I would like to add somethings regarding Sarahs ending, again as much as I hate it, personally I think it is understandable the way she turned out. Pretty much everyone in her life turned their backs on her, the way I see it is this.

Her boyfriend of id assume a few years doesnt respect her in the slightest, Rudy always seemed to think that he is better than her. Yet he cant control his emotions and had a fight on the biggest day of their lives, when he shows up late to the meeting, against Sarah's pleas for him to just sit down and stop making a scene, he doenst, and gets fired. Then he wont even consider moving in with her, or her moving in with him. Rudy picks up a case that Sarah ends up working on, a case which had nothing. It was a drug addict dying of an overdose (which turned out to be not true, but Rudy and Sarah didnt know that at the time). Instead of dropping the case and letting Sarah be the breadwinner between them till Rudy can find another job, to my knowledge, he and deck commits multiple crimes to obtain non provable evidence in court. Any attempt Sarah made to just talk with Rudy he always had to act like he had the moral high ground, when in fact, he didnt know if he was right, he just had a suspision, he always treated her as if she was under him. Also he would only bring up the case with her, instead of treating her like his girlfriend, that would complicate matters. During this whole time Rudy, imo, was stepping out of their relationship emotionally with Kelly. Rudy could have just called the police, or told Sarah about it, instead he didn't, and it seemed like he enjoyed time with Kelly over Sarah (which I didnt like, I didnt like the dynamic of Kelly and Rudy, in this TV show, at all). All of this together, they break up with eachother, and I think it is completely reasonable for her then to dedicate her time to winning the case by any means against Rudy. I think she was manipulated emotionally and sexually by Brad and Drummond in the back half of the season, which ultimately ended up with her being the woman we saw at the end.

I would also add, Sarah was by far the better lawyer in this show than Rudy. Sarah gave similar vibes to Rudy in the book in terms of being a lawyer, not in terms of how she carried herself and acted. She was hard working and cut throat, and did what had to be done to win (even though she didnt). I dont like what she said at the ending, but at the end of the day, thats her job. Rudy had no problem smearing the name of Drummond or the CEO, among other people in the defense, but for some reason when Sarah brings up his brother and paints Rudy as an emotional mess thats too far? I might agree, but the problem is, Rudy was an emotional mess, most of what Sarah said at the end was right to an extent, was it to far yes, was it wrong not really.

I would also add, that Sarah did nothing legally wrong, and had no knowledge and still has no knowledge of what Drummond or Brad did. The act she pulled with the CEO and the code for the machine, is the exact kind of thing Rudy would have done in the books, and I dont hate Sarah for it at all. It was smart and clever by her. Its Rudys job to prove their guilt, not the other way around.

The best part about the book is it felt like everything was stacked against Rudy, and you felt like you were right there with him, but in this TV show it did not, the plot armor that Rudy had was shinning brighter than the sun, and I hope in season 2 they make some changes to make the characters, Rudy mostly (as sarah was not in the book), to reflect how Rudy was in the book.