100% Not Guilty
- Episode aired Feb 23, 2016
- TV-MA
- 55m
As jury selection gets underway, the entrance of Johnnie Cochran adds an interesting energy to the case.As jury selection gets underway, the entrance of Johnnie Cochran adds an interesting energy to the case.As jury selection gets underway, the entrance of Johnnie Cochran adds an interesting energy to the case.
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Did you know
- GoofsRobert Shapiro (John Travolta) is wearing a Rolex Yacht-Master 40 mm in Everose gold with an Oysterflex bracelet. This watch was only introduced in 2015.
- Quotes
Johnnie Cochran: 1978. I just left private practice, gone back to the L.A. D.A., gonna be the first black assistant attorney in office. Gonna change things from the inside. Shit. That wasn't happening. Same old shit, same rigged system. Feeling powerless for the first time in my life. And then my first marriage blows up in my face. My children won't talk to me. I'm a failure at work, I'm a failure at home. I was down, brother. I was way down. Sunday, sitting on my bed, surrounded by dead-end paperwork and divorce lawyer bills, drinking beer... all right, maybe a little bit too much beer... feeling sorry for myself, watching a football game all alone, crappy TV. 49ers versus the Falcons. What I saw you do on that field that day, somehow, as I was watching, it became as if you were running for me. Driving up that field, crowded with adversity and obstacles, getting knocked on your ass and then popping right back up again. See, that's what I wanted to do out there on them streets, back home with my troubles there but couldn't. But you, you, you, you willed what you needed to do into being with nothing but grace.
O.J. Simpson: I scored a touchdown that day.
Johnnie Cochran: You did. And when they cut away to the commercial, there you were again, leaping through the airport for Hertz, breaking another barrier with charisma, humor, intelligence. A black man as the public face for one of the world's biggest corporations.
O.J. Simpson: We lost that game.
Johnnie Cochran: I don't remember that. I remember everything else about that game but not that. Because it didn't have nothing to do with what touched me. And when the game was over, I got the hell up off that bed and jogged the six blocks back to my office and got right back to work and haven't stopped and wallowed in self-pity since that day. You did that for me. Just like you've done for so many others, because you are O.J. Simpson. You are O.J. Simpson and you are an inspiration.
O.J. Simpson: I am.
Johnnie Cochran: You are.
O.J. Simpson: An inspiration.
Johnnie Cochran: An inspiration. That's who you are.
O.J. Simpson: Yeah.
Johnnie Cochran: You're a man who loves people, who people love right back. That's you. You're a fighter. You're a runner. And when you get knocked down, I need you to pop right back up like you know you can and keep going, because this right here, this right here, O.J. Simpson, is the run of your life.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016)
- SoundtracksAmerican Crime Story End Credits Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Mac Quayle
As entertaining as the first three episodes were there's no question that this one here takes it to a whole new level. This time out both sides are preparing for jury selections as Johnnie Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) makes a push to become the lead attorney since he can communicate better with the people they're wanting on the jury. While this is going on Marcia Clark (Sarah Paulson) begins to realize that people's view of her might come into play once the trial starts.
Well, the fourth episode in the series certainly jump-started a rather amazing amount of drama as the two sides begin their search for a jury but we're also introduced to various other subplots that will eventually come into play. This includes the book that Faye Resnick wrote as well as Fred Goldman being brought into an extremely dramatic sequence. Of course even more drama comes from the fighting inside The Dream Team's offices as Shapiro (John Travolta) and Cochran begin to battle one another.
As I said, up until this point the series had been extremely good but this episode just took everything to another level and by the time the end credits started here I was dying for the next episode to start. There's no question that director Anthony Hemingway knows how to build up all this action and even though the viewer knows what's about to happen in the trial, the drama is still on full display.
Episode: A+
- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 23, 2016