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♪ IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

♪ I'VE GOT TROUBLES WALL TO WALL ♪

♪ IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

♪ YEAH

♪ MUST BE AN ENDING TO IT ALL ♪

♪ OH

♪ BUT HOLD ON

♪ IT WON'T BE LONG

♪ JUST YOU BE STRONG

♪ AND IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT

♪ IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

♪ IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

♪ OH

VIRGIL, YOUR WIFE CALLED

TO REMIND YOU TO BUY MILK.

NO NEED. I'M USING MY NEW MEMORY SYSTEM.

NEW WHAT?

FIRST, YOU VISUALIZE YOUR WATCH SOAKED IN MILK,

THEN YOU WEAR IT ON THE OPPOSITE WRIST FROM NORMAL.

SEE. IT DOESN'T FEEL NORMAL.

THEN YOU JUST KEEP THINKING--

MILK, MILK, MILK.

DOESN'T THAT MAKE IT HARD TO CONCENTRATE

ON ANYTHING ELSE IMPORTANT?

YOU CAN MAKE JOKES, BUT IT'S FOOLPROOF.

SO IF YOU NEED MILK AND SOMETHING ELSE,

YOU GOT TO HAVE TWO WATCHES.

I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO DIGNIFY THAT WITH A RESPONSE.

WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?

SOMETHING FUNNY GOING ON?

YOU GOT OUR MONEY. NOW GET OUT!

POLICE!

FREEZE!

I TRIED TO STOP HIM.

TAKE IT EASY.

RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE.

THERE, THERE, THERE.

I'LL GET YOU AN AMBULANCE AS SOON AS I CAN.

SPARTA TWO TO DISPATCHER.

I'VE GOT A 211 AT HADLEY'S CONVENIENCE STORE.

REQUESTING AMBULANCE FOR CLERK

WITH LACERATIONS ON FOREHEAD.

PERPETRATOR WEARING SKI MASK, DARK JACKET,

DARK JEANS--BLUE.

PERPETRATOR IS ARMED.

SEND AVAILABLE BACKUP UNITS.

I'M PURSUING TOWARDS MANCHESTER.

ROGER.

EXCUSE ME, SIR. POLICE OFFICER.

DID YOU SEE ANYBODY COME BY HERE?

POLICE!

FREEZE!

SURE THERE'S JUST ONE?

JUST ONE.

BACK THERE. I THINK I GOT HIM.

YOU SURE DID GET HIM.

I TOLD HIM TO FREEZE.

HE TURNED AND STARTED BRINGING UP HIS GUN.

GOOD LORD. IT'S A GIRL.

SHE DREW ON ME.

DON'T SEE ANY GUN.

BOBBY, GET AN AMBULANCE.

SHE HAD A GUN IN HER RIGHT HAND.

IT HAS TO BE THERE.

I SAW IT BEFORE SHE EVEN TURNED AROUND.

OH...I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR THE GUN.

UH...I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE SOMETHING HOT.

O.K. UM...

SWEET.

THANKS.

SOON AS IT'S DAYLIGHT, I'LL SEND SOME GUYS

TO LOOK FOR THAT GUN AGAIN.

HOW FAR CAN A GUN GO?

WELL, NOT TOO FAR, I WOULDN'T THINK.

UNLESS SHE FLUNG IT, AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY.

I SAW A GUN.

I KNOW.

WHEN MRS. TIBBS CALLED SHE WAS A LITTLE ANXIOUS.

DID YOU GET BACK TO HER?

NO.

I THINK SHE'D LIKE TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM YOU.

WHAT ABOUT THE GIRL?

HER NAME'S RAYLENE TOLLIVER.

I'VE KNOWN HER FAMILY.

HER DADDY WORKED AT THE DEPOT.

I'VE KNOWN HER WELL ENOUGH TO SAY HI.

A CHILD.

SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 18.

SHE WAS 20, ACCORDING TO HER DRIVER'S LICENSE.

VIRGIL, I'VE GOT TWO CHOICES IN A CASE LIKE THIS.

I CAN TAKE YOU OFF DUTY,

GIVE YOU SOME DAYS OFF,

OR YOU CAN JUST, UH...

STAY ON DUTY... WORKING.

GIVE ME YOUR GUN.

WELL...YOU KNOW, REGULATIONS.

I HAVE TO ASK FOR IT.

IT'S PART OF THE INVESTIGATION.

IT DOESN'T MEAN A THING.

MAYBE NOT TO YOU.

YOU O.K.?

YEAH.

I GOT THE MILK.

JUST THREE HOURS LATE.

YOU WANT ANYTHING?

OH, NO.

NO, I'M FINE. I...

I'M JUST TIRED.

SURE? I WAS GOING TO BARBECUE,

BUT I WAS... YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR YOU.

ALTHEA, I DON'T FEEL LIKE EATING.

DO YOU WANT ME TO LEAVE YOU ALONE?

I'M FINE. REALLY.

ALTHEA, I FEEL...

TERRIBLE...

ABOUT THAT GIRL. IT'S--

HER BROTHER...

HE'S IN MY FIFTH PERIOD HEALTH CLASS.

CHIEF GILLESPIE TOLD ME THE LAST NAME.

WE FIGURED OUT THEY WERE IN THE SAME FAMILY.

SO I'VE MANAGED TO RUIN YOUR DAY FOR TOMORROW.

HONEY, I CAN HANDLE IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S WEIRD?

THERE WERE A DOZEN TIMES

I COULD'VE KILLED SOMEBODY BACK HOME IN PHILADELPHIA,

AND THAT'S REALLY WHY I WANTED TO COME DOWN HERE.

PARTLY JUST TO... GET AWAY FROM ALL THAT.

IT'S A NICE...

QUIET, LITTLE COMMUNITY.

GOOD VALUES, SANE PEOPLE...

AND A 20-YEAR-OLD KID PULLS A GUN ON ME--

A GIRL--

AND I BLOW HER AWAY.

THIS ABOUT IT?

NO, A LITTLE FURTHER.

LITTLE FURTHER.

RIGHT THERE.

YEAH. OK.

I WAS STANDING HERE,

AND SHE WAS RIGHT ABOUT THERE.

WERE THERE ANY LIGHTS COMING FROM THESE HOUSES HERE?

NOT A WHOLE LOT.

BUT YOU SAW PRETTY WELL?

IF I COULDN'T, YOU SHOULD CHARGE ME FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

I'M ON YOUR SIDE.

THE LIGHT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO SEE A FIGURE...

ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE SUSPECT.

THE CLOTHES LOOKED SIMILAR.

YOU COULDN'T TELL IT WAS A WOMAN?

I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT.

I SAW A MAN COMING UP WITH A GUN.

CAN'T WE CLEAR OUT THESE PEOPLE?

ALL RIGHT.

COME ON. GO ON HOME.

GO ON NOW. GO HOME.

JAMISON, TURN AROUND AND THEN TURN BACK AGAIN

LIKE YOU'RE SHOOTING A GUN.

WAS THAT ABOUT IT?

YEAH. ONLY SHE DIDN'T GET THAT FAR.

BUT YOU CLEARLY SAW A GUN?

I HAD A MILLISECOND STANDING HERE

WITH EVERY INSTINCT SAYING

I WAS HALFWAY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

I'VE TRAINED FOR THAT MILLISECOND

MY ENTIRE POLICE CAREER.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOOD,

BUT THERE SIMPLY APPEARS TO BE NO GUN.

IF I WERE YOU,

I'D ASSUME MY CHIEF OF DETECTIVES LOST HIS NERVE

AND JUST SHOT SOME KID

WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN THE WRONG PLACE.

VIRGIL, I BELIEVE YOU.

I'M GOING TO WRITE THIS UP

AS A JUSTIFIABLE SHOOTING.

A JUSTIFIED SHOOTING?

YES.

I WOULDN'T WRITE IT THAT WAY FOR YOU.

I HOPE YOU WILL NOT BE DISHONEST ENOUGH

TO WRITE IT UP THAT WAY FOR ME.

[DOOR OPENS]

ANY LUCK?

I TRIED EVERYONE WHO DEALS GUNS.

NOTHING TURNED UP, NOT EVEN A CAP PISTOL.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM?

I WISH I KNEW.

IF I SHOT SOMEBODY,

I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD STAND IT.

WELL, NOW THE CURIOUS THING IS

WE'VE HAD THREE ROBBERIES OF JUST THIS KIND

IN THE PAST MONTH,

BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY USED VIOLENCE.

MAYBE THAT'S MY FAULT,

BUT I WASN'T LETTING HIM TAKE MY MONEY WITHOUT A FIGHT.

YOU KEEP SAYING HIM.

YOU KEEP SAYING HIM.

COULDN'T THE ROBBER BE A WOMAN?

I DON'T THINK SO.

THINK OR KNOW SO?

HE'S GIVEN YOU HIS ANSWER.

THINK SO ISN'T AN ANSWER.

HE IS NOT THE SUSPECT. HE'S THE VICTIM.

HE'S GOT 12 STITCHES IN HIS HEAD.

WHY'S HE WANT ME SAYING IT'S A WOMAN?

I JUST WANT AN ACCURATE RECOLLECTION.

THE ROBBER WORE A SKI MASK,

AND HE KEEPS SAYING HE WAS SHOWN A NOTE DEMANDING MONEY.

VIRGIL, LOWER YOUR VOICE.

WE'VE GOT IT ALL.

YOU CAN GO NOW.

HE DIDN'T SEE A FACE OR HEAR A VOICE.

GIVE ME ONE REASON

WHY THE ROBBER COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A WOMAN.

I'VE BEEN ON THIS EARTH A LOT LONGER THAN YOU.

I'M PRETTY DAMN GOOD

AT TELLING WHAT'S MALE OR WHAT'S FEMALE,

STARK NAKED OR WEARING A SKI MASK.

IF YOU EXPECT ME TO SAY THAT GIRL YOU KILLED

IS THE ONE THAT ROBBED ME,

YOU CAN GO TO HELL.

THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT NUTRITION,

THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE CHOICES.

MILK AND CHEESES HAVE LOTS OF FAT.

IN FACT, 80%.

THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY.

SO WHAT WILL IT BE,

NONFAT MILK, LOW-FAT CHEESES,

LEAFY, GREEN VEGETABLES?

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

YEAH. I GOT ONE.

ALBERT.

I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOUR HUSBAND KILLED MY SISTER.

ALBERT, I'M TERRIBLY SORRY ABOUT YOUR SISTER.

ARE YOU SURE, REAL SURE?

YES, AND SO IS MY HUSBAND.

THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT TIME--

I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT TIME.

RIGHT HERE. RIGHT NOW.

CLASS!

EVERYBODY HEARD YOU SAY YOU'RE SORRY.

IS THAT ALL?

IF YOU WANT TO TALK--

I HEARD ENOUGH FROM YOU.

NOW YOU HEAR SOMETHING FROM ME.

I WANT YOUR HUSBAND DEAD JUST LIKE MY SISTER!

[DOOR SLAMS]

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?

WE'RE JUST LOOKING AROUND.

I'VE GOT A SEARCH WARRANT.

WHERE'S YOURS?

UH, WE DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME.

WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT FIND SOMETHING TO HELP YOU.

I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP.

WE FOUND SOME COCAINE.

WANT ME TO HIDE IT AGAIN?

WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS GIVE IT TO ME

AND GET OUT OF HERE... NOW!

WHO ARE YOU?

DETECTIVE TIBBS. WHO ARE YOU?

A FRIEND OF RAYLENE'S.

I CAME BY TO PICK UP SOME CLOTHES.

I USED TO HANG AROUND.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

JIMMY DAWES.

DRIVER'S LICENSE.

WHY? HOW FAST WAS I GOING?

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE SOME THINGS OUT.

MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME.

FIRST, I'VE BEEN WONDERING

HOW THIS GIRL LIVED, PAID HER RENT.

I WAS WONDERING HOW SHE SURVIVED.

SHE SOLD LOLLIPOPS.

DID SHE OWN A GUN?

NEVER.

MANY SINGLE WOMEN OWN GUNS.

SHE WAS SCARED OF GUNS.

WHERE'D SHE REALLY GET HER MONEY?

PEOPLE GAVE IT TO HER.

PEOPLE LIKED HER.

I GAVE HER MONEY.

I LIKED HER.

DID SHE SELL DOPE?

WHAT?

SHOULD I TAKE YOU SOMEPLACE

TO GET YOUR ATTENTION?

I GUESS SHE KEPT SOME AROUND FOR FRIENDS.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.

COCAINE.

YOU GOING TO BUST ME,

PUT YOUR BIG, BLACK FIST IN MY FACE?

THAT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA,

BECAUSE MAYBE I'VE JUMPED TO THE WRONG CONCLUSION.

MAYBE YOU'RE THE ONE SELLING DOPE.

MY, MY. I OUGHT TO SUE YOU FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER.

WHERE DO YOU WORK?

LUMBER MILL. SOMETIMES.

I'M GOING TO CHECK THAT OUT.

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH,

BUT FOR NOW, GET OUT

BEFORE I DECIDE HOW MUCH I REALLY DISLIKE YOU.

SEE YOU LATER, BIG MAN.

IF YOU CAN HELP IT,

TRY NOT TO SHOOT ANYBODY ELSE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS TIBBS.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU.

THEY CALL THAT MENTAL TELEPATHY, I GUESS.

IF YOU BELIEVE IN THAT KIND OF THING.

YOU'RE HERE ABOUT VIRGIL, AREN'T YOU?

YEAH. UH... HOW'S HE DOING?

WELL, CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED,

I THINK HE'S DOING PRETTY WELL.

I KNOW THAT YOU COUNSEL CHILDREN

AND YOU'VE STUDIED PSYCHOLOGY AND ALL.

HAVE YOU EVER DEALT WITH A KILLING?

NO, I HAVEN'T.

WELL, WHEN YOU KILL SOMEBODY,

IT STAYS WITH YOU.

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU.

AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT VIRGIL.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW

IF THERE'S ANY WAY I CAN HELP, I WILL.

SO FAR, VIRGIL'S FINE.

THERE'S STILL SOME PAIN, BUT THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.

HE'S A VERY STRONG MAN, CHIEF GILLESPIE.

WELL, ANYWAY, WE CAN STAY IN TOUCH, I HOPE.

YOU JUST CALL ME ANY TIME YOU WANT.

YOU'RE JUST AN OLD SOFTY.

THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.

GOOD-BYE.

DR. ROBB!

VIRGIL TIBBS.

HI. IS THAT THE TOLLIVER CASE?

YEAH. I'VE RELEASED HER TO THE FUNERAL HOME.

COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

WOULD YOU RUN A TOX ON HER?

WHY?

I WANT TO, UM, KNOW

WHAT KIND OF CONDITION HER HEAD WAS IN...MENTALLY.

I WANT TO KNOW IF SHE WAS HIGH.

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

BOYS, COME ON IN.

LET'S SIGN THE PAPERS.

VIRGIL.

NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.

DON'T SNEAK UP ON ME!

THAT KIND OF THING CAN GET A PERSON KILLED.

GOOD EVENING, MA'AM.

I'M CHIEF BILL GILLESPIE.

I KNOW YOU,

AND I KNEW THE ONE BEFORE YOU.

THAT WAS A MEAN MAN.

THEY TELL ME YOU'RE MEAN, TOO.

WELL, I SURE HATE TO HEAR THAT, MRS...

CARTER.

HANNAH CARTER.

I'M CHARLEY SPRUILL'S DAUGHTER.

MAYBE YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT YOUNG

TO HAVE KNOWN HIM.

NO. I REMEMBER HIM.

HE WAS FOREMAN AT THE JUTE MILL

AND DEACON AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.

JUTE MILL KILLED HIM.

JUTE MILL BLEW UP.

KILLED THREE MEN THAT DAY.

I WAS HOME HAVING MY YOUNGEST.

GOT A CHILD, LOST A DADDY.

ALL IN THE SAME DAY.

CHILD DIED TWO MONTHS LATER.

INFLUENZA.

WELL, THEY WERE HARD TIMES, WEREN'T THEY?

ALL TIMES ARE HARD.

TELL YOU WHY I CAME OVER.

I'M SURE YOU KNOW SOMETHING BAD HERE HAPPENED THE OTHER NIGHT.

GIRL GOT KILLED.

RAYLENE TOLLIVER.

ONE OF YOUR POLICE DID IT.

BLACK MAN.

YEAH. THAT WAS VIRGIL TIBBS.

HE'S MY CHIEF OF DETECTIVES.

THEY SAY HE SHOT HER DOWN LIKE A DOG.

NOW, MRS. CARTER, YOU KNOW THEY SAY

IS NOT ALWAYS TOO RELIABLE.

WE THINK THAT GIRL HAD A GUN.

I THINK MAYBE YOU WERE SITTING OUT HERE

AND SAW WHAT HAPPENED.

WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT?

PEOPLE COME OUT ON THE PORCH EVENINGS,

SIT AROUND, RELAX, LOOK AROUND.

MOST FOLKS DO.

MOST FOLKS AIN'T ME.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU

WHEN I DID SEE YOUR BLACK POLICE DETECTIVE.

HE WAS DOWN HERE THIS MORNING

MESSING AROUND IN RAYLENE TOLLIVER'S PLACE.

WE HAVE TO DO THOSE THINGS

TO FIND OUT OTHER THINGS WE GOT TO KNOW.

WELL, MY GRANDSON WENT OVER THERE

JUST TO SEE WHAT HE WAS DOING.

SAID ALL HER DRAWERS WAS OPEN,

PERSONAL THINGS THAT MAN DIDN'T HAVE NO BUSINESS WITH.

SAID HE WAS LOOKING AT HER PICTURE

IN A REAL PECULIAR WAY.

HE THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG

ABOUT LOOKING AT HER PICTURE?

YES, HE DID.

HE THINK THE MAN OUGHT TO BE LOCKED UP

BEFORE HE GO AND HURT SOMEBODY ELSE.

HE THINKS THE MAN IS CRAZY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

OH, UH, READING.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE LITTLE PERSONAL DIARIES,

ISN'T IT?

RAYLENE TOLLIVER.

YEAH. WELL, I GUESSED THAT.

WHEN SHE WAS 15,

SHE WANTED TO BE A DENTAL HYGIENIST.

A YEAR LATER,

IT CHANGED TO A MINIMUM WAGE JOB AT THE MILL.

BY THE TIME SHE WAS A SENIOR,

SHE WAS RUNNING OUT OF HOPE.

SHE WAS A SUBSTANCE ABUSER,

EXPERIMENTAL WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING MEN.

IT'S...PRETTY HARD TO READ.

THEN WHY ARE YOU READING IT?

IT'S PART OF THE INVESTIGATION.

OH, I DON'T REALLY THINK SO.

IF YOU DON'T MIND MY SAYING SO,

IT'S KIND OF A FIXATION,

IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD.

IT'S A NORMAL THING.

AND IN TIME--

YEAH. MAYBE FOR ONCE, YOU'RE IN AN AREA

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.

MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT THEN AGAIN, MAYBE YOU'RE WRONG.

THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME

ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO

OVER AT THAT OLD BANK ON POLK STREET,

THE ONE THEY TURNED INTO AN ALL-NIGHT SUPERMARKET.

WELL, I WAS IN THAT BANK ONE AFTERNOON

AND A COUPLE OF GUYS FROM NEW JERSEY CAME DOWN HERE.

THEY WERE GOING

TO SHOW US SMALL-TOWN SOUTHERN PEOPLE

HOW EASY IT WAS TO TAKE OUR MONEY AWAY FROM US.

AND I HAPPENED TO BE IN THE BANK AT THE TIME.

I WAS SITTING THERE WITH THE MANAGER

TALKING ABOUT GETTING A CAR LOAN.

THEY WALKED IN THE DOOR.

I SPOTTED THEM RIGHT AWAY.

NO DOUBT ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE,

SO I JUMPED UP,

PULLED MY COLT OUT OF MY PANTS.

THEY OPENED FIRE THERE.

WE EXCHANGED ABOUT 32 SHOTS.

THE PLACE LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE.

YOU KILLED ONE OF THEM.

I KILLED THEM BOTH.

YEAH.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO,

BUT I'M HONESTLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS ON MY OWN.

THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET,

HER GRANDSON TOLD HER

YOU WERE IN THERE SEARCHING AROUND

IN THE GIRL'S PERSONAL THINGS.

KNOW WHO HER GRANDSON IS?

JIMMY DAWES.

I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE FBI.

HE WAS ARRESTED IN LOUISIANA.

HE WAS ARRESTED IN TENNESSEE.

HE HASN'T BEEN AROUND HERE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS

BECAUSE HE WAS IN FLORIDA

SERVING A SENTENCE FOR SELLING DRUGS.

NOW LAY OFF OF ME.

UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

I AM DOING THE BEST I CAN.

I JUST WISH, VIRGIL--

LAY OFF OF ME!

VIRGIL, A GUY FROM BLAINE'S TIRE LEFT THIS FOR YOU.

MRS. TIBBS FORGOT IT WHEN SHE BOUGHT NEW TIRES.

WHAT NEW TIRES?

I DON'T KNOW. ASK MRS. TIBBS.

HI, GRANNY.

I GOT EVERYTHING YOU WANTED.

HOW'S THAT FOR SERVICE?

INSTANT COFFEE, SUGAR, ORANGE JUICE,

HEADACHE PILLS, AND A JUMBO ROLL OF PAPER TOWELS.

WHAT ABOUT MY BUTTERMILK?

THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THEY WAS OUT OF.

THE GUY THAT OWNS THE PLACE--

MR. HADLEY?

HE'S STILL FLAPPING HIS GUMS ABOUT THAT ROBBERY.

ALL THAT DUDE TALKS ABOUT.

I HEARD YOU'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE TALKING YOURSELF.

CHIEF OF POLICE, RIGHT HERE ON THIS PORCH.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?

IT WASN'T NOTHING TO IT.

I JUST TOLD HIM WHAT YOU SAID

ABOUT THE BLACK DETECTIVE.

THAT'S ALL?

HE WAS ONLY HERE FIVE MINUTES.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THE POLICE,

ONLY USE A FEW WORDS.

AND USE THE SAME WORDS EVERY TIME.

REMEMBER THAT, GRANNY.

IT'S A GOOD RULE TO LIVE BY.

CLASS DISMISSED. DON'T FORGET YOUR HOMEWORK.

BYE.

HEY, HI.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU GOT NEW TIRES?

I WAS GOING TO--

I FOUND OUT FROM SOME GUY AT THE TIRE STORE

WHO THINKS IT'S FUNNY THAT SPARTA'S CHIEF OF DETECTIVES

DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

I DIDN'T WANT TO UPSET YOU.

UPSET ME? DO I LOOK UPSET?

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON

I FOUND TWO OF MY TIRES SLASHED.

AND YOU COULDN'T TELL ME ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE DINNER AND YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I FELT YOU HAD TOO MUCH ON YOUR MIND.

I THOUGHT I'D WAIT A COUPLE OF DAYS.

ANYWAY, I...

I THINK RAYLENE TOLLIVER'S BROTHER DID IT.

YOU THINK OR YOU KNOW?

HE WAS UPSET IN CLASS.

SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THEY SAW HIM NEAR MY CAR.

WHERE IS HE?

WHY?

HE SLASHED YOUR TIRES.

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT NEXT?

HE'S NOT LIKE THAT.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

I'M GOING TO TALK WITH THE LITTLE BASTARD.

VIRGIL, YOU CAN'T DO...

YEAH, PARKER, IT'S ALTHEA. IS THE CHIEF IN?

PARKER, IT'S AN EMERGENCY!

EXCUSE ME, WHICH ONE IS ALBERT TOLLIVER?

LAST GUY OFF THE BUS. HE HIT DOUBLE FIGURES.

WE BEAT MARSHALL CITY 84 TO 61.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

WHAT DOES MY WIFE GOT TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS?

COME NEAR HER AND I'LL TEAR YOU TO PIECES!

YOU KILLED MY SISTER!

YOU COME WITHIN 20 FEET OF MY WIFE,

I WILL KILL YOU!

LET ME GO.

LET ME GO, I SAID!

VIRGIL, YOU HEAR ME?

I WENT TO SEE MISS EARL, ALBERT TOLLIVER'S AUNT.

SHE'S A NICE PERSON.

SHE'S AGREED NOT TO PRESS CHARGES.

MISS TIBBS, I'VE OFFERED VIRGIL SOME TIME OFF,

AND, UH,

I'D ENCOURAGE THAT IF I WERE YOU.

WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER IF HE KEPT WORKING?

IF HE KEPT BUSY? HAVING RESPONSIBILITIES?

WELL, I...

I REALLY THINK WE'RE PAST THAT.

VIRGIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOU

WITH DR. POLLARD UP IN JACKSON.

HE'S THE POLICE PSYCHIATRIST.

DID YOU HEAR HIM, HONEY?

FINE.

DO WHATEVER YOU THINK IS BEST.

MRS. CARTER? MRS. CARTER?

UH, I'M SORRY I SCARED YOU AWAKE.

I WASN'T SLEEPING.

I HAVE TO ASK YOU SOME MORE QUESTIONS

ABOUT THIS SHOOTING OUT HERE.

WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO IS STOP FUSSING

AND LET THAT BLACK POLICE DETECTIVE OF YOURS

TAKE HIS OWN MEDICINE.

WELL, NOW, MA'AM,

I THINK YOU'RE JUDGING TOO HASTY,

AND YOU HADN'T OUGHT TO DO THAT.

"JUDGMENT IS MINE," SAITH YOU-KNOW-WHO

AND HE WAS TALKING TO YOU AND ME.

WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO

WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS IN SPARTA?

THAT PUTS ME IN MIND

OF HADLEY'S CONVENIENCE STORE.

I'D LIKE TO FIND THE GUY THAT ROBBED IT.

MAYBE I COULD MAKE SENSE OUT OF THIS THING.

WHERE'S YOUR GRANDSON?

LEAVE JIMMY ALONE. THERE'S WORSE THAN HIM.

HE'S BAD ENOUGH.

I HATE TO SAY THIS,

BUT JIMMY'S A THIEF AND A DRUG PUSHER.

WHO TOLD YOU ALL THOSE AWFUL THINGS?

THE FBI. THE STATE POLICE.

THE PEOPLE DOWN AT FARMWOOD PRISON IN FLORIDA.

JIMMY'S ON PAROLE.

I COULD PUT HIM BACK JUST LIKE THAT.

YOU DON'T WANT THAT.

IT WASN'T JIMMY, I SWEAR IT WASN'T.

WELL, THEN WHO WAS IT?

I'M WAITING FOR YOU TO TELL ME WHO.

MRS. CARTER...

THERE'S PEOPLE WHO CAN HIDE THE TRUTH.

I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

THERE'S NOT AN OUNCE OF DECEPTION IN YOU

BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOD-FEARING WOMAN.

YOU COULD QUOTE ME OUT OF THAT BOOK

ABOUT BEARING FALSE WITNESS.

I'M BEGGING YOU, NOT JUST FOR JIMMY

BUT FOR YOUR OWN SELF,

TO TELL ME TRUTHFULLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

WELL, I GUESS I'M JUST WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME.

I'LL JUST HAVE TO GO AND DO

WHAT I HAVE TO DO.

I WAS IN THE HOUSE WHEN IT HAPPENED.

I HEARD A SHOT,

AND I KNEW SOMEBODY WAS DEAD.

NOW THAT'S THE TRUTH, CHIEF GILLESPIE.

I DIDN'T LIE.

I WASN'T OUT HERE.

BUT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS,

AND I KNOW HE SAW IT ALL.

WHO'S JIMMY DAWES?

RIGHT HERE.

WHY?

YOU LOOKING FOR SOME ACTION?

OH!

UH, JUST SOME CONVERSATION.

NOW, YOU STAY,

AND YOU GO ON OVER THERE SOMEWHERE.

THE REST OF YOU ALL MOVE BACK, WILL YOU?

IN A PIG'S EYE.

YOU SAY WHAT?

HOW DO YOU LIKE THE ODDS IN THIS ROOM?

I THINK THEY'RE IN MY FAVOR.

IF I WHISTLE,

MY BOYS WILL BREAK ALL YOUR BONES.

AND THE BONES OF ANYBODY ELSE

WHO GETS IN THE WAY.

WHY YOU WANT TO MAKE TROUBLE FOR YOURSELF?

GET OUT OF HERE.

JIMMY DAWES, JIMMY DAWES...

I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE.

YOU TALKED TO THAT OLD LADY.

HOW MANY OF HER BONES DID YOU BREAK?

YOU'RE BREAKING THE OLD LADY'S HEART, USELESS!

I'LL PUT YOU IN THE PEN FOR DEALING DRUGS.

THAT'S A DAMN LIE!

WE FOUND COCAINE

IN RAYLENE TOLLIVER'S DEAD BODY.

SHE DIDN'T GET IT FROM ME.

YOUR FINGERPRINTS WERE ON THE COCAINE BAG.

NOW LISTEN TO ME.

YOU'RE ON PAROLE FROM FLORIDA.

I CAN RAM YOU BACK IN THAT PEN

WITHOUT A TRIAL OR ANYTHING ELSE.

AND YOU'RE A THREE TIMER.

YOU'LL SPEND 50 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE

IN A STONE ROOM

WITH FIVE OTHER BEAUTIES JUST LIKE YOU.

YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME SAY

SHE WASN'T SHOT BY YOUR PHILADELPHIA BIG MAN!

I'M TRYING TO GET YOU TO TELL ME THE TRUTH.

IF YOU DON'T TELL ME, IN YOU GO.

AND IF YOU DO, WELL, I'LL BE FAIR TO YOU.

COME HERE.

I WANT TO KNOW WHO ROBBED THAT STORE.

NOW, YOU JUST WHISPER IT TO ME.

AND DON'T MAKE ME WAIT.

IT WAS RAYLENE'S LITTLE BROTHER.

HE STUCK UP HADLEY.

YOU MEAN LITTLE ALBERT TOLLIVER?

RAYLENE WAS OUTSIDE WALKING AROUND

AS HIGH AS A KITE.

ALBERT CAME RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD

AND HANDED HER A GUN.

SO THE GIRL DID HAVE A GUN.

ALBERT GAVE IT TO HER.

THEN HE HID UNDER THE BACK PORCH.

WHEN RAYLENE GOT SHOT,

HE GRABBED THE GUN AND HE RAN AWAY.

HEY, YOU WANT PROOF?

SEARCH HIS ROOM AND I BET YOU'LL FIND

A .38 WITH A BROKEN FIRING PIN.

DUMB LITTLE SUCKER PAID $60 FOR IT.

O.K.

COME IN, CHIEF GILLESPIE.

MRS. EARL.

THEY NOT GOING TO BE TOO HARD

ON HIM, ARE THEY?

MRS. EARL, YOU'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US.

I'LL BE AS HELPFUL AS I CAN TO ALBERT,

I PROMISE YOU.

NOW, WHERE'S HIS ROOM?

WELL, HIS--

HIS ROOM'S RIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU.

CHIEF GILLESPIE...

YES, MA'AM?

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS UNDER THE MATTRESS.

CHIEF,

I THINK THIS IS IT.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

ALL RIGHT.

THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO

IS PUT A BULLETIN OUT ON HIM.

I'LL TAKE THIS BACK AND GET--

IT'S HIM!

ALBERT!

STAY BACK, MAN!

I WON'T HURT YOU.

DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!

ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT!

I'LL STAY RIGHT HERE.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

WHAT THE HELL WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT?

WHAT WE SHARE.

NOTHING.

YES, WE DO.

WE SHARE YOUR SISTER'S DEATH.

I TRIED TO HELP HER.

I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HER.

YOU ROBBED HADLEY'S STORE, DIDN'T YOU?

YOU WERE COMMITTING BURGLARIES

TO SUPPORT YOUR SISTER RAYLENE'S DRUG HABITS, RIGHT?

SHE WAS STARTING TO DO THINGS WITH MEN FOR MONEY.

AND THAT NIGHT,

WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING AWAY FROM ME,

YOU GAVE HER YOUR GUN. WHY?

I WAS SCARED, MAN.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID IT.

I MESSED EVERYTHING UP.

AND I KILLED HER!

NO.

I KILLED HER.

I DID THAT.

THERE'S NOTHING I CAN SAY

TO BRING HER BACK,

OR MAKE IT EASIER ON EITHER ONE OF US.

BUT I'M SO...

SO SORRY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO LIVE WITH THIS.

NEITHER DO I,

BUT IT WILL BE SOME COMFORT TO KNOW

THAT SOMEONE SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD

UNDERSTANDS HOW I FEEL.

WE HAVE TO HAVE EACH OTHER FOR THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.