Murdaugh: Death In The Family (2025) s01e01 Episode Script

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[tense music playing]
[barking]
[discordant music playing]
[heavy breathing]
[sobbing]
Oh! [exhales heavily]
[phone line rings]
[sniffles]
[operator] Hampton County 911.
[sobbing] Uh, this is Alec Murdaugh
of 4147 Moselle Road.
[operator] What is your emergency?
I I need police
and an ambulance immediately.
It's my wife and my child.
They've been shot badly.
- That Moselle Road in Hampton?
- Yes, sir.
4147 Moselle Road!
[operator]
Stay on the line with me, okay?
Help me now. They're down. It's bad.
It's real bad.
[dogs barking]
[rooster crowing]
["Is There Life Out There"
by Reba McEntire playing]
[cicadas buzzing]
She married ♪
Oh, hey.
[gasps] What's this?
Huh? What's this?
Oh, is this yours?
She'd thought she'd done some living ♪
Now she's just wondering ♪
What she's living for ♪
So pretty!
Now she's feeling
that there's something more ♪
[distant gunshots, chatter]
Is there life out there? ♪
So much she hasn't done ♪
[loud gunfire]
[laughs]
Bo! Oh, this thing flies!
Ho!
Here, one, two, three, four, five,
and a headshot, too.
That's double. That's seven at $10 a pop.
That's a buck-forty comin' my way.
[Bruce Dinwiddie]
I just sighted this damn thing in, too.
- You did?
- Yeah.
Well, let me look.
[breathing heavily]
Damn, I'll be damned. That is strange.
Oh, you cheatin' bastard!
It's only cheatin' if you get caught.
All right.
All right, the last one back walks.
- Oh, shit.
- Come on!
[John Marvin Murdaugh]
Not again! Not again!
[Alex Murdaugh] Come on!
I'ma go and shoot you bastards!
[quirky guitar music playing]
Three whole Porta-Potties for 200 people.
You've got to be messin' with me.
I might as well put out buckets.
Whoa, they done messed
with the bull now, huh?
- [Maggie Murdaugh] Mm.
- Mm.
[mutters] You go get 'em.
You know what? You best get on.
You're gonna be late
for closing arguments.
I can tell time, woman.
- Not you.
- Hey. Look, look, whoa, look.
- Call y'all back.
- It's about Daddy.
Governor McMaster
will be in the Lowcountry tomorrow
to award South Carolina's
highest civilian honor,
the Order of the Palmetto,
to former 14th district solicitor
and Hampton County's own
Randolph Murdaugh III.
The Murdaughs
are a South Carolina legal dynasty
with roots dating back to the 1800s.
Randolph Murdaugh served two decades
as solicitor for the 14th circuit.
And he is currently working
in the family's law firm with his sons,
Randy and Alec.
Dating back 100 years
Look at that handsome man
on my television.
I clean up okay.
Someday, it's gonna be you
gettin' that award.
[Alex] You gonna throw a big party
after that ceremony, too?
[sighs] Let me get
through this one first.
Okay.
[Gloria] You heard from Paul?
His truck wasn't there
when I arrived this morning.
Don't think he came home last night.
Lord knows.
[country music playing on truck radio]
[music shuts off]
[bottles clinking]
[dog barking]
Oh, no.
Oh.
Hey, what, you playing chicken
with trees now?
I just, uh, ran off the road
a little last night.
- Were you drinking?
- Is the sky blue?
You know, this boy's gone through
more vehicles at 19
than I have my whole life.
You keep messin' around like that,
you're gonna win yourself
another drinking ticket.
I'm gonna get
some hydrogen peroxide for that cut.
Thanks, Go-Go.
[Alex] [laughing] Jesus Christ, dude.
- Oh, my God.
- [Maggie] Hey, hey, hey.
You.
I'm glad you're okay.
[Alex sighs]
Hey, you still want
to try the new rifle later?
I took that out for a spin this morning
with Bruce and John Marvin.
Oh. Thought we were
breaking it in together.
Yeah, it fires like a
dream. Give it a go.
["(I'm A) Ramblin' Man"
by Waylon Jennings playing]
I've been down the Mississippi ♪
Down through New Orleans ♪
Yes, I have ♪
I've played in California ♪
There ain't too much I haven't seen ♪
No, there ain't ♪
You'd better move away ♪
You're standing
too close to the flame ♪
Once I mess with your mind ♪
Your little heart won't be the same ♪
But I'm a ramblin' man ♪
Don't mess around with
any old ramblin' man ♪
[music ends]
[Alex] Y'all know me. I'm an honest man.
What we're after, what I'm after,
to be blunt,
is money.
Oh, yeah.
One-point-one million dollars of it,
specifically.
Whew!
That's some nice change there, right?
I mean, I certainly think so.
But let me ask you
is there really a price we can put
on what Mr. Alvarez has lost?
He ain't ever gonna go
for a walk on the beach again.
He ain't gonna feel that sand
between his toes.
He won't ever be able to
To dance with his baby girl, Rosa,
when she finally gets married one day.
I mean, that's all gone.
It's gone forever.
Now when you or me or
When we see a red light, we stop.
I mean, those being the rules and all.
But, I mean, that driver who worked
for the defendants, well, he just
He just up and decides, "Well, hell,
those rules don't apply for me."
He runs that red light, and boom!
T-bones Mr. Alvarez, and here we are.
My daddy
has this old saying.
"Son," he says
"just 'cause you don't want to pay a bill
doesn't mean it ain't due."
Yeah.
Looking good, Red.
- Hi!
- Oh, yeah, you know it.
Get out of the way, my friend.
Here you go. Oh, don't you
- [laughs]
- Come on.
After you.
Where are we on discovery?
We're scheduling depositions as we speak.
- Who's the officer on that? Ellis?
- [door opens]
Who here is ready to shuck
some oysters tomorrow?
Huh? Give me a show of hands, come on!
You know I ain't missing
a Miss Maggie party.
Don't be giving her
all the credit, though.
I'm the one writin' the checks.
- [laughter]
- Oh, too slow. Here you go.
So, uh, how'd closing go, Big Red?
I lined 'em up and knocked 'em dead.
Defense finished strong, though.
If I'm on that jury,
I'm thinking long and hard
about your client's DUIs.
That was years ago, Randy.
And he was field-tested at the scene.
- How many are we talkin'?
- Three, wasn't it?
Four.
Just got his license back not three
months before the accident, too.
Any of my other cases
you want to give your thoughts on?
Maybe you want to check my homework.
All I'm saying is 400,000
is a strong settlement offer,
given the circumstances.
Ain't even a third
of what the assessors landed on.
I mean, we're talkin' about a man
who won't ever walk again, Randy.
And last I checked,
you ain't managing partner.
Leaving a case like this
to the jury is a dice roll.
Bird in the hand and all.
Anyway, we will see what we see.
Moving on.
[dramatic acoustic music playing]
Hey, little brother.
Do me a favor, bo.
Next time you want to give
your thoughts on my cases,
fuckin' don't.
Uh, Alec, Mrs. Liferidge is here.
- Uh, assisted living
- [Alex] I know.
I was just offering my opinion.
You knew what you were doin'.
[dramatic music continuous]
[starts ignition]
I could take the waist in, right?
- Hmm.
- Take the hem up a smidgen.
["Strawberry Wine"
by Deana Carter playing on radio]
- Let me get this.
- Ooh, now you're talkin'.
But you can't possibly
do all of that tonight.
Oh. Of course, I can.
Brian's got Bible study, Tony's working.
Give me something to do
while I catch up on Days of Our Lives.
- Hey, Daddy.
- [Alex] Hey, Mama. Hey, GoGo.
[Gloria] Oh.
[Maggie] Sheila got a facelift.
- [Alex] Yeah?
- Said it hurts like Hades,
but damned if she doesn't look
a decade younger.
[Alex] Well, I hope
the pain was worth it.
Just leave it on the hanger.
I'll get it before I go.
But, you know, seeing what
she looked like 10 years ago,
that ain't saying much.
Can you unzip me?
Yeah. [sighs]
What, bad news with the trial?
No. No, the, uh
No, the jury's deliberating.
- Then who pissed on your grits?
- Fuckin' Randy pissed in my grits, Mama.
He questioned me
in front of Daddy and the partners.
Randy's jealous of you.
You've got charm, charisma.
Randy has whatever
that thing is Randy has.
Randolph had your back, though, right?
Hell, no, he didn't.
He didn't even say good job.
Basically took Randy's side.
I don't like Daddy
leanin' on Randy so goddamn much.
Honey, Randolph's got the ceremony
on his mind, that's all.
Hmm.
Remember this song?
- Surfside Beach Pier.
- Mm-hmm.
Boy, do I remember.
I still remember ♪
[cell phone dings]
Alec Murdaugh, if that is not the
verdict, you best not take that call.
Baseball tickets for next weekend.
It's the Clemson game, baby.
I'll owe you, okay?
Yeah, I'll put it on your tab.
[sighs]
[door opens]
[Buster Murdaugh] Hey, where y'all at?
What in the tomcat? Hey!
- Hey, Mama.
- Aw!
Ha-ha! Oh! Oh, he's got it sunk in!
Hook's in deep!
Here comes the Macho Man!
- You'd better tap! You'd better tap!
- I'm tappin'.
- Mwah.
- [Maggie] Tagged out.
Paw-Paw, come on down and say hello
to your brother. Come on!
- [Buster] Hey, Gloria.
- Hey, Buster!
Where's Miss Brooklynn?
She got an exam to study for.
Oh, shit, man.
- [Paul laughs]
- I saw you borrowed somebody's tree.
- Boy, shut your mouth up. What's this?
- [Alex laughing]
- Hey, it's a surprise.
- Your gonorrhea results?
[laughing] Gonorrhea results.
Hey, what-what-what surprise?
Hmm?
Let's see.
"Dear Mr. Murdaugh,
we are writing to inform you
"that your application to the University
of South Carolina School of Law
"has been accepted.
Congratulations!"
- Oh, my baby!
- Ho! Ho!
You son of a gun.
Go-Go! Go-Go, come on, Go-Go.
Go-Go, go get some champagne!
And some glasses, women! Come on!
- [claps hands]
- Why didn't you tell me? Huh?
I didn't want you or Granddaddy
calling in any favors.
Oh, yeah. Mama, we got a
We got a self-made man right here,
that's what we got.
- Yes, sir.
- Buster Boy!
- [laughs] Hot damn!
- Whoo!
Come on, Paw-Paw, get off your fat ass
and get over here.
Come on, I mean it. Get over here.
Your brother just got
into to law school. Come on.
[laughing] Here it is.
He's a real man.
This here's to the Murdaughs.
You could not have made your mama
and your daddy more proud, son.
- Amen!
- Amen to that.
We doing refills or what?
- [crickets chirping]
- [country music playing on radio]
[Maggie] Paw-Paw, get your Aunt Marian
another glass of wine, will you?
Ugh, after that drive in, yes, please.
- [all chuckle]
- Yes, ma'am.
- Okay, how about this one, huh?
- [Maggie] Oh, yes.
Aunt Marian, he got those Branstetter
brains from y'all's side of the family.
Mm-hmm. What did he get
from y'all's side? Red hair?
Them dashing good looks, didn't he?
- He got them dashing good looks.
- [laughs] Oh.
Pretty sure that's from
our side of the family, too.
Don't be mean. He got most of it from us,
but Alec has his moments.
- Moments.
- I got my moments, do I?
[laughs]
Bus.
That belonged to your great-granddaddy.
It already belonged to one Buster.
Now one day, it's gonna be yours.
Maybe he doesn't want
to be solicitor, though.
[Alex] Well, maybe he does.
Maybe he's gotta follow
in his family's footsteps.
Maybe he's gotta be like his old man.
Aren't you an assistant solicitor?
Did you, uh, get a promotion?
Yeah, he rides around with that badge
and blue lights like he's for real.
- Oh! Oh, that's right.
- [cell phone vibrates]
- Yeah.
- I ought to pull you over and book you.
[Paul Murdaugh]
Yeah, you gotta catch me first.
[Alex] For bein' a little jackass.
[Paul] For being sexy as hell.
Yeah, that's right,
a cheeky little jackass right here.
Hey, why is he calling you?
- [phone buzzing]
- Beat your ass.
He's helping me out
with the new business.
What new business?
What's shakin', bo?
[Eddie] [on phone]
Hey, bo, we got ourselves a problem.
- What's up?
- How fast can you get on over here?
All right, I'm gonna
head your way right now.
- I gotta go.
- Where are you goin'?
- Well, something's up.
- With Eddie?
Whatever that lowlife wants
can surely wait.
He's my cousin, Mags.
[Marian Proctor] Maggie?
Uh, Maggie, call from the caterer.
I'll be right there.
Hey, we got family here.
- They ain't gonna miss me none.
- You're gonna be out till sunrise.
What do you want me to do, Mags?
Huh?
I'm sorry.
Probably the stress of this party
is gettin' to me.
Yeah, well, just don't
take it out on me, okay?
[truck door slams]
[ignition starts]
- [discordant music playing]
- [siren wailing]
[Marian] What was all that?
When have you known that man
to sit still for longer than two minutes?
Hey, can you start
moving the bouquets into the vases?
[Marian] Sure, sure.
[Gloria humming]
[Maggie sighs]
Gloria, you happen to run
into any of Mr. Alec's medication?
[Gloria] No, ma'am.
Why? You think he's taking it again?
I don't know.
You think he's okay?
[Gloria] Yeah, he seems like
his good old normal self to me.
[Maggie] All right.
Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
[Gloria] No, you're not being paranoid.
You're just being a good wife.
Looking out for your man.
[washing machine whirs]
[liquid slurping, burbling]
What do we got, Eddie?
Well, they're saying
they're gonna shut us down
on account that we ain't got no permit.
My ass.
We got our first pickup tomorrow, bo.
Sir, sir, I need you to stop
what you're doing right now.
- Well who the fuck are you?
- Go on, stop.
[Alex] Is that Chris Hewey?
- [Alex laughs]
- [Chris Hewey] Hey, Mr. Alec.
God, I'll be damned.
How's your daddy doin'?
- He's doing good, sir.
- Oh, good.
Is that your big guy over there?
- Yes, sir.
- All right, then.
Hey. Alec Murdaugh, assistant
solicitor with the 14th circuit.
Appreciate y'all waiting.
Doug Brailsford, county director.
Hey, Doug.
You down from Greenville, right?
- [Doug Brailsford] That's correct.
- Pleasure to meet you, bo.
This sumbitch say
I can't even go on my own boat.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, it's okay.
He's new here.
I think what we got here
is our wires are a little crossed.
See, our permit with the county
is pending but in the meantime,
Gary Brock told me personally
that we're good to go.
This is coming directly from me,
Mr. Murdaugh.
Now, a pending permit
is not an approved permit.
And until it is, you all cannot
operate here legally.
Now I need you to stop
what you're doing immediately
and I need you to release everything
you got out on the boat
Damn near one ton of jellyfish
sittin' right there,
okay, ready for distribution tomorrow.
I mean, you shut all of us down,
well, you're gonna leave us
with our dick in our hands.
I can see how this
is an inconvenience for you all,
but laws are laws.
This is nothing personal.
I mean, come on.
What if I just say "screw y'all,"
and we just keep on operating anyway?
What you gonna do about it?
I wouldn't do that if I were you,
Mr. Murdaugh.
[chuckles]
Shut it down.
[Eddie] All right, shut her down!
You know, you would ask,
"What is the deal
on that Randolph Murdaugh?"
And they'd say,
"Oh, he is a good ol' boy."
And, you know, that means something.
It means you're someone
you can count on in times of need.
Let me tell you, good ol' boys
don't come any more good
than Randolph Murdaugh III.
- Or old.
- [laughter]
For 20 years until he retired in 2006,
Randolph delivered justice
to the 14th district
of South Carolina,
like his daddy and his granddaddy
did before him,
all the way back to 1920.
That's right, 1920.
With him today is his
gorgeous wife Libby,
his graceful daughter Lynne,
three strapping sons,
Randy, Alec, and John Marvin,
and what looks like
about 300 grandbabies.
[Randolph laughs]
It is my tremendous honor
as the governor of the fine state
of South Carolina
to present the Order of the Palmetto
to my good ol' friend,
Randolph Murdaugh III.
- Mr. Governor.
- Oh, yeah!
[Randolph Murdaugh]
Appreciate you being here.
[camera shutters click]
Well, what do you think?
Pretty as a picture.
Sometimes I wonder
why I even throw these parties.
Oh, come on. You love doing this.
I love having it done.
- [both laugh]
- That is not the same thing.
Oh.
[gasps]
Ooh, what has he gone and done now?
"For the hardest-working lady I know.
All my love, Big Daddy."
Aw.
[gasps] Lookit!
Hope he doesn't think
he can buy himself out of trouble.
It was a year ago.
It was a fling.
He knows it was wrong.
What was she again, a real estate agent?
She moved back to Charleston.
They don't speak anymore.
Have you forgiven him?
I have.
Yes, I have.
Alec was not himself.
All those painkillers he was on.
I mean, truth be told,
we came out the other side of that mess.
[sighs] We survived.
And we are stronger for it.
You've taken care of Alec his whole life.
You just make sure
you're taking care of yourself, too.
[calypso music playing]
[sizzling]
[band singing]
[Maggie] Hey!
[indistinct]
Takin' care of things.
I see you, I see you.
Tell me one more time
why one of you boys
didn't take over
solicitor for the old man
when he hung it up way back when.
Seems like the kind of tradition
worth keeping.
Well, don't look at me.
Alec was the one
that's supposed to follow Daddy.
Oh, don't look at me, huh?
And I would have, hell,
if there'd been more goddamn money in it.
I got mouths to feed.
I still work some cases
with Duffie and the boys, though.
Not like sitting in the big chair,
though, huh, Randolph?
Well, that's how Alec wanted it.
Well, Duffie's keeping the seat warm
until Bus here is ready to take over.
Ain't that right, Duffie?
Ain't that right, Bus?
I think you're probably safe
for a couple more years, Mr. Duffie.
All right, here we go.
Anthony and Connor and me are taking
the girls out on the boat tonight.
All right, go on. Wind that back, Randy.
- What's up, Paw-Paw?
- Taking that again. Come on, Bus.
[Mallory Beach] Hi, baby! Hi!
Hi!
[laughs] Oh, you're so perfect.
Oh, you're so sweet.
[Paul] You saying hey to Mallory?
- Yeah.
- Here, look.
[Mallory] Oh, thank you.
- [Paul] There you go. Mm-hmm.
- Want some?
- She's about to be a mama.
- Really? Wait, when's she due?
In the next month.
Oh, it's gonna hurt real bad,
but it'll be over so fast.
- You can have one of her puppies.
- Really?
Please, yes.
She's just gonna be poppin' them out.
They've gotta go somewhere.
Hey, he hitting on you?
You coming?
Well, if he is, you can have him.
[Paul] Oh, sorry, say that again.
She can have me?
- Just like that? All right. Uh-huh.
- Just like that.
Well, Paul's bribing me with a puppy,
so I think you need to step your game up.
Oh, damn. Yeah, I
can't compete with that.
What time's the bonfire?
Olivia said people will be there
at 10, I think?
- Roll out at sundown?
- [Connor Cook] Sundown!
Ah, you can't go out without
these oyster shots first, baby, come on!
- Ho!
- Who's ready for the shots?
- Yes, sir!
- [Mallory] Oh, me.
Thank you so much.
- [Paul] There we go.
- [Mallory] Everybody?
[Miley Altman]
I'm not looking forward to it.
- [all] Cheers!
- [glasses clink]
Ugh!
You chewin'?
No, you're not supposed to chew.
[Morgan Doughty] I did not like that.
Not my favorite.
[Randolph]
"Go to the mirror, look at yourself,
"and see what that man has to say,
"the one staring back from the glass.
"You may fool the whole world
down the pathway of life,
"and it pats on the back as you pass,
"but your final reward
will be heartaches and tears
if you've cheated the man in the glass."
That is a poem that I have given
to each of my children.
A lot of y'all know that, uh,
I got right sick a few years back.
I didn't know if the good Lord
was calling me home.
He wasn't.
I'm here.
And I can honestly say
that this man in the glass
is mighty blessed.
- [applause]
- Thank you.
[band playing mellow
country dance music]
[Randolph] Thank you for all this.
Well, we wanted you to have
the celebration you deserve.
"We"?
I know who made all of them
lovely wildflower arrangements.
Wasn't no son of mine.
No, sir. That'd be me.
Yeah.
Well, maybe remember that
and have my husband's back next time
that Randy is giving him hell.
Oh, Lord.
He had himself a good cry about it?
Oh, he's just worried
that you're put out with him.
Worried that Randy's gonna
be looking over his shoulder.
Maybe he needs somebody
looking over his shoulder.
Oh, now. Come on.
Well
you get to be an old man like me,
and you start doing old-man thinkin'.
What's the Murdaugh name
gonna mean when I'm gone?
What have I done with it?
He just wants to make you proud.
He brought you into this family.
It's hard to get more proud than that.
You mean to me ♪
- [music ends]
- [applause]
Yeah? What'd he say?
He said he knows he's been hard on you.
And he's not gonna be around forever.
That new?
- Oh, this?
- [Alex] Mm.
It's a little gift from my husband.
Oh, he sounds like a keeper, that one.
[band playing "Strawberry Wine"
by Deana Carter]
Hot damn, did you?
Come on, you didn't. You did?
- Oh, maybe. Maybe.
- You did?
Oh, "maybe" you did.
Oh, you still got it.
You a foxy little thing.
Come on, I'm gonna take you out
for a dance, come on.
He was working through college ♪
I got business with this guy.
No, save the next one, okay?
Put it on my tab.
Eddie, come on.
Doug Brailsford, huh? How you doin'?
- Mr. Murdaugh.
- [Alex] It's good to see you, Doug.
I got something for you.
Hot off the grill.
- Hmm?
- Is that jellyfish?
Sautéed in ginger and soy sauce.
Yeah. China, Japan, Thailand.
All them places like that, man.
They love this shit.
- [Doug] Is that right?
- Mm!
It's a interesting texture.
[chuckles] Listen, I think
I think we all got off
on the wrong foot the other night.
No, I feel bad about it.
Like I said, it's nothing personal.
Listen, Mr. Murdaugh, I'd like to
No, no, no. Don't you do that.
You call me Alec.
Okay?
Listen, Doug, I'm
gonna come to the point.
I got a couple hundred thousand
invested in this already.
I got product that can't move.
That's money out of my pocket
until you give me your blessing.
So, what's it gonna take?
These things take a lot of consideration.
I mean, there's environmental impact,
and there's things that I need to just
Henry! Governor?
Come on, get your
ass over here. Come on.
[Henry McMaster]
What's shakin', Big Red?
- [Alex] Eddie.
- Yes, sir.
Put a lip on this.
Come on.
- What the hell is it?
- Jellyfish.
Well, it looks weird as hell, but
But?
[groans]
Mm. Now, that is some, uh
texture, you know?
[all laugh]
Yeah. That's just what Doug here said.
Y'all met?
- No?
- No, Governor, this is Doug Brailsford
out of Greenville, DNR.
He just took over from Braden
as county director.
- [Henry] Congratulations.
- Real pleasure meeting you, Governor.
- No, please, call me Henry. Yeah?
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Alec! Come on!
[Alex] Okay, business calls.
I get to love you and leave you.
He's a future state director
written all over, all right?
I'll leave y'all
to get acquainted, all right?
[Eddie] Y'all want seconds?
- [Doug] Oh, no.
- [Eddie] You sure?
[Randy] Alright, look alive, Buster.
[Alex]
Alvarez defense wants to talk settlement.
What did I tell you, Randy?
Running scared already, huh?
Oh, you know it.
Well, good luck.
[line ringing]
Hey, where are you goin'?
Listen in, see how it's done.
Go on, sit down.
[line connects]
Lester, you got Randolph,
Randy and Alec here.
[Lester] [on phone]
Congrats, Randolph. Well deserved.
Get to it, Lester.
We got oysters to shuck.
[Lester] All right, listen, we don't see
the point of letting the jury
drag this thing out more than need be.
So what? You gonna pay the full 1.1
that you should've
in the first damn place?
- [Lester] Not quite.
- So, what's the offer, Lester?
[Lester] Six hundred.
- [laughs]
- All right, now I'm gonna say 9,
you're gonna say 650,
and then we'll be here all night
chasing each other's tails.
So why don't we just cut the fussin'
and go ahead and call it 750?
[Lester]
Seven-fifty sounds doable.
But listen,
this thing is a Cinderella offer.
It turns pumpkin at midnight.
We're willing to see
what the jury comes back with.
You're gonna hear from us, Lester.
You can count on it.
[disconnects call]
What's going on?
That's 350,000 more dollars
than the last offer.
That's 350,000 less
than what the jury's gonna give us.
Come on, we got
their pants down over a barrel.
Their asses fuckin' know it.
Don't matter. We're taking it.
I mean, Daddy, you heard him.
He's shitting cinder blocks.
Could be. Still, we're taking it.
- Well, I'm not.
- Pardon?
No, you heard me. I ain't takin' it.
I got a responsibility to my clients.
I ain't some Podunk juror, son.
Now the only responsibility
you got in this world
is to this firm and this family.
Now, you accept the offer.
We put 750,000 on the books
on a bum case and put away the plow,
because we're calling it a day.
No, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's What's going on here, okay?
You-you-you First of all, you let him
poke his nose into my cases,
and now you let him
railroad me on my settlements?
Something ain't right, goddamn it.
What is it?
I'm hangin' it up.
- When?
- End of summer.
You knew this.
[Randolph] He did. Now you do, too.
- Who's gonna be the managing partner?
- Don't know.
Now call Lester.
Tell him we got a deal.
Congrats, little brother.
I guess ♪
[Alex] It's because ♪
I kinda changed my direction ♪
my direction ♪
Lord, I guess I went and broke ♪
Their family tradition ♪
family tradition ♪
"They get up all on me, Hank,
and they want to know,
-'Hank, why do you drink?'"
-Why do you drink? ♪
Thank you for that intro.
Why, you roll smoke ♪
Hey, listen, Alec
It's Hank, man.
You-You ever listen to this?
I mean, like, really listen to it.
Uh, no, I haven't.
Over and over ♪
[Alex singing]
I don't want us to get off
on the wrong foot here, Mr. Murdaugh.
I I want to help you, I do.
But these environmental impact studies,
they're, they're not cheap.
I'm gonna pay for your studies if
if you let me get back
to work right away.
Deal?
Yes, yeah. I'll get started on the calls.
All right, come on. Keep it coming.
Yeah. Come on, a little faster, please.
[Anthony]
Hey, don't fuck with my truck, bo.
[Paul] Alright, don't got all day.
Don't tease me now.
Alright, okay. Alright, a little
Slow, slow, slow, slow! Oh, stop!
Oh, hey! There you go.
[Mallory] All right. Here we go.
[turns ignition off]
- Hi, Buster!
- [Buster] Hey. How you doing?
- Oh, good. How are you?
- Good. It's good to see you.
- It's good to see you.
- Yeah. What y'all getting into?
A bonfire party out on Paukie Island.
You should come.
I would. I'm actually headed back
tonight. Got a paper due Monday.
"Got a paper due Monday."
[Mallory]
Well, congrats on law school, by the way.
That's really exciting.
Yo, come on, we gotta celebrate.
To Buster.
He's gonna be a lawyer.
- Yes, he is.
- Whoo!
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Dang proud of you, bo.
Thanks, man. Now, you'll always
have somebody to get you out
of whatever mess
your dumb ass gets into, right?
[laughs] That's true.
No, for real, y'all.
No, ain't it wild that Buster Murdaugh
wrote "Buster Murdaugh" on an application
and got into USC law school?
Now-Now, hold on.
That's the same damn law school
our daddy went to.
And our Uncle Randy, and our granddaddy.
Oh, shit! And our great-granddaddy, too!
[Mallory] Paul, don't be an asshole.
It's all right, y'all.
You guys have a good time tonight.
Come on, bo.
We're just messin' with you.
Don't put your hands on me!
- Hey!
- Chill.
[Mallory] Paul, don't be an asshole.
[Anthony] Hey! It ain't worth it
[all shouting]
[Connor] You're gonna look like
two assholes out here.
[Maggie] Break it up!
[grunting, breathing heavily]
[Alex] Hey, hey, hey, hey!
- [Maggie] Paul!
- Hey, hey!
He swung on me. He swung on me.
Oh, this is not our first day.
Oh, yeah, go on and take his side
like always, then.
You know, we got someplace to be.
- Go on. Get the hell out of here.
- Go.
[Paul] Fuck.
So embarrassing.
[Paul] Let's go!
[chuckles] It's okay.
- All right, let's get some music going.
- Sorry, Mama.
No, don't you apologize.
We all know how he can get.
[truck driving away]
[dramatic music playing]
[humming]
[country music
playing faintly on radio]
This one time,
Katherine tore this great big old chunk
of Hannah's hair right out of her head.
- Oh!
- And you and me weren't much better.
- No.
- Uh-uh.
- Do an oyster shot with me.
- Sure.
Two of those oyster shots, please.
You know, after all that hard work,
I think it turned out pretty good.
My nephews aside,
I don't see a single person here
not having a really good time.
Oh, good.
Are you having a good time?
- Me?
- Mm-hmm.
- I certainly am.
- Hmm.
Yes, ma'am.
Maybe we should go away sometime.
Go where?
Anywhere. On a trip.
- No, I don't know.
- It could be fun.
Alec's pretty busy with all those cases.
No, just us. A girls' trip.
- That could be nice.
- Yeah!
But, you know, it's so hard
[Eddie]
We're gonna get into this.
To get away, you know.
- Maggie, the world is not
- Gotta keep a look on everything.
The world is not gonna fall apart
if you take a little time for yourself
It's not a good time, Marian.
I'm sorry, I just
Oh, thank God.
[sighs]
Okay, to sisters.
You know I love you.
[whispers] Yes, I do.
Mm.
[Gloria] Miss Maggie?
- Hi. Excuse me.
- I'll be back.
Um, I just need to speak to you.
[sighs]
[Gloria] I found some
of Mr. Alec's pills.
I'm sorry, Miss Maggie.
They were taped under the bed.
[sighs]
Gloria, don't mention this to Mr. Alec.
[Gloria] I won't.
Or to anybody.
[sighs]
["Whatcha Know 'Bout That"
by Morgan Wallen playing]
Whatcha know about
thumping skeeters with your fingers ♪
[Morgan] Hey! Hey! Here they go!
Whatcha know about
picking off a blackberry? ♪
[Paul] Party's here!
It's a bad night to
drink beer, everybody!
[all whooping, cheering]
[Miley] One, two
three, go!
Let's order up a couple longnecks ♪
[whooping]
[Connor]
By God, that's Timmy's music, baby.
Every time!
[Connor]
Dude, how the fuck you drink so fast?
Oh, shit.
[Connor]
He's turned into Timmy now, baby.
I know.
I can't even hold the lighter.
And you'll be city girl
buzzin' over country boy loving ♪
Tellin' everybody that you know ♪
Whatchu know about that? ♪
Hey, that smells pretty good.
Do you mind if I hit that?
[Mallory] Ah!
- [Miley] Hey!
- [Mallory] Careful!
- No, I'm really sorry about that!
- [Miley] Oh! Oh!
[Mallory]
Why are they like this?
What the hell? Those boys are crazy.
- [Mallory] Oh, and you're not?
- No, I'm not crazy like that.
- Oh, sure. Just in other ways, yeah.
- [Anthony] I'm
Yeah, I'm just crazy in ways
that involve you, Mallory.
- Okay, come on.
- [both laugh]
That was a little cheesy,
but I thought
That was really something.
Um, okay, let's try one more time.
- Okay.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
This is a game called Avocado.
If you met
- Wait, we don't go back yet?
- Yes, you do!
- No, there's that back part!
- You keep doing the back thing.
We never did the back thing.
That's part
I thought that was part
No, no. Anthony, we've been doing this
since we were little.
What are you doin'?
Okay, now that was your other boyfriend.
That wasn't me.
Uh, no, because I seem to recall
you being really bad at it then, too.
- See, now you're hurtin' feelings.
- Mm.
- That's That's not nice.
- Really?
What are you gonna do about it?
I was about to say
we should just move in together,
just skip all the other stuff, but
No, you weren't!
For real, what if I was?
What are you gonna do about it?
That.
- You know, that seems like a yes to me.
- Oh, does it?
And it calls for celebration.
I gotta take you in the water!
- [both scream]
- [Mallory] Put me down!
[Anthony] I gotta throw you in the water!
[Mallory] [laughing]
Put me Put me down! Put me
- [Paul] Timmy!
- [Anthony] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey.
- Timmy!
- [Anthony] Hey, hey.
Hey, come on, none
of that Timmy shit, bo.
- Let's go swimming, come on! Come on!
- What the hell, man? Chill out.
[Mallory] Paul, it's not funny! Stop!
[Anthony] Hey, come on, man.
- Who's going in?
[fire crackling]
[sighs] Hey, bo.
[breathing heavily]
What you think it feels like
to be burned alive?
Shit, um, probably not too good,
I'd imagine.
Bet that shit hurts so bad.
[Morgan] Hey, guys.
Hey, you. You know, you still
You still gotta drive us back.
[partygoer]
Hey, I heard Buster was in town.
Where the hell is he?
Oh, yeah, we were trying
to get him to come out.
[Connor]
Yeah, let's not mention Buster right now.
['Whatcha Know 'Bout That"
continues playing on radio]
[singing along]
Let's order up a couple longnecks ♪
Maybe take a two-step or two ♪
Teach you how to yaw
with a Southern drawl ♪
Get you falling
'fore the night is through ♪
- [Connor] You good, dude?
- And we'll park in it the boons ♪
And catch a little moon tan ♪
By the time you go back ♪
[Connor] Timmy! Hey, chill, chill, chill.
You'll be city-girl buzzin'
over country-boy loving ♪
Telling everybody that you know ♪
What you know about that? ♪
Yeah, what you know about that? ♪
[Alex] This is a hell of an offer now.
It's a strong, strong offer,
and as your attorney, as your
Well, as your friend,
I-I strongly advise you take it.
Oh, good. Good, I
love to hear that. I do.
I'll-I'll-I'll let him know
we're doin' business.
Yeah, uh, my friend Bruce,
he's right here.
He's the bank president.
He's gonna get you squared away
with all that financial paperwork.
But listen, listen, you tell Miss Luna
and that sweet little girl
to have a good weekend
knowing, knowing you got
$750,000 comin' your way.
All right, then.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Seven-fifty ain't bad.
It'll help with all you got going on.
Not as much
as one-point-fuckin'-one would.
[Bruce] Beggars can't be choosers now.
Oh, hey, Maggie.
This party is incredible.
You outdone yourself with this one.
Oh, thank you. I do try.
[Alex] What do you want?
Maggie, what is it? What do you want?
I should get back to Debbie.
[Alex] Jesus fuckin' Christ.
What? What is it, Maggie?
Just, folks are startin' to leave.
[Alex] Good.
Tell 'em bye.
Deal.
[sighs]
[exhales]
[cheering, laughter]
[Paul]
Let's go! Kick it into high gear!
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
[Morgan]
Okay, somebody pass me another beer.
Oh yeah, yeah, motherfuckers!
How can you fucking see, dude?
- Shit is foggy as fuck!
- Holy shit!
Yeah, Paul!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Fuck off the wheel!
[Anthony] Hey, Paul. Slow down.
[boat motor revving]
[Mallory] Paul, slow down, the dock!
[Paul]
It's my fuckin' river. I told you, bo.
- Paul?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah!
[Mallory] Please slow down!
Put your hands on the wheel!
[Anthony]
Put your fucking shirt back on, Paul!
What the hell are you doing?
Hey! I'll beat your fuckin' ass!
[indistinct shouting]
[menacing music playing]
[all shouting]
[Paul cheering]
[Mallory] Please slow down!
Paul!
You're scaring me, Paul!
- Yeah!
- [Mallory screaming]
[echoing] Paul!
[bracelet case snaps]
["Strawberry Wine"
by Deana Carter playing]
He was working through college ♪
On my grandpa's farm ♪
I was thirsting for knowledge ♪
Hey! Ah!
- [laughing]
- What are you doing to me?!
What is that?!
It's okay. They're dead, Mags!
They're dead!
- [Maggie] Jellyfish!
- It's okay, relax!
- They're dead! They're dead! [stammers]
- [screaming]
[hooting and cackling]
Damn, that was funny!
Damn, that was funny!
That is not funny, Alec!
I laughed so hard,
I think I peed my pants!
I have five minutes alone to myself
after doing everything for your party,
and you're just spending all your time
with your deadbeat cousin!
What's gotten into you? Come on, huh?
And I know you've been lying to me!
I been what?
- [cell phone vibrates]
- I
Hey, Daddy.
Oh, my God.
What happened?
[Alex] Oh, my God.
Ma'am, I'm looking for Paul Murdaugh.
I'm his daddy.
[Paul]
I don't need to fucking piss! I need
I need a phone.
If you give me your phone
[nurse] I'll get you one shortly.
Just lay still, please, sir.
Evening, gentlemen.
I'm Randolph Murdaugh.
[Paul] What do you want me to do?
- I'm not taking a fucking test.
- [nurse] Sir.
- I don't fucking need this shit.
- [nurse] Are you the father?
Will you tell her I don't
need any of this shit?
I am.
[nurse] Maybe you can
help calm him down.
- and fucking
- [Alex] Paul, hey. Hey, Paul. Hey, hey!
- I need a fucking vending machine.
- Hey. Hey!
- What?
- [Alex] What happened?
What happened to me?
What the fuck happened to you, bo?
Paul Terry
what happened?
[Paul] We had We had the boat out.
It was foggy as fuck.
I don't even know, bo.
Uh
Did they find her?
They find who?
Mallory.
One's still missing.
[menacing music playing]
[music swells, stops]
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