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  • Robert Kardashian genuinely doing all he can in the first half of the series to support O.J., joining the defense team and keeping Simpson's hopes up when the latter seems on the verge of breaking down.
  • When Bill Hodgman suffers a heart attack during the trial, all the lawyers immediately rush to check on him. Cochran can even be heard calling for a doctor.
  • Chris Darden comforting Marcia at the end of "Marcia Marcia Marcia".
  • Marcia winning primary custody of her children in her divorce case at the end of "Manna from Heaven". Given all the crap she's gone through throughout the series, and the knowledge that she will eventually lose the Simpson case, it's a personal and touching victory for her.
  • In "100% Not Guilty", Johnnie tells O.J. about how watching O.J's performance in the 1979 match between the 49ers and the Falcons inspired him while he was down on his luck.
  • The solidarity that the jurors end up showing with one another in "A Jury in Jail".
  • From "The Verdict":
    • When Marcia comments on how ashamed she feels for botching the case, Garcetti sits down with her and says how much he admires her for heading the prosecution and taking everything that the media and the Dream Team threw at her in stride.
    • In their final onscreen moments of the series, Marcia and Chris engage in one final supportive conversation with one another. They end up walking out of the office to get a drink, leaning on each other the whole way.
    • Cochran's reaction to Bill Clinton making a speech about how everyone should try and understand black people more.
  • Cochran tries to comfort Darden about losing the case, albeit in a somewhat patronizing way. It's as if he can sense that Darden is going to resign from the system, and doesn't want that to happen.
  • In "Manna From Heaven", Darden finally loses it in the courtroom over the Dream Team's shenanigans and is reprimanded by Judge Ito. Marcia decides to stand up for him and Darden gives a gesture that lets her know he appreciates it. Darden he apologizes to Ito for his outburst and Ito accepts the apology.

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