1 00:00:08,259 --> 00:00:09,510 Gentlemen, gentlemen, 2 00:00:09,594 --> 00:00:13,181 I have here the purple prose of a written correspondence 3 00:00:13,264 --> 00:00:16,225 between Charlie dodson's kidnapper, George gannon, 4 00:00:16,309 --> 00:00:21,063 and his lover and co-conspirator, the child's mother, Emily dodson. 5 00:00:21,355 --> 00:00:22,607 Give us a look. Come on. 6 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:25,526 All right. We'll allow close-ups in a moment. 7 00:00:25,610 --> 00:00:28,863 But, gentlemen, I suggest you warn your readers, 8 00:00:28,946 --> 00:00:33,618 because the thoughts expressed therein are not for the pure of heart. 9 00:00:35,119 --> 00:00:37,413 Co-conspirator, my shirt. 10 00:00:37,496 --> 00:00:39,832 They didn't have a thimble of evidence when they arrested 11 00:00:39,916 --> 00:00:43,085 her husband for the same crime. 12 00:00:43,211 --> 00:00:47,131 I proved Matthew innocent and I shall do the same for Emily. 13 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:51,886 Those letters are mere distraction and titillation. 14 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:59,518 Emily knew her husband was the bastard son of a wealthy man, 15 00:00:59,810 --> 00:01:04,273 and she was angry she hadn't received her piece of it. 16 00:01:04,357 --> 00:01:07,318 She expressed this to George gannon. 17 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:09,654 N-n-o-n. Get it right. 18 00:01:09,737 --> 00:01:12,698 So the lovebirds worked up a kidnapping scheme. 19 00:01:12,782 --> 00:01:16,827 George brought in two hoodlums who had their own snatching ring in Milwaukee, 20 00:01:17,078 --> 00:01:22,250 and, as you can see, there was a disagreement 21 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:24,752 when it came time to divvy up the ransom cash. 22 00:01:24,835 --> 00:01:27,171 Saved us the price of a trial. 23 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:31,217 And so received theirjust desserts? No, gentlemen. 24 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,719 For we, the people, were denied our right to judgment, 25 00:01:33,803 --> 00:01:37,974 denied our duty to administerjustice as we see fit. 26 00:01:39,392 --> 00:01:40,935 All right, come on up. Get your shot. 27 00:01:41,102 --> 00:01:43,562 Let the next guy get his. You'll all get your turn. 28 00:01:44,230 --> 00:01:47,149 It's all part of the game, fellas. You know that. 29 00:01:47,483 --> 00:01:51,445 The da expects us to play the sap for him. 30 00:01:51,862 --> 00:01:55,074 But let's use our eyes. Let's use our heads. 31 00:01:55,950 --> 00:01:57,952 Emily dodson's no killer. 32 00:01:58,327 --> 00:02:01,580 She's 103 pounds soaking wet, gentles. 33 00:02:02,415 --> 00:02:07,461 Kind neighbor, devoutly religious, devoted wife. 34 00:02:08,087 --> 00:02:10,756 A whore? No, iwouldn't say that. 35 00:02:11,257 --> 00:02:13,235 I've never heard of a whore that killed her own baby. 36 00:02:13,259 --> 00:02:15,886 - This is much worse. - You're charging her with murder? 37 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:18,264 Conspiracy kidnapping which resulted in murder, 38 00:02:18,347 --> 00:02:21,809 but should we find it was Emily's needlepoint 39 00:02:21,892 --> 00:02:23,602 that was used on that blue-eyed boy, 40 00:02:23,686 --> 00:02:26,814 I'll strap on tap shoes and add a murder charge. Don't you doubt it. 41 00:02:27,064 --> 00:02:29,442 She was conned by some cons, 42 00:02:29,525 --> 00:02:32,570 and the only reason she's sitting in jail now is... 43 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:36,824 - Jimmy, don't forget the neck. - I got the neck. No worries. 44 00:02:38,117 --> 00:02:40,077 Why hair grows there, I'll never know. 45 00:02:41,162 --> 00:02:43,956 No, the only reason Emily's, uh... 46 00:02:45,958 --> 00:02:48,627 - She's what? - Sitting in jail. 47 00:02:48,711 --> 00:02:51,130 She's sitting in jail because the district attorney 48 00:02:51,213 --> 00:02:54,008 is eyeballing the mayor's seat and knows that corpses 49 00:02:54,091 --> 00:02:56,510 don't swing pretty for a hungry electorate. 50 00:02:58,137 --> 00:03:02,016 Her lawyer can rehearse his defense in the paper all he wants. 51 00:03:02,099 --> 00:03:04,643 I'll save mine for a sworn jury. 52 00:03:05,102 --> 00:03:09,565 Justice for Charlie dodson. The noose for his mother. 53 00:03:12,943 --> 00:03:16,989 Got it? Let's go. Write me good, boys. 54 00:03:27,583 --> 00:03:31,170 God is gone, I said to myself. 55 00:03:31,253 --> 00:03:33,506 God is gone. 56 00:03:35,549 --> 00:03:39,011 Near 12 years to the day, leaning beside my mother, 57 00:03:39,470 --> 00:03:41,263 in a three-times broke down... 58 00:03:41,347 --> 00:03:44,183 Should I be expecting another surprise today? 59 00:03:44,558 --> 00:03:46,238 It was just the two of us... 60 00:03:46,310 --> 00:03:50,564 I had a little heart-to-heart with sister Alice about going off script. 61 00:03:51,023 --> 00:03:52,063 Halfway home to Canada. 62 00:03:52,650 --> 00:03:58,739 That hot blue sky so heavy, pushing down. 63 00:03:58,906 --> 00:04:01,575 Hadn't seen a plate of meat for months. 64 00:04:02,993 --> 00:04:04,453 Do you remember that day, mother? 65 00:04:07,081 --> 00:04:08,082 Surely do. 66 00:04:10,668 --> 00:04:14,463 Enough money for food or gas. 67 00:04:15,464 --> 00:04:17,904 We had to make a choice. 68 00:04:19,009 --> 00:04:20,594 And that thought, 69 00:04:21,095 --> 00:04:28,060 like a worm digging its way into my ear, into my heart, into my soul... 70 00:04:31,272 --> 00:04:34,275 "God is gone." 71 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,616 And suddenly, everything went quiet. 72 00:04:43,826 --> 00:04:47,746 And brothers and sisters, when I say everything went quiet, 73 00:04:47,997 --> 00:04:52,668 I mean the wind, the crank shaft on that Peterson... 74 00:04:52,751 --> 00:04:55,463 Everything went absolutely silent. 75 00:04:56,422 --> 00:04:57,840 Just as it is now. 76 00:04:58,924 --> 00:05:01,010 And then, just as suddenly... 77 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,097 Such a noise in my head. 78 00:05:05,681 --> 00:05:09,977 Like a great swarm of insects shouting to one another, 79 00:05:10,060 --> 00:05:16,317 or 1,000 trumpets blaring in unison trying to flatten the world into powder. 80 00:05:18,444 --> 00:05:22,072 I fell out of the car going 25 miles an hour, 81 00:05:22,156 --> 00:05:27,828 broke my collarbone, laid there, with the sound taking me over. 82 00:05:29,997 --> 00:05:33,918 That was the voice of god I heard. 83 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:39,256 Past all my doubt and despair, 84 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:40,966 there was a voice. 85 00:05:41,050 --> 00:05:47,389 Our lord and savior's voice telling me to pick up my Bible 86 00:05:47,473 --> 00:05:50,935 and head to Los Angeles, city of angels. 87 00:05:52,061 --> 00:05:55,689 Actually, he said "El pueblo de nuestra senora 88 00:05:55,773 --> 00:05:58,984 de la reina de iOS Angeles de porciuncula." 89 00:06:00,945 --> 00:06:06,116 That was, um... that was some eulogy you gave at the funeral. 90 00:06:06,784 --> 00:06:08,285 Blessed is the hangman. 91 00:06:09,161 --> 00:06:11,622 Big hats in the congregation yesterday. 92 00:06:11,830 --> 00:06:13,832 Hats that sat there while Emily was arrested. 93 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:16,794 Nothing big in that, Mr. Mason. 94 00:06:20,214 --> 00:06:22,383 What's in the bottle? Holy spirit? 95 00:06:23,634 --> 00:06:25,678 Vitamins and saline. 96 00:06:26,595 --> 00:06:27,805 Right. 97 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:29,950 I believe we made room in our schedule 98 00:06:29,974 --> 00:06:31,850 to talk about George gannon. 99 00:06:32,851 --> 00:06:33,852 Okay. 100 00:06:34,853 --> 00:06:38,107 Um, George was employed by your church? 101 00:06:39,066 --> 00:06:41,610 Firstly, Mr. Mason, we are horrified to know 102 00:06:41,694 --> 00:06:44,697 there was someone under our roof capable of such acts of evil. 103 00:06:44,780 --> 00:06:47,533 - It has shaken our church. - It's shaken all of us. 104 00:06:47,866 --> 00:06:50,386 He had good references from his former employers. 105 00:06:50,661 --> 00:06:53,372 We plugged him in wherever there was a hole. 106 00:06:53,956 --> 00:06:56,542 And what holes other than Emily's was he plugging? 107 00:06:57,793 --> 00:07:00,004 I'm sorry. 108 00:07:01,589 --> 00:07:04,633 I have words that outrun my head sometimes. I apologize. 109 00:07:05,551 --> 00:07:09,346 Mr. Gannon was helping us organize some of our charity drives. 110 00:07:09,847 --> 00:07:12,850 And he did some bookkeeping whenever we were shorthanded. 111 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:14,727 What sort of charity drives? 112 00:07:15,019 --> 00:07:17,563 We open our doors to all kinds, Mr. Mason. 113 00:07:17,896 --> 00:07:18,981 Whatever they enter with, 114 00:07:19,064 --> 00:07:22,401 we offer redemption through the unconditional love of Christ. 115 00:07:22,484 --> 00:07:24,084 You should come by when you have an hour. 116 00:07:25,321 --> 00:07:26,780 I'm on 21 times a week. 117 00:07:27,323 --> 00:07:29,742 You should save that seat for someone who's buying. 118 00:07:30,034 --> 00:07:32,411 Maybe you don't know what you need until you see it. 119 00:07:32,494 --> 00:07:36,332 - I've seen it, sister. - But you haven't felt it. 120 00:07:38,167 --> 00:07:39,251 Not in here. 121 00:07:40,669 --> 00:07:42,838 If you had, you wouldn't think you were so alone. 122 00:07:46,383 --> 00:07:48,594 Is this when you tell me you have a message 123 00:07:48,677 --> 00:07:50,220 from my dear departed mother? 124 00:07:50,346 --> 00:07:51,347 I do. 125 00:07:52,139 --> 00:07:54,159 She said you should be ashamed for leaving the house 126 00:07:54,183 --> 00:07:56,560 with your nails like that. 127 00:08:01,899 --> 00:08:03,734 Thank you for these. 128 00:08:04,193 --> 00:08:08,197 Um, is there someone in the choir I can talk to? 129 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,300 - That's where they met, right? - God is with your work. 130 00:08:10,324 --> 00:08:12,076 God left me in France, sister. 131 00:08:12,493 --> 00:08:15,537 God is with you whether you acknowledge him or not. 132 00:08:22,419 --> 00:08:23,462 Thank you. 133 00:08:27,049 --> 00:08:30,052 Yeah. 134 00:08:35,140 --> 00:08:38,894 Now, at the arraignment, you'll be seated up front. 135 00:08:38,977 --> 00:08:43,190 This way, when Emily announces to the judge that she's not guilty, 136 00:08:44,191 --> 00:08:46,568 he'll see a husband supporting his wife. 137 00:08:47,152 --> 00:08:50,197 That's very important. Do you understand that? 138 00:08:50,989 --> 00:08:55,160 Now, we caught a break with the judge. Fred Wright. He's an old friend. 139 00:08:55,244 --> 00:08:56,995 You'll be out of this cell very soon. 140 00:08:57,079 --> 00:09:02,000 Now, Barbara here will make certain that you're never alone. That's herjob. 141 00:09:02,084 --> 00:09:05,713 If any detectives come and talk to you, 142 00:09:05,796 --> 00:09:09,383 just clam up and say you're represented by counsel. 143 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:15,389 It's not legal for them to try, but sometimes detectives don't play fair. 144 00:09:15,806 --> 00:09:17,725 Isn't that right, Barbara? 145 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:22,438 - Stone-face Barbara. - Did you hear that, Emily? 146 00:09:22,521 --> 00:09:25,315 - Yes. Yes, I heard. - Did you fuck him in our bed? 147 00:09:27,109 --> 00:09:30,028 Let's save that for home talk, shall we? 148 00:09:30,529 --> 00:09:32,573 - No. - His bed? 149 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:35,033 - It wasn't like that. - You're a liar. 150 00:09:35,117 --> 00:09:36,285 Yeah. What about you? 151 00:09:36,702 --> 00:09:38,787 I'm at home stretching pennies while you're gambling. 152 00:09:38,954 --> 00:09:41,957 - Cry me a river. - Not at home. Not... 153 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,226 Charlie was missing for three days 154 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:45,270 and you said nothing about this George son of a bitch. 155 00:09:45,294 --> 00:09:46,128 Enough of this. 156 00:09:46,211 --> 00:09:49,882 If you had said something, maybe they could have saved him. 157 00:09:52,301 --> 00:09:54,636 They arrested me and you still said nothing. 158 00:09:55,846 --> 00:09:58,348 They put Charlie in the ground and iwasn't there. 159 00:09:58,432 --> 00:10:01,059 - You let strangers Bury our son. - Shut up. 160 00:10:01,226 --> 00:10:02,895 You killed our Charlie boy! 161 00:10:02,978 --> 00:10:07,232 Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! 162 00:10:07,316 --> 00:10:11,320 Just focus on the task at hand. Husband and wife together. 163 00:10:11,904 --> 00:10:16,074 We'll have you home tomorrow. The judge knows me. 164 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:20,662 Matthew? 165 00:10:25,167 --> 00:10:27,669 What the hell is George's body even doing over at county? 166 00:10:27,753 --> 00:10:31,799 Well, as it happens, his little love roost is situated across the city line, 167 00:10:31,882 --> 00:10:34,676 so frank Nance got him and I got these guys. 168 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:37,930 This is the exit wound. Yes? 169 00:10:38,722 --> 00:10:42,851 You gotta stop hanging around so many stiffs. But, yes, exit wound. 170 00:10:42,935 --> 00:10:45,312 - What's frank saying about George? - Not much. 171 00:10:45,813 --> 00:10:48,357 Blew his own head off with a shotgun. Case closed. 172 00:10:49,024 --> 00:10:50,275 Hmm. 173 00:10:51,902 --> 00:10:54,696 - Can we flip him? - Sure. Get his legs. 174 00:10:55,072 --> 00:10:56,782 Mmm-mmm. 175 00:10:57,282 --> 00:10:58,909 Well, he won't hurt you, right? 176 00:10:59,535 --> 00:11:03,205 "Come on, strick. I thought we were friends. Put her there." 177 00:11:03,455 --> 00:11:05,123 Mmm-mmm. 178 00:11:05,916 --> 00:11:08,252 Boys, he's a big fella. 179 00:11:09,294 --> 00:11:13,966 All right. One, two, three. 180 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,139 Did I ever tell you boys about the night man we had? 181 00:11:21,473 --> 00:11:24,518 Used to dress up like a cherub. You know, wings and everything. 182 00:11:24,601 --> 00:11:27,563 And when a particular stiff caught his particular fancy, 183 00:11:27,646 --> 00:11:29,773 he'd do this whole ceremony, see... 184 00:11:29,857 --> 00:11:30,983 - Verge. - Yeah? 185 00:11:32,693 --> 00:11:34,027 What the hell is that? 186 00:11:34,152 --> 00:11:36,572 Oh, well, way I figure it, 187 00:11:36,655 --> 00:11:39,241 guy's on the roor and someone stood on his throat. 188 00:11:39,324 --> 00:11:41,326 And squish goes your hyoid bone. 189 00:11:42,619 --> 00:11:44,329 Verge, we're gonna need their personals. 190 00:11:44,413 --> 00:11:48,083 Yeah, only I can't. Detectives come, bagged the whole lot. 191 00:11:48,542 --> 00:11:51,044 - Holcomb and ennis? - So I'm told. 192 00:11:51,420 --> 00:11:53,505 So that guy, you know, the cherub guy? 193 00:11:53,589 --> 00:11:55,465 He does this whole ceremony, you know, 194 00:11:55,549 --> 00:11:57,402 with the stiff and the wings and some candles and... 195 00:11:57,426 --> 00:12:00,053 - We fucking done here yet? - Yeah, yeah. Thanks, verge. 196 00:12:00,512 --> 00:12:03,223 Uh, if you ever need a favor... 197 00:12:03,682 --> 00:12:05,434 - Sure. Okay. - Yeah. 198 00:12:08,562 --> 00:12:11,273 Yeah. Never would've caught him if it weren't for the mayonnaise. 199 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:16,570 So, the da's story is our man George walks into the apartment, 200 00:12:16,737 --> 00:12:18,280 guns down the polacks. 201 00:12:19,448 --> 00:12:23,785 - Except the one ain't properly dead. - Right. He's lying on the floor. 202 00:12:24,995 --> 00:12:26,038 So George... 203 00:12:27,205 --> 00:12:29,333 Makes applesauce with his florsheim. 204 00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:31,793 And then he runs home and grabs a shotgun. 205 00:12:31,877 --> 00:12:33,187 'Cause he can't live with the sin. 206 00:12:33,211 --> 00:12:35,964 What? And adds suicide to his list of unforgivables? 207 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:40,302 Our George was a complicated little guy. 208 00:12:45,891 --> 00:12:47,768 I want you to chase down those references. 209 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:51,605 Maybe somebody can throw some new light on our guy George. 210 00:12:51,980 --> 00:12:54,650 I'm gonna hunt for those missing personal effects. 211 00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:58,487 Don't e.B. Want us bagging witnesses to talk nice about the dodsons? 212 00:12:59,154 --> 00:13:00,989 I'm shifting our priorities. 213 00:13:06,244 --> 00:13:07,663 I don't care what they told you. 214 00:13:07,746 --> 00:13:10,207 All the evidence from that warehouse mess had been boxed up 215 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:11,541 and hauled off to the da. 216 00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:13,144 I'm not talking about stuff from the crime scene. 217 00:13:13,168 --> 00:13:14,520 They said their personals had been bagged. 218 00:13:14,544 --> 00:13:16,522 Yeah, yeah, the clothes and the wallets from the stiffs. 219 00:13:16,546 --> 00:13:17,798 I don't fucking have them. 220 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:20,361 Hey. Find out where the hell broome and Williams are, will you? 221 00:13:20,759 --> 00:13:22,678 You still have the inventory list, right? 222 00:13:22,761 --> 00:13:25,031 If I had the inventory list, I still wouldn't give it to you. 223 00:13:25,055 --> 00:13:28,100 - The crime scene report you wanted. - It's for this asshole. 224 00:13:30,936 --> 00:13:33,188 - I like your nails. - I like them, too. 225 00:13:34,690 --> 00:13:37,234 Her nails? What? Are you a fag? 226 00:13:37,901 --> 00:13:41,822 Hey, Nina. My coffee's gone cold. Warm it up and bring it to me in filing. 227 00:13:41,905 --> 00:13:42,990 Is this a joke? 228 00:13:43,073 --> 00:13:47,077 There's barely a paragraph here and it could be done in... crayon. 229 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,870 I wanna talk to officer Drake. 230 00:13:49,913 --> 00:13:54,751 Christ. You cry either way. You're welcome. And we're done. 231 00:14:01,425 --> 00:14:04,219 I forgot to mention how fetching I find your shoes. 232 00:14:04,428 --> 00:14:06,555 Uh-huh. What do you want? 233 00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:16,732 All rise. 234 00:14:25,907 --> 00:14:28,201 Arraignment part two is now in session. 235 00:14:28,285 --> 00:14:30,746 The honorable Frederick Wright presiding. 236 00:14:39,421 --> 00:14:41,840 Bailiffs, clear out the standers. 237 00:14:41,923 --> 00:14:44,301 If they can't find a seat, get them out. 238 00:14:44,801 --> 00:14:46,303 Call the case. 239 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:47,947 This is number one on the calendar. 240 00:14:47,971 --> 00:14:49,198 The people of the state of California v. Emily dodson. 241 00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:51,558 We're doing just fine. Just do as I say. 242 00:14:51,641 --> 00:14:53,602 Appearances for the record, please. 243 00:14:53,685 --> 00:14:57,022 Your honor, my client is an innocent woman, 244 00:14:57,105 --> 00:15:00,275 presently incarcerated on the most risible of charges... 245 00:15:00,358 --> 00:15:01,735 Your appearance, please. 246 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:05,238 Oh, uh... my apologies, your honor. 247 00:15:05,322 --> 00:15:10,118 Elias birchard Jonathan for the defendant, Emily dodson. 248 00:15:10,327 --> 00:15:13,538 For the people, maynard Barnes, district attorney. 249 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:16,458 Noted. Arraign the defendant. 250 00:15:16,792 --> 00:15:18,335 The defendant, Emily dodson, 251 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:22,506 is charged with conspiracy to commit the crime of kidnapping. 252 00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:29,513 How does your client plead? Guilty or not guilty? 253 00:15:32,099 --> 00:15:34,726 - Guilty. - She said guilty. 254 00:15:35,143 --> 00:15:37,062 Order! 255 00:15:37,395 --> 00:15:40,690 - No, no, no. No. - Order. Order. 256 00:15:41,483 --> 00:15:42,567 - She's not guilty. - Order! 257 00:15:44,111 --> 00:15:46,511 - She killed her kin! - Throw her out. 258 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,075 - You got ears. She killed her kin. - She said not guilty. 259 00:15:50,492 --> 00:15:52,428 - Your honor, not guilty. - She killed her kin. 260 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:54,871 She said not guilty. Not guilty, your honor. 261 00:15:54,955 --> 00:15:56,581 She said not guilty. 262 00:16:04,005 --> 00:16:05,257 I'll hear it from her. 263 00:16:06,591 --> 00:16:08,969 You've got to say it loud and clear now. "Not guilty." 264 00:16:16,184 --> 00:16:19,354 - Not guilty. - Noted. 265 00:16:21,189 --> 00:16:22,816 On the question of bail... 266 00:16:23,108 --> 00:16:29,030 Your honor, the defendant conspired with her lover to kidnap her own baby, 267 00:16:29,114 --> 00:16:32,200 which resulted in the murder of said child. 268 00:16:32,284 --> 00:16:35,745 Given these grave charges and the strength of the case, 269 00:16:35,829 --> 00:16:40,750 the people ask that bail be set in the amount of $25,000. 270 00:16:43,461 --> 00:16:47,507 Your honor, $25,000 is exorbitant. 271 00:16:47,591 --> 00:16:50,302 Emily dodson is innocent. 272 00:16:50,927 --> 00:16:54,598 She's a hardworking housewife coping with the death of her child. 273 00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:57,142 We intend to prove at trial... 274 00:16:57,225 --> 00:17:00,312 The trial is forthcoming, Mr. Jonathan, not at present. 275 00:17:01,313 --> 00:17:03,899 Given the seriousness of these charges... 276 00:17:06,651 --> 00:17:08,862 Bail is set at $25,000. 277 00:17:10,238 --> 00:17:11,239 Fred? 278 00:17:26,671 --> 00:17:28,608 What was I supposed to do with those letters, della? 279 00:17:28,632 --> 00:17:30,592 Like e.B. Said, we had a legal obligation... 280 00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:32,528 Oh, please, don't give me that load of horse shit. 281 00:17:32,552 --> 00:17:34,780 You think I don't know how many times you've "misplaced evidence"? 282 00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:37,265 - Matthew is innocent. - And what about Emily, huh? 283 00:17:37,349 --> 00:17:39,434 You cleared Matthew by putting him at that dice game, 284 00:17:39,517 --> 00:17:41,144 but you handed Emily over anyway. 285 00:17:41,228 --> 00:17:44,356 At her... Jesus. Her baby's funeral. 286 00:17:44,439 --> 00:17:46,167 Yeah, look, it wasn't supposed to happen that way. 287 00:17:46,191 --> 00:17:47,751 Well, then I guess you're off the hook. 288 00:17:47,943 --> 00:17:50,070 Meanwhile, that poor woman's head is so turned around, 289 00:17:50,153 --> 00:17:51,821 she's ready to hang herself out of guilt. 290 00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:53,716 She shouldn't have lied. She should've told us... 291 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:56,243 Matthew lied, too, but no one seems to care about that anymore 292 00:17:56,326 --> 00:17:58,578 because he's got money and she's a slut. 293 00:17:59,955 --> 00:18:03,375 You're supposed to be on her side. You were supposed to do better by her. 294 00:18:03,458 --> 00:18:05,102 I'm not the one that fucked the kidnapper. 295 00:18:05,126 --> 00:18:06,938 - If she's feeling guilty, maybe... - If she's feeling guilty, 296 00:18:06,962 --> 00:18:08,731 it's 'cause every man around her is saying she is. 297 00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:09,755 Della... 298 00:18:12,884 --> 00:18:14,803 Don't you have some windows to go peek in? 299 00:18:34,698 --> 00:18:35,991 Are you officer Drake? 300 00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:38,785 - You police? - Perry Mason. Private investigator. 301 00:18:39,995 --> 00:18:42,372 I read your report on the kidnapping murders. 302 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:43,895 Can I ask you a couple of questions? 303 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:47,377 Private white folk mostly avoid this neighborhood. 304 00:18:48,586 --> 00:18:51,840 I've seen more than one chalky fella in a cheap-ass suit 305 00:18:51,923 --> 00:18:54,009 lying in the gutter with his throat cut. 306 00:18:56,511 --> 00:18:59,180 Well, fortunately, you're here to make sure that doesn't happen. 307 00:18:59,723 --> 00:19:02,392 Mister, you only think you see me. 308 00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:06,313 I just wanna to ask you about that report. 309 00:19:22,370 --> 00:19:25,290 Get this. Lipstick calls her mom "mumsy." 310 00:19:26,249 --> 00:19:30,587 Can you imagine? "Mumsy"? Ruthie'd shit herself the kids did that. 311 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:32,422 I'm really not in the mood for this today. 312 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:35,258 So, do you remember how Percy dumott offered lipstick 313 00:19:35,342 --> 00:19:37,062 that sales job traveling all over the world? 314 00:19:37,677 --> 00:19:40,722 Well, she got the okay from "mumsy" to go. 315 00:19:41,056 --> 00:19:42,307 But listen here. 316 00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:43,975 "Marcia's freehearted vision of life 317 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:49,522 included the fact that danger is within yourself, not without." 318 00:19:51,775 --> 00:19:53,526 Huh? Huh? 319 00:19:54,486 --> 00:19:55,486 What? 320 00:19:56,446 --> 00:19:59,282 She's gonna suck Percy dumott's sophisticated cock is what. 321 00:20:02,035 --> 00:20:03,536 You really should try the steak. 322 00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:08,625 - Is that where the advance went? - No, no. This is all gonna be expensed. 323 00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:12,128 Based on what I'm about to tell you. 324 00:20:12,796 --> 00:20:16,800 George gannon, mumsy seducer and church warbler, 325 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:19,677 kept a little secret from the Bible thumpers. 326 00:20:21,179 --> 00:20:23,598 He counted the take at lucky lagoon for a spell. 327 00:20:31,064 --> 00:20:32,482 - Are you sure? - Yeah. 328 00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:36,194 It took some digging, but I found a note from al Howard himself. 329 00:20:42,534 --> 00:20:44,994 Could be that's where he connects with the kidnapping polacks. 330 00:20:45,078 --> 00:20:47,288 I'm thinking me and you should head out there, 331 00:20:47,372 --> 00:20:49,833 have a little gander, a few drinks, little roulette. 332 00:20:49,916 --> 00:20:52,419 - You know, try to blend in. - No, but you can't. 333 00:20:52,502 --> 00:20:53,795 - Icant? - No, yousee, 334 00:20:54,295 --> 00:20:56,215 you have to do the stuff that gets this fine meal 335 00:20:56,256 --> 00:20:57,674 written off in my little book, 336 00:20:57,757 --> 00:21:01,970 which is dig up every report you can find written by a cop named Paul Drake. 337 00:21:02,053 --> 00:21:03,430 - Whoa, wait a minute. - No, no. 338 00:21:03,513 --> 00:21:06,683 I'll settle up here. You enjoy this fine meal. Great work. 339 00:21:08,393 --> 00:21:10,145 The casino was my fucking lead. 340 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:15,108 Drink some goddamn water, would you? 341 00:21:16,192 --> 00:21:18,820 And two pounds of the green beans, and not the spotty ones. 342 00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:21,489 Look, babe. Peaches. 343 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:23,592 Are they too soft? You know I don't like them soft. 344 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:24,701 Since when? 345 00:21:25,243 --> 00:21:27,471 Since the last time I had that soft one that was no good. 346 00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:29,831 - They make the best cobblers. - Well, that's just... 347 00:21:29,914 --> 00:21:31,124 Officer Drake? 348 00:21:33,293 --> 00:21:36,129 - Detective. - I thought that was you. 349 00:21:36,671 --> 00:21:38,548 And this must be the missus. 350 00:21:39,591 --> 00:21:41,676 - My wife, Ciara. - How do you do? 351 00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:43,678 Well, ma'am, I'm just dandy. 352 00:21:44,762 --> 00:21:46,890 Mind if I borrow your fella for a heartbeat? 353 00:21:55,565 --> 00:21:56,774 Something wrong, sir? 354 00:21:56,858 --> 00:22:01,279 Heard about some private dicks sniffing around those shootings. 355 00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:04,699 - Know about it? - Man came up to me on the beat. 356 00:22:04,782 --> 00:22:06,862 Told him I got nothing to say to him, read my report. 357 00:22:07,076 --> 00:22:08,661 - Perry Mason? - Yeah. 358 00:22:08,953 --> 00:22:10,663 - Don't talk to him. - I didn't. 359 00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:19,756 Forgive my impertinence, ma'am, but you're what, four months along? 360 00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:21,132 About that. 361 00:22:22,634 --> 00:22:26,971 Child's a beautiful gift. I think this here's a boy. 362 00:22:28,890 --> 00:22:32,101 Sir, give my friends here anything they need. 363 00:22:32,185 --> 00:22:33,745 In fact, give them more than they need. 364 00:22:34,771 --> 00:22:36,689 They got a little Paul on the way. 365 00:22:37,482 --> 00:22:39,901 - No. That is very kind, detective, but... - But what? 366 00:22:40,235 --> 00:22:42,904 - It's unnecessary. - Of course it's unnecessary. 367 00:22:42,987 --> 00:22:45,657 But it's just my way of saying I'm glad we're friends. 368 00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:48,660 Life can be rough on people that got no friends. 369 00:23:02,257 --> 00:23:04,068 You here to see the guilty mother, priestess? 370 00:23:04,092 --> 00:23:05,593 "Keep far from a false charge 371 00:23:05,677 --> 00:23:07,762 and do not kill the innocent or the righteous." 372 00:23:07,845 --> 00:23:10,807 - Old testament? - It ain't Irving Berlin. 373 00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:15,061 Stay right 374 00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:18,398 be ready when my Jesus comes 375 00:23:19,023 --> 00:23:23,111 I wanna go to heaven and I wanna go right 376 00:23:23,194 --> 00:23:27,073 be ready when my Jesus comes 377 00:23:27,156 --> 00:23:31,244 I wanna go to heaven all dressed in white 378 00:23:31,327 --> 00:23:34,789 be ready when my Jesus comes 379 00:23:35,832 --> 00:23:38,918 Such a draft in here. You gotta keep yourselfwarm. 380 00:23:43,298 --> 00:23:44,632 How are you, sister? 381 00:23:45,633 --> 00:23:48,803 Mother has got me on a choke leash, 382 00:23:48,886 --> 00:23:52,932 but all I can think about is you and what they're doing to you. 383 00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:56,728 You shouldn't... waste yourself on me. 384 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,815 - Emily, I could be you. - No, sister. 385 00:24:02,066 --> 00:24:04,360 - You wouldn't... - Wouldn't what? 386 00:24:06,571 --> 00:24:07,691 Fall in love? 387 00:24:09,532 --> 00:24:14,621 I know what it's like to need someone. And what it's like to be lied to. 388 00:24:17,832 --> 00:24:19,125 Someone like George? 389 00:24:21,502 --> 00:24:24,213 There are a lot of georges in the world. 390 00:24:25,715 --> 00:24:27,592 And a lot of women like you and me. 391 00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:32,180 No. Not like you, sister. 392 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:37,477 It's a long road from saskatchewan to here. 393 00:24:39,395 --> 00:24:43,107 A young woman can find herself awfully alone on it... 394 00:24:44,442 --> 00:24:45,985 And not know who to trust. 395 00:24:48,446 --> 00:24:52,241 But you weren't alone. You were with your mother. 396 00:24:52,325 --> 00:24:55,161 You had the lord. 397 00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:57,622 The lord can be a hard companion. 398 00:24:59,332 --> 00:25:00,625 And mother... 399 00:25:04,962 --> 00:25:06,297 Mother was always there. 400 00:25:09,676 --> 00:25:12,053 Why did god have me meet George? 401 00:25:12,679 --> 00:25:16,808 I don't know. We can't always see these things clearly. 402 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:23,064 Because Matthew, my husband, said that if I hadn't been with him, 403 00:25:24,273 --> 00:25:26,734 then Charlie wouldn't... he wouldn't... 404 00:25:28,361 --> 00:25:31,030 - I killed my baby. - I knew she done it. 405 00:25:31,114 --> 00:25:34,492 You shut your mouth. This woman is innocent. 406 00:25:34,575 --> 00:25:37,161 Well, so am I. I am innocent. 407 00:25:37,328 --> 00:25:40,164 I am innocent. You're innocent. 408 00:25:43,543 --> 00:25:48,214 Did you steal your baby out of his crib? Did you press a pillow to his face? 409 00:25:49,257 --> 00:25:51,092 Stitch his eyes open for a bag of money? 410 00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:55,471 You didn't kill your baby any more than I did. 411 00:25:56,639 --> 00:26:00,518 Bad men did that. Your husband is mistaken. 412 00:26:03,354 --> 00:26:05,148 You're inciting the populace. 413 00:26:07,608 --> 00:26:08,901 I'm only here to pray. 414 00:26:13,823 --> 00:26:17,285 Keep me safe, lord, from the hands of the wicked. 415 00:26:17,994 --> 00:26:22,290 Protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip up my feet. 416 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:27,628 The arrogant have hidden snares for me and set a trap along my path. 417 00:26:27,712 --> 00:26:30,339 You shield my head in the day of battle. 418 00:26:30,673 --> 00:26:33,676 Do not Grant the wicked their desires, lord. 419 00:26:34,802 --> 00:26:36,846 Do not let their plans succeed. 420 00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:43,412 You know, up until now, 421 00:26:43,436 --> 00:26:45,730 I was pretty sure you were gonna jump out of the plane 422 00:26:45,813 --> 00:26:47,356 and run back to the farm. 423 00:26:49,859 --> 00:26:51,694 Felt like I owed you a good time. 424 00:26:53,654 --> 00:26:57,325 Well, you do owe me a decent new year's Eve. 425 00:26:59,535 --> 00:27:00,578 So here's the plan. 426 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:03,831 We're gonna get drunk, we're gonna dance, 427 00:27:05,208 --> 00:27:09,212 and at midnight, I'm gonna count down from ten and you're gonna kiss me. 428 00:27:10,046 --> 00:27:13,716 - Should I be writing this down? - I think you'll remember. 429 00:27:14,759 --> 00:27:16,552 I need to powder my thighs. 430 00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:32,568 Enjoy. 431 00:27:33,694 --> 00:27:36,155 - Two Manhattans. - Excellent choice, sir. 432 00:27:38,199 --> 00:27:41,244 You know, Mason, I never clocked you for much of a gambler. 433 00:27:41,786 --> 00:27:43,430 Mostly on account of how you're always broke. 434 00:27:43,454 --> 00:27:45,081 Actually, Lenny, I'm on the job. 435 00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:47,625 Does that mean you might actually pay for these? 436 00:27:48,084 --> 00:27:51,045 George gannon worked here a while ago. What do you know about him? 437 00:27:54,048 --> 00:27:56,592 He, uh, kidnapped and killed some kid, didn't he? 438 00:27:56,676 --> 00:27:58,302 - You want cherries? - Thanks. 439 00:27:58,970 --> 00:28:02,557 Okay, okay, look. Don't know much. 440 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,726 He worked in the counting room and seemed a nice enough guy. 441 00:28:05,810 --> 00:28:07,186 He quit or get fired? 442 00:28:08,187 --> 00:28:09,981 You'd have to ask ai about that. 443 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:12,751 I was hoping you'd talk to him for me. 444 00:28:12,775 --> 00:28:14,777 A little of his time would really help me out. 445 00:28:15,278 --> 00:28:19,031 - You're working tonight. - What? No. No. I was just, uh... 446 00:28:20,283 --> 00:28:21,576 I was catching up with... 447 00:28:21,659 --> 00:28:23,369 - Look. This is for you. - Thanks, sir. 448 00:28:23,452 --> 00:28:24,662 Happy new year. 449 00:28:46,017 --> 00:28:49,228 Why don't we take a break? I'll get us that bottle for midnight. 450 00:28:49,312 --> 00:28:51,230 - Mason, al's ready now. - Really? Now? 451 00:28:54,025 --> 00:28:57,153 - So you are working. - I have to. 452 00:29:01,616 --> 00:29:04,577 I've heard about you, Mason. Not all of it's bad. 453 00:29:08,331 --> 00:29:10,625 - I'm working the dodson case. - Oh. 454 00:29:10,917 --> 00:29:15,338 Yeah. Ugly stuff. Who stitches up a kid's eyes? 455 00:29:16,547 --> 00:29:18,132 Da says George gannon did. 456 00:29:18,215 --> 00:29:21,636 We must be reading different papers. Seems to me he likes the slut for it. 457 00:29:21,719 --> 00:29:24,889 - Why did gannon stop working for you? - I suppose it was god's will. 458 00:29:25,723 --> 00:29:26,723 You fired him? 459 00:29:27,767 --> 00:29:31,771 I never even noticed he was here. And then one day, he up and quits. 460 00:29:32,355 --> 00:29:34,899 Talking about den of iniquity, wages of sin, 461 00:29:35,024 --> 00:29:36,943 what's true in the Bible, blah blah. 462 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,862 His cheap dentures flapping, spit going everywhere. 463 00:29:40,655 --> 00:29:43,199 I wrote him a solid reference just to get out of the rain. 464 00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:48,722 When George was here, you ever see him hanging around the hard types? 465 00:29:48,746 --> 00:29:50,539 I'm quite choosy about my counting room. 466 00:29:51,123 --> 00:29:53,292 I like them brainy and dull as dishwater. 467 00:29:55,336 --> 00:29:58,297 - Do you mind if I ask around? - Now, why would I mind that? 468 00:30:00,591 --> 00:30:04,428 Ocho. Help me, boys. Come on, come on. Come on! 469 00:30:04,512 --> 00:30:05,680 Come on, ten. 470 00:30:09,058 --> 00:30:11,018 Does anyone... have you seen my... 471 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:17,709 How much did you clear? 472 00:30:17,733 --> 00:30:22,113 Enough to buy a shitty run-down dairy and turn it into a second runway. 473 00:30:24,532 --> 00:30:28,035 You can't be talking about my dairy, 'cause that's a historical monument. 474 00:30:28,119 --> 00:30:29,370 - Is that right? - Yeah. 475 00:30:29,704 --> 00:30:32,289 Six of the last seven presidents made a pilgrimage 476 00:30:32,373 --> 00:30:34,750 just to taste Mason's certified quality milk. 477 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:38,337 So, did you find your killer, killer? 478 00:30:42,591 --> 00:30:44,093 I did all right for a night. 479 00:31:19,295 --> 00:31:21,380 You could just tell me you like me, lupe. 480 00:31:27,803 --> 00:31:29,096 I want my kiss. 481 00:31:33,017 --> 00:31:34,101 Okay. 482 00:31:49,033 --> 00:31:50,451 How do you feel, papi? 483 00:31:53,287 --> 00:31:54,288 Wet. 484 00:33:19,582 --> 00:33:21,584 E.B.? E.B. 485 00:33:23,294 --> 00:33:24,503 You ready to go? 486 00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:30,217 Della. Of course. 487 00:33:31,427 --> 00:33:35,472 Yeah. I was just, uh... I was just... 488 00:33:53,782 --> 00:33:55,093 Got nothing to say to you. 489 00:33:55,117 --> 00:33:56,678 I got a bunch of your reports, officer Drake, 490 00:33:56,702 --> 00:33:59,246 and not one of them reads like that kidnapping write-up. 491 00:33:59,455 --> 00:34:01,255 You've got an eye for detail, you're thorough. 492 00:34:01,624 --> 00:34:03,667 You know exactly what should be... 493 00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:07,588 You nosy son of a bitch. You steer clear of me. You got that? 494 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,301 - Listen. - Got nothing I want to hear from you. 495 00:34:12,468 --> 00:34:15,188 So you're just gonna play nigger for the da and his boys. Is that it? 496 00:34:15,429 --> 00:34:17,741 'Cause George gannon ain't no fucking killer and you know it. 497 00:34:17,765 --> 00:34:19,885 You saw something and you changed something in that... 498 00:34:26,565 --> 00:34:27,650 Do you see this? 499 00:34:28,275 --> 00:34:30,152 This means I can kick your white ass dead 500 00:34:30,277 --> 00:34:32,677 and no one would say a goddamn thing. 501 00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:34,698 Reckon that makes you the nigger. 502 00:34:59,807 --> 00:35:00,891 Confucius. 503 00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:06,480 What do you do with that thing when you wanna eat soup? 504 00:35:17,658 --> 00:35:19,636 Ladies. Hey, what's for lunch? 505 00:35:22,371 --> 00:35:23,622 I'd go with her. 506 00:35:24,373 --> 00:35:27,001 You look like a likes-girls- to-piss-on-him type. 507 00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:28,459 How do, Jin? 508 00:35:30,379 --> 00:35:31,797 You take a room today? 509 00:35:32,423 --> 00:35:37,177 Partner's got the engine running outside, so, uh, just the papenlvork. 510 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,328 A little light. 511 00:36:05,372 --> 00:36:07,958 I can shut this place down in a heartbeat. 512 00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:12,880 Mr. Woo sing is not happy. 513 00:36:14,173 --> 00:36:15,841 Tell Mr. Woo not to worry. 514 00:36:16,050 --> 00:36:20,971 Police asking questions about him at lucky lagoon last night. 515 00:36:21,638 --> 00:36:22,931 What police? 516 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:27,644 Mason. Something Mason. 517 00:36:29,646 --> 00:36:30,814 Write the truth. 518 00:36:31,023 --> 00:36:32,941 You'll sell twice the papers. 519 00:36:33,609 --> 00:36:35,235 They're squeezing the negro cop, e.B. 520 00:36:35,319 --> 00:36:37,172 He is sitting on something. I'd bet my house on it. 521 00:36:37,196 --> 00:36:40,491 Your house ain't worth the nails holding it up. Della. 522 00:36:41,033 --> 00:36:44,286 For the 14th time, will you get me Herman baggerly on the phone? 523 00:36:44,370 --> 00:36:45,805 I've left him three messages already. 524 00:36:45,829 --> 00:36:48,624 Then that means you've ignored me 11 times. 525 00:36:50,125 --> 00:36:53,545 Emily is withering away in there. We need that bail. 526 00:36:54,004 --> 00:36:55,339 What did you get on gannon? 527 00:36:56,965 --> 00:37:00,761 - Your penmanship is atrocious. - His church choir called him wallpaper. 528 00:37:00,844 --> 00:37:03,722 He used to be an accountant at a desert casino. 529 00:37:03,806 --> 00:37:05,686 There is nothing about this man that makes me... 530 00:37:05,766 --> 00:37:07,285 - Wallpaper? - Chicago tribune calling, chief. 531 00:37:07,309 --> 00:37:08,787 My point is I don't make him for a throat-stomping gunman, 532 00:37:08,811 --> 00:37:10,246 and my gut tells me neither does Drake. 533 00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:13,065 - Who's Drake? - The cop that found the bodies. 534 00:37:15,109 --> 00:37:20,739 So, what does the mightiest paper in the midwest want with eb. Jonathan? 535 00:37:20,823 --> 00:37:25,327 Emily dodson is a murdering gash who don't deserve nothing but the noose. 536 00:37:27,329 --> 00:37:29,665 That was not the Chicago tribune, della. 537 00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:32,793 Della. Della! 538 00:37:35,546 --> 00:37:39,299 Sometimes I think this is no longer my world. 539 00:37:49,309 --> 00:37:50,769 My gut tells me Drake... 540 00:37:50,853 --> 00:37:55,107 Your gut isn't running this show, boyo. I tell you what to do. 541 00:37:55,482 --> 00:37:56,942 I tell you what to bring me. 542 00:37:57,025 --> 00:37:58,610 You're making holes in your soles 543 00:37:58,819 --> 00:38:01,100 chasing after things that I can't use. 544 00:38:01,947 --> 00:38:04,992 Maynard is crucifying her and it's having an effect. 545 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:08,495 A jury is not gonna give two cents 546 00:38:08,579 --> 00:38:11,540 for what some negro flatfoot thinks about dead gangsters 547 00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:14,543 who got what was coming to them. It's a simple case. 548 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:19,256 - Holcomb leaned on Drake to change... - I'm talking now. You work for me. 549 00:38:24,261 --> 00:38:25,804 You made me lose my thought. 550 00:38:27,139 --> 00:38:29,600 - A simple case? - Thank you. Simple. 551 00:38:29,683 --> 00:38:32,644 Emily is in on it with gannon or she's not. 552 00:38:33,187 --> 00:38:37,191 Now, this casino angle of yours may be something I can use. 553 00:38:37,274 --> 00:38:39,943 Did the Poles ever frequent the place? 554 00:38:40,777 --> 00:38:42,905 - What is it, della? - It's from Mr. Baggerly. 555 00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:44,281 Oh... 556 00:38:44,573 --> 00:38:46,366 Finally. Bring it here. 557 00:38:48,118 --> 00:38:50,037 Are you getting enough sleep, e.B.? 558 00:39:05,427 --> 00:39:06,929 I think we got fired. 559 00:39:18,190 --> 00:39:20,817 - That you, babe? - Yeah. 560 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,280 I got something to show you. 561 00:39:29,952 --> 00:39:33,580 - That kind of a day, huh? - Seems like. 562 00:39:34,122 --> 00:39:37,543 Well, you just put your feet up and take a look at this. 563 00:39:38,001 --> 00:39:42,172 Baby powder. Now, I know your mama used cornstarch. 564 00:39:42,256 --> 00:39:46,009 My mama used cornstarch. Hell, every baby ass on this block 565 00:39:46,093 --> 00:39:49,304 dusted halfway to a hushpuppy with that stuff. 566 00:39:49,763 --> 00:39:51,974 But I figured, what with all the money we saved 567 00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:55,185 with getting all that free food, we may as well just try it out. 568 00:39:55,435 --> 00:39:56,478 Smell it. 569 00:39:57,688 --> 00:39:59,481 It's real nice. 570 00:40:04,528 --> 00:40:06,738 Well, you must have one hell of a nose. 571 00:40:07,948 --> 00:40:11,243 - Shouldn't have taken that food. - What? 572 00:40:11,326 --> 00:40:13,203 Shouldn't have taken nothing from that man. 573 00:40:13,328 --> 00:40:16,206 - Don't be silly. - Ciara, you seen him. 574 00:40:17,374 --> 00:40:20,586 - You see what he is. - Yeah, I know what he is. 575 00:40:20,669 --> 00:40:23,147 - Then how am I supposed to eat it? - With a smile and a thank you. 576 00:40:23,171 --> 00:40:25,007 'Cause we're lucky to have it. 577 00:40:25,257 --> 00:40:27,110 'Cause there's plenty of folks out there who don't. 578 00:40:27,134 --> 00:40:28,260 It's not luck, Ciara. 579 00:40:28,343 --> 00:40:30,554 He got his claws in us. That's what this is. 580 00:40:32,139 --> 00:40:35,142 Baby, you gotta stop and think. 581 00:40:35,225 --> 00:40:38,854 I beat a man down today, Ciara. He weren't doing nothing, just his job. 582 00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:41,607 Trying to find the truth and I beat him down. 583 00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:44,961 I'm supposed to be police, not some... 584 00:40:44,985 --> 00:40:48,572 What you're supposed to be is my husband and a father to your child. 585 00:40:49,615 --> 00:40:53,410 Now, I don't know this man, and I don't care about him. 586 00:40:54,202 --> 00:40:55,704 I care about us. 587 00:40:57,789 --> 00:41:02,377 Paul, you got a good job. You are police. 588 00:41:02,919 --> 00:41:07,924 Not a Porter, not a janitor, and not busting dirt back home. 589 00:41:08,675 --> 00:41:12,638 So if this peckennood son of a bitch wants to keep our bellies full 590 00:41:12,721 --> 00:41:15,932 in exchange for you doing him a favor, you do it. 591 00:41:16,475 --> 00:41:17,476 Paul... 592 00:41:18,894 --> 00:41:19,894 You do it. 593 00:41:20,562 --> 00:41:23,982 Not for him. You do it for us. 594 00:41:38,580 --> 00:41:40,999 You need to tell me next time you visit that girl. 595 00:41:42,209 --> 00:41:43,960 You know we're doing holy miracle today. 596 00:41:44,795 --> 00:41:48,048 We're doing three times today, so you're gonna have to suit up. 597 00:41:49,299 --> 00:41:51,385 I'm gonna kill someone with that fishing rod one day. 598 00:41:51,468 --> 00:41:55,347 Wonderful. They can put you in a jail cell with your best friend Emily. 599 00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:58,183 You have never seen someone more forsaken. 600 00:41:59,309 --> 00:42:04,606 I tried reading, I tried prayer. Words would not come out of her mouth. 601 00:42:05,899 --> 00:42:09,069 Maybe she has no words because she's done the very thing she's charged with. 602 00:42:10,028 --> 00:42:14,074 - God is testing us, mother. - No. You're just bored. 603 00:42:14,574 --> 00:42:18,453 And you found yourself a new toy. A frog in a Mason jar. 604 00:42:18,995 --> 00:42:20,622 It's lizards in Los Angeles. 605 00:42:25,460 --> 00:42:29,631 We had a murderer amongst us. She laid with that man. 606 00:42:29,715 --> 00:42:33,009 It's just my opinion. I'm not forcing it on anyone in the assembly. 607 00:42:34,010 --> 00:42:36,680 You are the assembly. You are the temple. 608 00:42:37,305 --> 00:42:41,059 You are every cornerstone laid for every church chapter we build. 609 00:42:41,143 --> 00:42:44,896 Don't say that. Even if it's true, it's not helpful to hear that. 610 00:42:46,022 --> 00:42:48,150 I'm sorry. I don't mean to pile it on. 611 00:42:48,817 --> 00:42:52,779 It's just... it's just... It's my way of saying... 612 00:42:54,197 --> 00:42:56,742 This woman does not walk the path of god. 613 00:42:57,159 --> 00:42:59,327 And we need to distance ourselves from her... 614 00:43:00,829 --> 00:43:03,790 For all the wonder we've made here. 615 00:43:16,636 --> 00:43:17,721 You know... 616 00:43:18,972 --> 00:43:24,019 - I wouldn't be here asking if... - It's a no, e.B. 617 00:43:24,770 --> 00:43:26,062 I'm not... 618 00:43:26,897 --> 00:43:30,400 I'm not asking for a gift, just a small-term loan. 619 00:43:30,567 --> 00:43:34,029 Since... everything I've done for you. 620 00:43:34,112 --> 00:43:35,572 You're kidding, right? 621 00:43:36,448 --> 00:43:38,158 Escrowjuggling bullshit. 622 00:43:38,241 --> 00:43:40,368 There's no reason to bring up the particular past. 623 00:43:40,452 --> 00:43:42,120 You nearly got us disbarred. 624 00:43:42,204 --> 00:43:45,540 I'm here as a courtesy, maybe some hot gossip. 625 00:43:45,624 --> 00:43:48,585 All you've done for me. Fuck off, e.B. 626 00:43:48,752 --> 00:43:50,879 Herman baggerly has withdrawn his support. 627 00:43:52,088 --> 00:43:53,590 Baggerly's out? 628 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:55,800 Yeah. 629 00:43:57,010 --> 00:43:59,095 - Yeah. - Jesus, man. 630 00:44:00,847 --> 00:44:04,476 What kind of a iawyerwould I be if I can't get my client out on bail? 631 00:44:04,559 --> 00:44:07,229 - Give the girl a plea. - She didn't do it, ler. 632 00:44:14,986 --> 00:44:16,321 Maynard called me. 633 00:44:17,864 --> 00:44:21,409 Said he wanted to talk about our, uh... our old partnership. 634 00:44:22,035 --> 00:44:25,372 - What? - I told him that I was, uh... 635 00:44:25,622 --> 00:44:28,124 It was not in my interest to discuss the past. 636 00:44:28,291 --> 00:44:31,503 But if he digs, you know there's something there. 637 00:44:32,003 --> 00:44:35,590 How about this? Forget the loan. Put in a call to judge Wright, 638 00:44:35,674 --> 00:44:37,968 see if you can pull a bail reduction for me. 639 00:44:38,051 --> 00:44:40,887 - Jesus. Elias, you're not listening. - I can save this girl. 640 00:44:41,638 --> 00:44:44,391 - You can what? - I just need a little help. 641 00:44:45,976 --> 00:44:48,603 Elias, plead out the case. 642 00:44:49,813 --> 00:44:51,982 Don't fucking drag me into this. 643 00:44:54,359 --> 00:44:55,652 And don't call me again. 644 00:45:00,615 --> 00:45:02,617 Kidnappers had a detailed plan. 645 00:45:03,994 --> 00:45:06,037 They knew who you were, where you were. 646 00:45:06,329 --> 00:45:07,747 Had it not been that night, 647 00:45:07,956 --> 00:45:09,956 it would have been the one before or the one after. 648 00:45:12,002 --> 00:45:14,129 You really think Emily was a part of it? 649 00:45:15,463 --> 00:45:18,008 She laid with the man that murdered your son. 650 00:45:18,842 --> 00:45:20,260 You heard her say guilty. 651 00:45:21,845 --> 00:45:23,471 Consider the cold light, Matthew. 652 00:45:25,432 --> 00:45:27,225 I came home mean sometimes. 653 00:45:29,144 --> 00:45:31,271 Maybe that's why she went with that guy. 654 00:45:31,605 --> 00:45:32,898 It's in our blood. 655 00:45:34,357 --> 00:45:38,737 We have a weakness for degenerate femininity. 656 00:45:40,572 --> 00:45:42,032 My mother was not a degenerate. 657 00:45:43,408 --> 00:45:46,620 While you were here living it up, my mother and me, we did with nothing. 658 00:45:47,662 --> 00:45:49,915 It's not easy, what we've been doing here. 659 00:45:49,998 --> 00:45:54,085 - Wasn't easy, this deal. - It was cowardly of me. 660 00:45:55,003 --> 00:45:59,174 It was not Christian, and I would like to atone for that. 661 00:46:00,759 --> 00:46:02,135 I'd like to show you something. 662 00:46:16,024 --> 00:46:19,235 - What's this? - The town of girard. 663 00:46:21,154 --> 00:46:25,075 It's about 30 miles from here in the western corner of this very valley. 664 00:46:26,868 --> 00:46:30,789 Help me build a city of faith. Of family. 665 00:46:31,539 --> 00:46:33,917 Far from the corruption of Los Angeles. 666 00:46:37,170 --> 00:46:38,380 What's she doing here? 667 00:46:41,591 --> 00:46:43,134 Good evening, sergeant. 668 00:46:43,426 --> 00:46:45,845 Visiting hours are from 7:00 am. To 5:00 P.M... 669 00:46:45,929 --> 00:46:49,516 You know me. I have a document for Mrs. Dodson to sign. 670 00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:53,019 - What kind of document? - A new retainer agreement. 671 00:46:53,311 --> 00:46:57,273 - Why does she need a new retainer? - I don't have to tell you that. 672 00:47:07,909 --> 00:47:09,119 Why aren't you with Emily? 673 00:47:11,538 --> 00:47:14,040 - I need to see Emily dodson now. - I can't do that, ma'am. 674 00:47:14,124 --> 00:47:15,667 This precinct has been court-ordered 675 00:47:15,750 --> 00:47:18,378 to have a matron with our client at all times. You can't do it? 676 00:47:18,461 --> 00:47:20,171 I need you to keep your voice down, ma'am. 677 00:47:20,255 --> 00:47:22,441 I will call judge Wright's office. I will call him at home. 678 00:47:22,465 --> 00:47:25,301 I will find him wherever he is and tell him 679 00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:28,346 that you are in violation of his order, sergeant. Open that door. 680 00:47:28,430 --> 00:47:30,157 All right, I'll open the door. I just need to find the right key. 681 00:47:30,181 --> 00:47:32,076 Yeah. Find me your badge number while you're at it. Emily? Emily. 682 00:47:32,100 --> 00:47:34,436 - Detectives. Detectives. - Emily dodson. 683 00:47:34,561 --> 00:47:36,146 Hey, hey, hey. Stay back. Stay back. 684 00:47:40,316 --> 00:47:41,818 Get the fuck out of the way. 685 00:47:43,987 --> 00:47:46,406 What is this? Is that a confession? 686 00:47:47,073 --> 00:47:48,700 Are you slapping a confession out of her? 687 00:47:48,783 --> 00:47:51,411 You got the wrong impression, miss. We got rules here. 688 00:47:51,494 --> 00:47:52,996 She was getting a little hysterical, 689 00:47:53,079 --> 00:47:54,998 so we had to restrain her for her own good. 690 00:47:55,540 --> 00:47:59,252 I think she wants to hurt herself. Ain't that so, Mrs. Dodson? 691 00:47:59,544 --> 00:48:05,258 No, no. Emily, look at me. It's okay. It's okay. 692 00:48:10,305 --> 00:48:12,682 You're all in big fucking trouble. 693 00:48:19,064 --> 00:48:21,649 Come on. It's not like we never been fired before. 694 00:48:22,233 --> 00:48:25,236 No one's... fired. 695 00:48:25,528 --> 00:48:27,197 Yeah? Who's paying us? 696 00:48:29,032 --> 00:48:31,951 Look, e.B. Will figure it out. All right? He's... 697 00:48:33,661 --> 00:48:37,248 - He always comes through in the end. - Well, consider me reassured. 698 00:48:38,333 --> 00:48:40,460 Christ. Ruthie's gonna have a conniption. 699 00:48:41,211 --> 00:48:43,963 I was working on the biggest case in the city. 700 00:48:44,214 --> 00:48:47,383 I was getting blowjobs, Mason. Actual fucking blowjobs. 701 00:48:47,467 --> 00:48:48,301 To ruthie. 702 00:48:48,384 --> 00:48:51,429 Look, I'm trying to get drunk, not grow a conscience. 703 00:48:57,185 --> 00:48:59,270 - Happy days. - Days. 704 00:49:01,898 --> 00:49:03,441 [Gulpingi 705 00:49:11,241 --> 00:49:13,284 This one's really got its hooks in me. 706 00:49:16,830 --> 00:49:17,914 Me too. 707 00:49:34,180 --> 00:49:36,057 Oh. 708 00:49:36,933 --> 00:49:40,979 "The employees of the store presented marcia with an elegant 709 00:49:41,062 --> 00:49:42,772 and complete set of baggage. 710 00:49:43,648 --> 00:49:47,110 All matched in dark green grosgrain leather 711 00:49:47,193 --> 00:49:49,320 and monogrammed in gold. 712 00:49:50,864 --> 00:49:52,133 'My entire life is changed, ' she thought..." 713 00:49:52,157 --> 00:49:53,324 Give ruthie my love. 714 00:49:55,451 --> 00:49:57,996 Jesus. Fuck. Fuck, Mason. 715 00:50:12,427 --> 00:50:13,928 That's my truck there, pal. 716 00:50:16,097 --> 00:50:18,141 There's no milk in it. 717 00:50:19,142 --> 00:50:22,020 Only an eighth of a tank if you're looking to siphon some. 718 00:50:28,651 --> 00:50:29,944 I've been looking for you. 719 00:50:35,658 --> 00:50:37,410 Papers all say dodson lady confessed. 720 00:50:38,536 --> 00:50:40,538 And from where I sit, looked like the da 721 00:50:40,622 --> 00:50:42,415 got her rails greased straight to the noose. 722 00:50:42,498 --> 00:50:43,917 So why are you digging so hard? 723 00:50:45,126 --> 00:50:46,502 Because she's innocent. 724 00:50:48,087 --> 00:50:50,882 - Stupid fucking answer. - It's the way I play the game. 725 00:50:54,177 --> 00:50:56,097 Blood trail at the crime scene led onto the roof, 726 00:50:56,429 --> 00:50:58,348 not down like how they changed it. 727 00:50:59,474 --> 00:51:02,810 - Who changed? - Holcomb and ennis. 728 00:51:03,811 --> 00:51:04,997 Had me change it how they said, 729 00:51:05,021 --> 00:51:08,191 but the blood trail went up the fire escape to the edge of the roof. 730 00:51:09,359 --> 00:51:10,777 Down in the alley... 731 00:51:12,654 --> 00:51:17,325 I found what I think was dried blood and this. 732 00:51:24,540 --> 00:51:25,875 What is this? Teeth? 733 00:51:27,877 --> 00:51:30,922 That's it. That's all I got. 734 00:51:36,511 --> 00:51:39,430 And if any of this comes back to me, I will deny every word. 735 00:51:56,990 --> 00:51:59,784 Five miles to gomorrah, captain Cain. 736 00:52:00,368 --> 00:52:04,539 I can only see her golden shores now, haman. 737 00:52:04,622 --> 00:52:09,002 Hand me over another bottle of that moonshine-y hooch. Ha, ha! 738 00:52:10,795 --> 00:52:13,047 That's your third one already, captain Cain. 739 00:52:13,881 --> 00:52:18,011 Hands off jezebel and back on the oars, gommoarahsman. 740 00:52:18,094 --> 00:52:20,805 Captain Cain, you never let me have any fun. 741 00:52:20,888 --> 00:52:23,683 Well, then show me them gams, girl. 742 00:52:25,810 --> 00:52:26,810 Look out, captain. 743 00:52:26,853 --> 00:52:31,649 - There's a swell swell approaching. - Holy mackerel. 744 00:52:34,777 --> 00:52:38,781 I think you meant holy miracle. 745 00:52:59,469 --> 00:53:01,220 - Jesus. - Calm down. 746 00:53:01,304 --> 00:53:03,056 George is dead. He ain't going anywhere. 747 00:53:03,139 --> 00:53:04,616 Yeah. What if they already cooked him? 748 00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:07,769 Then he's still dead. And now he's just a burned pile of ash. 749 00:53:08,478 --> 00:53:09,937 Hey, car. Car. 750 00:53:11,356 --> 00:53:13,250 - Jesus. - Damn it. All the contradictions. 751 00:53:13,274 --> 00:53:15,068 The mousy wallflower who's a cold killer. 752 00:53:15,151 --> 00:53:17,391 The god-fearing Christian who commits the sin of suicide. 753 00:53:17,695 --> 00:53:19,495 We missed the most fucking obvious one of all. 754 00:53:19,572 --> 00:53:22,325 - What's that? - What kind of accountant burns money? 755 00:53:25,495 --> 00:53:27,372 They were drowning in sin. 756 00:53:27,705 --> 00:53:30,083 Now they're bone dry in deliverance. 757 00:53:31,125 --> 00:53:32,752 Bow to stem, port to starboard, 758 00:53:32,835 --> 00:53:37,131 tanning their hides in the light of our father's kingdom. 759 00:53:37,215 --> 00:53:40,635 Let's sing these sinners to sturdier shores. 760 00:53:40,718 --> 00:53:43,096 What do you say, brothers and sisters? 761 00:53:47,725 --> 00:53:54,357 We're going to need all of our strength to make it back to shore. 762 00:54:16,087 --> 00:54:17,547 Do you hear the voices? 763 00:54:17,630 --> 00:54:21,134 Must Jesus bear the cross alone 764 00:54:21,217 --> 00:54:23,261 and all this world go free 765 00:54:23,428 --> 00:54:24,470 Alice? 766 00:54:25,096 --> 00:54:28,558 No, there's a cross for everyone... 767 00:54:29,142 --> 00:54:32,103 You're gonna be okay. Get Dr. Bundy now. Now. 768 00:54:32,311 --> 00:54:33,855 Hey, hey, hey! 769 00:54:56,711 --> 00:54:58,631 I can't get to the ones in the back. 770 00:54:59,380 --> 00:55:01,924 - All right. Help me move him. - No fucking way. 771 00:55:02,008 --> 00:55:03,384 - Just fucking do it. - No. 772 00:55:03,468 --> 00:55:05,348 Want me to tell ruthie about the hat-check girl? 773 00:55:05,386 --> 00:55:07,472 - Or the cigarette girl? - Fuck you. 774 00:55:13,644 --> 00:55:15,480 Jesus. 775 00:55:16,439 --> 00:55:18,191 - Fuck. - Shut up. 776 00:55:18,274 --> 00:55:19,634 - They're fucking naked. - Shut up. 777 00:55:37,460 --> 00:55:38,753 All right, George. 778 00:55:40,421 --> 00:55:42,465 Did you kidnap little Charlie, huh? 779 00:55:43,466 --> 00:55:46,219 You walk into that apartment and gun those men down? 780 00:55:46,802 --> 00:55:48,638 Or did something else happen? 781 00:55:49,972 --> 00:55:52,225 Something you've been waiting to tell me? 782 00:55:53,351 --> 00:55:59,482 Something I never thought to ask. 783 00:56:07,782 --> 00:56:09,367 Who killed you, George? 784 00:56:10,660 --> 00:56:13,913 Alice. Alice, come back to me. Come back. 785 00:56:13,996 --> 00:56:16,082 - Give me room, please. - Okay? 786 00:56:16,832 --> 00:56:19,460 Get in there now. Get in there now. 787 00:56:22,588 --> 00:56:23,756 How about that, folks? 788 00:56:24,507 --> 00:56:28,970 Sister Alice, steering from the rough water. 789 00:56:29,053 --> 00:56:30,364 She's going. She's going. 790 00:56:30,388 --> 00:56:32,557 - But sometimes that water... - Get something to drink. 791 00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:34,280 Can be a little rougher than you think. 792 00:56:34,517 --> 00:56:35,560 But this... 793 00:56:36,811 --> 00:56:38,330 God's here with us. God's here with us. 794 00:56:38,354 --> 00:56:44,610 This is the good work that we witness, so let us rejoice. Rejoice. 795 00:56:44,694 --> 00:56:48,281 God's got a crown made up in heaven for me 796 00:56:48,364 --> 00:56:52,326 nobody's crown made like mine 797 00:56:52,702 --> 00:56:54,787 god's got a crown made up in heaven for me... 798 00:56:54,870 --> 00:56:57,623 Mama, we don't have to worry about Charlie dodson. 799 00:56:58,916 --> 00:57:03,296 - God told me just now. - What did god tell you? 800 00:57:06,716 --> 00:57:08,676 I'm going to resurrect him. 801 00:57:10,428 --> 00:57:12,096 Would you repeat that, sister? 802 00:57:14,223 --> 00:57:16,559 And there's a cross for me 803 00:57:17,476 --> 00:57:21,397 god's got a crown made up in heaven for me 804 00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:25,026 nobody's crown made like mine 805 00:57:25,610 --> 00:57:29,363 god's got a crown made up in heaven for me 806 00:57:29,447 --> 00:57:33,242 nobody's crown made like mine 807 00:57:48,591 --> 00:57:50,384 God's got a crown...