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Presumed Innocent Recap: So You Snapped

All of Rusty’s mistakes catch up with him at the worst possible moment.

He already hid evidence in the trunk of his car, omitted information from his own defense team, tried to bribe Liam Reynolds into confessing, and beat the living hell out of Brian Ratzer, not to mention cheated on his wife and impregnated his mistress. Judge Lyttle makes it clear she thinks it’s a terrible idea for him to represent himself but allows it on the condition that if Rusty even tries to give his version of events, he’ll be “subject to full cross-examination,” the one thing that Raymond and Mya were working to avoid this whole time. His kids are also worried about this habit, calling the fact that he’s taking the pill the day before he testifies “fucking stupid.” In my recap for episode six, which was the first to be fully devoted to the trial, I mentioned that it tends to dominate the legal thriller: once we arrive in the courtroom, we pretty much stay there, the action escalating by virtue of the circumstance.

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