Presumed Innocent
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Most legal thrillers have one of two kinds of lawyers as protagonists.
This is to say he has an ego the size of Lake Michigan.
And being entrusted with the prosecution, satisfying the burden of proof, that is also a high calling.
I will live up to my duty, and I ask that you rise up to yours.
His confidence wont last long, though.
Theres no sign of breaking and entering at her house, and her body has been horrifically hog-tied.
Rusty simply must be in charge.
A tableful of strong personalities flares up at this assertion.
), his chum, want to know why him.
Raymond said so, and besides, hes simply better than Tommy.
Raymond is still the P.A., so he gives Rusty the case and tells everyone else to fuck off.
By this point in the pilot about five minutes in Ive already decided Raymonds word is gospel to me.
Henceforth, I will be on his side no matter what happens.
He is everything I love about a movie lawyer: stressed out, profane, balding.
Every other word out of his mouth is Jesus Christ or Oh God.
She gives a passionate argument about mans capacity for evil, delivered with firm authority.
with an unladylike thirst for power.
Lets hope itll seize it.
Tommy has been watching Carolyns summation on his laptop.
Rustys own ability to manage his feelings, meanwhile, has already begun to derail.
How do you think thats going to end for you, Tommy?
Kind of a suspicious thing to say.
She delivers this opinion with the remarkable calm of someone who has abandoned herself to resentment.
She judgeshim pretty harshly, which is something therapists arenotsupposed to do.
These memories mix in his mind with images of sweet, tame, slow-dancing Barbara.
At home, Rustys kids, Jay and Kyle, are roasting him to various degrees of crisp.
In a way, this might be for the best.
What she has is no longer even an ick its an EpiPen-level allergy.
For example, why are Rustys fingerprints all over Carolyns bedroom?
When was the last time he was in Carolyns apartment before the murder?
Were they romantically involved?
Rustys eyes take on the diseased quality of a person who is about to lose his shit.
We are in and out of those scenes fast, like theyre boxes to be checked.
