Mickey and Izzy bond over addiction
His new client explains she grabbed a necklace while using; Mickey admits his own oxy habit.

Every The Lincoln Lawyer moment featuring Izzy Letts, in story order. Played by Jazz Raycole.
28 moments · 45 min
His new client explains she grabbed a necklace while using; Mickey admits his own oxy habit.
Mickey brings a jeweler to court, exposes the stolen necklace as a fake, gets Izzy's case dismissed and hires her as his driver.
Mickey tells Lorna he landed the case and hides tears from Izzy, until she notices a car following them.
Izzy spots a car tailing the Lincoln and loses it with moves she credits to a video game.
Hayley catches crime photos in her dad's car, insists she is not a kid anymore and quizzes Izzy on her record.
Before court Mickey tells Izzy what scares him and explains his tangled history with Lorna and Maggie.
Mickey introduces Izzy to birria and shares how he grew up between Mexico City and Los Angeles.
Mickey orders a beer and a shot and doesn't drink them; in the car Izzy shares her own road to addiction and recovery.
Mickey tells reporters Jerry's files were backed up, a performance meant to draw out the killer, then argues the plan with Griggs and Izzy.
Mickey tells Izzy about Jesús Menendez, then she calls out his white-knuckle sobriety and hiring her as his sponsor.
Mickey watches a high-stakes poker hand, then quietly hires the winner to read jurors without Trevor knowing.
Cisco profiles a jealous security boss with a threatened-restraining-order history; Mickey dubs it the it-could-have-been-this-guy defense.
Izzy admits she got her ex hooked; then a Road Saints biker named Ted asks Mickey to repay an old debt.
Trevor dismisses Sonia and suddenly remembers a pricey video re-enactment; afterward Mickey tells Izzy people are lying to him.
Mickey admits his addiction was not about the accident but about Jesús going to prison.
Mickey explains when a lawyer must report a client's crime, then dodges Detective Griggs' questions about Jerry's bribe.
The Elliott trial begins as the prosecutor gives a long opening, intercut with Mickey's rules for quick jabs and the proving ground in front of the jury.
The victim's friend corners someone from the defense side and calls Trevor a monster, only to learn she's picked the wrong target.
The lead detective lists Trevor's omissions and calls them deception while Mickey explains how prosecutors end the day on their strongest witness.
On a mysterious stakeout, Izzy demands answers and learns about the bug and that Cisco has been sweeping her car too.
Mickey explains the privilege exception about stopping a crime, then Maggie asks if Griggs has been on his back.
Mickey thinks on a night drive, tells the story of a safecracker client, then bursts into the office having found Jerry's plan.
Mickey explains why doubt isn't always enough, then shows the detective never questioned Shavar and wins a sidebar to call him.
Mickey gets Terrell to sneak him backstage, where Izzy admits she came close to using with her ex.
Waking up in Hayley's room, Izzy owns a near-relapse; Mickey explains why his client taking the stand is a brawl he didn't want.
Cisco tells Mickey to take the win, then a traffic officer calls: Izzy has been pulled over and passed out, and Mickey races to the overlook.
After a shaky check-in with Izzy, Mickey learns Griggs kept surveillance on him, and names the dead attacker as Jerry's killer.
Riding in the Lincoln, Mickey and Izzy talk law school, church and why his mother said Easter mattered most.