Bull (2016) s06e09 Episode Script

1 Previously on "Bull" BULL: You want to rent out the algorithm? MARISSA: To bring in revenue, shore up our finances? Yes.
What I don't need is somebody going behind my back.
I've been in front of you the whole time.
You just refuse to see me.
- You okay? - After Benny left, I thought he would offer me this office.
One of the firms circled back and asked me if I would work for them in-house.
And what did you say? I am considering a Plan B.
Seconds, minutes, hours Power Yeah The adolescent always had to learn a lesson - Yeah, yeah - [CAR ALARM CHIRPS.]
Overstepping get you bound With no protection No protection Ain't no question If the answer is you guessing Mirror over the drawer is speeding up my dressing Ay, there no point in moving top speed if you ain't Headed nowhere and you ain't planting no seeds Seeds Went from me being Me and chasing dreams Dreams To getting locked out and I ain't had no spare key Must've lost it Clock turn the hands of time Time You take the wrong step In a fam like mines You take the right step - MAN: Gun! - [GUNSHOTS.]
[DOGS BARKING.]
[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY.]
[GUN CLATTERS.]
WOMAN: Don't go out there! - NYPD.
- Police officers.
NYPD.
Stay back.
- Stay back.
- Go back inside.
84 Adam to Central.
Ten-85.
Shots fired.
Repeat, shots fired.
Suspect is down.
Need a bus ASAP.
- DISPATCHER: Copy that.
- You see the money? Nothing.
Well, it's-it's got to be here.
Check again.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER.]
[SIREN APPROACHING.]
Where's the money? Did we get the wrong guy? [SIRENS WAILING.]
CHUNK: His name's Corey Rice.
Had a job as a security guard, and he was on his way to work when the cops came after him.
They were looking for a guy who was robbing check cashing stores.
How'd they end up targeting him? The NYPD uses a facial recognition software made by a company called Viridipoint AI.
They ID'd Corey as the robber from some security camera footage, - and the cops went to arrest him.
- Okay.
He didn't have anything to do with the robbery? - They found that out after he was dead.
- Yeah.
The city settled with his mother for $2.
5 million.
Wow.
[SCOFFS.]
That's gonna be inadequate next to the loss of her son.
Yeah.
If she's settled, what does she want with us? Corey was my rock.
Cancer took his father.
[SIGHS.]
I've seen firsthand what can happen to a boy when his father is taken from him.
My Corey decided just to grow up, then and there.
13 years old, acting like it was his job to take care of me.
Sounds like he was a fine young man.
He was studying criminal justice at John Jay.
He wanted to be one of them, and they shot him.
They shot my baby.
CHUNK: Mrs.
Rice, obviously, what happened to your son was a tragedy.
But since you accepted a settlement from the NYPD, what is it you'd like for us to do? That settlement's blood money as far as I'm concerned.
I'll never touch a penny of it for myself.
I'm going to use it to make sure no other mothers lose their babies because they were misidentified.
Let me show you something.
This is the mugshot of the man who was ultimately arrested for robbing those stores.
Doesn't look anything like Corey.
VERNICE: Their complexions are different.
He's, like, ten years and 20 pounds off.
And this is the photo from the security camera from the robbery.
Somehow, when this image was uploaded into Viridipoint's facial recognition program, it gave the police my son's name.
Viridipoint sent armed men to hunt my child like an animal.
So, you want to sue Viridipoint for wrongful death? They put a target on my son's back.
I want them held accountable.
Mrs.
Rice, I hear you, but we'd be asking a jury to assign blame to someone after another party effectively accepted responsibility by paying you a financial settlement.
I know it'll be a fight.
[GRUNTS.]
I'm afraid it's more than that.
If we win, then the settlement's just gonna be about money Blood money, as you put it.
VERNICE: If I hit them where they live, cost them enough, maybe they'll think twice before they let the cops use their software.
They'll change their ways before another innocent man is killed.
Corey's death has got to mean something.
It's got to.
CHUNK: You don't like this case, do you? Well, we got to convince a jury that a bunch of coders are liable for a killing they didn't take part in, witness, or even know about.
I know it's gonna be a difficult case, but don't you think that this company bears - some responsibility? - [SIGHS.]
I don't care if it's difficult.
I care about getting this mother what she needs.
- What's that mean? - She's in pain.
She wants to avenge her son's death.
Civil litigation is not gonna get her what she wants.
It's the only way I know to help her.
I understand that, but $700 an hour attorney hammering out another settlement for her, that's just not gonna bring her joy.
Wait a second.
What's going on there? Is that Marissa having a sit-down with Bradley Lena? Looks like it.
BULL: He just won that big gender discrimination lawsuit.
Did she tell you she was meeting with him? Well, she said she was meeting someone.
She didn't say it was him.
- That was a very lawyerly response.
- I'm a lawyer.
So, she said she was meeting someone, but she didn't say - I didn't say it like that, Bull - it was Bradley Lena? I'm gonna find out what's going on.
MARISSA: She was a kid.
[LAUGHS.]
Hey! - Oh.
Bull.
- Hi.
Uh, Bradley, this is Jason Bull.
How are you? Uh, by the way, congrats on that big win.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer oil company.
Well, thank you, uh You know, you take some cases for the principle, you take some for the payday.
Sometimes, you win the lotto and get both.
[BULL CHUCKLES.]
So, what's going on? You guys discussing a way our shops can team up? Actually, I was interested in learning more about TAC's jury algorithm.
We have a different approach to voir dire, and Ms.
Morgan agreed to talk me through yours.
Really? Uh No.
Thank you for trying.
You don't need to lie for me.
We're here to talk about a job.
Oh.
What kind of case is it? No.
A job.
With Bradley.
For me.
Oh.
TAYLOR: Facial recognition works by making a map of the face and measuring certain features: the space between the eyes, the distance from the chin to the nose.
Then it runs the results through databases looking for a match.
It's a highly sophisticated tool, but, as we've seen from Corey Rice's tragic case, it's not always accurate, and, unfortunately, these systems often misidentify the faces of people of color.
Yeah, well, black and brown folks been catching hell while companies like V-Point have been cashing in.
It's the same song.
It's a different verse.
I think this is on those cops.
All they had to do was look at Corey Rice before they opened fire.
Instead, they were cowboys, and they came in hot.
That's what the other side's gonna say.
And what are we saying? We're saying that V-Point was negligent, which led the cops to target Corey, convinced that he was the man that they wanted.
V-Point lied, and Corey died.
Well, it has a ring to it.
Can you prove it? We're gonna try.
If we can prove that their software isn't as accurate as they claim, I think we're home free.
We need to know if any other departments have had cases like this.
Cops who were misled by over-reliance on V-Point's facial rec.
I'll see what I can find, but I still think Corey Rice's death is on those cops.
Yeah, I heard you the first time.
Hi.
Can we talk? Let's.
I want to apologize.
That is not how I wanted you to find out that I was considering another job.
First of all, I completely understand.
It's not my first rodeo.
I've seen this tactic before.
Tactic? Yeah.
You want to talk about a raise, so you let me know somebody else is interested.
I get it.
It's just that we've worked together a long time, and I think you could've just come and talked to me about it.
Okay, Bull, it's not a tactic.
I'm considering leaving TAC and going to work for Bradley Lena.
Why? Well, I think it's pretty clear that I've been unhappy for a while.
Really? Is it clear? It's not to me.
Oh, come on.
I-I've tried and tried to talk to you about this.
The fight we had about me licensing the algorithm.
- Yeah.
Didn't we work that out? - No, we didn't work it out.
You got arrested, which made everything about you, again.
Yeah, I'm-I'm so sorry that my getting arrested got in the way of your self-actualization.
That is not what I am talking about.
Okay.
Let's just cut to the chase.
What is it that you want? It's time for a little transparency here, I think.
- [DOOR OPENS.]
- Hi.
Hello.
I know, I know, I'm sorry to interrupt, it's just the office is locked.
- Uh, what office? - Benny's old office.
Benny's office? He said I could use it because it's empty.
He didn't tell you? I must have missed that in all the transparency.
Why don't I go grab you a key? IZZY: Thanks.
What did I just walk into? [SIGHS.]
MARISSA: [SIGHS.]
What a day.
Yeah.
I did not see the whole Izzy in Benny's office thing coming.
Me neither.
I'm scared this means you're gonna leave.
Right now, all it means is I am going home and pouring myself a beautiful glass of wine.
- What is going on with your computer? - What? Whoa, whoa! Someone's attacking my system.
MARISSA: Who? I-I don't know.
I just managed to get past Viridipoint's proxy firewall.
So it's someone from V-Point? I don't think so.
I think this is someone else.
[COMPUTER CHIMES.]
"Back off"? No, no, no.
I'm locked out.
I've been hijacked.
You want a glass of wine, too? [ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES.]
BULL: Mrs.
Rice, it's just pretrial motions today.
You don't have to be here.
Oh, I'm here, every day.
You don't have to worry about that.
Hey.
You're from TAC, right? Vijay Paterson, counsel for Viridipoint.
We're in 1138.
Motion's been reassigned.
Reassigned? What judge? - Preston.
- Preston? Never heard of him.
It's a her.
She's new.
Just appointed.
Is new good? - We're gonna find out.
- VIJAY: Your Honor, my client understands the emotions involved, but the fact remains, Viridipoint had no duty of care to Corey Rice.
That duty rested solely with the NYPD officers at the scene.
As such, we ask the court to grant our motion to dismiss.
Your Honor, Viridipoint's facial recognition software falsely identified Corey Rice as a dangerous suspect.
Mr.
Rice's fatal shooting at the hands of police who relied on the accuracy of that software proves conclusively that the duty of care rests with Viridipoint.
Isn't it the NYPD's job to properly train its officers how to use tools such as facial recognition? - That's true, Your Honor, but - I'm skeptical that you have grounds for wrongful death here.
One moment, please, Your Honor.
Just a hunch, but I don't think she's buying it.
Well, she's a new judge.
She's just trying to make her mark.
You got a Plan B? I could argue a civil rights violation, but that's more of a stretch than wrongful death.
I doubt she'll go for that either.
Well, we need something she will go for.
Well, do you have any suggestions? 'Cause in about ten seconds, she's about to toss our case, and then we're nowhere.
Okay, well, I'll come up with something, just keep her talking.
Your Honor, if it please the court, we would like to amend our existing complaint.
Taylor, can you boot up your hard drive, or whatever it is you do with that thing.
- Now isn't a great time.
- BULL: Oh.
I'm sorry.
I will try and arrange my emergencies better in the future.
I'd love to help.
I can't.
We're completely off-line and [COMPUTER WHIRRING.]
Oh, wait.
We're back.
We're on line.
Great.
Listen, I need you to do something for me.
Yes, in about ten minutes when my system reboots.
[SIGHS.]
I don't have time.
You know what? Never mind.
Viridipoint is a corporate entity.
How does your civil rights claim apply? Law enforcement is a state function, Your Honor.
By providing investigative leads to the NYPD, Viridipoint is, in effect, a state actor.
[CLICKS TONGUE.]
I don't see it.
Nice try, but I'm afraid we're gonna [FIRE ALARM BLARING.]
All right, everyone, take it easy.
We'll have a brief recess - while we get this sorted out.
- [BANGS GAVEL.]
Everyone out this way, please.
- Did you? - I plead the Fifth.
Let's go.
We got five minutes to come up with an argument that Judge Preston won't kick.
The judge called V-Point's facial recognition program a tool.
Yeah.
"A tool is only as good as the user" argument, yeah.
So Corey Rice died because V-Point's tool, its product, didn't work as advertised, and that's not on the user.
That's false advertising.
Wait a minute, you want to sue for deceptive trade practice? Well, Don Quixote, you wanted to tilt at windmills.
Try it.
- I got to go.
- You're not sticking around for this? Well, some schmuck pulled the fire alarm.
I can't stick around for that.
CHUNK: Viridipoint misrepresented material facts to their customers to perpetrate a fraud, and in so doing engaged in a pattern of deceptive trade practices, Your Honor.
Vernice Rice wasn't a customer of Viridipoint, Your Honor.
In that case, I don't see how she has standing.
Remington v.
Soto, Your Honor, where the Supreme Court upheld the lower court's decision to allow the parents of Sandy Hook victims to sue the gun manufacturer Remington for marketing their guns in a manner that would inspire the shooter.
That is a novel argument.
I'd like to see if you can make that stick.
Motion to dismiss is denied, but good luck convincing the jury, Mr.
Palmer.
[BANGS GAVEL.]
I just spoke to a friend at DHS.
She said the hack used to shut us down looks like the work of a penetration tester known as "Tidal.
" What's a penetration tester? They're hackers who test defenses in corporate systems.
They look for holes, and when they find them, sell the information to the company so they can fix them.
I was working a hole in V-Point's firewall.
I guess Tidal thought I was competition, so she gave me a shove to get me to back off.
What do you want to do? Pay.
Money's the only thing hackers like this pay attention to.
How much? 20,000.
You can have five, and get a receipt.
No problem.
Hackers love to give receipts.
[ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES.]
Chunk called.
I will adjust the juror algorithm to account for the new cause of action.
Deceptive trade practices, right? That's what he sold them on.
I need you to help me prepare someone to take over the board in case you leave us while we're working on this one.
I won't walk out on you in the middle of a case.
Give me some credit.
Well, I would have before yesterday.
All right, we have worked together for 12 years.
I know.
Oh, is that Mr.
Lena checking in? All due respect, that's none of your business.
Okay.
Listen.
I think we can handle this one without you.
You got a lot going on.
You got a new job to consider, a lot on your plate.
We got this one.
I Who'll run the board? I will.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Is everything all right? - Yup.
Look, if Benny's office is an issue, I can find another place.
The office is not the problem.
Well, Jason mentioned that you got a job offer, and that you've been unhappy.
At least he heard me this time.
He needs you.
TAC cannot work without you, - and he knows it.
- Really? Is that why he just pulled me from the case? Well [CHUCKLES.]
I never said he's not an idiot, but Don't you dare say that his heart's in the right place.
He has been dismissing me and my ideas for months.
Look, I love TAC.
I helped build it.
It's my home.
I want to stay, but if he won't listen to me, won't acknowledge what I'm bringing to the table, how can I? Excuse me.
Hey, um [CLEARS THROAT.]
[SIGHS.]
I'm having computer problems.
Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in? I think it's a little more complicated than that.
Maybe Tidal can help? That's you, right? I can't help you.
You shut down my system because I found a gap in Viridipoint's AI firewall.
I need that gap to stay open.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
$5,000.
It's yours if you leave me alone.
Oh, I'm gonna need [EXHALES.]
$20,000 for that to be worth my while.
I don't have that.
Then you still got a problem.
Sorry, soccer mom.
Uh, for the record, my son does not play soccer, and I pulled off the Whisper Mode hack while you were still dancing on your bed under a poster of Avril Lavigne, so bite me.
Yo.
No way you pulled off Whisper Mode.
Oh, yeah, I did.
Prove it.
The point was to remain anonymous.
I didn't keep a bunch of hard evidence against myself.
Okay, well I know a little bit about it.
Tell me something you can't read on Wikipedia.
Um Okay.
Everyone thinks I hacked the FBI, DHS, and GCHQ, but I also hacked NASA.
That's not generally known because it was classified.
Respect.
Does that mean you'll back off and let me do my work? - Won't matter if I back off.
- Why not? That hole in the firewall you were working? Viridipoint plugged it up this morning.
Great.
I might know some other ways into their servers.
I could show you.
BULL: Testing.
Testing one, two, three.
Rubber baby buggy bumper.
Rubber baby buggy bumper.
Bull? Please stop.
Just warming up my lips.
So, has our data scientist taken the stand yet? - So help me God.
- Just sworn in.
Now, keep him out of the weeds.
Nothing loses a jury faster than five-dollar words and tech jargon.
Dr.
Gasden, you are an expert in artificial intelligence, particularly with facial recognition, correct? Yes.
Doctor, I'd like to show you a photograph of some footage from the security camera that the police used to falsely identify Corey Rice as a suspect.
Now, in your expert opinion, is this footage conducive to finding an accurate match using facial recognition? No.
The dark lighting and obscured facial features in that recording are far from ideal.
Given those conditions, the accuracy would only be somewhere between Mm 36 and 87%.
BULL [OVER EARBUD.]
: Chunk, do something.
They're falling asleep.
Far from the 99.
7% that V-Point touts.
Can you explain this discrepancy? It has to do with eigenface values.
BULL: Reel him back, Chester.
Okay, um [CHUCKLES.]
Can you explain that in layman's terms? What you're really describing is a set of eigen vectors relating to the computer vision problem - of human face recognition.
- BULL: [SIGHS.]
We're in the weeds.
We are deep in the weeds.
Well, you lost the jury with Dr.
Nerdly.
If I didn't have someone doing color commentary in my ear the whole time, I would've had a better control of him.
Hey.
Found a possible witness for you.
Salvador Johns.
Hartford PD.
Retired.
How can he help us? Well, he shot a man during a traffic stop.
The victim was a Black HR manager who was misidentified as the suspect in a police shooting.
- And he's willing to testify? - Oh, yeah.
The way he sees it, V-Point ruined his life.
Well, that's two people that have been misidentified by V-Point.
The jury's got to feel that.
You don't sound enthusiastic about him.
I don't like giving cops an excuse for killing innocent people.
I hear what you're saying, but we've got to do something that's gonna break through to this jury.
We don't have a choice, Bull.
We have got to put him up.
[LAPTOP BEEPS.]
And you're in.
And here's your cash.
I never would've found that.
Thank you.
What are you looking for? Some information Viridipoint really doesn't want us to have that'll prove they're responsible for an innocent man's death.
Well, if it's super-secret, probably not gonna find it on their servers.
Where would I find it? The CEO, Voight, he has an air-gapped computer at his house.
No connection to the Internet.
I would guess, for top secret stuff.
So, I'd have to physically get inside his house? If you want what's on that server.
Yeah, I think that would involve going a little further outside the lines than I'm comfortable with.
This from the woman who pulled off Whisper Mode? I hate to admit it, but I was younger then.
Maybe I am a bit of a soccer mom now.
Well, if you change your mind, I've got some ideas.
Might be fun.
I'm sure it would be.
[CHUCKLES.]
Hey, thanks again.
No problem.
CHUNK: Mr.
Johns, is it fair to say that Viridipoint put a target on the back of an innocent man? I never would've gone at him like that if Viridipoint's facial rec hadn't positively identified him as the maniac who shot two cops.
I feel terrible about what happened.
I killed an innocent person.
I have to live with that every day.
CHUNK: So, the information provided to you by Viridipoint convinced you that you needed to use lethal force? Yes, absolutely.
Nothing further, Your Honor.
Jury's with you.
Nice work.
VIJAY: Mr.
Johns, how long were you with the Hartford Police Department before you were fired? I wasn't fired.
My mistake.
How long before you left the department? 15 years.
In those 15 years, you had more than a dozen excessive force complaints against you, isn't that true? SALVADOR: Every cop on the street gets those.
Look at my record.
I was never formally disciplined because I did the job right.
Hmm.
How many of those complaints were filed by African Americans? I mean my precinct was 80 to 90% Black.
It's only natural.
VIJAY: It's only natural that you assault African Americans, or it's only natural that none of their complaints led to any charges? Objection.
Inflammatory.
Sustained.
The innocent man you shot, he was African American, wasn't he? Yes.
But that's not Is that why you opened fire? Because it was only natural? Objection, Your Honor, the counsel is badgering the witness.
PRESTON: Sustained.
Dial it back, Counselor.
I'll rephrase.
Isn't it true that 12 of the 13 complaints against you were filed by African Americans? SALVADOR: I know what you're trying to do.
You're trying to paint me like I'm some kind of a racist.
Are you a racist? I don't have a racist bone in my body.
My partner was Black.
Oh, no.
[SIGHS.]
Damn it.
VIJAY: No further questions.
PRESTON: Court will take a brief recess.
[GAVEL BANGS.]
Mrs.
Rice.
Mrs.
Rice.
Please, can we talk? Can we talk? Mrs.
Rice, please, listen, listen.
I am so sorry.
I know that you're angry.
Since the day my son was taken from me, all I've been is angry.
Anger won't bring him back.
I know I should've prepared you for that witness.
I You should know I would rather lose than have a man like that speak for my son.
I understand, but we have to try to show the jury what V-Point has done, and he was a way to do that.
The only reason I'm holding onto this pain, the senselessness of all of this, is to make my son's death mean something.
- I want that, too.
- If you thought putting a man who robbed another Black mother of her child on the stand was the right thing to do, then you never understood what I was trying to accomplish, and you damn sure never understood my son.
Hey.
Hey, yourself.
Heard court was a little rough.
That's one way to describe it.
You'll get the jury back.
You always do.
I wouldn't be so sure of that.
I don't even know if we're gonna get the client back.
Did you find any test results, anything that would prove V-Point's facial rec is not as accurate - as they claim? - No.
I've looked all over their system.
Nothing that can help us.
That's too bad.
I really could've use that data.
There is actually one other thing I could try.
Great.
What is it? The less you know about it, the better.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Tidal.
Soccer mom.
You still up for an adventure? [SIGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
[CLEARS THROAT SOFTLY.]
BULL: 22 floors.
Not a word.
[SIGHS.]
How's it gotten this bad? Well, she seemed pretty upset when I spoke to her.
Really? What did she say? That she loves TAC, but she feels disrespected.
Disrespected? I mean, we had our disagreements over the year, but disrepect I mean I-I have the utmost respect for Marissa.
Well, I can't speak to what happened between you two.
- I'm just telling you how she feels.
- [SIGHS.]
I know.
So, what did you tell her? I said she should do whatever makes her happy.
I thought you were on my side.
I am on your side.
- Your side wants Marissa happy.
- Really You know, I asked her what she wanted.
She just wouldn'ttell me.
[SIGHS.]
My dear, lovely, sometimes self-obsessed husband, has it been possible that she's been telling you what she needs, and you haven't been listening? Oh.
Yeah.
So Tell me what I should do.
She's trying to decide what's right for her.
Make staying at TAC her best choice.
[CAR ALARM CHIRPS.]
I like the outfit.
Bloomingdales, Fall Misdemeanor Collection? Funny.
Did you get me a Trojan Horse? I went through Voight's credit card transactions.
He ordered a speaker just like this one two days ago.
If we leave it on his doorstep, he'll think it just arrived early.
So what's it delivering? This is a Raspberry Pi with a few tweaks of my own design.
Once it's inside, it can use any nearby Wi-Fi signal to infiltrate Voight's entire home network, even [CLICKS TONGUE.]
his air-gapped server.
Slick.
Fun working outside the lines, isn't it? You know, when you hijacked my system, I wanted to punch you in the face, but [CHUCKLES.]
I have to admit, I kind of needed this.
Cool.
[CHUCKLES.]
[ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES.]
Can we talk? [SIGHS.]
There is no TAC without you.
And I know I haven't always acted like that.
I am sorry.
Thank you.
I know I can be a little inflexible.
- [LAUGHS.]
Really? - Yeah.
I want you to have whatever it is you need to be happy here at TAC, and I will match whatever it is Mr.
Bradley Lena is offering you, plus 20%.
[CHUCKLES.]
And it's your algorithm, so whatever you want to do with it, we will do.
And the office.
Obviously.
You will have your own office.
[SIGHS.]
That's very generous, Bull.
Give me time to think about it.
I don't need to think about it.
The answer is yes.
Good answer.
Now, I'm gonna go back to work.
Morning.
Did that plan I'm not supposed to know about produce anything I should know about? Well, I was able to access Voight's private, air-gapped server but, sadly, I didn't find any test results, just some financial documents.
Well, thanks for trying anyway.
I just got a text from V-Point's attorney.
They want to discuss a settlement.
But they're winning.
That's what's weird, but Bull always said that he thought this thing would end up in a settlement conference.
I guess he was right.
What happens now? Convince our client to accept a settlement she doesn't want or lose in court.
CHUNK: V-Point's offer is substantial.
BULL: And they've agreed to suspend licensing the facial recognition software to New York state law enforcement.
The police couldn't use it anymore? In New York state.
Elsewhere, they can.
Where's the other shoe? What do they want? There's a non-disparagement clause, which means that you would have to refrain from making any public statements that were critical of V-Point or its technology, forever.
They want me to go away.
Forget Corey ever existed.
They are buying your silence, yes.
That money they're offering I know charities that could put it to good use.
And for the NYPD to give up facial recognition That's something.
BULL: It is, and if we go in front of a jury, I promise you, you'll get nothing, absolutely nothing.
Would you sign it? If it meant I had to be silent about the death of my child, I would politely tell them how to fold that offer, and I would tell them exactly where to put it.
I wasn't raised to be a quitter.
No sense starting now.
VERNICE: Corey always called me as soon as he got to work.
He worked a lot of nights.
Didn't matter how late, he always made sure to let me know he was all right but not that night.
Mrs.
Rice, when you found out that Corey was dead, did the authorities tell you what had happened? I was told my son had been misidentified by an algorithm.
An algorithm.
How can you protect against an algorithm? I taught my son keep your hands in the open, walk, don't run.
"Yes, Officer.
No, Officer.
" That's what we need to teach our children so they can get through this world.
To survive.
He did everything he was supposed to, but they still put a target on his back because some machine said it was all right.
Mrs.
Rice, you don't believe Viridipoint's claim of being 99.
7% accurate, do you? Not for my son.
Not for anyone whose skin looked like his.
He was a fine young man, and he would've had so much to give this world if someone at Viridipoint hadn't thrown up their hands and said, "Close enough.
" No.
I can't accept that.
Not if "close enough" means someone else might have to bury their child.
[INHALES.]
[SOFTLY.]
: No.
CHUNK: I have nothing further, Your Honor.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict? JURY FOREMAN: We have, Your Honor.
We the jury find the defendant, Viridipoint AI, not liable under the consumer protection laws of the State of New York.
PRESTON: The court thanks the members of the jury for their service.
- Court is adjourned.
- [GAVEL BANGS.]
Mrs.
Rice, I'm not sure I deserve that.
You let my son speak.
Everyone in this courtroom knows who he was and what was taken from him.
You gave me that much.
We still lost, and I don't know why I'm not surprised.
Corey used to say, "Fight for keeps, so you can keep fighting.
" So, keep fighting.
Keep fighting.
Goodbye, Dr.
Bull.
It's been an honor, Mrs.
Rice.
BULL: I keep thinking about V-point's settlement offer.
What about it? Well, people try to settle 'cause they're scared of losing.
Yeah, usually.
When they made the offer, they were winning, no question, so what are they scared of? The financial documents that Taylor dug up contain two sets of books.
One public, one private.
V-Point's a publicly held company.
If they've been feeding investors fake numbers, that is securities fraud.
MARISSA: Yup.
Securities fraud? What did I miss? I think we just figured out why V-Point was so keen to settle.
MARISSA: Their offer came right after Taylor hacked into Voight's super-secret computer, which made us wonder if he knew he'd been hacked and was scared about what we might find.
So, Voight offered to settle, so we would stop digging and not find his cooked books.
He must've crapped his pants when we turned him down.
He thought we were gonna bust him.
Well, is there anyone stopping us from doing that now? MARISSA: Well, the way Taylor got these was not what you'd call kosher.
We release them, we put her in legal jeopardy.
Right, but there's got to be a way around that.
Hey, doesn't the SEC have an anonymous tip line? Why, yes.
Yes, it does.
REPORTERS: Mr.
Voight! Mr.
Voight! Mr.
Voight! What do you have to say about the accusations? They just said Voight is facing 20 years and up to $12 million in fines.
Yeah, and the company's filing for bankruptcy.
So long, Viridipoint.
This just came for you.
Wine club? Not unless you signed me up.
Who's that from? Me, a long time ago.
I'm going to get some food.
Want to come? Uh, thanks, but I need to make a call.
[VIDEO CALL RINGING.]
Marissa! Oh Why do I feel like a man who's about to be let down easy? Bradley, your offer was incredibly generous, but I'm afraid my answer is no.
Well you'd be a tremendous asset to any company for all the reasons I've stated repeatedly, but the thing I like about you most of all is your sense of loyalty.
Thank you.
Look, I know we went over the compensation package earlier, but there was one perk I didn't mention.
Can I show it to you? Sure.
[COMPUTER CHIMES.]
What do you think? - [KNOCKS ON WALL.]
- You got a minute? Hey.
You bet I do.
In fact I'm glad you came by, because I got a little something I wanted us to share once you signed your deal memo, but, what the heck, let's crack her open now.
2010 Barolo.
Don't ask how much it cost, 'cause it would make me blush.
You didn't have to do that.
Yes, I did, and that is precisely the point.
- [BOTTLE POPS.]
- [SIGHS.]
Isn't that the best sound in the world? I have to tell you something.
You're leaving to work with Lena.
I'm sorry.
[SIGHS.]
[CHUCKLES.]
But Okay.
We did talk, and I was giving you everything - that you wanted.
- You are.
But What is he giving you? You Okay.
You want your name above the door? You never asked for that.
Mm, you're right, I didn't.
With him, I didn't have to.
Okay, well, technically, my name's not above the door 'cause it's just TAC, but if you would like to change - the name of the company - I want to be somewhere - my value is known.
- You are Not something that I have to argue for or negotiate.
I'm gonna go get my things.
I'll be out in an hour.
[WHISPERS.]
: Goodbye.