Lisa wants to testify; Mickey says he'll tackle her first
After the hammer surfaces, Lisa insists on telling her side, and Mickey explains why juries doubt even honest defendants.

Every The Lincoln Lawyer moment featuring Mickey Haller, in story order. Played by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.
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After the hammer surfaces, Lisa insists on telling her side, and Mickey explains why juries doubt even honest defendants.
Mr. Beltran describes finding a bloody hammer under a hedge; Mickey notes he cleared that hedge weekly and never saw it.
Mickey concedes the hammer is Lisa's, then asks the detective whether his search was thorough or sloppy.
Mickey cuts off the DNA expert by stipulating, and tells the judge the killer planted the hammer just like the gloves.
Lorna calls the strategy an appeal waiting to happen, says she learned to fight from him, then mentions his birthday.
Hayley throws Mickey a lunchtime party, and his mother arrives to sum up everyone in the office, including his client.
His mother asks how he'd feel if Hayley hid a near-death, then unpacks herbs and cut-price antibiotics from Tijuana.
Lisa's ex-husband turns up willing to testify for a cut of a movie deal, and Mickey sends him away.
When Mickey wonders whether Lisa reached out to Jeff, she says he keeps asking for her trust without giving his.
Ms. Stern describes the Trammells' fights; Mickey shows a Bondurant offer on her home depended on Lisa selling hers.
Building inspector Kim's photo shows Lisa pushing Bondurant; Mickey plays video of the moments before it.
On his birthday outing with Hayley, Mickey tells the story of Mama Elena and his father, then answers honestly about his client.
Seeing her son on a magazine cover wearing his father's ring, Mama Elena says he's the star now; a soul song follows.
Andrea's surprise witness is the podcaster, and the judge, nursing a pecan injury, lets his tapes in over Mickey's protest.
Lisa's own unused podcast interview describes learning Bondurant's routine down to his parking garage.
Over Lorna's warning that he's breaking his own rules, Mickey decides the defense must open with Lisa herself.
Mickey calms a blindsided Lisa, then lets her tell the jury about her father's shop and why she would never sell.
Lisa explains the podcast's seventh take, the magazine photo of his car, and why she only wanted to save her home.
Lisa remembers riding the train with her father as a girl; Mickey warns her Monday's cross will be the hard part.
Mickey's mother runs lines for a reading, borrows his driver for Burbank, and tells Izzy nerves are for amateurs.
Andrea presses on the protests, the egg and the husband who left until Lisa erupts in court; Mickey's redirect is one question.
Mr. Morales praises Lisa's calm, until Andrea makes him read his own post about her temper.
The defense expert uses a dummy and Lorna swinging a hammer to show a woman Lisa's height couldn't strike the fatal blow.
His mother comes home after losing her agent; Mickey tells her to fight back and invites her to watch him.
Lorna explains to Legal why the defense needed a culprit, as Mickey flatters Grant through his business empire on the stand.
Grant blames Bondurant's money trouble on others; Lorna explains the bribery theory as Mickey lines up the letter's dates.
Grant admits he was born Alex Kazarian and that his father is serving federal time for racketeering and more.
Photos, visitation and travel records show Grant heading to his uncle's bakery straight after seeing his father.
Mickey accuses Grant of carrying messages for a crime family, and Grant reads a statement refusing to answer.
Legal explains why a third party taking the Fifth looks guilty, while the judge threatens Mickey with the bar but denies a mistrial.