02x18 - Accused

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♪ 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 ♪

♪ Oh ♪

Bubba, what’s your position?

Say again.

Please respond
with your position,
bubba.

Parker, will you knock off
that miami vice stuff?

You know where i’m at,
having lunch.

Don’t snap at me
’cause you’re ticked off
at your girlfriend.

You don’t have to broadcast
my personal life

To every law
enforcement vehicle

In the county,
either.

She’s been calling
every fifteen minutes.

If you see a phone,
please call her.

Put the poor thing
out of her misery.

For that matter,
me, too.

Hey, parker.

I think I just spotted
mr. Belson’s stolen truck.

I’m going after him.

I’m going after him.

(Car honking)

(Car honking)

(Car honking)

(Siren wailing)

No.

Hi, bubba, remember me?

I was in your
bible study class
last summer.

I don’t care if he was
just joyriding.

He’s a thief,
chief gillespie.

Technically, he did
commit a felony.

We’ll do
what has to be done,

But I don’t think
the kid meant harm.

Didn’t you ever
get in trouble
as a kid?

Who should I blame,

The kid or the cop
who hit him?

If you put
that word "blame"
out of mind,

A feeling of peace
will come over you.

Bubba, you must’ve been one
hell of a linebacker.

If you’re going to say
what I think, don’t.

If you hit quarterbacks
like you hit that truck...

Why don’t you
do something useful
with yourself?

Hold on, please.

Bubba, line one.

It’s laney.
Please talk to her.

Hello, honey.

Yeah, I know
you been calling,

But I been out
on patrol.

I couldn’t get back
to you.

Yeah.

I don’t think
now’s the time
to talk about that.

I’ll call you
tonight. Bye-bye.

Yeah, well--

Years I been waiting
for that truck.

I finally got my own business.

Now, what am I supposed to do?

The city of sparta’s
got insurance

That will cover
your mess

And our mess
as well.

That man’s a menace.

He shouldn’t be allowed
on the streets.

Mr. Belson,
i’ll walk you
to your car.

Goodbye, mr. Belson,
see you soon.

How you coming
with that report?

It’s almost done.

It’s a pity
when you taught
that kid the scriptures

You couldn’t have
put in a word
safe driving.

Yeah.

Honey, we can talk
about it all night

But you’ve got
to make a decision.

Is everything
always so simple
to you?

Ma’am, could I have
another drink?

I’ll have
another iced tea.

Sweeten it more
this time, please.

Bubba, it’s
a terrific job.

It’s something
i’m really
interested in.

I can make
lots more money
than in sparta.

It costs more to live in
jackson, thought about that?

I’ve thought
of everything.

That’s the problem.

There’s only one thing
that will make me stay.

I’ve told you i’m just not
ready to get married.

I’ve just not.

Don’t, tim!

Audrey, baby.

Bubba, please--
please listen to me.

I’m nearly .

We could go
five years

And you still
might not be ready.

By then nobody else
would want me.

Laney, i’m sorry.
I--i wish that...

I can’t make any--

Fine. Just fine.

I’m moving
to jackson.

I guess you’re going to do
what you got to do.

It isn’t hard to see
how hard i’ll be missed.

I’ll take a couple
extra napkins there,
please.

Thank you.

How do you plan to
go to law school
in marshall city

And be
an officer here?

Fridays i’ll drive
all night,

Take weekend classes,
return sunday.

Sleep three hours,
come on duty.

You’ll be dead
in a month.

Jamison, you never
set goals.

You never push yourself
or test the odds.

I test the odds
whenever I take you
on patrol.

All units, zone three.

An as*ault
with possible r*pe

At hurly’s roadhouse.

All zone three units
please respond.

Unit .
We’re rolling.

What happened here?

Some woman got r*ped
leaving the club.

Ma’am, you wanna
tell us what happened?

Anyone know what happened?

She got jumped
out back.

I guess she was going
to her car.

Anybody see him,
which way he went?

He didn’t go anywhere.

I hit him with a rock.

I hope I k*lled him.

All right, look.

This is police business.

Go back
in the place.

Who’s out there?

Over here!

Oh, my god.

I know this is difficult,

But I have to ask it.

Would you please
tell me

What happened out there
behind the roadhouse?

I was walking towards my car,

And I heard this noise
behind me,

And I turned around
and something hit me
in the face.

Were you knocked unconscious?

I don’t know.

I guess I must
have been.

I don’t remember
hitting the ground.

Then he started shoving my face.

To the gravel.

And, um, it was like

I didn’t know
what was happening.

Um, I just couldn’t
figure it out.

I understand.

You take
as much time
as you need.

Then he started
tearing my clothes.

Ripping and pulling.

And he laid on top of me.

And I couldn’t
breathe.

I wanted to tell him
to get off,

But I just couldn’t
get any air inside me.

I was scared
and I was hurting.

And I tried
to move him,

But he was just
too big and heavy.

Then all of a sudden
he let up.

And I got this rock and I
swung it round and I hit him.

As hard as I could.

And...

And he dropped.

I wish I would’ve k*lled him.

Is it true?

Is he one of yours?

A cop?

Well, I want you
to know

That makes
no difference to me.

I want him behind bars!

Hey, chief.

Hey, how you doing?

Not so hot.
I got a sore head.

Well, i’m
not surprised.

It says here you got
eight stitches in it.

What happened anyway?

Well, I wasn’t there.
You were.

Tell me.

Well, it ain’t
too clear. I...

Why don’t you
step outside
so we can talk?

This is yours.

Don’t look worried.

If he starts dying,
i’ll call you.

Now, let’s hear it.

Well-- I remember
coming out of
old hurly’s roadhouse

Heading down the
road to my pick-up.

I seen this man
wrestling
with this woman,

So I run over,
threw the guy off.

The next thing
I knew,

Doc perry’s asking me
how many fingers
he’s waving.

Now, we’re talking
about r*pe.

You saw a man
raping that woman?

There’s probably
two of them,

Because somebody
hit me upside
the head good,

And it couldn’t have been
the guy I threw off.

Well, uh, uh...

What’s the matter
with you?

I just, uh--
here’s virgil.

Hey, bubba.
How you doing?

Confused as hell.
How about you?

Uh, all right.

I just had a talk
with the victim.

You mean the woman
that the guy was attacking.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
The victim.

She, uh, wants
to press charges.

Well, I bet she does.

Against you, bubba.

Huh?

She says
you’re the one

That almost r*ped her.

She managed
to get her hands
on a rock,

Hit you
upside the head

Before you succeeded.

You boys are pulling my leg.

No, bubba, that is what
the woman said,

And she didn’t mention
any other man out there.

Well, that’s...

That ain’t
what happened.

I mean, that’s-- i’d...

Where is this woman?
We got to talk.

Stay there.

You can’t go anywhere.

Doc perry says
you’re staying
overnight.

I’m not going
to sit here

While somebody’s
spreading lies like that.

We’re looking
into it.

I’m sure there’s
some logical explanation.

We’ll find it.

Yeah. You just
stay here.

We’ll look into it
in the morning.

What is this?

This is a nightie.
Put this nightie on.

So what’d he say, bubba?

He suspended me.

He doesn’t
mean anything by it.

It means i’m accused
of a felony crime

And I can’t work.

They’ll get it
all cleared up.

That’s what I hear.

"Bubba,
we’ll fix it up.

Don’t get upset, bubba."

It isn’t happening
that way, is it?

That’s ok, ’cause...

Somebody’s spreading
lies about me,
i’ll clear it up myself.

Don’t do something
stupid, bubba!

So what are you thinking?

I can’t
figure it out.

There’s bubba
knocked unconscious
there with a rock,

This woman says
she used on him

To keep him
from raping her.

Now, I can’t believe
that, can you?

Of course you can’t,
but then what happened?

What happened?

What’s going on
with this department?

Chief, it’s
mr. District
attorney dutton.

Yeah. Yes, so it appears,
parker. Thank you.

Police officers
are raping citizens?

Is that what’s
happening here?

Parker, I want you
to go and post notice
on the bulletin board.

Effective immediately,
all police departments members

Are to refrain
from raping women.

Right on it, chief.

I don’t see this
as a joke, chief.

Address me with a joke,
and that’s my response.

Where is he now?

You got him locked up?

Bubba skinner
just left.

You turned him
loose?

Judge mccurtan at the court
turned him loose.

What’s known as
due process of law.

I’m sure they
taught you that

Before you left law school.

There’ll be
no favoritism.

This disease must be purged
from this department.

The black community will not
accept anything less.

You’ve become an expert
on the black community.

I’m talking justice,
mr. Tibbs.

Swift justice.

When I address
the lions club

In bradleyville
next month,

I don’t want microphones
stuck into my face

And have to admit
that one of sparta’s finest

Is a sex criminal.

That’s why you came
over here this morning,

To practice your speech
before the lions club.

It sounded pretty good.
How about you, virgil?

Very moving.

I’ll say this
directly to you, chief.

The people
will not stand
for a cover-up,

And that means
no evidence disappearing

And no witnesses
that can’t be located.

With all due respect,

I find that
an insulting order.

Take it
any way you want,

But I want reports
on my desk daily.

Why do you put
up with that man?

You know what that
puts me in mind?

Don’t tell me
about the donkey
and the possum.

No.

I wasn’t thinking
about that.

What came to my mind
was earl’s creek.

What happens
with earl’s creek

When the water
jumps his levees

And floods out
the berry patches?

I don’t know.

Nothing.

Anybody home?

Miss moore!

Wait! I just want
to talk to you.

Go away!

Wait!

I just want
to talk to you.

I got nothing
to say.

You been
telling lies.

They weren’t lies.
Leave me alone.

She don’t want
to talk to you.

Boys, get out of here now.
I’m a police officer.

Not now.

You got laid off.

Let me put it
another way.

I’m not playing.

I’m doing something
that needs doing.

(All grunting)

Hold it!

Drop it!

Let him go!

Just in the neighborhood, huh?

We figured
you’d come here.

We thought you’d try
something stupid.

Yeah, well thanks.

We can’t follow you
around.

Use your head,
bubba.

Let virgil
and the chief
handle it.

Yes, I couldn’t agree more.

Right. Thank you. Bye.

That’s ted marcus.

He says the black
community is determined

To have the police
do everything

To apprehend
audrey moore’s
attacker--

Whoever that is.

They’re turning this
into a racial issue.

Tell me about it.

And d.a. Dutton
is determined
to use this case

To advance
his career.

I mean...

Hello.

Remember me?
I’m charlene.

I work for joanne
at the cafe.

Oh, yes, of course.
Please come in.
Have a seat.

I got to get home,

But there’s
something I thought
you ought to know.

Would you like
some coffee?

Thanks,
but I can’t stay.

I heard about
bubba skinner.

Everybody’s
talking about it.

I’m so sure.

Maybe I shouldn’t
tell you this

’Cause I promised
I wouldn’t,

But I thought
about it, and
it seemed I had to.

All right.
What is it?

A friend of mine,
frances watkins--

She works over at
the auto parts store--

She got r*ped about
three weeks ago.

I never saw a report.

She didn’t tell
anyone but me.

She came to my house
that night,
scared to death.

I let her stay but...

She wouldn’t
call the police.

She was afraid
for the publicity.

Did she know
who did it?

No, but I was thinking
maybe it’s the same one

att*cked that black woman.

Another as*ault.

I’m late.

I’ve known bubba
most of my life.

I know he couldn’t
have done it.

Please don’t tell
frances I told.

She’s afraid
she’ll lose her job,

And she’s got
a little girl
to support.

I understand.

I got to go.

All right.

I promise.

Wow.

A repeater in sparta.

Why didn’t you report
the r*pe to the police?

I just didn’t want any trouble.

Please don’t make
any fuss about this.

Fuss? You were r*ped.

Another woman
was att*cked.

You want this to happen
to other people?

No!

I don’t know
what to do.

I gotta get back to work.

Mr. Bledsoe doesn’t
like personal visits.

Forgive me, but I can
have you subpoenaed

And forced to give
public testimony,

And i’ll do it,

Unless you tell me
who it was that r*ped you,

And frances, you do know
who it was, don’t you?

Yes.

God forgive me, I do.

Ok.

It was bubba skinner.

Hey, chief.
Wanna see me?

Oh, yeah. Come on in.

Thanks for coming
so fast.

I was
coming over anyway

’Cause I think I know
what happened to miss moore.

I went to where
she said she was att*cked.

The attacker was waiting
for her to come out--

What?

You ever know
a frances watkins?

Yeah, sure. Why?

Someone you dated?
Went out with?

Give me a break.

What do you mean?

She’s not my type.

Uh, bubba,
where do you
know her from?

I grew up around her.

She had kind of
a crush on me. Why?

Well, she got r*ped.

Oh...no.

Virgil found out
about it and went
to question her.

You know something, bet it was
the same guy att*cked them.

She said you did it.

No.

I never
touched that woman.

Well, bubba,

We have a signed
statement by her.

I don’t give a damn
what she signed.

She said about
three weeks ago,
she was at a bar.

She left about : ,
got home,

Paid the babysitter,
went to bed,

Heard a noise
downstairs.

You were there,
and you r*ped her.

And she waited
three weeks to report it?

She said you being
a policeman,
she was scared to.

What’s going on here, huh?

I mean, I get accused
by one lunatic,

Then he goes out
and finds another one.

You’ll do anything
to prove your case,
won’t you?

Because that first woman
was black, that’s why!

Wait a minute--

It’s different
when you get accused
of something.

You’re saying
I looked for a victim?

Damn right I am!

Shut up, both of you.

Now shut up!

Just wait here
for me, virgil.

Bubba, I want
to talk to you.

Come on.

Go on in
the evidence room
over there.

You believe what he’s
trying to do to me?

Don’t be silly, will you?

We’re not trying to do anything,
just find out what happened.

You tell me why he’s
sticking up for her.

Sticking up for her?

What are you
talking about?

Sweet lord, give me
some patience.

Listen to me.
Now, listen to me.

We got a mess here.

I gotta clean it up.

I don’t want to,
but I got to do it.

The woman filed
a formal complaint.

I got to book you.

Book me?

Don’t jump
down my throat.

I’ll be with you
in front of the judge.

He’ll release you on
your own recognizance.

Otherwise, we’re going
to have a situation
in this town.

You know?

I heard from you
in there,

Only the other
way around.

Nothing to wait on in here,
come on.

Parker, book
sergeant skinner here.

And the charge,

You can copy
off the complaint.

Photograph him,
do all the usual things.

Why are you sitting there?

Go and do it.

Yes, sir.

Bubba?

Shh. Let’s
just go do it.

It’s the worst crime
imaginable.

Hiya.

I’m joining you.

I can see that.

Well, hello.

Hi. How are you?

Fine. How’s
bubba doing?

Bubba’s fine, fine.

Wanna hear the special?

Uh, no. I don’t
want to eat.

I’m just
hound-dogging virgil.

What is it
with veal?

Every time I do
something with veal,
no takers.

Listen, what I
wanna tell you

Is, uh, bubba
didn’t mean that.

When a person’s
under a lot of stress,

Their real self
comes out.

We won’t see an end
to that foolishness

Till we colonize
the moon,

Unless we put
too many good
ol’ boys up there.

The thing is,
i’m getting it
from both sides.

In the black community
i’m too white,

And in the white community,
i’m too black.

Well, it isn’t so,

So I wouldn’t waste
my breath arguing
about it.

Trouble is i’ve seen
people go to jail

For far sillier
things than this
more than once.

You’re worrying
about bubba,
aren’t you?

Yes.

Let’s you and I
make sure he
doesn’t go to jail.

All we can do.

I’m going.

Order the special.
Make her feel good.

Where you going?

Oh...

I’m going fishing.

When you’ve been doing this work
as long as I have,

You see some
terrible things,

Awful things.

Is seeing
a police officer
abuse his power.

That makes my blood boil.

My boss don’t
like me talking
to people

During
working hours.

This job’s awful
important to me.

I got a little girl
to support.

I’ll be back
in an hour.

I’m not going to rest

Until I see bubba skinner
in prison where he belongs.

I understand you
can’t talk to me here.

What time do you get
off work, about : ?

Yes, sir.

Ok. Here’s my card.

Come on down
to my office.

See you about : .

Be there, you hear?

We’ll put
that ol’ boy
out of his misery.

We’ll clean
that ol’ boy’s plow.

Who’s that?

District
attorney dutton.

I told him
I was working
and couldn’t talk.

If this is upsetting you,
nobody can make you
talk about it--

Police, d.a., Nobody.

You got your rights
to privacy.

Why did it have
to happen to me?

Child, life is just
like that sometimes,

But I swear,

When something
like this happens,

It always ends up
making you a better person.

Good afternoon.

I’m chief gillespie.

You’re like
the president around here,

Or maybe the ayatollah.

If I was like
the ayatollah,

I’d get things done
a lot quicker.

You made a statement
to my chief
detective tibbs,

And I want to ask you about it.

Mm-hmm. He warned me
you might try this.

He told you.
Who told you?

The district attorney.

Said you’d try
to change my mind.

Oh, the district attorney.

Now, what did he
tell you to say?

He says he knows
that white cop’s guilty,

Promised me
he’ll be convicted
and sentenced to jail.

He bothering you,
audrey?

What’s he doing here?

What’s that guy doing?

What i’m doing here

Is what i’m supposed
to be doing.
What about you?

You want to get that
redneck sergeant
off the hook, right?

I believe I will.

And get
somebody else on it.

Tell us if he’s
bothering you.

Yeah, he’s bothering me.

Everybody’s bothering me.

I wish everybody
would leave me alone.

Give me time to get
back to the station,

And then get
on your telephone
and call me.

I don’t have
a telephone.

Really?

I wouldn’t have said

Those lines were
for hanging out the wash.

I bet you misplaced
it someplace.

Maybe you’ll find it
under the davenport
or something.

Then you call me...
You hear?

Well, I haven’t seen you
in a while.

You either, ben.

How are you, annabelle?

I seen you roaming around.
What’s your name?

Names ain’t important
in this part of town.

Never have been.

If you don’t care
about your name,

I guess I don’t either.

Make a hole
there, please.

How do you feel
down here by yourself?

Right at home,
right at home.

You’re not
going to get him
off, chief!

Yeah, we want justice!

Justice!

D.a. Dutton said
he was guilty!

Yeah, he’s guilty,
and you know it!

We want justice, chief!

I hereby advise
your client to appear
as scheduled--

Woman: he can’t be disturbed!

Chief.

How dare you go
down into the bottoms

Telling that woman
bubba skinner’s guilty

And you’re going
to convict him?

Someone had to reassure
our black community

That there would be
no whitewash in sparta.

Oh, you care a lot about
the black community.

You only care about your
own political future!

Take it easy.
You’re getting
out of control.

You listen to me.

I won’t let you
sacrifice one of
my finest officers

For your political ambitions.

There are many ways
I can mess you up,

And I will,
because you are
an unconscionable,

Gator-faced
opportunist.

What did you call me?

I called you
a gator-faced,

Shovel-footed
political climber,

And i’m going
to get you!

Hold it right there,
gillespie,

Because you are
in violation of code
section - - --

Threatening a
prosecuting attorney.

I could go to
the attorney general
and have you arrested,

And I will unless
you quit this interfering.

I don’t want you
talking to my witnesses

Or discussing
this investigation
with anybody!

Do I make myself clear?

That’s it!
You’re off this case!

Get out!
You’re off this case!

Honey, come on.
It’s your turn.

It’s what?

(Knock on door)

Bubba.

Ms. Tibbs.

Virgil here?

Yeah.

Uh, come on in.

Bubba, man, this
is a...surprise
and an honor.

You’ve never been
to our home before.

And it’s
a beautiful home, too.

Welcome.

I’ll get
some coffee.

Could you stay here,
ms. Tibbs?

Virgil, all this stuff
that’s been coming down on me

Has got me acting
kind of squirrelly.

I guess things
just built...

Look, I didn’t mean
what I said. I’m sorry.

No. You don’t have
to apologize to me.

It’s been rough on you.

It’s going
to get rougher.

Chief got kicked
off the case today.

He what?

Yeah. He blew up
at dutton.

Dutton cited
some code saying
he can’t be involved,

Talk to witnesses,
suspects, nothing.

I can’t believe that.

Well, I got to get
this cleared up quickly

Because the longer
it goes on,
the guiltier I look.

I got a lot to do,
I better get going.

Ms. Tibbs, thank you
for allowing me
in your home.

Uh, bubba, wait.

Yeah?

From the hip,

I believe you.

I want to help you.

I want to work
with you to find out

What this whole mess
is all about...

If you want.

sh**t yeah, I want to.

All right.

All right.

Night.

Things sure seem quiet
with him holed up in there.

You miss him yelling?

No. I hate seeing him
back down from dutton.

Giving dutton
any more cause

Might make it
hard on bubba.

Damn.

What’s wrong?

I sent audrey moore’s
clothes to the crime lab

Hoping to find hair,
fibers, something
we can use,

But they came back clean.

Where does that leave us?

Right where we started.

Two women accusing bubba

And us with no evidence
to the contrary.

Hey, virgil.

I think I might
be on to something.

Tim sherman.
Sweet knows him.

He tried to hit me
with a baseball bat.

He works
at the auto parts store
with frances watkins.

It gets better.

Guess who else used
to work there.

Audrey moore.

Right, and they had
a little spat
the night she was att*cked.

Let’s go.

I thought I made it clear
I got nothing to say.

Give us five minutes
of your time.

Ms. Moore,
I know a man att*cked you,

And I know
it wasn’t me.

Maybe that same man
r*ped frances watkins,

Meaning there’s
somebody dangerous here

Who could and probably will
continue hurting women
unless we stop him.

I’d think you’d
want to help us.

Sure. Take the heat
off of you

By pointing
the finger
at somebody else.

Will you stop it
and just listen?

I know this man.
I believe him.

I know he’s incapable
of doing what
he’s been accused of.

I promised him
we’d work together

Until we discover
who the real r*pist is.

Help us, please?

Just trust us.

Excuse me.

I said...excuse me.

Hi.

Can I have a drink?

Sure.

This is a real switch.

You wouldn’t
give me the time
of day before.

I don’t mix
business with pleasure.

It wouldn’t have
been cool

For you to grope me
in the back room.

The other night
you told me
to get lost.

That was before
I knew how much you cared.

Meaning what?

I have the feeling

That was you
that jumped me

In the parking lot
that night.

If you wanted me
that bad,

You didn’t have
to get drastic.

Just let me know.

Think I got to
knock somebody down
to get what I want?

I can get it anyplace.

Not from me.

Maybe you got
real frustrated.

Maybe you didn’t
like me telling you no.

I’m not saying I mind.

Come on,
tell me the truth,

And maybe we could
work something out.

Yeah?

Yeah.

You’re some weird chick,
you know that?

Well, so much for your big idea.

It wasn’t big enough to
help bubba out, was it?

Thanks anyway.

Uh, we’ll take you home
if you’d like.

I’m not going
anywhere.

I haven’t been out
since this happened.

I feel like dancing.

Bubba, i’m so sorry, man,
i’m so sorry.

To hell with it.

Hey, baby, you really
mean what you said?

What?

That all I had to do
was ask?

Yeah, maybe,
but not tonight.

You’re a real
little tease,
you know that?

You better let me go,
or i’ll start screaming.

You just stay put,
you hear me?

Just go home, tim.

Go home!

Shut up!

I can hit you,
like last time,

Or you can
keep quiet.

Which way
do you want it?

Please don’t hurt me.

Get in that car.

Oh, bubba, I thought
you left me.

We wouldn’t let you
walk out here
by yourself.

Thank you, bubba.
I’m sorry.

It’s ok.

I’m so sorry.

Be reasonable, will you?

You got your suspect
locked up in there.

You got your r*pe victims
waiting to testify.

What about
this watkins woman?

Why didn’t she own up
bledsoe r*ped her

Instead of fingering
bubba skinner?

Dutton, she didn’t
want to lose her job.

She’s a single mother.
No skills.

She worked for bledsoe
because he paid more
than minimum wage.

You don’t think the
defense is going to like that?

Putting a proven liar
on the stand.

You got evidence
and a mess of blood.

Charlene’s got
clothes frances wore
when she was r*ped.

Take a blood sample,

Compare it with
the blood sample
from bledsoe.

Maybe I do have a good case.

I can tell
the lions club

I put a r*pist
behind bars.

There you go.

And I am continuing
in my constant vigil

To protect the citizens
of sparta.

Well, now,
say that seriously,
mr. Dutton,

’Cause that’s
what you’re doing.

You all have
a good day, huh?

Thank you.
Same to you.

Same to you, sir.

What’s the matter with you?

You’re letting
that knothead

Take credit
for this case.

Come on.

Sometimes it’s wiser
to let a man
flatter himself.

Did I ever tell you the story

About the handsome,
clever fox?

There was a tired
old rooster.

The fox jumped
in the coop,

Walked up
to that rooster,

Looked at him
and said,
"you’re my dinner."

The rooster said
"i’ve seen enough.

"Go ahead
and eat me,

"But I got to
tell you,

"I’m surprised
at you--

"Clever, handsome
guy like you--

"Wasting
his appetite

On a miserable
creature like me."

The fox drew back.

He swelled up
with pride,

Looked himself over,

Looked at the rooster,
and said, "bird,
I believe you’re right."

And he left
to find himself
another dinner

More befitting of
his great beauty.

You follow
my drift, bubba?