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

[TYPEWRITER CLACKING]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

YEAH, WHAT?

I WOKE YOU?

OH, MS. TIBBS. NO, YOU DIDN'T DO THAT.

SOMEBODY ELSE DID IT ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO.

VIRGIL SAYS HELLO FROM NEW ORLEANS AND I'VE GOT A FAVOR TO ASK.

DO YOU REMEMBER ME TELLING YOU ABOUT THOSE TWO LITTLE KIDS?

YEAH, I SURE DO.

COULD YOU SEND SOMEONE OUT TO CORRYVILLE ROAD?

TO CHECK ON THE KIDS?

NO, THEY LIVE IN TOWN, SO THEY CAN ATTEND THE SCHOOL

BUT THEIR MOTHER STILL LIVES OUT THERE.

SHE DIDN'T COME TO WORK TODAY.

I'M HOPING SHE'S O.K.

WELL, HASN'T SHE GOT A PHONE OUT THERE?

LAST TIME I WAS THERE, THEY BARELY HAD A ROOF.

OH, WELL, UH... YEAH.

I'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO CHECK.

O.K., THANKS.

BYE.

HONEY, CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE MRS. MAFFEY LIVES?

YONDER WAYS, WHERE YOU SEE THE LIVE OAK.

THANK YOU.

MAN: LISTEN TO ME, WILL YOU?

WOMAN: I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO NO MORE LIES!

MAN: LET ME EXPLAIN!

WOMAN: I WON'T LISTEN TO LIES.

I KNOW WHERE YOU GET YOUR MONEY FROM.

MAN: SOMEBODY'S OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.

WOMAN: I WANT THAT MONEY.

MAN: SHUT UP. A COP'S OUTSIDE.

THAT WOMAN'S GONNA BE THE DEATH OF HIM SOMEDAY.

WHO ARE YOU? OFFICER SWEET, MA'AM.

SWEET?

WHAT SWEET IS THAT?

THAT'S WILLSON SWEET, MILDRED'S SON.

ALTHEA TIBBS WENT TO THE SCHOOL LUNCHROOM TO TALK TO YOU...

I DIDN'T BREAK ANY RULES LATELY.

I DIDN'T TAKE NO MILK OR FOOD OR NOTHING.

MILDRED SWEET DIED.

LOUIS SWEET DIED BEFORE HER...

OR AFTER.

PAPA, BE STILL.

I COULDN'T GET TO WORK THIS MORNING

'CAUSE MY CAR WOULDN'T GO.

PAPA HEARD SOMEBODY MESSING WITH IT LAST NIGHT.

YEAH, MESSING WITH IT.

I COME OUT AND RUN THEM OFF.

I GOT NO PHONE. I COULDN'T GET HELP.

I--I SEE A TOW TRUCK RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S MY HUSBAND CARL'S TRUCK.

[DOOR OPENS]

CARL WAS PASSING BY AND GOT MY CAR STARTED.

I JUST PUT ANOTHER BATTERY IN.

CARL'S A GOOD MAN.

HE GOOD WITH CARS.

NOT GOOD AT PAYING CHILD SUPPORT,

BUT HE GOOD WITH CARS.

BUT THAT'S GONNA CHANGE, AIN'T IT, CARL?

I MEAN, IT BETTER CHANGE.

I'M VISITING MY KIDS.

THEY LIVE WITH MY SISTER.

THEN I'LL GO TO THE SCHOOL.

TELL MS. TIBBS WHAT HAPPENED.

AND YOU REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU, MR. COOL TURKEY.

AND I JUST AIN'T FOOLING.

HEAR ME?

I MEAN, I AIN'T FOOLING AT ALL.

YOUR WIFE'S LUCKY YOU CAME HOME.

YEAH. WELL, THIS AIN'T HOME NOWADAYS,

IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

BUT I WORK OUT THIS WAY.

KANADI'S SHOP IS ABOUT A MILE TOWARD CORRYVILLE.

MIND IF I GIVE YOU SOME FRIENDLY ADVICE?

SURE.

DRIVING WITH A HALF-DRUNK

BOTTLE OF BOOZE ON THE SEAT IS NOT COOL.

UM...

YOU'RE RIGHT, AND...

THANK YOU. MM-HMM.

LATER, POP. YOU TAKE CARE.

LOUIS SWEET DIED.

THEN... THEN MILDRED DIED.

THAT'S HOW IT WENT.

LOUIS--YOUR FATHER-- WAS NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER.

GRANDFATHER WAS A BIG MAN AT THE SEWING COMPANY.

BOUGHT HIMSELF A PACKARD CAR.

MADE THE WHITE MEN SO MAD,

THEY SMASHED IT UP.

MADE THEM SO MAD THEY...

THEY SHOT HIM.

YES, SIR. THEY SURE DID.

I'M BACK IN THE PICKUP, YOU GOT ME?

YEAH, I GOT YOU.

O.K.

GO NOW.

I'M GONE.

LOUIS--YOUR FATHER-- WAS A GENTLE MAN,

BECAUSE YOUR MOTHER WAS A KINDLY WOMAN.

AN ANGRY WOMAN MAKE A MAN HARD...

TURN A MAN TO DRINK.

STOP!

DON'T! NO!

SIR, THERE'S A LADY STILL IN IT.

GET OUT OF THERE.

ONE WOMAN ALONE. THERE WERE NO CHILDREN IN BACK?

NO, THEY LIVE IN TOWN WITH HER SISTER.

WAIT A MINUTE.

Y'ALL ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT EVA MAFFEY, ARE YOU?

YES, SIR. SHE WAS KILLED.

OH, GOD ALMIGHTY.

DID YOU KNOW THIS WOMAN?

NO, BUT SHE WORKS AT MS. TIBBS' SCHOOL--

IN THE LUNCHROOM.

SHE HAD SOME TROUBLE OUT THERE.

MS. TIBBS WAS TAKING AN INTEREST IN THE KIDS.

OH, LORD, HOW I HATE HAVING TO TELL HER THIS.

BIG TRUCK DID IT. IT WENT THAT WAY.

DID YOU SEE THE DRIVER?

NUH-UH.

YEAH, I SAW A BIG TRUCK, TOO.

BUT IT WAS GOING THE OTHER WAY,

AWAY FROM TOWN.

THAT'S IT?

THAT'S ALL YOU CAN TELL ME?

WELL, IT'S A HIT-AND-RUN.

THAT'S ALL WE KNOW.

ACCORDING TO SWEET,

HE, UH...

HE COULDN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO LOOK AT HER...

BECAUSE OF THE CAR, YOU KNOW, THE BURNING.

OH, MY GOD.

THOSE POOR LITTLE KIDS.

UH, YEAH, THIS IS MAYHAN. THERE'S, UH...

HEY, DID YOU FIND SOMETHING?

DID YOU SEE THE TRUCK?

SITTING ON THE ROAD WHERE I LIVE.

WHERE IS THAT ROAD?

BACK APIECE.

WAS THE DRIVER BLACK OR WHITE?

HE WAS WHITE.

MIND IF I KEEP THIS?

NO.THANK YOU.

I SAW THAT TRUCK.

IT WAS A BIG DIESEL, GRAY,

HAULING A 40-FOOT TRAILER.

DIDN'T BUBBA USED TO DRIVE THEM BIG RIGS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

MAYBE HE KNOWS SOMEBODY IN TOWN THAT'S USING ONE.

SWEET, YOU THERE?

YEAH, SWEET.

MS. TIBBS TOOK IT HARD.

ANYTHING I CAN DO, CHIEF?

YEAH. SHE'S ON HER WAY TO SEE THE MAFFEY KIDS.

THEY'RE ON PEACH BLOSSOM LANE IN THE BOTTOMS.

NOW, YOU GET RIGHT OVER THERE.

PEACH BLOSSOM IS NOT EXACTLY

A PREMIUM THOROUGHFARE.

WOMAN: I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.

HERE. FOR YOU, AND FOR YOU.

NOW GO ON, HURRY UP.

THEIR MOTHER BROUGHT THEM THEIR LUNCH EVERY DAY.

TODAY SHE DIDN'T, AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHY.

AND I COULDN'T TELL THEM.

I JUST COULDN'T.

I GOTTA GO, REBA.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

YOU SHOULDN'T LEAVE YOUR DOORS UNLOCKED.

WHY? AFRAID SOMEONE MIGHT STEAL IT?

SO? WHAT AM I DOING WITH IT?

UH, MAY I ASK...

WHAT WAS MRS. MAFFEY'S PROBLEM AT THE SCHOOL?

PILFERING FOOD FOR THEM.

I GOTTA GO.

MARGE, PICK UP LINE FOUR.

OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

IS IT REBUILT? NAH...

HEY, CARL! POLICE OFFICER HERE.

GOT SOME BAD NEWS.

SIR, IT'S ABOUT YOUR WIFE.

I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS.

SHE WAS HIT BY A TRUCK ON HER WAY TO SPARTA.

THE CAR WAS TOTALED. IT'S JUST ALL BURNED OUT.

SHE JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT.

OH...

HEY.HEY.

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE HIM CALL THE STATION IN THE MORNING?

WE CAN TELL HIM WHEN HE CAN BURY HIS WIFE.

CAN'T TRUST HIM.

SHOULDN'T GO NEAR THE COPS.

HE'LL FALL APART.

JUST A MINUTE, JUST A MINUTE.

GO AHEAD.

THERE'S NO VISUAL IDENTIFICATION POSSIBLE HERE AT ALL.

THE ACCIDENT REPORT SHOULD SAY

THAT THIS WOMAN WAS IN NO WAY AT FAULT,

SO YOU SEE TO THAT.

IS THERE SOME KIND OF PROBLEM?

I DON'T WANT INSURANCE

OR ANY OTHER KIND OF COMPENSATION

DELAYED BY QUIBBLING.

THERE'S TWO LITTLE CHILDREN NEED SUPPORT HERE.

YES, SIR.

INHALATION THERAPIST TO E.R., INHALATION THERAPIST TO E.R.

THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME TODAY.

I'M HURTING IN PLACES I DON'T WANNA HURT.

I CAN'T CURE ACHES AND PAINS,

BUT I CAN MAKE YOU FORGET THEM FOR A WHILE.

BUBBA?

WHAT? YOU'RE WANTED.

UH-UH, NOT ME.YES, SIREE.

NO, NO, NO, NOT TODAY.

TODAY, AND IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

HON, THIS WON'T TAKE LONG.

I JUST GOTTA, YOU KNOW...

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

UH, MAY I ASK WHY I'VE BEEN DRAGGED IN HERE

ON MY ONE DAY OFF?

YEAH, YOU MAY ASK ANYTHING YOU WANT,

NOW THAT YOU'VE COME DOWN OFF THAT HORSE.

TELL HIM, JAMISON.

BUBBA, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT

WHAT KIND OF TRUCK LOST THESE.

OH, THIS IS REAL GOOD.

YOU TAKE ME AWAY FROM A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

TO IDENTIFY A PIECE OF KENWORTH DIESEL?

HMM, THAT'S WHAT WE DID, ALL RIGHT.

WHO IN TOWN RUNS TRUCKS LIKE THIS?

NOBODY HERE, BUT THEY COME THROUGH NOW AND THEN.

WHY WOULD ONE BE ON OLD CORRYVILLE ROAD?

THEY WOULDN'T. WHO WAS DRIVING?

SOME WHITE GUY.

THAT IS PECULIAR. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, HUH?

A WOMAN WAS KILLED.

HIT-AND-RUN. MANSLAUGHTER, FIRST DEGREE.

TRUCK DID IT.

CHECK DIESEL SERVICE STATIONS THERE AND, UH...

ASK IF ANYBODY SAW AN OUT-OF-STATE RIG

LIKE THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING FOR,

WHO WAS DRIVING IT,

WHAT THEY WAS HAULING AND ALL.

YES, SIR.

LUANN!

CHIEF?

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A 40-FOOT KENWORTH TRACTOR-TRAILER

WITH A SMASHED FRONT HEADLIGHT.

LET THE STATE POLICE KNOW.

YES, SIR.

YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED

ABOUT MS. TIBBS' REACTION TO THIS MAFFEY THING.

I MEAN...

SHE ACTED AS THOUGH, UH...

THOSE TWO LITTLE KIDS MIGHT BE RELATED TO HER.

IN HER MIND, THEY ARE, CHIEF.

THEY ARE.

WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM ENOUGH FOR GOOD IDENTIFICATION.

WELL, I DIDN'T THINK SO.

WELL, THAT'S ABOUT IT,

EXCEPT I SHOULD GIVE YOU ONE FINAL PIECE OF ADVICE.

IF YOU WANT A PEACEFUL LIFE--

PLEASANT, FAIRLY GOOD PAY--

JOIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS.

BECAUSE POLICE WORK HERE IN SPARTA IS...

IT'S NECESSARY, IT'S HONORABLE,

IT'S HIGHLY RESPECTED,

AND IT'S EXTREMELY DISGUSTING.

BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A LOWDOWN CRIME,

HATCHED OUT OF THE HEAD OF MAN,

THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE RIGHT HERE

IN THIS PRETTY LITTLE PART OF CREATION.

AND THERE ISN'T ONE THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

ONLY TWO MEN IN THIS DEPARTMENT

HAVEN'T BEEN INJURED OR WOUNDED.

AND IN MY TIME AS CHIEF, TWO OF THEM BEEN KILLED.

SO, I GUESS THAT'S IT.

I'VE APPROVED YOUR APPLICATIONS,

AND WHEN THE POLICE ACADEMY

TELLS US THAT THEY HAVE ROOM UP THERE,

WE'LL SEND Y'ALL UP THERE FOR 12 WEEKS

AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD EVENING TO YOU.

EXCUSE ME, CHIEF. LIEUTENANT SKINNER CALLED IN.

NOTHING YET.

O.K., THANK YOU.

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THOSE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE?

I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO FORM AN OPINION.

WHY NOT?

DIDN'T HEAR THEM SAY NOTHING.

ONLY ONE TALKING WAS YOU.

WERE THE CANDIDATES LISTENING RESPECTFULLY?

YES, SIR, I'D SAY THEY WERE--

MOST RESPECTFULLY.

WELL, THEN, I'D SAY THAT THEY WERE EXCELLENT PROSPECTS.

NOW I'M GOING HOME.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A POLICEMAN'S VOICE AGAIN

TILL I WALK BACK IN HERE TOMORROW MORNING.

ANY SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF CRIME,

YOU REPORT TO LIEUTENANT SKINNER.

YES, SIR.

LISTEN, CHIEF...

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET MORE ON THAT TRUCK.

HOW YOU GONNA DO THAT?

IN THE MORNING, WHEN I GOT GOOD LIGHT,

I COULD NOSE AROUND ROADS LEADING TO CORRYVILLE.

YEAH, DO THAT, TALK TO PEOPLE.

FIND OUT ANYTHING YOU CAN

FROM ANYBODY AT ALL--

BESIDES THOSE TWO SCARED LITTLE KIDS.

AND TAKE PEAKE OUT THERE WITH YOU.

THOSE PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE SEEING A BLACK COP.

YES, SIR.

LORD, HELP US.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

OH, HI, SWEET.

YOU'VE GOT 10 MINUTES TO CLEAN UP, AND THEN MANGIARE LE PASTE.

WHY ARE YOU STILL IN UNIFORM?

IT'S MY DINNER BREAK. I GOTTA EAT AND RUN.

EVENING, SWEET. EVENING, MISS DELONG.

SWEET, I WAS A LITTLE RUDE TO YOU TODAY.

I WAS THINKING I WAS THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED BY THAT SADNESS.

FORGIVE ME?

NOTHING TO FORGIVE. I UNDERSTAND.

REALLY.

I WISH WE COULD GET MR. HALWELL OUT OF THERE.

HE SHOULDN'T BE OUT IN THE COUNTRY BY HIMSELF.

WHERE ARE WE GONNA MOVE HIM?

DO YOU THINK HE COULD BE ANOTHER GUEST

AT HIS DAUGHTER REBA'S TOWNHOUSE?

I DID CALL COUNTY WELFARE.

THEY'RE GONNA GET A HOLD OF CARL MAFFEY

AND SUGGEST HE TAKE CHARGE OF THIS SITUATION--

ESPECIALLY THOSE CHILDREN.

I WAS THINKING OF ANOTHER PLAN.

ACTUALLY, I WAS THINKING OF THOSE KIDS.

CARL MAFFEY'S NOT GONNA TAKE CARE OF HIS KIDS.

HE CAN BE FORCED TO.

OH, SURE LIKE TO SEE THAT.

CARL MAFFEY BEING FORCED TO DO WHAT HE SHOULD?

THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO SIMPLY DO NOT COMPREHEND RESPONSIBILITY.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]

HI, CARL.

HEY, WHAT THE...

NO, MAN!

AAH!

STOP!

SERGEANT? JUST CAME IN.

THANK YOU.

AT LEAST IT'S ON MY WAY HOME.

LUANNE, WHY DON'T YOU GET IN A CAR AND FOLLOW?

THE CHIEF WANTS YOU TO GET OUT MORE.

WHAT IS IT?

COUPLE GUYS YELLING BLOODY MURDER ON DOLORES STREET.

FOUR DIESELS FUEL HERE ON CONTRACT--

THREE GM, ONE WHITE, BUT NO KENWORTH.

IF ONE COMES THROUGH WITH A BUSTED HEADLIGHT,

YOU LET ME KNOW.

WHAT ABOUT KANADI'S?

WHAT ABOUT THEM?

THEY REPAIR TRUCKS.

JUST A THOUGHT.

YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SOMETHING I CAN DO FOR YOU?

YOU NEW HERE?

TEMPORARY.

WHERE'S THE TRACTOR END OF THAT RIG THERE?

I DON'T KNOW.

KANADI CAN TELL YOU.

WHERE YOU STAYING?

RIGHT HERE.

AND YOUR NAME IS?

CLAUDE.

CLAUDE DEWS.

WELL, CLAUDE...

I'LL BE BACK.

CALL FORENSICS?

YEAH.

[SIREN WAILING]

MAN: I'VE GOT THE LIVING ROOM COVERED, UH...

GOT ABOUT FIVE OR SIX STAB WOUNDS HERE.

THEY DON'T LOOK AS THOUGH THEY WERE MADE

BY A KITCHEN KNIFE.

NO, SIR. THESE HOLES WERE MADE

BY A REAL STICKER KNIFE.

UH-HUH.

GOOD EVENING, MA'AM.

CHIEF, THIS HERE'S MISS DEVIN.

SHE LIVES NEXT DOOR.

SHE PHONED IN WHEN SHE HEARD THE FIGHTING.

OH.

HOW LONG HAS THIS MAN BEEN A NEIGHBOR OF YOURS?

NO MORE THAN A MONTH.

FIRST BLACK PERSON EVER ON THE STREET.

IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT?

THAT'S OUT OF ANOTHER TIME, CHIEF.

WELL, NOW TWO LITTLE KIDS HAVE NO PARENTS.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

WELL, THIS MAN'S WIFE WAS KILLED THIS MORNING.

OH, LORD.

LUANN: CHIEF?

YEAH?

EXCUSE ME.

FOUND A COUPLE OF THINGS.

LIFE INSURANCE ON EVA,

OWNER OF THE POLICY-- CARL MAFFEY.

WELL, NATURALLY, HER HUSBAND.

THESE KEYS WERE HANGING ON CARL MAFFEY'S BELT.

IT'S GOT A KANADI KEY RING ON IT.

WONDER WHY THESE KEYS ARE TAGGED "PAINT SHED"?

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT?

THEY HAVEN'T GOT A PAINT SHED OVER AT KANADI'S.

OH.

NOW, WHERE WERE THESE KEYS MADE?

THEY'RE ALL STAMPED "ERN'S HARDWARE."

WELL...

I WONDER WHERE IN THIS TOWN

WE WOULD FIND A DOOR TO A PAINT SHED...

THAT HAD A LOCK ON IT

THAT COULD BE OPENED AND CLOSED

WITH THESE TWO FUNNY-LOOKING KEYS?

WELL, WE CAN START BY SEEING A MAN AT ERN'S HARDWARE.

MAN: WE DO HAVE SAMPLES OF THE CARPETING?

MAN 2: OKAY, GOOD ENOUGH.

WELL, WHAT DO WE GOT?

WE HAD A BIG FIVE-AXLE PARKED RIGHT HERE.

THIS HAS GOTTA BE THE TRUCK.

QUESTION IS, WHERE IS IT NOW?

BUBBA AND I SAW HALF OF IT.

WHERE DID YOU SEE IT?

OVER AT KANADI'S PLACE.

SEE IF IT'S THERE.

GET TOGETHER WITH BUBBA--

MAKE SURE YOU SAW THE SAME TRUCK.

YES, SIR.

PARKER, FIND BUBBA, WILL YOU?

WHAT'S A FUNERA?

FUNERAL.

IT'S FOR DEAD PEOPLE--

WHEN THEY PUT DEAD PEOPLE IN THE GROUND,

LIKE MAMA'S MOM.

AND MAMA, TOO?

YEAH, NOW MAMA, TOO.

WELL, IT'S THE WAY WE GATHER TOGETHER AND SAY GOODBYE.

AND SOMEDAY, A LONG, LONG TIME FROM NOW,

OUR FRIENDS WILL GATHER FOR US.

YEAH, GOD SAYS WHEN.

GOD KNOWS WHEN.

DOES GOD DO IT TO YOU?

WELL...

GOD GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME.

IF WE GO TOO SOON, IT'S BECAUSE WE DO IT.

OR WE LET IT BE DONE.

OR WE DON'T DO WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

IT'S HARD TO KNOW.

IT'S EVERYWHERE, MS. TIBBS,

NOT JUST HERE.

SO MANY PLACES...

SO MANY KIDS.

I JUST THINK IF MY MOTHER HADN'T FOUND ME...

I MEAN...

LOOKING AT THOSE KIDS IN THERE...

I WAS LOOKING AT MYSELF.

WHAT DO YOU DO? WHERE DO YOU START?

YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN.

YOU START WHERE YOU ARE.

CHIEF?

YOU KNOW THAT FUNNY KEY TO THAT FUNNY LOCK?

YEAH.

WE FOUND WHERE THEY BELONG.

LIEUTENANT SKINNER'S GOING THERE NOW.

WE'LL GO RIGHT OUT THERE.

WE'LL GO RIGHT OUT THERE.

HEY, CHIEF!

YEAH, BUBBA?

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT NOW.

LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING ELSE OVER HERE.

LOOK HERE.

PENNSYLVANIA, LOUISIANA, TEXAS.

I BET YOU THERE'S 35 MORE IN THERE.

THEY'VE BEEN STEALING THIS FROM ALL OVER

AND BRINGING THEM HERE

FOR KANADI TO DO HIS ALTERATIONS.

THIS IS SOME BUSINESS.

OH, YEAH, IT IS.

THERE'S PROBABLY $175,000 WORTH OF STUFF

IN HERE RIGHT NOW.

THEY DO THAT TURNOVER, SAY, TWICE A MONTH,

KANADI KEEPS HIS 35%.

WE'RE TALKING BIG BUCKS HERE.

[TRUCK APPROACHES]

YOU THERE, WE HERE. LUANN?

[SIREN]

GET ON OUT OF THAT TRUCK REAL SLOW.

THE TRAILER'S AT KANADI'S.

TOGETHER WITH THAT TRUCK, WE GOT OUR MURDER EVIDENCE.

MAFFEY SAID NOTHING WHEN YOU TOLD HIM ABOUT HIS WIFE?

NO, HE JUST LOOKED CUT UP.

WHAT ABOUT JAKE KANADI?

DIDN'T HE SAY ONE WORD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED?

NOPE, BUT I BELIEVE KANADI WOULD KILL SOMEONE.

I'M TELLING YOU HE DID.

I THINK HE WORKED THAT WHOLE THING OUT--

HOW TO KILL EVA WITH THAT TRUCK.

GET CARL DOUBLE INDEMNITY INSURANCE.

MM-HMM.

SHE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

SHE KNEW CARL WAS MAKING LOTS OF MONEY.

HE HAD EXPENSIVE STUFF, RIGHT?

STUFF WE COULDN'T AFFORD.

I HEARD EVA THREATEN HIM.

SHE PROBABLY DEMANDED MORE MONEY,

OR SHE WOULD BLOW THE WHISTLE.

I BET THAT BOY CLAUDE DEWS DROVE THAT TRUCK.

CLAUDE'S MY CHOICE, TOO.

CARL MAFFEY WENT UP THERE THAT NIGHT,

SHORTED OUT THE BATTERY IN EVA'S CAR.

NEXT DAY, HE JUST HAPPENS TO COME BY

HE PUTS IN A NEW BATTERY

SO SHE'S SURE TO BE DRIVING INTO TOWN

WHEN IT'S ALL SET UP TO KILL HER.

WHEN IT'S ALL SET UP.

BUT HOW DID THEY TIME IT?

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS--

THAT WALKIE-TALKIE IN CARL'S TRUCK.

EXCUSE ME, CHIEF.

COUNTY WELFARE JUST CALLED AND WANTED ME TO TELL YOU

REVEREND CLAUDE LEWIS MAFFEY IS IN TOWN

TO BURY CARL AND EVA MAFFEY.

AND HE'S TAKING THE MAFFEY KIDS HOME.

OH.

WELL, THANK YOU.

WE'RE ALL GOING OUT TO KANADI'S.

YOU ALL KNOW HOW I HATE CHASING A FELLAH

EITHER ON WHEELS, OR ON FOOT.

AND YOU KNOW I HATE FILLING A FELLAH FULL OF BULLETS

WHEN I WANNA HAVE A REVEALING CONVERSATION WITH HIM.

SO, LET'S DO THIS THING EXACTLY MY WAY, HMM?

LET'S GO.

YEAH, YOU UNDER ARREST, KANADI.

VEHICLE THEFT,

ILLEGAL CONVERSION OF STATE LICENSES,

CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, AND, OH, YEAH, MURDER.

WE'RE TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR PREMISES

FOR PURPOSES OF INVESTIGATION.

WHERE'S YOUR EMPLOYEE CLAUDE DEWS?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHERE CLAUDE DEWS?

YOU CAN MAKE YOUR STATEMENT,

BUT WE'LL USE IT AGAINST YOU IN COURT.

YOUR CHARGES ARE RIDICULOUS. THAT'S MY STATEMENT.

HMM.

OPEN ALL THE DRAWERS OF ALL THE DESKS AND THE FILES.

PUT EVERYTHING ON THE COUNTER.

OFFICER CORBIN WILL HELP YOU DO IT.

AND OFFICER CORBIN'S GONNA ANSWER THE PHONE

THE REST OF THE DAY. YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

HMM?

[WHISTLE]

DON'T USE THAT WEAPON, BOY.

JAMISON, I WANT THIS BOY. DON'T YOU DARE KILL HIM.

[GUNSHOTS]

I TOLD YOU I'D BE BACK.

YOU BEST BEHAVE YOURSELF, NOW,

OR WE'LL HAVE TO LET YOU BLEED.

MM-HMM. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YEAH, OF COURSE I'M GLAD.

BUT IN A PERSONAL WAY,

I FEEL A LITTLE TROUBLED.

ALTHEA DID HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND.

I'M SURE IT'S THE BEST SOLUTION.

ALL RIGHT. BYE.

I'D SAY 20,000 MINIMUM.

I CAN FINANCE THAT.

CAN YOU TAKE IT ON?

IT'S NOT THAT UNUSUAL, CHIEF.

BLACK PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME--

HELPING EACH OTHER, TAKING IN OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS.

IT'S NOT AS THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE AGENCIES.

I KNOW, CHIEF.

AND I HAVE A LOT TO DO.

WE ALL HAVE A LOT TO DO.

WE ALL GIVE MONEY HERE AND THERE.

WE ALL GO TO CHURCH AND PRAY FOR GOOD THINGS.

ALL THAT'S GOOD, IT REALLY IS.

AND YET, MAYBE THE COUNTY CAN DO THE REAL WORK.

MAYBE I SHOULD LET THEM DO IT...

BUT I CAN'T.

I JUST CAN'T.

WELL, HARRIET AND I WILL SIT OPPOSITE EACH OTHER,

AND THE CHIEF WILL SIT AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE.

OH, FINE, FINE.

AFTER YOU, MISS DELONG. THANK YOU.

I CHECKED THAT PLACE OUT THERE.

IT'S GOT POSSIBILITIES.

IT'S GOT WIRING AND PLUMBING.

HMM. I REMEMBER WHEN VIRGIL TIBBS' MOTHER HAD THAT WORK DONE.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHY?

SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE IN POOR FOLKS.

DOES THAT REMIND YOU OF SOMEBODY?

THEN THERE WAS THAT BIG FLOOD AT EARL'S CREEK.

AND THE POOR FOLKS DIDN'T NEED IT ANYMORE,

'CAUSE THEY WERE ALL JUST WASHED AWAY.

WELL, WHAT MS. TIBBS IS THINKING...

SHE'S GOT HER OWN LIFE, HER OWN RESPONSIBILITIES.

I DON'T THINK SHE CAN TAKE THAT ON.

SHE WON'T HAVE TO--

CARL MAFFEY'S BROTHER IS DETERMINED TO TAKE THOSE CHILDREN,

AND HE HAS A RIGHT TO.

AHH, CASSEROLE'S READY.

OH.

CHIEF?

OH! SURE.

UM...

HAVE YOU TOLD HER THIS YET?

NO, BUT I WILL AFTER DINNER.

SHE'S GONNA BE MIGHTY DISAPPOINTED.

NOTHING CAN BE DONE.

THE CHILDREN HAVE TO GO WITH THEIR OWN PEOPLE.

YEP.

BUT THIS IS A WOMAN WHO WANTS CHILDREN IN THIS HOUSE.

WELL.

GRACE, CHIEF?

OH, YES, OF COURSE.

UH...

DEAR LORD,

BLESS THIS FOOD TO OUR USE. AMEN.

I'D LIKE TO FINISH WITH,

"SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME."

NOW "AMEN."

AMEN.

AMEN.