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Legal Action (2018)
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SEE YOU AROUND, CHAMBERS. COME ON, COME ON, COME ON. WHERE YOU AT, WHERE YOU AT, WHERE YOU AT? HA, HA, HA! YOU DIDN' FORGET IT! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH, JUNE BOY! OH, LOOK AT YOU. BOOTSIE! WHAT THE- WHAT IS THIS? GAH! LET'S GET IN HERE, BOY; LET'S GET OUT, COME ON! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE RV YOU GOT US. IT'S A LITTLE BEAT UP, BUT IT'LL GET US TO BIG SUR. GOOD JOB, SON. DAD... I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS. HEY, THIS WON' TAKE LONG. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. YEAH, I DO. WHY? WHY? BECAUSE IF I DON'T, THE TROUBLE'S GONNA FIND ME. AND I GOTTA CU IT CLEAN. DAD... STOP, LISTEN. ONE MORE TIME. I PROMISE, ONE MORE TIME. AND WE'RE FREE. OKAY? YOU'VE SAID THAT BEFORE. THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT. SAID THAT TOO. I'LL BE BACK. WELL, BOYS. THE PRODIGAL SON HAS RETURNED. UM... MR. GATES, THE THREE OF US... THE THREE OF US, WE'RE OUT. WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S THE AMOUN FROM THE LAST GIG. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH IN THERE TO COVER WHAT I OWE YOU. WHERE YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA GO? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA DO? YOU'RE CONS. EX... EX-CONS. EX-CONS. SORRY, SUNSHINE. BUT THE WORLD'S NO GONNA SEE YOU LIKE THAT. LIKE AN EX-CON. I JUST WANT A SECOND SHOT WITH ME AND MY BOY. THAT'S JUST HEART-BREAKING. BUT WHAT YOU ALL NEED AIN'T GONNA FIT IN THAT BAG. COME ON, DAD. HURRY UP. FORGET THIS. I UNDERSTAND BUT... WE JUST DON'T WAN ANY BLOODSHED. MR. GATES... WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE; WE'RE GRATEFUL. YOU'RE GRATEFUL? BUT WE'VE CHANGED. CHANGED? YOU WANT OUT. THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND WE'VE DONE TOGETHER. OH, NO... THERE'S NO GETTING OUT. LET ME TELL A STORY. WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP IN SCOTLAND, MY OLD MAN USED TO BREED CHICKENS. ONE NIGHT WHEN HE WAS ON HIS USUAL BENDER, I HEARD THIS NOISE COMING FROM THE HEN HOUSE. AND IT WAS THIS RED FOX STANDING THERE WITH A HEN IN HIS MOUTH. SO I RAISED UP MY END FIELD AND I HAD HIM IN MY SIGHTS. AYE, HE WAS THERE. I COULDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER. COULDN'T DO IT. SO THE NEXT DAY... DADDY DEAR, IS STANDING WAITING FOR ME WITH A LEATHER STRAP. AND HE BEAT ME WITH THAT THING FOR AN HOUR. SO LATER THAT NIGHT, WHEN THE FOX CAME BACK I OPENED UP THE COOP AND I LET HIM IN. AND HE KILLED EVERY ONE OF THEM CHICKENS. AND THAT WAS THE LAS FOX I EVER LET AWAY. MR. GATES PLEASE. WE JUST WAN A CLEAN SLATE, OKAY? I DID WHAT YOU ASKED US TO DO. PLEASE. SLEEP TIGHT, YOU TWO. YOU'RE WONDERING WHY YOU'RE STILL ALIVE, AREN'T YA? I GOT ONE MORE JOB FOR YOU. OH, I THINK YOU WILL. DAD? STOP, SON STOP! WHOA, LITTLE LEAK. YOU DO THIS JOB FOR ME, YOU AND THE BOY GET TO LIVE. MY BOY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. WELL, THAT'S A SHAME. THEN THE BOY HAS TO DIE FOR THE SINS OF HIS FATHER. SHOOT HIM. NO, NO! STOP, DON'T! I'LL DO IT. DAD! OF COURSE YOU WILL. GOOD BOY. PARKER, WE DON' HAVE TO DO THIS. YOU CAN DROP THE CRIMINAL CHARGES AND WE CAN ALL JUST WALK AWAY. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? MAY I? PLEASE. WHAT IS THIS? THAT'S THE NUMBER MY CLIENT'S PREPARED TO SUE YOUR CLIENT FOR. YOU SEE... HE FEELS THIS NUMBER'S NECESSARY TO EASE THE PAIN AND SUFFERING AND THE INJURIES HE SUSTAINED FROM HIS FALL. YOU CRACK ME UP. SEE, THIS IS ABOU THE CRIMINAL CHARGES OF SHOPLIFTING AGAINST YOUR CLIENT, NOT SOME DRUMMED UP CIVIL CASE. YOU AND I ARE JUS HAVING A FRIENDLY DISCOURSE, BEFORE WE PASS THE POIN OF NO RETURN. I JUST THINK YOU DON' WANT TO GO TO TRIAL 'CAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'LL LOSE. WHAT'S YOUR WIN STREAK UP TO? WOW. BUT THE POIN I WANT TO MAKE... IS THAT MY CLIENT SLIPPED ON A WET FLOOR NATIONAL ELECTRONIC RETAIL STORES. CASEY... IT'S NOT ROBBING IF YOU NEVER LEAVE THE STORE. I'M NOT STEALING THIS PEN. I'M MERELY HOLDING IT, OPENLY IN YOUR PRESENCE WITHOUT ANY CURREN OBJECTIONS FROM YOU. THE JANITOR WILL TESTIFY THA HE WAS RUNNING FOR THE EXIT. THAT'S INTENT. AREN'T THE CASH REGISTERS RIGHT BY THE EXIT? I THINK WE'LL TAKE OUR CHANCES IN COURT. PARKER, WHAT DID THE JANITOR SAY TO MY CLIENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT? I'M LOOKING. HIS FIRST WORDS WERE, "I'M SORRY." "I'M SORRY, I FORGO THE SIGN." THE BIG, YELLOW WARNING SIGN THAT NEVER LEFT HIS CART. NOW AN EMPLOYEE OF YOUR CLIEN APOLOGIZED TO MY CLIEN MOMENTS AFTER THE INCIDENT. AND HE KNEW THAT HE HAD DUTY OF CARE TO PLACE THAT SIGN OU SO CUSTOMERS WOULD KNOW THAT THAT FLOOR WAS WET. NOW I SUGGEST YOU DROP THOSE CHARGES BEFORE THIS BECOMES AN ACTUAL LAWSUIT. LIKE I SAID, WE CAN ALL JUST WALK AWAY. OH... DON'T FORGET THIS. 40... HAVE A GOOD DAY, PARKER. BEFORE YOU GO AND THANK ME, DON'T. I DIDN'T DO YOU ANY FAVORS. I WAS ASSIGNED TO YOU BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LAWYER. I DID WHAT WAS MY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY. EVERYONE'S ENTITLED TO A VIGOROUS DEFENSE. BUT LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT HERE, POLO... IF YOU END UP BACK IN COUR AGAIN, I AM NOT GONNA BE HERE TO SAVE YOUR SORRY TAIL. NOPE! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT SUING. A SECOND CHANCE IS WORTH A LOT MORE THAN MONEY. NOW GO ON, GET. AFTER TEN YEARS I WOULD'VE AT LEAS THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE CHANGED THE LOCKS. PRU. YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS DID HAVE A KNACK FOR BEING ONE STEP AHEAD OF ME. MY BROTHER'S IN TROUBLE. HE'S ALWAYS IN TROUBLE. NOT LIKE THIS. WHAT'S JAY GOTTEN HIMSELF INTO THIS TIME? IT'S MURDER. MURDER? WHO'D HE GO AND KILL? DISTRICT ATTORNEY. A DA, HUH? YOUR BROTHER'S HI THE BIG TIME, BABE. THE ARRAIGNMENT'S ON MONDAY. BACK IN CHEROKEE HILLS? I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO. HOW'S YOUR WINNING STREAK? WELL, I'M GLAD OUR DIVORCE WASN'T FOR NOTHING. PRU, NOW LISTEN. WILL YOU DEFEND HIM OR NOT? YOU'RE THE BES LAWYER I KNOW. YOU WANT ME TO DEFEND YOUR BROTHER, THE SAME BROTHER THAT WE'VE GIVEN A SMALL FORTUNE TO? THE BROTHER WHO WE BAILED OUT, DROPPED OFF, TAKEN IN AND RESCUED MORE TIMES THAN A DOG'S HAD FLEAS? YEAH. YOU REMEMBER THE TIME HE STAYED OVER AND STOLE MY GRANDMOTHER'S SILVER? YEAH. YEAH, REMEMBER THE TIME HE TOOK MR. DARCY- OKAY LOOK, MY LIST IS LONGER THAN YOURS, OKAY CASEY? RIGHT. BUT, JAY'S FAMILY. HIS WHOLE LIFE'S BEEN ON A DOWNHILL ROLL. ARE YOU REALLY SURPRISED THA THIS IS WHERE HE'S LANDED? STILL WEARING YOUR WATCH. I REMEMBER BUYING IT FOR YOU. IT STOPPED WORKING A YEAR AGO. SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET A NEW ONE? SOME THINGS ARE WORTH HANGING ONTO. BESIDES I'D RATHER GET IT FIXED. WELL... YOU MAY LOOK DIFFERENT BU YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A LICK. STILL TOO BUSY. PRU... WHAT GOOD'S A WINNING STREAK IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO RISK IT? THANK YOU, CASEY. WE'VE GOT A 10-91 AT THE COURT HOUSE. SUSPECT, JAY CHAMBERS, IN CUSTODY. BOOKS, BIBLES, MAGAZINES. CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING BEFORE LIGHTS OUT? I GOT THE SANDS OF TIME. I GOT JONAH AND THE WHALE. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, BROTHER. HEY, YOU TELL GATES I DID EVERYTHING HE ASKED, ALRIGHT? I DID EVERYTHING THAT HE ASKED. WELL THEN, YOU JUST KEEP ON PLAYING THE GAME. YEAH, THAT AIN' PART OF THE DEAL. 'CAUSE YOU GOT CAUGHT. NOW... YOU DON'T TALK TO NO LAWYERS. DON'T TITTER-TATTER TO YOUR SISTER. YOU KNOW WE'LL KNOW IF YOU DO. IF YOU DO... WELL... YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO. WHERE'S KIT? WHERE'S MY BOY? WHERE IS MY BOY? OOF! SAFE. JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIRD IN THE HAND. IF YOU LAY ONE HAND ON MY BOY, OKAY? ONE HAND AND I WILL RIP YOUR- OH, YOU'RE GONNA RIP MY? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? GO ON A HUNGER STRIKE? YOU GONNA WRITE THE LAWYERS? GONNA SPEAK TO THE GOVERNOR? YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT YOU GO AN OUTSIDE PINCH-HITTER COMING IN -- YOUR BROTHER IN LAW. I'VE ALWAYS HATED LAWYERS. PLEASE, PLEASE JUS GIVE ME A HALF A REASON TO HURT HIM. SLEEP SWEET. BOOKS, BIBLES, MAGAZINES. HEY! BOOKS, BIBLES, MAGAZINES. BOOKS, BIBLES, MAGAZINES. YOU LOOK LOST. NO, JUS CALIBRATING. LOOKING FOR THE COURTROOM WHERE THEY'RE HOLDING BEN WINGWRIGHT, JUST SWORN IN AS SPECIAL PROSECUTOR. OH! CASEY McKAY, DEFENSE COUNSEL. DID THEY BRING YOU IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTY? NO, BROUGHT ME IN FROM RETIREMENT. I WAS FISHING IN THE OZARKS. - REALLY? - YEAH, YEAH. THEY BROUGHT IN JUDGE THORNE FROM TWO COUNTIES OVER FOR THE CASE, TOO. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. COURTROOM'S UPSTAIRS. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THIS COURTROOM; IT'S A THING OF BEAUTY. THE WINDOWS ARE THE ORIGINAL PANES, THE SEATS WERE REFURBISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLEACHERS OF FENWAY PARK. GO FIGURE. I'M GLAD TO HAVE RUN INTO YOU, MR. WINGWRIGHT. PLEASE, BEN'S EASIER. BEN. I WAS THINKING THAT BEFORE I MET WITH MY CLIENT HERE- HE'S KIN, ISN'T HE? HE IS, BY ASSOCIATION. HE JUST SORTA CAME WITH THE EX-WIFE. SO IT'S A FAVOR TO HER. I WAS HOPING TO TES THE WATERS ON A PLEA DEAL. 25? HMM. 40? BE OUT IN 20. HM. HOW ABOUT PLEA GUILTY TO TRESPASSING AND CARRYING AN ILLEGAL FIREARM? YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LEG TO STAND ON. DON'T YOU CARE THA JUSTICE IS DONE AT ALL? THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. EVERYONE'S INNOCEN TILL PROVEN GUILTY. AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, HE'S ALREADY STANDING. WELL, MR. McKAY CALL ME OLD FASHIONED BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO LET TRUTH DECIDE THIS CASE. YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW JUS GRADUATED FROM NE'ER-DO-WELL SO NO SIR, THERE WILL BE NO PLEA DEAL, NOT FOR MURDER ONE. NOT FOR HENRY PATRICK JENKINS OUR LATE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE LIKES OF JAY CHAMBERS, A MAN KNOWN TO THROW BRICKS AT CARS FROM THE OVERPASS. Y'ALL HAVE AN OVERPASS? OH, HEY I'M GONNA NEED THAT. I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE NOTES. I KNOW HE'S A MURDER SUSPECT, BUT HE'S NO GONNA DOODLE ME TO DEATH. SORRY, JUDGE'S ORDERS. WELL, I SEE MY SISTER STILL GETS YOU TO DO PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER SHE WANTS. SO YOU HERE TO SAVE THE DAY? HOW ABOUT WE STAR SAVING YOUR LIFE? YOU ALWAYS WERE THE LEAS FAVORITE OF PRU'S HUSBANDS. WELL, CONSIDERING SHE ONLY HAD ONE, I'LL TAKE THA AS A COMPLIMENT. SO WHAT'S THE DEAL, JAY? I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I KILLED SOMEBODY. I ALSO HEARD THAT SOMEBODY CREPT INTO THE COURTHOUSE WEARING A MASK AND KILLED THE DA. HENRY PATRICK JENKINS. THAT THEY'VE CONFIRMED YOUR FINGERPRINTS ON THE GUN AND YOUR BOO PRINTS ON THE FLOOR. BUT, THE THING THAT REALLY MADE THE EXECUTIONER SMILE EXTRA WIDE IS THE FAC THAT THEY NABBED YOU FLEEING THE SCENE OF THE CRIME WITH ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED ON YOUR PERSON. WHAT... WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? HOW ABOUT YOU STAR BY ELABORATING. NAH, I CAN'T. JAY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I REMEMBER YOU USED TO LIKE PUZZLES, RIGHT? READ THIS PAPER. THERE'S A GOOD ONE IN THERE FOR YA. ALL RISE! THE HONORABLE JUDGE THORNE PRESIDING. THE STATE OF GEORGIA VERSUS STEVEN JAY CHAMBERS. COUNSELOR... YOUR CLIENT'S BEEN CHARGED WITH... FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HOW DO YOU PLEAD? GUILTY. NOT GUILTY, YOUR HONOR. SHH. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU ARE NOT GONNA HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON IF YOU PLEAD THAT. DO WE NEED TO TAKE A RECESS WHILE YOU AND YOUR CLIEN DISCUSS HOW HE'D LIKE TO PLEAD? NO, YOUR HONOR. NOT GUILTY. YOUR HONOR, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MOTION FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE. ON WHAT GROUNDS? SEVERAL, YOUR HONOR. SUCH AS? I'D RATHER NOT HAVE THE JURY SITTING IN THE SHADOW OF THE CRIME SCENE, YOUR HONOR. THE CRIME SCENE IS WHAT IT IS, WHETHER YOUR CLIEN COMMITTED THE MURDER OR NOT. MR... UH. McKAY, YOUR HONOR. MR. McKAY THERE'S BEEN MORE BLOOD SHED WITHIN THE SHADOW OF THAT JURY BOX THAN YOU'D CARE TO KNOW. THIS BUILDING STOOD BETWEEN SHERMAN AND THE SEA. THERE WAS THE ASSASSINATION OF JUDGE CALIBER IN '63. THE RIOTS OF '74. IF I KEEL OVER DEAD RIGHT NOW... I EXPECT COURT TO BE IN SESSION AFTER LUNCH. YES, YOUR HONOR. I JUST... I'M NOT SURE THAT MY CLIEN CAN GET A FAIR TRIAL OF HIS PEERS IN THIS COMMUNITY BASED ON HIS PAST INDISCRETIONS. I FEEL THAT A LOCAL JURY WOULD HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME LOOKING PAST THEIR OWN PREJUDICE AND PRECONCEPTIONS OF WHO MR. CHAMBERS WAS. MR. McKAY, THIS COUNTY IS MADE UP OF HARD-WORKING, GOD-FEARING, HONORABLE MEN AND WOMEN. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JURY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'D PREFER AN OUTSIDE JURY POOL, YOUR HONOR. SINCE YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK YOUR JURY YOU CAN STRIKE ANYONE YOU'D DEEM UNFIT. THE NEWS OF A MURDERED DISTRICT ATTORNEY TRAVELS FAR AND WIDE ACROSS COUNTY LINES. I'M NOT ABOUT TO SHIP THAT OFF TO ANOTHER COUNTY. NOT WITHOUT EVIDENCE THA HE CAN'T GET A FAIR TRIAL. MOTION DENIED. YES, YOUR HONOR. WE'LL SE THE TRIAL FOR... NOVEMBER 10th. NOVEMBER 10th, YOUR HONOR? EVERYONE HAS A RIGH TO A SPEEDY TRIAL. THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT HERE. YES, YOUR HONOR. COUR IS ADJOURNED. SO 30 YEARS AGO, PRUDENCE CHAMBERS MOVES TO NASHVILLE. AND WHETHER IT'S BIG CITY INEXPERIENCE OR JUST IGNORANCE, YOU AND I BOTH KNOW IF YOU WIND UP IN THE WRONG PAR OF TOWN AT THE WRONG TIME OF DAY, SOMEBODY'S GONNA WAN YOUR POCKETBOOK. YOU TAKE IT BLACK, RIGHT? MM-HMM. BUT FORTUNATELY... SHE WAS RESCUED BY A BRASH, YOUNG LAWYER WHO TOOK DOWN HER ASSAILAN USING ONLY HIS BRIEFCASE. A BRIEFCASE? MMM. LIKE MY GRAND-PAPPY USED TO SAY, "YOU DON'T PICK A FIGHT WITH A LAWYER." HER ASSAILANT GO 15 YEARS IN PRISON, AND CASEY GOT A DATE. AND THEN, HE GO A FUTURE WIFE. HUH. WELL, NOW EVEN THOUGH HE'S A NATURAL-BORN ASTROS FAN, CASEY McKAY COMES FROM THREE GENERATIONS OF TEXAS RANGERS. INSTEAD OF BECOMING A LAWMAN, HE BECAME A LAWYER, MOVED TO NASHVILLE, WON A COUPLE OF BIG CASES AND THEN HE PU TOGETHER A LITTLE STREAK. BUT THEN, HE AND PRU GO DIVORCED AND SHE MOVED BACK HOME. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL CAREER COLLATERAL DAMAGE. WELL... YOU TOLD ME WHA I NEED TO KNOW. HMM. THANK YOU. AND WHAT IS THAT? THAT THIS WILL BE A LONG, DRAWN-OUT TRIAL THAT'LL DRAG THIS COUNTY BEHIND IT LIKE CANS ON A WEDDING CAR. HMM. WELL, MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE SHAKEN UP A LITTLE BIT AROUND HERE. I'M GETTIN' BORED. - HEY! - HEY. SO... NO PLEA? FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER WE'RE LUCKY JAY'S NOT ALREADY SWINGING FROM A TREE. SO, YEAH, NO PLEA. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN? YOUR BROTHER'S HOLDING I PRETTY CLOSE TO THE CHEST. BUT, HE'S HIDING SOMETHING. OR MAYBE HE'S PROTECTING SOMEONE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? MAYBE HE'S... PROTECTING KIT. I MEAN, NO ONE'S SEEN HIM SINCE THE SHOOTING. HMM. SAY, DO THE WORDS "GO TO FORBS" MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU? YEAH, IT'S THE BES I CAN DO RIGHT NOW. BOOTS... FROG. BOOTS AND FROG ARE TWO OF HIS BUDDIES. WHAT? NOW HOW'D YOU DO THAT? JAY AND I USED TO... PLAY WORD SCRAMBLES AS KIDS. BUT BOOTS AND FROGS WERE TO PICK HIM UP FROM PRISON. BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT TO FIND- THEN YOU'VE GO TO FIND MY NEPHEW. YEAH, WHAT I NEED IS AN INVESTIGATOR A GOOD ONE; ONE THAT I CAN TRUST. ANY SUGGESTIONS IN THIS TOWN? YEAH, I KNOW SOMEONE. BOSS WANTS TO SEE YOU. OH, OKAY. SO I DON'T GET TO HAVE MY TOYS, HUH? MR. EX. GATES! SORRY ABOUT THE RATHER NOISY INTRUSION. HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T DISTURB TOO MANY OF YOUR GUESTS. NO, NO. - NICE CAR, THOUGH. - YEAH. HOW IS THIS HOSPITALITY BUSINESS WORKING OUT FOR YA? WELL, IT'S A LITTLE SLOW THESE DAYS. BUT AS LONG AS IT KEEPS YOUR KNICKERS IN A KNOT, I'M HAPPY. THAT'S HURTIN' MY FEELINGS. AND IT'S GONNA HUR ME EVEN MORE WHEN I DO WHA I'M GONNA DO. YOU KNOW, I COULD TELL BY YOUR FACE THAT YOU'RE IN A LOT OF PAIN. WHOA, NOW! OOH! WHOA, WHOA. OH SORRY, SORRY; IT'S JUST A REFLEX. OH! SEE... YOU BRING THIS ON YOURSELF. YEAH, MY FIRST SERGEANT TOLD ME I WAS A GLUTTON FOR PAIN. OR MAYBE THAT WAS MY SECOND WIFE. I GET THEM MIXED UP. WELL YOU MUST THINK YOU'RE A CLEVER MAN BUYING THIS LITTLE COCKROACH MOTEL. THE THING IS, YOU FORGO TO GET THE PARKING LOT. OH, I'M SORRY, DID YOU NEED THIS PLOT? THAT DOG TRACK'S GOING AHEAD. IT'S INEVITABLE. I DON'T KNOW. BY THE TIME I GET DONE WITH YOU, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RUN FOR LIBRARIAN, MUCH LESS MAYOR. YOU SEE... YOU DO THIS TO YOURSELF. YEAH, IT WAS DEFINITELY MY SECOND WIFE THAT SAID THAT. HAVE AT IT. OH NO, HERE COMES GILLIGAN. NEED A STOOL THERE, LITTLE BUDDY? CAN YOU REACH ME? GAH! THAT DIDN'T HURT. YOU GO AHEAD AND FINISH THAT OFF. I'VE GOT A LONG MEMORY, LURCH. BETTER MAKE IT GOOD. AH, YEAH. HEY, PERFECT TIMING! WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE AND HAND ME A FLATHEAD? RIGHT UP THERE ON TOP. ANY TIME, SWEETHEART. THERE YOU GO. YEAH, SO I'M UH, LOOKING FOR A ROOM. OKAY, JUST GIVE ME A SECOND. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. YOU OKAY? OH, YEAH. I CUT MYSELF SHAVING. NAME'S EX. AH... OH. YEAH. SO IS THAT "X," LIKE THE ONE LETTER? NO, TWO LETTERS, YOU KNOW. LIKE "EX" COP, EX-MARINE, EX-BOUNTY HUNTER, EX-BOXER, EX-HUSBAND. YOU GET THE IDEA. WELL, THE NAME'S CASEY McKAY. THAT'S THE RUMOR. I'LL JUS RUN YOUR CARD. SURE. BUSINESS IS BOOMING, HUH? OH, WELL LET'S JUST SAY YOU'RE GONNA GE THE EISENHOWER SUITE. NOW, WHEN I BOUGHT THIS PLACE IT DIDN'T COME WITH A MAID. SO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO YOUR OWN BEDDING. SHEETS AND TOWELS ARE IN THE CLOSET. BREAKFAST DOWN HERE A SEVEN A.M. EVERY MORNING. AND... I MEAN, IF YOU NEED ANY OF THOSE LITTLE SHAMPOOS OR SOMETHING, I'M SURE THERE'S A BOX AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE. LOOK, PARDON ME FOR SAYING SO, BUT... INN KEEPER JUST DOESN' HAVE QUITE THE SAME BRAVADO AS SOME OF YOUR PAST VOCATIONS HAD. WELL, THERE'S A SNAKE TRYING TO BUILD A DOG TRACK AROUND HERE AND HE WANTS THIS LAND. YEAH? YOU EVER BEEN TO A DOG TRACK? NO, I CAN'T SAY THAT I HAVE. EVER SEEN WHAT GAMBLING CAN DO TO PEOPLE? WELL... WELL, I KILLED MY MOM. I SAW BLACK JACK SIPHON OFF EVERYTHING THAT WE OWNED. GAMBLING'S A DISEASE. I DON'T WANT THA TO KILL THIS TOWN. SO... AND ON THAT NOTE, I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY. I'LL POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND BY THE WAY... I HEAR THA YOU'RE A P.I. WELL, THAT LICENSE IS EXPIRED, TOO. I'M AN EX P.I. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A COUPLE GUYS GO BY THE NAME BOOTS AND FROG. JUST THE WHO, WHA AND THE WHERE? AH, JUST THE WHERE FOR NOW. I TELL YA WHAT, I'LL LOOK INTO I AND THEN I'LL JUS CHARGE IT TO YOUR ROOM. FAIR ENOUGH. LET ME SHOW YOU THE WAY. WELL, IF THIS IS THE EISENHOWER SUITE, I'D HATE TO SEE THE TAFT. QUITE THE FORTIFIED SET-UP YOU GOT THERE. WHAT YOU WANT? WELL, I READ YOUR STATEMEN IN THE POLICE REPORT. AND WELL, I WAS JUS WONDERING IF YOU MIGH HAVE ANY FURTHER THOUGHTS ON THE CHAMBERS' CASE. HE DESERVES TO FRY. NEXT STOP. HELLO? HELLO? 17 MISSISSIPPI... 18 MISSISSIPPI... 19 MISSISSIPPI... 25 MISSISSIPPI... 27 MISSISSIPPI... 28 MISSISSIPPI... 28 MISSISSIPPI'S. HOW'D IT GO? FINE. IS EX GONNA HELP YOU? WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING? SHOOT. DO YOU THINK JAY DID IT? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I THINK. WELL, IT MATTERS TO ME. I THINK THAT... EVERYBODY DESERVES A VIGOROUS DEFENSE AND A FAIR TRIAL. AND I'LL DO MY BES TO GIVE HIM THAT. THANK YOU. FOR WHAT? FOR DOING THIS. WHY DON'T YOU REPAY ME BY LETTING ME TAKE YOU TO DINNER? DON'T YOU GO TRY WINNING ME BACK, CASEY McKAY. YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHY YOU LOST ME. I'D SETTLE FOR A LUNCH. AH, WE'LL SEE. LATER CASE. LATER GATOR. HEY THERE, BIG CITY. YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST... ROLL UP HERE WITH THEM FANCY CAR AND THEM BOOTS AND CONVINCE A GUILTY MAN TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY? ACTUALLY IT'S CALLED A TRIAL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT KEEPS TROUBLED BOYS LIKE YOURSELVES FROM GETTING FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET. CHAMBERS, IS GUILTY AS SIN. AND YOU KNOW IT. SO YOU JUST LET HIM ROLL OVER AND BE DONE WITH IT. YOU HEAR? I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SIN IF YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF MY SUIT. JUST... GET HIM TO CHANGE THE PLEA, ALL RIGHT? YOU'VE BACKED ME INTO A CORNER HERE, FELLAS WITH NO AVENUE FOR ESCAPE. SO UNLESS YOU STEP OFF, YOU'RE GONNA BE FORCIN' ME TO FIGHT. FORCING YOU TO FIGHT, OLD MAN? I'M BEGGIN' YA. HUH? ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL BETTER STAR DIGGING UP MASON JARS, BECAUSE WHEN I'M FINISHED DRAGGING YOU ACROSS THE LAW YOU'LL BE SO BROKE WITH FINES... YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY ATTENTION. MY GRANDDADDY TOOK ON A GANG OF OUTLAWS WITH NOTHING BUT A PAIR OF SPURS AND A BUFFALO BONE. I RECKON I CAN HANDLE THE LOT OF YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK? CALL AN AMBULANCE? AH, YOU BROKE MY NOSE. I DON'T KNOW, I'M GOOD. YOU GOOD? YEAH, I'M GOOD. MAYBE WE SHOULD CALL THE COPS. NAH... NO, I THINK JUSTICE WAS SERVED TODAY. OW. SO WHO WERE THOSE KNUCKLEHEADS? MR. GATES' MEN. ONE OF THOSE HAN-YONKERS DROPPED THIS. HMM. J.C.? JAY CHAMBERS. I GAVE ONE TO EACH OF MY GROOMSMEN. JAY CHAMBERS WAS ONE OF YOUR GROOMSMEN? WELL, FOR THE REHEARSAL. NEVER MADE THE WEDDING. YOU KNOW JAY? I KNOW HE USED TO BE ONE OF GATES' MEN. YOU AND I MIGHT BE FIGHTING DIFFERENT BATTLES IN THE SAME WAR. I'VE NEVER BEEN GOOD A FIGHTIN' WITH WORDS AND PAPER. I DROWN IN ALL THAT LEGALESE MUMBO-JUMBO. AND I DON'T KNOW A LOOPHOLE FROM A LILY PAD. BUT I WILL BE YOUR P.I. PRO BONO IF YOU'LL HELP ME FIGHT THIS DOG TRACK. I THOUGHT YOUR LICENSE EXPIRED. YEAH, AND SO DID MY BOXING LICENSE. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT. GOT YOURSELF A DEAL. IT COMES WITH THE ROOM. LOOKS LIKE IT. YEAH, I KNOW OF JAY CHAMBERS. I WAS THERE WHEN HE CAUGHT MR. MILLER'S FIELD ON FIRE. YOUR HONOR, I REQUEST THIS JUROR BE REMOVED ON BASIS OF CAUSE. AGREED, YOU MAY STEP DOWN. WELL, I DIDN' KNOW JAY DIRECTLY. BUT, MY SISTER WAS HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. AND SHE SAID HE WAS THE MEANEST CHILD IN CHURCH. ONE CHRISTMAS, HE PU EX-LAX IN THE PUNCH. IT WAS THIS EGG-NOG LOOKING STUFF. 'COURSE THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL IN IT. THIS THE DEVIL'S JUICE. EX-LAX DOESN' SOUND ANY BETTER. YOUR HONOR... I MOVE TO STRIKE. MA'AM, YOU ARE EXCUSED. WELL, ONE TIME HE... MOVE TO STRIKE. CAN YOU BELIEVE HE KNOCKED OUT THE GROOM RIGHT AT THE CEREMONY? YOUR HONOR... PRESENTED WITH THE EVIDENCE, YOU COULD COME TO A FAIR VERDICT? EVEN IF THE PUNISHMEN WAS DEATH? I BELIEVE WE REAP WHAT WE SOW. THAT'S WHAT MY MAMA TAUGHT ME. YOUR HONOR, I'M GOOD WITH THIS JUROR- YOUR HONOR... I OBJECT. WILL COUNSEL PLEASE APPROACH THE BENCH? COUNSELOR, YOU CAN'T EXCUSE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE JURORS. FINE, I'LL ALLOW HIM. THANK YOU. GREAT, WE HAVE OUR FIRST JUROR. BAILIFF, WOULD YOU BRING IN THE NEXT BATCH OF POTENTIAL JURORS? ALL RISE FOR THE NEX BATCH OF POTENTIAL JURORS. COME IN. - HEY! - HEY. OH, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO DO THIS TO MY DINING ROOM. THAT ROOM ALWAYS HAD THE BEST LIGHT. HMMM. HEY BOSS, WE'RE IN BUSINESS- PRU! HEY, SOLOMON. HOW ARE YA? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? PRETTY GOOD CONSIDERING MY ADVANCED AGE. Y'ALL ARE FRIENDS? OH YEAH WE UH... WE GO WAY BACK. WHAT? YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM? PRU AND I USED TO DATE. HA, HA! DATE? HA, HA! WHAT? - YOU NEED SOMETHIN'? - NO, BUT YOU DO. THIS IS JASON "FROG" STITTUM. HE'S GOT A MOTHER IN A NURSING HOME. SHE HASN'T SEEN HIM IN A WEEK, AND HE USUALLY COMES BY EVERY SATURDAY. AND THIS IS MICHAEL "BOOTS" KILLBY. HE'S GOT A VERY SCARED, ANGRY, AND DESPERATE WIFE. SHE HASN'T SEEN HIM SINCE JAY GOT OUT. APPARENTLY, SHE OVERHEARD A CONVERSATION WHERE THEY WERE PLANNING TO MEET AT A BARN NEAR THE BOOTLEGGER PATH WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT HERE. GATES OWNS MOST OF THAT LAND. ANY IDEA WHAT THA MEETING WAS ABOUT? I'D SAY THE THREE OF THEM WERE THERE TO CUT BAIT. KIT MUST HAVE BEEN AT THAT BARN TOO BECAUSE HE WENT WITH HIM TO GO PICK UP JAY. IF JAY GOT THAT BOY IN TROUBLE, HE'D BE LUCKY TO FRY. WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CHECK THAT OUT. YEAH, WE ARE. PRU, COULD WE UH... COULD WE CHANGE LUNCH TO DINNER? - HMMM... I'M BOOKED. - TOMORROW? UMMM... THURSDAY? THAT'S PERFECT. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US, EX. HEY, THAT SOUNDS FUN. I WOULDN'T MISS IT. YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT COMIN' TO DINNER, RIGHT? IT MIGHT LOOK PRETTY, BUT THE BACKWOODS OF CHEROKEE HILLS IS WHAT PRODUCED ALL OF GATES' MEN. HMPH... AND YOU? I'M TOO PRETTY TO BE FROM THE BACKWOODS OF CHEROKEE HILLS! WAS THIS REALLY THAT NECESSARY? NAH, WE COULD HAVE JUST TAKEN YOUR FLASHY SPORTS CAR; PARKED IT IN FRONT OF A POTENTIAL CRIME SCENE OWNED BY A POTENTIAL MURDERER; AND THEN JUS SEE WHAT HAPPENED. SO YOU STILL GOT A THING FOR PRU, HUH? SHE WAS MY WIFE. SO WHAT? I'VE HAD 3 OF 'EM. I'M NOT TRYING TO GE ANY OF 'EM BACK! YEAH, BUT THEY WEREN'T PRU. THAT'S TRUE. IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS, MAN. WHY DO YOU CANOW? I ALWAYS CARED, I JUST DIDN' KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL THIS, EX? WELL... PEOPLE DON'T JUST VANISH IN MY EXPERIENCE; SOMEBODY MAKES 'EM DISAPPEAR SO... HMMM. BULLET HOLE. THAT'S A .45. YES, IT IS. THAT'S A 9 MILLIMETER THERE, AND THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS... DIFFERENT ANGLE. THAT LEADS ME TO THINK THAT THIS THERE IS UH- THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO BOOTS AND FROG. I JUST HOPE KIT WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS WENT DOWN. I'M NOT EX-FORENSICS BUT I'D BE WILLING TO BET THA PINBALL MACHINE THAT WE'RE GONNA FIND SEVEN SHOOTERS BECAUSE GATES USUALLY RUNS IN SEVENS. I DON'T KNOW, THE MOST I CAN FIGURE HERE IS SIX. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO BULLET HOLES ON THIS WALL SO... MAYBE BOOTS, FROG, AND KI GOT AMBUSHED? IF I WAS GONNA DO AN AMBUSH, MIGHT DO IT RIGHERE, SEE? SIX SHOOTERS... SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE GANG... SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE GANG. THESE GUYS ARE GOOD. I DON'T SEE BLOOD ANYWHERE. YOU KNOW, MY DADDY USED TO TAKE ME HUNTING A LO WHEN I WAS A KID. HE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON ME TAGGING MY FIRST DEER. AND THEN ONE DAY I FOUND MYSELF AIMING AT AN 8-POINT BUCK. SO I RAISED MY GUN AND I HAD THAT DEER IN MY SIGHTS. BUT... I JUST COULDN'T DO IT, SO I SHOT HIGH. YOU COULDN' SHOOTDEER? WHAT A WIMP! NO, NOT A WIMP... I WAS JUST SCARED. WE NEED TO FIND WTHAT IS. THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME KIND OF LINK BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENED HERE, AND THE MURDER OF THAT D.A. UM-HMM. SIT IT RIGHT BY THERE BY THE WINDOWS. SORRY, COME ON. PARKING CLOSER TO THE BARN DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SUCH A BAD IDEA NOW DOES IT? COME ON. DUSTY, WHY DIDN'T YOU HEAR THAT GUNSHOT? UM, THE TRAIN. I MEAN, EVERYONE KNOWS HOW LOUD IT GETS; THE CLANGING AND BANGING LIKE A GUNSHO EVERY COUPLE OF CARS OR SO... FREEZE! GUN! GET ON THE GROUND! - GET ON THE GROUND! - GET ON THE GROUND NOW! - GET DOWN ON THE GROUND! - GET ON THE GROUND! GET DOWN! DROP THE WEAPON! - I'M DROPPING MY GUN NOW. - DROP THE WEAPON! GET DOWN! GET DOWN! GET DOWN! SO YOU SAW WHO STANDING OVER THE BODY, OF MR. JENKINS? THAT FELLA OVER THERE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THA THE WITNESS HAS IDENTIFIED THE DEFENDANT, JAY CHAMBERS. THANK YOU, DUSTY. NO MORE QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR. YOUR WITNESS, MR. McKAY. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. SO... DUSTY, YOU UH... YOU LIKE MUSIC? UM... YES SIR, LOVE MUSIC. YEAH, WHAT KIND OF MUSIC? UM... REALLY ANYTHING THAT MOVES. RIGHT, RIGHT. A LOT OF DRUMS, CYMBALS... STUFF LIKE THAT? YES, OH ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. UH... ANYTHING THAT MOVES LIKE I SAID. IN FACT, YOU WERE LISTENING TO MUSIC THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER, WEREN'T YOU? OH YES, SIR. YES, SIR. I MEAN, I LISTEN... I MEAN, I LISTEN TO MUSIC EVERY NIGHT SO... NICE AND LOUD? OH UM... PROBABLY A LITTLE LOUDER THAN MY DOCTOR WOULD LIKE. TOO LOUD TO HEAR A GUNSHOT? HUH? WELL, ISN'T IT POSSIBLE OR EVEN LIKELY THAT UH... D.A. JENKINS WAS SHOT FAR EARLIER THAN YOU SAY? OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. HE'S ASKING THE WITNESS TO SPECULATE. OVERRULED... CONTINUE. WELL, BEFORE MY CLIENT EVEN ENTERED THE BUILDING... AND LONG BEFORE THE TRAIN ROLLED THROUGH TOWN... IS IT POSSIBLE YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE GUNSHOT? I'M SURE I WOULD'VE HEARDGUNSHOT. AHEM. MAY I UH... APPROACH THE WITNESS YOUR HONOR? PROCEED. NOW DUSTY, CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS AS YOUR HEADSET? YES SIR, IT WAS MY FATHER'S. WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO IS PU THE HEADSET ON AND ADJUST THE VOLUME TO THAT LEVEL YOUR DOCTOR SAYS IS TOO LOUD. - OKAY. - OKAY. AND THEN I WANT YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND PRESS PLAY, AND RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN YOU HEAR THIS BOOK HIT THE FLOOR. YES, SIR. PROCEED. CLOSE YOUR EYES LET YOUR TROUBLES SLIP AWAY JUST IMAGINE AHEM... NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU, DUSTY. SO HOW DO WE FIND THIS SEVENTH SHOOTER? IT'S HIM. RATCHET? UM-HMM NERVOUS AS ALWAYS. HE'S THE ONE; HE'S THE ONE WHO AIMED HIGH. IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE. SO WHAT WAS YOUR LAS MEMORY OF THAT EVENING? I SAW JAY CHAMBERS RUNNING OUT OF THE BUILDING WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND. NOW, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THA YOU'VE BEEN ROBBED TWICE IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS- OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. UNLESS THE DEFENSE WANTS TO ADD LARCENY TO HIS CLIENT'S CHARGES, HOW IS THIS RELEVANT? YOUR HONOR, IF I MAY HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY? I'LL GET TO THE POINT. VERY WELL, MAKE IT QUICK. NOW YOU'VE BEEN ROBBED TWICE, IS THAT CORRECT? AND YOU WERE ABLE TO CALL 911 DURING BOTH OF THOSE ROBBERIES? - YES. - OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. MR. McKAY... YES, YOUR HONOR. MY QUESTION IS, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE THE POLICE TO ARRIVE AFTER YOU MADE THOSE CALLS? IT FELT LIKE A LIFETIME... FOREVER. TEN MINUTES MAYBE. HMM... NOW LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. IT TOOK TEN MINUTES FOR THE POLICE TO ARRIVE FOR YOUR TWO BREAK-INS, BUT THOSE FOUR SQUAD CARS MADE IT TO THE COURTHOUSE IN UNDER 28 SECONDS AFTER THE D.A. WAS MURDERED. 28 SECONDS... GIVE OR TAKE A MISSISSIPPI. NOW HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT. I GUESS THEY WERE CALLED BEFORE HE WAS MURDERED. OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR... THAT'S CONJECTURE! ORDER IN THE COURT! THAT'S CONJECTURE. SUSTAINED, PLEASE STRIKE THAT FROM THE RECORD. JURY, PLEASE IGNORE THA LAST STATEMENT. COUNSEL, SAVE YOUR THEORIES FOR YOUR CLOSING ARGUMENT. YES, YOUR HONOR. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY... ONE MOMENT, YOUR HONOR? KEEP IT BRIEF, COUNSEL. YES, YOUR HONOR. HERE ARE ALL THE PENDING CASES THE D.A. HAD BEFORE HIS MURDER. GUESS WHO MAY HAVE HAD A GREA BIG BEEF WITH THE DECEASED? YOUR GOOD BUDDY, ARCHIBALD GATES? UM-HMM, AND GUESS WHOSE CASE SUDDENLY GOT SHELVED? MY MAN, BEN WINGWRIGHT, IS GONNA NEED TO REOPEN THAT CASE. [TAPPINTHANKS, EX. COUNSEL McKAY, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SHARE WITH THE COURT? MY APOLOGIES, YOUR HONOR. PULL! PULL! NOT BAD. - YOU WANNA SHOT? - NAH, I'M GOOD. YOU WANTED TO SEE ME? I DID. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REOPEN YOUR PREDECESSOR'S CASE ON MR. GATES. WELL, ALL HIS CASES HAVE BEEN SHELVED UNTIL THEY FIND A REPLACEMENT. BUT YOU COULD OPEN THEM. I'VE GOT ENOUGH ON MY PLATE WITH YOCLIENT. YEAH, I'VE READ THE CASE FILE. YOU'RE SPENDING MORE TIME INVESTIGATING ME THAN JAY CHAMBERS. EX HAS TOLD ME A LOT ABOUT YOU. FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS, YOU'VE PAVED THE WAY FOR MEN LIKE HENRY PATRICK JENKINS. HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE PILLAR, BUT YOU'VE BEEN THE BEDROCK. WHY DO I WANT TO REOPEN THIS CASE? BECAUSE I BELIEVE MR. GATES HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE D.A.'S MURDER. I DOUBT IT. DOUBTING ONE'S DOUBTS MAKES A SECOND CHANCE POSSIBLE. FALSELY ACCUSING MR. GATES IS A DANGEROUS GAME EVEN FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU. PULL. REOPEN THA CASE ON GATES... AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. HMM. "NEW CHAPTER, LOVE PRU". CAN I GET YOU SOMETHING? A PACK OF PEANUTS? A BUCKET OF ICE? I DO REALLY LIKE WHA YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PLACE. YEAH, IT REALLY SETS THE MOOD. THE BOSS IS WAITIN' FOR YOU. TURN AROUND SLOWLY. OR ELSE MY DADDY'S GUN IS GONNA BLAST YOU TO THE MOON. EX. HEY, WE'RE BUSY TODAY. MR. CASEY. UH... MR. GATES, I PRESUME? WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME... AS YOU'RE DIGGIN' JAY'S GRAVE, YOU'RE SHOVELING SOME DIRT ON ME. OH, I'M NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF DIGGING GRAVES. WHAT ARE YA IN THE BUSINESS OF? JUSTICE. WELL, I'VE GOT MY OWN JUSTICE, MR. McKAY. HEY, LOOK... LOOK. DON'T SUGARCOAT IT. JUST THREATEN ME LIKE A MAN AND THEN WALK AWAY. SEE, I GOTTA DATE TONIGHT SO... HMPH. I WASN'T THREATENING YOU. I WAS JUST GIVING YOU A FRIENDLY WARNING. SAME DIFFERENCE. NO, NO, NO. YOU SEE, A THREAT... WOULD GO SOMETHING LITHIS. YOU TRY AND PIN SOME DIRT ON ME, MY BOYS HERE WILL PUT YOU IN A GRAVE. NTHAT'S A THREAT. NOW A WARNING WOULD BE MORE LIKE... WHILE I SUPPORT YOUR SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH, IF YOU SLANDER MY NAME IN THE PROCESS, I WILL SUE. WELL, THAT'S A THREA TOO ISN'T IT? YEAH... AH... COLT SINGLE ACTION .45. YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS SAY THAT'S THE GUN THAT WYATT EARP USED AT THE O.K. CORRAL, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. HE ACTUALLY HAD A SMITH AND WESSON MODEL THREE. G'DAY? HMM... YEAH, MY DADDY WAS A COLLECTOR. I HAVE HIS COL SINGLE ACTION .44 AND HIS DOUBLE ACTION .41. WOW, DID YOU KNOW THIS... BILLY THE KID USED TO CARRY THEM. HE CALLED ONE "THUNDER" AND THE OTHER ONE WAS "LIGHTNING." THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT! YOU KNOW, I ALSO HAVE MY DADDY'S WINCHESTER .73 TUCKED AWAY IN MY CLOSET... FOR THE UNINVITED SO-TO-SPEAK. WOW... IT'S VERY RARE TO MEET ANOTHER AFICIONADO. OH, YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED MY DADDY. AND HE WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS TOWN. ALL Y'ALL ACTING LIKE IT'S THE WILD WEST. BETWEEN YOU AND EX, I'M JUST... I'M JUST SURPRISED YOU DON' SETTLE THIS AT HIGH NOON. IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. WHAT DO YOU THINK, SOLOMON? YOU AND ME, HIGH NOON, THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. WE'LL SHOOT IT OUT FOR THIS LITTLE RAT-MOTEL OF YOURS? IF IT'S JUST YOU AND ME... ANY TIME, ANY PLACE. YOU SEE, SOLOMON THERE... HE'S YOUR SIDE OF THE COIN. ME? I WAS BORN DIRT POOR. BUT EX'S MAMA WAS VERY GOOD AT MAKING MONEY. SEE EVERYTHING I HAVE... I WENT TO THE DOG TRACK... SEE, I GAMBLED EVERYTHING; WENT ALL-IN. MADE ME THE MAN I AM TODAY. SO THE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND HERE TO MAKE IT RICH ARE VERY SLIM. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE OF SUCCESS LIKE I HAD... YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T STRIKE ME AS A GAMBLING MAN. ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU'RE THE KINDA GUY THAT LIKES TO STACK THE DECK IN HIS FAVOR. NOW I'M WILLING TO BET THA YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH D.A. JENKINS' DEATH. AND SO I'M GONNA STICK AROUND 'TIL YOU'RE BEHIND BARS. NOW THAT'S A THREAT. IT WAS. AND SO IS THIS... YOUR PET SNAKE OVER THERE, GERALDO... IF HE DOESN'T GIVE ME MY WATCH BACK, I'M GONNA THROW HIM HEAD FIRS THROUGH THAT PINBALL MACHINE. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TALKED ABOUT MY MAMA, GATES. COME ON, BOYS. NOW CASEY, BY LAW AM I ALLOWED TO START SHOOTING YET? I DON'T KNOW, ARE THEY TRESPASSING? OH, THEY'RE DEFINITELY TRESPASSING. THEN YES, SIR. YOU CAN LEGALLY START SHOOTING. YOU GONNA GET THAT? OH, IF YOU DON'T MIND. YEAH, IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT. HELLO? YES! WHY YES WE DO HAVE VACANCIES! WELL, GOOD. WE'LL SEE YA IN A FEW, THANKS! HEY, GOOD NEWS... FIRST CUSTOMER! ACTUALLY YOUR SECOND. OH SORRY, YEAH... SECOND. YOU KNOW MR. GATES, I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT... YOU'RE ONE MAN SHORT... RATCHET IS IT? YEAH... YEAH, RATCHET'S SICK. RIGHT. I'LL GIVE YA THIS... FOR A LAWYER, YOU'VE GOT TEETH. WELL, NOT ALL OF US START OUT AS LAWYERS. WELL... I'M REALLY LOOKIN' FORWARD TO TALKIN' GUNS AGAIN WITH YOU. I'M SURE WE WILL. SOON. - SOON. - COME ON... LET'S GO. SEE YA, FELLAS! GERALDO... WHOOPS. Y'ALL FORGOT SOMETHIN'. OHH... AHH! PICK HIM UP. AH! AHHH! HEY! COME ON, WE GOTTA CHECK ON PRU. BRING THAT SCATTER GUN WITH YA. GATES WAS ONE MAN SHORT. LET'S DO IT. PRU? DON'T YOU DO IT, CASEY MCKAY! HEY, HEY, TAKE IT EASY. WOULD YOU MIND LOWERING THE GUN, PLEASE? - YOU'RE LATE. - YEAH, YEAH. WELL, WE WERE BUSY. NOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT SHOTGUN ANYWAY? SOMEBODY'S RINGIN' MY DOORBELL AFTER DARK- BAD GUYS DON' RING DOORBELLS! YEAH, WELL... I'M NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES. BESIDES, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CALL YOU THE WHOLE WAY UP HERE. I'VE BEEN BUSY. COME ON. HE WAS WORRIED GATES HAD GOTTEN TO ME. SCARED ME TO DEATH. I'M SORRY, AUNT PRU. HEY, KIT. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WHY DON'T YOU UH... WHY DON' YOU GO ON AND TAKE A SEAT. I'M GLAD YOU'RE SAFE; WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT YOU. SO WHERE YOU BEEN? HIDING. YEAH? WHY? IT'S OKAY, KIT. YOU CAN TRUST HIM. UNCLE CASEY, MY... MY FATHER... HE KILLED MR. JENKINS. HMM. AND YOU KNOW THIS FOR A FACT? OF COURSE I KNOW. MY WHOLE LIFE, HE'S BEEN TELLING ME HE'S GONNA CHANGE; TELLING ME HE'S NOT GONNA MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE. HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT THAT. HE MADE 'EM A THOUSAND TIMES AND LOOK WHERE IT'S GOTTEN HIM. LOOK, I JUST CAME TO SEE AUN PRU TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS SAFE BEFORE WE GET OUTTA TOWN. HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT HE KILLED HIM? I WAS THERE. D.A. JENKINS IS A PROBLEM AND HE'S A LIABILITY. THAT ENDS TONIGHT. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? OR... YOU COULD END UP LIKE BOOTS AND FROG. ATTA BOY. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT'S OVER, HUH? YOU CAN COME ON BACK HERE, I'LL BE GONE. YOU AND YOUR BOY HERE CAN RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET FOR ALL I CARE. AND I DON' CAUSE YOU'RE DEAD TO ME. WE'RE GONNA GE IN THAT R.V., RIGHT? CHECK THE WATER PRESSURE IN THE SHOWER? GET IN THE CAB... QUIT STALLIN'. HEY, THE THREE OF US? TFOUR OF US. THE FOUR OF US ARE GONNA BE IN THAT R.V. SOON. THE FOUR OF YOU? HOW? WHO ARE THE OTHER TWO? [SIGHIT'S OKAY, BABY. YOU CAN COME ON OUT. UM, CASEY. THIS HERE'S STELLA. SO THESE TWO HAVE BEEN MARRIED A YEAR NOW. I SENT YOU AN INVITATION. NOW, KIT UH... ABOUT THE GUNSHOT. DID YOU ACTUALLY HEAR IT? WELL, NO. THERE WAS THE TRAIN... SIRENS AND A BUNCH OF COMMOTION FREEZE! GET ON THE GROUND! WHAT ABOUT MY DAD? OH, YOUR DADDY'S GOING BACK AWAY FOR A WHILE, BOY. HEY, DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT IT. GET BACK IN HERE! HEY! AH... YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILEN ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW. YOU HAVE THE RIGH TO AN ATTORNEY. IF YOU CAN NO AFFORD AN ATTORNEY, YOU'RE TO BE PROVIDED ONE. WATCH YOUR HEAD. WELL, I USED THE MONEY WE'D SAVED TO BUY THAT R.V. AND WE'VE BEEN HIDING OU IN IT EVER SINCE; MOVIN' TO A NEW SPOT EVERY DAY. SAY, EX... HMM? RATCHET WASN'T THERE TONIGHT; DO YOU THINK YOU CAN FIND HIM AND FLIP HIM? OH, PROBABLY. GREAT. KIT, I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO HIDE OUT HERE. NO. UNCLE CASEY, WE'RE LEAVING TOWN AND YOU CAN'T STOP US. NOW LOOK... LOOK KIT... IF THE PROSECUTOR GETS A HOLD OF YOU NOW, WE MIGHT AS WELL BUY THE FLOWERS FOR YOUR DADDY'S FUNERAL. NOW YOU MAY BE DONE WITH HIM, BUT I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT THAT. NO, SIR. PRU... - YEAH? - YOU GOT TODAY'S PAPER? I THINK WE'D BETTER SEND A MESSAGE TO JAY. YEAH. YOU GOT A PACKAGE. HE WANTED ME TO SCARE THE D.A. OFF HIS SCENT; SCARE HIM FROM DIGGING AROUND IN MR. GATES' PERSONAL AFFAIRS. I DIDN'T WEAR A MASK... GUN IN HAND... HE JUST WANTED ME TO SCARE HIM. THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME. HOW DO I KNOW YOU'RE NO LYING JUST TO GET A DEAL? AND WHY IS IT NOW THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO TESTIFY? BECAUSE... BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE A GRANDFATHER... AND MY BOY'S GONNA BE A FATHER. I WILL SPEND AN ETERNITY IN PRISON BEFORE I LIVE TO SEE SOMEONE HURT THEM, OKAY? NOW, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SAFE. MAN, I'M JUST NOTHIN' BUT A CON WITH NOTHIN' TO LOSE... BUT A SECOND CHANCE TO GAIN. HE WAS BLACKMAILING YOU? HE WAS GONNA HURT MY BOY. YOU WERE RIGHT. HENRY HAD BEGUN AN INVESTIGATION ON GATES. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PROOF YE TO BRING HIM DOWN, BUT DEFINITELY ENOUGH TO SCARE HIM. IF WHAT HE'S SAYING IS TRUE, THERE'S NO TELLING HOW FAR GATES WILL GO. I THINK THE D.A. HAD ALREADY BEEN SHOT BEFORE JAY GOT TO HIM. I THINK GATES SET HIM UP... GAVE HIM THE SAME GUN WITH THE SAME USED SHELL STILL IN THE CHAMBER. IN FACT, I'M CONVINCED OF IT. IN 30 YEARS OF BREAKING THE LAW, JAY NEVER ONCE USED A GUN. YOU REALLY THINK THEY WERE LISTENING? WE'LL SEE. YOU THINK IT'LL WORK? IT BETTER OR JAY'S GONNA BE FOUND GUILTY. WELL, DUSTY CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THE POWER OVER THERE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THE WHOLE BACK SECTION HAS BEEN OUT SINCE WE GOT STARTED. BEN, I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU LATER. - MR. - HEY, JENKINS... WE'RE POSTPONING THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS FOR A NEW WITNESS. WILL JAY CHAMBERS PLEASE TAKE THE STAND? MR. McKAY, YOUR WITNESS. MR. McKAY! YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A SHORT RECESS. ON WHAT GROUNDS? UH, YOUR HONOR... I COULD USE THAT RECESS AS WELL. WE'LL TAKE AN EARLY LUNCH AND RECONVENE IN 2 HOURS SHARP. WHAT ABOUT THE PLAN? THEY JUMPED THE PLAN. YOU WANTTHEM TO JUMP. YEAH, BUT NOT WITH PRU. LISTEN- JAY, I'LL HANDLE IT. IF YOU'RE NOT BACK IN TWO HOURS, I'M GONNA PLEAD GUILTY, ALRIGHT? NO ONE ELSE IS GONNA GE HURT BECAUSE OF ME. THIS ENDS WITH ME, CASEY. I HOPE THAT'S ENOUGH TIME. I GUESS THEY REALLY WERE LISTENING. YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOUR GREAT, GREAT-GRANDDADDY WAS THE MAN WHO CHASED CUTTHROAT JIMMY OF WEST TEXAS. YOU DIDN'T ASK. YEAH. THERE'S A FEW LEGENDS IN YOUR FAMILY, ISN'T THERE? RANGERS... ALL THAT KINDA THING? SEE, THAT GOT ME THINKIN' HOW SOMEONE LIKE YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET CLOSE TO ME AND MAYBE IN FACT BRING ME DOWN. WELL, YOU SEE NOW... IF I WAS ONE THEM... YOU'D ALREADY BE SWINGIN' AT THE END OF A ROPE. NOW WHERE'S MY WIFE? PRUDENCE... OUCH. NOW HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN... YOU'RE GONNA GET JAY TO INCRIMINATE HIMSELF, AND YOU... ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF MY TOWN. AND WE'RE ALL GONNA GE BACK TO NORMAL. NAH, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN; HOW ABOUT YOU AND I CUT A DEAL? NOW, WHY WOULD I DO THAT? I'M THE ONE HOLDING ALL THE CARDS. YOU'RE HOLDING ALL THE CARDS, HUH? WELL, NO IF ONE OF YOUR BOYS HERE IS WILLING TO TESTIFY AGAINST YOU. NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. YOU THINK? YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A WEAK LINK, DID YA? YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK SO. TAKE A LOOK RIGHT THERE... YOU SEE THAT? YOU SEE, ONE OF YOUR BOYS DIDN' SHOOT TO KILL, AND NOW YOU'VE GOT A FOX IN THE HEN HOUSE. HERE'S MY OFFER TO YOU... ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED AND YOUR INFORMANT. AND YOU GET TO GE THAT WIFE BACK. OR IS IT EX-WIFE? YOU THINK IT OUT. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES? NO, I DO NOT. WELL, NEITHER DID I FOR THE LONGEST TIME. AT LEAST NOT FOR MYSELF... NOT UNTIL I REALIZED HOW BADLY I NEEDED ONE. SEE GATES, I'VE BEEN AIMING HIGH MY WHOLE LIFE. BUT TODAY... I'M WILLING TO LEVEL IT OUT FOR YOU. AHHH... SO THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GO, HUH? WELL... IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THIS. OKAY. JIG'S UP, LOSERS. JUST RELAX AND PUT THE GUNS ON THE GROUND. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU... THANK YOU. HEY, CASEY... WE FOUND RATCHET. HE REALLY WAS OUT SICK! EX... PRU... GO AHEAD AND GE 'EM OUTTA HERE. ONE AT A TIME IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. SOMEBODY HELP OL' STUMPY THERE. RIGHT THIS WAY. IT'S OVER, GATES. NOTHING'S OVER; IT'S NEVER OVER. NOTHING IS OVER... NOTHING!!! SEE, YOUR LITTLE D.A. JENKINS... HE TRIED TO END ME. I SHOT HIM DOWN. I'M GONNA DO THE SAME TO YOU. ONCE I'VE GOT YOU OUT OF MY WAY, I'M GOING AFTER JAY; YEA I'M GONNA GET HIM AND THE LITTLE BABY. THEY'RE NEVER GONNA BE SAFE... NEVER!!! I'M JUST GONNA FINISH THE WHOLE THING OFF... I'M GONNA GET YOUR PRUDENCE AND I'M GONNA KEEP HER FOR MYSELF. YOU HEAR ME? SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, BOY? ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH? ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH?! COME ON... COME ON... COME ON!!! AH! AHHH!!!! THAT'S YOUR SECOND CHANCE. YOU BEST JUST KILL ME. NAH I DON'T THINK SO, I'M MORE INTERESTED IN THE TRUTH. AH... EX, CALL THE COPS. TELL THEM WE'VE GO THEIR MURDER SUSPECT. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNTY COURTHOUSE. YEAH, HI. I NEED TO GET A MESSAGE TO BEN WINGWRIGHT IMMEDIATELY. WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME. I'M VERY SORRY, YOUR HONOR. YOUR HONOR... I'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH NEW EVIDENCE AND THE STATE WOULD LIKE TO DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST JAY CHAMBERS. WELL, NOW I'VE SEEN IT ALL. CASE DISMISSED. THANK YOU, BEN. - ARE YOU KIDDING ME? - YOU'RE A FREE MAN. OKAY... OKAY THERE, JAY. CONGRATULATIONS, BUDDY. THANK YOU. KIT. THANK YOU. KIT... TO A NEW START, BOY! TO A NEW START, DAD. - WE WON. - SURE DID! NOW, COULD I INTERES YOU IN BUYING A HOTEL? UH, I'D CONSIDER A NEGOTIATION. FIRST, WORK ON GETTIN' THAT THIRD CUSTOMER. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA; MAYBE EBAY. LOOK AT YOU, YOU KEPT YOUR STREAK! OH... STREAK. THAT OLD THING. HMM, MAYBE YOU HAVE CHANGED. HMM... MAYBE. LOOK, PRU I... I'M SORRY. I JUST... THIS MAY SOUND A LITTLE CHEESY BUT UH... I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY. I'M SORRY FOR FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY LIFE BUT YOU. WELL... THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT BUT... AHEM... IF YOU'LL HAVE ME BACK, I'LL NEVER QUIT FIGHTIN' FOR YOU... FOR US. THEY FINALLY MADE IT THERE IN THAT OLD R.V. ALRIGHT! I KNEW THEY WOULD. HEY, BABE. OF ALL THE ROOMS IN THE HOUSE, HOW COME YOU HAD TO SE UP IN MY DINING ROOM? 'CAUSE THAT ROOM'S GOT THE BEST LIGHT! HEY, EASY NOW... I GOT A SYSTEM GOING ON THERE. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE AN OFFICE! |
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