Mickey needles Bishop: you might need a hat
Bishop warns Mickey to plead Julian out, and Mickey lets him know he's onto him.
Neil Bishop's Best Moments
Every The Lincoln Lawyer moment featuring Neil Bishop, in story order.
16 moments · 34 min · by Favseen
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- 02
Bishop confronts Mickey in the hallway
Furious to be on the witness list, Neil Bishop calls Mickey a menace to the good guys; Mickey asks if he still thinks he's one.
- 03
Forsythe turns on Bishop over the footage
Outside court the prosecutor tears into his investigator for holding back the hotel video, who blames Mickey for introducing it.
- 04
Forsythe pushes for a mistrial and Bishop blows up in chambers
Forsythe calls for a mistrial; Mickey suggests the stabbing was meant to cause one, and Bishop's outburst earns a rebuke.
- 05
Mickey questions De Marco about Moya, Gloria and Bishop
Without a jury, Mickey probes De Marco on the cartel boss, the informant he denies knowing, and his old link to Bishop.
- 06
Mickey shows Bishop the video and calls him to the stand
Mickey plays Bishop the footage, appeals to his conscience, and then names him as the defense's next witness.
- 07
De Marco sits down at Detective Bishop's table
Years back, a DEA agent interrupts Bishop's custody fight on the phone to ask about a stalled cartel double homicide, and an offer.
- 08
Bishop takes the stand and names De Marco
Called by the defense, the DA's own investigator admits he asked for the case to monitor it for a DEA agent, blindsiding Forsythe.
- 09
Bishop admits he is the man in the hat
Mickey walks Bishop through the hotel footage until he confesses he was the one following Gloria, on De Marco's request.
- 10
Bishop explains how he set up the hotel booking under a fake name
Bishop describes finding Gloria online and borrowing an empty room across the hall to book her without leaving a trace.
- 11
Gloria finds room 837 empty while Bishop watches
In flashback, Gloria quizzes the desk clerk about a guest who doesn't exist, and Bishop trails her out to her car and home.
- 12
The judge has Bishop hand over his gun on the stand
Mid-testimony, the judge clears the jury, offers Bishop a lawyer, and orders him to surrender his firearm to the bailiff.
- 13
Bishop places Julian, then De Marco, at Gloria's building
Bishop testifies he saw Julian come and go, then watched De Marco skirt the front-door camera an hour before Gloria died.
- 14
De Marco swears he only wants to talk to Gloria
Bishop recalls the curbside exchange in which De Marco explained the subpoena, waved off his worries, and sent him home.
- 15
Bishop confesses the bribe that let De Marco own him
Asked why he did it, Bishop admits he took cartel money to bury a double homicide when he feared losing his young son.
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Did you believe him? Bishop's final answer and last words
Mickey presses Bishop on De Marco's story about the fire; Bishop finally says no, then courtroom chaos follows his plea for his son.