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17. What Child is This?

Bobby and Jimmy employ the firm's notorious "Plan B" strategy in a last-ditch effort to save a client accused of raping and murdering his teen-aged stepdaughter. Bobby makes a case that the client's wife is actually the murderer. Meanwhile, Ellenor goes into labor with only a panicky Helen there to assist her. Bobby is quietly shamed in Judge Heller's chambers when the judge declares she's lost respect for him over his gambit. Ellenor delivers a healthy daughter. The verdict in Bobby and…

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Bobby and Jimmy employ the firm's notorious "Plan B" strategy in a last-ditch effort to save a client accused of raping and murdering his teen-aged stepdaughter. Bobby makes a case that the client's wife is actually the murderer. Meanwhile, Ellenor goes into labor with only a panicky Helen there to assist her. Bobby is quietly shamed in Judge Heller's chambers when the judge declares she's lost respect for him over his gambit. Ellenor delivers a healthy daughter. The verdict in Bobby and Jimmy's trial leads to a shocking implied revelation.

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