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Previously on The 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.

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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 is what 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 me to 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 know Ann 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.