All language subtitles for For.Life.S02E10.WEBRip.x264-ION10

Aaron:
His name was Andy Josiah.

Husband to Elaine,
father to Marcel and Lailah.

Aaron:
He shot him in the back.

In front of his son.

And fought like hell.

That's what
we need to do.

Okay. How?

Appoint
a special prosecutor.

Aaron Wallace.

I need people
I can trust.

And that's you and Henry.

People are saying
they have no faith

in your ability to deliver
justice for Mr. Josiah.

Scotty: You need more
of a presence here.

Let me make some calls.

I gotta win this, Marie.

No matter what.

--Captions by VITAC--

Here's what I can tell you
about Aaron Wallace.

If it weren't for him,
I'd be sitting in

a jail cell at Bellmore.

We were rotting in there,
ready to catch the Covid,

until he showed up.

He never forgot.

And he never gave up on us.

And that's why we're free.

354 of us, he got out.

So I don't want to
hear anybody saying

they don't know
what his agenda is.

His agenda is to help people.

That's who Aaron Wallace is.

[ Chuckles ]

Been too long,
my friend.

Yeah. I know,I'm sorry, I've been --

Ah-da-da-da-da-da.

I'm not trying to
lay no guilt on you.

Just good to see you, man,
that's all.

I saw the video Hassanand the guys made.

He said you organized it.

I saw them
beating you up out there,

and I figured it was time
for the brothers to step up,

say what's what.

[ Chuckles ]

It was nice seeingeverybody like that, man --

you know, doing so well
on the outside.

How about you, man?
How you doing?

You know?
You still got security?

No. Only around the house.For Marie.

I'm not having
anybody in uniform

following me
around all day.

Yeah.

Listen, you know,
if you need my kinda help,

just say the word.

No. No. I'm good.

Trial starts tomorrow.

It'll be over soon.

Aa-ron.
Takin' it to the Man.

[ Chuckles ]

Aaron:
I saw Marcel yesterday.

He's starting to
whoop me at chess.

And Lailah, man...
she keeps growing.

I keep watching
the home videos of you.

Think about you
all the time, man.

I can't promise
you anything, Andy.

Not in this world.

Except I'm gonna give you
everything I got.

[ Inhales deeply ]

I know that what happened
to Andy Josiah was wrong.

And Special Prosecutor
Aaron Wallace and his team

have determined
what charges should be brought

and against whom.

Full transparency
and a fair trial

is what I promised.

I understand that tensions
are very high right now,

but as the trial of
Officer Lindsley begins,

I ask for calm no matter
what happens in the coming days.

Roberts: All rise!

The People vs. Edgar Lindsley
on the charges of

Manslaughter in the First Degree

and Criminally
Negligent Homicide.

Judge Howell:
Because of the pandemic,

we have determined that the jury
will be sequestered

and observe the proceedings
on video feeds.

Everyone in attendance

has tested negative
for the virus

and will self-quarantine during the length of the trial.

Given the significant
public interest in this case,

we will live-stream
the proceedings

on the Office of Court
Administration website.

Mr. Wallace,
opening statement?

Aaron:
It's a Tuesday night,

and a man has
a very important errand.

His wife has a craving for
mint chocolate chip ice cream.

The man loves his wife,
and he wants her to be happy,

especially since they have
a new baby

and the cravings
from her pregnancy,

they -- they just haven't
gone away yet.

As the man grabs his car keys,

his 7-year-old son
begs to come with him.

Now, this father is good.

He's loving, kind,
and knows what his son needs.

The drive will give him a chance
to convey some life lessons.

That the world doesn't
revolve around the boy

and that he's gonna
have to learn how to share.

So they head off
on their adventure.

The corner store.

They have their talk,

they get their ice cream,
and they're on their way home.

But the boy forgot Tank --
his favorite toy --

back at the store.

Now, the father
doesn't scold his son.

It's not his style.

He says "no sweat,"
turns the car around.

Two minutes later,
the man was pulled over.

Six minutes later,
he's shot in the back.

Unarmed.

No criminal record.

That man's name was Andy Josiah,

and this is who he was.

Now, this is
gonna be a dunk.

I want you to hang
on the net

for a little while, alright?

You got that, babe? Ready? Let's dunk.

Ahh!

Ha!

Yay!

We got it. We got it?

You see him?
That's my son.

My son, my son.
Mwah!

Elaine: You want to put --
put more sauce on?

More sauce, more sauce.

[ Laughter]

Just a little bit.
Alright.

You're doing
the right thing.

And no matter how
they look at you,

you get up on that stand,
and you speak your truth.

And remember, you got
the surveillance video

corroborating
everything you say.

Officer Matranga,
I have here the police report

from that evening
that you wrote and signed.

Can you tell me
what it says

about why you stopped
Andy Josiah?

It says we pulled
him over because he was

talking on
his cellphone.

But you said earlier it was
because of an illegal U-turn.

Why did your
account change?

When Lieutenant Diaz
arrived on the scene

and he started
asking questions,

he told me to
change our story.

Were there other things
in your account

that Lieutenant Diaz told you
to change for your report?

Everything in that report

is different from
what really happened.

If we may, Your Honor,

we have video surveillance
footage we'd like to play.

The Defense will have to object
to this, Your Honor.

This video footage has not been
properly authenticated.

It's security footage from a
camera owned by Sherwin Maloof,

who's presently in Iran,

but he did authenticate it
already once

during the grand jury.

He went to Iran?

One of the worst hit
Covid areas in the world?

He has sick family there,
Your Honor.

It was a sudden decision
and one we have no control over.

Is that so?

Because we subpoenaed
Mr. Maloof's text records

and discovered

a curious correspondence
between him and Safiya Masry.

In one of their
most recent exchanges,

Mr. Maloof wrote
"Safe in Tehran.

Thank you
for letting me go."

I couldn't find
Mr. Maloof in Tehran,

but I did get an affidavit
from his wife,

who stated
it was Ms. Masry...Is this true?

...who suggested her husband
leave the country.He was never gonna testify.

It was the only way.

Judge Howell: Ms. Masry?

Uh, the witness was terrified to
testify against the police

because he'd been arrested
on a petty charge

designed to
intimidate him.

I did tell him
that having authenticated

the video at
the Grand Jury stage,

a court would likely
still admit the video

even if he was
unavailable.

I should also note
that neither Mr. Roswell

nor Mr. Wallace were aware of
my conversation with Mr. Maloof.

Whether or not her
co-counsels knew,

Ms. Masry basically told
the witness to flee.

If the prosecution
procured his unavailability,

the Court can't possibly
allow the video into evidence.

No. Clearly.

I cannot imagine what you were
thinking, Ms. Masry,

but the court will be
excluding the video.

♪♪

Roswell: I don't knowhow you could do that
without telling us.

Come on, Henry, you know you
both needed deniability.

No one's gonna
believe us anyway.

We needed to decide
this together.

Maybe I should step down.
Clear the air for you two.

And how do you think that's
gonna look for the jury?

When they get back,
suddenly you're gone?

We need to focus
on Matranga.

Where's his head?

Without that video,
it's his word against theirs.

Maybe we should
adjourn till tomorrow.

No. We give him any more time
to think, he's gonna fold.

We need to throw him up there
and let him finish.

♪♪

Officer Matranga,
you testified earlier

that when Officer Lindsley
sent you back to the squad car

to run Andy's license,
that you were nervous.

That's right.

Why was that?

I was afraid the situation
might escalate.

But you said you observed
Andy being compliant.

I wasn't worried
about him.

So you were concerned about
Officer Lindsley?

Well, I'd seen him use
f-force at times

I didn't think
was necessary.

On how many occasions?

At least half a dozen.
If he was amped up.

Was he amped up the night
he shot Andy Josiah?

We all were.
I mean, he was especially.

And why was that?

Because of the protests.

So, do you think
he was looking for somewhere

to put that
amped-up energy?

I don't know.
I hope not.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

Officer Matranga,
how long did you work

with Officer Lindsley
as partners?

Almost two years.

And over the course
of two years,

did you ever report
Mr. Lindsley to your superior?

[ Chuckles ] No.

Did you ever express
any reservations about

working with him
or ask for a new assignment?

No.

Did the prosecution
offer you immunity

to testify today?

I'm testifying
because my part--

Yes or no.

Were you offered immunity
in exchange for your testimony?

Yes.

So after two years
of saying nothing

about a partner who supposedly
has concerning behavior,

now that it benefits you,
you're willing to say

almost anything
to save yourself?

I am telling the truth.

Then let me ask you this.

At what point
during the evening

did you believe Officer Lindsley
was violating police protocol?

Was it when you went back
to the car and said nothing?

Or was it when you were
in the car, doing nothing?

I'll ask you this then.

As per your police protocol,
if you were the one

who asked Mr. Josiah
to get out of the car,

if you were the one
standing five feet away

when he reached
into a car,

can you know for certain
what you would have done?

No.

♪♪

Maybe we go back to Diaz
and offer him a deal.

Without the video of him
harassing Sherwin,

he'll laugh in
our faces.

What about trying to
get Sherwin back here?

It's worth a try.

It's fruit from
a poisonous tree now, Saf.

Forget it.

We find something
in Lindsley's past.

One of the other incidents.
We -- We show a pattern.

Unless we find an incident
where he shot someone,

Judge is never gonna
let us walk down that road.

Maybe we try and say
it's something racial

and show it was
a hate crime?

That's a whole
other charge.

We're not going back to a third
Grand Jury, Charlotte.

You're just gonna sit there
and say no to everything?

I'm not gonna pitch bad ideas
just 'cause we're losing.

If you ask me, I say we --
we leak the video to the press,

make sure the jury sees it.

No.

I'm not putting that lynching
porn on the Internet

for Marcel
and his sister to grow up

watching their father
get murdered.

Well, how about calling
Marcel to the stand?

I'm almost afraid to
mention it

'cause you're too close
to that family,

and everybody in this room
knows we got no choice now.

Alright. I'm gonna
get some fresh air.

Aaron.

Aaron.

I blew it.

I blew the whole thing.

♪♪

Aaron?

Aaron?
What?

I'm -- I'm sorry.

That didn't come out
the way I wanted it to.

Man: Aaron Wallace?

Big man.

Righteous man.

You got --
You got a problem?

Nah, nah, I think
he does, though.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, easy!
Easy! Easy! Easy! Easy!

Blue Lives Matter!

Ohh!

[ Groaning ]

Aaron: Henry!

Oh! What happened?!

Call an ambulance!
He's been shot!

He's bleeding bad!

We need something to wrap it!
Charlotte, get some towels!

Are you all right?

Yeah.
You're gonna be okay, Henry.

We got you.
We got you.
[ Groans ]

[ Footsteps approaching ]

Aaron!

What do
the doctors say?

He's still in the O.R.Oh, my God.

When I first heard,
I thought I lost you.

I know. I know.

Did you talk to Jazz?

Yeah. She's okay.
She knows I'm all right.

Reporter: The gunman's apparent
target was Aaron Wallace,

who's angered conservative
groups who believe

he's on a crusade to
destroy the NYPD.

Once again, Special Prosecutor
Aaron Wallace

appears to have been
the intended target.

[ Ventilator hissing,
monitor beeping ]

He stepped
in front of me.

He took a bullet
for me.

[ Cellphone vibrating ]

Hey, Elaine.

Is everything
all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.
And so is Henry.

Oh, my God.
This is...

I know.

So, what happens now?

The Judge will give us a mistrial.

We can start over
in a few months.

We get Henry back,
regroup,

and hopefully this
whole thing dies down.

No. It won't.

And you can't give
that young cop a chance

to change
his story again.

The thing is, Elaine...

is we're losing.

Pretty bad.

So without that video --

That's why you're gonna put
Marcel on the stand.

We didn't want
to do that.

Andy is never
coming back, Aaron.

If anything
is gonna break Marcel,

it's gonna be not
having his father.

Marcel can testify
that Andy wasn't arguing.

He can also tell
the jury

that that man pointed
a gun at him.

We've come this far.
We gotta finish this now.

[ Sighs ]

I didn't want it to
come to this.

I put you
in this position.

You haven't seen your kids
in over a month.

I know what you've sacrificed
to do this with me.

[ Footsteps approaching ]

Give me a minute.

How's Henry doing?

[ Sighs ]

He'll be out of
commission for a while,

but...seems like
he'll be all right.

I know how close
you two are.

I heard you had
some issues, too.

Mm. Nothing like that.
Just hate mail.

Yeah. People are
having a hard time

figuring out what it
is you're doing here.

There can't be any doubt
in your mind he's a racist.

And that he shot Andy
in cold blood.

As a matter of fact,
I do have doubt.

And he deserves the benefit
of that, like anyone else.

He had plenty of
lawyers to choose from,

so it wasn't exactly your
civic duty to take this on.

So if a Black woman
does anything

outside of your rulebook,
she's a race traitor.

It's got nothing to do with
you being a woman.

If a Black woman's literally not
walking behind the coffin,

holding a handkerchief, with her
head down in deference...

You representing him......burn her at the stake.

...condones what he did.
Period.

Do you know how many
Black women were beaten,

shot, arrested the same week
as Andy Josiah?

Why don't you take
one of their cases?

There was a Black woman

who was killed in her own home
by cops.

I don't see
the outrage for her.

Where's her
burning buildings?

I'm sorry about
what happened to you,

and I respect what
you've done for yourself.

I don't think it's too much
to expect the same from you.

We are reconvening today under
very extreme circumstances.

If the prosecution
would like an adjournment,

the court would
of course be amenable.

Thank you, Your Honor.

We're ready to proceed.

Then present your
next witness, please.

You ready, Big Man?

If I tell you,
will this man go to jail?

[ Sighs ]

You just tell the judge
everything you know,

and I'll do my job,
alright?

Alright.

The People
call Marcel Josiah.

♪♪

♪♪

[ Police radio chatter ]

I'm sure the Attorney General's
office will give you a call,

but I just heard
that they arrested the guy

who shot Roswell.

Who is he?

Name's Mark Bosworth.

No connection
to police.

Well, he was spouting off
"Blue Lives Matter."

Mm. There's a lot
of Internet chatter.

Seems like he drove
all the way up from Virginia.

I guess this story's
going national.

Listen,
when the trial's over,

I'm gonna recommend to the DA
that you be taken off probation.

We both know
it's ridiculous.

So what?

We're not gonna be hanging out
like this no more?

Just keep doing
what you're doing.

Win or lose,

you're a role model to a lot
of people right now.

Including my
9-year-old son.

You really came through
for me, Scotty.

Thank you.

[ Cellphone vibrating ]

Say good night
to Marie for me.

Hey.

I have a play that would give us
back the idea of the video.

What do you mean
the "idea"?

Roberts:
The People call Marco Diaz.

[ Door closes ]Something happen to him?

Do you swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth

and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?

I do.

Lieutenant Diaz.
Good morning.

No, it isn't.

No.
I suppose you're right.

Certainly not for
the family of Andy Josiah.

Or Officer Lindsley.

Or any other person
who puts on the uniform

and goes out into the streets
to protect people like you.

Okay. Well,
I'm glad we're clear

about your attitude
about all of this.

Let's get to what happened
the night of June 9th.

Were you present on
the scene the night

that Andy Josiah was shot in
the back by Officer Lindsley?

I arrived at
the scene afterwards.

And what was your
role there?

To supervise
the investigation.

Was it part of your job
to collect

witness interviews
on the scene?

It always is.
Mm-hmm.

And -- And were any witness
interviews conducted?

There wasn't anybody around,
so no.

Did anyone canvass
the neighborhood?

Not to my knowledge,
no.

Look for video
surveillance footage?

I was told there was
nothing in the area.

By whom?

The uniform on scene.

Can't remember who.

So you don't remember

going into
Sherwin Maloof's bodega

and asking him about
the existence of video footage?

Nope.

Well, this is video taken
from inside the bodega.

Is that you,
Lieutenant Diaz?

Objection!
No.

He just said
he didn't remember.

I'm merely refreshing
his recollection.

It's a backdoor way to avoid
the authentication ruling.

We're not seeking
to introduce this

as evidence, Your Honor.

Rule 6.09 subdivision one
specifically allows

the use of a writing
or other matter

precisely
for this purpose.

She's not wrong,
Ms. Marshall.

Overruled.

So, Lieutenant Diaz,

is this helping you
jog your memory?

I don't know
when that is.

Well, the date/time code at
the bottom indicates June 9th.

Do you remember what you
and Mr. Maloof talked about?

No.

Oh.

Well, that right there

looks like you getting
a flash drive from him.

Where is that flash drive now,
Lieutenant?

I don't know.

Did that flash drive
contain footage of the shooting,

Lieutenant Diaz?

On advice of counsel,
I'm gonna plead the fifth.

Did you destroy it?

On advice of counsel,
I'm gonna plead the fifth.

We're willing to offer
you immunity from
any perjury charges

if you correct your
previous statement right now.

So I'm gonna ask you
one more time.

Was there something
on that video

that made you concerned
that Officer Lindsley

had committed a crime
when he shot Andy Josiah?

On advice of counsel,
I'm gonna plead the fifth.

I suppose you believe your
loyalty to your fellow officers

is admirable, Lieutenant.

We need to talk.

What's going on?

Diaz was attacked
last night.

What?

They got him
outside his house.

It was a warning.

He better put the word out
to lay off you.

And you think I have
something to do with it?

I know you have friends
in lots of places.

I spent nine years
fighting for my freedom.

I'm not gonna throw that away,
not for anything.

That's good enough
for me.

And what about Diaz?

He said the -- the guys
had Russian accents.

He doesn't know what
to make of it.

Is he gonna report it?

I urged him not to.

He agreed it would only
escalate everything.

And he doesn't want
any more attention.

[ Sighs ]

This is getting
out of control.

Well, Diaz said
he heard Russian accents,

but I think
they were Albanian.

I just don't think
he knows the difference.

Albanian?

Davit.

Do you think
Jamal arranged this?

He was saying something about
getting me protection.

He knows that Davit owes me from
what I did for his cousin.

If anyone from probation
finds out about this...

I know.

I'm not gonna tell you
you need to throw him away.

It's just, you're gonna
have to handle him somehow.

Yeah.

You ready for tomorrow?

Yeah. It'll be Lindsley
on the stand.

It'll all come down
to that.

I don't want to testify.

What are you
talking about?

You have to give
your side of the story.

Burden of proof's
on them.

You made Matranga look
like a weasel.

But they
scored with Diaz.

They don't have
the video!

To half that jury,
Diaz just looks like a guy

trying to take care
of his own.

Which is the truth.

You have to speak
unto your state of mind,

what you were thinking when
Josiah reached into the car.

Well,
it's not complicated.

Everybody understands
the circumstances.

I get it's gonna be
uncomfortable, Edgar,

but your story
is convincing.

If it wasn't, I would have
never stayed on the case.

I pointed my gun
at the kid.

He's gonna
ask me about it,

and I'm not gonna
have an answer.

You were scared.

That's your answer.

And when he asks me why?

If I would've been scared
if they were white?

Like you told me before --

anyone who reached
into their car like that

would've frightened you.

You saw the boy.

Wallace will
tear me apart.

He'll try.

But only you can say
you regret what happened.

Judge Howell: Does the Defense
have any witnesses

it would like to call?

Ms. Marshall?

Veronica:
The Defense feels no need

to call any witnesses,
Your Honor.

He's a coward.

Then we'll proceed
with closing arguments.

For the Defense?

The prosecution's case
rests on three things.

First, the testimony
of Philip Matranga,

who claims Officer Lindsley
has a tendency to overreact

with violence, and yet,
he never came forward.

Second, the prosecution
would have you assume

if Lieutenant Diaz behaved
in an unprofessional way

after he arrived
on the scene,

it must mean Officer Lindsley
is guilty.

You simply cannot
make that assumption.

And finally,

and this is very difficult,

we have the testimony
of Marcel Josiah,

a 7-year-old boy, traumatized
by the death of his father,

brought here to
deliver justice for him.

Do we really believe he could
distinguish what was happening

inside that car?

Who was saying what?

If his father resisted or not?

We can't know.

But can we send a man to prison
because we hurt for the boy?

Because we ache for his mother?

Because we feel terrible
about the man who was lost?

This was a tragedy,

one that has happened
far too often in this country.

But remember,
it was a dark night,

with the entire nation on edge.

Andy Josiah reached into
the window of his car.

That was a mistake.

A terrible, unfortunate mistake
was made by both men.

But a mistake is not a crime.

When they get to around
10 years old,

every Black child in America
gets "the talk."

What to do when accosted
by a police officer.

Hands out your pockets.

Yes, sir, yes, ma'am.

Respect, compliance.

From about that age,
we are taught that this --

this color...

this skin...

will be considered a threat.

Andy did what his father
taught him.

He was polite,
respectful, compliant.

Officer Matranga told us that.

Now, if it wasn't true,

why would Lieutenant Diaz
go to such lengths

to ensure
the video disappeared?

What we'll never know is
what was going through the mind

of Edgar Lindsley
when he shot Andy Josiah.

We can't know

because he never bothered
to fill out a police report.

Why?

Well, the assumption seems
to be that Andy Josiah's family

didn't deserve an explanation.

And that by
simply saying nothing,

he would get
the benefit of the doubt.

Now, would he have felt
that way

if the man he pulled over
was white?

If it was a white boy
who was calling out

to his father
from the back seat?

If a white man made
the "mistake"

of reaching into the car

to help his frightened
7-year-old son,

would Officer Lindsley
have shot him in the back?

Andy would have given his son
that talk sooner or later.

But Marcel doesn't need that
explained to him now, does he?

This all needs to change.

It needs to change right now.

Right here.

Today.

♪♪

♪♪

Reporter: It was a case that
began with an act of violence

and was marred by
the near-fatal shooting

of a special prosecutor.

But now, after six long days
of deliberation,

the jury for
the Andy Josiah shooting

informed Judge Patricia Howell

that they were finished.

That's no guarantee
they've reached a verdict,

but one way or another,

this saga will finally
come to an end tomorrow.

Man: Court is now in session.

Judge Howell: Thank you.

Madam Foreman,
has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

Will the Defendant
please rise?

As to the first count
of the indictment,

Manslaughter
in the First Degree,

how does the jury find?

Not guilty, Your Honor.

On the second count
of the indictment,

charging
Criminally Negligent Homicide,

how does the jury find?

Guilty, Your Honor.

Take it easy.
It is the lesser charge.

It's still a felony.

I'm gonna lose
my job and my pension.

It's something, Aaron.

It was a slap
on the wrist.

Before I issue sentence,
I understand that

Mrs. Josiah would like
to say something.

Would you come forward,
please?

The jury has decided that what
happened to my husband

was an accident.

Like when a car company
makes faulty brakes.

When there's an accident,
we want to forgive people.

To give them another chance.

But my Andy isn't gonna
get another chance.

Because that "accident"
happened with a gun.

In the hands of a man
with all the power.

[ Sighs ]
Now, the way I see it,

when you take a job where
you have that kind of power...

you've gotta be more careful.

That means before you get
out of your car to ask someone

about a cellphone or a U-turn,

you gotta think about the fact
that that's somebody's father,

somebody's husband,

somebody's son that
you're gonna be talking to.

If you can't handle that,

if all that makes you
too scared,

then there's lots of other jobs
you can do.

Without a gun.

'Cause we can't have any more
"accidents" like this.

The night our son was born,
Andy wrote a letter to him.

I'd like to read it to him
now -- in this courtroom.

"Dear Marcel,
you were just born.

I held you in my arms
for the first time tonight.

You are so small, your entire
body almost fits in my hand.

I hope you'll grow
healthy and strong."

Andy: ...strong.

But I admit, part of me wants you to stay this small...

so I can always protect you.

I hope so much for you, Marcel.

That you are happy and healthy.

I hope that
you are never afraid.

That you always feel
you can tell me anything.

I hope that you are

quick to forgive

and slow to anger.

I hope that you
do what you love.

And that when you
fall in love,

it's as special as what me
and your mom have.

Know that I love you.

Your birth has made me
the happiest man..."Your birth has made me
the happiest man on Earth.

And I will always
be there for you."

"Your dad."

[ Inhales deeply ]

To protect and serve.

That's what you
were supposed to do.

Roberts: All rise!

Mr. Lindsley, is there
anything you'd like to say

before I issue
your sentence?

No, Your Honor.

You stand before me,
convicted by a jury,

of a single count
of a Non-Violent E-felony

of Criminally Negligent
Homicide.

Certainly, Mr. Wallace
and his team have presented

a very compelling case.

I'm deeply troubled by the
testimony of Officer Matranga,

as well as the behavior
of Lieutenant Diaz

in the aftermath
of the shooting.

And Mrs. Josiah's pleas,
which are also the pleas

of a bereft
and suffering community,

cannot possibly
fall on deaf ears.

Nor can the agonizing words
of her son, Marcel,

who lost his father.

Therefore,
I am sentencing you

to the maximum term
allowable by law,

four years in state prison.

The defendant will now be
remanded to the custody

of the New York State
Department of Corrections

to serve his sentence
at a facility

which they will determine.

Officers, execute sentence.

[ Handcuffs clicking ]

Roberts: This proceeding
being concluded,

the court is now adjourned.

♪♪

♪♪

Thank you.

For everything.

No. No. It was you.
And Marcel.

You see what you did.

That man is not gonna hurt
anyone anymore.

We're still gonna
play chess now, right?

Every Tuesday and Friday.
Four o'clock, alright?

Alright.

Well, it's not all the marbles,
but it's something, guys.

It's acknowledgement.

And accountability.

And a lot better than almost
anyone else has done.

We make a good team.

Well, you're
the starting shortstop...

and center fielder
and pitching ace.

I don't know what I am.

The scruffy manager who spent
too many years in the minors?

[ Chuckles ]

Well, don't look at me.

I don't know anything
about football.

It's baseball, Safiya.

[ Laughs ]
Well, I-I knew that, Aaron.

I just wanted to see how much
you underestimated me.

Well, that's one thing
we've never done.

No way.

So are we gonna, like,
start a firm or something?

Official?

There's a lot
of work to do.

Damn right there is.

Good.

Now I'm gonna
go see my kids.

You take care.

[ Monitor beeping ]

I never did thank you...

for what you did
in the hallway.

Aaron, don't.

I hope you weren't trying to
make some kind of amends.

'Cause you don't need to.

It wasn't an amend.

I did it
'cause I love you.

♪♪

♪♪

I'm gonna do the rest
of this tomorrow.

Sure. Okay.

You get on home.

Thanks for
all your hard work.

Mr. Wallace...?

Do you think
we made a difference?

[ Sighs ]

I don't know.

What do you think?

I guess we'll see.

♪♪

Night.

[ Door opens, closes ]

[ Line ringing][ Sighs ]

There he is.

The Man of the Peoples.

I know what you did
with Diaz.

What you talking about?

Don't do me like that.

Let's get real.

So, what, I'm not supposed to
have your back now?

He was my key witness.

I'm lucky he showed up
at court.

Well, it was just
a brushback pitch.

But it could've
blown back on me.

Nah.
But it didn't.

And I made sure
that it didn't.

Listen, I know you were
trying to protect me,

but I'd be lying
if I said I wasn't worried about

the road
you're going down.

I hear you.
I hear you.

Listen.

I'm gonna stay out of your
business on the outside

from here on in.

We gotta draw a harder line
than that, Jamal.

[ Inhales,
exhales deeply ]

You gotta erase my number
from your burner.

No more texts or calls.

Not from there.

Yeah, we'll just go back to
Wednesdays in the phone bank.

With the Man
listening in.

I'll do one better.

I'll be at Bellmore
Monday morning.

As your lawyer.

Got some new ideas
on your case.

Come on, man.

You a legend now.

You got more important things
you need to focus on.

No, nothing's more important to me than gettin' you out.

But you gotta let me
know that you want it.

And that you're
willing to fight.

Yeah.
Whatever it takes.

I'll see you soon.

Right on.

[ Keypad beeps ]

[ Scoffs ]

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

[ Cellphone vibrating ]

♪♪

Who this?

Bobby said you needed
to holler at me.

You thought
I forgot about you?

We got
unfinished business.

Now how you think
we gonna settle it?

♪♪

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

[ Police radio chatter ]

♪♪

Hey. Look at you.

Ready for the world.

[ Gasps ]
Oh, my God, he did it.

Jazz! Ronnie!
He stood up!

Oh, lil' man's
on his feet?

Yeah. I went to warm up
his milk. Look at him.

Jasmine: Dad, you were
the first one to see him?

Yeah.

Hey, congratulations,
Aaron.

You did Andy proud.

Thanks.

You did us all proud.

How you feeling?

It's good to be home.

Come on.

Ronnie: Oh, you're walking
to your mama?

Yeah.

[ Laughter ]

♪♪

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