Bull

Tally. For God's sake.

That was a hundred dollar bottle of liquor.

Just say you won't do it.

I'm not gonna have that conversation with you here, sis.

It's supposed to be a party.

When are we gonna have it? Were we ever gonna have it?

Or were you just gonna do what you were going to do?

- You're acting crazy. - (SCOFFS)

Crazy. Is that why you're doing this?

Because I'm so crazy?

You haven't seen crazy.

Tally... Don't you dare.

Hey, everyone just chill.

Okay? It's a party.

911. What's your emergency?

: Oh, my God, you have to help me.

I think somebody's murdered my brother.

Oh, my God. Please, please.

There's so much blood. I don't know what to do.

I need you to stay calm, ma'am. Help is on the way.

Thank you. Thank you.

Tally North,

ethereal downtown party fixture,

trust fund poster child, is accused of killing her brother

Torin North, a rising tech superstar,

in the Chelsea loft they share,

and into which they poured several million dollars

following the death of their wealthy parents

in a private plane crash.

: Tally.

You have new glasses, Dr. Bull.

It's nice to see you too, Tally.

It's been 12 years.

I like them.

Thank you.

I heard about your parents.

I tried calling, but my numbers didn't work.

I sent you a card.

Okay. I didn't see it,

but I think I might have been in a hospital

in Indiana around then.

Are you here because you want me back as a patient?

I came here to see if I could help you.

Legally, psychologically.

So you can leave me again?

I know you don't feel much,

but I have always felt badly about that.

It's okay. I survived.

I won't lie, it would have been nice

to have you around for all my teenage rites of passage.

But I guess that's what the eight other therapists

I ended up going to were for.

Although it was difficult to talk to the one that was

molesting me about how much I disliked him molesting me.

I know you're angry with me...

Dr. Bull, you know better than anyone,

I'm largely incapable of anger.

Well, whatever you call it, however you process it,

I'm sorry if you felt abandoned.

You know, when I closed my practice back then,

it was to start a whole new business,

something called trial science.

I work with lawyers, and we help to figure out

the best way to try a case.

I know I haven't seen you since you were 14,

but I don't think you're gonna find

anyone out there who understands you better.

And it would mean a lot to me to help you.

You understand they want to put you in prison

for the rest of your life?

Yes. I do understand that.

Did you do it, Tally?

Well, I was mad at him.

He was filing for guardianship.

He wanted to lock me up, get me institutionalized.

Did you do it, Tally?

Well, I'll tell you, Dr. Bull,

because I know you'll understand.

I have no idea.

I honestly don't remember.

You had one of your blackouts?

Must be.

One minute, I was having it out with my brother at the party,

and the next, I was waking up covered in blood,

with Torin dead on the floor.

I honestly don't remember what came in between.

You still want to help me?

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Hey.

You going somewhere?

Home.

What, you don't like it here?

Well, you know,

when I wake up in the morning, I like to be near my things,

I like clean clothes, I like to sleep in my own bed.

And plus,

you know, Cable used to live here,

in this building.

It just doesn't feel right.

Okay. I hear that.

It's just, sometimes it's nice

to wake up lying next to somebody, you know?

Don't you think?

I'm sure it's nice for you. Me?

I got to get to work in the morning.

Okay.

I don't understand.

What's the problem? You got what you wanted.

: Wow.

Okay. You are hard, girl.

You know, that's another thing.

I'm not a girl. I'm a woman.

So stop talking to me like it's freshman year

and we're living in the dorms away from our folks

for the first time, yeah?

I had a good time. Let's not ruin it.

Can I give you something?

It's not your class ring, huh?

You're not gonna ask me to go steady, are you? What is this?

That's a key.

That way, you can get in here whenever you want.

Oh, Gabriel, I'm never gonna use this.

No, no, no, it's not... it's for emergencies.

Okay? That way, you know, I lose my key,

I know you have one, or if the...

...maybe the gas company

needs to get in here, they can't find me and they can call you.

Hey, listen.

I mean, we're friends, right?

That's the sort of things friends do.

Now you give me yours?

- Oh, you are so pushing your luck. - (LAUGHS)

No, no, no... what are you talking about?

I didn't say anything.

Hey, you're hearing things, girl.

Okay, you know what? The truth is,

I-I can't sleep with somebody that's in my bed anyway.

I don't care how beautiful and-and naked they are.

So go, please. (EXHALES SHARPLY)

Okay? So I can get some rest.

Close the door.

Her name is Tally North.

Since the age of ten, she has been diagnosed

with antisocial personality disorder.

She lacks empathy for others,

exhibits severely stunted emotions,

and is prone to violence.

Isn't that what we used to call a sociopath

in the good old days?

Actually, she used to be his patient,

so this is kind of personal.

This is gonna be tough, trying to get a jury

to sympathize with a sociopath.

Juries usually like to see remorse in their killers,

and there's not gonna be any.

The night of the murder,

Tally was arguing with her brother, Torin.

The whole party, a hundred-some people,

saw them going at each other.

Well, I don't understand.

How can she be angry if she can't feel emotions?

It's complicated, but what sociopaths like Tally do feel

are emotions involving themselves.

That's why you don't get joy or sadness,

because those are emotions

that come from connections to other people.

But conviction? Determination?

Those are self-contained and self-generating.

All right, so,

let's cut to the chase. Does she have an alibi?

If she does, she doesn't remember.

Well, that's pretty damn convenient.

Agreed. The thing is, she is prone to blackouts,

and swears she can't remember anything that happened

between the confrontation at the party and waking up

to find her brother's dead body on the floor.

The old "I just don't remember" defense.

- Mm. - According to Bull, she has suffered

from fugue state blackouts since she was a child.

Fugue state blackouts?

Was she asleep? Was she awake?

A fugue state is a dissociative episode

where sufferers experience temporary amnesia

and a lack of awareness of themselves or their actions.

Okay, so what's the big guy say?

Does he think that this fugue thing is a credible defense?

Does he think that the jury will buy into it?

No. Bull wants to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.

If Tally was in a fugue state

during the murder, she lacked the substantial capacity

to appreciate the criminality of her conduct

when she killed her brother.

Terrific.

I'm gonna go back to the conference room,

comb through my law books,

see if I can find any insanity plea precedents.

With any luck, I'll fall into a fugue state.

Dr. Bull?

D.A.'s office just sent over this subpoena

for all your old records and any recordings of therapy sessions