Once There Was A Court...
Lucca has left the firm, and a new associate, Carmen Moyo, takes her place. Carmen immediately befriends a client, Oscar Rivi, who convinces her to get another inmate to confess to Oscar's crimes. Diane and Marissa discover a new amateur court. Julius gets re-hired.
Tropes
- Bilingual Bonus: Carmen speaks Spanish fluently.
- Establishing Character Moment:
- Carmen takes on the case of Oscar Rivi, a dangerous gangster who finds someone to take responsibility for his crimes.
- When Marissa walks into Wackners court for the first time, the lawyers are settling a dispute with rock-paper-scissors.
- Fall Guy: Mr. Vanegas for Oscar Rivi.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: At the end of the episode, Marissa stands next to Carmen in the elevator and says "So, I guess it begins".
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Mr. Lester claims his team is not sophisticated enough for the sort of frame job that opposing counsel is accusing him of.
- Shout-Out:
- Judge Wackner is on the 9 and 3/4 circuit.
- Marissa makes up a George Clooney quote.
- The plaintiff in Wackner's court feels that her daughter gloated too much about the film Parasite.
- Wackner's assistant tells Jay he sings Grateful Dead a lot. Diane uses this to make her point by quoting their lyrics.
- Opposing counsel tries the same with a Kenny Rogers lyric, but that doesn't work.
- Wackner thinks Hell or High Water was better than Parasite.
- This Is Reality: Discussed when it comes to what makes one a "real" judge other than people agreeing to be judged by him or her. Diane's client claims that this is reality for her.
