1 00:00:02,435 --> 00:00:04,426 Do you think a little girl like Abagail... 2 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:07,234 could be capable of murder? 3 00:00:07,307 --> 00:00:10,936 It was you who killed her, Abagail! I didn't kill her! 4 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:13,946 I'm coming! 5 00:00:14,014 --> 00:00:16,539 Sam, look out! 6 00:00:24,557 --> 00:00:28,550 You two rabbits ought to be ashamed! 7 00:00:28,628 --> 00:00:30,528 The weddin'is tomorrow.! 8 00:00:30,597 --> 00:00:33,088 You get him out of here. You hear me, Abigail Fuller? 9 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:35,464 Don Takins's boy's disappeared. 10 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:37,935 It looks like you're gonna have a witch hunt on your hands. 11 00:00:38,004 --> 00:00:41,030 Sam, look out! 12 00:00:41,107 --> 00:00:44,702 No! No! She should die! No! 13 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:48,976 Just know that for this brief moment in time, 14 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:51,347 we belong to each other. 15 00:00:52,419 --> 00:00:54,580 Please know that. 16 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:58,213 I love you. 17 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:18,176 "Baton Rouge Gazette. 18 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:20,769 July 28, 1978. " 19 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:22,815 Louisiana. 20 00:01:22,882 --> 00:01:25,009 It wasn't over. 21 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:29,283 My memory was fading, but in my soul I knew it wasn't over. 22 00:01:29,355 --> 00:01:33,655 I was still in the South, and somehow Abagail had summoned me back. 23 00:01:33,726 --> 00:01:35,751 But for what? 24 00:01:35,829 --> 00:01:39,026 And as who? 25 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:42,159 Bo, the child has legal rights. Wait a second. Wait a second. 26 00:01:42,235 --> 00:01:44,931 Larry Stanton? 27 00:01:45,004 --> 00:01:48,030 Hello, sweet cheeks. 28 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:51,202 Come on over here, you hot-blooded, Southern rebel, 29 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:54,041 and melt me down. 30 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:58,283 Tonight, Lawrence Stanton III, 31 00:01:58,351 --> 00:02:02,515 I am Jane Fonda in Butterfeld 8. 32 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:04,523 Oh, boy. 33 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:24,736 I got a bad feelin' about this. 34 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:27,602 After 28 years of marriage, 35 00:03:27,674 --> 00:03:31,667 I know every feelin' you got. 36 00:03:31,744 --> 00:03:37,239 I'm your husband? Well, of course you're my husband. 37 00:03:37,317 --> 00:03:42,721 Unless you wanna be that wicked Blackbeard again. 38 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:47,620 Why am I here? Oh, no, you don't! 39 00:03:47,694 --> 00:03:50,754 Don't you start that. Start what? 40 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:53,560 That-That craziness about hearing voices. 41 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:58,434 I don't wanna hear another word. I heard voices? 42 00:03:58,504 --> 00:04:00,802 I said, not another word. 43 00:04:00,873 --> 00:04:03,137 But what do you mean- That's it. That is it. 44 00:04:03,209 --> 00:04:07,578 You have gone and done it. You have ruined everything. I am no longer in the mood. 45 00:04:07,647 --> 00:04:11,515 So you can hang up your holsters until next Saturday night. 46 00:04:15,388 --> 00:04:18,357 - Aren't you gonna stop me? - Stop you? 47 00:04:18,424 --> 00:04:22,121 I'm callin' my mother! 48 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:26,359 - Oh, boy! - Sam, you're not gonna believe this yo-yo in the waiting room. 49 00:04:26,432 --> 00:04:29,526 Larry Stanton? Lawrence Stanton III, actually. 50 00:04:29,602 --> 00:04:33,504 You have a lucrative law practice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 51 00:04:33,573 --> 00:04:36,474 and your counterpart in the waiting room thinks he's dead. 52 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:40,137 What? He thinks I'm St. Peter and I'm gonna send him to hell... 53 00:04:40,213 --> 00:04:42,147 for overcharging his hours. 54 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:44,410 Reminds me of my last two divorce lawyers. 55 00:04:44,484 --> 00:04:47,282 Do you remember Larry Stanton? Yeah. 56 00:04:47,353 --> 00:04:50,220 I mean, there were- 57 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:52,281 I remember, uh, 58 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:57,323 there was a hanging... 59 00:04:57,397 --> 00:04:59,957 and a lot people, and... 60 00:05:00,033 --> 00:05:03,093 he was hurt. 61 00:05:03,169 --> 00:05:08,630 I think he tried to save her. Who? Her? 62 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:12,838 No, no, no. Not her, not her. That's Mrs. Larry Stanton. She wants to "melt me down. " 63 00:05:12,912 --> 00:05:16,871 Oh. Well, no wonder old Larry I would rather go to hell than come back here. 64 00:05:16,949 --> 00:05:21,079 He's gonna be in big trouble if he comes back here talking about heaven and angels, 65 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:23,554 because Mrs. Larry already thinks that he's nuts. 66 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:27,855 Mrs. Larry- Her name is Sherilyn Stanton. 67 00:05:27,927 --> 00:05:30,896 She's 51 years old, and she's going through her second husband. 68 00:05:30,963 --> 00:05:34,421 She killed the first one at the tender age of 17. 69 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:39,301 And Ziggy says that she's gonna bury the second one as well. 70 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:43,206 Murder? No. Heart attacks. 71 00:05:43,276 --> 00:05:47,212 Mr. Stanton the first was 77. 72 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:50,374 Now, according to Ziggy, 73 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:54,216 there's a 41- 41.12- 74 00:05:54,287 --> 00:05:56,346 43-point chance you're here- 75 00:05:56,422 --> 00:06:00,188 No, no, no. If you think I'm here to save their marriage, Al, you can forget about that. 76 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:03,854 Well, actually, Ziggy hasn't the slightest idea why you're here. 77 00:06:03,930 --> 00:06:08,390 So I'd suggest you go open the door and see what drifts in. 78 00:06:08,468 --> 00:06:12,268 Larry, will you please answer the damn door! 79 00:06:12,338 --> 00:06:16,399 I am far too upset to be entertaining guests. 80 00:06:18,611 --> 00:06:21,637 Don't look at me. I don't make up these assignments. 81 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:30,315 Hello. 82 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:52,177 It's been a long time, Counselor. A very long time. 83 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:55,772 Would you like to, uh, come in? No, it's- 84 00:06:55,848 --> 00:06:57,839 Be all right out here. 85 00:06:57,917 --> 00:07:02,149 You don't remember me. It's Marie. 86 00:07:02,221 --> 00:07:04,155 It's Marie from Pottersville. Marie? 87 00:07:04,223 --> 00:07:08,182 Your brain is Swiss-cheesed, Sam. Marie from Pottersville. Marie Billings. 88 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:10,786 Marie- Marie Billings. 89 00:07:10,863 --> 00:07:13,127 This is the woman that used to work for Clayton Fuller. 90 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:15,133 Abagail? Yeah. 91 00:07:15,201 --> 00:07:19,137 I knew you didn't get my telegram. Is Abagail all right? 92 00:07:19,205 --> 00:07:23,733 Well, I've been working for that family for almost 30 years. 93 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:27,371 Practically raised that child myself after her daddy died. 94 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:33,147 She didn't have no one else after Henry died. Neither did I. 95 00:07:34,687 --> 00:07:36,621 What's happened to Abagail? 96 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:38,987 They found those bones, 97 00:07:39,058 --> 00:07:43,085 and then there was that horrible murder. 98 00:07:43,162 --> 00:07:45,892 They're accusing Abagail of murder. 99 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:48,900 That happened over 25 years ago. 100 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:54,031 And the trial starts tomorrow. But nobody would take it, Mr. Stanton. Nobody. 101 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:57,735 She said maybe you? 102 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:02,937 You were there for that horrible night, and she said... 103 00:08:03,015 --> 00:08:05,916 only Will and you believed in her. 104 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:09,614 My husband doesn't take charity cases anymore. 105 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:12,021 Besides, he is retired. 106 00:08:12,091 --> 00:08:14,753 No wonder Larry would rather stay dead. 107 00:08:14,827 --> 00:08:19,264 This is very important, Mrs. Stanton. You remember Marie Billings from Pottersville. 108 00:08:19,332 --> 00:08:22,028 I said, my husband is retired. 109 00:08:22,101 --> 00:08:24,262 He has a very bad heart. 110 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:26,567 Sam, Larry never took Abagail's case. 111 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:28,869 But if you would just hear me out- I have told you a million times. 112 00:08:28,941 --> 00:08:31,273 We don't have to work with this kind of nigger trash anymore. 113 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:32,868 Ouch.! 114 00:08:32,945 --> 00:08:34,742 Marie, 115 00:08:37,283 --> 00:08:41,219 I'd like to apologize for what my wife just said. 116 00:08:41,287 --> 00:08:43,221 Will you excuse me for a moment? 117 00:08:46,792 --> 00:08:49,818 I'd like you to go inside and make Marie and me some lemonade. 118 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:51,830 And take your time. But, Lawrence- 119 00:08:51,898 --> 00:08:53,559 Get inside. 120 00:09:02,174 --> 00:09:04,108 I don't want to cause any trouble. Marie, I'm sorry. 121 00:09:04,176 --> 00:09:07,907 From the look of it, Miss Racist-in-a-Moo-Moo could use a dose of trouble. 122 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:10,073 Just sit down. I'm so sorry. 123 00:09:10,149 --> 00:09:14,779 Sam, maybe you're here to see that Larry takes Abagail's case. 124 00:09:15,988 --> 00:09:20,789 You remember that little Aider girl? Well, she disappeared two years before you moved to town. 125 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:24,455 Folks thought that she was taken by a pack of wild dogs. 126 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:28,432 Violet Aider's bones were discovered sealed in the town well. 127 00:09:28,501 --> 00:09:31,664 And everybody thought that Abagail- Abagail didn't kill them. 128 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:33,671 I can't believe this is really happening. 129 00:09:33,739 --> 00:09:37,505 You and I both know that. After they got the bones out, 130 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:41,570 Ms. Leta put together a case with some lawyer- 131 00:09:41,647 --> 00:09:44,445 Denton Waters. Ziggy says he's never lost a case. 132 00:09:44,517 --> 00:09:46,678 For something that happened 25 years ago? 133 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:48,617 No, no, no. That was just it. 134 00:09:48,688 --> 00:09:53,682 The lawyer told Ms. Leta that he couldn't try Abagail for Violet's murder. 135 00:09:53,759 --> 00:09:56,455 Abagail is convicted of murder, Sam. 136 00:09:56,529 --> 00:09:58,793 But she was eight years old. 137 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:01,162 Ms. Leta was found... 138 00:10:01,233 --> 00:10:04,930 with her throat cut open on Abagail's kitchen floor. 139 00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:09,464 Abagail is executed for the murder of Leta Aider. 140 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:23,949 Now don't go have a heart attack on me, Mr. Stanton. 141 00:10:24,023 --> 00:10:26,719 Abagail needs your real bad. 142 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:34,789 I'll go, uh, pack my things, Marie. 143 00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:37,768 Now, we have to call Sheriff Loman and tell him that... Right. 144 00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:40,305 You'll be up there this afternoon. All right. I'll do that. 145 00:10:40,373 --> 00:10:44,400 You just sit down here, relax, and I'll be out in a few minutes. Okay? 146 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:47,002 Abagail said you would come. 147 00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:06,189 You're still in love with Abagail, aren't you? 148 00:11:06,265 --> 00:11:08,995 I'm taking the case, Al. Does history change? 149 00:11:09,068 --> 00:11:13,471 Not unless you do something to change it. 150 00:11:13,539 --> 00:11:18,567 Abagail Fuller dies in the electric chair June 30, 1984. 151 00:11:27,119 --> 00:11:31,055 Little Violet Aider had waited 25 years for someone to find her. 152 00:11:31,123 --> 00:11:33,284 And finally, they had. 153 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:35,884 Leta had come after Abagail with a vengeance, 154 00:11:35,961 --> 00:11:40,364 desperately trying to mount a case that would send her to the electric chair. 155 00:11:40,433 --> 00:11:42,458 But now Leta was dead, and I knew that fate... 156 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:45,265 had brought me back into Abagail's life... 157 00:11:45,337 --> 00:11:48,204 to prove her innocence once and for all. 158 00:11:50,342 --> 00:11:53,243 All right. Let me see those files. I'll be out of your way. 159 00:11:53,312 --> 00:11:55,746 You got it. There he is. 160 00:11:55,815 --> 00:12:00,582 Hey, Stanton. How come I'm so young, and you got so old? 161 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:02,951 - Good to see you again, Bo. - Good to see you. 162 00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:06,924 - This is Denton Waters. He's the special prosecutor for the State. - Mr. Waters. 163 00:12:06,992 --> 00:12:10,587 Mr. Stanton. I understand you used to live around these parts. 164 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:15,464 Yeah. Moved away in '66 right after that incident with the Takins boy gettin'lost. 165 00:12:15,534 --> 00:12:19,903 - What incident was that? - Oh, couple townsfolks decided to take the law in their own hands. 166 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:22,566 - They were gonna string up Abagail. - Is that so? 167 00:12:22,641 --> 00:12:25,508 As I recall, Leta Aider was one of the main instigators. 168 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:30,675 Larry packed up his bags and his wife and kids and left damn near the next day. 169 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:35,551 Mr. Stanton said he had no intentions of letting his family grow up in a town that was so backwards, 170 00:12:35,621 --> 00:12:40,251 it was capable of lynchin' one of its own. 171 00:12:42,428 --> 00:12:46,762 Um, I always admired you for that. 172 00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:49,096 Mrs. Kinman? 173 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:52,160 "Kinman"? There's a name I haven't heard in a long time. 174 00:12:52,238 --> 00:12:55,469 It's still Fuller. Yeah, Will and Abagail never quite made it to the altar. 175 00:12:55,541 --> 00:13:01,002 If you don't mind, I would prefer to discuss my past with Mr. Stanton myself. 176 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,140 I thought he'd rather hear it from me than get an earful from the Potter parish. 177 00:13:04,216 --> 00:13:08,152 I don't think that Miss Fuller's marital status has any relevance to this trial, does it? 178 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:13,487 Neither does my bein' here. I'm sure you two have a great deal to discuss before tomorrow. 179 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,687 - Yeah, starting with a continuance. - I'm afraid we've had two already. 180 00:13:16,762 --> 00:13:18,662 A third is out of the question. 181 00:13:18,731 --> 00:13:20,995 L- I'm sorry. Have you, uh- 182 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:23,125 Mr. Waters and I have already met. 183 00:13:23,202 --> 00:13:26,171 Well, I'll need to see the rest of those files. 184 00:13:26,238 --> 00:13:28,263 Oh, and make sure that Mr. Stanton has copies. 185 00:13:28,340 --> 00:13:32,572 We wouldn't want him to declare a mistrial for lack of disclosure. 186 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:37,781 Stanton, why don't you go ahead and use my office? 187 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:40,045 Take as much time as you want to. 188 00:13:41,887 --> 00:13:45,550 Jim Bob's gonna be outside, and the file's on the desk. 189 00:13:55,634 --> 00:13:57,864 I'm very glad you came, Mr. Stanton. 190 00:13:57,937 --> 00:13:59,996 I never should have left. 191 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:10,949 There aren't any hotels in town, so I told Marie you'd be staying at the house. 192 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:13,416 Yes, thank you. She, uh- She told me- 193 00:14:13,485 --> 00:14:16,181 Would you mind taking these home for me? They're just a bunch of bills. 194 00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:19,554 But right now, they seem kind of unimportant. 195 00:14:25,898 --> 00:14:28,628 Sorry about what happened with you and Will. 196 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:32,865 Oh. Would you mind tellin' me? 197 00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:41,044 There's not much to tell, but, uh- 198 00:14:41,113 --> 00:14:44,082 It was just one moment, we were very much in love and getting married. 199 00:14:44,149 --> 00:14:48,848 And the next, he moved out west to write a book. 200 00:14:52,691 --> 00:14:55,922 I hear he's doing real well. 201 00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:58,930 What else do you wanna know, Mr. Stanton? 202 00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:06,567 How I'm gonna stretch 15 hours into three weeks to get ready for your trial. 203 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:10,268 - Should I be afraid, Mr. Stanton? - Only if you're guilty. 204 00:15:10,342 --> 00:15:13,607 Well, I didn't kill Leta Aider. 205 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:15,613 Do you believe me? 206 00:15:15,681 --> 00:15:17,512 Yes, I do. 207 00:15:23,188 --> 00:15:25,122 Now, you wanna tell me what happened? 208 00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:32,228 Well, it was a little after 3:00 on Tuesday. 209 00:15:33,432 --> 00:15:36,799 I'd just been to the market to get a few things, and, uh- 210 00:15:36,869 --> 00:15:41,806 I came straight home and I went to the kitchen to put the groceries away. 211 00:15:43,309 --> 00:15:45,800 And then I saw Leta. 212 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:49,279 Were there any signs of a struggle? The whole place was a mess. 213 00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:52,613 - So you phoned the police? - No. 214 00:15:52,685 --> 00:15:55,677 No, no, I didn't. L- 215 00:15:55,754 --> 00:16:01,454 I was just standin' there lookin' at Leta in all that blood. 216 00:16:03,729 --> 00:16:07,722 And then, uh, Bo Loman showed up and said... 217 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:13,466 that he'd gotten a call from someone that said they heard a woman screamin'. 218 00:16:13,539 --> 00:16:16,838 Your first attorney wanted you to plead self-defense. 219 00:16:16,909 --> 00:16:20,174 I didn't kill her. 220 00:16:20,245 --> 00:16:24,944 Denton Waters was approached prior to the death of Leta Aider... 221 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:28,748 to come up with a case against you for the murder of Violet... 222 00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:31,016 and for the murder of her father, Bart Aider. 223 00:16:31,090 --> 00:16:33,854 I know. They're supposed to exhume Bart's body tomorrow. 224 00:16:33,926 --> 00:16:38,727 Abagail, didn't you know that... 225 00:16:38,797 --> 00:16:42,255 no matter how much evidence they got together to bring you to trial... 226 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:47,829 that they couldn't because the crimes were committed when you were a minor? 227 00:16:47,906 --> 00:16:51,273 I remember that day Violet disappeared so clear. 228 00:16:51,343 --> 00:16:53,709 And yet, sometimes I feel- 229 00:16:55,647 --> 00:16:58,081 Well, everyone else was so sure. 230 00:17:00,152 --> 00:17:03,417 Maybe I remembered what I wanted. 231 00:17:05,657 --> 00:17:08,251 Maybe- 232 00:17:08,327 --> 00:17:11,023 I wanted to hold her. 233 00:17:11,096 --> 00:17:15,965 Tell her, "You're not crazy. You didn't kill anyone. " 234 00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:19,937 But I wanted more. With Abagail, I always wanted more. 235 00:17:20,005 --> 00:17:21,996 You all right? 236 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:32,483 Yes, I am. 237 00:17:36,822 --> 00:17:40,314 Strange. 238 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:43,384 It was just for a moment, you- 239 00:17:44,496 --> 00:17:46,430 In your eyes- 240 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:53,902 I, uh, don't believe that you killed Violet. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here. 241 00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:58,371 Who discovered, uh, Violet's remains? 242 00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:00,935 Restoration crew. 243 00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:04,949 They were tearing down the old well, and one of the workmen dropped his watch or something. 244 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:07,542 Went down to get it, and found the skeleton. 245 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:13,815 Funny, the games fate plays. 246 00:18:13,892 --> 00:18:18,920 I imagine that was enough to get Leta Aider started again. Oh, she never stopped. 247 00:18:18,997 --> 00:18:22,694 Not really. I mean, all she needed was Violet's locket, 248 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:24,736 and the case would be complete. 249 00:18:24,803 --> 00:18:28,398 Abagail, I need you to remember everything... 250 00:18:28,474 --> 00:18:31,307 about the day that Violet disappeared... 251 00:18:31,376 --> 00:18:33,810 and about Bart and about Leta. 252 00:18:33,879 --> 00:18:39,681 - Why? - Because I need to know everything about your past- good or bad. 253 00:18:39,751 --> 00:18:43,152 Why don't we start with Violet? 254 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:46,123 Well, 255 00:18:47,493 --> 00:18:52,260 I can't really say that we were friends, Violet and I. 256 00:18:52,331 --> 00:18:55,164 I guess we were rivals. 257 00:18:56,768 --> 00:18:58,861 She, uh- 258 00:18:58,937 --> 00:19:03,237 She used to tease me... all the time. 259 00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:09,211 Then that day- that day, she was tauntin' me... 260 00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:11,215 about a little gold locket... 261 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:15,583 that I'd been saving up for, but I couldn't afford. 262 00:19:15,654 --> 00:19:19,852 Just to spite me, she bought it. 263 00:19:19,925 --> 00:19:22,257 She kept pushin' it in my face, 264 00:19:22,327 --> 00:19:25,524 saying that my family was poor and that we were crazy. 265 00:19:25,597 --> 00:19:29,693 So I hit her. She laughed harder, so I hit her harder. 266 00:19:29,768 --> 00:19:33,260 Her nose started to bleed on her sweater, and she started crying. 267 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:38,640 And I just kept hittin'her and hittin'her and hittin'her. It was like I couldn't stop. 268 00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:44,114 When I finally did stop, she ran off, said she was gonna tell her mother. 269 00:19:46,718 --> 00:19:50,950 I did not like Violet, 270 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:52,957 but I didn't kill her. 271 00:19:54,626 --> 00:19:57,186 I'm not a killer. 272 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:03,564 I didn't kill her. 273 00:20:22,688 --> 00:20:26,021 Abagail and I talked for another three hours. 274 00:20:26,091 --> 00:20:28,958 She told me about Violet and Bart... 275 00:20:29,027 --> 00:20:31,894 and how she had been there when they died,: 276 00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:34,398 About her mother and her grandmother. 277 00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:37,958 Each story brought back more memories of Abagail. 278 00:20:38,036 --> 00:20:40,129 Somehow, in my Swiss cheese brain, 279 00:20:40,205 --> 00:20:42,469 every moment I had spent leaping into Abagail's life... 280 00:20:42,541 --> 00:20:45,533 was as clear as if it had happened yesterday. 281 00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:49,576 Gonna save her? 282 00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:51,741 Are you gonna save my mommy? 283 00:20:53,885 --> 00:20:58,345 - Abagail? - Abagail's my mother. 284 00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:02,120 Your mother? But she said that Will- 285 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:05,322 Mary Beth said you can't help her. Mary Beth said... 286 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:08,696 that thejudge was gonna take her tojail, and they were gonna- 287 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:11,634 Come here. Nobody's gonna hurt your mother. 288 00:21:11,703 --> 00:21:14,501 But Mary Beth said that they were gonna- 289 00:21:14,573 --> 00:21:17,440 Look. I don't care what Mary Beth said. 290 00:21:17,509 --> 00:21:20,706 I'm not about to let anybody hurt your mother. 291 00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:22,804 You mean that? 292 00:21:22,881 --> 00:21:25,349 With all my heart. 293 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:30,719 You know, I came from very far away... 294 00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:32,723 to help your mother. 295 00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:35,954 And I don't think I would have been brought here if I couldn't do the job. 296 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:43,798 So why don't you dry those pretty eyes, 297 00:21:43,869 --> 00:21:48,670 and, um, let's not worry about any of this a bit, okay? 298 00:21:51,176 --> 00:21:54,612 What's your name? Sam. 299 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,978 Larry Stanton. 300 00:21:57,049 --> 00:22:00,576 What's yours? SammyJo. 301 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:02,586 Samantha Josephine Fuller. 302 00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:07,421 I'm very, very glad you're here, Mr. Sam Larry Stanton. Very glad. 303 00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:11,861 Uh, Sam, Ziggy says you're not herejust to save Abagail. 304 00:22:11,930 --> 00:22:15,366 You're here to save SammyJo. 305 00:22:15,434 --> 00:22:19,530 There's a 91.9% chance that... 306 00:22:19,604 --> 00:22:23,700 SammyJo Fuller is your daughter. 307 00:22:29,815 --> 00:22:31,942 According to Ziggy, 308 00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:36,044 she has an I.Q. Of 194. 309 00:22:36,121 --> 00:22:39,113 So she got her brains from her father. 310 00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:45,061 But the tragedy in all of this is that she's so traumatized by the death of her mother that she drops out. 311 00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:48,657 She's living alone in Mobile right now. 312 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:52,135 She's writing computer manuals for some rinky-dink little company. 313 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:54,570 - No. - "No" what? 314 00:22:58,176 --> 00:23:02,545 No way am I gonna get busted... 315 00:23:02,614 --> 00:23:05,082 for keeping a 10-year-old kid up so late. 316 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:08,449 I'm not 10. I'm 11. 317 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:13,457 And you're not keeping me up. I'm waitin' for Marie to wake up so we can go. 318 00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:17,154 Where are you going? Yeah, you know, I think it's kinda creepy, uh- 319 00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:21,427 Just to Marie's. You know, for a kid to stay in a place where dead people were. 320 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:25,459 I'm staying with her till Mommy comes home. Lordy. 321 00:23:25,537 --> 00:23:28,370 We all gonna turn into pumpkins. 322 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,170 I gotta get you home, child. 323 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:33,837 I see you met our SammyJo. 324 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:37,507 Smartest little girl in the whole parish. 325 00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:41,484 I put up some chicken and rice for you, Mr. Stanton, in the kitchen. 326 00:23:41,553 --> 00:23:45,990 You want me to warm it? You better get her home, huh? 327 00:23:46,057 --> 00:23:48,423 SammyJo, why don't you run in the kitchen and pull that plate out- 328 00:23:48,493 --> 00:23:52,623 No! I can't go in there! Please don't make me go in there. 329 00:23:52,697 --> 00:23:55,461 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 330 00:23:55,534 --> 00:23:58,128 I didn't know what I was thinkin' about, baby. 331 00:23:58,203 --> 00:24:01,832 Your Marie is just gettin' old and forgetful. 332 00:24:01,907 --> 00:24:06,207 Now, I'll get you outta here and in a nice, warm bed. 333 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:11,409 She's probably right. If you, you know, put on some nice pajamas... 334 00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:15,510 and get in a big, warm bed, you'll have a good night's sleep. 335 00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:22,388 Will I see you tomorrow, Mr. Stanton? 336 00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:26,488 Now, SammyJo, I don't want you anywhere near that courthouse. 337 00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:29,466 I'll be here every day after 5:00. 338 00:24:32,237 --> 00:24:34,432 And I can come see you? 339 00:24:36,107 --> 00:24:38,473 I'd be sad if you don't. 340 00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:42,079 Good night. 341 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:44,138 Come on, honey. 342 00:24:47,953 --> 00:24:50,444 I have a daughter, Al. 343 00:24:56,261 --> 00:24:58,752 Now there were two people I had to save- 344 00:24:58,830 --> 00:25:02,163 Abagail and our daughter, SammyJo. 345 00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:04,828 And even from her grave, Leta held the key. 346 00:25:04,903 --> 00:25:08,703 Mr. Stanton, would you care to address thejury? 347 00:25:08,773 --> 00:25:11,537 Uh, yes. Well, firstly- firstly, there's no proof... 348 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:16,172 that Abagail killed either Violet or her father. 349 00:25:17,782 --> 00:25:22,981 First of all, I would like to clear up some of the clutter... 350 00:25:23,054 --> 00:25:26,820 that Mr. Waters has thrown in your way about this trial. 351 00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:32,421 We are here for one reason and one reason only- 352 00:25:32,497 --> 00:25:35,989 to determine the guilt or innocence of Abagail Fuller... 353 00:25:36,067 --> 00:25:38,729 with regards to the murder of Leta Aider. 354 00:25:38,803 --> 00:25:42,170 Now, since Mr. Waters brought this up, 355 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,904 I feel I must remind you all that it has never been proven that... 356 00:25:46,978 --> 00:25:49,947 Abagail Fuller committed murder. 357 00:25:50,015 --> 00:25:52,916 It has never been proven that Abagail Fuller... 358 00:25:52,984 --> 00:25:56,852 took the lives of Violet or her father. 359 00:25:58,456 --> 00:26:02,415 Now, that fact haunted Leta Aider. 360 00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:04,485 It haunted her... 361 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:08,294 because she desperately needed someone to blame... 362 00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:11,631 for the loss of her family. 363 00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:17,005 Now, I do not know why Leta's family was taken from her, 364 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:22,012 but I do know that my client, Abagail Fuller, was not responsible. 365 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,674 Well, she had no motive to kill Leta. 366 00:26:24,749 --> 00:26:27,445 And-And because she is innocent- 367 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:30,613 And even if she did, she wouldn't be responsible because she just was a minor. 368 00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:35,991 Since she did not kill Violet or Bart, she would have no reason to murder Leta- 369 00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:39,121 no motive to murder Leta Aider. 370 00:26:39,197 --> 00:26:42,030 Now, Mr. Waters omitted the fact... 371 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,500 that by statute, 372 00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:48,437 the state of Louisiana cannot convict a minor of a felony. 373 00:26:48,506 --> 00:26:51,998 That's if she committed a felony, which she did not. 374 00:26:52,077 --> 00:26:57,037 Why would this woman jeopardize her life... 375 00:26:57,115 --> 00:26:59,015 and the life ofher daughter? 376 00:26:59,084 --> 00:27:02,315 The answer is... she would not. 377 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:04,548 Yeah. They're barking up the wrong oak. 378 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:07,786 There is a murderer and a killer- 379 00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:10,987 a killer who came into Abagail's kitchen... 380 00:27:11,062 --> 00:27:13,792 and, for whatever reason, took the life of Leta Aider. 381 00:27:13,865 --> 00:27:17,801 A crime was committed, but not by this woman. 382 00:27:17,869 --> 00:27:20,030 Now, you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 383 00:27:20,105 --> 00:27:22,403 have a very difficult task ahead of you here. 384 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:25,739 You have to throw out... 385 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:29,712 the rumors and the gossip and the lies... 386 00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:35,310 that have followed Abagail Fuller for the past 25 years and listen only to the facts. 387 00:27:35,387 --> 00:27:38,379 And using that knowledge, and that knowledge only, 388 00:27:38,456 --> 00:27:42,722 you must determine the guilt or innocence... 389 00:27:42,794 --> 00:27:45,592 of Abagail Fuller. 390 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:48,963 You must determine her fate... 391 00:27:49,034 --> 00:27:53,334 and the future of her daughter... 392 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:55,373 and everyone else who loves her. 393 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,034 Sam, are you okay? 394 00:27:58,109 --> 00:28:01,237 I will do my best to present the facts... 395 00:28:01,312 --> 00:28:05,248 as I know them, as will Mr. Waters. 396 00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:09,252 And it will be up to you... 397 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,254 to determine- Sam? 398 00:28:11,322 --> 00:28:13,415 The truth. 399 00:28:15,794 --> 00:28:19,252 Thank you. Are you all right? 400 00:28:19,330 --> 00:28:22,060 Sam, I don't like the way you look here. Are you all right? 401 00:28:22,133 --> 00:28:24,260 What's goin' on? 402 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:26,496 I'm all right. I just need a moment. 403 00:28:26,571 --> 00:28:32,203 Sam, there's a problem in the waiting room. Tell them you need a break. 404 00:28:32,277 --> 00:28:36,236 Your Honor, if I could just have a moment, please? 405 00:28:36,314 --> 00:28:38,782 The court will take a 20-minute recess... 406 00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:41,717 before we bring in the prosecution's first witness. 407 00:28:43,154 --> 00:28:47,648 I had found Stanton's nitro pills in his briefcase and taken them. 408 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:51,594 They had made the pain in my chest subside enough to make it through the first day of witnesses. 409 00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:54,723 I listened as Denton presented... 410 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:58,098 a variety of experts and a ton of evidence- 411 00:28:58,169 --> 00:29:03,607 the knife that killed Leta with Abagail's fingerprints on it, as well as Leta's,: 412 00:29:03,675 --> 00:29:08,078 Bo and his recount of finding Abagail standing over Leta's body, 413 00:29:08,146 --> 00:29:11,377 adding his memories of Violet and Bart. 414 00:29:11,449 --> 00:29:15,579 And now, I had to face the one other person whose future depended on me. 415 00:29:24,896 --> 00:29:26,887 SammyJo? 416 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:32,259 SammyJo, you all right? 417 00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:36,434 Brigadoon. What? 418 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:39,341 I was just rememberin'. 419 00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:44,438 See, when I read a book, the pages, 420 00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:47,815 they stay like pictures in my mind. 421 00:29:47,886 --> 00:29:50,252 Whenever I want to, I can just go back... 422 00:29:50,321 --> 00:29:54,087 and remember it all over again. 423 00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:57,651 You've got a photographic memory. 424 00:29:57,729 --> 00:29:59,822 Sometimes. 425 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:04,266 I've got a photographic memory. 426 00:30:04,335 --> 00:30:06,963 You do? Mm-hmm. 427 00:30:09,140 --> 00:30:12,667 Brigadoon. Brigadoon. That was one of my favorite stories too. 428 00:30:12,744 --> 00:30:18,410 Mine too. My grandmama said she likes it when the old reverend asked God for a miracle. 429 00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:22,544 And he makes Brigadoon disappear for a hundred years. 430 00:30:22,620 --> 00:30:24,679 What's your favorite part? 431 00:30:26,591 --> 00:30:30,357 I like when Tommy calls the whole village back through time... 432 00:30:30,428 --> 00:30:33,591 because he loves Fiona so much that he can't live without her. 433 00:30:35,533 --> 00:30:39,867 Do you believe in miracles, Mr. Stanton? Miracles? 434 00:30:41,272 --> 00:30:46,039 Someone, if they really loved somebody, 435 00:30:46,110 --> 00:30:50,570 could go back in time and be part of their lives? 436 00:30:52,150 --> 00:30:55,176 Well, if that's a miracle, then yes, I believe in miracles. 437 00:30:55,253 --> 00:30:58,518 I wanna go back in time someday. You do? 438 00:30:59,924 --> 00:31:03,382 I wanna meet my daddy. I wanna tell him- 439 00:31:03,461 --> 00:31:07,090 Tell him what? It doesn't matter. 440 00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:10,931 Sure it does. It- It matters. 441 00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:13,596 Just that I love him. 442 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:19,606 But he knows. My grandmama Fuller says so, 443 00:31:19,677 --> 00:31:23,078 and she knows everything. 444 00:31:23,147 --> 00:31:25,445 Laura? What's the matter? 445 00:31:28,353 --> 00:31:31,447 SammyJo Fuller, 446 00:31:31,522 --> 00:31:34,616 I love you, 447 00:31:34,692 --> 00:31:37,320 and I want you to know that everything's gonna be okay. 448 00:31:46,204 --> 00:31:48,468 Where are you goin'? 449 00:31:48,539 --> 00:31:53,499 I'm gonna go tell your grandmama that it's okay to remember. 450 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:10,085 Sam. Al. 451 00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:13,289 Wait a minute. You gotta take it easy for a while. What are you talking about? 452 00:32:13,364 --> 00:32:16,231 I'm talking about - Do you remember today in court when you were upset? 453 00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:20,032 Yeah. Well, Stanton had a mild seizure in the waiting room at the same time. 454 00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:23,767 You seem to have a mental and physical connection with him on this leap. 455 00:32:23,841 --> 00:32:25,900 I don't know why. Okay, but I feel fine right now. 456 00:32:25,977 --> 00:32:27,911 If you wanna have a massive coronary, that's okay. 457 00:32:27,979 --> 00:32:32,006 But Ziggy says if not, you gotta take it easy and keep Stanton's medicine next to you. 458 00:32:32,083 --> 00:32:34,881 My advice is maybe you shouldjust take it easy for a while. 459 00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:37,615 The only way I can find out the truth is to talk to Laura. Okay? 460 00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:39,623 I gotta talk to her. 461 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:47,022 Hello, Laura. You don't know me. 462 00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:51,626 My name is Larry Stanton, and I'm here to help your daughter. 463 00:32:51,703 --> 00:32:54,137 Abagail? 464 00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:55,866 Yes. 465 00:32:57,208 --> 00:32:59,142 Is Abagail in trouble? 466 00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:01,542 Yes, she is. 467 00:33:01,612 --> 00:33:06,072 Well, that's why she hasn't been to see me in a long time. 468 00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,914 She's in very bad trouble, 469 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:14,357 and she needs for you to remember something from the past. 470 00:33:14,425 --> 00:33:17,826 No. I don't have to remember. 471 00:33:17,895 --> 00:33:20,329 It's just a bad dream. 472 00:33:20,398 --> 00:33:24,198 When I wake up, it'll all be gone away. 473 00:33:24,268 --> 00:33:26,202 That's what Mama used to say. 474 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:30,206 Uh, Sam, no. She's not firing on all six cylinders. 475 00:33:30,274 --> 00:33:33,243 She's all I've got. I know, but if she testifies, 476 00:33:33,311 --> 00:33:36,212 Denton Waters will have her declared non compos mentis. 477 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:39,010 All I need her to remember is what happened the night Violet disappeared. 478 00:33:39,083 --> 00:33:41,017 That's it, Al. I know. 479 00:33:41,085 --> 00:33:44,054 But if they think she's crazy, then they'll disqualify her testimony. 480 00:33:44,122 --> 00:33:46,056 I remember you. 481 00:33:50,194 --> 00:33:52,492 You were here... 482 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,126 a very long time ago. 483 00:33:57,201 --> 00:33:59,761 You were gonna marry my Abagail. 484 00:33:59,837 --> 00:34:03,295 But you didn't. You went away. Well, you broke her heart, you know. 485 00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:08,038 I think you've mistaken me for someone else. No. 486 00:34:08,112 --> 00:34:12,572 I've been waiting for you for a very long time. 487 00:34:12,650 --> 00:34:14,641 Very long time. 488 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:18,416 Clayton said that you'd come. 489 00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:22,619 And then, I'd have to tell about Violet. 490 00:34:22,693 --> 00:34:26,959 - Bingo! - Clayton- He knew that. 491 00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:42,642 She wanted that locket so much. 492 00:34:42,713 --> 00:34:46,114 So very, very much. 493 00:34:47,852 --> 00:34:49,786 Clayton wouldn't let her have it, 494 00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:52,288 but I kept it. 495 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:56,754 I kept it and all of its secrets. 496 00:35:06,871 --> 00:35:09,362 Oh, God. 497 00:35:20,618 --> 00:35:24,179 Laura came to court that morning with the support ofher doctor, 498 00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:27,281 who said her confinement had been self-inflicted for years. 499 00:35:27,358 --> 00:35:29,792 She said Clayton had forbidden her to tell her story. 500 00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:33,297 But today, after 25 years, she told. 501 00:35:33,364 --> 00:35:37,357 I was trying to buy candles... 502 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:40,370 fore the storm, 503 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:42,668 but the general store was closed. 504 00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:48,508 Everybody had gone home to lash their windows and cellars. 505 00:35:48,579 --> 00:35:53,573 Then I saw Violet walking across the town square. 506 00:35:53,651 --> 00:35:57,052 She was upset. She was angry and crying, 507 00:35:57,121 --> 00:36:00,181 and there was blood on her face... 508 00:36:00,258 --> 00:36:02,556 and on her little white sweater. 509 00:36:02,627 --> 00:36:05,721 I ran to her to see if she was all right. 510 00:36:05,796 --> 00:36:10,563 But before I could say much, she started screaming at me about Abagail. 511 00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:15,868 She said Abagail was mean and crazy and that she had hit her. 512 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:18,773 I tried to calm her- 513 00:36:20,845 --> 00:36:23,006 calm her down, 514 00:36:24,482 --> 00:36:28,543 but she said she was gonna go tell her mama. 515 00:36:28,619 --> 00:36:31,611 Violet was glad that Abagail had hit her... 516 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:34,852 because now everybody would know that Abagail was crazy... 517 00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:37,258 and they would lock her away forever. 518 00:36:37,328 --> 00:36:41,697 I pleaded with her, but she ran away. 519 00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:47,432 I ran after her and I-I grabbed her. 520 00:36:47,505 --> 00:36:50,030 I was trying to talk to her. 521 00:36:50,107 --> 00:36:55,443 She was in a rage, and she tore herself from my hands. 522 00:36:55,513 --> 00:36:57,572 She fell away from me, 523 00:36:57,648 --> 00:37:01,550 and she fell through the old planks that covered the well. 524 00:37:01,619 --> 00:37:05,521 I reached out for her, 525 00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:10,653 but I only caught the little gold locket that was around her neck. 526 00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:14,061 It broke. The chain snapped. 527 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,964 Violet was gone. 528 00:37:20,137 --> 00:37:22,731 She's gone. 529 00:37:22,807 --> 00:37:26,834 You expect the court to believe that Violet's death was an accident? 530 00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:29,402 And that Bart Aider had a heart attack. 531 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,914 - Mr. Waters? - I object. 532 00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:36,613 Counsel is trying to take a woman who's been institutionalized for 20 years... 533 00:37:36,687 --> 00:37:39,349 and get her to take the responsibility for all of'em. 534 00:37:39,423 --> 00:37:41,914 And Leta- Did you kill Leta Aider too? 535 00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:46,225 Mr. Waters, you will have a chance to cross-examine the witness. 536 00:37:46,297 --> 00:37:50,529 Laura, did you kill Leta Aider? 537 00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:53,866 No. 538 00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:58,966 Order in this court.! One more such eruption, and I will have this courtroom cleared. 539 00:37:59,043 --> 00:38:02,877 Mr. Stanton, just where is this line of questioning leading? 540 00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:06,348 I wanna prove to the court that Abagail Fuller... 541 00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:11,684 was innocent of the history that this town has branded her with for the past 25 years, Your Honor. 542 00:38:11,756 --> 00:38:14,782 And- 543 00:38:14,859 --> 00:38:17,555 Now, I would like to... 544 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:21,397 show the court why... 545 00:38:21,465 --> 00:38:26,129 she didn't kill Leta Aider. 546 00:38:26,203 --> 00:38:30,230 Sam, uh- Yeah, take one of your pills. 547 00:38:34,645 --> 00:38:37,375 Counselor, are you all right? 548 00:38:46,223 --> 00:38:48,487 - I'm gonna put her on the stand. - What for? 549 00:38:48,559 --> 00:38:52,154 Your Honor, I would like to call Abagail... Fuller to the stand. 550 00:38:52,229 --> 00:38:56,063 But Mr. Waters hasn't had a chance to cross-examine this witness. 551 00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:59,000 He may not have to, Your Honor, if you let me bring her on the stand. 552 00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:01,004 I don't wanna cross-examine her. 553 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,063 I want her testimony stricken from the record... 554 00:39:03,140 --> 00:39:05,506 and declared non compos mentis.! 555 00:39:05,576 --> 00:39:08,010 I know who killed Leta Aider, Your Honor. 556 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:10,070 - You do? - Objection! 557 00:39:10,147 --> 00:39:13,014 Please, Your Honor. I won't be wasting the court's time. 558 00:39:13,084 --> 00:39:17,020 - Let me put Abagail Fuller on the stand. - Overruled. 559 00:39:17,088 --> 00:39:18,680 Counselor, call your witness. 560 00:39:18,756 --> 00:39:22,214 The defense calls... 561 00:39:22,293 --> 00:39:24,227 Abagail Fuller. 562 00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:28,254 Ms. Fuller, you may step down. Bailiff will show you where to sit. 563 00:39:33,237 --> 00:39:35,228 Just tell the truth. 564 00:39:36,774 --> 00:39:40,471 Do you-state your name- Sam, do you know what you're doing? 565 00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:42,512 Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, 566 00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:44,605 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 567 00:39:44,682 --> 00:39:47,276 I do. 568 00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:53,718 Miss Fuller, would you be kind enough to tell to the court... 569 00:39:53,791 --> 00:39:57,784 the events that transpired the afternoon of May the 15th... 570 00:39:57,862 --> 00:39:59,887 when you returned home? 571 00:39:59,964 --> 00:40:03,798 I came home at about 3:15. I had just been to the grocery store. 572 00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:08,237 My arms were full, so I entered the house and went straight back to the kitchen. 573 00:40:08,305 --> 00:40:09,897 And what did you see in the kitchen? 574 00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:14,035 It was torn up. There were broken dishes... 575 00:40:14,111 --> 00:40:18,070 and food thrown on the walls like someone had a tantrum. 576 00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:20,174 And what else did you see? 577 00:40:21,318 --> 00:40:23,718 Blood. 578 00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:28,657 There was a... large pool of blood. 579 00:40:28,726 --> 00:40:32,856 Whose blood? Leta Aider's. 580 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:34,864 I didn't see her body at first. 581 00:40:34,932 --> 00:40:37,366 Then I walked around the table, and she was there. 582 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:39,630 And where was the knife, Abagail? 583 00:40:39,703 --> 00:40:42,433 Do you remember where the knife was in relationship to the body? 584 00:40:42,506 --> 00:40:45,168 Right near Leta, I guess. 585 00:40:45,242 --> 00:40:48,507 Um, a few inches away from the body. 586 00:40:48,579 --> 00:40:51,013 And, uh, then what happened? 587 00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:55,275 I was afraid to move. 588 00:40:58,088 --> 00:41:01,182 I wanted to cry out for help, but I couldn't. 589 00:41:01,258 --> 00:41:04,386 So you didn't call the police, 590 00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:09,559 you didn't call the doctors, or- 591 00:41:09,633 --> 00:41:12,397 When I looked up, Bo was standing at the backdoor. 592 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:16,031 Bo was at the backdoor because somebody had called him? 593 00:41:16,106 --> 00:41:21,703 He said someone said they heard a woman screaming from my house and called it in. 594 00:41:25,115 --> 00:41:27,982 - What are these? - Bills. 595 00:41:28,052 --> 00:41:31,021 Sam, do you know where you're going with this? 596 00:41:31,088 --> 00:41:35,320 - Counsel is wasting the court's time. - Please, Your Honor. 597 00:41:35,392 --> 00:41:37,883 Mr. Waters. 598 00:41:37,962 --> 00:41:42,023 I'd like you to open your phone bill from May... 599 00:41:42,099 --> 00:41:44,158 and see if you recognize any of the phone numbers... 600 00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:47,671 that were dialed on the afternoon of the 15th. 601 00:41:52,209 --> 00:41:55,269 Oakdell-65234. That's the sheriff's office. 602 00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:57,405 And what time was that call made? 603 00:41:59,583 --> 00:42:02,746 2:53. A full 22 minutes before you got home. 604 00:42:02,820 --> 00:42:04,685 Objection.! 605 00:42:04,755 --> 00:42:06,985 You have no proof that she wasn't there earlier. 606 00:42:07,057 --> 00:42:11,551 I have a store full of people and the time it takes to get from there to her home. 607 00:42:11,629 --> 00:42:14,029 Objection overruled. 608 00:42:14,098 --> 00:42:17,363 On May 15, 1978, 609 00:42:17,434 --> 00:42:20,870 as Mr. Waters told us yesterday, 610 00:42:20,938 --> 00:42:24,237 the day that he explained to Mrs. Aider... 611 00:42:24,308 --> 00:42:28,108 that based on Louisiana statutes for the protection of minors, 612 00:42:28,178 --> 00:42:31,238 she had no case against Abagail Fuller. 613 00:42:31,315 --> 00:42:36,912 Even though they had found the bones of her daughter, Violet, at the bottom of a well, 614 00:42:36,987 --> 00:42:38,978 she had no case. 615 00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:40,717 Can you imagine how she felt? 616 00:42:40,791 --> 00:42:45,057 After 25 years of waiting and hoping... 617 00:42:45,129 --> 00:42:49,657 and praying for some shred of proof to turn up... 618 00:42:49,733 --> 00:42:52,065 that could verify what she had believed all along, 619 00:42:52,136 --> 00:42:57,403 it finally turns up, and she is told that it doesn't matter. 620 00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:02,108 I believe that at that point, 621 00:43:02,179 --> 00:43:05,740 Leta Aider became incensed. 622 00:43:05,816 --> 00:43:10,014 And full of rage, she came to Abagail's house to confront her. 623 00:43:10,087 --> 00:43:12,578 But Abagail was not there. 624 00:43:12,656 --> 00:43:17,787 And her rage and her frustration grew. 625 00:43:17,861 --> 00:43:23,800 She tore apart Abagail's kitchen looking for some measure of revenge... 626 00:43:23,867 --> 00:43:28,167 to fill all the years of hatred that had consumed her. 627 00:43:28,238 --> 00:43:32,538 And finally, feeling she had no other recourse... 628 00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:35,943 and from some dark and horrible place in her mind, 629 00:43:36,013 --> 00:43:38,777 she picked up Abagail's kitchen knife, 630 00:43:38,849 --> 00:43:43,684 a knife that she knew would have Abagail's fingerprints on it, 631 00:43:43,754 --> 00:43:47,781 Just like... Laura's mother. 632 00:43:47,858 --> 00:43:50,122 And she slit her own throat. 633 00:43:50,194 --> 00:43:51,957 Objection! 634 00:43:52,029 --> 00:43:54,293 This is unadulterated conjecture! Order in this court.! 635 00:43:54,365 --> 00:43:57,801 - Bailiff, clear this courtroom! - This is conjecture.! 636 00:43:57,868 --> 00:44:01,360 - This witness- - I want order, and I want it now! 637 00:44:01,438 --> 00:44:04,202 Abagail Fuller murdered Leta Aider! 638 00:44:04,274 --> 00:44:07,402 No! 639 00:44:07,478 --> 00:44:10,311 I remember! I remember! 640 00:44:10,381 --> 00:44:14,249 - Oh, SammyJo! - I saw her! 641 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:18,721 I saw her in the kitchen.! I saw her when she- 642 00:44:21,825 --> 00:44:25,556 I was hiding because I heard all the dishes breakin'. 643 00:44:27,631 --> 00:44:30,657 And then I came down the stairs because it got quiet. 644 00:44:38,075 --> 00:44:40,566 I saw her through the crack in the door. 645 00:44:40,644 --> 00:44:43,272 She was walking back and forth. 646 00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:50,848 And then she stopped, and she picked up the kitchen knife. 647 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,054 I object.! This is preposterous.! 648 00:45:00,130 --> 00:45:02,860 I saw her! I saw her do it! 649 00:45:02,933 --> 00:45:05,424 Sam, you changed history. 650 00:45:05,502 --> 00:45:08,562 That was just great. You okay? 651 00:45:08,639 --> 00:45:10,630 Yeah. 652 00:45:14,211 --> 00:45:17,544 They gonna be all right, Al? Yeah. 653 00:45:17,614 --> 00:45:21,345 Well, Ziggy says that since SammyJo is carrying your genes... 654 00:45:21,418 --> 00:45:23,943 and now that you cleared Abagail, the curse is broken. 655 00:45:24,021 --> 00:45:27,548 Um, Abagail gets married in two years... 656 00:45:27,624 --> 00:45:30,923 to a wonderful guy, and they move to Chicago. 657 00:45:30,994 --> 00:45:32,962 And she's happy, Sam. She's really happy. 658 00:45:33,030 --> 00:45:35,760 How do you know all this? 659 00:45:35,833 --> 00:45:38,802 SammyJo told me. 660 00:45:38,869 --> 00:45:41,167 SammyJo? 661 00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:45,004 SammyJo is working with us on Project Quantum Leap, Sam. 662 00:45:45,075 --> 00:45:46,667 What? Yes. 663 00:45:46,744 --> 00:45:49,770 As a matter of fact, she has a theory on how to bring you back home. 664 00:45:51,515 --> 00:45:53,915 Does she know I'm her father? 665 00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:58,654 No. 666 00:45:58,722 --> 00:46:02,818 And Ziggy says that after this leap, you won't know either. 667 00:46:02,893 --> 00:46:04,952 I'll know, Al. 668 00:46:07,030 --> 00:46:09,999 I'll always know. 669 00:46:23,714 --> 00:46:25,705 You, uh- 670 00:46:27,351 --> 00:46:29,285 You take care of yourself, okay? 671 00:46:31,922 --> 00:46:34,083 I won't forget you. 672 00:46:46,870 --> 00:46:48,804 You heard me! 673 00:46:48,872 --> 00:46:51,363 Hands up! 674 00:46:51,441 --> 00:46:53,375 Everyone, stay calm. 675 00:46:53,443 --> 00:46:56,742 We'll get this over with and be on our way. 676 00:46:56,814 --> 00:46:59,578 Keep me covered while I shut the blinds. 677 00:47:02,953 --> 00:47:05,683 Don't fall apart on me now, little brother. 678 00:47:11,328 --> 00:47:13,319 Oh, boy. 679 00:47:13,369 --> 00:47:17,919 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0