Step into the intense 'Blackmail Scandal' clip from Accused Season 2 Episode 3, part of FOX’s critically acclaimed crime anthology. From creators Howard Gordon and Jimmy McGovern, this season delivers even more gripping stories and moral dilemmas. Featuring standout performances by Nick Cannon and Patrick Adams, this episode delves into how ordinary lives are upended by extraordinary challenges. With its masterful exploration of justice, truth, and morality, Accused will keep you guessing until the shocking conclusion. Don’t miss Season 2—stream now on FOX and see if you can unravel the mystery before the truth comes to light!
Accused Cast:
Michael Chiklis, Felicity Huffman, Bill Macy, Taylor Schilling, Nick Cannon, Patick Adams, Debra Winger, Cobie Smulders, Ken Jeong, Justin Chambers, Mike Colter and Sonequa Martin-Green
Stream Accused Season 2 now on FOX and Hulu!
Accused Cast:
Michael Chiklis, Felicity Huffman, Bill Macy, Taylor Schilling, Nick Cannon, Patick Adams, Debra Winger, Cobie Smulders, Ken Jeong, Justin Chambers, Mike Colter and Sonequa Martin-Green
Stream Accused Season 2 now on FOX and Hulu!
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00:00Mrs. Skilling, are you pleased with this verdict?
00:02Am I grateful that the police who murdered my husband will be punished?
00:06Yes, I am. But my husband's side of the bed will still be empty tonight, so...
00:10There's no justice that can make my life any less lonely.
00:13Mrs. Skilling, just a few more questions.
00:15Excuse me.
00:16All right, no more questions.
00:23Hello?
00:24I see you've just watched a video I sent of Mrs. Skilling.
00:29Who is this?
00:30It doesn't matter who I am.
00:32Tell me or I'm hanging up.
00:34All that matters is what I know about your company.
00:39What do you think you know?
00:40That Xavier Skilling was murdered because of your company's negligence.
00:46And I can prove it.
00:48How?
00:49Twenty million dollars.
00:51That's my price for keeping this to myself.
00:54Unless you want me to leak it to the media.
00:57Look, whoever you are and whatever you're trying to do, this is really not—
01:01Don't be in touch.
01:19What the heck?
01:21All right, brother, tell me what's going on.
01:25You tell me.
01:31Know what that is?
01:39Analytics from our beta version that we tested seven years ago with the Sacramento PD.
01:44Yeah, it's saying that our system has a higher margin of error identifying blacks and Asians.
01:48Slightly higher. Statistically insignificant.
01:51You want a drink?
01:52So you did know about this?
01:53Yeah, of course I knew about it.
01:56I'm the one who fixed it.
01:58How'd you dig it up?
01:59Someone sent it to me.
02:03Someone smart enough to hack into our server and contact me from a non-traceable VOIP.
02:08What?
02:09They're threatening to go public unless we give them twenty million dollars.
02:13And they're blaming us for Xavier Skilling.
02:16Okay.
02:17The cops that killed Skilling were supposed to confirm his identity before they went in, right?
02:21With their own eyes.
02:24They didn't follow protocol. That's why they went to prison.
02:27Human error killed Xavier Skilling, all right?
02:29Not our software. There's no universe where we're legally liable.
02:33Yeah, maybe not in the court of law, but in the court of public opinion, we're gonna get crucified.
02:42How could you release our software when you knew this was a problem?
02:46Because you said that we needed Sacramento to get our second round of financing.
02:49Do not try to turn this on me.
02:51Tell me that I'm wrong.
02:52Tell me that you didn't say our burn rate was so high that if we didn't get Sacramento,
02:56we'd have to shutter the whole company in six months, huh?
03:01So what are we gonna do when Google finds a discrepancy?
03:04They won't.
03:06They're auditing our analytics.
03:09I scrubbed the numbers.
03:10You did what?
03:11There's no record of the differential after Sacramento, okay?
03:13Google can't find something that never happened.
03:15Except the person that's blackmailing us has the unedited version.
03:18Which is why you need to pay them.
03:19Marcus-
03:20I can't-
03:20Marcus, we're talking about less than 5% of what you and I stand to make from this deal.
03:24But there won't be a deal if we don't pay them.
03:26So you tell me, what other options do we have here?
03:29I don't know.
03:30What do you want to do, man?
03:31You want to go to the FBI?
03:32You want to go straight into the New York Times?
03:34What, you tell me what you want to do and I'll do it.
03:35I don't know.
03:36Well, I do.
03:38And unless you want to burn down the last 18 years of our lives,
03:41and the lives of everybody that works for us, there is only one choice.