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00:00:01My grandfather is a thief.
00:00:04He stole my grandmother's opportunity.
00:00:06Her scholarship stole the life she was supposed to have.
00:00:10He left that barren little town with another woman.
00:00:16Fifty years later, he's a titan of legal scholarship,
00:00:20up there preaching procedural justice.
00:00:23An astute student of the law never ceases to learn its boundaries.
00:00:26And that woman grew into an esteemed artist sitting in front of cameras
00:00:30and talking about her artistic integrity as if she had any.
00:00:34Only work founded on integrity deserves to be called art.
00:00:38Without it, even the most beautiful piece is fundamentally crooked.
00:00:42And my grandmother was trapped on this farm, discriminated against,
00:00:46and ridiculed for having a baby out of wedlock.
00:00:50Fifty years later, I walked onto Wall Street
00:00:53on the blood and sweat of my grandmother and mother.
00:00:56They couldn't leave me wealth.
00:01:10You didn't make the cut.
00:01:12What did you just say?
00:01:13I said you didn't pass the interview.
00:01:15Claire, she's the national mock trial champion,
00:01:18and she's published three articles in top law journals.
00:01:20She's a good find. A rare find, even.
00:01:23Academia is not enough to impress me.
00:01:25This job requires integrity and grit.
00:01:28As for who you're related to, it doesn't help you do the job.
00:01:31Please leave.
00:01:38You're the first person who's dumb enough to say no to me.
00:01:41I'll make sure my grandfather hears about this,
00:01:43which means you'll be finished in the New York legal scene.
00:01:52Mrs. Claire.
00:01:54Next.
00:01:55Call in the next one.
00:01:58Claire!
00:01:59Have you lost your mind?
00:02:01Do you know who her grandfather is?
00:02:03Theodore Hale.
00:02:04The tenured professor at Columbia,
00:02:06and he does business with every one of our major clients.
00:02:10So?
00:02:10Send the offer letter.
00:02:12Now!
00:02:13Bring her back!
00:02:14I can't do that.
00:02:14I've already submitted my rejection in writing.
00:02:16You're completely unreasonable!
00:02:21Ah, yeah, it's me.
00:02:22What can I do for you?
00:02:29Ms. Sawyer, this is Audrey's grandmother, Mrs. Hale.
00:02:36Let me be plain, Mrs. Sayer.
00:02:38Audrey wants the internship at your firm.
00:02:40Now I'm sure you'll be able to find a space for her.
00:02:47She's been well taken care of.
00:02:49The real Eleanor would never have hands like that.
00:02:51The real Eleanor spent her whole life sewing clothes,
00:02:55working the fields,
00:02:56and died without ever wearing a single piece of jewelry.
00:03:00Where's the justice in that?
00:03:02The interview's over.
00:03:04Ms. Audrey didn't make the cut.
00:03:08As I'm sure you are aware,
00:03:10she's the first place winner of the National Mock Trial Competition,
00:03:13and she has published multiple acclaimed journal articles.
00:03:16Not hiring her seems rather ludicrous.
00:03:19The position's been filled by a more suitable candidate.
00:03:22Oh?
00:03:23Not enough, dear?
00:03:24Name your price.
00:03:25I have my own standards when it comes to hiring candidates.
00:03:28An esteemed artist like yourself, Mrs. Carter,
00:03:30knows more than anyone the importance of integrity.
00:03:32Unless, of course, you are of the opinion that integrity can be bought.
00:03:43Young lady, don't flatter yourself.
00:03:45I've seen dozens of girls like you charm their way to the top.
00:03:48And now you've decided to make an example of my granddaughter
00:03:51to try to prove that you're righteous?
00:03:52Our family has spent 50 years establishing itself in these circles
00:03:56and cultivating those connections.
00:03:58And you think charming a few men can compete with that?
00:04:01Don't be ungrateful, dear.
00:04:03Such nasty arrogance?
00:04:05It's the kind that spawns from spending a lifetime living with a stolen identity.
00:04:09Who does she think she's fooling?
00:04:11Mrs. Hal, I won't be changing my mind.
00:04:13If that's all?
00:04:17Right.
00:04:19We'll see about that.
00:04:29Claire!
00:04:29Who do you think you are?
00:04:31Sign off on Audrey's hire immediately!
00:04:38Damn it, Claire!
00:04:39I'm serious!
00:04:41If you won't complete the hire, I'll do it myself.
00:04:45And how will you do that exactly?
00:04:48I've got the password to the HR system as well, you know.
00:04:52You used to.
00:04:54Which is why I had it changed.
00:04:56Have you lost your mind?
00:04:58One word from Theodore Hale and half the firm's major clients could walk.
00:05:02Can you live with that?
00:05:04Fix this now or pack up your desk.
00:05:08Fine.
00:05:09I'll call Professor Hale myself.
00:05:13You better mean it.
00:05:22her grandfather, a coward who abandoned his pregnant fiancé.
00:05:26Her grandmother, a fraud who stole another woman's life.
00:05:33Professor Hale, this is Claire Sawyer from Chambers.
00:05:36Yes?
00:05:37About Audrey.
00:05:38Could we speak in person?
00:05:42He's old.
00:05:43But his face looks exactly like the old photograph I've been looking at for 30 years.
00:05:52Miss Sayre, I took the liberty of inquiring about you.
00:05:56A small town girl who fought her way into the big world.
00:05:59Impressive.
00:06:00I came from humble beginnings myself.
00:06:02I know firsthand how hard one has to fight.
00:06:05However, play your cards right with Audrey and I guarantee you'll go even much further in this circle.
00:06:10You're still young.
00:06:11You need this kind of break.
00:06:13All my life I've heard how much I look like my grandmother and yet he doesn't recognize me at all.
00:06:18Professor Hale, when you say you've fought so hard,
00:06:21I can't help but wonder how many people you stepped on to get to the top.
00:06:25So, what do you want exactly?
00:06:29Money?
00:06:29Power?
00:06:31Spit it out.
00:06:33Theodore.
00:06:35Theodore.
00:06:41Professor Hale, all I want is justice.
00:06:49Justice?
00:06:51Before coming here today, I sent the final hiring list to HR.
00:06:55Audrey was not on it.
00:06:56Ungrateful girl.
00:06:58Do you have any idea what an opportunity it was for you that I agreed to meet with you?
00:07:02You don't have what it takes to stand in my granddaughter's way!
00:07:07Don't get mad just yet.
00:07:09I've got a much bigger gift waiting for you all.
00:07:14You mentioned that Theodore Hale's granddaughter applied for the internship.
00:07:18Is it true?
00:07:20She did, but I turned her down.
00:07:23Turned her down?
00:07:24Theodore Hale is a titan in the legal world.
00:07:27Aren't you afraid he'll come after you?
00:07:29I met him earlier today.
00:07:34This.
00:07:36That was fast.
00:07:37No investigation, no evidence, just a few lines and I'm fired.
00:07:48Maybe it's better to give in.
00:07:50You worked so hard to get where you are today.
00:07:56Just as I suspected.
00:08:01This restitution is 50 years overdue.
00:08:04It's time it was paid back.
00:08:12I'm sorry, Claire.
00:08:13I wish we could have given you a better life.
00:08:15Mom, don't say that.
00:08:18Why don't you go back to the firm and patch things up?
00:08:21When you were little, not even summer heat rushes or winter chill bones could keep you from your studies.
00:08:29Don't throw away your future over the mistakes of others made in the past.
00:08:35The only reason I was able to work that hard was because I was driven by the justice you two
00:08:39are owed.
00:08:40Besides, it'll take a lot more than that to ruin my future.
00:08:44Were you prepared for this?
00:08:46I did background checks on every shortlisted candidate, not just Audrey.
00:08:51And, well, I actually found something pretty interesting.
00:08:54What is it?
00:08:54Audrey didn't write those journal papers.
00:08:57What?
00:08:58Because I lecture sometimes at Columbia Law, I recognize that writing from scholarship students I've mentored.
00:09:05I see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
00:09:08Looks like stealing others' work is hereditary.
00:09:11Your grandma suffered her whole life.
00:09:14Mom, don't worry.
00:09:15Their luck is about to run up.
00:09:18What's wrong?
00:09:20Did the Academic Affairs Office send you a message?
00:09:23We were just talking about gathering evidence.
00:09:26And now the opportunity presents itself.
00:09:38I'm sorry, I'm almost finished!
00:09:42Lena, it's me. What's wrong?
00:09:48Miss Claire, I'm fine. I was just writing my paper. That's all. I'm a little tired.
00:09:53Did that paper I helped you revise last time get published?
00:09:59It was published.
00:10:00Great! Show me then.
00:10:04Lena, has someone else been taking credit for your work?
00:10:08Someone like Audrey Hale?
00:10:11Professor, how did you know?
00:10:15I know you're busy. I didn't want to trouble you.
00:10:18Her grandfather is a highly respected professor.
00:10:21I was afraid.
00:10:23It's okay.
00:10:24It's okay. I'm going to help you fight this.
00:10:27Her family is so powerful.
00:10:29Just you alone.
00:10:30That's why I need your help.
00:10:32I need you to help me find the work she plagiarized.
00:10:35It's okay if you don't want to. I'll find another way.
00:10:39I'll do it! I'm tired of her stepping on me.
00:10:44I'm tired of working like a slave and seeing her name on my efforts.
00:10:47All because she has some fancy grandpa.
00:10:54And I know I'm not the only one she's been pushing around.
00:11:00The rumors are totally true.
00:11:02She slept her way to the top.
00:11:05Where the hell is Lena?
00:11:06She still hasn't replied to my messages.
00:11:08If she keeps this up, she'll be sorry.
00:11:12Professor, this isn't going to be easy.
00:11:15I know.
00:11:16But we have to do it anyway.
00:11:18Nobody gets to live above the law.
00:11:25Lena!
00:11:26You stop right there!
00:11:30Are you deaf?
00:11:31Have you gone blind?
00:11:32When I text you, you reply immediately.
00:11:34I'm sorry.
00:11:35I'm so sorry.
00:11:36Coming from some backwoods nowhere,
00:11:38you probably don't even know how a phone works.
00:11:40Make yourself useful and go get me an Ice Americano.
00:11:43Pronto.
00:11:44This is a school.
00:11:45All students are equals.
00:11:47You've got no right to boss her around.
00:11:48Claire?
00:11:49What are you doing here?
00:11:51You know each other?
00:11:52I don't know her.
00:11:52I was looking for my lecture hall
00:11:54when I happened to run into you
00:11:56barking at people.
00:11:57Are you calling me a dog?
00:11:59If it barks like one,
00:12:01and it bites like one.
00:12:03Oh, I get it.
00:12:04You're upset over being jobless,
00:12:05so you came here to take it out on me.
00:12:08Pathetic.
00:12:08What does it feel like to lose everything you work for?
00:12:12I bet you regret going up against me right about now, huh?
00:12:15Idiot.
00:12:17Just as shallow and arrogant as her granny.
00:12:20Don't worry.
00:12:21Audrey, if you lick my shoe clean,
00:12:24I might just convince my grandpa to toss you a bit of bread.
00:12:40You filthy tramp!
00:12:42You dare trip me?
00:12:43Audrey, has no one ever told you we're living in a new era?
00:12:47Or has your family's superiority contents fried your brain?
00:12:50If you're going to push your foot in people's faces,
00:12:52don't complain if they push back.
00:12:54With whatever force you hit me,
00:12:56I will come crashing down on you.
00:12:57You'd better watch your mouth as well as your step.
00:12:59It's a long way to fall from the top.
00:13:01When you fall, I'll be right there to watch you hit the ground.
00:13:08You'll get yours!
00:13:10Such a powerful aura.
00:13:12I really hope that one day I can be like her too.
00:13:16If you breathe a word of what happened today to anyone,
00:13:19you can kiss your graduation goodbye.
00:13:21Anyone who crosses me goes down in flames, got it?
00:13:24So, just keep your little head down
00:13:27and do as you're told.
00:13:29Okay.
00:13:30Finish writing my papers and come graduation,
00:13:32my grandfather will reward you with the means to have your own little firm.
00:13:35Okay?
00:13:44These are the people I know of that Audrey coerced,
00:13:46plus their year in major.
00:13:48Thank you.
00:13:55It's alright.
00:13:56Take your time.
00:14:01This is all I could find.
00:14:03I hope it helps you.
00:14:05After I approached the people Lena found,
00:14:07even more came forward.
00:14:09Knowing that victims were banding together gave courage.
00:14:12Almost 20 people.
00:14:13Professor, please help me.
00:14:15Just how many lives have you ruined?
00:14:20Claire, you again?
00:14:22Are you stalking me or something?
00:14:24If you're suffering from paranoia, go see a therapist.
00:14:27I'm a visiting lecturer at Columbia.
00:14:29I'm here to teach.
00:14:30No way!
00:14:31I had to fight for a seat in this class.
00:14:33It can't be yours.
00:14:34How can they let fired attorneys with smeared reputations teach at a prestigious school?
00:14:38Through merit, of course.
00:14:39If you think you can do better, you're welcome to compete with me for the visiting lecturer position.
00:14:44Oh, that's right.
00:14:45You're not capable of achieving anything on your own, are you?
00:14:48Pity.
00:14:49If only your grandpa could buy this for you, too.
00:14:52Better grab a seat, little parasite.
00:14:54You're already late.
00:15:07I'm so freaking mad.
00:15:09That bitch, Claire, humiliated me at school.
00:15:14What happened, sweetheart?
00:15:16Didn't she get fired from the firm?
00:15:18How did she end up at the school?
00:15:22She said she's a visiting lecturer.
00:15:25The prestigious lecturer I fought so hard to get into is her class!
00:15:30Oh, please.
00:15:31If she was so great, she wouldn't need to sleep her way to the top, now would she?
00:15:38Exactly!
00:15:39It's totally fake!
00:15:40Grandpa, you have to help me!
00:15:45Audrey, you and Claire didn't know each other before, did you?
00:15:48No.
00:15:49We've never met before the interview.
00:15:51Grandpa, why are you asking?
00:15:53I just think something about this is off.
00:15:56Why would she come after you for no reason?
00:15:59And it's something she said before.
00:16:01I only want one thing.
00:16:04Justice.
00:16:05She seems so familiar.
00:16:10She reminds me of someone?
00:16:13Hold on just a minute!
00:16:16Do you know her?
00:16:17Theodore, you've got something going on with her, don't you?
00:16:19Don't be absurd!
00:16:20You're a world-renowned artist!
00:16:22Why waste your concern on some insignificant girl?
00:16:26You're above this!
00:16:29Grandpa, perhaps she did you a favor that you haven't repaid or something?
00:16:34Someone like that has no business being on campus.
00:16:37Fine.
00:16:37I'll give her a ring.
00:16:39Besides, I'm sure the school will reconsider her position at my request.
00:16:43Thank you, Grandpa.
00:16:44She's still getting off easy, if you ask me.
00:16:46In my entire life, nobody has ever disrespected me like her.
00:16:51Grandma's got a plan that'll make you feel loads better.
00:16:54What plan?
00:16:55Well, she seems to be making things hard for you, no?
00:16:57Then do a live stream and tell the world all about the big lawyer bully picking on a hard-working
00:17:02student.
00:17:03Grandma will help you with what to say.
00:17:04You just cry on camera, dear.
00:17:07Oh, Grandma.
00:17:09We'll make sure she can't recover from this.
00:17:15Why are you still up this late?
00:17:17Mom, I've gathered a ton of information on Audrey.
00:17:20I need to sort through it urgently.
00:17:22We've waited all these years and the chance is right in front of us.
00:17:25I can't stop now.
00:17:27Whenever I close my eyes, I see Grandma's face.
00:17:30She kept calling out Theodore's name.
00:17:33It was the last thing she did before she died.
00:17:37Theodore.
00:17:38You promised me.
00:17:41You'd come back for me.
00:17:43I hate how righteous they look from the outside compared to how rotten they are within.
00:17:47Preaching to the world how they gain success with honor and integrity.
00:17:51They are nothing but bloodthirsty animals out for the kill.
00:17:54They ruin Granny's life and in return live high and mighty.
00:17:58So, I have to expose the truth.
00:18:00Make everyone see just how filthy they are beneath all that glit and glamour.
00:18:11Claire, no need to come to class today.
00:18:13In fact, we won't be needing your services anymore.
00:18:16Quite frankly, I'm appalled at the revelation.
00:18:18Goodbye.
00:18:21Claire Sire, the former Chamber's partner, has been bullying and threatening me ever since she got fired from Al Plaxtus.
00:18:26It is people like her who stand in the way of fairness.
00:18:28For the sake of all the students, I hope Columbia University will launch a thorough investigation.
00:18:32Of course it was their doing.
00:18:34I shouldn't be surprised at how low they'd sink.
00:18:37Oh, hi Claire.
00:18:38Did you see?
00:18:39My live stream hit over a hundred thousand views already.
00:18:42Everybody knows what kind of person you are now.
00:18:44It seems you're not welcome on campus anymore.
00:18:46Still believe you can go up against me?
00:18:49Audrey, you're studying law.
00:18:51Don't tell me you don't know that spreading false rumors, slander, and inciting online harassment are all illegal.
00:18:57Defamation of character is still a crime in this city.
00:19:01Claire, I'm so scared, please.
00:19:03I'm not in law school to learn about upholding the law.
00:19:07I'm here because it looks good on paper.
00:19:09People like you are so naive.
00:19:10Caring about justice and the law is cute.
00:19:13But it doesn't take you anywhere.
00:19:14You're a hopeless case.
00:19:18I've always gotten what I wanted, Claire, and I destroy those who try and get it my way.
00:19:23I'm not done with you yet.
00:19:24Funny you should say that.
00:19:26I'm not done with you yet either.
00:19:32It's infuriating.
00:19:33That stupid woman just won't break.
00:19:35Her reputation is ruined.
00:19:36She still has the nerve to challenge me.
00:19:37Honey, don't get upset.
00:19:39Grandma will think of something.
00:19:40Some people only learn the hard way.
00:19:42We'll strike while the iron's hot and hold a press conference.
00:19:44We'll hit her so hard that she has nothing left to get back on.
00:19:46A press conference?
00:19:47Yeah, that's a great idea.
00:19:48You'll do no such thing!
00:19:50Why not, Grandpa?
00:19:51Public opinion is on your side right now, but it's more complicated than that.
00:19:56Claire.
00:19:57See?
00:19:58I knew it, you old bastard.
00:20:00Clearly that little slit has a hold on you.
00:20:04Absolutely outrageous.
00:20:05I'm just saying it's not that simple.
00:20:07She's nothing but a bloody backwater bedhopper.
00:20:10You're the damn legal giant of the city.
00:20:12Get a grip.
00:20:12What the hell are you so afraid of?
00:20:14Exactly, Grandpa.
00:20:15I looked into her.
00:20:16She's just some small town hit.
00:20:18Nobody would bat an eye if she dropped dead tomorrow.
00:20:20Theodore, look.
00:20:21When Audrey's parents died, we vowed to protect her at all costs.
00:20:25How can we just sit back and watch how this lowlife bullies our precious granddaughter?
00:20:31Maybe I'm overthinking it.
00:20:32Let's do the press conference.
00:20:33I'll make a few calls.
00:20:38I want to thank everyone for coming here today.
00:20:41As you're all well aware, my granddaughter Audrey recently fell victim to harassment at the hands of Claire Sawyer.
00:20:50Claire, look, they're holding a press conference.
00:20:52Sparked by her immediate dismissal, Ms. Sawyer has been targeting my granddaughter with acts of defamation and verbal abuse.
00:20:57Taking a toll on Audrey's mental and physical health, we've had no choice but to speak up.
00:21:02We only have one granddaughter. Watching her suffer this kind of injustice breaks my heart.
00:21:06Wow. What a piece of work. Can you imagine the hypocrisy?
00:21:11Slander. They're dragging your name through the mud.
00:21:14It's fine, Mom. I should actually thank them.
00:21:18Thank them?
00:21:21With all the evidence I've gathered, I've been waiting for a chance to make it public.
00:21:25And they've just provided me with the perfect platform.
00:21:31Hey, Lena. Gather everyone and meet me at the press conference.
00:21:35Using the media to twist the narrative? Fine.
00:21:38Let's see who gets torn to pieces by public opinion.
00:21:43I've always loved the law and I have worked so hard to earn my chance to make a difference.
00:21:47I applied to Chambers because I believed in what they stood for.
00:21:52I don't know what I ever did to offend Ms. Claire.
00:21:56To not be hired with such a resume definitely seems like a vendetta.
00:21:59Sounds to me like Claire's just jealous.
00:22:02Small town girl being intimidated.
00:22:04If she could do so much harm to a well-established family like ours, how much more could she do
00:22:09to less fortunate students?
00:22:11Innocent, naive people with nobody to turn to.
00:22:20Let's give Adgerly a moment.
00:22:22It's all understandably overwhelming.
00:22:27I came from humble beginnings myself.
00:22:30I know better than anyone how hard this road is.
00:22:34But I never imagined that in such a sacred profession as law, someone would show such blatant disregard for justice.
00:22:41Today, I'm not just speaking for my granddaughter.
00:22:45I'm speaking for countless students who deserve a fair and unencumbered chance.
00:22:51I feel at fault for this.
00:22:54Our Audrey is such a pure soul.
00:22:56So we've tried to shield her from the world.
00:22:58But as a result, we've not properly prepared her for the dangers she would face.
00:23:04Mrs. Claire would openly favor male candidates when interviewing, even if the female candidates were more qualified.
00:23:11One has to wonder whether she is afraid of being outshound by another woman.
00:23:17But my grandfather has always told me that the law doesn't discriminate.
00:23:21Her utter disregard for fairness and equality is an insult to how far higher education has come.
00:23:25I'm standing here today, not for me, but for every young lady dreaming of a career in law.
00:23:29Asking, no pleading, Miss Claire, to see the error in her ways.
00:23:40Audrey, that was beautiful.
00:23:42You say you represent all prospective female lawyers, but I have to wonder where your concern for them was.
00:23:48When you were stealing their academic work.
00:23:53Haven't you harassed me enough?
00:23:55What more do you want?
00:23:56Audrey, since you are such a brilliant, accomplished candidate, do tell us.
00:24:00When writing those incredible journal articles, where did the arguments and case examples come from?
00:24:05Which books?
00:24:06Which precedents?
00:24:07I'm not going to validate your accusations by responding to them.
00:24:11Can't remember?
00:24:12No problem.
00:24:13I'll refresh your memory.
00:24:15Freshman year, you bought your first academic paper off a broke student.
00:24:19Sophomore year, the second.
00:24:20Junior year, another.
00:24:22Those papers were all written by impoverished students,
00:24:25whom I've been tutoring for free over the years, yet you wrote your own name on each one.
00:24:29You're lying!
00:24:31If that were true, why has nobody ever accused me all these years?
00:24:34This is slander!
00:24:36When your grandfather is Theodore Hale, which scholarship student is going to dare speak up?
00:24:42Without any proof, you're just spitting out empty attacks on my family.
00:24:46Anyone with half a brain can read if they knew where to look.
00:24:49These are the original files for those papers.
00:24:51Every single one has a full revision trail.
00:24:55And the path from first draft to final version is crystal clear.
00:24:58The author names are right there in black and white.
00:25:02Not a single one, says Audrey.
00:25:04You...
00:25:04All this evidence is fabricated!
00:25:08You were fired for a reason!
00:25:10You have zero credibility!
00:25:12Perhaps evidence can be forged.
00:25:17But the pain you put these victims through cannot be faked.
00:25:28Audrey started stealing our work as a freshman.
00:25:31Because of who she is, we never dared to say a word, even though we knew how much she was
00:25:35taking from us.
00:25:36Back when I was a sophomore, she stuffed my manuscript into her own bag.
00:25:40I tried going to department administration about it, but the counselor pulled me aside and told me not to ruin
00:25:46the unity among classmates.
00:25:47It's true.
00:25:49It's true.
00:25:49She is my roommate.
00:25:51Mr. Hale personally made a phone call to bury it.
00:25:54My roommate almost got forced out of school in the end, and even graduating became a struggle.
00:25:58I spent three months writing my paper, and she took it.
00:26:02Nobody would hear my plea because the school didn't want to anger Mr. Hale.
00:26:05I've got every single chat log on my phone.
00:26:07Not only did she force me to write papers for her, she also treated me like a servant.
00:26:11If I tried resisting, she'd threaten to use her influence to keep me from graduating.
00:26:18Grandpa, what do we do?
00:26:21Shut down every single live stream right now!
00:26:26So, she's nothing but Napo baby?
00:26:29And she had the nerve to play the victim with us?
00:26:31Disgusting.
00:26:32I say we dig into the whole family.
00:26:34There must be generational skeletons in those lofty closets!
00:26:39It's no use scrambling now the cat's out of the bag.
00:26:42This time tomorrow, you'll be on every front page and party to an education department investigation.
00:26:47You think you're so great, huh?
00:26:49Think you have me beaked, do you?
00:26:52What are you doing?
00:26:54Let me go!
00:26:55You're suspected of academic fraud and character defamation.
00:26:58We're bringing you to the station for questioning.
00:27:00What can that woman possibly do for you?
00:27:02I was going to take you places!
00:27:06They are completely capable of being successful all on their own.
00:27:10Who the hell do you think you are?
00:27:12Trampling on their dignity and stealing the fruits of their labor?
00:27:20Claire, if anything, Audrey was doing them a favor.
00:27:22With their small-town, low-income backgrounds, they never stood a chance on the real world.
00:27:27Audrey, on the other hand, was always meant for greatness.
00:27:29Those papers serve her resume much better than those unfortunate students.
00:27:34Serves her resume?
00:27:35Your family sure likes to act all distinguished.
00:27:38When in reality, you and Theodore came from a small town too.
00:27:42Didn't you?
00:27:51Claire, stop acting like some savior.
00:27:54You can't save any of them.
00:27:56Since you're all so brave in coming forward together,
00:27:59you may also lose out on graduating together as well.
00:28:04Have you no shame?
00:28:08Shame is for the weak.
00:28:10People like us don't concern ourselves with such sentiments.
00:28:14You truly believe you can hold the world in the palm of your hand?
00:28:20Don't let them scare you.
00:28:21For as long as I am here, I will make sure the truth is revealed.
00:28:26Professor, we're not scared.
00:28:28We believe in you.
00:28:29We believe in you!
00:28:32Girl, wake up and face reality.
00:28:34You're nothing but a stupid bunch of misfits taking on an army.
00:28:38I'd take my stupidity over groveling at the feet of a Ford any day.
00:28:42Intimidating people into silence doesn't actually change the truth,
00:28:45nor can it stop justice.
00:28:46That stubborn look, just like the one she used to have.
00:28:52It's her.
00:28:54She's back.
00:29:00In law, it's not just about skilled truth,
00:29:03it's about connections and support.
00:29:04Plain and simple, being a lawyer is a business.
00:29:08If you back off now, this money is all yours.
00:29:11I will make sure you are reinstated.
00:29:13Hell, I'll even make you a senior partner.
00:29:15I'll make sure that every noteworthy case comes straight to you.
00:29:18Professor Hale, does it look like I am short on money to you?
00:29:22And what about these students, Mrs. Sayre?
00:29:25Abandon this silly mission,
00:29:27and I will see to it that they all get into graduate school fully paid for.
00:29:32Don't you want their futures to be a whole lot brighter?
00:29:45Well, aren't you generous?
00:29:48That's just how I am.
00:29:50Just how you are, hey?
00:29:51Hey, I know how you are.
00:29:53If I accept this offer, I'll be your puppet for the rest of my career,
00:29:56with Audrey right there tugging at my strings.
00:29:59Watch yourself, girl!
00:30:00Professor Hale, save the act for somebody else.
00:30:04The second even any student accepts your generosity,
00:30:08pleasuring turns into an occupation,
00:30:09and they will spend the rest of their lives under your thim.
00:30:15So thank you for your kind offers,
00:30:17but we won't be accepting them.
00:30:19They always take the deal.
00:30:21How stubborn is this bitch?
00:30:24If you don't want money or power, nor status or guarantees,
00:30:29what do you want?
00:30:34Grandpa, I'm telling you, she's just putting on an act.
00:30:42Let me guess.
00:30:44You want to replace me?
00:30:47That'll be the day.
00:30:48Grandpa long appointed me as his successor.
00:30:52How large your heads have become to think that the only desirable position to strive for
00:30:57is your own.
00:31:00Quit the act.
00:31:02Ever since you interviewed Audrey, you've been gunning for her.
00:31:05You expect me to believe it wasn't to get to me?
00:31:12I want nothing less than to be like you.
00:31:16What then, child?
00:31:18What else could you possibly want?
00:31:20I already told you.
00:31:23There.
00:31:25Remember your grandfather, Theodore Hale.
00:31:29Grandma, I won't forget.
00:31:31I won't forget.
00:31:35All I want is justice.
00:31:38I want to live in a world where the law dictates the outcome,
00:31:43not money or influence.
00:31:47Professor Hale, until you are offering that, I am not interested.
00:31:52Girl, I'll give you this.
00:31:53You've got gamishin, but that naïdive will be the end of you.
00:31:57Watch and learn.
00:31:58The press conference is over.
00:32:05You tyrant!
00:32:09Oh, Claire, it must have been exhausting to do all that investigating.
00:32:14Too bad.
00:32:15As long as my grandfather is around,
00:32:19none of it will see the light of day.
00:32:23You all saw what just happened.
00:32:25You saw the true face of this family.
00:32:27Will you just turn a blind eye?
00:32:30You're journalists.
00:32:32You're supposed to seek the truth above all ethics.
00:32:34The pen in your hand is supposed to break apart the very arrogance
00:32:37that is now trying to force you into silence.
00:32:39If you obey them, you are not journalists.
00:32:41No, that requires integrity.
00:32:42Instead, you are nothing more than the dogs of the wealthy.
00:32:46Claire, haven't you learned anything by now?
00:32:48Who brought every single one of them here today?
00:32:51My ties and their agencies run so deep
00:32:54that they are impossible to untangle.
00:32:55The media serves as my tongue.
00:32:58If I want them to say something, then that's what they say.
00:33:02Before you try to ruin my daughter,
00:33:05take a realistic look in the mirror, dear.
00:33:07You are simply not qualified.
00:33:10Take every memory card!
00:33:15I'm sorry, what do we do?
00:33:17I'm sorry, Professor Hale.
00:33:24Before coming here today, I made sure all my people were aware of my whereabouts
00:33:27and had copies of the evidence.
00:33:29The board members of Skyway Group, the shareholders of Grace Tech.
00:33:33Oh, not to mention the team at my new job, the state attorney's office.
00:33:36If even a single hair on my head or that of any of my students is touched today,
00:33:40they'll be here in a heartbeat.
00:33:42Professor Hale, would you like to meet them?
00:33:45Theodore, you think you're the only one in this world who can wield power?
00:33:52You've been plotting this for a long time, I see.
00:33:54Theodore, you've had it too good for too long.
00:33:57You've forgotten where you came from.
00:33:58That's fine.
00:33:59Let me remind you.
00:34:03Claire, stop right there!
00:34:06Grandpa, do something!
00:34:09Shut up!
00:34:10Looks like I really underestimated that little brat.
00:34:15Are you okay?
00:34:16Yeah.
00:34:18Just way too nervous.
00:34:20Professor, you were incredible today.
00:34:22All of us want to be like you.
00:34:23One day.
00:34:24Too bad it was all for nothing.
00:34:25None of that press conference will even be broadcasted.
00:34:28The Hales are really so powerful, aren't they?
00:34:30Who says it was all for nothing?
00:34:31Theodore may be devious, but he's old.
00:34:33Does he really think we're still living in an age when mainstream media controls the narrative?
00:34:37He's wrong.
00:34:38This is the age of social media.
00:34:40The moment they chose to livestream, they already lost.
00:34:43Good day, Ms. Sawyer.
00:34:44I'm Liam Sterling, a federal prosecutor in charge of the Academic Fraud Task Force.
00:34:48I'd like to talk to you about today's press conference.
00:34:58Your evidence is even more concrete than I expected.
00:35:01Theodore Hale has spent 50 years doing this.
00:35:03There has to be way more victims than just these students.
00:35:06They just need the courage to speak up.
00:35:07I know you've been under enormous public pressure.
00:35:09I read the reports, and I'll admit, I fell for them.
00:35:12But seeing the truth with my own eyes today, I owe you an apology.
00:35:15It's fine.
00:35:16More than an apology, what I need is legal support.
00:35:19Don't worry.
00:35:19The U.S. Attorney's Office will open a formal investigation.
00:35:22We'll verify every single piece of evidence, one by one.
00:35:28Make sure every point I raised is taken care of.
00:35:31We can't afford any mistakes.
00:35:35Grandpa!
00:35:37Claire dumped all the evidence of the papers online.
00:35:39Every platform is blowing up right now.
00:35:45Grandpa, what do I do?
00:35:47Everyone is bashing me online.
00:35:49They're even saying my mom and dad died young because I'm cursed.
00:35:52Don't panic.
00:35:53I've already sent people to pull the trending topics and shut down those accounts.
00:35:56If we want to turn this around, we need to think carefully about our next move.
00:36:00Then, Grandpa...
00:36:01You go upstairs and wash your face.
00:36:03I'll take care of the rest.
00:36:07We miscalculated.
00:36:09In this internet age, sweeping things under the work isn't that easy.
00:36:12Veronica, what do you think?
00:36:15Veronica!
00:36:17Eleanor.
00:36:19Where's Eleanor?
00:36:20What are you talking about?
00:36:22I figured out why Claire seemed familiar to you.
00:36:25She looks like Eleanor.
00:36:30You mean the Eleanor Baker?
00:36:32The one we...
00:36:33Theo!
00:36:34Look!
00:36:35We both got in.
00:36:37We can go to New York together.
00:36:42It looks just like her.
00:36:43Far too much to be coincidence.
00:36:45Look again.
00:36:46Lumpback, Georgia.
00:36:47How's that for coincidence?
00:36:49How did it take us this long to notice it?
00:36:52We've been gone too long.
00:36:54Decades trying to rid ourselves of any tie to that backwood little dump, Teddy.
00:37:00That town is sitting on top of our greatest secrets.
00:37:03We have to keep this contained.
00:37:05It all makes sense why Claire won't accept anything I offer.
00:37:07Why she's dead set on Aubrey.
00:37:08She's got to be connected to Eleanor.
00:37:10She must know what happened back then.
00:37:11She's come here for vengeance.
00:37:13All I want is justice.
00:37:15What Claire said, could she have some kind of proof?
00:37:19Proof of what?
00:37:20You were so careful back then.
00:37:21There shouldn't be any proof to be had.
00:37:23But what if there is?
00:37:24What if she exposes what we did?
00:37:26We'd both be finished.
00:37:28You have to figure out a way to stop her.
00:37:30Looks like the only way is to make sure she never opens her mouth again.
00:37:37Claire, have a seat.
00:37:40Please make it brief, Richard.
00:37:41Don't beat around the bush.
00:37:42I'm pressed for time.
00:37:43Claire, you have no idea the hoops I jumped through to get this, but the board is willing
00:37:47to overlook your recent bad press and finally agreed to let me give you another chance.
00:37:52This is the offer letter.
00:37:53Take a look.
00:37:53It's all pretty standard.
00:37:54We can sign it right here if you'd like.
00:37:55Richard, when you fired me without cause a month ago, Chamberlain lost several billion
00:38:00in business, didn't it?
00:38:01Half a month ago, the cross-boarder M&A deal I was handling tanked less than a week after
00:38:06someone else took over.
00:38:07Now the deal's dead, the money's gone, and the firm's reputation along with it.
00:38:11Am I right?
00:38:12Th-that-that's only temporary.
00:38:14I climbed to the top on nothing but my own skills.
00:38:16My clients only trust me.
00:38:18Without me, Chamberlain loses at least 20% of its clients.
00:38:21I don't think you had to jump through any hoops at all.
00:38:27It was the board's call.
00:38:28They hope you'll think it over.
00:38:30No need to think it over.
00:38:31I can tell you right now, I'm not interested.
00:38:33Chambers is your best shot.
00:38:35Where else could you possibly go?
00:38:36I'm giving you a way out of this mess.
00:38:38Can you really, to be so stubborn, even now, none of this would have happened if you just
00:38:44hired Audrey.
00:38:45If you'd listened to Reason, we'd been fired in the first place, but no, you had to be
00:38:49so-
00:38:50Too what?
00:38:50Too ungrateful?
00:38:51Too spineless?
00:38:52You get my point.
00:38:53So, either you succeed by succumbing to the whims of the rich, or you are called stubborn?
00:38:59No.
00:38:59Richard, when did you turn into this?
00:39:01Bullying the weak and cowering before the strong?
00:39:04Kissing up to the powerful?
00:39:05What the hell does that get you?
00:39:07Your senior partner title wasn't handed to you.
00:39:09You clawed your way there, case by case.
00:39:11Did you forget all that?
00:39:15Richard, if you carry on like this, Chambers will lose the reputation that that was forged
00:39:19over decades of hard work along with your conscience.
00:39:21You don't get it!
00:39:22You're not in my shoes, so you have no damn idea how helpless I am!
00:39:26No, I don't get it, and I don't want to.
00:39:28All I know is before you can be a lawyer, you have to be a decent human being.
00:39:32Without fighting for what's right and true, you have no business being a lawyer.
00:39:36You have to come back.
00:39:37If you don't, the board will...
00:39:39I...
00:39:41You should be ashamed of yourself.
00:39:43The only thing you need to do is return to the scales of Themis and ask yourself whether
00:39:47you even remember why you went into law in the first place.
00:39:58Isn't that the girl who's trending?
00:40:01Kinda looks like it.
00:40:03Trending?
00:40:13Miss Sayre has been spreading rumors across all platforms, making obscene accusations against
00:40:18my family.
00:40:19As a result, we've received a great deal of hate.
00:40:21Today, we wish to clear the air about everything.
00:40:23Claire's claims that my papers are plagiarized are false.
00:40:27I publish those myself.
00:40:29They are in leading journals, so of course they are completely verifiable.
00:40:31I've studied law my whole life and taught it my whole life, too.
00:40:35At first, I stayed out of it because I wanted to save that young woman from ruin, and Claire
00:40:40as well.
00:40:40But they've gone too far.
00:40:42One of the ladies who claimed Audrey stole her paper, Lena, is actually a poor student
00:40:46I've been supporting.
00:40:47When Audrey was writing her paper, she asked Lena to help her with her research.
00:40:51She paid her a generous $3,000 per month to do so.
00:40:54I never thought she'd actually believe the paper was hers and try to claim it.
00:40:58She's normally so naive, some must have put her up to this.
00:41:01I must say, I didn't think Claire was so vicious.
00:41:03When we uncovered her misconduct, I never imagined she would retaliate with such brute force.
00:41:09This family is tougher to kill than cockroaches.
00:41:12Why would Lena be taking Theodore's money every month?
00:41:14Why didn't she tell me?
00:41:18Hey, Lena.
00:41:22I'm sorry.
00:41:24Miss Claire, I'm sorry.
00:41:25I don't know anything about this.
00:41:28I've never received any payments from them, I swear.
00:41:31But Professor, I looked into it.
00:41:33I don't know how, but that account is really under my name.
00:41:35I only remember that when I was a freshman, Professor Hill took my ID.
00:41:39I assumed it was something to do with the university records or something.
00:41:42He must have used your ID to open the bank account.
00:41:45Theodore planned this really far back.
00:41:46I let you down.
00:41:48I have no future anymore.
00:41:49I'm so tired.
00:41:50It's just not worth it anymore.
00:41:52Lena!
00:41:53Thank you, miss.
00:41:54For everything.
00:41:55Goodbye.
00:41:57Goodbye.
00:41:57I'm coming, Lena!
00:42:03This is clear.
00:42:05You're awake.
00:42:06How do you feel?
00:42:07I'm gonna get the doctor.
00:42:08I'm sorry.
00:42:10You can't let them win, Lena.
00:42:12How does hurting yourself solve anything?
00:42:14As long as you live and grow and learn, they lose.
00:42:18Lena, you did nothing wrong.
00:42:20It was Theodore who was greedy and bent the law,
00:42:23and Audrey who stole your work.
00:42:24The ones who should be disgraced and made to pay are those bullies hiding behind power.
00:42:30Never you.
00:42:30You chose to study law.
00:42:32Wasn't it to protect justice and keep the truth safe?
00:42:36And now you're punishing the most innocent person of all, yourself.
00:42:40I don't want to.
00:42:43I don't want to.
00:42:47I want them to pay.
00:42:49I want my work back.
00:42:50But I'm nothing compared to them.
00:42:52I don't have the power.
00:42:54There is a way to beat them.
00:42:55Lena, if you didn't have a powerful weapon of your own,
00:42:58Audrey wouldn't choose your work to steal.
00:42:59You are exceptional.
00:43:01And you can help us win.
00:43:03The right way.
00:43:04The law, the real law, doesn't care about who is weak or strong.
00:43:07It only cares about what is right.
00:43:09I'll be with you.
00:43:10We'll use the rules, the evidence, and justice to make the guilty pay what they owe.
00:43:15Professor Claire, you're right.
00:43:16I'm with you.
00:43:17Actually, Professor, it wasn't just with us, and it wasn't just Audrey doing this.
00:43:21Professor Hale has been taking credit for student work as well for years.
00:43:27Tell me everything.
00:43:28Theodore's achievements.
00:43:29He climbed to the top on his students' corchons.
00:43:31Two grad students committed suicide under him,
00:43:33and because of his power and status, it all got buried.
00:43:35No trace, no scandal.
00:43:36There was also a PhD student named Ethan Reed.
00:43:38He was forced out of the program and now runs a food truck in Brooklyn.
00:43:41A lot of people forced out of their future.
00:43:43That monster.
00:43:44Mrs. Sawyer, I hate him so much.
00:43:46Don't cry.
00:43:47It will end eventually.
00:43:48Maybe he could cover it up the first time, but what about the second or the third?
00:43:51People are already scrutinizing their every move.
00:43:53Get some rest and recover.
00:43:55I'm going to find more of his victims.
00:43:56This time I'm bringing them down for good.
00:44:01Hi.
00:44:02Are you Ethan Reed?
00:44:07I know who you are, and I know why you're here.
00:44:10But I don't want to hear a damn thing about Theodore Hale, and I'm not interested in being a witness.
00:44:18After all these years, don't you want him to pay?
00:44:23It's meaningless.
00:44:24I don't want to relive the past.
00:44:26I don't want any part of this mess.
00:44:28If you're eating, I'll make you something.
00:44:30If not, move aside.
00:44:31I'm busy.
00:44:38Still there, huh?
00:44:39I know you're not unwilling to fight for justice.
00:44:42You're scared.
00:44:43After hitting wall after wall, you've started believing justice cannot prevail.
00:44:47Scared that even if you give it everything you've got, you still won't be able to scratch the surface of
00:44:51their empire.
00:44:52So, what?
00:44:53This time, it's different.
00:44:55I'm different.
00:44:58The Hales have ruined so many people.
00:45:00What makes you any different?
00:45:02This is the evidence I gathered, so far, of Theodore's academic fraud and his abuse of students.
00:45:08This is my resume.
00:45:09Not only am I at the top of my field, I've been preparing for decades for one singular mission.
00:45:15Bringing down the Hales.
00:45:21This is pointless.
00:45:23If it was that simple, do you think I'd still be out here running a food truck?
00:45:26I used to think like you, passion was enough, like justice would always be there.
00:45:31I kept filing appeals and turning in complaint packets over and over just so I and the younger students after
00:45:35me wouldn't have to keep suffering.
00:45:37But every single thing I submitted ended up in that devil's hands.
00:45:39There is no justice in this world.
00:45:41Justice is whatever the people at the top say it is.
00:45:43I saw it for what it was.
00:45:44I accepted what is.
00:45:45It can work.
00:45:47Exposing him matters.
00:45:48And justice absolutely still exists.
00:45:52What are you, three years old?
00:45:54Don't be ridiculous.
00:45:56Yes, one person's power can be weak.
00:45:58What about two?
00:45:59Three?
00:46:00A whole crowd?
00:46:01You're not alone anymore.
00:46:03I have many people standing with me.
00:46:04And in the court of public opinion, in the age of social media, the Hales are not untouchable anymore.
00:46:12I don't care anymore!
00:46:14I stopped caring a long time ago!
00:46:16I never want anything to do with the legal world again!
00:46:19Is that so?
00:46:23Damn right it is.
00:46:26Then what about this?
00:46:28If you hate it so much, why do you still carry it around?
00:46:35I can keep it around as a desk leg, can't I?
00:46:39Stop lying to yourself.
00:46:41You want to be a lawyer.
00:46:43You want justice.
00:46:44And more than anything, you want Theodore to pay for what he did.
00:46:48Yeah.
00:46:49I do.
00:46:49I think about it every day.
00:46:53But I can't do it.
00:46:55You're some big shot lawyer, aren't you?
00:46:58You know all these rich and powerful people,
00:47:00so why the hell are you even coming to me?
00:47:03Because I want the Hale family to learn.
00:47:06David can bring down Goliath.
00:47:21Okay.
00:47:22I'm in.
00:47:29The people I sent to keep an eye on Claire
00:47:31says she's been hunting down my former students.
00:47:34The ones who never made it through school.
00:47:36She's determined to take you down, Teddy.
00:47:38And us along with you.
00:47:41Her?
00:47:41She doesn't even have the leverage to do that.
00:47:45I've already given her more chances than she deserves.
00:47:48She clearly has a death wish.
00:47:50It's best I oblige.
00:47:53I got the materials you sent.
00:47:55All right, bye.
00:47:57Finally, with all these people coming forward,
00:48:00it'll be a lot easier to go after Theodore.
00:48:16Scream, and I'll choke you to death.
00:48:22What do you want?
00:48:24What makes you think you can be so damn arrogant
00:48:26to go picking a fight with Professor Hale?
00:48:31Get in.
00:48:33Now.
00:48:44You think you can run from me?
00:48:55What the hell?
00:49:04That man was trying to kidnap me.
00:49:21Theodore is getting desperate.
00:49:33Don't come any closer.
00:49:38Easy.
00:49:39Calm down.
00:49:40It's me, Liam Sterling.
00:49:43Prosecutor Sterling?
00:49:44What are you doing here?
00:49:46I went digging in Theodore's past,
00:49:48just like you suggested.
00:49:49He's used dirty tactics before.
00:49:52I was worried he'd come after you,
00:49:53so I came to check on you.
00:49:55It seems I'm too late.
00:49:56Are you hurt?
00:50:01I'm fine.
00:50:02I already called the cops.
00:50:03I'm assigning police protection for you.
00:50:06Theodore's backed into a corner now.
00:50:07He's capable of doing anything.
00:50:09We have to move up the investigation.
00:50:12This is a copy of the file I pulled on the two graduate student suicides you told me about.
00:50:18A lot of details were buried,
00:50:20but the cracks are there if you look close enough.
00:50:27Thank you.
00:50:28Of course.
00:50:29You're not alone on the road to justice.
00:50:41Sorry to come by so late.
00:50:43I saw the news saying you were attacked,
00:50:45and I couldn't stop worrying.
00:50:46I also have something I need to give you.
00:50:49Have a seat.
00:50:56This is the diary of my fellow senior.
00:50:59She was Theodore's graduate student.
00:51:03She jumped to her death in her second year.
00:51:07It's full of accusations against Theodore.
00:51:09All these years, we fought, we sued,
00:51:12we did everything we could,
00:51:14and it never went anywhere.
00:51:16Not until I saw what happened to you
00:51:18did I believe someone out there still cared about the truth.
00:51:23Please.
00:51:25Get justice for my classmate.
00:51:29Get up.
00:51:31I promise you, I will.
00:51:35Thank you.
00:51:36Also, what happened to you
00:51:38definitely has Theodore's fingerprints all over it.
00:51:40I know a security company.
00:51:41Tomorrow I'll have them set you up
00:51:42with a few bodyguards to keep you safe.
00:51:45Thank you so much.
00:51:47These four will work in shifts around the clock,
00:51:50stationed near your place,
00:51:51and following you whenever you go out.
00:51:53Just focus on gathering evidence.
00:51:55Don't worry about anything else.
00:51:57Thank you.
00:51:58Don't worry.
00:51:59I will make sure your classmate gets the justice she deserved.
00:52:02These are the other victims I've contacted.
00:52:04They're all willing to come forward.
00:52:10Professor, all the witness statements are ready.
00:52:13The joint complaint packet is almost done.
00:52:16Hello?
00:52:17This is Claire Sawyer.
00:52:20Okay, send the files to my email.
00:52:22Thanks.
00:52:25What's wrong, Professor?
00:52:28It's about Veronica Hell.
00:52:30Someone reported that she's laundering money
00:52:32through her gallery and art sales.
00:52:36Looks like their whole family's good days
00:52:39are finally coming to an end.
00:52:44You blew it!
00:52:45And now she's constantly with a bunch of bodyguards!
00:52:50Now Claire's on guard,
00:52:51and she's got leverage on us.
00:52:53If she pulls this off, we're finished!
00:52:55Easy, Teddy.
00:52:56Don't get your blood pressure up.
00:52:58We may not be able to kill her,
00:53:00but we can make damn sure
00:53:01she never works in this industry again.
00:53:03Once we wreck her reputation
00:53:05and get her law license rejected,
00:53:07she'll have no standing and no connections.
00:53:09Then she'll be easy to deal with.
00:53:11You're a genius!
00:53:12I'll call the Bar Association right now
00:53:14and push for a hearing to strip her of her license!
00:53:19Claire, you've got an expedited delivery.
00:53:25That's odd.
00:53:26I'm not expecting anything.
00:53:30Looks like Theodore's really losing his cool.
00:53:34He can't kill me,
00:53:35and he can't handle the backlash,
00:53:37so now he's going after my reputation.
00:53:40What are we going to do?
00:53:44Mom, it's fine.
00:53:45This hearing Theodore set up
00:53:47actually works in my favor.
00:53:51I never thought after all these years
00:53:53being well into our 70s
00:53:54to still be getting smeared and slandered like this.
00:53:58Theodore hasn't slept through the night in ages.
00:54:01His health is getting worse by the day.
00:54:04We really can't take it anymore.
00:54:05I've always respected the law,
00:54:07upheld justice,
00:54:09and encouraged my students
00:54:09to stand for what's right.
00:54:11Miss Sayre, on the other hand,
00:54:12has chosen to cross the line instead.
00:54:14She's suspected of malicious defamation
00:54:15and fabricating evidence.
00:54:17Quite simply,
00:54:18it is a person who knows the law
00:54:19and decided to break it.
00:54:21She's not fit to practice.
00:54:22She does not deserve the title of attorney.
00:54:25For the sake of the integrity of the law,
00:54:27my family and I have no choice
00:54:29but to hold her accountable.
00:54:30I am formally demanding
00:54:32that Claire Sawyer's law license be revoked.
00:54:35Can't you hear how ridiculous you sound?
00:54:42Theodore,
00:54:43you love preaching about integrity.
00:54:45I can't help but wonder
00:54:46which definition of integrity you mean exactly.
00:54:49Especially when you are the one
00:54:51breaking the very law you claim to protect.
00:54:57Claire,
00:54:59today's hearing is about
00:55:00whether your law license should be revoked.
00:55:03What's with all the commotion?
00:55:05Fool me once, shame on me.
00:55:07Fool me twice, shame on you.
00:55:09I've learned my lesson.
00:55:10I'm worried the media Professor Hale hired
00:55:12is too spinless to report the truth again.
00:55:20Now that everyone's here,
00:55:21this hearing is officially in session.
00:55:28Claire Sawyer,
00:55:29we've received a complaint
00:55:30alleging you maliciously defamed others
00:55:32and fabricated evidence
00:55:33to support bogus claims.
00:55:35How do you plead?
00:55:36Not guilty, Your Honor.
00:55:38I did not defame anyone.
00:55:40Every single word I said
00:55:42is backed by real evidence.
00:55:44Everyone,
00:55:45take a good look at these documents.
00:55:47Since Theodore started teaching
00:55:48graduate students,
00:55:49many have fallen into depression,
00:55:52dropped out,
00:55:52and even taken their own lives.
00:55:54It's all there,
00:55:55yet somehow all of these reports
00:55:57never saw the light of day.
00:56:04This is,
00:56:05there's been a misunderstanding.
00:56:07A misunderstanding?
00:56:09Theodore,
00:56:09stop playing the role
00:56:10of the revered academic.
00:56:12How many promising students
00:56:13have you driven to drop out and quit?
00:56:15The evidence is overwhelming.
00:56:19That is complete nonsense.
00:56:21What does any of this
00:56:21have to do with me?
00:56:22If they dropped out
00:56:23because they were depressed,
00:56:24that's their own problem.
00:56:25The quality of students
00:56:25these days keeps getting worse.
00:56:27So fragile,
00:56:28so rebellious,
00:56:28with zero tolerance,
00:56:29they fall apart
00:56:30over the smallest thing.
00:56:30If they can't even handle
00:56:31the pressure of school,
00:56:32how are they supposed
00:56:32to survive in the real world?
00:56:34Your shamelessness
00:56:35never ceases to amaze me.
00:56:38Watch your mouth!
00:56:41Young people get hot-headed,
00:56:43I understand.
00:56:44But insulting people at random
00:56:46only proves how rotten
00:56:47your character is.
00:56:48You don't deserve
00:56:49to call yourself a lawyer.
00:56:51Please turn to page 9
00:56:52in the package, everyone.
00:56:57It clearly shows
00:56:58Professor Theodore Hale's
00:56:59admissions data
00:57:00over his 30 years of teaching.
00:57:02His students are all
00:57:03top-ranking in their states
00:57:04or full scholarship recipients.
00:57:06At worst,
00:57:07they're top three
00:57:08in their major,
00:57:09the kind of talent
00:57:09every law school
00:57:10is fighting to recruit.
00:57:11Yet,
00:57:12he just insisted
00:57:12that the quality of students
00:57:14have wessened.
00:57:14That tells you exactly
00:57:15how he disregides his students.
00:57:17Why do students end up
00:57:18with psychological problems?
00:57:20Because you push them
00:57:21to that point.
00:57:21That's because they couldn't
00:57:23handle the pressure themselves.
00:57:24They're weak.
00:57:26It has nothing to do with me.
00:57:28You're rattled.
00:57:31Doing well in undergraduate courses
00:57:32doesn't guarantee success
00:57:33all the way.
00:57:34Graduate school is stressful
00:57:35to begin with.
00:57:35It's perfectly normal
00:57:36for a student to have trouble
00:57:37adjusting emotionally
00:57:38for a while.
00:57:38So blatantly showing bias.
00:57:39I wonder how many favors
00:57:40you've done for these people.
00:57:41Claire,
00:57:42shut your mouth!
00:57:43Say one more slanderous word
00:57:45and I'll add another
00:57:46defamation charge
00:57:47to the pile!
00:57:48I can see we will run
00:57:50out of time long
00:57:50before this panel
00:57:51fairly considers
00:57:52the seriousness
00:57:53of this evidence.
00:57:54Then let the victims
00:57:55speak for themselves.
00:57:56Let their voices be heard!
00:58:04Hey, Ethan!
00:58:06My dear boy,
00:58:07I was so disappointed
00:58:08when you decided
00:58:09to drop out.
00:58:10You've been on my mind
00:58:11ever since.
00:58:13How are you?
00:58:15We've paid you handsomely
00:58:16to solve our indifferences.
00:58:18What are you doing here?
00:58:21Professor Hale,
00:58:22if you've got something to say,
00:58:24say it loud and clear.
00:58:25No need to mutter
00:58:27under your breath.
00:58:28I gave each of them a mic,
00:58:30all of it feeding
00:58:30straight into the live stream.
00:58:32It's incredible
00:58:33how great the sound quality
00:58:34is for such a little mic.
00:58:38Today I'm here
00:58:39to report Theodore Hale
00:58:40for stealing students'
00:58:41academic work
00:58:42and psychologically
00:58:43abusing them for years.
00:58:45Not only did he refuse
00:58:46to provide the required
00:58:47servition to his students,
00:58:48but he plagiarized their work
00:58:50and claimed them
00:58:50as his own
00:58:51or his granddaughter.
00:58:52I filed multiple reports
00:58:53back at the time,
00:58:54but Theodore worked
00:58:55with the university leadership
00:58:56to get hold of those files.
00:58:58They threatened me
00:58:59and forced me to drop out.
00:59:01I worked under him
00:59:02for more than a year.
00:59:03I stayed up every night
00:59:04doing research
00:59:04and writing reports.
00:59:05All the research,
00:59:06planning,
00:59:07and writing of drafts
00:59:07were my own work.
00:59:09When he realized
00:59:09the quality of my work,
00:59:11he took my draft
00:59:11and handed it
00:59:12to his granddaughter.
00:59:13He didn't even mention
00:59:14my name in the article at all.
00:59:16My sister was exploited
00:59:17by him for years.
00:59:18He stole her research,
00:59:20humiliated her constantly,
00:59:21and pushed her to the edge
00:59:22until she had no way out.
00:59:24In the end,
00:59:25she took her own life.
00:59:26This was never about
00:59:27students being fragile.
00:59:28It is all about him
00:59:29being a bully.
00:59:30He kept psychologically
00:59:32tearing us down for years.
00:59:33No matter how well we did,
00:59:35he always said it wasn't enough.
00:59:36He belittled and degraded us
00:59:38in public,
00:59:39then had the nerve
00:59:40to say that getting
00:59:41to stunder him
00:59:42was some huge blessing.
00:59:44The second we pushed back
00:59:45even a little,
00:59:46he made life hell for us
00:59:47and prevented us
00:59:48from graduating.
00:59:49He threatened us
00:59:50not to say a word
00:59:51to anyone,
00:59:52saying if we dared report him,
00:59:53he'd completely shut us
00:59:54out of Academia
00:59:55and make sure we could
00:59:56never work in our field
00:59:57for the rest of our lives.
00:59:59Theodore,
01:00:00with so many witnesses
01:00:01all singing the same song,
01:00:03you can't possibly still insist
01:00:04that they are the problem?
01:00:07Claire,
01:00:08you think finding a bunch
01:00:10of disgruntled students
01:00:11and convincing them
01:00:12to band together
01:00:12will convince anyone?
01:00:14Nobody who is worth
01:00:16their salt
01:00:16will believe this
01:00:17over Theodore's
01:00:18immense reputation.
01:00:19This is nothing but revenge.
01:00:21You're singling him out.
01:00:22You think I'm only targeting him?
01:00:25Oh no.
01:00:27I'm targeting you.
01:00:31Young lady,
01:00:32don't ladder yourself.
01:00:32I've seen dozens of girls
01:00:33like you charm their way
01:00:35to the top.
01:00:35And now you've decided
01:00:36to make an example
01:00:37of my granddaughter
01:00:38to try prove
01:00:39that you're righteous.
01:00:40Our family has spent
01:00:4150 years establishing
01:00:42itself in these circles
01:00:43and cultivating
01:00:44those connections.
01:00:45And you think charming
01:00:46a few men can compete
01:00:47with that.
01:00:47Don't be ungrated,
01:00:48you.
01:00:48Is that really something
01:00:49a master artist
01:00:50should say?
01:00:51So disgusting.
01:00:53Can't a female
01:00:53be successful
01:00:54without sleeping
01:00:55her way there?
01:00:56She was acting
01:00:57like some female icon
01:00:58before.
01:00:58What a joke.
01:01:01I've also received
01:01:02multiple reports
01:01:03that you use the gallery
01:01:04under your name
01:01:05to flip art wicks,
01:01:06manipulate auction prices,
01:01:08and even launder money
01:01:10through art transactions.
01:01:11I didn't.
01:01:12Those are false allegations.
01:01:14Don't forget
01:01:15that we came from
01:01:16a small town
01:01:16with nothing to our name
01:01:18but grit.
01:01:18I know firsthand
01:01:19what hard work
01:01:20and education demands.
01:01:22I would never
01:01:23exploit students.
01:01:25Never.
01:01:26Professor Hale,
01:01:27you love reminding us
01:01:28of your small town start.
01:01:30But did you really
01:01:31get out on your own?
01:01:32Did you and your wife
01:01:33really get to where
01:01:34you are today
01:01:34by sheer grit
01:01:35and hard work?
01:01:36Of course we did!
01:01:37Everything we have
01:01:38we've earned!
01:01:39I suppose if you lie
01:01:40long enough
01:01:40you start believing
01:01:41it yourself.
01:01:42Let me remind you then.
01:01:44You forgot the part
01:01:45where you abandoned
01:01:45your pregnant fiancé
01:01:46to run away
01:01:47with the current
01:01:47Mrs. Hale.
01:01:48Not to mention
01:01:49that little detail
01:01:50about Mrs. Hale
01:01:51stealing another woman's
01:01:51scholarship
01:01:52and acceptance
01:01:52to Columbia University.
01:01:56You accused me
01:01:57of abandoning
01:01:57my fiancé
01:01:58and daughter
01:01:58but it's common
01:01:59knowledge that my wife
01:02:01is standing right
01:02:02here beside me
01:02:03as she has done
01:02:04for the past 50 years
01:02:05through thick
01:02:06and thin.
01:02:07Which wife is that?
01:02:09Hmm?
01:02:09Veronica?
01:02:10You mean this Veronica?
01:02:11Or Eleanor Baker,
01:02:13the woman you dumped
01:02:13back in that little town?
01:02:17What the hell
01:02:18are you saying?
01:02:19What kind of nonsense
01:02:20are you making up
01:02:21in here?
01:02:21What's your angle?
01:02:23Everyone,
01:02:24please look at this photo.
01:02:28Theodore,
01:02:29do you remember
01:02:29this woman?
01:02:30This is a young woman
01:02:32I knew back in the day.
01:02:33She had a thing for me.
01:02:34But I turned her down.
01:02:36Firmly.
01:02:37A long time ago.
01:02:39The words,
01:02:40they're because...
01:02:41Oh,
01:02:42right,
01:02:43exactly.
01:02:44It was me
01:02:44who took that photo,
01:02:45actually.
01:02:46Claire,
01:02:46don't you go
01:02:46confusing people
01:02:47with this old photo.
01:02:48Is that so?
01:02:51Eleanor,
01:02:52once I get settled,
01:02:53I'm coming back
01:02:53to bring you with me.
01:02:54Eleanor,
01:02:55you're the only one
01:02:55in my heart.
01:02:56Eleanor,
01:02:57don't worry.
01:02:58I'll give you
01:02:58and the baby
01:02:59a good home.
01:03:00Eleanor,
01:03:00I'll be getting
01:03:01your spot at Columbia
01:03:02very soon.
01:03:02Everyone can see
01:03:04that every single letter
01:03:05is signed Theodore Hall.
01:03:11And the person
01:03:12these letters belong to,
01:03:13the one who was supposed
01:03:14to receive Columbia's
01:03:15full scholarship,
01:03:16was my grandmother,
01:03:18Eleanor Baker.
01:03:21So this is the real Eleanor?
01:03:23Then who's the Mrs. Hale up there?
01:03:25I'm sure everyone's wondering,
01:03:26if my grandmother
01:03:27was Eleanor Baker,
01:03:28then who exactly
01:03:29is this woman
01:03:30who spent her whole life
01:03:31calling herself Mrs. Hale?
01:03:32She's not Eleanor.
01:03:34She's Veronica Carter,
01:03:36the daughter
01:03:36of the small town's mayor.
01:03:39You're lying!
01:03:41Veronica Carter?
01:03:42I have no idea
01:03:44what you're talking about!
01:03:47Still playing hard bar, huh?
01:03:49Fine.
01:03:50I've got proof of that too.
01:03:54This photo was taken
01:03:56a few years ago
01:03:57when you went back
01:03:57to your hometown
01:03:58to pay respects
01:03:59to your father.
01:04:00Your father pulled
01:04:01some strings
01:04:02and nearly erased
01:04:03every trace
01:04:03of your old identity.
01:04:05So she really is Veronica?
01:04:07She stole Eleanor's identity?
01:04:09The daughter of a mayor
01:04:10stole a poor girl's scholarship
01:04:12taking her whole future
01:04:13along with her.
01:04:13And the real Eleanor
01:04:14was trapped in that little town
01:04:16for her whole life.
01:04:17This was supposed to be hers.
01:04:20Theodore, my grandma,
01:04:21kept waiting
01:04:22until the day she died.
01:04:24Too bad you never made it back to her.
01:04:27What she got instead
01:04:28was you running off
01:04:28with this woman.
01:04:30You stole her name,
01:04:32stole her scholarship,
01:04:33and abandoned her with child.
01:04:36One of you became
01:04:37a legal legend,
01:04:38the other a famous artist.
01:04:39But what about
01:04:40the real Eleanor?
01:04:41You kept her trapped
01:04:43in that town
01:04:43with people shoving fingers
01:04:45in her face
01:04:45and calling her
01:04:46a bastard mother
01:04:47her whole life.
01:04:48No!
01:04:48That's not true!
01:04:50Not convinced, Miss Carter.
01:04:51No problem.
01:04:52Some more proof for you then.
01:04:53My mother is
01:04:54Eleanor's biological daughter.
01:04:56Any one of you
01:04:56can do a DNA comparison
01:04:58with her to verify
01:04:58whether that's true or not.
01:05:07This is my mother,
01:05:08Eleanor Baker.
01:05:09In 1976,
01:05:10the year you left town,
01:05:12June 13th,
01:05:13was the last time
01:05:14you wrote my mother,
01:05:15saying you'd come back for us
01:05:16and take us both away.
01:05:18After that,
01:05:19we never heard from you again.
01:05:21She looks so much like Theodore.
01:05:23They don't even need
01:05:23a DNA test.
01:05:25What kind of beast
01:05:25leaves his pregnant wife
01:05:26out in the mountains
01:05:27and runs off
01:05:28to become a professor?
01:05:29All that talk about
01:05:31fairness and justice.
01:05:32How does this guy
01:05:33even do it?
01:05:33And he calls himself
01:05:34a professor?
01:05:35He doesn't deserve it.
01:05:37Hurry!
01:05:37Cut the live stream!
01:05:38Now!
01:05:39Stop filming!
01:05:42Professor Hale
01:05:43got so rattled
01:05:44he forgot something.
01:05:45There's not just
01:05:46your media here.
01:05:47there's media
01:05:48I brought to him.
01:05:50I'm afraid,
01:05:51Professor,
01:05:51nobody's shutting down
01:05:52the live stream this time.
01:05:53Mother,
01:05:54you waited for him
01:05:55until your last living day.
01:05:58Today,
01:05:58I brought you to him.
01:06:01Look at him carefully.
01:06:02Look at his face.
01:06:03Look at the woman beside him.
01:06:04Look at the life
01:06:05they've been living.
01:06:08Theodore,
01:06:09you keep saying
01:06:10you came from a small town
01:06:11and care the most
01:06:11about fairness.
01:06:13But do you even know
01:06:14what it truly means?
01:06:16Every time you say
01:06:17the name Eleanor,
01:06:18doesn't your conscience
01:06:19ache at all?
01:06:20It's lies.
01:06:21All lies.
01:06:22All of it.
01:06:23Is that all you have to say
01:06:25to us,
01:06:25to my mother and I?
01:06:27It's slander.
01:06:28I didn't do it.
01:06:29I didn't.
01:06:30Professor Hale,
01:06:31hello.
01:06:31This is Columbia's
01:06:32Judicial Affairs Office.
01:06:33The school has now formed
01:06:34a special investigative committee
01:06:36and officially launched
01:06:37an inquiry into your
01:06:37alleged identity fraud,
01:06:39academic misconduct,
01:06:40and abuse of power
01:06:40to suppress student complaints.
01:06:42Please report to campus
01:06:43for questioning
01:06:43within 24 hours.
01:06:48Theodore!
01:06:50It's all her!
01:06:52Her father used
01:06:53the mayor's power
01:06:54to pressure me!
01:06:57Theodore Hale,
01:06:58have you lost
01:06:58your damn mind?
01:06:59What the hell
01:07:00are you talking about?
01:07:02You were the one
01:07:03who came to me back then.
01:07:05You were the one
01:07:06who said that country girl
01:07:08wasn't good enough for you.
01:07:10And now you're
01:07:11dumping everything on me?
01:07:13All that stuff
01:07:13about 50 years
01:07:14of standing by each other,
01:07:15the old educator's composure,
01:07:17the veteran artist's integrity,
01:07:19under the truth,
01:07:20it all shattered into dust.
01:07:21The ugly side of humanity
01:07:23put on full display.
01:07:27Shut your mouth!
01:07:29Why else would I be with you
01:07:30if I wasn't coerced?
01:07:32You shut up!
01:07:35What right do you have
01:07:37to bring up my dad?
01:07:38Back then,
01:07:39you were the one
01:07:40of my family's connections,
01:07:41and now you blame
01:07:42everything on me.
01:07:43Have you got no shame?
01:07:44I'm done!
01:07:46I'll fight you to the death!
01:07:49I'll fight you to the death!
01:07:50Ladies and gentlemen,
01:07:51we're with the State Department
01:07:51of Justice Special Investigation Team.
01:07:54As for the cases involving
01:07:56Theodore Hale
01:07:56and Veronica Carter's
01:07:57identity fraud,
01:07:58academic misconduct,
01:08:00money laundering,
01:08:00and related offenses,
01:08:01we are now officially
01:08:02placing you under arrest.
01:08:05Officer...
01:08:05Theodore,
01:08:06Veronica,
01:08:07come with us.
01:08:09Officer,
01:08:10you've got it all wrong.
01:08:11None of this is real.
01:08:14It was her!
01:08:15She's the mastermind!
01:08:17I'm the victim here!
01:08:18Take her away!
01:08:20Officer,
01:08:21if you're taking anybody,
01:08:22take Theodore.
01:08:25This has nothing to do with me!
01:08:27He did all of it!
01:08:28I didn't know a thing!
01:08:29It was you!
01:08:30You did this!
01:08:32All of it!
01:08:36I'm sorry, Eleanor.
01:08:37I'm so sorry.
01:08:39It's all my fault.
01:08:42It was Dad's fault.
01:08:44It was Grandpa's fault.
01:08:45Please forgive me, okay?
01:08:47You've all got my blood in you.
01:08:50You can't just turn your backs on me.
01:08:56He finally said the apology
01:08:58he owed for 50 years.
01:09:00But Grandma,
01:09:01she couldn't hear it.
01:09:02Still, that's okay.
01:09:04I've settled this account.
01:09:07Claire!
01:09:08This is amazing!
01:09:10We did it!
01:09:11Yeah, we did it.
01:09:13From now on,
01:09:14you can focus on your studies in peace.
01:09:17No one's ever going use you
01:09:19as a stepping stone again.
01:09:22Your work belongs to you
01:09:24and you alone.
01:09:26Claire, thank you.
01:09:30Me too.
01:09:32Someday,
01:09:32I'm going to be a lawyer like you.
01:09:36Us too!
01:09:39It's over.
01:09:40The DA's office will stay on top
01:09:42of the rest of the legal process
01:09:43all the way through.
01:09:45Thank you, Liam.
01:09:47I couldn't have gotten through this
01:09:48without your support.
01:09:49I told you,
01:09:50you're not walking the road
01:09:51to justice alone.
01:09:54Grandma,
01:09:55you were trapped in that town
01:09:56for 50 years
01:09:57and when you died,
01:09:58you still couldn't be buried
01:09:59alongside your family.
01:10:00Today, everything is as it should have been.
01:10:02You may finally rest in peace.
01:10:05The man who abandoned you and daughter
01:10:06and the woman who stole your life,
01:10:08they both got what was coming to them.
01:10:10Renowned law professor Theodore Hale
01:10:11has been permanently asked from his post
01:10:12and stripped of all honorary titles
01:10:13for identity fraud,
01:10:14academic misconduct,
01:10:15and abuse of the justice system.
01:10:16Renowned artist Verona Carter
01:10:17has been arrested on charges
01:10:18including identity PF
01:10:19and money laundering.
01:10:20Grandma, do you hear that?
01:10:22Their fortune is gone,
01:10:24they're both behind bars
01:10:25and they'll spend the rest
01:10:26of their lives in prison.
01:10:27Mom, I've held this anger in
01:10:28for 50 years.
01:10:30At long last,
01:10:31I can let it go.
01:10:33I founded this firm
01:10:34and named it Fulcrum
01:10:36because this is where justice,
01:10:38equality,
01:10:38and integrity
01:10:39connect to each other.
01:10:41Where lawyers are not afraid
01:10:42to get their hands dirty
01:10:44while keeping their conscience clean.
01:10:48Claire, thank you.
01:10:49You're standing here
01:10:50because you made it here yourself.
01:10:52I just moved the stones
01:10:53out of your way.
01:10:55One day,
01:10:55you'll be the one
01:10:56sitting in a position of authority.
01:10:58Others will look to you
01:11:00for your approval,
01:11:01for your hand to guide them.
01:11:03When that day comes,
01:11:04remember the road
01:11:05that brought you here.
01:11:07Alright everyone,
01:11:09let's get to work.
01:11:11There are probably still
01:11:12many people like Eleanor
01:11:13trapped in their own little towns.
01:11:15The next fight starts
01:11:17right here,
01:11:18right now.
01:11:19we'll see you next time.
01:11:20Thank you.
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