05x20 - Family Reunion

[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 ♪

[Glass being tapped]

Ladies and gentlemen,

These two awards
go to a couple of
volunteer coaches

From the sparta
police department

Who helped lead
our spartan teams

To a 10 and 2 record
in football,

And to a first
division finish

In the statewide track
and field competitions.

[Applause]

Captain v.l.
"Bubba" skinner,

And lieutenant
lon jamison.

Come on up, boys.

Come on, bubba--

Say a couple of words
on behalf of both of us.

You can't say
your own words?

No.

Jimmy, hush now.

[Buzz]

Don't go nowhere.

Front desk.

Yes, mr. Bryson,
we'll send one right up.

Be right with you.

Dale?

Dale!

Somebody owes me
50 cents.

Well, I'll try
and figure out who.

Meantime, take this
to room 17.

Can I help you?

What's going on
in there?

They having a dinner
for cops?

I wouldn't know.

Or are they just honoring
a couple of cops?

I wouldn't
know that either.

Jimmy?

I was fixing to say

I thought
you were seeing...

Mary jo.

Well, you were
seeing her last week.

Well,
you didn't ask me.

Sure, I'll go.

What time are you
going to pick me up?

Don't be late.
You're always late.

I've been asked tonight
to give out a special award

To a very special young man,

A volunteer coach who used
his head out on the field.

And because of that,

He was able to save
a boy's life.

♪ Well, it's lonely
out tonight ♪

♪ And the feelin's...

So give a big old
round of applause

To mr. Laine paxton.

Come on, laine,
come up here.

♪ Won't you play

♪ Another somebody done
somebody wrong song ♪

♪ That makes me
feel at home ♪

♪ While I miss my baby

♪ While I miss my baby

♪ Oh, hey

♪ Won't you play

♪ Another somebody done
somebody wrong song ♪

♪ And make me feel
all right ♪

♪ While I miss my baby

♪ Oh, I miss my baby

♪ I said--

Aah!

I hate that song.

Uh, I really
appreciate this...

[Crowd gasps and murmurs]

Why don't y'all
just stay seated,

And we'll try to find out
what's going on here.

We'll be
right back, just...

I'll get it.

Something in room 17
knocked out the main power.

We better
go check out room 17,

Make sure
nobody got hurt.

Yeah.

[Knock on door]

Hello?

[Shower running]

Anybody in here?

[Gasp]

[Dog howling]

That was beautiful.

That was at least
a "b" flat, maybe
it was a "c."

[Telephone rings]

Just a minute.

Yeah, what?

Uh, it's bubba, chief.

Yeah, what you want?

Is this a bad time?

Well, you got bad news?

Uh, yes, sir.

It's a bad time, then.

Well, we got us
maybe a m*rder

At the old
mcguffey house.

Who did it?

If it is a m*rder,
we don't know.

If it ain't,
it's probably su1c1de.

Did you call virgil?

Yes, sir, he's on
his way right now.

Fine, fine.
I'm going to bed.

Hey, hey, hey,
chief.

There's an old
duke wayne movie
on channel 9.

Yeah, yeah. O.k.,
I'll keep in touch.

Now.

We can either listen
to verdi and puccini,

Or we can watch duke wayne
catch some bad guys.

Now, you gotta tell me
which you want.

[Barks]

Good. You got it.

Hey, virgil!

No wallet.

Maybe he didn't
carry one.

Maybe, but if he did,
it's gone.

Was this a robbery?

I don't think so.

I found a watch
worth at least 500
sitting right there.

Any sign
of forced entry?

We think he got in
with a key.

And I'll deny it
till my dying day.

Morning, chief.

Virgil, did I
ever tell you

About the strangest
death I ever saw?

About the body
in the tree, yes.

This was about
30 years ago.

I was just a rookie,

And we were working
a missing-persons case.

We looked for that man
for weeks,

And do you know
where we found him?

Yes.

Up in a tree.

Why, I must have
told you this, huh?

You did.

You said that
you and your men
had to assume

That he had touched
a high-voltage wire,

Running through
the branches.

Yes, but...

We never found out

Why the man
went up the tree.

[Sweet] chief, excuse me.

Come in,
sergeant, come in.

You know the credit card
mr. Bryson used at the motel?

Who is mr. Bryson?

Uh...

The victim?

The man in the shower.

Oh, yes.

Yeah, that credit card
was provided for him

By the company
he worked for--

Trans-world
fidelity insurance.

Well...

I have a policy
with that company.

Sweet, was mr. Bryson
an insurance agent?

No, sir.
He's a claims investigator.

You know,
a motive for k*lling
an investigator

Is stopping
the investigation.

Yes, but another motive

Is not liking the man
personally.

She's a beauty.

It's not a she.

It's a he.

A stud he at that.

Can I help you?

If you're laine paxton,
and I think you are,

I'm looking for you.

Okay, you found me.
What can I do for you?

I'm here
to do something
for you, boy.

Mister, I'm kinda
busy right now.

Please, no,
don't call me "mister."

It's too formal.

How about...

"Daddy"?

Why?

Why would you call
someone "daddy"?

You're my father?

Yes, son...

I am your father.

I don't remember you.

Why should you?

You remember much
from when you was four?

No.

What do you want?

I just wanna shake
my boy's hand,

Tell him how proud
he's made his old man.

What right do you have
to come down here

And call yourself
my father?

None at all.

I just don't want
you to hate me.

I don't hate you.

Good.

How about your mama?

You think
she'd see me?

Uh, mama?
I don't know, um...

I haven't seen mama
in a while.

She got remarried and all.

Yeah.
I figured as much.

Well...

If you see her,
say "hello" for me.

You tell her I'll be
staying over at the old...

"Mcgoofy house"
for a day or so.

I will.

Good to meet you, son.

Yeah.

[Telephone rings]

[Ring]

Curl up and dye.
Can I help you?

Yeah. She's here.

Vidalia, it's laine.

Tell him to call back.

Well, he says
it's important.

Connie, could you--

Certainly, miss purdy.

What on god's
green earth

Could be so
all-powerful important?

I didn't know what
to tell him. Uh...

I just...

Well, you were supposed
to say I was dead!

I couldn't tell him that.
I hate the word "dead."

I just told him
I didn't know
where you were,

You'd remarried.

You didn't tell him
my married name, did you?

No.

Oh, good.
That'll give us
a little time.

Time for what?

Laine, I want you
to meet me

At the hardware store
in 30 minutes.

Why the hardware store?

'Cause you, me,
and carl got to talk.

Now, be there.

Yes, mama,
I'll be there.

You all right?

No.

Chief...

Listen--

As of today,

I can find four
different things
on this.

All right, chief.

[Computer beeps]

Now, listen--

I just got off the phone

With trans-world
fidelity insurance.

The man in the shower--
ron bryson--

Was working a case here.

What kind of a case?

Armed robbery,
15 years ago.

An armored car
was knocked over,

And trans-world
fidelity paid out
an insurance claim

For $750,000.

We never had that
kind of a holdup
here in sparta.

Yeah, I know,
but the money might
have wound up here.

The investigator
was tracking a man
named roy paxton.

We got any paxtons
here in sparta?

Well... Only one.

Lives out
on old route 278.

Yeah.

He has ears

Like a jack rabbit.

Laine, I'm so glad
you're here, baby,

Mama gonna
need your help.

What's this
all about?

Uh...

I ain't
your real daddy, son.

I know that.

You do?
Well, gee, I thought--

Shut up!

Now listen, laine...

Your real daddy was not
a missionary preacher,

k*lled in brazil,
like I told you.

Nobody et him--

I know that,
too, mama.

I told you, I done
seen him already.

Your daddy got locked up
for armed robbery.

I took what he robbed
and disappeared.

She means she came here
and met me.

Roy's going to
want his money.

Well, is it
a little?

It's a lot.

Well, then you can't
give it to him.

That's what
I said.

I've spent a bundle on you
and your horses and...

Him...

And his power mowers
and chainsaws.

But they's still
plenty left.

Shut up!

All right,
well, what are
we going to do?

I've thought about
this a long time--

Best part of an hour.

We got to k*ll him.

What do
you mean, we?

It's either us or him.

Well, I can't.

It's against
the laws of nature
to k*ll your daddy.

The boy's right.

Why don't you
do it, honey?

You ain't
related to him.

Neither are you.

I ain't got the guts.

What could I do to him?

Put on that purple
slinky number,

Lure him to some
secluded rendezvous,

And...poison his food.

Mm-hmm. And what
are you gonna do?

I'll get you the poison.

I got it right inside,
I'll show you.

Uhh!

You recognize
this man?

Yeah, looks kind of
familiar, why?

Was he in here
last night?

Yeah.

He was standing here right
before y'all found that body.

He was looking for some cops.

Why?

I don't know.

Maybe he wanted
to report something.

Hey, that's it, he wanted to
report that m*rder to y'all.

Mmm...

Listen...

Guy who took that hair dryer
to room 17

Is right over there.

[Banging]

Virgil, I say you're
wrong about this one.

I hope so.

But laine's the only paxton
we can find here in sparta.

Well, I just can't see
a nice kid like that

Having a jailbird
for a daddy.

[Bubba]
hey, laine!

Afternoon, bubba.

What can I do
for y'all?

This is our chief
investigator,
virgil tibbs.

How do you do?

We're, uh, looking for
somebody else named paxton,

Roy paxton.

Here, sugar.

That a girl.

Uh, well, my daddy's name
is roy paxton.

Never met him personally.

Has he tried
to contact
you recently?

No. Why?

Has he talked
to your mama?

What's this
all about?

Well, seems your daddy,
roy paxton's in town.

In sparta?

Yeah. He was seen
at mcguffey's hotel
last night.

Why are you
looking for him?

Well, he's out on parole
from the texas system.

Is he?yeah.

I didn't know that.

Yeah, uh,
look here, laine,

I want you to just
be extra careful,
o.k.?

Roy paxton may have k*lled
a man last night.

Are you sure?

Seems that way.

Let us know if he
gives you a call.

Yes, i--i certainly will.

O.k.

I wish you
could know roy.

Well, I'd surely
love to meet him.

Words cannot
describe the man.

Well, I don't need
a description of him,
mrs. Purdy.

Vidalia, please.

Certainly--vidalia.

When did you
last see roy?

14 Years ago.

Dallas, texas.

The sheriff was
hauling him out of
a courtroom,

And into a jail.

And then
you divorced?

Well, divorce in the formal
sense wasn't necessary.

All I had to do
to dissolve our union
was take off--

Which I did.

And you haven't
seen him since?

No.

O.k.

Well, your present
husband, uh...

He seems to have
done awfully well

Out of that
hardware store.

You know,
chief gillespie,

I'd bet there's
a screwdriver in every
household in america.

Oh, hardware's
a great business.

And carl's
a hardware genius.

He can show you
how to do anything...

And sell you the tools
to do it with.

[Laughs]

Yeah.

Well, I got to be
on my way.

Uh...

If you see
roy again, or
you hear from him,

You'll be sure
and let me know,
won't you?

You'll be the first person
I call, chief.

Uh, may I call you "bill"?

Why, certainly,
vidalia.

I'll see you soon.

Are the orchids
in bloom,

Or is that
gorgeous autumn
flower you, vidalia?

It is i, roy.

And what is that
scent in the air?

I wear tea rose, roy,
you know that.

Well,
it drives me wild.

Then don't get too close.

What's too close,
darlin'?

Mississippi's too close.

I don't want
to stay here,
sweetheart.

Soon as I get
the money, I leave.

Bank's closing
as we speak.

I want the money
tomorrow, dumplin'.

We'll meet
at laine's house.

Sure is a nice boy,
my son laine.

Meet at laine's?

Yeah.

And I'll be watching
you, vidalia.

[Etta]
I'm just surprised
it took y'all this long

Before you started
investigating vidalia purdy.

How'd you guess?

You don't have to
be sherlock holmes

To know when
something's afoot.

Afoot? That's right.

That's what sherlock holmes
used to say

When he meant
something was
going on.

Etta, what do you know
about vidalia purdy?

Well, I know
that before carl
married her,

All he had was
one dinky shop,
always empty.

Now he got a
great big shop,
still empty.

You're right.

Every time
I go by there,
I'm the only customer.

What about laine?

He seems like
a great guy,

But how does a 20-year-old
own a stable and horses?

Somebody
financed him.

I think I know where that
finance money came from.

I just wonder
how much is left...

And where it's at.

I hate doing this.

It's o.k. Here's
a search warrant.

That judge lennox...

Somebody loses
a fountain pen,
he issues a search warrant.

What about mrs. Purdy?

Here's the account...
Uh, 298.

The account number?

No, that's the amount.

$298,000?

No, $2.98.

What about
a safe deposit box?

Nope.

Laine and carl,
they do their
banking here?

Sure do,
both of them.

You probably got more
money in your pocket

Than carl has
in his account.

Paxton, uh, laine...

Few hundred bucks.

Well, thanks for
your trouble,
mr. Kincaide.

While I'm doing this,

Would you like your
own account balance?

I don't bank here.

Chief,
are you listening?

Yeah, go ahead.

I just followed
mrs. Purdy to the bank,

Uh-huh...

And she walked in
carrying
a small suitcase.

[Tibbs]
she's not gonna
need it.

I just spoke
with kincaide.

Wherever her money
is, it sure ain't
in sparta federal.

Well, then that bag
means something.

[Gillespie]
or it means
nothing at all.

Jamison, stay close
to that woman,

Because she knows
more dodges than
a mama chipmunk.

Yes, sir.

[Laine]
why did you and mama
have to choose my house?

[Carl]
we didn't. Roy did.

It's where he told
your mama to meet him.

Carl, I told you, I don't
want nothing to do with this.

Laine, I don't like this
any better than you do.

You want to see
your sweet mama in jail?

Look, I got a good mind
to call the cops.

Your mama said
if you get obstreperous,

I should just put
a b*llet in you, somewhere.

All right. All right.

Did you hear a car?

I hear cars all the time.

This is all going
to be over soon.

We can all get back to normal.

I gotta try and be
more of a daddy to you.

You wasn't driving
a red aspen, was you?

No, never.

I can barely make out
the front end of one.

Let me step out
here and see.

You want to give
your old man a hand?

This fella's
got some girth to him.

He gave me that bat.

Uh, when I was little.

Well,
it saved his life.

I could have sh*t him.

But finding the bat...

I merely bashed him.

Laine...

You stick with me,

We'll have all
kinds of money.

Really?

Sure.

We'd never see any of it,
if it's up to your mama.

But, son...

There's a whole
other world out there.

I'll take you
to places...

Like milwaukee.

Blackfoot, idaho.

Wheeling, west virginia.

Sounds good to me...

Daddy.

All we gotta do
is sit back...

And wait for your mama.

Aren't paxton stables
out on 278?

Uh, yeah, lonnie,

Watch out for
bower's package store,

About 2 miles shy
of noonan's.

A simple yes or no
would do, parker.

Yes.

Then, it looks like
we're headed for laine's.

[Chief]
don't go in there
alone, hear?

We're on our way
out there now.

You know, laine...

I think there's
something to this
hereditary business.

Think so?

Sure.

We're a lot alike,
you and me.

Both made
the headlines.

O.k., She's going in.

[Chief]
who all's there?

Hers and laine's are
the only cars in sight.

That don't mean nothing.

Laine? Honey?

Carl?

Where is he?

Right there,
mama.

Turn around, sugar.

Carl didn't try
nothing rash,
did he?

Nope.

All he did
was step outside.

Well, where is he?

We put him in there.

What's in the bag, mama?
The money?

Nothing.
Open the bag, son.

She's too smart
to bring the money.

Thank you, roy.

She was just
making-believe
at the bank.

She knew
I'd be watching.

She thought I'd be
following that bag,

Which I did,
of course.

And she'd sh**t me.

But she was never
smart enough to realize

That she wasn't
as smart as me.

Now, vidalia...

Let's go get it--

For real--

Or I willkill
everybody.

Let's not
get k*lled, mama.

There ain't nothing
in that.

They're coming out now--
looks like bubba was right.

Is roy paxton
with her?

You might say
she's with him.

So are carl and laine,
and not because
they wanna be.

They're walking
in front of a shotgun.

Chief, they're heading
straight for you.

Chief, you want me
to set up a road block?

No.
Let them go by.

Let's see
where they go.

I want to get
that whole bunch
alive and wiggling.

Plus, I wanna find
that money--

Wherever it is.

Nice car.

Suits my needs.

[Roy]
must have cost a bunch.

Well, roy, a good car
is an investment.

Just how much
of my money have you
invested over the years?

Roughly?

Yeah.

Quarter million.

Oh...

That is rough,
darling.

You hate it, huh?

Yeah, sugar.

I sure do.

They're making a left
on mcguirty bridge road.

Bubba, the only thing out
that way is "hush you heroes."

What's that?

[Parker]
an old m*llitary
cemetery.

[Chief]
since when did they call
this "hush you heroes"?

[Female officer]
since ida belle
french mcclure

Bought that sign
from a blacksmith
in yazoo city.

We going
to need that?

Oh, yes, yes.

Can't get the money
without it.

I figured
the whole thing out.

I designed it.

Beautiful place.
Why here?

Safer than a bank.

Nobody ever
comes visitin'
poor kilroy,

Bein' a pathetic
yankee like he is.

Is he somebody
to us, mama?

No. Just kind of
an unknown soldier.

This was the easiest
tomb to get into.

I took out the old lock,
put in a new lock.

Carl's a genius.

My boy's a hero.

Made the headlines.

They say you saved
a boy's life.

Didn't say exactly
how you did it.

I was runnin' away
when the high school
stands fell through.

Guess I done
somethin' else,

But I don't
remember what.

I reckon that's, uh,
25 or 30,000 a bag, huh?

That's right.

Chief...

The agents from
trans-world fidelity are here.

Oh, bring them in, please.

Chief...

You're not gonna
make them happy,
are you?

Probably not.

This is mr. Martini,
mr. Thurman,

And miss, uh...

Small.

How y'all?

That's chief gillespie
and detective tibbs.

Chief gillespie,
detective...

On behalf of
trans-world fidelity,

We want to commend you
on a job well-done.

Thank you, sir.

Well, I suppose you'll...

Need to hold on to some
of these as evidence?

Uh, no,
all of them.

Uh...
Really?

Oh, really.

All of them? Yes, you see...

This money
is not really yours.

When your company paid off
on the loss of this money...

May I stand between you
and the money, please?

Your company raised
the premiums

To thousands
of policy-holders,

And I happen to be one
of the policy-holders.

See, this money really
belongs to the people
who had to stand the loss.

You're joking?

No, I'm not.

Well, you're
going to be sued.

I know it.

People are...

Gonna say you're odd.

That's what they dosay.

Some will say
you're crazy.

Yeah, they're gonna
say that, too.

Yeah, I suppose, finally,

You'll get custody
of these, uh, rubber
hot water bottles here...

And, in the end,

I suppose your lawyers
will get you custody
of the whole thing.

But I'm gonna
tell you something--

You're gonna have
to struggle for it.

Hard.

Now would y'all
kindly excuse us here?

$500,000 Doesn't
look like much, does it?

But it would
if you turned it
into sweet potatoes.

It sure would.