Original subtitles

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.

[SIREN]

DAMN.

WELL, WELL, WELL.

CAN I SEE YOUR LICENSE?

YOU A COP?

WHY A CUTE BROAD LIKE YOU WANT TO DO THAT?

SO'�S I WOULDN'T HAVE TO MARRY A DUMBBELL LIKE YOU.

THAT AIN'�T NICE.

GIVE ME THE LICENSE.

MR. CHAMBERS IS IN A MEETING.

I'�LL HAVE HIM CALL YOU?

I SURE WILL. UH-HUH.

BYE-BYE.

WOULD YOU TELL MR. CHAMBERS I'�M HERE?

IS HE EXPECTING YOU, MISS TODD?

WHEN DOES HE EVER EXPECT ME?

MR. CHAMBERS IS BUSY ALL DAY LONG.

YOU SHOULD LET PEOPLE KNOW WHEN YOU'�RE COMING.

AND YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR FACE

OUT OF PRIVATE FAMILY BUSINESS.

MR. CHAMBERS.

CYRUS, I BEG YOU TO RECONSIDER.

YOU HAVEN'�T SIGNED ANYTHING YET.

IT'�S NOT TOO LATE TO BACK OUT.

MR. CHAMBERS, FAITH TODD IS ON HER WAY IN.

TOM, COULD YOU GIVE US TWO MINUTES?

SURE, I'�LL BE IN MY OFFICE.

COME ON IN.

IF YOU'�VE COME TO BLACKMAIL ME SOME MORE,

FORGET IT.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? BLACKMAIL?

I'�M YOUR DAUGHTER ASKING HER FATHER FOR MONEY.

NO JUDGE WILL CALL THAT BLACKMAIL.

I PROMISED YOUR MAMA I'�D REMEMBER YOU IN MY WILL,

AND I INTEND TO.

I DON'�T INTEND TO SIT AROUND

AND WAIT FOR YOU TO DIE.

I WANT MY MONEY NOW.

YOU MEAN YOUR INHERITANCE.

I DON'�T KNOW, BUT I WANT 250,000.

OH, DON'�T BE SILLY.

WELL, MY LAWYER DOESN'�T THINK IT'�S SILLY.

HE THINKS THAT'�S HOW MUCH WE SHOULD GET, MAMA AND ME.

HE'�LL TAKE YOU TO COURT.

COURT?

WHAT'�S HE GOING TO SUE ME FOR?

I DON'�T KNOW.

I'�LL LEAVE THAT UP TO HIM.

BUT HE SAYS WE CAN DO IT.

WHY DO YOU NEED SO MUCH?

I WANT TO LEAVE AND GET MARRIED

AND MAYBE EVEN GO TO SCHOOL,

AND I NEED SOME CASH RIGHT AWAY.

I CAN GET YOU THE USUAL,

BUT THE REST WILL TAKE TIME.

LET'�S GET TOGETHER TOMORROW NIGHT

DOWN AT THE MILL.

THE MILL.

MAMA SAID Y'�ALL USED TO MEET THERE.

SAID THAT'�S WHERE YOU AND SHE STARTED ME.

I GOT THINGS TO DO.

I CAN BE THERE AT 11:30.

NOT SOONER. NOT LATER.

AHEM.

NOW I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND.

I'�M DEFINITELY SELLING THE BUSINESS.

CYRUS, WHY?

I'�M TIRED AND I WANT OUT.

I'�M TAKING IRENE,

AND WE ARE GOING TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD.

WHAT ABOUT ME?

THE PARTNERSHIP.

YOU BROUGHT ME DOWN HERE 13 YEARS AGO

ASSURING ME--

YOU NEVER BLENDED IN.

SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN CHICAGO.

IT WAS A PROMISE.

THERE WAS NO PROMISE.

BESIDES, DO YOU THINK

I'�D LET SOMEBODY THAT THREATENED ME

BE A PARTNER?

OH, COME ON, CYRUS.

COME ON. WE WERE HAVING AN ARGUMENT.

ALL RIGHT.

I WAS A LITTLE OUT OF LINE.

WAY OUT OF LINE.

I REMEMBER WHAT WE ARGUED ABOUT.

IT WAS IRENE,

THE WAY YOU ALWAYS WATCHED HER.

YOU SAID YOU'�D LIKE TO KILL ME.

I DIDN'�T MEAN ANYTHING, CYRUS.

IT DIDN'�T WORRY ME.

YOU DON'�T SCARE ME.

THE POINT IS, ANYONE DUMB ENOUGH TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT

I'�D HARDLY HAVE AS PARTNER.

YOU THERE?

WHERE ELSE?

WELL, OFFICER CORBIN, YOU GOT ANYTHING TO REPORT?

NOTHING WORTH MENTIONING.

CHAMBERS CONSOLIDATED.

HEADED FOR THE COUNTY LINE.

CHAMBERS CONSOLIDATED

HEY, ISN'�T THAT A COINCIDENCE?

MRS. CYRUS CHAMBERS JUST WALKED IN THE FRONT DOOR.

AFTERNOON, MRS. CHAMBERS.

SHALL I TELL THE CHIEF THAT YOU'�RE HERE?

SO HE CAN RUN OUT THE BACK DOOR?

NO, THANK YOU. I'�LL SURPRISE HIM.

I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD

TO MAKE THIS POLICEMAN'�S BALL A HUGE SUCCESS.

I KNOW. I APPRECIATE IT.

AND YOU GOT ME INTO IT!

IS SOMETHING THE MATTER?

EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE THERE.

BUT THAT'�S GOOD, ISN'�T IT?

IT'�S BAD, IF YOU'�RE NOT THERE.

WHO SAID HE WOULDN'�T BE THERE?

A LITTLE BIRDIE.

LITTLE BIRDIE WITH A BIG MOUTHIE.

IRENE, THE CHIEF WILL BE THERE

WITH BELLS ON.

AND IF IT'�S COLD, I'�LL WEAR MORE.

WELL, I HOPE IT'�S WARM.

WELL, I'�M RUNNING.

SAY HELLO TO ALTHEA FOR ME.

I'�M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HER.

GOODBYE, IRENE.

NOW, THIS IS NO SMILING MATTER.

THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT.

I KNOW.

LET ME TELL YOU.

A POLICEMAN'�S BALL

IN A LITTLE PLACE LIKE SPARTA IS RIDICULOUS.

IT'�S NOT RIDICULOUS TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR PENSION FUND.

LOOK, DON'�T THINK OF IT AS A BALL.

THINK OF IT AS A NICE PARTY.

I STILL SAY RUN A LOTTERY.

AND GET RUN OUT OF TOWN

BY THE WOMEN'�S WATCH SOCIETY?

OH, A LITTLE BIRDIE, HUH?

PARKER, I THINK YOU

MUST HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD ME ABOUT SOMETHING.

I DID?

YES. I DIDN'�T SAY THAT I WAS NOT GOING

TO THE POLICEMAN'�S BALL.

YOU DIDN'�T?

NO. I MUST HAVE SAID

THAT YOU WERE NOT GOING,

BECAUSE YOU'�RE NOT.

YOU'�RE GOING TO STAY HERE AT THIS DESK ON DUTY.

PEOPLE WHO OFFER UNSOLICITED REMARKS

TO VISITORS TO POLICE STATIONS

OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES IN REGRETTABLE SITUATIONS.

IRENE!

HOW'�D YOU KNOW I WAS HERE?

PHONED THE HOUSE. MATHILDA SAID YOU'�D BE HERE.

WHAT'�S THE MATTER?

CYRUS.

HE'�S OFF THE DEEP END.

WHY? WHAT HAPPENED?

HE'�S TALKING ABOUT SELLING THE BUSINESS,

TAKING YOU AWAY FOR GOOD.

OH, MY.

WE CAN'�T LET HIM DO THAT, NOW, CAN WE?

BELIEVE ME, I HAVE NO INTENTION

OF LETTING HIM DO THAT.

[WALTZ PLAYS]

WHAT'�S THE MATTER, BUBBA?

MARY JO'�S FAR TOO PRETTY TO BE A WALLFLOWER.

GET A WIGGLE ON.

CHIEF, YOU CAN'�T DO MUCH WIGGLING TO THIS.

KIND OF SLOW.

THIS IS SNUGGLING-UP MUSIC.

THAT'�S SOMETHING

I KNOW YOU'�RE GOOD AT.

WELL, VIRGIL, THIS TURNED OUT TO BE

A GOOD IDEA AFTER ALL.

ONE OF MY BETTER IDEAS.

WHEN I PAT HIM ON THE BACK,

I FIND HIM DOING IT HIMSELF.

I'�VE NEVER SEEN YOU LADIES LOOKING LOVELIER.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU'�RE WARMING ME UP FOR A DANCE,

I'�M READY.

LET'�S WASTE NO TIME.

AND YOU GENTLEMEN LOOK PRETTY SHARP

THIS EVENING YOURSELVES.

WELL, HARRIET, JUST TRYING TO ADD

A LITTLE SOMETHING TO THE COP'�S IMAGE.

HI, Y'�ALL.

I'�M SO TICKLED ABOUT THE TURNOUT.

IS CYRUS HERE?

CYRUS IS NOT HERE YET. HE WILL BE.

HE WOULDN'�T MISS THIS FOR THE WORLD.

MRS. CHAMBERS IS GOING TO BE AWFUL MAD

IF YOU DON'�T GET OVER TO THAT PARTY.

I KNOW, MATHILDA.

I'�M KEEPING YOU OUT OF TROUBLE. IT'�S 10:30.

I KNOW, MATHILDA.

MR. DALTON JUST PHONED.

WHAT DID HE WANT?

TO KNOW IF YOU'�D LEFT.

IF MRS. CHAMBERS CALLS, I AM ON MY WAY.

GOOD NIGHT, MATHILDA.

TRY TO DRINK ONLY A LITTLE.

TELL HER THE SAME THING.

GOOD NIGHT, MATHILDA.

UNH! UHH...

YEAH.

THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT OUT THOSE LITTLE SIGNS.

WHAT LITTLE SIGNS?

THE ONES EXPLAINING WHAT THIS STUFF IS.

THAT'�S FOR A DELICATESSEN.

THIS IS A BUFFET.

WHERE'�S YOUR SOPHISTICATION?

I'�M STILL WAITING FOR IT TO COME ALONG.

BE ADVENTUROUS.

SOMETIMES IT'�S BETTER NOT TO KNOW.

YOU CAN, UH...

FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT HERE.

LOOK. THESE CANOPIES LOOK LOVELY.

WELL, THERE'�S ALWAYS THE TINY HOT DOGS.

HOT DOGS? YOU SEE SOME?

NO, BUT IF YOU DO, LET ME KNOW.

IT'�S SPARTA'S BIGGEST PROBLEM,

ONE THE CITY COUNCIL CAN'�T DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

YOU MEAN NOT ENOUGH MEN?

THERE'�S ENOUGH MEN, JUST NOT ENOUGH BACHELORS.

OH, HARRIET, LOOK AT--

THERE'�S, UM, RON DANIELS,

AND, OH, LONNIE RHODES.

THEY'�RE ELIGIBLE.

ONLY THING THAT MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE

IS THEY'�RE--THEY'RE SINGLE.

WELL, HARRIET, SHALL WE?

WELL, I'�D BE DELIGHTED.

WILL YOU EXCUSE US?

WELL.

NEVER THOUGHT I'�D SEE THAT.

THAT WOULDN'�T BE SOME FORM

OF BUSTING LOOSE, WOULD IT?

ALTHEA, NOT AT ALL.

IT'�S A COPS' PARTY. IT'�S A PUBLIC AFFAIR.

WE'�RE JUST LOOKING AT TWO PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

YEAH.

IT MEANS NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.

MRS. TIBBS, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS MY DANCE.

JUST WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

OH, I HAD SOME THINGS TO DO.

YOU KNOW, PHONE CALLS.

CYRUS ISN'�T HERE YET.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS?

NO. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE.

DANCE WITH ME.

WILL IT LOOK O.K.?

WHY NOT?

EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS TO LOOK O.K. TONIGHT.

OH, WELL, THAT'�S DIFFERENT.

THAT DOESN'�T MEAN A THING.

IRENE, I'�LL DANCE WITH YOU LATER,

BUT THERE'�S ONE MORE CALL I'�VE GOT TO MAKE.

JUST WHAT IS ALL THIS PHONE CALLING ABOUT?

HI, THERE.

SPARTA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PARKER WILLIAMS HERE.

YES, SIR. I WANT TO REPORT A DISTURBANCE.

I CAN'�T HEAR YOU, SIR.

SPEAK UP.

YEAH. THERE'�S SOMETHING GOING ON

AT THE OLD MILL.

MILL RACE FALLS?

YES, SIR. IT'�S A VIOLENT ARGUMENT.

WE'�LL CHECK IT OUT.

I NEED YOUR NAME AND--

DAD-GUM IT.

WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

UH, WE BETTER CHECK OUT MILL RACE FALLS.

SOMETHING'�S GOING ON THERE,

ACCORDING TO SOMEBODY.

SOMEBODY.

MY FAVORITE INFORMANT.

AAH! AAH!

[SIREN]

IT WAS WONDERFUL.

THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

I WANTED TO THANK CYRUS,

BUT I NEVER SAW HIM.

CYRUS WASN'�T HERE TO BE SEEN.

AND I CAN'�T IMAGINE WHAT HE--

WHY DON'�T I GIVE YOU A RIDE HOME?

THAT'�D BE JUST FINE.

GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT, SIR.

CHIEF.

GOOD NIGHT, CHIEF.

SHALL WE?

OH, I HAVE TO STOP BY THE OFFICE.

SOME CASE STUDIES I FORGOT.

HONEY, CASE STUDIES TONIGHT?

WE'�LL JUST SWING BY THE OFFICE.

UH, I'�M SORRY.

THAT O.K. WITH YOU?

OH, THAT'�S FINE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WELL, I CAN DROP HARRIET OFF.

IT'�S NOT OUT OF MY WAY.

WELL, I--

THAT'�S GREAT. THANKS.

HONEY, LET'�S GO. ETTA'�S WAITING.

SHE'�S GONNA BE MAD.

O.K. GOOD NIGHT, THEN.

THANK YOU, BILL.

I GUESS IT'�LL BE O.K.

FINE. WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE TIME?

I'�M HOPING WE'LL BEAT EUGENE HOME.

I THINK WE WILL.

UH-HUH.

NOTHING'�S CHANGED THERE, HUH?

NOPE.

DID YOU SEE EDNA'�S EXPRESSION WHEN WE WERE DANCING?

NO. I SEE NOTHING WRONG

WITH ME DANCING WITH MY BOSS.

I'�M NOT YOUR BOSS.

WELL, YOU'�RE THE CHAIRWOMAN

OF THE CITY COUNCIL'�S COMMITTEE ON POLICE.

YES.

WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR A VERY ENJOYABLE EVENING.

LISTEN, HARRIET.

HOPE I DIDN'�T SCARE NOBODY.

OF COURSE NOT, EUGENE.

I'�LL BE IN IN A MINUTE.

HI, EUGENE.

CHIEF GILLESPIE.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.

I'�M SORRY.

VERY SORRY.

HOW LONG IS THIS FOOLISHNESS GOING TO GO ON?

WELL, AS LONG AS WE ARE WHO WE ARE.

AND AS LONG AS WE LIVE IN THIS TOWN.

THAT'�S NOT GOING TO CHANGE, IS IT?

ALL I KNOW IS,

IT'�S ALL A KIND OF A PITY.

YES, IT IS.

BECAUSE...

I'�M CRAZY ABOUT YOU.

GOOD NIGHT, BILL.

I DIDN'�T DO NOTHING WRONG.

WHAT'�S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW?

WELL, THAT'�S UP TO YOU, FAITH.

OH...

DROP IT!

YOU GOT TO BE SCARED.

I DIDN'�T HURT NOBODY!

WELL, SOMETHING'�S GOING ON.

WHY YOU SAY THAT?

I WAS BY CHAMBERS CONSOLIDATED YESTERDAY.

I WAVED. YOU IGNORED ME.

I DIDN'�T SEE YOU.

WHY WERE YOU THERE?

NO LAW AGAINST IT.

NOW, YOU SEE YOUR DADDY ALL THE TIME--

MY DADDY AIN'�T WHITE AND I WASN'�T FOUND STANDING

OVER HIS DEAD BODY.

YOU GOT TO BELIEVE ME, LU ANN.

I DIDN'�T KILL HIM!

AND...

THAT'�S ALL I CAN TELL YOU.

WELL, THAT'�S FINE WITH ME,

BUT IT'�S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?

THE BODY IN THE CAR WAS CYRUS CHAMBERS.

ACCORDING TO THE IDENTIFICATION HE WAS CARRYING.

HOW WAS HE KILLED?

STABBED IN THE BACK THREE TIMES.

WITH WHAT?

DETECTIVE TIBBS IS STILL LOOKING FOR A WEAPON.

HE'�LL BE IN SHORTLY TO QUESTION THE SUSPECT.

IS THAT THE SUSPECT?

YEAH...

BUT I CAN'�T BELIEVE THAT.

SHE WAS ON THE SCENE.

THAT SURE PUTS A LITTLE PEPPER IN THE GUMBO.

SIR?

SWEET, THAT GIRL RIGHT THERE--

FAITH TODD--

THAT'�S CYRUS'� DAUGHTER.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

WHY, CHIEF GILLESPIE, THIS IS A SURPRISE.

MR. DALTON.

COME ON IN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE STILL HAVEN'�T HEARD FROM CYRUS.

IRENE'�S STARTING TO WORRY.

WELL, UH...

I'�M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO IRENE.

IT'�S OFFICIAL BUSINESS.

OFFICIAL BUSINESS?

AT THIS HOUR?

BILL...

IT'�S CYRUS, ISN'�T IT?

SOMETHING'�S HAPPENED?

YES, IRENE.

IS IT BAD?

YES, IT SURE IS.

CYRUS IS DEAD.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD!

WHAT HAPPENED? CAR ACCIDENT?

UH, APPARENTLY, IT WASN'�T AN ACCIDENT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, MR. DALTON, AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT

I'�M GOING TO NEED TO TALK TO MRS. CHAMBERS ALONE.

MAY I?

OF COURSE.

I'�LL SEE YOU IN A MINUTE.

SURE. TAKE YOUR TIME.

I'�LL FIX ANOTHER ONE OF THESE.

WHAT IS IT?

I HATE TO BRING THIS UP,

BUT I BELIEVE YOU KNOW FAITH TODD.

YES.

WHAT ABOUT HER?

SHE WAS WITH CYRUS.

WHAT?

CYRUS WAS FOUND DEAD--

STABBED--

DOWN BY THE FALLS,

AND, UH, WE FOUND FAITH TODD ON THE SCENE.

WELL, DID SHE KILL HIM?

SHE SAYS SHE DIDN'�T.

SHE SAYS HE WAS ALREADY DEAD

WHEN SHE WENT TO MEET HIM.

MEET HIM? WHY?

TO HAVE A TALK WITH HER DADDY

AND TELL HIM SHE WAS ABOUT TO GET MARRIED,

SHE SAYS.

WELL, ANYTHING ELSE?

I WAS HOPING YOU COULD TELL ME THAT.

I MEAN, I...

WELL, I SUPPOSE I COULD THINK OF SOMETHING.

I COULD GUESS!

BUT I DON'�T WANT TO.

I...

I GOT TO GET MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER.

PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, IRENE.

WE CAN TALK LATER.

I REMEMBER YOU AS A LITTLE GIRL,

ALWAYS RUNNING AROUND TOWN.

I KNOW YOU BETTER THAN YOU THINK.

SO WHAT?

SHE KNOWS ME, TOO.

WE ALL KNEW THAT YOUR FATHER AND HIS WIFE

LIVED IN ONE OF THE FINEST HOMES IN SPARTA,

WHILE LESS THAN A MILE AWAY, YOU AND YOUR MOTHER

LIVED IN THE BOTTOMS.

THAT'�S WHAT I HATE ABOUT THIS TOWN...

EVERYBODY'�S NOSE IS IN EVERYBODY'�S BUSINESS.

COME ON, FAITH.

HE JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHY YOU WERE THERE.

CAN'�T YOU FIGURE IT OUT?

I GUESS IT'�S RELATED TO MONEY,

BUT I'�D RATHER YOU TELL ME.

I'�D RATHER TALK TO A LAWYER.

WISE DECISION.

I'�LL MEET YOU BACK AT THE GARAGE.

THERE'�S JUST THE TWO SETS OF TIRE TRACKS.

IF CHAMBERS CAME HERE TO PAY HER OFF, WHERE'�S THE MONEY?

SHE DIDN'�T HAVE ANY.

MAYBE HE DIDN'�T HAVE ANY WITH HIM

WHEN HE MET HER.

AND THAT'�S WHY SHE KILLED HIM?

MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE KILLED HIM.

WHY?

WELL, I ONLY SAID MAYBE.

BUT HOW DO YOU STAB SOMEONE IN THE BACK

WHILE THEY'�RE SITTING IN A CAR?

YOU DON'�T.

DETECTIVE!

IS THAT DOC ROBB'�S REPORT?

YES, SIR. IT LOOKS LIKE

CYRUS WAS KILLED AT LEAST AN HOUR

BEFORE SWEET FOUND FAITH WITH THE BODY.

I'�M NOT A BIT SURPRISED.

NOBODY BELIEVES THAT GIRL DID IT.

WELL, SHE DIDN'�T DO IT THERE.

IF YOU KILL SOMEBODY YOU'�RE GETTING MONEY FROM,

YOU DON'�T GET YOUR MONEY.

YEAH--SHE ONLY STOOD TO LOSE.

WHO STOOD TO GAIN?

IRENE.

IRENE WILL INHERIT MILLIONS.

YEAH, BUT SHE'�D GET THEM, ANYHOW.

MAYBE NOT SOON ENOUGH FOR HER.

YEAH, BUT, UH...

IRENE WAS AT THE PARTY ALL NIGHT.

COULDN'�T BUY A BETTER ALIBI.

BUT I BET SHE GOT SOME HELP.

MMM-HMM.

I'�LL BET I KNOW FROM WHO.

FROM WHOM, BUBBA.

TOM DALTON, THAT'�S WHOM.

[DALTON] SOMETHING'�S GOING ON DOWN THERE AT THE OLD MILL.

[PARKER] YOU MEAN MILL RACE FALLS?

YES, SIR. IT'�S A TERRIBLE ARGUMENT.

[CLICK]

SOUNDS LIKE HE TRIED TO CHANGE HIS VOICE.

WHAT TIME DID THAT CALL COME IN, PARKER?

UH, EXACTLY...11:21.

SOMETHING WAS GOING ON

BETWEEN DALTON AND IRENE AT THAT PARTY--

I MEAN, APART FROM WHAT ALWAYS WENT ON.

IF THAT WAS DALTON'�S VOICE.

YOU REALLY THINK IRENE WAS INVOLVED IN THIS, CHIEF?

SHE WAS A CAUSE OF IT, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

WHETHER SHE WAS A PARTY TO IT...

IF THE CALL CAME IN AT 11:21--

HE WAS PARTYING AT 11:00.

THEN THE CALL CAME FROM THE PARTY,

BUT TELL ME THIS--

WHY WERE THERE ONLY TWO SETS OF TIRE TRACKS

AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME,

ONE OF THEM THE GIRL'�S?

DALTON KILLED CYRUS SOMEPLACE ELSE,

AND THEN DROVE HIM TO THE MILL IN CYRUS'� CAR.

I THINK DALTON HAD PLENTY OF TIME.

SAY WHAT?

TIME TO KILL MR. CHAMBERS AT HIS HOUSE,

DRIVE OUT TO THE FALLS,

THEN WALK BACK TO THE CHAMBERS'� FOR HIS OWN CAR.

ALL BY 11:00? UH-UH, PARKER.

HOLD ON, BUBBA. PARKER'�S RIGHT.

TROUBLE IS, THERE'�S ONLY ONE WAY

FOR PARKER TO PROVE HIS THEORY--

HE'�LL HAVE TO TEST THAT THEORY HIMSELF.

WELL, PARKER, WE'�LL SEE YOU BACK AT THE CHAMBERS'�.

HAVE YOURSELF A GOOD WALK, YOU HEAR?

MISS CHAMBERS?

IS SOMETHING MISSING FROM THE SAFE, IRENE?

CYRUS ALWAYS KEPT EMERGENCY CASH IN THERE,

BUT I DON'�T SEE IT OR THE BONDS.

SO, MATHILDA, WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

HE WENT OUT TO THE GARAGE.

YOU HEAR HIM DRIVE OFF?

YEAH, FINALLY.

WELL, WHAT YOU MEAN, FINALLY?

FOR SOME REASON, HE KEPT DILLY-DALLYING OUT THERE.

THEN HE LEFT.

SO THIS...

THIS IS ABOUT WHERE CYRUS'� DOOR WOULD BE.

OH, I SUPPOSE SO.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT'�S THAT, AN OIL STAIN?

NO, IT'�S NOT OIL. IT'�S BLOOD.

DOES THAT MEAN CYRUS WAS KILLED HERE?

WELL, PARKER, IT TOOK ABOUT...

20 MINUTES.

I WOULD'�VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER,

BUT I RAN INTO MRS. DUMAR.

SHE SAID HER INSTEP WAS CRUSHED BY A MONKEY WRENCH.

PARKER, BRING ME THE EVIDENCE KIT.

UH, YES, SIR. RIGHT AWAY, DETECTIVE.

THANK YOU.

IRENE, I DON'�T THINK FAITH KILLED HER FATHER...

DO YOU?

NO! I DON'�T.

I MEAN...

I CAN'�T ANSWER THAT.

I DON'�T KNOW WHAT I THINK. I...

CHIEF, IRENE CHAMBERS IS HERE TO SEE YOU.

OH! WELL...

COME ON IN, IRENE. PLEASE.

THANK YOU, SWEET.

I DON'�T REALLY KNOW QUITE HOW TO SAY THIS,

NOR WHY YOU SHOULD EVEN BELIEVE ME.

YOU SEEM ALL UPSET.

COME ON OVER HERE.

SIT DOWN ON THE SOFA.

WE'�LL TALK ABOUT IT QUIETLY.

FAITH TODD DIDN'�T KILL MY HUSBAND.

CHIEF, THE LAB RESULTS ARE IN. THE BLOOD'�S--

THE BLOOD'�S THE SAME TYPE AS CYRUS'�.

TOM DALTON KILLED CYRUS.

DALTON AND YOU WERE INVOLVED, WEREN'�T YOU?

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AFFAIR...

NOT A MURDER.

AND I SUPPOSE HE WANTED TO HAVE YOU ALL TO HIMSELF.

CYRUS WAS PLANNING ON SELLING THE COMPANY.

IF I THOUGHT TOM LOVED ME

HALF AS MUCH AS CYRUS'� MONEY

I PROBABLY WOULDN'�T BE HERE RIGHT NOW.

SO FAR, THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE ON DALTON IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL,

BUT WITH YOUR HELP, UM...

I REALLY DON'�T KNOW WHAT MORE I CAN DO.

WELL...

MESSAGES.

MRS. CHAMBERS IS IN YOUR OFFICE.

IRENE.

WHAT A NICE SURPRISE.

IT WAS YOU, WASN'�T IT?

IRENE, DON'�T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT YOU?

YOU KILLED CYRUS AND TRIED TO BLAME IT ON THAT POOR--

IRENE, LOWER YOUR VOICE!

WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?

CYRUS WAS GOING NUTS.

HE WOULDN'�T LISTEN TO ME.

I HAD TO DEAL WITH HIM.

I CAN'�T STAND IT!

IRENE...

HE WAS GOING TO SELL THE COMPANY...

LEAVE ME OUT ON THE STREET...

SPLIT US UP.

HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH THAT?

THE MORE YOU SAY, THE GUILTIER I FEEL

ABOUT EVER HAVING BEEN INVOLVED WITH YOU!

WELL...

IT DOESN'�T MATTER HOW YOU FEEL.

YOU'�LL GET OVER IT.

AS FOR THE GIRL...

SHE CAN PLEAD SELF-DEFENSE, OR SOMETHING.

THE POINT IS, WE'�RE IN THE CLEAR.

[VIRGIL] NO, YOU'�RE NOT, DALTON.

YOU WERE NEVER IN THE CLEAR.

THIS IS HOW YOU TUNED IN ON FAITH AND CYRUS.

YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW ABOUT THEIR MEETING.

YOU DID THIS?

YOU SET ME UP LIKE THIS...

AFTER WHAT WE MEANT TO EACH OTHER?

YOU SAID WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

I NEVER WANTED CYRUS DEAD.

WHY SHOULD I?

YOU JERK!

UH, SWEET, WOULD YOU PLEASE...

AND SAY THAT THING. YOU KNOW...

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL

BE USED AGAINST YOU IN THE COURT...

IT'�S A SHAME WHEN LOVE GOES SOUR, ISN'�T IT?

WELL, HARRIET.

BILL.

THIS IS FAITH'�S MAMA?

YES. THIS IS CORA TODD.

CHIEF GILLESPIE.

HELLO, MS. TODD.

CONFERENCE ROOM'�S CLEAR.

FINE. DO COME IN, LADIES.

LU ANN...

WOULD YOU TAKE MS. TODD DOWNSTAIRS?

SHE'�S GOT SOME THINGS FOR HER DAUGHTER.

COME THIS WAY, MA'�AM.

CARE TO STEP INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM, MA'�AM?

OH, THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW MS. TODD A LONG TIME?

MM-HMM. LONG, BUT NOT WELL.

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS--

EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.

MS. DeLONG, WE HAVE A PLAIN CAR

WE COULD TAKE THE TWO LADIES HOME IN.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANNA DO.

THANK YOU, BUT I'�D PLANNED TO TAKE THEM MYSELF.

YES, MA'�AM.

IRENE CHAMBERS IS ON HER WAY OVER HERE.

TO SEE WHOM?

FAITH TODD, IF SHE'�LL ALLOW HER.

I CAN'�T THINK WHY SHE WOULD.

WHAT HAS IRENE CHAMBERS GOT ON HER MIND?

I DIDN'�T ASK HER.

SO, YOU REALLY DIDN'�T KNOW THIS WOMAN

WELL AT ALL, DID YOU?

NO.

SHE HAD A LOT IN COMMON WITH MY SISTER.

CORA SAID IT ON THE WAY OVER HERE--

"YOUR SISTER AND I

"WAS THE MOTHERS OF CHILDREN FROM RICH WHITE DADDIES

"WHO FINALLY DROWNED IN MONEY AND BLOOD."

DID SHE FIND ANY LESSON IN THAT?

THAT'�S EXACTLY WHAT I ASKED HER.

SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,

"NO.

"I BEEN TOO BUSY TRYING TO STAY ALIVE

"TO FIND ANY LESSONS."

I EXPECT I OWE YOU A "THANK YOU."

I'�M TOLD I HAD ONE OF YOUR BETTER CELLS.

WELL, BY OUR STANDARDS.

NO MIRROR, OF COURSE.

THEY DON'�T WANT

THE DANGEROUS CRIMINALS TO HAVE ANY GLASS...

BUT THERE WAS A SEAT ON THE TOILET...

JUST LIKE FOR REGULAR PEOPLE.

ARE WE READY?

OH, YES, WE ARE.

OH! EXCUSE ME.

UH, COULD I SAY SOMETHING?

JUST ONE THING TO FAITH, IF I MAY?

MAY I?

I KNOW YOU'�VE GOT TO BE MAD AS HELL,

BUT IF I MAY...

HAVE YOU EVER MET MY MOTHER, MRS. CHAMBERS?

NO.

I--I'�M BURYING HIM WEDNESDAY...

JUST IN CASE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME.

AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE MONEY YOU WANTED, FAITH.

I'�M SURE IT'S SOMETHING FAIR...

FOR A DAUGHTER...

AND A MAMA.

BILL TELLS ME YOU HAVE A LAWYER,

SO I'�LL HAVE MY LAWYER CALL

AND THEN WE'�LL SET THIS ALL RIGHT.

I SURE HOPE THIS PASSES QUICKLY,

AND I, UH...

I WAS HOPING MAYBE YOU'�D FEEL

LIKE COMING TO SEE ME SOMETIME.

BYE, Y'�ALL.

DOES SHE MEAN THAT?

I DON'�T KNOW.

CAN SOMETHING COME FROM THIS?

OH, I THINK SO.

IT'�S CERTAINLY RIGHT THAT IT SHOULD.

I HAVE FAITH THAT SOMETHING GOOD

CAN COME OF ANYTHING,

AS LONG AS IT'�S RIGHT.