Flashback: young Mickey watches his father fight for an innocent man
Outside court, Mickey's father tells his boy why a free case for an innocent client matters, and gives him a courtroom sketch.
David 'Legal' Siegel's Best Moments
Every The Lincoln Lawyer moment featuring David 'Legal' Siegel, in story order. Played by Elliott Gould.
29 moments · 52 min · by Favseen
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Legal Siegel's advice: pound the table, ask no questions
Mickey floats his bribe theory; Legal says Mickey's father would take it as a sign from God and stay quiet.
- 03
Legal's ruling on the hypothetical lawyer
Courtside at tennis, Mickey lays out a 'hypothetical' confession; Legal explains confidentiality, the conflict, and why he must withdraw.
- 04
Legal's plan B: how Mickey baited the trap
Cisco reports the arrest, and a cut back to Legal's advice reveals Mickey's moves: the ticket envelope, the SIS watch and keeping quiet.
- 05
Legal reads the FBI target letter left on Mickey's doorstep
Over a forbidden drink, Legal sees how the letter turns Bondurant's email into blackmail and warns Mickey to find out who sent it.
- 06
The FBI wants Mickey to do its work, Legal realises
Vasquez hints the Bureau wants Grant on the stand, and Mickey admits to Legal he baited the feds with reporters at the subpoena hearing.
- 07
Lorna's class presentation: setting up Alex Grant
Lorna explains to Legal why the defense needed a culprit, as Mickey flatters Grant through his business empire on the stand.
2m 01sMickey HallerLorna CraneDavid 'Legal' Siegel#alternate suspect#direct examination#strategy reveal - 08
Grant on Bondurant's debts, the failed inspections and the FBI letter
Grant blames Bondurant's money trouble on others; Lorna explains the bribery theory as Mickey lines up the letter's dates.
- 09
Alex Grant pleads the Fifth in front of the jury
Mickey accuses Grant of carrying messages for a crime family, and Grant reads a statement refusing to answer.
- 10
Legal on the Fifth, and the judge's fury in chambers
Legal explains why a third party taking the Fifth looks guilty, while the judge threatens Mickey with the bar but denies a mistrial.
- 11
Legal hands out grades, and learns the plan was set long ago
Legal scores the team on presentation, ethics and strategy, then hears the Fifth was the goal since the pre-trial hearing.
- 12
Dinner warning about clients, enemies and loneliness
Over dinner the old lawyer warns Mickey off falling for clients, flags Alex Grant's grudge, and urges him not to sacrifice everything to the job.
- 13
Legal in hospital and the Van Nuys postmark
Legal shrugs off a heart disorder and demands a distraction; Mickey reveals Glory's Hawaii postcard was really mailed from Van Nuys.
- 14
Mickey fears the cartel connection is his fault
Mickey recalls Glory snitched on cartel boss Hector Moya in a deal he cut; Legal warns the cartel could come for her lawyer too.
- 15
Legal and Mickey's bloody flag move
Picking Legal up from hospital, Mickey reveals the courtroom punch was staged with a blood capsule; Legal warns the cartel is no joke.
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Mickey smuggles Italian subs to Legal
Mickey gets frisked by a nurse, then pulls sandwiches from his father's old briefcase and Legal explains mob nicknames.
- 17
Legal tells Mickey to let the ghosts go
Legal spots a gap in the subpoena timeline, then tells Mickey his guilt over Glory is blinding him to his innocent client.
- 18
Legal gets kicked out of rehab
Legal is expelled for skipping therapy, hoarding sandwiches and throwing cheesecake, and takes in Mickey's new armored ride.
- 19
Legal: come out of the corner swinging
Over dinner Mickey vents about his witness's betrayal and Legal tells him to get up off the mat.
- 20
Cisco's cameras catch Bishop and De Marco
The team watches the two men break into Sterghos's house, and Mickey explains the ten-year-old double murder that ties them together.
2m 15sMickey HallerDennis 'Cisco' WojciechowskiDavid 'Legal' Siegel#surveillance#conspiracy#evidence - 21
How the Sterghos trap worked
The team explains the bait: a neighbour of the old crime scene on the witness list, a fake TV shoot, hidden cameras and the cocaine left behind.
- 22
Legal warns Mickey: you better not miss
Legal wants out of town, warning that criminals with badges are the worst and De Marco will kill to protect his secrets.
- 23
Legal warns Mickey about criminals with badges
Legal tells Mickey that exposing the eavesdropping put the whole sheriff's department under a microscope, and they won't take it lying down.
- 24
Legal warns Mickey about having himself for a client
Over dinner Mickey floats that Sam may have been an FBI informant, and Legal fears the case of his life is about more than winning.
- 25
Lorna's call: Berg wants Mickey ready to surrender
Lorna suspects a new special-circumstances murder indictment and a bail revocation; Mickey hides the blow from Legal.
- 26
Legal escapes a field trip for pastrami at Langer's
Legal turns up at the office after ditching his assisted-living outing, and Lorna joins him for lunch in exchange for advice.
- 27
Legal on absent kids and the son he found in Mickey
Over a giant sandwich Legal admits his children rarely visit, says he was proud Mickey followed his path, and cheers Lorna's call to bring in Maggie.
- 28
Legal's baseball lesson to Lorna from a city bus
Lorna got Bamba sixteen months; Legal tells her home runs are rare and she reached second base standing up.
- 29
Legal visits Mickey's cell one last time
Back in jail, a grieving Mickey sees Legal, who jokes about his funeral, reminds him Sam was a con man, and tells him to spread his wings.