Burden of Truth

- For maximum custodial sentence. - 14 years in jail.

What do you know about northward forest inc.?

It was a deal.

That I worked on with my father years ago at cts. It all crumbled.

She's being set up.

By who? Cts would only be shooting themselves in the foot.

Who would have information about this case and would actually do that?

The mine. Elise mills was a junior associate,

So she would've been privy to all of the internal back-and-forths.

- What about dee? - Dee's one woman. It's bigger than that.

Stay on the boyfriend. Keep me in the loop.

Did you find her?

- At least tell me - you found something. - You know I love you.

- Can we not talk - about the proposal? - I'm worried you might be.

- Suffering from some - postpartum anxiety. - Someone is trying.

To destroy our lives and you're telling me that this is in my head?

You are not acting like yourself.

And there are some very serious consequences on the line.

I am not going down without a fight!

And if you aren't willing to do what it takes,

Then stay out of my way!

It's an internal memo - from cts written by Joanna.

So what does this mean?

It's not my place to pass judgment on whether...

She knew about the fraud.

That means she's guilty.

Do you have her bag?

Yeah, it's packed. By the door. We're not late.

We will be.

- You seen my keys? - No.

Come on.

It's all gonna work out.

- We do not know that. You heard what Luna said.

We don't know anything yet.

The evidence says that I'm guilty.

And by the end of the day, the crown is gonna file charges.

You always said you could accomplish a lot in a day.

We can't even get out the door.

Milk's in the fridge.

- I'm good. - You need to eat something.

Maybe later.

And getting up early is a pretty good habit to keep.

You ever been to the canola palms motel?

- Out on 35? - Yeah.

The guys that hired you... we tracked them back to that motel.

I've had two officers watching it all night.

I never been there.

Did you ever hear anybody talking about it?

No.

What about that other driver in the van? Hatcher?

I don't know anything.

I don't believe you.

Come on, kip. I gave you a chance. I let you live here.

Forget it.

I'll see you tonight.

What do you got?

We sat on the motel all night. The van never came back.

- Think anyone saw you? - We kept our distance.

- Ok. You saw which room they came out of? - Yeah.

We'll need to get inside and have a look around.

You'll need a search warrant.

- Matheson can write it up. - Yes, sir. I'm happy to.

Lay out what information we have and what we don't.

I'll line up a judge.

Get in there. Check their records.

I wanna see who rented that room. I want a name.

Copy.

Thank you.

So this is the opinion letter, dated March 15, 2014.

In it, Joanna hanley promises the deal.

Is financially and legally sound. No fraud.

Three internal memos all written and signed by you, Joanna.

Each one warning your partners of deception.

And fraudulent actions by your client.

All dated before this one. Not after.

No, this can't be right.

A lawyer's opinion letter is sacrosanct.

Writing a false opinion is the most dishonest thing a lawyer can do.

She would never do that.

I'm just going by the evidence.

There has to be something else in here.

I haven't found anything.

To corroborate your story.

According to what's in these boxes, you helped

perpetrate a fraud and then covered it up.

If she said she didn't do it, she didn't do it.

It's the crown attorney.

Do you think she's going to offer a deal?

With any luck.

This didn't happen like he said it did. I am certain.

Then we'll keep looking.

We keep going until we know the truth.

Crown has made an offer.

No jail time. You'll pay a fine. A significant one, but I'm sure.

You can take a second mortgage.

You plead guilty. Criminal fraud.

It's a good deal. No jail time.

- It's an admission of guilt. - A small price to pay.

- No, I can't take that deal. - Joanna,

It's a gift. Be realistic.

I'll have a criminal record.

But you'll be at your daughter's first birthday.

I would be disbarred.

If you turn this deal down, they're gonna file.

The charging papers tonight. They'll set a trial date.

The crown will ask for the maximum.

Fourteen years.

You asked me to represent you.

There has to be a third option.

- There is no third option. I'm giving you my best advice.

You and billy need some time to think it over.

This is the room. Room 9.

Millwood police! We have a search warrant!

What the hell?

- Do you think - she's warm enough? - She's fine.

If you take the plea, it's an admission of guilt.

- I never practice law again. - You don't know that.

If I go to trial, even if I beat the charges,

My reputation is sunk. Our firm is dead.

And maybe I lose at trial.

And I miss her life.

And no matter what I choose,

When she grows up, she's gonna find out about it.

When she has friends, they'll find out.

No, she'll know the real you.

- She'll know the truth. - I don't even know the truth.

When I look at those documents, I have no idea what happened.

There has to be another way.

Their documents only tell their side of the story.

So how do we fill in the blanks?

Your father is a genius. We have to go.

Kip. I came home for lunch and my truck's gone.

I hope there's a reasonable explanation.

- Thanks for coming. - What's all this?

Internal emails from carver thatcher stokes.

- I still know the it guy there. - What's the plan?

We're looking for anything related to the northward forest.

Case that can provide a third option. Reasonable doubt.

We're going to try and piece together what really happened.

I know. It's more of a plan than we had two hours ago.

Here, for example "Joanna, making northward forest happy is the priority."

"The partners and I expect you'll give it your full attention."

We establish.

A pattern of coercion where you were forced into writing the fraudulent letter.

Exactly. It goes on, and then.

"If you intend to make partner, you'll see this through."

Could be construed as a threat. We can argue duress.

"Joanna, I miss our father-daughter time.

"Why don't you come by for dinner this weekend?

We can discuss the nfi deal then. Love you, dad."

"This deal is solid. Why must you continue to question everything?

You've done this your whole life. You need to be tougher."

Sorry.

The personal is important.

My father was a senior partner and he didn't compartmentalize. Neither can we.

- "Write the opinion on nfi. Your indecisiveness is crazy.

Joanna, this is your mother coming out in you."

Maybe this was a bad idea.

You held out as long as you could.

When I read those emails, I'm proud of you.

A jury won't be.

A jury won't care that I was pressured by my dad.

Maybe I am guilty.

But I can't go to trial,

Because I can't risk our life.

Maybe... Maybe I have to take this deal.

But then I'll never be a lawyer again.

That's a fight for another day.

I will be pleading guilty to a crime of moral turpitude.

You and I both know I'm finished.

Room 9 has been empty for three months now.

- Even when you're busy. - It doesn't have a nice view.

People don't come here for the view.

Are you keeping a second set of books?

Ok, look.

My partner's searching the rest of the rooms right now.

If he finds anything,

It's gonna be too late to change your story.

I'm sure times have been tight.

Maybe you needed the money.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You know where the view is really spectacular?

Millwood penitentiary.

Maybe the young officer.

Sneaking around here last night scared everyone away.

This isn't a good time, hank.

Maybe not, but you're gonna wanna hear what I have to say.

- Ok, make it fast. - It's about that second set.

Of tire tracks at the accident scene.

I found the vehicle that made the second set of tracks.

Hey, you go back inside. I got this.

- Check it out. - Ok, what am I looking at here?

It's the truck following your client's car.

A truck going the same direction as her.

On the highway isn't exactly incriminating evidence.

And pick-ups are the most common vehicle here, so if there's nothing else...

The mining company has a fleet of white pick-ups.

And if they did run her off the road,

You think they'd be stupid enough to use their own truck?

Why not?