8.054 minSeason 4 • Episode 8
LatestIn a final showdown with George Zax, Billy and Patty seek justice for the victims of the opioid epidemic, no holds barred.
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.
Acting
Billy Bob Thornton's shambling brilliance—he invented this character.
Writing
David E. Kelley at his most cynical and compassionate.
Direction
Season 2's hallucinatory Mexico arc goes absolutely unhinged.
Creators
David E. Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Billy Bob Thornton based McBride's physicality on his own father, a struggling history teacher who never achieved his potential.
The show was Amazon's attempt to compete with prestige legal dramas like Better Call Saul, but never broke through despite Thornton winning a Golden Globe.
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