First, a brief recap of events. Melvin Pritcher (Dan Fogler<\/a>), after talking to Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan<\/a>), agreed to testify in the civil trial against the hospital. After all, he wasn\u2019t going to get out of facing prison time for his crimes, no matter what, but at least this would give him an opportunity to get even with the people responsible for his own mother\u2019s death in the house fire. In his testimony, which was allowed as a rebuttal witness account to the doctor\u2019s cause of death assessment, he admitted to murdering multiple patients, including the son of Rudy\u2019s client. Things went off the rails, though, when he leaped across the room to attack Leo Drummond (John Slattery<\/a>).<\/p>\n Sarah Plankmore (Madison Iseman<\/a>) was deeply upset by what happened \u2014 not because her client had actively concealed serial murders but because of the attack on Leo. She didn\u2019t waver from her commitment to her client, even under pressure from Rudy, who ultimately admitted he was wrong about her.<\/p>\n At the same time, Brad Noonan (Wade Briggs<\/a>) faced the very real consequences of doing Leo\u2019s dirty work. After being cornered by the FBI, he then confronted Leo, who quickly surmised he was wearing a wire and refused to say anything that could incriminate himself. He\u2019ll leave Brad holding that bag. Upon learning of this, Sarah approved of Leo\u2019s move, saying, \u201cSomebody\u2019s blood has to end up on the floor, right?\u201d<\/p>\n She also encouraged Wilfred Keeley (Hugh Quarshie<\/a>) to testify, and he asked her to handle his cross-examination. During the direct, Rudy got Keeley to admit that he was the only person with access to the Narpans machine code to delete the records and that they were erased the day after he learned of Jackie Lemaczyk\u2019s complaint about Pritcher. On cross, though, Sarah found a way to throw Brad under the bus for it, pointing out that he would\u2019ve had access to the master codes as his attorney, too.<\/p>\n Christopher Barr \/ USA Network<\/p>\n With Bruiser (Lana Parrilla<\/a>) now encouraging Rudy to rest the case, he had a different idea; he decided to call Leo on the stand. Though Rudy got in some good shots \u2014 chiefly, airing out his mantra that \u201cthe truth is not your client\u201d \u2014 the biggest effect was that Leo then had to sit out the case and let Sarah finish the defense. She, of course, rose to the occasion and delivered a poignant and thoughtful closing argument to discredit the witnesses. However, when the jury verdict came in, Dot Black (Karen Bryson) prevailed with a massive, multi-million dollar verdict. Dot then pledged to use the money to create treatment centers, Rudy bought the bar he used to work out, and Deck (P.J. Byrne<\/a>) decided to try his hand at the bar exam, again, this time with Rudy\u2019s lucky coin in hand. Meanwhile, Brad went to prison and saw a familiar face in the crowd: Melvin Pritcher.<\/p>\n Below, the cast and creator dissect our most burning questions.<\/p>\n Did Dot get her full settlement money?<\/p>\n Yes. Whereas in the book and prior film adaptation, Dot\u2019s settlement was merely an academic exercise, as Great Benefit simply closed up shop and never paid her (or her attorneys, by extension), in this iteration, she gets the money.<\/p>\n Creator Michael Seitzman<\/a> explained the decision to change that part of the ending, telling TV Insider, \u201cIt\u2019s one place where I differ with the book\u2026. I mean, I love the book and I love John\u2019s writing, but I felt at the end that I wanted there to be a real reward. I just felt like they\u2019ve earned it. And I think especially in television, you\u2019ve gone through 10 episodes with these people. You\u2019ve watched this entire thing take place. You\u2019re rooting with all your heart \u2014 if we did it right, that is, you\u2019re rooting with all your heart \u2014 that they\u2019re going to win at the end. I don\u2019t want to take that away from the character. Then, I don\u2019t want to take it away from the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n Is Sarah fully committed to Leo\u2019s dark side now?<\/p>\n Sarah might have had personal reasons for knowingly letting Brad take the fall for what Keeley did, but still, her morality was unquestionably compromised throughout the case. So is she just going to do Leo\u2019s bidding or carve out her own way of lawyering in the future?<\/p>\n Madison Iseman guessed, \u201cI would like to think she\u2019s paving her own path and giving into her own ways. I even think there\u2019s a world where she never had to give up Rudy, but unfortunately, with the circumstances, she\u2019s always going to pick herself. And our whole story is about the morally gray, and I think she ends up making a decision that people will find questionable, but over everything, I do think she\u2019s trying to think of herself and her own future. And that closing argument has become one of my party tricks because I will never forget it as long as I live. If I have one glass of wine, I\u2019ll recite the whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n Christopher Barr \/ USA Network<\/p>\n Do Rudy and Sarah still have a future together?<\/p>\n It\u2019s still possible, but those involved with the show have very different takes on it. For Milo Callaghan, what Sarah has done in this case and beyond hasn\u2019t changed the way Rudy feels about her deep down: \u201cI think he\u2019s really in love [with her still]. I think it\u2019s a love story at heart\u2026 Michael used to say it\u2019s a bit like a bird and a fish who fell in love, but where are they going to live? That\u2019s the height of their housing troubles. They\u2019re trying to figure out, \u2018Can we do this?\u2019 We talked about future seasons and future thoughts and reconciliations, and for me, when I read the scripts, I wanted them to find a way back. I thought it was really smart to deprive the audiences of that, but at the same time, I don\u2019t know, I think Rudy still feels the love. I think right to the last moment, he\u2019s got his hand out.\u201d<\/p>\n Iseman, meanwhile, thinks it\u2019s less likely they can rekindle the romantic elements of their relationship, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know. There\u2019s a lot that happens. I think they love each other. I think they will always love each other. But I think they are so similar in the way that they are so hard-headed, and I think that\u2019s what made them work so well in the beginning. But they might be too hard-headed to ever put the other person first. So I don\u2019t know if they would ever have a healthy relationship. But you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n Seitzman added, \u201cShe would have to make a big turn right for him to take her back because he loves the Sarah from Episode 1. The Sarah that she became is impossible for him to love, because even when Rudy makes mistakes, he\u2019s not morally compromised. He is trying always to do the right thing. She knows that she\u2019s making decisions that are the wrong thing. She\u2019s asked numerous times if you want to get your hands dirty, how dirty? And then she does it over and over and over again. She\u2019s given the opportunity\u2026 to take an off-ramp, but she doesn\u2019t. Rudy doesn\u2019t behave like that. His is a real coming of age story. Hers is a Faustian bargain. She would have to undo her deal with the devil in order for him to take her back. But I think, like all exes, you know, we all have a soft spot for every ex. We can\u2019t help it.\u201d<\/p>\n Christopher Barr \/ USA Network<\/p>\n Is Leo going to go to jail?<\/p>\n At the end of the finale, Leo revealed that, while Brad was already in cuffs, he was under his own FBI investigation. John Slattery, for one, has faith in his guy.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Leo is going to do his damndest to stay out of jail, and he\u2019s probably done it before,\u201d he said. As for whether Leo has respect for Sarah in the end, after she proved to be a fellow cutthroat, he said, \u201cCertainly. I think he\u2019s respected her the whole way. I think he\u2019s just trying to figure out whether she\u2019s prepared to fight the good fight, as he sees it. But I think he respected her in the moment he met her, and that\u2019s why he had her stick around.\u201d<\/p>\n Is Bruiser happy her dad left?<\/p>\n After Bruiser found out the truth about her father, that he didn\u2019t murder anyone, he still had to go on the lam from the FBI. So now, the firm is fully hers. Is Bruiser secretly happy about that, even if it means she can\u2019t see her dad? According to Lara Parrilla, it\u2019s \u201c100%\u201d yes. \u201cShe\u2019s almost kind of relieved, but doesn\u2019t ever say so, but then she\u2019s secretly excited to do something different with the firm and give Rudy a chance because I don\u2019t think her father would\u2019ve ever done that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Will Deck pass the bar exam?<\/p>\n P.J. Byrne isn\u2019t so sure if his fast-talking associate counterpart will have what it takes to finally pass the bar, but he does have an idea of what might happen if he does. He told us, \u201cI don\u2019t know. Will Deck pass the bar after he\u2019s failed it seven times in Season 2? I mean, is eight times a charm\u2026 I think he\u2019ll do it, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019ll be easy. And I can only imagine him crossing the bar to his first case, he\u2019s probably going to be a sweat pile. So he\u2019s gotta eat some Lewis Barbecue to get his stomach full, and he might throw up.\u201d<\/p>\n What is the significance of Rudy letting go of his coin?<\/p>\n Since we first met Rudy Baylor in Episode 1, his coin from a trip to Myrtle Beach with his brother has been his prized token, thought to give him luck and the memory of his lost brother. So it was a very meaningful moment indeed when he was finally willing to part with it and give it to Deck for luck with the bar.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has been both a driving force for him as well as an anchor that\u2019s holding him down. It comes up periodically in these moments of stress. As he tells Kelly, at one point, \u2018My brother said, if I rub my fingers over it\u2019ll give me luck.\u2019 She says, \u2018Does it work?\u2019 He says, \u2018Sometimes.\u2019 But it\u2019s a security blanket, right? It\u2019s somehow, \u2018My brother\u2019s wisdom is going to help me become the man that I want to become,\u2019 the man that he felt his brother was. And by the end, we should believe, as he believes, that he\u2019s become that man, and he doesn\u2019t need it anymore. So he gets it to the person he\u2019s closest with, which is Deck.\u201d<\/p>\n Will there be a second season?<\/p>\n A second season<\/a> has not yet been announced, but we\u2019ve got some intel about what might happen if it does come along right here.<\/a><\/p>\n The Rainmaker, USA Network & Peacock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for The Rainmaker finale.] Case closed! 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