The Good Daughter (2026) s01e04 Episode Script

1
Rusty:
This ain't about guilt, baby.
It's about who gets
to tell the story.
I left the gun there.
That's what you saw, right?
Are we talking
about the murder weapon?
Charlie:
Sam loved Pinkman.
Lenore: Did Kelly have
any run-ins with Pink?
What about baby Emma Alexander?
She's got an older brother
named Colton. What about him?
Sam: Why isn't Ben
living with Charlie?
It's complicated,
as the kids say.
Sam: She made it very clear
after New York
that she
doesn't want me in her life.
You just jealous 'cause you
can't find a man to fuck you?
Gamma would be happy
that I'm happy.
-That's what she wanted.
-She wanted you to live.
Every time I see Sam, it feels
like a hand gripping my throat.
I'll leave
after the arraignment tomorrow.
"Is the baby dead?"
That's what Kelly said, judge.
Yes, the baby's dead. She's dead
because you killed her.
[gavel bangs]
Kelly [whispering]:
He ain't right, ma'am.
I felt her kick last night.
The baby's okay.
Charlie:
I was going to draw the sun.
But Sam gets angry
when the lights are too bright.
Your sister's been through
lots of changes, Charlie Bear.
Remember what the doctor said?
Sometimes people with
traumatic brain injuries,
they get all caught up
in emotions.
Their brains are still trying
to rewire themselves.
Just like that old lamp
your mama fixed.
Remember how it used to flicker?
That's our Sammy.
She's flickering.
Sam loves you so much, baby.
She'll never be back
to her old self.
But she'll find a new self
that we love even more.
We aren't
in a last word situation.
That's not how you use
"last word," Dad.
[drumming rhythmically]
[blowing]
[harmonizing]
[laughs]
I, uh, left my other cigs
back in my jacket pocket.
Doctor says I got
to smoke at least a pack a day.
-I'll get 'em.
-[chuckling] Thank you.
[door opens, closes]
[haunting theme playing]
[singer vocalizing]
[Rusty sobbing]
[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 ♪
I'm a wicker woman
With a lighter in my chest ♪
[both chuckling]
I told Sam that I would
drive her into the Holler
before she goes home.
I know you're taking over
the case, but
she wants to tell Ava
that Kelly's pregnant in person.
It's a good idea.
We don't want the Coins figuring
it out before the family knows.
No offense, Dad,
but men are stupid.
They'll think she's getting fat
before they think
she's pregnant.
How are you feeling about
old Sammy leaving town tonight?
Oh, she's got her teeth
in this Kelly Wilson stuff.
She keeps staying
she'll keep staying.
It's not what Mama wanted.
I note the lack of an answer
to my question.
How do you feel
about her leaving?
She apologized to me
after the fight in New York.
Said that, um,
I deserve to be happy
and that she loves me.
And that the only thing that
makes all the pain bearable
getting shot, losing Gamma
[clears throat]
is knowing
that I was able to get away.
[drumming rhythmically]
[laughing]
There it is.
[exclaiming]
[people chattering
indistinctly]
Another liquor run for Dad?
Ben:
It's for both of us.
I took the day off.
Kenny's on a rampage.
I think Sam
really fucked him up.
Can't blow his nose
without shitting himself.
[Charlie laughs]
Well, I gotta go do
something with Sam.
We could polish that off later
in our jim-jams.
Eat a snick-snack.
Watch that new documentary
on the clitoris.
Hm.
-Is that streaming?
-Mm-hm.
I heard no one could find it.
You always could.
Oh, I couldn't
possibly say no.
Ahem. Thank you.
I'm almost done
with my case now.
You like them
on a cocktail napkin?
I keep going back and forth
on whether I should say goodbye
to Kelly in person.
Dad's meeting with her tomorrow.
She won't tell him the truth
about the pregnancy
if she doesn't trust him.
She should be
bonding with him, not me.
Have you thought
about how you're going
to tell Ava Kelly's pregnant?
I'm not sure
she doesn't already know.
Holler people can be cagey.
And for good reason.
Rusty wants you
to run some names past Ava
on who the father might be.
We got Adam Humphrey.
Ely, for obvious reasons,
but tread carefully.
Ditto for Pink and Mason
Huckabee and Greg Alexander.
According to Jimmy Jack, Kelly
had Greg for math two years ago.
Sam:
Emma Alexander's father?
Lenore: She also overlapped
at school with Colton Alexander,
Emma's brother.
He graduated
a couple of years ago.
Sam:
Colton's not on our list?
Every man and boy
in Kelly's life is on our list.
I keep wondering
if the pregnancy
pushed her over the edge.
Whoever the father is
has got to be shitting himself
right now.
Kelly's not someone
I would trust with a secret.
Mason Huckabee
keeps circling Charlie.
Guilty people always want to get
close to the investigation.
It's not Huck.
I was geriatric compared to
most of the other women
at Shady Ray's that night,
and I'm the one
he went home with
or to the parking lot with.
To his truck with.
How romantic.
You never had
a truck fuck?
Charlie: You know, Huck has a
theory that Pink was shot first.
Once in the chest,
once in the head.
Then Emma got shot.
Then the last three shots
were fired at Judith
as she was running towards Emma.
Where did Huck get this theory?
Theories and Things.
Off I-85.
-You should talk to him.
-Dad will talk to him.
My obligation ends
in approximately one hour.
Plus, the CCTV from the school
should fill in some blanks.
Huck says that the kids
push the cameras
out of the way
all the time.
Is this the same Huck
who walked off
with the murder weapon?
Dad told me that you were cagey
about the revolver.
If I put it together,
so will the GBI.
Does Theories and Things have
a branch in New York City, too?
It's in Prospect Park,
near the zoo.
Lenore:
Did you forget something?
Oh.
I asked Judith
if Pink knew Kelly.
She said he never mentioned her.
He wouldn't have if something
was going on between 'em.
Pink never tried anything
when he coached me for track.
We were alone all the time.
Why are you only focusing on
the adult men in Kelly's life?
Statistically,
teenage boys don't inspire girls
to commit mass murder.
What about the ninth grade
gang bang rumor?
Jimmy Jack's shit out of luck.
Kids don't talk to pervy
old strangers like they used to.
Keep me updated, girls.
And be careful.
Get your own.
[dramatic theme playing]
[sneezes]
What the fuck was that?
Why does your car
smell like fresh hay?
You think I'm putting moldy hay
in my rabbit hutch?
I thought it was chickens.
In New York, you said you were
going to raise chickens.
Charlie:
They flew the coop.
You also said
you were pregnant.
False alarm.
Thank God.
What time does your
flight take off?
It's a private plane.
It takes off when I get there.
[mockingly]
It's a private plane.
It could also not take off.
Ben moving out,
is that a new thing or?
[rock music
playing in distance]
[knocking]
Charlie:
Come on, Sam, let's go.
What are you doing here?
Ely's across the road.
Gonna be back any minute.
I need to speak with you
about Kelly.
[sighs]
Ava, I wanted to see you
before I leave town.
Kelly's going to be working
with my father from now on.
Rusty's her best chance
at a fair trial.
Whatever's going on,
give it to me straight.
Ain't nobody like you ever
showed up here with good news.
Did you know Kelly's pregnant?
How the hell
did I miss it again?
Kelly's been pregnant before?
She was only 14.
Hardly knew what was going on.
I had to--
I had to tote her
down to Atlanta.
She had an abortion?
Did she tell you
the name of the father?
No, she wouldn't say.
She flat out refused.
Do you have any idea who
the father could be this time?
Who the hell knows?
Ava, please focus.
Were there any men
in Kelly's life?
-[stammers]
-Mason Huckabee?
Mr. Huckabee ain't never
been nothing but kind to her.
He even offered
to help her after class.
And did he help her?
No. She was already
at school enough.
I needed her at the store.
Kelly had Greg Alexander
for math two years ago.
No, he never
even looked at her twice.
What about Douglas Pinkman?
I talked to him a while back,
when--
When them girls
was bullying Kelly, but
But he said he can't
do nothing about it
unless a teacher sees it.
Did you get their names?
No. And I doubt you can
get 'em out of Kelly.
She don't tell on people.
I only noticed because they--
They tore up her notebook.
Do you think
she'd tell me?
You ain't seen
her stubborn side.
When Kelly gets it
into her head
she's not going
to tell you something,
it's locked down tight.
This is a matter of life
and death.
Kelly's life. Kelly's death.
[tense theme playing]
Them cops.
They didn't search Kelly's
hidey hole over the way.
Charlie:
Shit.
[door opens]
Sam: ever brought a friend
back there?
Ava:
I don't know. Maybe.
Sam: How often did Kelly
sleep out here?
Ava:
More lately.
Ely's been drinking too much.
Turns him hateful.
That's from three years ago.
She told me she lost it.
Jesus.
Charlie:
Oh, shit.
-Ava: She was just leaving.
-Shut the fuck up, woman.
Hey, you ain't representing
Kelly anymore, you understand?
Carter Grail's taking over.
-That's Kelly's decision?
-Yeah.
Ava:
Ely. Ely, don't.
Ely: Kelly will do what I tell
her to, you uppity cunt.
-Hey.
-Ava: Ely, please,
let's just go inside.
Talk to this uppity cunt.
[engines revving]
-Charlie. Charlie.
-Ava: Shit.
You see what you done?
Stay the fuck away from here.
[P.O.D.'s "Boom"
playing over truck speakers]
Get inside, bitch!
Ely:
Yeah, they just leaving.
[people chattering
indistinctly]
'Cause that's my word
I'm sure you heard ♪
About a new sound
Going around ♪
She might have left my hood
But she was born in my town ♪
Boom! Here comes the boom! ♪
Ready or not, here comes
The boys from the South ♪
Charlie:
Let's go.
Ready or not
How you like me now? ♪
We rep the South
So what you talking about? ♪
I'm not running off my mouth
I know this without a doubt ♪
'Cause if you know
These streets ♪
Then these streets know you ♪
[engine starts]
[revs engine]
[tense theme playing]
[thunder rumbling]
Everyone who did this
is an asshole.
There is not a single nice thing
about Kelly in here.
Except this, "To a special girl
I wish I'd gotten
to know better.
Good luck in 10th grade,
Mrs. Pinkman."
Judith must have been the first
person Kelly asked to sign this.
That's Adam Humphrey, the boy
that Kelly's got a crush on.
Go back.
Charlie:
"Division champs! Go, rebels!
Thanks for riding all of our
cocks, you fucking whore!"
Colton Alexander?
Emma Alexander's brother.
[sighs]
"All our cocks" meaning
the entire football team?
That's the gang bang rumor.
He was a senior
when he wrote that.
She was just a baby.
Well, Kenny thinks that Emma
was the original target,
and he set it up during
the arraignment with the whole:
"Was the baby killed"
performance?
Well, it's an easy story
to sell.
Kelly murdered baby Emma
to get back at Colton.
People love revenge motives.
Kenny is going to talk
the jury into killing her twice.
Ava told me Kelly had
an abortion in the ninth grade.
Was it Colton's?
Ava doesn't know.
Kelly wouldn't tell her.
Is Colton the dad this time?
I mean, it could be.
I have no idea.
There's no way
Emma Alexander's brother
is going to talk to anyone
on Kelly's defense team.
Motherfucker.
Colton works at Shady Ray's.
Huck works weekends
as a bartender at Shady Ray's.
Charlotte,
if Huck took that gun,
and if the Coins can prove
that you knew about it,
that's accessory after the fact
and obstruction of justice.
Yeah, I know,
I went to law school, too.
Then start acting like it.
Stop talking to Huck.
-[sighs]
-Especially about the case.
He trusts me.
[tense theme playing]
Text him now.
Tell him you want to see him.
You just told me
to stop talking to him.
You're not talking to him.
I am.
-Sam: Mason Huckabee?
-Yeah.
I'm Samantha Quinn.
Where's Charlotte?
Mind if I sit?
Uh Sure. Yeah.
[clears throat]
You, uh, want a drink?
I'd like your opinion
on something.
Okay.
Colton Alexander wrote this
in Kelly Wilson's
ninth grade yearbook.
[sighs]
[softly]
Jesus.
Yeah, he's a dumb kid.
Made a bad joke.
I mean, Kelly would never
do something like that.
I'm shocked that you,
of all people,
would dismiss
the rape of a teenage girl.
Rape?
Where did you get that?
Is it that inconceivable to you
that a teenage boy
would sexually assault a girl
who has a learning disability?
[sighs]
Okay.
Kelly's about the same age
as your sister was
when she died, right?
Anna Lee, ahem, hanged herself
because of your dad.
For two days,
I had to watch as he tore
her apart on the stand.
Made it seem like she wanted it.
She didn't want it.
Do you think
that Kelly wanted it?
Tell me about Colton.
What's he like?
Did you ever see him with Kelly?
No. I would have told
Charlotte.
Look, I pick up shifts
so I can get extra money.
Colton is here to get drunk,
to get laid.
We're not friends, okay?
He's 20 years younger than me.
Do you ever hear any rumors
about Kelly at school?
-Sexual rumors?
-No, no, I'm their teacher.
I'm not their counselor.
All right, look, you're
asking me the wrong questions.
What I can tell you
is that Pink was shot first.
Charlie told me your theory.
Mason, why is it so important
for you to help Kelly?
Why is it so important
to you?
Because I'm her lawyer.
What do you know about the gun
that was used at the shooting?
No more than you.
It was a revolver, correct?
[clears throat] Yeah,
it was a snub nose. Six shot.
And why did you take it?
[tense theme playing]
You know, I saw your dad did
to the cops
who were investigating
Anna Lee's case.
They made
all these little mistakes,
and he turned them
into giant ones.
Like they couldn't be trusted.
Losing the murder weapon
is a big fucking mistake.
You're implicating yourself
in a very serious felony.
I am trying to help
a very vulnerable kid.
-Split.
-[laughs]
Charlie: You know,
it actually warms my heart
to see you watching that
instead of trying it.
Little Mike:
Leo! Damn!
Hey, where are you going?
Why are you running from me
dummy?
I'm your lawyer.
My bad, Miss Charlie.
Explain this to me.
Punctuation matters,
dipshit.
Is it, "Suck my cum,
comma monster,"
or "Suck my cum-- hyphen
monster"?
'Cause, see, one of those
is calling Kelly a monster.
And the other one's calling
your penis a cum monster.
The whole class signed
that thing. It was a joke.
Was Kelly laughing,
or did she wind up
bringing a gun to school?
You ain't gotta be like that.
Everybody knows
about the wham-bam.
Girl spent
ninth grade getting railed.
First of all,
there's a name for it.
"Wham-bam"?
Wham-bammed by whom?
By thoom.
The whole fucking team?
Jesus Christ, little Mike.
You don't know shit about fuck.
Was Kelly hanging
around with any kids?
Any teachers?
-What about Adam Humphrey?
-Dude's gay.
I heard them Culpepper boys was
gonna beat the shit out of him.
Whole family left town.
Look, Miss Charlie,
alls I know about Kelly is
sometimes she acts likes she
don't follow what you're saying,
'cause she don't like
what she's hearing.
Sam: Why does it matter that
Douglas Pinkman was shot first?
Everyone's calling him a hero.
And he was a
[whispers]
prick.
I mean, he didn't give a shit
about kids like Kelly.
He had all this red tape
and rules.
I mean, he did
everything he could
to make sure they'd drop out.
What happens
if the police search your house?
They'd never find the revolver.
I took care of it.
Well, as an attorney,
I feel compelled to advise you
that you should report yourself
to law enforcement.
[Huck scoffs]
Anything comes out of Colton,
he talks about Kelly,
I'll let your dad know.
[sighs]
Fuck.
I know
[sighs]
It must have been hard coming
back from what you went through.
But it looks like
you're doing great.
So
glad it all worked out.
Yeah.
Yeah.
[chickens clucking]
I ain't do nothing, grandma,
I promise.
-Hey, Miss Jackson.
-I promise.
[TV droning indistinctly]
[scoffs]
I'm not 10 anymore.
I don't snitch for Snickers.
Tell me what happened
to Kelly Wilson in ninth grade.
[scoffs]
Bro code, Miss Charlie.
You don't snitch
on the football team.
[sighs]
This is what I heard, all right?
Me and Kelly's ninth grade year,
Colton Alexander
invited her to a party.
Asshole got her drunk,
let the whole team have a turn.
You know,
she got pregnant, right?
Her mama had to take her down
to Atlanta to get rid of it.
I figure that's why she did it.
Did what?
Kill baby Emma.
Three years later?
Sometimes people snap.
No telling what set her off.
Graduation coming up.
Maybe she's been
thinking about her baby.
That kind of shit
matters to women.
Do you have Kelly
in any of your classes?
We got Algebra together.
She sleeps most of the time.
What about history?
You have Mr. Huckabee?
Nah, but I was
in Mrs. Pink's class
when Mr. Huckabee went off
on her. That shit was lit.
Mr. Huckabee came into
Mrs. Pinkman's room during class
-and yelled at her?
-Mm-hm.
About what?
I don't know anything
except he came hollering.
She shut him down quick.
We were like, "Holy shit,
Mrs. Pink's a badass bitch,
man."
[chuckles]
I didn't know she had it in her.
You know, sometimes
a woman gets called a bitch
because she's actually a bitch.
And sometimes a woman
gets called a bitch
because she
takes up for herself.
Sam: I don't know, Dad.
Something was off with Mason.
I'll stop by the hospital
on my way out of town,
and I'll fill you in.
Rusty [over phone]:
Sounds good.
[Rusty coughing]
Do me a favor, baby.
There's a photo
of Gamma on my desk.
Bring it with you
when you come to the hospital.
You'll see it when you walk in.
[line beeps]
What is he talking about?
How am I gonna find a picture?
First you got to find the desk.
I painted this for him
in third grade.
Gamma threw it at his head,
and Charlie glued it
back together.
The Quinn family in three acts.
Don't go
without saying goodbye.
[haunting theme playing]
[sighs]
[clears throat]
Oh
Sam. Sam?
Are you here? Hey.
Sam: Dad wanted me to bring
this to the hospital.
I wish I'd had copies made
before it got so faded.
I got the story
on Kelly's first pregnancy.
Kids call it the wham-bam.
Colton Alexander
was the ringleader.
Oh, my God,
I was hoping it wasn't true.
Well, my talk with
Mason Huckabee was interesting.
Let's go somewhere that doesn't
smell like an ashtray.
Sam: Charlie wrote back,
I-I don't understand.
It was just a fight.
We always make up.
"I can't have you
in my life anymore.
I love you.
I know that you love me.
But every time we see each
other, we see what happened.
And neither of us
will ever move forward
if we're always looking back."
You need to call her.
What? And have her
hang up on me again.
I can't leave another message
where I say that I'm sorry.
"Every time we see each other."
What is she saying? That she--
She can't look at me?
I'm too much of a reminder?
I would be very surprised
if that was
her actual intention.
It's all my fault, Anton.
I've got to learn
how to control my anger.
Okay, look,
here's what we're gonna do.
All right? We're gonna fly
down to Atlanta,
and I'm gonna
drive you to Pikeville.
That's--
That's not a good plan.
I can't force her.
I know my sister.
Charlie just needs some time.
The minute something
bad happens,
she'll pick up the phone.
Charlie always calls me
when she needs me.
Little shit never paid me.
Dad won't talk to the GBI
about who stabbed him.
Well, if they arrest someone,
he'll probably offer
to defend the fella.
[chuckles]
Oh, don't.
It's got boob sweat.
I came back from my run.
I saw your tea bags
on the counter,
and I wiped all of them
under my sports bra.
Mason claims he doesn't
know Colton well.
Why do you sound like
you don't believe him?
I don't know, he gave me
a bad feeling in my body.
Gave me a good one.
One of my juvie clients
said that Kelly understands more
than she lets on.
It would take a high level
of intelligence
to fool that many people.
No, he wasn't saying
she's a psychopath.
He was just saying
sometimes she checks out.
Kids do it all the time.
They regress
when things get difficult.
Another kid I represent
said Huck and Judith Pinkman
had a fight a couple months ago.
That's odd. Why would anyone
fight with Judith?
Mm-mm-mm. I'm gonna ask around.
Most of your clients in juvie?
Just the ones
who don't listen to me.
What?
You're really good
at your job.
-So are you.
-I'm serious.
You found a way to fight like
Rusty, but on your own terms.
Gamma would be so proud.
I was married.
Anton died of cancer
six months ago.
My ring is in the urn
with his ashes.
And I wear his
just so I have a piece of him
with me all the time.
I need to get it resized,
but I'm terrified
the jeweler will lose it.
[haunting theme playing]
And I taught physics at NYU.
We met at a conference
a couple of months
before you and Ben
came to visit.
I'm happy for you.
I mean,
sad that you lost him, but
You would have liked him,
Charlie.
He loved animals and reading.
And he made puns
about everything.
Alarm clocks, iguanas, donkeys.
Was his favorite novel,
Don Quixote?
Charlotte.
I am profoundly sorry for
my awful behavior in New York.
I should never have spoken
to you that way.
I was wrong, I apologize.
That's a very good apology.
I took a master class online.
I know I'm not a box turtle,
but you could talk to me.
I'm here.
Your car is waiting
in the parking lot.
I can stay.
Oh, somebody's gonna
strip it for parts.
I can buy a new one.
You should go to Norway
and get a fjord.
Charlie, please.
I don't have to know you
to know that something's wrong.
Your light-- That bright,
effervescent light of yours
inside that Gamma adored,
it isn't there anymore.
What happened?
Little Bear? Look at me.
We can't leave it
like this again.
The more people push me
to talk to them,
the less I want to talk to them.
When you don't talk
about the big things,
you argue
about the little things.
Sam, I really don't need
your therapy speak.
I'm fine. We're good.
You came down.
You did your part.
You're a good sister
and a good daughter.
Now go back to New York and
keep living your perfect life.
Dad didn't ask me to come
because he got stabbed.
He asked me to come
because he said you need me.
He had no right to say that.
I don't need anything.
And my light, or whatever
the fuck it is, is fine.
All we've done
since we got here
is quibble about meaningless
bullshit.
This has to stop.
We need to stop.
Okay, Sammy,
consider it stopped.
[tense theme playing]
[door slams]
[haunting theme playing]
[chattering indistinctly]
Cheese it, po-po is coming.
[Rusty coughing]
Doctor's orders.
You look like someone
stole your protractor.
Charlie and I
got into it again.
It's not like before.
It would have been easier
if it was like before.
I can't reach her.
The truth must dazzle
gradually,
or every man be blind.
Has this got something to do
with the truth?
Who is M. Pointer?
And why is Zack Culpepper
sending him threats
from death row?
Old fella's just
being an asshole.
Thought I threw that away.
[clears throat]
I've been to your office, Dad.
You don't throw anything away.
You never know when you're
gonna need 17 empty shoeboxes
or 2000 toothpicks.
I recorded Mason Huckabee
on my phone,
admitting that he took
the murder weapon
from the crime scene.
Fuck a duck.
I can't get a read on him.
Was he sexually
assaulting Kelly?
Is he trying
to cover his tracks,
or is he trying to save her
because he
couldn't save his sister?
People sometimes try to rewrite
their stories
to create
a better version of themselves.
He's going to rewrite himself
into a prison cell.
I got a lot of regrets
about his sister's case.
I made more than a few mistakes.
You, huh, mistakes?
Thing about that
Huckabee recording
was Charlie might end up
in hot water, too.
It has to be her decision
whether we use it or not.
The last three years
have been hard on her.
What's been hard?
It's for your sister to tell.
Great. I'll I asked her
in another ten years.
[haunting theme playing]
[footsteps approaching]
Ben:
Hey.
Hey.
[Charlie chuckles]
Did Sam leave town?
Um, she is gonna see Dad first.
Probably to tattle on me.
She keeps insisting
that something is wrong.
[high-pitched]
What? That's crazy.
[chuckles]
Maybe this was a bad idea.
Stay.
Somebody told me you said you
were going to burn them alive.
Well, somebody's a liar
because I said that I was gonna
smother her to death first.
It doesn't matter.
I need us to fix this.
Everything else
has gone to shit.
But we
We what?
I need you.
Chuck.
Let me be your wife.
I want you inside of me.
You can have any part of me
that you want.
My hands, my mouth.
I can't.
I can't. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
-Okay.
-No, no. Uh--
Okay.
[door closes]
Rusty: So you're thinking
Emma was Kelly's target?
Sounds a bit-- A bit tidy.
What do you think, sweetheart?
In patent law,
you're-you're working a puzzle.
Criminal cases, it's more like
a-an Etch-a-Sketch.
You gotta keep shaking it
till you get the full picture.
I'm gonna leave you
to do the shaking, Dad.
I can barely sleep at night
thinking about Kelly.
My latest case is
about the diameter of a bolt
on a pintle hinge.
City of Portland
versus Henry Alameda.
How did you know that case?
It's your first criminal trial.
You were shaking like a leaf,
but you had him on the ropes
in 10 seconds flat.
You were there?
Lurking in the back,
grinning like a loon.
You were brilliant, baby.
I could see
you'd found your place.
Why didn't you
come and talk to me?
Oh, I wanted to see you.
You didn't want to see me.
And before you make excuses,
a father's job
is to love his daughter
the way she needs to be loved.
There's a photograph
of your mother.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah,
it's almost completely faded.
The color's all bleached.
I could get it restored.
There's another photo.
I took it on our first date.
I invited Gamma for a picnic.
Made the sandwiches myself.
She took it
for a romantic gesture.
But the truth was,
I couldn't afford to take her
to a restaurant.
Sounds familiar.
[Rusty laughs]
Yeah. Oh, Sammy,
it was gorgeous day.
The sun was shining.
Gamma laughed at all my jokes.
She regaled me
with some mathematics.
[laughs]
I turned the car
radio up and we
We danced for what felt
like hours.
At least till the car
battery gave out.
Yeah, I thought Gamma was going
to strangle me
right then and there.
-But she didn't?
-No.
Rusty: Threw her head back
and laughed.
That's when I took the picture.
She was laughing
and twirling around.
I felt like there was a string
coming out of my heart.
Every time she turned,
she was wrapping it tighter
and tighter around her body.
I felt like I was a kite
being pulled up in the air.
Sam:
That's beautiful, Dad.
She was a beautiful woman.
Now the picture.
It's at the farmhouse.
Take Charlie with you.
She'll know exactly
where to find it.
And y'all can come back here
and I'll tell you
some more stories.
I'll stay another night.
I'll drag Charlie there
in the morning.
Good. Good.
[coughing]
You sound like a fork
stuck in a dishwasher.
[coughs]
That's good.
-I'll get you some water.
-Yeah, yeah.
Dad, look what I got.
[melancholy theme playing]
Daddy!
[gasping]
[sobbing]
Would you live forever
Never die ♪
While everything around
Passes? ♪
Would you smile forever
Never cry ♪
While everything you know
Passes? ♪
Death, like a door ♪
To a place
We've never been before ♪
Death, like space ♪
The deep sea, a suitcase ♪