Bull

Hey, Jemma.

I know.

I know I'm a little bit older than I said.

And the pictures...

I was gonna tell you, I just figured it'd be better to wait

till we met in person.

But everything else I said is totally true.

I mean, I'm... I'm only 16.

And you're even prettier than your pictures.

And you're smart, and you're sophisticated.

Thanks.

We've been talking and texting for what, five months?

Well, look, I don't want you to do anything

that you don't want to do.

So you can go back home,

and we can pretend that this never happened.

We don't even have to talk anymore.

Or...

you could come to the city with me, like we planned.

Are you hungry?

You haven't had dinner yet, have you?

No. No?

Let's go have a meal, we'll have a couple of beers,

and, uh, we can talk things through.

You ever rid in a sports car before?

No.

No?

Well, come on.

Maybe I'll even let you drive.

Yeah?

Okay.

Come on.

Thank you all for coming.

My name is Maya Whitbeck.

I'm Jemma's mother.

She's my only child, and she's been missing for four days.

Please, if you have any information

about where she might be, if you've seen her,

please call 911.

Jemma, honey, if-if you can hear me,

everyone is looking for you.

I love you. I miss you so much.

I just want you home.

Thank you.

Help me find Jemma.

She's my best friend.

Hey, help me find Jemma.

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Everyone, up against the wall!

And hands where I can see them. Now!

All right, let's go!

Let's go, let's go!

Police! Don't move!

Freeze!

Drop your weapons. Drop them!

Hands on your head.

Don't say a word.

Okay? Not a word!

My client didn't just...

Oh. Look who it is.

It's Thalia Macera.

She was a 16-year-old child when she was ripped from her home...

I see her on TV all the time.

That woman loves a television lens.

Isn't that the victims' rights attorney?

She is no attorney.

She is a piranha with a license to practice law.

And now she is being charged with armed robbery,

and facing 25 years in prison.

Talk about an injustice.

The ADA is the one who should be in jail

for compounding this child's trauma.

Thank you.

No one in the DA's office could stand her.

She alienates everyone in the courtroom,

and she's never met a victim she couldn't exploit.

I don't get it.

Why would Bull want to work with her?

Bull and Thalia go way back.

When he first got out of school and started to practice

as a forensic psychologist,

Thalia was the first one to hire him as an expert witness.

It was the first time he ever set foot in a courtroom.

He says it was love at first sight.

Uh, the courtroom, not Thalia.

It's gonna be a tough case to defend.

It's pretty clear that the girl is guilty.

Well, I'm sure Bull has a theory, right?

Yeah. His theory is she did it against her will.

As to the why and the how, everything is on the table:

brainwashing, exploitation, manipulation, fear, abuse.

Terrific.

We got a guilty client, an impossible lawyer...

...and about a half dozen unproven theories

with which to defend her.

Sounds like a dream come true.

You see that?

How quickly Jemma reacted to Ryan's presence?

He's really got a hold on her.

It's gonna be hard to make a case

that she did what she did against her will

when they're whispering in each other's ears

like co-conspirators.

You want me to go stand between them?

Could you, would you?

Let's call the next case.

The People v. Jemma Whitbeck and Ryan Mitchell?

I'll hear you on bail.

Your Honor, Mr. Mitchell has a criminal record:

assault, fraud, larceny.

Given the incontrovertible facts of this case,

the people request $250,000 cash.

Most of those cases you cited have been dismissed,

and my client has never defaulted.

I would ask Your Honor

to consider releasing my client on his own recognizance.

I'm adopting the prosecutor's recommendation.

250 cash.

What about his friend?

Objection to the use of the word "friend."

Relax, Ms. Macera. I'll let you know

when it's your turn.

On the matter of Ms. Whitbeck,

while she has no criminal record,

the case against her is airtight.

She was caught fleeing the scene of the crime

with the gun in her hand.

The people request bail in the amount of $100,000.

Your turn, Ms. Macera.

$100,000?

It might as well be $100 million.

My client can't make that.

What are you asking for?

I'm asking for a dismissal, and an apology

from the prosecutor.

My client has suffered

unimaginable trauma.

She didn't willfully commit this crime, and everyone knows that.

No, Ms. Macera.

Everyone doesn't know that.

That's what we're here to determine.

And for the future... this is just you and me here...

save the theatrics for the jury.

I'm setting the bail at $100,000.

Tell the judge we have a motion,

and we need it to be heard immediately.

Do it now.

Uh, next case.

Excuse me, Your Honor.

I have a motion and I need to be heard.

It's an urgent matter, and it cannot wait,

and my client's constitutional right

to due process is at stake.

Motion to sever?

That's what was so urgent?

I got a courtroom full of people out there.

Separate trials are essential to our case.

There are two inconsistent defenses.

We fully plan on pointing the finger at Mr. Mitchell.

Your Honor, two trials will be a waste of time and resources.

Both cases require the same witnesses, the same evidence.

There's no reason both cases can't be heard together.

I can give you a couple reasons.

First, if Jemma and Ryan are seated at the same table,

it will send a subliminal message to the jurors

that they are a team.

They are a team.

Second, victims of abuse are more likely to speak freely

if their abuser is removed from the equation.

Hold on. Abuse?

Where is that coming from?

There's nothing to back that up.

There's no witnesses,

no medical reports of injuries...

What grounds do you have to support a claim of abuse?

I have 20 years of experience working with victims.

Yes.

But do you have anything tangible to present?

Not just yet, Your Honor.

Because it doesn't exist.

Your Honor, the defendant was a willing participant

in the robbery.

Your motion to sever is denied.

Without prejudice. You can refile

if you develop concrete evidence of abuse.

But until then, it's two defendants, one trial.

Good to have her back, huh?

I had to drain her college fund,

and take out a second mortgage on the house to make her bail,

but yes, I'm relieved to finally have her back home.

Thing is, she's not the same kid she was when she left.

How could she be?

Come in.

Honey, what are you doing?

You love those posters.

And your animals?

If I have to stay here, can't I make it look the way I want?

Of course.

You remember Dr. Bull.

Mm-hmm.