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00:00:01Your Honor, members of the jury, I am Alexander Hale, delivering my 283rd closing argument.
00:00:09My client, Ryan Colby, is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Senator Barrington three months ago.
00:00:18The prosecution cannot prove premeditation or that my client had the capacity to commit murder.
00:00:27All rise.
00:00:30The jury finds Ryan Colby not guilty.
00:00:33He is released and ordered to undergo one year of mandatory psychological treatment.
00:00:47Mr. Hale, you just defended a murderer.
00:00:50His widow says you're defiling the law.
00:00:52What do you say?
00:00:53I'm not the one defiling the law, miss.
00:00:55But your client did kill someone.
00:00:57Aren't you helping him escape justice?
00:01:00The law is not perfect.
00:01:04Mr. Hale, Ryan Colby's psych evaluation was done by Dr. Whitman at your request, but he seems perfectly normal.
00:01:13Sarah, you've been with me three months.
00:01:16You know the rules.
00:01:17But if he's not insane, this was premeditated murder.
00:01:21Aren't we helping a killer escape?
00:01:25But this is the evidence we have.
00:01:31What's next on the schedule?
00:01:33Charles Blackwood, CEO of Blackwood Properties, has requested you three times for an urgent case.
00:01:39Charles Blackwood, the richest man in New York?
00:01:42Yes.
00:01:43His son, son Victor, is charged with rape, and the prosecution's evidence is solid.
00:01:47Is that so?
00:01:52You can't even screw around without ending up in court?
00:01:56What's in that empty head of yours?
00:01:58Dad, it was an accident.
00:01:59That woman, she...
00:02:00Shut up!
00:02:02You raped a woman on your yacht and left evidence.
00:02:05Do you think the media will let it slide?
00:02:08She's going to distort me.
00:02:09Shut up!
00:02:15I've hired Hale.
00:02:16If he takes it, you walk free.
00:02:19If it cause trouble, you will rot.
00:02:22Fine.
00:02:23But is this Hale really that good?
00:02:2625 years, 283 wins, zero losses.
00:02:29They call him the Grim Reaper because he never misses.
00:02:32So I can countersue that bitch?
00:02:34Put her in jail?
00:02:36As long as you stay put.
00:02:38Don't leave this house before the trial this afternoon.
00:02:46Did you hear me?
00:02:47Yeah, yeah.
00:03:04Sir, Hale's here.
00:03:11Mr. Hale!
00:03:12Finally, come in, please.
00:03:14Have a seat.
00:03:14You're too kind, Mr. Blackwood.
00:03:16That limited edition Groff bracelet you sent, I haven't thanked you yet.
00:03:19It's nothing.
00:03:20Having you here is already an honor.
00:03:30Mr. Hale, I'll be direct.
00:03:32My son, Victor, has been set up, framed for rape, but I assure you he is innocent.
00:03:38Legal fees, $5 million.
00:03:40Cash.
00:03:41You can take half today.
00:03:42Generous, but I take cases for the challenge, not the money.
00:03:46Your son's case is interesting.
00:03:50I'll take it.
00:03:53Excellent.
00:03:54When is the trial?
00:03:55Two hours.
00:03:56The files have already been sent to your email.
00:04:01I'll go prepare.
00:04:03We're counting on you.
00:04:04Anything you need, just ask.
00:04:14Clara?
00:04:15What's wrong, sweetheart?
00:04:16Dad!
00:04:17They're beating Daniel to death.
00:04:18You're in big trouble!
00:04:20What?
00:04:21Where are you?
00:04:22Send me the address.
00:04:23I'm coming right now.
00:04:26Daniel and Clara are gentle.
00:04:28How'd they get into this mess?
00:04:30Wait for me here.
00:04:31I'll be right back.
00:04:32But the trial starts in just over an hour.
00:04:34I gave Charles my word, and I'll keep it.
00:04:37But my daughter is now in danger.
00:04:38I'll be back as soon as I can.
00:04:47Yeah, Dad?
00:04:48Listen, I met with Hale.
00:04:50He's agreed to take your case.
00:04:52Really?
00:04:53That Grim Reaper lawyer you talked about?
00:04:55So I won't have to go to jail?
00:04:57As long as Hale takes the case, he'll win.
00:04:59But remember this.
00:05:00Hale is tough and ruthless.
00:05:03Don't cross him, or we'll both pay for it.
00:05:07Yeah, yeah, I got it.
00:05:09Gotta go.
00:05:09I'm heading to eat.
00:05:12Victor, your dad really got that Hale guy?
00:05:15Damn right.
00:05:17One word from me, and that bitch who accused me goes to jail.
00:05:21That's our Victor.
00:05:22She came willingly, and now blames you.
00:05:25Ungrateful bitch.
00:05:27You sure know how to talk.
00:05:29All right, enough of that depressing stuff.
00:05:31Let's go eat.
00:05:37Daniel, thank you for bringing me here.
00:05:39And this bracelet, it's gorgeous.
00:05:42You've been working so hard lately, you deserve a break.
00:05:44This bracelet isn't from me.
00:05:45Dad asked me to give it to you.
00:05:48Dad?
00:05:54Daniel, give this bracelet to Clara for me.
00:06:00This is...
00:06:01Graf's limited edition?
00:06:02A gift from a client.
00:06:05Only one in the world.
00:06:07Knew it'd suit her the second I saw it.
00:06:09Claire will be thrilled.
00:06:12Take good care of her, Daniel.
00:06:14She means everything to me.
00:06:17Oh, my God.
00:06:18Dad's always like this.
00:06:19He never says it, but he spoils me rotten.
00:06:23Because you deserve it.
00:06:24A toast to our one-year anniversary.
00:06:28Cheers.
00:06:33Clear out the best table for me.
00:06:35Mr. Blackheart, welcome.
00:06:37Your reservation...
00:06:38The best table.
00:06:40Now!
00:06:44That table is already occupied.
00:06:47That one?
00:06:48Get them out.
00:06:53Hey, I want this table.
00:06:55Pack up and get lost.
00:06:56Excuse me, we're dining here, and we arrived first.
00:06:59You?
00:07:00This whole place is on my father's property.
00:07:02I own this entire block.
00:07:03I sit wherever I damn please.
00:07:05Let's just go.
00:07:06I don't want any trouble.
00:07:07This chick is gorgeous.
00:07:10And...
00:07:11She looks pregnant?
00:07:13Victor's got good taste.
00:07:14A pregnant one?
00:07:15Way more exciting than those models on the yacht.
00:07:18Shame she's stuck with such a loser.
00:07:20Excuse me.
00:07:21Don't go.
00:07:22Since we crossed paths, must be fate.
00:07:25Want to grab a drink?
00:07:26No, thanks.
00:07:27She's my wife.
00:07:28Show some respect.
00:07:38Don't look at him.
00:07:39Just eat.
00:07:43Marcus, how much do you think that pregnant chick over there would go for one night?
00:07:46Victor, a piece like that?
00:07:4750,000 a night minimum.
00:07:4950,000?
00:07:50Too low.
00:07:51200,000?
00:07:52I'd pay that for one night.
00:07:55Watch your mouth!
00:08:04Teach him how to talk.
00:08:20Let him go!
00:08:23Beat him!
00:08:25Beat him!
00:08:39Dad!
00:08:41We're at Prime & Co.
00:08:45Who are you calling?
00:08:46Daddy?
00:08:47Daddy can't help you now.
00:08:53You smell good, beautiful, and pregnant.
00:08:58I love pregnant women.
00:09:01That grave eternal?
00:09:03Only one in the world.
00:09:05My dad bought it.
00:09:05How does she have it?
00:09:06She knows Hale?
00:09:07Hale is tough and ruthless.
00:09:10Don't cross him.
00:09:13Fakes are everywhere these days.
00:09:15Who knows if it's real?
00:09:22A pregnant one.
00:09:23Never had one before.
00:09:25Today I'll make you my first.
00:09:32You idiot!
00:09:33Let her go!
00:09:35You bitch!
00:09:37You dare bite me?
00:09:40Clara!
00:09:43Hold her down!
00:09:52Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
00:09:59You animal!
00:10:00I'll kill you!
00:10:01I'll tear you apart!
00:10:04Look at her bloody face.
00:10:05How many teeth do you think she'd have left after one more punch?
00:10:08You don't touch her.
00:10:09Please, take it out on me.
00:10:11Put your right hand on that griddle.
00:10:13Hold it for ten seconds, and you walk.
00:10:16No!
00:10:17Your hand will be ruined!
00:10:31Does it hurt?
00:10:36No!
00:10:37No!
00:10:37Please don't hurt him!
00:10:43Hold him up!
00:10:44Put his hand on the griddle!
00:10:46No!
00:10:51Clara's phone is still not going through.
00:10:53GPS shows she's still at the restaurant.
00:11:09Look at me.
00:11:12I told you to look at me.
00:11:14Your husband's right hand is done for.
00:11:17Let's play something else.
00:11:21He fell asleep, but I'm not done playing yet.
00:11:29No!
00:11:37How about I help wake him up?
00:11:39No, please.
00:11:40Look at what's become of him.
00:11:44Open his hand.
00:11:47Three, two, one.
00:11:50No!
00:11:52Daniel!
00:11:55Stay still, bitch.
00:11:58Tear clothes off.
00:12:01No, don't.
00:12:18Don't move.
00:12:31Please, don't.
00:12:34Don't?
00:12:37I'll take good care of you.
00:12:40Hold her steady.
00:12:47Scream.
00:12:48You can't scream now, can you?
00:12:53Hear that?
00:12:55That's the sound of a pregnant woman moaning.
00:12:57Beautiful, isn't it?
00:13:04Wake that woman up.
00:13:06No fun if she's asleep.
00:13:19Cold.
00:13:20So cold.
00:13:21My stomach.
00:13:22Awake?
00:13:23Good.
00:13:24Let's continue.
00:13:25You know the best part?
00:13:27That thing inside you must be terrified.
00:13:30Please, spare my baby.
00:13:32I'll do anything you want.
00:13:34Anything?
00:13:35Mm-hmm.
00:13:37Good.
00:13:38Then crawl over here like a worm and say,
00:13:41Please, sir, have mercy on me.
00:13:54Please.
00:13:59Louder!
00:14:00I can't hear you!
00:14:01Please!
00:14:02Please!
00:14:05Good.
00:14:06Very good.
00:14:08Did you get that?
00:14:09Got it.
00:14:10HD.
00:14:12We can savor it later.
00:14:21Does it hurt here?
00:14:27Hear that?
00:14:30Hear that?
00:14:31No!
00:14:37No!
00:14:39No!
00:14:41No!
00:14:41No!
00:14:42No!
00:14:43No!
00:14:44No!
00:14:46No!
00:14:48No!
00:14:49No!
00:14:51No!
00:14:52No!
00:14:52No!
00:15:02What if I cut? Would that little thing pop out?
00:15:05No. Don't. Please. Spare my baby.
00:15:09Spare you? Your husband punched me. You bit me. You still owe me.
00:15:19No. No. No. No.
00:15:37What did you do to her?
00:15:41Another one looking to die.
00:15:48Daddy's here. You're safe now.
00:15:50Dad.
00:15:53Daniel. Daniel.
00:16:00Do you know what you've done?
00:16:02This is assault. Torture. You'll rot in prison.
00:16:05The law?
00:16:07Old man, he's the Blackwood heir. And you're talking law?
00:16:10Blackwood. The case I just took.
00:16:13Hear that? I am the law here.
00:16:16But then again, hand over some cash and maybe I'll let you drag a Cripper out of here.
00:16:22It's half a million. Pins on the back. Let him go.
00:16:26Half a million? My dad gives me more pocket money just for one day.
00:16:30Besides, your pretty pregnant daughter. I'll care for her after you.
00:16:33You dare touch her again!
00:16:34Beat him!
00:16:43Old bastard! You dare hit me?
00:16:46Dad! No! Please don't hit him!
00:16:56Look carefully. Alexander Hale, attorney at law.
00:17:02I'm the defense attorney your father hired.
00:17:10Hale.
00:17:17Victor, this looks real.
00:17:19You dare try to fool me with a fake ID?
00:17:28Alexander Hale?
00:17:29The Grim Reaper?
00:17:31You a sweaty, haggit old man?
00:17:33Don't make me laugh.
00:17:34You're making a catastrophic mistake.
00:17:39Beat him!
00:17:40Beat him!
00:17:41Beat him!
00:17:42Beat him!
00:17:42Beat him!
00:17:43Beat him!
00:17:45Beat him!
00:17:54You think you can fool me with a fake ID?
00:17:58Fine. I'll call my dad right now and expose you!
00:18:05Dad?
00:18:06Victor!
00:18:07Where the hell are you?
00:18:09I'm having dinner with the guys.
00:18:12Hey, Dad. Has that Hale guy shown up at the courthouse yet?
00:18:15Yeah.
00:18:18Yeah.
00:18:21He's here. His assistant is right outside.
00:18:24Trial starts soon. Get here now. If you're late, you're done.
00:18:27Yeah, yeah. I got it.
00:18:33Great acting.
00:18:34Stop it! He really is Hale!
00:18:38Victor, what if he really is?
00:18:40My dad just said Hale is at the courthouse!
00:18:45You'll regret this.
00:18:47I'll regret it? Keep beating him!
00:18:49No!
00:18:57Old man, just kneel down and say you're not Hale, and I'll let you go.
00:19:06I am Alexander Hale.
00:19:13Keep hitting!
00:19:17Victor, we're running out of time.
00:19:20Cut the crap. I don't have time for this.
00:19:23I'm heading to the courthouse.
00:19:29I need two ambulances.
00:19:31Address, Prime & Co., 45 East 52nd Street.
00:19:34Critical injuries. Send them immediately.
00:19:38I'm sorry.
00:19:40This is all Daddy's fault.
00:19:44Mr. Hale, your son-in-law.
00:19:47How is he?
00:19:49Right hand may need amputation.
00:19:51Left palm treated, ribs fractured, brain bleeding, neurosurgery evaluating.
00:19:56And my daughter?
00:19:58Three cracked ribs, mild concussion.
00:20:00We couldn't save the baby.
00:20:01Facial trauma may require reconstructive restrictive surgery later.
00:20:05Please get the best doctors.
00:20:06Money's not a concern.
00:20:10Mr. Miller is stable, but his right hand, we did everything we could.
00:20:15Ms. Hale is awake.
00:20:16She's asking for you.
00:20:20Dad, Daniel, my baby.
00:20:28Sweetheart, Daniel is alive.
00:20:30But the baby...
00:20:32Dad, I'm sorry.
00:20:35No.
00:20:37Sweetheart, no.
00:20:38Don't apologize.
00:20:39None of this is your fault.
00:20:43That scumbag.
00:20:46I'll make him pay.
00:20:47I swear it.
00:20:51Charles Blackwood.
00:20:53Victor Blackwood.
00:20:55Even if that money puts you above the law,
00:20:58you're wrong.
00:21:05Mrs. Cruz, can you recall what happened?
00:21:07Don't touch me!
00:21:09Stay away from me!
00:21:10Don't film my daughter!
00:21:13Baby, mommy's here.
00:21:14Mommy's here.
00:21:20Mr. Blackwood, the victim insists on charging you with rape.
00:21:23What's your response?
00:21:24Rape?
00:21:25Ridiculous.
00:21:26I'm innocent.
00:21:26She hit on me, tried shaking me down.
00:21:29You're lying!
00:21:30You raped my daughter!
00:21:32My lawyer will prove me innocent.
00:21:35I'll find you later with my friends and we'll have fun.
00:21:39You animal!
00:21:40Stay away from my daughter!
00:21:43Animal?
00:21:43The law will prove my innocence.
00:21:46After all, the Grim Reaper is defending me.
00:21:59They say the law only favors the rich.
00:22:02But today, I'm gonna see who the law truly stands with.
00:22:07Victor's records for the last three years.
00:22:09Seven female complaints all settled with Blackwood's money.
00:22:15Let's go.
00:22:16Prepare for trial.
00:22:23I was very gentle that night, Miss Cruz.
00:22:26How come you don't remember?
00:22:28You monster!
00:22:29You know what you did to my daughter?
00:22:31You'll run in hell!
00:22:34Say that again?
00:22:36Victor!
00:22:37Sit down!
00:22:38You want to be found guilty right here?
00:22:40Sit!
00:22:43Bitch.
00:22:44Once we leave, your family's finished.
00:22:49My lawyer's on his way.
00:22:51You're doomed.
00:23:07Prosecuting attorney Alexander Hale, now present.
00:23:13Prosecuting attorney Alexander Hale, now present.
00:23:17Mr. Hale, your face.
00:23:19What happened?
00:23:19Who did this?
00:23:20Tell me and I'll make them pay.
00:23:21You did it, Mr. Blackwood.
00:23:24What do you mean?
00:23:25What are you talking about?
00:23:26What you did to me today was no kindness.
00:23:29I'm dropping your case.
00:23:30Take your check back.
00:23:32Mr. Hale, whatever's happened, it's all a misunderstanding.
00:23:34Name your price.
00:23:35Ten, twenty, fifty million.
00:23:37Keep your hands off me.
00:23:39From now on, I only defend justice.
00:23:48Where did you go at noon today?
00:23:53I just went out for lunch.
00:23:56I ran into some trouble.
00:23:58What kind of trouble?
00:24:00A woman had the bracelet you bought.
00:24:02I beat her until she miscarried, beat her husband, and I hit Hale.
00:24:08You idiot!
00:24:10You touched someone you shouldn't have!
00:24:14Order.
00:24:18Defense counsel absent.
00:24:20Final question.
00:24:21Any other legal representation?
00:24:23No.
00:24:23Your Honor, the counsel just encountered a temporary issue.
00:24:27Given the defendant has no counsel, we'll appoint a federal public defender.
00:24:31Until then...
00:24:33Your Honor, wait, please.
00:24:36You are?
00:24:38Your Honor, I am Ethan Reynolds, counsel for the defendant, Victor Blackwood.
00:24:43Mr. Reynolds, do you know who the prosecuting attorney is in this case?
00:24:47Of course.
00:24:48Alexander Hale, my mentor.
00:24:52You're not my student.
00:24:54My students don't defend rapists.
00:24:58Everyone deserves a defense.
00:25:00Isn't that what you taught me?
00:25:03Since defense counsel is now present, this court will proceed.
00:25:12Sarah, heard Hale's trouble.
00:25:14He'll need the old files for reference, right?
00:25:19Mr. Hale has his own plans.
00:25:21I'm not at liberty to say.
00:25:22Sarah, he never goes unprepared.
00:25:24Give me the files.
00:25:25I'll help him build a counter strategy.
00:25:29These are all the materials for Victor's case.
00:25:31But promise, only for reference.
00:25:33Sarah, he never goes unprepared.
00:25:35Give me the files.
00:25:35I'll help him build a counter strategy.
00:25:37I promise.
00:25:42Mr. Hale, you're old.
00:25:43This courtroom is no place for an old relic like you.
00:25:47Is that so?
00:25:48You think you've learned all my tricks?
00:25:50No.
00:25:51I'm better than you.
00:25:56Both present.
00:25:57With new prosecution, both may give new openings.
00:26:01Prosecution first.
00:26:03Your Honor, members of the jury.
00:26:05The defendant, Victor Blackwood, is charged with first-degree rape, false imprisonment, and assault.
00:26:10Three months ago, the victim, Isabella Cruz, was sexually assaulted aboard his yacht.
00:26:15Objection.
00:26:16State your grounds.
00:26:18Sexual assault is prejudicial.
00:26:20Until proven, my client is only accused.
00:26:23Please remind them.
00:26:25Objection sustained.
00:26:26Prosecution, mind your language.
00:26:35Members of the jury, the prosecution painted a terrifying picture.
00:26:40A powerful man rapes an innocent girl.
00:26:42Yet they have no proof.
00:26:44No third-party witnesses.
00:26:46Only her word.
00:26:47I suspect a false accusation.
00:26:56I learned that my mentor had withdrew from your defense, so here is my gesture of goodwill.
00:27:04Mr. Reynolds, you've given me something to think about.
00:27:08That money was well spent.
00:27:10Of course, Mr. Blackwood.
00:27:12I'll have your son acquitted.
00:27:14You outsmarted Hale.
00:27:15He thought he was the hunter, but he got out-hunted in his own den.
00:27:19I've waited long enough.
00:27:20Hale thought he was above me.
00:27:21In this city, money rules.
00:27:23He turned.
00:27:24I'll deal with him.
00:27:26The prosecution calls its first witness, Isabella Cruz.
00:27:36Mrs. Cruz, please tell the jury what happened that night on the yacht.
00:27:40Victor grabbed my arm and pulled me inside despite my refusal.
00:27:45And then?
00:27:47He locked me in, pushed me on the bed, and wouldn't stop despite my pleas.
00:27:58Order.
00:28:00Mrs. Cruz, I understand this is difficult.
00:28:03But I have a few questions.
00:28:05Please answer truthfully.
00:28:08How much did you drink at the party that night?
00:28:12I...
00:28:12I don't remember.
00:28:13Maybe two or three.
00:28:14Two or three?
00:28:15The steward said you had at least six.
00:28:18Is memory reliable after six drinks?
00:28:21Objection.
00:28:22Defense counsel is leading the witness, confusing alcohol with unreliable memory.
00:28:27Objection sustained.
00:28:28Defense counsel, watch your questioning style.
00:28:30Let me rephrase.
00:28:32After drinking, did you voluntarily walk into the inner area?
00:28:35No.
00:28:36He pulled me in.
00:28:37Whether he pulled you or you followed, no one can verify that except you.
00:28:41Correct?
00:28:42He's lying.
00:28:43I'm not saying anyone lied.
00:28:44I'm stating there is no third-party witness.
00:28:47That's a fact.
00:28:51Miss Cruz, you said no one saw him pull you in.
00:28:54Was anyone else in that room?
00:28:56No.
00:28:57Just the two of us.
00:28:59So Victor chose a place with no one around.
00:29:01Where no one could hear you scream.
00:29:03That's not a coincidence, is it?
00:29:08Mrs. Cruz, please answer my final question.
00:29:11Did Victor Blackwood sleep with you against your will?
00:29:15Yes.
00:29:17He raped me.
00:29:18I begged him to stop, but he didn't.
00:29:22Your Honor, I have no further questions.
00:29:30My daughter.
00:29:32How terrified she must have been.
00:29:36Oh.
00:29:46Mr. Lane, you were working on the yacht that night, correct?
00:29:49Yes.
00:29:50Please tell the jury, did you see Isabella Cruz and Victor Blackwood together?
00:29:54I saw them.
00:29:56They were chatting on the deck.
00:29:58She seemed...
00:29:59happy.
00:30:00Kept laughing.
00:30:05Did she drink?
00:30:07Yes.
00:30:08She asked me for several cocktails, at least five or six.
00:30:12Then what happened?
00:30:13Then...
00:30:14they walked into the cabin hand in hand.
00:30:16It looked...
00:30:18consensual.
00:30:22He's lying!
00:30:23I didn't hold his hand!
00:30:27Order.
00:30:28Mr. Lane,
00:30:30who do you work for?
00:30:31Blackwood Yacht Club,
00:30:33who pays your salary?
00:30:36The Blackwood family,
00:30:38how long have you worked for the Blackwood family?
00:30:43Two years.
00:30:45Two years on Blackwood's payroll.
00:30:48Your testimony,
00:30:49in 53.
00:30:51Wouldn't you hate to let your boss down?
00:30:55Objection!
00:30:56The prosecution is attacking the witness credibility.
00:30:58I'm asking a reasonable question.
00:31:00Could his testimony be influenced by his employer?
00:31:03Objection overruled witness.
00:31:05Please answer.
00:31:08I...
00:31:09I'm just saying that I saw.
00:31:10You said they walked in hand in hand.
00:31:12Did you see any bruises on her arm?
00:31:14Did you see the fear on her face?
00:31:16Did you hear her crying for help inside?
00:31:18I...
00:31:18I didn't look closely.
00:31:20You didn't look closely,
00:31:21yet you're sure they were hand in hand.
00:31:23Your eyesight is very selective.
00:31:26Mr. Lane,
00:31:27did you lie to keep your job?
00:31:29I...
00:31:29I swear I'm telling the truth.
00:31:31Sure you swear.
00:31:33But your paycheck's worth more than your conscience, isn't it?
00:31:38I have no further questions.
00:31:45Your Honor, Members of the Jury.
00:31:47After today's proceedings, I ask you to reflect on what we've heard.
00:31:50No third-party witnesses, no physical evidence,
00:31:53just a Blackwood employee the prosecutor can point to.
00:31:56But any direct proof?
00:31:58No DNA, no medical report, no evidence.
00:32:01Just a drunk story.
00:32:09Your Honor, Members of the Jury.
00:32:10My opponent is right.
00:32:12So far, I have no direct proof of rape.
00:32:15But I remind you, this trial is not over.
00:32:18And remember,
00:32:19in a courtroom, the only constant is change.
00:32:24Given the time we'll proceed,
00:32:26classification continues.
00:32:32Your Honor, I submit this sexual assault exam report
00:32:35as Exhibit 1.
00:32:42From the hospital.
00:32:43The chain of custody is complete.
00:32:45With police supervision and signatures,
00:32:47you may verify it.
00:32:50The chain appears complete.
00:32:52Admitted.
00:32:53Classification proceed.
00:33:01DNA testing confirms Victor Seaman was found on the victim.
00:33:05This is irrefutable proof,
00:33:07not mere suspicion.
00:33:13Objection!
00:33:14This sample may not be within the golden window.
00:33:16She went within four hours,
00:33:18within the 72-hour window.
00:33:20Valid.
00:33:22Objection overruled.
00:33:24Defense note,
00:33:25unless you have substantial rebuttal,
00:33:31What now?
00:33:33You said I'm within.
00:33:35Let me think.
00:33:36This DNA evidence eliminates all reasonable doubt.
00:33:39But I'm not done.
00:33:41Next evidence that Victor Blackwell
00:33:43is a habitual offender's NYPD records.
00:33:46Seven complaints in three years,
00:33:47all settled by Blackwood's money.
00:33:54Objection.
00:33:56These are unsubstantiated complaints
00:33:58pattern evidence under Rule 404B.
00:34:01Proves behavior,
00:34:02not direct conviction.
00:34:03Objection overruled.
00:34:05Prosecution proceed.
00:34:07Not his first time.
00:34:09Cruz is one of many victims.
00:34:11It's habit,
00:34:12not impulse.
00:34:13Choice,
00:34:14not accident.
00:34:17Your Honor,
00:34:19final evidence,
00:34:20yacht hallway surveillance.
00:34:26No.
00:34:28Impossible.
00:34:31Admit it.
00:34:32Play it.
00:34:43Look at his pocket.
00:34:44GHB,
00:34:45the date-rape's drug.
00:34:46He carries date-rape drugs.
00:34:49Cruz wasn't drunk.
00:34:50She was drugged.
00:34:59His MO drugged them,
00:35:00then claim it was consensual.
00:35:02I request the enlarged screenshots
00:35:04and GH forensic documentations
00:35:06be admitted as physical evidence.
00:35:10Granted.
00:35:11Say something!
00:35:13Refute him!
00:35:14You said you knew all his strategies?
00:35:16Let me think.
00:35:17Let me think.
00:35:20Recall defense's earlier claims.
00:35:22Cruz drank six drinks.
00:35:24Memory underliable.
00:35:25No witness.
00:35:26No physical evidence.
00:35:28Now you've seen the drug.
00:35:30The drag.
00:35:30Her limp body.
00:35:32This is evidence.
00:35:33Not memory.
00:35:34Overwhelming.
00:35:40Your Honor,
00:35:41final exhibit,
00:35:42medical records
00:35:42for my daughter Clara
00:35:43and son-in-law Daniel.
00:35:45My pregnant daughter
00:35:45was beaten until she miscarried.
00:35:47Daniel's right hand was burned.
00:35:49His left palm was pierced by a fork.
00:35:54Victor Blackhood brutally abused them
00:35:56at the restaurant.
00:35:57He thought his money put him above the law,
00:35:59but he was wrong.
00:36:00But the law treats everyone equally,
00:36:03rich or poor.
00:36:04He drugged and raped Isabel,
00:36:05brutalized my family,
00:36:07and preys on women repeatedly.
00:36:08If he walks free,
00:36:10our laws mean nothing.
00:36:11Make the right choice
00:36:12for every potential victim,
00:36:15for those who still trust the law,
00:36:18find him guilty.
00:36:25Order.
00:36:27Order.
00:36:28I request the enlarged screenshots
00:36:30and GHB documentation be admitted.
00:36:34Granted.
00:36:39members of the jury,
00:36:41my client made mistakes.
00:36:43What he did in the restaurant
00:36:45is unforgivable,
00:36:46but,
00:36:47but what happened in the restaurant
00:36:49and the rape charge,
00:36:51the DNA,
00:36:52the drug,
00:36:53I ask you,
00:36:55when it comes to sentencing,
00:36:56to leave some room.
00:36:58Closing appointments concluded.
00:37:00Jury,
00:37:01retire for deliberation.
00:37:02Base your decision on evidence
00:37:04beyond reasonable doubt.
00:37:13That evidence.
00:37:15When did you get it?
00:37:16Evening.
00:37:17In a courtroom,
00:37:18the only constant is change.
00:37:20You thought you knew me.
00:37:22that you only saw what I wanted.
00:37:24So you let me think I'd won,
00:37:26then struck the fatal blow.
00:37:27No.
00:37:28The law convicted him.
00:37:30I just let the evidence speak
00:37:31at the right time.
00:37:38Members of the jury,
00:37:40have you reached a verdict?
00:37:44Yes, your honor.
00:37:48Please read the verdict.
00:37:50On the charge of first-degree rape,
00:37:53we,
00:37:54the jury,
00:37:55find the defendant guilty.
00:38:05No.
00:38:07Impossible.
00:38:13Guilty on all charges.
00:38:14Victor Blackwood,
00:38:16you are taken into custody.
00:38:18Ballots removed.
00:38:19No!
00:38:19My dad has money.
00:38:21He can fix anything.
00:38:22You can't do this.
00:38:24You think you won?
00:38:26My dad won't let you get away with this.
00:38:28Tell your dad to book an appointment.
00:38:30I'll defend everyone he's hurt.
00:38:33Who?
00:38:41You had his files.
00:38:43Promised me it was foolproof.
00:38:45Took my money.
00:38:46And this is how you,
00:38:47my son,
00:38:48to prison?
00:38:49Mr. Blackwood,
00:38:50the evidence Hale had
00:38:51wasn't in those files.
00:38:52He never let me know.
00:38:54I didn't hire you
00:38:55for excuses!
00:38:57You and he staged this.
00:38:59His evidence,
00:39:00your files,
00:39:00you conspired
00:39:02to send my son
00:39:02to prison.
00:39:03Mr. Blackwood,
00:39:04I didn't work with Hale.
00:39:06I betrayed him.
00:39:07I took your money.
00:39:08I just...
00:39:09Just not smart enough?
00:39:10Not good enough?
00:39:12Not as good
00:39:13as your mentor?
00:39:16Listen,
00:39:17you get nothing.
00:39:18I'll make sure
00:39:19every firm knows
00:39:20you're a useless lawyer
00:39:21who took money
00:39:22and still lost.
00:39:31Mr. Hale,
00:39:33I lost.
00:39:34I accept it completely.
00:39:35You didn't lose
00:39:36to the court.
00:39:37You lost to yourself.
00:39:38You abandoned
00:39:39your principles
00:39:40for money.
00:39:41Five years,
00:39:41Ethan.
00:39:42You learned my techniques
00:39:43but forgot
00:39:44the most important lesson.
00:39:45A lawyer's duty
00:39:46isn't to win.
00:39:47It's to bring truth
00:39:48to light.
00:39:54Dad,
00:39:55you're here.
00:39:57Sweetheart,
00:39:59how are you feeling?
00:40:01Much better.
00:40:02It's just...
00:40:04the baby's gone.
00:40:06Mr. Hale,
00:40:07in court,
00:40:08what happened?
00:40:10Victor Blackhole
00:40:12was found guilty
00:40:13on all four charges.
00:40:15Really?
00:40:17He's really in prison?
00:40:20Yes, sweetheart.
00:40:22He'll never have the chance
00:40:23to hurt anyone again.
00:40:26Mr. Hale,
00:40:27Miss Cruz and her mother
00:40:28insisted on thanking you
00:40:29in person.
00:40:30Mr. Hale,
00:40:31I had nightmares for months,
00:40:32thought he'd never be punished.
00:40:34You made me believe
00:40:35the law protects us.
00:40:40Thank your own courage.
00:40:41Your testimony
00:40:42was more powerful
00:40:43than my evidence.
00:40:44Mr. Hale,
00:40:46I don't know
00:40:47how to repay you.
00:40:47The best re-impostment
00:40:49is to help your daughter
00:40:50live a normal life.
00:40:51Take her away from New York,
00:40:53somewhere his name
00:40:54will never be heard.
00:41:02Alexander Hale,
00:41:03that's me.
00:41:05FBI,
00:41:06we've received complaints,
00:41:08bribery,
00:41:08witness threats,
00:41:09evidence fabrication.
00:41:11These are interesting.
00:41:12Who filed them?
00:41:14Charles Blackwood
00:41:15and your student,
00:41:16Ethan Reynolds.
00:41:18Cole,
00:41:18that's a rapist father
00:41:19and a losing lawyer,
00:41:21venge-tive and sore.
00:41:22That's your basis?
00:41:23This is a federal subpoena
00:41:24for you to appear
00:41:25next Wednesday
00:41:25for questioning.
00:41:30I'll be there.
00:41:31Passport held,
00:41:32firm search,
00:41:33record seized.
00:41:38Charles,
00:41:40you think this will
00:41:41take me down?
00:41:50Well, well,
00:41:52if it isn't my mentor,
00:41:53how does it feel
00:41:54to be subpoenaed?
00:41:56Ethan,
00:41:57your revenge
00:41:57is slower than I expected.
00:41:59I figured I'd give you
00:42:00a minute to brace yourself.
00:42:02After all,
00:42:03going from a lead attorney
00:42:04to a suspect,
00:42:05that kind of crash
00:42:06isn't easy
00:42:06for most people to swallow.
00:42:10Ethan,
00:42:11you know why
00:42:12you can never beat me?
00:42:13I can't beat you?
00:42:15Hale,
00:42:16did you get something wrong?
00:42:17You're the one
00:42:18being subpoenaed,
00:42:19not me.
00:42:20Oh, really?
00:42:21You think you've already won?
00:42:23Still stubborn
00:42:24at a time like this.
00:42:25You think you can really
00:42:26protect those two women?
00:42:28Against power like Blackwood's?
00:42:29You're nothing.
00:42:31All of you.
00:42:38I'll remember that.
00:42:46Ethan,
00:42:47you have the nerve
00:42:47to show up here?
00:42:48Sarah,
00:42:49I'm just here to cooperate.
00:42:50And while I'm at it,
00:42:51I thought I'd see
00:42:51if my mentor
00:42:52needs some consolation.
00:42:55You're despicable.
00:42:56You stole Mr. Hale's files
00:42:58to help that rapist
00:42:59and now you're turning around
00:42:59and framing him?
00:43:01Framing him?
00:43:02Those files
00:43:03were legally obtained.
00:43:05And the subpoena,
00:43:07that's the FBI's decision.
00:43:09What does that
00:43:09have to do with me?
00:43:10Sarah,
00:43:11don't waste your breath.
00:43:13Ethan,
00:43:13you just said that
00:43:14in the face of power,
00:43:15I am nothing.
00:43:16Then let's just see
00:43:17who ends up being nothing.
00:43:25Mr. Blackwood,
00:43:27there's still room
00:43:28for appeal.
00:43:30Appeal?
00:43:30My son's facing
00:43:3120 years behind bars.
00:43:33Do you have any idea
00:43:34what prison's like?
00:43:36Mr. Blackwood,
00:43:36please listen.
00:43:37We lost the case,
00:43:38but we can get
00:43:38this verdict overturned.
00:43:41What do you mean?
00:43:42If Hale's bar license
00:43:43gets rezeeked,
00:43:44every case he worked
00:43:45will be retried,
00:43:46your son's included.
00:43:47We've got a solid shot
00:43:48at reversing the conviction.
00:43:50Go on.
00:43:51I've already filed complaints
00:43:52with the FBI.
00:43:53Hale took bribes,
00:43:54threatened witnesses,
00:43:55fabricated evidence.
00:43:56Once he's convicted
00:43:57and disbarred,
00:43:58every case he's ever won
00:43:59will be overturned.
00:44:00So,
00:44:01you had me pay you
00:44:02not to win the case,
00:44:03but to help you
00:44:04take down Hale?
00:44:06Mr. Blackwood,
00:44:07this is a win-win.
00:44:07Ethan,
00:44:08listen to me carefully.
00:44:09If my son can't get out
00:44:11because of Hale's case,
00:44:13I'll make sure
00:44:13you never work
00:44:14in this country.
00:44:16I promise,
00:44:17I'll get your son's case
00:44:19overturned.
00:44:26Dad,
00:44:27did they do anything to you?
00:44:29I'm fine.
00:44:30They're treating me well here.
00:44:32After all,
00:44:32we're all familiar faces.
00:44:37They cuffed you.
00:44:38It's just procedure.
00:44:40Besides,
00:44:41I've been here two days
00:44:42and actually gained a pound.
00:44:43The food here
00:44:44is better than
00:44:45my own cooking.
00:44:46Mr. Hale,
00:44:47I've contacted
00:44:47over a dozen firms.
00:44:49No one's willing
00:44:50to take this case.
00:44:52Expected.
00:44:53Charles Blackwood
00:44:54holds too much sway
00:44:54over this city.
00:44:55No one wants to cross him
00:44:57for my sake.
00:44:57But you did all that
00:44:58for those victims.
00:44:59It shouldn't be like this.
00:45:01Those lawyers all said,
00:45:03they said you deserve this.
00:45:05It's completely unfair.
00:45:06Dad only stood up
00:45:07for those victims,
00:45:08and now he's being
00:45:08targeted as payback.
00:45:10How dare they say
00:45:10you deserve this?
00:45:16Sweetheart,
00:45:17this world was never fair.
00:45:19After defending the rich
00:45:20for so many years,
00:45:21I should have known
00:45:21this day would come.
00:45:26No!
00:45:27Mr. Hale,
00:45:28you're not that kind of person.
00:45:29You've helped so many people.
00:45:31You don't deserve
00:45:31to be treated like this.
00:45:33Sarah, listen to me.
00:45:34You and Clara
00:45:35leave New York tonight.
00:45:36Go to the West Coast,
00:45:38somewhere the Blackwood family
00:45:39can't reach.
00:45:40No, I won't leave!
00:45:41Clara,
00:45:42you just lost your baby.
00:45:43Daniel's still in the hospital.
00:45:45What you need is safety,
00:45:46not to be dragged down with me.
00:45:48Dad,
00:45:49why do you have to take
00:45:50all of this on alone?
00:45:52I won't leave.
00:45:54Mr. Hale,
00:45:55I'm your assistant.
00:45:57If I walk out on you too,
00:45:59they'll have won for good.
00:46:00If I gave up on you now,
00:46:02I never would have picked
00:46:03this profession from the start.
00:46:06Sarah,
00:46:07this path is hard.
00:46:09I'm not afraid.
00:46:11Mr. Hale,
00:46:11the first thing you ever taught me
00:46:12was a lawyer isn't here to win.
00:46:14A lawyer is here
00:46:15to make the truth heard.
00:46:17If I walked away now,
00:46:18I wouldn't deserve
00:46:19to be your assistant.
00:46:22Good.
00:46:23Then let's see exactly
00:46:24what you're capable of.
00:46:29Mr. Hale,
00:46:30what's your response
00:46:31to the bribery charges?
00:46:32Do you admit
00:46:32threatening witnesses?
00:46:36Alexander Hale,
00:46:37you devil!
00:46:39You remember me!
00:46:40This is my son,
00:46:42Patrick Doyle.
00:46:43He died 20 years ago
00:46:45because of you!
00:46:46My son was innocent.
00:46:48He was about to win.
00:46:50It was you.
00:46:51You drove him
00:46:52to his death.
00:46:54Ladies and gentlemen,
00:46:55I was once Hale's student.
00:46:57Today,
00:46:58I must step forward
00:46:58to expose him.
00:47:00This man would sacrifice
00:47:01anyone for his own gain.
00:47:02And Ms. Margaret's son,
00:47:03Patrick,
00:47:04is the perfect proof.
00:47:08Lock him up!
00:47:09A lawyer like that
00:47:10doesn't deserve to live!
00:47:14Shut up!
00:47:15You know nothing!
00:47:17My dad only ended up like this
00:47:18because he was helping others.
00:47:20Helping?
00:47:21Clara,
00:47:21your father only helped himself.
00:47:28Trust me.
00:47:32Mr. Hale,
00:47:33please.
00:47:34Help me.
00:47:36I can't win this case.
00:47:41Patrick,
00:47:42what are you saying?
00:47:43You're the plaintiff.
00:47:44You're about to win.
00:47:46The evidence is all on your side.
00:47:48The jury is leaning toward you.
00:47:50Your chances are great.
00:47:51No!
00:47:52I can't win!
00:47:54Those people,
00:47:55the gang behind the defendant,
00:47:57they know where I live.
00:47:58They know which school
00:47:59my sister goes to.
00:48:00If I win,
00:48:01I'm done for.
00:48:02They'll kill my whole family.
00:48:07Do you know what you're asking for?
00:48:09You're my opponent.
00:48:11I'm the defendant's attorney.
00:48:12I never planned to win this case.
00:48:15But now you want me to help you.
00:48:16Help the defendant win?
00:48:19Please,
00:48:19let me lose.
00:48:21I'll plead guilty.
00:48:22I'll take any charge.
00:48:24Just keep them safe.
00:48:29counsel for the defendant.
00:48:39Defense counsel is not present.
00:48:41This court will wait five more minutes.
00:48:44If counsel fails to appear by then,
00:48:48time is up.
00:48:49Given that defense counsel has failed to appear,
00:48:52Your Honor,
00:48:54please wait a little longer.
00:48:56Ma'am,
00:48:57please sit down.
00:49:01Looks like your assistant has abandoned you, too.
00:49:03Truly.
00:49:05This court hereby declares...
00:49:12Your Honor,
00:49:13wait.
00:49:18What is the meaning of this?
00:49:20Your Honor,
00:49:21I am Harold Vance,
00:49:23former federal prosecutor.
00:49:24I apply to serve as counsel for the defendant,
00:49:27Alexander Hale.
00:49:28Your Honor,
00:49:29I am Diana Foster,
00:49:31former New York State Supreme Court Justice.
00:49:33I apply to serve as counsel for the defendant,
00:49:36Alexander Hale.
00:49:38Your Honor,
00:49:39I am Marcus O'Brien,
00:49:40criminal defense attorney.
00:49:41I apply to serve as counsel for the defendant,
00:49:44Alexander Hale.
00:49:45Your Honor,
00:49:46I am Elena Rodriguez,
00:49:47civil rights attorney.
00:49:49I apply to serve as counsel for the defendant,
00:49:52Alexander Hale.
00:49:57Your Honor,
00:49:58this is ridiculous.
00:49:59One defendant doesn't need this many lawyers.
00:50:01Mr. Reynolds,
00:50:03it's true,
00:50:04one defendant doesn't need this many lawyers.
00:50:07But when the entire legal community
00:50:09believes someone has been wronged,
00:50:11every one of us
00:50:12has a duty
00:50:13to step forward.
00:50:15Mr. Hale,
00:50:15I meant to appear alone,
00:50:17but
00:50:18they heard about what happened to you
00:50:19and they all volunteered to come.
00:50:21They all want to defend you.
00:50:25Your Honor,
00:50:27a total of 99 attorneys
00:50:28have applied to serve as counsel for the defendant.
00:50:3399?
00:50:34How many lawyers are there in New York in total?
00:50:37150.
00:50:38That's the total number,
00:50:39Rack Law of Registered Practicing Attorneys in New York.
00:50:43Your Honor,
00:50:43I'm not here to apply to be Hale's attorney.
00:50:45I'm here to tell everyone a story from 20 years ago.
00:50:5020 years ago,
00:50:51there was a young man named Tommy Reilly.
00:50:53He was charged with second-degree murder.
00:50:55All the evidence pointed to him.
00:50:56Mr. Hale wasn't famous back then,
00:50:58but he insisted on defending him.
00:51:00Tommy had a sister named Lily,
00:51:02just 16.
00:51:03Lily had leukemia
00:51:05and needed a bone marrow transplant.
00:51:07Tommy's parents were already dead.
00:51:09He worked three jobs
00:51:10and still couldn't scrape together
00:51:11the money for the surgery.
00:51:13In the end,
00:51:14Tommy borrowed $30,000 from loan sharks.
00:51:16He had no idea it was gang money.
00:51:18The surgery was successful
00:51:19and Lily survived,
00:51:20but the interest snowballed.
00:51:21In just three months,
00:51:23the debt swelled to $150,000.
00:51:25That night,
00:51:26two collectors wamed to his door.
00:51:27They pinned his sister to the sofa
00:51:29right in front of Tommy and raped her.
00:51:31Then they beat Tommy relentlessly
00:51:33with steel pipes,
00:51:34kicking him,
00:51:35beating him within an inch of his life.
00:51:39Tommy was cornered.
00:51:41He saw his sister covered in blood.
00:51:42He saw the collector raise that steel pipe
00:51:44to smash Lily's head,
00:51:46so he grabbed a fruit knife
00:51:47from the table and stabbed.
00:51:49The collector died on the spot.
00:51:50The prosecutor charged Tommy
00:51:52with second-degree murder.
00:51:53All the evidence was against him.
00:51:55He had indeed killed a man with a knife.
00:51:57The prosecution argued it was premeditated.
00:52:00Tommy's chances of being convicted
00:52:01were over 90%.
00:52:02Hale spent three months investigating.
00:52:05He found other families
00:52:06who had been victimized by those collectors.
00:52:08He found evidence that had been destroyed.
00:52:11In court,
00:52:12he laid it all out before the jury,
00:52:14piece by piece.
00:52:16Hale said,
00:52:17this wasn't murder.
00:52:19This was a brother protecting his sister.
00:52:21He took a case
00:52:23that was virtually guaranteed
00:52:24to end in conviction,
00:52:25and he argued it all the way
00:52:27to an acquittal.
00:52:31One case proves nothing.
00:52:33People change.
00:52:34So what if he did that back then?
00:52:36He's still guilty now.
00:52:38Guilty of taking bribes.
00:52:39Guilty of driving innocent people
00:52:41to their deaths.
00:52:43Young man,
00:52:44do you know what happened
00:52:44to Tommy afterward?
00:52:48The gang didn't forget about him.
00:52:51Three months later,
00:52:51they found Tommy
00:52:52and beat him to death in an alley.
00:52:55Lily heard the news in the hospital.
00:52:57Her illness realized.
00:52:59Three months later,
00:53:00she was gone too.
00:53:02And Hale.
00:53:04The gang believed Hale
00:53:05had crossed their line.
00:53:07They hunted him for ten years.
00:53:09Ten years.
00:53:10He couldn't stay in any city
00:53:11for more than six months.
00:53:12He couldn't take any major cases.
00:53:14He couldn't let anyone
00:53:15know where he was.
00:53:16It took him ten years
00:53:17to rebuild himself.
00:53:18And in those ten years,
00:53:19he remembered Tommy and Lily
00:53:21every single day.
00:53:26This is the man
00:53:27who was willing to destroy
00:53:28his own career for justice.
00:53:31This is the man
00:53:32who was hunted for ten years
00:53:33and never gave up his beliefs.
00:53:35And now,
00:53:36you accuse him
00:53:37of taking bribes
00:53:38and threatening witnesses?
00:53:40Your Honor,
00:53:41members of the jury,
00:53:43I've stood in courtrooms
00:53:44for 50 years.
00:53:45I've seen all kinds
00:53:46of lawyers.
00:53:47But in all my years,
00:53:48I've only ever seen
00:53:49one true lawyer.
00:53:51It's him.
00:53:58Your Honor,
00:53:59I am Elena Rodriguez.
00:54:00I wish to submit
00:54:01a document to the court.
00:54:03Mr. Hale's financial records
00:54:04from the past 15 years.
00:54:07These records show
00:54:09that every penny
00:54:09Mr. Hale earned
00:54:10from wealthy clients
00:54:11was donated
00:54:12to a charitable organization
00:54:13called the Hale Justice Foundation.
00:54:15This foundation provides
00:54:17legal aid to victims
00:54:18who cannot afford attorneys.
00:54:20These records show
00:54:21that every penny
00:54:22Mr. Hale earned
00:54:23from wealthy clients
00:54:24was donated
00:54:25to a charitable organization
00:54:26called the Hale Justice Foundation.
00:54:29This foundation provides
00:54:30legal aid to victims
00:54:31who cannot afford attorneys.
00:54:37Over the past 15 years, Mr. Hale has funded more than 3,000 cases through this foundation.
00:54:433,000 people received fair trials because of him.
00:54:513,000 cases.
00:54:54He donated all his money?
00:54:56Would a man who takes bribes donate every cent to charity?
00:55:00So what?
00:55:01Maybe he donated money to ease his guilt.
00:55:04And what about the case where he drove a plaintiff to his death?
00:55:08Ms. Margaret's son, Patrick Doyle, he was covered in injuries after meeting with Hale and ended up being sentenced to
00:55:14death.
00:55:14That's a fact.
00:55:20Margaret, I always wanted to tell you the truth.
00:55:24But I made a promise.
00:55:26Tell me, just tell me, what really happened to my son?
00:55:33Patrick's injuries were not because of me.
00:55:38Margaret, do you remember the time before Patrick's incident?
00:55:41Did he ever mention to you that someone was threatening him?
00:55:44He said, he said some people were following him, but he never told me why.
00:55:49Patrick was your son, Margaret.
00:55:50But back then, he was my opponent.
00:55:53I was the defendant's lawyer.
00:55:54He was the plaintiff.
00:55:55The defendant in that case was a gang boss, just as powerful as Blackwood is today.
00:55:58Patrick was about to win.
00:55:59The evidence was all on his side.
00:56:00The jury clearly favored him.
00:56:01I had no chance of winning.
00:56:02Those people, they knew that.
00:56:04They followed Patrick.
00:56:05They threatened him.
00:56:06They even beat him in front of his sister.
00:56:08Patrick came to me.
00:56:09He knelt before me, face covered in tears, and begged me to help him lose.
00:56:13He said that if he won the case, his family would be destroyed.
00:56:16They already knew where you live, knew which school his sister attended.
00:56:19So he begged me.
00:56:20He voluntarily gave up everything.
00:56:22He pled guilty just to keep you safe.
00:56:26No.
00:56:27Impossible.
00:56:28Patrick wouldn't.
00:56:29He was so brave.
00:56:31He was.
00:56:32Margaret, your son was one of the bravest young men I've ever known.
00:56:35He was willing to sacrifice everything to protect me.
00:56:43Margaret, I never told you the truth because I promised Patrick I would protect you.
00:56:47If those people knew you'd discovered the truth, you'd be in danger too.
00:56:53A story isn't evidence.
00:56:55Hale, you say Patrick voluntarily gave up and asked you to help the defendant win.
00:56:59Where's the proof?
00:56:59Who can verify you didn't just make this up?
00:57:02See?
00:57:03He can't produce it.
00:57:04He has no evidence at all.
00:57:10I can prove it.
00:57:17Frank.
00:57:18Your Honor, my name is Frank O'Malley.
00:57:20I'm Patrick Doyle's father.
00:57:2320 years ago, the night Patrick went to see Mr. Hale, I followed him secretly.
00:57:28I hid outside the door.
00:57:29I heard their conversation.
00:57:31I secretly recorded it.
00:57:34You, why didn't you say anything back then?
00:57:37Do you know how I've suffered these 20 years?
00:57:40Because Patsis begged me.
00:57:42He said if those people knew we'd found out the truth, they'd kill our whole family.
00:57:49Margaret, I thought hiding was how I could protect you.
00:57:52I hid for 20 years.
00:57:54I didn't dare contact you and return to New York.
00:57:57Dale and Dittich and Berted met home all along.
00:57:59When I heard Mr. Hale had been accused, I knew I couldn't hide anymore.
00:58:03If Patrick was still here, he would never want Mr. Hale to destroy his life protecting us.
00:58:08Margaret, I'm sorry.
00:58:11The two greatest regrets of my life.
00:58:14Failing to protect our son and failing to step forward soon.
00:58:19Mr. Hale, please, help me.
00:58:22I can't win this case.
00:58:24Patrick, what are you saying?
00:58:25You're about to win.
00:58:26They'll kill my family.
00:58:31Those people, they know where I live.
00:58:33They know which school my sister goes to.
00:58:36If I win, they'll come after us.
00:58:39You know what you're asking for?
00:58:40You're asking for my own reputation.
00:58:43Like a bear.
00:58:45You know, I'm willing.
00:58:49He's a mistake.
00:58:56The injuries on my son, they were from those people threatening him.
00:59:01They came for him before I agreed to help him lose.
00:59:05They beat him, threatened him, leaving him too scared.
00:59:08He had no choice but to turn to the king.
00:59:15You, you destroyed yourself to protect us.
00:59:20Patrick was a brave young man.
00:59:22I, I just did what I had to do.
00:59:27I'm sorry.
00:59:29I didn't know.
00:59:30I truly didn't know.
00:59:32No need to apologize.
00:59:34Protecting you was my promise to Patrick.
00:59:39Even if the Patrick case is true, what about all these years?
00:59:43Hale must have done other terrible things.
00:59:45He works for rich people.
00:59:46He can't be clean.
00:59:47Ethan Reynolds.
00:59:49You say Hale has done evil.
00:59:51What about you?
00:59:53This is the FBI's preliminary forensic report.
00:59:57The recording you submitted was AI generated.
01:00:00Hank records upon tracing were forged documents from an offshore shell.
01:00:03Your Honor, on behalf of the defendant, I counter suit Ethan Reynolds with fabricating evidence, false accusations, and obstruction of
01:00:11justice.
01:00:11No.
01:00:13Impossible.
01:00:16Order, Ethan Reynolds, given that the evidence you submitted has been proven fabricated.
01:00:20This court now enters judgment.
01:00:23All four charges against Andrew Hale are dismissed.
01:00:27Alexander Hale, you're acquitted.
01:00:37Ethan Reynolds, for fabricating evidence, false accusation, and obstruction of Jodas, you are hereby disbarred and sentenced to three years
01:00:45in prison.
01:00:46Bailiffs take him away.
01:00:47No!
01:00:49I was fighting for justice!
01:00:51I only wanted to...
01:00:55Hale.
01:00:56Hale.
01:00:57Why?
01:00:59Why?
01:00:59Why do you always win?
01:01:01Ethan, I never beat you.
01:01:04You lost to yourself.
01:01:20Mr. Hale, I owe you a thank you and an apology.
01:01:26Margaret, you owe me nothing.
01:01:28Your son was a hero.
01:01:32Mr. Hale, what's next?
01:01:36Back to the firm.
01:01:39There are still many cases waiting for us.
01:01:43Dad, I'm proud of you.
01:01:51Justice was never one man's fight.
01:01:5725 years.
01:02:00I spent 25 years building this empire.
01:02:03And I couldn't even protect my own son.
01:02:07Sir, about Victor, he...
01:02:10Enough!
01:02:13Hale, he won't stop.
01:02:16A lawyer who doesn't even care about his own life.
01:02:20He'll keep digging.
01:02:21Notice all department heads.
01:02:23Starting today, everyone covers their tracks.
01:02:26If anyone leaves Hale any dirt, I'll feed him to the Hudson.
01:02:29Yes, sir.
01:02:31Hale, you think you've won?
01:02:34The game has only just begun.
01:02:38To Mr. Hale.
01:02:41To Mr. Hale.
01:02:44To Dad.
01:02:47Dad, I'm proud of you.
01:02:48To all of you.
01:02:50Without you, I wouldn't have made it.
01:02:58Dad, I'm sorry.
01:03:00I failed to protect Clara back then.
01:03:03Daniel, you protected Clara.
01:03:06In front of that monster, you didn't back down.
01:03:09That's enough.
01:03:15Mr. Hale, do we have any cases coming up?
01:03:22Rest for a week.
01:03:24And then...
01:03:31Then...
01:03:31We dig deep into the Blackwood family.
01:03:37I knew you wouldn't let it go.
01:03:41That's...
01:03:42That's Alexander Hale.
01:03:52Hey!
01:03:53Hey!
01:03:53You can't come in here.
01:03:55Get out!
01:03:57Mr. Hale.
01:03:59Please.
01:04:00Just give us five minutes.
01:04:06It's all right.
01:04:07Let them speak.
01:04:09Mr. Hale.
01:04:10We know who you are.
01:04:12We all know.
01:04:14You're the lawyer who put Blackwood's son in prison.
01:04:21We...
01:04:21We want to ask you to take a case for us.
01:04:25Who do you want to sue?
01:04:33Charles Blackmill.
01:04:39Go on.
01:04:4020 years ago,
01:04:41he sent his men
01:04:43to take our homes by force.
01:04:45To build a golf course.
01:04:48That land was our home.
01:04:53Joseph.
01:04:57They beat our parents,
01:04:58our neighbors,
01:04:59to death.
01:05:03Mr. Hale, please.
01:05:04It's been 20...
01:05:06We've been 20 years.
01:05:08We've appealed so many times,
01:05:10but no lawyer's willing to take our case.
01:05:23Get up.
01:05:25You don't kneel.
01:05:29Do you have evidence?
01:05:33Yes.
01:05:34Not much.
01:05:36But we have.
01:05:38We have.
01:05:39We have.
01:05:40We have.
01:05:54Tomorrow morning,
01:05:559 o'clock.
01:05:56Come to my office.
01:06:02You...
01:06:03You'll take our case?
01:06:06I never take easy cases.
01:06:18Dad.
01:06:20Why'd you call us to the study?
01:06:27You two are leaving New York tomorrow morning.
01:06:30Go to Boston.
01:06:31To your Aunt Margaret's.
01:06:33I've already booked your tickets.
01:06:34You two are leaving New York tomorrow morning.
01:06:41You two are leaving New York tomorrow morning.
01:06:42Sweetheart.
01:06:43I can't fight while worrying about your safety.
01:06:45So you have to leave.
01:06:48Don't come back until I've resolved this case.
01:06:51Dad.
01:06:53I don't want to leave you alone.
01:06:57Clara, listen to me.
01:06:59You're the child I'm most proud of.
01:07:03You're the child I'm most proud of.
01:07:05As long as you and Daniel are safe,
01:07:08I can fight with a clear head.
01:07:10You understand?
01:07:12I promise.
01:07:17Here are the tickets and the address.
01:07:20Leave at 5 tomorrow morning.
01:07:21Don't tell anyone.
01:07:26I swear.
01:07:27I'll protect Clara with my life.
01:07:30Go.
01:07:31Don't leave the house until tomorrow morning.
01:07:40Joseph, start from the beginning.
01:07:42Don't leave out any details.
01:07:4520 years ago, I was 12.
01:07:47My family lived at the foot of the Cat Holes,
01:07:50a little town called Willow Creek.
01:07:52Only about 30 families lived there,
01:07:54but we did fine on our own.
01:07:56I was 8.
01:07:58My parents ran a little grocery store there.
01:08:02Every day when I came home from school,
01:08:04Mom would bake apple.
01:08:05My dad was the town's traveling pastor.
01:08:07He officiated everyone's weddings for free.
01:08:10He said when I grew up, he'd officiate mine.
01:08:13But then, Blackwood's people came.
01:08:17Continue.
01:08:18In the spring of 1998,
01:08:20Blackwood Group sent people.
01:08:21They said they were going to build a golf course
01:08:23at the foot of the mountain,
01:08:24and we had to move.
01:08:25The offer was insultingly low.
01:08:27Daylight robbery.
01:08:29Most of us refused to sell.
01:08:31Didn't the government step in?
01:08:33The government?
01:08:35Blackwood had already signed a deal with the county.
01:08:38They had money and connections.
01:08:43That summer, late one night,
01:08:48a group of masked men drove into town in pickup trucks.
01:08:51They set the grocery store on fire.
01:08:53Then they went door to door,
01:08:55smashing their way in.
01:08:57My dad grabbed his shotgun and went out.
01:09:00They pinned him on the porch,
01:09:02beat him to death with baseball bars.
01:09:06They dragged my mom into the house.
01:09:11They killed my parents!
01:09:13Then they put the house on fire!
01:09:17I hid in the basement,
01:09:19listening to their footsteps upstairs.
01:09:24What happened next?
01:09:27The next day, the county police came.
01:09:30They ruled it an accidental fire.
01:09:33Blackwood's men gave each family $5,000 as condolence money,
01:09:36and that was the end of it.
01:09:38Over 20 of us survived.
01:09:40For 20 years, we've gone to countless lawyers.
01:09:42No one dared take the case.
01:09:44Blackwood holds far too much power.
01:09:46We would never have turned to you
01:09:47if we hadn't been utterly desperate.
01:09:5320 years ago, the cat was Willow Creek.
01:09:57I'll help you get justice,
01:09:59and help you get your home back.
01:10:0620 years.
01:10:07That land still brings me 20 million a year.
01:10:10I suppose the effort wasn't wasted.
01:10:15Sir, there's trouble.
01:10:19Speak.
01:10:20Hale.
01:10:21Hale's taken on a case.
01:10:25What case?
01:10:27The Willow Creek case.
01:10:29He's going to investigate what happened back then.
01:10:39He's asking for it.
01:10:44Mr. Hale, I've checked.
01:10:45The fire report from Willow Creek back then
01:10:47is definitely questionable.
01:10:48The county fire department's records
01:10:50list the cause as undetermined,
01:10:52no follow-up investigation.
01:10:53And the county sheriff back then
01:10:57is now Blackwood Group's security consultant.
01:11:00Predictable.
01:11:02Mr. Hale,
01:11:03there's one more thing.
01:11:07What happened back then,
01:11:08it wasn't Blackwood himself who did it.
01:11:10He had a whole team,
01:11:11those masked men,
01:11:12they were from the security company,
01:11:14one that specialized in handling
01:11:15Blackwood's problems.
01:11:18Do you have the names?
01:11:22We never gave up all these years.
01:11:25This is every name we've recorded,
01:11:27including the 12 men
01:11:28who took part in the operation.
01:11:3312.
01:11:34Sarah, look at these 12,
01:11:36every single one.
01:11:37Where they are now,
01:11:38what they're doing,
01:11:39any criminal records.
01:11:40Already on it.
01:11:46Charles Blackwood.
01:11:48We think he buried it deep enough,
01:11:50but no one can hide forever.
01:11:52Hale's already investigating.
01:11:53Are your people
01:11:55clean?
01:11:57Sir, everyone involved
01:11:58signed confidentiality agreements.
01:12:00They won't talk.
01:12:01Confidentiality agreements?
01:12:02In front of Hale,
01:12:03what good is a piece of paper?
01:12:08Who's on?
01:12:09The moment Hale finds anything,
01:12:12tell me.
01:12:15And if you find something substantial,
01:12:18you know what to do.
01:12:19Understood.
01:12:28It's me.
01:12:29The contingency plan.
01:12:31If Hale gets that far,
01:12:32we strike first.
01:12:37Mr. Hale,
01:12:38I found it.
01:12:39The security company
01:12:40from back then,
01:12:41Ironclade Security.
01:12:42Founded in 1997,
01:12:43dissolved in 2001.
01:12:44But here's the key.
01:12:45Of the three are already dead.
01:12:46Two accidental car crashes,
01:12:47one suicide.
01:12:48Of the remaining nine,
01:12:49four are still working
01:12:50for Blackwood.
01:12:50The other five,
01:12:51they're scattered
01:12:51across different states.
01:12:53But every year,
01:12:54at the same time,
01:12:56each of their accounts
01:12:57receives an anonymous transfer
01:12:58from Blackwood Group.
01:13:02Hush money.
01:13:03Exactly.
01:13:04And there's something
01:13:05even more important.
01:13:06Mayor of Willow Creek
01:13:07back then,
01:13:07Thomas Griffin.
01:13:08Three months after the fire,
01:13:09he drowned in his own
01:13:10swimming pool.
01:13:11But his wife,
01:13:11Margaret Griffin,
01:13:12she's still alive,
01:13:12living in Florida.
01:13:13Contact her.
01:13:14I want to talk to her.
01:13:17Mr. Hale,
01:13:18long time no see.
01:13:20Mr. Blackwood,
01:13:21showing up uninvited,
01:13:23that's not very polite.
01:13:24I heard you're looking
01:13:25into some old matters.
01:13:28You sure have good sources.
01:13:30Hale, you're a smart man.
01:13:32And a smart man knows
01:13:33some things are better left alone.
01:13:36I heard something too.
01:13:37What?
01:13:38Your son isn't doing well
01:13:39in prison.
01:13:40I hear he cries every day.
01:13:42You think you can win?
01:13:43You think you're
01:13:44the embodiment of justice?
01:13:45I will make you regret this.
01:13:47You and everyone around you.
01:13:50Threatening me?
01:13:51Here?
01:13:52Sarah, call the police.
01:13:54Report an illegal trespass
01:13:56and threat to my personal safety.
01:13:59Very well.
01:14:01Very well.
01:14:02Hale, remember,
01:14:03you started this.
01:14:04But when it ends,
01:14:05that's up to me.
01:14:08Mr. Hale, he...
01:14:10He's already started.
01:14:13Sir,
01:14:15Hale's already found out
01:14:16about Ironclad security
01:14:17and Margaret Griffin, too.
01:14:18If he contacts her...
01:14:19You won't have the chance.
01:14:21Activate the insurance.
01:14:22Sir,
01:14:23are you sure
01:14:24that's the last resort?
01:14:25We shouldn't use it
01:14:25unless absolutely necessary.
01:14:27I said activate it.
01:14:33Excuse me,
01:14:34are you Mr. Hale?
01:14:36Yes.
01:14:37Who are you?
01:14:38Someone told me
01:14:38to give you this.
01:14:44Mr. Hale,
01:14:45good morning.
01:14:46Charles,
01:14:47what do you want?
01:14:51Charles.
01:14:52You're pretty smart,
01:14:53moving your daughter
01:14:54and son-in-law
01:14:55out of New York.
01:14:56But this city,
01:14:57I call the shots here.
01:15:03God damn it!
01:15:08Good girl.
01:15:09Hold on.
01:15:10Daddy will win this.
01:15:19The plaintiff's counsel
01:15:21is Alexander Hale,
01:15:22now present.
01:15:25I'm here.
01:15:26Today,
01:15:27we finish this case.
01:15:32And son-in-law
01:15:33are still in my hands.
01:15:35And you dare show up?
01:15:37Your Honor,
01:15:37before this trial begins,
01:15:38I need to report something
01:15:39to the court.
01:15:39What is it?
01:15:39Fifty minutes ago,
01:15:40right outside the courthouse,
01:15:41Charles Blackwood
01:15:42had someone deliver
01:15:42this phone to me.
01:15:43On-in-laws now,
01:15:43but here inside a warehouse,
01:15:44blood on their faces.
01:15:45He threatened to kill them
01:15:46if I didn't drop the case.
01:15:47Mr. Blackwood,
01:15:48is what Mr. Hale's saying true?
01:15:49This is completely what I'm doing.
01:15:51Mr. Hale,
01:15:51you're doing if your daughter
01:15:52and son-in-law
01:15:52really are in Blackwood's hands?
01:15:53But during that call,
01:15:54my daughter's the eyes
01:15:54of someone who fights
01:15:55for justice just like me.
01:15:56I believe she wants me to go on.
01:15:58He's lying!
01:16:01Order!
01:16:01I stand here not because
01:16:02I don't care about my family,
01:16:03but if I back down now,
01:16:04Charles Blackwood
01:16:05walks out a free man
01:16:06and goes on to destroy more lives.
01:16:07Twenty years ago,
01:16:0817 people were burned alive
01:16:09in Willow Creek.
01:16:09For 20 years,
01:16:10no one dared speak for them.
01:16:11This man waited 20 years.
01:16:1220 years sleeping under bridges,
01:16:13digging through trash for food,
01:16:15chased off like a stray dog.
01:16:16Her childhood burned to ashes
01:16:17she waited,
01:16:17gave and lost 20 years
01:16:18just for one day
01:16:18for one voice
01:16:19to speak justice for her.
01:16:25Given these developments,
01:16:26this court needs to confirm.
01:16:28Mr. Hale,
01:16:28are you certain
01:16:29you want to proceed?
01:16:31I am certain.
01:16:32Then let the trial...
01:16:33Members of the jury...
01:16:34Twenty years ago,
01:16:34in the little town
01:16:35of Willow Creek
01:16:35at the foot of the Cat Hills,
01:16:3630 faint fam,
01:16:3717 lives were lost.
01:16:38This man lost his parents at 12.
01:16:40This woman had her entire childhood
01:16:41burned away at 8.
01:16:42And the one responsible
01:16:43is Charles Blackwood
01:16:45sitting right over there.
01:16:46You have no evidence!
01:16:47You have nothing!
01:16:47No evidence?
01:16:48Your Honor,
01:16:49this is the dissolution document
01:16:50for Ironcliff security.
01:16:51We're to kill and burn
01:16:52for Charles Blackwood.
01:16:52That was for normal security services!
01:16:54This is the testimony
01:16:55of one of the 12 William Hart.
01:16:59He...
01:16:59He's lying!
01:17:00He took money from Hale!
01:17:02He's dead.
01:17:03Three years ago,
01:17:05accidentally drowned
01:17:05in his own bathtub.
01:17:07Ladies and gentlemen,
01:17:08this is not coincident
01:17:08of the 12.
01:17:09Three died in accidents,
01:17:10four still work for Blackwood Black,
01:17:11and the other five
01:17:12receive anonymous money every year.
01:17:13This simply cannot be a coincidence.
01:17:15You think you've won?
01:17:15You think you control everything?
01:17:16You forgot one thing.
01:17:17Your son's still in prison,
01:17:18and you,
01:17:19you'll be joining him soon.
01:17:20Daniel.
01:17:20Daniel, wake up.
01:17:21Please look at me.
01:17:22I'm sorry.
01:17:23I couldn't protect you,
01:17:25or our...
01:17:25Don't say sorry!
01:17:26We're getting out of here!
01:17:27Dad will come for us!
01:17:29Sam O'Connell.
01:17:30Shh!
01:17:35Don't be afraid!
01:17:36We're here to help you!
01:17:37Your dad, Mr. Hale,
01:17:38he's fighting for us in court.
01:17:39You...
01:17:39We owe him.
01:17:40You're my dad's...
01:17:40Yes!
01:17:40He's risking everything for us.
01:17:42We couldn't let him lose
01:17:42the ones he loves because of us!
01:17:44Oh my god!
01:17:45Go!
01:17:45Move!
01:17:46Quick!
01:17:47Give me a hand!
01:17:47Help him up!
01:17:49Ah!
01:17:50Ah!
01:17:55Ah!
01:17:56Ah!
01:17:56Ah!
01:17:58Ah!
01:17:59Ah!
01:17:59Ah!
01:17:59Ah!
01:18:00Your Honor, members of the jury,
01:18:02I have one final piece of evidence.
01:18:04This is the call log from the only public pay phone in Willow Creek,
01:18:06early morning, July 14, 1998, 2.17 a.m.
01:18:09Someone called a number, Charles Blackwood's personal phone number.
01:18:13That's fabricated!
01:18:14This is the original record pulled from the telecom company's archive.
01:18:18Plaintiff, have you concluded your statement?
01:18:20Yes, Your Honor.
01:18:22Your Honor, we request a recess to...
01:18:25Request denied.
01:18:26This court has given you ample time.
01:18:27Jury, are you prepared to deliver your verdict?
01:18:30Yes, Your Honor.
01:18:32We, the jury, find the defendant, Charles Blackwood,
01:18:34guilty of first-degree murder, arson, kidnapping, and obstruction of justice.
01:18:39Guilty on all counts.
01:18:41Charles Blackwood, due to the extreme cruelty and severity of your crimes,
01:18:44you are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
01:18:48No, this is impossible!
01:18:49I am Charles Blackhead!
01:18:50Hale, you're insane!
01:18:51You sacrificed your own daughter for strangers!
01:18:53I have never abandoned her.
01:18:56That is exactly why I fought until the end.
01:19:0220 years!
01:19:04It's finally over after 20 years!
01:19:06Please stand up, Joseph.
01:19:07This is long-awaited justice.
01:19:09But I need to find my daughter right now.
01:19:14Dad!
01:19:16Dad!
01:19:18Dad, I'm sorry.
01:19:20I almost made you bow to them.
01:19:22No.
01:19:24I'm the one who's sorry.
01:19:26I couldn't protect you.
01:19:28Dad, you did the right thing.
01:19:30You didn't give up.
01:19:31Not on Joseph, not on Elena, not on anyone who needed you.
01:19:34You're the bravest person I've ever known.
01:19:36Not because you're not afraid, but because even when you're scared, you still choose justice.
01:19:39Sam, thank you.
01:19:41You helped us first.
01:19:42We were just repaying a debt.
01:19:44Yes.
01:19:45We won.
01:19:45We won.
01:19:50Mr. Hale, Ruby and Tom have already taken those bastards to the police station.
01:19:54The 20 of us, we finally got this day.
01:19:56Sam, Joseph, and Marcus helped me in court.
01:19:58You, Tom, and Ruby saved my family in that warehouse.
01:20:00All 20 of you.
01:20:01I won't forget a single one.
01:20:02You helped us first.
01:20:03We just did what we had to do.
01:20:05Mr. Hale, when the trial started, I was terrified.
01:20:08For Clara and Daniel, I was scared too.
01:20:10I've never been more scared in my life.
01:20:12But in that moment, I remembered 20 years ago, Patrick kneeling before me, begging me
01:20:15to protect his family.
01:20:16I remembered Tommy really, willing to sacrifice himself to protect his sister.
01:20:19If I had backed down those people, Charles, Ethan, everyone who thinks power is above
01:20:25the law, they would have won.
01:20:26I couldn't let Clara and Daniel live in a world without justice.
01:20:36Mr. Hale, what are your plans going forward?
01:20:40But in this world, there are countless Charles Blackwoods, countless ordinary people crushed
01:20:46by power.
01:20:49I'm 65.
01:20:51One day, I'll leave this battlefield.
01:20:54Sarah, let me finish.
01:20:55Sarah, you're the best young lawyer I've ever seen.
01:20:57You have a sense of justice, courage, and brains.
01:20:59From today on Hale and Locius, it becomes Hale Mitchell.
01:21:01You?
01:21:01Mr. Hale, I don't deserve this.
01:21:03You do.
01:21:03You deserve it more than anyone.
01:21:04Dad, are you planning to retire?
01:21:06Retire?
01:21:06No.
01:21:07I'm just switching battlefields.
01:21:08From now on, I'll focus on nurturing the next generation.
01:21:10And you?
01:21:11You will continue the fight.
01:21:12Dad.
01:21:13Growing up, I never understood you.
01:21:15I never got why you were always so busy, why you couldn't stay with me, why you always
01:21:17had to help complete strangers.
01:21:18Now I understand.
01:21:19You weren't helping strangers.
01:21:20You were helping everyone who might be swallowed by the darkness, including me.
01:21:23Clara, you and Daniel, stay safe.
01:21:25That's my greatest wish.
01:21:27Dad, from now on, we'll walk this path together.
01:21:29Dad, from now on, we'll be together.
01:21:31Dad, from now on, we'll be together.
01:21:32That's my favorite measure.
01:21:33I can't get the truth.
01:21:33You can stay tofu.