The Magic Bullet
Izzy is introduced to the team by Mickey. Izzy is a new lawyer who lost her car following them and needs help getting back on her feet. The team is excited to have her on board and helps her get back on her feet.
As Mickey dives into the Elliot case, he learns that, apart from a couple of statements, there’s not much to go on. It’s now looking as if whatever was on that laptop last episode, it’s probably a good deal of evidence to help Trevor Elliot’s case.
Mickey needs to be in court because he’s scheduled to defend a guy called Terrell Coleman in a case involving assaulting a police officer. According to Coleman, he’s completely innocent. After hearing Terrell’s side of the story, Mickey decides to push for a continuance. ..
In a meeting with the Chief Judge, Mickey tells him about a potential threat to his own life and how he plans to handle it. The Chief Judge is supportive of Mickey and agrees to help him with the case.
Cisco’s investigation into the death of Jerry Seinfeld reveals that there may have been something more sinister going on than just a simple death by natural causes. Lorna gain access to Jerry’s business accounts, which seem to reinforce more suspicious behaviour, involving “salary advances” sent over to his personal accounts. Jerry also never sent over the details to a ballistics expert.
Mickey heads off to Griggs, handing over a list of potential threats to Jerry’s life. In exchange for this, Mickey wants intel on Jerry. He agrees. Griggs confirms that there’s nothing particularly egregious there, given Jerry moves to and fro home and work, but he did visit Athena’s Temple in LA. It would also appear that the yoga instructor wasn’t only sleeping with one married woman (Lara), there could be another angry husband hell-bent on revenge.
Mickey brings Hayley to court to watch Trevor Elliot defend Coleman. Coleman was accused of assaulting an officer, but the officer wasn’t wearing a body cam that day, so it’s unclear if he actually assaulted the officer. Mickey shows Coleman’s ATM footage which clears him of all charges. ..
Mickey was bluffing the whole time but did so because he suspected the officer in question was actually a liar. ..
That night, Lorna comes across some crucial intel into the Jerry Elliot case. It would seem that the day he died, Jerry actually printed a motion for continuance in the Elliot case. He never filed it though, which seems to hint it was in the laptop files. Mickey however, interprets this as a sign that he “didn’t have anything” for this trial. ..
When Mickey asks for a continuance with the judge, Trevor Elliot is not happy. He’s signed a deal for his company to be acquired and as such, he doesn’t want to delay any further. If the case goes on past that time, then this deal will be lost and he’ll lose everything he’s worked on – and so will the investors. Mickey has no choice but to agree.
Mickey turns his attention to Jerry’s assistant, who may well have had a more personal relationship with his colleague. According to her, Jerry had found a magic bullet. He definitely had something, and this motivates Mickey to track down and figure out exactly what this is. The trouble is, Mickey’s car has actually been bugged by powerful forces, who listen to his every word. Uh oh!
The Episode Review
The show has been drip-feeding information about Jerry’s murder for the past two episodes, and it’s now clear that there is a lot of evidence to help get Trevor Elliot off the hook. However, quite what that evidence is remains a mystery.
Mickey is starting to get his life back together and has built his team up to tackle these different cases. The episodic “case of the week” format feels like it’s a little half-baked and I’m not sure if it will continue, with the whole Coleman case feeling like a way of padding out the run-time rather than actually adding anything substantial, especially given how quickly that was wrapped up.
The reveal that Mickey is actually being watched and could find his life in danger too is certainly intriguing and leaves everything open for the rest of the season.
