Good Trouble

Previously on Good Trouble

What the hell are you doing?

I'm totally over Sumi.

But I'm not over wanting that second date with you.

He is hot!

- Who knew? - Oh, I knew.

Why didn't you tell me you're not seeing Gael anymore?

Let's walk in there and demand the raises that we deserve.

We signed non-disclosure agreements.

Then we do it anonymously.

With a new shooting every month,

people forget by the time the case gets to court.

I won't forget.

Thank you.

You know stuff about me.

What do I know about you intimately?

- Uh, who's your judge? - Judge Wilson. What about you?

- Judge Handelman. - Handelman?

Becca, did Handelman sexually harass you?

I wonder if it's happening to Kate.

I filed a sexual harassment complaint against Judge Handelman.

We still have company.

Sorry, I thought they were gone.

I don't think you can prove that Wilson

is feeling pressure to go easy on the LAPD.

We could use Tate's situation to lean on Wilson.

You think Wilson can be bought?

I've reached my decision.

Officer Griffin's personnel records

will remain sealed.

So, don't mention The Coterie.

Or Malika.

Or anything having to do with the Jamal case.

In fact, try to avoid politics all together.

And religion.

And anything controversial.

We're controversial.

What? You're running as a progressive.

Don't worry, sweetheart. We will be on our best behavior.

Yes. We're full of compromises these days.

I'm...

not sure that I can do this anymore.

What's going on?

- Nothing. - Nothing.

Welcome.

Please come in.

- Hi. Hi. - Hi.

Hello.

- How are you? - Hello.

- Nice to see you. - Hi.

Well, we are so delighted you're here.

Judge Wilson and Mrs. Wilson...

Oh, please call me Libby.

Uh, these are my moms, Stef and Lena.

- Hello. - Hi, I'm Stef.

- Nice to meet you, Libby. - Pleasure. Hi, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you. - And my sister, Mariana.

- Hi. - Hello, welcome.

- I've heard so much about you, Judge. - Your Honor.

Oh. Well... all good things.

I highly doubt that.

And this is Jamie.

- Hey, Jamie. - Honor to meet you, sir.

Well, I'm so glad we could do this.

My husband is quite fond of Callie.

I highly doubt that.

Well, we are quite fond of her as well.

Let's all go into the living room.

What's everyone drinking?

Nothing for you.

This is our... our son, Tate.

- Oh, hi. - Hello.

So I'm to blame for you getting arrested

for a DUI and taking a swing at a police officer?

Sorry you have to work for an asshole.

Callie, I don't believe the two of you ever formally met.

No. Hi.

Nice to meet you.

They managed to find cause to excuse six potential black jurors.

And then they used one of their three peremptory strikes

against the one black juror they couldn't find cause to excuse.

I don't see why Jamal's attorney didn't raise a Batson Challenge.

Because lawyers are trained in bullshit race-neutral excuses

that make it almost impossible

to prove discrimination was intentional.

Wow.

Better not let your corporate clients

- hear you talking like that. - Ooh, yeah?

That kind of talk turn you on?

Maybe.

It's not like Wilson would rule in our favor anyway.

The plaintiff's favor.

I never thought being a clerk was going to be this hard.

Even for a conservative judge.

You're an advocate. You're not meant for the judiciary.

Just remember you're not gonna be a clerk forever.

I just want to be able to do something.

You're constantly in Wilson's ear.

Yeah, well a lot of good that's done.

And he wouldn't let any of us see

what was in Officer Griffin's personnel files.

What if he is siding with the police

to protect his son from going to jail?

Do you really think if Wilson favors

the defense in this trial,

that the new police chief will use his connections

in the Berkeley PD to get the charges against his son dropped?

Or reduced?

You think I'm some crazy conspiracy theorist?

I think the constraints of clerking are frustrating.

But... don't kick the hornet's nest

and blow up your career.

Get through this,

then go to the ACLU,

or wherever you can to make a real impact.

We'll now resume day two of jury selection.

Had you heard of Jamal Thompson before today?

- Yes. - Can you explain in what context?

I heard about him in the news.

Do you know anyone who's currently incarcerated for a crime?

Are you a fan of rap music?

Have you ever been in a gang?

Have you ever smoked marijuana?

How's the secret spreadsheet going?

Oh. Well, we've got more women on board

but yours is the only male salary that we have

and we need more than one to prove

that there's an actual gender pay gap.

I did, however...

find a pay gap among the women based on...

Race.

I know it's touchy but...

although we were able to disclose our salaries anonymously,

I was able to discern a race pay gap between us.

I was hired around the same time

as another white female engineer,

who shall remain nameless.

Everyone knows we were hired at the same time.

As I said, not naming any names.

But, it's just another example

of the discriminatory culture at Speckulate

and in tech in general.

So I think that we should add

a race column to the spreadsheet

to point out that gender is not the only pay gap issue.

Personally, like... For me, I...

always thought we were fighting for all women.

Is that column necessary?

Well, yeah, when...

some of us are getting left behind.

100%. But...

shouldn't we address the gender pay gap first

and then race?

We don't want to confuse things.

I agree.

One issue at a time.

She's the only other woman of color in Fight Club

and she totally caved.

What's up with that?

Wait, is that Raj and Mariana

or am I seeing a "Miraj?"

Wait, I don't want to know.

Well, Alex, something you might want to know is

I found a glitch in your part of the new app build.

Oh, is that so?

Yes, you're not storing a saved state.

So when I leave the app and go to another one

and come back, my GIF is gone.

Oh. Okay, well... duh.

I would have caught that but

since you have time to check everyone's work

why don't you stay late and fix it yourself?

Your Honor, we'd like to use our second peremptory strike

to excuse juror number 426.

I'll allow it.

Your honor, at this time we would like to raise a Batson Challenge.

They're wasting their time with the Batson Challenge.

It's almost impossible to prove.

Oh, hey.

Your Honor.

If you're here to argue for the Batson,

can you wait until they present their brief?

Actually, I wanted to talk to you about Judge Handelman.

I'm sure you heard he's resigned.

I did.

Handelman's clerk, Kate, is out of a clerkship now.

That's unfortunate.

Would you consider hiring her as Rebecca's replacement?

You pushed Rebecca into coming forward

and me...

to publicly censure Handelman,

and now you want me to take in the collateral damage?

You have a lot of nerve.

Look, I'm sorry that she lost her clerkship,

but Handelman's a liberal judge with liberal clerks.

I can't handle two of you.

Stay tuned. Stay tuned.

Callie, these old videos from Jamal just surfaced.

Black women be less than.

I don't want nothing black but a black on black whip.