Detective O'Brien's price: a tax lawyer for family
O'Brien stalls Mickey, then trades bringing Lisa back for a referral for his brother-in-law, with a family discount thrown in.
Howard O'Brien
7 moments · 14 min
Lisa's interrogation tape: hate him enough to kill him?
On video O'Brien walks Lisa through her morning near Bondurant's office until she vents about him, realizes the trap and asks for Mickey.
Detective O'Brien and the missing hammer
On direct, the detective describes the bloody gloves and a tool kit missing only a hammer, matching the circular wound.
Mickey stalls, then picks apart the cup and the mirror shard
His lunch-break ploy denied, Mickey gets O'Brien to admit neither the coffee cup nor the glass shard ties Lisa to the scene.
Mickey springs the Bondurant email and the target letter
Settling for an unconfirmed letter, Mickey confronts O'Brien with Bondurant's threat to Alex Grant and wins a sidebar over the FBI letter.
Mickey accuses Detective O'Brien of tunnel vision
With the letter confirmed and a warning from the judge, Mickey lines up the dates and presses O'Brien on Alex Grant's motive.
Mickey stipulates to the hammer, then corners O'Brien
Mickey concedes the hammer is Lisa's, then asks the detective whether his search was thorough or sloppy.