01x01 - Pilot

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Good morning.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning.

For the record, Daniel
Michael Gallagher,

convicted of m*rder
in the second degree,

given a sentence of
15 years to life.

This is your first appearance

before the board? Yes, ma'am.

You managed to keep
a clean disciplinary record.

You were involved in the
exoneration of David Rangel?

You seem to
have made it a point

to provide that
kind of assistance.

I agree with whoever it was that
said that the greatest threat

to our system of justice
is an innocent man.

And we understand you do have
a statement you've prepared.

Yes, ma'am.

I only wanted to say that...

that I...

That every day that
I have been in here,

I have thought about
Alexandra Forrest.

Because I need to make
myself understand what I did,

how she died...

that I k*lled her...

and why.

My position,

my accomplishments,

everything that I had...

and everything that I wanted...

next to that, she meant nothing.

That she tried to jeopardize it,

in my mind...

meant that I was justified
in whatever I chose to do.

And I chose rage.

I chose to lose control.

I chose to take her life.

And the man that I had
always believed myself to be

could not have done that.

But I did.

So I have tried to
take every single day

that I have been in here...

to come...

to a better understanding

of who I really am...

and to atone.

Um, that's all I have to say.

If you were to be paroled, what
plans do you have for yourself?

The first...

The first thing that
I would like to do

is to be reconnected
with my family.

Do you have
any more questions?

No.

Thank
you, Mr. Gallagher.

We'll take all of
this under advisement

and notify you of our decision.

Thank you all very much.

Come on. Let's go.

Uh, that's not mine.

That's not my phone.

Name?

Ellen Gallagher.

On vacation in
Switzerland, and, one morning,

his wife came back from a hike
and described climbing a hill

to find an old wooden
house at the top,

with a beautiful
handcarved door.

Did I not tell this story
in junior honors seminar?

No? Okay.

Well, so, after lunch,

she wanted him to see
the house with the door,

so they climbed the hill

and then all the
surrounding hills,

but they never found it.

Carl Jung described his
wife as calm and rational,

logical, impossible to fool.

But so here was something
she swore had happened,

that he absolutely
could not explain.

I mean, four other
classes, yeah,

and then the reading, as well.

So it's... it's a lot, but,
uh, I think I just find

that, with, like, listening
and even taking notes,

everything is just sort of
gone as soon as it's over.

So doing that transcription
just really helps,

like, set it in stone
for me, I guess.

So it's worth all
the extra time.

Plus, you'll have a hard copy of
every lecture to refer back to.

Yeah.

Still, though, why
are other people

just, like, so good
at it? At what?

Remembering what they hear?

Yeah.

Trust me, they're not.

So, do you...

My father might be, um...

up for parole.

He's up for parole.

That must have been so hard
for you to be holding on to.

All this time, you've had to
carry his being in prison,

when you had told
me he was dead.

Well, he's never
e-mailed me before.

Ever.

And then he asked me
to come to his hearing,

and I didn't e-mail back,

but I went.

I'm sorry that I lied.

People tell me what
they're ready to tell me.

Let me run something
by you, okay?

Work-related?

Speaking of birthdays, it
was Marlena's birthday.

And she's been sending
me these screenshots

of some sh*t called
a tennis bracelet.

Like I got that kind of
scratch laying around.

So I had to get creative.

Oh, boy.

What? It's nothing.

I just don't want to
have anything in my mouth

when you tell me what you did.

So I thought to myself,

"How much jewelry have I
got Winnie over the years?"

And then I've never seen
most of it, like, ever again.

So I looked, and I
found this one thing

that pretty much solved
my problem exactly.

So I repurposed it.

Oh. Marlena loves it.
She went f*cking crazy.

I'm sure she did. You both
clearly have great taste.

f*ck you, dude. I
need some advice here.

Why? You already did the thing
I would have told you not to do.

Because I could have sworn
that Winnie would not remember

this f*ck' thing that
she's never worn once,

but now she says that
she can't find it

and that she thinks
someone stole it.

And she wants me to
claim it on insurance.

Which I have not done
yet. Because that's fraud.

So I explained to her,
I was like, "Babe, look.

It doesn't make sense that a
thief would just sneak in here

and steal this one thing.
It probably just slipped

through the cracks in
the drawer or whatever."

Which, yeah, I think I might
just double down on that.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

Or you could blame it
on one of the kids.

Frank, honestly, stop talking
to me, your direct supervisor,

about your criminal
f*cking enterprise.

And if you come to my party with
anybody other than your wife,

I will crap thunder on you.

Like Marlena would want to come
to a geezer's party. She's 23.

Oh, there it is, the face.

You know, no wonder they're
gonna make you judge.

- Well, happy birthday, Danny.
- Thank you, Terry.

Also, tell me again on Thursday.

Morning.

Good morning.

You see the hearing's
been pushed?

I did, yes, thank you.
How are you today?

Okay.

I had a dream last night

this giant snake
bit me on the face.

Well, that's disturbing.

Beatrice.

Oh. Here for Koestner?

Yep, it's been a while

since I've been up against
one of Norman's juries.

You should be fine, so long as
you haven't missed anything.

You haven't missed
anything, have you?

Shut up.

Ooh! Heard your 40th
birthday's coming up.

That's young for a judge.

Just not young for a person.

Damn! Beatrice, that hurts.

Hey, hey, boss. Hey.

Hey. Can I get a sign-off?

Vehicular manslaughter.
I was thinking probation.

Defendant blew a 1.8.
That's pretty drunk, Phil.

Right, but it's a first offense.

Plus, the vic died
of a heart attack.

No. No deal. Save your
empathy for somebody

who doesn't get behind
the wheel sh*t-faced.

Bad decisions lead
to bad outcomes.

You play stupid games,
you win stupid prizes.

How you
doing, Your Honor?

Don't jinx me, Gabriel.

I'm home!

Those are pretty pictures.

Nana got it for me. Oh, really?

At the Taschen store.

It was sealed in plastic,
so it might have been

the illustrated Scandinavian
Kama Sutra, for all she knew.

But she liked the
cover, so here we are.

But it's not, right? Right?

It's fairy tales.

Fairy tales. Okay.
Fairy tales are good.

I'm sorry.

Go on.

I was a complete shithead.

And I'm sorry.

The best was how you
literally had just said

you didn't care what we watched.

- It was extremely...
- bag-of-dicks.

You're right, I'm
wrong, I'm sorry...

and I think maybe just
all the moving stuff

was getting in my pocket.

Wait. That was about moving?
Do you not want to move?

Honey, I'm really just
trying to say I'm sorry.

'Cause, you know, we can just
still flip that house instead.

Just sayin'. And while
we're saying stuff,

you don't have to be a judge
either if you don't want.

"The hours are easier, the
schedule's more reliable,

it's such an honor"...
That you can still refuse.

It'd be a baller move, right?

They offer it to me, and I'm
just like, "Tsk, eh, I'm good."

I bet you didn't know that
judges get to go to conferences.

In fancy places, no less.

What kind and where?

Mostly the law kind.

And how about Aruba?

Aruba means Milwaukee.

Milwaukee means San Bernardino.

Hey, kiddo.

Where do the sun and
the moon come into it?

Well, the stepmother's castle

is east of the sun
and west of the moon.

Ohh...

Doesn't have to
have a stepmother,

but when it does, man,
you know it's good, right?

Hey, what's the problem
with Suarez's case?

He says you're not
gonna charge it.

I asked him to get
one of the four guys

to flip on the other ones.
It's not a problem for me.

Yeah, well, he's
already got a witness,

who's a working man, a
father, community pillar.

Why does he need to
negotiate with a m*rder*r?

Can you tell me where this perfect
witness is gonna be in six months?

Eating M&M's outside of Courtroom 12
while waiting to be called to the stand.

And can you absolutely promise me
you can find him and bring him in?

Can I? Yes. You gonna
charge the case or not?

I'm gonna
prosecutorial-discretion it.

Aw! Suarez has four guys.

I'm just asking for one.

Maybe youguys should
have gone to law school.

No, I wanted to
work for a living.

And here we are.

Thank you. Thank you.

You still coming to my party?

I don't know. You
gonna be there?

A full bar is gonna be there.

Plus, specialty
c*ck with themes.

Ooh! At least that's
f*ck' stupid.

Excuse me, sir. Hmm.

There's no eating
in the courtroom.

No, there's no youeating
in the courtroom. Just me.

You're not me.

Sad but true.
Where's Conchita?

Double-booked, but she sent her.

Alice. Okay.

Or Alex.

Well, which is it?

Hmm.

Someone should ask.

Conchita got stuck upstairs,
said she's really sorry.

I'm Alex Forrest.

Alex. That's alright.
Dan Gallagher.

Yeah, she loves you. Conchita.

Yeah, she lowers
my blood pressure.

So... you up to speed
on everything yet?

Yeah, Conchita's definitely
their point person,

but they know me, so we're good.

They're nervous.

Well, let's go talk to them.

How you guys holding up?

Okay.

Big day.

All the times I
had to remind you

to control your
facial expressions,

hide your anger, hide your pain,

don't do anything to
make the jury feel bad,

feel sorry for the
man who k*lled Yalina.

But today this is...

This is the sentencing phase.

This is for the judge.

He needs to know what you lost.

So show him.

If you feel angry, be angry.

If you feel like you
want to cry, you cry.

Today is the day for
all the emotions.

And this is the place.

Okay? Yeah.

Okay? Yes.

Thank you. You're welcome.

Thank you. Thanks.

So, are you doing anything
for the big birthday?

Wife's throwing me a party.

Nice. My mom wanted to do
that for my dad's 40th,

but he didn't want her
to spend the money.

If I was a wiser man, I'd
probably be saying the same thing.

Yeah, but then he had
a stroke the next year,

so shouldn't have asked
him; should've just done it.

Hi-de-h*, degenerates.

Nice pocket square, E.B.

Oh, you like that?

Oh, what could possibly
go wrong with that?

Victim services. She
works with Conchita.

Conchita, man.
Conchita's the best.

What's her name?

Alice, I think?

Hmm. Is Alice my big toe?

'Cause I want to bang her on
every piece of furniture I own.

- She wants full overlay
now. - Wait. What?

Yeah, her friend Sharon
just had wood inserts put on

all herappliances so they'll
blend with her cabinetry.

Well, speaking of
new appliances,

she wants a cheese
refrigerator now, too. No, no.

People are feeling a way about
cheese these days, Danny.

Is that way constipated?

It will be.

Oh, hold.

Hi. No, not yet.

Uh, I'm... I'm coming right now.

Nope.
I forgot. Sorry.

Here. You ask her. For you.

Let me clean this
sh*t up. Hey, pal.

Well, I have these boots

I'm trying to build
an outfit around,

but now I'm thinking I
should just get over myself.

So you excited
about going to that

white-truffle as*h*le place?

Why can I never
remember the name of it?

I don't know. Is that
even happening anymore?

Send me a picture.
Text it. Okay. I will.

She knows. I will.

Hey. Either you want me
to come home or you don't.

What? How do we
have no bananas?

I'll see you
tomorrow night, Dan.

Bye, Beth. Well, if
I'm going to the store,

do we need anything else?

Well, think, woman.

Isn't this thing
starting at 6:00?

Are you getting ready or...?

Uh, sorry. Dad
pushed it to 7:30.

So you didn't need me to come
home early from work then?

No. I still wanted you home.

Oh, really? Why?

Make you do stuff for me.

Pick it up.

You g*dd*mn...

sexy lunatic.

Aah!

I didn't ask for
anything to be substituted.

I simply asked, could they
not put it on the plate.

Kind of an expensive restaurant
to make such a mistake, Bethie.

So just don't eat it then.

It's not like they gave you a
grenade with the pin pulled.

I just think it's
funny. That's all.

They've got a hundred people
running around in here...

Shh.

Creating an unparalleled
dining experience.

I will go ask them
to replate it.

No one has to doanything.
I just said it was funny.

I didn't want to substitute.
I didn't want it at all.

And not only do I get it
anyway, but it's cold.

Ironic polenta.

Hm!

Oh, boy.

How we doing over here, Eleanor?

- Ellen.
- Lennon?

Ellen.

Ah. Lemon.

Ellen. Sluggo?

Ellen. Gordon Shumway.

Hey, you want a slice of
my pork, Gordon Shumway?

I think I'm good.

You sure? It's really good.

I love you. I love you, too.

Yeah? Clerk #1: Sorry
to bother you, boss.

Got a homicide in
Lancaster. No I.D. yet.

Okay. Call Frank, tell
him to go to the scene,

have him give me a call when
he figures out what's going on.

Gotcha.Alright.

No rest for the wicked.

So it'll be
official soon, huh?

Do they get you the,
uh... the thing?

Or do you get your own?

The robe. Huh.

You get your own. Out
of pocket, actually.

You don't even have
to, funnily enough.

There's no rule that says
a judge has to wear one.

It's more of a
tradition at this point,

a symbolic practice.

How much more are you going
to be pulling down a year?

20 K?

It won't pay for private school.

Symbolism. Tradition.

The fabric of society.

Seven years at Stanford
to empty your pockets

for a metal detector
in the morning?

You're not doing that
for your family, Dan.

Or for your credit rating.

The end of the
day, it's all just

a cool guy's
cops-and-robbers game.

But, still, people will
have to call you Judge.

I'm sure you'll hate that.

Look who it is!

Hello. Thank you all
for coming. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

- Hey!
- There she is!

Thanks, guys. Thank you.

Mikey!

How are you, guys? Thank
you so much for coming.

I'm very good.

Enjoy.

Is the boss here? She
said she was gonna come.

If there were $400
bottles of wine,

Leyva would be here,
but there's not.

But there are these.

Look. You're supposed
to be impressed.

Like no one's ever put egg
whites in a damn drink before.

Oh, and this one. Wait for it.

It's a piña colada.

What do you want from me, Mike?

Attention!

Happy birthday.

♪ Illusion never changed

♪ Into something real

♪ Wide awake and I can see
the perfect sky is torn ♪

♪ You're a little late

♪ But I'm already torn

Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry.

What time's the thing
for Dennis? 3:30.

Oh, sh*t. Well, there
goes the day then.

12th floor called.

She's looking for you.

Okay. Not fair to keep
you in any more suspense.

So, the appointment...
It's not happening.

What? What are
you talking about?

The governor's going
with Gus Howlett.

Gus Howlett? Since when?

He's not even a
f*cking prosecutor.

Yeah, I know. And the whole
thing is pretty embarrassing.

Oh, I'm sure it is.

I thought this was
yourslot to fill.

"It's a lock." I'm pretty
sure that's what you said.

Okay. Howlett's father-in-law's
big money in the tech sector.

He's got a whole lot
of king-sh*t weight

to throw around, and when
that whole thing happened...

I get it. Your corrupt buddy
is gonna let this as*h*le

buy a f*cking judgeship
for his son-in-law, Gus,

that he doesn't
even want, right?!

Okay. Watch it.

Okay.

We'll go back in next round.

Four years will be gone
before you know it.

You're just gonna have
to have a little faith.

You know, your father
wasn't appointed...

Oh, f*ck him. his first
go-around, either.

Okay. Okay.

This sh*t is
just how this sh*t is.

It's like getting mad
at the wind for blowing.

Look, they just rejected
whoever doesn't serve

whatever agenda it is
they're pushing this cycle.

It's not you. I know, Mike.

You know what else no
one gives a sh*t about?

What age your dad
got on the bench

and how you're not gonna
be younger than him.

He would have. He would've what?

Given a sh*t.

Well, yeah, that's just 'cause
that's the kind of grinding,

petty needledick he was.

But he's dead.

So no one's even thinking
about that sh*t but you.

Yeah, 'cause you're doing a
greatjob shutting up about it.

You know, you should
maybe concentrate more

on how you're gonna handle all
the sympathy you're gonna get,

not to mention all the people
that want to see your balloon

get popped a little.

Look. What do you
say we pack it in

and take this day to Andolini's?

I'm going at 3:30 for Dennis
Ortega's retirement thing.

How'd you get out
of that, by the way?

I probably said it went to spam.

Hey,
maybe you should think

about skipping it,
too, Dan, seriously.

Well, like you said,

got to start sometime.

So might as well be today.

Hey. Hey, guys.
How's it goin'?

Good to see you.
How you guys doin'?

It's a compliment and
an honor, but honestly,

at the end of the day,
it's kind of a demotion.

And, anyway, everybody
knows the court officers

actually run the court, not
the judge. Who wants that?

I want to give three-hour summations,
not listen to them, right?

You sit there long enough, your
brain goes straight to your a*s.

Why would I want you guys
telling me what to do?

When to show up, when to eat
lunch, when to take a sh*t.

I'm a D.A. I sh*t when Iwant.

So what's the play here?
What are you thinking?

Not sure yet. You?

I don't know what
a lot of these are.

Well... just take a bite
out of the mystery one,

and if you don't like it,
throw it on the floor.

Oh... And they're cool
with that? The owners?

Oh. Yeah, yeah. They
wantyou to do it.

Yeah? Okay.

Pecan fingers, rainbow cookies

which are actually
cake for some reason,

amaretti and anise.

These are ciminos. That's
sesame and orange. Fig.

And last but not least,
Italian wedding butter cookies

with chocolate and pecan.

Holy sh*t.

Yeah, a lot of the manytimes
that I have been here,

there have been cookies.

Sure, but, I mean,
that's kind of a lot.

Is Conchita here with you?

She brought me with her,
actually, but she's...

She's already gone back.

How has she never
brought you here before?

How can a person work in
the Criminal Courts building

and never come to Andolini's?

I just moved here
last September, so...

Why? Because you had
to explain the cookies?

Maybe I just... I like having
desserts described to me.

September. That's
eight months.

Let's say 240-ish days.

I'm here minimum
three times a week.

Which means that
since you moved,

I have been here 90 times.

Must be the place
to be, I guess.

Or just the place I always am.

Are you okay?

I-I'm not asking for any
specifics. Obviously.

I mean, I'm aware that I
don't actually know you.

But... I don't know.

You seem...

something right now.

Yeah, I probably do.

Yeah, I probably do,
too.

Things are just...
a lot sometimes.

Right? Hm.

And they just keep happening.

But don't worry.
It'll be okay.

Or it won't.

I'm gonna take
these on the road.

I'm particularly excited
about the sesame.

Very nice talking to you.

Congratulations.

Did you justget back?

What? Me? No.

Are you lying?

I can smell it, you know.

You can smell lying?

No, I can smell the alcohol.

Oh. That. Well,
anybodycan do that.

Have you ever pushed
that red button?

I think you pull it.

It says "pull." But no. You?

It's just one of those things.

You know, like every time I see
a ladder up against something,

I feel the need to climb it.

So what do you
think would happen?

Well... it says "stop,"

so I think we'd stop.

And then I think a very
loud bell would ring.

And then eventually

some court officer in the
basement would hear it,

and eventually they would call
the fire department, maybe.

But what if all the court
officers were at Andolini's?

Yes, that's a very good point.

And so what would happen, then?

Just... nothing?

Or something?

Would anybody come?

The numbskull.

Oh-h*! Danny! Fellas.

You old bag of
glue. What's up?

Not much. What are
you still doing here?

Working overnights.

Want to grab a quick pop
or three at Andolini's?

No, I'm done. Just got back.

It's all elbows and knees
over there right now.

Ah, sh*t. Right. The
racket for Dennis.

The racket.

That guy never worked
a day in his life.

Excuse me.

Good night.

♪ Good night, ladies

♪ Mmm-mmm

♪ Good night, ladies

♪ Yeah, Brandy used
to watch his eyes ♪

♪ When he told his
sailor stories ♪

♪ She could feel the
ocean fall and rise ♪

♪ She saw its ragin' glory ♪

♪ But he had always
told the truth, Lord ♪

♪ He was an honest man

♪ And Brandy tried her
best to underst-a-a-and ♪

♪ Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo,
doo, doo, doo ♪

♪ At night, when the
bars close down ♪

♪ Brandy walks through
a silent town ♪

Oh, sh*t.

♪ You're a fine girl,
you're a fine girl ♪

♪ What a good wife you
would be, such a fine girl ♪

♪ But my life, my
lover, my lady ♪

Oh, sh*t.

♪ Is the sea ♪

♪ Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo,
doo, doo, doo ♪

♪ Brandy, you're a fine girl ♪

♪ You're a fine girl ♪

♪ What a good wife
you would be ♪

♪ Such a fine girl ♪

♪ But my life, my lover,
my lady is the sea ♪

f*ck.

f*ck. f*ck. f*ck.

Yeah? I crashed
the f*cking car, Mike.

What the f*ck? Car, Mikey.
I crashed the f*cking car.

Where are you?

Uh, I'm under the 5
at Hollenbeck Park.

Are you hurt? Is anybody hurt?

No, no, it's just the
car. The car is f*cked.

Can you walk? Yeah. Yeah.

Okay. Okay. Just
start walking north.

I will pick you up.

Do it now.

Mike... I'll see
you in 15, 20 max.

And unless you want
to get breathalyzed,

don't let anyone else see you.

Where were you? Your last
text was like 2 hours ago.

Sorry. I'm sorry.

I got into an accident. What?

N-Nobody's hurt, but Mike
had to come and pick me up.

My God. What happened?

I had a few too many pops
with Dennis and the boys.

So you were drunk?

Yeah, yeah, I probably
technically still am,

but I feel pretty
f*cking sober right now.

You like Dennis and the guys
that much that you'd be willing

to, like, risk k*lling
someone or yourself?

Because why?

I didn't get it.

The appointment.

It's not me.

The... Wait. How do you know?

Marcella told me this morning.

Why didn't you just come home?

Sorry
to bother you, boss.

Baker's asking or another
adjournment on the Carew case.

Says his mother-in-law's
in the hospital.

Really? He must have forgot

that he told us she
died two years ago.

f*ck me. I'll let
the judge know.

Oh, Christ.

So what happens
now with your job?

Nothing.

You crashed a company car drunk.

We know that. And
Mike knows that.

But they don't know that.

And they won't if they
don't have a Breathalyzer.

So I'll just get lectured
for crashing a company car

that they searched and seized
and didn't pay for anyway.

Are you hurt anywhere?

No. No, I'm okay.

f*ck them.

For not knowing your value.
f*ck their whole asses.

Maybe when they come crawling back
in four years, you won't be around.

You could have an equity
partnership right now

if you wanted one,
and Marcella knows it.

I bet you some of those firms
would even get you a driver

if you asked.

Want to watch something?

Just space out and laugh at
people trying to ice-fish?

Yeah, you do. Come on.

Yeah.

Good morning, sunshine!

Got my guy at traffic control
out of bed last night.

We towed your car back
here. What did he say?

Uh, f*ck me for waking him
up. What's he supposed to say?

It's not his job to give a sh*t
about what you all get up to.

So that's it?

You don't wantthat to be it?

Here's your new ride.

Well, new to you, at least.

I'm not totally sure it's not
a minivan, but fingers crossed!

Hey.

God damn it, Conchita.

You know Phillipe's
is my favorite.

Why are you like this?

Would you like the other half?

What do youthink?

I think you can't have it
because I'm having it later

is what I'm telling myself.

Hey, um, on the Badillo case,
the hearing's next week.

Can you have someone
call and just make sure

that the uncle stays in town?

I got a feeling I'm
gonna need him after all.

Uh, yeah. I'll talk to
Drea when she's back.

Great. And next time, buy me
a French dip, too, would ya?

For the love of God.
I will definitely

probably think about reminding
myself to remember to do that.

A halfway house in Altadena.

Wow. That...

It seems fast. Yeah.

He said, um, like,
once they grant it,

it can go fast because
of overcrowding.

Like, the state being motivated
to reduce overcrowding.

So what happens now?

He wants to see me.

And he left it up to me when.

Or if.

Do you want me to see him?

But that shouldn't
be why you don't.

Hey, yeah, I see
you. I see you. Yes, yes.

You know what? Don't say anything
yet. I'll tell him later.

I just don't want him to hear
it and to have to figure out

how to be about it
in front of you.

Hi!

Hi, Dad!

At one point,
Jung had a young woman

as a patient who believed
she lived on the moon.

To Jung, this story
she kept telling

about where and how she lived
was the crux of her condition.

So he made it clear he
accepted it completely.

And after months of analysis,

one day, she handed
him a heavy little bag,

and inside, there
was a loaded g*n.

"What is this?" Jung
asked the young woman.

She told him she'd had it
with her every time they met,

and if he ever let her down
or said he didn't believe her,

she would have
k*lled him with it.

Hi.

Did the defendant
understand the nature

and the quality of his act?

And at the time that
he committed it,

could he distinguish
between right and wrong?

Mr. Symanchuk has claimed

that he couldn't,
that he didn't.

He was delusional.

He was under the influence
of an irresistible impulse.

The legal definition of which
would mean that he was unable

to conform to the
requirements of the law.

Hey. I thought you
were already here.

I was, but I just left.

They found Sylvie
Rubidoh's Audi in Pacoima.

Holy sh*t. Okay.
Fingers crossed.

Still have a drink, though.

I already told them
to put it on my tab.

Remember, you're pretty f*cking
good just the way you are.

Later, tater.

I'm a course assistant.
It's like a T.A.

I bet you're really
great at that.

Why?

You always had amazing focus.

Um, what's it, uh...
What's it like? The house.

Crowded.

But I got priority
placement, so I'm lucky.

I guess just given that
I didn't have a plan.

That's not true.

I didhave a plan.

I just couldn't act like it was
going to happen until it did.

So many years I've missed.

Which is what I asked for.

How I wanted it.

Now that I'm
sitting here, I'm...

I just wish I could
have all that time back.

Which I know is not reasonable.

And you should know
it's okay to say no.

To what?

I don't know yet.

But first I have to
tell you something.

Hey, Dan.

I thought you said you came here
a minimum three times a week.

I think I said "on
average," didn't I?

I was supposed to be
meeting someone here,

but he had to take
off before I arrived.

He's working on a case. He's
in Investigation Bureau.

So, this woman disappears
about a month ago,

hasn't used her
phone, credit cards,

left her passport.

Her car was missing until
today, but we finally found it.

And I'm not saying
I want her to be,

but I hope she's in the
trunk. Right, Scanlon?

I'm innocent.

Meatballs are good here.

Even if they were bad,
they'd still be pretty good.

That's how I feel
about meatballs.

So, what if she's
not? In the trunk?

Well, I've been waiting to find the
wife so I can charge the husband,

and I've been trying to find the
car so I could find the wife.

So you needher to be in there.

Right, because your worst fear
in a case without a body is that

there you are standing up in
court, middle of the trial,

and then the doors fly open
and your victim walks in.

Areyou worried about that?

Are you not sure
about the husband?

Does some part of you think
that the wife is gonna walk in?

No. I know she isn't.

I need to say
this to your face,

even if you don't believe me.

I did not k*ll that woman.

Alex Forrest. I...

Yes, you did.

Yousaid that you did. What?

You lost control, in a rage,

and she didn't matter, so
then you took her life.

You were there? You
asked me to come.

Ellen, I didn't...
You should have tol...

I didn't know that you
were going to be there.

So then what would you have
said if you knew that I was?

Because what I heard was that you
k*lled her. That's what I heard.

Ellen, I had to say that.
It's what they want to hear.

If you don't say that,
then nothing else matters.

Okay, so then you
don't think about her.

I am never not
thinking about her

unless I'm thinking about you.

And I know how all
this must sound.

I did not k*ll her.

To be free,

I had to say that I did.

To be here.

But I am now.

And I'm going to prove it.

Irresistible impulses
do not lend themselves

to planning, over
time, without urgency.

They are not defined by
having the opportunity to act

and then not doing so.

Irresistible impulses
are irresistible.

Irresistible impulses
do not lend themselves

to planning over
time without urgency.

The thing that's most
exciting about this show is...

It's in the title.
You know what happens.

They are not defined by
having the opportunity to act

and then not doing so.

So then there is the mystery
of the how it happens.

Irresistible impulses
are irresistible.

In Episode 1,

where we meet Dan
Gallagher at the beginning,

is a man who is ascending
through his life's plans.

He's got the wife,
the baby, the career.

Everything's kind of going
smoothly at home and at work.

Go on.

We have very little
real estate to convey

that we are in what appears
to be a happy marriage.

Ooh, heard your 40th
birthday's coming up.

That's young for a judge.

I think what we'd see
if we traveled inside

of Dan's mind is the dragon
that he's trying to slay

is the shadow of his
father's success.

Okay, not fair to keep
you in any more suspense.

So the appointment, it's
not happening. What?

He thinks that's what the
show is about to be about,

but it is not.

You know, your father
wasn't appointed

his first time
running. Oh, f*ck him.

Even though he's putting
on this shiny front,

he has a good veneer,
a good public face,

there's a massive driving
insecurity at the center of hi.

There's almost two characters.

There's the man that we
meet in the beginning

before he has the affair,
and then there's the man

we meet in what is our present,
who has now come out of prison

and is reshaped by
that experience.

If you were to be paroled,

what plans do you
have for yourself?

The first thing that
I would like to do

is to be reconnected
with my family.

Ellen Gallagher is a
psychology student.

When we pick up with her in
the beginning of Season 1,

this b*mb has sort of
just gone off in her life,

and she has just found out

that her father, who she has
nt spoken to in 15 years,

is getting out of prison

and wants to reestablish
a relationship with her.

You want me to see him?

But that shouldn't
be why you don't.

It's kind of just her
journey of having to confront

all of this trauma
from her childhood

that her father brings up.

Hi.

I wanted to bring a
more current perspective

and the best way to do
that was to set part of it

in the present, and
part of it in the past.

And to add a m*rder
mystery element to it

gave us that sort
of 15-year gap.

I did not k*ll her, and
I'm going to prove it.

There was a lot of
attention being paid to,

in prep, distinguishing
the two time periods.

In 2008, it's all very
fluid camera movement.

This was based on the
philosopy that Dan is entitled,

getting to glide without a
lot of checks and balances.

And then the color
palette is earth tones.

And then the present day, 2023,

are all very, very cool tones.

The camera work is
extremely static.

It's sort of a boxed-in feelin,

and it's sort of a reflection
of the consequences

of the affair.

We have this
amazing makeup team

who accelerates the
timeline on my face,

and then, physically,

he just carries himself
sort of diminished,

putting him out of the
center of the frame.

He is not the center of
his own story anymore.

So I think that really
creates a strong

visual and emotional separation
between the two timelines.

I'm Alex Forrest.

Alex.

We meet Alex Forrest
in the first episode

through Dan's eyes,

so the glimpses
that we get of her

are fairly limited.

Audiences were sort of primed
to view Dan as the hero

and Alex as the villain.

I think if anything,
it's an examination

of how we, as audiences,
have completely changed

over these past few decades.

It's interesting,

now that social
mores have changed

over the course of the
last 30-something years,

it's really interesting
to do a deeper dive

into all of these
specific characters

and a deeper dive

into what motivates this
kind of obsessive love.

We're all huge fans
of the original film,

but I think the biggest thing
is there's a lot more time

to explore these characters.

Every character
has endless amounts

of justification
for their actions.

Every character has a backstory.

But also being able
to see the shadow side

of why people do what they do

and hopefully come away
with more understanding.

What we're trying
to do here is take all that

tension and friction that's
inside the original movie,

expand it a little bit

since we're telling it
in a serialized format,

but also modernize it
and bring it into 2023.