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Different episode, similar-to-almost-identical plot. An African-American man is accused of murdering the clerk of a convenience store. Skip and Grant are his court-appointed attorneys. The defendant says he's innocent, and Skip believes him but has to argue with Grant about it, because...because everyone on this show automatically disagrees with everything Skip says. Also, because the guy is African-American and the LAPD and the residents of L.A. are racists, Grant believes that they will have a hard time getting a jury to acquit him; however, they still have to go to trial because the oddly menacing prosecutor is not offering leniency for a guilty plea. The only eyewitness was a clearly racist guy passing by on a bicycle. Plus, a taxi driver near the crime scene offers to testify for the defense, for cash. They turn him down, and he ends up on the stand for the prosecution, lying. Skip picks apart the testimonies of both the bike guy and the taxi driver, and Grant convinces Skip to give the closing argument, since he believes the jury will find Skip trustworthy. Grant's right, and the guy is found innocent. Meanwhile, a girl, Dee, whose murder trial Grant botched (she was a battered woman), has a job at the office. Because he feels guilty, Grant pays her as his receptionist and reports to her parole officer, though she does no work. Skip reasons that since she is being paid to do the job and they need a receptionist, she should start receptioning. So, she is a new addition to the office. Elsewhere, Skip keeps bumping into Kate, a classmate of his in law school on whom he has been crushing for quite a while. Kate tells Skip that she was very jealous of him in school, yet she later sits in the court to watch Skip give his closing arguments. Finally, Skip's mom thinks his job sucks. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
So, here we are again. The powers that be at The WB has decided that Just Legal will air for another week. I'm as surprised as you. I thought my email campaign to bring back reruns of Young Americans actually had a chance. That, and the fact that no one but Jay Baruchel's mom loves this show. And, even she is TiVo-ing in order to catch Prison Break. I hear she really loved Robin Tunney in The Craft. Who didn't?
Beginning montage of cliché-ridden, beach-y California stuff: skaters negotiating rails from public stairways, kids playing, and the camera stalking the same two bikinied roller-bladers from last week's boring, clichéd California montage. Somebody's going to get a restraining order.
The scene is a convenience store, Henry's Market. There is no activity, but we hear gunshots. Wait a second -- there is a giant sign in the window that reads "Liquor," but I can see via the opened door that there is food inside. In fact, I think I see a rack of Pepperidge Farm cookies. Now, I'm no expert on California liquor laws, but I have lived in three states, two of them really big ones. I can't imagine that they would be that different, and it's illegal in both New York and Texas to sell distilled alcoholic beverages (liquor) in a grocery store setting. It has to be a liquor store. Well, Henry's Market is not a liquor store. Maybe there's some fancy California loophole that Henry has found for selling liquor at his convenience store, but I know that the tables and chairs he has set up outside of the store would be just illegal at an establishment with an off-sales (not a restaurant) liquor license. It's like an invitation to pop open your Wild Turkey right outside the store; get real drunk; then, I don't know, go back in and SHOOT SOMEONE. My point: someone went to the trouble of finding that "Liquor" sign and putting it in the window, thus making the whole scene implausible. ["Just a note -- I have lived in Los Angeles, and liquor stores routinely sell other items, like candy and lotto tickets and such, so while a lot about this show is ridiculous and implausible, that one is legit." -- Wing Chun] After the third gunshot, the color drains from the screen picture; we are introduced to a grainy slo-mo backed by ominous musical tones; and a young man comes running from the store. He makes his way down the street, looking back once. Suddenly, there are two policemen in full pursuit of the guy. In the midst of the ominous music, the foley artist has inserted huffing and puffing running sounds for the guy who ran from the store, and jangle-y key sounds to denote running cops. Suddenly, the color is reintroduced to the screen, the speed is normal, and the cops are tackling the running guy who is now facing them. I know Jerry Bruckheimer and his crew think that all of this stuff happens so fast that no one understands it anyway (see: the last half of Armageddon), but this is so incongruent. The guy was running from the cops. Away from the cops. When the scene cut to him being tackled, he was standing still and facing them. Did the running man, on the way to freedom, decide to stop and get some fancy, street-fair, mehndi hand-painting? Highly unlikely. (That should be someone's name on this show.) The cops place the running man under arrest, to no protest from him.
Exterior shot of the modest Ross home. I actually think this is the 5 PM performance of the Ross Family Diorama, since this scene is almost identical from the family scene from last week. Dinner, Deborah hates Skip's job, Tom says Skip doesn't have a choice, Skip defends himself, Dad looks on befuddledly. Julie Warner, you're a long way from Indian Summer. Tom is still my favorite.
At the police station, Grant and Skip are interviewing the running man, who's now wearing an orange jumpsuit. His name is Zeke Rollins. They go through the preliminary "Sweet Jesus, you're so young"/"You can practice law in California at eighteen" attack and parry. Zeke is going to be tried for murdering the clerk at the fake liquor store. Six weeks have passed since Zeke's case was appointed to Grant, and Zeke's wondering why he hasn't seen Grant in that time. I guess Zeke doesn't realize that the series only premiered last week. The interview goes horribly. Zeke says he was at the beach that day and had just gone to the store to get a soda. Oddly, he also says, "It was late." It was broad daylight, but anyway. He heard the shots and started running. Grant then asks Zeke several pointed questions, implying that Zeke's in a gang. Zeke, on the contrary, has no police record; holds two jobs; goes to church; doesn't drink (which explains why he only shops at "fake" liquor stores); and loves his grandmother. Jonathan Shapiro, I guess, felt that he needed to stack the deck so that there would be no ambiguity about the black man's innocence. Only one job and, I don't know, maybe he did it? What year is this? Skip is mortified that Grant is not being fair to Zeke. Zeke swears that he didn't kill the clerk.
Outside, Grant says that the police had probable cause to arrest Zeke because he was running, and also because he was the "NPC" (the nearest person of color -- do I smell a new Glarkware t-shirt?). Grant says that the cops, when they don't know what to do, always arrest the NPC. Jesus, Manny, and Chuy! What the hell did the LAPD do to Jonathan Shapiro? I mean, he is relentless. Like last week, though, he is only really accusing them of abject laziness: their laziness makes them arrest innocent people. Skip thinks Zeke is innocent. Grant: "Which is why we are going to get him the best plea deal possible." Grant doesn't think it matters that Zeke is innocent, because "he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, he's black, he's poor, he's from the 'hood." I guess Jonathan hit the "all of the above" option in the "Reason for being wrongfully accused" field in his "Lawyer Shows For Hacks" software program. Grant is positive that Zeke will be convicted if they go to trial, which Skip says is racist. "No," replies Grant as he cleans his sunglasses, "that's life." Roll the New Radicals' title sequence.
Skip is hurriedly unlocking the door of Grant's office as the phone rings inside. When he gets the door open, he's still struggling with the key, when a young woman walks past him and answers the phone: "The law offices of Grant H. Cooper. Please hold." Skip is stunned. She turns to him and starts interrogating him. She's really "street." She's all, "Do you know Cooper?" Skip finally replies, "I'm his associate, David Ross." Oh, Skip, why don't you just give up on that whole "David" thing. It's never going to stick. He offers her his hand to shake, but she's too busy adjusting her LoJack ankle bracelet: "God, this thing is rubbing all the skin off my leg." Gross. Her name is Dulcinea "Highly Unlikely" Real, and she needs Skip to tell the person on the phone that she has been the firm's receptionist for six months and that she is a good employee. Skip obliges. After Skip hangs up, Dulcinea explains that the call was from her parole officer. He calls at the same time every month, "which Cooper forgot, as usual." Then, she leaves a pager number for Skip to reach her if the parole officer calls again, and leaves.
Later, Grant explains that "Dee" was a former client of his that he lets pretend to be his receptionist in order to meet the employment requirements of her parole. Skip asks why she doesn't actually perform the duties of a receptionist, since they need someone to perform said duties. Anti-Skip...I mean, "Grant" says that he doesn't like to have people around the office. That's so moronic. He immediately disagrees with whatever Skip ever says. Ever. They're an odd couple, I know, but "couple" is also an operative world in that phrase. Two distinct characters are necessary for this to work, not one person simply saying the exact opposite of whatever the other person says, which is what our current situation with Skip and Grant feels like. It seems like Jonathan Shapiro and the honchos over at The WB thought that hiring Don Johnson and putting a bottle of Jim Beam on the set was all the character development they needed for Grant Cooper. Anyway, Grant and Skip are about to have a meeting with the district attorney, and Grant tells Skip not to talk, because talking's not his strong point. Then, Skip weirdly turns his head to avoid this pretty girl who walks by. Grant asks who she is, and Skip reveals that she is Kate Manat, a law-school colleague of his on whom he's had a long-term crush. Why in hell would Skip tell that to Grant? Then, Kate sees Skip and makes her way to him. She calls him "David" and mentions that she hasn't seen him since graduation and that she has been hired by Marshall Brickman. Skip says that's a firm that turned him down for a job, and Kate replies, "If my father's corporation wasn't a client of theirs, I'm sure they wouldn't have even interviewed me." That's a really nice thing to say. Skip counters that Kate was at the top of their class. Uh, no, Skip, that was you. Kate was second in the class. She's probably ready to jump off of a bridge right about now. Grant introduces himself to Kate, who mistakes Grant for Skip's client. That's pretty funny. He corrects her and hands her his card, along with a smarmy "you scratch our back and we'll scratch yours" speech. Basically, he's saying that if she sends him cases, he'll give her cash. She nails his proposition for being illegal and unethical. They laugh it off, Skip says goodbye, and they go into the D.A.'s office.
Oh my God, the district attorney is Will Cortlandt from All My Children! He was evil, EVIL!!! He tried to rape Kelly Ripa! Skip tells evil Will Cortlandt (who got killed with a crowbar by crazy Janet "from another planet" Green) that Zeke can't be convicted just because he was running and is black. Will Cortlandt (who kidnapped Kelly Ripa before he tried to rape her) says that they also found a murder weapon outside the store. Skip says that it could have belonged to the killer as he escaped the other way, since the real killer was probably smart enough to not run like a guilty person runs. Also, Skip reminds nasty Will Cortlandt (who also attacked poor nurse Gloria) that $500 was taken from the cash register at the fake liquor store and that Zeke only had $325 on him at the time of his arrest. Then, it's revealed that there was an eyewitness. Way to cut to the chase, Will Cortlandt. Grant is equally bummed when Will Cortlandt tells him that they will not be offering Zeke a plea deal. Apparently, the fake liquor store has been robbed six times (probably a disgruntled customer who entered Henry's Market to find that there was no liquor there), and the D.A.'s office was being pressured to take some kind of stand. People, you are all so lazy! If you're going to the trouble of going to trial, why not also go to the trouble of finding the real criminal? This is by no means an open-and-shut case for the D.A.'s office. (See: above list of reason's Zeke is not one of the bad black people.)
At the office, Skip is wondering if they should should be getting ready for trial. Uh, you think? Grant, of course, puts him off. Dee arrives. Grant forgot to send her employment verification form in to her parole officer. Dee is really annoyed. She asks Grant if he's living in his office now. He kind of stammers an affirmative response, and then says that they have to leave to interview witnesses for Zeke's trial. Huh? I guess Dee makes Grant nervous or something. As he exits, Dee asks him when he started doing his job.
Outside, Grant tells Skip that he's not intimidated. He just doesn't like being around receptionists, because he usually marries them. Then, he says he has "quit marriage" because "the institution didn't work for [him]." Yawn. Skip asks Grant for what crime Dee was convicted. Murder. Her boyfriend abused her, but Grant botched the case. He plead out manslaughter. Jesus, this guy and the pleading out. Grant immediately becomes defensive and tells Skip that it's real hard to be a lawyer.
Skip and Grant arrive at the very nice house of the eyewitness for the prosecution. The Latina housekeeper answers the door, and they ask for "Mr. Sizemore." While waiting, Skip asks Grant if he has any advice for interviewing witnesses. Grant tells Skip to keep in mind that "most people hate lawyers." As Skip is peeking in the door, waiting for Mr. Sizemore, a crazy German Shepherd starts barking and baring its teeth. Mr. Sizemore appears, grabs the dog's collar, and asks Grant and Skip what they want. They try to ask him questions, but Mr. Sizemore says that the prosecutor told him he didn't have to speak to the defense lawyers. All the while, his dog is barking and lunging at Skip. This dog is a menace. Skip kind of tosses his business card Mr. Sizemore's way as Grant pulls him away.
At Henry's Market, Grant and Skip are leaving the front door as we hear a voice -- Henry's, I presume -- saying, "I told you to get the hell out of my store." He's probably pissed because he spent all that money on a liquor sign, but doesn't have a liquor store. Or, Grant reasons, he's pissed because his store has been robbed six times. Skip remarks that the perp could have escaped through the back of the store. Grant adds that the gun could have been tossed out of the front door, before the killer left through the back. Skip remembers that, in police reports, Mr. Sizemore had mentioned seeing a taxi cab near the store. Then, he walks over to what I assume he thinks is the only taxi cab in Santa Monica. The driver is parked and reading the newspaper in his car. Skip starts asking him questions. It's going very well. The driver says that he saw the crime. Skip shows him a picture of Zeke. That's not the guy that the cab driver saw. Wow, this is going really well. He'll even testify, he tells Skip. For $5000. Skip is appalled, and they walk away. Grant tells Skip that it's normal for people to try to sell their testimonies. Skip asks, "Isn't he afraid of being charged with perjury?" Grant says that people are never actually charged with perjury. His example? Bill Clinton. Yeah, a taxi driver lying about a murder is easily comparable with the president trying to keep a private infidelity out of the public record. Whatevs. Skip thinks that this commentary on selling testimonies means that they're going to pay the guy, but Grant says, "You got five grand on you?...I don't buy testimony. It usually doesn't work." He just gave that earlier speech so that he could tell that Bill Clinton joke he'd been working on.
At the jail, Skip is interviewing Zeke, who is getting annoyed with Skip's questions. Why is everyone so difficult with Skip? Give the man a break, people. Skip explains that he's trying to build a defense. Duh. Skip asks him about the $325 he had on him. Zeke is insulted. You'd think that the cavity search and lice inspection he received when he was being booked at county for a murder charge would lessen the injury caused by a question about money in his pocket. At least it would give him some perspective. But, no. Zeke is a sensitive guy. He was going to use that money to buy his grandmother a television. Funny, I'd have assumed he was going to buy a really nice frame to encase his certificate for induction into Sainthood. Skip reasserts his not non-racism. Skip also reassures Zeke that they are going to win. Zeke asks if Grant thinks they are going to win. "He will," Skip replies.
At the office, Grant tells Skip that character witnesses don't matter, which Skip finds unbelievable. Grant remarks that Zeke seems too good to be true. Dee reminds Grant that not everyone who lives in Zeke's neighborhood is in a gang. Grant reminds them that a lot of innocent people are in jail because of stereotyping by the jury. Will Cortlandt enters. He shows Grant a picture of Zeke and three other men. The other guys are "gang bangers." Crips, to be exact. Texture alert! Apparently, three of the robberies at Henry's Market were performed by members of the Crips. As well, the dead clerk had previously testified against one of the gang members, helping to put him away for life in prison (for a convenience/fake liquor store robbery? Seems severe). So, Will Cortlandt thinks Zeke killed the clerk as "retaliation for testifying against his homie." Will Cortlandt, you sound real stupid-like when you say "homie."
At the jail, Zeke says he knows the guys in the picture, but that he doesn't "know" them. In the biblical sense? Zeke explains that you can't grow up in his neighborhood without knowing gang members. Skip and Grant both tell Zeke that they believe that he is innocent, but don't know if they can prove reasonable doubt in front of a jury.
In court, one of the cops who apprehended Zeke is on the stand. He says that Zeke was "pretty mad that he got caught." "Objection, your Honor. Conjecture." Wait, Zeke's lawyers don't actually say anything. But, wasn't that conjecture? Will Cortlandt presents the murder weapon, and the cop weirdly states, "We found it on the route he took out of the store." When Skip gets up to cross-examine, Grant whispers to him, "Less is more, right? One question." Skip's one question is asking the cop to confirm that there were no fingerprints on the gun. The cop responds that there weren't any fingerprints on it, but adds that it is hard to retrieve fingerprints from a "cheap piece" like the gun in question. Skip then ignores Grant's advice and asks why the cops arrested Zeke: "Was it because he was running?" It was more than just the running. Skip: "Did you arrest my client because he was the NPC?" For real, people, he said this. Will Cortlandt objects, because it is not clear that the officer understands the acronym. Then, the judge asks the cop if he's familiar with the term, and Will Cortlandt shakes his head, and the officer says, "No." The freaking judge didn't see the prosecutor feeding the answer to the cop? That's ridiculous. Objection sustained. Skip dejectedly sits down, and Grant tells Skip that if you want to prove that someone is a racist, "you're going to have to think of something a lot smarter than just asking them." You are correct, sir.
At the office, Grant is on the phone with Dee's parole officer, while Dee is sitting on the sofa. Naturally, Grant has a glass of whiskey poured in front of him. When he's off the phone, Dee reminds Grant that he used to spend his time pleading out cases, cashing in on car crashes, drinking, and philandering. She asks him what he's doing with Skip. Grant replies that he thinks Skip might be a rainmaker. Excuse me? Jay Baruchel has the makings of an okay actor, but he's certainly no Matt Damon. Oh, a rainmaker is a lawyer who brings in big money cases to a firm. Like it's raining! Grant says that he's only one "good murder" away from being Johnnie Cochran. Two episodes, two mentions of Johnnie Cochran.
At the court library, Skip bumps into Kate. She's impressed that Skip is working on a trial while she's working as fifth chair on an anti-trust case. He explains that he's working on a murder trial, and Kate's even more impressed. Grant comes to get Skip, telling him that the judge is ready to get started again. He looks around and asks, "How long has this place been here?" "The plaque outside says 1963," Kate replies. I thought Grant had only been a shitty lawyer since 1991. Details, feh.
Will Cortlandt is questioning Mr. Sizemore, the eyewitness. He says that he was riding his bike home from the beach, passed the liquor store(this show is totally schizophrenic), and saw through opened that a man was pointing a gun at the clerk. Then, he saw the clerk get shot. He identifies Zeke as the man who shot the clerk. Before cross-examination, Grant notes that Mr. Sizemore is the prosecution's entire case. If the jury believes him, Zeke is in trouble. Then, he wishes Skip good luck, which causes Skip to freak out because he thought that Grant would be cross-examining the witness. Grant says that he hasn't cross-examined in fifteen years. Zeke is thinking about sticking his head between his legs and kissing his ass goodbye. Finally, Grant does the cross. He points out that Mr. Sizemore didn't stop his bike and was sixty feet away from the store. Then, he asks if Mr. Sizemore is a racist. Mr. Sizemore, of course, says no, and Grant asks if knows any African-Americans, and not including Oprah or Shaq. Not to pose any slurs against Mr. Sizemore's masculinity, but my guess would be that Shaq is not as familiar to him as Whitney is. Will Cortlandt objects, and Grant says it's important for identification, because if Mr. Sizemore doesn't know any black people, he may not be able to tell them apart. Oh my god. The judge sustains the objection and says, "Race has nothing to do with this case." Grant then rants that the cops grabbed Zeke because he was black and running. The judge gets really pissed. Grant gets right up on Mr. Sizemore and presents a composite card with the photos of six different black men: "Which photo shows the man you saw commit the murder?" Then, the guy gets real nervous and tries to look over Grant's shoulder. This is kind of juvenile. "Let the record reflect that the witness tried to look over at the defendant to see what he looks like." The guy picks the wrong photo. He can't tell black people apart.
Back at the office, Dee is doing some more parole stuff, proving where she lives or something like that. Sounds like parole is really complicated, like a part-time job in and of itself. They should streamline parole. Skip gives Dee some papers to copy and a list of office supplies he needs. Dee's not into the idea. Skip mentions that Grant is paying her, and she replies that he's doing so because he feels guilty about messing up her case. Skip says he needs the help, and maybe working would sharpen up her writing skills. That's kind of sweet. She's still not into it. Skip tells Dee that it's illegal to lie to a parole officer and that, when the officer calls back, Skip will tell him that Dee didn't really work there. Dee's more into the idea now. It's hard to get a job while on parole, Skip mentions. This way, she'll be able to build up her résumé and maybe get a better job. That's actually very good advice. Her stipulations: a raise, no dress code, no criticism. That sounds awesome.
At the jail, Zeke says he thinks he should testify, to tell the jury that he is innocent. Skip says that Zeke is presumed innocent, and that a jury can't hold anything he doesn't say against him. Grant says that Zeke needs to explain the $325 in his pocket at the time of his arrest. However, Grant is worried that the jury will believe Zeke's in a gang because he's black and lives in a poor neighborhood. Skip calls that out as racist, and Grant says you have to be realistic about a jury's perceptions. Skip then mumbles, "The way juries think or the way you think?" That's rude. Grant is really indignant. He tells Skip that he's seen many decisions of prejudice from juries.
Zeke is on the stand. He didn't see who shot the clerk. He ran because "that's what you do when you hear gunshots." The defense is done. Grant whispers to Skip to object the second that Will Cortlandt asks Zeke if he's in a gang. Lack of foundation. Well, wily Will has other plans. He asks Zeke if he knew the dead guy. Zeke knew him. Will Cortlandt asks Zeke if the dead guy was in a gang, and Zeke says no. So, Zeke knows who is and who isn't in gangs. Then, he asks if all of Zeke's friends are in gangs. Objection from Skip: Relevance, lack of foundation, and undue prejudice. Will Cortlandt shoots down all three. The judge says, "Objection overruled. Choose one time, Mr. Ross." Will says that Zeke killed the guy because he testified against Zeke's friends. "I didn't do it," Zeke screams, "but someone else did." Astute observation there, Zeke. Dead guy=someone did it. Will Cortlandt is done, and Zeke is officially lunch. Grant decides that the defense will rest, instead of redirecting. Will Cortlandt calls to the stand a witness to rebut Zeke's testimony. It's the taxi driver. D'oh.
On the stand, the taxi driver says that he saw Zeke with the gun. He's totally lying. During cross-examination, Skip reminds the cabbie that they'd met and that he'd told Skip and Grant that Zeke was not the shooter. The drivers says, "No, I told you he was the shooter." Skip: "No you didn't!" Then, he says he will testify under oath that the cabbie is lying. This isn't going well. Will Cortlandt objects that, as defense attorneys, it is illegal for Skip or Grant to testify in their own case. That's unfortunate. Apparently, Skip was supposed to have brought a "prover" with him when he questioned the cabbie. Skip doesn't even know what that is. Skip then reminds the cabbie that he'd asked Grant and Skip for money to testify, and he replies that Skip and Grant had offered the money to him to testify for the defense. Grant interrupts. Thank you, Grant. Grant whispers that Skip should find out what the cabbie's getting for testifying. Skip intuits (highly unlikely) that the cabbie would be getting a lot of parking tickets off his record. The cabbie remarks that he is testifying "for justice."
At the office, Skip is pacing. He says that the time they talk to a potential witness, they'll need to bring Dee. Skip's worried that the cabbie's testimony killed them. Grant says he should have seen the shake-down coming. Then, he says that Skip will need to give the closing argument, because Grant could tell that the jury trusted him. Skip's really nervous. Grant gives him a sweet pep talk about passion.
We hear the end of evil, EVIL Will Cortlandt's closing arguments. They are not great. Skip gets up. He's predictably nervous-looking. He begins by talking about Odysseus, to which Grant rolls his eyes. When Skip realizes he's talking too smart for those dumb little jurors, he talks "real." He says that the eyewitnesses were wrong. Mr. Sizemore made an honest mistake. But, "the cab driver? Are you kidding me? He's such a liar! He was wrong on purpose." That's the funniest line in the episode. It was pretty funny, actually. Then, he says that anyone would have run from a shooting. The only reason Zeke was pinned was because he was the NPC. I love that they keep saying that. The law doesn't allow profiling, is Skip's basic gist, puffed up with a lot of "you are the law" hooey. We see Kate sitting in on the trial.
Later, Skip is in the library again when Kate walks up. She tells him that she rooted against him in moot court finals in law school. He looks stunned. She was upset when he won. "But you bought me a congratulations card," he replies. "I still have it." Okay, that is really sweet. This show is really stupid and I hate it hate it hate it, but that was so genuine. And, this girl, Kate, was in that horrible movie The In Crowd, but I don't care. I love her. She's a low-rent Reese Witherspoon. I can totally deal with that. Sorry, I lost my mind for a second. Kate was jealous of Skip in school, and she was jealous watching him today. She admits to Skip that she wants to be a trial lawyer, but that her father wants her to do corporate law. Skip says, "You should do that." Then she says that, for a smart guy, he can be really stupid, and walks away. Huh? Is she mad because he is acting like it would be easy for her to change gears and be a trial lawyer, but that she can't because of her dad? I think we're just supposed to be like, "Bitches. Wonk. Wonk. Wonk." Grant walks up and tells Skip that the jury is back.
Zeke is found not guilty. Kate is watching in the courtroom. Grant tells Zeke to go see his grandmother. Kate sneaks out before she has to talk to Skip.
At the office, Dee has totally reorganized the office, and painted it. Skip is very happy. Grant, alas, is the opposite of that, as if you needed to be told: "This is exactly why I didn't want a receptionist around here."
With those sage words, we bid Just Legal a bitter TWoP adieu. You people stayed away from this one, and rightfully so. Good luck, Skip and Grant.