American Crime Story

[After the hearing regarding Ito’s suitability results in a further delay, the Defence team enter a lift together]

Johnnie Cochran:
Gotta wait for this judge to get a “comprehensive understanding.” How long? Things cannot be left to whim.

Robert Shapiro:
Cochran, you have to trust the system.

Johnnie Cochran:
We need to turn up the pressure.

Robert Shapiro:
[losing his temper, he rounds on him] PRESSURE!? YOU WANNA TURN UP THE PRESSURE!? THIS CITY IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE! WE HAVE ENOUGH PRESSURE!

[In their own lift, Marcia and Chris are standing in an awkward silence. Eventually, Chris loses his temper and throws his briefcase to the floor before rounding on Marcia]

Christoper Darden:
I told you not to use Fuhrman! Now how many times did I say it? “He’s damaged goods,” I mean, I said it, and I said it, but you just didn’t take me seriously. You know, you put me on this trial because you wanted a black face, but the truth is, you never wanted a black voice.