Proven Innocent
Fridays 9:00 PM on FOXProven Innocent Season 1 Episode 3: "A Minor Confession" Quotes
Easy: I want you to know that no matter what, I love you. And I'm not going anywhere.
Michael: Cool. I'm gonna have some ice cream. Want some?
Maddie: How old were you in this photo?
William: 14.
Maddie: 14 years old and the cops questioned you for 14 hours. Did they tell you if you confessed you could go home?
William: Yes. I wanted to go home. It was the only place I felt safe. My auntie, she bought me drafting paper, pencils...
Maddie: What else did the cops say?
William: That I could trust them. That they needed my help. That I could be a hero. I showed them the gun, I told them about Rabbit... heroes are the good guys! I didn't shoot nobody. I was a good guy. I was tired. I wanted to go home.
Madeline: I didn't testify at my trial. I always regretted it.
Easy: This case isn't about you, Madeline!
Madeline: I never said it was.
Easy: You hired me to protect your nephew's best interest. I'm going to do just that.
[William's aunt leaves]
Easy: Don't ever contradict me in front of a client again.
Maddie: Don't ever talk to me like that in front of a client again.
Hell has no fury like a woman falsely imprisoned for ten years.
Susan
Maddie's date: So how is the trial going?
Maddie: Every time I see Bellows i want to jam a pen in his eye.
Easy: Looking for this? [holds up ID] Carlos Gomez. You were gonna use a fake ID?
Michael: This guy gave it to me.
Easy: If you got caught, you'd be arrested, thrown into the system. Life as you know it would change, son.
Michael: I wasn't gonna -
Easy: You don't get it, do you? As a black boy living in Chicago, you got a target on your back every time you walk out that door. So now you're grounded.
Michael: What? For how long?
Easy: You can't see that far into the future.
Easy: You tell the cops about Rabbit?
William: They said I made him up. They said a lot of things, but none of it is true.
That's the problem. The judge sees a guy he thinks is an adult in his courtroom, he treats him like an adult.
Easy
The moment I was accused of Rosemary Lynch's murder, the world saw me as someone different. I wasn't Madeline Scott anymore. I was the party girl, the killer... and I was also a victim.
Maddie
