Previously on Your Honor... 19
I am 100% emotionally involved 20
in getting this brute of a human being convicted of this murder. 21
She's tearing him apart in there, 22
and you're letting it fucking happen. 23
I'm watching my son heading for death row! 24
Counselor, we don't need to go here. 25
I think the jury has seen all that they need to see. 26
See you at school. 27
Wait... 28
- So who is this guy? - He's great. 29
Adam. 30
Adam... That's it? 31
I don't know that much about him. 32
I've never seen these. 33
They were in Mom's Leica. 34
It's her last photographs. 35
These are all Desire gang members. 36
We-we know all of them but this one. 37
I think she was in trouble, and she knew it. 38
Let me find this man. 39
What's up, prison shit? 40
Heart-to-heart I had with that fuck that killed Rocco. 41
How's his heart? 42
Stopped. And his head? 43
Cracked open like a fuckin' watermelon. 44
Carlo Baxter, you're under arrest. 45
- For what? - You have the right to remain silent. 46
For what?! 48
He's upstairs! 49
Oh, damn! 50
Hey there! 51
I need immunity. 52
Well, that's not how this works. 53
You need to convince me immunity is something you deserve, 54
and I'll see what I can do. 55
I-I really don't have time for this. 56
I can't fucking run anymore! 57
I've been hiding out three months. 58
I'm out of money, 59
out of drugs... 60
and this morning they found me. 61
Who are you running from? 62
You know who I'm running from. 63
We need to hear you say it. 64
Give me the words, Joey. 65
Jimmy Baxter. 66
Carlo gets arrested for murder, and Jimmy comes after you. Why? 67
There may have been... 68
some fentanyl. Okay? 69
A side deal behind Jimmy's back. 70
Hence the one-fifty on Carlo. 71
This isn't a trial about drugs. 72
This is a murder trial that resumes in 15 minutes, 73
so if you have something to say to me, 74
I need to hear it right this second. 75
Carlo bragged about killing Kofi. 76
He told me that the kid came to his cell, 77
and he split his head open like a watermelon. 78
His words? The watermelon? 79
- His words. - What else? 80
Gina. 81
- Carlo's mom. - What about her? 82
She made sure Carlo got to OPP that night. 83
She used me to help with that. 84
Gina Baxter pulled the strings on the whole thing. 85
Look. I know a lot more than just this trial. 86
So give me a good fucking deal 'cause this is just the start. 87
You want me to have him cleaned up? 88
No. Leave him exactly as he is. 89
He's the real deal. 90
I want the jury to smell the fear coming off him. 91
What's his name? 92
Joey Maldini. 93
This is outrageous, Your Honor. Outrageous. 94
This witness is not on the list. 95
There's no mention of him in discovery, nothing. 96
He just walked into a police station two hours ago. 97
I am sorry if this is less than ideal for the defense. 98
Yeah, less than ideal for us. 99
You're damn right it's less than ideal for us. 100
But it is ideal for them. 101
This surprise witness just-just shows up out of nowhere, 102
ambushing us with game-changing evidence. 103
God. Are you suggesting that I knew about this witness 104
- and held onto him? -Yes. 105
That I would risk my entire career 106
- just to jump you with this? - Oh, give me... 107
- Did I push him out a second-story window? - Fuck. 108
- Did I break his ankle for him? - Ms. McKee, please! 109
Fine, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. 110
He's making wild accusations 111
because he knows this witness kills him. 112
That's why you need to let Joey testify. 113
Listen, I want both of you to go back to your corners, 114
take a couple minutes and calm down. 115
And then I want to know exactly what Maldini is going to say. 116
Ms. McKee. 117
Who's looking after your witness now? 118
NOLA PD, Your Honor. 119
I want him put in courthouse custody 120
- while I make a decision. - Okay. 121
I love this one. 122
This guy's pretty cool. 123
I feel like you could stop on every page. 124
Yeah. 125
This one. 126
- Yeah... - Here. 127
A present. 128
Two presents. 129
Why two? 130
For Infinite Jest. You need two. 131
You need one for the main text, 132
and then one for the footnotes. 133
Once you're in, you probably won't want to see me. 134
It makes a hermit of every reader. 135
Adam... 136
God, I love seeing my students learning in the wild. 137
Oh, sorry, Frannie. Adam's photography teacher. 138
Fia. 139
All his favorite photographers are women. 140
And of them all, probably Vivian. 141
Right, Adam? 142
Yeah. 143
I love Vivian Maier. 144
I mean, I really love her. 145
But not as much as I love your shoes. 146
Yeah, thanks. 147
Actually, why do people say thank you 148
when someone says they like what you're wearing? 149
I mean, it's not like I made these myself or anything. 150
Yeah, but you-you chose them, right? 151
And when it comes down to it, the choices we make... 152
Well, anyway, 153
it was really nice to meet you. Fia, right? 154
- Such a pretty name. - Thank you. 155
- Short for Sofia? - Yes. 156
- Italian? - Yeah, on my Mom's side. 157
- Dad's side? - Scottish. Baxter. 158
Baxter... 159
as in the hotel in the Quarter? 160
Well, I should get going. 161
School. 162
- It was a pleasure, Fia. - Thank you. 163
Costello here. 164
Are you sure? 165
Okay. 166
No, that's it. 167
I know that Robin was having an affair. 168
I-- Not the details, but... 169
I knew. 170
- Christ, you knew?! - Yes. 171
And you didn't tell us? 172
- This guy's a prime suspect in your wife's murder. - I ju... 173
What the hell were you thinking? 174
Adam. 175
Adam doesn't know. 176
W... Okay, well, you have to tell him. 177
Nancy, his mother was a wonderful woman. 178
And he has nothing but great memories of her 179
and-and who she was. 180
I don't want to destroy that. 181
- So what are you saying? - I need to get this trial over, 182
and-and when it is, I can get my life back. 183
But I cannot cope now. 184
Don't ask me to do it. Please. 185
This is a hotel. 186
Right. 187
Paid with cash. 188
In a fake name. 189
I see. 190
Robin was... 191
Yeah. 192
- God. - I'm sorry. 193
Doing your job. 194
- Michael? - He knows. 195
And Adam? 196
Does he have to know? 197
It's gonna come out. 198
You're asking me to tell him. 199
Joey Maldini connects all the dots. 200
Corroborates every aspect of the prosecution's case 201
and puts a skewer right through the heart 202
of the whole self-defense idea. 203
He tells us Carlo confesses to him, 204
he tells us Gina was instrumental in getting Carlo moved to OPP. 205
Gina Baxter isn't on trial. 206
- She might be soon. - Oh, God. 207
Look, this trial is about a single moment in a cell 208
and what was in the minds of two men in that moment. 209
But we can't know what that was 210
unless we look at the broader context. 211
- Joey gives us the whole story. - Prejudice massively 212
outweighs the probative value of this witness, Your Honor. 213
He means he's going down and he doesn't like it. 214
Okay, that's... 215
He knows Kofi wasn't driving. 216
My guess is that Joey would want to talk about that on the stand, 217
how the victim didn't do what everybody thinks he did. 218
And maybe then people start looking for who was driving. 219
Why were you down here that day? 220
My wife was murdered near here a year ago. 221
It was the anniversary, so I... 222
I wanted to... I needed to be there. 223
Was he dead when you left him? 224
- Yes. - Don't lie to me. 225
He was dead. 226
Let me ask you something. 227
Do you wake up screaming in the night 228
because you killed a 17-year-old boy? 229
Yes. 230
Good. 231
Look at me. 232
My family's not losing another child. 233
There's nothing I wouldn't do. Nothing. 234
So if you don't like it, I really don't give a fuck. 235
And if there's trial fallout? 236
Well, that's your department, isn't it? 237
Joey's a junkie. 238
He'll just be stepping off a little early. 239
We're not asking for your permission. 240
We're telling you to set it up. 241
When we go back into court, 242
I will rule that the witness can testify. 243
You... 244
you have Johnny Zander ask for a recess 245
until tomorrow to prepare for cross. 246
It'd be a fair request, 247
and I'll grant it. 248
You'll have the night. 249
How you get to him... 250
...well, that's your department, isn't it? 251
You're vaping just like the kids, huh? 252
It's a terrible habit. 253
Nothing illegal? 254
You know, I-I hear that Joey Maldini has a drug problem. 255
I mean, angel from heaven and everything, 256
but still a little fucked up? 257
- He's hanging in there. - Okay. 258
Is it just the murder, 259
or is he swimming deep enough to reveal the whole iceberg? 260
I mean, no one's gonna get in Fiona McKee's way now. 261
You know? We figure let her win this one, 262
then we'll get him talking about the rest. 263
Obviously, Special Crimes is a little overexcited. 264
But this should be you, right? 265
Fiona said he came to you. 266
You're the one who got him talking. 267
Don't sell yourself short, Nancy. 268
Or else some big, dumb slab of beef 269
will be stealing the career-defining case you could've made. 270
I mean, this is yours. 271
It's big. 272
Listen, if it ever starts to feel like it's getting too big, 273
and you need someone to talk to about this, 274
Cusack, whatever, 275
I'm here. 276
Thanks. 277
I've got to sort through a couple things. 278
See you. 279
Think I'm not watching? 280
I see you. 281
Excuse me? 282
I want you to stay away from them. 283
Michael, Adam. 284
Adam? 285
Don't pretend you don't know who I'm talking about. 286
You fuck with him, you fuck with me. 287
Adam? 289
Did the count. 290
$9,310. 291
Well, ain't we showing initiative? 292
I'm good with money. Ask Little Mo. 293
Even had a teacher tell me I got a facility for the numbers. 294
A facility? 295
So bad at math I'm good at it. 296
How that work? 297
You can't do that shit on paper, 298
so you got to do it in your head. 299
Keep doing it in your head over and over, the better you get. 300
That be the equation, you feel me? 301
Who's that motherfucking scientist? 302
The wheelchair dude, with the voice. 303
Stephen Hawking. 304
Yeah, we got our own Stephen motherfucking Hawking 305
in the Lower Nine. 306
I-I thought I could do, like, payroll 307
or help build the bank. 308
* You can have that no-good half of a man * 309
* But please * 310
* Don't mess with my man... * 311
Build the bank how? 312
You ever think about using the church to clean money? 313
Like the one down on Caffin that need a new roof? 314
You give them a cash loan, help them fix it up. 315
Then they issue you back a legit check. 316
There's a lot of churches that need help down here. 317
This might be the hardest decision 318
I've ever had to make as a judge. 319
I've listened to both sides' arguments with great care, 320
but there's one more thing that I need to know before I decide. 321
Joey Maldini is struggling with drug withdrawal, 322
and I need to know for myself that he's up to this. 323
I've taken a good look at that, Your Honor. 324
He'll be fine. 325
But as I said, Ms. McKee, 326
I'd like to see that for myself. 327
Unless there's a problem. No? 328
Good. All right. 329
Uh, no, no, no. 330
Just-just Alan in chambers, if you don't mind. 331
Let's keep our social distancing, huh? 332
Thank you. 333
Well, I'm Michael Desiato. 334
I'm presiding over this trial. 335
You, uh, look a little nervous, young man. 336
Wouldn't you be? 337
Yeah. 338
I'll let you in on a little secret. I-- Oh, Alan. 339
Would you get Mr. Maldini a glass, please? 340
I get nervous, too. 341
- Always have. - Here you go. 342
Ah, thank you. 343
So I had to come up with a strategy in order to deal with it. 344
Are you familiar with W.H. Auden, the poet? 345
"Thousands have lived without love, 346
not one without water." 347
So, when I feel overwhelmed, 348
or if I feel I'm heading that way, 349
I just take a moment, breathe and take a sip of water. 350
God. 351
They can't get your boot back on, huh? 352
Hey, you know what? 353
You look to be about my size. 354
Let me, uh... - 355
Let me tell you what to expect. 356
Now... 357
you'll hear your name called 358
and you'll come on up to the stand. 359
There you go. 360
And you'll swear on the Bible to tell the truth 361
and then sit down, at which point, if you just... 362
...just look at me, okay? 363
That way you don't have to see the people in the court 364
who really don't like what you're doing. 365
Here, let's try this. 366
Take it, careful, careful, careful. 367
Okay. 368
Yeah. That's it. 369
So, at that point, it's just a conversation 370
between you and me, all right? 371
One-on-one. 372
And you'll be fine. 373
I'm ready to rule on this. 374
I'm going to grant 375
the state's application to call Joey Maldini. 376
Your Honor, the defense requests a recess 377
until tomorrow so we can prepare for cross. 378
No. The witness is ready now. 379
I think we all saw you limping. 380
I broke my ankle. 381
How? 382
Jumping out a second-story window. 383
When? 384
A few hours ago. 385
Why did you do that? 386
To get away from some people. 387
What people? 388
People who want me dead. 389
- Who? - Objection, Your Honor, th-- 390
I withdraw the question. 391
Do you know the accused? 392
He's my best friend. 393
How did you two first meet? 394
Me and Carlo came up together. 395
Can't remember if we first met at kindergarten or first grade, 396
but he was, like, my bro. 397
My family's fucked up and-- 398
shit, am I not supposed to swear? 399
You're doing just fine. 400
Yeah, so... 401
the Baxters kind of took me in. 402
They were a good family, 403
they, um, always had food in the fridge. 404
And, uh... leftovers in little plastic containers 405
with, uh, labels on them so you'd know what's in them. 406
Like... risotto. 407
Or mac and cheese. 408
And name-brand soda. 409
So you two stayed close? 410
Absolutely. 411
But here you are testifying against him. 412
Where I come from, you don't snitch. 413
You just don't, but... 414
I can't keep living like this. 415
Like what? 416
Like what? 417
I loved the Baxters like my family. 418
But when your own family-- 419
Objection. The Baxter family is not on trial here. 420
The witness can't testify to the narrower facts 421
if he doesn't put them in their proper perspective. 422
If Mr. Zander's gonna have a problem with that-- 423
You may have bigger problems, Ms. McKee. 424
Let's-let's get this man some medical attention, please? 425
Release the jury. 426
Call the EMTs. 427
Ladies and gentlemen, I owe you an apology. 428
I thought that I had made sure 429
that the witness was well enough to testify. 430
But I was wrong. 431
I made a mistake. 432
So I'm afraid you'll have to disregard 433
everything that Mr. Maldini said. 434
His credibility is questionable, 435
but what really matters is that 436
the defense wasn't able to cross-examine him, 437
so everything he's said hasn't been tested, 438
and that is what is really unfair to the accused. 439
So get rid of the entire idea of him from your minds. 440
For our purposes, 441
Joey Maldini never existed. 442
* I'm-a break you off, let me be your motivation... * 443
* Baby, turn around, let me give you innovation, hey * 444
* You got that good-good, baby, don't you? * 445
* Got that good-good, baby, don't you? * 446
That was on purpose, right? 447
The cafe? 448
Yes. And thank God. 449
You know, just... Let me, let me explain-- 450
Forget it's me saying this. 451
Just think for a moment. 452
You're crazy to be doing what you're doing. 453
I can't help it. 454
What does that mean? 455
You know what it means. 456
I'll tell you what it means, 457
and I'll tell you what you're mistaking it for. 458
You think you're in love with this girl. 459
You're not. You're fascinated by her. 460
You're pulled towards her because you killed her brother. 461
You sound like a teacher. 462
I love you. 463
It's wrong, it's a terrible mistake. 464
I wish I didn't feel this way, but I do. 465
You're jealous. 466
You want it to be that easy. 467
Easy? 468
You want me to be the bad teacher turned into the jealous woman. 469
It's not it. 470
I am begging you to take responsibility for yourself, Adam. 471
For both your sakes, 472
you and Fia Baxter have to stop seeing each other. 473
Or what? Y-You'd tell her? 474
Rehearsing and coaching are not the same thing, 475
which means I can tell you how to say things but not what to say. 476
- Understood? - Sure. 477
So, when Kofi Jones walked into your cell, 478
what would be the one word to describe how you were feeling? 479
Okay, if it were me, 480
how about terrified? 481
Yeah, I-I don't know about terrified. 482
Here's the law. Here's the deal with self-defense: 483
I'm gonna put it in your language, Carlo. 484
You have to believe that you are in immediate danger 485
of being killed or very seriously hurt 486
and that deadly force is needed to prevent it. 487
Yeah. That. 488
But notice how you didn't use the word "Terrified." 489
Okay. 490
Okay. 491
How did your brother die? 492
He died in a car crash. 493
- The car was driven by who? - Kofi Jones. 494
And did Kofi Jones leave your little brother all alone, 495
bleeding to death on the side of the road 496
with no one to hold his hand or hear his last words? 497
Yeah. 498
Speak it back to me, with feeling. 499
You just said it. 500
How did it make you feel, Carlo? 501
- Mad. - No. 502
What the fuck am I supposed to say? 503
- It rhymes with mad. - Bad? 504
- Oh, Jesus. - Fucking sad. 505
I'm so sorry for your loss. 506
Sure. 507
Okay. 508
Here's my question, Carlo. 509
Here's-here's the question. 510
When the man who killed your little brother 511
walked into your cell and you saw him standing there... 512
...what was the first thought that came into your head? 513
Kill the motherfucker. 515
Say, I ain't trying to get all sappy or nothing like that, 516
but... I just want to thank you, you know? 517
For-for bringing me in and letting me stay. 518
Of course, man. 519
I knew you was good people. 520
I mean, shit, look at you now. 521
Making financial propositions to the mama herself. 522
I knew you had weight on you. 523
You know, Rudy, 524
he was worried as all fuck when you were joining in and moving in, 525
especially after what went down with Kofi. 526
But I told him... 527
...that you smart and that you loyal. 528
Who Rudy? 529
you ain't need to learn all our secrets in one day, old boy. 532
Come, sit. 533
Doubts, I hear. 534
You haven't spoken to me about these doubts, 535
but you have spoken about them. 536
Why can't you believe I am capable of forming my own opinions? 537
There's no new relationship? 538
Nobody's feeding you these thoughts at this difficult time? 539
His name is Adam. 540
Because of what happened, you are vulnerable, Fia. 541
You can be exploited. 542
What are you saying? 543
He appears as one thing. 544
My... Okay, my boyfriend is the devil? 545
Is that... Mom, is this you? 546
All right, my child. Here's what we'll do. 547
What are you... What are you talking about? 548
"Here's what we'll do"? 549
This is none of your business. 550
- Fia. - Sofia. 551
- Fia. Hey. - Fuck him. Fuck him. 552
Who do they think they are? 553
In confirmation class yesterday, you know what he said? 554
"God spake unto Abraham, 'Kill him with a knife.' 555
Your own son. Your child, a sacrifice to me. 556
Build a bonfire to put your dead son on, 557
and ask him to help you collect the wood first, 558
lie to him about what you're doing.'" 559
And then, "And now that you've proved, 560
by agreeing to murder your child, 561
that there is, there is no one, no one you love more than me, 562
you don't actually have to do it." 563
I mean, what kind of a fucking deranged despot is that? 564
- Sweetheart-- - This is not you. 565
It is me. It's all me. 566
Do you love him? 567
No. I hate him. 568
Your mother meant Adam, Fia, not God. 569
Would you do it, Dad? 570
If God asked you to? 571
Mom? 572
Would you kill me if God asked you to do it? 573
Do you love him? 574
Yes. Yes, I love him. 576
I know when my godson is holding something back. 577
Yeah, I might have 578
gotten myself into something that's kind of messy. 579
The girlfriend? 580
- There's another thing. - What? 581
- There are two. - Girlfriends? 582
One of them is my teacher. 583
So let me guess. 584
You like the other one. 585
"Like" Isn't the right word. 586
Okay. 587
And Mrs. Robinson is upset. 589
Okay. Yeah. 590
I got this. 591
No, I... 592
I got myself into this. 593
I should get myself out of it. 594
- Well, that sounds-- - It's what it is. 595
I got it. 596
Sure. 597
If you're here to try to 598
get me to go see that motherfucker lie under oath, 599
I'd rather be making money. 600
What's this? 601
Results from Kofi's GED exam. 602
- Says he failed. - He did. 603
Look at the date though, look at the time. 604
Kofi was busy failing his GED exam... 605
the same time that Rocco Baxter was killed. 606
Which means Kofi covered for someone. 607
Desire asked him to take the fall. 608
So it has to be someone in the crew who killed Rocco. 609
The people you call family now? 610
They're the ones who let the Baxters think 611
that Kofi was responsible for killing Rocco. 612
They put the "X" On his back and then they turned the other way. 613
I know they took you in. 614
I know you think you owe them something for that. 615
But has it ever occurred to you 616
that maybe the reason they're keeping you so close 617
is because they sold your brother down the Mississippi? 618
Where was Little Mo that day? 619
- That would explain-- - Rudy. 620
Rudy? Who's-who's Rudy? 621
He's in Desire? 622
You think he was driving? 623
I don't know who he is, but... 624
Little Mo said that he was worried that I was joining 625
after what had went down with Kofi. 626
What else did he say? 627
What exactly, Eugene? 628
- Word for word. - I don't remember. 629
I mean, we was drinking and stuff and I don't remember. 630
Wh-What did he say? 631
It's important. 632
He said he was worried, like I told you. 633
But... Little Mo told him not to trip, 'cause... 634
I'm smarter than Kofi. And I'm more loyal. 635
"More loyal"? 636
That's so warped. 637
So I can look into this Rudy? 638
You're a teacher? 639
Yeah, high school photography. 640
So a real vocation? 641
On good days, yes. I love it. 642
On lesser ones it can feel more like babysitting. 643
Charlie Figaro. 644
Are you, uh, looking for my vote or are you hitting on me? 645
It's a little difficult to tell. 646
I'd have thought you'd be kind of expert 647
on reading what is and isn't appropriate, 648
Miss Latimer. 649
You being a teacher and everything. 650
- How did you know my-- - No, no, see, I'm doing the talking now. 651
I want you to listen more carefully 652
than you have ever listened to anything in your life. 653
This can only end badly for you. 654
This comes out, uh... 655
you go to jail. 656
You become a registered sex offender 657
and everything that that brings with it. 658
And your vocation? 659
This thing you love? 660
Dead forever. 661
But none of this needs happen. 662
If you stop now. 663
Do the right thing, Miss Latimer. 664
You feel me? 665
What about Adam? 666
I got him. 667
You ain't got to worry about that. 668
- He told you? - Yeah. 669
Was it hard for him? 670
Now, now, see? 671
I don't think you heard me right. 672
Now you need to stop it. 673
Step off. 674
I got him. He'll be fine. 675
I don't know. 676
I know my godson. 677
He's 17 years old. 678
Exactly. 679
It's not easy to watch somebody die in the gutter 680
and have to live with the guilt of knowing you did it. 681
And when you're sensitive and sweet and 17... 682
Wait, wait, wait, wait. 683
Adam? 684
Ten minutes. And you owe me. 685
I promise wherever I land, I will take you with me. 689
Earl Grey still? 690
You're not my assistant anymore, Freya. 691
Mostly I'm just curious about what the hell you're doing. 692
Found a cop who's arrested a dealer many times, 693
and yet none of those arrests have led to charges. 694
What does that tell you? 695
Either the dealer's an informant or the cop's dirty. 696
Or both. 700
How much? 701
How much do you love him? 702
With all my heart. 703
I'd like to meet him. 704
Okay. 705
Great. Uh, when? 706
Now? 707
Now would be good. 708
Hey, uh, I was just about to head out. 709
Oh, yeah? Where you headed? 710
Okay. 711
Girlfriend? 712
Yeah. 713
Well, have a good time. 714
You gonna be gone long? 715
I don't know. 716
Okay, well, 717
I'll wait up for you.