All language subtitles for Happy.Face.S01E05.Dont.Dream.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDPA5.1.HEVC-YELLO_track4_[eng]

Previously on Happy Face...

* *

-Did you see the protests?
-What protests?

I've spent nearly three decades
screaming into the wind.

I believe Elijah's innocent.

And I've been doing this
long enough to know that

-you wouldn't agree.
-Well, at least you're honest.

And you're right. I don't.

You want to know
why I had an abortion, Dad?

Because I was raped.

What you did
to those women you killed,

that happened to me, too.

I-I have never told anyone
about that.

Missy, don't you want
the murder weapon?

* *

(piano playing
"Don't Dream It's Over")

* There is freedom within *

* There is freedom without *

* Try to catch the deluge
in a paper cup *

* There's a battle ahead *

* Many battles are lost *

* But you'll never see
the end of the road *

* While you're
travelling with me *

* Hey now, hey now *

* Don't dream it's over *

* Hey now, hey now *

* When the world comes in... *

(switch clicks)

GUARD:
Elijah. Elijah.

(grunts)

Hello?

He did what?

* *

* *

(sighs)

(sighs)

(entry bells jingle)

(music playing over radio)

* I've been
through this myself *

* For so long... *

Just this?

Um, and one of those phones,
please?

* And my heart
will not know... *

(cash register clicking,
beeping)

-CLERK: There you go.
-HAZEL: Thanks.

* Over my shoulder. *

(knock at door)

Hey!

Mom! What are you doing here?

Aw, I just got home.
Oh, I missed you so much.

-I kept texting you.
-Yeah, I missed you, too.

Hey, are those new sneakers?

Yeah, from Eva.

Late birthday present.

Ooh. Really?

I thought you guys weren't
as close this year.

Well, we are again.

Oh, that's nice to hear.
Come on, sit.

I want to hear--

I want to hear
everything I've missed

and I want to see
if you want to ask me anything.

What, about the article?

You had an abortion
in high school.

It's not a huge deal.

Hazel, it is a huge deal.

At the time, I was younger
than you are now.

Wow. No, I get that.

I can't even imagine.

Which means you're...

not anywhere close
to those things--

-Mom! No!
-When you do--

Oh, my God.

-Well, when you do...
-Stop!

-Oh, my God. No.
-When you do,
when you do get there,

-many, many years from now...
-Stop. No.

-Many years from now...
-Stop.

Hey, look at me.

Look at me. Look at me.

You can talk to me
about it, okay?

Okay?

I will stop torturing you
about that.

I just also wanted
to talk about Ash.

I'm sorry
that I blamed you, I...

was just upset.

I'm sorry, too.

I should've been watching Max.

Okay.

It's
"make your own pizza" night.

Do you want to help?

Oh, I actually do have
one question.

Anything.

What happens with the case

now that you found
the murder weapon?

Well...

it'll take about a week

for the lab to get the DNA
off the wrench,

and then, we have
to match those results

to a sample of Heather's DNA.

How do you get that?
Since she's...

There's a dress from the night
that she was murdered,

with her blood on it, and, uh...

Elijah's attorney is
gonna get it from evidence.

If it's a match,

will your dad

get the death penalty, too?

Uh...

I don't know, Hazel. Possibly.

That's up to the authorities.

What's he like?

Be glad you never have to know.

ELIJAH:
I just can't believe

it's true.

(laughs)
Well, believe it,

What did I tell you?

You better start planning

on what you want to do
your first day free.

All right, now,
let's not get carried away.

Too late. I'm carried.

-(laughs)
-Far away from here.

ELIJAH:
Mm. Mm.

I had a dream the other night

-I was free.
-Mm.

I was young, though.

Walking all over, playing
the piano at this school.

Remember when you broke into
that church to play their piano?

-(chuckles)
-Mama nearly killed you.

-That-that church had
a baby grand.
-Mm-hmm.

-Hey.
-(guard knocks)

GUARD:
Time's up.

-(groans)
-(sighs)

I'm gonna be back
in a few days, okay?

Be strong.

(cuffs clinking)

Yo, my moms told me
you're getting out.

Your sister said. That true?

I'm a long ways
off from that, Nico.

What's your first meal
gonna be, man?

Oh, I'd be getting me
a damn pile of shrimp.

Oh, steak, too.

Yeah. That's what I'm gonna get

for my last meal in here.

Won't be as tasty though.

-GUARD: Come on, let's go.
-I know.

Surf and turf
sounds good, though.

-(chuckles)
-GUARD: Let's go.

BEN:
I want a piece of hers.

MELISSA:
I know.
I want a piece of yours, too.

Hey, guys.

-To Mom.
-Oh.

-Welcome home.
-MAX: Welcome home.

MELISSA:
Thank you.

Oh, forgot the pizza slicer.

MELISSA:
Oh, wait, we got
to toast to Dad.

Uh, for being the regional
manager of Sequoia Trust.

Less cool than solving a murder.

True. And I don't have
the job yet.

Just an interview
with corporate.

Which William said
is just a formality.

BEN:
Yeah, he did.

-(phone buzzes)
-Now, where the hell is the, uh,

-the pizza slicer?
-Who cares?

Come on. It's getting cold.

All right, well...

No slicer,
but this will do the job.

MAX:
Hazel's on her phone.

When can I go back to karate?

Oh, buddy, we're gonna find
a new dojo.

Hazel, can you
put the phone down, please?

Just set it down.
Your mom's home.

She wasn't gone for that long.

I feel like she was gone
for a hundred years.

MELISSA:
Come here,
come here, little boy.

I'm taking a slice
of that pizza, by the way.

-It looks really good.
-Come here, come here.

(kisses)

BEN:
All right, cut 'em and pass 'em.

Let me see that, sweetie.

-MELISSA: Okay, thank you.
-BEN: You're welcome.

All right, this is yours.

Hey, who you talking to?

A boy?

What? No. It's just Eva.

-MAX: You know what happened
at school today?
-MELISSA: What?

MAX:
We played with a lizard.
His name was Striker.

-And then he, like, escaped...
-MELISSA: I just think,

maybe we should take
the high road,

avoid the drama.

Melissa, we found that dojo.

Why would we go anywhere else?

wait, why is this
in Max's backpack?

What?

-Max's?
-Yeah.

* *

Hey, Max?

Why is the pizza slicer
in your backpack?

It's a weapon.

A weapon?
A weapon for what, Max?

In case Ash finds out
where I go to school.

Okay.

Hey.

Hey, buddy.

Come here.

Hey.

Ash is not gonna come
to your school,

and he's not gonna come
here, either.

You don't have to worry.

Daddy and I are always, always
gonna protect you, okay?

-BEN: Yeah.
-Okay.

MELISSA:
Hey.

Okay?

Okay.

All right, go get your pj's on.
I'll come tuck you in.

BEN (sighing):
Oh, man.

We could protect him

if we got
a goddamn restraining order.

MELISSA:
Oh, my God.

It's a piece of paper,
not a moat.

It's something
that we can do, Melissa.

Yeah, maybe he's anxious
because he saw his father

put up a billion
security cameras.

Thank God I did.
Otherwise, what?

The kid would have been home
alone for who knows how long.

Fucking thank God
Renee was home.

Okay, okay,
because I wasn't here.

-No, that's not what I'm saying.
-That's exactly

-what you're saying.
-No, I'm saying, thankfully,

she was able to watch him
while I was still--

Then why don't you give her
a fucking thank you gift, Ben?

I'm sorry.

-No, I'm sorry.
-No, I'm sorry.

Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

-I don't want to fight, okay?
-Yeah, neither do I.

(sighs heavily)

It's such a nine-year-old's
idea of a weapon.

(both chuckle)

Right? Who needs karate?

We'll just teach him
how to slice bad guys.

-(crying)
-Hey.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey, what's wrong?

(sobs)

(groans) Nothing.

I just...

...when I was gone, I felt
like I was doing something good,

you know? Like...

even though it was hard,
and then,

and then I come home, and...

Hazel's got new sneakers,
and she...

Who is she texting?

And our son is bringing sharp
kitchen utensils to school?

(chuckles)

Hey, hey.

Listen.

-You've been gone.
-I know.

But Elijah's gonna
get out soon, right?

And Keith will be
out of our lives.

All right?
And I... I will get this job.

(smacks lips)
And you can go back to makeup.

All right? And...
(kisses)

...everything will
go back to normal.

-Okay?
-Yeah.

-Okay.
-Yeah.

-(sighs)
-Okay.

DR. CHIN:
Looking at the vault

and base linear fractures found

on Heather Richmond's skull,

it suggest that she was struck
by a heavy object a single time.

A wrench certainly has
the weight

and force necessary to inflict
that type of trauma,

but it will take the DNA results
to tell us--

No, no. No, let's cut
after "trauma," Diane.

I don't want to shine light
on the DNA until we have it.

-You got it.
-IVY: Thank you.

I'd believe her.

She's convincing, right?

-Yeah.
-IVY: Yeah, I knew it.

-Hey, hey, hey,
how is it going in here?
-Hey.

-Is it coming together?
-IVY: Almost there.

Where are we
on the, uh, results?

Did Callaway sign off
on testing the bloody dress?

No. But we expected that.

Uh, Gabriela is already
on plan B.

-Mm-hmm.
-She got the trial judge

to sign a court order,
so she's gonna get--

(phone buzzes)

Oh, speak of the devil,
that is her now.

Uh...

Can you w-- give me a second?

-Sure, sure, sure.
-I'll be right back.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

You know,
I still can't believe it.

The actual murder weapon.

(both chuckle)

What on earth did you say
to him to get it?

-Here, Dr. Greg.
-Thank you.

Um...

Uh...

-Just the truth.
-Speaking of the truth,

I heard you still haven't called
Caryn about writing a book.

Oh, yeah. You know,
there's just a lot going on...

Melissa, Melissa,
you got to strike

while the iron's hot
with these things.

You know? Get in there.

Heather's clothes are gone.

What? What do you mean,
they're gone?

Gabriela and Joyce are
at the evidence warehouse now,

and they can't find
Elijah's box.

-What?
-(sighs)

Without a DNA sample
from Heather,

the wrench is basically useless.

Well, you know,

just find Tyler
and get on a plane.

(sighs)

("Happy" by Jenny Lewis
& The Watson Twins playing)

* So happy *

* Happy *

* Oh, so happy... *

* Happy *

* Oh, oh-oh, oh *

* So happy *

* Happy *

* Oh, oh-oh, oh *

* So happy *

* So happy. *

* *

(typing on phone)

Is that the supervisor?

TYLER:
You expecting anyone else
at this evidence warehouse

in rural Texas
at the crack of dawn?

-(engine shuts off)
-(car door opens, shuts)

(sighs)

Let me guess.

You're the problem
Bob was having yesterday?

-Here we go.
-Are you Bob's supervisor?

Yes, ma'am. I'm Alice.

Well, Alice, the problem is

that I have a court order
to retrieve a box of evidence

that pertains to a capital case,

and your incompetent employee
claimed it wasn't there.

All right, all right.

Give me a second
and we'll figure this out.

We're from The Dr. Greg Show,

so is it okay if we film?

Do you have permission
from the D.A.'s office?

No.

You can film stacks.
No employees.

TYLER:
B-roll is my life.

Case file?

Let's see what's in the system.

Hmm.

It should be here.

That's what
the guy said yesterday.

-Bob.
-Well,

let's check.

Follow me.

Now, I know it looks a mess,

but it's way better than it was

a year ago when I took over.

You got your firearms here.

Miscellaneous weapons here.

Foam boards, copper piping...

-TYLER: This place is amazing.
-...marijuana,

heroin, cash.

That freezer in the back
is full of rape kits.

Death penalty cases are here.

They got the red stickers.

Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm.

IVY:
If isn't here,

is there
anywhere else it could be?

No, no. It's here.

It's got to be here.

(sighs) Well, toot on a stick.

Okay, I need air.

Oh, you're back.

-Feeling's mutual, Bob.
-(Bob huffs)

Didn't I tell you

to save the Hawaiian shirts
for casual Fridays?

Did you check the purge
paperwork yesterday, Bob?

No, it wasn't

-on the list.
-(scoffs)

MELISSA:
Um, excuse me,

what's a purge?

We don't have infinite space.

When things get tight,

we let the county know
we need some breathing room.

The D.A.'s office
sends over a list

of closed cases
that get destroyed.

Uh, destroyed... how?

Burned in an incinerator.

ALICE:
But Bob's right.

This case wasn't selected
for the last purge.

But sometimes...

Uh, huh-huh-huh.

Here we go.

...they call over
with last-minute additions.

Bob, is this a one or a seven?

It's a one, I think.

This case evidence
was destroyed.

(scoffs) Okay.

Uh, what do you mean, destroyed?

It was a closed case.

Who calls in the additions?

The D.A.'s office.

(Callaway chatting indistinctly)

Callaway.

-Meet you in
the conference room.
-All right.

Well, good afternoon, ladies.

GABRIELA:
Did you think

I wouldn't find out that you

had the evidence
in Elijah's case destroyed?

CALLAWAY:
Evidence in closed cases

gets destroyed.
It's as simple as that.

Isn't it only closed, though,
because you refuse to reopen it?

Even though we found
the murder weapon?

You know, let's agree
to disagree on that.

Come on.

You know that wrench
makes you nervous.

DNA will make this
a whole different ballgame.

You finally ready
to support Elijah

getting a stay and a hearing?

Because once
that wrench is on TV,

you are gonna be
wiping egg off your face,

and protesters'll be outside
your house with bullhorns.

You know, even if you get
your hearing, your stay,

what is your best-case scenario?

A new trial?

You really want to put
your client through that?

So what are you offering?

I've spoken to the governor.

We're going to offer
Elijah a deal.

If he admits to the killing
of Heather Richmond,

the death penalty disappears,
his sentence

is reduced to life with parole.

Wha--

Time served.

Oh, come on,
you know I can't do that.

I can do 39 years.

He'll do another ten,
then he'll be free.

Ten more years?

So you want him
to serve more time

for something he didn't do?

But Elijah did do it.

And the deal

is contingent upon him saying so

in detail, in open court.

You're trying
to make the wrench go away.

He's trying
to make us all go away.

The deal's on the table

for 48 hours. If I were you,

I'd get it
to my client right away.

It's always nice
to see you ladies.

(scoffs)

MELISSA:
So, what do we do now?

I need to see my brother.

We'll tell him together, okay?

If he takes the deal,
then it won't matter

Heather's DNA is missing.

What if he doesn't
take the deal, though?

GABRIELA:
There's one other option.

Familial match.

We get a relative of Heather's

to give a DNA sample,

and we use that

to get a partial match
on the wrench.

JOYCE:
Far as I know,
the only family left

is Denise, and I'm pretty sure

she hates everybody here.

IVY:
(sighs) Okay.

I can try to talk to her.

GABRIELA:
Do you understand
the offer terms?

(chuckles)

Yeah.

Over here, you got rock.

Over there, you got hard place.

You're not taking it.

(chuckles)

Is that up to you?

JOYCE:
What, you gonna stand up

in front of
the whole goddamn town?

Lie-- again--
about how you raped her?

How you strangled her?
How you hit her?

That's enough.

No, it won't be enough.

It'll never be enough
for these people.

We got the wrench.

But right now, we got nothing

to prove that
it's Heather's DNA.

Maybe what we do have

will be enough
to move the courts.

That's a lot of "maybes."

Yeah, well...

Callaway's deal sucks.
But...

But at least it's got clarity.

Mm.

I'll give you two a minute.

(hangs up phone)

I'd be 62.

No.

Just no.

You're walking out of here
an innocent man.

-(bangs on door)
-GUARD: Time's up.

What if that don't happen?

It will.

(hangs up phone)

(handcuffs clinking)

(indistinct chatter)

So-so what'd she say, man?

When you getting out?

(scoffs)

About ten years ago,

this white power motherfucker

ordered all this shit
for his last meal.

Chicken-fried steak,

an omelet,
triple cheeseburger, ice cream,

three root beers, and more.

And he didn't eat a damn bite.

It was just a final "fuck you"
to this place.

You know
what this place did back?

They ended last meals.

So, you ain't gonna get
no surf and turf, Nico.

They just gonna feed us
the same shit

they feed us every day,

then they kill us.

So leave me the fuck alone.

GUARD:
Line 'em up.

Line 'em up.

(lock buzzes, latch clicks)

Ready to work your
Melissa magic on this one?

Okay. (sighs) Here we go.

Callaway told me you two
might come sniffing around.

Hi, Denise.

We're not... sniffing around.

We're just here to talk.

And if Callaway called,
then I'm...

I'm sure he told you
about the wrench.

So?

So don't you want to know

if your daughter's DNA is on it?

I know it ain't.

Denise, you have every right

to be furious with us

for showing up on your doorstep
and asking you questions.

We're just here to...

...to get you answers

and to get you the truth.

The truth?

The truth.

This is my child.

I had plans for my life,
and nothing

makes any difference now
if she's not

here.

That's the truth.

That's the truth
that I've had to live with

for the past 30 years.
No one else.

Just me.

You, uh,

should get off my property
before I call the police.

Denise, I'm sorry--

-No. No.
-No, I'm-I'm sorry

-if I said... I...
-No. No.

That went well.

Yeah, it went really well.

(Ivy groans)

Yeah, we'll just have to see

if there are
any other relatives.

-I don't... Uh...
-God. I hope so.

She should.

Hey.

What?

Want to know
how they caught the, uh,

-Golden State Killer?
-How?

DNA from a snotty tissue.

Cops got it
from his garbage can.

You want to steal her trash?

Is that even legal?

In some states, yeah.

Is Texas one of them?

Just start the van.

What?

What? No.

Just go.

Okay. Okay.

-Go, go, go, go.
-Okay.

-Are we doing this?
-Go, go, go!

This feels wrong.

(engine starts)

-My God.
-Just drive the car.

-Now? Really?
-Yeah.

-Go, go.
-Oh, my God. Oh, my God!

* *

(indistinct chatter)

* *

(indistinct chatter)

Them beans
give you heartburn, too?

FRANKIE:
(sighs) Speaking to me again?

Well, that depends.

You done making comments
about my daughter?

(cell phone buzzing)

Hey.

Knock if the screw comes back.

Hello?

Hi. It's Hazel.

(stammers softly)

Hazel.

(laughs)

Well, how are you, darling?

I'm fine.

-How are you?
-I-I-I'm good.

I'm good. Uh...

(sighs)

So you got the balloon I sent.

I did, yeah. Thanks.

Well, that's... that's good.

So how's high school
treating you?

-It's fine, I guess.
-Yeah?

(chuckles)

No. No, mostly it's stupid.

(laughs)

Well, that's the way
I remember it.

Uh, kids used to call me Igor.

Wait. Igor?

Mm-hmm.

Like the hunchback guy?

Yeah. Yeah, well,
you know how people are.

Yeah.

They used to call me Queen--

They used to call me names, too.

Well, you know what?

-Fuck 'em.
-(laughs)

(laughing)

(sighs, laughs) Oh.

Oh, hey, did you, did you get
that drawing that I sent?

The mermaid.

-Yeah.
-Oh.

-I liked it.
-Well, you know,

you could've gotten a lot more

than $200 for it.

Um, are you mad that I sold it?

(laughs) Hell no.

(laughs) An entrepreneur
in the family. I mean,

I love that. That-That's good.

Does your, uh,
does your mother know?

(scoffs) Yeah, right.
She'd kill me.

(gasps) Oh. Sorry.
I shouldn't have said that.

Oh, that's all right. Um...

Hey, you know, why don't we just

get that all out of the way?

(clears throat) It's true.

I... I killed all those women.

Um...

I'm not proud of it, but...

it's a fact, and I own it.

But the, uh, things
that people say about me,

and the way that the world

thinks it has me figured out,
well, there's

not a word of truth about that.

What-what I'm trying
to say is, uh...

you're not a kid anymore.

(clears throat) And, uh,

so you can decide how you feel

about me.

-Okay.
-Uh, okay. So, um...

(chuckles) Tell me,

what do you look like? Uh...

Are you blonde, like your mom?

You don't know what I look like?

Well, your mom does not

send me photos, and, uh...

Uh, tell you what,
can you send me a photo?

Um... Yeah, sure.

Would you send me more drawings?

But not to my house.

I can give you
my friend's address.

Is that what this is?

Uh, because I-I appreciate
your-your moxie

and all, but, uh,
nobody likes a girl

who, uh, is just in it
for the bread.

N-No, no, it's-it's not. I...

I-I want to know who you are.

Where I come from.

(chuckles)

Okay.

Okay. Well, then, darling,

you can ask me
anything you want.

Has Texas heard of recycling?

(sighs) I...

I would literally lick
this chicken carcass

if we could find one,
just one dirty Kleenex.

-(Melissa laughs)
-IVY: Just one.

Seriously, though,

are you gonna go back to makeup
when this is all done?

Mm... I don't know.

I guess.

Is that what you want?

Uh... I don't, I don't
really know what I want.

What do you want?

-Are you a Dr. Greg lifer?
-(laughs)

I mean, I-I could go
to another show,

but I don't know.

(phone buzzes)

(Ivy sighs loudly)

IVY:
Ugh, God, nothing.

(Ivy scoffs)

And, plus, I don't...

Everything okay?

Oh, yeah.

IVY:
I mean... (sighs)

I guess my plan was to ask
for a new segment,

something more long-form,

true crime stories
like this one,

but I'll only have leverage
if this story is a success,

and right now, I am standing
in a pile of trash, so...

(phone buzzes)

IVY:
You know what?
Maybe Adele found something.

Oh, good. Heather Richmond

-has no other living relatives.
-Fuck.

-What?
-God...

What do we do?

We go tell Joyce the bad news.

IVY:
You sure you
don't need any help?

No, girl, I'm fine.

You know, relax,
take off your shoes.

Get comfortable.

IVY:
Sorry we couldn't be
of more help

with Denise, Joyce,
but we'll figure something out.

(clears throat)

Oh, my God.

Grapefruit.

* *

(inhales, sighs deeply)

JOYCE:
You and Melissa are
in for a treat.

This is the best Tex-Mex
in these parts.

I'm so sorry, I was snooping.

Uh, is this you and Elijah

when he was a baby?
It's so cute.

-Ooh.
-(laughs)

Aw, he's adorable.

JOYCE:
Oh, yes.

I remember being so happy
to be a big sister,

but my mama said, first
couple of weeks Elijah was home,

I kept asking if the hospital
had a return policy.

-(laughs)
-Aw.

Oh...

We lost Daddy

-right after this.
-Sorry.

Heart attack.

Sorry we didn't have

better luck with Denise.

I didn't exactly
have my hopes up.

How did Elijah react
to the deal?

Better than I did,
if I'm being honest.

I just... I've been
a bit of a mess today.

We were really hoping
to get lucky,

even find some
distant relative, but...

-it's not looking so good.
-Well...

...I gave up on luck
a long time ago.

But I'll tell you one thing
that has never let me down...

...tequila.

(laughter)

-I agree-la.
-(laughter)

-(doorbell rings)
-MAX: I'll get it.

No, no, no.
Hey, buddy, I got it.

Max?

Don't get the door.

-MAX: Hi.
-Hi, Max.

Come in.

Uh, hi. Sorry to show up
unannounced, I...

No, that's fine. C-Come on in.
I'm glad you're here.

So, um, Melissa and I

wanted to get you a

thank-you gift
for the other day...

-Oh, you didn't have to do that.
-...with Max. Yes, we did.

Yes, we did.
You were a lifesaver.

Oh, well, that's actually
why I was coming over.

I wanted to see
how you guys were doing.

Um, obviously,
I heard what Max said

about the bad blood stuff, and,

you know, I watched Dr. Greg,
so... (chuckles)

So you're curious what it's like

to have a serial killer
in the family?

No, I... (chuckles)

Well, sure,
but I'm a therapist, and

sometimes I can't shut it off.

I just wanted to see how
you both were doing, honestly.

Yeah, yeah, thanks.
That's nice of you.

We're, uh,
we're hanging in there.

Good. Good.

Well, I'm-I'm always next door

-if you guys ever
need anything. Um...
-Yeah.

Unless... (laughs)
Should we open this?

-Could use a glass.
-You know what?

Sure. Why not?

MAX:
Sully knows long division.

I don't know it yet.

What's three times three?

What are you doing?

None of your business.

RENEE:
You know, a lot of my clients

talk about issues with their
in-laws, but, I mean... (laughs)

-you win.
-(laughs)

Thanks.

Have you ever met him?

Uh...

Yeah. Just once.

Melissa never wanted me to,

but, um, after we got

pregnant with
our daughter Hazel,

-all of a sudden, that changed.
-Yeah.

-That makes sense.
-Does it?

A lot of people

don't have a desire

to understand their own parents

until they have kids themselves.

Hmm. Yeah.

Well...

Anyway... (sighs) Uh...

We went to the jail,

and we sat across from him.

And, honestly, he was...

...nice.

You know, thanked me for

taking care of Melissa,

made small talk.

But then...

* *

Anyway...

Yeah, after that, um,

Melissa went through
a bit of a dark time, so

we made a pact to never see him,

to never tell the kids. (laughs)

Or anyone.

Well, that's quite the

-seismic shift.
-Mm.

How are you feeling
about everything?

Oh, I'm fine.

You know, I mean, Melissa's out

on a work trip now,
but she'll be back soon,

and the kids are good.

A few blips with Max,

but he'll be okay.

I asked how you're feeling, Ben.

Uh... (sighs)

I'm up for a new job,

-which is exciting.
-Great.

-(chuckles)
-And, um...

Look, on the whole Keith front,

we're almost home free.

Um...

It's a bit top-secret,
but there's been a break

in the case, so

pretty soon everything
will go back to normal.

-(both chuckle)
-Well,

cheers to that. (chuckles)

Cheers to that.

-(Ivy laughs)
-No, let me tell you, like,

she was hot,
but she was crazy as shit.

-(laughs)
-JOYCE: We'd met
because I designed

her engagement announcement,

but then she called off
the wedding with him

and ended up asking me out.

-No!
-Really?

We were together
for about a year,

and then five years later,

she reached out to me
saying she was sober now

-and wanted to meet up
and make amends.
-IVY and MELISSA: Mm.

-MELISSA: Did you go?
-Mm.

(laughing) I figured,
what the hell?

So I met her at a hotel,

and she starts telling me
how sorry she is

that her drinking
hurt our relationship,

but the whole time,
she's opening this tin

and laying out lines
of what I'm pretty sure

-is cocaine.
-No!

Yes.

JOYCE:
And I'm like, "Whoa.

Is that coke?"

And she said, "Yeah, but I swear

"I haven't had a drop of alcohol

-in years."
-(laughing)
-No! (laughing)

Oh, my God.

Okay. Okay,
Joyce wins worst ex ever.

Mm-mm. Uh, I...
Are you sure about that?

I mean, yours told the media
about your abortion, so...

Oh, my God,
I forgot to tell you.

It was my dad.

-JOYCE: What?
-What?

I know. Isn't that
fucked up? Ugh.

It's just, like...

Cheers! (laughs)

Why would he do that to you?

Oh, um...

I've given up trying
to figure him out, Joyce.

Well, I don't have that luxury.

My brother's life
rests with him.

Whoa-- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
not entirely.

-We have--
-We have jack shit
without Keith.

(sighs) Oh, fuck. Mm.

You know, I was four months

from a degree in architecture
when Elijah got arrested.

Always said I'd go back
and finish, but...

you're expected to work 24/7
when you're

just starting out with a firm.

And I needed something flexible

so I could put him first,
his case.

So I became a graphic designer,

specializing in
wedding invitations,

new baby announcements.

All the things I'd never do,

because all my life plans
were absolutely meaningless

without him here.

Without him free.

(whispering):
I'm sorry, Joyce.

Don't look at me like that.

This is not my sob story.

I made a choice,
and I made peace with that.

Everybody left that boy.

One by one by one.

(scoffs)
And, no disrespect,

but you will, too.

When this is all over,
you'll move on.

But I won't.

I've been at this
for almost 30 years,

and I'll give it 30 more,
if that's what it takes.

Wait.

There's someone else that needs
to hear this from you, Joyce.

Who?

(knocks on door)

(laughs)

Oh, y'all have gotta be
kidding me.

What, are you two, like--

What the hell is she doing here?

She's here to talk to you,
Denise.

Well, I got nothing
to say to her.

I know how much you hate her.

I know because

I have felt it.

After I went on TV,

a man came to my house.

This man's mother
was murdered

by my father.

And this man was screaming
at me,

at my children,
and threatening me.

And his hatred for me

was emanating off him.
I could feel it.

And you know what? I, uh...

I felt like I deserved it.

Because what right do I have
to walk around in this world

when his mom is gone,

and my father robbed him
of everything?

And that is how you feel
about Joyce, right?

Yes, Elijah was punished,
but that doesn't

take away your pain.

And so you throw it at her,
because she,

she is a reminder

of everything that
went wrong in your life.

So what if I do?

She didn't do anything.

But of course you hate her.

How could you not?

Because that's what
the justice system

taught you to do.

They keep us on opposite sides
of the court.

They teach us
that we are enemies,

and the families
of the victims are good,

and the families
of the perpetrators are bad.

But it's so much
more complicated than that,

because you're both victims.

Of course, never
to the same degree, never.

(quietly):
Never, but...

30 years ago, both of your lives
changed forever.

And neither of you
will ever be the same.

There's one difference, Melissa.

Your father killed
that man's mother.

My brother's innocent.

-He is not!
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

He killed my baby,
and you need to admit it!

You need
to take a look at the facts

and not just let Callaway lead
you like a lamb to slaughter.

I'm supposed
to take your word over his?

You love your brother, fine,

but you are gonna have to accept
the fact that he is gonna die.

No, he isn't.

Callaway took the death penalty
off the table.

That's right.

He offered Elijah a deal.

That is not true.

No, he would never.

He would, and he did.

JOYCE:
If you want the truth,
you can get it.

And if you don't want to do it
for Elijah, that's fine.

Do it for your daughter.

ELIJAH:
I'm surprised

she ain't shoot your ass.

-(laughing): Me, too!
-(Elijah laughing)

For real, though,
I wouldn't have done it

if it wasn't for Melissa.

It was her idea.

-Well, tell her, "Thank you."
-I will.

(laughs softly)
We should have the results
in a few days.

That's good.

(inhales and exhales sharply)

But I got to decide
before then about this deal.

(inhales and exhales loudly)

I've been thinking a lot
about Mama...

...and what she would have
to say about all this.

She's not here, Elijah.

-I know that.
-Just take the deal.

I thought you don't want me to.

(sighs softly)

Of course I don't want you to.

(sighs)

But I'm terrified.

What if I've done everything
I possibly can,

and it's not enough?

What if they won't stop
until you're dead?

-Joyce.
-Please!

Just take it.

FLO:
Pastor Hendricks called.

Just because you don't
get caught doesn't mean

he don't know it's you.

What are you talking about?

Three things in this world

you can't stop
from coming out...

...the Sun, the Moon
and the truth.

Understand?

It's the only church
with a baby grand.

He's had to pay to fix
that window twice already.

And I hope you know
you'll be paying him back.

Yes, ma'am.

GUARD:
I have Prisoner Number 40538,
Elijah Carter,

calling from Faust Unit.

(clears throat)

CALLAWAY:
Mr. Carter.

I expected
to hear from your attorney.

I figured I'd tell you myself.

Fuck you and your deal.

I didn't kill anyone.

CROWD (chanting):
Free Elijah! Free Elijah!

Free Elijah! Free Elijah!

Free Elijah!

-Free Elijah!
-Execution is not a solution!

Free Elijah!

-Free Elijah!
-We are reporting today

-from the Jefferson courthouse,
as protesters...
-Free Elijah!

Save Elijah! Save Elijah!

Save Elijah!

Save Elijah! Save Elijah!

Save Elijah!

-Oh, my God! Oh, my God.
-What?

It's a match!
It's a fucking match!

-What?
-It's a match!

-The wrench?
-Yes.

Hey, the wrench. It's a match.

-Hey. Hey, Joyce?
-What?

Heather's DNA is on the wrench.

-We-we did it?
-Yes. We did it!

Hold on. Hold on. Gabriela?

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, we saw it!

We're here with Joyce.

-Yes.
-Yeah. Okay.

Callaway's calling
a press conference.

Oh, we did it!

-Yeah!
-(screaming gleefully)

-What? Oh!
-Oh. Congratulations!
-White fucking flag.

White fucking flag. Yes!

-(laughing)
-We did it.
-MELISSA: You did it!

MELISSA:
Oh, yeah!

(loud chatter)

HAZEL:
And-and how old was Mom?

KEITH:
Oh, she was about five or six.

How long did she keep them alive
without you knowing?

(laughs) It was at least
a couple of weeks.

Your Grandma June and I--
we were wondering

what she was doing
down in that cellar so much.

And Missy said
that she was down there

having tea parties
with her dolls.

(laughs)
So,

finally, I went down there,
and I caught her red-handed.

She was feeding
four little newborn kittens

with a baby bottle.

So she's always been good
at keeping secrets.

(laughing)

I'm afraid that runs
in the Jesperson blood,

you included.

I guess I am hiding in
a storage room talking to you.

(Keith laughs)

Oh, speaking of which,

uh, should you be getting back?

Because I don't want you
getting into trouble.

Yeah, but, before I go,

Josh gave me your package, and
I-I wanted to open it with you.

Look, should I be checking
into this Josh guy?

He's just a friend.

(laughs)
Uh-huh.

I've heard that before.

Wow.

This woman. It's so good.

Huh? Oh. (chuckles)

Well, well,
what do you like about it?

The way she's looking at me.

You really captured
her... essence.

Mm.

That's because I knew her.

Her name was Desiree.

Desiree as in... number two?

(laughing):
Oh, somebody's been doing
their homework,

haven't you,

darling girl?

Um, I've read
some things online.

Well, you know, I... I had her
earrings for quite a while.

I used to keep one thing

from... every woman.

What, as, like, a trophy?

Oh, Hazel.

Uh, that only happens
in the movies.

Um, when I was on the road,

there was this one place that
I used to stay on the way home.

It was called "Pioneer Falls."

It was on the 84,
near Hermiston.

And the lady who ran it--
she was such a gem.

She would keep Room 17
just for me.

And it was

a place to reset.

And that's where
I kept their things.

I tucked 'em away
inside an air vent.

And I-I always meant
to go back and get 'em,

but I... I... I never did.

Why did you keep their things?

I always knew
in the back of my mind

that I was gonna turn myself in,
then confess.

I tried to fight the dark urges,
I swear to God I did,

but they always
just overtook me.

And I wasn't proud of it,

I wasn't trying to relive it.

I... uh, wanted... something

to give to the families...

...as an apology.

Something I could offer

when I finally
got the courage up enough

to tell the truth.

But what about, uh,
the other drawing I sent you?

Uh, uh... it's in there.

Did you see it?

Do you like it?

I love it.

Hmm.

(chuckles softly)

CALLAWAY:
Good afternoon.

Nearly 30 years ago...

...Elijah Carter was
arrested for, and confessed to,

the murder of Heather Richmond.

Then, about a month ago,

Keith Jesperson,
a convicted serial killer,

confessed to that same crime.

Now, these dual confessions
have compelled our office

to reexamine every single piece
of evidence in this case,

past and present.

In recent days, evidence has
come to light that...

led us to conclude

that we missed the truth
30 years ago.

But we are in possession
of that truth today.

The State of Texas

now believes that Elijah Carter

and Keith Jesperson

acted together

as coconspirators
in the rape and murder

of Heather Richmond.

-What?
-What?

-No.
-What? What is going on?

What-- What's going on?

(loud, overlapping shouting)

Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH
access.wgbh.org

* *

* *