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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 ♪

DARLINGS!

LET'S GET GOING!

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF Y'ALL!

YOU'RE A PLAGUE!

YOU'RE A BLIGHT!

YOU'RE A DISEASE

THAT WILL INFECT THE HEALTHY SOULS OF THIS COMMUNITY!

I'M TAKING ACTION...

NOW!

MORNING, SIR. CAN I HELP YOU?

I'M THE REVEREND SOAMES.

I MUST SEE CHIEF GILLESPIE.

CHIEF'S BUSY. WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?

WHORES.

I WANT TO TALK TO GILLESPIE

ABOUT THE WHORES AND HARLOTS

AND UNHOLY SINNERS WHO ARE INFESTING THIS AREA!

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM OUT HERE?

WHORES.

I TRUST YOU CAN SPARE ME

SOME OF YOUR TIME, CHIEF GILLESPIE.

YES. CERTAINLY, SIR.

STEP THIS WAY, WON'T YOU?

NOW, SIR, MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.

PLEASE TAKE THAT CHAIR.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET.

NOT TILL NOW.

MY WIFE AND I ARE JUST SETTLING IN,

LOOKING FOR A PROPER HOUSE

THESE PAST FEW MONTHS.

DID YOU FIND SOMETHING NICE?

UNFORTUNATELY, NO.

WE'RE LIVING IN A MOBILE HOME,

BUT THE LORD WILL PROVIDE US

WITH GOOD SHELTER IN TIME. AMEN.

I'M NOT HERE TO DISCUSS MY LIVING ARRANGEMENTS.

I'VE COME TO TALK ABOUT A DEPLORABLE SITUATION

AND TO DEMAND POLICE ACTION,

QUICK POLICE ACTION.

I HEARD YOU TALKING OUT THERE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT I HEARD.

DID YOU HEAR ME SAY, "WHORES"?

YES.

I HEARD THAT, TOO. WHERE?

WHO IS THIS?

THIS IS VIRGIL TIBBS,

MY CHIEF INVESTIGATOR.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GIRLS

BY THE OLD PRODUCE MARKET?

YES, WHAT USED TO BE THE PRODUCE MARKET,

WHICH WE'RE CONVERTING INTO MY CHURCH.

IS THE BROTHEL THAT CLOSE?

TOO CLOSE.

HOW'S IT DOING?

OH, THE CHURCH, THAT IS.

FINE...

UNTIL A MONTH AGO

WHEN THE WOMEN MOVED INTO THE AREA.

A MADAM AND HER PASSEL OF PROSTITUTES

SET UP SHOP IN TWO TRAILERS

A QUARTER MILE AWAY.

THE BIBLE TELLS US TO STONE THEM!

WELL, SIR, I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU WON'T DO THAT.

NOT IF YOU DO SOMETHING...

FAST.

GROVER.

CHIEF.

BUSINESS A LITTLE SLOW IN HATTIESBURG?

YEAH. HAD TOO MUCH COLD, WET WEATHER.

KEEP A LOT OF MEN HOME.

[BARKING]

COME IN.

THANK YOU.

OH!

YOU ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, BILL.

MAYBELLE, YOU LOOKING YOUNGER

EVERY TIME I SEE YOU.

AW.

YOU REMEMBER BUBBA SKINNER?

LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY GOT PROMOTED.

I'M GLAD FOR YOU.

AND THANK YOU, MA'AM.

SORRY WE HAD A COMPLAINT.

I KNOW YOU DID.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

HONEY, I'M JUST BRIMMING OVER WITH INSTINCT.

OH.

WELL, MAYBELLE, YOU KNOW,

I ADVISED YOU NOT TO COME BACK.

I GOT TO TELL YOU, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.

YOU OWN GUS' LANDING HERE.

I HEAR YOU GOT PROPERTY

IN NATCHEZ AND HATTIESBURG.

WHY DO YOU DO THIS?

WHY? OH, IT'S A...

CALLING, BILL.

BESIDES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

ANYBODY COMPLAINED, EVER.

OH, NOW, MAYBELLE, UH...

I COMPLAINED LONG AGO.

OH, SHOO...

THAT.

THIS TIME I KNOW WHO IT WAS COMPLAINED.

IT WAS REVEREND SOAMES

AND HIS BAND OF ANGELS, WASN'T IT?

MMM-HMM.

GENTLEMEN,

HOW ABOUT A CUP OF COFFEE?

UH, WELL, THANK YOU. WE--WE CAN'T.

IT'S MY OWN BLEND,

AND IT WON FIRST PRIZE

AT THE FAIR IN BATON ROUGE.

CHANGING THE SUBJECT WON'T CHANGE WHY WE'RE HERE.

YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT THIS SHOW BACK ON THE ROAD.

YOU KNOW, CHIEF, SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WE SPOKE,

I GOT ME A MAP OF SPARTA.

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU LOOKED AT ONE?

MEANING WHAT, MAYBELLE?

MEANING...

THAT THIS PLACE HERE

IS OUTSIDE YOUR CITY AND YOU'RE COUNTY LIMITS.

GROVER CHECKED IT BEFORE WE COME.

HE DID?

HE SURE DID.

WELL, UH...

CHIEF, IF THAT IS THE WAY IT IS,

THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR THE BUTLER COUNTY FOLKS, NOT US.

[CLOCK CHIMES]

WELL...

I DO DECLARE.

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS?

I'M JUST AS POSITIVE AS I AM

THAT YOU'RE STANDING THERE AND I'M STANDING HERE.

YOU KNOW, MAYBELLE, I WILL HAVE SOME OF THAT COFFEE.

GOOD!

WHAT'S REVEREND SOAMES' CHURCH CALLED?

THE CARAVAN OF THE HOLY FEW.

HOW FEW?

UNDER 75.

WELL... THEY'RE VOTES.

SURE ARE.

THE CHIEF THINKS THE SITUATION

IS OUT OF OUR HANDS.

SHERIFF DUKES, I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT

THAT IT'S OUT OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S, TOO.

WHERE IS IT, THEN?

PUT ON YOUR GLASSES. LOOK AT THIS MAP.

NOT IN SPARTA PROPER.

THE COUNTY LINE ENDS RIGHT HERE.

HARKNESS CREEK.

CREEK?

THAT MAP'S CRAZY.

THERE AIN'T NO CREEK THERE.

THERE USED TO BE

WHEN THE COUNTY'S BOUNDARIES WERE DRAWN.

WHEN, IN PRESIDENT BUCHANAN'S TIME?

MAP'S AN ANTIQUE.

PEOPLE SWEAR BY IT.

40 YEARS OLD.

IT WAS OFFICIAL THEN, AND IT'S OFFICIAL NOW.

YOU WON'T ARGUE WITH THAT?

I SURE AM.

I'LL TAKE THIS TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT

IF I HAVE TO,

PUT YOU BOTH ON RECORD

FOR EVADING YOUR LEGAL DUTY.

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T EXCITE YOURSELF THIS WAY,

BUT YOU MUST DO AS YOU THINK BEST.

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

CHAPEL SHOULD BE FINISHED SOON,

THANKS TO YOU, MIRIAM.

IT WAS MY PLEASURE.

HANNAH, YOU NEED ANY HELP?

NO. I'M FINE.

FEELING BETTER AFTER THAT TALK WE HAD?

I FEEL MORE CONTENT ABOUT THINGS.

WE ALL HAVE HARD PROBLEMS.

IF WE'RE PRAYERFUL AND PATIENT ENOUGH, WE FIND SOLUTIONS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

CARTER, ANY WORD ABOUT THAT WOOD?

BILOXI SAID WE SHOULD HAVE IT NEXT WEEK.

[ENGINE REVS UP]

THAT'S FINE IF IT DOESN'T RAIN.

[HOOTING AND HOLLERING]

ALL OF YOU!

YOU HEAR THAT TRUCK

HEADING NORTH WITH THOSE AIMLESS, LUSTFUL YOUNG MEN

BEING LED ON BY THE DEVIL HIMSELF?

[TRAIN HORN HONKS]

HEY! I'M CALLING THE LAW ON Y'ALL!

KEEP YOUR COOL, PREACHER MAN.

I HIT THEM PAINT CANS 'CAUSE I WANT TO.

I CAN HIT ANYTHING I WANT TO.

YOU'RE HEADING STRAIGHT TO THOSE WOMEN AT MAYBELLE'S!

MAYBELLE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.

STRAIGHT TO DAMNATION!

THAT'S RIGHT,

SO WHY DON'T YOU PRAY FOR US, PREACHER?

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

[WOMAN LAUGHING]

[DOG BARKING]

[GUNSHOT] [GROANS]

[TRUCK DOOR SHUTS]

[ENGINE STARTS]

WHAT YOU GOT HERE?

BODY'S DOWN THERE.

SOMEBODY SHOT THE PREACHER, HUH?

SHOTGUN BLAST RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIM.

THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

LUANN SAID SOME KIDS REPORTED IT.

A YOUNG COUPLE WAS PARKED

A QUARTER MILE AWAY, HEARD THE SHOT.

THEY'RE RIGHT OVER THERE.

WHEN WE FINISH UP HERE,

WE'LL MOVE THE BODY.

YEAH, YOU DO THAT,

AND TAPE OFF THIS AREA.

YOU GOT IT.

TOM AND MARLA HEARD THE SHOTS

AND FOUND THE BODY.

THEY CALLED US FROM THE INTERSTATE.

WAS THE REVEREND SOAMES STILL ALIVE

WHEN Y'ALL FOUND HIM?

NO, HE WAS DEAD.

ON OUR WAY HERE,

WE PASSED THREE GUYS IN A PICKUP.

THEY'D OBVIOUSLY BEEN DRINKING.

WITH A GUN RACK IN IT.

WHAT KIND OF TRUCK WAS IT?

IT WAS A RED CHEVY WITH A 20-INCH LIFT KIT,

GROUND HAWG 18/44s, AND A PUSH BUMPER.

WE ALSO SAW SOMEONE WALKING,

CAUGHT A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE TREES.

DID YOU HEAR THE SHOT

BEFORE YOU SAW THIS FIGURE OR AFTER?

IT WAS AFTER, ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

MARLA LOOKED AT MY WATCH,

SAID WE SHOULD HEAD BACK.

DID YOU ALL KNOW THE REVEREND PERSONALLY?

OH, NO. UH-UH.

WE'RE LDS.

SAY WHAT?

LATTER-DAY SAINTS.

MORMONS.

OH.

MORNING. YOU MRS. SOAMES? WHO ARE YOU?

I'M SERGEANT JAMISON. THIS HERE'S CHIEF GILLESPIE.

CAN'T YOU LEAVE US ALONE?

SORRY. WE WOULD IF WE COULD.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, HANNAH.

COME IN, CHIEF. HANNAH'S JUST TRYING TO HELP.

I'M MRS. SOAMES. MRS. SOAMES.

WELL, YOU HAVE A NICE LITTLE PLACE HERE.

CARTER DEMANDED A CLEAN CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT,

SAID WE SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE.

WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU

TAKING IT SO STRONGLY.

DID YOUR HUSBAND HAVE ANY ENEMIES

OF THE KIND THAT MIGHT THREATEN HIS LIFE?

NONE BUT THE SAME ENEMIES THE LORD GOD JEHOVAH HAD.

THOSE WHO HAVE DONE

AND CONTINUE TO DO THE DEVIL'S WORK.

LIKE MAYBELLE CHESBRO AND HER FRIENDS.

WHEN YOU SAY MAYBELLE CHESBRO'S FRIENDS,

WHO DO YOU MEAN?

REVEREND SOAMES CALLED ABOUT THREE GUYS IN A PICKUP.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEM.

MRS. SOAMES, MAY I ASK,

WHERE YOU WERE AT MIDNIGHT?

AT THE CHURCH.

THE CHURCH?

OLD PRODUCE MARKET.

OH, YES, I, I KNOW IT.

I WAS WITH SEVERAL CHURCH MEMBERS.

AT MIDNIGHT?

YES. IT'S WHERE I MOST WANTED TO BE.

YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS

AS IF YOU EXPECTED SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN.

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE, CHIEF,

IT'S DANGEROUS FOR CHRISTIANS...

ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

YES.

THANK YOU.

ORDINARILY, WE'D OFFER OUR SYMPATHY, TRY TO HELP,

BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'D APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND, MRS. HALLORAN.

SHE SAID SHE WAS AT THE CHURCH LAST EVENING.

DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE?

WE SAW HER AND HER FRIENDS GO IN.

THEY WERE UP AFTER MIDNIGHT, SINGING AND PRAYING.

THEY'RE AS NOISY AS THE TRUCKS ON THE INTERSTATE.

BUT THEY DON'T SOUND NEAR AS GOOD.

DID, UH, REVEREND SOAMES EVER COME OVER,

GET YOU TO JOIN HIS CHURCH?

WELL, YOU'D THINK HE WOULD, BUT HE DIDN'T.

YOU'D THINK THEY'D MIX IN THE COMMUNITY,

BUT THEY WEREN'T LIKE THAT.

WELL, WHAT WERE THEY LIKE?

THEY WERE RUDE, UNFRIENDLY, AND DISTANT,

SO WE LEFT THEM ALONE.

YOU SAW MRS. SOAMES

ENTERING THE CHURCH JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT,

BUT DID YOU ACTUALLY SEE HER AFTER THAT?

NO, CAN'T SAY THAT I DID,

BUT THAT SINGING WENT ON TILL WAY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

I AIN'T GOT NOTHING AGAINST WORSHIP,

BUT HOW YOU GOING TO SLEEP

WITH ALL THAT HOOPING AND HOLLERING?

I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW, MR. HALLORAN.

THANK YOU, FOLKS, FOR YOUR TIME.

[DOG BARKING]

MAYBELLE.

OH, OOH!

WELL, NOW, I DON'T OFTEN SEE YOU IN CIVVIES, BILL.

ARE YOU A CUSTOMER,

OR DO YOU INSIST ON BEING A COP?

I'M AFRAID SO, MAYBELLE.

IN THE WORDS OF THE OLD SONG,

"A POLICEMAN'S LOT IS NOT A HAPPY ONE."

UH, THIS REVEREND SOAMES WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT.

HE WAS RAISING CAIN HERE WITH Y'ALL.

DO YOU SUPPOSE ONE OF YOUR GOOD FRIENDS

CAME AND CASHED HIM IN?

WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT?

I WAS HAVING A LATE SUPPER OVER IN KENARD,

THE MOST ROMANTIC LITTLE PLACE CALLED TONY'S.

UH-HUH.

WITH WHOM?

NOW, BILL, YOU KNOW I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.

UH-UH.

NO.

WELL, NOW, MAYBELLE,

I ADMIT YOUR PROFESSION CAN BE MOST THERAPEUTIC,

BUT, UH...

BUT YOU CAN'T EXACTLY ENJOY

A DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.

WELL, IN THIS CASE, MAYBE I JUST CAN,

BUT I'M NOT EXACTLY ON THE WITNESS STAND, AM I?

WELL, NOT YET.

WHAT ABOUT GROVER? WHERE WAS HE?

WELL, HE WAS RIGHT HERE

PROTECTING MY PROPERTY

AND PROTECTING MY FIVE NIECES.

DID SOAMES EVER COME HERE?

YEAH,

SEVERAL TIMES.

I MEAN DID HE EVER PERSONALLY TELL YOU

THAT YOU HAD TO LEAVE TOWN?

ONCE, BUT HE CAME HERE SEVERAL TIMES

TO SEE THE GIRLS.

AS A CUSTOMER?

WELL, HE SAID THAT HE CAME TO SAVE THEIR SOULS,

BUT WHAT HE REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS WATCH.

NO.

YEAH. FRENCH HAVE A WORD FOR IT, VOYEUR.

WE USED TO CALL A FELLOW LIKE THAT

A KNOTHOLER.

BILL, IT'S NOT A LAUGHING MATTER!

UH, NO. THAT WASN'T ME. THAT WAS THE, UH...

SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, THEY CAN'T LOVE

FROM THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR BODY.

IT'S PITIFUL.

OH.

SO HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GIRLS?

HE WAS MAINLY INTERESTED IN ONE GIRL,

JUST SOMEBODY WHO WORKED FOR ME PART-TIME.

WHERE IS SHE?

I DON'T KNOW.

I HAD TO LET HER GO.

DRUGS AND BOOZE, WHOO!

BUT, OH, WAS SHE TALENTED.

SHE LOST CONTROL.

YOU KNOW, BILL,

CONTROL IS EVERYTHING

IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS.

DID SHE HAVE A NAME?

WELL, SHE WAS BLACK,

AND SHE HAD BLACK HAIR ABOUT TO HERE,

AND HER NAME WAS NANA BEETY.

AUNTIE MAYBELLE!

PAULINE WON'T GIVE BACK MY EARRINGS!

BE A LADY AND GIVE BACK HER EARRINGS!

AND THAT NANA,

OH, SHE WAS A LOVELY THING, BUT...

KIND OF LOST.

WELL, UM...

I BETTER TRY AND FIND HER.

CHIEF, THE SOUTHERN MINISTERS ASSOCIATION

DOESN'T LIST A CHURCH CALLED THE CARAVAN OF THE HOLY FEW.

MAYBE IT'S FROM UP NORTH.

IT'S NOT LISTED WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES.

THAT FITS WITH SOMETHING I JUST FOUND OUT.

WHAT'S ALL THIS ACCOUNTANCY STUFF?

WE SUBPOENAED THEIR BANK RECORDS

AND SOAMES' PERSONAL LEDGER.

I JUST READ THROUGH THEM,

AND THERE ARE THREE LARGE TRANSACTIONS

TO A "N.B."

N.B.

IT COULD BE NANA BEETY.

YOU KNOW HER? I KNOW OF HER.

SHE WAS ONE OF MAYBELLE CHESBRO'S NIECES.

NIECES?

[LAUGHING]

BUT LISTEN,

IF THAT IS THE SAME,

N.B., NANA BEETY,

THAT GIRL MIGHT BE WORKING

DOWN IN THE BOTTOMS.

MR. TIBBS. HEY, MAN.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?ALL RIGHT.

HI.

WHAT'S WRONG, SOMEONE COMPLAINING

I'M WATERING DOWN THE JUICE?

ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING FOR A WOMAN.

WILL I DO?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND NANA BEETY?

WHAT YOU WANT WITH NANA BEETY?

I WANT TO ASK HER A QUESTION

ABOUT ONE OF HER FRIENDS.

WHICH ONE?

TAKE YOUR PICK.

CAN I TALK TO YOU ALONE?

TALK? WELL, SURE, HONEY,

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

NOW, WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT?

UH, CARTER SOAMES.

I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT.

YOUR NAME WAS IN HIS LEDGER.

HE GAVE YOU MONEY.

HE AIN'T THE FIRST MAN TO GIVE ME MONEY,

BUT HE'S THE FIRST TO WRITE IT DOWN.

HE'S AN UNUSUAL MAN.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED? I CALL IT FREAK.

DID HE SAY HE COULD SAVE YOUR SOUL?

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

AT FIRST, I THOUGHT HE CARED.

NO ONE EVER TALKED TO ME LIKE THAT BEFORE,

SAID I COULD BE PART OF THE FLOCK,

ONE OF THE CHOSEN FEW.

HE TURNED OUT TO BE JUST ANOTHER JOHN,

AND A WEIRD ONE.

SOAMES WAS A JOHN?

I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE

WHO FELL FOR HIS ACT.

YOU SHOULD TALK TO JOELLE.

JOELLE. WHAT WAS HER LAST NAME?

I DON'T KNOW.

SHE PROBABLY STILL WORKS FOR MISS CHESBRO.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW. IS IT WORTH A DRINK?

SURE, I'LL BUY YOU A DRINK. COME ON.

I'M GOING TO TALK WITH BILL GILLESPIE.

YOU MEN IN BLUE COMING AROUND HERE

AREN'T HELPING MY BUSINESS ONE BIT.

WELL, LOOK AT IT THIS WAY

WE'RE GIVING YOU A CHANCE

TO CATCH UP ON YOUR READING.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GIRL NAMED JOELLE.

DOES SHE STILL WORK HERE?

JOELLE? NO. SHE WASN'T HERE LONG.

SHE UP AND LEFT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

SHE WENT BACK TO, UH...

OH, HER HOME WAS NEW ORLEANS.

MM-HMM.

MAYBELLE,

WAS SHE ONE OF THE GIRLS

THAT REVEREND SOAMES, UH...

SPENT TIME WITH?

NOT ON MY TIME CLOCK.

DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE DID ON HER OWN.

HAVE YOU GOT ANY IDEA?

OH, UH, LISTEN,

THE ONLY REASON

THAT I LET JOELLE STAY AROUND HERE

WAS BECAUSE I FELT SORRY FOR HER.

SHE WAS A STRANGE ONE.

I TAKE CARE OF MY GIRLS.

THIS POOR THING DIDN'T KNOW

IF SHE WAS COMING OR GOING.

YOU KNOW HER LAST NAME?

HER NAME WAS BRINNER. BRINNER.

DID JOELLE BRINNER HAVE LONG BLONDE HAIR?

LONG BLONDE HAIR?

NO. UH-UH.

WELL,

SHE HAD, UM...

BLACK, RAVEN HAIR.

SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES RED OR BROWN.

YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS.

WELL, WE'D BETTER GET GOING.

I SAID, WE'D BETTER GET GOING. NOW.

YOU, UH, GENTLEMEN,

COME BACK, YOU HEAR, ON YOUR DAY OFF.

AND DON'T WEAR BLUE.

YES, MA'AM.

THERE YOU GO, CHIEF.

THANK YOU, CHERYL.

"EAT TO LIVE, NOT LIVE TO EAT."

SO SAID SOCRATES.

AND THEN HE DIED.

HE SURE DID.

GOOD AFTERNOON, DOCTOR.GOOD AFTERNOON.

HEY, GILLESPIE, MAY I JOIN YOU?

HELLO, DR. ROBB. CERTAINLY.

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TALK

ABOUT CADAVERS AND AUTOPSIES.

THE WORDS ARE IN YOUR MOUTH, NOT MINE.

MY WIFE, REST HER SOUL, USED TO SAY

I COULD TAKE AN 18-FOOT INTESTINAL TRACT,

LAY IT ON A OPERATING TABLE, SLICE INTO IT

REMOVE BUCKSHOT AND BIRD FEATHERS FROM IT,

AND STILL SIT DOWN TO A FIVE-COURSE MEAL.

HMM, YEAH... YOU KNOW, UH,

THEY SERVE A LOT OF MEAT LOAF HERE.

I'VE EATEN TOO MUCH OF IT.

TOO MUCH MEAT LOAF CAN KILL A MAN.

IS IT ANY GOOD?

WELL, TRY IT. TRY IT.

MMM.

IN FACT, THE NIGHT BEFORE LAST,

I REMOVED A SEBACEOUS CYST,

PERFORMED A HYSTERECTOMY,

AND AN HOUR LATER SAT DOWN

TO A GOURMET MEAL OVER AT KENARD.

UH, KENARD?

THAT'S RIGHT. TONY'S.

TONY'S?

YES, YOU HEARD OF IT?

I HEARD IT'S VERY HIGH PRICED.

DELIGHTFUL EVENING.

HOW CAN DINING ALONE BE DELIGHTFUL?

WHO SAID I DINED ALONE?

FLIP US A "U," LONNIE.

[SIREN]

WE WASN'T SPEEDING.

I KNOW, BUT MY TRUCK AIN'T STREET LEGAL.

HOP ON OUT OF THERE, BOY.

LET ME SEE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.

DID I DO SOMETHING?

WELL, TO BEGIN WITH,

THIS RIG IS ABOUT 5 3/4 INCHES TOO HIGH.

ARE YOU HERBERT FRANCIS McGILLICUTY?

YEAH.

WERE YOU ON COUNTY LINE ROAD

TWO NIGHTS AGO ABOUT MIDNIGHT?

YEAH.

WHAT YOU DOING THERE, HERBERT?

WELL, WE WAS JUST...

YOU KNOW, WE WAS JUST...

GO AFTER THEM WOMEN.

THEY WERE TEMPTING US ALL.

STEP DOWN OUT OF THAT TRUCK,

AND HAND ME THAT RIFLE REAL SLOW.

THIS THE RIFLE YOU USED

TO SHOOT AT REVEREND SOAMES?

COME ON, NOW. I WAS JUST KIDDING AROUND.

STEP BACK AGAINST YOUR VEHICLE

AND KEEP QUIET.

WHY ARE YOU MAKING A FEDERAL CASE ABOUT THIS?

NO, SON, JUST A SPARTA CASE.

ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON,

DANGEROUS USE OF A DEADLY WEAPON,

DISTURBING THE PEACE...

THIS IS BUBBA OUT AT OLD ROUTE 140

WHERE IT CROSSES DEAN ROAD.

SEND OUT THAT CRIME VAN.

CRIME VAN? WHAT'S THAT?

A SPECIAL TAXI FOR CUSTOMERS JUST LIKE YOU.

THIS IS ALL SILLY.

I FORGOT TO MENTION

WHAT ELSE WE'RE BRINGING YOU IN FOR,

SUSPICION OF MURDER.

SO...

WHAT DID THIS NANA PERSON LOOK LIKE?

OH, YOU KNOW.

SHE WAS ALL RIGHT.

PRETTY?

YEAH, YEAH, I GUESS SO.

AND YOU BOUGHT HER A DRINK?

UH-HUH.

SHE TRIED TO, UH...

SELL YOU HER WARES?

NO.

BESIDES...

SHE KNEW I WASN'T THERE FOR THAT.

WELL, MRS. TIBBS, WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

SHE FIGURED I WAS DOWN IN THE BOTTOMS

CAVORTING WITH WOMEN.

OH, WELL, LET ME ASK YOU,

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT ANCIENT NUISANCE

THAT'S CALLED PROSTITUTION?

I DON'T LIKE IT.

WOULD YOU LIKE US

TO STAMP IT OUT LIKE MOSQUITOES?

CHIEF, YOU CAN'T STAMP OUT MOSQUITOES,

AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEM.

UH, CHIEF, MESSAGE FROM BUBBA.

WHAT IS IT?

JOELLE'S LAST NAME IS BRINNER.

SHE LEFT MAYBELLE'S PLACE MONTHS AGO.

SHE MIGHT HAVE GONE TO NEW ORLEANS.

WE OUGHT TO CALL THE NEW ORLEANS P.D.

AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING ON HER.

I'M RIGHT ON IT.

I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT

NOTHING EXPRESSION ON MRS. SOAMES' FACE

WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HER DEAD HUSBAND.

YOU MEAN SHE WASN'T UPSET?

NO. NOT A BIT.

I MIGHT NOT BE UPSET IF MY HUSBAND

WERE KEEPING THE SAME COMPANY SOAMES WAS KEEPING.

OH... BYE. GOOD-BYE.

CHIEF, I'M DEPENDING ON YOU

TO KEEP MY HUSBAND OUT OF TROUBLE

TILL THIS CASE IS WRAPPED UP.

YEAH. SURE, MRS. TIBBS.

AHH...

UH-OH. WHAT IS IT? I KNOW THAT LOOK.

I JUST THINK WE'RE FOLLOWING

THE REVEREND SOAMES' FOOTSTEPS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WE KEEP CHASING THOSE GIRLS AROUND,

AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING

IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT MRS. SOAMES.

MRS. SOAMES, IT'S VIRGIL TIBBS.

SHE'S IN THERE.

SHE'S NOT MOVING.

I DON'T LIKE THIS.

MRS. SOAMES?

I THINK SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH HER.

MRS. SOAMES?

SWEET.

"THE LORD HAS A PLAN FOR EVERYONE."

I DON'T THINK THIS WAS HIS PLAN FOR HER.

YES, SIR.

WELL, CERTAINLY, SIR.

NO, NO, WE'RE NOT DISCOUNTING ANYTHING.

WE'RE CHECKING ON ANYBODY

WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD ADVERSE RELATIONS WITH THE VICTIM.

YES.

YES, I'LL CALL YOU.

YEAH. BYE.

WHAT'S BOTHERING THE D.A.?

HE WANTS US TO KEEP BIRD-DOGGING MAYBELLE.

HE SAYS MAYBELLE HAD AS MUCH REASON

TO KILL THE REVEREND'S WIFE

AS TO KILL THE REVEREND

BECAUSE HE SAYS THE WIFE WAS GOING TO CONTINUE

THAT MINISTRY OR CRUSADE OR WHATEVER.

HE MAY BE RIGHT.

YEAH. TROUBLE IS, MAYBELLE HAS AN ALIBI

THAT CAN BE CORROBORATED.

IT WOULD BE KIND OF AMUSING

TO INVESTIGATE THAT ALIBI

BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A KIND OF COLLEAGUE OF OURS.

WHY?

BUT I WON'T DO IT. FORGET ABOUT IT.

OH, WHAT...

PARKER, WHAT ABOUT JOELLE?

BRINNER? IT'S COMING OVER NOW, CHIEF.

OH, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

WELL, LET ME SEE THAT.

OH, YEAH.

WELL, WELL. LOOK AT LITTLE JOELLE HERE.

ARRESTED, NEW ORLEANS, 1987 FOR PROSTITUTION.

SHE GOT PROBATION.

THEN ARRESTED AGAIN, NEW ORLEANS,

1988 FOR PROSTITUTION.

SHE GOT SIX MONTHS THAT TIME.

WELL, I'LL BE...

WHAT, CHIEF?

I KNOW THIS WOMAN. REALLY?

THAT IS TO SAY, I KNEW...

I HAVE KNOWN HER.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE BIBLICAL SENSE,

YOU KNEW HER OR HAVE KNOWN HER.

DON'T BE A SMART GUY.

THOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE FAR FROM WRONG.

I KNOW THIS WOMAN AS HANNAH

FROM THE CARAVAN OF THE HOLY FEW.

SHE'S ONE OF THE FEW?

YEAH, BUT NOT ONE OF THE HOLY.

WELL, WELL, JOELLE BRINNER.

THIS IS VERY INTERESTING, VIRGIL.

SO WHAT'S THE STORY?

IT'S SHORT BUT NOT SWEET.

SHE DID IT.

STRIP AWAY THE CLOAK OF WRETCHED

HUMAN DESIRE!

CAST OUT THE EVILS OF THE FLESH.

JAMISON, CHECK THE BACK.

JOELLE BRINNER?

HANNAH.

MY TIME IS AT HAND.

YEAH.

JOELLE...

HANNAH,

WE HAVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BEVERLY SOAMES.

SHE HAS BEEN PUNISHED FOR HER SINS.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

YES, MA'AM, WE DID SEE THAT.

AS I, TOO, SHALL BE PUNISHED.

DID YOU PUNISH HER, HANNAH?

I AM BUT AN INSTRUMENT OF HIS WILL.

DID YOU ALSO PUNISH REVEREND SOAMES?

NO.

HE WAS MY SALVATION AND MY LIGHT.

HE LED ME FROM THE PATH OF SIN AND DEGRADATION.

MRS. SOAMES KILLED HER HUSBAND, DIDN'T SHE,

AND THAT'S WHY YOU PUNISHED HER?

THY WILL BE DONE.

NOW...

PUNISH ME!

I THINK THE WOMAN WANTS YOU

TO NAIL HER TO THEM 2x4s.

HANNAH...

YOU'VE GOT YOUR RELIGIOUS MOTIVES

AND YOUR METHODS VERY MIXED UP.

WE PUNISH MURDER IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN THIS.

SWEET...

UH, YES, SIR.

LOOK WHAT I FOUND.

YOU'VE GOT IT PACKED IN, HUH?

THAT'S RIGHT, BILL.

THOSE ARRESTS YOU MADE,

IT'S THE WRONG TYPE OF PUBLICITY FOR THIS SHOW.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MAYBELLE?

WELL, THE WEATHER'S GETTING WARMER.

GROVER AND I FIGURED WE MIGHT VISIT

MY SISTER IN VIRGINIA.

SHE HAS A SIMILAR SETUP THAT I HAVE,

AND SHE HASN'T BEEN FEELING TOO GOOD LATELY.

VIRGINIA?

YOU BE CAREFUL OF YOUR MONEY UP NORTH.

I IMAGINE THAT MANY A SPARTA HUSBAND'S

GOING TO BE SPENDING THEIR NIGHTS HOME NOW,

WATCHING TV AND PLAYING WITH THE KIDS.

BUT IT WON'T LAST.

WINTER IS HERE,

BUT CAN SPRING BE FAR BEHIND?

SHE'S REALLY MORE LADYLIKE

THAN A LOT OF HIGHFALUTIN FEMALES I COULD NAME.

THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE,

IN HER OWN WAY.

"CAN SPRING BE FAR BEHIND?"

THAT MEANS SHE'S COMING BACK.

YEAH. NO. NO, IT DOESN'T.

SHE KNOWS IF SHE COMES BACK HERE EVER AGAIN,

I'M REALLY GOING TO CRACK DOWN ON HER.

YOU ARE? YOU TOLD HER THAT?

I DIDN'T NEED TO.

SHE COULD TELL FROM MY ATTITUDE.

CHIEF, I RESPECTFULLY AND STRONGLY DISAGREE.

WELL, I'D FALL DOWN IN A FIT OF SURPRISE

IF YOU DID ANYTHING ELSE, VIRGIL.