Murdaugh: Death In The Family (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

1
This here's to the Murdaughs.
What's the Murdaugh name
gonna mean when I'm gone?
You happen to run
into any of Mr. Alec's medication?
[Gloria] I'm sorry, Miss Maggie.
[Alex Murdaugh] Is there really a price
we can put on what Mr. Alvarez has lost?
My daddy has this old saying:
"Just 'cause you don't want to pay a bill
doesn't mean it ain't due."
- [Miley Altman] Go!
- Dude, how the fuck you drink so fast?
You still gotta drive us back.
- Paul, slow down!
- [Paul Murdaugh] I told you, bo!
[Morgan Doughty]
Hey, whoa!
- Oh, my God.
- What happened?
- Did they find her?
- They find who?
One's still missing.
[belle]
Jesus Christ, slow down!
- Alec Murdaugh!
- [chatter, laughter]
["Fishin' in the Dark"
playing over car radio]
Lazy yellow moon comin' up tonight,
shining through the trees ♪
How fast y'all think I can make it
around the Horseshoe?
[police siren whoops]
Yee-haw!
Baby, get ready ♪
[laughing] Oh, shit.
- [tires screech]
- [siren wailing]
[laughter]
Now that's some
of Sherman's boys right there.
Where the creek turns back
by the old stump row ♪
Shit. [laughing]
You'd better gun it. You'd better gun it!
Alec
[engine revs]
Ooh, ooh ♪
You and me go fishing in the dark ♪
[belle screams] Alec!
Lying on our backs
and counting the stars ♪
Where the cool grass grows ♪
- Slow down!
- Come on, loosen up.
Down by the river
in the cool moonlight ♪
We'll be falling in love
in the middle of the night ♪
- Just movin' slow ♪
- [belle] Alec!
Alec! Alec! Come on, man! Come on!
Stayin' the whole night through ♪
Pull over!
- Feel so good to be with you ♪
- [siren wailing]
[car crashing]
Spring is almost over
and the summer's coming ♪
- Y'all okay?
- The days are getting long ♪
Son, can you hear me?
Waited all winter
for the time to be ♪
Some kind of Civil War party, over.
Roger that.
We are so fucked, man.
Are we going to jail, Alec?
Hey, y'all, don't worry now.
All gonna be fine.
All gonna be just fine.
[field medic]
My parents are gonna kill me, Alec.
[officer] Alec Murdaugh.
Come on, boy.
Whoa, not you, Stonewall.
What about them?
[officer] I only got word on you.
Unless you, uh, you want to stay here
in solidarity with your countrymen.
Alec! Hey!
What about us? What the hell?
[Confederate soldier]
He's not coming back.
[car engine starts]
- Alec!
- [siren blaring]
[sighs]
God, will y'all stop asking me
this shit and go find my friend?
[nurse] The police are looking for your
friend, okay, but I need to ask you this
- [Paul] Get this shit off of me!
- [Alex] Hey!
Paw-Paw, listen to the lady, okay?
[nurse] Blood pressure's 169 over 117.
I need you to try and stay calm.
Any word on Mallory?
Still ain't found her.
Did you call Duffie?
Left word for him.
Well, what about your new
DNR friend from the party?
Pencil-pusher. Ain't no help.
I, uh, called
my Beaufort County connect.
I don't see too many friendly faces here.
Feel a whole lot better
if we had some of our
Hampton County boys to help.
Well, they ain't.
And we can't count on any goodwill
comin' our way down here.
Now listen, you get these kids
to keep their mouths shut
about the whole damn thing,
the parents, too.
I'm tryin', but they're scattered
all over the place.
Well, you best round 'em up, then,
or somebody's going to prison,
and somebody's gonna pay the bill.
[Alex] Him.
Hey.
Hey, ma'ams. Miley.
Ma'am, I just want
to check on my boy.
How is he?
Jaw's broken, multiple fractures.
He's in a lot of pain.
Oh, yeah.
Miley, how you doin', darling?
Worried about Mallory.
Oh, yeah. We all are, sweetheart.
We all are.
But listen to me. Come here.
Come on. Come on. Listen.
This could mean a whole lot
of trouble for all of y'all.
- Sir
- We don't want that now, do we?
- Sir, please.
- If anybody asks you any questions,
you just keep quiet, all right?
You let me and Mr. Randolph
handle it, understand?
Good. Okay. Come on. All right.
[line ringing, connects]
Marty, I just saw Connor.
How far out you all?
- [Marty Cook] Says we're 15 out.
- [Christine Cook] How is he? Is he okay?
Hey, Christine. He's gonna be fine, okay?
I mean, his jaw's busted up
pretty bad, but
Have you spoken with Keith or Beverly?
I'm trying to check on Anthony.
[Marty] They were
headed out to the crash.
Anthony won't leave
till they find Mallory.
Okay, look, it's
Everything's gonna be okay.
We just need to stick together
on this, all right?
I'm-I'm-I'm getting it under control.
Bye.
[nurse] I'm worried that your grandson
has a brain injury.
Please, try to keep him calm
or we'll have to restrain him.
[Paul] I wasn't driving, bo.
W-W-Why does it even matter?
It ain't helping find her.
What is all this now?
Taking my statement.
Mr. Randolph, Austin Pritcher.
I'm Donnie's son.
We ain't doin' that.
I'm sorry, Mr. Randolph.
I'm talking to Paul.
Son, I'm his lawyer,
which means you talkin' to me.
And I'm telling you, he's not giving
any goddamn statements.
[sighs]
All right, well,
the faster the better, bo.
Thanks.
That's John Marvin.
He's on the way to the crash site.
DNR? Maybe that'll help.
I don't know about that.
That's Donnie Pritcher's boy.
He's trying to get statements
from the kids.
Damn. Seriously?
Evening.
Damn, look at you, girl.
Need a urine sample when you can.
Yeah, you want to hold it for me?
Shut the fuck up!
[Alex] All right! Paul Terry, please.
"All right" nothing.
Boy's drunker than Cooter Brown.
Daddy, just-just
[monitors beeping]
[Alex] Morgan, girl, you okay?
Oh.
Damn, that looks nasty.
[nurse] Are you her parent?
No, I'm her lawyer.
I'm looking out for her.
Okay, no, then you're
not allowed in here.
It's okay. I'm an assistant solicitor
with the 14th circuit.
- I'm responsible for these kids.
- Sir
[Alex] I bet you're gonna put
a couple of stitches in there.
- Sir
- Just one second. Morgan, honey
- Okay, no, she has asked for no visitors.
- Morgan, honey, just
- Just wait. If you wait one second
- No.
- Morgan, just tell her you're with me.
- Okay.
Sir, you're gonna need to leave.
I'm not gonna ask you again.
Will you please come
and escort him out of here?
- Sir, that's enough.
- [security] Time to go, sir.
- It's okay. I'll check in on you later.
- Sir, please leave.
[Alex]
Okay, you take good care of her, though.
[nurse] Thank you.
Goddamn.
[cell phone vibrates]
It's my wife.
I've got to take this.
[exhales]
[cell phone vibrating continues]
[pills rattle]
[slurps]
[phone buzzes]
[Morgan] Miley and I, we were, um
We were under a blanket,
so I couldn't see.
[Austin Pritcher] You were under
the blanket 'cause you were scared?
[Morgan] I heard Miley.
She was
She was yelling for
Connor, which, um
It made me wonder if, um
maybe he was driving.
So Connor was maybe driving
when the boat hit the bridge?
They were just going
back and forth so much, and
And then Paul, was yelling
that it was his boat.
His fuckin' river.
Hey, Austin. Bo, hey, wait up.
Listen, what did she say to you?
[Pritcher]
I'm just following protocol, Mr. Alec.
- I know, but did she say who was driving?
- That's what I'm trying to find out.
I get it, I do, but
as a lawyer, as a prosecutor,
this ain't protocol, bo.
You cannot legally be asking these kids
these questions under these conditions,
not without their parents
or their lawyers present.
I mean, those statements?
They ain't worth
a piece of shit in a bucket.
You're new at this job, right?
How long?
- About six months.
- Six months.
Look, I get it, I do. Believe me.
I mean, kids are hurt.
One of them's missing.
That's a whole lot right there
to get your arms around, huh?
I'm just tryin' to look out for you.
Y'all were all drinking
on the boat, right?
Girls too?
Don't be scared now. Mistakes happen.
I mean, we all made our share
when we were y'all's age.
Ain't that right, Marty?
Yeah.
Now, Paul said
I mean, Paul said it was foggy as hell.
Right?
Miley?
Yes, sir.
[Alex] There you go. Good, good.
Miley, what'd you see, baby?
I just want them to find Mallory.
So
it was foggy as hell.
Couldn't see a damn thing.
Everyone had been drinking.
Who was driving the boat
when y'all crashed?
[tense music playing]
But before you do say,
make damn sure you know
beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Because what you say
could send one of y'all to prison.
That's really a possibility?
[whistles]
[Randolph Murdaugh] Twenty
thirty years for whoever was at the wheel
when they went in the water.
Depending.
On what?
Shape the girl's in, if they find her.
[Miley] Can they still find her?
It's only been a couple hours.
It has.
And they could still find her.
But all this other stuff,
all these other troubles?
I mean, underage drinking,
who was at the wheel
at the time of the accident.
We can get it all sorted,
but only, only if we all
get on the same page.
The cops are already trying to
talk to us. I don't know what to say.
So, we should make something up?
[Alex] You don't have to say nothin'.
I mean, hell, any of those DNR guys,
or those Beaufort County boys,
they ask any questions, just say nothin'.
Keep quiet.
I think we should listen to Alec
and Mr. Randolph on this.
They know how to handle these
kind of things, you know what I mean?
I mean, think about this.
Every single one of our kids
have got their whole lives ahead of 'em.
We don't want to be going and making
a bad situation any worse, now do we?
Do we?
So let's just focus on bringing
Mallory home safe and sound.
All right, and y'all leave
all the rest of it to us to sort.
- What about Morgan?
- I'll talk to Bill and Diane.
What about Anthony?
The hell is taking so long, man?!
[sobbing] Please. I can go one more time.
- I promise. I'm fine!
- Easy there. Calm down!
Mallory!
Mallory!
Calm down, son.
Mal!
[sobbing]
[siren wailing]
- Hey.
- Oh, my goodness.
[Paul] Hey, Go-Go.
- Oh.
- Hey, Mama.
Hey.
Okay.
[Gloria] Here.
[Maggie Murdaugh] Okay.
- Any word on Mallory?
- No.
- [sighs]
- [dog barks]
I'm heading back out to the search.
You've been out there all night.
Come in and just catch your breath.
I'm fine, okay?
Take care of Paw-Paw.
[sniffles, sighs]
[starts engine]
[Paul groans]
[Maggie] Oh
[Paul] I lost my phone.
We'll, I'm gonna get you a new one.
Thanks, Go-Go.
[tender music playing]
Okay.
[breathing deeply]
He's finally asleep.
[Randolph] Hallelujah.
Gloria's gonna stay with him.
I'm gonna head over there.
I mean, I don't know what help I'll be,
but I feel like I need to do somethin'.
I'll join you.
Be good to get eyes on it all.
[sighs]
How bad is this for us?
I mean, that's our boat.
They were at our party before.
For Paw-Paw,
possession of alcohol by a minor.
If he was driving the boat
when they hit the bridge,
boating under the influence,
causing bodily injury.
Maybe worse.
He could go to prison.
That he could.
Try not to fret now.
We're doin' what we can.
They got to find her.
Well, always a chance.
Until there ain't.
[inaudible]
- [Renee Beach] Excuse me, officer?
- Ma'am?
[Renee] We're Mallory's parents.
Please, we just want to see the boat.
Understood, ma'am.
We're under strict orders.
Only authorized personnel
down at the boat.
Sorry, Mrs. Beach.
[somber music playing]
Deputy Shields,
would you mind going over there
with my daddy and my mama
just for a moment just to
- Okay, I got your back.
- Thank you.
[Deputy Shields] It's no problem.
That tide went out a few hours ago,
which complicates some things.
But, you know, the fog lifted, though,
which, which helps a lot.
But time's of the essence.
[Randolph] Y'all Beaufort boys
playing nice with Hampton and DNR?
[Shields] Mm, so far, so good.
Y'all come with me.
[Randolph] Come on, Maggie,
let's go get eyes on that boat.
[dramatic music playing]
Y'all searched it yet?
Crime techs should get here soon.
Better have a warrant when they do.
[inaudible]
[sighs]
[DNR spokesperson] As of right now,
she's been missing since the boat crashed
into the bridge
at approximately 2:00 a.m.
- [Mandy Matney] Mallory Beach?
- Yes, ma'am.
[Mandy] Was alcohol involved?
I'm sorry, who are you again?
Mandy Matney, breaking news editor
at the Island Packet.
- We'll share more when we can, miss.
- Uh what about
I need this area clear
for emergency vehicles right now.
- Is that, is that her mother?
- Let's back it up.
- Could I just talk to her for a second?
- Let's go.
- Just for a second.
- I'm sorry, I can't. Thank you.
Thank you very much.
[inaudible]
[dramatic music playing]
[dog barking]
[inhales sharply, sighs]
Come on.
[chimes]
Oh, fuck.
Aw
What?
- [distorted] Slow down!
- [indistinct shouting]
Stop!
- [indistinct shouting]
- Yeah!
[Mallory] [distorted]
You're scaring me, Paul!
- [distorted] Yeah!
- [Morgan screaming]
[birdsong]
[phone ringing]
[Mandy] All right, thank you. Bye.
[Liz Farrell] DNR says no comment,
besides "still searching."
Did he say why
no Breathalyzer at the scene?
No. Or why no press release
or passenger names?
Which is bizarre.
That's really productive.
I wish I had Hampton's sources.
God, can you imagine the hell
that poor family's going through?
I know.
Who are the "Murdaws"?
"Mur-docks."
"Mur-docks"? How do you get
"Mur-dock" from that?
Is that not how they talk in Kansas?
No. Or anywhere.
Well, however you say it,
there's a lot of anonymous chatter
about them in the comments.
Hmm. Big-time legal family
over in Hampton County.
Just got an award from the governor.
From this weekend.
Gerry covered it.
Holy shit.
This guy was out at the search.
Really? Alec Murdaugh?
[dramatic music playing]
[Alex] I see it Hell,
Bruce, I'm looking at it.
Bruce, Bruce, listen, okay?
I got the Alvarezes about to walk in,
so consider that done.
I got the jellyfish up and running now,
so all I need from you is to float me
a loan for the credit cards.
We'll sort the rest.
Nope, straight back at you, bo.
Appreciate you. Bye.
Okay, send 'em in.
Do a lot of your clients do this,
structured settlements?
Most all of 'em.
I mean, it's-it's the best way to
to protect your money, to help it grow.
I mean, all this does
is save you from wasting your time
with a bunch of paperwork, you know,
a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo.
You know, as a matter of fact,
I use them for investments myself.
A lot of the lawyers here do.
You send out that little Bible verse
of the day, every morning.
I pick them out to text to friends.
I hope you don't mind.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
But how did today's go?
"But if we walk in the light,
as He is the light,
"then we have fellowship
with one another.
And the blood of Jesus, His Son,
cleanses us from all sin."
John 1, Verse 7.
Look, I hope y'all know
I wouldn't recommend this
if I didn't think it'd help.
It's out of fellowship, pure and simple.
What do you think?
Bottom of the page.
It's down there on the third page,
right there on the bottom.
I'll take care of the rest.
[engine stalling]
I know, Go-Go,
but I don't know what I'm doin'.
I feel like I'm goin' crazy.
Wants to take your
car out to the search.
- [Maggie] No.
- I think he needs to be resting.
That's all I've been doin'.
I know that water better
than a bunch of dumbass cops.
Hey, hey, I understand.
Hasn't even been two whole days
since you were in a serious accident.
Morgan almost got
her fuckin' fingers cut off
and she's out there,
and everybody else is, too.
Whoa, whoa! You going out there
ain't gonna do a damn thing
except draw more attention to yourself.
Now give 'em here.
[keys jangle]
- I don't need your permission.
- Yeah?
Why you gotta take your mama's car?
It's okay, I'll take him out there.
Y'all seem to think this is a discussion.
Well, shouldn't it be?
[slams cabinet]
[scoffs]
Don't go sneakin'
your little ass out there now.
- [Paul] I'm fucking not!
- Well, don't!
[Gloria] I'll go check on him.
Don't you go lookin' at me like that.
Are you all right?
- Hmm?
- I'm fine.
[Maggie] You don't look well.
'Cause you're clammy.
It's hot.
Mm.
[sighs]
[newscaster] Day four of the search
for missing 19-year-old Mallory Beach
in Beaufort County
as divers, helicopters, and patrol boats
continue to work around the clock.
A Department of Natural Resources
spokesperson
says they are not giving up hope and
will continue combing through the area
in and around Archers Creek
where Beach and five of her friends
[Mandy] The names still haven't
been released, but we're 99% sure
these are our other passengers,
including Paul Murdaugh.
You got all this off social media?
Facebook, Snapchat.
Uh, some of them were private,
but you can connect the dots.
We reached out to all of them
online about talking.
Specifically Morgan.
Great. What's the status on the search?
Not official, but my DNR source says
it's essentially
a search and recovery now.
From the same source,
all he would give me,
report from the night of the crash,
redacted to within an inch of its life.
[Patrick Baker]
What's the theory here? A cover-up?
Maybe. I did some digging
on Paul's family.
Uh, great-grandfather was solicitor.
Buster Murdaugh, yeah.
Federally indicted as part
of a bootlegging conspiracy in 1956,
and the only one not to be convicted.
And then Paul's dad, Alec,
he's got a lot going on.
Another printout.
Take it out of my paycheck.
Why does a lawyer
have eight LLCs and counting?
One called Carolina Jellyballs.
[chuckles softly]
What?
This type of thing just isn't typically
your side of the street.
Look, I get it.
You're a young girl, she's a young girl.
I don't know what bootlegging and LLCs
has to do with a boat wreck,
but if the Murdaughs are involved,
it's Hampton.
They have their own paper.
We covered the award ceremony there
on Saturday.
That's because the governor was there.
And the crash happened here.
Also, the Hampton Guardian is, like,
one whole dude putting out
one whole weekly print edition.
You don't run stories
based on Facebook and LLCs.
Especially ones that'll piss off
one of the most powerful legal families
in the entire state.
You might as well just put
"sue the ever-loving crap out of us"
on the front page.
A girl is missing.
That's a big deal.
Of course, it is.
But you need real sources.
[door opens]
[Alex] You wanted to see me, Daddy?
[door closes]
What do we got here?
"Duffie Stone, 14th Court Solicitor,
is hereby recusing himself
from the boat crash investigation"
Recusing himself?
Why the hell would he do that?
I mean, he's supposed to help us on this.
Personal ties.
Well, no shit, personal ties.
You gave him the job.
- I mean, I mean, Duff's like family.
- "Like family" ain't family.
[Alex] Goddamn it.
[sighs]
Okay, all right.
All right, at least everybody
seems to be keepin' their mouths shut.
For now.
The longer this goes,
more people will start yappin'.
All right, then, so what else we
got to do on this to get it sorted?
We?
I can't make a missing girl
turn up alive, son.
Daddy, you used to
I mean, you used to get me out of
all kinds of trouble all the damn time.
I mean, I don't remember it
being this complicated, but
It wasn't for you.
Ah, hell.
At least for all your horseshit,
you always had the good sense
not to let a beautiful
young girl go missing.
[Randolph sighs]
She's a little thing.
Tides are comin' and goin',
close to the ocean.
You think they can still find her?
Alive?
At all?
[sighs]
A criminal case would be
a lot harder to make if they don't.
[Gloria humming]
- Go-Go! Go-Go. Go-Go.
- What you need, baby?
Um, I need to borrow your car.
- [laughs] No, sir.
- Why?
Your daddy doesn't want you
out at that search.
No, I'm not going there.
I'm not going there.
Please. I promise.
Please, please, please,
please, please, please.
[turns off ignition]
[keys jingle]
- [children laughing]
- [Paul] Go long!
[panting]
Let me see it.
I bet you'll have a bad-ass scar now.
Still hurts like hell.
So, are all y'all just never
gonna talk to me again?
We're talkin' now.
I want to go out there and help look.
I do. I tried. They won't let me.
Oh, so now you listen
to what other people tell you to do.
What? What? No, Mor
What? Morgan. Say it.
You were there. You know this.
Everyone was begging you to slow down,
literally begging you,
but instead, you sped up
and you drove even crazier
Hold up, wait, wait.
You sayin' I was driving when we crashed?
I don't know whose hand was on the wheel.
I'm sayin' that it's your fault
we were even in that situation.
What do you mean?
Everyone wanted to go to the party.
- We were all drinking.
- We were drinking, but you got drunk.
Oh, my God. So did Connor.
It was a fuckin' accident.
Howdy, Morgan.
We all just gotta keep quiet
like my dad said.
- It'll be okay.
- Okay?
Oh, my God, how is any of this okay?
They're out there right now
just hoping to find her body
Oh, but that's not
what I fuckin' meant, you know it!
Can you stop?
This is literally why
I don't want to fucking talk to you.
What, so I'm just supposed
to stand here and take your shit?
- We have to
- Supposed to take my shit?
You asked me why nobody
was talking to you.
- I gave you the facts, I told you why.
- Okay, well, then fuck everybody.
- Oh, my God.
- And if you're gonna
No, if you're gonna be like that,
then fuck you, too.
No, leave me alone. Just fucking
Just leave me alone, actually this time.
Leave me alone.
No, Morgan, wait.
[breathing heavily]
[keyboard clacking]
[phone chimes]
[tense music playing]
Has DNR or, or Beaufort County seen this?
I don't know.
Not from me.
This was from before the bonfire.
Yeah, but, I mean
[scoffs] he was driving after,
and way drunker.
He can be so sweet and
really funny, but
you know, when he drinks, he
He can be pretty awful.
Especially to Morgan.
You said Connor
was driving some, too, though.
He was.
But it was Paul making everything worse.
Would you be willing
to share this with me?
You're not scared to do this?
Did the Murdaughs tell you
not to talk to me?
She's here now. That's what matters.
Of course.
I won't use your name at all.
I don't want to cause you
any more pain or stress.
Not with what you're going through.
Obviously, I-I didn't know Mallory,
but she seems like a really amazing girl.
Yeah.
And we won't stop
till we do right by her.
[Morgan] I mean
they're never gonna find her, are they?
'Cause, I mean, it's
It's already been six days.
Um
she was so scared.
I don't know.
I wish I did.
[Bill Doughty]
I think that's enough for now.
Sorry, of course.
Thank you both.
[Bill] Be careful.
These are very, very powerful people.
[softly] Shit.
[dramatic music playing]
Fuck.
Hey.
What's wrong?
I don't know. You tell me, Mags.
What's wrong?
Well, I just saw on the news
that they're calling for volunteers
to come search for her.
Oh, yeah.
You know, I read about a boy
who was stranded in the mountains
for five weeks
before he was rescued.
- Alec
- This ain't the mountains, okay?
You don't go into the water
like that at night.
I mean, hell, she was probably dead
by the time she hit the water.
Well, then we should've been
out there searching this whole time.
We could've done something
instead of sit here,
trapped and just waiting.
Yeah? What you gonna do, Maggie?
You're gonna get out there
in your jon boat and trawl the inlets?
Is that what you're
gonna do? You gonna
Drag the heavy chains
maybe through the water?
I can really see that.
Oh, shit, here comes Mags
dragging the heavy chains.
Hang on, she's gotta take
her diamond ring off first.
- [Maggie] You don't control me.
- [door closes]
- I wish you'd cook a fucking meal for me.
- [muffled] I'm worried about our son!
[sighs]
Here, get dressed.
What the hell?
We are going lookin' for her
like we should've been this whole time.
It's too late.
Probably swept out to the ocean by now.
Well, it might be, but we are going.
Daddy said to stay away.
What?
Your daddy isn't always right.
[indistinct police radio]
[Renee]
[crying] Oh God! No!
My baby
Mrs. Murdaugh.
No, please.
We found her.
Um, her body was discovered
five miles out.
Oh, God.
[officer] A couple of volunteers
called it in.
I'm very sorry.
[mouthing]
Paul, you get the hell
out of here right now, okay?
[mouthing]
Goddamn it, Paul!
I said get the hell out of here!
Right now!
[melancholy music playing]
Paul, baby.
[car door opens, slams shut]
- [grunting]
- Paul!
No! Stop it! Stop it, baby! No! Stop.
Okay?
[sniffles]
[car doors opens, shuts]
Honey.
Sweetie.
When y'all first came
from the hospital that night,
and I thought
[sighs] When I saw him, I was,
"Oh, thank God it's not him."
I'm so awful.
No, you're not. Come on.
Come on, come here.
It's one of your babies
right there, okay?
[Maggie crying]
You have to make this go away.
You have to take care of this.
He cannot go to prison.
My son cannot go to prison.
I will, Mags, okay? He won't.
All right?
What?
I don't believe you.
Oh, fuck. Jesus Christ, Mags.
I said it, okay?
He will. I won't. I mean, he won't.
- [liquid pours]
- No.
[bottle thuds]
Okay, Mr. Murdaugh.
[clears throat] How many?
- I'm not.
- Pills.
- Hm? Did you think I wouldn't notice?
- [chuckles]
Only two.
Only two, huh?
Two a day. I swear, Mags.
And for how long?
For a couple of months.
Jesus, Mags.
Now, here's my knee flared up
on me again.
I mean, I get just You know
I get lost in my work, I'm busy.
I should've gone to the doctor's, I know.
I didn't, but, I mean, you know, I
I know, baby, I know. I
Oh, baby, I should've told you.
I should've.
But you chose not to.
Instead
you put a gallon plastic bag
full of drugs under our bed.
Yeah, that was a hell
of a hiding place, huh?
Obviously not.
What'd you do with them?
I flushed 'em.
No, you didn't.
Mags, what'd you do with them?
Jesus Christ.
This is exactly like it was last time.
Yes.
Mm-hmm. When you were cheatin' on me.
[laughs]
Well, what else is there
that I do not know about?
Mags, Jesus Christ.
Are we really gonna do this?
- Are you seeing her again?
- I feel like shit.
You really want to fuckin' go there?
Oh. You know what? She can have you.
No, I'm not fucking seeing her!
Okay, Mags? You happy?
I'm not! No!
Well, she can take care of you
when you're sittin' there on the ground
shitting yourself and shaking
You have no idea
the shit I went through.
going through withdrawals.
You have no idea the shit I got on me.
- You are already goin' through it!
- Tryin' to keep the money rolling in
so we can live the way we do,
so you can throw your big oyster roasts,
- so I can buy you the jewelry
- Not we get to send you back to rehab.
[sighs] Fuck, Mags.
Like, you think I want any of this?
That party was for your daddy, okay?
You think that I want to bust my ass?
That's for me?
No! That was for you!
You think I asked you
to buy me a bracelet?
Oh yeah, that's right.
You hate it so damn much,
you haven't even taken it off, Mags.
I mean, I got my caseload.
I got the businesses up and running.
You got one case, Mr. Murdaugh.
Upstairs.
And now now, that's right.
- Now I gotta keep our son out of prison!
- You have no business
- but keeping your son out of prison!
- I'm the one that's gotta do it!
- Not you! Me, me, me!
- Keep him out of prison!
Where are you going?
- No, no, no, where are you going? Stop.
- Where are they?
Right there. Stop. Wait.
Just wait!
I need you.
Oh, fuckin' Jesus Christ.
[inhales sharply, sighs]
[sighs]
- [footsteps approaching]
- [Maggie] Oh
After we get through this, never again.
And if I catch you taking any more
You're my rock, woman. You know that.
We're gonna get through this.
As a family.
- [crying]
- Come on.
Come on.
[Maggie] Please forgive me.
[car door slams]
[Alex singing indistinctly]
[dogs barking]
[Alex muttering]
Oh, hey, Cotton Top.
Catch. How's that jaw?
They give you some good meds?
Oh, I get it.
You can't talk.
You know me and your daddy won
a state title together back in the day.
He was a little bulldozer
out the backfield, weren't you, bo?
Huh? Just reminiscing
about our glory days
on the gridiron with Connor.
Awful news on Mallory, huh?
Terrible thing.
- [Marty] Yeah.
- Yeah, she was a real sweetheart.
You know your daddy got arrested the day
after we won that championship?
For beatin' the damn hell
out of his girl's new boyfriend.
- Alec
- Oh, you didn't know this story?
Junior year.
Stacey Bailey dumps him
for some college boy.
Broke your poor daddy's heart.
But your daddy tracked down Joe College
and beat that son of a bitch's ass so bad,
so bad that he missed a whole semester.
- [laughs] Come on.
- All right, come on now. Alec
Who broke their jaw in more places,
Marty? That son of a bitch or, or Connor?
Huh?
You go inside,
tell your mom I'll be right back.
You rest up, Cotton Top.
What the hell are you doing, Red?
I'm reminding you
how my daddy and my granddaddy
helped you out of that trouble
all those years ago.
And how we're gonna do
the same thing for Connor now.
What do you mean?
You know what I mean, Marty.
You're saying Connor's
gonna take the fall for this?
- No. Hell, no
- I don't like it either, bo.
But this thing goes around
a whole lot smoother
if Connor was the one driving.
You said for everyone
to keep their mouths shut,
y'all would handle it
and everything would be okay.
I know. I did.
And that's what I'm doing.
It's a little trickier
for me with Paw-Paw,
with conflicts of interest
and more attention.
But Connor's gonna be fine.
I mean, how'd it work out for you?
Look, we've been friends
for a long, long time, man.
Yes, we have.
And what Mr. Randolph
and Mr. Buster did for me,
I wouldn't have the life I have
without them.
- No, you wouldn't.
- I still owe them.
But please, Alec, this is my son.
Owe them?
Yeah.
Now let me ask you, Marty.
Who do you think asked them
to help you in the first place?
Huh?
Why don't you think on that?
[dramatic music playing]
[clucking]
[gunshot]
[turkeys squawk, wings flap]
[laughs]
I got his ass. Got the shit out of him.
Blue, come on, get in there.
What's on your mind, bo?
What'll happen to Connor now?
Don't worry on that none, okay?
It was him or you, all right?
Him or you.
[laughing] I did!
I bagged myself a big one.
What?
["Fishin' in the Dark"
performed by Claudia Hoyser playing]
Lazy yellow moon coming up tonight ♪
Shining through the trees ♪
Crickets are singing
and the lightning bugs ♪
Are floating on the breeze ♪
Baby, get ready ♪
Across the field
where the crick turns back ♪
By that old stump row ♪
I'm gonna take you to a special place ♪
That nobody knows ♪
Baby, get ready ♪
Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
You and me go fishin' in the dark ♪
Lying on our backs
and counting the stars ♪
Where the cool grass grows ♪
Down by the river
in the full moonlight ♪
We'll be falling in love
in the middle of the night ♪
Moving slow ♪
Staying the whole night through ♪
Feels so good to be with you ♪
Spring is almost over
and the summer's come ♪
And the days are getting long ♪
Waited all winter
for the time to be right ♪
Just to take you along ♪
Baby, get ready ♪
And it don't matter if we sit forever ♪
And the fish don't bite ♪
Jump in the river and cool ourselves ♪
From the heat of the night ♪
Baby, get ready ♪
Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
You and me go fishing in the dark ♪
Lying on our backs
and counting the stars ♪
Where the cool grass grows ♪
Feels so good to be with you ♪
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