flight home for some
much needed R and R.

- Where's home?
- Los Angeles.

- Okay, so what do we got?
- Captain Carter's been with

Optimum Air for the last 15 years.

He's the chief airman.
He's in charge of training

the pilots, making sure
that they fly to code.

If they don't, he sends
them back for more training.

Flight 42 wasn't Carter's
first heroic move.

He's the real deal.
He flew during Shock and Awe.

Okay, so what about sexual harassment?

Are there any complaints
against Carter?

None, guy didn't have so much
as a parking ticket.

Does any of Tara's story check out?

Yeah, Hyland Suites confirms
that the flight crew

stayed at their hotel on July 10th.

That's the night
Tara claims she was raped.

Right, and her credit card receipts

do show that she rented
a car in Midtown on the 11th.

She drove to Sunnyside,
where her sister Alexis lives.

She's been with Optimum Air
for five years.

Never missed a day of work
until the rape,

after which she was out for a week.

Before that, she and Captain Carter

flew together all the time.

After, they never flew together again.

Sounds like somebody
who's suffered a trauma.

Fin, Carisi, you talk to
the rest of the flight crew.

Rollins, go to Sunnyside,
talk to the sister,

and I'll talk to Optimum Air.

_

I started this airline
with three planes;

Now we fly in 35 states,
all over Europe.

It's an interesting
marketing strategy...

if this was the '60s.

We aim to put the fun back in flying.

By objectifying your female employees?

I have two young daughters.

And just last year,
I let my assistant, Ellen,

have the day off so she could
attend the women's march.

It was exhilarating.

I let her wear that funny hat
for a week.

Next you're going to tell me
that you voted for Hillary.

My heart bleeds pink,
but I have a business to run.

And let's be honest, sex sells.

What about rape?

Is that part of your
business model as well?

No, God, no,
this whole thing is ridiculous.

Logan Carter is a gentleman.
He has a beautiful wife,

a beautiful little girl.
If he wasn't on that plane,

who knows what would have happened?

Do you really think Tara
would have crashed that plane?

I'm glad we didn't have to find out.

Look, we vetted Tara
before we hired her.

If we didn't hire her,
I'd have the EEOC on my back.

So hiring female pilots,
that's just to what?

Fulfill some kind of quota?

Only four percent of the pilots

who are currently flying are women.

Not everyone has the stamina
for the long hours,

the constant changes
in sleep schedule,

nights and weekends
away from their families.

Forget starting one.
The job requires extreme focus.

And you don't think women can focus.

They're not flocking
to careers in aviation.

You don't believe me?

When's the last time that
you boarded a plane,

and when the pilot came
over the loudspeaker,

you heard a woman's voice?

Has Tara ever said anything
or done anything

to make you believe that she
was a radical Muslim?

No, but what other
explanation is there?

Oh, I can think of a few.

Kevin is our head of HR.

Give Detective Benson
anything she needs.

- It's Lieutenant.
- Sorry.

Tara never filed a grievance
against Logan Carter.

If anything, she requested
to fly with him.

Everyone does.
Logan has the best hours.

He never works a weekend or a holiday.

Well, then why, after July 11th,

did she stop flying with him?
During preflight checks,

Tara forgot to
remove the pitot covers,

turn on the anti-ice switch.

Logan sent her back for more training.

Once Tara completed
the required courses,

- Logan gave her another chance.
- Well, if he gave her

- another chance...
- The crew complained.

After that, Tara had an attitude.

And then there was the drinking.

Tara has a drinking problem?

She likes to burn
the candle at both ends.

On July 10th, the crew
had drinks at the bar.

The rule is, eight hours
from bottle to throttle.

Tara pushed it.

The next morning, she calls in sick.

Delaying the plane.
The crew was pissed.

They had seniority, we moved her.

Okay, so I'm going to need
the names and the numbers

of every single
crew member that complained.

Terrorist or not, I'm not
surprised Tara lost it mid-air.

- And why is that?
- Because she seemed to be

spiraling for months.

If you felt that way,

why would you ever put her on a plane?

I recommended that she be grounded.

Take time off.
But the company felt

it would be bad for business
if it turned out

we benched our only
female co-pilot.

How's our image look now?

It was my last day of vacay,

thank God I wasn't on that flight.
What was it,

like some kind of breakdown?

That's what we're
trying to figure out.

Now, on July 10th,
you were at the Hyland Suites

with Logan Carter and Tara?

I turned 30.
God, do I feel old.

It only gets better.

So what was the mood like that night?
Did everybody get along?

Yeah, I mean, I had
one too many Negronis.

I had to turn in early.

What about Tara and the captain,

did they turn in early too?

Uh, she was ordering drinks
when I left.

Did you ever have a problem
with Captain Carter?

Okay, Logan can be a little rigid.

Tara messed up
the pre-flight check.

It was more than just the checklist.

Tara took a photo of the sunset

as we were landing into Abu Dhabi.

Cell phones are
a huge no-no in the cockpit,

but we all do it.

I heard Tara posted hers on Instagram,

hashtagged it "Optimum Air."

You know, Captain Carter had
no choice but to write her up.

Well, Tara's telling
a different story.

She's saying Captain Carter raped her.

I don't know anything about that.

So he never crossed the line with you?

Aren't you looking at this backwards?

I mean, the crew
on Flight 42, Sabrina, Molly.

They're some of my best friends.

If it weren't for Logan,
I'd be planning their memorials

with their families.

_

How's my sister?
I've tried calling...

She's hanging in there.

The Feds interviewed me
for four hours.

This is all crazy.

The trips to Bangalore,
I was with her.

We went for our grandmother's
99th birthday.

She died three weeks later,
we went back for her funeral.

Why isn't anyone reporting that?

Because terrorists make better news.

Okay?
Listen.

Tara told us that she
visited you sometime in July.

She showed up
at my doorstep, unannounced.

She said she had some vacation days.

You didn't believe her?

My sister's idea of a day off

is flying standby
from New York to Paris.

Not to see the Eiffel Tower,
just to be on a plane.

So when she showed up...

She went right to my guest room,

closed the door, and slept.

For 18 hours.

I checked on her,
that's when I saw the bruises

on her neck and wrists.

What did she say happened?

She was mugged.

You know, working here,
I have seen my share of rapes.

Tara had all the signs.

I pled with her to go to the police.

I said I'd go with her.

What did she say happened?

She cried.

She stayed a week,
and then she was gone.

No good-bye, nothing.

- I get it, she was pissed at me.
- Why? Why was she pissed?

I took photos of her bruises
while she was sleeping.

Do you still have the photos?

Tara's sister took
these photos the next day.

They seem to corroborate her story.

The other crew members
don't necessarily agree.

They say that Carter reported Tara

because of an Instagram post
she took eight months ago.

And now, here's strike two.

The bartender at Hyland Suites,
he remembers Tara and Carter

drinking up a storm,
they closed the bar down.

Now he said that it was
Tara that pushed Carter

to have one last drink.
Strike three.

They're putting
Carter's face on a mountain.

He's set to appear on "Seth"
and the "Today Show."

Lieutenant,
I believe Tara was raped. I do.

But even with the terrorism
charge getting dropped,

we're swimming upstream.

I couldn't agree more.
Lieutenant, a word.

The stories of what these passengers
went through is horrific.

This is a federal case;
Maybe the Feds should take it.

- This is coming from 1PP?
- By way of the DOJ.

They don't need Special Victims
inventing a defense for her.

Chief, I believe that she was raped.

And when you measure
one woman's tragedy

against the lives of those 135 people

aboard that plane who are now
suffering from PTSD...

Please don't go there.

The woman had options.

When she saw Carter
was flying that plane,

she could have turned around.
Chosen not to fly.

Optimum Air knew
that Carter raped her,

and still, they put her
in that cockpit with him.

Fine.

But if you proceed with this case,

I suggest you get yourself
a big umbrella,

because the skies are going to open up

and a lot of federal crap
is going to come

raining down on your head.

My umbrella is...

plenty big.

Want me to cut him?
You know I'll do it.

Let's just get Tara in here.

We need to hammer out the
inconsistencies in her story.

Logan is smart.
Calculating.

He doesn't just
come out and demand sex.

He'd happen to mention a high
end razor he bought his wife.

Then he'd ask me if I preferred
bikini wax or Brazilian.

It's weird, sure,
but I could shrug it off.

Meanwhile, the bastard's
got a pubescent fantasy.

It wasn't just Logan.

All the pilots told dirty jokes.

They'd offer to rub my
shoulders on the long haul.

It was a boy's club.
Been there, done that.

- If I object, I'm the prude.
- So you lived with it?

Until Logan smacked my ass.

I read him the riot act,

and that's when the Instagram
photo that was up for months

became an issue.
Revenge?

If I ever wanted to see
the inside of a cockpit again,

I had to play ball.

Tara, the bartender at Hyland Suites

claims that you and Logan
were having drinks,

and that it looked like you
were having a good time.

Logan apologized for grounding me.

He said he was
having problems at home.

I ordered us another drink
to show him we were good.

But the defense is going to argue

that the sex was then consensual.

Logan walked me to my room.
He kissed on the lips.

I slapped him hard.

When I opened my hotel door,
he pushed his way in.

I tried to fight him off,

he pulled me by the back of my head.

Threw me on the bed,
and he put his hand

on my throat.
I couldn't speak.

He forced my legs open
and he raped me.

Nothing about that
was consensual, nothing.

It's a he said, she said.
Only he's a hero,

and she's a crazy lady
who took a plane hostage.

Guys like Carter,

Tara couldn't have been
his first victim.

Well, if there's someone else,

Optimum Air is not going
to help us find her.

We need something stronger, Liv.

It's called a controlled call.

No, Logan is too smart.
I'll read this, and he'll know.

I'll do it cold.

Okay, okay, but if you start to panic,

you have the script to refer to.

Okay, you ready?

You guys good?

- Hello?
- Hi, Logan. It's me, Tara.

Wow.
I knew you had balls, but...

I messed up, okay?

But what they're saying about me,

how can you just stand by
and play the hero?

After what you did to me?

What I did to you?

Please, what I did to you

was give you what
you'd been asking for.

That's not what happened.
I know it, and you know it.

All I know is, nobody cares.

Not after that stunt you pulled.

Sounds like a confession to me.

Carter lands at JFK,
5:30 a.m.

He's on "The Today Show" tomorrow.

Pick him up.

_

Yay! Yes, Carter!

Logan Carter, you're under arrest
for rape in the first degree.

Put your hands behind your back.

What are you doing?
He's a hero.

Please, let the police do their job.

This is all a misunderstanding.

Come tomorrow, I'll have your badge.

Oh, yeah? Well come tomorrow,

there's going to be a new
T-shirt that hits the stands.

Logan Carter, rapist.

What I did to you?
Please.

What I did to you was give you
what you'd been asking for.

That's not what happened.
I know it, and you know it.

All I know is nobody cares,

not after that stunt you pulled.

That's your probable cause
for arresting my client?

Handcuffing him in public?

A pilot in an airport?
Seems like the definition

of a flight risk to me.

Captain Carter is a national hero.

And Captain Carter
is a sexual predator.

- Are you listening to this?
- It's called corroboration.

That, and the photos
of Tara's bruises,

fill in the blanks in her story.

Story's a good word for it,

since she made
the whole damn thing up.

Okay, great.
Why don't you give us your version?

We had sex.
Just like other people

who meet at a bar.

I'm guilty of cheating
on my wife, that's all.

Did Optimum Air tell you

she filed a complaint
about being raped?

No, the airline
extorted Tara's silence

by promising her a promotion.

You've got to know how to fly
before you become a pilot.

That's why she never made captain.

- Because she's a woman?
- Because she'd risk

killing over 100 people because
she didn't get what she wanted.

We're done here.

It's a pleasure
doing business with you,

we'll see you in court, counselor.

I'll be there.

I used to think pilots were sexy.

Silly me.

Let's hope the jury
isn't blinded by the uniform.

_

Captain Carter
saved hundreds of lives.

Including the life of Tara Sidnana.

Optimum Air stands behind him.

We're confident that the jury

is going to find these charges
a desperate attempt

by Ms. Sidnana
to avoid culpability.

They all hate me.

Because they don't know what happened.

They need to hear the truth.
It doesn't matter what

anybody thinks except for the jury.

Listen, you know how to focus.

You focus on your testimony.
Let's go.

_

I went to Kevin Reed at Optimum Air.

He said if I didn't go to
the police, they'd promote me.

They offered to buy you off?

- Objection.
- Withdrawn. Tara.

Why didn't you quit?

Why didn't you get a job
at another airline?

I wanted to make captain.

I've been training for it
my entire career.

If I quit, no one would have hired me.

And Optimum promised I'd never
have to fly with Carter.

- But they broke that promise?
- Yes.

You've pled guilty to federal charges.

Yes.

I'll serve two years.
I lost my pilot's license.

I am not here to mitigate my actions.

Thank you.

You claim that you reported
the alleged sexual assault

to Optimum Air.

Are you aware they have
no record of that?

They must have destroyed it.

Shredded all the paperwork, huh?

- Objection.
- Withdrawn.

Isn't it true that the first
time you told someone

outside of Optimum
that you had been assaulted,

was when you were handcuffed
in federal custody?

- Yes.
- After you had locked

the captain out of the cockpit,
and tried to crash the plane.

I didn't want to crash the plane.

I was trapped two feet away
from the man who raped me.

I just wanted to get out of there.

Tell us, Ms. Sidnana,
why didn't you bolt

as soon as you saw Captain Carter

sitting in the cockpit?

I had to do my job.

If I walked out,
it would go on my record.

- And you'd never get promoted.
- It was more than that.

I couldn't risk showing weakness,

the weak are not meant to fly.

But you were weak, weren't you?

When you intentionally
flew off course.

Maybe I was weak.

If I wasn't weak, Logan
couldn't have raped me, right?

If I wasn't weak, I wouldn't
have believed Optimum's lies.

That's what you're thinking.

Maybe I'd just confirmed
what they already thought.

Women don't belong in their club.

You were too weak to do your job.

Now you're blaming Captain Carter.

- Objection.
- He was so close.

I could smell
the coffee on his breath.

His deodorant.
When he touched me,

I was right back in that hotel
room the night of the rape.

I had to get out of there.
There's no other reason

- I'd turn the plane around.
- No?

You sound like you have a lot
of rage against Optimum Air.

Objection, Your Honor.

Sustained, jury will disregard.

I honestly don't know whether
she hurt us or she helped us.

Well, she has the right to be angry.

I get it.

Jurors don't like difficult women.

Especially female jurors.
I saw a few of them

giving Carter the doe eye...
Excuse me.

Can you turn that up, please?

And while our main concern

is the safety of our passengers,

and to ensure that an incident
like this never happens again,

I'm compelled to speak out
in defense of Optimum Air

and our dedicated
and heroic female pilots.

All of whom are accorded the
same respect and consideration

as our male pilots.

Yeah, in other words,
"screw you, Tara."

They have to blame her.

They're looking at millions
of dollars in civil payouts.

I don't know what female
pilots he's talking about.

Optimum only promoted one woman
to captain that we know about.

- Hmm.
- She left the company

last year, and she hasn't
returned our calls.

Well, Optimum try to buy her off too?

_

Jeanne Howell? NYPD.

I told you, I can't talk
about Optimum.

I left on good terms.

Two weeks after you
received your promotion?

I was done flying commercial.

Okay, I get it.
Flying private is better hours,

better grade of passengers.

It all worked out for you,
but not for Tara Sidnana.

I feel terrible for her.
I mean, what she did, it's...

- It's every pilot's nightmare.
- You worked for Optimum

for what, ten years?

You've logged just as many
hours as your male pilots.

So in all that time,
you never got promoted?

I mean, why do you think that is?

Is it because you're a woman?

I don't like to play that card.

None of us do.

You know, Optimum Air,
all they care about

is protecting their bottom line.

If that means turning
a blind eye to harassment,

discrimination, sexual assault.

It's got to stop.
Tara was raped, Jeanne.

She tried to do her job,
she tried to get over it.

And then she found herself
in that cockpit,

face to face
with the man that raped her.

So yes, she lost control.

She's going to do prison time.
Logan Carter may walk.

My question to you is,

how are you going
to live with yourself,

if he gets away with it?

How are you going to live with
yourself if he does it again?

You know, I, uh...

I've agonized over the thought
of that plane going down.

Every day.

Could have been me.

What happened to you, Jeanne?

Logan Carter, he raped me too.

Jeanne Howell?
Do you know what I did for her?

We know what you did to her.

You want to hear about Jeanne Howell?
I can keep you here for hours.

Luckily, Mrs. Howell is meticulous.

She's detail oriented, probably
what makes her a good pilot.

She kept evidence of the assault.

Some of it ripped.

Photos of the physical
trauma and emails

between the two of you after the rape.

You were a little
loose lipped, Captain.

Contemporary statements
to her friends.

- What are you looking for?
- The captain pleads guilty

to two counts of rape two, ten years.

- Are you crazy?
- We could go to trial,

on Jeanne Howell's rape.

If you're found guilty,
you're looking at 25 years.

Draw up your paperwork.

We did it.

- Give the guy a kewpie doll.
- Ten years is a long time.

But you're not happy.
Are you?

Carter raped two women,
he sexually harassed

what, who knows how many.

Optimum knew, and they did nothing.

So what are you saying,

that putting away one
pilot rapist isn't enough?

Not in this day and age.

It's the entire culture
that needs to change.

All the people who enabled
Captain Carter

should be in that cell with him.

Yes, they should.

But unfortunately,
being sexist, misogynistic pigs

isn't a crime.

It should be.

I'm serious.
So what are you going to do?

What every prosecutor
that doesn't know

what to charge does,
convene a grand jury.

Against?

The whole damn company.

_

The cockpit can be an intimate space.

Some male pilots took that
as an opportunity

to discuss personal issues:

Their marriages, sex lives,

what kind of pornography they liked.

Did these conversations go further?

Yes, I was propositioned.

Everything from
"How about a drink?"

to "Let's see what's
underneath that uniform"

to graphic questions about
what I liked in bed.

- Did you complain to Optimum?
- No.

Flying is
a male-dominated field.

Truth is, a lot of male pilots
don't like flying with women.

So you try to fit in.
Be one of the boys.

And you eventually did get promoted?

Yes.

After I was raped by one
of their pilots, Logan Carter.

I went to management,

and they promised me
that I would make captain

if I didn't go to the police.

How did that make you feel?

My self-esteem and my
confidence were destroyed.

I knew that the only reason
they promoted me

was to keep me quiet.

I felt cheap.
I felt devalued.

You get hit on
by the passengers all the time.

Like, you laugh off
creepy pickup lines

or duck around the guy trying
to grab your ass in the aisle.

What about harassment from the crew?

When the police
first asked me about that,

I defended the company.

Okay, but now you want
to come forward.

Yes, people should know the truth.

Male pilots are worse than passengers.

A pilot will pretend to hug you
so he can look down your bra,

or text you "What color panties
are you wearing?"

- Did you complain to Optimum?
- When I did,

they said if I had a problem
with a particular crew,

I would be reassigned.

What ended up happening
was I lost flights.

- Hours, pay.
- So when you complained,

you basically got your salary docked.

Yes. I put my
game face on, I smiled.

I tried to ignore it, no matter
how crude these guys got.

You don't cry.
You don't fight back.

You just take it.

- How's it going?
- It's going well.

But getting the indictment
is the easy part...

and we're not even there yet.

Huh, we may not get there at all.

Optimum Air is filing a motion

to quash the grand jury subpoena.

- Hold on, can they do that?
- They can try.

They're claiming that the charges
are vague and overbroad.

Okay, that's good.
That means they feel the heat.

That means you're getting to them.

Yeah.

Mr. Barba, hi,
I'm Ellen Grey,

Mr. Fleming's assistant.

- You subpoenaed me to testify.
- Ah, yes, of course.

- Please, come in.
- You also asked me for

the employee company records.

The more sensitive documents,
I keep at home.

Mr. Fleming asked me
to shred them.

But, I...

There's something
I thought you should have.

Thank you so much for coming forward.

And the way that company
treats women is despicable.

But I can't stay quiet anymore.

Because what you're doing,
it's about damn time.

I saw a lot of women
come and go out of Optimum.

Women who made complaints
about male employees,

seems like there was always
a way to shut them up.

Why did you
come forward today, Ms. Gray?

I guess at some point,
enough is enough.

Can you describe this
for the grand jurors?

It's a memo Mr. Fleming
drafted five years ago.

It was circulated among
the male executives.

I was the only woman who read it.

Because I typed it.
Would you read it for us now?

"It has come to my attention
that there is scientific data

"supporting the fact that women,

"no matter how well trained they are,

"may not be mentally
or emotionally equipped

"to captain an aircraft.

"It is not a natural
career choice for females.

"The resulting anxiety can lead
them to make poor decisions,

"which may have severe consequences,

"including endangering lives.

"It is my opinion that women
may be better suited

for the career of flight
attendant than pilot."

Thank you, Ms. Gray.

_

You know what, I don't think
you have a clue

about anything you heard here today,

You know how I know?

You just don't look that intelligent.

And you, miss, where the hell
did you get that dress?

Salvation Army wouldn't even
put that on its shelves.

Um, I'm sure you know you're only here

because we're forced to let you in.

I forgot to tell you,

that because you're not
as smart as the other jurors,

your vote, it's going
to count less than theirs.

You're not really worth anything.

Day after day, you can sense it.

I mean, they don't really...

They don't really say it to your face,

but you know what they're thinking.

You can tell, because the guy
in the next office?

He's making twice what you make,

and he does half the work.

Year after year.

You can tell because that promotion,

that you've been waiting for,

is gone to your boss's golfing buddy.

You try to complain
to anyone who will listen,

And one of two things will happen.

You'll get fired,
or you get laughed at.

Why?

Because they don't really want
you here in the first place.

Year after year.

Until you start
to believe it yourself.

These may sound like
rationalizations to you,

ladies and gentleman, but to me,

to the women of Optimum Air,

that's the sound of a woman's
dignity circling the bowl.

And the hand that's
flushing the toilet

belongs not just to the men
who committed these offenses,

but to everyone who knew
and let them happen.

Can you be demeaned by a culture?

I say yes.

Can it humiliate you?
You bet it can.

Can it actually rape you?

Sadly, the answer is yes.

The law states that if you
take another person's property,

you are committing a crime.

I stand here before you today
to assert that Optimum Air

took the dignity,
the self-worth,

the self-esteem of these women.

And if you don't think
that's property,

just ask her.

Or her.
Or her.

And after you do,

I ask you to return
a true bill of indictment,

charging Optimum Air and all
of its employees

with grand larceny.

Thank you.

Congratulations on the indictment.

The first thing Optimum will do
is make a motion to dismiss.

Which they'll win,
but I get to appeal.

- And you'll win that?
- 60/40, against.

But we got the wheels turning.

If this law's ever going to change,

- this is a good start.
- You know, I thought

that grand jury
proceedings were secret.

They are, but that courthouse
leaks like a sieve.

Optimum's stock is down 30%,
they'll be declaring bankruptcy

by the end of the week.

You're a feminist icon, Rafael.

Hmm.

I do my best.

I think that earns me
a nice, thick steak.

I would love nothing more, but...

Responsibilities?

Yeah.

I know.

How's it going, chief?

Detective Tutuola.

Can I help you with something?

Just wanted to ask you
about your intentions

regarding, you know, Liv.

Excuse me?

You know she's been through hell.

- I know that.
- She'll survive.

She'll get past it,
and she's the only one

that can do this job.
You know that, right?

I do.

Well, the rumors I'm hearing from 1PP,

about you interviewing
candidates to replace her.

Those are just rumors?

Two weeks ago,
I wasn't sure she was coming back

to the job.
Hell, she wasn't even sure.

I've got a department to run.

- Bosses to answer to.
- Don't we all.

- So we understand each other?
- Yeah.

One more thing.

How did you get this memo?

I can't tell you that.
And I made a copy.

Just want to make sure
we do understand each other.

We do, Detective. We do.

It's good to see you, as always.

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