The Lincoln Lawyer
Thursdays on NetflixMickey Haller Quotes
Mickey: I've been a lawyer for a long time, Lisa. And I know when something's off. After a while, I knew you didn't kill Mitchell Bondurant, but… just because you're not guilty of something doesn't mean you're innocent of everything.
Lisa: What exactly are you accusing me of?
Mickey: Jeff was going to ruin everything, huh? Until he disappeared. So, where is he, huh?
Lisa: Mickey, don't.
Mickey: Where is he? Where is he?
Lisa: This is insane.
Mickey: He hated cilantro.
Legal: Now, what's so important that you had to see me the morning your trial starts?
Mickey: Someone left this on my doorstep last night.
Legal: That's an FBI target letter.
Mickey: Yeah, addressed to Alex Grant, also known as Alex Gazarian, my strawman.
Legal: I prefer the term alternate suspect, and this says that your alternate suspect is a person of interest in a federal investigation.
Mickey: Construction fraud. You know that e-mail Mitchell Bondurant sent? This puts it in a whole new light.
Legal: How so?
Mickey: Well, Bondurant sends an e-mail threatening to expose Alex Grant. By itself, it's not clear what he meant. The judge even said it wasn't enough to point the finger at him. She needed more. Well, this is more. This makes it look like Alex Grant was up to something illegal. That e-mail he sent wasn't a threat. He was blackmailed.
Legal: Blackmail's are pretty good motive to kill someone if it's legit. But this? This just shows up on your doorstep on the eve of trial. Either someone's really trying to help you, or they're really trying to fuck with you. You gotta find out which one.
Mickey: How do I do that?
Legal: Well, first, you gotta confirm that the letter is real or not, and you gotta do it fast.
Mickey: You know, Andy, um, you're a damn good lawyer.
Andrea: Thank you, Haller. So are you.
Cisco: How'd it go?
Mickey: I won the battle, but if I can't come up with something else, we might lose the war.
Cisco: Yeah, well, maybe this will help. You
were right. There is a connection between Henry Dahl and Alex Grant.
Mickey: What did you find?
Cisco: Well, you know, Grant has all those shell companies. One of them is an S Corp named Pan Media, mainly invest in entertainment projects. This guy is the president of that company, David Webber. Mickey: Who's David Weber.
Cisco: He's the executive producer of Henry Dahl's last podcast. Something called Skid Romance.
Mickey: Great work, Cisco.
So, in the last six months, you looked at those hedges many times, correct? Many times, I'm sure. And yet, you never saw that hammer before. Until, suddenly, the hammer just shows up at the exact same time my client happens to be on trial for murder.
Lisa: Why can't I just tell the truth on the stand?
Mickey: Andrea would magnify any inconsistency and make it look like a lie.
Lisa: But it's not.
Mickey: I know, Lisa, but even if we put you on the stand, it wouldn't be to tell the story of that day. It would be to tell your story. Why's your restaurant so important to you? If I was prepping you to testify, that's what we'd be talking about.It's too risky. Trust me.
Lisa: My father bought the building for next to nothing. He made cabinets. So he ran a shop on one side and raised a family on the other. I wanted to do the same thing.
Mickey: You live there as well?
Lisa: Yes, it's my home. That's why I didn't want to sell it to Mitchell Bondurant or to anyone.
You keep saying "photos," Mr. Kim, but the prosecution only offered one. What happened to the others?
Well, that was intense. So why don't we take a few steps back? I'd like to start off first by introducing you to my client, Lisa Trammell. As you may know, she's a chef at a very good restaurant called Elysian. Anybody here like to eat? Well, take it from me, the food in that place is just out of this world. Lisa has worked hard for over ten years, perfecting the menu. Now the prosecution says she's got a temp. What? Really? A chef with a temper. Whoever heard of such a thing? Because the prosecutor has never seen one of those cooking TV shows. Yes, she's got a temper. A lot of chefs do. Comes with the territory, with the stress and long hours. I'm pretty sure it's not a quality that she's proud of. Doesn't make her a killer, does it?
