Secrets in a Small Georgia Town (2026) Movie Script
1
[brooding music]
- [birds chirping]
[brooding music continues]
- [birds continue chirping]
[brooding music continues]
- [birds continue chirping]
[Emma] I turned it off yesterday.
Amber's 800 meter time sucked.
That was rough.
It was really bad,
but at least she gave
some effort this time.
Oh my God, Emma, do you know who that is?
Dallas Tucker.
His parents own Tucker Family Imports.
What's that?
- [Shaylee] Seriously?
It's like the biggest company in town.
Bottom line, he's rich, [liquor sloshing]
and obviously hot as hell.
Let's go, man.
Give me a minute.
- [birds chirping]
I haven't seen you out here before.
[Emma] Just heard about
this little weekly gathering
from a friend at school.
[Dallas] Hmm, what school is that?
Madison Hills.
We're both juniors.
[Dallas] Hmm.
And what's your name?
- Emma.
I'm Shaylee.
Emma?
Dude.
To be continued, Emma.
[Shaylee scoffing]
Seriously, "juniors"?
What?
We look like juniors.
If I had told him we were
[car door slamming] in middle school,
he wouldn't even be interested.
He'll find out sooner or later.
So let it be later.
[car door slamming shut]
- [Dallas sipping]
No way those two are in high school.
What difference does it make?
Yeah, well, 15 will get you 20.
Not yet it hasn't.
[Trent scoffing]
[Dallas laughing]
- [engine turning over]
[tires peeling out]
[brooding music]
[lightning crashing]
- [thunder rumbling]
[brooding music continues]
[Joey] I didn't do anything wrong!
I didn't steal anything
from the warehouse, I swear.
Why do you think they're accusing you
of taking the tools?
[Joey] Because me and
Tucker's son got into it
a few weeks ago at Farrigan's.
[Halle] A fight?
Over what?
My cousin, Morgan,
thinks that Dallas roofied her
at the quarry last month.
I saw him at the bar,
and I went off on him.
It messed her up.
She was so humiliated.
She ran away a week later,
and we still don't know where she is.
Do you have a picture of her?
I texted her a hundred times,
but it's like what happened
with her and Dallas just made
her leave everything behind,
including her friends and family.
[brooding music]
- [Halle] Joey, I'm sorry.
She never reported it?
[Joey] What would be the point?
Dallas's rich daddy would
just cover it up anyway.
Right after I punched Dallas in the
jaw, he laughed
and he said he didn't even care
that Morgan was underage.
- [Joey punching table]
I can't go back to jail.
What should I do?
Well, only Camille can give you advice.
As a paralegal,
all I can do is collect
information from you.
Listen, Joey,
Camille is an excellent attorney.
I've worked with her for five years.
You're in good hands, I promise.
[cell phone vibrating]
This is Halle Weathers.
Ms. Weathers, this is Sheriff Minsley.
How are you today?
Fine.
I'm just sitting here in my office,
and guess who I have here with me?
[brooding music]
- I'm pretty busy,
so if you could just tell me.
[Sheriff Minsley] Emma.
Picked her and Miss Shaylee up in the park
when they should have been in...
What class was it again?
American history.
[Minsley] Right, right.
- [brooding music]
Hope you're not too busy
you can't come down here
and pick her up.
[emergency brake clicking]
- [brooding music]
[car door slamming shut]
- [birds chirping]
Truancy is a serious matter.
I agree.
It won't happen again, okay?
[Minsley] The problem is
most parents don't take it too seriously.
They don't pay attention enough to know
that their children are skipping school,
doing drugs at parties,
hanging out with other delinquents.
Emma's not a delinquent.
And under Georgia law,
a child has to be absent
for five days to be considered truant.
So... she's not that either.
There's also this.
- [pills rattling]
[bottle thudding]
Found this is Shaylee's backpack.
Oxycodone.
Very popular with the kids these days.
[Emma] Shaylee told you,
it's for patellar tendonitis.
Stop talking.
It's prescribed to Shaylee.
I don't understand what the issue is.
I can tell you don't.
The issue is that children need guidance
and supervision, Ms. Weathers.
Without it,
they can stray down the wrong path.
And given the fact that Emma
was caught smoking marijuana
on school grounds last year,
I would consider her to be at risk.
[Halle] And Emma completed her
six weeks of diversion for that
and hasn't smoked weed since.
Right, Emma?
Right.
- [Halle] Good.
Now, let's get you back to class.
And I know you're running unopposed,
but posting campaign signs
in a government building is illegal.
[tense music]
[door squeaking]
- [door thudding shut]
Only if I say it is.
- [brooding music]
[crickets chirping]
- [Halle] Emma, do you know
what upsets me more than you skipping?
I'm sure you'll tell me.
[Halle] You turned off the
location sharing on your phone,
so not only do you leave
school without telling anyone,
but there's no way to find you!
We were only gonna be gone an hour.
Emma, I can't keep you safe
if I don't know where you are!
Don't worry about me.
Do you have any idea how many
people do really bad things?
I see it all the time in Camille's office.
Rape, robbery, murder.
It's all real, and it can happen, Emma,
and I don't want it happening to you!
You're grounded
for a month.
No sleepovers,
no going out on the weekends.
You come straight home after track.
[Emma] That's so unfair!
You are the worst mother on the planet.
I see why dad left you.
[brooding music]
[drawer sliding open]
[drawer thudding shut]
[scissors snipping]
- [scissors clanking]
[brooding music continues]
[Camille] Don't feel guilty
about secretly tracking her.
All's fair in love and parenting.
Yeah, well, if she finds that AirTag,
she'll never trust me again.
And she's so forthcoming right now.
She was so much more
pleasant in seventh grade.
[sighs]
I hate to say,
"it gets worse before it gets better".
I don't think Libby
said more than 10 words
to me her entire junior year.
Oh, well, that's a good sign.
Emma's in school now.
- Or at least her backpack is.
So...
Joey alleges the stolen tools were planted
in his car as retaliation
for confronting Dallas Tucker
over drugging Joey's cousin.
Yes, and honestly, I believe him.
I didn't get the sense that he was lying.
You know, Dallas was accused
of something similar four years ago.
Really?
- [brooding music]
[Camille] Uh-huh.
The daughter of one of the
Tucker's housekeepers reported
being drugged after
Dallas gave her a beer.
What?
- [Camille] It never went
anywhere. There wasn't enough
evidence to charge him.
I'm not sure
if that's because Sheriff
Minsley is incompetent
or if it was at Dylan and
Nikki Tucker's request.
I had no idea.
"Witness reported seeing the stolen tools
in the backseat of the car
belonging to Joey Ridley."
[backpack clinking]
- [brooding music]
[door clicking shut]
[car door slamming shut]
Damn it, Emma!
- [engine revving]
[suspenseful music]
[door slamming shut]
[brooding music]
- [engine rumbling]
[emergency brake clicking]
[seatbelt clicking]
What are we doing out here?
I thought we were going to the quarry.
Something I want to show you first.
[car door slamming shut]
[suspenseful music]
[plastic bag rustling]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Halle] Where are you going?
[tailgate clicking]
- [crickets chirping]
[Dallas sighing]
- [car door slamming shut]
Hop up, Beautiful.
- [Dallas patting tailgate]
It's kind of creepy out here.
[Dallas chuckling] Creepy?
No way.
- [crickets chirping]
Peaceful, maybe.
[brooding music]
You're not scared to be alone with
me, are you?
Of course not.
You like me, right?
[Emma] Yeah, sure.
[brooding music]
- [kiss smacking]
Am I the first boy you've kissed?
[suspenseful music]
- [car roaring]
Did you like being kissed?
Yeah, I just think
they're probably waiting
for us back at the quarry.
Shh.
Let 'em wait.
[suspenseful music]
What are you doing?
Get off of me!
[suspenseful music]
- [engine revving]
Off!
Off, get off of me!
Stop!
[Emma whimpering]
- [Dallas] Just sit still!
Stop!
- [Dallas] Stay down.
Get off my daughter!
[Emma whimpering]
- [Emma panting]
You're Dallas Tucker.
So?
- Oh, I know all about you.
[Dallas] Oh, yeah?
- [Halle] Yeah.
What do you know, huh?
Tell me!
You might think you're untouchable,
but you're not.
- [brooding music]
This time, oh, you're going to jail.
Yeah?
Well, maybe you should
teach your daughter not
to be such a tease.
[suspenseful music]
- Stop.
Dallas, stop!
Dallas, don't come any closer.
- [kick thudding]
[Dallas] You're gonna try
to tell me what to do?
- Stop.
Who do you think you are?
- [Dallas hitting vehicle]
Huh?
- [Emma screaming]
Nobody tells me what to do!
I do what I want to do!
- [Dallas hitting vehicle]
And if I want to do this,
[light cracking]
- I'll do it!
Mom, he's crazy!
- [Dallas] Woo!
I might even do it again!
I'm gonna kill you both!
Huh, do you hear me?
- [engine revving]
[Dallas thudding on floor]
- [Emma screaming]
[tires scraping]
- [both panting]
[Emma] Mom, let's get out of here!
[brooding music]
- [engine roaring]
[dispatcher] 911, what's your emergency?
I need an ambulance and the police.
I just hit a man with my
car out on Old Frontage Road
about two miles east from town.
He wasn't moving.
[dispatcher] I'm dispatching units now.
Did he have a pulse?
I don't know, I don't know.
I- I didn't touch him. Um...
He was coming at me with a tire iron.
I'm so sorry, Mom.
- [Halle] Shh, it's okay.
It's okay.
[dispatcher] What's your name, ma'am?
Um, Halle Weathers.
[dispatcher] Do you know
the name of the victim?
Yes, it's a Dallas Tucker.
[dispatcher] Paramedics are on the way.
[tense music]
[Sheriff Minsley] So you
made plans with Dallas
to pick you up at your house,
then, you snuck out so
your mama wouldn't know?
Yes.
How'd you know where she went?
I saw her get in his car and drive off.
So you followed them?
Yes, well, sort of.
I tracked Emma's location with an AirTag.
And you met Dallas at
a party at the quarry?
Were you drinking at this party?
What were you planning on
doing parked out on that road?
I didn't even know we were gonna be there.
He told me we were gonna go to a party.
[Halle] Look,
I know that you think Emma's some sort
of wild child and I don't
supervise her the way
that I should,
but that's the reason I followed her.
She's 14.14!
Dallas Tucker is 25!
Clearly, the culpability falls on him.
Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Right now, I got a young man fighting
for his life in the hospital.
I'm just trying to find out what happened.
[brooding music]
And after you kissed him, what?
He asked me if I liked it.
What'd you say?
I said, "yeah", but
he was really freaking me out.
I didn't know what else to say.
[Minsley] Now, so I'm clear,
you chose to drive off
and not render aid to the victim, right?
My daughter and I were the victims here.
I'm talking about the boy you hit.
[Halle] The 25-year-old
man that I hit was about
to smash my back window with a tire iron.
And did you make it clear to
Dallas you was 14 years old?
I need an answer, Emma.
I told him me and Shaylee
were juniors at Madison Hills.
So you lied to him?
[brooding music continues]
He wasn't moving after you
struck him with your SUV, right?
No.
Well, if he wasn't moving,
why didn't you stop to see if he was okay?
[Halle] Because I wanted
to put as much distance
between him and us as possible.
I called 911 less than a minute later.
[Minsley] But you hit
him and left him alone.
[Halle] Yes,
because he was coming after us
with a tire iron!
Halle Weathers,
you are under arrest.
What?
[chair squeaking against floor]
For what?
- [handcuffs clinking]
[Sheriff Minsley] Felony hit and run.
[brooding music]
- [sirens blaring]
We got a call. Our son was
hit by a car and brought here.
Dallas, Dallas Tucker.
Where is he?
[receptionist] Um,
they just took him into surgery.
If you'd like to sit,
I'll let you know when he's in recovery.
We'd like to wait in a private room, okay?
[receptionist] Uh, I'm sorry.
We just don't do that,
but if you'd like to leave your
cell phone number, I can...
There's a private room
where I can call Lindsay
and ask her to do it.
Lindsey Kenner, Chief Medical Officer?
She's a friend.
Um, yeah, um, I'll see what I can do.
Thank you, thank you.
[phone ringing]
[suspenseful music]
Hello?
[computer] Will you accept a call from...
[Halle] Halle Weathers.
Yes.
Halle?
Camille, I was arrested tonight
for a felony hit and run.
I ran over at Dallas Tucker
as he was attacking my SUV.
I'll tell you the rest
of the story tomorrow.
Right now, can you please check on Emma?
She was with me when it happened,
and I don't know what
Sheriff Minsley did with her.
[door clicking shut]
Do you have someone you
can call to come get you?
If not, I'll call Family Services.
Where's my mom?
- In jail.
What?
Why?
- Now, calm down, young lady.
This is not the place to make a scene.
That BS may work on your
mother, but I'm the sheriff,
and you will respect me.
That's the last time I'm gonna say it.
You either sit your butt
down and give me a number,
or I'll take you into custody
for disorderly conduct
and have you transported to juvie.
Your choice.
Oh? [Chuckling]
you got so much to say, don't you?
Go on.
Yell at me!
Tell me I'm a son of a bitch.
Do it!
Juvie's where you belong anyway.
[suspenseful music]
- Damn it, go after her!
[crickets chirping]
- [door clicking shut]
[inmates chattering]
[inmate] Let me out of here!
[brooding music]
- [inmates chattering]
[door thudding shut]
- [keys jingling]
[melancholy music]
- [Halle sobbing]
[inmate] Let me out of here!
[Halle continues sobbing]
[suspenseful music]
[sirens blaring]
- [birds chirping]
[monitor beeping]
- [brooding music]
[speaker] Dr. Gaylon to ICU,
repeat, Dr. Gaylon to ICU.
[monitors beeping]
- What did Minsley say?
They'll arraign the driver tomorrow,
but the interesting part is
the girl that Dallas picked up,
Sheriff says she's a wild kid,
skips school, does drugs.
Mother lets her do whatever she wants.
[Nikki] I looked her up on Instagram.
She's on the eighth grade
track team at Norris.
Eighth grade, Dylan!
She's 14!
You know how girls are today, okay?
Half of them are 12, but look 18.
[Nikki] No, no, he knew!
He liked her post.
[Dylan] These girls throw themselves
at him thinking they're going
to get our money, right?
He's the victim here.
People are not gonna see it that way.
Well, how do you see it, Nikki?
Huh?
- [brooding music]
You think I'm some sort of pervert
for dating you when you
were 17 when I was 26?
You had a father and an uncle
who took turns sharing
your bed every night.
I saved you from that.
- [monitors beeping]
This situation is different.
Yes, it is,
because Dallas didn't do
anything wrong, right?
So stop focusing on this girl's age
and start talking about
what a great kid our son is!
We're his parents.
It's our responsibility to protect him.
Understand?
[monitors beeping]
- [Sheriff Minsley knocking]
How is he?
No change, I'm afraid.
- [Minsley] Oh.
[Dylan] Sweetheart,
would you mind going down
and getting the sheriff a coffee?
I'll take one too.
Mm.
Sure.
Black?
Where are the clothes Dallas had on?
[cellphone beeping]
What are you looking for?
- [brooding music]
How'd you know those were there?
Trent gave me a heads up.
After what you did for
him down in Charlotte,
boy's got Dallas's back, and yours.
And do you?
I'll do what I can,
but this isn't like the others.
Media's got ahold of it.
- [brooding music]
[Dylan] Yeah.
[tense music]
[birds chirping]
You see, a trial would be very
painful for Nikki and Dallas.
Sheriff Minsley believes that
Halle's gonna paint Dallas
as some sort of sexual predator,
which of course, we know he's not.
[Mike] All right. I'll talk
to her attorney about a plea deal, but...
Dylan, she's gonna serve less time.
[Dylan] I understand.
And if that's the price I have to pay
to protect my wife and son, it's worth it.
All I care about is them.
- [brooding music]
Noted.
She'll be okay.
I stayed with her last night.
She called me from a gas
station, and I picked her up.
I know how you feel about her father,
but should I call him?
Emma hasn't seen Brad in years.
It would just complicate things.
[Camille] I know this is not
the time to admonish you,
but you and Emma both spoke
immensely without me present.
I know, I know.
I'm sorry, I...
Yes, as a victim, we were just trying
to give him the details of what happened.
[Camille] You're not the victim here,
at least not in the eyes of the law.
Dallas is.
How is he?
I don't know details, of course,
but he's listed as critical.
I spoke to the DA.
He's charging you with felony hit and run.
It carries a max sentence of six years.
[Halle sighing]
If you plead guilty,
he's gonna recommend three years.
You'll serve 18 months max.
- [brooding music]
But I didn't do anything wrong!
He was coming at us with a tire iron!
[Camille] The law is pretty cut and dry
about not stopping to render aid.
So you think I should take the deal?
[Camille] I'm not saying that.
I just want you to understand
what they're going to argue
if you decide to go to trial.
[Halle] I know,
I know I didn't stop to help him, but
he had just tried to kill me and Emma.
They make it sound like I
was just trying to hit him
as he crossed the street,
and I just sped off.
[Camille] I agree.
If we go to court, I'm gonna argue
that there were extenuating circumstances.
What would you like to do?
I'm not pleading guilty.
- [brooding music]
Not when I was afraid for my life!
Dallas Tucker's not gonna win this time.
[Camille] Okay then.
We're going to trial.
[suspenseful music]
[birds chirping]
[lawyers chattering indistinctly]
[brooding music]
[brooding music continues]
What was Dallas thinking?
You certainly aren't worth it.
[brooding music continues]
- [Dylan sighing]
Well?
Well, she's not gonna take the plea deal,
and her lawyer says she's
not gonna take any deal.
[Dylan sighing]
I told you, no trial.
It's her constitutional right.
Then, drop the charges!
[Mike] Dylan,
she hit your son and left him there.
Dismiss the case entirely.
[Mike] I can't do that.
She committed a felony.
We're the victims here!
- [suspenseful music]
We just want to move on.
You can't respect that?
[Mike] I need you to respect
that I don't work for you.
I work for the state,
and I have an obligation
to prosecute crime.
It's about start.
Go take our seats.
You're making a mistake.
[brooding music]
[monitors beeping]
[flat line ringing]
- [Nikki gasping]
What?
- [buttons clicking]
What's going...
[speaker] Code blue to room 312.
I don't know what happened.
- [speaker] Code blue
to room 312.
- What?
[suspenseful music]
- [flat line ringing]
Dallas!
[nurse] Starting CPR.
- Come on, baby.
Dallas!
[doctor] No pulse.
Prepare to shock.
[Nikki sobbing]
- [paddles charging]
[doctor] Clear.
- [suspenseful music]
[Nikki] What's going on?
What's happening?
- [paddles shocking]
Oh God.
[nurse] Resume compressions.
[paddles charging]
- [flat line ringing]
[doctor] Again, clear.
[paddles shocking]
- [Nikki sobbing]
Dallas, please.
[doctor] Again.
- [compressions thumping]
One more time, clear.
[flat line ringing]
- [paddles shocking]
[suspenseful music]
Come on, baby.
[doctor] Epinephrine, one mil.
[monitors beeping]
- Dallas!
[suspenseful music]
- [Nikki sobbing]
[paddles charging]
One more shock.
Everybody, back.
- [paddles shocking]
[Nikki] Come on, Dallas.
Come on.
[compressions thumping]
- [suspenseful music]
Come on, Dallas, come on.
Hey, what are you doing?
It won't make a difference.
I'm sorry, he's gone.
- [flat line ringing]
Please, don't.
Do it again!
Time of death, 3:42.
[Nikki sobbing]
- I'm so sorry.
No! [Sobbing]
- [melancholy music]
Oh my God, not my baby!
[Nikki sobbing]
- Oh, God.
No!
No!
[Nikki sobbing]
Oh my God.
[bailiff] All rise!
This is an arraignment I see.
[Mike] Yes, your Honor.
The county is charging the defendant, Ms.
Halle Weathers,
under Title 40, Article 12,
with a felony hit and run,
causing bodily injury.
Ms. Weathers, do you understand
the charges against you?
Yes, your Honor.
How do you plead?
Not guilty.
What is it?
[Prescott] Is there any reason
why I should not grant bail
to Ms. Weathers?
The county does not oppose bail.
[Prescott] Okay then.
Bail will be set at...
My son is dead!
[attendees gasping]
- [suspenseful music]
[woman] God, no!
Oh my God, oh my God.
Oh my God.
[Dylan] I can't believe
the DA didn't oppose bail.
[Minsley] He's just going
by what the law says.
There's nothing we can do about it.
You'd think with the addition
of the vehicular manslaughter charge,
she'd be more willing to take the deal.
But I overheard her talking
to a lawyer in the hallway.
Seems like she's more determined than ever
to prove she's innocent.
[Dylan] I will not let
her sit up on that stand
and make Dallas look like
some kind of pedophile.
[Minsley] Make her an offer
like you did your housekeeper.
Didn't you pay for her
daughter's tuition or something?
Do you know how bad that will look?
Me giving money to the
woman who killed my son?
Absolutely not.
I need to stay far away from this.
What do you want me to do?
[Dylan] When when I kept
your son out of prison,
did I need to ask you what to do,
or did I just take care of it?
That's right.
So figure out a way to convince
that bitch to take a deal.
[brooding music]
- [door slamming shut]
Emma, there's a chance that
people will say something
to you about me at school.
If that happens
[glass shattering]
- [suspenseful music]
[crickets chirping]
[Emma] Oh my God.
[suspenseful music]
[crickets chirping]
- [suspenseful music]
[Dylan] Come on in the office.
Lock the door behind you.
- [door shuts]
[Naomi] You haven't called in a while.
[brooding music]
I'm glad you decided to tonight.
[kiss smacking]
What's wrong?
Tough day of making very
important business decisions?
[brooding music]
Dallas... died today.
Oh my God.
I'm sorry, I was just with
him a couple weeks ago.
[brooding music continues]
Dylan, what do you need right now?
I need not to think.
[kiss smacking]
- [brooding music continues]
[Nikki sobbing]
- [melancholy music]
[suspenseful music]
[phones ringing]
- [employees chattering]
Ms. Weathers, [birds chirping]
what's that?
It's the brick that shattered
my window last night.
And?
You know Harassment, Vandalism,
and Reckless Endangerment are all crimes.
It's like my mama used to always say,
"Don't create a storm if
you don't like the rain."
God rest her soul.
If that was supposed to entice me
to take a plea deal, it won't.
Anyone could have tossed this brick.
Dallas was a real nice
looking popular kid.
Right, Emma?
[Halle] Emma, let's go.
- [phone ringing]
[Emma] I can't stand that guy!
Oh, honey, I'm sure a lot of people can't.
[Emma] Then, how is he still sheriff?
Why doesn't anyone run against him?
[Halle] I mean, yeah,
it'd be great to have someone ethical
who actually cares and wants
to make this town better.
Like you.
[Halle chuckling]
You think I should run for sheriff?
[cell phone vibrating]
Yeah, you know a lot about the law,
and you'd probably be
much better than him.
Is that the window guy?
[Halle sighing]
- [brooding music]
No, it was your dad.
Let me hear the voicemail.
[Brad] Halle, it's Brad.
I read about what happened.
I know I haven't been in Emma's life for,
well, a lot of years,
but I think we should talk
about the possibility
of her staying with me,
just until you get everything worked out.
Call me back, please.
By the way, I'm 17 months sober.
[phone chiming]
- No way.
Em, maybe you should give him a call.
This is what you've been wanting, right?
For your dad to reach out?
It's too late.
Let's just head to school.
[melancholy music]
[engine revving]
- [dog barking]
[children chattering]
[melancholy music]
- [car door slamming shut]
[keys jangling]
[Nikki sighing]
[children chattering]
- [dog barking]
[keys jingling]
[car door thudding shut]
- [melancholy music]
[plastic crinkling]
- [brooding music]
[phone ringing]
[Dylan sighing]
What is it, Nikki?
- [Nikki] I'm at the condo.
There's a bag of Rohypnol pills here.
Dylan, That's the date rape drug!
[grim music]
All right, listen to me.
You need to pack up anything
that could be misinterpreted, all right?
His computer, hard drive, phone,
letters, pills,
and bring them to me right now.
[brooding music]
- [birds chirping]
Do you understand?
[brooding music continues]
[plastic crinkling]
- [suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
[water sloshing]
[birds chirping]
- [brooding music]
[Emma and Shaylee panting]
[water bottle clinking]
- [brooding music]
[Emma panting]
- [suspenseful music]
[Emma] Shaylee?
Shaylee.
Shaylee.
Emma!
- [suspenseful music]
[Emma thudding on ground]
[distant sirens blaring]
- [birds chirping]
[monitors beeping]
[suspenseful music]
Mom?
Who's there?
[suspenseful music continues]
[monitors beeping]
Mom, someone was just in here...
in the hallway.
Who?
[Emma] I don't know,
but it's like they were
watching or something.
[monitors beeping]
[workers chattering indistinctly]
Honey, they're just some nurses
and a lady in a wheelchair.
I'm telling you, it was weird.
What if it's the same
person who threw that brick?
Emma, [brooding music]
you're just seeing
things that aren't there.
The doctor just told me you
tested positive for ketamine.
What?
How?
I haven't taken anything!
Emma, honey, I know you've
been under a lot of stress
with everything that's happened, and...
[Emma] I swear to you, Mom,
I haven't taken anything.
You have to believe me this time.
[monitors beeping]
- [suspenseful music]
[siren blaring]
- [Emma sighing]
[Halle] Listen,
we are going to get you some food.
I know you're probably tired.
Are you hungry?
- A little.
Ready to eat something?
[Minsley] Just the person I'm looking for!
Emma Weathers,
you are under arrest for possession
of a class one drug within
500 feet of a school.
What?
Got a tip to check her
gym bag and sure enough.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, what are you doing?
Don't touch her.
Don't you put your hands on her.
[handcuffs clicking]
- What is happening?
[Minsley] Oh? No.
- Stop. Hey!
[Emma] Mom, don't let them take me!
Emma?
- Hey!
Emma?
You stay quiet, honey.
- [Emma] Mom?
I will come for you, I promise.
[Emma] Don't let them take me.
She said she was just
released from the ER!
[door slamming shut]
If you hurt her,
I will make your life hell.
Do you hear me?
- [suspenseful music]
I will get you.
I was hoping you was gonna
say something like that.
You corrupt piece of...
It's one thing to try and intimidate me,
but to use my daughter?
Call the DA,
tell them you'll plead guilty.
[Halle sighing]
I'll make sure all charges
against Emma are dropped.
You'll do a year or two, no big deal.
I'll personally make sure too
that Emma is well taken care
of while you're incarcerated.
[Halle] Oh,
you can bet I'm going to trial now!
You just brought my daughter into this!
I will not quit until
I see you behind bars.
[brooding music]
Who's going to arrest me?
You?
[brooding music continues]
- You know what?
Yeah.
I'll run for sheriff, and I will beat you.
[Sheriff Minsley laughing]
Okay.
[brooding music continues]
- [Halle panting]
Oh God.
[Dylan] John, John, John.
- [brooding music]
Did you have that chat with Halle Weathers
that we talked about?
I told you I would.
[Dylan] Apparently, it didn't go well.
I just got a call from
a friend at City Hall
who said she's now running for sheriff.
[Dylan laughing]
What the hell, John?
Well, I didn't think she was serious.
[Dylan] You thought wrong,
and this is a huge problem.
[Minsley] She'll never win.
She doesn't even have
experience in law enforcement.
[Dylan] Yeah,
but what she has now is a platform
to say whatever she wants
about you, me, or Dallas.
- [brooding music continues]
I told you to take care of this.
And what did you do?
You had your son go down
and drug her daughter?
Did it not cross your mind
that that could possibly piss her off?
I'll fix it.
Damn straight you will.
[brooding music continues]
- [birds chirping]
[Camille] We need to talk about this idea
of you running for sheriff.
It's a done deal.
I already submitted my
paperwork an hour ago.
[Camille] Halle!
What in the world are you thinking?
Dylan Tucker has Minsley
under his control.
Unless Minsley's out,
nothing is gonna change.
When the sheriff said[brooding music]
that Emma would be taken care
of while I'm in prison, it all clicked.
Dylan Tucker uses
Minsley to pay people off
so that they don't expose Dallas,
and then when someone doesn't go
along, like Joey Ridley,
they set him up for a crime.
[Camille] Okay.
But why does it have to be you?
If we can prove he's abusing his
power, he gets booted,
and then, one of his deputies steps in.
[Halle] And then, let the Tuckers corrupt
the next one like they did Minsley?
The only way to make sure it stops is
for me to become sheriff.
The Tuckers can't control me.
[Camille] Halle,
the election is two months away.
If you're convicted,
[brooding music continues]
I said if, you won't be eligible.
I don't think that people
are going to vote for someone
that even if they win, can't serve.
So then, we go to trial
before the election.
[Camille] We can't!
I need time to prepare your defense.
Camille, I have to do this.
As a fellow mother, I get it.
But as your lawyer, I'll...
Ugh.
I can't believe I'm saying this.
I'll see if I can try and
move the date up sooner.
[sentimental music]
They're dropping Emma off at the house
in about a half hour.
When I'm back,
we'll talk about the campaign.
I'm gonna need you.
[Camille sighing]
- [sentimental music]
[door clicking shut]
[birds chirping]
- [brooding music]
Are you okay?
- Mhm.
Sure?
- Mhm.
Can we talk?
[door clicking shut]
You're making a big
mistake running against me.
[Halle] What's the matter?
You scared I'll win?
Kid's dead.
Let it go.
Take the DA's deal, serve a few months,
and everyone can move on with their lives,
safe and sound.
And if I don't?
[Minsley] Bad things happen all the time,
even in our safe little community.
And what would it look like
if something were to happen
to me or Emma while I'm
running against you?
You better hope and pray
nothing happens to me
or my daughter, because a lot
of fingers are gonna be
pointing straight at you.
Have a nice day, Sheriff.
[suspenseful music]
- [door clattering]
[door shuts]
[Halle] Hi, I'm Halle Weathers.
Last week, Dallas Tucker,
a 25-year-old man,
sexually assaulted my
14-year-old daughter.
[melancholy music]
When I intervened,
he came at me with a tire iron.
I wish things had turned out differently,
and that none of it had happened,
but after it did,
I learned that Dallas had been accused
of sexual assault several times before.
Each time, Sheriff Minsley covered for him
because of his ties to the Tucker family.
The sheriff protected the
assailant, not the victims.
That's why I decided to run for sheriff.
I've seen how far corruption
reaches in this town,
and I won't be bought.
If you want to see people treated
equally by law enforcement
and victims of sex crimes taken seriously,
then, vote for me, Halle Weathers.
Thank you.
That's the one.
[doorbell ringing]
Um
[crickets chirping]
- [dog barking]
Hey.
Hi.
Brad?
Hope I'm not interrupting.
I left a message, but
I got it.
Do you still like chocolate
chip from Calley's Bakery?
They're good. They're um...
[brooding music]
What is he doing here?
- Emma.
It's okay.
I get that you're mad.
I'd be mad too.
Get out of our house!
Come on in.
When I read about what happened,
I just kept thinking that
I should have been there
to protect her.
And then, I kept thinking
that I should have been there
for a lot of stuff.
Yeah, you should have.
[Brad sighing]
I wanted to, but
what do you say to
someone after five years?
I guess you bring them cookies.
You're still the same old Halle.
I'm not,
and I doubt I'll ever be again.
[brooding music]
- Too much has happened.
What can I do?
I know nothing will make up for
the years that I was gone or
even everything that went
down before I left, but.
I'm in a place now where I can say
that I'll be there for you,
and I mean it.
- [pensive music]
[Halle] If you want to
see people treated equally
by law enforcement, [brooding music]
and victims of sex crimes taken seriously,
then vote for me, Halle Weathers.
Thank you.
[banging on table]
- [grim music]
[Sheriff Minsley sighing]
- [cell phone vibrating]
I saw it.
[residents chattering]
- [birds chirping]
Hi, I'm calling on
behalf of Halle Weathers.
We are asking...
- [volunteers chattering]
[door squeaking]
- [door clicking shut]
A court date opened up on the 17th of May.
That'll give us five weeks to prepare,
and if the trial runs for two
weeks, which I think it will,
you'll still have eight
days before the election.
Perfect.
So what's our strategy?
[Camille] To prove you were
justified in driving away,
self-defense.
We need to show that Dallas was violent,
had a pattern of sexual
assaults with underage girls,
and the only reason he
was never arrested was
because his father
and Sheriff Minsley
consistently covered it up.
Okay, can we call their
housekeeper's daughter
under Rule 413,
bring her in to show he had a history
of sexual assault?
Joey said his cousin, Morgan, ran away,
so I doubt we can locate her.
Rule 413 only applies if
Dallas were the defendant,
not the victim.
What about calling Joey himself?
I might be able to convince the judge
to allow Joey to testify,
but is Joey even willing to?
I mean, he's fighting
his own case right now.
[brooding music]
- [birds chirping]
[brooding music continues]
- [birds chirping continues]
What are you doing here?
When you got into that fight with Dallas,
he admitted to you that he didn't care
that your cousin was underage, right?
Yeah.
Will you testify to that at trial?
Hell no.
These people are already
trying to put me in prison.
No way.
[Halle] But that's why
we have to stop them!
The Tuckers are corrupt,
and Minsley uses his power
as sheriff to protect them.
I don't know why,
but Dylan must have something on Minsley.
Of course he does.
Dylan Tucker saved Trent's ass last year.
What, Trent, the sheriff's son?
Yeah, we used to be close
before he started hanging out with Dallas.
Tell me more.
- [birds chirping]
[Joey] Trent went to
college in North Carolina,
and during Hell Week or
whatever it's called,
he and a couple of his buddies
made a kid drink so much,
that he died.
His friends went to prison,
he got sent back home.
Dylan paid someone off
to keep him out of jail?
- [brooding music]
The judge,
at least that's what Trent told me.
I need you to go public with all of this.
Like I said, no way.
- [birds chirping]
We live in a town where the
Tuckers are above the law!
My daughter doesn't matter.
You don't matter.
Morgan doesn't matter!
We do matter, Joey!
Someone has to say enough is enough!
And I'm gonna do that.
I'm running for sheriff.
I know.
I saw the video.
- [pensive music]
You're insane.
The only way that I can win is
if I'm found not guilty.
If you get on that stand
and you say what you know about Trent,
and Dallas, and Morgan.
Sorry, you got to go.
You got to go.
- [Halle] Joey, please!
[brooding music]
Oh my God, mom, you have to see this.
Hmm.
Mom, don't let them take me.
Please!
[Halle] Emma, Emma,
don't you tell them anything.
I will get you, baby, I promise!
If you hurt her,
I will make your life hell.
Do you hear me?
I will get you!
[Minsley] Is this the kind of
person you want as sheriff?
Someone who threatens law enforcement,
lies, and is charged
with hitting a young man
with her car, and leaving
him alone to die in the road?
The good people at
Banville have trusted me
as their sheriff for 12 years.
I've earned that trust,
and I continue to prove myself.
And that's why I'm asking
you to re-elect me,
John Minsley for sheriff.
Thank you.
- [brooding music]
[Halle] I have no choice, Camille.
[pensive music]
- He brought Emma into it!
I have to respond.
Listen to me.
Do not do that.
You'll look petty.
You really want to run against this guy?
Camille, I want her to see a mother
who's willing to fight a corrupt system,
in addition to fighting for herself.
I just, I struggle with that,
because as her mother,
it's also my job to keep her safe.
Any mother in your situation
would be struggling with that.
- [birds chirping]
She's having dinner with Brad
tonight for his birthday.
[Camille] Oh? Is this a good thing?
[Halle] I encouraged it.
He seems to have his act together,
and... I want her to have,
you know, someone
just in case...
I don't win.
And he'll be the only family she has.
Just the fact that she
agreed to is progress.
Yeah.
And she's got a lot to say to
him, and he needs to hear it.
[brooding music]
- [phone ringing]
[employees chattering indistinctly]
I need you to pull some
evidence for me right away
on a case from six years
ago, a drunk and disorderly.
Perp had a fight with
his wife outside a bar,
and there's security footage of it.
Case number's there.
You got it, boss.
- [suspenseful music]
[crickets chirping]
You two have a nice
dinner, and happy birthday.
Thank you.
[engine rumbling]
- [suspenseful music]
[pick lock clinking]
- [dog barking]
[lock clicking]
- [suspenseful music continues]
[door clicking shut]
[detector buzzing]
[crickets chirping]
[Brad] It means a lot that you
decided to have dinner with me.
Oh, that reminds me,
can we go back real quick?
I forgot I have something to give you.
Yeah, sure.
[suspenseful music]
[door creaking]
[light flicking on]
- [hammer thudding]
[dog barking]
[light flicking off]
[suspenseful music]
[alarm beeping]
[keypad beeping]
- [suspenseful music continues]
[door creaking open]
- [door clicking shut]
[suspenseful music continues]
[door creaking]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Emma] Dad!
[Emma thudding on floor]
- [footsteps pattering]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Brad] Emma?
[Emma] Dad?
- [light flicking on]
Emma? Emma!
Emma!
- [Emma] Dad, here!
Emma! Hey.
Emma, are you okay?
- [Emma whimpering]
[Emma] Who are you calling?
- [phone ringing]
The police.
- [Emma] Don't!
They might be behind it.
[suspenseful music]
- [Emma sobbing]
It isn't safe here.
I have a headache.
I'm just gonna head to bed.
Get some sleep.
- All right.
And dad, maybe we can
do dinner another time?
We will.
[Halle clears throat] Um.
Listen, I know she doesn't
want to have the conversation,
but if the offer still stands,
I'd like her to stay with you.
[Brad] Yeah, of course.
Are you sure you don't want to as well?
You shouldn't be here alone.
I can't leave the
county, but I'll be fine.
They're just trying to intimidate me
so I drop out of the race,
and it's not going to work.
[Halle chuckling]
Um...
Camille just sent me a video.
[Halle] Oh, come on, Brad.
So instead of going to
work, [suspenseful music]
you go to a bar and get in a fight?
You know what?
You're nothing but a drunk.
How many times are you
gonna get kicked out
of a bar before you get help?
I don't have to listen to this.
Go home, Halle!
[Halle] Find another
place to stay tonight!
You know what?
Don't come home ever!
It's the footage they played in court
after I got arrested.
Minsley would have access to it.
He can just play our private business
for the whole world to see?
This is what he does.
Why is your carbon monoxide
detector unplugged?
[suspenseful music]
[alarm beeping]
Carbon monoxide!
Get out of the house!
Emma!
[alarm beeping]
- [suspenseful music]
Emma, come on, baby.
Come on, honey.
[Trent] How was I supposed to
know she'd come back so soon?
Besides, she didn't see me.
Oh, is that what I'm
supposed to tell Dylan
when he asked me why they aren't dead?
Tell him whatever you want.
I never asked to get involved
in all this BS anyway!
I can lose my job to that bitch!
You know, you owe Dylan Tucker.
Hell, you owe Dallas too.
He was a good friend to you.
[Trent] Dallas was a user,
just like his dad.
- [faucet running]
My debt to him is paid.
Son, listen.
You and I are standing at
the top of a house of cards
the Tuckers can knock down
with the flick of a finger.
Now, I hate the bastard as much as you do,
but we have to protect him.
Nothing's gonna change that.
Understand me?
[tense music]
- [door slamming shut]
[protestors chattering indistinctly]
We are here at the courthouse
where the trial of Halle
Weathers is about to begin.
Jury selection wrapped up last week,
and we expect to hear opening
statements from both sides
of this controversial case.
[protestors chattering indistinctly]
Ms. Weathers!
Ms. Weathers, how confident do you feel
about your defense right now?
She can't talk about that.
[reporter] Can you answer some questions
about your campaign?
Yes.
I'm fully committed to winning this race
and rooting out the corruption
in the sheriff's office.
We need to go.
[Mike] This is not a
complicated case, folks.
It's simple.
The law states if you hit
someone with your car,
you must stop and render aid.
You must stop.
Now, that doesn't mean
that you can just drive off
and call the paramedics.
Does the law state that you only need
to stop if you like the person?
No.
Does the law state that
you only need to render aid
if you think that person is a standup guy?
No.
In this case, a young man is dead.
Had the defendant stopped
and rendered aid as the law requires,
he might still be alive today.
[pensive music]
But we don't know,
because she didn't do it.
[Judge Prescott] Ms. Parston?
Hit and run laws are clear,
but this was not a hit and run.
[brooding music]
- My client was terrified
that Dallas Tucker was going
to kill them that night.
The man that was sexually assaulting
her 14-year-old daughter came at them
with a tire iron, a deadly weapon.
She had every right to defend herself.
She used her vehicle to do
that, because she had no choice.
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is a self-defense case,
and there's nothing simple about it.
[attendees chattering]
[birds chirping]
- [brooding music]
[reporter] Today is day five
of the Halle Weathers trial.
The prosecution wrapped
up their case on Friday,
and today, we get to hear
what the defense has to say
about what happened that fateful night.
[protestors chanting indistinctly]
[protestor] Stop corruption!
[protestor 2] The whole world's watching.
Stop corruption!
- [protestors chattering]
[protestor] Stop corruption!
And what went through your mind
when you saw Dallas Tucker
in the bed of his pickup
on top of your daughter?
- [brooding music]
[Halle] It...
It was like my brain shut off.
I went into fight mode.
All I could think about
was protecting her.
I had one goal,
that was to get her as far away
from him as I could.
It looks bad if you leave.
You testified that all you could think
about was protecting your daughter.
Where was Emma when you struck
the victim with your SUV?
She was in the passenger seat.
Why did you intentionally hit Mr. Tucker
instead of just driving away?
Because his pickup was
parked in front of me,
and the only way around
it was for me to back up.
[Mike] So you're saying that
if you had gone straight,
you would've hit his vehicle?
Correct.
And let me understand this.
So you chose instead to hit Mr. Tucker
instead of hitting his pickup?
Yes, but...
- [Mike] After you hit Mr.
Tucker, what did you do?
[Halle] I-I drove away and
immediately called 911.
At any point, did you look behind you
to see if Mr. Tucker was chasing you?
Yes.
- Was he?
No.
- [brooding music]
[Mike] When you saw that
young man lying on the ground,
did you stop and render aid?
No.
I felt that he needed medical attention,
and since I'm not a medical professional,
it made more sense to call paramedics.
You said you felt safe in the car.
Why not wait inside the
vehicle for help to arrive?
[Halle stammers] I don't know.
Because I-at the time,
I was scared and panicking.
I just wanted to get away.
[Mike] Were you concerned
at all about the extent
of Mr. Tucker's injuries?
Yes, of course.
But not enough to wait
inside of a locked vehicle
for help to arrive?
Objection, argumentative.
I'll retract it.
No further questions, your Honor.
The defendant is excused.
[brooding music]
[Halle] We need more
evidence against Dallas.
[Emma] He knew how old I was in the car.
He called me jail bait
and made fun of me for
bringing my backpack.
By the way, did Minsley
ever return your backpack?
[brooding music]
Maybe I can still track it.
[suspenseful music]
Wait, that's not the sheriff's station.
Where is this?
Yeah, that's one of the warehouses
for Tucker Family Imports.
[suspenseful music]
- [birds chirping]
[Halle] Thank you for
meeting me here, Joey.
[Joey] After I heard you testify
to what Dallas did, I knew I had to help.
But I'm not so sure this is gonna work.
[Joey sighing]
- [lock clicking]
I told you, they took away
my access when they fired me.
Joey, my daughter's backpack
that she left in Dallas's
car is inside that warehouse,
and I need to know why.
Everything in this building
is slated to be destroyed.
That's what this building is.
Broken items, things they can't
resell, it all gets burned.
Is there another way in?
[sighs] There's a window on
the other side of the building
that has a lock that's
been broken for months.
Please, try it.
Okay, okay.
[suspenseful music]
[crickets chirping]
[Dylan] Today was a
debacle for her defense.
How could she be catching up in the polls?
Just... Just send it to me.
[phone beeping]
[door squeaking]
- [door clicking shut]
[suspenseful music]
[Minsley] Just want to touch base.
Halle was a disaster up there today.
I know you wanted me to make
this whole thing go away
like we did the others, but at this point,
it doesn't look like you
have anything to worry about.
[door squeaking]
- [suspenseful music]
Is that my phone?
How many girls did Dallas assault?
What are you talking about?
[Nikki] Minsley; He said you
and he made the others go away.
Who?
No, I told you,
all those girls were just after my money.
Your money! That's what
it's always about, isn't it?
You're very emotional right
now, which makes sense,
because you just lost a son.
But be careful you don't say something
that you're gonna regret, Nikki.
I want a divorce,
and this time, I mean it.
No, you don't.
- [suspenseful music]
If you leave, you get nothing.
You think your life is bad now?
Just wait!
- [notification beeping]
What?
[dial tone ringing]
[John] Yeah?
I just got an alarm.
There's movement in warehouse three.
[suspenseful music]
[Joey] Come on.
[Halle] Thank you. [Gasps]
Oh, yes!
- [door clicking shut]
Hmm.
[Joey] Hmm.
[brooding music]
Halle.
Yeah, what is it?
That's Emma's!
What else is in that box?
[suspenseful music]
Oh my God, this is all
evidence from Dallas's house!
[Joey] It's password protected.
Is his phone in there?
- [Halle] Um...
Yeah, it's at 4%.
I just need it for a minute.
[Halle] Okay.
[suspenseful music continues]
I'm in.
Joey!
Okay, can you access his
emails and text messages?
Oh, wow.
What, what is it?
[suspenseful music]
[Joey] The last text messages
that Dallas sent were to Trent.
They talk about how they
plan to drug your daughter.
[Halle] This is it!
This is exactly what we need
to blow this case wide open!
I got to take this to Camille.
So how are you going to say you found it?
You can't tell him that we broke in here.
[grumbles] I'll say I
broke in to steal some
of the stuff they didn't
want and found it.
They already claim I'm a thief anyway, so.
[crickets chirping]
Are you sure?
- Yeah.
Joey, thank you, thank
you, thank you, thank you!
Okay, bring this to Camille's
office by 8:00 AM tomorrow.
We'll both be waiting for you there.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Joey] We're gonna do this.
[door clicks shut]
[grim music]
[Halle] Hi, Mrs. Ridley.
This is Halle Weathers.
I've been trying to
reach Joey all morning,
and he's not picking up.
Have you heard from him?
Are you sure he didn't
come home last night?
Has he ever done that before?
Okay. Yes, of course.
Thank you.
Joey's mother said her
calls are going straight
to his voicemail.
So he disappeared,
along with all of the evidence?
Wait.
If the AirTag I put in
Emma's backpack is still on,
maybe I can track its location.
[brooding music]
- It's on!
It's out in the woods by Salt Creek.
I need to check that he's okay.
[Camille] We have to be in
court in a couple of hours.
If I'm not back in time,
can you please stall?
[brooding music]
- [engine rumbling]
[suspenseful music]
- [car door slamming shut]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Halle] What?
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Halle gasping]
- [suspenseful music]
Morgan?
[tense music]
le, talk to me.-[suspenseful music]
[Halle] You know Joey's
cousin Morgan who went missing
after claiming Dallas drugged her?
Her body's out by the creek.
She's dead!
And Joey has shown me her photo.
I'm sure it's her.
- What?
All of the evidence was burned.
I didn't know what to do,
so I anonymously reported it
to the Georgia Office of Criminal Affairs.
Did you find Joey?
No, and I'm scared he might be dead too.
[suspenseful music]
[reporter] This is the area
where a body was discovered
yesterday by an anonymous caller.
The deceased has been identified
as 16-year-old Morgan Ridley,
who was reported as a runaway.
[doorbell ringing]
[Halle] Ms. Tucker?
I'm not allowed to speak to you.
[Nikki] Please, just hear me out.
I loved my son very much,
but he did a lot of bad
things that I think,
deep down, I knew about,
but I just didn't want to believe.
I know you were just
protecting your daughter,
like I wish someone had protected me.
You're a good mother.
- [brooding music]
I tried to be a good mother,
but if we hadn't bailed
him out over and over
and just taught him that
there were consequences, then
you wouldn't be where you are today.
I'm sorry.
I failed Dallas.
And I don't want you to fail, Emma.
[brooding music continues]
It's Trent, Sheriff Minsley's son.
He works for my husband from time to time
through the sheriff.
I believe that he drugged your daughter,
and that he may have killed Morgan Ridley.
Do you have any proof of this?
I have this.
[suspenseful music]
Ms. Parston,
do you have any more witnesses?
Yes, your Honor.
The defense would like to call
Nikki Tucker to the stand.
What the hell are you doing?
[Camille] Mrs.
Tucker, you're here voluntarily,
is that correct?
- Yes.
And why did you want to testify on behalf
of the woman accused of killing your son?
Because my son had a
history of sexual assaults
and an attraction to underage girls.
And my husband,
with the help of Sheriff Minsley,
covered up those crimes.
[suspenseful music]
- [attendees chattering]
When you say they covered them
up, what do you mean?
Intimidated witnesses, paid people off.
He instructed Sheriff
Minsley to destroy evidence.
That's not true, your Honor!
[Prescott] Sir, sit down,
or I will have you removed.
She wants to divorce me.
She's making up lies.
[Prescott] Sit down and be quiet.
[Camille] When you say
"destroyed evidence", are you
referring to evidence in this case?
[Nikki] Yes, he had me box up
Dallas's laptop, and cell phone,
and anything that would suggest
that he liked underage girls.
And was the evidence destroyed?
Yes, but before that happened,
I hired a young man to bypass the passcode
on my son's cell phone and
download his text messages.
I found some that prove
he knew Emma was 14
and that he planned to assault her.
[attendees chattering]
[Camille] And who were
these text messages with?
His friend, Trent Minsley.
[Mike] Your Honor,
I would like a recess, so I can
review these text messages
that she claims to have.
Court is in recess until
Thursday morning at 9:00 AM.
[gavel thudding]
[attendees chattering]
- [gloomy music]
Are you out of your damn mind?
When I'm done here,
you're gonna wish you were dead.
You can threaten me all you want.
I'm not afraid of you anymore.
[Halle] You think Nikki
Tucker will be okay?
I think she's better off
being away from Dylan Tucker,
even if she has to start over.
No, I didn't mean the divorce. I meant
losing her son.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Are you serious?
[pensive music]
That's incredible!
Thank you!
Yes, I will.
Bye now.
For the first time, [lighthearted music]
I'm ahead in the polls.
[Camille laughing]
I might actually win!
[Halle and Camille laughing]
- [glasses clinking]
[suspenseful music]
- [Halle] Camille.
Trent just got out of that gray car.
You see that front left tire?
[Camille] The spare?
[Halle] Yeah. It's not full sized.
When I found Morgan's body,
there were uneven tire tracks.
[suspenseful music]
- I think Nikki's right.
I think those tracks
came from Trent's car.
Who are you calling?
- [dial tone ringing]
A friend of mine, he lives nearby
from the Georgia Office
of Criminal Affairs.
He'll want to see those tires.
Do you recognize that text exchange?
Yes.
It was the last text
message Dallas ever sent me
before he was murdered.
[Camille] Motion to strike
witness's last comment.
Sustained.
Yes or no answers only.
Could you read the exchange, please?
I texted, "Do you want to
grab a drink at Farrigan's?"
Read Dallas's reply, please.
[Trent] "Not tonight."
Hooking up with that
chick from the quarry."
"The eighth grade track star?
What if she runs? Lol."
[Camille] You texted,
"The eighth grade track star?"
What if she runs? Lol."
Why did you text that?
I was just joking.
So the joke you came
up with about her being
an eighth grade track star
was just a coincidence,
and you had no idea she was in fact
in the eighth grade and a track star?
Yes.
[Camille] And then,
Dallas responded, "All good."
Still have some of that
Ro-shay you got me."
Did you supply Dallas Tucker with roofies,
also referred to as the date rape drug,
so he could drug Emma Weathers?
Absolutely not.
He was just joking.
We joke like that all the time.
Joked about raping 14-year-olds?
Does your car currently have a donut spare
on the front left?
Yeah.
[Camille] Mr. Minsley,
did you obtain evidence in this case
that was in Joey Ridley's possession,
and then, destroy that
evidence by burning it?
[Trent] No.
- [attendees chattering]
Were you instructed by anyone
to murder Morgan Ridley?
[Mike] Objection!
Counsel is assuming facts not in evidence.
This whole line of
questioning is irrelevant.
Mrs. Tucker testified
that there was evidence
that showed that Dallas Tucker
knew that Emma was underage
and intended to sexually assault her.
Joey Ridley obtained that evidence.
Within hours of obtaining that evidence,
Joey disappears, the evidence is burned,
and tire tracks matching the spare
on this witness's car
are found at the scene.
The same scene where the body
of Joey's cousin, Morgan, was found
after she told people
that Dallas Tucker tried
to drug and assault her.
[Trent] That's not true!
Dad, tell them!
I go out there to hunt all the time.
I had nothing to do with it!
[attendees gasping]
- [attendee] What?
[reporter] Bombshell testimony
in the Halle Weathers
case yesterday.
They covered everything.
- [pensive music]
We're talking burning evidence,
drugging underage girls,
and even committing murder.
Closing arguments yesterday
were quick and to the point,
and now, the jury is deliberating the fate
of Ms. Weathers, who don't
forget, is also running
for sheriff against the
very man that she accuses
of being behind much of this corruption.
[crickets chirping]
[Halle chuckling]
- No, no way.
Oh, I forgot I want to show dad
that economics paper I wrote.
Oh?
I see.
You must have been telling
her how good you were in econ.
Eh, might have come up
when I was helping her with her homework.
You know, she reminds me of you at times.
Is that a good thing... or a great thing?
[Brad and Halle laughing]
[Halle] Okay, you haven't changed.
[Brad laughing]
- [sentimental music]
Seriously though, I'm grateful
that you allowed me back in her life,
your life.
My life?
Our lives.
[sentimental music]
- [birds chirping]
[Judge Prescott] Has the
jury reached a verdict?
Yes, your Honor.
Ms. Weathers, please stand.
[heartbeat thudding]
The jury finds the defendant
not guilty.
Yes!
- [attendees clapping]
[Prescott] Ms.
Weathers, you are acquitted of the charges
and are released from custody.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
your service has concluded.
Court is hereby adjourned.
[gavel thudding]
[attendee] All right, justice.
Finally.
- [attendees clapping]
[sentimental music]
- [Halle sobbing]
Are you okay?
I will be.
Now, go finish what you started
and win that election.
[sentimental music]
Oh, you guys!
[Joey] Halle!
Joey?
- Can we talk?
I'll be right there.
- Okay.
I am so sorry.
[Halle] Where have you been?
I was counting on you.
[Joey] I know,
just right after we left the warehouse,
Sheriff Minsley pulled me over
and told me he'd kill me
if I didn't give him
the box and disappear.
I was scared, and I'm not like you.
Joey.
- [Joey] Look, I know I let you
down and you don't owe me any favors,
but if you become sheriff,
can you please get justice for Morgan?
Yes, I promise I will.
[crickets chirping]
- [upbeat music]
Okay.
[guests chattering]
- [glasses clinking]
[phone ringing]
Everyone, everyone, they're calling.
Hey.
Really?
Thank you.
- [upbeat music]
It's official!
[guests cheering]
- [Halle laughing]
[glasses clinking]
We did it!
Aw!
[guests whistling]
There's a new sheriff in town.
Yes, there is.
- [Camille and Halle laughing]
[lighthearted music]
[receptionist] Sheriff
Weathers, I have Terrick Moore
from the Georgia Office of
Criminal Affairs on line two.
[phone ringing]
Agent Moore, tell me you have good news.
[Agent Moore] Dylan
Tucker was just detained
at an airport in France.
[Halle] Nice job.
What about father and son?
[Agent Moore] The younger
one is in custody.
[Officer] Trent Minsley,
come out with your hands up.
[zipper unfastening]
[Agent Moore] John's warrant's on my desk.
I figured you could do the honors.
[suspenseful music]
- [engines rumbling]
[sirens blaring]
- [door slamming shut]
[suspenseful music continues]
[door creaking]
[officer] Freeze!
Hand's where I could see them.
[Minsley laughing]
Look at you.
So important with your badge and your gun.
You got nothing on me.
[Halle] Dylan Tucker's not
gonna bail you out this time.
I don't care what you say.
I'm the sheriff of this town.
Not anymore.
- [sirens blaring]
John Minsley, [handcuffs clicking]
you're under arrest for the
murder of Morgan Ridley.
Get him out of here.
[triumphant music]
[triumphant music continues]
[door clicking shut]
- [triumphant music continues]
[triumphant music continues]
[triumphant music continues]
[brooding music]
- [birds chirping]
[brooding music continues]
- [birds continue chirping]
[brooding music continues]
- [birds continue chirping]
[Emma] I turned it off yesterday.
Amber's 800 meter time sucked.
That was rough.
It was really bad,
but at least she gave
some effort this time.
Oh my God, Emma, do you know who that is?
Dallas Tucker.
His parents own Tucker Family Imports.
What's that?
- [Shaylee] Seriously?
It's like the biggest company in town.
Bottom line, he's rich, [liquor sloshing]
and obviously hot as hell.
Let's go, man.
Give me a minute.
- [birds chirping]
I haven't seen you out here before.
[Emma] Just heard about
this little weekly gathering
from a friend at school.
[Dallas] Hmm, what school is that?
Madison Hills.
We're both juniors.
[Dallas] Hmm.
And what's your name?
- Emma.
I'm Shaylee.
Emma?
Dude.
To be continued, Emma.
[Shaylee scoffing]
Seriously, "juniors"?
What?
We look like juniors.
If I had told him we were
[car door slamming] in middle school,
he wouldn't even be interested.
He'll find out sooner or later.
So let it be later.
[car door slamming shut]
- [Dallas sipping]
No way those two are in high school.
What difference does it make?
Yeah, well, 15 will get you 20.
Not yet it hasn't.
[Trent scoffing]
[Dallas laughing]
- [engine turning over]
[tires peeling out]
[brooding music]
[lightning crashing]
- [thunder rumbling]
[brooding music continues]
[Joey] I didn't do anything wrong!
I didn't steal anything
from the warehouse, I swear.
Why do you think they're accusing you
of taking the tools?
[Joey] Because me and
Tucker's son got into it
a few weeks ago at Farrigan's.
[Halle] A fight?
Over what?
My cousin, Morgan,
thinks that Dallas roofied her
at the quarry last month.
I saw him at the bar,
and I went off on him.
It messed her up.
She was so humiliated.
She ran away a week later,
and we still don't know where she is.
Do you have a picture of her?
I texted her a hundred times,
but it's like what happened
with her and Dallas just made
her leave everything behind,
including her friends and family.
[brooding music]
- [Halle] Joey, I'm sorry.
She never reported it?
[Joey] What would be the point?
Dallas's rich daddy would
just cover it up anyway.
Right after I punched Dallas in the
jaw, he laughed
and he said he didn't even care
that Morgan was underage.
- [Joey punching table]
I can't go back to jail.
What should I do?
Well, only Camille can give you advice.
As a paralegal,
all I can do is collect
information from you.
Listen, Joey,
Camille is an excellent attorney.
I've worked with her for five years.
You're in good hands, I promise.
[cell phone vibrating]
This is Halle Weathers.
Ms. Weathers, this is Sheriff Minsley.
How are you today?
Fine.
I'm just sitting here in my office,
and guess who I have here with me?
[brooding music]
- I'm pretty busy,
so if you could just tell me.
[Sheriff Minsley] Emma.
Picked her and Miss Shaylee up in the park
when they should have been in...
What class was it again?
American history.
[Minsley] Right, right.
- [brooding music]
Hope you're not too busy
you can't come down here
and pick her up.
[emergency brake clicking]
- [brooding music]
[car door slamming shut]
- [birds chirping]
Truancy is a serious matter.
I agree.
It won't happen again, okay?
[Minsley] The problem is
most parents don't take it too seriously.
They don't pay attention enough to know
that their children are skipping school,
doing drugs at parties,
hanging out with other delinquents.
Emma's not a delinquent.
And under Georgia law,
a child has to be absent
for five days to be considered truant.
So... she's not that either.
There's also this.
- [pills rattling]
[bottle thudding]
Found this is Shaylee's backpack.
Oxycodone.
Very popular with the kids these days.
[Emma] Shaylee told you,
it's for patellar tendonitis.
Stop talking.
It's prescribed to Shaylee.
I don't understand what the issue is.
I can tell you don't.
The issue is that children need guidance
and supervision, Ms. Weathers.
Without it,
they can stray down the wrong path.
And given the fact that Emma
was caught smoking marijuana
on school grounds last year,
I would consider her to be at risk.
[Halle] And Emma completed her
six weeks of diversion for that
and hasn't smoked weed since.
Right, Emma?
Right.
- [Halle] Good.
Now, let's get you back to class.
And I know you're running unopposed,
but posting campaign signs
in a government building is illegal.
[tense music]
[door squeaking]
- [door thudding shut]
Only if I say it is.
- [brooding music]
[crickets chirping]
- [Halle] Emma, do you know
what upsets me more than you skipping?
I'm sure you'll tell me.
[Halle] You turned off the
location sharing on your phone,
so not only do you leave
school without telling anyone,
but there's no way to find you!
We were only gonna be gone an hour.
Emma, I can't keep you safe
if I don't know where you are!
Don't worry about me.
Do you have any idea how many
people do really bad things?
I see it all the time in Camille's office.
Rape, robbery, murder.
It's all real, and it can happen, Emma,
and I don't want it happening to you!
You're grounded
for a month.
No sleepovers,
no going out on the weekends.
You come straight home after track.
[Emma] That's so unfair!
You are the worst mother on the planet.
I see why dad left you.
[brooding music]
[drawer sliding open]
[drawer thudding shut]
[scissors snipping]
- [scissors clanking]
[brooding music continues]
[Camille] Don't feel guilty
about secretly tracking her.
All's fair in love and parenting.
Yeah, well, if she finds that AirTag,
she'll never trust me again.
And she's so forthcoming right now.
She was so much more
pleasant in seventh grade.
[sighs]
I hate to say,
"it gets worse before it gets better".
I don't think Libby
said more than 10 words
to me her entire junior year.
Oh, well, that's a good sign.
Emma's in school now.
- Or at least her backpack is.
So...
Joey alleges the stolen tools were planted
in his car as retaliation
for confronting Dallas Tucker
over drugging Joey's cousin.
Yes, and honestly, I believe him.
I didn't get the sense that he was lying.
You know, Dallas was accused
of something similar four years ago.
Really?
- [brooding music]
[Camille] Uh-huh.
The daughter of one of the
Tucker's housekeepers reported
being drugged after
Dallas gave her a beer.
What?
- [Camille] It never went
anywhere. There wasn't enough
evidence to charge him.
I'm not sure
if that's because Sheriff
Minsley is incompetent
or if it was at Dylan and
Nikki Tucker's request.
I had no idea.
"Witness reported seeing the stolen tools
in the backseat of the car
belonging to Joey Ridley."
[backpack clinking]
- [brooding music]
[door clicking shut]
[car door slamming shut]
Damn it, Emma!
- [engine revving]
[suspenseful music]
[door slamming shut]
[brooding music]
- [engine rumbling]
[emergency brake clicking]
[seatbelt clicking]
What are we doing out here?
I thought we were going to the quarry.
Something I want to show you first.
[car door slamming shut]
[suspenseful music]
[plastic bag rustling]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Halle] Where are you going?
[tailgate clicking]
- [crickets chirping]
[Dallas sighing]
- [car door slamming shut]
Hop up, Beautiful.
- [Dallas patting tailgate]
It's kind of creepy out here.
[Dallas chuckling] Creepy?
No way.
- [crickets chirping]
Peaceful, maybe.
[brooding music]
You're not scared to be alone with
me, are you?
Of course not.
You like me, right?
[Emma] Yeah, sure.
[brooding music]
- [kiss smacking]
Am I the first boy you've kissed?
[suspenseful music]
- [car roaring]
Did you like being kissed?
Yeah, I just think
they're probably waiting
for us back at the quarry.
Shh.
Let 'em wait.
[suspenseful music]
What are you doing?
Get off of me!
[suspenseful music]
- [engine revving]
Off!
Off, get off of me!
Stop!
[Emma whimpering]
- [Dallas] Just sit still!
Stop!
- [Dallas] Stay down.
Get off my daughter!
[Emma whimpering]
- [Emma panting]
You're Dallas Tucker.
So?
- Oh, I know all about you.
[Dallas] Oh, yeah?
- [Halle] Yeah.
What do you know, huh?
Tell me!
You might think you're untouchable,
but you're not.
- [brooding music]
This time, oh, you're going to jail.
Yeah?
Well, maybe you should
teach your daughter not
to be such a tease.
[suspenseful music]
- Stop.
Dallas, stop!
Dallas, don't come any closer.
- [kick thudding]
[Dallas] You're gonna try
to tell me what to do?
- Stop.
Who do you think you are?
- [Dallas hitting vehicle]
Huh?
- [Emma screaming]
Nobody tells me what to do!
I do what I want to do!
- [Dallas hitting vehicle]
And if I want to do this,
[light cracking]
- I'll do it!
Mom, he's crazy!
- [Dallas] Woo!
I might even do it again!
I'm gonna kill you both!
Huh, do you hear me?
- [engine revving]
[Dallas thudding on floor]
- [Emma screaming]
[tires scraping]
- [both panting]
[Emma] Mom, let's get out of here!
[brooding music]
- [engine roaring]
[dispatcher] 911, what's your emergency?
I need an ambulance and the police.
I just hit a man with my
car out on Old Frontage Road
about two miles east from town.
He wasn't moving.
[dispatcher] I'm dispatching units now.
Did he have a pulse?
I don't know, I don't know.
I- I didn't touch him. Um...
He was coming at me with a tire iron.
I'm so sorry, Mom.
- [Halle] Shh, it's okay.
It's okay.
[dispatcher] What's your name, ma'am?
Um, Halle Weathers.
[dispatcher] Do you know
the name of the victim?
Yes, it's a Dallas Tucker.
[dispatcher] Paramedics are on the way.
[tense music]
[Sheriff Minsley] So you
made plans with Dallas
to pick you up at your house,
then, you snuck out so
your mama wouldn't know?
Yes.
How'd you know where she went?
I saw her get in his car and drive off.
So you followed them?
Yes, well, sort of.
I tracked Emma's location with an AirTag.
And you met Dallas at
a party at the quarry?
Were you drinking at this party?
What were you planning on
doing parked out on that road?
I didn't even know we were gonna be there.
He told me we were gonna go to a party.
[Halle] Look,
I know that you think Emma's some sort
of wild child and I don't
supervise her the way
that I should,
but that's the reason I followed her.
She's 14.14!
Dallas Tucker is 25!
Clearly, the culpability falls on him.
Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Right now, I got a young man fighting
for his life in the hospital.
I'm just trying to find out what happened.
[brooding music]
And after you kissed him, what?
He asked me if I liked it.
What'd you say?
I said, "yeah", but
he was really freaking me out.
I didn't know what else to say.
[Minsley] Now, so I'm clear,
you chose to drive off
and not render aid to the victim, right?
My daughter and I were the victims here.
I'm talking about the boy you hit.
[Halle] The 25-year-old
man that I hit was about
to smash my back window with a tire iron.
And did you make it clear to
Dallas you was 14 years old?
I need an answer, Emma.
I told him me and Shaylee
were juniors at Madison Hills.
So you lied to him?
[brooding music continues]
He wasn't moving after you
struck him with your SUV, right?
No.
Well, if he wasn't moving,
why didn't you stop to see if he was okay?
[Halle] Because I wanted
to put as much distance
between him and us as possible.
I called 911 less than a minute later.
[Minsley] But you hit
him and left him alone.
[Halle] Yes,
because he was coming after us
with a tire iron!
Halle Weathers,
you are under arrest.
What?
[chair squeaking against floor]
For what?
- [handcuffs clinking]
[Sheriff Minsley] Felony hit and run.
[brooding music]
- [sirens blaring]
We got a call. Our son was
hit by a car and brought here.
Dallas, Dallas Tucker.
Where is he?
[receptionist] Um,
they just took him into surgery.
If you'd like to sit,
I'll let you know when he's in recovery.
We'd like to wait in a private room, okay?
[receptionist] Uh, I'm sorry.
We just don't do that,
but if you'd like to leave your
cell phone number, I can...
There's a private room
where I can call Lindsay
and ask her to do it.
Lindsey Kenner, Chief Medical Officer?
She's a friend.
Um, yeah, um, I'll see what I can do.
Thank you, thank you.
[phone ringing]
[suspenseful music]
Hello?
[computer] Will you accept a call from...
[Halle] Halle Weathers.
Yes.
Halle?
Camille, I was arrested tonight
for a felony hit and run.
I ran over at Dallas Tucker
as he was attacking my SUV.
I'll tell you the rest
of the story tomorrow.
Right now, can you please check on Emma?
She was with me when it happened,
and I don't know what
Sheriff Minsley did with her.
[door clicking shut]
Do you have someone you
can call to come get you?
If not, I'll call Family Services.
Where's my mom?
- In jail.
What?
Why?
- Now, calm down, young lady.
This is not the place to make a scene.
That BS may work on your
mother, but I'm the sheriff,
and you will respect me.
That's the last time I'm gonna say it.
You either sit your butt
down and give me a number,
or I'll take you into custody
for disorderly conduct
and have you transported to juvie.
Your choice.
Oh? [Chuckling]
you got so much to say, don't you?
Go on.
Yell at me!
Tell me I'm a son of a bitch.
Do it!
Juvie's where you belong anyway.
[suspenseful music]
- Damn it, go after her!
[crickets chirping]
- [door clicking shut]
[inmates chattering]
[inmate] Let me out of here!
[brooding music]
- [inmates chattering]
[door thudding shut]
- [keys jingling]
[melancholy music]
- [Halle sobbing]
[inmate] Let me out of here!
[Halle continues sobbing]
[suspenseful music]
[sirens blaring]
- [birds chirping]
[monitor beeping]
- [brooding music]
[speaker] Dr. Gaylon to ICU,
repeat, Dr. Gaylon to ICU.
[monitors beeping]
- What did Minsley say?
They'll arraign the driver tomorrow,
but the interesting part is
the girl that Dallas picked up,
Sheriff says she's a wild kid,
skips school, does drugs.
Mother lets her do whatever she wants.
[Nikki] I looked her up on Instagram.
She's on the eighth grade
track team at Norris.
Eighth grade, Dylan!
She's 14!
You know how girls are today, okay?
Half of them are 12, but look 18.
[Nikki] No, no, he knew!
He liked her post.
[Dylan] These girls throw themselves
at him thinking they're going
to get our money, right?
He's the victim here.
People are not gonna see it that way.
Well, how do you see it, Nikki?
Huh?
- [brooding music]
You think I'm some sort of pervert
for dating you when you
were 17 when I was 26?
You had a father and an uncle
who took turns sharing
your bed every night.
I saved you from that.
- [monitors beeping]
This situation is different.
Yes, it is,
because Dallas didn't do
anything wrong, right?
So stop focusing on this girl's age
and start talking about
what a great kid our son is!
We're his parents.
It's our responsibility to protect him.
Understand?
[monitors beeping]
- [Sheriff Minsley knocking]
How is he?
No change, I'm afraid.
- [Minsley] Oh.
[Dylan] Sweetheart,
would you mind going down
and getting the sheriff a coffee?
I'll take one too.
Mm.
Sure.
Black?
Where are the clothes Dallas had on?
[cellphone beeping]
What are you looking for?
- [brooding music]
How'd you know those were there?
Trent gave me a heads up.
After what you did for
him down in Charlotte,
boy's got Dallas's back, and yours.
And do you?
I'll do what I can,
but this isn't like the others.
Media's got ahold of it.
- [brooding music]
[Dylan] Yeah.
[tense music]
[birds chirping]
You see, a trial would be very
painful for Nikki and Dallas.
Sheriff Minsley believes that
Halle's gonna paint Dallas
as some sort of sexual predator,
which of course, we know he's not.
[Mike] All right. I'll talk
to her attorney about a plea deal, but...
Dylan, she's gonna serve less time.
[Dylan] I understand.
And if that's the price I have to pay
to protect my wife and son, it's worth it.
All I care about is them.
- [brooding music]
Noted.
She'll be okay.
I stayed with her last night.
She called me from a gas
station, and I picked her up.
I know how you feel about her father,
but should I call him?
Emma hasn't seen Brad in years.
It would just complicate things.
[Camille] I know this is not
the time to admonish you,
but you and Emma both spoke
immensely without me present.
I know, I know.
I'm sorry, I...
Yes, as a victim, we were just trying
to give him the details of what happened.
[Camille] You're not the victim here,
at least not in the eyes of the law.
Dallas is.
How is he?
I don't know details, of course,
but he's listed as critical.
I spoke to the DA.
He's charging you with felony hit and run.
It carries a max sentence of six years.
[Halle sighing]
If you plead guilty,
he's gonna recommend three years.
You'll serve 18 months max.
- [brooding music]
But I didn't do anything wrong!
He was coming at us with a tire iron!
[Camille] The law is pretty cut and dry
about not stopping to render aid.
So you think I should take the deal?
[Camille] I'm not saying that.
I just want you to understand
what they're going to argue
if you decide to go to trial.
[Halle] I know,
I know I didn't stop to help him, but
he had just tried to kill me and Emma.
They make it sound like I
was just trying to hit him
as he crossed the street,
and I just sped off.
[Camille] I agree.
If we go to court, I'm gonna argue
that there were extenuating circumstances.
What would you like to do?
I'm not pleading guilty.
- [brooding music]
Not when I was afraid for my life!
Dallas Tucker's not gonna win this time.
[Camille] Okay then.
We're going to trial.
[suspenseful music]
[birds chirping]
[lawyers chattering indistinctly]
[brooding music]
[brooding music continues]
What was Dallas thinking?
You certainly aren't worth it.
[brooding music continues]
- [Dylan sighing]
Well?
Well, she's not gonna take the plea deal,
and her lawyer says she's
not gonna take any deal.
[Dylan sighing]
I told you, no trial.
It's her constitutional right.
Then, drop the charges!
[Mike] Dylan,
she hit your son and left him there.
Dismiss the case entirely.
[Mike] I can't do that.
She committed a felony.
We're the victims here!
- [suspenseful music]
We just want to move on.
You can't respect that?
[Mike] I need you to respect
that I don't work for you.
I work for the state,
and I have an obligation
to prosecute crime.
It's about start.
Go take our seats.
You're making a mistake.
[brooding music]
[monitors beeping]
[flat line ringing]
- [Nikki gasping]
What?
- [buttons clicking]
What's going...
[speaker] Code blue to room 312.
I don't know what happened.
- [speaker] Code blue
to room 312.
- What?
[suspenseful music]
- [flat line ringing]
Dallas!
[nurse] Starting CPR.
- Come on, baby.
Dallas!
[doctor] No pulse.
Prepare to shock.
[Nikki sobbing]
- [paddles charging]
[doctor] Clear.
- [suspenseful music]
[Nikki] What's going on?
What's happening?
- [paddles shocking]
Oh God.
[nurse] Resume compressions.
[paddles charging]
- [flat line ringing]
[doctor] Again, clear.
[paddles shocking]
- [Nikki sobbing]
Dallas, please.
[doctor] Again.
- [compressions thumping]
One more time, clear.
[flat line ringing]
- [paddles shocking]
[suspenseful music]
Come on, baby.
[doctor] Epinephrine, one mil.
[monitors beeping]
- Dallas!
[suspenseful music]
- [Nikki sobbing]
[paddles charging]
One more shock.
Everybody, back.
- [paddles shocking]
[Nikki] Come on, Dallas.
Come on.
[compressions thumping]
- [suspenseful music]
Come on, Dallas, come on.
Hey, what are you doing?
It won't make a difference.
I'm sorry, he's gone.
- [flat line ringing]
Please, don't.
Do it again!
Time of death, 3:42.
[Nikki sobbing]
- I'm so sorry.
No! [Sobbing]
- [melancholy music]
Oh my God, not my baby!
[Nikki sobbing]
- Oh, God.
No!
No!
[Nikki sobbing]
Oh my God.
[bailiff] All rise!
This is an arraignment I see.
[Mike] Yes, your Honor.
The county is charging the defendant, Ms.
Halle Weathers,
under Title 40, Article 12,
with a felony hit and run,
causing bodily injury.
Ms. Weathers, do you understand
the charges against you?
Yes, your Honor.
How do you plead?
Not guilty.
What is it?
[Prescott] Is there any reason
why I should not grant bail
to Ms. Weathers?
The county does not oppose bail.
[Prescott] Okay then.
Bail will be set at...
My son is dead!
[attendees gasping]
- [suspenseful music]
[woman] God, no!
Oh my God, oh my God.
Oh my God.
[Dylan] I can't believe
the DA didn't oppose bail.
[Minsley] He's just going
by what the law says.
There's nothing we can do about it.
You'd think with the addition
of the vehicular manslaughter charge,
she'd be more willing to take the deal.
But I overheard her talking
to a lawyer in the hallway.
Seems like she's more determined than ever
to prove she's innocent.
[Dylan] I will not let
her sit up on that stand
and make Dallas look like
some kind of pedophile.
[Minsley] Make her an offer
like you did your housekeeper.
Didn't you pay for her
daughter's tuition or something?
Do you know how bad that will look?
Me giving money to the
woman who killed my son?
Absolutely not.
I need to stay far away from this.
What do you want me to do?
[Dylan] When when I kept
your son out of prison,
did I need to ask you what to do,
or did I just take care of it?
That's right.
So figure out a way to convince
that bitch to take a deal.
[brooding music]
- [door slamming shut]
Emma, there's a chance that
people will say something
to you about me at school.
If that happens
[glass shattering]
- [suspenseful music]
[crickets chirping]
[Emma] Oh my God.
[suspenseful music]
[crickets chirping]
- [suspenseful music]
[Dylan] Come on in the office.
Lock the door behind you.
- [door shuts]
[Naomi] You haven't called in a while.
[brooding music]
I'm glad you decided to tonight.
[kiss smacking]
What's wrong?
Tough day of making very
important business decisions?
[brooding music]
Dallas... died today.
Oh my God.
I'm sorry, I was just with
him a couple weeks ago.
[brooding music continues]
Dylan, what do you need right now?
I need not to think.
[kiss smacking]
- [brooding music continues]
[Nikki sobbing]
- [melancholy music]
[suspenseful music]
[phones ringing]
- [employees chattering]
Ms. Weathers, [birds chirping]
what's that?
It's the brick that shattered
my window last night.
And?
You know Harassment, Vandalism,
and Reckless Endangerment are all crimes.
It's like my mama used to always say,
"Don't create a storm if
you don't like the rain."
God rest her soul.
If that was supposed to entice me
to take a plea deal, it won't.
Anyone could have tossed this brick.
Dallas was a real nice
looking popular kid.
Right, Emma?
[Halle] Emma, let's go.
- [phone ringing]
[Emma] I can't stand that guy!
Oh, honey, I'm sure a lot of people can't.
[Emma] Then, how is he still sheriff?
Why doesn't anyone run against him?
[Halle] I mean, yeah,
it'd be great to have someone ethical
who actually cares and wants
to make this town better.
Like you.
[Halle chuckling]
You think I should run for sheriff?
[cell phone vibrating]
Yeah, you know a lot about the law,
and you'd probably be
much better than him.
Is that the window guy?
[Halle sighing]
- [brooding music]
No, it was your dad.
Let me hear the voicemail.
[Brad] Halle, it's Brad.
I read about what happened.
I know I haven't been in Emma's life for,
well, a lot of years,
but I think we should talk
about the possibility
of her staying with me,
just until you get everything worked out.
Call me back, please.
By the way, I'm 17 months sober.
[phone chiming]
- No way.
Em, maybe you should give him a call.
This is what you've been wanting, right?
For your dad to reach out?
It's too late.
Let's just head to school.
[melancholy music]
[engine revving]
- [dog barking]
[children chattering]
[melancholy music]
- [car door slamming shut]
[keys jangling]
[Nikki sighing]
[children chattering]
- [dog barking]
[keys jingling]
[car door thudding shut]
- [melancholy music]
[plastic crinkling]
- [brooding music]
[phone ringing]
[Dylan sighing]
What is it, Nikki?
- [Nikki] I'm at the condo.
There's a bag of Rohypnol pills here.
Dylan, That's the date rape drug!
[grim music]
All right, listen to me.
You need to pack up anything
that could be misinterpreted, all right?
His computer, hard drive, phone,
letters, pills,
and bring them to me right now.
[brooding music]
- [birds chirping]
Do you understand?
[brooding music continues]
[plastic crinkling]
- [suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
[water sloshing]
[birds chirping]
- [brooding music]
[Emma and Shaylee panting]
[water bottle clinking]
- [brooding music]
[Emma panting]
- [suspenseful music]
[Emma] Shaylee?
Shaylee.
Shaylee.
Emma!
- [suspenseful music]
[Emma thudding on ground]
[distant sirens blaring]
- [birds chirping]
[monitors beeping]
[suspenseful music]
Mom?
Who's there?
[suspenseful music continues]
[monitors beeping]
Mom, someone was just in here...
in the hallway.
Who?
[Emma] I don't know,
but it's like they were
watching or something.
[monitors beeping]
[workers chattering indistinctly]
Honey, they're just some nurses
and a lady in a wheelchair.
I'm telling you, it was weird.
What if it's the same
person who threw that brick?
Emma, [brooding music]
you're just seeing
things that aren't there.
The doctor just told me you
tested positive for ketamine.
What?
How?
I haven't taken anything!
Emma, honey, I know you've
been under a lot of stress
with everything that's happened, and...
[Emma] I swear to you, Mom,
I haven't taken anything.
You have to believe me this time.
[monitors beeping]
- [suspenseful music]
[siren blaring]
- [Emma sighing]
[Halle] Listen,
we are going to get you some food.
I know you're probably tired.
Are you hungry?
- A little.
Ready to eat something?
[Minsley] Just the person I'm looking for!
Emma Weathers,
you are under arrest for possession
of a class one drug within
500 feet of a school.
What?
Got a tip to check her
gym bag and sure enough.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, what are you doing?
Don't touch her.
Don't you put your hands on her.
[handcuffs clicking]
- What is happening?
[Minsley] Oh? No.
- Stop. Hey!
[Emma] Mom, don't let them take me!
Emma?
- Hey!
Emma?
You stay quiet, honey.
- [Emma] Mom?
I will come for you, I promise.
[Emma] Don't let them take me.
She said she was just
released from the ER!
[door slamming shut]
If you hurt her,
I will make your life hell.
Do you hear me?
- [suspenseful music]
I will get you.
I was hoping you was gonna
say something like that.
You corrupt piece of...
It's one thing to try and intimidate me,
but to use my daughter?
Call the DA,
tell them you'll plead guilty.
[Halle sighing]
I'll make sure all charges
against Emma are dropped.
You'll do a year or two, no big deal.
I'll personally make sure too
that Emma is well taken care
of while you're incarcerated.
[Halle] Oh,
you can bet I'm going to trial now!
You just brought my daughter into this!
I will not quit until
I see you behind bars.
[brooding music]
Who's going to arrest me?
You?
[brooding music continues]
- You know what?
Yeah.
I'll run for sheriff, and I will beat you.
[Sheriff Minsley laughing]
Okay.
[brooding music continues]
- [Halle panting]
Oh God.
[Dylan] John, John, John.
- [brooding music]
Did you have that chat with Halle Weathers
that we talked about?
I told you I would.
[Dylan] Apparently, it didn't go well.
I just got a call from
a friend at City Hall
who said she's now running for sheriff.
[Dylan laughing]
What the hell, John?
Well, I didn't think she was serious.
[Dylan] You thought wrong,
and this is a huge problem.
[Minsley] She'll never win.
She doesn't even have
experience in law enforcement.
[Dylan] Yeah,
but what she has now is a platform
to say whatever she wants
about you, me, or Dallas.
- [brooding music continues]
I told you to take care of this.
And what did you do?
You had your son go down
and drug her daughter?
Did it not cross your mind
that that could possibly piss her off?
I'll fix it.
Damn straight you will.
[brooding music continues]
- [birds chirping]
[Camille] We need to talk about this idea
of you running for sheriff.
It's a done deal.
I already submitted my
paperwork an hour ago.
[Camille] Halle!
What in the world are you thinking?
Dylan Tucker has Minsley
under his control.
Unless Minsley's out,
nothing is gonna change.
When the sheriff said[brooding music]
that Emma would be taken care
of while I'm in prison, it all clicked.
Dylan Tucker uses
Minsley to pay people off
so that they don't expose Dallas,
and then when someone doesn't go
along, like Joey Ridley,
they set him up for a crime.
[Camille] Okay.
But why does it have to be you?
If we can prove he's abusing his
power, he gets booted,
and then, one of his deputies steps in.
[Halle] And then, let the Tuckers corrupt
the next one like they did Minsley?
The only way to make sure it stops is
for me to become sheriff.
The Tuckers can't control me.
[Camille] Halle,
the election is two months away.
If you're convicted,
[brooding music continues]
I said if, you won't be eligible.
I don't think that people
are going to vote for someone
that even if they win, can't serve.
So then, we go to trial
before the election.
[Camille] We can't!
I need time to prepare your defense.
Camille, I have to do this.
As a fellow mother, I get it.
But as your lawyer, I'll...
Ugh.
I can't believe I'm saying this.
I'll see if I can try and
move the date up sooner.
[sentimental music]
They're dropping Emma off at the house
in about a half hour.
When I'm back,
we'll talk about the campaign.
I'm gonna need you.
[Camille sighing]
- [sentimental music]
[door clicking shut]
[birds chirping]
- [brooding music]
Are you okay?
- Mhm.
Sure?
- Mhm.
Can we talk?
[door clicking shut]
You're making a big
mistake running against me.
[Halle] What's the matter?
You scared I'll win?
Kid's dead.
Let it go.
Take the DA's deal, serve a few months,
and everyone can move on with their lives,
safe and sound.
And if I don't?
[Minsley] Bad things happen all the time,
even in our safe little community.
And what would it look like
if something were to happen
to me or Emma while I'm
running against you?
You better hope and pray
nothing happens to me
or my daughter, because a lot
of fingers are gonna be
pointing straight at you.
Have a nice day, Sheriff.
[suspenseful music]
- [door clattering]
[door shuts]
[Halle] Hi, I'm Halle Weathers.
Last week, Dallas Tucker,
a 25-year-old man,
sexually assaulted my
14-year-old daughter.
[melancholy music]
When I intervened,
he came at me with a tire iron.
I wish things had turned out differently,
and that none of it had happened,
but after it did,
I learned that Dallas had been accused
of sexual assault several times before.
Each time, Sheriff Minsley covered for him
because of his ties to the Tucker family.
The sheriff protected the
assailant, not the victims.
That's why I decided to run for sheriff.
I've seen how far corruption
reaches in this town,
and I won't be bought.
If you want to see people treated
equally by law enforcement
and victims of sex crimes taken seriously,
then, vote for me, Halle Weathers.
Thank you.
That's the one.
[doorbell ringing]
Um
[crickets chirping]
- [dog barking]
Hey.
Hi.
Brad?
Hope I'm not interrupting.
I left a message, but
I got it.
Do you still like chocolate
chip from Calley's Bakery?
They're good. They're um...
[brooding music]
What is he doing here?
- Emma.
It's okay.
I get that you're mad.
I'd be mad too.
Get out of our house!
Come on in.
When I read about what happened,
I just kept thinking that
I should have been there
to protect her.
And then, I kept thinking
that I should have been there
for a lot of stuff.
Yeah, you should have.
[Brad sighing]
I wanted to, but
what do you say to
someone after five years?
I guess you bring them cookies.
You're still the same old Halle.
I'm not,
and I doubt I'll ever be again.
[brooding music]
- Too much has happened.
What can I do?
I know nothing will make up for
the years that I was gone or
even everything that went
down before I left, but.
I'm in a place now where I can say
that I'll be there for you,
and I mean it.
- [pensive music]
[Halle] If you want to
see people treated equally
by law enforcement, [brooding music]
and victims of sex crimes taken seriously,
then vote for me, Halle Weathers.
Thank you.
[banging on table]
- [grim music]
[Sheriff Minsley sighing]
- [cell phone vibrating]
I saw it.
[residents chattering]
- [birds chirping]
Hi, I'm calling on
behalf of Halle Weathers.
We are asking...
- [volunteers chattering]
[door squeaking]
- [door clicking shut]
A court date opened up on the 17th of May.
That'll give us five weeks to prepare,
and if the trial runs for two
weeks, which I think it will,
you'll still have eight
days before the election.
Perfect.
So what's our strategy?
[Camille] To prove you were
justified in driving away,
self-defense.
We need to show that Dallas was violent,
had a pattern of sexual
assaults with underage girls,
and the only reason he
was never arrested was
because his father
and Sheriff Minsley
consistently covered it up.
Okay, can we call their
housekeeper's daughter
under Rule 413,
bring her in to show he had a history
of sexual assault?
Joey said his cousin, Morgan, ran away,
so I doubt we can locate her.
Rule 413 only applies if
Dallas were the defendant,
not the victim.
What about calling Joey himself?
I might be able to convince the judge
to allow Joey to testify,
but is Joey even willing to?
I mean, he's fighting
his own case right now.
[brooding music]
- [birds chirping]
[brooding music continues]
- [birds chirping continues]
What are you doing here?
When you got into that fight with Dallas,
he admitted to you that he didn't care
that your cousin was underage, right?
Yeah.
Will you testify to that at trial?
Hell no.
These people are already
trying to put me in prison.
No way.
[Halle] But that's why
we have to stop them!
The Tuckers are corrupt,
and Minsley uses his power
as sheriff to protect them.
I don't know why,
but Dylan must have something on Minsley.
Of course he does.
Dylan Tucker saved Trent's ass last year.
What, Trent, the sheriff's son?
Yeah, we used to be close
before he started hanging out with Dallas.
Tell me more.
- [birds chirping]
[Joey] Trent went to
college in North Carolina,
and during Hell Week or
whatever it's called,
he and a couple of his buddies
made a kid drink so much,
that he died.
His friends went to prison,
he got sent back home.
Dylan paid someone off
to keep him out of jail?
- [brooding music]
The judge,
at least that's what Trent told me.
I need you to go public with all of this.
Like I said, no way.
- [birds chirping]
We live in a town where the
Tuckers are above the law!
My daughter doesn't matter.
You don't matter.
Morgan doesn't matter!
We do matter, Joey!
Someone has to say enough is enough!
And I'm gonna do that.
I'm running for sheriff.
I know.
I saw the video.
- [pensive music]
You're insane.
The only way that I can win is
if I'm found not guilty.
If you get on that stand
and you say what you know about Trent,
and Dallas, and Morgan.
Sorry, you got to go.
You got to go.
- [Halle] Joey, please!
[brooding music]
Oh my God, mom, you have to see this.
Hmm.
Mom, don't let them take me.
Please!
[Halle] Emma, Emma,
don't you tell them anything.
I will get you, baby, I promise!
If you hurt her,
I will make your life hell.
Do you hear me?
I will get you!
[Minsley] Is this the kind of
person you want as sheriff?
Someone who threatens law enforcement,
lies, and is charged
with hitting a young man
with her car, and leaving
him alone to die in the road?
The good people at
Banville have trusted me
as their sheriff for 12 years.
I've earned that trust,
and I continue to prove myself.
And that's why I'm asking
you to re-elect me,
John Minsley for sheriff.
Thank you.
- [brooding music]
[Halle] I have no choice, Camille.
[pensive music]
- He brought Emma into it!
I have to respond.
Listen to me.
Do not do that.
You'll look petty.
You really want to run against this guy?
Camille, I want her to see a mother
who's willing to fight a corrupt system,
in addition to fighting for herself.
I just, I struggle with that,
because as her mother,
it's also my job to keep her safe.
Any mother in your situation
would be struggling with that.
- [birds chirping]
She's having dinner with Brad
tonight for his birthday.
[Camille] Oh? Is this a good thing?
[Halle] I encouraged it.
He seems to have his act together,
and... I want her to have,
you know, someone
just in case...
I don't win.
And he'll be the only family she has.
Just the fact that she
agreed to is progress.
Yeah.
And she's got a lot to say to
him, and he needs to hear it.
[brooding music]
- [phone ringing]
[employees chattering indistinctly]
I need you to pull some
evidence for me right away
on a case from six years
ago, a drunk and disorderly.
Perp had a fight with
his wife outside a bar,
and there's security footage of it.
Case number's there.
You got it, boss.
- [suspenseful music]
[crickets chirping]
You two have a nice
dinner, and happy birthday.
Thank you.
[engine rumbling]
- [suspenseful music]
[pick lock clinking]
- [dog barking]
[lock clicking]
- [suspenseful music continues]
[door clicking shut]
[detector buzzing]
[crickets chirping]
[Brad] It means a lot that you
decided to have dinner with me.
Oh, that reminds me,
can we go back real quick?
I forgot I have something to give you.
Yeah, sure.
[suspenseful music]
[door creaking]
[light flicking on]
- [hammer thudding]
[dog barking]
[light flicking off]
[suspenseful music]
[alarm beeping]
[keypad beeping]
- [suspenseful music continues]
[door creaking open]
- [door clicking shut]
[suspenseful music continues]
[door creaking]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Emma] Dad!
[Emma thudding on floor]
- [footsteps pattering]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Brad] Emma?
[Emma] Dad?
- [light flicking on]
Emma? Emma!
Emma!
- [Emma] Dad, here!
Emma! Hey.
Emma, are you okay?
- [Emma whimpering]
[Emma] Who are you calling?
- [phone ringing]
The police.
- [Emma] Don't!
They might be behind it.
[suspenseful music]
- [Emma sobbing]
It isn't safe here.
I have a headache.
I'm just gonna head to bed.
Get some sleep.
- All right.
And dad, maybe we can
do dinner another time?
We will.
[Halle clears throat] Um.
Listen, I know she doesn't
want to have the conversation,
but if the offer still stands,
I'd like her to stay with you.
[Brad] Yeah, of course.
Are you sure you don't want to as well?
You shouldn't be here alone.
I can't leave the
county, but I'll be fine.
They're just trying to intimidate me
so I drop out of the race,
and it's not going to work.
[Halle chuckling]
Um...
Camille just sent me a video.
[Halle] Oh, come on, Brad.
So instead of going to
work, [suspenseful music]
you go to a bar and get in a fight?
You know what?
You're nothing but a drunk.
How many times are you
gonna get kicked out
of a bar before you get help?
I don't have to listen to this.
Go home, Halle!
[Halle] Find another
place to stay tonight!
You know what?
Don't come home ever!
It's the footage they played in court
after I got arrested.
Minsley would have access to it.
He can just play our private business
for the whole world to see?
This is what he does.
Why is your carbon monoxide
detector unplugged?
[suspenseful music]
[alarm beeping]
Carbon monoxide!
Get out of the house!
Emma!
[alarm beeping]
- [suspenseful music]
Emma, come on, baby.
Come on, honey.
[Trent] How was I supposed to
know she'd come back so soon?
Besides, she didn't see me.
Oh, is that what I'm
supposed to tell Dylan
when he asked me why they aren't dead?
Tell him whatever you want.
I never asked to get involved
in all this BS anyway!
I can lose my job to that bitch!
You know, you owe Dylan Tucker.
Hell, you owe Dallas too.
He was a good friend to you.
[Trent] Dallas was a user,
just like his dad.
- [faucet running]
My debt to him is paid.
Son, listen.
You and I are standing at
the top of a house of cards
the Tuckers can knock down
with the flick of a finger.
Now, I hate the bastard as much as you do,
but we have to protect him.
Nothing's gonna change that.
Understand me?
[tense music]
- [door slamming shut]
[protestors chattering indistinctly]
We are here at the courthouse
where the trial of Halle
Weathers is about to begin.
Jury selection wrapped up last week,
and we expect to hear opening
statements from both sides
of this controversial case.
[protestors chattering indistinctly]
Ms. Weathers!
Ms. Weathers, how confident do you feel
about your defense right now?
She can't talk about that.
[reporter] Can you answer some questions
about your campaign?
Yes.
I'm fully committed to winning this race
and rooting out the corruption
in the sheriff's office.
We need to go.
[Mike] This is not a
complicated case, folks.
It's simple.
The law states if you hit
someone with your car,
you must stop and render aid.
You must stop.
Now, that doesn't mean
that you can just drive off
and call the paramedics.
Does the law state that you only need
to stop if you like the person?
No.
Does the law state that
you only need to render aid
if you think that person is a standup guy?
No.
In this case, a young man is dead.
Had the defendant stopped
and rendered aid as the law requires,
he might still be alive today.
[pensive music]
But we don't know,
because she didn't do it.
[Judge Prescott] Ms. Parston?
Hit and run laws are clear,
but this was not a hit and run.
[brooding music]
- My client was terrified
that Dallas Tucker was going
to kill them that night.
The man that was sexually assaulting
her 14-year-old daughter came at them
with a tire iron, a deadly weapon.
She had every right to defend herself.
She used her vehicle to do
that, because she had no choice.
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is a self-defense case,
and there's nothing simple about it.
[attendees chattering]
[birds chirping]
- [brooding music]
[reporter] Today is day five
of the Halle Weathers trial.
The prosecution wrapped
up their case on Friday,
and today, we get to hear
what the defense has to say
about what happened that fateful night.
[protestors chanting indistinctly]
[protestor] Stop corruption!
[protestor 2] The whole world's watching.
Stop corruption!
- [protestors chattering]
[protestor] Stop corruption!
And what went through your mind
when you saw Dallas Tucker
in the bed of his pickup
on top of your daughter?
- [brooding music]
[Halle] It...
It was like my brain shut off.
I went into fight mode.
All I could think about
was protecting her.
I had one goal,
that was to get her as far away
from him as I could.
It looks bad if you leave.
You testified that all you could think
about was protecting your daughter.
Where was Emma when you struck
the victim with your SUV?
She was in the passenger seat.
Why did you intentionally hit Mr. Tucker
instead of just driving away?
Because his pickup was
parked in front of me,
and the only way around
it was for me to back up.
[Mike] So you're saying that
if you had gone straight,
you would've hit his vehicle?
Correct.
And let me understand this.
So you chose instead to hit Mr. Tucker
instead of hitting his pickup?
Yes, but...
- [Mike] After you hit Mr.
Tucker, what did you do?
[Halle] I-I drove away and
immediately called 911.
At any point, did you look behind you
to see if Mr. Tucker was chasing you?
Yes.
- Was he?
No.
- [brooding music]
[Mike] When you saw that
young man lying on the ground,
did you stop and render aid?
No.
I felt that he needed medical attention,
and since I'm not a medical professional,
it made more sense to call paramedics.
You said you felt safe in the car.
Why not wait inside the
vehicle for help to arrive?
[Halle stammers] I don't know.
Because I-at the time,
I was scared and panicking.
I just wanted to get away.
[Mike] Were you concerned
at all about the extent
of Mr. Tucker's injuries?
Yes, of course.
But not enough to wait
inside of a locked vehicle
for help to arrive?
Objection, argumentative.
I'll retract it.
No further questions, your Honor.
The defendant is excused.
[brooding music]
[Halle] We need more
evidence against Dallas.
[Emma] He knew how old I was in the car.
He called me jail bait
and made fun of me for
bringing my backpack.
By the way, did Minsley
ever return your backpack?
[brooding music]
Maybe I can still track it.
[suspenseful music]
Wait, that's not the sheriff's station.
Where is this?
Yeah, that's one of the warehouses
for Tucker Family Imports.
[suspenseful music]
- [birds chirping]
[Halle] Thank you for
meeting me here, Joey.
[Joey] After I heard you testify
to what Dallas did, I knew I had to help.
But I'm not so sure this is gonna work.
[Joey sighing]
- [lock clicking]
I told you, they took away
my access when they fired me.
Joey, my daughter's backpack
that she left in Dallas's
car is inside that warehouse,
and I need to know why.
Everything in this building
is slated to be destroyed.
That's what this building is.
Broken items, things they can't
resell, it all gets burned.
Is there another way in?
[sighs] There's a window on
the other side of the building
that has a lock that's
been broken for months.
Please, try it.
Okay, okay.
[suspenseful music]
[crickets chirping]
[Dylan] Today was a
debacle for her defense.
How could she be catching up in the polls?
Just... Just send it to me.
[phone beeping]
[door squeaking]
- [door clicking shut]
[suspenseful music]
[Minsley] Just want to touch base.
Halle was a disaster up there today.
I know you wanted me to make
this whole thing go away
like we did the others, but at this point,
it doesn't look like you
have anything to worry about.
[door squeaking]
- [suspenseful music]
Is that my phone?
How many girls did Dallas assault?
What are you talking about?
[Nikki] Minsley; He said you
and he made the others go away.
Who?
No, I told you,
all those girls were just after my money.
Your money! That's what
it's always about, isn't it?
You're very emotional right
now, which makes sense,
because you just lost a son.
But be careful you don't say something
that you're gonna regret, Nikki.
I want a divorce,
and this time, I mean it.
No, you don't.
- [suspenseful music]
If you leave, you get nothing.
You think your life is bad now?
Just wait!
- [notification beeping]
What?
[dial tone ringing]
[John] Yeah?
I just got an alarm.
There's movement in warehouse three.
[suspenseful music]
[Joey] Come on.
[Halle] Thank you. [Gasps]
Oh, yes!
- [door clicking shut]
Hmm.
[Joey] Hmm.
[brooding music]
Halle.
Yeah, what is it?
That's Emma's!
What else is in that box?
[suspenseful music]
Oh my God, this is all
evidence from Dallas's house!
[Joey] It's password protected.
Is his phone in there?
- [Halle] Um...
Yeah, it's at 4%.
I just need it for a minute.
[Halle] Okay.
[suspenseful music continues]
I'm in.
Joey!
Okay, can you access his
emails and text messages?
Oh, wow.
What, what is it?
[suspenseful music]
[Joey] The last text messages
that Dallas sent were to Trent.
They talk about how they
plan to drug your daughter.
[Halle] This is it!
This is exactly what we need
to blow this case wide open!
I got to take this to Camille.
So how are you going to say you found it?
You can't tell him that we broke in here.
[grumbles] I'll say I
broke in to steal some
of the stuff they didn't
want and found it.
They already claim I'm a thief anyway, so.
[crickets chirping]
Are you sure?
- Yeah.
Joey, thank you, thank
you, thank you, thank you!
Okay, bring this to Camille's
office by 8:00 AM tomorrow.
We'll both be waiting for you there.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [Joey] We're gonna do this.
[door clicks shut]
[grim music]
[Halle] Hi, Mrs. Ridley.
This is Halle Weathers.
I've been trying to
reach Joey all morning,
and he's not picking up.
Have you heard from him?
Are you sure he didn't
come home last night?
Has he ever done that before?
Okay. Yes, of course.
Thank you.
Joey's mother said her
calls are going straight
to his voicemail.
So he disappeared,
along with all of the evidence?
Wait.
If the AirTag I put in
Emma's backpack is still on,
maybe I can track its location.
[brooding music]
- It's on!
It's out in the woods by Salt Creek.
I need to check that he's okay.
[Camille] We have to be in
court in a couple of hours.
If I'm not back in time,
can you please stall?
[brooding music]
- [engine rumbling]
[suspenseful music]
- [car door slamming shut]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Halle] What?
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Halle gasping]
- [suspenseful music]
Morgan?
[tense music]
le, talk to me.-[suspenseful music]
[Halle] You know Joey's
cousin Morgan who went missing
after claiming Dallas drugged her?
Her body's out by the creek.
She's dead!
And Joey has shown me her photo.
I'm sure it's her.
- What?
All of the evidence was burned.
I didn't know what to do,
so I anonymously reported it
to the Georgia Office of Criminal Affairs.
Did you find Joey?
No, and I'm scared he might be dead too.
[suspenseful music]
[reporter] This is the area
where a body was discovered
yesterday by an anonymous caller.
The deceased has been identified
as 16-year-old Morgan Ridley,
who was reported as a runaway.
[doorbell ringing]
[Halle] Ms. Tucker?
I'm not allowed to speak to you.
[Nikki] Please, just hear me out.
I loved my son very much,
but he did a lot of bad
things that I think,
deep down, I knew about,
but I just didn't want to believe.
I know you were just
protecting your daughter,
like I wish someone had protected me.
You're a good mother.
- [brooding music]
I tried to be a good mother,
but if we hadn't bailed
him out over and over
and just taught him that
there were consequences, then
you wouldn't be where you are today.
I'm sorry.
I failed Dallas.
And I don't want you to fail, Emma.
[brooding music continues]
It's Trent, Sheriff Minsley's son.
He works for my husband from time to time
through the sheriff.
I believe that he drugged your daughter,
and that he may have killed Morgan Ridley.
Do you have any proof of this?
I have this.
[suspenseful music]
Ms. Parston,
do you have any more witnesses?
Yes, your Honor.
The defense would like to call
Nikki Tucker to the stand.
What the hell are you doing?
[Camille] Mrs.
Tucker, you're here voluntarily,
is that correct?
- Yes.
And why did you want to testify on behalf
of the woman accused of killing your son?
Because my son had a
history of sexual assaults
and an attraction to underage girls.
And my husband,
with the help of Sheriff Minsley,
covered up those crimes.
[suspenseful music]
- [attendees chattering]
When you say they covered them
up, what do you mean?
Intimidated witnesses, paid people off.
He instructed Sheriff
Minsley to destroy evidence.
That's not true, your Honor!
[Prescott] Sir, sit down,
or I will have you removed.
She wants to divorce me.
She's making up lies.
[Prescott] Sit down and be quiet.
[Camille] When you say
"destroyed evidence", are you
referring to evidence in this case?
[Nikki] Yes, he had me box up
Dallas's laptop, and cell phone,
and anything that would suggest
that he liked underage girls.
And was the evidence destroyed?
Yes, but before that happened,
I hired a young man to bypass the passcode
on my son's cell phone and
download his text messages.
I found some that prove
he knew Emma was 14
and that he planned to assault her.
[attendees chattering]
[Camille] And who were
these text messages with?
His friend, Trent Minsley.
[Mike] Your Honor,
I would like a recess, so I can
review these text messages
that she claims to have.
Court is in recess until
Thursday morning at 9:00 AM.
[gavel thudding]
[attendees chattering]
- [gloomy music]
Are you out of your damn mind?
When I'm done here,
you're gonna wish you were dead.
You can threaten me all you want.
I'm not afraid of you anymore.
[Halle] You think Nikki
Tucker will be okay?
I think she's better off
being away from Dylan Tucker,
even if she has to start over.
No, I didn't mean the divorce. I meant
losing her son.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Are you serious?
[pensive music]
That's incredible!
Thank you!
Yes, I will.
Bye now.
For the first time, [lighthearted music]
I'm ahead in the polls.
[Camille laughing]
I might actually win!
[Halle and Camille laughing]
- [glasses clinking]
[suspenseful music]
- [Halle] Camille.
Trent just got out of that gray car.
You see that front left tire?
[Camille] The spare?
[Halle] Yeah. It's not full sized.
When I found Morgan's body,
there were uneven tire tracks.
[suspenseful music]
- I think Nikki's right.
I think those tracks
came from Trent's car.
Who are you calling?
- [dial tone ringing]
A friend of mine, he lives nearby
from the Georgia Office
of Criminal Affairs.
He'll want to see those tires.
Do you recognize that text exchange?
Yes.
It was the last text
message Dallas ever sent me
before he was murdered.
[Camille] Motion to strike
witness's last comment.
Sustained.
Yes or no answers only.
Could you read the exchange, please?
I texted, "Do you want to
grab a drink at Farrigan's?"
Read Dallas's reply, please.
[Trent] "Not tonight."
Hooking up with that
chick from the quarry."
"The eighth grade track star?
What if she runs? Lol."
[Camille] You texted,
"The eighth grade track star?"
What if she runs? Lol."
Why did you text that?
I was just joking.
So the joke you came
up with about her being
an eighth grade track star
was just a coincidence,
and you had no idea she was in fact
in the eighth grade and a track star?
Yes.
[Camille] And then,
Dallas responded, "All good."
Still have some of that
Ro-shay you got me."
Did you supply Dallas Tucker with roofies,
also referred to as the date rape drug,
so he could drug Emma Weathers?
Absolutely not.
He was just joking.
We joke like that all the time.
Joked about raping 14-year-olds?
Does your car currently have a donut spare
on the front left?
Yeah.
[Camille] Mr. Minsley,
did you obtain evidence in this case
that was in Joey Ridley's possession,
and then, destroy that
evidence by burning it?
[Trent] No.
- [attendees chattering]
Were you instructed by anyone
to murder Morgan Ridley?
[Mike] Objection!
Counsel is assuming facts not in evidence.
This whole line of
questioning is irrelevant.
Mrs. Tucker testified
that there was evidence
that showed that Dallas Tucker
knew that Emma was underage
and intended to sexually assault her.
Joey Ridley obtained that evidence.
Within hours of obtaining that evidence,
Joey disappears, the evidence is burned,
and tire tracks matching the spare
on this witness's car
are found at the scene.
The same scene where the body
of Joey's cousin, Morgan, was found
after she told people
that Dallas Tucker tried
to drug and assault her.
[Trent] That's not true!
Dad, tell them!
I go out there to hunt all the time.
I had nothing to do with it!
[attendees gasping]
- [attendee] What?
[reporter] Bombshell testimony
in the Halle Weathers
case yesterday.
They covered everything.
- [pensive music]
We're talking burning evidence,
drugging underage girls,
and even committing murder.
Closing arguments yesterday
were quick and to the point,
and now, the jury is deliberating the fate
of Ms. Weathers, who don't
forget, is also running
for sheriff against the
very man that she accuses
of being behind much of this corruption.
[crickets chirping]
[Halle chuckling]
- No, no way.
Oh, I forgot I want to show dad
that economics paper I wrote.
Oh?
I see.
You must have been telling
her how good you were in econ.
Eh, might have come up
when I was helping her with her homework.
You know, she reminds me of you at times.
Is that a good thing... or a great thing?
[Brad and Halle laughing]
[Halle] Okay, you haven't changed.
[Brad laughing]
- [sentimental music]
Seriously though, I'm grateful
that you allowed me back in her life,
your life.
My life?
Our lives.
[sentimental music]
- [birds chirping]
[Judge Prescott] Has the
jury reached a verdict?
Yes, your Honor.
Ms. Weathers, please stand.
[heartbeat thudding]
The jury finds the defendant
not guilty.
Yes!
- [attendees clapping]
[Prescott] Ms.
Weathers, you are acquitted of the charges
and are released from custody.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
your service has concluded.
Court is hereby adjourned.
[gavel thudding]
[attendee] All right, justice.
Finally.
- [attendees clapping]
[sentimental music]
- [Halle sobbing]
Are you okay?
I will be.
Now, go finish what you started
and win that election.
[sentimental music]
Oh, you guys!
[Joey] Halle!
Joey?
- Can we talk?
I'll be right there.
- Okay.
I am so sorry.
[Halle] Where have you been?
I was counting on you.
[Joey] I know,
just right after we left the warehouse,
Sheriff Minsley pulled me over
and told me he'd kill me
if I didn't give him
the box and disappear.
I was scared, and I'm not like you.
Joey.
- [Joey] Look, I know I let you
down and you don't owe me any favors,
but if you become sheriff,
can you please get justice for Morgan?
Yes, I promise I will.
[crickets chirping]
- [upbeat music]
Okay.
[guests chattering]
- [glasses clinking]
[phone ringing]
Everyone, everyone, they're calling.
Hey.
Really?
Thank you.
- [upbeat music]
It's official!
[guests cheering]
- [Halle laughing]
[glasses clinking]
We did it!
Aw!
[guests whistling]
There's a new sheriff in town.
Yes, there is.
- [Camille and Halle laughing]
[lighthearted music]
[receptionist] Sheriff
Weathers, I have Terrick Moore
from the Georgia Office of
Criminal Affairs on line two.
[phone ringing]
Agent Moore, tell me you have good news.
[Agent Moore] Dylan
Tucker was just detained
at an airport in France.
[Halle] Nice job.
What about father and son?
[Agent Moore] The younger
one is in custody.
[Officer] Trent Minsley,
come out with your hands up.
[zipper unfastening]
[Agent Moore] John's warrant's on my desk.
I figured you could do the honors.
[suspenseful music]
- [engines rumbling]
[sirens blaring]
- [door slamming shut]
[suspenseful music continues]
[door creaking]
[officer] Freeze!
Hand's where I could see them.
[Minsley laughing]
Look at you.
So important with your badge and your gun.
You got nothing on me.
[Halle] Dylan Tucker's not
gonna bail you out this time.
I don't care what you say.
I'm the sheriff of this town.
Not anymore.
- [sirens blaring]
John Minsley, [handcuffs clicking]
you're under arrest for the
murder of Morgan Ridley.
Get him out of here.
[triumphant music]
[triumphant music continues]
[door clicking shut]
- [triumphant music continues]
[triumphant music continues]
[triumphant music continues]