Season 2 Ep. 7 Drowning on Detail

Ocean examines the courtroom clash after DHS attorney Julie Le’s emotional plea about exhaustion and the constitutional crisis when detainees remain jailed despite court orders. The episode explains due process, habeas corpus, and the separation of powers while tracing how systemic failures shift responsibility onto individual lawyers.

Through legal analysis and workplace metaphors, the episode explores moral injury, institutional accountability, and what reforms are needed to protect liberty and prevent exhaustion from becoming a substitute for justice.