03x06 - Fool Me Twice

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Bull". Aired: September 20, 2016 - May 26, 2022.*
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03x06 - Fool Me Twice

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[indistinct chatter]

There is nothing more
cruel than having

the most beautiful
woman in New York

sitting at one of your tables,

and not being able to sit
down and eat with her.

Well, don't let me keep you.

Ha ha.

[Marissa chuckles]

Dinner?

Absurd, divine.

Did you ask Chef
Johnny to do that?

Do what? Make the agnolotti.

From our wedding.

It was so good, I
got a little teary.

Took me right back
to that night.

That perfect night.

Thank Chef for me?

I got a better idea.

I need three bluefins fired, now.
Yes, Chef!

Looking good; Where are we at
on that sauce? Working, Chef!

Danny, where are we at on that sauce?
Working, Chef.

JOHNNY: All right.
Looking good, Tom.

GREG: Johnny.

You guys good?

We got about 300 more on
the books before 10:00.

We're rocking and
rolling, jamming it out.

I just wanted to say thank you
for such a beautiful dinner.

I don't know how you had the
time to make that pasta

with all this going on.

You kidding? I love
making that dish.

I don't want to keep you.

I just wanted to say
how appreciative I am.

My pleasure.

Ooh, that smells good!
Let's keep going!

You sure you don't want dessert?

A nightcap, maybe.

If I consume anything else, I
will quite literally explode.

I'm in desperate need
of an elastic waistband

and the couch. [chuckles]

See you at home.

How'd I get so lucky, huh?

Must've done something
right, hmm?

I love you. I love you, too.



Everything all right?

[music playing over earbuds]

[sniffing]

[sniffing]

[sniffing]

[metal creaking]

[air hissing]

Mmm.

Babe.

Hey, babe.[groans]

Happy Sunday.[groans]

It's after 11:00 in the morning;
Why didn't you wake me up

and kiss me when you
got home last night?

I just couldn't.

I couldn't do it; You
were too adorable.

All curled up around your
pillow like a little koala.

[chuckles] Wait.

Do koalas drool? [laughs]

You have to wake
me up and kiss me.

Drool or no drool,
cute or not cute.

We had a deal.

Aye, aye, Captain Morgan.

I won't let it happen again.

Mea culpa. Mea culpa.

[Greg moans
softly][doorbell buzzing]

Is that the door?

Is this the Valerian residence?

We're looking for a Mr.
Greg Valerian.

W-Would you mind telling me
just what this is about?

Does Mr. Valerian live here?

We need to speak with him.

Uh, Greg? Is
everything all right?

What's going...? Greg Valerian?

Yes, why?

You're the owner of the
Briarcrest Room restaurant?

I am. Is everything all right?

We'd like you to come down
to the station with us, sir.

There's been a fire.

[gasps]A fire? When?

Happy Sunday.

Hi. How did you...?
Benny called me.

Told me about the fire,
said it was turning into

an all-day event. [sighs]

What's the latest?

I don't know.

It seems like Greg's
been back there

with the detectives for hours.

Last I heard, the fire was out,

and the fire inspectors were
going through the place.

Apparently, there's
not much left.

It was Greg's first
restaurant, his whole...

What?

What-what is it?
What's happened?

They found a body.

The night janitor was
in the restaurant

when the fire broke out.

He's dead.

[gasps] Oh, God.

That's awful. I have to see Greg...
No, no, no.

You can't do that
right now, Marissa.

What? Why not?

Greg's been arrested.

He's being booked at the moment.

You'll be able to see him
as soon as we post bail.

What's the charge?

Involuntary manslaughter.

[gasps]

That's... that's...

15 years.



I don't know if you have a
criminal attorney or not,

but if you do, please
let them know that.

TAC would like to
offer our services.

BENNY: And if you don't
have an attorney,

I stand ready to
represent you, Greg.

No, I don't have a
criminal attorney.

Thank you. Thank you all.

Tell us about the man who died.

He was a really nice man.

Didn't speak a lot of English.

Loved to show pictures of his...

grandkids.

Oh, his poor wife. I have
to, I have to talk to her.

Pay my respects.

As your attorney, I would
strongly advise against that.

Even offering
condolences can be spun

by the prosecutor as
an admission of guilt.

But that's-that's crazy.

I have to do something.Hey...

Pay for the, uh,

funeral, set up some kind
of fund for the family.

Something. I can do
all of those things.

I can make arrangements
through TAC.

All right, well,
let's talk about

the fire inspector's
report for a second.

He's saying that a grease
buildup in the exhaust ducts

above the kitchen caught fire,

creating an enormous
heat in the duct system.

And when the flames
grew powerful enough,

apparently they burst
through a loose vent...

and came in contact
with improperly stored

cleaning materials, which
caused an expl*si*n.

That sounds like bad luck.

An accident, not a crime.

Well, you're the only
one who's gonna see it

that way, I'm afraid.

The first thing they teach you

when you go to work in
a restaurant kitchen

is that two out of
three restaurant fires

are caused by grease buildup.

There's even a law.

In New York, you have to
have your exhaust systems

professionally cleaned
and inspected

every three months, which I do.

Those ducts were clean,
like, seven weeks ago.

The report indicates at
least five months worth

of buildup would have been
required to start that fire.

Well, that's-that's impossible.

That must be some mistake.

Those ducts were
cleaned and inspected.

We'll look into it, but, Greg,

that's not your only problem.

See, the prosecution is
going to say that you

repeatedly disregarded city
and state regulations.

They're gonna point to

a lack of oversight
and lax management.

What are they talking about?

The Briarcrest Room was served
with a fire code violation

six months ago and
an OSHA citation

just 12 weeks ago.

Well, the fire code
violation was nothing.

One of the managers added
a few extra tables

over a holiday weekend.

And the OSHA citation?

Some of the guys got a little
lazy with the cleaning supplies.

Not storing them properly.

As soon as I found out,

I made the whole staff
do safety training,

and I beefed up the
closing procedures.

It never happened again.

Till last night.

What's your tummy tell you?

Not much. Not yet.

Same here.

Not that it matters.

I mean, at the end of the
day, we're in it for Marissa.

Whether he's guilty or
not, the job's the same.

We need to convince a
jury that this fire

was not foreseeable,
not his fault.

[sighs] Good luck to us.

What if we're wrong?

What if it's exactly
what he says it is?

A collision of unfortunate
miscalculations.

A perfect storm.

Like some kind of
gigantic systems failure?

A fluke rather than a
pattern of behavior.

So, what kind of jurors
are we looking for?

Fellow business owners
who will sympathize?

People who understand
complex systems?

Post hoc, ergo, propter hoc.

Post hoc, ergo, propter hoc?

After this, therefore,
because of this.

That's the prosecution's theory.

The fire and JC's
subsequent death

happened after a series
of negligent behaviors

on Greg's part: The
fire code violation,

the OSHA citation,
the grease buildup.

I would argue the same thing.

But post hoc is actually
a logical fallacy.

It basically means that
correlation equals causation,

which it doesn't.

Just because there's
a relationship

between two events doesn't mean
one event caused the other.

So, to answer your question,

we need people who
understand that.

We need people who
see that correlation

doesn't always equal causation.

And how do I go about that?

Good morning.

So it says here on your
jury questionnaire

that you played
semipro football.

Up until about a year ago.

BENNY: You drink a lot
of sports drinks? Sure.

Got to stay hydrated.
What if I told you

that there is a
direct correlation

between the number of sports
drinks a person consumes

and the increased likelihood

of that person getting
a knee injury?

I would say your
logic is faulty,

but your conclusion is sound.

How so? I mean,

it makes sense.

People who drink a
lot of sports drinks

are more likely to be athletes.

Athletes are more
likely to get injured.

But sports drinks don't
cause knee injuries.

This juror is acceptable to
the defense, Your Honor.

Mr. Watson. You are a high
school history teacher.

That's correct. So let
me ask you a question.

Are you aware that
in World w*r I,

the British wore steel
helmets for the first time?

I'm vaguely aware of that.

So would it surprise you to hear
that the rate of head injuries

went up, not down?

Do you have any
explanation for that?

I can offer an educated guess.

I mean, it makes sense,
having all that metal

clanking around on your head,

it's bound to bang you up.

Interesting theory.

But wrong. The steel helmets
actually kept more men alive

that otherwise would have died.

True, they had head
injuries, but at least

they were still breathing.

Taylor, give me a reason
to keep this guy.

I don't think there is one.

We'd like to thank and excuse
this juror, Your Honor.

Then the defense is
out of challenges.

Is this panel acceptable
to the prosecution?

It is, Your Honor.

Then we have our jury.

I was hoping for a
stronger start, Bull.

By my count, at least
eight of these jurors

are susceptible to
logical fallacies.

That means a third aren't.

That's not bad. We can
work with a third.

Got a sec? Oh, sorry.

You scared me. Um,
you heading home?

Yeah, in a minute.

While you were in court,
Taylor and I went through

all the paperwork for all
of Greg's restaurants,

and we found something
I wanted you to see.

What exactly am I looking at?

Did you know that Greg
only had six weeks

to pay his investors $2 million

or he'd lose the controlling
stake in his restaurant group?

Mind if I join?

I think my husband owes
millions of dollars

he's never told me about.

[elevator bell chimes]

BULL: You know,

debt's a funny word.

One man's debt is another
man's working capital.

You know what I mean?

I just know what I read.

Danny showed me some
promissory notes.

Apparently, he is two weeks
away from losing everything.

If he doesn't pay,

which the promissory note
wouldn't have shown you.

Are we having a
conversation about Greg,

or the last great love
of your life, Kyle?

I sure can pick them, can't I?

Listen, I don't mean to
crash your pity party,

but I think you might be
rushing to judgment here.

But why wouldn't he tell me?

I have no idea.

Here's a crazy thought: Ask him.

Taxi!

He's not Kyle.

[car door closes]

ANDERSON: Based on
our investigation,

this fire and the
subsequent expl*si*n

were the result of a grease
buildup, a faulty vent

and the haphazard storage of
cleaning products and solvents.

Correct me if I'm wrong,
Fire Marshal Anderson,

but isn't all of
that preventable?

Yes. The City of New York
has rules and regulations

to prevent incidents like
this from happening.

So is it fair to say
that JC Morales's death

is a direct result
of the defendant

disregarding those regulations?

You could say that, yes.

Thank you. No further questions.

BENNY: Good morning,

Fire Marshal Anderson.

Really appreciate
your testimony.

The thing is... [sighs]

I've been through your
report a dozen times,

and there's something
that's been bothering me.

I see no mention of what
actually ignited the grease

and started the fire
in the first place.

ANDERSON: Well,
given the severity

of the damage, that's
impossible to determine.

Yes, but given your 35
years of experience,

I imagine you have a theory.

Objection. Calls
for speculation.

A professional opinion

is not the same as speculation, Ms.
Drake.

You may answer the question.

Uh, most likely, some kind
of particulate matter got in

through the vent and heated over
time to the point of ignition.

That's interesting.

Now, when you say
"particulate matter,"

you're basically saying anything
that burns and is small enough

to have gotten up into
that vent, right?

I mean, it could be a
small piece of paper,

an onion skin, the lint
from somebody's pocket,

a cigarette ash?

It's certainly possible, though
there's no evidence to suggest

any of those items
were involved.

What if I told you that
the deceased Mr. Morales

had a history of smoking inside
the restaurant after hours?

Objection. No foundation.

Your Honor, we'd like
to enter into evidence

a report from JC Morales's
personnel file.

An opening manager had

written him up after finding
cigarette butts he had left

when cleaning the night before.

So...

if Mr. Morales had
been smoking inside

the night of the fire,

wouldn't you say it would've

been possible for him to have
inadvertently started the fire?

Yes. If that was the case,
it's certainly possible

he may have started
the ignition.
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