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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 ♪

DON'T TELL ME IT'S TOO SMALL.

IT'S HARD TO THINK THAT CLIFTON

IS INTO A SIZE 8 ALREADY.

YOU'RE TELLING ME?

TIME GOES, DOESN'T IT?

I TELL YOU.

LET'S SEE. 4s, 6s, AND 8s.

OH, GOOD, THANKS. I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THESE SOCKS.

THAT'LL BE 19.95, PLUS TAX.

YOU SHOULD BE GLAD YOU WERE CAUGHT, YOUNG LADY.

I MEAN THAT.

I MEAN, BEING CAUGHT THE VERY FIRST TIME

SORT OF FORCES A DECISION

ABOUT THERE BEING A SECOND TIME.

OR WOULDN'T YOU SAY SO?

YES, SIR.

MM-HMM.

NOW, I WANT YOU TO TELL ME

ALL ABOUT THIS.

IT WAS FOR BAILEY, MY BROTHER.

HE'S GETTING TOO BIG

TO BE WEARING NO GIRL LEFTOVER STUFF.

MR. DEXTROE AT THE STORE

HAS AGREED NOT TO PRESS ANY CHARGES,

SO WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU GO ON HOME NOW.

YEAH!

I MEAN, THANK YOU.

WHOA.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE NO MORE STEALING.

UNDERSTAND ME? NO MORE!

TIBBS WILL TAKE YOU HOME.

HE'S GOING TO DRIVE YOU THERE,

AND HE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOUR MAMA

SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO COME IN TOMORROW.

WOMAN: HAVE TO BE BROUGHT HOME BY THE POLICE.

WHERE'S YOUR HEAD, GIRL?

LOOK AT ME WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU!

NOW, LOUISE, HONEY,

THE MAN SAID EVERYTHING WAS O.K.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO THIS CHILD.

DITCHING SCHOOL. NOW STEALING!

ON TOP OF GETTING HERSELF PREGNANT.

MAMA!

SHE'S...

I JUST WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR MY LITTLE GIRL.

SCHOOL, MAYBE KNOWING SOMEPLACE BETTER THAN THE BOTTOMS.

I KNOW.

YOU REMIND ME SO MUCH OF MY MAMA.

I GUESS I BETTER BE GOING.

SHAWNA, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, HUH?

MRS. HUGHES, GOOD-BYE.

WE SURE ARE MUCH OBLIGED TO YOU.

TIBBS: UH, YEAH.

WHY YOU DO THAT, MAMA?

WHY YOU PUT ME DOWN IN FRONT OF HIM?

I'M SORRY.SORRY!

IT'S ALWAYS "SORRY."

OH, BABY.

DON'T SAY YOU WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR ME.

BABY--

'CAUSE FEELING THIS BAD...

CAN'T BE BEST.

[SNIFFLES]

OH, MARTIN.

WHY DO I SEEM TO DO EVERYTHING WRONG?

[HONK HONK]

MAN: ...COME ON. HERE WE GO.

GOT TO GET THAT TRUCK LOADED.

MAN 2: THAT'S IT. HERE WE ARE.

BOBBY... BOBBY, COME ON OVER HERE.

WOMAN: [OVER PA] WILL BOB FULLBRIGHT PLEASE COME TO THE PAYROLL OFFICE?

IS IT ON THERE?

ALL RIGHT. I GOT IT.

WHERE YOU BEEN?

YOU SAID YOU WAS COMING BY.

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!

YOU AIN'T GIVE ME NO MONEY.

MONEY? SMELL THE COFFEE.

DANNY, YOU GOT TO HELP ME.

MAYBE WE COULD--

WE? GIVE ME A BREAK. I GOT WORK TO DO.

COME BY TONIGHT.

MAMA WILL BE OUT, AND WE COULD TALK,

WORK SOMETHING OUT.NO WAY.

DANNY...

LOOK, THERE AIN'T NO "WE"! GET THAT STRAIGHT!

DON'T COME AROUND HERE YAPPING AT ME, LOOKING LIKE HELL.

I LOOKED PRETTY DAMN GOOD A WHILE BACK ONMY BACK.

WHOA! HA HA HA!

SO?

THAT WAS THEN.

NOW IS NOW.

WE'LL SEE HOW FUNNY YOU THINK THIS IS

WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU DID TO ME.

ME AND WHO ELSE?

I JUST HAPPEN TO KNOW THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

I MIGHT MENTION YOUR NAME

WHEN I REMIND HIM I'M UNDERAGE.

NO SLUT'S GOING TO NAIL MY ASS FOR SOME KID.

DO YOU HEAR ME?

[BELL TOLLING]

[SNIFFLES]

I'M SORRY. [SOBS]

I'M REALLY SORRY.

I REALLY SCREWED UP EVERYTHING, DIDN'T I?

I MEAN...

MESSED UP EVERYTHING.

[CONTINUES SOBBING]

MAKE IT GO AWAY.

PLEASE.

[SOBBING INCONSOLABLY] MAKE IT GO AWAY.

I'LL DO ANYTHING.

JUST DON'T BE THERE!

DON'T BE THERE.

DON'T BE THERE.

SHAWNA: "BURLEY BEAR RAN FASTER AND FASTER,

"BUT THE SKY KEPT GETTING DARKER AND DARKER.

HIS BEAR PAWS WERE..."

UGH!

MAYA, STOP KICKING ME.

I DIDN'T.

MARTIN: ALL I'M SAYING IS A COUPLE OF MONTHS, TOPS.

I CAN FIND SOME KIND OF WORK IN JACKSON.

LOUISE: NO, MARTIN! NO.

I CAN'T STAND TO LOSE NO MORE.

I LOVE YOU, HONEY.

YOU AIN'T NEVER GOING TO LOSE ME,

BUT WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

I'LL GO BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

DON'T WORRY. HE DON'T EVER MEAN IT.

YEAH, HE DOES.

[DOOR CLOSES]

"SORE FROM THE ROCKS.

"HE HAD NEVER RUN ON--"

[GASPS]

LAY STILL!

YOU'RE POKING ME WITH THEM KNEES.

I DON'T--OH! [EXCLAIMS]

WHAT'S WRONG?

I THINK I ATE TOO MUCH.

[SIGHS]

[DOOR OPENS]

MARTIN?

HONEY, THAT YOU?

OHH!

OH.

OH.

[PANTING]

[SHAWNA GRUNTING]

[SHAWNA PANTING]

[SHAWNA MOANING]

[SHAWNA GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING]

[BABY CRYING]

[BABY WHIMPERS]

[WHIMPERS]

[BELL RINGS]

BOY: YOU WANT TO WAIT UP, MAN?

HEY.

SHAWNA.

LOOK AT YOU! YOU LOOK GREAT.

YOU HAD YOUR BABY.

OH, YEAH.

WAS THE LABOR AS ROUGH AS THEY SAY?

I GUESS.

DOCTOR GAVE ME SOMETHING,

AND MY BOYFRIEND WAS THERE.

YOU'RE LUCKY. THE DELIVERY ROOM.

SCARY PLACE FOR MOST GUYS.

YEAH, WELL, EVERYTHING'S COOL...

O.K.?

WHY CLEAR OUT YOUR LOCKER?

SHAWNA, DON'T DROP OUT OF SCHOOL.

YOU WERE DOING SO WELL.

WE CAN TALK IN MY OFFICE.

NO.

AIN'T NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT.

NOTHING?

NOT EVEN HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT NEVER BEING ABLE TO SEE YOUR BABY AGAIN?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SHAWNA, WHAT HAPPENED?

AFTER?

MAMA CALLED THE PEOPLE IN JACKSON LIKE WE PLANNED,

AND THEY CAME AND GOT IT.

I MEAN, HOW DID YOU HANDLE IT?

DID YOU CHOOSE TO SEE YOUR BABY FIRST,

HOLD IT?

FOR WHAT?

[ENGINE WHIRRING]

KEEP IT GOING. BRING IT UP.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

HOLD IT!

HOLD IT! HOLD IT!

MY GOD. OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY...

THIS IS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION,

NOT A FACILITY FOR GROUP THERAPY.

I WANT TO GET THEM TOGETHER,

ANSWER QUESTIONS, TALK ABOUT PRENATAL CARE,

THEIR DELIVERY FEARS.

BABIES ARE NOT REALLY OUR CONCERN.

THERE ARE AT LEAST 15 PREGNANT GIRLS

ON THIS CAMPUS THAT WE KNOW OF.

DOESN'T THAT CONCERN YOU?

INDEED IT DOES.

THEY SET A VERY BAD EXAMPLE.

THEY'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT.[SCOFFS]

AS TEACHERS, YEAH, THEY ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT.

ALTHEA,

YOU SURELY CAN'T HOLD THIS SCHOOL RESPONSIBLE

FOR INDIVIDUAL ACTS,

CHOICES OF BEHAVIOR WHILE OFF THIS CAMPUS.

BUT A LITTLE SEX EDUCATION

WHILE THEY'RE ON THE CAMPUS, THAT MIGHT HELP.

THESE THINGS TAKE TIME.

TAKE TIME. TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU WANT.

IN THE MEANTIME, HAND OUT A FEW CONDOMS.

MISS TIBBS, YOU FORGET YOURSELF.

I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A MISERABLE LITTLE GIRL

ACTUALLY A LITTLE GIRL.

WHO JUST GAVE AWAY HER BABY.

SHE'LL NEVER SEE IT AGAIN.

SHE'S FILLED WITH SO MUCH PAIN AND SHOCK,

SHE CAN'T DEAL WITH IT.

WHAT SHOULD I TELL HER?

TELL HER TO GO TO HER FAMILY, HER MINISTER.

THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE FOR!

WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT?

THIS IS A SCHOOL.

YOU WILL NOT TURN IT INTO A PSYCHIATRIC WARD

OR DAY-CARE CENTER OR BIRTH-CONTROL CLINIC.

NOT HERE!

FINE.

IF NOT HERE, THEN ELSEWHERE,

BUT, DAMN IT, SOMEWHERE.

O.K., HERE'S THE PLAN.

GO DOWN TO THE HOSPITAL AND CHECK THE RECORDS.

SEE WHAT BLACK BABIES WERE BORN THERE

THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

O.K.

I KNOW MOST OF THE MIDWIVES AROUND TOWN.

I'LL CHECK WITH THEM.

AFTER THAT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS GARBAGE

AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TRASH BIN

THAT POOR THING WAS TOSSED INTO.

WHILE YOU'RE AT IT,

PICK UP SOME GLOVES AND SOME FACE MASKS.

YOU THINK I'M THAT UGLY, HUH?

SWEET.

YES, SIR?

THERE'S A TIME FOR JOKES,

AND THIS SURE AS HELL AIN'T IT.

YES, SIR.

CORD WASN'T TIED.

CLOTTED OFF ALL BY ITSELF.

SO THERE WAS NO CARE GIVEN TO THIS BABY AT ALL, HUH?

UH-UH.

SOME OF THAT BLOOD'S PROBABLY FROM THE MOTHER.

GET A SWAB, WILL YOU, AND RUN IT?

SO TINY.

MY BET IS IT WASN'T FULL-TERM.

PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN, UH, OH...

8 MONTHS OR SO.

DR. ROBB,

THE TEMPERATURE IS JUST ABOVE AMBIENT.

WE CAN GET A MORE PRECISE TIME WITH THE VITREOUS HUMOR.

CHIEF, WE GOT A REAL MESS HERE.

WITH ALL THIS DEBRIS,

I CAN'T TELL WHAT'S FROM THE DUMPSTER

OR WHAT'S FROM THE BIRTH SITE, WHEREVER THAT WAS.

HOW LONG WAS THAT BABY IN THE DUMPSTER?

DR. ROBB: AT LEAST A COUPLE DAYS.

VIRGIL, I DIDN'T GET THE FOOTPRINTS. COULD YOU GET THEM?

SURE.

YOU REMEMBER THAT BRUISING ON THE NOSE AND LIPS

THAT I WASN'T SURE ABOUT?

IT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED

BY SOME OBJECT PRESSING AGAINST HIM IN THE TRASH.

OR...

THERE WERE PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGES IN THE TRACHEA

AND LINT ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE LUNGS,

AND HE DID NOT DIE FROM EXPOSURE.

ALTHEA: ONE LOUSY SEMESTER OF HEALTH, THAT'S ALL.

AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE,

MORRIS MIGHT ASSIGN THE ONLY CHAPTER ON ANIMAL REPRODUCTION.

THE KIDS ARE TO READ IT AT HOME

AND THEN DISCUSS IT WITH PARENTS,

WHO PROBABLY STILL GET DRESSED IN THE CLOSET

AND WHO PROBABLY THINK A FALLOPIAN TUBE

IS THE NEWEST RIDE AT DISNEYLAND. [SCOFFS]

THAT IS SEX EDUCATION IN THE EIGHTIES. IF WE COULD...

[JAZZ PLAYS] SO WHAT'S THE NEW CASE?

WHAT?

JAZZ--NEW CASE, BAD ONE.

[SIGHS]

LUCKY GUESS.

OH, NOT LUCKY. IT'S A SCIENCE.

JAZZ--NEW CASE, AND A BAD ONE.

B.B. KING--

WE'RE THROWING A PARTY.

THEME SONG FROM ROCKY--

YOU'RE HOMESICK

OR THE 76ers WON THEIR LAST GAME.

ANITA BAKER-- I GOTTA GET MYSELF A NEW NIGHTGOWN.

ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME

WHAT BROUGHT ON THE JAZZ?

A VERY LITTLE BOY,

NOBODY YET.

NO CLOTHES, NO NAME, NO USE.

SO SOMEBODY THREW LITTLE-BOY-NOBODY-YET

INTO THE TRASH.

OH.

ALL DURING THE AUTOPSY,

I KEPT WANTING TO COUNT HIS FINGERS AND TOES OVER AND OVER.

ISN'T THAT FUNNY?

I HEAR THAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING NEW MOTHERS DO.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

THEY'RE ALL THERE.

I WONDER IF SHE DID THAT

BEFORE SHE THREW HIM IN THE DUMPSTER.

OH.

WELL, IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD

TO FIND MOMMY DEAREST.

HOW MANY BLACK WOMEN

GAVE BIRTH TO PREEMIES RECENTLY?

WHAT?

[THUNDER CRACKLING]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

OH, MY GOD.

GOD.

[RAIN POURING]

O.K., WE CAN SETTLE THIS WHOLE BUSINESS RIGHT NOW.

JUST TELL ME THE NAME OF THE ADOPTION AGENCY.

THERE AIN'T NO AGENCY.

THESE PEOPLE WANTED A BABY,

THEY WAS REAL NICE.

RIGHT. A NICE COUPLE FROM JACKSON

WITH A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, SO YOU SAY.

THE OTHER DAY YOU COULDN'T BE NICER TO ME.

TO THE POOR LITTLE BLACK FAMILY IN THE BOTTOMS.

NOW YOU WON'T BELIEVE A WORD I SAY.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE

UNTIL EVERY PIECE OF THAT EVIDENCE IS MARKED.

WE TAGGED EVERY STINKING PIECE.

YEAH. AND EVERY OTHER STINKING PIECE

EACH STINKING PIECE WAS STUCK TO.

AIN'T WHAT YOU EXPECTED WHEN YOU SIGNED ON

TO RID THE WORLD OF CRIME SINGLE-HANDED?

NO, SIR.AW.

REMEMBER--THE MEEK WILL INHERIT

A STRIPE ON THE SLEEVE.

THE PROUD WILL SURELY FALL.

SHAWNA, YOU'RE DOING YOURSELF NO GOOD GOING ON LIKE THIS.

CAN'T YOU BELIEVE ME?TIBBS: NO.

YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME.

IT AIN'T MY BABY.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOUNG LADY,

IS THIS BABY OVER IN THE HOSPITAL,

BORN WITHIN HOURS OF, OR AT THE SAME TIME, YOUR BABY WAS BORN.

SO?

SO, BOTH YOUR BABY AND THIS BABY

JUST HAPPEN TO BE 8-MONTH BABIES--

PREEMIES.

OH, SHAWNA, SWEETIE.

THE TRASH THAT WAS FOUND ON THE DEAD CHILD

CAME FROM A DUMPSTER NEAR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

NOW...

WE CAN TAKE A BLOOD SAMPLE FROM YOU,

HAVE THE LAB DO A MATCH,

AND WE'LL KNOW IN A DAY ANYWAY.

SO?

COME ON, CHILD.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE BABY,

AND THIS WAS IT.

AND IT WAS YOURS, WASN'T IT?

YEAH. IT WAS.

AND YOU KILLED IT...

AND THREW IT IN A DUMPSTER, DIDN'T YOU?

NO!

NO, NO, NO!

YEAH.

I DID.

WE FILED SHAWNA'S CONFESSION.

WHAT YOU GOING ON FOR?

BECAUSE SHE'S LYING.

YEAH?

WHY?

SHE'S COVERING FOR SOMEONE, SOMEONE...

ELSE WHO WANTED THAT CHILD DEAD.

COME ON, NOW, VIRGIL.

A TINY LITTLE BABY, ALIVE FOR MAYBE ONE HOUR--

THAT'S NOT A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE MANY ENEMIES.

YEAH, I KNOW, BUT...

SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WHOLE MESS KEEPS SCREAMING "FOUL."

HOW ABOUT PITY?PITY?

I'M SAYING YOU MIGHT BE GETTING TOO INVOLVED

IN THIS GIRL'S HASSLES.

HASSLES?

THAT'S A TIDY LITTLE WAY TO SUM UP A LOUSY LIFE.

I AGREE. IT'S UNFAIR-- IT REALLY IS.

HER DADDY ABANDONING HER,

SOME LOWLIFE KNOCKING HER UP, RUNNING OFF.

IT'S UNFAIR.

POVERTY IS UNFAIR.

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT

THAT LITTLE GIRL KILLED ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.

RICH, POOR-- BLACK OR WHITE THAT'S WRONG.

WOW.

YOU JUST WENT FROM BEING A SINGLE COP TO A WHOLE JURY.

[TELEPHONE BUZZES]

[BUZZING]

HELLO?[INDISTINCT MUMBLING]

PUT HIM ON.

HELLO, DOCTOR.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

THANKS.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

THAT CHILD DIDN'T SUFFOCATE.

HE CHOKED TO DEATH ON A BLOOD CLOT.

OH, MAN...

HI, MARTIN.

BAILEY, YOUR SISTER WANTED YOU TO HAVE THIS.

I'M SORRY. HE'S A LITTLE SCARED?

HE'S BEEN CRYING ABOUT HIS SISTER.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM IN THE HOUSE FOR A WHILE.

WHAT'S THE USE?

SHAWNA WON'T SAY WHO THE BABY'S FATHER WAS.

WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IS?

SAY WHAT IT IS YOU MEAN, MR. TIBBS.

I THINK SOMEONE

HELPED SHAWNA GET RID OF HER BABY.

MY DAUGHTER IS NOT A MURDERER.

HER BABY WAS STILL ALIVE

WHEN IT WAS BURIED IN THAT PILE OF FILTH.

ALIVE?

HE WAS...

[SOBS] OH, NO, LORD.

LORD JESUS...

OH, MY SWEET SHAWNA.

DAN MACKEY.

WHERE CAN I FIND HIM?

BOY: ALL RIGHT, BILLY BOY!

YOU GOT HIM THERE.

WHOO HOO! OH. GET HIM.

OH! YEAH.

BREAK THAT UP NOW.

BREAK IT UP!

GET UP! GET UP!

GET OFF HIM!

COME ON. GET BACK TO WORK RIGHT NOW.

AND I MEAN NOW!

DAMN IT, MACKEY!

WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING, ANYWAY?

DAN MACKEY? WHY DON'T THAT SURPRISE ME NONE?

COME ON, MAN, LET GO OF ME.

SETTLE YOUR BUTT DOWN!

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

HE'S BEEN ACTING CRAZY.

OH, CRAP! STAY OUT OF MY BUSINESS!

YOU JUST SHUT UP!

SHUT UP, BOTH OF YOUSE.

UNLESS SOMEBODY'S FILING CHARGES,

I'M HERE TO DELIVER A MESSAGE TO YOU MACKEY.

THE CHIEF WANTS TO SEE YOU.

CAN'T YOU SEE I'M AT WORK?

WELL, I'D FIND TIME.

WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

KNOW A SHAWNA HUGHES?

NEVER HEARD OF HER.

BULL! SHE COME HERE YESTERDAY.

SHE WAS WAY OUT HERE.

YOU SHUT UP!

SMART, MACKEY. THAT WAS REAL SMART.

YOU'RE FIRED!

WELL?

WELL, GIVE THE CHIEF MY BEST REGARDS.

SEE HOW THINGS WORK OUT, MACKEY?

NOW YOU GOT ALL DAY.

WATCH YOUR HEAD, NOW.

SHAWNA, DID YOU KNOW

THAT THAT BABY WAS ALIVE

WHEN YOU THREW IT INTO THE DUMPSTER?

I GUESS I...

IF I...

[GATE OPENS]

I DON'T KNOW.

EXCUSE ME, DETECTIVE.

BUBBA'S BACK.

O.K.

ARE YOU GOING TO...

I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?

[GATE CLOSES]

WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO STAY HERE.

THAT WAS JUST OVERNIGHT.

NOW YOU'LL JUST COME HOME WITH ME.

THEN WHAT?

SHAWNA, I DON'T KNOW.

I DO.

THEY AIN'T NEVER GOING TO LET ME GO HOME AGAIN.

SHAWNA, LISTEN TO ME.

WHILE YOU WERE PREGNANT...

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE BABY?

I DIDN'T.

I GUESS I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A BABY.

I MEAN...

I KNEW...

BUT NOT REALLY.

[SNIFFLES]

NOT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO GROW UP...

AND HAVE A NAME.

DID YOU HAVE ANYONE TO TALK TO,

A FRIEND,

SOMEONE WHO COULD MAKE IT SEEM MORE REAL?

NO.

IT JUST KEPT GETTING BIGGER...

AND BIGGER.

AND EVERYTHING GOT WORSE...

AND WORSE.

YOU KNOW THOSE GIRLS ON THE SOAPS

THAT'S PREGNANT, ON TV?

THEY GOT LONG, SHINY HAIR

AND SILK BLOUSES.

ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?

THE GIRL SAYS YOU'RE THE FATHER.

YOU SAYING YOU COULDN'T BE?

MAYBE.

MAYBE.

WELL, THEN, AT LEAST YOU'RE TELLING ME IT'S POSSIBLE,

IS THAT RIGHT?

YEAH. IT--IT'S POSSIBLE, THAT'S ALL.

AFTER THAT ARGUMENT YOU HAD ON THE LOADING DOCK,

WHEN'S THE NEXT TIME YOU SAW HER?

THAT WAS THE LAST TIME.

YOU WEREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THOSE WOODS THAT NIGHT?

NO.MM-HMM. SEE THIS?

IT'S A PIECE OF BARBED WIRE

FROM THAT OLD FENCE THAT WENT AROUND THE WOODS.

SEE, IT'S CAKED WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT OLD.

MY GUESS IS THAT THAT SOMETHING IS BLOOD.

YEAH. BARBED WIRE CAN GIVE YOU A NASTY GASH

WHEN YOU RUN ON IT AND YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING IT THERE

IN THE DARK, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE HURRYING,

CARRYING SOMETHING IN YOUR ARMS.

THAT'S ENOUGH TO SEND TO THE LAB FOR TYPING.

MAYBE WHAT I SAID HAPPENED TO YOU.

LIFT UP YOUR PANTS LEG. LET ME HAVE A LOOK.

THAT ONE'S PRETTY AND CLEAN.

LET ME SEE THE OTHER ONE.

GO ON.

WELL, LOOK AT THIS.

I WOULDN'T THINK YOU GOT THAT FROM A CAT.

SHE HAD SOME STUFF OF MINE, THAT'S ALL.

SOME PICTURES AND JUNK.

SHE AND HER MAMA GO TO CHOIR PRACTICE FRIDAYS,

SO I THOUGHT I'D GO OVER THERE.

I SAW HER SNEAKING OUT OF THE HOUSE,

ALL BENT OVER, KIND OF,

AND I FOLLOWED HER.

YOU WERE IN THE WOODS WHEN SHE HAD THAT BABY.

I LOST HER FOR A MINUTE IN THE DARK.

THEN I HEARD THESE SOUNDS.

THEY WERE AWFUL.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

THEN I SAW HER...

LAYING ON THE GROUND.

AND IT WAS WEIRD.

I WAS JUST STANDING THERE

HOLDING ON TO THIS DAMN TREE, AND I COULDN'T MOVE.

AND THEN I...

I SAW IT COME OUT.

IT WAS WEIRD.

I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

AND I WAS JUST STANDING THERE, AND I COULDN'T MOVE.

AND THEN SHE GOT REAL QUIET...

DIDN'T MOVE AT ALL.

AND YOU DIDN'T TRY TO GET ANY CLOSER?

I RAN LIKE HELL.

IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO YOU SHE MIGHT NEED HELP?

I THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD.

WHEN YOU RAN WHERE DID YOU GO?

TO A FRIEND'S.WHAT FRIEND?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

THE DIFFERENCE

COULD BE YOUR ALIBI.

WHERE DID YOU GO?

TO MY GIRLFRIEND'S.

TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S?

MACKEY, I'M GOING TO GET YOU.

THE TINIEST SHRED OF EVIDENCE, AND YOU'RE MINE.

YOU GOT THAT? YOU HEAR ME?

COME ON. GET IT OVER!

GET IT OVER. GOOD SPIKE, MANDY!

GINA, GET THE LEAD OUT!

MAN: MRS. TIBBS!

MAY I INTERRUPT?

ALL RIGHT, GIRLS, GOOD GOING TODAY.

COME ON. TAKE YOUR SHOWERS.

LET'S GO. I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

GOOD JOB.

GOOD GOING, GINA.

[DOOR SHUTS]

WHAT IN THE DEVIL ARE YOU UP TO?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IT IS ALL OVER THIS SCHOOL

THAT YOU'RE HOLDING TEENAGE-PREGNANCY CLASSES AT YOUR HOME,

THAT YOU'RE TELLING YOUNG GIRLS

WHERE TO GET ABORTIONS,

DOLING OUT CONDOMS.

MY GOD! AS VICE PRINCIPAL OF THIS SCHOOL--

HOLD IT! JUST WAIT A MINUTE.

RUMOR'S GOTTEN WAY AHEAD OF WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON,

BUT A COUPLE OF THOSE IDEAS SOUND GOOD.

THIS STARTED WITH THAT HUGHES CHILD.

NO. SHE JUST LIT THE FIRE.

JUST BECAUSE ONE STUPID TEENAGER GETS HERSELF PREGNANT,

YOU'RE READY TO OVERTHROW THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT OF MISSISSIPPI.

LOOK, I AM SIMPLY TRYING

TO GET SOME SORT OF SEX-EDUCATION PROGRAM GOING HERE

THAT'S GOING TO HELP THESE KIDS.

THIS SCHOOL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAWS.

AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY!

LISTEN TO ME, PLEASE!

MRS. TIBBS, LOOK AT ME.

MY MOTHER HAD ME WHEN SHE WAS 15.

15!

SHE RAISED THE FOUR OF US

WITH ONLY MY GRANDMOTHER TO HELP.

I KNOW THE CYCLE, MRS. TIBBS.

THEN YOU'RE JUST THE MAN

WHO CAN TAKE THIS COMMUNITY

A LITTLE FARTHER, A LITTLE FASTER.

I WILL, BUT IT TAKES TIME!

THEN WE'LL HAVE MANY MORE SHAWNA'S

AND MANY MORE LOST BABIES,

AND WE'LLBE THROWING THEM IN THE GARBAGE DUMPS!

I HEARD YOU LET THAT LITTLE GIRL GO.

I DROVE HER HOME.

WHY?

WHERE IS SHE GOING TO GO,

AND HOW WOULD SHE GET THERE?

I THOUGHT WE AGREED SHE'D STAY WITH YOU A WHILE.

THOSE CHILDREN NEED TO BE TOGETHER.

THE LITTLE ONES ARE NEARLY SICK WITH GRIEF.

O.K., O.K.

WE HAD TO LET MACKEY GO.

HIS ALIBI CHECKED OUT.

AN ALIBI FROM A GIRLFRIEND?

AND FROM THE CLINIC.

YOU SURE?

THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT SAID

THAT DUMPSTER ON SIXTH STREET, THE ONE THE LITTLE BABY WAS PUT INTO

WAS SET OUT FOR PICKUP

WHEN MACKEY WAS BEING STITCHED UP AT THE MEADOWS CLINIC.

IT WAS PICKED UP BEFORE HE LEFT THERE.

I'M SORRY TO LET HIM OUT.

I BELIEVE I HATE HIM.

THE LAB SENT THIS OVER FOR YOU.

THANKS, BUBBA.

THAT THE REPORT ON THOSE FIBERS?

YEAH. WE FOUND SOME RED, BLUE, AND SOME TRANSPARENT RAYON ONES.

IS THAT VERY UNCOMMON?

NO.

[SIGHS]

BUT POSSIBLY I'LL FIND A MATCH AT THE HUGHES' HOUSE.

I SURE HOPE WE DON'T.

POOR VIRGIL.

HE'S TAKING THIS REAL HARD.

DADDY, THE MAN'S COMING.

I'M, UH, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, MARTIN,

BUT I HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND.

YES, SIR.

COME ON.

KIDS, GO IN THE HOUSE, NOW.

GET YOUR CRAYONS, SON.

MAYA, HELP HIM THERE, BABY.

THEY MIND REALLY WELL.

GOOD KIDS.

YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE, DON'T YOU?

I THINK I'M GLAD YOU FINALLY COME.

♪ BLESSED SAVIOR

♪ BLESSED SAVIOR

♪ WON'T YOU HEAR MY HUMBLE CRY? ♪

♪ WHY DON'T OTHERS THOU ART CALLING, JESUS ♪

♪ TO MY PAST BE... ♪

MAN: ALL RIGHT, LET'S STOP HERE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SEE YOU ALL SUNDAY.

BUBBA CALLED ME UP AND TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT.

I'M SORRY, LOUISE.

I LOVE YOU, HONEY, BUT IT WAS TOO MUCH.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND.WAIT.

PLEASE DON'T.

SWEETIE, I ALREADY TOLD THEM.

[SIGHS]

MRS. HUGHES...

WHY?

I WAS HALF SCARED OUT OF MY HEAD

WHEN SHE DIDN'T COME BACK THAT NIGHT.

THEN THERE SHE WAS...

SITTING UP AGAINST THE PORCH,

STARING AT THAT BABY LIKE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

MAMA...

IT WAS ALL MY FAULT.

SHH! NOW, BABY...

NO.

NO. NO.

SHE HELD THAT CHILD OUT TO ME...

AND WHEN I TOOK IT...

THERE IT WAS...

BARELY FILLING UP MY ONE HAND.

HOW COULD THAT SQUIRMING,

STILL-WET THING BE BIG ENOUGH

TO WRECK MY BABY'S WHOLE WORLD

TILL SHE WAS

A TIRED OLD WOMAN

STILL LIVING DOWN HERE IN THE BOTTOMS?

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE BABY?

I MADE MARTIN DRIVE ME TO THE HOSPITAL

SO I COULD LEAVE IT OUTSIDE SOMEWHERE.

SOMEBODY THERE WOULD FIND IT...

AND THEY'D KNOW WHERE IT SHOULD LIVE.

OH, BUT THEN EVERYTHING WENT CRAZY.

MARTIN STARTED SCREAMING AT ME

THAT THE BABY WASN'T BREATHING.

I STARED AT IT.

IT WAS SO STILL...

AND I...

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOSE MY MIND.

I...

WE COULDN'T GO TO NO HOSPITAL.

TWO PANICKY BLACK FOLKS FROM THE BOTTOM

COME IN THERE WITH A DEAD BABY.

LORD HELP ME!

[SOBS] OH, WE HAD A TERRIBLE FIGHT...

ME AND MARTIN...

AND THEN... [INHALES]

I MADE HIM TAKE IT

AWAY.

OH, WE THOUGHT IT WAS DEAD...

I SWEAR TO JESUS.

AND YOU WERE WILLING TO LET SHAWNA

TAKE THE BLAME FOR THAT?

NO. NO, THAT WAS MY DOING.

WHAT?

MAYA AND BAILEY...

THEY NEED MAMA AND MARTIN A LOT MORE THAN ME.

HMM.

OH, SHE WAS A PERFECT BABY...

THIS GIRL RIGHT HERE...

MY SHAWNA...

IS A PERFECT CHILD.

[SOBS]

THE LORD WOULDN'T WANT NO BETTER,

SO I COULDN'T LET ONE HANDFUL OF A STRANGER

JUST COME IN THERE AND THROW MY SHAWNA'S LIFE AWAY.

NO.

YOU SEE?

[HUMMING]

TAKE YOUR TEDDY BEAR.

GETTING TOO BIG TO CARRY.

COME ON, GET IN.

NOW REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU,

BOTH OF Y'ALL.

YOU BE GOOD, O.K.?

[ENGINE STARTING]

THE CHIEF'S TALKING

TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, POLICE CHIEFS HAVE CONSIDERABLE PULL IN THIS STATE.

LOOK, YOU ALL WILL BE BACK TOGETHER BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

SURE.

♪ TO MY PAST BE BLIND

♪ OH, BLESSED SAVIOR

♪ BLESSED SAVIOR

♪ PLEASE WON'T YOU HEAR MY HUMBLE CRY? ♪

♪ WHY DON'T OTHERS THOU ART CALLING ♪

♪ OH, BLESSED

♪ TO MY PAST BE BLIND? ♪