Bull

I'm Dr. Jason Bull. I'm not a lawyer.

I'm an expert in what's called trial science.

I study a jury's behavioral patterns.

I know what they're thinking before they do.

Everything my team learns gets plugged into a matrix,

which allows us to assemble a mirror jury

that is scary in its predictive efficiency.

The verdict you get depends on me.

And that's no bull.

Vitals are crashing. We're losing her.

Where's that O-neg?!

Another bag? Pressure's not coming up.

Second bag coming up.

Femoral artery is lacerated.

She's a hemophiliac.

She'll bleed out before it gets here.

Plasma. Factor VIII and Factor IX.

It won't work. Kyra's anti-bodies

reject standard clotting factors.

She's my sister. I can help.

You have to use this.

You can't be back here.

- Hey! Hey! Security!

Get her out of here.

Ma'am?

What did you give her?

She's stabilizing.

That's impossible.

EP's dropping.

Ten, 140.

She's such a klutz.

- 130. - What are you waiting for?

Stitch up my sister.

Tray's ready, Doctor.

The Angel of New York Sacred Heart.

Now, that's how some people are describing Kerry Ketchum.

Only 25 years old,

with advanced degrees in chemistry and molecular biology,

but no formal medical training, she saved her sister's life

with a drug she developed in her own small lab.

How deep down the rabbit hole are you?

Oh, I'm the Mad Hatter, Danny. I'm in Wonderland.

She's the perfect client.

The hospital won't press charges.

Too many people worshipping at the altar

of the Angel of Sacred Heart.

Who would besmirch an angel?

It's blasphemy.

The hospital wants her hemophilia B cure.

A lot of hospitals do... all over the country.

And get this: she offered to give it to them.

- What do you mean give it to them? - She means give for free.

- For no money? - Must be some money.

Well, cost, but that's basically free, and because

she's attempting to distribute nationwide,

this guy Windemere is suing her.

Errol Windemere, CEO of WindGen Pharmaceuticals says

he holds the patent to Kerry's drug. He's filing,

saying she's infringing.

And this is the part Bull's gonna love.

You're this excited about a patent case? Why?

Even though Kerry Ketchum lives in New York,

because she's offering the drug all over, including Texas,

that just opened her up to the jurisdiction of Callisto.

Hmm.

Who's Callisto?

Callisto isn't a who.

Callisto is a where.

Geographically situated in West Texas.

Population 25,000.

But in the legal world, it's located

somewhere between the sixth and seventh circles of hell.

I take it

you've been there before?

Oh, yeah.

Once.

Don't let its quaint appearance fool you.

Callisto is a litigation speed trap.

They've made a cottage industry out of patent cases.

- How? Well, the jury always sides

with the plaintiffs, and they hand out

the biggest cash verdicts in all the country.

These plaintiffs, they hire the local law firm.

And the juries well, they know,

and they like these local lawyers.

And so, if they represent the plaintiffs,

the plaintiffs must be right.

That sounds wildly unfair.

It's called the Halo Effect.

Juries apply their love of local lawyers to

whoever they represent.

So how did you beat them the last time?

I didn't.

But-but I thought you've never lost.

Doesn't mean I've always won.

Callisto.

I don't even have a lawyer yet.

I can't go to trial.

In Texas?

This is totally unfair.

Oh, Kerry, it's way worse than that.

Windemere has all the leverage of a crooked system,

and he's using it against you.

Can you tell us

- about your drug? - The challenge of hemophilia B

is not just synthesizing a clotting factor.

It's delivering that factor in a way the body won't reject.

My sister's disease

affects fewer than one in 50,000 people.

There are some treatments, but it's not a big enough market

for large pharmaceutical companies

to invest in developing a cure.

They'd call what I make an "orphan drug."

So you've done this out of love.

Devoted my entire life to a cure.

But WindGen Pharmaceuticals claims

that their patented hemophilia B treatment covers your invention.

They haven't advanced that drug in 17 years.

It has to be used once a week to have any effect.

Mine lasts a year and doesn't wear off.

Thousands of people could live better lives.

That sound different enough to you?

But the question is how it sounds to a jury.

The technicalities of patent law are very complex.

I'm sorry, I don't see technicalities.

I see my sister slip

cutting a bagel, and spending a month

- in the ICU. And in this case,

Windemere himself is showing up to testify.

He's on the witness list.

Why?

I don't know.

Maybe 'cause he's a heartless, money-grubbing old douche.

Works for me.

So I take it we're going.

Yeah, Bull, I've only got a foggy picture

of what happened to you in Callisto the first time round,

but I have heard you

say the words "deep personal downward spiral"

in referencing its aftermath.

Lot of good can come from a deep personal downward spiral.

From the bottom of a hole, it's easy to see the light.

Good to go.

Bull, I-I can't get ahold of Danny.

Oh, yeah, she's on special assignment.

- Care to elaborate? - Um, not now.

Can I have everyone's attention?

I have a request of each and every one of you.

I want you to imagine

we are an invading hostile force.

Because that is how the devil's armpit

that we are traveling to is gonna see us.

And I may not be able to share every tiny detail

of strategy with you in the moment.

Trust that... I am your general...

...and I am in full command.

Bull, you may be making too big a deal of this.

I'm not, and that's a perfect example

of the opposite of what I just said.

We got this, Bull.

- Carry-on only, Chunk. Okay.

See, now you're just talking crazy.

Just get what you need when you're down there.

How...?

- What's up? - Cable,

you're staying here.

Could have just punched me in the face.

It's nothing personal, but I need you on the outside.

Uh-huh.

All right, so, every attempt at doing

what we do will be undermined from the second

we step off that plane, we're gonna be sabotaged.

But...

we are on the side of the better angel.

It's gonna be fun.

Nah. He's not losing it.

They gave away our conference area.

How are we supposed to have mock trials?

- We don't have a workspace. - Or rooms.

The concierge apologized for losing our reservations.

If I wasn't carrying bags, I'd throw up air quotes.

At least you have your bags.

The airport porter said he couldn't find mine.

I'll never question you again.

See the park bench?

Banners all around town?

Those same names are on the local

high school football stadium.

All generous donations courtesy of Bender, Lindsay & Partners.

Who are they?

Counsel for the plaintiff, the local firm.

But don't worry.

We also have local counsel.

It's part of our strategy to undercut their advantage.

- Someone from another firm? - Not quite.

And don't worry about where we're gonna prep.

I've made arrangements.

Callisto's not gonna catch me with my pants down again.

Right on time.

JB?