<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "100% Not Guilty" </Td> <Td> Anthony Hemingway </Td> <Td> Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky and Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski </Td> <Td> February 23, 2016 (2016 - 02 - 23) </Td> <Td> 1WAX04 </Td> <Td> 3.00 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Simpson's "dream team" bears down on the trial, with Shapiro adopting a strategy of barricading and objecting to every motion the prosecution attempts . However, the defense suffers from dissent in the ranks, as Shapiro begins making desperate efforts to remain the lead defense attorney, despite Cochran's being clearly more qualified for the position as the defense increasingly begins to lean more on racial tension . Eventually Bailey, Cochran, and Kardashian stage a minor coup while Shapiro is on vacation, and convince Simpson to endorse Cochran as the lead attorney . Lance Ito is called to preside over the trial, and the process of jury selection begins, with both sides seeking a racial composition favorable to their own agenda . While both Clark and Cochran are correct that whites are biased against Simpson and black men are biased in his favor, they each have their own respective theories about why black women would be unsympathetic to him: Cochran believes they would resent Simpson for marrying a white woman, while Clark believes they would be sympathetic to Nicole as a battered woman . However, this theorizing proves inaccurate when all potential black female jurors align with Simpson as much as their male counterparts . Clark is also forced to confront the fact that she herself is singularly uncharismatic to jurors of all demographics . Adding to the media circus surrounding the case is a book published by Faye Resnick, detailing Brown Simpson's lifestyle and relationship to Simpson, and detracting more potential evidence from the trial itself . With Clark and her team realizing the case is not the easy win they initially thought it was, she and Garcetti decide that the only possible buffer against the charismatic and beloved Cochran is to add a black lawyer to the prosecution . She calls on Christopher Darden, and he joins the prosecution team, surprising the defense . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "The Race Card" </Td> <Td> John Singleton </Td> <Td> Joe Robert Cole </Td> <Td> March 1, 2016 (2016 - 03 - 01) </Td> <Td> 1WAX05 </Td> <Td> 2.73 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> The Simpson murder trial begins when in his first contribution to the prosecution, Darden attempts to sway the jury from any racist implications of the case . His wording backfires severely when Cochran delivers a fiery and moving rebuttal, humiliating all of the prosecutors . Clark also assigns Darden to interview Mark Fuhrman and coach him on how to speak during the trial as a credible witness . Darden gets a bad feeling about Fuhrman, strongly suspecting him to be the latent racist suggested by his murky history, but Clark disregards his suspicions, leaving him increasingly conflicted about his role in the case . Meanwhile, Cochran redecorates Simpson's home, re-imagining him as being more proud and in touch with his African American identity, for a tour by the jury . After the defense springs a surprise and illegal move by introducing new witnesses, William Hodgman suffers a panic attack and faints in court . Clark nominates Darden to replace him as co-leading prosecutor . A new obstacle emerges to the prosecution, unbeknownst to Clark, when Darden's suspicions are confirmed and Fuhrman is shown to have a collection of Nazi memorabilia . </Td> </Tr>

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