Izzy's stumble and Mickey's boxing theory of the trial
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.
S1E9 · The Uncanny Valley
18 moments · 36 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
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.
Lorna tells Mickey his closing isn't him
Lorna gently guts Mickey's forensic-heavy closing; he admits the whole case feels like someone else's clothes.
Mickey and Maggie clash over putting a wire on Tanya
Maggie wants Mickey's pregnant client to wear a wire on Soto; Mickey trades blows about tactics, then sets hard conditions and decides to trust her.
Trevor takes the stand: Nocturna and how he met Lara
Mickey leads Trevor through his game's star, modeled on Lara, and the grad-school story of how she covered for his mistake.
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.
Maggie asks Tanya to wear a wire on Soto
Maggie lays out Tanya's choice: walk away, or record Angelo Soto confessing to the murder, and reminds her how young she was when he took her in.
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.
Cisco blows up Trevor's Russian mobster story
Cisco reports that Kosevich never funded Trevor and asks the question that now matters: who has been following Mickey?
The Elliott verdict
The jury returns and the forewoman reads the verdict on both counts of first-degree murder.
Mickey makes it right with Eli Wyms
Mickey hands Eli an affidavit admitting Jerry buried him in a psych ward to win the Elliott case, so Eli can sue the estate.
Tanya gets Soto's confession on the wire
Wired up, Tanya pushes a paranoid Angelo Soto into admitting the killing; when he turns on her, police storm in to arrest him.
Trevor: you have to curate their reality
Mickey demands to know who is behind the bribe and Jerry's murder; Trevor shrugs it off and explains his lies through game design.
Take the win, then a call about Izzy
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.
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