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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-OHH

♪ 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-OHH...

♪ HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

♪ THOUGH THE DARKNESS HIDE THEE ♪

♪ THOUGH THE EYE OF SINFUL MAN ♪

♪ THY GLORY MAY NOT SEE

♪ ONLY THOU ART HOLY

♪ THERE IS NONE BESIDE THEE ♪

♪ PERFECT IN POWER

♪ IN LOVE AND PURITY ♪

BLESSED BE THY FATHER.

ALL: AMEN. AMEN.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

FIRST LET ME TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK SOMEONE

WHO'S GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTEERED TO SPEARHEAD THE FUND RAISER

FOR OUR NEW DAY-CARE CENTER.

MISS JOANN ST. JOHN.

MY BELOVED FRIENDS,

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM

OF HOW THIS CHURCH HAS RESPONDED

TO THIS COMMUNITY'S NEEDS

SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER STEP,

MAYBE THE BOLDEST,

CERTAINLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE WE'VE EVER TAKEN.

WE KNOW THE STORY OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN

AND HOW HE WASN'T DETERRED IN HELPING SOMEONE OF A DIFFERENT FAITH.

WITH THIS IN MIND, I HAVE ORIGINATED A PROGRAM

THAT I HOPE YOU'LL BE JUST AS EXCITED ABOUT AS I AM.

IT'S TIME...

HIGH TIME,

THAT THIS CHURCH FOLLOW THE LEAD

OF OTHER CHURCHES IN SPARTA

AND DID AWAY WITH RACIAL BARRIERS

THAT STILL SEPARATE US FROM OTHER OF GOD'S CHILDREN

HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH A COUPLE

WHO ARE WILLING TO ATTEND OUR SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY.

THEY'RE A LOVELY COUPLE--

SENSITIVE,

WELL-EDUCATED,

DEVOTED TO THIS COMMUNITY,

AND THE KIND OF INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'D BE PROUD TO HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR CHURCH.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[SIREN WAILING]

WHAT THE HELL TOOK YOU SO LONG?

WE STOPPED FOR A BEER.

VERY FUNNY, SWEET.

READ THEM THEIR RIGHTS, THEN BOOK THEM.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT...

THAT KNOT HEAD RUINED MY $30-SHIRT.

YEAH, LOOK AT THIS. CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM ALTHEA.

TELL ME SOMETHING, VIRGIL.WHAT?

KIND OF FUN, WASN'T IT?

YEAH.[BOTH LAUGH]

OW. OW!THAT OLD BOY LAID ONE ON YOU.

WELL, HERE'S SOME ICE.

THANKS, CHIEF.

THE CHEROKEE INDIANS HAD A WONDERFUL OINTMENT

FOR BRUISES OF ALL KINDS.

USED TO TAKE ORDINARY CLAY,

MIX IT WITH CIDER VINEGAR.

THEN THEY'D MIX THAT WITH DEER DROPPINGS, SEE.

THEY'D PUT THAT ALL OVER THE AFFECTED AREA.

IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM.

THANKS, CHIEF. I'LL STICK TO ICE.

WELL, WHAT WAS THE PRIZE FROM YOUR BIG SURPRISE PARTY?

I WOULDN'T EXACTLY CALL THEM COLOMBIAN KINGPINS,

BUT WE GOT THEM FOR ABOUT 1.5 POUNDS OF ROCK.

YEAH, WE GOT 'EM FOR ASSAULT AND RESISTING ARREST TOO.

THAT'S THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD IN AGES.

I HIT ONE SUCKER SO HARD

I THOUGHT HIS NAVEL WOULD COME OUT HIS HEAD.

EXCUSE ME.

I HOPE I'M NOT INTERRUPTING ANYTHING.

NO. NO, NO. INTERRUPT ANYTIME YOU LIKE, REVEREND.

I'M AT YOUR SERVICE. GLAD TO SEE YOU.

YOU KNOW BUBBA SKINNER HERE.

YOU KNOW MY CHIEF OF DETECTIVES?

VIRGIL TIBBS, VIRGIL, THIS IS REVEREND HASKELL.

CERTAINLY NICE TO MEET YOU FINALLY.

THANKS. SAME TO YOU.

I MADE IT OFFICIAL TODAY.

I TOLD THE CONGREGATION WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

HASN'T ALTHEA SPOKEN TO YOU?

REVEREND, FOR THE LAST 36 HOURS,

I'VE BEEN ON A STAKEOUT, EATING COLD COLLARD GREENS

AND LISTENING TO SERGEANT SKINNER SNORE.

WELL, ALTHEA HAS AGREED-- WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I THOUGHT--

TO JOIN MY CHURCH.

AHEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

CONSIDER IT, AT LEAST.

TALK WITH ALTHEA, AND GIVE IT A CHANCE.

I CAN'T EXPRESS WHAT THIS COULD MEAN TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, REVEREND.

VIRGIL HERE'S A SPECIALIST IN BREAKING NEW GROUND.

HE'S DONE QUITE A BIT HERE IN THE SPARTA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WHY NOT JOIN US, CHIEF?

CELEBRATE OUR NEW BEGINNING WITH MR. AND MRS. TIBBS NEXT SUNDAY.

CAN'T CONSIDER IT, REVEREND. REALLY CAN'T.

I WISH I COULD.

I WISH I COULD BE THERE ON SUNDAY WITH Y'ALL

BUT I'VE DONE ONE OF THOSE FOOLISH THINGS WE DO AT TIMES.

I'VE ACTUALLY GIVEN MYSELF SUNDAY DUTY.

EXCUSE ME.

ALTHEA: I DIDN'T SAY WE'D GO.

I SAID I'D TALK TO YOU, THEN WE'D GO.

ALTHEA, PLEASE.

[SIGHS] LISTEN, HONEY, IT'S NOT MY FAULT

YOU WENT RUNNING OUT OF HERE ON SOME KINDA STAKEOUT

LIKE SOME JUNIOR G-MAN.

I HATED IT IN PHILADELPHIA, AND I HATE IT HERE.

AND NOW YOU'RE CHANGING THE SUBJECT.

I AM NOT.

YOU ALWAYS CHANGE THE SUBJECT WHEN YOU'RE WRONG.

[SCOFFS] WRONG?

IS IT WRONG TO INTEGRATE GRACE REDEEMER CHURCH?

NO, BUT LET SOMEONE ELSE DO IT.

REVEREND HASKELL ASKED US.

I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH THE CHURCH WE ATTEND NOW.

IT WAS MY FATHER'S CHURCH, MY MOTHER'S CHURCH.

I WAS BAPTIZED THERE.

I WANT TO BE BURIED THERE.

YOU'VE ALWAYS LED THE WAY IN THESE THINGS.

SOMETIMES I'VE BEEN SCARED OR DIDN'T AGREE,

BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF YOU AND GIVEN YOU MY SUPPORT.

WELL, FOR ONCE,

I'D LIKE TO LEAD THE WAY.

I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

I JUST WANT YOU TO BE PROUD OF ME.

PLEASE?

MAN: WHAT YOU DOING, HASKELL,

PRAYING OR SCHEMING?

THIS IS A WHITE CHURCH.

WE WANT TO KEEP IT A WHITE CHURCH.

I'M TELLING YOU,

AND I'M DEMANDING

THAT YOU TELL THAT BLACK COP AND HIS WIFE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK TO THE TIBBSES, FINE.

WE'LL HANDLE THEM.

YOU WANT TO BE AN APOSTLE OF RACE MIXING,

DO YOUR DIRTY WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE.

YOU'LL BE GETTING THAT MESSAGE SHORTLY

FROM THE BOARD OF FINANCE AND THE DEACONS,

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW PERSONALLY

IT IS MY FOOT

THAT IS GIVING YOU THE BOOT.

WE'LL REMEMBER THIS DAY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.

YES.

I'LL SEE YOU ON SUNDAY.

BYE.

OH, THAT WAS MRS. WILSON.

SHE'S BEHIND YOU 100%.

SHE SAID, TELL REVEREND HASKELL

SHE'S BRINGING THE WHOLE FAMILY.

WHAT'S WRONG?

WELL... ED ROWAN PAID ME A CALL

WITH HIS STRONG-ARMS FROM THE LUMBER MILL.

WANT ME TO CALL THE POLICE?

NO. THEY DIDN'T THREATEN ANY VIOLENCE,

THOUGH I GUESS THEY ARE CAPABLE OF IT.

I'M SCARED, CLAIRE.

I'M AN ABSOLUTE COWARD.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?

WHY CAN'T I SERVE GOD WITH SOME SORT OF COURAGE AND DIGNITY?

YOU DO.

IN EVERY WAY.

YOU'RE THE BRAVEST MAN THAT I KNOW.

THERE'S NO SENSE IN YOUR STAYING.

I'LL BE FINE.

I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT.

I THINK YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN THAT.

WHY DID YOU LIE TO REVEREND HASKELL?

I WILL NOT BE PART OF THAT CONTROVERSY.

SHOW ME RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY AND I'M GONE

LIKE AN OLD CROW WHEN YOU WAVE A HAT.

WHAT'S CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT VISITING A CHURCH?

I WON'T PROMOTE ANY PARTICULAR CHURCH.

I WILL NOT TELL PEOPLE

OR BE USED TO TELL PEOPLE

WHERE THEY SHOULD GO OR WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T.

OH, COME ON. THAT'S JUST DODGING THE ISSUE.

YEAH, YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT IT'S DODGING THE ISSUE.

THE ISSUE IS WHETHER OR NOT BLACK PEOPLE

CAN FEEL WELCOME IN A CHURCH THAT... WHAT?

NO. BLACK PEOPLE CAN GO WHEREVER THEY WANT.

I ONLY STEP IN WHEN SOMEBODY STOPS THEM.

TRUTHFULLY, I DON'T THINK BLACK PEOPLE

WANT TO GO TO THAT CHURCH.

THEY'D FALL ASLEEP. I KNOW I WOULD.

YOU CAN'T FALL ASLEEP IN A BLACK CHURCH.

TOO MUCH GOING ON.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF HOSANNAS

AND HALLELUJAHS AND AMENS,

ALL KINDS OF MUSIC AND SINGING--

THERE'S GOOD SINGING IN THERE.

THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A HELL OF A TIME WORSHIPING GOD.

LORD FORGIVE ME FOR BLASPHEMY.

IF I HAD TO BE A REGULAR MEMBER OF ANY CHURCH,

IT WOULDN'T BE HASKELL'S CHURCH.

I'D PICK THE FIRST AFRICAN ZION BAPTIST CHURCH.

IF THAT'S THE TRUTH, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL REVEREND HASKELL?

WHY DID YOU LIE ABOUT DUTY ON SUNDAY?

I DID NOT LIE ABOUT THAT.

I PROMISED JIMMY GIRARD I'D TEACH HIM TO FIRE AN AUTOMATIC PISTOL.

HE WANTS A PERMIT. THAT'S MY DUTY TO HIM.

AND AFTER THAT?THEN TAKE THE MAN FISHING.

NOW, COME ON, YOU GOT YOUR CHOICE--

TAKE YOU TO LULU BELLE'S

OR THE BLUE GROTTO IN RICHMOND FOR STEAK.

I'M BEING INVITED OUT TO DINE.

JUST WAITING HERE FOR YOUR R.S.V.P.

WELL, WAIT NO LONGER.

IT'S REGRETS--

DEEP REGRETS,

SINCERE REGRETS...

FED-UP REGRETS.

[DOOR SLAMS]

GOOD MORNING, MRS. HASKELL.GOOD MORNING.

THE CHIEF COULDN'T TAKE HIMSELF OFF DUTY TODAY?

MAYBE ANOTHER DAY, REVEREND HASKELL.

REVEREND: I'M SORRY.

YOU KNOW, BILL GILLESPIE IS SO RESPECTED,

HIS BEING HERE WOULD HAVE VALIDATED THINGS.

THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED TO AVOID DOING,

FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T QUITE MAKE OUT. BUT I'M WORKING ON HIM.

MORNING, DR. PENDLETON, CASSEY.JOANN.

HOW YOU DOING?CASSEY: FINE, JOANN.

DADDY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHIEF NOT COMING TO CHURCH.

HE DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR GOLD STARS HIMSELF.

I WOULDN'T MISS THIS DAY FOR ANYTHING.

HOPE THERE'S NO TROUBLE.

YOUR SON-IN-LAW DOESN'T LOOK HAPPY.

ED LIKES TO BLOW OFF STEAM EVERY NOW AND THEN

BUT HE'S A PUSSYCAT.

THERE ISN'T A BETTER MAN TO TAKE CARE OF MY GIRL.

[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]

MAN: AH THERE, REVEREND, HOW ARE YOU?

YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK ON THE WAY TO JACKSON,

I PASSED THIS TERRIFIC LITTLE COUNTRY INN. IT WAS SECLUDED.

LOTS OF ANTIQUES.

GREAT VIEWS.

WE COULD BE THERE IN 45 MINUTES.

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH.

MAYBE STAY OVER.

NICE TRY, VIRGIL.

♪ JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE ♪

♪ GRANT IT, JESUS, IS MY PLEA ♪

♪ DAILY WALKING CLOSE TO THEE ♪

♪ LET IT BE, DEAR LORD ♪

♪ LET IT BE ♪

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THIS NEW DAY,

FOR THIS NEW BEGINNING

THAT YOU IN YOUR INFINITE WISDOM HAVE BLESSED US WITH.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

JESUS SAID...

THIS, MY BELOVED FRIENDS,

MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HE EVER SAID.

"AS YOU DO UNTO THESE PEOPLE..."

"YOU DO UNTO ME."

"AS...

A-AS--"

OH, MY GOD!

MAN 1: REVEREND!MAN 2: REVEREND!

GIVE HIM SOME AIR.

WHAT'S HIS PULSE RATE?

I DON'T GET ANY PULSE.

VIRGIL: SOMEBODY GET AN AMBULANCE.

NOW!

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

[SOBBING SOFTLY]

PROBABLY A HEART ATTACK, THOUGH I'M NOT CERTAIN.

[SOBBING]

I'M SO SORRY, MRS. HASKELL.

ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS HE DIDN'T SUFFER,

AND THAT'S A BLESSING.

MR. TIBBS, THIS WAS ON HIS DESK.

"GOD PAINTED THIS CHURCH WHITE."

"LEARN THAT OR DIE."

[SOBS]

JOANN, WOULD YOU TAKE MRS. HASKELL HOME?

SOME OTHER LADIES WOULD GLADLY GO WITH YOU.

COME ON, MRS. HASKELL.

HAD YOU WORKED WITH THE REVEREND FOR A VERY LONG TIME?

EVER SINCE HE GOT HERE. FIVE YEARS.

I'VE KNOWN HIM LONGER THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS TOWN.

THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG ABOUT ALL OF THIS.

THANK YOU.

CORONER: WITH THE TRACHEA SWOLLEN ALMOST SHUT

AND THE PRESENCE OF FLUID IN THE LUNGS,

LOOKS LIKE HE WENT INTO ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK.

WHAT, HE ASPHYXIATED?

IT SURE LOOKS THAT WAY.

HE MUST HAVE HAD A SEVERE REACTION TO A POTENT ALLERGEN.

COULD THAT KILL SOMEONE?

OH, HELL VIRGIL. YOU GOT A BAD ENOUGH ALLERGY,

A BEE STING WILL KILL YOU.

YOU BETTER SEND A COPY OF HIS MEDICAL RECORDS DOWN HERE.

I'LL RUN A BLOOD TEST, STOMACH-CONTENT ANALYSIS.

SEE IF WE CAN'T PIN IT DOWN.

WHAT ABOUT NEEDLE MARKS? DID YOU FIND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GO ON?

NOTHING. I CHECKED EVERYTHING-- MOUTH, TOES, NASALS.

SO HE'S CLEAN? NO INJECTION SITES.

WE'LL GET THE TOX SCAN TOMORROW.

THE BEST WE CAN DO

IS CHECK HIS MEDICAL HISTORY,

TRY GETTING CLUES ABOUT WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. LOOK, UM...

I'LL BE IN TOUCH.YEAH.

LADIES, DID YOU KNOW ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR

WHO MIGHT HAVE SENT THAT NOTE?

WELL, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE COULD HAVE.

MANY PEOPLE OPPOSED WHAT MY HUSBAND WAS DOING.

WEREN'T YOU ONE OF THEM?

NO, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE, CLAIRE.

I APPROVED, BUT I WAS TERRIBLY FRIGHTENED, AND SO WAS HE.

HE WAS THE BRAVEST MAN I EVER MET.

WELL, NOW, LADIES, LET'S TRY AND WORK ON THIS THING TOGETHER HERE.

NOW, IF HE WAS SCARED,

AND HE HAD REASON TO BE,

I WANT THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE

WHO VIOLENTLY OPPOSED BLACKS COMING INTO THAT CHURCH.

THE BOARD OF DEACONS WARNED HIM ABOUT TROUBLE,

BUT MOST WERE SUPPORTIVE.

EXCEPT ED ROWAN.

DIDN'T YOUR HUSBAND TELL YOU ABOUT ED ROWAN?

TELL ME ABOUT HIM.

SATURDAY NIGHT, ED ROWAN CAME INTO THE CHURCH WITH MEN FROM WORK.

MEN? WHO WERE THEY?

I DON'T KNOW.

THEY TRIED TO FRIGHTEN REVEREND HASKELL INTO CHANGING HIS MIND.

TRIED TO FRIGHTEN HIM? WHAT DID THEY SAY?

I DIDN'T HEAR IT,

BUT I KNEW WHY THEY WERE THERE.

CHIEF, VIRGIL JUST CALLED FROM THE PATHOLOGY LAB.

HE GAVE ME SOME INFORMATION ON HASKELL'S AUTOPSY.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

WELL, ACCORDING TO THE PATHOLOGY LAB, MRS. HASKELL,

YOUR HUSBAND DID NOT DIE OF A HEART ATTACK.

"THE AUTOPSY REVEALED HE DIED OF ASPHYXIATION

"CAUSED BY AN ACUTE ALLERGIC CONDITION."

WAS HE ALLERGIC TO ANY MEDICINES YOU KNOW ABOUT?

PENICILLIN.

ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT THAT BESIDES YOU?

A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT WAS NO SECRET.

HE COLLAPSED ONCE AT A CHURCH BOARD MEETING.

WELL, MAYBE SOMEBODY GAVE HIM A DOSE OF PENICILLIN,

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE,

IT MIGHT BE THAT HE WAS MURDERED.

[CAR HORN HONKS]

[HONKING]

[MEN SHOUTING]

HEY, VIRGIL,

WANT TO COME OUT AND PLAY?

MAN 1: GO BACK TO WHERE YOU COME FROM!

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[GUNSHOTS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[GASPS]

OH, GOD!

OH, BABY.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?[EXHALES]

I WAS COMING HOME,

AND I SAW THEM ON THE LAWN.

THAT WAS YOU SHOOTING?

YEAH. TWICE IN THE AIR.OH.

OHH!

GOD, I CAN'T STOP SHAKING.

I'M SO SORRY.

THEY THREW SOMETHING THROUGH THE WINDOW, VIRGIL.

OH, BABY.

[SCOFFS]

"PRAY IN YOUR OWN CHURCH. STAY OUT OF OURS."

LOOK HOW THEY SPELLED "CHURCH"--

C-H-E-R-C-H.

I'M CORRECTING 10th GRADE PAPERS.

NOW I HAVE TO CORRECT A NOTE FROM A BIGOT?

A BIGOT WHO CAN'T SPELL IS SOMEONE IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE.

I WISH YOU'D SHOT ONE IN THE REAR END.

HOW'S THAT FOR ENLIGHTENMENT?

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CHURCH ON SUNDAY?

THEY CAN'T STOP ME

EVEN IF THEY BREAK EVERY WINDOW IN THIS HOUSE.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

HELLO.

BILL: MRS. TIBBS. PUT VIRGIL ON. [SIGHS]

YES, HE'S HERE, CHIEF GILLESPIE.

HELLO, CHIEF.

YOU JUST MISSED SOME REAL FUN AROUND HERE.

VIRGIL, I'M AT LYMAN'S FUNERAL HOME

WITH THE REVEREND HASKELL'S BODY.

SOMETHING AWFUL HAS HAPPENED.

I THINK YOU BETTER GET RIGHT OVER HERE.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

COME HERE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

GIN.HOW DO YOU DO THAT ALL THE TIME?

JUST A KNACK.

I'VE TOLD YOU NOT TO PLAY CARDS WITH PARKER.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

I'LL PLAY CARDS WITH PARKER ANYTIME.

AFTER TAPING UP THE BROKEN WINDOW, CLEANING UP THE GLASS,

HE GOT MY MIND OFF TONIGHT

BY BEATING THE SOCKS OFF OF ME IN GIN RUMMY.

THANKS, PARKER.NO PROBLEM.

GLAD TO HELP OUT.

OH, I'LL COME BY AND REGLAZE THAT WINDOW TOMORROW.

UH, I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE

FOR ALL THE GOOD FOLKS HERE IN SPARTA

FOR WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.

THANKS AGAIN.

GOOD NIGHT, MA'AM.

GOOD NIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU TONIGHT?

WHERE DID YOU FLY OFF TO?

BABY, THEY KILLED THE MINISTER.

THEY THREW BRICKS THROUGH OUR WINDOW,

BUT NOW...

THEY HAVE JUST SAVAGED THE MINISTER'S COFFIN.

WHAT?[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[SIGHS]

MRS. HASKELL.

I JUST HEARD WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY WON'T LET ME SEE THE BODY.

MR. TIBBS, CAN'T YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?

LOOK, I'M SORRY TO BURST IN ON YOU.

I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE.

PLEASE SIT DOWN. WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEA?

NO. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FUNERAL HOME?

SOMEONE, FOR REASONS WE DON'T UNDERSTAND,

DEFACED THE COFFIN.

THEY CUT IT TO SHREDS.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I WISH I HAD AN ANSWER.

HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING ABOUT FINDING OUT WHO MURDERED HIM?

DO YOU HAVE A SUSPECT?

IS ANYBODY DOING ANYTHING?

WE'RE REALLY AT AN IMPASSE AT THIS MOMENT.

[SIGHS] LOOK, I HAVE A REQUEST.

EVERYTHING MY HUSBAND EVER STOOD FOR...

IS BEING DESTROYED.

I DON'T WANT HIM TO BE REMEMBERED

AS A MAN SO HATED BY HIS CONGREGATION

THAT HE WAS MURDERED AND DESECRATED.

MRS. HASKELL. WE CERTAINLY DON'T--NO, PLEASE.

PLEASE, I'M ASKING YOU, BOTH OF YOU,

DON'T COME BACK TO THE CHURCH.

IT'S CAUSED ENOUGH PAIN AND ANGUISH.

I JUST WANT IT TO STOP.

[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

LONNIE: I CAN'T BELIEVE ANY OF THIS.

SWEET: IT'S ALL TRUE. EVERY WORD OF IT.

IT'S THOSE COMIC BOOKS YOU READ.

JUST LISTEN TO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

FIRST, HE GETS HIMSELF MURDERED.

THIS IS A PREACHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU GET INTO A WHOLE NEW SLICE OF CAKE.

IT'S NOT LIKE MURDERING A GROCER

OR A CAB DRIVER.

NOW, SECOND,

THE COFFIN GETS ITSELF MYSTERIOUSLY DESECRATED.

NOW, THIS IS WHERE MY "LOTHAR AND THE GOAT PEOPLE" THEORY APPLIES.

IN THEIR SOCIETY, WHEN PRIESTS DIED,

IT MEANT HE WASN'T A TRUE PROPHET,

THAT HE WAS A MESSENGER SENT BY THE DEVIL

IN DISGUISE TO DECEIVE THEM.

YEAH? AND THEN WHAT?

SWEET: THEY MUTILATED THE BODY SO IT COULDN'T RETURN

WITHOUT GETTING RECOGNIZED.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GET THESE STORIES,

BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT THE MORNING REPORTS.

MORNING.

MORNING.CHIEF IN YET?

BEEN HERE AND GONE.

DID HE SAY WHERE HE WAS GOING?

HE'S GOING TO SEE THE TOWN BIGOT ABOUT A BRICK.

MAN 1: O.K., COME ON DOWN.

MAN 2: CARL, GET A "T," AND HELP ME WITH THIS STUFF!

NO PROBLEM.THANK YOU, RYAN.

MORNING, CASSEY. HOW ARE YOU?

CHIEF GILLESPIE, WHAT BRINGS YOU OUT HERE?

I CAME TO SEE ED. IS HE AROUND?

HE'S WORKING ON EQUIPMENT.

CAN I HELP YOU?

I'LL BET YOU CAN.

I'M HOLDING THIS GUY.

HE SAYS HE WAS AT YOUR HOUSE LAST NIGHT TO SEE ED.

SHOULD I BELIEVE HIM?

NO. ED WAS OUT MOST OF THE EVENING LAST NIGHT

TILL WELL AFTER 10:00.

WELL, I'M NOT SURPRISED.

I'LL GO SAY HELLO TO ED.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.YOU, TOO. BYE-BYE.

GOOD MORNING, ED.

CHIEF, WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?

I CAME TO SEE YOU.

HEAR YOU WERE OUT LAST NIGHT.

NO, I WAS HOME ALL NIGHT.

FOR SOME REASON, I THINK YOU'RE LYING.

YOU BEST BE CAREFUL THERE, CHIEF.

WE HAD A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT HERE LAST YEAR.

SOMEONE GIVE A WRONG TWIST TO THIS HYDRAULIC LINE.

DROPPED THAT FORK ON POOR TIM SCHREIER.

DAMN NEAR CRUSHED HIM TO DEATH.

I HEARD ABOUT THAT. POOR TIM.

NOW, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?

WANT YOU TO COME DOWNTOWN TO THE STATION.

WE'VE GOT THINGS TO DISCUSS.

LIKE WHAT?

WELL, TRESPASSING, DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY,

OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE, AND, IF I TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY,

THREATENING THE POLICE CHIEF'S LIFE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU

TRYING TO SCARE THE TIBBSES FROM COMING TO CHURCH.

THAT'S JUST A BUNCH OF CRAP.

WE'LL DO THIS THE EASY OR HARD WAY.

THE EASY WAY'S TO GET IN MY CAR.

THE HARD WAY'S TO SEND THE BOYS HERE,

PUT YOU INTO IRONS,

DRAG YOU OFF YOUR PROPERTY IN FRONT OF YOUR MEN, AND YOUR WIFE,

MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A FOOL.

VIRGIL, THIS IS ED ROWAN.

ED, I WANT YOU TO SIT DOWN IN THAT CHAIR

AND TELL DETECTIVE TIBBS WHAT YOU TOLD ME

COMING IN IN THE CAR.

THE MEN WHO PAID YOU A VISIT LAST NIGHT

WORK FOR ME.

DID YOU SEND THEM?

WELL, LET'S JUST SAY I DIDN'T STOP THEM.

YOU DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE, HUH?

I LIKE THEM FINE,

AS LONG AS THEY STAY WHERE THEY BELONG--

LIKE I STAY WHERE I BELONG.

WHERE YOU BELONG IS UP TO YOU.

WHERE I BELONG IS NOT UP TO ME, IT'S ALSO UP TO YOU.

THAT'S HOW YOU SEE IT?

YOU KNOW WHAT I SEE?

I SEE A BLACK MAN

THAT I WOULD NOT CARE TO SEE ANYTIME OR ANYPLACE.

VIRGIL: YEAH.

I SEE A MAN THAT I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME ABOUT,

NOT BECAUSE HE'S A WHITE MAN,

BUT BECAUSE HE'S A MAGGOT.

EASY, EASY. HOLD IT.

BUBBA, ARREST MR. ROWAN FOR ASSAULT

AND FOR BEING A MAGGOT.

OOH, WE'RE REAL TOUGH ON MAGGOTS AROUND HERE.

COME ON.

I'M GOING TO ASK THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY

IF I CAN'T HOLD YOU FOR MURDER.

I THINK YOU HAD AMPLE REASON

TO KILL REVEREND HASKELL.

I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT!

[TELEPHONE BUZZES]

TAKE HIM AWAY, BUBBA.

YEAH, WHAT?[MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

HI, PRES, HOW ARE YOU?

YES.

YES.

NO, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

BYE FOR NOW.

NOW, THAT WAS PRES LYMAN OVER AT THE FUNERAL HOME.

HE SAID HIS WIFE SAW A WOMAN

LEAVING THAT MORTUARY LAST NIGHT.

SHE SAID THE WOMAN LOOKED LIKE CLAIRE SPENCE.

WHY DO YOU NEED TO TALK TO ME AGAIN?

I'VE TOLD YOU EVERYTHING.

WE APPRECIATE THAT, MISS SPENCE,

BUT WE'RE STILL RUNNING INTO PROBLEMS.

LIKE THE MOTIVE--

WHY WOULD SOMEONE KILL HIM?

THEN WE'LL FIND OUT THE WHO.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.

ALMOST ANYONE WHO DIDN'T WANT YOU TO JOIN THIS CHURCH.

NO. THAT'S TOO EASY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN UPSET,

BUT TO TAKE A MAN'S LIFE?

THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.

PACKING THE MINISTER'S STUFF MUST BE QUITE A JOB.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH HAS PILED UP IN FIVE YEARS.

SO LAST NIGHT AT 6:30, YOU WERE HERE?

WORKING?

YES.

WELL, I THINK YOU'RE FORGETTING YOURSELF, MISS SPENCE.

YOU WEREN'T HERE AT 6:30 LAST EVENING.

WELL, I WENT OUT TO GET A SANDWICH.

DID YOU THINK YOU'D GET A SANDWICH OVER AT THE FUNERAL HOME?

AMY LYMAN SAW YOU COMING AWAY FROM THERE AT 6:30.

IS THIS WHAT YOU USED?

I DIDN'T KILL HIM. I DIDN'T.

I'M ARRESTING YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID DO--

ALL THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS AT THAT FUNERAL HOME.

WHY?

WHAT CAUSED ALL THAT RAGE?

READ THOSE.

THEY'RE FROM THAT LITTLE WITCH CASSEY ROWAN.

HE WAS SLEEPING WITH HER.

THAT WONDERFUL MAN,

THE MAN THAT I HAD LOVED,

HAD WORSHIPED!

I THOUGHT HE WAS THE MOST PERFECT MAN ON EARTH,

AND THEN I SAW THOSE LETTERS

AND REALIZED WHAT HE'D DONE.

I WENT THERE AND RIPPED IT ALL APART--

ALL THE TRIBUTES, ALL THE FLOWERS,

HIS COFFIN!

I WISHED HE HAD BEEN ALIVE

SO I COULD HAVE STABBED THE LIFE OUT OF HIM!

[SOBS]

HAVEN'T YOU CAUSED ENOUGH TROUBLE, CHIEF GILLESPIE?

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CAUSE MORE MISCHIEF.

ED CALLED ME FROM JAIL.

HE'S GOTTEN A LAWYER.

HE'LL BE OUT ON BAIL BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

I'VE GOT NOTHING TO SAY.

WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE?

DID YOUR HUSBAND KNOW YOU WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE MINISTER?

NO. HE WOULD HAVE KILLED US BOTH.

MAYBE HE KILLED ONE OF YOU.

MAYBE HE KILLED REVEREND HASKELL.

MAYBE HE WOULDN'T LEAVE HIS WIFE, SO YOU KILLED HIM.

NO. IT WASN'T LIKE THAT.

I DIDN'T ASK HIM TO LEAVE HIS WIFE.

I KNEW THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.

ALL I WANTED WAS... JUST TO BE CLOSE TO HIM.

DID MRS. HASKELL HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT THIS?

NO.

AND I KNEW IT WAS WRONG,

BUT I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.

I SWEAR, I PRAYED FOR STRENGTH,

AND I KEPT SAYING IT HAD TO END...

BUT I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.

I LOVED HIM TOO MUCH.

PLEASE, CHIEF, I BEG YOU, DON'T LET THIS GET OUT.

IT WOULD BE AWFUL.

CASSEY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MURDER TRIAL.

THERE CAN'T BE ANY MORE SECRETS.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

AFTER ALL OF THIS, WHAT DO WE HAVE?

NOTHING.

WE GOT TOO MUCH IF YOU ASK ME.

WE GOT CLAIRE SPENCE,

WE GOT MRS. HASKELL, ED AND CASSEY ROWAN.

ANY ONE OF THEM MIGHT HAVE BEEN MAD ENOUGH TO KILL HIM.

THEY ALL KNEW HE HAD AN ALLERGY.

ANY ONE OF THEM MIGHT HAVE SLIPPED HIM THAT PENICILLIN.

YEAH, BUT HOW? WE STILL DON'T KNOW.

I GOT THE RESULTS OF THE REVEREND'S STOMACH ANALYSIS.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TELLING ME.

ALL NEGATIVE.

THERE WAS NO PENICILLIN IN THE MAN'S STOMACH.

YOU DIDN'T FIND ANY INJECTIONS MARKS, DID YOU?

NONE.

SAY WE WERE RIGHT--

THE MURDERER TRIED TO KILL HASKELL

BY INTRODUCING PENICILLIN INTO HIS BODY.

WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA OF HOW HE DID IT.

I'VE BEEN THINKING THE SAME THING MYSELF.

BILL: THANK YOU, HARRIS. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME YOUR TIME.

ANYTIME, BILL.

IT'S ABOUT THE REVEREND HASKELL'S DEATH...

AGAIN.

I WISH WE COULD SET IT TOO REST. THERE'S TOO MUCH UGLINESS.

PENICILLIN KILLED HIM.

I GUESS YOU KNEW HE WAS ALLERGIC TO THAT.

I'M THE ONE WHO REVIVED HIM WHEN HE COLLAPSED.

DID YOU RECENTLY PRESCRIBE ANY PENICILLIN

TO MRS. HASKELL OR ED ROWAN

OR CLAIRE SPENCE?

YES. WAYNE HASKELL HAD A STREP THROAT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

ED ROWAN, NO.

I'M NOT CLAIRE'S DOCTOR.

FRANKLY, IF I WERE GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY,

I WOULDN'T GO TO HIS FAMILY DOCTOR FOR THE PRESCRIPTION.

I GUESS NOT.

BUT IF YOU DID,

IT'D MAKE YOU LOOK MORE INNOCENT.

WELL, I GUESS SO.

BUT THE BIG MYSTERY IS,

HOW DID THE PENICILLIN GET INTO REVEREND HASKELL'S BODY IN THE FIRST PLACE?

YOU EVER FIND OUT?

NO, NOT YET, BUT WE EXPECT TO SOON.

HOW'S THAT?

VIRGIL AND THE CORONER FIGURE HASKELL MUST'VE TAKEN THAT DRUG

NO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES BEFORE IT HIT HIM.

IT HAD TO BE IN THE CHURCH.

WE'RE BRINGING DOWN A FORENSIC TEAM FROM JACKSON TOMORROW

TO GO OVER THE WHOLE CHURCH,

MAYBE FIND SOMETHING WE OVERLOOKED.

THAT PENICILLIN MIGHT STILL BE IN THAT CHURCH.

I HOPE YOU FIND IT.

THE SOONER THIS IS BEHIND US, THE BETTER.

AND, BILL

I HOPE VIRGIL AND HIS WIFE WILL MAKE OUR CHURCH THEIR HOME.

WELL, HARRIS, THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS, YOU KNOW.

OH, AND, UH, LISTEN...

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP.

BYE.

MRS. HASKELL.

KENNETH LOVED FLOWERS.

HE TOOK SUCH PRIDE IN HIS ROSE GARDEN.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW

MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL

AND WHY YOU ASKED US NOT TO COME BACK TO THE CHURCH.

I'M GLAD.

BUT I CAME BACK TO APPEAL TO YOU ONE MORE TIME.

IF YOUR HUSBAND'S DEATH MEANS ANYTHING,

IF HIS LIFE IS TO MEAN ANYTHING,

SHOULDN'T HIS LAST REQUEST BE FULFILLED?

I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST YOU PERSONALLY, MRS. TIBBS,

OR ANY OTHER BLACKS.

AND I SUPPORTED MY HUSBAND'S DECISION WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.

THEN WHY NOT NOW?

BECAUSE IT'S MAKING A CIRCUS OUT OF HIS DEATH.

I WANT HIM TO BE REMEMBERED FOR THE GOOD THAT HE DID,

NOT FOR THE CHAOS THAT'S RESULTED FROM HIS LAST DECISION.

I'M SORRY.

PLEASE...

DON'T PRESS THIS ISSUE AGAIN.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA

HOW MUCH I'D HOPED NOT TO SEE YOU HERE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

DON'T START LYING, PLEASE.

IT'S ALL OVER.

WE TOLD ALL THE SUSPECTS

ABOUT THIS SWEEP WE PLANNED IN THE CHURCH TOMORROW,

HOPING THE GUILTY PARTY WOULD TRY TO REMOVE IT.

THAT'S VERY CLEVER, DOCTOR.

PENICILLIN MIXED WITH MOUTHWASH.

COULDN'T EVEN BE TASTED.

EVEN THE SMALLEST AMOUNT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO KILL HIM.

THE FUNNY THING IS, I NEVER WOULD HAVE SUSPECTED YOU

IF YOU HADN'T ASKED HOW THAT PENICILLIN GOT INTO THE BODY.

NOBODY KNEW WE HADN'T ANY IDEA...

EXCEPT VIRGIL, THE CORONER,

AND ME.

WE DIDN'T RELEASE THAT INFORMATION.

HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH MY DAUGHTER.

THIS MAN...

A MAN WHO LED US IN PRAYER EVERY SUNDAY,

A MAN WHO WAS MY FRIEND...

WAS SLEEPING WITH MY LITTLE GIRL.

HE EVEN GOT HER PREGNANT.

I ARRANGED AN ABORTION.

AND EVEN THEN, SHE CONTINUED TO SEE HIM.

HE WAS LIKE A DRUG TO HER.

MY LITTLE GIRL.

ALL THEIR LIFE...

YOU WORRY ABOUT THEM.

YOU TRY TO SHIELD THEM FROM ALL THE HARM IN THE WORLD.

YOU HAVE TO PROTECT THEM FROM EVERYBODY.

AND EVEN THEN,

WHEN YOU THINK THEY'RE SAFE, THEY'RE NOT.

SO YOU SEE,

I HAD TO KILL HIM.

IT WAS THE ONLY WAY...

TO RELEASE THE HOLD...

HE HAD ON HER.

CLAIRE: THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.

THE BOARD OF DEACONS HAS VERY GRACIOUSLY ASKED ME

TO CONDUCT THE SERVICE

ONE LAST TIME,

AND I'M GRATEFUL.

THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH PAIN...

SO MUCH VICIOUSNESS

VISITED ON THIS CHURCH IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS,

IT'S TIME TO PUT THAT BEHIND US.

MR. AND MRS. TIBBS ARE WITH US AGAIN THIS MORNING.

[EXHALES]

I WENT TO THEM,

AND I ASKED THEM NOT TO COME BACK TO THIS CHURCH.

I SAY THAT, STANDING BEFORE YOU,

SO YOU'LL KNOW HOW MISGUIDED,

HOW WRONG I WAS.

I WAS WILLING TO...

SACRIFICE MY HUSBAND'S IDEALS

IN ORDER TO PROTECT HIS IMAGE.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

IF ANYTHING GOOD IS TO BE REMEMBERED ABOUT HIM,

IT'S GOT TO BE HIS IDEALS.

SO I WELCOME NOT ONLY MR. AND MRS. TIBBS,

BUT ANY MEMBER OF THE SPARTA COMMUNITY

WHO CHOOSES TO WORSHIP HERE AT GRACE REDEEMER CHURCH.

I WANT TO THANK VIRGIL AND ALTHEA FOR THEIR COURAGE,

FOR REMINDING ALL OF US OF THE RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE

OF STANDING FIRM IN ONE'S BELIEFS,

AND FOR SHOWING US

THAT GOOD...

REALLY IS MORE POWERFUL THAN EVIL

AND THAT LOVE...

FREELY GIVEN...

CAN HEAL EVEN THE DEEPEST WOUNDS.

[ORGAN PLAYS]

♪ AMAZING GRACE

♪ HOW SWEET THE SOUND

♪ THAT SAVED A WRETCH

♪ LIKE ME

♪ I ONCE WAS LOST

♪ BUT NOW I AM FOUND

♪ WAS BLIND

♪ BUT NOW I SEE

♪ 'TWAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT

♪ MY HEART TO FEAR

♪ AND GRACE

♪ MY FEARS RELIEVED

♪ HOW PRECIOUS DID

♪ THAT GRACE APPEAR

♪ THE HOUR

♪ I FIRST BELIEVED ♪