Rectify

"**Rectify**" is the third episode of the fourth season and the seventieth episode overall of the legal drama series *Bull*, which was aired on October 7, 2019.

## Summary

Chunk's legal clinic scores a new trial for Eddie Mitchell, who was convicted of triple murder in 2002 when he was a 16-year old low-level drug dealer. Another dealer and a pregnant woman were killed in the incident. Although he worked the original case for the prosecution as second chair, Benny starts to believe the conviction was wrong after interviewing the detective who used the same witness, a now-deceased prostitute, in four other murder cases. The case ultimately turns on the TAC team discovering through Taylor's enhanced forensics that the pregnant woman, thought to be an innocent bystander, may have been the target. Elsewhere, Marissa meets with her therapist and explains how Greg has suddenly become cold toward her, and Chunk finally makes contact with his daughter.

## Recap

Back in 2002 – Several drug dealers get into an altercation in a laundry mat over whose territory it is to be selling. The next day, the police look over two bodies, one of an innocent woman expecting a baby and a 24-year-old by the last name of Lott. They talk about another male at the scene, Eddie Mitchell.

Present Day – Chunk meets with Mitchell in prison. Chunk explains that he is a law student who works under a lawyer. He thinks they can get him a new trial. Mitchell cries. He explains that a witness lied, pinning him for the murders in a laundry mat. The witness was a prostitute named Heather Bent. The funny thing is – he was talking to another prison who also shared his story. He was pinned for a murder and a prostitute named Heather Bent testified against him.

Chunk takes the case to Benny and tells him all about it. Bent is dead now. Chunk tells him the name of the prisoner. Benny knows Eddie Mitchell, it was his case 17 years ago and he knows Eddie is guilty.

Later, at 2 a.m. Benny meets up with an old colleague, Valerie, who also worked Eddie’s case. Benny has questions that he needs answers to. Valerie tells him to relax, no-one will remember he worked the case and its Eddie’s word against her’s no matter what she had Bent say. This doesn’t sit well with Benny.

Marissa is sitting in therapy. She is upset she lied to her husband and didn’t tell him his sperm was the reason they can’t have a baby. She cries. Now he seems like he hates her, he doesn’t touch her.

Benny shows up at Chunk’s. He tells him what he learned from Valerie. They head to see Bull. He thinks they are crazy but he will let them take it on. They head to meet Eddie in prison. He doesn’t remember Benny. Benny wants to make it right. He heads to speak in front of a judge who agrees to rehear the case.

Marissa and Danny find other witnesses they can call to the stand. In court, Benny cross-examines one of the men who always bought from Lott, the man Eddie is said to have killed.

Benny comes face to face with the sister of the pregnant woman who was killed 17 years ago. She is angry at Benny. Back then he thought Eddie killed her sister and now he brings them back and tells them he was wrong. She walks away.

Danny thinks she has found the man who may have killed Lott, but the man is dead. The ladies get together and start to run through the man’s height vs. Eddie’s and the blood splatter at the scene. They explain it all to Benny, Bull, and Chunk. It looks like the woman may have been the primary person who the murderer was after and Eddie had no motive to kill her.

Benny goes to see the woman’s sister. Her husband answers the door and sends Benny away. Benny gets to thinking. The next day in court, Benny accuses the husband of having an affair with his sister in law. She was carrying his baby. He swears he didn’t kill her. He loved her.

Benny asks the sister to come up to the stand. He now knows she killed her sister because she found out about her husband and the affair, as well as the baby, so she shot her sister dead. The sister breaks down and confesses.

Eddie goes free. Benny is sorry for costing him 17 years.

## Cast

### Main

* Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull
* Freddy Rodriguez as Benjamin Colón
* Geneva Carr as Marissa Morgan
* Christopher Jackson as Chunk Palmer
* Jaime Lee Kirchner as Danielle James
* MacKenzie Meehan as Taylor Rentzel

### Recurring

* Amy Hohn as Judge Volk
* Jazzy Kae as Anna Baker (credited as Jazzy Williams)

### Guest

* Malcolm Goodwin as Eddie Mitchell
* Alok Tewari as ADA Williams
* Karmine Alers as Maria Garcia
* Christina Shea-Wright as Detective Valerie Cobb
* Juan Carlos Díaz as Isaac Garcia
* Nile Bullock as Young Eddie Mitchell
* Aaron Morton as Louis Grant

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