Burden of Truth (TV Series)

Cause in Fact (2018)

Kristin Kreuk: Joanna Hanley

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• Taylor Matheson : We can shell out millions for a settlement. An apology costs them nothing, but my dad still won't say it. Not even to me.

  Joanna Hanley : An apology is easy to give when it means nothing. And so hard when it actually matters.

• Joanna Hanley : Taylor, I... I wish I could have done something for you.

  Taylor Matheson : I'll be fine. You know how hard it is to make cheer captain? Cancer's a cinch.

• David Hanley : P and L cut me a deal. I get a bonus if I keep the settlement under 20 million. So I'm gonna make more money on this thing than anyone.

  Joanna Hanley : [unimpressed]  Well, aren't you clever?

• Gerrilyn Spence : I'm not afraid of him anymore. Luna's of age. He can't take her from me. It's time he got what's coming to him.

  [seeing Joanna's reaction] 

  Gerrilyn Spence : You don't think I should.

  Joanna Hanley : No, you should. But he won't go to jail. He will find a way out. And you're gonna have to re-live this all over again. Our legal system is built so that people like my father... get away with everything.

• Diane Evans : So... that was a cryptic text.

  Joanna Hanley : I didn't wanna disappear a second time without telling you.

  Diane Evans : So where are you going?

  Joanna Hanley : I took a new job. It's close to my mother.

  Diane Evans : New job, new firm. I hope it's not like CTS.

  Joanna Hanley : Yeah, it feels different.

  Diane Evans : Maybe you're just different. You're saying goodbye this time, so that's an improvement. Did Billy ask you to stay?

  Joanna Hanley : I can't hang up a sign with the name Hanley on it. Not in Millwood.

  Diane Evans : You are not him. It was never on you to pay for his sins.

  Joanna Hanley : Diane, I didn't come here to say goodbye. We could keep in touch.

  Diane Evans : Even better.

  Joanna Hanley : [snickering]  By phone. I don't have any social media.

  Diane Evans : [sarcastic]  Really, you don't? That is shocking.

• David Hanley : My clients are willing to increase their offer.

  Billy Crawford : We're listening.

  David Hanley : They'll double it. 500 grand for each girl paid out over ten years.

  Joanna Hanley : No.

  David Hanley : I'm sure your clients would want to hear it.

  Joanna Hanley : We want you to clean up the dump site. And we want a $1 million fund for future clean-up. And $2 million each per girl.

  David Hanley : Hey, you wanna go to trial, that's fine with me. The only people in a class action who are guaranteed to win are the defense lawyers. My clock's running. What about yours?

  Joanna Hanley : Agree to our terms, or here's what's gonna happen. We're gonna go back into that courtroom...

  [giving him a small slip of paper] 

  Joanna Hanley : ...and I'm gonna ask you about this. Go back to your client and sell them on our settlement offer. You make them take it. Otherwise, I will introduce that into open court.

  David Hanley : That's how it's gonna be?

  Billy Crawford : [watching him leave]  What was that?

  Joanna Hanley : [showing him the paper]  It's Gerrilyn's birth certificate. When Luna was born, when she and my dad were together, Gerrilyn was underage.

• Billy Crawford : About our fee, you need to tell me where to send your half.

  Joanna Hanley : Just give mine back to the girls.

  Billy Crawford : Come on, you earned it.

  Joanna Hanley : I don't want it.

  Billy Crawford : Joanna... Joanna, you can stop running. People love you in Millwood.

  [she scoffs] 

  Billy Crawford : Okay, look, not everybody. Some people. The right people. You're quirky, and you're weird, and... you're a lot of work sometimes, but... I know you like it here. Except for a few bumps at the beginning, we made pretty good partners.

  Joanna Hanley : Yeah, it wasn't a great start.

  Billy Crawford : All that matters is the finish. We have complementary skill sets.

  Joanna Hanley : Nice cop, weird, uptight cop?

  Billy Crawford : Exactly. That's why it could work. It could be Crawford Hanley. Or... Hanley Crawford.

  Joanna Hanley : Billy, I'm sorry. I, um... I got offered a job in Winnipeg. I'm going to accept it.