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Bitch. Fucking bitch.

I know where you live. I
know where your family...

This is for Maia Rindell. I'm
gonna rape you and your dyke girl...

Hi. Good morning.

Fuck you. You stole my money.
1 just want you to hurt like I do.

Hi. It's my first day here and,
uh, I'm not too sure where to...

- Maia Rindell? - Yes.

- You okay?
- Yes. Just, um... hi.

Julius Cain. I'm the
managing partner here.

Let me show you to your desk.

We have 55 associates
and 40 workstations,

so we employ a hot desk system.

Occupy any empty chair
in the communal area,

but keep your laptop with you
because you might be returning

to a different space when
you come back. Go ahead.

Good. At 10:00 I'm gonna
need you at the SWSMU offices,

so meet me at
reception in 20 minutes.

- The what? - SWSMU.

One of our union contracts.

Once a month, we offer their members
pro bono service as part of our retainer.

20 minutes.

Did you hear that, Diane?

I... yes. I just
can't believe it.

They're withholding
my capital contribution?

They say they have
to review your tenure.

What tenure? I was a name
partner. I created that firm.

- It's my money.
- I'm sorry, Diane.

Do I have any reserves?

If you sell your apartment.

I can't do that.

Well, you can always
talk to your new partners

and see if they'll
offer you a loan.

- We tried to call you at home.
- Because?

We're moving you down the
hall. There's a new partner.

We have to make room.

- Diane? - Yup.

See? It's not so bad.
Home sweet home.

Oh, and I'm gonna need you
at the SWSMU this morning.

Why? I did it last month.

Yes. And you were
so good at it too.

- Good morning. - Sharise.

Come on, come get this.
Come get this. Come get this.

- Oh! - Oh!

- How that college search coming?
- All-consuming. Twins, you know.

Yeah, I hear you. Any
word on the Kendall offer?

- They called this morning.
- Who? David Lee?

Yes, sir.

We getting that six
mill. Diane here yet?

Yeah. She's in with Barbara.

She is, huh?

I heard you speak at an ABA
conference a few years ago.

- Oh, yes. On racial hiring?
- That's right.

Oh, I hope I didn't
embarrass myself too much.

Hmm... not too much.

Diane Lockhart. I feel like we acquired
our very own Jimmy Butler right here.

- Adrian, how are you?
- Good, good. Little gift for you.

Spring Arbour Lake Wine,
my very own label. 2006. Mwah.

- You have a winery?
- Just a row of vines, that's all.

Sit. Sit. So how's everything
going with you two?

- Barbara give you the rundown?
- She did.

- Are you two playing nice?
- We are, Adrian.

- Good. - Oh. By the way,

just a housekeeping matter,

but we'll need your capital
contribution by next week.

Oh, yes. Of course.

Um, just so you know, my old
firm is being a bit intransigent.

- Yeah. David Lee.
- Wonderful guy.

So, um, if you don't
mind being a bit patient.

Of course. But listen, I'll
need you in the 11am meeting

to pitch cases to our
litigation financiers.

Right. Well, good.
I'll see you there.

You will.

Diane.

- Welcome. - Thank you.

Hmm.

- And how patient are we to be?
- Just give her two weeks.

- Hello.
- Just plugging in your computer.

Are you from Lockhart, Deckler?

- Lee, Lyman, Deckler, Gussman...
- That didn't take them very long.

- I know. Bunch of assholes.
- Marissa?

Yeah. Hey. Want me
to set up anything else?

- No, I can do it. - No, let me.

If I get back too quick, they'll just
send me out on another errand.

Here, I'll hang these.

When Alicia hired me, I was supposed
to be involved in cases and everything,

but it's been all moving boxes
since she left. Still want this?

Definitely.

- And, uh, where do you want these?
- What are those?

- African masks.
- Well, I can see that.

- Where are they from?
- Your office.

No.

David Lee. Very funny.

By the way, I know you
still need an assistant, Diane.

Hello.

Uh, this is Marissa,
from my old firm.

Hi. Just dropping stuff off.

Well, I have a few people coming
in today for possible assistants.

- I'll send them by.
- Thank you.

Okay. I don't wanna
sound self-serving here,

but I think it's a smart
move for you to hire me.

- Oh, good to know. Thank you.
- No, seriously, you need an assistant?

I can do whatever you want around
here and I'm not that expensive.

What are you paying?

Why don't you just leave
your resume, Marissa?

I don't have one. I'm much
better in person anyway.

Look, just hire me for one day
just until you get someone better.

And I promise you
won't get someone better.

You limit your pro bono
consultations to 20 minutes each.

If their legal issues require
more time, go to Lucca.

She will sign off on more time.

Remember, you're only here to
offer legal advice, not legal work.

Don't get tied down. Move people on
into other legal resources when you can,

Prairie State or
Legal Assistance.

You're the "door close"
button in the elevator.

Comforting, but not
necessarily effective. Here we go.

Okay. Members,
listen up, listen up.

Remember, these lawyers
are here as union advocates,

so please limit your
questions to workplace matters.

Only workplace matters. Okay.

Who is here on their work
break, please raise your hand.

Oh, come on. Donny, I know it's
your day off. Get your hand down.

Only people on their
lunch break. Come on.

You're only screwing over
your union brother and sister.

Good. Those on lunch
break, come on up to the stage.

Line up for each desk. Let's go.

You're seriously telling me I have to
go to someone else on my lunch break?

The thing is, ma'am, we're not really
here to help with family law issues.

- But I can refer you to...
- He's not paying child support.

How am I supposed to make
ends meet if he won't pay support?

I know. I'm sorry. It's just...

Well, I'm not really
supposed to help with...

Then why are you here? If you
can't help, why are you here?

- I need help. - Hello.

Oh, come on.

- I'm gonna help you out here.
- Thank you.

Sir, would you like
to come to my desk?

- No, I'm good here.
- I'm a third year associate.

- She just passed the bar.
- That's okay. I'm sticking.

Next.

I just can't survive
on $400 a week.

I can't pay for my rent, I
can't pay for my ex-wife.

And they're not
adjusting it for after-taxes.

They're just taking
it right off the top.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

You're... you're being
paid $400 a week?

Yeah. Wait, no.

And my rent is twice that,
okay? Do you need to get that?

No.

- Uh... no. It does that.
- Yeah, mine too.

You know, I used to get some good
news, but now I feel like it's all bad.

I don't even feel like
answering it nowadays.

So, um, I'm sorry, I'm not too sure
how they were able to lower your salary.

Not lower, garnish. They're saying
that I stole 400 running shoes.

- What? 400 running shoes?
- Yeah.

And they say that's
$70,000, but that's retail.

And they don't pay retail, they just
pay wholesale, so it should be half that.

Wait, I'm sorry.
Could you start again?

- Okay. BMI. - Mm-hmm.

My store says that I
stole 400 running shoes.

- And did you? - No.

I've never stolen
anything in my entire life.

But they're garnishing my
wages for the retail amount.

And it should be the wholesale
amount. That's double what I should pay.

But if you didn't
steal anything,

why are you letting them
garnish your wages at all?

Because I signed a confession.

I don't understand.
Why did he confess?

They pressured him to. They
threatened to fire him if he didn't.

He just wants them to charge
him the wholesale amount

and not the retail amount.

And he wants to go
to arbitration for that?

Well, his contract requires
that he go to arbitration.

But he wants me
to represent him.

I just need you to sign me
off on two more hours work.

You know this is just pro bono,
right? It's a goodwill gesture.

- We're not here to right a wrong.
- No, I know.

But it's only two hours
work. I wanna do it.

- When's the arbitration?
- This afternoon.

Okay. Good luck.

Everything good with you?

Yeah.

Yeah. For the first
time in a while, yes.

It's good when you can focus
on someone else's problem.

First place I've been
I wasn't recognised.

This is our highest priority
case. It's a hanging in a jail cell.

Holly Orlin. You'll find a Chicago
Tribune article on top there.

This is the worst Cook County
jail abuse I have seen in years.

So we're suing for 12 million, but
we do expect settlement before trial.

- Any videotape? - No.

But we have a very sympathetic
family and a grieving widower.

So all we need of your
financing is $300,000.

- Hmm. - No. Thanks, though.

Our algorithm is going
cool on police suits.

- You sure about that?
- Mm-hm. What else?

Well, I think that, uh, Diane,
our newest partner just joined us

from Lockhart, Deckler &
Gussman, can speak to a new case.

We've been looking
into parole abuses.

Some parolees have been
rejected for, uh, punitive reasons.

Hmm.

Uh, I think my partner
worries there's no money there.

That depends on how
vulnerable the State feels.

No, it depends on the trend.
The trend is against you.

Look, now we understand you
have your little algebraic spells,

but we understand the system. And
you get ten percent of our earnings.

Why don't you let us help
you make some money?

What else have you got?

Malpractice. It's
a malpractice suit.

- Uh, excuse me.
- Yeah. Second page.

- What's wrong?
- There's someone here to see you.

- Lenore Rindell. - Where?

In your office. You
want me to get rid of her?

- What do you need, Lenore?
- Uh, I came to see Maia.

- She's out.
- She's not talking to me.

- She's not answering my calls.
- My guess is her lawyer told her not to.

Can you talk to
her, Diane? Please?

No.

Why?

I don't know what
bubble you're living in,

but you do see my office here?

You do see that I am not
retired, that I am still working?

This wasn't us, this was Jax.
This is his Ponzi scheme, not ours.

You wanna have an honest
conversation here, then let's have it.

I came to you last week
and asked for my money back

so that I could buy my dream
house and what did you say?

- We didn't...
- Say it. What did you say?

This wasn't us.

You said, "Keep it in your
account and borrow on it".

I could have had
my money back. I...

I think it's a good
idea that you go.

Diane. Look at me.

I'm innocent. Henry's innocent.

You are a defence lawyer.

Why can't you extend us the same
courtesy you do your other clients?

We are wrongly accused. Just because
the feds say it doesn't make it true.

I'll tell Maia that
you dropped by.

I know I shouldn't ask this,
but Henry needs your help.

He's in jail and no
one will visit him.

His lawyer's advising him to plead
guilty, but I don't think he should.

He's your oldest friend,
Diane. Will you talk to him?

- So it's like a trial? - Yes.

Just answer honestly.
That's all you have to do.

- And if I lose?
- Well, there is no appeal.

So if you lose, you lose.

- Frank Gwinn. - Here.

- Go ahead. You're the lawyer?
- Yes. From Reddick, Boseman...

Good, I'm the
arbiter. Let's hear it.

And this is Beniji Diyardian from
BMI's loss-prevention department.

- He questioned me.
- Let's hear it.

Good afternoon.

Frank's employer, BMI, a sporting
goods store with 12 billion in assets

and franchises
throughout the country...

- Yeah. I don't need that.
- Right.

Um, they have accused my
client of stealing 400 running shoes

- from their back stock...
- 417.

- Objection. - Okay.

- Um... and he didn't do it, right?
- That is correct, sir.

He did not do... What
do you need, ma'am?

I'm here as an
observer for the union.

Why?

We just wanna make
sure everything's fair.

Okay. Keep going, Miss.

My client did not
steal any shoes.

He has no record and yet the company,
BMI, have chosen to garnish his salary

- by almost 40 percent...
- We didn't garnish anything.

- He confessed.
- Excuse me. You'll have your chance.

Um, this is a massive
12 billion-dollar company

- stealing half my client's pay...
- Stealing?

- We have his confession on the record.
- No. He was forced to confess.

- He was told if he did not confess...
- He was not told anything.

If he did not confess,
then he would be fired.

Frank, how long did
this man question you?

- Seven hours. - Without break.

- He was told he could not leave the room.
- Because he's an employee

- and he was on the clock.
- Let me see the confession.

- Would the union rep like to see it too?
- Uh, I would. Thank you.

Mr Arbiter, as you read
that, please remember

that he was forced to
sign that confession.

I never forced anyone.
This is the Friedman Method.

- I never diverged once from it at all.
- The what?

The Friedman Method,

it's a process of questioning
I was trained and certified in.

- Sir... is this your signature?
- Yes.

Then in exercise of powers
conferred under Clause 25

of the agreement entered
between the parties,

judgement is made in
favour of the respondent.

- Wait, what? What, that's it?
- Thank you.

- I'll see the next arbitration.
- But he didn't do it.

I'll see the next arbitration.

False imprisonment.

Mr Arbiter, we ask that
the arbitration be reopened

based on the matter
of false imprisonment.

Oh, come on.

My client was held against
his will for seven hours

in direct contravention
of everything.

The issue of false
imprisonment is irrelevant.

Judgment is again made
in favour of the respondent.

- That's not your decision to make, sir.
- Excuse me?

The arbitration agreement
with Miss Rindell's client

does not cover tort claims. And
false imprisonment is a tort claim.

- Then we are stalemated.
- No, we're not.

- And why is that?
- Because we'll see you in court.

Henry.

How are you?

Rupert tells me I should
accept the guilty plea. 20 years.

- What do you think?
- I think this is bad, Hank.

You and I, Diane, we always told
each other the truth no matter where.

In college, after,
before Lenore.

And I'm telling you the
truth now, 1 did not do this.

Hank, what am I
supposed to do with that?

I am bankrupted. Completely.

Two months ago, I hired a forensics
accountant to look into Jax's trades.

There was 83 million missing.

The accountant found Jax had moved
the money into his private account.

I tried to confront
him, but before I could,

Jax went to the
feds to turn me in.

You should be telling this
to your lawyer, not to me.

1 did, but Rupert said it doesn't
matter. There are too many bad facts.

Okay.

- Let me look into another lawyer.
- Why not you?

No. You need someone objective.

- How's Maia?
- She's doing well.

She's on a case.

She's gonna blow us all away.

Did you see her mom?

No.

I think it's best that she stay away
until all this gets straightened out.

- But that could be years.
- I know.

- Lenore didn't tell you?
- Tell me what?

She doesn't have years.
Her breast cancer, it's back.

Spread to her lymph nodes.

- Maybe I should go see her.
- I'd talk to your lawyer first.

You don't think I
should go see her?

No, it's just... I think
you should be careful.

You misunderstood my
intent or she ignored it.

But we just don't
have time for this.

And we raise expectations
for what our firm can do.

Ah, Lucca. It seems we picked
up a new case this morning.

I told you we didn't wanna get
tangled up in small-ball litigation.

This is not small-ball. BMI
has 12 billion dollars in assets.

Yes, and there won't be
any punitive damages here...

- But we don't know that.
- We do know that.

This is one union member and
we're about to put in 40 billable hours

to get him what?
$20,000 in back pay?

Is this about you losing
your office to a partner?

No. This is about a good case.

Hey, do you know what
the Friedman Method is?

The Friedman Method?

Yeah. It's a way to
interrogate a suspect. Why?

It's a case I'm on.

- How do I find out more about it?
- Easily. They have seminars.

Just look them up online.

You pay the money and you
too can learn how to be a cop.

Good to know. Oh,
okay. I got to go. Bye.

- We're being shut down. - What?

They're worried
the case is too small.

You're kidding.

Well, I was just about to sign up for
a Friedman seminar to find out more.

You know what? Do it anyway.

It's on our time. Why not?

Okay.

People lie.

And when people lie, they want
to confess. It's human nature.

Your job, you, and you, and
you, is to enable that process.

You are a crucial
step to their cleansing.

What you will learn over the next
four sessions is the Friedman Method,

a way to determine guilt
and obtain a confession.

One of these four
people is lying.

They all denied taking money from
a cash register, but one of them did.

The first step in the Friedman
Method is: "Ascertain Guilt".

Find out who is lying.

Look, I didn't do it. I wasn't
even there. That's the truth.

Pretty convincing, huh?

But ignore the words,
they're irrelevant.

Everybody swears they're innocent.
But no one can hide their face.

No one can hide
their expressions.

The most important thing is to
get the suspect to look right at you

and repeat the
statement over and over.

Let's watch it again. I'm
going to slow down the image.

Look, / didn't do it.

I wasn't even there.
That's the truth.

There. Right there.
See? Under his lip?

The risorius muscle. It's
part of the expression of fear.

When we are experiencing anxiety,
the risorius muscle will become tense.

- Look for it.
- I wasn't even there.

- That's the truth.
- See? Clenched muscle.

Good. Another tell-tale
sign of anxiety, the forehead.

When there is a burst of anxiety,
these muscles will tighten up.

The eyebrows will rise
upward, only for a second. See?

The liar wants to force his
expressions to look relaxed, in control.

Therefore, the expression you're
looking for is fleeting, momentary.

Do you think that's true,
the way to discover a liar?

- No. It's bad psychology.
- How do you mean?

"Ignore the words"? Seriously?

How does someone prove their innocence
without explaining why they're innocent?

And he says it's all
about detecting anxiety.

Well, I don't care
how innocent you are.

If a cop calls you in for
questioning, you're gonna be anxious.

So what does anxiety prove?

What if there is no cop? What if
there is no reason to be anxious?

I don't know. Everybody's
different. Everybody's got their tell.

I don't...

What?

This isn't a small thing. This
is a massive class action.

Every multi-billion
dollar nationwide retailer

is sending middle
management to these seminars.

East Wing Running Shoes,
Widespread Tech, B and X...

I thought these seminars
were about training cops?

That's how they were intended,
but retail stores are using the same

techniques against
their own employees.

And it's just as likely to
result in a false positive.

- Barbara, what do you think?
- It's good.

Go certify a class.

We should put Bobby on it
with her. It's a big thing now.

- Who's on it with her right now?
- The new associate, Maia.

I'd keep her on it. Maia's
good. And she's motivated.

- That Rindell kid? - Yes.

Sure. Everybody hates her. Great
way to mould a fighter, all right.

There may not even be a job
here. I just wanna warn you.

Uh, you're here for
the assistant position?

Come on in, Daniela.

Have a seat.

This is still your case, Frank.
But it's also now a class action.

- So I don't pay anything?
- Right. And it's more likely

that you'll get a
larger settlement

because these big companies will
want to avoid the embarrassment.

Is this gonna move quickly now?
Because I'm having trouble paying rent.

We think the companies will
try to win this motion to dismiss.

And if not, they'll
negotiate a settlement.

- Do I have to sign something?
- Yes, and actually you can help us.

We're looking for other workers
who have had their wages garnished

- just like you, so if you...
- What is this case again?

We're gathering a class of retail
workers who were wrongly accused

- of stealing from their stores.
- Okay. Got it.

So are you coming back to
work? Everybody misses you.

No, I got another job. In fact,
can you help me out with it?

You know everybody around here.

Is there anybody in the mall
who had their wages cut?

We're bringing a lawsuit against
all these big asshole companies.

And I know you know all the
people here and how they complain.

So is anybody bitching
about their pay cheques?

It's about people being forced
to confess that they stole clothing,

or shoes, or computers.

So if you hear anything from anybody,
here's my card. Tell them to call me.

- What the hell are you doing, Barbara?
- What am I doing?

I'm having a sandwich...

You're dragging my
members into a class action.

If this is about the salary
garnishing, we're not dragging...

You're pissing off management!

We're on the eve of
a contract negotiation

- and you're pissing off management.
- It was a union member complaint.

- We are merely...
- No, no, no, no, no, no.

You convinced him to pursue a class
action because you wanted the money.

You came into our offices and
asked for our help to collect a class...

Those two did. Your
contract is with us.

Yes, and you employed us to help
your members in pro bono cases.

As a gesture, merely.

Maybe your members
would like to know that.

Seriously? That's how little
our contract means to you?

- You're threatening me?
- If that's considered a threat, friend,

1 would love to
live in your world.

We won't pay a cent for this class
action and we won't help in any way.

So drop it.

What are you gonna do?

We're gonna find
another benefactor.

- So what do you have?
- A new suit. Very last minute.

Class action against
12 nationwide retailers.

- I'll need financing on, say, 140...
- How many in the class?

We're gathering that as we
speak. But we think 20. Maybe more.

Sympathetic working class
families. All retail workers.

- Who's the test case?
- Top of page three, Frank Gwinn.

32 years old. Divorced father.
Good witness. College-educated.

Works at BMI, selling shoes.

No litigation in his
background and no priors.

- Oh, he's delinquent on a loan.
- It's a student loan. 2012.

- He's making payments again.
- Your proposal?

You finance 600 billable hours
for initial payment of $300,000.

You'll have two exit ramps.
One, after the motion to dismiss.

Two, six months into trial,
if we even go that long.

You share 40 percent of the
award up to eight million dollars.

No.

Why? You can't get better.

Your motion to dismiss is in
front of Judge Kevin Drago?

- We've won in front of him before.
- Our algorithm doesn't like him.

Not for this case.

Your algorithm's not taking into
account that I'm a fucking good lawyer.

Don't swear, okay?

It bugs out Jer.

I'm sorry.

Does your algorithm
even like this case?

It does. Good optics.
Good potential pay-out.

- It's just this judge.
- It's okay. I will get you a new judge.

- How are you gonna do that?
- I'm a good lawyer.

We're going to
court. Fuck the union.

We will finance this thing
ourselves. You, I want you in court.

- Uh, uh, what is your name again?
- Maia.

- Maia, great. Second chair.
- I... Well, thank you, sir.

Unfortunately, we've
run into a snag, Adrian.

- What? - With the class.

Without the union's help,

we're having trouble locating
employees with garnished wages.

Check crime reports.

Any business missing back
stock, they'd report it, right?

No. They tried that.

Let's post fliers, let's check
Reddit, let's get creative.

I've told our financial partners that we
would have 20 members in the class.

So let's get to it, all right?

Here's 23 employees who were
accused of theft by their employer

and had their wages garnished.
And I have feelers out to a dozen more.

And there are two more
people here to be interviewed.

- Who was that?
- My new assistant.

- You want me to recuse myself?
- Yes, Your Honour. Regretfully.

- You don't like me, counsellor?
- No, I love you.

At our firm, we speak very highly
of you all the time, Your Honour.

But unfortunately, in this instance,
there is a conflict of interest.

We're good here, Your
Honour. No problem.

Isn't this just a motion to dismiss?
I'm not sure how I can be conflicted out.

I've shopped at BMI,
but that's about it.

[And you, sir. WHISTLES]
Do I know you?

No, Your Honour.

Nice try, Mr Boseman, but I
reject your motion to recuse me.

- We can start with your first witness.
- Actually, Your Honour,

- there's one more thing.
- You're trying my patience, sir.

You recently lost over a million
dollars in an investment. Am I correct?

That's none of your business. That loss
has nothing to do with the matter here.

Now sit down!

But unfortunately, our
second chair here...

Maia, would you stand up and
state your full name, please?

Maia Rindell.

As you can see, Your Honour,
since you've lost most of your savings

to the Rindell Ponzi scheme,
you cannot fairly judge this case.

So here we all are on this
lovely Wednesday afternoon.

And unfortunately, I have
misplaced my prescription glasses,

so I will try to make do with
these prescription sunglasses,

if you don't mind me looking
a little bit like a movie star.

- Very becoming, Your Honour.
- Well, I wouldn't go that far.

- Coming from LA, I'm used to it.
- Ah, Los Angeles. How is your drought?

- Uh, improving. - Good.

I love the way your state
emphasises green energy.

Yes, I have a Tesla myself.
It's such a wonderful car...

- Your Honour, the motion to dismiss.
- Yes, thank you, Lucca.

The simple fact is the plaintiff
is attempting to use the theft

of 400 running shoes
from my client's...

- Not the theft. There is no theft here.
- If I could finish? Thank you.

To sue 15 respected companies. In
other words, this is a Trojan Horse.

Actually, the metaphor I would use,
Your Honour, is reverse Robin Hood.

- Seriously?
- Well, this is getting heated.

My client makes $40,000 a year.
Miss Stevens' client makes 13 billion.

And yet every payday, they take
40 percent of his take home pay.

Okay. Well, battle lines drawn.

Miss Stevens,
your first witness.

We had a lot of theft
from the storeroom,

almost $600,000 this year.

So I was asked to
question the employees.

And why did you
zero in on the plaintiff?

He showed signs of deception
per the Friedman Method.

This is a method utilised by
the police to question suspects?

- Yes.
- The plaintiff signed this confession?

Yes. He told us exactly how
he slipped the crates into his car,

took them down to Maxwell Street Market
and sold them to a vendor for $10,000.

- He gave me that information.
- Nothing more here.

Mike, could you angle
that screen some more?

These sunglasses are polarised.
Keep coming, keep coming.

Ah, keep coming,
keep coming. Oh, well.

- Uh, continue, please.
- Just a few questions, Benji.

Why didn't you tell the
police about the theft?

Excuse me?

Well, if it were me and I had
$70,000 stolen, I would go to the police.

Well, the company would rather
settle these things internally.

And I'd rather you
call me Mr Diyardian.

Oh, my apologies.

And Mr Gwinn stole the $70,000,
according to your interrogation?

- My interview.
- Right, your interview.

To your mind, Frank
Gwinn is a thief, right?

- Well, he stole, yes.
- Then why didn't the company fire him?

Your Honour, I think it's a little
odd that BMI is being censured

for doing the
humanitarian thing.

Oh, I don't think plaintiff
is censuring them.

I think she just finds it odd that
they kept a thief on staff, as do I.

Well, the company just
wanted an opportunity

- to claw back its losses, didn't it?
- Right, it did.

So the company wanted
to keep Frank employed

so they could take from
his pay cheque, is that right?

That's not how I'd put it.

How would you put it,
Benji? Please, take your time.

You're suggesting
bad motives here,

but BMI thinks all its employees
should be allowed to make things right.

And so even though Frank
supposedly stole $70,000,

he was still allowed to work alone
and unsupervised in the backroom?

Objection. Asked and answered.

Uh, actually, no, I'd
like to hear the answer.

- We trust our employees.
- That's why you questioned him

- for seven hours?
- Objection. Argumentative.

I'll rephrase. How many hours
did you question my client?

I don't know. I
didn't keep track.

Well, uh... it says
seven hours here.

Oh, hello, Lucca. Good
to see you're still at it.

- And it's, um, Ma... I'm sorry. Mia?
- Maia.

- Maia. Thank you. Hi. - Hi.

I'm Andrea. I'm so terribly
sorry about your family.

It must be hard on you.

It's manageable.

Manageable. Good. Women are
taking over the world, piece by piece.

Um, I wonder if you and I
could talk some time, Lucca.

We can talk right now.

Well, I just hate doing it
here in a public place, but...

- So? What's the offer? - Offer?

No, I just wanted to know
where you got your hair cut.

I just, I love the
bangs so much.

A friend of mine. She cuts
hair out of her apartment.

Really? Could you
maybe get me her number?

- Sure. - Thank you.

- Gosh, hmm. Love this, by the way.
- It would look great on you.

- Do you wanna buy it? - No.

I'd sooner buy the
smile off the Mona Lisa.

See you tomorrow. Bye, Mia.

It was just a scare. Dr
Trotter found another lump,

- but he thinks it's nothing.
- Good.

- Is that why you called? - Yes.

I mean, I was told the cancer
had spread to your lymph nodes.

Well, that's the fear.

It's good to see you,
Maia. You look older.

- Look at me, Mom. - Why?

I just wanna ask
you a few questions.

Oh, Maia, I've spent the last two
weeks answering more questions

- than I have in my whole life.
- Yes. And I am your daughter.

And I just wanna ask you
a few more. Look at me.

Okay. I'm looking at you.

Was there really a cancer scare?

Yes, baby, there
was a cancer scare.

And you're not lying to me?

I'm your mother.

- Is Dad guilty?
- You know he's not.

Are you guilty?

No, Maia, I'm not guilty.

Uncle Jax is guilty.

You just need to trust
me, baby. We're family.

I don't know if
she's lying or not.

About the cancer?

No, about the fund.

- Do you think your dad did it?
- I don't know.

We were always
the boring family.

All my friends are... their parents
were divorcing or having affairs.

I used to lie about Mom and Dad
fighting so that I wouldn't seem so weird.

And now...

It's like we're paying for
all those years of happiness.

That's your parents.

It doesn't have to be you.

You can be as happy as you want.

And we're back.

Now, here's the thing, young
man... No, you can all sit down.

I have a question for
you. What is supination?

I was buying running shoes yesterday
and they told me my feet supinate?

Yeah, uh, supination is when
your feet roll outward when you run.

- And that's a bad thing?
- Yes, it can be a bad thing,

you need shoes with
a firmer outer sole.

Ah, shoes like these?

Your Honour, um,
we do have a witness.

But if you're feeling
biased towards the plaintiff,

we ask that we'd be
heard on a recusal.

No, no, no, counsellor.
I'm just getting some advice.

My apologies. I will work
hard toward neither supinating

nor pronating toward one side
or the other. Your next witness.

The interviewer merely
tries to ease the way

for a liar to admit
the truth, that's all.

So you tend to
minimise the crime?

Yes. According to Mr
Diyardian's own testimony,

he made it clear to the suspect
that the theft was not a big matter.

They just wanted to solve it.

In fact, he could understand
why someone would be tempted.

He was even tempted.

And the plaintiff has suggested that
Mr Diyardian handed all the details

of the flea market
sale to Mr Gwinn.

Yes, but that's just
part of our method.

Making it clear to the suspect that
you know all the particulars of his crime

helps him feel there is
no way to avoid detection.

And this is the same method
used by police to catch criminals?

Yes, definitely. It
is tried and tested.

All done here, Your Honour.

Do you wanna do it?

- Well, if you don't want to.
- No. No, I want to.

- Mr Leh Frenais...
- Lah Frenais.

Lah Frenais.

Is it part of your method that
you can lie to the suspect?

Sorry, counsellor. You,
uh, can you speak up?

I think that Lisa is having
problems hearing you.

Yes. Of course.

Is it part of your
Friedman Method, sir,

that you can lie to the
suspect being questioned?

Whoa. Much better, thank you.

It's not part of my method.

It's part of the Supreme Court
decision, Frazier versus Cupp.

Police officers
can lie to suspects.

And so in step number
five of your method,

the interviewer is to present
evidence of culpability to the suspect

whether it's true or not?

Well, it's better if the
evidence is true, of course.

- But it doesn't have to be?
- No.

So when Benji presented Frank
with a DVD recording of him stealing

the $70,000 in running shoes,

a DVD that was completely blank,
by the way, that was A-okay with you?

Yes, if it helps
find a crook, yes.

But doesn't your method
result in false confessions?

- Very few.
- In fact, hasn't your method been

banned by police in
Canada and England?

I wouldn't call it banned.
They've chosen not to use it.

Because it resulted in too
many false confessions?

- I don't think that's fair.
- But is it true, sir?

I'll leave that
analysis to others.

Analysis. "The Friedman Method
is a banned coercive technique

of interrogation that results
in too many false confessions.

It is therefore banned
within our jurisdiction.”

- Do you mean analysis like that?
- Who wrote that?

Melissa Starr, London
Metropolitan Police. Scotland Yard.

Okay. Uh, anything further?

Nothing here, Your
Honour. Thank you.

Hi. This is Diane Lockhart's office
and I'm her assistant, Marissa.

How may I help you?

It's Dr Ainsworth at Harbour
Hospital. Do you wanna call him back?

Please.

Diane, you didn't like
any of the applicants?

Oh, for the assistant's
job? Uh, no, I did.

It's just that I know Marissa
and she's on the ball.

She's good. You'll see.

Okay. This is our offer.
$500,000 to Frank Gwinn.

No class action. If the
firm pursues a class action,

our offer goes away
and Frank gets nothing.

A lot of money for a guy
pulling in 40 grand a year.

Mm-hm.

What do you think of that, Maia?

I think we'll have
to get back to you.

Okay.

In the next, uh, two hours or we
go back to court and destroy you.

- Miss Stevens. - Yeah?

- I have an answer for you now.
- Oh, great.

My hairstylist's number.

- Well?
- We got a decision to make.

No. It's not enough
money for us to take.

It's not your decision.
It's the client's.

No. It's a decision for the
whole class, all 24 clients.

- The algorithm says we stay in.
- This is crazy.

- You can't have them decide what we do.
- They're paying the bills, Lucca.

Yes, but Frank needs the money. If
we pass on this, he could get nothing.

Or he could get a whole lot
more. Let's just wait and see.

I just have one last question for
you, Frank. Why did you confess?

If you didn't do it, then
why would you confess?

He made it seem like
it was the only way out.

He had a DVD of me doing it.

And if you knew there was nothing on
that DVD, then why would you confess?

I felt helpless. I
was exhausted.

He had me convinced that I
had just repressed the memory.

He said he had a witness who
swore that I was down at a flea market

- selling the shoes. - Were you?

No. But he said he was
gonna give all this to the cops

- if didn't come clean.
- Come clean, meaning?

Sign the statement
that he wrote up.

- And so you signed it?
- Yes. He said that I could keep my job.

He said that the
questioning would be over.

He said that I would still
be on management track.

Did you know that Benji gets a bonus
for every employee he gets to confess...

Objection. No foundation.

That is definitely
sustained. Okay.

Um, I think I'm ready
to rule on this motion.

Uh, Your Honour, I'd
like to cross-examine.

This is not a full trial. This is
merely a motion to dismiss.

Yeah, I know, but this information
just came into our hands.

We were hoping to use it at trial, but
we think we can save the court a lot

of time and money if
we could ask it now.

- I am enticed.
- Thank you, Your Honour.

Mr Gwinn, where did
you work before BMI?

Various places. I
worked as a temp.

And was one these places
Tolleson Accounting?

- Yes.
- You had a clerical job there?

- Uh-huh.
- Uh-huh? I'll take that as a "yes".

- And were you asked to leave?
- 1 didn't do it.

Yeah, I think you know
what's coming, Frank.

There was a petty cash
situation, several hundred dollars.

- And were you accused of taking it?
- I told them I didn't take it.

But you agreed to leave
if they didn't call the cops.

Objection. There
is no record of this.

Our investigators
questioned this business.

Yes, because the
manager at the time talked

only to our investigator
and signed this affidavit.

- I didn't do it.
- He swears that Frank

took the money, then
when he was caught,

promised to return it if
they kept the theft secret.

That's a lie. That's a
complete and total lie.

Okay. That is information 1
will take into consideration.

- Defendant have any more questions?
- Nothing more, Your Honour.

Unless the plaintiff has anything
more, I will rule on this motion.

I hate losing.

It was a good effort.

- Does this impact the class?
- Yes, unfortunately.

The litigation
financiers dropped out.

I thought he was
telling the truth.

Maybe he was, about
the running shoes.

You know, people can lie
and still be telling the truth.

Nobody's a hundred
percent of any one thing.

My mom lied about her cancer.

It was a scare. It wasn't real.

She just wanted to see me.

She's lonely.

People get desperate
when they're lonely.

You should go see her.

Mom?

Mom?

- Maia, what are you doing?
- I wanted to see how you were.

Good. I was just going to bed.

What's wrong?

Why don't we have
breakfast tomorrow?

Whose car is that outside?

Just the painters were here
yesterday. They left one.

Where's the tea, Lenore?

It's not a good time.

Hi, Uncle Jax.