The Good Daughter (2026) s01e03 Episode Script

1
Charlie: Why are you here?
Sam:
Rusty called me last night
and said he was dying.
You look like Gamma.
Sammy-Sam-Sam.
Cleet: Seen your daddy's
back at the hospital.
-Did you put him there?
-Did I?
Keith:
Baby Emma Alexander
came around the corner
and was shot down
like a helpless fawn.
Rusty: Your boss draws
an interesting picture.
Dad's in the hospital.
And you saw two people
gunned down again.
You don't know
anything about me.
We haven't seen each other
in over ten years.
Just go, Sam.
Rusty:
Your sister's ghosts
have turned into demons.
I'm a heartless monster,
and I destroyed our marriage.
-Are you happy now?
-No.
I came down here
because you said you needed me.
I need someone who'll stand up
for Kelly Wilson.
There's more to her story
than what you're hearing.
He said it makes it worse
when you lie.
Who said that?
The man who made the videos.
What videos?
I think I'm not supposed
to talk about it.
-Did you confess?
-[alarm blaring]
Announcer [over PA]:
A fire emergency
Kelly,
I need to know what you--
Officer: Ma'am?
You need to exit that way.
Kelly. Kelly!
-[clamoring]
-[alarm blaring]
Get out of my way!
Announcer [over PA]:
A fire emergency
has been reported.
-Take the stairs.
-Come on, get 'em out.
[door buzzes]
Announcer:
Do not use the elevators.
[sighs]
A fire emergency has been
reported in the building.
Please leave the building
by the nearest exit
or exit stairway.
Do not use the elevators.
[panting, groans]
[dramatic theme playing]
Gamma:
Charlie!
Charlie, get back here. Charlie.
[flames crackling]
Charlie:
Sam. It's okay. It's okay.
Some asshole pulled
the fire alarm.
-Are you okay?
-I'm fine.
I'm fine.
Shit.
Sam, you're not fine.
You can barely walk.
Charlotte, it's all right.
The usual evacuation plan
for disabled people
is just to let them die.
I'm all right.
All right, let's go.
[alarm continues blaring]
[dramatic theme playing]
I see you've lived up
to your childhood dream
of chauffeuring dogs
to horseback riding lessons.
I see you've lived up
to your childhood dream
of being Morticia Addams.
Well, you have to admit,
the color palette works.
[sighs]
Kelly told me the cops hit you
so hard you passed out.
Are you okay?
Sonny can cover for dad.
The hospital is letting him out
in a couple of days.
No, I'll leave
after the arraignment tomorrow.
I can't pass Kelly off
to yet another stranger.
She's so vulnerable.
Confused about everything
that's going on.
Less than 24 hours and Dad's
already got you roped in.
You should use "fewer than"
when referring to numbers.
That the kind of wisdom
your clients pay you
a thousand bucks an hour for?
It's 2000, actually.
[Charlie laughs]
Fuck me.
That was your
real childhood dream.
Getting chauffeured around in
a shitifyingly expensive car,
drinking fancy tea
and cutting all the strings
that tie you back to Pikeville.
You're the one
who did the cutting.
I thought you wanted
out of Pikeville, too.
If you really knew me, you'd
know I'd never abandon Dad.
Voicemail:
One new message.
Rusty [recorded]:
Sammy-Sam-Sam.
It's me, your handsome daddy.
I know you're busy, sweetheart,
but did you know that octopuses
have three hearts?
They're still assholes,
God love 'em,
but their hearts
are in the right places.
So your dad sounds
like a right character.
He smokes like a chimney.
He drinks like a sailor
and moves like lasagna.
[laughs]
I-- I like hearing his voice,
but can't talk to him.
I heard back from the firm.
Charlie has her
interview next week.
-That's amazing.
-[sighs] Yeah.
All I have to do
is get her to wear something
other than
jeans and a Nirvana t-shirt.
What's Charlie like?
She's brilliant.
Funny, beautiful.
So she's like you, then?
I know it's a big step,
but I want you to meet her.
I'm-I'm ready for big steps.
[rock music playing
over speakers in distance]
[Charlie sighs]
God damn it.
[gear shift clicks]
-Is that--?
-His son, Zack Junior.
That can't be
Darlene and Madison.
Charlie: They're Cleet
Culpepper's daughters.
He runs things now.
Culpepper cunts. Where's Ben?
Probably in his apartment,
spooning his new girlfriend.
Why the hell are they here?
Because you're here.
This is what they do, Sam.
He's fucking with us.
They were at the courthouse.
I bet they pulled
the fire alarm.
What are you doing?
I'm gonna
fuck them back harder.
Sam, don't--
[sighs]
Shit.
Man:
Fucking bitches.
Get the hell off
my sister's property.
Public road, lady.
How about we call the sheriff,
see what he has to say?
Y'all remember what happened
the last time a Quinn
called the cops
on a Culpepper?
Poor Uncle Dan came out
in his own front porch.
Caught a couple three
dozen bullets to the chest.
Cheyenne:
Had his hands in the air.
'Cause he was innocent.
I heard you'uns ran into some
trouble down at the courthouse.
I had forgotten the sociolect
of the native Appalachians.
Yeah. Everyone said your mama
was a stuck up bitch, too.
Where'd that get her?
This is pointless.
Wasn't my daddy
who killed your mama.
My grandma swore
on a stack of Bibles
they was all together
when it happened.
At least ten miles away.
Your grandma,
the alcoholic
who's married to your grandpa
the pedophile.
[tense theme playing]
Don't test me, girl.
You should have died
in them woods.
Your father should have been
a better shot.
[Freya Ridings'
"Wicker Woman" playing]
You took the air
Out of my lungs ♪
Whispered "You're weak"
But you were wrong ♪
Like you could rip
The roots from me ♪
And I'd just crawl silently ♪
From this land by your hand ♪
I'm a wicker woman
Put a lighter in my chest ♪
Thought I wouldn't do it
I meant every word I said ♪
Ooh, don't test me now
I'm burning out ♪
I found the fire
That I've always needed ♪
Say you love me now
Too late ♪
Somehow I found the fire
That I've always needed ♪
I'm a wicker woman
With a ♪
I'm a wicker woman
With a lighter in my chest ♪
[birds chirping]
[panting]
[haunting theme playing]
Young Sam:
Come on!
Yay, Charlie, go!
Gamma:
Clever girl. Go on.
Young Sam:
Don't give up.
Gamma: You know, Sam,
you're old enough
to be sexually active.
Sam:
Oh, my God, Mom.
I told you, Paul and I
haven't done anything.
When I met your father,
oof, I knew
Rusty was the one.
The sex? My God.
Th sex was phenomenal.
This is an inappropriate
conversation
to be having with a child.
You're not a child.
It's entirely appropriate.
Little Bear,
I know you're listening.
One day you'll have
plenty of men to choose from.
Your challenge will be
holding on to the right one.
Ben:
Chuck.
Hey.
Can I have some kisses?
Have some kisses?
Oh. Thank you. Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Is Daddy making you eat
all that healthy food?
You know you can have
all the cheese you want
when you come to my house.
Late night with Cuntlee?
Ben:
Early morning with Rusty.
He asked me to bring him
something from the farmhouse.
He wanted a bottle of Old Boot.
The liquor store
doesn't open till 10.
[scoffs]
Fucking Rusty.
How does he get
so many smart people
to do
so many dumb things?
Is this still about me?
Miss Meemaw: Morning. How's
your father doing, Charlie?
I've been praying for him.
Better. Thank you.
You two look so good
standing there together.
I don't know that there's ever
a problem can't be worked out.
We're trying, Miss Meemaw.
Miss Meemaw: I'll tell you.
Y'all should have a baby.
Nothing brings
a couple together more
than having
a little scamp to chase after.
Yeah, that's my fault,
Miss Meemaw.
I'm about as dried up
on the inside as you are.
-Charlie.
-So
Miss Meemaw:
You're what now?
Oh. I'm barren.
Yeah. Dried up like a husk.
Chuck. Come on,
let's go inside.
Nah, it's cool. Ben.
You can have a baby with Kaylee.
[melancholy theme playing]
[inaudible]
Sam: So What can you
tell me about my sister?
Rusty [over phone]:
As soon as he thought
your old daddy was done for,
he grabbed Kelly
and sat her down
to do a taped confession.
Surely Keith knew that
she'd tell someone about it.
She barely told you, baby.
Why even do it?
They don't need a confession.
Charlie was there.
Judith Pinkman, Mason Huckabee.
Kelly even said it herself.
The gun was in her hand.
Rusty:
This ain't about guilt, baby.
It's about who gets
to tell the story.
You got to make sure nobody
sees that video. Get it sealed.
Otherwise, the Coins
will leak it to the press.
Head over here
so we can get a game plan.
Dad, why isn't Ben
living with Charlie?
Dad?
Rusty:
Great question, baby.
See you soon.
-[line beeps]
-[sighs]
Lenore:
Kelly Wilson's parents.
Ava's record is clean,
but Ely's engaged
in the usual Holler fuckery.
Still on probation
for his last DUI.
I want to interview
Mason Huckabee.
Charlie says he knows Kelly
and Ava Wilson.
Oh. I'll track him down.
Give me a list of questions.
Did Kelly have any run-ins
with Pink?
What about baby Emma Alexander?
They call her the baby.
She's got an older brother
named Colton. What about him?
No, I ought to steer clear
of the Alexanders for now.
All right.
Jimmy Jack, your turn.
I saw the Tiki Torch video.
What else are you
pulling on your iPud?
Just everybody posted
what you expect.
Kelly's a murdering bitch,
whore, slut, etc
Okay, what about that boy
Kelly told Sam about--
The crush?
Adam Humphrey.
I got a hot lead
to track him down.
Oh, you snatch up
that young cuss
with your teeth if you have to.
You gotta pull him
out of the jar first.
-[chuckles]
-[chuckles]
I should visit the Wilsons
at home before the arraignment.
They'll be at the courthouse.
I can book a conference room.
No, no,
I want to go to their house.
We need to see
what Kelly's home life is like.
If there's any abuse, neglect.
Baby, they live in the Holler.
I can handle the Culpeppers.
You said it's who gets
to tell the story.
We need to get our version out
before Kenny does.
-Hey, Charlie.
-Hey, Jess.
Sorry you were on Judge
Nygaard's calendar today.
I thought I'd offer
some friendly advice
that you might
want to pass on to your daddy.
Don't get stabbed again,
'cause the cops
won't do anything about it.
Oh, you're just full
of vinegar today, aren't you?
Now, listen to me.
I'm sure that Samantha
is a competent attorney,
but y'all need to let a local
boy handle this arraignment.
You understand me?
What are you so afraid of,
Kenny?
You know, I think
the only one who's afraid
right now is Ely Wilson.
Got himself picked up
on another assault charge
at Shady Rays last night.
Now, lucky for him,
I worked it out
with Carter Grail.
[scoffs]
Made it all go away.
Good talk, Kenny.
Lenore: Okay, baby,
I'll pass it on.
Kelly Wilson's father picked up
some new charges last night
that magically went away
this morning.
-[scoffs]
-[Sam scoffs]
Kenny made a deal.
Ely gets to stay out of prison
as long as he helps
put Kelly on death row.
What a--
Okay, you all got
your marching orders.
Let it out.
I don't want to sound
like I'm 12 years old,
Dad, but this isn't fair.
Keith tricked Kelly
into making a confession video,
and now they're turning
her own father against her.
You were a prosecutor.
You know how it goes.
Why do you think
I got into patent law?
If I don't win,
somebody loses money.
If you don't win,
somebody loses their life.
Sweetheart, I know
I dragged you into this,
but the Holler
is a different kettle of wasps.
You are more important.
You have always been more
important than any case.
I shouldn't have said
that yesterday.
I paid a very good therapist
a lot of money
to help me understand you.
Oh, therapy is like
picking a booger.
You gotta know what you're going
to do with it before you start.
[laughs]
[phone ringing]
[door opens]
[haunting theme playing]
Charlie:
Judith.
-Hey.
-[softly] Charlotte.
The funeral home said they
needed something to bury him in.
Douglas hated suits.
All he wore is tennis shoes.
How would that look?
It would look like Pink.
[car door opens]
[car door closes]
Did you know Kelly?
I had her in remedial
English last year.
She never caused any trouble.
I even offered to tutor her.
What about Pink?
Did Pink know Kelly?
Kenny asked the same thing.
Uh--
Douglas didn't mention her.
He only talked about the kids
who caused trouble
and the kids who won trophies.
[chuckles softly]
I don't understand it.
I told Kenny there was
no cruelty in that girl.
Not that I ever saw.
It was remarkably kind,
considering what she did.
Matthew says,
"If you forgive those
who have sinned against you,
then your heavenly father
will also forgive you
your sins."
Matthew from homeroom?
[chuckles]
You. You're so like your mother.
No, that's Sam.
I'm all Rusty.
The bad and the really bad.
No. You have your
mother's strength.
You have her perseverance.
So I'm half Rusty,
half pack mule.
Take the compliment, Charlotte.
Yes, Miss Heller.
[melancholy theme playing]
-[car door closes]
-[engine starts]
[Shawn Colvin's "Shotgun
Down the Avalanche" playing]
Riding shotgun
Down the avalanche ♪
Oh, my God, I loved these.
["Shotgun Down the Avalanche"
continues playing softly]
Mm.
Forgot how the coating
really sticks to your mouth.
Here. This will cut the film.
-Hm.
-You need to finish all that.
Put some meat on your bones.
I heard you went off
on Zack Junior last night.
Does nothing happen
in this town
without everybody finding out?
For the most part. Heads up.
Daniel Culpepper's
trailer's up on the left.
The Culpeppers have turned it
into some kind of memorial.
How in God's name
could anyone think
Zack and Daniel
were innocent?
They say Rusty talked
Charlie into picking them
out of a photo lineup.
Payback for the 20 grand
the brothers owed in legal fees.
That's ridiculous.
We both saw Zack's face
in the kitchen, and Daniel,
his high tops were found
in his burn barrel.
He came out of the trailer
holding the gun
that shot me in the head.
I heard it
when they killed him.
They already had Zack
in custody.
Rusty and Charlie were
with you at the hospital.
I stayed at the farmhouse.
Didn't want your mother
to be alone.
She would have laughed at me
for being so sentimental.
Old Sheriff Coin
turned up the radio,
when Keith got to the trailer.
Sounded like a war zone.
Bullets flying, men yelling,
Daniel screaming for his mama.
Me sitting on the floor
with a woman who's already gone.
Talk about sentimental.
Why do you stay here?
Why does Charlie?
Charlie's life is here.
My life is Charlie.
She told me Ben has his
own apartment and a girlfriend.
What happened?
She won't tell me.
That's between you and Charlie.
She made it very clear
after New York that she--
She doesn't want me in her life.
Since when do you let your
baby sister tell you what to do?
[Prince's "Raspberry Beret"
playing]
Charlie:
Sammy-Sam-Sam. Hi.
[sighs]
Guess what we got
tickets to tonight.
Prince. Whoo!
Sam: Is this what you two
have been doing all day?
Will you turn that off, please?
I have to finish a brief
for an asshole partner.
And you have three job
interviews tomorrow, Charlie.
You need to prep tonight.
Um Yeah, about that.
I, uh--
I canceled the interviews.
What the hell is wrong
with you? Is it him?
You can't stand the idea
of her succeeding,
so you gotta
drag her down to your level.
Oh, my God.
Sam, don't do that.
Ben:
I'll meet you at the concert.
Charlie [softly]:
I'm sorry.
Good luck, asshole.
Three months
is two months longer
than anyone else's lasted.
So you earned a trophy
in the shape of a golden twat.
-What the fuck, Samantha?
-[door closes]
You just jealous because you
can't find a man to fuck you?
I worked my ass off
to get you those interviews.
Sam.
Listen to me. I--
I think I'm pregnant.
You think?
Have you done a test?
Not yet. And Ben doesn't know.
But he's the one, Sammy.
And we're gonna get married,
have 20 kids,
and live on a farm
and raise chickens.
And
Well,
I already arranged it with dad.
I'm gonna work
out of his office.
-What?
-Sam
Can't you just be happy for me?
This is what I want.
What you want
or what Rusty needs?
He's precious little
Charlie Bear
to laugh
at all his stupid jokes.
Gamma would be disgusted.
Gamma would be happy
that I'm happy, Sam.
-That's what she wanted.
-She wanted you to live.
Why do you think
she grabbed that shotgun?
Fucking ungrateful bitch.
Don't you walk away from me!
Don't you dare!
Charlie! Charlie!
-[slams]
-[lock clicks]
You're just like him.
You don't give a shit
about anybody but yourself.
You're the reason
that we were in the kitchen.
You're the reason
Gamma was murdered.
And you're
the reason I got shot.
My vision is fucked.
My body's fucked.
They had to crack open my chest
to restart my heart.
I did everything I could
to help you get away
from those monsters.
And for what?
So you could marry
some pencil shaped fuckwit
who wants you to shit out babies
and tend chickens all day?
Every day.
Every goddamn day
that I drag
my broken body out of bed,
that I limp to work,
that I str--
That I struggled to read,
and to think,
and to articulate my thoughts.
I tell myself
that it was worth it.
I took that bullet
so that you could get away.
That's all that mattered to me,
Charlie,
is you had to get away.
[panting]
[haunting theme playing]
If you don't come out of
this fucking bathroom right now,
we're finished.
I won't come find you.
You're gonna be on your own
with dad in Shitsville.
And I'm gonna be here
in New York,
living the life that
Gamma wanted for both of us.
[dramatic theme playing]
Sam:
Does no one understand the use
of possessive apostrophes
anymore?
[chuckles]
That's Carter Grail's Caddy.
They call him the Holy Grail.
Because if he takes your case,
you're probably going
to die in prison.
Oh, he already got Ely
to sell out his daughter.
Is he here to turn Ava
against Kelly, too?
Lenore: He's here
to steal Kelly away from Rusty.
There's a lot of money
to be made in tragedy.
God, I hate this place.
Lenore:
That's Ava.
Look, baby,
we're on Culpepper land.
Make this quick as you can.
Here.
Got this from the courthouse.
Thank you.
Sam: Mrs. Wilson.
I'm Samantha Quinn.
I'm filling in for Rusty
while he's recovering.
Can we talk?
Ava: Over there.
That asshole in there
said he can
do a better job than you'uns.
That asshole doesn't want
to help your daughter.
You're the one that got shot
in the head by them Culpeppers.
I hear they're claiming
they're innocent.
Ain't a goddamn one
of them innocent.
The Coins got Ely by the neck.
He's-- He's going
to testify against Kelly.
Swear on the Bible
that she hated Mr. Pinkman
and everybody at the school,
but that ain't true.
Did they ask him
where Kelly got the gun?
Ely could be charged
with manslaughter
if it belonged to him.
I saw his revolver
was missing from his truck.
Was Ely ever violent
with Kelly?
He don't love her enough
to hit her.
Was there ever anything
sexually inappropriate?
Hell, no.
I'd have ripped off
his cock at the root.
Did Kelly date a boy
named Adam Humphrey?
He was in Kelly's
remedial math.
Moved away during
the middle of the year. Why?
Did he have
a relationship with Kelly?
No. Why are you asking me
all these sex questions?
Kelly ain't no slut.
In order to help Kelly, I need
to get a sense of her life.
Her life? This is her life.
Them Coins are looking at her
like she's a grown woman.
But she's still just a child.
She's my child.
She don't even understand
why she can't come home.
Why can't she come home?
Can't they just
let her come home?
[door opens]
[clears throat, sniffs]
You better get out of here.
[tense theme playing]
[door closes]
[softly] I won't let Ely
throw her life away.
You tell your daddy
to keep fighting.
You and him both.
You fight for my little girl.
Please.
[engine starts]
-Hey.
-Hey.
I didn't know
if you were going to show up.
Yeah. I have
this crazy aversion
to putting things in writing
that could be subpoenaed,
like texts and e-mails.
Understood.
You going to
the arraignment?
I'm not sure.
You should definitely stay away.
Don't give the Coins any reason
to zero in on you.
Yeah, that GBI agent
left me a voicemail.
Careful with that.
Delia Wolford
is not Keith Coin.
She actually wants to find out
what really happened.
I heard your sister's in town.
All anyone could talk about
is her car.
-She's leaving tonight.
-Is she?
Does Samantha know that Pink
was probably shot first?
Did the cops tell you that?
No, it's just been
bugging me.
The sequence of shots.
The first two shots
were close together. Right?
So it makes sense
that both those shots
went into one person.
Pink was shot once in the chest,
once in the head.
Pop, pop.
Now, there was a longer pause
between the first two gunshots
and the third.
You think the third bullet
killed Emma Alexander?
Emma would have heard
Pink getting shot.
No sane person
runs toward gunfire.
Especially not a kid.
No, no, no, no. Even grown men
can't think straight
in those situations.
Judith:
Help! Somebody help! Please!
You think Kelly fired
at Judith?
Makes sense.
The cylinder was empty.
She fired all six rounds.
Charlie:
Why didn't she reload?
Maybe she saw what she'd done.
Bodies lying there
could have caught up with her.
I mean,
Kelly looked shell shocked.
Hell, I'm still shell shocked.
None of it makes sense.
Huck, this is really messy.
We can't keep talking
to each other
and we can't meet up like this.
-This all has got to stop.
-Yeah.
You keep telling me
we can't talk.
And then I keep trying
to talk to you.
Yeah.
No. You're right, Charlotte.
Take care of yourself.
Rusty: I don't know
what to say to you, son.
You can't smoke meth
in a church parking lot.
Not a Pentecostal one, anyway.
Oop. Gotta bounce. Fuzz is here.
Does that go into the body
or did it already come out?
My vitamins.
Mm.
Lenore texted.
They're out of the Holler.
Sam will catch you up later.
Good old Sammy.
Charlie:
Mm
Still the good daughter.
You are both my good daughters.
You put
that fucking clown nose on,
I'm gonna slap it off your face.
[Charlie sighs]
I'm sorry, Dad, I--
I'm just having
a shitty fucking day.
I picked a fight with Ben.
Then I scandalized Miss Meemaw.
I was trying to comfort
Miss Heller
and then ended up
talking about Gamma.
And then I went to go see Huck,
which I said I was not gonna do.
So Mr. Huckabee is no longer
a one and done?
Yes, he is.
It's just hard being lonely.
There are better ways
to fix it.
Do not spoon feed me
a Flannery O'Connor quote
about marital bliss right now.
She never married.
Maybe I shouldn't have either.
Ben would definitely
be better off.
[Rusty groans]
Hang on, hang on. Hey.
-It's all right.
-Got it?
Sit down.
[sighs heavily]
You were
a shockingly hairy baby.
Seriously. You were the talk
of the maternity ward.
[laughing]
Yeah, right.
You were.
First time
Samantha laid eyes on you,
she said she looks
like a little bear.
Gamma was delighted.
Yeah, but then she was often
delighted by the two of you.
I miss Mama so much.
Every time I see Sam,
the loss
All of the losses
It feels like a hand
gripping my throat.
You could talk to her about it.
You know I can't talk to Sam.
[haunting theme playing]
-Oh.
-What? You okay?
I think you fucked me
into a time out.
[chuckles]
It feels like I'm getting a UTI.
Well, does it hurt?
A little. It's okay.
You're just gonna have
to settle for blowjobs
until I feel better.
If you're gonna twist my arm.
-[giggles]
-[moans]
[Prince's "Raspberry Beret"
playing softly]
Do you think your sister
likes me?
She was pissed off when you
showed up with me this morning.
If we're gonna be family,
I want us to have
a good relationship.
-The only thing that matters
-What?
is that
I'm gonna be your wife,
and you're gonna be my husband.
Hey.
Um, I want to tell you
something.
[lock clicks]
Sammy-Sam-Sam.
[door closes]
Guess what we got tickets
to tonight?
What the fuck, Samantha?
You just jealous because you
can't find a man to fuck you?
[haunting theme playing]
[exhales sharply]
[muffled] I worked my ass off
to get you those interviews.
Sam. Listen to me.
Sam: what you want
or what Rusty needs?
His precious little Charlie Bear
to laugh
at all his stupid jokes.
Don't you walk away from me.
Don't you dare.
Charlie!
[Charlie groaning]
Sam: You're just like him!
You don't give a shit
about anybody but yourself.
You're the reason
that we were in the kitchen.
You're the reason
Gamma was murdered.
You're the reason I got shot.
[Sam continues yelling
in background]
I tell myself
that it was worth it.
I took that bullet
so that you could get away.
[weakly]
Sam.
Sam: That's all that mattered
to me, Charlie.
-Sam.
-You had to get away.
If you don't come out of
this fucking bathroom right now,
we're finished.
I won't come find you.
You're gonna be on your own
with dad in Shitsville.
And I am going to be here
in New York, living the life
-[softly] Sam.
-Gamma wanted for both of us.
[Sam pounds on door]
[sobbing]
Sammy?
[people chattering
indistinctly]
Thought you'd be back
in New York by now.
I thought you'd be living with
my sister in the same house.
It seems odd
a lawyer with your pedigree
was slumming it
in the Portland DA's office.
I wanted the confidence to be
able to walk into any courtroom
and speak to a judge.
With my experience,
confidence is not an issue
in the Quinn family.
What about you?
Duke doesn't usually
send their top grads
to pissant backwaters.
Fell in love with a girl.
[sighs] Someone was supposed
to take me back to Kelly
before the arraignment.
I was owed 30 minutes.
Kenny gave me 15,
and now it's closer to ten.
We call that a Coin trick.
This way.
[scanner beeps]
Sam: Thank you.
Okay.
[door closes]
[lock clicks]
Are you all right?
You look pale.
Why is your collar wet?
I'm all right, ma'am.
It's just I got a little sick,
but I washed it off, then
they wouldn't give me
a comb for my hair.
I ain't seen a mirror, but I
guess I don't look too good.
Do you mind if I
[haunting theme playing]
[giggles]
Remember what I said
about being quiet in court?
I'm going to speak for you.
Yes, ma'am. I remember.
I want you to pretend
you're in school.
Sit up straight.
No fidgeting, no nail biting.
Don't look around.
Yes, ma'am.
That's what I do at school.
Don't give them girls
nothing to make fun of.
Have girls been
making fun of you?
No, ma'am.
[door opens]
Excuse me.
She needs a fresh shirt
before she's in front
of the judge.
I'll see you upstairs, Kelly.
Remember what I told you?
Yes, ma'am, I remember.
Officer:
Come on, let's go.
[people chattering
indistinctly]
[dramatic theme playing]
Samantha.
Sorry to see you
on the wrong side of the aisle.
I hope your daddy's
doing alright.
Rusty's terrific.
He's eager to go to trial.
An appendix of our
discovery thus far.
My office always strives
to go beyond transparency.
Going beyond
transparency
implies a state
of non-transparency.
[cuffs click]
There's my mama and daddy.
Remember what I said?
Don't look around. Keep silent.
Mark:
All rise.
Pikeville County Superior Court
is now in session.
The Honorable Stanley
Lyman presiding.
Sit.
Mark:
This is case number OA-15-925.
The state of Georgia
versus Kelly Rene Wilson
for arraignment.
Counsel, please state your names
for the record.
Your Honor, Kenneth Coin,
Kaylee Collins,
Joe Don Ramsey
for the state.
Your Honor, Samantha Quinn
for Miss Wilson, who is present.
Afternoon, counselors.
This arraignment
will also qualify
as a probable cause hearing.
Miss Quinn,
if you and Miss Wilson will--
Miss Quinn,
you will remove those sunglasses
in my courtroom.
Uh-- Your Honor,
these are prescription glasses
that are tinted
for a medical condition.
But I can remove them.
Bring them here. Let me see.
[gallery murmuring]
Miss Quinn, what are those
clothes you're wearing?
Pants, Your Honor.
And it's Ms.
Miss Quinn.
I'm unfamiliar with the customs
where you're from,
but down here, we take our
capital cases very seriously.
I grew up 12 miles from here,
off Farmhouse Road, Your Honor.
[haunting theme playing]
Lyman: Miss Quinn, do you waive
the full reading of the charges
-against Miss Wilson?
-Sam: We do, Your Honor.
Lyman:
You may arraign Miss Wilson.
Mark:
Kelly Rene Wilson,
you have been charged with
two counts of malice murder.
Counsel for the defense, are you
prepared to enter a plea?
We ask the court
to enter a plea of not guilty.
[loud murmuring]
[gavel bangs]
Lyman:
So entered.
Mr. Prosecutor,
speak to me of the disposition
of the defendant pending trial.
Kenny: Either in city
or county jail, judge,
whichever is deemed safer.
Lyman:
Miss Quinn.
-No objection, Your Honor.
-Very well.
Mr. Coin, is it your intention
to treat this
as an open discovery case?
Meaning you will
turn over evidence,
-and not hold anything back?
-Absolutely, Your Honor.
Lyman: And you're satisfied
with that, Miss Quinn?
For the moment, Your Honor.
For the moment?
Your Honor, I'm discussing
with my co-counsel
the need
for assessing Miss Wilson,
for receptive and expressive
language deficiencies
-as well aspossible
-Kenny: Judge, might I remind
Miss Quinn
that Pikeville County
does not have the unlimited
resources she's used to
up there in New York City.
I was told
you take your capital cases
very seriously down here.
Lyman:
Anything else, Miss Quinn?
Uh-- If I may raise
another issue.
You seem to be on a roll.
As to discovery
That issue's been addressed,
Your Honor.
There is a video recording
All of the CCTV footage.
That's--
I'm sorry. Please continue.
Lyman:
You heard the lady.
GBI is currently processing
all the CCTV footage
listed on the spreadsheet
that I provided Miss Quinn.
That's the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation, Miss Quinn.
Lyman: Does that satisfy you,
Miss Quinn?
No, it does not, Your Honor.
There was a video of my client
recorded by Sheriff Coin
yesterday morning, and it is
not on his comprehensive list.
Is there a reason that you're
concealing this video?
Your Honor, "concealing"?
I have no idea
what she's talking about.
If such a video exists,
I'm sure it's being
processed through the system.
Lyman:
Miss Quinn, is that acceptable?
No, Your Honor, I would ask you
to compel the sheriff to turn
over the recording device.
And I would also like him
to specify
the total number
of recordings he made
before he decided
which version to keep.
The implications behind
that request, Your Honor.
And your response?
Well, I haven't watched it yet.
The process
Lyman:
You haven't watched it yet?
My people have not. No, sir.
Lyman: All of your people
need to view
this video that might not exist?
The whole thing
could be inconsequential.
Lots of moving pieces here.
We don't want
to waste the court's time.
Your response, Miss Quinn?
Prosecutor seems
to be doing fine without me.
Mr. Prosecutor, I would advise
you to be very careful about
what you and your brother
plan to do with the video
that may or may not exist
and may or may not be
inconsequential.
And I don't mean
just inside this courtroom.
Yes, Your Honor.
Lyman:
Anything else, counselors?
Sam:
No, Your Honor.
"Is the baby dead?"
Lyman:
Beg pardon?
"Is the baby dead?"
-Uh-- Your Honor
-That's what Kelly said, judge.
Every police officer
-in that hallway heard it.
-Lyman: Mr. Coin.
She knew Emma's family
called her the baby.
That's her mother,
father and big brother,
Colton sitting right here.
The whole school knew
they called her the baby.
-Lyman: Quiet down.
-And after Kelly Wilson
shot down baby Emma
in cold blood
Lyman:
Mr. Coin, this is not the time.
Kenny:
That's all Kelly wanted to know.
Did she get the job done?
-[fading] Was baby Emma dead?
-[gavel bangs]
Lyman:
Sir, you are trying my patience.
Kenny: Oh, she wasn't going
to stop there, judge. Mm-mm.
She was ready to keep killing.
Principal Pinkman
couldn't reason with her.
Lyman:
Sir.
Kenny:
Kelly Wilson was not satisfied
until the halls
were soaked in blood.
Lyman:
Bailiff.
[Kelly whimpering]
Kenny: "Is the baby dead?"
Yes, the baby's dead.
She's dead because you
killed her.
Lyman:
Mr. Coin, quieten down.
-Kenny: Your Honor.
-Lyman: Me?
I didn't realize
you knew I was here.
My deepest apologies.
I was overcome.
Lyman:
And I'm over your grandstanding.
Miss Quinn, the prosecutor
will release to you
by the end of this week
all of the full, unedited videos
and recording devices
in his
and his brother's possession.
[gavel bangs]
Adjourned.
Mark:
All rise.
[Freya Ridings'
"Ultraviolet" playing]
Kelly.
Kelly [whispering]:
He ain't right, ma'am.
I felt her kick last night.
The baby's okay.
In ultraviolet ♪
Ultraviolet ♪
You see through ♪
[singer vocalizing]
No, I can't hide it
When you're ultraviolet ♪
Keeping the darkest truth ♪
Written in lemon juice ♪
You don't turn away ♪
I can feel
This magnetic force ♪
Pull my eyes to yours ♪
Pupils dilate ♪
No, I can't fight it ♪
I can't fight it ♪
Don't want to ♪
In ultraviolet, ultraviolet ♪
You see through ♪