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BULL: I'm Dr. Jason Bull.
I'm not a lawyer.

I'm an expert in what's called
trial science.

I study the jury's
behavioral patterns.

I know what they're thinking
before they do.

Everything my team learns
gets plugged into a matrix,

which allows us
to assemble a shadow jury

that is scary
in its predictive efficiency.

The verdict you get
depends on me.

And that's no bull.

Don't tell me
plane crashes are bad luck.

You think that Malaysia flight
just disappeared?

Statistically, flying is still
the safest way to travel.

It's a business, isn't it?

They need to be held
accountable.

You have to trust
the pilot, but...

it's a leap of faith.

You get on a plane
without a second thought.

But you have no idea
who's flying it.

[thunder rumbling]

[plane rattling]

FLIGHT ATTENDANT:
Ladies and gentlemen,

we'll be starting
our descent into Albany

in just a few moments.[crying]

Flight attendants will be
coming through the cabin

to pick up any last-minute
trash items.

As a reminder,
we're entering some rough air,

so please remain in your seats
with seatbelts fastened.

[plane continues rattling]

Ma'am.[sniffles]

You really need
to take your seat.

I'm so sorry.

This needs to be up, sweetie.

[rumbling grows louder,
passengers gasping]

[passengers screaming]

BENNY: It's a simple question,
Mr. Stowman.

VINCE:
In the world history of

stupid questions,
that is the stupidest question.

MARISSA:
Our client just torpedoed

jurors two and eight.

12 thinks he's a rebel.

Lifelong fan, but I...

VINCE: Wanker. MARISSA: There goes 12.

VINCE:
No further questions.

This is after three days
of witness prep.

We've seen worse. Maybe once.

This is getting very tiresome,
Dr. Bull.

Hey, hey.

I totally get it.
You had a monster hit,

and some one-hit wonder
comes out of the woodwork

and says you stole
the hook to hissong?

It's yoursong. That's right.

And it hurts, Dr. Bull.

It hurts.

I know it hurts.

And that's why we're gonna prove

that it took you ten years
to write this song.

And that it comes...

[hits chest]from your soul.

[quietly]:
I know it's about

the collapse of
your first marriage.

And I'm sorry.

But you see these people?

They're the jury.

They're normal, everyday
folks who come home one day,

open their mail,
and they have a jury summons.

They're like

my fans?

That's exactly what they are.

They're the same
people who throw

panties on stage
and cheer for you.

And you got to see
them like that.

You got to talk
to them like that.

MARISSA:
Bull?

Rock on.

Go get 'em. MARISSA: Bull.

All right.
Sir Vincent needs a fresh jury.

Thank you guys very much.Bull.

NEWS ANCHOR: In the storm,
Essence Airlines Flight 1372

went down approximately
three miles from Albany Airport.

As you can see
from the wreckage behind me,

all 62 passengers
are presumed dead.

The president of Essence
Airlines is on the line.

Call back.

[newscast continues]

Hamilton-Sena and the usual
airline litigation firms

are calling to sign us up.

Crash is less than an hour old,
and the vultures

are already circling, huh?
BULL: Missing the runway

does seem to inspire lawsuits.

Sorry, I'm still
the new guy, but...

you handled
aviation suits before?

Every crash in the
last ten years.

And, uh, Bull's a pilot.

Maybe it's becausel'm a pilot.

Just spoke with a former
colleague from the FBI.

Was it...? Wasn't terrorism.

Tried to land in a
storm with wind shear.

NEWS ANCHOR: A shocking new
development, a miracle perhaps.

The nose cone of the plane

was severed from
the fuselage upon impact.

Sources tell us
that one of the pilots

was pulled from
the cockpit alive.

Never heard of a pilot
surviving a crash.

On a crash like this.

Before we sign any client...
Victim or airline...

We're gonna talk to this pilot.

[sighs]

MAN: Essence Airlines
and supporting industries

have all been named in a
separate wrongful death filing.

The pilot is also being sued.

[reporters clamoring]

There are security concerns,
because of death threats.

What's the pilot's status?

Thank you. That's all for today.

[reporters clamoring]

If you needed any convincing
lawyers are overpaid,

the firm owns 18 floors of
prime New York real estate.

Best behavior,
Dr. Bull.

It's a pleasure to meet you,

Capt... Captain Mathison.

I'm glad you fully recovered.

Dr. Bull, thank you.

I can't say the last four months
have been easy,

but I'm here.

Oscar Weber.

I'm her attorney.[chuckles]: Oh!

Gosh, yeah. I've heard
so much about you, Oscar.

Thanks for taking an interest
in this case, Dr. Bull.

Not sure there's a need
here for what you do.

Getting the truth?

Winning?

We may not even take
this case to trial.

Captain Mathison here
has been charged

with gross negligence.

If she were to lose in court,

she may be facing
criminal charges.

TAYLOR: Dr. Bull,
how did you know

I was Captain Mathison
and not him?

Well, you don't bounce
when you walk.

So clearly
you're former military,

and you're wearing
aviator sunglasses,

so I figured... pilot.

Plus, one look at Oscar, and...
there's no way he'sa pilot.

All right, let's go hear
this flight recording.

TAYLOR [over computer]:
Passing outer marker,

ILS Approach 1-6, good to land.

MAN:
Radar contact,

cleared to land runway 1-6.
Ceiling 2-0-0.

Visibility one-quarter mile,
wind one-niner-zero,

variable 25 gust...
Tower Albany to Flight 213...

ELECTRONIC VOICE:
Wind shear. Wind shear.

COPILOT:
Wind shear, loss 20 knots.

TAYLOR: Cross-control 0500.[urgent chatter]

Can't... What are you doing?
TAYLOR: Throttle's up!

On the go...
got to take it around!

Full power, full power...
That's not protocol.

TAYLOR: Clean it up,
full power![jet engine whooshing]

ELECTRONIC VOICE: Terrain...
Pull up. Terrain... pull up.

TAYLOR:
Five more seconds! Brace! Brace!

[sustained beep]

MAN: Tower Albany,
I've lost them off-screen.

You need a minute?

I'm okay.

Sounds like you did the best
you could in a hell of a storm.

I considered flying
on to Boston early on,

but the storm was
worse there, so...

We started our descent,
and... [sighs]

we hit a massive wind shear.

WEBER: The challenge
is gonna be the NTSB report.

It says...

Captain Mathison failed
to follow emergency protocol

and lost control of the plane.

MARISSA:
The NTSB says

80% of crashes are caused
by pilot error.

BULL: It's not
exactly a fair fight

when the pilots usually aren't
around to defend themselves.

WEBER: The flight recorder
backs up the report.

A jury is going to be
inclined to believe it.

Unless someone
bothers to give them

a credible alternative
explanation.

Her own copilot
questioned her decision.

And you can read the
mind of a dead man?

Good for you, Oscar.

Do you think you lost control?

I don't remember.

I wish I could tell you
why I did what I did that day,

but it just...

WEBER:
To my point,

the plaintiffs are gonna
find that very convenient.

She had six broken ribs.

And a severe concussion.

Memory loss does happen
with head trauma.

You were in the military?

I flew 139 sorties over Iraq.

Got over 12,000 flight hours.

So what's the last thing
you do remember?

The wind shear alarm.

Then I woke up in the hospital.

They told me
everyone on the flight...

And there were no survivors.

And you feel responsible.

My plane went down
and I lost 62 souls.

Of course I feel responsible.

I amresponsible.

WEBER: Taylor,
no one wants to see you

endure a long, difficult trial.

Let mework with the airlines.

We can hash out a settlement
for these families.

Lord knows

what a jury is
going to come back with.

We'll know.

Excuse me?

We'll know what a jury's
gonna come back with.

We'll know because
that's what we do.

That's what trial science is.

And something to
remember, Mr. Weber.

Just because Taylor
feels responsible

doesn't mean she's to blame.

Captain Mathison,
I'd like to take your case.

Huh. Okay, s-so what
do we do next?

My team and I go to work.

I didn't sleep for a week
after that plane went down.

I was lead mechanic
on the gate that day.

Couldn't help but wonder
if I'd missed something.

How you sleeping now?

Eight hours a night.

Look, I did all
my preflight checks.

The NTSB was all up in here
and they still cleared my crew.

The plane wasn't ten years old.

There was barely a grease
spot on the repair log.

So it was okay to fly.

Waxed and ready to go.

Well, that report
said that the pilots

did their own inspection
before takeoff.

Why is that? They're required to
do a walk-around.

But it wasn't both of them that
day; it was just the copilot.

Is that standard procedure?

It's always the copilot.

She did her walk-around
like she was supposed to.

What do you...
what do you mean "she"?

There are lady copilots.

Well, the lady wasn't
the copilot on that flight.

She was the captain.

I mean...

Damn.

JUDGE: Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

have you reached a verdict?

Guilty of gross negligence.

Verdict.

Guilty.Guilty.

MARISSA: We've questioned
all of our mock jurors,

and they've all found
Captain Mathison guilty.

Let me work on her image.

Maybe we're sending
the wrong message.

I have some ideas that could
balance her military edge.

Worth a shot. We varied our
emphasis on her military record,

her stellar pilot rating;
nothing's changed the outcome.

JUDGE: Mr. Foreman,
have you reached a verdict?

FOREMAN:
We have, Your Honor.

In the case of
Berman et al. v. Mathison,

we find the defendant
not guilty.

Not guilty? That's amazing.

How'd he do that?

It is amazing.

All we had to do was

adjust one basic
assumption about the case.

Which one? Meet our client,

Captain Taylor Mathison.

Uh, ladies and gentlemen,

all this case needed
was a man's touch.

[clicks tongue]

Sorry. I'm just
the messenger.

Not the misogynist.

BENNY: So, juries are
finding her guilty

because she's a woman.
MARISSA: But the data shows

that when it comes
to female pilots,

there is a clear gender bias.

Yeah, but it's not 1977.

There are women
in power everywhere.

Well, it's subconscious.

Things people aren't
even aware of,

like getting the door
for a woman.

BULL: Benny's always
been chivalrous.

CABLE:
I don't get it.

Is it really difficult
to open a door?

It's back to where women
wore farthingales.

[chuckles]:
Farthingales.

What's a farthingale?

It's basically like
wearing an upside-down umbrella.

All right,
my point is we have to

dial gender bias
into Taylor's defense.

Which is?
Which is...

an unavoidable wall of wind

tragically brought
down Flight 1372,

and not even the skills of
a great pilot could save them.

Okay. All right, I'm gonna
play devil's advocate.

How do we prove she didn't
lose control of the plane

if she can't even
remember what happened?

Start with the flight recorder.

Yeah, about that.

You're aware that it only covers
the last 30 minutes

before the crash?

CHUNK:
My phone holds

1,000 hours of music,
but a black box

taps out halfway through
a Wayne Newton album?

Itap out halfway through
a Wayne Newton album.

Black box is only
a piece of the puzzle.

Okay, Danny,
I want a play-by-play

in the 24 hours of Taylor's life

before the crash.

And, Cable,

focus on the flight itself.

Fill in the blanks.

Danke schoen.

That's a Wayne Newton reference

for your benefit, Chunk.

[sighs]

BULL:
Cute kids.

I take it you and your
copilot were close.

Yeah.

Ken and I were best friends.

Mary and the kids
are like family to me.

They miss their father.

It's hard for them to understand

why I came home and he didn't.

And Mary's mad at me.

Been sitting here over an hour,

and she's barely said a word.

I don't know,
sometimes I think she...

blames me for Ken's death.

Or maybe I'm just a reminder

of what happened.

You know, those families,
they act like I don't care

about the victims, but...

I think about those people
every day.

The void they left.

The futures they
don't get to have.

I just keep asking myself:
did I panic?

You know, did I, did I,
did I take a maneuver

that was too risky?

Taylor, something tells me
you didn't.

Women drivers.

We've all heard the expression.

Maybe even said it
in the heat of the moment,

even though female drivers have
a higher safety record than men.

Care to watch the mock trial?

No, thanks.

I'm, uh, looking for my client.

You know, he really
should be talking

about her record
as an Air Force pilot.

He will, but first we need
to call out the bias.

Once people are made aware,
they tend to compensate.

You did one mock trial and
determined that the whole world

has it in for female pilots?

We did five.

And it's not a conspiracy.

Implicit bias literally means
you don't know it's there.

So, you strike
all the male jurors?

No, because women

display as much gender bias
as men do.

Hmm.

Can you scare me up
a cup of coffee?

No, it's fine.

I was just about
to grab myself a cup.

Okay, great.

Look, I know
Dr. Bull has

three PhDs in psychology,
but he's not an attorney.

And there are so many unknowns
to overcome at trial.

We're just getting started.

By the end of this process, we
will know which types of jurors

we want and which to exclude.

All I know is,
if Taylor is smart,

she will settle
with the plaintiffs

and make this
whole thing go away.

BENNY: Is a decorated
Air Force fighter pilot,

who flew 139 sorties over Iraq.

Where's the douche?

Looking for Taylor.

Did you spit in this?

No.

But don't drink it.

CHUNK:
You're in the spotlight

the minute you walk
into the courtroom.

Dr. Bull says I need to look
strong, but not aggressive,

confident, but not arrogant.

Well, blue conveys confidence.

And navy adds a
sense of remorse.

I like your style.
Thanks.

How did you end up here?

I arrived via Voguemagazine.

Really?
Mm-hmm.

Weren't you a defensive back
for Georgia?

Well, I was that, too,
before I was this.

I knew it.

You almost won the Heisman.

Weren't you gonna go pro?

Draft didn't work out

too well for me.

Why isn't she in her uniform?
Oh, we can do that,

if you want to make this
look like a military tribunal.

In court, we want her
to look like a human being,

not a pilot.

Mr. Weber, I heard
you were in the office.

Taylor, I know Dr. Bull
has convinced you

that he has some
sort of magic formula

that will make a jury see past
the facts and exonerate you.

Chunk,

would you give us a second?

And, uh,

tell Benny I need to see him.Mm-hmm.

WEBER: While Dr. Bull has
been searching for biases,

I've been in touch
with the airline,

who are negotiating a settlement

with the plaintiffs.

A settlement? Yes.

It's a very generous offer

to the victims' family,
as it should be,

and it protects you
from any financial liability.

What do you need from me?

I need you to agree

to the findings
of the NTSB report.

BULL:
The report that

finds her at fault.

A-And if I do that,
I'll be reinstated?

Well...

BULL:
No. Fired.

And unemployable
and never able to fly again.

She killed 62 people.

No, Oscar.

An airplane crash killed
62 people, not your client.

Marissa mentioned you were
pushing for a settlement.

That struck her,

because even though
she's a woman,

she's quite good with numbers.

So, she had Cable, also a woman,
also good with computers,

do some digging.

It seems that your contract

with Taylor stipulates the less
the airline pays the families,

the more your firm makes.

That seems like a
conflict of interest,

but then again, you have all
that office space to pay for.

That's why I hate lawyers.

That's my... bias.

So you have a financial
incentive for me to settle?

It's called a reverse
contingency fee.

It's how the airline
controls damages.

That, and by blaming you.

Taylor.

This is in yourbest interest.

Do not let him twist this.

Can I fire my attorney?

Of course you can.

Especially since
he was supplied to you

by the airline.

You're relieved, Mr. Weber.

See how easy that was?

Dr. Bull,
you're a piece of work.

I like those glasses.

Dr. Bull, I can't afford
my own attorney.

It's all right.

We have someone.
The best, really.

Hey.

What's up with Weber?
Looked pissed.

Captain Mathison,
meet your new lawyer.

TAYLOR: Is this normal? For you
to sub in for a real trial?

It's been about a year

since I've been inside
a real courtroom.

What kind of law
did you practice?

I was a prosecutor
in the D.A.'s office.

Yale Law, Supreme
Court clerkship.

He was a pit bull.

If I were on trial,

Benny's the only
lawyer I'd want.

Why did you leave?

I got fired.

Wait till you hear why.

[gavel bangs]

All right, prospective jurors
have been sworn in.

Mr. Dworkin,

you may begin your voir dire.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

I'm going to ask all of you
some questions to see if you can

honestly and fairly
assess this case.

This trial is a suit over...

TAYLOR [quietly]:
How do you know

who has this bias
against female pilots?

We ask them.

MARISSA [over earpiece]:
Okay, we have six strikes left.

Who's up first?

The lovely Martha Plemmons.

Martha Plemmons, 58.

High school librarian.

Crossword enthusiast.

[quietly]:
The key is not to let

anyone know what
we're screening for,

so our questions have to be
a little off.

BENNY:
Ms. Plemmons...

what would someone say
they didn't like about you?

Your Honor,
this isn't a job interview.

What's the defense
going for here?

It's his nickel, Mr. Dworkin.

[whispers]:
Please.

I-I guess I can be
a little pushy sometimes.

[laughs]

I accessed the district's
HR department.

Martha's filed two complaints

for equal pay
against a male counterpart.

I think she nailed
"a little pushy."

MARISSA:
Yeah, and self-aware.

That means she'd be open

to assess her own hidden bias
on gender.

BULL:
Two complaints

for equal pay sounds
pretty aware of gender bias.

She only has 47 friends.

I don't think she's gonna win
Miss Congeniality on this jury.

BULL:
We don't need her to.

She'll have an opinion
and stick with it.

The question is: will her
opinion help or hurt us?

CABLE: I'd say help.
Her last book purchase

was Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In.

She gave it five stars. That is key.

If we can establish
a gender bias against Taylor,

Martha is gonna resent
the airline big-time.

BULL:
Yeah, I've been watching her.

Every time she looks at Taylor,
she has admiration.

She'll be on our side.

Good for the defense,
Your Honor.

Okay, let's do
an online search together.

"Three black teenagers."

But if I change
"black" to "white..."

Your Honor, what is this?
Race-baiting?

Anybody surprised by this?

That's just some PC nonsense.

CABLE: This guy would win
troll of the year

for the things he posts online.

MARISSA: Mr. Varni is not
what I would call enlightened.

He's not gonna recognize
gender bias if it was

full frontal in front of him.

I say bounce.

Strike, Your Honor.

All right, let's talk
about Dave Lemanski.

MARISSA:
Professional storm chaser.

Should be respectful

of the power of Mother Nature,
but...

also a self-described expert.

Well, at least he'll understand
the effects of wind shear.

Yeah, uh, he may not be afraid
of a Tennessee twister,

but he seems to run
from the opposite sex.

Surprise, storm chasing's
a total sausage fest.

BULL: I'm looking at
his body language.

He's not a happy camper.

He's antsy just sitting
through voir dire.

Okay, the data
on Lemanski is mixed.

On the plus side,

he will pay attention to weather
conditions during the crash,

but it's unclear

that he'll recognize
his gender bias.

Who do we have if we bounce him?

CABLE:
We get...

"Rod the Bod,"

trainer-slash-model-
slash-vitamin salesman.

MARISSA:
Uh, Rod's social media is loaded

with narcissistic
self-congratulatory dude speak.

I saw him checking out
a young lady in the gallery.

The guy's here to find a date.

Total lack of awareness.

He's gonna be
a huge problem for us.

Okay.

Into the storm we go.

We've got ourselves a jury.

MARISSA:
Seven women, five men.

BENNY: Good for the
defense, Your Honor.

I'm a high school librarian.

I'm a high school librarian.

I'm a single mom
and teach fifth grade.

I'm a single mom and
I teach fifth grade.

My favorite hobbies are
Sudoku and model trains.

My favorite hobbies are
Sudoku and model trains.

For every juror, we hire
what we call a "mirror juror."

How can they be
exactly the same?

Well, Marissa's
created an algorithm

that can track a person
across 404 different variants.

We put them in the courtroom
for the entire trial.

MARISSA: They wear biometric
watches that allow us to track

their emotional responses
to events in the courtroom.

And with an astonishing
degree of accuracy,

they respond just like
the actual jury.

Here we have a dermatologist,
a Spanish teacher,

and a Web designer.

We've identified them
as open-minded.

Lemanski is impulsive,

a self-described expert...
Could go either way.

But these four are followers.
They'll go with the wind.

And what about those two?

That's Frederick West,
infantry soldier.

All about personal
responsibility.

But if he senses you're making
excuses, we'll lose him.

Orville Maynard,
on the other hand...

retired English professor.

Didactic.

Despite a history of
celebrated liberal causes,

his personal syllabus reads like
a tribute to dead white men.

And he's spent his career
lecturing, not listening.

[sighs] So what do we do?

We learn their habits,
lexicon, everything about them.

And then we connect with them,

with the help of
our mirror jurors.

One juror at a time.

DWORKIN: It is tragic that
the lone survivor of this crash

is the only one here
to speak of it.

It's even more tragic

that she has no memory
of what she did.

Of losing control of a plane,

before smashing it to the ground
killing all 62 passengers.

MARISSA:
We're getting good feedback

from the biometric watches.

So far, our mirror juror
for number 11 is responding

most favorably
to opposing counsel,

particularly when they mention
the number of victims.

BENNY:
Captain Taylor Mathison

is a decorated
Air Force fighter pilot

who flew 139 sorties over Iraq.

BULL: Juliette Lee scratched her
neck after she looked at Taylor.

Something's making her
uncomfortable.

How's her mirror looking?

She is clearly liking
Taylor's military service.

Looks like our best
in with Juliette

is to keep focusing on Taylor's
experience as a fighter pilot.

So when Flight 1372
was hit by wind shear

that slammed the plane

toward the ground
at 200 feet per second,

not even a pilot of her caliber

could save them.

When a pilot encounters wind
shear, one advances the power,

retracts the speedbrakes
and retracts the gear

to reduce drag, build speed
and maintain altitude.

And, uh, speaking
as an NTSB investigator

with 20 years experience,
did the defendant

follow protocol?

REYNOLDS:
No. In fact,

even her copilot
seemed baffled...

Objection. Conjecture.

Mr. Reynolds can testify
in his opinion as an expert.

REYNOLDS: We feel that had
she followed protocol...

Control?

There is no control
in wind that strong.

DWORKIN:
18.

Please, sir, if you would,
walk us through.

The plane was erratic,

off course, not
holding it's heading,

weaving back and forth.

It's clear she panicked,

lost control.

DWORKIN:
Thank you.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

I don't think
this guy's a real pilot.

He's a paper pusher.

I could be getting be high
with one of my grad students.

BENNY:
Mr. Reynolds,

prior to the crash,

what was Captain Mathison's
flight record?

She had a flawless record.

BENNY:
And yet, your report found

pilot error to be
the cause of the crash.

Correct.

Hmm.

What about...

other crashes involving
female pilots?

This is the first
to my knowledge.

Wow. Really?

Women must be
really good pilots.

Actually, there aren't
very many.

Well, what percentage
of pilots are female?

About four percent.

Four out of 100.

Now, that is surprising.

It's a challenging lifestyle.

Don't flight attendants
work similar shifts?

DWORKIN:
Objection.

Relevance.
Withdrawn.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

Taylor may be a great pilot,
but she's also woman.

And beautiful. She's trouble.

Tell me more about
juror number four,

Ms. Juliette Lee.

Uh, three kids.

Works from home
designing Web pages.

Creative, tech savvy.

And all the data shows that
she should be on Taylor's side.

Divorced?

Three years ago.

Her husband left her
for his secretary.

Find out what color hair
the secretary had.

Let's bring the copilot's wife
into mock court.

I need to get her on the
stand and play lawyer.

BULL: Your husband
Ken was the copilot.

Were you with him before
the flight took off?

We had been together
just a few hours before he left.

Where?

We had an appointment together.

An appointment?

Marriage therapy?

I loved my husband,
but he wasn't perfect.

He'd, uh...
slipped before.

"Slipped"?

As in, had an affair?

Pilots are away a lot.

It's hard.

We were trying to move past it.

Hmm.

You ever think about
who the other woman was?

Of course I think about it.

Ken was sleeping with Taylor.

TAYLOR:
What? Mary!

MARY:
You were my friend.

How could you? Ken? I would never!

My God, stop lying!
What's wrong with you?!

He's dead! She's lost her mind.

Why didn't you die, too?!

Whoa. Okay, okay. You should've died

instead of him! Shh, shh, it's okay.

Okay, let's take a
little break, all right?

It's okay.
Marissa's gonna take you.

[door opens]BULL: Taylor, stop.

You think I was
sleeping with Ken?

That's what that
stunt was about?

Not me.

Juror number four, Juliette Lee.

Her husband left her for a woman
who looks a lot like you.

[sighs]
I can't believe this.

Of course I wasn't
sleeping with him.

Well, he was sleeping
with someone.

Look, if you're not gonna leave,
can you at least turn around?

You said Ken was upset.

He missed his inspection,
you covered for him,

and you're still protecting him,
and I want to know why.

Dr. Bull, I...

I can come back.

No, I was just leaving.

Listen to me.

Marissa is talking
to Mary right now.

I had her testify in mock court
so that she would blow here

and not in the real trial,

because if Mary accused you
of sleeping with Ken

in the actual court,
true or not,

the plaintiffs would argue
that you were distracted

by a lovers' quarrel

in the cockpit and that is
why the plane crashed.

Now, I will get this jury
on your side...

but not unless
you're honest with me.

You want honesty?

We're done.

[sighs]:
Oh.

[quietly]:
Women.

♪

♪ Who's that woman?

♪ That wonderful woman...

Hey.

That your virtual black box?

Virtually.

Every bit of information from
the roughly two dozen passengers

using the in-flight Wi-Fi.

Selfies from 22D,
drink orders from 12A,

oh, an epic Twitter fight

between the sisters
in 18B and C.

How did you get all of...

You know what?

Forget that I asked.

Um, anything that's
gonna help us?

Yeah, I'm getting to that.

This tweet from 8C.

"Woman in 8D just stomped
her foot so hard

she broke her heel.

Okay, what else?

"Woman in 8D apologized.
Said she just got dumped."

Juicy. And sad.

Dumped by who?

[typing]

"Woman in 8D pretty much
threw herself at the pilot

when he went to the bathroom."

Who is this woman?

[typing]

Bryant asked.

Twenty-nine.

An accountant for
a department store in Manhattan.

I think we just found
our copilot's mistress.

Nice.

Well done, well done.

So, Tanya flew three round-trip
flights on Essence Airlines

in the last month
leading up to the crash.

CABLE: And all the flights have
one thing in common.

Bad food? Crying babies?

Ken Fowler as copilot.

So Ken and Tanya were
having an airborne romance,

not Ken and Taylor.

So why didn't Taylor
say any of this?

Hmm.

Hey.

So Ken was having
an affair with Tanya.

Not you.

You think maybe
Ken was distracted,

too distracted to help you
with the wind shear?

We ran Ken's affair
past a mock jury.

Instead of seeing Ken
as questioning your decisions,

they found him preoccupied,
not focused on flying.

And they found you not guilty.

No.

You know, so what if Ken
might've been distracted?

I was the pilot; I made
all the decisions.

I flew the plane, not Ken.

It-it wouldn't have
made a difference.

Taylor, I get it.

You don't want to throw
your dead friend under the bus.

But you know in your heart
that Ken's affair

had nothing to do
with this crash.

Right?

Look, I'm taking the settlement.

You can't do that.

Trust me, you'll regret it
for the rest of your life.

Maybe they're right.
Maybe I panicked.

Did you?

I don't remember.

So you just want to give up?

Settle?

I guess it's what
a woman would do.

Take the blame.
Excuse me?

Well, martyrdom is a classic
female response to tragedy.

Do you have any idea
what I have been through

my entire life as a pilot?

Are you telling me
you want to give that up?

Come with me.

Okay, you got me here.
Now what?

Well, the simulator
is gonna recreate

the exact conditions...

Yeah, I know
what a simulator does.

I haven't flown
since the accident.

I'll be right here with you.

I know this isn't easy.

I promise it'll get easier
if you fly again.

MAN:
All right, Dr. Bull,

we're ready to begin
the simulation.

[simulator powering up]

BULL:
Okay, we're gonna pick up

right after Ken got back
to the cockpit.

[electronic bell chimes]

Passing outer marker.[thunder rumbling]

ILS approach

1-6, cleared to land.

MAN: Radar contact,
cleared to land, runway 1-6.

Ceiling 2-0-0,
visibility one-quarter mile,

wind one-niner-zero,
variable 2-5 gust,

gust to 0-4-1 wind shear
all four quadrants.

[rumbling]

BULL:
Wonder how many people

get airsick
in one of these things.

[loud rumbling]

ELECTRONIC VOICE: Wind shear,
wind shear, wind shear.

[alarm beeping]

BULL:
Wind shear. Lost 20 knots.

Cross control, 0500.

BULL: Can't... Throttle's up.

What are you doing?

On the go.
Got to take it around.

BULL:
That's against protocol.

Repeat, against protocol.

Clean it up. Full power.

ELECTRONIC VOICE:
Terrain... pull up.

No.Terrain... pull up.

Five more seconds.

Terrain... pull up.
Terrain... pull up.

Terrain... pull up.

Terrain... pull up.
Terrain... pull up.

Terrain... pull up.

Terrain...

[rumbling stops]

[panting]

You know what you did?

I got five seconds more flight
out of that plane.

Five seconds is the difference
between putting that plane down

on an empty road or in a
neighborhood filled with people.

Taylor, you didn't want
to relive it

because you were afraid
they were right...

That you lost control,
but you didn't.

How did you know?

Because you're a fighter.

And a fighter pilot.

And another thing I do know

is that you saved
more lives than your own.

And the jury's never heard that.

Now... [sighs]

you still want to take
that settlement?

BENNY:
Captain Mathison,

what were you thinking

when the plane lost power
in the wind shear?

Objection. That is not
the NTSB's video.

Your Honor, the video
has been modified

in one specific way,

and that is to show the jury
what was on the ground.

JUDGE:
I'll allow it,

but only for that reason.

Watch your step, Mr. Colón.

I don't remember, actually,

due to head trauma
from the crash.

BENNY: You flew a
simulation earlier

that replicated the conditions.

And you performed
the same maneuver.

Why?

It was the only way to get

a few more seconds flight
out of the plane.

But it wasn't protocol.

Even your copilot asked
what you were doing.

It would have taken
too long to explain.

He was never a military pilot.

Anyway, there was
nothing for him to do.

I was in full command
of the aircraft.

Why was it important
for the plane

to stay in the air
a few extra seconds?

To veer the plane
to an unpopulated area.

If I couldn't save the lives
of the people on board,

at least I could save
lives on the ground.

[whispers]:
Yeah.

Captain Mathison solidified
these ten jurors today.

But?

But what does a
twister aficionado

have in common
with a former infantryman?

Besides flexibility?
Oh...

Benny's closing argument
brings them both to tears.

BENNY: I'm working on it.
You've already tried

five different versions
in mock court.

I know,
but none of them are right.

None of them got us the win.

They just haven't
figured out that gender

plays into Taylor's case.

Incredibly, their mirror jurors
still think she panicked.

All right, I got it. [sighs]

You think he has it?

Not quite.
But he will.

Where's Chunk?
I'll find him.

CHUNK:
Bull says you may need

a new tie.

Really?

Yeah.

I'd stay away from stripes

if you're trying to project
a progressive image.

I can't crack my
closing argument.

I thought closings
were your thing.

Yeah, when I was a prosecutor.

But since then,
I've been in mock court.

You can lose 100 times
and it doesn't matter,

but today...

only get one shot.

I don't know if this helps,
but when I played for Georgia,

there was a rumor
going around that

someone on the team was gay.

I remember that next practice,

I tackled that quarterback
so hard...

he was out for a week.

We lost our next game,

but no one suspected
that I was gay.

It never occurred to them
that a gay man

could hit that hard.

At least not until
our ten-year reunion.

[chuckles softly]

Chunk.

Thank you.

Tell Bull I said thanks
for the tie.

Now, bear with me.

I'm gonna show you three
pictures that tell a story.

Okay? Here we go.

Now, as you can see,
these kids are getting bullied.

Then one of them fights back.

Here they are

in the principal's office.

And here's the bully,

nursing his black eye.

Okay, now,

as a show of hands,

what was the color shirt

of the kid who
confronted the bully?

Was it a blue shirt?

Okay, well, let's take a look,

see if we're right.

If you all guessed blue,
you were wrong.

The kid who confronted the bully

was wearing the red shirt.

See, I never specified

which kid confronted the bully.

You all just assumed

it was the boy.

Now, come on, I admit

I failed the test, too.

See, it's hard to imagine a girl
being the hero of the story.

Just like it's hard to imagine

Captain Mathison

being the hero
of the one in this court.

But she is.

She doesn't deserve
to be punished

for our failings.

She deserves to be thanked
for the lives that she saved.

We need to find her not guilty.

JUDGE: Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

JUDGE:
What say you?

FOREMAN: As to the charge
of gross negligence,

we find the defendant
not guilty.

[gallery murmuring]

That's one in the win column.

Very nice to meet you.

Hey. Oh.

[chuckles]Thank you so much.

Of course. Of course.

Of course.

Mary.

Hi, guys. Hi.

Come here.

Thanks.

[sighs]

♪

[lively chatter]

BULL:
May I approach the bar?

Ah, yes, you may.

[chuckles]:
Aha.

Congratulations, Dr. Bull.

You, too.

Showed a new speed
in court today.

Yeah, yeah.

I picked up
a few new moves here.

I saw that.

Well, I may start calling on you

more often out there.

Excuse me, Jay.

Milady.

Thank you.

I got a sweet little
gift from Vince.

[imitates Vince]:
"Rock on."
[laughs]

Heard the airline settled
with the families.

Double what they would have paid

if Taylor had been found guilty.

So... how's my team?

Right where you want 'em.

Here.

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