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My reminiscence.

I always thought that for such a lovely river, the name was mystifying, Cape

Fear. And the only thing to fear on those enchanted summer nights was that

the magic would end and real life would come crashing in.

Okay, Katie, moment you've been waiting for.

Any people coming for you, Katie?

What about your books?

Already read them.

Gracias.

The idea is to resolve the tension.

I need to find a motif that's about movement.

Not the most mind-blowing concept for a travel agency, but... Like

an arrow, maybe?

Yeah, like an arrow, maybe.

But see, then the other aspect is stability.

A company that you can trust.

So if you can balance those ideas in a way that's pleasing to the eye, then

you've got a logo.

Okay, movement, stability, and an era.

Okay, I'll think of something for that one.

Benjamin!

They switched babies on me at the hospital, didn't they?

So how'd you do in there?

Well, I got the judge to postpone the alimony hearing for another 21 days.

Well, great.

Well, I've got till Monday to find out which SNL and which municipality my son

-in-law stashed all that money. Right, right.

But anyway, I thank you and my daughter thanks you. Oh, you're welcome, Tom.

All this time, he actually liked me.

You can't go in! Your father's making a television appearance for his campaign!

Dad! Dad, I gotta talk to you.

What the hell are you doing? You're about to go on the air!

Where is your son?

So do you believe that annoying loser guy?

Dad, you should have just punched him out. What? Just punched him out? Yeah.

You boxed. You could have shoved him around, shut him up.

Yeah, I could take you. That's who I could take.

You could have even kicked him in the face. Kicked him in the face? You know

how to fight dirty. You do that for a living.

Oh, well, cute, Lee.

Let's sit outside.

I'm going to store you.

It's taken care of. It's taken care of? Who?

There.

Girls.

Girls. Come on, let's sit inside.

Yeah, let's sit inside.

You know what?

We should stop doing this for a while.

Doing what?

We're not doing anything.

I know that. Yet.

Okay. No, fine, fine. Maybe you're right.

Why? Does your wife mind?

Well, my wife doesn't even know you exist, which most certainly is for the

best, you know. Why's that?

Well, God, you know, Lori, you know why you have to ask that question? Because

you've never been married. Why? Is marriage synonymous with deception?

No, no, no.

It's just that, you know, when two people get married and they live

together for a long time, you know, it's... I like hanging out with you, you

know, so sue me.

You're funny, and you're cute, and I don't know. We talk about the courts,

and which judge is senile, and which one wears a gun under his robe.

You know, Laurie, another time, another place. Who knows, you know?

Mom?

Yeah, it's a light, Doc. No, no, no, no, no, no. I've won two out of three. Let's

make it the best out of five.

All right, well, that's good, actually, because today I let you win.

Sure you did.

Yeah. Sure you did.

Hey.

Free as a bird, apparently. You go everywhere you want with whomever. That

much freedom could maybe get a felon to trouble. What do you think?

I'd like my keys.

Could it be you don't remember me?

Oh, yeah, I'm sure I remember you. You were at the movie house the other night.

Oh, I'm disappointed.

I'm hurt.

I would like my keys.

Max Katie.

You look the same.

Maybe 15 pounds heavier.

But they say the average man gains a pound a year till he's about... Oh, come

on. Gains a pound a year till he's about 60. Me, I dropped a pound every year in

my sentence.

Atlanta, 77. You got it, July.

14 years since I held a set of K's.

Well, you look good.

Thank you, because it's a struggle to stay healthy in the joint.

Well, you wouldn't know about that. With me,

they're sticking with the white trash.

They don't strike a lick of work all day.

In fact, this little old cigar is my only vice, because I need a vice in the

joint to remind me I was human.

So what brings you to New Essex?

Oh, the climate.

Boy, the South.

I'm thinking of settling right down here in New Essex, Counselor.

Have you been following me? It's a small town. Every way you turn, I guess we're

going to run into each other.

Well, take care, Mr. Cady.

You too.

You're going to learn, my boss.

What?

Could you... Hmm?

Oh, sorry, dude.

What you working on?

It's English.

We're supposed to read Look Homeward, Angel, which is a kind of reminiscence,

and we have to attempt something in the same style.

What's it about, your reminiscence?

The houseboat.

It's not even July 3rd yet. Yeah, yeah, I was thinking we ought to take two

weeks off and go up to Wilmington like the old times, Dr.

Housebooks. Well, I wanted to in early June. Remember, you said you didn't have

time this summer. I probably don't. Yeah, well, now I don't either.

Besides, Danny's got summer school till Labor Day.

Why, is it really that critical that she can't miss two damn weeks?

Well, you know, the alternative was to expel her.

Besides, maybe this drama teacher from the college will get her excited about

something, you know? Yeah, about him, probably.

I mean, why'd they have to make such a stink like she was on heroin or

something? I mean, marijuana was marijuana.

You and I smoked a little dope in our time. You know, in some cultures it's

considered almost a sacrament. Of course, I realize in ours it's

forbidden. Right up there with incest and necrophilia and bestiality.

Honey, honey, honey. Worship of idols, cannibalism.

Do that again.

What?

Yeah, do that again.

Sam, Sam, somebody's out there.

No, leave the light off. Leave it off.

I saw him when the fireworks went off.

What? I think I talked to the set. You know him?

I want you the hell off my property!

He's gone.

He said, I'll make you.

Make you think about laws.

All right, I'm going to make you learn about laws.

Something like that.

That's very poetic.

So who is he? Where did he come from? Well, he's from... Come on, get the dog

off. Come on, Ben, get down.

He doesn't mind me at all.

Lee, it's your dog. Come on.

No, he shouldn't be up on the table.

You're going to have dog heads and tea and everything. Get down. So where is he

from? Oh, he's from the hills, Pentecostal crackers, you know.

And what was he in prison for?

I think it was battery.

You think it was battery? Yeah. I mean, well, who did he batter? Did he batter a

man? Did he batter a woman? What?

I don't know. He was 14 years ago. You know, it's got... I really don't

remember.

Well, what does he want with you?

Well, he's just trying to bug us, just messing around. You know, he's an ex

-con, so he's just... You know, he's probably...

Upset at that.

Lawyer. Yeah.

Your clientele.

Yeah.

Bye, Dad. Bye, Danny. I'm tired.

Oh, thanks. I needed that.

Lee.

Lee, I don't want to alarm her, but I'd rather Danny didn't wander out alone.

You know, we're still searching walks in the woods. At least tell her to stop at

a few things. Maybe even talk to the boss.

Well, what if she takes Benjamin with her? What, Big Ben, our guard dog?

What's he gonna do, lick him to death?

Just tell her. Tell her what?

I hardly know anything about the man. I don't mean his biography, just that

there's some creep around.

And if you see him again, call the cops and then call me. What about a weapon,

you know?

In case things get exciting around here.

Look, Lee, would you really feel more secure with a loaded gun in the house?

Well, we'd probably end up using it on each other.

Or Denny would.

Look, he's not gonna do anything. He just got out of prison. He doesn't want

to go right back.

All right?

Don't call Lee Hiller.

Well, Lee is a colorful old character, but he's still the best criminal lawyer

in the state.

Good. Why don't you get me Lee Heller?

Sam, you defended this guy, right?

Right. So what makes you think he wants to harm you? Yesterday, I was getting in

my car. The guy comes up. We had a little conversation.

He says to me, you're going to learn about loss.

Well, that hardly qualifies under the terrorist threat statutes. Oh, come on,

Tom. For Christ's sake, the guy's a... Ex-con.

You know, you know as well as I do what that means.

I mean, last night, there he was. He was behind our house.

Ah, tempted B&E. No, no, no, no, not exactly.

I mean, he was sitting on a wall that bounds our property.

It's not even trespassing, son.

I mean, come on, what can I say?

I mean, you get a restraining order.

I did. I filed one this morning. The hearing's in ten days.

Good. Good. I mean, you know anything I can do.

Tom, 14 years ago...

In this case, I had a report on the victim.

It was a rape case.

That's right. A rape and aggravated sexual battery.

Anyway, I had a report on this victim and it came back that she was

promiscuous.

And I buried it.

Anybody else know about this? No, no, no. I buried it. I mean, I didn't show

it to the client. I didn't show it to the prosecution.

But if you had seen what this guy had done to this girl, I mean... In every

criminal prosecution, the accused shall have the assistance of counsel to his

defense. Well, I know the Sixth Amendment. I believe in the Sixth

Amendment. I mean, that's why I left the Public Defender's Office. There was no

way to serve the law in that capacity.

Some folks just don't have the right to the best defense. No, of course they

deserve the best defense.

But, I mean, if you had seen what he did to this girl... Buried the report.

I mean, if it was your own daughter, Tom, yeah, I mean... Buried the report.

Jesus, Emma.

Oh, God.

But I don't see how he could know that.

I mean, he was illiterate.

I mean, I had to read everything to him. The probable cause affidavit, the arrest

reports, everything.

There's no way he could know that.

Hey, Danny.

It's so quiet out here and the light's so perfect. Why don't you get your book

and come out here and read?

Why?

I told you why.

Well, is it because he's like a flasher or just a peeper?

What do you know about that, a flasher?

Oh, you don't think I've been flashed before?

Oh, well, I certainly didn't mean to insult you. I'm sure you've been flashed

before. Look, if you want to come out, come on out. If you don't, go on.

Do whatever you want.

Oh, but don't go outside.

Afternoon, counselor.

What do you want, Mr. Katie?

They're great at that age, ain't they?

All those discoveries ahead of them.

You're lucky, Counselor.

My own daughter, she don't even know me.

After I went inside her, Mama told her I was dead, which, in a way, I was.

Look, Mr. Kay, I realize that you suffer.

I mean, I understand your problem, but, I mean, why me?

Look, I was your lawyer. I defended you.

I mean, why not badger the DA or the judge?

Badger? Yeah, well, why not then?

Why not?

Best I remember, they was just doing right by their jobs. Oh, I didn't do my

job.

Is that right?

Look, I pleaded you out to a lesser occluded offense.

You could have gotten rape instead of battery.

I'd have been up for parole either way in seven years, according to the Georgia

Penal Code. Rape is a capital offense.

I mean, you know, you could have gotten life. You could have done death. You

could be sitting on death row right now.

I learned to read during my stretch.

First, Spock goes through the form, then Runaway Bunny, then law books mostly.

Did you know that after I discharged you, I acted as my own attorney?

Lied several times for an appeal.

No, I didn't know that.

Mm-hmm.

So, here we are.

Two lawyers for all practical purposes, talking shop.

All right, how much do you want, Mr. Cady?

How much do I want, Warren?

How much money do you want?

Money?

Counselor, do I look destitute to you?

Well, I'm open to discussion within reasonable limits.

You ever been a woman?

What?

A woman.

Some fat, hairy, ugly hillbilly's wet dream.

Look, I realize that you suffered in prison. There's no question about that.

You don't know what suffering is, Counselor.

Like it says in Galatians 3, have you suffered so many things in vain?

Yeah, I learned from the get-go in the joint to get in touch with the soft,

nurturing side of myself, the feminine side.

open to some sort of discussion on compensation.

Well, what shall be my compensation, sir, for being held down, sodomized by

four white guys?

Four black guys?

Shall my compensation be the same? What is the formula for compensation, sir?

Well, how about $10,000 in cash?

Do I...

Well, let's just break that down.

No, no, let's just break it down. You see, that figure just came to the top of

my head. Let's just say for argument's sake, let's say $20,000. Let's say $30

,000. I'll tell you what, let's say $50,000.

$50,000 to 14 years. 14 years times 365 days is about, I'll say

about 5,000 days.

Now you divide that by $50,000 and that's like $10 a day.

That's not even minimum wage.

This ain't nothing about the family that I lost, the respect that I lost.

I don't think you really, really understand what we're talking about

here.

14 years.

Whoops. Uh-oh.

Gotta get.

I'm late for another pulpit.

Sound my man. I got some good news.

I got the bank. I got the account number. Ah, great. I'll call your son-in

-law's lawyer. Tell him we'll go into court.

Mr. Bowden, your wife's on line one. Ask her to hold. I gotta make a quick call.

I wouldn't make that call, Sam.

Way out here. Mr. Bowden, she says it's urgent.

Yeah.

This kind of horrible, high-pitched howls, they sounded like he was

screaming.

And then Danny came running in, and I, um...

I called the vet.

And then it was so weird because... It was like he was

winding down.

Just winding down like an old clock.

And then all of a sudden he just stopped.

And just kind of... His eyes just wide open and just kind of...

Surprised look.

And then... And then he died.

He just died before the vet even got here.

What'd the vet say?

That he was poisoned.

Poisoned? Poisoned? What kind of a poison?

I don't know what kind of poison. Oh, Jesus, Lee, I told you not to let him

out. I didn't let him out!

I didn't let him out!

I've got an English setter myself, so I don't cut into dog killers.

Trouble is, poisoning a dog is just a fine.

But if he's unemployed, he's got to have money, or we'll bust him for vagrancy.

We'll give him a full-body strip search.

Jerk, I'm not in this shit.

I got so many ways on the books to lean on an undesirable.

He'll feel about as welcome around here as a case of yellow feet.

Hands against the wall.

Spread them. Spread them.

Is that him?

Face the wall.

One-way mirror, Mr. Bowden. He doesn't know you're here.

Yeah. Yeah, that's him. Get the shirt off.

Come on, hurry up.

Let's go. Just pass it over to him.

Hand it to me.

All right, knock off the shoes.

Hand them to the other officer.

Say something to him.

I might want.

All right, let's put the arms out.

Put the arms out straight.

Roll your palms.

I'll do what he says.

Turn around, slow.

Gee, I don't know whether to look at him or read him.

Stand still.

One more step for you. You know the routine.

It's the wall.

We searched his apartment.

His car registration, everything's in order. There's no guns or any other

weapons, but we found these.

Katie's savings account.

$30,000.

Yeah, well, see, his mother died while he was serving, and the farm got sold

off. He got the proceeds.

Oh, he's got money.

Where does that leave us? Well, at the very least, we nail him for the dog. Now

what happens?

You let the dog out. Katie abducted him.

No, uh, we didn't let the dog out.

Well, Katie came into your house? Now, that's a legal entry with intent.

Yeah, but he, yeah, he didn't come into the house.

Look, I'm not a cop. I don't know exactly how he did it. I just know that

he did it somehow.

That's not good enough, Mr. Bowden. Now, you're a lawyer. You damn well know

that. Get off the fence.

Sooner or later, he's going to screw up. I mean, the sheriff assured me that they

always do. He's an ex-con, and then he's going to get the message in no uncertain

terms. I'd still like to kill him.

Now, Danny, how come you didn't join up with them? You can tap. Yeah, you can do

that. You can tap, dance. I wanted to once, but, oh, no.

Son of a bitch.

What?

He's staring at you.

What the hell are you doing?

All is a firecracker on 4th of July.

You're damn lucky to have her, boy.

You son of a bitch!

What's with you, buddy?

You have no right to be pushing me around like that. I was just watching a

parade. I wasn't pranking on nobody.

What are you getting so upset about?

If you like that, I'll sue you.

All right, all right. I'll tell you again. I am. I am. I'm settled now.

I didn't know. What are you doing? Oh, stop.

Who was that? Oh, that's no fun. Who was that? No, no.

I thought it was a tie. I bet you that.

I bet you that.

I think he really hurt his arm.

Well, that's an awfully strong drink you've got there, mister.

You said it, boy.

Just put a little goldfish in it and you'll be fine.

You seem to be having a good time.

I've been practicing.

Practicing for what?

A life of debauchery.

What?

Debauchery. It's a three-syllable word.

Make her fun of me. No, I'm not.

I made you blush.

Blush? Yes.

You're now the color of your shirt.

Scarlet.

I had no business getting stuck on a guy who was married.

You certainly did not. I don't know what I was thinking.

God only knows.

Now, aren't I the bozo on this bus?

Oh, God.

Unless you think that I slept with this particular married guy.

I don't want to make it sound like I've been through a busload of them.

That's the way it sounded to me.

He was the first.

Oh, yeah. He was, I swear.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, boy.

Tell it to the judge.

Actually,

the rat stood me up today.

Did he? Yes.

What a shame.

I know.

So, now it's my turn. Where are you from?

Where am I from? Yes.

You're going to love this. Yes.

I'm from, uh...

Georgia State Correctional Facility, 9.

I know you think I'm joking, but that's the truth. I just got released from

prison. Oh, my God.

This is the way my day's been turning out.

Actually, it reminds me of a joke.

Do you want to hear it? Tell me. I'm driving up the night.

All right.

An unmarried woman.

Wait a minute, that's not it. An unmarried woman... Come on, get the joke

straight, darling.

Shut up, shut up, let me do it.

An unmarried woman, she meets a guy, and he tells her he just got out of prison.

What'd you do, she asks.

I hacked my wife into 52 pieces with a... I'm kidding.

She says, so, you're single?

She got funnier.

Thank you.

Can I ask you something?

What? What did you do? I knew you were going to ask that.

I hacked my wife into 52 pieces. I was afraid you were going to say that.

Well, I'm a very small person, so you know me.

Well, maybe I can hack you into 40 pieces.

What did you do, really?

No, really. But what did you do?

Oh, I just... There was this protest march on this nuclear power plant, and

so... When they came to arrest us, this macho sheriff got a tad rough with the

lady behind me, so I popped the little bastard.

So he gave me a little time for it.

I'm drinking a sea breeze. I hope you can afford them.

But you gotta stay sober. If you ain't sober, then you're taking your chances.

Because I'm just one hell of an animal.

Yeah? Do tell.

Get you on the side, doll.

Let's do this.

Who is Loretta, anyway?

The love of my life. No longer with us. I thought I was the love of your life.

You're up to 52 feet.

You heard you like this, don't I, guy?

No. I heard you like this. I told you, we never did this.

You heard you like this?

Scandal. He's a rough one.

How's this feel?

I got you now, bitch!

Danny, when did this key stop working?

What?

Piano wire is missing.

Piano wire is missing. Was somebody fooling around with a piano?

What?

Yeah. Mr. Bowden? I think we might could have a little break here. Good, good.

I can be there in a half hour.

All right, fine. Thank you.

Katie Rick, another girl.

Right, but you said it was better. Well, hey, yeah, the case was a little wobbly.

I got it reduced.

Oh, I remember those days, old slippery sand. I'm sorry, Lee. I just didn't want

to alarm you or Danny.

Why, how old was that girl? Sixteen.

Sixteen what?

Well, my birthday is coming up.

Neighbors heard screams and called us. The perp drove off. Somebody made his

plate. Max, Katie.

Yeah, great.

I got one bitty problem.

Girl's scared.

She's claiming she fell down some stairs.

Sam.

Oh, my God.

You two know each other?

He stood me up at the club the other day, and then he didn't call.

And by last night, I was feeling pretty reckless.

I thought about what you said, you know, that your wife, that she didn't know I

existed.

And I felt like I was going to show you.

I guess I showed you all right today.

I guess I really showed you.

Sam, Sam, I know, I know how it works. I see it every day.

Only this time I'm on the other side.

I don't want to explain why I was in a bar and how much I had to drink and what

I was wearing.

I'm by the people I work with. I'm by the guys that I see cross-examine on the

people on the stand. Just crucify them and just laugh about it later.

They'll even ask about you.

All right, listen to me. I don't care about that. Well, I care about that.

I'm sure you do, too.

I'm terribly sorry, Louie. I'm just terribly sorry.

Look, if all this is something personal between you and the girl, Katie...

Personal? I mean...

All right, come on, Lieutenant.

All right. What do you imply?

Only that there are some things that are better handled quietly, not by the

police.

This Katie guy is planning to rape my wife, but it's not your problem anymore.

I can't bust someone for planning to rape your wife. You're a lawyer, Mr.

Bowden. You know that damn well.

Thanks all the same.

The way I'd handle it. What, file a restraining order? I already did. Just

think of this fellow Katie as a tiger.

The trick is to get him out of the brush.

How do we do that?

You stake out a couple of your goats and hide in a tree. What are you suggesting,

Lieutenant? That I use my family as bait?

And then what? What, am I going to hope that this psychopath attacks my wife and

child? And then what? Blow his head off?

I'm a law officer.

It would be unethical of me to advise a citizen to take the law into his own

hands. So, I suppose you must have misunderstood me. Oh, I guess I must

have.

Well, parm me all over the place.

And he's been harassing my family.

He's clever.

I mean, cleverly so that the law can't touch him. And also, I believe that he's

able to slip into the house and out undetected. Although, is he out? I can't

tell. He's either out or he's in. I'm not sure.

Well, I can't see through walls, Mr. Boone. Well, I'm not asking you to see

through walls.

That's fine.

I mean, why can't anybody do anything for me? What good are cops and laws and

due process?

Sam, Sam, Sam.

Calm down. Let me explain something to you.

See, the system is set up to handle generalized problems like burglary and

robbery. But if some lone creep out there targets you for some obscure

reason, the system's slow and skeptical.

It's pathetic, even.

What's your connection with this fellow?

I was his lawyer, his public defender.

Well, it just shafted him somehow, right?

Well, at least that's the way he perceives it. I don't care what you did.

What did he do?

He raped a 16-year-old girl.

You have a daughter around 16?

She's 15.

All right, here's the deal. I'll do a background check on him, follow him for

about a week, and write you up a risk assessment. All right, good, great,

great. Now, the cops... I can find him. All right, his name's Max Cady.

Just take it easy and stay calm.

Well, now, Danny, you can just relax because your daddy has a profit

investigator on the payroll.

Isn't that right?

What's your feeling about him? What? Sam Spade.

Mickey Spillane.

Peter Gunn.

Dirty Harry.

Perry Mason.

No, no, no. Perry Mason. Perry Mason was loyal.

No, the minute I walked in this guy's office, I felt totally relaxed.

I mean, this guy's totally in charge.

Kersick deals with these types for a living. I mean, he looked like he was

going to enjoy it.

Yes?

Yeah, it's me.

After you left?

I had this interesting conversation with a CO over at Statesboro Prison.

Seems our man Katie had a job in the kitchen.

Right. There was a feather inmate working in there with him. He was an

obstinate SOB. Right. Hated Katie's cigar smoking. He's always bitching and

moaning about it.

Well, one day they found him with his neck broke, his tongue bit off. Oh,

Jesus. Yeah.

They never could place Katie near the scene of the accident, if you want to

call it that.

At least not out loud.

But the parole board, they kept him in for another seven years.

Uh-oh, subject's on the move. Get a good night's sleep.

Who was that?

I thought we were relaxed now.

New Essex County Hospital. Yes, room 5036, please.

If I had any idea that Katie would hurt you to get at me, I would have warned

you. Yeah, I know.

I know. Yeah. I don't know. Well, yeah.

I feel the same way.

Well, so are you really determined about moving back to Connecticut?

Well, I thought about it a lot. I just think it's probably the best thing.

Yeah, I get it. I thought that maybe I could go back to school.

You know that sounds real good that's gonna work out fine. I'll get right

back to you Who

is

that

A girl that got beat up? Yes, it was a girl that got beat up. Lori Davis, I

already told you, she works at the county courthouse. She's a clerk.

Then what?

You're fucking her?

Interesting choice, that calling from our bedroom phone.

You know, why is it, why is it that whenever I have a private morning

conversation, you assume that I'm fucking someone, huh? Why is that?

That's why that psychopath chose her, right?

Yes, yes, that's why he chose her, but I'm not fucking her in any way.

Son of a bitch! Son of a bitch! Son of a bitch! Stop it! Leave!

Danny's right downstairs.

Oh, honey, there's nothing the matter.

Yeah, I can see that.

I thought you promised to leave all that shit behind in Atlanta.

What shit?

Oh, what shit?

Let's hear it.

Humiliation we went through, huh?

Confessing all our dirty little secrets in those horrible sessions with Dr.

Hackett. Oh yeah, we talked that one damn incident to death, didn't we? Yeah,

why did you bother? Because you asked me to go and I thought it was a damn

good... No, I mean why did you bother? Why did you bother?

Why did you bother with you and me?

That's what we decided to do. You said that you wanted to get out. You don't

get it, do you, Sam? All right, leave. What is it I don't get? You just don't

get it. What don't I get? Why put us through all of that?

Why?

Nadine, I'm just standing.

Nothing.

I'm just losing my mind here.

You know I had the balls to walk out if that's what you wanted.

Like I was going to split with you acting the way you were acting. Acting?

Yeah. You did some acting.

I don't remember doing any acting. Well, you don't remember doing any acting.

Well, hey, let me refresh your memory. Do you remember not taking any work for

three months? Do you remember that? Do you remember not fixing any meals? I'm

not on fucking trial here!

Do you remember crying every goddamn morning, afternoon, every evening?

Do you remember that?

Well, I scared you.

What did you think, Sam?

What did you think? You thought maybe I was going to kill myself?

What? Over you?

But who else?

Oh, you pompous asshole. Oh, God damn it, Lee. Who knew what you were going to

do? You wouldn't leave the bedroom.

Yeah, I wish you could say the same.

Now, look, isn't this what Dr. Hex is talking about?

Digging up the past.

I mean, the relevant issue here is whether I've been messing around in New

Essex, and I have not been.

And as far as this girl goes, this lawyer, she's just a kid.

Well, that shouldn't stop you. She's a baby.

I mean, you know, you gravitate to people in the same world as you perform.

You gravitate to women. Oh, come on, Lee. For Christ's sake, I'm a lawyer.

She's a clerk. She looks up to me. She's just infatuated. I can't help that.

You really are scared, aren't you? Oh, yeah.

Somebody finally got to you.

Look, Lee.

I think... I think that this guy beat and raped her because he knew that she

wouldn't testify.

That she wouldn't press charges.

Because she knows the system.

I mean, she works in it.

She knows that she'd be on trial.

And then because she wouldn't testify, you would assume that...

There was something going on between us.

And it would cause a rift.

And we'd be much more liable to him.

I'm glad we talked about this because now we can work together. We can beat

that son of a bitch, the two of us together, working as a team.

Oh, yeah. This is something else. Oh,

shit.

Here you go.

Sorry, I haven't ordered yet.

That fellow over there sent this over. Paid for and all.

Which one? That guy was just leaving.

Katie, come here.

Wait a second.

You know, I've been in a real bad mood lately.

It's a shame, isn't it?

You know what you can do to brighten my mood?

No. Get the hell out of here.

I don't mean just this little town. I mean the whole goddamn state.

I don't want to see you. I don't want to hear you. And I don't want to smell you.

Now leave.

I like to... Are you my friend?

No, I'm not your friend. Oh, because I thought maybe you were my friend,

because I like to plan my comings and goings with friends. But if you're not

my friend, you're planning my comings and goings, I'd call that presumptuous.

In fact, I'd call it downright rude, because I ain't your porch baby, buddy.

Well, gee, golly gosh.

I sure am sorry I offended you, you white trash piece of shit.

Ooh, I got the all-over fidges on that one. You're really shaking me up. I'm

shivering all over.

Ooh, it's not necessary to lay a foul tongue on me, my friend.

I could get upset.

Things could get out of hand.

And then in self-defense, I could do something to you that you would not like

right here.

Anytime you feel squirrely, you just jump.

You threatening me?

You threatening me?

You catch on fast.

Because I'm well within my rights to be here, and you know it.

And if I stay here, what you going to do? I don't give a rat's ass about your

rights. You just watch your step. And you know what I'm talking about.

What you going to do, arrest me?

You a cop? Or were you a cop?

Or were you not good enough to remain on the force? Because you know what? That's

the feeling I'm getting here.

Hope you enjoyed your breakfast.

Ma'am, this belonged to you. Can I help you? I just found it.

I thought you might need it back.

About to frighten you, bud.

If a dog catcher comes across a dog without a license, he's liable to think

it's a stranger. God knows what to it.

Well, you know, our dog is... He passed away.

Oh, what a shame.

Man's best friend and all.

Woman's too.

Even without closing my eyes, I can picture him.

Big, friendly, shaggy, asleep at your feet.

Keeping you company while you're trying to finish up those pesky little

sketches.

You're Max Cady, aren't you?

You know you better get the hell out of here before I call the police.

I'm not doing nothing.

I'm just giving you back your dog collar. I'm not on your property.

What would you come out here for? You want to look around?

Go ahead, Mr. Cady. Take a good look.

Nice house. Yeah, it is a nice house. You satisfied now? You seen it?

Or is there more?

Huh?

Is that it?

Oh, there is gonna be more, isn't there, Mr. Katie, huh? You won't stop until

you're happy.

How can I be happy, Lee, when you're not happy?

You don't know anything about me.

I know what I see, ma'am. Yeah?

Mm-hmm.

Well, I wanted to know what you looked like. I've been waiting to see your

face, but you know, now that I see you, you are just repulsive.

I understand.

Yeah. I'm not your type. No.

All that prison time made me coerce.

Guess I'm covered in too many tattoos, huh?

But you see, there's not a whole hell of a lot to do in prison but desecrate your

flesh.

Coerce, it didn't have to be that way for either of us if your husband hadn't

betrayed us both.

Who knows? We might have been different people.

We might have been happy.

Lee? Mom!

Someone's on the phone. Danny!

Don't come out here!

Sam! Hey, Sam!

Yo, Sam!

Sam, I thought I'd catch you here.

Well, a little smarter, like, made me.

Hey, what? Well, it wasn't my fault. He's looking to be covered.

You're right. There's a lot of cutie cutie in that little prick in there.

Yeah, I told you. You know where he was today?

To the public library reading Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche. He's

this German philosopher. He said that God is dead.

Yeah, look, we can keep going this way, but it's going to get awful expensive,

Sam.

Well, look, I'm not so concerned about days. Just stay on them a few more

nights, will you? Look, do you really want to resolve this situation?

Yes, I'd love to resolve and I got a suggestion There's men that can be hired

by me to do a little job on Katie little hospital job

What are we talking about two pieces of pie

from a bicycle chain Sam You want to be so scary after that? I'm Lord, right?

We agree that I'm alone. Yeah, you know, maybe two thousand years ago We're

taking this guy out stolen

I can't operate outside the law. Law's my business.

I'm home.

Where is everybody?

Here.

Good evening, ladies.

I'm checking.

How is everything? Is everything okay?

Yeah. Good.

Good.

Is this Danielle Bowden? Yeah.

It's your new teacher calling.

From English or drama?

Drama.

So how you doing? Fine.

Well, I'm just going down the list, greeting my summer students.

You sound kind of down.

No.

Um, there's just been stuff going on around here, that's all.

I see. Anything I can do?

I doubt it. I mean, shit happens, you know, like the T-shirt says.

use that.

What do you mean?

Well, I'm the kind of teacher that takes a very personal interest in his kids.

And don't mind me if I tell you, everything you're going through, it's

okay. Go with it.

The awkwardness you feel, say, when you're walking down the street, some

leering fool is making fun of your sexuality.

The turmoil you feel, extra bad when that particular time comes around.

The anger that you feel, your mom and dad won't let you just grow up and be

yourself, be a woman.

Go with it. Don't suppress or deny it. Use it in your life and your work.

Okay. I mean, uh, that's... I'll have to think about all that.

So, um, class is tomorrow in room 110, right?

No, it's been changed to the theater. I mean, what better place for drama,

right? Yeah.

And remember, Danielle...

You can use all those fears to draw upon and learn.

You know this little tune?

Trust in me, because I'm a do-right man.

Okay?

Okay, night now.

Okay.

Good night.

You know, honey, I think maybe I should walk you in.

Oh, no, it's okay, Mom. There's a lot of people here.

Well, I'll be right here at 4 o'clock to pick you up. Okay?

Bye.

I didn't think summer session was going to be so cool. It's not. They're just

having a big meeting about next fall's chorus program. I have to go downstairs

for drama. Okay.

Bye.

Hello Nadine

I'm

here for the drama class

Oops.

Am I busted?

No. I hope not.

You can't smoke grass in school.

Privilege of the profession.

Ease of inhibitions.

You down here for drama?

Yeah. Are you the, um, drama teacher?

No, you're... Let me guess.

Cecile James?

No. I'm, um, Danielle Bowden.

Danielle, oh, we spoke last night.

Yeah.

Oh, I'm sorry. How rude.

It's okay.

I think we're alone now.

Okay.

Thanks.

Here. I won't give this to you.

Ow.

Little trick I learned. Take it.

You know, when we spoke on the phone last night, you really

made sense to me, and I thought a lot.

Those are human truths, darling. That's what it's all about, and that's what we

deal with here.

See the book you have, Thomas Wolfe?

It's all about self-discovery, the inner voyage.

I like the end where Eugene's journey, it was really

mystical, you know, and it was almost like a pilgrimage.

Almost like a cop-out, if you ask me.

Well, those were the facts of Wolfe's life.

The novel is what you would call a romance enclave.

You know what that is?

Sure.

Well, no, no, that can't escape your demons just by leaving home.

Although writers do find new freedom when they relocate abroad.

Take Henry Miller. Have you read his trilogy?

Plexus, Nexus, and Sexus?

No. You haven't read that?

No.

You're missing something.

Well, you know what? I did read Tropic of Cancer.

Just parts of it, though, because I had to sneak it off my parents' shelf, you

know? But his descriptions are pretty vivid, I can say.

In one of the novels, I don't recall which, he describes an erection as a

piece of lead with wings on it.

I didn't read that part.

Of course not.

You're not allowed.

Your parents don't want you to achieve adulthood. That's natural.

They know the pitfalls of adulthood, all that freedom. They know it only too

well.

Temptation to stray, deflecting their guilt and anger onto you for a crime

that's not even a crime, for smoking grass.

Wait a second.

Where are you from?

Where am I from?

Yeah. Where do you think I'm from?

I don't know, but... I told you you were going to get mad at me.

No.

I'm from a black forest.

That's funny.

You're not the drama teacher, are you?

Maybe I'm the big bad wolf.

So you're that guy that's been hanging around the house?

You're the one that killed my mom's dog?

Your mom's dog was killed?

Yeah.

I don't even know anything about that.

That's a shame.

That's a damn shame.

Yes, it was.

What kind of dog was it?

I don't know. He was just... He was fluffy and...

Fluffy?

Mm-hmm.

So you didn't do that?

Of course I didn't do that.

Okay.

I wouldn't do that.

So why, what are you doing here, then?

Well, I came to meet you, to be honest with you.

Why?

Because.

I wanted to meet you, see what you're like.

I see you're a nice person.

You're not going to hurt me, are you? I'm not going to hurt you at all.

There's no hurting here, Danielle.

Between us, there's no anger, nothing.

Just a search for truth.

I mean, did you judge me? Did you get angry at me when you caught me smoking

the grass?

No.

But your parents, they judged you. They got plenty angry at you, didn't they?

Yeah. Mm-hmm. They punished you for their sins.

What'd they do?

They, um, my dad, they just yelled a whole lot, and, um,

my mom cried, and my dad said I couldn't drive a Cherokee.

Yeah, they punished you for their sins, and you resent that, and you should

resent it.

But Professor Do-Right has a little advice for you.

You shouldn't damn them.

Don't judge them. Just forgive them, for they know not what they do.

Well, um, why do you hate my father? I don't hate him at all. Oh, no. I pray

for him.

I'm here to help him.

I mean, we all make mistakes, Danielle.

You and I have.

But at least we try to admit it.

Don't we?

Yeah. Mm-hmm.

But your daddy, he don't.

Every man carries a circle of hell around his head like a halo.

Your daddy, too.

Every man, every man has to go through hell to reach his paradise.

You know what paradise is?

No. Salvation.

Because your daddy's not happy.

Your mommy's not happy.

And you know what?

You're not happy.

Are you?

No, I'm not.

You thought about me last night, didn't you?

Yes,

I did.

I know.

You know, I think I might have found a companion.

A companion for that long walk to the lake.

Do you mind if I put my arm around you?

It's okay.

No, I don't mind.

Thank you.

Curse him. Where the hell have you been? For Christ's sake, he came at my

daughter at school. You asked me to watch him nights. I'm watching him

nights. What happened? Well, my wife, Lee, she found some marijuana in one of

Danny's school books. Now, we don't know if he gave it to her or exactly what

happened. She's scared and she won't talk about it. But now this has gone far

enough. It's got to stop. You phoned the cops.

No, I didn't phone the cops. I mean, what did you call him? You called him

slow, skeptical, pathetic even. Danny. No, Lee, Lee, that's all right.

Kersick, look, I want to hire those three guys. You remember?

The hospital job.

Consider it done.

The sooner the better.

Three men's going to cost you a grand.

Now, I know that's not chicken feed, but you don't want to go with less than

three. It's better to overdo it.

Okay. You'll have the money in the morning. All right. Then we'll be on for

tomorrow night. Sam, you feel good about this?

Do you notice these young people?

They don't look very happy.

They're committed to their professions and to their ambitions, but they're not

committed to each other. Katie, shut up and listen.

If you don't leave, if you don't leave my family alone, and if you don't get

out of here, you're going to be hurting like you never dreamed.

Could you repeat that? I said, if you don't get out of here, you're going to

be hurting like you...

A threat.

Yeah, you bet your ass that's a threat.

Well, I have thought of relocating somewhere where I'd be more appreciated.

California, perhaps.

I could teach earthquake preparedness.

Well, then it hits me.

I love New Essex County.

I mean, where else could I just casually confer with an old colleague?

We're not colleagues.

Do you understand that? We're not colleagues.

You don't think you're better than me? No, I don't think I'm better than you.

That's not the goddamn... Good, because if you're not better than me, then I can

have what you have.

What do I have?

A wife, a daughter.

I'm going to teach you the meaning of commitment.

Fourteen years ago, I was forced to make a commitment to an eight-by-nine sale,

and now you're going to be forced to make a commitment.

You could say I'm here to save you.

Check out the Bible counselors look between Esther and Psalms

Danny

Danny You all right, it's

everything all right, yeah This isn't gonna work,

you know what isn't gonna work Locking us in, hiding us from the world. Oh,

don't be so dramatic, Danny.

Making me stay out of school.

Well, you're going back to school tomorrow.

And put some clothes on. You're not a little kid anymore.

Yeah, and why am I going back to school tomorrow?

What are you gonna do?

That's none of your concern, Danny.

Dad, he didn't force himself on me, you know.

I know you'd like to think that he did, but...

I think he was... I think he was just trying to make a connection with me, you

know? Danny?

No.

Do you understand?

No.

There will never be any connection between you...

What are you laughing about?

Why are you smiling? I'm asking you a question. Did he touch you?

Didn't you let that smile off your face? I'm asking you, did he touch you?

Oh, Max.

Counselor? Counselor?

Is that you?

I ain't no white trash piece of shit. I'm better than you all.

I can out-learn you.

I can out-read you.

I can out-think you.

And I can out-philosophize you.

And I'm going to outlast you.

You think a couple of whacks to my good old boy gut's going to get me down?

It's going to take a hell of a lot more than that, counselor, to prove you're

better than me.

century. Counselor?

Counselor?

Could you be there?

Could you be there?

Counselor?

I wonder if you're here.

Ah, fuck it.

If you were here, what's the fuck's the difference?

Fuck.

I've got Mr. Kersick on one. I'm good, but I'll take it.

Tom.

Sam, you look tired.

You get that rip? No, no, we gotta get into that. Let me just grab this.

Kersick. Look, I'm damn sorry about last night. That sumbitch could survive a

preemptive nuclear strike. All right, hang on a sec, hang on a sec.

Tom, I'm not doing it. I pulled a fast one that's come back and it's bit me on

the ass in a major way. What you did was dumb. What I'm asking here is no big

deal, Sam. This is my daughter, for Christ's sake. No, Tom, it's perjury and

it's bullshit and I'm not doing it. Now, excuse me, all right?

I'll be in my office. All right.

Uh, Tom, who was that top criminal lawyer? Lee Heller.

Kersick. We need to talk. Trouble is, word gets out how Katie bushwhacked

those poor bastards. There's gonna be a big line of three new guys. I don't want

three new guys. No more guys, you hear me?

Mr. Heller, it's Sam Bowden from Broadbent, Denmark.

Uh, Tom speaks very highly of you. In fact, he says you're the best, and the

best is what I need right now.

Well, it's a simple petition for a restraining order, but there's been some

complications. Now, I know this is short notice, but look, I need this

injunction. You see, there's an ex-convict by the name of Max Cady. He's

been harassing my family. Sorry, Mr.

Bowden, I can't continue this conversation.

Well, is there a more convenient time?

No, no, the damn thing is, I have a conflict. What would that be? Well, you

see, Mr. Cady retained my services as of yesterday. He what?

But wait a minute, Lee. Now, look, this man is a psychotic. He's a... Could

you repeat that? I say it.

If you don't leave.

If you don't leave my family alone and if you don't get out of here, you're

gonna be hurting like you never dreamed.

A threat.

Yeah. You bet your ass that's a threat.

You need only glance at my client.

to know that Mr. Bowden made good on his heinous and cowardly

threat. Just as God arose to judgment to save all the meek of the earth, I hope

and pray you will do the same, sir. Your Honor, Mr.

Cady wouldn't have surreptitiously taped our meeting unless he knew that he'd...

This court does not condone...

feuds, vendettas, or vigilantism.

Let me quote our great Negro educator, Mr. Booker T. Washington.

I will let no man drag me down so low as to make

me hate him.

Yes.

I will grant the restraining order not to validate the malice between you,

but in the interest of...

Christian Harmony, you may not come within 500 yards of

Mr.

Maximilian Ketty until such time as the court may

lift the injunction.

King Solomon could not have adjudicated more wisely, Your Honor.

I am so offended by the Philistine tactics of Mr. Bowdoin.

I petitioned the ABA for his disbarment on the grounds of moral turpitude.

Now, if you will excuse us, my client, come on, son, is due back at the

hospital for the results of his numerous x

-rays.

Kersick, I want a gun.

I need a gun. I want a gun.

You want a gun? Yeah, I need a gun.

You know anything about guns?

No, no, I don't believe in them. I never had them around the house or anything.

All right, all right, I'll get you a gun. What kind of gun do you want to

calm down? Well, it's just something simple, something I can handle.

Let me see what fits you.

Let me see your hands. Okay.

A .38 snub-nose special, yeah.

All right, good.

I can even teach you how to use it. All right, great. But first lesson is this.

Don't think of it as shooting a man or trying to kill him.

Think of it as an extension of your fist. You're just reaching out and

knocking a man down. Boom.

All right.

Later on, we can go out to the woods and shoot some trees. Oh, that'd be great.

That'd be great. Good.

What is it?

What?

Sam, I'll give you a gun. You pull it on Katie.

Then it's going to dawn on you that shooting a man is different than blowing

holes in some tree.

Next thing you know, you don't have my gun. Katie does. No, no, no. You're

going to teach me. I know how to handle a gun.

All right, all right.

You won't take it away from me. Best case scenario, you kill Katie, dog dead.

Fifteen years of life. Do you realize that, Counselor?

It's all fucked up, Mercy.

I mean, the law considers me more of a loose cannon than Max Cady. Some big

shit attorneys whipped the ABA's ethics committee into a frenzy.

There's an emergency session in Raleigh over the assault.

Aren't they linked up to you? I went to warn Cady that...

I thought it was a decent thing to do. Maybe I'd scare him.

He was wired.

Goddamn fools.

This hearing is real important.

Only if I want to continue to practice law, yeah.

Katie isn't expected there, is she?

No, no, no, no, no. Mr. Katie, he's beyond reproach. But you're required to

be there. Yeah.

What is this hearing?

It's Thursday morning, 9 o'clock.

Now torture begins and lasts for two days.

Do you have to fly out the night before?

No.

Katie's an opportunist.

If he thinks you're going to be out of town for two days, that's going to be a

tempting to him as shit as to a fly.

If Katie breaks into your home, he can be killed.

Justifiably.

But he won't show unless he's real sure you're not going to be there.

I didn't miss the 920 to Raleigh. I'm afraid you did, sir, but there was a

1020. Oh, it's not that. I have some very, very important papers for Samuel

Bolton. Was he on the 920?

Oh, we can't give out that information, sir.

Well, I just... I guess I could send it to him overnight, but he might be back

for all I know tomorrow morning, and I... My wife and I have been in an

accident, and...

He's our lawyer, and if I don't get in touch with him, then we could lose this

case. We've already lost our little daughter, Danny.

Is there any way I can find out if he was on that flight and when he's coming

back? It'd really, really, really help us.

He'll be back the day after tomorrow, sir.

Bless your heart.

You better slow down, Sam. You're outpacing me two to one since you

started swimming. Just keep track of how many I owe you.

So how'd it go at the airport?

Well, we did our thing, but we don't know if he saw us. We don't even know if

he was there.

Well, set the trap and we'll see.

What if we don't want to see?

Danny! What?

Maybe he poisoned the dog.

Sam! Watch out for the windows. Hey, you're not allowed to stand up, Dad,

remember?

Didn't Katie go after her? You don't know Danny. If she finds a palmetto bug

in her bedroom, she takes it outside.

You know, she could never kill anything.

Give him a six-foot palmetto bug?

Oh, God.

What is that?

Well, it's a monofilament line.

Got it from Sam's Fishing Gear.

See, what I do is I stretch it across the windows and the doors and tie it to

Danny's teddy bear here.

If the bear moves a quarter of an inch, I know if the Holy Ghost is sneaking in.

What are you reading?

Why did Cursor quit?

No.

It's just that Katie said... You want some answers?

Me too.

I'd like to know just how strong we are.

Or how weak.

But I guess the only way we're going to find that out is just by...

I just said Katie said to read the book between Esther and Psalms.

Which one?

The book of Job.

Job was a good man. He believed in God.

God tested his faith and took away his sins.

It's hideous, this plan.

I mean, barbaric.

They're crazy. My dad's turned into some kind of... I don't know what.

Barbaric.

Listen to your father.

Do what they say.

What else you can do?

Leave. We could go to the houseboat, you know, and get lost in any inlet.

Danny, come on.

Don't stay outside.

You know what? You want to know what really disturbs me?

It's killing this guy.

I mean, taking a man's life.

I don't know if I can live with that.

You may have to.

Sam, just remember the plan.

Oh, I know the plan.

Damn it. It's premeditated.

It makes me an accomplice, an accessory, and a better.

It's also excessive force.

You know, Sam, the only thing excessive we could do to Katie would be to gut him

and eat his liver.

Well, that might be excessive.

Jesus Christ, Kersick, I'm serious.

Well, now you're scared, but it's okay.

I want you to savor that fear.

You know, the South evolved in fear.

Fear of the Indian, fear of the slave.

For the damn Union.

South has a fine tradition of savoring fear.

What's the matter?

What would she normally do if Sam wasn't around to run her home?

She'd stay home.

Well, then she stays over.

the weirdest feeling he was already in the house.

Can't sleep, huh, Miss Graziella?

Yeah, it's hot.

You know, I think it's your humidity that makes us all so thirsty.

Excuse me.

My papa's a cop.

20 years.

It's his favorite drink. He's on stakeout.

Stay here, Lee.

Kerseg?

Kerseg?

Danny Danny go back to your room go back to your room lock the door

Sam! Denny, Denny, don't look.

Oh my god, I'm going down.

Denny, Denny, don't look.

Now, listen, I've got Kersick's gun with me, and you're going to find the piano

wire that Katie used in the house.

Now, I know how this looks. I know it. You're not supposed to flee a murder

scene.

Listen, Lieutenant, now, you may know this and you may not, but in the law,

there's a thing called force majeure. It means an unforeseeable act of God, and

it cancels all promises and obligations.

So legally speaking, all bets are off.

You find Max Katie, and we'll come back.

what did he say he said we're fugitives what's that mean that means we're doing

something right

I don't want no W's, folks.

Tomorrow I'll catch a fish.

Oh, you know, you don't have to. I've got enough food here to last us a week.

But it'd be nice.

Good.

It's only raining a sheet of rain.

What was that?

It's just a squall.

I'll go check the anchor. Wait, Dad, don't go out.

No, Dad. Now, look, everything is okay, all right? Yeah, we're on the river now,

baby. It's just a squall kicking up.

Gracie has a brother.

I mean, she had.

We'll get in touch with her right away.

Sam!

We're making some tea!

Sam!

What's that?

Are we moving?

Evening, ladies.

You know my husband has a gun.

Not this gun.

Is it this gun?

Where is he?

Resting up. Had a long, difficult day.

Danielle, I told you, you can't escape your demons just by leaving home.

I didn't.

My parents brought me here. Of course.

Where's sexist?

Back at the house.

Shame. I had hoped we could read aloud from it together.

Well, I, um... I memorized some for you. Did you?

Yeah. Did you?

Yeah. Well, I'm impressed.

Which part?

The part... You know, what part, you know?

I don't think you did your homework.

I did.

What parts were they?

The good parts?

Yeah. Were you a good girl?

I was. I knew you'd follow me here.

You know me pretty well, don't you, darling? Yeah.

You're going to get to know me a lot better, too.

Are you offering me something, hon?

Let's get something straight here.

I spent 14 years in an 859 cell surrounded by people who were less than

human.

My mission in that time was to become more than human.

You see?

Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church.

Granddaddy drank strychnine.

I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking.

I almost forgive you, Danielle, honey.

But I know that wasn't a real you. True you. But I would like you to wait in the

hole.

Danielle?

Danielle! Get in the hole!

Ready to be born again, Ms. Bolden?

A few minutes alone with me, darling, and you will be speaking in tongues.

Excuse me, Mr. Speak.

Please don't take umbrage.

But in the plan that I have formulated, there's much more to it than just you

and I just making love.

I mean, that's just so commonplace and dreary.

Here and now, we're having an opportunity.

What is that opportunity, lad?

Why, here and now, we're having an opportunity to get pissed.

It's a crime attack. No! No!

Close the hides and the jibs.

To the mama's true love of her daughter, if you all get my meaning.

Come on out, babe.

Come on, darling. Let's go.

Get out.

Katie,

listen to me. This is between you and me. Leave them out of it. This is my

night, counselor. Don't you scare me.

Stop!

Stop!

Yes, Lee?

Listen to me.

Maths. Listen to me.

You know, Max, since all this started, I've thought about you all the time.

I've tried to imagine what it must have been like for you all those years locked

up in jail.

I've tried to imagine you and even your crimes and how you must have felt in

those moments that you did them.

You see, I know about loss, Max. I know about losing time,

even losing years.

And I know it doesn't compare to jail, but I can understand.

And I can share this with you because of that, whatever it is that you've got

planned.

I want you to do it just with me.

What do you think, counselor?

That was real eloquently.

Brave, too.

I want to thank you for conveying to me your very powerful emotions.

Because...

I'm going to enjoy

this all the more.

The people call Samuel J.

Boat.

Do you swear to tell the truth about the truth, so help you God? Katie,

somebody's got a man in the boat. We're heading into unprotected water. Do you

swear? I'll do it. Sit down.

Don't you make light of your shitty duty, darling. Go to the jury.

All right, all right. Okay, okay. I swear to tell the truth. What do you

want to know? Was a prior sexual history ever prepared connection with my

defense?

Was a prior sexual history ever prepared to connect with my defense?

I'm sorry, your honor. I agree. That was argumentative. An investigator did

prepare prior sexual history on the alleged victim, true?

I can't ask these questions, your honor. He is a hostile witness.

And would you care to tell the court what the gist was of this report?

Teddy, it was 14 years ago. I can't remember that.

Can he answer when you're hitting him like that?

She's purging herself, Your Honor. He knows damn well exactly what it said.

Don't you?

It said that she was promiscuous. It said that she had three different lovers

and one more love. At least three! At least three! And did you show this

report to the DA?

No.

I only discovered a paper that I didn't represent myself.

Six years into my sentence, but there it was in the court files. But back in 77,

you buried it, Counselor. Would you care to tell the judge why?

Would you care to tell the court why?

Because I know he brutally raped her and he beat her. Talk to me! I'm staying

here!

Just because she was promiscuous didn't give you the right to rape her.

Then you brag to me that you beat two prior agriphasia grades. You are a

menace. You were my lawyer.

You were my lawyer. That report would have saved me 14 years.

You're probably right. You self-righteous moat.

Virgil, Counselor, and I'm guiding you through the gates of hell.

We are now in the ninth circle, the circle of traitors.

Traitors to country, traitors to fellow man, traitors to God.

You, sir, are charged with betraying the principles of all faith.

Can you please quote for me the American Bar Association's Rules of Professional

Conduct, Canon 7?

A lawyer should represent his client. Should jealously represent his client

within the bounds of the law.

And I find you guilty, counselor.

Guilty of betraying your fellow man.

Guilty of betraying your country.

Guilty of abrogating your oath.

Guilty of judging me and selling me out.

And with the power vested in me by the kingdom of God, I send you to the ninth

circle of hell.

Laws of freedom.

Laws of humanity.

Now, you and I will truly be the same, Counselor.

Danielle, get down on your knees.

Both of you, take off your clothes. Down on your knees.

No, no, no, no.

Take off your clothes. Get down on your knees.

We never spoke about what happened, at least not to each other.

Fear, I suppose, that to remember his name or what he did would mean letting

him into our dreams.

And me, I hardly dream about him anymore.

Still, things won't ever be the way they were before he came, but that's all

right.

Because if you hang on to the past, you die a little every day.

And for myself, I know I'd rather live.