Julian La Cosse is stabbed during transfer from county jail on the morning after the Roosevelt Hotel footage enters evidence and DeMarco's subpoena is served. Mickey suspects DeMarco engineered the attack to force a mistrial, and Forsythe moves immediately to get one. Mickey stalls by falsely reporting Julian is conscious, races to the hospital to secure a signed consent waiver, and brings Julian's partner to court to authenticate it. Turner denies the mistrial. DeMarco volunteers to testify without the jury, denies involvement in the Gloria Dayton case, and walks. Discovery files from the attacker's pending case connect the stabbing to a fentanyl distribution network tied to DeMarco's operation. Mickey privately shows Bishop surveillance footage of the two of them committing a crime together, then calls him to the stand.

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