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Previously on
Fatal Attraction...

ALEX: "You are fantastic."

MAN [over phone]: Well,
he's definitely leaving

the door open.

Leaving it up to you

to walk through it, though.

But that is what he wants me

to do, though?

MIKE: She's building a world

in her fucking head
because you were mad

you were gonna have to wait
to be a fucking judge, man.

"Ruined" is such a weird word

to use about people,

about their lives, but

you've been seen.

DAN: She's a stalker.

I don't even know
where she lives.

Yeah, I need to...

figure out what to do about
how your prints are all over

the bathroom sink...

- Get the fuck up.
- EARL: kitchen, bedframe

that you say you've never seen.

I did not kill her, and
I'm going to prove it.

[car door opens]

Thank God for Mike.

It's a shitshow up there
with all the reporters.

He snuck me out the back

before they can get
their shit together.

- [sighs]
- They found the body?

Did they actually find it?

I mean, I don't know
for sure, but...

[sighs]

They're not exactly
sharing information with me

at this point, but, given
everything that's happened

with Brooker and
everything else,

I think we have to assume yes.

[crying]

Sorry.

We should go.

[car engine starts]

BETH: Julia called to make sure
the bail money went through,

and to check on you.

[sighs] God, those
guys, they're...

BETH: Believers.

So who's gonna
prep me to testify?

Because, no offense, but I think
it should be him. I'm worried

there's just gonna be a
part of me that doesn't

take it seriously because
of all the fights we've had

over the years, and
how I always won them.

Also, I was thinking,
the jury's gonna be

reading the room
from the get-go.

We got to be a united front.

Yeah, so, I had a lot of
time to think about this

last night while
I wasn't sleeping,

and what I'm thinking is...

I can't tell them
that I had an affair.

- What?
- If I do, the jurors,

they're not gonna believe
anything else I have to say.

I'm just gonna be the bastard
who betrayed his family,

and the prosecutors will play
that card 'cause it works.

I can't let them
convict me of murder

just 'cause they don't like me.

Okay, but that is...
that's an enormous risk.

I mean, does Cabral,
is he on board with it?

I'm not gonna ask him.

I can't tell him the
truth about the affair

because, if I testify and I lie,

I'm perjuring myself,
and he's suborning it.

He's a pain in the ass,
but he's not unethical.

What's the point
of having a lawyer

if you can't confer about...

His only job is to show
that there's no proof

that I did it. He doesn't
want to know the truth.

No good defense attorney does.

And since I didn't
commit the crime,

all I have to do is
give him a strategy

- that he can use.
- Which is what?

Stalker? Delusional stalker?

Yes, stalker,
delusional, obsessive.

What couldn't happen
to a person like that?

If you testify, and they ask you
about the affair on the stand,

you're gonna have to lie, and
you're not a good liar, Beth.

[sighs] I can't let you do that.

They want to hear that I believe

that you would never be
capable of killing somebody.

We'll be fine. I don't care.

I do.

["I Love A Rainy Night"
by Eddie Rabbitt playing]

♪ Well, I love a rainy night ♪

♪ I love a rainy night ♪

♪ I love to hear the thunder,
watch the lightning ♪

♪ When it lights up the sky ♪

♪ You know it makes
me feel good ♪

♪ Well, I love a
rainy night... ♪

Two selections.
Salty or sweet?

STANLEY: Oh, please, sweet.

♪ Rain on my lips... ♪

- I guess I can...
- Okay.

- I can take that one?
- Yes.

That's the one I was gonna take.

♪ Showers wash all my ♪

♪ Cares away ♪

♪ I wake up... ♪

Let's sit.

WOMAN: Mmm. I like
this one, it's so good.

Here, come on. You have
to try it. Come here.

Okay.

Mmm.

[gasps] Right?

STANLEY: Mm-hmm.

♪ Well, I love a rainy night. ♪

[classical music
playing over television]

[indistinct chatter
over television]

"Superstar"?

It's a little overkill for
mini golf, but good for you.

[Stanley clears throat]

PATRICIA: And where is
your superstar trophy?

[blows raspberry] Nowhere.

- I shot a 76.
- [laughs]

Every hole took him three
strokes. Sometimes more.

PATRICIA: That is so
strange because you're great

at putting, according to you.

Right, on a real golf course
with actual greens and not

cement covered with
mildewed carpet.

PATRICIA: Mini golf is basically
just all putting, really, isn't it?

STANLEY: Quiet.
Quiet, you. [chuckles]

What are we watching, a
little public television?

- It's Masterpiece Theatre.
- Yeah? What's it about?

[snoring]

[both laughing]

No, wait, give me a second,
I'll tell you what it's about.

Lower-class girl who
works in the kitchens

falls in love with
the King of England?

[Patricia and Stanley laugh]

[laughs]

It's Wednesday, Alex.
School tomorrow.

[Stanley chuckles]

Go brush your teeth.

[knock on door]

STANLEY: ♪ People let
me tell you 'bout my ♪

♪ Best friend ♪

♪ She's a warm-hearted
person who'll love me ♪

♪ Till the end, people ♪

♪ Let me tell you 'bout
her, she's so much fun ♪

♪ 'Cause she's my best friend ♪

♪ Yeah, she's my best
friend, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la. ♪

[kisses]

[timer dings]

STANLEY: How good
are those eggs?

- ALEX: They're really good.
- Yeah? How would you know?

For a smart guy, you
have some stupid hangups,

honey. It's a goddamn egg yolk.

You know what's actually
scary? The world.

[telephone ringing]

What do you want to bet?

Hello?

Yeah, she's up.

How am I supposed
to do that, exactly?

Or do you want me to haul
a sick kid to the library

to be contagious all
over the periodicals room

just so I can look at want ads?

Yep.

- Yep. We'll be here.
- [sets telephone in cradle]

[sighs]

[scoffs]

Making a federal case about
how hard it is for her

to get any time at work

to call home and check in,

like she even knows what
a hard time at work is.

Walk in my shoes, why don't you?

Walk in them at
these interviews.

Some kid who can't
even hold my jock

asking about my bona fides

when I could do their job
with a quarter of my ass.

Not to mention, I
went into engineering

to work in the defense
industry, combat systems,

- not a goddamn utility company.
- [spatula scraping]

She acts like there's no
difference, a job's a job.

How do you even talk
to a woman like that?

- [spatula clatters]
- You can't.

You can try, but they're
just never gonna get it.

Here we go. Where's
the clothespins?

What's your
teacher's name again?

Miss Ross.

She always has spit in
the corners of her mouth.

[retches]

Ah, make sure you
tell her about these.

Make sure she knows,

while she was boring the
other kids to death all day,

we made our own sparklers.

[footsteps approaching]

Where's your father?

Where'd he say he was gonna be?

Well, he said it was
Henry's birthday.

Like I'm really supposed to
believe he'd choose to spend

four and a half
hours with Henry,

- no matter what day it is.
- Why not?

Aren't they, like,
friends from college?

So, he's with Henry?

Out, with Henry?

If that's what he said.

He did say that.

And so did you,

which is how I
know it's bullshit.

[sighs]

It must feel so...

wicked and fun

to have someone to put
things over on together.

Hmm?

Especially someone so stupid.

Can you even remember a time

when the two of you weren't
ganging up against me?

Me, either.

[scoffs] You are so proud

in thinking because he
trusts you to lie for him

that means he loves you.

When what it really means

is that he doesn't
love you, either.

[scoffs]

No, no, I know. What do I know?

Nothing.

I don't know anything
about him, compared to you.

I don't know anything
about anything.

I guess, eventually, we
will see who knows what.

Or not.

Or maybe, one of these days,

you'll come home and...

I just won't be here anymore.

STANLEY: Just talk
to her a little,

keep her entertained.
That so much to ask?

I don't even know
what her name is.

That's why you're
acting like such a brat

over someone asking
for one small favor?

It's Abby. Okay? Jesus wept.

- WOMAN: Hi.
- Hey, ladies.

Hope you weren't
waiting too long.

Abby, this is my daughter Alex.

She took too long
to get ready because

she was so excited
to come meet you.

Have you been here before?

Because I think
that you are gonna

love it.

[laughs]

WOMAN Let's go sit, okay?

You just went in my
room and took it?

- For her?
- What are you talking about?

What were you gonna say
when I realized it was gone?

Were you just gonna let
me think I was crazy?

I forgot, that's all.

Honestly, I didn't think a
15-year-old would still care

about a toy, that's probably
why it slipped my mind, but...

It's not like I was
trying to upset you.

I'll just tell the
kid I made a mistake,

and you still want that thing.

Okay? I'm sure
she'll understand.

I'll make it up to her, somehow.

Okay?

Come on, they're waiting.

CABRAL: Deeply troubled,
delusional fixation.

Then Brooker... [scoffs]

rush to judgement, only suspect,

tunnel vision... I mean,

this is how innocent
people end up on trial.

It can happen to any one of you.

I like that,

bringing the jury into
that. I like that.

Mm. [laughs] Uh, political
pressure, headlines,

victim of a broken system
you served so faithfully,

heinous crime you
did not commit.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- Ballpark? [laughs]
- Yeah. [laughs]

Okay.

That's the defense's
opening statement.

Now you tell me,

Deputy D.A. Gallagher,

what is Deputy D.A. Ruiz's
opening statement gonna be?

DAN: Daniel Gallagher
is an entitled man.

His father was an influential

and well-connected judge who
got him a powerful position

as a prosecutor fresh
out of law school.

RUIZ and DAN: From his
first day in that job,

Daniel Gallagher
did what he wanted

when he wanted,

with whomever he wanted.

Because that is what
men of privilege do.

JUROR: Mm-hmm.

They think nothing of
engaging in sexual affairs

outside of their marriage

with women who work for them.

In this case, that woman

was Alexandra Forrest, whose job

was to support

and advocate for
victims of crime.

And when Dan Gallagher got...

tired of Alex Forrest,

he told her to go away,

and he expected her

to do what he said.

But she didn't.

And she made it very
clear that she wouldn't.

So, when a man of privilege

is faced with a threat

to his family,

his career, his reputation...

what do you think

he might do?

As a homicide prosecutor,

my privilege is to
speak for the dead.

So, today, I speak
for Alex Forrest,

and I ask you, in her name,

to find Daniel Gallagher guilty

of murder.

Thank you.

PAULA: We just wanted to
kind of talk, generally,

about goals and...

LEO: In the sense that
we're objective oriented

- and competitive...
- PAULA: Which makes sense, it's law school, but...

And, as long as what
we're doing is productive

for everyone, then

we don't have to get along,

- but...
- Just tell her.

MARK: It isn't working.

We just approach
things differently.

Okay.

Say more about that.

PAULA: Okay, like,

whenever you leave me a
message, and I call you back

right away, you act
like I'm bothering you,

but if I wait to call back,

you freak out about
how long it took me.

You called me stupid for
going through index cards

in the "wrong" order.

MARK: You didn't hand in
my legal writing assignment

with yours like
you said you would,

and then, when I saw it in
your bag, you were like,

"Oh, you just did such a bad job
on it, I wanted to protect you."

KELCEY: When I said I didn't
have time to run hypos

with you on my mom's birthday,

you threw a cup of coffee...

I didn't throw it at you.

KELCEY: Does that matter?

We just think it'd be better

if you went to another group.

For you, too.

Just so you know,

there hasn't been a single
session since September

that Mark hasn't rolled
his eyes at least once

while you were speaking.

And Paula doesn't
understand how you got into

any law school,
let alone this one.

And she also wonders if you've
ever had a single thought

that you didn't feel
the need to express

out loud, so...

Oh... your watch, the one

that you lost at the gym?

Why don't you ask
Leo where that went?

ALEX: So I finally just told
them that I was sick of it.

I don't want to deal with
the resentfulness and the-the

passive aggression
anymore. It's distracting.

Especially when I can handle
my own workload myself,

so...

- I mean, I would hope so, honey.
- Right?

Well, it's not like you're
at Yale or something.

It's sad those idiots

need a study group at
a state law school,

not impressive that you don't.

UW's... [scoffs]

It's in the top 25%.

Hey, before I forget,

Lacey and I are
going skiing Friday.

Her sister has a condo
on Schweitzer Mountain.

You hate skiing.

What? No, I don't.

Your mom just never wanted
to go, so we didn't.

She said that you
hated it, and you never

wanted to go 'cause
you're so bad at it.

I mean, that is just
complete bullshit,

but have it your way.

[laughs] I like how you
always have one of her little

poison poppers in the
chamber these days, though.

Little blindside jabs

all stored up.

When she was still
alive, who knew

you were such a fan of hers?

She sure didn't.

Anyway, we'll be there
through next week.

Doing Turkey Day in Idaho.

So happy Thanksgiving
in advance.

♪

STANLEY: That's what's surprising,
that's what's so crazy.

That's what you should
be asking yourself.

I mean, the real
question should be,

how she could leave
you, her daughter,

who she's supposed to
love unconditionally,

for life?

Why a mother would
abandon her own child,

her daughter?

That's what's surprising,
that's what's so crazy.

That's what you should
be asking yourself.

Why a mother would abandon
her own child, her daughter?

How could she leave you?
She's supposed to love you.

Ah!

Ah.

- [shin thuds]
- [groans]

[groans]

MICHELLE: Have you had
any therapy before?

No. Are you a doctor?

No. I'm a doctoral intern

in clinical psychology.

My final training year.

So that's why this is free.

No. The university's counseling

service is provided as
part of your tuition,

so it's actually not free.

[sighs]

If you feel more comfortable
with a medical doctor,

- I can refer you.
- It's fine. It's...

It's fine.

Well, in the meantime,

I can try to help you figure out

- what you might...
- I just feel like there's no one.

That sounds very hard

and isolating.

Can you talk about
some recent examples

that made you feel this way?

Like, Thanksgiving
having just happened,

a lot of complicated feelings

tied up with those
kinds of gatherings.

I can see that being
especially tough.

What was your holiday like?

I bet yours was
really nice, right?

Mm...

I actually kind of boycott
the holidays these days.

[chuckles]

Just... family issues.

What did you do instead?

Went to the movies
with my husband.

What'd you see?

Uh, The Waterboy.

[chuckles]

Do you have kids?

No.

Maybe once I get my doctorate.

What does your husband do?

He's a research fellow
here, in population health.

I don't know what that is.

[both chuckle]

CABRAL: I've got my
witness list here.

Okay,

who is Stanley Forrest?

Who?

He's the victim's father.

She told me her father was dead.

Be cool.

Chill.

STANLEY: I thought the whole point
of law school was not to have to do

- things like internships.
- I guess, but...

they rotate you
through all the bureaus

and the programs, so...

you see basically the whole
Seattle justice system.

It's pretty fascinating.

Take your word for it, I guess.

I mean, if you were
thinking about trying

to actually be the city attorney

or the D.A. even, I guess
that might be something.

My favorite rotation was
the crime survival services.

So, you help the
victims negotiate

the trial and the
sentencing process,

you know, you comfort them,

connect with them.

It was really satisfying.

I don't know, it-it
made sense to me.

Some of the staff
there, they have MSWs,

but you can do it with
a bachelor's degree.

- Okay, so what?
- So...

law school's not for me.

I just... Not really.

Not right now. I don't know.

- [sighs]
- And then this job opened up,

right, at the Crime
Advocacy Program,

and I thought, "Oh,
this is, it's a sign."

[laughs]

What kind of sign?

The sign for someone who knows
they can't cut the mustard?

No one's gonna even know

what this thing is
you're talking about,

or if they do, they
don't know it's a job.

What the fuck am I
supposed to tell them?

God. When I think
about how hard I worked

to set you up so now you
can just throw it all away.

I'm sorry, what exactly
did you do again?

Other than never
hold a fucking job

'cause you were always
too amazing to work.

No, please, tell me again
how you'd be running

fucking Naval System
Ordnance Command

if every single other
person in the world

wasn't a dick who
was jealous of you.

You finished here, sir?

[forceful exhale]

Ask my daughter. She
knows everything.

SARAH: If your father
was a paraplegic,

confined to a wheelchair
your whole life,

it would be simple for you
to accept that he can't walk.

But what he actually
is is someone

who can't give you
anything you want or need.

But so, fighting back,

pointing out the lies,
calling him out, it's useless.

You can't get milk

from a hardware store.

[scoffs]

Winning can't be the goal

when winning isn't
possible, right?

What does the goal have to be?

Not getting destroyed.
[clears throat]

Not getting destroyed
is the goal.

So what do we have to do
to help you with that?

One of the other advocates

was talking the other
day about a case,

this client, um,

her ex-husband's a
sociopath, I think.

And so, Aaron was
advising her to

limit all contact to
just over the phone,

so he can't see
her body language,

he can't read her
facial expressions

and, like, feed off them.

And he also said that
she should smile,

even if she doesn't
want to smile,

just smile when
she's talking to him

because it'll change her voice

and-and confuse him.

Well, if you think
you can do it,

might be worth a try.

It is true nothing makes
your father happier

than seeing the
effect he has on you.

[scoffs]

It's five minutes till, so...

we have to switch gears now.

[scoffs]

We don't have to,
but, yeah, okay.

After the voice mails
this past weekend, again,

- we absolutely do.
- Which wouldn't happen if you would just

give me your direct line,

so we could just talk and
be done with it, but...

Be here with me now, please.

- [sighs]
- I'm not mad at you.

So, over this next week, you
don't have to worry about it,

or leave messages asking if I am

or telling me you just need
to hear me say I'm not,

because I'm not
mad at you, Alex.

Am I mad at you?

No.

STANLEY [over phone]: How
long are we gonna do this?

How many work emergencies am I
supposed to believe you have?

I mean, isn't the
point of a "job"

working with crime victims

that the emergency
already happened?

You don't have meals,
you don't drink coffee,

you work all day and night?

I told you, I'm busy, really.

I don't have any time, but...

when things open
up, I definitely

will be able to
make something...

What's funny?

- What?
- You sound weird.

You're not the only person
who's busy, you know.

- I know you think you are, but you're not.
- [line disconnects]

After intensive investigation,
the victim's body was recovered

from the water in
Marina Del Rey.

Upon this discovery,
we sent the body

to the medical examiner's
office for an autopsy,

which was conducted
by Herbert Hong,

the Chief Medical Examiner,
and Dr. Hong's report showed...

a large crack.

As a result, I removed the brain

and noted a massive contusion
to the left hemisphere.

These discoveries led me
to conclude cause of death

was blunt force trauma.

The forensic team recovered
multiple fingerprints

in the deceased's apartment,
which were sent for analysis.

According to Detective
Lenz's report...

24 were not hits,

meaning those prints
belonged to individuals

who are not in the system.

But ten prints did match
with one individual.

The defendant.

Denied ever having been inside
Ms. Forrest's apartment.

H-He also denied ever having
a personal relationship

with Ms. Forrest. However, upon

subsequent interviews
with other parties...

I saw her wink at someone,

and when I looked to see who,

I saw it was Dan Gallagher.

And then Ms. Forrest
motioned to Mr. Gallagher,

like to tell him that
he had something,

some-some food on his
face or something.

After a short conversation,

I then used the restroom,
and when I returned,

I noted both the
defendant and Ms. Forrest

had left the premises.

I next attempted to speak to
a, uh, Mr. Rodney Scanlon,

who works as the head bartender
at Andolini's Restaurant.

I don't recall.

RUIZ: Did you ever
see the defendant

in Andolini's with Ms. Forrest?

I don't recall.

Have you ever heard

that the defendant
and Ms. Forrest

were involved in a
personal relationship?

I don't recall.

CONCHITA: He subsequently
came to my office to request

she be assigned to another
case he had pending.

RUIZ: Hmm. Was that unusual?

Yes. It was the kind of
thing that, before then,

he would've had someone
else do for him,

or done over the phone.

RUIZ: The defense
has indicated that

Ms. Forrest struggled with...

That she was, in their words,

unstable.

Did you ever see any signs

of instability?

No. Our job is very
stressful, psychologically,

so I-I try to watch for
the effects of that,

manage for them.

Alex never confided in me

that she was
struggling in any way,

and I never saw any
sign of it in her.

I saw a caring and
dedicated advocate.

One of the best we ever had.

SARAH: Have you talked
to him about it?

Are you going to?

Well, putting that
aside for right now,

let's try to honor

this decision with
an explanation

before you make it.

What are you looking
for with this move?

What other ways could it
be good for your life?

How-how am I
supposed to know how

a place I've never even been
to is gonna be good for me

before I even get there?

It's not a question
about Los Angeles.

It's a question about

what you might be
trying to go toward

- and why.
- Clean slate.

A fresh start.

Less conceptual, more specific.

I am going toward

a job.

Something that I'm good at,

you know, but on a
bigger scale and-and

there's just more opportunity,
there's more need.

Plus, a new set of colleagues

you don't have any
uncomfortable history with,

- too, right?
- [scoffs]

You're kind of all
over the place today.

It's fine, but I just...
I don't know, I thought

I should point it out in case
you're not doing it on purpose.

I just want to make
sure this very big move

has a goal,

besides running away
from your father.

Because you know that saying,

"Wherever you go,
there you are."

STANLEY: He said you'd been
gone for ten days. Ten!

You have any idea
what that was like?

Getting laughed at by
this asshole because

I don't know my own
fucking daughter moved?

Or where she went?

I should call the cops
and report you missing.

Tell them you're a
danger to yourself.

That's what you deserve.

You expect people
to care about you

when you treat them like this?

Not to mention, if no
one knows where you are,

what do you think you're gonna
do when you need something?

Because you are gonna
need something, honey.

You're a fucking
black hole of need.

MACKSEY: I'm diving into
all this stuff again.

It's taking me right
back to college,

finding a copy ofMan And His
Symbols in the used bookstore.

I feel like I should be
wearing a rugby shirt

and drinking Snapple.

- [Ellen laughs]
- Anyway,

there is some stuff about
the Toni Wolff affair

in the Hannah memoir.

About how the three
of them were able

to coexist through it,

with Jung's wife
being fully aware

and Toni being
aware she was aware.

[line ringing]

STELLA [over phone]:
Skater buddy Ellen.

Hey. What you up to?

Um... just got
home from Pilates,

which means I'm
about to order tacos.

You want in?

- Be right over.
- Cool.

DAN: I wanted
you to have this.

What is it?

DAN: It's my paperwork

that I need to submit to
a judge for a new trial.

Why I deserve one.
Alternative suspects,

people who weren't
looked at the time.

- Like who?
- Well, like a guy she dated,

a guy who lived in the building,

people who were
identified by fingerprints

who hadn't been arrested at
the time, things like that.

Now that it's ready,
we're gonna do it.

We're gonna submit it.

And I-I wanted you to have it.

Obviously, you don't
have to read it.

No, I want to read it.

Okay.

That's great.

It just seems like...

like there's-there's so...

much of it. I mean, I...

I get about the fingerprints,

but did they not even, like...

try to find out any
of this stuff then?

Why wouldn't they look at
other people in her life?

Because I lied.

[sighs]

I lied.

And I made it easy for them.

But I hope this makes...

anything...

easier for you.

It was clear to me that he
was coming from her apartment.

CABRAL: But you didn't
actually see him leave it.

Ms. Rauch, when
was the last time

you had your vision checked?

Can you recall?

- This year, last year?
- [sighs]

Probably around...

three years ago?

CABRAL: Did you
ever see my client

inside Ms. Forrest's apartment?

No.

Did you ever see my
client with Ms. Forrest?

No.

Get out! Nothing. We're nothing.

We are nothing.

♪ Three times again ♪

♪ She cries your name... ♪

[grunts, pan clattering]

[grunting]

[clattering]

[panting]

CLAY: "Torment" is the word.

So afraid of being wrong,

people judging her, leaving her.

It's okay, Maria.

STANLEY: You expect
people to care about you

when you treat them like this?

CLAY: And it's hopeless.

STANLEY: What do you
think you're gonna do

when you need something?
Because you are gonna

- need something, honey.
- CLAY: "Torment" is the word.

STANLEY: You're a fucking
black hole of need.

You expect people
to care about you

when you treat them like this?

CLAY: And it's hopeless.

[birds singing]

[distant sirens wailing]

[inhales]

[soft, shallow breathing]

[sniffles]

[sighs, sniffles]

[distant horns honking]

[line ringing]

- [beep] - MALE
AUTOMATED VOICE: Hello.

No one is available
to take your call.

Please leave a message af...

[line ringing]

[call picks up]

STANLEY: Who is this?

[breath catches]

It's me, Dad.

Of course it is.

Why would you care
if you woke me up?

Sorry. Um...

how are you?

How am I?

Well, when was the
last time we talked?

When did you go AWOL
out of nowhere, again?

September.

Really? Seven months?

Didn't feel like
that long. You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Well, since you're
calling all this attention

to how long it's been,
how did you want me to be?

Or were you thinking
about me at all?

I mean, is there an
upward trajectory?

You keep talking
about this Conchita

who runs the show there.
How did you get that job?

Or maybe you'd rather just
be told what to do forever.

That's what it seems
like, honestly.

- Is it an apology?
- No. For what?

ALEX: I don't know. For
the things that you said,

for the way that you said them.

STANLEY: Okay, wait.

Which time that you
overreacted was this?

ALEX: Okay, then, how
about you apologize

for how you fucking
ruin everything?

STANLEY: What are
we ruining again?

What... what is there
to ruin? Seriously...

[laughing]: tell me, Alex,
because I... I don't know.

He's your age, but
he's not married?

Is he divorced?

No.

Well, that's just weird.

You don't think that's weird?

No, I don't think that's weird.

I think that he's really busy.

Like, he's busy being head
of Major Crimes Bureau.

He's so busy, they
offered him a judgeship,

and he had to turn it down.

I think something's
wrong with him.

[sighs] There must be, right,

because he's interested in me?

Is that what I said?

- [scoffs]
- But you probably don't have

to worry about it, anyway,

because it doesn't
sound like he is.

Okay.

So you still think that
there's nothing to ruin?

Well, he's a lawyer.
You say he's a good one.

I'm not a lawyer,
but even I know...

You leave a door open,
someone's gonna come in.

Right, so I should
just call him.

- [mug clatters]
- Shit.

ALEX: Maybe you're a
little bit jealous.

STANLEY: Of what?

That I finally found somebody

who loves me and who
wants to be with me.

Why would I be jealous?

I'm happy for you.

You make me sound like
some kind of monster.

[scoffs]

Just manage your
expectations, that's all.

It's bad to go into something
already thinking it's forever.

Just let it be what
it's going to be.

Why is it a jealous thing

to remind you to
live in the moment?

I'm just protecting you, honey.

That's all I'm
ever trying to do.

RUIZ: And after she found out

he was married,
what happened then?

Well, she confronted him,
and he turned on her.

He told her if she tried to
make any trouble for him,

he'd start by making
sure she lost her job.

And what did you
think at that point?

I was devastated for her.

And I was... worried.

The way she was describing
him, he was a...

a completely different person

than the one I'd been
hearing about. [sniffles]

Instead of a loving
boyfriend, suddenly,

there's this angry,
powerful guy, and...

my daughter's not
his girlfriend now,

she's his problem.

And what happened
next, Mr. Forrest?

She called me.

She was hysterical. [sighs]

She said she'd tried
to talk to him.

Then he got violent,

put hands on her.

She'd been scared for her life.

I didn't know what to do.

I felt so helpless.

I just told her... told
her to get out of there,

come home, I'd take care of her.

[sniffles]

And she said she was
going to, but before

she could leave, he...

You broke her, and
then you killed her!

She was my best friend!

[gallery murmuring]

RUIZ: Nothing
further, Your Honor.

[crying quietly]

[gavel banging]

[murmuring stops]

I'm very sorry for
your loss, Mr. Forrest.

One question.

You have no actual evidence

for this "relationship"

between your daughter

and Mr. Gallagher, do you?

Yes, I do.

And...

what would that be?

There.

[soft murmuring in gallery]

[gallery murmuring]

[louder murmuring]

[sniffles]

[distant chatter]

JORGE: Epic. I
mean, holy shit.

Come on. This is a page-turner.

- Really?
- Yeah.

I remember the one case.

A restaurant, the son
beating the dad to death.

Unbelievable.

And the pill mill
across the hall?

- Alex threatening the guy in actual words?
- Yeah.

That's what he's saying now.

And how many cases,
historically, have we seen

of people like him killing
people like her for less?

I do have kind of a hard time
thinking of Gabriel Ibarra

as a guy who'd solve that
problem that way, but...

this is a trial
application, right?

You got to pull
out all the stops.

But you can't expect me to be
that happy about it, though.

I mean, I had you sewn up as one
of the greatest secret weapons

any law firm could have.

You working here was gonna
make me so look so good,

I should have known
it couldn't last.

Anyway... Hey, I almost forgot

the Ukrainian woman's husband
trying to beat Dan up,

- thinking he was you.
- Yeah, yeah, and the best part

about it is, he
violated his parole,

so for the next five to
ten, we'll know where he is.

Hey, do you put a full bakery
like this out every day,

- or just on Mondays?
- JORGE: You want to come do some freelance

- investigating for us?
- MIKE: Hmm?

Every day is muffin day here.

And an omelet bar on Fridays.

Shut your mouth.

[laughs quietly]

MIKE: when Marcella Leyva

was elected D.A., she asked me

to come over as
chief investigator.

Dan was already being promoted
as head of Major Crimes.

And he said he'd put
in a word for me.

And did your
professional relationship

with Mr. Gallagher change as
a result of these promotions?

Um, we made a good team.

And it deepened our friendship.

CABRAL: Can you tell
us, over your career,

how many homicide investigations
have you conducted

or supervised?

- Uh, hundreds.
- And that vast experience

must have helped
you develop a sense

for whether someone is
capable of that crime.

I believe it has, yes.

So, putting aside
your friendship,

can you give us your
professional opinion

as to whether Dan Gallagher...

could commit

murder?

Never.

He couldn't do it. It's just...

It's not in the guy.

RUIZ: You said
you were concerned

that the victim was
delusional and dangerous.

Did you report those concerns

to Human Resources?

I didn't want to
escalate the situation...

It's a "yes or no" question.

No.

Did you report the situation

to the district attorney, or
to the victim's supervisor,

- Ms. Lewis?
- No.

RUIZ: Did you contact the LAPD

to report this delusional

and dangerous woman?

No, I did not.

Thank you, Detective.

[gallery murmuring]

[whispering indistinctly]

Detective, is it
true that you went

to Ms. Forrest's
apartment building

on the day of her murder?

- I...
- Yes or no, please.

[sighs]

Yes.

That's all,
Detective. Thank you.

- [sighs]
- [gallery murmuring]

DAN: I got her address
from the employee roster,

and I went there
to speak with her.

I thought maybe if we spoke
someplace that she felt safe,

she would hear me
when I told her

that I am a family man,

that I would never
reciprocate her feelings.

And I wanted to avoid a
public spectacle for her sake.

In retrospect, I
know that was naive.

I don't think I realized
how far gone she was.

Until she kidnapped my daughter.

So that's why they
recovered your fingerprints

inside Alex's apartment?

Yes, it is.

Well, why did you
tell Detective Brooker

you didn't know where she lived?

Uh, he's mistaken.
I didn't say that.

[inhales through nose]

Dan...

did you kill Alexandra Forrest?

No, I did not.

I have spent my entire life

in the service of justice.

It would go against
everything that I believe

to take someone else's.

No matter how afraid I was,
I just couldn't do that.

Not to Alexandra Forrest,
not to anyone else.

RUIZ: Mr. Gallagher, when

you realized your daughter had
been kidnapped by Alex Forrest,

did you call the police?

- No.
- The FBI?

I was preparing to call the FBI.

So, faced with every
parent's greatest nightmare,

you had to prepare
to call the FBI.

Did you ever call them?

- No.
- Did you already

know when you came up
with the kidnapping story

that you were going
to murder her?

DAN: I wa... I di... No.

RUIZ: You used her, and then
you tried to throw her away.

DAN: I didn't. I...

RUIZ: And when
she wouldn't go,

you threatened her, you
physically assaulted her,

and you killed her.

BETH: She's ready

to say good night.

You should know that
you can say "no"

to what I'm about to ask you.

But you should also know
that, after how today went...

I'm probably gonna
need you to say "yes."

Mm, she just said she
was a friend of my dad's,

and that he needed
me to go with her.

I asked her things,
and she knew it all...

My dad's name, my mom's name,

their jobs, and even
my dog's name, so...

Hmm, okay, and
where'd you two go?

Just to a park, and
we walked around.

Hmm.

I'm going to show you a book.

Okay?

Do you recognize it?

Yeah, it's mine.

The Story Of Layla and Majnun.

This book was found
inside the apartment

of the woman you went
to the park with.

- Do you know how she got it?
- I gave it to her.

Can I have it back, please?

CABRAL: Of course. As
soon as the trial is over.

Is this a picture of the woman

who took you to the park?

Yeah, that's her.

CABRAL: For the
record, the photo

is of Alexandra Forrest.
Nothing further.

Thank you.

[gallery murmuring]

Ms. Ruiz?

RUIZ: No questions,
Your Honor.

JUDGE WATSON: Okay,
then. Thank you, Ellen.

Thank you.

[gallery murmuring]

All rise.

I'll remind you all
we're here today because

an innocent woman named
Alexandra Forrest was murdered,

and because a jury
found Mr. Gallagher

guilty of this terrible crime.

I read your application.

Not only was it
well-written and considered,

it raises very
compelling questions.

But the salient, relevant
argument to be made

is that you are a liar.

You lied to the
investigating detective,

Earl Brooker.

You lied under
oath at your trial.

You lied at your parole hearing.

So I don't think it's
unfair to presume

you've probably lied

in this application
before the court.

As a result, it's impossible
to know, as I sit here today,

which version of your story
I'm supposed to believe.

In this court, the
truth is important.

And the truth in
this court today is

that you have received
more than enough attention

and indulgence

on this case already.

Simply stated, the
criminal justice system

has given you all the
justice you deserve.

So I'm not going to
give you any more.

I'm denying your
motion for a new trial.

Please give the
defendant written notice

of his right to appeal.

[door opens]

[door closes]

JUDGE WATSON: As to
the charge of murder,

how do you find the
defendant, Daniel Gallagher?

Guilty.

[gallery murmuring]

[door closes]

- have the time.
- The library, right?

Okay.

Oh, hey. Hi. You have
a Stella, uh, Chapman

- in your Research Methods section, right?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, when's the last
time you talked to her?

I... don't know.

- Huh.
- How come?

Well, I mean, she hasn't
showed up to work study

since Tuesday,
and Dr. Ranum said

he didn't see her
in morning seminar.

And she's not
answering her texts,

and her voice mailbox is full.

Wow. I...

- I-I wish I could help.
- Okay.

Okay.

MAN: Yeah, that'd be great.

I kept finding reasons
not to go to the office

till Arthur finally pointed out

that I hadn't been there in
person in an actual year.

[sniffles] So, we, uh...

wiggled out of the lease

and just started
working from here.

I can see why.

Yeah, it's crazy.

Sometimes I can't
believe I live here.

[Dan clears throat]

How are you doing?

I had my hearing.

I was able to stand
in front of a judge.

And she denied my application.

[sighs] And what does that mean?

I will not be
getting a new trial.

But did she read
the application?

There was so much
new information.

Ellen and I... How
can they just...?

I'm so sorry.

I have wanted this for so long.

Because even after the
way that I hurt you,

you just always...

believed in me.

I wanted you to be able to know
that you'd been right to do it.

Now, you will forever have
to just take that on faith.

I don't need another trial

to tell me what I already know.

It's what my mom always said.

Faith is knowing
without being shown.

I need you to take Ellen.

- Take her with you.
- Okay.

- Where are you going?
- The house on Satsuma's a shitshow.

I've been leaving Arthur
to deal with all of it.

I'll be back.
Just distract her.

Don't say anything
about us to her, please.

Of course. I wouldn't.

[crowd chatter]

MAN: The special.

[indistinct chatter]

WOMAN: I'll have the same.

[footsteps approaching]

Thank you for coming.

Why wouldn't I?

How else was I going to
find out what you want?

♪

♪

♪ People, let me tell you
about my best friend ♪

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ She's a warmhearted person
who loved me till the end ♪

♪ People let me tell you
about her, she's so much fun ♪

♪ 'Cause she's my best friend

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

I am fascinated by
fathers and daughters.

Not only were we kind of
trying to show the key

of how Alex relates to everyone,
what she's trying to get,

but what she can't hang onto

because she doesn't know how
to keep it when she has it,

that it's all
coming from Stanley.

And also through her
mother abandoning her,

which came through Stanley

developing the relationship
with Alex that he did.

And so, it's all
kinda tied together

and it can't be separated.

'Cause you were so
proud in thinking,

because he trusts
you to lie for him,

that means he loves you.

When what it really means is
that he doesn't love you, either.

I really like this episode.

This peek behind the curtain

for Alex. And getting
to see so much

of her relationship
with her father.

ALEX: You just went in
my room and took it?

For her? What are
you talking about?

What were you gonna say
when I realized it was gone?

Were you just gonna let
me think I was crazy?

I think it would be
easy to make her father

more of a straight-up villain

in terms of what
he does to Alex.

There are a few things that
you can make a father do

to his daughter that are
just completely unforgivable

and sort of easy to understand
why he's the bad guy,

but I think we went about
it in a more subtle way.

She said that you hated it

and you never wanted to go
'cause you're so bad at it.

I mean, that is just
complete bullshit.

I like how you always have one
of her little poison poppers

in the chamber
these days, though.

When she was still
alive, who knew

you were such a fan of hers?

She sure didn't.ALEXANDRA:
It's kinda like,

"Why you speak to your
daughter this way?"

It's because he doesn't
see her that way.

He really sees her as
property, as a safe object,

as all of these things
that are inappropriate

for a father to use in his
treatment of a daughter.

And for someone like Alex,
she never had a chance.

[STANLEY'S VOICE] I mean,
the real question...

How could she leave
you, her daughter,

who she's supposed to
love unconditionally

for life?[VOICE ECHOES]

[MUSIC PEAKS, FADES]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

You lied to the
investigating detective.

You lied under
oath at your trial.

You lied at your parole hearing.

I'm denying your
motion for a new trial.

KEVIN: The important thing
about courtroom scenes

and trial scenes, for me,
are that they are authentic.

You know, I had 15 years in
the criminal justice system

in New York. I was a prosecutor

for many years, and then I was a
criminal defense attorney for many years.

We need to remember
that Dan has tried

probably close to a 100 cases at
that point. He was a trial lawyer.

He was an active trial
lawyer. He got promoted.

The courtroom is his realm.

It's his office. He's been there

for 15, 16 years.

So the question
becomes, what is it like

when the spotlight
is turned on you?

When you are in the
defendant's chair,

and you can have
all the privilege

and all the power,

and still have things
not go your way?

And when things don't go
your way, how are you able

to get out of a mess

that you've created
for yourself?

She just said she was
a friend of my dad's,

and that he needed
me to go with her.

I asked her things,
and she knew it all.

Is this a picture of the woman
who took you to the park?

Yeah, that's her. KEVIN: However, he
does go a little bit over the line,

there, because it's a fight,

but you're supposed
to fight fair.

And in this episode,
Dan does not fight fair.

And so his best friend, Mike,

is on the witness stand,
testifying for Dan,

and he whispers to Cabral,

"Ask him if he was
at Alex's apartment

on the day of the
murder." Dan knows he was.

No one else in that
courtroom knows he was.

And so, Cabral gets up
and asks that question.

CABRAL: Detective, is
it true that you went

to Ms. Forrest's
apartment building

on the day of her murder?

I... [STAMMERS]Yes
or no, please.

KEVIN: And so he's thrown
his best friend under the bus

in order to try to
save his own skin.

What we tried to do
was get inside his head

and say, "What would this person
who knows this system so well

do in order to try to show
that he's not guilty?"

The argument that won the day
was that he would do anything.

[MUSIC PEAKS, CONCLUDES]