Pilot

"**Pilot**" is the first episode of the first season of the legal drama series *All Rise*, which was aired on September 23, 2019.

## Summary

On her first day as a judge, Lola Carmichael decides not to accept a plea deal after public defender Emily Lopez argues that the arresting officer, Det. Jackie Leyland, framed her client Daphne Rivas for theft; after being pressured by the police chief not to charge Leyland, Judge Carmichael instead forces both the defense and the prosecution to submit new evidence that contradicts the officer's testimony, allowing Rivas to go free; she then warns Leyland never to lie in her courtroom again. DDA Mark Callan is set to try a man accused of robbery who insists on representing himself and uses the opportunity to cross-examine Mark, revealing that his father Victor Callan is a known grifter and criminal. Through a clever trick, however, Mark convinces the jury that his opponent is guilty. Emily meets Luke, a bailiff training to be a lawyer, but having already been through an abusive relationship, she decides she's not ready for a new one with him. Lola tells Daphne that she knows her mother was the real culprit and made her take the fall by threatening to abandon her and her unborn baby; she encourages her to leave and start her own life.

## Cast

### Main

* Simone Missick as Lola Carmichael
* Wilson Bethel as Mark Callan
* Jessica Camacho as Emily Lopez
* Marg Helgenberger as Lisa Benner
* J. Alex Brinson as Luke Watkins
* Lindsay Mendez as Sara Castillo
* Ruthie Ann Miles as Sherri Kansky

### Recurring

* Paul McCrane as Jonas Laski
* Tony Denison as Vic Callan
* Mitch Silpa as Clayton Berger
* Erin Cummings as Detective Jackie Leyland
* Richard Brooks as Asst. Chief Jack Healy

### Guest

* George Basil as Robbie Brooks
* Raquel Dominguez as Daphne Rivas
* Onahoua Rodriguez as Consuela Rivas
* James C. Burns as Rex Scully
* Beau Dremann as Billy Smitt
* Ahmad Dugas as Burly Deputy

## Trivia

* Gil Garcetti, the consulting producer for the show, was a former District Attorney for the city of Los Angeles. On a side note, his son Eric Garcetti served as the Mayor of Los Angeles.
* The series was inspired by the book "Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse" written by Steve Bogira, about the criminal justice system in the city of Chicago. Steve Bogira helped write the pilot and is consultant for the show.
* The reason why a big fuss was made about gifts the new judge received, has to ethical concerns and rules about gratuities and conflict of interest, and how it would compromise a court officer's judgment. The same issues apply with ex-party. conversations, namely one party or attorney for the matter before the court, might exert undue influence on the judge's decision-making in private.
* The production code was T11.10127.

## Quotes

**Mark Callan**: Your honor? Your Honor? Lola? I know you're up here. Why does it always have to be the top floor?
**Lola Carmichael**: Because I don't want anyone to find me.
**Mark Callan**: I told you to be sphinxlike.
**Lola Carmichael**: I can't talk about my case.
**Mark Callan**: It's okay. Lots of other people are.
**Lola Carmichael**: Thanks a lot.
**Mark Callan**: The sphinx has survived for 4500 years by silently staring down the enemy and then asking the right questions.
**Lola Carmichael**: She wasn't dealing with LAPD and... I can't talk about it. It's just that... up on that bench, in this thing, everything is different. And that detective, I need to make a difference, but I can't tell if this is the battle, or this is the war.
**Mark Callan**: What can I do?
**Lola Carmichael**: Visit me at traffic court in Palmdale.
**Mark Callan**: Never gonna happen.