Quick-ish sidebar this week to discuss a correction to our commentary in last week's Good Place episode and some separate listener feedback.  As discussed in our listener feedback:

Here's the link to Kevin Goldberg's co-authored piece for Freedom Forum on Bad Online Reviews: Can You Get Sued for Leaving a Bad Review? Maybe. 

Here's the link to John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment:  Felony Murder: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO).  

Our next episode will be released in a week, when we will talk about the movie Spy Game with guest host Will Kent a friend of the podcast, former military intelligence officer, and currently working on international commercial issues in development.

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Welcome! Everything is fine. (Not really. At all.)

In this episode, Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss Season 1 of The Good Place (2016-2017).  We discuss multiple scenes involving Eleanor and Jason's time on earth, including Eleanor's shady fake medication job, Jason "impersonating" Acid Cat, Eleanor and her friends taking advantage of the "Dress Bitch" situation, Jason and Pillboi (attempting to) rob the Mexican restaurant, and Eleanor's apparent emancipation from her parents.

If you have not watched The Good Place, MASSIVE spoiler alert here.  While we try to focus on season 1, it's hard not to at least hint at future seasons.  Hopefully you have already watched it.  It's good.  Or at least entertaining.

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Thank you to our editor Colleen, and we welcome back Anthony from his very warm honeymoon to the chilly Mid-Atlantic region. Yay.

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Welcome! Everything is fine.

We brought back previous guest Wes Rist to discuss some interesting listener feedback on our Captain America: Civil War episode.

Our next episode will be released in a week, when we will talk about the first season of The Good Place.

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In this episode, Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).  We discuss Benoit Blanc's role as a detective, hearsay, how a Court would look at the all-important napkin "agreement", comparative/contributory negligence, and generally whether or not Miles Bron is an idiot (spoiler alert: he is).

As part of our conversation, we dissect the napkin that's integral to the plot in Glass Onion.  One image can be found here:  Napkin Image.  We also talk about some of the Easter eggs in this movie, especially callbacks to the original Knives Out (see, e.g., Guimaraes Collider Article).

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Geoff gives a brief update on some episodes that are upcoming in year 2 of the Not So Grand Jury.  Our next episode will be released in a week, when we will talk about Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).

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It's the Not So Grand Jury's one-year special!  Believe it or not, our little podcast has made it a year.  Thank you to all of our listeners - we appreciate you tuning in on a regular basis to listen to us and here's to another year!

For our first anniversary, we actually chose a legal movie, Michael Clayton (2007).  Among other things, we discuss legal ethics (duh), what is a "fixer", the role of a general counsel, and the legal issues involved in involuntary commitment.

We also briefly reference this picture that's in a Reddit thread (which shocked Derrick to be honest):  Reddit Connection.

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Thank you to our editors Anthony and Colleen.

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In this episode, Geoff, Mike, Derrick, and special guest Wes Rist discuss the Marvel movie Captain America: Civil War.  Wes is an international human rights lawyer who specializes in atrocity prevention.  In this episode we talk a lot of about the Marvel Cinematic Universe (while Derrick mostly drinks and becomes more confused) and many international law questions that come up in the movie.

At one point Mike discusses Marvel's tradition of wearing generic ball-caps to blend into crowds; see, for example, this Reddit thread.

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Thank you to our editor Colleen.  And thank you very much to Wes for taking the time to prepare for the recording (even if his outline was half as long as Andrea's).

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In this Tuesday sidebar, Derrick encourages you all to reach out with questions, comments, complaints... any feedback!  We also give you a primer on international law in preparation for this Thursday's episode where we will discuss Captain America: Civil War with guest Wes Rist, an international human rights lawyer specializing in atrocity prevention.  You also get a few clips from that episode, one of which was left on the cutting room floor.

Full episode on Captain America: Civil War coming out this Thursday!

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More Suits!  We discuss Episode 11 of Suits Season 1, which mostly focuses on two parts:  The A plot involving a mentee/associate's responsibilities when his/her boss is clearly being unethical (not to mention some very weird subpoena issues) and the B plot involving absolutely insane conflicts of interest that arise when a law firm is charged with splitting up of a client's estate.

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You asked for Suits and you got it!  ("You" being multiple listeners who sent in comments via email and otherwise posted publicly, multiple guests on the show, a few family members, and maybe even some random strangers on the street.)  We discuss, among other things, the insane premise of Suits generally, being an associate at a large NY law firm, the benefits of pro bono work, the "oral argument" in the show, and unauthorized practice of law.

In two weeks, another Suits episode will be coming out, so if this wasn't enough Suits... you will certainly get more.

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