Mickey's murder-tree speech, delivered from inside a jail
Mickey explains that every murder case is a tree the state waters and the defense must chop down, then the twist: he's an inmate too.
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21 moments · 37 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Lorna's pitch to a repeat-offender client falls flat
Lorna tries to keep a light-fingered client while Mickey is jailed, but he won't risk getting mixed up with criminals.
Cisco checks a grudge-holding ex-client and finds a Bible class
Cisco questions Raul Estrada, who once wrote Mickey angry letters from prison, and gets an alibi he didn't expect.
The firm runs on Costco cold brew as clients flee
As the news names Judge Stone, Lorna, Cisco and Izzy tally dead-end alibis, fleeing clients and a stalled settlement.
Mickey's paid jail bodyguard Bamba gives bus advice
Mickey chides his inmate protector for watching from afar, wire-ties his files against snooping deputies, and heads to court.
Tacos, tie colours and Mickey's refusal to argue bail
Before his hearing, Mickey picks a calm blue tie, divides up the motions, and refuses to spend Hayley's college fund on bail.
A classmate named Grace asks Izzy out for hot wings and Pac-Man
After paralegal class, Grace confesses her boss knows Mickey and invites Izzy to an arcade bar; Izzy says a definite maybe.
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.
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.
Maggie gives Lorna the secret weapon against Dana Berg
Over coffee, an overwhelmed Lorna hears Berg's nicknames and a pointed case name Maggie says will make Berg cooperate.
Mickey's mother announces another wedding from a commercial shoot
Mickey's mother scolds him over commissary ramen, then reveals she's marrying her new agent after ice fishing in Calgary.
Mickey rewatches his arrest and spots a trimmed tape
Reviewing the traffic-stop footage with Cisco, Mickey sees it starts too late and lays out his theory that the stop was a setup.
The bullet in Mickey's garage floor
Cisco walks Mickey through the discovery: a neighbour who heard arguing, cut camera feeds, and a bullet that puts the killing at his home.
Lorna's client pitches end in one brutal brush-off
Lorna promises one client after another she can handle their case, until one dismisses her with a cutting movie comparison.
In the visiting room, Mickey tells Hayley he's the man with the axe
Mickey plays down jail to Hayley and has her finish his favourite metaphor about cutting down the state's case.
A roll call breaks Hayley, and Mickey asks Maggie not to bring her
Hayley watches her father answer to a booking number and slips away; Mickey finally understands a request his clients made.
Izzy and Grace's arcade date turns into a Centipede duel
Everyone else has left for karaoke, so Grace and Izzy settle on a mocktail and a high-score challenge.
Lorna lands a client and plays the ex-wives card on Berg
Lorna celebrates a new referral, then reveals she got the full footage from Berg's office by invoking Maggie's tip.
Synced footage shows Officer Collins was waiting for Mickey
Cisco and Lorna line up dash and body cam footage and spot a text, and a gear change before the missing plate was visible.
Night roll call and Mickey's repeated mantra
As inmates answer to their numbers, Mickey repeats his axe line to himself over and over.
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