Twelve Lemmings In A Box
Episode 5 of The Lincoln Lawyer starts with Mickey reminding Trevor Elliott that everything he does is under scrutiny. He warns Trevor to drive a normal car into court but he refuses. In fact, he doesn’t want a jury consultant at all for some reason. Mickey reminds Trevor that everything he does is being watched and scrutinized, so it’s important to drive a normal car into court. However, Trevor seems hesitant and doesn’t seem to want any help from a jury consultant. ..
Mickey is looking for help, and he’s not the only one. Trevor has been MIA for a while, and Mickey is worried he might have gone off the deep end. So when he comes across a woman who can help him out, Mickey takes her on as his eyes and ears. He doesn’t tell anyone about this new development, because he doesn’t want to alert Trevor or any of his friends. Instead, he focuses on getting information from Anton Shavar. It seems like this man may be connected to some shady business dealings that have been going on in the city for a while now.
Trevor and Lara were having an affair behind Jan Rilz’s back, with the help of her yoga instructor. Rilz was also sleeping with several other female clients - mostly married and wealthy. One among them was Anton’s ex-wife, Neema Shavar. Anton runs a private security firm and, as we just found out, could well have a shady past. Interestingly, Rilz also filed a retraining order against Anton before his death, which only reinforces those suspicions.
Lorna is more interested in Carol Dubois, the woman she visited who fed back Shavar’s name while being questioned. She’s convinced there’s something off about her, but isn’t quite sure what it is. ..
The big drama in the Mickey and Trevor trial stems from the jury selection process. Mickey wants to go it alone, but Trevor is having none of that and demands to have a part to play in this. The thing is, Golantz is also playing his own game, leading to a lot of questioning from both the defence and the prosecutor to whittle everyone down to who they think will be more effective on the jury. In doing so, the jury is slowly thinned out. ..
Mickey has been playing a big game all along. Remember that woman from before? Well, she’s been getting a read on the jury too, given she’s been in court this whole time and watching everyone. She’s also been watching Trevor too and pointing out any tells. It’s a risky game, but eventually the two make their plays. ..
Cisco confronts Anton at his garage about his threats to Neema. Anton reveals that he’s been recording everything the whole time and is planning to release the footage to embarrass and threaten Cisco.
That night, Griggs heads over to see Mickey and points out a large sum of money missing from Jerry’s account. Following Carlin’s death, police have also found a burner in his apartment. There is nothing explicit there but it does paint a much more damning picture. It would appear that Jerry made a delivery the same day he took out all that cash. Could that money have been used for a bribe? ..
The Episode Review
The Lincoln Lawyer’s main case, Maggie, is still being talked about alongside the Trevor Elliott case. There’s not a lot to talk about with Maggie’s case, so I haven’t really bothered to put it in the recap.
This episode of “The Good Place” focuses almost exclusively on the trial of Trevor Elliott, with only a few brief moments devoted to the other characters in the story. The game of cat and mouse that these two sides are playing is certainly intriguing, as is the idea of these two sides trying to suss out each other out and pick a bunch of people based almost exclusively on who will side them in this investigation.
That helps to frame the case and give the audience a better understanding of what is going on.
