Hand of God

Get down. Get down!

Everything okay?

Everything's fine, baby.

Okay, I'm ready now.

Can we start?

Show him the way back to you, Lord.

This doesn't feel right.

I should have gave Pernell a heads up.

No, you should've done this three weeks ago.

Then the papers would be talking about your new

education initiative instead of

how Pernell Harris gets special treatment

'cause the mayor's his lap dog.

Let me see the speech.

Cold little motherfucker, eh, son?

Emotions are high, I get it.

But we have to remember the guiding principle of our justice system:

Innocent until proven guilty.

Now having said that, a San Vicente police officer was killed.

A devoted husband and loving father is no longer with us.

Someone must pay for that.

I have the utmost faith in our police department

and in our district attorney that will happen.

I guarantee you justice for Sam Caldwell and his family.

Step to the side, please.

Al, we got to do this every day?

Only if you want to come inside.

Have a good day, Judge Harris.

Fuck you.

They fixed the zipper.

Talk to the calendar clerk?

Am I gonna be needing that robe anytime soon?

She said it was a light month.

Full of shit.

Talked to Morgan.

She's got so many overflow cases,

she's sending them to traffic court.

Why do they keep me on ice?

You're charged with murder.

Charged, Randy, not convicted.

If I was a plumber, would they make me stop plumbing?

If you were a plumber, you wouldn't be able to post bail.

SVPD called.

There's a box of P.J.'s personal effects down there.

They want to turn it over to family

now that he's officially gone.

What about Jocelyn?

Knock, knock.

I called her first. Guess she wasn't interested.

So it's either you or they toss it.

You're late.

I just left Stanton's office. I've got news, good and bad.

Start with the good.

You were right about the DNA testing.

They used a low copy number analysis.

Well, that's not good news.

That's great news.

That's fucking game-changing news!

- It helps. - It helps?

They built their entire case on that DNA.

That's the only thing connects me to Caldwell.

We already had gaps in the chain of custody.

Now they've got a testing process

that's proven unreliable in court.

Forget about a trial,

this thing won't even make it through evidentiary.

You haven't heard the bad news.

They have a witness.

What?

Who?

I don't have a name.

Well, they can't say they got a witness

without giving the name.

We'll get a name soon enough, but, Pernell,

I need to know, could someone have seen you do it?

How could you have walked out of that office without getting a fucking name?

I asked.

McCauley told Judge Stanton that they had

to keep the name anonymous for the witness's safety.

And what did you say? You said, "okay?"

Stop waiting for permission!

You don't ask for a name,

you fucking get the witness's name!

Screaming's not going to change anything.

Let's just get through Monday's evidentiary hearing.

Well, thank you, Adam, I mean, that is one hell of a pep talk.

There's one more piece of good news.

Judge Stanton approved a six-hour window

for you to leave your house arrest zone.

I just need to tell her exactly where you'll be.

Stockton.

What's in Stockton?

Hey.

How you making out?

I'm up $7.

All right.

You organized my shelves?

You must be feeling better.

I'm hitting those closets next.

Yes, it came.

Yeah, it did, and who gave you permission to use my account?

Mom, it's a book I need for school.

What book?

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.

They banned it from the school library,

so we're all getting our own copies

and bringing them to school to show them they can't control our minds.

Mm-hmm. Why was it banned?

Because it's real.

It's got swearing and drug use and

wait for it, people masturbating.

You think that belongs in high school?

What else was there?

Please, do not feed the animals.

You don't even read the books you're assigned.

Now you want to protest books that are being banned?

Sometimes you have to take a stand for shit.

Well, you just be careful, Denise Louise.

You hear me?

I just talked to Mom earlier.

She wants to do something tomorrow night. You?

Yeah, sure.

Is Denise's girlfriend coming? Haven't met her yet.

No, no. Just the Murphy girls.

Hey, did you give Pernell my cell phone number?

No.

Well, he left a message for you.

It's sweet. Want to hear it?

No, thank you.

Mm-kay.

Most people wait until they get home.

Thank you.

Hope you burn, piece of shit.

- Asshole. - Murderer.

Let me help you with that, Judge.

You carrying his groceries for him, Kessler?

The guy who killed Alex

is on death row because of him,

so yeah, I am.

You guys got nothing better to do, Toby?

A cop killer walks into a police station,

he's going to draw a crowd.

But don't worry, I won't let them hurt you.

I need you in one piece for this trial.

Well, thanks for the escort, but there's not going to be any trial, asshole.

Gonna have this piece of shit case kicked on Monday.

No, there's gonna be a trial.

And then there's gonna be prison.

How do you think Judge Maximum

is going to make out when he's reunited

with all the convicts that he's put away?

You'll be begging me for that escort.

Hey.

You find it?

Yeah.

I really need this back, though, okay?

It's really important to Tucker.

Especially now, anything of Shane's.

Did you see the press conference?

Should have left the kids at home.

DA called me, asked me to bring them.

Bullshit. Don't let them exploit you like that.

They don't give a shit about you.

Julio, I just...

What is that?

Insurance.

Insurance for what?

You knew Shane was doing side jobs.

Yeah.

I knew he was pulling little favors and

doing bodyguard stuff.

It's a lot more than that.

Neither of us liked it.

But we needed the money.

Okay, I told him I wanted him to stop.

They wouldn't let him.

Once he crossed that line, how could he say no?

First, it's shakedowns.

Jacking dealers, pocketing money, losing evidence.

Then it's whatever they want it to be.

They've got a lot of guys like that, Heather.

He had no idea what he was getting into.

That what that key's about?

Shane said he made a video.

Of what?

I don't know, supposed to be protection.

In case he decided to say no.

He stashed it in a bus locker.

A lot of good that did him.

Yeah.

Look, it may not help Shane,

but it might help you and the kids get set up.

I'll call you when I have something.

Yeah.

Hey.

Tell Tucker I'll buy him a new one.

All the meds came back fine.

Baby is perfect.

And mommy is completely healthy, too,

except for a slight Vitamin D deficiency.