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Maia bring Lucca along as her lawyer to talke to an FBI agent about her family's Ponzi scheme. She ends up digging up a lot of memories from her teens that in retrospect prove the investment deal was shady and that her parents had affairs, and that she just didn't understand it at the time.

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Maia bring brings Lucca along as her lawyer to talke talk to an FBI agent about her family's Ponzi scheme. She ends up digging up a lot of memories from her teens teen years that in retrospect prove the investment deal was shady and that her parents had affairs, and that she just didn't understand it at the time.

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Lucca and Maia have a meeting with the FBI, specifically Agent Madeline Starkey. Maia has offered to tell them everything she knows about the Ponzi scheme as long as she's granted immunity. Diane and Adrian get wind of a new police brutality case but are surprised when they see the victim.

Maia works with the FBI agent to recover memories from her teenage years that may shed light on who is behind the scheme. Diane and Adrian's victim is having a hard time finding sympathy in the justice system given his criminal history. Jay finds evidence to show that the police officer has a history of bad conduct.

Maia struggles to remember key moments in her life and possibly the Ponzi scheme. Diane and Adrian grow closer as friends and colleagues. Lucca offers guidance as Maia is confronted with uncomfortable truths about her past.

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Maia bring Lucca and Maia have a meeting with the FBI, specifically Agent Madeline Starkey. Maia has offered along as her lawyer to tell them everything she knows about the Ponzi scheme as long as she's granted immunity. Diane and Adrian get wind of a new police brutality case but are surprised when they see the victim.

Maia works with the
talke to an FBI agent to recover about her family's Ponzi scheme. She ends up digging up a lot of memories from her teenage years teens that may shed light on who is behind in retrospect prove the scheme. Diane investment deal was shady and Adrian's that her parents had affairs, and that she just didn't understand it at the time.

Colin Sweeney is the
victim is having a hard time finding sympathy in a police brutality case, and since Adrian wants the justice system given cop in question off the force, he agrees to represent him. Turns out his criminal history. Jay finds evidence to show that girlfriend threw drugs out the car window when she saw the police officer has a history of bad conduct.

Maia struggles
car, causing the police to remember key moments in her life pull them over, and possibly Sweeney's charming personality did the Ponzi scheme. Diane and Adrian grow closer as friends and colleagues. Lucca offers guidance as Maia is confronted with uncomfortable truths about her past.
rest. They find the evidence on the cop's dashboard cam footage.



* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Even Sweeney tries this, comparing himself to Rodney King and thanking a black witness with a dapper greeting.

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* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Even Sweeney tries this, comparing himself to Rodney King and thanking a black witness with a dapper dap greeting.
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* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Even Sweeney tries this, comparing himself to Rodney King and thanking a black witness with a dapper greeting.


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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Madeline considers anything that comes after the phrase "the truth is" to be this.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When she hears that Sweeney is vying for an ambassadorship, Diane bursts into laughter.



* ChewbaccaDefense: When the facts are against them, Diane and Adrian briefly use the "pounding table and being outraged" method to interrupt the prosecutor.



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* LoopholeAbuse:{{Flashback}}: Maia gets a lot of these in the episode.
* LoopholeAbuse: Agent Starkey tries to corner Maia by presenting her with papers she signed on her eighteenth birthday, but Maia points out that she signed them at her birthday ''party'', which took place three days before her actual birthday.

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Lucca and Maia have a meeting with the FBI. Maia has offered to tell them everything she knows about the Ponzi scheme as long as she's granted immunity. Diane and Adrian get wind of a new police brutality case but are surprised when they see the victim. Maia works with the FBI agent to recover memories from her teenage years that may shed light on who is behind the scheme. Diane and Adrian's victim is having a hard time finding sympathy in the justice system given his criminal history. Jay finds evidence to show that the police officer has a history of bad conduct. Maia struggles to remember key moments in her life and possibly the Ponzi scheme. Diane and Adrian grow closer as friends and colleagues. Lucca offers guidance as Maia is confronted with uncomfortable truths about her past.

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Lucca and Maia have a meeting with the FBI.FBI, specifically Agent Madeline Starkey. Maia has offered to tell them everything she knows about the Ponzi scheme as long as she's granted immunity. Diane and Adrian get wind of a new police brutality case but are surprised when they see the victim.

Maia works with the FBI agent to recover memories from her teenage years that may shed light on who is behind the scheme. Diane and Adrian's victim is having a hard time finding sympathy in the justice system given his criminal history. Jay finds evidence to show that the police officer has a history of bad conduct.

Maia struggles to remember key moments in her life and possibly the Ponzi scheme. Diane and Adrian grow closer as friends and colleagues. Lucca offers guidance as Maia is confronted with uncomfortable truths about her past.


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* CallBack: The victim of police violence that Adrian and Diane represent is Colin Sweeney from Series/TheGoodWife. He says Alicia didn't have time.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Maia's age in flashbacks is shown by her hair being long and frizzy, rather than the straight powerhaircut she sports in the present day.
* FakeMemories:
** Maia clearly remembers things that never happened, like going to the doctor on a certain date and her tennis teacher flirting with her. Turns out she subconsciously rewrote her memories to hide from herself that her parents had affairs.
** Madeline invoke's this trope as she tells about the time when she was eight and her wishful thinking made her remember a visit to the Bozo show that actually only happened to her sister.
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* RunningGag: Birds flying into Madeline's office window.
* ShoutOut: Madeline calls the interview with Maia "Remembrance of Ponzi Schemes Past" in reference to "[[Creator/MarcelProust Remembrance of Things Past]]".
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Lucca and Maia have a meeting with the FBI. Maia has offered to tell them everything she knows about the Ponzi scheme as long as she's granted immunity. Diane and Adrian get wind of a new police brutality case but are surprised when they see the victim. Maia works with the FBI agent to recover memories from her teenage years that may shed light on who is behind the scheme. Diane and Adrian's victim is having a hard time finding sympathy in the justice system given his criminal history. Jay finds evidence to show that the police officer has a history of bad conduct. Maia struggles to remember key moments in her life and possibly the Ponzi scheme. Diane and Adrian grow closer as friends and colleagues. Lucca offers guidance as Maia is confronted with uncomfortable truths about her past.

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