The Good Daughter (2026) s01e06 Episode Script
What Really Happened
1
Rusty:
The truth must dazzle gradually.
Or every man be blind.
-I didn't get away.
-What?
[gasping]
[Man speaks indistinctly]
-Man: Get her inside.
-Come here, sweetheart.
-Nobody can know.
-None of this is your fault.
Rusty: Father's job
is to love his daughter
the way she needs to be loved.
Charlie: We can't keep talking
to each other
and we can't
meet up like this.
This all has got to stop.
It was me that loaded the gun.
I don't think it was your idea.
The gun was in my hand.
Sam:
Pink was shot first, not Emma.
Rusty wanted to pay Zack Jr.
two grand a month,
but he didn't want Zack Jr.
to know where
the money came from.
This account has nearly
2 million bucks in it.
Why would Dad have anything
to do with Zachary Culpepper?
[dramatic theme playing]
Samantha.
[door closes]
[tense theme playing]
Charlie: Hey.
What the fuck are
you doing here?
-I told you to leave me alone.
-Huck: I know.
I'm sorry. I just
-Is Samantha here?
-My husband is here.
Look, I'm
sorry about your dad.
Charlie:
My dad? Huck.
Four days ago,
you turned into a total prick
when I told you
my last name.
What is going on?
You're not here to console me.
[sighs] Look, I just need
to talk to you and Samantha
about something that's
It's important.
Are you here to confess?
How well do you
really know Kelly?
-Kelly?
-You heard the question.
-What does Kelly have to do wi--
-Did you touch her, Mason?
What the fuck
is that supposed to--
Did you rape her, or did you
take advantage of her? How else
-would you like me to ask?
Fuck you.
-You know she's pregnant?
-What?
-Are you the father?
-I never touched her--
Did you tell her to take
that gun to school?
-Are you crazy?
-What were you arguing
-with Judith about?
-Will you just let me
fucking answer?
I never touched Kelly.
Do you understand? Ever.
I didn't know
that she was pregnant.
Jesus Christ.
I was arguing with Judith about
getting some after-school time
with Kelly
to help her graduate.
I had no idea
about anything else.
Okay, Charlotte,
you have to believe me.
-I don't have to do anything.
-[door opens]
Mason.
Why are you really here?
This was a mistake.
[Huck sighs]
My father told me you're trying
to rewrite your own story.
Is that why you're here?
Are you trying
to rewrite
your story with us?
Did you know our father?
Everybody knew him.
Did you know him personally?
Did you talk to him?
Charlie: How did you know
we were gonna be here?
I think he was hoping
we wouldn't be.
I have to go.
Are you the asshole
who burned down our house?
[tense theme playing]
Anna Lee testified that
same week our house burned down.
What?
Sam:
It was him.
He threw the Molotov cocktail.
I didn't know
it'd burn like that.
It was meant to be a warning.
But Rusty was back in
the courtroom the very next day.
We lost everything
because of you.
I lost my sister.
Sam:
Are you here because
you're worried we're gonna
find something in there?
Were you gonna break in?
We have a lot
to talk about. Yeah.
Charlie.
[door opens]
You motherfucker!
-Charlie: Ben Ben.
-[Men grunting]
-[blows landing]
-Fight me!
Fight me, motherfucker!
Fight me!
-You fucking coward!
-[grunting]
Fight me!
[blows continue landing]
-You brought Zack here.
-[continues grunting]
He murdered their mother.
He raped my wife.
-[blows continue landing]
-You brought him here.
You fucking
brought him here!
[suspenseful theme playing]
Well, hi, little pet
Young Charlie:
Mama! Come quick.
Gamma:
Charlotte Quinn, how many times
have I told you
not to use adjectives
in place of adverbs?
Zack:
Who else is in the house?
-Uh My sister and mom.
-Huck: Come on, man.
They weren't supposed to
be here. Let's just get out.
Zack:
Where's your fucking daddy?
Gamma:
I have $50 in my purse
and another 200
in a mason jar in the barn.
-Zack: Fuck that.
-[whimpers]
Get the other girl
in here
-[gun cocks]
-now,
goddamn it.
Gamma:
Samantha,
I need you to quickly make
your way into the kitchen.
[tense theme playing]
Gamma:
It's okay.
You tell me what you want.
I give it to you,
and then you leave.
Zack: Oh, yeah?
And what if I want that?
Huck: Come on, brother,
stop fucking around.
You called him "brother"?
[breathing heavily]
[grunts]
Piece of shit.
[spits, groans]
You called him "brother".
[tense theme playing]
I called everyone "brother".
Jesus.
[Huck sobs]
I'm sorry.
Oh, God, I'm sorry.
I'm so fucking sorry.
I found
this confession upstairs.
He gave Zack Culpepper
five grand
and they were
supposed to kill Rusty,
then drive to Bridge Gap
and kill the man
that raped his sister.
You didn't have the balls
to do it on your own, did you?
That's why you had
to get a Culpepper
$5,000.
That's what our mother's
life was worth?
What do you think
Anna Lee's life was worth
when Rusty
was finished with her?
He tore her apart on the stand.
He made her believe
that it was all her fault.
And she did.
She believed it.
The case was dismissed
the same day you showed up.
[breathes deeply]
You were supposed to be
at track practice.
-All of you.
-Our mother kept us home.
We were upset because you
burned down our fucking house!
'Cause I was just so desperate
for someone to pay.
I didn't mean
for any of it to happen.
You brought a psychopath and two
loaded guns into our kitchen.
What did you think
would happen?
I was just a kid.
I was terrified of Zack too.
The only reason
any of us survived
is because I stopped him.
-Please, Charlie.
-Man: You don't think cops
-found their mama by now?
-Charlie, listen to me.
As soon as I tell you to,
you need to run.
[whispering] I can't see.
You have to go now.
Zack:
Guns are gonna be too loud.
Young Sam: Please, Charlie,
you have to run.
You're gonna need
to slit her throat.
-Huck: She's just a kid.
-Zack: She's a fucking witness.
I need to see you
get your hands dirty, brother.
I need you to run, okay?
Charlie. Go. Now.
I want you to run.
Huck:
Nobody else is getting hurt.
[screams]
Charlie, go!
Zack:
Don't point that at me, you!
[gunshot]
[tense theme playing]
-Huck: Fuck!
-Zack: Come back here!
Get rid of her.
I'll grab the little one.
Come here, girl!
Huck:
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
[breathing heavily]
[breathing heavily]
[tense theme playing]
[thudding and loud splash]
[gasps]
[breathing deeply]
[Charlie screams]
[Charlie struggling
in distance]
[panting]
Huck:
Zack? Get off her!
-Motherfucker!
-[grunting]
She's just a kid!
You piece of shit!
-Zack: Get the hell off!
-Huck: Fuck you!
[Zack & Huck continue grunting]
[tense theme playing]
[Huck breathing heavily]
[gasps]
[Huck sniffles]
I ran six miles
to find a payphone in town.
[sniffles]
I told my parents everything.
I wanted
to turn myself in, but
they wouldn't let me.
You could have walked
to the sheriff's station,
turned yourself in.
Cops had already beat
the shit out of Zack
and killed Daniel
in cold blood.
What do you think
they would have done to me?
Were you scared?
Nothing would have changed
things by ruining my life too.
Yeah? That's what matters?
Ruining your life?
He chased me down
like an animal!
He was the weapon
that you loaded!
Everything that Zack
did that night
happened because you
pointed him in our direction!
I didn't have to go back.
I risked my life to save you.
From what?
His fingernails
ripping my skin open?
He damaged me!
I can't give my husband
children because of you!
Rusty damaged Anna Lee.
She killed herself
because of him.
I was a stupid 17-year-old, but
I found my sister's dead body.
What was I supposed to do?
You should have hanged yourself
in the barn right alongside her.
[tense theme playing]
You left me
in that creek to die.
I thought you were dead.
[spits, sniffs]
I went to war.
I came back here
to help kids like me.
I've spent
every second of my life
trying to make up
for that night.
Including
bribing Zack Culpepper?
[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've found the fire
That I've always needed ♪
Say you love me now ♪
Too late somehow ♪
I've found the fire
That I've always needed ♪
I'm a wicker woman with ♪
I'm a wicker woman with a ♪
Lighter in my chest ♪
Sam: We know about
the deal, Mason.
$2,000 a month to Zack Jr.
so Zack Sr.
keeps his mouth shut.
My parents made the deal.
I only found out ten years ago.
My dad was already gone.
My mom was dying of cancer.
It's the only reason
she told me.
Look,
Daniel Culpepper was dead.
Zack was going to death row.
Old Sheriff Coin
negotiated the terms.
Keith built his whole
career off that night.
It's his origin story.
Whole town treats him
like a fuckin' hero
'cause you framed Daniel
for your crimes.
How did Rusty get roped
into your parents' deal
with Zack Sr.?
After my mom died,
I came here to confess.
Rusty said he wouldn't
blow up your lives,
that you would've had
to go through new trials
and appeals and lawsuits.
Around the same time
as New York.
He made me turn over
the money to him.
Then he made me sit down
at the kitchen table
and write out my confession.
[dramatic theme playing]
Sam:
Did Rusty forgive you?
No. He said I was one
of two men on earth
that he would never forgive.
Why did Rusty want
to control the money?
Huck:
Well, he said eventually
you guys would
have to make a decision,
whether to keep paying
or show my confession
to the cops.
He said the, ah
truth couldn't be
too bright or burn brighter.
It has to dazzle gradually.
Huck:
So it's up to you now.
Both of you.
[Men speaking indistinctly
over police radio]
Man 1:
do you copy?
Man 2:
Go ahead and assess.
[people speaking indistinctly]
-Ben: You sure about this?
-Sam: It's a temporary fix.
Mason'll go to prison
for stealing the murder weapon.
And we'll have some time to
figure out what we want to do.
-[car door closes]
-Well, he thinks
he wants
to be punished, but
after he's spent
a few nights in jail
-he's gonna fight it.
-[footsteps approaching]
Let him try.
Dive team's coming up from
Atlanta to drag the lake.
I don't need to tell you we
need that gun to make our case.
What if I had
a recording of Mason Huckabee
admitting he stole
the revolver from the school?
Holy shit.
How long will he get
for the gun?
Ten years,
if we push for the max.
-You need to push hard.
-I need to speak to your wife.
No, you don't.
My statement will provide you
with all the details you need.
[dramatic theme playing]
[door opens]
Mason's confession
doesn't say
what happened to me
in the woods.
How did you know?
Rusty told me.
Yesterday morning.
He said
that agreeing not to tell
was the hardest decision
he ever made.
It wasn't a decision.
It was a promise.
It was my secret.
You only keep secrets
when you're ashamed.
And he was never
ashamed of you.
Not about anything.
And especially not about that.
It weighed on him.
[sighs]
I was pregnant in New York.
It wasn't a UTI.
It was a miscarriage.
I lied to you
and I kept lying.
I didn't tell you
what happened to me
in the woods.
And the worst part
is that I punished you
for not figuring it out.
I got angrier and angrier,
like it was your fault.
But it wasn't.
It was me. Every time.
Every
Every fucking time.
Did the doctor tell you that?
Well, then you can't be
certain that's the reason.
Kaylee could give you children.
Kaylee gave me gonorrhea.
Skanky twat!
I only slept with her twice.
Twice in a row
or two different times.
Two different times.
What, two different
sessions, or?
Chuck.
It was never gonna be
anything more than what it was.
-She's too--
-Dry?
-Loose?
-[scoffs]
Scratchy?
Boring.
She thought that Buffy should
have ended up with Angel.
Wow. How did she
make it through law school?
You were right too,
about being on top.
-It's a lot of work.
-Oh. [laughs]
Thanks for that image.
Try never being able
to sneeze again.
[chuckles]
When I was 9 years old,
my cousin Patrice,
she kicked me
in the nuts so hard
I peed blood for a week.
And when I was 13,
I masturbated so much
-I got a blister.
-[Charlie scoffs]
And my mom had to take me
to the pediatrician.
[laughing]
Oh, my God, Ben.
I played triangle in the band.
I was the only member
of the Starfleet club.
[clicks tongue]
I was a late bloomer.
I obviously wasn't
meant to procreate
andI don't know
if we can't have kids because
of something that happened to me
or something
that happened to you,
but
that's just a fact of life.
It doesn't fucking matter.
-Of course it matters.
-Not to me.
Do you not understand what
a fantastic father you would be?
You're a walking dad joke.
[sniffs]
You love kids.
I love you.
[tender theme playing]
I love you.
I love you too.
[kiss]
Charlie: I think Rusty knew
he was gonna die.
That's why he sent us
on this scavenger hunt.
Sam: I had given up on you,
and I was gonna go home.
That's when he told me the
photograph of Gamma was here,
and he said that
you'd know where to find it.
Roped you back in.
He wanted us to find
Mason's confession together.
He wanted you to decide
whether to use this or not.
He knew it wouldn't
just hurt Mason.
-That it could hurt you too.
-Cryptic motherfucker.
Oh, fucking Culpeppers.
[door closes]
They were right all along.
Daniel was innocent.
I'm the reason he's dead.
Mason's the reason he's dead.
Keith's the one who shot him.
Sam: Old Sheriff Coin must have
planted the revolver on Daniel,
and then put Mason's high tops
in the burn barrel.
The original Coin Trick.
Charlie:
Sam says I have to decide
what to do about the confession.
But I don't want to do anything.
Sam:
Then we don't do anything.
Zack Jr. stops getting paid.
Zack Sr. talks.
He testifies that
Mason paid him to kill Rusty.
The prosecutors can't force us
to help make their case.
They have to subpoena us
if they want us to testify.
We'll deal with it,
and we'll go on with our lives.
It's that easy?
It will be if you're
not in Pikeville anymore.
Mason could end up
on death row.
I doubt he'd get
the death penalty.
We both saw Zack shoot Mama,
and there's no way to prove
that Mason fired
that revolver at me.
Legally speaking,
it doesn't matter.
The gun was in his hand.
What?
It's called
transferred intent.
You're a prosecutor.
You know how it works.
You're with somebody
who commits felony murder.
You can both be
charged with murder.
Sam:
Yes, Charlotte, I know the law.
It's what Ben said
about the gun
being in Mason's hand.
Transferred intent.
We don't know whose finger
actually pulled the trigger.
[suspenseful theme playing]
Ben, can you get your laptop?
Charlie:
What are you looking for?
Sam:
I'm not sure.
Play that again.
[button clacks]
Judith didn't even look at Pink.
Sam: Cue it up to the moment
right before Pink was shot.
And make that bigger.
Lower? On the gun?
Ben:
I can make it bigger,
but it's not
gonna be sharper.
How about, um, color?
Contrast?
[dramatic theme playing]
What's this line?
Ben? Was Pink's body released?
No.
Medical examiner said
it's gonna be a couple of weeks.
Then what was Judith doing
picking up dry cleaning
two days after the shooting?
I saw the shirt she was
wearing during the shooting
in the bag
with one of Pink's suits.
Her clothes
weren't taken into evidence?
Ben:
Oh, it was chaos.
Judith wouldn't let go of Emma.
The paramedics
had to sedate her.
It would have been easy for her
to hold on to the shirt.
Nobody would have noticed.
Sam:
And she got it dry-cleaned
less than 24 hours
after Pink was murdered.
Are we saying what
I think we're saying?
No, we're not,
we're not.
I mean, it doesn't
make any sense.
Why would Judith not
throw the shirt away?
She wanted it clean in case
they tested for gunshot residue.
Mason told me he argued with
Judith about getting more time
after school with Kelly.
Ava told me
Kelly was at school too much.
Ben:
In her witness statement,
Judith said
she was tutoring Kelly
after school
three days a week.
Why did she need
that much time with Kelly?
[dramatic theme playing]
Whose classroom is on the left?
Judith's.
Kelly wasn't
psyching herself up.
She was talking to Judith.
Sam:
And Judith was talking to Kelly.
Ben:
Two arms.
One darkone light.
What if Pink was the target?
Emma wasn't even
supposed to be there.
Maybe Kelly
didn't pull the trigger.
The gun was in her hand.
[night creatures chittering]
[suspenseful theme playing]
I'm never gonna
be okay with this.
Sam:
She won't believe it's true
unless she hears it
from Judith.
Ben:
If it is true,
then Charlie's putting
herself alone in a room
with a double murderer.
-Charlotte?
-Sorry I didn't call first.
[Judith scoffs]
You're always welcome here.
Come in.
[door closes]
[suspenseful theme playing]
I was just
having some tea.
Would you like some?
Uh, sure. Thanks.
Judith:
Please sit down.
[spoon clanking]
[liquid pouring]
[hushed whispers]
My baby.
Here you go.
This belonged
to my grandmother.
I'm so clumsy lately.
I don't know where my mind is.
I'm just trying to fix it.
What brings you here,
Charlotte?
I never thanked you.
Uh, everything
you did for me back then.
Keeping my secret.
[over phone]
Thank you.
Judith:
People say that
God doesn't give us
more than we can handle,
but I don't think
that's true. Do you?
I realized something tonight.
When you keep a secret,
it can turn you into a person
you don't want to be.
Can it?
[tense theme playing]
Why is it you, Charlotte?
Why didn't the police come?
Do you want it
to be the police?
Will you help me fix this?
I cannot bear the thought
of leaving this in pieces.
[sighs]
So.
It's pretty clean.
If you just hold the edges,
I'm gonna
-try and
-[snips]
Thank you.
I don't think
you'll be able
to see the line.
You just push it together.
[ceramic scrapes]
Here we go.
That's right.
Good girl.
I walked in on Douglas
fucking Kelly Wilson.
I'm sorry for
the coarse language, but
when you forget your keys
and you walk back
to your classroom and you
see your husband
having sex with a, uh
a teenager.
That's the word
that springs to mind.
Charlie: You could call it
what it is. Statutory rape.
You're right.
She was a student
under his care.
Just keep holding that,
please. I'll, um
[footsteps pattering over phone]
[drawer opens over phone]
See, well
I knew
that Kelly was pregnant
long before she did.
[Judith sniffles]
The morning sickness,
the, uh, listlessness,
the exhaustion.
I confronted Douglas about it
finally, but he already knew.
He didn't notice the residue
from my hormone patches,
but he knew Kelly was pregnant.
So he instructed me to meet him
in the car after school.
He told me
that it was God's will
that we raise
the child together.
Tell me that we would be
converting my office
into a nursery.
And he said that-- that I
would have to quit teaching.
He told you?
Yes, that's how
it worked in my marriage.
A wife follows
a husband's lead.
Wasn't gonna be him getting up
in the middle of the night,
changing diapers.
It was gonna be me.
He assumed that I would do it.
He assumed
I would do everything.
[smacks lips]
I usually did.
You have no idea
what it's like not to matter.
To live in the same house
with a man
who makes you feel
like you're nothing.
I came into that marriage
a full person.
My own ideas and
little by little, he
He just erased me.
Do you know
what that feels like?
To watch yourself
slowly disappear?
Two people died
because your husband
was a controlling asshole.
Don't you believe in monsters
anymore, Charlotte?
Am I looking at one
right now?
I think you know
the answer to that.
I didn't know that you
were gonna be there.
I would have done it
another day.
Are you sure
it's still recording?
[tense theme playing]
When you teach children
with intellectual disabilities,
you realize that
there's the disability
and then there is
the underlying personality.
And some of them
can be insufferable jerks.
-But not Kelly.
-Not Kelly, no.
No. No, she was sweet.
[suspenseful theme playing]
She'd do almost anything
you ask her to do.
She's like this plate.
Fragile.
You know you could destroy it
if you wanted to.
How did you destroy Kelly?
I trickled poison
into her ear.
Slowly at first.
Then it was easy.
She was terrified
that she was gonna be forced
to have another abortion.
I told her that
Douglas was lying to her.
Told her
that he had no intention
of raising the baby with me.
Said that he was gonna
force her to to kill it.
And she believed you?
She believed every word
out of my mouth.
Charlie: Kelly didn't want
to shoot anyone.
Judith: No, she didn't want
to shoot anyone.
And when it came down to it,
she froze.
Then Douglas
came round the corner,
he saw the gun,
it was all too late,
andI stood behind her.
I wrapped my finger
around hers.
[exhales]
Judith:
And I pulled the trigger.
You pulled the trigger
more than once.
I had to make it look
like she was serious.
How else was I
gonna be the?
The hero who saved her?
The grieving widow?
The beneficiary of Douglas's
life insurance policy?
I was gonna live my life
on my terms.
What about Emma's life?
But that was a mistake.
It was a horrible,
unforgivable mistake.
[Charlie panting]
[gunshot]
[gunshots]
-[Kelly grunting]
-[gunshot]
[Kelly whimpering]
Judith [whispering]:
Give me the gun.
Kelly wouldn't
let go of the gun.
We struggled and it went off.
[gunshot]
[dramatic theme playing]
Charlie: Were you really gonna
gamble your freedom
on Kelly Wilson's ability
to keep her mouth shut?
No, I was gonna
shoot her in the head.
But I ran out of bullets.
[dramatic theme playing]
[dramatic theme playing]
[inaudible dialogue]
I think you've gotten
enough, Charlotte.
-You need a lawyer.
-I think you need to leave.
I'm just gonna
rinse these glasses.
[footsteps pattering over phone]
[water faucet flows]
I have a Bible verse
for you, Charlotte.
[Judith sniffs]
This one
might be familiar.
It's from Exodus.
Thou shalt give life
for life.
Eye for eye,
hand for hand,
foot for foot.
Burn for burning.
Wound for wound.
[gun clicks]
[tense theme playing]
Judith.
No.
Give me the phone.
Give it to me.
[breathing heavily]
I, Judith Hiller,
murdered Douglas and Emma.
I pulled the trigger
six times.
Kelly is innocent.
Hey, talk to me. Talk to me.
Charlotte, listen to me.
This is my decision.
Come on. I can help you.
I can help you.
Okay, listen to me.
-[gun cocks]
-No. Oh, Jesus Christ, Judith.
-Get out of my house!
-What are you doing?
-I don't want to hurt you.
-[door unlocks]
Charlie:
Please don't do this.
-Judith. No!
-[door slams shut]
-Get out of my house.
-You don't have to do this.
Please don't
do this, Judith.
[whimpers]
Get the fuck
out of my house now!
-Get the fuck out! Please go!
-[sobbing] Judith.
No! Judith.
Fuck!
Judith!
-[banging]
-Judith!
Judith!
-Judith, no!
-[gunshot, thud]
[sobs]
[hyperventilating]
-[sobbing]
-Hey. Hey.
Ben:
I got you.
I couldn't save her.
I couldn't
[continues sobbing]
[crickets chirping]
[melancholy theme playing]
[birds chirping]
[paper rustling]
Now, let's be reasonable here,
Samantha.
The girl's walking away
from death row.
Anything less
than that is gravy.
Kelly Wilson
murdered two people.
Judith Pinkman
murdered two people.
You didn't process her hands
for gunshot residue.
You didn't take her shirt
into evidence.
You broke the chain of custody
on the murder weapon
when you allowed a witness
to steal it. All of this
while your deputy chief
brutally attacked my sister.
-Now, hold on
-Charlotte was obstructing.
Your school resource officer
failed to notice
that Kelly Wilson,
an intellectually disabled
teenager,
was being sexually assaulted
by her principal.
She was coerced into bringing
the gun to school by a bitter,
manipulative teacher.
That's how
you wanna play it?
This isn't
a game, Sheriff.
Kelly was a student
under Douglas Pinkman's care.
There were many
vulnerable young girls
under Douglas
Pinkman's care.
Let's keep
the focus narrow.
Maybe I should
expand my focus.
How would you fellas
like Rusty Quinn's daughter
investigating past mistakes
made by the Pikeville
Sheriff's Department?
I'm sure the Culpeppers
would love to know more
about the circumstances
surrounding Daniel's death.
Among other things
that happened that night.
Whoa, now. You holster
your pistols there, lady.
This is bullshit!
Now let's just roll the dice.
She ain't holding
all the cards.
Listen, honey,
let's bring things down a notch.
We got to think about
what's good for the town.
Now, all this
that's happened,
well, it's just a tragedy,
ain't it?
There's folks here
who loved Pink,
who still love Pink.
And Judith,
for all her faults,
well, she just snapped,
didn't she?
All this legal rigmarole,
that can be worked out.
We need to focus on healing.
My only focus
is on Kelly Wilson.
Samantha,
I'm gonna tell you something
maybe you forgot
while you were away.
Your daddy loved Pikeville.
What would he say
if he saw you
talking like this?
My daddy would tell you fellas
that you've got two choices.
You can sign off on five years
for Kelly Wilson,
or you can shit in both hands
and start clapping.
Sam: With good behavior,
you could get out
before your baby starts school.
We-- We can't think about it?
We don't want to give Kenny Coin
time to change his mind.
It has to be Kelly's decision.
We can't make it for her.
Hey.
I done swore,
I'll take care of the baby
till you're out.
And your daddy
won't have a say in it.
Them Coins
will lock him up
now that he ain't
no use to 'em.
-Ain't that right?
-Yes.
The GBI recovered Ely's
revolver from the lake.
As a convicted felon,
he wasn't allowed
to own a weapon,
let alone leave it unsecured
where Kelly found it.
But I'm the one
what took the gun to school.
And Mrs. Pinkman,
she was so torn up
about Mr. Pinkman
and what we was doing.
Them ladies
over at the jail,
they said it was me
drove her crazy.
She oughta not killed
herself like that.
She was a good
Christian woman.
Kelly, we need to think
about you right now.
And your baby.
That's true enough, ma'am,
but it seems like
I ought to be punished.
Five years is a long time.
Does it seem fair to you?
Yes, Kelly, this is fair.
[dramatic theme playing]
[birds chirping]
[creaking]
-Charlie: He couldn't quit me.
-Mo' throuples, mo' problems.
Charlie:
So, what's up?
I need you to take
Barky tomorrow.
Your sister got me some
interviews in Atlanta.
I think
I'm gonna join big law.
Pay off some loans.
Learn to play golf.
Roughly 600 people
die in golf cart accidents
every year.
Out of how many
golfers, though?
Well, the golfer-to-death
rate is very high.
So that's all
I can really tell you.
-It sounds legitimate.
-Mm-hm.
How's it going with Sam?
I'm meeting her
at the farmhouse later.
-Mm.
-She still thinks we can find
that photograph of Gamma.
Your dad was
a freakishly good liar.
[laughing]
No shit.
I'm sorry that I never
ThatI blamed you
for not knowing something
that I never told you about.
I know.
Your dad told me
that the hardest thing
to do in a marriage
is to stop talking
and start listening.
Should we take
marriage advice from Rusty?
He really
really loved your mom.
Are you still my wife?
Yes.
Are you still my husband?
Yes.
[tender theme playing]
You want me to stop?
No.
I want you to do that
with your mouth.
[romantic theme playing]
[inaudible]
[light theme playing]
Oh, gross.
Dad was a total poon hound.
What do you expect?
They're love letters.
I can't believe all this stuff
was just sitting in a box
in his office
the whole time.
[scoffs] Stuff was sitting
everywhere the whole time.
I remember when this happened.
I had to bail him out of jail.
-He never paid me back.
-Shocking.
Sam: Ah, it's like
being inside her head.
Trust me, you do not
want to be in Dad's.
Let's see what else
he was hoarding.
Sam: Oh, my God, my first place
ribbon from the debate club!
Oh, thanks, Dad.
My eighth grade report card.
He was supposed to sign it.
I got detention.
Straight A's.
"Talks too much."
[chuckles]
Ben's moving to Atlanta.
He asked me to go with him.
That's good, baby.
I like Atlanta.
-Enough to come with us.
-Enough to come visit.
I'm gonna go back in.
Don't hear from me
in half an hour,
-call the fire department.
-[Sam chuckles]
Happy things are going
so well between you and Ben.
And I'm happy
he finger-banged me
on the couch this morning.
-Ugh!
-What?
-He has gonorrhea.
-Ew!
[laughs]
When you're ready, I want you
to tell me more about Anton.
I will.
[light theme playing]
[laughing]
Who did this calculus,
an intoxicated toddler?
That should say
the partial of U squared
plus V squared over 2
[sighs] We're never gonna
find this photograph of Gamma.
Sammy.
I'm thinking Dad played you.
I mean,
you said it before.
He wanted us to find all that
Zack Culpepper shit together.
But he went out of his way
to describe this photograph.
How beautiful Gamma was.
It was a perfect day.
Charlie:
Ben reminded me that Rusty
was a highly
accomplished liar.
Tell me again exactly what
he said to you at the hospital.
He said that there
was a photo of Gamma
different from this one
that he took
on their first date.
He asked Gamma on a picnic
'cause he didn't have money
to pay for a restaurant.
Foreshadowing.
He said
it was a beautiful day
and they talked and laughed
and danced to music
on the car radio.
He said he felt like
his heart was a kite
and she was reeling it in
with a string.
It's called a spindle.
I know what it's called,
you walnut.
[Charlie scoffs]
Well, if another photo exists,
he left it out in the open,
just like everything else.
We need to stop thinking
like he was Sherlock Holmes
when he was barely
Inspector Gadget.
Why was this in your purse?
He asked me to bring it
to the hospital.
[suspenseful theme playing]
[paper rips]
[Charlie gasps]
Charlie:
Oh.
You're the walnut.
He turned you into his mule.
I had forgotten
how beautiful she was.
They were beautiful together.
Sam:
What year was this?
-Are you fucking kidding me?
-Uh-- Oh, my God.
-[grunts]
-Sam: He did it.
He finally figured out
how to use "last word".
Rusty.
[chuckles]
Oh, my God.
-There's no regret ♪
-Wow.
[Sarah McLachlan's
"Long Road Home" playing]
I took the long road home ♪
I tried to pay my debts ♪
I wanna feel a shiver ♪
Your fingers writing
Poetry on my skin ♪
Seeking out new paths
In the valleys and edges ♪
[inaudible dialogue]
Where do I end
And where do you begin? ♪
I know the most things
Just come down to chance ♪
You gotta throw yourself
Against the wind ♪
If everything was easy
It wouldn't be worth it ♪
So take my hand
And walk beside me ♪
Through these
Ever-changing times ♪
Whatever storms
Will come our way ♪
I wanna face them all
With you ♪
["Long Road Home" continues]
So take my hand
And walk beside me ♪
Through these
Ever-changing times ♪
Whatever storms
Will come our way ♪
I wanna face them all
With you ♪
Rusty:
The truth must dazzle gradually.
Or every man be blind.
-I didn't get away.
-What?
[gasping]
[Man speaks indistinctly]
-Man: Get her inside.
-Come here, sweetheart.
-Nobody can know.
-None of this is your fault.
Rusty: Father's job
is to love his daughter
the way she needs to be loved.
Charlie: We can't keep talking
to each other
and we can't
meet up like this.
This all has got to stop.
It was me that loaded the gun.
I don't think it was your idea.
The gun was in my hand.
Sam:
Pink was shot first, not Emma.
Rusty wanted to pay Zack Jr.
two grand a month,
but he didn't want Zack Jr.
to know where
the money came from.
This account has nearly
2 million bucks in it.
Why would Dad have anything
to do with Zachary Culpepper?
[dramatic theme playing]
Samantha.
[door closes]
[tense theme playing]
Charlie: Hey.
What the fuck are
you doing here?
-I told you to leave me alone.
-Huck: I know.
I'm sorry. I just
-Is Samantha here?
-My husband is here.
Look, I'm
sorry about your dad.
Charlie:
My dad? Huck.
Four days ago,
you turned into a total prick
when I told you
my last name.
What is going on?
You're not here to console me.
[sighs] Look, I just need
to talk to you and Samantha
about something that's
It's important.
Are you here to confess?
How well do you
really know Kelly?
-Kelly?
-You heard the question.
-What does Kelly have to do wi--
-Did you touch her, Mason?
What the fuck
is that supposed to--
Did you rape her, or did you
take advantage of her? How else
-would you like me to ask?
Fuck you.
-You know she's pregnant?
-What?
-Are you the father?
-I never touched her--
Did you tell her to take
that gun to school?
-Are you crazy?
-What were you arguing
-with Judith about?
-Will you just let me
fucking answer?
I never touched Kelly.
Do you understand? Ever.
I didn't know
that she was pregnant.
Jesus Christ.
I was arguing with Judith about
getting some after-school time
with Kelly
to help her graduate.
I had no idea
about anything else.
Okay, Charlotte,
you have to believe me.
-I don't have to do anything.
-[door opens]
Mason.
Why are you really here?
This was a mistake.
[Huck sighs]
My father told me you're trying
to rewrite your own story.
Is that why you're here?
Are you trying
to rewrite
your story with us?
Did you know our father?
Everybody knew him.
Did you know him personally?
Did you talk to him?
Charlie: How did you know
we were gonna be here?
I think he was hoping
we wouldn't be.
I have to go.
Are you the asshole
who burned down our house?
[tense theme playing]
Anna Lee testified that
same week our house burned down.
What?
Sam:
It was him.
He threw the Molotov cocktail.
I didn't know
it'd burn like that.
It was meant to be a warning.
But Rusty was back in
the courtroom the very next day.
We lost everything
because of you.
I lost my sister.
Sam:
Are you here because
you're worried we're gonna
find something in there?
Were you gonna break in?
We have a lot
to talk about. Yeah.
Charlie.
[door opens]
You motherfucker!
-Charlie: Ben Ben.
-[Men grunting]
-[blows landing]
-Fight me!
Fight me, motherfucker!
Fight me!
-You fucking coward!
-[grunting]
Fight me!
[blows continue landing]
-You brought Zack here.
-[continues grunting]
He murdered their mother.
He raped my wife.
-[blows continue landing]
-You brought him here.
You fucking
brought him here!
[suspenseful theme playing]
Well, hi, little pet
Young Charlie:
Mama! Come quick.
Gamma:
Charlotte Quinn, how many times
have I told you
not to use adjectives
in place of adverbs?
Zack:
Who else is in the house?
-Uh My sister and mom.
-Huck: Come on, man.
They weren't supposed to
be here. Let's just get out.
Zack:
Where's your fucking daddy?
Gamma:
I have $50 in my purse
and another 200
in a mason jar in the barn.
-Zack: Fuck that.
-[whimpers]
Get the other girl
in here
-[gun cocks]
-now,
goddamn it.
Gamma:
Samantha,
I need you to quickly make
your way into the kitchen.
[tense theme playing]
Gamma:
It's okay.
You tell me what you want.
I give it to you,
and then you leave.
Zack: Oh, yeah?
And what if I want that?
Huck: Come on, brother,
stop fucking around.
You called him "brother"?
[breathing heavily]
[grunts]
Piece of shit.
[spits, groans]
You called him "brother".
[tense theme playing]
I called everyone "brother".
Jesus.
[Huck sobs]
I'm sorry.
Oh, God, I'm sorry.
I'm so fucking sorry.
I found
this confession upstairs.
He gave Zack Culpepper
five grand
and they were
supposed to kill Rusty,
then drive to Bridge Gap
and kill the man
that raped his sister.
You didn't have the balls
to do it on your own, did you?
That's why you had
to get a Culpepper
$5,000.
That's what our mother's
life was worth?
What do you think
Anna Lee's life was worth
when Rusty
was finished with her?
He tore her apart on the stand.
He made her believe
that it was all her fault.
And she did.
She believed it.
The case was dismissed
the same day you showed up.
[breathes deeply]
You were supposed to be
at track practice.
-All of you.
-Our mother kept us home.
We were upset because you
burned down our fucking house!
'Cause I was just so desperate
for someone to pay.
I didn't mean
for any of it to happen.
You brought a psychopath and two
loaded guns into our kitchen.
What did you think
would happen?
I was just a kid.
I was terrified of Zack too.
The only reason
any of us survived
is because I stopped him.
-Please, Charlie.
-Man: You don't think cops
-found their mama by now?
-Charlie, listen to me.
As soon as I tell you to,
you need to run.
[whispering] I can't see.
You have to go now.
Zack:
Guns are gonna be too loud.
Young Sam: Please, Charlie,
you have to run.
You're gonna need
to slit her throat.
-Huck: She's just a kid.
-Zack: She's a fucking witness.
I need to see you
get your hands dirty, brother.
I need you to run, okay?
Charlie. Go. Now.
I want you to run.
Huck:
Nobody else is getting hurt.
[screams]
Charlie, go!
Zack:
Don't point that at me, you!
[gunshot]
[tense theme playing]
-Huck: Fuck!
-Zack: Come back here!
Get rid of her.
I'll grab the little one.
Come here, girl!
Huck:
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
[breathing heavily]
[breathing heavily]
[tense theme playing]
[thudding and loud splash]
[gasps]
[breathing deeply]
[Charlie screams]
[Charlie struggling
in distance]
[panting]
Huck:
Zack? Get off her!
-Motherfucker!
-[grunting]
She's just a kid!
You piece of shit!
-Zack: Get the hell off!
-Huck: Fuck you!
[Zack & Huck continue grunting]
[tense theme playing]
[Huck breathing heavily]
[gasps]
[Huck sniffles]
I ran six miles
to find a payphone in town.
[sniffles]
I told my parents everything.
I wanted
to turn myself in, but
they wouldn't let me.
You could have walked
to the sheriff's station,
turned yourself in.
Cops had already beat
the shit out of Zack
and killed Daniel
in cold blood.
What do you think
they would have done to me?
Were you scared?
Nothing would have changed
things by ruining my life too.
Yeah? That's what matters?
Ruining your life?
He chased me down
like an animal!
He was the weapon
that you loaded!
Everything that Zack
did that night
happened because you
pointed him in our direction!
I didn't have to go back.
I risked my life to save you.
From what?
His fingernails
ripping my skin open?
He damaged me!
I can't give my husband
children because of you!
Rusty damaged Anna Lee.
She killed herself
because of him.
I was a stupid 17-year-old, but
I found my sister's dead body.
What was I supposed to do?
You should have hanged yourself
in the barn right alongside her.
[tense theme playing]
You left me
in that creek to die.
I thought you were dead.
[spits, sniffs]
I went to war.
I came back here
to help kids like me.
I've spent
every second of my life
trying to make up
for that night.
Including
bribing Zack Culpepper?
[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've found the fire
That I've always needed ♪
Say you love me now ♪
Too late somehow ♪
I've found the fire
That I've always needed ♪
I'm a wicker woman with ♪
I'm a wicker woman with a ♪
Lighter in my chest ♪
Sam: We know about
the deal, Mason.
$2,000 a month to Zack Jr.
so Zack Sr.
keeps his mouth shut.
My parents made the deal.
I only found out ten years ago.
My dad was already gone.
My mom was dying of cancer.
It's the only reason
she told me.
Look,
Daniel Culpepper was dead.
Zack was going to death row.
Old Sheriff Coin
negotiated the terms.
Keith built his whole
career off that night.
It's his origin story.
Whole town treats him
like a fuckin' hero
'cause you framed Daniel
for your crimes.
How did Rusty get roped
into your parents' deal
with Zack Sr.?
After my mom died,
I came here to confess.
Rusty said he wouldn't
blow up your lives,
that you would've had
to go through new trials
and appeals and lawsuits.
Around the same time
as New York.
He made me turn over
the money to him.
Then he made me sit down
at the kitchen table
and write out my confession.
[dramatic theme playing]
Sam:
Did Rusty forgive you?
No. He said I was one
of two men on earth
that he would never forgive.
Why did Rusty want
to control the money?
Huck:
Well, he said eventually
you guys would
have to make a decision,
whether to keep paying
or show my confession
to the cops.
He said the, ah
truth couldn't be
too bright or burn brighter.
It has to dazzle gradually.
Huck:
So it's up to you now.
Both of you.
[Men speaking indistinctly
over police radio]
Man 1:
do you copy?
Man 2:
Go ahead and assess.
[people speaking indistinctly]
-Ben: You sure about this?
-Sam: It's a temporary fix.
Mason'll go to prison
for stealing the murder weapon.
And we'll have some time to
figure out what we want to do.
-[car door closes]
-Well, he thinks
he wants
to be punished, but
after he's spent
a few nights in jail
-he's gonna fight it.
-[footsteps approaching]
Let him try.
Dive team's coming up from
Atlanta to drag the lake.
I don't need to tell you we
need that gun to make our case.
What if I had
a recording of Mason Huckabee
admitting he stole
the revolver from the school?
Holy shit.
How long will he get
for the gun?
Ten years,
if we push for the max.
-You need to push hard.
-I need to speak to your wife.
No, you don't.
My statement will provide you
with all the details you need.
[dramatic theme playing]
[door opens]
Mason's confession
doesn't say
what happened to me
in the woods.
How did you know?
Rusty told me.
Yesterday morning.
He said
that agreeing not to tell
was the hardest decision
he ever made.
It wasn't a decision.
It was a promise.
It was my secret.
You only keep secrets
when you're ashamed.
And he was never
ashamed of you.
Not about anything.
And especially not about that.
It weighed on him.
[sighs]
I was pregnant in New York.
It wasn't a UTI.
It was a miscarriage.
I lied to you
and I kept lying.
I didn't tell you
what happened to me
in the woods.
And the worst part
is that I punished you
for not figuring it out.
I got angrier and angrier,
like it was your fault.
But it wasn't.
It was me. Every time.
Every
Every fucking time.
Did the doctor tell you that?
Well, then you can't be
certain that's the reason.
Kaylee could give you children.
Kaylee gave me gonorrhea.
Skanky twat!
I only slept with her twice.
Twice in a row
or two different times.
Two different times.
What, two different
sessions, or?
Chuck.
It was never gonna be
anything more than what it was.
-She's too--
-Dry?
-Loose?
-[scoffs]
Scratchy?
Boring.
She thought that Buffy should
have ended up with Angel.
Wow. How did she
make it through law school?
You were right too,
about being on top.
-It's a lot of work.
-Oh. [laughs]
Thanks for that image.
Try never being able
to sneeze again.
[chuckles]
When I was 9 years old,
my cousin Patrice,
she kicked me
in the nuts so hard
I peed blood for a week.
And when I was 13,
I masturbated so much
-I got a blister.
-[Charlie scoffs]
And my mom had to take me
to the pediatrician.
[laughing]
Oh, my God, Ben.
I played triangle in the band.
I was the only member
of the Starfleet club.
[clicks tongue]
I was a late bloomer.
I obviously wasn't
meant to procreate
andI don't know
if we can't have kids because
of something that happened to me
or something
that happened to you,
but
that's just a fact of life.
It doesn't fucking matter.
-Of course it matters.
-Not to me.
Do you not understand what
a fantastic father you would be?
You're a walking dad joke.
[sniffs]
You love kids.
I love you.
[tender theme playing]
I love you.
I love you too.
[kiss]
Charlie: I think Rusty knew
he was gonna die.
That's why he sent us
on this scavenger hunt.
Sam: I had given up on you,
and I was gonna go home.
That's when he told me the
photograph of Gamma was here,
and he said that
you'd know where to find it.
Roped you back in.
He wanted us to find
Mason's confession together.
He wanted you to decide
whether to use this or not.
He knew it wouldn't
just hurt Mason.
-That it could hurt you too.
-Cryptic motherfucker.
Oh, fucking Culpeppers.
[door closes]
They were right all along.
Daniel was innocent.
I'm the reason he's dead.
Mason's the reason he's dead.
Keith's the one who shot him.
Sam: Old Sheriff Coin must have
planted the revolver on Daniel,
and then put Mason's high tops
in the burn barrel.
The original Coin Trick.
Charlie:
Sam says I have to decide
what to do about the confession.
But I don't want to do anything.
Sam:
Then we don't do anything.
Zack Jr. stops getting paid.
Zack Sr. talks.
He testifies that
Mason paid him to kill Rusty.
The prosecutors can't force us
to help make their case.
They have to subpoena us
if they want us to testify.
We'll deal with it,
and we'll go on with our lives.
It's that easy?
It will be if you're
not in Pikeville anymore.
Mason could end up
on death row.
I doubt he'd get
the death penalty.
We both saw Zack shoot Mama,
and there's no way to prove
that Mason fired
that revolver at me.
Legally speaking,
it doesn't matter.
The gun was in his hand.
What?
It's called
transferred intent.
You're a prosecutor.
You know how it works.
You're with somebody
who commits felony murder.
You can both be
charged with murder.
Sam:
Yes, Charlotte, I know the law.
It's what Ben said
about the gun
being in Mason's hand.
Transferred intent.
We don't know whose finger
actually pulled the trigger.
[suspenseful theme playing]
Ben, can you get your laptop?
Charlie:
What are you looking for?
Sam:
I'm not sure.
Play that again.
[button clacks]
Judith didn't even look at Pink.
Sam: Cue it up to the moment
right before Pink was shot.
And make that bigger.
Lower? On the gun?
Ben:
I can make it bigger,
but it's not
gonna be sharper.
How about, um, color?
Contrast?
[dramatic theme playing]
What's this line?
Ben? Was Pink's body released?
No.
Medical examiner said
it's gonna be a couple of weeks.
Then what was Judith doing
picking up dry cleaning
two days after the shooting?
I saw the shirt she was
wearing during the shooting
in the bag
with one of Pink's suits.
Her clothes
weren't taken into evidence?
Ben:
Oh, it was chaos.
Judith wouldn't let go of Emma.
The paramedics
had to sedate her.
It would have been easy for her
to hold on to the shirt.
Nobody would have noticed.
Sam:
And she got it dry-cleaned
less than 24 hours
after Pink was murdered.
Are we saying what
I think we're saying?
No, we're not,
we're not.
I mean, it doesn't
make any sense.
Why would Judith not
throw the shirt away?
She wanted it clean in case
they tested for gunshot residue.
Mason told me he argued with
Judith about getting more time
after school with Kelly.
Ava told me
Kelly was at school too much.
Ben:
In her witness statement,
Judith said
she was tutoring Kelly
after school
three days a week.
Why did she need
that much time with Kelly?
[dramatic theme playing]
Whose classroom is on the left?
Judith's.
Kelly wasn't
psyching herself up.
She was talking to Judith.
Sam:
And Judith was talking to Kelly.
Ben:
Two arms.
One darkone light.
What if Pink was the target?
Emma wasn't even
supposed to be there.
Maybe Kelly
didn't pull the trigger.
The gun was in her hand.
[night creatures chittering]
[suspenseful theme playing]
I'm never gonna
be okay with this.
Sam:
She won't believe it's true
unless she hears it
from Judith.
Ben:
If it is true,
then Charlie's putting
herself alone in a room
with a double murderer.
-Charlotte?
-Sorry I didn't call first.
[Judith scoffs]
You're always welcome here.
Come in.
[door closes]
[suspenseful theme playing]
I was just
having some tea.
Would you like some?
Uh, sure. Thanks.
Judith:
Please sit down.
[spoon clanking]
[liquid pouring]
[hushed whispers]
My baby.
Here you go.
This belonged
to my grandmother.
I'm so clumsy lately.
I don't know where my mind is.
I'm just trying to fix it.
What brings you here,
Charlotte?
I never thanked you.
Uh, everything
you did for me back then.
Keeping my secret.
[over phone]
Thank you.
Judith:
People say that
God doesn't give us
more than we can handle,
but I don't think
that's true. Do you?
I realized something tonight.
When you keep a secret,
it can turn you into a person
you don't want to be.
Can it?
[tense theme playing]
Why is it you, Charlotte?
Why didn't the police come?
Do you want it
to be the police?
Will you help me fix this?
I cannot bear the thought
of leaving this in pieces.
[sighs]
So.
It's pretty clean.
If you just hold the edges,
I'm gonna
-try and
-[snips]
Thank you.
I don't think
you'll be able
to see the line.
You just push it together.
[ceramic scrapes]
Here we go.
That's right.
Good girl.
I walked in on Douglas
fucking Kelly Wilson.
I'm sorry for
the coarse language, but
when you forget your keys
and you walk back
to your classroom and you
see your husband
having sex with a, uh
a teenager.
That's the word
that springs to mind.
Charlie: You could call it
what it is. Statutory rape.
You're right.
She was a student
under his care.
Just keep holding that,
please. I'll, um
[footsteps pattering over phone]
[drawer opens over phone]
See, well
I knew
that Kelly was pregnant
long before she did.
[Judith sniffles]
The morning sickness,
the, uh, listlessness,
the exhaustion.
I confronted Douglas about it
finally, but he already knew.
He didn't notice the residue
from my hormone patches,
but he knew Kelly was pregnant.
So he instructed me to meet him
in the car after school.
He told me
that it was God's will
that we raise
the child together.
Tell me that we would be
converting my office
into a nursery.
And he said that-- that I
would have to quit teaching.
He told you?
Yes, that's how
it worked in my marriage.
A wife follows
a husband's lead.
Wasn't gonna be him getting up
in the middle of the night,
changing diapers.
It was gonna be me.
He assumed that I would do it.
He assumed
I would do everything.
[smacks lips]
I usually did.
You have no idea
what it's like not to matter.
To live in the same house
with a man
who makes you feel
like you're nothing.
I came into that marriage
a full person.
My own ideas and
little by little, he
He just erased me.
Do you know
what that feels like?
To watch yourself
slowly disappear?
Two people died
because your husband
was a controlling asshole.
Don't you believe in monsters
anymore, Charlotte?
Am I looking at one
right now?
I think you know
the answer to that.
I didn't know that you
were gonna be there.
I would have done it
another day.
Are you sure
it's still recording?
[tense theme playing]
When you teach children
with intellectual disabilities,
you realize that
there's the disability
and then there is
the underlying personality.
And some of them
can be insufferable jerks.
-But not Kelly.
-Not Kelly, no.
No. No, she was sweet.
[suspenseful theme playing]
She'd do almost anything
you ask her to do.
She's like this plate.
Fragile.
You know you could destroy it
if you wanted to.
How did you destroy Kelly?
I trickled poison
into her ear.
Slowly at first.
Then it was easy.
She was terrified
that she was gonna be forced
to have another abortion.
I told her that
Douglas was lying to her.
Told her
that he had no intention
of raising the baby with me.
Said that he was gonna
force her to to kill it.
And she believed you?
She believed every word
out of my mouth.
Charlie: Kelly didn't want
to shoot anyone.
Judith: No, she didn't want
to shoot anyone.
And when it came down to it,
she froze.
Then Douglas
came round the corner,
he saw the gun,
it was all too late,
andI stood behind her.
I wrapped my finger
around hers.
[exhales]
Judith:
And I pulled the trigger.
You pulled the trigger
more than once.
I had to make it look
like she was serious.
How else was I
gonna be the?
The hero who saved her?
The grieving widow?
The beneficiary of Douglas's
life insurance policy?
I was gonna live my life
on my terms.
What about Emma's life?
But that was a mistake.
It was a horrible,
unforgivable mistake.
[Charlie panting]
[gunshot]
[gunshots]
-[Kelly grunting]
-[gunshot]
[Kelly whimpering]
Judith [whispering]:
Give me the gun.
Kelly wouldn't
let go of the gun.
We struggled and it went off.
[gunshot]
[dramatic theme playing]
Charlie: Were you really gonna
gamble your freedom
on Kelly Wilson's ability
to keep her mouth shut?
No, I was gonna
shoot her in the head.
But I ran out of bullets.
[dramatic theme playing]
[dramatic theme playing]
[inaudible dialogue]
I think you've gotten
enough, Charlotte.
-You need a lawyer.
-I think you need to leave.
I'm just gonna
rinse these glasses.
[footsteps pattering over phone]
[water faucet flows]
I have a Bible verse
for you, Charlotte.
[Judith sniffs]
This one
might be familiar.
It's from Exodus.
Thou shalt give life
for life.
Eye for eye,
hand for hand,
foot for foot.
Burn for burning.
Wound for wound.
[gun clicks]
[tense theme playing]
Judith.
No.
Give me the phone.
Give it to me.
[breathing heavily]
I, Judith Hiller,
murdered Douglas and Emma.
I pulled the trigger
six times.
Kelly is innocent.
Hey, talk to me. Talk to me.
Charlotte, listen to me.
This is my decision.
Come on. I can help you.
I can help you.
Okay, listen to me.
-[gun cocks]
-No. Oh, Jesus Christ, Judith.
-Get out of my house!
-What are you doing?
-I don't want to hurt you.
-[door unlocks]
Charlie:
Please don't do this.
-Judith. No!
-[door slams shut]
-Get out of my house.
-You don't have to do this.
Please don't
do this, Judith.
[whimpers]
Get the fuck
out of my house now!
-Get the fuck out! Please go!
-[sobbing] Judith.
No! Judith.
Fuck!
Judith!
-[banging]
-Judith!
Judith!
-Judith, no!
-[gunshot, thud]
[sobs]
[hyperventilating]
-[sobbing]
-Hey. Hey.
Ben:
I got you.
I couldn't save her.
I couldn't
[continues sobbing]
[crickets chirping]
[melancholy theme playing]
[birds chirping]
[paper rustling]
Now, let's be reasonable here,
Samantha.
The girl's walking away
from death row.
Anything less
than that is gravy.
Kelly Wilson
murdered two people.
Judith Pinkman
murdered two people.
You didn't process her hands
for gunshot residue.
You didn't take her shirt
into evidence.
You broke the chain of custody
on the murder weapon
when you allowed a witness
to steal it. All of this
while your deputy chief
brutally attacked my sister.
-Now, hold on
-Charlotte was obstructing.
Your school resource officer
failed to notice
that Kelly Wilson,
an intellectually disabled
teenager,
was being sexually assaulted
by her principal.
She was coerced into bringing
the gun to school by a bitter,
manipulative teacher.
That's how
you wanna play it?
This isn't
a game, Sheriff.
Kelly was a student
under Douglas Pinkman's care.
There were many
vulnerable young girls
under Douglas
Pinkman's care.
Let's keep
the focus narrow.
Maybe I should
expand my focus.
How would you fellas
like Rusty Quinn's daughter
investigating past mistakes
made by the Pikeville
Sheriff's Department?
I'm sure the Culpeppers
would love to know more
about the circumstances
surrounding Daniel's death.
Among other things
that happened that night.
Whoa, now. You holster
your pistols there, lady.
This is bullshit!
Now let's just roll the dice.
She ain't holding
all the cards.
Listen, honey,
let's bring things down a notch.
We got to think about
what's good for the town.
Now, all this
that's happened,
well, it's just a tragedy,
ain't it?
There's folks here
who loved Pink,
who still love Pink.
And Judith,
for all her faults,
well, she just snapped,
didn't she?
All this legal rigmarole,
that can be worked out.
We need to focus on healing.
My only focus
is on Kelly Wilson.
Samantha,
I'm gonna tell you something
maybe you forgot
while you were away.
Your daddy loved Pikeville.
What would he say
if he saw you
talking like this?
My daddy would tell you fellas
that you've got two choices.
You can sign off on five years
for Kelly Wilson,
or you can shit in both hands
and start clapping.
Sam: With good behavior,
you could get out
before your baby starts school.
We-- We can't think about it?
We don't want to give Kenny Coin
time to change his mind.
It has to be Kelly's decision.
We can't make it for her.
Hey.
I done swore,
I'll take care of the baby
till you're out.
And your daddy
won't have a say in it.
Them Coins
will lock him up
now that he ain't
no use to 'em.
-Ain't that right?
-Yes.
The GBI recovered Ely's
revolver from the lake.
As a convicted felon,
he wasn't allowed
to own a weapon,
let alone leave it unsecured
where Kelly found it.
But I'm the one
what took the gun to school.
And Mrs. Pinkman,
she was so torn up
about Mr. Pinkman
and what we was doing.
Them ladies
over at the jail,
they said it was me
drove her crazy.
She oughta not killed
herself like that.
She was a good
Christian woman.
Kelly, we need to think
about you right now.
And your baby.
That's true enough, ma'am,
but it seems like
I ought to be punished.
Five years is a long time.
Does it seem fair to you?
Yes, Kelly, this is fair.
[dramatic theme playing]
[birds chirping]
[creaking]
-Charlie: He couldn't quit me.
-Mo' throuples, mo' problems.
Charlie:
So, what's up?
I need you to take
Barky tomorrow.
Your sister got me some
interviews in Atlanta.
I think
I'm gonna join big law.
Pay off some loans.
Learn to play golf.
Roughly 600 people
die in golf cart accidents
every year.
Out of how many
golfers, though?
Well, the golfer-to-death
rate is very high.
So that's all
I can really tell you.
-It sounds legitimate.
-Mm-hm.
How's it going with Sam?
I'm meeting her
at the farmhouse later.
-Mm.
-She still thinks we can find
that photograph of Gamma.
Your dad was
a freakishly good liar.
[laughing]
No shit.
I'm sorry that I never
ThatI blamed you
for not knowing something
that I never told you about.
I know.
Your dad told me
that the hardest thing
to do in a marriage
is to stop talking
and start listening.
Should we take
marriage advice from Rusty?
He really
really loved your mom.
Are you still my wife?
Yes.
Are you still my husband?
Yes.
[tender theme playing]
You want me to stop?
No.
I want you to do that
with your mouth.
[romantic theme playing]
[inaudible]
[light theme playing]
Oh, gross.
Dad was a total poon hound.
What do you expect?
They're love letters.
I can't believe all this stuff
was just sitting in a box
in his office
the whole time.
[scoffs] Stuff was sitting
everywhere the whole time.
I remember when this happened.
I had to bail him out of jail.
-He never paid me back.
-Shocking.
Sam: Ah, it's like
being inside her head.
Trust me, you do not
want to be in Dad's.
Let's see what else
he was hoarding.
Sam: Oh, my God, my first place
ribbon from the debate club!
Oh, thanks, Dad.
My eighth grade report card.
He was supposed to sign it.
I got detention.
Straight A's.
"Talks too much."
[chuckles]
Ben's moving to Atlanta.
He asked me to go with him.
That's good, baby.
I like Atlanta.
-Enough to come with us.
-Enough to come visit.
I'm gonna go back in.
Don't hear from me
in half an hour,
-call the fire department.
-[Sam chuckles]
Happy things are going
so well between you and Ben.
And I'm happy
he finger-banged me
on the couch this morning.
-Ugh!
-What?
-He has gonorrhea.
-Ew!
[laughs]
When you're ready, I want you
to tell me more about Anton.
I will.
[light theme playing]
[laughing]
Who did this calculus,
an intoxicated toddler?
That should say
the partial of U squared
plus V squared over 2
[sighs] We're never gonna
find this photograph of Gamma.
Sammy.
I'm thinking Dad played you.
I mean,
you said it before.
He wanted us to find all that
Zack Culpepper shit together.
But he went out of his way
to describe this photograph.
How beautiful Gamma was.
It was a perfect day.
Charlie:
Ben reminded me that Rusty
was a highly
accomplished liar.
Tell me again exactly what
he said to you at the hospital.
He said that there
was a photo of Gamma
different from this one
that he took
on their first date.
He asked Gamma on a picnic
'cause he didn't have money
to pay for a restaurant.
Foreshadowing.
He said
it was a beautiful day
and they talked and laughed
and danced to music
on the car radio.
He said he felt like
his heart was a kite
and she was reeling it in
with a string.
It's called a spindle.
I know what it's called,
you walnut.
[Charlie scoffs]
Well, if another photo exists,
he left it out in the open,
just like everything else.
We need to stop thinking
like he was Sherlock Holmes
when he was barely
Inspector Gadget.
Why was this in your purse?
He asked me to bring it
to the hospital.
[suspenseful theme playing]
[paper rips]
[Charlie gasps]
Charlie:
Oh.
You're the walnut.
He turned you into his mule.
I had forgotten
how beautiful she was.
They were beautiful together.
Sam:
What year was this?
-Are you fucking kidding me?
-Uh-- Oh, my God.
-[grunts]
-Sam: He did it.
He finally figured out
how to use "last word".
Rusty.
[chuckles]
Oh, my God.
-There's no regret ♪
-Wow.
[Sarah McLachlan's
"Long Road Home" playing]
I took the long road home ♪
I tried to pay my debts ♪
I wanna feel a shiver ♪
Your fingers writing
Poetry on my skin ♪
Seeking out new paths
In the valleys and edges ♪
[inaudible dialogue]
Where do I end
And where do you begin? ♪
I know the most things
Just come down to chance ♪
You gotta throw yourself
Against the wind ♪
If everything was easy
It wouldn't be worth it ♪
So take my hand
And walk beside me ♪
Through these
Ever-changing times ♪
Whatever storms
Will come our way ♪
I wanna face them all
With you ♪
["Long Road Home" continues]
So take my hand
And walk beside me ♪
Through these
Ever-changing times ♪
Whatever storms
Will come our way ♪
I wanna face them all
With you ♪