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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 ♪

UP IN JACKSON, THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT DOES THIS.

WELL, UP IN JACKSON, THEY GOT TRAFFIC.

I HATE DIGGING HOLES.

NOT AS BAD AS I HATE

COMING OUT HERE SUPERVISING YOU.

NOW GET WITH IT.

[LOUD MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

OH, SORRY, MELVIN.

I GOTTA RUN, REALLY.

OH, LOOK AT THE TIME--5 A.M.

IF YOU WANNA CALL ME,

I'LL BE HERE OR AT REHEARSAL, O.K.?

SURE.

O.K. WHAT?

YOU ALL RIGHT, LIZABETH?

DO I KNOW YOU?

WELL, YOU USED TO,

WHEN YOU LIVED ON JEPSON AND I LIVED ON HARLEY.

WHY, I DECLARE!

BUBBA SKINNER?

YOU WANDERED OFF TO ALABAMA.

YEAH, AND YOU WANDERED OFF EVERYWHERE.

YEAH.

BUT WE BOTH WANDERED BACK, HUH?

NO...I WAS DRAGGED.

I'M STILL BEIN' DRAGGED.

I'M HERE FOR THE TRI-COUNTY BEAUTY CONTEST.

UH...BEAUTY CONTEST?

YOU'RE IN THAT SHOW?

SURE AM.

WE'LL SEE MORE OF YOU. WE'RE DOING THE AUDITORIUM SECURITY.

NO, YOU'RE DOING SECURITY, I'M GOING FISHING.

OH...

NO, NO, NO.

LIZABETH, WHY DON'T I WALK YOU TO THE HOUSE?

O.K.

O.K.

EASY, NOW.

[DOOR OPENING]

LIZABETH!

LIZABETH, PLEASE COME IN!

IT'S AWFUL LATE FOR PEOPLE

WITH THINGS TO DO IN THREE HOURS.

LISTEN TO YOUR MAMA.

YOU NEED YOUR BEAUTY REST.

YEAH...EXPECT I DO.

NIGHT, BUBBA.

GOOD NIGHT.

SWEET DREAMS.

[VOICE ECHOING] STOP IT! LIZABETH!

STOP...

STOP IT!

SOMEBODY HELP ME!

SOMEBODY...HELP!

LIZABETH?

LIZABETH!

LIZABETH, HUSH!

YOU'RE YELLING. EVERYBODY WILL RUN IN HERE

TO SEE WHAT'S THE MATTER.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

NOTHING, MAMA.

JUST HAVING A DREAM.

PEOPLE HAVE DREAMS, YOU KNOW, MAMA.

DON'T DRINK, AND YOU WON'T HAVE.

CHIEF: YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT?

HELP JUDGE THE BEAUTY PAGEANT.

IT'D BE AN HONOR, BILL.

BUT THE THING IS SATURDAY NIGHT.

HOW COME YOU COME SO LATE TO HONOR ME?

ONE OF OUR JUDGES DIED.

WELL, NOW, WHY DON'T YOU ASK A--A YOUNG MAN,

WHO'D BE MORE INTERESTED IN THINGS LIKE THIS,

LIKE SWEET HERE?

PEOPLE HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN YOUNG JUDGES.

IS VIRGIL TIBBS TOO YOUNG?

NO. HE'S JUST...WRONG.

HAS COLOR GOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS?

YES, IT HAS.

IT HAS?

WE'VE GOT TWO BLACK JUDGES.

BESIDES, I NEED SOMEBODY LIKE VINCENT MURPHY, THE JUDGE WE LOST--

SOMEBODY WHITE AND OLD.

[CHUCKLING]

I'M A BUSY MAN, FOLSEY.

WELL, I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE CHIEF, MR. FOLSEY.

HE'S NEVER LET THE COMMUNITY DOWN YET.

FOR A POSITIVE-TYPE PERSON,

YOU'RE LOOKING REAL NEGATIVE NOW.

AM I?

CONFIDENTIALLY, THAT FROWN SPOILS YOUR LOOKS.

I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY, DO I?

I'M NOT THE ONE ENTERING A BEAUTY PAGEANT.

"THE ULTIMATE EXPLOITATION OF OUR SOCIETY'S WOMEN."

QUOTE ME ACCURATELY, DINA.

I NEVER SAID "ULTIMATE."

EXPLOITATION, MAYBE, BUT IT'S MY BEST CHANCE.

I'VE KICKED THE DRUGS AND BOOZE

AND SAVED ENOUGH MONEY TO ENTER IN STYLE.

AND I THINK I CAN WIN.

A LITTLE BEAUTY PAGEANT IN A LITTLE SOUTHERN TOWN.

BUT AFTERWARD,

A BIG MODELING SCHOLARSHIP UP IN NEW YORK.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

DINA, HEY!

HI, TERRY!

DINA!

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

SEE YOU LATER.

PHONE THE GARAGE-- SEE IF MY CAR'S READY.

I SEE DINA. SHE'S YOUR COMPETITION IN THIS THING.

LIZABETH: SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

YOU'RE GONNA WIN, I GUARANTEE IT.

HOLD YOUR SHOULDERS BACK, DON'T SLOUCH.

ARE YOU SURE YOU WEREN'T A MARINE DRILL SERGEANT IN ANOTHER LIFE?

IN ANOTHER LIFE, I WAS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT

THAN I AM IN THIS ONE.

BYE, MAMA.

HEY!

GIRL: HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?

LIZABETH: OH, IT WAS GREAT! PALM TREES, JACUZZIS,

AND A LOT OF CUTE GUYS.

DINA, HI.

HI.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

I'VE BEEN BUSY.

TERRY: SOMEBODY TELL ME I LOOK TERRIFIC.

I NEARLY DIED LOSING 15 POUNDS.

YOU LOOK TERRIFIC, TERRY.

JILL, WAIT!

HEY...

WHAT HAPPENED?

WE WERE FRIENDS. WHAT DID I DO?

FORGET IT.

LIZABETH: I WISH I COULD.

I CAN'T. I EVEN HAD A BAD DREAM.

YOU WERE CALLING OUT FOR HELP AND I COULDN'T GET TO YOU.

DID THAT EVER HAPPEN?

YOU'RE REALLY ASKING THAT?

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

WELL, WE DID SOME THINGS, WE PARTIED.

LOT OF STUFF WENT OUT OF MY HEAD.

TELL ME, WHAT?

YOU'VE JUST GOT TO KNOW.

SALLY PAT HAS HAD COSMETIC SURGERY ON HER BUTT.

IS HE WAITING FOR YOU?

WE'RE LATE, LET'S GO.

DINA! DINA!

MAN: BIG SMILES, GIRLS. LOTS OF PERSONALITY.

COME ON.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD!

FOR A FIRST REHEARSAL,

YOU'RE DOING FINE, REAL FINE.

LET'S KNOCK IT OFF FOR TONIGHT.

TELL YOU WHAT, UH, TOMORROW MORNING...

NO BOYFRIENDS AT THE SWIMSUIT REHEARSAL.

LEAVE THAT HOOTIN' AND HOLLERIN'

FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. [LAUGHS]

O.K., THANK YOU.

SEE YOU LATER, THANKS FOR COMING.

HE ACTUALLY THINKS HE'S FUNNY?

HE IS.

LET'S GET SOME COFFEE.

YOU FEELING BETTER?

I'M FEELING GREAT. WHY SHOULDN'T I?

A DANCE NUMBER...

YEAH?

I SWUNG AROUND LIKE THIS...WHOA...

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING FISHING.

THAT'S STILL AN OPTION,

AFTER I CHECK THE SECURITY LAYOUT.

I FEEL SAFER ALREADY.

THE MIAMI POLICE AREN'T NEARLY AS REASSURING.

MIAMI? WHEN WERE YOU IN MIAMI?

THE PAST FEW MONTHS,

TAKING SINGING LESSONS AND DANCING LESSONS.

CAN I LET YOU IN ON A SECRET?

LIZABETH, I COULDN'T STOP YOU.

REMEMBER WHEN YOU PLAYED FOOTBALL?

YEAH, LONG AGO.

I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE BUBBA BOD FANS.

THE WHAT?

GIRLS WHO THOUGHT YOU HAD THE GREATEST BODY IN ALL OF MISSISSIPPI.

[CHUCKLES]

JUST A BUNCH OF YOUR EVERYDAY, OVERSEXED KIDS.

BUBBA BODY CLUB.

OH, MY GOD.

MAN: GIVE ME THE NUMBER OF THE DEVERAUX BOUTIQUE.

WOMAN: HOLD FOR YOUR NUMBER, PLEASE.

WOMAN: YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LIKE THIS,

BUT...I'M GONNA RISK THE SIN OF PRIDE

TO TELL YOU GALS I'VE OUTDONE MYSELF.

ISN'T THIS SOMETHING?

IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

WE'VE GOT TWO WINNERS--

THE GOWN AND THE GAL.

I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE GAL.

LISTEN AT HER, WILL YA?

HEY, WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

WHY?

THE GIRL I DROVE THIS MORNING HAD CONFIDENCE.

IT'S PAGEANT JITTERS.

THEY COME AND THEY GO.

I HAVE SOME SHOPPING OF THE GROCERY KIND TO DO.

ENOUGH OF THIS FANCY BOUTIQUING.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER?

RIGHT, LATER.

[SHOP DOOR BELL RINGS]

IT'S A SHAME WHAT HAPPENED TO MRS. TIBBS.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

DEVERAUX BOUTIQUE, MAY I HELP YOU?

MAN: LET ME SPEAK TO DINA.

DINA!

FOR YOU!

IT'S A MAN.

HELLO?

IT'S CLAY. HI.

I BEEN WATCHING YOU, BEAUTIFUL.

WHERE ARE YOU?

RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH.

I WANNA SEE YOU.

WHY?

I'LL TELL YOU AT MY OFFICE.

YOU BE THERE AT 9:30.

[LOUD MUSIC PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

GIRL: BOBBY! IF YOU DO THAT ONE MORE TIME...

MAN 1: WHERE'S THE PUNCH?

MAN 2: RIGHT BACK HERE.

MAN 1: WHERE'S THE PUNCH?

C'MON, HONEY, GIVE THAT POOR BOY SOME AIR, HUH?

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

HEY, OFFICER. AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE,

I'D LIKE TO REPORT A SEX CRIME.

DON'T YOU WISH?

BUBBA... WELCOME.

HELLO, LIZZY.

WHERE'S THE HOST OF THIS PARTY?

HE WENT TO HIS OFFICE. HE'LL BE BACK.

THE NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE.

TELL THEM TO DROP IT DOWN.

RELAX AND HAVE A DRINK.

DRINKING NEVER DID RELAX ME MUCH,

AND BESIDES, I'M STILL ON DUTY.

JUST TELL THEM TO EASE UP SOME, HUH?

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING--

I SHOULDN'T DRINK A FEW NIGHTS BEFORE THE PAGEANT.

RULES AND ALL THAT.

THAT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS, NOW.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

HMM?

IT ISN'T.

AND WHO ARE YOU?

WELL, I AM THE HOST.

OH, WELL, THEN, YOU'RE MY BUSINESS.

SETTLE THEM DOWN IN THERE,

OR SETTLE YOUR BUTT IN MY CAR,

AND I'LL HAUL YOU IN FOR DISTURBING THE PEACE.

HOLD IT DOWN IN HERE!

YOU BE CAREFUL, HUH?

UH, BUBBA, UM...

I'M GONNA NEED A RIDE.

A RIDE? UH, WHERE TO?

HOME.

I'D RATHER NOT HAVE MR. MASON DRIVE ME.

DO YOUR CIVIC DUTY TO A GIRL IN DISTRESS.

PICK ME UP IN AN HOUR, O.K.?

YOU'LL STILL BE ON DUTY?

YEAH...YEAH.

CHIEF: BUON GIORNO, SIGNORE. COME VA?

THE ANSWER'S AT THE TOP THERE.

BENE, GRAZIE. E LEI?

WHAT AM I HEARING IN THERE?

CHIEF HEARD ABOUT THESE ITALIANS WHO MAKE SCOOTERS

LOOKING FOR FACTORY SITES.

IDEA'S TO MAKE 'EM FEEL AT HOME.

THEY'LL FEEL FAR FROM HOME.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU SPOKE THAT THERE ITALIAN.

I LEARNED SOME DURING THE WAR.

WHICH WAR WOULD THAT BE?

THE BIG ONE, SON.

I MARRIED AN ITALIAN AND LEARNED LOTS MORE.

NOW HE'S TEACHING ME SOME, POCO A POCO.

YEAH, SEE? POCO A POCO, "LITTLE BY LITTLE."

LITTLE BY LITTLE, THAT'S VERY GOOD.

ECCO CAFE, SIGNORE. DESIDERA?

SI, GRAZIE.

ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'M GONNA BE SINGING FIGARO.

HEY, BABY.

WHAT'S WRONG?

I PHONED DINA RAINES AT THE MOTEL.

THE CLERK SAID SHE ISN'T ANSWERING TO ANYBODY.

WHO'S SHE?

A GIRL IN THE PAGEANT, CHIEF--

SOMEONE I'M PRETTY CONCERNED ABOUT.

I'D GO WITH YOU,

BUT I HAVE TO STAY AND WAIT FOR SOME PHONE CALLS.

I'M SORRY.

NO, I'LL SEND SOME OF THE BOYS WITH YOU.

JAMISON AND SWEET THERE,

GO WITH MRS. TIBBS.

YES, SIR.

MAY I GO, TOO?

YEAH, SURE, YOU CAN.

[SIREN]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

ALTHEA: DINA?

[KNOCK] DINA!

OH! OH, MY GOD.

DINA...

IT'S SWEET AT THE KLING MOTEL.

I NEED AN AMBULANCE HERE. IT'S AN EMERGENCY.

IT'S NO USE, MRS. TIBBS, SHE'S DEAD.

DINA, WHY'D YOU DO IT?

WHY DID YOU DO IT?

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

YOU FIND A NOTE WRITTEN BY THE GIRL?

NO, SIR, NO NOTE.

HMM...

CHIEF, I FOUND THIS BOX WITH DINA'S NAME ON IT.

WHERE?

OUT BY THE INCINERATOR. SHE MUST HAVE THROWN SOMETHING IN THE FIRE.

SHOW IT TO THE LAB WITH A SAMPLE OF ASHES FROM THE INCINERATOR.

YES, SIR.

CHIEF?YEAH?

I THINK I FOUND HER DIARY.

CHIEF: "DAY BY DAY WITH DINA RAINES."

YOU GONNA BE ALL RIGHT FROM HERE?

MAMA WENT TO MARSHALSBURG

TO VISIT AUNT PHOEBE.

WELL, YOU MAKE SURE YOU LOCK THAT DOOR, YOU HEAR?

DO YOU LOOSEN UP ANY WHEN YOU SAY GOOD NIGHT TO A GIRL?

WELL, I THINK I'M LOOSE ENOUGH.

WHY NOT COME UPSTAIRS AND TUCK ME IN?

NO, UH... I BETTER NOT DO THAT.

OH.

WELL...

THEN I GUESS I'LL JUST HAVE TO SETTLE FOR...

FOLSEY: I'M AS SHOCKED AS ANYBODY ELSE.

APPARENTLY, SHE'S TAKEN THIS MEDICATION BEFORE.

SHE COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT,

SHE WAS A LITTLE TENSE, SHE TOOK SOME PILLS.

THEY DIDN'T WORK, SHE TOOK MORE.

WE'VE GOT A TRAGIC CASE OF OVERDOSE,

BUT NOT, FOR PETE'S SAKE, A SUICIDE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THAT?

ISN'T IT BEST FOR THE POOR GIRL'S IMAGE

IF THAT'S THE STORY?

IMAGE?

NOTHING WILL AFFECT HER IMAGE NOW.

I MEAN THE WAY WE REMEMBER HER.

DON'T LET THAT BE SPOILED.

I CAN'T CALL THIS AN ACCIDENT.

MR. TIBBS, THINK ABOUT WHAT THE CHIEF IS SAYING.

THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL, A ROLE MODEL

TO YOUNG PEOPLE OF YOUR RACE,

AND BILL GILLESPIE WOULD LET THAT BE SPOILED!

MR. FOLSEY, I'M AFRAID WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.

A PIECE OF ADVICE--

IF I WERE YOU, I'D BE MORE COOPERATIVE WITH MY REAL FRIENDS.

I MEAN, ONES THAT LOOK LIKE ME.

YOU'RE LOSING SOME OF US.

YOU NEED ALL OF US.

O.K., I WANT THE GIRLS

THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT INTERNATIONAL NUMBER UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT, GIRLS, COME ON, COME ON.

IF YOU WALK OUT THERE LOOKING LIKE THAT,

WE WON'T EVEN GET TO JACKSON.

MAMA, DINA DIED LAST NIGHT.

AND IT'S TRAGIC,

BUT THOSE OTHER GIRLS WILL DO THEIR BEST.

YOU'VE GOT TO DO YOURS.

WE WERE FRIENDS, THEN SHE WANTED TO AVOID ME.

WHATEVER HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU IS PAST.

FOLSEY: LIZABETH?

WE'RE WAITING ON YOU.

SHE'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

THIS COLOR'S BECOMING. I'M GLAD WE BOUGHT IT.

YOU, ELIZABETH?

NOW, BETTER GET MOVING.

FOLSEY: ALL RIGHT, GIRLS, UH,

LET'S GIVE ME A "V" RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER, MRS. TIBBS.

I, UH...WELL, I MIGHT AS WELL GET RIGHT TO IT...

AND, UH, SHOW YOU THIS.

THAT'S A YOUNG GIRL'S DIARY

THAT I WAS READING LAST NIGHT.

I FELT I HAD TO.

IT'S EMBARRASSING IN SOME WAYS,

BUT VERY SWEET IN MANY OTHER WAYS.

YOU WERE MENTIONED A LOT IN THERE.

SHE WAS VERY FOND OF YOU.

SHE LOOKED UP AT YOU LIKE A BIG SISTER.

I KNOW.

DID YOU FIND OUT ANYTHING?

WELL, THERE'S QUITE A BIT WRITTEN ON EVERY PAGE,

EXCEPT FOR, UH, LAST MAY THE 12th.

UH, NOW, YOU NOTICE, UH, ON MAY THE 11th,

LIZABETH WAS IN TOWN FOR SOMEBODY'S WEDDING,

AND THERE WERE LOTS OF PARTIES GOING ON.

LIZABETH CALLED DINA, WHO WAS HERE,

TO ONE SUCH PARTY.

YOU CAN READ IT RIGHT THERE.

"I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT TO GO,

"BUT I'M GOING TO CALL HER BACK AND SAY SURE, WHY NOT."

YEAH. NOW READ WHAT IT SAYS

ON THE 12th.

ALTHEA: "I WAS CRAZY TO GO. CRAZY."

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER, CHIEF.

DID DINA RAINES...

DID DINA RAINES HAVE ANY HISTORY

OF MENTAL PROBLEMS OR...

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE?

SHE TOLD ME SHE USED TO HAVE BOUTS OF DEPRESSION

WHEN SHE WAS 15 OR 16.

I RECENTLY SAW HER GO THROUGH ONE

WHEN SHE TRIED TO BREAK UP WITH HER PARENTS.

DRUGS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

SO, WHAT ARE YOU AND VIRGIL GONNA DO?

OH, WELL, WE'VE GOT

THE BOYS OUT, UH,

QUESTIONING EVERYBODY

SHE SAW YESTERDAY,

AND CHECKING OUT

EVERYTHING SHE DID.

VIRGIL'S GONNA TALK TO LIZABETH

THIS AFTERNOON.

I'VE GOT TO CALL LIZABETH'S MAMA

AND TALK TO HER.

I PARKED MY CAR OUTSIDE THE AUDITORIUM,

AND MET UP WITH DINA AND LIZABETH.

WE WERE COMING INSIDE,

AND DINA NOTICED SOMETHING.

IT WAS A CAR PARKED ACROSS THE STREET.

THE MAN IN IT KEPT LOOKING AT US.

DINA KNEW WHO HE WAS.

SHE GOT ALL STRESSED OUT.

UH, WHAT ABOUT THE CAR?

I THINK IT WAS A CAMARO.

IT WAS RED--A NEW CAR.

O.K.

EXCUSE ME.

MS. HAGEN.

YES.I'M, UH...

GOOD AFTERNOON.

COULD WE...

I'M CHIEF GILLESPIE.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

I'M INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF THIS GIRL, DINA RAINES.

YOU'RE TALKING TO ALL THE GIRLS, I GUESS.

YES, MA'AM.

AND IF YOU DISCOVER WHY SHE DID IT,

WILL THAT HELP ANYBODY?

I HOPE IT WILL.

CAN'T WE JUST LET HER REST IN PEACE?

WE SURELY CAN, MA'AM,

BUT I HAVE TO FIND OUT WHY SHE DEPARTED THIS EARTHLY REALM.

DINA'S TROUBLE WAS ONLY WHAT SHE MADE FOR HERSELF.

GOOD GIRLS DON'T EVER HAVE TO BE AFRAID

OF ANYBODY TELLING ON THEM, CHIEF.

TELLING WHAT, MS. HAGEN?

OH, JUST A FIGURE OF SPEECH.

DINA WAS A STRONG CONTENDER IN THIS BEAUTY CONTEST.

I MEAN, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN STIFF COMPETITION

FOR LIZABETH, WOULDN'T SHE?

I HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING.

GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW NOW, WILL WE?

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, MS. HAGEN.

YOU AND DINA WENT TO SOME PARTY.

THAT'S OUR INFORMATION.

MR. TIBBS, THINK BACK TO WHAT YOU DID ON THE 11th.

REMEMBER ANY SPECIFICS? [CHUCKLES]

WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

MAY 11th IS THE DAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY.

I SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY RECOVERING.

TELL ME SOMETHING--

COULD THE PARTY HAVE BEEN AT CLAY MASON'S,

LIKE THE OTHER NIGHT?

COULD HAVE BEEN AT 20 DAMN HOUSES.

I DON'T THINK SO-- NOT IN SPARTA.

NOW, TRY TO RECALL.

YOU WERE HERE ON A QUICK VISIT.

WHO GAVE THE PARTY?

I CAME FOR LAINEY'S WEDDING.

THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE PARTY.

I JUST WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE ONE ON THE 11th.

THAT'S ALL.

MAYBE LAINEY'S SISTER GAVE IT,

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

DO YOU REMEMBER IF ANYONE WAS USING ANY DRUGS?

NOT THAT I SAW.

I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY.

JUST LIKE NOW. I'M LATE FOR AN APPOINTMENT.

MAY I GO?

GO ON.

IT WAS ABOUT 4:00 YESTERDAY. MRS. TIBBS HAD LEFT,

AND THEN THE PHONE CALL CAME FOR DINA.

I THINK IT CAME FROM A MAN IN A CAR.

DID YOU ASK WHO HE WAS?

NO, I DIDN'T,

BUT HE SOUNDED LIKE A YOUNG FELLAH--A WHITE.

AND WHAT DOES WHITE SOUND LIKE?

[LAUGHS] LIKE YOU, SUGAR PIE.

SO, WHAT'S WRONG?

WHAT HAPPENED WITH DINA AFTER I LEFT THAT PARTY?

THE ONE LAST MAY?

WHY?

SHE WAS COLD TO ME AFTER THAT PARTY,

I WANNA KNOW WHY.

YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED HER BEFORE SHE TOOK THOSE PILLS.

WHAT HAPPENED?

IT'S ANCIENT HISTORY.

IT'S NOT TO THE POLICE.

WHY DON'T YOU STAY AWAY FROM THAT COP?

LET GO OF ME, DAMN IT!

TELL ME, OR I'LL ASK THAT COP TO FIND OUT.

ALL RIGHT, BUT YOU AIN'T GONNA LIKE IT.

LOOKS LIKE YOU FOLLOWED ME HERE.

YEAH, YEAH.

WHY, TO TALK ABOUT DINA?

WE CAN TALK ABOUT YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE.

LET'S GO IN.

DADDY MADE FUN OF THESE.

SAID HE WISHED THEY WERE FOR GOLF OR RIDING.

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HE COULD RESPECT.

HE CALLED THIS "THE LIZABETH HAGEN MEMORIAL ROOM."

I WONDER HOW MANY OF THESE DINA HAD.

SHE HAS A COUPLE.

THREE, I THINK.

WE USED TO SAY THEY WERE LIKE A LADDER.

YOU KNOW, STEPS GOING UP.

YEAH, YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT FOR THEM LADDERS.

SAME STEPS TO CARRY YOU UP, CARRY YOU DOWN.

YOU'D HAVE HIT IT OFF WELL WITH MY DADDY.

SO, YOUR AUNT EDNA MAY

KNOWS THE HAGENS PRETTY WELL?

KNEW THEM, CHIEF,

WHEN THEY USED TO LIVE HERE REGULAR.

BEFORE THEY STARTED CHASING CONTESTS.

THIS MIGHT BE YOURS.

SO WHY YOU EATING IT?

JEEZ, SWEET.

CHIEF: I MUST HAVE MISSED SOMETHING

AS THE YEARS WENT FLYING BY, BUT...

I ALWAYS THOUGHT

IF A GIRL WENT INTO A PAGEANT,

THAT'S IT, WIN OR LOSE, THE ONE AND ONLY.

NO MORE.

THEY GOT MISS THISs AND MISS THATs EVERYWHERE NOW.

THEY GOT PUBLICITY TO BE GOT,

PRIZES TO BE WON, AND THE CHANCE OF SOMEBODY IMPORTANT SEEING THEM.

OH. BUT WHAT ABOUT LIZABETH'S DADDY?

DID HE CHASE THESE CONTESTS LIKE THE MAMA?

NO, SIR.

WALDEN B. HAGEN NEVER STIRRED HIMSELF MUCH.

OH, IS THAT WALDEN B. HAGEN,

THE DISGRACEFUL DRINKER?

[CHUCKLES] YES, SIR.

OH, A VERY FAMOUS DRINKER

WHO HARDLY LEFT HIS LAKE COTTAGE.

HE DIED THERE OF A STROKE.

WHO'S OUT THERE NOW?

NOBODY. MS. HAGEN STORES HER STUFF THERE,

BUT SHE DOESN'T WANNA LIVE THERE.

MOSQUITOES?

NO, DEEP SADNESS.

CHIEF, YOU THINK LIZABETH HAGEN

KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BLACK GIRL?

YES, PARKER, THAT IS WHAT WE THINK.

IF ANYBODY CAN FIND OUT FOR SURE, IT'S BUBBA.

MM...

YOU KNOW, YOU TWO WERE REALLY SOMETHING.

IS IT REGULAR THAT TWO GIRLS WHO COMPETE

BECOME GOOD FRIENDS LIKE YOU AND DINA?

NOT OFTEN,

AND ESPECIALLY NOT A BLACK AND WHITE GIRL.

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.

LOTS OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED,

LOTS OF THINGS HAVEN'T.

BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING BETWEEN DINA AND ME.

IT WAS THERE THE MINUTE WE MET.

SOME MAGIC THING,

AS IF WE'D ALWAYS BEEN TOGETHER.

OF COURSE, WE WEREN'T.

AS IF WE'D BEEN BROUGHT UP CLOSER THAN SISTERS.

WE ALWAYS KNEW WHAT WE WERE THINKING,

AND WE ALWAYS THOUGHT ALIKE.

BUT, OF COURSE, YOU HAD DIFFERENT FRIENDS, HUH?

WE HAD NOFRIENDS.

JUST PEOPLE--MEN, MOSTLY,

WHO WE THOUGHT COULD DO US GOOD.

MEN WHO CAME UP WITH PHONY PROMOTIONS.

FAKES, USERS, LIARS.

WOMEN CAN SEE LYING IN OTHER WOMEN,

BUT MEN FOOL US EVERY TIME.

DINA AND I WERE BOTH HURT--

SHE MORE THAN I.

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO DINA THIS PAST WEEK--

SOMETHING THAT PUSHED HER OVER THE EDGE.

AND I BELIEVE YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SOMETHING WAS.

AND I BELIEVE YOU WANNA TELL ME.

PUT YOUR ARM AROUND ME, O.K.?

[SOBBING]

THAT'LL DO IT, BUBBA. WE'LL WRAP THIS UP TODAY.

YEAH, BYE.

THIS IS THE LAB REPORT ON DINA'S CARDBOARD BOX.

TELL ME WHAT IT IS, AND KEEP IT SIMPLE.

"TRACES OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES

"FOUND INSIDE THE CONTAINER,

"ALONG WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES PRESENT,

"INDICATE THE CONTAINER HELD PHOTOGRAPHS."

PHOTOGRAPHS SHE THREW IN THAT INCINERATOR.

THEY COULD HAVE BEEN JUST OLD PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS.

OR SOME EMBARRASSING ONES.

SOME MODELS MAKE EXTRA BUCKS POSING FOR NUDIES.

WHY NOT GO ALL THE WAY AND GUESS PORNOGRAPHY?

CHIEF? I JUST CHECKED ON THOSE PHONE CALLS

MADE FROM CLAY MASON'S CAMARO.

THE MOST RECENT WENT TO MISS DEVERAUX'S BOUTIQUE.

DINA RAINES TOOK A CALL FROM THAT GUY IN THERE.

THEN SHE KILLED HERSELF A FEW HOURS LATER.

OH. LISTEN, YOU GET THAT MS. HAGEN,

AND BRING HER IN TO SEE ME THIS AFTERNOON.

YES, SIR.

IN FACT, I WANNA SEE EVERYBODY CONNECTED WITH THIS TODAY,

BECAUSE I'M BEGINNING TO SMELL

THE ANSWER TO THE BIG QUESTION,

AND THE ODOR IS NOT VERY GOOD.

IT'S NOT VERY GOOD.

GIRLS, UH, GATHER ROUND.

MRS. TIBBS HAS SOMETHING SHE NEEDS TO SAY TO YOU.

DINA WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HER FAMILY,

SO I THINK I CAN BE HER FAMILY NOW.

I CARED FOR HER VERY MUCH.

SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL--

INWARDLY, AS WELL AS OUTWARDLY.

SHE WASN'T PERFECT.

SHE WAS WORKING HARD TO CHANGE.

FOR SOME REASON, SHE JUST STOPPED TRYING.

NOW, IF ANYONE HERE KNOWS WHY SHE STOPPED,

PLEASE LET US KNOW.

THANK YOU, GIRLS.

ELIZABETH?

IF I'M GONNA MAKE THIS CONTEST, I'D BETTER GO...

N-NO, THE CHIEF'S WAITING ON YOU NOW.

LET'S GET IT OVER WITH.

THERE'LL BE TIME TO GET READY.

COME ON, NOW, LET'S GO.

LIZABETH PHONED ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS LAST NIGHT, BUT SHE IS ALL RIGHT.

MM, WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING HERE.

WHAT ABOUT?

ABOUT DINA RAINES--

HER SUICIDE.

WHO WILL BE HERE?

LIZABETH'S GOING TO BE HERE--

SHE'S TALKED TO MY OFFICER,

AND HE'S BRINGING HER-- AND CLAY MASON AND YOU.

I REFUSE.

I CAME HERE WITH THIS OFFICER

MERELY OUT OF COURTESY.

THANK YOU. WE'LL NEED YOU HERE.

YOU'LL DO WITHOUT ME.

I DEMAND TO BE RETURNED TO MAGNOLIA HOUSE.

I INSIST THAT YOU STAY.

ARE YOU ARRESTING ME?

NO, I'M TRYING TO SPARE YOU AN ARREST.

ARREST FOR WHAT?

FOR CONSPIRING TO COMMIT EXTORTION.

NOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR A WHILE,

SO MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE,

PLEASE SIT DOWN.

MR. MASON.

WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON?

HEY, YOU CAN'T... WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WE HAVE A WARRANT TO SEARCH THESE PREMISES.

CHIEF WANTS TO TALK TO YOU. CHARLIE, TAKE HIM.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THE GIRL KILLED HERSELF.

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?

I WANNA UNDERSTAND IT.

I WANNA KNOW ABOUT A PARTY LAST MAY--

A PARTY DINA RAINES WAS AT.

I CAN'T HELP YOU.

YES, HE CAN!

HE GAVE THAT PARTY. I WAS THERE, TOO.

VIRGIL: DID YOU SEE DINA AFTER SHE LEFT THE PARTY?

UH, TWO DAYS AFTER.

SHE TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED?

SOMETHING AWFUL, SHE SAID, THAT'S ALL.

HOW WAS SHE WHEN YOU LEFT THE PARTY?

SHE'D HAD A COUPLE OF DRINKS,

DONE A FEW LINES.

DONE WHAT?

SNORTED COCAINE.

BUT...I THOUGHT SHE WAS OFF OF THAT.

MASON GOT HER BACK ON IT.

IS ALL THIS I'M HEARING SO?

I'M ADVISING MY CLIENT NOT TO ANSWER.

ELIZABETH SAYS YOUR CLIENT'S IN THE BUSINESS

OF TAKING PORNO PICTURES.

DID HE TAKE PICTURES OF DINA, TOO?

I THINK HE DID. THERE WERE TWO MEN AT THE PARTY

THAT WORKED FOR HIM THAT WAY.

WAS SHE WILLING TO POSE WITH THOSE MEN,

OR WAS SHE AFFECTED BY YOUR COCAINE

AND ALCOHOL?

DON'T ANSWER.

I AM NOT IN THE PORNO BUSINESS,

AND I'VE NEVER BEEN.

JUST A MINUTE... MS. HAGEN?

I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THIS!

YOU SAID GOOD GIRLS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID

OF ANYBODY TELLING ON THEM.

YOU ADMITTED TO BLACKMAIL EVEN BEFORE I MENTIONED IT.

I THINK CLAY MASON SHOWED YOU THOSE PICTURES.

YOU WANTED YOUR DAUGHTER TO WIN,

AND YOU SAW A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SHE WAS HEADED FOR BIG THINGS--IF SHE WON.

SO, YOU BOUGHT MR. MASON'S SERVICES.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SIT DOWN.

CLAY: SHE NEVER PAID ME ANYTHING.

SHE DIDN'T OFFER YOU ANYTHING FOR BLACKMAILING THAT GIRL--

LIKE A PIECE OF HER DAUGHTER'S SUCCESS?

THE RIGHT TO MANAGE LIZABETH?

AM I CLOSE?

DARLIN'?

CHIEF: JUST A MINUTE, YOUNG LADY--

DON'T YOU LEAVE HERE.

YOU GO SIT DOWN RIGHT OVER THERE.

WE FOUND A LOT OF INTERESTING STUFF OVER AT MR. MASON'S--

DRUGS, AND SOME PHOTOS YOU WOULDN'T WANT SPARTA KIDS TO SEE.

DID YOU GET A WARRANT?

SIGNED BY JUDGE LANE.

HERE'S A FEW OF THAT PARTY THAT NIGHT.

OH, LORD, WHERE IS THY LIGHT?

ALL RIGHT, BOYS. LOCK THIS GUY UP.

TELL HIM THAT THING ABOUT HIS RIGHTS.

BUBBA, MAKE OUT A BOOKING SLIP ON THIS GUY

FOR POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS, PLEASE.

WE'LL BRING YOUR CLIENT BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE TOMORROW MORNING.

THEN YOU CAN COME AND BAIL HIM OUT.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING FURTHER TO SAY.

GOOD DAY, SIR.

THIS IS A A TERRIBLE THING...

TO TRY TO BLACKMAIL THAT GIRL

INTO LEAVING THAT CONTEST

BY THREATENING TO EXPOSE SOMETHING SHE DID

WHEN SHE WAS OUT OF CONTROL.

YOU KNEW HER WEAKNESS...

AND YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT.

AND THE POOR CREATURE WENT AND KILLED HERSELF.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW

IF OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAN MAKE A CASE OUT OF THAT.

BUT, UH...

THERE'S GONNA BE A TRIAL...

IN YOUR HEART.

AND YOUR CONSCIENCE IS GONNA BE THE JUDGE.

AND YOU KNOW IT.

I NEVER WANNA SEE YOU AGAIN.

LIZABETH, BABY--I DIDN'T KNOW THE GIRL WAS GOING TO DIE.

WAS IT SO TERRIBLE FOR A MOTHER

TO WANT HER DAUGHTER'S DREAMS TO COME TRUE?

MYDREAMS? EVER SINCE I WAS A KID

AND YOU PUSHED ME INTO THAT FIRST CONTEST,

IT'S BEEN A WAY OF LIFE TO YOU.

AND TO YOU.

WHAT WRONG DID I DO?

THAT GIRL DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE IN THE CONTEST!

ANYBODY WHO WAS A DRUG ADDICT

AND POSED FOR PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES--

WHO WAS FILTH--

SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN A CONTEST WITH MY DAUGHTER.

SO, YES, I TRIED TO GET HER OUT.

BUT I DID IT FOR YOU!

OH, MOM.

WHATEVER ELSE YOU THINK,

I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT I DID IT BECAUSE I LOVE YOU,

AND I WANTED THE BEST FOR YOU.

AND I'LL LOVE YOU

WHETHER YOU GO THROUGH WITH THIS CONTEST OR NOT.

OH, I INTEND TO GO THROUGH WITH IT, ALL RIGHT.

AND I'LL BE RIGHT THERE WATCHING YOU, BABY.

I KNOW YOU WILL.

[MUSIC PLAYING] [CAMERAS CLICKING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ALL CLAPPING]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THE WINNER--

THE QUEEN OF THIS YEAR'S

MISSISSIPPI TRI-COUNTY BEAUTY PAGEANT IS...

MISS LIZABETH ALICIA HAGEN!

[ALL CHEERING]

I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE

FOR THE HONOR GIVEN ME.

AND I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS EVENING

TO THE MEMORY OF MY FRIEND, DINA RAINES.

TONIGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HER NIGHT,

BUT SOMEONE ELSE WANTED THIS CROWN.

[ALL MURMURING]

YOU WANTED IT SO BAD, WELL, HERE IT IS.

LIZABETH...

[INAUDIBLE]

YOU WERE REAL BRAVE UP THERE.

I WAS SCARED.

AND I'M STILL SCARED I'LL NEVER BE FORGIVEN

FOR DINA'S DEATH.

YOU WEREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THAT HOUSE THAT NIGHT,

AND I KNEW IT.

MAYBE...

WHAT IS IT?

MAYBE I WANTED SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO HER.

I'M LEAVING AGAIN.

WHERE YOU GONNA GO?

GO TO SOME OTHER PLACES,

DO SOME OTHER THINGS.

LOOK...

I'M SORRY ABOUT US.

THERE'S NOTHING TO BE SORRY ABOUT, NOTHING HAPPENED.

I KNOW.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SORRY ABOUT.

ELIZABETH...

YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, YOU HEAR?

CHIEF: BUBBA?

COME ON IN HERE.

HAVE A SEAT THERE. S'ACCOMODI.

OH, CHIEF, NOW, YOU AIN'T GONNA START

TEACHING ME ITALIAN AGAIN, ARE YOU?

WELL, WHY NOT?

HEY, LISTEN--

A LITTLE COME STA, OR BENVENUTO--

NICELY SAID--

COULD GET YOU ONE OF THOSE LITTLE MOTOR SCOOTERS.

VIRGIL, HE'S ANGLING FOR ONE OF THEM, RIGHT?

SEE THAT?

DID YOU SEE THAT GESTURE THERE?

VIRGIL MADE A VERY SIGNIFICANT GESTURE.

NOW, LET ME EXPLAIN.

THAT LITTLE GIRL, LIZABETH HAGEN,

WHO JUST LEFT HERE...

NOW, IF I WAS TO TELL YOU

THAT SHE WON'T BE LONG AWAY FROM SPARTA

BECAUSE SHE MISSES YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

I'D SAY, "HOW'D YOU KNOW?"

THAT'S RIGHT, YOU'D SAY,

"HOW DO YOU KNOW?"

AND I WOULD DO THIS.