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

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. I'M UNDESERVING.

HERE I AM--A FORMER LAWBREAKER...

ALUMNUS OF MY JAIL.

REPENTING OF MY SINS

FULL OF REGRET FOR MY MISTAKES,

A MAN GETTING BACK TO HIS ORIGIN

TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHY HE WENT THIS WAY, THAT WAY,

AND WHERE HE'S HEADED NOW.

A MAN WHO'S TAKING A LITTLE TRIP.

NOT JUST THAT.

A MAN WHO'S TAKING A LONG TRIP THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH.

THAT'S HOW MISS SARAH APPRECIATED IT.

SHE WAS MOST UNKIND ABOUT MY GIVING UP MY LEGAL PRACTICE.

NO.

SHE SAID I WAS EVADING MY RESPONSIBILITIES--

A TRANSPARENT EXCUSE FOR MY NOT WORKING.

[RAP MUSIC BLARES FROM TRUCK]

MUSIC OF THE NEW SOUTH.

YES, SIR.

MELODY CONSONANT

WITH ALL THE MAGNOLIAS OVER OUR HEADS.

SO... DID YOU TELL MISS SARAH

ABOUT YOUR LITERARY ASPIRATIONS?

OH, YES.

SHE SAID IF WRITING MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY WAS LITERATURE,

THEN BLOWING A TIN WHISTLE WAS MUSIC.

WELL, THAT WAS VERY HARSH.

YES.

HERE'S THE CAR.

YOU STARTED TO TELL ME ABOUT YOUR PROPOSAL.

OH, YES.

WELL...

I TOOK MISS SARAH BY THE HANDS,

AND I GAZED INTO THOSE BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES,

AND I SAID, "DARLING, "I'M FREE AGAIN.

"THE KIDS ARE ALL GROWN.

"THEY DON'T LIKE ME.

WILL YOU MARRY ME?"

AND WHAT DID SHE SAY?

"NO."

[RAP MUSIC BLARES]

HEY, YOU!

TURN THAT RACKET DOWN!

[MUSIC BLARES LOUDER]

TURN IT DOWN, YOU LAMEBRAIN,

OR I'LL KICK YOUR BUTT!

COLMAN! COLMAN! COLMAN!

COLMAN, SIT DOWN!

HA HA HA!

CUT THAT DOWN, MISTER.

HEY, I'M PLAYING MY MUSIC.

YOU'RE DISTURBING THE PEACE.

WHOSE PEACE?

THAT ASS IN THERE?

THAT'S PURE HATE OUT THERE!

AND WE CAN THANK OUR EX-POLICE CHIEF FOR THAT, TOO.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

YOU'RE BLAMING GILLESPIE FOR BOOM BOXES?

YOU GOING TO KEEP ARGUING WITH ME?

IF I HAVE TO GO INTO YOUR TRUCK AND TURN THAT DOWN,

I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR MY LABOR.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. I'LL DO IT.

JUST STAY OUT OF MY TRUCK.

[MUSIC STOPS]

THERE YOU GO.

I'M BLAMING GILLESPIE FOR HIS BAD EXAMPLE--

CONTEMPT FOR THE DECENT OPINIONS OF HIS NEIGHBORS.

WHAT OPINIONS? ABOUT WHAT, HUH?

SAY IT!

NOW, HARRIET, TRY TO STAY COOL.

ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE?

THOSE KINDS OF OPINIONS DESERVE CONTEMPT.

WE WERE NOT DISCUSSING BILL GILLESPIE.

TELL HER.

YOU BROUGHT IT UP.

YOU HAVE BULLIED THIS COMMITTEE

INTO LETTING GILLESPIE GO.

NOW YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED.

[DOOR OPENS]EXCUSE ME.

YOUR VOICES ARE CARRYING OUTSIDE THIS DOOR.

AND IT WAS RACISM OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL KIND.

RACISM? I THOUGHT YOU MET THE NEW CHIEF.

YOU WANT A PRIZE FOR HIRING A BLACK CHIEF?

NO. I WANT YOU TO ADMIT THERE'S NO PREJUDICE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

OH, LORD, DELIVER ME.

AND THE NEW CHIEF'S GIRLFRIEND

IS THE SAME COLOR THAT HE IS,

I'M GLAD TO REPORT.

OH, GOD!

EVENING.

MISS DeLONG, HI.

I HOPE YOU DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING YOU SHOULDN'T.

NOTHING THAT BOTHERS ME.

NOTHING WE COULDN'T LAUGH AT.

THOSE PEOPLE IN THERE AREN'T FUNNY.

EVERYBODY KNOWS OLD COLMAN'S A MENACE.

THERE ARE SEVEN MENACES IN THERE.

THEY DID YOU IN.

WHAT ARE YOU SMILING ABOUT?

HARRIET, I'M STILL HERE.

UH, SHE WASN'T IMPLYING...

I MEAN TO SAY,

I HOPE YOU WON'T BE BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ANY OF THAT.

NOT A BIT, BILL.

GOOD.

THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS WANTED A LEGAL OPINION.

THEY WANT TO APPOINT SOMEBODY

ACTING COUNTY SHERIFF FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE.

THE MAN THEY WANT TO APPOINT IS, UM...

GILLESPIE.

THEY WERE WONDERING COULD THEY APPOINT HIM COUNTY SHERIFF

EVEN THOUGH HE'S STILL ON THE CITY PAYROLL TILL NEXT WEEK.

I TOLD THEM I THOUGHT, THEY, UH...COULD.

WE DIDN'T KICK HIM OUT OF THIS JOB

SO HE COULD MOVE TO A HIGHER ONE.

THIS IS SOME KIND OF FLIMFLAM.

THIS IS A CONSPIRACY.

GILLESPIE'S NOT GOING TO GET AWAY WITH IT.

I SWEAR HE'S NOT.

I HOPE Y'ALL WILL EXCUSE ME.

I'LL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME.

MATTER OF FACT, IF I DON'T GET TO AN APPOINTMENT,

I'LL BE IN REAL TROUBLE.

HOW DOES A POLICE CHIEF GET INTO REAL TROUBLE?

HE FAILS TO PICK UP HIS LAUNDRY

BEFORE THE LAUNDROMAT CLOSES.

I SPENT THE DAY

SAYING HELLO TO MY PERSONNEL

AND CHECKING MY EQUIPMENT

AND TALKING WITH THE NEW SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY.

EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE.

BILL GILLESPIE'S LEAVING ME IN REAL GOOD SHAPE.

I'M HERE TO REPORT

THAT I'M AT YOUR DISPOSAL AS OF NOW,

BUT AT THIS MOMENT I HAVE TO RUN. I HOPE YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.

WELL, LOOKING AT YOU ALL SITTING HERE

MAKES ME THINK THAT IN ALL MY YEARS AS POLICE CHIEF

NONE OF YOU, REGARDLESS OF WHAT MISFEASANCES--

AND THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A FEW--

NONE OF YOU HAS EVER BEEN HAULED INTO MY CITY JAIL

JUST ACROSS THE SPARTA SQUARE.

AND NOW... MY NEW COUNTY JAIL

IS A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY,

AND YET...

YOU'D BE WISE TO THINK OF IT...

AS MUCH CLOSER.

MISS SARAH,

I JUST LEFT YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON TWO PRISONERS.

OH, THANK YOU.

IS THIS REALLY A LUCKY REPRIEVE FOR GILLESPIE,

OR DID SOME PEOPLE WORK SOMETHING OUT?

I NEVER GET INFORMED OF SUCH THINGS, MA'AM.

ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU

IS THERE'S NO PART OF THAT HEADLINE EXACTLY RIGHT.

IT ALL HAD TO BE VERY PAINFUL FOR HARRIET.

MA'AM?

WATCHING PEOPLE HARM SOMEONE YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT,

AND YOU CAN'T STOP THEM.

IT'S A BAD EXPERIENCE.

I'M SURE MISS DeLONG WAS READY FOR IT.

ALSO READY FOR IT WAS THAT MAN RIGHT OVER THERE.

I CAN'T TELL WHO THAT WOMAN IS.

THAT'S DEE SHEPHERD-- POLICE OFFICER.

WELL...

SHE'S THE RIGHT COLOR FOR THE COMMITTEE.

IF BILL GILLESPIE HAD BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR

WITH SOMEBODY WHO LOOKED LIKE THAT,

HE'D STILL BE CHIEF.

I HAD TO TELL YOU WHEN PARKER AND LUANN AND I

FOUND THESE ON OUR DESK,

WE WERE PRETTY THRILLED.

I JUST WANTED TO HELP YOUR NEW CHIEF--

PICK HIM THE BEST SERGEANTS I COULD FIND.

I WON'T HUG AND KISS YOU NOW.

NO. I HOPE NOT-- WITH ALL SPARTA LOOKING AT US,

NOT TO MENTION YOUR EVER-LOVING GEORGE IN THE PICKUP THERE.

BUT I WARN YOU--

I'M GOING TO GET YOU.

BYE.

[RAP MUSIC BLARES]

LOOK OUT, MAN. I'M ABOUT TO BUST THEM THINGS.

HEE!

OH, MAN. HA HA HA!

COULDN'T HELP MYSELF, MAN.

I SAW THEM PEOPLE

WHO GOT THAT MILLION DOLLARS IN THE HOUSE.

ALWAYS SITTING UP ON THAT PORCH

LOOKING DOWN ON EVERYBODY

LIKE KING ROOTIE AND QUEEN TOOTIE.

THE WHITE ONE HIM, PINK ONE HER.

AIN'T LOOKING DOWN NO MORE.

AIN'T LOOKING NOWHERE.

HEY, MORNING, SHERIFF.

WELL, GOOD MORNING.

YOU KNOW, THAT "SHERIFF"--

IT'S HARD TO SAY.

DON'T SOUND RIGHT.

GOES WITH THE JOB, SON.

YEAH, BUT IT JUST AIN'T AS GREAT AS "CHIEF."

I FEEL LIKE CALLING YOU

SOMETHING MORE POWERFUL THAN "SHERIFF."

LIKE "COLONEL."

CALL ME "BISHOP" IF YOU WANT,

BUT DON'T LOOK FOR IT ON MY DOOR.

WHO Y'ALL WAITING ON?

THE NEW CHIEF-- MR. FORBES.

HE'S SEEING A FRIEND HERE.

SIR, CAPTAIN SKINNER HERE HAS BEEN INTIMIDATING ME.

WELL, HE'S KNOWN FOR THAT.

SAYS IF I WORK FOR YOU, HE'LL BOOT MY BEHIND.

HE'S KNOWN FOR THAT, TOO. WATCH OUT.

HI, CHIEF.

DR. DAY, THE CHIEF IS STANDING RIGHT THERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE HARD SAYING THAT

TO ANYBODY BUT YOU, CHIEF.

WELL, HAMP IS GOING TO MAKE IT SOUND JUST RIGHT.

IS EVERYTHING COMFORTABLE IN THAT HOTEL,

I MEAN, IN EVERY WAY?

HOSPITALITY'S UNLIMITED, BILL.

SPARTA'S JUST LIKE MEMPHIS,

JUST MOVING RIGHT ALONG,

AND WINONA'S LINED UP A PERMANENT PLACE FOR ME.

WE GO WAY BACK-- TO WASHINGTON.

I WAS IN MED SCHOOL, AND HE WAS IN FBI SCHOOL.

OH. GOOD MORNING.

WHERE'S MR. McCOMB LOCATED?

YOU MEAN SHERIFF WILL McCOMB?

SHERIFF'S IN ROOM 114.

THAT WAY, SIR. TURN RIGHT, THEN LEFT.

THANK YOU. IF YOU WAIT, WADE HATTON,

I'LL LEAD YOU TO HIM.

I'M SORRY, SIR. I DON'T BELIEVE I...

BILL GILLESPIE-- THE MAN WHO ARRESTED YOU

FOR UNAUTHORIZED CLIMBING OF THE CITY WATER TOWER.

AH, YES, SO IT IS.

HELLO, BILL.

MEET DR. WINONA DAY HERE.

POLICE CHIEF HAMPTON FORBES.

MR. HATTON.

DR. DAY. CHIEF.

MR. HATTON.

YOU'RE THE LAWYER THAT CAME TO MEMPHIS

TO DEFEND SKEETS ABLE.

THAT VERY SAME LAWYER.

IF I HADN'T DEFENDED MR. ABLE, HE'D BE ALIVE TODAY.

YOU GOT HIM OFF.

HE GETS EVERYBODY OFF.

WELL, NOT QUITE.

I PRESUME YOU RECALL WHAT HAPPENED

WHEN MR. ABLE WENT HOME.

HIS WIFE SHOT HIM.

ENOUGH SAID.

WHAT--WHAT HAPPENED TO POOR OLD McCOMB?

HIS HEART.

IT WAS A SERIOUS ATTACK.

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GAS.

IT WAS A HELL OF A PAIN,

BUT IT WASN'T UNFAMILIAR.

I FIGURED I KNEW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT--

GOOD OLD BICARB, HALF A CUPFUL.

BOYS, I'M TELLING YOU,

AFTER ALL THE BELCHING WAS OVER,

THE PAIN WAS WORSE THAN EVER.

AS I HEADED TOWARD THE SOFA TO LIE DOWN,

THE LIGHTS WENT OUT.

HMM, HMM.

YOU KNOW, I JUST HEARD

YOU WERE RELATED TO BOB HATTON

FROM CLEMMONS STREET.

SECOND COUSINS ONCE REMOVED.

I USED TO VISIT BOB AS A KID.

I LOVED TO CLIMB THAT WATER TOWER.

AS A KID.

HE WAS A MAN OF 40 WHEN I CAUGHT HIM CLIMBING IT.

YEAH. TRYING TO GET BACK TO SOMETHING,

OR MAYBE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING BACK. MAYBE BOTH.

I'M STILL TRYING.

I WAS GOING TO TAKE HIM TO THE BARRON PLACE

WHERE THE FIRST MISSISSIPPI HATTONS LIVED

WHEN THEY COME OVER FROM ALABAMA.

MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA WAS ONE OF THEM.

MAKES ME AND WADE KIN.

WANT ME TO TAKE HIM OUT THERE?

WOULD YOU?

SURE. I'D BE GLAD TO.

I'LL TAKE HIM TODAY RIGHT AFTER LUNCH, IF THERE'S TIME.

WONDERFUL.

THE PARTICULAR HATTON WHOSE FORMER HOUSE WE'LL SEE

WAS A VERY PROMINENT CAVALRY OFFICER

IN THE CIVIL WAR. REALLY?

WADE HATTON, I'M FRANK ROBB.

MET YOU LONG AGO.

YOU PROBABLY WON'T REMEMBER.

I CERTAINLY DO REMEMBER.

YOU WERE A GUEST OF MY COUSIN ARVIN ALLENBY.

I HEARD YOU'RE PUTTING SPARTA IN A BOOK.

ANYTHING ABOUT ME, I'LL TELL YOU MYSELF.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF EVERY DOUBT.

LOOK OUT!

[MUSIC BLARES]

[MUSIC STOPS]

YOU GOT SOME KIND OF HANDICAP LIKE NO EYESIGHT?

WHO ARE YOU?

I'M THE COUNTY SHERIFF.

I KNOW HIM, BILL. HE'S O.K.

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

NOTHING, SIR.

DOG JUMPED IN MY LAP. I LOST SIGHT OF THE WAY.

KEEP HIM TIED.

YES, SIR.

YEAH.

O.K., GO ON.

YES, SIR.

HE COMES BY TO PICK UP STUFF FOR THE RECYCLING.

HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT WE WERE ELIGIBLE.

I THINK THE NEW SHERIFF GILLESPIE

FEELS REAL GOOD ABOUT THE SITUATION.

THE CHIEF WAS READY TO TAKE HIS RETIREMENT ANYWAY.

THIS JUST GIVES HIM ANOTHER OPTION, IF HE WANTS IT.

IF HE WANTS IT, HE'LL HAVE TO RUN FOR IT.

HE DON'T WANT IT PERMANENT.

HE WANTS TO RETIRE AND GO FISHING.

I HEARD HIM SAY SO.

HE SAID THAT TO THE DOG.

THAT MEANS NOTHING.

HI. Y'ALL WAITING FOR ME?

YES, SIR.

I NEED TO WARN YOU

THE PRESS PEOPLE ARE WAITING.

I FIGURED YOU'D WANT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS

BEFORE GETTING INTO THE REGULAR STUFF.

BUT THEY WILL LEAVE

BEFORE I GET INTO THE REGULAR STUFF?

OH, YES, SIR. WELL BEFORE.

I GIVE THEM A NEWS EXTRACT EVERY MORNING,

AND THEN JAMISON OR CAPTAIN SKINNER ANSWER QUESTIONS.

BUT THAT'S ALL DONE.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU

'CAUSE THEY WANT TO HEAR SOME PERSONAL STUFF.

O.K., BUT FIRST, UH...

I WANT TO TELL Y'ALL THE PERSONAL STUFF.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A JOB LIKE THIS

IN A TOWN LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

I'M REAL HAPPY TO BE HERE,

AND IF ALL GOES WELL,

I'M GOING TO ASK A CERTAIN YOUNG LADY FROM MEMPHIS

TO COME DOWN AND JOIN ME.

I KNOW WHY YOUR TOWN COUNCIL

WANTED BILL GILLESPIE OUT...

AND WHY THEY WERE SO PARTICULAR

ABOUT HIRING A BLACK CHIEF TO REPLACE HIM.

I KNOW WHAT THAT PROBLEM IS.

I THINK IT'S AN UGLY PROBLEM.

I'LL SAY NO MORE ABOUT IT.

ANYBODY WANT TO TELL ME ANYTHING?

UH, YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY...

WELCOME, CHIEF FORBES.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, AND THE ALLIGATORS ARE WAITING IN THE SHALLOWS,

CHIEF.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE ALLIGATORS, HUH?

YEAH, YEAH. EVEN HERE.

WE GOT TO GET THAT MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE BARRONS,

AND WE NEED A GETAWAY CAR.

MAN, THIS AIN'T NO GOOD.

THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE AROUND,

TOO MANY COPS AROUND.

I SAY IT'S GOOD.

THERE'S MORE CARS IN A SUPERMARKET.

PEOPLE LOCK CARS AT SUPERMARKETS.

HERE THEY GET CARELESS.

HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE DO?

HURRY UP AND GET US A CAR.

WHY CAN'T WE TAKE THIS?

I WOULDN'T TRUST THIS CLUNKER TO THE COUNTY LINE.

NOW GET GOING.

HEY, HENRY.

HI, NAP.

BYE.

HEY, MAN, YOU SEE THAT KID

DRIVING BEHIND THAT RED BRONCO?

I SAID GET GOING.

YOU DON'T GET US A GOOD CAR,

WE MIGHT BURN FOR THIS.

I THINK YOU WANT TO BURN.

WAIT. THEY DON'T BURN YOU NO MORE.

THEY, UH... GIVE YOU THIS.

[CAR ALARM SOUNDS]

I HARDLY TOUCHED THAT DAMN CAR.

I TOLD YOU, DON'T TRY NO NEW ONES.

I WAS AFTER AN '85 OLDS.

I BUMPED THE NEW ONE WITH MY BUTT.

COME ON, TAKE OFF. THE COPS JUST CAME.

THOSE PEOPLE SEEN ME.

THEY'LL SEND THE COPS HERE.

PEOPLE NEVER SEE NOTHING.

THAT WHITE COP KNOWS ME.

I AIN'T WORRIED.

STAY PUT.

[ALARM SOUNDS]

I DON'T WANT TO STEAL NO CAR.

I'LL GET THE CAR I TOLD YOU ABOUT.

AND THEN YOU'LL SHOOT THAT KID HENRY WE JUST SEEN?

YEAH, I'LL SHOOT HENRY.

WHERE YOU GOING TO SHOOT HIM?

WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO SHOOT HIM?

WILL YOU, UH...

SHOOT HIM IN THE FACE?

YEAH,

I'LL SHOOT HIM IN THE FACE.

WE'RE O.K.

[ALARM STOPS]

WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING

LOOKS SO ILLEGAL, IT'S FUNNY.

OUR INTENTIONS ARE REALLY GOOD.

MORNING, MISS DeLONG.

GOOD MORNING, YOUNG MAN. HMM.

HI.

OH, GOOD MORNING, GERARD.

CAN WE HAVE A WORD?

OF COURSE. YOU FEELING O.K.?

NO, NOT SINCE I'VE GOT ASIAN FLU.

OH, PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY

ALWAYS GETTING THE ASIAN FLU.

I WONDER WHAT KIND OF FLU THE ASIANS GET.

THE AMERICAN FLU?

HARRIET,

THE COMMITTEE WANTS ME TO INVESTIGATE GILLESPIE.

THEY SAY IT'S A CONSPIRACY--

BILL HOLDING DOWN THE SHERIFF'S JOB

TILL McCOMB CAN TAKE IT ON AGAIN.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THE HATRED ON THAT COMMITTEE.

THEY HATE HIM BECAUSE HE OPENLY LOVES A BLACK WOMAN,

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT HER.

IF YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THAT,

YOU MUST BE FROM SOMEWHERE WAY NORTH OF HERE

LIKE SPACE.

HARRIET, I FEEL REAL BAD.

I...JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU.

WHERE WE GOING TO EAT LUNCH?

HI.

HEY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I TRUST THAT MAN.

OH, HE'S A FRIEND.

WHY HE SO QUICK TO PUSH VIRGIL OUT OF TOWN?

ALTHEA PUSHED VIRGIL AND PULLED HIM, TOO.

GERARD DARNELL DID A FAVOR.

IT WASN'T NO FAVOR TO ME.

Y'ALL GOING TO BENEFIT.

VIRGIL WAS DOING FINE GOING TO JACKSON TO LAW SCHOOL.

LOOKING AT ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF

DRIVING BACK AND FORTH,

BEING TIRED ON THE JOB,

BEING AWAY FROM ALTHEA AND THE KIDS.

HE'LL JUST STAY THERE

AND BE FINISHED BY CHRISTMAS.

MISS DeLONG. GOOD MORNING, MISS KITTY.

MORNING.

IT WAS NOTHING.

NOTHING STOLEN, NO FORCED ENTRY EXCEPT MINE.

SOMEBODY SAID THEY SAW A BLACK KID RUNNING BY.

PROBABLY RUNNING FOR LUNCH.

THAT'S WHERE I'M RUNNING.

I REMEMBER WADE'S UNCLE BOB SAYING,

"WHAT IS IT BRINGS WADE UP HERE AT EASTER

"WHEN ALL OTHER KIDS ARE RUNNING TO FLORIDA?

SURELY IT ISN'T TO SEE ME."

I SAID WADE COMES UP HERE

TO RIDE QUARTER HORSES, DRIVE IN OPEN CARS,

AND GO AIRPLANE FLYING WITH ETHAN ARMSTRONG.

THE MAIN REASON I CAME UP HERE

WAS TO SEE MR. ARMSTRONG'S DAUGHTER SARAH.

YOU BE CAREFUL NOW.

CAREFUL OF WHAT?

OF SPOILING LUNCH

WITH TIRESOME CHILDHOOD REVELATIONS

THAT NOBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT.

I'M NOT REVEALING. I'M JUST RECALLING.

EVERYBODY THOUGHT YOU TWO WERE DARLING TOGETHER.

I THOUGHT SO, TOO, ESPECIALLY THAT TIME WE WENT UP--

DO HAVE SOME GREENS.

EAT THESE GREENS AND PEAS WHILE THEY'RE STILL HOT.

LAURA, THESE SMELL DIVINE.

OH, NO THANKS TO ME.

HENRY HERE DROVE DOWNTOWN

AND PICKED UP ALL THE VEGIES AT MAMIE'S.

I PICKED THEM UP IN PAPA ARVIN'S CAR.

I ALWAYS USE THE CAR NOW.

HOME COOKING NEVER TASTED SO GOOD,

SO WE LET MAMIE DO IT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

HENRY, SIT IN YOUR CHAIR.

LAURA, DEAR, GIVE OUR PRECIOUS HENRY

SOME PEAS AND CHICKEN.

[DOORBELL CHIMES]

I HEAR THE DOORBELL.

HENRY, WHEN DID YOU START DRIVING?

SINCE MY BIRTHDAY.

HE MEANS HIS 16th.

THAT VERY DAY, I HAD TO DRIVE HIM DOWN.

JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BOY. IS THAT RIGHT?

HE REALLY IS LIKE ALL THE OTHER KIDS IN MOST WAYS.

HE'S ALLOWED TO DRIVE

AND DRIVES VERY WELL.

FOUR OTHER BOYS JUST LIKE HIM GOT THEIR LICENSES.

AND--AND ONE GIRL.

DON'T FORGET-- ONE GIRL.

I KNOW WHO THAT IS-- KATE FULLAM'S CHILD BETTY.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I'M LOOKING FOR HENRY. WHAT FOR?

FOR SOMETHING AIN'T YOUR BUSINESS.

I KNOW HE'S HERE 'CAUSE HE'S DRIVING THAT BRONCO,

AND THE BRONCO PARKED RIGHT THERE.

TELL HIM NAP NEEDS HIM.

GO ON.

I'M GOING.

YOU WAIT HERE.

SARAH, I WANT YOU TO DRIVE WITH ME

TO THE BARRON HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON.

I HAVE A LAW OFFICE TO RUN.

SO DO I, BUT MINE RUNS ITSELF.

EVEN IF IT DIDN'T, WHO CARES?

There's a man named Nap wants to see you.

HOW CAN A MAN JUST UP AND QUIT?

I DIDN'T JUST UP AND QUIT.

THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?

FIRST I GOT DEPRESSIONS.

THEN I HAD COLD SWEATS,

SPELLS OF DISGUST,

AND FINALLY...PANIC.

THEN I UP AND QUIT.

MEEMA.

WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?

SOME FRIENDS OF HIS?

THANK YOU.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?

IT'S REALLY SIMPLE. REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU?

IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THE SAME THING.

COME WITH US TO THE BARRONS' PLACE.

WE NEED YOU TO DRIVE YOUR CAR.

NOW YOU GOT THAT?

SIT DOWN, BILL GILLESPIE.

THERE'S PLENTY LEFT.

HI, Y'ALL. SORRY TO BE LATE.

BILL.

WELL, I AM REALLY SORRY,

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE.

OH.

CAN I TAKE YOU TO DINNER?

WHY, HE'S SUPPOSED TO ASK YOU, SARAH.

I'VE BEEN HERE OVER AN HOUR, AND HE HASN'T.

I NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D ASK.

YOU CAN TAKE ME ANYWHERE.

UH-OH. LOOK OUT.

WHAT TIME?

7:00. TONIGHT.

MAY I WALK YOU TO YOUR CAR?

YOU MUST,

YOU CLIMBER OF WATER TOWERS.

THEY'RE STILL DARLING TOGETHER.

WHAT'S THE NEW CHIEF LIKE?

SEEMS TO BE A NICE FELLOW.

HE'S QUIET,

THOUGHTFUL.

HE HAS EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MEMPHIS

AND WASHINGTON, D.C.

THIS STREET RIGHT HERE IS PRESERVED.

HOUSES GO BACK TO THE 1850s.

SOME OF THEM EVEN BEFORE.

TWO OR THREE ARE STILL OWNED BY THE ORIGINAL FAMILIES.

YEAH, IT'S A VERY RICH, PRIVILEGED AREA.

NOT ONE OF THE SAFEST, HOWEVER.

I'VE INVESTIGATED SOME MAJOR CRIMES RIGHT ALONG HERE.

LET'S GET IN THE HOUSE.

GET IN THE HOUSE.

I SAID, GET IN THE HOUSE.

HE MUST HAVE SAID SOMETHING.

NO, MA'AM. NOTHING.

AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE OTHER BOY?

SHE DOESN'T KNOW HIS NAME.

YES, SIR.

WELL, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE CAUSE FOR WORRY

IF THE OTHER BOY'S WHO I THINK HE IS.

HE'S BEEN HERE BEFORE. I'VE SEEN HIM.

WE'D BETTER GET GOING.

I'LL CALL THE STATION

AND TELL THEM TO STOP HENRY IF THEY SEE HIM.

I'M WITH YOU.

JOANNA.

DON'T WORRY, JOANNA. LAURA'S RIGHT.

HE'S PROBABLY JUST TAKING A SPIN, THAT'S ALL.

[PIANO PLAYING]

? PRECIOUS LORD

? TAKE MY HAND

? LEAD, LEAD ME ON

? LET ME STAND

? OH-OHH

? I AM TIRED

? I AM WEAK

? I AM WORN

? THROUGH THE STORM

? THROUGH THE NIGHT

? LEAD ME ON

? TO THE LIGHT

? OH-OHH

? TAKE MY HAND

? PRECIOUS LORD

? LEAD ME ON

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WHAT I WANT

IS TO SEE WHAT I CAN SEE.

WHO YOU LOOKING FOR?

SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW A LONG TIME AGO,

LIKE YOU.

HEY, THEY AIN'T NOBODY LIKE ME BUT ME.

O.K.

YOU SAY SO.

HERE'S WHERE I'D SAY YOU'VE MADE A FEW ARRESTS.

YEP.

YOU ALWAYS ARREST THE MOST

WHERE PEOPLE GOT THE LEAST.

[SHOTGUN BLASTS]

[GUNSHOTS]

THIS AIN'T NO MILLION.

GO WAIT ON THE PORCH, HENRY.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE ARVIN.

I LOVE JOANNA.

BUT THEY SURE GOT A BAD HABIT OF DENIAL.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN ADDICT'S DENIAL.

HOW SO?

THEY JUST SEEM TO DENY THE REALITY OF THINGS--

MAKE BELIEVE THEIR IDEALS ARE THE NORMAL WAY OF THE WORLD.

YOU MEAN THE WAY THEY RELATE

TO THAT BOY AND HIS MAMA.

AS IF THEY BELONGED TO EACH OTHER.

THEY TREAT YOUNG HENRY LIKE THEIR OWN--

PUT HIM IN A SPECIAL SCHOOL,

KEEP HIM AND HIS MAMA IN THE HOUSE

IN ROOMS RIGHT BESIDE THEIR OWN.

KIND OF WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT?

YEAH, IT'S WONDERFUL,

BUT SURE SETS EVERYBODY UP

FOR THE AWFUL SHOCK OF REALITY

WHEN IT COMES BUSTING IN.

YOUR RELATIVE THAT BUILT THIS PLACE

WAS ON GENERAL JOHN PEMBERTON'S STAFF IN VICKSBURG.

HE DIDN'T COME HERE TILL ABOUT 1865.

SURE IS AWFUL QUIET.

I WONDER WHY.

WELL, BECAUSE, UH...

I DON'T HEAR ANY BIRDS.

THERE'S NO BIRDS.

WE OUGHT TO HEAR BIRDS

UNLESS SOMETHING DROVE THEM OFF.

SONIC BOOM.

COLONEL HATTON BUILT THIS PLACE IN 1867,

AND HATTONS LIVED IN IT TILL THE 1940s.

THEN THE BARRONS BOUGHT IT FROM THEM.

THE LAST OF THE BARRONS--

WHO, BY THE WAY,

ARE USUALLY SITTING HERE ON THE PORCH--

HMM.

THE DOOR'S OPEN.

YEAH.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THAT'S ABOUT AS BAD AS ANYTHING I EVER SAW.

[DISPATCHER] CRIME VAN TO WEST LIVERMORE 900.

ADVISING ALL UNITS.

O.K. 10-4.

MULTIPLE SHOOTING. 900 WEST LIVERMORE.

HOME OF MR. AND MRS. A.T. BARRON.

OWNERS REPORTED DEAD.

ALSO A MRS. ELLIE RENTER.

CHIEF FORBES HERE, SERGEANT.

WHO CALLED THIS IN?

SHERIFF GILLESPIE, SIR.

WHY?

HE'S ON THE SCENE.

I REPEAT, WHY?

THEIR HOME'S RIGHT ON THE CITY-COUNTY LINE, CHIEF.

CRIME VAN, COME ON. FORBES HERE.

OH, THIS IS AWFUL.

YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE?

YEAH, YEAH.

THEY'RE LONGTIME RESIDENTS HERE.

HI, CHIEF. MADDEN HERE.

WE'RE GOING OVER TO LIVERMORE NOW.

MAKE SURE NOBODY TOUCHES ANYTHING,

AND I MEAN NOBODY,

AND DON'T YOU PUT ANY COVERING

ON THOSE VICTIMS UNTIL I SEE THEM.

YES, SIR.

HAD TO HAVE BEEN A SHOTGUN.

YEAH.

OH, THIS IS WADE HATTON OF NEW ORLEANS.

THIS IS LIEUTENANT JAMISON. SPARTA POLICE.

WAS IT A ROBBERY?

SEEMS.

[SIRENS]

THEY MUST HAVE KNOWN WHO THE KILLERS WERE.

THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO BE KILLED.

SIR, I NEED TO MOVE YOUR CAR.

WE GOT POLICE VEHICLES ON THE WAY.

OH, YEAH.

JUST TAKE PICTURES. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.

UH, YES, SIR.

THESE POOR BARRONS, THE POOR SOULS,

ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RICH.

THERE'S ALWAYS RUMORS ABOUT BIG MONEY IN THIS HOUSE.

THEY HAVE ANY KIN LEFT?

NO, BUT THE HOUSEKEEPER HAD A GRANDSON.

I COACHED HIM IN FOOTBALL.

MISS ELLIE RENTER.

GOT A DAUGHTER THAT RUNS A BEAUTY PARLOR.

CHIEF FORBES. IT'S A TERRIBLE SIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A ROUGH IDENTIFICATION.

ANYBODY KNOW THE HOUSEKEEPER'S DAUGHTER AT THE BEAUTY PARLOR?

YES, SIR. I DO.

I'LL TELL HER.

I'LL HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE YOU HOME.

I BETTER GET BACK TO MY OFFICE.

ALL RIGHT.

JAMISON, WOULD YOU RUN MR. HATTON HOME, PLEASE?

YES, SIR. MY CAR'S OVER HERE.

YOU KNOW,

I SURE GOT A SICKENING FEELING

ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING.

I COULD HARDLY LOOK AT IT MYSELF.

NO. I MEAN ABOUT WHO...

IT'S JUST A HUNCH. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

MR. HATTON.