The Equalizer

- What does your mom do again? - I don't know, charity stuff.

I'm the one you call when you can't call 911.

Previously on The Equalizer...

You don't work for a charity, do you, Mom?

No matter what I do, I'm always your mom.

I know that you lied to me.

- I am a NYPD... - Stop!

This guy's a cop.

We'll take him out to Youngstrom's farm.

No one will ever know.

Give that to the chief for me.

I'm afraid of who I might become.

Okay, what about Leroy, if it's a boy?

Leroy? Oh, you can't be serious.

What? It's distinguished.

My uncle's name is Leroy.

Your uncle is also 82 years old.

I will not do that to our child.

Our child.

- The food. - No, no, no. I'll go.

You and little Leroy stay.

Uh-uh. I'm telling you, Leroy is gonna come out

with an AARP card.

Tim Colvin?

Yeah.

You're under arrest for rape and murder

- in the first degree. - Wait, wait, I'm under arrest for what?

You have the right to remain silent, anything you say

- can and will be held against you - This isn't right.

- In a court of law. - You got the wrong guy.

Stop! He-he didn't do anything!

- We'll figure this out. I love you. - Tim?

- I love you! - Tim!

If, after considering the testimony and evidence,

you find that the defendant did commit the offenses

of rape and murder in the first degree,

then you are authorized to find the defendant guilty.

If you have any reasonable doubt,

then you must acquit the defendant.

The verdict must be unanimous.

And despite the seriousness of the alleged offenses,

you are to consider the facts

without sympathy or concern for punishment.

Well, that's nine days we will never get back again.

Could've been one if they didn't insist

on "talking lawyer."

I don't know, I mean,

you hear about guys like this all the time,

but to actually be a part of it...

Pretty cool.

Let me guess.

You're obsessed with true crime.

Excuse me? What do you care?

How long do you think we all have to be in here?

I have work.

Oh, we all got our lives to get back to.

Well, you're the foreman.

What do you think about taking a vote now?

Sure.

Let's take a vote.

Let's do hands in the air.

All for guilty?

Wait. Really?

I was gonna say the same thing.

You really think the defense proved this guy is innocent?

She doesn't have to.

The prosecution has to prove that he's guilty

beyond a reasonable doubt,

and I have one.

He's clearly guilty.

He admitted to being at the scene.

He was spotted running away

right after the victim's time of death.

He admitted to being in the building, not at the scene,

and haven't you ever run for a cab?

What about his violent history?

The argument with his fiancée?

The cut on his arm?

Right, from struggling with the victim.

Weren't you listening to the evidence?

I was.

He said he got the cut

from tripping on the street, and...

it was on his hand, not his arm.

- Does it matter where the cut was? - Maybe.

Look, I'm not sure

of his innocence, but what I do know is that

if we vote to convict,

a human being goes to prison

for the rest of his life.

So he deserves to have us take a hard look

at the facts.

The least we could do is start by getting them straight.

Mom. Hey, where's my red hoodie?

I want to wear it to Dad's this weekend.

It is in the laundry room.

And you know that machine is not password protected, right?

When's Aunt Vi done with jury duty again?

What does that have to do with you helping out around here

before you go to your dad's?

By the way...

how are you feeling about seeing your dad?

What do you mean?

These questions he's been asking you about me,

about what I'm involved in.

I mean, I'm-I'm fine.

Well, if I have to lie to keep your secret...

I know how to handle Dad.

Well...

Don't start trying that around here.

What?

What? No way.

Would never.

Yeah, never. That's right.

Hey, Aunt Vi.

You look exhausted.

Locked in a room

for hours with 11 strangers.

Can't imagine why.

Five minutes in, they're ready

to send this young man away for life,

with no discussion.

Hell no.

I will get these people talking.

I will keep them there till winter if that's what it takes.

Well, guess I got some laundry to do.

Thank you.

The arrogance of these people.

I mean,

I don't know if he did it or not,

but they don't either.

And that's why we're supposed to deliberate,

not just declare a hung jury

because they've already made up their minds.

No one likes to admit they could be wrong.

Means they have to reexamine everything.

Yes, and that's why we're there.

But I'm telling you

there is something about this evidence

that just doesn't sit right with me.

It's too...

It's too tidy. It's too black and white.

Well, what's the case?

You know I can't tell you that.

Doesn't matter.

It's too late now, anyway.

I just think there's a messy truth out there that...

I just wish someone had taken the time to find it.

So, she refused to give you any details about the trial,

and you took that as a personal invitation

to dig into the case?

Well, Aunt Vi is too smart to ask.

But she has really good instincts,

and a man's life is at stake,

so let's just make sure the jury has all the evidence.

You know which courthouse?

Nah. It's somewhere in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, male defendant, life sentence.

Hold, please.

What's up?

You have that "I'm here in body only" look.

Dee is lying again.

Isn't that what teenagers do?

Yeah, but she's lying to protect me.

To her dad.

He's been asking questions.

Yeah, that is tricky.

Yeah.

I always taught her that lying was wrong,

but now she's learning it's okay,

that it can be necessary.

Well, she's not wrong.

I lie about Harry being dead for years.

Yeah, but you're an adult.

Delilah is a high school kid,

and it's her father.

Lying can be a dangerous road,

and I'm the one that's put her on it.

All right, I got it.

Defendant's name is Tim Colvin.

He's charged with the rape and murder of

Sarah Ross, a white college undergrad.

So, eight months ago,

Sarah, the victim, is drinking at the bar

with her roommate, Olivia,

who sees Sarah talking to this guy, Tim.

Olivia goes home later, finds Sarah

strangled and raped in her apartment,

and Tim is seen running away from the building.

And what's Tim's story?

I mean, guy says he's innocent.

Says the only reason he was even in the building was,

he was going on a walk, he got cold.

Spotted the vestibule through the window upstairs.

Building looked cozy.

Went in there, warmed up.

Gets a cab and goes home.

And talking to Sarah at the bar?

I mean, he denies even being at the bar,

but he's got no alibi.