Mickey takes Trevor to Pink's to meet the jury pool
Over chili dogs Mickey explains the Gods of Guilt, swaps Trevor's supercar for a Prius, and Trevor flatly refuses a jury consultant.
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10 moments.
Mickey wants twelve lemmings in a box
Walking Trevor past the press, Mickey explains voir dire: he does not want fair jurors, he wants them biased for him.
Trevor demands a veto over every juror cut
Lorna mocks Mickey's colored pens, then Trevor insists that no juror goes without his say, and Mickey grudgingly agrees.
Anonymous jurors introduce themselves and Golantz strikes first
The judge sets up an anonymous jury, a comedian blurts her name and is excused, and Golantz smokes out three bluffers.
Mickey charms the jury pool with his daughter story
After explaining peremptory challenges as bullets to save, Mickey uses his daughter to ask who blindly trusts cops.
Mickey baits juror one about her cop ex-husband
Mickey probes why her ex left the force early, the judge refuses to strike her for cause, and he burns a challenge on purpose.
The open folder trick that gets Golantz to cut juror five
Mickey stalls for a recess, leaves his notes open, and lets Golantz misread blue as a juror he wants.
Mickey's card shark reads juror seven, 27 and Trevor's tells
With one challenge left each, the poker player weighs the engineer against the Marlboro man and flags Trevor's nervous habits.
Mickey springs a Wheeler motion in chambers
Trevor pushes to cut juror ten; Mickey accuses Golantz of striking women, loses, and gains time instead.
The Prius fiasco costs Mickey his last challenge
Golantz cuts 27, juror ten accuses Trevor of following her in the lot, and Mickey must kick his best juror.