Death Row Dana takes over, and Judge Stone asks who framed Mickey
The green deputy DA is pulled off the case mid-hearing, Dana Berg takes over, and Stone presses Lorna on who framed Mickey.
Dana Berg
Every The Lincoln Lawyer moment featuring Dana Berg, in story order. Played by Constance Zimmer.
44 moments · 1h 46m
Mickey and Lorna accuse the prosecution of hiding Officer Collins
The defense says the cop who searched the trunk has vanished and the dash and body cam footage never arrived; Berg blames tech.
Defendant or counsel? Mickey's point of order backfires
Mickey objects to Berg calling him the defendant, Stone denies it and warns him, then lays down a two-way discovery rule.
Dana Berg claims Mickey plans to flee to Mexico
At the bail hearing Berg cites an informant's tip about Baja; Mickey counters that deputies are spying on privileged calls and says his team set a trap.
The tape plays: the Baja call was a test
Lorna plays the recorded call and its sign-off proving it was a privilege test; Berg backpedals and the judge cuts bail to $1 million.
Mickey and Dana Berg trade accusations over the press
Berg accuses Mickey of calling the media and calls his motion bogus; afterwards a new nickname for her falls flat.
Mickey grills Detective Drucker about the missing wallet
Judge Stone keeps the hearing public; Mickey walks the lead detective through the property list and an enlarged photo of the victim's pocket.
Drucker concedes the wallet existed; the judge gives 48 hours
After the break the detective admits a wallet likely vanished at the coroner's; Mickey says his defense depends on it and Stone orders the People to find it.
Mickey asks the judge to let him leave the state
Berg calls a Yuma trip ten miles from Mexico outrageous; Mickey wins permission, but must be back in LA County by midnight or be a fugitive.
The wallet hearing: Berg calls the loss equal
Berg says the wallet is gone and the damage equal; Mickey disagrees, gets the detective's role put on record, and later tells Lorna why he skipped sanctions.
Maggie confronts Dana Berg over lunch
Maggie accuses her old colleague of payback and tunnel vision; Berg cites the evidence and Occam's razor, and both draw blood.
Maggie and Berg clash over a no-bail indictment
Mickey pleads not guilty to murder for financial gain; Maggie calls the new charge a naked ploy, and the exchange with Berg turns personal.
The judge tells Berg to put up evidence or lose
The court threatens to rule on bail in an evidentiary vacuum unless Berg backs her charge, and she gets one hour to produce Detective Drucker.
Drucker reads Mickey's fee-demand letter to Sam
On the stand Detective Drucker reads a letter demanding fees from Sam Scales' legal fund, and Berg stresses it came three months before the killing.
Maggie dismantles the letter: signed by proxy
Maggie makes Drucker admit the letter bears 'p.p.', had no signature and no proof it was ever sent.
Maggie's plea to keep Mickey free on bail
Berg rests on the letter of the law; Maggie argues Mickey never fled, has been threatened himself, and the court must honor the law's spirit.
Mickey's speedy-trial speech: a game of chicken
Mickey calls the new indictment a bid to bury him alive and demands his trial now; Berg says the truth is coming for him either way.
The judge makes Mickey choose: freedom or a fast trial
The court offers a split: keep bail and waive the speedy trial, or go into custody with the trial date intact.
Mickey's color-code trap tricks Berg on juror 68
Maggie doubts Mickey's hunch on a retired teacher, but he lets Berg peek at his switched juror notes and she strikes the juror he wanted gone.
Berg accuses Mickey of hiding Sam's landlady
Berg seeks sanctions over Sam's secret address; Judge Stone finds no breach of the law's letter but warns Mickey on its spirit.
Berg's opening: the lawyer who killed for money
Berg tells the jury Mickey lured his con-man client home, shot him in the trunk and drove toward the desert, sure his skill would save him.
Officer Collins describes finding blood at the stop
Berg walks the arresting officer through the traffic stop, Mickey's impatience and body-camera footage of the blood.
Mickey crosses Collins on the stop and a buzzing sound
Told to skip the preamble, Mickey shows Collins moved before the missing plate was visible and presses him on a buzz heard on video.
Mickey's surprise video corners Collins on a burner
A passerby's footage shows Collins tossing something into his car, and the officer admits to a secret phone he says was for an affair.
Berg reveals she struck juror 68 on purpose
After court Berg needles Mickey and says she knew he'd try a trick in jury selection; Maggie tells him not to let her get to him.
Emergency hearing: the jail can no longer protect Mickey
The sheriff's department admits Mickey is unsafe inside after a riot; Maggie and Berg clash over releasing him, and the judge is left exasperated.
Ballistics expert's silencer testimony is turned on the prosecution
The expert says neighbours likely missed a suppressed shot; the defense uses a floor plan to show Mickey could have slept through it too.
Former intern testifies Mickey threatened the victim
Jessica Westfeldt recalls Mickey snapping at Sam Scales outside court, a threat the prosecution frames as a promise of murder.
Maggie dismantles the intern as a grudge witness
Maggie reframes the threat as a figure of speech and gets Westfeldt to admit Mickey forgot her name and she was let go.
Detective lays out the money motive against Mickey
Under Berg's questioning, the detective reads Mickey's unpaid-fees letter and explains the lien that would pay out on Scales' death.
Mickey cross-examines the detective himself
Representing himself, Mickey stresses his cooperation with the search and mocks the motive, until the detective hints at more.
Berg springs the scam email on redirect
Mickey opened the door, so Berg introduces a freshly found email in which Scales used Mickey's name to run a fake charity.
Berg's late surprise witness
Berg keeps the court waiting, then asks to add a state prison inmate to her witness list; the defense realizes this is the real surprise.
Lisa Trammell testifies she and Mickey were lovers
Called from prison, Lisa Trammell recounts her past with Mickey and stuns the courtroom by describing a romantic relationship.
Lisa accuses Mickey of betraying her secret over money
Lisa claims Mickey turned on her over unpaid fees; Mickey erupts in court, and the judge threatens contempt.
Cross-examining Lisa: Gazarian and the life rights money
The defense uses Lisa to put Alex Gazarian's name on record and shows Mickey was paid well for her life rights.
Lisa forced to read her hate letter to Mickey aloud
Confronted with one of her prison letters, Lisa pleads memory lapses, then reads her threats to the jury; Berg salvages what she can and rests.
The detective missed a traffic stop, and Berg loses a sidebar
Recalled, Detective Drucker admits he never looked into Sam's traffic stop, and the judge refuses Berg's bid to block the officer's testimony.
EPA scientist explains 'bleeding the beast'
Dr. Schultz describes biofuel subsidy fraud on the stand, then names the two FBI agents who ran the Nevada case.
Judge issues a bench warrant for the FBI agents
In chambers, Mickey lays out the scam theory, Berg calls it a circus act, and the judge rules once she learns an agent sat in court.
Mickey stalls before calling his witness
Mickey drags out naming his next witness until the judge abruptly calls a recess and summons counsel.
FBI and the DA offer to drop the charges
In chambers, the FBI's LA chief asks to block Jeanine's testimony, the judge asserts control, and the DA offers to dismiss the case.
Mickey turns down a dismissal he can never explain
Told he must stay silent, Mickey bristles as Berg still calls him guilty, and he chooses to take his chances with the jury.
Mickey names his price: his innocence, from Berg
Mickey demands a public exoneration delivered by Berg and an investigation of the officer who framed him, and the DA agrees.