Mickey rehearses a brutal cross-examination with Trevor
Playing prosecutor, Mickey hammers Trevor with the murder scenario, then tells him to give the jury only one thing: his love for Lara.
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#courtroom drama
11 moments.
Trevor confesses his own affairs and denies the murder
On direct, Trevor admits he knew of Lara's affair and cheated too, then breaks down answering Mickey's last question: did he kill his wife?
Golantz dismantles Trevor's surprise-trip story
On cross, Golantz uses Trevor's packed calendar, the camera log and the missing prenup to paint a jealous husband with a motive.
The video game gun: Golantz's ambush with Nocturna
Golantz plays Trevor's own game to show its hero's gun matches the murder weapon; Mickey's sidebar objection fails.
Golantz's closing: the gilded cage
Golantz recaps the undisputed facts and casts Trevor as a man who turned his wife into a game character he could control.
Mickey's closing: seven minutes of math
Opening with his daughter's hatred of algebra, Mickey walks the jury through the timeline and finds only seven minutes for murder and cleanup.
Mickey's closing: where is the gun?
Mickey asks where the real gun and bloody clothes went, calls it impossible in seven minutes, and points the jury at Anton Shavar.
The Elliott verdict
The jury returns and the forewoman reads the verdict on both counts of first-degree murder.
Glory Days testifies for Jesús Menendez
Gloria tells the court about the left-handed attacker with the kanji tattoo and the Vice cop who scared her off, then refuses to be shamed.
The service elevator footage catches Detective Perez
Perez swears she was camping; Mickey plays hotel footage, her lawyer invokes the Fifth, and the judge erupts at sidebar.
Perez points to the detective who sent her
Back on the stand, Perez admits threatening Gloria at another detective's request, and points him out in the courtroom.