- Weber: Why isn't she in her uniform?
- Chunk: Oh, we can do that, if you want to make this look like a military tribunal.
- Dr. Jason Bull: In court, we want her to look like a human being, not a pilot. Mr.Weber, I heard you were in the office.
- Weber: Taylor, I know Dr. Bull has convinced you that he has some sort of magic formula that will make a jury see past the facts and exonerate you.
- Dr. Jason Bull: Chunk, would you give us a second? And, uh, - tell Benny I need to see him.
- Weber: While Dr. Bull has been searching for biases, I've been in touch with the airline, who are negotiating a settlement with the plaintiffs.
- Captain Taylor Mathison: A settlement?
- Weber: Yes. It's a very generous offer to the victims' family, as it should be, and it protects you from any financial liability.
- Captain Taylor Mathison: What do you need from me?
- Weber: I need you to agree to the findings of the NTSB report.
- Dr. Jason Bull: The report that finds her at fault.
- Captain Taylor Mathison: And if I do that, I'll be reinstated?
- Dr. Jason Bull: No. Fired. And unemployable and never able to fly again.
- Weber: She killed 62 people.
- Dr. Jason Bull: No, Oscar. An airplane crash killed 62 people, not your client. Marissa mentioned you were pushing for a settlement. That struck her, because even though she's a woman, she's quite good with numbers. So, she had Cable, also a woman, also good with computers, do some digging. It seems that your contract with Taylor stipulates the less the airline pays the families, the more your firm makes. That seems like a conflict of interest, but then again, you have all that office space to pay for. That's why I hate lawyers. That's my bias.
- Captain Taylor Mathison: So you have a financial incentive for me to settle?
- Dr. Jason Bull: It's called a reverse contingency fee. It's how the airline controls damages.
- Benny Colon: Now, bear with me. I'm gonna show you three pictures that tell a story. Okay? Here we go. Now, as you can see, these kids are getting bullied. Then one of them fights back. Here they are in the principal's office. And here's the bully, nursing his black eye. Okay, now, as a show of hands, what was the color shirt of the kid who confronted the bully? Was it a blue shirt? Okay, well, let's take a look, see if we're right. If you all guessed blue, you were wrong. The kid who confronted the bully was wearing the red shirt. See, I never specified which kid confronted the bully. You all just assumed it was the boy. Now, come on, I admit I failed the test, too. See, it's hard to imagine a girl being the hero of the story. Just like it's hard to imagine Captain Mathison being the hero of the one in this court. But she is. She doesn't deserve to be punished for our failings. She deserves to be thanked for the lives that she saved. We need to find her not guilty.
- Captain Taylor Mathison: Dr. Bull, how did you know I was Captain Mathison and not him?
- Dr. Jason Bull: Well, you don't bounce when you walk. So clearly you're former military, and you're wearing aviator sunglasses, so I figured pilot. Plus, one look at Oscar, and there's no way he's a pilot.
- Benny Colon: Captain Mathison, what were you thinking when the plane lost power in the wind shear?
- Attorney Dworkin: Objection. That is not the NTSB's video.
- Benny Colon: Your Honor, the video has been modified in one specific way, and that is to show the jury what was on the ground.
- Judge Edith Rothstein: I'll allow it, but only for that reason. Watch your step, Mr.Colon.
- Captain Taylor Mathison: I don't remember, actually, due to head trauma from the crash.
- Benny Colon: You flew a simulation earlier that replicated the conditions. And you performed the same maneuver. Why?
- Captain Taylor Mathison: It was the only way to get a few more seconds flight out of the plane.
- Benny Colon: But it wasn't protocol. Even your copilot asked what you were doing.
- Captain Taylor Mathison: It would have taken too long to explain. He was never a military pilot. Anyway, there was nothing for him to do. I was in full command of the aircraft.
- Benny Colon: Why was it important for the plane to stay in the air a few extra seconds?
- Captain Taylor Mathison: To veer the plane to an unpopulated area. If I couldn't save the lives of the people on board, at least I could save lives on the ground.
- Cable McCrory: [Comes back with an extra coffee for Dworkin] Where's the douche?
- Marissa Morgan: Looking for Taylor.
- [Picks up the coffee]
- Marissa Morgan: Did you spit in this?
- Cable McCrory: No!
- [Danny starts drinking the coffee]
- Cable McCrory: But don't drink it
- NTSB Investigator: When a pilot encounters wind shear, one advances the power, retracts the speedbrakes and retracts the gear to reduce drag, build speed and maintain altitude.