Benevolent Deception

Benevolent Deception is the twenty-second episode of the first season finale in television drama series Bull which was originally aired on May 23, 2017.

Plot
Bull is summoned to Miami to consult on another case of J.P. Nunnelly's in which six kilos of heroin are found under the deck of single mother Cecilia Novak's home. Bull has a moral dilemma, suspecting that the woman's brother Leo, who is involved in the drug trade, planted the drugs under her home. Leo, a client of Nunnelly's firm who is paying his sister's legal expenses, adamantly denies involvement and asserts that the drugs belong to a warring cartel. Nunnelly reveals that if she wins this case, she can leave her firm and start her own, and also offers to make this the last case Bull is obligated to consult with her on. Shortly before voir dire begins, cartel violence sweeps the streets, forcing the judge to order an anonymous jury and rendering Bull's team virtually unable to accurately analyze the jurors. When the US government offers to drop charges against Cecilia in exchange for her turning information about her brother over to the DEA, she refuses until Bull's team discovers that the 911 call that tipped off the DEA was placed by Cecilia's 10-year-old son Peter. Bull enlists the help of the US government and the presiding judge to pull a bit of showmanship to ensure that Cecilia's life is protected for cooperating with the DEA and that Nunnelly can leave the firm without reprimand for having a client jailed.

Main

 * Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull
 * Freddy Rodriguez as Benjamin "Benny" Colón
 * Geneva Carr as Marissa Morgan
 * Jaime Lee Kirchner as Danielle "Danny" James
 * Annabelle Attanasio as Cable McCrory
 * Christopher Jackson as Chunk Palmer

Recurring

 * Eliza Dushku as J.P. Nunnelly

Guest

 * Stacey Roca as Cecilia Novak
 * Evan Leone as Leo Novak
 * Nico Bustamante as Peter Novak
 * James Martinez as Agent Conrad
 * Charlie Semine as Gary Sharp
 * Jason Furlani as AUSA Duncan
 * John Bolger as Judge McFarlane
 * Kyle Vincent Terry as Informant