07x15 - The Last Round

[bunniefuu]

♪ In the heat of the night

♪ I've got troubles
wall to wall ♪

♪ In the heat of the night

♪ Yeah

♪ Must be an ending
to it all ♪

♪ Oh

♪ But hold on

♪ It won't be long

♪ Just you be strong

♪ And it'll be all right

♪ In the heat of the night

♪ In the heat
of the night ♪

It's very quaint,

Not at all
like memphis.

Well, that's exactly why
I wanted to move here.

But it has everything
memphis has, you know...

Except one.

Should I ask?

No, you don't have to ask,
'cause you know.

Pull right over here.
I want to introduce you
to a friend of mine.

Bill!

Oh, hi. Hi.

I'd like you to meet
my fiance angela dolphy.

What a pleasure.

Angela,
meet sheriff bill gillespie.

How do you do?

Enjoy the drive down
from memphis?

Very pretty all the way.

I hope
it's still pretty here.

Very.

Can you and harriet
join us for dinner tonight?

I'd love to. I'll
call harriet right away.

But i--i don't want to impose
on your time together.

You sure you want us?

Absolutely.

I'll let you know
where and when.

Fine. Fine.
We'll see you later.

Well,
what do you think?

I think I'd have rather
spent the evening alone
with you.

We have a whole week,
baby.

Exactly.

One whole week.

I'll call
and cancel dinner.

No.

That would look awful.

Angie, it's...

Just that I'm excited
about having you here.

I'm anxious
to show you around

And to show you off.

Well...

Just for a minute.

The kids gonna want
to see you.

Me? Why?

'Cause I told them
my sweetheart's
comin' to town.

Here we are.

Come on, pete.
Make him work
a little harder.

Make him work
a little harder.

Chris...
Pick your feet up.

Come on, charlie.

Everett,
give him a break.

Hey, chief.
You coaching today?

No, not today.

I want to introduce you
to my sweetheart
angela dolphy.

Are you a fighter?

No, ma'am.
Police officer.

I volunteered
for chief forbes's
boxing program.

Police
and troubled young men

Working it out
in the ring.

Cat brooks
came in, chief.

Get back with him, then.
Come on, sweetheart.

Hey, that was
quite a display.

Like you say,
chief,

Conditioning's
the first step
in boxing.

And you're doin' it,
too.

Cat, this is my fiance
angela dolphy.

Hello.

I'd shake your hands,

But i...
I'm all sweaty.

Cat's one of our best
boxers in this gym.

How long have you
been fightin'?

My whole life.

But I didn't know
the difference

Between a left jab
and a left hook

Till the chief
came along.

You had it all along.

You just needed somebody
to help bring it out.

That's great, man.

Why don't we take them
to that french place
over in kenard?

Because it's their party,

And we'll go where
they want to go.

I want to put roses
in this.

You put roses in that,
and they gonna wilt,
right now.

Not with fresh water.

They'll get plump
and beautiful.

Don't pour that out.

Why? Is it precious?

Well, precious might not
be the mot juste,

As they say
in france, but--

This liquid has
sentimental value!

Well--

Oh, I forgot.

[Sniffs]

What is
this fragrance,
juniper?

Spirits of maybelle,
your old flame.

What?

Your secret love.

Now, harriet, really--
no, don't do that!

Don't! Don't!
Oh, don't...

Now, that's that.

Any further protest,
and we'll sit down
and discuss

The interlude
that produced this.

The subject is closed...

Sugar plum.

Now what kind of woman
is chief forbes's
fiance?

Is she looking
down her nose at sparta?

I couldn't tell.

Althea tibbs
used to do that.

I miss her, but she
never gave herself

Much chance
to be happy.

Well, I reckon you'll
see for yourself tonight.

Can I get you
a beverage, darlin'?

I brought you something.

Oh, yeah.

This is the one
you wanted.

This is definitely
the one I wanted.

This is going
in my office.

Your office?

How long is that going
to be your office?

Till I run for governor.

You have big plans
for yourself.

Why not?

Well, so do i.

I love you, hamp.

I love you, baby.

[Piano plays]

I found
the perfect antique chair
for your den.

It's in great condition.

How do you use
an antique in the den?

It being a chair,
you just sit in it.

But a den is supposed to
be casual.

How am I supposed
to sit casually
in an antique chair?

Just put your behind
in it.

Buona sera.

Buona sera, piero.
Come sta la famiglia?

Bene. Bene. Grazie.

Miss delong? Sheriff?

How can I put
my common old behind

Into an important
piece of furniture?

The same way you pour
that common moonshine

Into that gorgeous
crystal decanter

Your ex-girlfriend
gave you.

Are you going to keep
bringing that up?

Hush. We're here.

I'm harriet delong.

Angela dolphy.
It's a pleasure.

Hi, angela.
Hi, hamp.

Dolphy? I see that name
all the time on
those big trucks.

They're daddy's.
It's his.

Hamp tells me that
you work for a magazine.

Yes. I'm the art director
fo southern design.

I take that magazine.
You do wonderful work.

Thank you.

Harriet's not only
a city councilwoman.

She's also
a very fine artist.

Really?

I'd love to see
your paintings.

W-well, um...

How about lunch tomorrow?
I'll take you by my studio.

Is that all right
with you?

Oh, it's fine, darlin'.

I'll schedule
a coaching session with cat.

How's that gymnasium
coming along?

We got some tough kids
there,

But I'm beginning
to see the changes
in their faces.

Cat--is that
kevin brooks?

Yeah. The same.

Yeah.

Cat was released from
juvenile hall when
he was years of age.

No parents...

And living with
a grandmother who's
terminally ill.

What does he do
to make a living?

He's working
at a burger joint...

And he's working
very hard, too.

Do you expect him
to earn a living
as a boxer?

That's not the point,
darlin'.

Boxers don't just learn
how to fight.

They learn things
like pride, discipline...

Those are things
they have to earn.

Do tell.

Hamp's right about that,
angela.

Those boys have to learn
that--

That those things
can't be stolen.

[Sack rattles]

O.k. Let's go.
Let's go.

Come on. Let's go.
Come on.

Miss peterson
thinks he took

Several valuable items.
She's not sure which.

Let's talk to her.

Thank the lord
you're here.

I've been scared.

Yes, ma'am.

Do you know how he broke
into your house?

Through the window
on the side.

Corbin.

All right, first off,

Did he hit any other
rooms besides this one?

Oh, I think so,

But he never came
in my bedroom.

You mean you didn't
hear him come in there.

No, he never came
in my bedroom.

Should we check?

You don't mind?

Certainly.
Go ahead.

All right, ma'am,
I also have to ask you,
do you suspect anybody?

No...

But there was
a strange man

Hanging around
a few days ago.

He said he was from
the gas company.

Had a uniform.
I showed him the meter.

Was he driving
a gas company vehicle?

I didn't bother
to check.

All right,
you better tell me
what he looked like.

White, thirties,

Uh, tall, blue,
maybe green eyes.

I don't know about his hair.
He was wearing a hat.

The best thing is
probably just for you

To make a list of all
your stolen items.

This guy knew
what he was doing.

There were two of them.

We got two sets
of shoe prints.

Should I call
chief forbes?

No, let the man enjoy
his day off.

- .

Boxing. Come on,
boxing, - .

Come on,
let's go. - .

- - .
Boxing is strategy.

Back around, back around.

Boxing is strategy,
deception. - - .

- .

Boxing. Come on. Boxing.

- . - .

- .

Good. Slow down. - .

Don't lean for him.
- - .

- .

- - .

[Bell rings]

All right, good one.
Our time's up.

He's looking better,
isn't he?

What did you do
last night?

Why you want to know?

You're looking tired.

Oh, no, man. Naw.

I'm not tired.

Cat, I'd like to enter you
in the golden gloves.

You think
I'm good enough?

We got a lot of
training to do.

You'll get to go up
against the best.

You think
I can really win?

I think you got
what it takes.

What's this?

It's for you.
Take it.

Hit the showers.

We have reason
to believe

One of the gas company
employees

May have been involved
in a burglary.

His name?

Well, we don't know.
He's in his twenties,
average height.

He's got blue eyes,
maybe green.

My ex-husband
had greeny eyes.

Couldn't trust the man.

Ma'am, do your computers
identify employees

By physical description
and date of birth?

I'm sure I have no idea
what it does.

Would you mind if I took
a look at your computer?

You've got greeny eyes, too.

I have a teacher friend here
who went to spelman.

Did you pledge?

A.k.a.s.

You?

Ha! I saw myself
as an artist--

Free and unconventional.

I pledged anyway,
scared not to.

Harriet, how does
a cultured woman like you

Live in a town like this?

Well, the culture of
this town is my culture

And my history.

Hamp tells me
you're virtually
husband and wife

With bill gillespie.

He has his house.
I have mine.

You don't mind my asking?

No, not a bit.

Don't you have
a problem with it?

No, but my son does.

He once told bill that
he was the wrong age

And the wrong color.

But you don't agree.

Well, i...

I guess I really
don't care.

Now, don't be negative.

You could have a very
happy life here.

Harriet, are you
trying to sell me?

Sure. I'd love it
if you were in town.

We'd have a lot of fun.

So, what do you think?

For you?

For bill.

I think you love him.

Are you ready to
take it home yet?

When can you deliver it?

How about tomorrow,
late afternoon?

That would be fine.

Harriet, I have
to meet hamp.

I'll talk to you later.

You've made a very
good choice--

Sturdy and masculine,
yet not overly dominant.

Yeah, you're right.

He is.

So this is
your surprise.

Pleasant surprise,
I hope.

It's lovely.

It's charming.

There's a garden.

I know you like gardens.

Let's go out to the garden.

Hamp, I have a surprise
for you.

Actually,
it's from father to you,

And actually,
it's for both of us.

He's changed his mind
about a lot of things.

Really?

He knows I'm still a cop,
now, doesn't he?

Yes, of course,

But he's come up with
something wonderful.

Well, tell me.

Daddy wants to retire.

He'd like to teach you
the business.

Angela, I don't want to
work for your father.

Daddy wants to make you
his partner,

His only partner,
his - partner.

When did he say this?

Just as I was getting
into the car
to drive down here.

That's a very
generous offer.

Half of dolphy leasing
is more money

Than I'd see in a couple
of lifetimes.

Well, I'm glad
you realize that.

But...

I have no desire to be in
the truck-leasing business.

My father's offering you
the moon and the stars.

And all I want is this
little chunk of earth.

This is where I thought
you wanted to be, too.

But don't you see
daddy's offer
changes everything?

Everything
we've ever wanted--

A house in the country,

Time together.
We can have all that

And the city, too,
if we want it,

And my job, too,
if I want that.

Angela...

This is real sudden.
I wasn't expecting--

It'll work, hamp!

I planned it all out
in the car.

I'm sorry, baby,

But it will not work
for me.

Why won't it work,
hamp?

You're not thinking.
You're just being--

Angela!

I love you.

I want to marry you.

But I'm not going back
to memphis.

Well, come in,
and good mornin'.

Mornin', bill.

Here's the police report
on that burglary.

Oh. Now, let's see here.

You know something?

I believe we're looking
for the same man.

That fella
from the gas company.

Could your victim
describe him?

She said he was
a young black fella,

And he was wearin'
a gas company uniform.

The woman from sparta
says it was a white man.

We have two distinct
sets of shoe prints.

No doubt we're looking
for two suspects.

I'll put that out.

What else is new?

Oh...

Angela wants me to move
back to memphis.

She wants me to go into
her father's business,

Make a fortune.

Well...

You feel tempted?

No.

Oh.

Well, you'll
get together on it.

You better
get together on it,

'Cause there's
an old saying--

In the game of love,

There's either
got to be two winners
or none at all.

Yes, sir.

[Television]
taking a look
at the radar screen,

There is
a high-pressure system

That's stalled over
arkansas and missouri,

Bringing those folks
overall nasty weather.

Moving southward,
we see that we're in line

Of a frontal system

That seems to be in no
hurry of moving anywhere.

This warm weather--

Grandma?

I squeezed that juice
from fresh oranges.

You drink it all, o.k.?

Thank you, kevin.

Lord knows
you take good care
of your grandma.

No, no, no, no.

I should be
thanking you.

I was worried when
I had to stop sewin',

But you done paid
all the bills.

Go ahead
and eat that soup.

It ain't gonna
do you no good cold.

And you won't win
no golden gloves

Standin' 'round here
watching me.

Whoo.

You actually ran
all the way here?

I'm through.

What we doin'
ain't right.

Do we ever
hurt anyone? No.

Do we ever rob
from the poor? No.

That ain't the point.

I got you that uniform,

Taught you the scam.

You can't just quit.

I just did quit.

You expect to pay
for your granny's funeral
by flippin' burgers?

What you say?

Watch it, man.

If you really want out,

We'll call it quits
after tonight.

No. I'm out now.

You owe me one.

One what?

One gig.

You said you didn't find
nothing in the bedroom,

But I know
you didn't go in there.

So what?

I ain't splitting
anything with you.

Not yet.

You do this one last job

And half of everything
is yours.

[Gillespie]
where are you?

There you are.

I have a surprise
for you.

Well, well.
I love surprises.

What do you think?

About what?

You have a new chair.

Oh, oh, oh, so I have.

Well, look at this.

My. Well, it certainly
looks comfortable, huh?

Yeah, and it feels
dignified.

Dignified. Very.

You don't like it.

No, I like it.

You don't look
comfortable in it,

And you don't look
dignified, either.

Well, with a new chair,

It takes a little...

It's an old chair.

Oh.

Well, I love it.

Do you know how many
chairs I looked at?

I love it.
I love it.

Good, because
it looks much better
with your desk

Than that one
you had.

Oh. Well, sure it does.

Sure it does.

[Floorboard creaks]

Get your hands up.

Now turn around.

Please, sir, don't sh**t.

Don't sh**t, sir.

Don't move.

Do as I tell you,

Or I'll k*ll you.

We best
call an ambulance.

Should we
call the cops, too?

The man could be dyin'.

He ain't dyin'.

He's dead.

Oh, lord--

Shh!

Please hang up
and dial again.

If you'd like
to make a call,

Please hang up
and dial again.

If you'd like
to make a call--

That was not
a good restaurant.

Usually it is.

Just an off night.

I'm sorry.

Why be negative?

But I think the wrong person
took the trip.

You sorry
you drove down?

I think you
should've driven up.

We needed a couple days
together in memphis.

You should've spent
some time with daddy.

[Telephone rings]

Yeah.

O.k. I'm on my way.

I want to see
that body

Before
you remove it.

Yeah.

Are we going
to see a body now?

No.

I am.

We're right
in the neighborhood.

I'll try
not to be too long.

Sure. Fine. Let's go.

[Siren]

That's all
you can tell me?

I appreciate
your help.

Evenin', ma'am.

Thank you.

What was the name again?

Parker?

Oh, yes, sir.

What was the name?

Mallory.

The fella over there
with the big dog,

He saw a
light-colored sedan
tearing out of here.

He got us
a general make
and a partial plate.

Did he see the driver?

Just barely.

It was a black guy,

And there was
a white fella
ridin' with him.

I'm going inside, hon.

Parker!

Ma'am, good evenin'.

This is my daddy's house.
What's going on?

There was a burglary.

Is he all right,
my daddy?

Where is he?

Daddy?

Daddy?

I'm sorry.

He was k*lled.

What?

I'm so sorry.

Covey has a possible
match on that sedan.

It's registered
to a lucinda brooks,

Baldwin avenue.

Lucinda brooks
is cat's grandmother.

He lives there with her.

Thought you might
want to go down there
yourself.

I do.

I'll meet y'all
at the station.
Minutes.

Yes, sir.

I got to run.
Won't take more
than an hour.

Sure. Go ahead.

I'll make myself
some breakfast.

Angie, let's try to
work something out.

I know we can.

Sure.

But first
I'll have breakfast.

Ms. Brooks?
Chief forbes here.

It's open. Come in.

Nice to see you,
chief.

How are you doing,
ma'am?

Oh,
better than yesterday.

Kevin is real excited
about the golden gloves.

You've given him
hope again.

Lord's going
to bless you for that.

Is kevin home,
ms. Brooks?

He left a while ago
to go to work.

I stopped
by the burger place.

Kevin didn't turn up
this morning.

That's where he was
supposed to be going
when he left here.

Is--is my grandson
in trouble?

Yes, ma'am.
He's in trouble.

You mind if I
look in his room?

Ms. Brooks...

Who's the white boy
he's been hanging out with?

That no-good
dennis cantrell.

Why is dennis cantrell
no good?

Because he's a thief.

He was fired
from the gas company

For stealing
company property.

It's all your fault!

I told you
I wanted to quit!

I ain't no m*rder*r.
I'm a boxer.

Now I'll never be one.

What kind of thanks
is that?

Thanks?

Thanks for what?

For saving your life.

That guy was
going to blow you away

With this cannon.

You as guilty as me.

No, no, no.
No, I ain't.

I ain't
no m*rder*r.

You saw me coming up
behind him, didn't you?

Didn't you?

Yeah. So what?

You could have
warned the guy. Hmm?

But you didn't.

Nope.

You were just
wetting your pants,

Praying I'd knock
his brains out.

Oh, lord. Oh, no!

They ran out back!

Go. Go.

They're headed north
into the county

Through the woods
off thurman road.

You have a car
make a run
on old route .

Don't move!

Cantrell is in custody.
He needs an ambulance.

I copy that.

I can see old route
from here.

There's a road in

At the sign
that says thurman woods.

Shall I call
the paramedics?

Yeah. Do that.

Tell them we're
rolling on route ,

But I can't wait
for them.

Uh, covey, covey,
I'm very near you
right now.

I can take that kid
to county hospital
in my car.

Where are you
running to, kevin?

Where do you think
you're going?

The road up ahead,

The police
are waiting for you!

Put your hands
up behind you.

I'm sorry, man.
I'm really sorry.

Everything
coming to nothing.

I don't know, kid,

But I'm sorry, too.

How old are you now?

I turned
a couple months ago.

That makes you
an adult

In the eyes
of the court.

I didn't
commit no m*rder.

You want to make
a statement?

Not without a lawyer.

I ain't stupid.

Want me to call you one?

I sure do, but I
can't afford one.

An attorney will be
assigned to you
from legal aid.

Uh, peake.

Hey, peake.

Hey, cat.

Uh, the cantrell kid,

His daddy works
for the telephone company
over in hinsley.

Uh, get a hold of him.

Uh, tell him his son is
in county hospital here--

Condition critical.

He's got a b*llet
in his lung.

And then you call me
back, hear?

What are you
stopping for?

There he is.

Do you want me
to drive up to him?

Anything wrong?

Well, she's dressed
for the road,

And he's not
going with her.

Meaning what?

Could be
a sad scene.

I believe you're right.

Well, I can keep kevin
over at the county jail.

It's the whole
sorry business.

The boy, it seems,
was stealing

For money to keep
his mee-maw going.

Poor ms. Brooks.

Now she's all alone.

Well, I've talked
to harriet about that.

She's going to talk
to public assistance today.

I think the woman
could be moved

To the p.a. Lodge
tomorrow.

Yeah.

Friend of mine
from memphis

Used to say
he had did days--

D-i-d for
down in the dumps.

Oh.

Is this a did day
for you?

Major did day.

I know that boy was
a big project of yours.

Yeah. He still is.

I'm going to stand
by him, do what I can.

Uh-huh. Yeah.

What about, uh, angela?

Is she
still a big project?

Yeah.

Sure is.

But for somebody else,
I'm afraid.